The Seaforth News, 1934-12-13, Page 2IA?GE TWO
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, DECEiMIBE+R 13, 1934
Marker -Lee-
IA quiet wedding took place at the
United Church parsonage , Centralia,
tea Dec. 1 when agues Evelyn Lee,
,seoond daughter of Air. and Mrs.
Thomas Lee of McICAllivray `.Cls., be -
game the bride of Richard George
Tacker, son of 1I r. and efts. Thomas
::Parker of Highway No 7 The service
was performed by Rev. R. 1, Stewart,
Mr. foul Air;. Parker will reside in
'Centralia.
,;Attempted Robbery -
Early one ntorniug the doors of the
storeroom , ..ac. Exeter Rural Hydro
at the rear of Ih-. J. Ward's, Exeter,
were thee,' oaen and night constable
\'. Luing coming upon the scene
non; cu the door, swinging and in -
1e. eete'1. Ile found that the lock
na,t been forced. a bolt drawn
chr.1,g'a the door, a nut allying been
stripped '.!T the bolt 00 the insirle.
'Th. 1'seovery was Made about 2,30
o'clock and Mr. Rohl, Crawford, an
Qrrlplea ee, nae notified, :\ check-up
a 'hc 'ads revealed that nothing
h:'_ mi --ung.
Exeter Items,
\I r. 1"t„auas. Hatter of Exeter N..
in ' )tth. year. has 1.'t been
vert aell. - Allan 1'euiutle while
AAeraing iv i'10 hushing cit a flash on
• ,A)lCi required live stitches
,I„ -c.--- \Ir, and Mr-. .bei, Pcelt-
ti•r t.l t three children motored to Ex-
eter r \li:tsor, low 1.--,1t the Ex-
▪ aroaei'.a1 ,(genion' la.t week,
Sit,) 1 ter- ,those coin hi;:e;l age is
Til, , t. ere in t'te ''ling broth
tic` fur., n,,. Tile;) ',fere \lr, Jas.
a4 rd "5 •, e't•." 11111 Dr.
„I,
Penny Bank-
ontnl.ic- t (let•
',net t ' t.. t, r e.o l 11ic und,-
t it l4hoitt t'hevince. The
me:
,_ I,il- n ,ki'tg regular
• 101 and
,.,,,he. n) ;,er ren', ,i, compared
ea': 33 1a•r cent a year ago,
Celebrate Golden Wedding at SOo-
frons the Sault
^t, Mari, Star, it refer- to 0 for-
toer eouple. Me. 1'l0wes
mag h native of that towi1-11ip. lie is
a ar .1e: 1!r-. 'Levi Stoltz and
Mr,. I, 1C. '\Vi -e .,f Clinh)n: "About
P?5 .i.nl- eallel during the after-
o„n ;;.id ev.ening to eetend cnngrtitu-
ati n+1 lwet wishes -t" Mr. and
eta, 1\' i i i 'ria., 11..R. No, _ on
ecaei 11 oa their golden wedding
\1ondey. ,\ eeme-andego tea Ane
-11 1i.• afternoon at the h.,me of Iles.
T'l.ite 1 -ter, \Irs, John Elliott, 175
gall street, followed by a family
(inner and a reception in the evening.
lir. and \I r'. Newer. were married ar
:Exeter, Ontario, November 1x1, 1 )1-}
Dr. 1'a -,all. After their marriage
they lived in 'Tucker.miIli, [amen
County, until- 1i)')1' whit they caput to
the Sank. 'Thea ltad nine child 000. -ix
.r. whom are living'Fronk, William
xad Reta 1\1r,. have -Fleming) of
ate Sat)'t; \lis• Maude Plewes ui
<dlicngo, lila Mervin of Flint, Alichi-
eean: .Arnold .1 Winnipeg, Manitoba.
.11 the .ntest'hers of the .fancily were
'present for the 000l0ergare' 'with the
!'xeellti;; of Arnold anil \lervin
Plewes. 'There are al.o ,12 grandchil-
Iren. 'tRefere her marriage, 11re. Flew -
es .was 11ies.k''R'alter, .laughter of the
sate AIr. ,end Airs, ,Ar0cott !\\'alters.
