The Clinton News Record, 1938-11-24, Page 3':fl1URS., NOV. 24, 1938.
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VVIIAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
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Do You Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
THE CLINTON NEWS RECORD
November 25, 1898
During the thunder storm on Fr.
day morning ' of last week Mr
George Cantelon, Rattenbury stree
was fixing the fire when lightnih
Struck the chimney of the bons
;Went down the pipe ,and out of th
'Stove. It. went down Mrs. Cantelon
;limbs into her shoes,. knocking he
Iti over, Her feet were badly burnt a
i her shoes burst. The' eldest daughte
James Cornish of the base lin
also had a narrow escape. Wh
driving a couple of the children t
school the lightning struck a tele
phone pole on their left, crossed th
• in front of the rig, struck
tree and ran into the ground. Fo
• few moments they were all e
,,,eloped in smoke. The. inside of the
tree was soaped right out and a larg
hole made at its roots.
Robert Elliott of Goderich town
ship this week purchased 2 carload
of turkeys_for the Old Country. Th
were purchased in the Goderich an
Blyth vicinity at .6c per pound.
On Monday Chas. J. Wallis shippe
400 pigs to London - - double decke
cars -- bought at 4e per pound,
Col. D. L. Sills, well remember
here is now living in Cleveland.
was a former grain buyer at Bruce
field; he also ran for Parliament fo
the South riding of Huron and
three votes.
On Monday while Wm. Asquith
Hullett was bringing a load of hog
to the station a guy wire leading
an electric light pole caught him
under the ear and threw him back
into the load. It is a wonder his neck
was not broken.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sweats lean
for Cleveland where they intend to
spend the winter. Mr. Swart has
been in delicate health for some time
and the trip it is hoped will be very
beneficial.
The premises formerly occupied by
C. Wallis, butcher, is being fitted up
as an office for .the Frost & Wood
implement agency of Tony Schenk.
The License Commissioners (net
in Clinton on Monday to consider the
transfer of the license of the Salt -
ford , Hotel. Mr. Michael Farr, for-
merly clerk at the Bedford Hotel,
Goderich, has become the landlord,
having purchased it from Mr. Ben-
jamin Mason.
The evaporator closed up business
on Wednessday last, Since it eon-
meneed operations Messrs Town and
Griswold imform us that over 17,000
bushels of apples have .been used
Most of these goods are being shipp-
ed to Germany via Liverpool
Jake Sloman got rather a bad
shaking up the other when the jigger
got out .of control and jumped the
track.
week.
It. is due to the exertion of. Mr, A.
F. Cudmore . that a Juvenile branch
of the Ancient Order of Forresters
s. has been organized in Clinton. Juven-.
t, iles from five' up to seventeen may
ng join the Order and participate in the
e, benefits in the same manner. as do
e the seniors in the older Courts. Mr.,
's W. T. Hawkins at ten years of age
✓ and when living at Meaford joined
an the Juveniles; Mr. George Phalen.
er was another of the boys; both are
e now active members of Court Maple
en Leaf. `
a Mr. Ralph Tiplady returned a few
days ago from Georgetown and
he Streetsville districts where he spent
a several weeks engaged in apple pack -
or ing and Mr. Tiplady says farmers
n- thereabout give their orchards seient-
fele care resulting In a bounteous
o crop.
Mr. Seth Fisher returned Thurs-
- day evening last from his homestead
s near Edgerton, Alberta, Coming
The east in quick time with close Gon-
d notions, leaving' Edmonton at three
o'clock Monday afternoon and arriv-
d ing in Clinton at ,six -thirty on Thurs.
d day.
Mr. Norman Sheppard, son of Mr.
ed and Mrs. J. P. Sheppard, returned
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home yesterday after an absence of
_ six years. The past season he spent
✓ upon the great lakes as assistant
got engineer on the steamer Yorkton.
