HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1913-09-04, Page 44 TRE. WIINGHAM ADVANCE
A' 1(IN63bb* OF 1i 3Ri3O �, g repeatedly advised of dan, •
Human "'Parcels," � Though
.- ger, a company of seven men, with Some hing To
The proposed introduction of parcel Revolting Sacrifices and Orgies In carriers, set out, completely unarm•
a post service In Canada calla to mind a ed, so as not to arouse the suspicions
%� Invitation Gre^t Cenin' of the natives, and within a few TWA About I
.;•.�, peculiar incident iliac took l,laeq ,in .n
P;ngland some time ago, end willall Ilaw roans I,,, ,),h, I)"tv: he int 't hours after crossing tlta Benin bor•
Would oaeur oftener it tte English Creat Bcni,i, the t' ^ro loins II+m ,f der was set upon front ambush and
to call and inspect our new people were informed concerning one WeA Africa tint, =hut it+ dwr•i f'- massacred. Only two of the party (1) ThA population of Canada ii in -
IT the parcel host regulations in that the; lchula w0rhl :11,11 coutinthil it• escaped. In revenge Great Britain
` country. frightful orgks and wiaughtertd 0-� sept out the fnevftahie punitive ex. regctngby 1!apa and bounds, and 1,o
Fall and jfy iMer A man wished•,to reach a customer thou -and:; of vietilt, in it•t hun•tn pedition, which in February captured '""w land isb••ingoreat.d.
living in a xomoto part of Balham, one Ft:erificca until the end of t:l.• If'" the efty of Benin and destroyed many Real Estate must therefore increase
q� of the suburbs of London, and it was century'r The kin_, of Bouin rifled of the houses. value• -
,y', M lA it2S, �lik'SS •urgent that he find Trim quickly. °ver his p:oplo in true acv:iia :tyl•'. Some account of the manners and (2) The cost of material and )shear -
9 Knowing nothing of the locality, he a 111111, 'It tyrant, a picture-:ta.� customs of the Benin people has N:onetantlyrieiag.
(3rr'w,,d Q,, "T � rs, bj ie. called at St. Martin le Grand to coil- 11 ouster �vh:,�e t)rac Baas would l d
salt a directory. Stating his case to beyond belief wire th; y not a to:stt: r aeon given by several of the early Fi,:u>escan therkforq never be cheaper
�d o explorers, and later travelers havo rhau at present.
a clerk, he was amazed to learn that i very recent history. Irir,t hoard added to the sum of information. +_
tit, vii- th • exoluslve lie could be- sent to the address by from by the civilized Avorld in t.nz! The people seem to have exhibited ,hThecaabove fat bre das plaintis ibti rnnrallp�E
15th center Benin kept a its re• a curious mixture of savagery and
�,i /,'X ai;tyllCy io" thr+ faX110g8 pence post" by paying a fee of thr:e putation until the year I8Ja when :o :.vest 1n a home. and en DO IT NUaV s
pence a mile. �' quasi -civilization. They had organ.
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Northway Garments which He had never heard of such a thing, I,ngland's I�n� arm was atratchad ized govei•ument, of a sort, with a
and it is.s4id few in England know it out in vengeance for the inasitwra capital city, 'Great Benin. Govern -
r aIe unexce led for style can be done. Of a peaceful expedition and Grvat mental powers were -vested in a king, we bave Bated this week:
n. Accepting the offer, the maxi was Benin suddenly ceased to be, who was not only monarch, but god 1 A 1,00 acre grass farm near Wing.
and value.. The kint;d'am of Benin was discov• -
ialaced in charge of a messenger Tamil- incarnate. He held court at stated cam,
r with all parts of the city and was ered in or about 1472 by the 11ortu• intervals and enforced such laws ma 2 A fit a dwelling with five ted looms
Prices from $10 to $30. !soon on his way. The boy carried a Bucy:, iucidant to their attempts to his whim and that of the advisory in Wingham.
printed slip" on which was written a come upon a new water route to I1,• council happened to dictate -so that g A well situated dwelling with good
1 p dia. `.rile Some
was then t u stable in Wingham,
Also the newest in Misses description of the "parcel" in charge Y l a31• there was a semblance of ]aw and
r under the heading "Article required to civilized. Some effort was made to order. There were three classes of
and Childress Cloaks in all be delivered," and before leaving the Christianize the natives, but the people -nobles or big men, commons One of the best farms in Qnl•oaP.
