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ORTH, Friday, gust 5th
All Is Well That Ends 11,
remier Mitchell F. Hepburn went
upan airplane last week. There.
is 'nothing unusual or notable about
that, a len for Mr. Hepburn,
The trouble started when the Pre,
Anier's airplane ran into fog some
vvhere near the Arctic Circle and had
to be grounded. There may be noth-
ing very unusual ,about that either.
But Mr. Hepburn's plane was
h was
1 here there
ace w
grounded at a place
no Communication with the outside
world. Consequently for eighteen
hours Mr. Hepburn was not heard
from.
As time goes, eighteen hours is not
a long lapse, but eighteen hours
without knowing the whereabouts of
Mr. Hepburn, or without knoiwing
whether he was- still upon the earth,
gave Ontario something like the, jit-
ters.
However, the danger has passed.
The Premier is coming back to On-
tario again, and corning back by
train. A much more suitable and
safer mode of travel for a Premier,
even when that Premier is Mr. Hep-
burn.
The Premier of Ontario holds
great responsibilities. His life or
death may be of the utmost conse-
quence to the people of the Province
and most of those people, irrespee-
tive of (politics, are agreed that Mr.
Hepburn's plane trip to the Arctic
was a risk that even he should not
have attempted. - ,'a.
There are some people—some of
those resurrected Conservatives, of
course—who claim that the whole
thing was -just -a publicity stunt. But
that is ridiculous. Mr. Hepburn
does not need a plane to get up in the
air. Neither does he need to get lost
in the Arctic to' inake the first page
of the newspapers. He can do that
at his own sweet will, in the LegisIa-
' tare or out of it, the same as he has
often done before.
However, it is all over now and it
may be truthfully said that the great
majority of Ithe people of Ontario
experienced a sense of great relief
at the happy ending_
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There Are Worse Things
Than Hogs
There are worse things in this
world than hogs. Much worse things.
But, of 'course, we are speaking of
the animal variety.
In fact that variety of hog blas
been more than the farmer's friend
all- through the depressidn. It might
even be said that hogs have been the
farmer's salvation.
At no time since the bottom drop-
ped out of the farming markets, and
that is quite some years ago, has the
hog slipped below the five cent mark..
And that is a -lot more than can be
said about the comparative price of
everything else on the farm, includ-
ing the land itself.
And for quite some time now, hog,
prices have been steadily marching
upwards, There ,wave been periodi-
cal slips, of course, but on the whole
the trend has been upwards. x
To -day there is money, in hogs and
the farrier who has them is lucky
.and knows it. He is being mighty
good to his hogs, and mighty gener-
osus,.,,.with the feed that goes into
we say, there are worse things
•e° fann to-dayethan hogs --much
Not mention •weeds, there
1 t e.,., ..Abouft::a year ago
r'' a patient wait of
price.. took _a real
some farmers
o cattle
I not,.
est''
S.
T,
etSt
tattle stocks, the bottom dropped
out of the market ,again. And there
they were. And what is still worse,
it has been pretty much that way ev,.
er since..
Perhaps it will be that way with
the hogs too. By the ° time ' every
farmer has a bunch to sell, there
won't be any place to sell them.
Farming is very much. like that. But
only a clever gambler can be a good
farmer.
In the meantime the hog. is king
on the farm. And long and prosper-
ous may\his reign be.
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The Gideon Bible
Forty years ago two travelling
men, strangers to each other, were
obliged to share a room in a crowd-
ed hotel in Boscobel, Wisconsin, for
a night. One of them asked the
other if he would mind if he kept the
light on a little longer while he read
his Bible, as he was in .the habit of
doing before retiring. The other,
far from objecting, said he would be
glad if kis roommate would read
aloud.
That night saw the birth of the
Gideon Society and the society re-
ceived its flame because of the re-
collection by one of its originators of
the Bible charac.tei Gideon—a man
who was ' humble and faithful in
carrying out divine commands.
