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The Huron Expositor, 1920-04-02, Page 1nal 26, 1920 of her daughter, Mrs. H. ns.—Mr. A. Ili. Pafford, of Toe and Mr. J. McIntyre, of Lorre Gccompanied the remains of the ohn McIntyre from Toronto on ay anted Rooms to cover with EMPIRF.I -tTRIMMED -WALL PAPER: the -1920 Saznple Books brought. sr home and mak your. selece for the earning season. es :moderate and all work guar* k to be satisfs rte El JOHNSTONE .BOK 247 Princess Nov Playing BILLIE BURKE ie Misleading Widow ted from the stage play, eted" and produced with he charm and splendor marks the finest Para= - t Artcraft pr=oductions, a farce -comedy with as y a plot as ever graded a screen. THIS WEEK END PRINCESS .. c FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR ,WHOLE NUMBER 2729 SEAFORTiiiFRIDAY`, McLean Brea.,, Publishers $1.58 a Year in Advance Specials for Easter I Shoppers Beautiful Spring Coats Si For young women We are showing a variety of the choicest Coats ever shown in Seaforth. The large g city stores show nothing better or more exclusive in styles. We have just received a special shipment for P p the Easter shoppers. The fancy shades are running very strong this season and we have all the new shade tones. Velour Cloth Colors—Rose, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Gray, Fawn, Green, Brown, Sand, Light Burgundy. Prices $18 to $65. Serge Brown, Black, Blue, Dove Gray, ,Fawn. Price... - .... ,.,....,...,e1$ to $35. Cloth Donegal In Gray and Fawn mixtures, Long or Tweeds Short Coats. Price ........$15 to $25. New Easter Hats .................... $2..50 to $5.00 New Easter Neckwear ....$1.00 to $2.50 New Easter Shirts ...$2.50 to $5.00 New Easier Caps....... .$1.00 to $3.50 New Raincoats.............................$10 to $25 New Easter Sweater Coats and Pullovers . ........ $5.00 to $I0.00 The Greig Clothing Co, THROWN IN Thirty years ago the storekeepers used to throw in a pair of braces with every suit of clothes. If the suit cost as much as fifteen or twenty dollars you stood a chance of getting a neck- tie into the bargain or a pair of kid gloves for the missis. Of course that was in the days when braces were not a luxury and when real kid gloves at a dollar a pair could be seen on the street every Sunday. If the missis bought stuff for a dress, silk or cash- mere or henrietta, it was common knowledge that the thread and but- tons tons and the lining and the binding for the bottom of the skirt would be thrown in. As to that, there never was any wrangling. ' Whatever wrangling took place it wasduring the negotiations for the purchase of the stuff itself. It was your privilege and in particular the privilege of every woman to beat down the price. If the storekeeper asked a dollar and a quarter for»silk that. could not be bought to -day for three dollars you would be regarded as a pretty easy naarlc if you could not haggle until the price would be reduced to one - fifteen, which very likely, after all, would be the storekeeper's inside fi gure. Those were the days when every -- 40(1y asked more and took less. All kinds of small merchandise were thrown in to clinch a bargain or to induce you to come back again. If it wasn't a box of paper collars, it might be a straw hat or a silk handkerchief with an initial letter clone in colors on one corner. But everybody hoped to get something for nothing, and I am not sure that everybody's hope has changed from that time to this. For that reason I regard the trifles I write here as something thrown in, something of an unexpected or unnecessary char- acter, something that ` may be valued because it costs nothing—little con- ceits that once in a while may cling unobtrusively to the almost complete investiture of the important writers Who go before. Perhaps it is the high cost of iiv- Trig to -day that causes me to think of the value of commodities of trade thirty to -forty years ago. In Huron county, which was. I suppose, an average county in Ontario, we used to believe that butter at s'xteen cents a pound was almost as high as some- times it smelt. Eggs were common tender at one cent apiece. Indeed, butter and eggs set the standard of values. A dozen eggs would buy a yard of shirting, and a pound of butter was worth three pounds of granulated sugar. Now, however, a dozen eggs will buy almost two yards of skirting, and a pound of butter is worth. four pounds of sugar. All these everyday commodities have ad- vanced greatly in price, but the but- ter and the eggs have advanced more than the shirting or the sugar. - I am reminded of the old Scotsman whose wife sent him to the store to get an eg'g's worth of darning -needles. In those days the