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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1890-8-22, Page 44 r 3'l:-uSSELs t•l''t New Advertisements. Local -•-goo. Gl0od. Local.. -a. Knechtel. 3'1oual 4"yeo. Bather. Plows -.W. R. Wilson. Local -Mrs. E. Rogers. House for Salo -Mrs. Turnbull. Fountain pens -•--G. A. Deedu an• Notes' List Oonrt--F. S. Scott. Votes' List Notioe-»Wm. Clark, tl'r)c $r:Ussc.l$ A'#1. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1890. P8aaArs there never was a time in the history of America when there was a greater craze for bogus degrees than to. day and in almost every profession you will find a few who have not entered by the presoribed door but have "climbed up some other way.' A man or woman is deserving of oredib where by patient and persistent study they attain to the goal of their ambition bet the cheap tin honors and degrees for sale at a low price afford sensible people ample room for a good laugh over the vanity and pre- sumption of the purchaser. The old world is not by any means an exception to the rule but the silliness there par. takes more of the nobility order. Titles are growing cheaper in Europe every day. They are now dispensed by a broker in nobility, whose address is 36 Rue Mau. barge, Paris, at a very low rate. One can be a Count for 80,000,000 francs, Vis- count for 25,000 francs and a Baron for 15,000 francs, and so on down to a Com- mander at 3,000 francs. It is the Spanish government which furnishes these, and the terms are half the amount on appli- cation and the balance on delivery. RECENT cases of insubordination among British soldiers have served to attract public attention to the state of the army. Mutinies and desertions do not indicate a happy condition of things among the nation's defenders, and English news- papers of every shade of opinion demand governmental investigation into the state of the army. Some go so far as to charge that corruption and jobbery permeates every branch of the army and navy ser- vice, and that the soldiers have taken to disobeying orders as a last desperate means of calling public attention to their grievances. Tyranny on the part of superior officers is given se the prime cause of the mutiny at Chatham. The fact that very few veterans re-enlist is regarded as evidence that Tommy Atkins is beginning to dislike soldiering as an occupation ; while the officers frequently fail to keep in touch with the rank and file, and are careless about the content- ment of those under them. Frequently men are induced to enlist ander false pretences, both as to pay and treatment, and naturally feel sore afterwards. While the government is adopting a more 'liberal policy toward policemen, postmen and telegraphers, the soldiers think they should not be forgotten, and that the least that can be done would be to pay them the shilling a day promised at en- listment, without deducting for clothing or rations, and to les'en the severity of the drilling at home stations, which makes foreign service, even in time of war, an absolute relict;. --E 0. IT would appear that ,the rights of non- smokers are to be respected in some parts of the world and a restriction placed upon the youth at least in pro- hibiting them from smoking "Drum. head" in the thoroughfares. The Mon. treal Witness says on this subject :-"The New York Legislature bas prohibited boys under sixteen from smoking in pub- lic places. This law, though in view of the dire results of juvenile smoking it is dalculated to be most salutary, is utterly illogical. It its purpose is to protect the boys, it will do them quite aB much harm in private as in public places, and if its purpose is to protect the publio, men's smoking is as bad at boy's smok- ing. Laws do not usually busy them- selves with protecting individuals against themselves, except in ease of the laws against suicide, ander whittle head the juvenile smoking habit might doubtless be classified. The publio has, we think, a good right to protection against an- noyance from the selfish. Smokere who taint the sir of publio planes for their personal gratification do so out of pure selfishness, and the time will come when such a gross trespass upon our refined taste will have to be repressed, unless, indeed, it disappears of itself like snuffing, which was onto universal but is now looked upon as too nasty to be socially