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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1910-07-14, Page 3July 14thi 1910 A Pioneer , Preacher's Remin- sconces of Hnif a Century Ago. To the Editor The News -Record Dear Editor,—As most of your readers hale been made aware of my purpose to visit some of the scenes of my early ministry it might not be out of piece for me, thraugh tha same medium, to give a little of my experiences now that the purpose has been realized. After leaving Toronto on the 17th of June, my first point reached was Shanly, in Dundas County, which was a part of the aid Matilda circuit,. which I travelled as junior preacher forty-eight years ago. On the same ground there are now five circuits and Shanly, which is at present the head of this circuit with fine church and parsonage, was but a rather weak appointment in the early years referred to. My sojourn there was with a par- ticular friend, Mr. Joel Adams, who as a boy of fourteen was converted through my instrumentality—a prince in Israel. The pastor, Rev. Mr. Knox, was •in for a holiday and put me through the 'three services on Sun- day. At Ventnor, where I preached 111 in the., morning, in a beautiful church there was but one Terson who rem- embered me, when 4 forty-eight years before, I started services there on a Saturday night, at what was then known as Adam's Mills. At Shanty, out of nearly fifty who were on the membership roll when •I was there, I found but four and one of these too infirm to attend service. From there I went farther down to what was my first circuit in Stor- mont County. I spent a night with Col. H. Bredin, near Farran's Point, in the old home where I was heartily welcomed in days long ago. Mr. Bredin enquired very kindly af- ter Mrs. Farran and her sister of our town, with whom he was intimately acquainted in days of yore. Sunday, June 26th, was to me a memorable day, being the one corres- ponding with that on which I oegan my ministry. I commenced at Lunenburg in the 1 morning taking my text foam a small bible given me by a boy when I was ' leaving the circuit forty-eight years ►-1 ago and the same text that I .used in that place, that morning, fifty years before. There were but three pr'rsent who remembered being at that first ser- vice, the boy above mentioned being one and, strange to say, he could tell me before I went into the .church what my subject had been. Twelve miles drive brough t me to Aultsville, which was a part of the old circuit, where I preached at night to an appreciative congregatk n. In my opening remarks. I rather surprised a good many when I held up my old memorandum book which, contained the old membership list of that church fifty years ago. What surprised them most was when I stated that of the one hundred and twenty-five names on the list but one remained now on the roll, and she, Mrs. Morgan, (whose daughter is the wife of, Dr. Service, one of our missionaries in China,): was present listening to me. Suffice to say, we had an impressive 'service. There are now at least five separate .fields on what was the old Moulineittel circuit, and Aultsville is the one of. special interest to me, as 'it was here,, in the old Hickey home, whore I was entertained during the greater part of the two years I was on the circuit ; right on the banks of ' the beautiful St. Lawrence. The church in which I preached was. the first Methodist church in the vil- lage and I was at its dedication fifty years ago, and in it was instrumental in organizing the first Methodist Sun- day school_ While tarrying it this point and taking a backward look my thoughts were of a peculiarly impressive char- acter. No one of the name in the old Hickey home no trace of the nearby Whitney home, where I was so. kindly entertained by Sir James' good old Methodist mother. Other homes vacated and at least eighty who cera on, the church roll passed into the beyond, and I left to come back in health and vigor, after half a century, to re -visit and review, as few are permitted to do; calls for on my part devout thankfulnes.o to God, J. GREEN,E. An Interesting letter from the Chinese Mission Field. 