HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1938-11-04, Page 2Ii Tti D
fik,ri e,,
wm
as
tt
rj
ii
ri•,
e4+
(.
xpositor
fished 1860
'hail. McLean, Editor.
ped at Seaforth, Ontario, ev-
ursday afternoon by McLean
08 r
Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in
advanee; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single
copies, 4 cents each.
Advertising rates on application.
SEAFORTH, Friday, November 4th
Hospital Aid Societies
Seaforth, in common with many
other Ontario towns, where hospi-
tals are located, has a Women's Hos-
pital Aid Society; and, like other kin-
dred societies, it plays a very im-
portant, although a quiet and unin-
trusive part in the public welfare of
this community..
Women's Hospital Aid Societies
are not new organizations. They
have been in existence a long time
and have always ,justified their ex-
istence: In fact, there are many in-
stances in Ontario where it would
be impossible for a hospital to do
competent work, or even to continue
in existence, without the material
aid that these societies contribute to
the institution.
Contrary to a somewhat widely
held opinion, hospitals are n o t
money -making institutions. As a
plain matter of fact, hospitals that
are self sustaining, or that are en-
dowed with sufficient funds to keep
them in operation without outside
financial aid, are so rarely found in
this Province, or any other, thatone
could count them on the fingers of
one hand.
For that reason, if for no other,
the work that the Women's Hospital
Aid, does in any community should
not only be recognized, but encour-
aged, because without their assist-
ance the average hospital would be
a pretty barely equipped institution
and hospital boards would be quite
free to admit it.
The Seaforth Hospital is no ex-
ception. It is true that it is in a
much better financial position than
the average .hospital in the average
town of this size, or those in many
larger centres, a position it owes to
the endowment bequeathed by two of
our honored pioneers.
But it would not be, as it is to -day,
the best appointed and equipped
hospital of its size in Western On-
tario, if the Hospital Aid Society
had not by its unselfishand untiring
efforts been able to instal much of
its special and unusual surgical
equipment and medical appliances.
But hospital equipment costs
money—much money. Without the
generous support of the people from
town and country, the Hospital Aid
Society acknowledges it would not
have been able to instal the present
equipment, and without the continu-
ance of that assistance it will not be
able to make further contributions
to maintain the present standard of
efficiency.
The Society is not a closed' cor-
poration. Its membership is open to
any one, old or young, who will pay
the membership fee of twenty-five
cents per year. In fact, the annual
canvass for membership will be
made in the immediat4 future, so
when you—in town or country—are
asked to join the Women's Hospital'
Aid, join. You may never need the
facilitieswhich the hospital affords,
but on the other hand, you may. In
either case, twenty-five cents is
cheap insurance.
•
•
The Oldest inhabitant Saps
The oldest inhabitant tells us he
can not remember an October like
-one We have just experienced.
possibly, he is quite right.
feher of last October, we
broken ►early all the re-
have • been made since
t7► haVt been kept.
t
*Stand, had
•e'
zr
`.i
that is saying quite a bit.
And, as we go into November
that fine weather is still with. us. It
will take quite a bit of rsesnexnbering
to get back to an October when a
coat, - as well as an overcoat, was a
burden out of doors.
When the autumn leaves were as
brillant; when flowers were still in
bloom in the gardens; when the farm
stock were still out in the fields, and
when the pastures lasted as long.
We don't know what it all means,
nor what it portends. But we do
know it has been easy to put up with
and as the oldest inhabitant says,
we never before saw one like it.
•
Electing A Warden
The ways of electing a County
Warden are many and varied: In
Huron we have one that is unique
and all our own. One year the War-
den is chosen by the followers of the
Conservative party in council, and
the next year by the Liberals, the
actual choice being made in the
caucus of the parties held before the
first council meeting of the year.
In Bruce County the system is
different. There the Warden has
been chosen. by an open vote of the
whole council. That method of selec-
tion, however, has been under fire in
that county for some time past, be-
cause it is believed that it gives some
members a very unfair advantage
over others.
