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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1912-06-06, Page 2News eco ONTARIO% INSANE. Forty Out cf Every Hundred of Them•= Ara Now Cured. Is insanity increasing br decreasing f,n Ontari"? This question is. e*tremely .iliffeult' to answer, for ninny insane persona:` Aire lodge3d in county jail; or kept at> being lin their families, thus eseapina an official' count; 'while. on the other hand, anofe.peopl3 than fertilerly are'; remit to the provincial hospitals fore.. the insane because these ,places are, no longer reonsidered bounces et deten- tion. 'Jibe official statistics, however, are as follows: In 1890, the number of insane hu b -7a In t1tutiOnal care in the province was 4,210, In 1910 the number, wad 6,803, anincrease of " per cent,, while the population of the province increased during Riot period only 24' per cent. The number At present cared for is /dealt 6,800—the capacity. • 'of the asylums, which is the sorer as it was several years ago. Hospital 'official's'describe the increase, in part, s s,.being due to lessening 'prejudice N O , EVERY OUTING OWN A KODAK, IT ADDS LASTING PLEASURE T0' ALMOST EVERY DAY, OF YOUR LIFE. IT IS NOT EXPENSIVE' EASTMAN'S CAMERAS 'AND KODAKS FROM $1.50 UP. GET NOW FOIL YOU REALLY OUGHT TO HAVE ONE. W. S. R. HOLMES DRUGGIST. R,EXALL- -STORE - SEED GRAiN WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK SIF SEED GRAIN OF ALL KINDS, INCLUDING : —TIMOTHY ---CLOVER —ALSIKE —PEAS ' —MANDSCHEURI BARLEY WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRiCE FOR OATS, PEAS AND BARLEY, ALSO HAY FOR BALING. FORD c �� tEOD XXXX XXXXl:tEXXXXXIYXXXxXXX X X .CENTRAL STRATrORD. ONT. X X X Ontario's Best Business Coll- X X eget Our courses are up -date X X school. We have three der X X and practical. We have a A X largo- staff of experienced .in- X X stxuctors and our graduates X X get the high grade positions. X X We do mode for oar students X A than does any ether similar X X partment+s. Commercial, Short- X X hand and Telegraphy. You X X owe ' it to ''yourself to know X i.Y what 'we are doing. Get our X X fare catalogue at once. X X X X D. A. MCLACH'LAN, A X Principal. X XXXXXXXlIXXXXXX?:IYXXXXX;XXI Tie Besl Coal IF YOU WANT THE BEST COAL AND PROMPT DELIV- ERY SECURE YOUR SUP- PLY FROM ;US ORDERS LEFT AT oAVIS do ROWLAND'S HARDWARE STORE PROMPTLY AT - ...TENDED TO. J. W. Stevenson W.A.T.T.S. For Boot and Shoes Repairing. STORE OPPOSITE THE POSTOFFICE. +„..:...r► The Carney Lumber Company's hill' $� ��/ + at Oweti Sound u as burned, entaii- C 0 S W0f /tine, ti fag a loss of $150,000. 'Tile main •building of the Hamilton 'Glass Works Shoes made to order was also destroyed. 1 6 Years o From. The News -Record of June 3rd, 1896.` ' Clinton, June 3rd, 1896, Wool is worth seventeen cents in Clinton. Revs: Ford and Holmes are attend- ing Conference, this week. Dr. Ross has bought the practi'de of Dr. McLaughlin of gh Auburn and took possession this week. Reeve Kennedy, yesterday conveyed a number of councilltors through the House of Refuge. The other evening a •number of the, friends of Mr. A. J. Grigg gataered around the festive board at the Ar- longton, Ridgetown, to bid farewell, to that esteemed gentksman, who has since left for his birthplace, Clinton, whore he succeeds to a iaceative bus- iness,—London Free Press.. • The first • lacrosse match of the season, a championship game, will be played in the park here on Tuesday evening between the Beavers of Sea - forth and the Clintons of Cliulton. Don't miss it. The town hall on Friday evening of next week should be crowded to the doors, and no doubt will be, when the big Iocal concert rakes place in which so much of our local talent. is taking part. The admissiow is only ten and fifteen cents and the proceeds are to pay for the books bought fol; the House of Refuge, 1f there is a surplus ht will be used to give the inmates an outing dui- r ng the summer. 