1)r. Wilford, a son of Mr. John Wil- ford of Blyth, who is laboring in the Chinese Mission Field, sent the fol- lowing letter to the Lpworth League at Blyth : "Although I know you all well and you know me this is the first time I have ever written a letter to you as a League. You all read and study about the people of China and the work of Mis- sionaries so instead 'of writing some- thing along that line I will describe a little personal episode which took place this week. I first will preface my story by say- ing aying that the Roman Catholics have been doing Missionary work in this part of the country for years and years, and in this particular city they have had a mission for about forty years while our mission has been hese scarcely three years. • T•he priests in this neighborhood 'are French. Now for my story. The day before yesterday a servant of the priests' came up to our compound our d and wanted d to know if I would sec the priest who had some trouble with his teeth. I got one of the other •missionaries to tell him to come up that pen...(I (I don't know enough of the ilanguage •yet' •to make myself very clear to' the Chin- ese.> I .happened:to be away when' . he. came up so I thought after having lis; appointed hint I had 'better go to t eii place. I put a few drugs and. some forceps into my grip; and aceompai ied by Mr. Plewman, ,one- of our other missionaries, I went down to- their mission. We were.escorted into the priestly. domiains and found two venerable • old clericals'in the guest hall. .They ,were dressed in Chinese costume. One had a fill whisker plentifully tinged •with grey. I -le. was a large man, about 60 years of age, ' and as we afterwards !arned, had been 37 years in the coun- try without being home. This is cer-• tainly giving•.one's life for the work: The other priest was. younger having. been 20 years in China. He' .had a' moustache and chin whisker. L • men-. tion this because at '•home priests : ' aro all clean shaven.. But .I have' learned that missionary Prfests have the priv- ilege ilege of wearing beards. The elder priest was the one • whot. was the sufferer and his mission was` ,.s Clioton News -Record 3 30 miles .away. 'fie was quite nervous.. and agitated when I examined his tooth, the perspiration simply covered his face. Through my interpreter, Plewman, I told' hint that I could give him some drugs to ease the pain tem. porarily but that the best treatment would be to have the tooth. out. He asked if it would hurt very Hauch. I said I thought not; s0 he let me get the forceps onto it. I didn't give him any time to change his mind. I presented him in his band with the offending member and he was all smiles, declaring that iitdidn't 'nutlet all, After a little visit we left them having first invited them to come and call on us. That p.m. the two priest;i made us. a call. I ren-oyed the visit very much. I managed to recall a few words in French that I learned at High School. They also knew a few words of Eng- lish and so with my few Chinese sen- tences our egnversation was rather a cuifous' mixture. Mrs. Wilford gave them some music on our piano which they evidently enjoyed. Then she served them tea and cake. After this they bade tie good-bye in French, Eng- lish and, I 'think, Chinese. But before doing so they, asked us to come and visit them. They said they would be pleased to show my wife and the otjher ladies of our mission through their girls' school. Thisgood feeling • and apparent fr;endship between the two missions has come through an Orangeman ex- tracting a Catholic Priest's tooth who. made a journey of 30 miles for that purpose. Now, in closing, I will say we are enjoying life in China better than we had anticipated. We are thankful we are so privileged in being here. We wis'i you success in Blyth E, L. Raise lotset money fot the Forward MoveKent anti send more men and women out her! where they are so badly needed. Your old fellow Leaguer, E. C, Wilford. Tzeliutsing, West China, April 15." Caste in' the Army. • • One thing not common?y understood among civilians is the completeness of the barrier which divfdrs army offi- cers from the soldiers=or, as they are more generally called, the "men" It is always vas!;y amusing to those familiar with the .service to observe the err ors in this respect frequently. made. by the novelist and the. play - Wright. ' Personal qualif?cations have noth- ing whatever to do with the ematter. A soldier. may be a gentleman who. has enlisted with the purpose of ob- taining a commission,, yet there can be