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The Huron Expositor, 1931-11-06, Page 1r,t1"Ni7, . • "i177'••• II 31. 6 • 4. e• • , I•—•-------s•--eeee-Lee'-e-sere7tees'sse4 - .1'ji.''.."'-'''''''" Seventy-second Year Mete ISIVOer, $883 :1es, .:', es.' „;,,,,ee'Ae. s• SEAFORTH, LIONS CLUB SALLOWEEN FROLIC IS BIG SUCCESS Large Crowds IIVitness Par- ade aud Atteitd 'die Frolic and ,DaUce. As' a result, 14taie Goodly Sum For Crippled Children. The frolic held at. the Palace Rink on Friday. evening last was one of the most successful ever sponsored by* the Lions. The evening bean when a parade, headed by the. Seaforth Xlighla.nders Band and made up of many children in costume, marched from the Queen's Hotel to the Rink. It Was here that the booths did a big Imeiness, poultry especially, under the direction,. of Mayor 'Daly, having a ready market. Competitioo in the tcostume judging ewes keen anti it was with difficulty that the, judges picked the winners. Prizes were awarded to Edna Plant, for ladies' character, tp Lulu Hart for ladies' corilic, to Barbara Best for girls' character, to Rita,Dinican for girls' comic, to Allister Wigg for boys' character, and to Harold Free for boys.' comic. MaryWoods won the girls' race, while Stewart Geddes Wen that for the boys.. , • Drawing for the capital prizes tools place about ten o'clock with Mayor Daly officiating. Nearly'$1,100 worth of tickets for these prizes were sold. When the wheels of fortune had fin- ally stopped and the last geese' and The Niles Stay in Town' he result of the draw for • the. grand prizes at the Lions Frolic on,Friday last is as fol- lows; • First, Treasure clibst,.. 'den- • taining blankete, sh,eets, table • linen, etc., H. Finnigan, Eg- mendvillee 2nd, radio, ' Miss , , Beth Muir, Seaforth; 3rd, set china, W. O. Gov,enlock, Ee- mondville; 4th, suit of clothes, J. E. Willis, Seaforth; 5th, wrist watch, John Flannery, R. R. 5, Seaforth; 6th, box of but- ter, Leo Stephenson, Kinburn ; 7th, comb and brush set, Mrs. Wellington Fee, Seaforth. 3 • the last box of groderies had been won, the crowd moved, to Cardno's Hall, where the big' dance was in pro- gress. Music was furnished by Ger- ald Stewart and his orchestra. The entire proceeds, in the neigh- borhood of $1,800, will be devoted to crippled children and other Lions wel- fare projects, Colonel Anthony VanEgmond and the Rebellion of 1837 hi Huron County. Written for The Expositor Mr. Lowe. According .to the account by W. Brenton Kerr, , A :thi% .gentleman had arrived in the Maser Huron Tract in the summer of 1832 Oxon.,. Ph.D., Tor. with a wife, eight children and three Prof. Kerr asks any per- sons• having in their pos- session letters or papers bearing on the. early his- • tory of Ruron County, to I,.eave their Aames at The Expositor Office in order I,_ may comliare stalbles domestics, had bought land and set about clearing it. After two years' work he had been informed that the greater part of the land he had clear- ed was not on his own allotment at all but belonged to his neighbor. He at 'once 'consulted the Company's ag- ents, Who assured him that he would receive pay for the work he had done. Soon the neighbor sold the ground. The purcha work and o Vey ewe IlOW Mir WORLD ¶AGS 'By That Ancient Mariner DEAN D. 3311BMDY A poet has been calling at ,the domestic soup kitchens of Orillia, Ont., in an effort to trade his wares for sustaining nourishment. Soup to nuts. ers set a surveyor at he strength of 'his sur - ed to claim Lowe's house, g rden and nearly all of his that the information contained t, ethe cleared'aond. Lowe at once appealed iiVesys i oonoeurlsd and ddo therein with that already agents, whopadleyclsaree71 1, 'nothing. Worst of all, the purehas- ' in his possessiou: ers refused to pay for any of Mr. • Lowe's work. In consequence, Mr. ' Lowe had suffered a very serious loss, CHAPTER VII and on his behalf the Colonel write to . the editor ofi the leading Reform jour- i.THE HURON UNION SOCIETY nal of Upper Canada: "A case of -unparalleled hardship and without a In the matter of the