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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
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HEALTH
uality Counts Most
SHADOWS
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The very finest laces made on tl ce
continent are woven in specially
` constructed looms. They ase alto-
',gether darkened with the exception
of the light from one small window,:
which falls directly on the pattern:
There is just one lace maker in. 'the
room and she sifts in the shadow, The
reult of her work is in thelight,
THIS 'MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs -Sometimes.
Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful
and Inspiring.
,THE "!OLD 'WOMAN
As a white candle
• In a holy pSace
So is the beauty
Of an aged face.
• As the spent radiance
Of the winter' sun;
. So is a woman
With her travail done.
• Her brood gone front her,
And her thoughts as still
Ai are the waters
Under a ruined mill
- • —Joseph Campbell.
THE SMALL THINGS OF LIFE
elle little things that mar the day,.
'. The tiny fretful, little things.
The smoky chimney; creaking hinge;
The hasty word that like a limpet
Clings to memory.
PROGRESS
As we surpass our father's skill,
Our sons will shame our own;
A thousand things are hidden still,
And not a hundred show.
And had some Prophet spoken true
Of all we shall achieve;
The wonders were so wildly new, •
That no man would believe. •
Meanwhile, my brothers work, and
wield
The forces of today,
And plough the Present like a field,
And garner all they may!
You, what the cultured .surface.
grows,
Dispense with careful hands:
Deep under deep for ever goes,
Heaven over heaven expands.
—T'ennyaon.
. Such. •tiny things, but with whatl HOME
strength ,they hold me captive.
They deafen me, I cannot hear the So long as we have homes to which
song of birds,' men turn
Low whisper of the breeze, At close of day,
.1 only catch the rumble of complaint. So long as we have homes where
children are,
0 cruel chains of peevishness and And women stay,
fretful min - If love and loyalty and faith be
That captive hold my spirit, found
When all around a thousand joys Across those sills,
A stricken nation can recover from
Its gravest ills.
Extend their beck'ning hands.
But in, my cell of loneliness I can see
nought,
Nought but the dust upon the stairs,
The soot upon my pans, Ah, mel
::Lord, break these chains and set me
free.
REFLECTION
elf there should come a time for me
to say
Nothing of worth is in the world
today—
If then mine eyes look out on field
and tree,
And in them naught of heaven's
glory see ---
Oh, may some angel minister,
through pain
Wash them in tears, that I may see
again!
:If in the coronion round of earthly
things
1 lose the sound of ever -circling
wings—
If I grow deaf to love -inspired re-
frains,
So long as we have homes where.
fires burn,
And there is bread;
So long as • we have homes where
lamps are lit
And prayers are said,
Although a people falter through the
dark,
And nations grope,
With God, Himself, back of these
little homes,
We have sure hope.
—Grace Noll Crowell.
WAITING
FOR SPRING
Oh, how we long for epriugtime
About this time of year,
For all the rush is over;
All gone with ,Christmas cheer.
Our thoughts just turn to weather,
Will it storm or warm winds blow,
And will it be an early spring
We all would like to know.
And tune my some alone to minor But we can't melt the snow and ice
stains,—Nor hurry up the spring
-Oh, let 'same thunder crash across So we just' wait for nature
my fears, To do that simple thing.
:,Drowningthe dullness of my failing But we can keep on smiling
ears! , When skies are .blue or grey
If I grow faint beneath the load I And all the snow will soon be gone
bear, And warm days here to stay
Adding unto its weight my own de- We'11 plant our grain and gardens
epair= And flowers by the way:
if to my hand no sevift impulses And make the most of springtime,
start 1In work as well as play,"
To lift the burden from another's'
heart— `i ON HEARING A WILL READ
• 01 may some barbed spur be daiv-
en deep, 1A rich mandied, and when his will
Waking my soul by suffering from was read
sleep! "Ivo left his family everything," we
said,
when myis near-
_And day of pride ride "Not everything," old
ly done, ! Ciankm a e
theca replied.
if, as I watch the setting of me' "He took with him his 'wisdom when
sun, t he died.
•
. Bitterness burns within me like a ."He •toast away his Willingness to
:. fire, 1
earn
And peace its lost in; torment of de= And all the truths he labored long
sire 1 to learn.
• Oh, give the ,searing brand the .pons- "That :need, ,well stored, by which his
ser to heal, '' gains were wen!
c Cleansing the . nelson from the Too bad he could not leave it to his
wounds I feel! 1 sont
eV
or on• this chequered stage of .night "That courage and that friendliness
and day, • f he showed!
