The Huron Expositor, 1931-09-25, Page 1Seventy-second Year
Whole Number 3328
COLLEGIATE SPORTS DAY ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 29th
The Athletic Association of the Sea -
forth Collegiate Institute have an-
nounced that their annual sports day
will be held' this year on Tuesday,
September 29th, at the agricultural
grounds. The program, of sports will
be much the same as in former years,
but
u promises to be keenly
contested. Entries should be espec-
ially heavy in Junior and Intermedi-
ate ,classes with the large ,lumber of
new pupils registered in he lower
forms this year. From the winners
in each event at this sports meet will
beto icked the S. C. I. representatives gpltt t!heeHuro r Athletic -Meet.
I
oser•li3ports Meet in' Clinton.
Illi;,M4Intion Athletic Association will
hold their annual meet in Clinton: on
Friday, October 2nd. ` This associa-
tion, which comprises the Collegiutes'
of Seaforth, 'Clinton, Goderich, Exeter
and Mitchell, is in its sixth year and
each year puts on a better met than
the preceding one. Each year the as-
scaiation brings together the pick of
the athletes in the secondary schools
of the district, all striving for the Me -
Millan Cup, emblematic of the win-
ning ,collegiate and for the various
individual trophies. This year` the lo-
cal Collegiate has much good material
ready to .entee in every event, and
with careful Coaching, should make
an excellent showing at this' meet.
Colonel Anthony YanEgmoud and the Rebellion of 1837
In Huron County
(By Wilfred Brenton Kerr, M.A.,
OXON. 'PH.D.,- Toronto, Fellow of the
Royal Historical Society, •Assistant
Professor of History, University of
Buffalo).
Through the courtesy of Professor
Kerr, The Expositor will be enabled tp
publish this.; history in thirteen chap-
ters, the first of which appears in this
week's issue.
The author needs no introduction to
The Expositor's readers, as he is a
noted graduate• of the Seaforth Col-
legiate Institute, and a son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Kerr, of this town, and,
aside from the historical value of
these articles, they will be of. particu-
lar interest to the people of Huron
County.
Chapter I.
vice in, the Dutch 'Royal Army. In
181'5 Napoleon returned from; Elba to
rule France for the Hundred. Days
and ,to Conduct his . last campaign.
Against him . the Prussians under
Blucher were first in the field, short-
ly followed• by the British under Wel-
lington. In the war' thus renewed,
Van Egmond served with the Allies;
!fin the beginning under Blucher, later
under .the Duke of Wellington whose
forces he joined in time to take part
at Waterloo. Severely wounded in
this greatest of nineteenth century
battles, he was carried off the field,
having thereby earned a fitting cli-
I max to a military career of twenty-
two years during which he had . re-.
ceieed fourteen wounds and had at-
tained the rank of Colonel. These
facts are sufficient indication of his
military qualities.
When Napoleon had been exiled to
Saint Helena, peace at last returned
to Europe with a fair prospect sof
permanence. Such a condition may
not 'have been altogether 'pleasing to
Van Egmond and may have impelled
him to further adventures in a dist-
ant country. In 1819' he migrated
with his wife and family to the Unit-
ed States and settled en Indiana
County, Innsylvania, where he oc-
cupied himself. in farming and man-
aging, a store. But after eight years
he lieeanie again dissatisfied and for
reasons which 'we can `only guess, de-
termined to move to Upper 'Canada.
He chose Waterloo County as his new
home and proceeded to transport
thither his family and .his property.