Goderich liar- parallel in the Annals ,of Emigrants' bor Bill the Colonel had scored a 'Misfortunes', IA.. Lowe, his sickly technical success. He next attempt- wife, eight small helpless children, ed to organize the settlers into a and a female servant routed out of protective association aimed no doubt their beds and without giving them primarily at the Company. A des- time for breakfast, turned by force patch 'of January 15th to the Reform out of doors and their beds and furni- Journal Correspondent and Advocate ture stre'red on the public highWay; of 'Meech 12, 1835, informs us that a while the tears of his wife and.chil- "general fneeting" pf settlers in Hui- I dren would move and excite the most lett, Stanley, Tuckersmith, McKillop deeply felt commiseration of all such and Hibbert was held at the Rouse of as had a heart beating within their bosoms except their merciless oppres- sors and persecutors! Mr. Lowe him- self is a cripple and unable to earn by manual labor a Sixpence a day ER 6, 1931. t * * * At Dauphin; Man., an 'armed thug who robbed an elefator was sentenced' to seven years and 20 lashe.s; each him to follow a more elevating life., *, e * Dr. Hett, of Kitchener, Ont., an- nounces a new cancer cure, but is not ready to reveal what it is. Says at present we mustn't get all het up ov- er it. * * *' ,"National League of Compulsory Education Officials hold convention in Toronto." Fine! Lots of officials need a little compulsory education. •* * * 'Your banks are in a healthy liquid position," Boston expert tellCanada. But the position of those who have imbibed a so-called healthy liquid is usually recumbent. * * * Owing to a lack of marriage license forms at Sudbury, Ont., several young couples, intending to wed, were, beld up for a day or two. Just a short -bald sweet reprieve before the troubles of married life begin. * * * 'Revenue agents in a Canadian Air Force aeroplane at Aylmer, Que., swooped down and seized 18 sacks of liquor about to be flown to the, States. Some poor millionaire across the bor- der is going to have a miserably dry week end. * * * From the Pictou Advocate, N.S., 25 years ago, we note the debating so- ciety decided we derive more pleasure h Canada from sports of winter than of summer. Of course, in those days, the long dreary months of summer had no beach pyjamas to brighten them a bit. Mr. Richard Lawe, in Tuckersmith. Van Egmond was called to the chair and Henry Cooper appointed secre- tary. Under such capable guidance the assembled settlers passed a reso- and none of his family a penny a day. kition to form a Society, "The Huron He has thus lost (with the exception 'Mien Society,' with the abject of of an acre of cleared land) all the ,protecting snembers against wrong fruits of his three years' labor and and injustice from any quarter what- empenditures. 'House, barn, garden, ever anti of ebtainingeredrees if , such ;all lost and not a single dollar at his virengereand injustices should be corn-, command to build another house or to slated,than but in no other way th the - clear other lands and, no provision for way Of peace and • propriety. Any ., .8 ini •(„so large a) faintly to eat. I ha've settler would be allowed to a,pply -for given him a house, to live in,for ten Onembership and would be accepted if months gratis, and it being a good the: majority approved. The Society tavern stand, some little to start up- on, but being supplicated for more than tenfold the a,ssistance I am in- deed unable to afford, I appeal in Mr. Lowe's behalf to all his countrymen in Toronto and to • friends 'go man in general, to contribute their mites to extricate that ' unfortunate family from an unheard-of misery. And to your, Sir, to undertake the gathering of such charitable &mations. • should meet regularly once in two months, at other times if the Presi- dent should see lit to call a smeeting; taucl..,it should maintain a, treasury by voluntary contributions. The prin- ciples of the society having been thus , laid. down, the members proceeded to ,.elect officers. They chose Van Eg- mond