Rev. S. T. Bartlett of Toronto,
of General Secretary of Leagues, was
s the guest ' of his brother-in-law, W.
to IL Hellyar over the weekend. He
preached League anniversary services
in Ontario street church on Sunday.
Mr. Frank Hutchings, while hand-
ling 'express at the station dropped
e a trunk on his foot on Monday, which
laid him off work for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Boa of Montreal, are
guests at the Rattenbury ,House
having come up to take part in the
shooting tournament now in progress.
When The Present Century
Was 'Young
THE CL!IN±0J NEWS -RECORD
November 27, 1913
Mr. Will Hamblyn entered thirteen
of 'his Bantams and Elack Leghorns
at the big show in Toronto last week
succeeded •in carrying off eleven
prizes.
Dr.. H, Fowler returned last week
after a fortnight1s hinting exped-
ition in the woods of northern
Ontario. This is The one holiday which
the doctor takes during the year and
he thoroughly enjoys the time spent
Eddie Schoenhals, son of Mr.John
Schoenhals, at the mill on Friday last
got his hand between the rollers. The
result is that all the fingers on the
right hand had to be removed.
Mr. G. B. Hanley .of, the London
Road carne' into the office the other
day wearing a buttonhole bouquet of
bright hued dandelions. To be able to'
pick dandelions from the pasture!
fields in November is something un -1
'Usual. With the exception of a heavy'
fall which came on November 9th. ilii
and a few rather wintery .days!
around there, this fall has been more
like April weather, and thehardy.
sorts of garden flowers have been
blooming right along.
Mr, W. B. McTaggart, graduate of
the Royal Military College, and now
continuing kis studies at McGill Un-
iversity, Montreal, has been given a
commission as lieutenant in the new
31st. Battery which will have its'
headquarters at Goderich. Ile is the
eldest son of Mr. G. D. McTaggart
of town.
Mr, Chas. F. Libby, the new man-
agerI
of the Knitting Company, has
rented Mr. S. S. Cooper's fine resid-'
ence on Orange street and Mrs. Libby
will come very shortly from. Lowell,
Maas., to join him.
Mr. Rowe, who came from Exeter
to accent .a position with Ball and
Atkinson, has leased from Mr. W. J.
Miller his fine house on Ontario St.
of which he takes possession this
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
November 27 1913
Major H. T. Rance has been ap-
pointed a justice of the peace and' is
naw qualified to set on cases. He
will take Police Magistrate Andrews
duties in the latter's absence.
On Saturday afternoon Mrs. A. J.
Grigg met with a painful accident at
her home. While engaged in hanging
a picture and standing on s small
table, she fell to the floor suffering
a broken 'wrist. •
E. '.Torrance, son of License in-
spector ;Torrance, has commenced
to learn the hardware business with
Mr. W. J. Heaman, of Exeter.
Mr. Thos. Cottle was again elect
ed director' of No. 6 district of the
Ontario Horticultural Association at
their annual netting last week.
Mr, Kelly, of Toronto, " has taken
a position as turner as the Doherty
Organ Factory.
Miss K. MacGregor left last Fri-
day for her home in Halifax after
a inontl's visit with her sister, Mrs.
D. K. Grant.
At the present an investigation
is being conducted into the affairs
of the Ontario West Shore • Railway.
Mr, J. W. Moyes, 'the man who or-
iginated the plan has appeared be-
fore the commission, but due to the
lack of books and documents being
available the investigation is being
held over.
The markets:" Hogs' $8.25; Eggs
40-41; Butter 2344; Wheat 80-83;
Oats 30-33; Barley 50-55; Cattle
$8.00; Potatoes per bag $1.00
Turkeys were shipped from Bruce -
field station the other day. The price
paid was 17 cents live weight. The
demand is very, good this year, large
quantities' being shipped to the Old
Country. Similar shipments have
been made from other points
throughout the county.
