The Lucknow Sentinel, 1936-06-25, Page 138
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GROUP LEADERS FRIDAY
Lucknow Handed Auburn First Loss
Friday By 12 to 6 Score—Blyth
Reinained Undefeated By Winning
< Here Frein St. Helens 9 to 5.
Lucknow had trouble mustering
nine men to go to Auburn on Friday
. but . the makeshift team succeeded in
knocking off the league leaders by
-a score of 12 to 6 for Auburn’s first,
loss of the seasoh. Jardine, Auburn’s
ace pitcher started the gamle but was
relieved in the 5th by .Bob Craig.
Carruthers, went*the route for Luck
now. The win was an important. vic-r
tory as it put the Sepoys within hail
ing distance of the leaders as the
teams prepare to go down the horiie
• ? stretch to the playoffs.
While, Lucknow was winning in
Auburn, St. Helens lost a hard luck
game at home (in Lucknow) to Blyth.
who continued their string of vic
tories by winning 9 to 5.
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
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BY REV. A. M. NICHOLSON
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' Looking Backward 1
WITH D. A. MCDONALD
PAGE FIVE
LOCALS BEAT DUNGANNON
IN SCORING MARATHON
Dungannon-Trot t Four Juvenile
>— Players -In- Ga&ft
Who Gave Got
Lelves—Score
When Dungannon and Lucknow
hookeds up here on Saturday in &
Maitland League, fixture there was
more ruiia than ants at a picpic. The
\ score at the end of 7 innings Was
.17 to 11 with the homesters the win-'
*ners. .....,
To' field a team, Dungannon had
to use four of their juvenile team,
all in their early teens: and “knee high
to a grasshopper”. They gave a g®6d
account of themselves and their ex
hibition was the big feature of the
game. Not one of the quartette who
-----played 1st. 2nd and’ left and centre;
/ field had an error all day and each
of them had one or more plays, to
make.
>Bill Hewat aid the hurling for
Lucknow, .and struck out 16. but had
a hard job getting the horsehide
across between the shoulders and the
knees of the wee lads and issued 9
walking tickets. His - support was
shaky at times.
Mat. Foley the Kingsbridge lad
who held the Lucknow team well in
hand down in Dungannon was hit
freely on Saturday, when, the locals®
smacked out 19 hits, one of them a
mighty clout over lefts field fence by
Jack Fisher. “
Dunganfton : ab r Ji po a. ,e
J. McDonald. 3, ss 5 3 1. 0 0 1
" — • - “ .5 3 4 0 0 0
.4 3 3 0 1 1_ _ _ _ _ 2
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E. Webster, cf. M
r J, Fisher, ss. _ _____
H. Greer. 1st -—5 1
-B. Hewat. p. _5 1
H. Johnston. If. —2 0
L. McDonald. 2nd 4 1
H. Ritchie, c. ■ ■ . A. 2
. H. Thompson, rf. -4 2
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E. Carruthers, If. 3 110 0 1
A. McIntosh, 3rd -11 0 0 0 0 0
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Score By Innings—
Dungannon _____.303 1202—11
Luckno'w .‘....■,414 215x—17 ,
Summary—2-base hits, Thorton
Eedy. Hewat 2. Struck out—Foley 3.
Hewat 16. Base on balls—Hewat 9.
Hit By pitchedd ball—by Hewat, F.
. Pentland (twice); R. Parks. Wild
pitch—Foley,' Hewat. Passed balls—
Pentland 2. Stolen bases—I. Eedy,
Fisher. L. MacDonald, Ritchie. „Home
Run—Jack Fisher.
Umpires—Doug. Clarke and Cecil
Treleaven.
Dungannon ab>
I. Eedy. 2nd ____3
W. McCarthy, ss. —4
R. Parks. 1st __—3
T. Eedy. 3rd __-^.4
Mat. Foley, p. —.5
F. Pentland, c. —
H. Culbert. cf. —
F. Eedy. If.
R. Pentland. if.
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BOUNDARY WBS1?
