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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1944-01-07, Page 2of ea 0 ,nt Q eft.. sday often foon 'bb McLean' ertising rates on application.- FORTH, pplicataion.- FQRTH, Friday, January 7th t Much 0f A ,> 'hawing C.C.F. ,,.,which contested theelections : '. the Cit of To- al � ns >;n y ice a a olitica did not **onto, . s p party, T make _ muck ...of_ : a ...showing_. Still worse for the future welfare of that body,, it suffered -a 'rout. Not. only did it fail to elect a single represent- ' ative, but it failed to hold the two . aldermen and the three seats on the Board of. Education that it wonlast year. Consequently, its strong bid, as well as strong hopes of seizing party control of municipal government in 'Toronto, were most emphatically frowned upon by the ratepayers of that city. This is not the first cloud that has darkened the brilliant C. C. F. star that shone so brightly after the Provincial elections of last year, nor, do we believe,- it will be.. the last. Such a Socialisticgovernment as the C.C.F. party propose to form at Ottawa could .scarcely -come into be- ing, let alone exist for,any.;'length of time, unless that form of govern- ment extended -down through the provincial governments, as, well ;as the Municipal governinents in all, or a great majority 'of the Provinces of Canada: The party is well aware of. that fact and that is why it made' such'.arstrong bid for political control of›Toronto. Because if that strong- hold was once captured, the- control of ...smaller cities and towns, as well as townships, would most likely fol- low in its wake. - But when it comes to municipal af- fairs, ratepayers rarely act first and think afterwards. In fact, the pro- cess Is theother way round. Muni- ' cipal affairs are" looked upon by the people as their own personal and fin- ancial affairs. They - want good and.' 'Progressive government, good health and social conditions, modern municipal and educational facilities,_ but they wait it at a price well wit-K- in i h- in their means, because they are well -_--.__aware that they themselves have to pay for these things -out of their own . pockets. Why it should be any different.' -with Dominion or' Provincial Gov- ernment's is very hard to understand. But, nevertheless,with these the viewpoin-t is, too often, thevery op- posite. Even those who are . practi- cal hard-headed ratepayers, where municipal , affairs are concerned, -seem to think that Federal and 'Pro - i inial Governments make their own money, and, consequently, can spend it or give it away as they please. That is no more true in Federal than it_ is with municipal finances. But it is, nevertheless, a widely held, if not a general delusion. 'The man who promises the most gets the strongest support at a Federal or Provincial election, and the govern- ment that promises a free Utopia— and there is no such thing—often stands the best chance of attaining , power. As a promiser, the C.C.F. party has •no . political. superior In fact has no political equal. And it is w , ,,„„,their promise to make Canada a - Utopia under socialistic conditions, that has given them their present t of Strength. If—they 'say—a govern- ment can spend billions of dollars a ,. F ' .year on war a, ,government can spend._biilians war, a year on .'the -people after the war, and keep - Spending it year after year. � . oiiE ��i + . � �; y , . lett le the people of Canada are al - i' ready. suffering. under wartime re- rietflns and taxes—and they are-•- ttt only -because they know: in their eery souls it is the only way they can ciente them', life and their liberty, lY''%will they :.sixffe '' under the r'e- n.. t fig nd' a� e0 • wh1eh the C.C. `'s .,v.. e upa►n them in ad- Ida d- i h already make roX.1. lot, after the war, will at least`, be bearable, even ifit lack a l topian glamour&' ' &t any rate the. ,people of r , tv: eem to have ' eep. thinking along those lines, ., .. • Neal Spending When it comes; to spending money, the United States is in a 'class all .by itself. No other Nation can even approach it. But a good part of that money was "and is 'being spent in the cause of freedom, both in. World War 1 and the present conflict. By midnight on Friday last the United States Government had spent more money _in, the 365 da,rs of 1943 .than it did In ail , the first 150 years • of the nation's existence: Of the 1943 total expenditure of ,000,000,000, the war cost over. $82,000,000,000, or roughly $22000;- 000 225,000;000 every twenty-four hours. From the time 'the U.S. Treasury was established in 1789, through to June 30, 1926, the aggregate govern- ment expenditures amounted to $87,- 300,000,000, while up to December 31st they totalled $247,200,000,000, or less than three times the amount .