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Friday, June 8, 1945.
The Ontario- Election__„
There was no uncertainty about .
e result of the Ontario election on
_ outlay. Instead of being a leader
, Of a minority government, Prettier
Drew was returned with a following
•
" of 66 members out of a Legislature'
of 90. In addition, every Minister in
bis• 'Government was returned with
record majorities.
There was no uncertainty either,
in the defeat handed out to Mr: J01
life, Leader of the C.C.F. party, that
coinposed the largest opposition
group in the House, nor in the de-
feat of Mr. Hepburn, the Liberal
-
leader.
In the last Legislature the C.C.F.
held 34 seats, but ° the election on
Monday reduced this to six, a pretty
fair indication that as far as Ontario
is concerned, the C.C.F. star has set,
and that the 'people have no confi-
dence,in the promises and Socialistic
views of that party.
The crushing defeat' of Mr. Hep-
burn, too, demonstrates clearly that
the people of Ontario no longer hold
him on a pedestal. Their resentment
of his erratic policy and particularly
of his treatment of Mr. King when
he was Ontario's Premier, were
'deeply resented, and the people, as a
whole, took the first opportunity of
expressing that resentment.
In the election of 1934, and again
in 1937, the people of Ontario voted
solidly for Mr. Hepburn, but in do-
ing so they elected many members to
the Legislature not only lacking
ability, but a true sense of the mean-
ing of representative government. In
the election of 1943, a great many of
these 'members, lacking the support
of Mr. Hepburn's former' great in-
fluence in the country, fell by the
wayside. In Monday's election the
slate was pretty well cleaned. The
bulk of the Liberal members left,
however, are :strong men, and will
form the nucleus for a new Liberal
party in Ontario.
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When Wililt Corn() ?
If we a're going to have spring this
year, when will' it come? That is
the question that -is giving,real con-
cern to the farmers a this district.
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was fine to have June weather in s;
arch, to allow farmers to practic-
ally finish their seeding, buttohave
November weather follow for -April,
May and June, at least to date, is'
something else again, and something
very discouraging too.
The excessive rainfall for the past .
two months has flooded the land and
where complete drainage in fields is
lacking, the land can absorb no more
moisture. Add cold and frost to
those conditions and you have a
real picture of the farmers' discon-
tent.
The -seed went in in good shape
• and germination brought the crops
to the surface, but the weather has
kept them there. Far a few days
the weather man would appear to
relent, and grass and pastures would
shoat up. And then would come a
black frost and the grass would be
cut back an inch for every two it had
grown.
That has been the picture for the
past two months, and June, as much -
as we have seen of it, promises noth-
ing better. In spite of it all, how-
ever, grain crops look amazingly well
and given a week of sun and warm
weather, they would • fulfill their
promise. But hay is likely to be
short„regardless of weather condi-
tions. , '
llean growers are beginning to
worry a bit too. Seeding should be
Completed within the next ten or
• fifteen .days, but if rain continues to
11, daily during the ,next week or
tv', as it has been doing almost
centinuously for the paid two
montfai, and the cold continues much
k •
the bean erop this year will
,anioitht to huh.
Os tune on the farm,
Priees are high
on ti* fptm, but
1)efore. they
abuu-
' real
all Vie
„ had
e fulfl,lle , not On,
ly for je thmer& sake, but for the
welfare of the people of the whole
world.
Muck Better Off
--- We - have- hearrl reproach_ and bit-
ter complaint' of ceiling prices on
farm products, but as a matter of
fact farmers as a whole are much
better • off financially as this war
closes than they were after World
War L
It is true that they have ne • r
received such prices as reign in
1918-19. There have been ni 16
cents per pound prices for beef, no
23 cents per pound for hogs; no $2.
wheat; no 80 cent butter and no -80
cent eggs.
But those prices were the result
of inflation, which ran wildduring
the last year of the first' war and the
year following. It was those prices
that started the gamble in land. Such
prices, it was believed, would pre-
vail for years to come. Consequent-
ly one could not have too much land
on which to grow farm products to
realize on them.
Farmers gambled in land and
gambled in live stock,.and no machine
was too high priced. Then came the
crash and many farmers, rich on
paper, found, themselves very, very
poor indeed.
