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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1938-05-19, Page 3THURS., MAY 19, 1938 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINETIES Do You Remember What Happened During The Last Decade Of The Old Century?.. The Clinton News -Record, May 19,' 1898. A Goderich township farmer named St. John was sorely wounded on Tuesday when a horse grabbed him; was a native of Belfast, Ireland, and by the neckas he was passing, Had after coming to Canada took up land it taken just a trifle larger mouthful near Brucefield. After selling his the regular vein would have been farm there he moved to Bayfield. He was 66 years of age. Sheppard. The doctor's many friends will be pleased to learn that he is greatly improved. Benjamin Higgins, one of the old- est settlers and pioneers of Bayfield died at his home Thursday night. He tapped. Baseball was once the popular game in Clinton and a few years since the Hub's team, the Red Stock- When The Present Century ings, was just a little too good• for anything in the district and as a re- Wile& /wing suit experienced the same difficulty The Clinton New Era, May 16, 1913 as did the Cricket Club last season in getting borne matches. Among the Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Bell and their Red Stockings who will take a keen two children recently arrived from interest in the game and would like Chesterfield, England, and are mak- to see it revived are Dr. Shaw, Will ing their home in Clinton, Mr, Bell Harland, J.. H. Hoover, Dr. Agnew having taken a position on Major and P. Spalding. . Ranee's big farm of which his The firm of Seale and Hoover had brother-in-law, Mr. Cordell, is fore - a member of their staff yesterday man. The Cordell and Bell families shaping the corner stone for the new are acquisitions to Clinton which will Methodist church at Bondesboro,I gladly welcome any more like them. which bears this inscription: "Laid by John Neelands Esq., Wingham, May 23rd, 1898". Mr. J. R. Collins, of the Eureka is a member of the Brucefield family Bakery, has sold out his business to of that name and was one of the Mr. R. Blake who takes possession football stalwarts who for several en Thursday. Mr. Collins does not in- tend to leave Clinton, at least not for the present. Mr. F. Rumball recently sold a nice new buggy to Mr. George Turner of Tuckersmith. Mr. J, C. Turner, of the Hotel Llai= Mr. J. Wilson Turner, representing the Crown Oil Co. of Hamilton, was in Clinton on Monday. Mr. Turner seasons made the village famous. Hon. I. B. Lucas, the member for Centre Grey,' who has been acting - Provincial Treasurer since the death of Col. Matheson, was this week sworn in as minister of that depart- ment and will go back to his constitu endon, will rust a daily carryall to ents for re-election on June 9th. Mr. Hayfield, beginning June ist. I Lucas is an uncle of Mr. J. E. Hovey For the present Miss T):, Combe and of town. Mr. W. Q. Phillips have taken charge) A report from Goderich states that as organist and leader, respectively, a,number of their citizens are going of St. Paul's church choir.in for chicken farming, among them Inspector Robb and Mr. Lough,Iis James Reynolds,. of the British Ex - Miss O'Neil and Miss Taylor, of the' change, and formerly of Clinton. Public School staff, attended then Mr. and Mrs. David Sours, who Teachers' Convention in Brussels Fri- have lived in Wingham for the past day and Saturday. )two years, have moved back to Clin- Mr. T. 'H, Brownlee, Tuckersmith, ton. wheeled to Goderich Tuesday, and Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Holmes, of made the return journey in something Saskatoon, once of Clinton, are guests less than forty minutes. We under- of their daughter, Mrs. G. M. Hal - stand that Mr. Brownlee is good any.'dane, Strathroy. They have just re time for a half day's journey at the turned from a winter spent in Ire - rate of fiteen miles per hour. land. ^_� r Mr. A. Lawson, Sr., has rented the cottage on Ontario street, formerly occupied by Mr. Keller. Mrs. Lattornell and daughter re- turned to St. Thomas last week, after visiting with the former's mother, Mrs. Combe, Sr. De Witt Cozens, recently of Clin W. W. Ferran this week received ton, was put on the list of exhorters a splendid piece -of horseflesh in the I l y Empress Avenue Methodist Church shape of a