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The Huron Expositor, 1935-07-26, Page 2'!t Mk drw uranExpositQi Established 1860 eith McPhail McLean, Editor. ,p''ublished at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- y Thursday afternoon by McLean giros. Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. . Members of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Class "A" Weeklies of Canada, and The Huron County Press Association. SEAFORTH, Friday, July 26, 1935. Mr. Bennett's Cabinet Is Dwindling When Mr. Stevens was eased out of Mr. Bennett's Cabinet, it made the first vacancy. Now appointments to Senate and Bench have claimed four more mem- bers of that same body. Hon. Alfred Duranleau, Minister of Marine, has been appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec. Hon. Arthur Sauve, Postmaster General; Hon. E. N. Rhodes, Minis- ter of Finance, and Hon: J. A. Mac- donald, Minister without Portfolio, have been appointed to the Senate. That makes five Cabinet vacancies, and although it is generally under- tood that Mr. Bennett is the Cab- inet, it will be necessary, for appear- ances' sake, if nothing else, to fill thein all before the coming general election. A general reorganization • of the Cabinet is, apparently, ,n the offing. It is not a very goodsign, perhaps, but necessity knows no ,,law. Mr. Bennett must have a Cabinet, whe- ther he makes use of it or not. • Mr. Stevens and the Farmers Il.on. H. H. Stevens, the leader of the new Reconstruction Party, has taken the Canadian farmer under his wing. "Henceforth he will be their guide, philosopher and friend. He will lift them out of the depres- sion under which, for the past five years, they have been trying to make a living, even if they could not make ends meet. In his opening address of the cam- paign delivered in St. Catharines on Saturday last, the Hon. Gentleman promised (if returned to power, of course) that he would give the farm- er .a `fighting chance." To give the farmer this fighting chance, Mr. Stevens promised again to create a Dominion Agricultural Board, charged with the duty of see- ing that the products of the. soil brought a fair price to their produc- ' ers. In other words, when the supply of farming products exceeds thede- mands, he,,ysirill use the country's tax money to bolster up the price. He will bonus the farmer. It is a fine theory, but in practise, ilot so good. Under a similar ar- rangement Canada already has in its possession some two hundred odd million bushels of wheat that it does not know what to do with, and on which the country stands to lose some hundred million dollars. It is very kind of Mr. Stevens to sympathize with the farmers in their present plight. They are certainly entitled to it. Likewise they are en- titled to some protection—protection from Mr. Stevens, we mean. As a Minister of the Government for the past five years, Mr. Stevens hasp had quite a bit to do with the Canadian farmer, and those things he has done, as well as left undone, are largely responsible for the plight of the farmer to -day. As the highest tariff man of a high tariff cabinet, he has, in the past five years, closed every market against the Canadian farmer in which he formerly was able to make a living. But Mr. Stevens does not say any- . thilrlg about that. Perhaps he has prgotten it,' or perhaps, he is will- ing. to let bygones be bygones. At any rate he is promising to give "aIers; `llrtrlg ehanee" in 'Uppc r ,. Will that zl} l it promise b enough for the farmers? Hardly! For one! thing, after the existence the farmers have been struggling for during the past five years, there is not a great deal of fight left in them. As a class they have suffered as no other class has suffered. Their mem- ory of Mr. Stevens and his kind is too fresh in their minds. His promise is good, but it is only a promise and an election one at that. When it is stacked up against his past record and past perform- ance, it holds little of assurance, or hope of realization. Mr. Stevens will have to try again; to use another tack, to use other bait, before the farmers as a whole will rise to alis lure. • Spontaneous Combustion Much discussion heard in this of- fice recently would lead one to the belief that much of the early hay that went into the barns this season was . not properly or sufficiently cur- ed in the open before being stowed in the mows. This situation, we are told, arose from the fact that the hay crop this year was exceptionally