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The Huron Expositor, 1933-06-30, Page 3Injured in Fall Off Barn. Edward Garton, 'Brussels, he in bed %stufferin'g frloml painful nuts and ibruises which he received when he • fell fi ane the ton: of A; MleCalluen's ;tarn on the Ipeoperty of IS. Barr, 4th teoneession of Morris Township. Mr. '1MdOallum bought the barn frorri Mr. 'Barr and on Tuesday, had several eaten. employed taking the structure .down. Mr. Garton was on the peak , .of the roof rent,oving the frame work -when ;part of it (gave way, and he fell -to the ground 20 feet below. His fall -was broken twice by supports, and 'Mad this not 'happened chances are that he would be in a far worse state -than he is. The injured mean was •,taken to Dr. Jarnieson's. office, and al- -though no ,bones were broken, his .back was severely wrenclhed, and • it was necessary for the doctor to tape his body tightly. He was removed on "Tiesday evening to the farm of Wm. ;Rutledge, where his •wife: has been -living with her aged father several -weeks,. and it is expected that he will 'remain there until he is able to be :about as before.—lBrussels Post. Flower Show. The rose and peon* show held' by the Goderich Horticultural Society on '•Tuesday and Wednesday of last week 'in Thomsort's vae°ant store, brought 'together mlany beautiful exhibits from the gardens of members of the so- ciety. The majority of the 70 entries -were roses and :peonies, but other flower, such as the 'popular hydran- gea, iris, poppy and lily and the more uncommon valerian and , incarvella -were exhibited. Mr. Fred Barker had am exhibit what were believed to be 'tlhe . only dahlia, ',blooms in town alt' •1tleis time of year. The exhibition 'was .,quite suceees'ful and the large num- leer of people who visited it +was evi- •ddenee of the .keen interest that is ••taken in the work of the society. Af- ter the conclusion of the show Wed- nesday evening the flowers were dis- tributed among the sick. The general aixhibition of the H',orticultural • So- .+ciety will be held August 9t'h and 10th.—,Goderich Signal, At the Harbor. The forthter Govern hent dr: dge 100, "-wane has 'been lying idle in the har- bor for the past ten years, has been -sold :by its owners, the Northwest 'Dredging Company, to the Sullivan "T)rer'girg C•ee pany, of Detroit. A •crew outfitted the dredge and pre- pared it for a'trin to Detroit, where the machinery will he removed.. and • placed in a new hull which was..built in •Duluth and'isrnovv on its 'vay down .'the lake;. Tho tug Chatnnlain, of tiarnia (Captain W. 13. Reid). made .theetrip to Sarnia with the dredge ..en Thursday after first being forced back to nort by the fie, and will re - ;turn here for the derrick, Diel':"tg tin -the dredge at Sarnia on the: way to :Detroit. The steamer D. B. Hanna 'left 117,000 bushels of wheat at.' the ..elevator on Thursday last acrdre- turned on Tuesday of this week with a similar cargo for the WE•stern Car- •:.oda Flour Mills. Approximately 85,- '000 bushels of wheat, barley and creenings were 'unloaded from the Str, .Superior at the elevator on "Tuesday.—Goderich Signal. Thames Road. Anniversary sit•': ices. were held on .Funday, June 18th. -'The pastor was in ci;arge- and their was, good at- tendance h'�th morning and evening. `The music in 'the morning was fur- . Melted by the children's chorus ren- dering twG-o goat numbers' entitled, -'eh:lclrcn's 1Day" and "Dusy for Jes- us." The ttrinirter gave a .short talk to the children, stressing the point that no matter how we fail or how we are disappointed we are to "keep .on running" impressed' on the young the Scripture e-er•se, "Thou God •.see'st me." For the music of the ev- •enin•g service the choir rendered very •+capably the anthem, "The Lord is My Strength." Mrs. John Hc'dgert sang beautifully, "One 'Sweetly Sol- emn Thought" by Carye, 'Mr. William +Cann and Mr, A. Gardiner with Mrs. 'Gardiner and Mrs. Hod•gert, gave a rice rendition of the quartette, "Let the Saviour in." A splendid address was given by the pastor. Loose pro- ceeds of the day were for Sunday w chcol work. The strawberry festival "Tuesday evening was a splendid suc- +eess. The play put on by James St. Young People. was greatly enjoyed.