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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-11-17, Page 3THQPRSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1932 THE SEAFORTH' NEWS. Rheumatism Goes weary, a sudden 'turn of the path dis- Swollen Joints Vanish S PAIN: EASED FIRST DAY - If you suffer from crippling rheu- matic pains, lame,,' kno'tted muscles or stiff, swollen joints, it's because your ;system is full of the irritating poisons th-at oasise rheumatism and make thousands helpless. 1What " you need right- now is IRIU,M{A, the new, internal medicine, that acts directly on the liver, kid- neys an'dblood, and expels through. the natural channels of elimination these dangerous poisons. Only an internal remedy will do -this: No long waiting: for your "suffer'ing' td stop=RU-'MIA eases paint first day and- so quickly and safely en'd's stiffen- ing, cripplin'g lameness; and .torturing; pain that Ohas, ,Aberhart +urges every r'heum'atic sufferer to get a bottle today. They guarantee it. VALEDICTORY. fThe Ifollowing valedictory on behalf 'of the graduates 'in ntedicin:e was de- livered by the author '(ID'r.-Campbell) in the IOonwooation 'H'all of 'M'dG9'll 'University, Montreal,. 00 the 4th • of !May, 1869. It was ipulb'1'is:hed in ',Dr. ICamlplb:ell's volume' on his ,travels at the request of (Dr. Stewart, prolf. o'f materia medi,ca, .M'c(Gi•Il .College; D'r. 'MoCrimm'on of ILu'cdcnow, Ont.; Dr. Me'ICay •of'Woodei11e, Ont.; and oth- ers of the 'old graduating 'class, who selected the author as .valedictorian upon that occasion after a .very ex- citing contest. 'Mr. Chancellor, Ladies and 'Gen,tle- nren: ' 'I have been ransacking every nook 'and corner of •my lbrain to find' out why I have been elected to deliver• the valedictory on behalf of the grad- uates in medicine, and the conclusion at which -I ,have arrived is that it mes't be because I was the most mod- est man o'f 'the whole 'class; if so, any. modesty is put to a severe lest upon the present occasion—called upon as I am to address this magni- ficent assembly -composed as it is -of the learning, the wealth .and the beauty of the most pd'pulo-us city in "7th 13'ominion of Canada, (While still on the 'thres'ho'ld Of -my remarks, I would thank the ladies from the inmost recesses of my ,heart for gracing this Hall with their fas- cinating presence, ana smiling their sweet -approval -pont the labours .of the successful student, The enthusias- tic astronomer g.azes with ecstasy upon 'the myriads .of stars which twinkle in yon empyreal 'blue hut were I -in 'his place I would often be tempted to turn aside to view the • 'bright stars of earth and bask in the sunshine of beautiful eyes such as are sending forth their brilliant scin- tillations here to -day. 'Travellers to a well 'known land, from which some Of you 'hal, tell us o a egged path' winding tip a weary ascent—every turn the tourist imag- ines will bring him to Ith'e top of the m'oun'tain, but every turn only re- veals the fact'•that other 'hdighits have to be .climbed—other obstacles sur- mounted. At length, when faint and closes to his 'delighted gaze a font of cool sparkling 'water oozing from the in'oun'tein side .and received tato a reservoir hewn out of ''the .'flinty rock -while at the side is a 'stoiie seat with the words carved above it— "Rest and be thankful." Fellow -grad- uates, 'we have reached just such a charming sp'o't 'today—let us "rest and be thankful. 