1 customer's house, both the customer attempts were short-lived. Owing and slavur, who generally were war 5 Oloise building lots in .Wingham.
the newest clotes and styles. ' and the "parcel" were required to largely to the unhealthy climate, captives. 6 A good farm in Morris.
but also parts to the fact that the =
place their signatures on the paper. Y Yet despite these beginnings of
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The limit in weight for anything de• country seemed to Europeans to bit organized society the people prat- Activity in bas ness and Real Estate 9
livered by parcel post in England as of little value conimercially, the tiecd host revolting savage, social transfers is a sign of prosperity. Wing -
in
in this country, is generally under- interest of whites soon lagged. Ivory and religious customs, like trial for ham has it,
�i 'l• �� was scarce rubber unknown palm. misdemeanors by hideous ordeals
' stood to be 11 pounds, but there :s
one clause which reads: "A person oii little manufactured and, while aLd sacrifice; and their superstitions
f for a time the slaves formed a con- G s
may be conducted by express messes- were of the lowest and most tepid
r 2 ger to any address on payment of mile- sideration, there was nothing when type, Apparently, they worshiped
ane fee," the slave trade was abolished to at. no idols, and the only spirits they Ritchie cosenS
C tract Europeans.
_ Finally, 1802, England made a recognized were powers of evil, to £,1
h - Y g exorcise which was their chief Te-
r! I A Safe Name, treaty with the King of Benin. To ligious concern. Every house or REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE'
There may be- nothing in a name, this treaty, however, the king did compound had its altar, decorated
but if you wish to possess what might not adhere. Instead, he continued with rows of bronze heads support -
be termed a really safe cognomen, call to lay obstacles in the way of trade ing elephant tusks,
FURj yourself Hugh Williams. Here are and intercourse. Several British of- Human sacrifice was -practiced to WELLINGTON RUTEAL
11�• L/ f reasons for this choice culled from ficers made attempts at various'iimea propitiate the sea, the weather, the
sources which can be relied on as, to get into Benin territory, but were spirits of the dead and of mischiev- FIRE INS. CO.
Our new Furs and ^^ �„ trustworthy. invariably met by armed forces, and ous demons, to placate the gods in Established 1840.
' In the year 1664, on Dec. 5th, an as they were under strict instructions tiate of war, to celebrate the harvest Head office GUELPH. ONT.
Fur C'9at8 are here English ship, the Menai, was capsized not to come to blows, they invariably and always on the death of the Icing.
in a gale while crossing the Straits. were forced to retire. Then in The victims, like the Roman gladia- Risks taken on all classes of in -
in ready for your - There were eighty-one passengers on January, 1807, in the absence of the tors, were generally slaves or prison• curable property on the cash or pro -
inspection. We have
board. Only one was saved. He was consul general, 'the vice-consul of the ers; sometimes the maimed and imam note system.
named Hugh Williams. Niger Coast Protectorate determined h icall useless swelled the num*
1 On the same da in 1785 a pleasure on a. rle=cQfl,f tni3ainn to Benin. p Y= aro• silent, JOHN DA Secretary.
not spared time nor I schooner was wrecked on thIsle of i hers. President, - Secretary. f
money in gathering Man. There were sixty persons on _ _... RITCHIE & COSENS,
to ether the lar est and most board, including one Hugh Williams Agents. Wingham, Ont
g , g and his family. Of this three score,
; oldHugh Williams only survived the
up-to-date selection of Furs wreck. DUDLEY HOLMES
l in town. Our guarantee of IAgain, oil August 5, 1820, a picniok- Children Cry for Fletcher's
ing party, mostly children under 12 Barrister, Solicitor, etc.
quality goes with every Fur years of age, were run down by a coal
urchased. barge on the Thames: Little Hugh = Office: Meyer Block, Wingham.
