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The Seaforth News, 1934-03-15, Page 2PAGE TWO HURON NEWS Native of Tuckersmith.—Following an illness of over two years Ruben Thomson, Il4th Concession of \Vest lWavo tn,.h, a life-long resident of the ,iistriet, passed away 'est week in hie i"t!t year, The '.ate Mr, Thom- - soli tea bore t' 1 ticker ntitit Town- ship an I eh:a eight yews old moved with his eareete to the het line of marris cher: they lived for some time. ]tut , .hey ut"ccd t Turnberry on ; Whitechurch Road and when - he as al years of age he moved to the 411i Cce a+t t oi \Vest \Wan'a- ne sh t t e he has eiace lived, Forty- eight t , :,aat Kincardine he was m:rr eel to Sara 11urwash. who pre- deceased hon 15 years ago, The de- cease' tar to the time ca illness was an atel t, meatier of the White- church Methodist Church, latterly the United Church, and for 33 years a Steward in this church, He leaves to mourn his .:os. Ralph G., of Barkway, Ont., Mrs. N C. Steele of Port Hur- on, Mich., R. L. of .Welland. Nath- aniel W. and Stanley 'E.,at home, also one sieter and two brothers Mrs,. Ann H ckridge of Hamilton; Samuel of Calgary, and Janes of Portage La - Prairie, Stan. Interment was made in RWing:ham Cemetery, The pallbearers were James Paterson, Joseph Tiffin, Thomas Henderson, Robert )d Lien- aghan, Duncan Kennedy and, Samuel Hutchison, Wingham to Tax Alsatian or Pol ice Dogs $12 and $14.—At the March meeting of the \\Ingham town conn- cil the bylaw setting the dog tae pro- vided :for an extra charge. for Alsat- ian or police dogs, whch will be $'1t2 fns :males, and ;14 for females, • Thrown From Belt,—Wm. Gauley, Cambridge street, Goderich, is now rapidly recovering at- home from the effects of. a peculiar.. accident that oc- curred while he was working at the elevator. In . raer to sweep down the wall, Mr. Gauley was.stattding on the belt that is used to carry grain from the bins, when a workman, disregard- ing the custom of giving the con- trolling switch a preliminary dight leach tc' warn anyone near the belt, • threw the switch right in. Mr, Gauley - was knocked down •by the sudden lurch of the belt and was carried a It�,t-t distance hefore he was able to. throw •himself from the he:t, which was rapidly picking up speed. The next day it was discovered he had sustained two broken ribs!. Retires,—After seventeen years of srviee with the Canadian National Railways, John Hu>ey, of Goderich, is in his sixti-sixth year, has re- tired on superannuati.in, Mr. Hassey • commenced his service with the rail- vey i::. 1917 a- ha:erg_agemat, He ,corked at Ga'lerica until a year and a -half ago. when he was moved t.. New Hamburg as aesietaat to the sta- teen age:!'.. Four ninths later he was dap hters, Mrs. W. O. Sorby of \\-in- transferred to Mitebell in the same tripe::, and Ruth, teacher in Ontario lana: ty, The position at Mitchell .. Ladies' College, Whitby: one sister, raw filled by Fred Scholey, of Strat- Mrs. \G. C. Davis oe Hensall. The ed. funeral teas held on Saturday from his ;lame. Iiigh street, Clinton, to Experiment Has Painful End, P-airl's cemetery. Stanley. The pall - 'There are more• ways than -,ne ''i hearers sere Iles.ers, Jefferson, Pat- •''aar,at: a cat, Likewise, :'.taught crs<'n, Cook. Diehl, Wallace and Iter Barwick, are there more ways 'Hel:var, lean one of raising, a bag of grain Engagement, --lire, Harry Lyon of _ran the :cold of a grain boat. says Londesbc, rc, announces the engage - the G:,derich Siznal. The- .ne w•ay men: of !ter eldest daughter, Lily easy' •ye i :est Friday was -^ray the use Mend, of Calgary. Alberta, to Mr, pe and pallet', a "curd but \Wilbert Roy Lobb of Goderich totvn- a: •.t: , moue procedure. Bert -thought 1 ,,tip the marriage to take place quiet- nt and decided that a "count -1 ty chi; month. e-'tata7-e" idea would save • time. • Nearly a Fire.—On Tuesday after - That is, if a mate lot an the roe, his •l. oon about two o'clock Zurich al- a -eight would raise the bag and ati;t.e-„t experienced another fire, this :le: end the journey the bag Would f time in the garage of Mr. Harry he op and the man 'town ready tot•Regie, Sine gasoline was standing in affix• the next load to the rope. Not a can which is sere unknown way. stepping to do a little mental arith-1 became ignited and the blaze quickly uretic with regard to the respective spread in a small stock roost parti- weights of mean and hag of grain, it ticmed off from the main repair roost. Bert and a fellow -worker seized thei Mr. Rose 'was seemingly, alone at rope and swung out into space,. The the time and he hurriedly ran to bag carte up all right, ,but with a 3lnus.seau's garage to give the alarm, rat=•it that was not bargained for, i and in a.few minutes Eloar 3ious- Likewise, of course, did the men go Beau and Ted Kopp were at the place tiown, "like a ton of brick,' into the ,•f fire with the fire engine, -and- hold. Bert is able to get around now ;thickly played the chenti..al hose or on his broken leg with the aid of a!