While at Niagara on the move he
found a load of settlers especially
anxious to reach their destination;
and to assist them he lent them his
wagons, meanwhile storing at Niagara
his own property which included a
large portrait of ,himself. The set-
tlers presumably arrived at their
destination; but when the Colonel re-
turned to Niagara he was unable to
find the portrait, which had been neg-
lected or disposed of by the people
with whom he had left it. ' The inci-
dent at least throws a •• 'favourable
light on Van Egmond's attitude to his
fellow -settlers: In Waterloo County
the Colonel's party found themselves
temporarily obliged to undergo'quar-
antine in a barn, a fate which may
easily befall immigrants in a strange
land. Having successfully passed this
test, however, the Colonel and his
family rented a farm and settled in
Waterloo. He was at the time by
no means a poor man; he had inherit-
ed considerable wealth and had done
fairly well in Pennsylvania, thus
rightedly deserving the reputation
which was his, of) being rich and
prosperous. But he was not unready
to consider further frontier adven-
tures; and when in the course of the
year 1827 he met John Galt, of the
Canada Company, he was not slow
to conclude a bargain which" led him
once more remove into •the Huron
Tract.
ANTHONY VAN EGMOND
•
Anthony W. I. G. VanEgmond was
born in Holland in 1771. He came of
a noble and wealthy family, the most
famous of whom had been the Count
Egmont, who was executed by orders
of the Duke of Alva at the commence-
ment of the Dutch revolt against
Spain. The social and political posi-
tion of the Egmonts as of most noble
families in the 18thry, dictated
to their younger mdle repre tatives
at least a passing :acquaintance • h
the profession of arms. Accordingly
young Anthony took service as an of-
ficer with the Dutch forces in the war
between revolutionary France and the
European Coalition which commenced
in 1793. In his first campaign or
-campaigns, success was not on his
side; in 1795 the French, aided by
the Dutch republican party, overran
Hlolland with ease apd converted it in-
to a dependency of the French Re-
public. For the next eighteen yeare
.Holland was in reality a part of the
French dominions and as such furnish-
ed its contingent to the French armies
in their numerous campaigns. Ac-
cordingly Van Egmond took service;
under Napoleon. It is said that he
was an aide-de-camp of the Emperor i
himself and that he campaigned in It-1
ely and Spain. Whether this is so or
not (and conditions render it prob- i
able), it is not to bei doubted that he
participated in the great rna;ch ' to
Moscow in 1812 and that he was one
of the fortunate few who returned. In
this campaign his wife accompanied
him, and gave birth to a son, who liv-
ed in the neighbourhood of Seaforth
until the beginning of this century.
All three returned safe to Holland in
time to witness the great Continental
revolt against. Napoleon in the year
1813, the expulsion of the Emperor
to Elba and the restoration 'of the old
monarchies, including that of Hol-
land. According to the arrangements
of the Peace of Vienna the Dutch re-
ceived again the House of Orange,
dignified by the royal title in place of
the semi -republican designation of
Stadtholder. 'In these new circum-
' stances Van ,Egmond changed 'sides,
probably reluctantly and, accepted ser -
BOW MY WORLD WAGS
By That Ancient Mariner
DEAN D. HU•RMDY
"Women canning to save waste."
Whose waist?
* * *
Many Canadian cities are Abolish,.
ing their menacing jungles. Three
cheers and a tiger!
* * *
"Ducks are scarce as season opens
•
in Ontario." Like pedestrians, they are
learning to dunk.
* * *
Two Toronto mete, financially
"down," won $2,437 on the ponies.
Case of pony up.*
"Toronto police give' up, catching
dogs." Just another reason for admir-
ing Toronto's finest. ,We all should be
'willing to give up something in these
difficult times.
* *
"Physician suggests five meals a
"
ladyuiferin with lassitude
dayfor s
g
A lass who ails with lassitude
Should simply eat a mass o'food.
* * *
"New methods of reducing bacteria
in ice-cream announced at Montreal."
Well, certain types of operators should
be( barred from the manufacturing
process, We refer to that historic
young woman who suffered from bac-
teria. That is, she Wag so cross-eyed
that when she cried the tears. ran
down her back.
* . * *
Toronto's mayor
'Cries "'Mast un-fayorl
Toronto lacks
'John Junior's tacks
Example make! e, 1
For that 1 ake."
Hut Mr, Aird
He don't seem scaird.