.Boen in England, she came to Canada'
n: leer early 'teens with her parents,
anrt ee•ttled in .Exeter, where seh later
'net and married Mr. Plewes. Mr.
i'lcwes is a tion of the hate all-, and
lfrs, 'R,l ert Plewes of Tnckersnlith,
'Huron County. The bride and groom
,f 50 year, are (18 and 75 years of age
--espectively. The tea at \les. Elliott's
'home was .held from two until 'five
;clock iu the afternoon. A feature
feature was the •presentation of a bou-
quet. of flower; and a well filled purse
'from the family to the anniversary
:etebrants. TWO of the youngest
rand:children, Joan 1Plewes and Edi-
ou iFk^min;g, dressed as --bride and
graont, presented the gift.. Tllirty-
eix eat duan to the family dinner
which followed. '[t was convened be
Mrs. lrra.k IPiewce, and friends ni
the family assisted in serving:, Mrs.
!Jame- 'Elliott Airs, ':1. Stephens, Airs,
' a. -•Robinson and ATiss Iva ;Wier
• be -teed in the kitchen, In the evening,
1. pletra:tiltsurprise was in store for
lir. and Airs, 'Plewes, Members, of
:he'old-chnir of John ;Street 'Church:
.0110 tvere in it when Mrs. Plettes
was a Member ,if 10h choir years ago,
cook charge' of the program, WIIICh
aonsi ted of solos. readings, duets and
choruses. 't'liere were 15 in the choir
anti rerynn0 present joined int the
:+'rigging of the olcl fatnrites,'Tlle choir
lives conducted by !E; Carey, who
'played 'title 'piano accompaniment
I
!Mrs. John ,Fleming and Afrs. IPlewes
who used to sing together 35 years
:ago, ,gave a duet, 'Annie (Laurie.' Ur.
and Mrs, 'Plewes received many beau-
'tfful ,giilts, including a get of dishes
'Kron the choir."
Engagement -
Mrs. Platy Spading of Brussels,
Ontario, announces the engagement
of her daughter, Muriel Alice to
Cecil W. IB, ,Collett of 'Niagara Falls,
soli of Mr. 'W. I-1. Collet, Leicester,
England, and the late Mrs. Collett,
the wedding to take place the latter
part of December.
Porter Scores Knockout -
IA fanner residing near St, Clem-
ents was unloading a group at hog,:
at the village scales one day last
week. They were 00 exception to
the hog reputation for stubbornness.
•\\'bile driving them up the runway
after weighing them, one pig prated
very sloe. - 'Vile farmer grabbed one
hind leg to prod 110. Porker along
'.r1. :he pig had other ideas, :He let
,go with a nil -yard plait and the farm-
er b'ecked the kick -with his face.
The ultimate result r, a stole in the
ine of his front teeth, 'l'hree mol-
ars are missing. Milverton
Clinton C. I, Boy Honoured-
Additianal honour. have been be-
stowed upon hluron County and the
town of Clinton with the election of
Alderman Edward L. Bedard to the
mayor's chair at Sarnia for x11135. The
mayor -elect will be remembered by a
number of old-timers in this district
i'0rane0 it 1', as about thirty years ago
(lila( lie attended the Collegiate 'Insti-
:ute in Clinton. 'l'ltc son Of the late
Alex. lfedard and Mrs. 1leclard who
ie now reo,ling at Courtright, "Ed"
110 alts 1' Ilularly known in Ilk
Mune 1':n'ality, was raised on the Malt -
lent! cenees,iou ru Goderich 100110llip.
Tie reeeive'1 itis primary education in
the i1'dmesvill. school, and when Ile
attended the Clinton Collegiate 11e
was at anion. .,,0001' plater, 1Ir. Be-
d;u c'eValion 1, the chief magis-
trtt:', chair has ':)ren 0 Promotion
earned through :oar years of efficient
service in the city council, In his
lira attempt at municipal honors
,.e eat, defeated ha entered the coun-
cil yariy in the rear on the death of
a newly elvete,1 alderman. In the past
years be ha. been chairman of
Co: major committee- and this year 10
cheirm',n of the tirenc0 committee
r.nd 'm the strength of thio service,
,.04101 with his experience in deb.;
minlinistration, he contested the may-
,•rality and was su00essful in defeating
a fellow al.lerutan in ,t ,1.1114111 tight.
