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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-3-6, Page 8tt` E:REflDMAK ER S '11EYER FAILS TO OIYF 4ATISY OniN 'FOR ii+LE BY ALL DEALERst. TO OUR PATRONS. A pertinent, piece of advice in the e,olumns of a late trade journal, ran thus:—However hard. you may have worked during 1.889, -resolve to do a .little better in 1390. Itis not a difti- ew1t matter to see when better and. snore work might have been done if tone cares to scrutinize closely, even though the vision be defective and pov- erty to great to purchase a pair of specks. We have noticed a few weak •spotsiin-ourselves and inspired by the above bit of advice, resolved to adopt it ".as one of our rules for 1890 and faith- , fully observe it for at least a week, Weare trying to put stock in best pos- .sible shape, to fill every gap and give every .shelf, drawer and corner the •etleanness and neatness of a new pin. Our Book, Stationery, Small ware and Wrapping paper departments are in load .shape and Fancy goods ever ready to salpply the demands of Wed- ding, Parking and other friendly.. gifts. The patrons of both our Jobbing and Retail trade will kindly accept our !heartfelt gratitude for their past liberal 'support. J. Grrigg, Exeter: LOCAL JOTTINGS —fl I..1t111inas, Dentist,for the best Artifcial teeth. Johnny cake o ;i exhibition at G. A.. Hyudman's. Come and get a piece. The harmonic orchestra took part 'in a concert at Sexsmi;th on Tuesday evening. A New Home Sewinglfachine, new, :for sale ata reasonable rate. Apply a,thisoffice. t'offi . A carload of Binding Twine just re- eeeived at J. N. Howard's. Cala . and. ,leave, your orders: Don't forget the h date of big s le Ha -PP ' Ale on Lot 20, con. 9, Hay, on Thurs ,day, .March 13th, 1890. The ausual exuberant supply of • tpring poetry will be soon coming in, teoupled'with a lot of fresh egg stories. The change iii the postal lawof from one,cent for every 4 ounces book post in 2 cents, is quite a serious item to ';printers. • • Many a Man .has married for beauty only to find that he has Raid $10 for what can be purchased at any drug *tore for 25 cts. '.''It's simplywounderful the number of ttravellers that come here daily and the. ;atiieunt of goods that is disposed of our busy 'Title town. If men expended in doing good to -others a fourth of what they expend in. doing 'evil • to themselves,poverty would s iisappear'from the world. ' Mr: James Westcott•fias disposed of. his fifty acre farm one and . a quarter, 'miles'east of the village to Mr. George ;Fisher fora handsome figure. Mgr. Hugh Spackriian'"lias,.been op- -pointed District Deputy of the Sons of England Benevolent Society . for the" eenunties ,ot Huron and Bruce. Mr. ;,Spackman will make an efficient"officer. ,..'.,regular meeting of the , White "Rose degree, of .the Sons of England Benevolent Society, will be held this athursday) evening. Every member is requested to be present as business of Importance will be transacted. One evening recently an elderly ;gentleman of this place was found help- ingidinself .to his neighbor's choice woodpile and while in the act the own - -ler happened to spy him and took him to -task. He pleaded to be pardoned and Ata;ted it was the first he had taken and begged not to be exposed. ' Rev. Father Kealy, who succeeded. the late Father' Kelly, of. Mount Carmel, is making preparations for a grand ,noncert and lecture to be held in the Caftholic`Church, 'Mount Carmel, on St, :Patrick's night. " He invites all the sons .of Erin and lovers of the Shamrock -to attend. The annual • spring Meeting and election of officers of the . Exeter base bail club will be ' held on Wednesday evening, March 12th, in the Town Hall: All:those svho'have an interest in base bali,,as well as the players, Are request. .shto he present. By order, B. S. O'Neil, president. .. The Orange Bili got ;its third reading 'tn the .Dominion House on Monday. The Motion for the third reading was" carried by a vote of 86 to 61, but not before amendments fora six months' hoist and an addition to the bill were .offered. The member for North Mid- dlesex voted far the six months' hoist, but withdrew when the resolution for the third reading; was put. Mi.. W H. Verity & Sons,of the