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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-10-28, Page 1TENTH YEAR. -634. EXETER, ONTARIO, THU7RSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1897. ES TRAY RAM, There earn eunto the premises of the un - dr -,signed, Lot 5. Oon. e, Usburne,. on or about Cot. end, an aged ram. Owner eau have same by proving property and paying expenses, FRED LUTON, Devon P, 0. A L. TO RET.. L t 0, concession 8, township of Usborne, is 01ered for r rent by the undersigned. It is one of the best farms in the township, con- taining one -hunched acres and has every convenxenee. This farm will be lot to a good tenant for a term of years and possession to plow will be given immediately'. Apply to MAT. ii.rr nnND, Devon. Sale Register.. MONDAY, Nov. 15th, ---Implements and •hougaild. effects, the property of Mrs. Ellen £'oge�, Lot 6, concession k, McGillivray Sale ati o'clock. l• R1DA•k , Cer. 29 --]'arm Stock and Duple" merits, the property of ttobt. Sims, tot 8' concession 0, Stephen. Sale at one o'clock. EJ,, Bossonberrv, Anat. FARM FOR SALE. ry'H . undersigned offers for sale Lot No. 5, 4 i concession,. Township of Kincardine. Met t eowsists f5 o Oacres tcleared; 1 0 ,ao d frame house and barn; also two good groh- ards, anci a plentiful supply of water. The land is situated 14 miles from the Sanggeen line and •l miles from the town, of Kinoar dine. Price $1,800; $300 down, the balance in ten or twclvo your at 1?¢ per oont. Possess- ion niaybe had at once. For further panic- ulars apply to Mas. Tilos, ABBOTT, Broad- way, Kincardine. *STOVES* C00KING SOUVENIR, a Model GOOD CHEER, steel oven BRIGHT IDEA HONOR BRIGHT HEATING RADIENT HOME RADIENT Souvenir 9ARBON COTTAGE RUSTIC TODD CC CC CC We have a large Stock led our Prices are away own for GASH, - A GOO® NO, 9 COOKING TOVE FOR ... S10,00 net. SIVE US A CALL BEFORE BUYING fl. Bishop . . EXETER XETER ELECTRIC LIGHT POE R C®., LIMITED. . U 1 A...Noti.ce of Rates RESIDENCE LIGUTING. Per Annum a night per e5 C. P. ain Hall $3 to 4-5c 7-ro • 1-2 tParlor 2 8o xtra parlor ining Room Itchen ed room arra retell eller. x8o 2 75 275 x: 75 x56 90 '-3 r-3 2.5 r-6 1-5 1-00D3S.EKOIAL Lawlor*. ler 16 C. P. per Annum or xi cts. per night .$4 5o 440 4 25 4 xo 4 00 3 90 [O 5 to to to 13 ;to2o to 23 i and over HIRING. General practice has proved it more satisfactory for the con mer to own everything within hiswalls, lie,aboye moderate rates are on this basi's ed i tder to secure them'the following ening charge is made with lamps eat Aitable for stores §jI 3o per light bncealed '' „ resit.ences, i 70 To,,he paid i0 ten equal mbnthly install= ents: Or $i 29, 160 cash on starting of li_•hts,. Any special information may be obtained +iri the undersigned. ' OTtt :—The above rates only applicable to t: „itrsli,tViug their own fixtures, Rates othera on, application to R. C. C, TRJMAINE, Man. Notes by the Wly abThere is, Sir, nothing petty or small ' out your London Englishmen. They do everything in a grand way, nothing You notice many unusual thins in Loddon, Mr. Editor, You notice for in- stance every horse in London has a docked tail. Not a long tailed horse in the town. And that every cab is tired with rubber, fitted into a groove on the irou tire. This presents noise. A.Iso how policemen controls the street traffic There are hundreds of places where in- extricable trouble would ensue but for bobby,. He wants to move a hundred vehicbes, stopped on a street, blocking it. He steps into the centre of the street, holds up the back of his hand to traffic crossing that street, everything stops in that direction. No driver ever touches a. policeman with his vehicle Bobby waves' his hand in the way traf- fic must move and in a moment all that block moves and the obstruction is re lieved. In a radius of 150 feet from Bank of England corner, it takes at least 20 policemen to regulate traffic alone. About all .such squares or eireles, there are lamp posts, studded in the central parts of the streets. About the base of each post is a raised stone platform of any size or shape. These are islands of refuge for foot passengers, In ernssing a busy square you will haye to