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TIIE CLINTON' NEW W ERA,
FEBRUARY 28, 1878,
HUMOROUS:
Light work—Sll,wiug the air,
What is Haat which is neither flesh
nor bone, and yet has four Anger's' and
a thumb'? A glove.
Why is a prosy lireaa er like. the
middle of a wheel 1 Because the fellow
around him are tired.
Teacher—' Now, let me •'bear you
ri peat your history.' Pupil—' No use;
':History repeats itsel°."
Why wak 'Adam-thnrswittest~rlrnu-er
in the world 1 Because he was th.
first in the human race,
It dotsn't pay to prophecy; if you.
get it tight nob xly remembers it ; if
you get it wrong nor ody'forgets it,
A oerta'n schoolmaster :advertises.
that he will keep a Sundy school
twice a week—Tuesdays and Satur-
days.
It bus._keen uverre.d'tint u lady with
a -diuwont' ring will `scratch, her. no'so,
in a given period, four times •ees often
as any other woman.
Au exchange asks : ' Why is it
that editors • never commit suicide ?'
Likely it is because the druggists
won't, sell strychnine on long time,•
Any man can ' point a moral,' but
it takes a boy to ' adorn a; tail.' Give
him a tin kettle .and a dog, and the
thing is more than half accomplished..
Sabbath school teacher '..To whore
does the earth belong ?' l ' To .God,
sir.' Original little chap, dubiously—,
Well, I dinna ken,'but ma faither
,
has a quarry in't r �j
•
Little girl to visit6r—' How' • lou
g
are you going to stay here?' ' Why,
my little dear ?' "Cause I'm hungry,
and ina says we shall have dinner as
soon as that dreadful nuisance goes
away.'
The mother had cut her little
daughter's hair to make ' bangs.' Sur.-
veying her own work, she said : 'Bes-
sie, y ectercley you looked as if "•you
bad no sense. To -day you look as if
your mother had none.'
A little bit of a thing, who had
just got back from a party, was asked
by her mamma, bow she had enjoyed
herself. _ ' Oh, mamma,' she said, ' I'm
so full of happiness, I couldn't be no'
happier unless I was bigger.'
' Jnlius, what's a la_titudinitrirn?' 'A.
jaty-ttidy-what 1"A latitudinarian.'.
'A. latyterdemariurn, ldlr. Snow, is a
man who ascertains de sereumference
of de 'lietnnefear, and brings • de axle=
tree ob de earf opposite to de hubber
arf ob de universe.'
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Temperance and Intemperance
The Nissouri township council have
decided to do ;away with store liquor
licenses for the a current year.
A. bartender ill Itiebalond, Va., neg..
lected to registera glass of .ale which
he sold, ;anti was, fined $40.30 for the
oinrission,
Dr. Adam Clark, the celebrated ,Trish
Methodist oonimentator, said: "Strong
drink is not o)lly the.,devil'8 way into .4
An, -but man's w.a, t n
"I resort to wine to stimulate my
wit!," said a youngependthritt to air
old one. "Ah l" replied the veteran,
" Tuan is the way I began, but not, I
have to resort to my wits -to get my -
wine:"•
,«, The NZu.rltby ,:movement has taken
such root in Whitehall 'that .all the
menibei•s of five fire companies and'of
onemilitary company have'signed the
pledge. ,Liquor seller's tear up their, li-
censes .before applauding audiences,
•'Uhe,aveia;e rurmbe'r of drinking sa-
loons . throughout the ' United States is
said to be one for every. '280 inhabi-
tants, counting. men, women aid ebil
filen. New York State furnishes 23,-
854 of .these saloons, which is nearly
twice the number of any other State, -
It'would'seeni from the following
statement,• taken from a reliable Eng
lisp journal, .that the use of the' "nil.'
,conal beverage" is becoming less in
Englund. Of beer • making, it is said
that the great`brewers, Bass &:.Co:, wet
.-
pose to•brew in the coming year 00,000
quarters of Malt lessthan last year, and
that the Doted firm of Allsopp & Co..
have reduced their` brewing-.. by 30,000.
gpartors.
