The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-05-05, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THIHSDAY, NAY St 11, 1I13S
Hassan's Proverb
A friend of ours i$ho- lives a ser
ene life says that much of his seren
ity is due to the fact that, when un
pleasant experiences come into his
life, he recalls the ancient saying;
“And this, too, shall ’pass away.”
This same thought has been expres
sed by James Bucham in this poem:
King Hassan, well ibeloved, was wont
** to say,
When aught went wrong or any
subject failed;
“Tomorrow friends, will be another
day!” x
And in faith he slept and so- pre
vailed.
Long live this proverb! While the
world shall roll,
Tomorrow’s fresh, shall rise from
out the night,
And anew baptize the indomitable
soul
With icourage for its never-ending
fight.
No one, I say, uis conquered till he
yields;
And yield he need not, while, like
mist from glass,
God wipes the stain of life-old 'battle
fields
From every morning that he
brings to pass.
New day, new hope, new courage!
■Let this be,
■O soul, thy cheerful creed! What’s
yesterday,.
With all its shards and wrack and
grief, to thee?
Forget it then—here lies the
victor’s way.* * *
It costs about $500 to get smug
gled into America . . . whether
you are a Chinese or an infant.♦ ♦ ♦
You cannot have confidence in
others until you have confidence in
yourself.
* * •
If it were not for the trait of sel
fishness in the feminine make up, di
vorce lawyers would starve to death.* * ♦
It is thoughts you think today
rather than your actions which will
determine what you will ’be ten
years from now.
* * *
A specialist may not know what is
wrong with you, but he knows it is
•worth $11'48.* * *
There is true majesty and true art
in simplicity.» • •
. Quidnunc
The Negro population of the Unit
ed Btates is about twelve million . .
or slightly less than ten percent of
the total population of continental
United States.
Great iSalt Lake, Utah, is approxi
mately 80 miles long and 24 miles
wide. It’s greatest depth is 30th ft.
and its saline (or salt) content is
about 23 percent. It is the saltiest
body of water on the western hem
isphere. It icovers an area of 2,177
squire miles and is 4,218 feet above
sea level.
The Mississippi River and tribu
taries is the longest river ip the
world . . . the Amazon the second
longest.
The whirl of the hurricane in the
Northern Hemisphere follows a
course of east, north; in the South
ern Hemisphere, it takes the oppos
ite direction.
The average person walks about
seven miles a day ... to walk
seven miles, requires about 18,000
steps.
lit is the belief of (Scientists that
Termites are sensitive to vibration
because while they destroy more than
Forty Million Dollars worth of pro
perty m the United (States each year,
they do not destroy railroad ties.* * ♦
Prankish Problems
Answer to Problem No. 11: 931,
simple wasn’t it?
'Prankish Problem No. 1>2: Two
men sold watermelons. One man
sold small melons at 3 for $1.00 and
he sold 3 0 every day which brought
him $10.00. The other sold larger
melons at 2 for $1.00 and also sold
30 every day, which brought him
$15.00. Together both men made
$25.00.
'One day the first man arranged
to sell all 6'0 melons. As he sold the
small ones at 3 for $|1.00 and the
large ones at 2 for $1.00, he decided
that he should sell 5-melons for $2.
and thus dispose of his stock more
quickly, mixing the small melons
with the larger ones.
He did this, selling 60 melons at
5 for $2.00. At the end of the day
he had sold all the melons and he
had $24.00. When he caihe home
with the money, the other man said:
‘‘$24.00! Where is the other dol
lar?”
Where did the other dollar go?
(Watch for correct answer in this
space in our next issue.)* * *
Dandelions
“Not For All the Rice in China”
Although we associate that cereal
with the Far East, and thank of tea
in connection with Ceylon and speak
of English pot ' roast and French
pastry and Italian Spaghetti, and im
agine vaguely that many of our pre
sent-day dishes probably have trav
eled a long distance to our tables, it
is really surprising how many differ
ent countries and parts of the world
are represented in our common foods.
