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Advertising rates on application.
SLAFORTU, Friday, February 4th
No Election This Year
For some months past, certain
newspapers and certain politicians
have seen the bogy of an election
lurking back of every speech and
every move Mr. Ring has made. It.
is now apparent, however, that ICing has been thinking of other
things.
Speaking in the House >of Com-
,inons on Monday the. Prime'Minister
said: "Unless prevented in some
way which it would be impossible to
control from carrying on the affairs
of government as. they must be car-
ried on, if we are to win the war, we
intend to continue withthat work,
and that it shall not be interrupted
by any general election until the war
is won." .
"The p_eople of Canada da not want
gener'aI= election in time of war:
Our men fighting ''overseas do not
want an election until` after . victory
is achieved, and we are in a position
to welcome them home as a victor-
ious army from abroad." •
"I :have, no . desire : for and no
thought in seeking to find an issue.
What I am determined to do, if God
gives me health and strength, is to
stay in the position I am -in at the
present time until this . war is won."
"Then, if circumstances warrant,
the people will ' be ...given their full
' rights and powers to decide as to
what form of ", administration they
wish, or whether they wish the pre -
.sent
re -,sent. one to be returned , to office. It
will:Test with them to say whether
some, other administration is to take
the place of this one." -
That is a will and frank statement
and there is no doubt but that it will
,be 'accepted and taken at its face
value by the people of Canada gen-
erally. ` Globe''.:. and - Mail, of. course,
excepted.
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The .Rationing Of Liquor..
A subscriber. has asked 'us to ,say
why, if Mr. King• is not playing poli-
tics, the reason lie discriminates in
favor:• of 'Quebec, as against Ontario',
in the permitted distribution of liq-
u'ot? . Why a .permit holder in Que-
bec is allowed eighty ounces of hard
liquor per month, . -while' the 'Ontario
permit entitles the holder to only
Jv renty -six? And further, why beer'
is unrationed in the .Province of Que-
bec, and Ontario permit holders can
only secure twenty-four pintsin the
any, _one-month ?
The answer is simple. Mr. King,
or more correctly speaking, the Fed-
eral Government, has no more to do ..,
with the liquor ration in Quebec
than it has : with that in Ontario.
Which is neither more nor less than,
this paper, or the ordinary man on
the street has. The distribution of
,liquor in these two provinces, as well
,as in the other provinces, lies entire-
ly in the hands of- the Provincial
Governments.
-` It is quite true that the -Province
of Quebec has set its liquor ration at
80 ounces per month. But it- gives
no guarantee whatsoever, that each
permit holder will get that amount
of liquor. On the same basis, the
Government of Ontario could set its
allowance per person at 80 or 180
1iuees per month. There is nothing
to hinder them. And they could fill
their commitments too, provided, ,a1-
'r`ays;.th.ey did not self' any more per-
;omits than `would dispose of the
a,I•ottnt allowed them by the Federal
Government.
What the Federal Government
does is- to • permit ;each and every
rovince to take out of bond every
'eai, Only 101 ` Bent; of the amount...
.i q -,. ,o ' it:'actuall . withdrew frons
t d; yin: the' tw+ v . months', 'recedln
r � 31 190, ,110: how. .sac
distributes: that liquor is.
�And;
own,. ,Ju�i��ssP as
which Ontario his "for
dltsposal each" year is ,149,819..4•
pxloOf galloons, it would appear on the
soilage, amplefor :the needs of this
Province, provided. the distribution
Method bras not fallen down.
Consequently, one wonders if the
permit system in Ontario is. re-
sponsible for the alleged shortage •
and discrimination-- shown. Each
person over twenty-one years of age
is permitted to buy a permit,, at a
cost of one dollar. The law says one
permit per person, but is the law be-
ing obeyed, or is any special effort
being made, on the "part of the On-
tario Government to see that it is
carried out,? a .
Last week several Toronto papers
carried pictures of a seizure of 100
bottles made in; a house, in that city.
As the police alleged, the liquor was
for sale, is it more reasonable to sup-
, pose the ` man spent 100 months in
accumulating his stock -one bottle
per month, per pej'mit—than that he
had f00 '' permits in: his possession..
Such -a -'s'u'pposition is not beyond the
bounds of possibility or probability,
either, considering the fact that on
the admission of the Ontario Liquor
Board, there are now 1,200,000 per-
mit holders, which is considerably
more than half the' -.people • in the
Province entitledto buy permits.
