HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1923-09-13, Page 5THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1923
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AN OLD FIDDLER IN LUCK WESTFORD
Ford and Edison Enjoy His Music
And Make Him Famous
Jep Bisbee, an old fiddler, ste->s
into fame at 81 years of age.
Thomas A. Edison and Henry Ford
discovered him. Soon e' erybody will
be hearing Bisbee on the gramo
phone.
It was in the course of their sum
mer outing that Edison and Ford
came upon the old man at Paris,
Michigan. For more than 50 years
Jep had fiddled at all the soldiers’
reunions and fair time dances up and
down western Michigan Ford and
Edison enjoyed the square dances,
jigs and reels of the veteran music
ian.
Whereupon Mr. Edison decided to
perpetuate for all time the merry
tunes that roll from old Jep’s fiddle.
He has invited Bisbee to New Jersey
to play into records just like Kreisler
does.
“I am going and I shall play them
just what they want and my tunes
date back 100 years,” Jep says.
Henry Ford has negotiated for one
of Jep’s handmade fiddles and the
price agreed upon is an even $100.
Jep is also going to be the owner of
an automobile. It will be “made in
Detroit” and it will come from Mr.
Ford.
It was a big day in Paris when the
notables arrived. Seven big automo
biles ranging from limousines to
trucks were in the train They were
loaded with passengers and tents and
■driven by a group of men in khaki
uniforms. Paris. Michigan, has seen
tourists before, but never did so
many come at once They purchased
close to 100 gallons of gas and many
quarts of oil—a record sale for the
garage man.
A crowd gathered to «'ive the cara
van the once or twm- -nT, and some
body suggested that “that guy in the
back seat looks like Hank Ford.”
“That is Henry Ford—by George,
it is,” was the assertion from an
other. “And that must be Mrs. Ford
—and say—I read that Thomas Edi
son and Harvey Firestone are with
him. That’s them.”
“By George, it is.”
At this the man in the back seat
asked the criwd if anyone knew the
way to Jep Bisbee’s house. The
■crowd said in chorus “You bet,” and
pointed the way, and in a moment
Mrs. Bisbee, 77 years old. was smil
ing on the doorsteps in her home
and saying:
“Mr. Ford? Why, yes, of course.”
And Mr. Edison ? Of course. I will
go and get my hush-1 d and v A him
play for you. Come on right in.”
Jep Bisbee played. He is at his
best when he faces an audience. He
fiddled the old reels, the old quick
steps and the old jigs until the visi
tors’ feet were dancing and Mr. Edi
son’s hand was moving back and
forth to mark the rhythm.
“They came to see if they could
get me to play the old music,” Mr.
Bisbee said the other day. “They
said they wanted the kind of music
they couldn’t get nowadays. G. E.
Kingsford, who runs the Ford mines
at Iron Mountain, was in the party,
and it seems he had heard me play
forty years ago. He told Mr. Ford
about me“Mr. Ford said: “Do you feel like
playing a little?” and I said, “Yes I
feei like playing at any time,” so I
started in. Before he got away .he
got looking at my violin. “I will give
you $100 for the violin,” he said, and
put the money down on the table. He
is coming back for it later.
“Mr. Edison got right down close
_he is slightly deaf, you know7 to
see if all my measures were correct.
I took pains to see that the accent
was right I even accented more
than usual. T played Howe’s music
—music ’way back—you can’t get it
now, and somebod” said: “It seems
so good to hear that.”
“And after that Mr. Edison got
talking about me going down east
He wants me to play so everybody
can hear it. I am going to do it.
Just before Mr. Fo"d left Bisbee s
he said: “If a man drives up here
with a nice little car for you. dont
tell him to take it away, will you?
Miss Grace Haldenby spent the
past week visiting friends in Toronto.
Miss Blanche Haldenby has gone
to Alvinston where she will attend
High School.
Our teacher, Miss Shelton, is busy
training the pupils for the school
parade. We all wish her fine success.
A large number of our young
people attended the Thanksgiving
service at Bervie last Sunday even
ing.
A large number from here attend
ed the ball at Kinlough last Thurs
day evening, and reported a good
time.
Mrs. Peter Murray has returned
home after spending a week or so
with her mother, Mrs. Donovan, of
the 10th. Concession.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Anderson re
turned to their home in Alvinston
after spending a few weeks at the
home of Mr. Fred. Haldenby.
