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Established 1860
Keith McPhail McLean, Editor.
Published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev-
pry Thursday afternoon by. McLean
Bros.
Subscription rate, $1.50 a year in
advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single
copies, 4 cents each.
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Members of the Canadian Weekly
Newspapers Association, ` Class "A"
Weeklies of Canada, and the Huron
County Press Association.
SEAFORTH, Friday, December 28. /
HapPy New Year
The Expositor wishes .every reader
of its columns a Very Happy and a
Very Prosperous New Year. May
1935 see you out of the dark and in-
to the sun again.
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Do You Own A Revolver?
If you do, just pay heed for a min-
ute or two to the fact that same pos-
session may lead to a pile of expense
and trouble unless you obey the new
rules of the game.
And these rules as laid down by
the Criminal Code are that a fine 'of
not more • than $50, or imprisonment
not exceeding thirty days, or both,
will be the penalty exacted by the
law from any person that is caught
in the possession of • either a revolver
or a pistol on and after January,1st,
1935, unless that weapon has been
registered with the police head of
the city, town, village or township in
which you live.
Fire arms are not as plentiful in
thei homes of the rural districts, per-
haps, as they used to be. But there
are numbers of them yet, and plenty
more that have been laid away and.
forgotten.
Better take stock before the New
Year and if you should happen to
find a revolver in your home, don't
pick it up and play with it until you
shoot yourself or some one else..
Just leave it where you found it
and then go out and register it with
your policeman. You will be safe
at both ends then. Safe from injury
and safe from prosecution.
It doesn't pay to take chances with
either, and remember we have warn-
ed you.
Huron `County Finances
After a period of chaos in financial
affairs, Huron County is finding its
way out of the debit side of the led-
ger,, and what is even more gratify-
ing is the fact that confidence in the
integrity and ability of those now en-
trusted with the administration of
its financial affairs has been restored
in the minds of the taxpaying pub-
lic.
It is expected that this year Hur-
on County will not only be able to
meet expenditures, but that there
will be a balance at the end of the
year, on the right side of the Iedger
Of approximately $5,000.
In the face of the times and under
present conditions that is an exceed-
ingly good record that redounds to
the credit of the county council and,
to an even greater extent to the hard
and careful work, the ability and ef-
ficiency of the county officials.
As an evidence of what we call ef-
ficiency, The Expositor would like to
draw attention to just one item in
the Treasurer's statement presented
at the December session of the coun-
ty council.
This was the saving made to the
county in interest charges alone, the
'figures of which we give :
General Ac-
count 193345,24.76 1934—$4,030.00
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�ii'gth a*ays 1933-43,508.79 1934 $2,5'50.00
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$8,713,55 $6,580.00
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Saving $2,133x55
That Saving „of $2,133.55 shows
'buneess like efficiency. in the hand—
fill
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nterest charges alone,. a sum almost
sufficient to pay his own as well as
the County Clerk's salary.
That is a fact that should be noted
by the County Council. It is true that
that body at Its' 'December session
did pass motions of appreciation of
these officials services, but the coun-
cil at its next session should not con-
tent itself with words alone. It should
add deeds to the words, and very
substantial deeds at . that'.
Every county councillor knows
that the pay of $25 and mileage
which he receives for attending ev-
ery session of the County Council is
little more than sufficient to meet his
expenses while he is in the county
town. That sum does not pay him
for his services, nor does it pay for a
substitute if he has to provide one
during his absence from home.
How then do the county council-
lors expect that the county officials,
who have to meet the expenses of
living in Goderich 365 days in the
year, are, going to do it, or can do it,
on little more than half the pay per
day that they themselves' demand?
The fact of the matter is that the
actual administration of county busi-
ness is in the hands of the county of-
ficials. They do the work; on their
shoulders rests almost entirely the
responsibility of handling the tax-
payer's money and it is not a slight
responsibility.
Nor is it a responsibility that they
should be asked or expected to as-
sume without adequate payment for
their services. The present county
officials have shown marked ability
as well as integrity and they are all
deserving of very generous treat-
ment when the salary list is under
consideration in the new year.
