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WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
Do You Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
From The Clinton News -Record, ously ill at his home in Hamilton.
June 2nd, 1898 Blood poisoning has set in and it is
said there is little hope of his recov-
Jake Shaman's jigger was wheeled ery.
off by some person or persons last'
Wednesday night and was not located Front The Clinton New Era,
until Saturday when found at Liman June 3rd, 1898
Crossing and brought up on the train.
Presumably it was a couple of tramps Richard Heywood, the well-known
who preferred the jigger to the bump- and highly respected builder of town,
ers who played the trick. died unexpectedly on Saturday even -
Mr. John Young, Goderich town- ing, at the age of 55 years. He was
ship farmer, met with a peculiar and g first class mechanic and lately had
serious accident on Friday. As he been a partner of D. Prior. His wife
was shearing sheep an obstreperous
ewe kicked the shears and one of the fancily of three girls and four boys.
blades punctured, the eye ball and in
withdrawing drew retrt of the inter-
ior of the eye through the wound. He
is now doing well but may ultimately
lose the sight of one or both eyes.
The cricketers have been a little has been with the railroad for over the bucket brigade were valiant but
backward in practise but will be at eight years. unavailable.
it every afternoon this week making Mrs. Dodsworth's house on Isaac
ready for next Monday's match with street has been rented by Walter Cole
Forest. The probable players will be of the Macpherson and Hovey Co..
M. McTaggart J. McMurchie, J. Mrs. McGuire, of Chicopee Falls,
Howson, L. Kennedy, A. MeGarva, R. Mass., mother of J. McGuire, at the
Agnew, J. B. Hoover, E. Smith, G. station, expects to take up her resi-
Barge P. Couch and another. In ad- dence here.
dition to Forest, matches are ex-
pected with Windsor and Parkdales,
both teams touring, and Listowel.
Mr. J. W. Treleaven, of the Colleg-
late staff, received over the wire from
Luctuaow yesterday morning the very ed the Liberal convention in Dun -
sad news that his mother had died gannon on Tuesday: W. Coats, R.
suddenlyduring the night. Thie is Holmes, J. Smith, A Armstrong, H.
a double affliction in a year, his Hodgens, J. Wiseman, T. Cottle, F.
father having died in June last, Mr. Hall, F. Boles, Walter Coats, J. W.
Treleaven took the first train for Irwin,. T. Jackson, F. Jackson, F.
Laoknow to attend the fueerah. Macpherson, D. McCorvie, J. McMath,
Thos. A. Wacker is as busy as can! G. Rodgers, W. Robb, J. Govett, J.
be and puts in ten hours work every McOlacherty, J. Stevens, J. T. Wilkie,
day. Just now he is finishing up a S. S. Cooper and J. Taylor.
Dr. Wood, who went to Listowel
last fall to take charge of Dr. Ruth-
erford's large practice during the
latter's illness, returned to Clinton,
on Monday and went over to Bay-
field the same evening to resume
practice there.
died four years ago, and he leaves a
Thomas. Rumball, the efficient
freight clerk at the G. T. R. station is
we understand, slated for promotion
at an early date, which will neces-
sitate his removal front Clinton Thos
Tuesday morning. He was almost
fifty-nine years of age.
Mr. A. S, Taylor of London, form-
erly of Clinton and brother of Mr.
Jacob Taylor of town, 'has sailed for
England in company with his wife
and will be absent some months. They
will visit Switzerland before return-
ing,
Mr. L. Howson, who with his 'wife
visited Clinton and vicinity during the
late winter, only returning to their
home at Rolla, North Dakota, a few
weeks ago, was called back the end
of last week owing to the serious ill-
ness of his mother, Mrs. Taylor of
,Ontario street.
Mr. Itobt. Pollock of LaRiviere,
Man., has been. visiting Mr. John
Torrence of town and calling on
friends and relatives in Stanley. It
is seven years since Mr. Pollock' last
visited the old haunts and fifteen
since he first took up residence in
Manitoba.
Messrs. IL Twitchell and Ike Rat-
tenbury and Misses Hattie Holloway
and • Elsie Ross motored to Goderich
on Saturday.
Miss Annabelle McEwan, who has
completed her first final year at the
Medical College, Toronto, has gone to
Fergus to assist in the hospital there.
