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THE WINQ}IAM ADYANC
Thursday, NQIV. 2 ,. i1933
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Stanley Baldwin, n Lord
President of
the Council in Britain, stated that he
dict not believe, there is "Any real
risk of war in Europe at this mo-
ment," It might be ` noticed he did
not Say "any real danger of war,"
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The C.C,F. are to be congratulated
on tate fact thatthey do not want
"Reds" in their organization.
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In Palmerston 120; children have
been given one diphtheria toxoid ad-
ministration. In this regard our town
is far behind.
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The. hunters that went north were
snow -bound. Reports say that they
did not worry. If they had a deck of
cards and plenty of food, why should
they?
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Hold -tip men in Toronto are using:
speed these days. Last Thursday.
they pulled three hold-ups within half
an hour.
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That Northern Ontario can grow
good grains was demonstrated at the
Ottawa Winter Fair when a farmer
of the Temiskan ing district' won first
prize in competition for five Itets of
grain and, seed.
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Five Toronto lawyers have
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debarred and declared unworth • of
practise as solicitors in Ontario. One pro-
fession
imagine that men, of that ro
fession would know better than to
transgress in ,such a manner as to
lose their parchments.
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United States will repeal prohibi-
tion about Dec, 5th, Aeeofding to
some of the stories told about that
country, many were under the im-
pression that they never had prohibi-
tion. .
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Al Capone is again making, efforts
to be freed from prison. He seenfs
to have one good quality—he is per- s
sistent.
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When Grey, Simcoe and Bruce
Counties were thrown open for a 4-
day deer hunt about forty-four men
around Orangeville bought licenses at
$4 each. Not one; of thern'shot a deer.
The deer still live and. the Govern-
inent, is $176 richer.
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Wednesday night of last week was
the coldest November night since
1840, That is one record we could
have done without.
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It has been said there is honour
among thieves, but apparently this
does not apply to kidnappers.. Two
men seized and killed Brooke Hart
of. San Jose, Cal., .and then tried to,
collect $40,000 ransom.
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Miss Agnes Maephail, M.P., tf,F.O.
member for South Grey, will enter .a.
Montreal Hospital soon for a serious
operation, Eventhose who oppose
her politically wish her a. speedy re- k
covery. b
The British \Columbia sea serpent
has again bean'eseen, This time by
bathers who were swimming in icy
waters. If we swam in ire water we
colud see almost anything also.
REMINISCENCES
By An.01c1 Timer,
Fisher's bridge as we called it be-
cause it was . close to the mill, was
built in the summer of '66.. It bore
the full force of .Fall debris brought
down `both st ea1t ns
r s by spring'
tloocis.
Twice, half of it was carried away
and once some lumbermen from Ot-
tawa hewed it down to let their log
rafts pass --a piece of pure bluff.
In the spring the river was an un-
known quantity—sometimes' the ice
broke quietly and shoved slowly out
without nt'uchi ado, the water merely
filling the banks to the brim. At oth-
er times if there had been heavy
snows during the winter the swamps
would be full of water in the, spring
and if the ice jammed at the Big Bend
two or three miles below the village,
the flood would be forced back into
the swamps, and fallen trees, logs and
stumps would float out into the river,
increasing the ice jam and •causing, the
lows lying land along the river to be
flooded,
\5fhen my father built his arouse by
the river he was assured that it would
-never overflow its banks but altho
the foundation of the house was built
three feet above ground the water
rose two or three inches on the lower
floors on two occasions.
Twice, in
the summer, the darn broke in the
night, and we were awakened by the
sound of water running
,, into the Cel-.
'lar windows, but the flood soon sub-
sided,
u bb-
sided.
John Kelly once told us that �, an the
spring :of '61 when his family yr xnow ed
to a farm north of the village, he
hunted cows along the river and saw
straw and bark in the high branches
of the hawthorng
trees along the
bank. There must have been a much
higher flood that spring,,,_„",_
In 1863 there were neither church-
es nor schools altho' land had been.
set aside for them in ' the original
townsite.Most of the men spent the.
SablSath in shooting, for deer, bears,
and wild cats were plentiful. In the
latter months of that year the Bap-
tists rented a room over a tavern shed
and Rev. Mr, Ratcliff preached there.
These rooms built over the driving
heds of the taverns, sometimes un-
er a
continuation
of the tavern
roof; were the public halls where all
public meetings and dances were
held. I think that the old Baptist
Church on Helena Street was the first
Church built in Wingbam. I remelts-
her hearing Mr. Sinclair preach there
in 1867.