Unearthed Turtle Eggs.-
\\'hile Air, Carl 1)0tttilar of the El-
mira '1'uh'ie 1'tilitie stale was rtoin4
-only work near the reservoir on Sat-
urday he turned up with itis .page a
seer. , Turtle's eggs
a, large as a
a,n,d sized marble. They were white
in ,odor and ono ii1 them :corned to
'Ie the double y',lk king for it was
nl:,re than heti' aa, large again se the
there, 1)11 !making one of the eggs a
-.Hall perfectly formed turtle was
Found therein, --Elmira Siglnet,
Engagement -
lir. and \ire. George U. 'Thornton
i 11i1141ale an:lonn04 the engagement.
their eldest daughter, Eleanor
Beatrice, to Mr. John \\'iekstead, soli
'o ?1r. torr( Air,. john \Vick.tcad,
Talon, England, the niarriege to take
peace on 'Christmas ,Day.
Dr. Daniel Geddes -
Following an illness of hut three
da ,. with pneumonia, Dr. Daniel
Geddes passel away at his home in
l.ucknow, in hie seventy-second year.
He was born near Belgrave and had
been n resident of 1.ueknow for 45
years, His success in the profession
of veterinary surgeon was tt-idespread.
'Resides his Rife, 'witu, was formerly
:Miss Dean Cameron o 51.116:now, he
is survived by two 'ons and two
Wilson and ;Silas Johnston, Moved by
Oliver ,Hemingway, seconded by T.
C. Wilson, that By -'Lady 24o. 1'1, au-
thorizing the Tax Collector, and af-
ter the return 01 the Roll, the Treas-
urer, to accept part payment of taxes,
be finally passed, carried, adored by
\•,,
R, ,Broadfoot and :Silas Johnston,
that IBylLaw No, 1'2. providing for
the collectiot of the several rates of
taxation 111 the township be finally
passed, carded, Moved by Silas John-
ston and \\'. R. Broadfoot, that the
following accounts be paid. S. F. Da-
vidson, $4fl0; W. E. Smith '2tS0; 'AL.
McLean, McTaggart dr. $2750; G. R.
Patterson, Doig award, $115; j. FI,.
,Fear, 2 trip: to .Goderich, 7; Twp,
Road eat -counts, $74,115; John A,
'Wolfe, Silver Corners .grain, 169.47:
Judge T. 11, Costello, ,Court of Ap-
peal, ;i11.60; John Kreuter, Court of
Appeal, t5; J. Ti. Fear, Court of -Ap-
peal, 95 Alex. Steles, Whitfield
drain, 0au'S3.120,
Vote in Grey Twpe-,
Reeve- li 2 3 3tt'4 5 6 7-T'tl
,Keys , S-4 69 :$6 '138 101 1011 51 95--502
M'Nab 57 63 24 ,09 '76'80 (51 69-449
Deputy Reeve-
l1'way 111' 96 18 111 84 110 57100--1337
501011 59 33 42 39 74 67 37';9-412
Cottn llof.-
1\e'di't 412 11n 'SKr sail, 95 96 -its 1:311 -10,3
'D'ght'y ax 75 55 123 95 117 56 76--:15
1Har'son 1(1 30 1115 8 82 '5I6 44 08-3122
\\'ils'n 113510. 40 1,5 76 nue 71 99-430
The council in in Grey for 193'5 will
be peeve H. Keys, Dep. -Reeve O.
Hemingway, Councillors T. 'Wilson,
11r•oailf',ot, T. Dougherty,
Hansen-Schwalmu-
'.\ quiet but pretty wedding' wlt5
salenlnize+l 10 the: Iic Lutheran par-
sonage. Zurich, ,on Dee, 1, W1148 Rev.
