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xpositor
lled 1860
ail McLean, Editor.
PubliShed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev-
• ery, Thursday afternoon by McLean
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S'EAFORTH, Friday, July 11, 1941
• When Hogs Were Hogs
Hogs and bacon are- very much in
the limelight these days. In fact,
both having reached the specialist
class, they are constantly under the
miscroscope and what is seen there
has to undergo a wide range of criti-
cism.
The breeders criticize the packers
and the price; the packers criticize
the hogs on the grounds of age, and
weight and breed and formation,
and both combine to criticize the
Government for not providing un-
limited markets at ceiling prices.
The fact that both breeders and
packers are making a mighty good
thing out of hogs at the present
time, in no wise lessens the criticism.
But there was a day when hogs
were just hogs, although real hogs
-at that. We were reminded of that
fact last week when our attention
was draws to an item,which appear-
ed in The Expositor a few weeks
ago, describing the tearing down of
the large seed storing building at
the flax mil
Mr. J.- Wesley Beattie was our in-
formant, and he told us that the de-
molished building was the -first pork
factory in Seaforth, and was erected
some seventy years ,ago, by his,
father, the late John Beattie, in
partnership with Mr. Armitage, and
that it did an extensive business in
pork products for some years.
At that time the foreman of the
packing house was the father of the
late George Bunsch, of Seaforth,
who was also the sausage maker.
Hogs were brought in by farmers for
miles about, but not the. kind of hog
we see to -day. In fact, if the farmer
of that day had produced the long -
sided, slim hog of to -day, he would
have been accused of breeding for
• speed and not for pork and bacon.
Hogs then had to have age, and
height and weight.
As evidence of this, the pork fac-
tory of Beattie & Armitage purchas-
ed one year from Mr. Alexander
Davidson, of the Commercial Hotel,
Seaforth, two hogs that • weighed
eight hundred pounds each, and that
was the record -that every farmer
aimed at. Wiltshire 'sides and pea
meal bacon may be all right for our
delicate constitutions, but our pio-
neers were a hardy race. To them
a hog was not a hog until it had liv-
ed a worthwhile span of years and
looked and weighed as if it had con-
sumed much and varied fruits of the
earth. _
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Welcome !
Friday last was July 4th, celebrat-
ed by the. United States of America
as Independence Day. The day com-
ing on a- Friday made a long week-
end,for many people from across the
border, and ful.1 advantage was, ap-
parently, taken by our neighbors to
visit us on this side of the line.
In fact from Thursday night to
Sunday, it is ,quite safe to say that
more American cars -were seen in
this part of the county than have ev-
er been 'seen before. Along the
shore roads of Huron, the number
was' even greater, and on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday it is estimat-
ed that every fifth car on the roads
and highway& bore an. Atn.erica,n lic-
ense. . .
ey Were welcome. We hope
Mean visitors had .a good
e hope theyliked our
kis otir•.Weather, and
11:ceotkie , akaitt..
the,
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-great American invasim, was that
not a single motor ,accident was re-
ported in this district, and -we hope
they fared as well elsewhere in
Canada.
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Not Many Left
There- was a day when Seaforth
was a household word in every city,
town and village across the Province
and beyond, reaching that distinc-
tion through the prowess of its ath-
letic teams in lacrosse, in football
and hose reel running.
The day when boys played their
games on the field and not in an easy
,
chair beside the radio, or out of the
newspapers; when boys paid for
their own time off and bought most
of their own equipment; when as
Inany townspeople attended a team
practise, as now attend a game. And
the days when special trains of sup-
porters were a common things, and
Main Street closed up for a, game.
Great days they were too, those
days at the close of the last century,
when the Beavers lacrosse team was
at the top of the C.L.A. But the
members of those great teams have
long scattered over the globe, many
never to return.
Last week another gap in the
ranks of the great old Beavers oc-
curred when Bob McKay passed
away at his home in Blyth. Bob Mc-
Kay was one of the fastest, smooth-
est home players that ever handled
a lacrosse stick. A gentleman on the
field and off it. One who always
played to win, but one to whom the
game was the thing that counted
more than the result, and one who
for years gave of his time and tal-
ents to further the game in Seaforth.