Perhaps the farmer learned from
that experience. At: any rate, the
farmer in this war is saving his
money and paying off his mortgage
and his other debts, so, that even
should the bottom fall out of the
farm market, as it did in the early
twenties, he will still have left a
clear home and a clear farm off
which he can produce a nod living,
and ,even make a little money.
One Truck Load
We were interested in the picture
of a truck and trailer we saw the
other day. Not that trucks and
trailers are at all uncommon in this
country, .but this one really was.
The truck and trailer are owned
and operated by R. F. - Brown, of
Al-Cuquerque, New Mexico, and the
trailer is said to -be the longest cattle
trailer, in the world. And, consider-
ing the fact that it hauls 61 head ot
cattle at a time, it probably is.
• The trailer is a Freuhauf, 45 foot,
tandem -axle unit, hauled, by an In-
ternational tractor, and the entire
length is 591/2 feet. It is used to haul
cattle to the Santa Fe Railroad at
Raton, N. M., and the haul consists
of 50 miles of dangerous mountain/
driving at elevations of from 6,000
to 7,000 feet.
This giant of the pavements owes
its origin to the removal of the rail-
road feeder line from the area, and
,the only way the ranchers in the
vicinity have of moving their cattle
is by truck.
It was an interesting picture, as
we say, but we were far more in-
terested in seeing it in a paper than
we could possibly be in actually
meeting it on the road in this sec-
tion of the country.
We already have what resemble
small freight trains running on our
highways, and they are large enough
and hoggish enough too, but if rail-
way accommodation continues to
dwindle as it has been during the
past number of years, no doubt we
will be, before long, trying' to keep
our bit of highway against 591/2 -foot
trucks and trailers.
However, before that day arrives
there will have to be a new Construc-
tion program carried out on our
highways, and new right-of-way
purchased ,which will increase them
to double their present width.
•
Petty Larceny
The memory of Sir John A. Mac-
donald will never grow cold in, Can-
acht. He was too keen a politician
andpossessed too keen a wit for that.
The story is told of him, of, how
in the House of Commons at Ottawa
one day, an opponent accused hhn of
having taken part of the political -
program of the other party. "Sir
John has stolen the brains of the
Opposition 1" he ohouteliQuitk1.
, octor,, 6;1`cor," own,.
,ea
y, n, arose to a point
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The Herein EpIt�r"
June 18, 1920
A pA9St successful garden party was
held en^ the lawn of Mrs 3'. 13.Greig's
tesidence on Thursday afternoon
pleasant was. Spent. by.
:uxosiLi:.attendance, angl a good aura
reallztd for the Barbara Kirkman
Miss Verna Graves, 'lais4 Merner
and Miss Janet Hays were in Detroit
this week.
The Misses Mason leave this week
for the coast, while Miss Clara Mason
lea es for ListoWel where she will
tra n 'for a nurse. •
iss Thelma •Pethick, o1 Victoria
Hsplta1, London, ' is :spending her
oliclaYs at her home here.
Mrs. Gales has sold the brick resi-
dence on James St, at present occu-
pied by Mr. A. Hazen, to Mr. W. J.
Dickson, of Walton, who will take
possession in October.
Mr. J. F. Ross, of the Seaforth Col-
legiate, is presiding in Brussels this
week, while Mr: Treleaven, of Clin-
ftooh.
n
rtCollegiate, is presiding at Sea-
..
Geo. A. Sills & Sons, hardware
-merchants, Seaforth, have secured
the contract for a hot water heating
system and • plumbing for the new
scholia, at Kinkora, the contract be-
ing something around $3,000.
Mr. Thos. Moylan, of Beechwood,
has purchased a Chevrolet car from
Mr. D. Shanahan.
Messrs. Albert Krauskopf and Wm.
O'Reilly, 1VilKi11op, disposed of a fine
horse each to local horse buyers, for
which they received long -prices:
A. W. Norris, of Staffa, •had, the
misfortune to have a horse killed by
lightning on Friday last and three
others blinded 'by the shock. They
were under a tree.
Mr. Arnold Westcott, Seaforth, left
this week for Halkirk, Alta.
The trustees of, S.S. No. 2, Tuck
ersmith, have been fortunate in se-
curing the services of Mr. W. G.
Strong as teacher for another ar. ar,
He is to receive $1,200 a year. lMr.
Strong is a son of Mr. and, Mrs.}leo.
Strong, Tuckersmith. •
Mr. T. J. Berry, Hensall, had ship
ped to his stable this week a regis-
tered Percheron mare owned by Mr.
