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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1906-9-20, Page 44 TIIUa«DAY September 20, 1906 FAMOUS PEOPLE FANNIE M 4OIII1ln' r LILY DOUGALL The Novelist and Her ,WWorlt. In the old homestead ''Ivy ('uttair," nestling under the shadow of Mount Royal, Montreal, I.ily 1hslgan. nue of (aitadab Most Notable novelists,' was born is 185d. lu addition to the drop of ink that aeons part of the chemistry of the Dougall blood, be inherited the strength of character the love for humanity and the earnestness of purpose of her bather. John 1)uugall. the founder of the "Montreal Wittiest." Miss 1).og4111s brother and sister show the *ante chanteterlatieai 111 theirood worn w Journalism and philanthropy. lust Dougall spent ' er childhood 10 Montreal. and ainec then. because her health was 004 robust enough to *LAM/ the 14r/tell% !Vol of l'1uaJlau 'P 'titers. htts spent much of her tine abroad. 'the tducatloti she tocelved under prsite tutors wee supplemented by her study at Abbot Academy. Andoser. Mass_ and a router at Cheltenham and later at Edinburgh Univ. rsity, where she was honored with the degree ut I..L.A. She has lived much of her time tri England and Scotland, and ouafevers to cychug and traveluig in out-ot-thr-w'uy places unknown to Cook's; tourists, as her pet recreattous. in 1891 her first book, " BeggarsAll appeared and, winning instant acceptance ks (he strongest and mast original romance of the year, was termed a masterpiece of restrained and legitimate dramatic fiction. Two years later her novel "What Necessity knows." received high .praise. In 1895 her two books "The M. rmaiff " stool "The Zeitgeist won the ap- preciative approval of the critics and public by the baldness of their -conception', the strength of treatment. mastery in the delineation of character: beauty in des- cription. the broadiees of view and sympathy they manifested, and the dramstie quality that held the attention.of the reader throughout. and more than satisfied it in the ending So uniformly good is her work that 0 is difficult to say which is best, many of her admirers, however, claim it is "The Madonna of a I)+iv. In which the heroine, Mary Howard. a selfish young journalist traveling along the Canadian Pacific Railway, is lost among the vast snowy solitudes of the mountains. and waud*rs into a lawless mining camp. The story is original throughout, and, though witty and cynical at times. there rune through it the thread of a mighty purpale. worked out with rare force and effeetiv.•ness. With the work of many contemporary novelists one feels that haying read one story One can predict just how the others will turn obit; they seers hterary stock companies where the rhuraOM.•n may change their dress aria their lines, but are in Pawner ever the same 1111 rharact: rs in new mawluer:ule But glias lbugall bas that rare gift of continuous originality, each, story having the charm of in- dividuality and novelty. - t w1aN 1,5o41oe .o A.* of OA primmest of Cords. I. the year 1s46. 40 w. 0 1114,1t. at os/. Jigara of Ag14 s%4 . Pa. by F.11; T.oa.loa From Buffalo to Goderich on the Grand Trunk Railway. (-oder the caption '•From Krie to Huron in August" we, find in a recent number of The Welland Tribune a spicy letter 1.y 'Mi. ()T.,- in which modest signature Mr. Garrett O'('on- nur, of the Buffalo and Goderich rail- way mail service, attempts to conceal the identity of wrready writer. We re- produce the article in fall, *44 it will he Intrteiting to many of our readers : By G. l'. H. from Bu to to Dude. rich is al, delightfll paten n sunny August, when the oats are wing hair• vented, turn ripening, apples swelling. rattle growing sleek, goldenrod be- ginning to bloom, and _the whole beautiful country, field and forest. bathed in Virile sunshine. ('orae along, let its hoard this sinful little ((rand 'trunk train for a run of r Ie hundred and sixty-Ilve miles from B (Talo to tioderich. Smart ? Yee. ve • : does'duty miles per hour doily iet n stations. Engineer 'farrier soon «the iron horse, so we are sure of a e, sleauly. jarless ride. The (',indust* is Thomas Awe—brook, a good nail . whose honest smile is ever welcome. 