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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 14, 1960
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Lions Mark Thirty-five Years Of Service
It is a little more than thirty-five plishment of the Seaforth Lions Club
years ago that this district learned • in its 35 years existence. Hundreds
of the establishment of the Seaforth who are grown men and women to -
Lions Club. The club was organized day are enjoying good health, are
be -
on December 12, 1924, and in Janu- able to use limbs once deformed ar of the followingyear received its cause of assistance given in year past
y g through the crippled children's and
charter, welfare program of the
Lions Club.
v
The attern its activitieswere to The Lions through the
years have
follow in succeeding years was es- lent their support to a variety of com-
tablished early in its existence when munity enterprises, including va,
in February of 1925 the club under- ious athletic teams, the Scouts, the
took the eitablishment of a park and Guides and civic improvement pro-
. -Swimming pool to serve the Seaforth grams. During the war years the club
'district. By the summer of that year was in the forefront developing as -
the nucleus of what has grown to be • sistance for war funds.
the spacious Lions Park of today had All this has been possible because
became a reality, In the• years be- of the generous support which the
tween, the park was enlarged and im- public has given Lions Club projects,
proved and modern swimming facili- The Lions Club is but a means to an
ties provided, until today it is recog- end. It has acted as a clearing house,
nized as bein anion the outstand- as it were and has
g g converted -the in-
ing parks of its kind in Ontario. terest and support of a broad section
Supervised swimming facilities at of' the public into actual accomplish -
the Lions Park have resulted in thou- mens which have contributed to the
sands of boys and girls learning to welfare of all the , citizens.
swim; who might otherwise never Much has .been accomplished in
have had the opportunity.. The lives thirty-five years rand those who from
that have been saved as a result of time to time have been 'members of
this program can never be known. the ,club during that time, mefit the
However, on the basis of experience thanks of the community for a job
in areas where swimming instruction well done. In the years ahead will lie
is not available, it can be assumed many more opportunities for service
that many owe their lives to the les- and in carrying on its good work the
sons they received at the Lions.Park. club will have the best wishes of the
But that is not the only accom- ' community.
World Refugee Week is. Challenge To Huron
Committees are. forming across
Huron County with the purpose of
making World Refugee Year some,
thing more than just a phrase to the
people in this area.
Refugees to most of us are mass-
es off nameless people in some far off
country about which we know little.
We ignore the fact that they are in-
dividuals—as.we ourselves are—with
the same hopes and fears and aspira- -
tions, but who, because of the strange
hand of fate, have been destined to
spend' years under intolerable condi-
tions eking out a bare existence.
The situation presents a challenge
to Canada and to Canadians, as the
Globe and, Mail points out in a recent
editorial:
"Australian Immigration Minister
Downer announces that since 1946
his country had accepted almost 250,-
000 refugees.
"How do Canada's efforts compare
with this?, Our immigration statis-
tics do not always distinguish be-
tween refugees and ordinary immi-
, grants, so that an exact ,comj3arisan
is impossible.
"Perhaps it would 'be safe to put
the total number admitted to. Canada
at about 250,000. This is approxi-
' mately the Australian' figure, but it
should be remembered that Austra-
lia's population is around 10,000,000,
while that of Canada approaches 18,-
000,000. If Canada had accepted re-
fugees on • the same scale as Austra-
lia, our total would now be in the
neighborhood of 375,000.
"It is when we compare the respec-
tive contributions the two countries
They Lack the Tec
• A recent article in the Manchester
Guardian brings out an aspect of edu-,
eational training, especially technical
training, in underdeveloped coun-
tries that is not always realized by
the more ' prosperous Western na-
' . of n,s.
