Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1888-02-17, Page 4IMAAVAIV X7, 1$68 110 141%, 1%, iCOA4r0Opr w t4Qncc f8X?+itlat tlftxrespenitdoiiuo pGf .tlae N,aw lr040 ,irttll ait,xoonx i,. Pep..dt 11387' r,,ia, Ba ,--•Aa the etoazner ?ealen x111a4,#ro lien Francisco ie•.due In Syd eey to - ay, L ain • omia4e4 that another nuMth h41#, rolled az'4und since yap, Bast heard from nae - Mirth the tivrxnometer at 100 in the a§lt4u it is hand to realize 'that Chr-ist- *lit►itt to only two weekly distant, and W.Itela cohere wilt and the rain water that is carefully preserved in ion tanlfs for drinking purposes, becomes almost warm enough to aot as an emetic, orae can scarcely conceive of the snow anti ice of Canada. Yesterday a friend and I drove from Bairneuale to Coongulmerang, a dis- tance of eleven miles, in an open boggy, s1 wlaat..is..ealled.a trap. ia.tlns.gonntry, My friend was a young man from Port Elgin, A. E. Elliott by name. Hevin decided to take the trip, we went and engaged sur conveyance from a livery stable man, who agreed to send it up in half an hour. Now, a Victorian is never in a hurry, it being a proverb with him that only fools and bullocks work hard, and consequently after wait- ing sometime I was deputed toga down , and see what was the matter. I found that there was only one vehicle in the ' collection fit to go on the road with, and that needed a new pair of shafts in it, and some minor repairs, besides having to be oiled and generally overhauled be- fore starting. If you engage a horse for a day you do well if you get started out by 10 a.m. It was nearly eleven before we were fairly on the road, and then didn't the sun beat down. It was poor consolation to us to know that Gipps- land is oalled. the coolest part of Aus- tralia. There are several things to be borne in mind in reading this letter, -e one being that the Australians are not a driving people, but are perfectly at home on horseback, and, consequently no interest is taken in a driving horse, or stylish buggy and, harness. Any old plug is considered good enough to hitch to one of the great lumbering articles that answers the purpose of a buggy. Our horse had only two faults, one being that he was hard to get away from the stable, and the other that he had a con- firmed habit of stopping occasionally on the road after he did start. He had evidently been a politician's horse at some time. Mr Elliott was driver, and as we were supplied with a good whip, we managed to overcome these little ec- centricities on the part of our steed. The whip was one of the kind used in Ontario for farmer's waggons, consist" ing.of a wooden handle or stock, and a long plaited lash of Kangaroo hide. I having made the remark that the traces • were too long, and that the horse ought to be hitched closer to. the trap, the hostler informed me in all seriousness that it did not matter, as we had a good long whip. In passing on the road, when meeting another trap or bullock team, we soon discovered that we had to turn to the left 'uftead of the right, as in Canada, and we also learned that instead of " whoa" we nnist say " w -a -a -a -y" to our horse, when we wished him to stop. This last, how- ever, did not bother us much, for the plain difficulty was to find nut what to say to get him to start. We exhausted the Anglo Saxon tongue pretty thor- oughly, and did not strike on the right word, but the Kangaroo hide whip was always effective. When we reached the " Traveller's Rest," seven miles on our journey, we were very hot and thirsty, and nothing but our strong temperance principles, and the fact that neither of us felt like " shouting," kept us from calling and spending a shilling. We met bullock teams wearily dragging along the hot and dusty road, and saw droves of horses and cattle in the pad- docks. Horses, cattle and sheep are an Australian farmer's wealth.' It is no uncommon thing to see seven or eight pair of bullocks hitched on a load that one team of horses would have to draw in Ontario. The yokes used on the oxen ales clumsily constructed, and have bows made of round bar iron; about an inch in diameter, and the Victorian thinks no better yoke was ever invented, and as he bas plenty of bullocks, if five pair can't draw a load, he will put on ten pair. The country