And the number of permits sold is
steadily mounting. •
The alleged discontent coused by
the beer -shortage might possibly be -
traced to a similar source. At pre-
sent Ontario receives delivery of •
36,993,411 gallons .:of -beer i hi eh is
well over nine million gallons more
than received by the Province of .
Quebec. Is any politics or discrim-
ination shown there?
Naturally -neither the Liquor Con-
trol Boards of the differentprovirices
nor theill governments stress these
distribute n, points as a_possible con-
tributing cause to.the rising .discpn-
tent' of Ontario people over the liq-
uor situation. Itis an easy way out
to say or imply that Mr. King did it,
and keep ; on happily collecting dol-
lars for- permits, and exhorbitant
profits, that would put behind the
bars any person or 'board outside of
a •government monopoly.
To Speed'Upparliament _
Prime.. Minister ' Mackenzie King
on Friday gave notice of motion to'
be presented to the House of Cohn'
,mons Monday, providing for the ap-
pointment of a standing committee
to assist Speaker J. A. Glen "in re-
vising the standing . orders of .the
House with a view to simplify, ac-
celerate and expedite its business."
The committee will consist of elev-
en members, one. of whom is Mr. W.'
H. Golding, Member. for' .Huron -
'Perth, and his duties will. be the re-
commending- of steps to be taken to -
shorten debates, as for example, the
possible ,setting of a limit on the de-
bate on the -Speech from the,•Throne.
The people of Canada will find nb
fault with the appointment of such
a committee—will welcome it in fact.
Why members should be allowed to
• keep on threshing old straw•,. for
weeks at a time, as they havebeen
doing in such debates aS that, on the
Throne Speech, is something that
has mystified the general public for
many years. In fact. the waste of
time and money on this one • debate
has many times reached a public
scandal.
At present the allotted speech mak-
ing time given each member is forty
minutes, and in nine cases out of ten,
that is at least just thirty minutes
too long. Day after - day, member -
follows member, filling ,countless
pages of Hansard with drivel that
does not add one iota, to the enlight-
enment of the people, the benefit of
government, or the dignity and
standing of parliament.
Time represents" money in the
House of Commons the same as ev-
erywhere else --taxpayers' money.
Why should it be wasted in days,
weeks and months of fruitless talk?
'Day, after day ministers' are kept in
the House; listening to irrevalent dis-
cussions or answering- foolish ques_.
'tions when their presence is as urg-
"'ent in the • transaction of depart-
mental or war work elsewhere.
The people of Canada will sincere-
ly hope that. tris new parliamentary '
committee will take,its work serious-.
-3T
. So seriously, in, fact, that- they
will be able to shorten the 'session
by several weeks aWeast, which will
be all to the good, particularly ' as
long as the war lasts. -•
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IntiiregthIO; items$ Pinked From
Tho Htlirob,,.,Exposltor. of Fifty and
Tweintefivo Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
February 7, 1919
Col. Alex Wilson left on Wednesday
for New York. ,.
Mr. R. M. Jones, of the Dominion
Bank, is in St. Thomas relieving' Mr.
A. E. Colson; manager of that branch,
who is taking a month's holidays in
Florida.
Mr. James..Watson 'has_ disposed- of
the lot and stable north of his office
to Mr. George Lilley.
Mr, W. "R.• Cole; of the ,Winnipeg
branch of The Bell EnginCo., was
in town this week. -
Mrs. W. T. Bays, whtl- has' -been a
nursing sister in France and_England,
for the past' three years,, returned
from overseas on Tueaday'"and •••is a
guest els the 'home of Mrs. 'W. E.
Southgate, Jr.,
Mer-Jas...J evereaux this week •sold.
his..farm on the Huron Road',' a mile
east of Seaforth, to Mr. S. F. Carron,
•of Dover Trip., near Chatham, 'the
consideration being $12,004, • ,
Mr. Joseph McCully, of Brucefield,
the obliging mail carrier, has been
awarded the contract for the carrying
of mails to and from they post office
to.the trains for another term.
• Mr. George Hill, Bnucefield, hks pur-
chased the farm 'belonging to the Vic-
tor Dale estate on the b'th concession
of Stanley. • ' . ' • '
Mr. Robert Winter, the well-known
cattle buyer :of Seaforth, carried off
first prize for a Leicester buck at the
afnual fat Stock show held in-Bii.ifalo.
This animal•waa raised by P..M: Claes-
ney, Tuckersmith.
