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IRTRON EX1 OSItOR
451
rron E positor
sl;ablished 1860
':McPhail McLean, Editor.
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SEAFORTH, Friday, August 23rd.
The Election Date
Mr. Bennett is full of surprises, or
is it contradictions? Some time ago
he announced that the election date
would be before the completion "of
of harvest.
Last week he announced the date
as October 14th. Under present in-
dications in the country, at least, the.
only harvest that would appear to be
coming after that late date would be
the Liberal harvest._
In bringing on the elections so late
in the year and s'o long after the life
of Parliament had expired, Mr: Ben-
nett may have his own reasons. No
doubt he has. In his sight, justifiable
ones, too.
One of those reasons m\ay be his
hope of obtaining some reciprocal
agreements with the United -.States,
whereby Canadian farmers may ben-
efit, and whereby, through. them,'Mr.
Bennett may benefit too.
In that case, Mr. Bennett has been
a long time in seeing the light. It
Would appear to be a pretty hopeless
task tb undo in two months, the work
of five years.'
Or it may be, with improving
times, he hopes something will turn
up to his advantage. No one likes
to- give • up power, least of all Mr.
Bennett. He, wants to. give oppor-
tunity every chance anyway.
But opportunity, it is said, never
knocks twice on the same door, and
Mr. Bennett's opportunity came to
Mr. Bennett's door last winter after
he had made his first broadcast.
If he had dissolved Parliament
then, the situation would be very dif-
ferent frim what it is to -day. Very
different, indeed: .
However, we are to have a Iate
election, and what is worse, a long
election' campaign, which means un-
settled business, and business is
scrambled enough now, and has been
for the past five years, without add-
ing to its misery.
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Tough Harvesting
- It has been tough harvesting in
this section this year. Crops were
heavy and work was hard.
Hay was all right, but the wheat
and the grain .crops were not only
heavy, but they were pounded down t
by wind and rain, making cutting
one way imperative, and in not a few
instances the work of harvesting a
field was not worth the effort.
Added to the extra work has been
the tremendous heat all through the
harvest. Men and horses have suf-
fered alike and" the heat wave is still
with us.
Altogether, it has been a tough
harvest, even if the crops were
bumper ones.
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About S'tre'ets
The Listowel Banner of last week
says: "The Goderich '' Star laments
the fact -that the Saturday night
crowd(leave" the streets littered on
Sunday, presenting an unsightly
condition to Sunday, visitors. And
the Star also says that this condition +.-
pplies, to all centres where pkaple
do their shopping. Not so in Lis-
towel,' brother! Our streets are
crowded until a late hour on Satur-
day ,night, but the man who keeps
Listowel's streets tidy, is on the job
early Sunday morning before the
.average .citizen is awake, With the
took that ourstreets. are clean and
• Cdr Sunday visitors."
about $eaforth's M 'a i n
very seldom indeed
that The Expositor makes a com-
plaint about town government, or
has cause to, for that matter.
But one look at our Main Street.
not only on Sundays, but every day,
would justify some uncomplimentary
remarks from townspeople as well as
from visitors.
As this is written, it is in a filthy
condition, and has been for some
time. Dust, scraps of paper and re-
fuse of all kinds are lying thick along
the curbs on both sides, from one end
of the street to the other.
With every wind that blows, the
dust, the papers and the refuse blow
too. Rise up and blow over the side-
walks and into the open' store doors,
or are blown into other heaps some-
where along the street.
On Wednesday afternoons, when
the business places are closed and
the street practically deserted, one
gets a pretty clear view and the sight
is far from being a prepossessing
one, even to an indifferent townsman.
What it is to the visitor and the
stranger—well, we have heard some-
thing of that too.
If we have no street sweeping ma-
chine, , or no whitewings, we have
at least, hydrants all along the street,
from ,which water is availableto
flush the pavement clean, once in a
while at least.