The firat Anglican Churchwas on
John Street between. William Street
and Fisher's dant. It was of brick.
We attended the consecration service
in 1868 ' but it may have been built
some time earlier, Mr. Murphy was
the first incumbent. His sister, Miss
Murphy, kept a private school over
Abram's shoe shop on Victoria St.,
for a number of years. He was fol-
lowed
wve by Rural. Dean Davis.
Thos, Abram was .oneof the those
old-time shoemakers who , pegged
away; day in and:day out, making
shoes that were shoes indeed, shoes
that could be .relied upon to wear as
no factory -made shoes would wear.
been shop was a gathering -place for
indred spirits,: and many a political
attic was fought and won around his
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work -bench, for Tom ,Abram was a.
staunch Conservative to?d Orangeman.
The first Presbyterian Church most
have been built about the same time
on Victoria Street, overlooking the
river and Green's 'Prairie, 1 remern-.
bet• being :at tut anniversary tea meet-
ing there in 1868. ,Mother lent her
little English piano .for tate occasion
and the Wesleyan Methodist Choir.
assisted in the entertainment, The
first Minister was the Rev, Mr. Has -
tie, Ministers named Pritchard and
McQuarrie followed, The Coutts,
Sheils, Robertsons, and other famil-
ies .used to drivein, nine and ten
miles, to the services on Sunday af-
ternoon from the west side in their
wagons -buggies were almost <'un-
known in the backwoods, What would
the shades of those people think if.
they r etnrned to earth and saw our
motor -cars. Numerous additions were
made to this church to accoinmodat.
a very large congregation.. It owe
burned in, 1881 and the town Presby
terians built a new church next to
Ben Wilson's house near the first sta-
tion, but that was after my time.,
Altho' there was quite a number of
Roman Catholics in Upper Town
they built no Church till the late 70's'
In the latter part of 1864 was the
"Fenian Scare. Wild tales were
spread by ignorant and mischievous
persons that the Roxnan Catholics in
Ontario were . joining with the Fen-
ians to massacre the Protestants on
Xmas Eve. It was said that :they
were holding secret meetings and had`
pikes and guns hidden in their chur-
ches. Quite naturally. the Protestants
in Upper Winghani'became alarmed.
They cleaned their guns, bought shot
and powedr-set a watch and prepar-
ed for the worst. The excitement
reached a climax
one midnight when
the `;people of Lower ltringhani were
roused with the news that the Fen-
ians were near the village -tae
Cath-
olics were rising and moving
their
women and children with much cry-
ing and; swearing. The watchers ga-
thered at• the bridge where the at-
tack was expected, but all remained
quiet,—They reconnoitred the Upper
Town' and found all lights out, every-
body`alseep. Next day they found out
that a drunken man turning his wife
and family out into the cold had -been.
the source of all the trouble. .Some-
one's imagination had run -riot. -They
found that the Catholics had been as
much afraid of : the Fenians as the
Protestants we're. No doubt, many
misunderstandings had as little cause
and there
are always those who love
to stir up mischief..
In 1864 the first Wesleyan Meth-
odist service was held in the hall
above the driving shed of Copeland's
tavern on Helena Street. When lm'
father built his house in 1864 a room
over the kitchen and pantries was set
apart for religious services which be-
gan in January of 7865 and continued
till the first Methodist Chapel was
built on Arthur Street, A service was
held there every Sunday evening. The
minister, the Rev, Edward Cragg,
coming- from another village. Sunday
school, l3and of Hope and Temperan-
ce meetings were held there. (There
were six tavern, to a population of
less than eighty families.) In the fol-
lowing year there were fifty scholars
in the Sunday School.
In '65 the first Missionary meeting,
of any denomination in the village
was held in this Upper' Room by the
Methodists. Three ministers gave
addresses and the choir sang anthems
between. In Jan. '66 a subscription
was started for the building of a
Wesleyan Methodist Churtth. A half
acre lot on Arthur Street was bought
from the government. It was in *the
same block as the Presbyterian
Church not far from the river, but
a lot intervened between it and Vic-
toria Street. It cost $30 and $15 was
paid for clearing it of •trees. The
church was not completed till the fall
of '67. The.opening'was held on the
day of an Agricultural show. A din-
ner at noon, for 25c, a soiree that ev-
ening at 25c,• a second soiree the fol-
lowing evening' at a York Shilling
(12fc), and collections on the Sab-
bath netted $150. This was a frame
building 80 ft. x 40 ft. The plaster-
ing was done by Mr. Geo, Blackwell
"who executed a very tasteful cornice
and centre piece for a chandelier of
eight lamps."