There has, in fact, been a great
deal of discussion, newspaper and
otherwise, over the matter and the
council has at last, we believe, decid-
ed that the election of the Warden
shall be made by ballot.
That, it would appear, would be
a fair, reasonable and legal way out
of the former difficulties. But un-
less there has been a recent and un-
known change in the law, • it will
prove anything but that.
It may not be generally known,
but nevertheless it iS a fact, that
Section 213 of the Municipal Act
reads as follows:
"No vote shall be taken by ballot
or by any other method of secret
voting, and every vote so taken shall
be of no effect."
What Bruce County will do in the
matter we do not know, but we
would be pretty safe in taking one
guess at it. And our guess is that
Bruce will do precisely the same as
a large majority of other county
councils do: Make their own laws.
s
Nerves Must Be Jittery
When a too=realistic broadcast of
a dramatized version of H. G. Wells'
story of strange men from Mars
causes a panic in many parts of the
United States, and when people rush
from their homes as they .,,did in the
New York area 'because they feared
the world was coming to an end, the
nerves of the people on this contin-
ent must be in a prett llttery con-
dition. '
It is all pretty hard to believe, but
if newspaper reports are correct,
and they generally are, that was
what actually happened in many
sections of America on,Sunday ev-
ening last.
No doubt the radio is a wonderful
invention, and its use has brought
many blessings, but we have always
inclined somewhat to the belief that
the radio, especially in recent times,
has anything but a quieting effect
on the average human's. nerves.
We know, of course, that as -far as
our own radio is concerned, we can
always shut it off. But we can't
shut off our neighbors, and there
are so few places one can go where
one is free from the radio's.voice.
We • have: always considered, too,
that the average radio program was
nerve wracking enough without in-
troducing the works of H. G. Wells,
whether in dramatic form or not.
But, apparently, the average per-
son takes his radio seriously, as well
as in Iarge and continuous doses.
Men and nationshave . been known
to 'stand up under wars and rumors
of wars; under pestilence, famine,
fire and drought, but there is a lim-
it to all things, including nerves,
and, apparently, the' radio
is that
rt
Years Agone
Intcreeting Items. Picked From
The Huron Expositor tpf Fifty. and
Twentyflve Year Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
November 7, 1913
The Exeter branch of the Jackson
Clothing 11'Lanuiiactory employs fifty-
three work people
Mr. Elmore Will'ert has been award-
ed the contract for carrying the mail
on Rural Route No.. 3, Dashwood, •
Mr, C. Bantrowa; of Walton, 'happen-
ed ,with a painful accident when he
was engaged. witrh a colt. A rope got
wound around. his thumnb and the colt
pulled .the end of hist thumb off.
On Monday afternoon last between
the hours of four and five o'clock, fire
was discovered in the fine • batn of
Mr. Homy Soldan, on. the London
Road. Nothing was saved as the fire
Iliad gained such headway.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Gordon, of Mc-
Killop, have leased their farm and
intend coming to Egmomdville to live.
Mrs. M. Robertson has sold her
residence on North Main Street, Sea-
fto•rthe to Mr. James, Rivers, of Croni-
a'nty.
Mr. William Oke has purchased the
Robert Govenlock homestead in Mc-
Killop atnd has already moved.
The first snow arrived on Thursday
evening and on Faida;y morning there
were about eight inches 011 the level.
Miss Margaret Cowan left on Wed-
nesctay for Windsor, to take a pest -
tion as assistant to Miss Govenlock,
who is Domestic Science Director in
the public schools• in that city.
The Mock Court Trial in the breach
of promise case, under the auspices
of bhe Young People's Society of
First Presbyterian Church, and under
the direction of „Coll. A. ' V. Newton,
of Worcester, Masse, held in Cardno's
Hall, was a pronounced success. The
different characters were represent-
ed as follows: • Judge, R.' S. Hays;
Plaintiff, Mies Susie Govenlock; de-
fendant, L. T. ' DeLacey; prosecuting
attorney, Col., Newton; defendant at-
torney, James Watson; clerk, Ben
Duffy; constable, F. Smith; sheriff, C.
