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LAZY MEADOWS
The outlaw of Lazy Meadows has
returned. Perhaps I better explain.
Tabby is the fierce old .matron...cat
responsible for the cat family around
our farm. She changes her affections
quite rapidly, so it's rather -difficult
to deteriniae just who the fathers
are for the respective'groups of kit-
tens,
We can't possibly keep all the kit-
tens around .the place that Tabby pre-
sents us with. Many are given away
and others are eliminated: In about
every second or.. third' group is a kit-
ten with a very strong personality.
Such a pussy w,as Jetse James. From
the time he was big enough to pad
around by himself, he was in trouble.,
It started. with a passion for climb-
ing into the milk house :through' a
small opening at the ,back' and upset-
ting ‘the cream pitcher. We stopped
that, but he discovered a way to get
into the cellar and war was declared
.wben. he upset twajars of preserved
'strawberries off the'hanginghelf.. -He disappeared for' three we'eks and
we thought he had gone for good.
Then one ,morning I saw him come
trotting bp the laneway to the barn.
He was ',a pretty fair size by then,
but he had one ear -chewed off and
his white silky front fin. was . torn
and gouged by scratdh Marks. Jesse,
James had been away on the first of
his regular Prowls.
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We thought that possibly he might
have. reformed, but our hopes were
in vain. One morning I heard an old
hen in the orehard putting up a, ter-
rible racket.' When. 1 arrived on the
scene he was killing baby chickens.
I tried to Corner him all that day,
but it was no use. Finally a load' of
bueltShot from a shotgun sent him
Rarry
scudding across. the pasture field
screaming in terror. I waS sure that
our outlaw cat would never come
back.
He turned up again, however. One
morning while doing the chores, I
heard' a racket upstairs. it seethed
as if a dozen full-grown cats were
holding a reunion. They were wail-
ing and screaming and finally I went
up to gee what was going on..Tabby
and her latest family, aided by Mous--
er I and Mouser II were going at
Jesse James in great style. He was
bleeding and—scratched, but still
game. When I arrived on the scene
he left in a hurry.
Jesse has been back ,on several oc-
casions since then. Every time he
comes there's trouble. He has be-
come a gray phantom and once back
in the bush I saw him stalking a
small rabbit. When we're 'boiling sap
in the spring he'll slink up in the
night and you can, see his eyes peer-
ing out from a bush at you. Wynn
go away and leave the shanty door.
open he'll creep up and steal part`di
the lunch from, the shelf,
• YOUTH TRAINING
The Editor, Thalluron Expositor:
ear Bir: We find in the PII•bilta•
press,' almost 4l1y, onna phagte, -of.
Child training, or youth delinquency,
and a great concern is being glhon
by the authorities, both in the moral
and the criminal courts; to' knew what
isu'-rbest' to be attempted to effect
,ce.
What ,has gone wrong with our -
youth? •
The 1* few years of edueational
.heare heard. inuch,,about
the principle of "self expression," and'
much has been claimed for it. We
Sincereiy fear that "self expression",
hag resulted in moral decay, as it al-
lows the natural and , evil. trend in
the child's .heart to express itself,
and not trained as in former times.
We should, learn froM our fore-
fathers. -Soloninn says: "He that
spareth the rod, hateth. his son, but
he that loveth him chasteneth him
betimes."' (Pm 13:24). ••
We are well aware of the strict
commands given by our Divine Father
to the Hebrew parents, speaking of
the Law and the Prophets: "Thou
shalt teach them diligently to thy
children, as thou liest down and as'
thou risebh up," etc., and no other -
'Person was given- this important, re-
sponsibility. Now, apparently, this
training is neglected by parents, and
unless the Churches come in, there is
nothing definitely done, and the na-
tural trend is. always downward.
Mayor Conboy, of Toronto,. and
other ruling authorities, have ,been
taking a most worthy example in
throwing the responsibility on the
Churches and other reform units.
The home is surely the :logical
place to look to first for its responsi-
bility, then the Church should come
next with its support, and lastly, the
.day-sehool should provide recreation-
al privileges..
