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Feb. 27 -DEATH of JOHN EVELYN
Two hundred and .twenty-two
years ago, on the 27th February,
1708, John Evelyn, the famous diar-
ist, died at the age of 86.
He was born on the 31st October j
1620 at Wotton House. in Kent, of
which county his -'father was the
High -Sheriff and one of the large
land -owners. IIc was educated at
Lewes and Oxford University, (old''
also studied law, which he never
practised, for although a younger
son he was possesed of ample moans.
In 1642, on the outbreak of the
struggle between Crown and Parli-
anent which culminated in the ex-
ecution of Charles 1, and the estab-
lishment of the Common -wealth,
Evelyn went abroad ,where he re-
mained almost continuously for tate
next ten years. He was a monarch-
ist at heart and a loyal subject of the
King, but he knew that if he took up
arms it would result in ruin for his I
brother and himself and would be of
no advantage to the king, so he wise-
ly decided to hold aloof front the
conflict.
While abroad he married the dau-
ghter of Sir Richard Browne, the
English resident at the French court,
and of hi: return to England in 1652
he took, up his residence at Sayes
Court, Jepti:ord, where he amused
himself with his favourite hobby of
landscape gardening to such good
account that the grounds surround-
ing house, 100 acres in extent, be-
came one of the sights of Britain.
Ile refused several offers of ap-
pointment in the public service,
which were made to him by the Com-
monwealth Government, and main-
tained a secret correspondence with
Charles 1I during his exile, At the
end of 165D he made a futile attempt
to induce Geo. Morley, the Lieuten-
ant of the Tower of London to fore-
stall Con. Monk by declaring for the
return of the king, and from the time
of the Restoration of the Monarchy
in the following year until his death
he was in high favour at Court.
Although Evelyn never held any
important public appointment ho
filled numerous minor posts, in which
he performed much useful work end
in 1004 he was entrusted with the
care of the sailors wounded and clic•
ailed in the Dutch War, and was els')
responsible for the =intent -ince of
the prisoners of war..
He was a supporter of the move-
ment which brought William and
Mary to the British throne in 1085,
and he became treasurer for the fam-
ous Hopital for old sailors which
was founded by the Queen at Green•
wich. He was one of 'th0 founders
of the Royal Society, of which he
was for a time the secretary, he was
a patron of the arts and science, and
it was through his influence that the
Duke of Norfolk was induced to give
the Arundel marbles to Oxford Uni-
versity and the Arundel Library to
Gresham College.
Evelyn was the author of several
famous books, the best known of
which i$ his Diary, which covers tho
whole period of his life and is an in-
valuable chronicle of contompor:u•y
event; from the standpoint of a mo-
derate politician and a devout ad-
herent of the English church. Among
his many other works arc—"Sylva",
which first drew attention to the nec-
esaity of afforestation in England;
"Terra", the first English attempt at
a scientific study of agriculture;
"Scuipltura", which deals With the
ant of engraving on copper and brass
MO on "Ancient and Modern Arch-
itecture" and another on "Medals".
Evelyn was a contemporary and a
great friend of Samuel Pepys, the
diarist, and was on terms of intimacy
with most of :the notable men of his
day. On the death of his elder bro-
ther
rathe' in 1604 he inherited Wotton
House, where he resided for the last
twelve years of his life.
ETHEL
Mrs. Lake, of Brussels, is spending
n while with her daughter, Mrs. A.
Henry.
Percy Mulhoron, of Brantford,
visited Inst week at the '0100 of d.
Purvis, Con. 0.
John Stephenson has heel 600"1011.1
to his home for a few weeks with
an attack of asthma' We hope to
see him out again soon.
Much sympathy i; extended to the
Ptu•vi's family in the sadden dearth
in England of Mrs Purvis. At `.he
time of writing very few particulars
1111,40 been received.
The regular weekly Prayer meet-
ing of tho united- Church was held
last week, Tuesday, at ihe, hone of
Robert and Mrs, Bremner, with 11
good attendance.
Successful auction sales were held
last week at Cecil Eckmier's, N. Hay -
den's and Mrs. Parkes. Good nrie.es
are being realized at the sales this
winter :ld very few bargains are
being reported.
Carl Anes who has spent several
months at Jamestown is hone for n
While and is assisting Cecil Bateman
to cut and store ice.
Mrs. C. Baynard is still on the
sick list. We hope ,to see her better
soon.