take refuge on six or eight of those before you land at the other side. You rush in amongst the vehicles, land on au island, get your bearings for another rush and so con- tinue. Sometimes you save time by go ing around a block or two. And you wonder how scores a day are not killed at any one of those points, but a'ter all there are only ten street accidents per day in all London. Right in front of the Royal Exchange, you finda circular wall of lumber. In- side that wall, a station for under- ground railway is being constructed. Not 800 feet away you find a very old church being converted into an Electri- ea1 Railway Station. It will, I suppose, add sanctity to the Railway and make the bonds sell well. This is not 411 iso- lated instance. Scores of churches have been and are being appropriated as stations A stockholder tells you this same Electrical Railway must be at a minimum depth of 60 feet below the pavement, Some miles of it is exca• gatedand being nearly level road, many parts of it are 120 feet below the street. It is to be double tracked. Think of the labor and cost of building ten miles of tunnel road 60 to 120 feet deep, large enough for two roadways, properly arched and ventilated, But, Sir, any means no matter. 'how- costly for moving the millions of London will pay handsomely in the end. London trate is a huge problem, but London is grappling successfully with it. There is gold enough in London to grapple with anything. Tower bridge is anoth er of London's recent wonders. It is the most Easterly of the bridges that span the Thames. It is at London Tower. Sea vessels at times want to go west of it, so it parts in the centre. Four massive towers are at each bank and two in the river support the great iron cables. Twenty times a day the bridge parts for vessels to pass. Foot passengers during this time, go up stairways in either central tower to an iron footway above and descend at other tower to cross. This footway is 125 feet above the bridge floor and 200 above the water at low tide. The tide rises about sixteen or seventeen feet, The bases of the central pillars are solid masonry 200 feet long by 50 wide. It's a gigantic structure. Then, Sir, you remember the Lava tories of London. How many you don't knew of course, but there are thousands. At any place in the the centre of the street where there is room, you notice an iron railing and on this railing the written legend," Lavatories men only " or " women only." You go down the -stone steps of one of the first named and find yourself in a beautiful room of any size or shape, often 30. by 20 feet, All glazed tile and marble, with ten to thirty men always present, rush- ing in and out. Automatically flushed every two minutes. That much free. If you want a private room, put a penny in the slot and admit yourself. Then in another room, two pence, will buy you a wash, hot or cold water and a general brushup. An attendant always there. In many or the glass reservoirs above your head, you notice beautiful gold fish. The top all covered with glass, over which is the constant tread of feet. Lit by gas or incandescent lights, by night or dark days. An Aberdeen man wasP ro udl v boastfng, xh 'other er day that they had " twa " of them in, Aberdeen, penny in the slot business and all. It is an institution that Am- erican and Canadian cities' could im- itate with advantage. Right across the river from the Houses 0 f Parliamentstand six noble stone hous es, close together, all alike, The Shah of Perste recently asked a house dignitary, ifthat was where some of the noblemen 11 ved, ' No"said the dignitary '' that wherewe house some of our sick, that is St, Thomas' Hospital " It is the acme of perfection as a hospital, vast and modern. Out at Smithfield is St.. Bartholemews, A legend over the door arch where you go in tells you that was founded in 806 and refounded in 60. Ai d when you are inside some those vast places, with the world and also shutout, you concluded that all ondonis sick or. injured. But on ettrog• out again in the streets, you ally notice no diminution in the end ss procession, 0r it 11 of r, L re le • but the best. When they do anything they do it, as the Yankee