-sPent in , this, their second year of total war. During the first world war, the costliest period for the United States was the 1918-19 fiscal year, when the ,.government paid out $18,- 500,000,000. The average daily spend- ing during 1943 was some $21,000,000 greater than the 'total amount spent in the period 1789-1812. _ But this,UYear's record spending— nearly $32,000,000,000 above that of 1942, saw a new record of federal in- come too. Of the $34,500,000,000 that went into Uncle Sam's till, the $31,900,000,000 which came frond taxes, is more than double last year's $16,400,000,000 and includes $3,500,- 000,000 taken directly from pay eheques_ during the first six months of pay-as-you-go ooieration. Also the 1943 receipts were $3,500,000,000 above the official government. expec- tations. , War spending which was at a rate of less than six billion dollars a month last January, touched a peak of over seven and a half billion dol- lars in November, and it is expected they will mount with the New, Year. The United States certainly knows how to spend money, but it must al- so be said th t the men of their ,fight- ing forces, on the maintenance of. which the bulk..of the money is being spent, certainly know how to fight. • Giving •A. 'Helping Hand Despite the fact that war condi- tions in Britain have made the hous- ing situation a nightmare, taxes mountainous. and even the securing of food and clothing a serious prob- 1 len, no people on earth have shown a keener disposition to take it with a senile or more ready to lend a help- ing hand when misfortune struck a neighbor. Just recently a block of flats inn the centre of Glasgow caught fire, and a family of five, who had just moved into one of them, lost all their pos- sessions, and, without. any insurance. That put the family in a real predica- ment. But the Almoner of a local War Relief Committee soon after appear- ed on the scene and was able to give immediate assistance in the way of clothing and other necessities. Then a street collection . was taken up which enabled the family to receive a little ready money. Several days later another home was secured nearby. A fact that was most unusual considering the great-- housing reat -housing shortage in Glasgow at the present time. • ` Soon after the family was 'estab- ' lisped in their new home a stranger called and said she had' lf'eard of their misfortune aid had looked about her home to see what she could spare.. She handed the` woman of the house a bundle which contained, among • other things, new sheets, not even outof their original 'wrappin:gs. i .. Then, handing over stillanother package which contained a silver tea set,she remarked, "You must have los- 1f ' r ur nice_` little treasures, so thought 1r Fold °...ver yon one of S MI.". -- are, riot trying, point ' tr. . , to i t out., a , don't thitgzke this• •°a From Tile Huron Expositor Jawu,;ry 10; 1919 Mr. Wa1t,er,llBeath, of Brucefeld, has retufined fixom the West where he hail a farm, Oil', Montana. • Miss Eicoat,, et near"Bructefield, has been engaged 'to teach the Stanley school near tttbat village. Miss Jessie lit Bell, of • Hensaii, re- cently engaged` as-' aasistant in the Sterling Bank there. Mr. Arebie L, Hays, of Seaforth, and formerly of the Royal Air 1 ree, left on Monday ..morning for Regina, *here he WV, Mich school Pte. Aa*tI1;1i '_. F+orterdield returned om as ;elan Saturday. He -was'on, the troop 'Bain that was wrecked ...............