H. A. Fletcher, of Usborne, to b
bred to his Percheron stallion, Jabot.
Mr. Fletcher saw Jabot at London
last fall and made him his choice of
anything he had seen at the Western
Fair,
•Mrs. Watson, of Klippen, who has
been in •poor health for some time,
has gone to live with her sister, Mrs.
jams, 4,,Welf„.„ in Seaforth. Her daugh-
ter„IV011argaret, went with her, as
she hag also been in poor health.
•
From The Huron Expositor
June 14, 1895
Mr. Finlay McIntosh, of near Lead -
bury, raised his barn one day last
week. In the evening 200 young peo-
ple gathered and spent the evening
dancing.
About 20 of the townmen of Zurich
assisted in raising a, barn' for Mr.
John Laporte last Monday. Mr. F.
Seigner, Zurich, and Mr. H. Rau, of
Drysdale, were the captains. . They
had a lively time, but Mr. Seigner
and the .Zurich boys came out victor-
ious.
Mr. Fink, of Francestown, moved
to Zurich last week and is engaged
as foreman of the Zurich Flax Co.
Rev. Mr. Muir, newly inducted min-
ister at Egmondville Church, was
greeted with large and highly ap-
preciative congregations on Sunday.
Master Willie Robb, a young son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Robb, had his
hand caught in a lawn mower the
otter day and had one finger badly
•cut.
Mr. S. Brownell., of town, is tads-
ing his residence on James St. and
is having a stone foundation put un-
der it.
Mr. Archie Barton has been laid up
for some days with blood poisoning.
While shoeing a horse he had his
leg scratched with a nail.
Miss Annie Somerville, Miss Gov-
enlock and Mr. James Somerville left,
for the Soo on Tuesday.
Mr. Wm. Irwin, of town, who went
to the West a short time ago, has
secured a situation as night opera-
tor at Kelsey, Minnesota, at a salary
of $50 a month.
Mr. John A. Jackson, son of Mr.
G. E. Jackson,'of Egmondville, who
has been touring in the Eadtern
States with the Varsity lacrosse club
has returned home., •
Mr. D. Carmichael, Mr. John Me -
Donald and Mr. Harry Mips, of Staffa,
took in the Maccabees' and Forres-
ters' exeursionto Port Huron. last
Tuesday.
While returning to the house from
the barn, Mrs. Seines McLean, Tuck-
ersmith, sthpped on a garden rake
which was lying teep upwards in
the grass. She' is now nursing a very
sore foot.
. On Tuesday evening a large num-
ber of ,the ,people who formerly wor-
shipped in the old Presbyterian
Church, Bruceffeld, assembled at the
residence of Tfr3 -George Walker, Mill
Road, for the ptirpose of' conveying
tO that genjehiafl thelr ppree1atbon
of his .faithful and interested. labors,
Ih cOnneetkii ne
'Wits presented With a pair of chairs •
for himself u4 i1 Wife,
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barb, 'raising .t?itiA;Itfa lit& Oda tine
Mile4114 161400,4000f,'4„i'' 410
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You get a strange f eeling ai night
Wbei gu"1v10 '01011X with a 44!t9.4/a
if there's no moon . and particu-
larly When it's raining. o wonder
these chaps who write mystery Ater-,
les, always have the Seenes• taking
plate on cold, wet' nights When WS
Agrl.S.:
Last tilOt thing atiown- to•atite..baln.
to take a kink at the stoele before
going 'to bed, that thought came to
me. The water was dripping la ff the
eaves and nay feet crunched 011 the
wet gravel of the laneWay down to
the barnyard. The legs of my over-
alls slapped together with a noise
that I simply can't describe, but
which any farmerw1U recognite: The
Collie dog tripped along behind me.
The light spread out in .shifting blobs
and outside this pale of light there
was just perfect darkness.,
Walking home from the neighbors
the other, night I carried a lantern.
There's 'been a lot of rain lately, or
hadn't you noticed, and I was in no
mod to get my feet wet.' Going
through the swamp road I had al,
most a feeling of fear. You begin
to wonder what might be behind that
dark mass of dripping trees. ,
The draindrops spitter and spatter
on the hot top of the lantern. A dog
-I:take away off in the distance. An
animal of some kind atirs in. the wet
grass. The creek bubbles and gur-
410s- 14414 as if it were ,the only real-
4‘1110R___PY WA; 'lewhole Praa,
tide. Your feet melte a hollow rumb-
Un
clatter on the planks of the creek
bridge.
