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SEAFORTH, Friday, May 13, 1938,
Some One Must Have Money
For quite some years now we have
been living through hard times.
There has been a depression. Not a
recession, as : they call it one the other
side, but just plain Depression, with
a capital D.
Every farmer and every other
man who works or does business in..
this country knows about that de-'
pression, and he did not '•gain the
knowledge of it<through the medium
.:of the radio or the : newspapers
either. He learned about depression
by living with it, and sometimes, if
he was Iucky, he continued to live in
spite of it. He did not have to look
or feel beyond his own pocket to
know all about it.
We are a little astonished to Learn
out here in the country, therefore,
that there are some people., in Can-
ada who still have money, Who have
a super -abundance of it in fact.
And this fact we learn from the
officials of the Dominion Treasury
Department, who report that during
the month of April last, the treasury
was enriched by the amount of
thirty million dollars in income tax
payments..
But that is not all the story by any
.trans. From the first of the year
_'' the end of April the Government
collected eighty-four million dollars'.
„ And before the year is out they in-
tend to coI'lect something over $120,-
300;000 in income taxes, which was
the figure collected last year.
So it is quite eV -Writ that some
one must have money in this Canada
of ,ours. And quite a few some ones
too. We do not expect, out here of
course, to get into the income tax
paying class, but these figures bring
-us a little encouragement just the
same..
pointed out that the income
taxes of this year will exceed those
of a year ago, and as the income tax
rates are the same in both cases,
that would indicate clearly that
some people are making more money
than they did a year ago. All of
which is to the good.
Perhaps sorlle°- day the wealthy
will get over the depression enough
to have some money left to spend on
us as well as on the Government. Or,
perhaps, some day the members of
Government may get far enough
away from Ottawa, Toronto and
some other places to tour the back
concessions and learn something of
their needs.
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Doing A Good Work
The safety campaign•onsored by
the Garage Operators''= Association
of Ontario '' in Toronto and Eastern
Ontario is fulfilling a need in doing
work that. must be done if traffic on
our highways is ever to reach ,a com-
parative stage of safety.
Last week this association exam-
ined and tested 644 cars' and trucks
in Port Hope and Cobourg and out
of that number found that only 72
, were in sound mechanical condition.
In Toronto, out of a thousand ears
examined, two hundred were found
to be defective' in whole or in part. -
To(i much Stress has been placed
on meed, *reckless and drunken .driv-
in• ns-.. the cause of the appalling
bath and accident toll on out pub -
ii' hwaYs: No o' doubt they are
uIiut(reOhlxt they are y any
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gray menace to 'public safety where
ever ' lie ,goes and just as long as he
is of the `highway,
And Toronto and Eastern Ontario
are not by any 'means the only of-
-) fenders. They are;. in the north, the
south and the west as well. We
have a lot of them right here abouts.
Far too many in fact.
Apparently anything that runs on
wheels may obtain a license, and once
the license is obtained, can keep on
running as long as it will, or as long
as it hangs together. No thought
of public safety.. apparently enters at
all into the matter of gettiii a; lip-
ense.
Bad as the situation is in tha re-
spect, it is made' much worse by the
kind of irresponsiblesl who put these
cars and trucks on the roads and
highways. Outside of the license,
not one in fifty has any equity to
the highways, nor is their any finan-
cial stake concerned.
Inc case of an accident, they have
nothing to lose, and that in itself
' tends to carelessness. Moreover
they seem to bear a charmed life. It
is always the other fellow who is
made to suffer, and suffer without
hope of recompense.'
Traffic' on our highways has reach-
ed the stage where only the fit, phys-
ically, mentally and mechanically,
should only be allowed on them. The
rattletrap has had its day, and quite
a long and happy one too. In the in-
terests of public safety it should now
disappear, and be made to disappear
completely.
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Crop.', Prasp ct' Here And In
England
If newspaper reports are to be be-'
lieved, and they are, as a rule, very
accurate, crop prospects in Canada
and England differ, as does ' night
from day.
England wants rain, and lots of it.
Field crops 'are parched; live stock
is thirsting for green grass; gar-
dens are withering and fruit crops
have been damaged by frosts, which
comes each night after sunny days,
as well as by lack of rain.
In some districts it is. reported
that the land is so hard- it can not
be ploughed, and much spring grain
has not germinated, and already it
is known that the year's yield of
wheat, barley, oats, potatoes and
root crops will be far below the av-
erage.
Even in districts where there is
some appearance of crops, the wire -
worm and rust have made their ap-
pearance, and market gardeners
have been reduced fifty per cent. in
activity.
