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NOVEMBER 3, 1939,
"euron Expositor
Established 1860
Keith McPhail McLean, Editor.
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SEAFORTH, Friday, November 3rd
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A Moratoriurn,On Municipal
Elections
Premier Hepburn of Ontario has
announced that legislation will be
brought down at the next session of
the Legislature providing for a mor-
atorium on the holding of elections
in municipalities for the next two
years, or for the duration of the war,
if war,should unfortunately extend
over that period of time.
The Premier's announcement has
been received with mixed feelings
throughout the country. There are
some who think it would be a good
thing, and there are others who are
n t so sanguine,.
The holding of yearly elections is
an almost,universally accepted prac-'
tise in every municipality, and is,
moreover, looked upon as a demo-
cratic right, and it is hard to change
custom, particularly so when a Gov-
ernment steps in to make that
change.
If every municipality was govern-
ed by the most public-spirited, able
and honest men within the bounder- ,
res of the municipality, continuing
such men in office for an indefinite
time, would be the wisest policy any
municipality could adopt, and prob-
ably would adopt without any gov-
erment say so.
But, unfortunately, very few mun-
icipal governments are of that kind
and 'there seems to be a rather gen-
-oral feeling out here in the country
that giving municipal governments
an unlimited lease of Life would not
prove to be the very best thing for
any municipality, while human na-
ture remains what it is.
If the proposed new legislation
forces municipalities to take an un -
;accustomed interest in municipal af-
fairs and into studying carefully the
merits and demerits of municipal
candidates for office, well and good.
Very much profit will accrue through
that legislation..
But, if on the other hand, such
legislation will permit of self-seek-
ing people being given an unlimited
time over which to control the pub-
lic purse strings, the result will lead
to many things including increased
taxes, and perhaps, not in a few
cases, to the penitentiary as well.
If a municipality re-elects its of-
ficers year by year, it is an indication
that that particular municipality is
getting about as good a brand of
economical home government as is
possible to attain. But being depriv-
ed of the power to change that gov-
ernment, year after year, is an en-
tirely different thing.
Nor does the matter of expense,
as intimated by the Government, en-
ter seriously into the situation. As 'a
matter of fact, except in the large
cities, the expense of a municipal -
eiection is negligible, and in those
Large centres one would think that
where many thousands and some-
times millions of dollars are ex-
pended yearly, the peopleof those
centres should not be deprived of the
vp'er of saying who shoul r be chos-
,• to spend it.
However, there might a worse
t mea 'befall us than a m'. . fl um
on municipal elections. We might,
for instance, have a moratorium on
provinldaI elections as well. But af-
ter Quebec, we really do not belie
that Mr. Hepburn will go that far.
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The Quebec Election
The result of the Provincial elec-
held' in Quebec last week was
with more genual ap-
of the Canadian
the res' of
vineial election on
the history of our country.
Provincial elections., as a general
thing, are of primary interests only
to
people of that particular prov-
ince,but the recent provincial elec-
tion -in Quebec far exceeded in inter-
est the boundaries of that province.
The result of that election, in fact,
was of vital interest to not only the
whole Canadian people, but to the.
people of the whole British Empire.
For some time back the Premier
of Quebec and his government with;
we regret to say, the able assistance
of the Government of `Ontario, has
beentrying to set himself and his
Province up as a thing apart from
the rest of the Dominion. In his per-
sonal opinion, the Quebec Premier
looked upon provincial rights as be-
ing more important to him . and the
people of Quebec, than Canadian un-
ity.
To him the Province of Quebec
was decidedly more important than
Canada as a whole. And to his way
of thinking he should,dictate the pol-
icy of government at Ottawa, as well
as at the capital city of Quebec.
There are, however, eight other
Provinces in the union besides Que-
bec, and seven other Provinces be-
sides the Provinces of Quebec and
Ontario.