• escaped near Halifax-!. but fortunately ifrnjuryoverse. Miss B,azelaliV,inter has accepted a; position 'on the stat of the Toronto: Coneezwatory ,of Music... We understand that Mr. C. L. Wil- liams has disposed .of his drug and: atationery business in town to Mr. Elton Umbach, of Waterloo. The annual. meeting of the Seaforth Fire Brigade was held in their rooms on Monday evening at which there was •a full attendance.. of members. Mr. Jr P. Bell. who has given exceptional services as Chief for a' number of years, resigned his duties and . Mr. Frank Sills was, elected to fill the of- fice. The following were the other officers elected: Foreman, R. Parke: asristant foreman, A. It. Box; secre- tary, H. R. Scott; treasurer, G. A Sills. Mr. A. A. McLennan has dispdsed of the bus ibusiness to Mr. Alex Mct Nab. St. •Thomas'. Church,,•Seaforth, cele- brated its' 60th.• anniversary on Sunday last when .'special pubilee services were held, the minister: for the day being His Lordship the Bishop of Huron. On 'Monday evening a sup er was held when Mr. F. Holmested w chairman. Short addresses were giv- en by Dr. ' F. H. Larkin, rev. S. Mc- Lean and Rev. Moyer. Solos were rendered by Mrs. O'Connell, Mrs. Mullen and 'Miss I. Woods:. duets by Misses Merrier and L Woods and Mr. and Mrd: J. G. Mullen, and organvol- untaries by Mrs. O'Connell and Miss Margaret Edge. The council for Seaton* 'this year will be as follows: Mayer, Dr. Har- burn; reeve, Dr. J. Grieve; council- lors, W. H. Golding, R. Parke, J. J. Cliff, C. Barber, C. Aberhart, J. W. Beattie. McKillop Council: Reeve, 3. M. Govenlock; councillors, G. D. C. Hurn, F. McQuaid, D. Itegele. w Tuckersmieik 'Reeve, H. Crich; councillors, J. McNaughton, C. Riley, I. Moore, J, B. Crich. • From The Huron Expositor January 12, 1894 Mr. -Thos. Neilans, of Harlock, oc- cupies the enviable distinction of hait- ing been school trustee in one section ter, '33 consecutive years. • Bell telephones have been installed fa Beattie Bros. store, the skating rink and the Sun office. • This. NeW Yaac pf, 1$ �i. certaini,Y going to be different from° last ,year. - This year I'm gaing " oto. keep all my good..resolutions ' Last year ,... petal is 1943... was a; year tilled with a let of trying things' and a fellow. couldn't be expected, to stand up to the shortage of help and rationing and..tatili keep up all the good things he.. intended too do on -January-1st. First of all, we're never ,going to' tliste.,n in on the 'party line again.- it'•s a gossping _trick . . , this business of sneaking up on a telephone receiver' rm� when a neighbor's nuhiiber rings: .. . muffling t1ia mouthpiece ' and then slipping the earphone off the hook eo' .it won't make a Click ' till-etre line.. This -year we'll sit right thro i h din- ner and never pay the least ;attention to the telephone unless our three longs and two shorts happen- to Come in. In time we'll get so that we won't' pay the least bit of attention to the neighbors' elephone calls. -I'm also going to stop talking about my neighbors. After all, Neighbor Higgins has a perfeot right to spoil his family ' if he wants to. Just be- cause he gives them too much spend- ing money on Saturday night is no reason for me to 'repeat it. If Jimmy Jansen comes home singing at three o'clock •iii the morning -•sand his wife lets loose with a barrage of , milk - pans, Pin not going to repeat it ; Just because the gang around the stove in Murphy's store would laugh their heads off if I told ,them that • Mrs. Jansen should be ieadiag an invasion is no reason`at-all for 'repeating it. During 1944 I'm going to be triith- Mr. Thos. Dayman, 3rd concession of Tuckersmith; has been appointed local agent : for 0,a4 Nursery, one of the 'best in Canada. " The Christian Endeavor Society of Kippen, starts the New Year with the following officers; Presi- dent, Jas. 'Moodie;. vice-pres., Agnes Thompson; recording'Sec., Jane Mel - lis; treas., Sarah Monteith; Mr. Thos. Elder, 3rd concession of Tuckersmith, is going to erect a fine barn during the tenting ; summer, 42 by 78 -feet, with _brick foundation. On Friday afternoon last about 75 invited gentlemen assembled inthe _ bush belonging to Mr. Alexander Mc- Rellar,' of •Crom•arty, when they quick- ly cut up • a "year's' wood stipply. Then ' they marched in double file to the house .to enjoy the hospitality of the cooks. Mr. John Hannah, of town; -'fs at Belleville this week attending the an- nual meeting of the Ontario Cream- eries' Association, of which he is the secretary. The many friends of Mr. 