heavy. A record, in fact. The hay was sappy and weather conditions when haying was com- menced were not favorable to rapid curing. But the farmers could not wait. Under the recent hot weather, not only hay but all crops are ripen- ing fast. The grain is pushing the hay and both are pushing the farmers. Im- properly cured hay, even when treat- ed with salt, will heat in the mow. Every farmer knows that, But will it heat sufficiently to cause fire by spontaneous combustion? That is the question. Or is spontaneous combustion a fact or a theory? There are scien- tists who have proved to their own satisfaction, as well as to the satis- faction of others, that fire from spontaneous combustion is a fact. On the other hand, there are many practical .farmers who claim it is a theory only. To settle this old and vexed ques- tion, the farmer editor of the Beacon - Herald, a. week ago, suggested that this year, above all others, would be the time for provincialauthorities to keep watch and investigate fires which were said to have been start- ed by spontaneous combustion. The suggestion is a good one and might well be adopted by the Pro- vincial Government, as there has al- ways been a large element of doubt about such fires, and it is a question well worth settling. Quite An Adventure There are adventures which are pleasant, and others 'which are not, even when they end happily. The daily papers on Monday tell of one of the latter kind experienced by Crown Attorney Dudley Holmes. Mr. Holmes was enjoying t h e peace of his garden, in the evening until the mosquitoes' began to bother him, and he decided to return to the house. First he called his pet cat to him, but the cat that answered was not his. It was a black cat with a white strip down its back and a, bushy tail, and it was friendly. It ambled over to his chair and sat at his feet. Now the Crown Attorney is a fast thinker, whether on his feet or off them. He froze and stayed frozen until the cat ambled away again, and then he gained the' house hurriedly. The end was all right, but, oh! what possibilities the beginning and the middle of that' adventure held. We know a local man who chased one of those striped cats out of a garbage barrel with a short stick one night. And What is more, he got away with it. Few are as brave as that, however, and then only once. , WHAT OTHER PAPERS • SAY. Wheezes ,(Woodstock Sentinel -Review) A Minnesota dotter ' shows that while all asthana sufferers wheeze, all wheezes do not in- dicate asthma. Some efsthose you hear on the radio saiggest an acute attack of plagiarism: qi@ifs t,a Years Agone Interesting items picked. from The Expositor of fifty and twenty-five years ago. 'From The Huron Expositor of July 29, 1910 The contract for redeebrating the Thames! Road) (Presbyterian Church was let last week and the work will go on as soon as possible, While [playing baseball a few days ago, Mr. George Menne, Exeter, was struck on the head by a ball. The blow rendered him unconscious for a time. • The Benedicts of Exeter defeated the Bachelors at a game of baseball by a .score of 8 to 7. Mr. H, Gillian, of Blyth, who has been teller in the Bank of Hamilton fir the past few months, has been promloted to the head office at Ham- ilton. Miss Gladys MMNevin, of •Godlerieh, has been engaged asassistant teach- er in the Zurich public school. The brick work of the new Men- nonite church, Zurich, has bee* com- pleted. At the recent boys' model aeroplane contest •held in Montreal, Master Frank Doehert.y, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Docherty, of where, was among the successful competitors. :One of the worst hail storms with- in ithin our memory took place in the vi- cinity of Londesiboro on Wednesday afternoon. Almost every building was minus the window panus. Mr. Huimphrey Snell, of Lon•dese boro, fell about 20 feet on Wednes- day afternoon. Mr. Orville Cann, of -Osborne, is recovering very nicely from ,his re- cent illness. The death took place of Miss Edle Geake, of Grand Bend, who h:ad been ill for six months. Mr. Stewart, of Hensall, has a fine new barn in the course Of erection on his farm east of Rodgerville post of- fice. W. Geiger and Arthur McAllister, of •Hen•sall, who recently passed their final examinations, left for the Gen- eral -Protestant Medical College, Ot- tawa, to :practise. Word has been received that Mr. Isaac Moore, of Tuckers•mith, had pissed away in his 81st year. On Sunday last Mr. Won. Chapman, Sr , and his