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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1878-05-23, Page 8" 8 +( LT tiT TO N NEW ERA. -,I -goat wotto, h+,iecltanio0 7 nrtltute, Tho regularanuual meeting of the Me- chanics' Institute was held on Wednes- day evening last. After the transaction of ,i'oittine business the a'eport of the BcreleComuttttee wa'gi'eac,sGowiingtete. to be 1,321 volumes in the Library, 104 Baying been added :during the ,pest'year. The report of the Directors, as follows, was read :- - , AN.45AF nEPOar. Oa presenting this, then eighth an6u Ire•, o - ho'directors 'e rae ob t e s'd . end ttae Pbe P state'�;itatathe Institute is still maintaintig its peeitiein ip the public estimation as is evi. denied by the increasingly large number of books°and periodicals' Akan. out during the. year just closed,, The various'duttos of the Institute, as con- templated by the statute, are Well with the exception of that pertaining to the de- livery •of lectures and the holding of public ou- tertainmetrts, inr•whioh department of their werk the directors feel that they have not boon able to. do as much as: they' could wish, on as- cotint'ot these having,. on previous occasions, •proved to be failures in a, financial point of on. the amount expon'tetl in four years he computed 14 less of 20 cents per busbcl,. anhonntiug in all to 0,000,000, which, he stated, was a direct loss to ,the %m- ere, If farmers . were protected their eons would not be leaving. home ; 'there would. be less • drudgery on the farm ; .l farins would be able to take more leisure, and do • more brain and ' less physical work. He. pietuxed the farm- ers as .person's having no enjoyment, i re ti -i ("°" iuelinatiUtr 't z' stady, and said their pursuit was ono not calculated to develop the intellect.. ELe quoted the imports of flour front the States, and said American lieut. should not be permitted free, as ourown would then be consu'rned here; 1elieted. that Indian corn should not be permitted tit come in -free,- •because -it -'•entered into competition with prix coarse grains. • Ire' cited an illaistration . show it was: cheaper for feed, but na iin1 ained it • was. an injustice to farriers: • Re then spoke of iniiiortation of animals, &c:, in the coins() of which ,he charged Hon. D., Mills. with, Wilfully making, misleading .statements in regard to the value and amount of inpotts.:• .'Ro afterwards.•en- tered into the subject of protection to' manufacturers, . sointing.. co 'Cytitt: he • teriued the prosperity of the United' States, and comparing it. with the de- pression existing here, and stated that he believed he had proved conclusively that protection was.the only thing that would make Canada prosperous,' great and happy. He. next referred to ,tlie filtaneee , of the coiurtry, compared the expenditure of the present adminis . tration with that 'of Sir Jghn, entered into the Bost of maintaining the differ- ent . departments, aucl claimed for 1►is, leader the credit of being the most eco- noanicit1. Referring ta the Paoifio Scall- dal the sand' lie would not defend or con- demn what Sir John had dont,' but be-, lieved it wotild be bettor if there were less of thsso and'similar charges and re- criminations With. reference to our pub, tic men. • Condemned Mr. "Mackenzie• for the.St. Franees'Lock'affair, the pre- mature Purchase of Steep Rails): and Characterizerl .thein :as the most' stupid blenders- ever Per netrated by the " work- ing rnain,'•{llhiekep+, ' ie." • He spoke of t1 al •fiind to rrr ..a ova ; t rare ni, Northern 1 Ott 1 N it o Sir, Jo1niA. and,justified him, in not re- funding the:an of nt as be''e as not aware (*:responsible for tree source front -whence it °ante ; he spoke of the 4tempta'to 'in- jure liis reputation, and denounced thenh as "fotil:mouthecl slanders. ".:. In con; chiding he said the'Reforil patty were not'to biotite for