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NOVEMBER g, 193s

[THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

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well, the greet chow is over. the tiunult and excitement has liicd ve reachedhomeorareontheir way go Amhoflb, when; those competing in the Silver Iiiox Exhibition which Monday must have their an-

‘ imals classified this afternoon.

Quite a numberof Izland breeders will show their wares there, includ- [ng George Callbeck, who acted so Qplbly as Judge at Charlottetown this week.

Our oonsratulations are extend- ed to Ira D. Carr of Covehead, an old friend o: the writers who has had pheno l success at the show, finally wlnningthe Grand Championship trophy for any age fox. Ira is quite a. strong man due [0 h s keepin; in trim by the work necessary around s. farm, but it re- quJcd p. ity nearly nll th" muscle he possesses to hold aloft the im- mense trophy which the above championship brought him.

It seems only yesterday, but it must have been back in the fall of 1924. that I met Ira at or near the Central Garage, driving a. horse and wagon bearing two fox crates. Hc was grinning as I went over to speak to him ,and said, "I don't know whether I'm crazy or not, but I am going into the fox busi- ness," and I said to him, “You took a flyer in the horse game and did not end up too crazy, so I guess you will be all right in the fox game."

First results were not pcmeps as promising as he expected, but that did not discourage him. so he kept looking around for better and bet- ter stock until finally he hit the golden cross and last year made his presence felt in no unoe tain way at the Exhibition and this year everybcdys hat is off to the champion breeder.

Anent the reference. to his suc- cess in the horse game, for tne benefit of those of our readers who are not familiar with the fact I may say that Ira. developed n trot- ter with a terrific flight of speed called Mac Cresceus, that he sold for $1.000. on the eve of an im- portant race at Charlottetown. The new owner threw another thous- and in the pools. but had the mis- fortunt to lose out. i

As a matter of fact Bill Sharon. afterwards sold for $25,000., won the race and the writer was the dri- ver of the horse-Commodore Cre- sceus-that by virtue of finishing second, Bill Bharen being barred- copped the pool dough. I, myself, received very little of it, as Com- modcre Oresceus was 0'0 over-looked that only those favoring long shots picked up the paste‘ “is with his nernc written on them.

Raced by the new owner with considerable want o1 success, Mac Oresccus passed through various hands and finally back to his old friend. In. expended loving care on him and kfipt him away from the race track (which did not agree with him) gave him plenty of road work and brushes on his roadway near the, farm. The result, Mac Orcsoeus winning races again, two or three or four, I remem- ber, but more than enough to pay lor- his rue-purchase a couple of

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Ioxcreft seems to family, as last year Ray Om- (Inn's brother) won tne Grand Chom- pionship with a yearling male which he sold to a Mr. Moquaig of 0n- tario for $500. Ray won a yearling championship this year. '

I guess all in all W. B. McArthur was perhaps the big noise in that his name appear-s oflener in the list of honors, andhis skill as a breeder Ls perhaps more clearly brought up ‘by his wins than any other competitor present. It is no- thing new for Mr. McArthur to be top foxman for in 1926 at Toronto, a female pup owned by him won first in its class. then the female pup championship. a male pup bred by him won his class, then the male pup championship, and fin- ally the two competing against each other for the female won the Grand Championship for‘ pups.

Mr. McArthur is also a horseman and away back in 1920, I think it was, bought a green trotter from Albert Merrill, Boston, Mass. Miss Belle Rico 2.16 by Manrico (3) 2.06 8-4, and won one of the great- est five heat races seen up to that time at the Charlottetown Exhibit- ion. Mr. McArthur has had other good race horses and his son, My- ron, is now following in his foot- steps.

It looks as though foxes and horses go hand in hand. for you will remember that George Call- beck who is so outstanding as a judue that his‘d"ci'ions are scflpt- "d with-cut a quibble. is e‘so a. very successful hcrseman, having the achievement this season or break- ing. traininc. and driving t" ~ win Guy Ann in the Prince "fr-‘nrd Island Horse Futurity Stake for two year olds, and incidentally set- ting up a new record for Maritime bred two year olds of 2.24.

1n conversation with a clerk at the Canadian National Hotel yes- terday afternoon, he said, "You must have had a. great fox show. we never had so many people rez- istered here bcfore during for: show week. Why-they are hens from all parts, England, Scotland. On- tario, Quebec and the Maritimes, with quite s. number from good old P. E. I.” Other hotels also housed {great many visitors, so that: a.s a. function for bringing penal; together it was quite worth w .

