HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1880-11-12, Page 4THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12, 1880
THE HURON SIGNAL.
VkID&T, !t'amo= 71, tela
Ws tail week sunuunoe with deep re -
vet the death of Thomas Oliver, M. P. ,
whieh ..oearred at his resideuos, Wood-
stock, on the unsling of Wednesday last
skurtly after !midnight Mr. Oliver was
well known iw this county, having been
a Meanie supporter of Sir Richard Cart-
wright in the contest of November, 187&
He had represented North Oxford in the
House of Commotu nines the time of Con-
federatton,aod was looked upon as cess
of the prominent politicians of the day.
Open-hearted, free of manner, a geed
speaker, end blessed with oommon sense,
his loss will be deeply deplored, out only
by the Liberals ..f Oanada but also by
every true Oenadian.
NO MARKET PRES WANTED.
It should be the atm of every proves -
sive town to do all iu ita power to at-
tract trade. No place, however advan-
tageously situated, tact, these days
of keen competition, sjf to set up any
artificial hindrnrtoes to oommerve. And
fbr this reason we must protest against
the folly of Ooderich renewing the sys-
tem of market fees. In this county, and
indeed in this section of the Province,
no other town now has the foultshnese
to place rearket fees upon Tann produce.
Goderich alone, in the wisdom of its
councillors, has seen fit to apply the
tax—for a tax it is, mud an unpopular
one to the produoer and seller. Market
fees in any single market handicaps it
in the race for trade. Every other town
competing with Goderich imposes no fees
upon the farmers who seek to dispose
of their produce; nay, they try by every
means to attract the farming community.
Let Goderich take pattern. The mar-
, ket regulations can be continued as strict
••e,o the authorities please, but the feed ism is reduced
shook.' be abolished. If Goderich would former self." Is it 1 just keep right on
enjoy bueinees prosperity it should say thinking that it is, anyway, and get all
to the agricultural community: " Come, your friends to do the sane, and we can
and enter our streets. We want you. promise you one of the liveliest surprise
We will not tax you—no fees will be parties you ever attended, when the next
extorted from you, We want your trade. general election comes around.—[Sarnia
Coate right into our town and spend your
money with us." If market fees are
again imposed, then no one who now
advocates them need hang the lip in the
time to come and mourn over the fact
that the market business of the town is
not as large as tree natural advantages
of the place would warrant. Let the
fees be abolished, and the farmers be
cordially invited to come to a free and
untrammelled market.
'ince the above article was put in
type, we have been informed that the
Mayor has called a special meeting o1 the
Council to consider the question of mar-
ket tolls, and we hope the members will
show their common sense by abolishing
the •dious fees.
OONT'EIMPORARY OPINION.
A beutenant-governor, like a chief jus-
tice, should have his salary, and be pro-
vided with an °thee in the Government
buildings ; but to furnish him with means
to maintain the semblance of • court in
a democratic country like Canada is a
thing that should be fruwned down by
the people. —[Toronto World.
London Free Frees : "The fact is, Grit -
to
a mere
shadow of its
Observer.
BRUSSELS.
L Handsome, Ws11 Built Village.
Sts Le. 4A .—drat •wanes.- w.w-
■aakleat 01111sere meaaAeNrtc_
Railway rMlltthso '"sorbet, ."
Brussels u tomo ut the haudaomoat, iI
not the handwtuest, village in Ontario?
This statement may look very broad en
the face of it, but will be fully borne out
^b� Never] person who has vatted the
Y� of LW years. Where this flourish-
ing village now stands the sed was first
turned by Win. Ainley in 1865, and
shortly afterward Thus. Halliday became
• neighbor and helped Weiser the site of
the present embryo town. But that was
over a quarter of century ago, and Brus-
sels must be spoken of as it is found to-
day.
rri4 Le/Cation
u a .le•aant one, being situated un the
southern branch of the river Maitland,
some sixteen miles north of Seeforth,
and ten south of Wroxeser. The village
is divided by the northern gravel road
and in elections for the House of Cout-
mons this road forms the voting boun-
dary in the village "f Brussels between
North and Centre Huron. From the
townships of Morris and Grey the acre-
age of the village is taken, and if the
distances were mule by adtueasure-
Mr. Shields' plan for calming storms
at sea by sinking bottles filled with oil•
which, ascending to the surface, smooths
the waves, may have vouch to commend
it but in this country, where dil is at N.
