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OBITUARY
Mrs. (Rev.) T. Wesley Cosens
The death occurred in Mount For-
est on Saturday of Mrs. Mary Eliza-
beth Gosens, wife of Rev. T. Wesley
Cosens. With her husband, Mrs. Cos-
ens, who was born near Seaforth, had
travelled from parish to parish and
wherever she went was laved and rev-
ered. Mr. Cosens, who was a Meth-
odist and later a United Church min-
ister, had parishes in Walton, Ford-
wich; Clinton, Brussels, Wallaceburg,
London, Cornwall, Ottawa, Lucknow
and Lynden. Rev. C. W. D. Cosens
., of Stratford is her only son. The fun-
• eral took place to the Listowel cern-
' etery on Monday afternoon,
Matthew Cochrane • •
Word was received here Iast week
of the death of Matthew Cochrane in
Glen Ewen District, Sask., on Sun-
day, January 4th, aged 75 years. Mr.
si Cochrane was born at New Hamburg
in Perth County, going west as a
young man, later he came east and
made his home with his brother, Jno.,
in East Wawanosh, returning to the
West about eight years ago. Mr.
Cochrane who was unmarried, is sur -
vived by three brothers and three sis-
ters, John of East Wawanosh, Rob-
ert of Grey; Mrs. W. Campbell, Mor-
ris; Mrs. Annie Ritz, Winnipeg; and
Miss Jane D. and William of Rose-
land, Alta.
BIRTHS
Copeland— Wingham General Hos-
pital, on Monday, January 19th, to
Mr. and Mrs. Arley K. Copeland,
a son,
DEATHS
Nicholson— In Brooklyn, N.Y., on
Thursday, Jan. 15th, 1931, Elizabeth
W. Procter, beloved wife of Chas.
F. Nicholson, aged 48 years. The
funeral was held on Tuesday after-
noon to Brandon cemetery, Bel -
grave.,
Lamb—In Wingham General Hospi-
tal, on. Monday, January 19th, 1931,
George Lamb, 78 years. Service
was held Tuesday evening at the
residence of his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Wm. Lamb, Frances Street.
The remains were taken to Pinker-
ton where interment will be made
on Thursday.
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Amount el Policy No. 22,765
paid at ago sixty . . . . 3 1,000.00
Doposi ted by policyholder
with Mu tual Life of Canada 489.63
Gain to policyholder . - $ 510.37
ACHEQUE for $1,000 was recently
paid to the insured under policy
No. 22,765 and represented over $2,00
foe every dollar invested witb. this
Company.
Had death occurred at any time alter
the first deposit was made at age
twenty, the $1,000 would have been
paid. immediately.
An endowment policy in the Mutual
Life of Canada combines complete
protection with a form of investment
which absolutely secures the principal
and yields a high interest return.
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HEAP OLA10EN.YAXERLOOt ONT. .
Established 1869
W. T. Booby Dust, Agent, Wingham
Win. Webster, Agent, . R. H, Martin, Agent,
RJR. 2, Lueknow, Ont. . ,Papley, ()lit
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DEAD ISLANDS
Ntpuher of Heade, , Formerly l!adotb-
Reel, aro Now l,ri"itliont
lob abitame,
People talk of St. Kilda taxa If .it
were all ono island, but in tc.,llty it
is a group o1 icveral lslete, of which:
I•Iirta, is the p. +nelpal, Party teres of
Hirta were cultivated, <tr:d the rest
was sheep run. But now Birthis de-
serted.- Ali the people - and all the
sheep have been removed to the
mainland,
Forty miles northeast of St, Kilda.
lie the Seven Bunters, sometimes
called the Flannel]. Islands, rooky
pickets against the vast surges of the
Atlantic. Land there to -day and you
find nothing but a few sheep, the
pwardroperty.. of people on the big island
of Lewis, sixteen miles` to the east-
.
For centuries no one has lived on
these wind-swept rooks, yet in the.
centre of the largest island you may
see a ehapel or cell, built of unhewn
stones, with a roof of fiat stones,
Legend says that this was the
home of St. Plannan, who lived in the
seventh century. There are two oth-
er buildings, and a wall of stone runs
right across the island. Obviously at
some former time even these barren
Islets held people.
