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. received kindly messages from those

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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1930

Th! W"!!! o!’ this column ior so Ihlhy W"! has wri "iinis" to his WOrX. and gone hence. To the last, almost, he was conscious and took an .interest in what was going on around him. and in the world outside. He "Id ‘h’ Pipers till within a iort- night or so ago. and even aiter Ln-

Th; Late m. McCreadu

The passing of the veteran m. J. E. B. McCready is more than a community loss. Ha lived to a green old-age and his works do follow him. ior he was in the making oi Canada, a pioneer in laying the ioundations of Canada's nationality. The begin- nings oi his journalistic and political career were at a period when the in- fluence oi the Family Compact still held a belated sway, and his ener- gies and abilities I were devoted to voicing and furthering the interests of democracy both in the press and on the platiorln. He commenced his newspaper career on the First oi January i881. and in November oi that year he was in the Press Gallery st the opening oi the first Conied- eration Parliament at Ottawa. He

mg 3g d the earlier Parliamentary sessions. and had the honour cf being elected President in 1881-2. During the same period he was resi- dent correspondent oi the Toronto Globe, doing some of the best work oi his career in that capacity. He became tlieiirst editor oi the Ivlfllifik- ton Daily Transcript in 1882. and the following year returned to the St. John Telegraph as Editor-in-chici. While in that position he took an active part in politics, and became a parliamentary candidate in the Lib- eral intsrests, devoting all his time practically ior the next three years to public liie. In 189s he became Editor oi the Guardian s position he held with great acceptance ior l6 years, when he was offered and ac- cepted the oflice oi Publicity and

In that ofllce he accomplished a gloat deal oi valuable work ior the‘ miielit oi the Province. Vliivn the; position was abolished in i940 Mr. i‘! Crcndy re-civcrcd journalism, and i2!‘ the PfLii. ten years has bccn u‘ r j-zlar contributor to The Gillrrlian. As a Lcturer and debatrr hc hold an enviable reputation, and rarely rc- iuaed his servicm in either capacity, most of the local organizations being indebted to him on dlflercnt occas- ions. As a writer oi special articles his contributions were much sought after by Canadian Magazines and other publications, his intimate per- sonal acquaintance with the states- men irom Coniederation times, and especially the inner political history, giving him s unique position as an authority worth quoting. He knew personally all the Governor-generals and Premiers irom 1B8’! to the pres- ent day, and regularly cn the anni- versary of his birthday in later years

in ma».

Endowed with a iacile pen, backed by a weT-stslred mind. he wrote with a grace and eflect rarely surpassed in Canadian Journalism. i-le cmild be bitterly cynical when occasion oe- manded, but in later life as a rule his writings were characterized by a sane moderation and common-Prise ac- curacy which commanded attention and respect. Most determined in whatever he undertook, he always saw the end he had in view and wrought incessantly until it had been attained. Headers oi the Guardian for over a generation are iamiliar with thosa characteristics, and it is well illustrated by the public health oseunlsm he successfully waged in Ottawa. lloeektcn and Charlotte- town against the , test cddafflie seal estate interests o! msir day and ‘w lli. .4» '

itnslhasame wlththe Temper- ance question. Many sincere people

“flay anlartd win-enthusiasm in-

». . _

to suit his purse. Nothing was iar

me,- gmm m, truth, M; Mccfggdy read to him. He was keenly alive to was not dependent upon his pen ior his livelihood, and, had he so desir- ‘d- °°“‘° "i"? ‘"11 m" "WW1 ‘mm after. Shortly beiore the end he re- ihv field with Pmhibiilfln 11BX91! 0n cited clearly and with verbal accur- his brow. But he realised that the My the following poem by Alexan- cure he had advocated had proved d“ 9°?“

morally worse than the disease, an

consequently set out to advocate

another remedy.

"His sincerity no one who knew him Vital spark oi heavenly flame! could for a moment doubt. In this respect, as well as in others, his be- mmbmm- h°Pm3~ unlefl-“I- 9Y1"!-

ioved, Pope well describes him.