'Let 'us not for a 00onten't'imagi•ne that, 'we have reach- ed the summit Of the (Mount' df Sci- ence, for like the tourist in question we have only reac'h'ed a coot refresh- m'g arbor by the way-side—and like him by ''turning our eyes upwards we can see the rugged cliff•s ariid bristling 'crags 'far above us—yea, we can even get a ,glimpse of 'th'e eternal 'clouds that enshroud the apex of that mount where no mortal has even trod—and anon we can -see the 'Genius of Scienee waving' her enc'h'an'tin'g ,w;and—bec'k- oyinlg us• onward—wihile the -gentle zephyrs•'ftait our -fey erecl brows, asad a voice whispers in' sour ears, "Came no ]nigher." It would not 'cotnfort with e*y'elairn to mnd,esty to give any ed - ,vice whatever to my Felioiw-IGra.d'uat- e's—ninny, of whom are older ,than 2 ant—therefore be it strictly under- •atood, I give none. Four years ago we wended our way from the 'banks off Lake II -Innen, fmani .the banks of Newfoundland ;from all parts of the Dom'in'ion and from the neighboring Repu'b'lic( towards this' great city, for the purpose of .pursuing our studies in. what -we then believed, and •w'hat we •s'tibl believe 'to be the best S'clhoo'l of 'Medicine on this Co'n'tinent. Fou years ago ! and this is what we hay come to 1 Four ye'a'rsof the 'harder happiest -hours Of our lives 'have glid- ed swiftly past. Four yea'r's 1 during which we 'panted always to -meet again—'now we pant to .meet no more. (Parting is always painlful, whether from country, friends or cla'sanates. Many -of as know''what parting- is. Same have panted froin their native land (which to them was almost as dear as Heaven 'itself) —and as her !blue cliffs faded in the distance have said with tear-bedio red eyes - been; • The mother may forget the child' That smiles sae sweetly en, her knee; ;But I'll remennibe•r thee, Glen - cairn, And a' that thou hast done for me." Qn 'conelasion, in behalf of the graduates, I thank atlr teacher's one and all for their kind efforts in our behalf, 'and I ,can assure "thein that' there is a twining of the 'heartstrings at bidding -them farewell = and that as long as reason -with us- maintains its primeval : throne, so long .will they., occupy a sunny nook in OUT mem- cries. -elia'wegradu'altes, we,also must part. Soon we, shall be scattered to- wards the four winds of IHe-aver. Those able nven who 'have piloted our 'barks tiros far now leave use—the a-ns't ocean of knowledge is still- be- fore, with many rocks and quick- sands in •it. 'True, part 'o'f that ocean Inas beet' navigated 'by able seamen -- lighthouses -built eam'en-- lighthouses"b'uilt and 'I uoysi,l'a'id .down to warn us where sunken :reefs' and hidden dangers 'lie. W'e can''eee 'the red lights glimmering 'through the dankness, the buoys dancing in the sunshine, acrd,,twi'thau'tiotr fdr our pilot, we can steer clear of these dangers of which our predecessors were not aware. But we must remem- ber that 'm'edicine is the, most ,com- prehensive df all the professions, and ati19 progressive;'that (there are depths in it which no plummet- has ever sounded, bay's and inlets where n'o, r hark has ever sailed. Let us go on e 'then with caution, but let us go on t, "We leave thee to .return 'no more Nor view thy cliffs again." Others 'have followed near and dear friends to .the cold silent tomb, and have said i,n anguish' of 'soul, while the deep fountains of their 'hearts have 'been s't•irred—"late must go to 'them, but they cannot return ,to us." But the parting to which I re- fer is somewhat different frotd any of these. We have to bid adieu to our dear. old Alma Mater with her sunny memories. \lay her memories ever 'be . green as the ceders' that beautify 'our Can- adian landscapes— magnificent as the gigantic ,pines that overtop the 'hills of the Ottawa, We may well address each professor in -the language which a well-known :bard used towards the kind benefactor of his early days: "The bridegroom can forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yes- treen The Mon'arc'h may forget the crown • • That on 'his• head an hour has ;Let us get hold of a :big th'ou•ght, an idea, a principle, a'n'd' let us bound it upon the 'north, 'upon' the south, upon theeast, and- upon the west. :Let us never forget that we live in a doubt- ing age, an age in which' everything that is not :made of-- the asibestos of truth is destined to he burned u'p. While scanning the dizzy heights and sounding the vast depths of scientific truth, let us nbt 'forget the in'teres'ts. of