HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-08-03, Page 10syr Ty�Tv�1aAT NE'IV Ej El A. PROPERTY CHANQEB —Mr. J. Fitzpat-
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THURSDAY, UG, 3, 1882 $25¢ fort a house to el Frtzsitnons,nho paid
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GARDEs7Iivc.—We doubt if there is an
(10101 6�! OflI C other private garden in town, of anything I
like the sande size,, inwhich is grown so
large an amount and so great a variety of
fruit, as in the garden'of Mr.W.C. Searle.
Almost every inch of ground is utilized,
He has plum, apple, peach and cherry
trees;; black and red currants, "several va-
rieties of gooseberries, some of which will
measure over four inches in circumference;
beautiful raspberries -10 varieties -while
the largeness ofIda 'strawberries—of which
he has a dozen different kinds—are well
known .and about twenty-five different
varieties of grape vines, all growing lux
uriently, testify to'his skill as an horticul-
turist. The garden which covers about
half -an -acre; ahows.a state of :perfection
which only constant and dilIigent , labor
could- accomplish, and though the ex -
Mayor is sometimes chided with "having
nothing to do;" --those who inspect his gar-
den and remember thatit is -cultivated
mainly by himself) will rightly conclude
that he has quite sufficient to attend to.
Among the others who may be classed
ds "amateur gardeners" is Mr. Thos. Hol-
loway who has an acre on the eastern li-
mit of Princess street, where he devotes
his spare time: Mr.'Hollovvay is quite a'
"nurseryman" and here he has a good va-
riety of trees which he has raised himself,
doing the grafting in the middle of winter
when sitting by his fire side.' Pear trees..
seem to be his choice, as he hasalmost
all kinds thereof, and trees set out this
spring now having fruit on them— a very
unusual occurrence. Any ;amount and
every variety of vegetable as grown by him,
and judging by his 'success last year, he
will make some of the "professional gar-
deners" take a back seat at the next 'fall
show. Hisplot shows exceedingly good
cultivation and cares
Another garden worthy of notice is that
of Mr.Wnt.Rattenbury, on Ontario"s"treet,
who, notwithstanding the fact that he is
a very old -man, has-one-of.the-best -'culti-
vated gardens in town. He is fortunate
in having a very finejpiece of black moldy -,
land, -which enables r him to raise vege
getabies and small fruits of all kinds, that J
cannot be surpassed. Mrs. Rattenbury
QUICK — On Tuesday morning
the early train on the Grand Trunk ran
from Seaforth to this place in the unpre-
cedented time of nine minutes; distance
eight miles. The reason for running at
this rate was a desire to reach this station,
before 8 a.m.
WELL Doi a.—One day last eek Mrs.
Ferguson, of this place) a lady 77 years
of age, undertook to bind one side of a
field of fall wheat, and accomplished it as
easily as one of younger years would.
She also stooked it. The work was done
for pleasure alone.
MARKET NOTES. — Prices for almost
all articles keep, pretty- firm yet. Goose-
berries, black and red currants sell at 10e.
a quart ; raspberries, 8 to 10; new pota-
toes $1 a bushel, but as they are a plenti-
ful crop they won't stay at this figure long.
Good • butter is in demand at 16c, Eggs
have ruled higher proyortionately than.
anything` else this year, and~are quoted
at -18c.
CLINTON.ORCHESTRA.=At a meeting.
of this society last week it was decided
that partiesdesirous of becominginembers
could do so on payment of $1.: The fol-
lowing persons put down their names as
members :—Messrs. C. Blackstone, Hugh
Scott, H. -Cooper, T. Combe, T. Carling;
H. Keeling, G.Young, G. J. Cluif, W. H.
Ransford, and J. Smith.
MUNICIPAL DOTS. -Some of the men
lately employed on the streets have gone
harvesting where they can earn more mo-
ney. A couple have been•retained to fix..
up some of the ditches and" repai-r'the•
sidewalks where necessary. The thistles
around town have been cut, but the way,
the stubs are growing another trip will be
necessary later on. Somesoi_the_shade
trees are .injured by -cattle -rubbing -them;
and even biting off the tops.
Nov YET SETTLED. = Last week the
Assignee of the John Scott estate had de-
tided to accept' the offer of Mr: Hy. Ste-
vens to purchase the planing factory, and
had notified him accordingly, when Secord
& Cozzens, one of the :creditors, .issued a
writ, and, of course, Mr. Stevens would not
accept the property under the circum-
stances, and so the matter stands atpres-
ent. We believe it had been his inten-
tion to start it running at once.
