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WEDN'ESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1930 THE FJJ'SHERTON ADVANCE THE f LESHERTON ADVANCE Published on CoHingwood Fleshcrton, Wednesday of each week, deflation over 1100, Trice in Canada, |2.0U per year when paid in advance $1.50. In U.S.A., f2.50 per year, when paid in advance $2.00. (Member of Canadian Weekly News- paper Association) W. H. TIIURSTON Edito* f. J. THURSTOX - Asst. Editor. fought in the great war have mar- 1 ried in the Britist Isles. This Is j one way of relieving the British taxpayers: the pension ceases with the new deal. The Dominion Parliament will not meet till early in February. That i- alright if the M. I''s meanwhile prepare to talk less and work more speedily than is their custom. There- by they will be ready early in spring for the ploughing. WAR PRISONERS The names of autoi-ts who have ^ i,,n i!, "rived of their permits on j conviction of drunkeness or reckless KKL1EF FOR EX-SOLDIERS > ,!,m,,c or both, a -e being posted in a Government office at Toronto. This may be a small penalty if the i of 'he permit is temporary. Some of the delinuuents are get- will full Early Carolling in Flesherton By I)R. E. K. RICHARDSON ols so that children who had been' asleep might hear. Thus the spirit of giving is brought forth in various forms and typifies in some greater grumble and make an awful fuss, and then when the time comes they each one hand over their hard earned money like a lamb. Well, I suppose Herb! Herb! Wake up! Get up. Herb!! The church is on fire!!-" "Bless the Lord- Bless and praise His holy name! That one so unwor- thy should wake in heaven on Christ- irn-as mc.ming! I can hear the an- gels' voice i and the golden harps ringing, but I can't se-e I can't see. or less degree the Divine Gift which j these things have to be and possibly the day's celebration commemorates. I in a good year one would hear very feast they had prepared. Their cap- May it long survive in OUT land to little about taxes but in lean years-, ccity for providing and ours for at- drive out the spirit of avarice, world- liness and materialism that tolls the knell of a nations spiritual death. John are you there?" Such were the greeting and im- cepting, grew apace and seemed to have no bounds. On one occasion Sept. Good our good purveyor, and a S S. teacher had us in for what proved to be a oyster supper. All had finished and gone out except our genial and silver voiced leader, Mr. Arms-ong, and myself. There re- V. IIY DO TAXES COME BEFORE CHRISTMAS Why, oh why, must taxes coincide a nearly they certainly do seem to take the gilt off the gingerbhead. Be that as it may, since there is no way out, we might as well smile and look plea- sant and think of taxes as a neces- r.nry evil. If the Dominion Parliament in the revision of the Pensions law does not provide nv.-ie liberal regulations ,,. ,,rf exceedingly i asy and than those now ixir ii.g. it will be from lack of advisers. The f rii nds of th.- returned men are le- Kion, and the ir.cn themselves have not been :-b>w in pointing out n-' for more liberal re.i'nicnt than ha;- y.-t been extt-no.-d t 'hem. A ne\. aspect of the matte- i- <:i\en by ;..i t-x-prisoner of war who writes to the Toronto Mar i'. these terms: "As the Pension Ac- is to-day. the man who enlisted aril never left Canada is giv.n the bes) deal, while the first coiilinirc'i' r'.an is turned I. I kr.n.N of i asca of men who , .1 behind and never heard a shut j ; r, d urai/. i ! : n ' n for disabilities paid to h-.ivc I ; used through the war. Tl ese men nn in g>nd j hvsical condition an. I a-e hoMin;.' fcooil position-;. o\\n their o\'.n hotist., and ;. . have in-ill no iiienti-iii of ''". ix ;-ii .>ncrs ..r. who -uffi-i-i<i n.i-ii than any man over, r.i . '1 ' entirely at the piri'-v t '.he enemy, and if ". bad nut In > Ol 'lie f'anailia'i Pu-d i i , pa -ei-1- i ! the men \vmld Irivc iliid of Ma- .:. i. When the M is- i -. . , n 4 i .