The Huron Expositor, 1939-04-14, Page 2ta;:
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on Expositor
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Phaii McLean, Editor,
'shed at Seaf orth, Ontario, ev-
uisday afternoon by McLean
FORTH, Friday, April 14, 1939
Unkind Easter Weather
There were two things that coin -
hied to mar the joyous Easter sea -
eon for this year—the weather and
the European situation.
The weather is not of man's mak- -
ing, but the European situation is,
although we in Canada, have little
more to do about it than we have
about the weather.
Perhaps we should not complain
about it. Easter and what it typifies
'should, in. itself, flood the world with
oy, regardless of the weather, the
ropean "situation, or any other
cause or effect that nearly or even
remotely touch our lives.
But there are many frailties in the
human nature and we are too prone
to grasp the shadow and let the sub-
stance pass us by. And the weather
was one of the shadows this year.
To be honest, we did not like it. It
was cold and . bleak ,andwithout a
sign of the new life in nature's out-
side garb with which we are wont to
associate the Easter season.
And there were very few signs of
new garb among the men and more
particularly among t h e women,
which we have come to look upon as
.a necessary part of Easter in recent,
years.
Men and women were as drab
looking as the goad brown earth,
which has, as yet, given no sign or
promise that it will again appear in
a new and sweet green mantle.
But it will. Spring is not on
strike; it is but delaying a little
while. Easter has come and so will
spring. The one is the promise of
the other, and that promise has nev-
er failed_
All the- same, we really think the
weather man was a little unkind to
us this Easter.
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The Spring Fairs
There are not a few people of
leather pessimistic or cynical turn of
mind, who frequently express the be-
lief that the agricultural fair is a
thing of the past; that it has had its
day and should be allowed to pass in-
to the limbo of forgotten things.
Frankly, we do not believe it, and
our belief has been very much
strengthened as the result of the
three spring fairs held in this county
during the past week.
These three fairs were held, in
each case, under weather conditions
that were enough to discourage any
directors, any exhibitors or any spec-
tators, but seemingly the weather did
not have any such effect on any one
of the three.
As a matter of fact, these three
county shows from the standpoint of
entries, quality of stock exhibited,
and the number of spectators, were
on a parity with other years when
when the weather Was all that could
be desired, or at least much more
suitable.
In two cases there was even n
-marked increase in the number of
entries and the quality of both the
horse and cattle were, in the opinion
of the judges, of a more uniform ex-
cellence than is usual.
We may be living in a machine age,
but there is no gainsaying the fact
that the live stock prociuct of the
farm still holds first pia a in the in-
terest and affection of the people on
the farm; as well as the people of the
towns which form a part of this agri-
cultural community.
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We have Moved Up In
Fifty rears
In the chronicles of fifty years ago,
published in the Stratford Beacon -
Herald, we noticed this item the
other day: "Finance Minister Fos-
ter, in his budget speech, estimates
the current year's expenditure at
36,370,391."
What a piker that Dominion Fin-
.. ;e Minister of fifty years ago must
` e. een.. And how vete have moved
. the past fifty years, when it
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comes to a matter of expenditures.
Take our own Province for exam-
ple, just one out of the mine which
comprise our Dominion. Our esti-
mated expenditures for this current
year are $103,000,000; just a little ov-
er sixty-seven million dollars more
than the whole of Canada expended :
fifty years ago.
Or, putting it in another way, the
increase in our provincial debt for
last year was a million dollars more
than Canada expended fifty years
ago. We are moving up, all right.
No use in trying to deny that fact.
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Living To Be One Hundred and
Ten
Three snore years and ten is the al-
lotted span of life, but, of course,
there are exceptions both above and.
blow the lane.
And one of these exceptions was
an Armenian patriarch, for forty
years a citizen of Hamilton, who died
ip. that city on Sunday last at the age
of one hundred and ten years.
What is still more remarkable is
the fact that until a few hours be-
fore hisdeath, this oldest citizen of
Canada was a robust, strong and
erect man, who took longi daily
walks; and was a familiar figure in
the district.
Just think of what scenes memory
could and would recall to you if you
were one hundred and ten years old.
If you had been born in this country
you would be able to recall the com-
ing of the white man; the disappear-
ance of the Indian; the clearing of
the primeval forest, and the coming
of the roads; the evolution from log
cabin and clearing to broad fields
and fine buildings.
You would be able to remember
when the ox replaced man power,
and when the horse replaced the ox.
