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The Huron Expositor, 1953-07-03, Page 7i • • 0 P 4 (By JluUO,i4 pzarotti• in .Amerir cask teaonthly magazine ,published lay the Flan American Union). Baster inland, Otte of the spat. isolated places in the world, lies wbput 2;230 miles trete the Chilean coast and 1,100 miles from, Pitc8.41t jislond, the nearest inhabited spot,. ft Is tris mailer in shape, the long - cat eSallt nJe,Ie'gring 13 wilea. Vol- canic hpnea ol-canic.,,npnea and rounded capes surmount basaltic plains or high ,cliffs along the coag and its hor- izon otizon is seldom broken by the pro- 10 women after overwhelming the Me of atree, Poorer and less beautiful than its Deputation. U.S. ship, the aftPineropulation. Shortly afters,was re-- ward a sec aister lands in Polynesia, Easter Isr I eponaible for the deaths of other they represent? By the time Pews .tie 'bega to ask these questions, aeriomaly, It was too late to find au answer. The notables of the island; hay]. died, victims of calamities civ-• • ilization unleashed on •the natives, a tplrricaheresehgt, eaPtured aq: Slaves, or, struck, down, by diseases 'Introduced' by the white men. Capture Natives In 1805 the captain ef..the scholia- er Nancy, Cs( New Loudon, Can- neeticut, captured, a dozen men and land (which belongs to Ohile) lacks even one fresh water stream. Yet it holds invaluable art treasures, whose origins and significance still remain a mystery. Find 593 Statues After Admiral Roggeveen stum- bled on it (in 1722) while search - lug for a legendary continent, Eas- ter Island was visited at various times by U.S., Russian, Peruvian, and British ships, encounters that were almost alwaysmarked by vio- lence. Not until much later did visitors concern themselves with the colossal figures carved in soft rock they found along the shore. Then they began to explore inland, reaching the volcano called Ran- raraku, which had dozens of other statues on its slopes similar to those standing guardnear the sea. In all there were 593. Why were they there? What did USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. HEAD OFFICE-- EXETER, ONT. President, William A. Hamilton, •Cromarty; Vice -President, Martin Feeney, R.R. 2, Dublin. DIRECTORS—Harry Coates, Cen- tralia; E. Clayton Colquhoun, R.R. fl. Science Hill; Milton McCurdy, R.R. '1,, Kirkton; Alex 3. Rohde, It.R. 3, Mitchell. AGENTS—Thos. G. Ballantyne, R.R. 1, Woodham; Alvin L. Harris, Mitchell; E. Roes Houghton, Oros- SOLICITOR—W. G. Cochrane, Eceter. SE i4RY-rl'RIEASURER — Arthur Fraser, Exeter. islanders. In 1816 the Russian ships Ruriek fired on the 'inhabitants, who, terrified by previous visita- tions, resisted the landing force with lances made of obsidian and fish spines. The crimen against the islanders were repeated as regular- ly as the hours on a clock. The 'biggest and most fateful at- tack occurred in 1862, when eight Peruvian ships, including the Cora and the Rosa Carmen, anchored in the bay and sent their crews ashore to lure the..now thoroughly suspi- cious natives with trinkets. Waren a goodly number had gathered— Peruvians fired their guns and cap- tured' around 1,000 natives, includ- ing King Kaimakoi and this son, Maurata, and most of the Easter Island learned men, or maoris. Half Population Dies The pitiful captives were taken toCallao and, the Chincha Island, to work at gathering guano. There they lived like beasts, until humani- tarian sentiment in both Peru and Chile interceded in their favor and 100 who had survived the bad treatment, poor food, and exhaust- ing work were sent back to their original island. One, ill with smallpox, spread the germ on shipboard, and 85 died on the voyage. Those who were saved infected the whole population when they landed. Up to that time, smallpox was unknown on the is- land, and the natives' bodies had built up no natural defences against it. Because of this fact, plus the lack of hygiene and medicine, the epidemic took a heavy toll, and half the people that remained 'after the