-: on working de- tachments it was B -netiiiies se.eri! Wl ' ,ch'-i! u>; -hi r-fo'-e we had to exist on the 1 ar. food which consist ;-d of a mall portion of put rid black 1 ' and a bowl of cabli.iirr v.-itcr MIUP. We were forced to v.-nrk ten nml twelve hours a dav on these 'iV ions' There was no fre-h food, .r t-.'irci-ls coi.-istnl of canned I was taken -prisoner in the attack :'' Veres. Anril I'.M.l, :irvl was in captivity rntil the latter .f Novimbc". I'.'l*. 1 was ac- I on enlistment, marked fine nhv-iime on my att,--ta'ion papers, ami v,:is di-cbarired J'.s medicallv un- fit for fui-th'-r service. I \v::s given :i .ail ;. n for war disabilities aril coniir.ut .1 vamr in I'.i'J'. Mv -o'.i!iti'in : lay is consideralty \ii i than :.t aisv time. I have had two lanlir.-il laminations at Christie St. rccentlv :.nd was turned down. pension ' ani ..tated that at the pri ^ent tiiiv r< in aM.iient of pension cannot } M -id -red. It seems ti >iat a Man must be dying brf.ir.- 1 h" i-' cliirih'.' for a pension. When I menlioned the suffering of us pris- <n<- .- of war. I beard the remark of do tor: 'That prisoner of war .stuff ha< u"t mv goat.'" We In. ' n will r.'it MM iousl :ik i t i I.- rather c:i!' nai 1 . I'. \\ il .lot be indorsed by mar-...- of :1 n" !ii-a! fraternity a. id surely by no (I ctor who served on the ba'tl, -field. Nor do we think I'arliatr --i '. h-nild make :my ilustinction I < .ween : uf ."erers | from the war serving at the fr.int and those wh ->s . health was impaired through the callous treatment ex- tended to them in German dedontion -;>mp3 and prisons. On.j for all too the new law which the Prime Minister ha; promised to provide | or the removal of all technical ob- ; jecti'ins 'o tin ."i-anting of pensions ' to returned men because they "sign- J ?d off" as in gcod health at the i !> e of the war. It was but natu- ral that the poor war weary fallows should be willing 'o sign any de- ; claration that would have the effect , of speedily returning them tr- their 1 homes and their lo-'ed ones and it was to be exj.ecti il that as time | passed the i i'fects of !.;; : vice in' the trenches, the nervous tension of j "r 'ing over ih, lop," the awful M'f- ferinj; in body and mind, of poison KB?, trough not evident in the flush of victory should be made known in later year; in a body broken down and rendered unfit for lab >r of a rpmunera'ivf character. Instances ,f this natir-e arc Unfortunately oc- curring now, and will continue to occur as the distressing results of the carnage are experienced by tho victims of the most terrible conflict that is known to history. No really meritoriua application for relief should be ignored. The taxpayers of Canada are paying a big price for the victory which they called upon the gallant tads to go forth and achieve. But no one can surely ob- jprt to the country making ample provision for alleviating tho distress of the returned men nnd their fam- ilies. This is not national expendi- ture in which red tape would be war- ranted. Let the law be liberalized to the fullest extent honestly possible. be on the highways again in feather very speedily. pression aroused in opposite sides of j ma ined a vegetable dish full of raw Dh wl >y Young actor: Yes, at the last town with Christmas? And why, ' in which we stayed my landlady shed they go up ten dollars ' tears when I left. the village by the first singing of ] O ysers just fairly beseeching with cvor y y ear - Last year I remember J Landlady: Well, that ain't likely to carols in Flesherton. How different, and yet how true to those who voiced them! Herb's brother, rousing from j rcj 'i s t(pcrhaps we didn't struggle vear ne came n th e very day we' tht deep sleep of a healthy youth | hard) and so they formed two merry ha(l shipped some fat stock. It just' The film director was making aWes- and passing through that borderland , ; , _. c s:;ions ( | wn our two throats seemed as though he timed his ar- tern thriller, and working very hard that lies between that state and full [threats with nerry a halt, a chirp I 1 so we