'on Paan go aboard at Bid - foto and e•nj4 a sight Mf swift Niagara and a split 11 'er 1 he lung reaeh04 of the Internuti( 1141 Midge with the bright blue watt r swirling below, or you can step into spacious, eonifor1- able Poach at Heid •'burg's hands*, *tali llll . Teat 1 Toot 1 Now we're off through the busy yield. st the giant round -house where an Ar v of mighty nwnat,•rs ate ',UMW 111 blowing. impatiens ti be hauling Iunl, trains al heavy freight ears east or woo Here 144 pass the Fort E 'e twee emirs., end n few fleet horses +n .tak- ing n spin. 'flier/. ate about a t ins- tant! race' Mier ill 1114i..• »*%hies, a ail there or four hundred ,attendant.. Every afternotip'(o1 six weeks in Ilio r. three or four thousand of Hu1Tlai s *gashing people. ladies And gentlemen, cotiw 4141.11»» by five special Grand 'Prank trains to wee racers afrive for victory ,(,'Mond• the long rou0.40. Mouth of us is old Fort Eric, cap- tured by the Auuerieans in 1811-14. From there till along lake Eti.•'sshoo. to the R'rlbinil sinal •1 and beyond it are delightful yellowy «:(ods and homy, of sumnwl 1*"idrnt., who puss to and foul Buffalo by (i. T. H. and patron - 7,P the neat stations al Hose 11111, Windmill 1'unnt, Bikeway, Point Alan', and Lorraine. Away we go! Out there is All 4u'rient windmill erected by a pioneer named Rome one hundred years ago, and a view of (1esc.nt Beach and Lake Erie th-it is entrancing. Further on, on the lake shone, 1s Crystal Beath, a domes tlr "Coney lafand," readied .(roan Ridgeway and Buffalo. At. Ridgeway the Feninne and Canadians fought in '118. Descendants of (unmans own these trim forms along near Sherks- tern. At this village three or fnnr hundred men toil daily blastingg rock and (14(0 llg sand for Bulfal.i con- s ptjun. The try hooks ehmrna• ing its we bowl Along. By and by we Mach Port ('Moi«.one, wdlel'e we (111ta111 w fine view of bake Erie moil to lung atrrt.'h of the Welland ,'arid and the pretty harbor. The Ieopte all along this wet' are blessed with natural gas for heating and lighting. Ft villages have letter railway service than Port I'olblrne, over 0 (14.0411 pas- senger trains touching herr daily. Liner yon noticed the neat funriner atatione along the road Nod the hand- some new mei ion at Ridgeway ? %Vest of Port Colborne the trains run through fertile fields that were a swampy wilderness n generation ago. (ilfmpees of Lake Erie may he obtained at Interval.. At St.romnese we errMls the "canal fowler." an artifi- cial waterway designee( to keep Wel- land e+sts*J supplied with water. Mut' not rswad for that purpose since lake level was attained. Soon w e reach Dunnville, a fine, progressive little.* epvn, growing rapidly, where fruit and vegetables are ranlnr(1 in great quantities. Dunnville has a ieantifnl new station and platform : and the latter is Always crowded toy travellers and their friends. l'ant ehl .Junction next. to very luisy point. where the G. T. H. 0011»»4•» itself and other roads run parallel.' Now, just count the miles' ones between Tanfield and f'alelo11i41. and wat.