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i5'EAFORTH, Friday, April 9, 1937.
About April
We, always thought that April was
just a spring month, and not too
good a one at that; sometiniesr.
Now we learn from the Montreal
Gazette that,' according to the
ancient poets and sages, April is a .
month that can do no wrong no mat-
ter what sort of weather it brings.
For example, the Montreal paper
says; '"An cold April the barn will
fill"; "An .April flood carries away
the frog and his brood" ; "April
showers make May flowers," . and
"When April blows his horn, • it's
good for both hay and corn." So,
good-bye winter and hail spring.
Joke or no joke, it's April."
So it is, and to date a -very good
April it has been too. A little wet
and a little cool perhaps, but it might
yet be a good deal wetter and a good
deal cooler.
It may yet be a lot of other things,
or it may be only one. But wet or
dry; cold or. warm; stormy or calm,
why worry? April can do no wrong.
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What's This?
The Woodstock Sentinel -Review
says: "Ex -Warden Donaldson, of
Perth, expresses the opinion that ,
this week's district conference of
road officials here was of greater
practical value than t,,ig conven-
tion which is held annually in Toron-
to. Very likely, but not for the liq-
uor business."
That sounds a little insinuating
andvery psarcastic too, doesn't' it?
And it doesn't seem to make sense
either.
From an experience . ,of County
Councils extending over many years,'
• we had come to the firm conviction
that the reason most county councils
didn't vote enough money to proper-
ly maintain their roads and build
new and better ones, was not because
the county could not afford it, but
because tax -money was used for the
purpose.
And you have to'_be_ careful..about
tax money. Even county councillors
know that. They know it is safer to
rebuild their.,. roads entirely , every
few yea,i s. Safer, not wiser. It may
be, in fact it is, a penny wise, pound
foolish system, but it is safer, and
you can't tell any -councillor about
Safety first methods, because he
knows all about them.
We were always given the impres-
sion too, that ,county councils paid
the expenses of large deputations to
�. attend these big road conventions in
Toronto, not so much to learn about
road building and maintenance, as•to.
learn the best methods of getting the
Government to pay for their roads
and road maintenance.
Where the liquor business enters
the picture, we don't know. Certain -
1y' when the big convention question
was under discussion in the county
council, we never heard anything
about liquor 'or the liquor business..
Never even heard the word. liquor
mentioned, let alone anything about
an appropriation being made to sup-
ply the delegates with the necessary.
And we don't even suggest that if
there is . 'any connection between
read ..conventions and the liquorr bus-
^ ifees that it can be found in the ex-
, dense- accounts of the delegates. Not ,
fortine thiriute. There would be no
afety first in that.
est councillors agree that any
money spent upon themselves is
)outmoney.. But liquor—well,
a'diff'erent. It would be safer
eff` oif necessary..
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lb 4', the Senttiriel4te.
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_Fire Protection in Tall' cue',
The proper of fire • protection for,
vial gee, particularly small ones, is
-n t a new one, but as old as the plae-.
es themselves. Every once in- a
while, however, something happens
which brings it prominently before
the 'citizens of these villges and the
outside world as well. ;
One of these happenings occurred
a week ago in the village of Dungan-
non, an old and prosperous village
situated in tie northwest part of this
county, nt sone few -miles from Gode-
rich,
rich, when the western side of the
main street, consisting of several
business places, a residence and .gar-
age, were completely burned out.
The cause of the fire is immaterial
to the question, but the fire when dis-
covered, about eleven o'clock in the
evening, was located in only one
building, and, it is claimed, if there
had been any kind of fire fighting
equipment, could easily have been
extinguished at the source. Howev-
er, there was no such equipment,
and lacking it, half .the village was
wiped out.
Naturally, the citizens of Dungan-
non being powerless • to help them=
selves, sought aid from the nearest
towns and villages, the first call be-
ing to Goderich, the largest town in
the county and the nearest to the
scene of the fire.
`Goderich, however, was unable to
respond, but subsequent appeals for
aid were answered by Blyth, Luck -
now and Kincardine, which' places
sent their .fire fighting equipments,
and•alth ough they were late in reach-
ing the scene, actually, gained control
of the fire and saved the whole vil-
lage from being wiped out.
