The Huron Expositor, 1938-03-04, Page 2111
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'Seafortl: Qntario,
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..on. rates;. $1.5.0 a year in.
4 °reign, $2.00 a year. Single
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S,'4 cents each.
FORTH, Friday, March 4th
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tng A Car Driver's License
A report from Hamilton the other
°day says- that a thirty-five year old
woman -pan that city was refused a
haat' driver's license. And the reason
-well, the main reason probably
Was because that during her test,
-.henshe was told to make a right
Atm; the car mounted a sidewalk,
I. Crossed- a lawn and crashed into the
verandah `• of a house.
And that would appear to be rea-
sonable grounds upon which to base
a refusal to grant any woman, or
any man, a` driver's permit But men
and women, boys and girls, are jump-
ing curbs with cars every day; crash-
ing- not only poles and verandahs,
but into pedestrians and other cars
and other things.
How did these people get their lic-
ense to drive? To. tell the truth, a
good many just traded a dollar for
the license. When their' ability to
-drive a car was tested, there didn't
happen to `be .a curb to jump, a lawn
-to run over or a verandah to hit, or
like the Hamilton lady, a good many
would have done just as she did.
Instead of that, they got away
,with the so-called inspection, but
will not get away from future acci-
dents of a similar kind, or worse, be-
cause through lack of experience or
training, they are not qualified to be
drivers of motor cars..
All the fatal dr near fatal` acci-
dents are not caused by Feckless and
drunken drivers. If the truth were
known, perhaps only a small fraction
of them are. The -rest of them are
the result of allowing a person to
drive a car simply because he or she
owii!s a ear, whether ar not, through
personal disability, age, or lack of
,erience„theyaxeµtotally unfitted
to do so.
We thoroughly approve of getting
after the drinking and drunken
drivers and the reckless ones too.
But we do not believe the roads and
.Highways will be very much safer
than they are to -day, until the De-
,partment of Highways treats the
question of granting driver's per-
mits very much more seriously than
it does at the present time.
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Raising Church Funds
Raising funds with which to main-
tain our present day churches seems
to be a task which few of our con-
gregations are capable of ac-
complishing with any great degree
of success.
For that reason we pass along the
scheme of 'a church in the Southern
States as reported in the Sylvan Val-
ley, North Carolina, News: "About
500 people were present and a nice
amount wa's raised for the church.
The schedule' of prices was: Two -
minute hug, 15 cents; 15 to 25 min-
ute hug, 50 cents; another man's
wife, $1; old maids and no tithe lim-
it, 3 cents. The young Iadies of the
church want to give another social
to clear the church debt, but the old-
er • members protest."
Older people seem to have a habit,
even in this country, of protesting
every proposition of the young, no
matter how worthy the objective to
be obtained ' may be,',
We know how our older people in
his community, in this county, or in
iestern' Ontario, would protest—we
" hear' it right now—if any such
tieing 'ref raising church funds was
C rbcated it their midst.
nr older' people areconservative.
gbt to raise church funds
st by fowl .'suppers,
if
i F;r" EiekvvLL .
bazaars,
ets, raffles and ingrhist
J(.
of
s eiats ire an, en irel
dif-
.neer, too. Too
T, b of `01rri;' ,
lg i i lro a when
rel
At ap ul llgatio i to
Karg lay the u divide l fdt
e s a r ie .needs of. the lndrndh s 1-
a, •
and their familie themselves ' But, '
• as we may, that *as a long time ago,
and . if the older people of today no
longer _. recognize their obligations,
we do'mat see why they should pro-
`test too much against the methods of
the young, ' on' whose shoulders they
have dropped the mantle of church
maintenance,
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Are Horses Getting Scarce ,.
We have heard so little of horses
in recentyears, and horse . markets
are such a'thing of the past, that in-
terest in them seems to have been
removed to the back of people's
minds.
But we still have horses, at least
,on the farms, and we always will.
More than that, the horse is becom-
ing a daily topic of conversation
again.