President,' Cooper, vice-president; Lowe, corresponding secretary; Constaxt Van-"Egmond, trealurer, and Edward -ran Egmond, assistant trees- • urer; named an executive committee consisting Of Archibald Dickson, Ed- ward Biskoby, James 'Hutchinson, . James' Gosmar, Thomas Harkness, John, Hannah, Richard Twaid, James ' Mulholland, .Samuel Cemoeham, Jas. Dayly, John bovenlock, James Dick- son, Alex. Cameron, and added as hon- orary members, Michael Fisher, Ed- ward Taylor, Dr. James Chapman, John Galt, William Sargint, Andrew ttehiter; Andrew Subartt three other Fishers. The hitt list niellided men of standing whose names would pre- sumilly add to the respectability of the new seciety. Probably ill the men mentioned were known to .be opponents of the Company. The length of the list and the "weight of the names indicates a serious discon- tent in,the Huron Traet with the e* feting order of things. Unfortunate- ly we have no reward of .the activi- ties of, the Society, no knowledge of their opposition to the CoMPany be- yond that recorded here. • There appears, howeVer, to: hive been a sequel of, some importance for Richard Lowe, correspending Secre- tary of the new society and ower of the house at which the organisation meeting was called. In the Corres- pondent and Advocate of Ally 1886, :there is a letter from Van Egmond appealing to Reformat. for help to * * * From the Inland Sentinel, Kamloops, B.C., of 30 years ago, we learn that 'ethe old tannery east of the ceme- tery burned down this morning." Well, that's 'that. When we were small, ded,used to threaten to tan us; and the tanyard, in our juvenile mind, was the place of punishment." We're glad to have it confirmed that hell really did disaPPear along with the old theology. • • A • M ADE IN CANA A, N. CLUFT & SONS States and Quebec attended, and with a fine quality of ..etock offered, bid- ding as a whole was brisk. The top price was $225 for a Holstein bull, while in the sale of ,Shorthorns a bull calf brought $210 and a heifer $200. A totals of $2,082.50 was POirl for 89 hogs and in the sheep division 26 rani lambs netted $4012.40. Ten head of Shorthorns brought $1,815. British Apple Market. Andrew Fulton, fruit growers re- presentative in Great Britain, reports that unprecedented quantities of North American apples have been reaching the United Kingdom with the result that Supplies zee greatly in excess of demand. It would appear he says, that with the large crop of apples in North America, and the poor domestic market, shipper e :will con- tinue to export so long as they can get the price of the ,barref back. He urges that Ontario gee -veers should pay greater attention to .colour and in the case of. Wealthies should ship only highly -coloured No. 1 grades. These latter have been commanding prices from $4.13 to $5.10 a barrel. Scarlet Pippins have sold for $5.53 to $6.37 a barrel, principally because of their good firm' condition add high colour. The grading of Ontario ap- ples this season, Mr. Fulton declares, his been excellent and has been warm- ly commented upon by the buyers. "The Norfolk" and Big "0" brands • * * * ' Canadian Tragedy. • Irittle Mary had the mumps, • face was two balloon -like turtles. Willie jabbed them with a pick, Just to see if they'd bust quick. . Mother said to little Willie: . • "Didn't think you'd be so silly." * * * Totem ,,,Poles. Canada is rich in totem poles. Any of my. invisible readers from Nova Scotia who' have run up to ,Prince Rupert, B.C., over Sunday wil have noticed the enormous number for sale (often with "Made in Japan" carefully erased). Diet it is in Jasper Park, Alta., whWe they may be studied in particu- lar. .Before doing so, tWo points may be bourne in mind. (1) That Flor- ence Nightingale was known as "The Lady with the Wee." (2) That moving pictures are called cinemas in England. These facts probably won't help us, however. Yet this much may be said: in that mysterious purple twilight hour when the fireflies turn on their parking. lights, and the bears sneak up to the hotel kitchen for a tasty snack of garbage, the