The Wingham Advance Times, 1930-03-06, Page 51,7
Thursday, March 6th, 1930
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▪ Print. Aprons, Past colors, now , .. 59c
• Supersilk Hose, reduced to $1.00
E Corsettes, now only 98c
Flannelette, Yard wide . .... .. . 20e
Sheeting, 2 yards wide, reduced to , ..49c
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Canvas Gloves for spring work ... 10c
Turkish Towels .Reg. 35c, Bargain , , .... 25c
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Well Earned Fame
° Bill Shakespeare, then of the en-
graving department of the New York
American, was accosted by one of the
big shots of the outfit on a tour of
inspection.
Let me see, let -me -sae's the execu-
tive, "what is your name again."
"William Shakespeare, sir," replied
Bi1L
"Um, quite a well known name,
eh ?»
"Oughts be," said Bill brightly,
"I've been around here twenty-five
years."—The Mirror,
Like Mother Used to Make
TOASTER $3.50—A gift that cbery
member of the fancily will appreciate.
Automatically burns toast.—Ad in the
Riverside (Cal.) Enterprise.
Why Geographers Leave Home
Waiter—"Are you Hungary?"
Broker—"Yes, Siam."
Waiter—"Then Russia
and I'll Fiji,"
Broker—"All right, Sweden
fee and Denmark niy bill."
—Kennebec Journal.
to the table
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Every 8t Jl .Televhone is -a Long Distance Station
Sell this new
way -
by Code
Numbers
Many progressive flans today are
using long distance telephone
service to get sales at lower costs.
They divide their territories into
"Key ,Towns" from which dif-
ferent groups of customers can
be called conveniently and econ-
omically.
We assist in this by compiling
Sequence Lists of calls. and giv-
ing' each call a Code. Number.
The salesman then just tells the
Long Distance operator: "I want
numbers 2, 6 and 9 on my Se-
quence List".
The ihcreased facilities for long
distance service make Eey-town
Selling by Code Numbers more
efficient than ever. We shall be
glad to explain the details and
help you organize your lists.
PIONEER AT 84
ENJOYING LIFE
Lawrence Pearen, of Wingham; is
in his 64th year. He has had a long
experience in pioneer work and con-
ditions in Ontario, and he has been.
three titres married. Be has suffered
losses of friends and relations, but to-
day lie.looks out on the world with as
much lively ,enjoyment and as keen
an anticipation of the world's joys as
at any time in his long life.
Inn he
t tatter
of longevity n -
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g y he is
true to family traditions for his fa-
ther died in:Belgrave at' the age of
85, and his mother, who died in Wing -
ham, was '75.
The time 'has come in Mr. Pearen's
life and philosophy when he can spend
his days, with the flowers he loves in
his garden, speculating on the pages
of life which he has turned, musing on
the manifold changes which have been
brought about in all walks of life sin-
ce the days of his youth, and gazing
contentedly into all the to -morrows
that life niay yet bring for hint.
The days of his youth were the
days of the pioneer. He saw the in-
novation ofthe automobile, and the
airplane. He ploughed with oxen as
a boy. He knew the people who lived
inlog cabins, and he saw their child-
ren live to build .spacious brick hous-
es on their farms.
His outlook now is a happy one.
He likes to ride in a car; to listen
to the radio; to watch the.youngsters
flying, but for himself he is willing
to let the' airplane pass him by. He
has no desire to be an air passenger.
He says shrewdly, "The ground is
still the safest• place, you know."
Mr. Pearen was born in Peel Coun-
ty in 1847. At 19 he started to learn
the business of tanning in 'Exeter.
About that time the Fenian Raid took
place, and he enlisted with the corn-
parry commanded by Captain Hynd-
man and had as his instructor Glen.
Elliott. He.stayed with this company,
which was held in readiness, for some
time, and was in due course discharg-
ed when the danger that threatened
was over. .
At the 'age of 22 years, Mr. Pearen
embarked on his first venture in mat-
rimony. He was married to Miss Es-
ter Cook, of Detroit, who died one
year later on the anniversary of her
wedding. He remained at the tanning
business, learning his trade with Isaac
Carling, at Exeter. Shortly after this,
he, together with his parents, four
brothers and one sister, moved to
Wingham. There they took up land
and began 'to clear it with teams of
oxen. His house was in East Wawa -
nosh. ,He recalls that at that time,
about 54 years ago, Wingham consist -
cd of four small stores, four hotels,
each with a bar, and two furniture
factories, these last being still in rise.
One has become the Union factory of
Fry and Blackhall, the other is n ow
owned by the Grin -Sem -Ola Company,
When Mr. Pearen was 30 years old,
he was married again, this time to
Miss Mary Coultis, of Wingham. The
:minister who married them was Rev.