It is the rule of the world that one
gets exactly what one pays for. Hur-
on County has been. given loyal ser-
vice as well as service of marked
ability by its officials this year. It
should be glad to pay for that kind
of service.
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.
Country Doctors
(Toronto Daily Star)
In medicine and surgery the man who counts
is the man who • is not satisfied with what he is
told. He must verify, keeping his eyes open the
while. He must refuse to believe that his mem-
ory is all he needs—that knowledge has been as-
certained, that he can be taught and will thus
know.
'The man," said Henry Ford recently, "who is
going to reorganize all our lives is probably right
now at work in a backyard' shop, fiddling away
with an idea that everybody tells him is foolish."
At the present time Ontario has three physic-
ians or surgeons in general practice in rural parts
who arrest the attention of 'the world. These
three men were and are local „'actors doing their
work in s•nvall communities.
The first to be named is necessarily the eldest,
Dr. Abram Groves of Fergus, who was the first
surgeon in the world to save a human life by
removing the appendix, The first appendectomy
operation was performed by this young Fergus
doctor in 1883. Here was a man off by himself,
thinking. He was, as Henry Ford would put it,
in a backyard shop, fiddlin'g with an idea that
everybody said was foolish. ...Yet he came out
with a great result. There is, right now, a book
by Dr. Graves of Fergus on sale in all the book-
stores entitled "All in 'The Day's Work" and doc-
tors and' ,surgeons the world' over will read it—
we should all read it. It is published by Mac -
Another Ontario doctor who has arrested world
attention is Dr. Locke of Williamsburg to whom
the patients come from two hemispheres so that
he may manipulate their feet, twist their toes,
loosen their cords and muscles, free the ;stagnant
marrow in their bones and adjust their nervous
systems. All this sounds irregular to physicians
who were not taught this sort of thing at school.
But without any question or roam for dispute
Dr. Locke is malting the lame to walk and the
bent and crippled to stand erect and be glad.
The third country doctor in the province who
arrests. world attention is Dr. Defoe of Callan-
der, who in going about his local practicewas
suddenly confronted by the Dionne quintuplets
and proceeded to handle the case to the adlmira-
tion of physicians all over the world. Dr. Dafo'e
is going to New York at the end of this week
as the .guest of Johns Hopkins, where he will ad-
dress an audience of physicians, after which he
will speak at a public meeting in Carnegie Hall.
He has not trained himself for this --he trained
himself to the task of being a general 'practition-
er in a rural community. And, he h'as succeeded.
Dr. Koch, the German, who ideentiified and iso-
lated the tuberculoses germ, was a country ptys-
a'cian with a practice so small that he had time
on his hands. He got interested in microscopy
and, being a large, stout, young man, was loc-
ally a'ccus'ed of being lazy because he spent so
much of his time fooling around' with mdscro-
scope and test tubes. Yet he was chasing an
idea and he caught it and did mvuc''h to deliver
the world from, a great evil. • •
!Dr. Beaumont, a rural physician in the'province
of Quebec, nearly a. century ago, found a patient
on his hands rwhlase case puzzled him. He per-
formed an operation and wee so interested in
what was 'revealed of the man's digestive pro-
cesses that he put a piece of glass in the man's
side While he was in bed :sol that be could daily
study the ease and make notes. Off and on over .
a period of tern years he kept this' up and then
wrote a (booik on the digestive processes) of the
human body which it even yet a basic work on
the stulbject.
The eoenitry doctor, relying upon his been diaag-
no:sis, jogging along alone in )ria buggY over bad
road , had .time to think, reason, contempbatet the
Whole range of things. He )often did some fruit-
ful thinking. The edoetor of 'to -'day, steoetin'g
allomtg in his mloto'r cat 'ov'er cement roads, has
nth the c'h'ance'td do this 'opeFair rthil*'in'g, but
the a '•eke More srovxftly' ,batik to hie office and ought
to have More time for indoor 1heous6 teeif it ie
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Years Agone
Interesting items picked from
The Expositor of fifty and
twenty-five years ago.
From The Huron Expositor of
December 26, 1884
The rate of taxation) for the mun-
icipality of Blyth for the. year 1884
is sixteen' mills on the dollar.
The new Presbyterian Churcn in
'Clinton will be formally opened for
worship in February.
