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^â- ipMWrtl MwattwOnNWiiiBi m fnitm n iMtll â- â-  W.-^^IW-M â- H i ^ipiWWWPIP :WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1927 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE F THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Published on Collingwoud street, Flcsherton, Wednesday of each week. Circulation over 1100, Price ill Canada, |2.00 per year, v.h.-n'r&id in advance $1.50. In '.',?.'; 5"-50 per year, when paid in advance |2.00. -n. H. THURSTON, Editor EDITORIAL NOTES "Pioneers of Ontario" Misj Emma Oliver, daughter of Ml. and Mrs. Jas. Oliver of the O.D. R., Artemesia, was the winner of the jiublic speaking contest held among the U.F.Y.P.O. clubs in South Grey and received a trophy as a reward. .\t the Farm Youth Rally concert held in Flesherton on Friday, July 8, Miss Oliver again gave her speech, which we publish at full length this w?ek. It is as follows :- More gold was obtained from Can- adian mines last year than in any previous twelve months. We i)aticnt. ly wait the receipt of our share of the jrlittering metal. « • • The great British doctor, Sir Arch- ibalj Lan'" ilttlarcs that people have no more lig-ht to be ill than to bo criminals. They have freedom of choice, certainly, and if they choose wrong th;y must suffer. It is a law of existence. • • • A huge sink hole has developed on the new Provincial Highway between North Bay and Cobalt and the North. The buiUlfrs should have profited by the experience on the highway north of Markdale. A sink hole cannot be glossed over by dumping a few loads of gravel into it. • * * ' Dean Inge may from time to time earn the cognomen of "the gloomy Dean of Flngland," but he utters a truism in perfect terms when he de- clares that "Christ was quite original in affixing moral censure to worry and anxiety." How many of us are like the old Scottish lady who was ''frightened o' the death 'she'd never «dee." • * * It is pointed out hv thcje visiting Britishers that prohibition has -'af- fected nrnsperity by diverting large • sum^ of Vnonij into the purchase of 'commoditips, and by having increased regularity of attendance at work." It is r»:'"7"'''ef', of course, that a good deal his been said and written contrary- to t'ne viewi expressed by these independent British investigat- ors, butjBs the New Outlook suggests "'if we iJear in mind the sources from â- which these arguments proceed â€" that they are largely inspired by selfiish and ' irdid interests, thnt the litera- ture a;id propaganda by which they are kei)t .tc paid for by tbp liniior interest.";," tho value of the allogatinns are largely dis'-ounted. It i.s, points out our contemporary, a significant fact that the Protestant thurchos in both Cannflf rid tb? Ignited .'^tntps, â- with possiblv <>n-> cxcention, by lartre nia.ioritios defend prohibition of the liquor traffic as the ultimate and only satisfactory way of dealing with a great and acknowledged national evil. * « • The United .''tates Department of Labour has published an analysi.^ of "the report on nrohibition in Canada and the United States made by the British industrial delegation that toured this country and the adjoining Republic last year. Jr.ck Miner, the famous lover of birds, is wide in his sympathies. He comes out strongly in favour of foot- paths on highways for pedestrians, â- who are being crowded off the roads by increasing vehicular traffic. Mr. Miner tells us:- ^yust recently my boy drove me to Windsor, a distance of twenty-six miles, and 1 counted eighty-five child- ren dodging their way to school along our cement highway, and to me it looked pitifully wickiod. One little fellow actually fell into the ditch in its efforts to scape those dodging jfas-burnera that came upon him from east and west." This experience is being duplicated daily on all thoroughfares in popul- ous districts. The danger is espec- ially evident on the Provicial High- ways leading into Toronto, where we have setn the roads so occupied with auto:^, at full speed on both iides of the thoroughfare, that, children had «ither had to take to the ditch or make their way air ng i:n adjoining railway. In view of this, we regret to see it stated that the Provincial Minister of Highways declare that there is no need for providing footpaths. Surely the highways should not be entirely Tnonopolized by vehicular traffic, to the danger of those of us who walk and especially to the peril of the little ones. FFVEUSHAM I'RKSBYTF.KIAN CHlRf H PKKVICF, Service «t 7..'iO p.m. Mr. G. H. Preston, principal of the Shelburne high school, will preach next Sunday on prohibition. The Church with a Message. PASTOR - Rev. B. H. YOUNG. FLKSHFRTOM AM) ROCK MILLS BAI»T1.ST CHlfJCHKS REV M. SAUNHERS. Pastor July 3l8t, 1927. Fle.»hcrton II a.m. and 7.'50 p.m. S'libjeci: an. "A Bauouet of Sv •• Peas." Rock Mil.'