the present state,of affairs,: tbr. • their .leaders .had- misld them, and: wi't a'no longer. Wertby'of the people's: confidexice,`'nnd 'he nrgod one and all, it 'they !vi'slred terace their fuc tonics '-lK •,..:- and the :c:oihatty ..snitched froin the ver;ge,of national"; ruin, And on •behalf of their children, 'and children's chiidr'eii, to . give• Lira • their confidence array --„hitt;. . ' . When .'lie '011141010d his remarks there were not more than seventy five• persons present; blit oth:rrs kept, gradu- ally dropping in, until. there was a good atidience, ;a'large' ntinibcr of those pre-. senor: being Reformers. ' He was atten- tively tteit- tivei y ••listened • to ' throughout., ..not the slightest iinte •reption in any , way tak- ilig place. At the' coiicltision any• one was given 'an oliportunity to ask gates, tio11's or reply,..bltt'ixo ono availed' them- selves of the ' privilege, • The speaker was occasionally npplanclecl during his remarks . and at the, close ' Mr, ,Tracey liar k = the f r. tb r a ttei cl- t. eco e h .1 1i anee • and good order, . when they dis- persed. ` • . The number of hooka and periodicals taken out duriug the year is considerably in advance of past years, and the Reading Room is, as in the past, doing a good work, by diffusing 'a taste for reading atno,ug the different clashes of the community. .A. large number of books of the,latest issue hayebeen added to the Library, and tui "ad- dition has also been 'made to the number of magazines in the Reading Room. The evening classes, under the charge of Mr. lames Scotttanci Miss Idunteastle, are still •• 'operation; and form an i 'portant'part,of the work of the Institute. :''he attention of the young ieloalletl'to them., fi ;,'The'thanks of the, directors are also due to 't tbe-Mindoipal Council, for their grant of $71i to the funds of the Institute for the.•preseit. Year: They would ask the co-operation o; the friends of the Institute in the endeavor to have the annual grant iuereased.ta $100 in future. years, for: the sake of its increased efficiency and usefulness. . The number of members and subseribers is , 215, as opposed to 187 of last year:.. • The number of books aild'periodioals issued is 3126", as against 7911: of last year, The number of Mks in the Library is 1396. The number of magazines 17, newspapers 17, and reviews 5, making a total of 39, as,opposed 32• • to of last report. • The Treasurer's Re rt shows v s the Sinn of gown has been vooeive'cnn the course of year, and that the sum of $637.73 has been, ex- Ii ended, leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 8525. ' , The folloviug officers were then eloct- ed' for • the ensuing. year .:-President Jas. Turnbull ; lst Vice -Pros., Dr: Few- ' ler; 2nd• Vioe=Pres,, ••]7 iv1.' Malloch ; Pi*•eas., R. -Coats ,•• -Librarian, Jas. Scott.; Secretary,F. W. Watts. J)irectors :---- G. -- G. W. Railton, Jas. Combe, E. Corbett, F. Whiting, C. Stevenson, , T' AlcGarva, J'E. Bryant, and; \Y. 0. Searle 'Votes. ° - o Aryan f„t 1i atrlGs, «eine titer: -tendered •'.tlhe`Councilfor their grantof 75; -to the Book Committee, auditors,' oflicl's,'and to those who hacl clonated'jiapers and pe;, • • riodicals to the Inst ittite. alit. 1'O T11:11'$ AElMkt Ss. On. oiiday.evening, Mr. Ppr'ter,•116 • Conservative nominee for'.5ontli Buren, delivered' an address in• the . town .hall here. Hods inalting a tour of the r'idinn being accompanied by 14I'essry.: lsaae'Ca - ling and Geo. Jackson,, Mr. Porter ap- peared alone upon the platf'or'm, and \vats. introduced by the chairman, Mr. R. Racey. 'After •n .low ieti'odatetory1;re- )narks, be entered upon Iris spee•oh' by taking the subject,of protection as the first point, ( e i t and h said, . n as this was 1 , 1 :t "great question and one . of t ital' interest to Canada, it •was. worthy of serious con- sideration.' 