Daily British Whig (1850), 1 Jul 1911, p. 7

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Bedzsverrssserssansasl Per 25 Cent.. Discount On all our Men's x- fords, Tan, Gun Metal : and Patent Colt, $3 Everything must go. ) ¢ $5.00 Oxfords, NOW .. $3.95 $4.50 Oxfords, NOW .. $3.40 $4.00 Oxfords, NOW -+ $3.00 All Goodyear Welt . Goods and made by. best makers. ; » Bell's, Hartt's, Invictus, Walker, - Whitman. a 4 The Sawyer Shoe Store § 212 Princess St. J : @esssssassssccssssaand BAGKWOODS JUSTICE DAYS WHEN. THE JURY DELIBER. ATED IN THE ORCHARD. The Pleasant Operation of Eating Apples Served to Lighten ths Men- tal Toll of the Jurors While They Debated the Case--Court Was Meld In an Old Shanty, Where the Plain. tiff Pleaded His Own Cause. Not the least primitive things of half 'a century ago in Canada werd the courts of justice and some of the weighty deliberations therein are rath- er amusing to modern readers, how- ever serious they were to the persons involved. In 1792, Courts of Requests were established by a statute of George 111. which gave power to two or more Justices of the Peace to decide mat- ters of debt up to forty shillings. In course of time the large majority of | the commissioners proved themselves to be-,utterly. incapable of presiding over tribunals, and unworthy ot the confidence of the Government or of the people. An act was passed which abolished the Courts of Requests, and, in their stead, established what we now call Division Courts. © This act came into force in the year 1840, . and these courts (simildr to County Courts im~England) were established in On- tario, or, more properly speaking, Up per Canada, as iL was, then called, ior the proper trial of cases in which the amount? at issue did not exceed the sum of $125. They were presided OVér by & barrister, who was als Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, and generally termed "Judge," and who made the eircu:t of the aifferent town- ships in"whica the courts were held about once in every two months. These courts proved successful in preventing the ill-effects of litigation amongst the poorer settlers. Tne cases were gep- erally decided in a manner 'truly patriarchal. The presiding judge used to hear the evidence on both sides of the question, and then gave his judg ment accordingly, and this decision was arrived at more from an equitable point of view rather than strict inter pretation of the letter of the law. The cost in those days was trifling--(a pity we cannot say the same to-day)-- and the plaintiff and the defendant generally returned to their homesteads perfectly 'satisfied and happy. Below is a letter written in 1855 by {& resident of Toronto to a friend in England, giving a highly interesting | account of a visit he made to a court house situated in the backwoods about nine miles beyond a village called Keenansville, which latter place was located about twenty-five miles from the shores of Lake Simcoe. Acconm- panying this letter were some very clever pensand-ink sketches. The first illustration, entitled The Exterior of the Court House," gives a very lair idea of the public build ings in the country districts at that time«"The second illustration of "The knterior of the Court House" is cley- erly drawn and full of life, and re- minds one of some of Leech's draw- ings. The third of the illustrations, where the. jurymen have retired to deliberate in an apple orchard, strikes one to-day as being very strange and comical, especially when contrasted Wi.i our present commodious county court houses. No doubt these good men and true, after having eaten hall a dozen "Snow" apples, were the better able to distinguish good from evil. The following is a copy of the let- ter referred to: A short time ago 1 Accompanied a young barrister who was about to plead a cause before one of these courts in one of the remotesi parts of «we county of Simcoe. We set off one fine afterncon in a one- horse vehicle, technically termed a "buggy." and reached that evening a small hotel in the flourishing village of Keenansville, about five-and-twenty miles from the shores of Lake Simcoe, which said village consisted of a saw. mill, two log houses, a tavern aud a store. * Our host, a comical Irishman, who prided himself on being the foun. der of the village, alter supplying us with a capital supper, res us with beds evidently intended for short people, causing us to coil up in a manner by no means agreeable, Next morning we set off, through a beau- tiful and tolerably well-cleared coun-. try, for the court--a distance of about nine miles, over a road quite rough enough to sharpen eur appetites suf fdciently to enable us to enjoy a se- eond breakfast with the judges, who had slept the night before at the | douse of the Clark of the Court, Mr. McManus, who rejoices in the posses aion of a capital tarm and a kind and nost hdspitable wite. He had shortly defore moved from the log shanty in which the court was heid, and in #hich he had lived since he