tolerated." Tn1Nas are not whet they seem or why the strange and unexplainable anamolies we so often see, or bear, regarding the desire of promoting trade with our near• est neighbor 7 Tho Ottawa Free Prete hits the nail nicely on the head on this quoetion in the following suggestive lines;--Wbtle one railway onmpanios aro building bridges over the St. Law- reuee, Niagara and Detroit rivers and snaking a tunnel under the St. Clair for thepurposo of faoihtatiag trade botwton Canada and the IInit,d' States, the pros. ant government of the Dominion is de- vising new ways end 'wane of obstruct. ing Saab 1ralo by mealy of ,nsioms etitit,s mrd 11 vulat;ou the eiclfu 1 yitor, at ti.oahrn u• eve elle n tells the c -aorta of our C.it,a li",n rr„tri,i;ou. iste in that direction. After voting a subsidy in aid of the Grand Trunk ' com- pany's tunnel ender the St. Clair river last session, our Dominion ministers proceeded to frame a tariff oaleulated to make snob a tunnel useless when built. Out in Kansas the farmers etre oombiu- ing against the high tariff poiioy of the Harrison administration, and pledging themselves to oppose the re-election of Mr. Ingalls, the great apostle of trade restriction, to the United States Senate. One branch of the Sansss Farmers' Al - Hamm has sent a petition to a looal judge urging that, in view of the disastrous failure of Drops and the general string• easy of business, proceedings in the fore- closure of all real estate mortgages uow pending or that may be commenced with- in one year from the date of the petition, be delayed. W1teT to do with Ireland and the Irish is a problem the British parliamentar- ians have been trying to solve for some time and, apparently, with very unfavor- able results as far as arriving at a satis- factory arrangement to the Hibernian. The following, from the Toronto News, would indicate that there is a 'silver lining to the black aloud: -"The British Parliament has prorogued after a weari- some session, during which the Irish obstructionists almost wore the members out. Little more then this did they effect, and almost the last words they had with the Government were those of Mr Tanner, when he alluded to Mr. Matthews as a skunk. But while the gallant Nationalists were trying to break down the British legislators by prolonging the sessiou as far as possible, reports come from Ireland of the most cheering char- acter. The crops are good, work is plentiful, wages are high and the people are happy, from which it is judged that the iron heel of the oppressor is not stamping the populace as was its wont. The Nationalists will attribute this to the agitation, but it looks very much as if it was the firm course of Mr. Balfour to which is attributable the great change which bas come over the people. Now they can pay their just debts without in- timidation or fear of molestation. In- offensive people can live in harmony with those about them without having their oattle maimed and their cabins burned, the law is respected, life and property are safe and the people are happy at being relieved of the grinding tyranny which erstwhile beset them and almost crushed them. This, according to unbiased ao- oount, has been the result of Balfourism in Ireland, and if that be so it is some- thing whioh the people will wish to see perpetuated. There is nothing like a strong hand and resolution to control malgcontente and make them amenable to the laws. Perth County. The drill at the gas well in Stratford has reached a depth of 1,000 feet. Toe Stratford and Bright laorosse clubs play at the latter place on the 20111. C. N. Callander, of Kirkton, has se- cured a position bo teach in the Ganan- aque high school. The Blanchard fall exhibition will be held at Kirkton on Thursday and Friday Oct. 9th and 10th. The G. T. R. have had all the fences and street crossings inside the city of Stratford whitewashed. Thieves entered the house of J. H. Bradt, Stratford, the other night and stole two cornets and a violin. Lightning struck the barn of Mrs. Finnegan North Easthope, consuming the building and all the contents. The Stratford Board of Health is mak. ing it qnite interesting for those who Dell milk, making them all take out licenses. Complaint is made in Stratford of the nuisance occasioned by the whistling of engines on the G. T. R. inside the city limits. The G. T. R. depot at Stratford is re- ceiving a