•e blaze, petting it out in short 01- - pair of crutches. der. This is once of several times that Postmaster J. Scott of Clinton the engine was there with the goods Passes. -It was with -deep regret that eed saved a bad conflagration—Zur- t'.-e need was received in Clinton' tett Herald. THE SEAFORTH NEWS Unvarying Quality 709 Fresh From the Gardens was twice married, his first wife be- ing Miss Angie 'Whitely, and they had three children, 3lrs, Scott died '!tile :he children were stili small. In June, 1918, he was united to Agnes, widow Of Dr, James Campbell of Detroit, and daughter of the late James Fair of Clinton, who survives him, also his two daughters, Kate, wife of Dr, Adams of Sandwich, and Jean of Toronto, and his son Stewart, of To• r„nto, The funeral was held on Fri- day afternoon. The service which teats very impressive opened with a hymn, led by the church choir with \fre..Agnew at the. organ. Mr. Cosen:• read the 12-th chapter of Romans and in his addre•s, based his remarks on verses 11 and 1+2, which so exactly portray the character of the departed. Dr, Hogg delivered a brief address. The pallbearers were W. Glen Cook, F. Fingland, \\'m. McEwen, E. Pat- erson, H. S. Turner and Wm. Walk- er, Honorary pallbearers were H. T. Rance, John Wiseman, II, R. Sharp, W. H. Hiilyar, Dr, P. Hearn, John Diehl, R, E. Meanies and ., J. Tyndall. Interment was made in Clin- ton cemetery. Friends from out of town included Mr. and Mrs. \Who, eott and son and daughters, Ernest Scott and daughter Kate and Michael i':.o:t, Woodstock, Benjamin Higgins Dead.—In the passing of Benjamin .Robert Higgins, which occurred on Thursday. Clin- ton has lost another prominent citi- zen. Mr. Higgins has been a respect- ed resident of this community, go- ing to Clinton from Brncefieid, his birthplace. He carried on the business f insurance and bond broker itt Clin- ton and in his native village. He had not been in good health for some months. but it was not generally known that his condition was seri- c.us. Mr. Higgins was the son of the late Joseph Higgins and Alice Jane Dorrity, He received his education in the publicschoolof the district, In -1902 he married Charlotte, daughter ;f the late )Jr. and Mrs. Peter Mc- Gregor, o -ho survives hint. Born. itt Sept. 9, 1.866, he was in his 68th year. F,e. des his widow he is survived by ane . an, J +. eph, of Hamilton: two and comn'nrity last week of the death of Mr, Jones Scott, postmaster :ince 1901. 31-, Se.stt became ill ear - 1i• in December and, in spite ofthe best of skill and care, his condition gradually grew worse. He was taken to London for special treatment and .t was thought there was 1 chance for his recovery but the improvement was of short duration and for the pas; couple of weeks he has been' rapidly failing. Ma. Scott had been -a resident of Clinton for over fifty-' two years, cloning there to practise law Nov, 1st, 188111 He was born in , the County of Oxford and was edu-! rated in Woodstock and Toronto. He was called to the bar in :August, 18811. 1 About a year after his arrival he went into partnership with 'S/Ir. A. H, Manning. In 19011, he was appointed postmaster, succeeding the late Mr.' DR. CHALK AND EARLY DAYS OF SEAFORTH ;This year, 1934, narks the centen- ary of the arrival of the first permau- I est physician in 'Tuckersmith, Huron ' Chanty—Dr, William Chalk, who had been born in Lincoln, England, in i'795. !He had studied at a London, En.tland, medical college and was la- te- an apothecary in Manchester, In '822 he married Margaret Heath of Nantwich, Cheshire. After practising his profession at tI-Iarpurhey, a stub- unb of :Manchester, he emigrated with his 'family to America in 11834. They carne via !Neve York, taking six weeks r.;, cross the Atlantic by sailing ves- sel: From t -he United 'States metrop -li's they male their w=ay to 'Hamilton smith, atownehip