' "THOSE SLOW ENGLISH"
A Hollywood news item announces
with pride that television is just
around the corner, that soon football
games and such events will be screen-
ed in theatres and homes as they are
played. This is somehow, a reminder
that those slow English have already
enjoyed television for several years,
that sets are sold in the open market
at reasonable rates, that cricket
matches, public speeches, boat races
and stage plays have been screened
in theatres and homes With no more
fanfare than accompanying the or-
dinary sound broadcast. Those slow-
witted sluggards on that fog -bound
island have the most exasperating
habit of getting things done!—Ottawa
Journal.
"Friends come and go, but friend-
ship still is true. It melts the many
to the golden few. Oh, happy he
who keeps one' faithful friend year
after•year, until the ,very end"
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE a
TO HOLD NOMINATIONS MITCHELL CREAMERY AND
PRODUCE PURCHASED
Eleven, Huron County municipa
ties will have early nomination nee
ings and elections this year. The
municipalities, which will have no
illations on November 25th and ele
tions on Dcember 5th,, are the to
ships of Ashfield, Colborne, God
ich, Hullett, Turnberry- and East
West Wawanosh, the Towns of Go
erich and Wingharn and the Villag
of Ilensall "and "Exeter. The renal
ing thirteen municipalities will'h
nomination' meetings on December
and elections on January 2nd.
li-
t Another business change takes,place
se j in Mitchell on Friday with the pur-
m chase by Stacey Bros. of the Mitchell
c- Creamery and the Mitchell Produce
wn- from W. Hugh Pugh,
er-1 Th new owners plan to carry on
and the business as now conducted util-
d- izing the same premises as occupied
es by these firms. There will .be no
rn- change made as far as services to
ho
an invitation. to Stratford. Mr. Wre
was born near HensaII, in this noun
The exchange of ministers is to b
come effective on July 1st, 1939.
the public are concerned. The Mit-
26 shell Creamery will continue to de-
Iliver milk to its patrons in town,
while the retail business ` carried on
in the score on Main Street will op-.
ON'erateas previously; there poultry
t_ and eggs will be received and milk,
poultry, etc., will be sold, My. Pugh
th will remain with the new owners
at- until the New Year it is expected.
to 1 i Purchasing the Mitchell Creamery
ed from Messrs. Henry and Jack• Squire
n, • on Nov. 22nd., 1934, W. H. 'Pugh has
r operated the business since that time.
In Jan. 1935 he took over the Mitchell
tyl Produce conducted by ;J. `Sorensen
e_ adding the retail sale of milk and
cream. -Mitchell 'Advocate.
REV. J. F. REYCRAFT TO PICT,
Rv, J. F. Reycra£t, formerly pas
or of Victoria street united Church
Goderich, who is now in his, fif
year at Central United Church, Stra
has accepted an invitation
become the minister of the Unit
church at Picton. Rev. David. Wre
of the Picton church, has accepted
POISONED BY DEADLY ROOTS
The danger of having borders
flowering plants too close to one'
vegetable garden was clearly de
onstrated in St. Marys on Tuesda
• when half an hour after th
had paataken of their evening mea
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lingard,
Wellington St South, were take
severely ill. Mr. Lingard finall
managed to leave the house and rea
the . home of a. neighbor, Miss
Cade, who called Dr. J. G. Jose.
Both Mr. a n d Mrs. Lingard a
now on the way to recovery, bu
• a tinie it was feared that Mr
Lingard would have a difficult tim
to throw off the poison!: It wa
found upon investigation that M
Lingard earlier in the day had du
roots of vegetable oyster from he
garden and had prepared these i
the usual way by . boiling them i
milk, Right alongside of the vege
table oyster bed was a row of flow
ers containing 'what are known a
monkshood roots. Same, of thes
roots, which contain aconite, a ve
poisonous drug, AVM apparently c
up and prepared with the salsify
vegetable oyster and thus were eat
by Mr. and Mrs. Lingard.
