HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1929-08-01, Page 2Lead us, 0 Father, in the paths of
peace;
Without Thy guiding head we go
astray,
And doubts appal, and sorrows still
Increase;
Lead us through Christ, the true
and living way.
Lead us, 0 Father, in the paths of
truth;
Unhelped by Thee, in error's maze
we grope,
While passion stain e and folly dims
our youth,
And age comes on uncheered by
faith and hope.
Lead us, 0 Father, iti the path of
right;
Blindly we stumble when we -wane
alone,
involved in shadows of a darksoine
night:
Only with Thee we journey safely
on. ,
Lead us, 0 Father, to Thy heavenly
rest,
However rough and steep the path
may be,
Through• joy or sorrow, as Thou
deemeSt best, •
Until our lives are perfected in I
Thee.
William Henry Burleigh, the writer
of this hymn, was brought up on a
farm at Stainfield, Connecticut, U.S.
A., having been born in 1812,
in his youth, however, he was ap-
prentked to title printing business and
at twenty-five years of age, he under-
took the publication of a little reform
journal, "The Christian Witness." and
another called the "Temperance Ban-
ner." He was noted all through his
life for his restless efforts for the
reformation of his people, and strove
hard for the suppresion of the slave
trade,
In 1843, he became editor of the
"Christian Freeman," of Hartford,
Conn., a journal devoted to anti-slay-
ery, and the reform of the drinking
habits of the New England people.
He aided his cause by writing num-
bers of small poerns for popular reci-
tations, or to be set to music as songs,
and also .composed a large tnumber
of hymns which were collected from
magazines and journals, and published
in book form under the title "Poems,"
in Philadelphia, in 1841.
Those were the days of temperance
societies everywhere, and for six
years he was the accredited executive
officer of the "New York State Tem-
perance Society,"
He had become a well-known pop -
War figure at that time, and his many
friends exerted their political influ-
ence to have him appointed "Harbor
Master of the Port of New York," in
1855. This important position he held
for fifteen years, being held in high
esteem by large numbers of people.
He died at Brooklyn, in 1871. Ala
ways a stalwart Unitarian, several of
his, hymns had been introduced into
the; hymnbooks of that denomination,
and the Baptists also adopted some
of them.
His widow got together as many as
she could of these hymns from news-
papers and hymnals, and included
them in a new edition of her hus-
band's "Poems," which she published
in the year of his death.
In 1868, Professor Charles Dexter
Cleveland, of the New York Univer-
sity, included many of Burleigh's
hymns derived from a revised edition
of "Poems" in his "Lyra Sacra Amer-
icana," a selection of hymns by Unit-.
ed States writers only, though attri-
buted to America generally. This
had a very large circulation in Great
Britain, and introduced many of these
hymns to compilers of Noncomform-
ist hymnals. Burleigh's hymns espec-
ially attracted eornpiler's attention,
and some of them were welcomed to
the hymn -books of the. National
Church. The hymns of this writer
were, and perhaps still are greatly
more popular in Great Britain than
in his own native land. Baptists and
Congregationalists were especially
pleased with them, apparently more
so than were those of his own denom-
ination.
It is a pity that a still larger use
has not been made of Mr. Burleigh's
poems, some of which are very beau-
tiful and free from irksome denomin-
ational bias, Our hymn for instance
in its first verse disassociates itself
from anything likely to offend Trina
itanion feeling.
It is not certain that its author had
then made the acquaintance of T. H.
Neveman's great hyiun "Lead Kindly
Light," written in 1832. If Mr. Bur-
leigh wrote it some years before the
publication of his "Poems," in 1841,
it is hardly likely that in those days
of slow and little communication
across the Atlantic, he had heard of
Newman's verses.
"Thirty Days ikath September"
I Arriving at Halifax recently, aboard :the Ancher-Donaldson liner
Athenia from Great Britain, bound for Ottawa and Washington, Ifoses B.