that had lately been surveyed by John .Galt, There the Chalks located in a log cabin that had been erected ,for a Roman Catholic missionary but who had moved east- ward to a place afterwards known as Iris'htown and now as St. Coluntban: Dr, Chalk acquired a farm of 100 acres from the Canada Company, la- ter buying another 100 acres, giving his homestead the none of Harptre hey, after his former home in 'Eng- land. He had settled himself to a life of farming but there being no doctor within a wide radius an:d the country tilling rapidly he found it impossible to refuse the demands upon his prof- essional training by those who were in need of medical and surgical at- tention. He fotutd a practice being gradually built up whether or not he had des•fr- ed it and in course of time ire was pa- trolling the eotttttryside nn horseback looking after patients, During much of this early experience as a doctor on the frontiers of an empire he made night trips through the bush, preced- ed by a ratan carrying a lantern, +He administered his own medicines and performed many operations without the aid of an anaesthetic. The doctor became well known and friendly with the Indians and the dreadful and un- canny howl of wolves became a fam- iliar sound to him, 3lany of the settlers to whom Dr. Chalk ministered were from Eng- land and Scotland. Threshing and logging bees were frequent and upon these occasions a 'handsome Stafford- shire dinner service, belonging to Mrs, Chalk, was in notch demand, her generosity in loaning it resulting in gradually breaking up until all that remained was a cup and saucer, much rivetted. These pieces survive and are in possession of a descendant.. Threshing at that time was by flail and the winnowed grain was packed by horseback to the nearest gristmill, which was at Goderich, 20 miles away. Clearing the land was a tedious matter of cutting down fine forest and burning huge piles of ,wood, the ashes being made into po- tash and taken to Hamilton where it was exchanged for groceries and ether needed supplies; 'Horses, cattle and sheep were in time added to the farm possessions and carding. spinning and weaving became an important part of the ac- tivities. yielding serviceable material for clothing and touch needed house- hold goods. Dr, Chalk's daughter, Hannah Matilda, ,became famous as a spinner, while .Andrew 3lurdie, a Scottish shepherd, was the expert when sheep -shearing season came a- round. The fleeces were washed in tubs beside the Maitland River and there "Old Dora," a servant of the Chalks for 2'7 years, tramped the po- tential wool in tubs with her bare feet. As the country became more settled and young doctors arrived to share the work, .Dr. Chalk, after his many years of unsparing work, .re- tired and was presented upon the oc- casion with a handsome silver tray, pitcher and goblet. After the doc- -hr's death in June 11868, at the age of 73, these pieces were given to his eld- est grandchild. William ,Chalk 'Gouin- lock, and is now in the possession of hat family at ,Warsaw; N. Y. Nies. Chalk lived to the age of 911, passing aoay in 1885. Both were ,buried in :tc ,I-Tegeirhey churchyard, half a out of the town of ;Seaforth. During their lifetime there had prang up it !vide and warns friend- ship. d-ndwig Meyer and his fancily in the rest homestead, were partic- ularly intimate and the friendships tarting so early have ,been carried through to the third generation. William Cresswell, the artist, and Dr. Dunlap, of 'Goderich, another pioneer physician, were close friends,' Dr. Chalk was a witness to one of the most curious twills ever drawn in the county, that of Dr Dunlop. Hannah .Matilda was the only child of the Chalks and she was ntarriecl in her 3list year to George Gouintock, of 'Ros'boroughshire, Scotland ;He was educated in a school for young gentlemen conducted by his uncles. John and George !Gouinlo'ck in Edin- burgh. The uncles came to Canada about 41883, settling near the town of Galt, Young George later went to Harpurhey and engaged in idle -busi- ness of buying and shipping potash. iaoeter, being succeeded in his' law and thence by lumber wagon to what Has 'wagons returned with dry goody 'practice 'hy Mr. Beattie. Lr., Scott; is now !Huron and settled .in Tacker- ;:pcerres, etc, enabling him to open THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1934, eat;,, One of the ifirst of the great' na- turalists of Canada attd the, crops