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Waterloo County Chronicle (186303), 19 Dec 1895, p. 6

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+4 s 154 Â¥ * 4 #4 I:x.::ig...:":.:"‘“-m o mt on 205 Young Toronto. + . *Webster, Crosbv and Carswell are all dead ~â€"8 E. Bright, of Port Atkinâ€" son, Wis., and myself are the only livâ€" ing n*wn. to tha brgin of the song.‘ THE HYMN !TSELF a ‘In the meantime two friends, N. H. Carswell and 8. E. Bright had come in I handed the verses to Mr. Webster, a little tremulous with emotion. As he read it his eye kindled. Stepping to the desk,. he began to jot down the notes. He picked up his violin and tried them. In ten minutes we four gentlemen were singing that song. Mr. R R. Crosby came in, and with tears in his eyâ€"s said : ‘G+ntlemen, that bymn is immortal‘ We were all exâ€" ci‘ed, elated _ Within two weeks the children of the town were singing it on the streets. ©, ‘In 1868 ‘The Signet Ring‘ was pub lished, Lvoou & Hraly distributing cirâ€" culars to advertise it, and on the sheet was ‘The Sweet Byâ€"andâ€"Bye., On the strength of that one song nearly a quarter of a million of the books were sold. The song was afterwards brought out in sheet music, and it has been translated into a number of foreign We shall sing on that Beautiful Shore, The melodiots songs of the blest, And our spirits hall sorrow no moreâ€" Not a sigh for the blessin : of rest. Chorus. To our Bountiful Father above, We will offer the tribute of praise.? For the glorious gift of his love, > And the ble sings tha: hallow.our days. Chorus. There‘s a ind that is fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afar, For the Father waits over the way, To prepare us a dwelling place there. In the Sweet Byâ€"an‘â€"Bye, We shall meet on that Beautiful Shore ; In the Sweet Byâ€"and Bye, We shall meet on that Beautiful Shore. ‘Maybe it would,‘ beFreplied gloomâ€" ily. Turoing to the desk, I wrote as rapidly as I could. In less than a half bour I think, the song as jit stands to day was written. Here it is : ‘Mr. Webster like many . musicians, was of an exceedingly nervous and senâ€" sitive nature, and subject to fits of deâ€" pression. I knew his peculiarities well and when I found him given up to blue devils I just gave him a cheerful song to work on. Oue morning he came inâ€" to the store?and walked to the stove without speaking. * ‘What‘s up now, Webster ? I asked. ‘It‘s no matter. It will be all right by and by.‘ * ‘The idesa of the hymn came to me like a flask of aunstxinq. ‘The Sweet Byâ€"and Bye.‘ Everything â€"will be all right then,. ‘Why wouldn‘t that make a good hymn . a For tickling sensation in throat ies bole en ore oomrion in your thrces ‘Currency has been given to the shameful story that Mr. Webster was drunk whemhe wrote the music, and another has it that we were both drunk. I am thankful I am alive to do justice to one of the noblest men that ever livedâ€"a fine, seositive ‘soul, with the true artistic feeling. Again it has been said that we were both infidels, and{the ribald jest ofâ€"a carouse. As to my reâ€" ligion, that is my own affair; but the hope and longing of every immortal soul as expressed in that song was the faith of both of us. To both creation would have seemed a farce unless inâ€" finite love and immortality had not overshadowed us and promised a life of bliss beyond the grave. called :)Sg};e Signoet Ring,‘ which was afterwards published by Lyon & Healy. grory oF THE 8s0NG. \T\b?;x:y’riod of his life is the most precious of all his experiences to Dr. Bennett. Not long ago he told the whole story to an interested group of listeners, his eyes filling