.s .3.00 p.m. Siibisct: 'The Cry of a Lost S9ul." Were you resent last Sunday? Thank you, come again. season of the year had its special duties. The farm wofhnn in olderv idays did not drive to town in her car and buy her fruit by the basket to bt preserved at home, nor did she buy them already preserved. She and her daughters, with their baskets and lunches, tramped wearily through the woods and gathered raspberries, wild strawberries and other wild fruits, so abundantly offered by the woods at that time. Many times when so' employed, were they startled by the approach of bear, wolf or other wild animal. After sheep shearing was another busy time for the 4>ioneer woman. Some of the wool was carded by hand Ontario is the banner province of Canada. As we look out over her broad well-tilled acres, as we perceive a healthy industrial life, an expand- 'by means of cards which resembled ing lumbering and fishing enterprise, ! flat brushes with wire bristles, the re- d mining indujtry whose reputation mainder of the wool was ipade into is established throughout the - world, I rolls, later to be spun into' yam on as we look out over this Ontario of the spinning wheel during the long ours and recognize the qualities that have entitled her to be called the ban- ner province, we must recall the un- limited loyalty and sacrificial spirit of the pioneers of Ontario. Yes, Ontario is great, but too often we forget those men and women who made possible this province as we know it, those who laid the foundation of Ontario's character and prosperity, they the pioneers of Ontario. W'ords are futile things with which to attempt to illustrate the efforts, thet successes, yes, and the failures of chose who, midst danger and adversity laid solidly the foundation of the Ontario of to-day. The great majority of our pioneers vame from the Motherland, many from homes of wealth and ease. They winter evenings. Some of the yam was woven into cloth on a Hind loom. Churning was another tiresome task. The dasher chum was used to convert the cream into butter and many a weary hour was spent by women or children, sending that dasher cease- lesly up and down. Social Life of Community. Perhaps in the social life of the pioneer we have more reason to be envious. Then people depended upon themselves and their friends for ent- ertainment and not on some outside talent, as we often do to-day. The debating clubs and literary societies, which we have so much difficulty in establishing ' were keenly supported by those early settlers of Ontario. They did not feel the urge of outside things, to things apart from their o^wn came, throwing aside all, save the de-1 community. Another form of social terination to find new homes in a new I life was the old time country or barn land. The Ontario which met the eyes of those ancestors of ours was vastly different from that of to-day. Travellers in Ontario to-day marvel at the scenery, praise highly our good roads, speculate on the wealth of our well-tilled fields, and admire our com- fortable modern homes, our schools and our churches. The pioneer com. ing to Ontario seventy or eighty years ago marvelled in quite a different manner. Fresh from the staid old land he marvelled at the lack of good roatl.5, the lack of schools and churches and the lack of well-tilled fields. To him it was as though he had discover- ed a new, unexplored land, and so it was. But was he daunted? Did he turn back? No. indeed! In one srreat flame of self-sacrifice he auto- matically accepted his lot and became the explorer, builder, the pathfinder of this fine province. dance, when hilarious folk, old and young, went to a rteighbor's house or barn and innocently enjoyed the splen- did good time which they always had amid fun-making and jollity, to the rollicking tunes of the fiddler. Thus far we have been thinking only of the farmer pioneers and while so doing are prone to forget that there were pioneers in other indus- tries as well. Pioneers in mining and fishing demand our admiration and gratitude, but since by far the ereat majority of pioneers were far- mers and lumbermen, we give them more thought. To the pioneer the forest was the central fact of exis- tence, furnishing Jiim with his home :;nd fire, but bitterly opposing his oloiigh. Fnrlv operations in the woods v.ore primative indeed compared with those carrifd on by the lumbering and pulp companies of to-dav. Most of He set to work to clear enough J the work consi.^ed in falling of the land to set up a small house and happy ; t^es snd sqnarinsr the timber by indeea were he and his household ^^^^- the timber then to be hauled when they saw completed their rough to the nearest stream by oxen, little cabin. Happy indeed were xhe Old Log School House he and his household when they ate perhaps what touches us most is their first meal in the new house off ^jj^ struggle to establish in Ontario schools and churches. First let us consider the school, the was something t! are in that little | iog school house that it would be well if Ontario c .uld plant in her I schools to-day. We ee the pupils ran- : ging in age from i '.x to twenty years and the teacher doi;'» the work of both j teacher and Janitir, for what? In money returns only a paltry' one on ; two hundred dollars. | On the other lind we have the church simitiar in structure to the ' school without li' '.