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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1888-03-09, Page 4VAX %AAl.r I4.4,130Et .9, 3888. Ai<; ral#Halt Curre$ptrrtciertce. fipeelal• epreeepoudeuee of the Naw Una.) I•• Monate, Qreesaxen, Jan. 2, 1888. Dewe SIX—Singe 1C last wrote, the year 1887,with its sunshine and shadow lege become a thing of the paet,and before ut We the unexplored path of the New Year, over which, we must all travel, or @nk eabausted under our burdens and leave our bones by the roadside, as many have done during the year that has Me. Gro where we will, be it to the ends of the earth, exile ourselves if we wish from home and country, or re- main among friends and amid the scenes of our youth, still time stalks along with firm and steady steps, and our Sunday clothes become old, our brows furiOwed with care, and our bad habits more and more confirmed. How broad the world is, in spite of all that has been done in modern days to short- en the distance. that eeparatthe. East,. from the west.' If is big, and wide, and has light and sunshine for us all, yet there are many dark corners in it, with no sun nor star to guide us, we frequently lose the trail, and know not which way we are travelling, b t though all things are not to our liking and • the road is often rough and uncertain, still this is the best world we have ever been in and the most of us are in no hurry to leave it. At no time does a wanderer realize so fully that he is estranger in a Strange land as during the holiday season when all about him people are making merry with their friends. It is then that his thoughts are most of home and country. Christmas day and the day following, are both kept as public holidays in this colony, so that on account of the 25th failing on Sunday, both Monday and Tuesday -were -kept. We were then at at little place called Taralgon about thirty miles down the line from here. Monday the 26th was cool and pleasant and all kinds of sports are being carried on in the recreation grounds. A picnic under the management of the Wesleyan Church was another attraction. To this picnic we were invited, on condition that we pay half a crown to ride out to the grounds where it was to be held. Not feeling particularly flattered by an invitation so clearly of a mercenary na- ture, I did not accept it but stayed at home and 'watched a man construct a wheelbarrow. It was evidently his first effort in that direction and he pro- ceeded very slowly with tllu work, and not without a great deal of measuring and trying. There is nu doubt a moral lesson to be learned from this circum- stance if we could only see it. Elliott not being interested in the evolution of a wheelbarrow, went to the picnic, and after an absence of six or seven hours, came home and reported as follows: "Small crowd, poor 'tucker', no music, no speaking, got acquainted with only one young lady and she could talk of nothing but the qualities of a riding horse, picnic ground was a farmer's paddock in which were nine dead gum trees, three little green saplings, thir- teen calves, a mare and colt and half a dozen hogs," Glad I didn't attend,— got plenty of that at home, thank you,—didn't need to travel 11,000 utiles to.get recreation of that kind. While sitting at my window on tliis, the second day of the New Year, my mind wanders away from the dust and heat of Australia, to the snow and ice of Canada, and though the air is laden with the rich perfumes of honeysuckles and passion flowers from the vine -clad verandah in front, and the dashing, fearles young ladies of Victoria look very attractive in their riding habits, as they gallop past on their half trained horses, yet there is a warm corner in my heart for the furs and sleighbells of Ontario. While Victoria has some advantages over our own fair proqince, yet on the whole I think an impartial judge would say that Ontario is destined to be the greater state. There is not much dif- ference in the area of the two countrie but Ontario has the larger extent of good farming land. Both, are settled by people from the British isles, with a "sprinkling of foreigners to leaven the lump, but the young Canuck finds him- self in one of the coldest countries in the world, and )oust work energetically in the summer or starve in the winter, while his Victorian cousin has an ont- door climate all the year round and can gete-work as readily in winter as in summer, and as a consequence is never in a hurry, and goes in for sporting far more than the Canadian; in the course of a generation or two there will be a marked difference in the two peoples; and even now it is quite noticeable. Victoria's advantages over Ontario are briefly: an all the year round cli- mate, rich gold fields, discovered and undiscovered, government control of railroads, purely secular school system with no separate schools, less politics, and a people who 'believe