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The Huron Expositor, 1938-09-16, Page 2V(i 1Y �1ry, ��l �jj4 E O'OR • iron Expositor established 1860 eat McPhail; McLean, Editor. lisiisd 'at Seaforth, Ontario, ev Thursday afternoon by McLean OS. "S ibsexlption rates, $1.50 a year its advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 cents .each. Advertising rates on application.. $AFORT.'H, Friday, September 16, To Be Left In Suspense There was intense suspense in all the European countries over the week -end while the whole world ➢waited the speech of Adolph Hitler to his Nazi Convention at Nerem- berg on Monday, on the ,Ozechos- Il vakia crisis. vThat speech has been delivered aida crisis still remains. There was nothing in Hitler's speech that point- ed to immediate war against the Czechs, but unfortunately there was everything in the same speech which has convinced the 'world that Hitler intends to keep up, and in allprob- ability, increase the military pres- sure which has all Europe in alarm. Apparently Hitler has every inten-, tion of leaving the -world in suspense. He may not be fully prepared for -im- mediate war, .but he fully believes that he is so far ahead in the armam- ent race that other countries will be unable to overtake him. He does not want to make himself responsible by declaring an unprovoked war now, but he firmly believes thatby con- tinuing the suspense, the nerves of the Czech nation will break, and some border incident will arise which will, give him that excuse,' In that eventuality, it will be 1914 all over again, and that is not a very pleasing prospect for the world to look forward to. • Even Scientists Make Mistakes , The British Association for the Advancement of -Science is looked upon, the world over, .as a body of linen possessing much more than the average insight, foresight and intel- ligence. In fact, the' pronouncements of this august body are considered as infallible as it is possible to be. But scientists, apparently, make mistakes too.' And here is one of them. At the 1896 session of the British Association for the Advance- ' ment of Science, that body concluded that the automobile could never be widely used. The Association mem- bers then expressed the opinion that the newly inaugurated automobile would require too much skill and its driver would not have "the advant- age of the intelligence of the horse in shaping his path." But the scientists were not entire- ly wrong about the automobile driv- er. There are time's when one is forced to the conclusion that there are a great many drivers, who do not possess "the advantage of the intelli- gence of the horse." Even times when to compare the path shaped by some drivers would not only be an in - Suit to a hors"e's intelligence, but also to that of many of the lower animals.. Automobiles, however, . are -the most generally used means of trans- portation. to -day, and, in all probabil- ity, will continue to be until we take to the air, and that, of course, will be our next move. In fact we are %already on the way. More Taxes In The Offing Announcement is made from To-- ionto there is every, possibility that the Ontario Government intends to introduce legislation at the next ses- sion cif the Legislature providing for creased taxation in at least two rjlycctions. These are the reimposi tOf' the amusement tax, and the ofOne cent per gallon to the A a,very general opinion. � y ers that the iratl already carried than the average It; the prospect n the ah However, there is a sugar coating to one of the tax pills that will help in some measure to, make it more pal- atable. The"sugar part consists in the - promise of • the Government to return to the municipalities, the money de- rived from the additional tax of one cent per gallon on gasoline. -- To this proposition, of course, the municipalities will make no objec- tion. In fact, there is a pronounced belief among Ontario municipalities that it is high time the Govern- ment was making some return in dollars and cents for the ever in- creasing encroachment it has been making on the budgets of the Munici- palities. Last year, it is true, ' the Govern- ment did make a rebate of one mil to the Ontario municipalities, and' a very acceptable gift it was too. If the new gas impost reaches another mill, why all the better. The munici- palities certainly need the money. No taxation is looked upon with favor by the people at large, but the people at large are pretty generally agreed that there are taxes and tax- es and that one of the, most painless• ones is the gas tax, because if one does not want to be assessed for it, all that