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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1882-04-07, Page 24 THh HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1882. Nosed to /M Dock. There were twentyseve¢ persons charged with various o�eoa 1 before his Honor that morning. It was only 18 months ago. One of the accused was s young girl of about seventeen, who was weeping very bitterly. The usual crowd of hang- ers-on at the police court was leering at the unfortunate tramp, the irreclaimable drunkard, the foreheadless petty lar. monist and the burly burglar. But there was something in this young girl's sobs, in this sorrow of the fair. haired maiden who had passed the night is the same cell a ith drunken prosti- tutes, female dive -thieves and women of the worst class, that was heartbreak- ing. Even the bailiff of the court—ac:us- turned to criminal misery and inured to to scenes of suffering frem the suicide of a wanton to the execution of a murderer, and his parting with his mother and sis- ters—even the bailiff felt touched, and walking up to the railing, whispered some kind wcrd in her ear. And next to her sat a younz as death. The humiliation of aliment is over, help one to go BMW where where I can get work—a Iway off, where my story is not know and, as I live, I will repay your kindne ten - tole. And there is • young girl," he continued, "charged with stealing some lace, up -stairs. Will you see to her 1 I am sure she is innocent, and in the d ,ok she forgot all her troubles for a moment to ask me never to be bad again. It was that, Mr. Belden, which made me give up so quickly." The parting was a very sad one, but the inevitable had to come, and Hugh Murray was for six months to come only "No. 143," in the western corridor. A few days after he had been in pri- son, he received a trunk full of new clothing from his late employer, stone luxuries in the way of food, etc., that were specially permitted by the warden, and the following letter: "My DLII Heu11,—Please accept the accompanying little gifts from one, and keep up a good heart. I scud you some useful books with which to employ your time. Yuur friend, who was in such trouble, was perfectly innocent, and was discharged, her arrest having been a con- spiracy; and she is now head saleswoman of the house where she was accused of theft. I called and told her yesterday how bitterly yoe suffered from her sym- pathy, and the noble girl bunt into tears, and bade me tell you to be of good courage and never be bad again." And a year after this there was a quiet little wedding in Toronto, Canada, and the bridegroom was a successful young jeweller just started in business, and president of one of the local total abstinence societies, while the bride's name was Isabel Daly. And as he held her to his heart after the ceremony, he whispered, "Darling, do you remember that you were wooed in a prison ?" The one strange thing about the wed- ding was, however, that when they got to their new little home there was a let- ter addressel to Mr. and Mrs. Murray, and it had a smudge on it. just like as if an'old-fashioned salt tear had fallen on it, and all that was inside of it was a check for $1000, signed by Everett Bel- den man, tale his posi- tion stood out in bold relief in his atti- tude and in every feature of his face, in the nervous clutch of his hands, in the shifting of his feet, the disarranged hair, and the silently expressed suffering. The judge was late that morning, and kept the prisoners waiting. "Don't cry," the young man was say- ' ing to the girl who sat next to him. "I am sure you have done nothing wrong. I would pledge my life that you have not. Tell me your troubles and I will tell you mine. I have been with a whole- sale jeweller for two years, and I got in- to bad company, took some gold I was to work u,) into a bracelet, and sold it. I first accused some one of having stolen it, but last night I confessed. They had me arrested, and I shall plead guilty and take my punishment." The girl turned her head quickly, and between her sobs said: "But I—I have done nothing wrung; only one of the girls at the store where I worked put some lace in my pocket be- cause—because she is jealous of one, and then they found it there. and --oh, my hest la breaking!" "Hugh Murray, accused of robbing his employer, what have you to say 1" "Guilty." his face was whiter than eve$, but