Rankin; court crier, J. Murray; wit-
nesses, Mesdames Livingstone and
Meredith and Messrs. James Hinck-
ley, G. Israel •and Mr. Ross; jurors,
Dr. Cooper, H. Jeffrey, A. Hablerk,
K. McLean, J. Sleeth, C. Jones, D.
Reid, R. Reid, C. Clark, P. White-
ly, John Beattie, foreman.
The fine elm trees on the 2nd con-
cession of McKJllop on the rear of
Mr. Conrad Eckart's farm, have been
cut down lest they interfere with the
Hydro electric wires.
Mrs. J. P. Brine has shown us a
twig taken from a bush in her gar-
den on which were a number of beau-
tiful large .ripe •raspberries.
Mr. Alex. Watt, who has been re-
siding in Harpurhey since leaving the
farm en the Mill Road, has removed
to New Hamburg to engage in busi-
n ass.
On
Tuesday -last Councillor T. Hur-
son, Hen'sall, who Was one of Mr. D.
Urquhart's betsj, •and., right band men
for a long number of years, in his
malls, met t twioh a very serious acci-
dent. He .was making repairs to his
machinery on the top floor when. the
plank on which he was working slip-
ped and t•agether with an axe which
he was using, they fell, no less than
30 feet. Ile was badly shaken up
and bruised.
•
From The Huron Expositor
November 9, 1888
Messrs. Snell & Sons, of Hullett,
disposed of nearly 250 barrels .of ap-
ples this Year.
Mr. Frank Henderson, who is well
known to many of our readers, and
who is now 74 years of age, on Mon-
day last walked from Hensall to Sea -
forth, a distance of 12 miles, and
carried a heavy pack oe his back.
Mr. John McMann, the well known
,horse buyer, has purchased the Mur-
phy farm adjoining this town for
$5,900.
During the thundde'r storm on 1VLon-
day evening the residence of Mr. Jno.
Kale, near the -station, was struck
by lightning and one of the chimneys
knocked off.
A gentleman was in town on Thins -
day With a view to effecting agoange-
mentts for having' the stores and
other business places lighted with
electric Lights.
Mr. John Pollock was last week
appointed Clerk of Bayfield in place
of Mr. John Martin, who went to
Eau Claire, Wia.
Miss Minnie Row, of Grand. Bend,
has opened a new dressmaI ing busi-
ness in the building formerly known
as D. Steinbach's tailor shop. t
The buildings on .the farms of Mr.
Weisentbwrg, &th concession of Md-
Killop, with t 'eir contents, were de-
stroyed by fire early en Monday morn-
intg last. There was some insurance.
Rev. Mr. Wilke, who for, several
years was a missionary, at Indere,
Indtla, preached in the Egmondville
Presbyterian Church recently.
The members of Varna Orange
Lodge celebrated the anniversary of
the Gunpowder Plot by holding an
oyister supper at the ,home of Mr.
John Johnston. Mr. William, Rath -
well occupied the chair. Meesra. Wm.
Taylor and W. Harrison gave excel-
lent songs,, as also did' Miss Noble,
of Seaforth.
The Band of Hope has likeen reor-
ganized In town for the winter sea-
son under bhe management. of Mass
A. Cowan. There were 70 ehildeen
present at the last meeting.
Mr. Gilbert Muir, ,,of Hullett, took
600 busnhtele of mangolds from half .an
acre of land. He also took 535 bush-
els of white carrots from the same
quantity of land.
The roof of the 'main building of
the Union Furniture F'oototry In Wing-
ate= was pulled, off orle morning last
week and au 8dda`•ttiooay storey built
up and roofed the Same day.
