The Seaforth News, 1934-11-15, Page 2Injured Near Seaforth—
IMrs. D. \\'nrthy of Gvdetich is in
Seaforth hospital and three other citi-
zens 'of 'Gorlerich were injured in a
ntlotor accident on Ilightvay No. 8
Sunday. when the car itf which they
were riding overturned. The three
;other; are C. H. 'Ranee, who states he
was blinded by glaring light, of an-
other car. \Ir.. William hell and H.
C:. Jenner, The party \vas returning
from an insurance convention at
Stratford: .11rs. Worthy suffered a
Broker, wrist and broke; when the
tar left the road and took to the
tlite!t; \Ir. Rance had several leech
knocked ;ttt \I r. Jenner was badly
bruised abut tae race and i[r . Bell
rscaoed with a shaking np and shock.
Week -end Takes 11 Lives—
Death struck in diverse .forte over
the week -end' in Ontario to take a toll
of 11 rives in accident:. Three per-
son:. members of one family-, died at
,•uel.ph .. suffocation, Hunting- accid-
ents were fatal to two anent two oth-
ers were !nulled to death and traffie
mishaps caused three deaths, lite -th-
tr one died in a urine.
Sheriff Middleton Injured—
ReturnMg front Kingston, whither
tie Marl taken a prisoner- to serve a
long terns, Sheriff C. Cl. Middleton
was tiara i and-Contty Constable
T'ho.nas t;tindry, both of Go:It:rich,
escaped injury in a !read -en crash
near Seaiortli, The other car \vas he-'
fl $ 'driven by Rosa Cardiff, son
Reece Cardiff ,,t \I orris Township
(ie too r...t t 1 iniary. The sheritt
,y.es kn,Wke t unoit,cious and ;vas
a:a.t'y n :t;o \':,u^ Cardiff tvas
on the road watchinga • machin-
working in a held and his car had
mortal overt • the .:entre of the hlglt-
aay j t -t “ver titer hr,„v a hill. Thy
-levity, tear wag a"most on top „t
t'i t before he noticed it and it was
.t•ar :ata .o avoid the crash. the cher
gra car 'wing hurled :Igo the 'titch by
the inm•act.
Lost Finger Off Left Hand -
0.!;‘.. Icy at non hoar, Billie Greit,
4-yearaold ,' n o: lir. and M ra, Geo
Oral. of Lower \Vitighant, bad a mos
irif ortunate aceident. Tle dais , awing
,a'•nt the ear i11 front of the buns[
vhim he jammed hi; 'eft hand be-
taeten the door and the hc.iy of t:t.
:aro ratting .ti, third finger off '.,c-
tacrn the first :e:.,1 second joints,
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1934
Orange Pekoe
Ble, d
71.2.
Fresh from
the Gardens
'cr, esoor, - he given permission to ac-
cept part payment of taxes for 1434.
carried, Moved by T. C. Wilson, sec-
onded by Silas Johnston that we do
now adjourn to meet again on Nov-
ember 1:7th or at the call of the Reeve,
at the hour of 2 o'clock p.m., carried.
The following accounts were paid:
Ino. McNair,.lhc\air, Award, 215c;
,lames .Knight, McNair Award, $112;75;
Geo. C. McDonald, refund dog tax,
12 C. Ilttchison, .sheep $8; AVtii. El-
lia:t, sheep killed, $8, \i', t. South,
pantttug and decorating office $hst
'James \lose- Brewer drain $12; Jas.
\rntstrong, 'Brewer drain, $22.40;
'Dau, \Wc'hintion, Brewer drain, $10.-
40 ias. Nichol, Brewer drain $111220;
Tante. Burgess, ess, Brewer drain, $1113.20;
Twp, road accounts, $437.94.
Robert Miller, Grey Tp.—
Blyth Items—
Mr. Frank i u •ant is at present in
Sertfortb rc'eivtng treatment his
affliction.—Mr. Leslie Unarm' who
I:a, been running ...he flour mil:, it
Iar:h
for a -real many years. has
<a,t e7 or the saute to Idr. Irvine.
