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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1926-12-30, Page 5i'•tlt IihCki �t..lif Thursday, Dec. Seth, x926 WINGHAM ADVA14CE-TIMES hal11IIli11191111111111MIIIi1 jIGIIf111111$Allllrlll1111111NIII IIIIDIIIilllli1111I0I1IMllll llllill1111411®IIIiII1 11111111109A!IDI11ID1!1$11IK- 11A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ '' ■ ■■■■■mmommem;`'-immomm c wish all our Customers and Friends the . Compliments of the Season and a Happy and, Prosperouis New Year. E. ISARD & CO. siti C9 0 1111 111IDIIIOIIIRI11111111®111iIliIDiItID111111111111111111111v111>•n11111 fns11111111®111511111 I.IiIo111E111®inIDln®'i3111 0 IN MEMORIAM Wingl4am 7 -Kincardine 3, In loving memory of my. son Will- Windham Hockey team motored • to then Henderson, who died Dec, 28th, Kincardine on Tuesday night, and .de - 1924, at Chicago. When alone in'my sorrow and bitter feated the Kincardine Hackey team by -tears flow, the score of 7 to 3. The game was There comes a fond memory of twofast and exciting at times, although years ado. both teams were inclined to "rough Gone and forgotten by'sorne you may it." Geo. Akins was put out of be, Bu . dear in my memory; you. • will be. commission before the game started, always by being struck in the eye with a shlot on goal. He was replaced by McGee His Mother. who turned in a steady game. The line-up of the teams was as. as follows:— WINGHAM-Goal, • McGee; defen- se Myers and A. Lockeridge; centre, Howson; wings Brown and Patterson; subs, . W. Lockeridge, D. Armstrong, G. Akins. n ' KINCARDINE—Goal, Ross; defers, se, Brick and Gardiner; centre, 'Gedd- es; wings, Sexsmith and Stewart; subs, Mullen, Chapman. • Referee—Bowers, Ripley. • French River Fishermen's Paradise iej eis rj eqsaeseessese seas Omer.—Pine Rapids Camp at french River. LMver left The result u4 two hours' fishing at lrrench River. Lover right --Naw tar breakfast.. By Ozark Ripley here is a fascination to fishing new waters hardly equalled by the. number oi• fish Which are taken. 13eoause every stream and lake has its peculiarities, a certain =bunt of study. of local conditions iaities, s noe- esaary. Successful fly and bait casting is• study, es- pecially when applied to base and trout fishing. The Mari who devotes most time to studying a, new fake er stream comes back home not only with fish but a perpetual mental picture of the resort he ;visited it the summer" If everywhere the bait or fly caster went he took fish just as he pleased then the real spice of the visit to the waters would be lost. Nobody appreciates any- thing in this world which is easily obtained. The real creed of spoetsmaatrship is solving new countries, heev waters and deriving most p+leasure froth the unex- pected. Streams and lakes are living things and deport themselves accordingly. They, ntay be full of uli kinds of game fish and yet yield us nothing until we bow to local conditions and agree that they need sensible study. r The first Stiislcy I ever took on a fly tod was near ine Camp iL ti ids oti Frenerh River in Ontario rio th e eo le vowed it eould not be done. There weroTon„ trials beformIsuoceeded and et a little study brought ame facts tb any knowledge, Late in the evening ',found that some .. of t x a hit boys hada p en clt ia lt or dvur the little, h gt fall and preying on the valf»eyeI Ore which vett so abundant below. Tieser3firstWhitelfetereteilitxew eft Sifter sbs cora' !g see~sted of this bunds cenneeted exit 'With a Aidt* 44. tut imye me a Merry half hour folro*rlil, dtYl`iw,.til 'SS ets up and •down the rapid before victory came 'to my credit. In the lower 'Ni i on least summer where the,river Nipigon singularly ends its course in Nxp gon .Bay I was fat - cheated by the clear, swift water and the poor results I had with ordinary trout and salmon flies, then every once in a while I could see one of the immense red - spotted fish rise along the east bluffs below the Canadian Pacific bridge. I renew for quite a while that these big trout were by nature .minnow feeders; their, special favorite was the little local chap hares boring among the rocks,, the coekatouche, But what pleasure would there be in taking one of these kingly book trout with bait? Study of the river gave me an idea. Then for a lure 1.attach:ed a quarter ounce snap swivel sinker to a feather -minnow made