Exet- er Implement Works,are doing a rush- ing business. They shipped a carload of plows to the North West last week and - proposes shipping from two to four cars per woek,providing they can get the cars, and to accomplish this they are working over time. This speaks well for the implements, Our Prairie friends know whore to get a good article. • The Grand Trunk is adopting a no- velty, that all travellers will appreciate. This is a station indicator. In one end of the car is a box filled with carols containing the name of each station on the route. When a train starts out a cord attached to a lever on the box is pulled, and a card drops into view shewing the name of the next station, s Thus every passenger who is alit blind Ina• know the station the train is a -preaching without making any effort of -inspiration to interpret the enigmat- deal'ealls of the train men L, Iiflllugs, Dentist. Gold fillings *specialty,Orrice over O'Neil's e Bank Exeter. Colonist trains to Manitoba and the North West every Tuesday, Apply to Capt. Geo, Kemp, town ticket agent G. T. R. It has been current around the vil- lage that Mr. John Bell, of Hamilton, who formerly resided here, was dead. The report is entirely without founda- tion, A discussion, on the evils of intem- perance and tobacco will take place in the school house on 2nd con., Hay, to • morrow (Friday) evening.. A number of speakers are expected. •Ball programmes, • wedding cards, bill heads, statements, business cards, envelopes, calling cards,circulars, Bog- er, posters, or any other hind of print- ing you may want, neat and cheap at the ADVOCATE office. A meeting of the Agricultural Soci- ety was on Saturday evening to make arrangements for the Spring h'air,to be held on the agricultural grounds, Ex- titer' on Tuesday, April 8th, 1890. Full particulars later. Prof. Loisette's Memory System is ,creating groater interest than ever in all parts of the country, and persons wishing to improve their memory should send for his prospectus free as advertised in another column. Feb.13 —4t. Bob Burdette was a philosopher, a Christian and a friend of the down trod- den whenhe said:—"God wasted mud when he made' a man so mean as to tell the post -master to return his paper marked "refused" when he owes two or three years subseription." In our. issue of two weeks ago, there appeared. therein a slate pencil quest-,. ion,,and. up to the present we have , re- ceived only one reply. The answer re- ceived•is that theboy got 3 of the 4c. pencils,. 15 of the 2• for, a cent pencils and 2 of the 4 for a cent pencils. The Mitchell Advocate last week en- tend upon its 31st year of publication. We congratulate our eotem on so long landthrifty a life as that of .the aidvn- cafe and hope it may continue so. The Advocate iswell edited and printed o to a �t paper and is worthy of a large patron- age .. It is said that the Louisiana Lottery Company are going to secure the .re- newal of their charter in Louisaina when it expires two years from now by paying the state debts of about $12,- 100,000 and thus obtaining' favorable legislative action. The company are making $200,000 a month. The proprieter of the Exeter Grist Mill wishes to announce to the custom ars and patrons, that the mill be kept running until further notice:Chopping and pasting, will be attended to as us- uhl. All orders left at the mill for flour or feed will be promptly attended. to. • Mr.:Fred'W. Farncomb, Provincial Land'Surveyor, formerly with Messrs Peters,Jones &McBride,Architects,Sur- veyors & civil Engineers, London, has located here, and can be found in Sam- well's Block, upstairs. Those inneed of the `service of a land surveyor will make no mistake in calling And secur.