Wallace. who has been employed at
the still for some year., Air. \Wallact
:cook possession la.t week and has en-
gaged \[r, John 31C(;ee as his assist-
ant.
•
Home From England -
3(r, and Mrs. T. Fells and daugh-
:er Doris have arrived back in Wing-
-
\'ink- ham after a very .pleasant two months
,rip to England. They sailed from
Liverpool ot: Oc:. ,alth and on Oct
'22nd the boat ran into heavy seas and
gales. The bridge of the ship was
swept away. :two lifeboats were ,brok-
rn u, six seamen were hardly injured
'Dining their stay in England they
sisited •Mr. Fells' mother at. Sheffield
wit. is 84 years oil and whom )dr,
dell lits not seed for 23 years.
Leffler Freed on Murder Charge—
'Seven months after his arrest, Earl
Leffler, h) -year-old Carrick Township
youth, was freed of a charge of the
axe -slaying r,f .his aged grandfather,
Phillip Stroh, farmer, with whom he
lived, Leffler's acquittal came after an
'Ontario Sttpreme.Court jury at Walk-
- :ghat had deliberated 3 hours, 33
minutes on his fate. The young man.
who sat impassively through his two-
day trial, smiled broadly at the ver-
dict; and still more broadly when Mr.
Justice J. C. Makin; told hint he was
discharged.
Gasoline Set Clothing Afire—
'On Saturday in some way or ether
gasoline spilled on the floor at the
home of Mr. Jahn Busch near the C.
NJR, station, caught fire and when
'Elizabeth, 116 -year-old daughter of the
family; tried to put out the blaze by
• stanrpiitg on it her clothing caught
fire, Other children were around.
Bob Caldwell, at the factory, heard
scream,, and came to the rescue first
-with the result that in all probability
,the young girl's life was saved, 'Cald-
well taking off his leather coat and
sanothetiing the flames. though the
young girl's 'hands and waist were
severely burned.—Blount Forest .C'on-
federate,.
!Grey Tp. Council—
tl'I•inu.tes of bast meeting were read
and approved on motion, of 'Silas.
fJahnston, seconded by ,Oliver Hem-
ingway. 'Moved by T. C. Wilson, tax
'1'ltere passed away at his home on
1,2th con. of Gray, Robert Miller, in
his 73rd year. Porn on the Sth can.
\lorris, hr ;tad lived ;til his life in this
c,omw 1al t. ale leaves to mourn their
loss tw<, datr,h:ers and three sons
Lena) 31r,, \Gut.I,oyd, of McKil-
lop, and Jessie• :it bone,
Stewart and
\\ taaitu at home and Mervin in liar-
ristou, and three sisters, \irs, John
1<irkconnell, L:,ndesb"ro1 Alt,, Tits,
hearaey, f nura't, furl 31rs. John
31 \r er, to con. Morris, and four
brothers, Thoinaa on tilt con. \Torr;,;
Andy in Vancouver; ,Ulan in the
\Vest, t, tut 1 (,.rage, near Brandon. The
funeral wit: held :m Saturday. ['ter-
n: , at 231, interment in T t t eels
cemetery.
Auburn Evaporator Closes—
For the first time its chatty years
the machinery in the evaporator at
for'' of Cie big trill at Auburn, 1 sil-
ent. 'I'he rea,,,a is a Scarcity of ap-
pie-, The severe rr hat winter
took a great tot:of apple trees in this
o istri.., Tate crop here ha, hien light
and s,,,tt'.. Any orchard that: bore
heavily hast year was badly acuter
kilhal. The evaporator here is ,wred
lay Chas. E .\uluith and has been in
uta,i',n for some .38 year,, Int ow-
ing to the weeding out of so many or-
,•harls it may be permanently discon-
tinued. This would mean that twen-
ty or thirty folk about the village and
community would lack a couple a:f
month's fall work. Last year's winter
killing and good prices this fall will
tend to rause the farmers to take bet-
ter care of their orchards in future
years.
