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AiORTH, ri4iay, March 23rd
Unusually Early
• By the time this 'reaches our read-
rs it may be another 'story altoge-
ther. But to date, spring has turn-.
:the corner and is with us. More
thiM that, it is an unusually early
sprit*. Perhaps not a record, but
not in a decade or more have we had
near an approach to the real
thing
The manner of its coming was in
the record class too. In the space of
less than two weeks, deep snow dis-
appeared from the fields, snow -
blocked concession roads, were clear-
ed, and in some places where roads
,Were kept open all winter, the dust
• was flying on the centre of the road.
, There were, of course, several con-
ditions contributing to s the magic.
disappearance' 'of the snow. Last
fall there was little moisture, the
ground was dry, so were many farm •
wells. Snow came early in Decem-
ber in ever increasing amounts, keep-
ing the frost out of the ground.
There was no thaw in January and
no thaw in February, and the land
remained under a deep blanket of
snow. •
Instead of coming in like a lion,
March came in like a lamb, arid has
remained lamb like."' The snow just
disappeared into the ground; and
the- fields just seemed to turn green
between days. The bank S 2,1(ingthe
plowed concession roads disappear-
ed in the same way. All other roads
• were plowed out, and in a week there
was little to indicate the severity of
the winter we had encountered. "
There are some instances, we are
told, of farmers having' completed
their seeding in 'March. But March
is not'a seeding month in this part of
• Canada, and we doubt if it ever will
be. In the face of all that, however,
two farmer subscribers told. us that
if it had not been for last Thursday's
rain, they would have been on the
landby. Friday.
There has been a considerable
rainfall since then, and getting on
the land has, consequently, been
postponed. Possibly it is just as well'
as there has not been too much mois-
ture yet, and seeding operations and
conditions a month from now, might,
guarantee surer results.
Weather predictions there always
are in plenty, 'so one has a wide
choice to be guided by, but we have
been assured that there will be much
thunder, much heat and much mois-
ture during the coming summer
months, but that is something we
will be able to talk about with much
more assurance along about harvest
time. In the meantime, spring is
here and we have heard- no com-
plaints about it. -
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Crossing The .Rhine
The crossing of, the Rhine river
by American troops is one of the
outstanding highlights of this war,
as well as the most astonishing and
Most daring. .And the Americans,
who have done most of the 'fighting
in that district, deserveall their luck.
In particular, great credit should
be given a young second lieutenant,
Emmet J. Burrows, for the pluck
'and daring that made the crossing
possible. • He and a handful of men
reached the west bank of the river
at a plate called Remagen, and to
their intense surprise found a do -4 -
We track railway bridge still stand-
ing. They carefully crossed it and
found that the bridge on the east
bank led directly into a tunnel.
Into the tunnel. they, went, and
through it, fopt by foot, but found
not a 'single soldier guarding it, They
rushed back to their main company
and brought it over to hold - the
bridge'. Many more men immediate-
, followed, and possibly befere any
h8rinan official knew What was.
010-g orill the bridgehead was safe in
�ah bands,.
stt i eh more fullY ;and
rde ritS$ at Wn-
Donbt1esS
can ev
I**1usle bhemse1r
*g that
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lug ,ve 41110131 rearguards
on the' est bank, felt safe for a few
days. They relaxed their vigilance
for an hoUrer two, which. turned out
to be just that hour or two when
the inquisitive Mr. Burrows and his
Joes decided to look see. The result
is a 'German disaster of the first
magnitude.
"Qi all songs 4ear and sacred to
the German heart, The Watth oi
the' Rhine stands high. The river is,
a symbol of German gre'atne'ss, and
the magnificent words and tune of
the song are fitted to the nobility of
the theme:
The. Rhine, the Rhine, the German
. Rhine,
Who guards to -day my stream
divine?
"The answer is that young Mr.
Burrows guards it, with a handful
of nondescript gentlemen from such
uncouth places as Brooklyn, Fargo,
Wilkesbarre and Cheyenne. The Ger-
mans fell asleep, and if any carpets
remained unchewed at Berchtesga-
den last Wednesday morning, they
doubtless received appropriate treat-
ment by nightfall."
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Two Main Reasons
The circumstances that led,to Hit-
ler's great control of power which
enabled him to plunge the German
people into war again; no doubt were
many and varied. But there are two
main reasons which form the foun-
dation, the reasons which secured
for him both the solid backing of
those Germans who dreamed of war ,
and wanted it, and the implicit obed-
ience �T those who even dreaded it.
The first was the realization of
the Germans, after the last, war, of
how close they came to winning it.
