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lady gave the .telephone, but by mistake got" another line.
When a man' '; answered, she '' in-
store number „
quince, p 12o you; have Eyes of Blue
and Love Tliat's True'? >'
The man en the line wasn't
musically inclined, but he ' vela
quick-watted. "No," he tepl'ed,
CJ , but .I've got a wife and nine child-
ren, ren' 'ncludtn' ` four sets of twins."
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"Is that a •record?' gasped the
astonished young Indy.
Eo. "Well, now; ma'am," was the
R E S H E D answer, "we're not sure, but we
think it. is."
l't was ,, pay pieasure to see a
young couple a�. ass they took the
train .on, :their honeymoon tire: other
-
evening, everything had gone' ac-
Qordin,g to schedule and careful
planning for the u`aspiciotis day,
Tho. taxa had brought,' the ,happy
paiir to the •station in plenty of
time, so they "could., be greeted by
"their friends. at le'isure.° The • iln-
cielept, recoiled to my mind what I
had •read of u minister's wedding
anal An< amusing incident -connected
thenen=ith; Thib, ralui.�t,er 'itis once
a 'neighbor sof mine in old Loudon.
tX� flame was Lax. If ever a man
was misnamed he was. 'There was
nothing lax alhout, him, in his man-
ner of life or methods �i ,work.
After the ceremony of his. ,n.axi`iage
an cid cab driver, t�hg•,�had- been
converted under his `minist,iy.,, fn-
siated that he should have the
honor. of driving the couple to the
,great xaal�cvity terminus of Euetroii;
where they vete taking the train
t Lakeland for the honeymoon.
was summer comer ar►d there was a
heat -wave, and the cabby's poor
old horse was very 'Pow. At some
distance from the: station as both
tired horse and much traffic were
causing the train leaving time to
be dangerously near, Lax put his
head out of the window `of the
cab and urged the d�ri.v'er on, saying
there were only three' minutes to
go before the train Was due to
leave. The poor animal was im-
portuned to put on hi bat- speed,
to which it �' responded n�trbly: Aa"
the cab 'passed the station clock
tower it pointed exactly . at four,
the hour the train was due out.
Would the :departure take place
without this. couple, who perspired
with anxiety?. In despair Lax
cried, "We shall miss the train !"
Quickly alighting from the 'cab they
• ran on to ..the platform, their lug-
gage .in -hand. The train was ac-
tually moving., , Porters rushed. to -
help. The, bride was 'flung inter -one'
carriage and the • groom into .an-
other;
an-
other; It was- one -of those English
trains with: individual compart-
ments. which do. not hare access
from • one t6 another,: and one of
the .non-stop. fast trains tliat go.
whirling from the south : to the 'far
north with few It any stops.. My
word ! ... what '' a beginning ,far a
honeymoon• !.
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It was zny ,pleasure to'attend,
recently,. a WoznatAs b1 sionury
Society sixtieth °celebration ing a
rur #1L,.-ehurch. One or' two good
stories ' were enjoyed relevant, to
the occasion. ,& •letter was read
from an old Sunilay seFiooi ' girl • nt
that church who told that, net hav-
ing tt Bible of ,her own, she • had
'taken one away from the church.
without permission•„ just for he
very own use, and that she 'was
retuning it,.as her conscience was
never easy .about the matter, She
-.expressed her sorrow to ''ith:e leader
to whore y she sent it, and said' she
wanted. to .speak. her 'gratitude, for
its teaching, and for those .early
days ,,af Sunday school. • and : the
outcoiue -was that she had, come to
to vie all Christian' • things and the
Christian .way .of life.. •
The Second: good story was that
winch told hew just fifty yens
ago there we're gathered at the
church the, -ladies . ryho formed the
group • for their , annual monthly
meeting: • The hour went by and no
one sugge, ted beginning. The iniri�
g
inter, a it. 'ha present
, . s peened, was IP eye t
on this 'occasion. Seeing • the Meet-
ing was. late .in commencing, :he
asked why the delay. He was In-
formed they were waiting for the`'
president to arrive_ "Oh," he re-
plied, having more information_,than
any other present, "that won't hap-
pen today She had tt baby this
morning."
To me it has been a _summer of
memorable contacts in going here
and there. Perhaps this belongs.
to . "Things Away from Home." At
the world's convention for Christian
education it was it joy. to . meet
find converse with a natiy'e Christ-
ian student Froin Korea ; a cultured,
fastidiously dressed,' colored pro-
fessor from. tt "down. South college;
`a . teacher Wand miss;iotr•ary from
Bolivia ; three.Germans from West.
Oerniariy, whom I directed on a
street car journey through Toronto ;
a' I)nitehnin and. three •Danish
,farmers who . were Sunday -school
workers,:. It was ,a„_prea.sure to 'Aye
a„ short converSatiou with Lord
Mackintosh, of Halifax. the Tuan
who +makes itt his greerat,,-manufac-
tory the famous Mackintosh eand3l
bar 'and • who adds to. his respells.
ibilities the presidency of the
Christian. Education for the, World
organization,. and! the presidency of
the Saving. Plan for Great Britain,
by Government appointed. • He• ins- a
member of the. House of -Lords, and
a bitty man, bust' very approachable.
