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TRURSDAY, SEPT. lOth, 1948 ENGLISH JOURNEY (By Walter R. Legge, publisher of the Leader-Mail, G r a l Que., and Past President of the Canadian Weekly Newspajf Association.> ARTICLE 8 Oxford, wbich was a ur base for utes of a college meeting in 131 the next week, is a large city and a hand lettered book of ý known the world over as the cen. 9th century. The Bodlian, hoc tre of iearning for the English ever, bas the greatest universi speaking worid. Here are 22 coi- library in the world and is one leges the oldest, University, dating the oldest, having been foundi from 1249 (although it may be 600 years ago. several hundred years aider than This illustrates the treasu: that) and the yaungest, Keble, owned by these colleges; but ci started in 1870. of the greatest collections in Il Two things immediateîy strike worid is the Ashmoiean Museur the visitor, first the tremendous I spent part of two days there ar number of bicycles, for the streets realiy saw anly a little of it. Thei are filled with bicyclists, and ev- are always same students ora ery vacant spot seems ta be filled tists making studies or drawiri with them; and the number and of variaus statues or other object variety of the students, for they I was particularly interestedj corne from ail over the worid, and the Egyptian raoins where thez an Indian maiden, wba may be are items dating back as far the daughter of a powerful rajah, the year 3100 B.C. wearing a distinctive native sari, TeHg soeo h ie or Americans, Canadians, or West Thde High iuste the inth Indians in gawns are taken as aanwrdnd as tfamus sreets in t matter of course. wrd ie ihnai a Some sections of most of tbe coIleges and churches, inckîdin coileges are open to the public at ýMagdaîen, whiQue, ana Sun certain bours and every coîlege "ade, ues i o bas a wealth of interesting things, rasenose, Ahi Saints, Universit and it would take weeks ta even and Oriel Coîheges, the Examina see them iail. tion Schools, the Botanic Garden In the library of Merton College and St. Mary's Church. I saw an original copy of Chancers Oxford is a delightful blendirj "Canterbury Taies" printed by of the past and the present, ari Caxton at Westminster in 1478; fine modern stores are often nex some ancient chained books: a ta centuries-ald buildings. Twi book which belanged ta Mary Tu- inns, Chequers Inn and the "Gold dam (Blaody Mary); original min- en Cross" are at ieast 500 year aid, the latter being a deîigbtfu place hidden behind some mo: modemn stores. In Broad St. is a tablet in th( P V pavement marking the spot wherx the three martyrs, Latimer, Ridc ley and Cranmer were burned a, 2î~ %dethe stake in 1555. It was then tha, Latimer spoke those immorta' words: "Be of good camfort, Mas. ter Ridley, and play the man, fai inieor we shahl this day igbt such a can. Outsld. die in England, as I trust by God'e outsidegrace shahl neyer lie put out." It was interesting to note thata notice in front of the cburcb ol St. Mary the Virgin showed that six bisbaps would be preaching there between May 2 and June 13 and they were ail from such dis- tant places as Armidale, Australia; Riverina, Australia; Johannes burg, South Africa; and India. We were very fartunate in hav- ing cousins in Oxford to take us araund ta the mast interesting places. I cauld write mucb more about Oxford but must mention other places visited in the vicinity. MAGICThe Shakespeare Festival being under way at Stratford-On -Avon we went with a special coach par- ty one evening and saw "The Tam- ing of the Shrew" presented at the Shakespeare Memorial Thea- tre wbich was an event 1 shal always cherisb in my memory. These coach parties came for these performances from a great many places within a radius of twenty- 14 cape fleurr 1 tbspu. short=. five or more miles. 