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SEAFORTH, Friday, June 4, 1954
UNNECESSARY
A proposal advanced by a special
committee of the Eastern Ontario
Development Conferecen that the
Province impose a sales tax for edu-
cational purposes, or permit munici-
palities to impose such a levy, can not
brave been made as a result of consid-
eration having been given the facts.
The conference was organized by the
Province and eastern municipalities
and was attended by Premier Frost
and a number of his Cabinet.
Education is, of course, a provin-
cial responsibility, and while the cost
to the municipalities and thus the
ratepayers, of providing the type of
evnstruction and : variety of instruc-
tion demanded by the Province does,
in many cases, create hardship, it is
a matter that could very easily be
corrected by the Province assuming
its proper share of the responsibil-
ity.
Not only is Ontario a wealthy prov-
ince, but its revenue has been such
wring recent years that the 'annual
budgets have,' revealed substantial
surpluses. Use of a portion of these
!monies, coupled with a little economy
here and there would do wonders in
aiding the municipalities in carrying
the school burden. Certainly there is
no need of a provincial sales tax.
HIGHWAYS AND
ADVERTISING SIGNS
One benefit which motorists in On-
tario enjoy to a degree much greater
than those elsewhere -particularly
those in the United States -is a rela-
tive freedom from advertising signs.
While it is true some roadside signs
are not obnoxious, the sign has yet
to be erected that can compete with
the average scenic effect that a
glance at the virgin countryside re-
veals.
Credit for this condition goes to
the Sign and Building Permits.
Branch of the Department of High-
ways. The Branch is responsible "to
see that no edifice, from a telephone
booth to a baseball park, is erected in
such a position as to be a hazard to
the man in a car."
This branch possesses and exercis-
es tight control of billboards, of ad-
vertising signs of all kinds along pro-
vincial roads. In some areas no signs
of any kind may be erected -field ad-
vertising, it is called -and where
signs are permitted the regulations
are strict. The official publication
summarizes them:
"In rural areas that are not re-
stricted these signs cannot be over
63 feet in length, 15 feet in height and
roust be three feet above the ground.
If 10 feet or under in length they
must be set back from the boundary
of the highway at least 75 feet; if
from 10 to 25 feet in length 'they
must be placed 175 feet from the
highway; and those between 25 and
50 feet may be no closer than 275
feet.
"Moreover, no sign may be placed
within less than 1,000 feet of another
sign of this type regardless of which
side of the highway it is situated;
for can one be erected nearer than
300 feet of an intersecting road or
railway."
"Thanks to this control," the Ot-
tawa Journal says, "the highways of
Ontario are mercifully free of the
'signs so common years ago -- and
still common in some provinces -
Which block scenic ' as and can cre-
ate a hazard to p sic safety by ob-
. .slrueting the view f hills and curves
or by taking the attention of the
diger from his wheel.
"l&ost signs rias are in the munici-
parities, where sometimes it happens
that the control by local councils is
far less restrictive than the regula-
tionsof the Sign and Building Per-
mits Branch of the provincial depart-
ment," the Journal adds.
iso
What Other Papers Say:
Passing Of the Cheese Factory
(Belleville Intelligencer)
The Dominion Department of Ag-
riculture says that the little cross-
roads cheese factories are going the
way of the little red schoolhouses.
And, as far as we know, nobody has
yet immortalized the cheese factor -
les in song.
In case you doubt the department,
it comes up with a flock of figures
on the mortality rate of crossroad
cheese factories. Since 1948 the
number of cheese factories in On-
tario has dropped from 451- to 262.
Quebec has recorded an even larger
decline, percentage -wise, for the
number of factories in the province
has been cut from 230 to 109.
,Most of the other provinces report
a similar trend:
Wooden Curling Stones
(London Free Press)
How many people in Western On-
tario know that in the early days of
this district the curlers in an effort
to keep alive the roaring game used
wooden "stones"?
There is a wooden "stone" in the
museum of Western Ontario which
we obtained from an old home in
Bayifield. In the pioneer days they
curled on the Bayfield river. It was
impossible to secure stones from
Scotland. And so the blacksmiths. of
Bayfield made wooden "stones",
which were properly weighted with
lead or iron. A ring of iron held the
wood together and gave the stones
the proper bounce in curling.
Bayfield has long since dropped
curling and cricket which the early
settlers played, but there are still to
be foundwooden "stones" and cricket
bats in,some of the attics of the pio-
neers.
