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\CANADIAN NATIONALT.,oaw
llistoricai Skctch
The Canadian Churchman, af which
one of the editors' is Rev. R. A. Arm-
strong, M.A., of Toronto,. uncle of
Mrs. (Dr.) W. C. Sproat, of Seaforth,.
• .publishes a Huron Deanery Number
Number
'wii'th the current issue. A brief his-
tory of the various .parishes of the
'Deanery is given, which 'includes the
allowing:
St. Thomas' Church, Seaforth
The Rev. W. Cres•sw-eli was the
firstclergyman, conrmernciog in 1855.
His chief work was the administra-
tion of the sacraments and occasional
•services which were held in Knox's
Nall,. Harp•urhey. He held a license
ifmoan J'othm, Bishop of Toronto, in
Whose - diocese the County of Huron.
was them included. He ministered
to all alike and must be given credit
,for doing the pioneer work that pre-
pared the way for the future church.
He continued his labours for • many'
years -his register being entered, up
'to 11366; and was behoved 'by all who
'knew hint. He was called'to his rest
on June 19th, 1668, and was buried in
the little •cerne'tery at H,arpurliey. Af-
ter the (Rev, W. Cresswell;' the Rev. T.
Carnnic'hae'I, then the minister of
Cli•ti ton and later .Eiis'h'o,p of Mo,nt-
re'al, and the Rev. T. C. Des Barre's'
continued these services, one of these
.clergyninen coming every Sunday af-
terno'on and holding a service. They
used sometimes the Carmichael Hot-
el, now the Royal, and sometimes the
,Downey Hall, now knower as the
•Queeu'•s. They continued this wort:'.
'for nearly three 'years, 'when' .they
,where rel•ievec1 by Rev, John Ridley,
thei minister at Mitchell. He gave
;fortnightly services.
About this timethe question, of the
,building of. the _church' was taken- up
in earnest. The inside of the build-.
ing was very roughly finished and the
seating consisted o'f plain boards on
blacks. 'T'he site upon which the,
,dhurch was built was given by Mr.
Edgar Jarvis.
lin 11864 Rev. C.' C. Johnston was
appointed rectorand cont'inued until
;bhe end of 1870, when he was s•uc-
'ceeded in turn by Revs, Starr, Mills
'Slater Bishop of Ontario), Craig and
10ampbelil. During the latter's minis-
try 'Nie chancel and transepts were
added to the .church and the :ceiling
raised, - Front 11879 the following
leave been reotors:' Revs. Rinaud,
]Holl, Edmond, Magahy, Hodgins,
Berry and Brown. (Mr. Brown is
now retired` and living in Toronto.)
,Tlhe present rector is Rev. J. F. My-
ers.
The Diamond Jubilee of the church
was observed in 1919.
Trinity Church, Blyth.
The O1urc'h of E'ngl'and services
had their beginning in Blyth in 1860.
,Occa'sional services were held at the
sitting roomof. the .old 'log hotel
,owned by Mr. W. Shane. ivtr. Car
,michael,; a young Irish missionary,
'who was later bo be oons.e'crated
tArchhishop of Montreal and Primate
of all Canada, walked from Clinton,
eleven, miles distant, with his broth-
'-er-in-law, M'r., Du'bendue, to take the
'services. God' blessed t'he efforts of
His zealous and elo'quent servant
from Erin's green isle.
The .first clergyman to be appointed
to thisparish was the Rev. J. W.
M.tu•p'hy' of Wi'nghnm, w'h'o held ser-
vices iai Nethiery's Ourainge Hall, two,
and a 11sif miles north :af B'lytli.
•,:Chose south of Belgrave Worshipeed',
, there also. He was follow'ed by Rev.'
.+Mr. Davis, whoheld a service ,every'
alternate Sunday as 11r. Murphy had
,lane. •
In 1875, Blyth, was separated from
IBelgra've and' Wingha'm• and had the
''Rev. l'Ir. Gallagher o( Virginia, LT'S.