•h .111144' chfon,inletei. WWhaat :• Over le wile a minute : I told you so. Fine farm- ing romary'.w,sl .If Caledonia. Ilene is a neat Hag station at Middlepmt, and a handsome new' station at Onon- daga. All around herr the Iroquois I`(ix Nation Indians", Imrrsnappalingly tierce. are settling down into farming just Tike their white brothers. It would pity the **•%Feller to gnrs)il111 Ihr tt•ammllen as to little haPpenings ;long the road. Multiage st4lev 1n- nnw0rahle would be, the result. i have noticed that fat niers east. of Brantford do not go west by seventy- five eventyfive per rent. as freely as their fell' w- farmmers west of Brantford. Here we are at Brantford after passing through sevi•nty-five miler of st in- teresting 'country and thriving your inanities. A new station was built all Brantford by the Orand.Trunk a PollPle of year. ago. It is Duly -a noble , Outside 'rnrmntt or I)1• talwa it would (s/• hard 111 snrpasa it in Ontario. yet Mt, afford. a w-tinderfulls' hu.y junction city. is to have. some- thing 'greater. while temdun is to have an "eye-oo1WII1I.. of :1 nett( sI 111 jolt Iacidhotel. Brant ford station is luih of rein.•rit nod dressed stone, vitrified 1 brick and tele roof.. The waiting Iroonrs have tiled than. bitty roof.. w,1114 1ilitell in gold, '11 %er and water solo*« the • ellert Awl g very fine. The ex t*'ll.lv.' platfol•1,14 t e (1f smooth ronerele, white and ele•.ul. host of through and lav,enger 1e, ins/ pass hlo11gh here Gaily, since 00 100 w . 41 placed upon the double -Skil sys and 111:1111 line IN•, wrenthe east .041. Station \I iat.•r• Short hand - eon w'it'hout a hitch. One feels t and ling 1 the two fits Mf Ihr doublr-Irack, with its very wavy steel aid solid bed. running it to Paris. Here 1s truly a lovely lilt 1 town, lulill itpon the hanks of the it•1uld and Nith river,, the `.,''rt.1 ies, rising` stlws%e el side. A line vie ca II "the pre ti ran 1e 1l1lajti( 111/.new'1ee•1 do hundred feet h river. It is a pi 001 pause hent( pn ,tty Paris on InOver Ing rer nn et1. Herr. t iug apo mossIvo stnotutr ti materials, It Grund Tr(1nk, just w, 1s'bocci -utHcient stations to keep half tilt artisans in the r•olnity Inky. At Paris station we loin .11f the main line to. 1-14(1 to Stratford. Fine well - kept farms on each side 111 us : 1) wv tit, Bright and Titvist,k are paw ell «IIM•Iwg. %vide -awake (cowrie. Al Mtrtlfothl the 11. T. R. is n mighty ',appro. lout n trifle to la h,(1 it 'sew to be. Stretford, like Brant- ford, onl,-is growing strong and healthy. There Are signs ..f pr"gr's« e',.•rv'• where and work for everyone. Nilyy, a ever know when work Wass.) plenti- ful i• There is time for an early dinner at Stratton]. Soon atter twel•e the (Mill 1111114 tint for (i,slerich, forty- five miles away. .1 hive known the running of the train from Stratford to be under forty-flye minutes 1 Power- ful engines roll the cars, and they mold vie with some of the fn1*t•st only for the many stops. Home of the flneat harms in Ontario) are t) 1* wen as we pass on our way through Perth and Moan, such fine towns as Mitchell. Ihlhlin, SeAfnrth and Clintond on towns that hare good .•IIrl1-r lies 111141 111)1141, 1 other on"the hill w of whet its citizens est town in Ontario" d as he train crosses nhlr t rk bridge, oneigh, 11Athe lirand pity that t train docs le, few mi lies, while sial And hlrw•11111 h other side , re ltd tin. M.O. \' stmt In In go olio! scent« to ole *lint. h.. THE SIGNAI,: (i0I1ERlell ONTARIO streets and sidewalks. electric light- ing, thri%ing 1 ',.fors:. i,i.l ro,., good Reh,wd.4 and excellent nrwspaprra. The true ('est. Irish and S. null, tv strongly in evidence up here, and he is doing a tin*' work for ('%luta. Gcxdrrirh, .the county town of Huron. is rwarhed at 1:'S1 i'. in. Of this bright 1,1wn unstinted words of Praise' might 114 freely used. %When we it •p oaf the train 00 to the sine room:t.