Visitors at the home pf Mr., and]
Mrs. James Webster, Ashfield, re-l|
cently, were Mr. and Mrt. Gep. Wil
son and daughter. Beatrice; Mrs.
Jessie Campbell and Mrs. M. Av
Stockham, also Mrs. Banting of Al-
listen;‘Mr. and Mrs. Percy James of I —... .. .......
Chicago; Mr, and Mrs, Peter, John-1 To have lived, seventy-three years
ston of Lucknow; Mr. and Mrs. Fred 19® the same farm is one of the ac-
Johnston and two Isons of Listowel. I c'omplishments of D. A. MacDonald.
Miss Myrtle Webster is spending I well-known Kinloss farmer.
the summer vacation at her home I Many changes have taken place
on the boundary.since William MacDonald and nis
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Peterman pf I wife, Esther Fuller and two little
Wingham, spent Sunday at the home I. girls. Abbey and Cassie, settled on
of their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. I the Second in 1354. On looking over
T, Webster. . ' I the farm, exception was taken to a
r;.' ....—1—creek which rah across the centre of
TRACES INCREASE IN |]Je j$t
TOWNSHIP TAX RATE the y°ung Scot said. Oh1 it will not
_____ * ' matter, for we ^ill never clear more
Total Taxes On Wawanosh Farm. the. front? fifty, acres any wpy.
85 Years Ago Were $14.42'/j—To-1 But before his death m 1899, he saw -day Levy Has Soared To Between |ev^ acr5 f
50 And 69 Dollars " Dan, who was the sixth in. a iam-
, ily of eleven children, is one .of-the.
In delvirte into townshid .records fW? who are ‘ still living. "Liza who
Harry J. Boyle of St. Augustine 1® now Indmakes some interesting comparisons I
relative to the steady increase in l Afe2^
West.. Wawanosh township taxes 1. Born in 1863. in ^he old log shan
since the municipality was establ-lickoA ok /on/,.with all modem luxuries missing,“The records show* the'Township I and the barest necessities available, of WawaS%ohha^^ "
lished late jn the 1840’s, whilp tl homes of the first settlers. There
first pro^-of^-assessmenWs-in 1851
To demonstrate the difference - in
taxes, I cite the case of Robert Ferr.
guson’s assessment -in 1856. In that
year his property ^assessment was for
$889, and. nis personal assessment
$299, making a total of $1,98Q, His
farm contained .199 acres 'and rep
resented an. average farm of that
time. On this his taxes amounted to
$14.42^.'
MThis-samerTfarm -in.. 1919 was . as
sessed for $2,899 with taxes of
$28.94. Going back to 1897 we find
that the taxes were $18.34. And then,
coming to the present day. the taxes?
on a similar farm amount to be
tween $50 and $69. '
First Relief Receipts
“Rates' were figured out on the
cents and dollar scheme. For in
stance, % cent for. county rate and
% cent, for school purposes. For a
number of years the relief column
was not used, but in,1872 there was
payment of $18 to a man. A dissat
isfied taxpayer notes in an early
correspondence that the recipient
“was an able-bodied workingman?
who is being led to a life of lazi
ness and sin by the grant of money”.
‘ “In 1867, the year pf Confedera
tion; a tavern license was $18 and a
shop license was $19. Ten years lat
er these had been increased to $38
for a shop license and $29 for a tav
ern..In 1877 the Clergy Reserves grant
was for $141.69, and had decreased
from $222.49 in 1867. Many farm
taxes in the early ’69’s were not
over $5; V ■'?
“Statute labor came into effect
soon after* this. The main entries
were for cross-waying at the inter
sections of the roads. Owing to
large tracts of swamp, a good deal
of the roads had to be constructed
of corduroy. This necessitated the
building up of the road with logs
before piling on dirt, which was later
covered with gravel. ~ .