A., for their rector. Climatic condi-
tions affe;eted him and he teas forced
Rho resign. The Rev. Mr,`Davis served
Blyth occas'iona'lly until the aplpoint-
nnient of 'ithe 1Rev.'Wi11i'a•m 'Henderson.
in 18718. At this time the congrega-
tio.n met in 'the old (frame sc'ho'ol just
north of the village. When the con-
gregation increased bhe old temper-
atrce hail was used. An organ there
greatly .assistedin the conduct of the
service. Here a vestry meeting was
held February 1st, 1678, and • a deci-
sion was made to build a church and
name it. Trinity Ohur'ch, A lot was
bought_ for fifty' dollars from the
B'ly't'hestate and the contract was 'let
to Mr. Robert Howard ` Inc $3,200.
The corner atone was laid ou July 1,
1878, by the DiDJG.M. of the A.F. &
A,M„ and on December 29th, 1878,
the church was opened for divine ser-
vice by the rector, Rtey. Wan. ,Hend-
erson.
A short while afterwards, about
1879, Mr. Henderson took up his resi-
dence in Blyth as a result of a new
arr•angemen't of mission cbue1ch'es. He'
now,., had Only Bliy'bb, Auburn and
Be'Igrave under his supervision. To-'
day the same three places are, served
as in 11879.
[The ,fiftieth anniversary was observ-
ed on Sunday, September 9th, 1928,
the Rev. W, B. Hawkins being then
rector. On this day the burying
ground was consecrated by His Grace
the A'rclabislhd n and a re ta'b'le and a
beau•biful brass memorial emir in me-
mory of those who wors'hip'ped in
Trinity from 1678-1928 were dedicat-
ed.
Trinity C'hurc'h is made of white
brick. The tower, stone -cross at the
roof peak, the slender shaft o£ .grey
stone at the northeast corner, and
windows carefully finish'edlfi itnlpe,oves
its exlterior. I't 'has a seating capacity
of about two hmn•.derd.
The rectory is just south of 'the,
charroh. It is a fine large brick •res'i
deuce. rebuilt in. 19111, consequently is
up-to-date in every, respect.
There 'have been .twelve rectors
since Mr. Henderson's time.
'At present there are but thirty-four
families, comprising about one hun-
dred and ten sou'l's, upon the • paris'h,
books, but these are quite loyal to
their church 'and their God.
St. George's Church, Walton
In 18+80, two years after the ap-
poin•tnn'e'nt of the Rev. F.. Ryan to t'he
•parish, the wel'I.p4anned brick 'church
at Walton, dedica!t.ed as St. George's
Church, was builit. The corner stone
w'as laid' by Orange Grand Master
Bennett 011 Jane ` 111th, and, on Dec-
ember lath, the first services were
held with the Very Rev. Dean Boom-
er of London and the Rev. Rtnra'l
Desi, Hill ,o'f Se'afort'h as special'
p•reac'hems. Less 'than two years' -la-
ter, on AV1ri•teunday, this church was
sonsecratecl by the Bis'h'op. Hand-
some and nosIs'll 111emnorials, Com-
munion silver, a brass lectern pulpit
and a brassaltardesk have been ,plac-
ed. Jubilee seevices were held in,
1930 when the Rev. Canon Cluff, rec-
tor from 1855 to 1892, was the special
preacher.
In 1697 Rev. Geo. J. _ lhey came to
the pariah and set his hand to the
concluding of efforts in the erection
af a rectory. Both congregations
through' tlrenr different organizations
loyally supported the work and the
present splenclitl red brick house was
erected. "
'Miss Ellen. A. Frances, wlio led the
responses for .her uncle in t'he early
days, became the wife' of William
:Bryan's. '' •Their son,: J. Harvey B'ry-
ans, is "inaw people's 'warden with a
family taking a most helpful interest
in all activities of the church.
'Since the appointment of Rev, A.
Lindsay the following other clergy
have labored in the 'parisih: Revs, S.