Other farnorthern islands are los-
ing their people. At the last census
Holm, which lies in the mouth of
Stromness Harbor, had but two resi-
dents left Hunda, south of Kirkwall,
only three; and Gopinshay's'popula-
tion had been reduced to seven. The
population' of the wbole " Orkney
group is steadily diminishing.
Some eighty miles north of Tone-
riffo, the picturesquely named Sal-
vages lie in the blue Atlantic. Steep,
black precipices surround them, and
their summits are rounded green
hills covered with grass and brush.
The sea round them is sown with
perilous reefs.
Some time ago treasure—seekers,
looking for a fortune of two millions
in silver dollars said to have been
buried on a beach of one of these is-
lands in 1804, made a strange dis-
covery. Great Salvage, the largest
island ` of the three, which is now
completely deserted, except for the
occasional visits of Portuguese fisher-
men, is eriss-crossed with old stone
walls, showing that the whole of it
was once cut up into small en-
closures.
These walls are immensely old, and
there is absolutely no record of their
builders. The island is so small and
barren, it seems impossible that It
could ever have carried any consider-
able population, yet certainly it was
once all cultivated:
One explanation is that the Sal-
vages are merely the remains of a
much larger island, the rest of which
has been washed away. by the sea.
There is no doubt whatever that.
this Is what has actually happened
with regard to that Pacific mystery,
Easter Island, with its rows of huge
images carved out of stone, each.
weighing many tons, and its enor-
mous stone platforms, 500 feet long
and made of wonderfully cut slabs of
rock.
Some of the statues are seventy
feet high, hut many are incomplete.
There is every evidence that the men
who made them were forced suddenly
to abandon their work. The truth
seems to be that Easter Island was
the centre of an empire whose pee-
ple lived iu,a ring of islands which
were overwhelmed by some tremen-
dous cataclysm.
Of all dead islands the strangest
lies in Puget Sound. Formerly it was
thickly wooded with firs, cedars, and
other trees. About twelve years ago
these trees began to die, and now
the once beautiful island is covered
with a skeleton forest of dead trees.
And no one has ever discovered the
reason for this strange devastation.
:FATHER OF THE FILMS.
Frenchman Actually Produced Films
Several Years Before Edison.
Nobody quite knows who was the
originator of the cinematograph, and
there are several claimants for the
distinction. Though Americans hold
that Edison was the first of the (tim-
ers, there is no doubt that a French-
man named Louis Aims .Augustin le
Prince actually pra;duced :films sev-
eral years before Edison,
Le Prince was a huge man. He
stood six feet four inches and was
broad in proportion. He went to Eng-
Iand as a young man. and at Leeds,
in 1888, he photographed pictures
with a one -lens camera and also
`made a projector. His invention at-
tracted considerable attention,
though he was never able to exploit
it commereiaily,for he came to an
untimely and mysterious end. On
September 16, 1890, he entered a
Paris train at Dijon and was never
sten again.. His widow always be-
lieved he was the victim of foul play
and that he was "bumped off" by an
unscrupulous gang that wanted to
obtain control of his invention.
Leeds firmly upholds the claims of
Le Prinee to be the inventor of the
"movies," and he is to be honored in
Yorkshire by the erection of a
memorial.
WINDSOR OliA11tS.
Brought into. Vogue by George L
of England.,
Should you have a Windsor chair,
writes Catherine Shellabarger In the
Brooklyn Eagle, remember it was
brought into vogue; by King George L
of England.
The, King, talking toone of his
farmer subjects, admired the humble
seat on which he sat, the back of
which was made of slender spindles,•
He thought so much of the chair that
he ordered a set made. for his palace
at . Windsor and so established, the
popularity of the Windsor ehatr,
Among famous Americans'. who
were partial" to Windsor chairs was
Thomas Jefferson. On this chair, with
wide arms thatserved as a twritiaag
desk, and whteh also had it double
seat, lie wrote the first draft of the
lecia,ration of . Independonee.
