The Clinton News Record, 1914-03-05, Page 4illornonesearinealeananwel‘meneaseminaemennain1
• (11 On Wednesday, March I Itb, we
celebrate our fourth anniversary in Clin
ton. •
q We take this opportunity to thank
our many friends for their patronage and
confidence which we have tried to merit.
•,11 We 'extend a cordial invitation to
one and all to visit our store on our an.
,
niversary day. We shall show many new
Clinion Ns-dReioldT
GOCharielVTOWnShlip
A, Very en:0Yable evening was speet
at the home of Mr. James -Mose on
Fridayevening when a taunter di -tbe,`
young people of Hayfield gathered to
say iareWell. before their departure,
for their new hone in 1VIcKiflep. 'The
cveting was ..pleasantlY spent. in
games and flaaeine. During ,the blron-
ing tollowing hddrebs was read
Dear Mr, and Mre, Mose,—As you
are • leaving our neighborhood we have
taken "this opportunity to $how you
in a small ,way our appreciation of
your hospitality which we leen( time
to time have enjolVed. We ftssure, you
we will miss you from athengst us,
bltt hope that in your new, home you
Will find friends who, will be able to
say as we do that it is always . a
pleasure to visit in your home. We
ask you to accept these tokens., with
our good wishes for success. We ask
to be rementered occasionally amidst
your new surroundings • assuring You
that we will ,a1(vaYs • have a kind
thought for you and yours.
The Young People of , Bay fIcld,
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0:; Harter 'of
Clandeboye spent the weekend with.
the formthr's eisters, Mrs. J. Mose and
Mrs. JAL Middleton, -•
Report for S. S. No. 2, Goderieli
township, for the month of February.„
examined in arithmetic, literature,
geography and grammar, names in or-
der of merit:
Sr, Ith,--Enna Cannell, Lola HA -
ie, 011ie Cole.' Jr. 4th, --George
Green, Tom Hudie, Erly the Sterling.
St. 3rd,—Bruce Grigg, Earl Cooper,
Charlie Cooper, Willie Pearson. Jr.
3rd,—John Ostrom, Willie Sterling,
Cliaeletone tUiggi Alfred I-ludie,Av-
erage attendance 16.45. Honor • roll,.
—011ie Cole, Emma Connell, George
Green, John Ostrom, Ila Grigg,
Bruce Grigg,—E. A. Peddles, teaelm.
The following is the retort for • S.
8. No. 10; Goderich toWnship, for
the month of February arranged in
order of merit ritli,—Fred. Han-
ley, Lula Elliott, Lillian Hutchings,
Alfred McGregor. 3rd,—B r o w n
Stewart, John Ellwood, Eddie, Hut-
chings, Raymond Whitmore, John
Pugh. Sr. 2nd,—Fred EllwoOd, Viola
Hutchings, Ruby Hannent. Jr. 2nd—
Stewart Middleton, 'Harley Pugh and
Russell Hannent. Primer,—Mary
Stewart, Carl Pugh and Gordon Han-
nent.—Mayme J. Keys, Teacher.
The following is the report of S.S.
.No. 11 for February, names in 'order
of merit '
Sr. 4th—Percy Currie, Vera Trick,
Elvira Churchill, Myrtle Powell, Wil-
fred Penfound, Mabel Cestle,
Sr. 3rd—Charlie Connell, Pearl
• Churchill, Ruby Churchill.
Jr. 3rd—Francis Powell, Richard
Welch.
Sr, 2nd—Frani.t Welch, Howard Cur-
rie,
Jr. 2nd—Clifford Castle, Elmer Le
Beau.
Pt, 2nd—Artlfur Lo Beau.
Primer—Teddy Welch, Alfred Le
Beau.
—E. Diehl; Teacher.
and beautiful things for spring wear. To
add further interest to the occasion we I
shall on Wednesday and the three fol=
lowing days give double coupons with
every purchase.
,Yours Respectfully,
A. Irwin Co.
CLINTON.
Varna
Mtos Effie Snowdew wee • the gtiest.
af, M11.1.1' Greene of Clinton:for,- feW
(ley s :the latter Part. of last Welk,.
Jena Sparronr, sold' a very ' fine
young horse to, n9ylentheal buyer 're-
cently forA,hree
Every Price
a
Bargain Price.
Phone 78
W hat
We' Advertise'
Is So.
.111011M31111111NOM
I Couclist
& Co.
MILLINERY APPRENTICES
WANTED.
The Last Call For 1 Winter
11111111141111ologNEM iz 1.2$2iMi= -133-
tee
Coats.