their colony to be the finest piece of ground that lies out doors, and do not want to run away to "the States" as the young people of Ontario do. Tho 'e of Ontario over Victoria are: greater wealth in forests and fisheries, plenty of pure water for man and beast, rivers and lakes for in- ternal communication, proximity to English and American markets, land divided into smaller farms, owned by the men who work them, and less (Linger of an entire failure of crops. One of the greatest drawbacks to alb; coiony of Victoria is that rich men hold too much of the land. Close to this village of Moffra is a farm of +1000 acres and the owner of it employs only one man, while across the road is a farm of only 80 acres on which two or three men are employed; it being cultivated under a system of mixed farming, while the large farm is all in grants. Between the • towns of Sale and Rosedale, the rail- road runs for iG miles beside one man's property, and moat of the lenge farmers • in this licinity are only tenants, bmf have to be men of gleans in order to stock one of these large farms. Crops are almost a failure in this part of Vic- toria this season and hundreds of acres of wheat are not worth cutting on ac- count of the rust, and it is a race be- twwen the farmers and the caterpillers to see which will get the oat crop. Land that yielded 40 bush to the acre of wheat last year, is this season having the crop burned off it, not being worth harvesting. This comes hard on farm- ers who are paying in some cases as " much as 30 shillings per acre rental for the land. I Beard of 0110 rich man who rented ar large farm but after a couple of years' trial of farming, was glad to relet it to another man for LI, - 600 a year less than he was paying for it, and every year be pays the ,£1000 out of his own pocket to the owner of the land. The pastures have never been better in Victoria than this year, but they have been good in the other colonies as well, and as a consequence the Queens. • land cattle have glutted the market, so that the fat bullocks will bring nomore money now than they cost months ago when they, were thin. The men culti- vating a smaller piece of ground, "the cockatoo farmers" as they are called, are best off this year, fortheir expenses are less in proportion to returns, and with a more mixed system of farming there is always something that pays. Another great drawback to all Aus- tralia is want of water. In some dry seasons, amidreds and thousands • of sheep and cattle die for weak .9f it, It it strange as it tray seem, 4ome of the best wheat in the world is grown in the droutk districts of Victoria where noth- ing else will grow, and where it so ltot in harvest time that any piece of iron ,e;posed to the sun becomes hot enough to burn a man's baud. Almost the whole of Australia I ,oks with anxious eyes on the i, rigatioht schemes of the 1Lesers Chaffey, the Canadian gentlemen who founded the oolony of Ontario in Southern California. The following extract from the 'Victoria Farmer's Gazette' will give an idea .of how important their enterprise is con- sidered to be. "It is a good rule and should be par- ried out as far as possible, to let bygonee be bygones; but in oonnectien with the irrigation colony it is not easy to forget I the shabby conduct of the Ministry in delaying for a whole year the fulfilment of their promises made to the Messrs Chaffey." will be.remenlberedthat the Mini try arranged a preliminary bargai with the enterprising Canadian -Cal forniau for the occupation of the Mi dura land, and submitted the co ditions to the Assembly for ratificatio The Assembly refused to ratify the ba gain, and the Ministry meekly submi ted to the rebuke. The only manl course would be to stand or fall by th agreement, but as this would have it ritated the House and jeopardise thoi retention of place and pay the'manl course was not taken. Then it was that the Messrs Chaffey shook Vctorian dust off their shoes and betook themselves to South Australia, where they were met with open arms, and found a Ministry with a backbone. They had lost an entire season for their operations, and Victoria lost the pres- tige of taking the lead in establishing irrigation• colonies -for intense cultiva- tion. The blunder was patched up afterwards though in_ rather a clumsy fashion. A bill was passed authorizing Minis- ters to invite tenders for the occupation of Mildura fbr irrigation purposes; but the Chaffeys held aloof. Once bit,twice shy. They had been thrown over on their first agreement and declined the risk of another somersault. , After a good deal of beseeching from Messrs Deakin and Dow, the Chaffeys relented a little, but to send in a tender they dedidedly declined; but if Ministers had any fresh proposals to submit they would consider it. Ministers did sub- mit a fresh proposal; lit was accepted by the Chaffeys and everybody will re- joice to know that the enterprise is pro- ceedingsatisfactorily. Yourssincerely, ABNER COSr,NS. s - n i- 1 - n. r- t - y e r y • B on Your Guar . Don't allow a cold in the head to slowl and surely run into Catarrh, when you ca be cured for 25c. 