The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-11-06, Page 7Hospital
General Winter is taking a hand in European affairs.
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That little snow flurry may be taken as Jack-Frost’s telegram
that he is not quite bankrupt.
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THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
Really, It’s Too Simple
A -man who was riding on a train
through the western ranch icountry
aroused considerable interest among
passengers in adjoining seats. As
they sped along past vast cattle
ranches, the man jotted down
urea on a paper. Finally, one
ious man asked him what he
doing,
‘‘Well, you see,” he explained, “I
have a cattle ranch in New Mexico,
and I am checking up on the stock
these Texas ranchers keep.”
The curious one looked at the
paper and sure enough, he saw a
neat row of figures: 472, 500, 315,
724. He was amazed and asked,
“Do you mind telling me how you
can possibly count the cattle on each
ranch as we whiz by at this speed?”
“That’s easy,” said the rancher,
t “I just icount the legs and divide by
four/’
fig-
cur-
was
oday
A little lad •
Will keep a quiet tryst;
He soon will sleep <in dreams;
I pray he may not feel
The sharp bite
Of searching steel;
He is so very young-—
He knows the mystery of death.
He goes with level
Dear -God....
Guard him today....
This hour....
I
I
kneel,
pray,..
Jfs * ♦
eyes*
/
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Imitation is also
noying form of flattery.♦ * *
W. J. F.
the most an-
♦Scientists say -more men suffer
from ‘nerves’ now, Well, that is
what they get for letting their
wives do -the driving.
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Pert and Pertinent
“Natives of Florida do”’not like
the word, ‘hurricane’.”
—‘how’s about ‘hastenzephyr’?
•“Every big venture requires some
risk...
—yep, you can’t -steal second and
keep one foot on first.
A College Professor presents
a new viewpoint, on icharacter anal
ysis, he says a man’s character is
revealed ,,by his thumb.
—-and "by what he says when he
hits it with a hammer.. .
“Man’s origin is traced to fish”
—the old evolution theory making
its bi-annual apearance.
—and now we know why it is i
so hard for some of us to keep our-
heads above water.
“Common sense would avoid
many -divorces....” *
—yes, and many marriages as
well.
Hire Education—A Variation
Two professors were talking be
tween halves at a football game.
The professor from A University
said to the professor from B -Uni
versity: “I see Zilch is playing on
your team this year. He flunked
out pf our school.”
“Really?” said
from B University,
very well here,”
“How did it happen?”
“Well, -we figured that if you
required an average of 75 for most
would be only
50
the -professor
“He has done
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—-Oley Okeydoke
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-Dad and Mum were spending a
few days in London. One evening
they dined at an expensive restau
rant. As soon as they were, seated,
a large tray of olives was- placed
on the table. Dad eyed them ser
iously for a few minutes, then -beck
oned to.the waiter to whom he said:
“I don’t want to give you any
trouble but I’d like to see the . pods
those green peas grew in.”
* **
oth jihway, nowkbhb. ««i. m*
students to pass, -it
fair to require -an
’■from him.”
“Thak sounds ' all
made an average of
“Yes. 'Of course we gave him a
special examination.”
“I .see. How many questions did
you ask him?”
“We -decided that if you- asked,
the average -class 10 questions, it
would be fair to ask liim
we did. And he passed.”
“I see.” The professor
University was silent for
■ Thep he said, “Would
telling me what the
were?”
“Not at all*. First, T
what was the color of blue vitriol
acid and he said ‘Pink’, and that
was wrong;> hfext, I asked 'him if he
•knew: how to make sulphuric acid,
an-d he said ‘No,’ and that was right,
so I passed him.”■» » *
November
average, of
right. So
50?”
he
two. So
from A.
moment.a
you mind
questions
asked him
f
Static Silence
John M. Harlah, while judge of
1 the United States Supreme Courr,
was one day 'playing a. round of
golf on the Chevy Chase links' with
an Episcopal pishop. . ’
The bishop^ missed dne Shot sev
eral times, but made .no comment.
However, he showed his disgust
very plainly. Harlan looked at
him a moment and said: “Bishop,
that is -the most profane silence I
ever knew.”
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Fields clean reft of all theii- sum
mer pride
The woodlands stripped of all
their comely gear,
Some plots despoiled,t hy.^industry's
; relentless tide
The coutrysi'de made desolate and
drear
The .quail -a-whirr along the covert’s
edge;
The hunter’s gun scarce permits
a moment's halt;
The Ancient Order of the Flying
Wedge
Show wild goose vanguard ’gainst
sky’s blue va-ult
The day, o’er-brief, night o'er-long
a. sportsman’s pledge,
Signs, -all these that fortokefi the
-passing year....
Signs, that to me, mean that No
vember’s here.
