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We wish to thank our friends and many customers for
their many kind acts and the good business they have
given us during the past year, and our sincere wish is:
" That every happiness and good fortune be yours
throughout the New Year.
J. WALTER McKIBBON
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11 rster), Surrounds- U'istory of Se #use
Tribes.
Of all the strange peoples of the
roorld, gipsies are perhaps the most
interesting and the most mysterious.
Who .are they? From what couta-
try did these wanderers upon the face
2f the earth first set out? They could
not tell you themselves, though their
tradition has it that they are descen-
dants of the inhabitants of ancient
Egypt, the word gipsy being a cor-
ruption of Egyptian.
Until. recently no one knew much
more about them than this. Their
language and their appearance show-
ed that they were not Europeans, but
That is as far as otic knowledge went
on the subject.
Investigations of old documents
shoved that gipsies first appeared in
England in the reign of Henry VIII.
They soon crossed the border into
Scotland, for in 1540 we find the rul-
er of,that country giving John Fail
(a famous Romany name) permis-
sion
to punish those of liis followers
who were disorderly. Feet is called
inthis document "Lord and Earl of
Little Egypt."
At first the gipsies were welcomed
by the Scots, but their lawless acts
soon led to their being ordered to
leave the country on pain of death.
And so, step by step, their history
was traced back for more than two,
thousand years, It was found that,
whatever else they might be, they
certainly were not Egyptians. But
how did they get the name? This
was for some time a knotty problem,.
but at length the answer was found.
There was a tradition among Chris-
tian peoples that, as a punishment
for having kept the Israelites in cap-
tivity, the Egyptians were condemned
to wander for ever through the lands
of the world. Seeing these strange,
dark-skinned travelers, who spoke an
unknown tongue, wore quaint, gaudy
clothes, and dealt in fortune-telling
and other forms of magic, super-
stitious folk of the Middle Ages re-
called the old story, and concluded
that they must be Egyptians. The
name stuck fast, and the Romany
tribes adopted it, as well as the
tradition. .
Here is the strange story of the
Romany people as it has been pieced
together after years of patient labor.
Some time before the opening of our
era there lived in the north of India
a weird, fanatical people who were
renowned as jugglers, snake charm-
ers, and magicians. Theirrextraordin-
ary religious beliefs brought them in-
to violent contact with other tribes,
and finally they resolved to set out
in a body to seek lands! in the West.
For years they traveled, carrying
their goods in wagons, and driving
their beasts before them. Eventually
they settled in Armenia. They em-
braced Christianity, but grafted onit
some of their own strange beliefs.
Eventually they became such a
nuisance that the whole tribe was
removed to Roumelia, where they
vere settled on the land as slaves.
It was whilst living in Roumelia that
theybegan to call themselves Ro-
manies Some of them stuck to farm-
ing, but others felt the; travel -call in
their blood again, and before long
they were moving along the great
Roman roads to all parts of Europe.
To -day there are about a million
of them altogether, three-quarters of
the whole number being in Hungary,
Turkey, .and the Balkans Sixty thou-
sand of . them live in Russia, forty
-housand in Spain, and thirty-five
thousand in Italy. In England there
is a gipsy population of about twelYe
thousand. There are very few gipsies
in this country.
It is a mistake to suppose that
;ipsies from any part of the world
can understand each others speech.
Originally they all spoke the same
Indian tongue, but now their lan-
guage consists of countless dialects,
which are, so different from one an-
other that English and Spanish, or
French and Hungarian gipsies could
not exchange two words.
The farmer gipsies who remained
in Eastern Europe continued to be
slaves until the middle of the last'
century. In 1846 two hundred fami-
lies of gipsies were sold by auction
at Bucharest, the ` average piece
fetched being about $25 a head.,.
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vance-Times, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Conn and
1 I family wish to thank their mane
WASal'snaeia to sea fends and neighbors for sympathy
own to ahem during their recent
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new Automatic Damper. Specially
for• furnaces and stoves Exclusive b
territory. Extra good money—Auto-
matic Damper Co., 67 Adelaide St., Is'
East, Toronto, Ont.
