The Seaforth News, 1937-08-05, Page 4PAGE POUR
THE SFAFORTH NEWS
Snowdon Bees., .Publishers
WALTON
Mr. and 'Mrs. H. Last of Windsor
returned after spending; a week with
her sister, Mrs. 'R. W. Hoy.
Thomas Deich•ert, Linwood, i; at
,present relieving on the C.l.R. track
until a permanent man is placed.
Brussels acid Walton football teams
will ,play at 'Walton Friday night. It
is the finals of the north group and
they expect to snake it interesting.
Mr, ,Fred Lewington, section 'fore-
man, left Saturday for' his new section
v:kfnir: of Woodstock where
he came to Walton from otic year
ago. dais wife and fancily will move
in the near future.
Miss Amy Love, Toronto, is holid-
aying with her mother, Mrs. J. Love
and other friends.
'\friss Vera Gardiner, Toronto, is
holidaying with her aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Buchanan.
Mr. W. Farquharson received a
badly fractured le;; at the gravel pit
when a crusher bin gave way. He
was taken to Scott Memorial Hospi
tri. Seaforth,
NORTH McKILLOP
Mr, and Mrs. Charlie E e.Crt .sere
Sunday afternoon visit -ii' at the
home of Mr. u1 M Ts. Ed. C. lye ele.
Mr. 1 )se p h h,rnton nb hs e i^
oh,.ei hitlh AL. loan Rei I's dee;Lring
will[ at Ileceon, anent the is eek ,end
at this hone.
Mr. an:l \Ir". Peres' tf,44luau :aid
Marilyn and D r tt by nl' ' Brantford
:uric
repent the ,v.elc end -WWI Mt-'. Alex.
Munn and Mary.
Misses Hazel and Evelyn McPher-
son, who spent a iew weeks at the
lake, have returned to their home.
Mr, and Mrs. Percy \Vhayman and
family of Brantford also visited With
Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Thornton,
Mr, John Munn, who fractured his
arm and leg, is getting along very
well.
Mrs. ,Isaac Bolton is not as well as
her many friends would like to see.
WINTHROP
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Armstrong of
Ottawa, Mr. and Mrs. George Smith
of London, spent Sunday with Mr,
and Mrs. Fergus Bullard. Mrs. Bul-
lard, Betty and Jack returned with
them to spend 'a few days in London
with ?ifrs. John Armstrong.
Quite a number are taking in the
Old Boys at Goderich,
:Kenneth .Eaton is spending a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. Foster Ben-
nett of Seaforth.
Donald Eaton is spending, a few
days with `Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mc-
Cowan of Roxboro.
STANLEY
The 'funeral of the late Melvin 'Clif-
ton Talbot 'took place from his resid-
ence, 22nd .concession of ,S-tanley, on
Saturday, 'July dltst, 11191317, to "Bayfield
cemetery, and was very largely at-
tended. Mr. Talbot passed away at
his home Wednesday :morning fol-
lowing a short illness, aged 45 years.
His death carte as a great shock to
his relatives and friends; although
not in 'the !best olf ihealth at times,
his ,passing was unexpected. 'Tlhe !fu-
neral service was' conducted by his
pastor, .Rev. iW. iA, Bremner, Bruce -
field United Church, of which the de-
ceased was a 'member, taking as his
theme "'He has fought a good fight";
also !Rev. IP. Banes a cousin, and Rev.
Mr. Gales of B'aylfield assisted at the
graveside. Messrs, 'Iilis .of "Wood-
ham sang a duet, "He (Knows." There
'remain to mourn his loss his wife,
nee Mayme !Keyes, Seaforth; a dau-
g'hiter'Mabel and son !Ernie at home.
Also surviving are his ,parents,
and Mrs. W. H. Talbot, Bayfield, and
the ,following brothers and sisters,
Mrs. Will Cameron, 5:eaforth; Mrs.
Ernest Vodden, 'Crosdfield, Alta.;
Mrs. L. M'akins, Mrs. 'Roy Scotch -
Mayfield; William and Leonard,
'Blue •Water ,Highway, 'Stanley twp.
The pallbearers were six cousins:
Garnet Murray, Wm. Jennison, Wm.
3fdAsh, L. Talbot, W. lElsley, 'B.
!Keyes. The florae tributes .were love-
ly. Six nephews of !the deceased
acted as dower bearers.