general store pre- vailed, and the stock in trade fre- quently included whiskey and other strong liquors. The storekeeper whom the "Scotsman approached had "given out't that he would treat every cus- tomer. Sandy obtained . the needles, then waited with some patience for the treat. At length he was con- strained onstrained to remark: "I'm Hearin' ye're giein' a treat to. every customer." "You'd hardly' expect a treat with an egg's worth of darning -needles," the storekeeper replied. "Ah, weel, bit ye canna draw the line tooa close—a customer's a cus- tomer." "All right. What'll you have?" - "I'll take a bit whiskey." The storekeeper poured out a horn of whiskey and laid it on the counter. "I'm used to haein' a bit sugar in it," said Sandy, smacking his lips. The storekeeper opened the bin and dropped a lump of sugar into the glass. 'Sandy looked at the concoction/hes- itated a moment, and then spoke a- gain. "I'm used to haein' an egg in it," he ventured. - The storekeeper reached behind and took front a shelf the very egg that Sandy hied traded. He broke the shell and' let the contents drop into the glass. And, wonderful to - behold, there were two yolks. Sandy looked on, and a smile of satisfaction came to his face as he raised the glass to his lips. "I'm thinkin'," he said, "there's anither egg's worth o' needles corrin' to me." I suppose there are good reasons why the things that came into town n for use and consumption, by the towns - /people and farmers have not advanc- ed in price proportionately -as much as the things that were hauled in by the farmers. The economic system has changed, as well as the means of transportation and the facilities for shipment abroad. In those days a cheese i ee sold milk to the few farmers factories, but the exchange for it, either in cheese, or cash or whey, but mostly in all three, was just enough to be an aggravation: Creameries such as operate to -day all over the country - were unknown, and their splendid products were yet to bless a later generation. And while butter was common barter, there was no standard of quality. All went at one price, for no storekeeper could give Mrs. Jones fifteen cents in tradedfor butter, and Mrs. Brown only cents, and go on 1geeping store, Whether Mrs. Brown's butter was the best or the worst, she received fifteen cents for it in barter, just the same as - all the others. The theory was, literally, that all butter is born equal, which is the same as to say that all customers must be treated as if equal. Here, then, i a crude sense, was the For now everybody wearS silk where - equality facto in Socialism put into ever it can be worn, and the lady, practice. But it"Was a practice that especially the young one, who appears could not last,' for while it prevails 1 formally in anything but silk uninen- to a very slight extent in some places ` tionables is regarded as far from be - even to -day, it is not the basis of trade in our towns as it used to be. _I have remarked aeked that the butter was not all of standard quality. Some of it was not as good as it looked. I recall one woman who used all her own butter on her own table. But one unfortunate day she discovered a dead mouse in the crock of cream. Not daunted, however, she did the usual churning and produced a fine-looking roll of butter. But she couldn't eat it herself. She knew the butter was really all right and would taste good to anyone who did not know about the mouse. So she took it to " the storekeeper, told him the truth, and. asked whether he would exchange it for a roll from his cellar. "You know," she said, making a slight misquotation, "for what the mind doesn't know the heart won't grieve for." "Oh, that's all right," said the obliging storekeeper, "I'm pleased to accommodate you." good old days when flannel, was in the heyday of its. respectability. A silk stocking or a silk "undie" was men- tioned only in connection with royalty and one silk dress was supposed to last a life time. But what a change! He disappeared into the cellar and a moment later reappeared with a roll of butter that you scarcely could tell from the one he had taken down. The woman thanked him and de- parted. A few days later she was in the store again. "How did . you like the butter I gave you the other day?" the store- keeper asked. - "It was just lovely," said the wo- man, "just lovely. I couldn't have told it from my own." - "Neither Could I," said the store- keeper. "You know that what the mind doesn't know the heart doesn't grieve about. That butter was your awn." The farmers, or usually their wives, used to drive into town with their butter and eggs, which were known as "produce." They- wouldstop in front of