This realization soon grew into a
conviction that they could Win a new
war, if only they avoided the mis-
takes they had made in ,the first
world War.
The second was the belief, based
on the last war, that all the fighting
would take place on the soil of fOr-
eign countries, and that whenever
she found herself facing defeat, she
could ask for, and obtain peace be-
fore the war reached her own bor-
ders.
But like so many other of Hitler's
'Calculations, the's'e two • proved
wrong. More than two years • ago,
the first was proved to be absolute-
ly false at Stalingrad and Africa,
and long ago the German people,
with the exception of Nazi fanatics,
were forced' to the conviction that
Germany Would lose.
In spite of this knowledge, how-
ever, there is still the second reason
and it has kept the ,Germans fighting
—fighting. on the defensive, falling
back when compelled to,trading
space for time, and destroying, burn-`
ing, torturing, killing, with the be-
lief they Could wear out the Allies
and sicken them of slaughter. That
these methods added to war weari-
ness would eventually cause a rift
among the Allies, which would save
Germany and enable them to win the
peace.
Both' these calculations have been
wrong, and now Germany is experi-
encing the killing of hegydiers, and
the utter destruction her cities
and the laying waste of her -country.
It is the -kind of war she practised
on innocent people and innocent
countries, and the experience to
them must now be even more fright-
• ful than it was to other people and
other countries during the first two
•years of war.
Once the German people 'were
intrigued by the Nazi slogan:
"Strength through joy," •but now,
they are learning wisdom through
hardship.
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• Will •He Obey ?
Lady Montgomery; mother of Mar-
shal Sir Bernard Montgomery, has
predicted that the war will be over -
by Mareh 28rd of this year.
And more than that, the -lady has
written the Field Marshal to make
sure her forecast rig fulfilled.
'Monty," it is, said, has always
ali obedient sen, but if he is, go-
() obey his Mother this tiMe and
up the European war by the
this month, he wiU have to
Prom• ,11.PER!, PfestOor
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,4:4011;fneaccir ne:ssf:43:0La074t.beeofil4BrtMsolfixtr:adr.
afinnoon and in the evening enter-
tfriends with gen40,0, music
18* IttIe daeger 44F Mr. 88,1111)01
Ckir*Ore's, KippeX4 While 044'14 in
the 'home, fell oft a touch '.onto the
409i*:;,hiealting her colpr bone.
•*,iF. H. Ltioniti4;$s. . C. tibreig
Mrs, 3. D. Ifinchley, Vim, L.
Lacey, Mrs. Jas. Watson, Mrs. r. 8,
SMAtIsin Mrs. POtt.STson, Mrs. M. Y.
MeLetta and Miss Maud daw were
in Stratford this Week attending the'
Annual convention of the Women!ti
Missionary Society Of the Preshiter-
innart74huurAutrch.
ent, third son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Ament, of town, is in Strat-
ford, Jlospital, havtng undergone -an
operation on the mastoid bone of the
ear.
At 'a largely attended meeting 0
soldier and associnte„ members of the
o.w.v.A., the following oWers were
elected; Past president, R. a pays;
President, M. R. Ritttle; vice-presky
dent, 'Earl Ross; teeretary, C. Pl.
eittit e a sure r , Itabt. Smith; eseeu-
tiffs,committee, Charles Holmes, Dave
Reid, H. E. Pierce, A. Porterfield;
anchtors, Capt. E. G. Edwards, S. Lee.
Tile Commercial. Hotel, Seaforth,
Was closed to the publieon Monday.
Mr. McLennan:ilea sold, the furniture
and the entire equipment to the Mus-
koka Wood Mfg. Co.
Mr. Morris Shea, of the police de-
partment of Detroit, visited relatives
15 town this week.
Mrs. A. Walker and two daughters,
of 'Wingham, were guests of Mr. and
Nits.' W. E. Chapman this week:
s. Harry Colbert, • of •-London,
„a the guest of :Mrs. J. 3. Merrier
last week.
On Friday evening of last week a
pleasant event took place in the
school room of Carmel Presbyterian
Church, Hensall, when a large crowd
gathered to honor Miss Mettle Ellis,
who leaves this week for the West.
They presented her with a 'diamond
ringt • The following took part in the
splendid program: Quartette, Messrs.
M. R. Rennie, W. A. MacLaren, W. 0).
Goodwin and P. Buchanan; readings,
Mrs. M. Love; duet, M-r."Geodwin 'and
Alias F. Welsh; reading, bla Cook;
solo, ;:Miss Doreen Murdock. Mrs, M.