thoroughbred blood mare, of London. His father, Rev, T. Wes - from the well-known Hamlin stock ley C.osens, made an early start and farm, New York State. has kept up the good work, The Clinton New Era, May 20, 1898. While E. H. Snell was working in the orchard of ,Stephen Gray, Hullett, last week, he had the misfortune to fall and break his arm. Howard Jackson has taken a situ- ation in Buffalo, and his place as ex- press messenger will be taken by Tom McCuaig. Dr. Blacken and 1 Times, both of whom are members of the Board of The latest Iocal purchaser of an Directors of the Western Fair, were auto is Mr. Bert Langford who has in London on Saturday. bought a brand new five -passenger Miss Jennie Gilchrist left last Ford which he received yesterday, Week for Flint, Mich., and was , tick- Mr. Langford is one of our most ex- eted . by F. R. Hodgens, town .agent 1 perienced and : skillful drivers and as C.T.R. ,well knows about as much about the While out fishing the other day mechanism as does the maker him Walter Coats hauled out a speckledtself. trout measuring 14 inches in length,) Mr, and Mrs Chas. Lovett and fam- J. P. Tindall has improved his pro- ily, life-long residents of the Base perty by- taking down the front fence; Line, moved into town last week and, and having granolithic walks •put; taking up their residence on Princess down; James Howe is doing the latter street, are now citizens of Clinton. -and doing it well. Mr. C. Hoare of the music store Albert Jackson, freight clerk at Ni- has been making a number of sales agara Falls, was home a couple of+ f pianos in the vicinity, among the days last week. ,purchasers beings Messrs. J. K. Wise, The people of Ontario will be glad, George Roberton, T. Thompson and to Iearn that Mr. Hardy, Premier of ;Pearson. Mr. Hoare makes a spe- Ontario, is steadily', though somewhat eialty of the fine new Doherty pianos. slowly, recovering complete health. 1 Another change has taken place in The gun club held another shoot business circles in Clinton. The part - last Monday evening, when the fol-nership for the past year existing lowing shot at 25 birds each: A. J., between Messrs. Atkinson and Dun - Bright; J. E. Hovey, Mr. Weir, W. ford has been dissolved. Mr. Atkin - McMurray. Their scores were 24, 23, r son withdrawing from the business fl and 15. and Mr. John May, who came to town During the terrific storm on Wed -;from Exeter, taking over his inter nesday night lightning struck the este, The house in which Mr. Atkinson barn of Mr. M. Hill, 11th con. Hullett, lives has also become the property just west of town, and set it on fire, of Mr. May, but for the present will and the night watchman sounded the continue to be ocupied by Mr. and alarm. During the same storm the Mrs. Atkinson, who have won many barn of M. Hill, 'lith con. Hullett, friends in the community, was also struck and destroyed, along . The town council has offered Mr.. with the contents. Mr. Hays, inspector 11. B. Chant the position of Superirs of the. McKillop Mutual, was up yes- tendent of the combined Waterworks terday to arrange the loss for both and Electric Light Systems, the sal- these fires. lary to be twelve hundred dollars per The farmers in Goderieh township annum. Who are interested in the wood supply! The ninny friends of Mr. A. J, of the Klondike in Colborne, are build- Tyndall will be interested to learn ing 'n road up the bank of the river that he has secured an interest in at the end of the lane at Taylor's Cor- the well known dry goods business of her, whence they will be able to haul Mr. J. A. ,Irwin,. The new firm will their wood across the river instead be known as that of. "J. A. Irwin & of going around by Bennriller. With Co." and will adhere strictly to those. the use of the road grader and a : methods that have made it so suc- few willing workers they are making cessful in the past. an excellent road, which will save Mr. T, H. Cook has been awarded them many miles of travel. ,the contract for carrying the mail Dr. Sheppard, of Bayfield, who has over the Clinton -Alma rural route. been away for the Past two months, Mr: Cook will also collect the mail recuperating his health, returned on from the twelve or so boxes which Tuesday, and was met here by Mrs. the Government will place at various The Clinton News -Record, May 15, 1913. 'YOUR HOME STATION' CKNX WINGHAM 1200 Kcs.