Cold Soup For Lunch
(The Kincardine News)
Soup, properly prepared and serv-
ed, is a top ranking delicacy, but cold
soup is a repulsive mixture. To be
properly prepared, it needs be piping
hot.
In many homes, the heating of
soup, or anything else for that mat-
ter, is contingent on hydro power,
and when that supply' is disrupted
without advance knowledge on the
part of the consumer, it imposes an
inconvenience, which could have been
avoided by advising hydro users of
the fact power would be disrupted.
While our utilities commission
posts a few signs around with this
information, the majority of the con-
sumers, who rely on their weekly
newspaper to so advise them of the
fact, are unaware of such incidents.
Theiadvertising columns of this
newspaper are open, at reasonable
cost, for the dissemination of such
information.
Pie For Breakfast
(Peterborough Examiner)
The current trend of thought is
strongly anti -pie. Doctors are against
pie. Those busybodies who are not
doctors but who assume the profes-
sional right to tell us what is good
for us, the dietitians, are against pie.
The people who are waging war on
fat are against pie. "Heart disease
claims its victims by thousands, but
pie by millions", runs the battle cry.
"You must shovel eight tons of coal,
. or walk 50 miles, to use up the calor-
ies provided by one medium slice of
pie," warn the diet experts.
Ourforefathers ate pie for break-
fast. It was the only dessert they re-
cognized. They made pies out of the
most improbable ingredients, includ-
ing squash and persimmon.
True, they tended to die young, of
ailments to which medical science
could not put a name. But they knew
what they liked, and they could not
get enough of it.
Oti
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS
Car Rolls Down Embankment
!Lorne Pryde, Mitchell, escaped
with a few lacerations when his
car hit a tree and rolled over a
40 -foot. embankment at the curve,
east end of town, on Monday night.
Crashing into heavy brush the car
was stopped about half -way down.
-Mitchell Advocate.
Garage Broken Into
Early Monday morning Brussels
Motors Cities Service Garage was
entered and about $7 in silver stol-
en. The break-in was discovere)y
Casey McCutclieon, operator of The
garage, when he went to work. En
try was made by breaking a win-
dow and turning the lock overhead
on the door of the garage. Provin-
cial. police at Wingham are investi-
gating.---lBrussels Post.
Planning Board Meets
All members of the Clinton Plan-
ning Board, except Deputy Reeve
MelvinCrich, met last Tuesday
night to discuss progress made in
mapping the town area. They in-
structed the secretary to communi-
cate with other towns with plan-
ning boards, to find out their pro-
gress in planning with regard to
restricting building for residential
areas and with regard to issuing
building permits. - Clinton News -
Record
Ladies Celebrate 97th Birthdays
Wingham's two grand old ladies,
Mrs. Rhoda Elizabeth Bosnian. and
Mrs. William Dawson celebrated
their 97th •birthdays on Monday,
May 24. Mrs. Bosman was born in
Mount Albert; and farmed on the
Bluevale Road for many years be-
fore retiring to Wingham in 1934.
She makes her home with her
daughter, .Mrs. R. H. Lloyd. She is
enjoying fair health, and her facul-
ties are good, Mr. Bosman died
about five years ago. - Wingham
Advance -Times.
To Review Saturday Closing Hour
Lack of co-operation over Satur-
day, night closing hours has forced.
Exeter Businessmen's Association
to call a special meeting Friday
night to decide the issue. Merch-
ants agreed at a ,meeting in April
to close at 10 o'clock during the
summer instead of at 11 o'clock as
in former years. Some protest over
this move has been registered by
farmers and a number of merch-
ants have' been staying open until
later in the evening. - Exeter
Times -Advocate.
In Hospital With Heart Condition
Many friends regret the sudden
illness of Mr. Jack McDougall, man-
ager of the Blyth Branch Canadian
Bank of Commerce. Mr. McDougall
was stricken with a heart seizure
while working in his garden Tuese
day evening of last week. Follow-
ing medical attention, he was tak-
en by ambulance to Clinton Hes-
pital, where he is still a patient,
but reported recovering nicely. His
friends are hoping for his speedy
return home and back to his activi-
ties at the bank. Blyth Standard.
West Wawanosh Approves Hospital
West Wawanosh Township coun-
cil last week agreed to pay their
share of 4% per cent towards the
cost of the proposed ,new 50 -bed
chronic wing of the Wingham Gen-
eral Hospital, at a special session
of council. The payment will
amount to $9,Q00. A vote of the
ratepayers was taken on the mat-
ter last fall, at which voters had
shown themselves in favor of the
move. Since that time the coun-
cil had given the by-law three read-
ings, but had delayed final action
on the matter.-Wingham Advance -
Times.