Those big -dough boys
Ain't 'fraid of noys.
• * * e /
Those Jolly Old Conventions.
Along abput this time of year some
gold enthusiast thinks up the idea of
having a convention. -Sa he calls up
more gold enthusiasts. And they call
up the'e1lcials of some of the organ-
izations they belong to, say, the Am-
algamated Federation of Consolidated
Canadian 'So-and-so's. And suggest
a convention.
All right, blit where?
Oh, anywhere there is a good golf
course. Vancouver, Montreal, Regina,
Halifax, Winnipeg. Better try for
some place with a little fishing and a
good ginger ale foundry adjoining.
So they hold it. ' ''
Fishing and the main sessions are
in the morning. Golf and committee
meetings in the afternoon. The only
time for relaxation is in the evenings.
Even then they have to have a lot of
sub -committee meetings at which they
try hard to settle whether it is better
to add ginger ale or just plain water.
Usually it takes half of the! morn-
ing period to get a quorum, as a lot
of the fishermen are apt to be late.
And ,during the second half of the
period, many members with strings
tied to their fingers, begin to slip out
to buy those golf balls they must not
forget.
Then there is the fancy dress ball
tae last evening. Oh, boy, how they
can east care aside if the ginger ale
is goad; Everything perfectly nice,
of course, and all that. $ut jolly,
real jolly.
• And d big sing -song to wind up the
#vening. Talk about those financial
mergers. Why, some of those boys can
merge • all the keys . in music into one
song.
Next morning, back to normal.busi-
SEAFORTif,:.. E
ness (we hopeit will soon be) and
home. cooking.
Windsor report, says Essex County
tomato growers urge the use of more
tomato juice. We hereby cordially
agree, as follows:
Tomato Song.
Lovely tomato!
Red as a lobster
And red as a beet,
Red as the socks
On old, Grandfather's feet.
Red as a sehool-house
And red as'a rose,
died as a bibulous
Gentleman's nose.
Red as a live coal
And red as hot coke,
Red as a person
Who's just going to choke.
Red as a poppy
And red as the dawn
Red as the throat
In a crocod'ile's -yawn. -
May this fate, 0 tomato, be thine:
To be used in a cocktail divine.
—Dean D. Hurmdy.
•
EXETER FALL FAIR
In
N. CLUFF' k SONS
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W. Oestricher and 2nd; one year old
heifer, W. oeatricher, R, D. Hunter;
heifer calf, W. Oestrieher and 2nd ;
bull calf, R. D. Hunter, W. Oestrich-
er; hull, 1 year and over, W. Oestrich-
er; diploma for best animal; any age,
R. D. •Blunter.
'Herefords—Aged cow, '1. Hirtzel,
O'Neal Bros.; two year old heifer,
O'Neal Bros.; one year old heifer,
'Exeter Agricultural Sdciety held O'Neal Bros., •Stutt°'Bros.; heifer calf, POULTRY •
its annual FaII Fair on Tuesday and Stutt Bros., O'Neal Bros.; bull calf, Dark Brahamas, (cr and p) R.
Wednesday and with perfect weather, Stutt Bros. and 2nd; diploma for best
an unusually Targe list of entries, and animal, any age, O'Neal Eros.
a large attendance of spectators on Jersey—Aged cow, W.,J. Veal; two
Wednesday, the fair was one of the year old heifer, K. Belyea .and 2nd;
outstanding successes in the Society's one year old heifer, K. Belyea; heifer
history. " calf, W. Decker, 0. Battler; bull calf,
The indoor entries constituted a re; N. Stanlake, W. J. Veal; diploma for
cord, and the display was an exeep- best animal, any age, W. J. Veal.
tionally attractive one. Especially ' Grades. — Junior calf, F. Ford,
was this so in roots and vegetables, N. Clark; Senior calf, O'Neal Bros'.,
which for number and quality have B. Hicks; diploma for best animal,
never been .beaten at Exeter. any age, O'Neal Bros.; Lindenfield's
The outdoor entry was equally good Special; Fred Ford.
