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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-06-01, Page 7Thursday, June x, 1916 Trench Warfare Soldiers fighting in the Trenches of Flanders. Won't Yon Free Nim? Many an old horse, faithful and true after his period of usefulness has been almost worked in for his owner is Bold for a mere pittance to go into Slavery for some man who has not the price or the inclination to buy a younger ani- mal and who buys simply to "pound" so much work out of the poor brute he purchases. Before selling or trading 'the horse which has been friend and servant for many years read these lines from the pen of Will P. Lock- hart an'd recently published in "Our Dumb Animals": No, Mr. Trader, go your way, I've set old Dobbin free; I may be foolish, as you say, But I've a conscience, see? For twenty years he served me well And this is Dobbin's wage, A refuge in the grassy dell, And footle that suit hie age, I can't afford it? Yes I can, - Your argument's the same That's used by every heartless man Who knows himself to blame The man who, Judas -like, bretrays, For but a paltry sum, The faithful friend -of other days, And sell the aged dumb. You say you cannot understand? Perhaps I lack the art • Of making people understand Who haven't any heart; But, to the final word I come, ''Tis plain as plain can be; I'll be no traitor to the dumb, I've set old Dobbin free. Of Course "Will you allow me to ask you a question?" interrupted a man in the audience. "Certainly, sir," said the lecturer. "You have given us a lot of figures about immigration, increase of wealth, the growth of trusts, and all that," said the man. "Let's see what you know about figures yourself. How do you find the greatest common divis• or?" Slowly and delibertly the orator took a glass of water. Then he point- ed bis finger straight at the question-• and hereplied inflashed oice n that eyes, the gas jets quiver, "Advertise for it, you ignoramueI" The audience cheered and yelled and had asked andhthe crawled who of the ha'I a total wreck, .1•••....•••••••I Westfield Tito Anvm:or:Is grateful to the person who sent in this nice budget of news and would lice to lave their name se that we might send stationery, etc. Miss Gladys Pawney of Chatham, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Maitland Henry. Will Robinson of Westfield, is at pre- sent confined to his bed with an attack of appendicitis. We are sorry to hear that James Red- mond of Westfield, has not gained strength .after his long illness and re- turned to the hospital in London for treatment on Saturday. . A number from here went to Clinton on the 24th and report a splendid time, Tom Taylor, Sth line, had a barn rais- ing on Tuesday of this week. J. H. McClinton of Goderich, spent the holiday with 'Westfield friends, Robt. McDowell purchased a handsome new piano from C. Hoare of Clinton, last week. Will McDowell sports a new Ford car now, having bought in Blyth last week. Mr, and sirs. F. Carter and family of Wingham. ware visitors at Mr. Samson Carter's on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. S. Walsh were called last week to their daughter, Mrs. Bert Carter, who is seriously i11. Mrs. Carter's many friends in this locality will be pleased to hear of' her recovery, Everett Hoover, of Grey township, is spending a few days in this vicinity. Mrs. Grant and dne of her children are seriously ill with pneumonia. We hope for a speedy recovery. The stork arrived at John L. Mc. Dowell's residence and left a little daugh- ter one day last week. The continued wet weather has a very depressing effect upon the farming corn• munity; as many have very little seeding done yet. The members of the 161st Hurons who have been home helping with the farm work have rejoined the battalion. Mrs. Thos. Bamford met with a serious accident one morning last week. She was' taking her little son to school and when turning around her horse became frightened at a girl, dressed in red, who ran out of the school house. This caus- ed the horse to run away ana throw Mrs. Bamford out. J HONOR ROLL The following Is a list of of the young men who have enlisted In the Wingham detachment of the 101st i3attalion;.- U. Quest W, E. Thompson V, L, Sanderson W. A, Windsor J 1d, W. Powell M, 0, Cameron W. Aitchison Q. R, Taylor Chas, Gander E. M, Forbes Wm. Bolt R. O. Mann J,; P. Galbraith 3, Holmes 0, Orchard F. Johnston J. 0, McTavish J. F. Carruth T. Fister H. T. Drummond G. R. A. Ireland Fred 0. T. Manuel Walter J. Percy Richard Fay Jas, McCallum Richard Jones Isaac Kewenzie f W. E. Tomkiu l A. T. Horne W. E. Helps E. J. Haines R, C. Salter R. Fay J. 11, Coultas F. Ferguson C. Backus J. S. Thompson J. Harold Currie Geo. Day J, A. Allen J, R. Chisholm L. A. Grisdale T. Mundy T. L. McKinney A. L. Poeliff D. L. Hastings L. Winch Lloyd Hewer 0. P. Wilkinson NormanButcher Walter Haines Harold Deem T. T. McDonald T. 8, McDonald G. W, Schaefer G. L, Stillwell ' A. O. Williams R. F, Forsythe Jas. II, Currie 5, C. Penrose J. 11, Barker • R. Huffman L. Ilirkhann hl, Mercer L. 0, Cantelon N, R. Bloomfield W. Hinsoliffe J. T. N. Taylor