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CHAPTER XIII -
Canby had breath enough. He
n ou know,
was going on volubly, p, "D' y w,
1 bet my hat a whole lot of it came
from something nobody ever said a
word about -your saying you'd re-
sign. Money talks! Everybody in
town knew that if you'd just kept
still about taking that bequest,
you'd have had four times the sal-
ary you've . . .,,
He gave a convulsive start and
hung up one arm as, astoundingly,
Incredible, the crack of a pistol
went off behind them -a bang!
Bang -bang -bang -bang! a barrage
of lout detonations as from a ma-
chine gun at their heels, went off
in a nerve -shattering fusillade.
Mr. Dewey was holding his walk-
ing stick up over his head at arm's
tough, his battered old hat on it.
How"Skinny"Girls
Get Lovely Curves
6ahi"5to`IO"lbs. New Pep
Tbauaandawhoneverr could gain weight before now
novo ny
probs. eg1Y Yholowws..�They, thunk No more
eesh on bodies.aiimy. because .bleed laChs iron.
reps you -up, toot improves appetite d Own.lon w
food nomrisheayou better. Don tfeargettleg ton int.
stop when you gain enure you wish. Introdacter,
er"get-acquainted" greenly ITWIlry Daubs Tonto
Tablets for new pounds, lovely cartes, new pep.
today. /it aildruggist&
On the hat a pack of large fire-
crackers-
a volcano of noir
made noise
-
and smoke and vicious darting
flashes or fire. In his left hand
was another pack. Catching sight,
over his shoulder, of their startled
faces . . . "Jes celebratin'," he
explained.
Timothy was left to do what he
could with his victory, left not to
dreaming inaction with the slim,
honorably broken, poetic sword of
defeat in his hand, but with the
heavy earth -stained spade of en-
forced effort. A formidably exten-
sive stretch of ground.was to be
turned over. His back ached at
the sight of it. All to be done in
the bare month left before the
Academy opened, and all to be
done together, kept in ,the air at
one time like a juggler's balls.
The most unfamiliar of these
balls was the hasty organization
of the new bus service for the more
distant students. Timothy tools Eli
along on this first trips to the out-
lying hamlets and isolated farms
to the farms or workshops or
houses of the selectmen and school
directors where, notebook in hand,
he jotted down the necessary in-
formation about young people re-
cently out of the eighth grade. He
had thought that after that prelim-
inary survey he would also need
somehow to find the time to look
up those potential students one by
Your Business Directory
MEDICAL
DR. M. W. STAPLETON
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 90 Seaforth
JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 110' : Hensall
JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
IN DR, H. H. ROSS' OFFICE
Phones; Office 5-W; Res. 5-J
Seaforth
SEAFORTH CLINIC
E. A. McMASTER, B.A., M.D.
Internist
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Surgeon
Office Hours: •1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
daily, except Wednesday and Sun-
day.
EVENINGS: Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday only, 7-9 p.m.
Appointments made in advance
are,. desirable.
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53 Waterloo St. South, Stratford
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University
of Toronto.
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mei and Aural Institute, Moore-
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Throat Hospital, London, Eng. At
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from 2 to 4:30 p.m.
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ACCOUNTING
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Public Accountant
CLINTON - ONTARIO
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DIRECTORS:
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Malone, Seaforth; S. W. Whit-
more, Seaforth; Chris. Leonhardt,
Bornholm; Robert Archibald, Sea-
oorth; John H. McEwing, Blyth;
Frank McGregor, Clinton; Wm. S.
Alexander, Walton; Harvey Fuller,
Goderich.
AGENTS:
J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; R. F.
McKercher, Dublin; George A.
Watt, Blyth; J. F. Prueter, Brod-
bagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels.
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GOING WEST
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(Afternoon) PM.
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A.M.
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P.M.
3.00
8.46
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McCONNELL & HAYS
Barristers, Solicitors, Etc.
PATRICK D. McCONNELL
H. GLENN HAYS, K.C.
County Crown Attorney
SEAFORTH, ONT.
Telephone 174
MUSIC TEACHER
STANLEY J. SMITH, A.T.C.M.
Teacher of
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4319-52
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Licensed Auctioneer, Cromarty
Purebred, Farm and Household
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22.