111 the training of children we' are
given the delightful illustration of
Mrs. Samuel Welsey. In her ,large
family—she raised ten to adult age—
and for 20 years she trained' them in
her own home six --hours a day, assist-
ed by her husband, and we may see:
the results in her two illustrious'
sons, John and Charles Wesley. She
made it. her never -failing principle,
that the will of the child must be
broken and that as early as possible.
without' .• this, nothing worthwhile
could be taught. I think we may well
take a leaf out of Mrs, Wesley's book
today. •„
In the early.years of Galt, Ont,, a
Dr. Tassie from the Old Land, estab-
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lished a grammar school in that town
for boys. He was very strict on dis-
cipline, and never failed to use the/
"birch" when •necessary... ,B.Oks„. were
Sent to lif from many States in the- - •
Union, and from all parts Of'Canada,-
and to be known as a Tatsie boY
meant success for all the rest of his
years.
Our school system leaders must
surely see the fallacy of "self expres-
sion" and see the need tor" something
More sane in the policy of . youth
training. ,
With proper emphasis by. the home,
the church and the day -school, we
trust that a marked change for im-
provement may be aecomplished.
J. B. Losa
Clinton, Ont.
Yesterday morning: when I went
out to, the stable I found white fur
littering the -floor with an occasional
splatter of blood. Tabby looked up
from, where she was nursing 'a litter
of kittens and I saw a scratch on the
side of. her head. Mouser the firSt.
came ,atong"looking partly plucked.
The cat family at Lazy Meadows
looked very perturbed. Then I
caught a glimpse of Jesse James
sneaking along the passageway in,
front of the cows. The outlaw is
back', and .so there's bound—io be
trouble for several' days.
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SEAFORTH, Friday, February 25
We Live Well
The Dominion, Bureau of Statis-
tics, which shows the amount of food,
consumed in Canada last year, at the
same time, through its . findings,
shows that Canadians lave not the
slightest reason to complain about
either the 'shortage of, food, or the
rationing system.
Before the war, Canadians were
using less than 55 pounds of milk
and milk products per capita, but in
1943 the consumption reached the
65 -pound mark. A similar rise is
noted in :the consumption of meat,
, which has risen from 120 pounds per
person per year, to 134 pounds.
The increase in the number of
Used is still greater. In the
- - years 1935-39, the per capita rate
was but 30 pounds, while in 1943 it
was increased to 38 pounds.
The- consumption of butter per
person in 1942 was 33 pounds, which
was considerably more than that us-
ed in -pre-war days, so that the 29.6
, we were allowed in 1943 waswell up
to that of former years.
in 1943 Canadians actually used
more coffee per person than before
the War. The only two things
which there has been a curtailment
of consumption are canned fruits,
which are d6 -W/40 per cent,, and
sugar, which is down from a pre-war
level of pL, pounds to 72 pounds in
When one thiriks, however, what
has happened in the sugar producing
countries, and the almost insur-
mountable difficulties experienced in
transportation in war time„ there is
no other -conclusion one could reach
but that our allotment- of sugar has
been surprisingly generous.
It is true that there is a consider-
able increase in consumption, caused
- by every one having a job and at
wage rates the highest in our his --
tory, but if Canadians would only
compare Our tables with those' of the
people of Britain, they would see at
a .glance how really well off they are..
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Why Not, Go A Little Further
At a meeting of the Goderich
Town Council held last 'week, a res-
olution of the Finance Committee
was adopted as follows,: ";fhat the
• - Goderich Collegiate Institute Board
be asked for a statement showing
their financial condition "to Decem-
ber 31, 1943; and also for a copy of
_ the estimated expenditures in 1944,
in detail."'
That seems a very reasonable re-
quest, and one that is acceded• to by
many other boards in other towns.
But, if the council had gone a' little
further and 'Saidthey wanted this
statement, not only for -their own in-
- formation, but to publish it for the
public's consideration, we believe the
action would be greatly appreciated
by the citizens Of that town.
School business is public business.
There should be no hush-hush about
it. On the other hand, there should
be the fullest publicity.' Recently
th re was published in the columns
ofThe Expositor, the financial state-
s- , ment of a Tuckersmith School Area.
That is the first time in our experi-* -
ewe that -a board has taken ;.,that
action, but it'- was so open - and in-
, formatike that it met with ,the in-
stant interest and approval of the
ratePayers, and has been widely coin -
/netted, upon by Wahl other sections
3ZLtiie. cennty.
elhotIced_ tTo„.'.iiiiatithETavn._ of _
ithli Ails year published their
school statements, --
er ith .a summary of the
Iiisiieekesreports, Even,for
jd:e 14 ,Wat informattve- and
OVA" tic•h, and. must
'f th0:'y'a
this
COUnty. do publish the„ c
Utes o beard tleetiAte/a i11iey
would. 011* up iviith a 0
finialstatement at the bgiug
etteyear,. 'education woulditOce on
anew lease of life and a new under-
standing, in the minds of the rate-
-Payers, -whose money it is that pays
the bills, ,
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• No Delinquent Children
A Committee for the Physical and
Moral Welfare of Children has in-
augurated classes in ,New York
City fordelinquent parents," which
would appear to be getting down
nearer to the roots of the matter
' than most other schemes tried. -
A woman in that city, widely
known for her successful work with
problem children; says ,there is no
such thing as delinquent children,
but only delinquent parents. And
there are a great many other people
holding the same opinion.
