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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1918-12-19, Page 11• valley, and carried a shower h rattan of while roses and maidenhair fern Miss Lillian Alton, sister of the groom. was bridesmaid and the groom was accomp- anied he Mr. C. Melvin Raynard. brother of the bride. After a dainty lunch the evening was spent in social chat and the rendering of an impromptu program. The htide was the recipient of a number of beautiful and useful presents, the grooms gift being a golden necklace. To the bridesmaid he gave a brooch set with =sires and pearls and to the organist a h set with rubies, to the groomsman a signet ring. Guests from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. Raynard and Mr. and Mrs. Dobson of Ethel, Mr. and Mr'. John Webster of Seaforth. 1 he young couple left the hallowing morning amid showers of confetti for the groom's tine farm on the 100 concession of Ashfield, where they will make their home. No I. 'ice. The unlucky one eras telling his troubles to a 'empathetic fririod. "No leave, no lettere no blinking Blighty, no luck at all !" "Never mind, you'll anon he dead " "Yee- said the unlucky one, and if 1 lags dead now. and on my way to Heaven. III het I'd be brought down by anti air craft. 1 - NOTICE Owing to the scarcity of Coal, and the fact that sales have, of necessity, to be made in very small quantities, we have fount' it absolutely necessary to make a rule that ALL COAL BE PAID FOR ON DELIVERY MacEwan Estate .0•09••••••••••••••••••••• • • ; 41441 GET YOUR • 6` Christmas Candy Early • • As we make our own Candy we are in a • better position than most confectioners to supply • your requirements. As there is a real shortage of • • sugar there will not be enough Candy to supply all • demands. and our advice to you is to shop early so • as not to disappoint the kiddies. • • Leave your orders for Candy Canes, Apples • and Baskets and we will put them away for you. • • Come and see our supply of Candy before • placing your order. • • See our three big specials in the window. • • • J. E. ROBBINS' • THE KANDY KITCHEN • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • .000 •••••II•••C•••••••••••• • Tlie Gift Season In giving Christsttas presents don't. fotget your feet they're eft - titled to consideration for their faithful efforts in your behalf during the past year. The purchase of a pair of comfortable Slippers or Shoes is not only a recognition of unselfish service. but a wise in- vestment, considered as a business proposition. — REPAIRING— Geo. MacVicar North side Square, Goderich CENTRAL STRATFORD. Ofill's Lady grittluntes of la.t term are now &analog as high 918 and even SS) per week, while young men are earning still better sal &ries. We can not meet the demand for trained help. Ne'rke tie at once for particulars regarding our Com- mercial. Shorthann or Telegraphy Department. Sturients 'nay enter at any time. THE RIVER RHINE. • THE mom SIXTY YEARS AGO 1N HURON. • 11.,,N ing a -.• 4'11111.1* inslalinentw from 'rlionsis 11,91reen'a Ill...port on the Huron- ikgrieri lir THE FISHERIES. An inexartant soerce of wealth to Huron and the neighboring county 01 Bruce is the produce of the. lake. The Vaal Importaoce of the hshide trade has been. in a great measure. neglected or overlooked, but it is now beginning teat Wit attention, and the farther it Is in vestigated and prosecuted the more valu able and attractive.it becomes in appear- ance. h was commenced sane *ten or twelve years ago. n a large scale, nothing less, in fact, than a '•Fishing Company," composed of Mr. Cayley, the present member or the county, Mr: Heron and Mr. Elliott of Niagara. But the men hiked experit nce and practical applica- tion. and though they supplied schooners, 1 bo its. nets, lines. hooks and good eatables end drinkablea in abundance, the manage- ment and the work had to be done by hired 'attar. A trial of one or two seasons, and a kw tempestuous nights swept nets, I nes. ho As. etc., from the face of the wa- ters, and the ' Fshing Ce." ended in a Slash. But though these gentlemen lost a few thousand pounds a ithout doing much good for _themselves or the country. they are at least entitled to the credit of having pointed out the way to men of larger ex • perience and more practical habits. For a veral years past the fuming has been carried on by companies of experienced fishermen. and from ten to fifteen hun- dred barrels of salted fish have been brought into the harbor of Goderich It Has Taken a Unique Plate Among every year. Thew are herring and trout, titanium* din History. and though only some 422 barrels are en- tered in the -Exports" of last year, from "When we cross the Rhine we will the port of Goderich. three times that win the war," said the military tacit- quantity were caught and cured; but they clan, stretching his long legs after were teamed all over the country as far ns putting in a day picking apples. In- London Ind Hamilton during the winter. stead