And the reason Goderich was :un-
able to answer the cry for help was
-a town by-law prohibiting their ,fire
brigade and equipment from leaving
the town for any outside . service. To
the citizens of Dungannon,' in their
hour of need, it may have seemed a
bit heartless. In fact, we believe,
they said even worse things than
that, because; they claim, if Goderich
had responded at once, the fire might
have been brought under control in
the place where it 'started. '
And it does seem a little that way
too, until one starts to consider the
Goderich side of the question:., .,And
the Goderich side is the side of every
other town and village owning an ef-
ficient fire brigade and fire fighting
equipment. Had Goderich respond-
ed to the call and had a fire broken
out in the town during the absence
of the fire brigade, the consequences
might easily have been much more
serious to Goderich even than they
proved to Dungannon. '
The citizens' of Goderich have
paid,and,a're still paying, large sums
y or the installation and
of money f
'
maintenance of their fire protection.
Under these circumstances they have
every right to expect that that equip-
ment will be available for their pro-
tection
ro
tection at -any time. In addition,
there is the question of fire insur-
ance.
Apparently Kincardine town
fathers are of the same opinion as
Goderich,thatit does not pay to take,
a chance. Kincardine fire brigade
responded to the call of Dungannon,
but did it on their own and without
town authority. Now the council of
that town has started an investiga-
tion of the brigade's action, and has
put a ban on any future assistance
being given to any outside point.
Because of modern motor means
of transportation, it is easy to rush
fire fighting equipment from place to
place, and because of that, in recent
years, many ,small places have come
to look upon their larger neighbors
as their fire protectors, instead of
paying for and maintaining protec-
tion of their own.
But, except • in very extreme cas-
es,' that day has passed. Communi-
ties, no matter how small, have got
to look after themselves_ Fire fight-
ing equipment is expensive, we know,
but high insurance rates andfire
losses are expensive too. For that
reason we can not see why small vil-
lages and the townships in which
they are situated or adjacent'to, can
not club together and provide fire
fighting equipment, which could be
centrally located. and which would
be of inestimable service to both hi
case of fire.
It unlit either be that, or continu-
ing. to take a glance and Dungannon
has found that taking a chance do
not pay.
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The E i rsitox : of fifty and
tvaenty-jlve year's ago -
From The Huron Expositor
April 8, 1887 •
Mai:' Wm, }lugill, of 'Hullett, who .s
a good workman, intends opening a
Wagon shop `n Kinbrirn . shortly in
•ecm.aeotton with `Mr. D. Sutherland'a
blacks(ntUh shop.•
..Mr. "OVlnu`."Sirarey; a rgitier McKIlrlop-,
boy, thas;, been a'ppo'inted postmaster
at Buffalo, Cass County; Dakota.
Mr. Wm. Campbell, of Blyth, hap
been appoirnted bailiff' of the Twelfth
Invision Court of the County of Hur-
on.
The- Young Liberals 'held a meeting
on Tuesday evening and the subject
was, "Resolved, that a Protective tar-
iff is preferable to a revenuertariff."
The •fallowing's'ides were chosen: Re-
venue �taxiff sidle, Meeer's. J.. Watson,
leader; Henry Stmithr, Charles, Mackay
and L. E. Daneey; 'protective tariff,
Messrs: G. Anderson, leader; William
McKay, •Jahn A. Wilson .and J. M.
Best.
-Mr. Wirt. Carmichael has passed a
very successful final examination at
the Ontario Veterinary College, Toren-
to.
oron
to.
Mr. J. G. Patterson ,,has been ap=
pointed agent for Patterson Bros., of
Woodstock; the well-known agricul-
tural imrpleme t manufacturers,
Mr. RobeTur^hbuil, of McKillop,
left on a trip. to the Old Country last
week. , •
• Mr. George Smithers, .Seaforth, has
let the contract for the erection' of .a
nice residence ons ,his lots of the Wil-
son Block. '
Mr. 'Donald- McLean, eldest brother
of Mr. M. Y. McLean, of Seaforth, and
for many' years Collector of Inland
Revenue for Wellington district, died
at. his residence in• Guelph on Thurs-
day..