our Dominion in this the morni'n'g -of its youthful 'days—yeal let us re- member the interests of the a or1d at large, Let 'our hearts beat •syauehron- ously with the big heart of humanity, which to -day is paniting after knowl- edge—our lungs respire in unison with the gigantic lungs of civilization, whose aspirations to -day the world over,are after truth and liberty of thought add action. Qm the world's broad field of 'battle, an the bivouac of life, ., IBe not like dumb driven cattle IBe a 'hero in the strife ! Trust no future, howe'.r pleasant! (Let the dead past bury its dead! Act—act in the living present, Heart within and God •o'erhead, !Let us remember that the hope of the Dominion is not in her guns, her battlements, nor yet in, the wily tricks of her crooked politicians, but in the integrity, the loyalty, the deep true faith Of her sons—in short in that "Righteousness which exalteth a na- tion," Let DS •endeavor to strengthen the bonds that unite us to that vast empire of which we are proud to form a part—that -empire upon 'which an eternal sun Shines --that empire that 430u ec We Are • Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get ' Anywhere. ; Get our Quotation on Your Next Grier. The Se a.forth SEAFORTH,. ONTARIO. News is today -the crown, the glory of the world. May no ruthless hand ever -sever the golden threads di affection by which we are attached to 'the fin- est, the noblest w.onran-t'hat ever sat upon' an earthly throne, who now s'w'ays a golden scepter over a free happy and contented people—Qnee'n Victoria. God bless 'leer! When she surrenders her •earthly crown — may she "receive a crown incorru'p'tible, undfile.d and that fadeth not away•" (_Now, 'fellow -graduates, ',farewell ! May we who have spent so much time and mousy Ido in the pursuit of earthly knowledge, may we not fo,i.get that knowledge that cometh clown from above, but may 'otic lives be like trite bright streak of morn'i'ng light which. at first gilds the -moun- tain tops -with glory, but shines On ,brighter and brighter 'till lost in the pure, the •pertfectday. I•n short, amidst all our .getting—all our c'hoosin'g—let us "choose that good,paist which shall not be taken away." -Now, a 'fe'w ward's to the under- graduates, and 11 have done. We also must part, ',Ant the painful thought, a strange, melancholy feeling seems to freeze the wartn fountains of my soul. II 'almost feed sorry that I have graduated. I,n s'piriitwe shall often meet in the familiar (hails of old Mc- Gill. I know that you .wild receive kindly any suggestions that I have to make, as you know that they are dictated by an earnest desire for yonir 'welfare and that they come bub'blin-g up, from the deep fountains -of a warm heart. First of all, attend to your health. Many of you know that this was the rock upon which' I was almost wrecked, therefore I speak feelingly on the •subjejct. To receive an Al. D. just 'in ti'rn to have it carved on your tombstone, is surely an empty 'h'on'or; but to die in a mad :attempt to ob- tain it, must indeed be "vanity and vexation of spirit" Then attend to your health, health is better than all the gold medals an your planet; mare prized than all the offices in the Do- minion just now—if once lost you will not find it fdr sale in any of the markets in this great' metropolis; and all the influence of the 'governor will not be potent enough to procure it for you. Next avoid the trashy, chaffy lit- erature with which so many of the stores of this city a'r'e literally cram- med—light, worthle'ss, immoral pub- lications that infest Montreal like a perennial ep'idem'ic — an everlas'tin'g moral malaria. 