-Nimro.d
The World’s Finest
Anthracite
I
is Trade Marked Blue. Order
Blue Coal and we.have it, also
Large Lump Alberta Coal
HAMCO Dustless Coke
Prices are Right
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It Is Axiomatic That....
....it is far better to turn back
than to lose your way.
....success comes to him who
makes the greatest profit from the
fewest mistakes.
...':a sure cure for pessimism is
to push your head under water three
times and pull it up twice.
enough, is in-
it hits some ob-
A. J. CLATWORTHY
Phone 12 Grantor
We Deliver
. Stubborn Caws
of Constipation
These Who keep -a mass of
impurity pent up in their bodies,
day After day, instead of having it
removed as nature intended, at least
once in every twenty*four hours, in
variably suffer from constipation.
The use of cheap, harsh purgatives
will never get you any where as they
only aggravate the trouble and in
jure the delicate mucous liking of the
bowels, and ate very liable to cause
pileA.
If constipated fake Milbum’s
Laxa-Liver Pills and haVO a natural
. movement of the bowels. They do
not gripe, weaken, and sicken, as
many laxatives do.
sTho T< Milhurn. Co., Lid., Toronto, Ont,
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Light, strangely
visible. Only when
ject does it become visible to the
eye. For example, if light is pour
ing into a darkened room through a
small opening, we, would be unable
to see it were it‘not for the dust
particles which reflect it to our eyes.
With no -dust in the room, the spot
where the light hits the floor would
be lighted, but there would be' no
trace of the path of the
through the room. If there
no atmosphere surrounding
earth, the sky would appear
even at midday.
?. —Page Turner
* * *' , , &...with a Bow to Larry Tighe
Carrie was sunny and really quite-
pretty,
And Bessie was funny and frequent
ly witty,
And Elsie had money (the more was
the .pity)
While Helen
t?
light
were
the
black
had nothing at all.
THOSE♦
The government of this
preserve its very existence,
be done quickly,
wages as an inducement to secure the help the emergency demands.
Hence, too, the breakneck speed at which labour bo engaged is re
quired tp serve.
Hence, too, the necessity .of engaging labour by the hour
pannot, in many instances, be provided for all the hours of the working day, as many‘a workman lured by the distant hill of apparently
big pay has found to his cost. Those men engaged in public works
are not to be envied as much as some uninformed folk may imagine.
Big wages are not always what they seem, ‘
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THOSE MURDERS
Frenchmen are realizing their folly in following the line of
least resistance when the German menace threatened them, Too late
they are taking desperate measures :by killing German officers in
command of what once'was free France, Meanwhile the Germans
are showing what is in them by selecting at random fifty French-^
men and, shooting them in revenge for the killing of one German.
Hundreds of what once were free Frenchmen are thus slaughtered
to slake the thirst for blood. Can Satanic cowardice go farther? Not
in all the history of killing is there a parallel for the outbreak of
human perversion.-- The beast knows nothing of such turpitude.
Hell at its worst is a dewy rose garden by comparison with modern
Germany. v* ♦ * * .♦ $ * «
GREEN HILLS
country 4s impelled by the urge to
What it does in the circumstances (must
The enemy will not wait. Hence it is offering big
When the enmy lays on the lash no mercy is shown.
Work
HEART ATTACK IS 'FATAL’
TO HIBBERT TWP. MAN
Ernest Low, well-known Hibbert
township resident, passed away at
his home, lot 3, concession 11, from
a heart attack. . He had been ailing
for some time, but death came very
suddenly. He was born
farm where -death occurred
cember 3, 1879, and had
continuously there. His
were the late Mr. and Mrs, James
Dow.
Surviving are his wife, the for-,
mex- Chrissie Russell, onb daughter
Mrs. Fred Johns; one niece, Mrs
Clayton Colquhoun, Fullarton Town
ship; one nephew, Pte. Lloyd Rus
sell, with the Highland Light In
fantry, now overseas, who made
their home with the late Mr, Bow
since childhood.
Rev, W. Mair conducted the fun
eral services on Thursday,
a brief service at his late
the remains were taken to
Church of which he was an
worker and member Of the
of management and where
church was filled with friends.. John
G, Scott, Stirling Graham, Murray
Christie and George Grant sang
during the service and the remains
were interred in Roy’s Cemetery,
Pallbearers were all- cousins, Clif
ford Dow, Stanley Dow, Victor Grin-
liey, James Balfour, William Henry
and John McLean. Relatives at
tended from Toronto, -St. Marys,
Clinton, Kirkton, Monkton, Mitch
ell and Seaforth,
on the
on Ue-
resicled
parents
After
home
Roy’s
active
board
the
The March of Seven#®
LONG DISTANCE DIALING SPEEDS UP SERVICE
TALKING TOO MUCH
The tongue is an unruly evil capable of working untold harm.