•t e• pial h,l'lll, we, sow a tinele1 station of dressed stone and brick, %h.s,. interior 14 panieled ill dual •• %vomit,. In' front a steep hulk (1101 In the valley of the '*J. *leo,l liccl. 1lua,1. o idling. dreamy- stte.em in .010 loot a mighty 1,4111 ml 111 ••11.11114. ‘‘.4.'• twit away 111 go,1,.enn 10141' an,,l tio,1'br.Amlitill 'woad -al eels, 11,1,41 %till* ail 11110 111/11 hnd.•n, 1% it *%iJ,• ...moiety sidewalk- ..M h ,i.j.• MI the niirty 11nw• reel. ..i 14•,•1,. 11.11141.4,1114• tcsolruces al1,anel, n hit• 1.1110', b11,y factories are in 51o11g O' hien . Th,• (s,utrty tut ling•. are in the .,'u n• .',I the (1141 11. •.1,: ro:u:.Ir.1 by 1,11,-14 •haJJ• fret. w it 14 gl n11,11101'1cl.:uiJ .,1m (nrtaMe-.,•,1 The hank. util store. end . hotel, 1,1• the most pat are arranged ar(o11nd :ail t.•laglu. wail* in, fin,:coon! 4 llniiW1ngsanti a pt1•11y k int he c,.111 re,, the h•lilding.'brio el n 1,1' 1., i,•1. ,111 .1 Ilse rouelrte- ;11t,to •11, le,•l wide,. 'J'br idea i, n 1e1 :111 I,I..-u1J;. 'Phis town lin. Mewl, tit 1. tkat, mil inhiabitants. 11 11.1• g11011 pa pet., choir'be., school,. 1•1.1,11or., Carnegie Manly, beautiful h.il bor. bathing. boating, tl.hiug and Inv g4,1411e. The Atnto.phrte is clean' acid b,ariiig. A more delightful Ida.'.• 1...p• to It holiday ill s . r wombs 1.14 baud to *lid : aitd- lunldie.ls of our AItrri,al ieighbrs .know it well. lit•'r is where, the mlnnster s;ellm.n trout aro. brought when - .:(,Ighl at the fishing ground (.1 out ni 1 Iw ,.old bar, 111 hake 111111)11. F'ur. our part we generally; make ,a brief I rest at the Park Mouse, kept by .1. .1 Wright, a tel caterer. 'Phis horse i WA" l.•tilt nearly a Imitated yeat s ago' IIs, the l anad1 Land Co.. and is a very, interesting stritetul•.• tit the gate of Harbor Park. There is gond business done in t'be har•IH•41 in milling, Mother, coal. .•Iivatng, 11.100111, VIP. .lust now• the finishing touches are hying' h1ut tipro 44 i brill elevator 11111 fret igh. wltirb wa. burned down over a year ago. ,Ind m v risestip in all 111e ',tretenh 111 s011d ceownt, it most ill- 101051iug structure. lint there is so miunh to write about 111 a trip from Hula o to tiasle,'ich. ler Brand Trunk. (haft cul could be filled. (If Buffalo, the oleo - 11 -1. of w•ondi•rfnl trate would till half .0 ruhlrian. If the journey west ill the morning is deligbufl the 1.1111 east. twilight {oat of the w y,,a(,ld the jour ney ended in the my ria, lights of Huffalo, is equally so. t'he\con- fort, Ie.agty and prosperity of 1)n- tario grim, strongly upset one after melt a journey—three Modred and thirty miles return. Trains are rim very punctually on the G. T. H. these day's, so we 111144• nu need to Worry , about- deify,, Train Master Nixon keeping thein up to sehe isle time Two mail trains are run ,144h W:lc daily bet wren'Buffalo and (ioderich. gi%•ing a very fine mail service. .111 west of Stratford is Seahox hill, t1n highest point in Ontario. 1e, is grit, impossible to grow• tiled gazing iroi1 the window., for there ara h (reds of real beauty spots passel on route. 1 was asked if the wntet• was deep in the Niagara river tinder the intern,*- C 1 bridge. It is, the f'. S. survey of six Years ago finding a depth of fort Y- -ix feet muter the ...wing of the Inter- t.:ttional Midge. Whish county 'eros most 11ro51Ferous :• It would be hard to say. W-elland, with its Ni- ag:(,w Falls power. shipbuilding. iron works. cordate, quarries. rte..'oc,us to have a 10tnaukable future lefnre it. Of 11re towns .mo cities on the way, I wtnld predict great careers for Brant- ford and Stratford. Where du l ser neatest farniylg:' Everywhere. Hum- Iwratoone has mantel farms. while the fa l•IIIers Hrollnd ('aingt'IIIe seen' to pro- duce great 'mops of font and *,'gr• hlbb•,. 