EDWARD W. ELLIOTT
Licensed Auctioneer
Correspondence promptly answer-
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be made for sale dates by phoning
203, Clinton. Charges moderate and
satisfaction guaranteed.
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Specialist in farm stock and im-
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Satisfaction guaranteed. Licensed
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For particulars and open dates,
write or phone JOSEPH L. RYAN,
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Specialist in Farm and House-
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Licensed in Huron and Perth
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For information, etc., write or
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SURGE MILKERS
DAIRY MAID
Hot Water Heaters
J. B. HIGGINS
PHONE 56 r 2 : BAYFIELD
Authorized Surge Service Dealer
Seaforth Monument Works
T. PRYDE & SON
Memorial Craftsmen
Seaforth Exeter Clinton
Seaforth Showrooms Open Tuesday
See Dr. Harburn for 'uppoint-
anent. any other time, or Phone
414, Exeter.
one. But, to his relief, Eli snatch-
ed most of that work from him. By
the o enin dayof the Academy,
g
his buses were full; one of them
had to make two trips. There were
seventy-three new freshmen at the
Academy. While Eli was doing
this with daily conferences with
the Principal, Timothy, with the
three Trustees and what teachers
he could call back, was clawing
together a hastily drranged cur-
riculum and budget, interviewing
extra teachers, supervising the
cleaning and whitewashing of the
long empty third storey of the
Academy building.
It was in these Trustees' meet-
ings that he began with Mr. Ran-
dall that earnest effort which he
made with everyone who had been
on the other side, to get himself,
by humility and friendliness, for-
given for the offense of having been
right and having been successful.
"Say, do you know ,hat Charlie
Randall's not the fool I took him
for -not quite," commented Mr.
Dewey charitably to Timothy one
day.
"Ale?" commented Timothy.
The Academy opened its doors.
Not only was there the crowd of
rustic freshmen disgorged every
morning from Eli's buses, and
thirty-five new students from out
of the state scattered through the
four classes, but there were three
new resident teachers and three
part-time teachers.
It seemed to the older teachers
that everything was to be organ-
ized anew. The old stone building,
full to the eaves now, gave forth
an almost audible humming. The
disorder and uncertainties of the
first of the term, which usually
lasted three or four days, stretch-
ed out through the first three or
four weeks, full of mistakes, false
starts, failures, although everybody
was extended to the limit of his
powers.
But those weeks had more in
them than failures, They were
flushed with promise. For all the
reasons inthe world Timothy
was
thankful to have such difficulties
in the opening months of the new
term, when Susan and Canby still
came once in a while to spend an
hour or two in Clifford. People
said to each other, said to Canby
and Susan, "My! Professor Hnime's
got his nose to the grindstone this
fall! With all those new students,
and the new teachers to look out,
for, a person can't hardly get a
word out of Mm, about anything
but the 'cademy."
Once a strange thought flew into
his mind and alighted for a mo-
ment, looking at him out of alien
eyes, the thought that Susan was
after all, only a very nice Clifford
girl. But he could make nothing
of it and it flew away at once, back
into the unknown country whence
it had come.
The back road on which Eli
Kemp had been born and brought
up became impassable in winter. He
consulted Timothy about getting a
lodging. Timothy had suggested
with hesitation on account of Aunt
Lavinia, his sleeping in the slant
ceilinged room across the hall
from his study, and having break-
fast with them.
Fearing one of Aunt Lavinia's
explosions, Timothy thought of var-
ious way to break up the news to
her. or to forewarn Eli of break-
ers ahead. But in the end, when
Eli brought his new pasteboard
suitcase in through the front door,
he said only, "Hello, Eli -oh, yes,
I remember. This was the day you
were to come." And, "Aunt La-
vinia, this is Eli Kemp, who's run-
ning the new student bus service.
He's going to use that extra room
on the third floor this winter."
Apparently this offhand introduc-
tion was the best. The two strange-
ly assorted housemates settled
down with no fireworks under the
same roof.