,Cotsworth, of Vancouver, calendar expert for the League of Nations, de-
clared that in a year or so Canada and thel,vhole civilized world wilt adopt
the new simplified calendar of .13 months to each year, and 2a ctsys to
:vfery month. The old calendar misrepresents business production because
one months have more Tuesdays or an additidnal Sunday, he said. Forty
years of study on this pet subject of his have convinced blir oa-
:school-day rhyme might as well be laid aside now,
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The present writer would like to
believe that in those days of religious
commotion, good God-fearing men
and women of many countries felt the
Paessinaa'a need of nate unusual signs
of the guiding hand of the eternal
Leader of His spiritual Israel through
this werld's wilderness. And that
James Edmeston, the London archi-
tect, in his "Lead es, Heavenly Fath-
er, Lead us," in 1821, Cardinal New-
man in his "Lead Kindly Light," in
1832, and Burleigh, the temperance
reformer and journalist of New Eng-
land, in his "Lead us, 0 Father,"
were inspired to pray for it in verse,
the most effective way known to
them.
Tim Wants Canadian Ideas
In Chautauqua and Politics
To the Editur av all thim
Wingham Paypers
Deer Sur -
1 hope ye do be havin a good tonne
on yer holidays, but, shure, ye do be
missin the Chautauqua intertaimnints
in the big tint. Av coorse as a noted
Irishman wance said, "Ye can't be in
.two places at wances loike a birrud,"
I don't intind to give a full shtate-
mint av all the foine kings we heered
in the big tint, but theer wus same -
ting to plaze everybody. Mussick ler
thim who enjoy the hoigh class shtuff
as well as fer fellahs loike mesilf who
kin only enjoy the simpler chunes.
Theer wus a woman shpaker to put
the anin in theer places and min to
rade the riot act to the wimmin, in-
tertainrnints fer the childer an plays
fer ivirbody's taste.
1 tink mebby what 1 'oinked beeht
av all wus the spaich av the man
frum Choina. 'I used to hear a lot
about thim furrin counthries from me
ould brother Matt, who wus a grate
thraveller in his day, an he tould me
that min wus prty much aloike all
over the wurruld. Shure, 'tis exactly.
what Dr. — said (1 can'i, shpell
his name but ye know who I mane).
Wan man is just the same as another,
barrin the Irish, an ivirybody knows
that they are diffrunt. 1 tought the
only blarney shtone in the wurruld
wus in Ireland, until I heard Dr, -----
shpake, but, faith theer mosht be a
bigger wan somewheer in Choina
&bin the way he plashtered up the
Canadians.
'Tis a grate wake intoirely whin
Chautauqua comes to .town, but 1
don't belave half the payple in Wing -
"ham know what they do be missin
whin they don't attind. 'Tis managed
be Canadians intoireiy, an from 1-ani-
dreds av platforms ail aver the coun-
thry the Canadian oidea is hein in-
shtilled into the 'payple, exactly ar-
cordin to me own noshnn av tinge,
an the Tory parthy wud be woise to
take the advoice I wus afther givin
thim two arr tree wakes ago to foight
the nixt elickshun along thint loines.
Wavin the ould flag woe , 11 roight,
rt u
in its days, an mebby wi( 'd wurruk
some parts cyf Ontario, in )3riosh t
Columbia, but, elettre 'tis o good at
all, at all, on the perar ,, aer in
Quebec, arr in thim praavVI ea own
be the Soundin Say. Ye ; &it a
clane shave wid a dull ra' a aye
can't an it is hoigh toime ePecl
the blade in our safety,.,, a.'