In Canada, even in the drought
districts, there have rarely been bet-
ter crop prospects than we have this
year.
Spring has come early with us,
and with it have come warm wea-
ther and plenty of rain. Seeding
has been completed; germination
has been rapid. You can almost see
the things grow.
Pastures are green, abundant and'
early. The vegetables are up in the
gardens; the leaves on the trees are
half full. The tulips are out and
the lilacs are here.
. Frost has not touched our spring
yet, and with every day the danger
lessens. What a contrast between
the two countries. How fortunate
we are in Canada. What a good
place Huron is to live in.
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
The Anglo-Prench Pact
(Detroit Free Press)
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It would be difficult to overestimate the lite
portance of the recent conversations in London
between theheads of athe British- and French
governments. a ;','
The one thing short' of force that, seems cap.
able of preventing Germany Zrom'grabbing what
she pleases is a 'reaIizatioii• in Hitler's mind that
adequate force is ready to rnee't him, If he be-
lieves that the European democracies are reluct-
ant or would, be slow to 'act together he may
yield at any 'mottlent to the urge to surprise and
crush Ids' . weaker 'nteighbea s.
The (BritishrlPt1e'adli def melee alliances rand
eotrmpaet +of ocwoperat1ou, therefore, should serve
a !'.'.cost useful parpose. Fo%1riWing elos4y the
,I` eittsh-Italian abet .and coming on) the eve of
the pending Fte13'ohdtalian reappro hentnent,
may eve bei; deefoive fol peace,
, ii Citi s of it vend ,its 'sebret. Bat Hitler
yyl�,, WW.s,,,y {tu:: fiat ' lido t, And if thiu'. i Of. '
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The It4t$4i Expositor of Fifty and
Twenty-tiv Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
May 16, 1913
Mr. A. Darting,, cif near Dublin, has
cultivated eighty sores of land this
spring ti4ith steampower, tieing' a
stiff tooth cultiyatorand harrow com-
bineca
James Reymtolds, proprietor of the
British Fht hange Hotel, Goderich,
ihas purchased a fanm on the out-
skirts of the 'town and has gone in-
to • titre chicken raising bu'sinesss.
Mr. W. 0. Gpodw°in, manager of the
Jackson clothing csOmpany at Zurich,
opener) the new factory for public in-
spection on Wednesday.
Dr, Balfour, of London; has opened
an office in Dashwood.
Mr. William •Birney, who has been
bookkeeper for Harvey Bros., of the
Exeter Mills, has resigned and is go-
ing to Winnipeg where he has ac-
cepted a good . position. _
Messrs. Brown and Clark, carriage
makers of Mensal', sold to a party
near Staffa a' very handsome buggy,
supplied with electric light lamps,
connected with a battery under the
seat -
Mr. W. H. Willis, of Wingham, for-
merly of Seaforth, has been appoint-
ed agent for the Express Company at
Wingham in succession to Mr. Ross.
The members of Fitist Presbyter-
ian church choir met at the.. home of
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Delacey on Mon-
d'ay night 'and ,presented Mrs. D. J.
McGufre with a pretty picture in re-
cognition of her services in that
church Choir..
Mr..3. M. McMillan has been trans-
ferred from the Toronto branch of the
Canadian Bank of Commerce to the
Seaforth branch, '.
Mr. Lorne Weir has now takenfor-
mal possession of the Royal Hotel
31fr. Isaac McGavin, of Leadbury,
has recently cleaned up the swail on
the northwest corner of this lot on
the 12th concession; Mr. McGavin
was at considerable expense in doing
this,
'The Minister of Militia has promis-
ed to erect a new drill hall in Brus-
sels as soon: as the council furnish a
free site. There ie also one to be
erected in Wingham.
Joseph Smith, of Bluevale, while
drawing butter boxes from the sta-
tion to the factory, had the misfor-
tune to fall from the top of 'the load
and hurt his back.
Mr. H. G. Soldan, of Hensall, who
purohased the Gilchrist farm „from Mr.
George McEwan, i5 mlaking good im-
provements and intends' raising the
barn' and putting a good foundation
under it.
The sale of thoroughbred horses be-
longing to the estate of the late
Frank Kling, held at the Dick House
on Friday last, was largely attended
and successful. The whole sale
amounted to . over $2,000.
The sehoolase in Section No. 5,
Usborne, -which was so badly dam-
aged' by the wind storm on Good Fri-
day, has been repaired and is now
ready for use.