BLYTH
Miss. Zelda Scott of Toronto was a
visitor with her farther, -Richard
Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. Hicks of Detroit was
the guest of the latter's aunt, Mrs. T.
T. Huc'ks•tep.
'Miss Bertha Brogden of London
spent over the holiday with her sister,
Mrs. D. Floods,
Mrs. t''oseph Arnsltein and family Of
Toronto are spending' their 'holidays
with the Iformer's moither, Mrs. A. H.
T'iernay.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Women's Institute will be held' at the
home of Mrs. Wm. 'T'aylor, Dinsley
st., on Thursday, August 'Sth at Z#30.
Topic to be taken by Mr. Fred Sl:o-
man of the car school at 'Capreol.
Roll call to be answered 'by .barnyard
imitations. The children will take
part in the program,
Mr, and Mrs. William Schenck
and family. lKennetlh, Arland and
Margaret, of Detroit, Mich., visited
the former's niece, MTS. John Cole,
on Saturday.
Mr. V. M. Bray, manager of the
Bank of Commerce, spent a few days
with Mrs. Dray at their cottage in
the vicinity of Ottawa,
Rev. R, A. Brook has returned
from his holidays and occupied his
unipit on Sunday and gave a very
nttttessive address on the .beneficial
effects of taking a 'holiday. During
the morning service a solo was con-
tributed by Mrs. Murray Cole, of
Toronto.
Dr. Voakes' new residence on
Queen St. South is progressing. Mr,
Riiutoul of \\ ingham. who has the
contract, is busy getting the founda-
tion ready for the brick work.
Dr. E. C, Wilford and fancily, mis
siouaries in West China, are sailing
for Canada and friends expect to see
then August lith.
HARLOCK
Sincere sympathy 1.. extended to
Mrs. and Mr. V:ec, Mr. Archie Reid
and other friend:, in the death of
\ire. .\n n fi'itntt. witinty of Adam
Mint. tt ? nnieey of Hu tett township.
who e l - the home •hf her danahter.
\I l : r \ u i.it:fter a lengthy i1
la!rich he was n net
aith year. i naliec of Lanark:hire.
.nntrid, -,tie carr t:'. Canada at the
thsee'V''r: with her parent.,
AI. ,anis' lr.<. !.d,err Reid, five 'wa-
ilers and two .i.t '•s. Of the family
.;sere rem..:n, but . ueln alier, Mr.
.\rrlie Reid of illyth. She was a
member ,f Blyth 1'nited Church also
life member of the W,.\1.S. The fun-
eral was held on Monday with inter-
ment in Barris' Cemetery.
I)r. and Mrs. C'o!enhan of 'Toronto
visited on Saturday at the home of
Mr, and Mrs. A. W. \IcE!wing,
\[r. and Mrs. Stanley Chelleve of
Blyth accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson Lear, spent the week end' at
the Thousand Islands.
Mr. A. W, Beacom and Mr, Bert
Allen attended the races at Goderich
on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Weber of Sehringville
visited on Tuesday at the home of
Mr. and 'Mrs. Bert Fallen. Mrs. Weber
was formerly Miss Kenney and a
number of years ago was teacher in
Hariock school.
Rev, and Mrs. Pearcy, a former
pastor at Burns' Church (then Pres-
byterian) called 00 a number of fam-
ilies in the community on Saturday,
having dinner at the ]tome of tlr, and
Mrs. Bert :Men. Rev. \Ir. Pearcy is
now preaching in Ohio.
11r. Robert Leiper and sister, Miss
:Agnes Leiper of Toronto spent the.
week end at the horse of their par-
ent. Mr. and Mrs. James Leiper,
Miss Lovina Knox returned to
Toronto Monday after spending the
week end at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Knox,
Mrs, Jennie Knox, Ernest and
Ward, spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Graydon Neil near
Summerhill.
Mr, and Mrs. Bert ,heti spent
Sunday afternoon at the hone of Mr.
and Mrs. Thos. Neilans,
Mr. Bert B'eacont, his mother, Mrs.
A..W, Beacom, Miss :Kathleen Bea
nom and cousin, Mr. Wnt. Beacom,'of
Listowel. attended the Pearson pie-'
n•ie at Bayfield on Monday.
,On Sunday July 25th Mrs. A. W.