totem', poles of, Jasper stand firm as ever. Yes, siree. You see, they are so big, you couldn't tote 'em away. Besides, you'd get pinched. In Kitwanga village, B:C., 'the fam- ous totem poles have a horrified look. And no wonder; when the portei,. on the train offers te wake you up at some unearthly hour to see the In- dian village, you curtly refuse. .But when you see the gang getting off the next morning, you hurriedly shoye on your clothes back -to front, and, with toupee awry, you rush after the others. And ,a whole lot of dishevel- led passengers do likewise. No won- der, the totem poles look frightened. • * * , indigestion Ballad. I've often drunk enamel While riding on a caniel., I've sometimes swallowed noodles While 'Chasing light -green poodles. And once Lsmashed a :wagon While hitching up a dragon. With sword I've pierced the gizzards Of fearkome giant lizards. And charmed, like Hindoo pipers, A thousand writhing 'vipers. You see, it. is my habit A:t night to eat Welsh rabbit. —Dean D. Hurmdy. Your most humble and most devot- ed servant, Anthony W. G. ,Van mond. ' , 'P.S.—Mr. Lowe's children'are -all about naked. So runs the only letter, (apparent- ly) of the Colonel's which has survit- ed to our times. In it we can see ed- dence of the Dutchman's struggles with the English -Kngnage; we can see clear evidence also of the natural sympathy and geherositY which led 'him to miss no opportunity of doing kindness to one. in distress. Never- theless the writer's indignation, at "the merciless oppressors and ,perse- enters" Probably &meanie his jedg- Ment. As the editor of the •Corres- pendent and Advocate pointed out, Mr. Lowe himself was at fault, first for ,not having aseertgined the proper boinulariet of his hied; second, for having...depended on the word of ;the 'deantnisSiotters and agents of the Coidany when he discovered his mis- take. The ease was unfortunate and LoWe'S treatment harsh but not were the worst, the case against the Canada Company tteS prdtoibly' not so Strong as ,the Colonel believed. Yet the incident shows Van tginprat, in a good light teen V . the Champion of peeple trouble • though . through t heir , 00141CO, - - diageoziiiiikaka 1;,1 are becoming wen knewn ter:J.401r •uniform quality and are stating the depressed market conditions Wen, as they are stUl eominerading frein $4.4'7 to $5.83 for good quality 'fruit, aecording to variety, as compared with other marks, which are reed/Aug less than $425., This is a sploond opportunity to build up a reputation for our Oniestrio brands and to become well-established, for another season. a • 110 , ou, Weekly Crop Report Fine fall weather benefitted the live stock men in that their cattle continued on pasture longer 'than us- ual and will go into winter quarters ip good condition. Prices for fresh eggs and poultry . are quite satisfac- tory but many farmers are having difficulty in gettingitheir pullets start- ed to lay. An excellent crop of raots and potatoes has been harvested but farmers are experiencing very dis- couraging prices. Apple crops ha've been better than was anticipated and are finding a fairly ready 'market. There is a greater make of cheese end butter this fall than has been manufactured for a number of years, due largely to the excellent pastures. Many farmers have a quantity of small seeds this, year and from pres- ent indications it would appear that tlere is a considerable supply of al- falfa, red cloyer, alsike and mixed seeds for disposal. Purchasing Feed Stuffs. The advantage of co-operative purchase of feed stuffs is some- times lost through the feeding of those feed e which can be pur- chased in carlot quantities without regard to balance or suitability of rations. Carlot purchase of feeding stuffs, should be undertaken from the standpoint of both economy and ef- ficiency. Dollars per ton is not the all-important angle. The cost per pound of .food nutrients is more im- portant arid, better still, the price per unit of feeding value and the suitabil- ity for balancing horne-gtown or other feeds are the important factors to