-,nnanzinsinawsirinsies
r. JUST a few winter coats to clear
1 at $5.00. This is a genuine bar -
i gain for those who want a winter
• coat. We do not:want to carry
• theee over to next1 season, Your
$15 O0 for $5.04
•• , choice of any coatup to
i.
n r
Children's2Coats $1.98
IJUST twelve children's coats to
clear, all new styles, made of
g000ndiecoltlessiseesa 4,
tthe 7;„,11:rodgIO2e,
the season sold for $10 00. $ 9
tont choice of the 'twelve
0
The Last Call For
Fors.
AS new goods ,u'0 arriving daily
for the spring trade we must
make room fur therm eo put sil good
furs un sale including black lamb,
grey lamb, sable, oppossum, musk-
rat, thibet ands marmot. Furs will
be mirth higher in price next season.
Your choice of '
any.fur in store 25 percent. of
Fur -Collared Coats
$12.49. ,
,t JUST 3 fur -collared emits good
black beaver cloth, black' collar,
quilted lining, reg. price $12.49
$22.00 for
" p•haSPRING (100D�
SOME of our new goods to hand this week : Suits, Coats, Skirts.
Waists, Silks, Dress Goods, Trimmings, Frillings, Neckwear, eta
The storethat shows the new thiligs' first.
Statile; Township Z.,
Mil i Elsie COienfan hecotimanied by,
her school ;chum,, • Katie McGregor;
spent Saturday and Sunday; under the
parental roof.
Mr. Harry Hayter is 'suffering with
an attack of pneumonia. Wei hope to
hear soon of -his recovery,
Miss Eva Stinson spent Sunday with,
Agnes" Johnston.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb • Smith have
moved over to Mr, Win. StogclilPs
farm Which he has rented. •
Mrs. David Johnston ha$ been laid
up with grippe. •
Miss Ethel Jacobi spent the week at
Mr, Charles Hagan's,
Mr. McAllister of Marlette Mich.,
is visiting friends around Varna and
Hensel',
Miss lilunice Reid: spent Sunday ue-
der the parental roof,
Quite a number of the farmers are
taking advantage of the good sleighMg and are drawing pine stumps out
of Webster Turner's, swami?. •
Miss Pearl Zapf° spent the week
with Miss Annie Stephenson.
Mr. Geordie Reid is keeping better
we will be glad to see him around
again.
Miss Rachael Taylor is visiting at
her brother:s, Mr. W. Taylor.
The following is the February re-
port of S. S. No, .14, Stanley, the
names in order of merit ' •
5111—Nelson llcocl.
,Sr. 4t1(—W. C. B. Johnston, J. Mc-
Clymont, .Anna Fisher.
Jr. 401—Margaret Cooper, William
Cooper, W. Collins.
Sr. 3rd—Harold ft at hwell, Archie
Parsons, W. Parsons. •
Jr. 3rd—E. ,Fisher, N. Hood, Grace
Fairburn.
2nd—W. Ross, W. Ilarvey, D. Mc-
Iver.
• 2nd Pt—Agnes Nigh, F.- Parsons,
Luella Foster.
1st Pt—W. Workman, D. . Foster,
Wallace Ross.
'Phe best spellers in the monthly
spelling matches are :
4th—L. Wasman.
501—Nelson Hood.
Jr. 4th --Margaret Cooper.
Sr. 3rd—II. Rathwell.
Jr. 3rd --Norma Hood.
2nd—W. Ross.
2nd Pt.—A. Nigh.
The following is a -correct report of
the standing of the pupils of S.S. No.
13, Stanley, for the month of Feb-
ruary
Sr. 4th—Roy Keys W.
Hullett Township
Mr. and Mrs, Dan. Kelly of Morris
visited at the home of Mr. Janes
Morrison one day last week.
Mr. Thos. Tighe ha,c1 the misfortune
lo lose a valuable horse last week
from indigestion.
We are' sorry to report that Mr.
Thos. Fear is somewhat seriously in-
disposed,
Mr. W. L. Johmson of Clinton Sun-
dayed with friends in thig township.
Report of U. S. S. No. 10, Cadet:lett
and Ilullett for February :
Sr. 4th—Irene Ward 79 percent.,
Edgar Morris 65.
Sr. 3rd—Chester Morris 64, Stella
Morris 60, Albert Eno 54.
Sr. 2nd—Agnes Ward 66, Mary Mair
66, Gordon Bali 57.
Jr. 1st—Evelyn .Johnston 77, Ber-
ina Eno 72.
Prhner—Edna Govier 75,
Best spellers for the month ,
Sr. 4th—Edgat Morris.