J. J. Kerr L.13, Drummond W. M. G. Fetterley H. 3, Bond Allan Knechtel W. G. Adair Geo, 0, Rintoul Win, Scott Thos. Price Harry Dye Frank Sturdy Wesley White C. A. Campbell Fred Guest R. McGuire Herbert Ieard R. A. Tasker R, J. Faille T. W. Penrose J. R. Jefferson 0. Crawford Thos. Lutton David Johnston G. 11. Anger Ben Holland W. 0. Rush Harold V. Kearney W. L. Jones John Reavie, J. J. Hutton Jos. Carruth R. T. Cowell George Jacques Chester Copeland Flowaad Haney Belmore Mr. and Mrs, N. E. Edwards and Nellie, Mr. and Mrs. John Adams, Miss Walker, Mr. H. Weisher, Mr. and Mrs. N. Mc- Neil and Ceul, attended the military sports in Walkerton on the 24th. Miss Galloway went to Wingham and Mrs. J. Mulvey, Helen and Stuart visited in Lucan. THE liVINGIIAM. ADVANCE LA TENA'S SI1QW IS UNUSUAL (Newport, R. 1., gferald.) La Tena's wild animal show that gave two performances here yester- day Is a very unusual ehow. It is not quite like any tent entertainment that has eyer been here, In it wild animals are brought forward though the acro bat and the trapeze performer are not forgotten, And in its presentation of wild animal acts several scenes that are thrilling ae well as interesting are given, In one a den of lions is need and in another a cage of bears ie put on. The lions and the bears are turned in- to a large circular wire cage and in this the performances aregivon, Over the lions a woman becomes perfect mistrese and one animal is finally made to lie down and another is made to affectionately Ile across him. Then the woman sits down upon the last lion and one of the most remarkable pyramids ever seen is formed. In the cage of bears a man presides and gains complete mastery of them. In this there is much done that one ordinarily sees at a show, but finally the ponder- ous beast crouches upon the trainer and seeius about to crush him when only tate head of the man retrains vis- ible. There is a sigh of relief when the animal raises himself and it snows that the elephant has merely been covering the trainer and has never touched him, These three animal acts are amaz- ing and stamp the show as one of the best, even in comparison with the great circusesthat have been given here. The trained seals, however add much to this side of the general per- formance. The show is in three parts and beside the circular wire nage in which the animal acts are done there is a stage and a ring, so that really it is a three part show. On the stage a contortion- ist act ie very interesting and there is also a good trapeze performance. The clowns that are really funny and the ponies and doge should not be forgot- ten in their good work, At Winghamon June 12, 1010, Postage Parcels For the information of those sending parcels to soldiers in England or to the front. THE ADVANCE again pub- lishes the rates of postage as follows; To England, the rate is 12 cents a pound, or any fraction thereof. The limit weight on parcels to England is 11 pounds. To France or Belgium, the rate to 24 rents for parcels any weight up to 3 pounds- from 3 pounds to 7 pounds (the limit), the rate is 32 ente, not 82 cents per pound, but 32 ents for any weight from 3 to 7 ounds, Any letter or parcel for any oldier in a hospital (even if the hos• ital is not known to the sender), axing the word "hospital" marked cross it. will be delivered. A cin- emas declaration must be attached to ach parcel, for which application hould be mads at the stamp window f the post office. c Mr. and Mrs. Mulvey of Wingham, are c the guests of their daughter, M'rs. J. P Hall. h a t e e 0 The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Institute will be held in the hall on Saturday, June 3rd. A full at- tendance is requested. Mr. Henry Weisher•'s little son, Lloyd, is ill with measles, we wish him a speedy recovery, Miss Mary Lynet who has been i11 witlx rheumatism, Is able to be out again, Pte. George and Wesley Marshall, Jas. and John Lawrence. Wm. Abram and G. Smith of the 160th, were home for the weekend. Mr. Otto Johann has had the gravel hauled for his new house and barn op- posite Wm. Lowry's. Her Business. Patience --Don't you think she knows ber business? Pntric-e—Well, if it's knowing everybody else's she does. - Pretty Small. Hewitt—What •sort of a fellow is he? Jewett—Well, he will never have to say to his conscience, "How you have grownl"- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxv xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>/xr xxxxxv.w A r •off e s are the qiiestioit, t ours aretitcatioster. RT'CLThES .. HANNA & CO., Sale Agents for Wingham sNxrrrreXrrXXXXXrMrcXrcymsrXXrcXrcXrearcrcZrcXn7mXXXrX Whitechurch Mise Belle Gordon of Teeewater, was a visitor in the village over the week -end. A number front here motored to Wal* kerion on May 24th to attend the celebrat- ion there, The boye of the Lucknow detachment were home for the week -end and went to Lucknow on Saturday night, when they were given a suitable send-off by the townspeople. Mr. D. Robertson of Toronto, spent a few days last week with friends here, Salem The Khaki boys front this neighbor- hood spent Sunday at their respective