consider. There are several steps to follow in the purchase of supple- mentary feeds. They are: (1) Know what is on hand in the form of. home- grown feeds. (2). Know what beit balances, the feeds on hand, taking in- to consideration both quality and cost.. (3) Purchase supplementary feeds in News and Information For the Busy FarTer • Burning Stubble. When stubble has been burped off and the land again seeded, after a minimum amount of cultivation, the yields'of grain have proven this meth - ad to be superior td any other stubble. treatinent. Objections to the burn- ing of stubble are loss of nitrogen, loss of moisture, and seine loss of soil fertility; , while supporting the 'prac- • tice are weed control, clean crop and convenience. 0. A. C. Sale. ;Very satisfactory prices were se- cured itt, the recent annual sale.. of eutplue pure bred stock held' at the O. A. O.i receipts totalling $5,164.20. About 1A00, buyers from all parts of Ontario arta points 'lit the United „ 4th NIVERSAR FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SEAFORTH Sunday, November8th REV. S. BANKS NELSON, D.D., OF HAMILTON ' Rev. S. Banks Nelson is probably one of the most sincere and force- ful preachers of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and has chosen to deliver two of his most impressive sermons on this occasion, Those who have heard Dr. Nelson will welcome an opportunity of hearing him again. If you have never heard him, come Sunday to these ser- vices. The Choir, under the leadership of Mr. M. R. Rennie, will present • exteea numbers: MORNING—il O'CLOCK Morning Sermon—"The Chancel" SOLO—"Cast Thy Burden" Mr. H. Mason . ANTHEM—"Hail to theeLord's Anointed" Soloists—Mrs. J. Daley, Miss H. Murray SOLO—"Spirit Divine" , • , Mrs. M. Wyatt EVENING -7 O'CLOCk. • • Sermon—"Up Pops the Devil with an All -Star -Cast" ANTHEM—"Aim of the Lord" Seloists—Mrs. W. A. Wright, Mrs. J. A. Munn, Miss -H. Murray, Mr. D. L; Reid TRIO—"Trust in His Mercy" Mrs. M. Wyatt, fiVirs. W. A. Wright, 'Mr. H. Mason AETHEIVf—"Seek Ye the Lord" Soloist—Mrs. M. Wyatt • Monday Evn'g, Nov. 9 Hot Fowl Supper FROM '5.30 TO 7.30 P.M. • Very elaborate preparations are being made for this Supper, also special arrangements for quick serving—seating capacity, 200 at each table. Following promptly at 8 o'clock in church auditorium an unusually attractive lecture and musical PROGRAMME,. Waif: given, at which time Rev. 'S. Banks Nelson, D.D.; will deliver his renowned lecture, "ST. PATRICK'S FOOTSTEPS," illustrated by interesting pictures of, places in Ireland where •St. Patrick was as he journeyed,. preaching through that country, with history and legends associated with him at these places. The lecture is in every respect original and Irish through and through. Very attractive musical numbers will be presented during the evening by the Choir. Admission t� Fowl Supper and Programme: Adults 50c, Children 35e REV. 13. KATNE, Minister. MRS. M. R. RONNIK Organist. MR. M. R. RENNIE Choir Leader. Thd Local Bird Can Lair A Barred Rock, owned by J. M. Scott, of Sunny Crest Poul- try Farm, has this week been awarded second place in the • twelfth Canadian National Egg Laying Contest. Tbii bird won • with 276 points, and during the year laid 280 eggs, twenty-two, eggs more than any other en- trant in •the competition. Mr. Scott has received an order for twelve of these birds from the Dorninion Experimental Farm at Ridgetown. 0 AAP petition• Stile444 ..4othefre eldyWanireer ..r 0ri ThOrsday, - 040114,10 tehoreeesetlaaiistssesivo0frelivxic$Z04 of grain! one class of poultry answer ten questions relOting404 cplture. The possible score was &OD 444 .th0 list • o±winners together With4 - Sd'ore is as follows: 11. ;or' Frank Archibald, 'Seaforth.:. ' 66k Alfred Patterson, Lucknow..'' 44 Delmer kinner, Centralia.. 544' ' Jas. Turnbull, Brussels ,542 nos, Hern, Jr., Woodham... 