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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURS., JULY 22;; 1937.
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YOUR WORLD AND. 'MINE
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by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
Should I go to the cemetery or future prosperity would seem to, be
not? This ,was a question I put to
myself as I sat in the church where
the funeral service of an old friend
was being held. Because of my deep
regard for the friend who had passed
on and because of my attachment to
his family, I decided to go' to the
cemetery to be present at the burial
service.
In the car in which I went were
three rather.important men, one the.
president of a very large Canadian
life insurance company. These men
talked of money; and it interested me
to hear the president of the insurance
company—a man in receipt of a very
large salary and undoubtedly very
wealthy—say that money did not as-
sure happiness, although he admitted
that most persons were bent on mak-
ing a fortune.
After the burial service one of the
pallbearers came to me and said,
"You do not know who I am?" and
T bad to say that I did not identify
him. Then he told me his name. I
had not seen him for nearly 40 years.
He was a commercial traveller when
I first knew him, and I was one of
his customers. I always liked him.
He was so genuinely in earnest, so
kindly, that it was a pleasure to meet,
him. Then, when I quit the retail
business, nearly 40 years ago, I
lost sight and track df him -until I
met him just a few days ago.
My old friend came home with me,
and we chatted for over an hour,
talking about old times, old friends,
and ourselvesand families. And we
shall see each other again. They say
that a sign of one's becoming' old is
one's inclination to look backward
and to talk about past years.
Believing that my readers will en-
joy hearing about my old friend and
the story which he told me, I now
record his tale. I shall call my friend
by a name which is not his—Erring-
ton.
Errington was reared on a farm
north of Toronto. The family was
poor. It was a large family. Er-
rington became a commercial travel-
ler. Two brothers became clerks in
retail businesses. One brother fell
in love with his employer's daughter,
but couldn't marry her on a salary of
$9 a week. He decided to go to a city
in the. New England States, to join
a friend in starting a women's wear
business. The two men borrowed
money to start. They prospered in-
stantly, but were frugal in their
manner of living until theycould af-
ford to build themselves good homes
and indulge their desires for the
.good things of 'life. Later a younger
brother, animated by his brother's ex-
ample and success, decided to go to
another city in New England, and
start a similar business. He borrow-
ed money from his brother, my
friend, to start his business. He
likewise prospered. Today, these
two brothers and the friend who join-
ed up with Brother No. 1 have a chain
of ladies' wear stores in, the New
England States, and all three are
millionaires. One of the brothers is
nationally famous for his good deeds.
My friend had always been thrifty,
and his money, as he saved it, was
available to his brothers without hes-
itation, when they were getting start-
ed. First in hundreds of dollars, and,
later in thousands. My friend be-
•eame, eventually, vice-president of a
very large industrial enterprise, and
about three years ago retired. His
son is now with his uncles, and his
assured.
My friend has a daughter. When
she wasquite young she was chron-
ically ill. Her case looked so bad
that she was taken to an American
city for examination by famous doc-
tors, but they admitted that they
could do nothing for her. So she
was brought back to Toronto. Dr.
Alan Brown, a very famous children's
specialist, was consulted. He said,
"I know what's wrong with her and
can cure her, but it will take a year,
and she will have to go to a hospital".
The little girl's father did not want
her to go to a hospital. He said that
he would turn his home into a hospi-
tal. But when Dr. Brown heard this,
he said, "You can get another doc-
tor!" This ultimatum led Errington
to agree to send his child to the hos-
pital. Shortly afterwards Dr. Brown
learned that Errington and his —
Brown's — father' were intimate
friends, and this knowledge led Dr.
Alan Brown to agree to the child's
returning; to her father's hone. In
this home the father one day dis-
covered that his little daughter had
a craving for paper! She had been
eating paper for a long time—steal-
thily. Even wallpaper! It was this
habit which had made her ill. When
the cause of her illness was discov-
ered and removed, the child quickly
regained health, and soon was a nor-
mal child.
When she was in her late teens,
she wanted to become a nurse— a
vocation her father did not want her
to take up. He made a bargain with
her: if a friend who was in an Amer-
ican hospital as nurse was against
his daughter's going to the same hos-
pital to train, the daughter would
give up the idea of becoming a
nurse!" So off to New York went
Errington's daughter to study nurs-
ing. There she met a young doctor,
and they were married. This man
has since become a verydistinguish-
ed person, doing research work of
such character and quality that mor-
tality in. certain classes of industrial
plants—mortality due to excessive
heat or to fumes or to dust, by way
of sample—bas been reduced almost
to nil.