The Chinese, this woman says,
have always held parents responsible
for the misbehaviour of children.
And, as' a 'consequence, Chinese -
„American children appearing in New
yirrk City courts average only two
in ten years.
If the American courts would only
co-operate with this new committee
by making it compulsory for all par-
ents of delinquent children to attend
these classes, the outside interest
would be world wide.
Tobacco History
The New York Public Library has
recently been presented' with a gift
of four thousand volumes dealing
exclusively with the subject of tobac-
co, down from the somewhat early
days of A.D. 100 to the present time.
Consequently, any one who holds
the belief that the use of tobacco is
a comparatively recently formed
habit, is entirely wide of the mark.
Apparently, tobacco had its, begin-
ning as a sacred and religious plant
which was used as an offering to the
gods.'-”
Then fat several centuries it seems
to have 'disappeared from the re-
cords, only to be revived by Coloniz-
ers from Spain, Holland, France and
England, who spread its use all over,
the world. But although Ben John-
son, back in 1776, said that smoking
had gone out, he seems to have been
badly mistaken, as the' smoking of
cigars had just then been taken- up
in Europe.
It was during the Crimea War in,
1856 that the cigarette was first in-
troduced in Europe, -and it came to
America in 1876 during, the Phila-
delphia ,Exhibition. In that day,'
however, and for many days after,
the smoking -of cigarettes was look-
ed upon as something too nearly re-
sembling a sissy habit, to be taken
seriously .by such a virile race of men
as. the American continent then pro-
duced.
Another thing that the volumes of
this great tobacco library show
clearly is that there have always
been women smokers, as well as
there have always been those who
'objected strongly to them. One of
the early French Kings, who hated
tobacco, caught his daughter smok-
ing a pipe, and the objections he rais-
ed were most emphatically applied.
The history also records that to-
bacco was looked upon as a healing
and preventative measure, as well as
for its religious and pleasurable
Pepys both chewed. and
smoked it all through -the great Lon -
on Plague, to derive all three bene-
fits. And as he survived the Plague
as well as the Great London Fire, it
seems to have worked in his case.
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Early To Rise
The people of Australia are going
to wake up earlier.
Thirty thousand alarm clocks
arrived that -country - -from-. -the.-
-linked- States, and----another—forty-
thousand are on the way. These are •
the first alarm clocks shipped to
'Australia „since the start of the war, '
and are to be distributed to,workers
hi essential war industries.
-War industries, Sufforing from the
latO airival of Workers, say these
alatin cleats will add many huurp
war prodUctiou,
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'From Tbe Ouron Expooltor
Februaiar 28, 1919
Mr. John lic.Lachlan, of Cromarty,
is moving on to the farm this Week
which lie recently purchased from,b/r.
Andrew Archibald in Tuckerainith.
Mr. Archibald wial move his family to
Seaforth.
A very effective rendering,of "The
Holy City" was given in the Metho-
dist Church. last Sunday evening by
Pais Lulu Lobb of Bengali. —
A.
E:' McLean -arrived home from
overseas on 'Saturday night. _
Miss Belie Campbell, of Seaforth,
is spending the Week -end in Cromarty
the guest of, the! Misses Stacey.
The new Bank of Commerce in'
Walton ite doing a fine !ildness.
Mr. R. M. :Tones, manager of the
Dominion Hatder-Seaforth, ,who has
been acting as relief manager at St.
Thomas for the past six weeks, has
returned.
Mr. John Chambers, of Hibbert,
who had a very successful auction
sale of farm stock and implements,
intends taking up residence in the
,village Of CroinartY.
Mr. J. Br Muatard, of Brucefield,
has a gang of men cutting and
swamping out logs on the ShillinglaW
farm in Tuckersmith.
A very pleasant evening was spent
on Wednesday of last week- at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bell, of
U.sborne, when at their invitation a
number of 'friends gathered : to wel-
come Bomber Fred Cann and his
wife,, who have just.xeturned from
overseas.