There are not, many of his old
team-mates Thft now. Brown Jack-
son, Paul Freeman, Cotton Bell,
Peck Johnston, " Pete Bethune, and,
perhaps, Hugh Jackson comprise the
list, but as long as lacrosse is talked
about by those of that generation, a1.1
these.will have a place.
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Not New
Parachute troops are commonly
looked upon as the newest form of
attack in this war, and the Russians
are given credit for the invention.
But neither- the Russians nor the
Germans, who madesuch good use
of parachute troops in the conquest.
• of Crete, were the first to think up
the idea.
In fact parachute troops were the
idea of Benjamin Franklin, the great:
American writer and traveller, who `,
first brought it to light away back in
the year 1783.
In proof of this -the Command and
Generalstaff School Military Re-
view, of Washington, prints the fol-
lowing paragraph from Voluthe, nine
of Franklin's writings:
"Five thousand balloons, capable
of -raising two men each, could not
cost more than five ships of the line;
and where is the prince- who can af-
ford so to cover his country with
troops ,for its defence as_ that ten
thousand men descending from the
clouds might not in many places do
an infinite deal of mischief before a
force could be brought together to
repel them."
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Clothes In England
The war, rationing and raids, have
done something to the Englishman's
mode of dress, once considered the
most conservatively correct in the
world, 'that is almost unbelievable,
and one of the wonders of the war.
A recent newspaper despatch from
London says that here is a typical
street scene to -day:,
A man in gray flannels topped by -
a once severe black morning coat
walking with a woman in slacks, her
hair tied back with a turban.
Formal striped pants worn with a
pullover sweater and a tweed coat
by another stroller.
- Straw hats, likewise, are seldom
seen. Hats are not rationed, bin
they are regarded generally as a
Andhi conclusion, says the tlegl,
• Patch: The most popuIar garb
all art, the',thif6rthit t ghat*
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interiStinfi Items P10404 From
Th. licilfOli.Ignpoilitor 0 Flfty, and
Twen%ylve 'Years Ago.
ars Agone
From The Huron Expositor
July 14, 1916
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Mr. and Men Thomas Williams, of
Tuckersmith, • had -an 'anniversary of
25- years ef married life on June 28th.
Bayfield c1ahs the distinction, of
being the home of Canada's two old-
est Orangemen, Richard McDowell
and Thomas Elliott, aged 97 years and
95 years respectively. Berth were born
in Ulster County, Ireland, and came
to Canada over 70 years ago.
Miss Olive Ross, daughter of Alex
Ross, McKillop, who has been teace-
ing .for the past four years at Wabash
and who severed her connection with
that school, was made the recipient
of a presentation and an address in
appreciation 0 her services as a
teacher previous to her returniug
home.
On Wednesday morning a large glass
jar fined with sulphuric acid consign-
ed to Mr. Jarrott at Renee.% was tak-
en off the morning train and immedi-
ately it burned', presumably from the
beat on the sun. Conductor Dyment,
Master Clark Smith and Orville Twit-
ehell were all badly burned.
Mr and Mrs. A. E. Colson left See -
forth on Friday for their new home
in St. Thomas. He has been: manager
of the Dominica Bank in. Seaforth for
the past nine years. Mr. R. M. Jones,
the new manager of the bank, has as-
sumed his duties here.
Mr. George C. Bell, the local agent
for the Maxwell car, disposed of five
new ,machines this week to the fol
lowing farmers in this vicinity: Geo.
Wheatley, McKillop; 'Fred Rogerson,
Hullett; Albert Norris and Wm. Pat-
rick, Hibbert, and Appleton. Elcoat,
Tuckersmith.
There were 364 tickets sold for the(
Sunday school excursion to Goderich
on Friday last.
Clinton was taken possession cif on
Wednesday by Orangemen from far
and near. Five special trains name
in on tile Grand Trunk, bringing
lodges from Huron, Perth, Bruce and
Middlesex.