Canadians,Americans and itons,
when theytink about t
the problems
involved in training engineers for •
Foch a country as Ghana, tend to con-
centrate on the problem of money, or
sometimes on the difficulties of ob-
tai'iiing teachers.
but in addition t� these very real •
problems are others that itself. �'"tile underdeveloped society
When a Canadian youngster decides
" S s ijr eiigiheering he already .,ors-
es e
ff a '
c�nalderableliaehgraun
hrough 'hide`very'day .eontae th-
are making. to World Refugee Year
that we have cause for real embar-
rassment. Australia is prepared to
bring in 6,000 during the year. The
Canadian Government's contribution
- to date has been the movement of 100
-tubercular families --- perhaps 400
persons in all—from the European
camps to new hothes and new hopes
in Canada.
"This is a good beginning, but it
shold be only a beginning. Unfor-
tunately, the Dominion- Government
seems content to rest on its oars and
leave any -further movements to be
financed by the Provinces or by the
citizens. Private organizations and
individuals are anxious to help—in-
deed World Refugee Year has re-
ceived a tremendous response across
the country—but they get very little
encouragement- from the Immigra-
tion Department. As the months
pass, the danger is growing that our
contribution to World Refugee Year
will be only a token one.
"Surely we can do better than this!
With -itssize, its wealth, its small
population and Its chronic labor
shortages, Canada is in a better posi-
tion than any other nation to take
the lead in solving the refugee prob-
lem. We should be marching at the
head of the procession; not crawling
at the rear."
So that Htironr may do its part,—
march at the head, as it were -that
the World Refugee Committee here
is undertaking its task and is mak-
ing plans for a county -wide drive
May 16 to May 21. It will be assured
of the -generous support of the 'people'
of Huron.
hnical Background
the products of an advanced techni-
cal society.
A student in a country such as
Ghana, however, does not possess
these initial advantages. He often has
no experience whatever with televi-
sion, automobiles, elevators, mechan-
ical tools, and factories. In many cas-
es his first contact with technical im-
plements and machinery comes only -
after he enters" college.
Even once they are --°iI2 college,
many of the students cannot receive
practical training because of the ab-
sence of suitable equipment. Surely,
in view of the pressing aced of these
technically for chnic 11
ay trained•per-
son
goes , s
thI is
a valuable "fieY'
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where,
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BUT CYa4CH...WE WERE
AUL Si;'RAMSONG AFTER
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--SUGAR AND SPICE
By W. (Bill) i3. T. SMILEY
A lot of women smell their hue -
band's breath after he comes
hone after a night out: Not my
wife. She just makes me turn out
my pockets. Oh, she doesn't make
a big fuss. She quietly takes the
buttered buns, the bits of cheese, -
and the slices of meat wrapped in
a serviette, throws them in the
garbage and leads me off to bed.
* * *
We were at a cold meat supper
recently, sponsored by a women's
organization. The Old Girl was as
nervous as a mother with a klep-
tomaniac child. She saw the tell-
tale glitter in my eyes when I
was confronted by those plates
piled with sliced meat, those
stacks of fresh,'home-made bread,
and she watched me like a hawk:
* ,* *
Finally, I had to get,, tricky.
"lent she a knockout?" I said,
pointing at a young lady: who was
just leaving. No women can re-
sist looking. While her head was
turned,. I crammed a slice of bread
into my pocket. But she frisked
me as soon as we left the hall. I
lost my piece of bread, and had
to settle for a piece of her mind.
* * *
On the whole, my wife is toler-
ant of this aberration 'of mine.
Sometimes she lets me smuggle
some olives and celery out of a
posh restaurant. But she draws
the line- when I start secreting
hunks of steak or Iegs of fried
chicken that are left. And she's
not only humiliated but furious
when I ask•the waiter for a jar in
which to cart off the remains of
the chow mein, after a big Chin-
ese meal
* * .*
Two influences in my life cre-
ated this habit of garnering any
spare food. Since my prisoner -of -
war; days, I've always had a deep-
rooted fear d going hungry. In
those days I discovered that a
good, thick crust tucked' away
about the person was more com-
forting than thoughts of home,
mother or country.
