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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1952-03-28, Page 2"`"IIII7err Vat $t„ 4.j staigi4oa .y.„, IVIeLeans.Aditor ished at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- Ursday afternbon by McLean seription rates, $2.50 a year in amp., foreign $3.50 a year Single es cent each. ‘mber of Canadian eekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as-Segond Class Mail Post, Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, March 28, 1952 Bops Know Best It would take an Einstein or some one equally skilled in mathematics to work out the number of times, dirty little boys have been dragged, shriek- ing, to a wash basin in order to have their faces and hands washed. Now it seems all the fuss was' un- necessary and that the dirty little • boys unknowingly, perhaps, were basing their protests on sound ground. • In any event, Dr. C. Leonard Wil - Hams, skfirspecialist and minister of C. health for the 4ssex County town of • 33arking, England, says one wash a 41ay is sufficient for any child. He explained in a report: "As soon as children get a little grimy, Mothers r, rush them off to a wash bowl and give them a good going over with soap and water, taking not only the dirt but the natural oils from the, skin. "The skin becomes like blotting paper so that they are grubby again in no time. The oils in -the skin are natural germ killers," he said, • "„'The Canada Farmer" Canadian farmers for many years • have had available to )them various • publications whichjial in their en- tirety -with problhis of agriculture. It was not, howe er, until we recent- iy read Volume , Number 1 of The. Canada Farmer, published at Toron- to,,Upper Canada, January 15, 1864, r"-- that we realized the long years dur- ing which agriculture had had a 'voice in Canada. Published fortnightly by •George Brown, the Canada Farmer consists of sixteen pages, and the issue we ex- amined covered L -thoroughly every phase of agriculture, ala • Farmers of ninety years ago were being warned of the necessity of in- telligent farm management, in order to obtain the best returns. Conser- vation, too, is obviously no new -fang - led idea, for the Canada Farmer in an article on forest management Bays: "Settlers in a new country very generally wage a war of extermina- tion against the 'trees of the wood: • Whey come to look upon them as na- tural enemies and cumberers of the ground, whose ite'vitable doom is to be cut down and cast into the fire. Since their removal is the first step toward making a farm out of the wilderness, they sweep them away as rapidly as possible. The consequence is, that many stretches of country have come to be nearly, if 'not quite, as bare as a Western prairie, on which nb plant or shrub knee-high earr be seen. &monotonous belt of ; woodland stretches away in the rear of the cleared portions of the farms through which the highways run, but beside that, scarcely wsingle tree or • grove diversifies the scene, "This wholesale destruction of the . ()rests of Canada is an evil that be- •, at least in many localities, to mand .a check. Firewood grows Igeatte and dear, the landscape is be-• oMirtg naked, it is difficult to procure 4 bbr Suitable for various mechani- ses; the shelter 'needed by many in exposed situations is remov- efavorable etimatic changes .ing place, whic' can be. dear., 't to the whi6lesale and inch's- ' eStruction of tinker. A 6isd at judgment, fore- , woUld mend mat- or,eXample vvh r wood he Ij red* to 1 anent the lamiscgPert flArn1, ,• for owhen the scOtehing, sninmer Sim potArs down kts almost tropical' rays, And act a§j wmbreak W1.144 cold and biting blasts sweep over the fields? It seems absurd to destroy every green thing and then set about planting anew. "There are many choice forest trees that transplafit with difficulty, but which, left while small wheretna,- ture placed them, become objects of surpassing beauty and great utility. What is to hinder the settler from availing himself of that best natural protection in bleak situations, the woody and leafy screen which he finds ready to his hand? How much comfort might be secured to the ten-. ants of the dwelling and the farm- yard, if the house and barn weresur- rounded by a grove? Why cannot the standing wood which is kept as a re- serve for fuel be gradually thinned out, and so managed that it shall be an ornamental appendage to the farm and a favorite run for the stocl0 Moreovez, it is not important that second -growths of timber needed by the carriage -builder, cooper, cabinet- maker, and others, should be encour- aged, and, in fact, forest