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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1887-12-02, Page 3PEID.AT,•_ EEOEMBBB( 2, 1887 ( BUFFALO BILL AI3ROAP 1 A I R'S SZV$NTY YEARS. ,Ah t ;here he le, lad, at the plough ; $e, boate the boys'for work, And wbcteoe'er the task might be `'lone ever sac! him shirk. +'td be'oan•laugh, too, till his eyes I{11n o'er with mirthful tears, ,And eiiig full many au old-time song, 1n eptte of seventy years. "qqod morning, friends I 'tis twelve o'clock ; ince for a half-hour's rest,' Andfanner John took out his lunch And ate it with a zest. "A harder task it lea" said he, "Than following up these steam, Or mending fences, far, for me To feel my seventy years. You ask me why I feel so young, •I'm sure, friends, I can't tell, But think it is my good wife's fault, Who kept me up so well ; For women such as she are scarce In this poor vale of tears ; She's given me love and hope and strength For more than forty years. .And then my boys have all done well, As far as they have gone, And that thing warms au old man's blood And helps him up and on ; My girls have never caused a pang, Or raised up anxious fears ; Then wonder not that I feel young And hale at seventy years. Why don't my good boys do my work And let me sit and rest? Ah ! friends, that wouldn't do for, me ; I like my on n way best. They have their duty ; I have mine, And till the end appears I mean to smell the soil, my friends," Said the man of soyenty years. • THE HUMAN AUCTION. Ho ! here are lives by the score to sell, Up to the platform, gents, and bid ; Make me an offer, they'll pay you well— All of 'em ripe for the coffin lid. Here is a woman, pinched and pal Plying her needle for daily bread ; Give me a shirt for her—more ou sale, Dying ! gentlemen—dying ! —dead A family, six iu number, hero, Fresh, from a cellar in Somers' Town Mother her sixth confinement near, Father and brats with fever down, 'Twas Pestilence spoke them, w•as it not ,d' An open sower," 1 think he said ; ty, his offer shall buy the lot, ng• -gentlemen !—dying !—dead ! Now, good customers, here's a chance; A.thousaud men in the prime of life, 'Wielders of musket, sword or lance, Armed and drilled for the deadly strife, a ---General Warfare lifts his hand— "A bnllett for each," cries the gent int red, No offer but his—fast flows the sand, Dying ! gentlemen !—dying 1— dead ! A body of toilers, worn end weak, Clerks, and curates and writing men— Look at the flush on each sunken cheek, Mark the fingers that grasp the pen ! Come, good gentlemen, can't we deal? Has Drudgery's eye for bargains fled ? He offers at last the price of a meal — Dyiug ! •gentlemen !— dying 1—dead ! Barkwell's Bronchial Balsam cures all kinds of coughs, colds, bronchitis and croup. Ask for Barkwell's, take no other. CHINESE FARMERS AND ' CHINA'S PROGRESS. There are reasons to believe that' the trade of this country with China will soon grow to majestic dimen- sions. Of the 'seven million five ' hundredu thousand dollars of exports to China in the last fiscal.year,near- ly five million dollars' worth was of distinctively agricultural products, and of their manufacture. Of the remainder, the largest share of min- eral oil; The Chinese Commission in the United States this year is charged especially with the promo- tion of banks, telegraph and tele- phone tines, behind whicli looins up the extension of canals, the intro- s. duction of railroads, of agricultural machinery, and of such of our pro- ducts as China needs, and she has need of many. Her house prodncts, aside from tea, are wheal-, millet, garden vegetables, rice, poor apples, peaches, grapes, etc. The food of China is mostly vegetables and fish —the extensive sea coast,rivers and canals supplying the latter. Beef fs almost unknown, except in the for- eign settlements, and berries are rare ; mutton is plentiful ; pork, poultry and eggs•are abundant. Do- mestic animals, except dogs, are not common. Horses are scarce, mules are numerous, cattle in small num- bers, but flocks and herds are un- known. The national habit is op- osed to change, and so the nation tiglit three hundred Million souls goes ,:in ' the good old way.' The United States broke the spell of centuries in Japan. It may yet do the same for China. We go for trade and progress,other nations for