with tears as be vindicated his frfendfffrom calumn-‘ ies. _ _Just at this time Samuel Fillmore Bennett graduated from Ann Arbor, Mich., and began a newspaper career at Elkborn, Wis , on the Independent. J. P. Webster, the musical composer, was living in the same town, and it was only a few months before the editâ€" or and the musician were collaborating. The war intervened and Lieut. Bennett of the fortieth Wisconsin Volunteers retz::[gd to%Elkhorn to open a drug stora and resume his verse writing. He and Mr. Webster began in 1867 to work on a Sunday school song book martial, religious, domestic. George F. Root and Stephen J. Foster were both writing songs that lived, and Sundsy school hymns passed out of the {drivelâ€" ling period into ona of elevated simâ€" plicity. _ During the period of the civil war a wave of moral elevation and intellectâ€" ual activity passed over the country. In this grand awakeniog of the gonâ€" science there was a flood of musicâ€" andâ€"Bye.‘ He is a practicing physician and under 60 years of age. The im mortal hymn was written when he was only 31, and is the single song of his life, as ‘America‘ is of Dr‘ S. F. Smith. How It Came To Be Written In Richmond, a little town of less than a thousand inhaditants, almost on the northern boundary line{jof Illinois lives the author of ‘In the Sweet â€"Byâ€" "In the Sweet Byâ€"andâ€"By" THE MUSIC ALSO Fred‘s mother thought he had been unjuastly treated,and others were inclinâ€" ed to think the merchant had been too basty; but Yhen the miniater keard the In a fow days Fred‘s fri knew that he had left the Mu% the boys questioned him he said : | ‘Ob, I wasted some of t Ayâ€" ers!‘. You‘d think I had throwâ€" ing away five dollar bills to him Mr.Preston thought of Fred‘s motber, and suggested that possibly the offence might never be repeated; but Mr. Andâ€" rews only| shook his head. The minister watched the merchant as he walked away, and said to himâ€" self : | ‘Yes, I know it is a common dishonâ€" esty among common boys ; but I hoped little Brown ~was different. é. hoped and expected I could trust hitt. But it‘s no use ; I cannot keep a boy who will go wrong the minute he is out of sight.‘ °. 'Yo:je it is just this way: I haven‘ttime to give him moral trainâ€" ing, nor can I watch him all the time. If I cannot trust him in little things there‘s nothing to build upon: ; and I‘ve no use for such a boy. I am sorry.‘ ‘I have often wondered if those who employ boys. kngw how their work was done,‘ remarked Mr. Preston, :‘It is a vyery common thing to find a half dozen pawphlets on the piazza or in the hall.‘ ‘There are six here,‘ said Mr. Anâ€" drews, counting them. ‘In this other roll there aro ten. I‘m sorry.‘ * Mr. Preston left his shair and steppâ€" ed into the hall.| In.a moment be reâ€" turned _ and Randed themerchant a crumbled roll. . ers, telling bim very particularly to leave but one in a place. I did it partâ€" ly for a test. / Just now I found these on the lawn above here.‘ ‘Well,itisa little hard for us just now but I am more disturbed to day over one boy, than I. am over the money market ; and Mr. Andrews looked thoughtfully at a roll of crumbled papâ€" ers that he held in his hand. ‘See those ?‘ I sent KFred Brown out Saturâ€" day to distribute these special sale flyâ€" The minister smiled. ‘I suppose so. I heard my wife and daughters calcuâ€" lating their chances of getting someâ€" thing for almost nothing, this morning. I am sorry the times call for such sacriâ€" fices on your part.