34cup Mill, lng 3 tspn. sait 6 tbspna. gratd Our party arrived there in the checed afternoon giving us a chance ta 2 tspna. Matîc Baklng Powde ook over this unique town beïore (When half-baked, Place square the performance began. f ches. on top D biscuite for ex- Another day we visited Shifford tra flavour. the present owner being my cousin SIft dry Ingre. Arthur Carter. It is a very bis- ients together; tarie spot on the Thames river, ut In shorten- consisting of 400 acres on which a.Mlxincheene is the aid borne, workmen's cat- fghtly; add miikc lowîy. ]Roil out tage, an ancient tithe barn 135 f t. )n floured board long by 48 ft. high with walls 48 :o %-Inch thick; 1 inches tbîck and thatched roof, et with @maill à dating from 1600. There is also )fscuit cutter. a smaîl, family cburcb near wbich lakeinhotoven King Alfred held one of the ear- 75'F.) 12 to 15iisEnispalmetndhe minute.Mle is nls alaetadhr weve. is the fard across the Thames, the Saxons used. Many relies sucb as - pewter pots, swords, etc., bave been dug Up bore. Arthur Carter is a very progres- sive farmer, naw having 45 caws1 THEPl Friend in Bluie, ct The Policeman-( Il day. Aside from1 Our rights and pro behalf may see him e across a crowded str or rescuing a pet fro Men like this, son i the public s serviç DAWES BLACK One of a series of advertisemenis in tribrue Io those Canadians in 38; the ')w- ity Sof ded ires :ne the lm. ind ere îgs 'ts. in re as est he ce Is, [ty ia- ris îg rid 'ct vo d- rs .11 ýst re 1 - at al r s a f t 3 THE CANADIAK. STATESMAN, BOWIL&NVTLLE, ONTARIO Convention WIseels la Geai. At Progfresysive m Conserva tive mO Q. Postman E. . Harrisofi carrics a heavy load roorns for over 2,000 delegates and guests. rromi tliese days ta Progressive Conservative Headquarters I left to right they are Mrs. A. W. Merriam, chairman, iin Ottawa. Preparations are under %vay there for Gerald NI. Gldcrt, Secretary, and Mrs. jean MilIar. the National Convention of the Party ou Scptember Much of it causes activity in the production 30 and October 1 aid 2, when a new leader wiIl be office of Headquarters where registration forms and chosen ta succeed Hon. Johin Bracken, M.P. 1 instructions are run off with Jules l>epin in charge. Top Right-Somc of this mail is deaît with byj while at lower right the Misses Bunty Mof fat and the convention's housing cammittee which must find Nan Dorrance issue delegates certificates. he 1- cd id ut ie FIFTY YEARS AGO September 14, 1898 A brilliant social event took place Tuesday at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Pascoe, near Mt. Vernon, the occasion being the celebration of the twentietb anniversary of their marriage. Newtonville-Capt. W. P. Mil- ligan bas been attending the Miii- tary Rifle Matches at Toronto and Ottawa. A pleasant ciosing scene took place at the lake borne of Messrs. Jacob Pollard and C. M. Cawker, when they were each presented with a beautiful berry spoon by the party that meets with them, once a week for the season. Corporal A. Hobbs was a prize winner in Poultry at Toronto In- dustriai Fair. Arthur B. Cornish filied an en- gagement with the Stanley Piano Ca., at the Toronto Industriai Fair. Levi Morris* attended the an- fluai meeting of the Undertakers' Association of Ontario, in Toron- ta, and was appointed a director. Miss M. E. G. Waddeli of our High Sehool was awarded a ful Senior Learning (First Class) Certificate by the Education De- p&rtment. T. W. Chapple, ex-M.P.P., Ux- bridge, a Durham County Bay, bas been appointed Judgje of Rainy River District, with head- quarters at Rat Portage. Joe. Mitchell is attending the Sehool of Pharmacy, Toronto. Cadmus-James Goheen in- tends maving ta Lambton County ....Mrs. Thomas Watson was run avor by a team and wagon, being bruised and shaken up. Enniskillen-Miss Arnot is tak- ing a course at the Ontario Lad- ies Coilege, Whitby, and Miss Leta Patter at the Demili Ladies' Coliego, St. Catherines. There is a kind of grim justice For 14 years after World War in the fact that the British gave 1, the . roup of Seven palntd the dangerous job, after the war, rugged and out-of-the-way Can- of sweepîng north-western Euro- adian scenes, abandoning the làt- pean and Mediterranean waters eral interpretation for an infa. of mines ta German and Italian inative style