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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1887-09-14, Page 4fir • BURPS ANNOUNC I ENT. ' • cogiugsroilivolo. We will at all times be pleased to receive items of news from our stib- se i'bers, We want a good corres- pondent in every looal'ity, not already 9'epresente(1 to Send 2fs RELIALtLE net08. SUumCHIbERs. Patrons who do not receive their paper regularly from the carrier or $hriuglt their local post offices will confer a favor by reporting at this ,office at once.. Subsor (ptione may commence at any time. :ADVERTISERS. Advertisers will please bear in mind that all "changes" of advertisements, to ensure insertion, should be handed in not later than MONDAY NOON of each week. CIRCULATION. THE NEMS -RECORD has a larger circulation than any other paper in this section, and as aft advertising medium has few equals in Ontario. Our boobs are open to those who mean business. JOB PRINTING. The Job Department of this jour- nal as one of the best equipped in Western Ontario, and a superior class of wort,: is guaranteed at very moderate rates. The Huron News -Record Wednesday, Sept. 14th, 1887 tti OR UR ;TORY- REARDES. The Next Door Neighbor's Burglar. The house next door had empty for several weeks. household had been duly solicitou s over the next possible tenant, but the edges of our anxiety had at last worn off, as newer interests engross - our attention. One morning, as we sat down to breakfast, everything was revived, and a general flutter of conjecture vibrated across the domestic wires as wo watched load after load of furniture turn in at the driveway, next door, and. it became evident' that the expected somebody was moving in. Who that 'somebody' was. we later on learned : a Mrs. Brown, widow, five daughters, (ono married) four sons—all school boys except the oldest, who it is believed was abroad ; in fact, the necessary sum total aggregated the verdict of 'a family of respectability, members of an orthodox church, etc.' As is the usual custom in large cities, whoa -your neighbors hove • in, and somebody you are so anxi- ous over is fairly confirmed in the tack -driving ,and shade -hanging • business, and you assured that there are no unsettled questions in re- • gard to their respectability, you perfectly forget that the name on the door -plats of Number 59 has changed, and months, and oven years may go by, before you can find titne. to 'call. Tho Browns had been -settled at least six weeks in their new house, and I, in the midst of my bitsy life, had almost forgotten their exisDence. A minister's wife • in a busy city parish, has little time except for the 'must be knowns, .belonging to her. husband's charge. Even The privi- lege of good neighborship is seldom granted her, unless, perchance, that neighbor may bo of 'our household of faith.' . boon Our By being repeatedly summoned to assist in `bringing to' the different members of the household, I soon because sc well acquainted with the business and so eminently success- ful in it, that I was considered in- valuable to the family, and I tem free to confess, that in this strange capaoity I learned to lovo my really del ighTfiit nein bors. nem, dropped on her knees before we reached be door. I assisted her to rise, and together at last we entered the room where the family were all gathered in a state of fran- tic excitement—pale, helpless, and despairing. A glance and a few enquiries re- vealed to rue the situation:. We were passing through. one of those periodical small -pox scares, and it seemed that, the family being large and the expense of vaccination heavy one, the husband of the mar- ried daughter had secured a suffici- ent number ot'quills, and had un- dertaken the task of vaccinating the family. The work had pro- ceeded successfully until Annie's turn came. The ivory point had no sooner penetrated her arm, than she gave one shriek and sank life- less upon the floor, apparently dead. Too terror-stricken to give her the needed help, the family flow in every direction for restoratives, but nothing could be found, and conse- quently nothing done. - I raised the poor child in my arms, administered the simplest of emergency treat- ments, and in a few. minutes she opened her eyes, and so far recover - as to bo able to speak to ]ler mother. This was the beginning of my relations with the Browns. They were the most friendly and kindly people in the world, but nothing ever happened in their house with- out a crescendo. The family was ail given to swooning of the most pro- nounced type. A swoon per day was no unusual thing, yet they could not get used