MdEwring, Jack and iJim, accompan-
ied by Mr. and Mrs. 'Wm. Pepper and
little Bert of near B'ruedfield, visited
Mr. and Mrs. Norman 'Lloyd and
children, who are at present camping
in ,Kincardine. Mr. Lloyd is employed
with Mr. Epps of Clinton, running a
truck to Owen Sound, etc,
Messrs. Wm. Taylor and John
Rapson spent the week end at the
'hone of their parents, Mr. and Mrs,
'Peter Taylor and Mr. and \'frs. Al-
bert Rapson.
CONSTANCE
'Miss Clarissa 'Dale is visiting Mrs.
Leslie Oliver at Walton.
David Grieve of. Seaforth and Keith
Dale are holidaying at Goderich this
week. The W.M.S. and •W,A. of Cons-
tance Church met at the 'house of
Mrs. Frank 'Way, Thursday afternoon
July 3.2nd, WIA. met, Miss Ivy Sim-
mons in the chair. Opened by the
hymn '10 Love that Will Not 'Let
Me Go," This was followed' by the
Lord's prayer in. unison. The leaflet
was read by Ivy Simmons, the theme,
'In the Success of 'Jesus," followed
by prayer, The last two verses of
tymn 312 were sung. Mrs, E, Adams
took the chair for 'the business part
of the W.A. after which Mrs. B.
Snell took charge of the group. Read-
ing by Viola Dexter. Scripture read-,
htg by Mrs, 0. Dale. ,Hymn, "Blessed
,Assurance," was Sung. ,Mrs. Roger-
son closed with prayer. I.unc'h was
served.
Miss Jean Jewitt of 'Kincaid visited
with Mr. and Mrs.Wm. Jewitt last
week.
'Mr. and Mfrs. Win. (Jewitt, Miss
Jean Jewitt and . Miss .:Edith Britton
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
spent Sunday evening at the home of
Miss Alice Jewitt of Brussels,
AUBURN
The old game of horse shoes has
been revived: The pitching place is
'text R. J. Phillip's store,
James Ball of Clinton, it visiting
lis sister, Mrs. James R'aithby,
Miss Dorothy Craig is spending
part of her holidays from the Toron-
to General Hospital with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs, W. Craig,
Several from here attended the fu-
neral of the late 'George Naylor of
Belgrave, on Monday.
Mrs, Bradrock is visiting her soil,
'Wesley this week.
Mrs. Fred Rays visited in Dungan-
non on Friday.
Isabel Rollinson is visiting in God-
erich.
THE GLIDERS
In order really to appreciate the
'w' tty of heavier-than-air aircraft,
t • mut see a sailplane boot on the
,..-,rad and in free flight. So let us
a trip to The National Soaring
.'.test at llarris Hill, near Elmira,
Nev Fork, and there watch one of
:heseman-mads bird.: fly
1. so happens that the craft heing
.i to dentacstrate is a Franklin
nraary ides: the pilots refer t,-,
craft is a titin ty because it poi -
crudities that make it feaa-hle
11 as a training glider, and for
litre advanced pilot -the same'.
•r r 't c:,11 be used for soaring 0 the
condition; are favorable. -
The Illative power .generally is an
open automobile, capable of with-
standing the rigors of being driven
over rough fields. The driver of this
tow tsar takes one end of a 5-116 inch
manila rope and drives down the
runway, into the wind. until the full
length of the tow line is stretched out
on the ground. The other end of the
tow line it left near the nose of the
glider. Borth ends of the rope have -a
twoanclh steel ring held in place by a
steel thimble. With this ring device
either the driver of the tow car or the
pilot of the glider is in a position in-
stantly to release the tow line in case
of emergency.
The picot now climbs into the cock-
pit of the glider, where there is a
hammock seat. The safety belt is ad-
justed across the pilot's lap and the
pilot then wiggles himself into a posi-
tion most convenient for visibility
and comfort.
One member of the launching crew
hoick a wing tip of the glider, as
it will oat respond to the controls un-
til ,some forward motion is produced
by the tow car. Another member of
the ground crew takes the ring end of
the tote• line and fastens the ring in
the release mechanism installed in the
nose of the glider.
The pilot then calls 10 the crew
member holding the wing tip, and up-
on receiving an "all ready" signal, the
pilot slowly raises his hand and sig-
nals to the driver of the tow car. The
tow car driver signals by a vyave of
his hand that 'he, too, is ready and
immediately drives the tow car ahead
until all slack is taken up in the taw
line.