daughter were thrown out of the buggy when the horse was frightened and upset the buggy. They were not seriously injured. W. J. Powell has disposed of his grocery business in Luoknow to Mr. Frank Tatet, of Grand Valley. - Thos. Ballantyne, an old and well known resident of Brussels, was 80 years of age last Sunday. Mrs[. John Essery, of Usborne, met with a painful accident the other day. She was working among the pottatoes' when she fe•11, fracturing the elbow of her right arm. FARM SIFTNOUS CIES CHIN A KITN E No. 3—The Wild Raspberry Patch By Mrs. Paul Doig. It lies at the back [of the farml— our Wild raspberry patch. It is not a large patch' as patches go. One go•o:d industrious berry picker can cover it fairly well in a day. -If it were all berry bushes it might pos- sibly take two days. But it is not all berry bushes. Ah, no! There are burdocks in bur berry ,patchigreat, lusty, upstanding fellows, taller than a tall man. There are elderberry, bushes whose blossoms scent the air, and wild grapeelines that trip up the wary and the unwary alike. The berry ,patch is at ,its best in the eery early morning. Strictly speaking no berry patch should even be thought of in the afternoon. Of Course, the early morning has its drawlbacks, drawback No. 1 being that if we are to see the berry patch in the early morning we must first of all anise early—a real incionvenience, we must admit. Then the dews of eve have an unfortunlate habit of lingering ion into the morning; the duller the morning the longer they linger. And the longer they linger, .the wetter gets the berry picker. • There is only -one suitable garment for the serious berry picker and that 's sturdy denim overalls. That be- comdng,heuse dress? All is vanity! That year before last silk with the holes •under the arms? To the rag bag with it! Shorts? Don't make us laugh! Overalls and a long-sleev- ed blouse. Turn thy beck on every- thing else and cling to these. The next thing to be considered is the 'water supply. People who don't drink three glasses of water in a month develop an overpowering thirst ae soon as they reach the berry patch. And no )berry picker can deo gabd'. work feeling Eke Honest John Miner adrift in Death Valley with a leaking water bottle. So be sure to take a generous supply 'of•,.drinking waiter. Then there ds theematter of Con- tainers. When we are feeling very amibitious we take our 12 -quart wa- ter pail and a 5 -pound honey pail to pick into—the latter hung around our substantial waist by a double strand -tf binder twine. Of course we don't expect to really fill that 12 -quart pail, bu•t it ,gives us a nice feeling to start out with it, a little on the line of "hitch your wagon to a star" and s•o on. When the spirlit of indolence has more or less claimed us for its own we leave the water pail at home and take a 10 -pound honey pail in- stead. This will give us four quarts of canned fruit and a `gullup" (the Seven Year •Old'a word) to eat with cream and sugar. With real cream! Ah, you tonin people! So far everything we.. have written about our berry patch has been in its favor; its freshness in the early morning, the gastronomical delights of !berries with sugar and cream. But like everything else there is always a fly in the ointment. You'tve guess- ed it. Mosquitoes—that winged pest about which [Miss Graham has weir, ten so feelingly. Now there are lotion's that may be obtained at your drug stare •w1lnoh (Continued' on Page 3) fit tCORRtSPO!flENCEj Brussels, July 22, 1935s. Editor, Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: In last we'ek's issue of: The Expositor you published an [teria copied from tete paper of 50 year[' ago, in which it was stated that a 1'Iiss Golding Of the '4th concession of Hallett had completed \ a quilt • son. tabling • 2,840 pieces. I have in my possession, •at• quilt eomlpieted by my sister about the rains time, the t[h nc espion M'eKillop, contona:indng1410eo,684 pieces Girls of those days were certainly[ possessed of ,patience and persevere ance. CONSTANT READER. • JUST , A SMILE OR TWO • • . [Our old friend Rastus was in trou- ble agaiin, and the sheriff asked him if he were guilty er not guilty. "Guilty, su'h, I think," replied Ras- tus, "but I'd better be tried to make sure of it,"—(.Montreal Star. 