Quebec and Ontario are, of course,
the two most largely populated and
most wealthy Provinces in the
Dominion, but at the same time they
are only two out of the nine that
constitute the Dominion, and to al-
low them to dominate the policy of
the central government at Ottawa
would very soon wreck the unity of
the Dominion as a whole.
Very fortunately, however, for
Canada's future welfare, the exalted
opinion of himself and his province
held by Premier Duplessis, was not
held by the people of Quebec. To
them the unity of Canada was the all
important thing; not the ambitions
of their Premier, and in their belief
Quebec, as a Province of Canada,
was a thing greatly more desired
than Quebec, an isolated Province on
its own.
And the decision of the people of
Quebec, as expressed in the recent
election, was a very heartening one
to the people of the other Provinces
and beyond. Nor was there any
hesitancy or doubt, expressed in that
decision. The rout of Mr. Duplessis
and his followers, was the most. com-
plete that has ever been witnessed in
any Province.
From the possession of a following
of seventy-one members in a House
of ninety, Premier Duplessis emerg-
ed from last w,veek's election with a
following of fourteen only in a House
reduced to eighty-six members. Such
a result is particularly notable when
it is considered that up to the date of
dissolution, Premier Duplessis was
the most outstanding and trusted'
man in Quebec; and from the fact
that he undoubtedly would still be
that if he had refrained from hold-
ing an election on an issue of rebel-
lion against the Dominion Govern-
ment. •
There can be no question of doubt
now but that the people of the Pro-
vince of Quebec are sound Canadian
citizens beyond all else and under
their new Premier and new Govern-
ment will shoulder their share in the.
prosecution of Canadian unity,
which also means at this time their
share of war responsibilities, as well.
It should be noted here too and
emphasized, that while the new Que-
bec Premier, Mr. Adelard Godbout,
is a Liberal and has a following of
sixty-nine members in the House,
the result of the election ca:n not be
looked upon in the light of a Liberal
victory.
As a plain matter of fact it was,
the unanimous support of the mem-
bers of the Quebec (Conservative
party given to the Liberal candidates
that made the victory possible. It
was not a party triumph, because,
-- perhaps for the first time in Cana-
dian history, politics were forgotten.
Conservatives and Liberals united in
a successful effort to defeat all, as
Premier King expressed it, who, "by
presenthlg a dlallenge to the loyalty
of the Province at a time like the
present, were equally prepared to al-
low misrepresentation of Canada's
position as the senior Dominion of
the British Commonwealth."
Years Agone
$iltereetltig Items Picked From
The Huron,, Expositor of Fifty and
Twentrflve Years Apo.
From The Huron Expositor
November 13, 1914
A fowl supper was recently held
under the auspiees of the Methodist
Church in Henri'. One of the pleas-
ing items on the program was when
Master Samuel Rennie 'sang "It's a
Lang Way to Tipperary,"
Mr. Ed. ()artier, of Hullett, last
week gathered in his, gander, peas of
the 'third erep tor this season.
The work on. the various observa-
tion
bservestion towers which are being construct-
ed tihmoughout the Province under the
,direction; 'of the Department of the
Interior, Ottawa, and w'hic'h have cre-
ated 'considerable comment and cur-
iosity, leas been suspended for the sea-
son. They are located in this district
in Biddulph, Ellice, Hibbert, Logan,
Hallett, Morris and Hay.
The following list of very useful
supplies was shipped from here on
Friday posit by the local Red Cross:
2% dozen pairs pyjamas', 2% dozen
cotton night shirts, 1% dozen• flan-
nelette night shirts, 4% dozen pairs
bed snicks, 103 pairs' socks, 2 dozen
sleeping helmets, 2% dozen pairs
wristlets, &% dozen towels, 8% doz-
en Tumkisth towels, 1 dozen wash
cloths, 2 dozen grey flannel shirts, 10
scarfs, 1 dozen bet water bottle cov-
ers, 25 dozen, cheese cloth handker-
chiefs, 1 rubber hot water bottle, 60
pains woollen blankets.
