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on Expositor
'Es blished 1860
11tePhai1 McLean, .Editor;
lihhed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev-
'hursdarafternoon by McLean
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EAFORTH, Friday, February 16th
Canada Bereaved
In the death -of Lord Tweed'sinuir,
'overnror-General of Canada for the
past five years, this Dominion has
sdifered a sudden, and perhaps, on
that account, a bereavement more
real and saddening to the Canadian
people.
No representative 'of the King in
Canada, since Confederation, has
been as near to the people of Canada
as Lord Tweedsmuir, because". he
seemed to be one Of us. In'stinctive-
ly, it seemed, he possessed the view-
point of a native Canadian. He knew
►u,, thoughts and inspirations; our
hopes, our trials and difficulties in
every walk of life.
He knew agriculture as. 'too few
men know it; he 'knew history, law,
indtistry and Government adminis-
tration, and in these and other de-
partments of Canadian life he not
only showed a continuous interest,
but played a wise, helpful and unas-
suming. part.
Born John Buchan, a son of a
humble Scottish Manse, without
money or influence, he gained his ed-
ucatic:l....by ,the winning of scholar-
ships, first at Glasgow University,
and again by scholarships he .paid his
. way through Oxford to become a
soldier, a lawyer with a large prac-
tise in London, and later a member
of the British Parliament, a great
scholar, author and public speaker.
Lord Tweedsmuir knew Canada as
few Canadians knew it.' He travel_
led it widely from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and from the Arctic to the
American boundary, a n d every-
where he went he left the impression
of his personality; his insight into
Canadian life and thought; his kind-
ness and his understanding.
To. Lady Tweedsmuir, his daugh-
ter and his three sons, all of whom
are in the Canadian ' Army, will go
out the deepest sympathy of every
Canadian citizen in every walk " of
life. Andwith them Canada will
mourn,. the loss of a great and good
mean and a friend among friend's.
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The Veteran's Appeal
The Canadian Legion has organiz-
ed a nation 'wide campaign for this
week to raise half a million dollars
for the purpose of preparing the
Canadians:, who have enlisted in
Canada's fighting forces, for their
return to; civilian fife after the war.
No one outside the Veterans of
the last war can more thoroughly
understand the need of such a fund
and no appeal for funds can be more
worthy of recommendation at ..this
time.
People, we believe, will realize how
commendable is this cause and get
behind it, because it is really the
most urgent war service that any -
one° can render, at least for this
week.
The objective of the local branch
of the Legion for this district is four
hundred dollars, which is a small en-
ough total, when the size of the ter-
ritory is considered, and we are sure
the) district will not fail.
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.Now Is The Time
The blowing of the safe in the of-
fice of the Seaforth Creamery by
;what are supposed° -to have been ex-
pert cracksm,en, late Friday night or
early Saturday' morning last, has left
a general feeling of uneasiness along
lin. Street.
d well it -might. No one knows
frvhen.. there might be another such
Of banditry, and no one knows
the next victim may be. All vil-
th4, the Mailer towns are very
similar attack and them is .. .
eat deal they can do to pre-
It is true that Seaforth, as in the
case in most towns of its size, has a
responsible night constable. Rut one
constable, no matter how capable or
energetic, can only be in one place
at one time, and no cracksman is un-
aware of that fact. For that reason
it is a simple and comparatively safe
measure to crack a safe or commit
a robbery in the south, while the
constable is in the north or some
other distant territory, as was done
in Seaforth last week, and has been
done in a dozen or more small towns
during the past few months.
There is the possibility, of course,
of some citizen living in or being
near the immediate vicinity of where
a robbery is being attempted, hear-
ing or even seeing the robbers at
work. But, actually, what can such
"a -citizen do about it? In Seaforth,
at leaest, there is no way of raising a
general alarm.
Since the car and truck have
multiplied many times the danger of
robbery in towns, The Expositor has
frequently urged that some system
be adopted whereby the night con-
stable can immediately be notified of
any unusual happening in. any part
of the town.