H. Cooper, E. T. Robinson, Frank
Ryan, W. T. Cluff, 1V. G. Reiley,A.
Griffen Geo; Abe'; I.ld. irehb
10 J.e 1
11. A, "Lang -Ford, D. T. Cameron, R.
T. Page, 1-0. Smith, Roy Mess,: J. S.
Jnhnison, GV. J. Connor, F. L. Lewin
mid F. G, Rickard new In narge.
Grace Church, Staffa
VF'or''11 number of years stauneh
al'n eb families in ,S'taffa district faith-
fully travelled the six miles to wor-
ship in St, Mary's Olerch, Dublin,
'Later,. uncler the Rev, P. B. delLom
of Mitchell, now of Cohourg, they be-
gan to held services in the town hall
of Staffa. In 186"6-87 Grace C'llurch
was built and the parish organized,
due no doubt to the efforts of Rev.
kh 0:' Bridgman of Hen'sall, who had
also `e�harge of Dublin and Slteffa.
There is no nnen•tion of debt.on the
church in any records of the vestry
Meetings anal it is believed that the
cost of the hui'lcliug was met immed-
iately.
A vestry meeting was held on No-
vennnber 82nd, 18912, records the deci-
sion to build a ,church stable. follow-
ed by a detailed account of expenses
and colleeti�on for the same, where.
the collections were $91 and expenses
$87.
Trinity Church, Bayfield
In the spring of the year 1849, the
Rev,Robert Fr• Francis am ib l'1 who,
a a C 1 e, w ,
since 1834, had been the first rector of
Goderich, became the first rector of
Hayfield, thus establishing this parish
and bringing the ministration's of the
Church to a new and sparsely settled
d'is'trict. This part of Upper Canada
was leteown as Canada West, for this
was eighteen, years before Confedera-
tion. The Canadian monetary' system
had not yet come into use, and
pound's, shillings and p•ervice were the
coixnsge of the day. In addition, this
was then part of`,the diocese of Tor-
onto, for the diocese of Huron was
not esta'b'•lis'hed until 135'7 bhe Rt. Rev.
Benjamin Cronyn being, the first bi'-
Services were first held in the log
s'ch'ool -house on the river bank; and
the rectory was a log hose on the
take bank. The building of Trinity
Church began in the early fifties and
was continued slowly as funds were
provided. In 1656 the bishop gave
£20 with. which to comnplate the in-
terior, although the building had been
in use for some time. In due course
the eleureh was finished and' conse-
crated for bhe 'wors'hip of God. In
the early eighties the present rectory
was built upon land'given by the. late
Dr, Woods.
St. John's, Varna
St: John's 'Church, 'Varna, was es-
'tabli'shed about 1855, but the exact
date is uncertain. Dts history is one
with that of Trinity Church, Bay-
field, with which it has allway's 'been'
co'nnecte'd to form part :of this par-
ish.
St. James' Middleton
St. 1,J'ames' 'C'hurch, Goderich town
ship, dates 'fronn 1'8'72, 'when it was,
established under the late Very 'Rev.
Evans Davis, then rector of Bayfield
and Varna, and:some 'time dean of
Heroin. IAlbout-'s'ix years later,'this
chntrch was sep'ana'te,d' 'from ;Bay'field
and remained so separated until 1923
when it again ;became part of the pa-
rish of 'which it had been a unit for
nearly half a 'century before. During
the period of separation, St. James'
Church was connected' with other
churc'he's in Goderich Township, to
'form tanother .parish. Those other
•ohurcine's. have now passed out of the
picture;. but 1St. Tames' IOhurc'h, Mid-
dleton, "by which name .it is usually,
known, .alter an old £ami'ly of the dis-
trict, continues quite strong and vig-
,0r0us.
In the fall of '1926, many innprove-
ments •were made in Trinity 'Church,
Baylfield. A new hardwood floor was
put in and the interior was redecorat-
ed. New seats were also added. This
church two years'' ago, observed the
80th anniversary of the founding of
the •parisili. This event was marked
by the presentation :of :'many h'eauti-
ltd gifts, and :by the presence of oar
late beloved Archbishop, who dedic-
ated the gifts. Three former rectors
were also present
Last year the. congregation .:of St.