'His home must at present be in the
great wlrtern city of'Norwich, for
the . told ane that he expected Ato he
•the Lord .Mayor of that ancient
'city next year. And last, but not
least, Kngawa! gave me a' greeting
and. •a warm clasp of the hand.
It was an event for me 'to take
the hand of .this famous Japanese
-Chk
-are- known alTe'rou name. The on c
Among some autographs 1 begged
was one front the Archhishon of. the.
Greek Orthodox ~church, who was
$pt ule,5clue figure.,. _Isis___ robes
and .a• fn'ce'.ver y ' much .like that of
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(By Jennie,. Reyedreftom in
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On December j.f, x.875,• the first
train -ran from Winghaain to Clinton
over the newly-eoiupieted tracks of
the Landon, HuErnn,And Bruce
Railway.
The, railway. was ..ttie•- result of
the effort put forth by, Patrick
Kelly, an Irisb.in'an', who operated
a , su -inili and' door - factory „iit
Blytit,t, .•.•.
He had developed u considerable
amount 'of export trade ;in luinIx t
but was handicapped because he
had to- team his product to Clinton,:
11.3/. zriies,: to sail) 'via the Grants
Trunk Rahway to the. Atiantie
seaboard.
• J4uail•'3 C eIovap b t.iQn became :;o
strong' 'that. he was forced to give
up Ills export business. '.
But he arta undaunted:
"'Why not have' a railway?" he
aaked Blyth hiisinessmeu As a
result of his discussions' and agita-
tions,. t , e Grand 'Trunk *Railway
atfi•'first
approached,:
but they re-
fused to consider the proposition.
With • even "greater determination,
Patrick Kelly went to Iiainilton
to discuss the anatter with . the
Great Western Railway Company.
He told them there was plenty
of freight business .in Huron
toulity. There was. an abundance
of firewood, tanbark, sheep for tho
Buffalo market, as,, well as cattle
and pour to be shipped. He made.
the proposition sound so interesting
that the officials of the company'
requested htin.'.to' go back to the:
•tliuniciptilities of his territory and
.secure subsidy gunrantees- wi'ilelr
he • did.
So the "London, Iluroii and Bruce
Railway Ltd.,' a subsidiary. of the;
(.:"t•eat Wfiesteiiin,--- _stay formed and
the railway later was built. '
Wood 'was a "poor pay" load,
but Patrick ,Kelly and 'his friehds
lead thousands of acres oftimber
through which the railway_ must
Pass. They arranged to' have a
reason:i.hie_freigh.t ..arta- ori fitew-sod
and tanbark .before the papers were
signed.;` As a result thousands of
carloads of ,wood. were .sold.. Iu
London 'and .great qua13tities--o.f tan-
bark'tv were shipped-' 'to Hyman's`
tannery, London.
The buikding o'f' the London,
Huron and.Bruce .caused°' much,
'
speculationand . concern in ,Lucan
and Clandebdye. ?regions • to. this
(1550' the main line of the Grand
Trunk Railway was routed through.
Luean' •to ` Ailsa Craig, thus by-.
passing Clandeboye. "•
The Great Western Company had
secpred subsidy grants .from' north-
ern municipalities .and, expected
Lucan and Biddul'ph township to
pay• their share for the benefit of
having the railway ;pass' through
the `area. , At that time- it appeared
to village 'officials, as'.if Lucan ivas
oil the most , direct line to London;
therefore, feeling
sure
rail
the
railway
i iii ist
as -Ave Scxe -1't in a -r -t with
the- beard • and the flowing: hair
ad:orning•_a sweet an'd.• g'ent'ile face.
His autograph reads, "The Bishop'
-of the Orthodox Church, Brooklyn."
IIe omitted his • personal • naine.
Was, it been ua e it is --so long and
such 'a' burden'. --.T. Jilt kotop ria nala.