A very disastrous fire took place
in Holmesville on Monday afternoon
when the residence of Mrs. Hick was
razed to the ground, The efforts of
Mrs. Ferran and Mrs. H .T. Rance
were guests at the marriage of Miss
Cameron daughter of Lieut, -Governor
M. C. Cameron, Goderich, on Tuesday.
The following from. Clinton attend -
barn foundation for Melville Clarke,
of Uullett, while hi a 1% mile stretch
in Tuckersmith he has these con-
tracts: Roger Pepper, barn founda-
tion; Harry Cudmore, house founda-
tion; Harry Carter, barn foundation;
John Wise, barn foundation.
Sheffield Lodge Sons of England,
with delegations from sister lodges
at Londesboro, Goderich and Exeter,
Celebrated Her Majesty's Birthday by
attending divine ' service at the Ont-
ario St. Methodist church on Sunday
Morning. The esteemed pastor, Rev.
B. Clement, preached very approp-
riately
Mr. J. 1', Emmertonmoved this met socially in Toronto and the names
weeks in the Rattenbury, residence. will be familiar to many of the older
Mr. Cole has rented Mr. Dods- citizens. Mrs. Malloch, widow of the
worth's house on Isaac street and late D. M, Malloch, formerly principal
of the Clinton Public School; Mrs.
Several of S. S. Cooper's gang ee Turnbull, widow of the late James
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When The Present Century
Was Young
From The Clinton News -Record,
May 29th, 1913
The other day the following ladies
moves this week.
briehlayers went across to Bayfield Turnbull £or many years p 'p
Monday to put up the brickwork of of the C.C.I. and Mrs. Murray, widow
Mr. Jewitt's residence." of the late William Murray a former
Mr. A. Cantelon's staff of masons manager of Fair's Mill. The latter
have been repairing Ben SwitzeII's is said to be the oast surviving ehart
residence, and extending the founda- er member of Willis church.
tions of, John Hudie's and J. aI Major McCrimmon of London was
Steep's, barns, all of Goderich town:' in town yesterday inspecting the Cad -
ship, ets, who went through their drills un -
Painter Copp is putting the tifficks der command of Lieut. Towne.
con Frank Poweli's shop, l At the annual meeting of the Ont-
Mr. W. Duncan, who has quit, an alio street church Sunday school
:apairy of Italian bees, had them i booard the other evening Mr, H. Wiltse
swarm on May 25th., which is from was elected superintendent in place of
two to three weeks earlier than usual. Mr,.A. Hooper', who retires owing to
Mr. Duncan has been raising bees for Til health. Messrs. Ralph Tipilady, J.
sixteen years andbeing of an observ.' Rands, Amos Castle and Howard
ant nature, knows whereof he speaks,' Pickett, were elected secretaries.
Duncan Campbell, who when em. Joseph Colelough, a life-long resi-
ployed in construction of the Dohertydent of Goderich township, passed
buildings stepped upon a nail which away at his home on the Base
penetrated his foot, is now, danger. ; Line just north of town early on
From The Clinton New Era,
May 29th, 1913
To the long list of former Clinton-
ians who have made good,and are oc-
cupying positions . of responsibility
and trust may be added the name of
Mr.'.Thomas Turnbull, eldest son of
the late James Turnbull, who so long
occupied the position of Clinton Col-
legiate Institute principal. Mr. Turn-
bull has been for some time general
manager of the Bank of Commerce in
Edmonton and is in receipt of a sal-
ary of $5,000 a year.
Clinton was full of rumors about
six o'clock on Monday night when the
report spread around that the whole
of Holmesville . was burning up. The
Methodist church had a narrow es-
cape.
scape. Several from here motored out
to see the fire.
At the regular meeting of the I.O.
O.F. Lodge on Tuesday night, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
coming term: N.G., Bro. George Web-
ber; V.G,, Edward Hall; Rec,-See.,
Herbert Alexander; Vin -Sec. John
Wiseman; Treas. H. B. Chant, Rep-
resentatives to District meeting,
Bros. Wiseman and Chant. To Grand
Lodge, Albert Mitchell
Mr. J. A. Taylor, Canadian manager
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Si.
Paul Railroad, underwent a critical
operation Saturday. "Andy" Taylor.
iscommonly referred to as the God-
father of Clinton bowlers. His
friends here hope for a speedy re-
covery.
Rev. Isaac Couch of Peterboro,
brother of the late Arthur Couch of
Clinton,' has accepted an invitation
to McLeod street church, Ottawa.•.