Mr. A: C. Hazen, of the Collegiate
staff; is suffering from pneumonia.
Mr. F. McCulla and son, of McKil-
lop, have disposed of•another of their
horses •to Mr. Wm, •Cudmore, Sea -
.forth, for $27 s las.
Anien'g' trhe names in the- school re-
port of S.S. Na 2r T,uckeramith, are:
Robt. McNaughton, John Sinclair,
Leonce Cadieux, Olive Cooper, Willie
,Mclean, Mary McDonald, Robert
Grieve,' Wm. Bell. Rosa. McLean,.Fern
McLean, D. Dal;y"'ingle, ' Dorothy
Greene, 'Lance Norris, Margaret El-
gie, Tena McNaughton, Clarence 1Vfc-
Lean, Harry Caldwell, Graee C, ooper,
Robt. McGregor, Mona "McGregor, Ed-
na Detweiler, Myrtle Moffatt, Lloyd
Moffatt, Duncan Cooper,.., Annie Mc-
Naughton,. Am'y Aikenhead, W. G.
Strong.
Mr. Robt. Dalrymple, Kipperl, who
has had the farm of Mr. Peter Stew-
art for some years, purchased the fine
50 -acre farm phe late !M'r. McGraw
on the 4th'' ession, . ;ruckersmit'h.
I met - 10-a. Jim Brown on the street
yesterday. She writes for the labe,l..
{caper and does a bit fbr the city
papers and is considered a smart
hand when .it comes to getting ideas
'crown on paper. She Looked. -worried,
and I wondered' what was bothering
her, She told me that the Miller boy
. Ernest . . . had been killed in
action overseas':. flying a plane of
the• R.C.A.F. She was worked' up
about the whole thing, being a 'close
friend of the boy°emother, and she
wanted to write an article on him.
She wanted to give a true picture of
the lad.
That' has been oil -my mind ever
since. I've .been wondering how, you,
could give a picture -of a.boy sttch•aa
Enie. Miller. Fire -i,, of •all. 'sou,would
have to start •back many 'years. ago.
to .old Joshua Miller' ... starting out
with his young Scotch bride of three
weeks from Glasgow . in a sailing ves=
eel. You would'have to pour in some
of the feelings of that couple on a
long, hard trip with its never-ending
days surrounded by unfriendly,salt
water. Then you would have to pic-
ture the long trek from _ Montreal
across the overland route . . . big.
trees and wolves and Indians . . .
danger that chilled the steel of en-
durance. A clearing in the bush and
a, log cabin and soft -white hands cal-
loused and 'burned with the heft of
an axe and strong soap made from
ashes all would have to go with scan-
ty crops and rations of game arid
potatoes and precious 'salt.
The grandfather of Ernesi was' one
of nine . .'a raw -hide' muscled youth
who learned the lore of the 'bush and
the love of the virgin earth turning
over under the guidance of'au oxen-
drawrr,plow. " He was .ehortaon school'
but long on, the ls:nowiedge of how
to flush out a partridge or trap a cun-
ning -eyed fox. He worked . his farm
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Prom The Huron Expositor
February 9, 1$94
A few days ago James Sims, of
Blyt1 ;' met with, an accident by being
kicked by a horse on the •kn-eecap
whilst shoeing him, which will lay
him 'up for some time. •
Mr. Paul Madge, of Usborne, on a
Saturday recently brought to Exeter
58 hushels of alsike, theproduct of,12
acres. He' received $7.50 a bushel
for it.,
Messrs. Mullett & Jackson are put-
ting a furnace in Mr. Williams' block.
which is intended to heat the stare
lately occupied -by Mr. M. Jordan, and
Mrs. J. C. Smith's bank. •
Miss• Ida Duff, formerly operator in
the Canadian Pacific Railway tel
graph office here, has taken a situa-
tion as telegraph operator in Ayr.
Mr, George Baldwin, the local speed
skater, beat Wagner, of Berlin, 'in a
five=mile race at Listowel last Friday
night by elan.
Dr. G. L. MacKay; of Formosa,
China, is to lecture in ,St. Andrew's
Church, Kippen, on' the evening of
Feb. 21st. ':
On Monday Mr. Robert S•nele en, of
Bayfield, had a wood bee,' and at
night a large number of lads and las-
sies danced until six ,o'clock° next
morning.
Messrs. R. Ferris, A. Watt, J.lSmith
and T. Neilans, of Harlock, are put-
ting stone foundations. under their
barns. Mr. John Watt also proposes•
erecting a new ;striving.. shed.