A colored light or a series of lights
on Main Street, or 'a light on .the
tower of the Town Hall, couldeas-
ily be -turned on in response to a tele-
phone call. That might not prevent
a rdbbery, it is true, but it certainly
would minimize the chances of a safe
getaway on the' part of the would -be -
robbers.
Nine 'times out of ten the police
are not to blame when a night rob-
bery is committed in a town, because
nine times out of ten, or oftener, the
thieves are well aware of the police-
man's location at the time, and well
aware of how long he is likely to re-
main at a .distance.
No town of any prettentions, in
these times, would think of being
without a fire alarm. system, and no.
such town in these times should
think of being without a police
ala±~ System either. No such sys-
tem, of course, 'is a .. guarantee
against robbery, but even if it would
reduce the danger in any degree, it
would be worth having and worth
having now.
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Keep It Dark
We all know how pleasant gossip
is, even 'although we know equally-
well, orbetter, how "devastating its
effects can be • on the 'lives of persons
some time's. .
But, apparently,,. over in England
there has been just a little too much
gossip, and to remedy matters,
Prime Minister Chamberlain told
the British House of Commons that
the death penalty was under consid-
eration for persons responsible for
Ieakage of important information:
And to . bring the matter home to
the people at large, billboaras, etc.,
-flame with posters of this new anti -
gossip campaign. These posters de-
pict Hitter cupping his ear for vital
information and below him this
thyme:
"Whether alone or in a crowd,
Never write or say aloud
What you are loading, whence you
hail;
Where you're bound for; when yet&
sail." -
(Still another poster jingles like
this:
"If you've 'news of our munitions,
• keep it dark;
Ships or planes or troop positions,
keep it'dark;•
Lives are lost through conversation;
Here's a tip for the duration:
.When you've private information,
Keep, it dark!'
And it isn't bad advice either, for
Canadians as well as the people -a
Great Britain.
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
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Churchill At His Best
(Manchester Guardlia:a)
112m.
Churchill iuw almost the only great eihator
left to us. Nohady, it is' saiie to stay, is listened
to With "such! widespread, Itleasture. But he is
!nested] too With Some anxiety, for tsecemetimese his
tremjieebr gents the better of Irina and then he may
lepiee..f 1Orn his high] levet of taste,..and dignity. A
Wee •wIfJ std 'Molt energy in his tempo aan'ent
giros greater off l e when le &Opal into mere
abanslel tura an ordinary speaker Who never neem
Muth eboeve or faille ninth bellow a certain eon-
Meipplhce standaad!
Years Alone
Interesting, Items Picked ,]From
The Huron Expositor of Fifty and
Twentyfive 'Years Ago.
FrAt�iF"p'-Moron Expositor
February 19; 191,5 -
'Mr, J. H. Grieve, of Exeter, is the
latest to branch out into thee poultry
business in team He has erected an
up-to-date hem house 60 by 20' feet,
capable of .housing 450 hens. Ile will
specialize in keeping White Leghorns
and • White We andottes.
The eaemebers of the Red Cross So-
ciety 'of Seaforth heli a delightful
`nelitaey euchre party in Oardno's
Hell when, sixty-five tables were in
play. The• hall was appropriately
decorated 'with 'Union:. Jacks • and
bunnting and Red Cross banners. Miss;
Stephens and her table were vicboe
bops. They made $125 after paying
eXpenses.
Mr. James McGee has disposed of
his fine farm on the 'Mill Road, Tuck-
,ersmith, near Brucefielde, to Mr.
Haugh, of Zurich, for $8,000.
Mor. Henry Cash, of Rox'bo ,n, Mc-
KiUop, is returning to hi:s farm after
dtav4ng %t 'rented for grass. Fur this.
purpose he recently purchased a very
handsome team, of general purpose
horsies from Mr. Jas. Archibald.
Mr. William Wilsoa has, purchased
the borne of Mr. Fred Hammett on
'the old Market Square.