Last week at the thirty-ninth an-
nual convention of the Gideons held
in Chicago, one of those men, John
H. Nicholson, heard that, as a result
of that -chance meeting with S. E.
Hill, in the Boscobel hotel, 1,477,000
copies of the Bible have ,been placed
in hotel rooms, on school desks, be-
side hospital cots and in prion cells
of the United States, Canada and
foreign lands.
The average distribution of Bibles
by the society for the past thirty
years has been about 50,000 copies,
but last year the record for over a -
decade was broken when the, distri-
bution reached 81,000 copies.
Almost every Canadian.. who has
occupied., a hotel room is familiar
with, at least, the appearance of a
Gideon Bible, and a great many must
also be familiar with the contents, as
files of letters from readers of the
books who have been saved from
despair and disaster by reading ho-
tel Bibles, are kept in the Gideon of-
fices. And the same office reports
that many copies are worn out by
use annually, and have to be replac-
ed. . ,
404.
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
Take Chip Off Your Shoulder
(Correspondent,a-of Highways Bulletin)
I1 you are one of the many to whom driving is
no longer a pleasure, here is a hint that may be
helpful. Next time you start out on a trip, take
that chip off your shoulder! • And take your
sense of humor along. Promise yourself that you
won't let little things disturb you, and see what
bappens. If someone attempts to steal your right
of way, let him 'have it. Don't yell at him, but
smile instead. Be indulgent, as you would be
with the small boy who reaches for the largest
piece of cake on the plate. A safe journey—and
a surprisingly pleasant journey—will be your re-
ward.
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Th.i t Co-operate
(tfrchenetr RecorL-
d)
Railway amalgamation in Canada, despite the
prolonged clamor to cut the C.N.R. deficits, seems •
to have been dealt a body .blow by the decision
of the Conservative party to oppose unification
or.amalgamation. Rather co-operation is favored.
The Liberals will not likely stray far from this
policy either, so Canadians can just about make
up their minds that there will be no "scrambling"
of the railways. Perhaps it is just as well,
What then? It in a case of the two railways
carrying on separately with ,the C.P.R. sharehold-
ers taking their chance as well as the taxpayer$
of Canada. But co-operation, supervised by a
board that has power to enforce its edicts, should
obtain better results than the co-operation at-
tempted to date. At any rate it seems to be the
only cdui'ee left open now and. naturally, that
course should be explored to the limit.
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'Flowery Flour Sacks
(Kitchener Record)
Economical housewives have long made 'use
of empty flour and sugar sacks to fashion aprons
and pillow caste. And we can recall that an On-
tarfo branch of the Women's Institute once offer-
ed a prize to the Member Who gave the beat peace
tient demonstration of the . various uses to which
the cotton bags could be put,
Now- modern millers are capitalizing on this
'p'hase of economy. An American, milling com-
pany. in a recent .advertiseni,ent .called attention
tv them now flasirr sacks and the uses to which
they doubt be put. The new sacks are Wade
front the latest st' ge prints andguaraiitteedd
fast collets. The Aims and patteeest have been
created, by fashion designers and are the latest
tylesfeatur t'b leading otos`,
Phis ides sl ouId 'grr over big, especially ire
til e so4c fe'd -liar~d Wires All it nettle is thio
f"'01046 ', d t '''yea" tale" swoop.
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Interesting, Items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of fifty and
Twenty-five Years Ago. -
From The Huron Expositor _.
Assn -1st 8, 1913
A despatch from Stratford says:
"Mr. C. T. • McAllister, representing
United States capital, seeking invest-
ment in •Candda, stated in an inter-
view at Grand Bend that the people
he represents have definitely decided
to build two electric roads to the
Bend, one from Stratford, and the
other from London. Mr. McAllister
has already purchased the north of
Exeter side of Grand Bend, including
the amusement park."
Mr. John ..Rea, a former McKillop
boy, is now`head' of the customs de-
partment at Edmonton.