Well, I suppose you have been
out to took at Texas; did you see any-
thing of our old friend out there?'.
'Yes, gone deranged,' Gone deranged 1
.bow ? What does he do? Real crazy?'
Yes, indced ! he doesn't know his
neighbors' hogs from his own.
A youngster was once desired to
state Ms views of the cause which led
to the downfall of the Boman Empire.'
In reply be wrote that after mature
reflection and extensive reading he .con-
cl•ndt•d that the cause of the ruin of that
gigantic Empire was that ' its bottom
fell out.' •Rather a new -view Of the: members of the'" Band.,of'Hope." The
subject. • whole moral aspect of the town became
An old-fashioned minister waspreaeh: aha igei1 sobriety was soon ;in the as-
ing in a tight, unventilated ohurcb,.in cendancy, as frequenting"public -houses
'
which, by some means, a window was ceased to. beconsidered resppectable,
left pas tly-open. .A good deacon, dui- The stumbling block having .been re
ing the sermon, closed it. The minis- moved, the work •of philanthropy and
ter stopped short, and turning. to the religion progressed. "I might fill col
deacon; said in solemn .tones. 'If I umns,'•says Mr. Griffith, "with the
was preaching in a jug, 7 believe you mention of .the. fruits, of those' labors.
would put the cork in.' I shall only mark out one for especial
An enraged fathe;had jerked his pro- notice, viz., the increased; influence ,th
Oauada Colmpauy Lands.
' Joseph Wall some time ago kicked
bis wit'o to death while he. was intoxl
cateyi. • He. pleaded guilty to "man-
slaughter, and Judge Davis, • of New
York, recently sentenced,biro to ',fifteen
yearn' imprisonment. v. The Court' ad-
vise him •to_take .steps to Ling a
action against the parties'who sold him
liquor and-sne for danlages for the sup-
port of 'his' children, now doubly' be-
reaved.
Dr. Reid, of, Glasgow, says: `Permit
me to give,S. single instance, :allowing:
what an. advantage abstinence gives to
a minister in dealing .with intemj'ie'i-
ance. The ;Rev, • John Griffith, M.; A.,
Rector of Neath, tell' us that a Quaker
friend did. much to 'enligh.teniaiid to
strnct him. Meeting with Alia .young
philanthropist shortly after :entering
inion his present charge, he was con-
gratulated by bim on his zeal in attack-
ing the sin of drunkenness, ;which so'
,generally 'prat ailed'in the parish, and
then, asked, " Wilt, thou Jell .me bow
many, converts thou bast had from
drunkenness r '. I.fear:ilone," was the
reply; ":Well," said. 'he, " thou ,hast
tried what preaching will do, and thou
bast tried: what lecturing will do;`sup-
pose thou dost try What example will
dor The. appeal Vas irresistible, It
rnay' now be asked. what ;brave been the
results of his •.professing teetol,alism.
Eight hundred persons in the 'course of
.eighteen, months signedthe pledge;
seven: hundred -.young people 'beoame
ALIST OF LANDS IN 111/11011 NOR SALE DT
the Canada Company may be seen at the, oliloe of
i mulersigue.d.
U RADE.
Clinton, 401.17, 1871.
TO_ THU PU DLIC.
Out attention has been attested to a " Minton" of
the "Dominion Organ Company," pf Bowreanvillu,
published in the N1.w EEA of the loth inst.
In reply, we beg leave t' state that no member of
our firm has 'e for yet bought or .sold an instrument
Made by the so -stilled "Dominion Organ Company,"
end, at present, has no desire to do 50.