1'p in Orford. Perth laid Huron the fame 1(1,• pretty modem. and they se•h1 well tilled and have fine barns and homes. It is slid nowadays that corplla lion-, do mot ear*' for their old ser- i:mt,. l.ut the 1;. T. R. has v. -fermis in it, '1•1%ice %f1f) I have passed the halt Bent my mark of c•nntinnnns taloa t. Take Malcolm 4'nleleugh.-nlwriu fond*'nt nt th,• International bridge, wh.,'did gra id work before the• invasion of '1144 ; or take Conductor Wellington Smith, still hale and hearty, vim 44(4 "p•r11ing at I)iindas when the ,11.•s. jordisw ('anal accident ore11rred--1111.1 there are others, many.- Thy O. T. H. has been lifted from the mire I'v the present rnanagrulerl1• and the condi- tion of its employees has been uiueh improved. Rmr -we inn 1t .411 a 11141: and 14role other (Iffy we, may write up ether mat ler. of interest as great as a trip from Eric to Huron. • Making and mending at Diamond hall Promptly and we.l—and at reason- able -pricer -we attend to the repair. las of N'arches and Jewelry of *11 funds. A special mailing box to which to forward your wsic* to us will be sant you fru on request. We have unequalled facilities, toe, forth designing and manufacturing of special article in Jewelry, Silver- ware, Lodge Regalia, Insign,a, Eta Webuy old Gold Jews hy 4 high- est rices. W. .....1044 request Ira e/charse saw ism. ,ll..tr.*.dc.a..1,, s.. NEW FALL GOODS OUR NEW FALL STOCK IS NOW COMPLETE. DRESS GOODS Our dress d,rptu'tne111 is almost complete with the Ietul1ug new bales and colors for the (*11 ...worn., Dress tweeds ft- 25 cents uli to the Neat *ltles in tweed effects. The fnlhlwillg 41etwalllalde liner are rrpr(:w•mlrJ ill 11410 asw,rtmeil, lath in color* amt plucks. 'broadcloths, venetiana, 11,1411111*, satins, cloths, serge,. cheviots. litiriellas, ca.hwcr••w, te4. phabl., clans, tartans and Freileh merges. WAISTINGS American Empire twills, trig range of colors, only 15 rents, glen! value, WAISTINGS Embroidered Ionia res, in light M(1 »twice» JUL WW,01, net st•ipet. Very tate and Mil, beautiful colorings JV Ij11e1's (drip Powders cure. Fog 44414'b)• .1.14. WW 11•44111, New life for a quarter. Nill.•r'1 Compound Iron Pills. For sale by la .. 1Vil'0n. rrN. :/ "Royal Crown" Witch -Hazel Toilet Soap The name tea' Racal -- -quality Crown -perfection in making Witch -Hazel -soothing,hcaling,re- freshing, beautifying Soap -leaning A perfect compiexiyn.:soap. ] perfect toilet Soap, l oc. a ake. 3 cakes sjc. s At Druggists F%rry w l ere. The Underwear That is Guaranteed You get exactly what you pcy for— or you get your Money back—when you buy Stanfield's "Unshrinkable" Underwear - Every dealer, handling STANFiELU:S, is authorized to refund) the pmt: hale pace, should•any STANFIELD garment shrink from any antic. Sale Underwear for you to buy, isn't it ? 84 LADIES' COATS Come and i.e*.' the McKinnon reit, bought just last week. 110('0.41 designs jai 1 he u1 u•ket. 4111111ng41 choice,-prit.11lllll et (roan $10,'$15 RAIN COATS l'ravene•llrs, faults Ulla $5 grey's/, ' neweaat, makes Our stock in larger and 'nor attraelive than ever before. J. H. COLBORNE 11$9:50 Corner Hamilton Street and Square (IODERICH, When y' • business Iwo umes irk- s oilie rk•:111114 avid distasteful. you 4110 not well. Jlillrt'h' ll J 1 Iron Pills will Make it a pleasure to attend to Masi. lie... For wale by .las. \Wilson. Corrugated Galvanized Iron Roofing and Siding, SkV'l.l(-ll1 iS, IiOT AIR FURNACES, 1 ARMERS' FEED HOILERS. WHEELER & BAIN 179 King Street East, TORONTO. 