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The Clinton News Record, 1925-02-05, Page 1Sceg cur Waith 'diced tr Tf yo vain your watch atrue to you -You must be true -to it , , BRING IT ..O US TODAY t ring an guarantee a our \ orli We do all our own watch repairing d bu z ]� v Shouldyou.clock nets cleaning and enajringw cwi l give it the same carefull attention as we would ♦ our watch, -.. ogoi' p eeial A Genuine Auto Strop Razor; and strop is a case .,i for Twenty -Five' Cents ' On Saturdayevenings between 8 and 10' o'clock as, long as pre- sent stock lasts. Phone' 174w elluar JEWELER and OPTOMETRIST Residence ,174j • a, ill 'n' s Bonds Stocks Deeds Policia, Family Records Jewellery N a less enlightened age � eo l e I foughtto safeguardtheir va1uables. Often n theplaced them in l astro box which.taey ulr•in some secret place, hoping to ' protect thc1.1„ Teday the safety t and secrut of steel vaults eliminate late the danger of loss byfiro or theft, and give peace or mind for the safety of valuable belongings.. -Documents lying unprotected in your house or office demand the security of a Safety Deposit Box. , Clinton Branch" R. Manning, Manager 44 ,w . The Ontario Equitable Life Our age limit to the physically fit ranges from 1 year to 65 years All plena of insurance simple and effective Same rates for Males 'anda,females M. T. CORLESS General .A ent `Clinton Ontario. Our Motto For Ever-:.: an j r. Coat a argaill It isthe time of the, year when we slim to'cleam..ug our, .overcoat The litre and sizes now rotten and it ill. payyou ' to stock. s are b w invest for next winter at the followingreduced pieces: ;Lot 1 7 only Boys' Reefer Coats. in .grey tweed with velvet collars,:. sizes $ at to 24-26, . clear 2,90. Lot 2 only .Boys' Blue and Grey Reefers, ;wool ser e lining, patch pockets, brass buttons, a real snappy coat, $5,90: Lot 3 6 only Men's, Overcoats, sizes 36=40, to clear at $9,90. Lot 4 9 only Young IVIen's Oye eoats,rangrngg in price from 16.50 to`, 1 .00 to clear at $12.50. Lot 5 10 only Men's Overcoats in broken lines and, sizes from $22,50 to ' 28,00 to clear at $18.50. Lot 6 10 only Men's Overcoats broken lines and sizes; iangiig, in $35 ui'5 . „3.00 ori h ice ofthe entire lot • t ,'2 ,00, rice from $0.00 top , y r< a l t P $ o LOCAL MARKETS, t ` Whez t, $ 1,80, r . Oats, � 5 c Barley, 90e. Buckwheat,; 900;" 'Butter, 25c to:'30 t . c Eg'g's,' 30e t0 50c.,.• Live Flogs; 81.0.50. THE COUNCIL MEETING. The council..met Mondayevening, all members present with the exeo,I tion of Councillor Schoenhals. After the reaciin ;• of the minutes of last meeting a- communication was read :front W. S. Downs, suggesting the taxing of rooming and boarding houses; as. a new sourceof revenuer On motion. of Councillors Bozell and Paisley`tlis was filed. The secretary of the L.O.B.A. wrote asking rebate of rental for chairs fol•', a social given in aid of the'hospitat On motlion of, Reeve Middleton and Councillor Paisley the clerk was in- structed to ' aefund 'the amount of $1.95 for chair rental. Mr. IVIeMixrray, Col Combe, Mr., J. A. ,ford and Dr. Shaw 'all addressed the council briefly regarding improve -rents to the park, ,improvements' which ;they considered. necessary 'be - tote the coming'Old Boys' celebration: Mr. McMurray said plans were, in hand for building A new grandstand at a cost of $700.or$800. ` He pointed out that the committee was not ask- ing the council ler a grant nor a guarantee but eithey did wig the council to stake the responsibility of fitting up the park. > Col, Combe pointed out. that the. old grandstand was. unsafe and that it was in the wrong place, 'anyway. Something would have to be done to, it and nothing would make it anything but a disgrace. to, the, town: "When the :old'' boys and' girls come ;back, next summer," he : said,"there are n some old landmarks they will want to -see :but the ,old grandstand at