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THE STRATFORD MIRROR Let Us Serve You with your next suppl of business or social stationery -- it will be to your advantage to give us yourf{] order. In every particular we can serve you well. _ Let us brighten up old desiqns if you want to catch this year's dollars. Our craftsmanlike printing attracts and its use always gives a distinct pleasure. oe ? The Fletcher Johnston Press Publishers of "The Stratford Mirror" 123 Ontario St. Stratford, Ont. 'Only a Few of The Many Things Noted Mr. Ripley, whose "Believe it or Not" articles are pretty well known to most of us, is not the only person who 'can tell some strange stories and back them up with a letter if we doubt his word. An Ontario man has made a hobby of making note of strange facts and happenings concerning per- ;sons, places and animals in Ontario. |Here are a few of the things which he has noted: | A dynamite explosion in a _ boiler |room in the mining town of Burgess, Ontario, on February 18, 1915, snap- 'ped a blacksmith off the ground so |that the soles of his shoes were left 'where he stood. His only injury was a slight deafness. * * * A wheelbarrow set on a treadmill and filled with weights until the tread starts is the closest thing to | perpetual motion as it will run indef- initely. A blacksmith in Eganville | made the discovery accidentally. * * * The St. Lawrence river has two | kinds of water for miles from its 'mouth. Water on the north side is green and the other half is black. a * * It took forty years for a porcupine quill to work its way from the foot of N. T. Armstrong, Renfrew county, to his thigh. * * %* Opening the stomach of a calf in Hastings county in 1917, Henry Arm- strong, who now resides at 93 North- | cliffe Blvd., Toronto, found a piece of two-inch rubber belting, seven feet es FISHER 4 DON'T MIND THE RATTLE OF FENDER OR GEAR, © --{L} AE HOWL OF THE TOM CAT IS JOY 1 MY EAR. OER THE OLATTER OF DISHES | WARMLY ENTHUSE, | BUT SPARE ME THE TORTURE OF SQUEAKY NEW SHOES. out even a tooth mark. * * * Mr. Armstrong was born on Easter Sunday, March 31. His birthday fell on Easter Sunday in his 21st year, but will not fall on that day again if he lives to be one hundred. The lake-on-tha-mountain at Glen- ora, near Belleville, has neither out- let nor inlet but rises and falls with six inches long, undamaged and with- the water in Lake Erie, which is J miles away. The lake occupies | acres. , * * * An elm tree on the farm of G@ Carpenter, Trafalgar, feet in diameter, through its heart. * which is has a wire fer * * 4 A tombstone in a cemetery | Adolphustown, Lennox County, has t! following inscription: "Mary Smit beloved wife of Henry Smith ; Smith, beloved wife of Henry Smith Ann Smith, beloved wife of Hen Smith......Henry Smith at rest." ; * * * "Dolly," a roan mare, drew the m# 17 miles and return three days a wee from Birds Creek to Carlow for | years without missing a trip. * * ok _ A swarm of Italian bees, knoy for their furious attack, but who ¥ ually avoid farm animals, nearly i ed a team of horses at Carlow in 19 when they landed on the animal heads. 4 es ei & z Fraser Lake, near Boulter, On turned poisonous overnight in 19% killing 40 sheep and 20 head of cattl Vegetables and plant matter whi ;rose from the bottom was blamed | investigators. * * * Bruce McDonald, of Melford, On saw a seal in the Bay of Quinte ™ February, 1932. 4 * * * Burges, Ontario, where corundu was once mined, had a population" 1,200 in 1916 but now has not a sing \living resident. Complete Bed Outfit -- Mattress tor £609 Fred Crocker © ' ' 40 Erie Street 4 la New Pattern by the makers of 1847 Rogers Bros. Silverware-- "Her Majesty" at the new reduced prices. J L. BRADSHAW China Hall PARTRIDGE SANITARY & HEATING ENGINEERS Stratford and Toronto Plumbing, Heating, Sheet Metal Work and Roofing 29 Ontario St. Phone 1257 DOWN & FLEMING Funeral Service Rooms 94 Ontario St. Phone 314 Mr. Down, 308 ~ Mr. Fleming, 31] |} own Have Your EAVETROUGHING looked over. Call STRATFORD HEATING SERVICE 11 Ontario Street, Stratford. altercation, ' OE mie Recipe for good times: Cheer; pay up; shut up. cy * * Printed letterheads are a great in- stitution.. They help you to translate a business man's signature. * ¥ * is a doctor's ad- And to fat folks he might say "Don't eat--fast." * * as "Don't eat fast," vice to thin people. Nothing is so annoying to a man singing his own as to be out by horn. praises drowned a man blowing his ee ee There is one thing in favor of the back roads over the main highways, bill- you don't get more than ten boards to the mile. Hae! * He--""Darling, these eggs are like bullets. You know I don't like hard- boiled eggs." She--"Yes, I four greens and three reds by the traffic light down at the corner, just like I always do, but they must have changed the timing and I didn't know it. know. I gave them oe Merely calling a spade a_ spade never gets the garden work done. Se ee It is said that a recently married | young couple quarrelled right after | their marriage. That's from altar to * * cd It was a Wild, rainy night and a swaying figure stood outside a house. A passing policeman asked, "Why don't you go inside out of the storm?" "Shtorme? Shtorm?" came the answer, "My wife's waiting for me in there and you call this a shtorm!" * * Ba Another cause and effect of present times is a machine is made to do the work of 100 men and then we have to | American railroad officials expect 50 million people to visit the Chicago World's in 1933. It looks as though the city is going to be literally Fair jammed with innocent bystanders. oe + Gert--Gee! I'll be glad boss's wife gets through the house- when her cleaning! Myrtle--How do you know she is housecleaning? Gert--By the_ugly humor he's been in for the last few days. How long have you had your new cook?" asked her dearest friend. "Just enough to why she was out of a job,' was the reply. long a "ee Tourist--I intend scaling the sum- mit tomorrow. What preparations should I make? Landlord of hotel--Pay me tonight. he must have mother, "to This, "Something dreadful happened,' moaned the keep her out after midnight." of course, was some years ago. as * Tourist--"I suppose this rain will do the crops a lot of good, Pat?" Pat--"Ye're right, sorr. An hour of ut will do more good in foive minutes than a month of ut would do in a week at any other time." % * % "Be mine!" he cried in a voice sur- charged with anguish. "If you refuse me I shall die!" That was forty years ago, and the heartless girl refused him. Yester- day he died. Girls, beware. * * * Once again we had an illustration lof how little the average American knows about Canada, the size of some iof our cities, its population, resourc- es, etc. While touring through Michigan |take up a collection to feed the 190 | we had occasion to have some minor Easy on the eyes and easy to clean 25 - 40 and 60 watt Carton of 6, $1.40 H' DRO @HOP Tel. 460 ER E Serviceissupreme understand | The World Moves .. 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