Statesman, yet friend tn truth;

oi soul sincere,

In action iaithiul. and in honor

cle

ar Who broke no promise, served no

private end,

Who gained no title, snd who lost steal; my senses, shuts my sight?

no iriend,

Ennobled by himself, by all approv- M. And praised, unenvied by the muse

he loved.

With sounds sersphlc ring:

How Parliament Is Divided "l"

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With r-srliament adjoluned for the

- sisted upon the two local dailies being

the things oi earth, but likewise iully prepared ior the change which he wuexvectmeimmlierstoiliehue-

d THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS

SOUL

' Quit, oh quit, this mortal iramel

Oh the pain, the bliss oi dying! Cease, iond Nature, cease thy striie, And let me languish into life!

Hal’: they whisper; Angels say, Sister spirit come away What is this absorbs me quite?

"u" ¢'a~'*r"1"!:l;fow~ ov-'i_r_'~_'..~~i »

B» r w Borlen. u.o

A WONDERFUL HAL!‘ CENTURY IN MEDICINE

A ,h,yeician dealing withilie ques- tion oi the progress o1 medicine tolls us that medicine made more progress in the last thirty-rive years than in all time beiore this period.

Now Just as electricity has made in- dustry progress more since its dis- covery than in all the thousands oi years previous, so it would seem that one or more 0i the discoveries in medicine have done likewise.

Since the discovery oi anaesthetics, chloroform, other, ethiy chloride, ha. sides the local anaesthetics-cocain- enovaoslnle and others-At has been possible. to do a great many things formerly iuipomibble.

And when Pasteur showed that organisms were the cause oi many ailments in animals and plants, and

Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell mo my soul, can this be death?

The world recedes; it ' ppearsl Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears

Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I Qh gravel where is thy victory? Oh Death! where is thy sting?

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Lister used this knowledge to make operations sate. many and wounder- iul have been the operations perform- ed to preserve llie.

we can get some little idea oi the pwgrem of medicine in the last iew years 0s we think oi the modern hospital, the pathological laboratory whole under the misccoscopo the underlying cause oi an illness may be

Easter holidays most oi the members _ A we“ “o Mn Moon.” “can” will be giving some attention to the an 01d hymn that u,“ w be “m;

preliminaries oi

their constituencies. There is a wide- spread ‘belief that the general elec- ticn will take place during the sum- mer or early tall and the division oi parties in the House is interesting. The Liberals number 117, Conserv- atives 89, Progressives 12, United Liberal-Progressives 9, Labor 3 and Independent 2, one oi Bourassa oi Quebec. The Progressives and Liber- al Progressives are mostly irom Manitoba and Saskatchewan and steady supporters oi the Government,

Farmers l1,

the latter being Mr.

while the United Farmers, more an

more disposed to support Conserv- atlve policies, are from Alberta. lt may be noted, however, that Mruthflnkflll heart that his later yell-TS Bird, Progressive member irom Nel- ' son, Manitoba, in a recent speech in I satiny,“ me m me rorenom of ‘Parliament said he regretted to see world hsppemnu He a trend in the direction oi the policy cl protection among the farmers oi the west. Mr. Bird had a small ina-

ioi-lty in the last election.

irom Ontario, with 60 Liberals,

which may be held in may or Jun

send a Bennett BUDDOIMTI-

organization in seventy or eighty

As to the other provinces thereyexpect the usual stream oi advise are 54 Conservatives and :3 Liberals 1mm P1155 911d Plfli-lorm to our orch-

Conservatives and one Independent "m" Quem- "t" B'"““"°k 1B "l" tiOn, so avoiding the necessity oi im- most evenly divided, e Conservatives pgfflng u we do yearly‘ thousands o, and 5.Liberals, while Nova Scotla dollars worth oi apples. We grow stands 1i Conservatives to three Lib- thwund“ °1 5°31"! Wort-h On our erals. Prince Edward Island returned three Liberals and one Conservative. u‘ mmna on the ground. n m .