between him .and his. .officers no . social intercoorse of any. sort, and severe penaitice•would be inflicted up- on the officer who would attempt t a. disregard the rule. It might seem' that this enforcement of a', caste e sense I a a# e e won d result. in • tttuClr hard feeling on the side of the men.. Such, however, is not ectually the ease, • It is taken for granted, and . rceognized as conducive to' "good order and military discipline." `It'is a military regulation liko'any other, and implies no. disgrace. Directly e soldier's enlistment is .out or tlir- ectly he rises from• thea ranks, • the. prohibition, is removed. -The Deeinea for for July. • HER TIME NOW. It was moving• day and thefamily was; getting: settled down in. the new home. Little ]Meribah, aged: three, after watching her father put • down the iparlor carpet, went to him and said "PaPa won't.you give me the ham- mer when you get through with it, s. I can, spank some nails, too?".- Delineator for July. The Great Handicap on the Wel1t, That the Western Provinces will thi year suffer a partial crop failure ie ce twin ; that something approaching total loss may occur itis not at al impassible. In whatever losses. map occur the farmers ofthe West wil have the sincere sympathy of the farm- ers of Ontario. Incidentally tho lesson of the year may prove of very great value to thou- sands of young men in Ontario whose eyes have been turned ting sin. The fairly ed on the prairies in d n Auburn. The annual Flower. Service in con- nection with the Sunday school will. s be held in the Baptist church on .Sun- day afternoon next at 3 o'clock. a Special music and responsive eVerebses I will be rendered by the scholars and the pastor will preachate illustrated 1 object 'sermon. Special offering on be- half of the Sunday ,school. The following is the report of the Senior department of Auburn Public school for the month of June Intermediate 4th—Examined int Geo- graphy, Literature, Composition and Arithmetic—Earl Raithby, Jennie Stalker, Rena Darn, Alfred Leanp, towards the) set - good crops neap - the last two years, the early promise of this' sea- son, and the stories of money made in successful speculation in prairie lands, have eseated a false balance in the minds of many Ontario people. The possibilities and advi ntagss of the West have been unduly magnified; the disadvantages have been overlook- ed, And of all the disadvantages un- der which the West labors the great- est ds found in what is practically a one crop system. To the West wheat is everything ; if that fails a whole year's work is lost. The fear of fail(ure, which is never absent, must make even of 'a good year one long night- mare during the critical season ; in a bad year there must be something lake dispair, In Ontario, with our vastly greater diversity in production, there can nev- er be a general failure, Weather which is hardest on hay and 3nangels 's best for corn ; there may be fail- ure in winter wheat but either oats or barley will come out all right ; and, as practically all our crops are fed on the farm, the increase in fertility and humus thereby provided for greatly reduces the danger .of loss in any line. Evens in. feeding there is diversity ; hogs, some dairy cattle, beef bullocks, poultry and .sheepare kept an the great majority of the farms! of this Province. In at least some of these lines there is a profitable return every year. There are no gambler's gains to be made in Ontario farming neither are there the risks of gam- bler's losses which are ever present in the West there is the assurance of a reasonable com'dtence as the re- ward for reasonable effort. The one -crop system, coppled with a most uncertain climate, is a peat handicap' on the West.—Weekly Sun. And the King Didn't Know, Either. • The late King Edward was • stay- ing as a guest at a certain country mansion a few months ago, and 'enter- ed the.' village school one morning quite unexpectedly, In his'usual pleasant way, he asked•the children a. 