that invoked much TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO September 13, 1923 Chas. F. Rice, Jas. Nokes and Hubert Foster were successfui exhibitors in poultry at Toronto Exhibition. About 30 members of the Wa- mans uilcaran thers-o sembled at "The Octagon," thE - home of Mrs. Archie Tait, Presi- being milked and expansive fields look ta thy feet, Honest and loyal eut ta commemarate the victory. dent of the Guild, and presented taf prize winning craps. men are sleeping under THEM. Some of this is referred ta in the hier with a beautiful piano lamp. r On anather day I visited Bur- (names) in ye year of aur Id 1646 book "Tom Brown's School Days" A Most daring rabbery was ford and Taynton where my fath- when layalty and ye church faint- the authar of which lived at near. perpetrated at Courtice when er's family ariginated.1 ed, lay dawn and dyed. Their lies by Uffington. John Walter, Postmaster and Bath are ancient unspoiled cam- Win. his only child who marryed, Teeaemn te lcsa trkee wsrbe fao munities, Taynton being one of first Katherin Cox, deceased. Af- iTeretanrte viny or plaisotor 200. rbbdofabu the few English hamlets that is ter a 5 yars widdawhoad lhe tooke ta see but we had ta hurry on ta Sauina-A pleasant social fami- not even on any bus route. It is ta wife Martha Mayott, widdow of Bournemouth. ly gathering was held at the home one of the most peaceful spots I ye ancient family of Wickhams. __________ of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Reynolds, have ever seen, with a 700-year- He dyed June ye 3, 1677. Reader Sept. 10, when the f ithan aid church, and thatched cottages prepare ta fallow." ITSORMNYvrayo h i ariae an and barns, looking as if they were Anather of my cousins Leslie fittingly ceiebrated. just as old. Carter, lives at North Hinksey and (Vancouver Province) Enniskillen - Master Freddie Burford is noted for its very hie toak us ta Woodstock, Dorches- It is ahl very weli for the poli- Trewin, whiie playing football, beautiful aid church which bas a ter. Stanfard-in-the-Vale and oth- ticians ta try ta 'butter us up with fell and brake bis right arm. Drs. wealth of rare aid features includ- er places. assurances that the greater bene- Ferguson and Siemon set the ing a Jesse Tree, a richly orna- Woadstock was the birthpiace fits they plan for us will be paid fracture. mented l5th century pulpit, and of the Black Prince and is a pic- out of a rather vague treasure Shaws-Congratulations to Ho- i4th century font. There is a row turesque, entirely unspoiled, vil- cbest they caîl "increased nation- ward Cryderman on bis success ini of almsbouses founded by Richard, lage. ai production." Judgrng Competition at Toronto Earl of Warwick in the year 1457. Here is located Blenheim, the The truth is that high taxation Exhibition. The long main street of Burford famous palace given by a grateful daesn't encourage production of Burketon-John Adams is put- mounts a steep bill and on bath nation ta the Duke of Marlbor- national or any other kind of ting up a new bouse on the lot sides are ancient bouses and inns. ough for bis valour in war. wealth . In mast cases it discour- where hie had a fire. The boundaries of Berkshire are The palace is a magnificent show ages it. Solina-Jobn and Alf Ayre re- close ta Oxford and just across in place which must be seen ta be ap- There are a lot of weird and ceived 18 first prizes, 4 seconds, Berkshire is the little ancient preciated. The bouse itself covers wanderfui things 'being sprouted 3 thirds and 4 fourths besides the North Hinksey Church. one of the three acres and is set in a park of about the splendors of 'planned championsbips on# their sheep at oldest in the district. It is a Nor- 2500 acres, the grounds baving ecanomy" but mast of us aren't the Canadian National Exhibition. man church and the walls of the been laid out by that great artist very keen on having aur pay Newcastle-With the addition tawer are four feet tbick. Capability Brown, Who is said ta cheques planied right out of aur of putting on doors, Will Henning There