trade and conquest and colonies; and the Chinese leaders are beginn- eirjA to urdet'stand this. DTA. modernized agriculture, and the general introduction of railroads and waggon service, would rejuven- ate the decaying ' Flowery Land,' ..which is a bald misnomer for a land destitute of flowers and shrubs, tree- less, and with a dull herbage that eontrasts strongly with the culture that has made the American conti- nent to ' blossom like the rose,' and to be rich in various products that its enterprise bears to all parts of the civilized world. — American Agriculturiet for December. I exaw ins jni;o the failures,, .pots to mourn over there, but to ascertain if they were dee to avoidable causer, Ise: .to natural ,phenomena I eyoud j hullo.), control. We are apt to as- ' Brit e our l,.sse s to a Higher Power, but are we so ,eady to acredlt .our successes to the Saute controlling in- fluence ? The ',cieutitie tulntes,' so - celled, is the s••usible farmer, who sees that all Nature, on his farm or off of it, is goverued by wise and immutable laws. Those who study, to learn what are these laws, and how they can best work with them, are the most successful farmers; they are called ' scientific.'—Ameri- can Agriculturist for December. WOMAN AS A MARTYR. History records the sufferings of countless martyrs, and we read of them with weuder and sympathy.— But there are living again iu our midst thousands of other martyrs who have far stronger claims upon our con,ideration—women who are suffer - els from tLo e ailments peculiar to their sex, our wives, daughters and sisters, perhaps, whose lives ate an unremitting round of suffering. "Is there no relief;" they cry. Yes,there is ; Dr Tierce's Favorite Prescription will remove that "dragging down" feeliug, will banish that backache, will restore every function to its nor- mal condition.. To all su(terers from female complaints—and their name is Legion—we say,get "Prescription" at,once ; it will be worth far more than its weight in gold to you. —t..._ A LITTLE LOVE Ali I?MR---WHAT THE COWBOYS llliNtg bk' xT The success of ` our oa n' 13uf}'al�i $Ili—W. F. Cudy—iu .l ugland is very gratifying to his thousands of admirers on this side. There was more truth than zany imagine in 11is'reply to the inquiry : 'What ere you doing in England`? Chiefly playing poker with Duchesses,' The English nobility quickly 'cot- toned to' Buffalo Bill because they recognized that he belonged to a higher order than their own—Na- ture's nobility. Despite his wild life he early managed to acquire an education and the polish which makes easy even in royal society. ' His polish is the bitter fruit, it is said, of a young love experience. When a young man ou the plains, wild, woolly and unkempt in ap- pearance and character, he fell in love with a dashing little school teacher. Full of pluck and faith in himself, he proposed to her. She laughed at him and he—collapsed. After a time he braced up,bought some books, and began to study. His defeat proved his victory. The girl was his mascot, and his successes are due to her. Magnificent specimens of man- hood though they be ' b'ill's boys' are not perfection. Under date :— Buffalo Bill's Wild West Co., Lon- don; Sept. - 19, 1887,' D. W: Shoe= maker of the Cowboy Band, writes ' Some weeks ago 1 was suffering from great disorder of the liver and kidneys and general prostration. I was forced to quit work and take ray bed. I called 10 0 physician, who only afforded temporary relief. A friend induced me to take War- ner's safe cure, which afforded al- most instant relief, and after taking three bottles, I find myself in as good health as at any time in my life.' Two other members of the Wild West show, Mawe Beardsley, pony express rider, and Jim Mitchell, a cowboy, add to this statement of Shoemaker's, that in their long ex- perience on the plains, from change of water, climate and mode of life, and severe riding, they became sub: ject to liver and kidney diseases,and they have found a surd remedy for these troubles in Warner's safe cure, Mawe Beardsley says : ' I constant - ;y recommend it to my £riende.' .:Buffalo Bill has pluck and cour- ago and hard sense, and not only controls all the wild elements that make up the Wild West show, but controls himself. His experience as a scoutrtutkes ltinl wary, discreet anti shrewd. IIe quickly learns the best way to se- cure results, and, like netruerrien, has no prejudices against an thing that proves its merits. 