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KAY 13,'193!$,'
:Piiil Qsifer of Lazy Meadows
(By Harry J, Boyle) •
"THE SMITHY"
I was waiting down at the village
to -day for the: afternoon train to bring
in that new kind of seed grain that
I'm going to try this spring. Got tir-
ed of waiting down around the sta-
tion, so I ambled over to see Tom
Smith, the blacksmith.
"I'll be confounded if there wasn't
a gasoline pump in front of the shop,
and the general landscape for several
!hundred feet around covered with oil
signs. Oh, well, I was going ,to start
beanoawing, the fact that all the aid
landmarks were passing, but, what's
the use. They're going to disappear
anyhow, and my talking -certainly is
not going to prevent the change, It's
far easier to climb on the bandwag-
on, than it is to try and hold it from
moving on.
Tom SOait'h's (father *Started that
shop a good many years ago. I can
remember what a treat it was to get
going, to town with my father. One
of this regular places of call was at
the blacksmith shop. It was always
bright and dusty out in front of the
shop where tramping horses made it
impossible for any vegetation to s'ur-
viv'e.
Once you stepped over the thresh -
hold into the shop, everything became
dusky and dark. There was always
a row of 'horses standing on ' each
side it seemed, and over 'all there
was that most 'peculiar odor of scrap-
ed hoof . . . and the smell of a
fire . . .;<and heating metal. In neat
tiers above you, would be rows and
rows of _horseshoes and empty kegs
that had been thrown up out of the
way.
To the I of the shop there was
the forge, and as you stepped back
towards the rear there would be a
sudden roar as the smith , iiegan to
give the bellows to his fire. Then a
sudden cascade of sparks would go
shooting up, like a miniature 1st of
July celebration,
There were always men around the
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From The Huron Expositor
'May 18, 1888
The' most recent information avaIl-
able concerning the high schools and
collegiate institutes with respect to
the number of teachers employed,
shows Seaforth ranking fifth, includ-
ing several of the larger cities.
A most melancholy accident took
place on the railway track about half
a mile east of Seaforth station on
Thursday night by which Mr. Peter
McIver, a farmer: of Hibbert, lost his
life. As the nine o'clock express
train was approaching Seaforth, the
engineer saw 'two men Iying on or
near the track, but the discovery was
not made in time to stop the train
before reaching them. The train
could not stop and the one man's
head was crushed, in. The other man,
John Quinlan, was little hurt.
There is some talk among the busi-
ness mien in Seaforth about getting
ma a petition :to the' comical asking
them to pass n• by-law in accordance
with the Fraser Act, requiring all
stores and shops to be closed every
evening at 7 p.m. o'clock, except Sat-
urday.
Messrs. James Hastie and James
Somerville, of McKillop, leave on
Tuesday on a trip to the Old Country.
Mr. John Sproat, of Tuckeramith,
also contemplates a trip to the old
sod.
There was quite a lively snow
storm on Sunday last and on Tuesday
the ground was white with snow.
Tbe Bandon' post office, which has
existed in the' Townehip of Mullett,
has been abolished and those people
affected will leave to get their mail
natter at Harlock and Londesboro.
Mr. A. G. Ault is erecting a new
shouse in the Vacant lot adjoining his
residence on Goderieb St.
It is now almost certain, that the
new line about to be buil't from
Guelph to Goderich will pass through
close to Leadbury.
Workmen in the employ of Mr. Geo.
Love, Brussels, were out last week
and put up hay forks- in the barns
Of Mr. John Irvine. They also placed
one in, the mammoth barn, of Mr. Jno,
Berry.
We . regret to State the 'Beath of
foue clrrildrenf Mr. and Mrs. David:
Clarke, of Car , from the dreaddis-
ease diphthe , All but the infant
died.
A very pleasant event took place
at the residence of Mr. John 1'an lsi-
borough.'in. Tucker -Smith Tiavrisehip, on
Wednesday last, being the marriage
of Mr. William Moat to Miss Mary
Landsboronglhr. Rev. Mr. Shaman. of-
ficiated. .
On Tuesday evening of last week
Inst as the Ontario Street. Methlydiht
Ohurch in Clinton wast being lighted
tip for an entre to iitneigltiOtt, 4-1 ti
'eliataivTe- l nolitni ;)ling fat lain• ,,
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tbl l' 1'or..tutratbi'to `,4lity 'I
shop, moot of them farmers in wait-
ing for their horses to be shod. Some
of them were +cattle buyers, and a
great many of the older retired farm-
ers from around the village.