first lo- sated himself in the woods with his axe some five-and-tweniy . years ago, to & substantial brick house, the pride of Mrs. McManus' Neart. After break- fast we adjourned to the. court house; ¥hich was already filled with a crowd of plaintiffs, défendants, witnesses and | dpectators. The apartment in which @ court was held had been the prin. cipal room in the old house, and had been. divided along one side by a strong wooden bar to keep the crowd at a respectful distance from the judge and the Bar. After several small cases had been satisfactorily disposed ot* the ope in which my learned friend had been retained came on, and, as the amount at stake was considerable, the judge availed himself ol a power his Ae possesses of summoning a jury ve to take the responsibilit ol the decision off his ty y "The jury had stowed themselves in & corner of the room; the plaintiff, an artful fellow, commenced pleading Lia own ciuse, and after crossexam- ination of witnesses and a little per. jury, my friend replied in a most pow- eripd spRech, demolishing his adver. Rr} An a manuer which established his # ih that region as a lawyer and orator for the ages to some, When the cass was closed a difficulty pre- ted itself in the fact of there being no rooin to which the jury coald re- tire to consult upon their verdict. The however, soon arranged this by telling the to betake themselves to some quiet spot out of doors, and e i herg on their honor not to b to anyone until their retarn. jury a ly went out; and. after looking about them, they, with ong consent and with wonderful fore sight and sagacily, betook themselves {to thé orchard, and squatted down un- {der an apple tree to combine mastica- ition with argument. In about the {tims required to 'edt half a dozen | apples apiece, and to cram their pock- dant, the crest-fallen plaintiff apply: THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1011. . lets, they returned, and, as was fully | expected, gave & verdict for the defen. | ing for a new trial, and vowing that | | want 'of a lawyer." { The correspondent did not, relate | what became of the threatened 'appeal. ! FARMING HIS HOBBY. He Is a Gentleman Agriculturalist | 'Who Really Grows Things. | Those who are accustomed to see- ing Sir William Mulock, K.CM.G., Chief Justice of the High Court, for- | {mer Postmaster-General, surrounded | by all-the might, majesty, dominion, {and power of his lofty position should {get a glimpse of him in his private | : { Canton, 1L.O.O.F., in uniform, to capacity of gentleman farmer and lov. jer of the country beautiful to appre- | ciate another side of him. It may not bé generally known, bat | Bir William is a farmer, as well as | several other things, He is the proud | possessor of about three hundred acres {of fine, fat farm land in North York, {and there he raises wonderful crops | together with a superior brand of i Shetland ponies and fine stock of all { kinds, When the week's work is over | the chief justice hies himself to the i woods and acquires a blistered neck | and' a peeled nose just like the rest of humanity. He doesn't know as much {about farming as he does about law, | but he doesn't have to.) Anyway, he {gets fun out of it, and that is all he | wants, : { The other day a party of visitors had Ta chance to get yr of Bir Wil {liam jm his rural incarpation. It was jon a Saturday, and the southbound {| Metropolitan car, loaded to the scup- { pers, was on its way back from New. | market with the returning politicians | from the Liberal nomination meeting. | The car was buzzing down the trac i when a tall figure was seen to erect {itself from the ditch on the side of | the road and wave a bunch of wild { flowers. Nobody knew who it was, ang there was some laughing specula- | next time he would not be beaten for | i } | during {evening in putting op gala attire for {horse devotee and i : { i i in Canada, tion as to where the man expected to | get a seat in the already-jammed car. "It's Bir William Mulock!" was the { surprised chorus that broke out as the | | car 'came to a halt. After that there | was no question about' his [seat. A dozen men offered theirs be- fore he had more than cleared the | step, and from there' to Toronto he and Sir Alan Aylesworth spent the time in close comfabulation. A Gentle Idealist. {_ Sir Bandford Fleming, {LL.D., M.lnst. C.E., enlightening the thistory of the Cement Merger, has | been described as a "gentle idealist." {He is a native-born Scot from the | "Kingdom of Fife," where he was born | 84 years ago. {he learned surveying and engineering, | sciences that he' put into practice on | a large scale after he came to Canada 186 years ago. He was chief engineer {of the Northern Railway as far back {as 1857, and of the Intercolonial a | fow years later, [U.P.R., in whose servi¢e he remained till 1880. In those days he was among the best known men in Canada out- | side of political life, He also gained | an international reputation by his ad- {vorncy