homes prior to their Ieaving for London, where they will spend some time train., ing, blre. Wm. Weir and Mr. D. L. Weir visited friends near Fordwich last week A large number from this vicinity spent the 24th at Clinton where the Huron Aattalion was assembled for the day. Rev. Mr. Rivers of Gorrie, preached a very impressive sermon here last Sunday. The. Union School north of here, which has been closed for some time on account of measles, re -opened on Monday. A number from this neighborhood de- livered horses to Mr, Rintoul of WIng. hair last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Higgins visited friends in ilowick last Sunday. Mr, John Gemmill has purchased a new Ford auto from Mr, Crawford of Wingham. Mr. Henry Johann of Belmore, will ad- dress the league on Thursday evening, Explosive Barrels. Nitroglycerin, though au explosive, is rarely used by itself, being mixed with guncotton to form blasting gela- tin or with a certain earth to make dynamite. Huge quantities of the ex- plosive liquid aro kept in casks, and the wood of these casks becomes so highly explosive through being soaked with the liquid that a kick will blow them to pieces. It is not safe to use the empty casks again for refilling 'them with the explosive, nor can they be used in any other way, even for fire- wood. There is only one, thing, indeed, that can be done, and that is to ex- Plode the casks. They are placed on waste ground and usually exploded by means .of a ritle bullet tired into them. Very little or the cask remains after the explosion.—London Standard. Chicken Talk. The chickens were gathered together n the farmyard conversing with one nether. as is the custom among all elf respecting chickens wile have .een brought up by a careful and ju- licions mother hen. "What would home be without a •nother?" asked one little fellow, look - tug tenderly at old Mrs. IJen, who was earctling among the neighbor's fresh - planted seeds for some dainty mor- •: with which to treat her brood. 'An Incubator, l guess," answered tis small sister. who had inherited her uld man's unseemly sense of humor.- Tatoosh Island. The most equable climate In this 'ountry is found in Tatoosh island, in he strait of Juan de Fuca, between 'Vasllington and Vancouver island, vhere the temperature never has been t>ove 80 degrees and rarely fails be. 110 degrees. A Mysterious Affair Mr. William Morrish, the night watchman at the Doty Engine Works, tells an interesting story of what may have been an attempt to -wreck the plant on Tuesday night. While the workman were at their midnight lunch Mr. Morrish saw two men enter the shop and hide behind some machinery. He accosted them and after firing one or two shots they fled from the build- ing. Mr. Morrish followed them and emptied his revolver at them as theyfled up Newgate street. All trace of them was lost when they climbed •a fence at the rear of the Colbourne House. Chief Postlethwaite was notified and a thorough search was immediately commenced but no trace of the men can be found.--Goderich Signal, Whitechurch Anniversary Services In spite of the threatening weather the 52nd anniversary services of the Whitechurch Presbyterian church were a great success. The services on Sunday were exceptionally well atten- ded and the audiences lietened attent- ively to the impressive addreesed of the Rev. E. F, MoL. Smith, 13. A. of Hensail. Not only sae but the offer ings were very liberal. On Monday evening with the pastor in the chair a splendid program was rendered con' slating of choruses, quartettes, duets and solos. Rev. Mr. Penrose, pastor of the Metbodiat church also spoke a few words, bringing hearty greetings from the sister congregation, The main part of the evening's program Was an illustrated lecture by Rev. Thomas Wilson of Walkerton. The audience was taken to Valcaitier, visiting the training camp there, The vessels con- veying the first• contingent were aleo shown. A brief history of the 'tear was given, showing the (crown Heads at a war, the guns, submarines, Tors pedoes, gunboats, mines, areoplanee, shell -firing, etc. some of the battles and the destruction wrought in citiee aha buildings. Several patriotic songs were also given during the lecture. The pt'oeeeda of the anniversary ser- vicee amounted to something over $200, Much credit for the success of the musical part of the services is due Mise Marjorie Gordon the organist and choir leader, who so efficiently trained the choir that took charge of the mus - le on Sunday and Monday, Mies Bell Gordon of Teeewater also assisted in the services and rendered some splendid selections. The services were even beyond expectations, NEWS FROM EUROPE The following interesting letter was Written by Capt. Geo. Moffatt to hie Parente, Mr, and Mre, R. 5, Tindall, Somewhere ill Belgium, April 10, Dear M'other awl Dad: I reo'd your last letter and parcels o, k. and enjoyed them both imtnenee- ly. The -candy and cakes were fine, I was glad to hear that you We the honor roll finished and Installed ha the church. It will certainly look fine, I Will try and see the quilt in England when I can get leave, but that