culture made a department of farm economy, and management? If we mistake notr these hints and queries open fields of reflection which many of our readers would do well to look at, especially at the present- season -of the year, when it is so common to 'cry havoc and let slip, the dogs of war,' in the shape of ruthless axes; wielded by re- lentless choppers, beneath whose fell strokes every twig and sapling quick- ly disappears. "There is not only great need of intelligent forest management on the farma scattered up and down the land, but the preservation of trees Upon the sites of towns and villages is a most important matter. Nature has made many of these sites indes- cribably beautiful. Centuries have been occupied in the growth of grace- ful and magnificent trees; hill, plain and valley diversify the surface of the land, and sparkling rills flow musically through the sylvan dells. All is lovely till man invades the scene. Full of ,utilitarian ideas, bent on speculation, and having no eye for natural beauty, the founder or foun- ders of a new town or village,allow, unchecked, raw emigrants and ignor- ant day -laborer to begin and carry- on the work of spoliation and disfig- urement. Grand old oaks, graceful elms, beautiful pines, hemlocks- and .balsams, which furnish ornament and shade, such as generations must wait for from human planting; are merci- lessly felled; the royal head of every monarch of the forest is humbled to the earth, and no vestige of a tree is left, except the unsightly trunks that, piled one upon another, form the hab- itations of the Goths and Vandals that have conquered the region. When the destruction is not thus complete at first, and here and there a few trees are left, some idle shanty - man or stupid roadmaster will de-. • stroy what settlement and time have spared. We have in our eye at pre- sent a Canadian town of some size and age which has many noble elms, maples, beeChes, balsams and hem- locks in its environs, which are rapid- ly disappearing in the way just hint- ed at. Surely proprietors and muni- cipal authorities ought to interfere -and put a stop to the wholesale de- struction and pillage of beautiful and valuable timber.” tf`The advice of 1864 is just as valu- able today as it was then. The pre- sent generation is the loser because in so many cases it was not at that time thought to be of value. '411ggagglig00901*"7-7 4'4 What Other Papers Say: Veneer Can't Ilick Ugliness (Fort William Times -Journal) The swaggering swordsman of the middle ages, the stage coach robbers of the 19th century, the musket -tot- ing horse -riding outlaws are still with us. Their modern successors have hearts as blackisouls as evil, minds as lustful for the possessions of others. That the 20th century bandits sometimes can drive a car, hide out in luxurious A,partments, Wedr expensiveclothes, does not hide' ' t exr (By James Scott) LOVE AND SPRING a s. •Nereemeeemeaseeseeeeareeeee..,....--gaa, • 'eat/Wee eeeseesa......e.... Thetheday t 'atareadiete beg thinBat. thefirst gers book by one of the happy few who of spring, well, it Seems to rne that e re al e , learlein have 'wen, the eighest honer whiele they are for children and that no can tome to a. writer—the Nobel one -armed mind too much if they Prize for Literature. The man's picked a few. So I kept quiet. name is Par Lagerkvist and he is But 1 did think of ,where they Swedish. As I read I came upon came from; I thought of how the a sentence which, made me stop garden had looked last fall with and think. the dead leaves falling on, it, to This is what the Swedish writer had put in his book: "Love is eomething which dies and when cfead it rots and becomes soil for new love." That struck me as a very hard saying—perhaps even a sordid one —yet I could not put it out of my mind. By chance—or was it?—that 'very same clay when Katie came home from school and we were sitting down for lunch, she pail: "Look, Daddy, at the stirprise I brought you." And- there in front of me on the table were the first Snow- drops of spring.. looked at them in all their vise gine' purity and felt a lift in my heart, 1 looked at the love in Katie's eyes and felt better for it. Surely, I thought, this is the an- swer to that Swedish, writer who is so hard and cynical. "Where did you get these?" I asked for I knew that there were no Snowdrops on our property. Katie tole me. "When we were coming home from school I saw them and said to 'Mary Lou, let's pick some and take them home." Now if I 'were a proper father (which I certainly ana'not) I sup- pose that the right thing for me to have done would haveeeeen to read • a little lecture