Ottawa Comtfvfltivel l" 9mm" mistake w think that our grocers. do ins they will sweep the country in not want to handle the rsishd pro- m, m,“ general 9155,10“, Mayor ducts. They preterit, and when they Howie's great triumph in m, Mo“. are able to procure a suiiiclent quan- treal municipal election is regarded ‘a mm" flgmncw" n h upecwd not too much to say that nine out oi Houde will sweep the Island oi every ten customer! who so mm a Montreal in the next provincial el- store to buy apples, ask iirst ior the ectlon in the Province o! Quebec. Island product. and only take the

and the Conservatives are hopeiul oi carrying iiiteen or twenty seats in the Province 0! Qlltbw 111 m9 “a” use oi the Island apples is becoming Federal election. As ior the Mari- more and more general. A splendid times, they may be relied upon to pretty solid contingent oi

Whit i! "WM" m om“ u crease the production oi our native signiilcant is the iact that the Gov- ernment is not taking steps to fill telnatically, and the Department oi any or the Quebec senate vacan- cies. It is believed that w. 517953“ umieut, I:- W. Tobin and Jules Pre- mt anew 8° i" “"1"” 3°“ anywhere on the continent, and onthe evecfthenexteleetionflrhe same delay ditch!!! w the appoint- dv w- , meat oi an mama-apostles 01b- m” “mm m“ mam“ M suiongmirowhpeoolsorzhoiuahss

years ago, and which was contained in the old Watts‘ hymnal. According to his rec- ollection it ran as iollows:

Spirit, thy labour is o'er,

Thy tel-m oi probation is past.

Thy steps are now bound

For the untrodden shore,

And the liie that's beyond.

Spirit, Spirit, spirit!

Look not with regret on the sight Oi the pleasures oi.’ Earth,

Nor pause on the threshold

Oi immortal liie

To mourn ior a sun _

That is eet.

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d

Mr. McCready fully entered Into the Joy o! living. and declared with

‘had been among the happiest and most enjoyable oi a iull and selr-

laid life's burden down not with regret, but

l with thankiulness.

found, the X ray which shows tuber- culosis oi the lungs, the condition oi the stomach and intestine, whether cancer or ulcer is there, whether or not bones are broken and so iorth; the electric cardiograph that gives an accurate estimate oi the ability oi the heart to do its work: drugs that are so standardized that the physician hasrioworry estcan overdose or an irisuflicient dose: the introduc- tion oi medicines directly into the veins so that they reach the drool- ation and do their work almost in- stantly insiead of by the old routs o! the mouth where the medicine had to pass through the stosnach and intes- tines liver and so iorwh before Kh- lng the circulation: the oi blood oi one person into another to save life: vaccination against dip theris and scarlet iever; the use oi liver to cure anaemia ionndly a» Fatal disease, and the use oi irmtlin to nreserve the lives oi diabetics, the stamping out oi malaria, the phllt, "nd yellow fever.

When we remember that pnollicslly cl‘. oi these ibeneiim havacome dining the post hall’ century. there is cause tobegmieiu! tctho hard working research men. and to tiiose wealthy men who have contributed so gen-

During the next icw weeks we may

4 ardists asking them to saieguard their apple production, and make them available ior home consumpfi

farms and in our orchards, and al- low the great proportion oi them to

tity in good iorni, they are proud to advertise it as such. it is perhaps

e’ foreign when they cannot help them- selves.

There a ma... to hope that the

beginning was made last year wher more Island apples were sold here than ever beiore. A little community co-operatlon would do much to in-

apples. Spraying could be done sys- Agriculture would be only too willing to give assistance where needed. We can produce as good apples oi several varietiesheresscanbe, ‘uced

thsreisnoreasonwhyweshculdnot

erously to the work 01 psevmtlve medicine.

