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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-11-18, Page 1TENTH YEAR. -537. EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1897. ? - C. 11. SANDERS, EDITOR. COWS WANTED. COWS renewed cows wanted at once. Apply to W. Ii. DEA.Exac , Exeter. FARMS FUR. SALE. MONEY TO LOAN. The undersigned has a few good farms for sale cheap. Money to loan on easy terms. 3ourt S1ACxtUAN, Samwoll's Block Exeter. MEETING or HURON COUNTY COUNCIL The Council of the Corporation of the County of ,Huron will meet in the Court Room in the town of Goderich, on Tuesday, November 30th, at 3 o'clock )o_m. Dated at Goderieh, Nov, stn 84�ANE, Clerk.. FARM TO RENT. L' Lot 6, concession 3, township of Usborne, is offered for rent by the undersigned. it is one of the best farms in the township, con- taining; one -hundred aures and has ever, convenience. This farm will bo let to a good tenant for a term of years and possession to. plow will be given immediately. Apply to MAT. 'LEL/JAZZY', DOVOn, FARM FOR SALE. THE undersigned offers for sale Lot No, 5, 4th concession, Township of Kincardine. The farm consists of Nacres, all cleared; good frame house and barn; also two good orch- ards, and a plentiful supply of water. The land is situated i?.i milds from the Saugeen line and 4 tulles from the town of Itinoar- Bine. Price $1,300; $300 down, the balance in ten or twelve years at 41 per cent. Possess- ion may bo had at once. For further partic- ulars apply artic-ularsapply to Mits. Tuos, ABBOTT, Broad- way, Kincardine. -*STOVES* wow— COOKING SOUVENIR, a Model GOOD CHEER, steel oven BRIGHT IDEA HONOR BRIGHT. HEATING RADIENT HOME RADIENT Souvenir OARBONt6 COTTAGE " RUSTIC " TODD " We have a large Stock and our Prices are away down for CASH.—.202& A GOOD NO, 9 COOKING STOVE FOR .. X10.00 net. GIVE US A CALL EFORE BUYING a. Mftoo & Soq. . . EXETER . J,XETER ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO., LIMITED. Notice of Rates RESIDENCE L1GUUT.A.lsG. Per Annum a night per x6 C. P. Main Hall 3 ro 4-5c IS . Parlor. 2 8o Extra Parlor x 80 Dining Room 2 75 Kitchen 2 75 Bed room \ s 75 Spare room x 56 Cellar, 8 C. P. go - 1.5 COMMERCIAL L1 6/IIi'A'h. Per x6 C. P. per Annum or xs cts. per night I to 5 $4 50 5 to xo 44o xo to 15 4 25 r5 to 20 4 xo 20 to 25 25 and over 7-ro 1-2 2-3 x-3. 2.5 x-6 4 00 3 90 WIRING. General practice has proved it 3 tisfactor for the con- sumer to own everything within his walls. `1'he aboye moderate rates are on this basis them the following •- nd in order to secure a, nominal witingcharge is made with lamps complete: Cleat --suitable for stores .41 3o per light Concealed " " residences, 'r 70 ", To be paid in ten equal monthly install- ments. Or $x 25, 160 cash on starting of lights. Any special information may be obtained tom the undersigned. NOTFI :—The above rates only applicable to consumers having their own fixtures. Rates to others on application to R. C. C. T'REIVIAINE, Man. Notes by the Way. At last Mr. Editor, you 'have struck a Londonfog. Not a •real genuine old- timer. Londoners call it, "a bit a fog" Tho real fog, Londoners will tell you, Sir, has to be cut in chunks and shovelled out of doors, like drifted snow, But chis one will do for a stranger. Yesterday morning you lay awake for an hour,. wondering when daylight was coming. Wearing of interminable night, you get up, grope for matches, light your wax candles, and find, by putting your watch very close to said candles, that it is 9 o'clock. Blind goes up; no result; might as well be down. Window goes. up, and,. Sir, the great brick wall that yesterday was only seven feet from your window and your eyes, is now invisible, You get down stairs by the aid of all the gas in the hotel. You eat your breakfast, by great gas lamps that now look like dull old coals. Out in the street every light iu the great city is turned on to its full capacity. Arc lamps can only be seen a few yards distant. Incandescent lights and gas lights look like specks of expiring cin- der. The streetsthat were so dry and clean last night, are now covered with a dark half moist slime as slippery as a mixture of soft-soap and tar, which it closely resembles. Alen collide in go- ing round corners and unseen, beg each other's pardon, Little feminine shrieks tell you that some lady, has slipped, fell, and left her impress on the soapy pavement, Horses fall, or more singular still, slide down steep declines on the street. If very close, you see them at times sliding twenty or thirty feet, wholly unable to stop or "catch " their feet. 