According to the school census com-
pleted by Mr. Saunluel :Shark, there
are 680 'pupils of school age in Sea -
forth. In 1883 th'e total school popu-
lation was 617.
The auction sale of Alma village
lots has linen .postponed until Janu-
ary 3rd, when it will take place 'at
the Alma -Hotel,
'Messrs. 'Hugh , Robb and Frank
Case are doing a very extensive busi-
ness in pork packing this season.
Their products are being shipped to
alI sparts,•.pf the D wiinion.
Mr. D. • D. Wilson and family have
now got comfortably located in their
handsolrne residence.
Professor Bullock gave a .very in-
teresting exhibition of bis skill as a
horse trainer on Main Street on
Wednesday in the presence of a large
crowd 'of people.
(Roderick Ross of Brulcefield who
attended the Ottawa Normal School
last session, has 'successfully passed
the examination for a segend class
certificate and is engaged to teach
near Blake.
The people of Exeter are agitating
for a town hall.
Exeter residences to the value of
$13,000 'have .been built during the
past season. •
1Mr. L..11. Dickspin of Seaforth in-
tends .opening a law office in Law -
son's block in Exeter.
The new covered skating rink was
opened at .Hensall on Thursday ev-
ening of last week, when there was
a large crowd from the adjoining
towns and villages.
Mr. Joseph Bawden, (butcher, of Ex-
eter, one day last week walked to
William; Dearing's in Stephen town-
ship, killed' and dres's'ed thirteen hogs
and made 200 pounds of saftage and
was in his own house at 9 p.m. in
the evesin•g.
The young son of John Cann, llth
concession of Usborne, was kicked
on the forehead by a colt on Friday
Last anlr,', had his skull fractured.
IMr.. Appleton Elcoat, of Tucker -
smith, has entered suit against the
proprietor of the threshing machine
used on ,his farm at the time his barn
was ,burned down.
One of the oldest settlers in the
Township of Hallett, in the person
of Mrs, James' Snell, died last week.
She was the mother of Mr. Humphrey
Snell of that township.
Mr. Charles Dolmage of M/eKillop
has contracted to supply Mr. Thomas
Kidd of Seaforth with 1,300 cords of
wood and has now a number of men
cutting it.
Th'e trustees of the Clinton High
S:cheol will take the necessary steps
to nave their school transformed in-
to a 'Collegiate Institute.
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From The Huron Expositor of
December 31, 1909•
,Mr. Ido Crich has sold his farm
in the west end, Tuckerstmaith, to,a
gentleman from Millet and will go
to either Clinton or Seafoerth to live,
The Christmas traffic en the Lon,
don, :Huron and Bruce railway was
very heavy and it was necessary to
put on an extra train.
R: Leatherdale and son, one of t'he
oldest firms in Brussels, have dds'pas-
ed of their furniture and undertak-
ing business to Messrs. Walker and
Black.
Mr. John Britton for over 60 years
a resident of Hullett Township' and
for many years one of the most ac-
tive figures in political and municipal
affairs, passed away at his home on
Christmas' Day.
The Kippen correspondent says that
during the month of Decemiber it has
snowed every day for twenty-two
days.
Mr. Norman Nicholls, who is em-
ployed with iMdlntyre & Hills, met
with a painful accident on Monday
morning. He was fixing the furnace
in the cellar and when he opened the
furnace door, there was an explosion
of gas. He was severely burned a-
bout the head and face.
'Mr. Andrew Scott has sold: a heavy
matched dray team to Mr. D. Dono-
van for ehipnment to Montreal. The
price was a big one,
The :ball given by Col. Wilson and
the officers•of•.the 33rd' Huron Regi-
Iment in • Cardno's Opera House on
Wednesday evening was one of the
most largely attended and euecessrfui
social events held in Seaforth in many
years. The London Harpers furnish-
ed the mtulsic and supper served in
the dining rooms
The ,par;nershlip existing (between
W. D. Bright and A: J. Bright, who
have conducted a high class tailoring
establi•ahment in Seaforth for many
years, has been dissolved and the (busi-
ness will hereaefter be conducted by
Mr, W. D. Bright.
Mr. and :Mrs. William Ballantyne.
celelbrated the fiftieth 'anniversary of
their marriage on Saturday last.