— Exeter Times -Advocate. Reception Held For 'Young Couple. On Friday evening, June 16th, a- xeception was held inrhonor of the recent marriage df Mr. and Mrs. R. Gaunt, at the hone of the bride's parents. The bride and groom were the recipients of many beautiful and -useful gifts as :evidence of the es- teem in which they were held. The .evening was spent in dancing and •other amusements until the early 'ihours of the morning, Just before leaving the company joined hands, encircling the bride and groom and gang "For They,:are Jolly Good Fel- lows" which 'brou'ght a very enjoyable evening to a close.•--iWingham Ad- vanoe-Tinies. :'z 4;ins +(:jaiositi Machan -MacDonald, lOn Wedliesday =Thing, June 14,, at 9 O'clock, at the honie of the of- ficia'tieg clergy'm'an, Rev, Francis 13. Allan, of Teeswwater, the ,marriage of Miss of A. daughter of 'Mr, and Mas. Hugh 111LaeJDonald, 8th eon. of Cuirass, and 'Howard T. 'Meehan, of towz}, son of Mr. Andrew Machan. of Monkton, Ont., was 'eolemnfiized. The bride Was ,charmingly attired in a' 'dress of .blue crepe with fur trine mange • with halt Band accessories to match.iShe carried a beautiful bou- quet of'Oiphel'ia roses. Immediately af- ter the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. 'Mach- an left on a meter trip to the Bruce Peninsula and bailie now taken up residence on Francis St. The bride, a graduate. of the W inghami General Hospital, is well-known here as is the bridegroom, who is a papular merch- ant of this town.—Wingham Advance - Times. - Successful Garden Party. Monday night was a gala night in the history of Turner's congrega- tion, whin aibout four hundred people gathered to ;the garden party end strawberry festival, held on Mr, and Airs. John Turner's lawn. Supper was served from six to eight o'clock and it is needless to say it was thorough- ly enjoyed. The strawberries and cream- were delicious and generously seined. After the supper a ane pro - Trani was gone through, Mr. W. H. !folding,, ALP., for South Huron, be - 'ng in the chair. Included in the pee- r -ream were selections by the Maple Leaf Orchestra; vocal solos with gui- tar accompaniment by Misses Men - nine and Little; vocal and trumpet eolos by M•r. Travers; readings by Misses. Smith and Simpson, of Sea - forth. and a funny skit by A. Groves and S. `Castle; "sofas -end" eoiniediat-ca,, of Clinton. Rev. F. G. Farrill also gave a short address. The proceeds, a- rtaunting,•to over $100, will be used n d•ecnrating the church. — Clinton News -Record. The Late William Brigham. • 'Mr. William Brigham, one of tho 1,'cet ned most r"=pected residents " fii ^ "•o:r"~hip of 'Kellett, and for '• n^-` year. of Clinton; passe'i away on Sunday night. -e 1' in his ei l•ne-n`.r:h year, at ^is residence on Albert St.. Clinton. ,,re p,.i,ea,e.m wria Born nt 'Fief Vod • "n." near Scarborough, Yorkshire, Deland. and of 10 years of age carte "� ct with his pererts and the 'her ;yes''.' rs of the family in 1354, ',trine the tine of i• -he Crimean War. They rrc ssed the Atlantic on the good min "Charity," aryl were thirty dayn en the voweage. Uren. reaching Can - 'da they lived with an ----uncle in (*.hire:ear:May tow•nshin. Peel County. 'or a rear and a half. They then came Hell^*t, the father of. t'he family. ' i •hard P.,righew and the suh•iect of 'his sketch. walking, up to locate a hc•1-,'strei and later returning for the rest of the family, -moving i o in ex sleirh. They settled on Lot 15. Ccn. 13, where.Mrs. Albert Brigham -ow. rc irls In 1x72 Mr. Brigham -n'•,•i•• 1 Miss Elizr''e*h Rapson. who -reds:easel hint a'nut two years ago. Ti e rs =idµri on th? farm an ioining father for 60'117! years and later . Londn;'^oro. where be re- •i,1^d meal he moved to P1inton a 'itti^ over ant year wen, Mr. Brigham •^•'s•' --hind to ivourn,•th^ loss of a .rri end indulgent father, three t- •Mess ar'1 „qrn son. :vli-s Lovina, nt herre in Clinton; Mrs. E. Adams. if leaele,horo, and Mise Olvetta: who `^a^i:es nn the' staff' of the Winelsnr- R'ail- -villa 'i'echnical school, and Dr, 1 . W. P,ri'gha•n. c`. 'Star i'ity, Sask., ell of where were with hint at the end.