E. 'I'uerkheim utu'el in truly wedlock
Nelda Eliza',cth, dattehte' of Mr. a!'d
\Irs. Peter Schwalm of Zurich aed
Lorne Harold, s n„"? Fred and the
late airs, 'Ilaneen of Stratford. The
pride war attende 1 by May Schwalm,
sister of the bride, viinle the groom
1(1,.0- alte110'1 te, his 'trother Edwin,
\Ir. and AIrs. 1-Ian,e;( will reside in
Stratford,
Wins Many Prizes. -
Mr. W. C. 1'. C)e.trieller, t're'lit ln,
ju,1 44.1tip'r'e;l Ili- showing with 7
read of 11e sherthorn tattle that 1 -
bard P, • ll'pi :C ,i worthy of men
11, 11. °Idc n' i0 33 firer, 117 second=
eed '1 thir'l, 'rt the eiaht fail (:tits of
IT Iron C''11ity, Exeter, Godcrich,
Sear,)rt11, 7.00iela 311y'th, hayfield,
i?rnacl. told \\'ingiuun. The cont-
eetitiott was, never -monger both in
numbers and quality. •\t three of
these fairs there were a, '11(01h a, six
1!141 herds 'hewing several exhibitors
that were showing- at Toronto and
London. Three bulls shown by Ocs-
treiclier-nate 23 first- and , sweep-
stakes, Every animal shown was
bred and raised on Cloverdale Stock
Farm excepting the hent sire. The
Cloverdale yearling. hull entry has
never been defeated.
Died in N. Battleford, Sask.-
Died. in .North 'Battleford, Sask.,
on Thnrsday, November 213nd, Maria
Illond-Sherrill, wfdoty of the late
!long 'Wyatt, in her seventy-ninth
year. 'Those left to mourn are four
daughters and three sons, 'Urs. 5-I, C.
tiidlry, Myth, Mrs. Williamson and
Mrs. Williams of North Battleford,
Miss Mabel at home, William, Mani-
toba, 11-Ierbert, British Columbia, Clif-
ford, North 13 .tleforcl, and one bro-
ther, John 1300 d4Sherril t of Detroit,
'191e funeral tool: place in North: Pat-
tleford,'Sask.
Men Get Ducking-
\Vhile attending elle farm stock and
implement sale of airs. Sarah Knight
in '11(1wic3 Twp. four hien standing
1n a 'ci.eter)n received the surprise of
their liven when the platiorn1g avc
way CRnslne an icy bath, 11 four feet
of water for the unfortunate men,
\V -hen the 111ei1 we're fished out one
et a time, Reeve I\\'illitun Murdock of
this town, w -as one of rine 'baptized
00udidates.-?Palmerston 'Observer.:
Grey Twp. Council -
'Minutes of last meeting, were 'read
and approved; on motion of T, C.
DUNGANNON
\ very pretty lute Autumn w•erl-
0ing was solemnized - in Dungannon
i'nited Church 11 11 a.m. 011 Dec. 1,
when Erma Pauline, • only d81141ter
of Mr. and Urs. S.• Burton Reach of
Dungannon was united in the hoods
of hot). matrimony at Reuben James
Brewer, son of the hay \ir, and Mrs.
'William Brewer of Bruesels. In the
afternoon lir. aand aless, Brewer left
by motor for a honeymoon which
will be spent at Detroit and other
Southern places, the bride donning
for traveling e green crepe dress
with black tree -hark chat with her
fox fee trimming with hat with
draped veil and accessories in har-
monizing color,. The bridegroom's
gift to the bride was a matching
cameo and diamond pendant and ring:
to the bridesmaid a white gold ruby
ring. The bride. who Wtis a graduate
nurse, was the recipient of many beau-
titin and valuable gifts. On their re-
turn. Mr. and -1drs, Brewer will re-
side on Bruce street, Goderich, where
they will be at home to their friends
a -flee the New Year,
Tuberculosis Giving Ground
States Governor-General
The Toronto hospital. for Consump-
tives, the Moekolca Itos1lltal for Con-
smmpLives and the Quern. Mary Hospital
for Consumptive Children inn, t 51, unrlr
supporter and friend in Ills Excellency
the Bari of 13esslierottgh, to the
Cove1'nel-Geneeal is Honorary President
of the National Sanitarium Association
which operates the three named institu-
tions. Recently, u1 paying tribute to
those who arei 9!>e e,11 Pt0le410111 tha
1(100 ruttuna1) (0111 htv,.. 11l 105 ,bilins to
tuberculosis, he said that Canadians
should( be justly proud of the achieve-
ments which have placed them in the
1o.rro nG or those ❑1(110 Faure which
tld,liett 1111,16 is steadily giving 411111nd.