Errington's older brother has re-
tained an intense interest in his na-
tive land Canada. One day he said
to, my friend, "Charlie, I believe that
there's going to be a lot ofmoney
made out of gold mining in Canada.
Why should not the Errington family
own a gold mine all by ourselves?"
So a mine was acquired a dozen or
more years ago. It turned out to be
a big enterprise for the Errington's
alone, yet the brothers remain major
stockholders in this mine—a very fa -
emus Canadian mine. Once $6'75,000
was required rather urgently by this
mine, and the older brother gave a
cheque for this amount, which is
pretty good for a man who once
worked ina country store north of
Toronto for $9 a week.
Errington, and I talked about other
commercial travellers men who
Were able to save money—seeing that
their employers paid their living ex-
penses. Several of these men went
into business on their own account—
this well on to 40 years ago, and
made good. One man quit business
not long ago, with a fortune of $200,-
000, which he' has invested wisely.
He was: urged to put his money into
A HEALTH SERVICE OF
THE CANADIAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION AND LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
IN CANADA
THE SUMMER SCOURGE OF
INFANCY
As surely as the warm, summer and
the early autumn months roll around
the health of Canadian babies will
be menaced by a, condition commonly
called summer diarrhoea. Happily
this complaint is not as prevalent as
it was in the recent past, but it• is
still a very serious disease among
infants :in the first year of life,
Ejght years ago several hundred ba-
bies in the Province of Ontario alone
died in one year of , this apparently
simple trouble. All evidence of loose
stools in an infant who may, appear
quite well should be regarded as a
warning and their continuance over
twelve hours demands - immediate
medical attention. This may appear
unduly alarming to those who have
not seen the swiftly tragic results of
neglect of diarrhoea but it cannot be
too strongly stated that summer
diarrhoea is a serious disease, more
deadly than pneumonia.
How can we avoid and prevent this
dreadful condition? Nurse your baby
and he is practically safe. Breast fed
babies are affected but rarely and
all the serious cases occur in arti-
ficially fed infants. 'If your baby re-
quires to be bottle fed the careful
sterilization of all utensils required
in the preparation of the feedings
will go a long way to avoid contam-
ination of the food supply. The milk
which should be originally pasteuriz-
ed must be boiled from three to five
minutes and kept cold in the refriger-
ator until it is required. It is be-
coming established that infantile sum-
mer diarrhoea or cholera infantum
or "intestinal flue" are all the sante
condition and are infectious diseases.
The germs causing the trouble
may be spread by flies or by the
contact of soiled hands with the food.
Therefore screening and all other
measures to eliminate houseflies and
scrupulous personal cleanliness are
excellent measures to avoid the
spread of infection. If any older
member of the family has even the
slightest diarrhoea he should avoid
all contact with the baby because
what may seem a minor trouble ;n
the adult may assume dangerous pro-
portions in the infant. If, in spite of
these simple and common sense pre-
cautions, your baby should develop
diarrhoea, omit all food except large
quantities of boiled water until your
doctor gives you further instructions.
Regard the beginnings of this trouble
as worthy of your serious attention,
don't wait until the child becomes
drowsy and sunken -eyed but act ear-
ly and save the babies.
Questions concerning 'health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College St., Tbrento,
will be answered personally by letter.
CORONATION SINGER RECEIVES
MEDAL
Mr. Harry Hoffman has recently
received a beautiful silver Coronation
Medal from the office of the High
Commissioner for Canada, who in
turn received it from the keeper of
the Privy Purte. It was acdompanied
by a presentation form bearing the
Royal Insignia, stating it is to be
worn in commemoration of Their Ma-
jesties' Coronation, 12th May, 1937.
—Zurich Herald.
WANT OLD OAK TREE
PRESERVED
Summer visitors to Kincardine
have for years admired the stately
old oak tree which stands at the
corner of Broadway and the beach.
Just now the tree is in danger of
decaying from fungus growth at-
tacks. It has been suggested that
if the council were to have the open-
ing in the tree cemented itwould
stand for many years as ithas, sen-
tinel -like, • looking out across Lake
Huron.—Kincardine News.
speculative stocks. He might have
trebled his investments hadhe done
so, but he said, "I'm tired. I don't
want to . have the worry and anxiety
of stock -market investments. I'll
buy me good bonds". His income from
his bonds is adequate, and he is no
longer "tired'.. I have heard of oth-
ers who pulled out '• of speculative
stocks because to watch the "mar-
ket" fagged ..them and distracted
them,
An acquisitive life is a poor life.
