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a § v The passing of James Tuplin at ' his home In ounry tut Monday will be regretted by many friends he made in his spectacular career. Jim belonged to the "golden era’ . o1 silver Fox fanmiwwhen foxes reached fantastic figures and the word fox was on aimoat everyones lips. It was his father Robert Tuplin ' who started the fortunes of the Tamil by buying a pair of foxes -~ for 550.00 from his frlend and hunting companion Charles Dal- ” ton. That would be in the late 1890's ‘ just when Dalton and Oulton were rstablishing themselves and prov- ing‘ that foxes couirl be bred in captivity. Mr. Tuplin had a com- ~panion In his venture. Hudson (iordon and together they were very successful. Later on they im- ported foxes from Quebec but did not find their quality equal to the native lslandstock and Dblted them all. likewise a fox they bought from

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Jim in his early boyhood days was -like all the fox pioneers a gieat sportunan and keen hunter of all types of game and wild fur-bearing animals which abounded in the woods in that section of t-he coun- try. Early in the 1900's he set up his own fox ranch and eventually took over his fathers interests. Active, rnergetic, resourceful and int/allig- ent, he soon acquired the secrets of fox farming and his pelts shipped -to C. M. Lztnpson Co...London. brought good prices, 1n the years 1909-1912 pelts from Black Banks were figuring in the high-priced class and in 1910-1911 one of them fetched £490 and another £480. The sections of the ranch were these came from were afterwards called 1-3ast-4-90 and West-ISO and Jim liked to explain the meaning of these mystical words. Our first acquaintance with him occurred in the fall of i912. It was shortly after Charles Dalton had sold twenty pairs of breeders to a local syndicate for $500,000, with a guarantee of fifty pups. A number of us thought it would be a good idea to buy a pair of foxes frccn a reliable rancher, have him keep them for us through the breeding season and then we would be well along on the road to wealth. I was appointed to see lVlr. Tuplin and nict him at the Queen Hotel. He was then in his forties and as ac‘lve as a cat. l-le regretfully informed . nie that he had not a single fox for sale and had lust 0001910104 h. sale of three pairs of pups for 060.000. to be kept-In the‘ ranch with a guarantee of increase. That year we heard indirectly that his sales of live foxes netted almost n quarter of a million dollars. The next year his ranch at Black Banks had a big turnout and buyers from all parts visited there and were

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very hospitably received by Jim and Mrs. Tuplin. in passing it may be said that, she was a woman of uncommon chann and hospitality and anyone who met her always liked her.

Money came rolling into Jim's pockets in such large quantities that security and all types of get- rioh-quick salesmen visited hlm but, advised by two of the most astute men in the Province, the late Justice Fitzgerald and the late Charles S-nallwood, Jim invariably invested in government bonds. Messrs. Fitzgerald and Smallwooti paid holiday visits to Black Banks very frequently and they and‘ Jim had many fine hunting and fish- ing parties there.

In 1920 J'v.i was approached by W. K. Rogers and J. Stanley Wed- lock and a deal was quickly made for foxes and the property. Jim thcn moved to Union Road nlar Charlottetown, built a small ranch and kept several pairs of foxes. but after a few years he gave that up and went hack to Prince County settling eventually in O'Leary.

This brief account of fvirfTuplin would not do justice to him if we tl..i not recognize more fully his contribution to fox farming. It is not, too much to say that Tuplin foxes formed. the foundation stock for many of the best ranches here and elsewhere. The George Tweedy ranch that led the Lordon pelt sales several tilrncs his as its found- ation stock Jim Tuplin foxes. Two particular pairs that we remember had as granddams or great-grand- drms what Jim called the "Three- legged Oulton" female. This re- mflfkflble fnnale had been purchas- ed from Robert Olllton. When her first litter was a few days old she escaped, later on was captured in a trap but lost one hind leg. She became on:- of the greats of the fox world through her progeny,

Then the Lantz-Carruthers foxes Wfire mostly pure Jim Tuplin and it was from this Tuplin strain that George 1-3. Brown founded the famous Bonnie View herd with the great Bonnie View 42B‘as leading Progenitor. Those who attended our fox shows in the pest, pal-t. icuiarly from 1929 to 193g would “lid BOMIQ View very prominent in the pedigrees of the winners and the same might be said of some leading ranches in Ontario and other parts of Canada.