'tic maintained thet.under. the present revenue tariff system Cana- da would.eventuallybeabsorbed by.tho Unitech -SW*, but with a proper protec- tive tariff its resources would' lie deve- loped, otir own interests would be con suited, and Canada • would become a great co entry.Protection was alio ie- quired for agriculture, whi'eb, lie 'said,. was.' the great basis of it country's -wealth. When farmers were prosperous every • io o else were so, and vice ,versa, but hen a country was`litirely' au:, agricul- trill ono it was thiitaty” settled, conse° uently' i1e products had to be shipped a long way to find a iitarket,and the farmer had to labor for others, tbe.ship- pens, who constntne his profits, 'Whoa manufacturers were introduced it creat- ed a hone market, turnedrho desolate places into populous and busy centres of trade, ancl,.he contended, they were_, es" sential to the farmer's well-being, as'th . sale of his products at home would save • the expense of a- king land and sea' voy- age, besides keeping the tummy' in the country. Farmers deserved great praise for their perseverance, but if they had 'lad protection years since, as lie said they, sbould have had, instead of being poor and needy now they. would be well off. Ile said that some people, asked,. "If Sir John was so eager for;protection wind did lie not -introduce 'measures to that end when in power?" To this question he replied that, the circuit- stmees wero different, From 1864 to 18/6 a reciprocity' treaty hath existed. between tire' two countries, and, after its repeal, various attempts were made to sqecure a renewal of it, but these failed, IElehen went into a lot of th on t figures 'with reference to the imports of wheat 'from thUnited States,.claiming that by its fro admission Canadian farmers were: " red in compelling to 1n � C seek a foreign. 3 .dg n market foe"the amount thus displaced. w . a . �e �at< :tli►Yrt V h protection our own .. 'ct 1 wheat4ytiailittte consufanecl at home, and, 4.f " Wiwi' is money 1 asks the Clinton N'nw ERA " We: don't know exactly, but nvo think' Is „is the'stuff a,malt'gives to a boarding-house keeper for pretending that she is keeping hint while he is sup-' porting 11m-7—London, Advertiser, • BATTIER •Irta ani -m. --•A. number of farmers living hear Clinton halve lately handed its samples of tall fan wheat, of which we gt+ •° notices, One of our hands went oat in the country one day. last, week, and brought back what Iic saicl°was a sample of wheat that could wax them all, 'as it was nearly four feet ]nigh and thellead Wass formed, bit which, on closer inspection, turned 'out to be a stalk of rye. Greeny ' gets mad" .now when called an early rye -set, ItuxA}ve:v:-(:tn'Tltursday evening'a spatlt of lior'ses• belonging to Mr. Stirling, of Gotlerieb, township, that trail been tied to a loose board, rain away here,, with the -board attached, and as it kept striking ,hem, only added to their speed. They ran into the freight yard. df. ,the G. T. R., where a team had just been driven, loaded with harrows; these they caused to run also, and for a few-mine- tes the soeate was an exciting orae, TI►e wliitletree of Sterling's team broke, by the horses running each side of a post breaking tite'neck yoke strap, and lines,. thereby saveing the 'earriage.from being injured, and the reach of Mr. PicketVe waggon broke, damping' the harrows out in close proximity to a little . child. Then occurred a "motor life." Pickett's team, with two wheels attached, and himself, occupying art uncomfortable pc), sition thereon, had the lead,' andthe the others were close behind, and gain- ing. . The ` or:nie t , ` f r...se ur h t�lri n chance of fety layingetting ooitot of their way, tdclenly wheeled to the fence' thereby stopping his own horses, the Others quieting down noon after. THE CLINTON NEW ERA. Bora lines of railway give reduced fares to -morrow.. • Ma, Ones, ,Wutmrrlak, ferrner)y of this town, will soon open