earlier kidnappings died. The Easter Islanders have never SEAFORTH MONUMENT WORKS OPEN DAILY — 'PHONE 363.J T. PRYDE _& SON ALL TYPES OF CEMETERY MEMORIALS Enquiries are invited. Exeter Photte%41—J Clinton Phone 103 Your' Business Directory LEGAL A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. ?hones: Office 173, Residence 781 SEAFORTH ONTARIO MCCCONNELL & HAYS Banisters, Solicitors, Etc. PATRICK D. McCONNELL H. GLENN HAYS, Q.C. County Crown Attorney SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 ACCOUNTING RONALD G. McCANN Public Accountant CLINTON : ONTARIO Office: Phones: loyal Bank Office 561, Res. 455 A. M. HARPER Chartered Accountant IS South St. Telephone Goderich Licensed Municipal Auditor. OI O TRIST JOHN l- :LONGSTAFF Optometrist Styes Examined. Glasses Fitted. Phone 791 MAIN ST. SEAFORTH Office Hours: Week days, 9 a.m. to 5:80 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to B p.m. Closed Wednesday all day. Thlrrsday evenings by appointment amly. MEDICAL DR. M. W. STAPLETON Physician and Surgeon Phone 90 Seaforth J09IN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 Hensel] JOHN A. GORW1LL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 5-J Seaferth AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and House- hold Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. Prices reasonable; satis- faction 'guaranteed. For information, etc., write or 'Phone HAROLD JACKSON, 661 r 14, Seaforth; R.R. 4, Seaforth. SEAFORTH CLINIC E. A. McMASTER, B.A., M.D. internist P. L. BRADY, M.D. 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. Appointm)ente made in advance are desirable. a, JQSEPH L. RYAN Specialist 3tt farm stock and I - plamaents and household effects. 'Satisfaction guaranteed. Licensed to Huron and Perth Counties. For particulars and open dates, Mite or phone JOSEPH L. RYAN, B.. R. 1, Dublin. Phone 40 r 6, The Sergeant Major at the Royal Canadian School of Signals at Kingston, Ont., has another prob:Ierp these '!lays trying to figure out who is who when he is confronted with the Johnston twins shown above at work during their wireless operator's course. The twins are identical even to the freckles on their faces and are the sons of Mr. A. Johnston, Police Magistrate at Sechelt, B.C. The 17- year-old boys are in the Army under the Solider Apprentice Plan. Oh yes, that is Roger on the left and Robert at the right. forgotten these things. Meanwhile, through these visits, bloody though they were, the fame of Easter Island's sculptural trea- sure spread throughout the world. In 1868 the captain of the British ship Topaze put 300 specially -equip- ped sailors ashore and enlisted the help of 'an equal number of natives. He had a precise objective: to transport one of the Easter Island statues to England. With the ef- forts of -600 men and modern, tech- niques, he managed to take one aboard. That statue, considered one of the most beautiful, stands today in the British Museum. Mystery of Purpose One of the first questions that preoccupied scholars is posed by the fact that this feat took 600 men equipped with steel 'cables, pulleys, cranes and crowbars. How, they asked, did the primitive Eas- ter Islanders, who did not even have ordinary rope, transport the stone statues to -the various loca- tions on the island, and how long did it take? The mystery is not limited to the origin and destiny of the build- ers of those enormous statues, nor to the origin 'and destinyof carved tablets. There are also then purpose and the number of (the statues) and the usefulness of (the tab- lets). It is understandable that a people or a group of individuals should build one, two, or even 10 or more statues, for any given end =whether, ritual or merely decora- tive—and set them up in a certain place and 'a certain form. But the idea of carving 500 -odd statues in stone, some of them 16 or more feet high, and leaving them scat- tered about everywhere, including 40 of them within the crater of a voleana, is something incompre- hensible and provocative. CHIROPRACTIC D. H. McINNES Chiropractic - Foot Correction COMMERCIAL HOTEL • Monday, Thursday — 1 to 8 p.m. VETERINARY D. J. McKELVIE, D.V.M. Veterinary Surgeon HENSALL, ONT. — PHONE 99 TURNBULL & BRYANS Veterinary Clinic J. O. Turnbull, D.V.M.