1>uffaIo 13i11 is so popular in Eng- land he may eame home a ' Sir William.' But if not he will pro- bably enjoy himself quite as, well, having seent-ecl a fortune ample enough for ell his wants, title or no title. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorta, Whon etre wase Child, she cried for Caetoria, When eho became Mies, she clung to Caetoria, When eho had Children, she gave them castorii DENVER AS. ITIS. . 7'o the Editor of Clinton Sete Era, A former Clintonian writes from Denver under date of the 10th inat., as follows : - There are many more chances to make money here than in the east, but a fellow has to russel for it, and has to be shrewd and sharp as a Yankee. There is no complaint of hard or dull times—money is plentiful, and all kinds of business seems to be booming. We have a $1,000,000 Capitol, and a $1,000,- 000 custom house and post office in course of construction, a $ 1,000,000 Hotel talked of, and good five and six storey business blocks and dwellings going up by the hundred. The city has grown immensely since I came here.' I have made much more money since I carne here than I ever did in the sante time before, Now there is the other side of the balance sheet to be consulted. Liv- ing is much higher than in Canada. A place like nay former home would rent for $35 or $40 per mouth. Bread, etc., about the same as Clinton ; beef, 15 to 25 cents per pound ; chickens, 17c. per pound; turkeys, 20e. per pound; geese, lac. to 20c.; butter 35c. to 40c.; eggs 35 to 40 cents per doz.; milk, IOc. a quart; potatoes tic. a pound ; all vegetables 2 to 3c. a pound ; celery, 10e. a bunch ; fish, 20e. to 25c. a pound ; apples, 5 lbs. for 25c., or $5.50 per barrel ; day board, $450 to 57.50 per week, and rooms fur- nished $10,to $20 per month. You see it costs considerable to live here, and the price of wearing apparel is also very high. A man who has some capital to work on, or who has the ability to make his mark, can do well, and have the plea- sure of living in the finest climate in the world. A report has just been is- sued from the observatory here, which shows that for the last 15 years there have been but an average of three days in each year that the sun was not visible in Denver, While, as a sanitarium, it is a resort for invalids from all over the country. Since the- first of September we have had one continual blaze of sun- shine, except October 15 to 20, we had a cold snap and some snow. It is as dry and fine here now as you ever saw a July or August day, and as pleasant for the last 27 days as you ever saw a single day of Indian summer in Canada. They say this fine weather sometimes lasts till Christmas. SCIENTII+I C FARMERS. The intelligent farmer, who gives thought to his hnsiness, finds his mind occupied with matters belong- ing to the year that is just closing, while he also looks forward to the season rapidly approaching. Has the last year been a failure with some crops, while others have been unusually successful? We should FACTS VERSUS IMAGINATION. To the Editor of the Clinton Neu/ L'rct DEAR Sia,, -The article of your Kip. pen correspondent scarcely needs a re- ply, as it is irrelevent to Father Chini- quy ahnost altogether. There is a ti- rade against Orangemen, a tirade on politics, and a tirade on persecution, but there is no proof given that Chini- quy's statements aro not true; lie sim- sets his ignorance of the doings of Route against Chiniquy's positive knowledge of those Goings. I defy him to prove that Chiniquy's statements are not true. Ho charges Mr Chiniquy with an evil imagination. He is better acquainted with his own imagination; as to whether it is evil or otherwise, than he is with Chiniquy's. I wonder how he knows what another imagines ; he must know that Chiniquy die not require to ima- gine facts which cane under his own obsera-atiou. The truth is, your Kippen correspondent imagines many things that are not true in fact, and if his imagination is to be judged by his writ ings, I leave your readers to judge as to its -quality. lay his letter he sustains the charge made against him, of being more political than religious. Politics have evidently blinded his mind, and set him against Chiniquy. 