The Wingham Times, 1895-01-25, Page 7TETE NVINGL-1 A311 TLAIESI JANUARY 25 1895,
West Unron Fanners' Institute.
A. TRAMP ON TRAMPS. porary cost, subject them to the hardest
and most humiliating labor upoit the
(CONCLUDED PK% Z'AGI L most neager and uninviting dietetic regis
Men consistent with health, and /ray be..
A TRAMP'S NARRATiVE ANP HOW THE ,
that the nearest possible abatement
line and follow it up, taking live "OOPY" WAS SEOURED. of the trate', nnifianceWillbe accoMplish a
91t0elt as a basis.
Dr. Macdonald, M. P., was then
. whieh isi aeltievable thie Siae of the IA -
The Story of a Vagabond' e Iffy lia it . lennillim
,ealled upon by the chairman for a - r ' ftlloetillsni.'1 . L .
1
1,1nee that Demme second Nnture to an •
few rettlarleS. HO said he had at- 1 freatiently hear "sooalum" and
tended the afternoon meeting and liklueate"" w" Liked 8°3111° X)rink . "soodles" applied to dawaling, untbrifty,
was pleased. to see that there were so -sie Itinned,Y for Tram»s. i loafing fellows, although I never . heard
1 they were so called after a leader named
many farmers who mild give their Ile slipped in nnannouncea. Sood. It seems to me this is one of the
eo-laborers so muela valuable infor•• "EZeuseme,i1 he said, falteringly, "but
'nation on subjects of Buell vital im- ffeanen. ?tremens so detested by Pro-
,I,‘,v,i,Ltnto see one of the writtira on this
My own inspression Is that
man who was a sehOolluate at "its:04'1:11e" and. amottlitni" are mere veil-
portanee to them. It is now neees- ;a; t;'venty-tive yearS ago. I dela re- Ohms of "noodles" and "noodittur." The
,sary that we have scientific farming. member hie ,n, awe, for whisky has take!). great unwashed are rather given to such
MIS time of getting 30, 40 or 50 My luemorY.
PIOT on words.-Notem and Queries.
bushels per acre of wheat is past. The man, was a tramp -a little fellow
We must return to the soil some of
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with piercing black eyes, gray hair and FEAR AS A CAUSE OF DEATH.
unkempt beard, Ho stood quietly in the
•
the things we take from it in crop-
ping it. Agricultural chemistry
should be studied by every young
nian on the farm, also entomology,
;so as to be able to destroy those flies,
and lessening the profits of. the farrn-
. ete., which are trying the patience
•ers. We Mallet know the require-
ments of our lands, • Some young
men seem to think that it is beneath
them to work on a farm. That is a
,great. mistake. No calling is 1)901'0
. honorable than farming. Farmers
should not envy any class or - profes-
*ion, as no class is more independent
than the farmer. Young people in
towns and cities are exposed to more
temptation than the youth of the
country. His advice to the young
men was to stick to the farm.
Mr. James Gaunt, of St. Helens,
was called upon to address the meet-
ing, but asked to be excused, as he
made no preparation, not knowing
that he would be called upon.
Mr. John McMillan, M. P., was the
last speaker. He said he wished to
,congratulate the West 11111'011
doorway as two or three names were sug- The Imagination a, rotent, rector In Ae..
gestea to him. At the mention of the quiriug Vital Dlsense,
fourth he stepped forward, "Of the whole number of persons Sup -
"That's it,"he exclaimed. "Where le posed to die of disease," said a, prominent
he?" physician the other day, "I should say
When the little tramp learned that his that at least fifty per cent, are really car -
boyhood companion was in another pits', a Tied way by fear. Were it • not for this
prominent and prosperous citizen, he element mortality wonlci be far less tilos).
shook bis head and put out his hand. it is."
"Well," he said, hurnhle myself at In support of his statement he cited
your feet -.-a stranger's -and ask for a various cases where the element of fear
dime. .And say," he went on, "wouldn't had entered largely in as a potentfactor to
you like to fifty the story of A tramp's life? persuade people that their time had come. -
I am an educated man and MU give you Presentiments, prophecies, premonitions
an article worth printing." and general nervousness all 'played their
flo received little encouragement and he part, On the other hand, A short time ago
went, away. At 4 o'dleck in the afternoon a patient of a New York hospital was
the tramp bad returned with a manuscript frightened into getting well. This man,
that was "respestfully submitted." The was brought In an ambulance, supposedly
story follows; dying from heart failure.
