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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-05-04, Page 3f ? THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, 5L1Y 4th, 1933 FALL PROVES FATAL A fall down the stairs at the home of his son proved fatal to John Young, a Goderich Township pion­ eer. Deceased who was in his 8Qth year, suffered serious head and lived but three days, injuries BIBLES PRESENTED Gideons Wesley- The London Camp of held a dedication service in Willis- Church, Clinton, when a gift of Bibles sufficient to supply one to each room in the Clinton Public Hospital were presented and dedi­ cated. I tea, sitting on a fine Oriental rug ■ I on the sand just as the sun was I touching the distant tops of the Pyramids. Then about nine we had a dinner, and the Arabs played their ■weird music, one dreadful old holy man waving his hands over our heads and telling oui’ fortunes, while an­ other shiek or something of that kind did a dance for us, making his body wiggle and twist in a ^Vay hor­ rible to see. But it was all so ex­ citing, and novel, and about midnight our camels with their broken only the camels’ silence ANDERSON—MILLS The manse, Seaforth, was the scene of a pretty wedding, when Annabelle Louise, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mills, of Blyth, was united in marriage to William Herbert, only son of Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson, of Walton, the ceremony being performed by Rev. I. B. Kaine, B. A., cousin of the bride, assisted by Rev. C. C. Kaine,, uncle of the bride. They will re­ side on the groom’s farm in McKil- lop. LORDLY ROOSTER NEARLY WRECKS CAR CLINTON—A. peculiar accident be­ fell Rev. Wm. Townsend, London on Monday of last week, While motor­ ing to Clinton from London, a large rooster, feeding by the roadside' near Cllandeboye, became startled, I and flying winshield, the glass, about the driver. The bird came through the! broken front, struck the driver in; the face, bounded window shattering then made a dash dow and succeeded wreck of that. The driver got his' car stopped and found the rooster still alive in the car though badly battered after its encounter with thej plate glass. It died the next day. That Mr. Townsend managed to keep control of his car during the scram­ ble was remarkable. we started homeward, and donkey and riders shadows and the by the soft pat pat of hoofs being almost uncanny. But I cannot take time to tell you of a trip to Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt, and of the cata­ combs there with the huge stone coffins of the sacred bulls ages ago, or of all the marvellous things which were taken from the grave of King Tut, and are now kept in a Museum in Cairo. There is a proverb here which says that he who drinks of the waters of the Nile will want to drink again, and if this •one who comes to this land will want to come a true true proverb. But at last we went made a shorter stay in mous land, Land. We little jerky near Gaza, country sometimes green and fertile and again so stoney that one can understand why they stoned people to death in that land long ago, we reached Jerusalem. What strange feelings it gives one to come in the present day to this city, the city of David and Isaiah and Jesus, and to stay in a beautiful purple room in a modern hotel called after King Da­ vid. We had not long enough to stay in this land of Prophets and of Crusaders, but we made the most of our time. We went the very first day down the steep steep road which leads from Jerusalem to Jericho means that enchanted again, it is away, and another fa/- the Holy night on a finding us Palestine or travelled all train, dawn and after passing thro’ , > i up, was struck by the . The impact shattered j inflicting severe cuts; hands and face of the'-.............I against the side it to fragments, for the rear win­ in making a near; MISS KATHERINE LECKIE WRITES FROM HOLY LAND i I seeing the ruined inn to which the i Good Samaritan took the wounded 'I Jew from the wayside, and seeing• I■' also away on one side the brook at which Elijah was fed by the ravens The country is dreadfully wild and rocky, until we reached Jericho where there is some ferility, and the pleasant smell of orange blossoms. But off to the right again and to­ wards the Dead (Sea there is another wicked looking desert, the Desert of Visited Q.j[]ga]t j put On my bathing suit and Moonlight Night on the Nile Watch­ ing Departing Caravans- Sacred Scenes in Holy Land Sol-: tried to swim in the Dead Sea, but diers Keep the Peace Between Ri­ va] Churches at Jesus’ Sepulche so sajt buoyant is the water that —Drove in “ From Jerusalem Through Galilee one’s feet will not stay down. Indeed High-Powered Auto you can stand straight up in deep I water, and you only sink to your Miss Katherine Leckie, R.N., who' chest< And the water is so sticky has been enjoying a .sojourn in Egy-jthat r°u must have a fresh water pt and Palestine has written for the' wash after coming out. Cn the way Journal-Argus another of her fas- back to Jerusalem we passed Beth- cinating travel letters. She writes,)— Dear Mr. Eedy,— I should have written you another ( full letter about my stay in Cairo! and all the fascinating experiences of that wonderful city. We made^ a small party one evening and spent) almost the whole of a moonlit night on a queer old, freight barge on thej Nile. We sailed from place to place! delivering goods at different landing1 stages, and we watched the caravans' being made up for their journey across the deserts. Off they go perhaps a dozen or more camels In a row, the Arab drivers tucking up their long robes partly under them and partly round their necks, and