Jdhn''s Church, Varna, 'tinderto.o!k to
carry 'out .certain necessary improve-'
melts bo their church. '•T'wo• sides of
the building, which is a frame one,
were re -sided aard the whole structure
painted'. The `interior ;was redeco'r,at-
ed and new windows.put hi. Several'
members of the congregation took
this ,oc'casion as an opportunity of
presenting gifts to the c'hurch,'w'hicli
have; added much to its 'beauty and
completeness.
Not to be outdone by their- broth-
ers in Varna, the neon of 1S't. James'
Church last fall painted' their chervil
and tarried out certain other desirable
or necessary changes and improve-
ments.
nprovc-
nents.
St. Paul's Church, Hensel!
The village of IIensall came sud-
denly into being 1 the spring' of
'187'6 when the council o'E Hay town-
ship refused to give a. grant Inci. the
new 'station unless it was built on the
Zurich ,Road, now the main street of
the village: The farm- owned by 'Geo.
a; :'.j ,,..• •:1 t1 -c north was
il:i:"a. .ately t «ca into dots. and in
:•1,1; :i. -3'77, the fl:':. ht..t.; was c001-
pitted. The above nnettt:,,ncd gentle-
men who came to 'Canada in 1554, 'be
ing staunch churchmen, used to walk
'six miles to Exeter to ivorsirip. 'With
rise of the village they set aside a lot
on Richmond Street foe a church.
John Petty, their brother, and 1Wm.,
Nilson, the nfirst wardens, along with
Cornelius' Purdy, were selected by the;
church members of the community as
a building committee to erect a
chtnrch,
flieir .efforts were 50 successful'
that she present frame structure
then without a basement -was com-
pleted early in 11877, prior to bhe sta-
tion, anis a year before the post office
located in the village.
The chtrrc•h was opened forworship
an June '10th, 1877, as anoutstation
from Exeter with regular service at
3 p,n1, Dean Boonmer of Fluron Col-
lege preached in the morning;, Rev.
John Gemmel, 'curate of St. Paul's
'C'at'hedral, London, preached in the
afternoon; and the rector of the new
church, Rev, F. Ryan, conducted the
evening service: "The liberality of
the congregation •w,a's so good," Mr.
'Ryan wrote., "tlhatwith the help
of
their fellow churchmen in 'Exeter, the
,new church was entirely free. from
debt when it was completed; except
for the organ and a few details of
furniture.
The structure, built by sturdy pio-
neer w•orinn'anship combined with
Old Country architecture,' has remain-
ed a serviceable and attractive place
of worship for the succeeding gener-
ation's,
The regular .services were 'usually
held. at 3 p.m. until May 2nd, 1.886,
when alternate morning or evening
service was 'held with .Staffa by Rev.
Ii. 0. Bridgman.
'T'he .buildingwas raised in the sum
mer of 192212, during the incumbency
•of, Rev. II. !Naylor, to provide a place
for furnace and 'Sunday School room.
'T'his repl'a'ced the quaint little -.Mission
Hall which stood to the right of the
church, hack near the shed. This
"Mission. Hall" renowned for its
hearty if somewhat cramped social
meetings, was sold and removed to a
neigh'b'oring farm, lDuring the sum-
mer of 1910 a rectory was purchased
on Oxford 'Strree't.
In December, 1924, a beautiful me-
morial wind'o'w was placed .in the
chancel by the heirs of the Petty es-'
tate in loving memory of (George and
James Petty.
In 1927 the church was redecorated
inside and fittingly prepared for the
jubilee service, which was held on
Tune 26th with 'His Grace the Arch-
bishop of Huron present.