BELFAST
Fall ploughing is the order of the
day around Belfast.
We extend oui- heartiest congratu
lations to Mr. and Mrs. William Ans
ley.
Mrs. John Mullin is home after
visiting friends at Toronto the past
week.
Mrs. James Alton has returned
home after attending the Toronto
E.xhibition.
Miss Hazel Raynard of Paramount,
spent the week-end with her sister,
Mrs. Walter Alton.
Mr. and Mrs. John Emmerton, of
Kinloss, visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Nixon on Sunday.
Mr. Ira Campbell and son, Leonard,
of Algoma, have returned home after
spending a few days at their new
home here.
Mr. Charlie and Miss Tillie Sher
wood spent a few days with their
sister, Mrs. James Barbour, at Gode
rich, last week.
Our teacher, Miss Johnston, is back
again to her duties after spending
the Summer vacation at her home
near Owen Sound.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb. Stothers and
daughter, Lenore, of Dungannon,
spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Hackett.
We are glad to report that Miss
Mary Vint, who had the misfortune to
fall off a load of oats and fracture
her arm, is improving nicely in Wing
ham Hospital. We hope soon to see
her home and around again.
“For The Land’s Sake”
One hot day a farmer got on the
train near Walkerton and sat beside
an elderly lady. As the train was
passing through the open country a
peculiar^, odor drifted through the
open windows. The lady sniffed a
minute then turned to the farmer
and asked, “Can you tell me what
that peculiar odor is?”
“Yes’m,” says he, “that fertilizer.”
“For the land’s sake!” exclaimed
she.
“Yes’m, says he, “for the land’s
sake.”
The export of gold bullion, gold
coin, and fine gold bars from Can
ada, except as deemed advisable by
the Minister of Finance, and as
licensed by him, is prohibited until
July 1, 1924, by proclamation issued
in the current issue of the Canada
Gazette. ’
SOUTH K<NLO£S
Rev. John Griffith, B.A., of Changti,
China, gave a very interesting Mis
sionary address in the church last
Thursday evening.
Sunday, Sept. 16th., will be W.M.
S. Sunday. Rev. Dr. Harkness will
have charge of the morning service.
A special collection is asked for
The regular monthly meeting of
the W. M. S. was held at the home of
Mrs. Peter MacLeod, 4th. Con., on
Wednesday, September 5th. Mrs. Gol-
lan presided and led in the Devotion
al and business part of the meeting.
Miss M. MacLeod gave a report on
the bale of clothing sent to the West.
Mrs. Gollan read a letter of appre
ciation from Dr. Margaret MacKel-
lar, of India, for their special gifts
sent to her. Mrs. A. Hughes read a
paper on “The Education and Wel
fare of Children is the biggest task
of the day.” Mrs. L. C. Mclvor gave
a short sketch of the life of James
Robertson. Miss A. MacKay read a
paper on “Our Home Mission Hos
pitals.” Mrs. A. Hughes and Miss A.
MacKay contributed a duet.
HOW TO HELP POST OFFICE
EFFICIENCY
Did you ever give a moment’s
thought to the hours of duty that are
put in daily by the Local Post Office
and the hundred and one things that
have to be thought of and attended
to, correctly and quickly to give you
the good Service which you expect.
There are so many ways in which you
can assist the Post Office to give you
that Service, and they are all so
small and easy that everybody can
do them without the slightest in
convenience to themselves. Here is a
list of some ways to remove the
wrinkles from the Postmaster's (or
Postmistress’s) forehead:—
1. —If there is a vacant box in the
Post Office—RENT IT. The cost is
about fifteen cents a month. If your
time is worth anything at all, you
will save money by not having to
wait at the wicket for your mail.
2. —Put your Box Number on every
letter you write, or if you live in the
City, your correct street address.
There are lots of Browns, Smiths and
Robinsons everywhere, and it is very
annoying when someone else opens
your letters.
3. —If your children call for the
mail, let one of them do it. It. is not
necessary to have the whole family
call one after the other.
4. —If you should send to a Mail
Order House, don’t expect to get your
parcel next morning. Give them time
—when the parcel arrives the Post
master won’t forget to give it to you,
he doesn’t want it. There is no need
to ask four or five times if your
order has come.