The Doherty Organ Co. in Clinton
have on their pay roll one hundred
and ten employees.
The county is having a foot bridge
attached to the iron bridge.,at Bay-
field.
The fine brick block, composed of
three stores on Main Street of Hen-
sall, belonging to Robert Bell, of Sea -
forth, was badly damaged by fine on
Monday evening. It started in the
jewellry store of Mr. F. C. McDonnell.
Mr. John Mousseau, of Hensall, has
recently treated himself to an auto,
being the first farmer in the Town-
ship of Hay to have one. .
The lawn social and entertainment
on Thursday evening of last week un-
der the auspices of the Band on the
lawn of Mr. A. E. Forbes, was .a
splendid success. G. F. Rogers was
chairman and the following took part:
Solos' by G.'. W. Israel, Rena Holman,
E. 11. Close. James Sleeth, Dalton
Reid, E. L. Box •and' Miss Freemap, of
.Lucknow; duets by Mrs. Meredith
and Dalton Reid and Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Close; ladies' quartette, Miss.
Holman and Mesdames Close, Speare
and Meredith; male quartette, Messrs:.
Beattie, Israel, DeLaoey and Sleeth,
and readings were given by the
chairman and R. H. Archibald.
A rather serious fire started in the
big swamp in the rear of the farm
of Mr. William Lamont in Stanley on
Friday last, No serious damage was
done.
Mr. Jake Wurm, of Zurich, while
oiling the gearing of a windmill, had
his hand badly smashed.
An auto flying a Berlin ensign ran
into a carriage driven by Mr. James
Masse, of the Sauble Line, on, Thurs-
day, throwing the occupants out and
injuring the team very badly. His
hands were severely cut.
'Phe new post office in Seaforth :s
now completed and ready for occu-
pancy with the exception• of the post
office boxes. Mr. Richard Wright, the
superintendent, takes great pride in
showing people through. Mr. McKen-
zie, the contractor, has made a fob
which. is creditable to his skill, work-
manship and honesty as a contractor.
Mr. J. L. Yule, of Owen Sound, and
a former organist in First Presbyter-
ian Cburch," afor'th, is leeving on a
trip to the Old Gountry to pursue his
musical studies.
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From The Huron Expositor
August 10, 1888
Mr. M: Korman, of the Salem Brew-
ery, has been making arrangements
for starting, a brewery in Wingham.
He expects to have the building up
this fall.
Mr. James Regan, who formerly
taught in Goderioh Township, has
been reappointed principal of the
Blake scleool for 1889 at an increase
of salary.
Last week Mr. Paul Madge, of Us -
borne Township, harvested a field of
fall wheat which will yield 40 bush-
els to the acre.
Mr. Eli Coultas, a young man, who
lives south of Elimville, met with a
severe accident recently. He was
raking bay and having no breeching
on the harness, the rake ran up on-
to the horse, causing it to, kick. The
animal struck Mr. Coultis on the leg,
breaking it between, the knee and
ankle.
Mr. John S. Porter has procured a
nice new hearse and has opened out
in the undertaking business.
Mr. C. P. Bishop, who recently
passed his university examination so
creditably, is a graduate of Seaforth
Collegiate Institute..
Mr. David Hay, of the Bayfield
stage line, disposed of 25 pails of
raspberries one day' this week. He
has brought in and sold about one
hundred pails of fruit this year.
Mr. John Livingstone, captain of
the Collegiate Institute football club,
leaves next week for Manitoba where
he intends pushing his fortune.
Wingham has again suffered sev-
erely from the fiery element. Hut-
ton & Carr's floor mill and Mr. Jack-
son's residence were burned to the
ground about 3 a.m. on Wednesday
morning. The fire started. in the mill.
There was.. atlout 4,000 bushels of
wheat in the mitt besides a- quantity
of flour.
Mr. Henry Willits, son of Mr.
Crockit Willits, of Wroxeter, left on
Monday morning for Vancouver Is-
land, where he intends making his
fortune.