On Sunday last, Feb. tDth there
were good crowds considering the
weather at the services in Ethel
when an exchange was carried out
between the two churches of the vil-
lage. The day was extremely eolcf
and stormy but very encouraging
congregations gathered in the Pres-
byterian church at 2,30 and United
church at 7 p.m. Special innate at
both services was much enjoyed,
Special Mission Band Outing. —A
jolly time was spent on Saturday
last at the home of William and Mrs,
Brenner when the Mission Band of
the Unitech Church enjoyed a sleigh
ride and ha(1 an interesting mooting
and social hour, Mrs Brenner
served appetizing oefreslnmu's
which were much enjoyed by .,u'
3 ndlaallpeople and tho thanks of
extended felt this kind -
mess,
Thomas Vodden and sons brought
a large stock of splendid cattle to
the village last week and put them_in
their new quarter; here. The Vod-
den fpm+3y moved on Monday into
their new home.
School Report ---The following is
the report of S. S. No. 11, Grey, for
the months of January and February.
11:Is, marked ('^) Missed one m'
more exams. Senior Room --Form
V—Exaniued in Gcog., Ilist.,
1111);'131..Lat., French, Lit., )(nil Delete.
work—Muriel Michel 60; Etna
Franklin 78.5; Calvin Kreuter 74.5,
Sr. IV.--ldxnmined in Spell. Arith.,
timer., (.:ran., Hist„ Lit., 'Writ, slid
=\rt--M''an'1;•aret Lawless (17.14'", 3r,
1V---Kennetih Kreuter 75.0; Della
McInnes 74.87; Gordon Sieir;htholm
74.03;; Jinn McNeil 71.25; Tom San-
ders 67.57"; Myrtle Wilson 68. Sr,
XII-4tuar' McInnes 7,7.62; Orma
Gill 73.75! Allan Franklin 73.12;
Clair Michel 72.28, ; Lee Allan 'Ward
law 72,25; Doreen Lawless 7',14 ;
Lindsay Bain 57.57"; Velma Hamil-
ton 60.5. Jr. NII—Editli Kreuter
75.02; Noltion Sleightholm 60.27-8.
Fear, Teacher. Junior Room— Ex -
ambled in 0. Copp., Spell,, Aritlt„
Art, Writing, Wr. Comp., M. Work
and Geog. Those marked with an
asterisk missed one or more examine,
tions, Sr. IT—Lorne Dosjardine 70;
;Annie Franklin 6(i; Marjorie Brown
02"; Alex McNeil 61; Bryan Amies
157"; Stuart Henry 54" Jr. Ii—Jeatn
1Franklin 78; Bertha Earl 52; Ross
ICmnningham 52'1; .Ada Wardlaw 51;
Stuart Brown .45"; Winston McEacln-
�ern (present only one day). 1.st
Claus—Examined in 0. Comp., Spell,
(A1ith, and Writing—Ruby Gilltinson
184; Ruby Gill 83; Arnold Earl 82,5;
I.Ilcicn Currie 82; Dorothy Kraute•
170 Nora Henry 70; Dorothy Bain
0G 5"; Stanley Wilson 06; Allison
ISleighthohn 58; Willard Michel 48.5"'
Pr,—Ruth Franklin, Helen Des-
iinrdine, Charlotte Sanders, Estelle
Cunningham Excellent; Jack Dun-
• bon), Betty Dunbar; good, Jr Pre- -
;Allan Hamilton, Bertram Demehng
fain. No, of pupils enrolled 80; aver -
ego attendance for January 26,43 E.
M. Fraser, teacher.
THE BRUSSELS LOST
1Iu•re he several 11111•. rr'd aputa Intl
11:or.
Sf(1T�1cr *1r
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Done at
Lot 21, Coil, 6, Morris
Satisfaction Assured.
Won. J.• Sm th
Phone 51-5
Interesting Letter
From Jamaica
(CONTINUED 11(011 PAGE 1).
away wets i11 the 1e00ivent' ((1(1(118. I
11111111 that the hotel men are as opt-
ruisti0 as our Westut n people, for
there are certainly plenty of hotels.
One thing the boom did (vas that
bridges were built and improvements
made that would never had been if it
had not been for it, The boat ride
from Tampa to Key West Wa9 90
smooth sometimes that 008 would
hardly know that they were moving
1(11)1.
