HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-09-03, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1030
Dr. Browning Physician
But Loves His Key
Exeter Resident Has Not Forgotten
Telegraphy Learned in Youth
Wcjmper'Ate Life Followed and Saw
Great Changes During Long Life
By Myrtle E. Home in London Free
Press
Dr. J. w. Browning, Canada’s
oldest and youngest telegrapher,
looks forward to celebrating his 93
birthday soon. Although so advanc
ed in age, time has dealt kindly with
him and * the years have left little
trace of their passing in his jovial
fr^jih-colordd face, and his eyes, so
merry ^.nd bright, reflect nothing of
the paiX and suffering which they
have witnessed in his long practice
of medicine. One of his youthful
hobbies was athletics, and he used
to enjoy “skinning the cat” on his
father’s thumbs; and incredible as
it imay seem, he is still able to put
liis right foot on the top of his
head,
Dr. Browning was born in the
‘Glastonbury district of Somerset
shire, England, in 1843. This is the
famed apple county of the old land,
though, according to the doctor, its
apples are not to be compared with
thos.e of Huron County. There is an
immense amount of cider made from
these .Somerset apples, which is the
ordinary beverage of the people
there. Special occasions provide an
excuse for a great deal of drinking,
both of cider and of perry—the lat
er being made from pears. When
Dr. Browning’s father and mother
were married, they determined that
-drinking should not be a feature of
the occasion and theirs was the first
teetotal wedding in the county. The
people of the shire decided to make
It an event to be remembered, so
clubbed together and got an Im
mense wedding-cake. This was car
ried on a litter by1 four men at the
head of a procession. The Glaston
bury paper, in reporting the wed
ding, humorously referred to the
persons who fell by the wayside and
-expired, adding that a post-mortem
examination showed death was due
to the presence of .pieces of ice vary
ing in size from eight to
pounds in their stoanacks*
At the end of the voyage
ada, when the future doctor
t^yo years of age, he developed a
s tomach
which .±e was
sines that time
liis lips.
Learns
'The family settled in Markham,
‘where „the father carried on a clock
and watch-making business, and the
father, being a partial invalid, the
ahn.bitious young son determined to
finance his own education. With
this end in view, he sold papers and
wrote short stories and skits. When
but 10 or 11, he learned telegraphy,
which opportunity was made possib
le when the Georgian
line, passing through
.started.
At that time there
no one in the community willing to
learn the operating of this invention
Senator Reasson took the matter up
and persuaded Mr. Browning to al
low his daughter, Louise, to under
take the work. The instruments
were installed and Louisa’s young
brother decided if a mere girl could
so readily learn the system, he could
surely do so as well. He surrepti-1
tiously obtained the alphabet and in
his spare tiime, memorized it; then,
whenever there was no one around
■he practised on the key, with the re
sult that he soon was sendin.
receiving messages,
family discovered his proficiency,
lie was permitted to relieve Louisa,
and when she was married he took
her .place as operator.
(But he was determined to study
.medicine, and more money was nec
essary. Those were the days when
photographers used to augment their
business by travelling in the sum
mer to the smaller towns in great
vans, iinucili like the tourist trailers
of today, but horse-drown, and take
photos of the citizens. Young
Browning became greatly interested
in this work and a Mr. Green, a
sixteen
to Can-
was but
indisposition, for
given whisky, but
it has never passed
Telegraphy
Bay telegraph
Markham was,
seemed to. be
g and
When his
photographer of Toronto, who yearly
visited Markham, accepted him as a
pupil. He soon became as expert
at this work as he had at telepraghy
and the money he earned in this
way foiimed the nucleus of his col
lege finances. He then entered as
a medical student under Dr. Rolfe,
and Mrs, Rolfe, who knew and ap
preciated the odds against which he
was working, showing herself his
staunch friends.
Gets Horse
had completed his med-
he returned north and
practice in Hay Town-
He had no
transportation*
When the
ical course
started his
ship on April 13, 1866.
means of transportation- but
“Shank’s pony" and day aftfer day
lie would walk from Hay to Zurich,
Sarepta, Grand, Bend and houne
again-. From so Imuch walking he
developed a condition that made* a
different mode of getting around to
his patients desirable, so he got a
horse and rode horseback—which
lie found more painful still* Even
tually, a friend of his in Toronto re
ceived in payment of a debt a horse,
buggy and cutter, and having no
need of them, he sent them up to
Dr. Browning by a mutual friend,
with a line telling how “he had come
by them and instruction to send a
note in payment or cash—to which
instructions were added words to-
the effects that if either of these
means of settlement failed to meet
with liis approval, he could go to
tlhe —! And thus Dr. Browning
became the possessor of the fastest
horse in this part of tlhe country,
and of all the 19 horses which he
has owned during his practice, this
was by all means the best. Almost
human in intelligence, it early ac
quired a knowledge of the urgent
need for speed in an emergency, and
at all times suited its pace to the
mood of its master, never needing
to be tied, and at a word, turning
the buggy around alone in a small
er space than when directed by a
driver.