The work of these th-,0 Ito l,ll,1(0 has
been intensified oetio to the ulluaploy-
moot problem. 1:1 10 at this Unit,. when
living quarters heroine (snipe(( and 6115
supply 1t nourishing food. Inadequate,
that tuber cuts sir!kes those in It
weakened and run-down Condition Peail
and tired, the plight of such people is
pitiful but a sanctuary is available and
health utey •be restored to many it apo
gifts of,varm-hearted friends, upon whoet
these llospltuls most largely depend, are.
continued.
Wilt Yeo please assist in thio great week
by sending what you Can to C 50rea
6001,1 Treasure, Gogo Institute, •9211
College Street, Toronto 2.
Harpurhey
,(Illy J', 3'Iac'Tavish, iu the London
Free Press.)
There were tinges 'do the past when
the so-called villages of .Seaforth, Eg
mtondtil.le and Harpurlley must have
been fighting niad.
It surely is not merely presumption
on our part to say that the sins of
jealousy and intolerance were a live
entity in the three places,
Were they not all imctrrdly and out-
wardly antagonistic to .one another in
the 'tussle and struggle that existed
for euprerltacy?
andeed,' all three were wrestling
against the fates to obtain the largest
dot of importance in the asap of .Fur -
on County,
This was taking place about a quar-
ter of a ;century after S'teplteoson'3
"rocket" had electtilfied the world by
slaking its inaugural trip over a track
101105en „Manchester and Liverpool
sometime in October. 1119?'p, Twenty
years elapsed however, before this
memorable invention was felt di-
rectly to be "modern civilizer" by the
provinces of ,North America,
Towards the close of the late ,fifties,
:he ;13uffalo, 'Brantford and 'Goder-
ich" railway,, afterwards the "Buffalo
and Lake Huron" railway, came into
:eality, staking almost a dividing line
:)elween 'Seaforth and Egmondville,
Cie latter place being the mare im-
portant of the two,
•\We are cognizant of the fact that
'ITterpunliey, over a mile westtt-ard,
itas also at tittles disturbed by^ the
toot, toot, of it whistle, and by the
puff, puff, of .eteatu.
;.t this time Harpurhey was consid-
ered to he pro aessire, prosperous,
nretentinit0,
1)n the other hand, Seaforth, till the
advent of the railway was familiarly
known as the "Guide Board Swamp,"
aer1ap- be arise of the low swampy
1x1111 about it: also because at the in-
tersection of the roads there stood for
some years a post supporting a finger-
board sign eeinting different ,ways. to
Stratford, to 14411,o0doille, to Gader-
iea. 1' .\inley'vihe, now known 113' the
none of Brussels.
In reality •Seeforth was scarcely• the
beginning of a village, There were
,sir a e'uple of Iniltlings at the time,
,t Qwelling eu one corner of the cross-
center.
ant a Public house on another
corner.
'o
'\\'ith the incoming railway 'certain
1 ersou; frons eastward, professional
speculators, 'f': resatw the nucleus of a
1110(0ing place of industry. They ob-
tained a ':entail portion of land, sur-
veyed it into a town plot Rate it the
name of Seaforth, and henceforth
Ilarpurhey had something to con-
tend with.
Rivalry began in earnest.
Iliguwndvillo to the south was also
in the running,
The railway company did not look
upon any of the -three planes as being
worthy of a station erected at the
concern'., expense.
IHarpurhey undertook to put up a
flag station on the ridge by the side-
road.
,M Rmondville did likewise about
where the Seaforth station putt•
stands. The fall of Harpurhey started
eboet 1(11111, When it was decided to
improve the condition of the Huron
'Road westward from the buunc1110)'
between Hibbert and 'Tuckerslnith,
to which point it had already been
Macadamized.