is very poor in my estimation, away from the river valleys, fit for nothing but grazing, and although this has been an exceptionally favorable season, yet the grass looks brown and worthless, and the dande- 'lions are so thick as to almost smother everything else out. The cattle, how. ever, are looking well, and the prices realized for them are about the same as in Ontario. While moralizing on the dry and bleached gum trees, and coni- paring in our minds Victoria's prospects with those of Ontario, and in the inter- vals fighting flies and mosquitoes land 'wiping the sweat from our sunburned complexions, our horse " Dargo" has been slowly but surely plodding on, and now the solitary public house of Coon- glumerang is reached, and the broad and fertile acres of the Lindenow flats are in sight. The land on these flats is worth from R40 to ,£00 per acre, and will grow anything for an indefinite, period. We can look clown from the Farmer's home Hotel and see large fields of barley bright and yellow and just ready for the reaper, and paddocks -- o €.,iiia i ze–e ontailring ehrmitrecls`af-a C cert green and healthy looking, and forming a pleasing contrast to the golden fields of barley. Farther down the Mitchell river and in the vicinity of Bairnadale immense quantities of hops are grown, and fortunes have been both made and lost at the business, for the price is very uncertain, and the expense is al• ways great. The obliging publican of the Farmer's Home informs us that our dinner is ready, and having " shouted" and quenched our thirst with ginger ale or "cordial water," we repair to the din- ing room, and find the usual Victorian meal awaiting tut, principally meat and poorly cooked vegetables. Meat is the .great sheet anchor of diet in this coun- try, being on the table at every meal, and should a "new chum" remember his bringing up, and decline it at any time, be is looked upon with a kind of superstitious horror. It is principally mutton and beef that is used, pork be- ing rarely seen. Hog raising and bacon curing is said to be one of the most pro,- fitable industries in Victoria at present, After spending six or seven hours in Coongulmerang, and transacting our business, we set out again for Bairns - dale, amid the flashing of lightning and rolling of thunder, and the dire predic- tions of the over-anxious publican, who had taken quitea notion to us, and also to our money, and consequently wanted us to stay over night. Fortunately the rain did not amount to ranch, and the flashes of lightning helped us to find the road, so that we reached' Tlairnsdale in safety. • I have used some expressions in this letter that are not used in the same sense in Canada, so I may as well -ex- plain for the benefit of your readers. " Shouting" means treating', and when a mtth "seta enn up" for a friend, be shouts" for him. A "paddock" is a field, ne matter how large, and a hotel is a "pal)." and the landlord is a publi- can.. There are other terms strictly colonial, ns "tucker" for food, "billet" Children Cry for foe ;a.n. ofaglt nr sltiX^ tigla, "spoon ,S e � i it t1te.I,sy or sttilary a a >an gets' While the rap islets%rn Po Pf ctkeh'tlewn title Mstralian Sun,Ieweer, as Wer- >"u404gee, xliatfr�'he txa.Inp -c10- , rsyegklra rseino , onidOwner-from his he'hftt nit alwan' e r aaehing one of the large stations,,, o , Freeing- farms, abottk snptlown. The luno nrnbidgee is a river.* in Nest K wilt WA! 1.`s ; a "billy" is a small tin ea:c ",r pan with. a lid on it, used b=y men camping our. to boil their • tea in; "'swag" is the .term need to denote the bundle of clothes and pair r' working of blue blankets parried b y rki g men, when travelling from one place to another, and when a man is on the road looking for work, he is "humping his blueies," or, as we would say, carrying hie blankets. There are other terms that eound stranger to a Canadian, but they are. more English than Australian; for in. stance, a dry goods man is a draper ; a hardware man, an iron monger; a wag- gon maker a wheel wright, and a drug- gist, an apothecary. There is one thing Canadian farmers might, with good advantage, learn from their Australian cousins, and that is to name their farms, and make a practice of calling each other's farms by the names given them by their owners. I