a tin shop at Brumfield,. Oil Thursday night last seine one, for a joke,: took the trouble or patting a wheelbarrow on top of• Cantelon's car- riage shop, • OntirrY Council will • assemble in Owlet herr sen~ -,•Ise•• -3t e€4 -tae text: -• Among the other matters that wily corns up will be the question of a Poor Reuse for the County; . Arrnth s,. -,=Wo understand that the _Conservatives have • appealed: against r: n .o about .'Ja . taros n tlte-Vottht s -List -.of this: and the Reformers 80, Anice Kate, in toe for -the Jar IN fin itepnpublished two weeks since, stating the purchase of soiree land on the Base tine by Mr. Gorrell, ,a, cypher.' Ceeetecl: a mistake of: pop. • The pro- perty ro-perty was purchased :t41',800, not 000. A • Critiosrr"y;-.-Ono; 'day hist' week Mr. R.,Fitzsinions, of this place, killed a groundhog that •was 'quite a, curiosity. ▪ It Was minus a tail;and aliparehitly • nover'ltad one,, and in place of hind legs, had two toes, each about two inches long, by moans of which it, lnanaged.to: hop along, though slowly. • Contrr;zalENTAitx. -;Last week, Iii'. J. A.McLellan;: M. A. L. L. D., inspector of High 'Schools, was here in his official capacity. Re expresseal himself as well pleased with the proficiency. manifested in the several. departtbents,• rind paid ,a compliment to'the school by stating that x'aiked iiimong•tbe highest in the -Pro - vines,. • OA'rrLac,•—Tie Berlin N'etvs of Moq, day says :---',Messrs. Spooner, Moonij,. ,Watson & .Co,,. of: Clinton, the.: well known. cattle dealers,. bought a Atte lot or cattle iii Ilenifries•,and Blenheim •w1iie1 Vere delivered to `them here. The 'price:paid was:$4.75 a hundred. :The, beeves were very, heavy and ,in 'good condition.- This fine stock is all.fot the English Market.` • • Tmx WooL . SEAsoN. Now` that 'the 'wool season is • app,oaching, . Tat -Mere, should bear in mind that now,ere else can they get their carding done to. bet-, for , advantage 7 than :at the Clutton 'Woollen Mills The : machinery is all of the .most ihulroved kind, and the pr'o- pr fetor being ,ix'pk'actical and tiioroegbly. reliable 'man,, the; public' can depend upon .having their Work well done . • CO3b1 NliAntJ ZEAL, --.--•A former .sea- faring Lunn,: bat iiorv.to resident of Gode., rich, went on board the•Manitoba while waiting there a •short time: :last week,; arid' WithBible n hand ndea red .'t Wai'n,aiI' of;tlle folly 'of an urigoclly life; ' awe] flog' particularly upon the perils oL. the .deep .,'atld dangers :besetting 'tile' A sailors, and closed this address by 'an exhortation to all to, r` accept the 'grand old prinei ales• of the Bible as their guide and mainstay. for ._life:" MV1M. r 23, 1878, Suaar frost on Tuesday night, ., TUE= are over a0 11oz'ses in town to take part in -the races.. 1111x1. Jos. ' Wheatly has bought out ” Cabby" and will carry on his business. Usssus, Grassiok d Oanninghanhe have introduced a handsome soda water rountain. TUE w.ork.of re-eanstruotiug Messrs., Searle Biddleconbe's buildings'. has. need — • NII,. C. R. CoixuarpEa, (a former re- sident and business man) is now . on ..a, visitt to his friends here. Tartu, houses put up by auction on Saturday; .iv_e1e all bid in. They were Wawa -:A. belles, T. RieVand•W. ' `l'rifiTitANGi,. ,—...A. meetiug of the. County Temperance Associiition will be held in the towu liall, liefe, on the 20th of; Jttihe. CouNTEnverr four doller'bine, on the, "Dominion Bank," are in .circulation. Oarreaders.should be on the look out for them... ' AccerntNT.--On : Wednesday, while; working at Mrs, Carson's ne'W building' on King street, •Mr. John Spinx struck the second finger of his left hand, with.. a hammer, and neatly severed it. 