The following is, the list as furnish-
ed by Lieut. Col. Wildon of the Sea -
forth recnuits who (rave joined the
second Canadian contingent and who
are now training in London•: Fred-
enick Daniels, Jesse Daniels, Percy
Ralph J. Spearpoint, W. N. Wes•t-
cott, Jbeeph Klein and Hugh Kyle.
Seaforth Company of the 33rd Regi-
ment, thirty-two strong, who have
been drilling two t iphts a week in
the alma/1g rink, are rapidly rounding
into shape under Lieut. IL 3. Hod-
gins.
The Grand Trunk Railway has de-
cidsed to magnitain a watchman at the
Main Street railway crossing and
have engaged Mn Jlahn Finch.
The annual meeting of the Seaforth
Horticultural Society was held in the
Carnegie Hall cru Saturday evening
last. The following officers were
elected for the coming, year: Presi-
dent, A. F. Cliff; vice-president, W.
D. Hoag; secretary -treasurer, Charles
Stewart; directors: W, Hartry, Jas.
Wright,- J. Grieve, H. Henry and L.
Flenrcheutz; auditors, J. Grieve and
James Wright.
Mr. Th+o'mas Rands shipped a car-
load of apples packed M. boxes. to Ed -
wanton this week.
Mr. N. J. Darwin, second son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Darwin, of Ottawa,
formerly of Seafenth, will leave with
the se'c'ond) contingent with the army
medical corps,9,and is now training at
Kingston.
Mr, Wes. Free received' a bad cut
on the (hand on Tuesday that requir-
ed; five stitches to close the .wound.
Mr. Dancey, barrister of Goderich,
+hasopened •cut an office in Blyth.
Messrs. Barinton Bros., of Blyth,
received a car of sheepskins from
New Zealand last week.
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From The Huron Expositor
November 8, 1889
While attending the recent teach-
ers' convention at Stratford, Mr. Jas.
Purd'on, teacher in the Mitchell pub-
lic scilicet, felt from the 'horizontal bar
in the ,gymnealum and sustained ser-
ious injuries to leis ,head and face.
▪ M. John Dorsey; of Seaforth, has
purchased the Makin farm of 10Q
acres, being Lot 16, Concession 2,
Hibbert, near Dublin, from the estate
of Joseph Kidd, paying $5,000.
Mr. W. H. Boyd has disposed of
his baking bueinesn in Seafiortb to
Meclan. Clarke and Ingram and in-
tendcs going to Chandon 4e start in the
same business.
Mr. William Copp now has' the
(name ,of his new residence on Gode-
rich Street up ands is' having it enclos-
ed.
IMtt Thomas MCMiichael, of the 2nd
conreeseien of Huliett, had his two-
year-old Canadian bred stallion weigh-
ed. He weighed 1590 pounds, and is
25 mien -the old.
Messrs. Smith and Malcolm, of
Wroxeter, have put a fine bailer and
engine into their 'Wraith, factory as
well as a large portion of ew ma-
ahnmemy.
Mr. Isaac Moore bas sold his farm
on the 1'Oth concession, of Hibbert to
Mr. Richard Hoggarth for $3,150.
Meesns Cook, Bretz, Elsie and
K11 i srta , 'of Dashwood', )rave re-
turned tram a (bunting excursion in
Muskoka. They brought 'home sever-
al fine deem.
Mir. Kenzie, a Scottish gentleman
frmm the 'chid sod, spent a couple of
weeks visiting et the residence of Mr.
Roberti Turnbull in McKillop.
Mfrs. Wpb. Dawson deft Seaterth
liew diarya ago tor Seattle, Wasrhdmgton
Territory, where she intends to Join
herr lranband, Who has a good situa-
tion with the Cable Car Company of
that city.
Mr. Williaim. Pmoadfoot, , barrister of
Godieaddh, has taken up aesideateee in
the large and bavdaonne bourse vehteh
he recently Iputxihatsed and which was
formerly owned hate' occupied by Dr.
