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The Seaforth News, 1931-06-18, Page 2PAGE TWO PATHFINDER TREAD GoesferAat 440.21. 450.20 450.21 475 19 500x19 .50 3 $ 7..40 8.70 9.20 A. W. DUNLOP Seaforth; Ont. There's saving in a Pathfinder Tube, too SLANG AND MANNERS to be in her usual :health during the early part of the forenoon as neligh- bors saw' her going up town during the morning hours, She evidently re - I turned home very shortly, Or some time before noon the census enumer- ,ator, Mr. Deeves, called at her home lin Clinton and found her sitting in her chair. and on speaking to her found that life was extinct. Heart Failure was probably the cause of her death, Mrs. H. R. Sharp, ,her daughter, was immediately notified. (Contributed.) It is a symptom of advancing years 'for those who have reached the mid- dle .period of life to begin making • comparisons between old and new ways. They may not have entered that "anecdotage; in which the "Why, when I was a boy," phrase, `♦ \ Y, S, assumes a lively currency. But a ha - 'bit . of recalling things grows upon .them. They divide their time between :the present and the past. They hear the familiar talk of schoolboys and collegians, and begin .;remembering the slang of their own :youth. How remote and innocent sounds "hunkydory" as a term of praiecl How far away is the period when "Whoa, Emma!" was a byword ,of wide application! How many years have passed since the height of ex- • _ellettce could be expressed by so '.:tepid a word as "boss!" These terms may be better or worse than 'fierce," "rotten," cork- ing," "peachy," and all the other ver- ' bal "gems" with which the youth of our own day adapts its speech. No iributtal is likely to decide the ques- tion, for 'the words themselves, in their temporary application. will pro- bably perish before it is worth while to take then! eeriuusly. Yet there is one point on which the person of middle age—or of the tnid- dle ages, if 'that implies a sufficient- antiquity—may truly claim an advan- tage for the time itt, which he was young. The slang of that day was employed with a truer sense of the fitness of time and place. It was not ordinarily afflicted upon grandmoth- ers. The youth of the moment, seat- ed at a table with the middle-aged, .who may conceivably follow his lingo, and with the venerable, who cannot ;pos;ibiy do so. flings out the jargon :of comic supplement and vaudeville— `bet it out," "the limit," and "hone - head" --as confidently as if those terms were the common heritage of .the English 'tongue, "'Cominin" enough they are—in an- other sense. They may be indeed no more objectionable than the slang of earlier days; but their unrestricted rise in circles that are merely bewild- ered by. them raises a question not so much of diction as of manners—and • to this question of man iers the exu ' bereft young may well devote a little 'careful thought. , HURON NEWS, THE SEAFORTH NEWS. TleURS:DAY, JUNIE;18, 19M, mel -generally bought bhese machines in partnership, each furnished a team and they, with a hired Ulan called the third 'thresher, mid the earner where they threshed, supplied the other •three teams 'and ',the hands by changing work with his neighbors. There 'were some big deuys threshing done in, those days ,and II question very much if, our present . threshers thresh ,any .more grain in g given time than they, did then, and the 'rate for threshing was seven dollars a day and the thresher supplied ,three men ared. two span :of horses. No profiteering then, Among those .e'aety threshers were many outstanding •men. The late Wdliain rlIurray,who was the veteran thresher of Tuckersmith, who with his sons were expert threshers for many years. Another >early, thresher was the late JohnlFinlayson. When I saw !him first he was a powerfully built young Highlander, and as a boy I often admired his sbrength and agility at barn raising, togging bees' and In throwing