'The air is a dull, yellow, thick mixture, resembling nothing so much as pea -soup, in which the whole population is swimming. It is thick enough to carry shadows. The shad ows are very plain from bus -tops. Up on a bus -top in a thickly -lit street, shadows of passing people below, float about your head, and in all ,the upper air, in a way that is confusing and marvellous in the extreme. Cannot see an approaching bus till it is rash ing past, appearing as large as re a- ably sized barn, drivers trust to their horses to avoid collisions. Elderly gents and ladies crowd the insides of busses to get out of danger's way. In the banks and counting houses, num- berless clerks try to write by powerful lights and reflectors, almost touching the paper on which they write. The eyes smart as with a dense smoke. Women's noses get red and men's eyes get bleary. Everybody is blowing noses, wheezing and barking as if a sudden influenza had just struck the town. Nothing visible, but the my- sterious shadows, the dull glow of powerful lights, and faint outlines of the tiled chimneys, if you look upward. The soup is densely thick below, close to the pavement, -In the hospitals alt surgical operations are postponed, that allow of postpontment. Not iightenough to see. And as the night closes in, vision becomes, if possible, more ob soured. The yellow soup becomes darker in hue, and London goes to bed to hope for sunshine on the morrow. The long vacation is ended. The law courts are all open for business, The great marble temple, known as the " Law Courts," is full of judges, solic- itors and gorgeously attired porters and clerks in all colors of dress. Law- yers run hither and thither in white wigs, gowns blowing to the forewinds, hatless and hurried, with portentous looking documents fluttering in their hands, or with still more portentous looking black bags, containing briefs and notes in all kinds of imaginable law suits. Grave judges in .:Kies, alight from carriages, driven by still more grave coachmen, also in wigs. Youthful solicitors of thirty with raven hair, covered by a white wig look odd, sage and somehow have an air of im- mense respectability and responsibility: Anxious suitors wait around in evident uneasiness, or pin their lawyers in some corner and pour very earnest words in his wigged -ears. Middle Temple Lane, leading to the Inns of Court, where lawyers dwell in shoals is more patronized in one day now, thaa during all the long vacation. In the Law Temple, Justice and equity are being thrashed from the straw of in- terminable evidence. But here, Sir, as all over the earth, it is generally the long purse that wins the case. Suits are enlarged, appealed or sent tohigh- er courts, till the weaker side is ex- hausted and finally goes to the wall. Even in far-famed . British justice, might is sometimes adjudged as right, and poverty and inexperience does not always get their j,;.__: dues. Such things are probably inevitable,,, in any form of civilization.. Old pradtioneers, with a. shrug and grimace, acknow- ledge the facts, and young ones .play their cards accordingly. British good humor is proverbial. And it is a fact as well as a proverb. You hardly ever see any display of ill - temper. Two gentlemen, both hooking fors mehouse-number, 0 or street sign, neither looking where they are going, collide with force enough to shake the temper and equanimity of any dweller in the land of " The Lady of the Snows." Both turn round abruptly. Circum• stances and manners tell von that there is going to be an`"explosion.' You ex- pect a cuss -word or a rebuke. Nothing of the kind happens. They beg each other's pardon, bow, and depart on their several ways quite unruffled. So with the ladies. She falls or somebody steps on her skirt and nearly tears it off her. She is equal to the occasion. Net a word of reproach or