Zlhe 'Mayor and council of Seaforth
for 1910 has been :elected by aeclam-
ation and will be as foIlows.: Mayor,
D. J. fMleCallume Council, J. 3'. Chili',
J. F. Daly, J. e. Greig; James Gilles-
pie amad F. Harburn:, There will be a
three -cornered contest for the Reeve -
ship between Jaunts Watson, W. T.
Box and I. V. Pear.
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'Little Marry, aged five, ezamme run-
ning up to her mother, crying, "Oh,
Mather! You'd better commie quick and
get daddy'!" •
"Why, dearilee?"•
"Well, papa enc, Mr. 'Smith etre
down in the Cellar and 1 heard Mr.
'Sfinfbh tell MA t0 ,'g`i"We'trim another
shot.
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When Roxboro, now but a quiet and
peaceful country crossroads,. was a
hive of industry and one of the prom -
inept centres in this entire pioneer
district?
(William (Somerville, his (memories
.stirred by a recent article written by
John IMac'tavish, recalls some of the
names and ,businesses of seventy-five
years ago. Mr. Somerville's letter is
as follows:
Editor, Huron Expositor:
Dear Sir: I read 'with great in-
terest Mr. John 'Mac1 uvish's story of
old Hanpurshey, much of which is
familiar to us of the third 'g`eneration
for the reason we grew 'up in its at-
mosphere, not that we participated in
any of the events of that day as
many of us were only in' the milk
stage when 'Harpurhey was a sturdy
growing child. Just as the eurve, on
the highway, just 'west of the grave-
yard (there were no cetnetries in those
days) remains the same, so another
relic of Haaepurhey survives in the
telegraph "call'" used for Seaforth
station. `q -FA" was originally the
call forH:arpurhey (it being the rule
of the railway company to select one
or two letters from the name of the
place) but when the station was mov-
ed
oved to Seaforth the telegraph call went
wakh it.
'Roxboro was not a very serious
contestant for village supremacy be-
ing somewhat off the main line and
although it was a thriving burg in
the early days it is now but a mem-
ony. To' .ay me now drivimcg (mast the
quiet coup Loaner nothing,remains
to suggest that it had once boasted
a busy flour mill owned by the' late
'Alfred Brewer, an uncle of 'W. G.
Willis. It was ,run by waterpower
from ,the dam in summer and cord-
wood in winter. Flour was team o
's'eaifcreak station for • shilpmieiit and
=less my memory fails me, some of
it was shitipped to the :Old Counitey.
The blacksmith shop of W. R. Wil-
son did a thriving business. A gen-
eral ;store was kept by the late W.
R. Watson, the noted mathematician,
long associated 'w'ith the '.business act-
ivities of Seaforth. 4. public house
was owned ,ly Mrs. Jamieson, mother,
of the late Robert Jamieson of the
'Golden Lion drygoodse store, Seaforth,
and William Jamieson of Hullett.
"Wattie" Rankin, a typical Scot, car-
ried on • a wegaei33'g, business. • James
and uMrs. Hawthorn are his 'descend'
antes. Johnnie „!Walker was Our bar-
ber free who also entertained us with
his •sword' dance and 'barnyard' imita-
tions. The (Roxboro district, like
other parts of (1iuron, was settled by
a fine type of 'Scottish pioneers, prin-
cipally `frae" the borders, many of
whom were cradled in the Sir Walter
Scott country. Their chief asset was
their strong religious principles with
but little else than an axe in material
things, but with a. courage which
knew no defeat.
SOMEEVIIJ 1 .
Nashville, Tenn.
JUST A SMILE OR TWO•
"`Daddy; do y or} think ,mtother, knotu's
much about raising children?",
"What makes' you ask that?", ,'
"`Well, she makes me go to bed
when I'm wide awake—and she makes
me getup when II'' awfully sleepy!"
"'Murphy got rich quick, didn't he?"
"He got rich so quick he can't swing
a golf club without spitting on his
hands."
she the kind who knows it
all?"'
,-"No, but she's the kind w'ho tells
it ail."
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Ma—"There is one thing about
'Peggy's young man, dear, you do not
have to get up every, night to send
him off."