P. prices, we can better afford to stand
the storm than to waste the oil. — [Ham-•
ilton Timex.
The Chicago or Te -nay
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To the Editor of The Signal
Taking advantage of the very cheap
excursion to the above city on Tuesday
the 26th ult., I thought a few observ-
ations taken while there, 'night possibly
interest your readers.
So far as we know, ancient or modern
times fail to give an instance of such
rapid growth as this great city of half a
million inhabitants, presents to day.
• TILE YE W. RAILWAY.
The promoters of the Bayfield and
South Huron Railway Company are urg-
ing the adoption of By-laws in Stanley
and Goderich Townships, granting
bonuses of $7,500 to the line. The pru-
posed route is from Clinton to Bayfield,
a distance of but twelve miles. Bayfield
needs a railway, and we would hike to
see that pushing village get one,,but we
are afraid that the people of thit place
are asking for a line that it will be hard
to get bonuses for. A railway already
exists from Clinton to Goderich, and
why a second front Clinton to Bayfield
(the latter point being only 12 miles
from Goderich) is asked for, it is hard to
conceive. If this second one were built,
the township of Goderich would have to
pay for a line that would be of no special
benefit to it, for it would give it no other
markets than it now has. The people
of Bayfield have made a mistake in
locating the terminus of the proposed
railway at Clinton. The line that would
be in the beat interests of Bayfield, and
of the townships concerned, would be
one from Centra, running north-west
to Crediton and Dashwood, thence north
to Zurich, Drysdale and Bayfield, and
continued to Goderich. Such a line
would give every place on it direct com-
munication with the county town, and
afford good railway accommodation to
that portion of the county west of the
L. H. and B. Railway. It would also
give a line sufficiently long to pay a rail-
road company to run regular, and fre-
quent trains upon it, which they could not
be relied upon to do on a twelve mile
road. We trust that every voter in
Stanley and Goderich Township will
vote against any attempt to run a short
line from Clinton to Bayfield, but that a
railway of some thirty-five miles, tap-
ping villages in the west of the county
at present untouched by any railway, and
leading into London, Hamilton and To-
ronto, will be supported.
aeon! it would not have been pueabte to
at She Least of .Zeis Mucus more
ckeely that Brussels now Iies With its
regular streets, ctwuug at right angels,
handsome shade trees tist every street,
and uugnifi est beildintgs, a is worthy the
fine sucttun of the country in which It is
located. Many of its business blocks
would do credit to any of our large Came
*oaten tows or cities, and
ITM HUToti11
Maud set prumineutly as marvels of archi-
tectural beauty and business enterprise.
There are five of them m the town, via.:
the Queen's, Tecuutsah House, North
American, Central and Revere. We are
enabled this week to give an engraving of
"The Queen's," one .•f the hand-
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mutest and best cora uc t. tl hotels outside
of the cities. The a Aloe was eructed by
Mr. Jatues Stratton about three years
ago, end is, beyond doubt eu onustent
to the village. Mr. Alfred Roel the pro-
prietor, is well-known in the section, and
has succeeded in building up a first-class
business.
THY numeiPaL INnTITUTfONa
of the town are kept in good order by the
Remo, Mr. John Leckie, the "father of
Brussels," as he is fauiliarily called, and
he is ably assisted at the Council Board
by Dr. Graham, and Messrs. Fletcher,
J. R. Smith and W. H. McCracken. F.
$. Scott is the indefatigable Clerk of the
municipality, D. Stewart assesses the
The marsellous way in which it was
rebuilt so soon after its destruction by
fire, reflects tile highest praise on the in-
domitable energy of its people.