Library Offidially Opened
The official opening and dedica-
tion of the new public library, at
Bluevale was held on Friday night.
The opening climaxed months of
hard work by citizens of the com-
munity weho donated their services
to build the library, and others
who made donations. The library,
located in the community hall base-
ment, proved inadequate. The pre-
sent modern structure is equipped
with several hundred books along
with pool books from other librar-
ies and 104 books from the Huron
County Mobile Library, which ser-
vices the area every three months..
Present librarian is Mrs. Harry El-
liott. -Brussels Post.
Proposes New Residential Area
Plans for building up the north
end of Clinton into residential area
were laid before members of the
Clinton Public Utilities Commis-
sion on Tuesday evening. With
all members except Chairman H.
R. Hawkins present, Andre Deseck
described in some detail ,the pro-
ject he was considering along the
strip of land bordering the Base
Line, at present owned by F. M.
Andrews. Requestinghydro and
water service to this location with-
in the next two months, Mr. Des-
eck explained the need for further
housing in Clinton, and stated that
it was not his intention to sell Lots
for others to build upon, but to
erect the homes himself, for sale.
He is experienced in building, hav-
ing been in that rbusiness prior to
operating his dairy farm east of
Clinton. -Clinton News -Record.
Maintain Egg Quality For
Greater Profit
Egg qualitygins to decline as
soon as an egg has been laid and
it continues at a steady rate. The
rate of decline is greatly increas-
ed by the high temperature and
low humidity of the warmer
months of the year. This meansre-
duced profits for the poultryman
especially during the summer
months. Many poultrymen, how-
ever, do not realize how relative-
ly easy it is to produce high qual-
ity eggs throughout the year. Wal-
ter Hunsaker of the Poultry Divi-
sion Central Experimental Farm,
Ottawa, suggests a few simple
rules which will help to maintain
egg quality, and combine greater
profit for the producer with better
quality for the consumer.
1. Gather eggs twice a day in
winter andthree times a day in
summer and cool quickly. Heat is
the most important factor in the
loss of egg- quality. An egg that
has been left in the nest all day
will be little better, by the time it
is gathered; than a three -day-old,
egg.
2. Use wire baskets to gather and
cool eggs. Eggs will cool twice as
fast in a wire basket as in a pail
or egg case.
3. Hold eggs in a cool moist
place. A temperature of 50 de-
grees to 60 degrees Fahrenheit and
a relative humidity of 70 to 80 per
cent is recommended.
4. Gase eggs the next morning
after they have been thoroughly
cooled Cases. and flats should be
cooled as well.
5. Place eggs in case with the
large end up. Handle eggs care-
fully at all times to avoid crack-
ing the shell.
6. Market eggs at least once a
week and twice or three times if
possible. The best time to sell an
egg is as soon as possible after it
hasbeen laid.
7. Feed a complete ration. This
means a good laying mash,' scratch
grains, oyster shell or limestone
and plenty of fresh clean drinking
water.
8. Provide plenty of nests and
change the nesting material fre-
quently in order to reduce the num-
ber of dirty eggs.
9. Confine the layersntil at
least mid-afternoon. This *ill help
to keep the eggs clean during
dari[p, rainy weather. In addition,
the bird's will eat less green grass
and other materials outside which
cause objectionably dark yolks,
10. Produce infertile eggs. Fer-
tile eggs Iose their market value
very quickly if held' at high tem-
perature due to rapid development
of the embryo.
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What's New 1n Barley
Barley has been making news,
particularly during the past few
years. Canada's production of this
cereal has grown by leaps and
bounds with the result that last
year more barley .was produced
than by any other country for
which figures are available.
ada's crop promises to be a- big
one again this year. although it is
expected to be smaller than in 1953.
Good crops and new varieties are
largely responsible, but more bar-
ley is also oetng grown in an ef-
fort to combat wild oats. A great
many acres were seeded to barley
last year when it became too late
to seed wheat. The season was
such that high yields were obtain-
ed in spite of the very late seeding.
Two new varieties were licensed
for sale in Canada during 1953. The
University of Saskatchewan pro-
duced Husky which is a six -rowed,
smooth awned, stem rust resistant,
high yielding and widely adapted
feed barley for the West. The Uni-
versity. of Alberta created Gateway
which is a six -rowed, smooth awn-
ed, early maturing feed barley for
Northern Alberta, and the Peace
River country. Both varieties will
be getting out on farms in 1954.