'Fortune Teller -,"Madam, you will visit many foreign lands and the courts iof kings and queens. You will ,conquer all rivals a d marry the Snap' of your choice. He wv!i11 be tall, dark, and handsome, .ari•stocratic, young and rich." The [Client—"Oh, isn't that lovely! Now tell me just one more thing. How will I get rid of my present husband?" --(.Croy Times -Record. From The Huron Expositor of July 31, 1885 William Bell, butcher of Win.ghaan, met with a serious accident a few days ago. While he was cutting up some meat, his knife slipped off the meat and cut his knee so badly that he had to have three stitches put in it. A peculiar accident happened on the farm of Mr., Miller, 3rd conces- sion of Hullett, a few days ago. The cows were being driven up from the pasture and to hurry them along a stone was thrown, • which struck one of them en the leg, brealang it and necessitating her being killed. One day last week Isaac Wright, Lot 17, Concession 6, Turnberry, had a straw- shed erected on his farm, 35 x 50 feet with stone foundation, JIr. Robert Wiood was the framer. Dr. Williams, of Clinton, was vis- iting some friends in Goderich Tp. on the Maitland River, ea he drove his hense into the water and allowed it to walk along, but the Water was 10 feet deep in places and the horse had to swine, taking the buggy and doc- tor along. He kept his seat, how- ever, and in a few minutes he came to shallow water again and he dried his clothes. The Expositor of this• date an- nrsunces the death •of Dr..Vercoe, who, passed , away in ,Toronto. Many friends regret to hear of his pass- ing. The members of Duff's Church, McKillop, intend having the church overhauled and repaired during the absence of their pastor. We observe by the statement of an old resident in the Stratford Herald of this week that Col. Van Egmond, father of Messrs. Van Egmondh was at one time owner of the •lorts•`Where Stratford now stands• and also of the Town of Mitchell. Mr. Bennett is ereetin•g a neat lit- tle house oh Goderich St., next to the residence of Mr. James Graves. Mr. L. L. MGFaul is having his resi- dence on Goderich St. cornpleted. It will be one of the handsomest homes in .Seaforth. Mr. Alex. Sparks took . the lead in Stanley Township in getting his crap cut with John Tough, second. This is hard to beat! The Brussels Post morved to new quarters last week Mr, Wm. Cooper, Mill Road, Tuck- ersmith, has just completed a fine new bank barn with capacious and •comfortable stone stabling under- neath. Mr. Thos. Dick, lHlensall, accom- panied by Mr, Cudhnore, Kippen, sail- ed for the Old Country, taking a large number of cattle, Mr. W. A. Waugh, of Hensel!, pur- chased a couple of fine parrots, but one unfortunately died. Mr. S. Rennie, of Zurich, had his• arm broken in an accident, last week., • "I heard your daughter speaks Reperantlo. Does she speak it '` g- ently?" "Jus't like a native." --,Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Icy "If you are tired of dancing, let us sit down and have a• little tete-atete." "No, thank you. After such a big supper I really couldn't eat a thing." --Christian Science Monit'or. • A very nice old lady had a few words to say to her gran•ddaui 'hter. "iMy dear," • said the old lady, "I wish you would db something for me. I 'wish you would promise me never t•a use two words. One is swell and the other is lousy. Would you pro•m- ise me that?" "Why sure, Granny?" said the girl, "What are :the words?" — Boston Globe. • -SUNDAY AFTERNOON • (By Isabel Hamilton,,Goderish, Ont.) - O Revive Thy work, 0 Lord; Thy mighty arm make bare; Speak with ..the .voice that wakes the dead, And make Thy people hear. Revive Thy work, 0 Lord: Give pentecos•tal showers: The glory shall be all Thine own, The blessing, Lord, be ours. A. Midlane. S. S. LESSON FOR JULY'`28, 1935 Lesson Topic—Amos (Prophet of So- cial Justice). Lesson Passage—Amos 7:7-17. Golden Text -Amos 5:24. at was in the reign of Jeroboam II, the great grandson of Jehu, that the kingdom of Israel reached the zenith of its power and splendor. The pre- dominance of the northern kingdom was extended over the whole range of the ancient domains of Solomon. Jonah had been a prophet in the earlier days of Jeroboam, perhaps be- fore success had ended in corruption; but by bhe time of the manhood of Amos it .was evident to the eye of the prophet that wealth had led to vice, and that vice was the prelude to decay and destruction. He could not therefore be deceived by the ease and •peace and glory which lulled the 'congemsf erary priests and prophets into a sense of security. He held fast to the eternal law that sin is weak- ness, and that doom dogs the heels of crime. He saw on every