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ies oe en-lier days in Clinton written
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es to have a keen interest -i
t ,the old town and who . hales. :; e
her ha -ea to ,be
here
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st:
When -J. R. Got IIisFill of Cats
When th
Forrester was
alive he was
one of a quartette that
was always 'bent on harmless mis-
hi t so long as one Of its members
in particular couldb made
b the goat.
These were Dan Macpherson Billy
ter
Jackson, Dave Forrester i n
and John
Rano•
f
s d.
k
One clay public announcement was
made to the effect th
at,Iorres er
hada Spanish -Canadian dog for sale,
Ransford was ityblamed'for the
` u -
Shortly bac
y af texwards a small ad,
appeared in the New Era, stating
Ransford wanted to buy a lVfaltese"cat
of cleanly habits. When it came to
his notice he said, •"I don't see where
the joke conies in advertising that^T
want a ' cat," He 'was told to wait
and see what would happen. at
The boys around town were bribed $t
to collect cats and deliver them to
Mr. Ransford, If he refused them, a
their instructions were to dump:them fin
on the floor and run. The boys were ve
• game. Mr. Ransford's office Was
then over Irwin's'grocery,';and for a
while eats of all kinds were dumped
into lib office. It was said 'that for I' '
ie r'aI• days" Mr ltdsli o would `m o
• ggn re his friend'l+oi ester, who
was;'eesponsil le for the adverti�sezneht.
1Tardlyg'Accordin to''II ole"
In the earlierrl
e
z days ofClzClinton'sx
o
his-
tory the Mayor or Reeve], as the case
mig}zte
b was
also" magistrate, tstrate
g and
the incumbent of the official chair
was supposed to know enough law
to deal with whatever'. cases carie be-
fore him. On one occasion -while the
late :Joseph Whitehead . was at the
head' of the Municipality, two Well-
knownresidents' of Goderieh town
ship came ' before him, neither of
whom loved the other' a little hit: The
charge Was assault and for th
pose: of this story we will c t
y ee
a_1 the
plaintiff
John. orn
.
and
the defendant
Jim
thou '^
hhi�
t � was not their names.
.
The case was heard in the morning
and looked rather blue for thdefend-
ant, ,some d some
, tvho happened to -have
loyil friends of influence. `' Seine
persuaded Irof
them`
P a iV .Whitehead to -aa-
jduen the ease until the afternoon,
and in the meantime they led him to
believe that the plaintiff was the: real
aggressor, and: • should - .be fined, ac,
cordingly. When the ease was re
sunned, the magistrate so decided.
Mr. Powell, a then resident lawyer,
once took' exception to the Verdict,
ating `.'You cannot fine, a, plaintiff in
case of this kind" "But T -have
ed,isirn," replied his Honor and the
rdict stood.
They Cast Blank Ballots -
When Mr. Robert Holmes ran: the
GYPROC
USES,
Now Construction
Remodeling
Repairing
Barna
Attie Rooms'
Stol windows.
Walls
Poultry Houses
Farm Offices
Dairies
Warehouses
Flreproo8ng
tinder Shingles
Partitions
age.
PROTECTION. againsx'fiire.
Protection against cold
drafts, vermin,- • repairs,
deterioration —• these are
only a few advantages
Gyproc gives your -farm.
Gyproc is fireproof wall-
board made of solid rock.
' It comes in convenient ceil-
ing -high sections
eiiing-high'sections that can be -
sawed and nailed like lumber.. Light;
and easy to handle.
Gyproc is durable and permanent.
Nor
repairs are 'ever necessary. Yet
the cost of construction is less thane
lumber because . Gyproc can be
applied in half the time. -
Ask your, carpenter or builders' supply,
agent about Gyproc.
Thos. McKenzie, Clinton
THE ONTARIO GYPSUM CO. 2IMITED, :Nam, omgrARIO
Fireproof Wallboard,
Why build fo burn? Gyproc doe* away with inflammable wood -lined walls,
roofs-, ceilings and partktons. 75
? yl HY continue using your old
machine which may he wast.
ing more than enough'creaai
to meet the easypayments we are
prepared to arrange on a Melotte?