Among minister of those early days
I remember the navies of . Cragg,
Hanna, Bristol, Cleworth, Savage,
tilackstoek, Selier;y, Turner, and Cove
crdale ''Watson. Some of these were
only occasional 'preachers, bttt the
Rev; Thos. Clewortb, brother-in-law
of: Rev, iL Cragg; was the first resi-
dent minister. The Rev. Chas. La=
vele, Dr, Blackstock, "California”
Taylor, and Dr. Lachlan Taylor, a
big Highland Scotchman, who christ-
enedint dolls, were preachers au
y
special occasions. The minister who
I remember best was a genial Irish-
mate the Rev. W'm. Bryers,who pre-
faced the at r grime
a d to t t. cetnett the
t. r,� t L
s
chnrch's weekly activities With the
-words: "Let us retrrentber not to for-
get", Among the children of the parr
nonage I remember:` Eddie Cragg,
Thornton Etristol, Gilliu and Moren-
a Cleworth and Ella, Fannie and
A 266 LBS. MAN
LOSES FAT
56 Lbs, Off --•. ,heels Better
A wonntn writes about her husband
as follows:—"He started to take
Kruschen ',Salts for rhes tnatism. Elis
weight was then 266 lbs. He began
to lose weight, and -now he, is 210
lbs., and feels better. He took'balfea-
teaspoonful of Kruschen in a cup of
warm water every morning. People
keep asking what he has dotte to fetch
his weight down and be always says
Krusehen Salts."—(Mrs.) E. S.
Thousands of overstout men and
women,. find in Kruschen Salts a far
better means of reducing than by
taking drugs. The little daily dose.
of Kruschen Salts keeps the organs
functioning properly every day and
fills you with such a feeling' of radi
ant vitality and vigor that before you
e I know it",
you
are fairly t 1 "jumping Y J
tot out
P g
of your Skin" with energy instead of
moping around -and reduction fol-
lows as a matter of course.
Nettie Dryers.
" In 1872 a small Bell organ was
bought for the church. Mrs; T. Ge-
thyn Jackson was thefirst organist,
followed by Mrs. Towler. In 1874
this church was sold and a new one
built on Minnie Street followed by a
new parsonage on the next lot in
1876. I think it was in 1874 that
trees were planted on, Minnie Street.:
When the first school was opened
in Wingham I do not know, but the
first that I remember existed in 1867.
It stood' at the corner of Leopold and.
John Streets. There was :a sharp de-
clivity in front of the school extend-
ing to Leopold Street. In winter the
boys and girls slid down the slope'
on sleighs, boards, old tin pans or "a'
la Pickwick" until it was glare ice.
Surely v leather -a.nd tweed must have
been sturdier material in those dis-
tant days. Aross John Street was a
gravel pit :forbidden ground—and
overlooking it on Leopold Street was
a house built by Geo. Blackwell. La-
ter Silas Griffin built a gabled house
further north,
Behind the School, when I first
knew it, was a fenced -in orchard, The
fence between it and the school was
a palIisade. of posts, some six feet in
height driven into the ground close
together. The trees were a fair size.
and bearing fruit. Before the new
brick school, east of Josephine St.,
was built,
the treese2
w ecompletely
m fete]
P Y
broken down, scarcely a stump re-
maining, and the fetice, even the pal-
lisade, had quite• disappeared—So
muchiyouth!
hush for destructive I sup-
pose there will always be those bent
on destroying what others have, lab-
ored to build.
iV1r, Mundell was the first teacher,
A -Scotch woman, Mrs, Spence, as-
sisted, teaching the infant class in the
ante room. Later teachers were
Charles and Farquhar Stuart, broth-
ers, -followed bya retired soldier
named Molesworth whose nose had
been slot oft, injuring both sight and
hearing so that he was rather handi-
capped in keeping order. The 'girls,
spread shawls on the floor at the'
back of the room and played jacks,
Those owning shawls were persons.