• W. R. Bryans, D.V.M. Phone 105 Seaforth 1► ' EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer r>rorraspondenee promptly answer- hi nswerh, immediate arrangements can he made for sale dates by phoining Iii oT, Balaton: Charges moderate sa . on ,guaranteed, R C. WRIGHT ILlosnhed Asptlonsor - Cromarty Live** and Farm hales Mi heielalty Imoa better auction sale, call the • AAuctioneer. • -Phone Hes- Unanswered Questions Some of those statues. are finish- ed; others, half done; many, scarcely begun. Why were not the first placed on the sites certainly intended for them? Why did they continue making more and more, all of different sizes but with simi- lar expressions? Why did they make so many, .for what purpose did they make them, and why did they leave them the way the Dutchman Roggeveen found them on Easter Sunday of 1722? Dozens of solutions to all these enigmas have been offered. Some think that Easter was formerly a huge island, a sort, of subcontin- ent between America and Austra- lia, most of which sank beneath the sea in a tremendous cataclysm that suddenly paralyzed the life and activities of the population This would explain the impres- sion one gets of sculpturing rudely interrupted, but it does not make clear why or how the islanders carved the statues. Then there's that other question of how the islanders transported the statues "from the volcan Ran- oraraku, the source of the soft rock that was their raw material, to the various sites. "°-.THE McKI.LOr• MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. HEAD OPF10E.—SEAFORTH, Ont. r OP'P'ICERS: President - J. L. Malone, Seaforth Vice -Pres. - J. H. MoEwing, Blyth M•ana$er and See.-Treas. - M. A. Reid, Seaforth, DIRECTORS: E. J, K'rewartha, Clinton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; S. H. Whit- more Seaforth; Chris. Leonhardt, Bornholm; Robert Archibald, Sea - forth; John H. McEwing, Blyth; Clinton; Wim. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; Harvey Fuller, Goderich, J. E. Peppor, Eruct field. ra t0,' he }atl;,I a oi� ,1 ;lout 0 tptn + Otte p1d y le F eput Qhllt0h"4ieh Aarlil e , i s ufed hO,aGr;.,1 a aeil'�e>F Q ►l7ga, T tat 00. YRafiR< tP $1t bfs, stabte accotgatao0ahipu,P' the diaru ,snowed ,tom urine i :' hail beim.-J'nw 'CampiOils, .0014. 011, Concession 12,: Itaneh '110,-.:.74; to this lot which is known•Aeic IFar+•eh No; 2. !Occupants—John F am11ten, Thos Laing (W 50), John Corrie moo. later 100), Archie and Hugh O)ulr- rie„ Mrs. Hush Currie, pavid Gard- iner, Alex Gardiner. Lot 8 Sandy Park, a carpenter by trade, took up Lot 8 by 1850 and was there till he moved. to Cromarty early in 1857. After Hugh Currie came to it there were three houses here. His parents, Mr. and Mrs•. NeilCurrie, natives of Argyleshire and Dumbartonshire, Scotland, liv- ed in one, and James Gillespie, the first teacher in the old East School, lived in another from the time he a .started to teach in January, 1857, till he went to his own farm west of Cromarty in 1869: Hugh Currie married Mary McKellar and their family of nine all died young, ex- cept Bella (Mrs. Archie Russell), Mary and Agnes (Mrs. William H. P. Tufford). In the fall of 1949 Bob Gardiner moved Jimmy Campbell's house from Concession 12 to this farm, to be used as a home for his farm help. The first to occupy it was a displaced family. Following World War II, several displaced families from Holland, Poland and other countries have lived in hous- es on farms not occupied by the owners, just as other farm helpers CANNED FRUIT Hello Homemakers! Like mother, like daughter—so, we continue to put down sealers of, fruit and odd - sized jars of jams and jellies. Isn't there a glowing pride of satisfac- tion with cupboards stocked with your own home -canned fruits. Now be a careful