1 TO THE PUBLIC Wis Have you arrived at tb .e fork in the road of life? Ai 'e yon puzzled because you i lo not know which path leas Is • to suceess? No doubt you have looked 't through the office window of some great concern and have seen the manager in 1 lig chair —looked comfortable, didn't he ? on have wished to fill the sat ie position —ilon day. 'fiat's where a f5ii if less College educati 1 comes in. But in 1ele('b ng a('ollege, first see t t you are right --them go ahead. let tells all about plans, sty otitis, charges, uating, etc. Write for it., ember till June, inclu M re, OSINESSIIQ OLLEGE Y,M,c.A. UIJS,, he erhr.d le, 1 t let htutlghoul l h.• large -h l:,npirc ha dropped a notch or Two, Arid ,•on,•gU 1tl1' hx•al pn,'t. 11,•• d111o1. we An. 1411u (141110 all P111 ,s 1,111-1.1.price.. *41,111, 1111• ,11,4111' n 1 - woo& 0 11111 tetter, than *ter. M. 1.1.:AS 1 F:AT St AftliET is oath, all (red, e( uwwt,, poultry, roc.. and, while I ha,ltiuv the public bar their Ifl«•nal 11.11 r„.rage, we, ,1114 It a 001111ll llAm • of the ,Aloe. Mc LEAN BROS• ,n roe F:.o-. -t. anti.,11nm•. BROS., Hardware Supplies for Pall Nails, locks, hinges, barndoor hangers, etc., etc. A full line of builders' hardware. Shovels, spades, and all kinds of farm and garden tools. Paints, oils, vatnishes, white brushes, etc. See our = Pocket Cutlery --keen goods at keen prices. Robertson's Ready -ouzel 'Paints are the Fest We are agents for Goderich J. NICHOLSON The Hat -aware Store, • West Street. S. J. YOUNG Nexl Post Office, Dungannon SELLING OUT SALE ANNOUNCEMENT Our 6o Days' Sale is now expired and in order to still reduce our stock lower we have decided to extend the sale for 15 Days only, Commencing Monday, September 10th. coming Wt' h s.t. sl:ll Illent� alt' goods to select from suitableor th(+ season and at prices that 111.= t.IIrewile,t buyers cannot but recognize as GENUINE Bargains. If you have not esti yet been out to our sale, conie next week, and he convinced for yourself that this is the place to buy good honest goods at Bargain Prices. Iiave some special values to offer at the coming sale in the following lines, viz.: Ladies' Furs Consisting of Ruffs, Stoles, ('aperines, Etc. One Crate Fancy German China ; One Case of Underwear. and Five Cases BOOTS and SHOES. All the above mentioned have just arrived. ,Inst a mord Of explanation how and why these, Goods are here and on sale—I,ast May we gave orders for the above named goods to be delivered Sept. 1st, the China pack- age being; an import order. 'I'11e Furs, Boots and Shoes, etc., were matte up in accordanets with our special order. It was only fair and right that we accept them, so our Toss in this transaction Wvill be your gain, providing you avail yourself of this opportunity. The Chinaware con.ists of some very useful articles which would sell in the usual was at from 25 to :,us/ each, our sale price 10, 15 and 25c. Boots and Shoes. No doubt you are well aware of the present advance in these lines. Remember they Were,bolight at the old prices, and will be sold at Genuine Bargains. Ladies' Furs. Are you going to want anything' in the above line tliis fall and winter ? if so, j come and ask to see these goods. -Ilave a good assortment to select from. Remember, It is only a pleasure to show goods. Also, do not forget that our stock in general is still well assorted, and especially you will find our Grocery Department To teontain a good selection of Fresh, New and up-to-date Goods at very ('lose Prices. in conclusion, let us thank our many customers and the public in general for their liberal patronage during our past sale, and trust that each and every one will make a special effort to come to our Is Days' Sale. 1 am your obedient servant. TERMS CASH OR PRODUCE. S. J. YOUNG