St. 'Paul's Church, Clinton
The 'history of St, Paul's, Clinton,
is, at least in the early stages, a his-
tory of Clinton. In the year 1334 the
Canada Company deeded, among
other :lands, Lot No. 24 Hullett, to a
Peter Vanderburg. Of this lot they
had previously set aside, but not by
deed, a God's Acre on which they rad
erected' a frame church and school-
house. 'Die 'church and school were
doubtless built for a twofold purpose,
to advertise the district as ready to
receive settlers and to expend _Dart of
the stem whioh, under their agreement
with the Government of Upper Cana-
da, they were obliged to lay out on
public works. Around this' little
c'hurch' and graveyard the community
grsty. rIt was first known, as "The
'Corners," then as "Vanderburg's Co,r-
uers," "Reid's ,Corners,'; "Ratten-
bury's Corners" and finally as the
town of .Clinton, When the Canada
.Company sold the above mentioned
land to Peter Vanderburg they failed
to exclude the God's Acre and con-
sequently that worthy tavern keeper
became also the oia'ncr of a church, a
cemetery and a school. (However, on
July 24th, 1836, he deeded the pro-
perty in trust to Messrs. -1-I. Rans'ford,
iVir, Pugh and E. Ledyard for the
Chun -ch of England and Ireland.
The church stands on high ground
in a particu'arly pleasing situation
with the old cemetery sloping down
to No. 8 'highway. IWibhin the grave-
yard were buried the first settlers in
the, district. No interments. have
been made there since the erectiono
the present church, and the old graves
were levelled and the gravestones re-
moved in 1885. A 'monument stands
here to tate memory of Rev, Shem
Dubourdieu, the second rector of the
parish; 'also a cairn, dedicated to the
memory of the pioneers of the district
h•ic'li was erected three years ago to
nia'rk the 100th anniversary of the
opening of the Iluron Tract.
In 1857, the original church 'having
fallen into decay, a frame structure
was erected on land to the rear of
the church property which had been
given fat rectory purposes by
Ilam Rattenbury, Here the services
ware held until a brick church was
built in 1863. It was rle•stroyecl by
fire ie .1865 and the present edifice
built in that year. The rectory was
erected in 1873,
The first 'incuiulhent, " Rev, J'ttues
Carmichael, .who labonnreil in the par-
ish tonal. 1859 to 1808, and who later
beware: Lord Bishop of 'Montreal, was
prelteely the m st .eitstancling of the
am, ai ...ting.,.. ae,L clergymen who
have given of their best to St. Paul's.
Today St, Paul's is considered, ar-
chitecturally, one of the host beaufi-
.ful e'htirches in Western Ontario, A
pare' typeofearly Gothic, the edifice
is indeed exceedingly graceful, and
-while the exterior satisfies the ]host
critical tastes the inter•ior is even more
'beauti'ful. Few churches in. Ontario.
are graced with so many and so beau-
tiful memorial's. Among the names
perpetuated in this manner we find
Ransfcrd, 'Biggins, 'Ratteubury, Rance
'Ferran, Carmichael, Hines, Archibald,
(Bache, 'Hovey, Plummer, Ilolmes-
Taylor, B.rown'le'e, -]Marten, Mount-
castle, Dowding, Dayment, Harrison,
Hiscox, Thompson and of those who
fell in the Great 'Wnnr.
Trivitt Memorial Church, Exeter
This year Trivitt Memorial Church
celebrated its 43rd anniversary, It
was consecrated by the Rt. Rey,
Maurice S, Baldwin on December 31,
138'8.
During rh•e building of the church,
divine service was .held in the Orange
I• all Iii. linit t rro n
th his
wife were the generous donators of
this beautiful church, came from So
mersetshare, England, and settled in
the village of Central'ia, which he ap-
parently founded in 1838. Coming- af-
terwards to Exeter, M'fr, Trivitt be-
came very interested in the Anglican
situation, and having obtained perm-
ission from the Bishop of Huron, ar-
ranged for the erection of a church to
be called "Tr.ivitit Memania•l," appoint-
ing the first Sunday in each Septem-
ber as an anniversary day and re-
questing that the pews shall be and
far ever remain free.