* * * *
December brought a welter of
snow•. The town plows kept only
the most necessary thoroughfares
open. Eli's buses could not get
up the steep back hills, but waited
for his passengers below at the
junction of the side roads with the
highways. -
Eli, on his. way to bed in his
third -storey room, hesitated once in
a while as he passed the door of
the study and went in, if Timothy
looked up welcomingly, and said,
"Have a chair, Eli." In the first
weeks their chat was plain and
factual. But as Eli grew used to
the house, he sometimes tallied
about his half formulated hopes for
success. "Mr. Hulme, you know
SOLUTION TO
BOXWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS DOWN
1. Jimmy 1. Jaguar
4. Evoke 2. Mamma
7. Tea 3. Yerba
8. Extra 4. Earl
10. Gamer 5. Ode
11. Rhesus 6. Emu
15. I.O.U. 7. Thief
16. Boodle 9. Too
19. Avatar 12. Hetero
22. Torso 18. Sprig
23. Fire 14. Sword
25. Image 17. Oriole
26. Ratio 18. Drain
27. Rigid 20. Versus
30. Lbs. 21. Totes
31. London 24. Igloo
34. Ulster 28. Intact
37. Twa 29. Inane
38. Copse 32. Ormolu
40. Moira 33. Doing
41. Neuro 35. Length
42. Chef 36. Trump
45. Aging 38. Charm
46. Legate 39. Prior
49. Typhus 43. Heroes
52. Roe 44. Fleet
53, Martha 47. Estop
56. Tempo 48. Admit
57. Motto 50. Yams
58. Eat 51. Hot
59. Kirks M. Ask
60. Paths 56. Tar
those two e..tra nus tripe a day;
well, siz,-they're turning out pret-
ty nearly velvet. I bet a regular
bus line straight across this part
of the state would make money,
Real money."
One afternoon in January, Timo-
thy was stopped on the street by
Bill Peck, Eli's middle-aged part-
ner. "Say, Professor Hulme, do
you know that Eli Kemp is some-
-not!
hod darn
ed 'f he's just
YI
J
bet that kid'll . turn out to be one
of the money-makers."
One evening when they had wan-
dered into ' reminiscences of the
campaign -by far the most exciting
event in Eli's life so far -the boy
asked, "Say, what kind of a man
was that Mr. Wheaton, anyhow?"
Timothy told the story of Whea-
ton's early life -not unlike Eli's,
he thought, and drew a portrait of
Mr. Wheaton's character, ending,
"A Stone Age man living in the
Twentieth century. Just because
Mr. Wheaton was extra clever at
making money, people kept putting
him in positions where his say-so
helped decide what pictures should
hang in museums, and what 'sub-
jects should be taught in schools.
It's very bad for a person's char-
acter to be constantly passing
judgment on what he doesn't. un-
derstand. I wonder why-" Tim-
othy went on musingly-' r really
do wonder why business is so dif-
ferent from everything else modern
men do? Why should the man with
a gift for business be the only
human who expects to get paid for
the use of his brains just all he
can extract from the people who
can't get along without it?"
"But, Mr. Hulme, he can't get
more than just so much -competi-
tion keeps that down."
So there was talk, very simple
talk, in short words, about compe-
tition compared to co-operation. A
few days later at breakfast, Eli
said, "Say, Professor Hulme, you
know that idea of yours about not
just getting all the profit there is
for yourself is a good business
plan?"
Its not exactly my idea, Eli.
It's pretty common, nowadays."
Timothy had not meant to drive
over the mountain to Drury. When
he slid down the long straight de-
scent from the top of The Wall in-
to the Drury valley and went past
the marker showing that he had
come into Drury township, he still
had no intention of stopping there.
But he took his foot from the
accelerator and slowed the car,
looking from side to side, at one
white clapboard house after an-
other. He knew now what had
brought him there. A longing to
see Susan that was desperation.
When he came to a house with a
litter of building materials around
it and a scaffolding up around a
half rebuilt chimney he slipped his
clutch, set his brake, stopped the
engine and got out.
Across a wide stretch of April -
tender grass, Susan turned from
where she stood under, a young
apple tree. She held a rake in her
hand.
She saw him now, she saw who
it was. She dropped her rake and
with a cry of passionate welcome,
"Oh, Uncle Tim! Dear, dear Uncle
Tim!" she tried to run to him.
When he moved to meet her, she
flung her alms around his neck,
kissing him with all hear heart.