the shoulder atone and sledge., He did not live to be an tyl'd lean, but was stricken while still in the sltrength and vigor' o'f his manhood, Other early 'threshers were 'William. and !George McKay,. There were 'a large number of ,MciKays or .dclCies settled in Tuckersmith and they had distinguishing names. Other 'horse- power threshers ,were,Sain Dearborn, Sandy! Kennedy, John Cox, the Horton brothers (James and William) the Whitefords, John Carey, Joseph Lake and 'William Towers. In the early eighties the steam threshers came into use and among the earliest of these threshers was Robert Dalrymple, who, with his two sons, William and ,Archie, did some excellent threshing for several years and theirprice for threshing was a dollar per hour. 'I paid far my thresh- ing last year $3.75 per hour. About the same time, Thomas Dinsdale and his two sons,' !John'and,Robert, also got a steamer and for many years did a large amount of threshing in this township and the adoining town- ships of Hay and 'Stanley. to little later the McMillan boys, John and Miles, purchased a new steam thresh- er and with •Paul Boa, as third thresh- er, did some fine work, for when Miles was running the engine and Jack and Paul were feeding, we boys itt the 'now had to work. There are a . number of excellent improvements on the modern thresh- ing machine, the self -feeder dispenses with the band cutter and the feeder, so that only two nen are now re- quired to operate the machine, where formerly it took three, The elevator for the grain and the blower for the straw dispenses with several "hands," but is it worth the difference? It seems to me that the trouble is, bha't the threshers have to pay an exorbit- ant price for their 'Machines; ithen itt turn, in order to, pay for them and live, they 'have to charge the farmers an excessive price, and which is out of all proportion to the price of grain, so it seems as' if sonte,thing has got to he done as with threshing and taxes the farmers of this good old townehip of Tuckersmith are 'being hard hit, and something should be done, -- W. tfadLaren Doig. L.L.B. —Engagement.— Mr. and Mrs. John 1ic'1%arlane of Clinton announce the engagemem: of their only daughter, Ami, to Mr. ILennetlt 'M Tay'l'or, eld- eel son of the tate Mr, and Mrs. C. r-fd. Taylor of Blyth, the marriage to take place the 'latter part of June, -^'E ngegetnent,--The engagement is • announced' of Myrtle Tucker, R. ' N., .eldest daughter of the late 1Vlr, and 'Mlrs. 'Ralph Tucker, Milverton, to E. 'Lloyd Miller, only son of Mr, and Mfr's, Sr A ,-ivliller, Cromarty, the mare r:itege to -'take :place early in July. FoundoDeatl: —.Death came very svdd'enly,tq'Mrs. 'Barbara Mdivor, �•widow-of the elate Wm. Marvell-, in '"her seventieth ,year, She appeared Allison.Beadle. — The marriage of Florence Ellen, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beadle of Auburn, and Edward Earl Allison of Goderich took place at the rectory in Blyth, with Rev. L. V. Pocock of St, Mark's Church, Auburu, officiating. The cer- emony was witnessed by the bride's youngest brother, Charles Beadle Jr., and the bridegroom's sister Miss Ruth :Alison, The bride looked cltarmittg in a gown of egg -shell chiffon with etnbroidered coat and wore hat and shoes to match. She carried a bouquet of roses. The wed- ding party returned to the home of the bride, where [hey and other fin - mediate relatives partook of the wed- ding breakfast front a prettily ap- pointed table decorated in silver and white. Mr. and Mrs. Aliieon left on a motor trip eastward and will 'visit Beetan, the bridegroom's home town, the bride wearing a navy and white ensemble. On- their return they will reside on fro -agar street, Goderich, KIPPEN On the death of Mr. William Hud- son, who .had nearly reached the cen- tury 'nark, one of the oldest threshers of this township has passed' through the shadows to the promised land. T was a small boy when 1 