HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1938-09-22, Page 3T'IEIIRS., SEPT. 22, 1938.
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
I� .WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
L GAY NINETIES
DA) You Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
The Clinton New Era,
September 23rd, 1898.
A meeting of the Collegiate Foot-
ball Club was held last Thursday
night The meeting was well at-
tended, and much enthusiasm. shown.
The officers eleeted :were as follows:
Pres. J. W. Treleaven; Sec.-Treas.,
W. S. Turnbull; Capt,, T. J. Kelly.
Field Com. McConnell, Agnew and
Fair; Sub. Com. Bielby, McConnell,
Passomre, Pickard, Jackson and Rig-
sby.
The annual meeting of the Huron
Rifle Association was held in the
Clarendon Hotel. Officers are Pres.
Capt. Combe; Vice, Jo Johnston;
Treas. N. Robson; Sec, Dr. Bruce;
Executive Capt. • McTaggart, D.
Macpherson, E. Hovey, W. G. Doher-
ty, B. J. Gibbings. It was decided
to • hold the annul match, with the
new I.ee-Enfield rifle, sometime dur-
ing October.
Dr. Turnbull, of town, has taken in
to partnership Dr. W. Graham, of
Toronto, and formerly of Brussels.
Dr. Graham is an old Huronite and
needs no introduction to the people
of Huron. He spent his boyhood
days in Tuekersmith', and attended
public school taught by Mr. Nichol
Robson, of town. The doctor, along
with Mrs. Graham, expects to arrive
in Clinton during the first week of
October.
The trustees of No. 2 Goderich
township, are advertising for a teach-
er to take the place of Peter Camp-
bell, whose term expires at the end
of the year; it was with great re-
luctance that the board of this
school agreed to let him go at the
end of the term. He has some idea
of going to Hawaii, and engaging
there in coffee culture, Mr. McClus-
key a former teacher of this town-
ship, has made quite a success of
this work.
teacher of No. 11, Goderich township
teacher of No. 11, Godesich township
has been at his school for 11 years.
Miss Evelyn Turner left this week
for a short visit to Toronto; on her
'.return next week she will take
charge of the department in the Pub-
lic School taught by Miss Doherty,
who has resigned in order to . attend
the School of Pedagogy.
We understand that Archibald
Fowler is preparing plans for a new
brick house, to be erected by Dr.
Agnew next year.
Dr. McCallum returned from Lon-
desboro last Monday, where he had
been looking after Dr. Agnew's
practice while he was away on holi-
days.
Jas. Colciough, who has been run-
ning
unning a milk ,business at Blyth, was
canvassing for support on Wednes-
day, the alleged intention of
•starting here again.
J. A. Baird, of Brucefield, has re-
turned to McGill University where
he will enter upon his third year in
medicine.
Miss Lucy Brewer has gone to
Toronto to attend college; Mrs.
Brewer accompanied her to the city.
Miss Maucl Robinson, of Brucefield
and Miss Eva Burnett, of Goderich
Townships are visiting at the home
of Robt. Welsh.
Messrs Frank Boles and A. Swit-
zer leave tomorrow for Detroit,
where they pursue their dental stud-
ies.
Rev. Win. Scott was renewing ac-
quaintances with former parishioners'
of Summerhill and Holmesviile and
with friends in Clinton.
When The Present Century
Was Young
The .Clinton New Era,
September 26, 1913
Mr. Anther Forbes is having a
new cement coal office erected on
the grounds where the frame one
was destroyed. It will make a
great improvement at the station,
With such a fine Council Chamber
Prow it is hard to believe that the
Mayor's chair and table for the press
should be behind the procession. A
new chair is a necessity and a cover-
ed table would add to the appear -
ranee of the room.
Mr. Peter Scott of East Wawanosh,
returning officer in connection' with
the Scott Act vote was here last
week making arrangements respect-
ing the matter, The date, he said,
had not been fixed.
Every year the matter of revision
of the Bylaws of the towncome up,
but nothing is ever done. Many are
so antiquated and stale as to be
nothing short of a joke, while others
overlap.
The new 'steel bridge is again un-
dergoing the improvements of a
coat of paint and the approaches to
the sidewalk' are being completed
Then too the Bayfield evaporator is
running, operated by Mr. Mener but
the run is not as heavy this year.