The true life is that which gives
largely rather than acquires' largely.
Money does not assure happiness.
Happiness can be hacl from day to'
day, even' by the poor. -
HEALTH
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CARE OF CHILDREN
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SALADS AND DESSERTS,
FOR HOT WEATHER
Salads and desserts which may be
molded or frozen in the refrigerator
and which give a somewhat festive
air to a simple meal are particularly
welcome to the housewife during the
hot summer months. It is not hard
to prepare such dishes during the cool
of early morning, and it is a great
relief to know that a tempting salad
or dessert is ready to serve when the
lunch or supper hour arrives.
The Milk Utilization Service, Do-
minion Department of Agriculture re-
commends the following:
NEWS OF HAPPENINGS
IN THE COUNTY AND
DISTRICT
LACROSSE PLAYERS DEAD
Dr. Charles A. Campbell, of New
York City, and Bill Brierly, of Cale-
donia, both of whom' died last week,
were members of the famous Beaver
Lacrosse Club of Seaforth, which won.
the Senior Lacrosse Championship of
Canada in 1895. .
Cheese Salad
11-2 cups cream cheese or creamed
cottage cheese
1 green pepper, chopped
1 cup crushed pineapple, well drain-
ed.'
1-2 cup nuts, chopped
1-2 cup mayonnaise
'1-2 cup cream, whipped
Salt, paprika, celery salt to taste.
Soften cheese with fork. Add green
pepper, pineapple, nuts, mayonnaise,
whipped cream and seasonings. Pour
into freezing tray and let stand four
hours. Slice and serve on crisp let-
tuce leaves. Garnish with watercress.
Salad may be frozen by packing care-
fully sealed mould in six parts of ice
to one part salt and allowing to stand
four to six hours.
Salad may be molded, instead of
frozen, by using 1 tablespoon gran-
ulated gelatine soaked in 2 tablespoons
ofwater, and dissolved over boiling
water. Add with other ingredients to
cheese.
Jellied Tomato Cheese Salad
1 tablespoon granulated gelatine
1-4 cup cold water
1 1-2 cup condensed tomato soup
1 cup 'cream cheese or cottage
cheese
1-2 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon onion juice
1-2 cup stuffed olives, sliced, or 1-2
cup chopped ,celery
1-4 teaspoon salt
1-2 cup cream, whipped.
Soak gelatine in cold water about 5
minutes. Heat soup over boiling
water, add salt, cheese, onion juice
(extracted by grating onion. Heat
until cheese is softened. Add soaked
gelatine and stir until dissolved.
Chill, and when partially set, add
mayonnaise, whipped cream and olives
or celery. Turn into mold that has
been rinsed in cold water and chill.
When firm, remove to bed of lettuce
andserve with mayonnaise. Sprinkle
with paprika. This salad may be fro-
zen by following directions given for
"Cheese Salad."
Fruit Rice
1 tablespoon granulated gelatine
1-4 cup cold water
1 cup hot cooked rice
1-8 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons fruit sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup whipping cream
3-4 cup diced or crushed fruit
1-4 cup blanched almonds.
Soak gelatine in cold water. Dis-
solve in hot rice. Add salt, sugar
and vanilla. Cool and chill. When
mixture begins to thicken, fold in
whipped cream, fruit and nuts. Pine-
apple, peaches, bananas, strawberries,
maraschino cherries, or a combina-
tion of fruits may be used.
NEW BRIDGE BETWEEN-
PORT HURON AND SARNIA
•
A new and important link between
the United States and Canada will
be the new $3,000,000 "Blue Water"
international bridge which it is ex-
pected will be completed late in 1938.
Connecting Port Huron, Mich., on the
American side, and Sarnia, Ont., on
the Canadian, the bridge will be 8000
feet long and will providea diagonal
route from the middle west to New
York and. eastern Canada, shorten-
ing existing trails.- Financed joint'
by the government of Michigan,
Canada and the United States, and
bond issue of $1,900,000 the bridge
culminates 10 years of planning and
promotion. Standing 152 feet above
the waters of Lake Huron, the struc-
ture will permit passage , of all lake
traffic and command an impressive
view of Lake Iiuron at the junction.
with the St. 'Clair'' river. Several
thousand persons attended : the
ground -breaking ceremonies at the
bridge site, including Canadian, and
American :officials. ;'and representa-
tives of Port ihrron and Sarnia, and.