The greatest thrill of allas when
the smith would draw a 'heated iron
from the fire, and then place it on
the anvil and start to hammer. That
!hammer .would just sewn to float
through the air and there would be
a spurt of sparks ate the sound would
ring out to fill the little shop up to
breaking point with the noise.
Another fascinating thing was to
see the smith grab a red-hot iron and
plunge it into that big tub of water
that was 'just outside the back door.
Splinge! Sten! Or to see him setting
a buggy tire or a wagon tire.
'Phlat back yard of his was a great'.
place to • ramble around ,too. There
was always a great pile of scrap metal
of all kinds, with every possible fonm
of contorted image. With the average
small, boy's imagination, it was quite
easy t imagine all sorts of wild
things.
Perhaps the finest time of all was
to be allowed to go to the blacksmith
"shop on a rainy afternloou. The na-
tural darkness of overcast skies
would make a perfect setting for the
display of sparks. The odour was
even stronger than on other days.
There was always a convenient place
to slip in and watch and listen.
Oh, yes! The listening was also an
attraction. I heard of many stnange
things while crouched down behind a
wagon! wheel, and when I was sup-
posed' to be interested in watching
the smith's helper with the horse's
hoof between his apron clad, knees,
driving in, the nails. My father
would get interested. in the conversa-
tion, and then suddenly remembering
me, would say: "Time we went home.
This ain't no fitten place for a boy!
Don't go telling your mother every-
thing you he rd around here!"
But times io change!
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JUST A SMILE OR TWO
"Did I tell you Chow Jack and I sat
down on a newly -painted seat?"
Dolly: "No, what happened?"
Edna: "Well, Jack absolutely ruin-
ed his clothes."
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First Actor: "I can't get my shoes
on."
Second Actor: "What! Feet swol-
len, too?"
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Wife (at breakfast) : "Could I have
a little money for shopping to -day;
dear?"
Husband: "Certainly. Would you
rather have an old five or a new one?"
Wife: "A new- one, of course."
Husband:- "Well, here's the one—
and that makes me just $4 to the
good."
Professor: "If I have talked too
long, it's because I haven't my watch
with .me, and there's, no clock in this
ia11.'
Student: "There's a calendar be-
hind you." "
The Teacher: "And so you see,
children, love is the one thing you
can give in abundance and still have
plenty left."
Jimmy: "How about measles?"
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He: "I was born on the second
day of April."
She: "Late as usual."
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Father's question: "How many
miles to a gallon?"
Mother's question: "What color is
the upholstery?"
Son's question: "How fast will she
go?"
Daughter's . question: "Has it a
good mirror?"
Neighbor's question: "How can
they afford it?"
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"Brown fell asleep in his bath this
morning with the water running."
"Did the bath overflow?"
"No; fortunately he sleeps with his
mouth open."
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Travellers and
(Edith M. Patch and Ca
Stay-at-homes;
rrol,1 L ane Fenton) •
Seto was home again. He perched
on a twig and sang "sweet, sweet"
happily. Then he spread his wings
and tail in a fluttering 'little dance.
Like other redstarts, Seto had come
a long way. He had spent the winter
in Central America where he hunted
caterpillars and leafhoppers in the
dark, damp woods. When the rains
were specially hard, he often hid un-
der the leaves of tall palm 'trees.
Irr March, Seto and his friends left
the tropical forests. They flew to
the sea shore. Then they flew across
the Gulf of Mexico to the United
States. They made their first atop in
a grove of mossy oaks north- of New
Orleans.
After resting, they travelled north-
ward again. They sometimes flew a
hundred miles, not stopping to eat.
At other times, they !hunted insects
in pasture thickets, or played and
sang among the trees in towns. May
came before many redetarts reached
their northern homes.
Spot, the Woodpecker
Seto flew to his home on a bright,
warm morning. When he got there,
he met several birds who never went
away for the winter. One ',of these
was Spot, the downy woodpecker.
His mate already was sitting on her
nest in an old, 'hollow tree.
Other stay-at-home birds were the
cbiic'kees. With their thick coats
of feathers and warm bodies, they
liked' the cold weather and thought
that snow storms were fun. When
big flakes fell, they* teetered on
branches, hung upside-down, and
sang "chick -a -dee -dee" happily. They
also road a song which sounded like
"peyeee, peweee," and another like a
three -note whistle. They were teet-
ering and whistling to one another
when Seta, seto's mate, also came
from the South.
Though broth little birds' were red-
starts, their coats were not alike.