Other towns are doing it, and other
towns are complaining when it is not
done: What about our Main Street?
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National Government
National Government .will n o t
down in„ spite of the fact that it is
most unpopular outside of the large
cities, and has been pronounced
against by both political parties, par-
ticularly so by Mr. King, the Liberal
leader.
The object of the promoters of Na-
tional Government, as the country
sees it at the present time, is not so
much the general welfare of Cana 1a_X
as a whole, as it is the particular wel-
fare -of some f e w particularly
wealthy men and money corpora-
tions.
In fact to the country, National
Government spells but one thing, and
that one thing is the handing over of
the assets of the Canadian National
Railway to the Canadian Pacific
Railway, but at the same time leav-
ing the liabilities of the former road
to be shouldered by the Canadian
taxpayers.
Hon. H. H. Stevens, leader of the
new Reconstruction Party, has again
brought the question of National
Government to the fore. Speaking
at Regina a few days ago, he is re-
ported to have made the claim that
if Mr. Bennett is not actually in fav-
or of such a' -government, he is not_
actually oplwsed"to• it either.
And, perhaps, Mr. Stevens is in as
good a position as anyone else to un-
derstand the mind of -the Premier.
At least, as one of the foremost
members of the Cabinet for the past
five years, he must be in possession
of as much ins,icle information on the
subject as it would be possible ' for
anyone to obtain.
However, one can scarcely suspect
Mr. Bennett of 's,ny such fbolihness.
He can not be a National Government
in himself, even if he desired to be.
He can not form one with Mr. King,
or with" any member, of the Liberal
party, of sufficient weight, outside
of, Mr. King, nor can he form one
without them. Where then, will a
National Government come from?
Certainly "a National Government
will not be formed before the coming
Dominion elections. After that, . if
no' oneparty has asufficient major-
ity to carry one, it might be given
consideration.
But even under those unlikely cir-
cumstances, it is very doubtful if it
would meet with much or any suc-
cess in the country so long as the
term holds its present meaning there.
WHAT OTHER PAPERS ' SAY.
Communism and Nudism
(Belleville Intelligences)
Some persons who want to challenge capital-
ism take off their clothes and go nude. It has
been so in China and' in the Soviets of Russia.
In •the latter land, the authorities soon put an
end to such ektrava'gances. The weakening of
communism has meant the decline of nudism in
China. and Russia. This hints at a swing to older
standards, with the marriage tie upheld as an
important factor in life.
'Years Agone
Interesting items picked from
The Expositor of fifty and
twenty-five years ago.
From The Huron -Expositor of
August 26, 1910
While assisting to unload a trac-
tion engine at Brussels freight shed
the other day, Doc Moore had the lit-
tle finger on his left hand smashed.
Mr. Analis Lamont, an old and well
known resident of the seventh con-
cession of Grey, dropped dead on
Wednesday of last week. He was 73
years of age and had had- heartetrou-
ble.
-Mr. W. D. 'Sanders of Stephen met
with an unfortunate and painful ac-
cident on Saturday last. His thumb
vcas badly broken "'when caught be-
tween a spoke of the Wheel and a
crossbar on the tank.
During the storm on Monday morn-
ing the balm on the farm of Mr. John
McGee, north of Bayfield, was tern-
ed to the ground.
• Quite an old-fashioned barn rais-
ing took place on the farm of Mr.
William Sinclair of Tuckersmith. Mr,
Dan McNaughton of Tuckersmith and
Mr. William Dalrymple of 'Hibbert
chose sides, but Mr. Dalrymple's side
won, having finished before Mr. Mc-.
McNaughton's side started to raise
their purine plate.
Just before 6 o'clock on Wednes-
day evening of last week the Grand
Trunk station house at Dublin took
fire and the entire building was de-
stroyed. It was caused from a spark
of a passing engine.
'William Berry, of Brucefield, has
purchased. the residence of Mr. Geo,
Hill and intends coming to Brucefield
to live.
