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Phil Ts1fer of Laz r Meadows
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ataforth, Ontario, ev
ay afternoon by McLean
Whet Would They Think of Lfs
- Driving along t Ii e concession
roads this _ spring and sir we
have often wondered what our
pioneer forefathers would think - of
our farms today.
Those pioneers who chopped the
bush; cleared the land and built the
homesteads. And did it all without
the aid of modern machinery or
power equipment. Who never had
cars, or trucks, or tractors; who did
not know what a telephone was; who
worked until dark and went to bed
by candle light; who had never heard
of the possibilities of electricity, its
comforts and its labor saving devic-,
es.
What would they think of us?
Would they be pleased or disappoint-
ed? Most likely both. Pleased at
our labor saving devices and our
modern means" of transportation;
with our telephones and hydro lines
and highways.
And they would undoubtedly be
pleased with the crops' we have this
year; withour abundance 'of every-
thing that grows. They would think
that we should be a happy, prosper-
ous ani contented people.
But wouldn't those pioneers be a
olittle disappointed at the run-down
appearalice of so many of the fine
barns and homes they left' us? And,
wouldn't they be a little disappointed
at the appearance of a lot of the land
which they had cleared and tended
and kept so clean?
Those pioneers to whom a rainy
day was - an excuse to get out the
hoes and go after the weeds in the
fields-, and kept going after them un-
til the land was clean. What would
they think of making a rainy day an
excuse to get into the car and go
places?
Or what would they think of our
taxes; of our business ability which
has led us into a mire of debt? What
would they think of our politics or
our governments? Politics to them
were serious' and vital matters, no
matter what their party or creel.
They chose their politicians .arid
their public men with care. And
they saw to it that these public men
and politicians administered the
government,- so. it _would benefit all
and not be the milk cow for a few.
We are a little inclined' to pity •
those pioneer& To think of them as
Provincials, as narrow and hard; as
unenlightened and bigoted work
grubbers.
And then we think of our enlight-
ened day; our education and advant-
ages; of the heritage those pioneers
left us, and we can not help but won-
der what they would think of us.
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SEAFORTH, Friday, August 26:
Not Very Re -Assuring
There was a Cabinet crisis in
trance over the week -end when two
ministers resigned because of the de- -
lared intention of Premier Daladiar
to scrap the forty -hour week now
operative in French industry.
fn a broadcast to the French na-
tion on Sunday night, the French
Premier said: "The road to safety
is work. The 40 -hour week must be
cbanged as much because of national
necessity as because of the general
European situation. In the centre
of Europe great states try out their
forces. " For their soldiers there is no
longer any limit to the duration of
military service. For their workers
there is no limit to the duration of
labor. Most nations of the world
give the sane example of intense
war activities. There are so many
facts which should be -a warning to
France."
That is not very re -assuring news
from Europe, nor do the war clouds
seem to be thinning. The road to
safety is work, is a ' very true state-
ment, but when that work is the pro-
duction of war materials, it makes
one wonder how long there can be
peace.
Sunday Observance
In the manner in which the Sab-
bath is observed to -day, and the
manner in which it was observed
twenty years ago,. there has been as
much change, probably, as there has
been in any other life habit.
Looking back to youth, we can not
say that we were enamored with the
raa,nner in which the Sabbath was
observed then. It was a very, very
long day. But no matter how long,
how hot, or how cold, we observed it,
and so did every other youth along
with us. We had to.
YDuth and parental authority—
where there is any—are very differ-
ent today.•But youth grows into mid-
dle age and older, and ' the middle
aged and older see things more clear-
ly or in a different way than they dict
in youth.
That is why we do not believe that
there are many middle-aged or older
people who are any more enamored
with the Sunday observance of to-
day than they were with the Sunday
observance of their youth. There
can be too much slackness just as
easily as there can be too much
severity.
In discussing the subject in a re-
cent editorial, the Hamilton Specta-
tor said: "The difficulty is to know
just where to draw the line. One
concession leads to another. The ob-
ject of Sabbath observance, as
Divinely ordained, is rest, and, indul-
gence in various sports, howe'rer 'n -
nocuous, can not be regarded as liv-
ing up to the spirit of the injunction. •
One thing must be rigidly excluded,
whatever else is done—and that is
the intrusion of commercialism into
these practises."
That is very true. Butsports and
commercialism are pretty much one
and the same thing to -day. Indul-
_ Bence in sports is becoming less and
Aess popular with the youth of to-
day. It hires some one else to in -
duke in them to such an extent that
sport, as we • know it to -day, is almost
entirely professional.
