HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1910-12-15, Page 12His Jubilee Year
.11r. George Baird Has
Taught for 50 Years
in one School with
Great Success.
\1'I( n 1Im
t 1 m. , aro,n,
It aur.ly
1,a\ taught
,turd. .edge.
taught filly
a recut(! 111.1
rained.
1 h1•i,llilas vacations
11 itt, ,rgt• Baird, Stan-
�t It,)11 teaehcr will
years in one school
1 teacher': will have
y,•11••,, in one school,
t few 3vac•h('rs have at -
MR, GEORGE BAIRD.
\Vh 1, It „u;nt•tt•t•n year., he
teat.h in the ,nho.,1 he
I. I .t, t nr„.;1 i 1hr11' generations.
\1:11:' ,im ..‘1,1•;\•,...11 was ll:s )1tll,il; tn-
i,)\ �.e „ te•leliin Mr.'AleE\wt•rl's
�r:uidl i li.l'ir,•n ,children of Adam
�t •\;:u•t u!,dl .L,ln( 11eF:u•lan.e.d
Il • (l,(, ;f: .(;1\' 11i 11(01111'eil Iint.
,.1 tic.' i t•,3 1°:1111 (, f Ont:u•i), and
pipit, h:i\,• 110110 credit to his
1 a.•hing. .nidi .peak of hint as one
1!I• 'Lest men they have known.
•I't: y are • Senttered over many
Ian I,. ;111 ov, r Ontario, man} in the
st. Some are holding responS-
ti position, in (•hicago and Nei(
Yor'c, and one of then]. I)r. ,Tames
31ut1•hart a in. dlieal nti,si<(n:u'V in
l 1(1118.
.e1(11o1 i, L' 1-2 dillies 1,(1)1
hem o1 late wears lie has Gbi-
t d•: • in `luumet;. in winter he
\,. nil;,. 11'• has no tine for a fur
(don, hi,
hra\. I' on.
-1,, art . and
happier than
to soil)'•
;(1•: • :I1
HS dl'
111,1' a 34111311
li •,:des his
1•,•,.n Snl2Iat11
11 to 113• the
'piaidlie" and marches
1It' 3, si rong and
enjoys li r: never
\\ hen showing a favor
upt•igh1 anti honor -
.dings tn.'tll. in every
(0:111,
(lad 5, 110111 he has
:•'0'hu((1 Superiut('n-
sal,l at h ::oho .: held
ae11 •aiming. in his school for over -
t \c lit y years. it l•ngins usually in
April and curls in Novemi.cr. there
th.• ',eh( lars aro thoroughly taught
neem
t h ' Bingle and shorter cate-
chism, For the' correct repeating
of 3 he 133111e verses and shorter eat-
( chism, more diplomas from the
t t •n(•ral .\ ssivnbly have been given
t,1 th•• .ehnlar's 0.,m the school
than 11111aps from any other one
'ehool in Ontario. There are in the
Sal•l,at h Sellout a few teachers who
are equally zealous as the superin-
lend(•nl. Every Thanksgiving Day
the Sa3 3 ath School scholars assem-
ble and are examined and )looks
are gi\ en as rewards according to
- nit Vit.
'I`h•• 3 (803iftil fared nn which Mr.
Baird now li\ es 38 HIP old hone-
s •; d where tc t t Ic his parents, 1Tr. and
'Airs. Thomas 13aird, 8(3(1(d on on
what was then called the 'Ifurcin
Track." There thee• were. permit-... -.
ted to see 'the forest blossom as
the rose." (hood roads 'appeared
and i he whistle of the engine of the
1 ailway could be heard when the
L. 11. & 13. railway passed through.
The parents have long since gone
to rest.
Although 'Mr. Baird will not have
his school duties to perform, he is
one of the men who cannot he idle,
he has no thought of rusting out
mind as welt as his body is always
active,
Miss Lizzie McEwen, one of Mr.
Baird's pupils, will teach the school
that has so long been his. She has
proved herself an efficient teacher
and all wish her every success.
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A('ROsti Sl't:'v :1II('nows W11t.514 11111 WILD PRA-vl
1itt.3) As Tit). (loss, ,'.U11t1 t
W\`ecamledhighuaonthegraci •t
1 1, 1 big glacier three different •times
only to be driven back by sterns. \Ve suececded in slaking
two splendid climll)s up.111e great•cliffs of ice and snow on
that east• side, reaching an altitude of 10,15U0 feet the first
time, or as high- as the top of Mount Stephen, and 11,700
feet or higher than Mount Temple, the second attempt.