Al Ifry West, the only thing to re-
lieve the monotony was fol' Borne one
to throw a coin into 11e water and Bee
the darkeys dive and get it. One
gentleman asked, "Will 1throw my
key 7" '•Don't do that," said one
di 101', "'Throw a (patter and the key
after' " Net, content, with diving from
Llle what f, xnnl' 5 feet nt so (abl.ve the
watt),, they would gel up on a post
some 0 ft. higher. Otte time, there
were th+01•after the 11x1: 00111 and all
you cuulcl see of them (9119 their feet
above the miler.
Al Have n before being allowed
to land, all hail to pass through a big
room fur' a doctot'9 examination, It
was for only what was visible and
cost nothing. They did charge me,
however, a 51 tax on my ticket and
another one for being 0 Canadian.
Well, that was one time I did not feel
that J w09 overcharged, for it is worth
many times that to be a Cauadial and
I know that you will all agree. We
indeed have "a goodly heritage." I
have never seen better, nor any with
such possibilities.
The two days spent in Havana were
well worth while. It is a very )nt8r-
esting place of some 750,000 people,
Inrgely Spanish, In the older sec-
tions of the city, the streets are very
narrow and one has to be cat eful on
the narrow sidewalks, which are a
little higher than the street, lest they
fall 1 ff. I actually saw a mal in front
of me turn sideways, sn as to avoid
being bit by a street car. Antos
mune so close that you would know it
before you would see them. I have
see', suet) beanl;ful displlyeas i(1 the
whitlows here, having full size models
of :len and women dressed in the lat-
est 1'00hinns. At night when lit up
by many electric lights, they were
very brilliant. Surae of the people
are very rich end can afford it all, but
more are very poor. One will see
0(1(11' poverty in Cuba 1(1 one day then
I suppose, in Canada in 0 whole
month. Poverty is 0,3)0.0 every-
where. We cannot get away from it.
The li(Ole On9.rn001 houses with
thatched roofs, pethap9, tell very
plainly of the absence of riches. Fre•
comely, when stopping at 8tati0ne,
when corning down on the train, little
child' en would come along and stop
at, the car window holding nut their
hands for money.
Tobanco is grown in the other dir.
etiou from which we range, but ang-
st) cane seemed the chief thing here
1111)11 mint we could see. The clefic•
e .cy with it is that the 811 a(• 0ul.pnt is
I. rutted, so they are never sore how
touch to grow. An interesting sight
was to see four yoke of oxen hitched
to a 1iwo•wheel cart loaded with sugar
cane. Some or the loads were not
vevy big 119 you can imagine, as the
capacity was limited. It must be
heavier 91.ulf that it looks, or the ox•
011 are not much on the pull. They
draw by their heads. A contrivance
goes manual the base of the horns and
all are connected up by , a long rope.
The sugar cane looks "for all the
world" I11(e corn stalls doptived of
their leaves.
Ae our time was limited in Havana,
we (0011 a sigb1•eeeing bus with a
guide. It took two hones and cost, n,1
58 IL tens well worth it. I will
mention just one place whet•8 we were
txl(en called "the Oily of 111e Dead."
The wealth and heavy of it surpasses
anything we could have !tu,iginin.
There was one exeepti(n, hitwl'Ver,
The auto stopped and we were told to
look through a little hole in the big
door. It opened to a 000111 whet0
they threw the 1O mains of some inng
since forgotten, dug up 00 make room
for more of this generation,
In Havana, as in Santiago, so 111(111..7
96nre8, in fact. 1 early all have Mtge
open fronts and no windows, 1t i9
as unusual thing here to see tiny
glass. The city is very large and one
would never expect to see what is
appareraly thought nothing of. The
City is partly on a lower level once
pa111y on the sides of the mountain,
we alight call it. What surprises one
is 111,1) they do not get to wotk and
811 up the big holes which all+ big
enough to hide in. These (ale also on
the 108ines8 streets. I saw so many
on one 810881 that a vehicle or ante
could not avoid theta, in front) of
What appeared to be a big provision
place. But that is not the worst,
There are very few streets high or low
down yrl that have lint (91)9111 water run:
ning down each side of the sidewalk'.
If it noes net find a way into some
sewer, it goes until itreaeb88 the low-
er level and it might there, It leavens
behind a Sediment which is character,.