Sr. 3rd --Chester Morris.
-Sr,. 2nd—Mark Main.
Jr. lst—Bertha Eno.
—H. Stella Copp, Teacher,
Summerhill
•
dm account of the severe storm of
Sunday last, there was no service in
St. Peter's ehurch.
The following is the report of U. S.
S. No. 12, Goderich and Hullett, for
the month of Fehruary - Sr. hth,—
Mabel Harvey, Jean Lindsay. Sr. 3rd
—Cora Jervis, Mervyn, Farquhar. Jr.
—John Townshend, Beesie Lindsay,
Amy IVIeBrien, Fred Johnston, Mary
Wright, James Johnston, Sr. 2m1,—
Mary 1V1eBrien, I-Iilde, Forbes, Nellie
Beacom. Jr.—Jean Farquhar, Eddie
Johnston. lst,--- Norman Wright,
Primer—Walter Forbes, Robt. John-
ston, Mabel Wright. The- winners of
the monthly spoiling matches were
Sir. 4th,—Mabel Harvey, Sr. 3rd,—
Mervyn Farquhar, Jr, 3rd,—Mary
Wright Sr. 2nd,—Mary MeBrien, Jr.
2nd, --Jean Farquhar. lst—Norman
Wright. Primers—Walter Forbes.—W,
H. Forrest, Teacher.
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A s , .TD
, , ., By the ' year 1856 1Morris which
__. • . . ' , ' . . . '• tvith Grey also had been witted far
Morris, is laid;Ont in titpshape' Ot a, ; (As, ' He settled, at what, was called maniacal purposes i,,,,,,isb, moKillop,'4,-
perallograre whose dimensions ',ninth- "13ochiltn " which was named after tees p ' independentlY organized:
east to southwest . , are nearly twelve the county . seat or Cornwall', 'existence. The flint reeve was Cbas. . _
miks iby seven-'`''inCI a' hall ',It'r°11-,, south- England, his native town, 1-1° built M. 'Ps'thicer, ';'' Xvith Christopher Oar-,
east .to northwest; Ow Its two , , lat- 'a grist and sawmill there, the fist tett, Will'iam ' Wilson , :Tenn 1VIeRaC
ter side§ , it., is enclosed, between' Grey, , in the preset:it,- limit,s,of ., :Lim, toiyn-.. and. Chas,. 8'66:est as Councillors, ; ''',f, .-.: .
"and East, Wawa:Maim , while Tnraberryl eitilt..' - '; ' p Taylor, clerk ' John. Laidlaw, ' -is-
1
Jenina itst•ndrtheaStere. boundary, and .:-Thc 1104 school erected in thc:toWn- 'aessor ; Ddnald, 8cott, celleeter, Kr....,
Hullett and MeXiltop its "sotithetest- ship.was' on Lot, 11,, con, 6, and the ' 'parker . Was: re-electad , in, 18571 and
'ern:. -The ,tornehip Originally contain.' first - teacher.. - was n Rebecca Vanle; ,17:Tilliarn WilSon was returned -:41.'r '
ed! 57';1211 acrea, of , land and water. whose" faniiik', had &eine from Nap' 1858-59,60, and f rem 1962 to ise,s, -..-
its •surfaees: is comparatively even eine' and, settled in 13Zueefield.: Rev. being' ulett" am', year, 1861, by Win-
eiceept near the. river.- The south 1VIr. ,Aitkins, N. C, 'Meth.; was the lam: Mooney. The,year 1864 was
branch of ;the- Maitlatni enters at fast minister who ever preablied. in first year in which Morris was' eii-
Bruesell and perstling an 'extremely the township, He came first in. the
itregular coarse leaves, the township season of 1853 and during the Wine
near "the northern ',angle . at Winghann, ter of 1653-54 used totravel on snow
having .been joined by the middle shoes in."heavy marelMig order"
branch, which enters the township at with his peek upon his baelf. Mr. At -
Bine -trate. , Alerig the bankis of (nese kins preached for several years in the
streams the land is extremely broken 'cabins of ' the settlers until a church
which As the chief exception to he building' was provided—two of which
• general description of a "comparative were subsecinentry erected about the
evenness of surface.. In fact both in game time, on; .on Lot 10, eon, 5, the
thia.resPect as well as in regard to other do Lot 6, Con. 5.