'Besides being a sinful waste of time, the reading of such trash injuries the memory, perverts the judgment, and is altogether un- worthy of a student -of our noble pro- fession. One, thing you should do — stud'y your profession. THE DEADLY MYSTERY Years ago the whole of England was excited' over ;the case of Freder- ick Henry Seddon, a north (Condom life 'insurance superintendent, charged, with his .wife, with the willful murder of 'Eliza lBannow, an unmarried wo- man, aged 49, -who .had, lodged an' the top floor of the house he occupied in Islington, North London. The trial :of the Sedi'don:s, :one of the most remark- able cri'm'inal dramas of 'our time, 'took place at Lo-nd'an twenty years ago, the male prisoner having the advantage of being defended by that Goliath of the law, then at the height of his powers, the late' Sir Edward 'Marshall- K.C. 'No less bnilliant an;d im- pressi•ve 'while scrupulously fair was the conduct of the 'prosecu'tion in the lra.nds'of the present Marquis, of Read- ing, then Sir .Sufus Isaacs, 'EC.; at- torney general and head of the Eng- lish bar. A battle of giants, and cer- tainly the greatest trialover which the late. Mr. 'Justice Bucknill, kindliest and ,most human of judges, was ever cal'le'd' upon to preside. Quite possibly 'Miss 'Eliza' Banno'w would have been al:i'Ie till this day f she had not had the misfortune, as. it'was ' in fact to prove, to possess £'4,000. From accounts of her she can 'bes't be described as an eccentric, fool'is'h, and extremely •miserly wo- man. Such !caresses as she could spare from her 'grid and banknotes, which she was comstanitly'han'd'li'ng with aim- less e'n'th'usi'asm, were 1b'estowe'd' 'upon an orphan (boy named :Ernie Grant, whd lived' with her as an adopted' son. Nevertheless she 'seems to have con, ceived' a 'trustful admiration• for her landlord, /Fred'eri'ck iSedd-on, possibly because'' he was a m'a'n after her own heart, a greedy, grasping miner, who saw more ^beauty in a banknote than in the loveliest effects of, nature or of art. It really seems that site regarded the man not simply as a co'mipeten•t adviser but as an honest and d+is!inter- e'sted friend-. At any -rate, matters were so arranged, that, by degrees, the greater part of 'Miss Blann'ow s capital was transferred to 'Sedldan, ;the inten- tion being apparently that, with his ,expert knowledge of life insurance, he should _invest i't 'for her at a lucra- tive prolfit, S'oonl. aifterward,s the wo- man's health began mysteriously to fail; whereat 'Seddon appeared deeply PAGE THREE. to send word of 'her i'llness to her near relatives in London. ' The 'summer of 119,11' was hot, and there were unwelcome visitors to Mnss ;Bannow's ,bedrooms an the shape of -a swarm ofhoh' use-fl,es, causing her much annoyance. ,Co useque'ntly, She Sedldorns' daughter Maggie, was -send to the chemist's for some 'fly -papers, not the sticky .kind, but the sort, which, when moistened with water; will cleanly and quickly kill these in- quisitive insects. Whether gar not Seel-- d'on knew that 'these fly -papers con- tained arsenic in deadly quantities, and that this poisonous drug would soak into 'the water, thus provid'in'g a handy means of murder, was one of the chief questions for the jury at the trial, Anyh'o'w, Miss Bannow's condition grew worse, and a doctor was sum'm'oned. The medicine he or- dered .was to be taken with care and ,regularity, There was one point abgeut the d'o'ctor''s physic which the at- torney nttorney stressed heavily in his sp'ee'ch to the jury at the Old !Bailey, IIt con- tained no .arsenic. at was on fSepitem'ber 114, 11911, that the wom'an,'died. 'Seddon was in some embarrassment, through 'no't having let the relatives of Mies IB'an•no:w know that she was fd!I, although they lived only a mile or so away, 'Th'is e'ntlbar- eass'ment was 'heightened when a week later, quite by chance, he met erre of them lin the street end, in reply to the ,women's 'health, had to say that, um - fortunately, she was no longer living her body having been buried at High- gate several days 'before. (Concerning the !burial of Miss B'a' now, ;Seddon s'h'owed his custom' business acumen. For ee'o•no'my'is sak he arra'n'ged that her holy should interred with others in a public gran com'm'only known as a "pau'per's 'fun eral," After so -me haggli'n'g with the un •derta'ken'the cost of the interment wa fixed at £'4 Ms.'The woman's relatives, however .M particularly a male cousin, r, Fran Vond'erahe were'su rase •r d t d' n- ary , e, o 'c k P s over that site had left no will, and that, at the -date of her death, the 'hulk of her property was in the !rands of Seddon. 