The Seaforth News, 1932-05-05, Page 2HURON NEWS:',
Died in South Bend. — Word 'has
been•received of ,the passing d Mr.
Quitnbe Taggart, formerly, .of Zurich,
alt South Send, Ind.
Badly Burned.—.J.,Kipping of Zur-
ich was 'baclly burned about the hands
and face on Monday while doing some
wielding :work at Dashwood.
Breaks Ankle._4Falling five feet,
-from a strip , ladder, Miss Eva Bolt,
of Wingha'm town plot broke both
tones just above the ankle. The break
is 'a serious one.
Awarded Contract -'Mr. Frank Ree-
der of ISte:ph'en township h'es been
-awarded the contract dor RJR, 1, Ex-
eter; 'commencing %July 2nd. He also
"has the contract for R.R.•''N'o. 1, Cen
tralia. !Ed. !Willard 'has had the Ex-
•e'ter.'route-for eight ' years.
No Premiums. ---A rumor was cir
culated that our barber, -1Mr, W. Eann
gey, 'H'as; giving free with each hair -
...out and shave, a :c'h'ocolate. bar. But
ivIr. Earngey wishes to have this car
•rectecl. 1 -Ie says he thinks when he
,lowered the price in these times of
depression' that was sufficient, al -
'though we read Where a barber is
• giving away a bag of potatoes as a
-'premium.-4Gorrie Vedette.
New C.P.R.':Schedule.—Effective
.May 14, and continuing for the sum-
mer months the train leaves Toronto
-at 8 o'clock and arrives in laderic'h
-at 12.20 pm. Afternoon train leaves
Gloderich at 4.10
'.. and arrives at
Ptn
Toronto at 8.515 pari. The train ar
wives an hbur and fifteen minutes ear-
lier coining from Toronto and leaves,
twenty minutes later returning : to the
.!pity:
W.I. Elects Officers.—At the annual
mee'tin'g of the 'Clinton Women's Ins-
titute, the foll'o'wing officers were. el-
ected: Hon. president, Mrs. O. L.
Paisley; president, Mrs. N. W. Tee-
wartha; first vice president, 'Mrs. F.
Clew; second vice president, Mrs. C.
.Sturdy; treasurer, Mrs. L. Heard;
•secretary, Mrs. MlctKinl'ey; pianist,
1Mrs. W. Perdue; district director,
Mrs. 'F. G. Murdock; breach ;director,
?vlrs. J. Appleby, 'Alas. 5. S'choenh'als,
Mrs. George Taylor, Mrs. R. Draper.
-Mrs. J. ,Flynn.
'Mrs. George E. Noble.—Mrs. ,Ge'o.
E. Noble" passed away in Goderich
hospital on Tuesday evening last.
Veiling in .health ever since :fast aut-
umn she was removed to the hospital
four weeks ago. She was born in
'Colborne, Durh'am county, in .1872,
and was the former Miss Orpha
lLouise ,Snetsinger, being the daugh-
ter of the late M'r, and Mrs, N. Snet-
singer .of United Empire 'Loyalist
stock. In 1892 she was married to
'George E. Noble, formerly of Little
Tsbletis, Que., and the couple rived at
Sault Ste. Marie, Thorold and other
towns for a number-olf years, going
to Goderich in 1.905.
Golden Wedding. -ton Wednesday,
April 20th, Mr. and Mrs. David Ken-
•nedy of near Whitechurch celebrated
•'their golden wedding anniversary,
when about 25 sat down To a sumptu-
ous dinner, At the close of the din-
ner, Rev. Mfr. 'Pollock made a con-
gratulatory address and 'Messrs. Arch -
le Anderson of. St. Helens and Mike
,Boland of J.u.cktaow (who had played
the music for the reception 50: years
ago) entertained the ,guests. Mr. Bo-
land p'l'ayed several old lime violin
numbers. To Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy
were born eleven ,Children, of whom
•nine are still living; there are nine
'grandch'il'dren and two great-grand-
cthildren.
Dashwood. --airs. F. O. 'Wilds and
'Ales Rose Cummings spent last week'
vith their sister, Mrs. Angus Moore
f Seaforth. 'Hiss Helen Moore of
'Seaforth is,spending a few days with,
Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Wilds..