You- feel ,good beeauss there's, a
light dn. a farm hoUse. Even if it
isn't COW, the daticeess,
ehigy.„'„tee Trb:IN rain Seip to be
seeping iritti /Thu, lion4,---Verre
alone and man usually doesn't like
to he alone, -Partienlarly Mader cir-
einnstnneeS that.
The darkness of night is a atrange
thing. All too any people let other
people make jokes to their children
about it. Sonaeftrnes they offend
themselves by scaring the children
off to bed under the pretext that
some fearful "bogey -man" will get
them if they're not good.
All of us have a certain fear in-
side ourselves of the darkness. The
light of day is such a cdmfortable
thing. Sometime when you, an't
sleep, just listen to the noises of a
house. The creaks and groans of
boards and branches scraping and
the rattle of windows, are all rather
weird. yet, in the daytime you nev-
er think of these things. It's my
guess that naost people are brave by
daylight/ but just a little fearful
when the black cloak of darkness
comes settling down over the world.
:JUT A SPAILF OR TWO (1,
She: "It is disgraceful! Yester-
day you kissed me against my- will
faenncleeto,day you try to repeat the of -
He: "Well, a criminal always re-
turns to' the scene of his own'crinae."
•
Counsel (cross-examining a farm-
er: "Now don't quibble! Do you
understand a simple problem or 'notr
Witness: "I do." •
"Then tell the court this: If 15
men ploughed a held in five 'hours,
how long Will 30 men take to plow
the same field?"
"They couldn't •do it."
"Why not?"
"Because the 15 'men have already
ploughed it!"
•
"Dad, we learnt 'at school today
that the animals have a new fur ev-
ery winter."
"Be quiet! Your mother is in the
next room."
"I have heard'," said the professor,
1"that Babylon fell, and Nineveh was
destroyed, and--"
Someone in the class: "Tyre- was
.punctured."
•
Husband: "This is a remarkable
book. It proves how nasiVeloua, how
stupendous i nature., Whenever' I
read something like this I realize
ho* lowly and insignificant man is."
Wife: "A woman doesn't have to
wade through four hundred pages to
learn that!"
•
An Irish truck driver was charged
with reckless driving and with hav-
ing stopped his truck so suddenly
that a car behind him smashed into
him. The judge asked• him why he
had not •held out his hand.
Pat immediately answered: "If the
poor fool Couldn't see me truck, how
un Hivin's name could he see me
hand?"
Huron Federation Of
Agriculture -FarmNews :
Protect Against Potato Blight
The disease that blackens the leaves
of potato plants 'in the fall and later
attacks the tubers, causing so much
loss, is known as Late Blight. It has
become so prevalent in Northern On-
tario during recent years that it is
nosy practically impossible • togrow
potatoes without protection against
this disease.
The disease attacks 'first the leaves
of the plants. It can be recognized by
the blotches on the underside of the
•leaves. The blotches have a water -
soaked appearance.
As the season advances, the disease
spreads by means of spores. A great
many of the spores drop to the ground
and are washed down to the potatoes
infecting them.
Protection consists of covering the
plant and keeping it covered at all
times with Bordeaux mixture sprayed
on. or copper lime dusted en. Either
method is effective if thoroughly done.
Spraying or dusting should begin
about the end of June when the plants
are about six inches high, and ahould
be repeated often enough to keep the
plants covered. Three to seven spray-
ings or dustings may be needed, de-
pending upon the season. In dry wea-
ther the disease does not spread but
cloudy, damp seasons are most. favor-
able to its development.
At the Dominion Experimental sta-
tion at Kapuskasing, states J. P. S.
Ballantyne, the Superintendent, during
the past two seasons in particular,
potatoes that' were dusted regularly
'and thoroughly were not affected by
Blight, while in the neighborhood the
disease, was rampant and the loss
severe. The ^slogan "Protect the Sur-
face and You Protect Aill" applies,
with great force to the potato crop.
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Millions of Trees Under P. F, R. A.
The various agencies under the
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act
which have availed themselves of
the P.F.R.A. tore planting service
haVa been receiving annually trees
for planting from the Dominion For-
estry Station at Indian Head, Sask.
