The Goderich Signal-Star, 1948-06-24, Page 9The tltOO hate .OW4 to ea7 09,OCItsiO did everything to : uflaer►ee. us tor:
to my -native place, which itn may geed aad, heepp .us from the world's
•` sixties, and after ;being 4way from great wares ,uncaught.
it many Fears,. 'it has, been' m, Priv- This fareweliing eauld not take
ha's, y place without vi> itipg old'' scenes as
far thee.:last nixie, prol4bly,'we11 as old: friends•iu this county
liege tp,Visft on'ce'tYiore �a.�,�
' PerbYshire« Wingfield Manor ' in
The .village ,•sehool,, of xpy early' its noble gray stone ruit)s was fpr
yQ;tith where •1,.got my. three Ws and file last time looked alien+ znan,Y
muob, ptiuishment az dfew rewards,:
Kang a lot of licltini f te9 srha,pe,Tby
bait 1a$ez` and' fellow -pupils ---to `
;this I.have takein'•a;last farewell,
�To .the Methodist chzurch, which
wasp kibd .eAon4b. to arraztg'e , what
w'a$ g r;ennion d farewell •gather
lag' of old. friez ds, 'w.lbere the wife.
and,. myself. were 'guests" Of; honor.
It was �a, memavable soc,ta1b gather-
e ug, .alt "iznpiessive evening
kr:owdeci with •greetings stztld f + l,ieit# ,-
tions; ,'s:teries• sof, • telhin#sconces 'that
p hooked .in'ueli'• Merritt ent , and
'laughter,` and, Sou's'e '.tont produced
tears. This •church. -gave ine when
young roan the gold watch I 'wear.
I told them that,at present�'its g).ass
face ,;svas.hrohe'n'dspoilt more than
nay own-„•>aqd. µp,:_flefective-spring - nl.--
lowed 'it•• to go uninterruptedly for
only ' seven_ hours '+at "One winding,'
Though my ppwerS ,are not' what
'theys
u ed o year
S,
ft 's
_ t_ �e seezu, h. ea
► g• y �' +
nearly, ea 1 ve passed in
, ha a s d s ce that den'
Y p e
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'presentatton,:1 are not As Soon run
d`oWn as that. pocket. timepiece. '
To my remaining school churns
of, the nineties• .oflast century I have
said. goodbye.. • How, in nu ber' the
a_.,,� Y m s
group, has thinned off'! °Those .left.
like • myself, have grey- hair. and a
grandfatherl , took+ -the old: loQk—
`and, have lost' nearly all tae buoy-
ancy` of their 'teen age. The recall-
ing tr eks n
g ofi , stunts and: games. in
which we indulged,. made. pleasant
and ;; hilarious conversation. •The,
relating of the -passing of so many--
•we knew struck a sad note, like 'the
passing bell of the old church close'
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Most folks would.rather ,,exert
.thein influence than• t'herrlselvee,
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To' the , place where I was born
in Golden. Valley --which is a grand
name for ..a birthplace !—and .to a
cottage on, the edge. of •a field,
reached by it pretty, meaa'dering
path, in another close -by village,
where my later youth was 'spent-
to these • I- have , waved • i reluctant
and affectionate. ___ farewell -- ;They-
-w fe - humble. places, And ' crowded,.
where eight brothers -:and sisters
found'a'home and shared In. a mo-
-tlreihood and fatherhood: o ch in
411olesome"."-e75reSSIoii, sod fiereeT
jealous of our welfare that they
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