look of irrit- ation. Serene as .a sunflower, she publicly re adjusts the garment, smil- ingly assures the clumsy one, that it was by no means his or her fault, and calmly meanders on her way, as uncon corned about her personal appearance as a squaw of the Yukon country in the last century. Pictures in, windows always attract a crowd. They fill the sidewalk all day long at inter- esting windows. The police never in- terfere with such crowds. The passers simply go out on the road, amongst the vehicles, and pass as best they can. Where sidewalks are narrow and traffic allows it, pedestrians always take the middle of the road, and you never hear a suggestion that they are Irish on that account, Your admiration for the London bobby ((policemeu) is always increasing. Bobby's name is Legion. Always; cool, collected, slow, but sure and effective in his work. At busy corners someone is always worrying him as to where a certain street or number as. Any amount of trouble will Bobby take. Courteous, explicit, and definite in his directions, the lost ones, go away with a look of. satisfaction. Then his im- partiality. A kid or a count, a beggar or a tiled broker, a match woman or a marchioness, a laborer or a lord, a sober dead beat or a drunken duke, is all the same to the civil guardian of public street rights. At Hyde Park corner " in the season," insignid bedizened car- riages and aristocratic traps crowd the entrance to Rotten Row aid the great drive ways, When Bobby holds up the back of his hand, for traffic behind to stop the ducal carriage has to halt, just the same as the boy with the donkey and cart. In his official capacity, Sir, Bobby knows -no one. He is no respec- or of persons. Ile touches` his cap to. none but the Queen. DemocratieLon- donwould stand nothing else. The London public will have no nonscence andno toadying of public officialdom to aristocracy. The Queen and the Prince and the Princess of Wales be- ing about the only exceptions. Alto- gether the London policeman is the prince of civil servants. A wonderful type of perfection evolved by the ne- cessities Of this vast city.. How the Britous, especially the Lon- doner, loves the old Queen. They call her, "old Queen Vie, "old woman," " old gal," and other names, but always in a loving, semi-indolations, respectful way. At any gathering her name al- ways evokes a genuine cheer. Grave, educated men tell you that her reign and her personal character have noth- ing like a pai'alled in the world's history. And, Sir, you know and feel that it is true, The Prince of Wales is the most popular man iu England. Bright an• ticipations of his wisdom, impartially and popularity, when he comes to be King, are daily subjects of conversation. With his age, experience, truly cosmo- politan education, level head and mod- ern ideas, Britain has no fears of the future King, or Britain's destiny. At the Concert Halls, they sing a Jubilee ballad that invariably brings down the house. It represents a Briton, German, Russian, an Italian, Colonist, Yankee and French laborer, each in a sep- arate verse and for various reasons, expressing their pleasure, after the great Jubilee to " take off their bats to the Queen." It tickles the average Briton under the fifth rib. You know, that even yourself, callow Colonist as you are, could .pot help applauding. The French eerse is always sang last, and when the singer sings: " We tell funny tales 'bout your good Prince of Wales, But we take off our hats to your Queen." The laughter and applause are loud and hearty London, Eng., Oct., '97. J. A. R. Centralia Misses Stevenson and Robinson, of Stanley, aro visiting at Thos. Handfords and James Delgaty's this week.—Thos. Lane, who in company with his sister, left for Manitoba on Monday evening from this station, narrowly escaped be- ing left. Ho someway missed'the train and had the agent not signaled it and brought it to a standstill about a quarter of a mile from the station Mr. Lane would have been greatly delayed on his 'journey.—Messrs. Cobbleigh and Essery shipped a car load of hogs on Monday from this station.