Wicking.
L•ucknaw' has gold its $10,000 worth
of . waterwbrr1sa debentures to Mr. Geo.
A. Stinson, of Toronto, for 113 and
one -sixt'e'enth, which, amlannts to a
pmemdum of $1,306,25.
A son of Mir. James Barry, Hibbert,
Who la luunbeadng Ln Cal'ifionnia, mad
a very narrow estearpe from instant
death recently.' As it Was, he was
badly hurt..
Mr.. Jotbn Mrneir has sold his farm.
bf 100 acnes, Lot 11, on the 7th, con-
cession of Fullra.'dtom, to Mr. Wiliiam
Harper, of the same ilIhte, for $4;950.
"Mrs. Page, why has kept the hotel
at Staffa for a nefliber of years, left
recently for Liner inhere she has
puri based the MUIetr polldtan Motet
Mn, (frank (Paella, , Of /M te% Sae
ceed". her nib State,
Phil Osifer of
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Lazy Meadows
(By Harry J. Boyle)
THE FARM
During this past summer it was my
pleasure to visit a farm near the vil-
lage of Weedsiille, owned by a farm-
er who, lake myself, gets a hankering
by times) to tell of his experiences
around ate farm. I had read bis art -
idles for a number of years and dur-
ing the course of time had farmed an
impression of what he must look like
and what 'his farm mast be like. Ac-
cordimgly, having a few days of quiet-
ness' on the farm I rannbled down to
see 'ham-.
My ideas o'P his farm were as far
astray as they could possibly be. He
had two hundred acres of level, well
culltivated land and the monotony of
the fiat land was relieved by the unost-
ittrective arrangement I have ev-
er witnessed • around a house and
basin. '
Sitting on a small knoll, well bank-
ed with flower that showed the care-
ful attention of a good housekeeper,
was a substantial farm'home. Just
the kind of farm home that you no-
tice in driving past, and in so doing
will. say, "There's a mighty nice look -
deg place, because it has such a
friendly looking house on it."
Between the house and the pond -
was a jewel-like body of water with
a quaint rustic bridge. Floating ser-
enely along the water's surface was
lily -pads and ducks, a perfect picture
of contentment , and charm:. ' The
ducks were gliding along in flotilla
style, bobbing down at intervals tor
a bite of something to eat. Among
whispea'inig "weeping w'ill'ow" trees
stood a frame barn- It was' not one
of those rncdern, efficient looking
barns that seem to glare like a great
ugly office building in the centre of
a green patch of grass, but rather a
warm, comfortable looking one with
the odd board off and the occasional
window stuffed with a gunny sack.
I wandered back of the barn in a
small ravine that was lined on. both
sides with elms that seemed like some
gigantic archway and came upon trim
in the coma patch. While his son was
scuffling corn, be was engaged in the
very tarmetr-like task of leaning on a
hoe -handle.
I introduced myself and he shook
Viands in a way that made me feel
welcome There was no nonsansdcal
apology for his clothes beteg stained
with good, honest clay. He made no
inane remarks about not shaving that
maiming. He mentioned how he was
figuring as to what he would sow in
tthe corn 'fiel'd next year, and led the
ways to a nook he had behind' the barn
in a tool shed, and with a wave of
his hand indicated that I should sit
down ,and, be comfortable.
Seated on an abandoned car eussh-
ion ducat offered as much ,comfort as
anything him the lounge of the Bilt-
more, we chatted about everything in
general, He pointed out where the had
.a s'peci'al corner of the tool -stied rig-
ged up els an office.
There on a clean, fresth pine table
tlret was an inspiration in (itself he
wrote bus oracles, on bite in general
a'nouuid the farm. Whhspening wid1ow3
and elms played) by vagrant trees
supplied the incidental music and the
lapping of the water in the pool serv-
ed as a gentle spur to hie- imagina-
tion. There the sat on Sunday morn-
ing and wrote of what had taken
place during the week.