• 'The barns of Messrs. Timothy
Lenoir and Jerry, O'Hara of McKillop
were struck by lightning and corns
pietely burned.
M'r. Robert McKay of Tuokersmith
holds the record this season for' fall
wheat. He ..brought into ' the grist
mill some wheat which tested 64
pounds to the bushel
An electric stbrm passed over Sea-
iorth and vicinity on 'Monday morn-
'ing'and was the most severe of many
years. Irt lasted two hours; the rain
"came clown, in solid masses and was
accompanied by hail. Mr. John R.
Covengook had a valuable colt killed
•ir. sthe,field.
• Roy,•the young son of Mr. and Mrs,
Sam McGeoch, of f✓gmondville,' met
with a painful accident on Saturday
evening last. He and his brothel
were with the team 'when the horses
were frightened and threw him be-
tween the tug and one'of the wheels,
breaking his leg between the knee and
the thigh.
Mr. Ed. Jarman, of the 'Hluron Rd:
West, recently stocked 264 acres' of
oats in a day and a half.
The early risers say . there was a
light frost on low-lying lands on Fri-
day morning.
' Mr. William Sleeth is in Calgary
putting the finishing touches on Mr.
Pickard's new store there.
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Front The Huron Expositor of
August 28, 188A
'Strame's sawmill at Fordwich was
burned to the ground on the night•,of
the 11th inst. with nearly all the
stock of lumber. , The loss will be
$12,000 'iso $15,000. Four hours of
hard fighting saved the Toronto, Grey
and Bruce station. 'Mr. St,rame was
badly hurt.
The eldest daughter of Mrs. Wil-
liam Breckese Colborne Township,
v,• -bile trying to take t'he lines off the
stake in front -of a grain rack, acci-
dentally fell between the horses, scar-
ing them "scs badly that they ran a-
way, The girl kept hold off the trace
and tongue. of the wagon while they
ran a quarter of a mile. ,
On Thurs.-clay last a horse belong-
ing to Mrs. Glew, of the (Huron Road',
Hullett, ran a large piece of board
into its breast, the -board breaking
aft and leaving a pieee of ten inches
long, in the wound. The horse is re:
cove! ing.
Mr.- George Anderson, Parr Line,
Stanley, was reaping when he thinks
some bees stung the horses and they
nt" a ,sudden start and threw him
o the ,feat. His feet got tangled in
the lines and he was dragged a con-
siderable distance,. but was wass net ser-
iously hurt.
Mr. Roderick Ross, of Blake, teach-
er in School Section No. 9, 'Hay and
Stanley, returned from his holiday
nee and looks hale and hearty.
The Blake cheese factory soled last
week four hundred boxes of cheese
at 7c per pound.
'Mrs. Cluttpp's farm in McKillop,
n11 the 8th concession, was sqld by
auction at the Commercial Hotel, to
Mr. Ross for the sum of $2,200.
Some of the • more observing say
there was a shower of snow on Wed-
nesday.
Miss Grace Elder, daughter of Dr.
Elder, has gone to Toronto to at -
tern' Normal School.
Mr. Kidd, of Dublin, intends to re-
build his handsome (brick residence
that was burned last spring.
One day last week Mr. James Gem-
mell and Alex. Gordon, of Tucker -
smith, bound and stooked six acres
.of oats in six hours. 'rhe work was
done op Mr. Gernmell's farm on the
4th concession.
'Mr. Roland I{ennedy threshed on
the farm of Mr. George Crich, Tuck-
ercmith, the fall Wheat off five acres
of land•in one hour and a quarter.
Mr. Charles Herbert, So long and
favorably known as miller at Win-
throp,,,has gene to Toronto. Mr. ban
Collin, of•Npprwieh,°has taken the pos-
ition vacatdd by Mr. Herbert.