'John Mc- Lean, Tuckersmith, v%ho was so .ser- iously injured a .short time ago by fallitig through ' a, trap door in his barna were pleased to.see him in town "this week, nearly recovered. The following officers of the Sea - forth Fire Brigade for the year 1894 were duly " elected at the regular meeting: Chie. W. H. Cline; secre- tary, Robt. Beattie; treasurer, G. A. Sills. The Hose Company elected as follows: Wm. Henderson, Captain; F. 5: Beattie, est Lieut.; Jobn Smith, 2nd Lieut.; Geo. Murray, J. 'Wright and J. Warwick, 1st Branchmen; J. Robertson, T. Jordans and 3, Thornp- son, 12nd Branebfnen; R. Maley, hydrant Man; F. Dorsey, iliitt-off man; G. A. Sills, trea,S; R. Haxby, secretary. Mr. J. El. lieliol, Of Seaforth,, and, a graduate 01 the Collegiate .Xizstxtute; W110 for ,so»le dine has Veen -teachers° In the Eganville publie school, lovas , made the recipient of a hond:mine present bathe shall() of a gentleman's travailing dace 'b , ;the pdpile f the g '�, 'o se'hoo'1. A lad named iEteid,:.• n the eiriplo1 of 11!, Jori ,,, met X'1"j:tif $1 00,111ful add - dent on Wednesday. 'Mile ttiriting out Of ik1 'e, `Cas's 1d1te,- 1•th a hOtee anc11 110 'tv plat, :r th lila ,�bal'atite- dnd W ..0 .. :ffi tha;,11ard ITAO.Y0 of that 'brawn Mare. Just because that felleW 4n tQwn: doped her up and beat me in 4- trade is no reason: for me to carry on the deee%t. If a mark comes along: 'looking for a horse I'm going to say, '`Now, thin little bre .n mare ,has- .a dose of heaves." if start doing what is right maybe ev- erybody- -else will eto,'i t too . . and then think of hove good •evHrybOdy in the world will feel . even if that brown mare stage' with he for twenty years.. I'm also going to stop hleep ag in church. It looks so bad"and it is sort of embarrassing to ;the family. 'When, 'summertime comes arouccdgain the Imes, and birds drone outside th s: hurch and the voices drone ids and the choir :begins to d'raan:: . . I'm going to atay awake.; It, doe'sn't matter if everyone else in the place has become unconscious ... 111 -stay awake,, When 1944 comes around I'm going to stop making up excuses far going into the village. When a. binder - strap. breaks' or a piece of harness, I'll go and 'get what I need out of the driving -shed. Even if I'm tited and want the relaxation of skimming along • in the old car and having a pleasant chat at the harness -shop I'll' fix the 'harness at home and keep oh working. My trips intro town will all be of the strictest necessity. There are a lot of other things, too, but I'll have to, go now. Somebody is ringing the Higgins' number and I'd sort of like to find out if there is any trouble. A fellow has to keep posted on' what's going on in his own com- fut• at all times. Tfere'a the matter munity! :JUST A EMILE. OR TWO: The party was and, as a great Betty had been date. , As the evening wore on, she be- came very quiet, and finally her weary' voice was theard piping up: "I think I'd like to go to bed now, mum- my. I'm tired of this night life." - • "I say, has your wife been fight- ing?” "Fighting! Why, no." "Well, what's that pad over eye.".. .. "Pad? That's no pad. That's new hat!" going with a swing, treat, seven-year-old allowed to stay up • her her Peculiar Accid:1nt Ota,,ORx .Harbor. ' No. 12'' • .F°T4:4 Sky':,4arl rl 114/, the scene of an unASIM and apee4aeu " lar accident last , Sunday .when ,two, . Tiger Moth training planes col ie 1' n -v"' midair only thirty #eel.' :above .i4he. ;airdrome. Fortunately only .one of tfb ?, four airmen'i 6he two"*planes wa-s seriously tnfured• pital; his injuries were n, aaouue- ed. It was said, .however, dealt one of the oldest and moat trust- worthy of the,instrngtional staff and possesses` a fine record. Manager. J. R. Douglas called the accident a in3d- air crash. It is understood. ,that ono Bean ; 4n tan hig, came down rrn the= -- -back of- and heir- piaaet: 'whiclt was- taking-off. as.taking•off. An .investigation has been:" " held.