Mr. Orland Johnston of Zurich, is
junior in the Molsons Bank here. He
was a former student in the Clinton
Business College,
Principal Gundry of the Stratbroy
Collegiate Institute, formerly prin-
cipal of the C.C.I. received a tempt-
ing offer to become principal of the
North Bay Collegiate. The offer was
in the neighborhood of from •$23300
to $2,500, but Mr. Gundry declined
to accept.
Mr, John Torrance has rented Mr
J. Guest's house on Albert street
and gets immediate possession.
Huron students at Stratford Nor-
mal include Robert R. Forbes, Clin-
ton; Hazel S. Campbell, Constance,
Marguerite A. Horan, Seaforth;
Maud C. McAllister, Hensall; Kath-
leen Wilton, Brussels:
A, new foundation is being put un-
der the council hall at Londesboro,
the work being done by Mr. J.
Stewart of Blyth.
Russel Love, of Ethel, has secured
a position as customs officer in
Ottawa.
Mr. A, T, Box has acquired the
sole interest in the, Broadfoot Box
Furniture Co. and Undertaking at
Seaforth," but the business will still
be under management of Mr. S. T.
Holmes.
The Clinton News -Record, Septemb-
er 25, 1913
On Saturday last Mr. D. Cantelon
shipped a carload of apples to Sud-
bury. The pickle workers will no
doubt be demanding all they can get.
The local Conservatives reorganized
on Monday night and elected the
following officers: Pres. A. J. Grigg;
'Vice, H. E Rorke; Sec. W.L. John-
aton; Treas, D. Cantelon; Ward
Chairman: R. J. Chuff; Jas A. Ford
P. Cantelon.
Principal Bach of the Model
School had a pleasant duty to per-
form on Tuesday when he placed
the Dunn Cup in the custody of Miss
Nellie ICemp who won it by heading
the list of successful Clinton students
at the last Entrance examination.
Nellie is a clever student and will
no doubt acquit berself well at future
exams.
Major Shhana- Major Rance, Lieut.
Dowding and Lieut. Towne attended
the funeral of the late Col. John J.
Wilson in Seaforth yesterday after-
noon.
A very sad accident and one which
resulted in the death of an esteemed
resident of Stanley township, in the
person of Mrs, Ralph Stephenson of
the Parr Line, oceured on Monday
evening. The horse shied at a small
bonfire of leaves or rubbish on the
roadside and upset the rig. Mrs.
Stephenson was thrown heavily and
sustained injuries causing her death.
Mr. R. Mackenzie left yesterday to
to accept a position with a cont
tracting firm at Detroit,
Mr, James Campbell, the veteran
clerk of Huilet township, was in
town _ yedterday, conferring with
Judge Doyle re voters' list revision,
A couple of weeks ago the News -
Record reported an accident which
befel Harold, the four-year-old and
only son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Jackson, who set his clothing on fire
before the family were astir and was
badly burned. The little lad passed
on from the burns.
The hydro pole planters having
completedtheir work to and at God-
erich, are again itt town and are
now poling out to the second of Hul-
lett. They are putting up a lot of
long poles some being sixty-five feet
and others only five feet less.
Mr. F. 0. Mcllveen, for the past
couple of years manager of the
Auburn branch of the Sterling Bank,
has been transferred toa still
more important branch at Watford.
The good people of Auburn were
sorry to see him depart but wish
him continued success.
Mr. Carl East, teller in the Royal
Bank, is this week enjoying a holi-
day at the Naftel Camp. Though
a little late in the season there is
still much enjoyment to he had in
the rural haunts.
Rev. C. E. Deakins was in London
on Sunday conducting the services
in the Oronyn Memorial Church. He
was also in the city yesterday re-
presenting Huron County at the con-
ference of Sunday School workers
THE THERMOS BOTTLE
Thermos bottle is a trade name for
a practical device invented by Sir
James Dewar about 1892 for the pur-
pose of containing intensely cold
liquefied gasps. It is also called a
vacuum bottle as it consists essen-
tially of a double -walled bottle or
flask in which there iso high vacuum
between the walls. Radiation is pre-
vented by silvering the walls, and
there is, of averse nothing to eon -
duet heat across the vacuum. The
small opening to the flask is usually
stoppered with a thick cork, this
material being a very poor conductor.