Standing on Madiaou where it inter-
eecta State Street, and looking up at the
magnificent establishments on all aides,
it seems almost incredible that ler then
half a century ago the locality tt es
nothing but a dreary swamp, and the
abode only, of a few red 'nen. A run
through the great dry goods house of
Field, Lister & Co., with its 700 em-
ployees, and into the vast halls of the
Pabner House and Grand Pacific Hotel
the Post Office with ita stately colum ns,
its fine Board of Trade, and the splendid
pile intended for Court House and City
Hall, on which over four millions of
dollars have already been expended, or
visit the palaces of the business men on
Michigan and other avenues, and it re-
quires but a alight stretch of the imagin-
ation to believe you are actually in fairy
land, so graphically described in the
Arabian Nights' Entertainment.
To the Goderich visitor the city offers
unusual interest, considering that up-
wards of 50 of its inhabitants formerly
resided in the town and inunediate
neighborhood, some 91 whom have made
their mark in its progress, notably, Ben.
Allen, the great jeweller, where watches
will be shown you varying from seven
dollars to eight hundred. A visit to
this establishment, employing over 50
hands will repay the time, as Mr. Allen
takes special pleasure in giving personal
attention to his old acquaintances. J.
R Black, for many years with Mr. E.
Grace, is also to the front, and occupies
a very prominent position in the whole-
sale hardware. Canadians as a rule are
favorites, in consequence of which over
30,000 of them make Chicago their home.
From real estate men and others I
learned that the city was unusually pros-
perous, and at no time since the fire had
things looked so hopeful—everyone was
at work — laborers getting is high as
$1.75, carpenters $2.50 and bricklayers
$3 per day,while teamsters were almost
impossible to obtain at any price.
The street car service seems perfect, a
ride of six miles only costing five cents,
upwards of a thousand can being con-
stantly engaged on splendid tracks laid
with steel rails.
Churches of all denominations, pre-
sided over by the most eminent divines
of the age, are both numerous and beau-
tiful; while those who court the ad-
vanced liberal opinions of the day can
be abundantly satisfied by spending an
hour every Sunday morning with Pro-
fessor Irviug at the Music Hall.
The Preaidental election coming off
during my stay, I had an opportunity of
observing the attitudeofthepeopleon this
occasion. From what 1 saw they were
remarkably quiet , not as much excitement
be' evident evident as at some of our muni-
cipal elections.
e solid business men, andin fact the
whole comrnenity seemed well pleased at
its result, as • tert feeling pervaded all
class that they oouhd not afford to run
even • risk(
bbyy • change "
ti1 Administrs-
oa of dtsborbing the present prosperous
oond*.in of oosnatereial affairs.
On many aides i heard of the high
esteem in which Gedench and its locality
were epoham of. for its pure air and
health producing properties, and now
0•a veld friend Ot aha Ayes. Yew thew with onwe olekeabie Morn of better days
into • mate last week, in .the rushes of it in but reeen i*Ye to expect • large in•
the price of who st in Clinton 11 our Pito nt Ckio16o 'risiton during another
eesent
figurvu were omen e' then the 8esforth ®eubl smother ezet recon be got sup
Erroll,. is to blamei for we made the 1 an e fiM-l-c_� to be made to give it pub -
ret re '�T �' loss] press, as scarcely
pub-
es,* wee aware
THOSE who take an interest in squatic
sports ere beginning to get excited, as
the day of the race between Hanlan and
Trickett .deaws near. Some time ago
everything looked towards an easy vic-
tory for the Canadian, but in the light
of the recent triump of Laycock over
Mesmer and Rielly, the proposed of an
easy defeat of the Australian champion
by the Toronto trailer does not appear so
bright as before. That /lantern will de
feat Tnekett, barrnng arrident, we are
,lolly persuaded, but we whin believe that
t.� Canadian will be seethed as he never
cess' pushed before. Woe look for • erg-
ot race bet ween the two best oars-
men in the world.