Pa—"No; :thank heaven one of our
girls has picked out a serf -starter.
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SUNDAY AFTERNOON
• (By Isabel Hamilton, Goderich, Ont.)
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Fight the good fight with all thy
might;
Be strong in theLord, and in the
power.•of His It -night;
Run the'ltraight race through Go d's
good' grace;
Lift up thine eyes, ace.
Cast care aside; u
Lean, and His mer
Faint not, nor fe are
near;
He chan•geth not, and thou art dear;
Only believe and thou shalt see
That Christ is all inall to thee.J. S. B.1VI•onsell.
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cy will provide.
ar; His ' arms
PRAYER
Give irs courage, our Father, so
_that we may not grow weary in the
battles' of life. Amen.
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Lesson Topic—Tests of a Christian.
Lesson Passage—I John 5:1-12.
Golden Text --I John 5:1.
This chapter discusses Love, Faith
Victory.
"The love of God oh! what it is
none but His loved ones )know."
The love of all who love God is• a
consequence of God's love to them
and will (be seen in the keeping of His
commandments.
All love in the heart is a creation;
-and whoYmt God loves; in them He cre-
ates love to Him. There is ' always
an inclination to love those who we
believe love us. If you lbelievle God
loves you, it is a sure effect that you
will try to love Him; it is a part of
the ordinary constitution of our na-
ture. It is so wonderful a thing that
the great God. should indeed love a
poor miserable sinner that Whenever
it is really brought 'home to the heart
and .conscience it awakens heavenly
affections. Many have a general
sense of the love of God, but they
cannot ,believe that He, personally,
loves them; and yet till this is done
nothing is done. You will not love
God until you are quite sore: that. God
specially and individually loves you..
"Backeto His dear, loving arms would
I flee,
When I remember that Jesus loves
me."
And how are we to know that we
love God'; by loving what God co(rn-
mandls—that i's, by putting our wills
�in a line with His will; by giving
Him our hearts, by loving what He
eomtmands is accepted by Him as. love.
for Himself.
'This is the rviobory that overconieth
the 'world, even our faith." Faith is
the Iiving principle (by which the soul
drinks in life from the heavenly
fountain, of life.
God did) not leave Himself without
a witness on earth. He would not so
forsake (mankind as that there should
nab be a single eye of faith to look
up to Him Iamiong all the 'nation%
that there shwuld not be a single al-
tar, a 'single heart, from which prayer
and t'hianksgiving and praise should
mount to (heaven. When the rwthole
world was turning away from )Him
to enwrap itself in its own natural
darkness, He called Abraham to be
the father of them that the coers'e
of ages should spring One believe,
and 'premised that from, HIM, in
through faith in whom all the mations
of the earth were to be blessed. Thus
wind God ordain that faith should ov-
ercome the world. When man, had
given himself u>, to , the worship of
the creature, of the earth and ibs'
fruatts, of the flesh and its lusts, God
said, I will ,light up! the Heil df
faith im the heart of A'brah'am. Faith
is shill the light of the 'belierihijg
heart,, iffudi it is a peaetical principle.
If we look {'Ifioet'iglitifully through ''ilio
history of dile church, or - even of the
world, we shall find. that this under
one Shari or otiluer.,1h ever been the
nilain principle aiid Spring :Of a1I t
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and magnanimous action, even faith.
The Victory of Faith.
et is acknowledged by everybody
that the world is a 'place of conflict;
but it is not felt by everybody that
there is an inestilmlable advantage in
this, that the conditions of .human
life 'should be those of conflict. And
yet, if we reflect, we shall not, I
think, murmur that our lot should be
cast in a world where there is every
need for the putting forth of our en-
ergies, for surely it i"sl by the stimu-
lating influences of various opposi-
tions that our powers will ripen and
develop. The trouble is we mistake
the nature of the conflict. The world,
we say, is a great arena of contest.
It is true, and there are many foes.
There is poverty, there is ignorance;
there is obscurity, there is weakness.