coat of paint, and a young swell who leaned up against one of the sills bad his coat painted. Mr. Ballantyne, M. P. P., left Tues- day afternoon of last week on his annual burliness and pleasure trip to Britain, which be was unable to accomplish ear. lier in the Season. A. Stratford pedagogue, who teaches a a township school and drives to and from the seat of learning each day, figures that he travelled about 5,000 miles in that way during the past year. The annual matches of the County of Perth Rifle Assooiation will be held at the new range on the Pratt Farm, Stratford, on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12 and 15, under the patronage of Thos. Ballantyne, Be, P. P. Miss May Hutchinson fell into the race at Knight's mill, St. Marys. Her mother went to her assistance and both had narrow escape frorn drowning. Frank Oliver, who was olose at band, brought them 'solely to terra firma. Among those applying for incorpora. tion as "The Widdifield Electric Brake Company, of Toronto," appears the name of S. S. Fuller, of Stratford, and that of his brother, T. R. Fuller, of Toronto, formerly of Stratford. The capital stook is $300,000. Passengers on the train due at Strat- ford at 5.30 p. m, had a narrow escape a few days ago. Near Blackwell Station the express was signalled by it farmer who had discovered s broken rail. Tho train was stopped in time and the rail opiltod in position, when the train pro- eoeded. The Garter sarcophagus at St. Marys is to be of granite. It will stand 0 feet high, and will be of rustle design. The base will be 5ft. 10in. by aft. Bio, by 1£t. Sin, The die sr inseriptfon block will be Oft. by eft. The cap will be 5ft, by eft, Gin. by itt, tiro. There will be a eunkeu panel highly polished at back and front The fIM orop is a good 000 this year in the Stratford district. A brass band has been organised under promising circumstances, at Milverton. The officer's Chosen are ; H. Hasenpflug, President ; Dr. Dark, vios•president ; 51. Greiner, eeoretnry.trenensr ; Dr. lSgbert, J. 000dele, 5. Torrence, 0. Hes. enpflug, committee. F, W. Guenther baa been chosen leader. On Sunday before last one of the most severe wind, rain and electric Storms ever experienced in this vicinity passel over Fullerton in the direotion of Strat- ford, trees were broken off, fences levelled, growing grain beaten to the ground and stream beds which were dry in the morn. ing were in a few minutes tnoreased to torrents. About five years ago a young man 0f unsound mind, son of Alex. Linton, of Hibbert, wandered away from his home, and no trace of his whereabouts meld be found. His father advertised his disc. ppearanoe at the time, but it was not un- til a few days ago he received word that the young fellow is ab present in a Minn- esota hospital. Itis understood proceedings have been commenced by C. Le Clare Millis, looal reporter of the Times, against the editor of the Stratford Sun and the editor of the Stratford Beacon for libel, the article complained of having appeared in this week's isms of the Sun. Aotion against the Beacon is taken because the Sun is printed in that office. In the list of sucoessful candidates for first-class teacher's certificates i8 1111s8N. Claxton, of Stratford, and J. Bell, al. Campbell, E. Dehnage, and M. Harding, St. Marys. W. E. Linglebaoh, a form- er student of Stratford Collegiate Insti- tute, has been awarded a certificate on the result of his honor matriculation ex- amination to Toronto University. A very sad and fatal accident occurred at Phillipsburg on Saturday afternoon, in which a young man by the name of Becker lost hisllife. Helwas working in the brickyard digging, when the clay fell in, undermining hitn and killing him in• scantly. He bad worked in the same place for about four years and his uu• timely end is very much lamented. At the Weetorn District Rifle Associa- tion matches beld at London last week, the following gentlemen, of the Perth Rifle Association secured prizes, which aggregated in all 5181.75 and two silver medals :-A. Robertson, $45 and a silver medal ; A. Gillard, 529.25 and a silver medal ; 3. Wilson, jr., $8 ; R. J. Chrys- tal, $4.25 ; J. Worden, $10 ; A. Hirst, $4 ; P. Dunbar, $2.25. Also two bat- talion team prizes of $8 and $10 each, and a company prize of $5. Private Robertson specially distinguished him- self. Of his performance the Mitchell Advertiser