Mr.- W. Ran, of Hullett, who has
heretofore noted as a breeder
and owner of erod horses and a good
fellow, bids fair to make a record
along a new line. He has a seven -acre
field of flax of uniform height -which
measured 'last week 26 inches in
length. •
Mr. P. A. O'Sullivan, the well-known
settle dealer, has purchased a Ford
runabout.
Mr. L T. DeLacey, of town, spent
the week -end in. London and saw the
departure of the 161st Hurons• for
Camp Borden..
Col. Wilson, Mrs. F. H. Larkin and
Miss H. I. Graham attended the fun-
eral of the late Mrs. Fletcher at
Thames Road on Wednesday.
Messraen G. Stanbury, W. W. Tam-
an and Dr. Kinsman attended a meet-
ing of ',the Sovereign Fruit Company
of Cuba in London one night recent-
ly.
• Many in the vicinity of Hensel"
learned with gegret of the death of
Louise Bell, wife of Percy Taylor, and
a eaughter of Mr. R. P. Bell, of Sea -
forth.
From The Huron Expositor
July 10, 1891
Mr_ . E. S. Kellam has •resigned Ifis
position" as teacher in S„ S. No. 1,
Tuckersmith, as he lrateds to study
medicine. Mr.-Jes. A -Ingram, of Hen-
sel', has been engaged as his succes-
sor.
Mr. John Grieve, of McKillop, is
this summer erecting a Iarge and cone-
fOrtable brick residence on his farm
on 'the 11th concession: Mr. F. Gut-
teridge, of Seaforth, has the contract
for the britk work.
Two colts belonging to Mr. Henry
Drake, of Hibbert; near Staffa, got out
0 his field and went directly to their
former home near Port Albert, a dis-
tance of 40 mile.
On Dominion Day the young people
of McKillop, numbering about one
hundred, assembled in the beautiful
orchard on the farm 0 Mr. Henry R.
Henderson, on the 4th concession. A
social dance was indulged in until the
wee sma' hours. A most enjoyable
day was 'spent by all.
Dr. A. D. Smith. of Mitchellintends
to build a fine newnlyriek house in
that town. It will be a two-storey
Queen Ann, house and will cost about
$2,000: ,
Walter Lowry, of Brussels, had ra-
ther a peculiar experience one day
last week. He came down the rope
used in hoisting material to the upper
storey of the new American Hotel,
and his descent was so rapid that his
hands were badly burned by the rope
and had to be bandaged for several
days.
On Sunday morning last the cnteese
maker in Kinburn repaired - to the
cheese factory and fired up the en-
gine and then sat patiently awaiting
the milk dr wers and Was consider-
\
ably surprise when some of the early
cburchgoers i termed him that it was
-Sunday morning.
On Monday of last week Messrs.
Balkwill &- Son shipped from Exeter
station a carload 0 fat cattle for the
European markets. Among the num
ber 'wee a mammoth cit -whine Milled
the scales at 2,fiii0 pounds, stood six
feet high, and girthed 12 feet.
Me. J. H. Pyper and, Mr. John Beat-
tie, of Seafoyth,, have purchased the
entire stock and business belonging
to the • estate 0 Messrs: Duntan &
Duncan', and'take posSeeskin at once.
Mr. Roderick McLeod, of 13rucefield,
left Seafoith on ThursdaY on his way
to the CM COuntrY where he intends
spending a few intarthin
Mrs. Jan. trollatik 0 Seaforth, on
Monday last found Oil in a store in
tewn. It was attOwarde learned that
lline. Father Cook had lost the money.
There are 24 Candidate§ Writing in
town for secOnd-aasa certificates this
meek and '22 tor third -glans. Mr. An-
drew Scott is intetkarge. '
At the Port 'HOW rito6i3., last week
Floreffee G. Won „drat Money in the
2.26 race, ka record of 214%.