The banquet on Tuesday night was graced by 108 guests. and was it a free and easy affair-well, I guess! Lowell Hancock organized the singing and many remarks were made by visitors on the fine qual- ity of the voices. Popular songs and the good old heart throne too were rendered most pleasingly, and all went merry as s marriage bell. speeches were short and apropos and the function was over at 10.46 p. m.

Amherst, Aiberion and Borden fox shows will give opportunity for a great many other breeders show their wanes end try conclu- sions with their fellows. Even if one

times over.

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November 18

H Queen Street. ImldMI-U-Llllllfli

Raw Furs.

Soles Held January . April .' October

Special Silver Fox Sales

December I0 January 6 September 28

For lull parties-lure reg-crating olupnmph ' " llPfill to

‘ Alfred Fraser, Inc.,

888 Seventh Avenue, New York

does not win. attending a fcn show

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n Sales

w sary to protect the beef in hand-

il a ran fun and considerable edu- cation, ' '

A gentleman from amt Britain called our attention to the number 0f Indies that were in the audience afternoons of the show. I remarked

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m. J. D. J. Ilorbes of the Londm Fur Bales, who wag present, ‘l1 through tbg show, leaves this morn.

O. W. Thom, l, propriewf d the ‘flwmbaon Ranches at Kit-- ohmer. Ontario, which contains ass brwdins pairs. spent the last two day! at the Ibfhibiticn and will re- main u. day or in» longer here. He expects to purchase some forces to takeJnck with him. _

TB. Vflllehn, representing Revil- livn Fro Is. was in. Charlottetown °n mllffllifly- He may possibly come back later to purchase some silver F"! Delis. Mr. Vaughn operates at Halifax and has for y°ars been a prominent buyer cf Nova Scotla ‘mink, marten, red fox and other

urs.

————---__. Honey In The Home 5v many household foods keep best in the refrigerator o; ice-box that the housekee, r may be par- doned for the common mistake of 119891118 honey there also. The cold M the Nlflgiimtor may cause ihc honey to become cloudy and cry- talize, but because honey contains sugar chiefly it does not spoil "Mil?- As a matte.- oi’ fact, honey keeps best in g warm. dry place, like the pantry shelf, forinstance. If tightly closed. it cam be kept almost indefinitely at ordinary room temperature. At the same time itmhould never be stored in a cel- lar or other likely damn place un- less the container is firmly "c-ied because it will absorb molstur" ani lefmehi. lust as my otlic rgar syrup will. All Car""'~n ho'"cv Kmnulates sconer or ‘stew d ‘end- ing largely upon the proportion 0' the two invert sugas-lcvulcs: (fruit sugar) and dextrose (crepe sugari-it contains. The greater the proportion of fruit sugar to grape H1381‘. the longer will the honey remain in liquid form. contrary to general opinion, granulation is not an indication of adultexstion but is rather a sign of purity. Grun- ulated honey can _be brought back to its liquid form by standing the container in water and heating it to 150 degrees Fahrenheit. A high- er- temperature than that is likely to darken the colour of the honey and drive off aroma and flavour.

Canada's, Best Beef

It is no longer necessary for a person in Canada to be s. judge or beef in order to be sure of getting the quality desired. The judging is now done for purchasers of graded beef under supervision oi’ the Dom- inion Department of Agriculture. For several years the two top grades of beef have been branded to indentify quality. These identi- fying brands are placed on the beef in the form of a narrow ribbon-like mark running the full length of the side. When the beef is cut up a. portion of this brand-mark appears on every important cut and definitely identifies it as graded or quality beef. A blue brand marks the "Good" grade which carries the moderate amount of fat neces-

ling and cooking and to render it tender, juicy and of good flavour. The grade is in demand with those who desire reasonably good eating quality without undue waste. For the housekeeper who desires the very highest quality obtainabe, and to whom the question of price may not be the most important con- sideration the red brand beef will have the strongest appeal. It is known as the "Choice" g-rade and carries a little more fat or finish than docs the "Good" grade. All graded beef must pass Dominion t inspection for health

FLOIIII and FEED llow Arriving

Bran

Shorts

Middlings Cornmesl

Cracked Corn

Oil Cake Meal sugar But Pulp Schumacher Feed Gluten Feed

Fish Meal

Feed Wheat

Rolled Oats Oatmeal » Hard Wheat Flour .