—Blyth Standard. EARLY[DAYS OF. HURON TRACT AND' .THE CANADA COMPANY ARE' REVIEWED p Interesting Facts Brought Out At Convention of On- tario Historical Society. (By Dr. A. E. Bverly' in London Free Press). A feature of the Ontario iHristoricall Society convention, which -net in Gnelph this week, wee consideration of the: early days of the Huron tract and th;e Canada Company. The lat- ter company founded, through its trreat secretary and organizer, John Halt, the present cities of Guelphand Goderich. To present in a more graphic man- ner the history of the Guelph and Goderich district the writer arrang- e& an exhibit at the Ontario Agricul- tural College of early books, marre, documents, newspapers, etc.. pertain- ing to these places and other parts of Wellington County. In this exhibit weree teal' very rare booklets, published in Landon, Eng- land, in 183.3, containing original let- ters from Guelph and Goderich, These booklets were some time ago loaned to the writer by that celebrat- ed collector of Canadiana, Mrs. F. G. Ketcheson, of Toronto, who has no doubt the rarest and finest collection in Canada. One of the letters is from Mr. John Freeman, a carpenter, residing at Goderich, and is dated there, 18th October, 1881, to his mother in Suf- folk in England. From it is disclosed that he was the first man married in Goderich. Extracts from his letter are as follows: "Mr, Samuel Jennings, 'brother to Mr. William Jennings, •of Fram•ling- ham, has taken a farm lot; he' -has :eight acres of wheat in this fall and expects to have land cleared for a good spring crop. He gives a very favorable account of the country. `,Sanru'el Si,mipson, who was sent out by the Parish of Franvlinghrafn, has everything there that a man can wish for and will do well. "Dear Mother, my wife and myself live very happy and comfortable. I never enjoyed myself nioresin my life and' had 1 been mindfel of the country 1:; It( Il W wove ilu»iux x,titiwea, ;o q$w Ps r�t�T?'#°li' rp:g. MY Wk'O * the 10011ae, is folleettiii$1 ties OP* Pentering^ tre40 ,with 'true, and is ilea peoY.int$."v!ery Mech.; he liheat it (better than anything else.; He lily the plane exceedingly. well and its after Pu'rcha'sing a town job, to build his house Upon. 9 haste a good house and home and Wats the first 'that was married in the Town of •Godericl3. 'and the first that settled upon the Market Square, so the Canada Company have given me 10 aches of land neap the town. This land is of great valnie to tis; we can keep several head .of cattle upon it -and salve the producennairthe winter, "(Signed) JOHW FREEMAN. "To Mrs:- Susanna Freeman, "Franalingham, Suffolk." Thenea's 'Fre4emian referred to..in the abotvle 'letter wrote from Goderich, on the 16th of •October,, 1481, to his brothel- in England, and he gives a more extensive description of God- eriich than was related by his brother, John. He tells about how he ws.s getting aloppg with his trade and also mentions 6amtuel Simpson, who ap- peared t . like his new home very much" harms Freeman then writes' as folio s: crI lik Goderich very much; the longer am here the better 'I like it and the better I am likely so to do. This is (a finer country than any in all A ii erica.. The , town stands in a most beautiful situation and is likely to be as fine a place as any in the Province of Upper Canada. Around about the town farmers are settling very f'pat and new settlers are con- etantly coming'"•i.nn. Two new shops are just .,established and. also a tan office. A tavern is now -about being finished. There is . a butcher set up, so that we may get a piece of beef at threepence a pound, which is thought to be very high. The regu- lar price, in the old settled towns is 2%d per pound. The grist mill is expected to he set going in about a mtonth: then flour is expected to the about $5 a 'barrel. I"Cows are very high this season— $16 each. The land here is worked by oxer-. When I came there was no minister settled here; the nearest r•hurch• was 40 miles off, but ne'vv there is a Methodist minister and I expect there will ,be a 'chapel built in the spring. Divine service is ..'at present conducted in the schoolroom. Thsi.e is a, Sunday school. A Roman Catholic priest comes every quarter of a year; he is goii g to build a church re-xt spring. A temperance' society is also established here. The test runs from. Guelph to this place :.very foletnight; this will enable us h^ve out letters mo e, 'see;ularly.".. as all this has recently happened, I leave. it to you to ,judex whether the town improves or not." . • Another Letter. Another letter in this -interesting ' 'Vection is from Samuel and Ann. Simpson, dated . at Goderich- 17th of October, 1831, and 'is addressed to ':heir son and daughtd:r in England. An extract from their rather •Iong letter is of neneral interest and val- tte. Tt reads: "The Town of foderich is situated •+n a level hill: with a ,good quay and hi'—or by the side of Laki: Huron, -re! is laid out e :vile sentare, with •1,n • market place in the centre. • There are •four principal streets$ a -tile in length, but the place is very entire at _nre'•ent: it was not di- 'v;red four 'years aback• emit inhabit ed, but by the rative Indians, who ':,re - rem- •becoming moralized and .