Ker Ce Te Po ee ite Were ai Eb! Bg Pee a: Fee Ape gt ence Seager ee Pe TaN TA wi tiie Passing of Prominent Business -Man Death, shortly before noon Thurs- day, removed an esteemed resident of Stratford anda well-known fig- ure in the business life of the city in the person of John Clayton Haugh, who passed away at his home, 135 Avon street. Mr. Haugh had been in ailing health for some time but had been at work until a week ago Saturday. For the past ten years the late Mr. Haugh had been connected with the whole- sale grocery firm of James Lloyd and Son and his passing will be mourned by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. For ten years, commencing in 1899, Mr. Haugh was in the gro- cery business in Stratford and for the greater part of that time was in partnership with W. J. McCully, their store being located in the Gordon block, Downie street. Mr. Haugh was born in Kitchen- er in 1867, the fourth member of a family of eighteen. When a young man, the family moved to Guelph and Mr. Haugh had resided there until he moved here in 1899. The deceased man left Stratford about 1910 and spent about ten Api in Vancouver, B.C., where € was-employed wi Bay Comers: in tne tat bee The late Mr. Haugh was 2 be- loved member of Knox Presbyter- ian Church and was for years a _ Inember of the i church session of that r. Haugh's father, the late Jo Haugh, passed away in Sirasteca about six years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Haugh had adopted a son, who Passed away in Vancouver at the age of seventeen years, Besides his wife, formerly Miss Anna M Fleischauer of Wellesley, there are pelea six brothers and five sis- Haugh, Richmond Va.; M McIntosh, Toronto; Mrs. Ww. Millar: Howell, Mich.; Miss Hannah Haugh, Mrs. R. Siebert and M. Siebert of Pittsburgh, Pa. -- gyn on : and the re- mains will be laid to i - dale cemetery. bc aaa Smiles 'n' Chuckles Emil Ludwig said "It is the anec- dote which best defines the person- ality." One of the most colorful per- Sonalities in the United States during the past fifty years was the late a age i Barnum. His "There's one born every minute" was found to be even more true and more appropriate during the hectic so-called prosperous years end- ing in 199 than it was during the time it was coined by Barnum. M. R. Werner, in his biography of Barnum tells this one: "Under Bar- num's management of the American Museum in New York, so many people visited the museum that the sale of tickets often had' to be stopped. This Barnum described as "exceedingly | harrowing to my feleings." He noted sadly that thousands of persons were waiting outside, and that those inside | showed no inclination to leave. So'| he ordered his carpenter to build a flight of steps at the rear of the. building, which opened out on Ann) street. On St. Patrick's Day the | Irish population visited the museum in such numbers that before noon it| was So crowded that the sale of tick-| ets had to be stopped. Barnum rushed to the rear exit and asked<how many | people had passed out that way. ) intended to stay all day. : Barnum hurriedly called his sign : He / wase told that only three had used it | during the morning, for many of the | visitors had brought their dinners and | ; ; ' TREASURES There are millions behind, The treacherous shifting sand, Where the quivering shadows wreathe | and wind, In the desert of No Man's Land. It is buried deep beneath rocks and soil, Awaiting the strength of man, One willing to sweat and delve and toil, And stagger the sluicing-pan. But a dangerous road it is to tread, That leads to the treasure trove, No babbling brooks to cool the head, No sheltering wayside grove. For the sun gleams down with a glist- ening glare, That frizzles the brain of man, And the bones of men strewn every- where, Evince a frustrated plan. But men will strive for a chance to win, Where the prize is yellow gold, Nor a moment wait to enter in, Through the storm or heat or cold. "Tis only a giant in human strength, May travel that gruesome road, Another must fail to make the length, And collapse 'neath his heavy load. The journey of life is a time-worn trail, Set with pitfalls, deep and dark, {t is never those who groan and wail, --That ascend to the highest mark. But those who fight with an eye that's clear, And who strive to forge ahead, The path that leads to the highest sphere, Is most thickly strewn with dead. The treasure awaits in the better land, For those who are true and try, Not a giant alone may reach and win, There's a chance for you andl. --J. I. COSENS. painter and ordered a "To the Egress." This was nailed over the rear door. The Irish visitors spelled out the sign large sign: "To the Aigress,' and remarked "sure that's an animal we haven't seen," and found themselves on Ann street with no chance of re-entering the anuseum. An interesting tale is told about Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Gene was busy one night shaking hands with admirers and signing auto- graph cards following a dinner. Sud- denly a man broke in abruptly shoved a card toward Tunney, and remarked 'I'm a pal of Jack Dempsey, but I want to get your autograph. His manner was argumentative, and be- fore Tunney could reply he continued, | 'You know, if it wasn't for Dempsey no one would ever have heard of you.' | "You mean that I was heard of be- cause I licked him twice?" Tunney asked pleasantly. "No I mean what I say. If it hadn't been for Dempsey, no one would ever have heard of you, He made you." Tunney said nothing,. but took the ecard, wrote on it, and handed it back. The man walked away without a word of thanks. Hoping to smooth over the incident, a guest seated next the boxer remarked, "I don't know who that fellow was, but I guess he meant all right" "Oh, it was all right anyhow," Tun- ney laughed. "The name I wrote on the card was 'Jack Dempsey'." 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