and competition in all stock classes Judge—G. H. Jasper, • C+arlshube.
was keen, particularly in the poultry, `SEEP
which was the largest and ,best ex- Dorset Horned—Aged ram, P. Dear-, p) T. Wilson and 2nd; Sussex Speck -
•Snowden; ewe lamb, a. Robson, G,
Penhale
Leicesters-!•.god ram, • E. Sne111
;shearling ram, L D. Mansen, E. Snell;
ram 'lamb, E. Snell and 2nd; ewe
having waised Iambs this .year,. E.
'Snell and 2nd; shearling' ,ewe, E.
Snell and 2nd; ewe lamb; E. Snell and
2nd.
:South Downs --Aged ram, C. Knight,
&',2nd; shearling ram, C. Knight; ram
lamb, C. Knight and 2nd; ewe, C.
Knight and 2nd; shearling ewe and
ewe lamb, C. Knight and 2nd.
Judge- Jaynes, Ron, Mitchell.
HOGS
Yorkshire -Boar, 2 years old and
over, Garnet Miners; boar, 1 year .old
and under two,. Garnet Miners; boar
under 1 year, Garnet Miners, C. P;gut;
sow, 2 years old and over, Carnet
Miner$,- sow, 1 year old and under 2,
Garnet Miners, C. Prout; sow under
one year, 11. Truemner, G. Miners....
Berkshire—!Boar, under 1year, T.
M. Snowden; sow, under 1 year, T. M.
Snowden.
Tamworth --Boar, 1 year old and
under two, John Manson; boar, under.
1 year, John Manson, S. J. Pym &
Soni; sow, under/1 year, S. J. Perm,
John Manson; Canadian Canners'
special for best brood sow,, Garnet
Miners; for best baabti hog, Garnet
Miners.
Judge --Charles Howey, Exeter.
Doan; any variety Cochin (c).» Mrs.
Whiting, T. C. 'Wilson, (h) T. Wilson,
Mrs. Whiting, (cr and p) N. Camp-
bell, T. Wilson; Silver Grey Dorkings.
(c) J. McDonald, Mrs. Whiting, (h)
T. Wilson, Mrs. Whiting, (er .and p)
T. C. Wilson; Buff Orphingtans, (c)
Mrs. Whiting, C. Mair, (h) J. Mc-
Donald, Mrs. Whiting, (c) Mrs. Whit-
ing, J. McDonald, (p) J. McDonald, R.
Doan; Light Brahman, (c) J". -McDon-
ald, T. Wilson, (h) T. C. Wilson, .Mrs.
Whiting, (cr) T. Wilson and 2nd, (p)
T. Wilson and 2nd; any other variety
0rpingtons, (c) 'R. Doan, (h, cr and
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rldbit in the history of the Fair. ing; shearling ram, P. Dearing; ram
The gate receipts amounted to lamb, P. Dearing; ewe having raised
something over $700. lambs this year, P. Dearing and, 2nd;
The following is a list of the sur- shearling ewe, P. Dearing and' 2nd;
cessful' exhibitors'in the outdoor class- ewe ld'i'nb, P. Dearing and 2nd. ,
es: Oxford Downs—AgedP ram, S. J.
HORSES Pym; shearling ram, S. J. Pym; ram
General Purpose—Foal, foaled in. lamb, S. J. Pym; ewe harming raised
193(I, E. J. Pym, J. Willis; filly or lambs this year, S. J. Pym & Sons
gelding, 3 year old, S. King, W. and 2nd; shearling ewe, S. J. Pym
Decker; filly or gelding, 2 year old, & Sons and 2nd; ewe lamb, S. J.
W. Decker, Mrs. L. Rowcliffe; filly or Pym & Sons and 2nd.
gelding, 1 year old, S. King; team, W. Shropshiredowns—Aged ram,. T. C.