sate hint and his. brother Joseph and Sam Downs threshing with an Oshawa machine with ten horses, .in our neighborhood The grain was plump and the straw bright; it had .beets cut With a cradle and bound by hand. There were no sow- thistle or ether noxious weeds ex- cept Canada thistles, which the pioneers soon subdued by summer fel- low and seeding d'o'wn and cutting them early in the hay. The first threshing. machine 1 ever sass was what was called an "open machine." It had just a cylinder and was rind with a jack and •a bet, 'It had no fanning mill nor straw carrier?, and elle eereie feud chaff were all to= gether and !;:k$ Pi he eel through the fanningmidi aftdreeed . The �trave was all hand fed .by eleehforks. add large stacks of straw- were' built by aur fathers all by hand, brie,there were giants in th:oie days, both he and courage. There' were also two threshing ma- chines in our neighborhood -called Tread, Mills, which were propelled by a learn of 'h'orses, Otte 'Of these was tperated by the late James Moir, of Js+borne, and 'Nits other by 'Samuel and Benjamin Stnilfie, :which they had brot 5'ht with them •from Lower Can- ada sand had been tharttu'factui'ed by Moody, of Terrbon'tte, ,Ritter fling the ten hoeee power seieeieetbr" e'ente ie vogue; wihich was e'qut'ippt'd wIef. fan- ning tfii£ls; need sttiewe ceelifekee wl'vvo the public treasury: Twenty-seven juror's were challeng- ed before the ,panel in th'e' McNeil case was complete. The ohelleegers were about e'qual'ly divided between Crown and 'defence. G. L, T.' Bull, the Crownpno'sacuttar, reviewed . the familiar story of the robbery. A large map of the. intterior of the bank premises and the streets sur- rounding the bank, prepared by Thos. Pritchard, was explained to the jury. This large neap was .not avei'labLe at the first tnial, IID adfjo'urning Judge Costello ord- ered the jury locked up until the end of the 'trial. 'Wherever 'they went they were to go as a body under police 'guard, At the first trial they were pern.itted ordinary freedom until the last day. A stiff cross-e'xa'mination fa'i'led to shake the ettidence of Allan Lamont who again evade positive identification of the MdNelii brothers as the . rob- bers, Lamont, 'a cripple, said lie had a good look at the pair when. they walked' into the manager's office. He had a second good Took et them in the vault white the staff was b'einig bound and gagged. Fuethermbre, at Walkerton he had .picked the ldc- Neils from a line-up of men as being the bandits. ' In the afternoon Jahn Oliver, who saw the robbers carry a sack out of the side door of the bank; Dan Den- man - and Pletcher Sperling, who drove past in a -car as the robbers were carrying the loot across the road all reaf firmed their previous story as to complete or partial identification. Mrs. Robert Bacon of Teesiv'ater who lived across the road from the Mc- Nees, was postive the accused had driven away at 1.15 p.m. on the day of the robbery and that, so far as she knew, th'ey did not return that day. Lloyd W,eishar, salesman, told Of giving aiocused a $200 radio :for . de- mon'stra'tion purposes on ' -October 30, and of reclaiming it after the. Mc - Neil's arrest. Robert Mann, another salesman, sold them a stove on No- vember 1, two days after the robbery, took $10 down and received the bal- ance on November '5. Jlahn Hiscox sold Harvey 'McNeil a shotgun on October 7, receiving $2 down and the balance of $1'1 after tee date of the robbery. Joe Torgpvlftsky, Jewish ntenchant, sold them each a suit of clothes on the night of the robbery and was ,paid three days after. T,he sale totalled $43. No new evidence was produced during the first two days of the retrial A feature of the proceedings was the close police sup- ervision of the jury. The automatic revolver left in the bank by the robbers, the retie, revolv- er and ammunition found iu the re- sidence occupied by the McNeil boys were all produced