would say t' d --d well." Englishmen aim to leave the best things .ou earth, and they pretty nearly get there. Scotch men or Irishmen may be their equals in that or other ways, but you know you have not yet visited the Green Isle or the land of the heather and whiskey. They must make oceans of whiskey in Scotland. If they don't drink it at home, English drink it for them. Train loads of Scotch Whiskey must be drunk in Landon alone every day. About every eighth shop is a public house. They are always full of people and ev- erybody drinks v•erybodydrinks "bitter" or "Scotch." No whiskey is made in • Englaud. But I have heard that beer to some extent is made here in England, , All, " bitter " beer makers must be millionares its well as ]sass and Allsop. You conclude, Sir, that no city can be better paved than London: Not a foot of poor road way is to be eueountered, They tear up and renew pavements that Toronto or New York would rank amongst their best. All sidewalk pave- ment is of flagstone Streets are paved with four classes of work, stones block ed out somewhat larger than bricks, laid on edge, vitriiisd bricks on edge, hardwood blocks on edge or gronolithic work. Boys are always sweeping busy streets, Every street is swept at night, frequently washed, Everywhere are tall painted iron receptacles for dirt and rubbish. These are bein.g con- stantly emptied and carted somewhere, Morniug London is clean and fresh as a new pin, Sir. Spic and span streets that is a joy to drive on. On some of the back lanes, where drunken men and frowsy women entertain each other with Biilingate, the smells are not al ways sweet or pleasant. But early merniug sees even those places cleaned up, and the cabbage leaves have mys teriously disappeared, London, Eng., Oct, 8, '97. J. A.R. Usborne The pupils of S. S. No. 10, did a very nice thing the other day. Mr. F. Hack- ney, who has taught the school with. great acceptance and success for the past five years, having signified his in tention of discontinuing his connection with the school, was waited on the other evening by his pupils and was tender- ed a very affectionately worded ad- dress and presented with a handsome gentleman's toilet case, The address was read by Miss Charlotte Earl and the presentation was made by Miss Aunie Ellerington. Mr. Gardiner made a feeling and suitable reply. These are the occasions when a pains- taking and industrious teacher feels repaid for the attention he has given to his little flock. Chiselhurst. Robt, Bell, of the 2nd con. Tucker smith, met with a very painful accident on Monday evening last. He was return- ing from Mr. Morrison's sale on a bicy- cle, and when descending the hill a short distance east of this place, he met Mr. Horton, who was going in the opposite direction with a horse and buggy. As they were about meeting Mr. Horton's horse shied at a culvert, swerving into the road, and Mr. Bell, before he could stop, ran into the rig. He was thrown from his wheel, dislocating his shoulder and receiving other injuries of a painful nature. lie was taken to a house near by and medical aid summoned, when his injuries were attended to, and he was taken home and is now getting on as wellas el could be , ex ectadHe phad a narrow escape from even more serious injuries, but, under the circumstances, it was purely accident and no person was to blame. Crediton Miss Merner, of Zurich was, the guest of Miss Tillie Bertrand Sunday. —Miss Susie Wein and Mrs. Frederick Geiser. of Shipka, visited Mrs. Paul ink Sh on Sunday.—Miss Mss Ella Link is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Wm. Kuntz, of Exeter.—Mr. Samuel Lamport and bride, who have been on their honey- moon -trip to Detroit, returned home last Thursday.—Miss Ida Weiner, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Dick, of Hansell, returned home last Wed nesday:—Mr. Israel Smith, wife and family of Exeter, spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Jacob Eilber.—Mr. J Mr, Bush has moved to Ilderton.—Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Eilber spent Sunday with .Mrs. Daniel Tremner, of Zurich.—The masons are putting on the finishing coat at Mr, Wm. Lewis' dwelling.