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financial standing of the ratepayers, Jas Act of 1875, and ameuuunents thereto" to
Knox replenishes the vi authoriser occupy a place with the "high pinky -
when depleted, "Tum" Ke11y doles out pinks. But this was told us by one of
the dimes from the municipal treasury, those spiteful wretches who had not the
and John Kippen is that terror to evil- t ,,tr. c to "Soeiety," and didn't know what
doers—the "guardian of the peace." entree meant in Anglo-Saxon. Be that as
THE MANUFACTURING ENTERPRI E5 ' it may, even if the place is small, it is
of the place are up to the average and
Livingstone's fix -mill, Wilson's fouintiry
Bennett, Snaith & Co's. planing m ,
McIntosh's woolen factory, Watson',
Hunter's and Scott's carriage factories
the brickyard, the limas kilns, and a full
quota of
Butchers and bakers.
And tinkers and tailors. }
make a good exhibit of local industries. in the village, and a sudden attack of in -
But Brussels has its drawback so far as digestion or dyspepsia, or colic, or—well,
the manufacturing business is concerned we won't say what -has often turned
and t he following will explain
WHEELS THE DIFIICULTY COM1s IN : B yvulgarly
called a "hen patty,., owing to the entire
absence of the masculine gender. At the
prsent time, "Oh, for a man," is often
tittered fn•in the heart by many of our
"society" belles. It is to be hoped that,
ere long, an influx "f youths who part
their hair in the middle and act the
dandy, will happen, or the long -drawn
out sufferings of our fair ones will become
unbearable, and, unable to stand the
steady strain, the tender hearts of our
"society" darlings will. break because of
the wearisome waiting.
• Ditsizeti.
real nice to have up a fence to keep out
the canaille, and talk about one's low
neighbors, and scandal and such, with en-
tire freedom frost interruption by the
rude and vulgar. There is, however, one
drawback to the pleasure of haring "so-
ciety"
ss.
ciety" here, and that is the scarcity of
young gentlemen. Would you believe
it 1 there are end • two eligible bachelors
a prospective social gathering in our
ruseels "society" into what is
Over two years ago a g�[l1isb-jjoongued gen-
tleman named J. D. Romeld crone 4o
Brussels to sell a tire engine. The engine
was brought to Brussels on trial servile,
preparatory to the vote on the by-law
authorizing its purchase. A fire oppor-
tunely occurred before the date of voting;
the engine although still the private pro-
perty of Mr. Ronald, was kindly placed
at the disposal of the authorities by that
gentleman, and did its work so well that
it popularized itself with the voters on
polling day. Then Mr. Ronald made
overtures in effect that he would ex-
change his 'ocation from Chatham to
Brunette, and lay down $30,000 worth of
manufacturing plant for the snaking of
fire engines and farming implements,
provided a bonus of $20,000 was given to
him by the municipality. He described
himself to be perfectly solvent, and gave
the people to understand that, with the
advent of his factory, Brussels would
blossom as the proverbial rose. To make
a long story short, Mr. J. D. Ronald gguo,tc
the bonus, but there was "nary a blos-
som" accrued to Brussels as the result of
his coming. He soon showed himself 10
be a man of no capacity for any business
except keeping ahead of the Sheriff: His
bonus melted, hid'' hands dwindled away,
and finally a valuator had to be put on
to place the price of the machinery in
the interest of the cot'poration. An ex-
amination showed that Ronald had gresasly
deceived the ratepayers of Brusae s wt'th
regard to the value of the plant, upon
discovering which the Council threw the
concern into Chancery, and had an inj unc-
tion issued redraining Ronald fromremov-
ing any of the plant until the matter was
decided 'n the oourta. A week or so ago
the few remaining hands working for
Ronald "shut down," and refused to
labor any marc until arrears of wages
were paid them, but we understand that
by some means, J. D. has again got them
to work. Ronald is • pleasant, good-
natured sort of fellow, .f • very sanguine
temperament, without judgment, • rabid
protectionist and "rag -baby" advocate.