Then the tow car driver "follows
through" by :stepping on t'he accelera-
tor and the 'flight is under way. Grad-
ually the speed of the tow car is 'built
up, dependent always upon the wind
velocity until finally "the pilot has
cuflficient forward motion to fly the'.
glider, from the ground, due to the
necessary ntovemen,t of the air across
the wings resulting in lift. As the
tow car driver increases the speed of
the tow car, the ;pilot pulls back on
the control stick until the glider as-
sumes the most efficient climbing
angle, The glider ascends until the pi-
lot. looking down at the tow cam, sees
that it is approaching the end of the
runway. The pilot eases :forward on
the control stick and a second la-
ter pulls the release cable.
From this instant 0t1, the pilot is
"on his own" and must keep alert to
utilize the' conditions existing at the
moment if 'he expects to soars Straight
nut over the face of the slope of :Har-
ris Hill the pilot steers the glider;
sinking a bit, as the glider is not yet
in the current created by Elie west -
northwesterly wind striking the slope
and 'being deflected upward.
Hastily glancing at the variometer,
which indicates the vertical rise and
fall of the craft, the pilot sees that
the craft is sinking, but almost the
same instant he feels it atri'ke same -
Hog solid. Then he knows that the
glider is in the favorable slope up -
current, The variometer reports it is
ascending at the rate of 390 feet per
minute.
The altimeter on the instrument
panel registers 400 feet above the
takeoff point and X0019 feet above
;ea level. At this juncture, the wind
shifts -hack to the west, so the pilot
steers his craft to the left and across
the face of the slope again. This is
Ione to obtain the maximum lift
from the slope current, which is
strongest in_this :area sluetothe can
.our of the ridge. The glider contin-
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urs to climb steadily, and filially, at
800 feet above the take -off site, the
pilot starts a right-hand turn. The ad-
monition, "Always away from the
ridge," -runs through the pilot's
thoughts and instinctively the right-
hand turn is 'made, to start the first of
many trips back and forth across the
face of the slope. For this soaring is
being dune entirely on slope up -cur-
rents, as distinguished from thermal
soaring, cloud soaring and thermic
street soaring. With 100 feet of altitude above the
ridge. the pilot now may' relax and
really- enjoy the sport -science of soar-
ing. No hammering of ear drums from
ill en fine, as experienced, in power
flight, no heavy-handed tactics ,on the
rontr„1 :tick, as sometime: needed
with some types of power planes; al!
quiet and peaceful with the reas-
suring. "son g-nf-the-wind" trillingac-
s the wing surfaces of the Frank-
lin.
Off to the west rises the smoke of
the glass city of Corning! Back along
the ridge again, and the busy stacks
of F.tntira make their mark in t'he
cloud -studded sky to the east. To the
north may be seen faintly the outline
of Lake Seneca, while off to the
south stand (bold -outlines of the Atle-
ghaoies, Diree'tly below, two railways
worm in around the base of the ridge
of which Harris Hill is a part. and
out on the floor of the valley winds
tate Choosing River.
After flying directly over the
swimming pool - erected on the very
edge of the slope, facing t'he western
sky, the glider drifts a bit with the
wind, and then is headed aback over
the launching area to the north and
east, looking (hoer' upon a rustic ad-
ministration buildings the 50 -foot pole
with the wind -sock and instruments
for recording weather, and the large
steel hangar capable of housing a doz-
en or more gliders.
Tucked away in the woods dotted
with lady birches can be seen a dozen
sleeping cabins, which will be avail-
able year around to members of the
soaring fraternity.
Another turn to soar back across
the ridge. and clown on the runway a
white flag is waving -vigorously—the
signal that trite flight is over. With
regret the pilot turns the nose' of his
craft toward the back end of the
ridge for an approach to a landing.
'Suddenly, -a pronounced upward
surge Of the ,glider is felt and once
again the pilot knows there is another
slope up -current. 'This time, 'however,
the cause is the secondary ridge back
of Harris Hill. 'Orders are orders,
and so the pilot does his ,best bo get
down as fast es possible ,by, trying to
Side -slip the glider. Ordinarily, such a
maneuver brings the desired result,
i. e., the loss of altitude. P:aradurical
as it may appear, here is one time a
pilot has diflfioulty in getting his
craft down.
After trying for a time to get down,
and 'being pushed upward instead, the
pilot steers his craft back farther to-
ward the extreme end of the field to
the rear of the landing area and there
again .]reads the glider toward the
earth. Again the glider is sent aloft
by an even stronger up -current of
air.