of putting in a day at doing • Besides this herring fishing. which gen- nothing. as heretofore. erally commences with October and ends "Well. 1 guess well cross t he with Novernner. ther• is a constant sum- mer and fait teal ng of trout and white fish :erred on daily a few miles off the Godench harbor. The number of hands constantly employed in this summer fish- ing a comet ab'esmo the quantity of hsh of the first quality. caught is astonishing. c urine the last t wo summers not les 11 an from one thousand to twelve hun- d ed barrels have been brought into Godeni h each season. A considerable r 'portion of these are sold fresh in the town and neighboring villages, and the remainder are cured and barrelled up for expottation. This abundant supply of deliciour fish le an invaluable benefit to the trim,. an i being generally sold at from one to four cents a pound is an ex- cellent substitute on the workingman's lank for eecond•hand beef at ten pence or a shilling per pound. In addition to all this there is a winter fishing, which is carried on so long as the ice on the lake as considered safe. and in which large hauls are occasionally taken. and fine fresh fisb are hawked in sleighs all round the coun- try. as far as London and Woodstock, through the course of the winter. The whole of this valuable trade may be said "qoir. GODERICH, ONT. L4'411F.1,--; '777" "•4 owl THE Never -Failing Remedy for &September, and is generality well at tended. Grain of the various kinds, and boiler, are brought sunward in abun- dance. and uniformly of excellent quality. Domestic manufactures: aie deo exhibited on a large scale. and the number of live animals is, on some occadons, very cell siderable. The sheep art mostly well bred and in excellent cundttion. The breed of pigs is, with very few excep lions. in(enor, and is but sparely brought forward. Cattle of all ages are excellent in quality, but few of then) bred, they are ametly grades; and though a good Dur ham cow or healer inay be seen here and there, the Messrs. Young 01 Colborne have the only large and really good stout within the society s limits. The show of Rhine easily enough." said an elderly woman nearby. who, In order to do her "bit," bad also *picked apples so that the young blood might go to the front. "Well." mused the tagtkiin, "you've go to consider what the Rhine Is. les not a small affair like Goose Calk here. you knowl Of course. our boys are going to cross is but the question to me is the man- ner in which they frill cross it." "By building pontoon bridged. naturally." "Pontoon bridges, nothing!" He looked disgusted. Guess yon don't know much about the Rhine. Pontoon bridges!" The Rhine is the principal river of Germany and one of the most fam- ous rivers of the world. It has a length of about eight hundred miles. risifig in the canton of Grisons. Swit- zerland. and emptying into the North $ea just north of the Hague. it has strategical value at the present time for the armies of Ludendorff. be -cause of the rapid Bow of Its waters at the section to which Pershing. if he to be in Its infancy, bnt there can be no should continue a straight eastern doubt that a few years hence the Lake diem, would Rend his toren'. It has Huron fishers; will be classed among ttc also Matorical Interest. important sources of Provincial wealth miltICULTIMAL SOCIETIES. Appeadicitis Indigestion, Stomach Disorders, Append icitis Itivi Kidney Stones are often caused by Gall Stones, and mislead 7.splemntil thaw bad *usage( (;all Stone Colic appear. 14..8. cwe in ten Gall Stone Burterers knows wh 4 is the trouble Slarlates fkareific will cure witimut nabs or apex - prior ' S'in sale exclusively in (lode - rich ily . JAME'S A. ('AMPBELL.. J . W. MARLATT &CO ssi ONTARIO ST. TORONTO 0111T P. P. for Huron the duties were dis- charged by John McDonald. Esq., pres- ent sheriff of the county- The third mingte of the first meeting W. "Moved by J. C. W. Daly, seconded by Mr. A. Brown, great interest in the agricultural we are of this district. Thomas Mercer Jones. Eiqs as their representative. be *Aided to become patron of th s Society." The solacitation was not in vain. -lbe comp- any were liberal in their donations, and an annual premium of X15 for the best twenty bushels of fall wheat still contin- ues to be received. and has undoubtedly been of 9010t service an encouraging the • ultivation of wheat. The company have also been attentive and liberal in forward- ing gratis to the society samples of new and superior seeds, on several occasions, and have. altogether. taken a lively in• iciest in its promenty. The number of subscribers to the so- ciety in 1842 was considerable, but the subscriptions were hard to collect—they were slow in coming in, funds were tow, and as no Government allowance had been obtained, the amount of premiums • ffered at the first annual show was only £25 17s. ed. The show was held on the Itith October, 1842, and was intended by farmers and stock from a distance of forty miles of nueerable