In December, 1866, Dr. Browning
left Hay with the intention of going
to England. However, when he
reached Markham he met his old
l sweetheart and was married instead.
“I didn’t marry for money,” said
the doctor, seriously, “but I got
cash just the same”—laughingly ex
plaining that the lady’s name was
Miss Casih.
On July 3rd, 1867, he imoved
Exeter, here he has carried on
extensive practice for nearly
years.
In 1892 Dr. Browning went
England and spent six months
visiting the hospitals in London.
While there, he became a good
friend of Dr. Treves, the late King’s
physician.
In connection with his office in
Exeter is a drug store, owned and
managed by his son P. H. Brown
ing. Another son, his eldest (now
deceased), followed his father’s pro
fession and conducted a private hos
pital in Caledonia, Minnesota,' said
to- be the finest owned by a single
individual in America. Another son
is a traveller and lives in Kingston,
and Dr. Harry Browning, of Lon
don. Dr. Browning also has three
daughters, Mrs. George Hawkins,
Exeter; Mrs. (Judge) McHaffie,
Red Deer, Alberta and Mrs. O. H.
Becker, New Hamburg.
to
an
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to
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KING EDWARD STAMPS
WERE ISSUED TUESDAY
The first issue of stamps bearing
the head of King Edward VIII were
issued on Tuesday and will con
tinue until September 5, After that
George V stamps will be supplied
until the stocks are exhausted.
The new stamps are of the same
’ size and color us the present issue,
but plainer and Imore vivid. The
head of King Edward VIII stands
out against a shaded background.
Economy
“Dear, I don’t think I’ll be home
for dinner tonight."
“No?
“If I
you on
answer,
back.”
What will I,,.do?”
change my mind, I’ll call
the phone at six, but don’t
then I’ll get my nickle
You see, you can always stop your car.
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Sunday School Lesson
TURNING TO THE GENTILES
Sunday, September 6,—-Acts 13:13
to 14:28; R.mans 10:8-1’5.
And now for those nice smelly smells from madam’s kitchen!
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Here’s to the success of -our coming improved water supply.
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Basket picnics are better than political pork barrels.
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The Lord loves a
stowed.
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cheerful giver, provided the gift is wisely be-
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And those deep apple pies
that beat all Araby.
with those thick crusts and the spices
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It takes old Quebec to get all the fun
tion.
there is out of an elec-
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We just heard of two trees—-bigatree and deviltree. Both are
bad.
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The C. N. E. is all
the Exeter article.
very well in its way, but wait till you see
**♦***
(Five minutes waiting
month in the hospital.
till all danger is passed is better than a
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Why not a few firehose-laying colmpetitions? It's the first five
minutes that count at a fire.
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When the patient gets better, we ihave evidence of the benignity
the stupidityof Providence: when he dies we blame everything on
of the doctor!
Sprain once
mess, thanks to
lack of moral earnestness.
was forlmerly the glory of
grandeeism, ecclesiaticism,
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TIMELY
Europe.
political
Now she’s a
humbug and
*
a
We saw a (man. taking home a brand new wheelbarrow this
week. It was made by a local blacksmith who manufactured it
last winter when other workmen were playing checkers of talking
about Mitch. That’s the way scads are won.
BEYOND ALL TELLING
To realise that -our brothers and sisters in the West have en
countered another crop failure is to pause in the day’s occupation to
think, to sympathize and to share our best with them. Out there,
as autumn crimes on men note their wives becoming thin of shoul
der and hollow-eyed, and their children ’ceasing t-o- play, through
siheer lack of food; to look out on the world with bewildered eyes,
wondering why mother puts so little on the table and fails to re
mend overworn dresses and jackets and why the blankets and quilts
are so thin and scant these increasingly-chilly nights. There is no
oil in the lamps, of many a hitherto prosperous farmer and prac
tically nothing'in his pantry or cellar. ’ There are no newspapers and
no new books. But there is the wind, the never-ceasing, knocking
iwin, and the Northern lights that sparkle and dance with a brillance
that brings no cheer. The abomination of desolation is there for*
another winter, save as relieved by the good will and practical
kindness of the portions of 'Canada where rain has fallen and har
vests have waved and plenty has blessed every field and fireside.