You would remember the coming of
the mail service, and how primi-
tive it was at first. The coming of
the mail coach; the coming of the
steam rails, and a thousand other
things 'undreamed of a hundred
years ago, but necessities and coin-
, mon place things today.
What a life it must have been, and
what memories it must have stored!
But, after all, would you like to live -
to be that age?
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Color Schemes In Eggs
We were always led to believe that
an egg' was just an egg. That the
usual run of the store variety var-
ied only in size, in color of shell, and
which was more' particular, the
length of time that elapsed between
its passage from the nest and its
passing from the store.
But we were all wrong. And the
Kansas State College has proven it
, conclusively, and demonstrated that
proof as well.
Last week research workers from
that College exhibited before the
American Chemical Society r e d,
white and green yoked eggs that had
been normally laid, to illustrate the
fact that as a hen is fed, so shall she
lay. he procedure, we are told, is quite
simple. Int does not consist of dyeing
either the hen or the egg, but rather
supplying or not supplying various
color -responsible minerals in the
hen's food. -
Olive -colored yokes, for example,
are produced by feeding hens a mol-
asses -oat -grass silage. Hens lay eggs
with colorless yokes when fed on a
color freed ration, and when hard
boiled, these eggs are as white as
sow.
Red eggs, on the other hand, come
from feeding lobster shell and green
eggs come from feeding foods high
in green coloring matter. Simple,
isn't it?
But wouldn't it be a bit disturbing
too? Imagine your feelings some
day when after taking the top pit an
egg you looked into it and found the
contents red, white and blue, or a
vivid green..
Even if that day happens -to be the
twelfth of July, or the seventeenth
of Ireland, we venture to say you
would feel conscious of a stomach in
your make-up, even if you never
were before.
Or ifniagine yourself sitting down
to a table in a hotel dining rood and
after a' casual glance at the person
f
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Years. Agone
interestt!nil item. Picked , From
The Herron Expositor of Fifty- end
Twenty -Irv* Years Ago.
Phil Osif er of Lazk Meadows
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"EASTER" •
• here we go for a rambling lette r
From The Huron Expositor about everything in general. Easter
Chas gone by, with its attendant plea -
April 17, 1914 sures. In the first plate lake, all other
The present salt industry at Gode- + lam I marvelled at the various
rich, more commonly knowas the forms`' of hats that were worn to
"Salt Block," owned and operated by ` church on Easter morning. •
Mr. John Ramstbord, of Clinton, will ++ Mrs. Tim Murphy, the storekeeper's
have its eapacitty increased from its I wife, was the one who took the prize
daily output of 120 barrels per day to i in, my estimation, with her skull cap
800 barrels dally.. • r. that looked like, a peeled' onion, and
The Winthrop creamery, with all its an egg beater out of which protruded
'contents, was camrpletely' destroyed on one of the longest feathers. I have .ev-
Tuesday morning last. Mr. Calder, er seen. WIatching, you expected any
the proprietor, was awakened by a minute to see a man come out and
neighbor, but by that time the build- ,run a flag up to the top of 'it!
ing was a*dr of flames.Mrs.• Phil abe
lso ad a weird concoc-
William McQueen, of Brueefield, has tion that looked like a miniature bush -
won a scholarship at ,Knox Cortege, el basket with wings and rudder to
Toronto. ,Otteer it by. Perched in the coyest
Miss Cardmo, the Misses Govenlocle places all around it were little pro -
Mrs. Meredaib and Messrs. George Is- ducts of the frutlt and vegetable king -
reel and James Sleeth assisted Knox dome.
Church ohtir, Mitchell, in a Steered Mrs. Jack McGeoghan :had a hat
concert there on Good Friday.
Mr. W. A Crich left op Tuesday
for a trip through the Western Prov-
inces to visit relatives and see about
some property in Unity, Sask.
Miss Winnie McIntosh has taken a
position in H. R. Scott's store.
Mr. Peter Eckert, of Manley, took
his first trip in his new auto on Eas-
ter Sutnday.
Messrs. Moore Bros., of Hensall
have installed in front of their hard-
ware and general repair emporium, an
automatic gasoline filler for autos;
carrying the gasoline from an under-
ground tank at the rear of their prem-
ises,.
Mr. Mark Drysdale, of the firm of
Bonthron & Drysdale, Heneall, bas
treated himself to one of the finest
and best autos of ,the many in that
village.