She, nett, goea til Vitiator.
gibs antendlieketeVtitre4, fig at lyres.
ent vitititigAt Mtn*,ThI the Vest
'of the MSS& One;
, SehookSeeticni ISTOi Rap taut Stan,-
tlitA,'$ilittiz
Mu Poptetoopoe
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-"My Harry seems so happy over there—when the announcer
said 'would you like to say a fee/ words to the little woman back
home'—he just laughed and laughed—"
:Phil Oife; of
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e - Lazy Meadows
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(AlY Harry .1. BaYia)
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"GASLESS SUNDAYS"
Uncle Ned is more or less assured
now that the war is changing for .the
letter. He approves of recent .plans
to help win the war, and when you
consider that he fought the Boer War
out and the Great War as well . . .
with words . . . it must be a relief
for the powers -that -be, that Uncle
Ned bee finally placed 'the 'seal of ap-
proval on their actions. •
The- point which Uncle' Ned: ap-
proves is that of "gasless Sundays."
He says that will make people sit up
and realize that there is a war on.
In his way of thinking, there's noth-
ing as foolish as getting the car out
on a Sunday morning, piling the fam-
ily into it and then 'breezing , off
around the country wasting gasoline
• . . with nowhere to go and nothing
to do.
Somehow or other I can't. help
thinking that Uncle Ned approves of
gasless Sundays for purely selfish rea-
sons. " He is leaking f cirevarel., and hop-
ing for a return of the Sundays when
he could sit on the front verandah of
his home in the village and thorough-
ly enjoy ,himself.
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It was alw,ays, pleasant visiting
Uncle Ned on a Sunday. Seated in
one of those old fashioned rocking
chairs and..with his feet tucked in
among the foliage of the Dutchman's
Pipe that elambered. un over the ver-
andah railing, in order that nobody
could see him in his stockings,,, he
would puff away stolidly on his pipe.
'The church down the street had ser-
vices in the morning and he was at
his best as they walked by on their
way to worship. "Good morning,
James s . . and a fine day this is".
. . . or else . . " 'Tis fine you're
looking Mrs. Mullaley . . . and you
caring for such strapping big twins."
Ned knew everyone that went to
church and, he had a word of greeting
for them all. While church swas on
he would don his glasses and peer
near-sightedly through the pages of
news. Just as soon as the church
doors opened, the glasses would come
nff and the newspaper would be
throarn aside and he would watch for
the people going back again., Sitting
beside' him, one could' learn a great
deal. He knew where Big Jim Casey
bought his Sorrel mare . and where
Jack Hawkins traded his black driver
. . and how Joe .McGinnis had it
put over him when he traded horses
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with a band of gypsies . . . and so
much more news and gossip of the
district.
• The church across the street had•
its services -during the afternoon.
Uncle Ned derived th.e same enjoy-
ment from watching those folks, go-
ing to church. To tell the truth it
was a pleasure to see the fine horses
and carriages pull up . . and the.
women folks' get : out . . . and the
men drive the rigs on to the stable
where the 'horses would be put away.
As a boy I always enjoyed slipping
away down to the big church shed
where the men • used to talk -about
horses and crops and -admire each
others buggies and whips Finally the
church bell would ,be sounded and
they would all go into church. 'Uncle
Ned would drowse off to sleep 'in the
chair. A hummingbird would dart in
and around the blue delphiniums and
hollyhocks and banked one _side of
the verandah . . big blue flies would
drone by aimlessly' . . and every-
thing would be still with the hush of
a Sunday afternoon. The occasional
horse and buggy' would click -clack by
and the old man's head would stop
nodding on his ohest and he would
come awake long enough to see who
it was and" the chair would rock viol-
ently for several minutes and then
slow down to bare movement.