This station has supplied broadleaf
trees free of charge, While 0, fee of
one dollar per hundred trees — two
dollars before 1942—is applied on
conifer •distribution. In the early
years of the rehabilitation .program,
financial assistance was given by the
P.F.II.A. to organization -members for
the purpose of tree •planting and
'Maintenance, but this remuneration
was curtailed :in 1938 and Withdrawn
completely in 1940, 'save for an an.
nual maintenance subsidy of fifteen
dollars per Mile of shelterhelt, for a
perite of• ilVe years, to of,
eId Slielterbelt Maeda -Hen.
these Shelterbelt AsElodiations are
fernier .ergitnizationti eatablisliect' to
previde denimistrational field shelter-'
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en. Units of this type, four in num-
ber, are located at' Conquest, Sask.,
Lyleton, Man., Arneroid, ,Sask., and
Porter Lake, Alta. 'The distribution
of trees to the Shelterbelt Associa-
tions since their organization in 1935
and 1936 had reached -in 1943 the to-
tal of over 6,000,000, planted in 776
miles of Shelterbelts. 'The annual,
distribution of trees through P.F.R.A.
ageriCies from 1936 to 1943 reached s
total of 14,744,505. 3
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Record Meat Supply
The total output of meat ia Can-
ada in 1944 was the largest on re-
cord.. Accdrding to preliminary esti-
mates the toaal supply,Including both
inspected ana, 'non -inspected produc-
tion, and allowing for changes in
storage stocks, was move than 21/2
billion pounds. Inspected slaughter-
ings of all -kinds of stock showed in-
creases over 1943. Output of pork
products was by far the greatest on
record, while cattle slaughterings
were also substantially higher than in
previous years. Of the 21/4 billion
pounds total meat supply, 1,886 mil-
lion pounds represents production
from 'inspected establishmente.
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Dangerous Old Bones
Veterinary authorities suggest that
cattle owners may save themselves
possible losses by clearing up old
bones which sometimes are left lying
around pastures and live stock lots.
It is pointed out that, while fatal
cases of botulinus poisoning may be
caused by cattle eating 'from n moldy
haystack, the disease is usually caus-
ed_ by nutritionally -deficient cows
chewing old bones left lying about
the, farm. Symptoms of sbotulinu
poisoning include first of all stiffness
of the hind cplarters, thed of the fore-
legs, followed by difficulty in breath:
ing and Axially paralysis,
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Berries-;,+Chzse, Potato Prices
Ceiling prices of strawberries and
raspberries will be the same as in:
1944, except for minor adjustments
designed to improve distribution
across Canada throughout the pick -
in
es and Trade Board:' •
Also, ceiling prices on new pota-
toes from prbducer through all dis-
tribution levels will remain unchang-
ed. Owing to the supply situation in
respect to old potatoes being not so
favorable 'as • in 1944, it- is expected
that. acme new potatoes will have to
be brOtight in from the United States
to dertain areas where old potatoes
are riot 'available for domestie re-
tittireinents. To confine inaportations
tottsth_wesiell abreertsn4isesitiorific lin:port per -
/11 regard to ehe thlino Change in
basic prices is made in the ne* or -
4r, hat aUnlit IS- placed on the
abiotint Which MO he Charge& to
direr .p-4to1age, interest Mid shrink-
Hetellers *he ellsthMarily Store
riatilliteiters111Xdilltit UtttjrareXred- .4'61111
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•!•`Viriaen. *!. PePOTWirra.a.OPt
clock Is still ailing. Eirery.puer 4410",
glad to hear -it ring, • as .the "fowl%
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News -Record. •
-Purohases.Stoan_lijook
Mr. Basil Thrower reCehtlYi. Put—
chased 'the Sloan Blocl ert .1,44#1, St.
Tram Mr. Mei .Cooper,. of docierich.
Mr. Thrower says that his Platiii for ,
• the use of. the building. will be put fi
icnationtoenffeNctewisuRethceordspring of 1946. --
Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. .and j. Wm. •Mills were•
at home to their friends on the. oc-
casion of their fiftieth wedding anni-
versary on Tuesday, June 5th, be.
tueen the hours of 2,30 and 5 o'clock
and between 8 and 10 o'clock in the
evening.—Blith Standard.
Changes on Teachers' Staff
A
There will be a few changes on: -
the teachifiristaff of the Exeter high,
and public school for 'the next term.