getting Teady to go to sleep as their big steady animals go lurching along On another afternoon we drove again to the Pyramids by motor car. then took camels, each with a driv­ er, our dragonan riding along side on his donkey, and making almost a 'caravan by ourselves we rode for an’ hour up and across the sandy desert to an Arab encampment in a lonely, lonely place. There we first drank I After any EXERCISE ’ GIVE YOUR BODY EASE RUB IN— ■ A ■ MINARD'S LlNlMEhlT F Sties AstbUt H*roM F, R&M* * Cx, Limited, Toronto n any and over the Mount of Olives and near the Garden of Gethsemane. O it is all so wonderful. But I can really only say one or two words about each place. I walk­ ed in my stocking feet on the per­ fectly exquisite carpets of the Mos­ que of Omar. I listened to twenty Jews beside the Wailing Wall la­ menting over the glory that is de­ parted. I saw Mohammedan door­ keepers and British iSoldiers keeping the peace among the rival Christian pilgrims at the Church of Jlesus’ Se­ pulchre. I heard and was thrilled by the sweet clear voice of the Muez­ zin from a minaret near by. ■ “Allah, Akbar, “Da illaha, ill allah, "Mohammed rusal Allah.” “God Almighty God. There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is. his prophet. Come to pray.” We also werit to the little town of Bethlehem which might be the same as when David watched his father’s sheep. I drove a powerful American motof car over the road from Jerusalem through Samaria to Galilee, pausing at many places, the most impressive of all being the well of Jacob in Sa­ maria, where we were given a drink of the water.by a woman, of Samaria. We passed through Nazareth and Cana, at Cana seeing young women filling their water-pots to the brim and carrying them on their heads, perhaps to a wedding, We drove to many places on the Sea of Galilee, sometimes sitting in a quiet spot and thinking of all that had happen­ ed in that sacred and historic region And after a few days full of great experiences, tve drove towards the Mediterranean Sea, passing over the very top of Mount Carmel where Elijah conquered the false prophets long ago, Then down to the sea-, port of Haifa, and by a French steamer to this city of Alexander the Great* We leave in a few days for Naples. Been fishin’ yet? It’s been a bit cold for good bitin’. ******** ■ ■ s. Cautious Sandy says he prefers the kilts because of deeficulty he hes in getting his feet through troosers. ****** ** We know a youth who says he'll not get a new pair of pants We wish that boy suc-unless he has luck with his trapping, ces. ** ♦ *« « of last week. 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Millions of dollars worth of farm build­ ings are being eaten up each year by rot and decay caused by leaky roofs, and by fires. Save your buildings NOW before they get beyond saving. Re-roof with Rib-Roll. So those hustling United 000,000 in Canadian interests! get for a whole year’s work! * ** A large number of otherwise, are reported and impure seed, reap.” States people That’s a Ho hum. • * » lot * have invested $4,000,- more than some of us * of all warningsfarmers, in spite as having sowed a great deal of ‘Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall * * • to do inferior he also to busi-Ramsay MacDonald and President Roosevelt got down ness with commendable promptitude. They did all that honest and good men could have done to promote good will between all branch­ es of the Anglo-Saxon race. ******* * Already the wolves of the selfish interests of the United States are seeking the life blood of President Roosevelt. Tne man who undertakes to give any country an intelligent square deal takes his life in his hand. The Exeter groundhog is not in favour of those April frosts. He finds that they hinder the growth of clover that he and his fam­ ily will greatly need at an early date. He has been out examining the roots of a good deal of the elover seeding with considerable an­ xiety. * ■ * * * * * * * WHAT SORT? We wonder what sort of homes certain car drivers come from. Only the other day one of those boors had occasion to pass a pedes­ trian on a muddy road. Instead of slackening pace and selecting . a good place to pass, he drove his car wheels into a pool of dirty water, covering the pedestrian from head to foot with a choice se­ lection of road filth. Of cours he drove on secure in the sense that speed would get him out of all difficulty. Had a driver of a horse-drawn vehicle done such a mean act he would have been per­ secuted. As it is, the car driver has nothing to control him but sense of seemliness in conduct. * * ** * . * * * A HOPE Canadians are earnestly hoping that the Dominion Government and Government of the Uinted States may be able to remove those tariff restrictions that have wrought so harmfully to both countries. What is needed is a continuance of the spirit lately shown in the conversations between Prime Minister Bennett and President Roose­ velt. The simple fact is that the United States needs certain com­ modities in which Canada abounds. Canada requires certain ar­ ticles that the United States has to offer. What is not needed and what must not be allowed to stand in the way of world-recovery, is special privileges. What is still less needed is party politics push­ ed to the point of injury either to the United States or Canada. The United States depends upon certain of our forest products, certain types and grades of Canadian cattle and certain species of our fish and mineral products. There are certain articles that Canada requires from the United States; Why should there be hampering artifical trade or exchange restrictions? Taxes are easily raised in prosperous times. They