to it iu spite of the frequency of its occurrence. The mother alone was exempt from this most unpleasant malady ; but in the place of it she had hysterical spasms and heart disease. Those spasms worn always concurrent with the swooning of' her children, but happily did not benne unmanage- able until after the 8woo nee hacl suf- ficiently recovered to be in turn alarmed about the mother. ' I h:(d Supposed that the Browns held the exclusive right to swooning. But in answer to an urgent call ono day I was led down into the base' relent, and there, across the dining - room floor, lay • stretched at full length a fine-looking, full -bearded gentleman, in a dead swoon. I went through tho usual method of restora- tion, and the patient presently ro- bared. lie seemed vory much em- atarassed, so I excused myself and vented to go home, My . good -neighbor, 11frs, Brown;--fel-lowed-.me-. to the door and toll me that this was her eldest son' who had justro- turned from a sojourn of eight years in Paris. During his absence he had not once swooned, but had been in her house less than an hour when the malady seized him. Only a few days later my friend .sent in frantic hasto for assistance. Mrs. Maloney, the Irish washer- woman, was'lying in a:fainting Wet the bottom of the yard stairs, and so hopelessly wedged iu between the debris of clothes -basket, clothep-pins, and rope, and the. sharp angle of tho lower steps, that I saw at once that it would take a. strong man to 'bring her out.' church le—quite—ft long walk for me with any abort breath and the warm weather, and the children were all away except Molly and me. So Sunday evenings we used to run into the Baptist Church on Blank Street, The minister was very pleasant, and Mr. Grupe, his assist- ant, was eo oordial that we felt quite at home. lie inquired where we lived and I noticed he wrote our address on a slip of paper, about the size of that piece you are holding. You know how nervous I am about the children, and' all summer I've been dreadfully worked up a -worry- ing about them. For there were Mary and Annie up at the moun- tainR;'lind Jennie and the children at the beach, and, do know, I felt almost sure that those tearing boys of hors would get drowned or some other dreadful thing would happen to them. Then Georgo has been kind of poorly since ho came back to America, so he took his wife and and the baby and wont up to the Thousand Isles where we could hear from them only at long intervals : and we sent the little boys down to their grandfather's farm. As you may well believe, I had enough to worry over. ,molly and I did not fool equal to the expense -of taking a long vacat- ion, besides I wanted to keep the house open in case any of the absen- toes should bo taken sick or die, and be brought homo to be buried ; for you know everything happens with a crash at our house. One evening, just at nightfall, a tremendous jerk at the door -boll, brought all the hon-ebold, c+vcn th,; Imperturbable Bridget, upon its foo;„ and quickened her usually slow • pace to quite a rapid jog. As she passed by my door on her way to . answer the ring, I heard her Mut- tering : `That blathering teligraps allus tears the bell all to flindors.' I heard rhe front door open, and at thesame time a feeble voice, half hysterical, half asthmatic, and wholly incoherent, struggling with sobs and tears. I rushed to the door myself, as I caught the words: 'Quick—quick—Annie—my baby is dying—quick— quick. Vou'— she clutched at my dress, and drag- ging mo half way down the steps before I recognized in her my next door neighbor, Mrs. Brown. Ministers wives aro proverbially 'quite self-contained, and, liko.their good husbands, are expected to bo prepared for any or every emergency. So, catching a wrap from Bridget's outstretched and thoughtful hand, 1 flow along with my newly found neighbor. She could toll mo nothing only 'Annie, Annie, my baby, is dying, quick—quick'.— Sevor'al times, she, in her weak - "Ohl • mother 1" Molly cried, " don't you know Mr. Groper and the poor girl began to laugh hyster- ically. "Why, Mr. Group, the minister's assistant—our kind Baptist friend ?" In a minute the truth flashed up- on me. This good and devout man had come to pray with us. I being aboeut he had knelt to pray with Molly. She thinkiug I had a key, and would not ring, bad chosen not to answer the bell (believing it was probably a podler or some other unimportant call), lest the devotions which had really touched her heart deeply, uoving her to tears, should be Interrupted. Tho slip of paper which was the cause of all my miserable high trag- edy, was ono that Mr. Grope