Mr. John Mcbittieb, of Seaforth,
while making some ' a'epaira, On Mr.
r
t ..
Daniel ii fotc s , nlgJrtre, 6tii toonc
s,omt oY Litfgair, had taro of his' finger%
sir 0eaterety 00400 that it .is thought
ate May nude the to* of fiat} of tl 6 ,
k ?
rl,
sifer of Lazy Meadows
(07 Harry' J. tgyie) a•
"COMPANIONS"
We have a practical lesson in cem-
tpanions'btip here at Lazy Meadows, l
rater to the sudden: development of
frie.oclehitp between Tabby, our one -
eyed feline battler and the spotted
pulp, who has so far escaped being
named. They are boon companions,
but it was not always sto.
For bhe past number of years,
Tabby has been in the habit of tak-
ing bee nourishment from a saucer
placed behind the. row of stalls where
we do the milking_ She gets the first
helping of mink and usually calls "sec-
onds" and after, her repast she dozes
in comfort while we finish the milk-
ing, Then one of the boys brought
home the spotted pup. He was a dis-
reputable looking -Waif and fearing
that his appearance in the house
would rousse ,blue ire of Mrs. Phil, he
was depossited in 'the• stable. Having
been treated to freset agttd warm milk,
what, wast'inore natural than that he
should become accustomed 'to drop-
ping around to the cow stable at
milking time. Getting a whiff of it
from the saucer, he oared not a whit
for the feelings of Tabitha, and went
to work at lapping it up.
The result was a battle royal- She
vented all her eloquence in the pro-
fanity of oats on the miscreant, and
dared ham to take another drop. It
was so unexpected as to take hina
sunprise and he walked away from it.
But seeing that the spectatbtrs were
deriving amusement from it, he
waltzed in again quite bravely. This
time she went at him to gouge from
stem to stern, There were no holds
barred, and 'it waxed' furious. Then
the pup discovered that he had a
voice.
WRUFF! I believe that it surpris-
ed himself as well as the cat. He
jumped and sive naade for the secur-
ity of the railing, in front of the cow
stalls,. For a moment hie„sat in per-
plexed wonderment, went back on his
"hunkers” and thought it, over -c A
smile seemed to creep over his face
and he tried a soft and experimettal
bark. It pleases} him and he gather-
ed up enough breath in his lung's• to•
let out a mean -sized "bark."
Thus the battle continued. They
fooled around so 'long that • the hired
iman sie,pped on the saucer and upset
the Milk. Rather atheepishly a truce
was matted and both went on about
their way. , They seemed to realize
that their quarreling was the cause
of the lost • •supper. Knowing doge
and oats, I refrained from filling. the
saucer ups again!
Neat inorniaag I watched' with
in-
terest. The spotted pup moved
sart down anal then cocked, has head
to wait for the milk. Tabatha came
up the passageway, took a look at
the deg and jumped up in front of
the cow stalls. Gradually site edged
in until she was only a few feet:from
the saucer. 1 started/ the perform-
ative by placing the milk in the sauc-
er.
Wonder of wonders! The pets
mKvved in and started tie lap up the
milk. I just don't know what hap-
pened but it must have been a whis-
ker that tickled the dog's nose be-
cause be let o'ne ferocious bark and
made for the cat and they upset the
milk. Well, they learned another les-
son.
And so, gradually, they learned to
get together on these things, For a
time an incident could set off the fires
of their anger but they soon got over
this. They found out that by pulling
together they could both have plenty
of milk. Now, they have become bos-
om pals. They're the very souls of
oourtesy to each ether. It's amusing
to watch how they don't crowd any
more. Oh, no, every time they fought
they lest their meals and even a deg
and a cat know that is poor sport.
At that, it seems to me they know
more than a great many human be-
ings do. ' People fight over inoontse-
quential things . , . 'and, somehow,
when they're through they have lost
what they were fighting over- In
some cases, someone else steps in and
takes what they were quarreling ov-
er.