In all the well known brands (Bags and Barrels)

On all of which we arc quoting specially close prices to dairymen and Farmers Clubs for Prflmlli delivery. Don't fail to get our prices before bllYillg —- order now and save money, as prices are advancing.

A. HORNE & 00.

Charlottetown

Importance Of Dairy Products

Modern science is responsible for the addition of ten years to the average span of life, and foremost in that c-editabie ac om Jishment may be placzcl the knowrdge of tn. nunLticixc v..ll- of fr. s. n o.h- cr words, ._, ll ‘e long one mus. un- derstand the close relationship of well-balanced meals to bodily heulth. In this, dairy products, such as milk, cheese. butter, and ice cream plays an important part. Milk is known as the food for which there is no substitute. Its body-building materials are of the highest quality; its fat is easily digested; it is the best source of lime (calcium) and contains a. lib- eral amount of phosphorus-the two minerals so necessary for the development of bones and teeth. Like milk, cheese-of which much has been ‘said during the past few weeks particularly during the re- ccnt National Cheese Week-is an economical, healthful food. Its high

cheese contains fully as much pray tein (body-building material), cal- cium, and phosphorus as a. gallon of whole milk. Birtter is also highly nutritive, containing vitamins which place it first among the fats, and, if those nutritive qualities of but- ter were as much appreciated as its flavour, there would be a. still greater consumption of butter in Canadian homes. Cream, from which butter is made, and icc cream are likewise very important not only for their palstability but for their contribution to health.

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Spinning and Weaving

Send me your wool to be spun into Yarn and wove into Blankcio. The charges are: liiulle yarn 23 cents. doubled 26 cents per pound. Blank- ets $2.00 and if unlaunderefl $1.85: it takes five lbs. of wool per Blanket. Wool must be well washed and all dirt and burr! picked out. The line of single yarn is medium, and ioub- led yam tine, medium. coarse and hooking yarn. Put a name on all parcels and owner's name. address and instructions Inside. Send by mail or freight. Special price for washed wool with dirt and burrs picked out. Freight will be paid on 100 lb. lots.

WILLIAM CONDON,

Fur lieceivi

than November 18th.

March 16 June 8

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Charlottetown

CANADIAN NATIONAL SILVER FOX' BREEDERS ASSOCIATION

Shippers desiring to place pelts on London, Dec. 10th Sales should have theirs at depot here, Massey Harris Building, Kent Street, not later

5010M it w! be eroded. and be- as Queen Street, r‘ loiiiown. sides this guarantee of freedom L-aiiiz-G-s-W-ti-Nov. 22 from disease. -"

ng Station

ea other dealers.

Buying Potctoes

' Buying No.1 and Ne. z Certified Seed Potatoes, n» table stock daily taking delivery at the Railway Wharf.

Our office and warehouse has been removed to W, D. Gilli: Co. Wharf, same warehouse where J. Lester Douglas operated at. Call and get your bags. Our prices are as high

PAUL A. MURRAY. _

FOR FARMIERS, STOCKBREEDERS AND

' NEWSY

NOTES

1111118 Pfloefully amongst post- cnl hills, the ancient Border town of Alnwick presented a. rather austere aspect when Eompared with its rival capital. New Castle upon Tine. The latter when -I knew it, in the "good times“ of the coal trade was the embodi- ment of the potent Present, whereas 1n Alnwrck the mind was ever under the lpcli of the feudal Past. The quaint. irregular, stone built houses were touched with the sober hues 0f flfltiquitv and seemed quite in character with the bsronial pile which rises above and do ‘ them. For sine this ancient capital is noteslarge as Charlcttetcwnfim- agine, but whet a. history lies be- hind "6 Present day somnolencel The town lies principally on the south side of the Aln, on ground "m"! 510988 up to the railway station. One of the first objects which met the writers eye. on emerging from the station, was a. tall fluted column, surmcundcd by the figure of a lion with a stiff horizontal tail. The “poker-tailed lion" (as the natives tanned it) was the emblem of the Percy family and is to be seen "all over the place." Oliver Wendell Holmes. who spent ‘some time in Alnwiok, tells the following anecdote (in his "Autocrat at the Breakfast Table") as an instance of how trivial things are remembered when more import- ant events are forgotten: "I rc- mcmber" (he says)" the Percy Lion on the bridge over the little river at Alnwick~the leader lion-with his tail stretched out straight like a pump handle-arid why? Be- cause of the story of- the village boy who would Iain bestride the leaden tail. standing out over- the water- which breaking, he dropped into ihc stream far bebw, and was taken out an idiot for the rest of his life." That bridge, by the way, was im- mortalized in a moonlight picture of Alnwick by Turner, who made that same ion a prominent fea- ture in his magnificent painting.

