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The Brussels Post, 1928-1-4, Page 6WFDNI:SDAY, N. 4th, 1928. THE BRUSSELS PAST It depends largely on the flour you use. We believe you'll welcome this suggestion— try Purity, the rich, vigorous Flour from the finest Western wheat. Thousands of cooks say Purity Flour is best for cakes, pies, buns and bread. Send 30c is stamps for our 700 -recipe Parity Flour Cook Book. 261 Woetero Canada Flour MUIe Co. Unshod. Toronto, Moonset, Ottawa Saint him. YVLt k o AND MRS. Wo Ha GREEN .CELEBRATE E iO LDEN WEDDING Presents, Telegrams and Congratula- tions Pour in to Very Popular Residents of Rainy River, i It Record of The .any River Thursday , Dec. 15th had the follow- ing reference of the Golden Wed- ding of former residents of Brussels and Uncle and Aunt of Mrs. Walter Roza. This fine couple were visitors here during the past summer. Last Tuesday was an epoch mak- ing in Rainy River to Mr. and Mrs. W. 1•I. Green, who an that date cel- ebrated their golden anniversary of their wedding. For dinner the only guests were the Rev. J. H. Sehemilt and wife, pas -1 for of the United Church, Mr. and Alrs. P. McInnes, Mr. George Me- Tavish and Katthleen, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Green, of La Vallee, Ont, .At three o'clock in the afternoon the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Green staff ed to call and convey their congratulations to the happy couple of fifty years wedded bliss, and a constant stream kept un till five, by which time exactly fifty hail called. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Green had been most beautifully decorated by the Messrs. A. E. Smith and E. E. Jess. The guests were received at the door by Mrs. McInnes, while Mrs. A. E. Smith poured tea and Mrs. , E. E. Jess cut the ice. The Misses Ethel Paterson and Marguerite Stesle waited at the table. Their daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Bullock, acted as hostess. Some beautiful cut flowers were sent by Mr. and Mrs. Peter McInnes and Mrs. Crosswaithe, and Mrs. A. E. Smith, their son Harry and family of Sudbury, Ont., sending a hand- some solid gold clock, while showers of golden gifts were received from far and near. At eight p.m. they were serenaded by 'the Trail Rangers, and at 8.30 p.m. Mr. John Venness called with his car and conveyed Mr and Mrs. Green by auto to the United Church, where they were conducted to the basement, on entering which they were showered with a bounteous sup- ply of confetti. Here a program of singing was presented, the Rev, J. H. Sheinilt acting as chairman, about a hundred, guests being present, after which all sat down to a sumptuous repast. Dur- ing the supper Mrs. E. C. Hannam sang in her usual charming manner. After the supper Mrs. McInnes, on behalf of all the church members pee- sented Mrs. Green with a handsome gold brooch, while Mr. Bolton pre- sented Mr. Green, as a token of ep- rreeiation from the church members with a beautiful gold headed cane Moth Me. and Mrs. Green suitably re- plie•11 t • the presentation of the val- uable Magee •' Douglas then delivered err eulogi tie address which was followed by addresses from several other sup- porters of the church, all conveying with one accord the pleasure it gave these present in being able to convey congratulations of such a nature to Mr. and Mrs. Green. This was followed by a beautiful vocal solo by Mrs. (Dr,) Cameron entitled "When You and I were Young, Maggie." Thus ended a day marking an ep- och in the lives of a couple respected by every citizen of our town. To Reduce Rates Express Parcels - Up To 15 Pounds New Tarrif Will Mean Large Sav- ings to Shippers—Size Restric• - tions. Montreal, Dec. 28.—A handsome New Year's Gift to the people of Canada is indicated in .h' announce- ment •of reduction of rates charged by express companies of Canada for shipment of packages to 15 pnnnds in weight, and not over 3 tee feet in length, wide h or • depth, , which baa been issued and filed with the Board of Railway Commissioners for'Can- ada, by C. N. Ham, chairman, RN: - press Traffic Association. Thi, reduction le of importance to those d'hipping smaller parcels, and represents an important saving on previous rates in for&e. It goes into effect on Jan. 1 and includes a con- tinuation of the arrangement under which the express companies give protection against loss and damage up to $50 without extra charge on such parcels. The reduced rates are calculated to apply upon packages ranging from 5 pounds or less, 6, '7, 8, B, 10 and 11 to 15 pounds inclusive. The three Maritime Provinces are grouped as one. Between points in: the same province the rates are from 30 cents to a ma:timum of 60 cents, according to weight. Between points in ad- joining provinces the rates are from 40 cents to a maximum of 80 cents. Between ,points in amore distantly se- parated provinces the rates are from 50 cents to a maximum of $1,55 for the Iongost heel for the maximum weight of 15 pounds. Certain ;Prohibitions. Limits of weight and size are 15 pounds and . 