So I may be right, but I think
they are a great many people in the
world who could profit from the ex-
perience of Tabitt.a and the spotted
' pup . . . fight. and lose what you
were after . . work together and
you'll get all you need.
JUST A SMILE OR TWO
"Auntie," asked little Bobby, "why
do you put powder on your face?"
"To make me pretty., dear.",
Little Bobby thought for a
ant. '
"Auntie," he suggested, "perhaps
you're not using the right powder!"
• '
Teacher noticed that one of her
pupils was being dreadfully teased by
the other little boys during playtime,
and drew near to the group to hear
what was happening, •
"Come on, Bill," they were insist-
ing; "tell us what your father is."
But the child remained obstinately
siletrt.
Teacher decided that she had bet-
ter interfere, and, breaking up . the
group, took little Bill aside:
"Why wouldn't you answer their
question?" sire asked gently.
At first Bill would not repay, but
in the end it seemed to beakrbost a
relief to shim, and he -buret out:
"F'ather's the bearded lady in a'cir-
cus, miss, so, of course, 1 coul•dn'.t
say."
mom -
"Do you know how to dance
rhumba?"
"Sure, I take five stiff
then try to waltz."
•
Young Lady: "I have• brought back
those stockings I had from you yes-
terday. They are too fast for me."
Shopkeeper: "Too fast? What do
yea mean?"
"When I walk they run."
•
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Green were
having a few words, and "compli-
ments" were the order of the day.
Mrs- Brown: "Er Mrs. Green,
you've got odd stockings one
Mrs. Green: "Yes, dearie, I can
understand that surprising yer, but
that often 'appens to ladies loot 'ave
more than one pair."
0
Gentleman: "Would you mind not
talking, madam; I cannot hear a
word." ,y
Lady: ''Well educated 'people do
not need to heat, • They know 'Rigo-
tr tto' by heart."„
the
whiskies and
®
Uuderground Railroad
(As Condensed in , the Reader's Digest)
•
•
0
From'an obscure trickle of private
humanitarianism to a powerful inter-
state organization that ,helped fans the
.flame of civil war—this is the almost
legendary chapter that the Under-
ground Railroad wrote into American
history. An elusive and shadowy sys-
tem of escape for runaway slaves, the
Railroad -was shrouded in a mystery
that endures to this day. Our knowl-
edge of its methods is derived chief-
ly from the reminiscences of a few
of the mem who actually ran it.
The phestical property of the Un-
derground Railroad was a strategic
line of farms zigzagging northward
RPM the slave states to Canada. Its
personnel comprised, thousands of
men and women who were willing to
fight slavery with their lives and
propei ty. Drastic laws made tt.he•
road illegal•. But its agents, gener-
ally Quakers or Calvinists, set "God's
law" of universal freedom for man-
kind above the law of the land..
For decades before tthe War be-
tween the States, such men and wo-
men motivated by an almost mystical
fervor, bega9a to help fugitive slaves
'gain their freedom. One of them
would establish a "station" in a hay
loft or corncrib. Perhaps a night's
journey away was another Abolition-
ist, wilting to give food and refuge
to the escaping drives whto, in in-
oreasing numbers, were fleeing , by
ndgiht toward Canada with only the
North Star as guide.
By 1815, regular stations were es-
tablisthed in Ohio; the organization
had become widespread be 1840 - But
its greatest work was done after the
passage of the second Fugitive Slave
Law in 1850. Nearly 20,000 slaves
made the journey to freedman 'during
the next tech years. The District of
Columbia alone complained that in
this peeled the number of its slaves
was reduced from 6,694 Ilo 640 by
"undergreeted railroads and felonious
abduotions."
The Railroad .aesummd then aspects
of a vast secret service; 3,2QO., per-
sons are known to 'have been engag-
ed in its operations. Codes were ne-
ed; rigid discipline wast maintained;
nothing was put iaito writing that
rag` t lead to cowa'ietlonr.