Janes Mitchell, and the ceremony was
.performed at the Methodist parson-
age. The union was blessed With
three boys and a girl, all of whom
are now living. They are Joshua Hen-
ry; of Owosso, Mich., John 'Wesley,
of Toronto; Mathew Lawrence, of
Toronto, and Mrs. Lavina Hunt.
This union lasted for 89' years, 1
when the second Mrs. i'earen: died, r
The pioneer kept his family together t
until . they were all able to take their
own places in the world, Later he t,
found his third wi fe in Mrs. Lily f
one, three brothers and one sister are
still alive, These are, Esaias, of Cali-
fornia Mathew Knott,ofManitoba;
Henry, of London; and Mrs. James
Hunt, of. Toronto.
In politics Mr. Pearen is a Liberal,
although a moderate one. 1 -le says "1
do not take so much stock in politics
as I used to. 1 just vote for the par-
ty which it appears to me, is earnest-
ly endeavorinng to do the right thing
by the country at the time, irrespec-
tive of party." I
Speaking of politics, Mr. Pearenre-
members the passing of the Dunkin
Act, the Scott Ac.t, and is able to'mea-
sure conditions which nought ,then
about, with conditions existing at the
time of the birth of the 0, T. A,
and of the present Liquor Control
Act.
He is a member of the L. 0. 1,...
Lodgs,.No. 794, a charter 'member of
the Canadian Order of Foresters, and.
an ardent worker for the United
Church of Canada.
DREAMS III
Why 1 decided' to give 'publicity to
some of My Dreams, I would rather
not say.
I certainly had no idea that the
relation of them would meet with
any degree of approval or be in any
way interesting. 1 had no idea that
any one would entertain more than
a very casual regard for :my dreams.
1 did not think for a moment that
a remote posterity would find amnse-
ment in thein. Assuredly, I never im-
agined 1 could drop seeds of immor-
tality into them. 1 •had no thought,
moreover, of achieving fame through.
them, arid" I was absolutely incapable
of -harboring any pleasant delusions
concerning then.
Against this rather formidable ar-
ray of negatives, I must needs erect
a few positives, so that the contempt-
ible truth may be told. I am very
positive about these ,positives and
really a. bit ashamed of them too. I
will, nevertheless, expound and ex-
pose them.
I did consider my Dreams as fel-
oniously fit and reprehensibly ripe for
a boorish burial. I firmly believed
they would be buried ;with little fuss,
and no ceremony or regret to speak
of. I believed that the only feelings
their interment would' arouse, would
be feelings of relief to. Myself and to
all who made acquaintance with them,
intense, profound and satisfying relief.
Still, My courage, which never for-
sakes me insists upon the zelature of
these madcap dreams. They will en-
counter an ignonuious doom, 1 know
yet they must plriy their part to tilt.
bitter end, and achieve their destiny
and make their exit, with as good c
grace as they can command.
You will understand that relating,
Dreams, such as mine, in the apparen
interests of the Undertakers only, i,
not a cheerful or exhilerating task
Such a one, however, according to my
own confession, I have committed
myself to, and 1 must bend and bind
my energies to it.
The Dream I am first going to
relate is a right, royal one; at least
it has chronological connections with
royalty. It ,visited me on the night
of a 24th of May, the date of the' late
Queen Victoria's birthday. This
dream has repeated its visit since, and
{indeed calls upon me every now and
then, sometimes oftener, One of my
brothers, and also a friend, two of the
most remarkable and reliable prophets
of the age foretold this dream, so I
felt it was inevitable. I was not quite
prepared for its attacking me—that
night however, though I feared it
might. Had not we three, the pro-
phets and myself, been foolish enough
to visit an aquarium that day, niy aw-
ful dream would never have develop-
ed. However, as fate would have
we dict visit an aquarium that day and
spent several hours in it. here the
most interesting exhibit was "The
Three Seals," In a tank of sea water
40 feet by 20 feet three ferocious -
looking seals lived, moved and hacl
their being( most of the time). Oc-
casionally these monsters ambled or
climbed (I don't know which expres••
sion is right) any way they clunisily
ascended out of the water, and sat,
it:relied or lay (again none of these
ight) lolled (that's more like it,
horigh not quite appropriate either)
n tate banks of the tank, and, howl -
d; howled like ten thousand hockey
.tits, 'What they howled for, I don't
now miles 5 they wanted to be given
n assisted passage back into their
lore native element, the water. This
citing. IliLCk procedure required scr-
ioa, exertion, and caused considerable
pain when the r•t'eti.riSi hue• 0)OVerlle1)1S
were engineered under tilt seal's own
sttn.111.
We• watclicd' these seals being fed,
nd watered, lb:acit devoured a' hogs
caul of fi lr and drank a bucket of
hat looked,
like milk or milk and
vitt, I am sunt there must have been
'unditnt rttn) hi the potation, their
ter dinner speeches bore testimony
that These particularly lv ostenta=
sus orations were cicliver•ea Qrr dry
Fields, 'being married by the late Rett.