Born to a good name, educated at a col- He was laid on a table and a diagnosis
lege whose colors are famous on many an showed him to be suffering from hysteria.
athletic field, I have been for the better The surgeon turned to one of his assist -
part of a quarter of a century now a, com- ants and, asking for a knife, remarked
11100. trainp. that he would cut down to the heart, and
I have been thoroughly identified with Ana out what the trouble was. The pa -
every phase of the hapbazard, reckless .tient gave a yell, and leaping from. the
vagabond life embraced by that term. table started for the door. Remonstrance
have spent seemingly interminable hours was in vain. That man was cured and
of bitter winter nights turning myself like never came back.
a spitted. chicken by a tie fire over against Some years ago four criminals,condemn-
the railroad track, I have infested back ed in Russia to die, were taken to a house
doors in quest of fragments. of cold. vic- and shwa several beds; in which they
'Weis. I have been the occasional patron were told a number of cholera patients
1 arraers' Institute On the very sue- wretched or shl °e(17eitil!'theloyuistegrdsi withiali_1 g t III; were.new, never having been sleptin. The
thethad died, As a matter of fact, the beds
cessful meeting which was being
utilized the talent bestowed for nobler b
sands of nameless bedfellows. 1 e lel .nseutnaatIsiiwb were informed that they would
about to be brought to a close. Good theyseve ;vaoluld undergobthe
purposes to coax coin from the sympa- ordeal of sleeping
' ,offieers and enegetic workers aid it 11 hich to satisfy the insatiable beds,From the prisoner's Totitts olfilvitel‘ive
greatly in making these meetings appetite which has been my destruction, it was a possible, though desperate, chance
successful. In referring to the ad- In fact, I have lived, and accordingtoalt to escape. They one and all decided to
evident probabilities, shall die a thorough take the chances. .At the end of the time
• dress of the president, he said the- vagaboad. prescribed, two were uninjured and went
Ontario Agricultural. College and
Model Fq,
..rm have had a great deal i My experiences. They have been
You have asked for a recital of osoovmmareaisocdof
toms free;but the others developed all the syrap-
and died of Asiatic cholera.
Of late ! and extensive that it is difficult ts
to contend with in the past. cvls. Twii physicians determined to take ,ad -
selection. Tramps, as a body,EM3 a divis- vantage of the impressionable xrilnd of a
years the college people have gone I able quantity. There arebthedaltogether female patient and prove a theory for the
i vicious and irredee 1
out among the people and. got to y forte vtdo,rawhtoo benefit of science. The lady had complain -
know their requirements and the I inherited the vagabond instil edtofanitching on Sier back. She was
institutiond and the benefits to be! prey upon society anentering upon, thetold hateoa blister would be applied. In -
career as does a just hatched duck seek stead, a
derived from it are being better ; the nearest pond of water; but it is a great ed, mOii
the chronicle, performed
.known and appreciated, as was , mistake to class all nomads with this un- all the offices of the plaster which. was not
t ' ,evidenced by the address of president i bruited specimen. there.
It has become ally known that A. college r f '
Bailie. As to a bonus to our cream -I tramps can and do traverse great distances
so genes of aet. p io essoi. was once the subject
1/ ,•eries, hel WM opposed to a bon
IIS 111 I joke at the hands of the
ains without surrender • of any studegtsa.a la.ct
any shape. All we want is a fair ' fihynafnasctiar
consideration to the corporations other, and each successively inquired after
y met him one after an -
field and no favor. Some of the ! providing the rapid transit that whena his health,.saying that he looked ill. He
I single man Ands himself unemployed and took to his bed, a physician was called
ereameries have butter on hand
in wood. shape. The holding of the •
yet, behind with his board bill, the suggestion and for days the professor imagined he
t is at hand that the continent is large1
the means of traversing it in serchahotf was in' • I
and it cannot be got on the market 1 •
ei in this way is one cause of {
i betterment eas'l ' 1 I
1 v avaaab e. Itemarkable Trained Animals. , pull.
I loosened the string from the belt of
butt •
The most remarkable of animal trainers iron and made it fast to a letter -scales, and
I
not securing a higher standard foil And so he loads his already ruined for -
is, without doubt, Prof. Bonnetti, whose watched Mr. Snail as he pulled the Ina,
tunes into the first convenient freight car
.1
our butter. Tho good reputation of 'troupe of educated foxes, geese, ducks cater around to very nearly nine ounces.