Mrs. Sharman (nee Miss Charlotte
McNaughton) of Lethbridge was call-
ing
all-ing' on old friends in town last week,
Mr, Bertrand Nesbett, who was ac-
cidently drowned in Algonquin Park
last week, was wen known in Clinton
where, as a boy, he visited his aunt,
Mrs. J. W. Irwin.
HOW TRUE THIS IS
Says the Tara Leader: "Taraor
any other town will not become a good
business' centre as long as its bus-
inessmen rely on a few merchants to
make the effort to bring trade to
town. Too often the men in a few
lines of trade are about the only ones
that reach out , for custom. Other
merchants wait until these peen in-
duce people to come to town' and con-
tent themselves with trade that net-
MakingCanada
A Better Place
In Which to Live,
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LETTER NO. 4
Dear Sir:
I have always, felt that the
"Weeklies" of this country are a far
more influential and important sec-
tion
eation of the Canadian "Press" than
our people understand. They carry
into the homes of their •readers in-
timate local news that has a direct
interest and their influence is accord=
ingly great. That is one reason why
I believe that the railways .perform
a useful service to the country in help-
ing to make it possible for the editors
and publishers of the weekly news-
papers to travel across the country
once a year to meet in convention and
exchange ideas on public questions.
I believe it highly desirable that your
membership should visit various parts
of the country from year to year,
and thus become acquainted with the
problems which our widely varying
communities have before them.
You ask me what endeavour I would
recommend to your editors to help
make Canada a better place in which
to Iive and work. It is a tremend-
ous question and T am sure is is one
upon which every one of your intel-
ligent and patriotically inclined mem-
bership will have definite ideas.
Canada is faced with many prob-
lems. We have met and passed more
or less safely through several during
the last quarter century. Those ahead
are just as serious, but if we meet
them with courage and a determina-
tion to consider only the welfare of
the country at large, they will prove
no more insuperable than did those
which form high points • in our past
history.
Some of our problems are economic
and perhaps these are the more ser-
ious. They mostly have found their
basis, in world-wide :conditions and
to some extent in limitations imposed
by geographical situation, and there
are those which are the direct result
of public extravagance and a general
disregard in those days when we were
more prosperous than we have lately
been.
There are problems ahead, also,
which seem to arise out of racial dif-
ferences and from the fact that in
various parts of this country we have
communities who find it difficult to
think along the lines of those ahead of
us who live in other areas.
In my humble opinion, the editors
of the weekly newspapers would do
well to devote study and space to hat-
Tonal problems as these I have indicat-
ed I know of no better help to ar-
riving at sound constructive decisions
than may be found in the exchange 'of
ideas which will be a natural result
of your meeting together in conven-
tion. ' I have an idea that many of
these problems would not exist were
all Canadians even - reasonably well
informed on the points of view held
by their fellow -citizens in other parts
of the country.
Undoubtedly some of the difficult-
ies that confront us are the result of
bad leadership to which we have giv-
en undue confidence. Some of these
self -constituted leaders have been ed-
ucated by self-interest and others by
belief in economic theories more re-
markable for their novelty and widely
heralded by thoroughly undependable
promises of relief than they were for
the soundness of their economic bases.
The need is for sound leadership in
facing national problems, and I would
suggest that as these problems move
forward to their solution it would be
well if those who discussthem in
editorial columns should look towards
sound dependable leaders whose pro-
posals for dealing with our problems
are founded upon time tested and pro-
ven fundamentals; and having found
such leaders, they should be. given
whole -hearted support even when
political expediency would seem to
pointin other directions.
I greatly fear that you will con-
sider this letter unnecessarily long,
but, I hope, not without interest. The
offer of advice on other peoples' bus-
Mess is usually a thankless task, but
you have asked me for my ideas on
these matters and I am glad to com-
ply. Furthermore,' we all see difficult-
ies ahead for this country, and I be-
lieve you and your colleagues can do
much to help meet them. i am con-
vinced, also, that insofar as you do so
you will strengthen the position of
your own newspaper in the communi-
ties in which they live,
With .all good wishes for the suc-
cess of your Convention, and for your-
self, "I remain,
Yours very truly,
D. W. BEA.TTY,
President, Canadian Pacific
Railroad Company.
