The Wingham Times, 1898-12-09, Page 9SUPPLE NT TO
The Wn*ham Times
WINGIIAM, ONTARIO, DE0 9, 1898.
LONDESBORO
League Anntversar !=On.Stinday
Rev. Medd, of , carnia, preached
morning and peaking in the interests
of the 1cagj
Coneert.---On Monday evening Mr,
an Mrs. H. Rathven McDonald
-"gave a concert in the interests of the
league. Tne weather was very un-
favorable and the roads bad, so the
crowd was small. Those who did
attend had a treat as Mr. McDonald
lea wonderful singer and elocutionist,
Mr. W. M, Ouiruette is in Toronto
this week,
'Mr. R. G. Webb received a car of
corn on Taesday.
Mr, Amos Watson left on Saturday
kr Mount Bridges.
TUR.Nl3J RY.
The following from the Peebles•
shire, Erigiitnd, Advertiser, of October
29th, `refers tp . the. death of Mr.
Thomas Anderson, father of Mr.
Wm. Anderson. of this township ;—
On Wednesday last week there pass.
ed away at Riggs, parish of Tweeds
inuir, Mr. Thomas Anderson, shep-
herd, at the advanced age of ninety
nine years and eight months. Ile
was' born at Tweedhopefuot on the
4th of March (Poeblee Fair Day),
1799, so that he was within a few
months of completing his hundred)
year. When eleven years of age he
went to heard cows at Uawkshaw in
the parish of Tweedsmuir, and after-
wards became a young shepherd to
Mr. Welsh at Ericstane, and two
years later he went in the same capa-
city to Holmshaw in•Atrnandale. .At
the age of nineteen he„returned to
Glencraigie, in hisnatfve.,ptzrish, and
with the exception et they aime he
was in Annandale, he had r•esitled in
Tweedsmuir parish daring ttie whole
of his lung life, When twenty-one
years of age he married, and was
shepherd op the same farm for
seventy years. Daring that long
period the farm changed proprietor-
ship five tines, and was also occupi-
ed by five different tenants. Mr.
Anderson was a very quiet unassum-
ing man, but very intelligent, and
• that, combined with his great experi-
ence, made hirn a good judge in the
management of -his sheep. He was
during all these long years a faith-
ful and valued shepherd, and much
esteemed by all the masters under
whom he served. One of his mast-
ers once said to. Mw, after a very
hard and stormy lambing season --
"Well, Thomas, have. you many
lambs this season ?” "The ewes have
all lambs that would bring them up."
he replied. At the funeral of one of
his masters, a neighbouring farmer
said :—"Weel, Thomas, you've lost a
good master," to which Thomas re-
plied•—"I ne'er had a bad ane 1"
The deceased was a shepherd in the
district during the memorable snow-
storm in 1831, when the guard and
driver of the Edinborougli wail coach
lost their lives, He was a man of
rather medium height, of a sinewy
muscular make, and during his long
life never required the services of a
doctor. Till about two years ago
he regularly to took a walk up
Tweed Road and one down Tweed
when the weather permitted. For
the bast two or three years of his life
his memory failed considerably, bat
he retained all his other faculties to
the end. His eyesight was so good
that till within a few weeks of his
death he could read his Bible with
out the aid ofspectaeles. Ile wes :rn
esteemed and highly respected elder
in Tweedsmuir Parish ("Much, hat ing
been ordained to that office by the
Rev. John D+ek nearly dirty ears
ago, Although he had six mile.; to I
travel to the Church, he was seldom '
absent from his accnrtoured pew, un- I
less in the lambing season, when his
professional duties oeeupied the
whole of his time. Thomas Anderson
lived an unosx.entatious temperate,
exemplary Christian life ane when
t e end came he literally "fell aeleep "
It is perhaps worthy of being record
ed that one of his sons and a gt and
son are still in the same st rvice,
while another grandson in Tweeds
emir parish is following in the foot.
steps of his late venerable and vener-
ated grandfather. One of the de
ceased's sons, Mr, Adam Anderson,
also a shepherd, resides at Kailzie.
. BUY EVALE.
Miss Balfour is improving slowly.
The flax mill, under the efficient
management of Mr. Hudson, has
been running at full time this weelt.
T. E. West, Esq., of Woodstock,
was a guest at the manse this week.
The anniversary services in the
Methodist church promises to. be well
attended. Rev. Mr. Rogers will
preach at 11 a. m. and Rev, W. J.
West, M. A. at 7 p. m.
GORRII.
Miss Mahle Orr was visiting with
Miss Mary Perkins last week.
Miss Sadie Green, of Wingham,
was visiting with Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Walker.
Mr. John W. Jaques, of 13th con-
cession of Howlett, recently lost eight
sheep. The Hock had got into the
turnip field and secured an overfeed.
Mr. Thos. Fotheringhatn, of Hen -
salt has taken a situation in the
drug store here and Mr. Robt. Craw-
ford, of this place has taken a situa•
tion in the drug store at Hensall.
Mr. Alex. Str.ng has returned
from Manitoba, where he had been
with a ear to -td of horses.
J. W. 'Toner, a recent graduate of
the Central Bus.ness College, Strat-
ford, and formerly publie school
teacher in this place, has been ap-
pointed commereial master in the
Duluth Business University, Duluth,
Minn.
1527 � �a"moi 4
have secured the services
of three first-class coat
.makers, and are in a posi-
tion to execute orders in
workmanlike manner on
• the shortest notice.
Style and fit goes for a
good deal these days ---
both are combined in the
clothes we make.
Our goods are all new
and the l.irtcezl are low.
Webster & Co.,
Queen's Block.