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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1927 THE PLfiSHERTON ADVANCE y i.'^ â- .4 THE nBHERTON MIVAIIGE PuUishod on Coliingwood street, Fleaherton, Wednesday of each week. Circulation over 1100, Price in Canada, |2.00 per year, when paid in advance |1.60. In U.S.A. $2.60 per year, when paid in advance $2.0U. -#. H. THURSTON, - Editor EDITORIAL NOTES Fourteen Dollar Clover FOURTEEN DOLLAR CLOVER. The lecturers for the Farmers' In- stitutes are ab/l>ad in the land, and all through the spring months ex- pcits will teach their grandmothers how to feed ducks in all the toWn- Khip schools you' see in the country. Have you noticed that lecturers and preachers like to harangue ths multi- tude en subjects that please them â€" the multitude? The Farmer's Institutes would be of some v.je if the people were taught sometliing they don't know. Red clover seed used to be three or four dollars a bushel. It may be twenty dollars a bushel before spring. If the government appointed a commission to endeavor to discover why red clover seed is such an exorbitant price, and they called me as a witness, I would depose as follows: "There can be no clover seed with- out the humble 'bumble' bee. The black and Italian bees cannot work on the red clover blossom, the palate of each clover is too deep â€" but the bumble bee pets there every time. And so, most potent and rever- cncd seigniors, the humble bumble bee should be held sacred. Wis chief enemy is the field mouse. The bees' 'nest' ground is found in old grass on the ground and sometimes in old log heaps, stone piles, and such plac- es, and here the field mouse which considers the larvae, and incidentally the honey, a great luxury, has easy access to it. The chief enemy of the field mouse is ^tho common fiold snakc^-the perfectly harmless gar- ter, vernal, ribbon or 'milk' snake. The owl, of course, pi(fks up a few and a vagrant cat gets some, but the creature which keeps the field mouse within bounds is the little in- offensive and precious snake of the woods and meadows. The owl and eat only take the field mouse in the open, but there is no place the little rascal can go that the snake cannot follow. I If, therefore, the bumble bee should be held sacred, what about his friend and protector. Alas! he is slain, ruth- , lessly destroyed and will soon be ex- j tinct. And then woe to this nation. • It has been noticed of recent years I that the field mouse has increased ^ enormously and that is the reason. That the kee^iiir open of the We hear a great deal, especially round road, in winter in this part of On- , f.'"'"' ^J^*=*'**" V"*' °"* .the mtel- tario is not perhaps as hard a pro- ' '"f "* '"â- "«''• ^' * ""•" ">'« "'^"t position as many imagine, has been I ^''^ ;«? every opportumty kills the J . * J iu- i^u J ' best friend he has got? -demonstrated this year on the road i , , , ., , . . , , between Durham and Hanover. This ,/ *"'^" ^"'^"^ ^"^ "°^« '" ^^^ f ">« has been accomplished by the use of 1 I't^â„¢'""-; f "* ""^ by our costly ex- _ u „ _ J 1 J 1 II iir 1 poriment stations one word m favor a homemade plow used by H. W. '^, ^, ,.^,, ... ^, . , ^, . „ . J i. .. â-  J .. of the little wild thing whose activi- Hunt and the time required to open I ,. , . ,, , , ties protect', the few bumble bees Wednesday of last week wa-3 Can- dlemas Day, when the bear is sup- posed to come out and look for his shadow. If he setj it he goes back to his den for another six weeks. In this instance the sun shone in jome parts of Ontario, while in other por- tions Old .Sol kept his facial freckles «nd whiskers hidden all day. Just how this phase of the question is supposed to affect the situation ye ancient oracle saith not. • • • We are informed on good author- ity that leveral citizens of Dundalk have been severely bitten by the min- ing share ''bug" and were taken in for various amounts. One man is said to have lost $800, while another, it is reported, parted with $2000 of his Iiard-earned savings. Sometimes it M wise to stick to the slower, but surer, method of earning dividends by the purchase