- arliwwrinaiittilinaily'been-appiied-to-by-onr-ARontoo,
for a 1ow.prleed; (Mom= Organ, and qtr answer hoe
invariably -been,'" iWo do Vol
ot maks thein. wo candor
at prescut anpply all the dolnunds nada µpoo ue for
first -oleos instruments, and are' determined to continuo
to leave to others. (who make a siaoialtY o1. ihat Plass
of goods) the manufacture of low-priced, common
ArBans,o ..
Some of our lignite, to , oblige a suatnxuer, may have.
poi$ an. Organ, not of our make. We, of course, have
no responsibility in. such a ease,
All instruments mnnufaotured by Its are llrot olitslilix
morbanical arrangement and 'execnth:4. gad arse in
Assign and tone, They have the name of our Um 50-.
scribed on front of name board, and are sold with a Ave
gra solugsdi,,bdlalui.b;y1fGo,,r7, pryOpcsanprtoepo'h8wnh7o5ic.hp agtutDriywehowom atohkifutlredumgoeon
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WOFIEVJ & 00..
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PROF. SALTR, ^
BEGS TO I'NTIAIATE TO Tan P'CTXILIO GENI$R.
ALLY of Clinton and neighborhood that ho is wa-
gered to give lessons on the Plano and Organ, and alio.
in the cultivation of tbo voice in singing elass instruc-
tion. having been under the instruotion of Prof. flax.
tec,•o1 New York, whose eystern he mon, he feels Oona
dent of giving ontlre satisfaction. Apply at the rest-
deuce of list. Mr. Oourtf.co, B. p, I,t.
Oltnton, Nov. 28, 1877
Ca[ia�a l��rlCllitlll' I Insuriice a
CQm ll
b _ pY
ELON SNELI,, Fardwich; .
TS O Ao7'.NT"roir-• TUE "AnOVE `0C 1PANY=
.L Farm Risks taken at 75 cents per 4,100, for the term
of 8 years.. This Company insures against lose by,are
or damage by lightning. • ,
ISOLA l .D ItES1DENUES ..
Will also be taken bthe,above Company:
Fordwiah,' Fan. 17, 877.
yoking son across his knee and" with profession of total abstinence confer ad
on me, potas an individual cltize., but
as a minister of the gospel. avow-
ing rnyself•on theside of t• al atbmt•:
nence,my influence iilerea: d tenfold."
ous little teeth.Hello l what're o
,
biting nie for ?' exclaifned the father, ✓ A S1A1S?.J.I EXi'
WeII, dad, who beginned thie'ore'war
retorted the urchin.
A farmer was boasting to Sam
about the speed of his horse which, he
t -
acrid, would trot a utile inside of three
minutes, and fallow it for three ruin=
ores. -`A. mile in three t» ibutee am t
much to brag about,' said Sate; ' Why,
the other day I was up to 8----, six
-teen mike Ell: Just as. I started fro
home a shower came on. The
struck on the back part of the
and the moment -it struck
Kate a cut with the whi
trotted, scarcely touchin
to the ground. She k
with the shower, '
with water, but
great vehemence commenced' 'operating
on the ' soft, same place' et the ur-
chin's person, when the young she dug
incl the parental legs with his +enonl-
A flesher,
ing, was r
Lochee
night'
age
B
ain
agon,
lilt .old
, away she
her fore -feet
t nip and tuck
e wagon was filled
a drop fell on me.'.
rly one Sunday morn-
urning to bis home in
ter closing his Saturday
usiness in Dundee. The voy-'
omeward was not quite plain
ing, and having fallen in with a
amp post he fondly embraced it, and
was found with it in his arms by a
policeman who, after shining his bull's-
eye on the ftesher's face, said : ' What
axe -you .doti g ei u -ea ho14iri
on by that lamp -post on the Lord's
morning?' ' What's that your business?'
An Pnglishm
in Rowe the'o . er day,'and.as a service
was going o', be satquietly down,
ing his h: en the ground beside him
After ' aiting a little. ,'while, and as
there :seined: no immediate prospect of
th ceretiOdr cofyibg, tq ori MO* bf3'
0111t lip would gos, aria rcaghed; for.
his' ha ,�Is°uti was steppefii by atl'tintieen
arm which .grasped him (rpm. .behind.