19(111 of old drains. This gets into
holes in the 8trset8, 8,06ing its way
1(0(0e9 them and 90r1e611198 by a place
ant through the sidewalk and then
a0tuaily left uncovered, At a lower
level, 1 caw a goat gnetohing its
thirst, where the water had accum-
ulated, I did not drink any goats'
(milk, and I know later' it would be al-
most be intolerable with flies and
m0egLit0es. I am told that there are
many ranee after the rain, The latter
are bad even now and )mosquito net.
ling to 008e1`, you in bed is neces9ary
in a while man, 'Choir very tou011
seems poisonous, for not only will
th67 111 eorinactr;l (I( 111111 If ( 11,.1 g1',
r
wind d';; 1111,' t1U'l'(' (111 fol x 91114'•
MO 1( illlllia' 00, O031•
In ad,l i ,a 0, KU t 11i';, ht I1. 1'r n„
pril;kttt a ie dime ,and nn 41. 1 vel y
where. Yin ear int nit th • i 1T••r•ts
)low tit •9 11 no 1003/ th" clulliny;, 11014
wm(111111111 like ill 11,1• 111,111' p'ii1aees ft'1111
beeet111e8 IlIl, ll'1tltll' is 11,1,11' 411111 (5
„110 111 i1: 1staud. 1'•xpeet they ('1.01101,
for its ant' who knew said, "A new
tort looks like (111 old nue."
The tell)lr'1'1a1111'11 Willa 11(111 UL' tldu
•- Xo'pti"us las been hot, 101 deg( ea 111.
doors, It 11, eine'. cmnafnrllclily pool
(awards )meriting, but later on 111 the
year, it.10u91 hi/ very unbeatable
You will never (1(11111 1,0 (11(1111
through 01y ieeominer,dation from
me, mut if you do come you will value
111(1(1' than ever• what you already
pos8)6 9,
1 might say that very little of the
rnun1ry as Been i8 under cultivation,
As there is no Winter, they need no
barns. The cattle are the Jersey size
and tnost of them abort the same col.
or, but they have spreading horns.
The Milch cows look es If they take
a long time to milk.
I have been detained longer than I
had expected in Santiago, owing to
boat nn which I 111n going being called
in another direction, last week. I am
booked to leave Wednesday, Feb. 1st,
Il' I was to send a meesage to the read-
ers of THE Poem, I had better do it
white I had the time.
Before closing, I would like to
bear testimony to the work of the
Salvation Army. I have rea90n to
know more about then) because I have
right in the Horne. Only last week,
they cared for a Iran from Jamaica,
whowas stranded' They cared for
him and fortunately being all engin-
eer, he got work in a sugar mill.
'I'o)(lay, a women and two children
are being cared and a98ieted by hav-
ing all arrangements made for them
to go on 11e same boat I go. The
Clat7tain will have to 1111491er the Span-
ish language before 0980 air preach-
ing call be done. They have a day
8011001 for children and in that way,
they are brought under the inflnence
of the gospel. They have certainly
added much to the enjoyment of my
enforced stray here.
10i111tted al important thing that
must account to a large extent for the
poverty that exists here, In both
Havana and here, many places are
fitted up with tables and all day long,
a Hammer are drinking and eating.
That there 11,1 not (nnrh drrtnlreness,
is, am told because they do not take it
on an empty stomach but always with
something to eat. There is no getting
away for the feet that the many with
very 1imii'ed 111nnrne, the more spent
on drink the less is spent tor the Home
and 1988 is put aside for "a rainy day."
WVithont a d0uht, it is true and Cuba
is the biggest object lesson I have
seen yet.
G. A. DEAADIAN.
0
John Bennewles, ex -M, L. A., of
Brodhngen, who fell clown the cellar
stairs and lad 98veral 01118 fractured,
a few days ago, Is getting along a8
well as can be expected.
BLUEVALE
11 1,4; (')111;11 is nm the si,'k list, at
p, eras'
('11111(110O alit 1 14;t acne,) 1,11 the
,irk i4,1 1.11•tn'iat1,614
A 11.1,0amhem,de,a bushe8 trip
t» 11 alri-100 1,c•t '+ateeday,
011 111" 8:11ilh is nr (40(,4'1(1, 91.4.
;lig h,n. 1I,11141106, al. (lrur'' 19111,
111111. Th1.1119su1 iv u. Ile rick 1191.
111911.1')1., 11,11 1110 11x11 is lna,kit(1•
141e0 tie tw<' I'arnr' fon Lida:
H. 11.:110K'ty 9pcuU the week.eod to,
Whit isinirelt. This (9•,01(, he is put
1iog in 11 911911ly Id'bit! for 111 conning
811111111'1'.