have met such names as " Daisy Hill," " Fairy Dell," " Eastwood," " Stilton Park," " Broadlands," " Timber Hill," etc., each denoting some feature of the farm, and expressing it prettily in the name. The beautiful farms of Ontario are surely as well worthy of a name as the half -cleared, unattractive looking homesteads of Gippsland. This is more than sentiment, for it gives young peo- ple a pride in their homes that they do not have, when their only way of telling where they live is by saying, two miles past Jones', or just the next farm after Smith's, or something of that kind. Why not have the name of the farm on the gate posts, so that it could be found without any trouble ? _ The Victorian and other Australian colonial governments have preserved the native names es much as possible, but not always to good advantage. There is certainly neither rhyme nor reason in such names as "Wurruck Wurruck," "Yarram Yarram," "Woo- loomooloo," "Coongulmerang ' "Toon- gabble," " Darnum." " Wok Wuk," " Murrumbidgee;" and " Traralgon." In many cases the original settlers had named the places after some prominent or useful man among themselves, or atter the place in the old country frown which they emigrated, but when a post office was established, some unpro- nounceably blackfellow title was substi- tuted for the first name. One inettance was in the case of a settlement made on the Mitchell river by some retired half -pay officers from India, who named their new home Lindenow, which was certainly a pretty enough title, and un- common enough to prevent mistakes,, but the government thought the native term Coongulmerang much better, and consequently the poet office goes by that name, although everybody always uses the old name of Lindenow, when speak- ing of the place. Another case was a place named Allanvale, after the man who kept store fitst in the little mining settlement, and was private correspon- dent, book keeper, and general useful man for the rough but good hearted gold diggers. This name was changed to the native one of " Boolumwaul." Can anybody see that anything was gained by the alteration? Native names should be preserved where con- venient, but not to the offence of•the pioneers of a new country, and especial- ly where no more poetical titles can be found, than those used in these colonies. The North American Indian names were many of them well worthy of pre- servation, but the Australian native names are so likely to give a man the lockjaw, that they might about as well die out with the "oblackfellows" who invented them. The pride of the Victorians in their young colony is something that cannot be realized, unless a person has mixed with the people and talked with them, and been asked by every man and wo- man he meets how he likes Victoria, and if he does not think Melbourne the mos wonderful city in the world, and if he ever saw cable cars iii "any other city, etc., until a man wants to go off into some shady place and ]ie clown and rest. Of course Victoria has made wonderful progress, and Melbourne is a great city, and its rapidity ofgrowth is a marvel, but it does no good to a stranger's morals ,to be everlastingly informed of the feet. New South Wales is no better, and has less reason to boast than Victoria,' for it is a much older colony, and has less population, although possessing a much larger area of territory. A recent traveller from England, a bishop, if I mistake not, called down the wrath of the New South Wales !people, by making the remark, after he got home, that they could not be prouder of Sydney harbor, if they had dug it out themselves, and by quot- ing the remark of .a Yanke'e,' that the people were a fine class of men and wo- men, as they ought to be, seeing that some of the best judges in England sent their forefathers out here, The over- weening vanity of these Colonials makes them a mark for the sarcasm of all tra- vellers, and if a man Wants to gain their confidence, he must praise the colony of the people he is talking to, and run down the others, for there is more rivalry and petty jealousy between Victoria and New South Wales than between Canada and the United States, in spite of the difficulty. Much of the " Vagabond's" popularity is due to his habit of giving taffy to the Victorians. In a