the :Sark isnot one of thent" He said Dr,. Shaw "had played baseball for a goon many years in front of that: old stand' and that he thought it was not in the right position.. MT. Ford said lie thought the court-. cul should, take theinitiative in prim- ruing for the ooriiing celebration, that at the meeting of the citizens it was decided that the celebration should be held and that was the council's authority for •acting. The people. would back 'vl7•'any action they took. Dun Shaw said the old grandstand had seen its. day, that it was unsafe and was not in the proper position to see the games, Quite frequently, "even 'wizen there was a good game on and a laxge gate nobody used time gened- stand: 'He'called the attention of the couneil to the fact that: that body had net had any eel -mese in malting the change in the diamond, that had been done at the expense of the Sports Committee, the change being made' because time players 'could not in the old position see second base clearly Chairman Jenkins of the, park coni mittee thought the :old graridstantl might be torn down and rebuilt at.a less cost .than a new 'One 'but after, some discussion it 'wee decided that the park oonunittee should consult with the celebration eoruanittee and` Meg in a report: to the' ouncif Bylaw NO'. 3• for 1925, appointing the following,members' of the fire bri- gade,'. was read three' 'times and passed:, I3. Glazier, chief end secre- tart' treasurer, salary, $40; J I3:' 1 err, eaptam $35; B. D. Tasker, 3ieut,,, $$0; and Henry Fremlin, A. F. Cua nrred Bert Fitz rnion ' Frak Dixon, Caryl Drager T. H: Coop; E. Cook,.M McEwan, L, Cree Harold Fremlin, T. Morgan and D. Stcepe,, 'firemen, $25 each.'The`duties of the' officers, and members cif 'the Tire de- partment shall be such as are defined by the bylaws of the muriiciioality re- lating to the fire department and the resolution of"the council. Any „rnb per boots required by the members are to be paid for half .by the corpora-, tlon and half by the member requir- ing thein. 'Bylaw N. 4, 1925, ,appointing: the following' town officers, was also mead three times and passed: D. L.+Macpherson, clerk and treas- urer, $700. • chief' constable etc. 850. L. Stang, tax collector, $100. E. Greens,' night constable and assistant caretaker of town hall, $650. R. Hunter, cemetery 'superintend- ent, $800. Dab W. J. Shaw, IVI.O,H„ $100. • Guy Hicks, engineer, fees. J. Wheatley, . weighmaster stock Kates fees. ` ' • Chairman Middleton of the street committee., reported that a consider- able amount of 'snowplowing had been done during January; that two of the snow plows had 'been repaired and one rebuilt. Chairman Rozell of the fire and water conenittee reported that alight sleigh had been precured for the hose reel during the winter weather. - Chairman' Paisley"` of the finance committee presented 'the following report for the„month: Street • e Account Pay.sheet.', . $51.50 J. F. Wasm•rn, t59. 1 0' 1? 1' •4.0e 0 Clin. 1ldwe & Fur. Co ...:. 22,52' Electric Light Account p: U.-Com.,.su. lighting, Jan. 107.00 Property Account " ": S� ell.. .� P:: U. Coin., lighting hr 1Ni Olin. Fdwe. & Tnr, Co.. 30.40 Meet:, etc," 1.73' W. , T. O Ikroo °:Veil, D„ 11 Closet Account J, Steep, salary,'for Jan. : 70.00 - Cemetery Account R. Hunter, salary. fey' Jan... 00.00. Pay street 1.50 Olin, Tldwo, & Fur,Co, ,,. 10,00, Salaries 'Account' D. Macpherson,' S mos. sal, 175.00' L.-Stong, salary for Jan. -70,83 E. Or: ecli.s sal. ;tor „Tan. : , 00.1 , Graf is Accost 1 - P. U: Con., l ghtrng'hospital 20 ,76 Fire and Water Account H. Glazier, 6 mos.. salary J.... 20.00 Treas.. '. fire co, 54 firemen,. 6 : months sal <_,. y .. ,, .. 182,50 T. [I. Cook, rubber boot3.00 Dom.-TEubbc' Co., rubber coat 8..788. P. E, Hovey, ' fi ling lire exlin. 2.00 r Paysheet, s Get C Cool , ,': 1.,00 StationeryAccount nt W. II, Ilellyar, rep lock : .75 M' aicipal Would, col. roll, etc. :10.39 Incidental Account Bell Tel. Co. rent account . 