Stephen Has Few Tax Arrears,
The tax collector of the 'township of
IStep'iecu has completed the collection
los Ilse 11931 :!axes. Of a' total of $60,-
13317.01 taxes on the roil the- unpaid:
no.ttresi'dent tax : ,is $333,61. Only
8144:64 of this amount is chargeable
on lands, in the a nsicipalify proper
and the remainder 'is 00 arrears on lots
is. the Grand Bend,sub:divisidiis.
Death of Mrs. H,'Bagler.—O'n Alpr.
22nd, Jessie Brown, widow of Henry
Bagler, passed away at her home in
Clinton in her 7fith year, after an ill-
ness of heart trouble extending over
a 'period of two years. The deceased
awas horn in A'yrs'hire, 'Sc;otdand, her
parents being the late John Brown
and Jean (Craig) Brown. She came
-to-Canada with her parents 'when
'quite young and lived for a time at,
"IBrucefield. :Forty-six years ago she
was married! •
ed to .the late !Henry
ler, who predeceased her by two
-years. For the past thirty -years they
"h'a'd lived in 'Clinton. In religion she
was Presbyterian and later was a
member .of 'Wesley -;Willis United
Church. Surviving are tone son, . Wil-
liam, of Toronto, and two daughters,
:!Jean, widow of Mr. Grieve, who had
cared for her parents during their
.r0+ast days, and Mrs. 'Fred Cook, Wy-
ro
and'otte, Mich. The funeral service
was held at her late residence on
1>Ionday ,afternoon, snedomen't itt the
iBraird''s cemetery. The pallbearers'
were William Brownlee, 'Gree 'Cook,.
11. 'L. Paisley, G. D. Roberton, Reg.
• Shipley and M. T. Cortess, Relatives,
from a distance were: Wm. Bagley,
' Toronto; Mr. and Mrs, Fred Cook,
'!Wyandotte, Mich,;' Mrs. W. W.
• Collyer, Toronto; Mr. and ieirs. 1'Vm.
'1J3n'awnlee, Mr. and Mrs. R'obert
1Brownllee and families of Goderich;
Mrs. Hugh ;Grieve, Mrs. Robert
Minister' Called. --+A call has been
extended- by the official board of the
IWingham Uniltad'Clutrch to the Rev.
L. II. Currie, nt Toronto. Although he
has not formally :accepted, it is ex-
pected he will be able to tales over
:this change, succeeding the present
mlinister,,!Rev. S. ,Davison, who will
go to 'Blenheim Jute 1st. 'Alt. Currie
has been engaged in special work for
the, church.
A Good. Egg.-tP aba'bly the darg-
goose egg or egg o'f any kind, far or
near, was laid by a goose the property
of Mr, John ;Baker, the 'town line,
north of ;Zurich, :This was .one :of
those e'gg-in-a-egg.` The outside shell
ordinary egg, and after this -'was ta-
ken o
a-ken' out, .another •ordinary 'sized goose
egg was iu .the Midst of , this lfirs't
large one :which. ;has 'the enormous
size Of 9 inches by 13 inches circum-
fercnlce. Mr. Baker thinking this large
egg to be a:double yoke one, and not
•suttable for ,setting A pum •rises cut the
s ,,
'one ,end 'off with iatentions of 'frying
it, and When he got into the contents
'hound another well 'formed egg inside.
;The remain's :of bh.e prize are on exhib-
ition
i'tion in town, and are well worth
looking at. —Zurich Herald:
Is Clinton's Mayor.—Mr. 'N. W.
'Trewartha was elected mayor of Clih-
ton. by acclamation oa Tuesday last
to -fill out the term of the late Ma-
yor S. S. 'Cooper. The News -Record
says: Mr. Trewartha has had a good
deal of municipal experience, having
served as reeve of: Goderich township
and warden of the county and as
reeve of Clinton, fourteen years in all,
iHe also served a term as member of
the Provincial legislature, represenf-
i'u'g South iH'uron. Mr. Trewartha
interested in m'unicip'al work and, al-
though a busy man with his busines's
Trete and a branch at `Eueter, he will
make 'a first class chief executive.
'Clinton is fortunate in having so able
a than to take over 'the mayor's chair.
,Retires From 'Business.—Another
,busiu•ess c'hange has occurred in !Clin-
ton, Mr. D. 'J. Atkinson, having re-
tired from the Hardware and Furni-
ture Company, which wiil be contin-
ued by Messrs.' N. Bali and 5, J.