Here are a few examples, especially
in the vegetable kingdom:
Apricots .......................... China
■Lima Beans.........South America
Peas ................................... Asia
Cauliflowers ......... Cyphus
Watermelon ................... Africa
Rhubarb ......................... Russia
Lettuce ................... East India
■Celery ........................... Europe
Potatoes ........... South America
Tomatoes ......... North America
Cabbages came into England with
the ancient Romans and thence to
■this country. According to the his
torian Herodotus, more than a mil
lion dollars wo'rth of garlic, radishes
and onions helped sustain the build
ers of the Egyptian pyramids. Beets,
carrots and turnips go back possibly
further sttill. ’Can you add'any in
teresting contributions
* * *
The secret of success is: Start in
■any given direction and keep goings
* * *
iMost of us agree that there is a
surplus population—but we disagree
on which part is surplus.
* * ♦ \
Friends are people who respect us
for some special, talent, trait or abil
ity we possess.
Dandelions are prodigals
That early spend their gold, ,
And ere the flowers of June appear
Become white-haired and old.
***Par Buster* * *
The Romans made their furniture
of citron wood, and believed it to be
a tree of the pine family. It is still
used in cabinet making because of its
beautiful grain. >*
The use of ply-wood in making
furiture, more than any one factor,
has brought down the cost of mod
ern- furniture.. Ply-wood is far
cheaper than mahogany, yet as dur
able.
The production of metal furniture
is not an innovation of modern
times. -Families of the Middle Ages
had collapsible metal chairs and
tables which they carried from home
to home.* * *
Mrs. Bing: “Oh, I do wish these
recipes would be more definite.”
iMr. Bing: “What’s the difficulty,
my dear?”
Mi's. Bing: “This one tells how to
use up old potatoes but does not
say how old the potatoes must be.”* * *
Quoting authorities may back up
your argument, but it also shows
who makes your opinions for you.* * *
'Blessed is the child whose par
ents never lied to- him.* * *
Most soft jobs comes as a result
of hard work.* * ♦
Sing a song of six pence *
A throat, parched and dry
Up pops the last line
iSo its time to say, ‘Good Bye’.
What a seeding it 'has been!* * ♦ * * * 0 *
It’s high time that real estate owners were given some relief
from taxation.♦ * * * • o * «
The man who lives in a house rarely is aware of its gradual
but inevitable decay.
**.**»•**«
A CONVICTION
No, the harvest is not yet in the barn. In fact a great deal of
it is not germinated, while many a field is as yet unsown. Still we
look for A harvest. |So we’ll put the best we have of brains and
elbow grease, of common honesty and foresight in the way of what
folk will likely want next fall and next winter and next year into
every bit of sowing we do whether we milk cows, sell Epsom Salts
or overalls or shoe horses or paint wagons in the abiding conviction
that there is in this universe an unfailing law of compensation. We
will work and work hard, knowing that whatsoever a man sows that
very thing he’s sure to reap.
LET’S GET ON HIS*RETINA
And, now good folk of this fine (community, let’s get our best
foot forward for tourist trade. Those folk who pay us the courtesy
of visiting our town have money, many of them have lots of money,
money they’d as lief spend here as anywhere else in Canada. Now
here’s a proposition we -put forward in all confidence. Get into your
car Mr. Exeter business man and drive through this town from one
side to another, asking yourself this question: Wlhat is there to let
anyone know, as he passes through Exeter, what special things
there are to attract the attention of the Tourists in such a way
that he’ll stop to inquire about the stores, parking, the rest rooms,
the goods that make this town outstanding. The process is the
simplest in the world—get onto the tourists retina, arouse his inter
est in goods specially advantageously procurable in Exeter, get his
trade, and send him away enthusiastic It can be done.