5. —Don’t ask them not to -hand
your mail to anybody but yourself.
Post Office employees only have hu
man brains. Rent a box*and keep the
key yourself.
6. —Never-send a parcel without in
suring it. Three cen.ts will insure it
up to five dollars, and it is a mighty
poor parcel that is not worth three
cents.
7. —Put your name and address on
the upper left hand corner of every
letter you write, and the stamp in
the upper rig-ht hand corner. Better
still us stamped envelopes, and have
your box number printed on them.
8. —Don’t put money ip a letter—
buy a Money Order or a Postal Note,
then if it gets lost the Post Office
will gladly issue a duplicate, and
some hard-working Postal employee
will not be suspected of stealing it.
If you must put the cash in—REGIS
TER IT.
9. —Don’t put Inland Revenue
Stamps on your letters.
10. —Pack your parcels proprely,
address them with ink, use good thick
wrapping paper and twine.
11. —'Buy your postage stamps at
the local Post Office. The Postmast
er’s pay depends on his stamp sales,
and the more stamps you buy off him
the better service he can afford to
give you.
12. —Don’t grumble at the regula
tions, they are made for your benefit
and protection. Your local Postmast
er did not make them, he is just
doing his duty in carrying them out
strictly. Try to help him do it right,
and make things pleasanter for
everyone.
13. —If you forget to do your busi
ness at the Post Office between eight
in the morning and seven at night,
don’t worry the Post Office employees
to see if they will give your mail or
write a money order for you after
hours. They are entitled to a little
time off, and the best-tempered
people in the World are liable to get
snappy sometimes.
Black squirrels may not be hunted
until after November 1, 1924. An or
der-in- Council for the province was
promulgated on May 29thjw>f the current year extending the ’closed sea
son on these animals until that date
The Ontario Gazette carried informa
tion in the issue of July last. Through
an error a story from Guelph stat
ed that the squirrels would be in sea
son on September 1st,
FORDYCE
M ■. Pet( i O'Malley has purchased
a new Fordson tractor.
Miss Viola Jamieson is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Tom McGuffin, of Toron
to.
Miss Millie Leaver is spending a
-ouffie of weeks -with friends in
London.
"Mrs. Alex. Sinclair and family, of
London, called on friends in this lo
cality last week.
Mr Jack O’Malley called on friends
around Langside last Sunday. (Some
attraction, J ack ?)
Miss Madeline O’Callaghan has re
turned to Toronto to take up her
High School duties.
Miss Winnie Haines is spending her
holidays with her sisters, Mrs. Mc
Pherson and Mrs. Snowden of Laurel.
Miss Grace Lockhart, of Lucknow,
has taken up her duties as teacher at
Fordyce School, No. 12, for the term.
Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Havens and
family, of Whitechurch, Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Gardner, of Zion, and Mr. Jack
Champion, of Kincardine, spent Sun
day at Wm. Champion’s.
FOURTH CON., KINLOSS
Monday, September 10.
Mr. Richard Martin, of the 4th. of
Huron, is recovering from a very
severe attack of tonsilitis.
Russ Middleton is attending the
London Exhibition this week in com
pany with Jas.’Lyons and son. j
Miss Murdefin MacLeod left on
Tuesday morning for Chicago where
she has enrolled as a student at the
Moody Bible Institute.
NEW BAILIFF FOR
BRUCE COUNTY
The death of Ezra Briggs, hiwh
'•unstable and bailiff of Brnep County
has necessitated the appointment of
i successor to these offices. Mr. Ar
chie Ferguson has been "^^oint°d
bailiff and it is expected that he will
he appointed to the other positions
beM' by Mr. Brings • that of hieh e<m-
table and court, crier. Ferguson is a
mturned soldier-and a short time ago
as appointed iador. but a few davs
WqS removed through political
influence.
Protection of migratory birds has
been added to the duties of the
Canadian Pacific Railway’s con
stabulary.
Airplanes attached to the On
tario Forestry Department are now
equipped with radio sending appa
ratus so that they can keep in con
stant touch with the chief and other
rangers.
There was an increase of sixty-
three per cent in the number of im
migrants to Canada during the last
three months as compared with the
corresponding period of last year.