quality of soil, Morris ' very 11 ruegly The first couple married in the
reseitibles Grey and, (Vawano h. township were Margaret, daughter of
Outside these Parts of Morris new John 13randon, and John Lawlor the,
includod within the limit of iffy i,h ;ind
Brussels, the first settlemeet. ' . e the
township was made at liergravr. by a
Tarty consisting • of John McRae,
Christopher Corbett, John t3randon
and Rob.ert Armstrong. These were,
all originally front County Ferman-
ash, Ireland., but had settled' its West
G willenbury, Simeoe County, whence.
they came 'to take residence in Mor-
ris. They first entne in September
1851,' intending to select rand and
build shanties thereon before return-
ing, but before making a choice the
season had. goi,' so far advanced 'that
.they concluded to defer clearing and
building operations '' till the next
spring. The lots selected and where
they , sub'sequently settled were
as follows'. McRae, Lot 2, Con. 5 ;
Corbett, Lot 3, Con. 5 ; Brandon,
Lot 3, Con. 4 ; Armstrong, 1,01 6,'
Con, 4 :-. In persuit of their intention
they returned early in the spring of
1852, effected small clearings on
their hots and after erecting shanties,
planting potatoes, etc., again return-
ed, coming in to remain permanently
in the fall of 1852. A.t the time of
their first coining there was no, settl-
er in the township except Kenneth
McBean and William McConnell, who
had small clearings and shanties
where Blyth now stands.
differene sections of , the township. — — Ontario.
ever, a niimber of settlers came in to Loncleshoro,
During the latter part of 1852, how -
Chas. W. Parker, afterwards the first
reeve, was the 'first who followed
theft —and in fact his actual settle-
ment dates ahead of them all as he
came in, put UP his shanty on Lot.
10, Con. '6, Ad remained there dur-
J r. 44,,h—Elytnore Keys 68, Floreuee ing the time they were east. Among
Hayter 66. the earliest of the other settlers were
,Sr. 3rd—Russel Erratt 6.8. Joseph .England, William, John and
Jr. 3rd—Wilbur 'Keys 60, Esther David Geddes and Hector McLean,
Hay ter 51. who settled on, the 3rd and' 416 line
Jr. 2nd—Melvin Clark 80, Thelma Adan Proctor Lot. 7, Con, 5 and
Dowson 67, Ruby, Erratt 57. Joseph Stubb'e, Lot 8, Con. 4. Fur-
& lst—Roy Dawson 64, Gordon ther south John Kelley with a large
Hayter (absent), • family of sons settled in May, 1853,
—(Mrs.) V. Herr, Teacher. on Lot 13, ton. 7. Still a little fur-
ther south Willlam Wilson, alter -
wands for many years reeve, settled
in June 1853 ; and the Laidlaws had
already settled a short time pre-
viously along the 9th and 10 lines,
and in 11853, also, another family of
live brothers, ,,K oily, of whom. Thom-
as was afterwards recve of the town-
ship, settled on the 8th and 9th
cons. Mn. Wilson was the tnagis-
i•
msatesr,c,ahfruliwitolpiehefirit:ssto.,4-trliQilie jeolisrolvc(k iii, '
titled to a deputy reeve. From . that •
time. forward the towithiP'srepren-
sentatIves iri the county council were
1.864 -Chas. Whitehead and John. Per,
due ; 1865 Chas. Whitehead, Alfred '
Brown ; 1866 Chas, Whitehead Alfred
Brown. ; 1867-68, Alfred Brown Thos.
Kelley ; 1869-70, Thog. Kelley, . W.,
Hingston ; 1871, 'rhos, Kelley,
W. J. R. Holnles M. D. ; 1872, W. J.,
R. Holmes, M. D. and Donald Scott;
1873, Alfred Brown, Donald Scott
1874, Patrick Kelley, Donald Scott ;
1875-76, Patrick: Kelley, ,Chas, Proc-
ceremony ' being performed by'tile] tor, 1877-78 W. J. Johnston, John ft,
Rev, Mr. Dowlet, a iVfetlioclist min- millets.
1 II 1 nd hove r ferred :to
Mrs, Geo. Wanless and daughter of
West Toronto have been visiting
their aunt, Mrs. Graham of town.
Mrs: Bennett, who has charge • of
tlie, operating department in the
Myth Telephone office, has received
an increase of 350 in her salary.
Mn, Fred Owning and Mrs, Adam
Owning, who have been visiting their
respective parental homes In town for
some weeks, have returned to the
west. .
The farmers in this vicinity are
buying baled hay to fed their stock,
a result .of .the shortage of the hay
crop last season. .
Special Onnouncementi
Having purchased the R. Adams Emporium we
Wish to announce to the public that i,he store will be
closed for repairs' until'Thursday, March 12th, when
we will open up with a new stock of general merchan-
dise.
