The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-03

an old scholar. The JOY was in
creased by seeing in the audience
my aged mother on whose account
my trip was largely made.
Brighouse is five miles from Hall
fax whittier we removed when [ was
Is years of age and where the family
have since resided.
Yes [ was glad that second day of
July at high noon as the cab drove
up to my mothers home, to see once
again that loved and familiar form
and to hear the voice that said as I
left home for the ministry over three
decades ago, God bless thee my
lad, say again "God bless nv lad.
1t was a pleasure to find her better
than | expected and to find brothers
and sisters and other relatives and
friends enjoying life. Since I was
last home father had died and all I
could do was to visit the resting
place OF his body, in the beautiful
cemetery on the hill. There were
many things here of interest to me
and I loved to wander round and see
them and quietly muse.
In Brighouse is the first church I
helped to build in 1864. It still is
used as a school and lecture-room
but fine new modern church has
been built by its side.
Brighouse is thriving new manu-
featuring boro in the vale of Calder.
1t is crowded on small territory and
very compact. On a little more than
400 acres of it's area are 10000 of it's
population, great, mills and maun-
featuring industries, public build
ings, churches, the business center
and through it's heart runs the river.
On Wednesday. the Fourth, we
did not forget our great American
holiday and as our thoughts crossed
the sea to our kith and kin in our
adopted country the United States,
we felt proud of her noble history
and wished her glorious future.
An old companion of our boyhood,
Councillor George Healey, who has
come to honor and universal respect
in Brighouse. after a useful life of
uprightness had invited myself and
Florence to dine with him and he
would show US around in the after
noon. With him we were privileged
to see sights we could not otherwise
have seen, He first took US to his
own wire mill and showed US all the
process of wire drawing. Then he
got permission to visit a silk mill
Here we saw the manufacture of silk
in all it's stages from the bales as
they came from China, Japan and
Shanghai, through the boiling,
dressing, drying spreading, rowing,
spinning, winding, reeling, warping
and spooling. After this he took US
to his brothers carding mill This
was very interesting. The making
of the wire teeth and carding for
silk dressing was much more elabor-
ate than [ had supposed. Grinding,
hardening, setting and making teeth
straight were all interesting
After this our friend took US to
the town Offices and council chamber
Of which he is a member. We saw
the mayors parlor, the mace and
the chain Of the mayor. The clerk
put this On our friend saying as he
did so ''as prophecy of what is to
be. If he does become mayor he
will worthily fill the place.
In the evening he took US to the
new park, art gallary, library which
we enjoyed. This day of profit wound
UP by our seeing the fire brigade in
practice, trying how soon they could
reach supposed fire, attach their
hose, and be pouring on it a stream
of water. JOHN GIBSON.
Go be Continued)