A most beautiiful meteor was seen
by three people at Leeburn on Fri-
day night last.. It appeared like a
large globe of fire with a long tail
attached which was visible, after the
ball disappeared.
Mr. Thormas Neilans, Of Harlock,
got a bad share last Friday morning
during a thunderstorm while he was
leisurely reading his paper. He look-
ed up to find his buildings enveloped
in smoke. The fluid ran down inside
the barn and the animals got a ter-
rific shock. There was no 'fire, much
to his relief.
SKETCHES FROM A
FARM HOUSE KITCHEN
No. 7—That Pioneer Spirit Again
By Mrs. Paul Doig.
We read with interest our editor's
editorial on the pioneer spirit. We
do not agree with him when he claims
that it is dying out. On the con-
trary, we claim that it still flourishes
in all its strength and virility where -
ever the soil is suited to its growth.
The trouble is that our editor was
looking for it in the wrong places.
One might just as well look for
orchid§ in our pasture field as ex-
pect to find the pioneer spirit in a
garage.
To pioneer means to .break new
ground, and to break new ground re-
quires more or less courage, initia-
tive and fortitude. These virtues
simply do not flourish in the vicinity
of cars, steam heat and sanitary
plumbing, Before people can be
brave or resoerroeful there must first
be something to endure or there is no
necessity for these virtues and tjiey
die a-borning.
If our 'editor is in earnest in his
search for .the pioneer spirit let him
go a little farther afield. We are
going to tell 'about a Manifestation
of it that took place no longer ago
than the night before last, when a
ixanlber of pioneers each shouldered a
fork and stooked two fields of the
worst -sheaves that could have been
found anywhere,'in the 'County of
Huron. They did this in that spirit
of sheer helpfulness and ,good will
that must make St. Peter, after a
hard day' overlooking, say, the City
of Chicago, think to himself, `Well,
there may be some hope -for the hu-
man race after all."
And, mind you, this was not done
by nien -who had been lolling in the
shade all day. Far from it! It was
de ne by men who had .already com-
pleted their full quota of work„and
and
hard, work. • Nor was it„ drone by men
who were in ignorance of what was
ahead of them. The stooking this
year is a by-wo d. Farmers vie with
eat other in Cling tall tales of the
kinds of sheaves to -be found in their
fields.
We went back' and , did a few
rounds ourselves to keep our hand
in and have something to write and
talk about. We found plenty of ma-
teriel for both. We found sheaves
like wheels of fortune, sheaves that
resembled comets, and sheaves that
resembled nothing else on this broad
earth. As one '"of the pioneers re-
marked, •"The only way to handle
them is for &two to go together, one
to hold up the first sheaf while the
other props it." ,
Another' witty neighbor remarked
that no one could make a mistake
this year and get the . wrong end up
as there were heads at both ends. If
it wasn't for the jokes we are still
able to make, half the farming fra-
ternity 'wo'uld be gibbering.
We consider that some aspects of
the pioneer spirit have been over-
rated. Our grandmothers washed'
the clothes with only a tub and wash-
board for equipment. They were as
strong as horses and hardier. But
do we intend to scrap -our washing
machine and wringer in order to
make ourselves strong and hardy?
No't while we are in our'senses!
The same with the boy and the car.
If we want the youth of the land to
go back to walking 'we'lll.either have
to scrap the car .or see to it that
there is no gas in the gas tank or
money in the pants' pocket to put it
there.
Because the younger generation can
walk you knowwhen they have to,
Two members of the immediate fam-
ily walked the two miles to the swim-
ming pool and the two miles home;
gulped (we use the word ,.ad.visedly')
their dinners, walked the two miles
back to the pool, puddled all after -
!loop and ankled home again 'at
night. 'Eight solid miles under a
broiling. sun, hare -footed, bare -head-
ed, and one of them shirtless. Then
cried because we wouldn't • let them
repeat the performance on' Sunday.