—A num- ber of the friends from this place of Edward Jones, attended his funeral on Saturday at Exeter. Mr. Jones spent a good part of his life on a farm not far from this place where he made many friends by his upright life among his neighbors.—Messrs. Handford and Elliott disposed of another lot of horses last week and their sale stables are again fele—James Neil was s in Lon- don on Tuesday.—Rev. S. J. Salton preached a very interesting sermon on Sunday evening, taking his text from Matt 12.20. The discourse was a very impressive one and showed the folly of worldly carelessness in neglecting the neccessary preparation for the future life, -Rev. Mr. Coulter, of Elimville, gave a very interesting Bible talk to the Epworth League on Tuesday even- ing.—Mr, Dowemell, of Stanley, visited James Delgaty on Monday. -Where are the Royal Tempters now? Shall we meet, -shall we meet again. Dashwood. Mr. Routledge, our enterprising vet- erinary, dehorned twenty-seven head of cattle for Mr. Fred. Balzer on Friday last, then wont to London township on Saturday and dehorned about eighty head for Mr. John. Hall, Lucan Four cars of stock were shipped from the G. T. R. station last week.—Mr. Haliday, of Quebec, shipped from this station this fall over 5,000 barrels of apples. --Mr. W. Tier, mathematical master in. Lucan iniigh School, spent Friday and Saturday in Toronto,—Miss Ida K. Porte gave a progressive pedro party on Friday evening to several of her acquaintances in Lucan, which was quite a success. Dancing follow- ed until early morning.—Dan Whalen. got his hand badly cut Monday while slaughtering hogs. LECTURn,-•--ltev. Canon Dann, de- livered his ilimitable lecture, ".Ireland and Irishmen," to a Lucan audience on Thursday evening last, and kept his hearers iu the utmost good humor for one hour and a half, The reverend gentleman was ably assisted during the entertainment in songs and recita- tions by Miss Maude Ferguson, Miss Pauline Stanley, Miss Emma McDou gall and Mr, F. W. Porte. The pro ceeds amounted to about $25, which will be applied to the general fend of Holy Trinity Church, Thames Road, Miss Mary Allison was visiting her sistes, Mrs. F. Hamilton, of Cromarty, last week,—Miss Jennie Armstrong was the guest of Mrs. Win. Monteith on Thursday last.—Mr. and Mrs, .Robe. Kydd and Mr. and Mrs. Moody spent Sunday at Mr, Jno. Allison's.—Mr, and Mrs David Duncan spent Sunday at Mr. George Monteith's —Miss Isabella Cottle is visiting her uncle at White- church,—Mr. T. Duncan, of Whalen, spent Saturday and Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Wm. Monteith. -Messrs. P. Madge, S. Passmore and H. Russell were shooting in Hay swamp last Sat urday. They succeeded in capturing four rabbits and a big blue hawk. ACCIDENT.—Mr. Wtn. Monteith met with a slight accident last Saturday morning. He was engaged in split- ting wood when the axe ; slipped, cut- ting a sty ere and painful gash in his foot which puts him on the shelf for a few days SirooTxNG MATCH —The return shoot- ing match between the Thames Road and Biddulph will be held here this week. The former match resulted in fa- vor of the Biddulph men by one bird. We hope to report a different rosOEIt next time, Mooresville SERIOUSLY ILL.—The many friends of Mr. Henry Miller, of McGillivray, will learn with regret of his serious illnes. He is at present suffering from concussion of the brain or loss of memory. His case is a serious one and he has the sympathy of all in his affliction, Rnuoveo,—Mr. Michael Quigley, of Biddulph, has moved his family to London where he has secured a situa- tion with the Carling Company.. FARM RENTED.—Mr. McLeod, of Lucan, has rented the North fifty acres of Mr. Herbert's farm, Biddulph, NOTES.—Mr. J. H. McRoberts, of I11., who was purchasing cattle here, has returned home with several carloads and intends returning next week for more. DIriD.