Plant breeders have other new var-
ieties which may be named in.1954,
and so year by year varieties are
being made available to the pro-
ducers of Canadian barley.
The variety Vantage which was
released by the Brandon Experi-
mental Station in 1947, has done
exceedingly well in the West. It
outyields many other varieties and
is on the recommended lists in
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta,
and parts of,British Columbia. Wet
years like 1953, however, show up
one of its weaknesses, a tendency
for the straw to deteriorate and
break down closeto the ground.
This was noticed mainly in Mani-
toba and eastern Saskatchewan.
The cerealists at Brandon may be
able to replace Vantage very soon
with a new variety which is equal-
ly good butdoes not have this fail-
ing.
The lodging resistant variety
Fort, which is only recommended
for eastern farms, gained much
favor in 1953. It stood up well and
high yields were reported.
The many inquiries about winter
barley Is something new, says Dr.
D. G. Hamilton, of the Cereal Divi-
sion, Central Experimental Farm,
Ottawa. Southwestern Ontario has
gone through a series of years
which were quite favorable to win-
ter barley and there is much in-
terest in the variety Wong, which
is grown at present, and In new
varieties which may replace it.
There is little chance of winter
barley succeeding In other areas of
Canada except In parts of British
Columbia. There is renewed inter-
est in breeding winter barley for
British Columbia.
Barley, like other cereals, pre-
sents problems for the agricultur-
ists at all times. Farmers want
smut resistant barley and one of
these days the plant breeders are
going to come out with good smut
resistant varieties In spite of the
fact that the smut fungus is throw-
ing out new races and delayint an
early solution to the problem. An
in all, the year 19513 had ;been an-
other good year for barley.,
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Years Aeon
interesting Items Flaked From
Tho Huron Expositor of TwBn-
tytive and Fifty Years Ago
Froii► The Huron Expositor
June 7, 1929
Mrs. Duffy, McKillop, met with a
painful accident last week when
she fell while trying to walk across
the floor, and she is in critical con-
dition. She is the last surviving
pioneer in the district, being in
her 94th year, and her many friends
wish her a speedy recovery.
.Mr. George H. Elliott, the well-
known auctioneer and insurance
agent of Clinton, leaves June 17th
for a live -day holiday to be spent
at the Royal Muskoka Hotel in
Muskoka, as a guest of the Can-
ada Life Insurance Company. Mr.
Elliott sold over $100,000 worth of
insurance for this coompany last
year.
The football game between Win-
throp and Milverton, played in
Milverton Monday night, was 4-2
for Milverton. 'It should have been
a tie, 3-3, but Milverton couldn't
see it that way. Nelson Goveln-
lock received a fractured rib, and
we hope he is able to play in Strat-
ford this Thursday evening. Strat-
ford' plays the return game in Win-
throp Monday night.
Our popular baker, W. Johnston,
Hensall, has this week installed a
large bake oven. Business has in-
creased to suchan extent he was
obliged to have a much larger ov-
en by which he will be able to
turn out more bread and, pastry.
Mr. Johnston is a first-class baker
and now that he has increased
facilities, there should be less need
of patronizing outside bakers. Sup-
port the home baker. In this con
nectiot[ we might also say that the
merchants of Bayfield are able to
supply the needs of all cottagers
and campers without the assistance
of transient traders or pedlars,
who endeavor to get business there
during the summer season.
Dr. Stackhouse, of Blyth, r•ecent-
ly returned from a month's visit
with his cousin, Dr. L. Brigham, of
Star City. Sask. He was very much
impressed with that part of the
country, specially mentioning the
very fine and well-equipped hospi-
tals. He tells us Dr. Brigham has
a very large practise.
•
From The 'Huron Expositor
June 3, 1904
The fnany friends of Mr. Dan Mc-
Curdy, Loudon Road South, will re-
gret to hear of the very serious
accident which befel him on. Tues-
day evening. During the day he
had been helping his brother, Mr.
A. McCurdy, of Farquhar, move his
effects to the farm recently pur-
chased by him from Mr. Thomas
Jones in Usborne. In the evening
when starting for home with his
team, the lines became caught on
the front of the wagon tongue.
Mr. McCurdy then got down walk-
ing along the tongue to release the
lines, having done so many times
previously, when the horses took
fright, throwing him to the ground.