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In the evening there was always -a
murmur of .voices up and down the
street. N' Now and again a match would
flare up and a high pitched voice
would sound Out a laugh down the
street. The young men and the girls
would go by . . sauntering, in the
way that tells the ageless story 0
love. Those things have been chang-
ed. Uncle Ned finds that motor cars
zip by and he can't find the same en-
thusiasm as he did when horses were
in style, Dust rolls up on the back
street - . . people find more pleasure
in golf than- they do in church.. .
and they think he's, 'a meddling old
fool if he calls out at them. The front
verandahs on the street are empty
. . . the morning 'filled with the sound
,of roaring motor cars as people pile
into their antes to make off for the
day . . . perhaps just to, drive some
plate or go and visit relatives that
ten ' chances to one are away them-
selves roaming around. Uncle Ned is
quite certain that all this will be
changed when "gasless Sundays"
come into effect again.
R.C.A.F. 1VlanningDpot:
Makes Recruits Into
Atrcraftrnen (I3yHugh Templin) •
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The first impression one gets on
visiting the Manning Depot at Toronto
is one of size, and that impression
grows and deepens. Everything in
big, or tremendous, oe celossal. The
building Mein is the Coliseum, 'with
adjoining livestock buildings, the
largest under one roof at the Canadian
National Exhibition! grounds. Onteine,
the building looks the same as ever,
bxeept the sign over the door, but
inside it is utterly changed. In parts
of the building, there are dontle-deck
bunks everywhere. A portion that us-
ed to house the trucks and farm ma-
chinery and the iflowers at the 'Pi/inter
Fair, is now a huge dining room that
will seat five thoutand• at one tibee,
end there% a, mechanized kitchen
that enables the live thousand to be
fed inside an hour—a modern iniracle
the l diOn't eat just loaves and
fishes tither:
Rene- the newly enlisted; Man .000108
front a reeektiing tentre eereewhetebt
the ibt mode: aloottooris 001 Made OM
for him and his records filed in the
offiCe. He i given an identification
card, signed and sealed. Without it,
he, cannot leave or enter the depot.
He gets a number and a bed, and the
system is so complete that when his
friends come to visit him, a runner
knows where to find him and "pages"
him more effectively than, if he was a
guest -at an excluinve hotel.
The entrahce hall is impresseleve,
Long make hold the "time caeds" of
the men at Manning Depot, atid there
are literally thousands and thousands
of them. I -watched an Airci'aftman
come in, pick his Card out 0 the rack,
fmnble in his pocket for his identifi-
cation card, punch a time clock as he
paseed the entrance, and then deposit
his Car& in, another 'Ong rack inside.
A glance over this reek ,shoed that
Wkile most a the cards were White) a
feW ,
were Mile: these Milne:kr men
okere'• eotidbred to barracks betaliaa
they fotgbt,
to Make their bed%
tbouthiue4 oi Paidi
owl a rs
C. C. 1. Student Breaks Leg
Miss Fanny Lavis, one 0 the 011ie-
ton•Collegiate Institute girls; who left
here last•Monday to help in the Nia-
gara fruit district as a farm service
worker, had the misfortune to break
her leg in a fall from a tree. Fanny;
was on a fruit farm about five miles
from Niagara, Falls, and was taken
there to the hospital to have her leg
set. We understand she is progress-
ing favorably.—Clinton: News -Record.,
Former Athlete Dies
Robert McKay, a native of Shel-
burne, a lacrosse star of the yester-
year, and who will be remembered by
devotees 0 the gutted stick of three
and more decades ago, died Wednee-
dam, June 25th, at his thome ix Blyth.
Once a member of the famous Sea-
forth- Beavers, he was chosen on an
all-star O.L.A..team, that toered the
United States early in the century.
He was about 60 years 0 age and a
jeweler and optician by trade.—Clin-
ton News -Record.
Leaving Exeter
Miss Marion 11. Snell, classic teach-
er at the Exeter high school the past
Year, and whose home is at Londes-
boro, ban resigned her position. to take
a similar position ' at the Sandwich,
Collegiate Institute. Miss Snell has,
been a valuable member of the Exe-
ter high school staff. In addition to
her other subjects she had charge of
the girls' physical training. Zurich
Herald.
Joins FL C. A.
Mr. Bertram Elliott, who has been
employed for the past six months as
bookkeeper f o r NOrthern Empire
Mines, Limited, arrived home on -Mon-
day 'where he will visit for a couple•
of weeks befoee responding to enlist-
nient in the Alt Force.—Blyth Stand-
ard.