Bt's , a good machine and 'will skint
just as well . twenty years 'from -
to -day as it does when now: This
is the machine you want -it- pays
for itself by its closeskimniing.
Read over the little booklet we
have,#or you on this world-famous '.
Melotte,
Lohb,
Clinton
Phone 32 on 805 --_, R. R. -No.
INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR
Decorating, Paintin
and Papering
rantemoo
Make it a point to see my Sample Books before buying. 1
Paper of. Quality from 10 cents to 75 cents
All work satisfactoryand of the Best. Prices right
D. KAY
Clinton, Ontario
Phone 231-r-2
tai
second time against Mr, 'Thos Jack -
,son for the mayora1ity of Clinton, he
uvas told by some of his friends;that
the ,three i41
Dt221t"�
s astle sisters, who::.
had been hi° personal friends would
notvoto for him'v
o
1 account ^
of -his
temperance PI'a
p nceviews and he was ad-
vised to -go and see 'them, which he
,did, On his asking for their support,
one ofth
em
'bluntly said,
"We can-
not vote for any temperance crank."
"That means you 'cannot 'unto for
me repliedi
112•
z. I'.
toluic .,
flash one ::of Qui as; a
thei. ,asters-said,"It
doesn't mean we:.;cannot ;soil our.
bane -en.' Without further P
comment
Mr, Holmes left, concluding if they
wanted to spoil their ballots, well and
good. Shortly before 5 o'clock on
election day, the three sisters were
seento enter the polling: booth, in
Rumba
}1 s . shop,together. o . The poll
clerk wasEre r
a z•wa ds. asked if he had
any spoilt ballots, end he said,. "No,.
but a°funny"thing happened, we found
three blank ballots that^,.were- evi-
dently cast' at the last minute," The
ladies in question,. afterwards ad-,
mitted their responsibility ,Tor' the
F. C. ELFORD TELLS HOW
TO MARKET ,BROILERS
Now, is the time to be, selling the
broilers, If :there . is: a market for
these young cockerels see about sup-
plying it. It pays better to sell now,
rather than' later, all chicks intended
for the table, and as for 'breeds such
as the Leghorn, one cannot afford to„
keep them untij fall and Hien sell for
the price of roasters..
If a market is not already arranged,
it, would be well to see about it at
once. Usually the broiler market
should not be too fare away. The best`
places to look or customers are as
follows (named in order of highest
Prices) ; private families, clubs,: high=
class hotels, summer hotels, high-
class boarding-houses; dealers, ere.
The best time to sell the broilers is
when they' weigh from .1 to 2 pounds
each.` The earlier in the' season, the
smaller the. weight that will be taken,
and the larger the price.
The most satisfactory way' to mar-
ket is to kill and dress =before 'ship-
ment, (all, but dealers require them
ressed), but for longer distances,
nd in warm weather ' especially, if
old to dealers, they may go alive. •
Before,' selling • the broilers it wilt
pay"to give them :a special feeding
or -10 to 15 days. In experiments
ondueted at the Dominion .Expert
ental Farm, Ottawa, it was shown
that a good feed was made up of •equal
arts of corn meal, feed flour and
iddlings. To this was added 15 per
ent of tankage (or: beef -scrap), and
the whole mixed with buttermilk, One
art of the dry mash .to two .parts of
e milk by weight'is the right pro-
ortion. This mixture proved better
an prepared commercial mixtures
an fed three` times a day to - broilers.
veighing at, the start less than 2
ads eaci, gave in 14 days an av
age gain of. a Tittle over 's2 pounds
a cost for ,feed of less than 5.
nts. At the. price sold, (50 Bents
°pound) there was a profit of ^2s%
is on the feeding operation.
The feeding in ordinary fattening
tea gave slightly better returns
an the feeding' in peat, and the.
vv -breeds gave better ieturns
n the light breeds.
Broilers- above all classes should ile
shy. Do. not market in a, thin con
tion.