THE csuo w: Lovs I! FRANK I-HGI

Q. What extensions an pimped ior Canada's air mail service?

A. The Post OiTics Department is planning sblll iurther extensions oi the Dominion air nasil service which is rapidly covering wide areas oi the country and revolutionizing the ser- vice. The latest service to be ilmlzurated was betweai Winnipeg. Calm-y and Edmonton, leaving only the area between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific coast, and irom western Ontario to Winnipeg to be arranged ior and some of this territory will probably be covered during 1980. This service already reaches tothc Arctic circle irom Fort McMurl-ay,

Quinn-n

mo”?

WHEN IMOucN OOMIO

The bobolink, iinch and the sparrow. well know ' When Imogen comes: For she sccttcrs largesse on the car- pet oi snow,‘ ‘Photo's a riot of chirrups, a flutter c! who. A scramble ior places to share what she brings, When Imogen comes.

The bobolinkJinchs-ndtbssparrow ‘ Wins ' Thstimoseivscrlmlis. Whlchiiltsrtluougniimerssctaper andiine, ’-

1878; .

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somomhaaoioiosymomssi.

KQlvniWsoOLisOAS OF ETOWN

i3! l- II-Ismm) m,

These are not many living who m, remember rm: om ssmmomsr hmgrrngq

i HOUSE

orvwsdleylll Chapel" ll it was sometimes called,‘ m4 wmm ‘mod °“ i" will" WW occupied by the Boasts Memorial Hall. This ‘ old buildinswsserectsdinim-smqm addition tc tbs main auditorium was 5 aundlfllhwl. room and vestry. Services were, held in the church and “Wm tluaht in‘ the school uhtu the completion oi the “Brick Church," (15543 "will!!! on the corner oi Prim 1nd Sydney Streets. and which is known now as "Trinity Church" 0! the United Church oi Canada. It m!" i" m» an!“ at lust here to “m” ‘mm Jlldfl Warburton‘: Bis- tory oi P. E. Island (page 405,) ,

“The great religious movement in Gm“ Britain. associated with the names oi John and Charles Wesley, could’ not but have its eiiect also in the new and outlying phi-u o; the Empire. Men oi the loitiest charact- er, oi -a high order oi eloquence, and filled with zeal in the Master's cor.

Ab!!! quote almost in iulL-tsr. John ‘when account oi it, as given h, the second volume oi the "Island Minstrel."

"THE GREAT OONILAGRAITON"

"On the 15th Jilly 1866. the inhabi- tants oi Charlottetown were awaked from their slumber-s by the mugs clsngour oi the fire-boll, breaking through ths- stillness which usually Prevails . on a summer Sunday morning. 1t was soon disoove ’ that fir! had Oflflinlted ‘mung gqmg shavings in s house recently pummg- ed by Mr. J. G. Eckstadt oi this city; and which, at the time, was undgr. 801118 "m! "Phil's. The house itsol! formed part oi a group c! bullfln“, known as the Baanall lurmsrty, (the corner on which the “Cavendish 60m" Apartment House new stands) . ., . . . The weather ior some time previously had been exceedingly dry, and the roois oi the ‘ around. in u uence, were almost like tin- der, which kindling from the sparks that fell upon them in fiery showers, burst into ilames and spread with ‘resistless iury in all direction," Th; firemen and nhablta its did all they could, but‘ notwithstanding their ut- most efforts, the buildings on iour

‘I109. they exerted a marvellous pow- or over the spiritual life ct the Eng- llahcneaklns people. Without separ- ating irom the church oi’ their iath- i

Dr. E. L. Kenning reminds us that! c“. they broke through the formal

sm which, in their day, character- ised the Church and brought the teachings oi Christianity home 1,0 the commoi life oi men." . . , _ “They produced the beautiful hymns that go by Wesleyb name and which 1'95“! 110mb to the very hearts oi‘ hearers."

