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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1925-06-18, Page 7t,Ml�l%1�r oo l�ijctieal Jokes Ih of � s C! .� IUWf ` n are •e g elleaf o� stor- ies oe en-lier days in Clinton written b a£o sax ,. . 3^ lex i z tat_ 4 iCt1 i t resident who w o co''. ntrnu es to have a keen interest -i t ,the old town and who . hales. :; e her ha -ea to ,be here _ the . e Sezti'= zCc t' nteni nza_ in Aug- _ 11 1 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. d a s f 0 m p c th tri a s you er at ce 'Pe r Sen era th hes the file di 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 -as Ina 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. - 2 "A Advertisement Advertisement is an Invitation "People Shop Where They Feel Welcome"�+