586 Jack Ferguson, Clifford 532 John Broadfoet, Brucefield • 525 Geo. Hetherington, Wingham: 521 . Tom Anderson, Lueknow.. Club work Lloyd Picot, Bayfield Club work Mr. Picot and Mr. Anderson won the..trip by being the winners in the Goderich ' Township and Ashfield Township Home Garden Chibs, The shield donated by the 'Canad- ian ,National Exhitition to the high . novice was won by Frank Archibald, of Seaforth. The judges were Messrs, F. For- HALLDVVE'ENS ©F LONG quantity 'eufficient to takeleivantage of the best prices and lowest freight rates. (4) Know the production ie- cord4 of the live stork fed. AGO. syth and H. Goble, Department ef (By Bill Powell) • My dictionary tells me: "Hallowe'en—The evening of Oct. 31st, vigil of All Saints' day.," And the ,following paragraph in the dic- tionary says: "Hallowmass — The feast of All Saints; All -hallows." You, couldn't find a sinner on All Saints' day—no, sir, never a thing on Hallowe'en! It's peculiar—or seems that way— that across 'the gaps of the centuries many of the customsof this day have come down to us from the sairits.of the early, Christian church. That they have. survived the cen- turies shows they are intended by the All-wise•for a place in .the develop- ment of mankind. 'v 'Hallow, the erb, means "To de- vote to holy or religious uses." Then to these Hallowe'ens ,of long ago. I have heard from the lips of my 'maternal grandfather how he and other lads cut up their capers—and were chased—back in the latter part •of the 18th century in the old land. My own father related how he and his pals cut up their pranks in Cleve- land, Ohio, to which State his father and mother and family came from the. Old Land a century ago now. Chased! Of coutse- What would Hallowe'en be to a kid that was not chased by some one—imaginary or otherwise. Mostly imaginary. And now to the third generation, and the fourth and fifth, of that grandfather :who first saw the light o' day in the eighteenth century. The third generation was • chased— and deserved to be. • Along with Billy Brine, now in the Canadian National service; Johnny Handcock, now a sky pilot up in Michigan; Henry Fowler, since passed over, the four lifted a big oak gate off its hinges in Har- purhey and were making for the Buf- falo and Lake Huron tracks. It was a bright moonlighted night that Hal- lowe'en. After •the bunch, including the third generation, had lugged that gate 100 feet, looking around they spied an pld fellow in his white -wool home-made • socks, corning .hell-bent- for-election—and his gate. We drop- ped the gate -and ran, the white socks and the 200 pounds above therri came faster than we were going. He caught the third generation and pacsked in a couple, of good wallops. Lucky that time. 'He couldn't land a swift one with the white sox. If he had, had boots on, the third generation would have suffered from a well -applied boot injection—well-deserved. Ever afterwards, even in foot -running days, wouldn't toe'scratch with an unknown retired. 'farmer., •Never could tell. He might do a hundred in less than ten. There was nothing imaginary about that chase. That old guy was the real works working. -Now for the fourth generation. Un on „Shaw Street, Toronto, "Mickey''. Fre, who now operates the planing mill out in ,Mitnico; Roy Belfry, a now grip -sack man on long jumps; the fourth generation and others got ahold of an old tin kettle and socked old Banty Best's door. One of the gang' snitched, and Banty turned ket- tle and the dinge in his door over to the cops. The cops got them. Kind Jakey C9hen was •on the bench. The kids, all m a row, were scared stiff. They'd' plead guilty to anything. But only one could throw the rattle -trap kettle. The fourth generation didn't knew whether) he threw the kettle, but said he did it. Kind old Jakey Cohen soaked him a dollar—and lec- tured the bunch. The truth came out after the police court adjourned. Banty, a sky -pilot, swore that he saw the kettle thrdwn. Banty was down on Queen Street at the time. The snitcher threw the kettle—and did not appear before Magistrate Cohen because he was not named by Banty in the summons. Of- ten thought„since that the innocent are pennlized for the guilty. Evil communications corrupt good morals —and throw rattle -trap tin kettles on