Accidents—
:Luther :\Ilett, 'Gorlerich Township
farmer, is still suffering from the ef-
fects of a sucking up he gni on Mon-
day when the wagon he was driving
ty a, struck from behind by a Motor
car driven by 'Willard Legg, who
drives a btttcher delivery- for his
father, '-\Ilen was thrown to the
ground and was badly shaken up. His
team of horses were frightened and
taut away, still further ,stashing the
wagon which the impact had• a?ready
broken. Legg we; not injured but the
car had to be overhauled.
--•Colliding with a C.N.R. train at
the crossing. of the 911.1 concession of
Gorlerich 'Township, a .short clistatteo
so' tit of iHolntesville, tf. 'Jerry and
Willard 'Legg sustained severe injttr-
,es and the motor delivery (ruck Which
Terry Has driving was badly wrecked,
on Tuesday about 1 o'clock. The two
inen are in the employ of Thos. Legg,
butcher, of IGuderich.:How the accid-
ent ,:occurred is not known as The rail-
way is visible for a 'half a 'mile in
either direction, 'l`he delivery truck
was thrown some feet to strike
against a guy wire leading to a tele-
graph pole. Extcept for this fortunate
circumstance it is likely that both 'oc-
cupants would have •heed killed, the
wire preventing the truck from failing
<:n them and crushing then[, ,As it is,
neither is very badly hurt. The truck
lit which the two sten rats .into the
train, was one borrowed from Stedel-
baucr's garage, while the other car
was being repaired.. An atctktit Inc em-
ploying a driver who did not possess
a license was brought against Tlhtis,
Legg in [Magistrate's 'Court Their it
was discovered that Jerry had no
driver's I!leense, ;Terry, 'himse'l'f, will
fact a charge. WIilard 'Legg will face
one of reckless driving as soon as both
are tlWe to appear in .court.
William Brophey, Goderich
\\ illiant 'Brophey, tall -known and
highly respected resident and busin-
ess man of Goder'reli. passed away at
his home on Noy, 7. \i r, Brophey
Wilt) was ill hitt seventy-eighth year,
Lad been in poor health for nearly
two years. .A week before his death
he suffered a broken leg when Ile fell
in his hone. For the last thirty-two
years he. was the senior partner in the,
firm of 11rupbey Bros., undertaker,.
with his brother Joseph, [Deceased
was horn- 1'. Cocierich, a soli of Jolatt
,Brot)hev. •IIe was educated in local
sell - 061a and later was married to Miss
Elizabeth Sallow s. of Colborne town-
ship, Surviving, besides his widow.
are a son, Fred, 01 (lea -eland, Olt;o
and three hr'.,thera, Joseph of Gotie-
rich. George. of Detroit, and ,1„ht:,
of 'II„tie 1 Michigan.
Suffered Stroke—
\irs. Thomas Rundle is critically
!' at her home having suffered a
;•araiy:it stroke while attending a
meeting- f tine \W..\. ill Jeune: Street
4'. itrd Church, -Exeter•
Exeter Nominations -
31 hire :cal- nominations in Exeter
will be \(outlay, November 2G.
and e'rru n . if necessary, will be.
load 'Nlonday. Di e tt er 3r1. So far
there 1-t• 'teen little stir,
Banquet For Judge Malcins—
\ baitque was tendered Mr, Just-
ice
,1. 1 , \I tkitt. in the file l onil Ho-
tel in (;Oulerich by tau member of the
Pur .assaciation. , . Huron county.
.\ bolt1 fifteen iarrister, were present.