•ary, without el- ectric lights, wit! ut an organ but with a people, wo earnestly wish- ed to worship God Mid to praise Him for His goodness to them. Little it mattered how thoy got there â€" in wagon, stoneboat or by travelling many miles by foot. They were the founders of our church in Ontario. Perhaps these schools and churches were inferior, but this at least wa know, it was in such schools and jn such churches that the foundation of this banner province of Ontario was laid. In conclusion â€" Let me ask: "What of Ontario's future?" What does it matter, the record of our pioneers, if ; Ontario's youth do not line up to the ^ ideals which have been set for them. ' It seems to me the outstanding char- | acteristic of the pioneer is self-sac- rifice, sacrifice of himself for others. ' Is there this spirit of self-sacrifice in : thte children of to-day? Some would answer "No", I would answer i ''Yes." I Would Sacrifice Himself | Only a few weeks ago I was study- ' ing with my Senior Third class that beautiful story of sacrifice, the story of Damon and Pythias and briefly ; told thes tory. At the conclusion I asked: "Are there such people in the world to-day ? Are there people here in Grey County who would do for their friends what Damon did for Pythias? Back came the answer, not from the class I was teaching, but from a bright litlle fellow in the ^ front seat. "Yes, there are." "How ^ do you know," I asked "that there .are such people?" "Because," he an- swered "I would do it and there are lots more like me.'' Did he mean it? Would he do it? He certainty did and he certainly would. Is Ontario's future safe in the hands of the children of to-day? Will they live up to the ideals set by our early pioneers? Yes, they will. Let us remember what we owe to the pioneers of Ontario and live onr lives in such a â- way so that when we pass on, we may leave behind as great a legacy to posterity as they left to us in this province as â- we know it. 4 « KENNEDY'S GROCERY MEN'S WEAR Preserving" time is now in full swing. Don't for- get we have a full line of Jem jars, Zi'nc rings, Glass tops, Certo and everything in the preserving line. Hobberlin's Tailored Suits $25.00 up Also a <rood line of ready-to-wear suits at the right prices. Call and be satisfied with your next suit. W. G. KENNEDY Phone 37 ANNOUNCEMENT ERNEST C. MURRAY, D.D.S. has been appmnted the reinreseuCalive of Federal Fire Insurance Company of Canada * having taken over the business of di» G)nipany from Mr. S. E. deCndinore^ the rough home-made table. Little it mattered that all they had to eat was brown bread and molasses, was not this home? Their new Ontario home! Read The Advance "Small Advts." Life in a Country Home Let us view in imagination a day's life in a country home. We find the men and older boys at work as soon as day dawns. If in the springtime we find them with their crude plows and clumsy oxen trying to clear and till a little land and sowing a meagre quantity of corn or other grain. If in the fall, we find the pioneer farmer harvesting his small crop with scythe, sickle or cradle. Later in the sea- son we find the men-folk threshing their grain by hand. For this pur- nose a flail was usually used. Some of the threshed grain was fed to the stock, the remainder was ground into meal for use iji the home. In early oioneering days the grain was ground â- \t home by placing the grain in a hollow stone and rubbing it with an- other stone until finally ground. In later years the grain was ground in- to flour at the nearest mill. The Women Had Their Place What was women'.; work building of a new province. little log school symbolic of the high I ideals, the noble self-sacrifice and a- bove all, the wisdom of our fore- fathers. 'Tis true they were inferior in many ways to our schools of to-day. But perhaps 'tis also true that there Honey For Sale FRESH CLOVER HONEY â€"W. S. INKSTER, Flesherton. RUITURE EXPERT HERE Petrdleum Royalties DIVIDEND NOTICE Head Office: TULSA, OKLA. The regular Monthly Dividend of I'-'f and a bonus of Vi of I'/c on thte Guaranteed Preferred Shares â€" giving a total of 1% for the month, will be paid on August 1st to shareholders of record â€" July 26. J. Ruffer, Secretary MID-CONTINENT BOND. CORP. 331 Bay Street Toronto 2, - Canada SHINGLES N. B. White Cedar Extras â€" Clear of knots and Sapwood $6.00 per M. The Best Shingles on the Market W. A. Armstrong & Son FLESHERTON. ONT. Do you suffer from rupture? If so your big opportunity has now arrived. 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