Mr. Edmunds J. Troyer, of Hills-
green, had 'a wood bee on Wednesday,
March 3,0. He• had 12 men at it and
they cut 42 :cords of wood in 8 hours.
The Messrs. Belt of Kippen have
sold -the mill property to Mr. David
McLean for $14,100. -
Mr. Wm. -R. • Svrillie, of Tuckershrith;
shipped from ,Kippen station on Fri-
day his importied stallion, "General
Gordon," • to the southern ` part o`
Lambe -on County.
. Mrs. Yager, of Stephen; has sold the
sawmill, which' was owned by her late
husband, to her brothersLin�law, Gid-
eon and! Henry. Yager, of Shipka.
Love - Soole.-At the residence of
the bride's father, on April- 6th, by
Rev. J. Edmtonds, Mr. James Love to
Mattie, daughter of Mr. George Soole,
all of Seaforth..
Mr.' •R. •Cooper; of Us'borne, has dis-
po•sed of this: 50 acres of land in that
township to. Mr. Richard Carats, for
the emu of $3,,500.
While a'valuabl'e horse belonging to
Mr. William Muldrew, of the Bronson!I
Line, Stani•ey-, w•as going to the water
trough to.drink. one of.•the cows acct -i
dreutally,lhooled tem,:.indicting-a :v ry
severe wound.
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Frons The Huron Expositor .
April 12, 1912 .
At W�ingham the worst . flood' in 50
years is reported. John Loekriidge, a
young man' who bad both feet and legs
frozen some weeks ago, who was ly-
ing 'helpless in'his 'home, was rescued
by men ih a boat after the water had
risen over his Mattress. The dam
gave way at Wroxeter.-,, twelve miles.
from Wingtham.
The contract for the new Presby-
terian Church' at Walton bas been. let
to Ma John Hunter, Cranbrook, for! •
$8,190, and the brick and cement work
has . been sub.' let to Mr. P. J, Brown,
of Cromarty.
The auction sale of Mr. 'Charles
Rc,utledige in Tuckersmith on Wednes-
day was quite a success and the
whole sale amounted .to $2,766. The
stile was 'oa.aduoted by Mr. Thomas
Brown of Seaforth.
Master Stewart Smillie,.son of Mr.
A. G. ,Saniiiie, of Kippen, who has
beef. attending Clinton High School,
passed his Easter examinations and
stands first in ass of 48.
Mr. C. H. Sanders, of the Advocate,
Exeter, has been appointed Manager
of the Bank of Commence, and was
married in Toronto to Miss Minnie
Johnson of that eity.
At Silver Creek on Prides the wa-
ter covered the sidewalk' and almost
over the road; but.no damage result-
ed.
Messrs. C. Clark, H. Scott, P. W:h:te-
ly, J. McLennan and Mr.'and Mrs. A.
A. McLennan of Seaforth attended
the Crescent Club Ball in Stratford
on Monday evening. ,
Mr. William Chapman, of Mount
Forest, has taken an interest in the
marble works of Mr. James Hays of
Seaforth.
The. Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club
'held their annual meeting in the ,Com-
mercial Hotel on Wednesday evening:
last• The election. of officers resulted
as follows: President; James. Me -
Michael; vice-president, W. C. T.
Morson; secretary -treasurer, J. M.
Best; executive committee: . W. G.
Willis, R. S. Hays, Alex. Wilson, G.
F. Rogers, J. C. Greig; skips: G. F.
Rogers, J. C. Greig, Dr: Burrows, w.
D. Bright, R. E. ' Bright, J. M. Fest,
R. 54 Hays, W. • G. Willis, Joann Shrine,
A. E. Colson,, John Beattie, Alex. Wil
sun, W. Amrent, T. Rariids, H. Jeffrey;
umpire, John Shite. W. D. McLean,
W. Reaume, Dr. McGinnis and Mr.
Ferguson were elected to the list of
honorary men/hers.
Mr. John McNair) is again buying
eggs,in the stand of Mi. A. W. Stobie,
The Davis Company, of Wingaam,
whieh is a brunch of the Toronto eon -
cern, have this year shipped 3,787
hogs ,from Wingham and, 2,256 'front
Cltn�ton.,
Reeve William Ameaut received word
on Tuesday last that he had won, the
points eO hpetition in contfe etioil with
the Ontario Ourlera' Asreocis,tlon WWith.
a score of 47. •
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been
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fol", drifine time r ,' ,+the RtNitltdl a.6esi . the It4r"-6111 ab4 lire
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DO Y O U RE ...
