Show n OF OLD TIMES TIQUE TREASURES IN A J CANADIAN HOME 1 old clock that no more ticks tick silo fionn hours awo aay Y A spinning wheat chael and nd blome boma mementoes of early burly justice I 1 A judge a chair detroit letter HE shores of canada abound lu in antiques and tunny many of the old buildings contain much that la is interesting to the antiquary the old stuart house at sandwich la is no exception to M TORTURED EO the rule and mr 5 james jamea moore walo now bow holds possession owns some relies that have an interest outside ot of their antiquity mr moore was tor for many years an actor a and nd took the part ot of happy dan the tramp in the play ot of the cle old homestead lately he re tired from the stage and has baa settled in canada when he be left denman thompson there were some things he be took with him among them a clock a spinning wheel and a heckle theeb Is a scene in the play which rep represent a B the interior of an old fashioned tann farin ta nn house this scene was one ot of the bf bent at ln in the play and the settings W wc we genuinely old among them were fie articles mentioned the clock Is a work fork ot of art according to the standard standal stan dald d set act by the manufacturers at the dale ct at its building and its weather beaten face ace still shows some traces ot of the enamel a that was spread on it nearly two hundred years ago the sons of mrs mra stuart used it tor for a target a and nd this has had a detrimental effect on tie tace face but the works are still intact tt ft e only needful article in the makeup make up ot of the clock la is a string as the old oue one ave outsole out some time ago arks and hands are still there find and ith a little attention now and agen its a clock as 11 do you credit tte e illuminated urinated ted face still carries in albl st indecipherable decipherable letters the name of its ettish maker geo allison All lson or some ihling ing like it the original arrabe jaent ent provided tor for the keeping tab on an the a hours and the day of the the lie latter department Is out of at pi pie sent eBent but the I 1 the clock to Is as ready for M it was when I 1 it t left scotland in ili all the pride of its new works an and d case close by the side of the old clock casts a tiny sewing machine which ban a guaranteed speed of one stitch eiry eary uti minute nute when the hands ot of the are brisk in spite ot of its es s however the little machine Is what does it matter that it Is wily only eight inches long and five high ton it can boast of being the first mackine of its kind in this part ot of the world and the claim Is a just one and son ins to be fully substantiated A so at ft 0 I 1 fashioned array of cogs conn ting the hand wheel with the shufus drives the needle reluctantly tinb the material to be sewn the nelc in the machine at present looks to te ie very old indeed as do the rest ot of tic ie works but neither date nor malo malos s nome appears on this toilsome fete runner of the speedy and easily nn in wing machine of modern times A spinning wheel of great age in the corner to the left ot of the ent en rancil to the house Is another interesting tr rr tide As has already been said it was used tor for several years in the tion of the old homestead and las as a 1 glai r of romance attached to it on that hat account it was once the prop et city ty of t mrs stuart the farmei owney owne of the he place but instead of humming bumming lie fie neath leath the foot of this ladys groit grandmother rand mother and turning law p edicts acts into articles of protection prote cllon it if not of f comfort com foit it now has the easy tas tag bof of lending ending additional dignity to the prill its ts work and its travels are both citer the fhe worn treadle shows how much energy has been put into the turning of the he wheel but now it rests at one tilde side of the sheel a heckle this was mas an instrument sed in n reducing flax to a more convenient orm for handling than it possessed possess ez la in THE OLD SPINNING WHEE L the ie first stages of its preparation for or the ie use to which it was destined the amb comb which would do tor for the giant r lunderborg lunder Plunder bore consists of long thin spikes akes arranged around in a sort of theraux devaux de frise the spikes stick put about bout tour four inches in length from a alp of oak these were the means used led in dressing the flax down proper ly r and it Is sate safe to v nguie that after one ie trial of 0 these spines the flax gave up all idea of resistance and submit ted d peaceably As a protection pre to the young children of the period briod there was a case which fitted ver the spikes the sides and top of ils like the slab which forms the king lor for the spikes are made out of ugh high pieces of 0 wood split out of solid oak k with the old fashioned mattock ader der the circumstances