Thinking that probably some 'custodian
of :the -church wished him to remain
till the conclusion of 'the service, , be
again waited. Presently he again
thought of going, again reached for his
hat, and again the unseen arta firmly
prevented him, Convinced that the
service was really some important one
which his leaving would disturb, the.
Englishman again. waited for about a
quarter of an hour.. At the expiration
of that .time, he determined' to start in
spite of etiquette.' So he again reached..
for his hat; Again the hand grasped'
flim, but ast ho determinedly resisted
bili retaining efforts, a voice behind him
exclaimed in 'English : ':I,.beg your
pardon, but that is my hat :you're taky
zti'YSii' this was the fact, our,hero..
had been detained all this time because
each time he wished to go be had reach-
said Andrew ; this is an attld freend I ed in mistake for the hatof another
o' mine, and has done me mons a stranger, placed in .close pt'ollimity to
glide service. Gae awa risme and his own. --London :E'Pomtiner.
9tNATIo"Ni —
went into a church.
read your Bible, and there you will y....
Of a man in s ueakin `boots it cannot
For while the tamp holds on to born, q g
The greatest sinnet may loth.
find --
.be -said, 'He hath no music in his solp.t
ItVIO TGAGES,. • IN!DTI S�
AND OTHER
Good' Socuritles. rurchased.
Vv w FABRAN
47:
Clinton, Nov. 9, 1874. :
IflNEY T:O LOAN,.
• : ON EASY ,TERMS,
Qis vv6tcl► rile prilicipal. eau,
be' repabil• In apart e►F. all a
any tine during' the teri!n
Oil. Loon. •
ajei6:Y•TO
FARRAN:.
Canton; 3Sdrah, i870. ' •
AGCY oar
QUEEN, :
ISOLATED RISK,
brtn
• 'STANDARD;
INSIMANCE COIVIPAN
Btpks' of all doporiptione :taken at
Clinton, Feb. .7,1878.
CONSOLIDATED
CUSTOMS
CC] STOMS DEPARTMENT,
• OTTAWA, Oct..12, 1877.
A WTHORiZRD PI800UNT 019 A7II1RIOAN ,IN. .
1� vor0ua ntitllfurther ;tattoo, 8peroont..
J. latriSQN,
• Commissioner of Custom*.. _
Notice off' •R.eiuoval.
T. BIDp4 .,coi.iBE,
Watch and Clock faker,
• J]W.ELL•EIR,: &o,,
Would resp@oduay annotlneo to his egpt0alefp and .the ,
public generally, that etnoe the Idle disastrous fire, he..I have pleasure in . info mein
hapaenttr4athee r g the young 'gentles
$tore Breis occupied by Kasen 8. Palliser.d Co„•a
amen of Clinton and. vicinity that I have- •
1t'hore he will keep On hand a gel .et of Y! just
Clocks:'iNatchos, lswolry,.gad.S.ilfaxhiaCe,.eLaU,,.kinds, • •
opened to day a lot of es ecially nice goods -for. r.
Which he will call at reasonable rates. Repairing of " v v
every desoripttou promptly attendod to..
IDDLEOOAIBE ALnrtnx 8'rrsnraT;ren Trade,i
R the' Spring ... const•Yl s i g of new patterns in
Olfutou, Jap. 24, 1878,
SPRING z= Torr
TWEEDS",AND' COATINGS: •Tlie:winter
PCI'CA.CTOEY. being so verymild and heavy goods being in
such: slow emand i that I have' concluded to
'TIRE'SCOSORIRER DESDIEs To J,tE'"ruint IiIB . !. n•
1• sincere thanks• for the liberal .share of patronage
afforded him, and would also intimate that he has, dor.. •1 '
ing the peat winter; laid in a large stook of first-class brin cods, that will sell -A� o a lot . ' of very
inaterial,.and to now prepared to MAIM and put in, the
-MOST • St 'E.k3,IOR PUIVIP'S, -fine FUR, HATS, all shades and rices about 25
p
Of every deseriptibu,•on the B4OnTEST NoTSCE, and ct
on the most. rpaeonableterms, per cent less than last' �`
. •;, "pent :.ears Y ices: •
.y p
Remember the place-iieltt .door to �., •
DsIatliesou's Blaoksmlth Shop..