'Finally, an 'interview between Mr, Vonderahe and (Seddon 'proved so un illuminating, or to a keen eye so re, vealing, that an application was mad to the Home 'O'ffice for the exaxmin a•tiou. of Miss 'Bannow''s body, whit for two months .had lain in the High gate grave. 1 In the .body- Sir ;Bernard Spi'lsbury found 'a large quantity of arsenic. I his experienced' judgment Miss Ban now had died of arsenical poisohing having swa'llowe'd a fatal dose of th drug within 48 hours of her death. It was almost the first of,the grea poison mysteries to engage the atten- tion .of the eminent doctor-d'ettective In conjunction with Sir.William Wil- cox, 'an'oth'er Home Office expert— neither of these distinguished 'witness- es shad, then received their knight- hoods --Dr. Sp'ilsbury had worked longlong'hours upon the case. When, on ,the 'fourth day of the trial of Freder- ick 'Henry Seddon and his wife for nu- th.e wilful umd'er of Eliza 'Ban'no'w, the 'greatest of -living poison experts stepped into the witness -box at the Old Bailey, 'there was not a remain - doubt in 'h'i's mind that the dead woman had been 'poison by arsenic, While 'Bernard S'piis'bury is in the witness -box 11udarsh'all-IHau'l is mani- festly uneasy. The jury are evidently impressed by the 'd'octor's cool scien- tific -reasoning. Never 'was the "dis- passionate intelligence" 0'1 the man — MarsIaa,Il'Hall's awtn Phrase—employ- ed with such deadly effect, Turning to the jury -box Spi'ls'bury sets forth his reasons, unfolds -his arguments, d'esocibes :his experiments, but always his ,verdict, arrived at by sheer weight of scientific evidence, is the same: "My opinion is that death was the result of acute arsenical 'po'is'oning." With the skill and experience gained in long years of criminal advocacy, Sir Edward: Marshall4Hal1 fought to convince the jury that there was no evid,e'n'ce to connect 'Seddon with the woman's deith, But Dr. S'pilsbury can -not he 'persuaded to swerve or compromise, "My opinion ^is that death was the result of, acute arsenical pois'onfnrg,'-'by one route or another, always back .to -that one incisive phrase. In. his'heart 'Marshall' -Hall must have 'known that Se'dd'on was a doomed 'ma'n, 'For the Crown it was argued, with masterly cogency, .that Seddon had every reason to desire Miss 'Ban'now's •dea'tlt, that he had a'rs'enic in 'his p'osaes:sion 0ons'tan'tly through- the regular, purchase of the fly -Papers, and that his frequent' • pre- sence in the sick -room gave hint ade- quate o'ppor'tunities to use the -pais- 'oiled"water with murderous intent; !Between these contend'in'g views the Old Bailey jury decided against Frederick- Seddon although they ac- quitted 'Mrs. 'Sneddon of ali knowledige of the crime, Upon 'hearing. the ver - diet 'which was to se'n'd' hint to the s'caff'old, Seddon crossed the space of the dock and' a'ffectiouately kiss,e'd'hi,s Wife. Then, in response to the cm, st'.o concerned, but did not 'think it prop erisle had anytlum'g'to say Why he should A,rnaign'sshould e h n e from the Clerlk o 0 i ut whether Services We Rat Render In the time of need PROTECTION is your •best friend. Life Insurance —To ,protect your LOVED ONE'S. Auto Insurance— To protect you against LIABILITY to PUBLIC and their PROPERTY.. Fire Insurance— To protect your HOME and its CONTENTS. Sickness and Accident Insurance— To protect your INCOME. Any of the above lines we can give you in strong and reliable companies. If interested,' call or write, E. C. CHAI`IBE KLA:IN INSURANCE AGENCY Phone 354 Seaforth, 'Oat. not nee'eive judgment of death; the pris'on'er, with a .gesture ,affirmed be- fore the great architect of the