-Wingham-249.9 Metres WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Friday, May 20th: 11,00 a.m. "Clip- pings"; 11.30, "Peter McGregor". 12:00 noon, Canadian Farm and Horne Hour; 5.45 pm. "Adventure bound". Saturday, May 21st: 10.30 a.m. Shut -Ins; 12.00 noon, Canadian Farm and Home Hour; 12.45 p.m., CKNX Hillbillies; 1.15, Congratulations; 7.30 Barn Dance. Sunday, May 22: 11.00 a.m. Wing- ham United Church; 12.30 pan., The Music Box; 7.00, St. Andrew's Church, Monday, May 23rd: 11,00a.m. Clip- pings; 11.30, Peter MacGregor; 12.45 Royal Chefs; 5.30 Birthday Carnival; 5.45 "Adventure Bound"; 7.30, "Hon- ourable Archie"; 8.00 Kenneth Ren- toul. Tuesday, May 24th: 11.45 a.m. True Tale Dramas; 12.45. p.m. Wayne King Orch.;1.00 Quaker Tunes; 8.00 "Seal of the Don". Wednesday, May 25th: 11.30 a.m. "Peter MacGregor"; 12.45 p.m. Royal Chefs. • Thursday, May 26th: 11.30 a.m. Joe Peterson; 1.00 :n.m. Quaker Tunes. Putting Thoughts on Paper The death in New York of Frank D. Waterman draws attention to the comparative recentness of that great modern convenience, the fountain pen. Waterman's uncle invented the pen bearing their name, and he him- self had much .to do with developing it. As a matter of fact, while reser- voir pens had been experimented with for many years, it was not until the 1880's that they were marketed in a practicable form. It is thus with near- ly all great inventions. .A. long period of experimentation, or in some cases of rejection by the public, is sud- denly terminated by commercial suc- cess. Mankind's first pen was perhaps :r flint. The stylus, a pointed bodkin of metal, bone or ivory, was next. Then there were brushes of fine hair, split reeds, pieces of bamboo, and quills. Metal pens? One of them was found in the ruins of Pompeii. But machine -made steel pens date only from 1832. The word "fountain -pen" is found in a dictionary of 1823, but the article which then bore that name was regarded chiefly as a scl- entific curiosity. At that time the latest novelty in practical pens was one of tortoise -shell with gold lapped over the point. But the modern fountain -pen came into general use only" about half a century ag's and the first practical typewriter -that other boon to put- ting thoughts on paper -less than seventy-five years ago, In connection with the typewriter, as in connection with the pen, it will be found that there was a long period of experi- mentation preceding the commercial marketing of a practical article. As far back as 1714 Queen Anne granted a patent to Henry Mill (it, is only by coincidence that typewriters are sometimes called "mills" nowadays) for a contrivance which was described as follows: "An artificial machine or method for the impressing or tran- scribing of letters singly. or progress- ively one after another as in writing, whereby all writing whatever may be engrossed on paper or parchment so neat and exactas not to be'disting- uishable from printing." So far as known, this "artificial machine" ex- isted only on paper. It seems, indeed, that one of the earliest ideas about. typewriters 'was that they could be made to provide embossed lettere for the blind to read, and one for that purpose was invented in 1784, another in 1851. Writing and printing have been called the greatest inventions of man, transforming, as they do, thought and speech into more or less permanent form. A further step hat been taken in recording the actual, voices, and this not only on phonograph records, but on metal which will last for un- numbered years. Many of the great broadcasts have been so preserved. parts of the town as an added con- venience for our citizens. Mr. Dean Courtice, only son of. Mr. and Mrs, E. G. Courtice of town, has just completed his third year at the School of • Practical Science. Mr. Courtice headed his class the first and second year and this year carried off the scholarship, given by_the B. I. Association, valued at $130. Dean was also a prize winner at the C.C.I. He has now taken a position with the Waterworks Department of the City of Toronto for the summer vacation. A wedding of interest to readers took place in: Calgary on April 80th, when Miss Margaret Dowzer, of New Liskeard, formerly; of Clinton, was married to Mr. John 14IeCleod, of Ed- monton. The bride, who is a sister of Mrs. N. Ball of town and who is very well known here, has many friends who will heartily wish her