4,52 RECEIPTS L, Stang Market scales, $18.60 , Hall rent, 810,00 Poll tax, 84.00 R. Hunter: Gare in perpetuity, $50.00 Work, $4L50 C. C, I. BOARD FOR 1925.:.. At a meeting of the Clinton Colleg- iate'board held yesterday evening the following organization was effected: Chairman: W. Brydone. Study and discipline committee: Dr. Axon, Rev. J. E. Hogg, R. E.' Manning.Property: II:. D. Chant, W. I3. Hellyar, Dr! Evans. Finance. W. Brydone, R. E. Manning. - Secretary -treasurer, J,' Ransford. 1 The board had a visit from an arch- itect last week who showed them a rough sketch of a nett/ building snit - able for a town like Clinton; but no action ,has yet been taken Te a new school. DIED IN B. 0. •332:60 91..50 The following from a Vancouver (B. C.) paper, refers to the wife of a former Mullett man, a brother of Mrs. Wigginton of Clinton. ,The de- ceased lady was formerly Miss Jen- nie Clegg of Mitchell:- teheli •" Mrs: Jennie Clegg MacGregor, 75, wife of J. M. MacGregor,one of Van- couver's pioneerbusiness: riven, died Saturday evening at tier rdsidence,. Collingwoocl East. She had been a resident of -Vancouver for .•37 'years, coming here with her husband from Winnipeg, where lab. MaeGregor had been one of the original business lieaas'of the Manitoba Free Press and on coming':to Vancouver was identi- fied with the World as circulation manager. Mrs.' MacGregor, -throughout her long residence in the city, was an active; worker in the. Baptist church, In addition to her husband, she is Survived by one son, Ilarry, •of Oalclaed, 'Calif., and two daughters, Mrs. A. W, Fraser of Collingwoo 1 East, and Mrs. (Dr.) Alden West f Los Angeles, Calif, f, FRIDAY NIGHINS PLAY. aA play "The Young Village Doc- tor,•," Was,, given last Friday evening before' a crowded hallunder the au- spices' of the" Young ,peoples'' League Of Ontario Streets Church. The seeno Was laid in an old fash- ioned 'village, ;back in mid-Victorian time, the players wearing costumes. characteristic of that time. Dr. Young '' beginsractice arid rents his ofitice from on , of the vil- lagers, a widow, Mrs. Crane,.svhe is kindly disposed but inquisitive and talkative regarding patients, The parlor is Converted into' a •1oetor's of- fice, and the scene oPened with Mrs. Cranei usy putting the office in ;or- der and:tallt'ing the natter over with a neighbor, Mrs. Frost',,M1 passing re- mael�ccs'and expredsing opinions which brolSght'laughter from the 'audience. Miss`Jane'Crane, a nurse, and in- cidently' the widow's daughter,who is an Attractive young..: person and 'wl,iose; frank, open manner and" gen- eral, popularity ,gains for her the jealousy of certain of the younger set'a'na, the criticisms of some of the older' folk, 'was introduced hi the first scene. In scene n two the Doctor is found in his office and the many tense,. ex- citing and mirth -provoking incidents continence, and event follows event' as the stery unfolds itself in a very in- teresting manner. The doctor develops a distinct,, <aE- fection,for the "nurse, who in the end desponds to .his advances, and'tim storyterminates in a grand reception held in the parlor• of the bride's' home on the night of the wedding. The. Doctor does not have every- thing his- own way, however, as the young lawyer, Mr. Brief, also makes a bid -for the .nurse's favor. - There were also many; incidents in- terwoven which held one's interest all the way through. The musical 'part of, tlie. "Recelc- tion"" was something of a treat and much enjoyed. . Between acts diversionwas sup- plied. Mr. Fred ,Steele -sang in his usual top -notch manner,palso<.,Miss. Pollock, and a violin' selection was given by Misses VanHorne and Sny- der. Miss Ivy; Plewes and Mr. Steele also sang at the "Reception." The following cast of characters short, the -parts t the different r lay , s' c r. represented: 