and identified. Con- stable Whiteside showed that Harvey McNeil had secured liquor under a false name, had slix days before the robbery brotight a car over the line under attotitr assumed name, had given his destination as Motet'real and had driven it to an obscured place near Teeswater. . "I handed Harvey a certificate of transfer for the Ford roadster. I field hini he h'ad given an address which was a vacant lot in Detroit," said the constable. "He said he must have made a mistake. I showed hini the customs receipt giving his destina- tion as Montreal. He said he had intended going to Montreal, but had chengedehis mind." J. MciDonald, Tees'water hardware salesman, subpoenaed' by the Crown, was the firstwitness for the defence, BRUSSELS ROBBERY TRIAL, Jury Disagrees for Second Time; MoNeils Held till Fall Assizes For the second time in four months a jury has failed to agree ort the guilt or innocence of Gilford and Harvey McNeil, charged with robbing the Bank of Nova Scotia at Brussels. The first disagreement was record- ed at the spring assizes last Febru- ary before Mr. Justice iFcEvay. The second came Friday night at 923 o'- clock when Foreman Vernon Gledill reported, "After considering the evid- ence we have failed to agree on She guilt or innocence of the accused. After the trial it was said that the poll in the jury rootn showed ten for conviction and two for., acquittal. This is sup'posed to be exactly the same division as that which prevailed when the jury failed to reach an agreem eti; last rebruary, ee.e. L, •', 'Gilford and Harvey McNeil, charge ed with robbing the Bank of Nova Scotia, Brussels, 'while armed, of $5,- 800 5;800 on 'October 22'th, was heard be- fore Judge T. M. Costello and a jury, in County Court, The judge was wel- co'n-teal; ,±o Huron County and coo- gratulated an his elevatliott to the bench., When Judge Costello a's,cend- dd the bench a beautiful bouquet of roees reeked on his -desk,. These he. later graciously' ordered •des.patc:hed to Mrs, Lewis, widoti pf!ifs predec es'sor in ollfiet. :His Head thanked the members of the bat for thein kind tJvrds of congratufhtiiofi. During fila short residence here•ltd Itad already formed a' high .opinion of rte legal profession' iitel he gave ,his e seeein;ce that he would endeavor to uphold the best tradition's of his office. IIis elfoti- or addressed tete grand jury briettly, He pdinted out that bhe onlyetro pri sneers scheduled Vier ' trial had al- ready lyeen indicted' and that :there were nro bills to reporE. ,He asked that the jury visit and cafefu(ly inspect all institutions races/ling' grants from nation towards the street lights. God -1 erich sold aprons at the fall fair,' made calendars and took a' course in hone nursing and first aid given by Mees. Peltty of Toronto. They cele- bnated their anniversary ; ,this year. They do'tiated $20 .to community reie lief, $30 towards a sun room at the hospital ,and $50e towards musical ;in- sbrtrc'tfon in the s'ch'ools, Kintail gave $10 towards the care of a child in the 'h'o'spital in IGoderielt; paid for cl'in'ic acid sh'oe's for a child, L'ondes- b'oro gave $25 to c'om'munity hall and sent a, donation to Neigh'borhoo'd Workers' Association' in .Toronto;, also haul a three-day course inhandl- creel; sent $10 to Clinton hospital anal $25 towsa'rds the street eights. St,. Attgustin:e donated a First Aid kit bo the echoed; 'Std. Helens gave prizes to the s'choo and sent money to the hos- pital in London; Wingham raised funds by giving several banquets; gave, $60 to ,the rest room and $75 to the fall fair .executive„ The district treasurer's ,report show- ed receipts of 025:68 and expendi- tures of $93.60. The reports of "sterid- ing committees gave a comprehensive survey of the work of the institutes. Immigration committee reported $15 to the Nawy League and $20 to the local Salvation Army. Hoene econo- mics committee reported the disbri- bution of