Or rather the Iack of them. For
there seems to be a lack of them in'
our country districts. We noticed
the other day that a couple of cars
of horses were disposed of by auc-
tion in ;Stratford in the space of two
hours.. And disposed of for good
prices and for cash.
And those were Western horses.
The tables have changed. No longer
is Ontario shipping cars of hors'e's to
the West. The West is doing the
shipping now, and the demand in On-
tario )seems to be as bri"s as it was
one day for -our houses- in the West.
Horses will wear out and grow old,
and as t'here.has been little or no at-
tention paid to horse breeding on On-
tario farms for some years, the in-
evitable result can easily be seen.
Horses seem to be getting scarce.
We have had many enquiries in this
office, in recent months,°; as to where,
in this community, good horses may
be obtained.
And we d'on't know. Of course
there are horses for sale, lots' of
them. But they are old horses, hot
young stock that the farmers want
to sell. Young stock seems to be at
a premium, And ittakes' a lot of trav-
elling and a lot of money before they
can be located and picked up.
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March Weather
The old, old saying that if March
comes in like a lion, it will go out
like a lamb, as well as the other way
round, may not contain a grain of
truth, put ithas become so embedded
in our systems that the most 'of us
can not help putting some faith in it.
If Sunday had been' the first day
of March instead of Tuesday, March
would have ridden in on a lion all
right, and there would not have been
any mistake about it either.
Driving on Sunday afternoon was
an, experience that few motorists
would like to repeat. In the after-
noon snow driven by a northwest
gale made it impossible at times to
see even a car's length ahead, and
the thermometer dropped to the zero
mark.
Since then the weather has moder-
,,ated, but as yet there is tiro lamb -like
`,quality about it. So perhaps the
weatherman will look upon Sunday
Sas the first of March, and let it go at
that.
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And we hope he does.. We have
had a long winter, a cold winter and
a lot' of snow. We would be quite
willing to have it all behind us, and
be able to look forward to spring
again.
But you never can tell any more
about March weather than you can
about a horse race or an election:
You have - to take the result as it
cos, and hope for ,the best.
Even the best is none too good as
far as March 'weather is concerned:
There is just one comfortable thing
_ about it. The days are getting long-
er and the sun is getting warmer,
and March can not hang,on for ever.
WOAD `OCHER PAPERS SAY:
Our Nurses' Froud) Record
(St. Marais. Jo'urnar-Argus)
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�'ianian nurs8e have a high � reputatioat a
stet) ns, at � bottle. SoutIt 'Africa dra;sc
Carlisle; for trairiedr nurses to Staff its net,
AuYspttat -C'app.'"I+ti',, '(� ate prthtd� et
that orifi, tri the siiir�e nole'ottd+ 6s
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Iteafte,v Picked :From
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1Ye Yeir• Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
March 7, 1913
Mrs. Charles Charles .Fitiber,'of Beemiller,
met with a scribes accident on Sun-,
day morning often going to chuirch.,,
She slipped o the ice and burst a
blood vessel" in Mier ,leg.
Miss Gertrud,a� Ross has reeigneti:
her position itt'" the Brussels public
school. end Ii .,accepted a position as
teacher -
,in the School at Prince Albert,
Sask.
A new rural mail route.outpof Wing -
ham is being established. It, -will be
along the sixth concession of Turn -
berry to the Turnberry and Howick
boundary, and- then along the ninth
concession of Turnberry to Wingham.
Mr. Charles, Piper, of Manley,' has
started his job of gravelling the town
line on concession 12, between Mc-
Killop and Logan.
One of the most successful horse
sales ever 'held `i in the Hillsgreen dis-
trict was held at. E. J. Troyer's, Parr
Line, Hay, on Wednesday last, when
twenty-two draft horses were sold.
Mr. E. Bossenberry,• of Zurich, con-
ducted the] sale in a most satisfac-
tory manner.
The fine brick residence of Mr.