"Running a farm 'is like being in
command) of a. great army," he relat-
ed. "You 'battle against life every day
and pilot your ihnai•ns against the com-
bined forces of nature and fate. You
find that if you fight fair, they'll be
fair . . . and that if you start 's'l•ip-
rting they'll creep in on you. Give a
field a poor cultivation and you'll find
that the weeds. wilt move in acid
choke the crop. I like farming he -
cause it's the grandest, cleanest oocu-
pation eau the world. If you have hn-
aginatioan and foresight you can go
to the top, just as, captains of indus-
try do. If you shirk, then you must
dawdle along in a half form of exist-
ence. I like to work and plan and
behearty in everything. I go .to bed
at night tired and get up with the
sun, and I glory in being fit and
ihealthy and actiiv'e. I enjoy being a
cine hundred per omni. farmer."
:JUST A SMILE OR TWO:
Sambo had found a job for the
week on a railroad 'section gang, and
was taking leave of his family, When
his wife came to the door.
"Coupe back, Sam. You hasn't cut
a etick of wood fo' de stove — and
you'll be gone fo' a week!"
Same turned and looked very much
aggrieved. "Honey," he said in a
tone of injured innocence, "what's de
matitah? You -all talks as though Ah
w'as takin' de ax with me."
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Blake: "Don't you think it a good
idea to rate all cars according to
their hors epowor?"
Drake: "Not as good as rating all
delvers according to their horse
sense."
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Patrick was accused of stealing a
+neighbca's pig.
"Well, now Patrick," said the
judge, "when you are brought face
tc ,'ace with Widow Murphy and her
pig ori Judgment Day, what account
will you be able to give of yourself
when stave accuses you of stealing?"
"You said: the pig would be there,
sir?" said Pat. "Well, then, I'll just
say: 'Mns. Murphy, there's
Pig'!"
you r
"Why do you always put a dicta-
tion sign on your letters, as if you
had a secretary? You do not keep a
typist."
"Well, the fact is, my spelling's a
bit shaky."
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An enthusiastic young 'recruit went
went on parade with a tiny Union
Jack pinned on his tunic.
The sergeant -major could not be-
lieve his eyes, but, making allowance
for the youth and keenness, of the lad
and suppressing his, natural emotions
with an obvious effort, the said not
unkindly:
"Look 'hep, my lad, you try to re-
member you're in the British Army
now. We don't want none o' yer
blinkin' patriotism here!"
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Antique Dealer: ''"May I help you,
madam?"
Mother of Growing Family: "Yes,
I'm booking for en Italian table of
the resistance period."
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"You say you are from Brooklyn?
That would make you a Brooklynite,
wouldn't it? By the way, may I have
another piece or two'of your candy?"
"Certainly. And you say you are
from Paris?"
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The Man Who
Wouldn't Die
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(Condensed from the New York Sun) 0
"Medical science," said the army
surgeon., "its riot the last word in sav-
ing lives. Any doctor who served at
the front knows abet. In numerous
cases where medical and surgical
skull dais fai nd utterly, the wounded
imam recovered by sheer willpower
and returned to Ms colons,
"I'll give you one instance," the
surgeon went on. "Among the wound-
ed at a temporary Ih'ospatal behind
the lines of Chateau Thierry, in 1918,
was an Irishman from Iowa. A bullet
had entered his 'ri'gbt side, back of
,the collarbone, passed ,through his
long, diaphragm, gall bladder and
liver. There were thirteen perflora-
ti'ons in his intestines, six of them
double punctures."
"Wats he oontsoious?" I asked.
f`Thoroughly, and in a communi-
cative mood: During the examination
and while we were preparing to op-
erate, be said, in a Voice heard by
every conscious man, in the hospital:
'I'11 be all right, Dec, don't worry a-
bout me.'
'We administered, ether, opened the
stomach, sewed up the perforations
and diid whatever ,else was necessary.
ft was astounding that he survived.