'Of course one's conscience should
e"s grade, but there is the possi-
tif such a Mint of money being
e'r ailt err ti:t ,' as yet, undeveloped
day sorts in Canada,
,C C' s *e'en* as well as the
fubhei is too apt to
aI 11ed bar' the
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gone
interest g Reale Picked From
The 1i a tapositor of Fifty and
'Pwentytive Years Aga
From The Huron Expositor
August 29, 1913
Four thousand pounds of cheese
were shipped from the Holmesville
factory last week, which .had been
sold for over 12 cents a pound.'
Mr. James. Lamont, of Seattle, is
on a visit to his brother, Messrs. Wil-
liam and Peter Lamont, of Zurich,
woo have not Met for 29 years.
Among those who took advantage
of the harvesters' excursion to the
West on 'Monday last we have learn-
ed of tihe following from Hensall and
district: Walter Habkirk, George
Habkirk, Robert Green, Andrew Price,
Charles Horsley, Wallace Dick, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Bengough and little
son, Mrs. Andrew Dougall and son and
daughter, Mr. Elliott Fairbairn and
two young stepsons, Annie Pfile, Geo.
Mulholland, Robert Drake, Duncan
Taylor and Wm. McGregor.
The Seaforth Carnegie Public Lib-
rary building is, now completed and
ready for occupancy. It is handsome
both inside and out and is certainly
an ornament to the town and a credit
to the architectural skill of Mr. John
Finlayson. The contractors w e r e
Messrs. H. Edge and Joseph Keating.
Mr. John Cardio has purchased one
of Miss Thompson's residences on
Victoria Street and intends occupying
it.
Many in this vicinity will learn
v" ith deep regret the death of Mr. G.
F. Coiling, which took place in West-
ern Hospital, Toronto, on Monday.
'Mr. Coiling was for many years a
members of the .Seaforth Collegiate
Institute staff.
A meeting o'Seaforth citizens was
held: in the Town Hall on Tuesday ev-
ening last for the purpose of organiz-
ing for the Old Boys' Reunion to be
held in connection with the. Firemen's
'tournament in Aiugust, 1914. The fol-
lowing officer$ were chosen; Hon.
pres., Dr. Mackay; horn vice-president,
Mr_ Geo. A, Sills; president, Mayor
Anent; vice-president, M. Broderick;
secretary, A. D. Sutherland; treasur-
er, A. E. Colson; finance committee,
Messrs. J. F. Daly, L. T. DeLacey,
Chas. Aberhart; printing A.
public-
ity. Messrs. Frank Si115, A. F. Cluff,
Charles Stewart; decorating and il-
luminating, A. E. Forbes, John Mac-
Tavdsh, Ho'lvard I artry; transporta-
tion, Messrs. G. N. Neelin, Wul. Som-
erville, Harry Stewart; firemen's
tournament and parades, Chief Bell,
Foreman John, Cluff, Fireman Wm.
Oughton; sports, Oscar Neil, B. Brod-
erick, Jack . Beattie; music and enter-
tainment„ E. H. Close, J. F. Daly, Jno.
Finlayson; reception, The Mayor,
Reeve, Chief of Fire Department; bil-
leting, Messrs. Robert. Smith, Harry
Speare, Wm. McDougall
•
We Would Sap So
The Montreal Gazette says: "The
well dressed man this coming fall
will need a $1,000 outfit, says one
fashion authority. Evidently t h e
vast majority of males will continue
to be indifferently clad."
Well, we would say so. A ',Man
can get a pretty good suit for twen-
ty dollars, and a thousand, dollars
would buy fifty suits. What would
a man do with fifty suits?
Or what would he do with twenty-
five suits, and the socks, and shirts,
and underclothes, and ties, and boots
that the rest of that money would
buy?
The most of us will don the suit
we had last fall. And along with it
we will wear the shirt and the boots
and the other things that we wore
this summer.
In fact a man does not mind a
particle being indifferently clad in
the summer and even to some extent
in the spring and fall.
But a man does not • go indifferent-
ly clad in the winter. Not in our
climate; anyway. But most of us -
have our last winter's overcoats and
overshoes, and our last year's gloves
and scarfs as well—if we can find
them. Or the still bigger if—if some
transient hasn't beat ,us to them.