should not forget our to get some action into it. wakefulm'is, ( isilu mistook the nor a flap of thair tales till they financial obligation or take any sat_ Finally he turned from the brink of lanfruishinj? big blue eyes to have tno tax man came just as the thresh happen here. I want my money in a part in the party. We couldn't in >? machine moved out, and this advance. A i. timber of musically inclined cit- intrt 'iuccd tlv enrol singing i :r\ Imaa eve. as suggested in Tin Ailv:'.r.re of a couple of weeks ago. The tine i.linUd wa.s too short t i or- e-. e:it properly. Dr. E. H this week an ;'. lining account of the first e.-r-o! iii:,'infT in FJesherton. Now that n revival of this charming | *"* she had so devoutly ie la.- li ( en inaugurated we i i that i: v. ill M vcr again be sub- i : or lethargy. muffled voices of the carollers and i W cre gone. Suvh the -hitting t'lare and shadows of the U p till four in the night kept us ' sf:;t 't io n in our grain bins or the a cliff, mopped his brow, and glanced which ' nt ' r iue from the stock yards. If you at a dummy made of straw and old morning lantern:-, for a dread disaster to the! W as too late. Once it rained and chur.-b ;UTO>S the way the object I dampeed the enthusiasm, but as a thcr care and affection. John's I truest at cur home was a teacher in sec- a group of farmers standing at clothes lying on the ground beside the street corner, you can be pretty" him. sure that the one topic under dis- "Good heavens!" he shouted. "Who dear saintly wife may be excused Qwea Sound Collepate, just a choir- cussion b taxes. They splutterjand was it we threw over the cliff?' . exclamation, for had she loader who had never .sung carols, a r. >t fur yeais been abiding unawares few ventured out and thus kept up in the borderland of that state for the cuitern. Eventually the assembly longed! j comprised the third generation of Who that had heard those carols ( musical Armstrongs, to which were iiiiKinir out (.n the crisp .-till v.inior adih :; two each of Boyds, Bunts, Fascinating Links In Canada's History : - , prise to visitors at the I ii nirii ;i .' r !.! . i vt O'.t-iv.-.i to ; on of 'be mor-t cherished f -. i a modern looking e:' orav.i-rs v'nicb i i really one hundred and seventy years- old, i! is a .-oliilly built chest hi h v ' opi e the pos-esioii of t'ne i! gem : 1. tlo . l;i'-'ii'. ; s i!i- Mont- calni, wl: -i was ph'-id in i-.nMiiiano . Co] il tro at the beirin- r'i'-.ir of She Sever Vea:-.-' War and \\as mortixlly wounded at the battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1790. The- ch( -t stands ab-iut fo'ir feet high, is about five feet wide and a- I OU' two feet ilel-p. In spi'e of its age it is in remarkably good Three drawers are or- v. ivi bi :r.y brass work with a thrt" inch brasn , itch i li'iiible requiring to unl'i.k the substantial The clu : t is supported on T il I: .did walnut claws. 'i of this tn a are is a ! one, l"'girmiiv,' at the 'ime when ' i .il Moiiti-alin lived in '; cbcc city. Tin- house he oecujiii d later take! 1 by Sir Isaac Hrock xv iil \\hi 'iiii'-'i-iseil nil the furniture vhi !i Moiit'.-altn bad b-it. (iencrai I!i-!(cl: xv as later transferred to I'liper ('-vtinda \vbere he ws in com- ir-u.il uf 'he forces during the war of 1812. After bis death at Queenslon Heights, his possessions including tho chest of drawers, were inherited by a family in Sherbrooke, in the eastern townships of Quebec. From this family i' was recently obtained I y Sir Leicester Harmsworth who i lie -eil it to the Archives to be ad- ded to the Northcliffe collection which wa.s presented to Canada by him in memory of his brother, Lord i Noi thcliffe. . "titfi's Troin the realms of M ..is, Trimbles, to four Mitch- e.; ,ry," "lt;:i- ; ; the herald angels , ( !! tv/o daughters of the late be- at: ' "Joy to the world," led by loved Rev. Walter Ayers, some >s\?y A; iii-- ..n;,' Mid acronipanied Riri ;i.rdsons and otheis to the num- by Hugh McKf imie, Johnnie Camp- !