a happy married life. They will reside in Ed- monton. Mr, N. E. Werrett, who for several months has been a member of the Molson's Bank staff, has been trans- ferred to Meaford, leaving for that place on Monday. He has been sue- ceeded here by Mr. Hutchinson, who comes from the Meaford branch. Cash Shortage Big Drawback to Huron Road Colonizer Galt Found •Himself Hand ieapped by Non -Resident Employers By L. 1. Atchison Following the Napoleonic Wars, George III, who was then reigning in England, granted to one of his loyal subjects a grant of land in the New World on the shores of Lake Huron, in what was then Upper Canada. Most closely associated with the history of Huron County from its earliest settlement to the present day and most intimately identified with its "manifest destiny" and Manifold material interests was the Canada Company, a huge land monopoly of English capitalists. John Galt, the Scotch writer, and father of Justice Galt and AIexander T. Galt, was the originator of this company, in which Lords Goderich and Colborne, Gen. Cockburn and Col. Sir John Howley were influential shareholders, as well as Messrs. Biddulph, Bosanquet, Blanchard, Davidson, Downie, East - hope, Ellice, Fullerton, Galt, Hay, Hibbert, Hullett, Logan, McGillivray, McKillop, Stanley, Stephen, Tucker - smith (which was always spelled as two words), Osborne, Williams and others, after which many of the townships in the old Huron Tract were named. The first highway constructed, or rather chopped, through the old Hur- on District was the still more an- cient Huron Road, which was survey- ed through from Stratford in 1828 by the Canada Company's engineers, under the direction of Dr. Dunlop, who was at that time "acting under a roving commission from the com- pany." The superintendent of the Canada Company's affairs in Canada , at this time was John Galt, the or- iginator of the company. He was sub-; jected to all the impediments and re- strictions which a court of directors, utterly ignorant of the nature and needs of the district which they had sent him out from England to devel-' op, could well impose. His every step ; was jealously watched, and his. ev- ; ery expenditure in the company's in - ferests was criticized by an over - exacting court. Hence, the Huron Road was not put in as good condi- tion by any meansas it would have been had Mr. Galt's enterprise and liberality been allowed full scope. As the Canada Company at this time +shut off their money supplies, Mr. !Galt was obliged to resort to the control' as an article with which to pay the contractor, Col. Van Eg- mond, and he in turn, was obliged to 'Pay his sub' -contractors in the same commodity. company's land, of which he still I erich and Lucknow highway, 22 miles would release, some of the heavy bur- in length. The county bought out this den of taxation from Canadian tax- ' road, ax-'road, and in 1873 abolished all toll- payers. Certainly any sane minded', person would admit Canada is over - governed for its poplulation. Admitting the Ontario Premier has do some occasPnOnclined toward through the latter and the township, dictatorial rule, still we have enough. sof Goderich ta;the town oi-Goderieh• faith in the sanity of Ontario voters held In 1$70, ina very fewinstances, the to prevent any - serious consequence. bogs and swamps which separated 1f Mr. Hepburn overstepped the mark the embryo settlements remained to too' far he would soon find himself tell of the lack of facilities of inter- hurled to the bottom of the political communication and to remind us of heap. Besides, he is only one premier one of the many disadvantages under.amdng seven other provinces and any serious threat from centralization+ which the Huron pioneers labored; while the splendid highway on all would have to come from Ottawa: hands observable are existing monu- -Listowel Standard.. rnents of the energy, perseverance and well -directed industry of those who have conquered a desolate and inhospitable wilderness and made it what it is -one of the most desirable in many respects of all the counties of the province. -London Free Press. 