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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1931-01-15, Page 5Thu s4 y, loamy t564, IbSt olf,t„lltw111M11a11 111 tMl liinintf lltomonsf►1)1tliMni i.illi lHglT11Y11ita it ISARD'S :I E i i• E..m ..1 .. -......JANUARY CLEAN SWEEP SALE THE KIND OF BARGAINS YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR �`■ A Feast of Remarkable Values for Ten Days. A January Sale _ that Puts Dollars in Your Pockets; Quality Merchandise at Cost and Many Lines Below Cost Price. Shop And Save AtThe Isard Stores. . 1 d111E111M111a161I1t1®Illl1i31111211IEfillFSiiilEli1113111E1i1E2111 IIIieJIIEII$ Ifll T1 +f RAAM ADVANCE.?i E8 loss recently when he found it fleece sary to shoot a valuable driving ;slate. Sonic two weeks ago it was 'kicked by a strange horse which was stabled over the weelc-end in the same stable.. Everything possible was done for the animal but it was finally found nec- essary to destroy it. 1 TALK- ON THE ■ a .1 rt. i o_a Illiel ilEilleel IEI I0111E1119i111' DUNGANNON Richard, the fifteen -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Reed of Lanes, Township of Ashfield, hact a narrow escape from being killed on Sunday with his mother and two sis- ters, he was driving horse from Hack- fat's church with the horse and cut- ter. The horse, on corning to a bare spot in the road started to run, and with the extra strain on the lines to hold it in check, .one of the lines broke, and the horse Beaded for the ditch. It is believed that the boy's head struck a telephone pole, with which the cutter .collided, and he was +M picked upbyhis mother, r tie , w.lro believ- ed him dead. Other persons on their way home from the church, were al- most immediately on the scene of the accident and Tendered what aid they could. The boy was taken to his. home and a doctor quickly summon - ted, and it was found that the base of the skull was fractured. Profuse bleeding outwardly through nose and ears probably saved the lad's life. In conversation with , the boy's mother on Wednesday evening it was learn- ed .that :unless inflamation or pneu- monia, or something unforseen, sets. in, hopes are entertained for . his ne- covert'. At intervals he regains con- sciousness for a brief period, and then lapses into unconsciousness, in which condition +he has remained the greater part of the time sirue the accident. His mother, Mrs. Reed, was almost stunned when thrown from the cut- ter,. but quickly came to and was the first to reach her injured • song The two daughters were uninjured. The horse, which freed itself from the cut- ter, •ra,e into a farmyard not far dis- tant and'° was unhurt, although the cutter was badly smashed. Nurse ing in the village, having moved i at the beginning of the week. Georg Caldwell is begieing to move to hi new home on the farm on the fourt concession of West Wawanosh, whic was recently purchased by him an owned formerly by Howard Ivers. Sainte! Sherwood met with rathe a serious accident While operating hi s h h tt r s. r s t struck e ne e g 0 e h r, wars t s r Ross Ross hay -presser at the farm of Alexande Hackett of Ashfield. The press i driven by a gasoline engine. The bel flew off and Mr. Sherwood was by it and rendered unconscious. Be ing thrown to the ground where tit belt continued striking him for soz tune before the machine could b stopped by some of those assistin in the work. He had to be carried t the house and was finally able to b removed to bis own•home on the sixt concession of Ashfield. His s'houlde and abdomen received the war bruises, and it was feared at first the Johnston, a neighbor, is in attendance upon the injured lad, and everything is being done for. his comfort and re- lief. It is but fouryearssince b o s ce the same boy was terribly burned, when a fourteen -gallon can of gasoline ex- ploded, when some lighted torches with which some members of the family were playing, ignited it. At that time he spent three months at the horse of his grandmother, Mrs.• Dart Webster, Lucknow, in order to be in close proximity to the. doctor. It was eight months after he received the burns ere he made a complete recovery. The statutory meeting of the school board of U. S. S. No. 8, Ashfi,y:ld (Dungannon) was held, in the school house, with all members present. James McWhinney was elected as ehairtnatt of the board for the year, and Mrs. R, Davidson was re-engag- td as secretary treasurer. The min- es of the previous meeting were read and approved, Wilfred Pentland was re-engaged as janitor until the end of ,rune. A tour of inspection was made of the school rooms and base - ewe, after which the meeting ad. yourned, to meet at the call of the chairman: Miss Daisy Ryan has' resumed het duties as teacher at Kirkland Lake, following