Zaphe, the two remaining ;mernbers
of the firm. Mr. Atkinson has had
very indifferent h'ealt'h for some time
and he slid retire some years ago but
was induced to return as a member of
the firm whenthe hardware business
was purchased. It is hoped that with
the throwing off of. responsibility his
health will improve. Mr. Ball has been
yin btts'iness in Clinton fora long time
and Mr. Zaphe has 'been associated
wit'h'h•vm since 1921, coming to Clin-
ton from Owen Sound. The .new. firm
will go under the name of Ball &
,Zaphe.
Huron Presbytery. r—. ;The Huron
Presbytery met in Wingham , on
Tuesday, 'April 26th. As 'both . the
Presbytery and the Presbyterial stet
at the same time the Baptists kindly
offered the use of their 'c'h'urch for the
ministers and l'ay :delegates, and the
Presbyterial assembled in the audit-
orium .of the United Church. The
Presbytery was opened by the Mode-
rator, Rev. IW. iP. 'Lace, of 'Seaforth,
at 9.30 a.ni. 'After the devotional ex-
ercises, the Secretary, 'Rev. 'W. 'A.
;Bremner, read the minutes of the last
Presbytery meeting and 'had : thein
confirmed.
lAll communications were next read
and dealt with, 'The Rev.: C. C. K'ateae.
of Dungannon, gave the inspirational
address 'from roto Rotiiaus V.
Shortly.
before 112 o'clock the 25 ministers and
lay dele•gate.s formed' in groups to 'Pre-
pare their reports for the afternoon,
The morning session being closed the
men repaired to the basement of the
United Church where a most appe-
tizing dinner
pp'etizingdinner .was prepared by the
ladies of the congregation.' After do-
ing justice to the inner man 'a hearty
vote of thanks was tendered to the
ladies and the men returned to the
Baptist 'ch'urc'h for 'the afternoon ses
son. Devotional exercises'' were con-
ducted and the business of -'the Pres-
bytery proceeded. The conveners of
the various committees were .called
upon for their reports. The reports
being discussed and disposed of the
P'res'bytery then nominated an'cl 'bal-
loted for the delegates to the :Confer-
emce which will be held in St. 'Thom-
as in 'June. T'he businessr being com-
pleted the Moderator pronounced the
benediction and all repaired to their
Grieve and Mrs. Thomas Habkirk, of 1 hordes after, to enjoyable and profit-
Seafortb. able day.
THE SEAFORTH<NEWS.
THURSDAY, 'MAY 5, 1932.
Mrs. John F. Messer. -After a'con-
tinued 'illness, Mrs. John F. Messer
of the boundary line of Mortis, pass-
ed away. Her maiden name was M'ar-
tha MuKinney. She was 'born on the
:Morris boundary •aisd has lived there
ever since. She was in her sixty-fifth
year and was •Married forty years ago.
!Surviving are her husiband and a 'fa-
mily of 'four : Gordon,: on the home-
stead; Mamie (Mrs, Raymond El-
liott)' -of Turulberry;' 'H'arvey and
Charles, of Toronto, :also one grand
'child, %Lois Elliott, and one sister,
Mrs. IW. !S. 'K'ing of Turn'berry.
Old Markers, Etc., Expensive.—
The police are .checking ftp on motor-
ists who.' are attempting to run their
cars on 1931 ntarkers and drivers' per-
mits. Last Saturday in ..'traffic court
Mr. William Green of Kippers was
assessed $112:75., for failure to se'cnre
new asiarkess. and a like sons for fail-
ure to renew his driver's permit. Ex-
actly the %same dose was meted mit
to Samee'1 G. Castle, Norval, Precious,
of Goderich, was .fined $8.25. He had
no ,permit when traffic Officer .$loxton
'interviewed him !near' Mitchell the oth-
er day. ';Norval h'as a model T. Ford
which can clo "47", the officer says.
J. W. Wagner, RJR. 1, 'Au'burn, con-
tributed $12.15, to the provincial tre'a-
surer'for failure to have a permit and
Bllarry J'ohnston,;•Goderich township,
paid 05.25 for overloading, Harry
'Caldwell, Stanley township, no per-
Another Way of Catching Them.—
.Mr. S H. J. Brim'icom!be, Goderich
r.
p
townshi, doesn't believe in hunting
jackrabbits with a gun upon his shoul-
der, ttantping the fields 'for a chalice
shot at the long,slratiked bunnies, says
the Goderich Signal. No, sir; he mere-
ly allows theta to come to hint and
hop rig'h't into his car as he rambles
along the road. He must admit, how-
ever, that this method is rather ex-
pensive. The fact is, as he and Mrs.