on taking flowers from other people's gardens. However, I always think that Snow- drops are a little different. Zinnias or- Marigolds, -and-certainly- Roses, are another matter. I would not want any child of mine to be pick - rot there through the winter. Lat- er I took a look at the place far nayself, and sure enough, the fresh Snowdrops were pushing tfieir way through last year's dead and rotten leaves.' Maybe the Swedish writer Was right. Maybe he had said the real truth about Nature's way and may be I was just a coward to think that he had said something melees ant, After all, I thought, wtat would we do without manure? In my time I have known'some- thing about love which dies. And in my time I have seen something about new love in the eyes of Katie Scott. There is sadness—asthere always mast be—but there"is prom is e -too. I guess that is what spring is really about for ale of use In the city they can throw up towers of stone Which ray no at tention whatsoever to the ahanga, of the seasons. They. can resi the wind aria the rain, ^nd va en you are inside you Would never know what it is like, outside. T: are equipped with electrieity and air-conditioning which make it al- ways light and the climate aIways fair, Olia yes, in the city you dont have to worry about dead loves and rottteg leaves. -But_ have you vr noticed how one of those great stone buildinge looks in the spring Just the sameas it did in winter No new life; no new love on the granite face. I prefer the Snowdrops and Katie Scott's smile. Clover Seed in Demand Warm sunny days, coupled with the desired amount of freezingeat night, has given two ar three ex- cellent runs, of sap last week. Very little snow is left on the fields and already some of the roads have be- come quite rough and soft due to spring breakup. Demand for 'the Powder legume inoculants is much greater than for the agar type used in previous years_ Most farmers have already secured their seed re- quirements for this spring, with the exception that there is still con- siderable demand for honteectreewn clover seed. Good Turnip Seed A(taitable High quality rutabagas (table turnips) are essential in maintain- ing or increasing the market for this vegetable, and the growing o top quality turnips requires start- ing with good seed. So states R E. Goodin, assistant director of the Crops Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture. . Supplies of high quality register- ed seed of the Laurentian variety have been arranged for, through a contract made by the Turnip Com mittee of the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association with the New Brunswick Department o Agriculeure, and ,New Brunsw'ca groavers. This seed has been pro' perly sized and treated, and is now (Continued on Page 7) Hibbert Township; This -That (By Miss Belle Campbell) CoetinuedeFrom Last Week) , The majority of these Hibbert settlers came originally from Eng- land, Ireland and Scotland,' with a smattering of Pennsylvania Dutch from the United States. Quite a number came to Hibbert -fent -Lan- ark, Whitby, Brockville and Belle- ville districts, where they had first located when they arrived in Can- ada.. The 1ih predominated in the north of the township, but along the concessions from the 8th to the 14th there was a general mixture of English, Irish and Scotch, although there was at the west end of Concession 10 an Eng- lieh settlement spoken of as e'Der- ry," an one on Concession 12 fam- iliarly .kno-wn -es "Glenq.uaithe which was a Scotch one as the name implies. Having secured their farms their next task was to build a log shanty and stable to shelter themselves and their oxen. Usually all in the settlement assisted, and it was not rang till they had a shelter to pro- tect them from the elements and the prowling wolves. At night the bowie of these could- be heard for long- distances. What little etock they owed had to be shut in and everything fasteued.securely. How- ever, this condition did riot last too long. With the continual burning of the timber, as more and more of the land was cleared, the wolves were driven to other less inhabited haunts. e• The clearing of the land and bulb:ling of their homes entailed a good deel, of danger. One, Piper by name, lest his life when building his log stable on Concession 8. At least one fatality caused by the felling of trees or by being pinned between falling trees, occurred on each of the following Concessiohs: 7, 9, 10 and 13, namely: Mr. Cor- coran, Lauchie Kennedy, Sandy Carr and John celelearen. Two oth- ers, William Sherrill and William Dew, labOra, jest out from 'ThaVon- shire, Englend, helping to ("lent blie land, were fatind"on Lot 26 on the Boundary. .Ad there were no eye witnesses, it was never known Whe- ther these lost their lives throtigh Mal play or ley accident, although it was generale,' believed their deaths were caused by felling a tree. One survived. the other „by a few hours. ,Sherrill died Deceinber 1,5, 1860, and taw on December 16. Both were 33 years ,of age, and are buried side by side in Bethsada graveyard, on Concession Us- bertie Teekeiship. • When, the early tatters arrive4 there Weiei st tad tbeciugh the teWttellite , ,Siatite ;ante bit Mot and Otheile eitath .:eette dreVing their tOfb*IO tit VellateVer was their mode of travel, they were obliged to "underbrush" a track for thentselves. 'When Joseph Hog garth and his family got as far up the 10th concession as Lot 7, now John Hocking's farm, they got stuck fast in -a bog. .Sandy Park, Sr., seeing their plight, sent one of his boys with the oxen to draw them out. All went well till they became mired in another toghole near Jimmy 'Miller's farm, east of Cromarta, and before they reaehed their destination, Lot 23, Conces- sion 10, they encountered two more handicaps where the stream cross- ed the road west of Cromarty. In the spring and --,fall, these trails were almost impassable. Park's themselves had experiences 'such as the,se on their way to Hibbert. Donald ,Often told that when he and his parents were coming by stage from Hamilton to Hibbeet in 1850 that he was more often out helping to shove the stage than he was rid- ing in it. Neither the -Canada Company nor the Municipal authorities adopted a plait for the opening of the roads other than priority of settlement— more settlers, more roads. The Centre Road ef Hibbert for this reason had a priority_ over several other leading roads in otherown- ships, At the first county council meeting in Stratford on January 24, 1853, it was arranged to boraow R22,000 for the- improvement of leading roads.. The amount granted at this time for the Centre Road of Hilbert, commencing at Carron- ikook, was £700, • In the spring of 1853 a contract was let to Henry Morgan to open bhe "Centre Road" between Lots 15 and 16 from .Carronbrook to the Usborne Townline—the boundark— a distance of eight and three-quar- ter miles. His brother John worked on the job he his, assistant. - The contract called for the trees to be cut and burned, also that crossways and bridges be built where. neces- sary.- They encountered two. Make ohstaeles on the way—the river Which crossed and recrossed the :1111'15d o'aun.411111,tliofilidwcpuybbetit adh e nand r ttnge. and 'Cromarty. The river from the earliest days on has been a amerce ohrouble, es.peeially et the tinle.nf the epring freshets. Since the canal Was dug many years ago there arta only two bridges where there ffsed to be three, but even th1s. has not overcame all the trou- ble. When they matted 'the Moun- tain, ittetead of Making the road over its the clearing Wae. made at the fo'et at it ittetind the avestedde, threaten -What Wee beer etarathettea, and W11;36104 theadatire, Where -A cOteitieby teed W, act ,betlit, • (Centlialled Neat Week) 9f using coal oil to light fires, heware! There could be on, uncontrollable flare, Bits of wax, candle ends, waxpoper,,too, Will make kindling fires much safer for you. Dees of National Health and Welfare .......----..---------- Years Agone interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twene• eiee andFifty Years Ago From The Huron Expositor April 1, 1927 Mr. John Walsh, Beechwood, had the misfortune to lose six valuable Lead of cattie last week. He had teken the horns off the cattle about 10 o'clock in bhe morning arid be - 0:e night they were all dead. Mr. Peter- McLaughlin, Manley, 's rebu ldetg his granary which col- lapsed last fall when overloaded with grain. The public ,auction sale of farm, stock and implements of the late Emmerson Snider, held last Thurs- day north of Drysdale,- was one of the largest ever held in that sec tion. The many friends of Mrs. An- drew Kirk, who fractured her leg some time ago, will regret to lean that she is not progressing very favorably. The roads around Hensall con- tinue in a bad state, making traffic neictuhietre, b.y horse or motor very dif- Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fairbairn and. family, Hensall, are this week mov- ing into the main part of the dwel- ling recently rented and occupied by Dr. A. R. Campbell. Mrs. T 'Flanagan, of Tucker - smith, had a sale of household furniture 'on Tueaday. Mitchell Bros., of Manley, have almost completed their custom saw• ing for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Broome, of