NEW BRITISH CABINET.
Following are the members of the
National 1. overilment who secured
re-election in the British general el- ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.
eetioni The Canadian Government will
Rt. Hon. J. Ramsay 'Macdonald, propose to the various government;
nationai-labor, prime minister. of"the Empire that the Imperial Eco -
/Rt. Hon. Shanley Bald'Win, consera•- noetic Conference, the assembling of
ative, lord president of council (ac- which teat August w•as postponed..
clametion), meet at' Ottawa "at the earliest pos-
Rt, Hon. J. H. Thomas, national- sible date." This was the statement
labor, secretary for dominions and issued by Rt, Hon. R. B. Bennett, the
colonies, prime minister.. He expressed the
Rt. Hon. Sir (Herbert Samuel, lib- hope that former difficulties surround-
eral, home secretary, ing the plan for holding the confer-
IRt. H'ons Sir .Samuel Hoare, con- en'ce in the Canadian capital "had
serva.tive, secretary for India. now been removed." He was asked
Rt. Hon. Neville IOh'antberlain, con- whether in his opinion the return of
servative, minister of health. the National Government hs Great
Rt. Hon. Sir Phillip Cunliffe -Lister, 'Britain would mean an early meeting
conservative, president of the board of the Imperial Conference, which, on'
of trade. notion by Canada at the London
]Hon, ,P. J. Py'bus, n•at. lab,, minister Conference a year ago, was unani-
of transport; Rt. Hon. Sir Austen anous'ly adjourned to meet at Ottawa
'Chamberlain, con., first lord of the "within the succeeding 12 month,."
admiralty; Major W. G. A, Ormsby- In reply the Prime Minister author -
Gore, con., postmaster -general; .Rt. ized the following statement: "As the
.Hon. Sir Jahn IGi'lmour, minister of suggested date of meeting was later
agriculture; Horn. Major G. C. Tyron, found to be inconvenient to several:
mi'nis'ter of pensions; Hon. Sir Henry of the governments concerned, a poste
Betterton, minister of labor; Hon; O. ponemen't became necessary. The•
F.. G. S'tan'ley, con„ an:dersecretary for 'Catead'ian Government earnestly hopes
hone affairs; Capt. R. A. Eden, con., that the difficulties heretofore pre-
underse'cretaryfon foreign affairs; veiling have ndty been removed; and
Hon.' Malcolm- Macdonald, uat, lab.,' it will immediately pr'o'pose to the
under secretary for dominion affairs; : governments of the Empire that the
Sir Robert Hamilton, nat-lib„ under' conference meet at Ottawa at the
secretary for colonies; Hon. Alfred earliest possible date. The Govern -
Duff -Cooper, con., financial secretary ,rent is confident," continued tit
to wa'r"offi,ce; Hon. Sir Philip S'assonn, (prime Minister, "that the Conference'
under secretary far air; Hon. Isaac : wil't achieve an end'urin'g plan of
Foot, n'at,-lib. , parliamentary secret-' closer empire economic association,
ary to mines department Bios,, G. M. The •need for such an association was
Gillett, nat.-lab., secretary to ministry never more urgent; its benefits never
af transport; Rt, Han. Sir Donald more apparent. Canada will do its full'
Maclean, nat,-lib., 'president of board share to bring it abeet."
of education; Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley,
Wood, con., parliamentary secretary' SPEAR TO THEM FIRMLY
to board of education; Milner Gray„ A new version of an old theme it,
nat.-lib., secretary to ministry of la- :provided in the story of a lady who•
bor; (Hon. Henry Graham -White, as- had been attending a lecture on hyg
sistan'tposanraster-general jiene and had ,toyed behind at its
1tlose to ask the lecturer a question.