The union Sabbath school excur-
sion from Seaforth to Goderiob took
place on Tuesday bast and was well
patronized by both old and young,
675 tickets being sold and some ten
passenger care were crowded full.
Mr. Alex. Davidson has leased the
Commercial Hotel to Mr. Fry, feria-
eriy of Brussels, but lately of Hamil-
ton.
The following, is-•a.list of those who
Were successful in passing their
teachers iez am.(utillyeis; Second, Class
-L. Latimer, J. Miarrlsan, K, Watson,'
E, Keliannt, A leten6ngail, P. Wood;
Third Claw,--? Bratherston, C. Cal-
der, H. Dickson, It telly, M. Me -
Mann, M. SIoan, VD.' Ho' ell, D. Ma-
lone,
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, J. M orrr,son.
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'_ltliotw .tau *tire
Phil Owlet of Lazy Meadows '2
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"RASPBERRIES" - i
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Annabelle,the original of d '• grey
mare, suddenly tookit upon herself'
to go on a one-horse strike last night.
The result was that she nosed her
-way through a weak spot in- the rail
fence, strode highhandedly ,across the-
batik of Neighbor Higgins' place and
finally wound up in the wild hundred.
That calls for s•oree expdaiq?ng, I
guess, because everybody calls the
old Fendlay place the wild hundred.
The last one of them left the place
about twenty years ago and went to
work in the city. -He never paid the
taxes and so the township seized it.
They sold it to Joe Erwin and he
took the timber off of it, and let it
fall back on the township's hands
again. Since that time it's' been grow-
ing up in little trees and shrubs. But
far some strange reason or other it's
got the best berry patch in the whole
township.
I found old Annabelle enjoying her-
self clown at the edge of the ' swale.
She had her fling and was guite will-
ing to go back. I wandered over into
the berry patch, and although the
berries shave been very poor this year
there were several nice patches, back
there.
After filling m' hat and eating a
good portion myself, I sat down in
the shade from' a second -growth
maple and began thinking about
things in general. There's something
about a ber atch that I can never
quite do Wsti.ce to in describing. Get
a group of berry -pickers and you have
about the happiest people you can find
anywhere. I guess out- dere in the
country they figure- berries—that is,
wild berries—are about thte only
thing that Nature hands, out for a
minimum of • labor.
Or, it may be that they are think-
ing about a sealer of preserved ber-
ries along about January next' year
or a berry pie 'just fresh from
'the oven and tantalizing to the taste.
When you have• ar:7aatch of tame
raspberries all you lave to do is go
,out and pink them when they're ripe.
When you want wild ones, you have
to walk 'through fields, get burrs in
your clothes, weed seeds ,in your
boots, get ,seratched by prickles,
through fences and so
on. But you don't seem to mind.
There's a pleasant taste to the fruit,
and I've often wondered whether it's
,only imagination or not.
It was warm in that berry patch
and I could hear voices droning over
farther on the hilll. Pails clinked as,
branches hit them• and berry pickers
started' raiding the bushes. Insects
wore buzzing around and an occasion -
al bee swept in and around, evident -
ly looking for extra flavor for honey.
Cow bells clanked over in a neigh-
boring pasture. The noises started
getting lesser and lesser and Y made
a weaker attempt each time to keep
the flies from using my nose as a
landing field. Then. . I''dozed off.
I woke up feeling like Rip Van
Winkle. The berries had spilled out
of my hat and there was Annabelle
cropping gran as calm; as you please.
The sun had bobbed-in`behind a cloud
and a cool breeze was coming up
from the ewale. There was a stiff -
ness and an ache in all ply protest -
ing muscles as I stretched up from
the grass.
Then nursing the berries that I
had scooped back into the hat, I went
back driving Annabelle. Theberries
would serve to square me with Mrs.
Phil, who would more than likely be
provoked on a day ween I was •sup -
posed to bug the potatoes.