urally drifts to their place. A public
spirited man would ask himself if he
is doing his best to attract people to
come to town to trade, in helping the
entire business community and no
town is a success unless all lines are
working to extend trade as far as
possible arid trying to bring a larger
territory in the eircles in which the
town is the business centre;
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by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
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Two years ago or so one of my she might earn a little money for
contributions to the News -Record dealt food. She got the washing of two
with a book by Hubert Skidmore --a lumbermen ata total of 40 cents a
book whose title was "I Will Lift Up !week. She gathered herbs and gin -
Mine Eyes". This book, a novel, told'seng. She and her son tramped 8
of the life of a family in the Blue miles overthe hills to get two bags
Ridge country of the United States, of free apples that she might make
the Tennessee and Kentucky region.' apple butter, and they carried this
This family had a smaII patch of Iand load on their backs over hills and
an a hilltop, barren land. All the valleys.
labour of the family could not get The story focusses on the son, aged
from the soil enough to sustain life 10, and rather frail. This son had
during the winter months. Driven an ailment. His mind became Con-
away by the futility of their effort, fused under severe stress. He seemed
the family found sustenance in a to be unable to distinguish between
near -by- lumber camp. Here the fath- ,the reality and unreality. His vivid
er and one son found employment.
Here the mother made a home in a
ranishaekled building. .Theme were
three children, a lout and wayward;
another son in his early teens, timid,
a good student, and much dependent
on his mother's care; and a daughter
with a club foot, a fine child, devoted
to her mother. The father was a good
worker and husband. AIas however,
he was killed, a misadventure. Then
the mother and her two youngest
children returned to their small farm
on the .top of the hill.
There the story ended. Yet I knew
that the ending was but temporary,
for the author wrote me, in reply to
a letter of compliment from me, that
he planned a sequel. Now the sequel
has bean published, with the title,
"Heaven Came So Near". It is of
this sequel that I now write.
Mr. Skidmore's first book was an
acclaimed one by the book reviewers
and by those able to see quality in
both story and craftmanship. The
book was awarded a $1500 prize, and
two of the judges my readers may
know by name --Sinclair Lewis and
Ruth Suckow. The judges saw, a book
which was first-class portraiture—
portraiture of toilers—defeated toil-
ers, The main portrait was of the
mother: I wonder if any writer has
ever painted a finer portrait of a
mother—of mother -devotion. This
mother was physically strong. She
had no culture as this word is com-
monly understood, yet she was mag-
nificent in the nobility of her nature.
Perhaps she could read and write, and
she had some appreciation of the
value: of the education. Her nobility
had revelation in her integrity, in her
passionate devotion to her children,
in her love of the hilltop farm, in
her unstinted self-sacrifice, in her
stubborn effort to make a home for
her family with slender resources, in
her inflexibile rectitude. Her neigh-
bors were shiftless, common gossip-
ers, good-hearted after a fashion,
quite unable to understand the moth-
er whe kept both house and garden
tidy, and who mothered her family as
a mother hen does her chicks.
This mother had no liking for the
village which grew up around the
sawmill. She saw that it was de-
bauching her eldest son, and eating
away the love of the land of her
husband. Always she ,wanted to get
back: to their little farm on a mount-
ain. There she was ready to work.
like a beast of burden. There she felt
was protection from every evil.
Yet after her return, when her hus-
band was - killed, she found that the
soil of the farm and drought, cheated
her labour and her faith. So, on the
eve of winter, with but scant posses-
sions and with but a few jars of pres-
erves, this brave woman was forced
to setup to the village which had
been so abhorred by her. She found
an empty shack, and -here she and
ber two children ' established •them-
selves. Desperately she toiled that
imaginings became a sort of haze over
his goings and comings, He could
' not find employment in the .village,
though he tried honestly. The ea-,�fians of the village beat him and,
'kicked him and terrified him. There
was a girl, however, who was kind to
( him, and he fell in love with her, But
this girl had a lover—one of the ruf-1
flans, and meetings between her and
the gentle youth had to be stealthy
ones,
Because he could not get work, the
youth went to school. The teacher
saw possibilities in his scholar, and
encouraged him to prepare himself
for a teacher's examination. This
examination was taken and the youth
and his mother saw glimpses of heav-
en—in the form of an escape to a new
community, an assured income, and a
new opportunities.
The club-footed daughter, feeling
herself to be a dead weight on tier
mother, had gone off with a widower,
to become his drudge -ea bit of glor-
ious self-sacrifice. The wound to the
mother really never healed. It but
hardened her in her purpose to shelter
her mentally -afflicted son.