had given Molly with the request that she write upon it the various mem- bers of the household us possible or probable additions to the roll of the the parish in which Mr. Group was a most devoted member. What Mr. Group said or did, and how ho extricated himself from such a humiliating position, Molly and I can neither of us remember. For once it was sweet to seek for- getfulness in swooning, Wo both of us "went off," she in a faint and I in a spasm, that lasted long enough for Mr. Group to vanish from the scene of his unfortunate pastorial labors. Mr. Group has called since." "One day I left Molly at home and declared that "I wouldn't be such a goose any longer," and I started down town for a round of shopping. Well, my heart began to palpitate before I'd fairly loft the house, for 1 got to think of Molly and what if she should swoon, and then I got to worrying about the other children. (I never saw so many white horses iu one half-hour all my life, and they always mean trouble for me,) and my heart kept hammoring harder and harder till I really belivo the very clerks could hear the thumping of it. So I forgot half of my errands and start- ed for home—or thought I did— but didn't see my mistake until we were well across the ferry, going in just the opposite direction, of course, from what I wanted to. It took mo a whole hour, taking iu blockades and balky 'horses, before I got back to take the right car for home, and fully another hour, (the draw way off, and a little f:ar'tlicr on a load of coal was dumped across the track) before I got to my owu door. '•I tried the key and it wouldn't work. I rang . the boll 'violently and no ono came. I rang again and again, all the ' whilo growing •mare oycitcd. At last I heard the !knob of tho door turn slowly from the inside. I fell almost at full length into the front hall as the latch gave •way, and the door yielded to my viblentcroesdiug. "As Molly helped late up I saw she was crying, and I noticed she held in her hand a piece of paper about the •size of that telegram. I said Molly what's happened 1" Molly motioned for me to bo „quiet and said, "Sh ! Sh !" I captured a retiring policeman and called to a neighboring gardner,who, after much ado, extricated tho poor woman. Such were tho pccuilarities of the Browns, These continued happen- ings and frights worked sadly upon the nerves of my good neighbor, Mrs. Brown. Sho became a prey to the content expectation of sumo sudden trouble. Fires, burglary and even murder haunted her imaging tion ; and many times during the early summer-TV/AS-sent for to sooth and quiet the dote okl lady to whom I became specially attached. When these flurries of excite- ment, as she called theta, wore all over, we had many • a good laugh over the ridiculous side of the pan- ics. And it was always a "real re- freshment to nie, when tired, to go in and sit for a while with Mrs. Brown, and listen to 'her graphic descriptions of the "happenings" in her household and the curious fatality which seemed to follow them wherever they wont. - Coining back from our summer vacation I was glad to welcome my good neighbor, Mrs. Brown, for a cal I, 11s wo were cosily seated in the back parlor, for an exchange of summer experiences, the door -boll rang, and the telegraph boy brought a message. I sent a return message and came back to the parlor, hold- ing in any hand the slip of paper upon which thomessage was written. "Seeing that bit of paper in your hand nacos me think of one of the most ridiculous things that happen- ed during the vacation,'° said Mrs. Brown. "Just one of our kind of scrapes," she added, merrily. At ones I was on the q'ui vire for her story. "You know," she proceeded, "our never Quizzing A Cookney• James Lindsay, 'Tho Viscount,' a Glasgow merchant and wag of for- mer days, visited London in comp- any with two friends, and put up at the City Coffee-house, where one of the waiters was such a pure and unsophisticated Cockney that they resolved to play a practical joke up- on him. 'John ,'said Mr, Lindsay to him, 'bring three tumblers of toddy.' 'Toddy, sir; yes, sir,' answer- ed John. Would you like it haf-and- haf, sir ?' Na, na, that would be ower strong ; just mak it sax waters, Joit.' 'Saxe waters, sir ; yes, sir,' and away wont John to execute his commission, but certainly without the slightest idea of what he was go- ing for. In a short time lie return- ed with a look of regret on his face, and said, 'I am very sorry, sir, that the Saxe waters aro all done' and wo have no other German waters at present, sir ' 'That's a pity, John. Wool, wo mann do without it, and try a substitute. Bring ane the whiskey, John, and the boiling water.' 