The Brussels Post, 1926-2-17, Page 3•
Rea ervice
AVING installed a New Bat-
tery Charging Plant we are
now able to give our Customers
the best of Service.
McIntyre & Cudinore
Ford Cars, Trucks and Tractors
Used Cars a Specialty
Phone 73x BRUSSELS
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l1 The Car Owner's Scrap -Book
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(By the Left Hand Monkey Wrench)
For Setter Mileage
Always use a socket wrench to re-
move spark plugs. An end wrench
may slip and break the porcelain part
of the plugs.
All connections on the radiator
should be • tightened before placing
anti -freeze solution, either glycerine
or alcohol in the car.
If a tire appears to be wearing
too much in one spot, it may be
caused by a ilat spot 011 the brake
drum or the drum may be running
out of true.
Whim adjusting brakes, the rear
wheels should be jacked up and the
hand -brake set just tight enough that
one of the wheels will turn by hand.
The mileage obtained from tirce
, depende not only upon the kind of
tires used, but partly upon the con-
dition of the wheels and 'brakes, and
partly on the way the tires are cared
for.
A brake that screeches is one that
is excessively dry and gritty.
In preparing electrolyte for stor-
age batteries nothing but ehemically
pure sulphuric add and distilled
water deould be used.
.Eelocuist valve tappets need great-
er clearance than intake tappets be••
cause the exhauet valves run hotter
.1 el the stems teepauci more.
Because of the increased length ot
leverage and centrifugal foreo a car
with a long wheel base is more apt
to skid than one with a shorter wheel
base.
As oil is injurious to rubber, it ia
a good plin to protect the inleS hose
front the radiator to the pump efrom
the effects of oil by giving it a coat
of shellac.
If the battery in tlill ear ill COM-
plotoiy deaci and cranking will not
start the engine it sometimes can be
started by towing in high gear, with
the ignition switch on.
Tio.old-fasliioned remedy of a mix.
ture of ,glycerine and cicohol is pro-
bebly the best method for keeping
the windshield elear and clerm when
driving in reiny weather.
The universals must he Icept thor-
oughly lubricated or they will devel-
op intensive wear. When they have
W0111 they will, emit a heavy thump
each time the clutch is thrown in.
Sudden starting will snap Cross
ItIllts of chains as quickly as sudeen
stopping.
• Never take n "no parking" sign
too literally until it Is learned what
it really means.
Rubber in tires cracks and oxidizes
permitted to lic in the stuniglit for
a long time.
Squeaks and rattles can sometimes
be stopped by loosening Ile screw or
nut instead of tightening them.
When warming up the engine in
cold weather, go easy eintAl the Mb-
. ricant int he transmission gears sof-
tens.
When driving on the highway Pick
• out a good operator and follow him.
He may eniploy'many new stunts that
will be helpful at some future tine.
Transinission lubricant is heed to
handle inmtold weather. If the
pnilip that is Made to handle 1
• this putterial is not available; Warnt
the can. It can then be pored int0
the transtnission or differential Veith
eaSe.
A sthrage batten/ which has been
left idle foil Some time tit a semi -
charged condition becomes ."litilphat-
ed," o condition that parktly tuins
the power unit.
Cuts and abrasions Mused bylagge
ed the scraping the tread rubber 1
shollid be repeired so that dirt and
moisture will not get in at the limier
layers of frabie and rot them,
Spare bidbe and :NHS ehould be
carried in a special holder OtherWiso ,
they will not IPA bong:
TIRE LORE
When installing new nonskid tirea
on the rear of the car for winter
driving onove the best one of the old
tires to the left front wheel. This
will make the car easier arid saftn,
to handle on wet streets.
DRAINING THE RADIATOR
The beet way to drain the radiator
is to run the engine fast, for a few
minutes. The vibration will stir up
the sediment and dislodge any par-
ticles that may be stuck at the hot-
tom.near the drain cock.
. WINTER DRIVING
110 sot atteMpt to "rush" piles of
snow with the car. While snow in a
frozen state is scarcely softer than
a rock, it may break spring leaves,
upset the car, crack the carcass of
the tires or knock the steering wheel
out of the hands.
FOR AN EASY START
To save the battery when starting
the car,. especially at night, switch
off the lights and throw mit the
clutch. This i,viat save the starter the
trouble of cranking over the trat-
smission gears. Always pull the
choke out before touching the 'start-
er button so as to make every mo-
ment of the starter's work count.