of importance and had certain rights
of precedence. The boys settled their'
MAPLE SUGAR PRO-
DUCTS
F,arly Apiilication for Sugar Bush
Licenses • Advised
Experience of the past 'three years
administration of the Maple Sugar In
dustry Act and'', Regulations has
shown that ther•ein'iiii. tendency on the
g
part of faieneei. tiler owners of
sugarb hes to
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t v er
Y last
tngrnetrt in applying for license or re-
newal al of the license to permit maple
sugar products being exported or
or shipped to another province. The
final date for renewal of license is
December 31st,' after which date li-
censes not renewed are liable to can-
cellation and -further shipments out-
side the provinee or use of license no.
by those affected is contrary to • the
provisions of the Maple Sugar In-
dustry Act and Regulations,
There is not the slightest advantage
gained by delay. The . time to apply
for license or renewal is now. Some-
times it has happened that a, sugar
bush , owner, seizing an opportt nity
for trade, had suddenly decided to
sell his syrup " and sugar outside the
province, has been forced either' to
violate the Maple Sugar Industry Act
or delay shipment, or to pass up the
deal. To any ;farmer who^ may have
the opportunity 'of selling his maple
products to another province the.
, 'ruit Commissioner, Department of
Agriculture, Ottawa, will be pleased
to give full details and instructions
on how to obtain a license.
oT e' law is quite clear: every sugar
,� 1 s g
bush or sugar orchard from which
maple products: are exported or ship-
.
P P-
ped to another province must be Ii
.tensed and time -owner, lessee or op-
erator must apply to the Fruit Com-
missioner for a license or -for a re-
newal. The applicant must give his
name and address, also the lot num-
ber, concession, township and coun-
ty in which the sugar bush is located,.
together with the total number of ma-
-�wM e ac^‘efv
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�t ears.
otig the Iarmers
ANY years ago it was decided
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�+� -that ,the fortunes of The
t`� Canadian Bank of Commerce wou
ld
be largely dependent on the growth
and development of a -riculture.
For that reason ,it has always been
the policy of this Bank to follow the
farmer East and West, --to give him.
adequate banking service, --to sup-
port him to the fullestp ossible-extent,
THE CANADIAN -BAN
OF COMMER C
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ple trees in the stand and the
of trees: tapped.
Cans or bottles containing maple
syrup for retail trade must be clearly
marked'' or tagged to show the com-
mon name of the roduct, the net
P ;,
weight, the name and address of the
manufacturer or packer or of the 'su-
gar orchard' and when licensing is,
required, the 'license number. Furth-
er all labels,tags, caps, stickers, etc.,
showing the required marks' must''be
submitted to the Fruit „Commissioner
numbe
in duplicate for approval in wit n "
g
t�
before 'being used. Failure, to do so
constitutes a violation of the _Maple
Sugar Industry Act, Manttf,acttr ing
or packing plants shipping maple pro--
ducts
ro-ducts from "one 'province ` to 'another
are, •also required to operate a d ,.1
license issued by the Minister) of A -f
ricttlture,
h
T e best way\to keep a body.from
becoming a btlsyboely s,..to keep' a
body busy. ,
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differences with fists in the ante room is
and all ._n loved from seat to seat at ■
pleasure. Fortunately for all concern-
ed this teacher's reign was short fol'
on being left an estate in Ireland (a
title too, it was said), he.vanished. A
galvonic battery used by Dr. Tow-
ler to cttre Miss MoIesworth's with-
ered aria, was quite a cttriosity at
that time,
The next teacher, Mr Henderson,
taught for only a year and was fol-
lowed by Mr. Jas, Ferguson, who ev-
en in these modern clays would hold
liis own in advancing his pupils.
How he drilled in spelling, reading
and arithmetic and how interesting. he
made history and geography! Every
year .rte ' prepared a , class for the
Third Class. Exams -teaching physics,
algebra to the end of equations, and
.two books of Euclid, besides litera-
ture. How lie compared with other
teachers 1 d i not know,' for he was
my only public school teacher, but I
do know that he was most thorough
and energetic.
It was during Mr, Ferguson's time
that the new eight room school was
built ort William Cornyrf's estate vitt
the 10's. It is probably in existence
still for there was no jerry building;
in Ontario in those days and it' was
considered the finest school in the
country. Before this school was built
another school had been opened in
the old Baptist Church in Lower
Wittghant. The first teacher was Mr.
Mooney,
an Irishman. n an 'Following him
were Miss Mary Fisher, Mr, Walker,
Ed, Groves, and William Gibson,
(Concluded Next Week) •
Mrs. Smith: "I hear your eldest
daughter has married , a struggling
young. man,"
Mrs. Brown: "Well, he did strug-
gle toward the last,, but he couldn't
pet away."
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