Our stock will, be brand ,new. Everything will
• be right up-to-date in style and quality. Our aim
will be not cheap goods but good good 9 cheap.
We invite you to inspect. out. stock and we feel.
satisfied that our goods will meet with your approval.
Our motto- Lowest prices.
Fair dealings.
Dan, Geddes
Brucefield
Mrs. Honer has returned from is
pleasant visit with her father, Mr.
Vein& of Dixie.
Mrs, W. II. Rattenbury aml Miss
Alice were in Hamilton lag(' week at-
tending the wedding of Miss Violet
Fox of that city on Thursday last. trate who called the first public meet-
ing both for school gnd inunicipil
purposes. William Armstrong, Lot
8, Con, '6, also settled in the fall of
1853 Williiun Bains located just a
week previous to him on Lot 7, con.
4 ; Alex. Finlay sometime during, the
preceding summer on Lot 14, Con, 5;
and Robt. Armstrong on Lot 6, Con.'
4, in the autumn of 1853. The
first settlers in, the eastern part of
the township were George Forsythe,
who settled upon the Con. 5, Lot
2816, in the early part of September,
1853, and John Sample, who came in
on; the Grey townline a short time
previously. There was not a single
settler north of the 4th con., until
after the winter of 1853-54, but dur-
ing the ensuing spring the index was
large and continued unabated until
We are anxious to reduce our stock
as quickly a,s possible and for that
almosttakenVf upevery
witliotitn itnhetilec,outi3rsevinnofhiaP
reason have put clearing prices on was
Miss Jessie Grainger is home again.
Mr, and Mrs. John Wallcer, of St.
Thomas were visiting their friends
about here laet week.
sEAPORTII,
Rev. Colin and Mrs. Fletcher of
the Thames Road visited last week
with Mn. and Mrs. Alex, Wilson,
Seafortk
rtlip Presbytery of Unroll met in
Seaforth on Monday week' a
laage .'attendarr..e ,of ministers and,
elders,
It will pay
to buy now.
many lines,. It will pay you to buy.
now.
Ladies' perfect fitting skirts, grey,
navy and black, regular $5,00 for
33.88. -
Good sateen skirts, extra value, 50c
121 and 150 'prints and ginghamg
for 100.
Wool tweeds 40c values for 300.
Wool tweeds 60c values Inc 48c.
Wool tweeds 311.00 values for 70c.
75c coating Inc 50e.
Men's tweed pants for 11.10,,
$1•230 81,35, $2.00 and 82.20.
31.00 and 31.25 vests for 88P,
F. A. Edwards
Bayfield
• RAND TRUNK RstitirEV
HlOMESEEKERS EXCURSIONS.
To Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchew-
an.. Each Teetsday, March 3rd to
Oct,ober 2711 inclusive. via, Chicago,
St, Paul or Duluth, '
WINNIPEG AND RETURN. $33.00
EDMONTON AND RETURN $43.00
Prom Toronto and stations North
and West .- of Toronto. Proportion-
ate low fares from ,Stations Vast a
Toronto Return limit two months.
Pull particulars at Grand Trunk
Ticket Officers, or write C. V. Horn-
ing D. P. A. Toronto Ont.
John Ransford do Son, Uptown. •
Agent. Phone 57'. • • John B. Mustard
half dozen years.
Among those who came during the
winter of 1853-54 was William, Har-
Brucefield
Sawmill
The place to sell
All Kinds of Logs
Theplace to buy
All Kinds of Lumber
Canada Cement
Lehigh Valley Coal
Baffalo Brand Fertilizers
—NOTICE—
Your Buffalo Brand Fertiliz-
ers have arrived and are now
stored here in my sheds.
Name A, P.A. 1'. We
Farmers Choice 1 8 5 $28
Ideal wheat ez corn 2 9 5 31
Potato 8Cbean s'p'l 2 810 35
•Garden Truck 4 8 7 40
Wins its favor Unit' its flavor
Come early, and avoid the rush
ONE 11/1111 OF SAYING
A. O. Pattison, Station Agent: ph 11 11.
phohe o e co,ti 145. •
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NEWS -RECORD, CLINTON, ONrIti
NMOMEMOMME
It Will Pau You
TO buy your furniture
from us because our
stock is complete in
every department and
our prices a r e right.
Nowhere in the county
can you get better Fur=
niture satisfaction
than in our store. If
you have tint been deal-
ing with us give us a
trial.
'rho Store
of Quality,
Phone 28
W. Waiker
Furniture Dealer and Undertaker
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Pions
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