* *
I remember one great financial
coup I pulled off there. I started
with the excellent, if filthy, shirt
whioh I was wearing and had'nt
had off for six weeks. It took me
a week, but I traded that for, a
cheap shirt and a pair of gloves,
the gloves for cigarettes, the cig-
arettes for an onion, the onion for
a bottle of bomemade hooch, and
the hooch -for a Red' Cross choco-
late bar,
I fondled the • chocolate, unwrap-
ped and rewrapped it, smelled it,
and made out a schedule whereby,
I would eat one square a day for
eight days. That night, lying in
bed thinking . Iecherously of my
bar, I was overcome of my lust,
snatched it from under the pillow,_
and gnawed my way through it,
to the accompaniment of piteous.
protests from my roommates. I
was sick shortly and lost the
works, to their delight. But I
have never been casual about food
since those daya.
* * *
Besides this, I have a feeling,'
instilled in me as a child, that
waste is a sin. There was no waste
at our' house. Leftover porridge,.)
for example, went into the big pot
of soup always simmering, and
gave it body and flavor. In the
depths of the depression, my moth-
er invented a new kind of hash, a
popular dish in those days. She
replaeed the meat in the hash
with skins of baked potatoes put
through the grinder. It looked like
real 'hash, was filling, and with a
liberal sloshing of homemade chili
sauce, was palatable.
* * *
Those were .the days when you
went to the butcher and asked if
he had any bones for the dog: He
gave you some good, meaty bones,
for nothing but an ironic smile,
and you took them home and made
soup out of them. Now of eottri#e,
you ask the butcher ?ora soup•
bone and he gives you sortie dog -
bones and charges you for them.
That's pregr *ss.
*
You shoal's] bear my smart -ales
kids when I tell thein things like
that. "But that Watt lis the Bad
OM tags Dad. flava another
Plebe Of elite l ' they taunt.
* *
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leek Yet aget. 'hi the '0
re *must thetiilithdit hf' to
1,10Sa� " Yt :tiinhh ` N ,
1 -
People eating in restaurants con-
sume only about half their meal.
The rest goes into -the garbage,
and then to the nig farmer.
* * *
I suggest that when we are eat-
ing out, we carry with us a pliable
plastic container, with hot and cold
compartments. These could be
draped over- the. backs of our
chairs, like saddlebags. Ladies,
could have tbeirs covered in mink,
if they wished. • At the end of the
meal, everything we had paid for
but hadn't eaten, from soup to.
sherbet, would be dumped into the
saddlebags, which would then be
strapped on under our coats.
We might slosh and gurgle a bit
when we 'walled, but it would put
an end to waste, legalize my social
vice, and we'd have a whale of a
time going through our garbage
when we got home. .
FEDERATION
NEWS
By J. CARL HEMINGWAY
Ontario Farm Forum held the
annual meeting in the Seaway
Hotel, Toronto, April 7, with re-
preseetotfves from as far as Earl -
ton, in Northern Ontario attending.
Mrs. Vera Greig, of Wroxeter, the
pOnresitarioded-Farm Forum chairman,
Farm Forum had a successful
year in spite of the fact that the
number decreased in Ontario. In
both the Maritimes and Western
Canada, more people took advant-
age of this means of trying to im-
prove the position of agriculture.
Bob Knowles, of the CBC, told of
the problems of broadcasting in
India. The Indian Government is
very interested in using the farm
forum method in bringing informa-
tion to their rural people. How-
ever, they as yet have only been
able to supply about 60,000 of the
villages with a population of over
1,000 with one radio. There are
another 600,000 villages of this siz
that have no radio. When we ad
to this all the villages under this
size we can see a tremendous
market for what we can produce
if we would only adjust our econ-
omy,.a little to purchase from them
some of the things they would be
glad to supply.'
The Beef Producers introduced
a negotiating type marketing plan
at the annual meeting on April 8.