Samuel Carnochan, Jr., on the second
concession Of Tuckersmith, with most
of the contents, was destroyed by fire
on : Friday fast.
The Presbyterian' church congrega-
tion of Seaforth are considering the
'advisability of 'having the blowing of
the organ done by hydro -electric pow-
er.
Mrs William Bristow has received a
contract for the erection of a two-
storey cement block house for Mr.
Robert Hogg; of McKillop.
The Seaforth 'boys' in Regina play-
ed a hockey match recently with a
team from the •+city club and showed
the Westerners what scientific hock-
ey `is, beatifig their opponents by -4-0.
The Seaforth team was composed of
°'E, Murray, M. and A. Twins, Ellis
McLean, Ed. Everett, Scott Hays and
Mr. Hodgkin, lately of the Dominion
Bank here.
Miss Sparks, =of Stratford, and Miss
Jean Ross, of Clinton, have taken posi-
tions in the "millinery department of
Stewart Bros- store. Also Miss Hel-
en Murray has returned from a, visit
at her 'home in Tavistock and has
again taken a position in Stewart
Bros. millinery department.
Mr. W..C.,T. Morson has leased the
residence of Mrs. Dan Johnson for
five years. Mr. James Cowan bas al-
so leased Hillside from Mr. W. Gov-
enlock.
Messrs. A. E. Sperling and James
Wright are busy getting into shape
for operations in their machine and
repair zbop in D. D, Wilson's block.
The annual, 'meeting of the mem-
bers of the Seaforth Band was held
one evening last week when the treas-
urer showed a balance • on hand of
$117. The following .officers were
elected for 1913e•' Honorary president;
John Dodds; honorary vice-pres., Geo.
A. Sills; president, A. F. Cluff; vice-
president, Charles Stewart; secretary,
E. L. Box; treasurer, J. F. Daly; eg-
ecutive, D. Reid, M. McLeod and F.
Kling; Ieader, E. H. Close. -
From The Huron Expositor
March 9, 1888
Miss Annie Welsh, of Usborne, has
just .completed a quilt contaifting 4,-
949 pieces and another of. 3,375 pieces.
Mr. Frank Patterson, of Bluevale,
has been appointed bailiff of the
Wingham Division Court.
The proprietors of the Blyth Wool-
len Mill, Messrs. Forsyth & Son, have
just about 'closed a contract for the
manufacture of 35,000 pounds of wool
for a Listowel firm,
Mr. John Copp, masoh of Seaforth,
was in Exeter on Friday Iast for the
purpose of engaging bricklayers and
succeeded in hiring Mr. Alfred Bowie
and Mr. Daniel Prior.
A number from McKillop are talk-
ing about going to British Columbia
this spring. Among those who have
already left are Thomas Leeming,
John Barrows, Thomas McDonald and
John McDonald,
The Winthrop Cheese and Butter
Company have received the insurance
on their factory' which waif" burned
last fall, from the City Mutual Fire
Insurance Co- of London. The amount
was $900. The contractor now has all
the material on the ground for the
new cheese factory.
Mr. T. Berry, Hensel), recently
shipped a carload of very fine horses
for the Boston taarket-
One day last week, two teams be-
longing to Mr. Arthur Forbes, of Sea -
forth, sthat have been drawing wood
to the salt works at Blyth all- winter,
brought into the yard two loads that
were .something to talk about. Each
team drew one load, of three cords
and eight feet of green Wood.
Mr. Thomas Hemphill has bought
the tavern property lately held by R.
W. King, of Scott Act fame, and in-
tends replacing the red building with
a substantial block of brick stores as
soon as building operations can be be-
gun. - •,
Quite a number from, Dashwood in-
tend leaving for 'Jjakota in the spring.
Among them are ,Messrs. Wm. Grill,
Simon Cook, Arian McDonald, b,lso
two sons of Mr. T'tortaid Mclsaac.