'The First Gun'in the, electr)n campaign was fired on Thursday ev- ening last when a largely attended meeting was held in the town hall In the interests of R. S. McLean, the Liberal-Corrserva Ave candidate for West ,Huron., Sir .James Grant and the candidate were the speakers. David Cantelon, Jr.; is we are pleas- ed to say, hourly gaining strength and there are now strong hopes for his speedy recovery. Mr. D., McGorvie is a graceful bic- ycle rider and is also a lover of good horseflesh. The other day he pur- chased from. Mr. J. W. Smith of Goderich a superior dapple bay driv- ing horse. Mr. McGorvie is a good judge of a horse and has probably got one of the best animals In the county. The Consurvatbacs have secured the commodious store on the corner of Huron and Albert streets• as com- mittee rooms, }t more suitable build- ing could hardly have been selected. The rooms are electric lighted and will be open from seven o'r,,lock Un- til. ten every evening until the twen- ty-third of June. A meeting of the Clinton Lacrosse Club was held. on Monday evening when the following officers were pre- sent : Thos. Jackson, Jr., president , B. J. Gibbings, vice ; F. It. Beattie;, captain ; F. D. Noble, secretary and Ogle Cooper, treasurer. Arrange- ments were made with regard to their first championship game on June 90 with Seaforth. The boys have a strong team this year and there is no doubt but teat the nit - irons of Clinton will see some good exhibitions of lacrosse: On Monday of 'last week The News Record was shown some samples of fall wheat, the Dawson Golden Chalt variety, grown on the farm of Mr. Thos. Archer, Hullett, The field of two acres is all in head. The stalk is strong and lee head full and healthy looking. The seed was sown later than usual last fall and " the growth has been remarkable, • Early in the spring the giowth was so rapid that the wheat was motif oft when tti-elve inches high: Belgravr., June '3rd, 1896, On. Thursday afesrnoon last wed- ding bellsr•,hi+nted merirly at • the home - of Mr, '` Emerson •Littlefai'r, when his daughter, Miss Annie, was united in marriage with Mr. Chas, Wilkinson of Morris. About forty guests witnessed the ceremony, '.vheen was performed by Rev. E. A Shaw. f-Iolnsesville, June 3rd, 1890 A' lawn social will be held ender the auspices of the Ladies Aid of the Methodist church on the 10th inst., on the lawn of Mr. Wm. Stanley. A foot ball match was' played be- tween Hohnesviilo' team and a ream front No. 9, but no score was made by either team.. Miss, C. Baker fs visiting in .the village after being absent for some time.. Mr. A. Bean of Clinton, visited iris cousin, N. Trewartha on. Sunday. Our cheese factory is doing a •usb- ing business. On Monday over 32- 000 pounds of milk were •taken to and flftaeen cheeses were made. Mrs. Baker of Mitchell is the l,cest. of Mrs. Pickard. Rev. G. W. Andrews is at',indrag Confetence tifis week, Instructions To Patiwaste s form- erly ' ' Campbell, It .orm- M A. W. amp G Ins ti r o Road Building, tr cto f gives the following good adv,see• to pat masters ' •Jarefulfplan and layout the I Y were- before calling out the men. 3—When preparing plans keep the worth of succeeding years in•view,, 3 -Cali out ,each dayonly such a number of men and teams as can be properly directed. 4—Inlaying out the work estimate on a full day's work from every man and seethat yop got it. 5—See that the gravel hauled is clean. 8—Measure each wagon box and see that it shall bold a quarter of a cord of gravel. 7--Sperdy the number of yards of gravel or •stanc which shall constitute a day's work,' • 8—Properly grade and crown the road before putting on the gravel. 9=A fair crown for gravel roads, is one inch of a raise to each toot of width from the side to the centre. 10 --Give the roadway on hills a, higher crown than on the 'level ground otherwise water wi?l follow the wheel tracks. One and one-half' inch- es to the foot from side to the, centre will be sufficient. 