R. Rennie was the accompanist.
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• From The Huron Expositor
March 19, 1895
'On Monday, the l2nst.,'•the House
of Refggee Committee met at Clin-
ton. There were , present H. Eilber,
of Stephen; A. McEwan, Hay; P.
Holt, Goderich; A. McDonald, Hullett
and W. H. Kerr, of Bressels.• Twelve'
tenders were opened for the building
of a barn, End ranged from 4821 to
$1,380.A. Mellen; of Stanley, was
awarded the contract at the first men-
tioned figure.•
Mr. Wm. Ament, of town, is show-
ing commendable enterprise and is
bound, to .keep up to the times. He
has perfeeted. a. silver polish. It is
now receiving a large sale. •
The second annual' Band ball of
the 33rd 13attallan was held in sCard-
no's. Hall, and there were nearly 100
couples present.
Mrs. Robert Hogg, of North Main
St., met with a very painful accident
on Wednesday, when she and her hus-
band were 7walking out to visit Mr:
Wm. Hoggsin McKillop, and while
going, through' a pitch hole shetslip-
ped and fell. In putting out her arm
to break the fall, she fell on her left
one and broke it.
Mr. D. D. Wilson has sold his Har-
purhey farm to Mr. Jas. Archibald,
About .3 o'clock Wednesday morn-
ing the residence of Mr: Hugh Md-
:Cartney, at Brucefield, was found to
he on fitncfbefore the flames could
be brought under control the whole
building was, destroyed.
..Mr. Andrew Govenlock, of Win-
throp, Who has 'carriedon the • store
business there for a number of years,
has disposed Of it ,to Mr. Frank Mill,
son.
Buggies were out for the first tinia
on Sunday last. .
Mr. R. R. Dennie, of Seaforth, has
disposed of his mils, business to Mrs.
John Hannah, who will carry on the
business in the same manner as that,
done by Mr, Dennie,
• Mr. Andrew Smith, Of Eimondville„
left on Monday for St Pant, Minne-
sota, where be will visit his son and
other friends.'
The Bayfield stage now comes into
Seaforth bn wheels,
.On Tuesday last the following per-
sons left ll,ItYlleld for Daketa: Mrs.
Peck, Robert Lawrason, Waiter John-
son and the :Misses M. Parker and L.
Morgan: • '
During'ilie 28 Years Mr. D. D.
. „
Son hapTdbeen in Isnsiness th, ,ttiWil,
but one .of hie emnloyeee *dr
and this b.telsk waft noised" by the
death of-Vir: lehn...Warwick.
The maid *OSsitery; elow to get up
in the Meriting. One morning the
mistress, saids sternly:
"Prom hoW, on. every time you stay
in bed asic! 1 have to cook tho WOO -
fast, l' Stall' deduct fifty emits from
Your YrOiSeit."*. -• .; -
The ext niornl,ig the maid, Was
bite again:
"Idiekdideblitit;bibelit," ,stild, the ita 0.
raii6treigOtl*aitificgOble40*0 and
get the hgeahfaaViii*in#t„t',„,-
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"DISTINGVISHEIY ,SERVIC4 •CROSS N
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ADOWS
By Harry J. Boyle
A friend iV mine gave me a little
'book the other' day. It was w-ritten
about Peter McArthur. . Peter, as you
older folks will recall, used to, write
those delightful articles in the old
Globeabout life on his farm down in
Ekfrid Township which is near St.
Thomas. This little'book-Was-a sort
of•evathation of Peter .as an anthor.
It was quite pleasant to read the de
tailsabout' this. most remarkable
Canadian who after living in New
York and London, came back to an
Ontario farm for farthing and writing
both.
Peter made great -fun of himself as
a farmer. He was a pretty good
farmer in spite of what he had to
say about hiniself. I guess there are
a lot of people to this day who can't
look at a cantankerous cow without
thinking of 'the one Peter made fam-
ous under the name of Fenceviewer.
I was both surprised and pleased
to find that Peter McArthur was ,
poet as well as anSanthor. Occasion-
ally he used to thirst into poetry in.
his sketches in the newspapers, but
it appears he was probably a' better
poet than a writer of prose. I'm not
much of a judge of poetry. Of course
at school we had some Of it crammed
into. our heads,. and I can still...recite
something "Breathesthere the
man with soul so dead," and get
along fairly' well. Just the same, I
found some of Peter's poems quite
fascinating.
There was one in this little vol-
ume about "The Stone." Well, sir,
immilsamer
.it wasreally ,godd. It seems there
was a stone on the sixteenth eeneegs
sion of Ekfrid Township. It was quite
a big stone! and he remembered it as
a bo'. He was always intending to
dig it up, but folks always said, as
how it would take dynamite to move
it.
