The Wingham Advance, 1920-11-25, Page 4THE WINGUAK ADVANCE
SCH0%,DAYS TRACING BACK s,THE TIMES"
A Pow Nore of S, S. No.
13 C 0 Ust Wkwaposh
V� Dear Mr, Editor,
I read with interest some weeks ago
articles by B. of B.'and Mr. Harrison re-
garding certain happenings which occur-
red in connection with school matters in
aforesaid S. S, No, m
Perhaps as oni of the pupils attending
the school in pioneer da�s, I might refer
to Somethings "ich the former writers
did not Mention, probably by oversight,
as both hive remarkably retentive mem-
oms. Not having the letters of B. of B.
and 111r, 1-1, before me I cannot Say with
certainty whether they began at the first
happenings but I do not recollect noticing
the name of the firstleacher who was Miss
FREE TRIAL Annie Hoare afferwards Mrs, James Har,
rison of Morris township. but now of
Muskoka, in the township of Draper, who
Ig taught in 1868. Every Friday afternoon
R* ht In Your Home! was given over to songs, recitations, dia-
logues, spelling bees, all being for enter-
YN ou can thank Thomas A. Edison, the inventor of the taiument. Along about 1878 the chain -
n speller was G W. Sowler, who held
the honours as long as he attended school.
-�honograph, for this remarkable offifer.' It has long been
At an inspection by the late Arch Drewar
Mr. Eidison's wish that every home in the land might en_ in that Year Basil Coultas carried off the
nours in Arithmetic. E. A. Har -
joy the cheerful, restful, helpful influence of music. That ��I'Son- in History and P. W. Scott in read -
is why it is possible for us to place ing. There were fewer subjects in those
ditys than now. The prizes consisted of
books donated by the late I Ion A. M.
Ross, M. P. P, for West Huron.
EDISON S NEW D ItR M (310 N D One of the original characters of these
early days was Tom MeBurney. who one
AOM M 90MML warm summer afternoon had transgressed
and was to receive his punishment after
4. As a precaution the teacher locked the
0 L OR door during closing exercises but neglect
ad the window which was raised for ven-
The World"s Greatest P-honograph Value tilation. During prayer Tommy made a
hasty exit through the window and thus
in your home for a three day's and thank y&u for giving, the Amberola an escaped punishment for the time being.
On another occasion one of the neighbors
FREE trial 1 There ure absolutely no opportunity to prove it� superiority ov" with whom he was at variance bad the
emilitions attached to this offer. Come "talking machines" and commercial pho- misfortune to have her ducks stray into
'to our store—pick out any style Amberola nograp�,%, -;�z6,-,& 1 the schoolyard. 'The fishing season beinj
�and a &,)zen records—and we will deliver If you do want to keep it, we are' bound or. and a number of poles and lines being
outside the school, Tommy baited the
�1� to -our homt-- g
Z to &Fr3Fout the spirit of Mr. Edison's wish hook with the crusts of his lur li nd
1,et the Amberola by arranging the very easiest terms of pay- good there was a duck attached to most
entertain you for ment to suit you. We urge you to grasp of the lines, The result then was some -
three whole days— this opportunity at once, if you wish to be thing like Sinn Fein in Ireland now, but
Tommywasnot the only lively lad, he
and then if you do among the first to enjoy this Free Trial. had many accomplices.
We are ready and waitirvy �o het!"7 f-rom. Along about 1887 a literary and debat-
not wish to keep it, ing Society was formed, John B. Scott
we will call for it— you rk4,ht now/
being the first president of same. Meet-
ings were held weekly. Programme and
I W. McKibbon, Dealer debates alternately. Many weighty
questions were threshed out guch as, War
WWGIIAM, ONTARIO
vs Intemperance, City vs Country life
and kindred subjects, The attendance
. . . . . . . . . . . 'lety boomed for a
waslargeand the soc
couple of winters, but as the providing
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of the entertainments finally devolved on
a few, interest diminished and the society
LINES TO A PENCIL disbanded.