2 feet in length, Width or depth, :but in ie, ^ase must flee length and girt}; columned exceed six .feet. For example, a piece meas- uring three feet, six inches in its longest "dimensions, gray measure as much at two feet, six inches round its thickest part, or a short piece may be thicker; :thus, if the length is not more than three feet, the girth of the piece may be theed feet. Goods prohibited under el -o regu- lations, and to which these reduced charges will not apply are money bonds, bullion, securities, live a'at- mals, birds, chicks, fowls, etc. iced goods and liquid oils or grease e un- less packed in sufficient absorbent material to fully absorb contents should container be broken, and ar- 1 tides having sharp pointe or edges unless points or edges are sufficient- ly cuehionecl to prevent cutting their coverings. Shinn -torte covered by the new rate. 1 reductions will be such as are entir- ely iuclo ed in packages, crates, ear- 1tons or boxes, containing goods not prohibited or stated in the above list, ! ,Charges will be assessed on each !package, and combined weights of i separate packages will not be per- i mitted. Further, all charges: speei- 1 lit,d by the rate reduction circular are me durum charges applying to each package, regardless of classifi- cation ratings. If the charge in oth- er tarit'fs in effect is lower, such low- er charge will be applied. 1 ---o ` South Bruce Seat ,vilely I- Vacant When Ontario Douse .Assembles It seems certain that an empty chair will be the South, Bruce rep- resentation in the Ontario Legis- lature this sealers. The House opens 44 days from 'now and this only gives three Jaya for the possible calling of a by- election. A by-election voting day comes 41 days after the announce - merit of the contest, there being a 30 -day period from the time of the calling of the election until nomi- nation day, and then 11 clays to the date ofll' po ing. For some time it has been rumored that the South Bruce seat, made vac- ant by the protest action againeet M. A. McCallum, would remain vacant. Now, as time passes, this seems mere certain, than ever. 0 Vat` 52 years' service on one farm, John Allison nae been awarded a gold medal by the Highland Agri- cultural ,Society of tnverkip, Scot- land. ^r�r.vvr. ozo :acorn rordr n THE "BARGAIN" y t� 8{ By OTILLIA F. PFEIFFER cS (Copr,'ig11t, 1920,ti'enterre Newspaper t'n:au,) 1lor11t : honk 1 The stillness of the quiet farm- yard was rudely broken in ripen by. an unusual turmoil. The 11)'' of an auto born aeeompanied a startling awak- ening of dormant beasts turd fowls. The old horse drinking at the unier- Ing trough kicked up Ids heels, snort- ed and made for a Atelier shed. The chickens cackled and ran for life. Even brave old Lion, the faithful watch dog, drooped, slid away, and only at a safe distance set up a vio-• lent entuplaintagainst the luroading machine. "What mischief Is that'?" shouted old Farmer hole, hastening to the door, "Blame ole If it Isn't Marvin! What does the boy menu? III. there! What's this, now?" I satshut- ting soh sociis all over, .ha t- g 1 ti o -o ng Pf the power of an odd-looking aping automobile with a proud air of com- placency and Paneled expertness, "It was a trade, dad," he announced gleesomely, "I gave the old nag and wagon and fifty dollars, and it's a bar- gain." "You traded old Dobbin for that?" gasped the father, "Why not?" challenged Marvin. "When Drusilia and I get married, we're not going to have any heavy hauling, are we? This machine will hold all we intend to sell; off, and do It in half the time." "You're beginning fine, you area", snorted old Abner, genuinely mad. "I promised to give you a helping hand; but no scree! no such extravagant ne- tions. Have you thought of the cost of gasoline and repairs? Did you no- tice that the machine locks like an old boat, probably just ready to frill to pieces?" The hold and venturesome invest. stent of Marvin Dole led to unpleas- ant results. It gave the father a grouch he did not get over. Within a week, after calling in a garage Ole- chnnie eight times, Marvin was eon- rinced that he had indeed got the worst end of a bad bargain. "I suppose you know how they dope Up a horse to sell?" suggested the mechanic. "Wel, whoever owned this tub used the sante methods to keep the old wreck running long enough for you to got home. You will save money by selling it for old junk." Even Marvin's fiancee, pretty Den - silts. Marsh, began to find fault With the lack of good judgment of her fu- ture husband. Only twice did the ma- chine