ofPly- Mouth hock rooster hackles. ' That is how I took niy first fine and one-half pound brook trout last stonier in the Nipig'•an. There are bass lakes and bass lakes, bass ,streams and bass streams. This applies to the far South as well as the far North. Studying them carefully is and right off rant pays. I had to observe and study, g' ni solution came to ln'e that the bait or fly fisherman a he very places to which the:wornt wants td fish in G v y 1� , . fisherman never ventures, and wart until he aces bass feeding in these parts before he Dissents hit artificial offerings. As far ,Horth as Maiaavv*k1 tri ituellaee to the big mouth waterer itt Louisiana the reale thing prev'a cls, w tight away iai elucidated the nee• cd�tri; for rude �watnar>g . the habits of the denizens and dv+ai thi ij thereabouts which will Make ,,ot ntes true: *Perm TUB GRAND NATIONAL. ft Is Most Feernous or English ()rose Country Races. On Friday, March 24th, the thoughts of all sportsmen turn to- weeds Liverpool, far on the afternoon of that day the Grand National Steeplechase is decided over the fam- one Aintree course, Flea( run in 1839, this greatest of all British cross-country races stands by itself as the supreme test of merit for liox'ses and jockeys alike. The thirty jumps are higher .and thicker than those found on any other race- course; while the full distance of 4 miles 856 yards T part of which 15 ploughed land—calls for an amount of stamina on the part of competitors that is heartbreaking to any but the gamest and most highly trained animals. The value of the stapes amounts to about $20,000; but even this not in- considerable prize is a comparatively small . sum compared with the for- tune in bets that is usually harvester. by the stable connections of the win- ning horse, for the Grand. National is este of the heaviest betting events .:f the year. When Manifesto won in 1897, thr eight leading bookmakers of the day Paid out between them over $5,000,- 000 to.clients who had backed the. popular animal either singly or ix. loubles with • the Lincoln Flandicar winner, General Peace. Apart from the fact that Manifestr was generally known to be a parti- cularly good, horse over the Aintrec ountry, the coincidenceof the Czar of Russia issuing his manifesto about zeneral peace just previously was so striking that thousands of people. vho would never have thought of 'getting: in the ordinary way, rushed .n and backed the double event. Year sifter year the cry is raised that the Grand National jumps are more severe than ever befoze, and that the race is "too cruel." As a u :iter of fact, the fences are built to She same measurement every year, `he lowest fence proper being 4 feet 7 inches high and 2 feet 9 inches thick, while the obstacle backing the "open ditch" is 5 feet 2 inches high and 3 feet thick. A ditch on the take- •iff side is 6 feet wide and has a 3 feet drop, being banked to a guard rail 18 inches high in front.;' The water .jump consists of a thorn fence 3 feet high and 2 feet 3 inches thick, with 12 feet of water 3 feet deep. Each fence costs about $500 to build. One hued. ed and two tons of thorns and ninety-six tons of spruce are used in the construction of the obstacles—fourteen of which have to be negotiated twice during the race— and two loads of thorns and two loads of spruce go to make each fence. Something like $225,000 has been expended by the Liverpool executive on the construction and improvement of grand stands, stabling, offices, and so on; while the policing and other arrangements necessary to control e..r;'nd protect the large crowds cost a „further $2,500 per day. The cash value of the horses en-. eestged varies considerably, and while '$2,500 would purchase some of the. "hopeless" brigade weighted at 140 pounds, it Is probable that an offer of twenty times that amount would not tempt the owners of one or two 21 the "cracks" to part with their favorites. Novelists Their Own Beroes. Mauy authors make themselves the heroes of their own novels. Jack London did so in the case of "Martin Eden." Charles Dickens was the hero . f "David Copperfield"; while Rud - yard Kipling ie the original of Beetle "Stalky and Co," The origin', c•;. 'Sherlock Holmes ryas Dr. Joseph Bell, a lecturer in Edinburgh Univereity, Wheh Sir Arthur Conafa Doyle was a. medical student he was impressed by this lec- turer's methods of reasoning. This Inspired him to create the famous detective. 