But wirth surprising vitality lire came
our of the ether announcing that be
was 'all right.' Close by ware a doz-
en other terribly wounded men. One
of them sat bolt upright, looked at
dile Iowa private amid' broke into
laughter, 'If that guy can pull
through, so cam I,' said he.
"From that day until a week later,
wheat, I was called to another sec-
tion, the patient's sole salutation
was: 'I'll be all right, Doc. Don't
worry about rte.' ' He became the
marl who wound mot die, and in the
very soul of these about him he im-
planted a determination to live! He
mad s+ev'eral lapses', high temperature
'arid] pulse, with idrstressdng symptoms
but eat on'oe, even do his frequent
detithluniz, was 'hie shaken to the be-
lieef that the Would recover.
"Ito ;formed a messenger sen'vace
A Fact A Week
About Canada
(From the Chnolulen Bureau of
StkiNfl-U)
MACKENZiE RIVER TRIBES
Eight Indian tribes shared the bas-
iln of the Mackenzie River: Chipewy-
an, Beaver, Sekani, Slave, Yellow-
knife, Regal), Hare and Naihani. Thp
populat on even in pre -European times
was very sparse, hardly exceeding
10,000. Today it is may about 4,000,.
excluding some Crees of Algonkdan
shock who have Migrated into the
territory.
pease forests of coniferous trees
clothe the valleys of the ,Mackenzie
and its tributar•iee. Outside these
valleys lie stretches of grassland la
the south and, in the north, treeless
tundra or pocky wastes dotted with,
ininnn rjerable hake's. 'The birch tree•
gradually yields to the spruce; the -
moose, the deer and the beaver fade.
away before 'the caribou and the
music -ox. On tine whole the fish and
game are less plentiful and • the cli-
mate much harsher than in Eastern
Canada.
The eight Mackenzie River tribes
spoke a ,single language, Athlapaskan,.
also spoken in Alaska and down the
w'es'tern face of the Raekiee as far
as California Sano scholars connect
it with the Sinitic languages of Chine,
Tibet and Siam, and believe that the
Mackenzie River Indians' and their
kinsmen were the Last 'people to mi-
grate from Asia into America, arriv-
ing here not many centuries before
the Cbnistia,n ,era. however, in phys-
ical appearance the present-day In-
dians seem to reset:able the natives of
Eastern Canada more than they no
any Asiatic people.
Ilhee subsisted on fish and game.,.
with the addition of wild fruit. Cari-
bou, sheep and goats roamed the
western mountains and in the Peace-
River
eaceRiver Valley herds of buffalo. Along
the lower Mackenzie the Indian;
entailed so mane hares that one tribe
derived its name from the animal.
Beaus
nimal-
Beans were "fairly common every-
where. Nearly every lake abounded)
with fieb, especially whitefish.
They were skilful in the use of -nets.,
snares and traps. The nets were
made of willow bark or babiehe-
(thcngs of •car•ibo•u hide). They of-
ten speared caribou in the water
from their canis•, but shot down the -
musk -ox with arrows. Their beauti-
ful hunting dog, white with blacIi
s'plotc'hes on head and rump, is al-
most extinct. .,
The summer dwelling was a coni-
cal framework of poles covered witit
caribou hides, spruce bark or simply
brush. This served the Chdpewyan:
for winter also, but the others pre-
ferred rectangular huts, roped with
spruce bark and chinked with. moss.
Like ether Indians who lived by -
the abase, the Macleenzie River tribes
owned few tools and practically nc'
turnitune. In most of their knives the -
blade was a beaver tooth; only ,a
few 'had la es of stone or native -
copper. Ern. oid'ery in porcupine:-
quills.
orcupinf:quills. obtained amongst them its
hi'glhre'st develapmbent and the mesh
barges of b'aibiclre were very attractive
Bark canoes in summer and tobog-
gans and, enowstluoee in winter wen~
characteristic.