IBrimic'onabe were driving along the
Bayfield road on Sunday evening be-
tween .7 and 8 o'clock, a jack sudden-
ly shot oast into the centre of the
road in front of his car. Thinking it
Would continue across trite road, Mr.
IB'rint'icotnbe did not slacken speech
and as he reached it the° animal leap-
ed almost straight in the air, cleared
the engine and crashed through the
windshield .of the car and fell with a
thump into the tonneau, Neither Mr.
nor Mrs. Brim'iconsbe was injured,
but it cost about eight dollar's' for a
new winds'hield.•
Sudden Death in Goderich Tp—The
death Of Charles Mason Stirling of
the eighth concession of Gloderich tp.
on Monday, ,April 25th, came as a
great shock to his family ,a'ttd friends.
Apparently in the best d'f health he
was stricken in the field where he end
his son were working. Deceased was
the youngest sone of the late R'o'bert
(Stirling. and Christine 'Gardiner and
lived all his life ,on the farm where :he
died, He .was of a qu'iet,kindly dis-
position and will 'be greatly missed by
his friends and neighbors. 'The funeral
was held from his late residence on
'Wednesday, service conducted by the
Rev. F. ,H. (Paull, assisted by Rev.
IR. M. Gale, both of Bayfield. The
pallbearers were ]James Stirling, Geo.
Hud'ie, Dal. Gardiner, Stirling Mc -
'Phan, John E'mtnerson and 'Robert
Cale. Mr. Stirling is survived by his
widow, who was formerly Lillian, Hu -
die, whom he married in 11900, and
three children, Mrs. J. C. Watson of
Bayfield; Dorothy, teacher at Ailsa
Craig, and Wil'I, at home. His three
•sisters and brother, .Mrs. C. Jervis, of
Olinton Mrs. Sophia .Curry of Vans -
coy, Sask., and Agnes and Isaac, of
'Consul, Sask. Fnterment took place
In the, Clinton cemetery.
Has Neither Truck Nor Money.--
'In
oney.-'In Supreme Court at Goderich on
'Tuesday last Mr. Justice Raney dis-
missed with costs the action for $1'500
,of C. E. Pickard o'f Goderich town-
ship, against the Douglas Motor
Tract- Co., o'f Hamilton, one-time
subsidiary of General Motors. ' The
trial revealed that young Mr, Pickard
in May' 19'28 purchased a hydrattlic'
dumpm the defendant truck fro h feu tt at -
dpi co
pany for $3400, .He worked it two
summers on county road's and in the
early part of 10.31, with all but $138
of the $3400 paid, he turned it into the
Hamiltont •
firm for repair and resale.
113e1 -ore' this was done an independent
s'aluation was made on the truck of
$1500.The defendan't company sic-
ce•safu$ly established that they had re-
ported to Pickard that it would cost
over $1500 to repair the truck and
they received the consent of plaintiff
to dismantle the inach,ine and: sell the
parts 'for what they could get. These
parts realized $374:23, Of this amount
the track company appropriated
$233.79 to satisfy the remaining pay-
ment in default and interest; tender-
ing Pickard $4.0.44, this, representing
what remained of his $3200 odd in-
vestment. In his judgment, Justice'
Raney ordered that the $40.44 be ap-
p'bied on the costs, the defendant
comtpany to pay the balance. "With
that we Will call it a day, •everything
is square," his lordship commented.
Oompany witnesses testified they had,
received an offer of $40 for the truck
after Pickert had driven it 'from Go-
derich to Hamilton under its own
power.
Blyth Factory Destroyed by Fire.-
Alt noon on Thursday fsre was alis -
covered :its the garage of William
Johnston, just off Queen street, in
Blyth. There had been a .grass fire in
the forendon which was supposed to
he left safe but had evidently worked
its way unider the garage, Fprtnna'tely
it is noticed before it made much
headway and was s'o'on extinguished..
JAt 7!30 p!ns, the fire til'arus was again.
sounded when it was discovered that
the wool -pulling plant.operated by
Franklin Baintoa anal his uncle Frank
Baitston, was on fire. •A drying kiln
used in drying wool which because
overheated and soon ignited the, roo'f.