********
A FINE SIGHT
'On Tuesday of last week Exeter witnessed a couple of sights
that were life to one's eyes. There was the meeting of the Huron
Presbytery of the United Church, a gathering that filled the main,
auditorium of Main Street ichurch. Here were ministers and lay^
men who gave a whole day to considering the special problems of
this district and who put their backs into their job with results that
■will be felt all over Western 'Ontario. In James 'Street church the
women of the United churches of Huron gathered to do what women
can to promote the welfare of the church not only in Huron, but all
over the world. Finer bodies of men and women than made up
these two- gatherings cannot be found anywhere. For one day the
store and the farm and the kitchen and living room were left be
hind in order that the things by which men live might have first
attention and that Was the attention these matters received. Where
the church leads all good things follow as harvest follows seeding.
Exeter was the better for these gatherings.
FAREWELLS
The meeting of the Exeter Eligible Maidens held last Saturday
was an occasion of congratulation and sadness. The secretary gave
in her resignation as she has accepted a job as housekeeper at $25
per month, her board and laundry thrown in with assurance that
her job meant at least $10.00 per month. The Outside Guard re
signed on account of a prospect for the job of Inside Guard where
she was likely to set up a partnership with a formerly Dilatory but
repentant and joyful Dilatory Bachelor. Three others resigned on
account of engagements terminating at the parsonages in early June.
Their successors in office fall heir to the organization’s stock of
samples of lipstick, talcum and t'he carefully selected stock of Catch
’Em’s accessories. After a dainty lunch of Post ’em and lady
fingers the gathering dispersed after repeating with quiet grief:
“When I remember all the friends so fondly linked together,
I’ve seen around me fall like leaves in winter weather,
I feel like one who treads some banquet hall deserted,
Whose guests are fled and garlands dead
And all but he departed.”
* * * * * * * *
THOSE GREAT DOINGS
When Hitler visits Mussolini in Rome at some date early in
the future, there is every prospect of gaiety and pomp and magnifi
cence on a scale rarely equalled since time began.
We cannot but wonder what it is all about. Is Mussolini trying
to impress Hitler with his wealth and grandeur and, incidentally,
with .his power, in the hope that something like fear will fill Hit
ler’s soul, with the result that Hitler will heed no policy and ack
nowledgment no friendship that does not keep pace with II Duce’s
plans? Is this an effort to- compel the world to believe that Hitler
and Mussolini make an unbeatable combination that soon will dom
inate not -only Europe but civilization? Hitler and Mussolini are
in the show business and know very well that unless their show is
talked about that it must prove a failure. At any-rate, there’s a
game in the wind.
Meanwhile John Bull knows that the more Germany and Italy
spend on fuss and feathers the less they’ll have trade -and bread.,
both -of which their people are greatly in jjeed this very hour. The
old lion too, is examing his claws and strengthening his teeth as
John Bull sees to it that smoke rolls -out of liis tall chimneys. Big
shows cost money.
By the way, what has the Canadian beaver to say about all this?
Did You Know That—
An Oyster’s life is 12 years.
Hats sleep banging by their hind
claws.
Muscovy Duck cannot “Quack/’
A dog perspires through his pants.
Male pike are frequently eaten by
their mates.
Fish find their mates by color and
behaviour.
Frogs find their mates by voice
and touch.
Birds by sight and voice. Same as
man.
Storks, gulls and other long leg
ged birds sleep standing -on one leg.
Goats can go longer without water
than a camel.
Ducks sleep on open water and i
keep paddling with one foot to avoid
.drifting ashore. I
Flying fish have been timed at a
speed of -50 miles an hour.
Australian 'Opossums have ibushy
tails.
A mole 6 inches long can dig a
tunnel 225 feet long in a single night
A Kingfisher can run faster back
wards than forwards.
Toads are worth $20.00 each, an
nually as cutworm destroyers, it is
estimated.
The male ostrich sits on the nest
eggs, for .hours during the day, while
during the night he watches his
family.
A bird called the “Frigate bird”
or “Man of War” can fly 200 an
hour.
A Carried pigeon is not a carrier
pigeon! It is the Homing pigeon
that carries messages.
Turtles lay from 100 to 20 0 eggs
in a 10 inch hole, then.cover the eggs
with sand.