canner. To be a homemaker who prides herself on not having failures, you have to follow the rules carefully. Like- wise, good canning demands good - quality -jars and new caps or rub- ber, rings. Then, be a good nurse when it comes to thorough cleanli- ness of equipment and steriliza- tion of jars, funnels and spoons. As for the foods you store, em- phasis must be put on freshness in luke warm, then cold water. and flavor, for there is • no more flavor in a jar of canned fruit than was in the fruit originally. We re- commend the boiling -water -bath method as the most satisfactory for fruit which was mother's meth- od. You can buy a water -bath can - per or improvise one from any ket- tle, deep enough to cover the jars with an inch of waterpk Heat the water to boiling while the hot sy- rup is being poured over fruit. Af- ter lowering jars carefully into ket- tle, begin to count the processing time when 'the water boils again Remove jars immediately at end of cooking time. Leave right side up to cool. check for any leakage. 10. Store jars in a cook dark place. To Bottle Fruit Juice Crush soft, fresh fruit with pota- to masher. To three pints berries, add 2 cups medium syrup. Let stand two hours. Heat over a pan of hot water. Let cook 15 or 20 minutes. Pour hot -fruit into a cotton jelly bag and press immediately. Reheat the juice to steaming point, then pour into sterilized jars or bottles, being sure to fill to rim. Adjust tops or corks and seal tightly. Im- merse bottles in hot water for 20 to 30 minutes, depending on whe- ther pints or quarts. Cool bottles Quality Not Quantity It is hard to believe that a per- son may overeat and • still • suffer malnutrition, isn't it? But proper nutrition depends upon selection and quality of food, not on the quantity. Very often, the person who eats a balanced diet with the necessary amount of proteins, min- erals and vitamins, may find it suf- ficient to consume much less food than someone who eats meals de- ficient in any of these three neces- sary classes of nutritives. Better still, a balanced diet has less ten- dency to add unwanted weight. AGENTS: woman )(Alper, Jr., Londesboro; 3. F. meter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Erie Munroe, Sea- feriiY. Take a Tip 1. For canning fruit sweeten with a syrup made by boiling measured quantities of sugar and water for one minute. 2. One cup of sugar and 2 cups water makes 21/2 cups thin syrup which is ideal for small sweet fruits. One cup of sugar and 1 cup water makes 1% cups medium sy- rup which should be used for tart or large fruit. 3. '-Allow 1 to 1% cups of syrup for each quart jar of small fruit; 1% to 2 cups' for eaoh quart large fruit. Cooping Time For Fruit in Jars (packed with hot syrup) Cherries (Sweet or Sour) in wa- ter bath, 25 minutes. In pressure canner, 10 minutes. Gooseberries in water bath, -15 minutes; in pressure canner, 8 min- utes. Raspberries—in water bath 20 minutes. Peaches, Peas in water bath, 15 minutes. Tomatoes—in water bath, 20 min- utes; in oven of 275 degrees, 30 minutes. The Question Box Mrs. W. K. asks: How can I pre- vent strawberries from floating in sealed jars? Answer: Some fruits contain >ir and so float. If strawberries are left in syrup for three or four hours before processing, they should not float. Other fruits as Well as straw- berries 'may float to top of jars if overcooked or packed in heavy sy- rup. Miss M. C. asks: vent air space in fruit? Answer: When the water bath container is not deep enough to allow jars to be covered with an inch of Water, the juice will b.,11 out during cooking. If -canned in 4. Precook large fruits in syrup oven the jars may be placed too before processing. The scalding helps to store more servings in a jar and ensures quick processing. However, raspberries and other blueberries to lose color? soft 'berries may be packed raw, Answer: Blueberries and other then covered with hot syrup before soft fruits tend to lose color if pre- processing. cooked too long or if fruit was not 5. ,Be sure