Where but a sigh turns sleep into Name me the heli on whom they
decay! I were bestowed.
w.Bettor is .hurt that stiffs the living He left his Iands and stocks and
.. breath mangy. Yes.
"'tan somnolence which deepens into•But not- the sense which made him
death, 1 a success.
Better to feel, and feeling, cry for "He left his family everything except
I pain, 1 All things of grace, and those his
'::Than be numbed and •:never feel spirit kept,''
., again!
—Exchange,
If We just think, we 'can learn a
great deal from shadows. Shadows
may be divided into._two classes.
Shadows which we east into other
lives and shadows which have been
and which will be part of our being.
We cannot came in contact with
any life, for no matter how short a
space of time without leaving our
shadow, either for good or ill there.
We read that when H. M. Stanley
was sent to Africa to find David
Livingstone, his first words on meet-
ing him were "Dr. Livingstone, I
presume," but Ste referred to • him
later in the following words, "I lived
with this man week after week and
I watched him. I seta patience be-
yond anything I had ever dreamed
possible. I stood by him as he laved
those heathen men. I watch him al-
most day and night giving himself
to others and I could not help it—I
became a Christian by his side,"
David Livingstone will know when he
stands at the judgement spat of
Christ how many he has helped into
the Kingdom, and at the some Court
of Justice each one of us will be
sensible of what we have accomplish-
ed both of good and of ill when our
shadow has fallen on others.
A blind marl' once had the work
of lighting the street lights of the
olden days. He made it possible for
others to see the shadow they were
casting, but was unconscious of his
own shadows It is so with our lives,
we are, conscious of the shadow good
or bad (very often we know the bad
more than the good) which others
aro casting, but we do not realize
that we are capping shadows our-
selves.
May our daily prayer be:
"May every life that touches mine—
Be it the slightest contact --
Get there from some good;
Some little grace; one kindly thought;
One inspiration yet unfelt;
One bit of courage.
We can cast a shadow for good
into some one elses' life with a smile,
with a word, with a note of consola-
tion or encouragement.
Learning recently thata middle-
aged woman who had experienced
financial difficultiee, and who becom-
ing• disheartened and could not face
the future ended it all, a friend said
"If only some one had spoken a word
of, encouragement :Lo her it might
have saved that", just sit this time
we can often speak the word which
will help others along the way,
*We are not the olily people, into
whose lives the shadow of bereave-
ment,, the shadow of doubt, the shad-
ow of despondency has come. There
are many who have been mare tried
than we have. As, Christians we
should realize that we are following
One who is able to carry our burdens
for us if we will only take them to
Him and leave them there. The
trouble is we .take them to Him to
bear them for us, for we have His
promise that He will do soy but then
we promptly pick them ail up and
carry the ntaway again. In that re-
spect we cast our shadows on others,
but showing them that we are Christ=
ians and yet we have not faith in
our Saviour. This is something which
we must guard against,
This question of shadows applies,
to children ee well as adults, . Their.
shadows may be small and yet their
influence may be very great,'
"The daisy by the shadow that it
casts,
Protects the lingering dew drop from
the sun."
Regarding the difficulties of life
it will do us good to picture a vaI-
ley in the sunshine. Gradually'clouds
gather and the sun its overcast. The
darkness increases. Anyone on a high
mountain, overlooking the valley
would .see the passage of the cloud
over the valley, ,but he could also
see the' sun shining on the upper
Pare of the cloud and he would know
that the cloud would pass and the
valley would again be bathed in sun.
rshine. When, we are in the shadow
of doubt, remember that God knows
the .cloud le dyer us and in His good
time Ile' will remove the burden. If
we are in touch with Him we will
know that the experience has been
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CANADIAN , SALMON
PASTRIEyS
Add a Note of Fun and Good Food
to 'Your Every . Day Dinners
Whether you're celebrating- with a
party or just doing a little something
special for the family, here's an in-
genious food trick. Done up like a
letter; it packs a1), the good wishes
and good food for your family and
guests.
CANADIAN SALMON YAS'flU11K
1-1 ib. can Canadian salmon
Lemon juice
Pastry
,Chill the salmon hi the tin and
open with a can opener that takes
off both ends. Roll tightly in wax
paper and slice with a sharp knife
into four or six portions. Place each
section --•picking off any bits of skin
—eon a square of -pastry. Sprinkle
with a few drops of lemon juice and
fold the pastry up envelope. fashion
Bake in a hot oven until thepastry
is nicely browned and the salmon
heated through. Serve with thick
tomato sauce and French Fried pats -
toes..