The grettteet bloc}`, however, came
when it was definitely decided to
010105 Seaforth, instead of Ha'rpurhey,
as originally- intended, the southern
terminus of the ne6' turnpike road
coming from Walkerton, County of
'Brace. This caused the post office to
he changed to 'Seaford,, where a new
station •ttas soon undern'ay,
alarpurhey's glory was on the
wane; and ,with its downfall Seaforth
sprang forth with mushroom growth,
Citizens of prominence in the village
who had been uneasy about the situ-
ation, decided t0 move their business
holdings to tit newer place, sa• did
likewise persons located in Roxboro,
slightly more than a'0)ile to the north.
'There are persons still living in
Seaforth who remember, in fare lived
in
Harpurhey in the zenith of its ac-
tivities. From then,.it has been learn-
ed that al the first bend in the Huron
Road in Harpurhey were businesses
regarded as flourishing at the time.
'.The ,general stores were associated
with the names of Malcolm ?,fcDei--
mid, Edward Cash, Geo, tGuui:dock,
Robs. G:ovenloek and a certain Mr,
IC:ti]all.
1 'teamster had a place lenow•n by
the name of Calliday's Candy Shop.
Their Weere'lKidd's Tin ;S'hop, A,fc'Cul-
inch's Shoe Shop, McGmegor's Book-
Binding Shop. Other places of activi-
ty were the :Butcher Shop, the Black-
smith Shop, tlic HIarness !Shop, the
Bowling .AIley, the `Planing Mill, the
Pork Factory, the house of Ben Ede
the' Weaver, who .was also sexton of
the Presbyterian church, and last, but
HIS AMAZING LOVE
115 JOSEPHINE KANE)
I was hurrying across the small
plot of grass between the hospital
and the Nurses' llesidenee one fine
morning on the way to ray office
when I encountered a youth loiter -
in around.
"Are you •wanting anything?"
"Yes, I'm just waiting to see Nurse
Robinson," "Well you'll hardly see
her this early as, no doubt,. she is
on duty." "011 yes I will, for I
phoned her I'd be waiting around
here about ten, and that she could
see me by looking out of the win-
dow, but she hasn't come yet,"
He was very confident.
I scented a ,0111011(10 right there,
and asked a few leading question's
which brought forth: Yes he'd
been a patient in the Hospital for
five weeks, had been operated upon
for Mastoiditis:"He had no difeicul-
- `anja.d in onoudid n1 gg think the Nurse Robina
on would be long?" I did not,
"for," I said "it is my firm inten-
tion of telephoning right away, and
telling her that there is a fine up-
standing chap looking top at her
window, and that will bring her on
the run, I know."
He smiled, with some confusion,.
but with evident relief. "What
Ward is she on, Ward J? All right,
you wait just where yoti are 'for one
minute."
I could not reach my office quick-
ly enough; I was thrilled at my find.
Here was a youngster anxiously
waiting outside of a Hospital to ob-
tain a glimpse of his nurse! Could.
you conceive of anything quite so
lovely? One would imagine that
the whole Hospital episode would
matte him eager to put miles be-
tween him and the place. But no,
there he was, hungering for a loop
at the one who had bent over 11101
in his pain. Just what tenderness,
understanding of his plight, and
real palship, had "Nurse Robinson"
shown thathad irresistsbly drawn
him back to her?
These were the thoughts that
chased through my mind as I tried,
almost frantically, to get the switch-
board, andmy heart blessed her.
"Oh dear,. line busy!" Another
minute's wait, and still busy. It
was really ridiculous how impnti-
est I was, I gave a horded glance
through the window. Yes, he was
still there, gazing intently towards
the building. At last; "21 that Miss
Robinson, yes? Well for mercy sake
do take time to show yourself at
the back window, and view your
young Romeo. 'Yes, Tommie L., do
you remember him? Well step on
the gas and end his agony of wait-
ing,
laugh,jeand t"I will," With
l e gi
re-
ceiver was hung up.