'l'he..writer of this is not so partisan its political matters as to lose control of his judg- ment and individual thought, bat lois learned • that truth and rigitteonsncss stand pro -eminently high above all party politics. There Inc 0 good 01113' people who believe that both political parties have been too 'willing to sell Protestant interests to hone, its order to have its countenance asot suplSort at the polls, and certainly, if politicahpar- ti(s.axc anything like.y.our_liippesc cyx respondent,_they cannot be trusted with the Protestant interests of this country, for he appears to be so blinded that he cannot distinguish between things that differ. Then, as to persecution in the early reformed church, 1 hold, on the very best ground, that it brought the habit from the C'liurcb of :tome, and having just come out, had not fully given up the habit so deeplyrooted dur- ing the tirne it was with that corrupt and persecuting system. As the Re- formed Church became more enlighten- ed with bible truth, (the root and ground work of Protestant principles) the habit was given up. Who, among Protest- ants persecutes now? though -your Kip - pen correspondent would have people believe that clerics (as he says) like my- self and Chiniquy, do this thing. I wonder what Protestant minister perse- cutes. Was .it a Protestant minister that piled the faggots and applied the torch in Queers Mary's time ? What Protestant clerics have a bloody inqui- sition under their control ? What Pro- testant ministers lighted the fires or in- stigated the murders of St. Bartholo- mew's day? What Protestant minister struck a medal in commemoration of it? What Protestant minister or section of Protestantism concocted the Gunpowder Plot? And thus I might proceed. Per- secution is not a dogma of the Protest- ant creed, but it is a doctrine of the Roinish church, and esteemed a holy one,- and too well practised, as it, has flowed in through the centuries, sweeping and destructive. • The Orangemen aro able to defend themselves, but I know something of their constitution, and the object of their existence, >vliich is simply for th"e defense of the Protestant constitution of the British Empire, and if Orangemen opposed an act of the Government, or an officer of the State, it was because they believed that act, or -that officer to be moving on a line subversive to the Protestant constitution, and in hostility to Protestants, and in the same propor- tion to the benefit and support of Rome. I am charged with audacity for daring to defend a worthy man. As to whether the audacity is not on the other side I will leave the reader to judge. Then„ as regards good or bail English, look at his former article, and you will find a mistake, which I took for granted oc- curred in the printing. Correct the mistakes in my articles, which occurred in that way, and where is the bad Eng- lish. Doubtless he would rather thy letters had been written in French, so but few English speaking people could read them. He does not like the Eng- lish that calls him to account, and brands his attempt with a proper name. Your correspondent knows very well, and his readers know, that I never stated positively what he is. I Wonder if he oan tell himself. Mr Reith (for all the writer knows) may be a near relative of his own; that gentleman is altogether unknown to the writer of this. Yours, PROTESTANT. Ladies Only, The complexion is often rendered un- sightly by Pimples, Liver Spots and Yel- lowness. These it is well known are caused from an inactive Liver and bad blood. Dr Chase's Liver (Jere purifies the blood and whole system. See recipe book for toilet recipes, hints and suggestions on how to preserve the complexion. By all druggists On the McQuillan farm near Guelph, a great deposit of small bones his been unearthed. They were found all along the base of the rock thereat a depth of about three feet. For two days the workmen kept digging them up, and three or four waggon loads were carried away, The bones are mostly small, probably belonging to birds, but a bone from a beaver's jaw and a bear's tooth wen found on investigation• • , ti�\� .ate *aZ; \��b z\\�\���,\�\� sq*\\ for Infants and Children'. "Cantorlalasowell adapted tochlldreathat Castor's cures Collo, Constipation, 1 recommend it as superior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, known W me." S A. !Lacuna, rVL D„ Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di - 111 80. Oxford 81., Brooklyn, N. Y. I Without a, urlous medication. Taia CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 Murray Street, N. ROB. w. COAT.4, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, rt.!NTuN, (NI'A1tto. 11 S'I' RECEIVED A [.,11t(;t; S'1'OC]c 01' CU1t,00016G and HEATING STOVES OI' TI! E IIEST Ji:1NUFACTUlih' AND LATEST PATTERNS. �1Iso _azi lnl1lel>s©.