'of heat.
(7)un��News`
1111.~~11=111111100110 etvoimilialaammlawal*WI
WRIT ISSUED AGAINST
HENSALL DOCTOR
A supreme court writ has been is-
sued in London by Dr. John G. Ross
who is suing Dr, Alexander Moir, of
Hensall, far damages; as the result
of aru accident Which occurred on No.
4 highway . a mile and a quarter
south of Hensall on August 23rd. Dr.
Moir's hired man figured' m the ac-
cident while driving a wagon without
a light for which a fine has already
been paid. . Dr. Ross. is sueing for
personal injuries and for damages
to his automobile and clothing, which
he claims were caused by negligence
of the•defendant or his servants in
the : collision which was between Dr.
Ross' automobile and the automobile
of Albert W. Shirray—Exeter Times
Advocate.
PURCHASED RESIDENCE
• Mr. 'John Jacobs, of Clinton, has
purchased .from the estate of the late
Mary Tom, the residence on Andrew
street previously occupied by Mr: L.
O'Brien. Mr. Jacobs, keeper of the
Huron County Home, intends to rent
the place until such time ashe is
reedy to retire to Exeter.
LARGE CARP CAUGHT BY
FISHERMEN IN THAMES
While fishing int the Thames River
at Mitchell may not be productive of
the kind of fish that attracts sports-
men for miles around, at least it
does produce big fish. This was
demonstrated on Labor Day when
Messrs. Geo. Seeder and R. B. Rob-
inson were fishing in' the Thames
river south of Mitchell. Mr. Robin-
son, who is in his 82ad year, hook-
ed a large fish which, after some
little time had elapsed in landing it,
proved to be a carp. It measured
27 inches in length and weighed 8%
pounds.
Carp age hot considered a deli-
cacy and area scavenger fish: They
are often caught .in swamp waters
and are shipped in large quantities
to New York City. This is the first
time that we have heard of them
being caught in the River Thames.
—Mitchell Advocate,
WHERE THE MONEY GOES
Did you know that the Dominion
Government employs a staff of 85,-
000 people, 43,000 of whom are scat-
tered throughout the country? That
the payroll for these employees ex-
ceeds $77,000,000 annually? That the
government's annual revenue is more
than half a billion dollars? That this
same government pays $45,000,000 in
pensions to some 95,000 persons an-
nually? These figures were given by
Deputy Minister of Finance W. C.
Clarke.
IN THE CARDS
The way it is told by the cards;
when you are engaged, it is diam-
onds; when you are in love, it is
hearts; when you are married, it is
clubs; when you die, it is spades;
when you are divorced, its the deuce;
when the -guy falls for the old fable
that two can live as cheaply as one,
it's the .joker.
NEW SCHOOL INSPECTOR
J. H. Kincaid will Reside in Goderich
—School Inspectorates Readjusted
There has been a change in the
divi4ion .of Minns County for !the
purpose of. public school inspection.
The territory now being arranged as
North and South Huron instead of
East and West Huron, as in previous
years.
Mr. J. H. Kincaid, former Yea*
County school teacher, has been
named successor to Mr, John Hart-
ley, whose retirement last year from
the East Huron inspectorate was
forced by ill health, and Mr. Kincaid
has come to Goderich to live,
Mr. E. CS' Beacom, formerly in -
'specter for West Huron, now will
have South Huron under his juris-
diction, and Mr. Kincaid will preside
over the schools in North Huron.
FATHER, 94, WELCOMES SON TO
RAIL VETERANS RANK
When Frederick W. _Holman, Can-
adian National Railways train dis-
patcher at Stratford, retired recently,
he was welcomed into the ranks of
the veterans by his father, Joseph
Holman. The older veteran, now 94,
entered the service of the Grand
Trunk Railway in 1873 and was for
many years a bridge and .building
foreman at Stratford. He retired in
1914. His son had :almost 49 years'
continuous service with the system.
HORSES PREFER.MILK
Three white horses owned by Clare
Robertson of Esquesing ` township
much prefer milk to hay and drink
it regularly. Meek and healthy these
herses—Tony 10, -lCate 13 and Nell
26 -according to their owner have
never had a disease of any kind.
Since these equines were colts, Mr.