New Teacher Hired
At a special: meeting of the Blyth
School Board held Wednesday after-
noon, Miss Mary, Fear's application
was acia‘pted to fill the vacancy in the
junior room of the Blyth public school
caused by the resignation of Miss Al-
bert e Richmond.—Blyth Standard'. '
Joins C. A. S. F.
Mr. George McNeil has been called
into active service and' has already
joined his unit in the 4th Petrol Array
Reserve, C.A,S.P.; Carling Heights,
London: Three -members of the Mc-
Neil family are now in actiye service,:
and the best wishes of all will fcillOw
them wherever, their course of duty
lies. George is a veteran 0 the last
wan—Blytila Standard.
Taking Military Course,
Major R. S. Hetherington, officer -
commanding the Wingham 99th Bat-
tery; R.C.A., left on Saturday for Pet-
awawa, to take e two weeks' staff
course.—Wingham Advance -Times.
Reported to the R.C.A.F.
Roy Dark left on Tuesday to take
over his duties on the general duty
list of the R.C.A.F. He reported at
London. , Bill Pym leaves Monday to
train as a gunner.
Engaged As Choir Leader
Prof. W. A. Anderton has been en-
gaged by the Wingham United Church
es organist and choir leader. He will
assume his duties there September 1.
Mr, Anderton is no stranger to the
people of this community, having been
music teacher at the public school for
the past nine years and has carried
on a [ideate class here since that
time.-Wingham Advance -times. -
"On Old Age Pension Staff
Miss Sara MacLean has been ap-
pointed to the inspection staff for Old
Age Pensions. Her territory will be
Huron anal 'a portiott of Bruce. For
the past three weeks she has been
taking a course Of instruction at To-
ronto.—Wingham Advance -Times.
Presentation To Miss Park •
Teachers oti the Collegiate Institute
staff are holidaying at their various
homes: Miss Mabel Powell at Pres-
cott, Miss • Margaret Ackerman at
Campbellford, Miss Evelyn McNaugh-
ton 'at Chatham, Miss Kathryn pa,rk,
at Lucan, Miss Audrey Charboneeau
at Toronto, and Mr. Alvin. Simpeon at
Hamilton. Shortly before the holi-
days in appreciation of her nine years'
work here, Miss park was presented
with a beatitiful silver bread tray.
Biil Thornloe made the presentation,
and Miss Park graciously repiled. She
has resigned from the staff and Miss
Helen Blsset has been appointed in
her place.—Goderich. Signal -Star.
J. H. Kinkead is Lions President
Goderich• Lions eletted their 1941-43
officers an,the semi-monthly luncheon
held at tee Bedford Hotel last Friday
night. J. H. Kinkead, public school
inspector, succeeds A. N. Erskine as
president. Other officers are: First
vice-pres., T. R. Patterson; .2nd vice-
pres., E. E. Granstone 3rd vice-prese
D. DI Mooney; sec., A. H. Erskine;
treas., 3. F. Gillespie; Lion -tamer,
Frank Curry; taintwisten Geo. Jen-
ner; ohe-yeat directors, A, E. Hock-
ley, Herrn 'Ford; duet- -secretary,
Bruce Tenant. At this meeting Lion.
Nelsons Hill, wiho has lust, corapieted
his term aid &Strict depittYYgoiernor,
was presented with a silversigar and •
ienilramecosynerivtlinai
service. Thsof
e oth
presentation on'awnnais-
versary of Sheriff and Atis..4,11's'mor-
riage.-L-0,66letieh Signal -Stir.
Resigns As Organlgt
The resignation 0 Mrs, VV. J. Skin-
ener trliase6Wrageallisl:id
feeM• United
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ceininattee 'during the past ,week. Mtn
Skinner has done efficient, Work here
for the Paht 10 years. It fs .under -
Stood she lotetzdst to go to Lembo, tO
:reside. *ith,, dier elate; Mrs, Iteld,—
Mitchell AtliVeicate, •
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