“Statute labor was, a system of
roadwork whereby each taxpayer
was given a certain amount of work
on his own road or concession. On
each road a pathmaster was appoin
ted/ It wap his duty to keep the
time of the men working and notify:
each man, when his turn came. These
pathmasters were in turn under the
direct, supervision of the councillors
and. reeved pin this way the farmer
while helping to maintain his roads
was receiving his share of the wages
or else, could apply it on his taxes.
A number of years ago a vote was
taken and the old Statute Labor Act
was 'discarded in favor of the one
which is now in action Under the
hew ruling a superintendent controls
all affairs pertaining to road work.
Although taxes were at a low rate in > --------’ - <
there
main ____
fairly decent
were mere paths.”
-*
1860, it should be remembered
re were few good roads. The
concessions were kept in a
___ _ j state of repair, but
many.of the back and' side roads
WEDDING BELLS Kinloss Council Minutes
NORMAN—BROOK
A very pretty Wedding was solem
nized on Wednesday. June 24th, at
eleven o’clock, at the koine of Mr.
and Mrs. David Brook..con. 6. Hur
on, when their daughter, Isabel
Myra became the bride of Mt. Cecil
' Roy Norman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Norman, con. 5, Kincardine
township.
The bride, on the arm of her fath
er. took her place on the verandah,
beneath an arch of evergreen and
pink and white peonies, to the strains
of Mendelssohn’s wedding march,
played by Miss Frances Montgomery
The bride looked charming in a gown
of shell pink ribbon net. and wore a
veil of white tulle caught with or
ange blossoms and carried a bouquet'
of pink' and white eamatidns. The
bride was attended by Miss Evelyn
Norman; cousin of the groom, wear
ing, a gown of figured mauve chiffon
and carried a bouquet of yellow roses
and delphinium. The .groom was sup
ported by Mr. Stewart Brook, bro
ther Of the bride. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. C. N. MacKenzie
pastor of Ripley United church. Dur
ing the signing of the register, Miss
Frances Montgomery played ‘Largo’.
The groom’s gift to the bride was
a travelling case, to the bridesmaid
a pair of silver salt and pepper shak
ers, to the pianist, a compact and,
to Ifee best man, gold cuff links. Af
ter the ceremony the bridal party
. and guests proceeded to the dining
Toom, which was tastefully decorat
ed with pink and white, ‘ where a
sumptuous wedding dinner was serv
ed by fourfriends of the bride.
Amid showers of confetti and good
wishes the happy couple left by
motor for Niagara,, Hamilton; Brant
ford and other points, the bride trav
elling in' a brown swagger 4 suit,
brown shoes, hat and accessories to
match. On their return they will Re
side on the groom’s farm, con. 5,
Kihcardinetownship.
Kinloss Council met, on June 22.
All members present.
, The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
A grant of $20.00 was given to the
Lucknow Agricultural Society.
Sheep claims of John Emmerson
and Hugh Lane, were dealt with.
The Insurance oh the Roads of the
township Was renewed with Mr. John
A, Pace of Paisley, agent for the
Canadian: General Ins. Co., at a pre
mium of $100.09. '
By-Law No. 4. 1934—-re Hawkers
and Pedlers, was, repealed, and a new
by-law drawn up with a new scale
of fees attached. ,. ■
Orders were issued in payment of
all bills and accounts passed at the
meeting.
.Council then adjourned .to meet
again on Monday, the 27th day of
July. 1036. at the usual time and
place, ' ..
. Cheques issued—Joseph Agnew, %
Div: Court fees 1935. $19.59; Joseph
Agnew, grant to L.A.S. $20.00;
John Emmerson, sheep claim $12.00;
Hugh Lane, sheep claim $16.00; Dan
McDonald, Insp. sheep claim $4.00;
John Ai' Pace, Road Ins. Premium,
$100.00; B. E. McLean; relief sup
plies $13.70; Harold Thompson, re
lief supplies $1,25.