some store, dry goods or grocery, as indeed they sometimes do nowadays, and have the crock of butter or basket of eggs carried in, to be weighed or counted. Then, hav- ing agreed to the weight or count and the price, they would proceed to "take it out in trade." Now the trad- ing, both as to price and method, was so different from what it is now that one scarcely can refrain from review- ing it. A dozen eggs, ashavewe remarked would buy a yard of shirting. It was shirting of cotton,material, mostly blue on a white round, in. either plaids ar stripes, and the usual price was a York shilling a yard. The price for the shirting now is fifty cents a yard, and the eggs fetch more than that a dozen, so that the ad- vantage is still with the farmer. The trading was not done in those days with the same facility as it is to -day. Half a cent a yard was worth haggling over. And haggle they did, the . customer framing a variety 'of reasons why she would not buy at the price, and going so far as to say, as I heard one woman *say, that the shirting did not look like her Henry. The merchant, of course, had his ar- guments well seasoned, the chief ones being that the goods were the best that could be produced for the money and that while any shirting was bound to fade sooner or later, the kind un- der consideration would hold its eplor almost as long as the shirt would last. A pound and a half of butter would buy a yard of cottonade at twenty-five, cents a yard. The same goods now sell at seventy-five cents a yard, and the butter at sixty. So that we see again the advantage with the farmer. Printed cotton used to be a great thing for summer dresses. A dozen eggs would) buy a yard that was guaranteetd not to fade.. Now the same dozen. would buy two yards at thirty-five cents a yard. Again the farmers get the draw. - That fine old historic stuff gingham used to sell at twelve and a half cents a yard, and naturally one dozen eggs would buy one yard. Now it sells at forty cents, and a dozen eggs buys almost two yards. Every little while someone would want a bundle or two of cotton warp. It was used mostly in coarse weaving 'and as a binding for rag carpets and mats and sold at a dollar a• bundle. Nov it is worth at least four dollars a bundle. Here, then,we have an item that has advanced to the dis- advantage of the farmer, but as prac- tically none of it is' used nowadays the result is as nothing. We should remember that I am writing in the month of March, in the "winter of our discontent," and that the farmer does not get as much for his butter and eggs in the summer months as he does now. What a splendid place "cashmere" took in the economy of those days! Do we remember the stuff that used to sell at sixty cents a yard and that was of exquisite quality at a dollar? A black cashmere dress always was in proper placje, even at -a picnic, and it was very handy in case of death in the family. It is almost off the market now, and if a woman to -day buys the kind that used , to cost a dollar a yard she pays four dollars for it. But she doesn't buy any, -so where's the difference? Cashmere stockings that used to cost forty cents a pail now cost $1.25, and one almost has to wear them these winter months. But we are harking back to the ing smart and indeed almost as outre as if she were to appear in evening dress wearing a wrist watch. But flannel! Who would be so careless as to wear it for -any prati- cal purpose nowadays? Still it has had its day of glory. Who can re- ineni'ber the lovely soft cream -colored flannel that used to cost only from forty to sixty cents a yard? It was smooth enough for the baby and costs to -day from a dollar to a dollar and a half a yard. And all -wool gray flannel that might shrink a little you r 2ould get for forty cents a yard or in exchange for two anda half pounds of butter. It was good for all mem- bers of the family, not quite so good, however, as the red kind, which had a soothing influence on sore throat, rheumatism and lumbago. It - was good also for chest and lung troubles, and if worn next to the skin had acknowledged curative properties. But silk, at last, has come into its own. Silk nighties, silk petticoats, silk camisoles, silk combinations and silk shirts are as common as linen or cotton and flannel used to be. Pro- portionately silk does not cost as much, and who is so unhuman as not to " like the soft feel of it, its swish and its beautiful sheen? It used to take eight dozen eggs to, buy a yard of good silk. To -day four dozen will do the trick. Do you wonder, then, that the farmer's- wife turns to silk stockings if she can get a pair for two dozen eggs when thirty years ago the same pair would