carry them, to break down both times, Then some hot words passed between father and son. 1t led to a rupture. Marvin left the house, in- duced Drusilia to starry him tluietly, and the pair settled down at n little rented truck farm, with nothing but scraping and saving before them, The old auto was run into n corner of the yard, practically abandoned. The three clever young strangers who had palmed it off on. Marvin were not seen again, and the inch of a horse and wagon sadly hampered progress. One gond result Ca/110 of this. All the pettishness of Drusilla disap- peared, confronted with the serious duties of womanhood. There was a gravel pit just at the edge of the little plat of ground the young Doles had rented, and they al- lowed the teams hauling away the, product to pass through the stable Yard. Mervin enure home one day, to find Ilrusilla in en unusual state of ex- citement. ' "Thera was n runaway of one of the gravel tenors nicely," she told Marvin. "It crashed Into your old automobile 'aural smashed the whole rear," "(.lad of it I" responded Marvin spicily. 1"i'he old wreck has been nu eyesore long enough. I spoke to the junk maul today about ,plowing me what the old note would bring," "You don't want to sell it until I show you something," said Drusilln, her eyes dancing with half -suppressed excitement, "Come into the house and see what I have to show you. We nev- er know that the slanting, extending end of the machine was hollow, with a little slot to open under the seat, did e'e? Well, It's so; and when I went to look at the auto there it was ail Smashed open, and inside there were three or four packages of Liberty bonds. Marvin, there's over $20,000 worth of them." Marvin Dole could scarcely credit his eyesight when he came Into the house and Drusilia showed hint the packages In question, Each was oar. rounded by a paper band hearing• upon it a notation of contents and t11e stamped name "Security National Bank." Marvin stared in bewilder - men at the layout, unable to figure out bow the bonds had ever come Into the automobile. "The only way 1 can explain it i, flint sante fellows stole the auto and, seta It to me, never guessing what It) held, 7'he SeCurtty National bank? It spoors to me there is such an Insti- tution over at Covington." '!'here was, and ilMarvin's surmise as! to the way they enure into the auto -t m"hile proved orient. The bank had been robbed just the day before lit three fellows came along with the at chine. ".roil the bank people banded rte a $2,500 check to a recognition of o it honesty In restoring the bonds," e - pltlinecl Mervin rafter a visit to 1110 city. "mho' ad automobile wasn't , o held cur Investment after ell, eh, D i - The Value of Liquid Manure Notes ithst tnd fig What bus b `en and wll:ten n rooted years by Agri-. cultural authorities in rcepeet to the value of liquid maniere, , it is evident ident to anyone in touch with nrf'r:ent farming conditions that there is a necessity for repeating the facto in i connnc•rion With this subject. it lies been shown by carefully enn,latctedl r xpe rimentc that from one-third to one -ball of the value of manure nkey he lest by nogleet to save the liquid portion. The liq- uid portion (urine) is mucic richer in nitrogen and potash than the eolid exacta, weight :for weight; and fur- ther, these constituents are present in the urine in a soluble and readily available form and therefore pound for pound they are worth much more than those in the solid excreta. The average of a number of analy- ses that of fresh cow manure showed t t in one ton there were 11.44 pounds of nitrogen and 9.76 pounds of pot- ash. Of these amounts 5.4e hounds (about one-half) nitrogen and 7.80 pounds (one-quarter) of potash were contained in the liquid portion of the manure. Since climatic conditions over a very large. palet of the Dom- inion necessitate the stabling of cat- tle from 5 to 7 mouths of the year it is evident that unless the liquid manure is saved, much loss of avail- able plant food must result, The practice of running this liquid manure into tanks or other weep - tacks for direct application on the land is not generally practicable in this country for obvious reasons. The solution of the problem is in the use of a sufficiency of absorbent Jitter. Straw, the bedding material gen, orally need on the farm, will absorb from two to three tines its e' ofight of liquid; if finely cut, its value as a litter is greatly enhanced as it will then absorb about three times as much liquid as when uncut. Deposits of peat and muck occur fn many parts of Canada and these materials, when air-dried, stake as excellent absorbent litter. The pra- tice of throwing a few shovelfuls; of the crushed dry peat or muck in the gutter will result in the saving of the liquid manure, will aid greatly in the cleaning of the barn and in keeping the air sweet. Two Associations Of Perth Merge F MEALY TO RESIGN eesseallimaxemessuretameassezzaseeseet The Westminster Gazette says that Governor-General Timothy Healy of the Irish Free State will resign as soon as the.Government appoints a C s .UCCCnr. 