—Goderidh Signal -Star. Huron Committee ,Makes Final Grants-' • Final grants, wipi"lig out a patrio- tic fund of $27,500 voted by Huron county council early in the past year, were made last Wednesday, by the' Warden's Committee of the council. Among the sums alloted was $1,300' to No. 12 E.F.T.S., Sky Harbor, for equipment of the new recreational hall soon to be opened at the airport. Other grants, I.O.D.E., $200; Salva, - tion Army Red Shield, $1,368. The total grants for the year_for patriotic purposes represented tie -half mill on the count tax rate Linton News Record. . Employer (to town dweller) : "Well how many orders did you get yester- day?" Traveller: "1 got two orders in one shop." , Emgler: "Good. What were they?" -. Traveller: "One was to get out, and the other was to stay ont!" _ • Little Tommy marched boldly into the shop and cried: "Father has sent me..1or a piece,, of rope, please:" "How n)uch does he want?" asked the shoptnan •• "Oh, ju.at enough tit reach from our goat toNt e fence!" said Tommy. ® Huron Federation Of: ® Agriculture--F°armNews C. H. Castell, ofe bacteriology. department of the Ontario Agricultur- al College, • speaking on bacteria at the short course in agriculture at Guelph, presented the following interest* facts: "Because of their association with diseases of meii, plants and animals, and the de- composition of food products, most People look upon `bacteria as being extremely objectionable. Actually the good they do • far outweighs . their harmful activities. Without bacteria 1 other forms of life would termin- ate. They rid'the earth's surface of waste material and,, change' organic materials into other forms-'that.,.,can be utilized by plant life; they also make atmospheric nitrogen available to plants. Bacterial activity is utilized in the production of an endless variety • of food products as well as the prodnc- -tion of textiles, tobacco and many or- ganic. compounds. Without 'tiacterth and other micro-organisms modern warfare would almost come to a .standstill because of the valuable ma terlals•-their activities supply. Dr. G. I McRostie,- head of the Field HusbandryDepartnrent, Ontario Agricultural College, gave out the following valuable and timely infor- mation on this subject of wide inter- est. "The production -objectives for 1944 as agreed on at the Dominion - Provincial agricultural conference in- dicate an increased requirement of practically all types of farm crops be- ing produced in the Province of On- tario. This is particularly true with regard to some of the annual cereal crop's, The unfavorable season of 1943 has increased the difficulty of meeting the pew objectives because of the fact that good Seed of a num_... ber of our cereal crops is definitely scarce. This is especially true of oats and barley ,and of emit' of the forage crop seeds. "Every effort Is being -Made to lo- cate sources of ,siiitabie meed. Grow- Ma are requested to co-operate in' a number of Ways. In the Hist place seed requ4rementp ,should be estimat- ed as soon as pos-stble. All potential seed on 'gra vers' .ewrt,'farnis should be determined, slid beta ShoriageS and aurplrasee repeated to the offico. of the nearest agricultural lnstftii "Wit'h regard to COS and barteyhny' 1942 Seed sin 1i 11 should he tested for , gernniriation, aa' a 'Pariah of "'tit S'htnf°tages', allay lie; attpplie� t�tf+arf�9�, E11Se"sbUltiie ;ti� eeed,i� la�ar,X�i r 0 fev7er eggs can only be secured where vigorous well-fed breeders are used in the breeding pens," Said Prof. E. S. Snyder, of the poultry department, Ontario Agricultural 'College. "A well balanced breeder mash properly fortified with the necessary vitamins, A, D and Riboflavin, and minerals such as ma.ng :nese is essential to en- able such stock todo its best, Such a breeder mash should be fed for at least one month before eggs are to be saved for hatching purposes. With present shortages of high quality pro'= tein and vitamin carrying feeds and the higher priees of such feeds as milk and liver meal, the ordinary lay- ing mash is eat suitable for the pro- duction of thatching eggs. Suitable breeder mash formulae for `both con- centrales and complete mashes have been develi ped by the Ontario Agri- cultural College poultry department. These are available to producers and commercial firms alike. Baby Chicks will develop normally and rapidly into line healthy pullets and well -fleshed . meat.. birds, only when theyiare given proper care and feed. A clean, waren, well -ventilated brdoder, jiouse is essential, but well- balanced feeds are. , imperative. A good chick starter well fortified with milk, a good fish oil and alfalfa meal or cero grass will supply good proteins and the