Wagons jolted over it and farmers
cussed, it. ; LeVers' in buggies. were
always happy because' it bumped
them closer together. The township
councillors pretended it wasn't' there
when they ran over it. Of course
they were thinking about the tax
rate. The mailman jounced over it
every day and always determined to
protest to ,the road foreman. Farmers'
wives with cream cans in their bug-
gies were politely angry about it
when the cream sloshed up and spill-
ed...Over 'the edge of the Hp of the
can.
'Peter made a great story about it.
Anybody who has lived in the coun-
try can vouch for the story. It may
be a bridge with a loose plank, or an
overhanging bough of a tree, but it's
actually just the sameas the stone
in the roads Everybody determines
at some time or anoth'ed to do some-
thing about it, 'but nobody quite ever
gets around to doing it.
• Peter built it up and up, going back
to legends of -the very -early days dor
some of his inspiration. Finally one
day .a stranger came alongs-tapped
the stone. with his stiek; grubbed
around it a bit, and then pulled it
up and tossed it over to the. road-
side. You see, the stone was flat!
Huron Federation Of:
:Agriculture-Farm.News
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The Feed Siteation
Extreme difficulties in transporta-
tion, ehieilk rail, in the past two
moths, has- been the main-
contri-
buting factOr to a situation in feed
supplies for eastern Canada that is
causing ermeern. The Canadian ,Fed-
eration of Agriculture has been advis-
ed that although the over-all feed sup-
ply situation is not too stringent, the
acute shortage of railway cars at
times, and the difficulties of trans-
portation in, a particularly severe win
ter of heavy snows and low"tempera
tures, have resulted in heavy with-
drawals pf feed from the emergency
feed banks: LRaU movement eastward
has declined 50 per cent., and east-
ern users of Ntrestern grains are be-
ginning to feel the pineh. ' Shortage
of cars has .also affected the milling
industry rather seriously with enforc-
ed Stoppages in operation, and a eels-
sequent reduction ,in the production
^of mill feeds. The reserve stoekS of
Med graine at Sarnia, Toronto and
Montreal, •are all being drawn upon,
particularly .at Sarnia, beeause of
heavy drains' by Western Ontario, and
the feed bank at,Sarnia has been cut
intwo, in recent weeks. Overall sup-
plies of coarse grains; particularly
,bariey, are decreasing rapidly. If
deldveries of barley in the west
,equal those of last year and the pies!.
.ent rate of feeding continues, farm
stocks of barley, states the govern-
meht report, at" July 31.st will be well
below the, 23 million" btishels carried
over last season.
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Farmers Helped By New Loan Act
Through the recent •proelamationof
• lreprovement Loang Act,
Canadian fern:ten are Presented with
an inexpensive and nonvenieht Meth.
interniediate. •is;
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',..feW /tenthi • ,htti,
Li41,01:Isp US' ten yeaia prg;Old14,11,
ndu'1l kii*krwooltp:*,,,,
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period of a year or so, and up too 10
year's"' for `the largest smounts.
:Under this legislation, farmers may
apply at their local banks for 5 per
• cent: loans for every kind of farm
improvement from a new plow to a
dwelling house, provided the amount
does not exceed $3,000. There are no
Service or finance charges, and So far
as possible the terms of repayment
are flexible, so that they can be ad-'
justed to ,thi+ individual -circumstanc-
es of the borrowed. For example,
monthly instalments might be moat
.suitable to a farmer with a steady
year-round income, while it might be
more Convenient for the grain farm-
er to pay, say, twice as year or an -
sally.
While 'the benefits are available
immediately, it may not be possible,
for farmers to take full advantage of
the ,Act until after the war. When'
manpower an,IL material shortages
disappear and wartime controls are
relaxed, the Act will enable farmers
to equip their farms with up-tO-date
machinery and equipment and to
make improvements that have had to
be deferred during wartime.