‘ On Monday Mr. Andrews was walkâ€" ing along High street and paused to speak with Mr. Preston, his pastor, who was sitting on the lawn. . Paskages which had been accumulatâ€" ing v%re soon carried to their destinaâ€" tions, and by two o‘clock Fred hed finished his work and received permisâ€" sion to visit the ball ground. _ ‘I suppose you have ‘seen the anâ€" nouncement of my special sale? said he questioningly. _ ‘It‘s going to be & fine game, they say. I wouldn‘t miss it for a dollar, Be sure you get there.‘ _ _ ‘All right,‘returned Fred,already sevâ€" eral yards away. + At noon he returned to the, store, reporting his territory covered, and the ‘flyers‘ all distributed. . ‘Are you going out to the ball game this afternoon ? inquired a comrade. ‘Yes, if I can get off,‘ replied Fred. ‘I‘ve got some work on hand, but if I can finish before two o‘clock, I guess Mr. Andrews will give me two or three hours.‘ ‘Yes, he is,‘ replied the merchant, thoughtfully. ‘If he proves trustworthy, there is no question as to his success.‘ Fred passed briskly along the street until a loud ‘Hallo !‘ checked him. ‘Little Brown is just cut out for a business man,‘said the head clerk,noticâ€" ing how Mr. Andrew‘s gaze followed the boy. Yes, Sir,‘Fred answered; and taking ; the package, he passed out of the store | with his usual quick, decided step. _ | ‘I shall have a ‘special sale‘ the first of next week,‘ be said ‘and have bad a lot of advertising bills struck off to scatter through the town. I want you to take these and go to every house on every street between High and Main. And Fred, leave one fiyer for each family; only one, remember, for, I baven‘t had â€" any printed to throw away,‘ J ns K. ‘Fred has lost his chance.‘ One Saturday morning after the first duties of the day were done Mr, Anâ€" drews called Fred aside. Fred‘s work in the store was to ‘be done mornings and nights and Saturâ€" days until the vacation, for he bad en tered the High School and~stood wel in his class for a boy of fourteen. Mr. Preston, the minister, congratuâ€" lated her, for he had been interested in ber boy. In fact, Fred was an object of quite general interest,partly because be was so quick and bright. He will make a very good man, or a very bad man, people said. ‘Mr. Andrews says if Fred does well be will give him a chantee to remain with him and learn the business.‘ store. His mother a hard working widow, was delighted, and said to the minisâ€" ter It was a great thing for Fred Brown when he was hired as errandâ€" boy and A plebiscite is to be taken in Perth county, at the coming municipal elecâ€" tions, on the question of having a poor house. A genuine ghost story has yet to be attested; but not so a genuine blood purifier, Over and over again it has beea proved that Aycr‘s Sar saparilla stands alone among medicines as the most reliable ionicâ€"alterative in pharmacy I% stood alone at the World‘s Fair _ hair was restored to: its original color and eeuxl fa?l)lng on{.wAn occasional application has since kept the hair in good tion."â€"Mrs, H. F. FEexwick, m N. 8. "I have Ayor‘s Hair in ind esn aenignte back to its natural color""=â€" E. W one bottle of Ayer‘s Hair Vigor my Minnespolis, Dec. 11,â€"Harry Hayâ€" ward was hanged this morning for the murder of Miss Ging. His last words were "Keep up your courage, boys, so pull her tight.