his mouth was firm and resolute; and after he had said the work that made him a convict, he faced the magistrate and said : "Your honor, I have said guilty, be- cause I should be a liar if I said any- thing else; but, your honor, I have this to add to my plea: I never drank wine in my life until last Friday night, and I was utterly under its influence when I Charlie to ugly King George. (Laugh- LsCi LOW. pause. (line loss the • ter and app great) would have sustained had Prince Chat - he suco..d.d - they would have lost one ! of the grandest m11006.434 of wogs in t which the world delights. (Applause.; 11ew.raeer eistei •sip. Mr. Donald Clarke, of the 2d con. of Huron, has purchaasd the celebrated im- ppoerted heavy draught stallion "Samisen," from Mr. Iai nbert,uf Ripley, for $1,000. PAINFUL OPgLTION. —On Sunday last Drs. Stewart, of Brucefield, Mackid and Tennant, of this village, performed a very suocessful a ,e»tion in a ycutyp man named Win. Dempsy, of Holyruod, who was troubled fur • number of .ears past with sciatic. The doctor's an incision in the thigh and stretch ma a the nerve. The patient is at present under the treatment of lir. Mackid, and is progressing favorably. The Sepoy Lacrosse Club held their first meeting this season on Monday, 27th ult., in Whitely a hotel, to reor- ganize tar the season, when the follow- ing officers were elected: President. D. E. Cameron; Vice -President, R. Kerr; Captain, D. O. Cameron; Secretary, J. Murchison; Managing Committee, A. S. Campbell, K. McPherson, Frank Itook- ledge, A. Smith, and F. McPherson. The meeting adjourned to meet again at the call of the Secretary. Lucknow' is determined to keep Our National Game alive. On Saturday afternoon last it man named Quinn went into the sturebelong- inng to Mr. Geo. Kerr, and asked to be shown some cloth, which was according- ly done. Quinn examined the goods and seemed perfectly satisfied that the piece shown him was the thing he want- ed, but on learning the price he became very abusive and began cursing and swearing that he could get it so much cheaper at other stores. Mr. Kerr told him if the prices did not suit him he was not compelled to "take them, but that he (Quinn) must stop swearing or he would have to leave the store. This Quinn re- fused to do, and in the • scuffle that en- sued Mr. Kerr was pushed threulgh nue of the show windows, after which he struck Quinn under the right eye with his fiat, completely closing that optic and forcibly ejected him trout thd'pre- mime. Quinn was afterwards cited to appear before the Magistrate for using abusive language towards Mr. Kerr, but the matter was settled out of court, Quinn paying all costs.—[Sentinel. There appears to be many different ways of understanding the true meaning of newspaper patronage, as it is called, and as an interested party, we give place to a disquisition on the subject by ons who knows whereof he speaks. It will, perhaps, serve as a mirror wherein cer- tain persons can see themselves as others see them. Many lung and weary years have forced the conviction upon us that newspaper patronage is a word of many definitions, and that the kreat majority of mankind are either ignorant of the correct defin- ition er are dishonest in the strici bibli- cal sense of the word. Newspaper pat- ronage is composed of as many colors as the rainbow, and it is as changeable as a chameleon. One roan comes in and subscribes fur • paper and pays for it in advance, and goes home and reads it with the proud satisfaction that it is his. He hands in an advertisement, asks the price, pays for it, and goes to his place of business and reaps the advantage thereof. An- other man says you may put it on your books, and goes off without saying a word about pay. Times passes on, you want money, and want him to pay you what is honestly due you. He flies into a passion, perhaps pays, perhaps not and orders his paper stopped. This is called newspaper patr )nage. Another man lives near you, lie does not take the paper.