Canadian Pacific agents in Brit
ain -recruited nearly five thousand
men for work in the harvest fields
of Western Canada and, through
lack of steamship accommodation
closed their doors on as many more
who, attracted by the special har
vest rate, sought to enter Canada.
The branch lines program of the
Canadian Pacific Railway carried
out this year will bring into opera
tion on- the prairies a larger mileage
than any one year since 1914. Of
the 431 miles of line under construc
tion, 281 miles will be ready for
handling grain in the Fall, and of
the balance, 115 miles will be ready
for steel by the winter freeze-up.
A building has been acquired by
the University of Toronto to be en
tirely devoted to the manufacture
of insulin. This will be the only
factory in Canada to manufacture
the curative fluid in commercial
quantities and, although it is manu
factured in the United States, Great
-Britain and Denmark, the Canadian
product will be sold throughout the
world.
Dawson City recently, celebrated
the twenty-seventh anniversary of
the discovery of the Klondyke. In
an exhibition of Yukon products
cabbages 16 inches in diameter and
weighing thirty pounds, potatoes as
big as a man’s head, pumpkins as
big as watermelons, wheat, oats and
barley bore witness to the fertility
of the Yukon soil. Side by side
with these ranged gold nuggets,
gold dust and silver bars.
Dr. James Inches, Commissioner
of Police, Detroit, and a guest at the
Canadian Pacific Bungalow Camp at
Nipigon, holds the record for the
biggest speckled trout caught in the
Nipigon River this season, having
captured a fish weighing 7% pounds.
This catch was above the average,
but a large number of six pounders
have been taken from the Nipigon
(this season. Several years ago, and
from practically the same place, Dr.
J. W. Cook, of Fort William, caught
the world’s record speckled trout,
which weighed fourteen and one-half
pounds, and was more than two and
a half feet long.
A record was established recently
when one of the latest type of Cana
dian Pacific locomotives drew a train
of 42 tars of newsprint, weighing
more than 1,100 tons, from the plant
of the Abitibi Pulp and Paper Com
pany, North Bay, to Toronto, with
out mishap. Ordinarily, it would
have taken two passenger engines
to haul such a load for the 320
miles. After proving its worth by
this feat the huge engine, together
with an all steel train consisting of
the latest model tourist, dining and
sleeping cars, and a baggage and
compartment car, formed part of the
Canadian Pacific exhibit at the Na^
tippal Exhibition a$ Toronto, ——i
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MUNN’S
RIPLEY
ASHFIELD NOTES
Tuesday, Sept. 11th
Miss Isabel Walker, of Detroit, is
visiting at her home at Laurier.
Mr. and’ Mrs. John McLean, of
Guelph, are visiting at McLean’s,
Lothian.
Messrs. John Mason and Jack Blue,
of Amberley, are visiting friends in
Detroit.
Mr. Jas. Blue, of Amberley, left
this week for a trip to the Western
Provinces.
Mr. and Mrs. Horton, of Toronto,
are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Robt.
Drennan, of Kintail.
Miss Salena Grant, of Hemlock
City, is visiting with her friend, Miss
Ada Pickering, of Paramount.
Miss Hazel Raynard of Paramount,
spent a few days last week with her
sister, Mrs. Walter Alton, of Lanes.
Miss Florence McKay, of Chicago,
is visiting with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs.. M. J. McKay, of Hemlock City.
Miss Rena Purvis, of St. Helens,
spent the week-end with her friend,
Miss Verna Hamilton, of Paramount.
Miss Bessie JBlue, of Amberley,
spent the week-encl with her sister,
Mrs. Grant McDarmid, of Paramount.
Mrs. Robert Hamilton and Frank,
of Laurier, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. F. McGill, of Para
mount.
Mr. Marvin Cowan,, of Vancouver,
is spending a few weeks visiting with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cow
an, Lochalsh.
Miss Elleda Irwin, of Toronto, is
spending a few days with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Irwin, of
near Lucknow.
Miss Hughena Phillips, who is as
sisting Mrs. Jas. Struthers, of Para
mount, spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Phillips, of Belfast.
WHITECHURCH
Miss Irene Moore is visiting in To
ronto.
Mrs. Win. Barbour visited with
friends in Hamilton last week.