W. J. 1-libhcr.t, also at \Vinghanl Me- a
tliodist parsonage, Ilk third . wife n
died two and a half years later. g
1'o prove that longevity is, in the
Pearen blood, the old gentleman men-
tions that out cif 1111' original fancily
of eleven children, of which he ivas
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"SOOTHA•a44LVA" AMints neuron
J"Babyba tettibloetxema,'Soottia• of
Scion' ended itching in 1 niinutc..1lisecse sopa
tett."—Mrb, ]. tkurtncb, ggtops itch, burn,n : tt
in 1 minute.,8"czen goes for - few d*yJ,
sod is rge
lglcrd bcorstttod atdoar, kmrot� A11 1Jitngiip% . ti
land; the seals ..deliberately getting
out of the water to discourse thein,
What the 't >, seals declaimed 1Nl armed againsty
I'd, otz't know, not being familiar with
their - language. But they certainly
made bitter, very bitter and wrathful'
orations. What they denounced was
perhaps their captivity, though it
seemed to me they' were getting .a
lot of fun out oftheir life, cribbed,
cabined, and confined though it was,
After a while, they slept, a seal asleep
is no great sight, so very, soon, most
of the spectators ors 1eft the seal domi-
cile and went to visit the pike, or
perch or sonic other poor prune of a
fish. But we three remained sealed
to the seals. These seals slept a
Whale of a, time, Losing. •patience, I
sought to awaken one of thein. 'J
chose the biggest one. I gave it a
poke on the nose with my walking
stick, it paid no heed, 'I 'poked it a-
gain, and again, with no result. Then
I administered a savage thrust at the
brute's skull. Quick as lightning, the
seal seized my stick and slid faster
than an avalanche into the ;pool.
I lost both my stick and my nerve
at the same time. My stick I recover-
ed at a later date, in a most miracu-
lous manner. It was providentially
preserved for me, as shall beshown
anon. My nerve, however, has never
regained its wonted rigidity, but re-
mains with me to this day, a poor
feeble, flaccid, worthless thing. The
vicious way that seal snapped my
stick, the look of disreputable disap-
pointment in its eyes, when it found
the stick non -edible, I shall never, nev-
er forget. There became the fiendish
foundation • stones of the dream I
dreamt, that night. This dream I will
rehearse in my next article.
Jas. G. Webster.
Watch Your Step
With any Monarch Range purchase
we will completely cover the kitchen
with "extra quality" linoleum or a
42 -piece set of fine dinnerware, etc.,
if you do not wish the linoleum.—Ad
in the Desert News, Salt Lake City.
• Quick Turnover
Herbert—"Arthur hasn't been out
one night for three weeks."
Flora—"Has he turned over a new
leaf?" °
Herbert—"No; he's turned over a
new car."—Answers.
He Talked Back
"What happened to your face?"
"Had a little argument with a fel-
low about driving in traffic."
"Why didn't yoti call a cop?"
"He was a cop."—Brooklyn Eagle.
Salada Orange Pekoe Blend
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I COUNTY HOME COSTS COUN- Easter Day Fixed
TY NOTHING?
With fifty inmates in the County
Horne drawing Old Age pensions,
$12,000 of the $18,000 which tlie coun-
ty has to contribute to the pensions
paid •to the old folk of the county
comes back to the country, not a very
heavy outlay for the county to. secure
$90,000 annually returned to the old
residents of the county. Deducting
the $18,000 from $90,000 leaves r2,-
000
72;000 new money coming into the coun-
ty as help for the old folks for which
the county pays nothing directly. Or,
putting it another way, if you deduct
the proportion which the county pays
of the pensions for inmates of the
county hone from the amount pay-
able there is $9,600 conning to the
county in respect to the pensions of
the old folk in the home. This is
paid to the county and only a small
amount is paid to the inmate for
spending money, and it figures out
approximately that the county home
now costs the county nothing, the
amount received being about the same
as the outlay on the home.—Star.
BORN
Breckenridge—In Turnberry on Mon-
day, March. 3rd, to Mr. and Mrs.
L. Breckenridge, a daughter.
There has been much talk about
fixing Easter So that it will always.
come at the sante time of the year.
But no concrete action has resulted..
This year Easter comes very late—on
April 20th, and Good Friday, . of '
course, two days earlier. Easter Day
is always the first Sunday after the.
frill moon that occurs after the 21st:.
day of March, the time of the vernal.
equinox, called the paschal new moon-
Easter thus occurs between March,
22 and April, 25.
Hon. John S. Martin, Minister of
Agriculture, will accompany Premier
Ferguson to London, England, 'text
summer to open, the new Ontario:
Government building there.
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