men of Ontario and Dominion go,v- erument, services, to warts of the dan- gers from the .starling was 'Harrison A, Lewis of Ottawa, who described their entry and breeding as follows: "The starling on coining here though Niagara, found the, tubes atop the hydro towers from Niagara o Toronto' exactly to his liking. "There are two of these tubes, in which dozens, evert hundreds, 'find a perfect place for roosting and nest - ng. They had eighty miles of those owers, which ran through some of the fertile land itt Ontario," Mr, Lewis states, ,Itnestigation and trials of the vari- ous types of traps at the 0, A, C. showed that the Miner trap was about the most practicable, and could be built by •farmers at a cost of about $35. The officials tried as bait, wheat, raw meat scrap, apple parings, raw and cooked vegetables, and found them practically all accepted. The following measures of centro have been advanced by the OSA,C, in vestigators: To show all fruit growers and farmers interested in the control o the starling how to prevent success 1111 hatching on their chit premises. To have openings in church bel- fries, towers and water towerswhere starlings are known to nest, covert with wire netting. To have all insulation tubes on hy- dro transmission lines where star- liegd are known to nest so"fixed as t stake it impossible for the birds t nest there. To have all village, 'town and city buildings that harbor brooding ' star. lings always under observation, wits a view to destroying the birds and their eggs, or their young. To locate all roosting places in the open country and 'to destroy the birds by night with gas. where that may safely be used. In places weher a number of star- lings gather for night roosting neo • dwellings, to try trapping, netting, water power, shooting or whatever proves to be most ellecteal where poison gas may not be safely used. In winter time to encourage every township council interested in the control of the starling to construct one or more traps in time to com- mence trapping 'by December I. To control back yard ,feeding of starlings as completely as is possible. a general store, 'He 'became post- master and acquired interest in a saw- mill and farming land and even at the age of 33, when he died, had be- come a leading than in the commun- ity. The steps of progress contributed to the death of this young man as it was in fighting a 'fire started by a spark front an engine o[ the Buffalo and Lake ,Huron !Railway, then und- er constractian, that he contracted a cold which developed into pneumonia resulting fatally: His remains, also, rest in. Harperhey churchyard, An uncle, 'George IGouinlock, whose por- trait, painted in Edinburgh, is in the Possession of a 'Toronto ,branch of the faintly, was buried in the same rest- ing place. !Five children were born to George Galin -dock and his wife, Hatnnah Matilda, They were: (William Chalk Gouinlock, who graduated front. the University of Toronto in medicine and later went to New- York where he became attached to a hospital, return- ing to'Sealorth where his grand'fat'her had been -so well known, and later went into partnership with Dr. Cole- man in the m'anu'facture of salt -in 'Seaforth, large salt deposits having been found in the counties of 'Huron and 'Bruce, Dr. Gouinlack later went to Warsaw, N.Y., where he became interested in the salt and other busi- nesses. He died there in '119114, Mar- garet ;Gouinlock married:James 1-3. Benson, eldest son of William 'Ben- son, who was collector of customs at Windsor, Her husband practised law in Seaforth 'for a number of years, going to Regina in 1884 where Mr. Benson became sheriff, .It was during his regime that Louis Riel, the rebel, was tried and executed. .Another daughter of George Cottle - lack was married at 'Seaforth to 'Dr. James Spencer Lynch of 'Lundy's Lane. Dr, and Mrs, Lynch went to Winnipeg and saw the development of that city from the status of a trad- ing post to a modern metropolis. James Gottittlock, another of the fam- ily di George Gouinlock, in 1879 mar- ried Agnes :Hollnestead, of Toronto, and carried on successfully as a hardware manufacturer in that city. WAR ON STARLINGS ,War to the death by traps, poison gas and shotgun shells is prescribed for that unwanted pest—.the starling —by the Ontario 'Government's -de- partment of agricul'ttue in the cant- paign to be waged) this spring. • Farmer and city matt will link ef- forts to stamp out the