TRUCKS POPULAR '
Trucks are coming - into .wide use
as the most important transportation
agency.. They are entering fields
which used to be m.onopolized entire-
ly by t he railroads. •
FOUR'S AND SIX'S
The average four -cylinder engine
has a higher thermal effecieney than
O greater number of cylinders. There
are nearly.5 0 per cent more moving
parts in a six -cylinder engine than
in a fame The four -cylinder engine
is more rugged, givee less chance ;for
engine trouble, is cheaper to repair
and in general is more economical.
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TRIAL PURCHASES
To prevent metal license plates
from rattling; get a few washers that
are made to keep water faucets tiglet
and place them between t he plates
and the part of the ear to which
they are being attached. These wath-
ers are durable; hold the screws well
and prevent rattling of the plates,
which is likely to occur if metal
washers are used, •
CURTAIN CARE
When the side curtains of the
touring car are taken out of their
storage place the celluloid may he
found cracked or chafed so that the
transparency is impaired. As a Pro-
tection to all, new celluloid should
be installed in the front cartains. 11!
the vision is obscured it will be dif-
ficult to see other cars and pedest-
ions on a rainy night.
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TRANSMISSION LUBRICATION
Whether the tkansmissien needs
grease or not, usually can be detee-
Mined by the .sonnd of the gears
When meshed for second, A 0001-
parative1y dry transmission will be
quiet if the gears are in high, In
high, the drive is direct, and if there
s enough hthricant to keep the trans-
nission bearings eopl, the gear box
will eim quietly. it is true that while
the goars,are in high thecounteesha•ft
gears 'revolve, but they revolve free.
ItIveri the gear of the countershaft
velneh meshes With the c hitch gear:is
t under any presenre, ,
frO .
THE BRUSSELS POST
The Col en
Acre
It Was Half a Centlary
Before It Produced
Crops
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By F. A. MITCHEL
111 1410 Enna Deane and Herbert
Docleworth got into a lawsuit over a
piece of prairie land located a couple
of miles from the center of the city of
Chicago. The property was worth
nothing. and the expenses of the suit
were heavy. They were advised by
their lawyers to meet with a view to
effecting a compromise. They came to-
gether, end Deane said to Dodsworth
"It is impossible for either you or me
to reallze anything out of this acre of
worthless /and. We're too old. But I
think there's going to be a big Mier
here some day, end the property in,
Any, flfty yews from now may come
within the town limits, It will then be
worth something. Suppose we leave at
jointly to 011r heirs?"
"That would be likedividing an
upple into a couple of dozen parts.
Families multiply, and I doubt if the
inheritance will ever be wenn more
than, say, a bundred dollars. Suppose
we arrange so that it shall go to one
person yet unborn?"
Dodsworth was ready for any propo-
sition that would relieve him of further
bother concerning .the property, and
legal documents were drawn up be-
queathing it to such descendant of
either as should be nearest to twenty
years old on June 1, MO. Both men
were over fifty at the tinie the arrange.
0)008 was made, and both bad sons
and daughters.
But none of these sons Or daughters
took the slightest interest in •the prop-
erty that bad, so to speak, been put
away for the enjeyinent of some One
yet unborn, if, indeed, any of them
ever visited it they saw a part of the
prairie, on which, after a rain, stood
a pool of. water varying from one to
twelve 'inches in depth.
When foety years had rolled round
neither Deane nor Dodsworth nor any
child of either was living. There were
many grandchildren, none of whom
knew anything about the acre of prop-
erty that had been tied up for half a
century, Before the death of the tes-
tators a fund had been prOvieed from
which the taxes were to be paid, and
a certain firm of lawyers were to pay
them. In 1890 this firra dissolved, and
the duty devolved upon their success-
ors. By this thine the property had be-
come a snug fortune, and there was no
danger of any Deane or Dodsworth
who lived in Chicago not knowing
something about it. But both families
had spread out taillike and had scale
tore&
In 1898 Ackley & Thorp, attorneys,
were charged will) the payment of the
taxes on the acre, and the sums were
sufficiently large to be noticeable. Sid-
ney Walker, a young naan who had
just been admitted. to the bar, was a
clerk in the office of Ackley & Thorp,
and the payment of the taxes Wild In-
trusted to him. In this way he came
to a knowledge of the strange joint
will of Deane and Dodsworth. It oc-
curred to Walker that when the thee
came round to put the property into
the halide of the legitionate heir it
would be importaut that ell the mem-
, hers of the Doane and Dodsworth fami-
lies should be aceounted for. Beene,
tag that whoever did this work would
doubtless be paid for it. be begat; a
search for every member of both fam-
ilies. But he kept his investigation to
himself.