one has to do is to refrain from using gasoline. Of course the use of gasoline has become a necessity to a very large proportion of the people of the Prov-. ince. But even on these the increase of taxation by the additional one cent impost, will not be overly heavy, as it is estimated that the average cost per person will be in the neigh- borhood of four dollars. But even that, small as it will be, if the new tax is imposed, it will just about counteract the reduced price of motor . licenses that '""Ontario motorists have been enjoying for the past year or two. The amusement tax is in a some- what similar class. Those who en- joy patronizing shows and other en- tertainments, will pay the tax, and those who do not will be immune. • But Huron Didn't To illustrate what change of thought may occur in the short space of twenty-five years, we quote a par- agraph copied from the Stratford Beacon -Herald recording the trend of thought in Huron just a quarter of a century ago. And this is what that paragraph says: "Huron County plans at God- erich to initiate a hydro -radial scheme to take in the West Shore Railroad from Goderich to Kintail, now lying idle, with bonds of $400,- 000 guaranteed by Huron and Bruce municipalities." What a senseless scheme that ap-... pears to us to -day. But it was not that way twenty-five years ago. At that time it was looked upon, not only as a very feasible scheme, but as a great transportation facility that would reap a rich harvest of profits. As a matter of fact, a number of municipalities in Huron did guaran- tee the bonds of the West Shore Railway, and paid a sorry price for their optimism in so doing. Why or how Huron County kept itself free we are unable to say, but we do know that Huron didn't guar- antee the bonds for any such hydro - radial scheme, although • the pressure must have been rathersevere at that time. - To -day there are few people below the age of fifty, who have either knowledge or recollection of the great West Shore Radial Scheme, and.. fewer still who could be persuad- ed that such a fantastic scheme could ever have been seriously considered. But twenty-five years sago the mo- tor industry was only in its,, infancy, and even the wie'e and most far-sight- ed could not see -what the motor car and truck would do to change our modes of transportation, including that of the railroads. To -day we are spending millions of dollars to improve our roads and highways' for these same cars and trucks, but who can say with any certainty that these roads and high- ways will hot be„ as orit-dated as a Means of transportation twenty-five years 'from, no', as the West Shore Railway, or ahnost every.: other ,adig line' of twenty-five years ago.. is to ,ice .t64, ? • gone intereratt.np,. Item! Picked Front The Huron ;Expositor of. Fifty and - twenty-five Years •Aga From The Huron Expositor September 19, 191$ Mr. Robert Watson, of Brucefield, is building a handsome two storey red pressed brick 'house on the McCart- ney farm: on the Mill Road. Mr. A. G. Men,. of Seaforth, has dis-' posed of his grocery shock. and busi- ness to Mr. George D. Haigh, of Luck - now. 1'! r. George Duncan, who was work- ing' orking' with the Hydro Electric gang in Seafcrtb, had his face badly cut by earning in contact with a falling pike - pole recently. The members of first Pres'byter'ian Church choir waited on Miss Mar- garet Sneit11ers on Friday evening last and presented her with a rock- ing chair prior to her doming mar- riage. Miss Flora McKay left last week for Toronto, where 'she has taken a position. She was accompanied by Miss G. Grainger, Brucefield. Dr. R. R. Ross, of Sea.fortli, has had a new garage erected at hie residence on Goderich Street. The Collegiate football association held, their first meeting for the elec- tion of Captaie and other officers. Mr. Joe Sills was chosen Captain. Mr. •John E. Daley, of near Seafortle has a grade cow which possesses e unique record and which is a money- maker. One year ago she gave birth to twin calves and this year she gave birth to triplets. Mr. Ed. Merner, of Bayfield, start- ed up the evaporator on Wednesday and expects to have a fair season as the apples are an average crop. The following were ticketed to the West an this week's Homeseekers' Ex- cursion by W. Somerville, Grand Trunk agent: Miss McNaughton, Tuckersmith; Miss McTavish, Sea - forth; W. Somerville, Usborne; Mrs. Robert Reid and daughter, Gertrude, and Hugh Campbell, Hullett; Mrs. George Hill,- Egmondville; Mrs. John Robert and daughter, Ella, of Sea - forth; Mr. and Mrs. McNaughton. The following from Seaforth took advent age to Michigan and