11—Spread the gravel evenly over the road and keep it raked into the wheel and horse .tracks until' consoli- dated. A roller should be used for compacting gravel. 12—On all gravel roads crown the roadway by cutting off the sides, putting new material in the centre. Do no% cover the old gravel founda- tion with earth from the side. 13—Make do width of the road as uniform and the grade as level and easyas possible. 4—Remember that good drainage 's absolutely necessary. 15 -When water stands 'on the road- way or by the side of the road, or whenever the ground is seen to re - maim moist, better drainage is ne- cessary, ' 16—See '[:tat 'the drains are free 'rem obstruction, and that they have a good fall and proper outlets., 17 -Surface water should be, dispos- ed of in small quantities. Great ac- cumulations are hard to handle. Ob- tain outlets into natural water cour- ses as often as possible. 18—Instead of having deep open ditches to underdrain the road,• use tie. 1.9—Give culverts a good Pall' and free outlets so that water will not reeze in. them. 20 -Make early arrangements for taring on the ground when required and in good repair, all machinery and mplements to be used in performance of Statute Labor. 21 -Do all the work with a view to permanence and durability. Pt would be well' for all interested in road mak7ng do paste these run's, np for future reference. Pathmasters in particular should study them carefully. ' SARAH S SQUANDIIRINC.S. 7n C'orrsord, New Hampshire, they' ell of an old chap who made his wife keep a cash account. Each week he would go over it, growling and grum- bling. On one such occasion he deli- vered himself of the following "Look here, Sarah, mustard -plast- ers, fifty cents,; three teeth extract- ed, two dollars ! There's two dol- lars and a half in one week spenir for your own private pleasure. Do you think I am made of money ?" FOR .IUNT7 BRIDES. June brio csil it W 1 be 'm much 4 4 different this year from the'.June brides of other ,years. No bride ever looks the same as another bride, but this year fashion has decreed' unusual varieties its the way of color, for the bride. In- stead of unrelieved white, 'tato bride wears a bit' of pink. She may select fol her wedding' gown instead of thti. White satin a wedding gown of crepe de chene, crepe meteor, charnieuse or. any silken fabric that is either white or has a tinge of punk. Another int novation is the use of heather, laurel leaves or a fillet of silver instead of the time-honored orange .blossoms, ' If the bride wishes to be daring she may carry a boquet of gorgeous red roses. THE JUNE, RCI) AND GUN. 'An illustrated story descriptive of a journey up .into the 'Arctic slope is contributed by Dr. Luther Harvey as the . opening number of Rod and Gun in, Canada published at Wood- stock, Ontaraei, by W., J,Taylor Limited. "Vacation Camp's'" fdllows and will furnish a pleasant sof, tion of the problem what to do with the boy during the good old summer thee. In an` article on the Grand Cascaped'ia, the great salmon liver of Eastern Canada, Mrs. M. G. Mac- Neill McWhirter recalls famous. sports- men Who fished In its waters, includ- ing Sir Charles Ellis, Lord Dutferin,. Marquis of Lorne,' Lords Lansdowne and Stanley. A third article on the culture of Biaek'and SIiver Foxes also appears in this issue and other stories and articles are in keep`rmg will the character 'of the magazine and the time of the year. Lieut. -Col. Seota of Walkcreau, Grand Master, delivered, his address at the annual meeting n ual teetin of the Grand Sovereign Orange Lodge of B. N. A. at; Frederiekton, N.. B. Here's a Women of Very Few Words 'rei:s :wily she recommends .Dodd's Kidney Pills. Site was Run Down,, had dark cir- cles under her eyes and her Kid- neys bothered her—Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her completely. Upper St. 