The 1'1'{411nr 11189l.fug of 1m Ladies'
Aid is being held (11 1110 110111' Or
Mrs, Geo. Thornton, on Thursday aft.
ernon11 March 1st. Mrs, Thornton
and Mrs, .Joe Breckenridge wfll 9ery0
)110011.
1). and. Mrs. Jewitt entertained a
few of their near neighbors, on Wed-
nesd(ay night of hast. weak. They eel-
, 8111'at'.ell the 301 11 wedding 1(1(111yer'8ary
. of their marriage. A. 9114)(911(11 even.
Ifog was spent.
PERTH COUNTY
Wallace, Llan, and Mornington
Twpo. are in line and endorse the
plan to eradicate bovine tuberculosis.
Wm. Watdie, of Stratford, was
named Vice•President of the Ontario
Cattle Breeder's' Association al the
annual meeting, at Toronto. He has
been a director for the past 8 years,
8, Weber, Listowel, has become the
owner of 0 beautiful pair of black
foxes.
BRUCE COUNTY.
Rev, L. W. Reid 1x8 accepted the
1111 00 01 011 to 1100x(11 another year as
pastor of 1Cimc,ll'dine United 011 knelt.
A 8erious accident hopped to Chas.
Dicki8on, on his 200 -arse farm four
and a ilalt' rr111ee 8011).1) of Mildmay.
While rutting feed with a gas engine, •
his lett hand wa9 drawn into the
machine arm was en h off at the wrist. '
A son, Tont, who ty89 ,mean at hand,
and heard his fau.hee's cry 10r help,
qupmane iii gear, and
in t0kly 80 doingut 5(11110011(1 hischilife.
'l'he celr5u9 taken by assessors in 4
' Blame Onunty townships, last year,
revealed the fact that thirty per cent
of the bulls used in Oarrick are grade
animals, nearly or them being of a
very 9npe'i00 quality.
3 M Sperms, ecently appointed to
Ole Senate of Oauada, having been
horn and reared in Bruce Oointy. has
se'ected North Bruce as the territory
he will represent in the Upper house,
As Senator J J. Donnelly, of Oargill,
represents South Bruce in the Senate,
Bruce as a county is exceptionally
well represented in that body.
Sas. Bryan, a former publisher of
the Lucknow Sentinel, died in Van-
conver,
Peter Lobsi,ger, village blaelrsmith
at Mildmay for the past thin ty years,
has sold his business to 3. Lnbsinger,
who has been associated with him for
the past twenty-one years.
There is a case of smallpox under
quaratine, near Paisley, at present.
W1;11NId:SDAY, PER. 29t11, 1027.
14—
"Give me ten minutes a week
and I'll knock dollars off your tire bills"
ET a day every week—preferably any one but
101 Saturday or Sunday—and let me look over
your tires. It'll mean dollars off your tire bill.
Maybe they need more air. Two or three pounds
under pressure will take miles orf the life of a tire.
Maybe there's a nail or a faint just waiting to work
through and make trouble. Maybe they're O.K.
and you can 0,1.ve away in comfort.
Ten minutes! Buz isn't it worth it to feel sure of
your tires?
Car owners spend many a half-hour on the side of
the road because they won't take the ordinary
precaution. Andthat's saying nothing of the
extra mileage they might get and the money they
might save.
BRUSSELS, ONT.
John Hohstein, at whose home in
Garrick 30 gallons of moonshine was
found in a dugout, together with a
whiskey -making plant, will appear
before Magist(ate Walker, in Mild-
may, to answer a charge of having
ligtlnt illegally under the L. 0..A..
HURON COUNTY
lax -Alderman \Ven. F. Scarlett, of
London, dropped dead in a store
there. He spent his early life on a
farm in McKillop Twp., before mov-
ing to London 52 year's ago.
Walter H. Harness, of I;,aeter, has
sold his grocery business 011 Mail)
street to Wm. Northcott, a farmer
Hay Twp. Possession has already
been give..
The remains of Justice Inirlgton,
oldest Supreme 00nrt judge in Can-
ada, were interred in Avondale cem-
etery, Stratford, last week
The nominations, at Blyth, for.
achn0l trustees, last Wednesday, to
fill the vacancies centred by the resign-
ations of Leslie Hillborn and Arlon
Stubbs resulted in 111188 being nom-
inated : James Sims, A. Taylor and
Rev. W. B. Hawkins. A. Taylor did
qualify, Rev. W. B. Hawkins and
James Sims being elected by acclam-
ation.
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