.-Mr. John Doig, of Kippen, is .start -
fag his portable sawmill on Mr, Wm.
''McAllister's farm, Parr Line, near
Varna, which will 'be a great conveni-
ence in that vicinity.
On Tuesday evening after a spedlal
meeting, the Forresters of Varna were
entertained at the; residence of Mr.
James Armstrong to an oyster sup-
per.
Mr,, James Constable, Seaforth, bag
moved hit batter shop to t -bel building
formerly occupied ley Dr. Campbell.
Mr. Thomas Nellans, of 1Iarlock,i
who ,for 29 years has been conveyor'
of -His Majesty's mails from Seaforth,
has bad his contract renewed for the
next four years.
Mr. W, J. Fowler, with his bride,
left town on Wednesday for Enderlin,
N.D., to their western home.
On Friday evening last Mr. Wil -
Liam and Miss Maggie Wild, of the
-- `aubleLine, entertained a large
number of their friends at a hencing
party. Young folk ',yaw 'present
frbm Zurich;
Hona1
Hi
tIs
.green
and •Bayfield
'A Pedro' match betiften, Ciosmarty
and Staff ta1ta recent
d S was �pfayeti �>� �
1, and resulted 3tU ;d Viitbrr for
Crotiaarty by three+�y'
Oft Boyle
and cleared it and made inouey where
men 'were. cutting .down 'big trees in
the lumber -woods to kindle the incus
trial tabernacles. He married• • a.
neighbor girl . . wiiose heritage of
flaming hair -reflected the . warmth' of
an ,Irish heart and• whose eyes mir-
rored the flashing spirit of'°tlatel`encle
Ganadienc
$is fathtm.went to war because du-
ty called, returning with a bride, from
the 'melting pot of Central Europe.
She gave him the benefit of age-old'
wisdoms .. , but the., father's tee in
fighting! Lor 'peace had: been. maltreat
ed. While the fattier caught up in a
changing •agriculture, wondered • with
dull eyes why suffering and• -death
had to be inflicted on the: world again,
young Ernest heard the seal) duty:
73e -BOO -this with the love of ad-
venture which stirred naturally with-
in him..__-.
He fought to Win without counting
the cost . . . and while he, did the
61ack-bearded Joshua nodded :in that
special section of Paradiab - t`eserved
for :men wihhout fear .... to .his own
son in the executive section. of the
pioneers as if to say, "We bred men,
my son," But Ernest flying out to
battle did not know this. • He called
on his reserves: H. needed the. fore-
sight of a man who left a settled
country for a wild one.- Ile needed
the keenness of a man. 'reared close
to the heart of nature as his -own
grandfather had been. He had his
father's sense of duty andwithin his
veins coursed the blood that was tem-
pered by the wisdom of, the kind wo-
men who had handed clown to him'
many of the precious and • intangible
qualities.
He died, abut his' living and dying
will always remain as a testimonial
and at the same -time 'a direction for
those who carry on to .make the new
world.
•Sarly Onions
+M'r , J, xl Simmons -,intends to .have!; .
green opione early, this spring. One'
day 'recently he thigh/ his garden .to
fled how ?nlllh frost there- was in the
ground SHB. found• there was pragtie-
y..+c
ally slimes so he fnishetf .his digging
and planted sortie , onions for early
-spring-se. Brussels Post -
JUST A SMILE OR TWO:.
As business was a 'bit...dull in town
the' carpet -sweeper salesnr.an thought
he'd try the wide open spaces.' Pres-
ently he came to a remote cottage. at
the door of which stood:an extremely
tough -looking man, indeed.
But when he •began his -usual line
of sales -talk the cottager -interrupted
him.
"Don't Waste your breath," he said,
"I've got a carpet -sweeper .already."
"Good! Then I can snake you a
splendid .allowance for your old
sweeper in part payment for this
splendid new model,"
The cottager thought for a few
moments; then he said: ,
"No, I won't do a deal. After all,
I took 'er fes better or wuss, didn't
I?"
Hardware Store. S'olil
T4s s., P. Dayison & ha '4 '','
store has Ibsen disposed of to Elvin
and ,Sinrde7n. Gregg, formerly of Pais
ley, ',ckM ,
y.1 baQ'nJtn .butt. % 6
li's'ts .here; for the Past 19.hav-
ing purchasedthe budiness from Geo.
Weller at that ..time, Hex flame 'to
Brussels from.' a farm' near Mitchell.