side habitual drunkenness, disgraceful self-indulgence, and total forgetful- ness of God's essential requirements. Amos would have been n'o true pro- phet i•f he had not clearly seen that because' right was right, and because God was God, :such a state of things could not last. It was the sense that all Divine and :human laws were be- ing violated with insolence and im- punity that sent Ames from his peaceful peasant occupation of herds- man and dresser of sycamtore trees to be a peasant prophet to warn anc- ient nations and reprove mighty kings, When he reached the northern kingdom he saw around him the worst signs of national decay. He saw the per starving in sullen mis- ery among "Men full of meat whom most God's heart abaors." Stung to wrath by pity, Amos made the land ring vYibh his asser- tion of Gods equal Fatherhood and eternal righteousness. , Just as the Eniglish poet re•presenits the Druid consoling the British warrior -queen with the certainty that "Rome shall perish: write that word, On the blood that she has spilt; Perish, hopeless and abhorred, Deep in ruin,as in guilt—" So also Amos declares as he watch- es the wrongs bf the "sons and daugh- ters of misery and the multitude ready to perish," that Israel [ cannot survive, It is evident that his prophecies alarmed the leading authorities. In the, seventh chapter from which to- day's lesson is taken, Amos repres- entseGod as having designed to- send a plague of locusts, but after they had eaten every green thing God had withdrawn the peril at the prophet's intercession. Again, there was the thereat of some terrible onslaught by fire. This, too, was withdrawn at the prophet's prayer. But, after that, he saw the Lord standing on a well-built city wall with a plumbline in his hand, and God would not any longer be interceded with, nor pass by any more the transgreseions of Israel. After such a pa'opheey, Amaziah, the high priest of Bethel, thought it time to exert his power. He went to the king and accused the prophet of treason which was likely to produce dangerous discontent. Jeroboam did not trouble himself about the matter and so the priest took things into his own hands and ordered Amos back to his own country. This fired the prophet and he told Amaziah that the destruction was now very near, and that he Would be personally affected. High as was his pride of place, yet in the day of Assyrian invasion his wife should be reduced to a life of infancy, his sons and daughters would be. slain by'the•sword., his inheritance would be divided among aliens and as Israel should go into captivity, so the priest himself should die in a pol- luted land. -.(Condensed from Canon Farr<4r's Lives of the 'Minor Pro- phets). • ' WORLD MISSIONS Standing in the Church Bread -line (By J. C. Jackson) A real estate man once sold me a house. He took me through it from cellar to attic, and then got into his automobile and drove 'around in the immediate vieinity. He showed me the nice school building located near- by; the great state university three blocks away; the fire station; the park with its great auditorium Wild- ing, but finally he pointed out the church in which I worshipped for many years thereafter. These assets made the property leak good to me, but even more valu- able to anyone leaking for an invest- ment. The deal was clinched and I mous ed in. As a citizen of 'tie city I contributed my share to the mainten- ance of the school; I contributed my share to the maintenance of the park; I contributed my share in the maintenance of the fire department; but for several months I contributed nothing to the church. 6 grew ashamed. I said to myself: "My ,prophecy is a better investment because the church is nearby,. If death or trouble.. sholald come to my home I would net hesitate to call on the pastor, _and he would never re- fuse to cortie. I accept all of these benefits which make my home desir- able, ,and contribute to them all ex- cept the church, to which' I am con- trilbuting nothing," 'So I grew ashamed • of taking s'o much and giving nothing at all, of standing in the church's' bread'aline. Many Christians would feel as I did if they ,should think the thing through. Every community has peo- ple who are getting something for nothing at the expense of the church. r•P rt, 11tl1::•• 'abre's n.:s �°.t. Seen in- the County Papers Sworn in as County Constables 'William Connolly, contractor, of. Logan, and William) Holman, auction- eer and implement agent of Monkton, ' were sworn in as Perth County Con- stables on Monday, July 8th.