Butterflies flap their wings only
9 times a second. Houseflies make
3330 wingbeats a second.
S. J. .S
MRS. HALL PRESIDENT
OF CLANDEBOYE W. I.
The annual meeting of Clandeboye
W. I. was held at the home of Mrs.
G. Neil. Mrs. M. McNaughton, past
president, presided for the‘ election
of officers, resulting as follows:
President, Mrs. James Hall; vice-
president, Mrs. Louis Kilmer; sec
ond vice-president, Mrs. Alonzo Phil
lips; secretary-treasurer, Inez Hen-
drie; assistant, Mrs. Jack Harrison;
district director, Mrs. M. McNaugh
ton; directors, Mrs. W. Kilmer, Mrs.
G. Dauncey, Mrs. Moore Cunning
ham; convenors of standing commit
tees, legislation, Beulah Hodgins;
health, Mrs. E. Dundas; home econ
omics, Mrs. Elsie Hodgson; agri
culture, Mrs. Alvin 'Cunningham;
education, Mrs. E. Flynn; Canadian
industries, Mrs. Cecil Carter; immi
gration, Mrs. Karl O’Neil; commun
ity activities, Mrs. G. Gilbert; relief
and sunshine, Mrs. E. Dixon, Mrs.
W. S'cott; pianists, Jean Hodgins,
Mary Paterson; auditors, Mrs. O.
Cunningham, Mrs. Rae Hodgins.
.. — ■„ , , ,, j „ , J,, , p.
Making Canada
A Better Place in Which to Live and Work
A Series of Letters From Distinguished Canadians on Vital
Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of Canada
Specially Written for Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
and Addressed to the president, George W. James, of Rowmanville
. ................... —...... ■ ' . .... ... A
LETTER NO. 3
Clear Sir:
May I say that I like the way
your press association is tackling its
job in striking out to get some dom
inant and constructive note relating
to the activities of your fellows of
the weekly press. Their influence,
I would think, is the most powerful
influence in this country and so
could be a great factor for good or
evil, I think they are nearer to
their constituents than anyone else,
except possibly the physician or
clergymen, but they have the advan
tage over these two of speaking reg
ularly and at some length to all their
•people.
I think that if on the spur of the
moment I had to urge some program
upon the weekly editors I would urge
that they use all their influence to
incite in the people of their com
munities a real sense of citizenship.
It seems to- me that Canadians, -pro
bably like people of other countries,
have not developed this sense
in the full, By this sense of citizen
ship I mean a consciousness of the
privileges we enjoy as members of
a democracy with a full appreciation
of the responsibilities which those
privileges entail.
I mean also a local patriotism of
an intense and pure character but
second in intensity to a national pa
triotism. I thik Canada by reason
of geographical circumstances, with
barriers such as the thin strip be
tween Quebec and the Maritimes,
the waste dividing Ontairo from the
Prairies and the towering mountains
between the Prairies and British
Columbia, might foe more vulnerable
than more compactly arranged and
densely settled countries to the de
velopment of sectionalism and frank
ly I don’t see how this country is
ever going to get anywhere unless
cohesion is developed to- a greater
extent than has prevailed m the
past except in times of national em
ergency.
W. F. PRENDERGAST
I readily see that this prescription
of mine is not an easy -one —
even if in your view a good one—
to advocate through a press which
to a constructive interest in nation
al problems.
With the improvement in com
munications, with the linking up of
the country by fast air services,
with radio, and with-better and more
complete news services available to
your- press I think many influences
are at work to promote this better
sense of national citizenship
I do- appreciate the compliment
implied by your writing me in this
connection and I extend to you and
your association my heartiest best
wishes for a successful year.
Yours truly,
FRANK PRENDERGAST,
Assistant to the President,
Imperial Oil Limited
Toronto.