Roger Penne, aged twenty-two, a
grandson of Snit Deane, a party to
the wth made in 1810, resided In Chi-
cago between (88)0 and 1900 and had
his eye on the acre as being the possi-
ble licit Be wasp weather of most
of the clubs of the city and prominent
socially. • lie bunted up all the Deimos
and Dodsworths he could find. There
was norie nearer than he to the re-
quired age. But be found one Dods -
worth, a woman about his own age,
who might be nearer than be. Tie
mei° inquiriee as to her age, bin she
declined to give it on the ground thet
a woman's age is her privete property,
The treth is that if he knew her age
and it was nearer the prise than his 1
he :aright prepare himself to prove that
he was oicler or younger than she was.
Miss Julia Dodswoeth W418 equally as
prominent in society as Roger Denne,
and the possession of property worth
several litinclred thousend dollars would
be as much of nn advantage to her as
to him. She therefore concluded to
cultivate him, with 0 view to getting
out of Min els age. Neither would be
on June 1, 1900, much less than two
years above twenty, but no one of the
descendants of the original' Deane or
Dodsworth bid turtle° up nearer the
requiredage, and it seemed probable
that one or the other of these two
would get the fortune, „
AS the thne drew near fotetbe turn-
ing over the acre to the designated
heir Messrs. Ackley & Thorp Wrote to
the Deenes and Dadswerths to state
their ages. ttoger Deline and Julia
Dodtworth weio Jecluded In the in-
golriee. Each had been endeavoring to
loath the other's lige, but neitherhad
succeeded. Therefore neither bad say t
adVantage over the other In this re -
specie There \VAS nothing foe either b
10 (10 but glee the teile dtvie ef birth. d
Soon after doing So each Medved nop
letter saying that both had' been bore ry
On the imme.titty, told thts. would render d
tile Will inoperative shies it 'distinctly w
speeified that the property be turned
ever on the ist; of June, 1000, to the
ono 1515180111117111188 to twenty 301(18 (11!
age. No ono had yet appeared to ho
nOttror than they to the deAlgnated
age. bat the primerty, under a literal
Interpretutien cif the will. could not be
given to either,
Roger Deane and Julia inelsworth
visited the 11810011878 with n view to a
compromise. at first suggested
that the preperty he divided between
them. But the lawyers would uot 11)
this without an order from the court of
chancery. 7)011(0 took the 111511 of law
aside and asked him if marriage would
settle the matter. The reply W118 that
though man and wife were one in cer
tale respects In the eye of the law
they Weve not in an respects. After
much delay the 13107701! suggested that
toll one
tolaylywacolaimton e
uto ftl :temeastttaette. 4-11na(1
f
the other to deepute the cation. This
would bring thee 'natter before the
court, who would give a deeiston.
However, nothing, eould be done be-
fore tim 186 0-1! June next, and that was
still three months distant. Meanwhile
Roger Deane and Julia Dodsworth had
a common interest. Tbey met quite
often with a view to finding some way
by which they might at least divide
the ntheritance. It was,suggested that
they hunt up the doctors who presided
at their birth in order to discover
which had been born at the earlier
hour of the day. Deane was success-
, fell on his part. Be found the doctor
who brought him into the world, wlio
by reference to . certain notes he had
taken down with regard to his patients
found a record that Roger bad been
born at 2 o'clock in the morning of
April 10, 1878, This, the lawyers said,
would not give him the property unless
proof was adduced that Miss Dods -
worth had been born at a later hour of
the day. So there was notbing gained
for Deane. Luid as for Miss Dods -
worth, it simply meant that by hunting
up her own record she would run
twelve chances to one of giving the
property to Deane.
13y this time this matter of mutual
interest had drawn them so closely to-
gether that if it could have been set-
tled by their marriage there would
have been no further difficulty.
Miss Dodsworth remembered that a
woman named McCann had lived with
ber mother as housekeeper or upper
servant for many years. Wheie Julia
was about twelve years of age Mrs.
McCann bad left the family. She was
with them when Julia was bone and
might remember the hour of her birth.
Zona began a system of' advertising
for the woman, and a response was
filially elicited. She Wrote Julia that
she had kept a letter blank book, in
which she had noted important events.
This book was, with other etrectssin a
trunk in a garret of one of Mrs.Me-
rlin/es relatives. She wouki get it and
78,eeutoa.
tit contented the required infer-
laWhile Waiting for this Julia told
Roger about it. Roger Said that if the
book contaieed a memorandum of the
hour of Julia's birth he or she would
inherit the acre. But he had a dozen
chances to one of being the heir. Then
be told her that he had become attach-
ed to her and proposed that, whether he
or she 08 neither the one hoe tile other
inherited, they pass the rest of their
lives as man and wife. Julia was of
the same mind, and they plighted their
troth, their union to take place irre-
spective of what by this tinie they
eolith to call the golden acre. '
A few clays after their betrothal Mrs.