-: of abcitit thirty. The original t ''. Ji hn Long and others, with ' Ic arler of that first little group of \ tin. nil:', cornet :'."'! horn or fiute'male musiciiirs had r.s many others, b;i no t |e!t i' w;is a fort-t:':-te o! pa I on to join '"the choir invis- iT-avin? The reht-i'-se! at Win. il ]<." hut Dr. Robt. Henderson and Ilicliiirds'in':; follnvvTil by a ii^'ht sup- !ii'.' \.ritor managed to marshal) one 1 er of cold larkcy, mince i>ie. Christ- of the merriest choirs of carollers ' with every I'n.ni place to place, from mid- till about two in the morning, : . i ilit i'Hi. Tl-' Ji.r.v. rs. 'I WHAT'S IN A NAME? One of the Toronto Candidate.-, re juice, in the coRiiomen of "\Vcmp." Now that v.v are til intcn*. o:i i lurninjr over a new leaf, it. i-, well to bear in mind that the fi'.Mt rule for keepini; pc i;-c in a household is to not nr.necesarily irri.'ate people. A i-oii'ir-.iii .-i".l' to be fought, a- Ci'insl \:- niu-vf. wness. lie live.- best who lives in helping othera, Our former Governor General A- be. dei ,1, now a bale Octogenarian i'\ii!-nllv believes in Hie wife- being the custodian of the purse. At li'K.-t he told a "Sale of work' audience in the northern capital the other day that be could not assist the ol iect of the sale financially un- Ml the Marchioness arrived with his pu: -e. cake and but coffee seemed to,. vet li. heavenly musicians the rinht midnight start and a similiar. which was a very suitable time to light sr.ai k at We.-ley Armstrong's . wi<r> . : h d'hc-r a very Merry Christ- |:| ! iu .t 'i-, ( v ii, : -|it night cap to' i.i-s, and hasten to sound and peace- ! bring i!i-m back to i nrth after a tu! slumber. '$ i.| leep. \Vhat an influence those carols It must have kci.t Santa Claus: hnvc v.icldcd, who can say? and bustling to kee.. oui of sight for lwhat remembrances are awakened lonjf before daylight there were ' :l '' 'hri^.R-.as comes around and littli- e>es and suppressed i ou ' children na >' want to know giggles borne by all too eager little what ^ di(l on Christmas when we ban : ' -eamp.-ring down -lairs to V "' 1(Y >'" lin P as thpv - What wonder dame a ound the; lighted Christmaa that a snlu!! *? ro ' J P 8et out to (l in tn i..d t , see what he had brought. '' K ' ir ( ' hil( " h way couldn't wait A hurried finding and unwrapping! 1111 <'i-nstn-:;j eve- -what they could of toys, books, fruit, nu.s and candy, ' that ''"- Inroad of suppers niu.-.t be done before breakf.ist. somy unexpectedly handed them a This over, father got out the horse li;tl " '"'"-'.v. said i. -our, ied like an- arnl cutt(-r and the whol" eight of us e ^".requested they repeat their car- rot out for Daddy RroiightMi's down rcxl to ('ampb'rll's corner. An up- .-cl in the deep snow while passing a ti-:ti:i only added to the fun. By ;hc i iir,;- we had swarmed into the litl!'. 1 log bouse with its huge fire- place shaken the snow off our out (] wraps, before hanging them up, p.nd mother had presented our host- i S9 with a Christmas cake we were M aily to sit and listen whip. 1 Daddy, who had seen eighty Chris. mases played his fiddle as we munched the russet apples that Miss Broughton provided. By the time we got back home and had our first try-out off the toys and books, mother had'; fh -istmas dinner ready and our ap-' petites were ready too. How we! could eat! still we were able to get, out and sleigh-ride or skate all[ afternoon with the Clark boys, Jimi and J. P., the Armstrongs, Strains, 1 1 1' arils, Claytons, Baskervilles and: Wrights nnd who could name them! all?. Of course we don't dare be-' gin to name the girls. Our sisters! played wi'. h them. At tlv.- 'hue I speak of the Pros-] bjte-ians had not started holding their S. S. anniversary on Christmas i night and so it became al-j niov' a regular custom to have a> big patty at M. Richardson's. Cbar-i .ides wc'-e the chief amusement and; f;ir impromptu affairs were clever' rrd entertaining enough, far beyond some Vaudeville numbers. Some; of my readers may recall one the! 