4 Mrs. Annie Cooper insptretl Dickens to write "Little Dorrit." 'As i. little girl she was a great friend of Dickens, and long before he con- ceived the idea of writing the book `'.e had nicknamed her "Dorrit," Angel Clare's father in Thomas Iardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" vas the Rev. H. Moule, vicar of S'crdington. • Mrs:•Francon Hodgson Burnett made her orvn little boy the hero in "Little Lord Fauntleros•" When Elepltnnts Race. Despite its great bulk and lumber- •i; ait, the elephant has been ]morin e exceed fifteen miles an hour and have kept up a rate' of ten miles hone for a long run. It: is saidthatan elephant does not rir proper inn n:•ity until it is forty les old, and that it may live for -er r. century, Darwin calculated P ; r a 'criorl of nes en 'hunciroc; •'+v r•^;xrs, if breeding Were not red with, (?toren would be nine - ``.,l? , € a ,n..nts alive, d ::,d Trees e r,n,rle pair. .'lee seeks, ahh'h .are the xeatesure -the enures, in their i'ur'iett;; o' i re used he both see es in every - 'y life for digging up 'roote for xi. ("niilrr•.i'v sseseesiee'Fect+r. r, l .intim :t '0 prat 'eee, .bail.' of thsa 011,000 c:alidea:I' in London auj r;Ial .`h':,t ••it ,•ry eetse:5 aro in .,i• els .ta.: tea.,rt t. Irt Louden 1:0 ear ect;: inn- :10'1's her SI ` • lle ]tier i.it'il`.' . n eSunder:and ' number reoniwing; treatment is I: ,a l,r.•.Clal'i;, Of 264..neili>b19, in • s,rril s 'deal la- ° dentist:: 9;76. eifeen were e,r:in-ieed, and 60:8 had detective teeth, 83;3 r omtrit,roquired extractions,and t per cent. needed filling" aper. The lVha 1e. The largest and by far the strong- st of warm-blooded creatures 15 the ,hale. A specimen et the estimated 'olght of sixty tons has been known .t tow for a whole day a steamer of. 20-liorse power, with the full Peirce f the engines 'Wor'king Against tt. a1: English Cler. gyms I,' v In Wilds of Austraa ea Was Friend oa L('iihv,ct •,/Y�W�N�I,�N��QY�YW�Yf �MN14 YNh. ,jr Y ,Y•W`,hhM 1k:W�. Datehworth, a pleasant little vil- lage. in Hertfordshire, 1England, boasts as its rector one who ie also experienced in criminology. He is the Rev, Benjamin Reed, who formerly lived among convicts in. Australia. As a young man Mr, Reed went to Australia, and there, as "par- son on horseback," and later as chap- lain, he mixed with murderers, bush- rangers, cut-throats, and forgers of a very choice variety. They liked Mr, Reed. A testimonial hanging in his etudy reads:— "Rev. Sir,—We, the members of he Church "of England now in Pent - ridge Stockade, do earnestly desire to testify. our regret at the prospect of your early departure from us, and although' we wish you a more congenial congregation in a more pleasing sphere, we do heartily assure you that you cannot minister to one where you will be more heartily ap- preciated or one where you will be more missed. "And further, we sincerely thank you for your endeavors on behalf of some of us, and trust that you and yours may never fail to ,find a happy path through life, and friends to wish you, as we do, God -speed." The "Stockade" was a notorious convict settlement. The message, which is signed "on behalf of the members of the congregation," • is w_ itten in exquisitely delfcate hand- writing. The author was a brilliant roi•ger in private life. He was also the church organist. The other sig- natories to these admirable senti- ments were a wife murderer and a man doing seven years for theft. "Each member of that congrega- tion," writes Mr. Reed, "wore about sixty pounds of irons on his legs, and when I came in to begin the service they all rose with a dignified clank. Rows of warders stood with revolv- ers in their hands. to quell any pos- sible disturbance." A Wesleyan chaplain was brained with astool; just before Mr. Reed arrived, by a convict who wanted to get hanged because he could not bear the thought of his long sentence. Many of them were English public school men of briliant intellect. On the other hand, there were men like Power, the famous bushranger, whom Mr. Reed knew intimately. "What do they know of us?" said Power on one occasion, speaking of prison authorities. 