Do' you remember When aeroplanes
were •au unoonnmen sight and the ap-
pearance of one flying over the com-
Ina ity was a, special occasion'? The
majority .af.ahose. now over 2ror 30
years -of age no doubt got their first
glimpse of an airplane when some
intrepid pilot made a barnstorming
tour, of the country, says a recent
writer in The London Free Press.
An account of one sof the earliest
of ltheee barnstormiang flights, which
forces home the 'realization of the
amazing developmeatit in ,the - field of
aviation... sem th.e. Wright 'Brothers
Meade their first, 'sucoesafiul,. flight in
1905, was •braugtht to The Free Press
office by Alex. Smith, of Varna.
This ,account of a • baraystonming
flight made at Medina, Ohio,' on July
4, of 1912, is contained in a 1912 is -
Sue of "Gleanings in Bee Culture" to
which Mr. Smith, as an extensive bee-
keeper, subscribed.
Medina is located near Dayton,
Ohio, where Orville andsilbur
Wright made their first flight, and
A. L Root, the editor of "Gleanings
in Bee Culture," wrote a numbee of
articles on the doings of the famous
brothers to dress up his bee maga-
zine. .
' Account of Flight
The account of the flight at Medina
reads in part- as follows: '
"Some time ago a few of the lead-
ing business mien of Medina became
enthusiastic over the idea of hraving
a flying -magazine exhibition on our
fair grounds on the Fourth. Oorre-
spondence with Mae people who send
out flying-machilires brought out the
fact that it would cost a great deal
more money on the Fourth.• than later
during fair time. Indeed the demand
was so great for machines on that
special day that the best arrange-
ment our people •could :ma.ke wouidd be
$1,000 for a man - and machine to
make three trips—the man to remain
in the air not less than 45 minutes
al
together.
""The question was Their our
County of Medina would turn out in
sufficient numbers at 25 'cents admis-
sion to make up • the thousand dollars.
But it transpired that aoinethin.g like
10,000 people were an hand to wit-
ness the flights.
"The flights were a perfect -success
in every respect, The operator 'hand-
led his machine with almost the ease
that.a bird in the air flaps its wings.
He went up something like a quarter
of a mile, and went over -the country
for two or •three miles in different di-
rections—executed• a yariety 'Of sharp
'turas, dives, etc. ,
"The machine is- made to carry a
passenger,' but as it requires a longer
space ta get off the ground with. • a
passenger than our fair ground af-
forded, no attempt was made to car-
ry a passenger."-.
Picture Taken in Seat •
Mr. Root then explains dhow he had
his picture taken seated iii the plane
with the pilota a Mr, Brindley. He
also explains that since • the ''operator
had to hold two levers and had to
operate other levers with his feet it
would be inconvenient for him to take
(ie watch out of hie pocket so he had
"a pretty little timepiece strapped to
his wrist." Oan it be that the air-
plane brought with it the wrist
watch?
Continuing his article, Mr, Root
says: "I had a long talk with the
pilot during the day, and he entirely
agrees with me .in thinking that there
is but little danger of loss of life if
the instructions furndarhed by the
Wright Brothers ale strictly complied'
with. The deaths of at least a part
of the aviators have been because
they became excited and wanted to
make a display that was evidently un-
safe, or stated out when the weather
VMS unfavorable. Somewhere out
West during a fair, I think it was.