Another ting Mishter It
to do is to shtop taikin an.
perial Conferences over t
thers, unless he wantst:
votes av the Canadian M ''
Shure, the labor min in tia4
thry want free thrade,
inin in Australia are s
tickshun, so there ye
Grits that shtarted ,0
ferince oidea, so lipAhin
if they want to, an it li
into the could shatic4"
widout a doubt, at the nixt
if us Tories come oeqs1,
other way, -,il'il:
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IiifINOIIAM ADVANCE -TIMES
CANADA -MS, llIDUWAYS
Ono Ontario Town Connected With
Pett
tityr )14er;wa Tuuue,1114-
The longest 644, highway brld
in the world will be completed th
coming' summer. It will join Doti.°
Mich., with Sandwich, Ottte and wi
be known as the Ambassador Bridg
It vil be a sabstantia.1 boon te m
'Wrists of both oountries, providin
an excellent entrance to tourists fro
both sides of the Iorder.
For years before the arrival of ti
white man the site or this gigant
structure was the spot where th
Huron Indians found their most co
venient fording place, says aa articl
In the Toronto Star Weekly. It is th
culmination of more than fifty year
of effort. When Detroit was but
small town and the river was fa
from. busy with the commeree of tarcouitr1e,
countries,' Sari), and curious plan
were offered for the bridging of .th
river. One such plan called for a' ser
,les of pontoons or floats to be strum.
across the water to form the found
ation of a bridge roadway, incladin
sections which could be swung asid
to permit river traffic: to )ase throug
the opening thus provided.
Then the automobile came alon
and played its part. And it seem
odd that this vehicle was perhaps th
means of building a great edific
which it will soon use itself. With
the advent of the auto, Detroit an
the Canadian border cities grew t
astonishing proportions. The neves
sity for free laterchange of passen
geis and freight was a part of th
growth. The volume of traffic could
not be coped with even by the ever
expanding ferry service.
A New York consulting englueer
Charles Fovrler, took the first step to
project a bridge along modern lines
Actual work on the bridge was
begun on May 7, 1927, on the U. S.
side. A month later work commenc-
ed on the Canadian end. By, eon -
tract the date for the opening of the
bridge was established as August 30,
1930.
Machines and men were thrown in-
to the mighty task without delay,
every exertion was put forth and by a
recent announcement it appears that
the tape will be clipped on the huge
span in July, 1929.
The bridge structure itself, from
entrance to exit, is approximately
9,000 feet, or almost. two miles. l'he
main span over the river is 1,850
feet in length; which exceeds that of
the • Philadelphia -Camden bridge—
now the longest in the world—by 100
feet.- The, bridge will carry an un-
obstructed ,roadway forty-seven feet
wide, with a capacity of Ave lanes of
traffic and an eight -food sidewalk.
The clearance over high water in the
river -will be 135 feet near the shoreand, and. 152 feet near th, centre of
afiffit ,
But. the imbasee.aor Iii•idge
not have a monopoly of the ever-
' rnarre4sing, traffie between Michigan
aE Ontalle, 'fob at the present time
several hundred men are employed
underneath the surface of the Detroit
river on the Detroit -Windsor vehicu-
lar tunnel, which will cost approxi-
mately, $20,000,000 or raore, and
will be open to the -public in the fall
of 1929. "This tunnel will be nothing
more or less than a brilliantly illum-
inated boulevard connecting Detroit
with Windsor, and the trip from one
city to the other will be made within
five minutes.
The tunnel will be 5,600 feet in
length and its top will be thirty feet
under the river surface at the harbor
ne and forty feet at the centre of
the river. Three lines of vehicular
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It Is estimated that this tunnel will
be called upon to handle 1,750,000
motor vehieles and 23,000,000 pas-
sengers the first year, All customs
and immigration problems, both Can-
adian and for the United States, will
be handled at the Ontario end of the
tunnel.
A close estimate places the cost of
the Ambassador Bridge and the De-
Itroit-Windsor tunnel at 345,000,000 .
TESTS POR AIR -PILOTS.
ratus Drvented to Test the Fit-
ness of Candidates.
it apparatus has been invented to
a., the fitness of prospective air
o e• and testify as to whether the
d dilate would feel at home at the
entrolrs of a real plane.