Of course the situation with the
women is different. Entirely differ-
ent. Any woman can spend a thou-
sand dollars on clothes that wouldn't
craw& an ever night.bag. And after
(that she ctmld explain with a good
deal of tr thfu i essiShe hadn't a
thing Ito wear!'
AT,GUST2+,198.':.
"CONNIVING"
That boy of mine! He's a corker
when it comes to conniving, and I
have no -doubt but that your boy is
the name: Hpwever, I would tike to
ramble- along for a while in this
week's letter, and tell about some of
hist tricks.
Last sumwer he was in the whit-
tling stage. He whittled at almost
everything around the farm from the
stable doors to the dining -room table,
When he started in on. the corner of
rtrgt new desk there was a sudden stop
put to his sculpturing ie. wood.
This summer he has turned to rais-
ing a menagerie. It started when lie
lugged! Methuselah, the pet white
mouse, who lives in a bottom drawer
of the desk out to a specially con-
structed box in the deriving shed. For
an entire afternoon he plied the
mouse with all forms of food which
were politely refused. Coming up
from the stable from .milking 1 ab-
ducted the mouse and brought him.
back to the desk where he caught up
on lis meals by chewing ata pad of
paper.
A pair of pigeons appeared myster-
iously the next day in the shed. Tim-
my was quite innocent as he came
running in to tell of how they must
have just flown in of their own ac-
cord. And then without waiting for
t'he cross-examination, he tore back
down to the shed. Nothing was said
about the matter.
His mother e'spie'd him coming
across the fields with something un-
der his coat the next afternoon and
forthwith hauled him into the kitchen.
Like •a performing magician a white
rabbit suddenly appeared out of his
pocket. Nothing doing! Mrs. Phil
wasn't going to have any rabbits
around Lazy Meadows. But the young-
ster slipped the little white'fellow on
her lap and a glance from those
bright little eyes was enough to melt
her :heart. I saw her reach over to
the tab, where the carrots were and
she slipped one to "Whitey." The
rabbit stayed!
Then a mate appeared as well and
although there was, haranguing about
it, nothing came of it. Soon there
was at least twelve, and knowing their
quality for multiplying, I made flim
dispose of all but two pair. It took
me half a day togget any results' to-
wards getting rid of them.
Snakes and ,-toads, fancy chickens,
Banty rooster% pups and cats!' He
had a regular circus, and every time
that I, tried to do anything about it
he would talk me out of it!
The best tff all was the day I found
him industriously building a smallpen
in the pig -house. He was going to
get a pig! That was all right and I
offeeed him the pick of the pen. No,
Neighbor Higgins, was giving him
one. Knowing the canniness of my
neighbors, my fears were realized
when he came lugging home with a
runt about as big as two doubled up
fists. There was really an argument
then; and at last I disclaimed any
truck or trade with it. He would have
to feed it himself.
I refused to even give bum any ad-
vice
dvice on feeding methods, and so he
got around his mother and made her
an accessory. All the scraps from, the
house were used, but I pretended to
pay - no attention to the runt. For ov-
er a month that pig seemed to eat
everything in. sight. The boy was
certainly discouraged when he saw
mine growing bigger, and his at a
standstill. Then the . miracle happen-
ed and the pig started growing. He
stretched out intp one of those lean
type that mean SELECT, when you
get your returns. And was there re-
joicing then?
One day the 'butcher came out and
1peked my` bunch over for a pig to,
butcher. He didn't say anything that
v -as enthusiastic and then he spied
the runt (?). He bought Timmy's pig
and gave him select price. Timmy is,
v alking aroend quite well pleased
with himself these days,, and I dlare
not mention the disposal of the ani-
mal collection iri the drive shed, in
the fear that he or his mother start
inquiring about my pigs. You see
they are not ready for market yet
and his went'over ten days ago.
Seen in the
County Papers
R. G. Seldon Improving
Mr,. R. G. Seldon, who suffered a
serious relapse following the opera-
tion in. Victoria' Hospital, London,
and whose condition has been gaite
critical during the past week, has
Shown a remarkable vitality , and -
hopes are now held for his recovery.
Mrs. Newmanreturned the first of
the week to her home in Kingston.—
Exeter Times Advocate.
Enviable Position
Miss Evelyn Clark, oiC-Proderich,
a former teacher of the Centralia
School, has accepted the position of
critic teacher on the teaching staff
of the Ottawa Model School. Miss
Clark was chosen for .this .app.oint-.,,.