For a'party your Salmon Letters
may be prepared ahead and re -heat-
ed, Make them tiny to eat in the
hand for a bridge supper, and serve
with a steaming . beverage and tiny
cakes.
For a very large party, make Sar-
dine - C'igarettes the same way by
chilling the sardines and placing on
oblong strips of pastry and rolling
to look like cigarettes.
Anddon't forget how good min-
iature fishcakes, with a piece of lob-
eter hidden in their insides, are.
Spear these with Rooth picks land
save dishes.
For a quick Iuncheon for the child-
retie
hildren,• an extra good supper serve:
CREAMED SALMON. AND PEAS
1 can peas
3 tablespoons butter
Salt
1 cup milk
1 can Canadian salmon
3 tablespoons flour
Pepper
Toast l -
Drain peas, save liquid for sauce.
Flake salmon, crush bones, _ save
liquid. Melt butter, blend in flour,
add •seasonings. Add milk gradually
and liquid from peas and salmon,
cook gently untit thickened, stirring.
constantly. Add peas •and salmon,
heat thoroughly, serve on toast,
There was no hemp grown in
Canada in 1038 for fibre purposes.
The acreage for flax grown for fibre
purposes was approximately 10,225.
Hemp is grown extensively in the
Soviet Union, Italy and Central
Europe. The seed, which is a bypro-
duct,' yields a drying oil used for
paint and varnish and for making
certain kinds of soap. Canada and
India are the principal linseed pro-
ducers in the British Empire.
for some purpose aaul we will have
learned: a lesson.
"Fear not 'when shadows
Pall uponour lives;
If frons the shadowed place.
We look beyond, in cerbain
Faith we see the shining of God's
face."
Christ by His sacrificial death on
the cross has cast his shadow of that
cross on each life. If we da not
want •te stand in the shadow of it
we are free to atep out of it, but if
we want to be in it, He will grant
us the loving protection of it. Will
we not each one of us move out of
the so called sunshine of the world
arid stop into the shadows of the
cross? 11 is our only place of safety
for the future.
There are shadows of sorrow
That darken>life's way
But behind the dark.: shadows
Shines.love's kindly way,
They are only shadows.
There are shadows of fear,
Bringing thoughts that dismay,
•If we walk in. His love,
Tliey will all pass away,
They are only shadows.
There are shadows of doubt, •
Tisat steal into our minds,
If we look to the crass,
Blest assurance we find,
"They are only shadows" ".
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COOKING
CARE OF CHILDREN
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Net long since we read an article
in a newspaper that interested us
tremendously. It was the story of
a damage suit in court.
A little boy had been struck by
the broken end of a live wire, which
touching one side of his face, burn-
ing and paralyzing it.
In court, the bay's lawyer asked
the little fellow to turn toward the
juryand smile. He tried. One side
of his face smiled but the injured
side , just puckered up a hideous
and pitiful contortion.
It took that jury just twenty min-
utes to give him a verdict of twenty
thousand dollars.
Twenty thousand dollars was ,thus
legally certified as the value of a
smile.
There's a grand thought there. If
a smile id worth twenty thousand
after you lose it, it must certainly
be worth at least that much while
you still have it.
Then every one of us has a twenty
thousand dollar asset that we hadn't
so considered.
Are we investing it like it had that
much value? Are we making it do
that much good?
Lets all put our twenty thousand
dollar's worth of smiles to work der-'
ing 1939. They will make the world
better and Lighter and every path.
way much smoother. •
Let's trade smiles this year.
CHECKING THE GOSSIP
W read the other day where an
"anti -gossip" squad has been organ-
ized, at Ipswich .England, by the
vicar of Haughley. • The volunteers
belonging to the squad will undertake
to "hound" the offenders by making
then. prove their words or withdraw
them. This would be a splendid idea
if one could gather a group for the
purpose who themselves "could cast
the first stone." Sonia of the worst
gossiper's are also very kind-hearted
individuals who would shave anything
they have with others, but they are
too often generous in sharing their
conversation to the detriment of an-
other's reputation. Gossip is often
the result of one's desire to be pop-
ular by telling entertaining little
tid-bits about people or things w)sieh
they think might happen or have
happened, but things which they
could not prove. If each individual
made sure he or she could prove the
statement before making it, there
would be no need for an anti -gossip
squad.
WAYSIDE SHRINES
A man I know has made an altar
Of his factory -bench,
And one has turned the counter in
his store
Into a place of sacrifice and holy
-ministry,
Another still has changed his office -
desk
Intl a pulpits -desks, from which to
speak and write;
Transforming commonplace affairs
Into the business of th'e Icing.