Mr. Lingard is now almost when
recovered. Mrs. Lingard remained i
a. serious condition all that night an
part of the next day, but she is now
doing nicely, although, confined to
• bed under the care of her two
daughters—St. Marys Journal -Argus,
HAS LEG FRACTURED FOR
SECOND TIME
of The Remembrance Day service here
s was. marred when. William Drum-
m- mond, 25 years of age, broke his
ay leg.
the • He was assisting in directing traf-
1, fie at the corner of Inkerman and
of Da'ivision streets as the parade of
n Girl Guides, Boy Scouts, Legionnaires
y ad 100th Battery were making their
ch way to the United Church where a
L. , special service was held. After the
'people passed he was following the
re procession on Division street. In
ut turning his motorcycle the machine
s. over -balanced and threw him to the
e pavement causing a compound free-
s ture.
rs. Mr. Drummond had the same leg
g fractured eleven weeks ago during a
he motorcycle riding contest.—Listowel
n Banner.
-I MILD WEATHER MAYBE?
Do snakes in the fall mean mild
e weather? If so our present cold snap
r.y should be short lived. On Wednesday
cu a two -foot snake was discovered
or crawling about on the snow-covered
en ground at James Burn's home near
.the station. By its trail in the snow,
y the reptile was traced to where it had
n come out of a hole in a clump of
d grass several yards away.—Lucknow
Sentinel:
NO RETIRING MEMBERS
If the electors of Huron County
are willing,. the 1938 County Council
will be back to a man next year, for
there is not a member who will want
to. stay out of the running when elec-
tion time comes around.
Apparently there will be a two-
way fight for the Wardenship next
year, with Reeve H. E. Turner, of
Goderich, locking horns with Reeve
Chester Wawhinney, of Stephen
township. They are the only ones
to declare themselves so far.
Mr. Turner, with thirteen years of
municipal experience, has occupied a
seat in the County Council as deputy
reeve and reeve for nine years, and
Mr., Wawhinney, in public life eight
years,. has been member of. the
County Council five years.-Goderich
Signal -Star.
WINS CARTER
Announcement was made today
that two Carter Scholarships were
won by Seaforth Collegiate pupils.
To John Mills, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Mills, of Seaforth, went the
first Carter, valued at $100.00, This
is his third win this year, he having
previously taken the Alumni Memor-
ial and U, of W. O. Scholarships.
Jean McDonald, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. McDonald, R.R. 3, Brus-
sels, won the Second Carter, valued
at $60.00. , i
HERO DOG
"Rover,", the collie which some
weeks ago saved his master, Jos.
Maloney, ,from fatal injuries when
a brill attacked him,' is this week one
of twelve Hera Dogs • attending the
Royal Winter Fair at Toronto. Rover
has been awarded a medal, collar
and a diploma, attesting to his bray
ery.-Huron" Expositor.
A DESPISED LUNCH
One day last week there was a
transient in town who got an order
for a luncheon at a restaurant from
a kind hearted citizen. The next
morning Chief Flynn found a parcel
under the bed in the rest room for
transients. It contained thick ham
and bread sandwiches, some cheese
and cookies, enough food for two
good lunches. It is such things that
make many people careful in giving
assis-tante to transients.—Mount For -1
est Confederate.
GUNS SET UP IN ARMOURIES
On Wednesday last week two 18-
inch filed guns arrived at the C.N.R.
station from Halifax. These guns
will be used by the local battery for
training purposes. Men from the
Ordinance department set the guns
up in the Armouries during the lat-
ter part of the week The guns differ
from the ones'used during the war
in that they are equipped with pneu-
matic tires. They will be drawn by
tractor or trucks, not by horses, as
the army units are now on a mechan-
ized basis. --Mitchell Advocate.
THE IRISH SWEEPSTAKES'
Much has been written recently re-
garding the famous Irish Sweep-
stakes, in which many Canadians are
winners of amounts ranging from a
few hundred dollars to.'thousands of
dollars. Each time the sweepstakes
draw is made, the moral reformers
are outspoken in their criticism of
the moral degeneration which results !,
from gambling. But let's look be-
hind the scenes very briefly.