said : "Private A. Robertson, of the 28th Battalion, made 84 at 500 yards and 28 at 400 yards, and leads the rest of the competitors. Robertson also made the possible 25 ab 200 yards.” Sporting News. Matterson, the oarsman, defeated Ste - meson on the Paramatta River by four lengths. Time, 20 mins. 57 mos. A cricket match was played at Clinton on Wednesday between Olintou and H arriston, resulting : Clinton, 75 ; Har- rieton, 88. The only Mike Kelly has been present- ed by bis admirers throughout baseball America with a $10,000 farm and house near Boston. Hainan outrowed Teemer at Beatrice, Neb., last Thursday. The race was one mile and two turas, and is said to have been for 5500. Smith and Pacey made a new record at Philadelphia in America cricket on Saturday by each securing over a sen. tory in the same inning. There is little doubt now that an All. American cricket eleven will go to Eng- land and Ireland next spring, to play for the honor of American orioket. McConaohy,the Ottawa's favorite little goal.keeper, at the demonstration at Pembroke last week broke the Canadian record, throwing the ball without wind favor 444 feet or 148 yards. W. G.3Grace hoe now made 1,000 runs in frrat•olaes matches, and the only other batsmen who can boast of the tame feat so far this season are Shrewsbury and Gann. The Galt quoiting tournament con- cluded Tuesday, with the following re- sults in each class :-First class -First, Hugh Cameron, Point ; second, J. Cowan, Bright ; third, J. McQueen, Galt ; fourth, IS. Erington, London, Intermed- iate olass-First, John Russell, Toronto ; second, W. R. Henderson, Platteville ; third, A. Lawson, Luoknow. Consolation Firsb, Joseph Lawson,Brampton ; second, Geo. Shepherd, Toronto ; third, J. Mo- Tegae, Galt. At the D. A. Park, Detroit, last Sun- day, the chief event was the smashing of the hop -step -and -jump record by Harry Jewett, of the D. A. C. The easy man - mer in which he a000mpliebed the feat gives good ground for the belief that he can even do better than he did. With. out much ado, Mr. Jewett proceeded to accomplish the feat. On the first trial he covered 44 feat 8 inches, and when this wag announced the new member of the club was loudly 'sheered. The beat previous American Amateur Record was 44 feet 5 inches. The Stanley Cricket Club is the name of a club formed this season in Guelph. It is composed of young ladies under the age of 18 years. Miss Winnie McKinnon, daughter of Dr. McKinnon, is president, and Miss Mollie Finlay, daughter of Banker Finley, is honorary president. Tho club at present has a membership of sixteen cativo players. Mies Lenore Out- ten, daughter of Lawyer Outten, is Cap• train. She is anxiens to play her team against ally oche teem of ladies in the country upon the Guelph ocean. This challenge will remain open for aoeeptanos during the remainder of the criokst (season. Arrangemonte were made lasb week for an exhibition rano in Pittsburg in early September between J0ht1 Teener and Edward /Ionian, the Canadian oarsman. It will take place ou Davis 'eland clam course, near Pittsburg, and the winner is to receive a purse of $1.000. Captain Lew Clark 01 the steamer Mayflower will contribute 50 per cent, of tats purge and several business mon the remainder. The trisbanoo the contestants will go will be throe miles, with a turn. A race ho. twecu these non should prove of more for i11.o cltion. The fannlly mane at than oraipar;y 1013000st, A.a it iv to be of base will be in largo raised letters with the exl• bition order, tllou1arde who have pnliehr d ser i'oe e. In the reel, of this grown weary of the lakes of the profess tenetur tb eeattito xt1ll I, in the rough. tuna!; will ton to 8111 it. 'rho dater for. The tvhnt will l,, o:ct, .a oa: ,..t tin .l he the Lice her not vet been fixed, but will o.dn., .tl,x:irtu o. likely be on Saturday, September G. Ned Hanlon writse to the New York World ag follows: "Seeing that Mr. Gaudaur will not acknowledge my ao- ceptanee of his ohallengs, I now make him the following proposition ; I will select a fair lake course in America, snob ns Serabogn Lake, Geneva Lake or the Point of Pines, Beaton, and will give him 15 monde elarb iu a three -mild race for 51,000 to $2,500 a side, I reserving the right to name the day in the week on which the race shall be rowed. Or I re- peat my challenge to him, for which I have a 5250 forfeit