The situation is starving, shivering, maddening horror.
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THOSE R
Gohlen Text
I have set thee to be a light of the
Gentiles, that thou shouldst be for
salvation unto the ends of the earth.
(Acts 13:47.)
When God favored a certain small
people known as Israel or the Jews,
and made them His chosen people,
He never did so with the purpose of
limiting His blessings to therm. Some
Jews, in ancient times and today,
have mistakenly thought this. But
seven centuries before Israel’s Mes
siah came Isaiah, one of Israel’s
greatest prophets, predicted by di
vine inspiration that the Messiah
should be “for a light of the Gen
tiles” (Isaiah 42:6); and twelve
centuries before that, or nineteen
centuries before Christ came, God
Himself promised Abraham, “in thee
shall all families of the earth be
blessed.”
The time had come, in the early
church, to fulfill these prophecies.
Yet even so, while the Gospel of
Christ “is the power of God unto
salvation to every one that be-
lieveth,” it is “to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek” (or Gentile)
(Rom. 1:16). Wherever Paul and
Barnabas, the first Christian Mis
sionaries, went in their missionary
journeys they gave the good news of
Jesus Christ as Messiah and Saviour
to the Jew first. It was only when
the Jews stubbornly and repeated
ly rejected the Gospel that the mis
sionaries turned away fretm them to
the Gentiles.
Paul and Barnabas sailed from the
island of Cyprus up through the
Mediterrean to what we now call
Asia Minor. They pushed north
from Perga in Pamphylia until they
came to Antioch in Pisidia, an im
portant city.
As true and devout Jews they
went to the synagogue on the Sab
bath Day and sat down, in the con
gregation as worshipors. But the
rulers of the synagogue observed
them, and the visiting missionaries
were invited to speak.
Paul accepted the invitation, ad
dressing his hearers respectfully as
“men of Israel, and ye that fear
God.” Then he gave a remarkable
birds-eye view of the history of Is
rael, down to the moment when he
was speaking and showed that Jesus
was a direct descendant of their
great King David and fulfilled God’s
promise to David.
Furtherlmore, Paul told his Jewish
congregation that the Jews at Jeru
salem, and their rulers, because they
did not know their wvn Messiah “nor
yet the voices of the prophets which
are read every Sabbath Day," had
actually fulfilled the prophecies of
their own Scritptures by condemn
ing Jesus Christ to death and hav
ing him crucified. Then, they had
buried Him.—“But God raised Him
from the dead."
Paul quoted the Old Testament
■Scriptures to these synogogue Jews
in Antioch, especially Psalm 16,
where David .prophesied the resur
rection of his Greater Son, Jesus
Christ. Then came the straight
Gospel: “Be it known unto you
therefore, men. and brethren, that
through this man is preached unto
you the forgiveness o,f sins; and by
Him all that believe are justified
from all things, .from which ye could
not be justified by the law of
Moses.”
We can well understand how this
almazing, revolutionizing explosive
sermon stirred not only the entire
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lieved. And the word of the Lord
was published throughout the re
gion.”
Now began afresh, following the
martyrdom of Stephen, the Jews’
deadly persecution of the true Is
raelites who were witnessing to the
Jew’s own Messiah, The Jews
drove Paul and Barnabas out of the
city.
The missionaries moved on to
near-by cities, Iconium, Lystra and
Derbe, and they had the same sort
of experience everywhere. Some
welcomed the Gospel and believed;
others turned bitterly against the
message and the (messengers. At
Lystra the Jews stirred up such op
position and hatred that they had
Paul stoned, and his body was drag
ged out of the city, supposed to be
dead. But Paul “rose up and came
into the .city.” He and Barnabas
kept on in their fearless and courag
eous campaign, 'preaching again in
the same cities.
Finally the travel-worn, bruised,
but irejoicing missionaries sailed
back to Antioch in Syria and
brought back the wonderful story
of the miracle-working grace of
God.