â€" I stand pat. Goodâ€"bye." Hayward walked to the sceaffold with a firmt step, and on bis way called out "THKree cheers for Harry Hayward." Before the drop fell be statéed that he forgave all who testified against him. Minveapolis, Dec 10 â€"Harry Hayâ€" ward has confessed. He confessed that he alone was the instigator of the murâ€" derous plot to kill Catharine Ging. As I write out this story I leave my boy readers to decide whether .the merâ€" chant required too much of Fred. Icannot trust him in little things,there‘s notbing to build upon;‘ _E Physicians recognize its suâ€" perior merit in all conditions of wasting. It has had the enâ€" dorsement of the. medical proâ€" fession for z2o years. * Soda, which aid in the digestion of the Oil and increase materially the potency of both. It is a reâ€" markable fleshâ€"producer. Emaâ€" ciated, anzemic and consumptive persons gain flesh upon it very rapidly. The combination is a most happy one. __ Don‘t bepersuaded to take a substitute! Scott & Bowne, Bellevilie, : 50c. and $1, Scoit‘s Emulsion made easy of digestion ‘and asâ€" similation. To this is added the Mayward‘s Confession and Execution orF, Paterson, N. J.) *ix 8. A SIMON SNYD R, TAKE notice that the forego‘ing is a true 0o of the pmxosed Byâ€"Law moh-fxn been mfli into consideration and which will be fin:lly passâ€" ed by the Muni%l}nl Coucil of the Gorfomlon of the Town of Waterlon, in the event of the asâ€" sent of the electors being obtained thereto after one month from the first publication thereof in the W aterioo Chronicle newspaper such first publication being.on the 12th day of December, thorel Reet for taking the yots uf the uols erein fixed for vo e the polls wiil be held. i ‘ That the‘Clerk of this Council shall sum up the number of votes given for and against this Byâ€" Law at the Council Chamber on the 7tih of Janâ€" uary,1896 at the hourof 11 o‘clock in the forenoon, Tgtt the Mayor of the said ‘Town shall attend at the said Council Chamber on xe 4th of Januâ€" ary,1895,at the hour of eight o‘clock in the afterâ€" noon to appoint persons to attend at the various polling plwe‘}l ana at the final summing up of the votes by the said Clerk respectively on beâ€" half of the persons interested in and promoting ?r timnocing the passage of this Byâ€"Law respectâ€" vely. _ Finally passed after the‘ t of the rateâ€" wyers in the Council Chsmm the Town of aterloo, thisâ€"â€"â€"day of January, 1896. (Countersigned) | and shall have atrached ther%to coupons for the paymen* of interest thereon : | _ That the said Debentures inau be dated on ! the day this Byâ€"Law shall take effect and shall bear interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum from th« date theraof and such interest shall be payable yearly at the officeâ€"of the said , Treasurer on the thirreenth (13) day of Deâ€" | cember in each year of the said term : soomen s Cc e o oe e oo n ty y That the vtes of the qualifed ql&ctors of the said Town of Waterloo shall 66 tTaken on this dyâ€"Law by ballot &;émuaut to the Consoliâ€" dated Municipal Act. 1892, on Monday, the 6th dai/ of January, 1896, from the hourr,ot nine o‘clock in the forenoon until the hou "of, tive o‘clock in the afternoon of the same day, and at the places and by the Deputy Returning Officers ho;eunfiker specified that is to say :â€" _ _ _ Tha‘ the said Debentures shall be made payâ€" able at the office of the Treasurer of the Town on the 13th day of Docember in each of the forty years specified herein, comm: ncing=with the year 1896 for the respective amounts following, that is to say :â€" i That it shall be lawfulfor the said Mayor for the purposes hereinbefore <et forth to cause Deâ€" bentures o the cxtent of $4,000 to be made and issued for the sums or amounts mentioned in the following sâ€"ctioos of this Byâ€"Law, which said Debentures shall be sealed with the corporâ€" ate seal of the said Town, and signed by the lfayor and undersigned by the Treasurer thereâ€" F Whereas, a Byâ€"law of Municipal Council or ine Fows 9P on ie Soiieeipet Comnall __And whereas. it will require the suro of $4,000 to imvnrove thp:id l.i?-?n .?