Under this plan, the board would
be able to negotiate grades, stand
dardize basis for dressed weight,
and spreads between light and
heavy carcasses, and between
grades. 'The board would have no
authority over the actual sale of
the cattle.
A deduction of roe for cattle and
5e' for 'calves would be taken to
finance the organization and to
carry on a promotion program for
the sale of bees; products.
A resolution was introduced sug-
gesting that the Beef Producers'
Board, the Hog Producer's' Board
and- United Co-operatives Board
meet to study the possibility of
setting Up processing facilities.
This resolution Was defeated by a
large majority Without any dis-
cussion. This was athazing to itne,
since farmers are cothplainiing
loudly about their returns and the
Commission on Price Spreads has
told them that the processing of
farm , products is much more pro-
fitable than the producing of then.
The first lesson taught to any
salesman is that he must know his
own product, and the second is
that he must know his competitor's
product. Surely the processor is
competing with the farmer for a
portion of the ,consumer's dollar,
and it is only sensible for the, farm-
er to learn of that end of the in-
dustry.
After a hang, sky asteeeh tlfefand
organization , preaident ahtitiiineed
that there would be w brief meet -
hag of the Beard lintrfealately atter
adjoiitntnent. Follotvin the gleet-
ing a Stranger: Was the first to
neat The ISreaideht ttif front. You
must have inisunderstood tile an.
tlbiiticeinent," said the president,
"X Whnbiiheed a meeting of tile
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(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
Where Is the Green Mound?
Green Mound a low knoll that
dominates Portland Point, a point
of land jutting out into New Brun-
swick's St. John River from the -
upper end of Saint John harbour.
The Green Mound has been the site
of archaeological excavations fn
recent years. These excavations
have revealed considerable infor-
mation on the prehistoric, French
and early British periods.
* *,
How Did Alberni Get Its Name?
The city of Alberni on the west
coast of Vancouver Island at the
head of the Alberni Canala,- an ex-
tension of Barkley Sound, honors
the memory of Don Pedro Alberni,
a captain in the Spanish Army, who
was in command of the soldiers
sent. by Spain to. occupy Nootka..in
1790, The name was given to the
canal in 1791 and was then applied
to the settlement at the head of
the canal in 1861 by Captain Rich-
ards of H.M.S. Hecate. 'The natural
canal, 22 miles long, is navigable
by ocean-going vessels and term-
inates in a fine anchorage. Ad-
joining Alberni to the south is the
larger city of Port Alberni.
* * *
When Did Canada's First
Missionary Nun Arrive?
On August 1, 1639; Mother Marie
of the Incarnation, first missionary
nun of the Roman Catholic Church
in Canada, arrived at Quebec
from"France. -She was accompan-
ied by Mothers St. Joseph and St:
Croix, also Ursulines, and Mme de
la Peltrie, their benefactress, who
wished to devote herself and her
fortune to establishing the Ursuline
order•in the Nev World. The af-
teroort of their arrival found thein
•nursing smallpox -stricken Indians
on the plains of Sillery. When the
Ursuline .convent was established
at Quebec, Mother Marie became
its first superior and retained that
position until her death in 1672. She
conducted a school for French and
Indians, compiled the first diction-
aries in Iroquois and AIgonkian.
.and translated the catechism into
Iroquois. She was also proficient
in Huron, Montagnais and Abnaki.
In 1911 she was declared venerable'
by the church.
* * * *,
What Was the Natural Resources
Intelligence Service?
This was a government agency
that operated from 1917 until 1930
in the geographical field on the
federal level. It compiled textual,
statistical and Map data on the
'nature and extent of Canada's re-
sources, Its activities were brought
to a halt by the depression of the
thirties and it was not until the
econd World War that the federal
government again became active
in geographical matters. An Inter -
Service Topographic Section was
set up in the Department of Na-
tional Defence and out of this,rew,
in 1947, the Joint ,.Intelligence -•Bu-
reau of the Defence Research
Board, which provided geographi-
cal intelligence. Early in the 1940's
the need for civilian studies to par-
allel the military ones ' was felt,
and in 1943 a geographer was ap-
pointed to the Department ''of
Mines and Resources. Then in
1947 a Geographical Bureau was•
established in the department and
this has since become the Geogra-
phical Branch of the Department
of Mines and Technical Surveys.