— Mr. Christian Zwicker is renovating his dwelling by a new coat of paint.— Mr, Christopher Either has moved into his dwelling on William Street. (Prom another source) Matthew Winer's sale on Thursday was well attended,—Mr. and. Mrs Sam'l Lamport returned home after spending a few lays with friends in 'Dettoit,— Matthew Finkbiner, who had bis collar bone broken last week, itt steadily im- proving.—George Motz disposed of 50 head of poultry to advantage' on Fri- day. -Wm. Welch, Con. 11, McGilli- vray, who was suddenly taken 111 with tvphoidzfever still continues about the same—Chas. Holtzman has purchased 'the brick residence of Eli Lawson Mr. Philip Phassold has gone to work for Wm, Kuntz, of Exeter. C. .1.1. SANDERS, EDITOR. .I3iddulph On Wednesday, Oct, 13th, at the home of the bride's father, a pretty wedding took place, the contracting parties be- ing James A, Donley, of this place, and Bertha, third daughter, of J oseph O'Neil Esq., Southgate, Ont. The Rey, Robert Wilson, of Trinity Cbureh, Birr, officiat. ed. The bride was attended by Miss Donley and Daniel O'Neil supported the groom. A number of intimate friends were present on the occasion. (xranton Mr. Andrew Knox, of the eighth con.. cession of Blanshard, who for a consid. erable time has been suffering from a malignant attack of typhoid fever, died Tuesday the 10th. The funeral toot; playa to• St. Marys Wednesday, under the direction of the Orange order, of which society he was an honorable member. He leaves a wife and sever- al small children to mourn his early demise,—A pleasent eyelet took place at the Ontario House on the 20th inst., in the marriage of -Mr, Jeffers West - man to Miss Jemima Nixond, sister to Mrs. Thomas Fortheringhatn. ldr, Qeo. Westman, of Milverton, and Mtss Ver dia. Leavitt, of Grantee, acted as brides maid and groomsman, and the Rev. E. P'. M, Smith, B. A. officiated at the uiarriage ceremony, Their large circle of friends unite in extending congrat- ulations to the estimable young couple, Thames Road. Miss Tena and Mabel Madge visited friends in Bensall on Wednesday.— 'etas A. Hoffman, of Crediton, who has been with Miss McInnis during the summer, returned home on Saturday. —Our two popular teachers in S. S. No. i', Mr. Russel and Miss Vanstone, have been re-engaged for next year at an increase of salary.—The Metho- dists of Betheny Church are preparing for the better comfort of their horses by enlarging the sheds, -Ono of our young men on the road home from a neighbor's the other evening, was en countered by what at first sight ap peered to be ghosts, but being in no way superstitious, decided to investi. gate and found it to bo a pilo of tile,: we would advise the young man to return earlier in the future or else go by the road.—Mr. C. Fletcher, County President of the Women's Foreign Mission Society, has been to Seaforth, St Mary's Godertch, Car;ow and Other places addressing meetings,—Miss Joan. Duncan, who has been in Port Arthur for the last year, returned home last Saturday,—Mr. James Campbell, of Manitoba, is home on a visit,—Mr. and Mrs. Wm Monteith spent Sunday in Ping Town.—Miss Laura Denney was the guest of Mrs. Jno. Allison on Sunday last. -Quite a number from here attended the teameeting at the Exeter Presbyterian Church and report being well entertained.—Rev. Mr, Fletcher and Rev. Mr. Forest, of Wal- ton, exchanged pulpits last Sunday.— A couple of our young meu are at tending Elimville Church. We are. not aware of the cause of leaving here unless they think they are better treat- ed there. Centralia • . Rev. J. E. Ford, of Lucan, gave a very interesting missionary lecture to the Epworth League on Tuesday even- ing. Miss Ida Hodgins, of Clandeboye, gave a solo entitled, "Some day we'll understand" which was heartily ap- plauded. The Misses Neil, Jones, Hicks and Linens also rendered some beauti- ful selections.—Bert Chummings drove to London and back on Tuesday.—Geo Essery's drive barn in connection with his stables, makes a mammoth roof of shelter for his business and will add greatly to the property when completed. —Rev. Wm. Walsh, of Brampton, a formerastor of this church some p hu ch om sev- enteen years years ago, will deliver a lecture in Smith's, hall, on Monday ev- ening, vening, Nov. 1st. The subject will be "Travels through Ireland.Admission 15c; doors open 7 o'clock; lecture at 8. —A number of our people were at the tea in ,Exeter on Monday eyening and report a pleasant time.