Decker, J. C. Ha;rison. Wilson, 0. Battler; shearling ram, T.
Agricutltura'l--Brood mare aeeom • C. Wilson and 2nd, ram lamb, T. C.
panied by foal, W. Bowden; foal, foal- Wilson and 2nd; ewe having raised
ed in 1931, W. Bowden; filly or gelds lambs this year, T. C. Wilson .and 2nd;
ing, 3' year old, J. Willis, R. Tinney; shearling ewe, T. C. Wilson; ewe lamb,
filly or' gelding, 2 year old, E. Ether- T. C. Wilson, 0. Battler,
ington, W. Preszcator; filly or geld-: Lincolns ---Aged ram, G. Robson, T.
ing, 1 year old, R. Tinney, W. Bow- M. Snowden; shearling ram, G. -Pen -
den; team, L. H. Rader, E. J. Willert; hale, G. Robson;. ram lamb, G. Pen -
diploma for best animal; any age, L. hale, G. Robson; enve having raised
H. Rader. lambs this year, G. Robson, G. Pen -
Heavy Draft—Brood mare accom- hale; shearling ewe, G. Robson, T. M.
panied by foal, R. D..Hunter and 2nd;
foal, foaled in 1931,-R. D. Hunter and
2nd; filly or gelding, 2 yearn old, M.
Tinney; filly or gelding, 1 year old,
A. Ellerington; team, K. McKellar..
Judge—W. S. Steadman, Petrolia.
Carriage -- Foal, foaled in 1931,
John Manson; filly or gelding, 2 year
old, A. Etherington, W, Decker; filly
or gelding, 1 year old, J. Manson;
single carriage horse, E. J. Willett,
E. WaIper. pair carriage horses in
harness and carriage, W. Thiel; lady
driver, Mrs. G. Datars, Mrs. I. Wil-
lert.
Judge --Allan Findlay, Chatsworth.
Roadsters+ -•-Brood mare accompan-
ied by foal, C. Ellwood, • G. Deters;
foal, foaled in 1931, C. Elwood, q.
Deters; filly or gelding, 3 year old, A.
Miller; filly or gelding, 2 year old,
Dr. A. R. Canepbell; pair roadsters in
harness and buggy, A. Weber, C. El-
wood; single roadster in harness and
buggy, 'Robert McLaren.
CATTLE
'Shorthorns -.Aged cow, E. J. Pym,
W. Oestricher; two year old heifer,
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The 'Crawford C•up s
the jurisd',ietion of re co:
Huron Football Club,
The Huron's 'Committee is coinnq,.
ed of a President, T. J , ephen.s; ;a
Seeretary-Treasurer, K. M. McLean,:
and an Executive composed' of Mes+r'sf,
W. G. Willis, C. Stewart, F. Sills,:•C
P. Sills, R. E. Jackson and G, .A a
Jackson. w lcepted.
The following special rules shall
govern all play:
L ' All
games must be played o.
the Recreation Grounds, Seaforth.
2. The Crawford•Cup shall be com-
peted
orn
peted foe as a competition during the
sprin-, season,The winner of the
aprmg series must' defend the cup'as
a challenge trophy during the fall seas
'son.'
3. A,l1 playing members of eacb
club must be "registered with the See-
reta`ry of the iE'uron's Committee. No
player shall compete with more than
one team' during the year, without
the consent of his original team and
the permission of the Huron's Com-
mittee.
4. No club outside a radius of
eight mil rem Seaforth is.eligible
for this coeetition.
5. An players must play' with the
team nearest his residence, and his
place of residence must be within a
radius of five railed of the regular
practise , ground of the Club which he
purposes play with.
6. All Clubs desiring to compete
in the Spring competition will send
two representatives to a meeting on
a date set by the Huron's Committee
when a Spring schedule will be drawn
up.
7. The winner of the Spring com-
petition shall defend the cup as a chal-
lenge cup during the Fall, under the
following rules: ...