Point Edward, Ont. where the bridge
first, touches -Canadian soil. •
GROWS CHINESE CHERRIES
HERE.
Mr. F. S. Savauge brought into.
The Expositor office on Thursday a
number of Chinese Cherries, grown in
his own garden. The cherries are
both red and white and are about the
size and color of large currants, but
taste quite similar to our Canadian
cherries. They are rarely seen in
this country, but Mr. Savauge has
been very successful in growing them.
Seaforth Expositor.
NEW EXCUSE •
The intense heat of Saturday after
noon provided a new and original ex-
cuse for a speeding motorist on No.
8 Highway west of here. County
Traffic Officer N. Lever, driving to-
wards Seaforth, cani.e across a mot-
orist who later identified himself as
being from Stratford. Asked for an
explanation of his hurry the motorist
said he had been fishing and wanted
to get his catch home to Stratford
before it was spoiled by the heat.
.. HONOR PETROLIA DOCTOR ..
Honor was bestowed upon Dr. R.
P. I. Dougall, of Petrolia, formerly of
Hensel), at the session of the Ontario
Medical Association at .Ottawa last
Thursday evening, when he was elect-
of Councillor of District No. 1. There
are eleven districts in Ontario and
the Petrolia medico ' will represent
the Counties of Lambton, Essex,
Kent, Elgin and Middlesex. The Do-
minion Medical Association met at the
same time and the registration a-
mounted to 1,952. Incidentally a pool
was held to guess the number pres-
ent, and Dr. Dougall's psychic powers
led him to say 1,936 the best guess,
„ PAVING COMMENCED
The Towland Construction Com-
pany started paving operations south
of Wingham on Hight*g No. 4 on
Thursday. It was expected that pav-
ing operations would have commenc-
ed much earlier but due to the large
amount of grading and other work
on the road this work could not get
under way.
PLATE GLASS WINDOW GOES
BOOM
Shortly after midnight on Saturday
the window of Tucker's Meat Market
was broken. The cause of the acci-
dent was three young lads who got
too playful and one of thembanged
into the window which just couldn't
take it.
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THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful
and Inspiring.
LOOK PLEASANT
We cannot, of course, all be hand-
some,
And it's hard .for us all to be
good;
We are sure now and then to be
lonesome,
And always do as we should.
To be patient is not always easy,
To be cheerful is much harder still,
But at least we can always be plea-
sant,
If we make lip our minds that we
will.
And it pays every time to be kindly
Although we feel worriedand blue,
If you smile at the world and look
cheerful,
The world will smile back to you.
So try to brace up and look pleasant,
No matter how low you are down;
Good humour is always contagious,
But you banish your friends when
you frown.
POTATO: STALK 4 FEET, 7 INCHES
LONG
The growth this year has been tre-
mendous and many reports have been
published giving account of great
growth. Mr. Thomas Allen, Cather-
ine St., brought into our office a po-
tato stalk that measured 4 feet, 7
inches in height. This will take some
beating. Despite the fact this stalk
grew so high the hill contained some
very fine potatoes.
—Wingham Advance -Times.
TEN MILES OF NEW LINE
The Exeter Rural Hydro, System
have the contract for building ten
miles of new line which will serve 29
new consumers. The line will be
built on the Thames Road church to
within half a mile of Russeldale and
north on the Fullerton and Hibbert
boundary for a couple of miles. This
will mean 18 mites of new line in this
territory this year and with a number
of subscribers added to the already
existing lines brings the number of
new consumers close to the. 100 mark.
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
PIG CAUSES RUNAWAY
Dungannon—Wilfred Pentland is
making preparations for erection of
a cement silo. While drawing gravel
for the same on Wednesday after,
noon their: two teams of horses at-
tached to wagons 'became frightened
when •a pig ran out of the barn,: and
ran away, scattering the gravel and
gravel -boxes around the yard. They
were finally halted when they collid-
ed, smashing the reach in both wa-
gons and the tongue of one of the
wagons. The harness was also brok-
en considerably. The horses were
uninjured as were also the men,,who
had taken. refuge in the barn, a, few
feet from the teams, when a ,show-
er of rain came on. ,
—Selected.
"BUT ONCE"
But once I pass this way
And then ... and then
The silent door swings on its hinges,
Opens, closes ... and no more
1 pass this way.