uni- verse that he was guiltle'ss of 'the' murder of Miss 'Bairnow. In a voice tremul'auss with emotion Me. Justice Buckn'ill recited the inevitable ' sen- tence, urging Seddon toMake hiss p'ea'ce with his Maker. "I ant at peace," re'joine'd Seddon, firmly. Still asserting :his innocence, even after his .appeal had been dismissed, 'betraying neither fear nor comptine- tion, this murderer, whose god wag money, paid the ultimate reckoning. ITihe final balanic was struok, the ledger for ever closed, Physicians Skill 1s Taxed Little gray -eyed Philip gazes sat you hopefully. Perhaps you tsar mend his damaged. toy? Yee, that can soon be done—but to help menu l his damaged Lungs, his weakened little frame, is a work of far greater moment. of the kindlyill docall tors and nurses d the Queen Mary Hospital for Cems- sumptive Children to bring 'elfin about, However. there is hope even'. for Philip. as there is for so many other little children who are being cared for in this institutlon. Contributions to assist this great work are needed, however, and a we cft ommoney on Please send it to be most A. Reid, 223 College St, Toronto 2. Mirrors, unlike sante people, never force their 'reflections upon us - 'Here Here and There Grain shipments through the port of Halifax were nearly 400,- 000 bushels greater in 1931 than in 1930. Figures for' the two years are: 1930; 731,995 bushels; 1931„ 1,126,787 bushels. Gold production from Northern Ontario mines in '1931 is estimat- ed to have a value of $43,000,000. Since mining began 25 years ago, these mines have produced to a value of $395,000,000 worth 01 gold. The Mountain comes to Mahe - met these (lays. University of Alberta gives educational courses by radio four times a week, en- abling those unable to attend in person to have the university taken to them. Total value of all field crops produced in Canada in +1931 •is estimated at $431,251,000, of which wheat accounts for '$108;- 786,000. Hay and clover :is the next most valuable crop, 'being put at $113,961,000. A solid block of blue granite hewn from the side of Mt. Sir Donald, in the Canadian Rockies, has been shipped to New Haven, Connecticut, to be incorporated in the new Strathcona Memorial Building now being built at Tale Universit u. The five great branches of primary industry in Canada, as measured by the latest available statistics of value of production were agriculture, forestry, min- ing, electric power and fisheries, with the first having a production greater than all the four••others combined. Ou't for the D. W. Beatty mid- winter golf championship trophy to be fought for over the links of the Royal Colwood Golf Course, February 22-27, leading amateurs from Seattle have notified 'their intention to compete. Last year's cup winners from Victoria will also tee off and there will be strong contingents from Vancou- ver and the Prairie Provinces as far east as Winnipeg. Who is the Canadian Pacific pensioner with the longest ser- vice record? A controversy re- cently raging has been ended by the official statement that John Caesar, of Vancouver, is the "grand old man" of the company, with 48 years of service, closely followed by W. J. Grant, of Ha- milton, with 47. They are respee-: Lively 81 and 78 years of age, , Highly pleased with their first experience Of Canadian ski -in county, delighted. with Canadian g hospitality and looking forward to future visits to the Dominion„ the Oxford -Cambridge skiers sail- ed recently from Saint John to Liverpool aboard the Duchess of York. Matches between Canadian and British university ski teams will ro p babl be y a result visit Ult of the Dyes of winter Spout enthusiastsare now beteg focussed nn the big event of rhe season on this con- tinent, the 11th annual Gnstenn International Doe Sled Derby to be held hehrtu;ry 22-24 at Ono - bee 'ever 0 05...03 02 1.:;1 mile% terminating with the Dog Derby Ball ace the Chateau Irrontenac. Ontetanding dog ravishers are en- tered for the event, (815)