—Miss Ida Hod- gins, of Clandeboye is visiting Mrs. Colwill, on the 2nd Stephen.—A num- ber of people from here drove to Strat ford Tuesday to hear the great evang- 1ist, D. L. Moody, who is holding meet- ings for a fewdays thatplace.—The o g3 naew livery and sales stable was placed on Main St,, Tuesday, .opposite Wm. Cottrill's harness shop. It is supposed to have stabling capacity for sixteen horses besides a spacious driveway for carriages, etc. All are said to be new rigs and no doubt the travelling pub-. lic, will be able to secure first-class rigs on short notice in future.-Cobbleigh and Essery shipped another large load of hogs from here on Monday. This makes two loads the past week. As a shipping point this place is unexcelled. ou the L. H. & B. railway for export, Hay, grain, cattle, horses and cheese are loaded here in large quantities and. the Parsons Produce. Co. will soon be shipping large consignments of poul try from here.—Sandford Fairhall, who has been very low, is not improving as was expected, having had another operation performed this week. --A gentleman from ilensell was; prospec ting in town on Tuesday with a view to locating here in the near future. H.arpley The recent rainshave made the lap in a fit state for plowing.—Mrs, Rober tMcLinchey has returned from a visit t friends in Michigan,—Stephen Web lost a favorite horse last week fro natural causes,—Several from this sec time were hunting .their cattle on the ranch on Saturday last.—Mr, John Love sold his matched span of wits to a Hensali buyer, realizing a handsome figurefor theme—Practice for the tom ing Christmas tree programis com- mented upon by Sunday school leaders. --Miss Sarah Pollock, of Brewster, pass- ed through here on her way to Detroit on Saturday last. Stephen a Mr, Wei. Dearing held a husking t bee at his residence Monday night last. o —Mr, and Mrs, Abraham Dearing, of b the 5th eoncession, celebrated their es wooden wedding Tuesday night last. A large number were present and the presents were numerous, A good time was spent. Rodgerville Mr. Peter Case has finished picking his apples. He has over thirty barrels, which is not a bad yield for this season. —Mr. Thos, Case has taken the con- tract of putting in two large culberts on the London Road in front of his premises and the public has every confidence that it will be done right. —Mr. Thos Hawkins' two little girls, May and Bella, who have been sufferiug from an attack of measles, are recover- ing.—Fred ;deTaggert, teacher at Blake, spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents.—Farmers are now busy lifting their roots which is a splendid yield in this section. Dashwood. TEE NEW HOTEL. --It has been said that "he who causes a single blade of grass to grow where none grew before" is a public benefactor; and surely the man through whose energy aed enter- prise the town's architecture is graced by a fieasing structure, arising where before existed nothing or inlerior build- ings, is deserving of the same measure of praise. Your reporter was pleased to take a look through the new hotel here the other day and was rather astonish- ed at its magnificence both inside and out. It is built of white brick, of ex- cellent color, has large modern windows with only one horizontal division in the'. centre, and a large double -door main entrance with steps leading thereto, giving an imposing appearance and on the whole a person cannot help being struck with its architectural beauty. In, passing through the large doorway you note the gents' sitting room on the right and on the left that of the ladies, both suitably furnished and con ':enient. At the rear of the gents' sitting room is the bar, which is a model, in design, neat and tastily arranged with a large plate mirror at the back. The dining room is situated at the back of the ladies' sitting room and is large and well appointed. There are two tiom modious sample rooms at the rear of