recent letter in the "Age" he makes. the remark that he would not exchange one acre in Gippsland for a square mile in our Canadian Northwest. For my part, I would not take a "selection" in Gippsland as a gift, and agree to live ten years on it. ABNER COsENs. TIIE SCOTT ACT 1:1 IIURON. To the Editor of the Clinton Seto Era. DEAR SIR,—Permit me to call the at- tention of Scott Act -advocates to the subjoined, trusting that a perusal of the same will serve to enlighten them WHAT IIIon LICENSE HAS DONE. (Prom the Baltimore Sun.) High license has hada trial in a num- ber of States in the West and North- west, and the results are such as to in. terest the ways and means committees of State Legislatures, if not the prohi- bitionists. A great deal of money for State pnrposes can be gotten, it appears, by restricting the privilege of selling stimulating beverages to such persons as will pay largely for the privilege. This is thought to be a valuable dis- covery, but it is found also that the high license has the effect of restricting the atnount and improving the quality of the liquors consumed. Illinois imposes a tax of $5091 on saloons, with the result of reducing heir number by one•thircl, and increasing the State's revenues from this source from $700,000 to $4,- 500,000. Chicago has 4,000 saloons in- stead of 6,000, and gets from them about 112,000,000 instead of $200,001, The Minnesota high -license law has de- creased the number of self -ions by about 1100, In Winona the law has reduced the number from eight to one, and in Caledonia from fifteen to four, In Mis- Pitcher's Castoria. swirl here lain, no* lewfi as themaSti- luu,Mg0fit eters itus;tldgat f?1i71141.axid: tie, allnitente at $5$0, the revers a heir laeen trebled "N Air lslta bas a lieen.fto foo of fa1,QQ0 tat chic,:, Lula $eQ0 elsewhere. The effect lune beery t., cat down the number of cirirll;ing'placc s ntlai ty ossa. halt and to irrareasst the State's revenue flue -fold. Wlaolettelo dealers in Michi- gan pay a license fee of $800, .tend the retailers, pay front. 1 00 to 600. The result is au increase of revenue to mil- lions, and reduQtien Qf the number of saloons from 1Q,000 to about 6,000. T,00al option ie, however, ,to be credited with a part of the reduction in the number of saloons. Ohio has placed a tax of 11200 on all general liquor stores, and a tax of $100 on beer saloons. The revenue has thus been increased to about $2,000,000. In Atlanta, Ga., the fee is $1,500, brit it has bean required for so short a time, that its results can- not yet be fully estimated. It is to be noted, however, as regards' Atlanta, that at that city high license succeeds pro- hibition. The same may be said of several of the States mentioned above, the conviction that "prohibition does, not prohibit" having become more or less general where it has been tried. It undoubtedly surrenders a bountiful source of revenue, without wholly ar- resting the liquor evil, as the experience of Maine unfortunately demonstrates. Should it appear that the requirement of a high license fee in this State would have the effect ef abating the demorali- zation noted lit the grand jury's last re- port, and at the same time enable State and city to abate taxes that press heavi- ly upon the poor, it may be well for the present Legislature to consider the un- deniable merit of the high -license sys- tem. What is our position to -day ? About $1,000 loss in the revenue, and unlimit- ed whiskey, unlimited both in its quali- ty and quantity. Yours truly, JOHN RANSFOED. DANGEROUS COUNTERFEITS• Counterfeits are always dangerous, more so that they always closely imi • tate the original in appearance and name. The remarkable success ac- chieved by Nasal Balm as a positive cure for Catarrb and Cold in the head has induced unprincipled parties to imitate it. The public are cautioned not to be deceived by nostrums imi- tating Nasal Balm in name and ap- pearance, bearing such names as Nas- al Cream, Nasal Balsam, etc. Ask for Nasal Balm and do not take imi- tation dealers may urge upon you. For sale by all druggists or sent post- paid on receipt of price (50c and $1) by addressing Fulford & Co., Brock. ville, Ont. A GOOD CUSTOM. All Christians who have passed through deep waters testify to the sustaining power of verses of