'Boiliug water, sir; yes, sir,' said John and off ho set. On -re- turning with.the necessaries of life, AIr. Lindsay took them and said to the waiter, 'Now, John, I'll ,give you a lesson ; when ovybody asks yo for toddy and sax waters, just you gin them a big glass o' brandy or whisky, and half a dozen glasses o'brandy/water, wi' a wee taste o' sugar in it, and they'll no ken the difference. Indeed, John,' he add- ed; with a sly wink to his compan- ions,'I'nr no sure but they'll like it just as meet, and at ony rate, its far better for them than a' - your Ger- man waters.' Joh.u,, .,:app.ar.utly. thoroughly impressed with the value of the information, he had received, thanked \Ir• Liutlsay; and was retir- ing, when ?Jr. Lindsay said, 'Oh, John. before ye gang awa,' can ye send me a wee tate 0' co' to. stip in the nob o' ma shoon ; they'er uueo shanchlin, and aiblins may gar Me cowp i' the gianr when I gang agate.' John, was s)mpletely dumbfounded by this order, but true to his pro- -fe'ssional instinct, recovered himself and replied, 'Yes, sir,' as ile hurried from the room. In a moment or two ho returned with a glass of cold water, which he presented with some trepidation to the gentleman who had given him the incomprehensible ordor,•andbolted from the room be- fore a word could be spoken, leav- ing ''Mr. Lindsay and his friends laughing till they' nearly tumbled off their chairs. So nencli..._was .Jolm impressed Ivith the superior wisdom and surprising knowledge of itis guests, that next morning he confidently tasked Mr. Lindsay if 'there were any waiters in Scotland, and whether London or Scotland was the larger city ?' BIG STRIKE. "Is it a telegram, golly ?" 1 gasped. "Who's sick ? who's dead'? who's drowued ?.;anti': they all dead'.?" I exclaimed, in ono breath, trying to prepare myself to hear the, worst. I dropped into a chair nearer dead than alive. ?folly pointed to the back parlor, and said again, "Sh "So they areall dead—all, Molly?" Twailed. . Molly whispered, timiilly, coax-' ingly, "Oh, mother, do bo quiet," and pointed again tuw'ards the back parlor, and again sibillated, "Sh, Sh !" O, I'M 80 TIRED - -•-0F THIS Drudgery of FRUIT CANNING ! WHY, el -C) TO ROBSON'S .a. CHINA .'. HALL AND PROCURE THE PURITAN FRUIT J• AR, THE MOST PERFECT SELF -SEALER in the market. \\'ith it Fruit Canning is a real luxury. tirBe sure and ask for the Puritan Fruit Jar, Sole agent for Clinton: We also sell the GEM JAR at bottom prices. "I started up in a desperate way • I was bound t0 know the avorst, had been "sh'd !" long enough, and I was not to be kept longer in the dark." "I made a frantic .rash through the folding doors. The room was dim with the half-light of the clos- ed blinds. Yet it was light enough so that 1 saw a •big, burly looking 1ati, down on his knees, where, un- known to Molly, for I thought it make het nervous, I had concealed my • jewelry, bonds, and all the money I had in the world. • "A burglar is it, Molly,.'i burg- lar 1 1 don't know how it hap- pened, but when I found out the room wasn't full of the dead bod•ica of my children, and there was no- thing but a burglar to contend with, I felt as •though I had the strength -of a giantess. So I step- ped up to the man, with ono stand reaching down under the sofa, in rho vory act of stealing my valu- ables, and I fastened with a firm grip to to tho back of his Altar, and with one jerk I tan led hint on his back in the middle of tho room. He gave a big groan that sonndcd like amen, and las there with his oyes closed. I didn't know but I'd killed the fellow. In a minute he opened his eyes and began to gather himself to get up•. "Now," said I, "whatever belongs to you in this room you may carry out of they door, but whatever be- longs to the that you've takou, you'll deliver up at once," and my',voico was as firm as though I'd been chief of the police. N. .033801\T OE-IINA. H.A .L, OTrINTON- i PORTANT ANNOeNCBENT. In returning thanks to my many friends and patrons for past patronage, 1 would like to call their special attention to my very complete stock of HARNESS, WHIPS, CURRY COMBS, BRUSHES, ETC., ETC, Speeial atteption is directed to my stock of :-:SINGLE: HARNES S: It will be found very complete, and for durability and finish cannot be excelled by any one. As I employ none but the best workmen, and use the best material to be bought in the market, all who may favor me with their patronage may feel contiden of getting satisfaction. PRICES AWAY DOWN. Trunks and Valises in great variety and Prices Law. GEORGE A. SHARMAN .. .. rrsta rr aal� Farm, :-: Town --AN