The annual socialunder the aus-
pices of the Hallett Grange was held
at Londesboro, on Wednesday night
of last week.- , • '
Mr, J. Muds, tailor of Wingham,-
sustained bodily ilrjnries in being let
dpwn from an upstairs 'window by a
piano on the night of the fire ;there.
Mrs. Mude wastaken down after a
ladder had beets procured:
A boy named Hunt, oaf (ltderieb,
had a narrow escape from a teirib*o
death on Friday' last•,t>'hrongh: banging
onto a hey f ck, Th'e- ark tfpped ov-
er,'ppinning Hurst underneath . it, and'
the
.horses- �tta'Itllt` ` " t d` ,cit'
� � . alb -iii,
rforr 'e'arly tie' # own hen `;ttie ;'tet
rrfCc Y !oungsterwas seleae
"IgM • ..ATE"
(By Harry J aoylo):
T ani a little late )u, consoling the
Sanford . Sage, who ,occasionally*
bursts 'forth with a -little= bit, •of his
philosophizing on life in genital ifl
the Goderich paper. ,I'oor fellow
,this year, he sayii olie didn't get a Val-
entine. a.',>
Well now, I don't want to rub salt
in his wounds, but I did 'get a Val
-
'Wine and from a young lady in God-
erich too. It was a real nice kind of
`.a one too, decorated with plenty of
scrumptious lace and thingamabobs
and, on the back these was a
,telephone number, and thin' message
"Jest to see if ypulle;s old a
fogey as you Pretend Being busy,
I am sending the "telephone number
on to the Saltford Sage,
e * *
Probably, I'll get a flock of rocks
thrown at me for this opinion, but I
do like the old fashioned winters bet-
ter than the chopped, up one of the
past three months. Time was, `'back
on the Twelfth Concession, when the
snow just blew in about November
and you couldi, count on fairly decent
sleighing all winter.
Coming up from the barn on a clear
night it was surely pleasant to hear
sleigh;, 'bells jingle -jingle up the old
road. A fellow could always tell just,
about who it would be. I remember
Ed. Hawkins had a real fine het of
chimes, and I believe that it was
those same "jing-Jong" chimes that
helped him win Sadie Smith. They
talk about romance in a car, but you
give me a frosty night, a fine' horse
and •a set of fine sleigh or cutter
bells, or chimes, if
you preferred
them.
Things have :been pretty quiet
down at the Lazy Meadows barn, in
the past_ few weeks. Just sore of too
peaceful to last it seems. Ethiopia,
that's the black rooster, has sort of
lee up his feud with the Banty. An-
nabelle, the original old grey mare,
-went off her feed for a few days, butt
she's munching away at her rolled
oats in good style now. Old Biddy
has taken a great notion to hatch and
she's about the most plagued nuisance
that anybody could possibly have
around the farm. • First of all, I left
my overcoat up beside the granary
door„ and she managed to get enough
hay scratched into it to start a nest.
When I name along she :had started
cher worlt• on a single •,egg Well, sir,
she cussed in all the! hen language
known when I moved her out of there,'
She 'marched downstairs and scared
Annabelle into leaving her alone' and
next morning,' discovered that she's
started up housekeeping in the man-
or of the stall. She just saw me
coming, , and then after clearing her
throat a' few times, to warn me to get
out, she went right mto •her war song.
The battle-}wason, and, between Jes-
sie, the brindle cow mooing, that old
hen swearing,' and Suchansuch, our
Collie pup,barking, there was a din:
that would have done justice to' the
Battle of Waterloo, But I managed
to get hold of her, and I took her ov-
er to the henhouse. to nurse her
wounded pride:
5 * *
We`opened the pit ftp on the south
side of the driving shed that fine day
last week. Boy,. was that ever a
treat! ; I've been wondering all win-
ter how those apple's were going to
keep. After taking ,all the clay away
all_,, digging through the straw, we
„game down to the potatoes and the
carrots. They were sound as ,a dol-
lar. The spies down at the end of
the pit were just a Mite woozy, but
after we got the first layer away you
should have seen the rest of them.