is a leper window outside have planned the trees and aven- pockets. finishes for this summer the new where lepers could stand ta hear ues ta represent a plan of the bat- We want the chance ta do a bouse of Mathew Brown on Wal- the services. tie of Bienheim. The gardens are littie more planning and spending ton St. and Harry Jones has ap- In almost every ancient church. somne of the finest in England and for aurselves. We want a let-up plied the first coat of paint.. may be found quaintly worded are visited by thousands, and 60 on taxes. Herb Toms bas returned ta the memorials with remarkable. spel- gardeners were formeriy emplay- aId bome town baving rented the iing. A good example is found in ed ta keep them up. The wall west cnd of the Jamieson Block, this cburch und rcads:-"Reader- around the estate is 20 miles long. Canada last year supplied 59 and is furnishing and fitting it up Like most large homes, the gov- per cent of Newfoundhand's im- for a barber shop. * ernment made use of mucb of it ports, the U.S. 3.3 per cent, the __________ during the war and the Ministy United Kingdom 6 per cent. Una- of ors bs receda nmbr o der canfederation Canada's sales The main Labrador rocks are s hacks near the palace, wbich are ta the Island are expected ta in- the oldest in the warld; campared y r!frrvrJY17 ysr crease because of the elimination ta them the Rockies and the An- JJILV VI lU/fi VAt Dorchester stands the fam. of import duties. des are infants. ________________________ us Abbey, an impressive ancient building, in perfect condition, al- though the walls of the Nave were built about 1150. Before that was a Saxon Cathedral built about 650 and long before that a Roman camp stood an the site. Thie Abbey is a long building over 200 feet in iength, filled with interesting aid features including a Jesse window, the figures of whicb are sculptured in stone at I each intersection of a mullian. It is one of the most interesting ab- beys in ail England ta visit. The last place near Oxford wbich 1 visited was Stanford-in- the-Vale where an uncle of mine * is living. This is another hamlet nat touched by any bus route, and nestling aimost under the shadows of the Downs. There is an interesting aid "Me, cburch dating from 1586 and many pretty old thatched bouses. Herej is an example of the vicarages found at many old places in Eng- land. It is bigger than the church and in this case is a building of 30 large rooms set in spaciaus grounds. The vicar rents mare Impc than haîf of the bouse ta other fa-dal milies. ah While here 1 visited Uffington,cin which is a beautîful village with a famous aid church, and also Waal- stone. d The latter was one of the most da unique villages I saw in England. Nestling far from any bus or rail-tim way route, every thatched bouse ti i OLTCFM ~N was a perfect picture and there is sr an inn over 600 years old. The entire village cansisting of Stn ustodian of laiv and order. inn, 20 cottages, 3 farms, and astn -an cal twentv-four hours large manor bouse was recenthy beir~g on guard ta pratect afiered for sale. The price asked opertv, bis dulies in aur for the whole thing was £85,000 engaged iri i elin- a citizen but the best offer was onlyý about £50,000 sa it was withdra n. reet, pacify in- a lost child, On aur way back ta Stanford we - om a tree. stapped at Kingston Loyal ta seec ýme of Caîîada's f;nest, are a unique relie, the Blowing Stone. ic-tvursrie This huge rock is haneycombed1 ce-a vou serice.with haies and by -lowing in one! of them, a note is produced which HORSE BREWERY it is said can be heard for seven' Legend says it was used by the Druids ta summon their fighters. and that King Alfred sounded it i ta calbis supporters ta repel the1 invaders. Wben bis followers won1 PHONE4 the battie the White Horse carvedj the service of the public on the Dawns by remaving the' turf and exposing the cbaik was naval personpel. criticism. Eor E rtYo fNurter pCOtiULs C onfederation Life Branch Office: 169 Charlotte Street, Peterboro P. J. 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