1872- Anotherincident which occurred prior
I know not WlIere thou art
to the Literary Society, I thinl� in 1175 or
4 1 Only kuow immediately after, a general Provincial
That thou wert on my desk,;
also Dominion Election about New Year's
Peaceful and contended, of that year (1875) was fought out in the
A moment back; school. Theleaders were for the Tories
INE out of ten people can figure And as I turned my head Win. Armour, later of Wingham (now de�-
out on a piece of paper how
To light my pipe,
N much money they would have Some heartless wretch ceased) and for the Grits, Andrew Auld.
had, had they. saved a dollar a week The parties were fairly evenly divided and
Went south with thee.
Qf the
for the last five Years. One out the weapons were snowballs The Tories
the I know not who he was, being of better physique won and to cele -
ten can show in his bankbook
amodrit he has saved in the last five Nor shall I inyestigate; brate the victory Leader. Armour set
Which one of the ten are you? Perchance
years young Peter W* Scott on a stump and
E A D 0 F.7: �-4 It may have been ordered him to recite a campaign rhyme,
HAMILTON The guy I stole thee from. beginning, "Oh, who would vote for Lack -
a Nothing In That Lida ie?" and ending, "We voted Thomas Far-
row in and left Jock Leckie hame. " Pete
A visiting minister was proceeding to has Sluice that time been a Tory.
examine the children of a Sunday school Now Mr. Editor I feel I am, perhaps
040ho"FHAMILTON
as to the general knowledge of Bible transgressing -on your space as these mat-
WINGHAM BRANCH—C. P. Smith, Manager characters and begam, ters only concern a small section of your
"Who N�,as the first man?" readers. I think it would be well if two
"Adam," they all answered is chorus. or three in each of the older school dis_;�
"Who was the first woman? tricts would record their recollections of
"Eve," they all shouted.
"Who was the meekest man? the happenings of the pioneer days. The
I . files of the press might some day become
"Moses." valuable itt providing data for I ocal his -
"Who was the meekest woman?" tcry and for compiling by tjie archivist.
Every one was silent, the children The early pupils are becoming fewer and
and herki-0146 looked blackly at each other, but. none in a few more years will have passed to
-A— could answer. Finally a little hand the great beyond. I hope these letters
will prove an incentive to others to fill in
9 went up, the lareacher looking at the
I little fellow, said: "Well, my man, who the places and events overlooked or
AnVA/b/Z 1 MIS
was she?" ad by B. of B.. M. H. H. and the writes' .
"There -,.,wasn't any," Yours faithfully,
confidently as-
sented the boy.
0 tile,
1U,
N0- daintior gift can be imagined
than a set of silver bouillon cups,
Plated or sterling silver ware has
now become a paet of the furnhhings of
nearly every Anievican bome. It is
'quit(� artistic a��, in the (lays of yore, but
vcry much more, reasonably priced.
We -will fit between your eyeg
with an adjmtniieut that won't let
you., nom know your ey�m
ate using glas-le-3.
K. M. McKAY
JeNveler and Optician winglian)
Wait Mason on "Peril"
Walt Mason says: I fear to cross the
village street, where all the au tog wind
and rnh� for I am shakv on my feet, and
I can'tdo acrobatic tricks. I tried this
morning just for luck, to dodge ac toss to
Johnston's store, and I got tangled with
a track, and broke three ribs or ihaybe
more. By modern ways I'm badly bor-
ed, I cannot ranible n.-ar or far but
someone climbs me with a Ford, or spoils
my perwn with a car, In olden tilivs
,Aien horse3 drew the vehicles in which
men rode, a mati could walk a verst or
two and bavt no scalp wound to be sewcd,'
Then one could aws the public * way, ac-
cording to his sane desireA, and not be
squa,3hed beneath a dray, or wound
I arouna some rubber tirect. You laugh to
scorn the, old time ways. The horse,9
and their sluggigh farne; but trade went
on in those brave daye, and people got
therejust the game. &d sports found
just as much delight in drivIng Dexter or
Maud S., as gotederi in their autos
tw,16t, Who fill the ewntry with distreft
I'd like to erasg the village stmet, to have
a haireut andstaw�o but 11m, no longe r
bilithe awl fleet� I tan't outium) a kati-
V%rr&F?,VV" ;. gAV-Xi. AXAX UVO Ii. U. ISM a WoM Rm was Wought. before the courts. Nu i 1p
Relgriave
The Ladies' Aid of the Belgrave Nleffio
dist church purpose holding a Muaail in
the Forester's Hall, BclKrave, on Wed-
nesday, December Ist at 2 o'clock sharp,
Mail Contract
Written,for the Hamilton Morning Times
By B. of B,
It is afar cry to the origin of news-
papers. From this morning's Times to
the Acta Diurna (Daily Events) of Rome,
That is back from the modern daily,
which brings the news of the world to our
breakfast table to the old Roman Forum
where notices of battles, fires or festivals
were nailed upon the wall; or. if you. will,
to Pekin, where since the rule of the Tang
dynasty in 618 A, D. rescripts of pfficial
news were published. It is a great story.