You know, Nature gives us a lot
of natural advantages and good things
but'I don't know of anything ,lilt can
touch a good apple. It's a small boy's
friend, just the same as a rich .man's.
You can polish an apple until it looks
like a jewel, It .has a tart taste that
seems to whip your appetite. It's fun-
ne - . but no matter how a fel-
low feels he can always enjoy an ap-
ple_„ Your teeth just sink into lus-
ciousness . . and it's clean food
and it's good. "
You can, .have all the fancy import-
ed dishes -that you want, but just take
along about this time and give me a
good Spy or even a Russett . . and
if you've been careful, you may have
saved some of those Tatman Sweets.
I can pjcture my Dad, as he used
to sit beside the kitchen stove and
pare off slices of an apple with his
jack-knife with his left hand. With
his hand half way to his mouth;and
his thumb anchoring a generous slice
on the blade of the knife he would
say:• "Aye, they're ' good for what
ails you, lad." So they are, too.
JUST A SMILE OR TWO
"Name?" queried the new 'Immigra-
tion official.
"Sneeze," the Chinese replied
proudly.
The official looked hard at him. "Is
that your Chinese name?" he asked.
"No, English name," the Oriental
said blandly.
"Then let's have your native name."
"Ah, C'hoo," said the Chinese.
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Someboys 'in school were asked to
define an editor. Here are some of
their definitions; "An editor is a
man who handles words." "An edi-
tor makes his living out of the Eng-
lish language." "An editor is some-
body, who does not do anything him-
self, and when somebody/else does,
goes and tells other people all about
it." Another gave a more thoughtful
definition, 'whether or not it was. or-
iginal wil.h him: "An editor is a man
who has the industry of a beaver and
the instincts of a bee." — Northern
Messenger.
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Percival came running to his grand-
ma one day asking for a drink of wa-
ter. "Quick, quick, grandma," he
said, "give me a drink of water,
quick!"
After he got his drink he said: "The
reason that I was in 'such; a hurry, I
thought I swallowed a worm while
eating an apple, and I wanted to
drown it."—The Friend.
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MY
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NEIGHBOR'S BAB Y
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(By J. Boyd -Thomas)
There are few thrills more _ satis
fling than the privilege of being per-
mitted to take from a tired mother
a sweet little baby, all freshly washed
and coolly attired, particularly if that
baby raises no objection to being ca-
ressed, and spoken to gently and
soothingly — a practice which brings
its own immediate reward in gurgling
and cooing, and other innocent little
tricks known best to sweet baby -hood.
The writer is one of those fortunate
individuals who has recently discover-
ed that after a "trying" day at the
office, dinner 'is more easily digested,
'and the evening more pleasantly pass-
ed if, for a half hour or so, he is al-
lowed to take the neighbor's baby for
a brief outing, and thus permit the
weary mother, who works' from ten to
twelve hours each day under more or
less exacting conditions, to have a
short spell of quiet and rest.
The bright, sunny days, after a
long spell of cold', blear winter sug-
gest outdoor exercise and walks.. Al-
ready baby carriages and perambula-
tors are increasingly in evidence on
the streets. Why not make some
baby's mother happy and grateful by
tactfully offering your services say,
once or twice a week, in a half hour's
outing with her baby? If she is con-
vinced of your sincerity, trustworthi-
ness and ability, to` take care of her
most precious treasure, you will not,
as a rule, be denied the pleasure and
privilege, nor will your thoughtful-
ness be entirely lost in the mind of
an appreciative mother. The experi-
ment is worth trying.
The following short poem by Nora
O. R. Allen, calls to mind a sweet lit-
tle eight -months -old baby girl — her
name is H. Shirley May—who was my
joy and aftev dinner refreshment on
many a happy excursion up and down
the street, not so very long ago!
Somebody's Baby
Somebody's baby is crowing to me,
Somebody's baby is sweet as can be—
Little pink baby, with wond'ringeyes,..