have cost a whole summer's laying? You were among the best customers and in easy circumstances, if not in afflu- ence, if you paid as high as ;1.25 for a corset or:;. a pair of kid gloves. Whether rich or poor, your ticking east twenty-five cents where to -day it cost seventy-five. Your towelling cost twelve and a half cents where to -day it costs forty-five. Your sew- ing cotton cost four cents where to- day it costs ten. Your man's "gauzy" cost $1.25 where to -day it costs $3.25. Your floor oilcloth cost fifty cents where- to -day it costs $1.50. Your ribbons cost twenty-five••eer where to -day they cost seventy-five. Your table linen cost one dollar where to- day it costs four. Tobacco was ten cents a plug, with a clay pipe 'thrown in. In most of these things, as ou can see, the comparative increas is in favor of the butter and eggs. ut if I were a farmer I should be just as annoyed as all farmers must be who read this article, For nothing has been said about the chief products of the farm, about grains and fruits and vegetables and roots and live stock. But I have the defense that these -important things were not in those days, nor are they to -day, arti- cles of direct barter. They were given in exchange for the common legal tender, and therefore do not enter our prsent consideration. Any- one can see, nevertheless, that if all farm products have advanced in the same proportion as eggs and butter, the farmer should not fare very bad- ly, even now. After all, everything falls back' on the ultimate consumer. He is the one who takes the brunt in all instances of high prices, present company, of course, excepted.—By Newton MacTavish in Canadian Mag- azine. INCUBATION AND BROODING OF CHICKS Which is it to be, hens or incu- bators? If less than 100 chicks are to be hatched it is not generally con- sidered advisable to buy an inenbator, but if more than that .number are wanted it ie almost a neccssi:y to terMusie Sunday, April 4 4th 1920 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - SEAFORTH Rev. Dr. Larkin, D.D., Pastor MORNIN - Organ Recital—.10.45 to 11 o'clock Solo - 0 God Who Hast Prepared Dr. Alfred R. Gaul Master Jades Stewart Anthem-- They Have Taken Away My Lord —Sir John Stainer Soloist, Miss Edith McKay Sermon—Christ is Risen Rev. Dr. Larkin, D.D. Solo- 0intheLord Rest L d • (from the Oratorio "Elijah") —Mendelisohn. Mr. Dalton Reid Anthem— This is the Day Dr. Alfred R. Gaul Postlude—Hallelujah 'Chorus (The Messiah) Handel -EVENING - Organ Recital -6.45 to 7 o'clock. Anthem -- Saviour, When Night .Involves the Skies H. R. Shelley Soloist Mr. James Mullen Solo—Song Divine --Gordon Temple Mr. George Israel Sermon— The Spiritual Body Rev. Dr. Larkin, D.D. Anthem— We Will Rejoice --Caleb Simper Soloist, Miss Hattie Murray Anthem -- O Give Thanks —Michael Watson Postlude- "Alleluia" - —E. S. Hosmee Organist and Choirmaster Mr. A. T. CRAIG have an incubator. If hens are used, select only birds that appear to be deternened to set end are not clumsy or nervous on the nest. Do not al- low hens in the came pen with set- ters. Be - sure that your hen is per- fectly free from all vermin and see that she has a supply of fresh water and some whole grain every day. If artificial methods are used, a well ventilated cellar with a fairly even temperature makes a suitable location for the incubator. Buy a well -made machine of a well -tested make. Study the general directions sent with each machine and have it 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111Hil1'.- _SUG AR ":"i".: ▪ We expect a car in the course of a few days. Now is the time to put g E in your season's supply. EE E Special prices off he car. F. W. G. NEAL Waiton - - Ont. mI11111IMi IiJIUIlIuhIlIMNi$I1IMM111IlIIII UBLIN SHOE STO'E All lines marked at Special Prices for Easter Week $70O & S11.00 values for $4.50 to $7.98 Extra Special in -Chil- dren's Shoes M & A. McDAID Dublin, Ont, started several days before trusting the eggs to it. The first essential of a good hatch whether under bens or in incubators is to have eggs from healthy, vigor- ous breeding stock. The fresher the egg the better chance of a good hatch. Select only eggs of a normal size, discarding all rough, uneven, thin shells or any peculiar or ab- normal shape. Do not allow the eggs to become chilled before being set. Give the hens or incubators a fairwithgood chance g od hatchable eggs and under most conditions they will produce good 'healthy chicks. To be successful in the brooding and rearing of chicks requires con- stant care .and attention to details. If chicks are hatched by hens, let the hen remain quietly on the nest until the chicks get so lively that they in- sist on leaving