1)r, Young: 1.. W. Correll; [Nurse Jane, l5lrs L: 3''. "Correll; Mrs Crane, Miss Eva Carter; Mrs, Frost Miss K. Beaton Miss' ,Knowing; Miss E. Johnson; Belinda Clinger, Miss D. Cochrapo; Solomon Wiseaem_, Mr: W. Jervis; 'Mr.' Simon Grabble, Mr,,C. Glazier.' Mrs. Simon Grabble, Bliss D. Lavin; ` Wiclow Ware; Miss P Lind- say; Mr. Lovejoy, 72'. Win. Laois Lawyer Brief,,_Mr. Clayton Moo house; ,Mrs. Groan, Miss .Grace Glid' don:'The Soldier. Mr. D. Glazier; Mr. Brooks., Mr. 1.. Knight, Widow b3'w e's Boys, Eddie and George Elliott. Mrs.. Wendorf,- pianist; Mr. C. S. Hawke,. directors • Mr, C. H. Veneer, assistant. director. ` GRAPEFRUIT GRO,WN'11 RI , Ouninghmtne, ,florist,' Gin ]ipwe 1 The :News -Res rd a yma ie - bull. the other day- which was grown. andripened in his gccenhoiise. 3t was wel-develc' ie c' 1. d.spc iinert, rireasitring eleven inch-' hes ib eircnn to elite. -.There were Tive°;fruits on on) little tree and already there are blossoms appearing promising next Y cai'scrop. . IOSPI1AL BIRTHDAYY GIFTS. The board of the Clinton Public Hospital wish to acknowledge with sincere thanks the following dona- tions from "various'or•g•anizations ,and' private !individuals to mark the anni- versary o£ its. opening: The .Clinton Club , . .........$50,00 The L. 0. B. A. .. ..:$42.47 Ladies' Bowling Club . ,. 10.00 'Girls' Auxiliary (tea) . 26.61 I-Iuron 0. B. A. (Toronto) . 50.00 Women's Institute . . . 25,00 Mrs; A. T. Cooper ', • ..... 5.00 Mrs. Brydone: • ....,...... 5.00_ Mrs. Hovey 5.0C Mrs. N. W. Trewaitha .5.00 Mrs. Colclough" .. .... ...... .1.00 Mrs. B. J.•Gibhmgs 3.09, A Friend . , 2•.00 Wesley Church Ladies' Aid . 20.00 Ont. St. Chu ch Ladies' Aid .. 15, 00 DEATH OF 13JOWA1{,D GOULD. Howard Gould, • son' ohMa. Henry W. Gould, .after an illness of a little • over a year, died 'on Saturday last at London, where he had been undergo- ing treatment for some month's: `He was in his twenty-first year, The remains were brought'liome the Nipie evening ' and the funeral,, which was private, took place from his father's _.home, High street, on Monday afternoon, Howard learned the ]inotypesoper. ating in. the News -Record and" New Era -'o ices in Clinton offices anda• w s work- ing'in:Chatha r when n w n taken ill. He was a member wf W,esley church and,: when home was a regular attendant at the Stinday school of that church. His early death is matter of sincere re - ret of nl hi ' re- gret, n o ybY is family, but .many friends. He is survived by two broth - 'vs and five sisters:. Irene, who is married and living inotlie`west, Pearl of Toronto, Will ' of Kitchener, and A•my, Vera -Clara and George, all at home. All were present for the 2un- eral with the exception of the sister in the west. -' The Rev. A. A. 'Holmes had charge of the services at the homeand the graveside on iltonday . and the pall- bearers wore: W. Jervis, G. T.,.. Elliott, J. Higgins, W. Match, T. Jackson and N. McNeil, Mgch sympathy is felt. for the .Cam- 'ily in their bereavement, the more so as it' is only six months since the mother of the familyYpassed, away. Mr. Gould and family wish to thank their friends and neighbors for the kindness and sympathy shown them in their sorrow, AMONG .TITS CITi7ROIIES The following is the statmding of the congregationeeon `the.Church Union vote in the Presbytery. of Iluron to date:" Charges Against Union;•`" Goderich, ' Exeter;. Charges For Union Auburn and Smith's Hill,. , ilrueefield, Grand Bend and Corbett; Ilensall, Lende8boro and Burns, • Kippen, Hills Green and Blake, Duff's ada n C vert Thames Road' an '•k ha r s oad d ICu ton, Leebutn and Union... Wesley Church Mr. J. A. Irwin will opee the dis- e ssion, "GO -operation," at the Brotherhood at ten o'clock,. Sunday horning., The pastor's morning subject will be: ' "God's place in the World:" Ev- ening: "An Old -Fashioned Home," The Junior, League meets at seven o'clock Friday evening. Salvation Army 10 ans., Directory Class for the children. 