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ie Ontario Reformer VOLUME 51--No, 35 : Tuesda Thuprsd and Saturda Published at Oshawa, Ont, Canada OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1922 Yeprly Subscription $3.00 Single Coples § Cents SESS Second Section-- RE iad WEEDS A young man who was not a farm- er, but a student of many things, Was once visiting a farmer relative in an eastern county of Ontario, Next farm was owned by a French- Canadian. Walking around with his relative the student asked: "What is that yellow weed here and there in your neighbor's grain?" "I don't know. 1 hadn't noticed it before," "Let us go and have a look at it." They pulled up one of the coarse, strong, tall weeds, with its long prickly leaves, bairy stalk, running root and bright yellow flowers, Now do you know it " asked the student., "No," replied the farmer; "I have never seen it before." "It is perennial sow-thistle, one of the worst, if not the very worst, weed which could get into the com- munity, You had better see your neighbor at once and get him to pull it earefully before it has time to seed or the roots to spread. If not both his farm and your farm will be polluted in a year or two." They went to the peighbor and told him. "Well, ba' gosh! Is dat so?" said the Frenchman. "You bet I fix him. I pull him quick." He was an easy-going, good-humor- ed fellow, that French-Canadian, and put off pulling the thistles from day to day. In the end he forgot about it altogether. The next year his field was nearly covered with yellow, and there were splashes of it all over the fields of his English-speaking neighbor. He promptly dug or pull- ed it out, but the French farmer still neglected. Inside of a few years his farm was practically ruined, and his neighbor has a continual fight on his hands to save the fields. This is a fact even more true in the moral than in the physical world. Moral and spiritual seeds are car- ried even more easily and univers- ally over the whole meighborhood than are the down-winged seeds of sow-thistle borne of the wind. No man lives unto himself. The evil weeds he allows to grow in his life are bound to pollute the lives of meighbors, even though they may put out their most valiant efforts against them. We have known one vicious school-boy to contaminate a whole school of children. We have known one wrong-headed, foolish, but per- haps popular young man Or Young woman to infect a whole circle of acquaintances. We have known one public institution of shady character to cast a blight on many lives throughout a whole community. This is where the rights of the public clash with what are some- times called the rights of the in- dividual. That French-Canadian farmer might have claimed that his farm was his own, and he could let any weeds grow im it if he pleased, and none of his neighbors had any right to interfere. (He did not do that. He acknowledged his duty to destroy the weeds, though he was too easy-going to carry it out). But he might have got on his dignity and told his neighbor to mind his own business; he would do what he liked with his own farm. He would not have his liberty interfered with. Bat little by little we are learning that the safety of the public is a Unexcelled dining car service. Sleeping cars on might Arains ann parlor cars on principal day rains. Full information from any Grand Trunk Ticket Agent or C. E. Horning, District Passenger Agent, Toronio. bigger thing than the liberty of the individual, Consequently there are to some Canadian provinces officers called "Weed Inspectors," who have the right to go to a farmer and order him to cut before it is ripe and burn the crop on a whole field which is so infested with weeds as to he a mem- ace to the community, This is the reason which lies be- hind what is sometimes called our Puritanical legislation on moral questions. An educated Englishman sald to a better educated Canadian: "I would not live in Canada with your tyrannical prohibition laws. I am not a drinking man myself; but I would not submit to such a gross interference with my personal liberty as to say that I cannot have a glass of whiskey if I want it." and sounds very plausible. It is used against all laws dealing with liquor, the Sabbath, gambling, bet- ting at race-courses, immorality og anything else of that nature. It is held that these are all invasions of a Briton inalienable right to do as he pleases. The fatal weakness of all such argument {is that jt disregards a higher law. It is this. The rights of the public are more sacred than the privileges