No agevc+rn>ment was recognized .
only comhnon needs' ansd ties of blond
Man.' wrestled for each other's wives.
who meekly follew'ed the victors.
Dancing was the 'ream/ite pastime
They lacked faith in a Supreme Be
ing, or even in mighty deities to -
Whom the native could turn in time
of trouble. Life was precarious. but
death faced with indifference becaus+'-
of belief in a vague after -rife.
among the nurses. ' 'You tell that
bird over theme with a busted conk,'
said he, 'that I've got from 13 to 20
boles inside of me and that I'll be
back at the trent .again'. Say to that
'fellow who thinks he is gain' to be
paralyzed that this war ain't yet
started, and tell him to get back oti
his pins as soon as he can.' To an
'officer whose eight side had been
blown away by sihrapn'eI he said: 'So
long as your heart is still there you
shlowld bother. A young feller like
you can stand a lot of hard luck and
still have the best of it. When I
get .back I'm gonna tell my buddies
that a month in the (hospital is .a
furlough.'
"The dray of cry departure I stop-
ped to say good-bye. 'Lemme know
where you'll be and I'll shoot you a
Letter, Doc, so you'll know when I
get 'back da my regiment. A man
can't spend: his life lyuav' here with a
bu'ntdbt of nurses waiting on; hint,
Goo'bye, Doc, don't worry about me.'
"Inevitablty that optimiFatic note, re-
peated daily,inoculated every man in
the hospital. Out of the 12 more ser-
iously wounded, four died, but the
remaining eight had so thoroughly
come under his influence that they
all pulled through, Doctors and:
nurser alike felt the power that em-
anated from that one man, crying out
sea that all could hear, 'I'm all fright.'
Later I ariet Ione of the surgeons -who
was 'there when the optimist was dis-
charrged, He told me that every
other mast In the ward believed that
he had beean led from the grave by
the Ioiwan.
"That eloltduer taught me that a
patient dtitatcoumh,gfed is on the down-
grade, and that mledicine without
hope ,lis 'hopeless. Among the souve-
nirs I brought back from the war
was, a dietter, 'written at the front by
a soldier wino bad rejoined hiss regi-
ment. I quote it in full:
'I'm all right, Doc, don't worry
ablaut MC"
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Seen in the
County Papers
Over 2,200 pounds of Fowl
We are ad'vbsed that over 2,2')0 -
pounds of fowl, )mostly geese, are -
ready for the oven and will be siz-
zling when this issue reaches its
readers. Two hundreds and twenty
gyre have been dressed, besides'
some chlckene for the big fowl sup -
Per at St. Peter'g Lutheran Church,.
Zurich~ ---Zurich Herald,
Fractures Leg
Whiie her father w'as in the pro-
cese of backing the car from the gar-
age last Tlmrrsday, Betty Young, two-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Young, of Hublett Township-
fedl frame the vehicle, fracturing Ibex
leg.---Blytih, Standard,
Signs For Military Service
Mr. Bernard Hall has signed u1'
with 'C' Company of the Huron -Mid-
dlesex Regiment, in training at Clin-
ton. The training at present consists
of only two night's a week, and Mr..
Hall does not expect that the Com -
panty will go into steady training un-
til after Christmas' at the earliest -
There 'ane about twenty men in train-
ing at faittibon at the present time.—
Blyth Standard.
Tries Out For Mountie
Mr. Seott Fairservice left on Mon-
day for Landon, where be expects to
tales his final examination to qualify
as a Cantadiiam. Mounted) policeman.
Scott has, the physical requirements,
is ate all-round ;goods fellow and
slho'uld prover quite a satisfactory ac-
quisition to the force. — Blyth Stan-
dard.
Robbers Make Off With Safe
Several, rands have been staged on
plants in West-
mont weeks includ-.
ara, Dundee and Far -
est. Late TJrurnda,y night or early
Friday m'ornin'g tlhrieves visited the
poultry, plant of Candia, Packers -here'
mil wade oft with a 404 apound safe. .
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