1.. 1?. Dante'., ❑resider; of the :\s.. -
r.a:i"r. was chairman of the gathc--
!ng. 11r. Justice 31 alc:ns tett; c, ngrat-
tr tte'I by Oast. ; un: on his recent
appointment t, the bench of ;ne Su-
preme Court of agntarto. The :t.antl;t<t
ryas a very successful and enjoyable
event,
Grader Is Found—
'I'h: lI tr m t n road scraper that
mysteriously ,li<appeareel from its
died at Kirk:on on ilallowc'en night
was intntd, it had been spirited down
la :ad about a half -mile front the
village. It was returned undamaged.
Exeter Topics-
31ns, Norman Knight of Seaforth
receu:ly underwent tut :operation for
appendicitis following which pleuro-
pn'umonla set in itnd for sums tiute
she was in a critical condition, ---The
public school teachers of Exeter were
at Clinton can Friday Ina( visiting the
school there—Mr. John E. Dignan
left on Tuesday for Kingsville where
he will .pend the winter with - his
daughter.— \Vork is proceeding on the
new rod brick rcniden'cc and service
station of i31r. E. 'la Gibson, ,Exeter
North, The roof is anow on and the
building presents a very line appear-
ance,-3leasrs. if. C. Morse and R. C.
\large, who ir,r several years were
ass'nciated with the Exeter Lumber
Co., have moved with their families
to Chatham and \Wallacehu'g,
New Bakery Business—
Stewart of Womb,: on Tues-
day moved into the house owned by
\I r, Cephas Woodger in the south
end of the town.:It is understood That
\!r. Stewart has rented the premise.;
formerly occupied by ,Halls Bakery
on Sot Andrew's St. ilppa::ite the post
office and intends to conduct a simi-
lar business.—f\iitchell Advocate.
Ninety -First Birthday_
[Saturday, November third, was the
ninety -+first birthday of 'fr. William
'putts Sr., of Mitchell. 14e is keeping
well and helps 41i., non Williant, with
the chores about the farts every day.
Engagement—
Mr. and Mrs. Sydney (Pearson, of
31itchel1, announce the engagenteti1 of
their only daughter, F,1'ely-n (Elaine, to
'ir. ,Stanford Henry'Watson, son of
Mr. Thomas Watson, and the late
Mrs. Watson, of Logan, the marriage
t, take place this month,
"'Does your wife really obey you ?”
"Sometimes. When I say "Go ahead
and never mind me.' she always does,"
COMMUNICATION
hing at :all to do with the ravages
of the depression. Every national
leader in the world is at wilt's -end to
'Ind a solution for the depression.
There is nothing that will end the de-.
)ression but de'pressio'n. itself. The
acople could heap a lot by lowering
contnro<litiee, not farmers' comntodi-
les. When the farmers are prospers.
sus every other business ,boosts, so
et the people take a right view,
M. 01U0d)CiHUiN.
Settfot•ttt, Ottt,
Editor The 'Seaforth News,
Dear Sir,—
iPreinier Ihcnnett has enacted tariff
walls and all these tariff walls are es-
sential to the welfare of the people
of Canada; they are keeping out• of
Canada productions that Canada has
Inc exportation; he is doing precisely`
the right thing 'by protecting the
Canadian people. 'T'here is one in-
stance where he has a high tariff.
against automobiles from the United
States, prohibiting the exportation of
automobiles from that country into
Canada. li Premier 'Bennett was to
cancel that tariff he would he opening
the flood gates to allow the manufac-
turers of the United Slates to sell car.,
free of duty in Canada, it would be
detrimental to the automotive ' trade
of Canada: i,t• '-meld put the . Canal-
fan manufacturer Out of business, and
many others would :offer accordingly,
Put as Bennett possesses capabilities
of no meagre calibre he would cater
to no such complication; all fit' rest
,of his tariff walls .are ju,t as assidtt-
:1- to t:te welfare of the people u:
Canada. \s the world is in a very
chaotia condition at present, although
it is slightly inrtrnving. why blame
the pre vier for the present oncotic
condition of Canada, Every country is
feeling the mage, of the aepres i n
[like; no cotttttry in the world tt.t,
its problems,
Price ,ceeili are a matter I think
should be adjusted. The retailer is not
to blame. Note the price of beef on
gout and note well the price of beef
a•t•er the counter.