—This week it is our duty to record the death of Mrs. Powe, relict of the late James Powe, She was high- ly respected and her many friends will be pained to hear of her death. Her remains were interred at Nursery cemetery on Thursday. The following lines are written on the marriage of Mr. Edward Nagle, of Nis- souri, and Miss Mary Morkin, of Bid- dulph, who were wedded on October 27. May a bountiful measure Of health, wealth and pleasure Be yours my dear Mary, Each day of your life; And that man from Missouri, Will have blessings surely, The day that he makes Mary Morkin his wife. Ifthat man from St. Marys. Is good to our Mary, He will share in the blessings A kind Heaven send; For no rose on the prairie, Is fairer than Mary, And she has the good wishes Of all her young friends, May comfort and riches, And showers of good wishes halt in clusters around her Like leaves on a tree; May blessing attend her And all that betriend her Is our wish for you Mary Whereyer you be. AD ARIL" Mrs. Susan Cook, Forest avenue,nue Lon don, a lady 89 years of age, fell on Sat- urday and broke her wrist. Sale Register. SATURDAY, Nov. 20th.—Auction Sale of Old School House, at School Section No. 4, Usborne, Sale at 3 o'clock. Mr. F. LUxTON, Se&y, Ilir. 3 G}ILL,, Auct. FR1DAY,Nov, 10t11: Farm stock and im- plements, the property of William Ander- son, Lot 11, concession 4, Stephen. Sale at one o'clock. 12. BROWN, anat. a Crediton Mr. D. Miller, V. S., of Exeter, :has taken charge of Mr. Lewis' veterinary practice her for two weeks in the ab sones of Mr. Lewis, who is visiting rel- ativesin Michigan.—Mrs. Israel Smith and sons, of Exeter, spent a. few days here the last week, visiting her parents,. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Eilber.--Mr. Hoff man and sister, of Plattsville, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Brown.— Mrs. Bertha Gliter-, who has been vis iting her father, Mr. Charles Eiiber, returned to her home in St, Catharines Thursday,—Mr. Gabriel Holtzman, of Zurich' was in the village on Monday on business,—Miss Sophia Brown, of Detroit, Mich., is visiting ler parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gottleib Brown. -.-Mr. Ira Tike, of Clandehoye, gave the village a flying visit 11'londay.--•Miss Kaercher, of Sebringvi.11e, is visiting Miss Mary Anne Haist.—Mrs, Bush is visiting friends in .Lucan —Miss Mary Bertrand who has been visiting friends at Exeter the past week, returned home Satur- day, --Mrs. Martin and neice, who have been visiting Mr, and Mrs. Gottleib Mar- lock, have returned to their home in Morriston,—errs. Wm, Lewis, Jr., spent a few days in London the past week visiiing friends.—The flax -mills have started for the winter season. PnesexrATIO:N.--Lust Monday night the many friends of Mr, Tobias Fanner, Sr„ gave him a pleasant, surprise party. on his78th birthday autl presented him with a handsome upholstered chair which we trust he may live long to en- joy. The party broke up about twelve' o'clock. Feuus Sat,D.—The mortgage sale of Solomon Poltiek's farm, Lot 3, Con 25, Township of McGillivray, was sold at Hill's Hotel, on Thursday last, by Ed.. Bossenberry to John McGregor, for the sum of $$1,900. A.so Mrs, Fogerty's farm, Lot 6, Con. 4, McGillivray, was sold Monday to Mr. Thompson, for the sum of 31,440. !From another source) Our three "hunters" arrived home on Thursday from Muskoka, each bringing some game with him, --Mr, Henry Either, Jr., entertained a few friends with "roast turkey" on Sunday. --Mr. Chas. A. Hoffman, of P.lattsville, is in town visiting friends,—Mrs. Geo. Brown, of the seventh concession, is on the sick list We hope to hear of her speedy recovery.—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kuutz, of Exetr, spent Sunday with. .Ir. and Mrs. J. Eiiber.-111r, Michael Beaver, Jr, got his hand hurt by a cold chisel whick he was using and is consequeutly off his working list. -Dr. Rivers, of this place, occupied rhe put - lilt in the M E. Church on Sunday morning, Rev, Mr, Yelland resumiug it in the evening.—Mr. P. Phassold, of Exeter, was in town on Suuday,—Rev. Mr. Schmitt, of the G. E. Church, is on the sick list, and Rev. Mr. Stable occu- pied the pulpit on Sunday, both morn ing and evening. The R. T. of T. announce Noy. 19 as rally night, and it ought to be a grand success, to judge by the efforts the ladies are putting forth.—Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lamport spent S.unday out of town.—Mr. A. J. Clark spent Sunday out of town. 31 HiRIaGES. BEAVERS.—RoDD.—On Oct. 27th, at the Methodist parsonage, Kirkton, by Rev. T. J. Snowden, Ph. B, Mr. Joseph Mark Beavers, of Blanshard, to Miss Alice Rodd, of Usborne. ANDREWS.