"Oh, Uncle Tim, how glad I am
you've come!" There were tears
in his own middle-aged eyes as he
held her tenderly to him, feeling
with a strange turmoil the pres-
sure against him of her misshapen
body. He let her go, he wiped his
eyes, he said. -the first simple
words that came into his mind -
"Well, Susan - well! How are
you? And how is Canby?"
Canby was there, a hammer in
one hand, the other one out
stretched. "Well, here you are!
Susan and I were just saying this
very morning that if you didn't get
over this way soon-" He forgot
what he was saying, shaking Titn-
othy's hand up and down, up and
down.
"Stay for Lunch," cried Susan.
"I'll make a chocolate souffle.
�� E •,:ads;aii
Brussels Couple
Married 50 Years
A happy privilege granted to corn.
paratively few families was enjoy-
ed by Mr. and Mrs. James Perrie
and their family on Tuesday, when
they celebrated the 50th annivers-
ary of their wedding day, March
20, 1901. They settled first on a
farm on the 16th concession of
Grey Township and in 1908 they
moved to the farm now occupied
by their son, William Perrie. A
few years ago they returned to
live on John St., Brussels. Another
s'on, John, lives on the 12th con-
cession of Grey.
A bounteous anniversary dinner
was served at noon to the family
and close relatives. The table was
centred by a three-tier wedding
cake and was set with the china
which had been used for the wed-
ding 50 years ago. Baskets of daf-
fodils and snapdragons in spring
shades, decorated the home.
During the afternoon, the seven
grandchildren of the happy couple
enacted a tnock wedding, wearing
some of the costumes worn by the
principals in the original wedding.
J. McNair delighted the group with
two Scottish readings.
An account of the wedding, tak-
en from the Brussels Post of March
28, 1901, was read to the guests by
Tim Perrie, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Perrie.
Miss Minnie McNair who is men-
tioned in the account is still living
In British Columbia. Mrs. McNair
has one sister, Mrs. Alex Perrie,
and two brothers, James and Wil-
liam McNair, all living in the com-
munity.
Mr. and Mrs. Perrie are staunch
Presbyterians, members of Knox
Church, Cran'brook, where Mr. Mc-
Nair was a member of the kirk
session for many years. In recall-
ing old time, Mr. and Mrs. Perrie
remembered that the weather of 50
years ago was very cold with a lot
of Snow, and roads were quite
heavy.
West H. D
Held Blyth
Meeting
The conference, "Foods That
Healthy Children Like," sponsored
by West Huron District Women's
Institute, was held In Memorial
Hall Monday •afternoon and was
m e
most interesting. .Des
Despite the heavy
P
snowfall, there was a splendid at-
tendance, with members present
from Auburn, Belgrave, Dungan-*
non, Londesboro and Blyth, 1
The conference, which was open
Miss Peck showed me just how
you like it."
"Come on in for the love of Mike
and let me show you what I'm do-
ing to the house," said Canby.
They went in through the wails
of the house, anywhere, and be-
gan to lay a table standing in a
litter of sawdust and shavings.
Canby transferred a pile of floor-
ing boards to make room for the
third chair. There he sat, Timo-
thy, sharing the food that Susan
had prepared for Canby.
"We certainly have missed you
all this winter," Susan told him.
A tapping of hammers began at
the back of the house. Canby let
down the front legs of his chair
to the floor, leaned across the table
and asked seriously, "Say, Uncle.
Tim, I wish you'd tell me whether
you honest -to goodness think we're
on the right track with this funny
business I've cooked up. ;It's
darned different from what most
folks seem to want, This is the
third ,house Susan's kept house in,
in less than a year. It's kind of a
funny way to live, isn't it - for
Susan?"
"I love it! I simply love it!"
cried Susan.
"All the same," Canby mur-
mured, "all the same! There are
times when camping oat is not so
hot!"
To himself Timothy said, "Let
yourself go! Don't stiffen up!"
To Canby and Susan he spoke
easily, naturally. "See here - I
have an idea. What you young
people need is one permanent place
to go back to between campings-
out. Well, I hardly ever use that
old house I bought up on the Cran-
dall Pitch road. Why don't you
go there for your between -times
living? It just stands empty. How
about it?"