IVIeKillop, are moving into .the apartments over Mr. R. H. Sproat's etore. number of the Walton, people journeyed to 'Moncrieff on Friday evening to hear the debate be- tween Duff's .Church Y.P.S. and the Moncrieff Y.P.S. The affirmatives was upbeldeby, Gilbert McCallum and Mies Gertrude ,Miller, 'and the negative by Miss Kate Howard and Stewart McQuarrie. The affirmative won by.a email margin. Mr, Fred Oster, 'of the 16th con- cession, Grey Township, has sold his 100 -acre farce adjoining the vil lage of- Blyth. Mr. and Mrs. James Archibald, of town, have returned from oak - vine, where they spent • several weeks at the home of their eon, Mr. Bert Archibald. • • From The Huron Expositor April 4, 1902 :Messrs. George Love and William McClure, Leadbury, arrived home last week after spending the win- ter in Minnesota. -Mr. Harry Smith, of Hay, shipped a -number of bead of thoroughbred cattle to hews, U.S., on Monday, be- ing valued at a very high figure. Mr. Russell Johnson, of_. toWn. left on Saturday for Carleton Plaee where he has secured a position in a hardware store. Mr. Harry Martin, who has been employed with Mr. A. Joynt in the ash business for a number of years, left Monday for Milverton where he will engage on his own account, Mr. T. Je Berry, the well-known horse dealer of Hensall, was in town on Wednesday delivering a fine horse which he had ,sold to W.' J. Dickson, of McKillop. He was sold for $225, Misses Lizzie M. Dorrance_ and Tillie R. Fowler, who have been at- tending the London Normal School, returned home Thursday 'evening, to spend the Easter holidays. Mr. Robert Clark, of Constance, having disposed of his farm to his neighbor, T. Adams, held a success- ful auction sale" on Tueseley. Mr. Clark has rented a store from inn Wm. Lindsay and i putting in a first-class stock of dry goods and groceries, Mr. W. G. Broadfoot, of Tucker - smith, has leased the farm known • as the Whiteley plaee, on the 3rd concession, from Mr, Turner, Bruce - field, and will use it for grazing purpose. Mr. Peter McKay, of Tticker- tsnaith, has disposed of his well- known draught stallion to Mr. Alex Cowan, of Sa.nboun, Iowa. Thls horse is seven years old, and was shipped to •Iowa on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Solomon .Shannon and Mrs. Baredek, of Winthrop, at- tended the wedding of their twice, Miss Emma Johnston, Seaforth, on Monday. , Mr, Gebrge Trott, • a former resi- dent of thiss, tewn, has been ap- eointed to a good position in Till- sonburg as earetalcer attd superin- tendent"bf 'e cemetery. Mt. Itueb,eri Screrett, of lereinartyi Who Ilas taught nhoot IttNo. 6, Hilbert, has deeldeit to ge tealeire burn, whehe hey it bought ilia eteek ok hitrOtaithere, Peettaaaaasa - Work ien the ee:410town is •proveesing repidly. The o d front entrance has been remov axul ecteth is being removed fron the basement.—,Exeter Tines -Advo. cote. • In Chatham Spiel A .Whighaara tink, ratipped by Harleye Crawford, was in Chatham qn Thqrsday, Friday and Saturday of last week for the annual three- daY,spiel held, by that club. There were 32 rinks competing and the locals copped a third in the first event, Members of the rinlv.were Dune. MeDaugall, lead; John Bow- man, second; Gordon McKay, vice; Harley Crawford, sitip.—Wingliam Advance -Times. • 'Celebrate Silver Anniversary A happy and hospitable week -end was spent at the home of Reeve and Mrs. Roy B. 'Cousins, Brussels, wthen they observed, the 25th a anni- versary of their ,wedding. Mrs. Cousins was, formerly Miss Elma Lawrie Phillips, of Woodbridge, and they were married at her par - etztre,lio.4,914, Meech .1,0, 447? kr Rev. Herbert ;fee, 'They- hate foer qf a -family: LaWriee HettY* (4eirege end John, all at, lion .e. --eltrUsselce. ?est. • Viet Hanover Lodge • /About thirty-five members oa thee. Majestic Rebekah Lodge NO, .352, Winghare, journeyed to • flainever ' by bus Monday eight eq visit Hee- over Lodge, with We, Xaagaret Ben,neta, N.G., aresalitig. Rea 'Sen- nett, captain, conferred the aegree. on two Candidates of Hanover: Vis- itors were .present from Owen. Sound, Chesley„IVIllverton and Wingham. Atter the meeting a_ lovely lunch was served by the Hanover ladies. — Winghain Ad- vance -Times, To Receive Degree Rev. Charles .Scott, minister of the Blyth United Church, Was in- formed during the week that Ails • thesis in the field of New Testa- ment studies had been accepted by the faculty of Pine Hill Divinity - Hall. The registrar also stated that (Continued on Page 7), Your New TELEPHONE BOOK. • GOING TO PRESS! IS YOUR LISTING CORRECT? 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