Then starktragedy overtook this
magnificent mother and her weakling
son. The girl whom the son had
courted was found dead and the youth
whom she had been seeing by stealth
was believed to be the slayer, The
mother knew him to be innooent, be-
cause her son was at home when the
Mime was committed. The murderer
was the girl's ruffian lover.
The murder occured during the -per-
rod of a revival meeting, led by an
itinerant preacher of fierce nature.
All those at the revival meeting al-
lowed themselves to believe that the
murderer was the widow's son, and
there was a cry for vengeance. When
the alleged murderer wandered into the
revival meeting, dazed, he was seized
and taken away and hanged. The
mother who was present, fought to,
save her son, but was helpless to do
so. With the incident the story ends.(
You may think that this story
which ends Co abruptly—just when
heaven was drawing so close—the
heaven of an escape to a new region,
where the youth was going to teach
and when there' was assurance of a'
happy translation front hardships of
poverty and fear and indignities, to a
new kind of life -is anunpleasant!
one. Well, . it is; yet itremains al
story which all lovers of good writing
and all admirers of good fiction
should read. 1
I read a good many books, and I
am learning toread them rapidly --
skipping much racing over the pages
and chapters, just because there is no
gain, no sense, in reading every page'
carfelly. Yet now and then,; T get
hold of a book which holds ney int-
erect from first to last, by the excel.
lence of its story and of the writer's
literary art. "Heaven Came So Near"
is one of these books. I urge every.
one of my readers to get hold of it.
Ask your public library to get it.
that many may read it. The publish--
ers are Doubleday, Doran and Co.
Some books are written dust to en-
tertain their readers. Other books are.
written to let us see how others live,
in order that our understanding of
life may be broadened and deepened.
Some of us may make ourselves be-
lieve than our own personal lot is a:
hard one: But when we leers of the
lives of those less blessed than your -
life, then we are made grateful to
Heaven that by comparison we are
truly to be envied:'
But it is the mother of Mr. Skid-
more's story whom , all of us should
know. One can be a very noble mother
even in a shack and even in destitu-
tion, even in the obscurity of e
mountain region.
Baby Chick Shipment
Shipment of baby chicks in a com-
mercial way is a development of the -
last 25 or 30 years, beingeven more
recent than the introduction of the
automobile, It was made possible hr
the discovery that the chick, in com-
mon with seen other birds, takes into'
its body just before it is hatched as
supply of food sufficient to nourishe
it for a week or more. The scientific.'
world has always stood in awe of`
the wonderful provision of Nature.
whereby there is included itt an egg:
all of the elements required to grow'
and bring into being an organism' of
as high an order as the baby chickks
with the simple addition of approp.-
nate heat.
It required, however, the knowledge,
of the availability of a natural foods:
supply to make possible the present
day baby chick business. Chicks are
now shipped as far distant as 1,000'
miles from the point of hatching
without the necessity of feeding or
watering. All that is needed is they'
be given sufficient ventilation and
boxed in such a manner that their
own heat can be preserved, and also.
provision made for supplying the
necessary warmth. This shipment of
chicks is in reality one of the present
day marvels in modern scientific -
achievement and is one of the manyr
advances that have taken place in:
agriculture in recent years.
One of the first ,persons in North
America to make commercial ship-
ments of: baby- chicks was a Canadian,
the veteran poultryman, W. H. Fisher
of Ayton, Ontario. The original chicle.
box used in the first shipment is:
prized almost as a museum piece by
the people of that .town. From small
beginnings the trade in chicks has
grown until today on the continent
of. North America, over 100,000,0004
baby chicks are distributed annually..
Of this number, Canada accounts for-
about
orabout 12,000,000.
IThe development of the baby chick
industry, in which baby chicks are
available in, any quantity on any date;,
provides the medium for -the develop-•
rent of quality to meet the needs of'
market through the fact that, • in the
selection of breeding'; stock from.
which' hatching eggs are supplied, the:
proper market type and requirements•
are constantly to the fore. This is
possible owing to the fact that a.
comparatively , limited number of
breeding flocks supply the bulk of:•
the eggs required for incubation rats
the Iarger hatcheries.
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have nothing on us. We're cer-
tainly digging our toes in to
catch up on the arrears on our
subscription list. If you are in
arrears will you oblige with a
remittance?
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