They gazed at him, their faces
blank, their eyes wide, and then
Canby cried, bringing his fist down
on the table, "Why, Uncle Tim,
that's one swell idea! Susan can
go there when she comes out from
the hospital in May, and have the
nurse with her for a while. Uncle
Tim, you're swell!"
Susan leaned across the table
and for an instant took Timothy's
hand silently in hers with a long
beautiful Iook of gratitude, the
deep look that came from her
heart.
She was thanking him for pro
viding a home for Canby's child.
So strange a turmoil shook Timo-
thy to dizziness that he closed his
eyes as if he were falling, and
clenched his hands hard on the
arms of his chair. He could not
have said for his life what he was
feeling.
•
to' everyone, was led LI Mikis 'Mar-
garet Myers, of the Mariann seer
tion of the Department of Idoll.a
Economics, Women's Instshute D;
vision, Toronto. It brought to at-
tention many facts either unknown
or ignored by many mothers.
A film, "Why Doesn't Tommy
,Eat His Meals," was very enjoyable
and portrayed many reasons such
as a "blasting" radio .at meal time
causing distraction. 0
ctl n. Bickers
ng by
other 'members of the family, nag-
ging, and too many comments
about his lack of appetite, coaxing
and apparent worry on the'part of
his parents, draw too much atten-
tion, and the child, really enjoys
thus being the centre of attraction,
the film emphasized. Blyth, the
hostess branch, served cookies and
coffee.
HULLETT
I On Monday evening the Fireside
Farm Forum met at the home
of . Mr. and Mrs. George Addison
with 21 adults present. The topic
for discussion was "Pipelines of In-
formation." Some people say that
farmers do not make good use of
agricultural services that are avail-
able to them. We agree that there
are a- number of farmers who do
not visi. their agricultural office
and that they could make more use
of soil conservation, testing of
cows for butter fat, and permanent
pasture.
"What farm and home extension
services are needed in your district
feel that most home services are
that are not available now?" We
feel that most home services are
available to us if we look for them.
The following were prize win-
ners at progressive euchre: Most
games, Norma Dexter and Wes.
Hoggart; lone hands, Mrs. Harvey
Taylor and Bill Jewitt; low, Mrs.
George Carter and Oliver Ander-
son.
The next meeting is on March
26 at the honie of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Dalton.
Mission Band
Met at Winthrop
The Helping Hand Mission Band
heldtheir first meeting in the
schoolroom of t the church on Satur-
day, March 17. The meeting open-
ed with the Call to Worship, fol-
lowed by Hymn 613. The scripture
was read by Ruth Montgomery and
Helen Pryce led in prayer. Roll
call was answered by 30 members,
followed by the minutes of the last
meeting. The Boyd sisters sang a
very delightful duet, after which
the offering was received. Mrs.
Pepper told how our Easter thank=
offering was to be spent, then all
repeated the Mission Band Pur-
pose. Mrs. Church read a very in-
teresting topic and Marjorie Cuth-
ill gave a reading. Hymn 503 was
sung and the meeting closed with
the Lord's Prayer,
The greatest aggregation of ap-
ple orchards in the British Com-
monwealth is to be found in Nova
Scotia.
* * * *
Working steadily down through
the pile of letters on his desk,
Timothy came on an envelope
sprawlingly addressed to him in
pencil. It was from Canby, scrib-
bled in the Ashley hospital, to tell
him that the baby was there O.K.
- a boy -that Susan was O.K. too
- that the boy was to be named
Timothy Hulme Hunter, if Uncle
Tim did not object.
He sat trying to think what it
would be like to have a child nam-
ed for him. But he could not im-
agine it. He had had no experi-
ence with little children and could
not conceive that a new baby
meant a new human being.
But when, after Susan's return
from the hospital, he first went up
to the stone house that had been
his and was not now, and first saw
his namesake in the flesh, he re-
alized that he need give himself
no concern about anything he was
to say• or do. Susan would not no-
tice. She could hear, she could
see, nothing but the roll of pink
blanket in the small basket set on
the bench under the maple trees,
With The baby in her arms, Susan
tell into a long, brooding silence.