Highway, cheques—Road No. 19,
pay list 39 $22.50; Sam Nesbitt, pay
list 40. $9.00; J. S. Craig, pay. list
41, $8.72; Mel. Irwin, pay list 42.
$4.05; Ban McKinnon, pay fist 43,
$4.20; Wirt; McKenzie, pay list 44,
$87,00; Geo. Lockhart, pay fist 45,
$34.75; Wesley Thompson, pay list
46. $5.15; Alex Percy, pay list .47,
$32.50; H. Dawson, pay list 48, $93.-
75; John Kennedy, pay fi^t 49, $5.25;
Johnston McLeod, pay list 50, $7.20;
Sawyer-Massey Co., pay list 51,
$5.30: Road No. 2, pay list 52, $14,70;
Road No. 10. pay list 53, $4.50; Alex
MacLeod, pay list 54/ $24.90; Miss
S. Purvis, pay list 55. $3.00.
J. R. LANE, Clerk
homes of the first settlers. , There
about fourteen by twenty, with two
small windows and one door.. Shing
les were not used—the roofing beihg
made from bark peeled, from trees,
and flattened into sheets about six
feet by four feet: The floor was clay
and an ojien fire-place separated
from the end of the house by a
large/‘back? Jog supplied heat in
winter* and served to cook the simple
meals in winter and summer. No
ovens were used; Pots, were held over
the flame by an iron crane. Hemlock
branches served as the original beds.
Later/a prized article of furniture
was a home-made bunk, which serv
ed as a bed I at night and, when fold
ed, a bench in the daytime. By this
‘time -blankets -were hung-^-at - night
to separate the sleeping quarters,,
GVehn wpod was used exclusively for
fuel, as it had not been discovered
that dry maple was more serviceable
Nine children were born and rais
ed in this small shanty. Not a doc-,
tor was called when. the children
were ushered into this world. Mrs;
Martin Maclnnis/ who lived on the
adjoining farm was always ready
and willing to help a neighbor in
need. ““' / ' ■
r Incidentally it might be mentioned,
that the appearance of a doctor on.
the concession was considered a bad
omen,, and wbrd pf a death would be
expected. This did ,not. reflect on the
ability of the early dpctors, but con
ditions. were such that money was
not available to pay for medical ser
vices of a doctor was not called,
until' life and death were in the bal
ance; In most cases it’-was ..thought
that death should be chosen rather
than running bills which .could not
be met. When death did come a cof
fin was made hy Frank and Angus
MacDonald, or, Duncan MacMillan,
who were the “handy men” on the
concession.. '
Mr. MacDonald’s earliest recol-
lectiohs are in connection with the
'first barn raising in the district, in
1867. their own barh, when John
Stewart and Charles Eilia were cap
tains. Although the barn has been
enlarged since, the original timbers
are in as good condition as when
they were taken from the- forest
nearly seventy years ago. At the
time of the raising/ there had been
a great deal of excitement in con-
nectidh with the Fenian raids.
All able bodied men had been
meeting at “The Gray Ox*’ regu
larly to drill under John (String)
MacLeod. They were prepared to
meet the enemy with axes, scythes,
shovel^ and other crude ■weapons-
When the men commenced to gather
fob. the barn raising, Dan feared the
Fenians had come at least, “so taking
his little sister by the hand, he has
tened to the shanty to take iwhat
protection his mother could give.
School days followed at the old
log school. 1% miles west from the
Gray-Ox, and then when the Second
school opened on the gravel road,
Dan was one of the first scholars.
The three R’s received most of the
attention, of teacher and scholars
alike, with some Consideration to
history and . geography. “Can you
name the rivers of Europe?” the
scholar of sixty years was asked the
other day. Without any' hesitation
the reply came, Elbe, Rhine, Seine.
Lorie, and a dozen more, which
spoke well for the teaching under
such difficulties.