'few questions. "Now, my young friends," • • said king Edward, cheerfully, "X. daresay some of: you can tell me• the nahnes of. a few of our .greatest Kings and Queens, eh?" ' • With one accord they creel out "King Alfred ;and • Queen. Victoria, Just then:a" tiny slip of a troy, to whom the schoolmaster had whisper- ed something, stood up and raised his hand. . "Do you know another, my . boy?", asked • the King. - "Yes, -Your Majesty—King Edward VII.,, • His Majeet ' laughed, and Y g ... n again asked "What great act . has King Edward VII., done, pray?" Tho boy • lowered his head and stammered out : ' "Tdon, t know, Your Majesty!" "Don't be distressed, my lad," said our gracious King, smiling "I don't know, either." To People wh Jr. 4th—Examined i.n Geography, Literature, Composition and Arith- metic --Reggie Mann, Effie Stoltz, El - lea Phillips. Sr. 3rd—Examined in Spelling; Ar- ithmetic, Geography and Grammar— Lena Plunkett, Agnes Creighton, Wil- lie Carter, Arthur Lemp. Jr. 3rd—Examined in Spelling, Ar- ithmetic, Geography and Grammar— I:lwin Raithby, Berdie Ferguson, Olive Taman. —Pearl MacPherson, Teacher. Report of the Junior department of Union S. S. No. 5, Hullett for the month of June : Jr. lst—Edna Raithby 456, Sidney McClinchey 456, Arthur Yungblut 432, Emil Lemp 421, Clayton Ladd 401, Sortie Earle 375, Jr. Pt, 2nd -{Elden Stoltz 479.. Inter. Pt. 2nd—Mary Barr 514, Ed- die Earle 397. Sr. Pt 2nd --Victor Lemp 824, Frank Raithby 754, Glen. Raithby, 675, Aud- rey Dawson 502, Harvey Armstrong 459, Harvey Dawson 428, Jr. 2nd—Maggio Taman 1381, Ethel Murdoch 1100, Oertie Ladd 1044, Ez-. 1 era. Schultz 937, Leslie 'Schulbz 915. Sr. 2nd—Iona McClinchey 1404, Roy Barr 1266, Lureatha McKnight 1264, 'Harry Beadle 1031, Georgina Beadle 913, Fred. Earle 831, Lewis Ruddy t98, Lenord. Yungblut 792, Victor Yungbiut 785. Average 26. • —Cone B., Ferguson, Teacher. Gets Tired Answering Silly Questions. • He was a kindly constable, and had for long, been answeringthe in- quisitive old lady's questions. to the best of hisabifity. But :he was beginning to tire -a little. "And what's your truncheon fon, polieemran?" in- quired the inquisitive dame. •. • "ICetch a feller a cop over the nob if he gets vi'lent!" rc)iponded• Bobby. "And what are those ' numbers far?„ "Hidentificashun purposes, • inum," said Bobby laconically, turning away "And what, policeman," 'said' the old •dame, catching him by the arm ; "is that strap under, your chin foe?". "Wele• mum,"' snorted .Bobby, "that's ter rest me jawson when 'I gite tired answ'erin' silly questions." A.SUSTAINING DIET. ' Thede are the enervating days, when,'. as somebody, has said, •. men drop by the sunstroke as if the Day of Fire had dawned. They aro' :fraught .w:th danger to people whose systems are poorly sustained ; and •this leads •us:to say; in the interest of. the. loss . robust of our readers, that the full, effect of .flood's Sarsaparilla is . such as to suggest the. .propriety of call- ing this medicine something besides 'a Wood '.purifier and tonic -say, a sus- taining s- taining diet. It makes itcrazier ch to bear the heat, assures refreshing sleep, and . will without any doubt avert much sickness at this time of year . Free Legal Advice For the Poor Man. There is a great opening in ever large city for a "poor man's lawyer," but in few cities has the need beensupplied. Pittsburg is an honorable exception to the rule, as we judge filazu the receipt of a report of the Legal Aid Soviet of Y that city. The object of the society is to give free legal advece to poor people, and not only is the advice free, but it Is usu- ally sound, since ,the lawyers who compose the society are among the best in Pennsylvania, furthermore, it is absolutely s:i :)interested, the soci- ety does not stand to make a dollar by inducing its, clients to go to law. Settled Out of Court. y 21 were disputes between landlord and tenant. Of the 36 usurers' cases,, only one went to court, and the ex: istenee of the society is said to have made a great improvement in the ` situation as regards the loan shark. W W amen Hard d to Manage. g e Speaking of the supposed tendency of the average lawyer to stimulate litigation, it isilluminating to note that in the course of a year thele were 246 applications made to the Pittsburg ;goeiety for legal advice. Twelve of them were refused, leaving 2.24 cases in which legal advice was given. Only eight of these cases got into the courts, flue of them having been instituted before the opinion of the Legal Aid Society was sought. Three lawsuits put of 224 oppor- tunities is indeed an astonishing re- sult of disinterested, sound legal ad- vice. In many of the other cases, of course, legal