The poor berries! I tripped over
a rail in the south pasture and the
berries flew in all directions. By the
time I picked them up they had been
reduced to half the artiount with a
liberal packing of weeds and dirt.
But . . . boy, oh boy! They sure
, tasted good for supper with cream
and sugar!
® JUST- A SMILE OR Two
Fust Old-timer: "Talk about mod-
ern hardships! Why I can remem-
ber when we toasted our bread on a
fork over the fir'ei"
Second Old-timer: "Yeah. And ev-
en had to cut the slices ourselves!"
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Patron: "Look here, waiter, I or-
dered chicken pie, and there isn't a
single piece pf chicken in it."
Waiter: "That's being consistent,
sir. We also have cottage cheese but
so far as I know thereisn't a cottage
in. it."
Father: "Here, here! Why is my
darling daughter crying?"
Daughter: "Oh, I picked Out in the
fashion magazine the dress for -the
party ball to wear when I get rich=
and now Marie says she's going to
have one just like it when she gets
rich!"
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Customer: "Is there much give to
this scloth?"
Dry Goods Clerk: "No, ma'am,
That's Sootch Tweed."
Farming In Lithuania
Travelling through Lithuania to-
day, one cannot fail to be struck by
the large number of new farmsteads
springing up all over the country and
the general building activity display-
ed.
The full effect of the Land. Reform
Act, one of the earliest preoccupa-
tions of the newly enfranchised ' Re-
public, is now being felt, and the
peasants are making the widespread
use of their opportunities.
In Lithuania there are really no ex-
tremes or poverty or wealth, so that
the smallest Lithuanian farm has an
air of comparative opulence. The
many outbuildings—the Saxon or Fris-
ran custom of housing stock and crops
under the same roof as the owner
would .,not be tolerated here—give
hogs and cows, horses and sheep each
their own headquarters. And the
"Kletis" or granary, becomes the
most conspicuous building of all.
Building Homes
Wood is still the most popular
building material, and the States sells
the timber to new settlers on , very
reasonable terms and on long credit,
with a bonus to those using non -in-
flammable material for roofing punhasfive
poses. Thus the picturesque thatch-
ed., and timber -shingled roofs are giv-
ing way to tiles and corrugated iron;
but it ''must be remembered that
while diminishing fire risks, these ma-
terials. are not so warm during the
long Baltic winters.
The Lithuanian farmer is content
with very modest accommodation
for himself and his family until he
has completed the farm buildings
and the granary, so one may often
see houses looking strangely lop-
sided. the chimney perched at the
extleme end, This is a "first year
home"; in the second. year, when
the farm animals are all well
housed, the farmer will 'complete the
next portion of his home, and the
chimney then ' occupies a more nor-
mal position—in the center! When
the shutters are painted and the glass
porch added—crowning touch- of ' ele-
gance and one which'`'no Lithuania
would omit—one may know that the
.farm is reaching its, third year of ex-
istence.
Marketing Problem
The real problem of the Lithuare
Ian peasant is to find the best�,r-
ket for his products, the price f
which is established by world con i-
tions rather them the local demand.
Taken as whole the standard -of liv-
ing le low col pared, with West Eur-
ope. Many farmers are indebted to
banks, but their debts are small as
compared with, other agricultural
countries. On the other hand these
debts are onerous because they were
Incurred some years ago when agri-
cultural prices were higher than to-
day'. The State, anxious to alleviate
adverse conditions: for peasant, bas
recently introduced legislation oto help
them. The State regulates wages' of
Caron, hands who are paid partly in
ea'sll, and partly in tiroduoe accord-
nig to a cost of living index, although
agel nitural 'Taber la still inadecuate-
fy organizedneds protected. ,
Tee most widely grown crops used,
to be t atd, rye,. wheat, flan,, potatzaea:
nit peak' eat 10 ,400 't I ,' Pr1gd
of cereals, caused the Lithuanian
farmers to devote more attention to
stock raising and dairying, and each
year this tendency is more pronounce
ed. The State gives extensive assist-
ance to 'stock breeders by its experi-
mental and pedigree stock farms,
from which suitable animals for cross -
ing can be obtained by the small far -
mer; and in which centers the best
- methods of feeding and preparing for
market are studied and applied•.