Mont by the Department of Education
in Ottawa and it came as a great sur-
prise to her as thins position is the
highest available to auy public school
teacher.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
From The Huron Expositor
August 31, 1938
A young lad, son of Mr. Alex. Ross,
of Leadbury, .happened with a painful
accident one day last week. He was
playing with a young colt when it
kicked+ him in the face, cutting him
severely.
Mr. Wm. KIopp, of Zurich, brought
into town an egg which measured
77/s inches around the middle.
The Seaforth Founi•+`y, owned and
worked by Mr. T. Hendry, was com-
pletely destroyed by fire early Tues-
day
uesday morning. Most of the machinery
was rendered useless and the destruc-
tion of the patterns will be the great-
est loss. The loss is estimated at
about $7,000 and the insurance only
amounted to $1,500.
Messrs. Hamilton Bros., of Strat-
ford, have opened out in the boot and
shoe business in Latimer's old stand.
The foundation of the new Metho-
dist parsonage is laid in Hensall and
the joists ready for the. ground floor
all laid.
The managers and shareholders of
the Cranbrook flax mill are having a
lively controversy in trying to run the
financial machinery.
Mr. Andrew Morrison, who lives
south of Walton, in McKillop, has no
less than 101 ducks this summer.
They are all this year's hatching.
The season for big threshings has
once more come round. - Messrs. R.
McLeod and D. Johnston, of Walton,
recently put through their machine
500 bushels of grain in five hours on
the farm of Mr. H. Hamilton, bound:
ary of Grey and McKiIlop.
Mr. James Rath, of East ,Wawan-
osh, bas a two-year-old horse which
tipped the beam at 1375 pounds.
Mr. James McGill, of Fast Wawan-
osh, is finishing a house for Mr. Tam -
lin of Hullett.
The infant class .in the Presbyter-
ian Church Sabbath School were en-
tertained at their annual picnic in
Be.attie's Grove on. Friday last by
their teacher, Miss M. E. McLean, as-
sisted by others connected with bile
school. p
Messrs. Andrew Whitebead, James
Broadfoot and Duncan McTavish, Of
Tuckersmith, left here on Tuesday for
Manitoba, where they intend to visit
for a tine.
Messrs. Alex. Wilson and J. S.
Roberts, of the Seaforth team, won
several prizes at the Ontario Rifle
Match being held this week at To-
r ento. b
The Seaforth ,races were held on
P Fairview Park on Tuesday last. The
Meeting was a success in every re-
spect. There was a larger number
of good horses at this meeting than
at any previous oho, and never before
a more interesting and closely con-
tested series of c taken place. .
Mr. E. C. Colema has purchased
the Sbetland pony from 'Mr. C. E.
Meson',. of Brumfield.
a
An old Highland clergymau., wlio
had received several calls to various'
parishes, asked his Serietat where he
sthonitt go. t
IBS 'servant baidi "do :Where there
ie aaost eery sit." '
The ttreer eher eoltoltldi d that rim
servant's ad'viee was. 'Veda—and went
.'where .there wig the Meet ole ley,
JUST A SMILE OR TWO
She was a Boston provincial, and,
smacked of the Back Bay. Approach-
ing a clerk in one of Fifth Avenue's
swankiest millinery shops, she said
quite patronizingly: "I'm from Bos-
ton and would like something a trifle
smart without being the least bit
showy "
"I get you, ma'am, sort of second
mourning," replied the experienced
sales lady, _ ddding as a lever, "1 once
lived in Boston myself."
•
The billiard champion and another
chap were on a walking trip and put
up one night at a village inn. After
dinner at the inn they went intoa
room with the word "billiards" paint-
ed on the door, but the table was lit-
tle and rickety, and the balls were
discolored.
"Game of billiards, gents?" inquir-
ed the landlord.
"I don't know," said the billiard
champion. "I don't like these balls.
How do you tell the red from the
white?" .
"Oh, that's easy," stated the land-
lord. "You soon get to know 'em by
the shape."
Seasick Passenger (on' racing
yacht)—"I say, what about going
back? After you've seen one wave
you've seen them all."
•
"I called to make an appointment
with the dentist."
"He's out just now."
"Ah! When do you expect him to
be out again?"
•
' Moliere was asked why in some
countries the king may assume the
crown when 14 years old, but cannot
marry until he is 18.
"Because it is more difficult to rule
a wife than a kingdom," was the re-
ply.
Weary Willie and Dusty Rhoades
were reclining on the grassy slope.