pest, because of the action el the government in pointing out that the birds do just as tnuclt damage at their night roosts in the towns es they do in the farm- ers' :fields during the daytime. Corning into Ontario through the l Niagara 'Penittsttla, the starling has multiplied so rapidly in the past sev- en or eight years that it i sthe worst pest threatening Ontario's fruit- and grain crops. Flocks of thousands of the birds descending upon a country- side are -not •a rare occurrence, while during the periods of their migra- :f.is, some of the smallest areas in tate Niagara - midwestern Ontario areas are giving shelter to hundreds al millions of the birds. Through the co-operation of many sources open to the call of the On- tirio department of agriculture, ex- eerinterts have been made at the On- tario Agricutlural College in G:e p',. with a result that a sinal!, yet prac- ticable trap, fashioned after one de- siglted by Jack Miner, has been rec- m:needed for use, - ,\nother scheme on which the .de- partment is work with a chemical company would stake available to farmers a poison gas, said to be able to kilt the birds without doing any damage to fruit or trees in which they are roosting. • The counties most affected, accord- ing to the survey made by the O,A..C. then, are Wentworth, Lincoln and Welland, along the ,Niagara :Penin- sula, and Wentworth, Halton and Brant, along the west end of 'hake 'Ontario, 'Peel and York- are also heav- ily populated by the 'birds.But the starling is spreading, officials warn. for Temiskaming has also noticed the inroads. made .hy the destructive birds., .Signiftcant in the findings reported by the O.A.C. Wren is the following very definite statement: "The starling probably- destroys one 'hundred times more than it can, per cent tags paid. OtUieial int estigatime of the, hank's affairs however, brought to light some documents of a very extra- ordinary character,'The actual dpus amounted -to over six million pounds, and added to this were :diad debts amounting toseven million. pounds, •which had 'been treated as available assets, As the banlc was registered under the Limi'ted Liability Act the u -n fortunate Shareholders were respon- sible for the whole amount clue to the creditors, and the debts had to be met by calls upon them—First of 0500 per £,100 of Stogie and then of £1212150 per share, tala.kiug in all -a call of xt2o5o per £!110o of stock. Many of them, of course, were un- able to face that huge scut, and were' ruined by the liquidation proceedings. Some of Glasgow's leading coln- mercial firma were also ruined. ,A fund raised for 'the relief of sufferers= -thousands of the bank's customers losing their all .in the crash —'was liberally supported, and about £4O0,000 was disbursed among the victims. At that time, Mr. William Alex- ander IBro'wn, [LLD, was procurator - fiscal of ;G'lasgo'w, and I had to assist bins in carrying through all ache elab- orate investigations that resulted in the trial of the Bank Directors. T was in charge of a large staff which w•as engaged to prepare the innumerable productions, and at the trial in :Edinburgh, which lasted for eleven days itt 'January, '1879, :I sat on the 'Bench with the productions alongside the Ju-dges. .For met services in connection .with the. case, I received pronrotiott. My investigations and interroga- tion of witnesses often took me far afield, and I remember visits to Liv- erpool in the 'eighties to give evid- ence against dyataaniters who had- -blown up places lhat city. At- te.mpts had also been made to blow up gas tanks and the like in 'Glas- gow,:and it wads. in that connection I went to 'Liverpool. ',One of the most baffling mysteries —it was !lever solved—that I lit,. anything to do with was what y, known as the Ardlanont shire) mystery over 40 years ago. A young Englishman and his tutor, a ratan named Monson, went out shooting one day, and 'Monson later summoned assistance Inc his pupil, who had, he said, been accidentally shot, I•t was only after it was discovered that Monson had insured his pupil's life for a considerable sunt .of money that suspicions fell upon hint. He was arrested and tried at Edinburgh, but 'his guilt was not established and he trent free. The accused was brilliantly defend- ed by Mr, John CComrie Thomson, Q. C., aftenvarils 'Sheriff'Principal natieg Forfarshire and I noticed recentlaaVV- was related how, atter the trial, he turned his back Ad walked