Father: "I saw a man with two
heads on his shoulder."
Daughter: "How odd. It was in
the circus, I suppose?"
Father: "No, last night in this
house, and one of the heads was
yours,'
A *DUFF OTTAWA REPORT
THE EMPEROR'S C140TRESO:
ald F emfng clotheed him}aeelf NW.
the when he brought down his bud-
get for the current year hi ~the
House of Commons late last month,
Producing what he hopes is his
first tiny surplus after three years
of deficits totalling over $1 bon,
Mr. Fleming sought to convey the
idea that the Federal Government
was only bringing to fruition long
and carefully developed polities.
The forecast surplus of $12,000
000 was not something that ha
just
forts.happened" , he said. "It is th
result of considered aims and e
Well, in part that is true. F
two years of the three it has bee
in office the present Governme
no doubt has pondered long an
deeply how it could get out of th
trouble it got itself into with i
first budget.
It will be recalled that in Nevem
ber of 1957 Mr. Fleming brough
down a "baby budget" whic
sharply reduced taxes and increa.
ed federal expenditures, particu
larly those for social welfare
Those changes, when they wer
passed along to the 1958-1959 bud
get, together with the revenu
drop caused the recession, result
ed in a real deficit of over $800,000,
000. Last year they were respon
sible for a deficit of over $400,
000,000, even though Mr. Flemin
was forced to not only restore th
tax cuts but add to them. -
Since that famous baby budge
of 1957, members of the Feder,
Government have sought to ra
tionalize their policy by contendin
it was part of a long-sighted pia
aimed at meeting the impendin
recession of 1958.
•The fact is that the winter •o
1957-1958 the Government would
not for one minute admit the coun
try was already heading into re
cession,._nor did it suggest taxes
were `being decreased or federa
expenditures increased for tha
reason.
In keeping with a time-honored
tradition, it was quite simply pre
paring the way for the next federal
election it knew Was around the
corner.
Ill-considered policies that were
never really designed to meet re-
cession led to a severe loss of con-
fidence in the Government among
investors and virtually forced the
Bank of Canada to print all the
money needed by the treasury to
cover the heavy drain in 1958-1959.
This in turn added to public con-
cern, which reached its- peak in
the middle of last year when inter-
est rates climbed to peaks that had
not been known sive the depres-
sion days. .
Now that crisis seems over and
Mr. Fleming has safely -rade
shore. But there are new storms
gathering on the horizon which the
Government seems non}ore' ready
to meet' than the last, despite the
warnings pasted up and down the
coast by others.
Ever since November, James
Coyne, Governor of the Bank of
Canada, has been sounding the
alarm from the housetops over
Canada's continued spending, spree
that has led to "chronic" deficits
with 'the rest of the world.
Mr. Coyne has called on the
Government to take the lead in
inducing Canadians to save more
of their own wealth for investment
in their own land and to spend less
both in Canada and abroad on lux-
uries that are beyond their means.
.. Mr. Fleming, trying to ride two
horses at once, totally rejected the
idea that heavy . deficits abroad
posed any danger for the nation,
and at the same time indulged in
a little sermon about "efficiency,
productivity and thrift." There
was no leadership here.
The Minister dwelt at length on
the unbounded prosperity that Can-
adians generally enjoyed last year
and basked in what be thought was
reflected glory.
He paused hardly at all to con-
sider the dark cloud lurking in
the distance. That was unemploy-
ment, which at a time when the
economy was climbing to now
heights, stood just under the post-
war high hit during the depths of
the j.!)58 recession..