—he don't like the editor—the paper is too small fur him— yet he goes regularly to his neighbor's and reads it, and quarrels with the opinions of the editor. Occasionally he Imes an article he likes and he begs or gives a few cents for the number. This is called newspaper patronage. Another man takes two or three pa- pers and cannot afford to take a home paper, but he likes it and comes into the office and begs one whenever he comes to town. This is called newspaper pat- ronage. Another man likes the paper and takes a copy for his family, and pays for it, and does all he can to get new sub- scribers; he never grumbles, but always has a cheerful word for the editor. If any little item of interest occurs in the neighborhood he informs the editor. This is newspaper patronage. Another man has a patent and wants two dollar notice inserted every week. It will be of interest to your leaders, he says; but although knowing it will bene - ht himself most of all, he does not offer to pay for it. This is called newspaper patronage. Another man has taken the paper for several years, but has not paid for it, and comes in with a four or five dollar advertisement and asks you to insert it for nothing, because he is an old patron of yours. This is called newspaper pat- ronage. Another man—"a young man about town," no use taking a paper, he knows all that's going on. By and by he gets married, and hands in a notice with "just give me a dozen copies." He gets them, and when you mention pay he looks surprised: "you surely don't charge for such a thing !" And this is called newspaper patronage. Now, isn't newspaper patronage a very curious thing 1 And in that day when the gentleman in black gets his dues, as he surely will, how many of the patrons enumerated above will fall to his share? Now it will tie seen that while certain kinds of patronage are the very life and existence of a newspaper, there are other kinds of patronage that are more de- structive than the deadly night -shade. TM Scottish Inghlasden. BOOTS AND SHOES At the Oldest Established Shoe tor. in Towu, In Endless Varietyt To suit the most fastidious t tee .4 i l t'i s in eat a iouumio b.l; e MY SPRING STOCK Is now complete, and I take pleasure •n informing my eustiooers that et no pre- vious time have 1 had such a The well known Celtic scholar, Sher- iff Alexander Nicholson, L L. D., drew to the Queen street hall, Edinburgh, one evening lately, spite of the inclement weather, a large audience connected with the Philosophical 'institute, to whom he delivered the first of two lectures on the history and character of the Scottish Highlanders. The territory of the High- lands, he acid, with all the westernlsles, constituted by far the larger and most picturesque, as also the wilder and least profitable part of Scotland. The Gaels were distinguished especjally by having a language of their nwn, by manners and took the gold." And at this juncture an elderly man ennuis peculiar to themselves, and above all by never having been subdued stepped forward and said, in a voice even by the Romans—never pOdued choked with emotion : "Your honor, I until they were deprived el their kilts. am this young man's employer, and I (Applause.) With the exception of the am sorry that I have taken these steps Greeks and the Fins, he did not know now. With your permission I will with- of any other European race which had draw the charge.' But His Honor only looked •little proeerved its characteristics so long. dimly through his spectacles, and said: (Applause.) It was not derogatory to "Too late; complaint sworn to, arrest their anceatcivs that they were lightly dressed. They did not encumber thein - made, prisoner pleads guilty." r And au it came to pass that Hugh selves with armor or adorn themselves Murray expiated the only criminal act of with black cads and *hitneckties; but his life by six months in the House of they painted to mike themselves more stirring, alike to their enemies as well as Correction. Before he left the dock he managed their friends, as even civilized Britons— ladies— he was told, still did. (Laugh - to whisper to big neighbor: "Tell me ter.) Entering iuto the history of the your easel. 