of any individual. The law must consider the greatest number. If any individual persists in growing within himself, in his home or his business Weeds which are a menace to the character, the well-being and prosperity of his neighbors, his neighbors have a per- fect right to demand that his liberty indo not be allowed to endanger their safety. So on every hand our liberty is curtailed by prohibitory laws which say: ""Thou shalt not do harm to thy neighbor." When this country of Canada was first settled there were almost no native weeds to injure agriculture. Wild mustard, quack grass, French weed sow-thistle, even wild oats and the so-called Canada thistle, were all brought to this country from Europe. Not one is a mative. Top day's great part of the labor of the farmer is devoted to fighting these evil things which were brought into the country in the old days when there was no one to say, "Thou shalt not pollute this good land which is given us clean from the hand of God." We are paying the price of the heedlessness of the past. Let us learn our lesson from the physical world, and in the moral world take heed that no one through love of self-indulgence or greed of gain shall destroy his neighbor's heritage, and ander the spurious argument of liberty, pollute his neighbor's home and fields with his Weeds. OTHER PEOPLES RIGHTS Woodstock Sentinel-Review:Speak- ing the other day about the objec- tions to oriental immigration, Hon. H. H. Stevens of Vancouver empha- sized the right of any state to de- termine the conditions on which im- migrants should be admitted. The right has not always been acknow- ledged. If it had been acknowledged in the case of Japan, for instance, when that country was practically forced to open its doors to foreign trade and foreign influences, the Japanese problem would probably be far less troublesome today than it is. Japan had a civilization of its own, not based on machinery and com- merce, and was quite content with it. if Japan's right to live her own life in her own way had been more scrupulously respected the Japanese might be more content to stay at home today than they ave. FAVORED BY NATURE Ottawa Journal: Not everyone can be as prosperous as an average Can- adian farmer. FRECKLES Dont Mide Thom With a Veil; Re- move Them With Othine-- Double Strength This preparation for the treat- ment of freckles is usually so suc- cessful in removing freckles and giv- ing a clear, beautiful complexion that it is sold under guarantee to refund the money if it fails. Don't hide your freckles under a veil; get an ounce of Othine and ve- move them. Even the first few ap- plications should show a wonderful improvement, some of the lighter freckles vanishing entively. Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength Othine; it is this that is sold on the money-back guar- antee. That is a very common argument, e News of Nearby Places EBENEZER | All are pleased to hear Master| Glenn Pickell is improving nicely after his recent illness of the past few weeks. Several Ebenezerites attended i Maple Grove Anniversary services on | Sunday and Monday last. The Ebenezer girls' baseball team | played Tyrone at Hampton at the Durham Old Boys' picnic on Wed- nesday, June 14. The score was 26- 12 in favor of the Ebenezer team. Miss Lillian Hillier was at home over the week end. Mr. Arthur Pascoe around again. The good people of rampton are certainly to be commended on their hospitality exhibited to the different teams playing there on June 14. Mrs. T. J. Cole arranged an infor- mal dinner party in honor of her cousin, Mr. W. G. Doble, of Edmon- ton. is able to be Ailta., sister, Mr. was a week-end guest of her Mrs. Howard Couch. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Bragg, Provi- dence, Mr, Arthur Bragg and sister, Providence, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hill, Tyrone, visited Mr. and Mrs. Howard Couch and attended anni- versary. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Smith, Solina, were visiting their daughter, Mrs. Everett Hoar, ou Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Philp, Nestle- ton, Mr. and Mrs. Aleck Wight, Providence, Miss Edyth Clemens, Tyrone, and Mr. Russel Smith, So- lina, visited Mr. and Mrs, E. V. Hoar and attended anniversary. Miss Taylor, Solina, was a week- end guest of the Misses Werry. The Misses Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lord, Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Rundle, Grace and Jean, all of Bow- manville, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Werry. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Werry, Solina, Mr. and Mrs. Ormiston, Enfield, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Larimer, Black- Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Werry and Miss Werry attended the Old Durham Boys' picnic and renewed acquaint- ances with several old Toronto friends. Mrs. Robt, Collacutt, Salem, the Misses Cole and J. R. R. Cole also enjoyed the Durham Old Boys' re- union at Hampton. Congratulations to Mr. Langmaid (nee Katie Salem. Mrs. Annie Hoar has returned from an extended visit to her daugh- ters, Mrs. Grosscurth, Lowell, and Mrs. T. H. Henderson, Toronto. We ave pleased to see her home again. Bethesda Anniversary on the Sab- bath was an unqualified success. Rev, H. K. Edminson, B.A. "Orono, delivered two very interesting and instructive sermons. "A Trip to the Moon' was a practical and entertain- ing talk to the children in the after- noon, and in the evening, "Isaac Dig- ged a Well," was his subject. Miss Taylor, Solina, who is home from Toronto, rendered two solos most ef- ficiently, which were much appre- ciated by her hearers. Miss Taylor also assisted the school in the choruses. The thanks of the com- munity are due her. Mrs. Howard Couch presided at the organ in her usual efficient manner, and the names of Misses Alice Werry and JBttie Scott may be mentioned in ad- dition to the one of Mr. Howard Couch as untiring trainers. Miss Muriel Dyke of Bowmanville, is spending the week end with Miss Berta Cole. Rev. H. K. Edminson, B.A, of Orono, was the guest of J. BR. R. Cole, Misses Mary Brightwell, Beatrice Bigelow and Mr. Clinton Bigelow visited at Mr. T. J. T. Cole's and at- tended anniversary on Sabbath. Miss Mable Couch' 'of Bowmanville, is visiting her brother, Mr. Howard and Mrs. Stevens) Couch. Mrs. Chas. Wilson, Edmonton, stock, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. H. | Werry and attended anniversary. | Mr. and Mrs. John Mutton, Ty- rone, Mrs. Albert Clemens and Miss | Barrie, of Bowmanville, visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Scott. { Misses Helen and Llewllyn Wight | and friends, Mr. Russel Wight and | friend, all of Elizabethville, were gmests of Mr. and Mrs. Erecton White, and attended anniversary. | Miss Mabel White, Tyrone, Mr. and : Mrs. Writson Wight and son, Prov- idence, Mr. Samuels, Blackstack, visited Mr. and Mrs. Sid Hoar. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Collacutt and Miss Marjorie, Salem, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Annis, Tyrone, and Miss Tena Ferguson were Sunday guests of J. R. R. Cole and sisters. Mr. and Mrs, Lick and children motored from Toronto oan Sunday and visited Mr. Will Lick. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and daughter, of Enniskillen, visited Mr. Herb Scott's and attended anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Will Cann, Mr. and Mrs. F. Squair, Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Goodman, Mrs. Wm. Brent, Mr. and Mrs, H. H. Brent, Gordon and May, Mr. and Mrs. McRoberts and sons, all of Tyrone, Were anniversary guests. i THORNTON'S CORNERS A large crowd of people from far and near attended the Decoration day last Sunday at the cemetery. The lots in the grounds were a mass of bloom. Mr. Mrs. J. N. McLaure and family and Mr. A. motored to Bramp- ton last week spent a day there with friends. Miss Olive French visited over Sunday with friends in Toronto. Congratulations to Miss Florence Garrard on her success in the pecent music examinations held in Bishop Bethune College. Mr. and Mrs. F. French motored John Baker, Solina, | Beautiful Minaki The wealth of that vast strotch of country in Northern Ontario, reaching over 750 mfies from the boundary of the Province of Quebec on the east, to Manitoba on the west, and north from the Great Lakes to the pathless regions of James Bay, is not confined to its minerals, its timber or its clay Jands. os | to Newcastle last Sunday. | Born on Saturday, June 17 to Mr. | and Mrs. J. Kerman, a daughter. | In spite of the heavy rain last | Saturday the scouts held there Field { day with a large number present. The young people joined willingly in the games and some of them won many prizes. Proceeds of the day amounted to $17 to be used to fin- ance the summer camp. The follow- ing is the list of the races and prize winners: Boys: -- Senior Caverly. Intermediate Crows. Junior championship--J. Kinnear. Girls: -- Senior championship--Alice Leving- ton. championship winner--V. championship -- B. 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