' Mr -...James Cowan ,has contracted
foe four hundred and fifty acres for
the growing of sugar beets', and he
hopes to Make it 500 acres before
seeding time.
'._M,iss Janet McKellar, who so effici-
ently filled the position of organist
in Cromarty church during the past
year, hes resigned.
Mr. • Wi'liiam Alexander, of the 3rd
of Hay, hoe purchased the 100 -acre
farm of Mr. William Sutton, on the
4th of Stanley. He will now hate
300 acres.
Mr. William. Stemma', of Manley,
meet 'with somewhat of a serious acci-
dent recently. He was fixing a com-
pressiont• aim pump in the basement
of his -residence .when he suddenly
fell backwards, hitting his head on
the cement floor.
The choir of Vater Methodist
Church gave an entertainment" in the
township hall on Tuesday evening.
One •of the features of the program
was a question contest, Mrs. John
Dennison and Miss Edith Rathwell
tying for the first prize.
The many friends of W. R. Elliott,
Reeve of Stephein, who underwent a
critical operation in a Toronto hos-
pital recently, will be pleased to learn
that he is recovering nicely. '
At a. regular meeting of Clinton
Masonic IJodge held lust week, the
lodge presented Major Rance, second
in command of the- 33rd Battalion,
and 'Captain Dowding, • paymaster,
each with a fountain pen: -
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from The Huron Expositor
February 14, 1890
Miss J." E. Oliver, formerly assist-
ant in Goderich high school, has, been
appointed, principal of the Intermedi-
ate School at Carberry, Manitoba.
Ain old landmark was recently re-
miov'ed from Queen Street;" Brussels,
when the old log church, once the
property of the Bible Christian de-
•.aominat'ion, was torn down and made
.into firewood. Tho building was own-
ed • by ]Themes Watson, Sr., of -Har-
riston, formerly of Brussels.
Peter Sinclair, Jr., of Grey, has the
contract for drawing the milk to
Barr's factory on the 9th concession.
Recently lie enet a-lbh an accident
when te was drawing out, loge from
the bush. The horses started up and
a lop- roiled on his foot, crushing it
considerably.
The Cromarty Literary Society met
last Weduescl<ry when. the ' subject,
"Resolved that man has done more
for honor than for wealth" was dis-
cusseu. The affirr ah.ive was upheld
:by Neil 'Crillesieie, leader, assisted by
John, Millen.Alex Purdon, George
Wilson and Miss Agnes Currie, and
the negative by Robert Whyte, lead-
er, assisted by Manuel Speare, Miss
es Minnie S"jneare, Mary Gillespie and
Lizzie La.i: g. It. was: evenly contest-
ed throughout.
The citizens of Seaforth were con-
siderably steeled on Wednesday • ev-
ening by the blowing of the fire
alarm whistle. It was the burning of
a chimney on a house near Kidd's
salt wdrks:'
Mir. Neil Currie, an old Harpu.rhiey
boy, has been appointed by the Presi-
dent of the United States as postmas-
ter at Currie, Murray County, Mir<1-
nesota.
A party, of twenty ladies alial gen-
tiemien drove out to Wm. G. Broad -
foot's residence in Tuckeramith• last
Tuesday evening, where they were.
most hospitably entertained.
Mr. Daniel Bell, youngest son of
Mr. James Bell, of the London Road,
who was recently attendieg the high
school and Model School at Clinton,
and who secured a second class cer-
tificate, has been engaged as princi-
Ial teacher in School section No. 13,
Stephen and Hay.
Mr. Robt. McMoadie and his nephew,
We C. McMordi e, re,tunned from their.
trip -to Ireland on Fr'id'ay last. The
returns passage from Querenston to
New York was made in six daye.
Mr. W. N. Watsopoi has sold the Mc-
Laughlin cottage on North 11Tain St.,
to Mr. Wm. Gillespiie for $700.