Chicago: The Misses Neilands, Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward Hinchley, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patton, Miss Margaret Kennedy, Mrs. C. S. Andrews, Mrs. Carbert, and Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Johnson. Mr. Russel Hays, who has been in the Dominion Bank here for some ,time, has been removed, to St. Thomas. Mrs. William Armstrong, of the 9th concession of Grey, was awarded four prizes for butter at the recent To- roi.to Exhibition_ Messrs. T. J. McMichael and son, of Hullett, were very successful at the London Fair with their horses. "Lord Ronald” won first prize and sweepstakes and first for the best Clyde record in the Canadian Clydes- dale Stud Book. • , From The Huron Expositor September 21, 1888 While digging on West St., Gode- rich, last week, some cedar logs were found as sound as on the day they were put- in the ground, supposed to be some fifty years since. Mr. T. J. Berry, of Hensall, the en- terprising horse buyer, is having .ma- terial laid down for the erection of a rew dwelling. For some time the members of the arc Battalion Band of Seaforth have been using the ,skating rink as a prac- tising room. On going to practice a few evenings ago they found that one or the ends of the big drum had been cut with a knife and utterly spoiled and some lamp glasses had been smashed, and one of the horns fille, with coal oil. We learn with pleasure that Mr. Hugh A. Ross, of the Seaforth Col- legiate institute, has received his third class certificate and has joined the Model School class in Goderich. Mr. William Tough, a diligent stu- dent of the same Institute, has also received his second class certificate. Mr. William McDougall, who has been in the, employ of Mr. J. S. Pot- ter for nearly nineteen years, is now on the market buying oats for the Messrs. Thompson, of the oatmeal miilo Dr. Coleman met with a rather ser- ious mishap on Monday. `IVishing to stop at Stapleton, he thought he could jump from the train while in motion. In so doing be fell with great force on the shard ground, cut- ting his head and receiving other in- juries. Mr. W. N. 'Watson is making pre- parations for the erection of a neat, brick building north of the Queen's Hotel, to be occupied as an office. Messrs. Robert Govenlock and A. Cardno are buying ani shipping large quantities of apples. Masiter E`d. Wiaaless, son of Mr. Jno. Wanless, of Varna, had the misfor- tune to get his leg broken last week. At a meeting of the School Board 'held at Egmondville on the let of September, the fallowing teachers were etigaged for the•;year 1889: No. 1, Benjamin Smillie; No. 2, D.' Dallas; No. 3, Andrew Scott; No, 4, A. Cos - ens; No. 6, Miss M. Dick; N. 7, Mies L. McKay; assistant for No. 8, Miss Bella Barr; No. 9, D. Johnson; No. 10, Werie Doi g. Mr. John Duncan of Stanley Town- ship, recently sole to a gentleman from Michigan, a pair of trery fine ram lambs, for the sum' of $30.00. Mr. Peter Megaton, of • Leadbury, this year grew' 10 acres of the cele- brathd mummy pea and they haste proved a splendid crop. Mr. John Quinlan, of the' 5th emcee - Sion of Hibbert, left on, Monday for the "ould sod,"' wheeet lies went to ae- eure a large fortune whieh bad beans left to elm by atria unclog wino resid- ed there. t' • ., Fish Dealer: "Lobstores lady? Fine lobsters,. See, t'hey're Olt alive:" ' Bride: "ire*, O ealigle.. /hit are they Irwin"' . 9 i1 Os f er of =Lazy Meadows ., (By Harry J. Bayls) r'. -� "FIXING UP" This is September, the month of chilly mornings and the time when yon make resolutions to fix every- tbing up around the farm. I was just taking a. ramble around this morning before breakfast and I noticed a few of the things that I,ye been going co do for a number of years. First of all, there's that combined stone -pile and junk yard down in the east end of the orchard. It started by some of me ancestors dumping stones there, and• I followed suit by adding everything that I intended to draw away. Gradually it began to pile up and an old roller and a culti- vator past usefulness were added. Ev- ery year I take a look at it and deter- mine to 'clean it all up before, the next year comes' along, but somehow it al- ways remains in the same place - There's the south end of the driv- ing shed which has been moulting boards -for a number of years nose. On the way up the Janeway with the cows I deplore the condition of the driving shed, and resolve to get the ladder down out of the haymow and nail the boards back on, but somehow 1 always manage to forget it by;:after- noQn. Then there's the condition to the gateway. Gates are always