'We keep them and they know it. There is not one of them who cares a rap whether prisons are reformed or not." "Although he never met the "Kelly Gang," there was one of the rangers called Billy Barnes, of whom Mr. Reed tells a curious story. In prison he told Mr. Reed that they would not catch him again once he got out. "They give me this," he exclaimed, "for breaking into an hotel, yet that man next door gets less for robbing a poor old woman of sevenpence- halfpenny on a Saturday night." Shortly after, a well-known "fence" (or receiver of stolen goods) was found with his throat cut, and suicide was presumed. Apparently nothing had been stolen. The body had been buried, but was exhiinred, as somebody was struck with an idea. The razor was in the dead man's lett hand= but he wen known by in- timates to be right-handed! It was then found that a throat bone had been smashed by pressure, proving conclusively that the man had been throttled. Suspicion rested on Barnes, and a raid ox his house confirmed a foregone conclusion. Ii 2r. Ii.eed took part in some pain- fully dramatic episodes. A man, driven desperate by disease, murder- ed his step -child. He was a "lifer." but after two years' treatment r ecov- ered, and not only _ became normal but deeply religious, 2iverybody lik- ed him, and atteinpts to obtain a remittance of his sentence were made, One day, writes "G. C. P." in Lloyd's Weekly News, the governor sent for Mr. Reed and told him that the Secretary of State had refused the man's release, The governor was not sentimental, but he had not the heart to tell the convict, so Mr. Reed was deputed to do it. He thus de- scrtbes the scene: "As the roan caine into the room he east one glance at my face and, dropping an his knees, cried like a child. I was too overcome to tell him, We clasped hands as we sang falteringly the first words that cane into my head -.-the words of an old. hymn." air. Reed has had many other ter- rible experiences both in Australia and in England. There was his ex- perience of a murderer 1n a Lan- cashire town a few years age. Mr. Reed's efforts to secure the man's reprieve failed. "1 don't want to live," said the man, quietly. "Feel my pulse." He held out his wrist, and the beat was es even as a clock, For many yearn Mr. Reed has been a student of crime and criminals, and the old rectory contains many grim relics of bygone, wrongdoer's. Promotion. "Why not marry," sald the Bene- dict to the woman -hater, "and have a wile to share your lot for better or for worse?" And the disgruntled one.. growled, "It sounds all right; but some of trectoxshese shareholders blossom into di - i" Brief ll.txeipo. A lady wrote to the editor, of a fashionable. journal, "What am I to do to ensure having white hands?" The answer was, "Nothing." Another 'Q3itielen. "I wish now," said the lecturer, "to tar your memory," ,A, wail in the audience: "Has it Otte to that?" • chair(amai11 111$1gIid1111a111al I�111atiatIIMII11�111 ao llfll II It IDI I i i Il, ■ i 11l i1 Pdlll_ 1111 �111111111111i1111i1111M I 1 111 V edirbel boo& keloa dor tie cAys tess\„ngs 'Kew "\itaNr. J. A. MILLS, WINGHAM 111IDIIIOIIIIDII ILII 11ID1110111IDI I lIDi I ISI I III I lIDl l l®I I IIDI I IIDI I IIDI! 111p IeI I lIDI I lIDI AIDiI IIDiI I ILII l l01! I!•I III I lID Killed While Milking Mrs. Fred Shannon, wife of a well known Bruce County farmer at Ama- bel is dead. as the result of injuries sustained by being trampled on by a cow which she was milking. C. N. Railway Earnings Tfee gross earnings of the Canadian Natonal Railways for the week end- ing December ,4th, 1926 were exactly $5,287,223 as compared with $5,497,953 for the same week of 1925, a decrease of $2xo,73o or 4 per cent. Only $256,49 Taxes Unpaid Out of a total of $41639.90 of col- lectable taxes on the roll for the township of • Culross, . the collector, Mr. John Armstrong has got in the sum of $41,362.74, Since the 15th( a few small amounts have been receiv- ed and the l tot a .now stands at $256.49 uncollected, andn is the small- est amount • in years that has been outsanding. This amount is divi- ded among twelve ratepayers and only two of them are for large amounts. Last year there was over $Soo on the roll, not collected. Where the Sun Always Shines The Evening Independent, of St, Petersburg, Florida made a sun- shine offer some sixteen years ago, that on. any, day that the sun does not shine in St. Petersburg before they go to press at se.3o p.m.,: they will give away their entire day's output of paper free. Free at all newstands