A Williams, aged five years, a visitor
from Liverpool, was the only survivor
m New Dress MaterialsSuit- of the twenty-five young and happy ® ® ® R. VANuTONE
I _ picknickers who left their homes so-
Ings and Overcoatings. Some gaily in the inorning. BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR
of the latest goods in separate suit len.athp, in Scotch Book Burnings, Money to loan at lowest rates.
Tweed effects and l racaded designs. C')me and see In our own time there have been fit
:. WINGHAM.
the newest goods.beingi some us b p' The Binet You have Always ]Bought, and which has been
�,' books, oneinstance:when Exeter y g a OTHUR J IRWINColl! e, En land, was roused over ® ea-rs, leas borne the si natllro o,a
1 Troude's "Nemesis of faith, and the use for Over 3 ,tied has been made 'tender his perms
• book was solemnly committed to the
������ conal supervision since its infancy. D.D.S.. L.D.S. -
flames in the College Hall, in the Allow no one to deceive you in this. Doctor of Dental Surgery of the.Pen-
presence of all the students, by the All Counterfefts,•Imitations and "dust -as -good" are but nsylvania College and Licent ate of
sub=dean. Another was • when the 3Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Dental Surgery of Ontario.
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° I "Memoirs of Lord Byron" were de- Infants alid Children• -L, against ]Experiment. -oatoe in Macdonald Block -
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So stroyed in John Murray's house, in 9
Albemarle street, London; Moore was What
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chief executioner, and there were rev- -�7 EMS, ,
t - eral witnesses, the only one remaining G. 13. 110►71J, D,D S., L.D.S. a
PRODUCE WANTED PHONE 71 being the fine old fireplace. In Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare- .
Moore's presence later, Lady Burg. Boric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It Honor Graduate of the Royal College i
harsh 'destroyed the extracts which. contains neither Opiiun, Morphine nor ,other Narcotic of Dental 5nrgeonB of Ontario, Honor
the poet had allowed her to make substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms Graduate of University of Toronto
from the original. and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it Faculty of Dentistry.
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, OrrICE ovER H. n. ISARD & CO'S. STORE
]Flatulency, 'Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and
Diarrheea. It regulates the Stomach ands Bowels,
�j %� assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural asleep. W. R. HAMBLY, B.Sc., M.D., C
1� A ED The Children's Panacea -The Mother's Vriend.
Special attention paid to diseases
Sale. Women and Children, havingGOOD LOCAL AGENT token postgraduate work in sur-
EUINE CAQ-TORIAALWAYSMid-Summer fiery, Bacteriology and Scientific
at once to represent $ie OLD AND Medicine.
RELIBABLE FONTHILL NUR- Bears the Signature of S- office in the Kerr residence, be -
SERIES. Splendid list of fruit and i
tween theQueen's Hotel and the
ornamental stock for Fall delivery
Baptist Church.
Our annual." Summer Sale Will 1913 and Spring delivery 1914. All business given careful attention:
Phone 54. P. O. Box 118
start on Thursday,Au • 7th and Start at once and secure exclusive
territory. We supply handsome free DRS, KENNEDY & CALDER
will continue till Au 21st All =outfit crpay highest commissions.
g• ,.Write
e for full particulars. In Use For Over.30 Years OirFIOEB-Corner Patrick and Centro !treats
STONE 8c WELLINGTON PaUN&B-
Summer Goods will be cleared The Kind You Have Always Bought Offices
nce, Dr. Kennedy 1;TORONTO ONTARIO ITHE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY.
ReaidCACe, Dr. Calder 161
out at one-quarter to one-third
' Dr, Kennedy specializes in Surgery.
offiDr. Calder devotes special attention to
n prices. = Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Eyes thoroughly tested. Giasees properly
a'tea.
Ladies' Waists, regular $1.00 and $1.25 for .75
" " It 1.35 to. 2.00 for $1.25 . DR. H. J. ADAMS
" `t It 2.25 to 3 00 for 2.00
SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN NORTH � Late member Hoose Staff Tor-
t[ It It 3.2'55 to 4.00 for 3.00 WEST LAND REGULATIONS
w '• For Sale onto General Hospital. Post grad•
NY person who is the sole head of a family, " autte London and Dublin.