' ..�A 471 E•ERGUSON. • I anticipate a: large. increase" m; m . already large
Minion. Apr1119,•18'97: + y >•!
WORTII , KNOWING Tailoring business, as„ I ;have• '• engaged Mr. P. ;
WHERE; TOGiET,C19AlD .. '' !` • . ••
� ,
Kennedy's . s valuable services •far another .-:.ear' : as
G
11• en 1 i1 n� I and e C Cutter nate ca assure hems eve
• Ow* 'rates:
RTDOUT'.
MON
AN1t Or CANADA
$4,000,0.00,
0 IN T 0.0 AGE NCY.
Interest from Four to Five. per bent allowed.
on Deposita.
M. ,LOUGH, Agent.
Clinton, April, 1876.. 1-y
•
MOUY1tcastt 'S
rpm SUISSORIIIER RESPECTFULLY DEW; TO
aL inform the inhabitants of Canton and surrounding,
ooudtry that he has started hie
NEW SAStu M,•ILI/.• ,
017 71t11r.01T STI E1;Z',.
Opposite the Groat Wooten Station
Anais prepared 40
•
Cut Log8,on.shares; or clseap for Cash,.
ne hss also LI,,I�nst�men Of al
kinds
i dss 'I
on hanyd, for sale.
31E.
•
otiwset's,:an.fts Tele. x
OYSPTE•R•S,
,A. or:
Also, choice EI Y
GROCERIES
Confectionery, Cakes, Biscuits, Caaned Goods,'
Choice Tobagoo, Cigars, Le.
gar O'BTERS ineasorl by the can or
81811.
DWatw burns, TatNCE AAd•PORK'
q
A: T.'SALT,
Clfnton, oe1. 95,1877.
YIOTORIIL RirIEET
mecila
GOOD;, TEA for 80, 40, 50, 60; and Iii mints 'porlb.
'GODS SUGAR, 11 pounds for ono dollar. •
GOOD RAISIISi 18 pounds for one dollar. '
A fine'aseortment et
China Glass a d. Crocker vex ' Chea
f � Yl p
Call and see Steel, before purchasing .el ewbore. All
, kiddy of Produce taken in •exoban: for goodea
FREI4H OYSTERS eonsta tly on hand..
OUNINGRA(
Clinton, Nov. 8, 1877. •
WISEM
at every effort will be • mads by" --him to give
then: perfect 'satisfaction.: Please •" give us a call.;.•
...-;:
••As•'i�e t':zuo�t�i is our •stock'=fakingseason,�lin-
,
tend giving large.'reductionin prices on all;
•_
classes of goods. 'People desirous of laying '
g
°� in
BROS.,
large stooks - of goods for futur. a use.; will be sure
K:ERS,,•
of'. bi .. _,•'bar ains. Come andget. what ,ou,.want,
g g .'. _ Y
y
•� E iSi" -.
ATE AND INSURANCE AG N,
at the lowest' • ri
.ces:
y' Lont on. Mortgages for 2, 3, or 5 Yeasa..
51012TGAG1:S 130E"Grli7`.
AMERICAS CURRENCY BOUGNT'AND SOLO.
sa. $0T1'1S OP, 11A. l) DISCOUNTED, a
interest at 6 per cent allowed on .dips ilv ,
Ileal Estate bought anc4 sold on commission..
INSURANCE at LOW RATES
First -algae FIRE, LIFT ;'and Acomr:vs Insurance Con.