a 'very enjoyable;' fortnight's holiday during the Christrnae and 1p ,New 'Year's season. at,the home of a her mnithet, Mrs. Jacob Ryan. s tire. Evetctt Finnigsan heti been un- n der the dector's care owing to an ottani; of tontilitis, Mr,' and Dirt!. Stai'ticy Dennis arc ti residing 4 t leek Ce„bIIn's d+erett he might be injured internally. He i able to move about some now, al though still very sore from his in juries. The regular'meeting of the W.M S. of Erskine Presbyterian Churn was held at the home of Mrs. F. with the president, Mrs. Richard Mc Whinney in the chair. A very inter. esting letter from Miss Olive matron of the hospital'at Fort Mc- Murray,: Alberta, was read by Mrs. Davidson, in which a very graphic account was given of the :splendid work accomplished in,that hospital. The meeting closed with prayer by the president, followed by the repeti- tion of the Lord's Prayer in unison. A dainty lunch was served by the hostess. Miss Ward, St. Thomas, is a guest with her aunt,. Mrs.. Nellie Stewart; Miss, Nancy Cliff is nursing a sore knee, as a result of an accident while tobogganing. Frank Garniss,i who has been resid- ing with his grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. William 13ray, and who has been. assistingwith the work on their Tarin on the 7th concession of West Wawa - nosh, has had a rather trying exper- ience following the'extraction of a tooth by one of the Lttcknow den- tists. The tooth to be extracted was a molar inthe : a t c upper jaw beside the wisdom tooth, • edthe a roots of ..the two seemed to have been entwined aboutoneanother,With the extrac- tion of the ane tooth, the wisdom tooth also came • out, and a serious hemorrhage started. He remained in the office of the dentist from. 5 p.cn. one day until 11 ant, the following day before the two dentists who were working over him could stop the bleeding. He was then allowed to be moved to the home of his parents, in Lucknow, but is still confined to bed, and is suffering considerably from weakness as well as pains M. and !tris. Stanley Dennis, new- ly-weds, were guests of honer at a reception made for them` by Mr, and Mrs. Samuel Swan, at the agricaltur- al ,,hall on Priday evening. There gatheringrof te s was a large theguests, ,,I vho enjoyed thentaelVes as they trip. ed the light fantastic" until the 'wee ma'' hours to the strains' of !anisic ulpllied by dotal ennsmtlans; At mid. igl t` refreshments were stewed, .. Ifr, Mad !albs, Dennis who have t a'k^ kt up their shade in Dungannon, were me re+ti$ien;ts;,of Melly beautiful gifts, '! as Webster Mt:t WithHitt m" �l DARK CONTINENT At a meeting of the Victory Mis- sion Circle of the United Church a fortnight ago, Miss Horne, a Mis- sionary in Africa, gave a most inter- estinga talk on the work in that land: A report of the address was to ap- pear in. the Advance -Times the fol- lowing week but owing to illness in the staff, and the pressure of the Christmas rush the copy became mis- laid. We have pleasure in publishing the account now and feel that the in- teresting information and encourage- ment it gives of the mission work in the Dark Continent will be welcom- ed by all interested in this work. "It is nearly ten years since I first went out to, West Africa under the "Sudan Interior Mission." On my first, trip I went among the Cannibal Tribe. After about a year and a half I went to Wushishi where we had a girls' boarding school. The reason for. the school was that when the mission- aries first went out they went among the pagan tribes. After a while young menu 1 we d come out ofg a anisrn and P become Christians and a great. many would become evangelists, sonic giv- ing their whole time to this work. In that country if a young man- is not married before he is 18 years of age he is looked upon by all the people as a disgrace. Some of the Christian young men could not stand this dis- grace and they took pagan girls as their wives. After doing this they were dispelled from the "church" as.. the girls would not come to school and church. It became a great prob- km to the missionaries as to what could be done in this matter. After many years of work by our missionaries in the tribes, the girls would begirt to come to school for an hour or two a day hut what was learned in school in the day would be lost and forgotten by them when they went home to the evil environment •of the life that is carried on in their compound. The missionaries found they were getting no where with them and it was made a matter of prayer among our missionaries, The Lord laid it upon the heart of Miss Clark to start a girls' school, where the girls ,could be taken right away from their homes, and brought up under the Christian influence, At first it proved very hard work to get the patients