(a) The holders of the Crawford
Cap .shall not be required to defend
it before the first oi' August or after
the 15th of October.
(b) The defender of the 'Craawford
Cup shall keep a record of challepges.
in the order in which they are receive
daysb
(f) A Cly far
on„
of .the date!Fr:'
with the hallege
shall proceed es ab`oire
challenging elu'b in d#der S
"holders '" nt th C-up'r fail `!t,...
dates as above ruled, pr #11,ply with any other 'regulatia
shall" forfeit the 'Crawford -
the the Huron's Committee, vyho'
a (g). The hdate for competition betty
next two ehallengingf'lblihbs in
holder of the : C
Cup shall, within faro days;'
the' previous game;'`' submit
dates to the next challenger rn t
(h) In the event of a tie gam'
the defender of the Crawford Cup;
tains possession. '
(i) In the event of no CO.
during any season, the Crawfo
shall reaezt to the' Huron's: Co t -
tee.
(j) The competing elubs may ar-
range for a referee, but in -the event
of a disagreement, the Huron's dui
mittee will appoint that official
(k) , In every'instance the holder's
of the Crawford Cup may charge
gate money, or take collection, in
which ease a sum of 10 per cent will
be paid into the Huron's Committee
for the purpose of the upkeep, of the
grounds.
(1) The Crawford Cup is the .perm-
anent possession of the Huron Foot-
ball Club's Committee and the winining
Club must give a satisfactory guar-
antee as to its return.
(n) Senior Cup competition rules
lie Western Football Association
s :M govern, in all other points.
rz
(c and h) J. Battler, Mrs. Whiting,
(cr and p) Mrs. Whiting; Houdans,
(c) J. McDonald, (h) T. Wilson, J.
McDonald, (cr and p) T. Wilson; Red
Caps, (c, hi cr and p) W. Bowden and
2nd; Sumatra Game, (c) N. Camp-
bell, Mrs. Whiting, (h and p)' Mrs.
Whiting, Neil Campbell, (cr)" N.
Campbell; White' Rocks (c) J. Mc-
Donald, L. O'Brien, (h) L. O'Brien
and 2nd, (cr) N. Campbell and 2nd,
(p) N. Campbell, L. O'Brien; Black
Giants, (cr and pl H"• Truemner; any
other variety fowl, (c and h) T. Wil-
son and 2nd, (et and p) R. Doan.
Turkeys—Bronze turkeys, (c) N.
Campbell, T. Snowden, (h) T. Snorw-
den, (cr) Mrs. Cunningham, (p) Mrs.
Cunningham, T. Snowden; any other
variety turkeys, (h and cr) T. M.
Snowden..
Geese --Bremen geese, ,(c) G. Min-
ers, (h) H. Truerener, G. Miners;
Touleouse geese, (e) 0. Battler, (h)
N. Campbell, 0.0.Ba)tler, (p) N. Camp-
bell; any othe riety geese, (c, h,
er and p) R. oan, S. J. Pym & Son.
Ducks—Aylesbury ducks, (cr and
p) J. McDonald; Pekin ducks, (c and
hl 0. Battler, T. M. Snowden, (cr and
p) 0. Battler, N. Campbell; Rouen
ducks, (c) R. D. Hunter, T. Snowden,
(h, cr and p) R. D. Hunter and. 2nd;
any other variety ducks, (c) Dr.
Grieve. R. Doan, (h) Dr. Grieve, J.
1 McDonald, (cr and p) N. Campbell and
2nd.
.Miscellaneous—Guinea fowl, (c and
h) T. Snowden; any other, variety rab-
bits, (old and young) S. Sanders, J.
McDonald; Collection of pigeons,. Mrs.
Whiting. •
Judge—Andrew Mason.
led, (c, h, and cr) Mrs. Whiting;
Barred Plymouth Rocks (c) Mrs.