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F, C. Elford,
Dominion Poultry Husbandmaan.
NOT SO SERIOUS AS IT 'LOOKED
This story , was going the rounds
this weak:
A man entered Good's shop and de-
sired at shave. He was placed in a
chair and Mr. Ward proceeded with
the operation. When it come to plac-
ing hot towels on his customer's face,
just before completing the job, the
tonsorial artist was very particular
so as not to get the towels too hot,
Carefully placing it on the gentle-
man's face he carefully and thorough-
ly rubbed off all the soap but when
he lifted the towel from his face he
received a rude shock.. The man's
eye had turned in its socket.` Not
knowing 'what to do or just what he
had done Mr. Ward was almost frail, -
tic, but was i elieved•' to ' abbot a
point of collapse when the customer
informed him' that • he was not in-
jured but that.his; "glass` eye had be-
come turned during the rubbing pee-
oess.-Orillia packet.-
Rl usscls: The engagement is an
pounced of Minerva .Maude, only
daughter ,of the late J. G. Jones and
Mrs. Jones of Brussels, Ontario, to
Mr. Scott •Marwood "Atkin of Stuart
Florida, only son of the late W. E.
Atkin and Mrs. ' Atkin,'" of Stuart,
Florida, the marriage to take place
quietly the end of June.
Gedeiich: William Nesbitt, of
Blyth, who has been ous on bail for
the •past, month, was found not guilty
by a jury in the ortly case to come
up at the •courity sessions; -held here
before Judge Lewis last week. A true
bill had been returned by a grand
jury. Nesbitt was charged under the
crnrrznal code with doing injury to the
motor car of W'illianr Pellow, license
inspector, and with interfering with
an officer in the performance of his
duty. The charge•arose out of an
offense which occurred in ,Blyth pu
May 5, when someone cut the tires olr
Me. Pellow's motor car, Two days
were required to take the .evidence,
Which was snore ecr-:less cireumstan
tial. Crown Attorney Seager, T£,; C.,
was crown prosecutor, and Dudley E.t
Holmes defended Nesbitt.
CLEAR AND COLORED FLOOR
VARNiSH
Clean Up and Paint Ulp. Use Car-
mote Floor ; Varnishes and Finishes,
Thirty-five products for the home.
CLINTON HDWE. & FU'RN. CO.
■ sells it.
An Old d Citize '
n
Notes�
Cha
Clinton
Changes � n::
in Last "
fix
t
Years.
CLINTON 1885-1925
Editor itot News- eeor •
,R d.
You have asked t o a.Iced me to
write a few
lines for the perusal of some of oat -
coming visitors;: next August.: You
said you asked me to do this as one
qualified by a sixty years residence.
What _,bou
t our o w
oath •
b
Ia o
Y z Bill'
-Mayor,
Y
Jackson,
' D. L. Macpherson, H. T
Rance, and we almost miht.inclauc
the alae+ . l le
�° t ,,Colonel of the 161st. They
,may repudiate scornfullythis . claim
ad I azul
longevity, but they Might just as
�well claim it eo far as looks' are con=
esened; while • reasonabIo' doubt might
easily be entertained of myself if one
judged by appearances. Of "'course
this is not to be wondered at, -when.
one knows that I was brought up with
honest English ale 4s is daily bever-
ago frons the tender age' of 7.s Well,
our friends should be warned that
they will see manyand,great changes
in the old. home town and its inhabi-
tants. The Clinton of 60 years ago!