It is reliably reported that 40 per
cent of all "Irish" sweepstakes
tickets sold on this continent are
fakes, so that the sale of sweepstake
tickets has become a racket. Some
point out that sweepstakes are a
means whereby funds are raised for
worthy causes, but we have our
doubts whether one in a thousand
who buys a ticket is really concerned
aboutthe cause for which the funds
are being raised,' We like' to kid our-
selves along when we want to find
an excuse for gambling.
It is not generally known that of
the' millions realized by the sale of
the real tickets, only thirteen per cent
eventually finds its way into. the hos-
pital coffers. The reason for thie
is that there is an exceptionally high
selling cost, recent revelations indic-
ating that 84 cents of every $2.50
goes to the seller of the ticket In
addition, " sellers are given special
bonuses, which total about a quarter
of a million dollars. On top of this.
there is the operating expenses, in-
cluding printing, distributing, mail-
ing, receiving counterfoils, handling
funds from all over the world, elab-
orate pageants, tabulating and pub-
licity, to mention a few. The regula-
tions provide that 75 per cent of the
net proceeds go to the prize winners,
and 25 per cent to the hospitals, but
out of those percentages, the Irish
government takes about $700,000,
first. • And peculiarly enough, of all
the prizes offered, Ireland wins about
three,
Which just goes to prove, as Barn-
um once said. "There's a sucker born
every minute.—Tavistock Gazette,
NOTMAD.
By N. Clare Alton
The rider, who'd turned his horse
in at the gate, had gone on to the
barn, Ron Morlin' Stared out the
window of the unlighted shack.' 1 -le
waited for his brother to unsaddle
and then come up to the house. Ice
figured that he ought to light the
lamp.
Yet he stood in front of the clingy
pane of glass and watched the fog
rolling like storm -twisted clouds up
from the blaack surface of the musk-
rat pond. In the dusk of approach..
ing night, the trailing, oozing vapor
took on the color of 'dirty, mud -
drenched wool. Morlin shuddered as
the chill gnawed at his half -clothed
body.
He'd better throw some more wood
on the fire, heat (some water, and
get the shave over with that he'd
taken his shirt off in preparation
for. He almost drew the shirt en
again, before he remembered that
he'd intended to change to a clean
one. He'd' forgotten everything 1n
the abstraction of gloom,
He heard' Bill coming up the path,
hastily reached into his hip pocket
for a match and struck it.
"Huh, catch you sleeping? Bieck
as a bat's den out, and no light."
"Jus' caught me thinking, Bill
the whole thing's a mess, get to tell
Vonne it's no go.". He lit the oil
lamp with As wall reflector,- before
he added; "Dad's letter didn't come."
"'You mean-"
"I don't know. what I mean. The
letter just wasn't there, when I rode
to town at noon. Kid, how does a
person go about calling off a wed-
ding he can't go through with? How
do you tell a girl that, at The present
time, you cant possibly walk dein
the, aisle with her? I'd break a leg„
if I thought it would give me an
excuse for postponement'...... , , It's
three months till pelting time."
"Dad told youyou could depend
on him. His firm' couldn't have
folded up. You sure he didn't-"
"Didn't even write to say he could-'
n't let me have the money." I
Ron jerked sagging shoulders erect
as he crossed the room to throw a
couple of sticks of wood into' the
stove. Mechanically he filled the tea,
kettle from the pail on the bench.
"I can'tunderstand it. When weI
came out here two years ago, fresh
out of college and fired with the am -I
bition to do something different and
worth while, he told us he'd back ue
to the limit. Praised us up because
"Alright, I guess, I haven't notice
any on the sick list."
"Funny thing happened the other.
day,"
"Yell --what' was that?"