'Canon Scott tells *in his book on
the Great War about watching sol-
diers on Passchendale Ridge hauling
guns to position by man power, when
the mud reached -almost' to the knees.
He said it made him tired just to
watch them. Just to write about
the family's meanderings makes us
perspire. •
Let us stress the 'point onee again.
If our editor is really looking for the
pioneer spirit he will have to get out
of the towns and cities. Because
towns and cities'and the pioneer spir-
it do not go together. ,
JUST A SMILE OR TWO
, Little Richard: "Mother, may I
have a nickel for the oldman who is
crying outside?"
Mother: "Yes, dear, but what is
the old man crying .,about?"
Richard: "He's crying 'Pean'uts, 5
cents a bag'."—Galt Reporter. '
•
Two youths went to see a billiard
mat`bh in which well-known profes-
sionals 'were playing.
CORRESP
Haying in McKillop
Sixty Years Ago
The Editor, The Huron .Expositor:
Dear Sir:
Clterr-a-rinkJa-chink,
Cherr-a-rink-a-chink.
Silently they watched one of the
players pile rap a huge break, and at
last one 'whispered to the other :
"What do you call tkis •game, Alf?"
"Why billiards, of course," replied
Alf. ' .
The other was silent for a few
n.inutes; then he whispered again to,
his friend: "Well„ what do they .call
the game we play at our club?"—
Calgary Herald.
®.SUNDAY .AFTERNOON ••
" • (By Isabel Hamilston, Goderich, Ont.) -
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In a service which Thy will appoints
There are no (bonds for me;
For my inmost heart is taught the
truth
That makes Thy children free;
And a life of self -renouncing love .
„ Is a life of liberty. • e
A. L. Waring.
PRAYER
Help us, Lord, to be up and doing,
whether our 'work calls for use of
brain or hand or both, and thus may
we glorify Thee in our lives. Amen.
S. S. LESSOI;i FOR AUGUST 25th
Lesson Topie—Barnabas (A Conse-
crated Man. of Means).
Lesson Passage—Acts 4:36, 37; • 11:
19-30. •
Golden Text—Acts 11:24.
Barnabas was a Levi'fe of the is-
land of Cyprus, but living in Jerus-
alem when the church was founded,
and was onea
of the first converts.
By his fe1loywChristians he was call-
ed Barnabas, because of his ability to
administer counfel and cheer. He
'I -Proved the sincerity and depth of his
Christian zeal by selling his property
in Cyprus, and laying the proceeds a
the apostles' feet as told in the first
part of to -day's' lesson. He quickly
reached a leading place in the early
church. •Incited, peo'balbly by a
friendship previously -formed when
both were Jews, he used his influence
to commend the converted, and yet
suspected Saul to the Jersualem
Church, and thus publicly endorsed
the strange story the apostle told
(9:27). `'And Barnabas, took him,
and brought (him to the apostles, and
declared unto them how he had seen
the Lord in the way, and that He
had spoken t9 him and how he had
preached lboldiy at Damascus in the
name ,of Jesus."
The fitness of Barnalbas to deal
wisely wirbh young converts is strik-
ingly illustrated by his comlinission to
inspect the "revival" at Antioch:—
"The hand', of the Lord was with
them: and a great number believed,
and turned unto the Lord. Then titl-
i'n.gs of these things came unto the
ears of the church which was at -Jer-
usalem: and they sent forth Barna-
bas, that be should go as far as
Antioch, who, when he came, and had
seen the grace otf G'od,'was' glad, and
exhorted them all; that with purpose
of heart 'they would cleave 'into the
Lord." . L,rke bears this best of all
testimony to a man's •'character -#'For
he was a good man and full of the
Holy Ghost and of faith." • •
He showed his confidence in Saul
by journeying all the way to Tarsus
in search of him. Bringing him back
the two men labored tagerth in An-
tioch for many months. 'They were
then sent together to' -Jerusalem with
a contrdbuti'on for the needy church
members there. on their return. the
•were coinmiasioned by the Holy
Ghost to go as ,missionaries to the
regions beyond. Oir their return to
Antioch from this successful mission
they were sent once again to Jerusa-
lem 'but this time to find out the mind
of the Apostolic Council on the mat-
ter of Circumcision. They were sent
back authorized to say no such com-
mandment had been given the church
nt Antioch. They continued preach-
ing and teaching there for some time
bust an unhappy dissension parted
them alltrilthe'y went different ways.