All day .long on each trip we labored among .extreme
• dangers of avalanche .told crevasse, but our efforts to reach
the. peal,: that year Wore not C1'o\wnedrwith success. •
Failing as it party, I matte a•ti\•o-day try up the rock
face of the north shoulder (If t110tnoitntain by myself. 1
slept on a snoW-covered ledge, LOU() feet above tree line,
and then toiled on thenext clay till the middle of the after-
noon, reaching an altitude- of nearly- 11,000 feet, but
a blizzard drove idle down, so that attempt failed also.
This year, 1()DI), hearing that
an .lnreriee n party Was about to
seek -the coveted prize. and being
unable to obtain con1j)1)nions for a
party, 1 got together: a pack..train
• of three horses zhnd 'three months'
provisions and left Edmonton alone
to capture the mountain, hoping.
to pick up a companion on the
trail.
• Countless difficulties retarded
my progress, horses Would get
stuck ill the muskegs and packs
come off: flooded rivers had to be
crossed, in one of which I neatly
lost my whole outfit.
At the place where I swam my
horses across the ;.Athabasca, • .1
fortunately fell . in . with Donald
Phillips, a young Ontario guide,
and persuaded hint to go along
with tee. •
We followed the route -of the
Grand Trunk Pacific. over the
Yellow lIead and down the 1'raser
as far as the Moose Riyer, which
we followed to Moose-. Pass, and
from there we reached the cast side.
of Mount Robson by ii'ay•.of the
Upper Snhokey. : • ••••' . • •
A year before \\ hen. I Went up
the valley of the' Smokey- with I)r.
Coleman and party, a terrific
electrical storm IIS raging, follow-
ed by a heavy fall of -snow. Brit'
this year Phillips and 1 found the
place� hooded with glorious sten-
. shine and a cloudless sky, and as we
"
swung .around a promontory, six
miles a\\'ity Mount Robson stood •--
a startling wonder of mighty lheigh t
and dazzling purity.
On Saturday, ..lull,t,wcnt}'
fourth, Phillii)s `and. 1 made. ottr
• peritlancnt Calllp at tree line; on .
the north shoulder .of. 4Ic).itnt'J c11)- .
son. N.'c turned our horses.l0050
to wander where they pleased, and
for three weeks they fattened on
the s\\"Cet grasses of the monition' •
meadows,
.Monday dawned fine"and clear:
Shdtildering out ht'a\ v ,lacks, we
climbed the cliffs and rolled up in
`0h blankets that niQlht ill a Shelton-
ed nook on the west side, nearly
ten thousand feet 81)01.0 tllc.'sea.
The next day we:fought our way
up the almost \'ci'tical north .sidle •
of the peak and. chopped our way
up the seep iceof its .coulolrs; but
by three o'clock we had attained
an altitu(le of nut 1)131(11 rmore than
eleven thousand feet, so we re-
turned to the permanent camp at
the foot of the. mountain to re-. •
provision for another trip.:
\Cednesclaynig it, July tawcnt•y-
eig camped onsetn,ylrow•ledgeseve.talhundred'
NT. (iRows As
place was filled with snow and ice,
and so fearful was the work of step -
cutting in the ice that it was after-
noon before we had climbed higher
than 12),(101) feet. That northern
edge of the peak seemed only a few
hundred feet above us when we turn-
ed back fur vamp.
At a little 1)el()\\' eleven thousand
foot I left Phillips in charge (if the
packs. and set oft to explore a better
route fax. our next climb. Following .
• a 1(llge 111'ouhld to: the west and south
, for .h•alf• a mile, 1 -rounded • the north_
° - western sllutll.(ic:r. tel find illitt. the
great West side of ..the peals offered far better climbing
the- cliffs of alae north, and hope s )rangeafresh in my .
I -sprang up in my
heart.All WC needed was good weather.
That little side trip lead so delayed us that it was long
after dark before Phillips and I got back to "Camp lligber-
up":on the little ledge,.so tela(. to spend another wretched
night in the colli. A snowstorm rosein the night, and by
early daylight the drip from the rbeks above us had so
soaked our *bedding that cold, wet and breakfastless we
were finally routed' froze our • little bed and,• plunging
through the screaming -gale, sought the comforts of our
camp at the foot of the mountain. . •
From July thirtieth to August ninth, it stormed in-
cessantly on the mountain. As w e were almost completely* .
out of prof inions, we spent the tiille in exploring the c
theFraservalleylayopen belowus like a mapand the mighty
Fraser was but a tiny, crooked thread of silver. Then the
valleys (disappeared and '("e were alone with the stars and
the snow-white peaks and the grinding avalanches.