of Greenwich time as the {standard time of the whole { world. It is 42 years since he first | submitted to the Dominion Govern. { ment a plan for a Pacific cable, which, {in connection - with overland lines, {would complete the electric circle of {the globe on British soil. Among the | books which he has written are a | history of the Intercolonial, "Uni. {form Standard Time," 'The Prime | Meridian Question," "A Cable Across ithe Pacific." He belongs to the Brit. | ish Empire League, but politically he belongs to ne party. A Well-Liked Member. { Adam B. Crosby, who |R. L. Borden, represents the city | and county of Halifax, is one of the {few native born Irishmen in the House of Commons, and it goes with. out saying he is, therefore, one of the wittiest. Born at Belfast, Mr. Borden's running mate came to Can. ada at an early age and has been prominently identified with the busi. ness and municipal life of Halifax, {being twice mayorvof that city. Adam | Crosby is one of the men who secure {a foothold on the ladder of publie affairs by climbing the rungs of good fellowship. His personality durin the last general elections carrie Halifax for the Conservative party while their leader was stumping the country. Tt is said that Crosby knows every man, woman and child in the city of his adoption by their first names, and that as a canvasser he is unique. Be that as it may, it is eertain tha if there were a few {more Adam Crosbys in. Parliament, the proceedings would not be so uniformly dull. --The Mace in Satur. day Night. - Whaling In the Gulf. According to a report from Sydney, Nova Scotia, a company based on Can- adinn and Norwegian capital has been formed far whaling purposes on the waters of the Gull ol 832 Lawrence, and the new company has bought the plant of the Quebec Steam: Whaling Co. situated at Seven Islands, on the north shore of the Gull. Two steamers are being' sent out from Norway, and they will be Tegisieted in Cangda upon arrival here. Whales of the sulphur- bottoin and bottle-nosed varieties are plentiful in the Gulf of 8t. Lawrence, and 'they are a familiar sight to the crews of vesséls plying up and down these waters--often rising and "blow- ing" a cable's length away from the ship. while it is no uncommon thing for liners to collide with the Ruge cetaceans while driving at full «coed through the Gull. --Canadiar Ce? vy, $3.00 Rochester and Return. Tickets good going on steamers North King and Caspian, on June 30th, July lst, 2nd or 3rd, and re turning up to July 6th. Fare, $3. J. P. Hanley, agent. Keep cool by wearing canvas shoes. All kinds at prices that will astonish. Dutton's, shoe store. 8 Monday at Lake Onfarin park. Admission free. "Taleum powders." Gihsoli's. as well as of the | with Mr. | E i . etting a | son, rector fat K.C.M.G., | who has been | ublic on' the inside | It was in Sootland that | | |a.m., at Brophy house, 2 {church on Sunday, July 9th. {be suppressed. PAGE SEVEN. GANANO UE' BIG DAY. "DAVY" JOHNSON DEAD. IF PARENTS HAD BEEN RICH. a $ | Purtman Succumbs to an Operation [Jimmie Had to Stay in Jail for Play. A : =o for Cancer. ing Ball. 2 RIVER TOWN IS CELEBRATING | New York, 'July 1.-Daxud ( | Boston, July | 1.-~Thirteen vear-old DOMINION DAY. son, the turiman, died Thutsday night, ! Jimmie Conway of South Boston will 4 jraltoming a operatica tor Sande. 1 'accept no more vitations 'to pla : a Johnson had been ill for theee weeks, We as cee Kingston Sent; Down 4h Band, || 0 his illness did not become acute ball ia Whe street on Sunday. sa Scout Corps and LOOF. Canton-- uniil last Sunday. An operation, trom 'pas I hE Dom tha i ay a Rev. J. R. Serson is Improving. {which he failed to raliy, was periorm- ' fence against the laws of this sov- Gananoque, July 1.--The mercantile ed . i ereiyn state. When Jimmie and two element of the town has been engaged | Mr. Johnson was widely known vesterday aftersoon and last | 'Davy Johusoh, sportsman, winger and John as race loser 'other bovs were arrested vesterday, * the parents of hid comirades were able {to pay. the fines imposed for Sunday {ball playing, put Jimmie's widowed mo- 'ther could 'not furnish the $200 bail tordered to hold the boy for the next sossipn af the jpvenilé court on Mon !day, and he had to goto jail. Friends {bailed him out this afterhoon. the Dominion day celebrations. Flags [of several fortunes at the track. He and banners and bunting were houn- | achieved his wildest notoriety, per- tifully. used all along King strebt, be- haps, as the owner of Roscben, phe tween the International hotel and famous: racer, which gost -him "$3,000 Urophy -hpuse, as well as on a large land won more than $100,000 in stakes vumber of private residences ! y land piirses. Kingston is to 'furnish Gananoque with no small feature in her today's celebration. The 14th band will be present and some fifty Boy Scouts are also expected, as well as hingston { give drill at il p-m., at at the lutertua- ' A Sudden Death. Napanee Express Mrs. Huff, wilé of