There was a fine type ,of com5;
munity life in the early days. When
ever a major task was to be under
taken, a “bpe” was arranged, and
twenty or thirty neighbors were bn
hand to help with “the logging” or
“the quilting” or “the falling.” The
field. to be logged was usually stak
ed to divide it into five equal parts,
the remarkable age of 103 years,
and then five1 gangs with five men u>
a gang raced with each other to see
which could finish first: Frequently
while the men Were busy logging,
the women folk wotild have a quilt
ing bee at the house and the day
would end with an > old fashioned
dance. The fulling; of’Course, is .a
lost art in Kinloss now. It was .the
process in connection with the manu
facture of cloth, when sheering,
carding, spinning Were all done on
the farm. Twenty-five or thirty
young folk would meet to work by
candle light at ^“fulling” the cloth.
Gaelic sbng and story , made the work
seem like a pleasant amusement.
Threshing was performed by the
flail originally. Then came the sim
ple cylinder machine which threshed
the, grain from the straw, but made
ho attempt to separate gram rrofn
straw and chaff; Then followed; Bob
Brotchie’g machine driven by horse
power. Five! teams of horses Oper
ated the outfit Every time they
threshed twenty bushels of wheat,
work ceased for ten or fifteen min
utes to, test the horses. But the men
did hot rest—this was the time for
athletic contests—-putting the shot,
tossing the cabre. and the broad
jumps wete the favorite events.
There was always a sturdy rope
available to see who might be elig-
ible to represent Bruce against Hur
on at thie Caledonian games. j 1
The first steam threshing outfit
was brought from Wawanosh by Sam
Barbour, David Henderson. William
MacDonald, Duncan MapKenzie,
. Martin Maclnnis and Norman Nich-
olson were viewing the strange mon
ster for the first time. In Gaelic,
they were ” marvelling at the won
ders ' of the age, when suddenly it
commenced, to blow off steam. They
thought it was about to explode and
fell over each other in confusion in
an attempt to find a place of safety.
The coming of., the railroad in
1873 made great changes in the dis
trict, Nearly . every family had one
or more earning money for the first
time. William MacDonald hfid work-:
ed on railway construction at Wood-
stock before coming to Lucknow, so
wXs the, boss in charge of building
the grade through Lucknow. He
brought home his time book every
night and Dan, who was v a lad at
school, read the names and marked
Jhe^-time, The first train brought A
record crowd of people to the village.
After living for twenty years so far
from the railroad, many had given
up hope of having a railway,
Money continued to be a scare
commodity. The .-first large sum of
money Dap earned was for cutting
590 cords of wood with his ’neighbor
Alex JMaeKenzie. They , were paid
twenty-five cents, per cord, and Were
never satisfied unless they earned
fiftycentseachrevery day,' Tliey
were usually .at work at six a.m. and
cut until four P.ni- Then they started
splitting and piling, and: usually
worked until seven before having
supper.
In 1898 he married' Sadie Tiffin
from Langside. It was hard for the
neighbors to understand why Dan
had to. go as far away, as Langside
for his wife, but the young bride
soon -won her way into , the hearts of
the Scottish Presbyterian folk. Two
children were born,. William Richard
who served with the Royal . Navy
during the war and died, in 1931, and*
Jennie, who is1, now Mrs. William
Porteous- of Lueknow.
Mr. MacDonald entered, civic .life
in 19Q2, when he was. elected council
lor for KinloSs. Three years late, he
was made reeve, an office, he held for
nearly fifteen years, without being
defeated. In 1912 he served as War
den of-Bruce? an honour that two
others had brought to Kinloss, Rob
ert Purvis and James. Gaunt. He was
alsp a member of the County Good
Roads 'Committee, when plans for the
present county highway system were
first made. V
The “Big Church” has always been
his Church home. The simple, form
of. worship without the, org^an where
the people stood to pray and sat
down to siryr the psalms and para
phrases made a lasting impression.
He has been chairman of the Board
of Managers and of the South Kin
loss. Cemetery Corporation since
1930. '
Baseball ha.s always been a favor
ite sport. For many years his ser
vices as d pitcher were in demand.