. panfes represented.
wa.eanaowgiveloansonfirst-olasssecur ty at 8 per et
OFFICE ON • HURON STREET, CLINTON.
vvosic MAN ken0b1:
Clinton, Aug,: 21,1877
ENDERTAKING
Tin SUBSCRIBER BEG$ LEAVE TO STATE
to the public that he keeps constantly on hand
a largo and superior oleos of l
COFFINS, CASKET'S,
• • ..' �-_Akan—• '
Coffin Trimmings and Robes,
With a splendid REMISE. P5„c1NN dorms' always
on band'. Parties can be eupplied In One benr,'at
.hay time, at
TEN I'iER.4CENT LESS
• Than ban be procures at any 'other sloes.
A. full stock of FURNITURE:
Always on hanti.
THOS. STEVENSON,
Olintbn,"kias 10, 1877.
KNo1Niiylendii8fnrblo prctl0ing
therea4Itnan truth4non-
tallied in the•bcst.mcdioal
Sbool;LkTi ev'enRESissuRVATIONed, entitled
TH��E•E
I'rtcocnlyy$1. Sontbytnail.
LFon recefpt of pone. It
treats of ExbanetedVitallty, Pr2maturo Denlino..
Nervoun and ehyskat Debility. and the endless
•ctnoomitnnt ills and `untold miervioathatresult
• ncerefrotti,anacontains morotisan6OOriginal pre-
sail shone, nnq one of which Is•worth the price of
the sok. This book waswrittcnbythe most ex.,
tela veattciprobably the most skilful practitioner'
•
to Ainotiea, to whom was awarded agold anti jaw. '
ellod metal by the, National medical Aesooiation.
A. Pamphlet, ulaetrated with the *cry , finest
btecl 2nrtavitsas—a mgr, HEAL
vel .of art an beauty— n
beauty—
taut rites, to all. sena
1•r it at oho. Address
F STIIIEY Duren? L !� ii
1NsrSt, II, , ho. oil., � S�+■ r
L.tcli St., biusttlu, Dltaed.
WATEX4LOO: HOUSE.
CLTNTODI , ',Feb. • 14, 1878
NEW
1
THE UND1i RSIGNED HA"V,E NOW ON HAND IN TIM
Premises formerly, occupied by the late J. B. Raceyi
A LARGE AND SELECT ` STOCK OF
CHOICE
Which they offer to' the public at thelowest remunerative rates.
Also, Ouineeset, Porter * Bass's, Youn er's, anti Cosgrove's Bottled Ale; Agents for-babzlet
and Carliny's l�alf and quarter barrels, Inwood; Grant's Spring Brewery, :lI'amilton; and•
Sole Agenta,for t)ee Cloclericl, li'rewery:
All Orders •PromP Y ...tl Attond.ed to:' - .
SIIEPPARI & L00PER.
OI INTON,' June 8, .1S76
REMOVAL.
"JAS. TWITCHELL,
Harness Maker, Saddler ' &e.'1
• While thanking his many friends for the liberal patronage
bestowed en him in the pact, would inform them that he
hat removed to big new Store, in V1CT01tIA,fLOC1f,
where he .will be pleased to meet all his old custofnerr,
and as many new ones as niay favor him with their pat•
renege. He has onband a largo stook of
Heavy 'and• Li .:ht HARNEss,
+• • . ori )lobes, horse Rionlcets, Wimps, die., •
r�County..
tr .�the ou t
'W if . e•w 1l sell as e asanymaker in C
hie h t e l Aeon
.� ..�•.w...,,,, •. INSi'kC•TYQN OP STOCK AND PIZI;i•,L"`S SOLTO):TLZ7.
ROOMS TQ LET,—Several rooms to let, at reasonable rates, suitable for .offices, dc., in.
,
the story above thea 'pp, in the building ltnown as Victoria Sleek. • .
Ajway'g on hand, first and second class SHINGLES whtoh •will be sold cheap for cash,
:Clinton,. Ian. t4, 1878. .