The •buiiloing was formerly the old el-
ectric light plant with the saw min
adjoining. The firemen diel some won-
derful work in conifin'in.g the fire to
the plant and fortunately the wind
was in their favor. Damage was not
-so serious to the stock' other than by
%water but at 12,130 pan, it again broke
'ou't and' completely destroyed' the
!building and the entire !stock. The
building was owned by William and
James T'huell and was only 'partially
covered 'by 'insurance..A small insur-
ance was carried en. the stock which
included 2,000 pounds of wool beside
several, torts of pelts. The proprietors'
do not purp'ose rebuilding.
Gather At Regina.—ITTcan The
Regina Leader -(Posit, April 20.). Me-
mories of a .famous co nt were:
u y
brought back to over 100 sten, and
women whoatten'd'ed the annual ban-
quet of the Huron 'Old Boys' Asso-
ciation held in the K'ing's hotel, 'Tues-
day night. 'Speech -making, inter-
spersed with reminiscences :and music
appro'pri'ate to the occasion, occupied
an evening which ended with card
playing and dancing. S. J. Latta, Re-
gina, :president of the Association, of-
ficiated. lO'ne-time residents ,of the
'Ontario county turned opt in large
Itunt'ber, while visitors from Moose
Jaw and other' parts of the tProvin'ce
were present at the function. T'he
toast to "The Old County of 'Huron"
was proposed by Dr. A. W. Il3otham,
Euarl Grey, who paid tribute to the
pioneers of Ontario and lauded the
'British stock fr,oin which they 'had
come. Mrs. H. P, Cieari'hue, • who re-
sponded, described vividly the many
-beauties all Miran comity. She also
told how this comity had sent car-
loads of fruit and vegetablesto help
the people in the drouth-stricken'
areas of Saskatchewan. Miss Jardine
in proposing "Our Other Halves,
trade same charming references to
Huron county and its populace. Re-
sponse to her remarks was made by
IW. M. Leigh and A. E. H'odgert. S.
U. Latta proposed the boast to "The,
Ladies,," 'Mrs. 'G. J. A. Lanskail re-
sponding., Contributing to the musi-
cal program were Mrs'. Chas. P.
Geake, Sam Swayze, Mrs. H. B. Ray-
nor, A, E. Hodgert, while Miss (Edna
!Sliorsey was accompanist. Master of
ceremonies for the dancing and cards
was James Robb. Mrs. E. P. Paulin,
vice-president, 'occupied the chair at
one stage of the Banquet. Mr. (Latta'
read letters .of regret from Ilion.
!Robert Weir, Federal Minister of
:Agriculture;: Mr, Justice W. M. Mar-
tin, ar.
ar-tin,>;Mr. Justice' J. IF. L. E•mbury and
'James G. Gardiner, M,L.A.,: leader of
the opposition in 'the iS'askatchewanle-
gislature.' All. four are :noted sons of
(Huron who h,ad been invited to at-
tend but because of other duties were
absent. Out-of-town guests included:
IJohn Sproat, 'Kipling; 'C. B; Innes,
Moose Jzlw; Art IBroad'foot, Moose
!Jaw; Roy Pugh; Moose !Jaw; A. W.
!Hotham, Miss E. Hotham and Miss
E, H!othwni, Earl 'Grey; 'Mr. and Mrs,
'T. A. Davidson, Milestone; J. 5.,'Lew-
is, Swift Current; Mr. and Mrs.. Al-
bert Elliott, Lumsden; A. Gilmour,
IKeystawma, Re'ginans fawn Iiuron in-
cluded: ,C. P. Geake; Mr, and 'Mrs. P.
Cooper, M'r. and Mrs. A, W. Musser,
Mr, and Mrs. W. 5. Hazelton, - Mr.
and Mrs. W. 11. Allison, Mr. and Mrs.
II. P. Cle'arihue, Fred Cleanihue, Mr,
Mrs. assd Mr .
c W. A.
Scls ter... Mr..and Mrs.
a d \.l s.
C. H:oflm'a'n, Mn, and Mrs. H. 'G.
Hicks; Mr, and Mrs. J. R, Abraham,
Mr. and Mrs, Gardiner, G. G. Broad-
foot, Mr, and, 'Mrs. R. A. Robinson,
M•r. and Mrs. E. D. 'Thompson, Mr,
and ;Mrs. 'D'on'a'l'd Calder, Mrs,' Wil-
liam Beattie, D. 'M, • Hackney, Mrs,
Robert Burns, 'hViss E. Burns, Mr.
and Mrs. L B. Latta, Mr, and Mrs.