&mm tor:'murk urposes as appears, e est ?orthumtunbhod by& Board of Park ln.nnnent to the Council, And whereas, in order to raise the said sum of $4,000 so required as aforesaid it is expedient a s -a.-- -vmnw inz 'â€"vwlv; WERZ Municipality i Public ‘Pur‘h tfi:& he Tou And w M’nm m m have been acq:lred for a Public Park under the 1 NC C POEWDET Do Grotcalinnciadier w # "arahaih i lc : dhvasshiw acr 4 mention and ro create a debt to the amount of fiflfi which D â€"bt and Debentures to be so ued therefor shall be made payable in forty Losu‘atk mrthutm‘trom the day on which this Byâ€" w takese And whereas, it wili require the sum of $202.â€" 20 to be raised ’Pnndly?)lr the said period of BYâ€"LAW NO. â€"â€" â€"° _ =. ABJ-Mthhqu~W to raise the of $4,000 required jor the lmmq;wliawrwmt to TOWN OR WA Â¥4,000 so required as aforesaid it is expedient isoue the Park Fund Detenture: horeinafior HOOFLANDS- ERB TEA Spring and Fall Blood Purifien > Yow can buy, _ Borp sY ALL DRUGGIara: Clerk, NOTICE yÂ¥ it‘s the best $ 1219 1897 USE . CoLqurnioux, Mayor. UCKBERROUGH & BECHTEL, BucFie and Avadost nqren Xivery, Sale and Exchange Stabies. dyranedvton next to Fischer‘s butcher shop. btrook VAN CAMP extracts teeth without nlfln &fi by the use of a new remedy. The t g ever discovered, He isstill making those beautiful and lifeâ€"like teeth which everybody is so delighted with. Gold and porcâ€"lain crowns isâ€" to L. VAN CA‘gP Byr +Queen street, W, kerl!n VY D. D. S., Philadelphia, 1891, L. D. 82. Toronto," _‘ 18gg: RPECIALTY PREskRYATION of the Natural Teeth including the mounritg of Artificial Crowns on Sound KRoots and the insertion of Bridges to supply the place of Missing Teeth without using & plate. Office : CANADIAN BLOCK, Beriin, always open, and YOST‘s BLOCK, DENTCTILST. Office in the Oddfellow‘s Block. . _ .. Waterloo, Ont. DentisTs, W aATERLOO. Will visit Baden +MM‘ Hotel), the first Thursday and third Thursday of each month, Will visit Elmira the second Thursday and Friday and fourth Thu“d&md Friday of each month (Thursday noon, to day noon). ODONTUNDER. Fred G. Hughes D.D.S. IGUUKING and 1J ___ Paysictans, SUrRGEON8, Ero. © Dr. D. 8. Bowlby, Coroner for the Count Dr G, H. Bowlby treats diseases of the noe, throat and ear. DR. A. F,. BAUMAN PHYEBICIAN, SURGEON AND Ac00UCHEUER. Office and residenceâ€"Two doors north 6f resiâ€" dence formerly occupied by the late Dr. Walden on Albert street, Waterloo,. L ___ Pursicrax, SurRGEON axp AccovonEuUur. Officeâ€"In the rooms tomérlg occupied br W. Wells, L. D. 8; over Mr. Fish‘s store ‘Fcl â€" inger‘s). Night calls answered at office. Tele phone communication. 1) Wllvv,u?]wr, UVC, Ofceâ€" _ Upstairs in Economica block,5 Kin [ U _____ Barristers,Solicitors, Notaries, &0,. . Officeâ€"Corner x(% and Erb Streets, Waterâ€" Joo, over old Post oe. Money to loan at lowest rates of interest. FREDHRICK COLQUHOUN. A. B. MoBrip® LÂ¥ . _ BARRISTERS AT LAW cm&nd' tors in gl the ::u‘rwa Np:id“ and ancers. oney end on Mo: at lowestrates. Offldeâ€"Court House Beflt®"" ~W. H. BowrsBy, M. A., LL.H., Q.C.. County Urown Artorney , L k2 and Cierk of the Peace UHOUN & McBRID For the painless Extraction of teeth. Waterloo Nov. lst 1893 ts {MoxzEy To Loax.) | ' N.* B.