'Rose, Gloucester Co., N. B. June 3 (Special)— "Ilodd's Kidney Pills are a grand medicine for suf- fering women.'' In those words Laura Robichaud, a well known and highly respected resident of tfis,placo voices her sentiments in regard to the grand old Canadian Kidney Re- medy. And, like others who have borne similar testimony, she speaks from experience, "I can recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills because they cured me," Miss Robichaud says. "I was in a gen- erally rundown condition. I had dark circles under my eyes and my Kidneys bothered me. Two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pods fixed Inc up,'.' 'Chis s'fate:ment is made up of few words, but it describes the exact con- dition of thousands of wdmen In Canada, They are run-down, have dark circles under their eyes, and theyi may not even' know it., but their Kidneys are bothering them.' If they follow Laura Robichaud's example and use; Dodd's Kidney Pills they will cure their Kidneys, and good health wilt follow naturally: Exeter y M Mr. N rn Rivers; e son of LCouncillor o Rivers, has ret'arned to Troy, New York, to resume hig'Stadies in civil engineering. He was home ,for sever- al weeks recuperating from' an • at, tack of typhoid fever, Mr. Wilfrid Goodwin, recently ar- r:ved from Peterborough, Huntin' sbia :En England, g r , g d, and.s'staying with Mr. and Mus, 0. W. Davis. Mr. Goodwin came 'out on the Royal George. 'Mr. A. M. Todd, who for a number f' years has conducted a general store. at Maguire in Stephen en L yR- ship left lastweek forScotland where he will make his future home. The store will be conducted by his son. Miss Venda Leavitt' has returned from the hospital at London 'where she was undergoing treatment. It is reported about Exeter that some of the birds which are protects ed by law arc being killed. aunty ones take warning. Mr. S. K. Martin,. principal of the St. Mary's Collegiate and ,brother of Mr. S. Martin,of Exeter, has. • ac- cepted the position of mathematical master 'of the London Collegiate, Mr. and Mrs. J. McTaviish and child of Shakespeare visited Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor over the holiday. While here Mrs. McTavish had an at- tack of appendicitis but has again re- covered. At the last regular meeting of the I. 0, 0. F. the fo'aewing officers were elected for the aasrxing' term : Past, Grand, Dr. Roulston. Noble Grand, L. Penlake, Vice Grand, W. ,f. Statham. Rec.-Secretary, R. N. Creech. Fin.—Secretary, W. Johns. Treasurer, E. Dignan. News of the Day ')'heir Royal Highnesses were given a great reception at London,, Ontario. Mr. A B. Morino has resigned the position of chairman of the Public Service Commission. All grades of sugar have been roduc- ad ten cents per hundred pounds, in.. eluding Winnipeg. Alex, Blondon was shot and killed on the Algoma Central Rsilsvey line by his partner, Joseph Bond, who mistook him for a deer. At a meeting of the Hamilton Con- ference at Woodstock Rev, John Wakefield made a few remarks in eon- neetion with his diamond jubilee. British shipowners refused to ac- cept the invitation of the Board of 'i'raade to meet the dock strikers in conference. Two boys• were drowned off a raft near Findlater, Sask. • Seven casts of Small pox urn in. the isolation house at Woodstock. Despat'-,bets from Cuba report rob- beries and widespread lawlessness by the armed negroes who are In re- volt., A large Government force Is on the way to the scenes of the in- 1surrection. The United Stales Senate %efed $1,000 for a good medal for Cap - tail Rostron of the Carpatlt)a, who rescued the Titanic survivors. The Board of Trade has called a jointconferencetotry and ,settle 1 h SQ t 4 transport strike at the. London docks, The Canadian Car dr Foundry Com- pany is to establish new shops at Fort William, with a capacitty of seven thousand wood and steel cars yearly. 