of authorized bonds. One in a thousand dabblers in spec- ulative stocks make money out of these get-rich-quick mining schemes, but it is rarely the investor. • • • Bulletin No. 621 of the United States Denartment of Agriculture states, after a careful study of the «row in every state of the Union and after the examination of the stomachs â-  «€ 1,340 adult crow.; and 770 nestlings that the attitude of the farmer to this bird should be against any unwar- ranted destruction of it, since at times it is a most valuable aid to man. Of course he may dig up a little grain, he may rob a nest occasionally, but if we are going to measure every crea- twre's worth to the world by the harm xather than the good it does, what of the human race? HANOVER-DURHAM ROAD OPEN ALL WINTER. the roadway was, we believe, 22 hrs. This road was recently taken over by the Provincial Highways Depart- ment and the men have been at work all winter in preparation for the work to be done next summer. To do this it was necessary that the itoadway be more than a mere cow- path and early in the season Mr. Hunt who owns the plough was engaged Sot the work. While this has been an open winter and conditions were per- haps more favorable than in a bad year, this piece of road, in common with all others in this neighborhood WMild have been blocked to motor tnttiz as the result of the storms tkat have occurred. It is a proven fact, however, that there has never bacn a time that a motor car could not run, and this week the big gas- oline truck from Hanover navigated the distance with a full load. In conversation with Mr. Hunt the -other day, he told us that he thought the scheme possible even in a hard winter if tha work was com- menced soon enough, and it would not take very much more money than let- tins the roads drift in and later have to go at it with a land plow or disc. Aa it i'3 there is now a good roadbed from here to the sister town, and while the motor cars can run if nec- essary, the farmers, too, who have to use this road find it a lot easier to get along. Winter roads in this part of Ontario are doubtless possible. P. R. Oliver, M.P.P., was one of the •paaktrt at the tonnual meeting of th* Durham Live Stock Aisoeiation. Xobert LaWson is the new President. which are left, and enable us to get second-rate clover seed at $14 a bushel and serve us right! The cats kill our birds, the mice destroy our bumble bees. What between caterpillars and cats, microbes and mice, the farmer has to fight for his life. I would suggest that educative lit- erature respecting the useful and be- nificent insects and animals should be scattered broadcast, particularly in the schools. Cho.sen from the writings of The Khan, The Wigwam, Rushdale Farm, Rockton, Ont. â€" From the Toronto Evening Telegram. BORN PATTERSON.â€" In Melancthon, on iVIonday, January 24th, 1927, to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Patterson (nee Ada Acheson), a daughter, Dorothy Joyce. POOLEâ€" At Maxwell, on Sunday, February 6th, 1927, to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Poole, a son â€" Herbert Bruce. DIED BOLAND â€" In Artemesia on Sat- urday, February 6th, 1927, John Balfour Boland, aged 74 years and i> months. OTTEWELL â€" At her home near Feversham on Tuesday, February 6, 1926, Mrs. Phillip Ottewell, aged 73 years. The deaceased lady was a slater of Mrs. W. Stewart, Flesherton. P^ ^^liA sn Resuscitation at Eugen A couple of wesks a^o The Ad- vance printed an article regarding the remarkable resuscitation of Doug- las Ellis, who received a 26.000 volt shock at the hydro pov/er station at Eugenia. Mr. Ellis is still confined in the hcspital, but is recovering. The cuts herewith should have ap- peared with the article, but were not received in time. y ;^ .^^^.. ^'-l Certificate .Accompanying Resuscitation MedaL Resuscitation Medal presented to the Eugenia Operating Staff. DR. ANGUS EGO The First Doctor to Treat the patient. NORMAN DOUGLAS ELLIS The Victim. SCHOOL REPORTS i Wilton* 94, Clayborn Thompson 45. / Form 2â€" Hazel Mclntyre* 82, Grace ; Sullivan 66. j Form 1 â€" William Radley. Jr. 4 â€" John McMillan 78, Jackson | Primer â€" Margaret Radley, Be- Stewart 77, Kendal Stewart 62. 