â€"Mr. Reade will reside; in; W aterloo lmboa'lnchunot:hom im ®»evson & Telephone communication. wmwmg'b W.H.BllblhB.A. J. A. Frrovusox, B. A. King stroot Toron: Offices { Over &., Devitt‘s atore, Waterloo Telephone communication. % Coroner County of Waterloo, Officeâ€"At his residence on Erb street. Telenhone communication. E. P. CLEenEnxt. § : :| __(Money to loan.) 42. Office â€" Eiller‘s Block, Waverlo6 RS. D. 8. £ G. H BOWLBY, W. A. KUMPF, VETERINARY SURGEON R. ARMITAGE OWLBY & CLEMENT DENTISTRY, WIiLKIN=ON, 109 King street east, Berlin. attention paid to Catarrh, Asthma Elmira, open every Monday ‘ and longer if necessury, Office and Residenceâ€"John street L. D. 8. ‘ WELLS, D. D. 8., DENTAL MFEDICAL, .0. : Solicitor, Notary Public t â€" Insurance * and B. K. BzBonTeLn, ‘GOOD STOVES BOOTS AND SHOR . Advertise in the Waterloo fx Chronicle. Buy: Nothing but a "SOUVENIR RANS‘ Our stock of HARDWARE is complete. F4 mers are buying their Horse Clippers and Singe" from us. . o J. W. PHAR & CO \(Our Prices. Consisting of a general stock of Ladies‘, Gents‘, Misses, Boys m} TChildren‘s Fine and Medium Goods, Overshoes, Rubbers and Knitmq Socks, Felt Boots, Ladies‘ Felt Con. and Bals.; all of which will ie sold remarkably cheap.:"*~ _ ~*~*~ s We Sell . .. Closing Out Sale of .. Tha Popular Boot & Shoe Sty _ _J. §S. ROOS GRANBY RUBBERS T ADIFHS I HEATING STOVES. NEWEST and BEST Our everâ€"increasing sales prove this. This year, as usual, we are showing the We have the very latess style for wear, viz: A flne,r%ea Sole, Tipped Balmoral. â€"â€" vy wole, Tipped, We are in the swim, as we aly giving the gtexglic footwear at cannot be EI STYLE, QU WOREKMANSHIP considered. AT C. A. THOMAS‘, MARKET SQUARE. the best baker and fuelâ€"saver on the market i d C. A. THOMAs [ ‘John Strebel$ ‘ello Thers! heap Hames as we always ar, Now Is Tax Tins Fo® Try one pair and QUALITy priceg‘ un'wipll corruption, t, and other kindred for "‘ exceedingly Jlow estir im C pce Of & bhuman bein v_?‘”‘ g of a perluulwht, nat “ for a man uotil in s0o '{" » of selfâ€"love and self heéen aroused. When once ‘heén awakeped it w1!! call enprgies of mind, and heurt,‘ in dbing sometbhing worth M In every wan the Sonate consciousness of selfâ€"fi "The gospe! in its appea‘)s to f this sense of selfâ€"impt give it direction. * Every man is a buman + spel law and the state must De DTOW mize the potency of sozial al «avironments in shaping U m human sou . In so far nq)ouiibh for these envir church and state must ma serve to man‘s eternal wei ;‘,‘ Go into the slums and q-‘!‘“t citiee. Arouse theJ _»sinâ€"dizzy tnmates. _ Awa <bering sense of gelf res the streets, go !"!~ .go into the chure the schools, go into the of our great country ( \-J The real of man‘s cc mh'mimd?he ficlas of b'qht«l of We possible att not reached in this life. E wision of his destiny Reqa from men‘s minds tuat h meylum for lazy, wornâ€"oU Puat in its place that ‘worthy, and at the sam: reasonable idea that larger and greater capacities a W of every man. »&@ll the immortal destin Â¥Bbefore them. Then 1 «Bbegun the solution of founded © ad of man. But not only must a ‘fil own personal import He must be awakened «amoe of every other mi hp( The solidamty be enforced upon cvery law and yrecept. .A «Bman, however unimpor y is a wrong to every oth PKs the bu! *"Tell me not, in ! Life is but an For the soul is der And thiegs a! "Life s real | L And the gra\ Dust thou art, to **Nat enjoyment, an Is our destined . But to act. that eac! Find us farther in faith and our grea& country ¢ ach men the incon« ce of man. Press u q‘i(e oFr BERLIN m people of their : fie erying nec Iuged concepti m buman being {lmust cease tC : force in n cease to c‘ “ By Kequest. most difficult probl grouped of American Present Tit man is a hbhuman of an immortal s( t live forever. * tate must be brou otency of sozial ar ents in shaping t anu‘. In so far must ceast infinit wroi of t mean a _ Chr upon the unive o Such a Cor umblest allâ€"behol not spukcn of slaves 1 )0 much of Christianity 1 ethics of ! 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