Miss Alice Gillespie, of Blyth, was
the fortunate ane in securing the $400
upright piano in the voting contest
put on by the Wingham Advance.
Sylvester Fox, of Brussels, had a
narrow escape from serious injury
last Saturday morning while attend-
ing to Dr. McRae's horse. The ani -
perched on .torp of her head that look-
ed lake one of those tiny little paper looks out with Baleful eye at that pile
ones that you get at a cartnivaL There cf wood. She remembers, I Suppose,
was a little seeing of birds' down on how many times she reminded me to
the side of it, and an enormous rib- have that wood sawed up itn the Pre -
bon disappearing down between the per lengths.
ohitas on the `'l:+ottona side of her very MTS Phil also reminds me as she
round face. looks acioss the front lawn that I was
It's funny to watch g. Each
in the one responsible for the wagon
church on Eater morntft, rig to tracks across. iter dower beds. It calls
look
so proud of her own outfit, trying t what to her, mind how she told me definite -
the
othersare
and trying toh see ly that I would cut the lawn up and.
the others aear obvious'.
eg I was .10 snare that the lawn was fnoz-°
themselves appear too They en up hard.
turn, just a little, find their neighbors
doing the same thing and stare
straight ahead.
And then after church . . there's These are the days when the stock
a general rush for the church door at Lazy Meadows are looking forward
and a lot of false smiles. Each one with longing hopes to getting out on
smiling, and saying to themselves: the grass. liven Annabelle, the orig-
"Mine is the nicest outfit." Then Lot inal old gree -mare, has perlred up her
the rest of the day, they keep on interest in life and takes an occasion
talking about tee outfits, and consol- al kick at the stall. Suehansuoh, the
ing themselves. . . oh, well, it'sCollie pup, is busy looking up last
good for business! B'es'ides it's Eas-' Fall's buried bones . . . and the
ter!
multitude of sine. It shows up in our
backward, for instance, that each time
a bucket of s was
were piacedaae dumped,
ina difierentoocation
from the one before. Ie also shows,
for instance, the tin cans that were
fired helter-skelter from the back
woodshed door, when they were sup-
posed to have been stacked with the
garbage, in, a neat pile.
Snow is ,such a handy thing to cov-
Seen in the
e
CountyPapers
Township Treasurer
Charles 'Whitely has been appoint-
ed Treasurer of the Tawnshlp oft
Goderich to succeed the late Harry 1,.
Salkeld,—Goderich Signal -Star.
Vote $65,000 For Goderich Harbor
FIne work by the Goderieh delega•
er up, but it reveals everything an a tion which recently waited on Public
stark way when it melts away. Look Works Mtn:later 1'. J. A. Cardin bears
out over the backytard and see the old fruit In -a further" vote of $65,000 for
pair ,of rubber boots, lugged around improveanlents to Goderich harbor.
for playful romps by Suchansuoh, the This sum includes a revote of $11,000
uollde pup, and then left in the snow. from last year item.—Goderich Sig•
It reveals, for instance, the old stew nail -Star.
kettle filled with pig -feed that I set
down beside tie driving she'd donor
one day in a 'snoestorm and forgot
about it.
It also calls to mind the pile of
wood that shuttle have been buzzed
last Fall. A skiff of snow to cover it;
and it was seen forgotten. MT's. Phil
mal kicked just at the right moment
to catch. Sylvester en the nose.
Messrs. Thomas Hensley and Nor-
man East, of Huilett, recently shot a
fox, which they thought to be Of the
ordinary red variety. The pelt was
rated as a 'medium cross by the fur
company and a cheque for nearly $50
was sent in payment.
On Friday last Mr. W. C. Landsbor-
ough found a grey bird's nest in one
of the trees in his orchard and in
which Mother Grey Bird was .faith-
fully watching over a number of eggs.
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From The Huron Expositor
April 19, 1889
Mr. Charles McGregor, of Kinburn,
has successfully passed' hie examina-
tion at the Toronto Veterinary Col-
lege and is now a full fledged veterin-
ary wargeon4
The contract for the erection of the
new school building in Hetnsail has
been awarded to Mr. W. Welsh for
$1,600 and the one at Thompson's cor-
ner was let to Mr. Reynolds for $1000.
The contract for the erection of the
new Ptrestbyteni.an• Church in Lucknow
leis been awarded, td Mr. Robert Pat-
terson of the Hensall Planing Mills.