Whiting, J. McDonald, (h) Mrs. Whit,
ing, P. Heron, (cr and p) T. C. Wilson
and and; any other variety Plymouth
Rocks, (c and h) James McDonald,
(cr) T. Wilson, J. McDonald, (h) R.
Doan; White Wyandottes, (c) J. Mc-
Donald, N: Campbell, (h) N. Camp-
bell, T. •Wilson, (cr and p) N. Camp-
bell and 2nd; ally other variety Wy-
andottes, (c) J. McDonald, Mrs
Whiting, (h) T. Wilson,'Mrs. Whit-
ing; S. C. Rhode Island Reds, (c and
hl Mrs. F. Triehner, L. O'Brien, (cr)
0. Battler, T. Wilson, (p) T. Wilson,
0. Battler; S. C. Rhode Island Reds,
(c) Mrs. Whiting, (cr) R. Doan; Buff
Leghorns, (c and h) J. McDonald and
2nd, (cr) N. Campbell, J. McDonald,
(p) J. McDonald, N. Campbell; White
Leghorns, (c) N. Campbell, T. Wilson,
(h) T. Wilson, L. O'Brien, (cr and p)
N. Campbell, L. O'Brien; Brown Leg -
horns, (c) L. O'Brien, T. Wilson, (h)
N. Campbell, T. Wilson, (cr) T. Wil-
son, J. McDonald, (p) Mrs. Whiting,
L. O'Brien; any othervariety Leg -
horns, (c, h and cr), R. Doan, T. Wil-
son, (p) T. Wilson, R. Doan; Black
Spanish, (h.) T. Wilson; Black IV1ln-
h
a .dSutton sold
occas, (c n ) J. 2nd,
(cr) J. Sutton, R. Doan, (p) J. Sut-
ton and 2nd; White 'Minorcas, (h) R.
Doan; Andalusians, (c and h) A. Kad-
ing, R. Doan, (cr and p) A. Kading
and 2nd; Anconal, (h) R. Doan., (cr)
L. O'Brien, ''R. Doan, (p) L. O'Brien
and 2nd; Black Hamburgs, (c and h)
J. Battler; .Cam.pines, Golden, (c) T.
Wilson. (h) L. O'Brien,
(cr)
T. son and 2nd, (p)
Wil-
son; Campines, Silver, (c, h, cr and
p) Mrs. Whiting; Polands, Golden, (c
and h) R. Doan; Polands, Silver, (cr
and p) Mrs, Whiting; B. B. Red game,
(cr)•J! Mc'ponald; All Canticle (c and
, h) Mrs, Whiting, N. Campbell, (er
I and p) Mrs. Whiting; Bantams Game,
(c and h) N. Campbell, Mrs. Whiting;
Gold11n Seabright, (h; 'el- and p) Mrs.
Waiting; Silver Seabright, (e) Mrs.
Whiting; any other variety B'ailtatas,
HOGGING THE. HOG
It's a long time since I filled up the
old corncob and put down a few
thoughts for readers of The Exposi-
tor. But, "better late than never," as
the old gal says to the guy at 2 in
the morning.
I've been watching the hog market
pretty closely the last several months,
said watching being much influenced
by the price we people in the cities
have to pay for a chunk of hog. Some-
how or another by someone or an-
other hams in spots sell around 4Q
cents a pound. In other spots at 30
cent, in other at 25 Dents and less.
Now, in this write-up of hogging
the hog, I do not propose to hog the
price, but will set the ham price at
30 cents, which I think is fair, But
let us go one better, chop off the
nickel and make the price 25 cents
we have to separate ourselves from
if we want ham and eggs for break-
fast.
The other day I bought a chu of
ham in a chain store. The hams av-
eraged 15 pounds each from 200 po n
hogs. For 30 pounds df the hog t e
farmer sold atr/i cents 5 e s f .o b: this
store wanted to nick me $1.50. The
farmer got $1'.65. If that isn't hog-
ging the hog, what is it?