the aviator declared it was not safe Overheated .stovepipes caused a fire
to take the .Right just then. But the at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stan-,
crowd hooted and jeered, called him ley Cook, 6th Concession of East
a cowardand saidr 'the machine would Wawanosh, which- oompleteyi des -
not fly anyhow.' He was a. -young fel- troyed the two-storey frame building
low and finally in desperation, he said •on Thursday. Neighbors were suc-
ire• would fly even if it broke his neck. cessful, 'however, in remtovieg some
and he did'. He was killed almost in- of the furniture. "Mr. Cook's father,
stamtly. That crowd was guilty of Fred, Cook, Sr., wile) was bedfast, was
murder. taken from the burning building to •
"In one or two cases I have seen the home of Reeve Peter W. 'Soott, a'
the operator smoke a cigarette before 'neighbor. He apparently suffered no
•starting, to give him courage (?) ; but .ill effects. It is believed that the'
I am glad to say that Mr. Brrdndley other buildings on the propety were
never touches tobacco nor stimulants not destroyed due to the fact •that the
of any kind. I know there is quite a wind blew the flying embers in an op -
mantel strain en the 'aviator. On the posite direction, °
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flight just before "this, one of the
"wings touched a telephone wire. Had Edythe V,anstone; beloved w4fe of.. •
the wing been an inch or two lower Isaac J. Wright, a life long resident
the result would have been a smash of Turnberry Tow-nehip, and very likely death to the opera- P, passed away
Can-
tor. After this failure to get off the'' at the family resddenee, Lot 17, Can -
cession 6, Turnberry, early Monde
ground. he went a'n'd 'lay down' „on a morning, March 29th. Mrs. Wright
cot for 15 or 20 minutes while his as- had not enjoyed good, health since
sistants got the ,machine back to the last November but her condition was
starting paint." not. ser'.ious until she ,contracted in -
Then editorializing he •says "Goalflu•enza a week prior to her death. The
forbid ghat any more lives should be, deceased, who was in her 52nd yea;,
,sacrificed through want of care; ora was the daughter orthe late Mr. and
disporsitfpn to take risks in showing.,ears. Samuel Vanstane, of Turnberry.
the wonderful things that this new She was born on the 7th cancessrion
vehicle or transporter is capable of." where she continued to reside until
This was in 1912. Seven years her marriage to her'now bereft hus-
earlier Wilbur Wright had made his band+. Since then she has lived on
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first successful flight near Dayton, a the 6th concession so that she, rh8
flight of 24 miles at 38 miles an hour, lived her- entire life on the 6t'h, line.
In 1908 he had gone to Paris• to win She was a member of St. Paul's' An li-
the Michelin prize for a' 56 -mile flight g
and 1910 the Wright Brothers quit fly -
est
Church and took an active inter-
and
themselves to devote their, time. est in the Woman's Organization of
to manufacturing of planes.the church.—Wing'ham Advance -Times
But .at this time planes were first '" • Snow Storm Good Friday .
Belleui.11e Wins the;Chamtplonshlp
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Belleville Wednesday' nig won the'
Intermediate. "B'" ch igt}ahtp, de-
feating tiie Thorold! IlOon,�ta?:ttser�s, in
Niagara Falls by a 5-2 score. This
was the second of ,a three -game ser-
ites; • but the Mount�;isreesis failed to
force a third.- game. - Belleville had '
•previously won at home by a similar
score, 5-2. We wonder if the Celts .
eon:ldn-t• laave- .dot -c -•batter than -'Chat,
•but I• guess we,. can keep on, wonder-
ing until next year —Clinton News -
Record. . •
Farm House Burned in E. Wawanosh
Mrs. Isaac J. Wright
being used in warfare by the Italian The worst of the snow storm on
army during a campaign against the Good Friday, in 'this di'striet, centred •
Turkish in . Tripoli. during '131i-1912 around Clinton, where' six inches of
and; the same year the first comm'er- snow fell and the drifts in this part
tial air service was launched in Ger- 'were about two feet high. The storm
many with 881 flights between Berlin affected. the highway .from. Stratford.
ands Friedrirchshafen frown March,1912, to Goderich and ' the Government
to' November; 1913. •snow plow made a trip from Strat-
• By August 13, 1914, the British Roy- fonds to.'Goder4ch .and from Clinton- to
al Flying --Corps was 'able to fly two 'Beigrave, the roads were little af-
squadrons to France and by 1917 Lan- fected north of BIy' b, however. The
Bion found it necessary ,to erect bat- whirling snow in thes district made
loon aprons for air 'raid defenses. •highway travel difficult during true af-
Now the commercial plane routes ternoon.—Wingham Advance -Times,.
girdle the globe in, every direction Poles To Be Removed From Main. St.
and Soviet Russia is said to- be able It is understood that the Bell P ie -
to transport tanks, heavy artillery and phone engineers • will be in town this
an entire fighting forces by plane. week to maitre -.;plans' for the removal'
of the unsightly poles along the
. MeluaeSS}aeet;r< area ; ,A eteep ee
m
hoe, corner of St. Dat%i's' Street to
the west -side of the bridge just be-
low this office. Blue prints have -al-
ready. been made by these engineers
of the • work under consideration.