I ar.. getting away from that fluted column. The occasion of its building was this. Hugh, the second Duke of Northumberland, was a considerate landlord to his many tenants, and during the agri- cultural depression of the Napoleonic Wars this characteristic found expression on the "rent day.” On that day the farmers all met at the castle and were entertained at dinner, the Duke at the head, and his agent or factor at the foot, of the table when the tenantry had done full Justice to the dinner - the Northumbrians were. and are, valiant trenchermen-the agent would rise in his place. and make

a short but telling speech: “Gentle-

i°°d W111i? 15 Bllplmfted by the 1113i mcn, on account of the trying times that a. pound And B- qllflfi/el‘ 0f we are going through, His Grace

has decided to reduce all rents 50 per cent." this went on for three orfour years and at last times got brighter, till in 1816, the farmers held a meet- ing cutside the Castle gates and decided to build this monument in honor of their landlord. It was finished the same year, wherefore the townsfolk, with native sarcasm. rubbed it the “Farmers Folly." To the farmers it is the "Percy Tenantry Column." A somewhat dif- ferent record from that of the "Landlords" on this Island! As we makc through the town frcm~the station we, pass an old house, formerly an inn or “Public house,” still hearing its sign. carved in stone of" "The Ploughz” and over the lintel of its door the quaint in- scripiion: "That which your father Old hath purchased, and left You to possess, do you dearly Hold, to show his worthiness. M. W. 1714" Right in front, blocking up the street, is a grim, weather worn mass of masonry, one of the old gates into the town, now popularly lcnown as Hotspufls Tower. It was built in 1450, by the second Earl Percy and in thus just n. shade late to be the work of the renewed Hotspiu". In later times malefactors were confined in its gloomy chamb- ers. Filrther on is the Market Place. with its old Market Cross. and in the centre of the space is the large stone. still in situ, in which the old "bull-ring" was fixed. It is said that towards the close of the eighteenth century, as many as

seven bulls were baited here in the course of the winter while thous- ands of spectators applauded the cruel sport.

There are two noteworthy churches in the town, one modern. a. beautiful structure built. in memory of the third Duke; and the other founded about the beginning of the fourteenth century. This venerable building is full of objects of great attraction to the antiquary. but perhaps not of sufficient general interest to be dwelt on in the columns of a newspaper. But e recumbent effigy, the oldest and most interesting of those lying in the church, is that of supposed to be the Lady Isabella.

I i! 1x gnome-g guru-u, (p) widow of the last Vbecy, Baron of

Alnwiok. She is represented as clad in a lo-g sleeved robe, with a veil over her face. and a wimplc under her chin. It is more than probable that hem we have the ancestreu of the family of Vessey, the spelling (but not the sound) having chang- ed in the intervening six centuries.

The Castle will form the Iubject of the next article, the grounds usedtobethrownopenby the noble owner to the public, every Thursday and Sunday throughout tho year. As the present writer, for . business reasons, was able to visit- Alnwick on Saturday only, these were parts of the Castle not on view. consequently the notes, upon it are not as full u one could wish.

WILTZ FURNITURE.

I am indebtedtolilr. Allen J. » Macdonald. R. H. No. 2 St. Peters Bay, for a. short note in answer to my enquiry of a. fortnight ago: "Dear Agricola: Wiltz is the correct name. John Wiltz, of Fortune, worked at his trade of making furniture about 60 years ago. We have an armchair and sir: kitchen chairs made by this craftsman, and although they have been constant- ly in use they are as good as new. John Wiltz's father worked at the same trade nearly 100 years ago. Yours etc. Allan J. ltilacdonald."

It is Just possTole that Mr- Mac- donald might consider disposring of this Wiltz furniture, and it would be good policy on the part of our people who are interested in local antiques, to got in touch with him. We have already lost most of our antique furniture -ofien without any knowledge of its real value -- to dealers from other places; and it would be well to adopt a. policy of conservation with that which remains. In the case of the Wiitz productions they are connected vltl: local history, a fact which .hould be duly appieciatied. In the Old Country such f. zrlture. in ti!‘ long run, finds a place in one o the national museums.

RATION.

Auction Sale Tops

past three seasons.