deposited in The Clipper office, viz; To row him for 51000 to $2000 a side over any fair course in American waters which we eau agree upon, the referee whom we shall mutual. ly agree upon to be judge of the condi. tion of'the water upon which it shall be decided to row. The reason I select bo give the third party the right to call us out is that I don't pare to go into in min. ing for six or eight weeks and at the last give Gaudaur the chance of refusing to row after signing the articles of agree. went. I have had races heretofore with him, and on one occasion he kept over 10,000 people wailing until after dark, finally refusing to oome out and row, claiming the water was too rough. Nor am I the only man who has had snap experiences with trim. I simply desire to proteob myself against being hum- bugged by him, and against the possibil- ity of being uharacborised as a hippod• romer. My next proposition to Gaudaur is this : I will row hint over his favorite course, and all I ash is fair play ; will concede everything to him and accept 15 seconds start, bo to name any one clay in the week for the ram." Cana dim). Newr3. Winnipeg bas a population of over 25,- 000. St: Thomas is to have a public hospital. Fifteen schools picnicked ab Florence last week. Penetanguishene will have a system of waterworks. A lot, 80ft. on Main st., Winnipeg, sold last week for $70,000. The Kingston oar works are building 230 care for the C. P. R. There are in Ontario about 2,200 quali- fied medical practitioners. The Betl Telephone Co., is to pub its Montreal wires underground. Flour has advanced 85 Dents per sack in Winnipeg during the last month. A Grand Trunk employee named Len- ton was killed by a train at Montreal on Saturday. A Company is being formed at Moose Jaw, N. W. T., to furnish electric light for that town. A man named Money enfolded near Kinston by cutting his band off and shooting himeeif. The Dominion Government will shortly spend $5,000 in further improvements to Belleville harbor. Over 8,000 bolts, eight inobes long, are used in the St. Clair River tunnel every twenty-four hours. A number of British farmers are com- ing to Canada to look over the land in the western territories. R. E. Smith, of Tilbury Centre, recent- ly sold to H. L. Leach, of Orillia, 175 swarms of bees and 150 new hives. A Watford young lady recently receiv- ed a cheque for $1,000 from a Toronto relative as a "slight token of esteem." John Howard, of Luoan, is the poss. essor of a ben that rayed two eggs in one day last week. One of the eggs measures 7}x0} inches in circumference, and the other 481 inches. Mrs. McCallum, Milton, is the possess- or of one of those rare specimens of plants known as the passion flower. This one was brought from South America, of which country it is a native. H. T. Jung, of Berlin, has purchased the organ band, playing twelve tensa, from Port Huron, and is building an ad- dition to bis hotel to aoeommodate it. It is a great musical curiosity. John Doyle, a prominent eitizen of St. Thome, was knocked down by a yard engine at the Michigan Central depot in that city last Thursday. His right arm had to be amputated at the shoulder. Mrs. Walker, of Delhi, who is visiting in the neighborhood of Mount Salem. is said to be Buffering from an attack of hydrophobia. having been bitten by a dog some days ago. The animal was not known to be affected at the time she was bitten. There passed through Mountsberg vill- age, in a neighboring county, on Wednes. day last, on its way to an adjacent bury- ing ground, the funeral of a man who had attained the remarkable age 103 year. An open wagon, which acted as a hearse, was drawn by two horses with the driver walking beside, and the coffin covered with a blanket. The remainder of the cortege was composed of oue solitary rig in which three men were seated. It ap, pears this man had olung to life so long that all hie relatives had gone before him and when, at last, his summons Cama, the succeeding generation, to whom he was comparatively unknown were equally unware of his decease. A few days ago the people living in the vicinity of Mannheim, a small postoffioe village in Wilmot township, became alarmed se to the whereaboate of a Mrs. Sohl an aged lady who lived alone. World was Bent to her eon, who carries on a business in the village of Baden, and he Dame home and forced an en. tranoe into the house. A