5evmour Daniels, of lilmdale, Ont., was killed by lightning 'on ,a , tow- boat or., the fake of the Woods, easest When President 7'c f2 and Col. Roosevelt are thrva: a/ with their mud slinging, they must clean "2 x" Shoe Polish. is the very lest thing for their boots as all good Canadianls and .P.ar,.ericaus realize. AT ALL E .LE& lee„ Dcct by test. Will nbt soil the daintiest gar- ments. ; Quick brilliant, lasting No other even half as good. 30 x'ms 'li'AIR'isilr C:G,I.L'It, A Eomance'of a Pernilar FaaeinatLoa Although the, world -:never 'moved faster than it foci at the , /I[�resent time, ,.life to some ;s Atill Welding" in otoitement, andvariety; To a certain 1ldile: Martha• Reye, who was hung, beautiful and rich, the quietness of her home life at Drlye; a,snlallffron- tier village 'dl;: Switzerlalid, linu%MIT- come;; unbearable. '1'be mountain scenery bored her; and Leven the ex, hllaration of : dashing along danger- ous higttwayR in her 41)` h, p. motor- car a't break -neck speed lied begun, to pall. Something must be 'done. Moll , e lee d d e It Yl' t i e to add excite- ment 'to her life. '11ten a thrilling plan arose In' her mind.Tobacco,' saccharin, and snuff were cheap;en- ough,to buyin Geneva. Away across the frontier in Habits Savoie such luxurles were dear. Visions, no doubt, of tales of smuggling arose In nem thoughts and added, picturesque- neas;to the idea, 'At any rate, within. a few days of the first conception of the plan Mdile. Reye had equipped herself for the enterprise. Snugly stored in herpowerful ear she had placed many pounds of tobacco whilst boxes' of snuff and saccharin completed the cargo. The right and wrong of the ex- ploit ladnotescapedmademoiselle's ' s mind. if successful, site realized het profits would be great.; so she satis- fied, her -conscience :by determining that all her profits' should be given to the poor. One dark night, driven by her eld- erly and experienced chauffeur, Mlle. Reye set out on liner first journey Bodes the frontier. The coldness of the night thrilled her; and the ex- citement grew Intense es, letting the -cc go, the r'hauffeue dashed by the French Excise outpost; and a little Tater drew up in Haute Savoie. For some time mademoiselle made her smuggling expeditions across the frontier with Impunity. Only once, so far, had the excitement grown a little more intense than she itad de- sired. Then It was that the Excise authorities, their alertness heighten- ed by being repeatedly baulked by 'the car, had managed to get in close pursuit. Ma.dam oiseil.e hod heard the crack tot their rifles, but the old chauffeur had managed to reach the shelter of Haute Savoie safely, But misfortune was in store for the pretty, smuggler. Her chauffeur fell ill: and .perforce she was com- pelled to engage another, less ex- perienced and reeourceful. So it happened that on the second trip with the new driver, the Customs of- ficers captured the car. Mlle. Revs, retired in the latest Pails costume, bn mrd on them unperturbed. It was all a joke, site explained laughingly, as the Customs officials overhauled the car, and fast dispossessed it 0t' the: contraband burden, liven when a heavy fine was demanded the pret- ty _n •amubler only sm.il.ed, iton rode off, To recite the further smuggling adventures of Mile. Reye would re- quire tummy pages, Let It suffice to say that far from putting an end to her wild rides across the frontier, capture by the authorities only added to her zest for the sport. A few weeks later she was again captured red-handed; again laughed and Joked, and .again nonchalantly paid the now doubly increased fine. But this time she was warned that If caught again her ear would be con- fiscated. • June 6th, (51 Years. cif Suffering;' A Desperate 'law of Catarrh' 15 the • Head. "My father had catarrh in the stead for a long time. It was such a'Bawer- ate case that he didret know 'Wbl&t to :do, but one of his friends recommended Hood's Sarsaparilla: He got a bottle immediately, and, as soon' as lie $orn- mne eed taking It he''felt, relief and after the use of two other bottlbs he was completely cured. He Viae ac. well pleased he haft ever nmce,recem» mended Flood's Sarsaparilla.' V4lte Aline Begin; leyie, P, Q, Get Flood's Sarsaparilla today. • tlial.ii by ,all druggists everywhere.' In Thee Name of t;harltS, Nearly all