Mrs. Jas. Morrison, of Belgrave, is
visiting with friends in the village.
Misses Olive Terriff and Nettie
Cottle left on Monday for the West. i
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Moore, of ;
Lucknow, visited with Mrs. Moore on ;
Sunday.
Miss Agnes Kennedy gave a report
of the Summer School at St. Thomas,
at the Young People’s meeting on j
Sunday night. The meeting for next
Sunday is in charge of Mr. Gowans.
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Silence is golden, but frequently
the rewards go to those who have
brass enough to speak up,
ST. HELENS
Tuesday, September 11
Mr. Will Rutherford went to Tor
onto on Saturday with a carload of
cattle.
Mr. Wm. McQuillin was at Gode
rich Fair last week as a judge of
horses.
Quite a number of old friends at
tended the funeral of the late Rev.
Chas. Rutherford at Lucknow, on Fri
day.
Born.—In the Township of West
Wawanosh, on Sept. 6th., 1923, to
Mr. and Mrs. George Phillips, a
daughter.
Dr. Will McGregor, of Chicago, re
newed old acquaintances here last
week, the guest of his sister, Mrs.
Geo. Stuart.
Mr. Will McQuillin, jr., who has
spent the past few weeks near Fer
gus helping with the harvest, has
returned home.
The annual Harvest Thanksgiving
Service will be held in the Anglican
Church here on the afternoon of Sun
day, Sept. 16th.
Messrs. Stanley Todd, Hugh Ruth
erford, W. I. Miller, Earl Durnin and
Wallace Miller motored to London on
Tuesday to attend the Fair.
Don’t forget the concert tonight
(Thursday), when the Brunswick
Trio, of London, will be the enter
tainers, following the School Fair.
Mrs. Mulvey and sons, of Belmore,
visited friends here on Sunday. Mrs.
Mulvey’s mother, Mrs. Murray, of
Lucan, who has been visiting her
sisters, Mrs. D. B. Murray and Mrs.
Cameron, returned to Belmore with
them.
Anniversary services will be held
in the Presbyterian Church on Sun
day next, when Rev. Alfred Gandier,
M.A., B.D., D.D., L.L.D., Principal
of Knox College and Moderator of
the General Assembly, will preach
morning and evening.
A Real Money-Maker
A Toronto Farm Engine is a real money
maker because it deans up the numer-
you more
time for
important
work. Does
those tedi
ous jobs of
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MELVIN REED, .
CULROSS CENTRE
Monday, Sept. 10th.
Mr. Nat Dunbar spent a few days
last week at the C. N. E.
Mrs. Geo. Richardson and son,
Frank spent a few days visiting
friends in Toronto.
Miss Kirkland, of Teeswater, spent
the week-end with her friend, Miss
Wilhemina McDonald.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Mclnnes spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John Richardson, Langside.
Mr. and Mrs. Cormick Armstrong
and daughter, Agnes, spent Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Richardson.
We are pleased to report that Mrs.
vValter Ross is home from Wingham
hospital and is improving as well as
an be expected.
School started again last week with
Miss Johnston, of Whitechurch, teach-
ng in No. 5 and Miss Henderson, of
?almerston in No. 7.
Who said work? If you want to see
a busy lot of men, just drive down
Con. 6 west. Everyone has to work
when Fred is on the job.
Mr. Angus Mackinnon, a Culross
old boy whose early home was on the
4th Con. but who has been in the
State of Washington the past 30
years, was visiting his brother John
at the old family home last week.
Mr. Mackinnon has evidently pros
pered on the Pacific coast and spent
the past year at Los Angeles. He vis
ited relatives in Michigan and Penn
sylvania before returning to Cali
fornia.
A man never realizes what a prize
he has lost until some other man gets
hold of it.
Many a girl who thinks that she is
too good to do housework evidently
believes that her mother isn’t.
We usually can figure out what the
politicians stand frr. but at times we
can’t understand what they lie for.
churning, sawing, grinding, shelling com’
filling the silo, speedily and with much
less effort.
Toronto Farm Engines are well-built,
simple in operation, run economically
on kerosene or gasoline.
A Toronto Engine, Saw and Grinder
make a fine time and labor-saving
team. I’ll be glad to explain their
many desirable features to you or
give you interesting literature.
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