Search finally revealed a horrible eight. On entering the bed ohamber the body of Mrs. Sehl was found on the bed. From appear. anoes she must have expired a week or ten days before found, as deoomposibion had set in and the body wad almost alive with vermin. The cause of her death is supposed to be old age or an apopleotio Another great fled has been unearthed in the Mastodon country. The discovery Wad made by Charles I3olman while dig. ging a ditch on the farm of John Wade, Lot 0, concession 7, township of Oxford. About 4, feet below the wises in quick. sand ho food a tusk larger than that of the mastodon on Mr. Reyoraft's place, The tusk is decoying, ttnd has been buried by Mr. Wade to keep it from the motion of the air, but a piece which could bo got at, and by no means the largest in cir- cumfe:enco, was found to etr:tall the tape line a foot and a half around it. The largest bone as yet unearthed ie e, shoulder bradn, It measures 23x26 in. oboe. The hones as yet found oolriate of ribs luny foot long, scapula, vertebra,, log bones and tuelt 10111111 within a radius of three feet. No further exp10004 lone hove }}yet been made, but there is soorenly 10 doubt that all co nearly all of the ulna. strong eltctoton can bo got. AUGUST 22, 1890 ost - -FOR TIIE— BALANCE - OF -1890 —FOR - 40 Cents! IN ADVANCE. Now is the Right Time to Take Advantage of this Offer. We Want 400 New Subscribers AT ()NOB. Lively Correspondents Wanted in every School Section in East Huron. Send along the News. We'll do any 'fixing up' that's necessary. You can aid us greatly in pushing our Circulation by Speaking a Good Word for THE POST where we are deserving of it. Take Advantage of the 40c. Trial Trip. Address all Letters or Com- munications to— W. H. KERR, Drawer 81. Brussels. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Property Under and by virtue of powers of 0910 contained iu a aortal', mortgage, which will be 91.01100e01 at the time lot rale, there will b0 rola on Tuesday, the :tad pay of Sold., 0850, at o'01o0k 111 the attorn0on, at 0110 01,lsltroAN 000TP:L, 111 the 'Town of Unus81ooe, tin following raluablo property: All that certain tweetof laud situate in the Township of Morrie, in the County of Huron, eonbal0iue 100 scree more or less, and being composedof the North Half of Lot Nuuibar 85, in the 0th Concession of said Township, new in the po,eesslou of John Pybus, Telma-Ops-tooth of tbo purebaee tmoney to be paid down at the time o1 sale, Liberal terms for balance will be made known at the time of sale Por further ppartioulars apply to ROBINSON, O'B1RIEN & 0113801:, Vendors' Solicitors, 4.8 74 Church Street, Toronto, Private Funds to Loan. $20,000 Have been placed in my hands for Investment on real estate. LOWEST RATE OF INTEREST. No Commission. Borrowers can have loans com- pleted in Three Days if title satisfactory. W. M. SINCLAIR, Solicitor, Brussels. (i' T, R. 86 0, P. R, —%— Three Excursions! —TO— Canadian Northwest AND RETURN. August 12, Return Sept, August 19, Return Sept. September 2, Return Oot. 21 28 12 To DELORAI•NE, n' SALTCOATS, $28.00 MOOSEJAW, ) CALGARY (and Return), $85.00 f1'For Tickets, Free Sleeping Berths and all other Information apply to T. Fletcher, G. T. R. Ticket Agent, Brussels. Through Ticket, Brussels it Return. Baggage Checked to Destination. Difference of Opinion ! Rural schools re -open on Mon- day, 18th inst., and as a result some children will be pleased and others wont and there is a differ- ence of opinion on the subject. There need be but one opinion as to the fact that big boys and girls may get the 4th Book, Geo- graphy, Grammar, Copy Books, Ink, Pencils, &c., and the little codgers, going to school for the first time, their first book, slate and pencil at THE POST Book Store. The "Scholar's Companion" is a useful, convenient little wooden box containing a Penholder and Pen, Lead and Slate Pencils and a Wooden Rule, and sold for the insignificant sum of 5 Cents. If you'd buy one of these boxes'you would not complain so much about lost pencils, and there would be no difference of opinion. Don't forgot that the Brussels Fall ,Show will be bold on Thurs- day and Friday, Oct. 2ncl and 8rd, and if you have a few min- utes to spare call in and leave your order for anything you re- quire anytime, Skipping Ropes for the girls, Magic Lanterns and Express Wagons for tllc boys, os l T t1 i ookstoret