the slabs are imar kably smooth and the joints of box does not reflect discredit on an the dead aad nd gohm or mner the boll thing ta Is put together with bond mid madil nails which look very odd beside thit th clean cut nails 0 of today to day A few rusty stains on the spikes suggest that per haps the box wan not enough to keep little fingers angers out and even a serious accident may bo conjured up by the imagination soule some of the relies relics in the old homestead ae no relation to the peaceful dock clock sibil annl the spinning wheel they car carry the memory of 0 old mysteries with them and the trail of violent deeds la Is upon and over them the alist one tn ili this to Is an old horsehair chair this loks harmless enough to the present observer but some men of the tha old regime found that as far as they were concerns conc ernd it was enough of a harmful tiling thing ta send bend them to the gallows callows I 1 the he chalk chair Is a solid and massy thing and bore barp the weight of the honors thi upon it in a becoming manner it was the first chair to be used in a court of justice in the counties of sussex and kent there Is a complete ri ricord record cord of the criminals sentenced to death from this chair but it Is enough to say that their name Is legion murderers robbers and all the classen of criminals that existed in the hard old days when this thin portion of the world was in an unsettled state have stood before this chair and heard theli sentences pronounced the chair has had a great influence on the mannera and customs of the people who inhabited the surrounding country and now its good wort wor accomplished complis hed it Is only as an ornament and ls 10 pr lent idle condition gives no bant of the stirring times through waith it has passed gyves tor for feet ani hands that were worn by soine ot of the more famous and desperate of 0 the t criminals brought for trial before the curule seat are still shown the ankle manacles maracles man acles are suggestive of a very bad quarter of an hour to the person wearing them for they are smaller than the smallest ankle that can be imagined the idea of them was avas to have them crossed into the flesh al ANCIENT SEAT OT JUSTICE 01 0 the felon to his additional als om tort A hinge on one ste of the man acles permitted their opening wide enough to admit the aal les of the con can damned then the were pressed slowly lowly together and ahen they bit deeply into the flesh th y were taken to the prison smith who riveted alem on with nice warm alie a the fit of these anklets danklets would hae bae pleased the taste of the most moat tadd fadd person that ever lived but they were a bit too clinging for anything like ike permanent nl wear the handcuffs tre ire lebs breal in their makeup make up but they held ohp wrists quite tight enough for safety to the state the ho modern wrist they dia not deimit the moving of the haidn bellg being made in one piece A spring lock of ancient pat tern and list still hoi holls Is the cuffs locked but bul a woman with hamall hands can easily slip them on and off seemingly indicating that the size of the human hand Is decreasing or else that were no feminine sors in the daa das a ot of old the last number of the collection callec tion of antiques la is the most gruesome and hence perhaps the most interesting it it nothing less than the model of the gallows gallon s tree upon which the malefactors were hanged for little peccadilloes peccadillo eg like murder and so on the model la Is very ingenious the frame is light and strong and every precaution la is taken that the result shall be till all that ian can be desired for everyone but the prisoner A stout post Is lashed to the inside of tho the prisoners window frame and Is tho the main support of the framework from a sort of T V shaped frame hangs the fatal rope in the model by a directly underneath the rope rape Is it a small platform hinged to the windowsill and supported eup ported by a cord running up to tho top of the framework and down into the room occupied by the condemned man when all was ready for the execution the criminal was led out onto the platform and a recital of the crime for which he was waa to be executed wis ats given thon at a signal the ropo rope which supported the platform was cut and the prisoner was launched into eternity scaffolds made from this model were in active use in canada until the bill providing for private execution was passed and then these old death ma chines went out of commission to be replaced by more modern methods apart from the gruesome fancies that inevitably cling around relies relics of this sort there Is a great deal of at real interest to be found in the contemplation of antiques and a little searching in and around sandwich would doubtless reveal many others equally eta aa ln in te renting as aa those tho of mr james moore |