D— VILLACE PROPERTY FOR SALE. r ltIE EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES of the Estate of the late .Iusaeu Heim offer for sale the following valuable property, namely : Building Lots numbers 420 and 421, in the Town of Goderich, quarter of an acre each, fairly fenced and very desirable for building purposes.. Half acre Lot trotting Mill Road, Township of Goderich, being part of lot 3 in the Maitland Concession of the said Township. Nice frame cottage and frame stable. Lot number 3, south side of Millar street, Ban - miller, quarter of an acre. Small frame dwell• ing. Building Lots numbers 803 and 904, in the Town of Clinton, quarter of an acre each, beau• tifully situated on south side of Huron street; fairly fenced. The East Halt of Lot 22, con. 14, west Wawan osh; good land, 50 acres cleared and fenced, re- mainder timbered; about 4 miles from Lueknow and 6 from wingham; good roads. A big strike was make when Powell s Davin issued their Extract of nrsap- nrilln and Burdock. It has rn•�t with great success, and it must, for it is the mos.'powerful blood pacifier in the mar- ket, it is used with the greatest success in all diseases arising from a debilitated condit;on of the system, and everyone needs, and should use a bottle or two at this season of the year, of Powell's Ex- tract of Sarsaparilla and Burdock. ilear in mind one 50c. bottle contains more solid medicine than most dollar so-called Sarsaparilla and bitters. Also remember that it is sold in Clinton by all druggists, price 50c. a bottle. Sold by ail drug- gists and medicine dealers everywhere. 44311y —The Constitutional Corset Works of Brussels artbooming so well that the proprietor intends putting in steam and extending itis Iiusi ness. For further particulars apply to E. CAMPION, 41641 Barrister, Goderich, RELIABLE. "I have used Dr. Fowler's Extract of wild 5trawbei•ry,and found it a sure cure for summer complaint. I was very sick, and it cured me entirely." Alexander W. Grant, Moose Creek, Ont. 460 -2t • BELL ORCkNS Unapprcached for Tone and Quality.. CIATALOGUES FEE, BELL 8t C ,, Guelph, 011t1 - NEWSPAPER LAWS Ws call the spceial attention of Post nasters and subscribers to the following cyliopsis of the newspaper laws :- 1—A - postmaster, is required to give notice BY I.L1"1'r•.It (returning a paper flocs not answer thelaw) when a subscriber does not take his paper. out of the office, and state the reason for its not being taken. Any neglect to do so makes the postmaster responsible to the publishers for payment. 2—If any person orOers his paper ilis- aontinued, he must pay all arrenrages, 01 the publisher may continue to send it until payment is made, and collect tic whole amount, whether it be taken froir the office or not. There can no lega. discontinuance lentil the payme is male • 3 -Ally person who takes a paperfron 'the post-ollice, whether directed t0 ii; name or another, or whether he has sub scribed or not, is responsible for the pay.. 4 -If a subscriber orders his paper to hi -stopped at a.ccrtain time, and the publish er continues to send, ittlie subscriber i: hound ta.pay for it if be takes It out of th post -office. This proceeds upon the group (Rut a man must tiny for what lie use: e.TIu the Division Court in Goderich at the November sitting a newspaper put - fisher sued for pay of paper. The dc1enr- ant objected paying on the ground that he hal ordered a former • proprietor of the parlor to discontinue it, The ,iudge held that that was not a valid defence. The plaintill', the •present proprietor, had no notice to discontinne and consequently could collect, although it was not denied that defendant had notified burner pro- prietor to discontinue. In any event defendant was bound to pay for the time he hail received tie paper and until he had paid all armors due for subseription. GENTS WANT1a-Ladles or Gcntleirun.- 1--1. Good commission and work cagy: .Address Tutt Nines-llscotin, Clinton, 384 O! F OWL CIiIIRCII DiRECTORIl. St. Paul s Church. -Services ou Sundny at 11 a.m. and 7 p. in. Bible Class, 10 a.m. Sunday School, 2,30 p.m. Service on Wednesday, 8 p.m, RRv. WILLIAM CRAW, B. D., Rector Rnttenbury Street Methodist.-$crvicet at10.30 R. m. and 7.00 p. in, Sabbath School at 2.30 p. m. Ray. MR. Reragl, Pastor. Canada Presbyterian.- Services at 11 min. anI 5.30 0. m Sabbath School, 2.30 p. m. Rsv ALRx. $•riWART, Pastor. Ontario Street Methodist. -Services at 10.30 a. m. and 7.00 p. in Sabbath School, 2.30 p.m. RRv. W. W. SPARTAN?, Pastor. Baptist Church. -Service at 0.30 p. m. Sab bath School, 2.30 0, m. IOW J. 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