a plain nuisance, sagging back and fourth and never seeming to be in their place. Posts crack and hinges pull out of place. Latches seem to break and v. -hen the brakes don't hold on the car, it's handy to run helter-skelter into the gate to stop• In the ,suminer- time the gate sags dejectedly far days at a time, and then suddenly it will swing in its correct and proper way to the astonishment and surprise of everyone. In the winter they swerve down and when melted snow freezes, the gates are certain to be' frozen in; to it. Chopping into the ice, it's so easy to smash the gate. I always in- tend fixing that gate, but never get aroeue ea itf Tii@ wine we in 'the' cow -stable need fixing. I know just as wellas anything that the lights in the stable should be replaced now before the cold weather sets in. In fact obole this time every year I go and look for the windows that I bought a year ago. Usually something has been set or tide parcel and they're brolten. 1 get up enougihs embltiog to travel up to the village and buy a"new end then bringieg them bail, tact tb,e'ln on the window sib.. Ati eseeneas� the first ekiff .of • • ow comes, the gess will be stuff hi the bebeeu windowskeep the snow from d'rifti ig ins Up at the house thesees the back door of the wood -shed which hes an invalid lean on it. The hinges are pulling ,away from the jamb and the door has to be pulled and jerked and tugged at before it will At into place at all. The 'handle is loose and the catch is Waken. Everyone tries to come in the side -kitchen door in the winter time to escape the ordeal of trying to close that door, but some- times you can't escape, such as when the wife 'has • scrubbed the floor. 1 must fix that door. It's the little things around Lazy Meadows that are the hardest to do. It "seems as if a fellow hates doing the things that don't seem to accom- plish anything. There's the back• door stoop that slides out of place and trips you in the dark . the jit- ter of rubbish that should be cleaned :up before the snow comes to' blanket it all . . . the axe with the crack- ed handle that's used to cut up kind, ling in the woodshed . . . the brok- nt verandah•-- en boards in the fr and that's only a few. Some day (I vow) I'm going to take a week off and up everything around the place. en I tell the wife that, she just looks unconvinced and says: "That would be too good to be true." Now, I wonder why she says that! JUST A SMILE OR TWO 41 Mother: "I'"d like to go through one day without' having to scold you, dear." Daughter: "Well, mummy, y o u have my consent." • Young Brown got married. On pay day•he gave his bride $20 out of his $25 salary and kept only $5 for him- self. The second pay day he revers- ed the process. "Why, Robert," she said in injured tones, "how on earth do you think I can manage for a whole week on a paltry $5?" "Hanged if I know," he answered. "I, had a rotten time myself last week. It's your turn now." • "My wife likes tea for breakfast, while I like coffee." "You'll soon get used to tea." • "Caesar was a Boman Admiral who landed in Britain about 54 B.C., but he had a tough struggle, and it was not until A. D. 45 that he really made peace. Caesar was warned to beware of the Ideas of March." "The Royal Mint is used by the King at meals." "Mattenborn was a born blown by the ancients when anything was the matter." Seen in t�..,- e County Papers Marks 25 Years of Service -On Saturday afternoop. Mies Jose- phine woodcock entertained the cpm- missioners ando their wives, the staff ands ex -operators of the Blyth Muni- dipal Telephone System to an after- noon tea, it being the twenty-fifth an- nivereary of her services with the System. During the afternoon the Commissioners presented Miss Wood- bock with an a*Fress, which was read y Mr. ,,Iame,p Phalen and the. presen- tation of a beautiful floor lamp was Reade by Mr. F. D. Stalker. -- Blyth Standard. Local Pacer Does Well Mr. George McNall entered his pac- er, A•rchd'ale Grattan, in the 2.28 pace at the Elmira races on Saturday last. It was the colts first start, and it per- formed very creditably, coming in sev- enth in the first heat, second in the - seoond, and third in the final one. Mr. McNall drove the 'horse himself and was more than satisfied with the results.