The pilot now 'banks the glider
steeply and, kicking t'he top rudder,
side -slips down, down, down, ,until
it begins to look as though the craft
would land in the woods 'back of the
ridge. But at just the proper instant
the pilot levels up the wing's of the
glider and, ,with the 'flying speed built
up 'by the correct gliding angle, 'he
flys the glider toward the end of the
runway. Gently it settles in to the
grassy slope and the single landing
wheel just clicks the earth. The wheel
brake is applied by the pilot and the
glider comes to a stop :after a ,roll of
a few feet.
HURON'S ROBIN HOOD
(By :Harry IJ. .Boyce in The Lon-
don (Free ,Pres,.) -
"To ,the man with ,the sandy mous-
tache who stole my bay mare fast
Tuesday night. I know who you are,
and T will shoot ,you on sight, unless
that macre is returned to my stables.
Sgd, .Jacob Chambers."
The notice appeared in a 'Huron
Countynewspaperearly itt the ',710'x,
There is a Bouch of humor in. the
item. Jacob Chambers either knew or
else :bl:uffed ,that he luhew the min re-
sponsible for the stealing of :hies
horse, The main distinguishing' mark
seems to have been the "sandy"
moustache.
Modern youth steals a car when he
wants to go on a sky lark, Our youth
of the early days had small choice,
batt many cast designing eyes on
smart horse and buggy outfits. 'Oc
'easioiutlly we see the report of how
a "pair of youths were given a sound
flogging when they returned.
Stealing horses was something that
commonly occurred and it was confin-
ed to -petty sky -larking on the part of
boys, Here is a portion of a letter
which was sent out by a hanker ,of
\\'in halo t„ a fellow banker in God-
erich in regard to the stealing of
horses Which had 'been going on fur
sometime,
"I feel convinced that within Ilur-
on Canute we have a ring of men
who may be termed as desperadoes,
and who are engaged in-stealimt
horses from the farriers, They take
the horses, and then by some means
change She outward marling so that
the farmer would not anymore than
recognize his horse, and at that only
under close examination. I feel that
a stop should be made to it, and that
Inc must get behind t'he movement,
After all it is to our own interest, as
well as to that of justice and fair-
mindedness, The law, however, seers
to trove very 'slowly in these isolated
communities such as you and I are
living ill..."
At a later date we (find another let-
ter addressed to a law officer at God-
erich;
"I Have established definite proof,
that — stole that team of gray
mares. +In. the house when I went
there, we found a bottle of a ,particu-
larly potent dye, He tuade that team
Change appearance altogether,.."
Then later on, we find a letter
which seems to 'bear the conclusive
evidence,
"I have a conununication front that
ratan in 'Galt who purchased those
nares, He was teaming with them
(during the next week, and a sudden
rain overtook hint. By a strange
quirk, the horses seemed to be losing
their color, and after he had theist
hack in 'his stable he went to work
with a good strong linseed soap and
when they came out from under it,
they were the team of gray mares
with the identical markings of the
ones that had been stolen. I shall
continue the work, and feel that 'with-
in a fortnight we will have two other
local men who are participating in
this nefarious ring."
i0'f course every community has a
story of a min with a Robin .Hood -
like reputation. In the 'Townships of
Wawanosh, , ,the old-timers tell a
story of the winter of 111880 'following
a hard summer which saw the grain
crops destroyed and many families
were on the verge ,of 's'tarvation. Yet
to over a score of 'doorsteps there was
delivered grain. often food, and in
many cases a haunch of venison,
with occasional small quantity of
potatoes.
IPeople like the mysterious and it
makes a better tate, but the 'true story
really never came to light until years
afterward. The set't'lers were firmly
convinced that it was a man who was
stealing from the ,rich to give to the
poor that !brought the food to the lat-
ter's doors. What latter was discover-
ed was the fact that it ,was an old re-
tired lEn:glis'h gentleman who lived
with a servant. who chose that way
of helping the settlers. He deputiz•ed.
a man to help hint, -and swearing hint
to secrecy :did much to relieve the
suffering. After he had died, the man
brake the promise feeling that the
settlers should know who had ,helped
then,.
P•ROMIINENT CITIZENS
"I think it is rather fine and note-
worthy," remarked the summer boar-
der, "that so many places here are
dignified by being named for promin-
ent citizens."
Caleb Peaslee wriggled his shoul-
der and glanced at the boarder, "0
could tell you metbibe," he ventured,
"if .I 'knew just -what places you
meant, and what names you've got in
mind."