Fancy going to' bed witli. a name
•likes• that, and waking adar, tri the
morning '',"to the . call of \Omebody
crying it 'out • to ainnounce that
breakfast was . MAO- .i
It, was in3' sad duty as supply
,i
• ntinisteit to, officiate as t _ a funeral
iu Toronto of a• wornitu over eighty
yeas:- Of age,' She had . been _ a
widow"for a, good Many years and
lived" alone in her own Ii iise; She
had emigrated in her. youth, front
England, There• was- no child by
her marriage. She had nci broth'el`s,
or sisters, --no relative svhaa1es'er 111
this country. But she had .-u few
`-friends who' tried, to cheer her • in. ••
;her lon'elin-ess, for her. nerd, . could
not make up for her lenesotneness. A. few friendly. women' tieighbois
Here 'lifts to the -last, ''and brought
flower, to her funeral. HOW many
there are here and there who live'
1•cinely 1it-es,' ;111(1 when age 'comes
are so ofteehh forgotten • or dismiSSP d
with the skirt of 'attitude, "What the
heck do we care!". _ -
One likes .that`.'story 'told by the
well-known ininister9'and writer of
the States, Dr, Wnt. • t tidger, :t
•prorninent Episcopal Methodist
clergyman, *hen he talked to a
group bf ,ten on gratitude. Stidger
said, "Well, for myself 1 am grate
tri to Mrs. Wendt, an old sehool
teacher,, who introduced 'me' to
Tennyson thirty years ago." .,Allred
a listener: "Does .I\Jr .w -Wendt know -
"she made such a contribution to
your life?" .,'I'm afraid• not,",
answered _the- cleric, -"I've never
taken the trouble, to.. tell her." .Then,
said the interrogator, "why ; .don't
-You, take the trouble to tell her In
a 'Letter?" Stidge-r did; the. letter
was . forwarded. Then tills answer
came, written, in the. feeble scrawl '
of an old woman : "Dear Willie
(that In itself was enough to warm
his heart. He was fifty and getting
bald). --I can't tell you what that
yore -,tea 1f • 'to _: ne:...,1•r ttni: Tis ---•my' ;
sixties, living alozie in a small `room,.
cooking my own 'meals, "lonely and
like the_ last leaf' of fall. lingering
behind.. • Yon will ,be interested to -
know. tlrnt "I taught school • for fifty
years and 'ours is t -he first note ,of
appreciation. 1, ever'. received, It.
came on a Mile Morning, and. it
has cheered me ns• nothing 'has' hi
.has
years," - . , . - ,
would itass..l:hrough the. village,
Jiauca>i ' Council voted against paying
the suliady,
,d?i.s a 'result 'n.11
of the . indifference
of these two inunlcipalities (Lucazl
and• Biddtilbli), the 'railway lin
'was re -surveyed and built on a
direct line south, from Clandeboye.
It touched `neiither liddulph nor
Lucan, but ptosed under the Grand
Trunk Railway at,Luca, ros.t ,.,
about two axed -a -half miles west
¢f the 'village. .
Thus Luca., suffered an even
greater degree , of ' (hsoppointment
tharr that experienced •: by Cl:ande-.
boye a few.years earlier.
On ,thatfirst
'',train.' which left
Wingham for Lo?tdon on the morn-
ing of Dvice_tubei-di, 187i, tvere the
bewhiskered reeves and councillors
from various municipalities. all
down the line;
They', arrived at `London .shortly
after noon. A baiulue't°was held, in
the Tecumseh House to mark,' the
opening of�' the new, „railway.
Patrick icicKelly,tprompter,
as
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0 it of • h ne
et e pri ipal speakers.
For sixty-five: years the "homey"
train puffed up and: down• the tracks'.
from Wingham to. London, picking
up passengers who carried baskets
pf eggs and crocks of butter to
London :market. Because of this•
practice the train received' the name
"Butter and Egg Special."
There were no us ibis on the
seats of the 'early trains; bot
those old .coaches could speak, what
interesting stories 'they' could tell
of the early : residents of Huron
and Middlesex. ,�-
Besides the scores of farmers'
-WIves • who went to London max tJ
by train, carrying their produce,
the farmers thenrselres . in ' their
"slack" time came'riding to London
ori the "Huron and Bruce.'J •
'Many acquaintances were struck
up on the journey ; horses and
cattle were. priced; changes in
pastorates in. the respective villages
Were tacked over; the weather pre-
dicted • or • blamed's; Sir John A.
QTc*Donald- or' $ir„ Wilfred -Laurier
c•ondeinned or eulogized; marriages
n(lVocated or forbidden; . tributes
paid . to '.departed friends ; , even
names 'suggested ,for ..new arrivals..
expected hourly ! • Indeed, it was...a
friendly, informal train.:
' On April 26,, 1941, after, nearly
sixty six years of4' con,tinuoiis:'"ser-
rice, it 'was decided to discontinue
'the northern ' porti.on of this rail
way=from, Wingham • to Clinton—
because
linton—because it had become unprofitable.
At a-eonventioii held at Goderich
at which ratepayez- of the northern
townships of • Huron put up a
valItant, ;but ,losing, fight for the
maintenance of the • road, .it was
decided that the nortlterin link had
Served' its purpose and the last
'train ran in. April; 1941.•
The first engines were .wood-
hurtling and "speeded" through the
bush at , possibly twelve 'to fifteen
miles per hour.' Later coal -burning
engines' with greater speed were
installed. In more recent .years ti
Diesel: engine• .has -been. used.
One ef' the baggagezuen on the
I.oncon, . `Huron and Bruce for
twenty-six- Years, was the late Bill.
Sneath. During the 3*eiri:,, he served
(from 1909 to 19 ;1) he wade many
friends .on 'his route; he knee iris
local railway geography and after,
l.te . retired he wrote a few Ver es,
it commemoration of the 3 assn,
spent 011 the I.,, II. & B. ' •
W'ltile the Diesel-propelle.1 • tvain
still operates from Clinton to Lon-
don „and thou''h motor tralliic has
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