Hydro electric' officials will be con-
ferred with and their plans .consulted
after which . the two will co-operate
in the work. The poles .originally
serving Main Street will.be run along
Montreal and Quebec •rStreets behind'
the business houses on: both sides of
Main Street, and adjustments of ser-
vice made accordingly. ^ While this
move is xioiy getting under way tit
may be some six':monthhs••-before the'
week will be alone.—Mitchell A':dvo-.
tate.
Tug :"Donald Mac" First Boit to' Clear
The tug, "Donald Muc," left Go.de-
rich for Kincardine on Tuesday, the
first boat to. leave pont this year. Cap-
. aammosmasttain Morgan was in' charge and re -
warted that no difficulty was experi
enced on the two-hour trip, the ice be- -
ing easily broken by the boat.—Gode-
rich Star,
Na Wig -Wag !Just • Now
The Department of Highways has
placed 500 foot warning signs at'
either side - of the railway' crossing
just out of God:eriCh on Highway No.
8, where two fatal accidents, have oc-
curred, in recent months ' Heretofore
the signs were placed at a 300 foot
distance There has been .an -insistent
demand for installation of a wig -wag,.
but the setting up of the new sign
is taken as an intimation that such
instalia.tion is not warranted.—Gode-
rich Star.
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He "See that man over there'?'
He's a bombastic butt, a windjam
mer, nonentity, a false •alarm., a ho
air shrimp, a'
Woman—"Would you (mind writing
that down for me?"
He—"Why?
Woman -"He's my .husband, and,
want to use it on him sometime."
-'Scotch- Gent: "My lad, are
be my caddie?"
t
Caddie: "Yes, sir."
Scotch Gent: "And how are
finding lost balls?"
Caddie: "Very good, sir."
Scotch Gent: "Well, ;look{ around
I and find one- se we can .st.rt • the
game."
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you to
you at
ear
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The Union n J ..
E. E. Robinlon, in the first
_. of two -articles
atin -
eosin
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in the• Blue lue Bs11; tells of
the beginning of the .Union Iv
Jack.
Froin the earliest d'ay's when -em-
blems were ii-rst used dawn to the
present, there has been something in
man which causesshim to display's
some distinguishing badge or mark.
The first -known emblem comes from
the lost cities of Nineveh where there
has been unearthed the ensign of the
great Assyrian race, "The Twin Bull,"
emblematic of its imperial might. the
early Romans had metal ensigns; thi;
formidable legions carried the I,mper-
ial Eagle at their head end to-ddy it
is to be found associated with some
of the European natfons.
The Romans at a later date used
the "Vexitlum" . or cavalry flag, con-
sisting of a square, piece of cloth fix-
e d to a crossbar at the end of a sae is.
It was 'either plain or bore certain
devices upon it and in some eau's it
was 'richly fringed..
Early flags were almost entirely of
a religious', characterand generally
were dedicated to one of the saints.
Our national flag,- the Union Jack, can
be traceddirectly to this custom, In.
not a few of the, national flags, some
particular combination of form or of
colour indicates the reason of their
origin or is used to mark some his-
toric reminiscence.
According to Robertus Monac:rus, a
Benedictine of Rbeimrs, who flourish-
ed about the year 1120, and who
wrote, "'Our soldiers = being wearied
with long continuance of `batal11e,'
and seeing that the number of en-
emies decreased not, rbega'n to faint,
when suddenly an whore number of
heavenly soldiers, all in . white, des-
cended from the mountains, the State
derdt bea're'r and leaders of ?thein be-
ing , St. George, St. Maurice and St.