'Bra an., --4t is estimated that' at -the' Ipresent time the three baker's• in Clinton:. manufacture find dispose .of the. large number of 1,400loa.'es.of'bread 'Weekly.. They supply .neighboring; villages. WE understand that 6lrs:, 1),. Morrow, 'of Strafford:late of`. iis't- wn: bas came here to undergo the o Aeration of iii Iii D I a 1 •tation of her leg, an injury on' the knee, from whichshe bas been suffering for sense time post, making it necessary. ,& OALa -The. Presbyterians of this 'town, at a meeting held yesterday, unani- mously. decided' to oxtead as call to Rev. Mr; Stewart, a gentleman who rias •oflici •. atetl' on several occasions, and : was for-. merlv•n'missionaryin •the north=west. Dimmer r MEarxsios.-L-On''Tuesday. and. Wednesday of lust ; week, the Dis- trict Meeting of the Bible Christians, was held in their. chhith • here. On Tuesday and Wednesday of t1rs Week .the:Methodist District "Meeting Was field' -at: Seaforth. 1878, SPRING. L'I'rre .-• •Not long since two Clinton youths, who iiriagiine themseltves adepts in •tlie Manilalilamlon • of ,Nieces of paste- board-othe.'•wise eartls cable. eterosS a• very rustic -looking stranger, whorir they' thought they -: could fleece • in a game of cards: The- two . were soon. raking in . the single"' dollars from the stranger to their own satisfactiorn,. When he suggested 'that they make the' stakes thinking 1 lailrlYrlr Y rho 'had what is 5 termed n. " sure tiring" they readily com- plied and increased thein accordingly, when rustic went in to rvini, and cleaned the stakes from •the board. " He was a 'stranger and ho teak them in." It.triten Deist Eoue. --A.• person in. town whom we shall call A 'has some fine. Lefts ; neighbor E. wants a setting of eggs front them; hitt clooe not wrath to pay theme price asked. ' Hk- therefore takes an ordinaryegg, and tel1s•A s son that he will give him one of these and five cents for every egg of the good kind he will fetch Trim, A's son, knows nothing about the difference between. his fatliet and I3, but hes his, suspicions aroused, However, he takes`'•a dozen of tlto cottenort eggs, one at a time; re ceiv©s hisfive cents eaf It therefor, and Promises to return otlter ones for there, but, instead;of•so doing he returns. the same eggs,.Ii not discovering the differ-, once, If that boy don'tbecome a Coun•- eillor, ib wvoii't be becanso be is not, sharp enough. • FnciST' A;N17 Sostlh',--Ile§srs. Frost• and Joslin have been laboring in Deep River, Conn., for something•over a week with extraordinary success. The church- ea hurches where the meetings are ,held are crowded to their •utmost capacity, and over four 'hundred have signed the pledge Mr, Frost is a reformed man, an enthusiasti0 speaker; and carries his' audienees.by storm., . Mr. Joslin is en excellent singer, and by his efforts in' the musical Iine contributes largely to 'the success of the movement:- -bratty of the .people rank him with Sankey, as a singer., A temperance reform club was organized, on Monday evening. The'• meetings will close With a grand rally on Wednesday evening at the Baptist church. The Chester Cornet 'Band will be present and furnish music for the oo- ion... Messi �.aanacs -i ' 1-,1'oglirt go to Chester on Thursday. to oomwenoe a series 'of meetings there, 'whicli will be held in the town itaall. 1Irtri/ord., Cort»:,, raper,. , VS?nuvxx o.. -.Boys ii?d other;, will be required to abstain tions setting off fire- crackers on the streets or in the .sleigh• boyhood of bilildin s;.to,•inorrow, Their can go on' to vacant.. lots and enjoy themselves in discharging firo*orks to theih': hearts' content. • • Soos conies the tine when • the fries begin' to. .contribute _ to : the,: nowsl)ar)er and otlter `a'iticles:;' Tim .„ following iis, a' Sunil l fry's` Inst yet.r's coat, Ositioih='on• pr,. 