Ming in a seat like that of an
lane's cockpit, the candidate
graspe: realistic controls while an in-
: 'tar shoats at him: "Left ban!
lire!. Nose- dive! Stall!" What the
atainid-be pirot does with his joy -stick
d =O'er' bar, in response to these
reagisear emergencies, is reCorded
"bn a eltaatihr device.
'BY examining the record the in-
spector can tell in a moment whether
the applicant can fly a plane. If he
has becothe excited and pulled the
wrong controllwhen he imagined him
selfin a nose dive, he is summarily
rejected on the machine's recorded
evidence. But' ithe-has kept his wits
and reacted Speedily and accurately
to every situation, he Is adjudged to
have "flying sense" and has qualified
as a pilot,
TASTE THE JOY OF LIFE
IN MUSKOKA
You enjoy every moment of a Mus-
koka holiday, be it week -end or
month, Such an enticing array. of
pleasures that bring the joy of Jiv-
ing to ail,—golf on six fine courses,
tennis everywhere, lawn -bowling,
hikes through avenues of fragrant
pines, canoe or steamer trips among
the clustered isIande of this lakeland
paradise, sailing, motor -boating and
fa bathing, titer' dancing in the cool of
the evening under ideal conditions.
By Using Canadian National Rail-
ways you reach your choaen spot in
this realm a pleasure, whether cosy
cottage or comfortable hotel by any
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one off three entrances T -e -k Muskoka
N Wharf—all within a few hours run
- front almost any part of Ontario.
W. B. THOMPSON, Branch Manager.
A Useful Hyphen.
Sir 'William Jeynserl-Hicks was,
originally plait 1V1r, Hicks. He adopt-
ed his wife'S name. of Joyetson at the
request of his welt -to-do father-in-
law, One he was addressing a meet-
ing on national ectOnonay.
"Nolte, getitletneti," he said, in the,
course of his rentarka, "we come to
the question of unearned increment.
Well, *hat is unearned increment?"'
"Tho 'yphtut that joins Jonson and'
'tcks," a gruff voice replied.
Chieltens Don't Like Oats,
Scientific testa conducted at the
School of Agriculture at Camliridge,
England, have shoWn that fowls di -
est oats much lees completely than
they de wheat. The Chief dlifieulty
aeons to be with the Willa, which
horses M)uaraittly delight to enew,
but which are apparently jut so
much unnecessary hapediment to di.
gestion in the giteard of a chick.
SPITALFIELDS MAHREffi.
Has Every lKnown Impeovement In
Market Methods.
Tbe tallest fruit and vegetable mar-
ket in the world, that at SpitaIdelds,
was opened recently by the Queen,
says an exchange. •
Spitalfields has been a market
since 1602, and for centuries coneiet-
ed only of a 81441 gathering or re-
tailers. Even seventy Yvan' ago ita
value was insignificant, and the for-
mer proprietors found difficulty in
selling their rieht. Eventually a Mr,
Horner, a, poor salesraan, houghtthe
rights himself, for he could And none
or his colleagues doing businees
there with sufficient faith in the fa-
ture to assiet hint itt the purchase.
Horner with a fortuue, The mar-
ket became , a growing oentre of
wholesale didtribution, and ultimate-
ly the Corporation of London bought
him out for some 250,000.
To -day the nearket deals with
1,500 tons of produce a day. Vast
irapro4rernente have been made and
all he old diftleulties of access have
been thoroughly considered. The
total area of roadways surrounding
the market, part of which will be
used as "lay bys," will be about 2
acres, providing accommodation for
between four and five hundred vehi-
cles at one time.
The gross extension is about 98,-
220 feet on the ground floor and up-
wards of 101,000 feet in the base-
ment. When completed the market
will have a total warehouse frontage
to the streets of 2,000 feet, and the
aggregate frontage of the warehouses
and stands will exceed one and a half
ralfes.