BRITISHELECTIONS OVER. !deep breathing destroys microbes,"microbes,""You told us in your lecture that
'With 610 numbers reported 0118 of she said,
a total of 615 members, the eesoit of "That is so, madam," replied the
the elections in Britain on Tuesday, lecturer. "Anti I repeat it. Microbes
October 27th. was as follows; ' are killed by deep breathing,"
•The National Government •550 "But w'ha't puzzles ami," said the
menvbers;l Opposition Labor 50, lady, arching her brow.,, "is, how are
Lloyd George Liberals 5; Independ- we to teach the microbes to breathe_
eats 4 and Trislt Nationalist I. deeply!.
with 550 seats against 60, the Gov-
ernment has a majority of 490 over) THE TIME IT FAILED
all parties • combined, The party A certain cricket club set up a gyro.
standing wane: oarium for the use o£ its menrbecs
'Conserv'ative 472; gains 207, during the winter, and engaged an in -
National Labor 13; gains 13. uar teach ju-Jutsu. Rntly
'Labor Party 50; losses 235. ostrnectof thetc cricketers appeared 'weceith a
Lloyd George Liberals 5, bandaged head, and when questioned,
'l independents 4; losses 3; gains 3. said a boy had inflicted the injury,
Irish Nationalist 1; unchanged. "What!" exclaimed tlic instructor in
ju-jutsu. "You mean to cay you let a
at Testifies for Itself, -Dr. Thomas' mere 103 lstwuk you about like that?
Eclectric 041 needs n'o testimonial of Why didn't you try jtr-jtntsu?"
its powers other than itself. Who- I couldn't."
ever to les it for coughs or colds, for "Nonsense! There's no aciniceiv'able
cuts or contusion., for sprains or situation to which ju-jutsu cannot be
successfully applied. Him' did it hap -
burns, Tor pains in the limbs or body,
well know drat the medicine proves Pen "
"'TTe dropped a brick on 1n
itself and needs no guarantee. This i} head
shows why this Oil is in general nice. fronn a third -floor window," an;aw•ereil
,.,-- the member,
I •want to do something that will "It's •time 'to et deg licenses
draw out the conversational abilitiesg b you?" again.
You keep a. dog, don't you?"
of my guests,"
"No, if we -hear a Boise in the night:
"That's easy. Give a musicale. we bark otnrselves,
NOTED HOTEL MAN DIE'S
John l4ctEnitee Bowman, president.
of tile Bowman Biltmore chain of Ito-
:
, tele, died. in New York at tae ate of
156 years. 1Te was born in'Toronto
and his early yearswerespent in the
livery stable owned by his f.' '.t.•r,
This gave him a knowledge of horses;
f,r he had been taught to ride from
the moment he 'could sit astride a
horse. At the age ,, f 19 he obtained a
position as steward at a stormier hotel
at Saranac Lake. Prom there he went
to New Yorlc; Thee cumnten'eed the
career that was thereafter one of con-
tinued progress and suecesa. He is
credited with having been !irstrtnmenn
nal in forming the United Hotels Syn!.
clicate which operates a chain of ho-
tel. in Canada and the United States.
T'hc corporation which he headed, op-
erates more than a score of hotels. ,He
was al'.an president of the Bowman
:area: et -cent In'c., operating still an-
other chain of hotels. He was Presid-
ent of the Cu'b'an National Syndicate,
the National Horse Show Association
Racing Aseociatioe and the West-
chester .Biltmore Steeplechase Assoc-
iation.
THE WISHING TREE
,Followingrecent ctr
rmh "the
wishing tree." an ancient amaple tree
near ]Vest Lake, Prince Ede ard
County, and said to he the largest in
the world of the tnapie specie,. is suf-
fering from many broken limbs. The
girth of the tree is aver 18 feet, and
60 years ago it was 160 feet high, but
at present it is not over 60 feet in
height, !Stephen Lake, aged 90, is
engaged in cutting 'the fallen limbs
into firewood. The wichinng tree has
long been a landmark in the County
of Prince Edward, .and thousands of
tourists have stopped under its spec-
ious branches to make a wish. His-
torians claim that the tree is about
740 years old, and several novels have
been written about it.