There should he- some changes re-
garding' the •hydro power. 1 t should
be rain on the flat rate system, espec-
ially for the manufacturing husiue,,:
that is a Manufacturer in Sea firth
hon',l be all, 11,'! the scone a, 'To-
ronto
]r onto or may other city-, as it is very
cliscr:ntirating against' ;he manufact-
urers of the \\esters portion of the
pioviuce. \lanuteturers will go to
where the 1Tydrt power is cheapest:
this price should be meted to all
'11tt1ly alike, 0 would foster a more
widespread formation of the ntanttiac-
wrens, When Premier I3epburn has
all cis ,slashing salaries .done with,
all his firing done with, it would be a
very commendable move if he would
enact law; to change the Hydro as
above Gated. It would be at consider -
elite help as every' little tnalccs a
nutckle. I hope altd pray that he will
gii•e it his every consideration to the
Eastern portion of the province •is get-
ting top heavy, so a flat rate of Hydro
is very de,irahle. The hennery that is
going to be pat in operation in Clin-
ton is surely opening the flood gates
of prosperity for t'lte citizen.: of
Clinton. •
'We cannot ship live -stock, Mater,
eggs, cream, etc., to the United
Mates. on account of the high tariff
enacted by the United States Govern-
ment against these productions, with
any degree of remuneration for the
above mentioned product Our Sea -
forth Council are working tooth and
Call to keep the taxes down within
the bounds of their ability to pay,
and all should co-operate with them.
•.\s Premier ;Bennett has shoivn out-
standing ability relative to business
transactions of Canada, .see what he
has clone for the farmer: he has found
markets for their live stock; he will
have Canada emerge from the de-
pression- first of all cinuttries.
There is no sign of our fountain
placed in position; couldn't we do
without it altogether and save ex-
penses. beep dow•nt unnecessary ex-
penses,. The twenty per cent reduc-
tion on paved roads and also their
maintenance .will he a bonanza to the
counties as. it will lower the taxes
considerably. Our county was' taking-
over
akingover too much mileage as county
roads with the expectation of having
then[ paved in the -near future. The
federal 'election will be held some time
!n 711135. As Bennett is possessed of
capabilities of a high calibre, he is
worthy of every support that the peo-
plo can give hint. Give frim a rousing
reception as far as votes are concern-
ed and have hits continue at tike helm
to lead Canadaoutof its present cha-
otic conditiori of the depression we
leave at present, •which causes people -
to turn out the governttient. They are
not .takitt.g the tight view of the ole-
cumstrances. • The governn)eut has dao
the tavern. The new gates, painted.
red, that surrounded the platform of
the scales sometime afterwards were
a decided improvement on the old
ones, anyway. -
No later than yesterday, an octo-
genarian, from Hamilton related an
episode that took place when he wt's
a young titan,
to farmer who Hired a short distance
rout 'Staffa was unfortunate enough
o have his plough taken and' tied
ltigly up in a rock elm tree. The
,lou,gh was -brought to mother earth
by' felling the tree. 'In so doing one
of the handles was •badly smashed,
Oit another nctasiott some young
Wren carried _cordwood, lugs and other
timber from the woods at the nt un-
taiu and placed them at intervals
across the ,road from the top of the
hill to the small culvert at the hot -
mom, Int the darkness of night, while
hurrying to a bedside, the.doctor was
the first person confronted • by the
nbstacies, "i'ia well he knew the les-
son of forbearance,'
We are of the opinion that one of
the village ministers never knew that
his front -yard gate us -as carried to its
last restittg place well into the dense-
ness of the cedar swamp about a quar-
ter of a utile back from the church.
t\\'e learned, nevertheless, that the
gate was missed, •
(Perhaps it is advisable to pass over
detail connected with stuffing soda
iota chimneys, exchanging• fanning -
11111 belo•ngintg to different farmers,
toppling over small houses, with and
without shingles an their roofs, to
tell the talc of a heavy load of grain.