Hallowe'en. The fifth generation, he is too small and ?oung. 1But.,he says: "Oh, yes!" to his mother whbn she .threat- ens him with penalty, and his dark smiling eyes snap- like a steel trap. But he'll grab off! a gate, a tin ket- tle—something—in a Hallowe'en yet to come. And 'now after getting those Hal- lowe'ens of long ago 'oft my hest, I'll take a drag but of the old corncob. So. long. . Agriculture, Walkeran; A. V. -Ire- ton, Dominion Live Stock Branch, Paris; C. D. Graham, Department of Agriculture, Stratford, and V: Lang- ton, Department of AgTioniture, Markdale. • REPORT OF HOG SHIPMENTS \ The following is the report of bog shipments for September: •Hensall—Total hogs, 581; select bacon, 133; bacon, 367; butchers, 62; heavies, 3; lights and feeders, 11. , Kippen—Total hogs, 23; select bac- on, 6; bacon, 14; butchers, 2; lights and feeders, 2. Walton—Total hogs, 223; select bacon, 76; bacon, 114; butchers, 38; heavies, 3; lights and feeders, 2. - Huron 'Co. Locals—Total hogs, 2,916; seleet bacon, 739; bacon, 1,851; butchers, 243; heavies, 45; extra heavies, 1; lights and feeders, 25. Hluron County—Votal hogs, 6,741; select bacon, 1,754; bacon, 4,166; but- chers, 673: heavies, 10'7; extra heav- ies, 4; lights and feeders, 67. McKILLOP One Cent Sale.—Ail this week. Ends Sat- urday night,' at Keating's Pharmacy, Sea - forth, Ont. School Report.—The following is the report of S. S. No. 4, McKillop, 'for September and October. Those. haying perfect, attendance for the two months are Scott Kerr, Harvey Lamont, George McClure, Arthur Henderson, • Hector Lamont, Alma Lawrence, Lois Henderson and Max- ine Lawrence. Those marked with an asterisk have missed one or more ex- aminations: Sr. IV—***Archie Smith 53%. 'Jr. IV—Harvey Lamont 68, Scott Kerr 53. Sr. III—Arthur. Hen- derson 80, George McClure 69. Ross Gordon 49. Jr. III—Alma Lawrence 69, Hector Lainont 40. Jr. 11 — Lois Smith 76, *Lois :Henderson 44. Sr. Primer—Maxine Lawrence, Good. Jr. Primer—Clayteri Huisser, Good.—M. Wheatyy, Teacher. , COI4STANCE • The remmunity was shocked on 'Monday last when word was received of the death of Mr. Pockett, of Sas- katoon,' husband of the former Miss Mabel Livingstone. Mr. Pockett was an engineer and through some one's blunder, a switch was left open and his engine passed through, when he • was badly scalded. He was later tak- en to the hospital, but passed away on Sunday. Although Mr. Pelckett was only known here a short time. his friendly and congenial manner won the hearts of all, and the deepest sympathy goes out to Mrs. Pockett in her sad bereaqiement. Mr, and Mrs. Leo Stephenson spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs.' Justin Sinclair at Brigden. The many friends of Mr. Edwin Britton are sorry to learn that he is not making the progress that they would like to see, Mr, B. B. Stephenson, Mr. Howard' Armstrong and Mr. Woods, ofLondes- horo, motored to Kerwood on Wednes- day to visit some of the Shorthorn. breeders in that district. Shower.—Dn Tuesday evening, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lawson was the scene of a pleasing event, when over eighty church friend and neighbors met to give the bride-to-lbe, Miss Jean Lawson, a miscellaneout shower. Eliza. Mrs. E. Adams and her three pickininnies, Susanna, Mrs. J. Ferguson and Jack and Clete Medd, all dressed like darkies. Susanna came in and was requested to play some darky songs. Eliza came in with her big basket, all tired out and was quite sure that there was something doing, when there was such a big wash for Miss Lawson, but was 'much refreshed by the music. The, bride -to - he was asked to take a chith• decor- ated in Negro fashion, and told to in- spect her washing. The pickininnies assisted Mamma in tarp/lig two other clothes baskets: The bride -to - .be, although taken by surprise, thank- ed all present for the wonderful as- sortment. Lunch was Ortiedd. On Wednesday eveningr. and Mrs. A. T. Cooper and staff, of .whidh Lawson was a rceniber, met and pres., &Led her with' a pair Of bentitifill woollen blu.nkets. BILL POWELt. 4•I