Mr. Tuplin was by no moans ad. verse to spending money; his home -was equipped with the best of every- lhl"! find he had a great flair for automobiles. It was a, t-hrlll to go for; an auto ride with Jim and we particularly remember sitting in the

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The Very Reverend W. It. Inge, D.D., is probably better known to readers as "The Gloomy Dean." He has written much in his long life of 88 years. and much of what he has written ls frankly pessimis- tic. In the “Hibbcrt Journal" of Jany. i048. he reveals what he sees when "An Old Man Looks at the World." It is scarcely naws when he says, that, to all appearances, the lights are going out all ovét Europe and beyond. Not to speak of the devil, who after shamrning dead in the 10th. century has coma out roaring, Dean Inge finds tnat there has been a revolt of "the submerged population of the mlatl. the unconscious." by which he means the brute. the savage, aAAd the child. that lurks in each one of us. "The brute, no longer in a state of innocence, follows the ‘A! noccnce. follows the instincts o! the jungle." The savage indulges in blood-sports. militarism. and one various adornments. or distortions of the feminine form - among which is mentioned artificial stea- topygia. Puerilism, (i.e., childish- ness) is rampant in the insane ell citement over games. and in the state of our arts. "Humanity seems to me to be still Yahoomanity." Cl- vilizatlon is only skin-deep, and to Justify that sombre outlook Dean

back seat of n new Buick that J. Stanley wedlock had sold to him. There was a nice, smooth stretch of road for about a mile and when we hit forty Jim turned around to converse with us. We were ter- rified but though; it best tot keep quiet. Then to our surprise he climbed over and sat 1n between us. Notfing happened-the car kept in the mlddle'of the road solaftei- i; few seconds he returned to the wheel. He also loved skating and nothing pleased him better than to take a whirl on the blades in the rinks at summerside and Charlotte- town where he was always very happily received. He was generous. too. and may will remember this very fine quality. His wife pre- deceased h'm about a. year ago. Surviving are two sons, Rueben ln Halifax and George in Conway. also two daughters, Mrs. Charla. Kelcer of O'Leary and Olive at home. To them we. on behalf o! our fox farm- ing friends and ourselves, tender out sincere sympathy.

Just as we were dictating these notes we looked out the window and saw Ira Carr of Covehead passing and that reminded us that two of the most beautiful Silver Fox capes we have seen this winter were made up of fox pelts from Inn's ranch. Years ago it will be remem- bered, he was showing at the Pro- vincial L-ive Fox Shows winning Grand Championships and many other awards. Well. it is pleasing to find that he has losflnone of his ability to raise good ones. If the, rrinainder of his production is any- thing like what we saw he is cer- tainly to be envledbecause they

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I Inge takes a rapid view of inter national affairs of home politics and of religion.

Ho looks at Buropevand finds Berkeley's saying that “Westward the course of empire takes its way." is no longer true. Ha ‘s looking eastward to Russia. no doubt; but as ! look eastward I find Berkeley correct. Russia has snipped off a generous slice oi middle Europe and is still advanc lng westward in though-t, if not indeed. Mankind has always made for the wcsterlng sun. as instinc tlvely as the bird: fly $011M‘! l" fall. This instinct opened up new trade routes for the nations on tnc Atlantic coasts, Spain, Portugal. France. and Britain in turn . "Britain's golden age was the nineteenth century. Secure in he: island home, her coal and iron her mechanical inventions and cheap and efficient. labor "made her the workshop of the world" Calvinistic ethics gave us a good conscience and offered to the as. its ideal~ not a bad one —o! tin Respectable Man."

Then Dean Inge goes on tn IMW Britain's response to her good 10 ‘- tune. There was a great and 1m mediate - the Dean uses the WOUI “reckless" too-increase of the P9P‘ ulation, mainly by the reduction of the death-rate; then we, that. l5- his countrymen. exported $813331 and machinery to enable new countries to do without us: while at. the same time we ruined aSflC- ulture -for the benefit of the town laborer. The Dean reflects; "Rul- ing nations, like rulint; classes. PUIB themselves out." Britain's day a5 i, great po-wer the thinks) is over. and sad to say, i conceive. that this tllme, he is right. The British thalassocracy (rule of the Sea) I155 in the past been a good thins for civilization and and-future histor- ions will admit 1t."‘But the film" belongs to countries with a much greater ares and to nations where the workmen give better value for their money." One is tempted to ask where such an extraordinary nation ls to be found‘! ‘Ilhe British worlnrnan, as I knew him. was only

slower because he wished to make.

a better product, though it must be recognized that five years of strenuous war work musthave had an exhausting effect. However, the foregoing thoughts lead to the conclusion that the Pacific will in future be as important as the At- lantic.

Now a glance at t-he last war. “In 1930 there was only one inevitable war in Europe, that between the Teuton and the slay. It did not concern us." (The latter is. as ev- erybody knovra. a short-sighted view.) No doubt that, as Dean Inge says, Russia was becoming more powerful every year and had given up idealistic Communism for an aggressive imperialism. and there- fore the German statesmen knew that their time was short: that either Russia must be driven out of EUPOps, or Germany might be drivenout of East Prussia or per- haps even beyond the Elbe.

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“bear", an animal, are examples.

A paronym has the stme sound but different spelling and meaning as "pail" and "pale". The common name for this particular "nym" is‘ a pun.