0 hold custody of funds of the com- pany pending the outcome of negot- iations for the settlement of all litiga- tions." The appointment was made by Justice Middleton, of Osgoode Hall. A very pretty wedding wae solem- nized at the First Lutheran Church, Logan, recently, when Miss Minnie Eisler, only daughter of Wm. and Mrs. Eisler, Logan, became the bride of John W. Siemon, youngest son of Win. and Mrs. Siemon, of Logan. The ceremony was performed by Rev, F. Branch, pastor of the church. 0 BEES DUMB Bees may be busy, but not bright, says J. G. Millet, a French scientist vdi.o has been investigating their efficiency in gathering honey. Ex- periments have proved to him that the buzzers are guided solely by odor, and they often pees by scentless flowers with stores of honey and go to those that have a sweet perfume and little sugar. He says that they even will try to extract honey iron perfumed aactificial flowers, A cargo of 8,000,000 feet of spruce lumber was recently sent from Russia to Buenos Aires, Argentina. One railway in len,iane is operat- ing 1,000 trucks, :n connection with its store door delivery of freight. anima Why is it that duck eggs are not as popular as hen eggs? The only reason we know, ie, that the hen ADVERTISb1S just the moment she laysan egg, while a duels keeps quiet and hides her egg under the straw. We try to be like lite hen. We try to tell the world we have a great line of building lumber, dimension etc. All No, 1 5x 13, C. Red Cedar Shingles [Edge grain} All No. 1 Extra N. G, White Cedar Shingles Alex, Murray & Co, Asphalt Shingles Cedar and Helulock Shiplap and Boards Siding, Flooring, Ceiling, Moulding, Eto, Drsssed 2x4 Hard Maple for Hay Fori< Tracks 1 1-4 in. Pine Wagon Box Lumber, Eto, Let's not be Ducks Viih mi Luter o Ch cr - di1rot1oti:7r Phone No, 30 VtE DELIVER HURON COUNTY NEWS WS YABRIEF FoA rdwich has a curling club of 22 strong. The officers are :—President A. A. Graham; vice president, C. H. Harris; see: Treasurer, W. E. Pat- tersone Committee, F. R. Lynn and T. A. Wilson. . A quiet wedding was solemnized at the home of John R. and Biro. Hicks, sixth con., Minto, on Saturday Dec. 10, when their only daughter, Cora May, was united in marriage with William P. Senee, son of the late William Spence and Mrs, Spence fourth con., Ilowick. Thomas bleKiver, one of the pict- uresgae figures of railroad develop- ment in the Northwest, died at Yak- ima, Wash., following an operation. He was 68 years old. Mr. McKiver, who wad born at Seaforth, Ont„ with hi: bother, William, was the first con realise to beginconstruction on the mann division of the Great Northern Railway at Devils Lake, following it through to the coast terminus. The death occurred at his home in Brandon, Man., on Friday, December 16th, of a former well-known resi- dent of Fordwich community, in the person of Thomas- Compb.ai, father of Mrs. John Patterson, second con., and brother of Edward Campbell, of Pordwiek. Deceased, who was in his 88th year, was born in Tyronne, Ire- land, one of the eldest of a family of fourteen. kle cane to Canada when in his teens, and after learning uin & his trade at Becton, conducted a black,anith shop in Fordwich. He went west 88 years ago. Rev. 3. B. McCor'lnick, who has been pastor of the Baptist churches at Clinton and Auburn for the past Year and a half, has resigned the ;pastorate and preached his farewell sermon. Mr. McCormick takes with him the good wishes of the congre- gation who regret his removal. He leaves this week to take charge of the church at Lakefield. There was just cause for a little oxcitment in DeWet Strong's tomer- ' cal parlor at Fordwich recently. Mr. Strong had left the gasoline heater burning while lie went to supper, and for some reason the game went out, but the flow of gasoline continued, with the result that when AIr. Strong returned there was a considerable a- mount of the liquid fuel floating around the "sink" on which the heat - ter sits, and some hacl run down the waste pipe. After mopping up th mess, DeWet lighted the' neater anc proceeded with other work Sudden ly there was a burst of flame and a report which shook the building. The fumes had apparently ignited and the blaze followed clown the waste pipe, where the explosion occurred. Apart of the floor was lifted to make sure the fire which ensured had gone out, which it fortrinately had without doing any damage. 0 rrBITIZ .