are a menace when times are as they are just now. What every citizen in Canada and the United States needs just now is prosperity, a prosperity that is not only local but national and international and worldwide. Hence our good wishes for the success of the negotiations now going Washington. Uations must agree along lines of mutual or undergo the fate of the Kilkenny cats. ******** forward at helpfulness WELCOMED The Exeter district had the pleasure of welcoming last week whose presence with us reminded us of the work that this county is doing for the Dominion of Canada and for the world. The first body we mention is the Presbytery of Huron, of the United Church of Canada. This body convened in the Elimville church. Nearly every phase of the national life came in for atten­ tion, though special thought wak given to the church life of Huron County. No one could listen to what was said and done by those men without being impressed with the thought and time and effort put forward to help folk so to live that they need not fear to stand up in the judgment. What honest striving and constructive effort can do, these men are doing to keep this land a safe place for chil­ dren to grow; for women to live and men to labour. These men stand with all men who stand right. They toil shoulders together with all others who work for the stability and the progress of the commonwealth. The second body to which we refer is the Huron Presbyterial of the United Churph in Canada. Nowhere that we know anything about is there a body of Canadians who do more unselfish work than is being done by the great organization these women represent. These ladies waste no money and they spare neither themselves nor their time nor their strength to get the church’s work well done. How they accomplish so much and how they raise so much money for Unselfish purposes, passes the understanding of mere men. Ana yet their one regret is that they cannot do more. For these women are the friends of the homes of this country without ihvfdlous dis­ tinction of color or race or creed. Where need is, the WJM.lS, de­ lights to share and to serve. The Thames Road congregation can­ not bu,t be the better of this visit of a body of Women so Informed and so devoted. Thames Road and Elimville royally entertained their visitors giving them a welcome not taking Second place to a. Highland wel­ come, even though a Highland welcome for heartiness is said to bo second only to the welcome of heaven. two bodies for Built with rugged steel trusses or plank trusses. Roofed and sided with fire­ proof steel. Write for "Book About Barns”. . Rib-Roll is permanent. 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Now that times seem to be bettering let each good Canadian con the instructions just quoted. Nations grow into prosperity rather than crash into that desirable condition. Danger dogs with the extrem­ ist. The man who keeps his brains in steep and his hand on the job has little to fear. Good luck usually follows good management. Sitting down, waiting for things to turn up better, is one extreme of folly. Rushing about not knowing why all the fu-ss is being made is the other. *** **** * PUZZLED Cautious Sandy is worried this days. He has an old watch that has in it an ounce of gold. He was told that the gold in that old case was worth about $21.00 any time that he cared to ask for- it. He is being fold that the day is not far off when that same watch case will be worth about $42.00. Yet it is the same watch case with the same amount of gold in it. He was asking a politic­ ian the other day how that change was likely to come about. The explanation was that there is serious talk of revaluing gold so that folk would be able to pay their debts. “But” said Sapdy, “there’s nae mair gold in the case than there was aforetime!” “True,” was the answer, “but, you see, we’re going in foi* inflation.” “Ooh, aye. bit inflation is joost makin’ a thing look a bit bigger than it really is by fullin’ it wi’ wind or gas. I’m afeard thet this inflation is joost a high toned way o’ foolin’ ourselves intae thinkin’ that we’re ■paying oor debts when all that is being done is somebody given’ somebody else a present. I dinna like it. It’s stupid enough tae fool the ither chap but when it comes to deceivin’ oorsells, I canna thole it.” AGED RESIDENT DIES John F. Reynolds, resident of Clinton passed away last week In his 82nd year. He is survived by his widow two sons and one daugh­ ter. DOUBLE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY A very happy event took place re­ cently When Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chapman and Mr. and Mrs, W. S. Broadfoot, of Brucefield, celebrated their thirtieth wedding Anniversary The event was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chapman. PRESENTATION An enjoyable evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Riley, Tuckersmith, when friends and neighbors of MJr. and Mrs. Jas. Riley gathered and presented them with a walnut table and a cabinet of silverware. The presentation wa'S made by Messrs. Frank Sproat and Robert Tyndall. DIES IN LONDON Mrs. Jessie Daube, widow of John Daube, of Parkhill, died Tuesday of last week at the home of her daugh­ ter in London. Mrs. Daube moved from Lucan to Parkhill where she has resided for forty years. CAPTAIN DIES A Great Lakes’ skipper, for many years, Captain Dan McLachlan, died at his home in Parkhill on Tuesday last. Suddenly stricken as he was about to retire for the night he died within a short time. He was 65 years old. He is survived by his widow. OBSERVED ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Wm. 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