Little is told of Barnabas 'hereafter,
but in I Corinthians 9:6 we see he
was still engaged preaching the gos-
pel of grace.—(From The Religious
Encyclopaedia).
WORLD MISSIONS
Kangende, the Lost Leper -
By D. W. Sidney Gilchrist, of,. An -
/J gola, Africa.
(We are plodding along the trail
beneath a pouring troipica,l rain, Last
night we slept in the great heathen
village of -Chili. The tall, handsome
.'hied' was the soul of hospitality. A
sheep for my carriers, a chicken for
myself; beer—unfermented by special
request—for us ally -these gifts, says
the Luimbi chief, are a mere nothing.
Have I•not myself treated him when
he was sick, and will he not call up-
on me to prescribe for several Of his
sick wives before I leave the com-
pound! And now our visit to Ohiti
is over. Have we done anything to
point the eyes and hearts of the
I;nam(bi chief and his people to some-
thing brier and better than that
vvhich they now know? Haw much
longer must these people With all
their. possibilities-, yid with all their
c.esperate needs, wait ere showers of
blessing fall upon them too, even as
they have been bringing new life
and precious 'reviving 'to their kiin-
.dred Ovimlbundu for these last fifty
ears!
!We have passed through the de-
serted village -of . Chisoepla and are
bracing ourselves for the long trek
to tlhe-••Quanna River, which lies be -
ore us, We e notice a lone grass
hut by the side of the path, and seat-
ed outside it, on a low nati4e stool,
the figure of a man. As our cara-
van approaches the man on the stool
leans forward, studying. us intently.
When we have come quite close hebreaks ,
IHladcal out in rlialea! surprised
ejaculations.
voyolIt's Elder
•Sach•uma and the doctor. or is it a
dream ? Before 'we can speak he.
pours out a long, sad story of his
ruined life and his remorse w'hic'h
has overtaken hien. Of late he has
had no peace or rest. His sins have
risen up before him and cannot .be
hid. My guide, the old, itinerant El-
der Sachurma, knows the man well.
Kangende islhis name. As a boy he
as a pupil in the mission schoolat.
un-donglo. He promised well as a
leader in • a semuf-1Christvan village,
(Continued on Page 6)
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. Five men standing at the corner of
a 10 -acre field of stumps and timo-
thy hay whetting their scythes, cherr-
a-rink-a-chink was a familiar sound
in the rural districtseef McKillop in
those days. Perhaps. -dome of the old-•
er readers of The Expositor will re-
member those days and for the young-
er readers of your evaluable paper I
will eandeavour to give a description,
of them. Four or five men generally
;tatted into a big field, together with
five boys with sticks about six feet
long; sharpened at both ends, to
spread the hay in order that it might
c.ry. In a couple of days they would
come back with forks and hand rakes,
the first man raking as far as he
'could; the next man forking. it sets
far as he could; then another rake;
then another fork, and so on until
the windrow was closed up and the
field all raked.
The hay had then to be coiled, each .«
man taking a row with a boy te-
rmite. The men had to have good
r.dgment in order that the coils
could - be got at with the wagon or .
Jumper. .
The hay rack was a home-made af-
fair fashioned with material from
rhe cedar swamp. First two Ji-inct
pieces for sills were found - and four
pieces about three, inches for the'
sides. Then the swamp was hunted
fur four similar eroo or the arms.