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PAID for all
HIGHEST PRICES e
kinds of soft and hardwood logs .
delivered at our saw mill— McLean r
Lumber & Coal. Co. e
FOR SALE --Several hundred bush- b
el of oats,either cash or time—Jas.
A. Stewart, Lot 2, 'Con 2, Turnberry.:I
FOUND — Ag old wedding ring on
Fair Grounds on Fair t
Winghairi l
.Owner may have: same by call-
day Y N
ing at Advance -Times. a
FOR SALE — Three singer canar- t
ies. First class birds—Apply Al- (
vin Orvis.
FOR SALE — Dual purpose Short- i
horn cows and heifers in calf, one 1
with heifer calf at foot. Herd of ,
from. Also. two
ten to choose i
young bulls. Approved note i
accepted—C. G. Campbell, R. R. No. •
4, Wingham.
FOUND—Two weeks no, a boring
bit, Inquire at The Advance Off-
ice. c.
FOR SALE —. Cow due to freshen
1st of March. Apply to Frank
Anderson, Catherine St.
FOR SALE -Two Cows, due to .cal-
ve, about January let Apply to D.
Deacon, East Wawanosla.
IFR SALE -- A house and lot in
the village of Belgrave—Apply Win.
N. Robertson, Phone 63t—r r-2.
LOST—On Wednesday morning, Dec
22nd,. on John St., between Shuter
St. and C. P. R. station, a gentle-
man's neck scarf. Finder ;, kindly
leave at Advance -Times office.
reavement.
o Complaint to Offer
The Milverton Sun, with Maicoin
JacBeth, Editor and Publisher, has
ntered upon its 36th year of pub
cation. The Sun is a wide-awake
reekly, whose weekly visit is enjoy
d by every Editor who is forunate tc
e on the mailing list. May the
u.n continue to shjine.
hanks for Christmas Cheer
The Superintendent and staff of the
IVingham General Hospital wish tt
ublicly thank all those who in any
vay contributed to the Christmas con
ributions to cheer the patients and
he nurses at Christmas time.
ard of Thanks
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Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Loutitt and
wally wish to thank their many
riends and neighbors for the acts
f kindness and sympathy shown t
hem during the illness and bereave
Hent of her father, the late Lawrenc
?yfe.
my One Print. Shop
Mr. Dan Jones for a great many
years proprietor of the Pembroke
Standardhas this week sold his prat
shop and good will to Mr. A. Log
an, proprietor of the Pembroke Oh
server. Mr. Jones will become fore-
man in the Observer office. rem
broke is a town of g,000 inhabitants.
• CROMWEIA,'S "BAUBLE."
Something About Mace Iii, British
Rouse of Commons.
When the Mace is on the table
there is a House; when the Mace Is
under the table it is a oommittee;
and when the Mece 15 neither on nor
beneath the table, no business can be
done in the House of Commons.
"Under" the table, however, is not
to be understood literally, When the
House is. in committee the Mace is
placed upon rests in front of but be-
low the snrraoe of the table. That is
understood as "under."
If the Sergeant -at -Arms, carrying
the Mace, were to walk into a com-
mittee -room, that committee would
be dissolved immediately,. Oliver
Cromwell know how" to break up a
sitting of the House. "Come; come,
I will put an end to your prating!"
he said, and, as every .schoolboy
knows, he had the Mace removed.
The present Mace dates from the
reign of Charles II., and is a hand-
some piece of .work. It bears tlae ini-
tials Celle'
.A funny incident occurred about
the middle of, last century. Members
had gone down to a naval review at
Spithead, and had arranged for a sit-
ting at ten o'clock the same night.
When members and Speaker: were
ready, no Mace could be found. It
turned out that it was locked up.
The official who had the key' was in
one of the later return trains; and.
was unable to reach Westminster
until eleven o'clock.
But the House had to wait for him.
The Speaker dare not take his place;
no member dare speak. Least of all
could any vote be taken until the
cupboard was opened and the Mace
produced.
Yes, a Real Thrill
A rumor was current in Wingham
last week that Editor Smith of Th'e
Advance -Times had come into a for-
tune of ;p8,000,000. Well it ran all
the way from .$2,000 to that figure,
you know how rumors run. The gen-
ial newspaper man disclaims any
such good fortune, but it must have
been thrilling to have such a rumor
circulated.• --Clinton News -Record.