The apostle tells us none of these
constitute the real foe. The tree en-
emy is not in the world, nor is the
things that are in the world, but
rather that it is in the' world within
the :heart. And th.e only thing that
can secure victory and -true life for
"He that hath the Soo hath life." '
Tie means of gaining this faith
are principally three: reading the
Scriptures, ,prayer and a partaking of
the Lord's Supper. Faith will, come
Iby reading, as of old tilm:'e it came
by hearing, and when we have thus
become familiar with Christ, have
Learned, to love Hem and to know that
He not only ,was, but is now, a living
object of our love we will come more,
and more to set our affections on
things above.
A true Christian is one who lives a
double life; the ordinary life which
,all men live and an inner, secret life
which is' hid with Christ in God. This
life is the scene, so to speak, of his
greatest joys and sorrows, and Christ
is the sharer of both. 'He is the Head
and each true believer one of His
m'elmlbers. Ile is the Vine, and we are
His branches and we are strong,
healthy and fruitful only by deriving
sap and nourishment from the Vine.
Thusis Christ the Iife of the believ-
ing soul and through faith, in Him
comes victory over the world, the
flesh and the devil.—(Condens:ed from
The ,Sermon Bfilble).
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WORLD MISSIONS
Why I Am Going Back to My Field:
To West, China
By Rev. J. D. Endicott, M.A.
I aim( going book to China because
1 have seeen a picture of great need.
When II first came home on furlough
my zealous uncle, Changes Endicott,
urged; me to go out to 'Saskatchewan
land meet With the fall Presbyteries.
On my 'way through Winn'ipe•p; a
friend remarked: "You're going to
Southern 'Saskatchewan to talk mis-
sions? You'll be lucky if they don't
ask you for something." l • was ex
pectinag a very disheartening tilnve.
But, strange to say, the feffee't was
just ;the opposite. I was thrilled by
the heroism and quiet dignity of t'he
people I met, I vras rejoiced to see
wlhat 'goad will and love could • do ,in a
scientific come mlundtati'ons.
For several days we drove through
'country that had been dried out and
eatemr ttio by greeshoppers. Yet I felt
like congratulating the people be-
cause they lived in a "so-called Chris-
tian country" Ev'ery'where I heard
of eearlo'ads Of 'supplies coming from
helping eomntupities throughout Can-
ada:. (Nowhere ,did I see men and wo-
men an the roadsides im the last ag-
onies nil sitarlvation, or mothers offer-
ing to• sell their little children to
tthlat, they .night .keep' body and' sov'i
together 'ear a little loimtger: China,
in her need ,itas become my net
Christianity to me, Means that 1 Watt
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'`Phe :'1'irinter ,Fleet
iGodearieh's Winter fleet now is in -
with a total of five ships. They
are the 'steamers Jose. P. Burke, Sas--
,kadoe, Superior, Prescott and Wm.
+Sctvupp.' This is the •smallest number
of ships to winter here in some years_
The Superior arrived on- Tuesday
morning with 20,000 bushels of .wheat
for the elevator and tied ulp with the;
others for the winter. When. the Su-
perior clears in the spring she is
booked for' a load of salt from the
Goderich. Salt Company's warehouse..
—ICoderich Signal.
Appointed. Registrar
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Word was received' from Toronto,
on 'Thurs.diay mlornir'g that Miss Lil-
lian 'McPherson had (been appointed
registrar of Huron County in placeof
A. II, Neill. The announcement came•
from the Attorney ;been,
.'office_
Miss McPherson has ;been• deputy reg-
istrar for some years and the step
Up is said to be in the nature of pro-
motion. Her- salary will be fixed at
$2,000, w$ith no increase in staff, ac-
cording to the Toronto report.--God-
erieh Star.'
'Climber, Gives Up Task
For the second time within a fort-
night, a pole climber has failed to
scale the 90 fool flag pole. in Court
House Square; the object being to
put a halyard through the pulley at
the top. Last week John Weiss govt
within 12 feet of the top, only to give
up when he lost his nerve. Then Fri-
day William 'Bush of Auburn equal-
led Weiss' record on his' third attempt
but was forced -to come down in palma
when the heavy wire 'loop en his-
right
hsright instep •, tightened under his
weight. On his arst two attempts
Bush wore running shoes and for the•
third he donned. a heavy shoe, on' his
right foot.' With one wire looped a-
round the pole and another of the
same stretch around his right instep,.