The Minister oi my earliest recol- lection in Charlottetown was the Rev. John Maclvlurray (1854-7). In spite oi a little us dencss of iorm "W" IPPNIOd to be an atmosphere oi deep spirituality maniiest in the services oi those days, which is to me somewhat lacking in more mod- ern times. _

Th! @1101! in the. cities and sixties was considered by many lnfiypgg. dent critics to have produced the best hymn music in Charlctwtown. lev- eraloitheoldhyaintlmsaarestil! in use, under the eiilcient conductor- ship c! the present orslnist and choir-master, Professor W. l. Iietcher, AIt-O-mA-T-O-Is Icanremeni- her several oi the prominent members oithschoirinthaolddsys. There were James Moon Watson Duche- mln. ‘morass Davy. William Stanley, William Otumblsa, soim handle, George Moore. Bertram Moore, Al- _bert Duchemin. Edmund Duchemin. and later w. Ill-tomes Loni. Edward Davy. Richard Passmore, Paul us, JaaR-Davlsoml-Eheeranddobn A. Moose. Among the ladies were Mrs. Watson Duchelnin, Mrs. John P. 'I'anton. Mrs. P. G. Clarke, the Misses Lea, was Sophia Duchssnin, Mrs. John Newaoo and lira. William Cook. There were several others whose names r cannot recall.

dheeholrwasledbyscnsarnes Moors, (grandiatber oi Mr. John A. Moore) without the accompaniment oi an organ. ssr. Moore generally used a tuning sol-r, somuhiu i flute-to strikothskeySuchathingass-rl organ was "ta " ili those days, and was not used in divine worship in the Methodist Church until alter

blocks, in the most populous part oi the city, were, in a few hours, almost entirely destroyed. , . . , "Fire! Fire! said the Crier, Where? Wherc- said the Mayor." In Pownal street! said Major Beets, Those amlznt piles oi wood- The “nsghsi! buildings, which com- plete, For sixty years have stood! Oi venerable memory; I Amongst our oldest names; Ring! ring! the bell, the iolk to tell These buildings are in flames!

Enwrapt in balmy slumbers, lay The citizens around,

Tired with the tolls 6i satin-day, And "sleeping very sound."

Ding, dong! Ding dong! both loud

“ and long, The Fire-bell in its way,

Said. ‘sleepers rise and rub your eyes, There's work to do today!

m haste they NM. but on their‘ clothes, ’ ‘ mach striving ior the van; Some with the engines-and the hose ‘And some with buckets ran. The people swarnéfd-the lines wcr! iornfd, But pips and hose were vain,- ‘Twas all too late to stop the iate 0i Bagnalls old domain!

‘moms. raging conilsgration red Went iorth, three several ways; North, to the "Mansion House. IPRM! ‘\ And aet it in a bis-is. a e o a I Up Water street with raging heat, The igneous billows roll, . mastwsrd their course, with gather- in! WIN. And rage beyond control.

And blaze who's: they light. A hundred roois in ruin tiere- "l'.‘ls vain to think on names- Alas! ior teeming millions there, mo; Street is all ih flames! O U O O

One biackend scene is all' between

the new “Brick Churc " was dedicat- ed, the corner stone oi which having been laid by Mrs. Dundas, wife oi_ the Lieutenant-Governor Georgef when», m. ' | The installation oi a small cabinet

rgan in the new church was looked

on with horror and dismay by 801112’ ..ho .“di:i not believe in the worship

oi God by the turning oi a crank."

In iact it was said that one old iel- ‘ low remarked: “Iii! ‘ad my way, I'd‘ chop it h'up with a hhxe." People‘

r e '1 .f"n finely over that now, as

witness the splendid instrument till‘.

mw adcma the east end o! the

church. A great change has taken’ place in the attitude or church mem-

bers since those days regarding music

and vestinents.

"ma: GREAT FIRE OF 18M

I shall not attcmptwa description

oi the great holocaust that befell