Ifs was learned that a certain man
had his wagon laden with bags '.1
.rain in readiness fnr an early start
c to market tits fnllawin.; dirt, either to
31itclu'li or to Soafo,rth.
\\'font the favorer ;0 tied
out next
morning, imagine his suritrise and
dismay on seeing his wagon -load nF
grain made fast to the peak of the
barn, 'l'in,c considerable elapsed be -
1 fore he was through giving vent to
Itis feelings.
An interesting feature is that AIN
- same young men who spent the first
Part o1 the- night in playing their
e joke, were the persona invited to more
c and help get the wagon and its con-
sent, down. •
'1 f sometime during the summer
ntnnths a ladder, „r a .grindstone or
1 a sawhorse- were fond suspended -in
some well, the cause of its being
1 there might truthfully be traced haelc
to Hallowe'en,
e 'Rail fence taken own amt rebuilt
to -forst barriers aero,s the stain
road leading to the village were hea-
1 divans to contend with at times,
It might also he mentioned • that
the school teacher was tunuttally
cross the day he could not ring t'
a.
big brass. bell on top of the sol,
:at tiflcett minute; t, nine o'clock be-
cause the :spooks or per,:nu just as
f bad, had made fast, or secure to its
t edge, the hammer or bounder, or
whatever the tltittg the ocean is cat-
s' fed,
e Tn re^ailing these episodes we are
nottumindnt! about milder, even if
.noisier celebrations, that took place
_ in -doors,
I\We hear again the incl songs, see
e- once more the apple -peeling being
swung three times round the head 'to
' divine the name of one's sweetheart,
\\'e enter also into the contest to dock
1 into the tub of water and brittg forth
from the but tont between our teeth,
the twenty'-[rive-eent piece. Only one
fellow ever secans to be able to
t emerge from the water, successfully,
e. wit'it the much -coveted prize.
f Tonere is also the apple suspended
1 from the ceiling, The -trick, or game,
t consists in being able. to take bites
front the apple without assistance of
any kind froth the 'hand, ,Sometimes
it i, considered a successful effort
if the apple is caught and held by
the teeth.
(Perhaps the most dreadful experi-
ence df all •is getting home in the
dark, when gimats seen[ to be 'fol-
lowing our funk -steps. There is also
the clanger of 'being confronted with
some frightful face—a face with hid -
eons teeth, mouth of fire and eyes •
of flame, that will freeze the very
marrow ill our bones.
Then, too, just before getting to
sleep we seen[ to -hear noises no mac-
tal ever cares to hear; noises of eerie
things; sounds of spooks and boogies
comung up from Lavery's beaver mea-
dow and. from the cedar swamp,
The swamp, the meadow, the Vila
!age, -have been made sacred by old
associations w'Iticlt are not ,to notch
points on the steps as they are affec-
tions of the dheart.
What- those places were and are
to us, they were incl [maybe are to
persons bearing such names as f er-
gusnn .l'nlGm Meafillvn; 'lytDonald,
\lac l avlutii ,PIaot'b!i Ch'itb'b, Webb,
(Page,. :Fellow, Fbothtim, 3V'orden, N;or-
ris, Jeffrey, Barbet; Drake Sadler,
!Tones, .C'antltlbel1, Hereon,- Hamilton,
Allen, 'fcVey, Md.Dougah and more
\ofd\lillans and mone'Web'bs and But-
son ancl Yeo. ' Annd what those places
and names mean to the :persons who
lived there, other,. places' ao'd oilier
PRANKS PLAYED AT HAL-
LOWE'EN
pBy ;T, \IaiTavish in the London
Free Press.)
11 -bow about otir thoughts ? 'What
about our conversation?
itiow about out• actist'. ? 1Wltat
about our habits?