Robertson relates; they showed a
preference for milk and patiently
waited until each day'a milking for
PAGE .5
Of
.tart '
If u
�zeserctative w
wit/Awed way[vr�e vis u COM I dal{
-9-
SALADA TESee you 44 o thimA�
themicatfr. you wetted
NOTE: All rural route homes in this vicinity
will receive their packets through the mail.
"Clinton and rural routes only"
sir
the white liquid to be put through
the separator. The skim milk is tak-
en to a trough in the barnyard and
poured in for the chickens, But the
chickens are forced 'to accept the
company of Tony, Kate and Nell,
who are always on hand and bring
a great thirst with them.
GREAT SNAKES!
Great snakes! A fisherman seeing
snakes is not news, but when the
snakes get right into the fish basket
and try to steal the fish, then that
calls for mention. It happened to
John L. Daily the other day, when he
was fishing at Kaleden dam, He
had landed two or three nice fish,
also one slightly over - the legal
limit. He caught another and went
back to drop it in his basket. To do
so, he opened the top of the basket,
instead of just dropping the fish
through the hole, as usual. When he
did so, he discovered a large rattle-
snake curled up inside the basket,
trying to make off with the small
fish. Mr. Daily killed the rattle-
snake and went on with his fish-
ing.—Listowel Banner.
OWL NEARLY DITCHED CAR
Driving through a rainstorm which
swept the Meaford district a week
ago, a Meaford motorist almost
ditched his car when a ldrge owl
cracked his windshield and fastening
its claws into the windshield wiper,
blocked his view of the highway.
Stopping his car and getting out in
the downpour the motorist had con-
siderable difficulty in unloosening the
owl's claws. Thinking the bird was
dead, the motorist was about to lay
the "carcass" on the roadside when
he felt a severe pain in his hand; To
his amazement the bird had nipped
his rescuer.
SCATTERS SKUNK SCENT.
Out at Howdenvale a summer vis-
itor brought along her police dog.
Being of an inquisitive nature the
dog, investigated a furry four-legger
who turned out to be a skunk. The
skunk resented the investigation and
sent forth a storm signal. The police
dog retreated to late and when he'
returned home with his • tail -between'
his legs he found . the whole world
had turned against him. Nobody loves
a skunk -scented dog, but his mistress
got a large can of tomato juice. She.
held her nose while - she rubbed the
juice well on to the smelly places,
let it dry, then took him to the lake
and gave Whim a good washing with
strong soap and behold he dried as
sweet smelling as a violet or rose,
That's worth knowing if you ever fall
out (or in) with a skunks -Warton
Echo.
YOUR WORLD AND MINE •
(Copyright)
i
by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
fir Witel j"111Y."dL'L r
Several months ago I said in al then, should we condemn a human
contribution to the Clinton News- being to a prolongation of his or her
Record that in my opinion "mercy+ agony, when there is absolutely no
1 recovery?
killing"should have legal sanction, prospect of And there is
In, this present contribution I. put the case of those in asylums for the
forward the view that anyone wish- insane? Is it any kindness to keep
ing a quick end to his life should these afflicted persons alive for 10 -
be permitted to state his wish to 20-80-40 years? Regard should be'
some legally constituted body, and if had for those on whom the burden
this body agrees that the individual's of care and expense falls. Life for
application for quick death is just- then is made distressing in the ex -
Viable, then the applicant can sub- treme when they have to see daily
mit himself to a legally constituted the hopeless suffering of one hay -
organization which exists to put ing cancer; and beyond the distress
men, women and children to death,
say by gas.
What is in my mind is this: there
are many, many sufferers who can
never hope to get any better—dis- children—a denial of food, of corn -
shied soldiers, by way of example. forts, of education—when the life of
Also, there are ageing parsons who one hopelessly afflicted, in mind or
have become dependents on their kin body, is kept prolonged, Love is apt
or on the state. Others—old per to die when it costs too much to
sons—have become tiled of life and maintain.
wish for the early arrival of the
Great Reaper. As I see it, it is
kindness and mercy when useless
lives can be terminated by death—
this with the consent of the individ-
nal and of those who may be his
or her kin. -
of seeing the suffering there may
be a burden of expense which they
cannot carry. There may have to 'be
a denial of themselves and their
When first encountered the idea
of legalized killing, with or without
the consent of the individual, is apt
to be very shocking, and many good
Suicide is something different, and people will say that it would be sin-
I hesitate to condone it; yet there ful to take life—that it would be a
are circumstances .when suicide is , transgression of the laws of Holy
warranted. Take the case; for ex- Writ. Yet these same persons may
ample, of a man in the wildorness, agree that it is quite right to con.