it, then remove the hen with her brood to a coop previ- ously prepared for her. All coops should be thoroughly disinfected be- fore use each season and also between broods. A hen should be given no more chicks than she can keep comfort- ably warm. The articficial method requires a brooder so made that it will be possible to produce and hold heat enough to provide for the com- fort of the chicks .in any weather, easily and well ventilated. The chicks should be left in the incubator until perfectly dry and great care must be taken to avoid chill in changing them to the brooder. The brooder must be almost the same temperature as what they were accustomed to in the incubator for a start. Extremes of heat or cold are very disastrous. _Chicks require no food for 48 to 60 hours after being hatched, as a chick when it leaves the shell has a sufficient supply of nourishment to last it for several days. Peed small quantities at a time and often dur- ing the first two weeks. Dry bread - crumbs slightly moistened with milk, rolled oats, pinhead oatmeal and finely cracked mixed grains may be allowed but all changes should be made gradually. Give them plenty of green food and place grit, water or sour milk where the chicks - will have free access to it. Self feeding hop- pers containing cracked grains and dry mash are the best means of feeding the growing stock while on a good grass range. MORE CURLING NEWS Now folks, there's something missing 1 In that ryhme a week ago, All about the good old curlers And that game that they love so; It happened in the rink One brisk winter's afternoon, When the U. F. O.'s gave battle, Till they :ret an awful doom. The young ones from the East end, The East Colts was their name, Cnallenged the U. F. O.'s To a little friendly game. The game it was a good one, But I won't keep you in sur ence, For the curling of the East Colts Ilur.g their opponents on the fence. There was McIntosh and Wilson, Thomas Dickson and Adam Dodds; They fought an awful battle Against most fearful odds. They came in. all their war paint; It was wonderful to see, Jack McIntosh was skipping With a pad upon his knee. The East End Colts were wonders For sweeping stones or skill; Broderick, he was skipping, And his place was hard to fill. But the support of Reid and Haigh And Tom Beattie playing too, It's no wonder that the U. F. 0.'s - Got no more shots than two. The followers of both the rinks Turned out from near and far, • Some came in their hayracks While others used a car. And when the game was over, And the shouting it was done, All the fans had to admit That the battle was well won. Now, •`ht speaking of the curlers We. must not forget to say A little word of Peck, And how he worked both night and day . To get that ice in shape - For the game that afternoon, And the way that he succeeded Was a credit to our "coon." Now I'll write you one more verse, Which must surely be my- last. You'll have curlers in the future As you've had them in the pass. But speaking for the East End Colts I can truly say they feel, For a good old veteran curler We'll doff our hats to Johnnie Steele. HURQN NOTES —A nine mo dths old steer, weigh- s g 830 pounds fed byWilbur Turn- bull, of Grey townshi, and marketed through the United Farmers' Co- operative Co., topped the Toronto market Tuesday of last week at 153 per cwt. —There were: only two 'bane's of- fered for the erection of Blyth Mem- orial f he the ton t )letcompletion time limit, March 15th. These were so far in advance df the estimated cost that the committee have thought it advisable to make alterations in the plan to bring the Striatum when completed within the ainmint of money subscribed for the purpose. With tins object in view Architect Murray has been consulted and the probability' is that new plans- will k furnished. —Fifty years ago Mr. and, Mrs. Albert Ford, of Exate r, were mar - 1 ried. Through the journey of their } married life the sands of time have been lenient towards them and both are enjoying remarkably good health, and it was appropriate that the gol- den opportunity be celebrated. Ac- cordingly the immediate relatives of- the fthe family were invited in and the _ event was fittingly celebrated on. Thursday. There is not one who knows them but what will pay tribute' to their worth and will wish them happy returns of the anniversary and hearty enjoyment of them. —Last Monday Miss Janet McKay, a lady well known and most highly esteemed, passed over the border line,. following a long and trying period of ill health. The end came at the home of Mrs. Alex. Hunter, in, Brassels, sister to deceased, with whom she had lived for years. The subject of this notice made her residence