Married at Wroxeter
FARM FOR SALE --107 acre farm, Al bcauti fill and quiet wedding was
Lot. 12, Con. 8, I1 o;vick; Gr - ave ccichratcd on Christmas Day at high
Road, Brick House, Ilanit Barn, ce- noon when Mr Charles McCutcheon
merit stable, drive shed, drilled well, Slid Miss Orville Margaret flupher of
with windmill, } mile from school-, Wroxeter, were united in marriage
house, close to church, 3 mile from at tl.;fe home of the bride's parents,
Wro: Iter, • For particulars applyMr. and Mrs. Robert Eluplrcr, the
to Wm. King, R. R. t, 'Wroxeter, Rev 1). A. Armstrong performed :tie
marriage ceremony,
NO cCI_ --• '1.'o owners of New Ray -.
Entertainer
mond Sowing Machines. For a A
very moderate sum,. the expert 1
employ, will Make a Naw Raymond
Haat .is out of order, work as good.
its new, and be a better sewing
machete than .arty nr:w inrachine Maw
Offered for s0.104. W. Webster,
The 'Tailor Upstairs; .Ov ae The Ad-
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We notice a couple of paragraphs
in different exchanges recently, giving
great praise to Miss Delight Murch,
,of 'Goderi.ch, who is budding out as a
most talented reader and speaker, The
little Miss is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mutch of Goderieb, and a grand-
daughter
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dau •,hter , of Mrs. E. Aitchesort of
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Winghana, Miss Murch is also an
accomplished pianist and she has tak-
en a leading part in Several entertain-
nicnts in and around Goderich dur-
ing the past few nnnonitbt.
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A Fortune from Hehnets.
One of the most remarkable men
in the history of tailoring was
Thoinas Hawkes, who founded the
great military tailoring business of
"Hawkes', of Saville Row," more than
one hued: ed and fifty years ago. In-
to how many battles Hawkes' cloth
has gone it would be impossible to
say.
In 1771 he walked from Stour -
bridge to London with fire pouuds in
his pocket. He found employment
with a saddler and capmaker in
Swallow street, but soon left and
started business for himself.
Success attended his efforts. He
became capmaker to George III. and
had four dukes among his customers..
Then he obtained a secret process for
hardening leather, and invented a
helmet that 'would resist a sword cut.
"Hawkes' helmets" made his name
and brought him a fortune of £120,-
000. The .secret is still held by the
firm.
The present head of the business,
Mr. Basil White, has a wonderful
collection of military head-dresses,
and his prints of old' uniforms are
invaluable to play producers and oth-
ers who wish to copy them. 'Some of
the old uniforms made by the firm
were so costly that when they were
burned the gold and silver from the
lace melted down to metal worth
more than five pounds! •
Wealth In Cocoanuts.
Wealth' and rank on the. Island of
Nauru, in the South Seas, are gauged
by cocoanut trees. To own much
cocoanut land is wealth and aristo-
cracy; to own none is beggary; in the
old time it was slavery. Some men
have made a good thing, as reckoned
r ri
in the islands, by marrying bow
brides rich in cocoanut land. The
land is cut 'up into very small plots,
usually described by square rods and
roods instead of acres, The title to.
the trees does not pass with the land,
but is a separate transaction. 'One
may, buy a piece of land, but can not
use the nuts and: the native "owner
has the right to come upon one's
premises to gather toddy and nuts.,
The trees ate not only reekoned by
count,' but the nuts are reckoned by
const, In. normal times the crop is
contilulotis,:blossoms, green and ripe
fruit being on the tree at the same
time;—National Geographic Maga-
elite.
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Prairie Dogs.
In Niobrara county, Wyoming,
prairie dogs infest 200,000 acres of
farm land; cacti dog moans a Loss of
more than $1 a year. The biological
survey is co-operating with land-
owners to clean up these colonies of
nests; in one such clean-up 99 per
cent. of the animals were destroyed.