roads; but the arge half of the premiums was awarded to the very same men who uniformly take them at present, 90 that fourteen years' experience has not been prriductive of match successful emulation or coinpeti ion The society, however, prospered and grew both in numbers and in wealth. and at the second annual show, held October, 1843, the premium) amounted to C..5"2 15s., being twice the amount of the former year. This rate of progress, however, did not continue long. Jealouses and suspicions of chqueisrn, favoritism. etc., mon spnum tan. and Oahe: wi.11-lounded or iil- founded, had an Maurice& effect .on Inc society. That the institution has done some good cannot be disputed. that it ought have done a great deal more is the opinion of maim of its best friends and supporters. A large proportion of the funds is squandered in little premiums for paltry articles that have no connec- tion wthithe actual progress of &Reknit • ure, or tor animals that have really no tendency to improve the stock. And though considerable encouragement has been given to the introduction of bred bulls, boars, etc., the encouragement of ploughing, and everything belonging to improved practical husbandry, his been in a great measure neglected. This ne- glect is not peculiar to the c'unty of Huron, but is visible in most counties of the Province, and a very decided im- peovement in the' appearance of culti- vated helds might be effected by a slight amendment in the Art for establishing and encouraging aitscukural f ocieties. Were the Legislature to state mom defin- it• ly that the -Legislative grant is exclus- ively 'intended to encourage improved cultivation of fields arid improvements in the breed 61 dock. the little paltry premiums, and premiums given year after year to theeame working horses, work- ing oxen, etc.. would be dose away with, and the whole funds would be applied to the legitimate and really woeful purposes contemplated by the Legislature. The Huron District Agricultural Society for several years had an annual ploughing match. which received considerable en- coueagement and sone donations, and kept up a spirit of emulation in this first branch of agriculture. But for -the last kw years the ploughing match has been discontinued, and in 90 far as the society is concerned no . inducement is held out tra superior cultivation or welliordered fields or farms. in this respect the par- ent society has fallen behind some of the branches, and in plain language, is -might besaid that almost the only visible Oa - arc( of the society W to receive the re- quired amount of subscriptions and the Legislative grant, and to divide the amount. 'sum tutal. amongst tbern- selves, in the name of premiums for animals that arc kept from ye r to year for the special r urpose. and which, of cnurse. can have no effect in improving the stock of the country. The So iety at present is not in a c n- dition to boast of, either in regard to numbers or the amount of funds, when the growing prosperity of the county is nand& red. David Clark, Esq., broths r of Sir James Clark, physician to Her Majesty the Queen, is president, and has been so for at least one half the time it has been in existence. Jacob Seegmiller and Wm. Young, Ews., are the vice- presidents, and the directorare Menem.. George Brown, Robert Gibbons, Thomas McQueen. David Mcllwapie, Patrick Carrot, Joseph Salkeld and Thomas El- liott. Secretary, (Merge M. Trueman. Treasurer, Andrew Donnugh. The only action of the board thi year. worthy of nee re, was an offer of ten pounds to any member 01 488 society who would bring in a thorouetibeed Durham hull. to be kept as im own property, within the en - (Set y's limits. and which wee riven to the MrWFXR. Young tat Colborne. who bmught from rive tiiwn.hip of Puillnch 1 very megrim animal. two won old. and irhirh %hook, certainly have mine effect Oh improving stock. The Smiety'e annual *how it held in Godericb, on some day in the latter part horses is large and, toren 86 Wilde, IR by far the best stock etbibiteil. The show of stallions taketplace in April, and the premium horses for several yews past have been superior animals, the' results are now visible throughout the county. tndeed, the lewses are more Im- proved than any other kind of stocks The .how of fall wheat is held annually about the first of September. so as to give farmers a chance of changing then seed in tune for sowing. and as the pro - mums are large thrum ten to fifteen pound,, cy.) and the quantity to be sown large also, an abundance of !lest - rate clean seed is thus obtained at the very time it is needei, and when many (turners cannel ill *fiord to thrash for themselves. • There are at present ?six branch so- c)eties in the county. via., Clinton, Har' purhey. Stanley, Hay. Exeter and Bruce - field; one in Usborne and one in McGil- 'iv. ay. which last year were in a fiounsh- ing rionditton. have not been reported this year. The oldest of these branches is Harpurhey, which was establisbed in 1'i4.. and