•nerd kir'( of prnple. The inhabit- rnt:: I -•;iv -dee to t,,t at present from 20en to 8^7, scattered in different parts —there have been a great many set - tied in the town sista I cane up, hut rt is not a plate for trade at present, the old settlements. hut there i; every pro,rect of its being the finest Blare in Upper. Canada." Another letter is frcni Robert Fisher. who came to Guelph in 1832, and .was placed in charge nf• the first "our mill in that city, it being then revved by the Canada Company. Young Fisher gives an interesting re - note on Guelph • and speaks very highly of Dr. Ailing.' who was for many years one of the leading man 'in the place. This letter is valuable because it gives information about nne of the first but least known of •he early residents of Gu1;.1ph. At 'he close of 1832 the Canada Com - ',env mill passed into the hands of William. Allan, and no doubt Fisher ^ontinu.ed to work for him. I 'rather think that it was this Fisher who estahlished the mills at a place known as Fisher's Mills, near H:seeler, in Waterloo County. Anyway, about the rear 1840 Fisher left on the 'gold rubh For California and was never again heard of. It was believed that he n -et death on the long, dangerous iourri-y overland. He married Mar- 'raret All -an, a daughter of the pion- eer miller of Guelph. and three of their children were William A., who "'ted in Guelph, on Market Street, and later went to Philadelphia; Robert J., who located in Chicago. and An- drew who went to Philadelphia, where he and his brother were in the insural1 a business. These sons were known to be living up to a few years ago, but no word has been received from them or their family by relatives here for several years. Founded Cities. John Galt, who. founded Guelph and Goderich, returned to England in 1829. He, had met continued opposi- tion from the company directors, who' had no regard for the comfort of the settlers, but desired only to -make as much money as ...possible at the 'ettlers' exnense. Mr. Galt was a friend of the men and women who braved the trials of the pioneer life in this country and he endeavored to help them, His policy brought good settlers, and if it had been continued. the two places would have developed much faster than they did. Galt or- ganized the 'Canada Company, was its first secretary, gave of his means, end returned to his native land poor in nurse, (broken in health and tried in heart for the settlers in Canada, who were at the Matey of greedy land owners, unscrupulous land ag- ents and inrimigration officers. It was this class of people, along with poli- ticians here and in England. who were plucking the settlers and hand- ing to certain churchee ,Mast lands of the finest quality. But John Galt remained clear in mind, •and although suffering from Many strokes 'of paralysis, he con - Bch *AO a . ' forced 'nut.11P'by hie i,<aa P&F' 074 gtllfrwed t r cull l .. y Willi they enjeYed ilia irrlTPl; iEt� WAY' Plaun g, Jilin 'Gatt.11 :1,11 .e i0Pe. ae did , that 'ethers it • teleare, ert Gourley, for his 4a: * Ge oppose tha land evils rampant fn 904 *tithe early daysis in. . $ut ;t7 names of the angle are, now 'being. honored, while those, ,including a certain 'bishop of the day, are being shown up in their true light as the ,htisitory of that • time 'is • being more clearly examined. The Care of Loaned Bulls. 1Realizin • the importance of exer- cise in maintaining ••a bull in healthy, vigorous condition, and .with a view bo increa,sing and prolonging the use- fulness of bulls now on loan, ;the Hon. Robert Weir, 'Dominion 1Minister of Agriculture, has made it a require- ment that proper facilities for breed- ing and exercising ,purposes .must he furnished in future for all bulls loan- ed by the Department. The Minister realizes that many associations are already adequately equipped in this respect but in the case where proper facilities do not exist, it is expected that steps will be taken with the, least possible delay to provide ,the necessary.. accommodation. 