the giddy youth or • the: Neighborhood attended the charity bazaar,and one d one they drifted. to a stall11. where a tiny, shapely, sCehf ed, gray kid 'glove reposed on 'a satin, tuahion. Attached to the cushion vanr k notice written le a delicate feints nine hand, which ran: • "The owner of this glove with ar.: 7:30 this evening; be .pleasedto kiss - any person who purchases a"twe 1Y five cent ticket beforehand," Tickets were purchased by the - score, Or core, and at 7:;10: a long ro theepislt, not to say doggish, younw Moods, assembled outside the a'1'1 Then, punctual to the moment old. Tom Person, the local pork -butcher,. Who weighs two hundred and twenty pounds, and is almost as beautiful' ns a side , of . bacon, stepped to the: front of the stall. "Now, young gents." he said,,in bis- best "Buy, buy, buy," tones, "this 'ere glove belongs to site, i beuq'tt rt Ibis morning. Now, I'm reedy for Sou. Conte oft!! Don't be bashful) One, it a tine!" But nobody came on. Pullman Etiquette. That our system of railroad travel. N not perfect is alleged by -"An Eng- lishman" in a recent article. "When lou travel in England aou are• toaster of your time and your - baggage," ourbaggage,"' writhe this author. Here. the baggage travelsseveral hours. behind its overt+r. But "a Pull-. man ear at night is tine most tut '"_• i:iviltzed thing on the American con-• tinent, and one of the most indet.ctii, it quite fascinates my blushes. I sft enthralled as the tacky Porter strees- ley seat with otiher people's benne„-- tugs, holds a pillow -case in itis teeth and squeezes the pillow into It, and hurl sheets and mattresses about, and. pulls at chains and sliding -doors and levers and curtains. Personally 1 have• lever mastered) either 'the art of the etiquette of a Pullman ear. 1 never t know where to trot my shoes, and I reel I shall never learn how to take- off my trousers while sitting In them. B. R. Knowles Knew His f"n'urrcgatfon' A few weeks ago William Jennings. Bryan was lecturing In Galt the hone' of Robt, a', Knowles, the well known preacher and author, Mr. Bryan was. luttertelned at Knox Manse while in Galt. The attendance at the lecture, proved disappointingly small, and the, discerning lecturer laid this at the door of the rather large admlaslon fee.. As. Is well known, Galt is the Seotchest. town iii Canada. After regaining the manse, a few: friends being present, Mr. Bryan turned to his host and. asked him. why f his Innlo the audience was in s op , e0 small. If •yon are growing the same Kind of crop on the astute land year after year, you ought to go to some agri- cultural school raid learn what crop rotation means paid hots innuh It • to worth to farmers %the practise it on their farms. "The timing that spoiled it" replied - Mr, Knowles; "was the same thing' that. disorganized the Democratic party." "What was that?" enquired the, statesman, • "It was the sifter ghes1:ion," replied. the novel),;, H BAC K -TO -TH E- LA N D--CIF-THE-LWI NO O.. PLpLLS A DROPSICAL SWELLING A URINARY AFFLICTIONS H NEURALGIA -URIC ACID POISONINGE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FCRN JU E BRIDES ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT [THERE IS NOTHING TOO Gond for' '"TI—IE BRIDE" iv" Aare pt'Pnar'ed'fur her rousing by laying in an unusually fine lot of HOUSE FURNISHINGS. Bedroom Sets in white enamel quartered oak and mahogany—Parlor Suites covered in silk and crushed plush —Dining Chairs and Couches covered in -leather^ear"isttc Muote Cabinets in solid ntahoganv— Ileantiftil Buffets and C mina C chinas in solid oak.—Oriental Rugs, Dominion Squares, Brussels Carpet. EVERY article marked at QUICK SALE Prices. J. H. CHELLEW, BLYTH,- FR.ItE AUTO DELIVERS: , PHONES' '7 and 8 ..mss They Are GI!araii teed A guarantee goes with every one of our Watches so you take no' risk. ,The price too, is right. If youneed a watch let's show you ours, W :R.CO'U'NTER Jeweler, Clinton ISSUER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES. "Pt' ,