Mr. Robert Govenlock, of McKillop,
has shown us a letter. of recomenen-
dation g'iv"en' to his 'Sather, Mr. John
Govenlock, written, by Lord Napier,
an the 20th of Deceseber, 1833. Tines
ancient document le still in a good
state of preservation.
r
The hoted clerk was growing im-
patient nt because the tra'v'eller took -eo
long. reading the 'it nett,,•.r i '1(!ie reg-
ister. "Just sign On the line solidi the
clerk".
"Young ; man," reheated the guest
bndigeniavrtly', "I'm too irk] a 'tori- to
sigh, rime thing 'vide lit reading lit,"
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''l OEifer of
• hazy Meadows :
VW J. eoyiii
"SPEECHLESS"
While engaged in very hearty labor
in the stables the other day I heard a
loud "Halloo." It was Ed Jenekinsealroa
had 'driven in with the skittish, colt
hitched double in, the cutter, to bor-
row the horse clippers. Foraetting'the
chilly Arctic blast that came sweep-
ing over the top pf the driving shed.,
and "m 5thdrt sleeves and' sweat from
inside working, 'I stood in, it too Bong
with bad results.
Field of all I had a cold inn my chest
and it seemed; .to • crowd up into my
throat and fill it with cotton wool.
That endred but a lump started' to
Boron in, my throat 'making it, difficult
to swallow anything and then came
the final stage. I lost my voice!
When I woke up...tlhlat first morning
I asked 'Mrs,. Phil a question but no
words were forthcoming, It was a
horrible, hiring sound that didn't seem
to make sense. Little by little I came
to realize that by not trying to talk I
could save 'myself a lot of misery and
so ? decided to keep "my mouth slhut.
ell went well at chord time until I
walked past Annabelle, the original
old grey mare, to loosen her halter
and let lee e r out to water. She stomp-
ed on my right foot in just such a
way as to give a mighty painful
squeeze to my big toe. WOW! For
fully, two minutes 'I told that cantank-
erous specimen, of horse flesh what I -
thought of 'her, but it didn't dlo me
any good because the words just
wouldn't come. All that came forth
was a half-hearted croaking sound-
and if there's` anything as completely
diseouragius; as ,having a real mad
spell and bleen disicovering tthat, your
expressions were not even heard .
, then I wotilidr l ke to hear about therri:
Doing chores was a real task. Gone
t was the voice and so was the author-
ity. The stock seem.eclao be having --a
Roman holiday and if ,I. tried:. to push
them one way to get them •out•,.of the
read, tJbs y managed to se the other
way • and get squarely as an obstruc-
tilow
But that ordeal was only slight to
what I went through in the afternoon.
I batt lain down for an afternoon,
snooze on the couch in the kitchen
When one of these Church societies
blew in for some Red Cross•knitlting,
I roused up from'mey sleep toreturn
their greetings. It was only by their
amazed faces that I Dame to realize
that I 'lead; been rambling along with
a moving tongue and lips but no
voice.
Then it started. Phil has lost 'his
voice. That can be'serious! MY, Yes,
I wouldn't waste any time seeing the
doctor about that. - At learnt he won't
talk so 'much now. Have you tried
i huieen onions in a pipet of cream and
then boll it and take it by the spoon-
ful? Three goose livers in a cheese-
cloth bag -in your left hand vest pock-
et -will, bring your voiee back. Bury
three Hoppers in six inches of clay on
the ntightiwlben the moon is full and
Pour voice will come eight back.
The peseimisitic one said: "My hus-
band's second cousin on his mother's
side had a boy who got a cold one
day. He had a, sore throat and his
voice left harm and Ibe never epoke a
word after that. They say it acts like
that on, mime people.. Dear me, I !hope
that Phil doesn't have any trouble
like that, but a person has •to be
brave under all such things and bear
there well." And then tie ]looked at
me
.with eyes that gliistedi like a
sick cow's and made me feel as if I
was sudidenly very ill.
1 stood up to tell them to shut up,
but the words didn't come and, I just
made Myself look ridiculous, shrug=
ging my shoulders and waving my
ares: There was only one thing to
do and that was to get out. But now
I have a great dealmore appreciation
for the expression: "Sure and I was
speechless."