all alone, bitten, say, by a poisonous deme to death, by hanging, or by the
snake. He knows that he cannot lethal chamber, or by the eleetrie
escape death.- .Why, then, should he chair or by a firing squad, those
let himself die - in agony? Or sup -1 who take human life, or connive with
pose the case of one about to be (others to have persons' killed; et
cruelly tortured, to the point . of those who are traitors 5o their
death, by his captors with absolutely country or who fail as sentinels in
no hope of deliverance. Oi suppose warfare to perform their duty, or
the case of a woman captured or who become spies in , an enemy
seized ` bylustful soldiers, knowing' country. That . isto say; all of us
a
surely that there can be no escape agree that human life can be taken
far her from those who will ' mal -1 "nth the consent of courts. Then
treat her Or take the case of that why not courts of selected and trust -
heroic man with Scott in the Anti worthy inen to adjudicate' on ap-
plications from individuals and from
tent into the world, lmowing that their kin that they—stamen and
world -wearied ones—should have
swift death was to be his fate;—
this man doing this thing in order their life taken from them?
that his comrades might have a Imagine the case of an aged man,
chance to live because of a lengthen- without len, without money, without
ed food supply. physical or mental ability to eern
All of us know of sufferers from his living. Why should not this man
cancer, slowly dying, Their pain has be allowed to die, provided he makes 1
to be subdued by morphine. Why application to a legally constituted
t
should their days be prolonged?. We court to be put to. death? . Who
would not, allow a dogs or a horse wrong is done to anyone by the pas-
to live if we saw it suffering hope- ping of this man?
lessly as a consequence of an acrid- I venture to say thatthere are
eat or of an incurable disease, Why, tens 0& thousands of old persons in�
Canada whose continued helplessness•
has soured the home life of those
witnessing their helplessness and'
who are called upon to care for.
them.
If this idea of mercy killing and'+
of permission to die being granted.
to applicants for a speedy death:
were to have persistent airing in the
newspapers of the country, then
there would in the course of time.
be developed a body of opinion. which.
Would eventually sanction legalize&
killing of human beings who apply
for death or whose hopeless suffer.-
•ings make quick death for them am
act of both humanity and mercy.
1
New and revolutionary ideas are
often, at first, violently rejected by
the public. The ideas put forward.
heir1by Darwin and Huxley were, in their-
1
day, regarded as sacrilege, and had
1turbulent opposition by saintly peo-
ple. Pasteur's ideas exposed him to.
,the 'scorn of the medical profession
when first announced.
There were learned men who less
than a 100 years ago affirmed that
wheat could not be grown, west of
the Mississippi and north of the Can-
adian boundary line. After the Great
War the United States forbade; by
law, women smoking in public places,
It was unthinkable a few years ago,
lett both Russia and Germany would:
ban •Christian- worship. When as
hundred or so years ago steam rail-
ways
ailways were being built, a large body -
of public opinion opposed their, con-
struction. The invention of thesteam;
engine was seen by multitudes to. be
',Fatal to the development of humors
labour and prosperity, The imagina-
tion of our grandfathers never for -
saw the knee-high skirts which were
vogue but a few years ago, nor the
"shorts" which are se common in.
these present days, nor the scanty-
bathing
cantybathing suits which are universal to --
day.
The point which I ani malting 1s ,
there is always going on in this:
world a development in ideas and`
manners and . practices. What may
be shocking today will tomorrow be.
familiar practice or belief.
1 am very sure that before thria'
century comes to an end we shalt'
have legalized killings of human be-
iegs—those ' hopelessly ill in mind •
and body, . and those whose outlook -
is black -.this-by reason ;of their; -
feebleness, or lack of money. It is'
true --it is imminent—that the State,
undertake to provide ler thee
wants and needs of those aged 85;
or more; - yet there will be many who:
will prefer death to state charity. If
they want to -pass- out of Life at a
time to be chosen by themselves,
then they should be allowed to do so.,