to give up the girl to school as they said education made them lazy. When I first • went there, there were only five girls; whe.n. I came borne on furlough five years ago there were 15 and when I came home on furlough this time there were 56, the ages of the girls ranging from 5 to 21 years of age. The girls are taught everything that will be useful to them but above all our desire is to lead them to know Christ .:as their own! personal Saviour. We have had ten of our girls bap- tized and: join the Church and also have ten in the baptismal class and eighteen in the enquires class, each of these girls profess to know Christ as their personal Saviour. Several of our girls have married evangelists and go out with their husbands helping their them in c Cir work. They are able e to reach the women where the men are not able to, We have much en- couragetlient "in our work but the dif- ficulty now is that our buildings are full and we are riot able to take any, ACODDATE TIACIK ETRE. more in until we have enlarged: our buildings. We are looking to the Lord to send in the necessary funds for this. , t s. Just recently we had news from Wushishi, The month of December is their harvest month. About six weeks Dago a tremendous swarm of locusts came over from 9.30 a.m. until away past noon. The natives did all they could to keep then on the wing but were unable,next morning ern ng all the grain and rice was gone. They came again the next day and destroyed practically everything on the little farms. This is a' very dry season, no rain, falls front October until Ap- ril and they will not be able to plant or sow anything, There is nothing but famine now staring therm in the face. May the Lord touch the heart of some to help those poor people Who are in such great need through no fault of their own. SIILVER-HLAOK PDX. 9011 hese 18t+!►►xr" of the 1i ur,i+'aarmuitintt Industry. The earliest au _beetle record of the raising of foxes in eapitiyit;y canes from Tlgnish, in the northern part of Pr.inee Edward Island about 1878, The growth of the industry was slow until 1890, when it was stimulated by a period of risinit prices for furs. In 1913, an enum- oration the aloaumi si n by a3 o et• of Agri. Culture for Prince Edward Islami showed 277 fox farms in that pto- vince, with a total of 3,130 foxes. Meanwhile, experiments in the raising of foxes in captivity were be- ing° made in other provinces, and the reeords show that foxes were success- fully bred in Quebec In 1898, in On- tario in 1906, and in Nova Scotia is 1906. Fox !arming is now carried on in all provinces and the number of farms is steadily increasing. The lat- est atatistice available show that rte 1928 there were 4,371 fur farms in the Dominion, of vrhich 3,676 were fox farms. • The development of the industry led to the formation in 1915 of the Prince Edward Island Silver Pox Breeders' Association. This is the largest breed society in the Dom- inion, and registers annually a large number of pedigree animals than fa to be found in any other species of live stock. The 70,883 silver fox cubs born in 1929, and registered by the association, are descended from less than a score of . silver breeders. The remarkable growth of the industry it Indicated . by the figures of the last" four years, taken from Canadian live stock records, of silver fox cubs reg- istered; 1926, 32,355; 1927, 39,767; 1928, 51,624; 1929, 70,883. While there has been a larger sale of live silver foxes as breeding stock during the last few years than ever before, these animals represent only about 25percent. oP the silver foxes produced. The main function of sil- eer fox ranching is the production of pelts; in fact, a large number of ranches are no longer interested in the sale of 'live foxes. .As conse- quence, there has been a rapid .in- crease in the number of silver fax pelts coming into the market; but, as the number has increased, a wider interest has been shown in silver fox furs by the fur trade. This resulted, generally speaking, ,in a steady in- crease m the prices obtained for sil- ver fox furs until the past year. As was to be expected, economic condi- tions had a !narked effect on the prices of all pelts at the December and January fur sales, but silrer fax furs were less affected than any oth- er class. In the later decades of the nine- teenth century before foxes wore raised in captivity, it has been esti- mated that between 2,000 and 3,000 silver fox pelts were placed upon the market annually. For the past two 1 years over 100,009 silver fox pelts have been absorbed each year by the fur trade; and, as the number of captured wild animals has not In- creased, it is estimated that wild pelts comprise only about 2,000 of this number. This estimate is con- firmed by the fact that