The wheels of the wagon ran over
him and he was rendered uncon-
scious for some time. Mr. McCurdy
was found shortly afterwards ly-
ing in a helpless condition, when
he was taken to his home. Medical
aid was summoned, when ii was
found that he had sustained, beside
the.fracture of a thigh, severe
bruises upon his head, and internal
injuries, which will lay him up for
some time,
Joseph Engler, the well known
horseman of the 9th concession of
Grey, has sold a spiendid heavy
draught gelding to John Robb, 6th
line of Morris, for the sum of $175.
The colt was sired by Darnley and
weighs 1500 pounds.
Ben Dack, liveryman of 'Brus-
sels, had the misfortune to Iose a'
fine driving mare on Wednesday'
evening. The beast was tied out
on Flora Street to eat some grass
and became entangled in the rope,
throwing herself and breaking one
of her hind legs,
Mr. E. Van Egmond. who passed
his 92nd birthday anniversary on
Tuesday, walked from the resi-
dence of his son-in-law, Mr. E.
Jones, Huron Road, Hullett, on
Monday, to the home of a friend in
Goderich Township. The distance
was about five miles each way,
which is remarkably good for a
man of his age,
May be Short of Timothy Seed
More than 10.5 million pounds of
timothy seed have been exported
from Canada, principally to the
United States, during the period
Prom July 1, 1953, to February 28,
1954.
The Plant Products Division, De-
partment of Agriculture, Ottawa,
warns this may lead to a short
supply for domestic use. Produc-
tion for 1953 plus carry-over from
1952.provided a total supply of
about 17 million pounds. Average
annual consumption in Canada is
estimated at 10 to 12 million
pounds, or several million pounds
more than the total supply less ex-
ports. The supply of red clover
and alfalfa seed for domestic use
is said to be in somewhat the same
position as exports of red clover
seed have been relatively heavy at
6.5 million pounds, and of alfalfa
at 5.5 million pounds.
"Why did you shoot at your
hunting partner?"
"I thought he was a deer."
"When did you discover he
wasn't a deer?"
"When he started shooting back
at me,"
•
City visitor: "I see you raise
hogs almost exclusively. Do they
pay better than potatoes?"
Farmer: "well, no; but yon see,
stranger, hogs don't need any
hoeing," a r
Doctor: "Plenty of exercise velli
kill almost all germs"
Patient: "1 know, but how can
I get them, to exercise?"
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CROSSROADS
(By James Scott)
LOST OPPORTUNITY
Every year at this time a letter
comes, addressed to me at the Uni-
versity of Western Ontario which
brings a heartening message to my
weary mind. ,It begins with a spec-
tacular statement which, I must
confess, gives me a lot of much-
needed confidence. It says in large
red type: "NOW YOU CAN MEA-
SURE UP TO A BETTER PAYINiG
POSITION!"
That, I can tell you, Is music to
these old ears. Ever since the day
I made the fatal mistake of decid-
ing that a little . more education
would be a very desirable thing, I
have been having trouble with that
measuring up to a better paying
position. So far, in my course
through this vale of tears, there
have only been seven years of my
lite during which, in some way or
other, I was not directly connect-
ed with schools or colleges in var-
ious parts of the country. In all
that time, in all those different in-
stitutions, in all those widely scat-
tered areas of the country, I have
never once come within even sniff-
ing distance of one of those better
paying positions. '
You can see, then, why I am
greatly bucked up when this letter
arrives and tells me, "You too can
prepare for the kind of job that
should assure you a secure future."
But the `trouble is that I have
been going to school too long. Not
only that, but I spent most of those
years studying what is'often optim-
istically called the King's Eng-
lish". It is just a reflex reaction
with me to study the meaning of
words.
The result is that as I read on in
this cheerful letter. I begin to lose
faith. For example.' at the begin-
ning my correspondent talks about
"a better' paying position." but in
the next line he is [petitioning "a
job." Well now! .Sometimes there
is quite a difference between a
position and a job. :If I'm right, a
job means y-ou might have to dig
right in and do some real work.
Ha! that's no good. I'm a position
man from a long way back. What
has work got to do with this?
-Besides that, this man now says
that this job of 'his "SHOULD as-
sure you a secure future." What
does he mean by this "should"? Ise
there any doubt about it? Can he,,
or can he not say definitely that
I'm going to get this better paying
proposition for certain, and that
when I do my future will be se-
cure? From the way he's hedging
now it Looks as if this thing isn't
nearly such a safe 'bet as I was
led to believe.