Mr. Fleming had no eatpl'anaties
why the number without work
should be s_ o high at a time of such
prosperity only hope that the
problem would go away.
* * *
Capital Hi11,Capsules.
The Unemployment Insure c
Fund, which the Gover ent
thought it had bailed out las year,
is still in trouble. •
By the end of March it was down
to $384,000,000, a decline of $125,-
000,000 from a year ago and
threatening to go "'another $60,000,-
000 lower before the •.bottom was
reached this year. This is�'ftn,eon-
trast. to the $927,000,000 that was
in the fund as of December, 1956:
When it brought in a 30 per cent
increase in contribution rates last
fall, the Government hoped that it
had halted the drain on the fund,
but there is 'no indication this has
happened yet.
The basic assumption behind the
change was that the five-year av-
erage level of employment up 'to
March 1958 of, four per cent would
prevail and thus make it possible
for ...the Fund .tohe brought into.
balance,
But unemployment over the past
two years has been running well
ever that rate. For the whole of
1958 it averaged 6.6 per cent. Last
year it was down to 5.6 per "Cent,
but in the first two months of this
year unemployment was nearly up
to the 1958 levels. At that rate the
Fund is bound to need a new in-
jection of funds before long.
* *• *
The Federal Government has
sent a trade mission to Moscow in
an effort to wind up the year-old
negotiations over renewal of the
Canadian - Russian trade agree-
ment._
The old three-year treaty expir-
ed in February of 1959 and the
Soviet Union has steadfastly re-
fused to renew it under the old
conditions that worked heavily in
Canada's favour. The previous
agreement required Russia to buy .
some $20,000,000 worth of wheat a
year from Canada, imposed no ob-
ligation on this country to buy
anything in, return: Russia , has
been insisting that under any new
agreement it should be required to
buy no more than twice as much
from Canada as,Canada buys from.
her.
It looks 'as if the, Kremlin has
won its point.
THE BIBLE TODAY
Opportunities for Bible distribu-
tion under unusual circumstances,
occur from time to time through-
out the world. At a recent Na-
tional Brazilian Basketball Invita-
tion Tournament, each of the play.
ers, coaches, referees and other of-
ficials from all over the country
was presented with a Bible.
Recently in Toronto .a class of;
public .school children attended thea
oath+taking ceremony at the citi-
zenship court. The judge, the cleric
of the court the school teacher,
and each of the children were pres-
ented with a copy of the John Stir-
ling Youth Bible to commemor,
ate the occasion and to remind
them of the central place the Bible
should hold in the life of a citizen
of Canada.
Suggested Bible Readings
Sunday—Acts 21:1-16
Monday—Luke 16:19-31
Tuesday—Luke 17:1-19
Wednesday—Luke 17:20-37
Thursday—Luke 18:18-43
Friday—Luke 19:1-27
Saturday—Acts 21:17-39
IN THE YAn AGONE
.••Interesting items gleaned from
The Huron Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
April 12, 1935
The barn on the farm of George
Laithwaite, west of Winthrop, was
completely destroyed by fire on
Monday. Also 19 head of cattle,
full mow of straw, seed grain and
implements were lost.
Frank Sills, Seaforth, was re-
elected president of the Conserva-
tive Association of Huron -Perth at
the annual meeting in -Hensel)
Wednesday.
Additional Pavement was moot-
ed for Seafofth streets at the April
council meeting. Arrangements
were also begun to observe the
it•irsg's Jubilee May 6.
A new slate of officers Was in-
stituted for St. -James' C.W.L. Mrs.
Frank Sills is the new president.
R. J. Deachman, Ottawa, was
the unanimous choice to, contest
North Huron for. the Liberals He
took a prominent ;Par in the 1932
South Huron by-election.
Mr. A. F. Cluff, whose resigtia-
tion as a member of the Public
Library Board was accepted by
council Monday evening, has sett/ -
ed on the board for 30 years.