Cleitdren More Cautio
Children are. 'more eautiotea hs
orosslae busy terougbfaree {;BaanBal, Dec. 31st, 1980 ...w.,. , »,:, 948.92I
adults ats, aecortlltig to the etaetleietiern
of .road ma:ide ate,
TIM AND SANDY
DISAGREE A BIT
To the lditur av all thiin
Wingham l'aypers.
Deer Sur:.—
Wan
-
Wan day lasht wake, I mit me ottld
frind, Sandy Banks, in town, an plaiz-
ed I wus to see him, :Ger, loike ante-
silf, he can't shtand the could weath-
ed loike we used to whin we wus
younger, an so he sildom comes to
Wingham in the winther toime, San-
dy is 'a foine fellab, barrin two bad
faults, wan bcin that he is a shtub:
born ould Grit, an the other that he
kin nivir larn to shpake the English
langwidge properly. He wint to
school two whittlers, an I only wint
wan, an yit it takes me all me toime
to undershtand hien sometoinies.
Afther talkin about the weather 'an
the roads fer a whoile, an enquirin
about wan another's families, we wus
purty near shtuck fer someting to say,
at laist I wus, but Sandy bruk the
oice be shtartin up some pollytickle
talk.
"Losh mon! Tim," sez he, ".'tis the
braw 'writer ye are gettin tobe, but
I Boot yer parritch didn't agree wi'
ye lasht week. :Dinna ,think ye Tor-
ies hae a' the bad luck, If it wasna
for the had luck o' the Grits ye wud.
hae nae chance o' bein elected, what-
ever. ]3ut 'tis- nae brains orr laddies
hae ava, allooin Geordie Spotton to
be present when they cut the haggis
doon at St. Thomas last week."
"Shure, 'tis mesilf that agrees wid
ye in that, Sandy," sez I. "Jarge spud
he more careful av the company he
is either kaypin; n'ye tnoind the
shtory that 'used to be in the school
books about the good dog Tray that
got into thrubble be rayson av runnin
out at noights wid a bad dog called
Shnap?"
"Ye musht hae a Muckle o' siller in
Wingham," said Sandy, changing the
subject, "for 'I see ye'er councillors
hae been votin theirsels a pooch fu'
o't, when a wheen o' puir bodies hae
deeficulty in gettin •a moothful o'
bnead for their bairns."
"Av coorse we hev'lashins.av mon-
ey," sez I, not villin to lit Sandy git
the shtart av me, "an what's more,
we mane to shpind it," I sez, "We be -
lave in payin 'our; taichers an clerks,
an commishioners, an treasnrers, an
managers, an caretakers, an council-
lors, an shtrate clainers, an all the
resht av, the byes hoigh salaries, an
thin they do be havin more money
to shpind in the shtores, an thin the.
slitore kaypers kin affbbrd to pay the
hoigh taxes, an so theer is always
plinty av money to pay the ,hoigh
salaries. 'Tis a regular mirry-go-round
loike the ould farrumer out in Mis-
souri whose ambishun wus to buy
more land, to raise more earn, to fat
more hawgs, to buy more land to
raise more carn to fat more hawgs,'
an so on to the ind av the chapter.
Av coorse if anny of our hoigh prole -
ed min sind theer money out av town
to buy tings, that shpoils the whole
sishfim loike whin wan av thim chain
letther shames is bruk," I sez.
"I shall hae to turn the matter ower
hi my heid a wee bit," sez' Sandy. "I
doot ye are wrong, Tim, for me puir
auld mithcr always taught me tac
save the bawbees, sae I'm aye think -
in there muslat be something wrong
wi' ye'er plan," .sez he. "I'm afeered
ye will find a rabbit in ye'er kale
yaird yin o' these days, Tim, me
naon," he sez.
Thin we wint an had a cup av cof-
fee in the restyouraunt, aich wan av
es payin fer his own,
Yours till nixt wake,
Timothy Hay.
1930 FINANCIAL
REPORT OF H. S.
The following is the financial ,re-
port of the Wingham High School
for the year 1980.
, Receipts
Balance from 1929 $ 1038,73
]Bruce County .. ... . ,.,._,.- 1969:60:
Entrance Examination fees 46;00
Department l.xam. fees 252,90
Cheque for 'Uniforms ' 68:75
Provincial Grant 1151.26
County Grant 6822.53
Town Levy _............. 5619,00
Loan from Town ' _._ 338X.00
• $20349.76
Expenditure
Teachers' salaries $13289,22
Caretaker's salaries 825,00
Other salaries .♦ ............ ,:......... .....,100.00
Water and light _,.,. 164.74
Fuel ,....-, 44944.