-stocl: of LAAIPS of all descriptions, from 25c. each upwards, in- cluding' the Celebrated Rochester Lamp, for which we are sole agents. Also COAL and WOOD FURNACES.— Sole agent for Barris' Celebrated Furnace, manufactured by Gurney & (.'o., • Hamilton. aseaser ti FULL LINE GENERAL HARDWARE . i -v- - - 40T.4I.N TON, THE MA'AEMQ'pI HARDWARE AND Si'OVE HOUSE. r Tbo Colcinicd ARGILS Spciacks Eplle,scs THE BEST IN USE MB. LAURANCE'S Spectacles -aad Eyeglasses at Cost ra CALEDONIA Mineral Water Aerated. CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, CLINTON, ONT. CENTRAL GROCER ..(:)1E i3'S old St Cli,>11Cd. The subscriber has bought out the Stock of P. Robb, consisting of GROCERIES, CROCKERY GLASSWARE Which, being bought at low rates, he is enabled to offer at the very clos- est prices Patronage respectfully solicited. A11 ordersi promptly filled. Rooms to let. H. R. WALKER, CLINTON. ia t•r i. -t FI ST. LiIOMAS :,./NUTYLENTS WHITE BRONZE MONUMENT CO �� �t �tr ST,THOMAS, ONTARIO. h`'f' 6'rl�f�rl /yii,,t Thy 844 in thela DUi �lnlon a �'.... /� ?. QQ�gQ�erC' Our material is endorsed by'lead- ling scion -tints as being practically 8 imperishable. ',It cannot absorb As., far moisture, aected by consequently and frostis not �fpc�s/� �� Send for Designs and Tensa to �r<r. W .M. GIFFIN; CLINTON'. NEW FALL and WINTER If you want anything in the Boot end Shoe line, call on. ' CHARLES CRUICKSHANK. He has everything from the heaviest Farmers Stoga, to the Finest ladies French Kick; 0 H imported and of hii own in 11 fat Ire e. Int. Ordered --Word, a specialty. Call on C. Cruickshank, the Boot ',taker,: ALBERT STREET, BRICK BLOCK, CLINTON Change of Business [I[IL[Illl[llll 11 tllllll,lltll lull The andersig., d begs to notify the people ofCltnton and vicinity that he has bought the HARNESS BUSINESS - formerly carved oil by W, L Newts ,: Aud that be is prepared to fu,ruish Harness, CoIlars,Whips, Trunks, Vaiises, Buffalo ll lyes, blankets And everything usually, kept in a first-elass Harness Shop, at the lowest prices. Specie attention is,lirectrd to my stock of Lroter HAP.Nr:ns, which I will wake a specialty REPAIRING P'n,OT FP rL 7tt' ATTENDED TO. By strict atention to business, and rsrefully studying the emits of my customere,I- hope to merit a fair share of patronage, (live inc a sail before purchasing else- where. i-1E?JMBEEli 'illi: STAN 1)—OI'i'OSITE THE MA ItKET. 0 -MC). .A A.' ._'l .1\1" iNew I Ftirnituie a Stock Opened out in. ELLIO A T 3 BLOCK, NEXT DOOR TO THE Ci'fY fti)UK 5T(1HE, CLINTON, BEDROOM SETS, PARLOR SETS,LOUNGES, SIDEBOARDS, CHAIRS, &c., ANTS A (117,NLsiAI, lssortr riN-r c,r TIAs' VERY 11i T MrA;in FURNI. '1'IURE AT REASONABLE PRICES. .ID 0311''.UT 13IAIF.41- M ( ° €Til FITT:1UL, 1zo .A. -V ) EL AJNT 13o1 -1 T, ?°1 T 4i)1.T ecret lend T S A Good Family TEA for 40e. A splendid Tea for 50c-, mixed with_ our Secret Blend Black. If you want good value for your money, at the same time a pleasant drinking Tea, .try Secret Blond Teas. PRODUCE TAKEN 1N EXCIIANOE - POULTRY WANTED. -, S. PALLIISER & CO.., CLINTON. Clinton Refreshment Rooms. BUSINESS CHANGE C. COLE having bought out the Refreshment Rooms of Mr. J. Anderson,, desires to intimate to the public that he will continue the same in all its branches. He has just added a fresh stock of Confectionery, &c., which will be sold at lowest rates. FRUIT OF ALL KINDS KEPT IN SEASON: OYSTERS KEPT IN THEIR SEASON Au) SERVED IN ANY STYLI FRESH CAKES IMPORTED DAILY FROM TORONTO. £ TOBACCOS, CIGARS, PiPES, POUCIIES, &c., 4 C'o3e attention given to business, and all orders entrusted to him wit; b, promptly filled. Atrial respectfully solicited. Remember the stand, nes: door to the Grand Union Hotel, C. CO LE, - - CLINTON. G U RN E ¥ ' S �tY'AZ`T1�A�7� STOVF S & RANGES The ORIGINAL WOOD COOK for sale by all the leadipg dealers.