All the world's mysteries, such a sur-
prise!
Who would not cherish you, direct
your feet
In all that is holy and righteous and
meet.
Somebody's baby, my prayers for you
are:
Live for the Master and follow His
Star.
Seen in the
County Papers
Three Generations Take Part
At the regular meeting. of Clinton
Masonic Lodge on Friday evening,
grandfather, father and son figured in
the ' ceremony of the initiatory de-
gree. William 11. Draper was being
given his first degree. His father, C.
W. Draper, was degree master, and
the grandfather, R. J. Draper, took a
minor part In the ceremony- This
was the first time in the histery of
the lodge in "which three generations
figured in a degree ceremony though
two father and son events have :tak-
en place within the past two months.
—Clinton News -Record..
Bible Class Elect Officers -
Last 'Sunday •a(toriroon the Toting
Mews Bible Claes met Di' the pariah
halt, Tie lesson - vas taken - by Dr.
lir Yet McInnes, The gieet speaker
tot tiaftemea a ops
wartha who spoke on the subject,
"Choosing Companions in Service."
The attendance has shown a gradual
increase each Sunday •, Thirty-four
were present to elect officers for the
coming year: Superintendent, George
Jefferson; teacher, Dr. D. H. Mcin-
ties; president, eonard McKnight;
vice-president, Jack Nediger; secre-
tary, ,Tack Butler; treasurer, Tom
Cooke; pianist, Bill Draper; assist-
ant pianist, Lloyd Adams. — Clinton
News -Record. e.
Won Four Games At Toronto
The local entry -in the Ontario Bon -
spiel at Toronto last week although
they did not get in the money, made
a good showing winning four ,games.
They were put out in the fours of the
North American Life Event: The -rink
was Joe Evans, T. R. Gibson, Dr. A.
W. Irwin and Donald Rae, skip.—
,'Win'gham Advance -Times.
Icy Sidewalks Cause Accidents
•The- light ,snow which has fallen to
conceal the patches of lee on the side-
walks has been 'the cause ,th two
minor accidents' this week. While on
herway to. visit at the Mamie. pit
Tuesday, Mrs, 3. M. ped slipped on
some .ice ..near, Mies Grace"- Clank's
,reidetice, fracturing her right *gist,
e % a sleart time tater epics, Irred ..: Moses
14cilior' and the individual
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Kerma_ 11 Feb. 28, 1933.•
The Editor, The Huron Expositor:
Deay,Str: Our 'Minds are naturally
impressed by numbs s. Visits groin
our lone sun and moon are taken ass
a mere matter of c1.urse,, but when
w e vinit a planetarium ' and look
through the powerful telescope there
and hear astronomers' talk of distances-
measured by lig) t years, and ane witty•
our own eyy' es the thousands upon
thousand's- of .other suns and planets-
that are .beyond our natural vision'„
we are thrilled and greatly awed. Trr<
other words, impressed by the im-
nienbity of numbers.
And so when we talk of those a'
dieted to liquor, -we all know of just
a few, There's Joe, who goes .often.
and oftener up the street to get a
drink. There's Tom, who often and
oftener gets drunk at a dance or at.
a ,bingo sponsored by the Band or
Chamber of Commerce, but with the
exception -of a note of pity because •
Joe's business ia slipping, and Tome
is getting to Ipok more and more dis--
sipated, -the fact is lightly passed by..
But here are a few numbers that wilt
impress you. ,Think Of all the people,.
men and women, who voted in Hur-
on at, the last election, over 12,000 of
them, going to orie institution for
treatment for alcoholism, all in one6
year! That is what is going on at
Bellevue Hospital, New York. And
this repeated year after year, with%
hundreds of other smaller institutions
doing the same kind of, work through-
out the United States and Canada_
This surely is , another instance ins
which we could be impressed.by,. num-
bers.