-Brussels. Post: •
Council Purches New Fire Siren j
Ata special meeting of the $own
council lheid on Friday night, the
council decided to purchase from the
Biekle-Seagrave ..Limited, a two-horse-
power
wo-horse power Federal fire siren at a price of
$265.00._ Moor Davidson drew the
attention' of the council to the fact
that the siren was now out of order
and suggested that the matter of pur-
chasing a new. one should be consid-
ered a tis time.—Wingham Ad-
vance -Times.
An Englishman and a Frenchman
were arguing over Whose country
owned the finer navy. They asked
the old Irishman in the corner to set-
tle the argument.
"The Irish have the best navy," he
said.
"In` Heaven's name, where is the.
Irish navy?" said. the other two.
"And what a fool I'l be telling you
when you might be a •eouple of
spies!" said the Irishman.
•
The old man had watched the mo-
torist working in vain on his car for
about an hour.
"What are you gazing at?" asked
the irate motorist. "Is this the first
motor car you have ever seen?"
"No," Was the 'dry reply, "but it's
dashed like it!"
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Huron Federation Of ;
Agriculture -Farm News
Eggs, Poultry Face Competing
Products
Other foods may increasingly' com-
pete with poultry products • for the
consumer's dollar, warned Dr. G. S. H.
Barton, Deputy Minister, Dominion
Department of „Agriculture, when he
spend the National Poultry Confer-
ence held recently in Ottawa. Those
responsible for' the . achievement of
the poultry industry must, plan its or-
dered progress " on the most sound
ecofiomy and with the most efficient
methods, he said.
Dr. Barton observed that poultry
products enjoy the gr ettest demand
froom people wlio have"The privilege of
goad living. Better living" for .more
people means a bigger job for the
poultry industry. But the bigger job
will be 'shared widely.; Competition
will not disappear; it is likely to in-
crease. So the job must be well done,
and stand the test of economy if
those who want to do it"• are to pros-
per.
Volume Sf buatness in itself, while.
it brirtgs advantages, le also likely to
°bring complications and hazards, and
rapid ex iansion may develop weak
salients. We must see to it, he re-
mind.ed the delegates, • "that in our
enthusiasms and in our ambitions the
great. values that poultry holds for
so .many„s are not jeopardized or ex-
ploited by ignorance, carelessness or
seiBshness•.''
Value Sanitation and Disinfection
The best step to take in preventing
parasites is the adoption of a system
of strict sanitation and •disinfection.
Ttie`'poultry house itself should have
floors' and foundations that are rat
and vermin, proof, and impervious to
moisture. It should admit plenty of
sun'1;'ht, and an abundance of fresh
air in all- kinds of Weather. Poultry
quarters, roots, nests, feed and Water
ut2iislls 'should be cleaned • and .disiri-
fected•,regularty, The quality of the
disinfemtant used should he. one re
cominetided b a ii'etefiirafiA,tr'• tesMaite
sure it 4,, VIII do the ll irper 10. If, in
spite Of • these predatltiona the chick-
ens
hickens do i'icoilie:infested with'soni;e par-
asite, w; Veterinarian ahead ,be eon
wilted; .eo 'the pr'aper .treatment. may
be
Sanitation must be practised, also,
in the poultry yard, otherwise' soil
contamination will build up and con-
tinue the old cycle of diseases and
parasites for- years:' •Many poultry-
men now raise their chicks without
direct contact with the soil, for this
reasons; some use sun porches with
wire 'dean or slat bottoms, or small
yards surfaced with .~concrete or as-
phalt. Good resudts, too, have' been -
obtained,' by rotating the pouit t
range, so the birds will 'be' on fresh
,grdund each season.
• Order Shearing Machinery Now
Sheep shearing is a springtime op-e_the ice 'iwas , nice .and firm on that
eration and is timed to follow latnb night, and the turn. onl was all that'
ing after the ,cold weather has pass- could be expected. Thee Iced Cross
ed. ;in Western Canada it is•.done '.booth also did a good business. Fol -
about the latter part of May and in lowing are the chief prize winners:
the East �'a :little earlier. At first
glance ,it might appear 'somewhat
13111y. Hess, Arthur Miller; Betty Gas -
early to make arrangements in mid- oho, Kenneth Parke, D'Brt O'Brien,
winter about shearing machinery, but, Barbara Gascho, Betty O'Brien, Maur- '
in view of the present metal shortage ice O'Dwyer;'' :.Don BedardBess,
Nonbett
and the.machinery situation, sheep- Mittleholtz, 4'•auegc Bess, Tess, .