Then, dreamily, "You can't think
how nice it is to be back in the
stone house," she told him. "It
seems so safe for, the baby."
"Yes, it is safe," agreed Timothy.
A woman in a white uniform
came to the door of the house and
said professionally, "All ready,
Mrs. Ifunter." Susan turned her
head, nodded, put the baby back in
the basket. She stooped low over
it, put her cheek against the round
blooming one within, and was
gone.
Left alone on the bench, Timothy
with a long breath, leaned back,
took off his hat and laid it beside
him. The sun shone warmly on his
stead. He thought of frustration and
all that he had taken as proof of
its inevitability. And after reflect
ing on this for a time, asked him-
self tentatively, "Can what seems
like frustration be - sometimes-
only- the resisting of growth?"
At this his mind, conditioned to
the acrid taste of doubt, leaped up
suspiciously to examine the idea
for sentimentality, "Growth? A
fine -sounding name for dying! To
accept all this -for I've accepted
it or I wouldn't be here. To let it
happen, for I've let it happen. I
I can call that accepting growth.
But it really is a tame acceptance
of death."
He leaned forward to look into
the basket. The smooth bland face
had not stirred. Wrapped in his
cocoon of sleep, the baby lay
breathing lightly, glowing with•life
as the morning star glows with
light. /
Timothy sank back on the bench.
"Oh, well, what do we all do every
day but die to what we leave be-
hind?" he asked himself, his eyes
dreamily fixed on' a life that had
just begun,
THY: END
(Clontinued.frena7?alge 3)
the garden Of a Gangdian f1:rg1Pr
who settled, in Manitoba 1 ie. pre;
vlous year, and he was sbewat .a
MP 'Of 1,00.0 bu$hees of ea -Ane pot,
atoes as he Byer saw anywhere.
Ile also saw peas, parsley, onions,
leeks, cucumbers, radishes and
other
vegetables g A
s rowin
g most
x-
uriantly. A bed of sunflowers at-
tracted his special attention -none
of them was less than 10 feet in
height, and some attained a height
of over 11 feet. There were, toe,
excellent strawberries, raspberries,
huckleberries, gooseberries, etc. He.
mentioned this to show the extra-
ordinary productiveness of the soil.
Farmers with their stalwart sons
could soon obtain a competency in
Manitoba, and even become rich."
However, the East was not with-
out some virtues. Archdeacon Mac-
lean, it was reported in The Huron
Expositor, 2 June, 1871, succeeded
in raising $1,212.05 in Toronto for
missionary work in the west.
The purpose of this paper is to
suggest that here we have a topic
which will repay much research.
We must look for answers to the
following questions (and many
others). How many went from On-
tario to Manitoba? What was the
ratio of those who went to Mani-
toba compared with those who
went to the United States in the
same period? How far was the
movement to Manitoba created by
the opportunity to go west and still
remain in Canada, and how far was
it simply a part of the existing
westward movement? Do the news-
paper accounts, true as they may
be, which describe the movement
of well-to-do settlers, give a false
picture of the total movement?
What was the economic condition
of the migrants? What was the
state of the farms they left in the
way of mortgages and uncleared
and cleared acreages? A compari-
son between the censuses of 1871
and 1881 shows that in the decade,
1!
nx ,
of
aoiwtirtpa ro�ePA�gO u��ou���i��f!
cakln01. 4. "l ea i °i s
fences fro ;eeo e
to w$,It}eix e takl yl,
availabl gc4aAt&•�a (t. su es ho ;f
negleo . g'; -tide l 4,!Pic?nen, 1 pr
1
w a '• t .,,t
ems els... k , m;<
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tion, G neral soli,„qns vPlfient h�2g•1'„
e1 have been glair"anti uTri3lappgrt
and must remain so,14r1 ;lbasic
search has been, u0clert-ake q;. 0. 0
land records of the areae, axil the
personal histories of the indllidiz'
als concerned. • A chapter of na-
tional history waits for the se1eli
tiflcally-trained local historian..
Ise
A father cannibal was receni<ly;
overheard lecturing his son.: "How
many times must I. tell you not te.
speak when you have someone in
.
your mouth!"
•
"Drinking makes you look beau-
tiful!"
"I haven't . been drinking."
"No, but I have."
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