Detnettius, Which; when the Bishop
of Le Thy first beheld; he Oiled aloud
to ,hilt troops, 'There are they (smith
he) the succours which in the name
of God I promised to °you.' The Issas/
of the miracle was this, that present-
ly the enemies ,add turn their ,backs
ate lost the fields there being slain
10000 Wi'se%y beside foot limn/met-
able, andi In their trencheai suc9h infit
rte etore of vietna.1e and mninitiions
found that tgeri>edr ntrrf' 01110 to refresh
the wearied OhriS'tdans but to 'eon -
doom" says at. 'George was born of
English parentage at Coventry; but
for this there is no a'uthor.•ity: The his-
tory- of St. Geor a is as obscure as
that of any saint n the calendar, and
it is believed th t he was beheaded
at Lydda en'April 23rd, in the year
303. At the Council of Oxford in 1222
it was commanded that the feast- of.
Si. George be kept on April 2.3rd, and
this day !has been set aside ever since
to the honour of the p'atron saint. •
On April 23, 1350, Edward III. of
England made St. George the Patron
of the Knights, of the Garter and one
of the insignia of that order is the
jewelled figure represented as .slaying
the dragon. The. legend pertaining to
this association, may be found by re-
ferring to any standard encyclopaedia.
• In the earliest days of chivalry, long
before the time of the Norman con-
quest' .of `England, both the knights
andfoot of the armies in the field
wore a a'eurcoat or "jacque" extend-
ing aver 'their armour from the neck
to .the thighs, bearing upon it the
bluetit dr sign either of their, lord or
of their nationality.. In the eleventh
and twelfth centuries -when the Chris-
tian nations of Europe combined to
rescue Jerusalem and the Holy Land
from the rule of the Mohammedan,
the warrior pilgrims of the various
countries wore crosses of different
'shapes and colours on their "sur:
coats" or "jaeques," later known as
jackets, to indicate their nationality:
It was front these crosses that they
gained the name of Crusaders or
Cross' Bearers;,
In the eerily oru:sades, the cross
warn; by the English was white, but
later in 1194 or 1274 this.Was chang-
ed to a Greek cross of the national
colour red Mid Worn upon the "jac-
que:" - .it was from the raising of one
of these upon, a lance or staff at the
bow of a ship that a flag bearing on
it only serosa came to he known as
a "jack." , .
Front a very --early .period, St. Am.
drew has been the esteemed patron
saint of Scotland. The sattlre, or
crass of .St, Andrew, is earth/nett
.to•
the tradition that the saint had been
crucified with arms and; legs, extend
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A Hangover Drift .
A. H. Erskine, dusty treasurer,
hod an unusual ,experience an the af-
ternoon of 'Easter Sunday, when he'
became snowbound, while out for a,
drive with his family. The Ers,kines,
along with the occupants- of -about '20 '
'Other cars, buses and trucks, bedame
stranded on the Clinton - Blyth high-
way when tli�ey came across, a snow-
drift two feet in depth.fom a distance'
of about 150. feet. A team of horses
called from a nearby farm, saved the
day for the motorists who Durs'vecl'
their separate Ways on engioyable`
drives in' • springlike air and under a '
s'u'nny, cloudless sky.---Goderich Sig='
nal •
• . Farm Home Burned
The Montle of Mr. Harold-Hoyrn, 9th'
concession of Usborme, near •Zion,
was cotm',pletely destroyed by Bre
early Monday ,afternoon. Mrs: Here;
who heti been i1rL for some Eine, was'
,carriers' from her. bed ani'.r'einoved:
from the nerving betiding~. ,The fire •
!started on the roof by a spark from
'the ohilnntey shortly after Atte noon "
hour. x.,- he aliaanx'w ,> sent alit and'
neighbors gathered nd foti>ght the
flat* With buckets of Water,' ' but -
were unable to Wag it soder „,con -
trot. with the fire sof ting, on the-
reof, Drastically. alt ef tiro1bausl�ohotd
eiferete wets ' saved. 'he 'b rise was
a tits** 'dvith half " blocks of cement
amt the watts tOttipsed liars. Herm
ed upon a cross of ti►ie Sharye art has bo'eszbrdtlrgtt bo•the home of her
d i ataat i° Mt' .o .
therefore It has been• accepted its the ,, hrid �; t vadat !ail, of
emblem .of his martyrrdom, new St. !titiow>rr'^ lsher ''1tY1e Adrtir itie•
- (rOonti'iltiei on Paga, 6) (6a/hilted do Page 8). .
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