Free Balt is furnished. ter government
land, and county commissioners give
Ihianeiai help in the smaller sections,
---Scientific American,
Ii fogs':
iii Sonne countries frogs are Used
as bat emeters. The species 'employed
for this purpose is the green tree
frog.. They are plaeed in tall. glass
bottles with little wooden ladders, to
the' top of which they always ellinb'ln
fine weather, descending let the aft
proa.eli of bad weather,
Coronets on Biro.
The history of Garrard's, the gold-
smiths and jewelers, teems with
romance.
The firm was founded in 1,721, and
since then it has numbe3ed six sove-
reigns among its patrons. At the time
of George III.'s coronation,many
famous men borrowed their coronets,
swords, and jewels from Garrard's.
The. Duke of Wellington paid £26
for his coronet, and the Duke of
Cumberland, the Duke of Gloucester,
and Sir Joshua Reynolds were also
among the firm's customers. One
patron borrowed diamonds valued at
2375,000, for the loan of which £15,-
000 was charged!
In 1825 -Liverpool ordered from
the firm a magnificent set of plate,
costing £3,489. This was, presented
to Mr. Huskisson, 'Who was killed a.
few years later as a" result of the
first railway accident.
Among the many wonderful jewels
possessed by the firm is a magnificent
dark emerald, said to be the fineet
of its kind in existence., for which-
offers of £5,000 have been refused.
Then there is a Knight of the Garter
regalia, set with brilliants, which Is
valued at £12,000.
dor Hockey, Pleasure .and Speed
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LUCKNOW
Card of Thanks
• : Mrs. Cowell and family wish to
Mr .and. Mrs Alf. Davison. of Strat- thank their friends. in Wingham for, ental roof.
ford spent the week end with their and sympathy shown to;and Mrs. R. Stonehouse and
P the kindness i Mr.
aunt, Mrs. Alex Davison. ahem at the tithe of the funeral 'of` the son Donald of Goderch; are visiting
Mr. K. Treleaven of Hamilton was late Richard T. Cowell. They wish the formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
to male special mention of the many L. Stonehouse and other friends. ,
here for the holidays. I •
beautiful floral tributes and also :Rev. Mies 'Hezel Petts of Blyth is visit -
Mr. and Mrs. Steele MsKenzie and M
Mr Schaffter, rector of St. Pauls in er friend Miss Annie Blair.
little daughter of Kitchener: are visit in g h ,
is.
Miss Ruth Vincent of London is
spending the holidays under the par-
ing parents, Mr. and Mrs hurch, for all his kindness to the I Miss Ella.Sowerby-is spending her
ing the
R V, MacKenzie;. We Like to Get the News !vacation with herparentsand friends
children, .
in Goderch itownship.
H. Iken and ch ,
Mr. and Mrs.The main aim of the weekly news.
} Mr. John Kerwick of the West is
of Brantford were here for Christmas, paper is to give the news of its own renewingold acquaintances in this.
with her parents; Mr. and Mrs. G.
It have other aims,
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district may ciru
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Greer.
such as to give the.merchantsia c
, .. Miss C. Clarke is visiting her moth-
Rena Gordon' and Mr Hunt- to tell of their goods t.n, its columns,, and her si ter, Mrs..,':
MissGe , Mrs. Clarke, a
ley Gordon of Detroit spent Christ -',or to try' and influence public oam- Marva McDowell:
mas with their sister, Mrs, Harold jon through its editorials; or to am'' Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lockwood .and
Allen. I use or instruct; but first of all, it
^ son Jimmie, of Brussels are vi ding
over' must give the news. Some of this! Mrs. mmRobieso father, ,I are v s ting
Mr. Evan Allin was in Loudon ov hard to obtain and nal the Christmas season
is very 1 Carter.
I editor can cover it. all without assts- McDowell of Holmes -
covering.
1 Especially this vine is spending
We are Teased to report that Mr.'' Therefore we ask our read -I., Miss Gladys MCD
W P ranee. chain the vacation under
Albert Boyd, who was seriously injur- er's assetance. specia y is parental roof. -
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ago isre-have visitors. any.
ed by a fall a few weeksgtrue when. you 'Elva Walden, who has ;spent
co I Miss
, Warning Bells.