A Martha in our midst has made
Her kitchen -table a communion -
table.
A postman, makes his daily round
A walk in the temple of God . , .
To all of these each daily happen-
ing
Has come to be a whisper from the
lips of God,
Each separate task a listening -post,
And every common circumstance
A wayside hilae.
—Edgar Frank.
Going to COOK Fish?
These Hints May Help
Here are two or three hints about
cooking fish which have been sug-
gested by cookery specialists on the
staff of the Dominion Department of
Fisheries: • ,
In baking or broiling fish do it
quickly to keep in the flavour, alloiv-
ing from eight to ten minutes per
inch thickness of fish, with a tem-
perature of 450 to 500 Fahrenheit.
Long, slow cooking is not required
since fish have littleconnective tis
sue requiring to be softened. Lower
the temperature after the first ten
minutes, if cooking a thick whole
fish; If a dry-meated variety of fish
is used, sprinkle the outside with oil
or cooking fat. •
Allow from eight to tea minutes a
pound when boiling fish, increasing
to as much as fifteen minutes per
pound if a very thick piece of fish
is being used. Steaming requires' a
longer time than boiling; turn very
thick pieces if the fish is being,
steamed. When using frozen- fish it.
is best to cook it while it is still
frozen otherwise, _ the flavouring
juices will escape. Frozen tale re-
quires slightly longer cooking time
than unfrozen fish. 1
First
eeve After Clinton's Incor-
porationServed as Stoker
By Alta -Lind Hodges
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'Like many towns, • Clinton's pop- Company at Holmesville and walked
elation is now less than it was in to Clinton to teach The school was
1879 when the population was well idle much of the trine the first dew
over 2,500. Today, it has a popula-'yeam•s, perhaps from sack of money to
tion of 1900, but the past yeai there pay the teacher. It may have been
has been a decided shortage of houses"that pupils were lacking during the
which would seem to indicate that busy season in those early days of
this; town is again coming into its arduous tail, when homes from neces-
owlt• Isity had to be hewn out of the forest.
Clinton was not always known as f The wheel was frequently used
Clinton. The first settlers arrived as a "meeting house" during the
in 1831. They were Peter and Steph- warmer months of the year. The
en Vanderburg and Jonas Gibbings first preacher to use it as such was
from Toronto. They settled on the a Bible Christian , minister, Rev,
three main corners of what is now` James.
Clinton they settled in three differ- I When an Anglican church was
ent townships, Peter Vanderburg in, built near the site ea the old log
Tuckersnti.eh, Stephen Vanderburg in 'school a dispute arose over the title
Goderich arid Jonas Gibbings in Hul-'of the land when the 'building was
lett. ' Ionly partly finished. Services, how -
Peter Vanderburg built a large ever, were held in it during the sum -
log cabin, which was also used as sorer, the forst preacher being Rev,
a tavern, the first for many miles' Mr, Cooper, an Episcopalian clergy -
around, and for -some years- the little ,man, who'settled on the London road.
settlement was knosvn as Vander-1During the week he' wielded an axe
burg's Corner. 1 and ox goad clearing his land, as
When one of ,the Vanderburg did his neighbors, but on Sunday he
brothers died, the other moved to:donned his clerical vestments and
the. united States and the next own -conducted service with a dignity be-
er of the tavern was • William fitting his profession,
"Yankee" Read, who opened a store' Before the conning of Mr. Cooper
and' carried on a mercantile business persons desiring to be married were
until William Rattenbury bought him forced to travel to Goderich, where
out in 1844, �a Mr. Pryor, an employee of the
Two daughters beat in the Vane Canada Company, acted as magis-
derburg families- were the first white trate and had authority to' conduct
children born in' what is now Clin- marriage senviees.
ton. The first white male child was' The first couple ever married at
Wilkens Gibbing a son of Jonas Vanclerburg's Coster was John Free-
Gibbings. man and a Miss Harris, both of
Although the country around the to
lived a short distance west of
town.