.Somehow-, we are of the opinion
that in many respects there is as much
kindness, as ntucdt justice, as much
security and as mach good existing
today as ryas' evident half a century
ago,
The Hallowe'en season c'attses our
thoughts to take this trend, 'In so do-
ing we live over again what actually
took place in or about Staffa when
we were boys,
Changes have conte into effect since
theta, conditions are vastly different;.
nevertheless, it can truthfully be said
that the inclinations of youth Inc
frolicsome adventure rennin the same.
In the so-called 'gond ol<! days” as
we knew- them, there were no such
organizations as service clubs to put
on Hallowe'en frolics -in skating rinks
or elsewhere. There were no Well -
thought -out plans brought underway
to give fun and pleastyre and rivers
entertainment to everybody in sonic
centra' meeting place so as to have a
real celebration without harmful re -
,tilts to persons or to property.
\\•e have then[ ;Qday.
We also have whisperings of div
once :tint criinc, and loose. living arc
political and social corruption,
Reasons tar ott1:poken deelaratiotts
,f snu1lu• di:rttptna:a and transgres
ion existed long, long ago.
M r lists are etc ined to harp nut t.h
thesisthat tint[ grow worse with 'h
passh of yr, tr , are cotttinua'ly re
ferning t, the good odd days;'
Somewhere it is written that tin
code. of llannnurithi (whoever lie was
made about 4000 years ago begin
very familiarly: "In the ;oo,l oh
lays.
1'.0;hs are ever under the pre,sur
of exh,at:lliott ''int lire -aide :n pal
it to emulate the litany outstaralin
virtues that signally distinguishc,
their fathers :end their grandfather
w hen they oar,. vnuag.
Contrasted with the ;Puritans of by
Fane years, there. r :rpt to be an over
tone of hopelessness that puts youth
of today' at grievous disadvantage.
Neverthcleas, the Hallowe'en ,
fair -array time; in the past Wats jus
as full of devilment as it is now.
'ilallowe'en is the eve of All Stint
Day, therefore should be sacred ,o th
memory of the great and the dead,
is it note? \Was it then?
The significance of the titite in re
calling incidents may he entirely dff
ferent to the readers of this articl
from what ,it is to us.
\i any persons' may ride high on th
tide of noble thoughts and deep emo
tions on ,Hallowe'en. They may recal
a long list ofheroesand mighty ntett
of promoters and generals and leaders
of martyrs and prophets and philtno
pliers; great sten of varied callings it
life ---a wonderful procession all alt
way froth the Great Personality ,,
all time to the lost soldier who fel
for the cause of his country in the las
'Great \Wttr.
•Our thoughts take us back toHal-
lttwe'en in a different way. We think
of it as being a great night of mys-
tery and of titisdceds.
On such a night w•ifche-s hovered
•nigh. On such a [light, too, \witches
were not responsible for much mis-
chief that was clone in the village and
surrounding neighborhood,
The spooks haul nothing to oto with
the disappearance of the 'hotel -keep-
er's prize pumpkins,. They tank no
part its :raiding different tunnip fields,
cabbage patches or melon beds. The
weigh -scale harrier gates were taken
in the dead of night, but not by
spooks. They, however, were hidden
in a spooky place. They were trans -
;erred to a secluded spot underneath
the 'hotel stable. There was an aper-
ture on the far side below which an
everlasting rivulet fretted and frothed
till it was well in the .open again, It
was manipulated in sucdt a way that
the gates wore taken ihrou'gh this
opening to a resting place in the
darkness beyond.
:3 report was afloat the [text day
to the effect that the culprits if ,found
out, would be sent to !Stratford jail.
That did net sound good to some of
us. Fear caused silence; also caused
secretive disposal of the gates, 'Spare
time after school and on Saturday was
spent by sawing the gates info pieces
which found their way in flue time
to the wood 'box in the Icitchen of