Miss •Ellenton, who has been the
teacher of languages, on the high
school staff, has resigned. Miss Mar-
garet Tape, who has been on' the.
staff for the past seven years as
teacher of home economics, has ac-
cepted a position as history teacher 4
with the Port Arthur Collegiate In-
s'itute. Miss Margaret Henry, who p.
has been primary •class teacher for
two years, has acceptedaa position on e
the teaching staff at London. Ali
three teachers have done splendid
service and will be missed in Exeter:.
—Exeter Times-Advdeate. •
Master David Seigner, 'son of Mr.
and Mrs.. George. Seigner, town, has
been in the Children's Memorial Ho-
pital, since last Wednesday /
night receiving treatment for an in-
jured hand. With some other chil-
dren he was playing Zbout when the 0,
lads decided to try jumping over a
small -pit in which, was some broken
glass. David fell onto the glass, the •
jagged stuff severing the tendons ,'
leading to the first, second and -third
fingers of his left hand. After medi-
calattention was given he was tak-
en to Stratford Hospital where ad-. co'
vice was given to take him to a spe-
cialist in London, the trip being made. "
during ,the night and the necessary"
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treatment administered. The little's:
lad's arm was placed in cast arut penicillin was administered every
three hours for several days. It is
expected he Will be :brought home
this week.—Mitcliell Advocate.
Discharged After Five Years .3
Sgt. Andy Easton, Who sperit three
Years overseas, where be was attaclt.
ed to the 'First Field Park Co., 2nd:
DFisIon Engineers, and \who return.: --
ed to Canada in September, 1943, has
now received his discharge from the
army and has resumed his old pest- '
tion with Mr. W. C. Allison. Since
returning to Canada, Andy has' been,
an instructor at the Woodstock Driv-- 4
ing School.—Exeter Timea-Advocate..
Properties Change Ownership
Mr. and Mrs. H. Kretsinger, of 4
Winter Park, Florida, have purchas-
ed the beatttiful residence known as
"The Castle," from Mrs. J. Wesley
Reid, of Detroit and Goderich. • They' A.
will occupy it as a summer home:. ..
Mrs. Kretsinger is a niece of Mrs. 4
Roy .Stoneliouse. Another fine re•si-
dence, that at the corner of Colborne A
and Nelson Streets, has changed.
ownership, having been purchased..
by Mr. Stan Prevett from Miss Doro-
thy Dickson, London. Mr. Prevett.
and family will occupy this home. at.
some future date. Other residence. y
properties that have changed hands
are the house on East Street which v•
was owned and occupied by William
Hill and which has been purchased
by .Misa. Minnie Rudd, (if Clinton, and ••••
the dwelling on Waterloo St. °weed'
by Mrs. Vlex Colbeine, which has
become the property of Mrs. Findlay,
late, of Toronto, — Goderich Signala-
Star.
Lad Suffers Severe Hand Injury+
Shooting Accident on Sunday
The life of Fred Lott, who was ac-
cialentally shot between the shoul-
ders Sunday afternoon. hangs in the
balance. He is at present In_Nr.Ptoria
Hospital, Lon -don, having been taken
there' a few hours after the aecident.
Sunday afternoon Fred and Harry.
Browne went bunting groundhogs.- a
They were in the act of starting home •
about° six o'clock when they saw two 0
of the rodents just over the hill near '
the old silo about three fields past -,14
the certietery. Harry took a shot at
one of them and Fred at the other.
Fred was about 12 feet or So away
from Harry at the time. Harry pump-
ed his gpn and in some Way must *.
have accidentally discharged it and •
at the same time Fred• Must have '
fit
walked into the •path of the bullet.
He was hit between , the shoulders a
and "the second thoracic spine was
fractured and the spinal cord unjr
ed. - Harry rushed to Kelly's for as-
sistance and Fred Was taken to Wing -
ham General Hospital. About ten
'o'clock lae was transferred by ambu-
lance to London, In a critical con-
dition he is almost completely pare-
lyzed,-*-Wingham Advance -Times.
Fur Farm Gives Scholarship
The Laidlaw Fur Farm has gener-
ously donated a Scholarship for the
Entrance. pupils writing at the Wing -
ham Centre. The scholarship is $20 0.
cash to the obtaining the •higt-
est ,standing. iziforniation wftl -
be.Oent. to ettell dgeteet isse'tito ,High,
ifottrd. WiOtatta