the bar, thus affording ample accom- modation to trayellers. The entire woodwork throughout is of antique finish. The furnishings are in keep- ing with the imposing outward appear- ance of the building and the splendid. rooms within. An inspection of the nicely furnished bed rooms, handsome parlors capacious dining room and oth er parts of the house shows that the genial landlord, Mr. Musser, is deter- mined to do all that can be done to make his guests comfortable. The furn- iture is new and attractive in, appear- ance and the different rooms well adapt- ed for the purposes for which they are used. Every visitor must be struck with the system, order and convenience and cleanliness everywhere to be found. The culinary department will be found first-class and the travelling public will find this oneof the best houses ,„ this section of the country. Much Cred- it must be given Mr, Musser for lits en- terprise in erecting this meg_uificent structure and we are not surprised that the genial proprietor confidently antici- pates that he will build up a large and lucrative business here. Horse -Thieves visited several farms in the vicinity of Brampton. Luoan Mr Wellington Hodgins, of Biddulph, has quite recovered from a severe at- tack of blood poisoni2ig, which prfistrat- ed him for many weeks. --Prof. Burgess, of Huron Coltege, London, preached at both Thanksgiving services on Sunday in Holy Trinity Church. 'rhe church was beautifully decorated with flowers, and the learned professor was "(stetted to with rapt atteution by a large and appreciative congregation. The col- lection amounted to about $70 —Mr. Joseph Hodgson, of Toronto, spent a few clays in the village last week.—Mr. Tier, mathematieai master in Lucan High school, spent Sunday in Mother- well,—The ..storehouses and elevators in this village are filled to their utmost capacity with grain,, Scarcely any cars can be procuredforshipment,—Qn Monday evening while M. Flood, of London tp., and two otb•'r young men e driving iv' tug west of the town their horse took fright at the train and ran away, throwing the occupants' out of the cart in which they were riding. Young Flood struck on his head and was badly stunned, not recovering eon. sciousness for nearly half an hour. 'The other two were not much hurt and brought their companion back to the Western hotel and called a doctor to attend him. He was able to be taken home on Tuesday, badly shaken up, but no serious results are anticipated. —Apple packers are busy in this local- ity. Though the crop is much smaller than last season, yet many farmers are getting more money for their fruit than last year. The prices are about„ four times what was paid in 1896. It was generally supposed that there' would be few apples for shipment from this locality, but Holliday Bros, who are:the principal, if not the only buyers, inform us that they will get about 8,000 barrels in this vicinity. Burned to Death. Sr. Marys, Oct, 20.—Alexander Ster- ritt, a farmer, aged about 45 years,liv- ieg on the seventh concession of East Nissouri, was burned to death in a fire that destroyed his house last night. Deceased was alone in the house, and, being an invalid from paralysis, was unable to make his escape. How the fire originated is unknown. His sis- ter, who lives with him, was visiting in St. Mary'arat the time. ;li;:SIlG:9! RS TneeteeON—In Lucan, on Oct. 13th, the wife of M. H, Thompson, of a son. PATTc:r.-In McGillivray, 1st con., on Oct. 15th, the wife of John Patton of a daughter. WELSH—On the London Road, nor th on Oct. 20th, the wife of John Welse of a son. 3I,9 RRIA.GES. DoNLEx—O'NEIL—At the r the bride's father, Sor don Township, by Re- ef Trinity church. Bi James Albert Doule O'Neil. RANDS—RouTLEnc inst., at the Out sonage, Clint°' Mr. Jabez Ra daughter of pennton. MIDDLE,I' inst.. ' year THE OHEflP CSN E BARGAINF Just s and the most cr comprising of Ladies' Mr Goods, Pr A large stock of A complete s' Gents'' We .haat' bes' not 1' T1 C ,Tie .i by Ods to Edward ads.—In both 110 sr'2 months, t%I r stock e -v ,mplete mantle IT Caves, Pur men 0 cock of 0` yurniehi ��.�,scgEv�' AN tie the he Ma11Ket. 3.olae In stye lord, } , t oar ill aid inspect TARN