Corner was well settled no one be-
fore the arrival of William Mitten. As far back as 1870 Clinton was
bury seemed to consider its possibil- a stronghold of temperance advo-
ities as a town. Rattenbury was a canes, At that time it was the head -
Devonshire roan who came to Canada quarters of the County of Huron Fro-
in 1881, but it was four years later hibition Association (Incorporated),
Pro -
before he reached the Huron tract. Dr. Worthington of Clinton, was
He. spent four yearn in Goderich president and J. C. Stevenson, sec -
where he was employed by the Can- retary. The executive all resided in
a'da Company building mills, wharves Clinton and there were branch see-
d
but he was really a blacksmith iet!es, with vice-presidents in every
by trade. 1 -Te was the first to see town, township and village in the
the 'advantageous position of Vander- f county. In addition, there was also
burg's Conners and purchased several 'the Clinton Temperance Hall Comp -
lobe where the highways cross. In any (joint stock, incorporated),
1855, he laid out a village and named which owned a fine public hall valued
it Clinton, in honor of Lieut-Gen.iat $1,000.
Clinton, on whose estate he had liv- (
ed in England. Titus William Rat- i A't this time of the, year, when
new councillors have taken their
tonbury was the real founder of Clin places all over the country, it is
ton. There is no one by the name of interesting to look back to Clinton's
Hatteitbury living in Clinton today first council meeting, held on New
but the Rattenbury Hotel was wells Year's Day, 1858, The councillors
known to the travelling public for were Joseph Whitehead, George Ful -
over 50 years. It is now lnsown as'ton, Samuel Rance, .William Rowell
the McKenzie House, 1 and Jonas Gibbings, Then it was
Among the fret settlers to pus- "moved by Samuel Ranee and sec -
chase lets from William Rattenbury onded by George Fulton, that owing
were Bartley Levis, a blacksn-litlt, to the deep interest taken by Joseph
and a shoemaker named Higgins. An- Whitehead in the welfare and pros -
other early settler was Joseph White- parity of Clinton, this meeting is of
head, a mechanical engineer, who the opinion that he is the most fit
acted as stoker on the first loeomo- and proper person to advocate its
five every built by Steplieilson in the interests; therefore: Resolved that he
history making run from Manchester be reeve in the current year.".
to Liverpool, and later became rho The resolution carried and the eaun-
first Caere of Clinton when it was in-, ail adjourned for half an hour to
corporatecl' as a village . on New enable the reeve to be sworn in.
Year's Day in. 1858, After rattling From the minutes of the same
at the Corners he farmed for some meeting we read that the clack was
tinge, engaging chiefly ni the making authorized to rent a courtroom, the
of potash and then secured a con- rent not to exceed 40 per anntun, The
tract to build a railroad from Brant, , town crea'k's salary was 45 a year.
ford to Buffalo. He later built the The assessors received £3 each, and
railroad from Clinton to Goderielt the tax celled= 42.
and was one of the earliest settlers) Joseph Whitehead was re-elected
to possess a piano. reeve in 1859, and George Brawn in
Also among the enterprising set- 1860, after which Whitehead was
tiers of earlier days were Samuel again reeve until 1867 and Was there -
and Thornes Ranee, who arrived in fore the first reeve ever elected in
18Jx2. ' Thai' stalt•ted! aa' ssto're; kept Clinton by . popular
vote. William
trio first pest office it Clinton and Felton was reeve from 1868-72, and
erected a flour mill•. Henry Baas -was aniceeeded by Hebert Calloncler,
ford, whose sons operated the ex- who was reeve for two years before
ex-
tensive salt works at Stapleton, just becoming Clinton's first mayor when
each, of Clinton arrived int 1852 fa the town was incorporatd in 1875.
conn .McTaggart, w o n-
nin,g mill .factory, was another early s
settler to whom the Town of Clinton, ICE MUSIC
owes much. The present well -equip- I .
ped Comtnun'ty Hospital was former- The lee -bound 'trees play easltanets
ly the McTaggart home and yvas gin- Against rho sky.:
en' to the town by the McTaggart Soft golden lights flash back and
family when the fust hospital, now, forth
the Commercial Inn, was outgrown' Wherever high
by a town' .and cominunity that was Ameng..tk e boughs; .bright , diamonds
becoming "hospital conscious". De. t shower •
William Gunn, a pioneer he the field', With gems, of morn
of surgery, was responsible far the That holds Choir .playful fire aleft
apettin'g of the ,first hospital ins Till day :is :gore.
Clinton. Then, slanting to, its rest, the ran
The fisc i school ever erected in Sends upward througls
Clinton was built in 1842 on the site. -
of the present Anglican church. It The card, .a living flame of red
Againstt the blue.
I
was a log building and the first '
school teacher was a cultured Eng- Beneath the glow
Tishman- named Win, who from Earth's promise stirs, while high
ehoice or necessity combined his`I The trees play castanets
learning 'with farming/ as he pus- Against 'the sky,
` I -Ada' Borden Stevetr
chased a farm from the Canada