- ing,his service. • There is a young lady in this village who has a, beau, end itis said they are mutually found of each other.. One evening recently, while the latter was on one of his weekly visits, the young lady gotof the following- ' "Turn lower, yet lower The light with a vim. Or someone may'see you . Akissing me Jim: We shall be glad to receive short pointed items of news, from all the 'ad- jacent towns. We want to aecuro re- liable information concerning every thing of real interest in your neighbor- hood, but we do not care for a -'commu- nication which hasnot in it some -fact or incident which will; ;be of :interestto the majority of readers. A wedding, a birth, a funeral, a crime, an arrest, a new public building, an interesting gathering of any sort, a remarkable growth, animal or vegetable, a new discovery and matters of this sort, are what we, want and in as few words as possible. Wanted. Never to late to mend. 5000 pairs' of boots and shoes' that needs repairing to be left; at, the„leading boot, and shoe store next door to the post office' G. Manson. ill:.atis;y Horse. Fair. ' The tirst of the series of the monthly horse fairs, will be held on Tuesday, March, llth,.1890. Farmers and others having horses to dispose of, will con- fer a favor by bringing them to the sale on that day. No charge will be made Accident. - On Tuesday last Mr. Elijah Jory, of the 2nd concession of ^ Stephen, met. with a' somewhat, painful accident while opening a barn door on his prem- ises. It appears he had the door open and Was reaching out his hand to 'pre - pure a short stick with which to prop it when a -sudden gust'of wind came in contact with the door and Overwhelm- ed him, throwing him a distance of sev- eral feet and bruising one of his shoul ders badly. 07,00000 (;liven Away, The a iresidc Weekly, ekly, hasinaugurat- ed a novel gift enterprise in order to double their circulation: ,,They are giv-' ing away 'to'° oyery subscriber Who sends in a new subscriber for One year pair of handsomely chased, heavy Silver Individual Pepper and Salt, retailing at $1.00. Anyone not a subscriber can receive the gift by sending in their ow ,n n stn Band a friend ath to time, Price $2 per ,year, $1 for Rik months. Send for sample copy t� No. 9 Adelaide St. West Toroi• to. M.r A Large Audience. Newspaper advertising promotes trade for even the dullest time, advert- ising secures by far. the larger share of what is being done. While the advert- iser eats and sleeps, printing presses are working for him; hundreds of towns and thousands of readers are all dancing with more or .less- interect.. No preacher ever spoke to' se largo an audience, or with so little effort, pr so eloquently as you, reader, may do,with the newspaper assistance. Accident. On Friday evening last Mr. Thomas Briniacombe was engaged at pitching down hay from the loft of the Mansion House Stab;es and white thus engaged, by some means, fell down through the hole which they use in the stable for the purpose of pitching down hay. Ile fell a distanee of twenty feet and iu jur- cd himself severely by the fail. Ile was unconsious for about two hours- after the accident. We Head the List. Readers of the AnvOCAT,ri,, will find it pays them to read the ' an- nouncements' made by our business men every week in these' columns• Out business men have established °"u re- putation for square dealing,con- sidering that they'offer good's •at rea- sonableprices, and as the brain marl;. et here stands foremost in the ranks, farmers will further their interests by doing their trading here,Rea ,Rea the advertisments every week o;ud be sure you miss nothing:' Our Ronthly Fair. It' is to be hoped that every person who wishes to see this new department, that is, a monthly fair for Eeter,made a grand success, will put th shpuid- ers to the wheel on- Tuesdik "rncxt, March 11th, the first of'the series, and help by their efforts to make it a Sues cesf• both in interest and from a finan cial stand point. We see no good rea- son why Exeter Shouldlnot be., able to support, and support nobly, t such an institution: It will be a benefit; to every farmer in the community. There they will meet buyers `from• ,all _over the country, and will be always able have a mar to market for n Stock they y, c, t ey may wish to dispose of. The fair will be a• permanent institution. occurring, month after month, and thus buyers and "sellers will be brought'1ntt\person- al'intercourse frequently: We say the fair is bound to be a `success, and so sayy we all.Hurrah! Free to our Lady Friends. the Canadian Queen is' now Navin g its Annual:Pree Distribution of Choice Imported Flower Seeds, a large ',pack- age containing an immense number of rarest varieties, together with the. The Queen on trial for three months will be sent free to each of our readers, forwarding her address and only 13 2c. stamps, to cover actual expense. Five trialfive Da v mail;. or express, (frf!e or e. o subscriptons and same address in. Canade or tr. ,, for only $1.00. -TheQueen°-is -one of the finest Illustrated"Ladies° magazines on this continent, itis devoted to Fashion,. Art, Literature; Flowers.