'Broach of Promise Suit" of Janej Blah>(Jennie, our merry laughing scboolmarm) against Mr. W. Doll, ,jew<'llcr(our own live doll) Mr. Suit During January \ large assortment of samples to choose from W. G. KENNEDY Phone 37 \Ye deliver in town. ! ! ! Fording the American Boundary Twice Itt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, celebrat- ed his 56th birthday on Tuesday, December 17th. EDFTORIAL NOTES Those who believe in old time win- ter weather are surely satisfied this; year. We have had an abundance of snow nnd some road obstruction, but had fared beter n this respect than many localities. * * * Over 100,000 widows of ihon whe Mr. Frank Gray, of Hillsburg, was the victim of a peculiar acci- dent one evening recently, while putting air in a high pressure tire on a truck at Sargent's garage. While ho wr.s stooping over it, the tiro blew out nnd something hit him on the right iaw with such force ao to render him unconscious, in which condition he remained for about two hours, bleeding profusely meantime. It wns found later on tlu'.t one of bis back teith had been kno.-kcd out lie i -!'-..iained state for in a about Richardson was judge, Mr. Harry i Hi iper, clerk (" my how he would bang the Webster's Dictionary on ani up ended wood box and roav "silence) in the court!'" A. J. Campbell, \Villi Campbell, Jos. Blackburn and others w'cre important witnesses conspi- rators was a better name The joke played was pood almost too Rood now you need not ask whats the' joke," as it is not for publication, i And so with the singing of "Auld Land Syne" a happy day was endedJ As the years rolled by the Christ- mas carols became a fixture and pas- sed through many and varied stases. The first night there were only male voices with stringed insMumonts nnd a cornet. Later ladies' voices were added, and the S. S. organ in R. J. Sproule's grain wagon box on uinners drawn by Win. J. Davis 1 prancing B'.eeds furnished transport fe about twenty five or thirty cnrollcri;. But that crowd did not overtax the good folk of the town, Longest Suspension Bridge In World Opened. AliOYI /\ I XXa.h twelve hours. He has quite re- ( for Home had been very disappointed covered from his injuries. -Orange- ' w hen we did not go in to enjoy the ville Banner. and bi-lnvr, the interna- tional boundary between Can- adu and tbo United States is l)ciK spanned whore the Detroit Hlver separates Ontario and Mich- igan. Already the two-mile Ambassador Ilrld^e Is linking the people and interests of the two countries. Fol- lowing a dedicatory ceremony on .Atmi ;tlre Day. the span was thrown opun tor public use on November 15. For three years, it will enjoy the distinction of being the longest suspension bridge In the world. Tly 1933, however, Its stretch of 1,850 feet between the two sky-scraping towers will bo forced to take sec- ond place because of the longer npiin of the Hudson River bridge linking uptown New York and Jer- sey. Until the bulldiiiK of the Am- bassador bridge, world distinction for tho longest suspension span was enjoyed by the Pliiladelphla-Cnm- den bridge over the Delaware Klver. Its suspended length being 1,750 feet. In thD meantime, dredging and cxcuvatlns arc being rushed on the "Windsor-Detroit tunnel. It la ex- pected that, bofoi-H another yearjias passed, this international thorough- fare also can be In use. An example of the manner in which (his work Is helns expedited la (,-lven l>y the record accomplish' -1 by Ford tr;ic';-i tn removing 40,000 ruble yards of wet clay from tlie "Windsor entrance In the short pe- Below Curve of the huqe span of Ambassador Bridge, opened between Windsor and Detroit November 15, Is shown by the lower level of the further cable tower, visible through the rear window of the Ford sedan. Above Work on Windsor-Detroit tunnel is be.lng speeded since opening of International bridge. Photo shows truck removing clay from Windsor entrance. riod of two weeks. This record achievement required that the trucks make 35 round trips dally, a distance of three miles each trip with a 'load of two yards of wet clay. It* .