1 ands tarts upon an aimless journey, often
our cheese is also in danger, as some only termin t"
a ina with the close of his life fowls, etvens and.dogs is marvellous. His' Then 1 took a little match -box such as
HE WAS HIS OWN PHRSNOLOOIST, SINC LEE'S
neon Him Nothing $xeept Some good-
Natured. Guying,
A. than stood lu front og a window a few I CHINESE
evenings ago with hiss hat off, The crowd,
passing by "mecca that he was intently
etndying Boinethiug In the wierlow, and et
the same time feeling and rubbing his
head. Some of the pedestrians stopped.
1 GEO. SHAW
COTS DOWN THE PRICE OF,MEAt
LAUNDRY:
AGAIN
STEAK 100.PER
and watched the man and the abject of hiaLB,
study,. Pasteti on the plate -glass was
01101101(004 OM b. the various bumps •
hea4 in the chaii was Seapnplielabweg every
bump and 11140144ton conceit/able to the
most imaginative. phrenologist.. •
Regardless of the crowd he was attracts
ing, the man gazed bareheaded at the
chart. now and then leaning over to study
More closely the lines and figures, all 'the
While testing his own Skull. At a low es -
Ulnae fifty persons watched the amateur
phrenologist acquiring a cheap knowledge
of his cranium by electric light,
"Wonder what he is?" remarked a by-
stander, "Say, partner, hit it yet?" put
in another. "Get a plaster cast," "Go get
your head shaved first, you'll feel better."
"Oh, pay the man fifty Cents and get a
Certificate," and many other similar quips
were hurled at thq mans but he never
heard, At last some one asked him what
office he was running for. - He turned,
asawwayt,lie <small of amused people; jammed
his hat =his head and stole sheepishly
Poo -lion; in Real Lire.
In Panaria, one of the smaller islands of
the Lipari, or Aeolian group of islanes in
the 'Mediterranean, all the offices of the
community inhabiting the island are nutt-
ed in one person, Padre Michelangelo,
who is priest, mayor, harbormaster, post-
master, master of the marine telegraph
ancletiloial general. He fills the Whole of
them to the entire satisfaction of the com-
munity, being assisted in the telegraph
department by his widowed. nieee. Sim-
ilar cases are not unknown in England.
At the revising barrister's court, held an
Sept. 4, 1804,. at the Castle Eclen Inn,
Castle Eden, in the County of Parham, it
transpired that in the township of Nesbitt
George Brown, farmer, was the only resi-
dent and therefore filled all the public
offices. He levies the rates upon himself
and pays them himself. The township of
Birches, in the division of Knutsford.
Cheshire, has only one oiiCupier, john
Holland, fernier, He is both guardian
and overseer, makes his own rates, collects
and pays them, and Iooks after the .coni-
pilation of the - parliamentary register.
Another like township is that of Wailers -
court, in the parliamentary division of•
Eddisbury, where another gentleman, the
only occupier, fulfils the duties of all the
public offices connected with the township.
At the various revision .courts he attends'
with his parliamentary voters' list,. which
simply contains his own name.-Tid-Bits.
The Strength of SosiPS,
I have a weakness for ima:ls, and one
day, haring found a fine specimen, I tied a
fine cord around his shell after having fas-
tened of iron to the other end of, the
same, in order to keep hint until I needed
him. The iron was bigger than he was,
and I supposed it heavy enough to hold •
him, until my attention wits attracted by a.
dragging, seraping sound on the window-
sill, where I had corralled. my captive.
This aroused my curiosity, and I deterna
ined to find out how much one snail could:
peu-
June cheese has been sent to the Presently a stopping place is reached and • foxes jurup over hurdies and through matthes are bought in, put it on two • • ems, by way of wheels, and proceeded to
hitch nry snail. I then loaded up my
miniature cart with cents and found he
could pull it up to a weight of nine and a
quarter ounces; that is, . about twenty
times his own weight; which 'was half au
ounce.
In any country where time is no object
we would respectfully submit eat new
motive power to those studying motors. -
St. Louis Republics
To Purchase Carlyle's House.