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. do sure cure. Sold by all druggists. FOR TOBACCO USERS. To the Editor of Clinton New Era, DRAB Sin.—Old men smoke, middle aged men smoke, young men, and even boys smoke. Fond rusbands, indulgent fathers, and filial sons, smoke, • Me- chanics, merchants, and men of all pro- fessions, creeds, and classes smoke, from the lowest and most degraded, to the highest and most refined. Fathers, who in almost every respect, train their sons in the ways of true manhood; teachers, who should ever be shining lights to their pupils; andnot a few ministers, who above all, should be "living epistles known and read 'of all men," are also, mere or less habitual amokers. The Negro and the Indian can smoke as well as the white men. Pagans, heathens, and many christians are alike in this respect. It must be acknowledged by all, that this is an almost universal habit. Must we con- clude from this that man is born into this world an embryo smoker? Surely this is not a divinely irrhplanted desire, If it is, there aro a few men who are not properly constituted, and also the majority of woman, for only a very few i women smoke. The desire for tobacco is no doubt a self-created one. ilot an inborn one. Some men can do work, in itself, not agreeable or dignified, with a certain of politeness, and it must be said that there are n few men, who can smoke politely, and that is saying a good deal. A man can smoke politely in a woodshed or in a bar -room, bot a • great number of smokers inflict their nuisance upon others without the slight- est regard. A great many smokers would reluctantly smoke in the better furnished rooms of their houses. Their sense of propriety would deter them, and besides, what lady would desire her parlor or drawing -room adorned with two or three of those ornaments called spitoons, which are only an excnse for a very filthy habit? The highest authority on morality enjoins men to "do everythink to the glory of God," therefore all christian smokers, smoke to the glory of God, or else .conscience must reprove them. Whatevet- evil ef- fects may follow the habit, are not so marked as to rouse any fears on the part of the smoker, and besides, it is generally regarded by many as a kind of semi -polite vice that is easily co)- doned as an offence against society. In act it is pandered to in many ways. Many professing christians who oppose the use of tobacco, sell the weed. flow they can reconcile their practice with their principles I do not know. It is also so powerful amongst men, that all railway companies furnish a special car for every train in which ,the smokers may exhibit their slavish propensity. A great many people do many foolish things, simply, because others before them did the same, and if they nreasked why they are following a certain course they could give no laudable reason. Of all the hundreds of young men in every town, who smoke, I Venture to say, not one could give an acceptable reason for doing so. Many of the older glen could give a reason. They would be forced to say they couldn't quit. Yours truly, TOn4eee. Clinton, Feb. 24th, 188x1, THE UNSEEN HAND. "Thank you very much—that was such a help to me," said the sick wo- man,as she dropped exhausted on her pillow, after her bed had been made for her. The friend to whom she spoke looked up in surprise. She had not touched the invalid, for she feared to give pain even by laying her baud upon her. She knew that the worn body was so racked with many pains, and had become so tender and sensa- tive that she could not bear to be lifted or supported in any way. All that her friends could do was to stand quietly by. "I did nothing to help you, dear, I wished to be of use, but only stood behind, without touching you at all ; I was afraid of hurting you." "That was just it,"said the invalid, with a smile, "I knew you were there and that if I slipped I could not fail, and the thought gave me confidence. It xas of no consequence that you did Children Cry for 1 Pitcher's Castorka: s not touch me;' and that I outhif, eel • therlaee, hear or reel you. I kn .r I i I was safe all the same, because you were ready to receive me into your arms if needful,' The sufferer paused fur a womeut; and then will a still brigblrr Ntnile on her. she added : "What a sweet thought this has brought to my mind. It is tune same with my heavenly Friend. "Fear not, for I will be with thee," is the promise; and, thanks be to God, I know that He is faithful who prom- ised. I can neither see, gear or touch Him with the mortal senbbe; (but just as I knew that you were behind me with loving arms extended, so I know that beueath me are the "Everlasting Arms." DANGEROUS COUNTERFEITS Couuterfeits are always dangerous more so that they always closely imi• tate the original in appearance and name. The remarkable success ac - thieved by Nasal Balm as a positive cure for Catarrb and Cold in the head` bas 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 (50e and $1) by addressing Fulford & Co., Brock- ville, Ont: MOIVAT'S MANHOOD BILL. The following will be found a very accurate wording of the Principal clauses of Mr Mowat's Manhood Suf- frage Bill. Property or income qualification for voters as respect the Legislative Assembly is abolished,except as here- inafter provided. The following persons (and no oth- ers) being males of the full age 01 21 years and subjects of Her Majesty by birth or naturalization, and net being disqualified under sections 4 and 5 of the Ontario Election Act, 'or other- wise by law prevented from voting, shall, if duly entered on the ;list of voters proper to be used at the elec- tion then pending according to the provisions of the said act, or the Vot- ers' List Act, be entitled to vote at elections to serve in the Legislative Assembly of this proviuce, that is to say Every finale person who, at the time fixed by statute, or by a by-law authorized by statute, for the return of the assessment roll to the clerk, had resided in this province for twelve mouthy next preceding the said time, and who at the said time was in good faith i resident of, and domiciled in, the municipality tin the list of which he is entered, and who at the time of' tendering his vote. is a resident of and domiciled within the electors' district and had resided therein continuously from the time first aforesaid. Occasional or temporary absence of any person in the prosecution ofhis occupation as a lumberman, mariner or fisherman, or in attendance as a student in an institution of learning in this province,ehall not be construed to be a discontinuance of residence, within the meaning of this acs,• and shall not disentitle such persons to be entered. on the voters' list as a qualified voter, or to vote. a. Enfranchised Indiana of whale or part India' blntel, shall, like miler persons, be entitled to cote r11hout Laving' a'importy renaliflew bin. b. Lnenfranchis,,1 Indian,:, of svliole or part Indira) blood, nit re- siding among Indians or in an Indian reserve, shall not be entitled to vole Unent'ran01)i,ed Indians, rtf w hole or part Indian Irked, not re- siding among Indians iron au Indian reserve, shall, it) lied of legal enfran- chisement, be required to, have the same prbperly quali(1 ation as here- tof)re in order to, entitle them to vote, The Prune ptuner(y qualification aa' heretofore shall • e necessary in such of the n)uuicipalities, townships and places in the Electoral Districts of A!gnm:t E,tst, Algoma \Veit,. East Victoria, Ease. Peterbern, North Has- tings, North lienfrew,`oath Renfrew, Muskoka and Parry Sound as may have no assessment roll or voters' list. • The assessor shall place of the roll the name of every male person who delivers or reuses to lie alelime', to the assessor an affidavit signed by such persons in the fora) or to the'ef- fect set in 1''r ria) "il" iTended- here- to, if the faces .sharer] are surh as to entitle' such l;rr;•ua•. to he placed thereon. 'I'nc 1,111 lovia .a; ;. '•, 11tl^1 halore any :a.'^:r S.r)i nr 1,1-' i, 01 1110 peace, commis-i,i.nl e lei teei:,g 11111,lavit, or notary -nus) ; 11AI x11(11 nfhcer H11 12W, 11 1,,1! It ad7111 11 er 811 onrh to „n• r �hin:r rn i111.1“, 11 11lii 1,1ai' ti' oro •r .•, 'i: fr rt ,ttereeed. Want of -Sleep Is sending thousands annually to the insane asylum ; and the doctors say this trouble is alarmingly on the increase. The usual remedies, while they may give temporary relief, are likely to do more harm than good: What is needed is an Alterative and Blood -purifier. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is incomparably the best. It corrects those disturbances in the circulation which cause sleepless- ness, gives increased vitality, and re- stores the nervous system to a healthful condition. Rev. T. G. A. Cott, agent of the Mass. Home Missionary Society, writes that his stomach was out of order, his sleep very often disturbed, and some lin- purity of the blood manifest ; but that a perfect cure was obtained by the use of Ayer'g Sarsaparilla. Frederick 'W. Pratt, 424 Washington street, Boston, writes: "My daughter was prostrated with nervous debility. Ayer's Sarsaparilla restored her to health." William F. Bowker, Erie, Pa., was cured of nervousness and sleeplessness by taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla for about two months, during which aline his weight increased over twenty pounds. Ayer's Sarsaparilla, PREPARED Iry Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. Prise $1; six bottler, $G, seaatatcmVancert • l for Infants and Children. "Costorfats so well adapted