proceedings were in- volved, but were settled without the society's lawyer going into court. In 90 percent. of the cases the mere knowledge .;.thatthe powerful Legal. Aid Society stood ready to fight the battle of a client was sufficient to dis- courage the party of the second part, ' Lawyers and Litigation. It la probable that the public opin- ion to the effect . that lawyers - seek to promote strife is erroneous.. A good deal depends on• the temperament of the individual lawyer. Some of them like a fight and will cheer their cli- ents into one, others again are na- turally cautious. One of our most prominent judges used to say that he was always ready to stop a any stage of the. proceedings, on the frust hint that a compromise might be effected. Another lawyer will tell you frankly that he is ready to fight any 'case as long as you have a'dolIar, and since be is a very wealthyl man, hia advice cannot have b_ een very objectionable to his clients. Some allowance- must be made for the human nature in all clients. Nine times out of ten a man who commits 'e lawYer wants notion. Ile feels that he does not get his money's worth unless there. are 'pro- ceedings. The same man, ' when he consults .a doctor,: wants a good big bottleof black and bitter met1icine: The .lawyer who tells lenience/ to fight,. the doctor who tells him he needs no dope, he supposes to be incompetent. Fighting the Loan Shark: Down in Pittsburg, before the com- ing of the Legal Aid Society,. the al- derman was the poor man's. lawyer. In 99 cases. nut of 100 the : alderman advised in favor of the plaintiff, be- cause he thus made sure of. getting his rake-off. One of ' the few cases that the society took into court was a legacy from an alderman. The vic- tim had borrowed $25 from a loan shark, and had. repaid $30; but the shark wary suing the victim's'employor for $21 on a wage assignment The: friendly aderman .had advised , that the money:be paid, but• the Legal Aid Society succeeded in having his rul- ing reversed. A great many of the cases handled by the' • society wer>„ provided b i 9users v crinis, about15 percent. .faring under this head. Forty-one cases were contrast cases, 40 . concerned domestic relations, : 37 were non-support and desertion, and Women are among the hardest cli- ents with which. the Legal Aid So- ciety has to deal, and a large pro- portion of the persons seeking legal aid are women. Many of themt, come in place of their husbands, who can- not leave their work, and others come to complain of their husbands. What makes the woman a hard per- . son 'to help is her liability to change her mind, especially in regard to her husband. In one case a poor• womati with five children was abused, and finally • deserted by her husband, who went to live, with .another wom- an. The Legal Aid Society appeared for the wife in the Desertion Court and seemed an order for the husband to pay$5 a week for the support oti his family. He was committed to jail until he should provide -a bond of $500. He then wrote pleading letters - to his wife, who, without consulting ' the society, had him. released from. jail, In a short time elle . returned to the society with the complaint that her husband was againliving with. the other woman. The. Morality Department, Cases of this kind would be handled in Toronto by the Morality Depart- ment. Indeed, many of the functions of the Legal Aid. Society are discharg- ed daily by this branchof the 'police service, and the most serious critic- ism that can be made of the Moral- ity Department is thatit does not ad- vertise to the public its useful'aess. It is not intended, of course, that any civic .department should do the work. of the legal profession, any more than tlz.io intended that the Medical health Department . should do' the work of the doctors, There is room. hero for a Legal Aid Society, but un til it comes along the Morality De- parsment. will be found willing and competent to attend to many . of its ' prospective clients, Contract Closed for a Great News+Service. • The Laffan News Service, controlled. by the New York Sun, is acknowled- ged to be the best of its kind on the continent, commercial, 'sporting Cable' . news. being its special features.: The Mail and Empire has been a client of , this service for some . years' east. 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