at the fur auctions pelts of wild foxes farmed less than two per cent. of the total aterings. ilefENTALITY OP BLACKS, Little Difference Between Ther and White People. Although the Australian native or "black fellow" is believed by anthro- pologists to represent the lowest and most primitive human Lace now sur- viving an earth, tests of the senses and mental abilities of these people, reported . recently to the Royal So- ciety of Australia, show little if any difference between them and the whites, The children of the Australian race, seem to have slightly keener vision than whi.e children of the same age. Among all the Australians, children or adults, the abilities of the eyes are the same as among white people. Optical illusions, for example, affect whites and Austra- lians in precisely similar a P Y ways. The ustralians have li.tle or no apprec- iation of what artists call perspec- tive, so. that they do not readily see `"depth" in. a picture, but this appar- ent deficiency turned out to be mere- ly lack of education in this conven- tional idea. The sense of pain and that of touch were found to be the same among Australians as t among whites, coru- batting the familiar but probably baseless idea that savages appear sto- lcal under suffering ffer g because they really do not feel the pain severely. Thd door of Africa is wide open now. May. the Christian ehureh be awakened to her duty to go in and possess; if you cannot go • yourself you earl help some one else go. If you cannot do that yin earl !tray for the work and the workers, Pray that Mort laborers may bye sent out to. the ripened fir tda which are white already' to harvest. Young Engineer Invents Devise to Help Pilots In War. A device that enables pilots of single -seater fighting ai z lanes to fire accurately at targets behind them has been invented by a twenty -year- old Oxford engineer. It consists of a remarkably clever arrangement of reflex mirror sights connected with a gun trained to the rear of the machine. Thus, the pilot can get an aim on any target . in his rear sfmpiy by looking into a mirror ma his iastmumeistt board. The "bath - firing" gum is mounted in the tom). age below the pilot's creat. Its line of fire is *en under the tail Omen. .A mirror beneath the s2rplsne reflects --lost es a periscope 4taer•--the view of the 1 eget hi the riesr on to an- other reflex mirrirr mo*s$M etc; top of tate toekpiL This vedette) the picture to the sighting mirror -*which le eleetriooll7r beetled and wiped to oaten eraet ]lad Mmoitpher t m odtr t1e01, Aa moo fir tier, tenet mein on We nefr•TW, this pilot noose des. liemi.rnitiontIpleteeee Lnentalattio. the ihrentinol i6etwn litmoto- ties Bate Wilt ha 7111#11 ba lllit•,hard ",praeithtek, ee Cortileit Mine noWtaiTa, it Meed ;tet r nd eidik ail drill**, four Met eii heithee 11ii thetitenten, *MI the WOW fits k* tee! %tit It, had out ey1ttlrell +etttht 'i,intditi r- 'tite►'�toai 1* eiloe 06001, of lithe eniti*ia WM left'- Whited teeesrtly OA the 10040 ittiel. a eritut 71 tatitattl+on in tl o Menai Uts ikisM)ti►r& ) .11l W atu 1w*emr, It +t*Jel Itioato let ,N't►xewr. linitak .�. et AUBURN Ther O angemmwn held a very sic^ cessful euchre party ow Friday night, The first prize winners were Mrs. M. Allen and Ne Murray while the con- solation prizes went to Mrs. A, M. Rice and E, Lawson, Mrs, 'I'. Doyle is visiting with ;his daughter, Mrs. H. Anderson, of Luck- nQw, • Son;e of the citizens have been en- jeying themselves coasting on the river hills but will soon be able to make use of the rink which Thomas Adams is making on the river. The funeral of Mrs. John Walsh of West Wawanosb who passed away on Tuesday, took place •.Thursday morning to the St. Augustine Cemet- ery. ` The deceased woman, who had been quite ill for some time, was in a very critical condition to receive the sad news of the tragic accident in which her son, Richard, figured on Christmas Day. Her condition was somewhat' aggravated on learning ear- ly this week that he was not doing as well as his physicians desired. One of the most enjoyable dances of - the holiday season was the one held Wednesday night in the Fores- ters' Hall. The ages of the large number present, ranged from that of grandparents to th younger people in their 'teens, The floor manager, Frank Harburn, was assisted by call- ers -off William Watson, Maitland Allen and William Straughan. The music was voluntarily given by vio- linists William Anderson, Raymond Redmond, George Hamilton,Stewart Plunkett and Gordon: McClinchey, ac- companied by Mrs. W, Anderson, Mrs. A. M. Rice, Mrs. W. Craig, Mrs. G. _filcClinchey (guitar) and Bob' Ray- mond, 'Terry Allison assisted through out with the traps. . On account of a severe cold Gladys Taylor is unable to resume her stud- ies at the G. C. I. this week, Mr. John Wilson, Sr,, and 13. Marsh left for. Dungannon Monday to audit the books of. the West Wawanosh Mutual Fire Insurance Co. They ex- pect to be away three days. W. B. Patterson is under the care of Dr. 13. C. Weir annual report of the meetings held in Toronto, Mr. Gilles Haines is visiting at the home of his father, Mr. Geo. Haines, who is still improving. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie i3utman and babe have returned to their home in Toronto after spending a few weeks with the latter's parents, Mr. and• Mrs. J. J. Kerr. Mrs, John T.Currie received the sad news of the death of her sister, in Toronto. Our sympathy goes , out to the bereaved. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pocockk have returned to Ottawa after visiting at their respective :homes. Mr. Edward Marsh is visiting with friends in Sarnia. Mr. Geo, Currie held a wood bee last week. Miss Rachel Currie of Toronto is, visiting at the home of 'her Parente, Mr. and Mrs. W. 5. Currie, DONNYBROOK FAIR The following verses were written after the Donnybrook Fair in 1866, and was circulated and sung widely. The original manuscript has been lost and the rhyme is written from mem- ory and is at beast approximately cor- rect and or-rect.and will doubtless be of interest to the people of Donnybrook and St. Augustine, especially the older por- tion. Peter. W. Scott. 'Twee 1866 in the fall of the year,. When the Fenians were thinking of venturing here, 1 girted. my saddle and mounted my '!.lien off 1 skidaddled for Donny- brook Fair. From the north came the Chanrneys. and Bruce and O'Ncils, Some came through ' the bush and some by the fields; The Deacons and Martins and Ag- news were there, Ill ant for a time at Donnybrook Fair, !'rent th,e East came the iliarwoods, The members of the family of Mr., the Cooks and the Snell's and Mrs, R. Buchanan, of- Westfield, Tom Pn t i d F 'th it e gathered under the parental roof on Friday to do honor to their father on attaining his 77th birthday. Stanley, eldest son, of Mount Forest, was the only living member not present.; Mr. Buchanan was a member of East Wa- wanosh Council for seven years and reeve for two years. During the war two sons, Leslie and William, served overseas; Billy sleeps in Flanders Fields. EAST WAWANOSH I The ing in the S. S. day last. Mr, held their Club meet-. No. 9 School on Tues - J, H. Currie gave the rrot ar o ergs cane with Sam Fells The Scotts and McBurneys and Hen- rys were there, Also Densmores and:Shorts at Don- nybrook Fair. From the South came the Redmonds, the Hoovers and Fox; McClinton and Helps with butter in crocks, Buchanans and Parks 'and Itlutchs were there And Carrols and Cassidys came to. the . fair. From the West we saw Wallace and Tompson and Brooks, &Connors and Flynn s; tlrr I'1 and Lukes; McGrogan and Brophy strongs were there, Who carne to encourage the retie; brookFair. r and Myself and Pat Gain stepped up 0 the bar, Where Dennis had liquor corked ir,r jar; We each had two swigs whet) Pat declare. He was glad tirat:he came to Donn - brook Fair. T,here's a . man named Allen, all him by sight, When he'd. drank half a gallon w�c glorious tight, When. he stripped:off his coal, I heard him declare, He could lick any' man at Donny -•' brook Fair, There's a man named. Wat Nicol over near Parrott's, Who got first prize for his corn. and his carrots; Likewise. for his pumpkins, no better were there, So he got on humping at Donnybrook Fair. That famous stock -breeder, the ter- ror of dogs, Got the' first prize for colt, cattle and hogs; Likewise for loaf sugar which he did prepare, And mixed well with ith butter for Don- nybrook Fair. Young Enoch Shorts :got a prize for. some wool, And so did Toni Taylor for a thoro bred bull; While little Andrew Black carne itt for his share With a prize for a colt out of Dinn is p } old: mare, The shone about aver and corning ort night, A few lively Irishmen started a fight: When Robin` Buchanan got a box on the ear; His friends standing by' all trembled with fear. 'Till wee Peter Macdonald whomever was slack, Says "fight away Robin, I'm here at your back. Old Billy Farquharson, to pieces we'll, tear. And we'll have satisfaction at Donny- brook Fair. Now, I hope you've enjoyed this sang I have given, And Pll promise another in 1867. Now don't disappoint me, be sure and be. there, And bring all your friends to Donny- brook ,Fair. rr ° Our 1 . u equipment nt is complete � or the q psatisfactory production of p printing of every description—from a small card, to a booklet. With this equipment, s `3 N 7 suitable ab e stock, goes competent workmanship. h We p Will bepleasedto consultyou in regard to any - t i hn gOu mayneed. � The Advance -Tip ° Winghtun ° Ontario • • • 4 C.