to leave 14 to 1/2 inch ripe. All fruit canned without space in the jars and before seal-. sugar tend to lose color. ing work out 'air bubbles by run- ning a clean knife down and around the inside of each jar. Gently press ,fruit to cover with syrup as exposed parts tend to darken, 6. Seal jars carefully. Remove any specks of food from rim by wiping with a clean cloth; partial- ly seal spring -top and screw top sealers, completely, seal vacuum type jars. ' 7. Cook or process fruits and tomatoes in a hot-water canner by partially filling kettle with hot wa- ter. Lower jars into kettle, then add hot water to cover them. 8. Watch the clock or set minute minder for processing period, then remove jars of fruit from hot wa- ter and cool on pads of newspaper out of a draft. Turn or adjust tops for .a tight seal. 9. When cool (about 2 hours), in- vert screw band type jars or tap the tops of mason type jars to How can I pre - top of canned low' in the oven causing boilovers from jars. Mrs. K. M. asks: What causes AN URBAN TAXPAYER'S LAMENT � ay (With apologies to John Milton) Wihen I consider where my ,pelf has gone, 'Ere half my life in this town, far from dead, And that big budget for the days ahead, Raised by, our own efforts, though my mind more prone To cater to my fahi`il"j ;• sill alone, Wiith, clothes, and ,books, and shoes, and daily bread— "Does the Treasurer demand our taxes now?" my Consort said, In injured tone, but honesty by public purpose shown, To answer heated questions, deposed thus: "Without .a doubt, the City Hall hath great lack, year by year, Of all your surplus wealth, in money form, How else, thinit'•st thou, as we view all around Our many city benefits, could our Fiscal 0athers here, in times of civic strife, .o'erride tempestuous storm?" FRED J. LAWRENCE Mrs. S. B. asks: What has hap- pened to fruit which darkened at the top of jars? Answer: Raspberries and some other fruits may have been packed with too little syrup. If air bub- bles have not been worked out with a. knife, this will cause top fruit to blacken. Qi a 0:41 iat'1•!Bnl tela n r2 ilk $,ew Ilk,711)ffititvlro 41/.004#0 a11'C1�1' inS up&Alt POP Park, Il Ouxrie, Mrs klugh Ofiizi':e, Joi}n,'l Uttle (R),A 4 fi0t4,,:u,0r 140 Oardhter, , (C.onthmed,l�T0,2,4 ekl ile hht • r ii Winter Far Behind Since summer is here Ws time to. obey the call of the open reed and get 'plenty of good outdoor exer- cise. The most economical and ef- ficient fficient kind j,I5 walking. Take it on Travel roads or woodsy paths, and wear suitable footwear, with pro- per heels and fitted to give support and comfort to the feet.' High - heeled slippers may be attractive on the dance floor but they are. torture after a mile on unpaved ground and they're dangerous, too. Life Saver There are many degrees of in- juries caused by accident, from a minor cut to a major fracture. Un- der certain circumstances, it is possible for even a simple cut to cause death, unless it receives treatment. Infection, entering the body by the lesion, may, if neg- lected, cause serious complications; a person may bleed to death, un- less the haemorrhage is treated; a victim of injury may die fo what is called deep shock. In every case of injury, there is a proper form of treatment which should be given immediately, pending the arrival tlu v� reflni can ot, 0,e00*0,030e , .Vf ide a ipl?lisl ocltiank4 tts ftkmes 4 n he a eal l� Rg,dsrax u l;ais 9u:. 9►xe tb. o; uu?i are itnanediat�, y ti�•�'at ri , �i► 1 edeo air,. Thins tln,rihou , illy in xoq. n yl hey ¢,good ventilation qugpor sIt is not safe to ust ?usentunless'thrn' cr rdews to clear 14q x ��ershould'not be ud tory swhoisalone inthhouseease of iii .eilflcts, ere �v�no one at hand. ufigreslung,kidney,lilienorsedtooid ams in liquid. • a pw •h. ,j1 It has been estimated proximately 35,O ),1)0U acrp4,pf soils exist in the agricultural areas of -Canada. ¶iiiWrui' suaG to pow EP Anne Allan invites you to write to her c/o The Huron Expositor. Sefid in your suggestions on home- making problems and watch this column for replies. A Hibbert (Continued trom Page 2) lane, not far from the Hamilton house. It was many years before this house was torn down. In Sher- brooke, Lanark County, John Cur- rie married Agnes McDougall. 