The building will cost $9,000.
At a meeting of the public school
board, held, on Monday evening, the
contract for the erection of a new
wing was awarded to Mr. Wm. Sleeth,
Sea -forth, for the sum of $1,579.
-Dr. MaeKid, of Steaforth, has been
appointed by the Dominion Govern-
ment, as assistant medical superin-
tendent of the sanatorium at Banff,
N. W. T.
Mr. George Murray, who had the
;misfortune to have his leg broken a
short time ago, is now able to go
about on crutobes.
Mr. McFaul, principal of the Sea -
forth public school, was made the re-
cipient of a handsome present from
the pupils of ,hies room in the sthape
of a silver water pitcher.
The Blnevale cheese factory was
burned- to the ground en Wednesday
might of last week. The insurance on
the burned building was $2,000 and
$1,000 013, contents.
-A young man named Robert Fisher,
who has been employed es a black-
smith by Mr. Thomas Mellis, of Kiln
had his leg broken above the
knee recently. He was passing a
horse belonging to Mr. Mulholland,
when the brute suddenly- kicked him
with the above result.
The congregation of Duff's Church,
Walborn, have given a call to Rev. D.
Forrest of l3aytfield.
The ,enterprising merchant of Crone
arty, Mr. James Hyslop,- has purchas-
ed frtorp Mr. McDonnell, of Hensall,
'the bankrupt stock of Mr. A. S. Case.
The stationmaster at Brussels, Mr.
Creighton., has been removed to Galt
as an assistant and it is said the ag-
ent at Ilderton is to come there. •
John. Ament, of Brussels, has this,
week pnrrchesed the Bennett property
from James Drew for the sum of
$1,000.
Mr, William 'Whittesides has gone to
Regina where he will join the North-
west Mounted Police.
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The passing of the snow reveals
ducks are having a grand time on
the little river that runts through the
a barnyard.-
JUST A SMILE OR TWO
"Caddie, sir?"
"Yes, I 'require a caddie, bat I want
a boy who is a good counter. I'm
playing in the club's monthly medal
competition this afternoon. Do you
think that you can count all right?"
"Yes, sir."
"Well, what's eight and seven and
nine?"
"Sixteen, Sir."
"Grab my clubeL You'll do."
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Hotel Clerk to Visitor: "May I ask
what that strange thing is you're
carrying ender your arm?"
Visitor: "That is a new fire escape.
1 always emery it iso .saes df fico, se
that I can let myself down from the
hotel window."
Clerk: "A good idea. But, by Ibe
way, our terms for guests with fire
escapes are cash in advance."
opposite you, being brought
upwith a. jerk, when .. you
sw that individual imbib-
ing spoonfuls of red, green,
brown and purple stuff out
of an eggshell. What would
you do, or what would you
feellike doing? Running
out and signing the pledge?
As for ourself, we like
eggs. In fact we are very
fond of them, but we are old
fashioned and hard to
change. Research and sci-
ence can nbt improve eggs
for us, and there is no use
of their trying
Married 44 Years
At their Elgin Avenue home on
Monday last Mr. and Mrs. Charles M.
Ross quietly observed the 44th anni-
versary of their marriage, which took
place. at Calumet, Mich., on April 3,
1895. ',Mr. and Mrs. Ross both were
born in Huron County, Mr. Ross ,in
Ashfield and Mrs. Ross in Seaforth,
but by a coincidence both of their
families ''tmlovedt to Michigan in the
late 80's or early 90's and it ^'as there
that the bridle and groom met for
the first time. They were married to
the Presbyterian Church of the then
thriving copper country town by Rev.
Mr. Stalker. Mr. Ross is a son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ross,
who came .from Strathtcairn, Scotland,
and settled in Asheeldt. Mrs. Rosa,
before her manriage Margaret Ritchie,
is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs..
David Ritchie, who came from Glas-
gow and settled in S'eafonth.—Gode-
rich Signal -Star.
Senior: "What made you borrow 1
my best socks?"
Rootonaate : "I don't knows --I must
have been wool gathering."
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"My wife and I are trying to book
a big filth for our daugher by inviting
him. to dinner every evening."
"Is he nibbling?"
"Nibbling? Say, the sonofagun is
eating us out of house and home."
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"Half the world ,doesn't know how
the other thalf lives," a writer reminds
us."
But we know what they have on
the, radi,o�----P.uduo-.Pietorinl.