, Let's go a little further. For a
200 pound hog at 51 cents the fanner
got $11 at his home town or..lo:t. A
smoked back from such a hog weighs
on the average 10 pounds, and smoked
backs are sold ii.4his city at 35 cents.
a pound. The two chunks of back
bacon, one each side of the back bone,
therefore would total 20 pounds, and
at 35 cents a pound figure $7.00.
Hams at 7.50, $14.50 in all for what
the farmer got $2.15. The packer,
chain store, someone got the rest of
the hfor g.
No oneog can tellnothinme that this 50
pounds of perk at $'14.60 does not try
someone handsomely when he reaps
$11.75 for his -share.
The rest of the hog, breakfast 'bac-
on, sides, 24 pounds at 30 cents,. a
pound, the shoulders, 14 pounds at ;15
cents; the butts at 15 cents; the lard,
the belly (now sold as Irish roll, .at
15 cents, the head, the feet. All''to
the good to the guy who bacons and
'sells the hog.
But some will say the hog in.slaugh-
ter Ioses -considerable. Suredid the
way we used to butcher up in Huron.
But packers don't do 'it that way.
Casings are cleaned, the contents and
blood sold as fertilizer; spare ribs re-
tail at 12 cents a pound. Even liver
at 10 cents the pound, and aristocratic
tenderloin at 50 cents.
The hog is post cured, or roiledin
cornmeal after a bath in salt brine.
The hog under this system of "cur-
ing" weighs as much as when freshly
killed. Men who have worked in pack-
ing plants tell me they hardly lose an
ounce.
-To put it in plain language, they
lose nothing but the squeal in this
"hogging the . hog." Sir Joseph
Flavelle, up at.North York the other
day, said the packers were unscrupu-
lous. Sir Joseph knows. He was a
big packer himself once.
The farmers up in North York
started something that day. No doubt
farmer organizations in Huron Coun-
ty have had communication from the '
men in this movement. And may the
Low` be with them, is devoutly set
down by the writer of this.
Perhaps people back on the farms
do not know, but I know, city people
everywhere say: "It's a shame the
prices the farmer gets this • fall of
1931." Not one of us would kick if
the farmer got what is coming to him.
Those of us who can use our heads
know this, that times will never be
ao'.d till the farmer' gets a square
deal. How can the farmer employ
men in the factories who get 60 cents
an hour up to over a. doIIar when his
own wage's are cut in two. He simply
cannot to it. •
The consumer ie hooked, the farmer
is f:kinred, by these middle men. Bar-
ons of old never levied tribute upon
the people as die these who "hog the
hog."
The corn cob needs another load. So
;otg.
BILL POwieLL.
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BLACK MONDAY AGAIN
Toronto, September 22.
Dear Expositor;
I was much interested in rhading
your account of "Black Monday" in
Western Ontario, as contained in the
last two issues of The Expositor.
I well recall the day, having driven
wit!', hor and buggy from Wingham
to 'Go ric that morning. About 3
o c - " in the afternoon; mixed clouds
ungs over t e lake, suggesting a
break in the weather, al'thongh it was
otherwise therwise ae u i
b a t fol autumn y
de
W a
decided d to start on our return trip
about 4 p.m., but had not gotten very
far when we became alarmed at what
appeared approaching night. We
pressed on however, but as the dark-
ness deepened into inky' blackness, we
were unable to follow the toad and de-
cided to beg lodgings at the first anasn
house. 'A dim light in a window close :
to the road near Smith's Hill, proved.
a welcome beckoner, and T believe the -
farmer' name was a 'Mr. Buchatt&n,
Who kindly took eare cif us for the'
night. I think that e s>ir"iettcer would
provide a thrill, .even an this d'ayy ot" '
super -thrills, for it itioked'`'like "goof"'
night" to that night and all night
but as the sun sh4iie vitt ierighatl
,tent morning, we f4V:erlit trey li
asauted of another "Toshio!
W. SOME
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