The "eonductor8" of the Railfioadt
—the field ageitto' wiitb Penetrated the
Deep .$011tds ends •dahriaperiad that Mir-.
;eeu'titlille word rF`i+0e°doitha" i,1ttio "the
stourceful, For example, there was
John Htan:sen, peddler of lace and
cheap jewelry, whose real name was
J. T. 'Hanover- He seemed a nice
young man, and wben he presented
the lady of a Southern mansion with
a piece of lacte and asked permission
to show bus trinkets to the slaves,
she raised no objection.
Hansen was as outspoken advcd-
cate of slavery; and obviously his
livelitbood depentdied on trade with
the Big House. Nobody thought to
link him with the trickling escape of
slaves between bis recurring visits.
Yet had his mail been• opened, his
peddler's business would have seemed
complex intdteedL- "Dear Sir," one of
his letters read, "by tomorrow's
mail' you will receive two volumes of
Irrespressible Conflict, bound in black.
After perusal, please forward and
oblige." Or, "Uncle Tom says if tthe
roads are not too bad you can look
for those fleeces of wool by 'tomor-
row. Send them on to test the
market."
Best integrated of the Underground
systems was the Anti -Slavery League
centering les operation in Illdhtois, In
liana, •Ohtito and Pennsylvania, where
the traffic assumed enormous propor-
tions. Generously subsidized' by Ab-
olitionists., the League covered the
ground thoroughly. Some of its eon_
ductors were peddlers.; others posed
as school teachers, map -makers, antrs-
icians---any guise that wuld create a
plausible opportunity or mingling with
the Southern population and learning
the topography of the region. Rial
Cehadie of North Dakota made fre-
quent trips to Virgisda, posing as an
imbecile, He was never suspected,
despite the fact that after his visits
ntutmerous slaves would be missing.
Levi Coffin, Cincinnati busrinests man,
sometdmea called the. "President" of
the Undengrountd, once conducted 28
fugitives item Cincinnati to Curio
mdnstville by tarrangtang a long and,
stolemp, funeral procession.
When a etlnductor thad learned the
trails in forest and swamp, the
streams and caves, he Would eau -
tamely approach... sins. intelligent and
trustworthy Metre and casually ques--
titoe tam about.ais desire for freedom.
eonjured UP visions, of pursuit t by
and
'Cogs at!7med then, the •whipptllg
posit nal&ppooibir death.- •
On toe or, thane slaves were
olairee . -r ere • daring . , real (tloau tob Page 6)
itY
tv
Seen in the
CountyPapers
Wm. "Bisset New Postmaster
Mr. William Bisset received wgrd
on Tuesday of his appointment to the
position of postmaster of • Gad'e'r'leti
succeeding the late John. - Galt,- who -
had held the office for more than 40
years. Mr. Bisset is a member of
the well known firm of five brothers
who operate the Salfords Heighto
creamery. His home is on Nelson St.
He , s1ervetll overseas with the 56th
Battery, having enlisted at Guelph
whdile taking a course at the O. A.
College.—Goidlerieh Sigmas -Star.
Injured at Wroxeter,
Beni Goldthorpe, doing roadwork at
Wroxeter, was painfuliy injured Wed-
nesday when he was struck ,on the
head by a beam falling from ,the rock
crusher, Several stitches were re-
quired t4 close the wound..--Goderich
Signal -Star.
Leaving For Sarnia
Mr. and Mrs. George' Potter; East
Wawanos.h, who had a very success-
ful sale of farm stock and implements
last week, leave this week for Sarnia
°here •ttey will reside with their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr, and Mrs.