That is the way the British government is saying on learning that
some news broadcasters are giving out the locality where certain
deep-spa operations are taking place. By so doing these easy -talkers
give Germany the precise information she requires. We cannot but
wonder, too, at the state of mind that allows certain public speakers
to tell what the -Canadian government is doing in the way of war
effort. Germany, no doubt is much obliged for this service so good-
naturedly rendered by the persons responsible. On the other hand
figures may be quoted to deceive the enemy. Perhaps it would be
just as well too, in this connection, to remember that the least said
•lhe soonest mended when speaking of war measures. Governments
are rarely sorry toy what they do not say.
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THE OTHER SIDE '
In dealing with strikes we must never forget that there are two
sides to the story. While we deplore the action of strikers in hold
ing up works of national importance, when the fate of empires
is in the balance, w'e must not forget that there are occasions when
tlie employer has given the men looking for a job* but the scantiest
consideration. The bl-unt “No.” when labour has -sought the oppor
tunity to earn its bread is not soon forgotten by the working man.
Wlien the workman is considered in terms- of mere units of power
to be -metered as are -metered electricity or steam, it is not to be
wondered at if labour takes advantage of difficult times to exact
all it possibly can. There is no impudence like the impudence of
health. To encounter that impudence is to suffer an affront that
goes as -deep -as human nature. No man has a so,ul big enough to
’insist that -his brother man shall go -forth to inadequately requited
toil. When he commits this rank injustice he -sooner or later ex
periences the grinding of the mills of the gods. Justice is the nature
of things.* . * » ' * * ♦ * *
* A REVOLUTION?
Last week the coal workers in the United States were consid
ering calling .a strjke, though a great many citizens regarded the
work of the miners as essential, to the United States’ government
policy of giving aid to Britain,and her allies. In any case the Presi
dent of the -United States asked the president of the -mine workers
- to defer calling a strike till the differences between the mine workers
and their employers should be duly adjudicated. ’ To this request
’ the president -of the mine workers refused to accede.
; ., If the mine workers get, away with this action, what name is to
be.given to their action? When national authority is flouted by the
citizens or any body 'of citizens, what has taken place? If Lewis,
the president -of the mine workers,, is not satisfied with the action
of his government, all of us know that the United States is no place
for him if 'he is not prepared to abide ‘by the decisions of his govern
ment. On the -other hand, if the government of the United States
is so weak that it cannot enforce the laws it is appointed to admin
ister, it should lay down its tools of government that -other and
stronger hands may use them effectually. The United States is a
big house, but it is not big -enough to exist divided against itself.
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IS IT TRUE?
“The young men of Canada, for the last twenty years, have
been disciplined,” a recruiting officer said the othei’ day.
We ask is this statement true? We know of some young Can
adians who have' given an exceedingly good, account -of themselves
in nearly all the places where merit is required. We can -mention
farmers, merchants and professional men and soldiers on the sunny
. side of fifty who stand up well in the way of comparison with men
of any race anfl of any age.
-Let it be remembered that the recruiting officer we referred
to is a man who has spent the grater portion of his life in -civilian
activities. At the same time, let it also be remembered, he has had
thousands of young, recruits pass under his observation. What he
said to us was -said regretfully and anything but censoriously.
Wherein lies the responsibility foi* the undisciplined icharacter of the
young- men he referred to? Does it lie in the laxness of the home-
that permits youth to carry out or to neglect a parent’s requests?
Does it lie in a business world that goes on the principle of easy'
credit? Does it lie with a church that exacts no high standard of
life and manners? “We mustn’t say too much,” the officer said,
or the young fellows will keep away from us.” And thereby lies a
tale.ji * * *’ * * ♦ *
HURQN COUNTY COUNCIL
TO CONSIDER WARDENSHIP
County Clerk Norman Miller sent
out letters Wednesday of last week
officially notifying each member of
the County Council of the vacancy
in the warden’s chair caused by
the death of James Leiper, and ask
ing. them to state- if they wish to
have a pew warden elected. If the
majority reply requesting the elec
tion,- the clerk will call a speqial
session according to tlie' statutes.
If not, the appointment will be left
for the next regular session, which
begins -the latter part -of November
and is
year.
the concluding one for the
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upstairs, my shoes in hand,
as’ the night took wing; ,
I crept
J-ust
And I saw my Dad four steps ahead,
Dialing a telephone number in
a distant city directly is the lat
est method introduced to speed
up long distance -service.
In the early days of the tele
phone, when it was not possible
to speak to a person more than a
hundred miles away—except when
“atmospheric conditions” were
extraordinarily good—a call from^
Moiitreal to Toronto was a*
lengthy undertaking. On some
occasions, the message was re
layed from operator to operator
in the various towns and cities
along the route until it reached
Toronto, and the reply came back
by the same method.
