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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-08-03, Page 10syr Ty�Tv�1aAT NE'IV Ej El A. PROPERTY CHANQEB —Mr. J. Fitzpat- �j�/"l lel 1°� rick :has sold asmall house oalot66;Bondstreet THURSDAY, UG, 3, 1882 $25¢ fort a house to el Frtzsitnons,nho paid 9a house andslot, -^_,..�� 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, JOB LOT 'or Ladies and Misses wear. em st complete Hat a Store in the west. agnificcnt:9ssorf:ItiAt in all classes JACKS() amus Hatter be them. The prices "were never heard of in this Count..Y before. -:THE DRY G oODS . EMPO-RIL?1I' OF CLINTON. you want . to see Largest Stock, Best Quality and Cheapest. Goods the County, GO TO The Finest and Largest , Stook of le Special ecial Bargains in t=ans.. the balance .of ray stook' of M'LTPT ..BE SOLP CHEAP. Conte .aid seeus' whetlxear. you • bu' or not.' Baby. Carria -es-and Express waggons, Cro- quet, Lacrosse, Music ,& MusicBooks... Grood Harr i ocks for °$2. GENERAL NEWS AGENCY CHRIS. DICKSON. CiZAIT3,-, DACWIIIATER & C1O'S OLD STAND. T$ 'TO 'BE F"O'ZTND H,T (508'S CLOTHI r:TRMi: it SUIT. Beautiful Patterns and large assortment. THUS. JACKSON, Jm] TOTE cLOTT=IRS. I Clanton •' 'Victoria, •Bloel�,