1i Pictiii e Mine ,at.le.a: st' was ori' .a picture frame until .our better' e wash-. (1.1. -it off. and sa oi). • • (':rretai:— Last week Mr, Neil 4latlie: son snipped a eat' loud otexcellent cattle to Toronto, and next -week be will ship. a car load, pet -chased fox the English .411arket,ainong the 'mintier. being .1;3 head purchased from. lir. ,Jules Fair, at S cents per lb.' live lveigllt, that arc really fine animals. • MAc:isTPA.'rEs' ,Cot�ttr. -On Wodiies- day Mr, Josh,• Inwoodivas'tiocl before Messrs. Meatrva .and Searle,: cltargod with bieach of pound by -haw, and fined $Laud costs, in all :5,50, ' '.f,'it'o females' were "cbaj'ged with being: inmates ofa $5 c i,'r 1 ' s r, aura rte hens l o one was fined l f •1 and costs; the other $2 aid costs. Soor,tr..,=The social to be given in town ]hall; to -morrow eve'itiing,• promises to bo one of unusual merit, The ladies. having the matter in, hand have inadrz, greatpreparatioin for the entertainment of the crowd who aro likely to.itttedd.'. Door's open's, seven o'clock, entertain - trent to commence, at eight. Settiots Accfnnvr.•-.-•On Wednesday.. last, while engaged In •plowing, life E. Mountcastle, of this town, sustained; a serious: accident.. While - at work -itis. plow struck ix stone, and he Was: thrown Prward on'tbe handles; seriously hurting is chest. Seep. , was the force of the concussion that the plow was almost thrown over his head Anti. Bnox•Ets.-Ivies. ''fir, 11tottut caistle had the misfortune` to fall down ,stairs and break her right arm and in- jure her shoulder. yesterday. ' 14ledical aid was at once obtained and the frac- ture reduced, and we are glad to say she is tiow doing as well'•sis,can be ex pectod. Her drawing. classes Will be attended to during her affliction by Miss Cole, . • �+ BASE BALL. --.The first inateh of the Season took' pinee on the ball grounds, on Friday afternoon, between the Daunt- less and the ITigln School Pleb, of this lace, resulting in su1 a victor fr the place, g Y fernier, by G 'runs,” The following is the sere by the innings "c . Innings, 1234556 1S9 Dauntless, . 0 0 0 '3 5 0 0 5 0.-28 High School, 0 2 1,0 0 2 4 5.-23 N' EwsirdtrOtttat. —The first nttniber'of the ViMer Reflector, published by Messrs, -White Lt., Carrick, was received', last Week. It is of large size, well printed, and supports the ,Slaekonzie Government, , As Mie 'Carrick is well ig: known .and •popular•' in that neighbor- hood, there is every likelihood they will meet with a good share of success. We hope it will be a true reedier of Orley good and •tipright'rritseiple. THOS.KSOHc t, • izOI3A1•?l 1; VILTO1tIA BLOCK, CLiWI ON, ON EBSAIiLI$I3Eb l854, : , krirWith ock int eve e ram t 's 'still o t ilete ith the Our st haq,,tb . d pa en a o rel all Novel find . AMERICAN .STIFF 'HATS,- SOFT FUR VATS. ties in _ ° , t andl`.the latest AMERICAN CAPS. WOOL- F[`ATS, al s . , Some - s :llendid, new p 'LINEN. -HATSand "GAPS;' . • Bees in ::YOUTHS and BOY'S II- ATS. -e - • • k:; JUST RECEIVED, NEWEST DESIGNS . INWRITE Ad FANCY : VESTINCS. OLIN TON, Atay lar; l$7t3:, • SSA * OATOSS ;MST* AVInt•ZcS, CO 442110112$0 VIOS MI* *•4 GRASSICK&�CUNNIN6NAME'S They aro selling oat the. balaneo of this season's r'LO`IS=ERS at a groat deal less...than cost. Those in *ant of cheap plants. will do well to call and see their stool:'. HAVING;•'pL:1tCIIASED ONE or Tuft's Artie. Soda Water Fountains. -,• ' ` ,ft drinks They aallof tete � oy g u supply those favoring therm it-tlitlioir cus..toan, pith kinds pcrouse =Om ORiusix• . ICy� OR,LE. 7.'hey have nut got 'through 'Bonito Cleaning, and have fitted 'tap he Cream parlors,'' where a'll'oan bo aecontaxoclttod.• ICE CREAM f 1iLIVEI1ED• TO AN' 'PART Or TEE, '7`0W `. A FRESH LOT • OF CANNED. ' coot's -b UST ' RECEIVED. • HUN I Y • • FRIT' .Or ALL SINGS IN SEASON. Ali, �fNBST' SRA1� S OF CONFSCT O�iAR) MIT' -=•--ay00- HE+a CELEBRATED VANITY FAIR ,CO 6ACCO. T BY PACKAGE, OR BULK, FINE MARS WHOLMALt. AND ILEUAIL. OVER ONE HUNDRED DIITFftEXT STTh1 S OF i , XV" .PIPES,.Wlfcn THEY Arils SBLL1NG AT aoSD.. _ Remember that anythinggot front their btorecan be returned, if not hair 'reprebeatted', Clinton, ?lay, 18/8. 011,ASSX0K ac CUN'NINGF1AME. z