OLDER STILL.—Our item of -a couple;
of weeks since, about articles of a by -gone
date, isunearthing quite:a number of an
tiquities. Mr. James Scott has the lead
now, having .a plate that was brought
from Scotland in 1651,. and so .much does
he think of it, that it is carefully wrapped
np and kept under lock and key. There.
may be older articles still in the possession
- of some, and we shall be pleased to an-
nounce the fact if they will but inform us
of it.
A CHANCE FOR OUR FARMERS.—On the
18th of September the Ontario Experi
mental Farm, at Guelph, will dispose of
Shorthorn, Hereford, Ayrshire and Jersey'
Bulls, and a large fibmber of - eL ite'st r;
Cotswold, Oxford Down, Shropshire
Down, and South Down Rams and Ewes_
of unusual merit, with some Superior
Berkshire Boar and Sow pigs,;, from re-
cently imported
ecentlyimported stock. No reserve What-
ever, and easy terms of payment.. This is
an opportunity the stock raisers of Huron'
should profit by.
TALLY ONE.— Last week the firm of
Newton & Dennis, of this place, '.shipped:,
three sets of harness to Wm. Whitehead,
Winnipeg. One was a single set,, rubber
trimmings and finished iii a style td guar-
antee satisfaction. The price was $65,
The two others were double carriage sets
made of splendid material,; valued at $75
and $80 respectively. The ',above, ;firm' is
gaining widespread reputation for the ex-
cellency oftheir work, and this last order
speaks volumes for thein: -Brussels Post.
DEATH.—We regret .being called upon
to announce the death of Robert McLeod,
which occurred at the residence of his
mother, Ontario street, on Sunday even-
ing, from consumption. 'Deceased was
formerly in the employ of—Thompson &
Boles, but found it necessary to give up
work about eight months ago, since which
time he has been gradually sinking, al
though only confined to bed for -about two
weeks. • He was a bright and promising
youth, and his widowed mother has the
sympathy of many friends in her bereave-
ment. His brother John was summoned
home from Manitoba, but has not arrived
NARROW Escert.—Oise day .last week
Mr. John Beanmet with an accident than
might easily have resulted •fatally. He
was engaged at G. Diehl & Co.'s factory.
in fixing up a shafting by which to run a
turning lathe, and while running a belt on
a wheel it caught, and quickly taking up
the slack of the belt, instead of breaking,
as he anticipated it would, it pulled the
frame work supporting the pulleys 'down,
which struck hint with -fearful-force--on
the knees, ran up his body and struck him
beneath the jaw with such foi-ce nt to send
his teeth into his gums. One of the large
iron wheels was broken by the fall, and
some idea of the force may be imagined
when it is known that flie wh.e`el sTas mil.--
ing 200 revolutions a minute. The won-
der is that he was not instantly` killed,:
and it will,at all events,be some time be-
fore be recovers
r r
r t is from the b tises he
"sus-
tained.
EJAcuLATro`s.—Thus is, the fruit -can-
ning season. Thistles are as good, a crop
as any. Not a cricket or • lacrosse match
of any importance.yet played here this
season. Machine agents are busy. "Dry
goods men getting ready for a big push
this fall. The town is now lobkintr-its-
best. I.verybody and his wife "excurt"
to-daye There should be no -loafers just
now—farmers want all the help thy can
get. Thanksgiving day will be the next
holiday. Keep Kool if you Kan. Now::
is the time for business men vto get their
fall printing. Warm days and cool nights.
The street watering is attended to, in first-
class style,both when it rains and when it
is dry, The warm weather is encouraging
the house fly to ply"his vocation of wad
ing into everythinghe se's. 'Everybody's
inclination at present, is in the direction
of a pleasure trip, but everybody haSen't
got the time and money—there's the rub.