:JUST A• SMILE OR TWO.
An office boy dashed into his em-
ployer's office and asked loudly if he
might go to the match.. Startled, the
employer looked up. •
"That is no way to ask permission,"
flue said. "Let me give you a lesson
in et.iqugtte. I will go out and act
your pert. You sit at my .desk and
make believe you are the boss."
The. youngster sat down and the
man left 't'•e' office. Presently he
knocked at the door. The employer
entered; npiseless'y:.
_ "I wonder, sir," he asked meekly,
"if you would be• so;, kin(I 'as to let
me have the afternoon off? I want
very much to se.e a cricket match."
The youngster looked up, grinning
broadly.' -"Why, certainly!" he . ex -
;claimed. "And here's' a half-crown to
have some fun with!"
A modern young miss arri\ ed at
her gramdmot'her's house wearing a
fashionable "backless" evening frock.
Grandma lectureci' her: "It's shame-
less; I dread to think what Your
mother would • 'say if She saw you in
that dress."
The young miss, smiled: "I'd dread
it, too. You see, it belongs to her,"
she replied,
•
"Say, Buddy, can you let me have
a dimle ftoil `e glass of mills?"
"I thought milk was only a nickel:'
"Yeah, but I have a date."
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Mr. Braxton (in a conundrum
mood) : "Do you know why 1 am lake
a mule?" -
Mrs. Braxton: "No, I 'don',t, but I've
often wantedr to ask you!"
Finns Use Railroads
• As Defense . Trap
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Why have the Finns' been, able to Finland we see how skillfully that
keep the inva.cding hosts of Russiia at ,country ban laid these lines to 'pro -
bay we , cr;ntp'arative ease for ten tact its vital area.
weeks?
The answer can be given to a con-
eiderable • extent i33. terms of rail-
roads.
The general strategy of Finland
bas been solely that of defense of its
homeland. In particular the figuring
and laying out of the railroad lines
or the country have been planned on
the strategy of adequate defense. No
thought was giv11n to offensive action
beyond .zits eastern borders, except to
interrupt traffic 'on the • Murman,sk-
Leningrad railroad --f sr purposes or
defense.
The Im:rortance of railroads in Fin
hand Bee in the fact that in this coun-
try of 70,1110 lakes, with swamps cov-
ening about 80 per cent, of its area,
and the rest largely ' savored with
forest, e'• invading army could linea
off ,the country In' most sectionuuu at
least.
:Military 'activities are confined to
dsesigneated eailrraads and roads, both
of which have been laid with pre -
Meditated plans for their taotival use-
fulness in a defensive war. Invading
forces are tied down to these lines of
communications. They must be seiz-
ed and protected throughout their
length,
Supplies Limit Number
In any locality the number of tr'ops
whirl' can be used in an offensive is
limited :by able amount of supplies
that can be furnished them:, and as
these troops rnove farther and farther
away froth their' bases, supply „be -
tomes; d'nerjeasingly difficult.'
The .,most rmlportant of the coun-
try's w'ar industries 'haver-beet'wisely
placed at a considerable- distance
from the border. They lie soirthweest
of the 'railroad runrndm.g from Soria -
vela on Lake Ladoga to Vaasa on the
Gulf of Bothnia.
Approach to this, area ' might be ac-
complished •£nom. •several, different di-
rections, namely: (1) from the North
--•rueoeseslitatinig e hard, arduous cam-
paigns (2) north of Lake Ladoga,
e arting from the 'city of Petroza-
vadsk in Russia, which necessitates, a
150 -mile detour around the lake with
no railroad lines after leaving Petro-
zavodisk until seathing the t'bnnds'h
bolydet'; (3'); across the Karelian Ioth-
mrud, w uich lies),between Lake Ladoga
anidi the Gulf of Finland, pond wtbd'ch
Minis the Meet --d jredt route from
Russia, via Leningrad, With Finland;
(4) and finality the Meta routes',
Any -ori .41, nt• these Might .be donnii,
billed in a stimttitane pie oifenssive, and
eb !defensive plants thead to consider all
of ,t eml.