literature on tetiles, and demonstrations of niarmallade. The health department showed a donation o'f $25 to crippled children and dona- tions to 'hospitals and addresses on health and .epidemics. Canada made industries had no report but the se'c- retary showed how this could be made interesting. Community activity committee's report was given by'Dun - gamton. The rest rooms had been placed under supervision of W. T. rooms in hospitals equipped, dlon'a tions to community halls and other funds showed some of the work of this department. Historical' research showed that some branches had stud led of compiled histories of the early days of Huron and also a 'history of Goderich. The election o:f officers at the end of the morning session resulted as follows: President, Mrs. R. Davidson, Dungannon; first vice p'res'ident, Mrs, G. Bisset, Goderich; second vice pres- ident, Miss Barr, Londesboro; sec- retary treasurer, Mrs, Elliott, Wing- ham; federatlott delegate, Mrs. Mc- K'inley,, Clinton; 'auditors, Mrs, Hen- derson and Mrs. Fraser. Mrs. Ross of Entbro representing the Ontario department, Said Ont- ario was an example for other 'coup tries; England, Scotland, Ceylon and New,, Zealand were organizing. She advocated instruction: in cooking, sewing, renovating and intprovetnen't of kitchen for girls: Mrs. Forbes of Wiittgham gave a reading, "Phe Light, on Dead Man'S Barn." A pretty musical ntitnber presented by the school children, "The Princess of London has Broken Her Heart,' which was given recent- ly at the school concert, won pro- longed aplplause for its dainty per- formance. Mrs. Paisley of Clinton addressed the Institute. on "Helping Girls and Boys Through the Teen Age" The speaker concluded this ad- dress with the poem The Gold fs There. Miss Proctor of Be'igrave read a humorous selection .,And So Did I. Mrs, Phillips, the delegate to the Fe- deration o'f 1Vomen's Institutes, gave a comprehensive report of the pro- ceedings. A history of the organiea- tion was given showing the 'far- reaching endeavors to build up a splendid future for Canada and Can adiatts. ''We live again in our boys and .girls and anything God gives us to do is not commonplace. The truly great are those who find and show greatness in ordinary things. All sub jects dealt with by th.e federation were given by Mrs. Phillips. The re- solutou committee composed of hers. Fraser, Winghant;-Mrs. Phillips, of Goderich and Mrs, Whiteman 01 Blyth pre'senled the fallow^inS'resolu- rions, all or' which Were adopted: 1, Considering excessive charges o'f ter- m e. tai' phgcician in aterltit3.ia,$5i 'tin the govcreiiicnt he asked to standtird- ize charge in cases' where uitgble , to pay. 2, That Women's Institutes are in sympathy with better supervision, leadership and lutietieoe fadilities in rural schools at the noon hour, 3. As 141,0 !lumbers o'sf pioneers are pan ke on, let eget/collect all at''ailable iuforn agetu about their ldwnship and su'rrounditig ilasttiet and collect an- tiques to be i Bele jefeferably in the County Court 'Hdiefe;I 4. A rep1;tted resolution showing idet ee ee the coft- suntptioit of cigarettes feed! aica'holic b'cteiages eves passed, and `e.e tie seg- gas�ted that 'the ,W:tL. use its ittifluerice td etiiittpthese out. The next .iii: tift'ati sieetitig will be held in Belgrwee, Mii. Ptte clei,eeitas Ware Mrs. W. A. l'er', Mrs. Atsdliid Anderson, Mrs. Web it atd 'Mrs, J6#ttt.. tiller of St. Helens Mrs: tBurto t 'Roach, Mies Elizabeth Mrs. Reeet and Mrs.' Davidson o'f'j Duugann;' etre, W. Ste- vsrt, Mrs. Ji,• R' Robinson red 'Mrs, W. H. Fres•3i• ;feel Mrs, W. kl: Sand- 'rson of .Wictg'haiii;, Mrs, R'ftelitsstond. !firs. Neekeerel e; i ee. line"ittg'. Ars. The First Call The first Long Distance cell -- between ,Brantford and Paris, Ontario —was epoch staking, Now there are 70,000 T.,ong Distance calls made daily in Ontario and Quebec. IA long way, indeed, 'the. telephone has come! W. HURON