A bustling, thriving town, or rather
village, at least 5 good hotels, stores
innumerable, churches; schools at the
front,' honest rand roads' with an at-
tempt a' t' gra vel i n spots,
solid wooden side w a l lc s and
everybody happy! In those days 'nen
did 'business . Farmers 'drove into
own with their produce and sold it
too, generally (before they"reached
the centre• of the town. Competition
as fierce. I well remember two
ted grain buyers, Charles White-,
ead and Perrin having a glorious old
crap over the question as to who
ad the better `claim to a load of
grain. There were several scientific°
ounds before the onlookers decided
hey had had enough fun out of it,
eople acted naturally in those days.
have seen a church warden taking
p the collection in the most aristo-
crktie church with his top boots' on,.
d they not toe -clean. Men bought
and sold : untrammeled by vexatious
1 -timed' legislation. I well remem-:
er one night about 9 o'clock being in
eed of supper, and the hotel meals..
be
over, a friend and myself
nzply went to the leading grocer,
town and Cavan. We did not say
ything btrt• "good evening" to the
tailing proprietors, who were too
sy with more important customers
pay any attention to us and walked
wnstairs into the cellar.; Selecting
-kegs for chairs and placing a
x between us for a table, we fel/
Work on two. tins of oysters (each
held 3 dozen in those good old
ys), soda cruisers, splendid fresh
tter, and two quart bottles of Dube
stout. A supper fit for a king!
Yo
-can't get it today'! And then we
led all comfortably by a wino
es of good Manch, brandy, and In
words of my friend "walked home
straight lis a .string." Men were
en in those. days. They wore hair
their faces, stood up. for their
ghts, fought for them if need be, did
ay's work of 10 hones fo$1,
tight up a family and saved money
't.
et .our home -coaling friends will
everything changed. Mud roads
e been converted into splendid
adamized,:. tarvia covered roads,
den sidewalks they tripped over
g home in the dark, are replaced
brilliantly electric lighted
eat sidewalks, laid down ori the
t approved seienitfic plan by the
Engineer, Mr. Jos. Wheatley,
Our wooden cottages have dis-
ared-and stately brick two storey
toes have taken. their places.. Five
are now represented by two,
instead of getting a good dinner
5c, with a glass of ale thrown in,
will pay 75c and get no ale. We
grown in wisdom. The doctors
lergyrnen have found out, mad.
before the race became extinct,
intoxicating beverages are most
cious in their effect upon the
system. So they are distinct-
rbidden. And in' the place of a
hardy, powerful, .rough set of
amus people, we are producing
to them, a cultured, refined,
mannered, pale -faced race, so
for in every way to the passing
ation. .33en no longer wear. hair,
ome ale brave enough to keep
they call a pretty little butter -
their their upper lin.;_, Women,' too,
walk into barber shops, sit
like a man, and have their hair
ed" as it is called; or in very
shorn o what is a woman's
w
no
h
s
h
I
u
an
it
b
n
si
B
an
bu
to
,do
tWo
bo
tc
tin
da
bu
lin
X
sett
gla
the
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on
si
ad
oro
oit r
R
find
hay
mac
Woo
goin
with
Sem
mos
Town
C -E,
apps
edit'
ol:els
and
for 2
they
have
ande
fully
that
perm
human
lyfo
v!z'ile,
barb
thank
well -
super
gener
but s
what
fly o
boldly
down
"boob
truth, sho ' f l t "
glory. They are . so advanoed, they
paint and powder in 1publie places.
.Heli rack their brains to produce- the
Ioveriest shades' and ' designs in silk
stockings, which women buy°and: do
not buy to hide them. NO where is
woman's :generosity more fully dis-
played than in their exhibition of silk.,
stoekings. :Education is of a high ,or=
der, sohigh that farmer's . sons and
daughters refuse to stop on the Tarns
any longer, and go out as doctors,
lawyers, teachers; clerks, which pro-
fessions are getting somewhat over-
crowded to put it mildly: But what
of that? We are improving day by
day. • We will not have more than
•one church before long, and Father
Gaffney; smiles ' all over at the
thought.' So, we bid our visitors wel-
come, rejoicing'in the -thought that
the Clinton and .its inhabitants they
cone to visit, have net stood still, but
have advanced upon the ;broad high-
way, upward, to completest civiliza-
tion! ,
Your,,, etc..