11 a,m., I-Ioliiness meeting, 3 p,in,, Sunday. school. Send your children to Sunday school..7'p.m., Salvation meeting. • •Wednesday, 4:30, Band of Love class for Young People. 7:30,' Y, P. Legion. Ari young• people • are'wel 001110 'to attend. Willis Church On Sunday: next 'the Rev. W. A. McTaggart of St. Columba Presby- terian church, Toronto, will• preach both' morning and, evening. ' The Rev, : Mr• teicTaggart, who has a congregation of over sixteen 'hund- erd,' one of the largest, 1f not the largest, in Canada, 'is a unionist amid is carryiAng his congregation ':into union with him. He will present the case- for union to this congregation on :Sunday. A, meeting of the congregation it a eetng will lie held on Monday evening for the purpose of arranging for a vote re entering union. St: Paul's Church' The l;adies', Guild' hel. d . their first meeting `in the parish hall last Mon- day, under the presidency of the new president:,Mr's. A. J. Flolloway.' 'the meeting vasvery well attended and many excellent, suggestions for the year's work ere received. Lv A5 deckled to hold a stl'aper in the parish Ball' on Tuesday,'Feb, 25th, and pre- liminary arrangements were leacie therefore. The meeting closed with daunt;,, refreshments, which were in charge of Mesdames W,n. Jackson, Harvey Johns, H. IVIeBriem and E. W. Johnston, The rector's subjects next Sunday will be: Morning: "The Problem of Divine Justice:", Evening: "The New 80 0 S S.A -?0CCK Y. Clinton C, 'I.'ori the deciding game in the senior 1 S'ossa;;;roupby defeat. ing God'h C 1 aoderich Satw•day.orieUli ,LC1I. ,01,oilatatGIsanie 3-on2 making a. th'ee-go81 margin on the round. Robe teen r -and Nairn wei'e the best of. '.t10 Goderrclr players, Me Ewan, Match and ',Higgins 'starred ed- for Ghvton. AN AFFLTG1ED FAMILY. The .Collowi rg from -,The Lucknow Sentinel refers, to a -lady well-known to mapyin Clinton and vicinity. The 1VlcAlliste Tti riliyv ,used to .reside on the Huroii Road just west of town: "Miss 1'ISA'lister, who has been making her home with Mr. and Mi.s, Geo, Robertson suffered a stroke- of paralysis Thursday morning of last week, the attack evidently coining as she was dres in •. s g She is apparently making some progress towards re- covery, and it is expected that the effects' may largely pass away, The Robertson family have been. greatly afflicted with sickness dur- ing the past year, ,Mrs. Robertson has been in very :poor health, and .re- giiiring much attention for several years, and Mr. Robertson is just re covering from a severe attack of ill- ness which confined him to his bed throughout the; summer and fall. With this sudden and severe •illness of Miss McAllister:, who has been in charge of the house;' the measure of affliction is more than usually comes to the lot of a -household." " CHOCOLATE' BY TIME YARD, The Toronto Daily Star the other day ran an interesting story of a new Machine .for' turning out chocolate tubing in any size or length, the in venter. being Me A. D. Fisher, a na- tive of Clinton and citizen for a time r o this town': The invention it is � w 1 supposed, will enable' confectioners to put on the market a high .clues thee- elate cream or cream and nut -filled chocolate at a ,very reasonable: price. This can be accomplished as the tub- ing will ub-ing'will keep fondant fresh for an in- definite' length of time. To quote the Star: "Mr. Fisher's invention' isthe resultf over fou ears i'S- o !. years, of exep silents and theme is no part of it which has not ,been reconstructed .several. times to achieve the present perfee tion of operation arid product. " Pat-' ents either granted or pending cover: it down to.. the minutest detailm every'country in the world and in view of the interest already aroused by his product Mi: Fisher loplts for- wart1 to either the building. of a great mannfaeturing