tochildren that Oaatorls cures Collo. Constipation, recommend it ad superior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, known to me." 8 A. Awaits, M. D., KU1sg Worms, gives sleep, and promoted di - esti Bo. Oxford sti., Brooklyn, N. Y. I Without in, lyjurious medlcatloa. Turn CENTAUR CoefANy, r i Murray :street, N.. ). EVERYTHING NEW 000 1' NEW 'DRY GOODS, Newr]3OOTS A SHOES, NEW - GROCERIES. Iiaving just bought a stock of new goods at the present low prices, I am in a position to sell goods as low as any rospectable houa a in the Dominion. Any one,wanting goodt'goods at lowest prices will save money by calling on me.' I always keep good Staple Goods, and will not be undersold by any one in the trade. BUTTER and EG:s taken in excl angu for goods. A call respectfully solicited, x + x H.FLUMSTEEL, SEARLE'S BLOCK, NEXT TO CHEAPSIDE• ilanlan hasijeen Downed NEWTONS Harness & Grocery Det. las never yet been downed for; cheapness in all goods in my line. 1 am now selling SOAPS at prices to make you think I stole thein. 14 BARS MONSTER, LAUNDRY SOAP for 25e, 8 BARS ItL'BY SOAP for - - 25e. . _- S BARS'JCDD SOAP for - . _ -._-... 5 BARS ELECTRIC SOAP for • -� 25c, • BuyYouiG rFits iFrom Thomas Cooper'. Solt WE- HAVE THE LARGEST, ULEANES'1' AND BEST AS- SORTED STOCK OF GI,OCEI,I: In town. Out prices al -e as low as the lowest, and we warrant everything first-class. Sole agents for the celebrated "COOPERlS BAK- ING POWDER." Best brand of CIGARS by the Box or Thousand at Manufacturers Prices. TEAS a specialty. Give us a call. Tilos COOPER& SON (.)LITTON. change of Business 1111111111)11(11111)11i11111111111L The audcrsig.ild be.a to notify the people of Chilton null 'icitnts that he has bought the HARNESS BUSINESS formerly carried all by V. 1.1 Natal. And that he is prepared to furnish harness, C©Ilars,Willps, Trunks, Valises, Cutiato !lobes, Clanicots And everything usually kept in a first-class Harness Shop, at the lowest prices. Spcciii attention is directed to my stock of LIGHT HARNESS, which 1 will make a specialty. REPAIRING PROI4'IPTt LIZ ATTmwDTh To. By strict atention to business, and carefully studying the wants pf my customors,I hope to merit a fair share of patronago. Owe me a call before purchasing else- where. REM I11BEER Tit E STAN D—OPPOSITETEE SI ARK ET co.r3MS A.1\1"A.1\1"0 .A , Tlic Colebrafed ARGUS SpoclaeIosEyeglassos TTTE BEST I\ 1.'ST :B, LAURAN('S Siactacies 'dad •y:1 lyfiti:Pips ,it Cast Z CALEDON I A NI oral \Vater• ACrated, CHEMIST AND DRUI':GIST, c'I,TNTOX, ONT. And all other goods in proportion to those prices. CANNED FISH at the nsual prises, though they have advanced in the wholesale market. Come and see the handsome Presents I an Giving away with a POUND of TEA at GOc., and with a POUND of BAKING POWDER or TEA at 40c. S-•m)J L � � In the harness line, ))1 •y Stock i9 JIB-sasell..�� 4 eompletein Bhg1;;IiE'18 BELL,' S l'ItUN KS, VALISES, WHIPS, CURRYBOMBS, BRUSHES, it e. I am showing he best selected stock of BUFFALO and GOAT ROBES, ever exhibited in the village. All kinds of Grain and Palm Produce taken in exchange. Remember my pecialty is SCOTCII COLLARS, my own make. Thanking my customers for ;past favors and soliciting their future patronage, DEWTOe"E', - - LONDESSORO rade WE BE:; 'I'J INFORM THE I'L'13LIC THAT OUR STOCK OF G.1aO0ER,I�s 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 any in town CANNED GOODS in groat variety. PURE SPICES `& P'.ELS. NEW I'k�.UX Sof all kinds. All kinds of CANDIES at the lowest rice in town. �7 ' P 6'.,�D�i��i'�, ,,r,' --Special inducements in Tea and Dinner Sete, 4.11,5 X x— x NE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF CN COAL,COOKING and HEATIG STOVES OF THE REST MANUFACTURE* AND LATEST PATTERNS. —-ATsoli"mninense stock of LAMPS of all descriptions, from 25c. each upwards, in- cluding the Celebratecl'Zochester Lamp, for which we aro sole agents. Also COAL and WOOD FUR,NACES.— Sole agent for Harris' Celebrated Furnace, manufactured by Gurney & Co., Hamilton, FULL LINE GENERAL HARDWARE NESTER .7,77 Arr .rare. 1. flA vJS, - - c�r�zNTo�r THE MAMMOTH HARDWARE AND Srov1tJ HOtf ►E. CENTRAL GROCER The subscriber has bought out th.' 'ltuok. of P. Robb, consisting of GROC.E S jSr;°)(. / ? a;atT )E V`LJ kL1.�1�0.1�`,-/><'\,�J��ti ��711ilk1.+1'i'Y���1,L which, being bought at low 111105, he IS rnr1u,lud to ofror at. the very clos- est ]prices Patronage respectfully.solicitral, A1! ordoIS promptly filled. gnome to let. H. R. 'WALKER, CLINTON. NEW GOODS -EVERY WEBK SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO GETTING NEWEST .FANCY ARTICLES. WE MAKE A SPECT?1 LTV IN Wall Paper, Ceiling 3)etcora1iouy, t'hoieeSt pat- terns, BOOKS & STATIONERY. great variety. EVERYTIIING AT CLOSEST PRICES. CA LL AND EXAMINE A.WORT:gTINGTO1oi"°`,Ciinton G IJ R t; EY'S STOVES �i j iL T ES The ORIGINAL WooD COOK for•sale by all the leading dealers. Subscribe for the NEW ERA no1