.TORN RAN,SFORD.,,,
Exeter: Mrs.. Leslie Rutherford,
wife of the accountant of the local
branch of `the Canadian Bank of Com:
morce, accidentally shot and, killed
herself at her home here.': She had
been in her usual health and had been
out in the afternoon. Her sister
went overto a neighbor's and 00 re-
turning found Mrs: Rutherford ,pros-
trate on the floor with a wound in
her chest, Mrs. Rutherford was in
her 35th year and was formerly Miss
Letitia Elealelz Broadfoot `'of Guelph,
A 1'RIB1JTi1 TO DEPAlfTED
DOCTOR`
T'
he Canada I aneeie1a andsa
Y Praohtgthit}on-
3 S
01:,Id`.it M r..• a .155 ^
r=
L 1
Bute
to
the ':late D-. Alexander 'Pay -
d
lor, of GoofodericIth,useful Aftelifer eeivinh
rc someobtetails- 'is
t -
uarar '
Y trete, signed A. 1- " `
g LW. con-
tinues: •
"One shrinks from trying
to de-
scribe z be so noble a character, Taut, for-
tunately, ately, the. 'author and the painter
have:: helped us tq do-somethinglikejustice to the good -physician.' The
public: and our profession will both
understand when we say he was a Dr.
McClure; Let us also look at that
great pictrue of `The' Doctor' by
Tilde
s.
One
who's s
tulle 't for—say
f '—
saY
an ho
tt1
vrzll
perhaps ups recall Sir
Mitchell Banks' reference to it, over
forty. years 'ago, His 'pulses will
quicken with ,leasur l z
p able pride,' and
he will thiole of his own wort in
fighting against pain, and' suffering,
and' death, ' lace his colleague ,on the
canvas,' The 'gentle "doctor is no
courtly physician, no London .speeial-
ist, that man—thanlr. God, His faee
tells of honesty, and common sense;
and self-reliance, and gentleness.
What more do you want? . , . of such
men is the Iiingdoin of I -leaven.'
Wizen last I stood before that picture
in Tait's gallery, fifteen years ago, I
looked at .the distressed parents, the
sick child, and the -anxious doctor,
and T' saw -in my mind nay friend,
Alexander Taylor."-Goderich Sig-
nal.
RAISE YOUR OWN FIELD .ROOT
AND VEGETABLE SEED
(Experimeatn} Farms' Note)
Despite the .careful' and earnest
supervision, exercised by inspectors
and seedmen, in the .buying and in-
spection of field ,root 'and vegetable
seed, much of the seed offered for re-
tain sale -is in Canada . not as repre-
seated. It often -turns out to be an-
other variety entirely, or is badly
mixed and the vesulting crop con-
tains a high percentage of undesirable
types. Of two hundred and twenty-
nine varieties of field' roots obtained
from seedmen, and tested during the
pastfouryearsat the Dominion Ex-
perimental Station Lennoxviile, •sue„
only twenty-three : have shown a rea-
sonable tameness
ea-sonable.trueness to type. Of the re-
maining two hundred and six, a few
proved to be merely . incorrectly
named, but 'the majority, werecom-
posed in part or were wholly, of
types entirely different from the re-
cognized type of the variety they,
,were supposed to 'represent, This un-
reliability of ordinary .. commercial
seed is also found to a some -what
lesser extent with many species of
vegetables.
The result of mixing, careless sel-
ection of seed stock or incorrect nam-
ing.of seed is often more serious
than would at first be supposed.
Where a crop is composed of mixed
types it is usually found that the ma-
joiit
infeeior nature . and <serlousl e
d -
rl
c of tl e fol±# n''Y tie
types>are of an
nee the
yield
and' quality of the crop.
As an instance of this„,of two lots
of>I-Ialf -Sue ver
Sager Whitem<'
Z z et
z rov n
g ,�
g
ats
..Lean - _
of '
vale in' 1.D22 'one that was:
about ninety -fn's; per cent. 'true to
tyee
I gave aell i
S of thirteen lzue
ten ton
S
per acre more than 'the other, the
crop from which was :„composed -large-
ly of roots ;representing ether tar.
reties and 'iitexm
zat
e
forms, . Ad it
And-
t"
shouid be added that the feeding
value and peeping ' quality. of the
mixed, lot was far theinfe • xioe
z of the
two. Incorrect naming although 'not
so serious `usually results in crop
of lessened` value,
1..