I looked out again. There he
stood, with such a pleased and satis-
fied look on his young face. T feel
impatient at my inability to pic-
ture him thus for others to see: the
eager eyes, and such a,winning shy-
ness in his attitude as he stood there
in the early morning sunlight,
straight and slim as a sapling, with
his arm up -raised drawing her gaze
in his direction, and to my,per-
haps romantic,
eyes, showing just a
hint of his not -too -tar -away .man-
h'ood, He was just twelve,
When he was leaving, I called him
into my office. I was anxious to
talk further with him, to draw him
out, and obtain if I could, some-
thing of what was In his heart. But
alas! he was not of the fulsome kind,
and his eyes questioned; 'Why all
this interest?" 'Oh, it hadn't been
too back he wouldn't mind being
back, only foe the slcte part. an •
of course he wouldn't like to he
operated upon again for he might
die "Were the nurses good. to
(1110?" "Well, he'd say so, they were
great!" That was about all he would
commit himself to in words, but. I
had seen his eyes, and he had come
back to the Hospltal. That was en-
ough to fire my imagination. "Come
back again soon" 3 said as he left,
"to see 2110 as well as Nurse Robin-
son."
I.. sat down quietly at my desk,
stirred at what had, so unexpected-
ly, been granted to me -the mani-
festation of an adoring love of a
small patient for his nurse. A most
wonderful movie had been enacted
right before my astonished eyes, on
a stage presenting a little green
sward behind the towering walls of
a large and old institution, the Hos-
pital for Sick Children, Toronto. I
wish others could have shared it
with me, but my eyes alone had
seen it.
Had I been 'depressed that morn-
ing as. I started out for my office?
Well Best a little, perhaps, but not
now. The whole work had been
glorified for me,and magnified.
How privileged to be on tha staff
of an institution where not only
were ailing little ones nursedback
to health and strength, but where
such an atmosphere of tender and
understanding love abounded as to
make these younsters eager to come
back "to see Nurse Robinson, and.
which mado possible such a lovely
scene as 1 had witnessed. Was my
share in it. humble as 1t was. worth;
while? 1 nmi noon shown it was.
And 0o I tun 41 to ( you to
help t n1 `his , et -.hg the
sick little ell55 o, 0... ,n, Th.'
need for !mute IS lost 11111 10, Lo 1
year w'a n'arst.d 1,311 Bali h 11 in ells'
cotsnc1 gavevu u t at
ourOut-Patient D :art n t t-�rtThis
does not begin to tell the immensity
of the work accomplished, it merely
gives you a glimpse of what it must
have been, Your eontributicl: may
be sent care of the Secretary -Treas-
urer, Hospital for Sick Chlldeen, '1'o- y„
ronto. gr 7►
No amount is too small- "felony
lithos mak' a murine."
not least. Ave mention the hotels,
1t also comes to mind that the late
Mr, W. N. Watson, 'who for many
f'e'ars was one -of Setlf„rth'e Itla+t
hig111y 'respected, succeeefu1 business
men, known everywhere in the Coun-
ty of Huron and 111 11011 of Perth;
transferred his husinese from Rox-
boro to juin hands with othere in
building tip the newer commercial
centre.
In order to give an insight into the
social and religious life as indulged In
prior to the decline of the village of
1Iarpurhey, Ave draw from the records
told lues of the late Aft \Malcolm Me-
1)ermid, now in 11os,ea:ion of his
niece, Aliso Tena \4eDcrnlid, Sea-
1,'nth. 31 aleol 11 1f eiDern,id kept a
general atorr right at the 4,1011 en or
rather at the heard in the road The
trace building. served the purpose of
dome, etc+re and post dike. The office, which which in appearance resembles
an old -title cupboard, is not' the pro-
perty of 1, 11epheW, lir. 'Malcolm ale-
Dernlid, who live, a short distance off
the Huron :;Reed, between Seaforth
and Clinton.
The tipper section is a series 01
pigeon hole: for papers, and letters,
While the lower part is comph•ia,d cu
drawers. The pigeon -Bole .paces are
designated by the letters of the alplut-
bet, which were used to simplify the
distribution of mail. One of the draw-
ers in the lower part was a really
spacious letter=box. Persons in the
stere wishing to mail letters would
simply walk over to the post olf)ce
section and slip the envelopes through
the slit in the drawer.
'.Ir. 3C0Dermid 00as a bachelor, ap-
parently above the average person in-
tellectually., .He was, further • more,
not only :highly respected, but like-
wise was decidedly popular, and took
an active part in mast things pertain-
ing -to the welfare of the village.