Mr. Robert . Archibald and family,
of McKillop, moved into ' the 4house
which he purchased from Col. Alex
Wilson this week.
Mr. Emmerson Wright, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Wright, who has been
for the 'past seven months in the of-.
flee of the Canadian -Flax Mills in
town, has been moved to Jlie head of-
fice in Toronto. Mr, Walter cole, is
now in charge of the Seaforth office.
At a' meeting of the Christian En-
deavour Society of Eginondville Pres-
byterian. Church, held on Monday ev-
ening, the following officers and com-
mittee S were appointektfor the net
three months: President, John Dob-
ie; 1st iice-pree., L. Bell; 2nd vice-
pres., Wm. Cameron; corresponding
Secretary, Miss Margaret Orieve;
treasurer, Wm. Strong; recording
secretary, Ross McGonigle; organists,
Miss Ella Chesney, Miss Blake and
Miss Doig.
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From The Miran --Ea-pagitor
March 2, 1894" , •
Mrs. Crawford, of the Gravel Road,
•Ifullett, knitted a lady's long stock-
ing a few days ago, between • the
hours of 10 a.m. and 5.p.m. This lady
is 74 years of age.
Mr. James MtIntOsh; of the 2nd
concession of McMillan, about three
miles from Seaforth, mei with . a
painful accident on Thursday of last
week. He was chopping in the 'woods
and when "felling a tree.the butt slip-
ped off the stump, and in falling
came down on his foot, smashing it
in 4 'Marini way.
Mr. George Baldwin, of town, had
the misfortune to,„hreah his collar -
hone at the skating' rink the other
night.
Miss Susan Smith, who has been
learning telegraphy in Mr. . Somer-
ville's office here, has secured a situa-
tion as operator ih the Great North-
western Telegraph Office at Cobourg.
Mr. John Doig, of Tueltersmith, has
stationed hivortable sawmill at Mr.
Robert Traaairs.
Over twenty teams have been en-
gaged drawing slabs to the new brick
yard on Campbell's farm, close to the
Village of Walton, from the Star Mill
on the 16th donce‘eien of Grey.
Mr, W. J••Dickson, one of the most
enterprising f4mers of near Walton,
is now busily engaged drawing ma-
terial for the erection of one of the
largest, if not the largest, barns in
Huron. The dimensions are 12t feet
long, 69 feet wide and 26 -foot posts.
Mr. James Ccoper, of Konen, IVW6
is a noted breeder of Shropshire
sheep, has been remarkably fortunate
with hiS flock this year.',..He,haa new.
about 30 Yining lambs..
Mr. Peter Woolley, of Zurich,'
just returned from a trip to Seaforth
and Tuckersmith, where he badrit
been for 26 years, He found many
changes.
Mr. Peter Lamont, Zurich, has just
finished hauling i.ce, and so have Eil-
ber & Holtzman. That village",,will,
no doubt, keep cool and always fresh
next sunirner.
`Mr. Thos. Copp, of town, has gone
to Brooklyn, N.Y., where' he has se-
cured a good situation in a drug
store.
Re47-Dr, Mackay, -4-,xf Formosa, ad-
dresgeda large-- audience ,
Pfreii13lati Ohnreh hr g Ott Wednes,
ray -Welling of- fag
to said said he left Woodstoek in 1871
and travelling as a .Misaionary to a
heathen land got a reduction of fare
the whole way to China. Then he
bearded a ship for Tailittui, North
Formosa Island, and tliteftShe touhd
the hatiVes, who Were' Chltittnien,
worsitipping Molt, .
A grOMi abed fifti frOikt—
BrUeelitald pregented ligirel 10914. avit,h
it' int eape and" °thee-
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Huron Federation Of.
Agriculture--FarmNews.
Westefn Butter Outdrit- Increases
Since the commencement of the
war, production of creamery butter in
the. Prairie Provinces had increased
to a mtich greater extent in relation
to pre-war volume than had occurred
in the, other six ,hutter-maiang prov-
inCes of --Canada, said J. F. Single-
ton, Dominion Department of Agricul,
ture, at the Interprovincial Dairy
Conference, held recently in Saska-
toon, Production of butter in the
three Prairie Provinces during 1943-
was 49.2 per cent greater than dur-
ing 193.8, as compared with an in-
crease of only 2.5 per cent in the oth-
er six province S and with an increage
of 16.5 per cent in all Canada.