'Bush shinnied up to nearly seventy
feet, six iryhes at a time; pulling the -
supporting wire loop with 'him and
resting 'momentarily. "That pole is
not six inches through at the top;"
Bush yelled down to the crowd. He
was up 70 feet and swayed' to and fro
in the brisk wind.—Zurich 'Herald,
Gets Contract in Toronto
E. G. King, local plumber, has been.
awarded the contract for three eohn'-
'plete bathrooms to be installed in an
apartment house ,in Toronto. Mr_
King now has his amen on the join
and expects to have the work com-
pleted this week.—Mitchell Advocate_
Top of Finger Off F
'Miss Marjorie Etherin:gton, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ethering-
ton, of U's(borne, had the misfortune
to loose the top of the second finger
of the left hand when she got it•
caught in a meat chopper on Tues-
day. 'She was brought to the office
of Dr. Dunlap and it was found nec-
essary to amputate the finger at the
first joint.—sExeter Times -Advocate,
Unique Window
Mr. James Bowey has a unique
display in his window. He has fitted
up an old fashioned fireplace and be-
side it are a spinning wheel arid a
loom for winding yarn. He also has
a brass candlestick and snuffers that
belong to the pioneer days. But most
interesting of all to us at least, is
something that we had never seen .be-
fore ,and that is a small piece of wood
split into .many pieces and anode in-
to matches with sulphur top. This.
we understand' was the first match t®
follow the days of the flint and tin-
der box.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Entertained Choir
Mrs. Craig Cooper entertained the
Members of the Presbyterian choir to
a seven o'clock dinner at her home
last Friday evening, after which a
social evening was spent. The .party
was voted a most thoroughly enjoy-
able one.
.Appointed- Car License issuer
Mr. 'Alfred) Carr has been appoints -
ed
ppoint-ed' car license issuer replaoing Mr..
David MacDonald, who has held this
position for some years. We under-
stand • that Mr, Carr will take over
his new duties on the first of the
New Year, --I-
New Advance -
I fries.
Cribbage Winners
The Legion rooms were crowded
on Monday night when thirteen tables
took part in the cribbage tournament -
Ten boards were played with toter
score to count. The winners were.
Frank Edgar 1202, Jim iSeli 1189, J-
O. Halbkirk 1175, J. Wilkinson 1183 -
First prize, turkey; 2nd, 3rd and 4th
prizes, geese. — Winghaaml Advance -
Times.
Fire Destroys Barn
Citizens of the town were awaken-
ed early Sunday morning between
three and three -thirty by the ringing
of the fire alarms. Fire had broken
out in the back of a 'barn now orwnedi
.by Jack Routledge, previously, the -
property of Mrs. A. C. Baeker. Smoke
was smelled and the fire first observ-
ed by W. Willis, who gave the alarm..
Many of the residents were aroused
and a crowd quickly gathered'. Vol-
unteer firemen did all possible to
check t'he flames. The chemical ap-
paratus failing to check the blaze,
which by that time had gained eon-
Isidlerable h•eadiwa'y, the fire' engine
was • put, to work.—Brussels Poste.
Prize Winners
17.The • fuhrniture store of Mr'. E. R.
Holpper was the Scene of considerable
interest Saturday evening as the
judges( determined elle weight of a.
Girbbar& walnut dining room •suite us-
ed in a guessing contest. 'The furni-
ture was weighed an the scales' eet
the Exeter Creamery by the retiring
Reeve, W. ID, Sanders, end the newly -
elected Reeve, Thomas Pryde. The
combined weight of the •seat was 422
pounds, 3 ounces. The .Buffet weigh-
ed 126 pounds 4 ounces; the table 117'
pounds 8 ounces; the china cabinet
98 pounds and the six chairs, 80 lbs -
7 'o'unee•s, The 'three wieners were:
aMrs. , 'Wiflia{mt 'Sanders, of Stephen.
4 1. IponindS 7 ermusees; Cecil Laing,
4211 pounds 6 ounces; Miss Ethel
'Smith,' 428 4a'oundt 3 etineas. I011oae
to one thousand guesses were regis-
tered:'--•tEacebeY • T hoes-Adlvooate. -
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