It was all pub together ith. wooden
pins and lasted for a good many
years. ,
I remember two men were cutting,
at our place 'and 'I was spreading
when a big snake ran out over an
elm root. The man put the back of
his scythe on it and called to me to
come with a stick. Of ,course I ran
and we soon finished the,, snake. The
man threw him up 'on the ,stump to-
dry.
odry. ,
The year I raked after the wagon.
father put the hay in a small stack.
and the following spring sold it for
$20 a ton. Feed was very scarce and
some of .the people went to the bush
and cut down soft elms and soft
niaples for brouse tier the cows. Same
of them would stay all night in the
shade of the hemlocks and cedars.
'We talk about the hard times now..
I don't think it is as bad as it was
then. Everybody seemed in good
humor; ndbody was very rich and
ndbody was very poor. Of course
they had to practise economy and not.
be wasteful. I am glad I was born.
in economy times. I was taught to
rake the hay up clean and not be
wasteful and I never forgot what 1
learned when a boy.
M. J. BLANCIHARD°.
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Seen n the
County Papers
Broke Both Wrists
Mr. Charles C. Lee was the victim
.'of an unfortunate accident on Sun-
day when his foot caught on a.rail
of the tracks at -the wharf and he
fell forward breaking both wrists.
Mr. Lee was in the act of taking
some gasoline over to a launch when.
the, accident occurred. He was tak-
en to the hospital, where he stayed
over night, returning to •his" home on
Monday.-_Goderich Star.
Boyce - Cartwright
MiSs Mary Cartwright, daughter of
Mr. James Cartwright, and the late
Mrs. Cartwright, of Londesboro,be-
came the bride of Leonard Boyce, son
of Mr. and (Mrs. James Boyce, of
Brucefield, at a quiet wedding in St.
Allban's Cathedral, _1Toronto, on Sat-
urday, August 3rd. Rev. J. 'H. Shortt
officiated. Attendants•were.iM•iss.Ruth
Cartwright, Clinton; and Lloyd Jack-
son, London. Following a boat trip
on the Great Lakes, Mr. and Mrs.
Boyce will reside in, Teeswater.—
Clinton News -Record.
Reli• Poster •
'Mr. Noble Holland of the Huron
Road handed in a bill of the,Agricel-
tural Society of the Riding of North
Huron, printed about 1873, which he -
found when making alterations iri
his house, an old'one not in use for
some time. The (bill has the usual
list of prizes and the. speciar prizes
include the names of J. J. Fisher,
Colbor°Re; D. Erwin, of the Huron
'Mills; John Joplin of the Commercial`
Hotel; N. T. ! cntt, W. .1. MoCutch-
eon, Callande,, Scott & Co., and Do-
Mrty & ails-•z'es:. The exhibition was•
held in the Village ,of Clinton ons
Tuesday and .4ti cdnesday, September
16 and 17. Jr. J. P. Sheppard, who
was in the office at -the time, recalled
many of the names mentioned and
their business offices. The bill was
signed by S. Malcomson, Secretary,
and Humphrey Snell, President.—
Clinton News•JReeord,
Colborne Woman Commits Suicide
Fearing, as she expressed in a note
found after her death, that her hus-
band might be the first to pass away,
Mrs. John IH). Johnston, -Colborne
township, on Tuesday shot herself'
tlfirough the head. Mr. Johnston rnade
the'gruesom+e discovery of the suicide
when he returned from the fields in
the evening. The body was lying in
a pool of .blood near the kitchen stove.
Mr. Johnston found an old revolver•
on the floor. The gun, of .38 calibre,
had been untouched in a dresser
drawer for 15 years. It was always
loaded. Mrs. Johnston, who was 66
years of age, had been in good health
and was not under a doctor's care.
In her farewell note, which was pin-
ned to the wall, she apologized' to her
husband and voiced her fear of being
Left along in the world. — Goderieh°
Signal.
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