Planned for Defense
If we study the railroad elect of
• The line sortavala; on Lake. Lad-
ogeNurmes-Oulus-Kiemi, on the Gulf
of Bothnia, pnovides a lateral line for
troops resistieg an attack from , the
North, the Northeast or the East.
• A second lateral, line, and, paralel-
ing the first, runs from Viborg to
Ylivieska.
These two eysternrs are connected
with rtransverse fines. All of these
railroad ,cries run through d'efil'es eas-
ily defended. The lateral lines per-
mit rapid movement of forces from
bre thrPaatened point to another; and.
the transverse lines facilitate bring-
ing up reinfoncements and supplies.
The railroad map showing Finland,
and that portion of Russia bordering
.Finland, indicate that the' lateral and
transverse 'lines' .in Finland afford
quick eonoentratiovs at any threaten-
ed area.
In the rapidity with which Finnish
troiaps have been brotiglht up to any
threatened point during the past
weeke we see the skilled utilization
of .the interlacing network of rail-
roads by Baron Mennerheeim,' by
whist he brought up Finnish reserves
at all the places mentioned.
Only One Railroad
The Russians, on the othier hand,
are limited by the one railroad line
frorim Murmansk on. the Arctic Ocean,
to Leningrad. •
•.At one pointeonly, from Leningrad
acmes -tfie 3, arel;i re, Isthmus to S'ort-
,acalIa and iborpg,; is there any corh-
Yreetion be°tweet blie two railroad sys-
t'emThs.
ere is a poor branch line on the
Murmausk-Leningracl railroad-.• -run-
ning from Kem west to Uhtuia; but
even' this line terminates' mieny mile's
from the •Finniseh border.
. Connecting roads for motor trans-
port are poor and permit of but very
slow progress.
We can see the inail+equraey. 01 the
Russian communication system in
this area, limited as it is to the one
lfailer
singoale ,1100, the 1VIurmansk-Lendngerad
d'.
tire next lateral line Is about 200•
miles; to the east, l'dnnilaieg from .Arch -
,angel, to Vologdta., with he transverse
lines conmeeting these tw'o except at
the southern end;' fr'alfn. Vologda to
Leningrad.
-The, Mu'rnitenek-Lenduegn+ad railroad
itself is no well equipped artery. It
is about 845 miles Fong, and) except
for, the last 1.65 nieces of its', northern
tportdon is single track. This north-
ern- portion- has been electrified, us-
ing power developed• by the falls of
thee R. , w"hihe 1rbj
(hyrlmJael)eeiverlricNivas>Gatioxusalong hacve been
bu9lt,
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(From the tlerop,lon "SUrepu of
- „ Statistics)
ROSE FISH
Comparatively few Canadian, ese
peoially those who live far from 'the
Atlantic Coast, know there is such's'.
fish as the Rose. We are more fam-
iliar with Rose Geraniums: However
theme is such a fish and in the last
two or three years it hes entered in-
to ,commercial statistics. "the Fisher-
ies Department provides, us with
some very interesting information
about the Rose Fish. It is not relat-
ed to the "Portuguese Man o' War".
which is la tropical fish, and we ex-
pect bright colons in tropical waters.
Pictures of the Rose Fish give it
an appearances like a perch, for it has:
a large dorsal fin and s'o•mewhat the
-
:same shape of body. The average•
size is two or three pounds' and it is
usually sold commercially in fillets.
'Officially 'it is described as a large -
marine scorperoide 'fish which inhabits
the northern coasts of Europe and'
Aneenica. It is named Sebastes' Mar -
taus. When young it is usually mbk
tied with red and dusky brawn, but
when mature it is a bright Ted orr
orange red. Another popular name
for it is the Snapper, whieb, is quite
suggestive Of course, it is the bright
color that gives it its name in Can-
ada. Perhaps during the summer
holiday evenings • in the Maritimes
same fortunate ,readier of these Facts,
will 'capture a Rose Fish and boast
about it until it looms' up as large as,
a tuna.