McCann sent her nuteliook by register-
ed mail to Julia. julia.turned over the
leaves hestity till she came to -May and
june, 1878, and there found an entry,
"At 10 o'clock in the morning of APIA
10, a littte girl was born,"
Doilsworth construed this as
Proof that she had won, since she was
born nearer to the lst of June, 1900,
than Roger. She sent the notebook to
the attoruess. wrote Roger that stm
had made up her 01(115 she (110 not love
him as mahe i as . sthought she did
and broke the engagement
This break perevented any further
°enthrone°, and when the 1st of :Tune
came round each received a notice to
appear at noon on that day at Ackley
& Teorp's office. They found there
quite a number of descendants of the
original Deaue and Dodsworth of va-
rious ages. Mr. Ackley thus addressed
those present:
"By the terms stipulated fifty years
ago today by Elam Deane and Herbert
Dodsworth a certain acre of land was
bequeathed to such one of their de-
scendants, male er femate, who should
be nearest•to twenty years of age on
the 1st 01' June, 1900. There are four
mrsons living who were born near that
ho
date and wnro descendants or el.
tiler Deane or Dodsworth--vie, Roger
Deane, Julia Dodsworth, Edward
d Em
Payne anma Osborne, born May
20, MO. Emile Osborne, having pro-
duced satisfactory evidence of birth,
will undoubtedly be adjedged the heir
by the surrogute."
There was an involuntary hum of
dissatisfaction thronghout the assem-
bly. Roger Deane and Julia Dods -
worth looked at each other and laugh-
ed. 130th being -rich, they puke afford
tie laugh,
Mt Ackley, wanted up to a demure
looking girl dressed very plainly 0(115congratulated her on attaining the pos-
session of the golden acre. lir. Sidney
Walker also congratulated her. Yield-
ingt:ito ampulse, she threw her arms
about Ms neck.
Walker during Ina investigations tie
o who would inherit the golden acre
ad found it little schaolteacbor
1 MIssoeri who W418 abotit the re.
nired age. Ete corresponded with her,
old her oe the fortune that was to bei
urned over to the (05111 heir and helped
er to obtain undoubted proof a the
ay and oven the houth
r of her bir,
his he did merely in the Ithe Of Mist.
ess, The girl ante to lore him, but
id not show her love till the day she
as adjudged All beirOSO,
BACK TO CANADA
E F. L. Sterdee, who for 10 yearo
was. associated With the passenger
depotment of the C. P. R. in Toron-
te, recently rev:riled rt•otyl rho Oefeee
where he represented the company in
Hong Kong, to take over his new
duties as assietant passenger ageht
in Montreal,
Bush of Bats at Opening
Bees Liberal Leader Barred
(Toronto Globe)
As the result of the restricted
seating accommodation in the Legis-
lature Wednesday, several Parliamen-
tarians found themselves barred
from entrance to the House.
A climax in the situation came
when W. E. N. Sinclair, Leader of
the Liberal Opposition was unable
to get a seat In the Chamber for the
opening ceremonies. The doors
were so carefully tiled that the Lib-
eral Leader could not even get out
from his office to the Chamber.
' Hon. Dr. Forbes Godfrey, hearing
of Mn. Sinclair's predicament, offer-
ed to escort him through the barred
entrances; ,but the Liberal Leader
refused this, what he termed a "se-
cond-hand invitation."
It is understood that members who
were disgusted with the seating ar-
rangement, will bring this matter up
on the Moor of the House.
South Perth to hill
Clinton Colohratinn
District Orangement Favor Mitchell
for Next Year.
Mitchell, Fel). 10—The aneuel
meeting of the County Orange Lodge
or.South Perth was held in the Or-
ange Hall here yesterday, with 0
large number present from all lodges
of the district, Wor. County Master
G. W. Heagy, of Stratford, presided.
It was decided to join with South
Huron in celebrating tho 12th at
Clinton this year, while the holding
of next year's celebration in Mitchell
was favored by resolution.