Friday, August thirteenth, dawned clear and cold, and
by the. time the sun rose we were on our way to the peak,
The many cliffs we had to climb were only from ten to a
hundred "feet ,high, but those hard, smooth, icy slope
between were tipped at an angle of frons fifty to seventy
degrees. One slip oil the part of either of its meant a fearfu
slide to death thousands of foot below,
The storm -clouds of sleet swept down and engulfed us
While WO were at little more than eleven thousand 'feet
altitude. «'e had not enough prOvi:aous for another two
flay ended), This Was our last 13ossil le chaneti and we iic-
spaire(i (.)f ever reaching the peak,:-. But f(irtunatel •' the
the clouds were very (tense and cold,. but little snow fell.
The storm was a blessing in a way, for though it spoiled our
°018000 of getting pictures, it sltttt out of view those fearful
sheer slopes below.
In live hours of steady. work we reaelwd the peak.
The clouds broke open fvrone brief minute, revealing to
us a wonder world, with the Fraser more than 11,000 feet
beneath its: then the storin-swept in worse than ever,
It took us seven hours to reach our "highest -up"
camp, so (dangerous hacl.the softened slopes become on ac-
°tint of the storm, and by the time we reached. our camp in
the valley,, the climb had cost us twenty hours of hard;
\\•ork --hut we had finally captured Mount Robson for our
Ountry and the Alpine Club of Canada«
Our provisions were gone, and
we ••t\•ere • hundreds of miles from
anything like eivilizaticri: . We
treacle the trip back on What moun-
tain -gophers and shall birds . we
(1)i1111 roc]. up, and the only reason
why we didn't eat locusts was that
they wouldn't' sit still long enough
to be caught. Finally I reached
Edmonton on September sixth,
only •to find that Cools and Peary
.\vo'l'e monopolizing the interest of
the world, and leaving no room for
such small fry as • Mount . Robson
and ale
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DEAC011 � JVYTII
Having bought the Gro,
eery and China Business of
13.4. McEwen we are in a
position. to give you .good
values.
• We purpose carrrying all
lines kept here formerly.
Thankingthose who fav-
ored us with their patronage
of the past and ask for a
continuance,.:tnd will assure
all who trade with us .will
receive the best values and
attention possible for us to
give.
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i11 rtlIrntrlleta' IltrisitIi1M,siliillnrr 0V13RCO .y.F
HERE; never was such a lyxose.
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Bob Said be didn't •believe
there ever was such a goose
&kiked. lig tenderness and flavor
size x11(1 cheapness were themes 0
universal admiration, Ekecl out
by apple sauce and Mashed pota-
toes, it was a Sufficient dinner for
the whole family. . ..13utnaw
the plates. being changed by Miss
• l3elieda, 'Mrs. Cratchet left the
room alone too nervous to' bear
witness -t0 tale the 'pudding. up
and bring' it in.'
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Suppose it shiulclnot be done
enough !• Suppose it should break
in tt1111ng out!. Suppose • %k *,*
All sorts of. hurr(irs were sitpposed.
11 elk)! a I rca't deal Of steam!
The pudding �\ as cii.tt of the e(ipper.
.A smell like a washing. day.! That
was the cloth: A 511101- like .an
eating house and a- paistry-QOok's
next (1(301' to: tach other, with at
latmdtess'.11(xt.1`(1 that! That was'
the pudding! 1n' half ti minute
Mrs.. C:ratchet' elitcre(d,-••-.pinked;
lett Smiling : proudly -,-‘with • :the
pudding like a speeklcd cannon-
ball, so hard and; firth, .blazing in
T� IIt (;fel"r 11 quarter#i of i 1 ited
brandy, and Dodi ht with Christ -
lilts holly stuel:'infto the top...
• Oh; •t" \re,aulerful• puddling!
Bob Clatchet Said, •aiid calmly, too,
ilial he regarded:'it as the greatest
sece0ss achieved by Mrs: Cratelact:
sinker. the'it.' •nui11'ia�;•('. "
At last the . dialler was .clone,
• the cloth was cleared, the hearth
..vos swept an(1; the fire wade up.