• the toilet., Household Matters, and ,contains the Latest; Important Desi is for ' F,aney- Work' andHoine Decoration The ;Seed Distribution for 1890 continues for this month only, , o, lover of flowersY.` can afford to miss:it" ~Address Tin OAPA.DA QUEEN, TORONTO;'ONT. Council proeeediegs,' - ' The -Council -met at ',:the 3o�onth all Exeter, March Ist,,1890. All ;themern- hers-present: , The minutes ,of the pre-, vious meeting were read and .approv- ed. Moved guy H: `'.Spackman, second- ed by J. Oke,'that'orders. be granted for the following sums viz:=J.' N. Howard, $5.83 for Coal Oii; ;S: ,Ghlley, 110. funeral of the ;late John Piper; Jas. Creech,'90ets. meals; for. tramps; G. A. K.-McLeod,'14.25 repairing 'and/glean- ing Market House; •Jas, Creech, 19.00 eharityio J. Pi r','(2 weeks); do, 44.00 S. Fanson; do, $3.00 John Veal :do,.11.00 'Mrs. Wilcox -Carried. •~rtavedl)A.1148, secended,b,y H. Spackman, 't'hat','l rs. John'Piper'be paid $2.014 for one eek. —Carried. Moved by H. "Spackiiian,' seconded by;Jas. Oke, that the' allow- ance to John Veal` be discontinued.— Carried. - Moved by W. G. Bissett, se- conded by 11 A. Ross, that S. Eamon be granted $1.50 for one week w Carri- ed. Moved W. G. Bissett, seconded by D. A.,Ross,that the Treasurer be •in- structed to deposit -11000 in ;the, Mol - sons Bank for 3 months,—Carried, The Clerk to order cedar .plank,and square timber. Moved -by D. A. Rosa, second- ed by W. G. Bissett;that )fr. Verity!e offer of cinders be accepted ani”' the roadcommissioner instructed to put the cinders on, the aide - walk mimed-= iately.=Carried, Moved by W. Or: his sett; seconded liy H. Spackman,that this Council' adjourn until Wednesday the 5th inst. at 8 o'clock p M. Eacrett, Clerk. Personal )Iention ' Mr. Wm. i Latchford left on ' Thurs- day for Vancouver, British `Columbia. --Mr. W. H. Verity & Sons received .a carload'of Iroti from London, on. Fri da"y'last.—Mr. A. Stanlake left here for Windsor on Saturday morning last and will resume his -position as bridge builder in that vicinity. -Mrs. James Hill, of Crediton,who lias'been visiting relatives and friend,here the past two - weeks returned hoe on Friday laSt.--, Mr. M. eremiteaii, of Elginfield, was in town on Thursday.—Mr. J. McRoberts spent, Sunday :Load on.=lfessts"J _Kni ht, and William Sanders spent 'l'litirsday night in the Forest City. Mr. William' 'Baker left on Monday morning for Trowbridge, where he has secured a permanent ' situation. -•-Rev. B. Clement, of:James Street Methodist church, preached Educational sermons itt the Methodist choreal, Parkhill, oil Sundays !list �--•I`. W.'l:i,wkslin:w spent Monday in Lucan,—Mr. Fred \fcDoncll, who has been in -Blyth lately running the planing mill in that place, spent Sunday, and Monday in town.—Mr. "r. eft forBrantford Bissett, l , 1 B ..rant£ rd on Tuesday inorning,—Ono of the Mr, Brumpton's left for Toronto, and the other for Moorfield on Monday. --Mr, J. A. Stewart left for Toronto yesterday,— Mr. Geo. Hunter, of Ridgetown, is at present visiting friends and relatives in and, ,around this place.—Mian Ida Carling, who has' been in Toronto i•isit ing friends for some time, returned home on. Monday evening.—Mrs. Me-, Mannus and son are visiting at the Commercial House. -Mrs. John Evans, is visiting friends in Biddulph at pres- ent. -Mr. Folland, is spending a few days with friends at Platsville.—Lawyer Collins, was in the county,; town last week.—Mrs J. A. Graham>•has return-. ed to her home in London, and was ac- companied by Miss Hilda Hersey, who will remain there for a . few weeks.— Miss Jennie Long, of `London tp., is visiting friends in town. -Miss .Piper, of Leamington, is the guest of Miss Annie. Mill:—Mr. S. C. Hersey is spend- ing ' a ,, few days in London—Miss Maggie Spicer,:who has been visiting friends in Blyth, "returned home last week,—Mr. Chas. B. Cryer, of Detroit, is spending a few days in town with friends.