Library 6,00
Insurance ...,.-..,,.,.-. 128,70
Supplies - 408.00
Advt., 'rel. and postage .- 50.55
Exams, cadets and field day 422,10
Repairs 188.76
Town loan repaid 8881.00
$20349.76
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250 of them.
HOW MY WORLD WAGS
By That Ancient Mariner
DEAN D. HURMDY
Some of our jails are letting model.
prisoners out to shovel snow every
day. " Trying to bring a little of the
beautiful into their lives.
"Bones of Tecumseh believed re-
covered." Public will probably be in-
vited 'to come see' Tecumseh mem-
orial.
"Joe Bourdage, father of 25 child-
ren, reported to have captured stork
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near Sault. Ste. Marie," Our advice
to Joe is, to kill it quick.
"Owl eats turkey and attacks man,
near Orillia." First time we ever
knew man to be mistaken for the
cranberry jelly.
"Vintners to meet the Board Wed-
nesday." Down by the vinegar works,
we suppose.
"Hamilton chain store held up."
Doubtless by candidates for the chain
gang.
"Colored wrestler to 'oppose Brow-
ning." We are not surprised. It would
seem like trying to paint the lily.
"Streetsville pian holds he received
Shot fired at crow," The crow must
he crowing over its escape. •
Bandit in London, Ont., wept .when
he secured only $8 from a store till.
For bigger returns, he might try at-
tacking a bank with tear bombs.
Nine young poets read their gems
before the Toronto branch of the
Canadian Authors' Association, Alas,
so young to feel the curse—that wish
to write immortal verse!
A Newfoudland trading schooner
had itsdistress sign mistaken for ,a
Merry Christmas greeting. Others of
us have been in the same predica-
ment. Ask dad, he knows!
To keep witches out of chimneys;
a Scottish •custom of "burning the
clavie" still survives. So were were
wrong when we thoughtthey got rid;
ofthese hags by feeding them haggis.
"Varsity students decide by debate
that bachelors should not be taxed."
When lads in single state be tarrying
Andthere's no law to` tax 'em,
The colleens who ane all for marrying
Should be allowed to ax 'em.
"Sphymomenometer is stolen from
car." If there is one of these things
on our • car, we hope somebody steals
it too. We don't want to have to rer
ferto it, even casually. We can an-
swer lots of hard ones like: "Who is
Sylvia?" and "Why do the nations?"
"Let"Letis htfve our
Shredded Whe:,.,;t
with hot milk.
this 'ori; N�.�a0i1
"I know that's what you and
the children like, these cold
winter mornings. It's the
'easiest hot dish imaginable!
I simply heat the biscuits in
the oven and then pour hot
milk over them. Sometimes
i add cream. For a warm
and satisfying breakfast that
is easily digested, it's the
favorite with us all."
THE CANADIAN SHREDDDD.WHEAT
COMPANY. LTD.
NEAT
slift
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WITH ALL THE BRAN
OF THE WHOLE WHEAT
but Sphyg-what-you-may-call-it has If you're know as "Blondy,"
got us up a gum tree and•barkin.g for And your gender's "her,"
mercy. That's a sign that gentlemen
Very much prefer.
HAIR SIGNS
("If your' hair gets curly,
That's a sign of rain.
Well,if it uncurls itself,
'Twill be fine. That's
If your hair get oily,
If is likely true
You'll. go 'round and call upon
Mr. John Shampoo.
If, your hair grows longer,
And: you want it shorter,
That affects the sinking fund
Of nickel, diine and quarter.
plain.
You are clever, pretty,
Sweet -voiced, well suppose,
You'll be famousif your hair's
Red like Clara Bow's.
If your hair is dusky,
Like mysterious night,
Let it be! Peroxide just
Makes one look a fright.
If you find some gray hairs,
And you start to sigh,
That is often just a sign
That you're going to dye.
Dean D. Hurmdy.
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