Twin Sister of Exeter
Man Dies
Her many friends in Kirkton and
St. Marys districts learned with sor
row of the death at San Francisco,
Calif., on Monday, of Mrs. J. Gilfil-
lian. -The news came by telegram to
her son, Wm. A. Gilfillan, of Kirk
ton from her daugther, Mrs. Clark of
San Francisco with whom she had
been making her home the past five
years.
Mrs. Gilfillan was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. David Turn
bull, pioneers of Usfoorne Township.
Until the past five years she had re
sided in this district. Her -husband,
who was a highly-esteemed life-long
resident of the Kirkton neighbor
hood, predeceased her several years
ago.
Mrs. Gilfillan was a woman of
bright and kindly personality and
made many friends. -She was a
member of the Presbyterian church
and during her active years was
a leader in W. M. S. and Ladies’ Aid
work.
Surviving are two sons, and one
daughter: William A., of Kirkton;
David, of Winnipeg; and Mrs. Hy.
(Mabel) Clark of .San Francisco,
Calif. Her twin brother, William
Turnbull, of Exeter, still survives.
The late Rev. Dr. John E. Turnbull,
prominent divine of Toronto, was a
brother.
The remains are being brought
home from San Francisco for inter
ment in the Kirkton Union cemetery
and are expected herS Saturday. The
funeral will be held from the resi
dence of W. A. Gilfillian concession
14, Usborne, on Monday, at 2 p.m.
St. Marys Journal-Argus
All Suffer
Any girl who hopes to learn to
sing, says a great teacher, must suf
fer. iSo, too, it is presumed, must
her family and the neighbors.
Obstinate
Coughs and Colds
The Kind That Stick
May Become Dangerous
Dr. wood’s
Norway Pino
syrup
Will Help Bring Relief
I T. MILBURN CO, LTD, PRODUCT
THE COLONEL ■
DR. LANE DIES
Word was received in Goderich
of the sudden death in Detroit of
Dr. Charles Lane, son of the late
i William Lane, for many years clerk
and treasurer, of Huron County. A
native 'of Dungannon, he whs educat
ed at Goderich- Collegiate and Tor
onto University. He had practiced
dentistry in Detroit for more than
25 years. lie married Irene Ache-
Son, of Goderich, who survives with
four children.
BETTER THINK IT OVER
An M.P. from an adjoining county is credited with some such
remark as this after he had visited Australia and New Zealand:
“Those countries are first rate, but I’d not give Western Ontario
for either of them.” A successful business man from the same
country remarked: “We have 'plenty of young men in this town
x who never have done a day’s work in all their lives.” Put these
two remarks -together and think about it. These young men have
attended our public schools and Collegiate Institutes. So far they
have done nothing in return for their opportunities and have made
no use of the privileges referred to (by the M.P. other than to eat
dad’s bounty and to loaf on “maw” and wear a coat of gravey on their vests. For this dad and “maw” are to' blame, primarily and
• chiefly. But the. community has its share of respansibility, too,
for spending money on such youth -and for paying teachers who do
not crack down hard and often on such useless cumberers of this
good green earth.
A harsh comment? Not-at all! The day we picked up these
two bits of information we saw half a dozen women driving horses
getting in the spring crop. We saw, too, another Woman and her
hired man putting in the crop on an hundred acre farm and making
money by so doing. The M.P. is right. In Western Ontario we
have a land of unsurpassed -opportunity for the folk who will work.
Everywhere one sees thrift and enterprise well to the fore. On
the other hand the loafer is with us but he should find conditions
too hot or too cold. Dad and “maw” where loafers are concerned
■have a deal to answer for.
^* ******
LET’S SING MORE
No, this is no tirade against radios and phonograph's. It is
an appeal for more singing. Yes, and, incidentally, it is a plea for
more whistling. Singing and whistling drive aw'ay the blue devils,
They heal neighborly (quarrels and promote domestic felicity. The
old Methodist church won her way to dominance in the world and
. to a social service of untold value by her singing. When she de
generated to having her singing done by proxy, she lost ground.