—Mr. John Bowden, who -pur- chased the farm of Mr. Isaac Handford in the township of Stephen, will move there on .Thursday next. Eden School Report. The following is a correct report of the standing of the pupils of S. S. No. 4, Usborne, for the month of February, as based on regular attendance and week- ly written examination:- V CLASS --=Total; 700—Edith Buswell; 571. SR. IV CLAss—Total, '800—Laura Hicks, 571; Alice Kerslake, 419; Minnie Cave, 309. Ja. IV CLAss—,Total, 750—Alfred Hunter, 541; Thos. Heamen, 450; John Heamen, 385. Sit. III ,CLAss—Total, 600—James Heamen, 524; Nora Heamen, 502; Edgar Buswell, , 477; Lottie Handford, 467 ; Nellie Dempsey, 450; Lilla Hunter, 891; Lizzie Coates, 351; Maggie Luxton,' 341. Jn: III CLAss—Total, 600—Jerry Heamen, 528; Nelson McGee, 497; Geo. Walker, 472; Edward Walker, 447; Alma Dempsey, 381; Percy Luxton, 369; Harry Taylor, 335; Annie Quance, -271; Bernice Rook, 226; Malcolm Demp- sey, 175; Minnie Luxton, 107. II CLASS—Total, 500 --Ida Cave, 402; Nellie Quance, 392; Samuel Chance, 358; Frank Hunter, 339; Edward Lux- ton, 282; Myrtle Walker, 216; Lizzie Jones, 191. SR. PART II. CLASS—Total, 450 -- Richard Hunter, 405; Rhoda Kerslake, 345; Polly Fisher, 284; Annie Handford, 283 ;,Jessie. Luton; 278; Maggie Hand- ford, 240; .Blanche ` Rook, 224; Frank Short, 218. Y : - Jx. Part ,Ih CLASS—Total, 400—' Almena Kerslake, 300; Alfred Coates, 278;' Homeri'Buswell; 261; 'Lottie' Hun ter, 264; Olive; Down, 221; Annie Jones, 208. Rana. I CSASS-Eliza Ann Jones -aura -Dempsey; Clara Luxton; Lida Quariae; Earnest Buswell: J. A. DEairsnY, Teacher. Hay, Mr S. E. Foster,, who was mentioned in 'this,paper a few weeks ago having sold his farm, hasgivens hp phis' in'- teri.tion`of going to' Michigan and tends: purchasing a'farm near' Herisalb. We are,pleased To state that Mr. Foster i rtentTh to remain in the township as he has filled the position of Clerk ' of the township for a number of 'years. • On the evening of tate '4th inst., a -very successful entertainment was held in 3exstnith; church. The Harhohic Band from Exeter under the leadeidllip. of,li4'r:Luther Gill assisted by Misses Hicks,Gilt;and Eacrett of Exeter toget- her with some local talent provided the .music and other entertainment. The. pregrantme was a good one and faith- fully carried out. Where all did so well it is almost useless to make spec- ial mention of any, still we must take theliberty of saying that Miss Eunice; Eacrett did remarkably well in her vio- lin solos,Master Vessey. Eacrett brought dotivn the house in his piccolo. solo arid Miss Alice O'Brien. of Sex smith, gave two excellent instrumental selections. After singing the National 'Anthem alt dispersed well pleased with the even- ing's entertainment. Absolutely Pure, his powder never varieb,' A marvel of purity.3 ran�th rind wlioloso "eh e s, llbro obo,omical tan the ordinary kinds, and cannot he dold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powdora, Sold only_ in cans. ltotA.1 J3Altixa POWhtiu Co„ 186 WalkSt. NY CACKLING HE. menstamminimmom May be excused for making , an awfully racket over y big mighty ht, � little g Y egg, but when she caekels for an hour over A CHINA A DOOR KNOB it is ovale To T RQlz,Z- maleTC2c at her. There is also some excuse for a merchant cackling a good deal over Con '61110 Pair - altt But when the so-called bargain turns out . , to be a DOOR -KNOB BARBAIN� s It is time somebody' th • - o* .. a brick or a "shoo" . at the nos thing There is an awfl O Of". CACKLillTG ABOUT BAlid;11' ' going on, but we will bet they are all r DOORKN. OB BARGAINSASG : W �1 G , ■t ell beat any . price, show ow s bet- ter quality for the inoney and do better by you • than any firin in Exeter. No door -knob about We would be satisfied to 13. -"S ET on our goods that some merchants throw ,off and then make money. We solicit a'call and will convince you that we do all wesa-y. . • C4L aEnos., a a r1 r � , the balance of bur ~Pinter stock consisting of , Cook � andParlor to e ,o s Axes e7a d.. C r ors cut haw 9. Rope an eba <l tors'. a, r e At PRICE$ ThatDefy OIretitiO B SETT ' M P. B. We must ask all overdue 1, ,. -4 N" counts to e settle e ce b. cash or note.' 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