For, in the interval, the three estates of
the realm—King, Lords and Commons,
have been forced to bow to another, The
press, humorously at first called the
4fourth estate" has come into power,
Its reign is universal. Thus we greet its
new representative—The Morning Times.
Whata process of evolution I Printing of
course, was first employed largely with
books. There were so many precious treas-
ures such as the Classics and the Bible,
A, 'paper of news" was an afterthought.
But what were hoary writings as compar-
ed to the tidings of a Spanish Armada?
Hehce the "English Mercury" came out
in 1588 under the authority �f Queen
Elizabeth. Pessimists should note further
since they make such an outcry about a
"lying press" that Good Queen Bess pub-
lished the first newspaper to correct false t
reports of what happened "between Her
Majestie's fleet and that of Spayne."
But it toote less than one hundred years
for embryonic sheets like the Oxford r
Gazette, to be as thorns in the side of
tyrants. Charles II in 1680 prohibited I
their issue. i
"The "Freedom ofthe Press" has only
been secondary to its invention. History
shows that it cannot keep out of politics. t
As early as 1704 Defoes Review was put
under the ban of the state anq its editor t
jailed in Newgate. By excessive taxes
and license fees it was frequently strang-
led, financially. Coming to life again it
fought other battles like that of John
Wilkes in the nortK Briton. But it was a I
Frenchman who gave the secret of its un-
dying effort for liberty—Suffer yourself
to be hanged but publish your opinions.
It is not a right; it, is a duty� "
This statement however, does not be-
long to the palmy days of France when
Richelieu used to write summaries of for-
eign news for publication, and� the King
watch his state circulars �eing set up in
type. It was part of the Revolution.
There is a celebrated controversey be-
tween Napoleon and Fievee, one of the
'founders of The., Journal des Debates.
The Emperor laid down the rule, that the
only way to perserve a newspaper from
suspension was to avoid the publication of
anything unfavourable to the government
until the truth of it is so well establlshed
that the printing becomes needless. "
That great paper, nevertheless, has been
called "an organ of French history- "
In Germany, the Press for the first half
century of its development was* a mere
echo of the P�rWan newspapers, In
time a very fine ideal was set at Leipzig
by Cotta who was both a publisher and
bookseller. The French Revolution being
at its height he held that a newspaper
should be the organ of statesmen and
as trustworthy as history. At the same
period Gorres edited the Rneinilichler
Mercur, which Napoleon called, "the fifth
power of Europe." As he allowed but
oneauthority, it had to be suppressed.
Bismarck in his day had other ide.-Js for
.the Germans than the lofty aims of its
pioneers. "Decent pe6le do not write
for me," he is reported to have said. He
referred to the press as the "watch dog
to keep the flock together. Thus his
government by a servile pack of news-
papers began driving the nation before
it until we had a Kaiser and a war -mad
people.
Boston saw the rise and fall of the first
American p a p a r. The Colonists were,
quick to follow the lead of their liberty -
loving kinsmen in the Motherland. But
the government which sent Defoe to
prison was not likely to tolerate a trouble-
maker in America. The first attempt
therefore was crushed. This pleased his
masters at home. "Thank God,," fie said,
"we have neither a free school nor alprint-
ing press." Not s% were the Dutch in
New York. In 1733 a printer named
Zenger wasi prosecuted. His aofence by
Hamilton has been called the "gerin 'of
American freedom."
The Canadian newspapers are traced to
the time when the British began to shove
their French competitors away from
North America. The Halifax Gazette of
March 28th, 1752 is on file in the archives
of the Bo�ton Historical Society. It con -
gists of two pages with double columns.