'The Cattle Division of the Live Stock Branch hit sent out a tentatiie pian of endear ure, merely by way of helpful sug- gestion and not as an order for adop- tion" At the same time,, continuance of assistance to each individual unit will depend upon assurance being re-. ceived that propel facilities are in existence. * * Spring Flowering Bulbs. The propagation of spring flower- ing 'bulbs, such as crocus, fritillaria, narcissus and tulip isby•offsets which grow at the sides of the parent bulb. When th-e clumps ,are beaming crowded and the flowers small, the :bulbs should be dug up. This will b: when the leaves have turned brown about June or .i'uly. These bulbs are driedsgradually and stored until Sep- tember, 'when they are cleaned, the large ones. (being• put back into the border . and the small ones planted out in a row in the vegetable garden to grow irvto flowering sized bulbs. • • *. Berry Growing. Provinces. The -• commercial production of strawberries- in Canada for 1932 was. estimated. at 20,601,000 quarts, On- tario supplying 10.184,000; Quebec, 4,300,001; British Columl'nia,, 4,003,- 0000; New Brunswick 1,200,006; and. `lova Scotia 300,000 quarts. The es= timated value was $1,664,684. The commercial raseberry crop for the same year was estimated at 7,258,500 quarts with a value of $862,095. On- tario produced 3,317,000; Quebec, 2,- 055,000: 'British Columbia 1,820,000; 'New Brunswick 50,000; and Nova Scotia 16,500 quarts. . The Left Hand To The Left -Handed For some .time .past a•.niovement lla' been afoot in France in favor of t aining all children in the use of both 'hands. The question was even discussed at the. Academy 'Sci- ence, as it promoter, A4m:angaudt, aieerts that the army will gain a grcat deal in efficiency," if 'all soldiers are trained to hand: art.- with both hands. This idea has found favor also in Gerin::any, .eepee ially aanong . edtrca- tionalists, but the medical world con- siders it . utopian and warn against it. ' Numerous pht.-siciar..a hnve studied the problem, which presents a great- er impertanc_ than is usually believ, ed. Statistics show that there was a c-21'; high percentage of deft -hand- cd soldiers in the German pre-war army.' In the southern regiments this percentage was as high as thir- teen. 'An inquiry recently held a- mong the school children of the city of Stuttgart has revealed nine per cent. left-handel.,,.- 'Fu h nunebe:is cannot be""""6'0'.'rlbeked. . !We know what a' left-handed per - :'on is, but many people ,in not know that left-handedness may be total or pat tial Total lett-handedness means that the individual in ,luestion uses his left hand not only for all eccu•pa- tinns requiring skill, lik,- drawing, painting, sewing but et en for those requiring physical strengths, like chopping wood ore gutting bread. Moreover, such an individual uses his left' leg for skipping the rope, for sliding on the 'ice rink or for push- ing a 'ball. Even his ry'.; partici- pate in the gen'enal left-sidedness, for he will work with the mieroscape or sight with the left eye. •Partial left-handedness :resins that the affected individual will prefer- ably use his left hand only or some- times only the left leg. The normal one-handetinsss of the human species is the resubt of the predominance of one hemisphere of the ,brain over the other. The im- pulse for all higher functions such ae speaking, reading, writing, playing musical instruments, emanates from one half of the brain; namely, •from the left half with right-handed in- dividuals and from the ' right half with left -handled indir,ifinals. The reasons for this paradox ere. the in- tersections and crossing of the fila- ments of the central nervous system. Therefore, in reality a left-handed in- dividual is right-sided. It is a fact that the percentage of individuals suffering from defects of speech is far (higher 4ntong left - handled than among right-handed people. Notably there are ter'- times • 1 ,Yes, strange as it may seem, eeoi my emits mof when it causes you to cut down on you. expenditures for things that are necessary for your .eemfo welfare. And it is doubly expensive when it =Sea_ you ,to save on 'expenditures that, if wisely made, would return to you with a handsome profit added. - Short-sighted saving has kept lots of people in the rut of- toilsome grind and put many a business ons the road to a bankrupt's court. Prudence must, of eourse, be exercised at