plant or the leasing 02 his machines en royalty. Tile sealing of the ends : of the tubes it a way to secure complete ex= elusion of air presented no mean d'i$ ficulty after •the primary object of making the tubing .had been obtained, Many hours ,of. labor and a lot of money went into experiments before the comparatively. simple deviee now in use was attained. So far Mr. Fisher has" made "only what will be commercially five xyul ten cent,sizos of tubes. The finest of fresh fondant placed these•t be ither inu s t w t can�be fear of its .going stale and the larger size hermits' the ':use of elaborate nut aiid fruit: filled cream such a's IS us- ually Sound only in hand dipped choc- olates of the dollar a pound vagi •etiee." LITTLE LOCALS. e The choir of Willis church enjoyed e sleighride and supper on Friday evening enol last, MaeH r W. S. R of nes will handle the motor licenses 'for this part of Helen county this year. . The Stinday school of St, Paul's chinch hada most enjoyable skating party on Tuesday evening, The re=modelled : Goderich Colleg- iate, olle g •- late, Institute 'building,` was formally opened on Friday afternoon,last. Mrs, L. Cree, who has been very low, following a couple of operations last week, is now, we are Pleased to report, linproving, 1VIr, X. T. Turner has: purchased from Mr, Struthers, London, the old flax mill property, adjoining the town„ -and will farm it, Mr. W. Brydone was appointed a member of the Clinton Collegiate In- stitute board at last Week's meeting of the County Council, • The postponed annual meeting of the Clinton Horticultural Society will. be held in the Council :l Chamber on Saturdays night at 7:30• Mrs, E, R, Dale of Hullett, who is spending the winter with her: daugh- ter, Mrs, R. J, Miller, has been quite ill but is now improving. ,Mr. Wilfred Seeley is moving down to his 'father's house in Huron street and Me. A. Seelely, will move to .the residence recently purchased :from C. D. Boucle m High street. Mr.. A. 0. Pattison distriet agent for the 'Mutual •Life, Waterloo, wrote' lip a policy, the other day for $25,000. `Isnt that going some," inquired Mr. Pattison, as he hurried off to look up some more prospects. Messrs. B. Kaiser and J. H. Pax - man have bought out a Business in 'Royal Oak, Mich, and the two .Cam flies will remove there withr'%`.a cou- ple of 'molithk. 31c'. Inkley,'avlro hg's purchased Paxr ar$ arage busnmzs here, takes :no session next week. Mrs, George Connell, sr.. who has beee very ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs, Wui, Carter oC Mul- lett, is now improving, her friends p will be glad to hear. She is 'ninety- three years of age and until very re- cently ,managed her 'own house in town. 010 CO13R01+, T7rEY DO, "People certainly read The News- record," rmuarlced a• Clinton busi- nessman ' on Friday morning last. "We had' people 'in beforq 'e e wore s ready for business, this morning l7i- gnu•ing atter goods advertised in yes- terday's issue." KINCARDINE WINS GAME. The, Clinton rlam ers v ere deF at ed in the uu, i-" -n torsi i n the Northern e er Hockey ' League by the Kincardine team on Kincardine ice yesterday ev- ening, v- enin no score being -3. g, b 6 Front' the hogs' reports` the- Bruce town players are g l 'the Food s ports and local boys take their defeat with good grace, as good sportsmen al- ways do,' The return match will he played in Clinton tomorrow, Friday, evening. WANTMOREINFORMATION. A 'atheriia of the local grocers S g goers and, egg -dealers was held on Mopday evening• Jo further discuss the egg- grading regulations. They decided that they wanted some more light on article 10. of:the regulations and in- structed the secretary of the evening, L. W Cirrell;, to write Mr. Ault of . the Department of Agriculture, Ot- tawa, for t-tawa,`for information, Another meeting will' be held on Tuesday evening.': U. F. 0. MEET. A meeting of the