By oowin • his. own
growing gwrx seod, of fie
COOS and the common., le
o mon, ve stables tl
'air,
g the
f mer'
or •ar,
dens
g z bas the
h matter
aft •.
of sole
ez
ctxon in h' .
is -own l n
ds. By
carefulto
yet: not laborious, -attention)
he may not' only maintain' a
standard d d of purity and -clue in the
seed. he lesee, bus e,ec vei'•eiy
be
grade
ally 3 ins;'
ro ,.
ve t
3 1 d ost.
AW the
tippler regttirenseixts of his ;,,earn
garden., `Therefore ` apart;''lfrom
satin
incurred nc r•
use
db
B to
ueiix
Y p d ins"
of buying, seed, it q tote° oss• bi
produce larger , g e' fit
x an
g d zi
lox' ...;.
e profit
c,
P
crone ltv.
1growing
., seed ...'„
dt home
dtor '
zi -
cai'
D.
use,
-1
Detailed aif"
e n oxm^ '
t
a non on' this r
`feet may a beobtained '
Y
from any of
Dominion' , Experimental Farms
Stations:.'
F. S. Broe'
w12 ,Assistant `o.
L S'
Experimental Station,
Lennoxville:Que.
� .
Gerrie
21/Ir. and nd Mrs. Conrad.
en, R
Clifford,'"
announce o nc
e h
to
en
ga
meat of --their elder daughter, Irl
Pearl, to Mi'. Wilfrid Burnss Stews
n of 1blr. and Mrs. Janres:Stewa
high Corrie, thecmarriage
g to .take pl
quietly the latter part of :June
cmummuntommcomosowwwsmacie
ntario
its
calling you
Good Fellowship : and Good Roads
awaitou at every y ttdrltit
`` Do you -long for the opencoup
trythe:•rolling farm,
lands—the. lakes and streams—the unspoiled woods?
You will find them all in your own Province --and all
within easy motoring distance from almost every point.
The highways are calling you, The extent ofthe good
roads and their fine condition will surprise you.
11 is not necessary to stick to the provincial highways..
The county roads in most parts of the Province are
maintained in excellent condition, and lead to spots none
the less beautiful though not so well known.
See Ontario this'sumrner, Get acquainted with the
people and thebeauties of your own Province. You will
find good roads and good fellowship everywhere in
Ontario.
These,roads were built with your money and that of
the other people in Ontario. Take a pride in, them. Do
not needlessly destroy them by reckless driving. Re`
member, they are yours to use, not to abuse; yours to'
enjoy, not to destroy.
To protect them from needless wear and tear, the law
.provides a speed limit of 25 miles an hour. Tis sspeed
limit also protects you and other motorists from accident
on the highways.
Your co-operation in obeying the law is confidently
looked for by the Government. This co-operation is in
your own interest, because the damage whichis done by
,excessive speed must he paid for by you and other users
'of the roads. ,
An advertisement issued by the Ontario Department of High.
ways to secure the co•o eratton of motorists and truck drivers,
Automobile Clubs, Good Roads. Associations and all other public
spirited bodies, in abating the abuse of the roads of the Province,
The HON. QEO. S. HENRY, Minister; S. I,- SOIIIRE, Deputy Minister
That Fellow
Feeling
You are all wrapped up in the mer.
'chandise that fills your store. You.
enthuse over the quality of this article
and that, line. You probably display
the goodsattractively, too.
All you need now - is to transmit
,your enthusiasm to the buying public
of your community --and your goods
will move out and profits roll in.
ADVERTISE, Fos' advertising
-makes the customers feel as you dd,
-about the goods you have to sell.
Every time you talk to prospective
.buyers through en advertisement its
T1he NeWs ecord
_ -you areincreasing the fellow feeling :
.that eerings business to your store.
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"A Advertisement Advertisement is an Invitation
"People Shop
Where They Feel Welcome"�+