't.you? I have been so bad asst [lir.701 are so good; and Highlanders, he expressed his scenti;ism Pert 1 1 ,, nishment is over, of the Irish infasron, in so far as it told you who ed' gei.tle will let me of King Fergus and the coronation -•tong, c apt and call you friend!" brought with him, on which ha shoul(1 An1i411e, her great eyes all blur- be crowned. Proceeding to a later date, he said let Ireland do as she might in i is with teats, said, faintly: "My same these advanced days, let them not for- me Isabel —Isabel Doily. I hope yes get that in these barbarous times she won't ever be bad again, and that they gave them such a man as Saint Columba, won't be unkind to you." who was to Scotland more than all her Ani he passed out of the dick with Bess words ringing in his ears: "I hope kings, warriors, poets and priests. To yen won't ever be had again, and that such a man he gave the title "Saint" they wont be unkind to you." And heartily as to St. Peter or !Saint Paul. when he reached his cell, from which Speaking of the rise of the clans, the lecturer referred to the suppression of they were to take him away to the House the Lord (if the Ialea in 1403, whose of Correction, the firmness that had kept lace was taken h the Campbells of Alm up so far all left him, and, crouched p y p cold stones, he burst into a flan- Argy Th• family had always bean "t> s fit of we.ping.distinguished by great ability and policy —he would not use soy harsher wer.l-- was not long alone, for his employ- so that it became the mos' powerful Ad followed him, and the 06es family in the Highlands, and were often attiflN wrier esu now a tnsadly bolar mainspring of the nation's action in dos the d.vR M W caused �tn b.arch and State. (Applause.) Ad- �44 b M.eroy. 1,14did Ht►ellerting to th. massacre of 0111M008,M id1 atm amend tisth s etnar. d the record of all the barbarities tom• fee Wesel minutes cosh net apt+oak Atttid in the Highlands, full of burn- inehrtsid: p asst spoils, murders and treacheries,A71► 1 endd releas and woe, contained no mur- i Met Alluding is tbsao treachery like that ---it was enstkhsk et a bey oflinhuman, it was infernl.)Ap- 1y the Wiplsmp plasm Any attempt to diminish the �'S]iRi 'Mies tries whore. horror suck esasas respired was nee free Wilielts'I Oil Ill mon 1 *ado thief' f*es eriummaidy ilasif. Applaesa tii/1a 10.1 /10 reply, (se both Marls Is the Ja.ekihs wars the Highlands's vrlssbe fell to speak fan a tnnoi$t: b+a1 were ort all se sass aide, and they were 4111r,0158 0011.116.* raised hie bad &a not st Has day. la. could not Name the Jasn►iees either ee the permed ef "I wag sot crying like a baby fan my nstiwssst w policy. All fishery Maowed t, sd I heti eisllfissg bet that toss tressaa mtigft leo the 4411 . ro. Uses besbeits larch atlisel i es s el leasee. stns( that dew's ksew it. lint tae be ens- the oily *I'e.hde tees of sijrMrsadgist. cosh I was o thief marl 1 utas (I*sgbWu.) Montrose is ahs Maim cif a /kid for the W{ilse, to -day: A ira to-me.eew, e. sham i was heti if yes faun re fa. iropetkimaiposavidik fb diigls- hersh, then. wire les Pan lewder'' who preferred Beams Vinare Large & Varied Stock As at present. I have raised the Standard of Quality and Lowered the Brice until it is a pusitive fact that no such value in foot wear coli las gut elsewhere. CUSTOM WOORK! of every grade still rt.ceices my p h. n.l t and careful attention, and will be made up in the most approved styles by first-class workmen, and of the very best material obtainable. 1t1s sad !Vlrssctools Kcc1 P1o1cr1 Frac� At time of purchase if so desired. E DOWNING, 1 t Crabb's Block, Cor. East Street and the Square. Tresseadees Sales. The druggists of this city are doing a big business now in the sale of St. Ja- cobs Oil. One druggist un whom we called on Saturday alterncx,n, stated that although his sales were large at first, they have doubled lately. Another said that so popular has the Oil become that he could hardly keep the supply up. Not one to whom we have spoken but gave it a- high recom- mendation and said that it must be ef- fecting scores of cures. or there would not be such a demand for it. The people have got the St. Jacobs Oil fever bad and no mistake, and confi- dence in its curing qualities is still grow- ing stronger. Of course, this would not be so, unless the remedy was fully meet- ing its every promise. Uasysrd's Tetlew 011 Will be found invaluable fon all purposes of a family liniment. Immediate relief will follow its use in all cases of pain in the stomach, bowels or side; rheumatism, colic, colds, sprains and bruises. For internal and external use. It has no equal in the world for what it is recom- mended. Fur sale by all dealers at 25c. per bottle. HARDWARE! CO TO `vKpe-ExNir`'6 -- ,V,ran8tlt- r4 ---iz J -I -M 41i1, TO BUY YOUR Farmers' Hardware YOUR Builders' Hardware The came* .f foltds. are getting overheated in hot rooms or crowded assemblies, sitting in a draught, or cooling toe rapidly after exercise, muffling up warm and changing to