'They had a family of four sons — Neil, Archie, John 'and Hugh. For many years Neil represented the Watrous Engine Works Company in both Valparaiso and Chile, South Amer- ica, and later became managing director of the St. Marys Wood Specialty Company in St. Marys, Ont.' John was a veterinary in Rome, N.Y. Thomas Laing came from Stir- lingehire, Scotland, by the early 60's and 'bought the West 50 from John Hamilton. He built on it what was the second frame house on the Cromarty line. He later returned to Scotland and brought back his bride, the former 'Elizabeth Cuthill. Their five children were: Janet (Mrs. Andrew Hodgert), Maggie (Mrs, James Scott), Jim, Lizzie Mrs. Neil Gillespie) and John. Af- advice .. . ...to advertisers! Every once and a while merchants wonder why they should keep on advertising, or why they should advertise at all. The answer to that is straight, and it's a pretty sound one ... If a merchant has been advertising, whether he'll attest the value or not, he knows he should keep on advertising to protect the investment he's already made ... If he hasn't been advertising he knows by experience that his market falls into three classifications, the primary or immed- iate buyers, the secondary or coming buyers, and the tertiary market or possible buyers ... True, he's got the primary market, but unless he advertises, con- .' siste'ntly, the coming market will grow thinner and thinner ... and the possible market will never know he existed. A Guaranteed SHORT TERM Investment Guaranteed Investment Certificates of the in amounts from $100 to $100,000 to run three, 45O Toronto General Trusts are issued at parr four or five years. Certificates pays— 4% for 5 years 33% for 3 and 4 years _;•' FOR FIVE Interest is paid half -yearly by cheque YEARS Repayment of principal on maturity and payment - of interest are fully guaranteed by the Corporation. Certificates are a legal investment for trustees. Endorsed by investors for more than fifty years Write or telephone for booklet ' `.: 253 Bay Street, Toronto, H. BASIL MORPH?, Secretary .) THE TORONTO GENERAL TRUSTS Corporation Every Modern Trust and Agency Service ' (Continued trom Page 2) lane, not far from the Hamilton house. It was many years before this house was torn down. In Sher- brooke, Lanark County, John Cur- rie married Agnes McDougall. 'They had a family of four sons — Neil, Archie, John 'and Hugh. For many years Neil represented the Watrous Engine Works Company in both Valparaiso and Chile, South Amer- ica, and later became managing director of the St. Marys Wood Specialty Company in St. Marys, Ont.' John was a veterinary in Rome, N.Y. Thomas Laing came from Stir- lingehire, Scotland, by the early 60's and 'bought the West 50 from John Hamilton. He built on it what was the second frame house on the Cromarty line. He later returned to Scotland and brought back his bride, the former 'Elizabeth Cuthill. Their five children were: Janet (Mrs. Andrew Hodgert), Maggie (Mrs, James Scott), Jim, Lizzie Mrs. Neil Gillespie) and John. Af- advice .. . ...to advertisers! Every once and a while merchants wonder why they should keep on advertising, or why they should advertise at all. The answer to that is straight, and it's a pretty sound one ... If a merchant has been advertising, whether he'll attest the value or not, he knows he should keep on advertising to protect the investment he's already made ... If he hasn't been advertising he knows by experience that his market falls into three classifications, the primary or immed- iate buyers, the secondary or coming buyers, and the tertiary market or possible buyers ... True, he's got the primary market, but unless he advertises, con- .' siste'ntly, the coming market will grow thinner and thinner ... and the possible market will never know he existed.