necessary vitamins, and min- erais Co essential to normal rapid growth. After 'six weeks a growing mash, clean grains and also suitable green feed made avail -able as weather permits will keep the chicks growing and healthy, especially if accompan- ied i» a constant supply of fresh Clean' water. There' is at present an urgent need of aii Increase In the production "o Ontario grown barley, as this grain is of great importance in producing° beacon for 'export. Winter barley pro- duces large Yields when .a good stand of the crop survives until spring, but it le more subject than wheat 40 win- ter kng. • minterilliwheat is a very valuable grain- crop in +central and south-west- ern. Ontario, not only •heeause it makes good poultry and livestock re"ec •-sand is one ofour best cash grain crops, but been-usd by the proper ,pre- ;paratibn• +�'f the foil for'thi.ss crop the 'i lisle .drop rotation- la, b•eneiltted. Fatftuiro ,roan Get rh`rttt Aceouht Book t all !tfanes the keeping or fa Od'Crunts `, ka edti assdciateti.. riu. ivirth deOtiitithiedr;o rrge) Taken To,.. -Hospital. Gunner' G. R. Augustine, who had been home on Christmas leave from Driving and Maintenance School, Woodstock, was removed by ambul- ance on Tuesday night, to Military Hospital, London, suffering from an attack of appendicitis.—Blyth Stand- ard. Farm Sold Thomas Webster, of West Wawan- osh Township, has sold a ,100 -acre• bush farm on the 7th concession of that township to Alphonse Boyle, of near Auburn, There is sore fairly- big airlybig timber on the farm, but no build - lags. The price is said to ileus been 1,000. Mr. Websterzeti1t hastwo hundred acres left-Goderich Signal - Star. •- Mayor's Hand Cut Mayor E. D. Brown hadhis hand rather badly lacerated in an unusual accident at . Western Canada Flour Mills on ' Friday. He . was riding 'a .. "jack ladder," a vertical endless ele- vator of the escalator type • which carries workmen from one.- floor to another., Passing through one "hole," the, Mayor's. smock caught on a snag and he put his--a4ght--hand„ jolo. e window;'the broken 'glass cutting the .land severely: After treatment at the hospital th "1bjured member is mending satis!actorily.—Goderi.ch Sig- nal -Star. Winners in War •Services Draw Following is the list of. winners and prizes at the bingo and draw held Wednesday night and sponsored by the Clinton War Services Associa- tion; Gordon Jenkins,; R.R. 2, Clin- ton, one Chu -hard- wood; victor D. - Falconer, Clinton, 1 crate oranges;. Clary ,Connell, Clinton, crate oranges; Mrs. R. M.' Scott, Seaforth, crate of oranges; Morgan J. Agnew, Clinton, turkey; Walter , Swinbank, Clinton. one goose; .Gordon Lawson, i Oiinton, one duck; John Little, Clinton, one duck; Catherine Jefferson, Clinton„ one duck—CIinton News -Record.. Is &Pilot Officer Friends of Pilot Office){. George Northwood, son.. of 'Mr. Alla Mrs. George E. Northwood, of town, will be pleased that he has been promot- ed to the rank of Pilot Officer recent- ly. George' is a graduate of Clinton. Radio Sohool and has been stationed at Sydney, N.S. He is. at present home on leave.—Wingliam Advance - Times. "' M Passed Naval:Cour.se A.O.S. Clifton Walsh, of an Eastern Port, son of Mr. and -Mrs. 'Gordon Walsh; ;of Be-igr-a've, snecesafully pass- ed assed with -honors a radio detection cwits e.—Wingham Advance -Times. The Late Wm. Me'Fadzean The community of Walton "awoad•' saddened by the passing 131 one of 140 .. life-long citizens, William Mc'Fadzean. M,t. McFadzean,,,had been In '1a -tor some time, he was: tett a-m11411dd&,S"; sea l , Oabj tre to his bed until her•- p ecl'a''iaay suddenly on Monday' of- terildon. His loss is not only felt in the famed circle which as hr,. hitt , also'in the communitf where he took an active part in affairs as ionic no he was able, He was a life -bldg member of Duff's United Church, sere- ing first as "'Sunday School teaq'her and 'for over 40 years aS., a, meinbet' of Session. While 111 gid.• hetyttl' e was seldom ,absent fromiAvbrship on Sunday and his Cf'ureh meant lunch . .to ,hfm.--Bttlssels Post,'; Kractutieo •'blip Friends of W. W. J. M. Ar3nstrang will regret; to i,darli that tie 18 crluw friecY to Stratfecrd General :• nlr%taY *Rh a rrarIur;mtt 1i ' p'ltet .heel ; •tri is rail at her hdaae,•- % r,'e3% Ac v'dbate,. v