includes the northeast side of tickersmith. part of Hulett, andthe that as the canacta Company have a township of McKillop. It has about 100 members, and is prospering. Clinton branch is comparatively young. but it is much larger than the parent society; it is composed of parts of the townships 01 Godench, litallett, Tuckermiith nd Stanky. Brucelield branch. eatablished in 1854, embraces the east side& Stanky and the west side of Tuckersmith, and has about 90 members. Stanley branch, eitablished last January. has sixty mem bers; it* meetings are held in the village 1 .Bayfield. and its members are from parts of Goderich and Stanley. Hay branch is three years in existence. and has 112 members; it is composed of the towntthip of Hay and part of Usborne; at has a good annual show, at which some very superior animals, both harses, sheep and cattle, are exhibited. Exeter branch. in the townships of ijsborne and Stephen, was established in January, 1854. or rather. including Hay, it embnices what was formetly the •'London Road branch,' established in 1845, and which for several years was noted for its prosperity and the number of line animals annually brought out. In 18141 the parent society made a present of a tine Devon bull to the Lon- don Road branch, and his stock for some year's was a credit to the Devonshire settlement, hut 41 18 now worn- out. The present Exeter branch has 87 members and exhibits tat its annual show some good sheep and grade cows, and the best hogs in the county. Last sear the Mc• Gillivray branch had the largest number of members, and seemed proapering, but it has guru out. The strictures which have keen made on the squandering of the fu ids to the comparative neglect of the real object m• iendnd by the institution of Aviculture, societies are nor designed for the 11 •on society and its branches exclusively, but will be found more or less applicable to the maiont y 01 similar i net it u inns throughout the Province. The ermrs are generally prevalent and cannot be too honestly exposed, or too soon Trine died. We have a full line of Cirist- mas Novelties. Everything suitable for I One who hise studied causes and effects has written: 'Before the commencement of ins- tate, perhaps before the existence of -man, where the Rhine now is there Wag a double chain of volcanoes, 1 which on their extinction left heal* OF lava and basalt lying parallel. Ince j tire long walla. At the same epoch the gigantic crystalizations formed the primitive mountains. The enor- mous alluvians of which the second- ary mountains consist were dried up. The frightful heap is now eold and has snow accumulated od It, from which two great streams issued. One Sowing toward the north, crossed the plains. encountered -the sides of tile extinguished volcanoes and emptied itself into the ocean; tell ether. taking its course westward, tell from mountain to mountain, sowed along the side of the block of extinguished volcanoes, which is now Ardache, and was finally lost in the Mediterranean. The Brat of those Inundations Is the Rhine, the second the Rhone." The first people who took posses- sion of the banks of the Rhine, we are told. were the half sewage Celts, who afterward received the name of Gaels. In the height of his gnarl Caesar crossed the Rhine and snortle 'afterward took the entire river un- . der his jurisdiction. The river WOO in Rofnan times, a botrndary between the province of Gaul and the German tribes, and at a later date and until 1171 was the frontier between Ger- many and France. It is a stream of varied aspects. Victor Hugo who wrote what was perhaps the finest article ever written about it, said: "The Rhine Is unique; it combines the qualities of every ct river. Like the Rhone, it is rapid; broad, like the Loire; encased, like the Meuse; serpentine, IHre the Seine; limpid and green. like the Somme; historical, like the Tiber; royal, like the Danube; mysterious, like the Nile; spangled with gold. r 118e an American river; and, like a river of Asia, abounding with phan- tonts and fables." In the destiniee of Europe the Rhine, ritayl Hugo, "has a sort of pro- vidential signification. It ti the great moat which divides the north from the eouth. The Rhine for thirty ages has mien the forme and reflected the shadows of almost all the warriors who tilled the old continent with that share which they called the sword. Caesar crooned the Rhine in going to the south; Attila crossed it when descending to the north. It was here that Clovis gained the Rattle of Tolbiste; and that Charlemagne and Napoleon figured. For the think- er who la conversant with h 'Rory two great eagles are perpetually hover- ing over the Rhine-sthat of the Roman legions and that of the ?resat regiments. The Rhine bore at ono time noon its surface bridges of boat*, over which the armies of Wily. Spain and France poured into 04r - many" And the same writer adds further In his article that some day "it missal become 48. grand quest los of anrope." This prophecy is sow at Ito fulfilment, for the Rhine is sew. or shortly will b., the groat olholtloo 111 EON Christmas, at Leach's 11111111BE;e:1101111011 • 9 Always well stocked, we are particularly so for 'the Christmas trade. We solicit your orders and will give them our beat atten- tion. 7 A, Al 4 c. 44t. 4r No need to enumerate. You will find here every item which enters into the Christ- mas -time stock of a first-class grocery and provision store. J. H. Leach 11..lenn m Pfo.s.