1 During 1938 the three .Prainie Prov-
inces produced 30 per 'cent of all the
creamery butter produced in Canada
as compared with 38.5 per cent in
Thab meant, said Mr. Single-
ton, that the geographical Centre of
Canadian creamery butter productiOn
was moving westward rather rapidly
—almost certainly more rapidly than
if the movement had not been accel-
erated by circumstances arising out
'of the war.
Of course, the spall increase of 2.5
key_ _cent 1etlanen.A.038 ,and '1943 In
CreautetyLlhtitter—prednation,-,ef-
er -pr-carincesr,---continued Mr
Singieten, reflected diversielnfrom,Manufacture Of butter th .othe-r pur-
poses, such as manufacture chee'se
and concentratedmilks, and to, meet
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lag increased mita num requirdnionla.
That applied particularly tO the,Prov4
Wes of tittd QIiebed„ the tWo
greatest Under and' telfeetttOitett intik
itlid ,thet*(),Ittalit
Popnlotlid pkaViheen of the “Dotillitien.
AIM& '62;•Per,:!beilit Of Canattrea POOP;
11t�iiWag in•,60140 tor'q pitiriqueot,.
Rail Grading -Lambs- Benefits -
Producer
The only accurate method of grad-
ing market lambs is carcass grading,
J. W. Graham, Dominion Department
of Agriculture, told the recent 'meet-
ing of the National Sheep Commit-
tee.. "This is true with hogs and
doubly so with lambs where the fleece
hinders both' visnal ant- actual ap-
praisal of type, conformation, finish
and fleshing," he said.
Mr. Graham said ..that in selling
lambs by grade the producer of high
quality product is fittingly reWarded.
Because the higher his. yield, the
greatei• his return, the sheep raiser
is given an incentive to improve his
product. Other advantages of car-
cass grading are that the many small
unethical practiees are eliminated
from the trade to the mutual adVant-
age Of all and allowances in price
for error are not necessary: Udder
this system, competitive buying is
out In the open, said the speaker,
who is Supervising Livestock Field -
man for New Brunswick and-.-Nqya-
Scotia where carcase grading Of
lambs has been 'in operation,for sev-
eral years. .‘•
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an _ on_ SOW Ftir'etterW'r
hogsrat frana-2061
to 2410. pounda at the farni, a farmer
can be alniost eel:talthi that they Will
,dress within the desired Weights of
140-170 pottittlg. ileganse it is diffi-
cult, to estittrate the ,Weight of a hog
vithhi the narrow liVe *eight range,
Market hg's theilld be Weighed-, TO
litiff ijitid4bIe and sitobie, th'e
,b6Mliddft,o £gi1Ite
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CountyPapers
Observe 53rd Anniversary
Thursday last Mr. and Mrs. Ben-
jamin' Allen are nuietly ' observing
their 'fifty-third wedding anniversary
at their home, Victoria Street. Their
daughter, Mrs. Y.I'row, of Stratford.
and her son, Benjamin, dre with theui
for the occasion. Many friends will
wish to join in ,tendering • Mr. and
...Mrs. Alien hearty congratulations
and good wishes.—Goderich
Signal -
Star.
Honored on Bayer Anniversary
On .Saturday evening thirty rela-
tives. and friends from- Mitchell,.
Hamilton', Brussels, Atwood and ,Gode-
rich; ..gathered at Ge' -home of Mr; and
Mrs. Milton Ronn-enberg on the 15th
concession of Elmo, in observance or
their silver weddinganniversafi.
Progressive., euchr'e and a humorous •
mock wedding presented bjr the
young people, along with the presen-
tation o1 gifts, were the highlights'of '
this memorable evening. Harry Lud-
dington expressed good wishes to the
haPpy cotiple and appreciation of •
.their, bospitality. Danee musk was
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provided by- -WM.-,
SelWyn. Baker and 'Dave Stief, Re-
freshments were served at a suitable
hOur.—Mitchell 'Advecate.-'
voetting--at:-the—Town- -HAIL
Wedeescley_eVening, officers
elected of a Ideal committee to act
hi the Matter. of the rehabilitation of
service men and- women on their dis-
Charge frein the forepa. Deputy Reevs
D. D. Mooney presided and was elect-
ed Uhatithat of the ooramittee, with
other effieets as foliews: Vi0e-prelf-
40i11s; ,-il11 A, If, .31rde;
'e'perettirY., ki-tal. The fellow-
e.g wefe tepAettfig,•••ehttirpet of. eottv.-
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