—GotLD.—At the residence of the bride's mother, on Wednesday, Nov. 17th, by the Rev, Dr. Willough- by, Arthur Andrews, of Pnntiac, Mich., to Miss Kate J. Gould, daugh- ter of the late John Gould. Powl—In Biddulph, on Nov. 9th, Mrs. Powe, relict of the late James Powe. FORD.—At Woodham, on Nov. 6th, Jos. B. Ford, aged 23 years and 17 days. Township of Hay. The local Board of Health of the Township of Hay, met on Nov. 15th. Ali members present. The Inspectors reported that during the month of June last they had visited all the school houses and premises; also the villages of Zurich, Blake and Dashwood and found everything satisfactory. The Sec- retary was instructed to notify Messrs. Cook and Goetz, of Dashwood, not to allow any carcasses of animals to be buried on their premises in the pile of sawdust in the village of Dashwood. The following report was read before the Board by the Medical Health officer. To the chairman and members of the Board of Health for the Township of Hay, (.4BN'rl.ii isN:--In accordance with. the requirements of the public Board of health Act, I beg leave to submit my second annual report. The number of deaths from all caus- es during the year was 44, being about 11 in 1000, I am pleased to note that diphtheria which was so prevalent in our township during the last year have revisited us only to a alight extent, there being only two eases and no deaths from that disease during the year. In the first case the disease was in all probability contracted from the neighboring township t Stephen) while in the ::ecoid case no satisfactory cause - could be found In both of these cases the houses were placarded and disin- fection carried out by the Inspector udder the supervision of your Medical Health Officer, Scarlet fever put in an appearance this year in the front and north of the township. We have seven reported cases and one death. Disinfection and isolation attended to by the practitioner in attendance on the case. We have had five reported cases of measles of a mild type. No deaths. Whooping eough appeared to a slight extent during the spring. On the Sau- blo line, south of the Zurich road, a few cases carne under my own supervision. None were reported. but I am inclined to think that in some parts of the towns ship cases occurred, not attended by any physician. We have had 55 reported cases Of typhoid fever during the past year, two of which were fatal Many of the cas- es were of a mild type but in some in. stances the cases have been severe. The cases in most instances appear to be due to local influences more probab- ly to well water which is more apt to be contaminated in seasons, hot and dry, when the ground water is low, such as we have had this summer. In each case isolation and disinfection has been left entirely to the medical attendant. Judging- from this year's experience I would recommend that the board pay more attention to the isolation of cases and the thorough r„ ntnfection and pro- per disposal of the excretions in this disease in future than has been done in the past. In this connection I regret to say- that aythat there is a great difficulty in com- pelling a report owing to the fact that physicians although they faithfully re- port such diseases as dyphtheria and scarlet fever, in many instances fail in their duty as regards typhoid fever. measles and whooping cough. The public generally seem to be anx- ious to keep diseases in darkness al- though the law holds them none the less responsible. B. CAMPBELL, Medical Health Officer. " Only the Blest', Should be your motto, when you need a medicine. ,Do not be induced to take any substitute when you call for Hood's Sarsaparilla. Experience has proved it to be the best. It is an hon- est medicine, possessing actual and un- equalled merit. Be wise and profit by the experience of other people. Hood's Pills are the favorite family cathartic, easy to take, easy to operate. P OULTRY 1�T�D 1 FOB CASH OR TADE (Thirty Thousand) 3®9 00 s of Dressed Turkeys, Geese, Ducks and Chicken, wanted for which we will pay the H CHEST MARKET "' R10ES, to be delivered on 23 2425 this aid 26 of month. 3 I and the following week .... . THE CHEAP' CASH STORE, Chas. Zwi k r Crediton. ton.