—Mit- &hell Advocate. 4 Residence Sold ' The residence of Mr. H. W. Doerr, Main Street, was sold by public awe - tion on Saturday last and was pur- chased by Mr. George Earl, of US -- borne; --borne; for f2,150. Mr. and Mrs.. Doerr have moved with their family y to .Mitchell.—Exeter Times-Ad'vocate.. Big Scaffolding Job • No small job in itself was :then erecting of'a scaffolding on all four sides,of the court house, to facilitate the woodwork repairs now well under. way. The job was done by Earl West- brook, The entire scaffolding includes 12,000 ,feet of lumlber and 100 pounds of nails.--Goderich Signal. Retiring From Public Life • Hon. James Malcolm, former Min- ister bf Trade and Co evmerce in the Liberal Government, and at present member for Bruce has. announced his retirement from public life. Jim, as [he was popularly 'kn'own, had the re- , sipect of all parties and the news be !his retirement was received with re- gret—Wingham Advance -Times. Lost -Banded Pigeon Died Aj dark -+colored ,pigeon with two numbers on the aluminum band, No, 6589, C.H.U.'34, the rubber band No. 876, on the morning of July Seth, flees over a hay field of Mr. Geo. Hallam, Con. 1, West Wawanosh, and drop- ped exhausted. He gave it aid, and: for fear of cats getting it, gave it t' the mail courier, Mr. Geo, Dawson, who brought it home. Aid was givers but it died next morning.-WInghana Advance -Tunes. Honored For Saving Life • On Tuesday -evening at Zion Hall, Ashfield, the Township Council and citizens gathered to do honor to Don- ald :McLean, who performed an heroic act in saving .a life the time of the sad McQuillin drowning in Lake IH1ur- •on a year or sa ago. George Slpottors gave the address and presented the parchment from the Ontario Humane- Society. umaneSociety. (Reeve' Matheson and Rev. Mr. Patton also spoke. — Winghans Advance -Times. S. J. Mason in Hospital 'Mr. S. J. Mason, newspaper cor- respondent, is in Alexandra hospital, to which he was removed on Satur- day after he collapsed at the Royal Hotel, the [victim of a stroke. Mr. Mason's brother, George Mason, of Galt, visited him at the hospital on Tuesday morning. It is . expected the stricken ratan will be confined to the hospital for some weeks.--Gode- ri•ch Signal. • Ninetieth Birthday Mr. James Dignan o[bsei•ved his 90th birthday on Thursday of last week and a social time was held for him at the home of his son, Mr. E. M. Dignan. Among those present was the former's brother, John, who is in his 88th year. Both men are re- markably smart for their years,—,Ex- eter Times -Advocate, Celebrated .Eightieth Birthday The home of Mr. Jahn A. Earls, an old resident of Howick, was the scene of a happy event Friday after- noon when ninety-six relatives and friends met 'to do him honor on the occasion of • his 80th birthday. Mr. William [Montgomery, who is nearing his 80th birthday, also shared the [honors. Guests were present from TTdronto, Van[cotever, . Detroit, Brus- sels, G•orrie, 'Fordwich, Wroxeter and Hamilton.—Brussels Post. ' Moon Eclipsed For Nearly 4 Hours A clear sky and bright starlit night made it possible for Goderichites to ) fully enjoy the total eclipse of the moon which occurred last Monday right. The eclipse began at approx- imately 10.15 p.m. and lasted until almost 2 am. The earth's shadow be- gan to cross in front of the moon and changed the color of the .planet until it was a dull red color wlhich gradually got darker as the shadow advanced. It was noticed that the formation on the noon's surface was more easily witnessed during the eclipse than they are at other times. The ?aeon was totally eclipsed for a space of over an hour. — •Goderich Star. • Silver Wedding !14 very happy event took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Elliott on Friday, July 12, .wflan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Elliott celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. The family was all present with the ex- ception of their daughter (Elizabeth), Mrs. Karadis, of New York. The happy c'oiaple were united in marriage at 'Montreal and- at once came to Cuing' Township, where they fa\t'm- ed until three years ago when they moved, to Blyth where they are high- ly respected citizens. The Standard joins with their many friends in wish-• ing them many more years of mar- ried blls[s.- Bly'th Standard.• L; till ,r li 4 t� . w ,�7d�,�e��1se,:elY !:.,�,. L,'r•�� r:l;[ .."il""itA:66i,.;.0'i6 5 i ;i