Some of the chief items in the to-
tal capital expended are: 'the free-
hold, £183,855; leasehold, £299,822;
property for the extension, £235,-
931; and rebuilding, £151,828. The
total capital aura, namely, 52,000,-
000, is secured on the rates, which
may be drawn upon up to threepence
in the pound, but when the market
is operating fully it is anticipated
that the rates will no longer be called
POSTMASTER -GENERAL.
Another Successful Man Who Chang-
ed His Title.
"From printer's devil to Postmas-
ter -General" sounds like the title of
an Alger classic, yet it might be used
with truth to head the life story of
Hon. Peter Veniot, Postmaster -Gen-
eral in the King Cabinet. This am-
bitious Acadian rose from the inky
service of the printing press to the
command of Canadian mails through
the successive stages of port officer,
political organizer and premier of
New Brunswick.
He got his start in life as a print-
er's devil in the prersroom of the
lqou Q.M.0410,1 gtandard. But, and
efe' Is an intereeirni i,ngle to the'
Postmaster -General's story which is
little known, that by who rushed
hither* and yon about the Plet912
pressroom at the word of Rom Me -
Carvell, his "boss," was not Pelea
Veniot. He was Pierre Jean Vigneau.
History does not relate why the
aspiring young printer favored Peter
over Pierre or replaced the Vigneau
of his forefathers with Veniot, Per-
haps Pictou was ahead of the times
and even at that date boasted one of
those astrocratic wizards, to -day so
busy in reaping golden harvests in
all the larger cities, who will, for a
cash con§ideration and after austere
communion with the. stars and plan-
ets, evolve for one a brand new name
guaranteed to carry with it the as-
surance ef fame and fortune. It is
understood that the Postmaster -Gen-
eral denies this theory, but the suc-
cess which has attended him in his
political career would seem to lend it
color.
TO MAKE ARISTOCRATS.
Lady Advocates Plan to Pick Chil-
dren for Social tanineuse.
A forcing house for aristocracy
where perfect aristocrats could be
produced was the suggestion put for-
ward by Lady Emily Lutyens in a
lecture to the Anglo -Swedish Society
at the Swedish Hall, Rarcourt'street
west, London,
Lady Emily, who is the wife of Sir
Edwin Lutyens, the architect, said
aristocracy was declining all over the
world. It was being killed by medi-
ocrity.
A. forcing house of aristocracy was
both possible and desirable. It would
be necessary to study heredity and
eugenics, and prevent the production
of the unfit.
The teacher must be the perfect
aristocrat so that he could inculcate
the right ideas into his pupils, Laxly
Emily added:
I have seen many demoeratic
schools for democrats. I have not
seen a school for aristocrats. Itt such
a school .1 would have children Wak-
ed because cd their birth, and 1 should
educate them th be more aristocratic
than they are by birth.
I should train them to be the dove,
er"of mankind, perfect human beings,
and I should make them realize that
training towards perfection' implies
and involves a tremendous corre-
ePonding reeponsibility. It would in
no sense be a school of luxury, but a
8011001 of simplicity.
Always I shoneld uphold within
them that by right of birth they must
rise to the 'Orel of their best,
VegetArlart Won Wages.
A bet of ;125 was Made some time
ago in England between"a Meat eater
and a Yegetarian„ as to.'who would
live the longest, A. few weeks ago
the flesh -lover died, and his friend
was very Innen surprised to diaeover
that the amount of the bet had been
_provided for in his deceased friend's
will. • As he himself had not thought
of malting any each proVitaoh, he re-
fuses to accept the money for
self, and he is diVerting. the sure to
charitable putpoaea.
&aiding Pianos to New Zealanii,
Britieh piano meaufacturere haVe
motored both the Australian *ad
tkieW Zealand markete.