A fund has been started in England with
the object a pnrchasing, repairing and
maintaining as a museuni Thomas Car-
lyle's London house, 21 Cheyne Row, Chet -
en one 55'ailie members of the Committee of the
mating people to of ese unti.aeldly cTeatures has a lady's
include the Earl of R
oops, they jump over ducks and fowls;
' oald. country mixed with September the
tr.ainmen. eject him at son e lonesome
wayside station, About this tiime the de- they feed with these birds, whom it,is
cheese and. sold as such. This should - their nature to feed on, and they:run
mends of hunger assert themselves and
not be, and if it is 'continued, it will since they will have no denial he timidlyabout the aglilia wrbh foxhounds„Whoin
ruin our reputation in England. The approaches the nearest house with a lethey usuallyWhen the
English people are willing to pay sot ftood. isks may well happen, the sPuba- children see the 1 away fr)*
wlii. b professor's betaitiful cat
an lei flagment of a chicken or a guar- , , abamboo bar, on which are eighteen
, want first-class 1. °use steak is band- ; ever"
White mice, they cry "Did you
ter section of a porterhouse al
goods.. In reference to farmers keep- some to th
ed out 't 0 some cake i et?" and clap their hands4n delight.
ing accounts of their farm and. stock, and a ' pieceNvih PrhaPs' '
, In mao delicunts pie en the side. I ' Of the trained animals now in Loudon,
Mr. McMillan said that last year a 'ay cases that prelmunuary experience ! however, the Siberian bears of M. W. Per
settles the man's future. t the best of Inane attract the most attention. To see
4r*, gentleman applied to 200 farmers ployment, he is nob re- them standing on '`talking"
afocie-otheir method of keeping f goaseacjoilsyliett N‘s,tilgi fare as this, and so elects to their master is :etiVkgiliVga
_arm timiesi, wlien in em
y oytaher.physical ex- swtoaytthey will sit down at a tabiefaarild_I'd7inhler.
two nuts. From that number only to
f arnin their methods. Every ertion thanda inavuotivaehd b sl
good prices and they
slltgafer it. battles is au edifying sight for
And then another recruitingogweirylof. an3171toqialtabf to see. Perhaps the
.should keep farm accounts, phood is promoted by the a
s,,r g n elimbax 441cosnlitileattelrity is reached wh
and know just where he stands. rros tram
disposition of discern"
young men he 'would say, think well feed robast, ablesbodied beggars.
ving the farm, Some of has led to a systematic net asTchoyis_ around the stage on M. Permane's man
ing lrioisliosr ;tr'eloc171.
travel-r-tettilicieg of
in of any :nature maiden lady of unceriai:
before lea '
Isome pocket money and also taken le'oemit ppicst.ty theft for =a:1=f 1?11:11Fliqwlititintainces, That bear
into the confidence of the father and the StIPP"t te 15(innacP e titsiiifan.00llik,e a
osebery, Prof.
youngn. ten away from their homes trying hard to kiss him all the time
the old men do not use the boys as waddling about with all the grace.tultaleas
witlti enticing piomises of allaringly ad -
:they should. Boys should be given
of The more I draw upon my recollection thoroughly good fellow,l.
niade acquainted with the proper to try to shake hands with him you 'ilvlosteil
the move it becomes enlarged, .A. pointer -
management of the farm. Made a ons volume would c find bis heartitiess a little trying. -Strand
ontairt brit a cursory
partner, as it were, and given eer- fragment of it. • Magazine.
ponsibilities. Every farmer As the Nineteenth Century approaches sis. • Israel theIre te be tiealthy„
I see much of enconragement be_ au ;-) Chill
1,....tain res " " '
hould have a library for himself tte close<,
little before as tramps: 11year
_were goilig to Europe
to ellen:led
;and his boys, and in addition he Jiensdt longso Ilottl. ast:ikes and social discon- .
should take a number of farm tent proevail este in clover. give h a b
nowise tttsortriearFe?sbsrt, 1.1er ft,t,intlY''' saki
ler ruleetnst:Y, and I were
journals. liome should be mad The benevolent havenowill be
guide to health
and. the' seemed nnintelligi,ble until she elaborated
attractive, and the children allowed discriminating between the intiumsatilsothati it would be this, keep your chin. in."
workingniati, Idle and destitute, it and showed the effects of shelf an ob-
the use of the best rooms in the house, professional vagratItt fiervance.. She said: "To keep the chin
,and the boys would not care to leave A remedy Or the tramp nuisaneeP A in means to keep it well drawn back herit-
:the farm. Farming is one of the problem that Las fruitlessly puzzled the ontally. That eauses what physical cut -
nation's greatest statesmen, is too tongli a Wrists call alifted chest or a live chest.