Seto was black and orange -red. Seta
was green, gray and yellow. She was
yellow Where Seto was: red, while
gray and green oovered the places
where his feathers were black.
Seta and, Seto played for a .while;
then they began to build their nest.
Seto merely chose the place; which.
was a sunny glade in a grove. Then
he began to act like a policeman;
keeping other birds away, while Seta
Made the nest. He had to flash his
'Call, sing and fly about to keep Other.
birds from e'oming,elose tO the 'red,•
.start amine.
Whine he' did that, Seta gathered,
, pS of bask; Vallee t u tat* oft
i l' 1 ebs, S,l a tdovo Miler intro
p,rround Op that Vaal' higher titan
Seen in r the
County Papers
Collapsed On Street
Don Rich, delivery boy for,''Sn4:kth's
Grocery, collapsed in front • (1tthe-
Murray home on Vlcterla Street oft
Saturday afternoon. Ile ,had just com-•
pleted delivering a parcel a>]Id was re-
turning to the store a1s* Victoria
Street wiheln he 'fel'l in an!. u'nhonscious
condition, He was taken to the hos-
pital, but recovered suffieiently to re--
turn -tome Sunday evening. Me re=
turned to work on, Tuesday.—.Wing:
ham Advance -Times.
To Patrol 'Blue Water Road s
An addition was made to the police'
staff stationed here when, on Thurs-
day last, Prcvincial Constable Edgar
A. Webb, motor patrol, arrived in
town to take over his asalgnment on
the Blue Water Highway. Constable
Webb, who comes- here from Oakville,
will patrol the sixty -oda'' mule stretch
from Kincardine to Grand Bend, With
his wife Constable Webb has taken
an apartment`: on the Square.—Gode-
rich Signal -Star.
• A Tragic Event
In a fit of despondency brought on
by 111 health, Sydney F. Dickinson;
aged thirty-seven, committed suicide
at his home on East Street on Fir '
day morning last. Mr. Dickinson had
been under a doctor's treatment since
last 'fall, being subject to -nervous
trouble. He had • worked steadily
nearly four years, with the Dominion
Road Machinery; Company on a cut-
ting machine, and it was with some
of the cyanide of -••potash used on this
machine as a hardening .00'mpoundl
-that he took his life. On Friday morn-
ing Mrs. Dickinson, had left the house
with the youngest child, while the
ether three children of the family had
left for school. A neighbor heard...• M r.
Dickinson call for help, and a doctor
ryas called, but .'before he arrived the
man was dead. Mr. Dickinson came
here from England as a youth. He
sailed the lakes a short time and
went west with a farm workers' ex-
cursion before returning to Goderich
fourteen years ago. He married Mil -
di ed E. Vanstone, of Benmiller, who
survives with the four children.--God-
erich Signal -Star.
Fire Brigade Called Out
Firemen got a merry ride Wednes-
day afternoon about 4.30 when aa•
alarm was turned in after a truck
carrying a road machine shad broken
a power line crossing Victoria Street
to the property lately vacated by Mr.
"Richard Walton. While the broken
wire presented a fire menace, no
damage resulted. -Clinton News -Re-
cord.
it was wide Then she lined the cup
with fine, soft roots which could not
harm eggs or baby birds.
Hungry Babies
' Seto • did not help with nest -build-
ing and he did not sit on the eggs.
Fie didn't even bring fated to his mate
so she had to get her own. That was
easy on warm, sunny days. On 000i
ones, the eggs became almost Chilly
chile Seta was away. Stii•l, chilling
did not seem to hurt them. After 12
days they hatched out into healthy,
hungry little redstarts.
When that happened, Seto set to
work. He flew from one tree to an-
other, poked gooseberry bushes, and
hunted in hazel thickets, As soon
as his beak was filled with insects,
he carried them to the babies, feed-
ing them one by one. Then he flew,
away, to catch more caterpillars, leaf-
hoppers and gnats. It did take a lot
of insects to feed four nesting birds.
Another Fall
with such care, the babies grew
very rapidly. Soon they *ere able
to leave the nest, perching oh shady
branches while Seto and, Seta brought
them food. Then' they began to flut-
ter about. After that, they learned
to catch insects In the air or on 'the
bark of trees. By the middle of July
they were able to take care of them-
selves. Father Seto then could 'take
a rest, and catch only enough for his
own meals.
When August came, the redstarts
became restless. They ,perched in
tall trees, calling "ching, thing," and
then swooped down to the, bushes.