and from all dealers. On Dec. x6th, it rained all day, and therefore they made good their offer ,and lir. Alex, Crawford mailed the editor a copy, During the sixteen years this paper has only been given away on account of no sunshine 89 times , The editor was also the recipient of a nice Christmas card from the Craw- fords. They are enjoying splendid hot weather. bit. • Crawford says there are not nearly so many real estate brokers in Florida this year, as previously. DUDLEY HOLMES, K. C. COUNTY CROWN ATTORNEY Though the official announcement has not yet been made intimation ' has been given by the Provincial Govern- ment of the superannuation of Mr. C. Seager, K. C., who for over twen- ty years has been county Crown At- torney and clerk of the peace for the county of Huron, and the appoint- ment in his place of Mr. Dudley Hol- mes, K. C., of Wingham. It is ex- pected thtt the change will take place very shortly, although no date for the taking over of the office by Mr. Holmes has yet been fixed. Mr, Holmes is already well known in God- erich, being the eldest son of the late. Dr. W .J. R Holmes, county tress-. urer for many y ears a y , and having, spent most . of his youthful years in. this town. His wife is also a for- mer Goderich girl. We do not know, what Mr. Seager's plans for the 'fu• tare are, but we Mope that he and: Mrs -- Seager will remain in the town of which they have been esteemed citi- zens for so many years. Mr. Seag- er has given zealous and able service in his office, and will no doubt en- joy the leisure which a busy life has denied him—Goderich Signal. Hupfer-McCutcheon Wedding A quiet wedding, in the presence of only immediate relatives, was solemnized on Christmas day, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Hupfer of" Wroxeter, when thier daughter Mar- tha Orvillewas united inntarriage to Mr. 'Charles Henry McCutcheon cif, Wroxeter, when their daughter Mar-' tha Orvila was united in marriage tot performed by Rev D. A. ,\rmstrorigl took place at high noon. ire hone dere' The bride,'gowned y georgette, entered the living xoom with her father, to the strains of 1.o-, hengrin's Wedding .;March played by: her sister Mrs. , R. McMichael. She was attended by her sister Miss Echlin Hupfer, Sudbury, wearing pale green r The groom's taffet and georgette., attendant was 1vtr. 1:1. McMichael, ' After the ceremony, Ilmeltoon was e rival in the diniegerooni, which was tastefully decorated with .evc reecns , hllly, rhrysaittlrerrriis, and carnations, 1r. and Mrs. t13cCutrhcon left on the atferuoon train for a short trip, the 'bride travelling in wino colored needlepoint coat with hat to match and wearieg'tire groom's gift, a dia- m'ond bar pin. B OR. —.onMonday, Battery Ira Detroit, Tyro ay, Doc. loth, to Mr, and 1r4rs, Albert Buttery, Jr,, a son, Albert Thomas: WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER If you 'want a little competition take a pencil and paper and write the names of Wingham people to suit the following: The best vocalist? 'rhe laziest man? The earliest riser? The oldest person? The biggest crank? The richest citizen? The hardest worker? The most popular resident? The shrewdest business man? Who has the largest family' Who is the biggest grouch? Who attends church the most? Who attends the most funerals? Who is the most sarcastic person? Wlijo is the most genial .tuanto meet? Don't send t.heni in to as—we are not looking for a fight. . `Silver Threads Among the Gold" About y years ago, Hart Pease Dances, the composer of this phrase. and song, was found cl,ead in adclphin boarding hotise, kneeling be.; side hi bed. ()n ',an old and worn .cc s ct py cf his famous song he had writ- ten"It'is hard to grow old alone,' Yet in that very son he had writ- ten ten of the, wife be, adored, "Love ears never grow old," She survived. him many years, but for some time, before his. death they lived apart. It. was the se;that parted thou. So, etsormous was its success that they 'exchanged their cottage for a man» sion, and thc love that dwelt in the cottage seems to have flown out of tate mansion, until eventually it led to. separation Although the history of the phrase, "Silver threads among the' gold,,, is; a sad one, the idea has cauglit'tlie, imagination of our hotneLloving race,;; and cases of true. love sttrvivng :(lire advances of' old ge are bar no, means rare.