All Crum'S English Prints, re 12-16 -A or any mato over 18 years old. may home• _ _ _
stead a uartor section of availablo Dominion
g g • 2 successor to Dr. Agnew
land in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta. -
The applleant must appear in person at the ' Men's Boots and ,Shoes ; OFFIcE IN MODQYA-7•A 131 Pcx.
for 10C. Dominion Lands Agency or Sub -agency for the
district. Entry by proxy may be made at any ��
agency, on certain conditions by father moth• at Reasonable Prices. n D ��TT
Ginghams, Muslins, Cambries, ,Pits., iv' houtestoador' brother or sister of Intend• �. LIR, ROBT• G. REDMOND
Duties. -Six months' residence upon and cul -
to clear at cost tivationof the land Ineach of three years. A i )I ll �H Repairing Promptly at- R. C. S. (()toggs)
• hoinestoader may live within nine miles of his Y. R. C. P. (7,Ond.)
�j homestead on a farm of at least 80 acres solely Capital Paid U
A few Men's Straw Hats re�Y' 1.25 owned and occupied r, him Or by his father, $3,600,000. p' tended to. Physician and Surgeon.
' b • ' mother, son, dan8hts brother a sister.
€j In certain district! a homesteader in good Reserve (Dr. Chisholm's old stand)
standing may pre•orn a quarter-aection along- $3,760,000.
1.50 and 1.75 for 1.00. side his homestead. Price $3.00 per acre. Pr 1 , - =� Total Assets
Duties . -Must reside no upon ach of six ydor Over I
A.
HAUGH �S�OO ��^a pro•omption six months in each of six yoara $48,001),000. V V 1.�1
�+ from date of homestead entry (inoluding the `"' , •
Boys' Straw Hats, reg. 50c and 60C time regnir5d to Darn homestead patent) and VETERINARY SURGEON
cultivate fifty acres extra.
A homesteader who has exhar ited fife home• -BANK OF OFFICE Or LATE DR. WILSON.
for 40e. stead right and cannot obtain a pro-eraptlon ;';; RESIDENOE-COR, PA'rRIOx & FRANCIS
may enter for a purchased homosted in certain
districts. Price $3.00 per more. Dutfee.-Must Office Phone 170. itesidenco Phone
= side six months in each of throe years, oulti• AMI LTON
Ex Gov. vets Inspector.
All Mens and Boys'Suits 25 per : vmtoaftyacresanderectahouseworth$300. - -�" -' '`
W. AV`. COItY, --
cent.. off regular price. Deputy of the Minister of the Interior, ('�
g N.D.-Unauthorized publication of this ad• V. N. GRIFFIN
vertisomont will not be paid for. •
.See our stuck before buying else- The small Depositor
this Orisdale's GENERAL AGENT
•where. ��••rrM:�LL depositors in this Issuer of Marriage Licenses,
I must have x0on>t for fall Dreddla Vanrenth es littor; never Femlalels. Pilso ls, me courteous bank are giventreatment Sale of Salmon Fire, Life, Acoident, Plate Glass
stock now coming in. p1116 nre exceedingly powerful in regulating th6 and Weather Insurance coupled
generative portion of the iemato system. Refuse and thorough consideration p
all cheap imitations, Dr. do Van's are sold at • with a Real Estate and Money
,tti a box; or three for a10. Mailed to any address, that are given customers Stt�� ��]• LOaniil 1�nsiness.
xM� aoolaelll Arctic (1o.. St. vatbAriaeM. Oat. with large accotints, g
Produce of all kinds wanted. The aim of this institu- WINOHAM
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OVER 85 YTARS', tion is to encourage Sys. AT LO8r,1,'
Drive in at Fear Of store. r6XPERIZN0Z tematio saving. Many a
fortune began with a single - Lyng Brand..... . 22a General iiospital.
^---a dollar, which furnished I Iced Poppy 13rand,.20e, (1litdor 0ovprpM.0P lntapootion.)
Phone 89 A r'videnee that the amount Derby Brand.... • 13c I -----
of the firbt deposit is not as PlemsatI ty eituaatod. rrl;o4uUfgllypfhutph:hod.