Clinton branch of the,U.F.O. was held in the office of the district represontutive on Satur- ,day afternoon last wheal Mr. R. Mc- Mk-llan and Mr. W. D. Sanders of... Exeter spoke on the marketing of live stock. There was a -considerable turnout and the matter of markets was 'discussed from a number of angles. Marketing is one' f the Most imlportant aspects of the farming pro- fession, a fact. that is becoming more and :more apparent. GOES TO EGYPT NEXT. itIr. R. B. Chant was in Toronto last week and' visited his brother, Prof. C: A. Chant. We asked-hiin'if the latter was very much disappoint- ed over the failure to see the eclipse. Ile said he was disappointed, . of .'. course, but that they always have to be •prepared,for that and in this' case they had .been told the day before that their prospects were not very bright. prof. Chant is going to Egypt to witness . an eclipse . soon, leaving in March, and will be absent ;for some time; as he will make quite 'an extended trip. ''Mrs. Chant will accompany hirci.. TO IIAPPY HUNTING GROUND." IYIr. C. Glazier of Mullett drove into town on Saturday and when in front of Brown's restaurant, his horse fell, gave a few kicks and died. The animal was six years old and had not been known to be sick. r Mr, J. 1'. Turner was in town Men - clay with a fine little five-year-old mare and when in front of Cooper's store the animal tools fright at the -- flapping. of an awning'and ran away.. "John T." was thrown out of the cut- ter, still clinging to the reins, and the horse ran on. Ingot loose frons the cutter then,, as if bent on suicide, -. ran full tilt into•• the waleCoin- mercial "Inn, 'the old h'eepit tl, suer• fracturing its skull killed`: itself." [. •'Mrs." Jghn Jenkins' little • driver gave Sup the .ghost this whiter, too, as, if it were tired of living. It had bane the burden and heat of many summers however: and probably. had earned• a req. THE WRONG SHOP, A young man came into The News- Recoif oefice yesterday, set down mm t, case of eggs and looked about hint 5 for somebody intelligent enough to l% candle them and give him a proper grading. We svere looking rather blank, no doubt, as we. were trying to think of somebody who, loved us en- oughto donate us' a Crate of eggs at ik present prices. But pretty soon it ,l dawned upon us that the young man had missed the place. It was the New F. Era'builcling he wanted;" the new. Clin- ton Poultry House and egg-candliaa Station;' so wedirected. him thither and proceeded with our work of writ- ing locals, ' Egg candling is too del- icate a job for us. We dropped into this new' business glade yesterday, just to see what sort of a 'commercial establishment couldy'. be made of an : old print shop, ands found it looking very business -like, a;g indeed. Mr. Trewartha says it suits as his purpose excellently, and he is a,•, getting :it fitted tip very nicely. BURIED IN CLINTON.t'' The remains of the late Samuel }felines, whose death was noted in last week's' issue, arrived in Clinton on Monday forenoon and the funeral took place from the undertaking rooms at one o'clock the Mine day. tl: The late Mr. Holmes was the only sone of the late Joseph Iiolmes of Tuckersmi h. he had for some thee been hi California but for the past con 'le+ of year's had been in New York'ity, where his death occurred Particulars of'h] . death have not s been receivod: at time o£ writing but it is renown that he died of .burns. He was an ..engineer.' Me was a n>sn of 'g splendid build, vigorous and healthy and. lams untimely death is much re- gretted. IIe is siirvived,by one sis- ter, Miss Margaret TIolines of Brant- F` ford, who was here for the funeral. The' '`,uneral. service was read by the Rev. C. Llewellyn Billtey and the Gl' pallbearers were; W. S. R. grid And- rew Holmes, Chr'rs. O'Brien, Oscar Switzer and Chas, acid Howard Wil- Hams. Interniem,i was made in Clin- ton cemetery,