all times in financial matters, but too much caution in personal and business af fairs is often worse than foolhardy squande ing. An advertisement in THE HURON EXPOSITOR doesn't cost a great deal of money, but it will. return - big dividends in the way of increased business and niultiplied profits. Don't be niggardly in the amount of money you set aside for advertising—you can't 2fford to be. . An advertisement in THE HURON EXPOSITOR delivers your'sales message to thousands of prospec- tive buyers residing in this community, while your • window display's are seen by only the few who pass your store windows. THE HURON EXPOSITOR goes into nearly every home and place 'of business 'in Seaforth and sur- rounding country. It carries to its thoi sands of leaders not only all the news of this vicinity, but • the sales messages of its merchants and business men as well. If- you have anything to .sell you can- not afford to be unrepresented- in its pages. . Your economy would be too expensive—it Wouldn't be good business. • • We'll Help You Prepare Your Copy THE HURON EXPOSITOR Mei EAN BROS., Publishers. as many stammerers among the lef.t- hard•ed as among the right-handed. This is by. no means due to. in- feriority or de;vene•ation. There are jest as. many intelligent left-handed n as there are among right- i+.,amled. in proportion of course. Sim- iltt:ly, stammering is a trouble with whish intelligent.and capable people are often acected. The reason for this apparent cnn- trailietion is to be found in the •at- trirets atr;-education• of the left- hnn sell, in which parent, usually ,join the te'iu•hers. The center of speech of the left-handed individual is lo- cate.] in the light 'hemisphere of his T rain. elf a 1. ft -handed child is forc- ed to use his right hand, the continu• - sus ex_r_ise develops the loft hem- isrhers of the hrain......,and thus cre- ates a second center of speech. Two events; s of speech are always danger - due. The ini else to speaking eman- ate.: front. One center, it is something :hat happ.ns but once and the reac- tien to it is the act of .speaking. But when two centers of speech ,are activated, two impulses, which ap- parently- are not quite syn-uhronized, reach the organs of speech. This is heli: ve l -to be •if not the- principal, at least one of the main reasons for staresnaring. and we certainly cannot reject the hypothesis which is cor- roborated hy other facts. The de- fects of reading and writing and the appar.nt, lack of orthographic sense, frequent among left-handed individ- uals, may he attributed to the same cause. •Left' handed .persons usually eat with their right hand and are very cluln"sy at it. But if such an individ- ual is allowed to draw or sew with the loft hand, he inlay display the same sill as a right-handed person.- In erson:In 'vievl of this fact ani&''of the bad effects of forced re-educaticm. it seems utterly senseless to attempt curing the left.hatikied individual from his "weakness!' He will gain in every way if he ie left free to act as his natural instinct tells him. As for training 'all children in the use of both hands, this is equivalent to going against nature and can nev- er he achieved without coercion. The natural tendency of the intelligent 'mind is one -handedness. Therefore, we resolutely advocate the theory: the right hand unto the right-handed and the ]eft hams into the left-handed! She Was Never So Crateful In Her Life St. John, N. B.—"It's almost unbe- lieva,ble-1 can't myself ienlize it— but ti,rgpce ended my stomach trou- ble thst bbd been pulling mc down for eight years," recently declared Mrs. May Kelley, 94 Protection Street. "Why, I lived almost entirety on milk and crackers for a long time, but noW I can eat anything I want without a sign of trouhle. I've also been entirely freed of constipa, tiOn by Sargon Pills. They didn't have tato h,test g iping gyea." C. ABERHART Painless Pain "Phe nwner of an isolated French farmhouse was awakeno•d in the mid- dle of the night hy sdvnke with n'hich hie bedroom, on the second floor, was filled. .We looked out of the window and saw that the ground floor and the staircase were ablaze and that there was no way of escape open to him, except that of jumiping out of the window. He hesitated, .hut when' the ground hexane too hot under his feet, ,jutr•,ped into the garden below. .Then he woke -farmhands and neigh - tors and the fight. began. Several