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"Look over there and see if that
man's looking, but if he's looking
don't look," — Australian Women's
Weekly.
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ON TOUR
Rented Farm
Mr. Allier Pattison has rented Mrs.
Wilfrid Reid's farm on the 12th con-
cession of East wawanos+h.—W ing-
tham Advance -Times.
King George III of England—Farm-
er George as lie was oaliedt—never set
foot outside his native land. But his
descendants have ever since •beech
building up a globe-trotting tradition
for British Royalty which King George
VI and Queen Elizabeth .will do much
to strengthen by their forthcoming
visit to the United States and Can
ada.
Queen Victoria :;bowed an appreci-
ation of the importance of close con-
tact with the North American conti-
nent when she sent tber son, the
Prin,oe of Wales, across the Atlantic.
"Bertie," as be was galled in. family
circles, before he became King Ed-
ward VII, was only a boy lmc'his° beers
when be set out to shake hands with
Uncle Sam, a proceeding whioh would
bave shocked bas stubborn great-
grandfather. Although the tour ; of
"Bertie" was a cut -arid -dried affair, he
entered into it with boyish entthusti-
asm.
Following a 'Dour of Canada, he saw
Niagara, and watched Blon+dan per-
form ohs feat of crossing over the
Falls on a tighrt-rope. The Prince
name in an oared boat from the Cana-
dian aide, mounted the wooden steps
of the cliff, and at last stood on Unit-
ed 'States territory. As the guest of
the Republic he was known as "Bar-
on Renfrew." Chicago, St. Louis,' Cin-
cinnati, Pittsburgh, were visited in
turn. At. Washington he was enter-
tained by President Buchanan, and
sought relief, feom the interminable
ha.ndslm.king by! playing "ten -ping" in
a private bowling -alley with the Presi-
dent's charming niece.
Then mere a run down the Poto-
mac, to Mount Vernon, where the
great grandson of King George III
snood, bareheaded at Washington's
grave and planted a chestnut tree.
"It seemed," wrote The Times (Lon-
don) correspondent, " . . . that he
was burying the last faint trace of
discord between us and our great
brethren of bad West."
Presented With Lamp .
A party was held at Wingham Gen-
eral Hospital on Monday night in
tenor of Miss B. L. Harris, by the
member of the staff of the hospital
who presented her with a beautiful
marble lamp. Miss Harris bas been
for about a year assistant superinten-
dent at the hospital.-Wingh,atm. ' Ad-
vance-Timtes.
Fifty Maples To Be Planted Free
The Wingham Honticultura! Society
invite's applications from residents of
town who wish a maple tree planted
free in front of their residence. This.
offer is limited ,to the first fifty appli-
cationa—Winghanf Advance -Times.
Goderich Reporter Passes
A few hours atter he had undergone
an emergency operation, necessitated
by complications which followed an
influenza. attack, Stanley Taylor, news
relrorter on The Signal -Star weekly
iiew+y,oec;- tor .rite awns six years, diet •
in Alexandra Hospital. Born in To-
ronto, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tay-
lor, the moved to Goderich when a lad
of five and reoeived his education
here. The funeral service was held
in Knox Church, Goderich, on. Tues-
day afternoon. with interment in. Mait-
.land cemetery.—Wings am Advance -
Times.
a .da and the United States. As a
young officer of the Rifle Brigade he
had participated in the Red River ex-
pedition for the suppression of the
Fenian rebellion, and, long afterwards
he took his seat on the Throne at Ot-
tawa as Governor-General and dein
mander-inCheef of the great Domin-
ion. Ile' had known Winnipeg when
it was little more than a collection of
log huts, and he came to know every
Canadian town oY importance between
the Atlantic and the Pacific and every
class of the oo'lnrundty as well.
Neyb York gave tbie Prince a tumult-
uous welcome, with torchlight pro-
cession, a visit to Barnum's, Museum
and a ball, Then en to Boston. As
a result a this visit the Duke of
Newcastle said, "If the Prince re-
mains here much longer, there is the
danger of his being nominated to the
Presidency, anti elected by unanimious
cozisient."
One of the experiences of tire Prince
in Boston was to meet Ralph Farn-
ham, a veteran soldier of 105 years,
who had. fought in the battle of Bunk-
er Hill. Not on the British side.,
either. He also met Longfellow and
Oliver Wendell Holmes at Harvard a
few days afterwards+.