will be some time yet as you know there are A lot who came out here the same time I did and we cannot go together or the Germane might walk in You asked me if Belgium was far from Franca. Why they are adjolu- ing countries and we are always near the border, sometimes in one country and sometimes in the other, I have 'always beaded my letters "France" just by force pf habit but really I have been in Belgium mare than in Fiance. We have had some beautiful weath- er lately and the roads were dry and dusty until today when it rained again. However they dry up very quickly in this, country. You wanted to know If I go up to the trenches, well no, you can't get up to them with a motorcycle, but my work lies on the roads just behind them and our only danger is shell fire. The roads are continually shelled at by shrapnel and high explosives and a fellow very seldom makes a run without getting f nto some of it. How- ever the job without danger is not the job I want in this country. 1 I had a funny experience the other night. I was on a road of which a cer- tain part was in of the Germane and they were shelling it with shrap- nel. Right in the thick of it I got my rear tire punctured, so seeing the shadow of an old house a few yards ahead I ran into the ehelter of it and took out the hind wheel. I carried it into the old cellar (the house was in ruins) and lit a candle which I carried and finally mended the tire, I then started to put the wheel in again but it stuck in one place and I could not feel the trouble so I lit a match and although I shielded the light as much as possible it must have been seen for up till then they had been bursting about 100 yds to my left and a couple of minutes after just as I was prepar- ed to move they burst a shrapnel shell right over my head. It was really too close to do any harm as shrapnel spreads pretty much when it burets only theflash and concussion dazed me for a senond, so -I began to think it was no place for me especially with important despatches to look after, so as the motorcyle was unhurt I wasn't many seconds going the next few hun- dred yards, dark as it was. Further on I met another rider coming ort to look for me. When any of the riders are late on a run especialIy if their road is being shelled another man goes out to look for him and help him if necessary so it is not so bad. I just give you this little incident to show you that we get a little excite- ment sometimes in our business. Altogether I like it better than any branch of active service work. I'm afraid that riding a motor -cycle in civil life will be rather tame after this;.a fellow will be lost having to keep under speed limits and with oe shells flying to liven things up. I saw Joe a few &aye ago and he is quite well and likes it alright. You wanted to know if I did any- thing at bomb -throwing. Why yes, I spent two weeks at a bombing school out here studying British, French, and German bombs and I've thrown every make of British bomb that they are using out here. Its very interest- ing work, I had gone all through that before Joe started and I would have stayed with it only I was offered, this job and it was too good to miss. There were hundreds after it and I consider myself ver y lucky to get it. I also took a machine gun course while I was in England, but its rather dry work and gets monoton- ous. Well I must say bye bye for the present as everybody has turned in. as ever, George, Sergi. Copeland Shows Kindness The following, copied from tho "Fortyniner" a paper published by the 49th Canadian Batt, from Edmonton, refers to Sergt. E. S. Copeland of Wingham. Under the heading of "Band Notes" The thanks of the band are due Ser- geant Copeland for his kindness in allowing then, the use of bis Y,M.C.A. tent as a place of abode, thus saving them from a watery and muddy grave, Under the heading of .'News on go. ing to ?retie," Again it is our pleasure to niter our sincere thanks to the V. M. C. A, for the manner in which they have catered to the boys of the Battalion. Many are tact kindnesses which we have receiv- ed front the hands of Sergeant Cope. land, who is in charge of the let Bri- gade Y. M, 0. A. Their tent was al- ways open and civility was ever pros. ent. Concerts were held almost night- ly, and many a spare hour was pleas. aptly spent there in writing .letters, playing games, or reading the papot•s provided. While the boys were to the trenches some 8,000 Bluets of paper were tont out to them through the agency of this well-known institution. Huron Paper Sold The Fordwich Record has changed hands, Mrs. C. E. Watters having dis- posed of the plant to Mr. W. J. Rob- berts who taker possession at once. Mr, Roberts has been the efficient fore- man of the office for the past few years and doubtleee with hie know. ledge of the mechanical end of the busiueee he will turn out a newsy and up•to•data paper, Anda rendre you ere proud to 'tell your 1iiwds about Notice the number of Traction "spares' that are not la envelrpts en the,e*r, but out ,.y}• to the open wearing the "V" mile '' that won't come off. 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