He talks about a lot of other.
things too, and the letter finishes
with this alarming - statement:;'
"Mlle man with the practical experl- -
ence gets the job."
Well, that lets me out right.
there. For a minute I saw myself
with dollars sticking out of even
pocket and not a worry in the'-.
world, but this experience qualifica-
tion! Everybody knows that teach-
ers and writers, such as me, are the•
least experienced people in the
world. To put it in the colloquial,
we don't know from nothin. 1
didn't believe this one time, but
I've been told it so often that 1
have no ohoice. I'm just a drearm-
er.
I can see now where I took the -
wrong turn. If only this letter had
reached me before I went away to•
college things would be a whole lot
different today. I would have en-
rolled
nrolled in this correspondence school
(that's how you get experience, 1
gather) and before you could say
Longfellow .I'd have been trained ."
in Diesel, auto mechanics, welding,
refrigeration, air conditioning, show
card writing and photography?
Yep! That's where I missed the
boat. Think of all those years, 1
spent -and all the money too -
learning to write, and all the time,•
1 could have taken a correspond-
ence course in show card writing
and made my future secure. Shake-
speare believed that some of-ue
are born under evil stars. I guess+•
I must have been one of them to
have missed an opportunity like
this.
I think Shakespeare must have,
been born -under an evil star too.
He didn't take a course in show
card writing either.
Recall Queer Facts of History
In a talk on regimental customs
of the British Army, broadcast in
the Home Service, J. S. Bradford
referred to the two hymn tunes
played by the 10th Hussars before
the dray's end -formerly almost ev-
ery night of the year, now on spe-
cific occasions: one is "As pants
the hart for cooling streams", the
other, "Thy will be done."
Official history says that the rea-
son for this custom is obscure.
But, certainly before World War I,
the regiment firmly believed a story
that during the Peninsular Wear it
camped down for the night, after
a small but pretty hot engagement,
near a convent. I do not want to
slander so famous a regiment
which for many years was called
'the don't -dance 10th', but it was
suggested then that the convent
proved too tempting for the re-
straint of the troops.
"According to the story, the
mother superior reported the inci-
dent to that stickler for discipline
and high morality, the Iron Duke,
who decreed that for penance the
regiment would listen to two hymn
tunes played by the regimental
band for the rest of its life. They
would be played shortly before
Lights Out, a right time for spiri-
tual .penance. He left the choos-
ing of those tunes to their colonel.
The regiment believe that the
choice was appropriate.
Looted Wine
"The 12th Lancers, who also go
to bed to the music of two hymns,
have a regimental. legend relating
a similar incident to themselves:
the, differen,ce is that their assault
is alleged to have been made on a
monastery, and the loot was -,104
bottles of wine.
'Then there is the story of why
officers of. the King's Shropshire
Light Infantry do not drink the
King's Health in ?[fess, and why
they are permitted to remain seat-
ed when the National Anthem is
being played. Other regiments al-
so remain seated on such occasions,
many from centuries-old association.
with the Navy.
"At least a dozen refrain frons
drinking the Royal Toast, but the -
story of the Shropsthire Light In-
fantry
nfantry is unique. During the early
1820's that much -maligned royal
figure, George IV-'Prinny' to the -
wits of the day, Prinny the Liber-
tine, Prinny the Fop, and yet the •
man who gave England probably
its greatest individual collection of '
art treasures -was distinctly un- -
popular. He was seeking a divorce --
from his Queen. He was dallying'
in his Royal Pavilion at Brighton,
and he decided to go to the the-
atre.
"The population of Brighton had:
the Queen's cause at heart. At the -
theatre he was in danger of being'
mobbed by a crowd of rioters. Of-
ficers of the Shropshire Light Regi-
ment protected -him from the mob'e
attention. A few days later, when,
dining with the regiment, the King
in gratitude granted them their'
two unique privileges in token of
their loyalty.
"And when talking about the
Royal Toast, one should not forget
the ritual still observed by the 1st
Battalion the Cameronians (the -
Scottish Rifles). They were found-
ed, after the accession of William
and Mary, from a strict body of
Preaabyterians. A self-imposed con-
dition of their establishment was
that there should be no profane -
talk, no drunkenness, no drinking
of toasts.
•"That custom, born in the days
of the -Covenanters, still persists -
The Royal Toast is given in the
customary manner, but no wine is
passed round before it, and no toast
is actually drunk. After the toast,
the wine is then passed round and.
those members of the dregiment who
want to can drink a glass. -
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