The following 'officers were elect-
ed: County master, Bro. Brendan,
St. Marys; deputy county :nester,
Harry Chabe, a Logan; Chaplain,
Mervyn Linton, of Logan; financial
secretary, Bro. Douglas, Fullerton;
treasurer, G. F. Gilliland, Stratford;
recording Secretary, Bro, Mtardiee
Stratford; marshall, Bro. Wright,
Stratford; first lecturer, Bro. Cord'ell
Stratford.; secoed lecturer, T. Tubb,
Logan; committee, Bros. Corbeau
and Middleditch a Ellice; Grethen,
of Stratford; Henry, of RIlbol, .ard
Sawyer, of Kirkten. ,
BAGGAGEMAN DROPS DEAD
Palmerston, Feb, 10. — ,The
Irsok-
1000, baggagemau and time -table
artists, dropped dead from heart dis-
ease while at his duties here yester-
day afternoon. Many people haye
admired Ins artistic lettering on the
time -table at Palmerston etation.
PEDIGREED CANADIAN WHEAT
, SHIPPED TO SOUTFI AMERICA
Regina, Feb. 10. — Shipment of
2,000 bushels of registered Marquis
wheat Was made Tuesday :from t'ae
Moose Jaw plant of the Saskatche-
wan Registered Seed Growers' Pool
to Buenos Aires. This is the biggest
shipment of foundation, pedigreed,
registered Marquis wheat ever made
:from North America to the South
American continent.
OVER IN THE CEMETERY
Here's ililary Jane --but not alive,
She made her :Ford do thlrty-rtle.
Hove lies the body of William ,Tay,
He died maintaining the right-cf-
way,
John Smith lies here without his
shoes '
Be drove his ear while filled With
booze. •
WEDNESDAY, PER IZ 192(1,
'VT
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A Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen is
a useful gift that always makes the
boy happy.
We'd lilce to meet your youngster in our
store and fit his little band with a Water -
man's. Yes, the clip fastener will hold the
pen tight; he just can't lose it.
May we tell you all about the spoon-feed and
Watermad's no -time -limit guarantee/
,4,41ro
fbirn?t,-,;itpdra
J. R. WENDT
JEWELER WROXETER
FJ.1711110Fif
"Pa."
Pa: "Yes?"
Willie: "Teacher says we're I
here to help othees."
Pa: "Of course we are."
Willie: "Well, what are the
otlers here for?"
+ + +
Those at the head of the table,
make the speeches, while those
at the foot of the table eat the
extra salads.
• 4. + + +
"I knew an artist -once wit)
painted a cobweb en the ceiling
so realistically that the maid
spent hours trying to get it
down."
"Sorry, dear, I just don't be-
lieve its"
"Why not? Artists have 'even
known to do such things—"
"tee, but not maids."
A lecturer tell this Ono on
himself. He was called upon to
address the inmatee of a pigson.
After the introduction he began
as follows: "Fellow prisoners
—"then he was reminded by
the chuckles that something was
not right. Beginning again, he
said: "I'm happy to see so inan.y
of you here!"
21.11/2.361.0a31.1222X1.2.0•1914¢051,21RCS.
40Nall•l•M•01.0.1.1OKIStA4
"My friend is wearing Teetui;
XIV shoeS."
"I thought they looked a bit
large."
+ + +
Professor: "What is the most
common conductor of electri-
city?"
Student (very much .at
Professor:. "Wire. Correct,
Now tell me what is the unit Of
power."
Student (all the more bewil-
dered): "The what, sir?"
Professor: "Yes, the watt.
Very good."
•
Johnny (iieeling the furni-
ture) "Huh! This isn't ehen
warm."
Neighbor (just moved gin):
"What do you mean?"
Johnny: "Why, Ma told Pa
you certainly had a hot -looking
bunch of furniture."
+
Lampy's idea of nothing et
ell is a ham sandwich with tho
bread removed."
+ + +
"Did you make those biscuits,
my •dear?"
"Yes, darling." .
"Well, I'd rather you would
not make any moro, sweet-
heart."
"Why not, dear?" •
'.13ecause, angel mine, you are
•too light for such heavy wgmk."
+ i-
Ambidextron, Perfermer: "T
(Sere, any indivhival in the audi-
,meo to •mention a eingle action
that I can perform with my.
eight hand that I cannot do
equally well with my left"
Vekei in the Gallery: "Put
eour left hand in your right-
hand trousers pocket."
hite
ace
is the ADVERTISING space enterpris
ing merchants use in THE POST to tell
the good folks of this community .about
their stores and their goods.
Good ADVERTISING is moving
eloquence, too. It brings new customers
to your store, it builds good will. It
creates new business, moves goods and
makes bigger profits possible.
ADVERTISING is a hard-working
ally that should bei co ouerating with
every merchant. Why not investigate
its merits, Ask us about it,'
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