XdOSt elevating eallings, and had he
nut for me to tackle. Froin the point of .A. lifted chest insures deo and fulibteatla
the privilege of living his Ilfe over view of &tramp X should say that at least ing, and hen eti pure Wood and perfect ch. -
Again, all he wonld ask was a good. o• partial remedy might be achieved eulation. Perfect emuMimi Is the great -
education, and be Would still be a through concerted action of the railroads est safeguard against contagion, and it
to seal ttll empty Cara and to compel train.- prevents thilliness, the forerunner of
fartnei. men to effeetively patrol all trains at colds. A lifted Chest also throws the
On • motion, a Vote of thanks was starting and stopping points, whole body IMO .a. graceful poise. The
tendered to the deputation who had Your professional tramp is distinctly op- abdomen retedes, the thumbs fall lute
addressed the meetings, and the posed to walking or any other form of place by the side, the weight of the hotly
140,. .
physieal exertion. I believe this action by falls upon the ball of the foot instead of
.tneeting adjourned,
the tranSpOrtatien eollinanies WOuld our- the heel, and the Shoulder blades flatten.
tralize the nuisance in great centres of These effects are produced 'When standing
For over new Years population where there is Or could bc, tir Walking. There are ele0 effects site
At( ont, Awn svut,,,r,,,, mony._104. win created efficient machinery'for its control. Una. A. lifted chest then Instrres straight
yeas. by oilllionq of mothers fot their thildren While able to suggest the formation of ft waver.. the book of their, instead of a curved spine,
toothless with slat stSIWCOSS. 18 SOOthOS the child sat league to edthhold Mod or other ma. which many Svoineh assail* while sitting,
tottee4 the sanno, ull.1.31. all Mill, ter owesIs wine entie4 y al. am trout all Applicants, therefore AS The r6tailliAg A lifted Chest is
and is thobest runs 'y for Diarrhdat. pleasset
elow' Ficethine Syrup has been used tor over fifty It is, of tontse, useless and impractlo. backbone with the end of spine against
the taste. snld ht• nenegists in +only pot of the the next best and reasonably pessfb14 is easily formed, provided the elotbit_uti.•
WOrld. TWent3 ,iIr) rents bottle. Its value ts thing I should say to apprehend all reasonably loose.'s--Vrairie Vernier,
ineeldelidile. Ile MVO and ask fOr Xrd. WineloW& L
SOOthinif 0Yrup, and take no ether kind. vagrants everyw lore, at Ivuatever tem.
Huxley, Lord Houghton, Lord Tennyson,
Archdeacon Farrar and many others of
rank and distinction.
It is proposed to raise a total stun of
$20,000.
The Carlyle honse is a handsome speci-
Men of real Queen Am° archirecture. 1n'
elle room may be 'seen. the fireplace and 1
mantel before which Carlyle spent a, fa-
mous silent evening With Tennyson. The
stone -paved kitchen has the same open
grate on. which Mis. Carlyle made her
marmalade "pure as liquid amber" in
taste and in look almost poetically deli-
cate. Here, too, Leigh limit's Scotch
porridge was stirred. The house is now
for sale, unoccupied, and in a dilapidated
condition.
Notes of all Setts,
Burmese children of both sexes begin to
smoke almost as soon as they can speak.
It is eAletdated that if the children wider
the care of the London Sehool Board were
to join hands, they would reach from.
London to ettalisle, a distance of 800 miles.
The tOtal amount of gold in circulation
at the present time is estimated at about
1,070 millions of 1101111dS sterling, 'weighing
altogether 8011 tons.
The earliest snow ever known In Great
Britain was or October 1', 1820.
A. decapitated snail, kept in Moist
Sallee, will in a few weeks grow a neW
beitd, quite its serviceable and good -look -
ss that which was taken Way,
Redo' t insurance statistics show that it
the wife dies iiret, the intsband. on ait
average survives nine years; while if the '
husband dies first, the wife survives Ole«
'ten years.
The giraffe has a tonguealmost eighteen
teats long.
The undersigned has opened a Laundry in the
13RICK BUILDING JUST NORTH OF
CHISHOLM'S DRUG wroRx,
willow; and is prepared to da
ALL KINDS of LAUNDRY WORK
in the beet style and at the cheapest rates.
Parcels called for and delivered.
Please call and try our wo
SING LEE.
Whigham, tier, 1,1804,
and other meats in low proportion,
PORK SAUSAOE,
also on hand,
r 0.111 prepared -00 pay the highest prison
for all Pads of fowl. They must be draws*
and web dressed.
GEO. SIsLaW
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