• The catch is. not Large, running to,
over two thousand hundredweight,
and therefore, the marketed "value to
the fishermen runs only into hundreds
Of dollars. However, by the time it,
is filleted the value has gone up to
three or four thousand.
Seen in the
County Papers
Forty Years Wedded
.Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davidson, well'
-known and highly esteemed residents•
of Dungartaon, on Tuesday, Jan. 30th,.
Observed the. fortieth anniversary of
their wedding. Mrtw Davidson was,
Margaret McCluskey, youngest daugh-
ter. of - Mr. andr Mr_a Joseph MCCIus-, - ...
key, Goderich Township, at whose-.
bonne the wedding ceremony of forty
years ago took place.. Mr Davidson::
was then' as now a. resident of Dun-
gannon. Many friends throughout e
Huron County will join in the felici-
tations upon the happy ann'iversary..
—Goderich, Signal -Star.
Injured in Fall -
-.Mi s. J. A. Stewart has been quite
seriously ill during the past week but
'at present is considerably better. ,Mr..
Stewart on Satu'rd'ay slipped and
stumbled on some steps 'bruising his
back and was confined to his bed for
a few days. He is again able' to be -
up and around,—Exeter Times -Advo-
cate.
Uncle Killed and Brother Injured'
Truman Irwin, aged 55, of Wallace -
burg, uncle of Mrs. (Dr.) 'Fletcher, of
Exeter, was killed in .an' automobile-
accident
utomobileaccident Monday evening and five -
•others were injured. Capt. C. S..
Stonehouse, another uncle and Frank
Nightingale,-.Wallaceburg, druggist,.
brother of Mes. Fletcher, passengers
in the car, ' escaped •with Cuts and
bruises, .The accident happened When
a car driven by Capt. Stonehouse col -
laded
with another car near Dresden,
Gap t.' Stonehouse w(a,s• 'Conservative
candidate for th'e Lambton-Kent a -id- .
ing.—Exeter Times -Advocate:
Win Prize at Carnival
David Kestl•e and; Eleanor Abbott
attended the skating carnival a•OIl-
derton representing the Hawaiian Is-
lands•. They were successful in se
curing first prize. . The prize was a
'si.lver cream and sugar .on- a silver
tray, for ladies, and also an Agfa cam=
era for the gent.—Exeter TineaAdvo-
cat e.
• Drug Store Sold
Mr. M. Walker,.who for the past
five years has..condueted' a'drug store
in Exeter, last week sold his busi-
ne'ss to Mr. C. L, Robertson, of Sar-
nia. The transfer will take place
within th.e month. Mr. Walker has as
yet made no definite plans foe the -
future. He and Mee. Walker have
made many friends while residents of
Exeter and Exeter will be tarry to
lose them.—Exeter Tinies-Advocate,
House Sold
Mrs. Minnie J. Cloakey, of London,.
a .former resident of Wingham, spent
a few days In town last week. Wihile•
here :site s•old""'lier house in Pleasant-
Valley
leasantValley to Mr. J. Wesley Wkbters--
Winghame Advance -Times,
Has 85th Birthday
Mr. Thomas Stewart; of ' Bluevales,
celebrated his 85th birthday on Sat-
urday. Mr. Stewart came to Blue-
vale when -a small child) and has been
a continuous: resident.' For the past
two yea.re he has not enjoyed the best
of health, being confined to his home
all the time, but takes an active in-
terest in all that is going oft.--Wing-
ham Advance -Times.
Married Fifty Years
Residing in Clinton for the past
twenty.edght years, Mr. and Mrs.,
John •Scheoen)ra.ls are widely known, in
th1g district, On Monday they quietly
Observed • the fiftieth anniversary of
theirs wedding and received many
messages of congratulation. Although
neither have enjoyed .gpod health of
late, Mr'r '' Schoenlbals Woo able; to res
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