Thursday, August' 1St, 00
uer us demonstrate the:newest of Frigidnires—
a new low-priced model with a beautiful all
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porcelain, non -rusting cabirto. Operates frorta
individual electric plants or central station
current.
Otto Johann, 9 veaier Wroxeter
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MORRIS COUNCIL
Council meeting was held in the
Township Hall, Morris on Monday,
July 15, 1929.
The members were sall present, with
the Reeve presidiug, 'The minutes of
-the last meeting were read and adopt -
R. B. Alcock was paid the balance
of Contract On the Peacock Drain and
$10.00 for extra necessary work as
recommended, by the Drain Inspector.
On request of Ed. Nichol, it was
decided to have the. Hanna Drain re-
paired on, lot N. 16, con. 5; and on
request of A. Shaw to have the Rob-
ertson Drain cleaned out for 21 reds
below the tiled part.
The motion granting Chas. Camp-
bell's request for an award DraM was
rccinded, and a petitio'n for a munici-
pal Drain was accepted, and the Clerk
was instructed to prepare debentures
for the Young Drain, for the Biaek-
hall Drain and for payment of the
Crusher and other rnachinery, $35,00,
-.00 in all.
The Council accepted an Insurance
Policy from the Canadian General
Insurance Co. The premium is $100,
and the Company assumes full res-
ponsibility, with respect to accidents
to the public on Highways, bridges
and gravel pits, including teams, up to
$10,000 for any one accident.
. 14ae Council passed a By -Law au-
thorizing the Council under Sec. 496,
Chapter 233, of the Revised Statutes
'es-sdeede
of Ontario, to borrow $8500 on De-
bentures for the payment of the
Crusher and other machinery.
The following accounts were aid
Jno.' McGill, inspecting Hanna
Drain, $1,50; Peacock Drain 5.00; R.
13. Alcock, balance Peacock Drain
Contract, $200,00; Extra ,work, $10.00;
Thos. Bryans, repairing Hawn draita
$22.10, board, 0.50; Wni, Clark,
lambs killed by dog, $8.00; Blyth
Standard, advertising, $1.00; Thomas
Miller, freight on scarifier, $1.40, ce-
ment $22.10, cement $4.55, making tile
$23,00; Kitchener -Waterloo Hospital,
$103,00; Dr. Harry H. Hunegarde, of
Kitchener, $40.00; Miss Wisdom,
nurse, $34.00; Dr. R. G. RatzKitch-
ener, $25.00; Patrolmen: C. G. Camp—
bell, $384.20; E. Johnston, $358.85;
R. Golley, $458.89; F. Shaw, $145.55;
S. Procter, $260.15; J. H. Sellers,
$272.88; J. Noble, $132.08; W. Thuell,
$146.63; W. Craig, $232.50; F. Beirns,
$274.91; G. Kelly, $210.80; C. Mrorkt-
man, $1009,46; C. Workman, $352.28;
W. McMurray, $67.25; W. Brown, $92.
95
Council meets at the Township Hall
on Monday, August 19th, 1929,
A. MacEwen, Clerk.
Fowl Supper and Dance.
In Winglaam Arena Tuesday, Aug-
ust 13th, tinder auspices of Sacred
Heart congregation. Supper served
from .5.30 to 8.30 o'clock. Adults 50;
children 25c. Steeper's Serenaders in
attendance. Everybody welcome.
PROXY BRIDE ARRIVES
ceger 1)eenik, Ihitch-Oitnedian
iner o ilutfonville, nem DratOPton)
Ontario, and his proXy bride, formerly
Miss Eoz of Rolland. Bride and groom
met while the latter was attending Agri-
cultural college in Rolland, arid before
sailing for Canadi Miss Res went
through a form of prozy marriage.
Photograph chows the bride and gxoom
reunited ut the Canadian National Rail.
ways station, Montreal, where Mr.
Dednik was waiting for his future Wilk
eouple left Montreal for Rotten,
'tills, where they were to be married on
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