So I told these New Ybrk doctors
that I wanted to spend a month study-
ing their methods of treatment and,
if possible, •to get at the primary'
cause of our seemingly losing battle -
with liquor up here in Canada. In
other words, "It looks like liquor has
us licked," the admitting doctor re-
marked in euphonious if not very ele-
gant language- And then he explain-
ed: The liquor traffic have at their -
disposal: alcohol,
heirdisposal;alcohol, the drug. The indi-
vidual has the brain, and the specific
action of the drug on. the brain 'is"
definite and '"precisely dependable too
meet all the traffic's requirements.
Many of us know the specific action:
of other drugs, for instance, chloro-
form and strychnine.
Chloroform relaxes muscles; strych-
nine stimulates nerves, ' and alcohol'
anesthetizes the higher brain centres..
The action of the first two drugs nam-
ed its rapid and spectacular and dan-
gerous, and, we easily admit that doc-
tors must be in control, but the action
of alcohol is slow, insinuating and
subtle and ideal in every way for the,
vendor to get in his nefarious work..
The saloon keeper is allowed to han-
dle it, and he and the brewer and dis-
tiller know its action well. It can be
depended upon to meet their every
requirement. It looks .nice„ • tastes;
good, smells good, easily procured un-
der
nder Government patronage, Don"t..
inake a fool 'of a' person too quickly
Don't apparently hurt his health for•
a long time. Supplies the place of
brains and games for a social even-
ing. Besides there is good money 112,.
it, both for the trade and the Gov-
ernment.
Note all these commendable quali-
ties. No other drug will fill the bill.
We .have heroin, cocaine and mor
phine with similar anesthetizing ac-
tion on the brain, but their work of
degredation is too rapid,. and kills off
their victims too fast; besides • the -
Government, .in 'spite of the sacreif
rights of freeborn British subjects,.
have made a law limiting the traffic•
in these to strictly medical require-
ments. What about legislation for
liquor requirements? It has not yet
appeared.
And this brings mo, in closing, to -
express my disappointment and chi
grin at the apparent utter inability
of our legislators to grasp the crux
of the problem as described above.
You have read reports of their recent
debate in the House on highway 'safe-
ty legislation. The highlight in the -
debate was Mr. Bennett's words:
"Nearly all fatal accidents can (be at-
tributed to drink. I'm sorry to say it, -
but it's true." Several prominent.
members took part in the debate, in-
cluding Lapointe, Church, Betta an&
Massey- But according to press' re-
ports, not a dint was made on the,
real problem,, All the talk was "in-
crease the penalties; get his number;
run him in." .
With all their forensic ability, legal,
acumen nippy tongue, military bear-
ing and plausible personality, there -
was no hint of their appreciation ,of
the fact that they were dealing with:
patients and not with criminals. -
In these accidents the culprit
either hurrying after liquor to meet.
his craving, in which case Mr..
Lapointe and all the Cabinet couldn't
stop him, or he has taken liquor to-,
the extent that he thinks he knows,
more about driving a car than Mr.
Eennett.
In either case, penalties never en-
ters his mind until after the adcident
takes place. Increase of penalties is
no solution. These people must be
treated as patients and not as crinn
finals. We have many government in-
stitutions for'criminals, but not a one,.
Outside of mental •hospitals. (where:
only a few will go) for treatment of
inebriates. Penalties are no solution.'
YOU might just as well puniiih your
child for stuttering, or fine a inert
,good and plenty every time he takes
an epileptic fit.
Yours truly,
DR. A.-MOIR..
was going out for the evening and in -
passing the )home of Mrs. W. J. Me -
Lagan she also slipped a d as a tee
stilt is suffering .froth a 'broken wrist.
On Sunday evening little Kathleen '
Heckman, daughter of Arthur Heck-
man, totvit,'was in the barn -with her
grandfather, Frank Studer, Seebach'ai:
11111,• who was doing the chores.' In
;the root house, she stepped o re -
small turnip, slipped, and broke her -
Wrist in the fall. -•--Mitchell• Advocate;
' (C oat4nued Wart Page 8)
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