The usually talkative Willie was quiet
and had been that way for a half
hour.
"Say," saki Dusty, "what's eatin'
you?. You haven't said a word since
we been sitting 'here."
"I was just thinkin,' " replied Wil-
lie, "that I wish I was an automobile
-worker so's I could go on strike with
the others."
Moved to Wingham
Mr. William Kress, who for the
past eleven years las been on the.
staff of the Canadian Bank of Cop-,
coerce, has been appointed account -
:ant of the Wing+haur branch and
leaves at once for his new position.
Mrs. Kress and three children wilt
follow in a short time. Mr. M. Has-
kett, of the Parkhill branch, has been
transferred to the Exeter branch: Mr.
and Mrs. Kress have made many
friends while in Exeter and the best
wishes of ail will follow them to their
new home.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Lightning Strikes Court House
. Rain came down in torrents in
Goderich on Monday afternoon, the
downpour lasting about half an hour.
During the electrical storm accom-
panying the rain, a bolt of lightning
struck the letter press.inn the office of
the Surrogate Clerk in the Court.
House. Quite a loud report was
heard by Mrs. J. B. Reynolds, wao
was standing near and sthe saw a bluer
flame play around the heavy iron
press for an instant. Mrs. Reynolds•
was unhurt, though startled, and
quickly made her way to another of
fice. No damage was done.--=Wing-
ham Advance -Times.
Part of Scalp Taken Off
Colleen Mil1ian, of Carlow, met
with a nasty accident when her hair
caught in the belt of the engine used
for pumping water, and before it
could be stopped part of her scalp
was torn off. She is now in the Gode-
rich hospital. — Wingham Advance -
T ries.
Apple in Light Bulb
G. A. Johnston, manager of the
85 -acre apple orchard of Mrs. Sloan
Smith in Goderich Township, has a
Salome apple growing in an electric
light bulb. Mr. Johnston attached'.
the 60 -watt bulb to the tree itietask
ter the blossom had dropped last May.
The apple now almost fills •the bulb
and he is waiting to see if it turns
red next month. The apple is on the
under side of the tree to keep it in:
the shade. If exposed to the sun it
would be baked in no time:—Clinton
News -Record.
• •
Netherlands Honour Queen
MENNIIMw
Thousands of doves are to be re-
leased and bonfires lighted all along
Netherland's coasts and frontiers as
marks of respect and gratitude on the
occasion of Queen WiLhelmina.
The national festivities are to last
about a week culminating in a na-
tional holiday on September 6th, Ac-
cession Day, when a great national
parade has been arranged to take
place in the old Dam Square in Am-
sterdam where on Sept. 6, 1898, in
the New Church opposite the Royal
Palace Will 'mina Helena Paulina
Maria, 'Queen of the Netherlands,
Princess of Orange Nassau, Duchess
of Mecklenburg, took over the reins
of government from the Regent,
Queen Emma, in the presence of both
Houses of Parliament, which had been
convened for an extraordinary session
in the New Church itself.
In commemoration that event there
will be religious service September
6th. Queen will attend and Prime
Minister Dr. Hendrik. Colijn will de-
liver commemoration address.
The doves soaring upward In the
skies are to symbolize the peace that
has marked Queen. Wilhlmina's rign.
has marked Queen Wilhelmina s
reign. The chain of bonfires girdling
the country and illuminating also
the provincial capitals, is part of the
tribute paid by the juvenile organiza-
tions, expressing joy and gratitude
for the great progresa made possible
in these 40 years as, regards general
education and the wide possibilities
for professional training and tuition
that Nave been opened up for all
classes of the population.
The festivities start on August 29th
at The Hague --two days before the
Queen's anniversary date --with, a
military parade for the Queen and a
procession of homage by thousands
of societies, organizations. and cor-
porations. On that day and p.ntil Sep-
teiiiber Groh in every town and vil-
lage, dwellings and buildings are to
profusely decorated• and illuminated.
Everywhere celebrations of diverse
nature, - commemorative services in
thechurchese exhibitions and allegoric
processions are being held. A "na-
tional film" will run in 40 cinemas
at the same time.
Parade Before New Church
Suet as 40 year's ago en September
.5th the Queen VIP Make her entry
i1fito the festively $tired Capital, Alias
sterdam, with thousands of corpora-
tions and societies and their banners
lining the route. Then on the follow-
ing day comes the culminating point
of the festivities, the great national
parade before the New Church.