out of the Courtroom when 'Monson went for- wat'd to shake hands with him' after the verdict was announced, AHOTBED A hotbed or coldfratne,is a minia- ture garden: covered with glas.A hot- bed, as the name implies, has • heat supplied to warm the soil. There are two common sources of heat, ferment- ing horse manure, and the more re- cent development ,electricity. The hotbed should. be dug about 18 inches deep. The standard size of sash is three feet wide, six feet long. Where one plates to use the hotbed over a period of years, the frame may be mode of cement or brick. The gar- den lover o'ho is handy can easily make a frame of either. Cement walls should be two inches thick, and both cement and brick meet go to the bat - tom of the pit. The easiest frame is made of two- inch hemlockplank, and the four pieces can conveniently be put to:- g'ether with screws, iGet fresh horse manure at least three weeks before plants or seeds are to be put in. '1'ile,the manure cont - partly, throwing 011 six or eight pails of water. As soots, es it starts heat- ing, fork at once, and pile again. When the pile is steaming, put ie in the pit. The manure should be tamped thor- oughly. !Put on about six inches, and', then tramp. There should be about two feet of solid manatre, Put the sash on i111ill ediately to protect from the elements. The four inches of good soil Gall be pint CM now or later, after the heat has gonedown. Many beginner, make the mistake of plants :,,g ars sa-a.n as the manure is in. Wait for several days. The tent- perattrre !nay go tip ,to 125 degrees. When the heat is down to 85 degrees Fahrenheit et is safe to start garden- ing, not before. The frame is 12 inches °thigh in frota't, and 118 inn the rear. Titis leaves 8 inches of space' between :soil and sash at !the front of the bed. - !As a verdnifuge an effective prepar- ation is Mother Graves' Worm Ex- tenntinator, and it can be given to the most delicate child without fear of in- • jury to 'the constitution. AT WORK 68 YEARS Fevti men have led a more interest- ing life than _lir. 1George Brander of Cupar, Fife, the oldest Prcenrator- Fiscal in Scotland, who is to retire shortly. His career has included in- vestigation into murders, spying, mysteries, .and activities of dynamit- ers, He says: At 87 years of age, and with 68 years of work connected •frith crim- inal courts on behalf of the Crow t behind tate, I have decided to retire. .It was always my endeavour while in Glasgow to give a helping haul where is was most needed, Naturally, during sty period of service as head of the criminal department, I carate into contact with most of tite stet and wornen accused of murder in the city and elsewhere, and all the not- aries housebreakers, as well as hun- dreds of other sten and tvontei caught in the web of the law. The knowledge of the differen phases of hutnan nature I acquired'i enabled ane, while carrying througl my official duties, to extend my sym- pathies where I though some goo( would result, and very rarely have I been disappointed. Letters I have received irk later years from then who had turner again to paths of honesty were al- ways couched in apltreciati've terms. To get back to the beginning, 'I an. a native of IIleetly, itt Aberdeens'hii•e and II went to rhe famous Gordon School, where eI was lucky enough to be dux. After leaving school 1 meas several years in a law- office in Hunt- and when fully '17 years of age :I wee! ta, Glasgow. That was in 1865—neattly seventy years ago—and I remember that the last public hanging in !Glasgow tool: place on the day 'titer i entered the office of the Sheriff Clerk of Lanark- shire in the County. Buildings. I started in the criminal department and Was itt charge 'pf it when the sensational failure of the City of Giasgou' Bank took place. 3 well re- member the consternation the news it the failure caused. The actual failure took place on October 2, 11,878, and as the Bank which was founded in 11839, lied branches all over !Scotland, the an- nouncement that the director's hadp decidedtosuspend business carne it the naturemh Everyone,of a .exceptbobsperell.haps a feta well -in formed persons in fintsncia' circles, were cam -kited of its stability and integrity. - lit was a staggering blow to the shareholders and -clients, for in the month of June preceding the failure the directors' report showed a large reserve fund, and a dividend of 12 Want and Par Sale Ads, 3 times. 50e