Twenty shillings a Year and sevonty-two
subscribers are among its notices. The
founder was B. Green whose father was a
noted 130�gton ecutor. Deatki, nowever cut
off his ambitions and a man named Bush-
ell has the virtual honour of being the
Canadian pioneer of journalism. Three
U. E% Loyalists are alSo worthy of notice.
Mr% Draper had owned the Boston Newa
letter. Asa patriot she fled to Halifax
taking with her what she could of her late
husband's printing press. John Howe,
father of the more illustrious Joteph, and
tinguished Statesman, the late Ilon. David
DR. 0. H. ROSS Mills were associated with her. But not.
Graduate Royal College of Dental ico how closelY tyranny travels at the,
Surgwna heels of patriot*. Joseph Howe had to
Graduate Uuiv"ty, of Toronto Faculty fight another battle for the freedom of the
Of Doattstry press, A editor of the Halifax Journal
—Assam Teas are noted for their strength and A46-
ness.
Red Rose Tea consists chiefly of selected Ass4w
blended with the finest Ceylons.
awyer thought it worth while to plead on
iis behalf, Hence his own famous defence
n a speech lasting six and a half hours,
which raised him to the first rank of ro-
ators and cut the shackels of bondage,
Newspapers in Quebec came Into use J
nly atter the Conqw.$t. They also had
n interestingorigin' Who could win the
wart of a conquered people was the
query, Benjamin Franklin wanted to
,'empt them to become another colony of
he Republic, Hence in 1778, backed
ivith huge surns of Americ�n money, the
Vlontreal Gazette was issued from the
�hateau de Ramesay. But General Mur -
ay had foreseen the need of action and 1,
for fifteen years previously had been pub- V
ishing the Quebec Gazette. It appeared
n both languages and breathed the spirit
A peace and good will. No secession took
:)lace. The press did good service to save
be day fbr the British cause.
It was on this Niagara peninsula that
he first newspaper was published in
Ontario. Newark, that is Niagara, was
the seat of Government, Governor Sim -
a did not of course read at his breakfast
table, a Daily Times, but had one with at
east an ambitious name—the Upper When you
Canada Oazett� and American Oracle.
But on reading the news he was not as buy clothes
likely to be shocked as we are, though it
aqnounced the sale of negroes. The always consid or two
slave market was then in vogue on things—quality and price.
Canadian soil, something too horrible for
us to imagine. Newark was soon vacated "Reck's" Clothes appeal
for Muddy Yorac and there was a migra- to men who refuse to be-
tjon of potentates and printing presses lieve it necessary to pay
around the Gore to the village across the the highest price to get
take. That paper's cumbrous name was gqatl quality.
left behind and it next appeared as the
eekly Register. kkcle from dependable fab.
rias with style and good work -
It is therefore a far -cry between these manship and, guoranteed to
extremes, The Hamilton papers also wear well.
have their ancient history, which is both A large assortment of aults for
honorable and familiar.' Zlow. forsooth, Men and You% Men that w.111
the clock of Time has struck a notable please you in every way,
hour. The Morning Times begins a new)
Era. nj, & 0 0.
E. ISARV
Ho
What's the matter with the boys of to-
day? Are boys not to learn trades as in
the old d.ays? We can remember a tirn'�,
and not so Jong ago eiLher when the.
were a dozen applicants for every vac-
ancy where theee was an opportunity to FLY AWAYI
learn a trade. But for s6ine considerable.
time now the reverge has been the case Two leaves on the tip
and it is only occasionally we hedr of an Of the maple Still—
apprentice applying for an opportunity to F1
y away, Jackl
learn a trade. If this state of affairs con�, -Fly.away, Jill!
tinues for a while longer where will the
tradesmen be found to take the place ol That's what the wind
the "old fellows"'whan thev drop or Sings 'round the hill—
Look around yoti,. to -day, eVen in our Fly away, Jackl
own tdwtl, and who ao we find among the Fly away, Jill I
rhost independent of our citizens? Are They look like swallows
they not the men �ith a trade? Arid all Caught by their toes
of them drawing good wages, And yet Beating the air
�vith it all there are fewer apprentices in At the sweet wind's,will—
practically every line of business then ev&
before. VVs is a maiter which 3hould Fly away, Jack!
be seriously considered by every parent Fly away, Jill!
Avho has a boy. —Jeannette Derby, Now York Sun.
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