•rflNDrt MApK important aB the fact that `-""` Open to
for 4atieaoeulwhioh inolude bcarrdiwad
PRODUCE OF ALL KINDS 'WANTED. a It is a beginning. � nursing)-�'1 00 to $16.00 per wobk, aooerding
IDrSION l livery six menthe the ►'° UNDR11 s to loO,tddr nt room, Por furthCr,tinforma•
Corvntalltls its. tton -ed3n o
Lf}ti;•M,dsandin mike, "deeseri�,tlottway highest current interest Gallon Apples ...... 1Se, `� for tree isKlss 1F1't")H ws
inrteknt�nn eprnbatdy at ••~,t1� �0i will be credited to your fibre Itand Cileaner... .120 ��e�� g�•
+ ......, nox , w4sham. o
n ottn rer nt&eana.ntar inirn, •n�en�e p 6 for 26o _ g Ape+ ti.
0 M i*llsp tie! :setag0irclt, s aOCOnnt. OOrYttort fit)$ ............
l' tttti tak.:t t6rtIn h n (70. rtt101Y's __.... _.�-.-� -_. _ ::_................. .,.... -.
(successor to T. A. II�ILi.S � riougoo
l?earHne. ........................ 407 C QN1ti1 C C. P. SMITH 100 Gold Dut'�t for ............... 80 Dlearfe Restorar for Meru
el m g 5o Gold Dart for ............... So l hosplhuntof mffdrr"�p' *veryopor nor" gIntthobo y
nainrrt: f: o �5. C �or• +im amct wPtul4Nvtt'Eacl;autl dAnta�hphri�dl "10[
WINGHAM
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER d, 1913
New Fail Goods
AT ISARD'S
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DUN ,tE
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We bave jest pasr-ed into stock a large shipment of the
Monarch Knitted Coats and Sweaters. -The latest and
befit in quality, tit and fiuit,h. When you buy Monarch
Knit Goods, you are sure of getting the best value and
the most up-to-date stiles of Sweater Coats and Fancy
Kni'uted Goods. All prices from the lowest to the best
quality.
All Dhpartments are now filling up with the latest
goods for Fall and Winter Wear.
"From *Manufacturer to Consumer." Buying our stock
direct from the manufacturer, thereby cutting out the
middleman's profit, we are in a po:;ition to give our
customers the very best goods at prices not to be beaten
in Canada. Try us for values in both our stores. Ladies'
and Alen's Wear, "No trouble to show our goods."
Ladies', Misses' and Children's New Fall Coats, New
Rain Coats, New Underwear, New Hosiery and Gloves,
Now Dress Goods, Silks and Velvets, New Boots and
Shoes,
"For Men and Boys." New Suits, new Pants, new
Hats and Caps, new Under A ear, new Overcoats, new
Rein Coate, Sweaters, etc.
�. �. =sard � Co,
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STRIKE ON,
Thousands of young Canadians have struck
from old conditions to higher and better things
by enrolling as students of our Business Col-
leges and Home Study Department. You can
study all in your own home, or partly there
and finish at College. NOW is a good time
to stmt. Every farmer's son who intends to
remain on the farm should have a business
education. You can continue your work, and
like Lincoln, prepare at the same time. Ask
us now. Largest, trainers in Canada. Thirty
years' experience. Seven Colleges. Two thou-
sand students annually. Positions guaranteed.
Individual instruction. No vacation. Successful
people act NOW, not later.
WINGHAM BUSINESS COLLEGE
WINGHAM - - ONTARIO
M. �- PO N W. T. MORSE
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Music E
Wingham - - ons+
Carries a complete line of High (trade Musical instruments
of every description.
Player Pianos; Organs of almost any make; Phono-
graphs, Edison and Victor; Stringed Instruments of all
kinds; Violins a specialty; Sewing Machines, Canadian
alio AMer}can.
We wlsh to impretap yqa with the fact t� at we will sell you anything
that pro,4aeps mpla, op gripes and fplrms to lou t the purtihaier.
A.nyope 1ntppAlpg to Fnrohage o, Planp ehoul[4 oonaicler well before
ptarohIIII frpm trovislitug t}ge;ato. *P are here permanently and you
can see this ingtrq)pent gopl ars lirtying. Gare tis it ohapoo to compare.
Two Stores. opposite Slating Rink. .Nortel Eitd..
Phone UZ P. 0. BOX IS6.
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