Scrip- ture and hymns at such times. This is no superstition; we know that the ever present God does speak to us by the mouth of His evangels—inspired or uninspired; and if we are wise, we will store our minds with these comforting, strengening, sustaining words. In a corner of an old news- paper I once found two verses of W hitter's: "I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. "And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from him can come to me On ocean or on shore.' I half unconsciously committed them to memory; and the day came when their repitition a hundred times over kept me quiet and at rest in the midst of danger that had otherwise unnerved me. "It dismays me to think how many hours of my life have gone tapping on the window pane to amuse baby," said the mother of a nurseryful- Something might'be said in defence of amusing baby as as bonerable em- ployment per sec, but how many a verse and hymn might have been brought to enrich t.bat mother's mem- ory while the tapping went on !—Sel- ected. "DEATH HAS SO MANY DOORS TO LET OUT LIFE." sang an old time poet. In those days they had : not discovered remedies that shut these doors. How different is Dr Pierce's. Golden Medical Dis- covery from the old time doses. Con- sumption or lung -scrofula, is one wide door that it shuts, if taken in time. Don't waste a moment then, lest life slip through that open door, •s. WISE ANSWERS. An old man of "very acute pbysiog- homy, answering to the name of Jos. Gilmot, was brought before the police court. His clothes looked as though they had boon bought second-hand in his youthful prime. ' What business?' ` None ; I'm a traveller." A vaga- bond, perhaps?' ' You are not far wrong; the difference between the two is that the latter travel ;without mo- ney, and the former without brains.' 'Where have you travelled ?' ' All over the continent.' ' For what pur- pose?' ' Observation.' `What have you observed?' 'A little to commend, much to censure, and very much to laugh at.' ' }iumph I what do you commend?' ' A handsome woman that will stay at home, an eloquent divine that will preach short sermons, a good writer that will not write too much,and a fool that has sense enough to hold bis tongue.' ' What du you censure ?' ' A man who marries a girl for her fine clothing, a youth who studies law while he has the use of his hands, and the people who elect a drunkard to office.' ' What do you laugh at?' ' At a man who expects his position to command the respect which his personal qualities and qualifications do not merit.' He was dismissed. B on Your Guard. Don't allow a cold in the head to slow) and surely run into Catarrh, when you ca be cured for 25e. by using Dr Chase's Ca tarrh Cure. A few applications cure in- sipient catarrh;1 to 2 boxes cure ordinary catarrh ; 2 to 5 boxes are guaranteed to cure chronic catarrh, Try it. Only 25c. d sure cure, Sold by all druggists. A man may be a good husband, a kind father and a regular attend. ant at his right church, and yet not able to. canto a turkey without arousing angry feelings and unholy thoughts in every one present. for Infants anly. Children, ""Createrfalesowelladaptedtocbildreath, at, Castor's, cures Colts, Constipation, trecormendttassuperlorteanyprescciptiou Sous Stomach, Plarrhma, Eruetauon, known to use." H. A. Maim% ILA.. Kula Worms, gives sleep, sod Promotes di - :U uQ. or�ord at 13reskiYA,13. Y. Wtthoutoin jur1ous medtcsuoa. Ting CENTAUR COMPANY, , t Murray Street, N. Y Business Change 000 HAVING BOUGHT W. H. SIMPSON'S STOCK OF BOOTS, SHOES, RUBBERSandFELT GOODS,at the loWrate of 60c. on the S I am in a position to sell Boots and Shoes at a lower price than they have ever been sold in Clinton. I intend to keep the stock well assorted, and to sell at the lowest possible prices. Any one wanting good goods at a low price can get them by calling. Come and see what I have and quote prices, whether you buy or,not. My method has always been sinal] profits and quiek returns, and not to be undersold by anyone. A full line of GROCERIES just selected, ,and embracing the best goods in this line, has been added, and will be sold at Closest Prices x H. PLUMSTEEL, SEARLE'S BLOCK, NEXT TO CHEAPSIDE. Halllall hasbeen Downed BUT__ NEWTONS Harness & Grocevv Obt. Ilas never yet been downed for; cheapness in all goods in my line. I am now selling SOAPS at prices to make you think I stole them. 12 BARS MONSTER LAUNDRY SOAP fort 21c. 8 BARS RUI3Y SOAP for - 25c. 5 BARS JUDD SOAP for. - - . 