1 atrice Sullivan. CEYLON PUBLIC SCHOOL •Present every day in the month. C. M. Short, Teacher. LADY BANK Sr. 3 â€" La Verne Piper 88, George j Jaynes 74, Jim Sinclair 73, Jennie ' Chesney 62, Hilda Gcnoe 56. | Jr. 3 â€" Milford Piper 83, Stanley ; Hunt 78. I Sr. 2 â€" Dick Stewart 76, Frances j Monday, at time of writing, the CoUinson 75, Katie Stewart 75, Lloyd . trees are laden with a beautiful Archibald 72. Eddie Gcnoe 60. 'crystal. Jr. 2 â€" Ernest Mathswson 78, Olive : Mrs. John Dobson is under the doa- Marshall 78. Leslie Orton 68, Marg- i tor's care at present, but we hope tO aret CoUinson 67, Nellie Genoe 65. 1 hear of her recovery soon. Alex. Marshall 64, J. P. Stewart 42. , Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Sewd! and babe l-st â€" Sherman Piper 90, Harvey j visited with Mr. and Mrs. Morton Archibad 89. Mable Haw 88, Joseph j Sayers last Sunday. Chesney 88, Laura White 72. Jean | Miss Adell Roberts and Master Marshall 65. ; Merl entertained a number of the Sr. Pr. â€" Murray Marshall 83. Fern youngr people to a danco and music Leslie 67*. j party on Friday evening of last week. Jr. Pr. â€" Goldie Kennedy 89, Mable j All report a pleasant tine. i Adams 86*. Marjorie Duckett 80. Ag- ) Mrs. Walter Wilson an ! Mrs. Wm. nes Chesney 70. Laurie Genoe 53. ] Semple visited one day last week with Those marked * missed one or more the former's aunt. Mrs. John Tyson, exams; No. on roll 36, av. att. 33.75. ion the town line, Osprey. â€" Mary R. Stewart, Teacher. | Mr. Mort Sayers lost a valuable horse on Monday of this week when it dropped dead in the bush while skidding loga. The meeting of the Ladies' Aid here is postpoiMd until Wednesday,' February 16th, on account of sickneES. S. S. No. 9, Artemesia Si. 4â€" Hattic MacRae, Clinton Magee, Cecil Magec. Neil MacDonald, A man said to the Winchester Pmss the other day that the reason why Premier Ferguson didn't get rsttlad during the late election was bAMiiM he wonld never ride in a Ford FLESHERTON BARBER SHOP First Class Barbering "VISIT THIS BARBER SHOP AND KBCEIVB A FIRST CLASS I'AIB CUT OR SHAVE. QUICK SERVICE WITH ENTIRE SATISFACTION. , <;. R WRIGHT, Prop. Feversham School Report. Sr. 4 â€" Miirvin Davidson*, Ruasel Hawton*, John McLean*, Floyd Moore, Donald Davidson, Minerva Conn, Rocsel Conn. Sr. 3â€" Edith Heitman*. Manaell Conn, Albert Davidson, Frank Lifht Jr. 8â€" Margaret Foster, lone Thornbury, Algyva Henderson', Har- bert Eby*, Jimmy HeitmaA, Mervin Moore, Merryl Davidson, Barton Conn*. St'. 2 â€" Jimmy Conn, Emily Moore. Jr. 2â€" Marion Hawton*, Floyd HvJson, Dora Short. Sr. 1 â€" Annie Heathcote, Irene Hudson, Delsa Kaitting, Jean Alex- ander. Primer â€" Jean Short, Burton Hud- son, Gordon Davidson, Helen Love, nillie Burke, Lorine Smith. * Attended every day. Average attendance 87. â€" W. K. Boyd, Teacher. Thomas Skinner. Jr. 4 â€" Rowena Jamieson. Jr. 3 â€" Stanley Magee, Percy Smith, Magee, Dorothy The perfume at Christmas that Willie BiUie Hanley, Bob Skinner, Willie |^ J*" ^'.g^iy jigpieasing to Millicenf, Fenwick. „ ... I Her thanks were so cold, . 1 Jr. 2-Dong MacRae, Gerald Ma- ^ they've quarrelled, I'm told. ' gee. John Skinner. Through the silly acent Willie sent Sr. 1 â€" Edith Fenwick. Wes. Jamie- son, EHa MacRae, Bennie Hanley. Primer â€" Lillian Magee, Fern Ma- gee, Carrie Skinner. M. Christie, Teacher. S. S. No. 5, Osprey. * Present every day. Jr. 4â€" Kilboum Hawkins* 608. Bert Wright* 677. Nerval BetU* 461, Har- old Benson 306. Jr. 3â€" Jim Giblin*423, Arthur Uw- ler 288, Tressa Leppard 186. Sr. 8â€" Myrtle Wright* 391. Jim Karton 309. Jv. 2 â€" Iva Sayers. letâ€" Marjorie Lepard. Sr. Pr.â€" Delia' Brown, Rusiel Brown, Jim Poole. Jr. Pr.â€" Hubert Sayert, Myrtle Brown. â€" J. Bradley, Teacher. MUlicent. Advertise your auction aaUs to your own advantage through The Advance columna. \ ; Cj)r§dencc The man who vrixa the eonfid^ce of a ^ood bank has measurably shortened his journey to anc cea s. He must win that confidence by integrity and sound business practice. 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