Co -opera -dyes
The majority of small farmers have
now ,_good types of fat hogs, plenty
of excellent quality dairy cattle, and
are thorc"ehly interested in stock im-
provement. The Chamber of Agri
culture; -has formed control stations
of pork raising in different districts
of Lithuania, directed by specialists
who moreover regularly visit ' the
farms which are specially engaged in
hog raising for the export trade, now
assuming wide proportions,.
. "Pienocantras," State-controlled cen-
ter, cohrbined all the dairying and co
operative creameries of the country.
and "Meisters" pork packing factory
large branches in the larg-
est towns of Lithuania.
The State holds 70 per cent. of the
shares of the latter. There it, ne
shortage of local products, for- efery
farmer now breeds 'hogs and sell:
milk, his market being assured and
prices satisfactory. The Lithuanian
export trade in butter and bacon ex
pands yearly, and the Government
system of examination and marking
gives a guarantee of first class qual
ity.
The Chamber of Agriculture has
furthered the standards of farm work,
establishing rural agricultural schools
and, evening eourees for winter. It
founds clubs for "young farmers," is.
sues bulletins and journals•, and pie
neers every new agricultural enter:
prise. Higher agricultural education
is in the hand of the State College
at Dotnava, with 45 professors, main -
tained by the State •finances. The col-
lege is' housed on a model farm, where
the students are able to put into prac-
tree their theoretical work.
Lithuania is determined to keep ag-
riculture the, key industry ,of the
country, and to make expanding use
of modern natural science and experi-
orient.
This{ is in marked contrast to . the
old order of things. Prior to the
World War, agriculfure in Lithuania
was in a primitive condition. Russia
took tittle interest in this province,
concentrating its attention on finding
markets for the products of the rich
lands of the Ukraine and Siberia, and
providing such inexpensive transport
for these that it was c'heap'er to buy
gratin In Riga or Morrel from the
Ukraine thee from near -by Lithuania.
The land was for the most part in
the hands of absentee proprietors. Af-
ter the rebellion of 1861, the. Russian
.State had conliseateii large Whiten
ran areas, and this . tt}o, had been
'granted to Th1 ion settlers. The rev-
olutliin of 1901; eaSed the situattoni„ re
so far as, it enabled .a small nunvber
of peasants to eegtiire /and, and aid. -
led by •ennuis' rpi'v'ate hank, ..
p arid a few
dO,opertitive son1'etie3' 'tlr111 Th, r ifg tt»
rl
stir,
New Hall For Blyth
The contract for a new agricultural •
hall at the fair grounds has been let
to the Blyth Plantlng Mills. Work has
already been started and the hall Will
be completed in time for the fall fair.
--Wingham Advance -Times.
Gorrie Man is • Elected D. D. G. M.
R. W. N. Wade, popular Gorrie
Masons and member of the Fprdwich
lodge, wad elected • the new 'District
Deputy Grand Master for North Hur-
on District at the annual meeting held
on Wednesday. This annual meeting
Of Grand Lodge was held this year in
Toronto and was headed by Grand
Master W. J. Dunlop of that city.—
Wingham Advance -Times.
Breaks Thumb in Game '
Mr. Hugh Cummings lead the mis-
fortune to break the thumb othis left
hand while performing the catching.
duties on Saturday afternoon when
Port Elgin played here. A foul tip
caught the edge of his glove, and
while the injured member was very
painful he finished the game, believ-
ing the thumb to be only sprained-
An examination by the doctor later
proved that it was broken and note•
he has it in a cast, The injury wilt
put Hugh out of the game for some!
time.—Wingham Advance -Times.