The relay system was soon
made unnecessary by the rapid
advance of the telephone art, but
there was still the difficulty of
obtaining the connection. Not
many years ago, a caller had time
to- go out and play a game of
golf in between asking to be con
nected with a subscriber in a dis
tant city and actually talking to
him. Gradually, year by year, im
proved methods and equipment
have reduced that waiting time.
Last year, 90 per cent of all long
distance calls handled by The Bell
Telephone Company of Canada
were completed .while the calling
subscriber remained at the tele
phone. The average time for mak
ing the connection was 87 sec
onds!
Experiments are still under
way to cut a few more seconds
from the connection time. Special
circuits have been provided to
enable a Montreal operator to
dial a Toronto number herself, in
stead of asking an operator in
Toronto to do so for. her. She
plugs in on a Toronto circuit,
listens for the dial tone in the
Toronto exchange, and dials the
number required, just as one *
would make a local call!
Although for the present this
system is still on an experimental
basis, it is expected that it will be
extended as the dial system is in
troduced in more and more towns
and cities. In the not-too-distant
future, perhaps, an operator may
be able to dial direct a number- in
Sydney, Australia, for a caller in
Montreal!
CNo. 12 of a series prepared by H. G. Owen,''°l
of The Bell Telephone Company of Canada.^
“Reception of Her Majesty’s XXXIXth Regi
ment of Foot, on their arrival in Montreal from
the Crimea, on the 28th June, 1.856, passing
under the Triumphal Arch at the Place d’Armes'
and Bank of Montreal”
(Rtpndmd fam a imrentr published h
Salttr & Kelt, Ns. Gnat St. Jaaiei Street)
Doing the same darned thing!
living Historic Times With CanadaIS IT FAIR.?
We hear a great many war speeches these days. Many of these
utterances begin by informing us that there is a real peril as to the
issue of the war, We are reminded that it is quite possible for
America to be attacked, our treasure seized, our liberties extermin
ated and our people reduced to slavery of the most abject character.
The speaker is then likely to tell us of how well the Britons are
enduring their baptism of fire and blood and destruction, He de
ducts from this that it is impossible for Britain to go down no mat
ter what takes place and leaves us with the comfortable assurance
that we are bound to win. Is the public speaker fair in leaving
us with this feeling of assurance?
» What are the facts? Hitler knows of the high spirit of the
people whom he has conquered and lays his plans accordingly, He
takes these high-spirited people by fifties or hundreds, causes them
to kneel in a trench and machine guns them. If he knows of any
who have been inspired by the high spirit of their countrymen in
paying the last full measure of devotion to their icountry’s weal, he
■machine guns them or sends them to the living death of the concen
tration camp. Hitler has no pity. He regards himself as the incar
nation of .pure power and anything that stands in his way he exter
minates as impersonally as a fire exterminates a forest or as wind
and water batter an ocean liner upon the rocks. He has shown him
self to regard force as his only weapon, The fine things of the-
huthan spirit Ate nothing to him and must go-down before bullets
and. fire., • Why do mot our orators leave us knowing that Hitler,1
hitherto, has been successful and that' every hour of the day and
night he is getting-nearer to Toronto, London and Exeter? Why
not leave us alarmed and in earnest to meet an active enemy who
can be met with nothing less than our utmost and immediate effort?
Why say “Peace! peace!” when there Is no peace? , ,
For just one year short of a centuiy-and-a-quarter
—124 dramatic, dynamic, historic years—the
Bank of Montreal has lived, worked and watched
With Canada.
The Bank has sVen war come and peace go, peace
come and war depart; shared Canada’s "struggle
through every night of economic depression since
1817; rejoiced to see Canada always triumph over
all adversity.
Founded two years after the Battle of Waterloo,
the Bank witnessed the Crimean War, the Indian
Mutiny, and, with other loyal Canadians, enlisted
for the duration in the South African War and
World War I, and how marches with the Dominion
and the Empire in World War II.
Always, Canada has come through stronger, better,
triumphant May she so come through the present
fiery trial. To this end we work and dedicate the
institution’s service, just as our 6000 loyal employees
are Working and dedicating their personal services.
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marry? When EddieWhom
fell
The thumb
George found a wonder
In Bessie, and Harry got Elsie
(sweet plunder),
Thon didn’t marry at all.
•—Bachelor" Barney *
did I
under
Of sweet -Carrie, and
BANK OF MONTREAL
”A BANK WHERE SMALL ACCOUNTS ARE WELCOME"
MODERN* EXPERIENCED BANKING SERVICE . * .. the Outcome of 124 Yeats’ Successful Opcndoa
Exeter Branch: W. J. FLOYD, Manager
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