'gates throughout the county. Before{ 1870.' the railroad entered the county at the' town line of Hib- bert and Tuekersmith, and ran The history of the District of Huron as a political constituency dates from the first parliamentary election of 18361. The opponent sof Capt. Dunlop in the elections of 1835 was Col. Anthony Van Egmond. Route of Travel. The first point of contact of this road with the present County of Huron was at the southeast corner of McKillop township, whence it took its course along the aouthern bound- aries of McKillop and Hullett and through the southern part of Goder- ich township in an almost direct line with Goderich harbor; consequently, its original location in the vicinity of the town was further south than in 1879. It was over this road that most of the early settlers came in, many of them before it was chopped out, until which time the "blazed" trees 1 were the only guide-boards. ant The next important highway m or conte n strueted was the Goderich and Lon- 1don Road, running from the former. place through Clinton, Brucefield and ,Exeter, to London, This road was cut through by the Government, but its 'construction was only imperfectly ac - 1 complished until it was assumed some years later by the county, who graveled it in what they termed sec-� and class style. From Brucefield they constructed two branches -the one' to Bayfield, on the shore of Lake Huron, and the other through Sea - forth and Brussels to Wroxeter, both of these branches being constructed in first-class style and toll -gates placed thereon. The only private cor- poration who ever controlled the Hur- on County roads was the Northern Gravel Road Company, and the only road owned by them was the God - Sponging Advertising Speaking at a public meeting with regard to the Dominion -Provincial youth -training programme, Mr. F. H:. Avery, representing the Ontario gov- ernment, admitted that this move - About County Councils ment had not been properly adver•- tieed, adding "we have sponged likes When the Hepburn Government the Dickens on the press", and also hinted that County Councils might be adding that "the press hasbeen most abolished it made itself a fine target generous, but the press is entitled tie for weekly papers throughout the pro -;consideration just like any other mer - vine to shoot at. Fire has been drawn chant," from many of the weeklies in Thiel There are a great number of organ section of Western Ontario. In'offer-'lotions and individuals who believe: ing its criticism the Mount Forest they are fully entitled to "spongy Confederate, says, "County councils:like the Dickens on the press", but. are a necessary Iink between mum -cuplike Mr. Avery never came to the- eipality and the province.and a wise realization that '`fere press'is entitled. Cheek against eent>ialization tendenc-1to consideration just like any other les of the present day, and they form,merchant". a connecting link between the towns, As a general rule the press, and' villages and townships of a county. If more especially, newspapers serving• they are abolished it will be because the smaller communities, is always• the provincial authorities want to as -!ready and willing to freely and whole sume more power in the conduct of heartedly support any movement 1or public. affairs". ,the public good. On the other, hand: The fDundalk Herald opined: there ,is, generally sneaking, a hard. ``County councils serve a useful pur- and fast rule against free publicity pose, are inexpensive and close to the! n connection with purely commercial people. Their abolishment would be; or money -making schemes which is. an inadvisable Step". Other papers sometimes forgotten by the general are also against such a move. ,public. Nevertheless we . are going to : bo Newspapers cannot be expected to. different and crawl out on the pro- give away their rnerehandise except verbial limb. The thorn which seems' as a donation to some worthy eause,. to prick most into the sides of those' and it is most refreshing to hear Mr. who oppose abolishment of Goverrni Avery say that "the press is entitled anent. Perhaps a little more central.; to consideration like any other mer- ization would be a good thing, Itchant." Ex, HAND SIGNALS FOR DRIVER$ (Signals generally understood • by Cenadkn mutorisrsr Moe accidents are preventable. Do your pars by- clearly signalling you, Intention befee making a risk or left turn, RIGHT TURN Hand and arm extended upward or moved with a sweeping motion hcmthe rear to the hent. or greatest safety get Blue Sunoco; we challenge you to find a quicker acting motor fuel .. 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