Former Resident Gets Bequest
Rev. Dean Frank E. Po''ell. rector -
of St. Barnabas' Church; Toronto, re-.
ceives a bequest of $5,000 from the
will of Mrs. Mabelle Horlick Sidley-,
malted milk heiress, who died re-
cently in Toronto. Mr. Powell was a
Turnberry boy, a son of Mr. Thomas
K. Powell,, of Wingh•am, and welt
known to many in this neighborhood_
—IRrussels Post.
Joins High School Staff
Mr. Harold .Sturg@ss, who has been,
the principal of the Alvinston school,
has accepted a position on the Exe-
ter high school staff to take the place.
of Miss Marks. Miss Marks recently
resigned her position on the staff to
accept a position with a New York
firm to go to the islands of the Carib-
bean Sea to act as French interpre-
ter. Mr. Sturgess is a married man
with a small family. He is a former•
classmate of Mr. Gordon Koch, sci-
ence teacher at the school.—Exeter-
Times-Advocate.
Sharp Glass Pierces Artery
Julius Cass, wshile at Forest Tues-
day cleaning up some scrap iron in -
connection with the canning factory-
there,
actorythere, and while clearing away some
iron with his foot, a small piece of
sharp glass punctured the boot and
pierced an artery in his foot. Thee
blood spurted out and there was a
considerable loss of blood before the=
flow was stopped.—Exeter Times -Ad-
vocate.
Triplet Calves
Triplet calves were born Saturday,
Jul'y16th, to a black Holstetn cow
belonging to Mr. Ward Hern, of Xi.s
borne. The calves are all normal
and doing fine, weighing h.bout fifty
pounds each. There are two males
and a female. The cow was purchas-
ed by Mr. Hera at Mr. Ted Walper's:
dale a short time ago.—Exeter Times-
Adrvocate.
Blame Wolves For Killing Sheep
Two wolf dens have been located a
short distance east of Holyrood at the
back of the farm of James Valad, 8th
concession, and wolves are blamed for
the killing of sheep in that vicinity.
Jack Robb on hearing a disturbance
among Richard Elliott's cattle found
a calf sIIrrounded by the parent
wolves and six young ones. With as-
sistance they.. were driven off. One
was also seen on the farm of T. Har-
ris.—Blyth. Standard.
Lightning Caused' Much Damage
The Bodwell family, who reside on
the old George Lawrence farm about
one mile and a quarter north of Mit-
chell on the highway, had an experi-
ence early Tuesday morning which.
they will not likely soon forget. It.
was during the height of an electri-
cal storm when a bolt of lightning;
struck their home and tore things to
pieces in some places. The lightning
apparently was attracted by a light-
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to work this land.
Reform on the Land
Agricultural progress was, howev-
er, still bound by the regime of sevi
tude which for political reasons the -
Russian Government maintained. Dur-
ing the World War things were even
worse, the requisitions of the Ger-
man Army of Occupation ruining all
agriculture. Immmediately after peace
was declared, the Lithuanian people-
set
eopleset to work with courage and State
aid to organize production, perfect
tie machinery of agriculture develop -r• nient and assist the small proprietor.
The Land Reform Act, carried out
in stages between 1919 and 1929, pro-
vided for the expropriation of absen-
tee landowners. Compensation was
paid and land was given to soldiers
who had fought for the independence
of the new State and to their heirs,
without payment: other proprietors
pay' for their lands ever a period cf
36 years. The heirs of those whose
iande had been confiscated by Russia
in 1861. received their property back
again: working people on' the parcel-
led -out estates, farmers on the terri-
tories of former large estates, suhall
holders in the neighboring villages,
and other meal who' cultivated but
did not own lands, all re'c'eived land
on these terms.
the, State hie also taken over the,
national' forests, and such lands, as
are needed for cultural ln
stitlitions,i -
scheois; experimental farms and stock
raising centers,, hospitals and orphan -
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