It has been suggested. that light-
houses should have :warning bells un-
der as well as above water, beeaus:'
in a storm sound,travels farther' un-
der water than through the air. lex-
periments, both in England and in
the united States, Have proved that
a bell struck under water can .,te-
heard at a long distance in the hole
of a ship. One investigator, who 'aro
been exploring the air, has made noun.,
interesting observations on the best
methods of signalling by sound. I3
applying a pa°aboltc reflector. to a
speaking' trumpet, he is able 10 see,
tile :waves of sound in a Etreigi1,
oonpaet beans, r sonibling in its a: -
redness .a•,ray of light.
Safety Lunches,
When animals like cows, sheep, or
dear' go through the perforivance of
"chewing this cud" they are oarryirj,'
out a function whieh their ancestore
discovered was a means of ,aiding
them to escape from their enemies.
Thane animals of long ago were
always in danger of attack, so titi-::
got Into the liiibit of eating as unlet
grass and herbage as they eould In a
short time, and then retiring to 'a
place of safety.
The grass was ntered in a speelal
chamber•, and, once out of iiar•nfti
way, the' animals proceeded to redrew
the food and swallow it again..
of the ladies think that personals are
vering' the past two months in Blyth Ilan re -
Mr. and Mrs. E .Cameron motored th.e .most entertaining reading in th.e the panto her Home here.
usually
over from Walkerton, and spent whole paper. Your visitors
Mr and arc glad to have their names print -
Mrs.
with their parents,
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P ion that they are asking
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VIrs. R. D. Cameron. ed. So send them in. - Sometimes
people come in and give the impress -
The following -s spent the Christmas a favor when
holiday at their homes here: --Misses s r ,insert the favor
of
they want ti
Mabel MacLure, Niagara Falls; Mar have been spending
their friends who
Mar -
Douglas,
Geddes, Toronto'; Dorothy s them. n s person
a few'day
Douglas; Rockwood; Margaret Mac- atwithwho has any item
need feel tlt3 way
umof d, Windsor; Martha Mum, o of real news.
um. of Windsor, Joan MacCalluin, of
Hamilton, Frances. Siddall, Toronto;
:Mildred Spence, Cleveland; Frances -
Spence of Prescott; Ferd Aitcheson,'
Toronto; Mildred Treleaven, Toronto; •
Libbie Lyons and Eva Greer of Wing-• Miss Bertha Ellis of Courtright is
ham. • Dr Alvin Cameron 'Peterboro; spending the Christmas "vacation with
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Messrs Jas. Spence, Pittsburg; Jas. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ell=
MacCalluna and Jas. Orr, Detroit;
We see Mr. George Howatt, who
has been residing on his farm in this
t. has grown tired of baching,
vicinty,
and. has taken a wife in the person of
Miss R .Sanders, of near Blyth. Cone
gratulatioris."
Ella Sowerby ' and her pupils,
Miss
held a' successful concert in the school
on -Dec. gist. The' pupils 'showed:
credit to this trainnig..
Mr. and'Mrs. Thos Kernick of'Bl-•
th spent Sunday at the• h�oine of.
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Mr. and' Mrs. John.;Vincent.
The' Mission Circle. will hold a.
concert' on January irt'h in the Wett--
field United Church. Lunch will be:
be served. Everybody welcome.
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Toronnto Ford'Aitcheson, Cleve-IN*UIQ®i1S®M®®®S®I�I '®IMBII„�®fila• ®�ii�®® ii
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London's I3ixsi.eet 'li3us Point.
During the morning peak -load per-
iod motor -'basest pass Charing Cross
to the number of 598 per hour, or;
approxitnately six a second. In the
evening. lush hours the figure is 592.
last year' the constipiption et sugar
tri Britain Was 1,400,000 tons, As
eoinpared with tt a .etterage of about
1,800,000 tons a O'ear before the war,>
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Aunt. Also, 2 -Reel Comedy, ". Pluck,p&
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Matinee—Saturday at 3:30. Admission 15c, & 25c
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Mr. Johnstonleas retired after ser ad
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ving the village of i„ itcknow in ,the /
capacity of Reeve for ten years, in /
which time he was warden of Bruce I
County,' In all those years, Mr. /
Johnston was always given an acela-
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Mon., Tues., Wedneg., Jan. 3, 4, 5.
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