He still enjoys a good game and.
Occasionally acts11 as umpire. A ready
tongue and keen sense of humour*
have always made “Black Dan” a
favorite with old and young.
wriiTECHURCH
i To Those Who Use .
The Highways
either driving or walking
. ■' I APPEAL to the motorists of Ontario to make night
driving (and night walking) as safe and enjoyable as
driving (or walking) by day. I believe it can be done
—-by the simple expedient of applying the principles
of COURTESY.
Let us make it an infallible rule to dip or dim our
lights when meeting other cars. It will soon become
almost automatic for us to. do so. Oncoming drivers
will respond. Within a very , short ^me, this “deliber
ate gesture” of Courtesy (as it nowhs) will become a
fixed habit.
Do not crowd the Other Fellow when meeting or
passing. If he is inclined to be a nervous driver, he
may easily misjudge distance at night. We don’t know.
And it costs us-nothing to give him several feet of
clearance.
Let us jgive pedestrians MORE than ample space for
walking. We have all the advantage when we are
driving and the other fellow is afoot. Let us not use
. that advantage in a bullying way.
On the other hand, when we are walking, let us show
true courtesy to those who are driving. When we walk
WITH traffic, we place ALL the responsibility upon
the motorist. Always walk facing oncoming traffic, _
and wear or carry something light that the lights of
oncoming cars will pick up, even if you carty only a
partly opened newspaper.
These are a few instances only, to demonstrate the
. SPIRITof Courtesy, which I am suggesting and
recommending to the people of Ontario.;
Practise and preach the golden rule of the road—-
‘‘Show to others the same courtesy that you would
like to have shown to you”. • >
, • Sincerely yours,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Thom and -
daughter Miss Eunice Thom Of the
West, motored here and visited one
day last week with Mrs, David' Gil
lies and other relatives around here. "
West, motored here and visited one
Missb<Dorpthy Pollock underwent
an operation in Guelph hospital last
week. - ' ■ ' i
Miss Catherine Patterson.! student
nurse at Stratford hospital, spent
Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Hen
ry Patterson.
Mr, Wm. Henderson is engaged to
teach school another year at No. 10,
Kinloss.
We are sorry to report Mrs. Thos.
Gaunt is ill in bed; We hope fpr an
early recovery. Miss Lorna McClena-
ghan is assisting her. •
Miss Olive Kennedy is visiting her
sister, Mr?. Wm.‘.Cranston of St.
Helens.
Wedding bells are ringing, loudly.
, Quite a number of the Presbyter
ian young people of this community
attended the picnic at Camp Kintail
on Monday, and also the ^United
church young people bad, A picnic to
Goderich last Saturday, ' . ♦
Mrs. Ahnetta Knight is engaged
to teach school at Linwood another
year. » ' ., •
PENETANG “HERALD” '
: QUITS PUBLICATION
Board Of Trade Will Try Tor Have
. It Continue
A special meeting of the Penetang.
Board Of Trade was recently called
to discuss the announcement made
by the town newspaper. The editor
of the Penetang Herald. C. M. Hew
son, had announced that due to lack
of subscribers and advertising in the
town, he could publish the paper no
longer. “ . • < •
It was suggested that the adver
tising committee of the Board, coin-1
prising J« 0. Crottie, E. O. Clement
'and J. McTaggart, go into the mat
ter fully to interview people and
plan ways and means of continuing
the publication.
“The lack of a town paper affects
the town badly, and we should' do
everything we can to get it started
again,” stated ■ Mr.* McTaggart. It
whs decided that this committee
would make its report to the
at a banquet which would be
as soon as possible.
town
held
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MINIS^eI OF
H I G H W A Y S
PROVINCE OF
ONTARIO
YOU’LL
ENJOY IT
tfe possible.
David listened with
to the story of the prodigal
at the end of it he burst in-
deep
the mat-*
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Little
interest
son and
to tears,
.• Mother—“Whyf, • what’s
ter?”