When cther redstarts joined them,
Seto did not object. Instead, he sail
"ching" nervously, and hopped from
branch to branch. "Ching-ching'r the
new redstarts answered, and they
hopped about, too.
One morning, Seto ate breakfast
and flew to the very top of a tree.
He Inerched there for just a moment.
Then, calling "ohee, thee!" he flew
swiftly toward the South. Seta fol-
lowed- with the youngsters. Then
came the Other redstarts that had
jointed Seta's little flock. All _Were
ready to follow Seto to the damp, hot
forests of Central 'America. • •
The chickadieee watdhed them go,
Thein tlhyey flew' !from' their perch on a
sumach to a red haw tree. They
peeped here and there for insects and
stuck 'their b'ille into, cracks *Eire
they oolt'Id not see, One of them, be-
gan to teeter while the • other avning
upsidOdown on a tih braiit9h,
Chicketalee, dee, diets ,he sang,
and• cllti god to a 'law Wi tstl . Stay -
at hence+'nay-a(-horde;' bo pointed to
th ',EGt-b000ii . ,_gurray.1
Leaves For New Liskeard
Dr. D. C. Geddes left town Wednes-
day for New Liskeard where he will
be associated in 'business with. Dr.
W. Linghorne, -a prominent dentist
•of that town. Since coming to Clin-
ton twenty-two months ago Dr. Ged-
des has enjoyed a steadily increasing
practise. He '.has made many friend,,
socially and professionally. He ba -a
not thought of leaving Clinton until
approached by Dr. Linghorne, but the
new field offers a wider range for
his talent. His many friends wish
him every success in the new field.—
('lir.ton News -Record.
Trip To Holy Land
Rev. Father M: N. Sullivan, pastor
of St. Joseph's R. C. Church at Clin-
ton, Chas been granted leave of arb-
seuce from - the parish' for three
months for a trip to the Holy Land.
Father Sullivan says he has had tbe
trip planned for some years and now
is about to realize fulfilment of his
determination. He will sail from New
York on May 14th and expects to be -
away the full three months.—Zurich
Herald.
I. O. O. F. Annual Church Service
The annual service of Western Star
I.O.O.F. Lodge and Morning Star Re-
bekah Lodge was conducted by Rev.
S. Kerr, •'13.A., B.R., or Avonlee, in
Melville Presbyterian Church' on Sun-
day evening last. • The Oddfellows
gathered at their lodge room and
marched to the church, where tbey
were joined by the Rebekahs.—Brus-
sels Post.
300 Pullets Burned At Dashwood
Fire, believed to have been caused
by an exploding brooder stove, com-
pletely destroyed a colony house at
the rear of the residence of Olaf
Pedersen in Dashwood. Three hun-
dred pullets which had just been put
in it the day before, were also burn-
ed. Prompt action on the part of
the Dashwood fire brigade prevented
the fire spreading to nearby build-
ings.—Exeter Times-A'dvooate.
Piece of Pencil Removed From Eye
aorta W. Kerr, three-year-old son of
Reeve and Mrs. Kerr, of Brussels,
was taken to an eye specialist in
Stratford. About two years ago John
had the misfortune to fall on a lead.
pencil, breaking off the point, and at
that time It could not be Located. But
lately a small dark lump was noticed•
in his cheek below the eye: The srpec-
ialist found, about half an inch of lead
imbedded in the flesh.—Wt'ngbam Ad-
vance -Times.
Child Struck By Motorist
Russell Boyd; 11 -year-old soli. of Mr.
and Mrs.' Lorne Boyd, has been in
Stratford Hospital for several- days
as the ,result of an'aecidemt 'siistainled
at noon on Friday. 'It '5 the practice
of children to visit the,ithli p en Blau -
shard Street yiaily for treasures of
some sort and 'the young lad, with
others, had been down there on his
way )tome friar, school. Hie had e1-
parently crawled through, the fence
and stepped onto the highway. Just.
at that time Lorne, 13'anuer of Fuller-
ton was comingnto town, He did'.
not see the child who ,had, apparent-,
1
ate
ed out a
y Pp the car knocked'
him- down. Mr. Harmer felt the jolt
and looking th'rouuh• the rear mirror
saw the child aS he rolled off the•
road and jmmnedia,'tely .stopped. The
lad was' taken,. to Stratford ,where he
was tetind tis be,stifferiug from cons
oustadr,r badly;, swollen RD'S and face•
And broken teeth. Ilia young frienids•
hone 3tor anearl r a eeuvee --.Bir lk,
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