\V. J. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. W.
Davidson, 2 -Ir, and Mrs. - J. McColl-,
trent, Mr, and Mrs. C, D. Garnsey,
Mrs. E. Hodgson, Mrs. G. I•I'abkirk,
Mr. and Mrs,. A. M. Chalmers, G. J.
A. Latsskail, Mrs, J, Barker, Mrs.' G.
Harvey, Della land Agnes Harvey,
tDr, and Mrs. P. L. Sitraith, Mr, and
Mrs. J. E Allison, A. G. Twiss, Mr,l
ancl Mrs. W. ,F. Kerr,. ;R, W. Joties,
Mr. and Mrs. J. 'H.'°M'ooney, A. E.
Hodgert, L, E. Hodgeet.
'Many mo't'hers have reason to bless
Mother Graves' Worm :Exterminator,
because it has relieved the little ones
of •sutfe'ring and made -them, healthy,
How Many Supertwist
thCordse Average
�s
.�1
Goodyear Tire?
In Cash Prizes
m
For Answering
Thx� .estion
Good at figuring? Get out your pen-
cil and estimate the number of cords
in the average' Goodyear Tire. Some
lucky' person is going to get those,
thousand dollars. Why' not have a
crack at them yourself?
Anyone from a household where a
car is owned may enter—except tire.
dealers; employees
display here. Estimate the number
of cords in each of the six tires, find
the total, and divide by six to.strike
an aderage..1. cross-section of a tire,
alsoondisplaywill help you. Submit
your estimate on the standard entry
blank which is free. No other re-
quirements. You don't have to buy
anything.
of rubber companies' 1st prize—$1,,000.00 cash . Closing
and the families of 2nd prize — $500.00 cash June 5th,1932. Ad -
both. Six Good-
year Tires of
various sizes, types
and ply -thick;
messes are on
A
3rd prize— $200.00 cash dress: "Tie Good -
4th prize — $100.00 cash year Supertwiat
5 prizes, each $50:00 cash cord Contest,"
95 prizes, each $10.00 cash 'New Toronto, Tor- -
104 prizes totalling $3,000.00 , onto 14, Ontario.
W. Dunlop
S'EtFORTI•I
Come in and see Supertwist Cords demonstrated
and get a helpful booklet of contest directions.
TRAGIC END TO A
BRILLIANT CAREER
At an auction sale of autograph let-
ters and historic documents held in
Philadelphia recently an 'American
collector paid $1,200 for a pencil
sketch of a girl named Peggy Ship-
pen. One of the most touching and
tragic events -of the ,American Revo-
lution'ary ;War is recalled by :the tran-
saction; the execution of a British
spy whose death put the whole Bri-
tish Army into official mourning and
spread gloom` even among the ranks
of the enemy. Andre was a friend of
Governor 'Si•m'coe.
John Andre was born in England
in 9751, whether in London or South-
ampton is not definitely. known. His
father was a prosperous Swiss mer-
chant from Geneva; his mother a
pretty woman Of French' parentage,
who was born in London. Educated
in his father's native city. Andre at
an early age wa3 the master of several
European langttages, a profiicient ma-
thematician and a keen student of mil-
itary science.' He was an artist of un-
common skill, a clever amateut 'mu-
sician, possessor of a gracefulliterary
style attested by his letters and poems
and an enthusiastic dancer: Rounding
off this convmend'able list of accom-
plishments, the handsome, dark -eyed
youth was 'ble'ssed with a gay and
winsome disposition which captivated
friend and foe alike.
'Froin' his .17th to his 2lst year, An-
dre was employed -reluctantly one
gathers—in his father's , counting
house. In '1772 he entered the army
with the rank of lieuteit'ant, and was
sent to 'Germany. Late in 1774, 'he
journeyed to Quebec ranter circuit-
ously, via Philadelphia, His pen and
pencil were constantly ''busy en .route
and at Quebec delivered valuable mil-
itary information. concerning . condi-
tions among the disgruntled A''nteri
can ,colonists, to Sir Gay Carleton.