Anything chimerical is sure to catch him,
and he is anxious to obtain riches by Act
of Parliament or special Providence,
rather than by the geed oM fashioned
way of earning them by the sweat of his
brow. And this is the great drawback to
the present prosperity of Brussels
THE RAILWAY TAe'ItartEn
of the village are good as the southern
extension of the 0. W.R. p eses through
from Palmerston to Kincardine, and we
are told that an effort is to be made to
form a connection at Seeforth with the
Grand Trunk. The latter line is yet in
a state of state, qts and is likely to re.
main there unless Ronald leaves town :
for that gentleman and his hernia are esu
heavy a I..sel upon the oiliege that Brus-
sels will find it difficult to "pull i if out
of the mud by the bootstraps' tintil such
Luse as its. Jonah is thrown overheard.
Like all small towns and villages. Brus-
sels is much exercised over
ITS 8(W I TY,
for Brussels has w.t "society," you know
charge on the strength 01 the es k *AY the low sum y
port of that paper, •a %v 0onadered it
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"Chicago House:"
A carefully selected Stock of
BEAVER, FELT c STRAW HATS,
I(t ,ti! the, Vetreaf Ntylea.
Archie Scott our local athlete proposes
going to Galt some time next week to
take part in a three day's walk, go as you
please. No doubt Archie's Legs will give
a good record.
Mr. Thos. Campbell of Bradford,
Pennsylvania who* has been visiting his
brother, Mr. 'John Campbell of the Te-
cumseh House, for the past two months,
left for his home on Wednesday last.
Although gone he will not be forgotten.
NEW CIGARETTE SAT
Pretty. anti the very Latest. A splendid assortment of
Black, White and Colored Plumes, Eltra Value.
Latta yaeLjooa_le Hair Nets and Pits.
Novelties in Jet
Gloves -Kids and Woollen.
Chudreni Kid Mitt*
Children* Fur Caps,
W 8TYLIBB AND CHEZP I Te
Crape and lVfourning Goods.
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A SHOOTING MAT(.'H 21 YIN RISE, 80
TEN FALL.—A shooting match took place
on Tuesday afternoon in the driving
park, the Captains beingj.fohn Wynn and
Thos. Town. The losing side paid for a
supper at MoKinny's in the evening the
following is the score.
J . Wynn 01 01 11 1 1-8
J. McKinney 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1-7
R. McKinney1 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 5
W. katal) 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
D. 101111 --5
A. Ric 1 01 01 1 -4
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Thos. Town. 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 —6
H. H. Mowtee1 0 0 1 1 1 1 -5
J. Monkman.. ...... .. 0 1 1 0 1 1 - 4
G. guiatt.. .. 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 -5
A. Grover 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -7
A. Taylor 1 1 1 1 1 1 -6
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The shooting was at pigeons shot from
a trap.
Flowers, Feathers mol Ribbon, in great variety.
M Call/old see my stock before puchasing elsewhere.
Ordered Work a Speoialty_
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Oat mot Social.—lie Orangemen of
the section celebrated the 5th of Novem-
ber by a social and concert in inion
Church, last Friday evening. The at-
tendance was large. After tea had been
served in the eche.olhearn, they adjourn-
edtothe church. Mr. J. McMath occupied
the chair, and a Goderich choir, led by
Mr. A. Saur.ders, rendered good music
at intervals during the evening Duette
and soles
were also given by Mr. Hann-
on and the Misea Cooke, of Goderich.
The Gest speaker of the evening was
Rev. G. A. lane!., who teek for his
theme " Why should 1 defend the Bi-
ble 1" His remarks were well received
by the andiron Dr. f're followed in
an address, dealing principally with the
Genpe•wdse Phot. The prunes le of the
evening amounted to atone $F•fi
Miss f essie 118021,
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