The compound in the . jug being
e .Nr thing looks hotter for winter and
nothing 1i betted than ill ()\•creedal.
with lots o1 ('lith in • it, one thitt
(Frlu.ues a .nun til) ./1 the 4houtdel., on'
f that. xnukt, dlint H1?A1.1'!.1: that hi4
appearance h 133 bed n iptfilo.l•(t about
.hely per cent such are the coasts that,
urge tlll nii3g ( 113.: '
• The runic rii(IS are here to•diiy all
• reedy for yt ter to ling. •
• ' Right l101tt'1•ial they are teo, nn$
we joia the tight_ materials- to right
tailoring.
!L c are also A gents for' the .lousy .
of Ilabllerlin • ` ronto.' : "Tailors- to
the "ivuadian (xeptlente11" .
«'e have t1 large range of their Sauu-
3tl('s 111)11. Von May s elect t1 t ('I'I' or an
()V1":ltt'():l'l' and • have it ntade to
:i'Oul' measure for • - 44'1ir.O1)
'J'rousers. front -1•.00. up•
• - Fancy tests from :Lou up.
.11otlll('l'S •l e yell want t(1 give ylnn'
husbands or 'son a useful Christmas
present we. WilI.tell You. how yell ('1nil
arrange to give •lite an- Overcoat,
Suit; a pail' of Trousers, or Fancy \'eta
Barge IR Co
. ilercha tt Taiiors
Agents for British American Dyeing
and Gleaning Co., Montle zi.
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The long winter everting ►.,
Music!
are.'coniin;, Nothing like
apples' and oranges were put upon
the .table and a shovel fall of
chestnuts on the fire. Then'all the
Crateltet family 'drew around the
heart.h. ' . •
• Then 13oI) proposed • -".A
feet higher than our. high-up camp:of•:the Venda.\• before.
While eating, our 'stn p her of warmed-over 1.)can and
la lI s g1d
stew, \\ C feasted our eyes on the wonderfulscenes around. us.
With only gide or two (:sceptions, the peaks all oh a
level with or below us, Countless glaciers of purest White.
.hung in long crystal curtains from the peaks and dotted.
the
landscape for 1nu}iiirec_ls •c)f miles'as far as the �eye could
see, as if a mighty sea of swirling billows had been turned.
to stone and its foatning fury' to ice.. The -.setting sun had.
bathed this scene in a flood. of red and •gold.. 13tit the
1t1i1 sllfi ed"`afrintt pt i'plCs, atirl' tic -purple, its-dmpest`
indigo till the gathering night. rose out of the valleys,
cigl't thousand feet below, aiid changed .those. gorgeous
sun1et tints to sombre blacks and greys, save where the
snow -fields gleamed. under the light of the stars. We
wrapped ourselves i11 rabbit -shin robes and eiderdowns to
keep out the biting cold, while the wind, though only a
zephyr in the valley below and. conning out of a fine weather
sky, drowned the orchestra of a thousand waterfalls and
swept our high-up shelf with the fury of a fierce gale•; while
now and then the avalanche boomed and roared. Then
•the -early morning brought again the Sun and painted the
scene anew. Oh, it was well worth the desperate fight just
to see the sun so rise and set.
In that early morning light we tackled a new route up
that wall Of rock before us with such sticcess•'that by''
nine o'clock we had attained an altitude equal to the
highest we had reached Tuesday, July'twenty-seventh, over
11,000 feet. But at this height -'every possible lodging
country and getting Whatever game \\11'Could find, ptarini-
gatl, blue 3 rouse 1110inots and gophers. On August ninth,
.though the weather was still •veryUnsettled, we sought to:
make ciur". highest -up " camp on the.
'kiwi.) of the northwest shoulder.
W1•'e each carrieda fifty -pound pack
on clor back to an altitude of ten
thousand feet; when •a fierce }alit•
zard suddenly. stopped our work.
Three inches of money fellin Clie first
ten niintites, Realizing our danger,
-fol: a\ragl<(ttcchesJ\yer(;-alrcacly-l�-)axi�il
• about us, we cached;,our packs. in a
niche in the cliffs and hurriedly at 1hp
small risk, sought the \• alleybell \\'•
Three days later we succec(led
in worrying our packs up to the
" knob," between 10,500 and 10,-
700 feet altitude, on the west,
where we succeeded. in slaking a
bed on a,snow-covered shelf. Our
sleeping place that night, as to
altitude and surrotin(litlgs, would
closely resemble tllc very peak of
Sir Donald •or Stephen, excepting
that the valleys below us were much
deeper and at the low altitude Of
little more than two thousand feet.
Por hundreds of miles the peaks
lay at our. feet, Scores of miles of
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