25e. 5 BARS ELECTRIC SOAP for - - 25c, And all other goods in proportion to those Prices. CANNED FISH at the usual priees, though they have advanced in the wholesale market. Come and see the Handsome Presents I an Giving away with a POUND of TEA at .50c., and with a POUND of BAKING POWDER or TEA at 400. HARNESS In the harness line, my stock is complete in BLANKETS, BELLS TRUNKS, VALISES, WHIPS, CURRYBOMBS, BRUSHES, de. I am showing the best selected stock of BUFFALO and GOAT ROBES, ever exhibited in the village. All kinds of Grain and Farm Produce taken in exchange. Remember, my specialty is SCOTCH•COLLARS, my Own make. Thanking my customers for ,past favors and soliciting their future patronage. GEO. NEWTON, - "- LONDESBORO was> Tr de WE BEG TO INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT OUl; STOCK OF GROC�RI�� JFuyYourG' ti f Thomas Coopep & Son AVE HAVE THE LARGEST, CLINT A ND BE51' AS- SORTED STOOK OF ocmi:Rsis In town. Our prices are as low as the lowest, and we. warrant 'everything first-class. Sole agents for the celebrated "COOPER'S DAK• ING POWDER." Best brand of CIGARS by the Box or Thousand at Manufacturers Prices. TEAS a specialty. Give us a call. Is complete in all its branches. We guarantee our TEAS to be cheaper than the cheapest, quality considered. In SUGARS, we are as low as anyin town CANNED GOODS in great variety. PURE SPICES & PEELS. NEW FRUITS of all kinds. All kinds of CANDIES �l at the lowest price in town. CROCKERY—Special inducements in Tea and Dinner Sets. X X X 99 AZ,BEIB►'T' Std OF TIIE 411106111 NEW STQCK JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF COAL,COOKING autl NADA STOVES BEST MANUFACTURE AND LATEST PATTERNS. Also an imminenso stock of LAMPS of all descriptions, from lac. each upwards, in- cluding the Celebrated Rochester Lamp, for Which we aro'sole agents. nrivitsm Also COAL and WOOD FURNACES, -- Sole agent for IIarris' Celebrated Furnace, mann factlU'CCl by Gurney & Co., Hamilton. FULL LINE GENERAL IIARDWARE Bark well's colds, asthma,Icrruop croup Balsaml and bronchitis r. -51•' 13A -V-A- - �'lI.I NTU1'V, as nwee qual, THE 1MAMMO'rII IIARDWATfE AND SFOVE ROUSE. Thos COOPER& SON CLINTON. Change o(Business 11111111511111l11111111111111111111 The undersiguad begs to notify the people of Clinton and vicinity that he has bought the HARNESS BUSINESS formerly carried on by W. L Newton, And that he is prepared to furnish Harness, Collars,Whips, Trunks, Valises, Buffalo Robes, Blankets And everything usually kept in a first-class Harness Shop, at the lowest prices. Specie attention is directed to my stock of LIGHT HARNESS, which I will make a specialty. REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. - By strict atention to business, and carefully studying the wants of my oustomers,I hope to merit a fair share of patronage. Give me a pall before purchasing else- where. REMMBEER TIIE STAND_OPPOSITE THE MARKET. co.I-BA g 8HAR-M A.N' New TOCK OUR STOCK IS NOW REPLETE WITH VERY CHQICE – NEW - Fr,YJITS, The beat the market can produce. In these days of' close competition, we are determined to sell on a close margin of profit. You can depend upon getting Pure SPIC•ESs -_fest_.-©f Fruits And full value for your money by dealing at the old established grocery of S. PALLISER & CO., CLINTON. WOOD WANTED IN TRADE. CENTRAL GROCER - p. It07/131 ►'S 4C)1(d i* 't an cit. The subscriber has bought out the Stock of P. Robb, consisting of GROCERIES,CROCKERY,GLAsswrARE Which, being bought at low rates, he is enabled to offer at the very dos - est prices Patronage respectfully solicited. All orders: • promptly filled. Rooms to ,let. H. R. 'WALKER, CLINTON. NEW GOODS EVEB1YWEBK tOPECIAL A TTENTION . PAID TO GETTING NEWEST FANCY ARTICLES. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY IN , Wall Paper, Ceiling Decoration, choicest pat- terns, BOOKS & STATIONERY, great variety. EVERYTHING AT CLOSEST PRICES. CALL AND EXAMINE A.W ORTILINGT OST, Clinton GURNEY'S S'T'AZ.TDAIRAD STOVES & RANGES The ORIGINAL WooD CooK for sale by all the leading dealers. Subscribe for the NEW ERA now