Little David—“I’m- so
the poor little calf. lie
nothin.”
, ........
George: Do you keen nonets
a week back? ,
Bob: NO. We keep most things,
get a porous plaster. , . '
sorry
didn't
for
do
for
Bob: Nd. We keep most things, but
for a weak back I’d advise you to
LIGHTNING ROD PEOPLE FINED
f ■ ■ t
Failure To Take Out, Licenses, Which
Are Issued With A View To Keep-
ing Tab On. Business And Preven
ting Public Being Gyped By Any
.'Racket, Brings Severe Reprisals
On Delinquents
Under the Lightning Rod /£c
which was put into
protect the farmers, be was
a skin game before that, and .the
Act has to a certain extent, cleaned
the game up, all manufacturers and
agents of lightning rod equipments
have to be licensed.
Mrs’, Freda Martha, Trench, the
owner of ‘ the Teeswater Copper
Lightning Conductors, which was the
former Teeswat,er Lightning. Rod
Co., owned by Robert Trench; was
charged with selling lightning, rods
without a license. She was up on
the 11th June before Magistrate
>F. W. Walker here , and pleading
guilty to the accusation, was fined
$300 and costs or six months in
jail. , ;
Thos. Collinson, an employee of
the above Co., was charged with in
stalling lightning rods, without a
license and pleading guilty, at the
same court on June 11th, was fined
$25 and costs.
William Kennedy,* another em
ployee of the Company, was charged
with selling without a license,, but
as he. had not sold before and was
under the impression that Trench
had a license he was .let off with
suspended sentence oh payment of
court costs at the same sittings by
Magistrate Walker;, ' ■ &
Crown Attorney •Freeborn in sum
ming up the cases to the magistrate,
stated that for years the . Trench
Company had Caused trouble to the
Fire.. Marshal’s Dept. He further sta
ted that the lightning rod business
had beeh so, unsatisfactory thati it
was time something was done and
that is the reason these people have
been brought to trial. He also said
that the,bottom of the whole thing
was the Trench Co., as all these men
could hot get a license until the head
of the company had one.— . , - .
J Walkerton Herald-Times.
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CANADA. MARKS CENTURY OF
RAILWAY PASSENGER TRAVEL
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Canada observes two railway an
niversaries thia' year. The first, the
centenary of railway passenger tra
vel in Canada, will be celebrated, on
July 18, and marks one hundred
ears since the operation of the first
pa^nger train over the Champlain
and St. Lawrence Railroad,, between
Laprairie and St. Johns. Que., a dis
tance of about 16 miles. The second
is the fiftieth anniversary of trans
Canada passenger train operation,
and marks the jubilee of tailway
travel between Eastern Canada and
the Pacific coast.
Both of Canada’s principal steam
railway systems. have an interest in
these anniversaries. The first, applies
to the Canadian National Railways,
since the Champlain and St. Law
rence, Canada’s ' first railway, be
came and is now part of the Cana
dian National System. The second
applies to the Canadian Pacific
Railway, whose first passenger train
reached Vancouver on . the Pacific
coast fifty years ago this summer.
Canada and her railway systems
have made tremendous progress
since those early beginnings. The
inauguration of passenger service 160
years'4 ago, crude though that service
was when viewed in. the light of. pre
sent-day accomplishments, marked
the beginning of development in this
Dominion, until today Canada’s two
railway systems operate between
them 5,000 powerful steam locomo
tives, "7,500 passenger cats and over
200,000 freight cars. They have a
combined trackage of over 42,000
miles and .employ more than 120,000
men and women, according .to a
story entitled “Modern Highways of
Steel’’, which appears in the current
issue of “The C-I-L Oval”. The an*,
nual payroll of the. two railways is
in excess of ,$150,000,000.
Husband—If certainly is true mon
ey talks. ,
Wife^Well, I do wish you would
leave some here to talk to me during
the day, .* \
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