men should prepare for the 1944 Aagg,.•Nola, Krueger, Albert Hess,
shearing without delay. Leonard Merrier, Enda: Reichert,. Bel- .
en Miller, Billy O'Brien,' Winner's of
Under an'Order issued by the War the speed skating contest, were:
time Prices and Trade Board, it is Boys, Ralph Kruegei;•'KennethParke;
necessary to have a permit from the girls, Delores Klopp,'Joyce Mousseau,
Board to purchase new farm machin—
ery or equipment. Shearing or clip- acted as judges.—Zurich Herald.
g hme under
der.pinmac
.. Applicationsinescofol' permthisits areOr-
Hay Federation of •Agriculture
readily Supplied b y all local. associa-
tions or direct from,any'of the ofrices The annual meeting of the Hay
of •the Canadian Wool Growers' As- Township 'Federation• •of A•griculture,.
sociation. which was held in, the 'Yawn Hall,
A farmer having shearing eqip- Zurich; on Friday, Jan. 21st, was well
spent 'should examineZit carefully a d attended. Mr. Bertram Klopp, the
arrange for the necessary repairs. president, presided: The feature at -
All combs. and cutters should ,be traotion of the meding: wee .andtion
sharpened and a few new, 'sets order- piettfres sponsored by the -Moron Fed -
ed, This should he One at ()nee- in- eration of Agriculture under the di -
Stead of -waiting until about' two days rection of W. J. Nicholson, of North
.before deciding 'to shear the sheep. Bruce, also, „giving an address • on
' Farmers with no Shearing: machine Federation memb'erght4. Mr. Watts,
who intend to•'purehase oiie for use of Stratford, also spoke on Selective
next Spring elnkuhd 'plane their order Servitse'Policios,.. the offitere fer the
without delay. Only_.a,Iiiiii3d1ntririber. fhllowing years are Freitictent,• Mr.
of new me;chinea, dill`' be `.available Itertrhn3 Welk,' Ziiiict vice -fires.,' W.
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. Saved From the Sea
There was some . e•;citement Tues-
day .afternoon when a car went over
the `side of the wharf in front of the
Western Canada Pia,lt.. It was a
Chevrolet belonging.. to. Carl .Sowerby
of Goderich Township. It was on
s.oi<rre glare iee when the driver put
on the brakes, and.e car slid down
and over, front end first, but was pre-
vented from going through the ice
into the water by corning in contact
with a big freighter that was moored a
two, or.,three yards. off the wharf,. A
wrecker waa summoned and” -tile .rune
way car, with some trouble was pilled
back to the wharf. It was somewhat
damaged; but went 'off,under its own
power.--Goderich. Signal -Star.
Hold Farm Machinery School
The two-day farm machinery school..
held in 'Dungannon on Thursday. and
Friday, sponsored •by the Ontario ,De-
partment of Agriculture, the 'Huron
County Federation of Agriculture and •
the agricultural committee of the
Duron County Council, was most suc-
cessful. The attendance` reached. from::
90 •to 100, and much valuable instruc-
tion was given by Gordon McGavin.
of Walton,, Mervyn Stelck of .Zurich,
an Jas. C. Shearer, agricultural re- _
presentative, C1innon. The subjects
art bhe instruction included care and
repair of harness, use of concrete oll-
the farm, and whitewashing,'kare and
maintenance of motors,• dream separa-
tors, milking machines,' water .systems
plows and tillage implement's, co-op-
erative and custom use of. farm .ma-
chinery,'tractors, rope 'splicing; bin-
ders, mowers and labor-saving'devices.
The session on rope splicing was at-
tended by the boys .of the senior
room in. school, the pa'incieal allow-
ing any who were interested to at-
tendt..—Goderich Signal -Star, -
Found His Watch in Hay Mow'
While Mr. J. B. Nesbitt was level-
ling hay last summer be, had the mis-
fortune to have a ,bun.dle fall on him.
When he' fat out from under it, 'he
found• -his watch, which; was loose in
his pocket, was missing. The other
day when forking hay out of the mow
he found the watch, wound, it up, arid
away it went.—Ifuyth Standard.
Htald Ioe Carnival
The first carnival held in Zurich
for some years and sponsored by the
Red Crfoss Society on ;Monday even-
ing went over quite well, although the•
mild weather was threatening,. but
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