Men are just .the saline today—and
so is the Lord Jesus Christ. “For
whosoever shall call upon the name
of the Lord shall be saved." But,
as Paul writes to -the Romans, how
can men believe without knowing,
and how can they know without be
ing told, and how can they be told
without missionaries? Therefore,
“How beautiful are the feet of them
that preach the Gospel of peace and
bring glad tidings of good things.”
aranteed.
Fi
It’s a wise idea to eat Kel
logg’s, Rice Krispies. They
help you keep cool because
they nourish without over
heating the system.
Everybody loves these
K toasted rice bubbles. So
criip they actually crackle
iupnilk or cream.
At grocers everywl
$he Mother Gocy
^package. Mad^
in London, Ojj|jfeo. Quality
We calme upon a real boy
into possession >of an unusually
district representative has been
directions as to general care.
’ representative “Do you tell the
“Of course” 'was the reply. '‘We
About a week later this youngsteiH^’V^Z^
calves? 1 He always wins prizes
The result? This youngsteBHHEH^BBmnHgHRMHH|HH
caLf out-conditions any other
real pals in this deal. Better
real price for his calf win or
We look for real results frogl this boy.
it is the extra that wins the blue ribbon and that captures the nim
ble dollar. All this is a big secret among the boy, the boy’s
Mr. Brown and ourself.
dad and
STAYING HOME TO HELP DAD
We came across one of our farm igirl’s just this week
back to school?” we asked.
“No. I aim going to stay home to (help dad!
This lassie had been to High ‘School for two years.
jLthere was good, but in face of this she was going to stay home
?melp dad.
We confess that those words had a good ring. Later we saw
(her busy with a riding, plow. She is busy among the .calves and
there are 200 odd chickens that look to her for daily care. I un
derstand that she is receiving moderate wages' that will be increas
ed. as her ttnsefulness grows.
No this farmer .girl is not taking the way of sheer stockings and
daily and hourly talcum and lipstick drill. All that may be con
sidered on .Sundays and (holidays. Nor will this lassie be in hourly
contact with a whole lot of situations that Intake discerning people
shudder. She will not be cooped in a stuffy office. Nor will she
be obliged to cater to a lot of youngsters who barely get by in men
tal equipment. She will not be snubbed by scores of mothers who
do not know what is good for their offspring. Nor will she be
obliged to cringe to make sales. No indeed! This young lady will
live in the open, engage in work that grows more interesting every
day, work that brings sound sleep, a vigorous appetite, strong
muscles and a clear eye and the glo w that comes froim helping dad,
her best friend. Congratulations, lassie!
“Going
Her re
synagogue congregation of Jews and
Gentiles, but also the whole city of
Antioch. Here was a new preach
er with an utterly new message.
Was he right otr wrong?
It was too much for the seif-right-
eous, sin hardened, unbelieving Jews
who saw their religious leadership
tottering, their prestige gone, and
their race actually accused of hav
ing crucified the Messiah predicted
in their own Scriptures. So “when
the Jews saw the multitudes, they
were filled with envy, and spoke a-
gainst those things which was spok
en by Paul, contradicting and blas
pheming.”
Paul and Barnabas then spoke a
solemn, seairing word to those false
leaders of God’s 'people. “‘It was'
necessary,” said the missionaries,
“.that the word of God should first
have been spoken to you; but seeing
ye put it from you, and judge your
selves unworthy of everlasting life,
lo we turn tO' the Gentiles.” And
they quoted the prophecy from
Isaish, which is ouir Golden Text:
“And when the Gentiles heard this,
they were glad, and glorified the
word of the Lord; and as many as
were oirdained to eternal life be-
A barrel of dimes is worth more
•than a barrel of silver dollars.
Acciunpulatcd Dents
Jones—I have come to the con
clusion that my car’s a ■wreck.
Bill—A wreck?
Jones—Yes: every ti/me I leave it
anywhere, ‘policemen come up and
ask me if I have reported the acci
dent.
B. C. Shingles
The Best Quality of
Edge Grain Shingles to
at the lowest Jarices as
money.
Now.
A. J.
GRANTON
WORTHY
PHONE 12
life we load, in the extreme nervous ifcnsionjIRd fever heat with
which we follow in the/pursKt ®f wealth, position
and, pleasure.
Late hours, want of necessary rest, excessive
mental or physical exertion all put a strain on the
system it is unable to withstand. No wonder then
you pass restless nights and get up in the morning
with no ambition to go about your daily tasks.
Take Milburn’s H, & N. Pills and see what they
will do for you,