Seaforth fire brigade, answering
a call on Wednesday, were surpris-
ed, to find the fire nett door, at
the Commrtercial Hotel, Where a
chimney had caught fire. No dam-
age Was done.
I Was just, 'like old times on
Main Street Wedne day everting,
When a team $f horses, polling a
Wagon, dashed Madly up the Street
and came to rest at Bast's fatal -
hire attire. It Was the flat re-
spectable runaway. Seen in See -
IOW in aonse yeas.
7%61'6 was a Item, att fidtine¢
at ,the annual hprltig Ohmic sling,
held `in"lIelik01 .Sit Saturday.
'fort 'the judg1n , `h ;irase 61'tile
snlmala . entered. Was held- .on.,.th
Main Street.
Mr. John Bt'9hart, who 'recently
purchased the Avon Chests pro-
perty here, moved his family to
their home on ,Market Street on
Tuesday.
§ §
From The Huron Expositor
April 1, 1910
Miss. Hood, daughter of Mr. Jos.
Hood; Stanley, was attacked by a
dog while she was unhitching a
horse at her hoipe. The dog, froth-
ing et the mouth, also attacked the
horse and then fled. Miss Hood
was not injured.
The weather has been delightful,
and as a consequence a number of
Kip nn district farmers are busy
seMr. W. T. Box is having the
frame stores on the property on
Main' Street which forms part of
the new post office site, torn down.
Mr. Yates, one of the engineers
of the Hydro -Electric Commission,
'Was in town on Thursday'1n con-
neetion with the Niagara poii7'er to
Seaforth, and the maximum rate
per horsepower for a 24-hour ser-
vice for SeafGrth is $4L25.
Mr. James Flynn has disposed of
his blaeksmlthing business in Clin-
ton to Mr. John. Saunders, of Nem-
ilton.
Some of the enthusiastic bowlers
had a game on the greens on Good
Friday.
The water cart made its first
appearance of the season en Men -
day.
The annual Meeting- of the Hur-
on and Perth Baseball League Was
held at tile; conit errcial Rotel Sea -
bib, • in Good Friday, Whit tate
rott
� of
Seaforth . blh
in' the
e.
l�e'a e�•
. The toads. Aad 7tii cis nr ' now
itt d enntftttitt, whip: attoiiid be
the>'meaill•a bi`li'lgiii) Ot'it`'a :,latge
display of horses to Seaforth's
spring show on Tuesday:
§
From The Huron Expositor
April 10, .1885
Some $8,000 worth of stock has
been subscribed toward the new
Traders Bank, to be opened at
Brussels,
Mr. William Teskey, in Govern
look's mill at Winthrop, last week'
was fixing a belt when his clothes
Caught on a shaft. Ile was being
rapidly drawn in, but by a despot. -
ate effort, freed himself. Re had
a dislocated ,shoulder.
One daylast week while mo—
straw out of Mr. Robert Miller'a
barn, near Clinton, some 60 full-
grown rodents were found, With
the help of a dog, all but two were
killed.
The fall wheat this year is said
to be looking Well and ;gives excel-
lent prorhise of a goad yield.,
The roads in the country are now
in an almost impassible condition,
there being neither wheeling nor
sleighing.
A number of boys are In the..
habit of breaking into the skating
rink and committing a nuisance by
smashing Windows and Tamps.
Thu mother of our esteemed
townssthan, Mr. Robert Willis, flied
at her datighter's home on Friday.
Mrs. J'oseph McCully, Stanley,
having occasion to take a dose of
dough medieitid, by Mistake took
a dose Of tindtttre of iodine. She
Wag no more than frightened,
Mr. f>, McLennan shipped sev.
entten cars tit grain froin 'l11p»ett
'atatlnn last week for the Liv6rptrol
Market, �•
7ifeasts, ?deN •vin nild 'ti'ell rare
'ticlvlr' thVi 14 their tits tbh va'tt+iikei
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