The following are the purposes for
which loans will be available: (1)
purchase of agricultural implements;
(2) purchase of live stock; (8) pur-
chase .and installation of agricultural
equipinent or a faith electric system;
(4) alteration and improvement of a
farm electric system; (5) fencing and
drainage; (5) construction, repair or
modernisation of a farm house and
the construction of laborers' cottages.
and tondist cabins; (7) eonstriXotion,
repair .or alteration of other farm
buildinga; (3) such improvement or
dedeloPMent of a farm aa land clear-
ing or reelathation, soil consetvationl
and suet like. ,
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Care Of Vireetilet i?Ays OlvIdanda
' ,trt Oh:Ulna:to the Work Onsthe fond
ano initvooitfig
(eottatotta Pito 8)
tugse Taken At thijoli 11,05)ri
...en returning tropl i•
Kingston oh '*red/10P,7' at,Wegks,
Mrs, V, A. 13d0dr0.4 bltd 1t3,14
to haite her purse stolen, • She left a
hi.he 40APE' 04:r09rilcP 4/#0,.?d..-04-1°11
. rter .1340 'dieepvereij.
whist she h4 doze and. 41,17101411*mi;
retrieveit, the ,l0qe Jk4 ;iSEISP•
peered and there has been no trace
it eine, W111fillAta
TlideS.
44-lospital Very 'Overcrowded
Monday there were 41 patients in
Wingham General Hospital •Setting a
new record. The new wine,i sure-
ly urgently needed.--WinghaM Ad-
vance -Times.
OwI Las Quite An Egg
Mr. Wm. Gow brought to this of
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flee on Monday morning an . owl's
,egg, the first we ever saw. The owl
bad her nest in a maple tree in the
bush, and there was only one egg
in the nest.. The egg/ resembles a
duck egg in shape and size, and ac -
coding to .Mr. Gow was about half
batched. The owl was the large
brown variety, with' a wing span of
perhaps two or three feet, according
to Mr. Gow.—Blyth Standard.
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Injured When Thown From Outer.
While driving into town last Sat-
nrdak--afternoon Mrs. Aubrey Toll
suffered knee injuries which necessi-
tated her being taken to Wingham
hospital for treatment, and where she
is still confined. Mr. and Mrs. Toil,
were proceeding down the hill ht the t,
north wail of Blyth when they met a
truck. The horse took fright as the
truck Was going by and. before it
could be quieted down, Mrs. Toll was
thrown out of ,the cutter, landing on
her knees on the` -pavement: One
knee struck the corner of a catch
basin, injuring the knee cap. Mrs.
Toll is still in the hospital.—BlYtit
Standard, 4
Early Start At Golf Course
'The season was opened at the Malt*
land golf course on Monday afternoon,
when F, R. Darrow and Carl Schnei-
ker made the rounds and found the k
cotirse in remarkably good condition '
for this time of year.. Whether it is I.
a x eeord or not, March . 12th is un-
usually early for golf in these parts.
—Goderich Signal -Star. '
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• Posthumous Award to Sgmn. Ryan
Announcement is made of the post-
bumous award to. Signalman Worthy
Reginald Ryan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George C. Ryan, Goderich, of , the
bronze medal of the Royal Canadian
Humane Association, for a rescue in.
August last at. ,Newfoundland in
which he himself perished.—Goderidh 4
Signal -Star.
„ •Huge Parsnip
The earth is 'beginning to yield her
increase. Among the first for the ,
season in Exeter was a large parsnip,
dug•up in the -garden of Mr. Robert i
Sanders on Tuesday. • It is three feet
two, inches long' and measures four
and a quarter inches across the top: ,
It is•now on exhobition in the Times -
Advocate window. Mr. Sanders says
there is no frost in the ground. --
Exeter Times -Advocate.
Farm Sold •
Mr. Charles Keddy, of the Srd con-
cession of Usbernes has sold his farso 4
to - his neighbor, Mr. Wm. Jeffered,
whogets Possession immediately, Mr.
Keddy and his sister, Miss Nettie,
will remain on the fans until fall.'
They hope to procure a house ancld
move to Exeter to reside.—Exeter
Tirnes-Adiocate.
'Flowers Wi red . From Italy.
A• joint wedding _Celebration took -t.,
place on Sunday at the home of Mr.
ant! Mrs. Louis Seebach, town, Whew 0
'they marked the '37th. wedding anni-
versary of their 'wedding' day andh
were joined by their daughter, Mrs,
George Seignerdand Mr, Seigner who'
were married twelve years ago and
their son, David. The flowers decor-
ating the table at which dinner was
served were an annieersary gift from
their son, Gnr. Earl Beebach in Italy
along with anotherlovely bouquet
and two flowering plants. — Mitchell
Advocate.
Twins Are 90 YearOld
Monday; March 12th, Washth: 4
birthday anniversary of 'Wiltliae"Ara
Johnston, of the blue Water High-
way, Ashileld; north of Metall. Mr.
Johnston is one of twins, both still
living, his brother, John, being 3
resident of Bellingham, State of
Washington. Roth are in the enjoY-
meat of good health. They were born
in Ashfield and Mr. William jobnston
has liver there all his life. The birth-
day was '01011444 en SundaY bit
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