Lastly comes the synonym. This is a word identical or nearly ident- ical with another: as “jest" and "joke". In science a synonym is an alternative name, in Latin, for some natural history being 0-: ob- ject, Thus our Floral Emblem is an orchid known to science as Cypri- peallum hirsutum but; it has also two synonyms. viz., C. regime

and C. spectablle. The least that can be said of such synonyms is that they waste the student's time. The Well is Filling Again

Our driven well is not very deep —on1,/ 22 feet — but there has for years been a good supply ol‘ water in it. However it wont. dry early in January 1941 and remained so for a month. The summer of 19115 had been very dry and there were corn-l plaints of scarcity of water ail m.“ the Island in November. The month

l?" 5613f. 11th. I recorded “ground eXtfemel_t' dry". The rainfall for tit-e month up lo Oct. 28. was 120' "W110i as anninst the 47 year av-I 075i!" of 4.20 inches (l-jimerinicntail. Station Report). Again our wgl] went dry. this time for six weeks‘, Hiding Murch. 23. 1948. Luckily; tllEro has been a good deal of snow] this winter. most of it finding its way into thoflsqh. V

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Grade X-i- Blanche Stewart; 2. George MacMllllan; 3. Jean Ma:- Mlllan-

Grade IX-l. Beulah Wilson. Grade VIII—1. Jean Hynes; 2 Thelma Wlilson; 3. Billie Stewart. Grade VII—1. Betty Buell. Grade Vl-i. Marina MacMillan

The Semlpalmated Sandpipe

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This little bird, sometimes caliedl feather brownish-gray, but. only Q -' U18 “BIBCK-Wgged Peep", greutly| resembles the Least Sandpiper in sizc but is_ not as brightly colorctLI its breeding ground is in the Lab- rador northward, from whence it moves south. in considerable flocks, in fall. Though normally a shorel bird it sometimes wanders inland.

Scmlpalmated Sandpiper, A.O.U. 246 Migrant: large flocks in fall-

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ed dusky; underparts white. Leg! blackish; tOes connected by a, we! at their base. Length of adult bird 3.25 inches.

As indicated AOU 242 and AGO 246 may easily confuse the bird- T, watcher by their similarity: btfl f

Crown and upper dusky, the margins of thl j -,

rusty; breast faintly streak-

a. field-glass the color cl legs will differentiate than.

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Dean believes that there was no F" fulfil" Illhlmuilm‘ “PPIY M:

mink offered at the March 21st Fella" W think that Hitler would sale by Lampson. Fraser g; gulch quarrel with us. no matter what " was 30% sold with s decline of aim Rlbbenfrorhuraed- “Meln Kampf. in frcm February sales levels. Top I110’ °plnl°n"- 53y! i316 Dell“. "ls a priw gm- Lhe w,“ mink w” "m stupidly honest book. This disciple for a 10¢, o; giant Red “worry l0! Machiavelli lays all his cards on

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Report‘ of “l” i" feta“ “m.” to provide food and raw material

in San Fransisco, Cal, show act-

ivity in foxes with the best volume in fur departments for a long time. A recent ad. of Silver Fox capes at $345. and Blue Fox at $445. brought response. Furriers there, however, are having similar ex- periences to those in other parts

advertising capes at $165. to $198.‘,

ranch mink scheduled for April lat] will not be held. it was announced‘, by umpson, Fraser a Hutch. New York, last Monday. Approximately‘ 00,000 skins were to have been of- fered. The next sale at Lampoon's will be April 19-20-Bllver Fox! April al-zz-Mlnk; May a-l-Mtnk. The mutation mink sale date will be announced later.

Montreal Fur Sale: (Canada) limited, held its general and Silver Fox sale yastardfl. In ‘addition there was 5.000 mink, 3.000 muck- rat and n collection of other raw furs.

There is no doubt about It, the; slowing up In the sale of fun has‘ bean considerably influenced by the

make a dollar out of them have worked overtime in producing‘: lot c! garments, capu. stolen and; ncarfs. It l: not expected, however.- thil quiet. situation will continue indefinitely. in fact wtailuro hope that the coming fall filly be ono_

amount ofmohoy in circulation.

for industrialized Germany. (Con- tinued next week.)

Browsing in the Dictiona y In the‘ back of my dictionary

there is pasted a fly» leaf of ruled paper. This la for the recepticn of

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"Topc-s" means a place and "nym" means aflname; combined "topo- rum".

I find a few other "nyms" on my list. An nntonym is a- word (name) of opposite meaning to another, “hot" and “cold" are ant- onymoul words.

A hoflcronym is a word of the some spelling as another but of different sound and meaning: as "row", a female pig, and "sow". to scatter seed.

_A homonym has the same spell- ing and sound. but a different

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may be inspected by the Plant Protection Division. Dominion - Department of Agriculture. - Potato Crops including those planted with seed of the "Certi- fled” clan with a view to tablcatock ya ’ " n shall be in- spected for bacterial ring rot, or any other disease or insect peat as may be determined from time to time. by duly author- ised Inspectors of the Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture-

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any pcnibla contamination with bacterial ring rot through machinery. harvesting containers. storage or second hand bags.

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