at Cranbrook, with her brother, A. M. McKay, before going to Brussels and had scores of friends both there and in Brussels. She was a faithful mem- ber of the Presbyterian church and was buried on Wednesday, her pas- tor, Rev. A, J, Mann, conducting the service, assisted by Rev. Mr. Staf- ford. Miss McKay was born in Sutherlandshire, Scotland, and came to Canada when a young'girl. The' parents passed away at Cranbrook. —On Monday of last week- the tenders for the building of Exeter's. cement roadway were opened by the. council. Some seven tenders were re- ceived and the prices ranged from fifty to sixty thousand dollars, the lowest tender being that. of Honing - worth Company, of Hamilton. At first it appeared as if the prices were prohibitive. However, it was figured ' out that there had been a mistake in the specifications the width of the paved road being greater than in- tended for darts of the distance, and it was finally decided to award the tender to the above named company at $44,000, the road to be t*.enty feet wide from South. Boundary to Amt St., 36 feet wide to Sanders street, 24 feet wide to Station street, and 20 feet to the approach to the bridge. Of the total cost it is estimated that the provincial government will pay $12,000, so that the cost to the vil- lage will be in the neighborhood of $32,000, which. is some $7,000 above the amount voted by by-law. The work will be begun about May 1st and completed abqut August 1st. —General regret is expressed over the demise of Grace les Robb, beloved wife of Augustus Wheeler; who pass- ed away Wednesday of last week at her home in Grey townshigt' aft the age of 25 years, 9 months and 27 days. She is survived by her hus- band, two little sons and her parents and- sister. The funeral was very r larl,ely attended last Saturday after - neon, service being conducted by Rev W. E. Stafford. The pallbearers were Levi Parr, James Bryans, John Work, Elston Cardiff, Leslie Thuell and W. McCuteheon. Interments we s made in Brussels cemetery. Anlosg the beautiful floral tributes was a wreath from Greenbush Patriotic Society, an organization that owed much of its success to deceased when she was teaching in that locality. Mrs. Wheeler was a daughter of John and Mrs. Robb; 6th line, Morris township, and was married . to her new bereft partner on March 16th, 1918. She possessed a bright attractive person- ality and was beloved by all who knew her and her death east a gloom, over the community. —After an extended " illness of several months from hesrt trouble fol- lowed by dropsy, Faith Robertson, be- loved wife of . Nathaniel Platt, of John street, Brussels, passed to her reward on the 17th inat, in her 68th year. She was born in Tecumseh township, Simeoe County ene was married to her now bereft partner forty-four years ago. Shortly after they moved to the 5th line, Morris township, where they lived until 15 years ago, when they moved to Brus- sels. Deceased is survived by her husband, two sons, William, in Mon- tana and Andrew, in Sask., and two- daughters, Mrs. Charles Davis, Mor- ris, and Mrs. Lipphardt, of Handel,. Sask. Mrs. William Stephenson, an- other daughter, died fifteen years ago. l!1'rs. Wm, Cameron, of Owen Sound locality, formerly of Brussels, is a sister and Azor Robertson, Te- cumseh, a brother, both of whom at- tended the funeral. Burial was made Saturday afternoon in Brussels cem- etery, Rev. Mr. Mann conducting the service. The pallbearers were S. Wil- ton, ilton, S. C. Wilson, S. T. Plum, G. Muldoon, F. Sperling and W. Pipe. --In the death of George Budden on Thursday morning last, there pass- ed out one of the oldest and most esteemed residents of the township of Hullett, and one who played his full share in tate early development of the township, having . spent over fifty- seven ftgseven yearsL of his long life in that section. The late Mr. Ruddell was a n of robust constitution, n, which he enjoyed throughout his entire life of over 94 years. He was born in t County of Armaugh, Ireland, . on tine 29th of January, • 1826, and there he lived until nineteen years of age, when he came to Canada, his destina- tion estinytion being Toronto, where he remain- ed To- ronto leaving short time. he went to Halton County whet* he followed -the work of mine/right, and while there he was married iu 1851 to Miss Christiana Stewart. In the year 1863 be went to Hullett tom= ship} where he located on lot 21, an the IOth concession, which some few years previous he had been granted by the Canada Company* The lot was then in its primes state and here be and his ' w to carve out 'a „ for theenssiver and fa.ntity, and in dater life lived to enjoy the fruits of his early labor.