light- er wrappings, cold and damp feet. No matter what is the cause Hagyard's Pec- toral Balsam is the cure for all throat and lung diseases that induce consump- tion. YOUR KNIVES, FORKS 81 SPOON No article ever attained such un- bounded popularity in so short a time as Burdock Blood Bitters, and that too during the existence of countless num- bers of widely advertised bitters and and blood purgers. It is evident that this medicine begins its work at once, and leaves no desirable effect unattained. FRESII ARII1YAIJSI CANNED CORN BEEF, LUNCH TONGUE, ENGLISH BRAWN POTTED TONGUE, BEEF, HAMI T. the ■wiles( rr.ressl... sad all whom It may e.seee. Phos,patine, or Nerve Food, a Phos- phate Element blued upon Scientific ?sets, For•muletsd by Professor Agateq) K. D. of Boston, lass., cures Pnlmn6- ary Consumption, Sick Headache, Ner- veue Attacks, Vertigo and Neuralgia and all waiting diseases of the human system. Plsosphatine is not • M,d.cin.. but a Nutriment, because it contains no Vegetable or Mineral Poiwma. Oputen, (Narcotics, and no Stimulants, but simp ly the Phtrphatie and Gartric Llements found in eur daily food. A single bottle is sufficient In convince. All Druggists sell it. $1 00 per bottle. Lawns. R Co., sole srosle for the Moslems, 56 Frost Strad Nest. Tomato. Th. new treatment fee rapidly enrsdi- tiosing Screw, Zred's Tdtte C.«mpmeed .sad Blond Mixture. Sada peeling sea - hew • mond Pinging RIO which is gives is the animal previous to ming the direst tonic powder. This is the Bawl seen .aria treatment sad will seseempltsk amus is see week thea the old system et Spiess, )reeds sad Cadition Powders wos dos a month, ash pour het it Gem Rhymes. agent.. teh CHICKEN FRESH SALMON AND LOBSTER. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF Christie Brown & Co'; BISCUITS stn CARIB, TZAtS, fiVGARft Ai' Pun" SpioII. TRY TEEM. Chas. A. Nairn. In fact, everything you want in his line W. IS BOUIW TO BELL GODERICN BOILER MS. O t&1 TO MILL 111 IS alai ifALT WILL This Spring. and Summer. See bis FENCE WIRE, the beat yet. R_ W_ X.0O21=CINTZ= JAS. SAUNDERS & SON. VARIETY STORE. NEW GOODS_ WALL�'APERS WINDOW BLINDS, BORDERS 8zc_ 8z0 - NEW DESIGNS LOW PRICMB_ TOYS AND FANCY GOODS. A twee stock of STOVES AND TINWARE. TINWORK ATTENDED TO PROMPTLY The Cheapest House Under The Su New )Minis!) sad $LT Pile a ssefes Med as+ert.at settee 11 blade of tegsIei s essosb( sinus 1111 smossal ospr•ides et Ike Pveerleesle v41 suit Practical Workmen P n Aar *A TSE E]sic P0RIU J. C. DETLOR & CO asiGL •i le�DAT. rSBRLA*T felt, 1511. Their Immense Sal The Entire Stock will be Offered at Clearing Prices. �a1"�,''"�11ZS i1Z F'VEr r Iii Don't Miss This Chance to Buy Goods at Bottom Priem. The Ordered Tailoring Departmen WILL RECEIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION. J.C. DETLOR & GO GREAT BARGAINS i1 BOOTS AND SHOES CMD CLEABING SA!IE FOR 30 DAY Previous to stock tails( st CAMBELL'S BOOT AND SHOE EMPORIUM. Poetise wsstem obese salmis rhwN esn at ems Reins erred anciam Wert i sis /messed to essaMessn to order athiagtit Myst Ole Xataiai V AND (>�Gl-ood.Tit WM CAMPBELL. e.a.1+ Irene. tie. Isla Hou raoe Yl There (4 inui without the a Purple tint death. Pork or vc• ScNape carr purtion is uea INKTrke a thic ter p mien S"up oasts 011110 good. Never wall lightly. Cabbage al the grain, 514 soaked in sal kill the slugs Scurvy is but by its robbed the 1' Better pay tables than stale ones. Always b suet. You neve dings half c.i To get the use double t do of turnip. Sew a plat of your pude Erten the dis Boil potat Haddix;k Carrots at Potatoes ly, or else tl of them. There is in cheese. --t new. Celery an good for rh A clean o stew pan. Never tli Men eutp to eat a goal *lc •saes( Since my continuatiu this has inc the Tupper one of the season. V what irregt • monetrat iu can) is alw some time ment. Ps see and he there are, fashion of of gladiate tally stro slims, the heavy jaw rails with perian in that for i, their leve 'lenient, 1 tars Ill th, who rants epithets i that to w' their own tendanco makes th respectah Viewer from its very col gatherini every lin fades .u' -e . hate, ma rible Inc izea it at ?peaks, brass a Horner oes. BF always 1 the rest v it u peri f.mr how - and int t)ppxosil xo far, side fn A th attenti C harle: time, s+) nit right." our pi the an r0C0 •rd ges as zie an the T to the and c his o' he h alto, And tired been a sot at a an o if (p�t(pt1