—Blyth Standard. Home Destroyed By Fire The fine red brick home of Mr. and • Mfrs. William Dalrymple fell prey to flames Wednesday afternoon, Augdst 31st, during the electrical storm that commenced about 4 p.ni. There was no one at home at the time as they were all in attendance at a family re- union at Lakeside. The timely ar- rival of neighbors saved a lot of the furniture, but a euro of money, jew- els and watches were destroyed. The family have moved into Blyth to the north section of the school house and are planning on building immediately. A bee was held on' Saturday and Mon- day cleaning out the entire founda- tion ready for work to proceed on the new shome. Mr. Robert Patterson, al- so suffered from the fire. He had been away on a visit to the West and upon returning home discovered that all his belongings, consisting or house- hold furniture and clothing, had been completely demolished by the flames. The loss is a hard one, but friends will be glad to hear of the intention of Mr. and Mrs. Dalrymple to build again.—Blyth Standard.. Mr. Henpeck: "Doctor, my wife's dislocated her jaw. If you're passing out our way sometime next week or the week after, you might drop' in and see,lher!" • "Wholis boss at your house?" "Well, may wife and I share the job. She. bosses the servants, the children and me. 'I boss the goldfleh." • "Tell me, professor," the young thing gushed, "what do you think of my voice?" "Well frankly, madam, it reminds me of toothpaste." "Tothpaste, professor?" "Yes. You squeeze it and it comes out flat!" • A bewildered man entered a ladies' specialty shop. "I want a corset ,for my wife," he said. "What bust?" asked the clerk. "Notltin'. It just wore out." • Tommy was meandering homeward much later than his usual suppertime. A friend of the family who happened to meet him said: "Why, Tommy, aren't you afraid you will be late for supper?" "Nope," replied- Tommy. "I've got the meat." Why Not A Rain Garden ? The Japanese could have developed such a gard,eu, the Japanese, that is, when thinking of gardens and not of war. It may bethere are rain gar- dens today in Japan, though 1 have not heard of them - Have you ever gone into a garden, any kind of garden, after rain and no- ticed how different leaves differ do the way they hold) raindrops? Some leaves merely look wet. Others hold large drops like balls of quicksilver. I suppose such leaves have an oily or waxy surface which prevents wa- ter from spreading over them thinly. On columbine leaves I have seen: per - feet drops of water nearlyif au inch in diameter. The lupine leaf also provides an excellent setting for drops the size 'and brilliance of crown jewels. Maybe you have sometime held a nasturtium leaf in your hands and, by tipping it this way and that, have made a drop of water run round the leaf without being broken. It is the deaf, you note, and not the flower that does the trick. In a rain garden, the flowers play second fiddle to the leases. Sun for flowers, we might soy, and leaves for rain. * * * How slow the human family is to see the beauty of rain. • The painters and the artist in leack and white have dame most to open our eyes. By seeing ,how beautiful rain can be in pictures, we come to see how beau- tiful it is in nature. Have the poets helped us, too? Not as much as they might have, it seems, to me. As for the composers, I can think of only one, Debussy with his. atmospheric "Jardine sous 1a-pluie." To the people one meets on the street a rainy day as a nasty day, a miserable day, or just a wet day. The best they can do is to take the Seen philosophically. (They think they are taking it ,philosophically). They ad- riiit , the earth nee& rain, but they prefer to have it fall during the night. * * * .''DM people once eommmnl!y think of snow in tie same way, as Suet a nee- ess+ary ine nvenlence? Stow vain be a good dal more i`nconlyentleat thenrain, and yet, nearly everyone nowa- days odeathe beauty, tf .anew. meaty', twakea a tong k tlie, i,d a'nlaige ratigo o1~ beauty. It was ilk till the eigfit'een& ambit"' Chat Euro eine really saw the gaitemir df' tins Alps. And it was not.until the press ent century that Targe numbers of people, thanks to winter sports, have become enthusiastic about winter. When we have learned to llve with rain, walk in it, run in it, bathe in it —we will find more to praise in rt. We will be ready for rain 'gardens: The finest time to visit a rain gar- den is after the rain has stopped and the eun first comes out. Or when the moon Domes out. At such times, one can enjoy the sensations of a maharaja, in leis treasure room: If there • is any other time to compare with these, it is early on a clear morning with sun shining on dew. Dew is even finer, in a way, than rain. Its jewels, ,•though much smal- ler, are far more numerous, and: some leaves that do not hold raindrops very well are exquisite in dew. Oft• all the leaves 1 know, the finest for dew ef- fects is the purple cabbage. In a, rain garden, why shouldn't we for