hours later, he f,lt an acute pain in his leg. -In jemeping out of the w•ireleet;• his.feot had touch - e'1 a beam and a.'large nail had prac- fsally• pierced his foot. - He .dead not - 'Ped nothing at all in, the excitement of they fir:. Thienninci,.ient was quoted by the t'arrluts French p-cueoingist, ' br. HI ori Pieron. at the recent Interna- 'innal Congress of Psychology, in ur port of 'the theory- that an injury, xr natter how serious, it is. never •ti:t,s in it-.lf. Whether we injure ear flesh. or 'the penes, or even the !mimes, the seat of the pain is never 'n the tvnund. but ie the brain, viticd it takes notice of it. If the -rain is - s busy with some other im- portant task, or under the influence t" panic or another strong sensation. 't has no time to ,transmit the mes- •agc of pain to the nerves. It poet- 'mnes this task, until the moment it hes, ac'tuitte,l its•eif of its more im- : octant, obligations and is free far reev sensations and impressions. The message is then conveyed to the nerves", and the organism is thus warned that something i, not in or- der. •C'ases in which the brain took I'm notice of •t',ry- serious bodily- injuries were known even in remote antiqu- ity. Mire -recently they were frequent- ly observed during the world war. De. Crile, of Cleveland, reported a rase'in which, a soldier, whose thigh was smashed ,hy a shell. continued to run during an attack on the enemy, until he collapsed, without. at' first knowing the cause of his breakdown. Very often soldiers had their atten- tion -ailed to wound's, from which their blood was streaming. In the excitenroent of the battle they had noticed nothing at all. Dr. Amos Squire, for many years physician at Sing Sing prison, ob- served more than one hundred pris- oners eon,denvned to death an,d nottic- ed how they became totally insens- ible to pain during the last few hours before the execution. Their' flesh could be pricked with long needles without any reaction of pain. One such convicted criminal held a cigar- ette in his trent•bling fingers until they hsgan to (burn. There was a di'stin'ct ,Snell of singed skin famed flesh in the cell, yell he felt nothing, because the fear of death left abso- iutely no room for other sensations in his brain. It is not always fear or excite- nient that claim's the full attention of the brain. Any sensation may a- chieve this,' provided it is strong en- nugh yn absorb the individual's thoughts. T1+uring the war,a flyer on recon- noitering work was compelled to land behind the enemy lines, as. his plane was heavily damaged. When he was taken prisoner, it was noticed that he••hacl a shot through -the should, 'of whioh he knew nothing. It was not a ease of the mate's ;penial strength or cobrage, b.eause having felt no pain, there was no need for him to sumnvon tee courage neoes- .sary for the fulfillment of his mis- sion. But his mind and soul 18snst have, been overflowing with devotion to his cause, to thus render hint in- sensible, Viewed in- this light, we discover itew aspects .in the martyrdom of the'. first Cerist•ians. Thousands of men and w -on -,en were tortured to death in the beginning of the C`,llristian era yet very :seldom do chroniclers. even hostile ones, mention cries or lamen- tati•nns. The ('hureh teaches that God had instiiled strength into the heat'ts of those men and women. Scientifically. w•ve may interpret ,the teachings of the church in the sense that the martyrs were so full of re- ligious exaltation that they felt no pain. Their brain, taken up by spir- itual cane. had net time to pay at- tention to woridlY things. There is no doubt that the same theory ran he applied to the amaz- ing tricks, of the Indian, fakirs. Al- most all of them are very capable mesmerizers. They not only hodui their audien„e spellbound, but have vei'y •ghat control of themselves•: In othee words, they hypnotize thelrie-' selves into insensi'bili'ty and prodteace a state of trance, in which they are temporarily insensible, because cer- tain activities of the brain are mom- entarily suspended. The conclusion that we should draw from the above remarks is that in. valids who suffer great pain should try and take their thoughts off their body and occupy their ,brain differ- ently. It a -current scientific opin- ion that each of us is able to elimin- ate physical suffering, if he concen- trates upon some other thing with sufficient intensity.