On that memorable Sept. 6, 1898,
the church building was decked with
flags, trophies, coats of arms and
green garlands, studded with small
oranges against a background formed
by blie brass chancel railing, hung
with heavy, draped carmine velvet
curtains, was the throne: a platform
three steps above the floor. The car-
mine draped canopy of state, lined
with a bite silk, was decked with a
royal crown.
Costly dresses and the gorgeous
gowns of court dignitaries, Nether-
lands Indian native princes, members
of parliament, ministers, high law
court and military authorities, royal
guests, diplomats, and princes with
their suites, lent magnificence to the
scene. Everywhere were glittering
uniforms and state costumes, spangled
with gold and silver and jeweled dec-
o, ations. Cheers outside the church
announced th'e approach of the Grand,
Duke: of Sachsen and the Prince and
Princess of• Wied in a state coach.
A ray ofesun shone through one of
the high windows and rested on the
ki'ng's silver -gilt orb;' scepter and
crown, and on the Constitutipn, all
of which were displayed on a table,
in front of the throne. Rigiht of the
chair of state was the standard of
the kingdom; on the .left of the chair
for the• Queen -Mother was 'thee sword
of the emipire.
Coach With Eight Horses
Another wave of cheering rose and
penetrated into the church. The be-
loved Queen -Regent Emma arrived in
a Coach drawn by eight horses and
escorted by cavalry. .
Then, louder and stronger than be-
fore, came the Cheers fbr the young
Queen herself, Cannons thundered a
salute, bells pealed out in welcotne:'
Behind the banners and imperial
emblems., came the "Upper Master of
.Oeremoni'es•, Ballet Da Tour van Bel-
liroebave, goldien staff in lrand, follow-
ed by the deputation front Parliament.
Wrapped in the royal clbak, Came'
Queen Wilhelmina, obviously deeply
nrovedi 'by the solemnity of to ocea-
'sion. Pootliie ealleed�n -of the p elude
(Coftlljiu d Cit Pa 8j;'
Fire Destroys Holstein Store.
Damage estimated at $15,000 Was
done Saturday night by a fire which:
broke out in the rear of Robert Arn-
dell's general store in Holstein, ten
miles north of Mount Forest, The
alarm was raised at 6.30, with fire-
men from Mount Forest and Durham
responding. 't'he building, a two-
storey brick structure, was enveloped
in flames soon after the blaze started.
It is thought an oil stove, exploding
in the kitchen, caused the outbreak:
While firemen played hose on the
building, bucket lines were formed ;a
save adjoining buildings menaced by
flames, which were spread by a bight
wind.—Wingham Advance -Times..
To England By Phone
Mrs. A. T. Cooper enjoyed a neve,/
experience this,week when she held
a • five-minute conversation with her
son, Mr. Willis Cooper and his wife
who reside at Esher, Surrey, England
Mrs. Cooper, was delighted with the
service, being able to' carry on a con-
versation easily and clearly In spite
of the great distance separating those
taking part.—Clinton News -Record.
Receives Silver Medal
At a special meeting held at Strat-
ford recently, Mr. C. H. Rance, local
representative of the Prudential In-
surance Co., was presented with a
silver medal and diploma on comple-
tion of ten years' service with the
company.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Main Street Cleared of Wires
During the past month or two the
Bell Telephone Co. and the local
Public Utilities Commission have
been very busy changing their lines
in preparation for the complete re-
moval of all telephone and electric
light poles from the Main Street,
Gangs of Bell men, have bean work-
ing steadily for some time, while the
P.U.C. have found it necessary to se-
cure the services of rural Hydro men
to assist the latter with their share
of the work. In a month or two all
phone and electrical .services will be
furnished business places on Main
Street, 'from the Fear. instead of in
front as at present. Last fall the
north side of this street was strip-
ped. of ,Hydro poles from A. D. Cam-
eron's corner to St. George Street,—
Mitchell Advocate.
Escape Regarded As Miraculous
People from the district are beat-
ing a'tirack 'to the home of Jacob.
Fischer in Grey Township. And to,
all Weis" eine ace displayed the. rem=
nuts of a pair of shoes which were -
literally -torn from the feet of Mrs.
Fischer by a bolt of lightning du/14g'
the vicious -electrical and wind storm
that raked th'e district wedtesday
,i14ght. Sit'E!el'hlg what iiafense ss ock
aril still ,eenfinied to lUir bed, Mrs.
..Fischer knows what it aneaas to era. -
eagle death l y the » rodei'bial eye-
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