once get away from our, Hindu caste system of plants: flowering plants, herbs, vegetables, and tee par- iah weede? Since there are plants of all these classes that hold rain gracefully, why shouldn't they be planted together? Why not roses and cabbages side by side? Why not a democratic garden? A garden as im- partial and yet as diseriminating as the rain itself? Place' your rain garden close to the house, so that you can enjoy it from a window whiie it Is still raining; and so that, after the rain has stop- ped. you will not be discouraged' from visiting the garden by a long walk through wet grass. Shouldn't a rain garden be small since it is detail and not rmass effect we are interested Sin ---a sinjgle,, leaf sometimes holding many j wets? If yeti have a pool in, your garden, you are fortunate, for you can watch rale falling into still water. If your garden. is near a stream, rat will bring delight to the .ear as wall aiti to the eye. And, if you Want delight for the nose too, plant a swe'etbrlar bush to perfume the air when the stir silln45 chi its wet leaves. Wall gardens, window gardens and water gardens; send gardens, and now rain 'gnrdens•still there are not too lti �tta1l+y.lgerdene, or too teeny different tuts of gardens:, in the world.- 1tetyett Prawn itsu Lions Frolic Was a Great Success Shirley Temple Doll and $50 was won by Mrs. Joseph Gamble and the Charlie McCarthy doll and $25 by Harry Rintoul. With the preparation that the Lions Club made for their big Labor Day Frolic all that was re- quired was good weather. The wea- ther was ideal and the various activi- ties were all well ' patronized. The large crowd that gathered for the S,inday night band concert by the Wingham Citizens' Band and the great activity at the dance in the arena that followed at 12.15 started the day's program off with a bang. The music by Johnny Prior's Band of To- robto made a hit and Winghami's first n>idnig'bt dance was a success beyond the expectations of the promoters.— Wingham Advance -Times. Post Office Has Beauty Treatment The face-lifting operations on the post office was a great success and with the new coat of green and white paint' this building presents a much improved appearance. 'Phe work was done by Elmer Wilkinson and his staff-- Wing,ham Advance -Times. A Sermon For Athletes Rev. William Weir, of Portlage la Prairie, Man., has decided athletic ten- dencies during his youth in Goderich and still retains a keen interest in manly sport, and it is not surprising to read in the Portlage la Prairie paper That on a recent Sunday morn- ing he delivered a special message to' the players and officials of the Port- age Soccer League. Mr. Weir chose as his subject, "The Game of Lif${' and delivered as sermon appropriat to • the occasion. The special service was suggested by the football players themselves, Mr. Weir being one of their number.—Goderioh Signal -Stare Carr Accident Involves Neighbors - After Gordon Bedard, of Drysdale,. blinded by headlight® of an oncom- ing car, had struck down a pedestrian walking with the traffic on Highway No. 21 last Thursday night, he stop- ped and returned to find that the in- jured man was none ether than his neighbor, Vernon Rau, aged 20. Rau was struck by the bumper at the knees, draped over the right fender and finally rolled off clear of the ante - Mobile. Ile suffered a severe gash on the forehead and one ear was torn, the laceration requiring nine stitchee to close. The .accident happened two miles north of Drysdale, between Grand Bend and Bayfield:—Clinton News -Record. Dedicate Communion Table In memory of the late Mrs. Wm.. Walker a beautiful communion table' has been donated as a diamond jubi- lee gift to Ontario St. United Church by Mr. William Walker and daugh- ters, Mrs. • (Dr.) L. D. Wilson, of Ot- tawa, and Mrs. W. W. Taruler, of Tim- mins. The dedication ceremony will take place at the morning service on Sunday.—Clinton News -Record. Tee Late Robert Johnston,, News of the sudden death of Robt.. Johnston., an old and well kliown rest- dent of Goderich, at the General Hos- pital at Stratford early Saturday morning, was received here incredu- lously, by. relatives and friends. who had seen, him, start out for Toronto on Friday night in apparently the best of health, Mr. Johnson was mo- toring to Toronto and had stopped; at Stratford] for a late • lunch when, Ile was taken suddenly 311. A doctor had hitin' •removed tri the hospital ,where he died ahertiy after, Be, had suf- fered from high' blood pressure, but hisdeath was due to a stroke. 1VIr. rohnaton ib Survived by his wife '(Contlnhod en t'a'e t)• 4 • 0 , . 4 0. • 4 Is 14