Clifford Yeo.. ---Blyth Standar&
Second Oil WeII Being Drilled
Drilling for oil on the farm! of How-
ard Trewaetha, situated about a mile
from No, 4 Highway in Hullett Town-
ship, north of Clinton, commenced on •
Monday morning, =bonding to re-
ports. Drilling equipment was moved
into the place and setting up was
finished Saturday night. G. F. Gre-
gory, in charge of the outfit, is ars
old hand at the business. with fifty
years' experience back of him. The
equipment is capable of going to a
depth of 5,000 feet. Mr. Gregory- is
very optimistic that oil will be found
on the Trewartha property. 'Phe test
well is being sunk -about 100 yards:
from the road in extremely hilly
country. Porous rock formation would
indicate that oil should be foundi—
Blyth Standard'.
Awarded Scholarship
Miss Eileen Lewis, a graduate of
the Exeter high school, who is at-
tending Western University, has been
awarded a Brescia Hall scholarship
valued at $150. This is the second
scholarship to be awarded a student
of the Exeter high school this year,
Donald Oestricher, of Stephen, also
having won a scholarship at Western,
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Had 91st Birthday
Mrs. Mary Jane Longhteed celebnat-
ed her 91st birthday at her home,
Patrick Street. on Sunday last, Oct.
23rd. On behalf of the citizens of
this community ,are extend congratu-
lations--Wingham Advance -Tiniest.
injured in Fall From Moving; ,Gar"
To be driving along the roads, then
suddenly to be whisked from, the car
on the roadway, was the unhappy ex-
perience of Mrs. George Tervit, Sr.,
on Wednesday morning last• week.
mice carie side of Luck'now on ,set
boundary road, Mr. and Mrs. George
Tervit, Sr., were in the back seat Of
A. Adams' car, Mrs. Adams was driv-
ing. Mrs. Tervit, it is thought, put
her hand on the dbor latch causing
the dbor to come unlocked, The wind
caught the door and drew her out of
the oar. Mrs. Tervit was brought to
the hospital here where it was found
she• was suffering from a broken' col-
lnr bone, lacerated knees and arms,
and a slight scalp wounds She was,
also severely shocked. Wangham Ad-
vance -Times.
Catch 1,000 Perch
At Goderioh they tell thestory of.
a party- of, seven Londoners who hir-
ed a boat for the day and went out
apiece and an•ohored and then start-
ed hauling in the perch, one after
another. In ,the middle of the after-
noon it was estimated, one thousand
perch had been caught. A Goderich
man said he and a friend sat oh the
pier from .9.30 in the morning until
1.30 at noon and they caught 290 fish.
What's the reason for it all? Tlie
fishermen can't seem to explain it.
except to say there is always a good
run at this 'time of year and the run
this year seems to be exceptionally
heavy.—Zurich Herald. -
Awarded Contract At Clinton
Mr. W. H. Rantoul, local contrac-
tor, hos been ;awarded the contract
for building an addition to the Clin-,
ton post office and customs house.—
Wingham, Advance -Tames.
Laying of Corner Stone
The event of the week was the lay-
ing of the ocrner stone for the new
high school building which took place
Wednesday afternoon at 2.30. The
corner atone was well and -truly laid
by the Ohaiamaan of the Board of Ed-
ucation, Mr. R. N. Creech, who than
devoted considerable .time and effort
in securing the new building and in
the carrying out of the' plans, also,
in the compilation of the history plac-
ed in a copper box beneath the cor-
ner stone, The staff and pupils, of
both thti,gb and public school, together
Milk the members of the Board of
Education, members of the council,
and many visitors were present for
the occasion. Splendid progress is
being made with the erection of the
building. Following the lhying of the
corner stdne, the pupils were granted
the rest . of the afternoon off..—Eae-
ter Times -Ad voeatte.
Over 300 Served at Zion 'Supper
Another fowl supper for Zion'
congregation hos massed into history'
and ii►uesdgryt bight the ladies served
a bounteous spread to over 300 peo-
ple. Laat year at the snivel' int. eon-
mlecbion, 'with .the opening of ,the'
cihntrtcivt tthte 'erowdt' wags greatly
mmaug-
omi6ed tatdd''Mittel were prattle-,
.cotfie•'t a 1)
i..
A
•
5
fif
e
V
•