H. W. Huff, died [will be very - suddenly at her home, on Tuesficording to the masculine fashion pro day. Mrs, Huff had made preparations iphets. These seers declare that man to go to ber daughter's, Mrs, F. Bart- has fallen deeper beneath the spell of lett 8, cymp, had sent her camp ma- [superstition than woman, who is al terial to the camp aod was ready to [ways represented as its most ready go when. she complained to her prey. daughter, Miss Nettie Huff, that she| At all events the charm and mascot thought she was going to fant an llseem to have so far taken: hold of fell intr Miss Hufl's arms and expired man that we learn that. hi newest immediately. Deceased had bes ishirts and ties are patterned with poor health for the past three swastikas, tomoves and various other and a year ago was considersd eastern mascots for good luck, viously ill, but recovercd At Ascot and Epsom we shall as and was not considered serion lv ill isuredly see man strangely appareled at the time. of her sudden ieath. | However, his little" weakness Jor shar Besides her husband she leaves two lis one we can readily forgive in tn; fdanghters, Mrs. Fred. Bartlett and it keeps him well "in hand' and helps | | Miss 'Nettie Huff, and one son, Fd- him to choose welcome knicknacks for | ward Huff, Peterboro, who left on 'presents.-- Lady 's Pictorial. Tuesday for the west and could not he -tooited--Her hosband--was ine terhoro « i business whin the sad event took place home immediately Mother ! - Mother ! Mother! .: | Sprinkle Keading's over nie For lve been on a street car And care ght a-hungry Jlea.: : Keatings Powder is odorless and harm- less except to insect life. It will not irritate the skin. Sold by all Druggists In tins only 18, 15, 20, 25¢. Good Luck Designs, 7, fearful and wonderful sights seen this coromation vear, ae Some exhibitions of thelr fancy Provingial, and 4 p.m. tional, 1 ii Among the entries for the ten-mile Marathon event, . to-day, appears Adams, of Kingston, Y.M.CA., Cor key, of Toronto, and Brien. Adams arrived last evening in fine condition. LOL, No, 31, of this tdwm, wil] attend divine worship in St. Andrew's iy n ven se- ron L Somes hat fenton cleared yesterday, for tne coal sencuner ticht for Oswego, other cargo, | Gananoie Canoe Club has ar ranged for another series of junior races on Wednesday evenings through out July and August, three events, each evening. last year brought out a fine bunch « junior paddlers) and. this season it is expected will "be in advance of last wear. "Four handsome prizes are offer ed for the winners of the largest num- her of points. The steamers dria landed vesterday. I'he fine new poultry house at Glen bolme Farm, is rapidly nearing com pletion, and will be one of the finest an. "Tourof the stands: w= Monday y» Dominion dav, 2:30 p.m, America on her own famous route, supper on board. Fyre, SOc. i oedf a'dro sed Wed Co. Have re ronrwDragén 1 abe sade, Ys for fee honk returned nusatoas) The funeral took 7 op Thursday. Private services held at the house, followed by vices in St. Mary Magdalene's hureh,' nd interment at Riverside a2] ¥ and place rece ser: Britannic and Alexan considerable freight Tere, "BOOT. AND SHOE BARGAINS Odd $1.20 | | Jack Johnston's Shoe Store DATES OF FALL FAIRS. Goodyear Black, Men's an. and 5.00 sizes in Boys' Boots, sizes 1tod Bargain Price $1.35 TR m0 12-13 Sept. 28 Sept Sept. Sept. 16 26-27 Sept. 13 Sept »21 Sept Sept. So 2 Our Cakes Lead In Quality Sept. Sept. 14-15 Sept. 26-27 Sept. 27-28 3, Sept. 1 Sept. 28-29 Sept 2-4 Oct. 6 14-15-16 Sept, 26-27-28 Sept. 20-21-22 Sept. 26 26 to Sepl. 11 Oct. 4-5 Sept Sept Sep Arnprior . $5.50, Bancroft Belleville Brighton Prockville Campbellford Centreville Delta Inverary Kemptville Kingston Towrship Lanark Lansdowne London Lyndhurst Maherly Magdoe . . Morrisburg . Aug. MeDonald"s Corners . Newhoro . Odessa ... . | Peterboro | Prescott . Renfrew ..... ... Stella: ...... Toronto | Tweed Paitin'. cikas to 13 J. H. De W¥lfe and bride, who were Youre: izes ee ! married in Toronto on Thursday, turned to town last evening. Mr Nolfe is a prominent boot and dealer. Latest reports show Rev. .J. R. of Christ church, to be progressing Ticelv after his operation Toronto General Hospital. Rev. Mr. Scammell, of Kingston, will #ll the pulpit of Christ church to-morrow. after ah Rev. Edward Neville will take charge until the rector's return. Bargain Price . 0 10 Brock Street dtuihutobttobyiofios ub duets ddd dh chub adh : re- De shoe Her Sept. 25 x 2 -- ee psy Kingston and Ottawa. Rideau King for Ottawa and Rideau ports every Monday Thursday, at 6 am. James Swift Co., agents. 20¢, Try our Ice Cream Cake at 'i « B5¢. Florence Cake at Swiss Mountain at . B0c, Angel Cakes at sana siw Suv nr nnn oii = . 4 all and & ae {R. H. TOYE, 302 King St, eo. § @rrererssssssssressenl Presa ssssssssaasaal --- Few women are deep thinkers--but they are all clothes observers "For the holiday," high class sweets. 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