-LOOK AT YOUR LABEL Malcolm MacBeth Heads Aducaional Association—Instuctive Addresses —Arguments for Township laonrd Plan Advanced. STRATFORD, Dec. 18. The Perth County Educational Association came into existence here yesterday after- noon when the existing bodies of North and South Perth voted to merge Malcolm Macl3eth, of Milver- tot, who was the president of the oirth Perth Association, was elected president, Harry Bonis, of St Marys. vice-president, and Mrs. George Hookway, of Science Hill, as, secret- , ary. The greeting was held in the Board of Trade rooms and was fairly web attended. The following addresses were ;riven "Some Modern Tendencies in Educa- tion," by W. M. Morris of Toronto, provincial secretary of the associa- tion; "The Larger Unit of School Administration," by M. A. Campbell, of Milton, president of the rural sec- tion of the provincial association; Dr. S. Silcox, principal of the Strat- ford Nomral School, on "School Lib- raries and the Cultivation of the Reading Habit"; W. L. Sprang, prin- cipal of the Stratford Collegiate In- stitute, on "Flow Can We Have a More Practical High School Course for County Pupils." The addresses included agruments for the township school board plan, for junior high schools and for estab- lislunen of definite standards for school libraries. u PERTH COUNTY 'Vandals stripped three of four de- corated community Christmas trees at Stratford leaving them bare of the brightly colored lights that were turned on. They will not be re- , placed. A. E. Agar, an old Mitchell boy, who is a drug clerk in the store of Moore's, Limited, 822 St. Chir Ave., Toronto, was held tip and robbed on 'Tuesday night by a masked gunman, i who took $60 cash and fled. A pursuit by Mr. Agar and other citiz- ens was ineffective. G. T. Clarkson was appointed in- terim terim receiver of the Breaks Steam. Motors, Limited, whose headquarters sora?" 1 are at Stretford, "to enable him to ur New Liners for C n diant Pacific A m h f S1 w at cele isaweeratemeasseasznieuse 1. Painting of now "Duchess of Atholl' by Norman Wilkinson,. 2. tier Grace The Duchess of Athol, °eaturing the 1928 St. Lawrence Steamships schedule of the Canadian Pacific Steamshippss is the ineorpora tion of two of the four new 20,000 ton "Duchess" class liners now under eenstruction for the Company in the Old Country. The develop- ment of the St. Lawrence'route to England and the Continent has prompted the Canadian Pacific to augment,their present trans -Arian tie passenger fleet to this extent: The fist of these liege liners, th e ue,ens f Atholl" was launched recently on the Clyde, Scotland, and christened by Her Grace the Duchess of Atholl M P. The ceremony was attendee{ by it large gathering of Canadian Pacific and ship -building diktats. Her Grace in receiving a silver Model of a steering wheel and book - east as a souvenir of the occasion stated that aim knew something of the joy with which the huge order from the Canadian Pacific had been 4itit41.113111Aitillit,11114014t1feli11141111141VIMlldn' 3. Vesxci just after being launched on the Clyile. 4. Cabin lounge of the palatial "r)uchessof Atholl." received on the Clyde. The Can- adian Pacific she said had entered the Atlantic service only in 1923 and had already spent $100,0001,000 in British shipbuilding yarc�t. No per- son, she added, could visit Canada and not be impressed' with the tremendous' activities of the Can- adian Pacific and what that Com- pany has meant in building up the Dominion With the launching of this vessel, ships registering a: total of 72,000 tons have been launched for the Canadian Pacific during the months of October and November. This is regarded as a record for a, private company. The four new liners will he each of 20 000 tons gross register. In addition to this passen- ger liner the totals tonnage for the two months le made up by five ex- press cargo steamers of the Beaver class, and the "Princess hlaine" new 2,000 -ton Coastal steamer for .the Paeide Const service of the Com- pany, The vessels of the "Duchess" class, which will include the Duchesses of Atholl, Bedford, Rich- mond and Beaufort, will represent four of the finest passenger ships afloat. They will be the largest to navigate the St. Lawrence as far as Montteal on regular runs the general measurements being: length. 699'eet; breadth, 7.5 feet with alexia draft of 27 feet. Tho "Duchess of Atholl", as well as her sister ships will be luxuriously appointed throughout. Oak, walnut, mahog- any, white and rod birch teak, sycamore and Macassar ebony are some of the fine woods being used in the interior finishings. Vie shine will be cabin class liners and win have accommodation for allout 1600 passengers each. The 'Duchess of Bedford", deter ship of the Duchess pf A'tholl , to scheduled to be launched it January and the remaining two it the spring of 1929. The new vessels will have a speed or 17Mto 19 ?knots et sea.