The First thing taken front his files
to attract our attention was an 'rin-
usutrl tmsouncenlcnt, which worded
as follows:
A SOIREE
In The
United Preshytel'ian Church
Harp urhey
ON WIISD., SEII,'TIE,11134IR 114TH
At Two O'clock, .Peal.
The following gentlemen have (,.,-
reed to adclrees the meeting-:
The Rev. 'William O)•nlisto0, A.37:.,
T-Talliltan, on Tentperlsce.
The Rev. Janes Dunc
an, 13ay.if•eld,
on Sunrise.
The Rev. William C. Young, Turn -
berry. on Christian Union.
tm,.
The Rev. 1\\'v1: ;Graham, Egmond-
vine.
'I'he Rev: Ma�
Lthe ,t Parr, Tlarpur
hey, on the Formation of Character.
The Rev. John .lotheringlia m. •Hi:b-
•bert,. The Rev, ;Alexander D. 31010011aId,
'Clinton, and the rRev. Robert 'Hamil-
ton, P111arfou, are also expcLod.
'5lusi'c and fruit supplied between
speeches,
Adnu.ion by 'ticket to be had at
all the stores la Ilarpurhey, er at the
door for 35 cents each; children lay,
cents.
Harpurhey, 'august 311'st, 1859.
(Henry T. Farrell, Printer, Clinton)
The next letter of interest is in the
form of a petition, explanatory in ih
.elf. 1.t throws light 00 one of the
problems the people were etriving to
eelt•e, so as to improve the morale of
the Sabbath.
1\\'e give it word for word a, it,t
pear'.;
'The Honorable the Legielatine
Council of the 'Provihtce or Canada, do
Parlitement assembled,
'The Afentorial of the undersigned
inhabitants of the Townships of
Tuckcrsnnth and \PcIfaillop hnnthly
and re,pectfuflp showcth:
"That your Ilemuriali,ts regard the
'Sabbath as Divine in its origin and
permanent in its obligation:
"That they are deeply convinced al
the evil; that have flowed (ram its
neglect, and the benefits that have
attended its observance:
`,That conscious of ;tile favor the
Almighty has shown us as a people,
they feel anxious to avoid everything
fitted to provoke His frown:
"That they cannot but look upon
the business carried on in the Posta(
.Department, by the transmission of
her Majesty's mail, the opening of
post offh•ces, and the delivery of let-
ters and papers on the Lord's :Day, as
other than displeasing to 1ldrri, by dis-
honoring an institution to 00101011 He
has fixed Illis seal:
"They therefore humbly and re-
spectfully 'memorialize your ILonor-
able I'Iouse, that in taking the prem-
ises into your serious consideration,
you will adopt .31411 111Cldures 00 to
Your wisdom may seem most expedi-
ent 'for the entire abolition of all
labor on the Lord's Day in the above
important department of the public
service,
't\Ind your Alenioriatists, as in duty
bound, will ever pray;,,
e,,bert Fi ny e, Alex, 34ciKenzie, pres.
0111.:, \\'illian Graham, pros, milt.;
l'eter `Ramsay, 4,'ch'd Dickson, Rob-
ert '1'urnlbull, James herr, Wnt. Sum-
merville, Malcolm \'i'CID'ermid, Angus
\-1dDernaid, .lama Spading, David
`Bre-don, 'I'hohnas Amos, Williate
'Ross, ;lames Grieve, Roht, Rableir:k,
John Henderson, T11o8, Grieve, Roble
1Scott, il'ttmes Carlloche,i WilIIia01
'Wilson, David laelCul'loch, Chris,
!Spading, ;Hugh 'Grieve, John ,1-Iant-
Avae. Geo. Goeinloe'k Sr.,
Ro ht. Dick-
son, Geo: Sproait, Rohe Carnochan,
/James 'Ross, James .Bulger, Gco, Ile
Tntas'h, Thos: Little, Wm. Lands
borou.gll, Robe Gove:dock, .'\les.
113 road Geo'.. 'Casinfock;, ,Hugh
MdDorlald, Walter Amos, Geo, Sparl-
in , Aedre.w MciCoo, Robert Steet,
'Donald Murray, Alex..1Ile1Kay, Joseph
young, James .}�i.hiin,ter Janes Mc-
Donald, A1, Matheson,, James Dick.