WO, ME'ITS I3' STITUTE5 The flistt'ict Mittel meeting of the Women's institute for West Huron was litsitl i,tt of eeKey Halt and we, largely attended 'i 61 110 present. Alt the morning session ifeteetris of the secretaries for the various ihst'ittrtes and standing couttnitltees' 'ftfiotts were heard, all showing a year of ere. cetlent progress under the leadership of MI's,, Davidson, Ditn'gattnon, presi- dent. It Wag decided !rat to as'k bite Colin- ty Coutttil for a grant owing to the depression, and btcattse of sut'ficient funds itt 'the treasury, i Auburn had the dtet1 ice - Megal. tneotfid fast year and doti'ated $•50 Ca the !baseball teats to purchase stilts attd $1.00 totytet'ds the e'quipnient of d` new fil.typ'ro'und, and relpor'ted a bal-. ante of 45'.42. B{f'iii reporters hav- ing ititeredttijg iitecti143 and Be'l- ,gre.ve made :4roh books eael an auto- �ia'gh quilt,", 6Iiiiton ,gave a cona- lou to the Elena'tee Fdnd ui glintoe R'onprtal and ad'ded', equipniefilt to heer- r'bo'tn: in that •h1 S'titniti'sII: I)un- ,garfeterd seed, tickets lot' title Goiiei'fch iosi'.deit inili sentirui.ttalid' gevc'a•do. In Jasper you can step from a picuresque and luxurious lounge into sports and ad,. ventures that cannot be duplicated anywhere else on the continent. Golf on a championship course with towering moun- tains hemming is the horizon. Ride over Indian trails through a country of overpowering beauty. Or swim in the heatedpool .. . play tennis ... amuse your- self is your own way. From Jasper continue on to the coast, seeing mighty M.Ro wonder bson and. the w rad er Pacific—Van- couver, of the P couver, Victoria, Prince Rupert with their inevi- table suggestion of a trip through the scenic Inside Passage to Alaska. Fare from Vancouver, Vic- toria or Seattle to Skagway and return, $90, including meals and berth. Magni& cent steamers. All outside rooms. I� Full information, illustrated booklets, etc., from any Agent of Canadian National Railways. T-11 C A 1`e3 Jii. A N NATIONAL , r AILWAYS Fawcett and Mrs. j, Colclough of Blyth; Mfrs. G. lt. Stuart, Miss Mary Murray of St. Helen's; Mrs. J. J. El- liott of Wingham; Mrs. George Mc- Roberts of St, Helens; Mrs. George Casemore, i'trs. A. Johnston, and Mrs. Weir of Wingham; Mrs, D. A. McIntyre, Md. Thos. Drennan, Mrs. Martha O'Neill, Mrs. Duncan Mac- Lennan of I`itttail; Mrs. John lic- Kiniey, Mrs. N. W. Trewartlta, Mrs. J. Heard and 3T'rs. Murdoch of 'Clint - ton; Mrs, David Chann'ey, Mary Beo- phey, J. I, McAllister, Mrs. B. Thompson. of S't. Augustine;; Mrs. David Todd, lams. T. C. Wilkinson, G, M. Webb and Mrs: W. 1. 'Miller of St, Helens; Me .Anderson, and Mrs, T, A. Currie of Wingham; Mrs, C. \%ginner, Mrs. 0. L.' 'I Paisley, iIrs, T. J. Cree, and Mrs. H. Jenkins of Clinton; Mrs.' J, \\'!!stet Mrs: Woods, V, King, and Mrs. Gordon Taylor of Auburn; P, 1Viesnts Mrs, Jag, Fowler, aril sirs. W. J. Adair 8'} �� ute'liaitt; Mrs. C. 'C. Brown of Dungannon; Praetor, and Mrs. Forbes of 'Bei- guat't; ,it's: ;lfogridge of Aubu'rat; Mrs. J, 1-(. Coote-„, etttct G. Arm- strong of Belgragt; itbt°"e: tWightnvan and llw, R. McGee of Eletlt; Mrs. F. H'itli, Mrs. R. Wells, R. Sitadt tk,. ivlrs: D. Brunsclott, of rs. H. Moore, 1'Irs, R. Shadd'ick, M, Cald- well, Mrs, Geo, Moon and Mrs, 'Ro'bt, Caldwell of'ILondes'boro; Mrs. Bock of Toronto;' Mrs. itT, Allen, Mrs, Ii: iiStGee, 3i s, Neleoh Mil, and :.Mrs. Wesi, Dodci,s of . iltiburn; Mrs, Td. 'apndercocic, .Mrs. M. §011eftis, ,Mrs, Adams', S. Barr, And Mie. M, ,Ma1ee Meg Of Lohcle'ehoro; ldrs, Thos. J; jHutton and Mrs, Geo. Bey of 'Vif g- hent - Mrs. Ross of Ennbrci itifis lF: I Dierlain, Mrs." W. W. Altoll Of` Riple}; Mrs. W. A. Moir, Mrs. A, \odder' firs, D. Carter and Mrs, J. R'tpsoiK of,Lon'des'boro; Mrs, K'it'rk, Mrs. J, R. if,cGee and Mise C. Dodds of Blyth; Mee, J, Flynn and ,!sirs, A. I''. Cud more 'ofCite ton and :Mfrs. Jno. Cameron and mfrs, J, Durndte'' of Si, Helen's: ,