,At the •ou'tibreac of hostilities Andre
took the 'field with the British and
Canadi'at forces opposing Montgom-
ery • and Arnold .who had invaded
Canada. Ile became a prisoner of war,
'however, at the surrender of (Font St,
J'ohat'a. Interned with very mildly re-
stricted it
liberty
at
YCarlisle and 7.
an -
caster, in Pennsylvaniat Ise immed-
iately became 'popanlar socially, with
the citizens of both places, and spent
much of his enforced leisure teaching
the children of his friends the enemy
to, draw. 'Exchanged in 1776, he re -1
entered the British service with the
headquarters staff in New York,
where- his attractive personality and
advanced military kn'owled'ge earned
speolacular promotion. A youth in his
twenties, he was aide-de-camp to the
British commander-in-chief, Sir Hen-
ry 'Clinton.
1M -ten the Royalist forces occupied
Philadelphia, that city seems to 'have
been in very deed theabode of bro-
therly love, Andre apparently bad as
many friends among the Republicans
of d'oub'tful enthusiasm as he had.
among the'Loyal'ists. In particular lie
was the favorite of one Edward ,Ship-
pelt—frelquently 'fined fin': neglect of
nilitary duties in the rebel cattse-a
wealthy citizen whose daughter 'Peg-
gy, afterwards the wife of ;Benedict
Arnold, was the subject of the sketch
by Andre for .which so generous a
price was paid. Private theatricals af-
forded the chief social diversion dur-
ing ,the apparently gay sojourn of the
troops of ,King George in the Quaker
City, and in this pursuit, Andre, often
enough was playwright, scene painter.
song :writer, actor and manager. 'In-
cidentally the officer had for his P'hil,;,b ra4•
adelphia 'home the house of Benjamin
Franklin, and is said to have purloin-
ed one or two books from the doctor's
library; a souvenir hunting exploit
which has moistened the pages of
United States history with the senti-
mental tears of her' historians.
It was the treachery of that much
execrated American soldier, General
Benedict Arnold,, that 'brought the
career of the brilliant young Andre
to so tragic a close. Having secured
by dint of persistent solicitation` the
command of West Point on the Hud-
son, Arnold lost no time in plotting
its betrayal to the British forces. Co-
veted by the Royalists, his negotia-
tions for the surrender of this impor-
tant post, unfortunately, were wel-
comed by Sir Henry Clinton. To Joiliil "
:Andre, 29 years old, and at this time
'adjutant -general to the British forces,
was entrusted the delicate and daring
task of receiv'ing in person the final
plans far the fall .of West Point. A
,sloop-af-war with the ominous name.
Vulture and with Col. Beverly Rob-
inson of
olbin's'on.of the Loyal American (British) ` -
Regiment aboard, carried him up the
Hudson on his mission, Arnold kept
his appointment, the plans were se-
cured, but unforeseen delays and con-
fusion in the arrangements for An-
dree's return to the ship compelled
the messenger to attempt the return
to the ,British' linos by land, and in
disguise. At Tarrytown he wasap-
proached by volunteer sentries, and
thoroughly searched. In Asadree'sl
boots were 'found' the fateful, papers.
This arrest was toad -e on the 22nd of
September, 1780.
%1Washington, Lafayette, sand other
enemy officers of high rank conducted
the trial at Tappan-on-the.tH'udson, a
few days later. There was never any
doubt about the outcome, despite the
affection which Andree aroused for
himself, even_ in the hearts of his
judges. One impossible condition
alone e w'
ght•
have e
saved
hila—
the
de-
livery into American 'hands of Ann-
, who had escapedi th
to' the British
liotdnes,
On the 2nd of October, a beam was `
nailed between two trees and a ba -
g
ga.gc wagon placed beneath it. Andre
ascended it calmly, adjusted the rope
a'b'out 'his neck with his• own hands• tI
and, just before theT
wagon withdrew,
called upon his, enemies to witness
that he dried like ai brave span but: de-
plored the 'ignominious mode, He had
begged to .be shot•le i•.
L e a soldier.
A self-portrait of affecting beatit
made. a few hour Y,
s before his ;death, is
extant. !Ile was buried at Tappan, but
the remains' were re -interred in West-
minster Abbey; beside his monument
in '11821. On the site of his execution
there is a memorial to his worth, er-
ected by American, fund's, but unveil i
ed by ,Degan Stanley, One of the in-
- crip'tions is a quotation from a letter
written by George•'Washin to s:
lan
`aAnofficer."
acc'o'm'plis'hedmare, and a gal -
g