The ,boarder pondered a moment.
"Gaburn's Brook?" she suggested,
and Caleb's face lighted in acnus•e-
nent.
"Named for old John Coburn," he
regaled promptly. "He used to sell
cider—by the gallon or by the ,b<arrel.
But every gallon or barrel that was
REG NT
THEATRE
NOW PLAYING
JOHN .SEAL ARMIDA
HARRY CAREY
Border Cafe
This spoiled son o -f a 'fashionable 'Fane--
ly made a iron o'f himself—+wlhen he
'cecame embroiled in a cattle rustling
feud
Mon. Tues. Wed., Aug. 9, 10, 11
Sonja Henie, the Queen of the
+Silvery Skates
—in—
One
inOne in m i l l -ion
with
Adolphe Menjou, Jean Hersholt, Ned
Sparks and The Ritz Brothers
An ornate musical spectacle on ice.
Thur. Fri. 'Sat„ Aug. 12, 13, 14
JOE. E. 'B:ROWiN in
Riding on Air
Another of this great comedian's
dramas filled with laughter and thrills
COMING;
Wings of the Morning
A Star is Born
:old otl'n hip farm was one half cid-
er and one half water out of that
rook. So folks, stein' Inc got snore
real use and value out of the crook
than anybody else (lid, up poll named .
it for him, Not that he ever looked
on it as any great testimonial. Seems
:u n1e, on the contrary, lie was kind
of madded over it; but they kept
right on callin' it by his name and do
to this day:
"\\'hat about Winslow's meeting-
house?" asked the boarder. "Did a
mean named Winslow build it or fur-
nish it or make a ,gift of money to it?
I've often wondered," -
" That nceetiu'house was named for
Squire Winslow, 'way back in the
time just after this country fit free
from England. He was a big than
then. So when it come time for 'em
to have a new church he was the one
that went 'forrard and told hays it hail
got to be .built; that it had got to have `+
this thing so, and that thing the oth-
er way, and a third thing tnebbe they
couldn't have at all, It toot so at last
that the pewholders, fearin' one man
might own and hold the church, call-
a- meetin' together and settled some
things they thought best -to have
done their way, And the old squire
was so put out at 'em, and so sot in
his way of havin' things done, that
the took himself out of the church, fa-
mily and all, and never sot a foot -in-
side it to the day he died. 'And, as I
said, it seems funny for a man to
have anything named for him after
he'd done his bitterest to cut loose
from it wholly and entirely. Don't
it?"
The boarder nodded. "I'm 'losing4)
my belief that these names stand for
anything especially fine and: digni-
'fled," she said, "but I should like to
know haw the name Hudson's Wait
came to be applied to that hill over
there. Do you know?"
".I satetany do," said Caleb, "There
was. a nyan here once that was more'n
commonly lazy and slack; his name
was Jake Hudson, and he made a
livin' 'by selling wood and bog bray
and ice, He had a little pond on his
place, and he used to cut ice out of
it and stack it in ah old ,bast he had,
and cover it with bog hay.' !Then
when summer cone he'd peddle the
ice out to folks that wanted it and
sell the hay that he took off'n it,
'Well, one time he had an order,
for a ton of ice to be carted over in-
to the next township, five miles away,
I should say; and he went and :pile
onto his wagon a load that four hors-
es couldn't have hauled up that hill,
to say nothing of the two he had.
"Well, ellen he come to .that hill
the bosses wa'n't able to budge the
load up over the very first cant; and
'stead Of throwin' off a part and then
hauling the resit up what do you gup-
pose he done?"
The boarder shook her head help-
lessly.
"Well," said Mr. Pe'bslee, 'he done
just what the name of the hill sig-
nifies; he sot there and waited. It
was in August, and a load of ice
standin' in the sun in August loses
heft fast, let me tell you. :Hudson
geed the horses into the shade, and
in fhe course 'of time they'd got rest-
ed. When he punt 'ern -at the hill a:gaitt
they went up :like a slhot; and so rea-
son why they shouldn't, for the ice
had melted away to lcss'n half it. ton.
And that's how the hill got named.
Want to ask about any more names?"
The boarder s'hoolc -her head. "And
I thought they would have a touch of
romance," she said.
"There ain't such'a grc't sight o:f
romance," said Caleb, smiling, "but
you -keep on askin'; you'll always cud
'they've got a touch orf rcason`t"
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