-11-011101. Awns 1440 The first minute book of the Huron Agncuttural Society opens with the fol- lowing intimation - "Pursuant to a not- ice signed by William Dunlop and Wm. B. Rich. Esquires, Justices of the Peace. a meeting was held on Monday, the 14th day of February. 1842, to take into con- sideration the propriety of fo.minz an agricultural society, to be styled. 'rhe Huron District Agricultural Siciety.' The society was then formed. a numer- ous board -of directors was chosen. and comprised most of the present leading men of the county, besides a number who have long since gone to their long homes. The first metudent was the late humorous Dr. DunMp, but as he was then the M. If a 018 488 110/11(1 18 ever filled with Interim, thoughts ice when he pity" the gas bill 1:740irOf- ' ; Black as Dirt „ bout theEyes Liver Was 411 Upset and There Was Pain Under the Shad - der -blade — Two Inter- esting Letters. 444,41w., Ro many people suffer from de- rangements of the liver that we feel sure the.. two reports, Just recently received, will prove interesting read - Ing and valuable Information to many readers of this paper. Mrs. F. L. Harris, Keeney P.O.. Sask., writes : "I was suffering from liver trouble—had a heavy pain under one shoulder blade all the time, an was nearly as black as dirt around tII ayes, so I concluded to try some of Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver p111. I did so, and before I had taken one 26c box the pain had left m• and I tom- monced to gain In flesh, and by the time I had taken two boxes I Was completely cured and felt Ilk* a new person. My trouble was caused by heavy work gut -of -doom and, of course,shesivy *Ring and constipation. I would navies anyone suffering from kidney or liver trouble to give Dr. Ch•se's Pins a trial." Mrs. Charles Terry, Tweed, Ont., erritea : "Before I was married I was troubled with enlargement of the liver. My liver became so enlarged that you could detect the 'wettings on either side, and It was only with difficulty that I could get my clothee on. A friend atIvieed me to get Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills and take them. I commenced this treatment. and used ntn• boxes, which cured not at that time. Then, about two or three years afterward I was troubled again with the swelling, bet only on my right aide. I securest some more Kidney-tiver Pills, and took them, which finally monad sto. 1 have not been troubled in this way slam 1 eau cheerfully reeernmend Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pllis to anyone having kidney or liver trouble. "We have also found Dr. Chases thissed and Turpentine trzesalent for minghs and relies In tate any rel Dr. Chooses meateines whseh we have seed have been geed " •• Dr. Chitao's kldney-lAvor PM* .INS pill • deasa, 26e • Dom. 1 ter 11.15. MI Ilostors, or 1C4Inuan81n Bator • Cas 6411411•4. 'forest*. Ties, Scarfs, Suspenders, Combination Sets, Braces, Garters, Ebleproof Hosiery. Gloves, Shirts. Caps. Sweaters, Linen Handkerchiefs. In fact every- thing to be found in an up-to-date Gents' Furnishing House. ASHFIELD. FOLLOWS HER HUSRAND.—Very sad and unexpected was the death of Mrs J. Johnston, of Athfield, which occurred at Ionian on Saturday, 7th inst. Mrs. John ton had been in pace health for some time, and went to L 'radon on the previous Wednesday for treatment, and it would seem that the trap was too much for her, as.she was reported seriously ill on Thursday and passed away on Satur- day. She was a daughter of Mr. Mat- thew McCreight township and was thirty•two yowl& age. Her hus- band, Mr. John Johnston. died in April last. They leave two young childr•in, girl and a boy. The remains were brought to Lucknow and the funeral was held from the home of Mr. Witham Johnston. brother-io-law of the sleceaned, on Tues- day, to Greenhill cemetery. Weotaires—A pleasing and pretty wed- ding was !solemnized at the home id \Ir. and Mrs. J. M. Raynard. Parammint. on December 4th, when their eldest daughter, Milts Elizabeth Lillian. was marred to Mr. Alfred Walter Alton. of Ashlield. Rev. R. J. Garbutt, of Lucknow, ofti- ciited in ,the presence of about fifty guests. tis* Pearl D.abann. of Ethel, played the Lohengrin wedding march ss the bridal party took their places under an arch of evergreens with white wedding bell and decorations of white rose' and flags. The bride. who ams given away by her father, 'naked pretty iniend, &eons deemed in cream silk trimmed with Inlet net lace and head trimming. 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