"Well, you know when I was out
here a couple of weeks ago, and you
hired me to talce care of the muslt--
rats while you were away, and gaveI me a letter M post to your dad — /
why — I don't know how it happened;
but three or four days ago, I found
sponge off the , fortune' he'd made. it in my windbreaker pocket, I niaiQ-,
You started your herd of cattle, and edit then,"
I went ,into ra-ising muskies, We dad "Yeh?''
pretty fair, too. Outin that pond "I got your answer on the five,
right now there's over two thousand o'clock, and brought it out with me,"
in fair. I never figured, When I set "Well, he drawled, "isn't that..
the date with Vonne ,that I wasn'tfunny?"
good for a loan of two hundred." I He was fumbling for the thing in.
He glowered, .at his reflection in his pocket. Ron was lookingg stead -
the blue -rimmed mirror. ily at the red' -head.
"Maybe --ie' Bill started to vol- "You—you're not mad, are you?'"
unteer. l "No, not mad. I don't get that
"Ab, what's the use? Guess I'd way,"
better get cleaned up,. so we cam "Red," the elder Morlin stated, "L
catclixthat train to Piney, and T can don't w whyou ryili
start explaining to Vonne." or not,lcnobut if you
ether look afterdesethinge
"She shouldn't hard it against you right while Pm gone, I thing 1711. give
I for postponing things, Ron. Anyway, you 'a bonus."
I've got around sixty dollars,"
"That you intended to buy a new WILL HAVE A LOT' TO
suit with, so's you could be my best ANSWER FOR
Iman. It is seldom that we feel compelled
Moriln reached for his shaving to write regarding the action f
outfit, looked out the window to hide e g n o any,
the lines that kept twitching the group of people, ar any nation, but:
corners of his mouth. anyone with any sense of decency
most regard with Horror the acts of
The muckygloom outside had violence against the Jews in Germany
dropped down like a blanket over! by a populace suddenly gone mach•'
everything. The trees were shape -i over the fatal shooting of a German
less blobs of darkness; a rising wind,1legation official in Paris by a Polish.
, that was driving away the fog,. Jew. We can hardly make ourselves.
swished through barren limbs. I believe that any people in their right.
"It's a rotten way to treat a girl. senses would do what was done in.
• She's probably even gotten the M -I Germany last week—the destruction,
vitations out by now....Maybe Dad, and German officialdom will have to
figured he'd carried the responsibil-,intolerance enacted against the Jews,
ities of two step -sons long enough." the desecration of .the synagogues,.
He poured the half warm water the throwing in prison and concert-
i
into the wash pan„ smeared lather tration camps (f Jewish people.
on his face and picked up his razor.'" It was the worst anti-Semitic dem-•
He slashed viciously at two days, ' onstration since the Nazis comment -
growth of stubble. When the bladeled their hounding of the Jews, I±
nicked the skin, he swore silently. almost' leads one to believe that we
He saw Bill's forehead creased with are still living in the dark ages.
some serious intent. I The outrages inflicted on this op -
"Us Morlin always stick together, pressed race will, and has elicited
Ron. I'can sell a few cattle even if world-wide sympathy and concern,
you can't get anything for muskrat and German officialdom will have to,
pelts yet. Who's coming?". ,take full responsibility for those acts
Hoofs were beating a hollow tattoo of gross and inhuman and uncalled'
in the lane outside. A piercing screech far revenge. The hatred preached by
jerked through the dark, reverberat- Hitler and his propagandists fanned
ed against the window pane, as toe theaflames that burst forth with such
rider passed. Bill jumped for the a heat of rage that its sheer insane•
door. madness must evoke condemnation of"
"That'll be Lou Travers, He's eon -the Nazis. Hitler and his blind fol-
ig over to look after the muskrats low•
ers will have a lot to answer for
for me while we're in Piney." I when the final call comes.—Tavistock
Hardly seconds later the red -head- Gazette.
ed young kid was bursting in through
the door. He hadn't bothered to
knock. A devil-may-care grin spread
itself over a generous mouth as his
glance swept the roans.
we were all for making our own "Hayah, Bill, Ron. How's the
stake, instead of being content to'muskies?"
i,
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