So," while I may,
With all my might I will essay
Sweet comfort and delight
To all I meet upon' the Pilgrim way
For no n'ian travels twice, the
Great Highway
That winds through darkness up to
light
Through night, .
To -day.
—Oxenham.
EARLY MORNING
The open window lets the summer
in.
The garden sends its sweetness on
the air
To lure me from my work. The
spiders spin
Their little webs upon the lawn
and snare
The drops of morning dew' within
their nets.
The hollyhocks are almost window -
high
Upon their. Ieafy cloaks they wear
rosettes
Of crimson dipped in sun. I won-
der why
His feathered impudence uponthe
bough
Is scolding me and scolding every
one.
I must not listen to the summer
now,
For night will come before my
work is done.
The summertime breeds vagabonds-
no doubt
1
It would be wise to look the sum-
mer out.
Gertude Ryder Bennett..
FISHIN'
Supposin' fish don'tbite at fi3:st,
What are you goin' to do?
Throw down your pole, chuck out:
your bait
And say your fishin's through?
You bet you ain't; you're goin' to fish
An' fish, an' fish, an wait
Until you've ketched a bucketful
Or used up all your bait.
Suppose success don't come at first,
What are you goin' to do?
Throw up the sponge and kick your-
self
And growl, and fret, and stew?
You bet you ain't; you're goin' to.
fish
An' bait, and bait ag'in,
Until success will bite your hook,
For grit is sure to win.
-Anon.
WHY COMPLAIN?
Season of snows and season of flow-
ers,
Season's of loss and gain;
Since grief and joy must alike be ours,
Why do we stili complain?
Ever our failing, from sun to sun,
0 my intolerant brother,
We want just a little too little of one,.
And much too much of the other.
—James Whitcomb Riley..
TREES ARE F1NE OLD FRIENDS
The trees are fine old friends—let's
love them more.
Aye, even now one stands beside my"
door, F I
Guards it in winter, shelters it in
spring,
Shades it in sunnier, friend through
everything.
I have known men who loved and
went theits way,
And even woman's love may have its
day,
The while some tree, some tree the
children knew,
Shields then in youth and loves thein
all lila through.
Of if the child, or man, requires a
roof,
It gives its life, of love the final
proof,
Fashions a threshold, builds a sturdy
wall,
Gives him a home, the greatest gift
of all, •
Who plants a tree serves well the hu-
man race.
The forest's friends the forest must
replace,
Shelter and shade, and roof and welt
and floor. '
The trees are fine old friends—let's
love them more..
—Douglas Malloch•
WALKERTON BOWLER
ACCIDENT VICTIM
An accident peculiar in the • an-
nals of local medical circles befell
a Walkerton lady bowler participat-
ing in the tournament there re-
cently. A •large insect became lodged
in her ear and considerable difficulty
was encountered in removing it. The
lady was taken to Dr. A. E. 11.
Couch's office. Five syringe treat-
ments failed to dislodge the insect
and a spectrum failed to show its lo-
cation in the auricular passage. Fin-
ally the insect fluttered its wings.
By use of forcepts, after three at-
tempts the insect was removed.
BUSINESS COLLEGE CHANGES
HANDS
Mr. C. A. Fleming, who establish-
ed the Northern Business College in
Owen Sound in 1881, has sold his
interest and retires, from active busi-
ness college work although he will
continue ;to - be identified` with the
Institution as honorary president.
The purchasers- are Mr. Charles K.
Johnston 'and Miss Marjorie H. Wil-
ton, two experienced educationalists.
EDITOR BLOWS HIS HORN
A most wonderful growth has been
experienced so far this year, in both
garden and field. Your publisher
takes considerable credit as a garden-
er, as on July lst, the family dinner
menu consisted of new potatoes, new
carrots and new beets all taken from
the ordinary garden and no hot bed
grown stuff ,and since we have en-
joyed a good helping of pod beans.
—Zurich Herald,.
THE WRONG MAN
A "Peeping Torn," who operates
Wingham between 11 and mid-
night, has frightened many women.
On 3 occasions he has been chased
fron'i windows, jumping over the end
of the verandahs. One woman, hear-
ing a noise at 2 o'clock, dashed a.
pail of water into the face of a man
tiptoeing across the verandah and
then yelled, hoping to arouse ' the
neighbors. She aroused them, but
discovered, to her amazement, it was
her husband she had doused. He
had been tiptoeing in, 'so as not to
awaken his wife.
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