Hardly less popular was the Prin.
ces brother, the Duke of Connaught;
when he crossed the Atlantic to Can-
He became a favorite with the Red
Indians, including a great Chief of
the Stony Tribe, a chief of the fro -
aids, and a "member of good stand-
in of the Six Nations. The Stony
Tribe has the distinction of never
having raised a bow or shot an ar-
row against the Royal House of Bri-
tain, and the Duke, who was known
to the Red Men as "Cousin Arthur,"
was initiated into their ranks. A epe-
eist feature of the ceremony was the
singing of "God Save the Queen" in
their native tongue by the whole
tribe.
The. Duke, who still occasionally
carries out an official duty today, ac-
cepted with delight an invitation to
visit the United States, where lie
made a flying visit to Washington and
had a conversation with President
Taft. After dinner at the British Em-
bassy
mbassy the Duke was Inferma11y taken,
by Mr. Bryoe to the National Press
Club.
King George V was once described
as the most travelled sovereign since
the days of the Emperor Hadrian. The
difference between the two was that
while the Emperor covered most of
the world then accessible as a Ro-
man conqueror, King George did most
of his travelling before he came to
the throne.
He began early. As a boy, accom-
panied by his elder brother, he went
around the world in the Bacchante! by
way of Madeira, Montevideo anvdt the
Cape of Good Hope, where the Royal
travellers had an interview with Oete-
wayo, the entire Zulu king. Then to
Australia; and to Fiji, Japan, and
China, witha week at Singapore, and
then on, to the land of the Pharaohs
land the 'Holy Land.
Most of hie subsequent journey;
abroad were Made in the company of
his wife, the present Queen Mary, To-
gether they toured the Empire on a
joutrney of 45,000 miles, which includ-
ed a 3,000 -mile trip across the North
American! continent to Vancouver. It
was not' ,entirely a luxury trip, for
part of it was taken by the Duke of
Cornwall (as King Georgie then, was)
strapped on the cowcatcher as hire lo-
oometive rated and roared through
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Superintendent Dies
John Jnoobs, superintendent of the
Huron County Home, Clinton, 'died on
Friday in his 67th year, after an ill-
ness of one week. Death was due to
heart condition. He was born in Wil-
mott Townaship, Waterloo County, in
1872. In 1898 .he married Margaret
Link, who survives. They farmed
near Exeter until 15 years ago when
they were apppinted superintendent
and matron of 'the Home. Surviving
are the wife, three sons, Erwin and
Guy, Detroit; Milton, of New Hudson,
Meeh., one •daughter, Mrs's. Sam El-
liott, Milford, Mich. The funeral was
held from the County Home, Clinton,
on Monday. Rev. Burton of Ontario
Street United Church officiated. In-
terment followed in Exeter cemetery-
-Zurich Herald.
Contracts Awarded
At the U•sborne Township council
Meeting on Monday tenders were re-
ceived, for the supplying of tractor
power to run the township gravels
crusher and also for the ttzauling of
the gravel on to the township roads_
The tender for power was, awarded
to Garnet McFalis, of Ustbornte, at.
$1.10 'an hour. The tender for the
hauling of gravel was awarded to J.
Kerr of Wingham at a flat rate of 17-
cents
Tcents a yard, gravel to be delivered
anywhere in the townsbip. The list
of tenders was the largest ever re-
ceived by the council.—Exeter Times -
Advocate.
Arm Fractured
Mr. Harvey Pfaff, of Crediton, had'
a rather unusual accident Saturday
last. He was assisting in cutting.
some wood with a circular saw and.
the power had bees' turned off. While
the saw was slowing down Mr. Pfaff
endeavored to stop it sooner by tak-
ing hold of the involving shaft. Th
right arm was twisted arotund and a
bone between the wrist and' the eibowr
was fracture& for a distance of about
five inches. Dr. Fletcher reduced the.
fracture.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Drillerlrt Down 180Q Feet
Drillitug operartions at tike Howard'
Trewartha..Isla.rm, north and east of
Orinoco, which have been carried on:
throughout the winter, twenty-four
hours a day with the exception of
the odd hold=up When the dirill was
lost and "fishing" "operations had to
be carried on, is at the present pro-
ceeding at the rate of around twenty
feet a day. The drillers had on Mon-
day attained a depth of some 1850
feet, and are approaching what is
known as the Clinton formation, or
depth (this, of course, than no connec-
tion with the town), but is merely a
name given to this certain depth. In.
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