No nation is great, or remains great long, unless her people are
singers. Denmark was saved by her songs and her religion. Hear
what that wide awake journal, The Christian Science Monitor has
to say on this topic:
'Sing Before Breakfast
“Mimi-mi'mi-mimi.” Pardon us. We were merely tuning up
our resonant (Chambers for this item. Fairfax Downey, in the cur
rent “Commentator,*’ tells -us that more people daily are finding
surcease from these troublous times in song. There are now choral
organizations, besides school clubs, in 44 states, Hawaii, and seven
Canadian Provinces. They range from groups of 40 to 500. And al
ready they have made progress in improving international under
standing, in indutsrial relations and in bridging the gap (between
generations. iSm^ing, says the writer, means harmony in more
than one sense, “for it carries with it practice of the art of human
companionship.” True words, these. iSingihg lifts the heart; lifts
facial lines; lifts moods of depression;lifts thought to jfoyous ex
pression and happy expectation:1 lEorObodings flee from the atmos
phere of song. “Sing, brother, sing?’
.... — ................... ... ——
October--November Eggs
From May-Hatched Bray Chicks
Yes, ,Sir! You can have /May-hatched
pullets laying in the high price months of
October and November, BF you buy the
kind of chicks that have the ability to
grow fast and lay early. It’s too late in the
season to- buy “just -chicks” and take a '
chance on giving them a long time to de
velop. In buying May chicks, (buy the
kind that other poultrymen have -found to
be real money-makers in the past. The
Bray chicks does the trick, and here’s the
proof:
201 Eggs From 402 Pullets at
5 Months Old
Mrs. R. Scambler, Dunnville, Ont., R.R. 5,
bought 403 Bray Barred Rock pullet chicks
(Xtra-Profit). She writes: “They grew
better than any other chicks that I have
had.”
She raised 403 chicks to- maturity. There
was only one cockerel in the lot. The pul
lets were laying at 4 months old. At 5
months her 40'2 pullets were laying an av
erage of 201 eggs per day. At 6 months
281, at 7 months they hit 302 eggs per day
and better. Mrs. Scambler says: “I have
sold as high as 200 dozen eggs each week,
and 180 dozen a week is normal perform
ance.”
Mrs. Scambler’s results certainly were out
standing. They prove beyond a doubt
that Bray chicks have the ability to live, to
grow fast and to lay early and heavily,
bred right into them. Bray chicks not
only proved themselves real money-makers
last year, but they are already proving
their ability to live and grow fast this
year.
A Real Test of Vigour
After 3 days on the train, H. D. Farley’s
-Bray chicks arrived all alive at Flin Flon,
in Northern Manitoba. He writes: “Every
one w’as alive when they got here. There
•were 253. We still have 252. We received
them a week today and not a droopy one
among them—lots of vigour and pep.”
Almost a lbs. at 7 Weeks
F. T. Wright says: “Received 303 Bray
Barred Rock chicks on January 19 th,
1938. Sold on March 9, 137 cockerels
weighing 263 lbs., or 1)1. lbs. short, of 2
lbs. each. Age when sold, 7 -weeks.”
Those cockerels sure grew fast. They’re
the kind that really make money. Fast
growing Bray cockerels make plump, full
breasted roasters than can be readily mar
keted early in the Fall.
It’s not just by accident that Bray chicks
have been real profit-makers in the past.
Nor, is it by accident that they are away
to a real start again this year. No, Sir!
It took years of careful selection of breed
ers, to say nothing of our up-to-the-minute
incubation methods to make Bray chicks
the dependable chicks they are today. So,
before you ordef your .May chicks, phone
us, write to us, or drop ill and see us. Let
us show you just how these Bray chicks
are developed and why you should get
October and November eggs from May-
hatched Bray chicks.
BRAY CHICK HATCHERY
Fred W. Bray Limited
Exeter, Ont., Phone 246
or Ben Case, R.R. 3, Exeter, Ont. Hamilton, Ont.
or G. N. Evans, Canada Packers Ltd., John Street, North
Exeter
................. ............................................................ .................................................................................... n .......................................A