The heavy rain has flattened the grain
oats, barley or peas wont be gathered
with ease.
also takes an 'ctive-irterest'in the culti
vation and'care ofthe.gar"den. This gar-
den undoubtedly supplies the " largest
"family" in'town: ••
BRIEFS.=One day last week a private
picnic, composed' or parties'froni town,
was held at the river; two of the ladies.
present attem.ptedLto;cross the 'river. on a
board, but it turned and both were thrown'
into the water, being drenched front head
to foot.- Thompeon&Switzer have bought a
right of a new' method for - opening` -farm
gates.' Last .Thursday a load of Clinton-
ianswent,up'to the Point ,Farm. to,spend
the day, one among the number getting
his feet wet, took off:his shoes and seeks
and placed them near; a bush ;fire to .dry
returning soon after he was 'more'. than
Surprised to find nothilig but a:few ashes,
and lie had to borrow an outfit•to return
home. Funerals are almost of daily occur-
rence in Mitchell; they are of very. rare'
'occurrence ,in,'Clinton.: Messrs. C.Cruick-,
shank and N. Robson have adorned their
'premises ith-awnings , The'fou-ndation-
of Mr. Biggins' new houses on the London,
road, is nearly'oompleted.' The:employees_
of this division of tlie'G. W: R., held -their
annual excursion at. Port Stanley, on Fri
day.. Two umbrella menders, . hard=look
ing cases, and both ;'slightly drunk, were'
ordered to leave town last Thursday;` and
they quicklyacted onthe.injunction. Last
week,,M.essrs.'Doherty & Gibbings • ship-
ped fourteen organs; ;four of which were
for patties, in Quebec city; not bad for a:
slack time of the' year. r.
M. Jas. Keane:
brought us a goodsample of red ctirrants,'
on Saturday, that were only slightly';' in-'
ferior to those of -,Mr, 'Rattenbury. The.
regularmeeting of the town council ' will
be held next Monday evening. •On-infor-
mations laid by 'oonst;able Paisley, the
Mayor, on Saturday, fined J; TIowson, jr.;
:$1 and costs fo'r allowing boys under :18
years of age . to • play billiards.. Mr.:W.-
lloherty has improved the :appearance ` of
bis. premises by the erection. ot:a neat at-
Lice fence ; the next thing in order is a few
•ornamental trees.,. ;Mr. R'. `M; Racey's
property on Rattenbury streef` has been
so greatly improved. by the. judicious use
of shrubbery, &e.;',that it is now one' of
the finest privateresidents in town.' The,'
demand for fruit in this town has been'.
larger this Lha ;;any previous, year ; souse
quently merchants are selling large quan-,'
tities of sugar. Rev. J.J. Rice picked upr;
a-composing'stick in the NEW ERA office'.
and set a few lines the':other clay, with. ,the
reniark "that's the first type I've set for 15
years";;he•publisheda paper many year's
since in,'Prince'Edward Island'; and the
art of type -setting,' oncelearned, is very:'
rarely 'forgotten. A subscriber writes as.,
follsws=`The reason why the.town ditches
smell ib: bad and are So- dirty is'because:
people;let stuff from their yards and water
closets tun into 'them, and the council
Sbld look into this and once."
Otl OU atop P it at
'Things have been exceedingly quiet ;in
town during the past week,. owing to
farmers --all. being busy..: The next:sitting_
of the Division Court,here;, Will be ori he
18th inst. Mr. J. J. 1Vlllianis has the
boss canary:for whistling. • The founda-,
:tion of Mr. Shepparci's: building on Huron
street has been laid. Mr. Redin'end'slarge,
a-ddition to liis -house will 'much . improve-
its appearance, Messrs, G. )J. Pay and W.
Jackson- have •succeeded: in getting quite
a number of subscribers- to the Hullett
Agricultural Society: if -they, can't get
people to subscribe no one else can. The
frame wprk-af the new G.T.R. station is'up
The youngest :daughter'of Mr. John Cun-„
inghame had its leg severely sprained the
other day, by'a fall. Mr. Alex. Armstrong
was the recipient of a beautiful:oil paint-
ing the other day; it was the work of his
sister -iia -law; Miss Bellamy, and is a very
creditable -piece of work. There -was more
business transacted in' town on Tuesday
afterndon; than there' fvas altogether the
previous Friday, ,Saturday and Monday.."
-The man who found it necessary to saw_
his 'wood on Sunday 'evening might,, at
least, have. waited until after the people
,,had gone home trout church. - We,are in-
formed that an American from Ohio made
Mr. A. Innes a Very tempting offer for
.,Sorrel Clotid and his draught stallions
(colts) this week, which vas not accepted.
Itis said that an Englishman, en route to
Chicago with fifty stallions, %intends' ,to
bring twelve of .them to' this place for"d'is-
posal. The Clinton Lacrosse Club go to
Windsor.. to day (ThUrday). to play a
game,
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