HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-09-13, Page 3THURS., SEPT. 13, 1934
THE. CLINTONNEWS-RECORD
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Wliatt Clinton was .Doing in The Gay Nineties,
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING TF'' LAST DE-
CADE OF THE 'OLD CENTURY?
From The News -Record, Sept. 12th,
1894:
The Grand Trunk has wisely re
stored the former passenger service.
James A. Ford and Artist Allen
were out to the Holmesville bridge
last Thursday and brought back some
monster specimens of black bass.
One weighed three. pounds.
Dr. Freeman of Lion's Head has.
decided to locate in Glinton.
A few weeks ago the Tebbutt
family of Goderich township receiv-
ed word of the accidental death in
California of Edward W. Tebbutt, a'
brother of the head of the family . , .
About fifty years ago deceased's
people settledin,Goderich township,
where three generations of them. still
reside.
The barn of Mr. Swinbank of the
London Road was struck by light-
ening. Two cows standing in the
stable were killed. The barn was
not damaged to any extent.
Miss Eva Sperling who has finish-
ed the season as telegraph operator
et the Point Farm, off Goderieh, has
returned to town.
From The New Era, Sept. 14th, 1894:
Mr. Oliver Johnson now drives a
splendid roadster purchased from
Mr. Welsh an East Wawanosh farm-
er.
The Labor Day celebration com-
mittee, after settling all claims and
liabilities, have a balance of $17 to
the good.
At •the Toronto exhibition Mr.
James Snell sulcceeded in carrying
off first prize for his 2 -year-old stal-
lion.
Messrs. Ogle Cooper and Co. will
open their, new grocery store next.
week.
John, second son of Mr. Thos.
McKenzie, while playing the other
day, fell breaking one of his arms.
The New Era received an invita-
tion to be present at the wedding of
Mr, Frank Irving at Edwardsville,
Ill., on the 12th, but for various rea-
sons we could not attend. Frank is
a son of Mr. John Irving of Clinton.
W'e extend congratulations.
Sunday night a thunder storm
came up, accompanied by a terrific
wind, which did considerable damage.
The storm blew in a window in Mr.
Robt. Welsh's house.
Britton—Fleming— On the 12th
inst. in the Ontario street Methodist
church, by the Rev. WI. •Smythe, Is-
rael "Thomas Britton, to Miss Mar-
garet Fleming, both of Clinton,
Mies Flossie Pattison has returned
home from Toronto.
Messrs. J. C. Stevenson and J. W.
Chidley attended' the meeting of the
Ontario Undertakers' Association in
Toronto this week.
Mr. Stephen Taylor of Taylor
Bros,, Minnedosa, Man., was here on
a visit this week and took his broth.
erfi Mr. Jacob Taylor, back with him.
Quitea number of Clintonians left
this week for the Toronto Exhibition,
among them being: Joseph Rowell,
George Bowers, Chas. Ridout,+.George
Connell, Mr. Noble, Mr, Cassels and
A. J. Courtice and C. Nesbitt of
Goderich township; Horace Jackson,
G. D. MeTaggart and wife, Mrs. and
Miss McTaggart, D. A. Forrester, R.
Jenkins and uncle, Jas. MacFarlane
and son, Stanley; Mrs. McCorvie,
Mrs, Gilroy, A, 1Gorrell, D. F.
Macpherson and many others.
A convention for the purpose of
selecting a candidate to carry the
Liberal banner in the next Dominion
election in the East Riding of Huron
will be held in Brussels on Friday,
Sept. 21st.
Stanley:—On Friday evening last
when Mrs. Gregor McGregor was ty-
ing in the cows, one of them backed
up crushing her against the wall,
breaking her right arm a little a-
bove the wrist.
•SEAFO'RTH:—A large black bear
weighing : two hundred and ten
pounds was shot and killed near Ir-.
ishtown, within three smiles of this
place on Tuesday.
The rain, long looked for and bad-
ly needed, fell in torrents on Friday
night, greatly to the delight' of suf-
fering humanity, who had been
roasting, sweltering and smothering
in dust, smoke and heat for several
months. The dry spell, now happily
broken, has been one of the longest
on record, extending over three
months, almost without a break, the
few showers that fell in July and
August only lasting a few minutes.
WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY
WAS YOUNG
Prone The News -Record, Sept. 9th,
1909:
Mrs. John Cuningeame returned
last week from a two -months' visit.
with friends at Uartney, 1VIan., and:
at other points. .She was accompan-
ied by Miss Eva Stevenson and Mrs.
J. II. Burrows of Washington, D.C.,
the latter continuing to her home af-
ter a couple of days' visit here.
Me. J, C. Wallis returned Saturday
from a business trip to the west.
•Miss Mabel E. "Cantelon was in
Toronto last week , attendingthe
. millinery .openings.
Mr. H. Turner, foreman of the
1 mechanical end of the Goderich Sig-
nal, and Mr. Harry Le Tozel of New
•York City, came down Tuesday to
see The News -Record's electric pres-
ses, folder and typesetting machine.
The local dealers are this week
paying eight dollars per hundred for
live' hogs. This is the highest price
ever paid in Huron County.
A few days ago Rev. Father Han-
lon, the popular priest of St. Jos-
eph's parish, sent a large can of ice
cream to the House of Refuge, which
Manager Mutch and his good lady
dealt out in generous saucerfuls to
the inmates, each and all of whom
still have the sweet tooth.
Apple King Cantelon commenced
his shipping operations by the car-
load on Monday week when he sent
a car of Duchess from Orillia to
Winnipeg .. . Mr. Cantelon has buy-
ers at work in every municipality in
Huron, with the exception of Usborne
and Stephen, besides buying in Sim
-
we county and elsewhere. When the
picking and packing begins in earn-
est he will have about one hundred
men employed.
"Topsy," the favorite driver in Mr.
J. W. Elliott's. livery barn and for
which he had refused $225, was
frightened to death by a Goderich
automobile about nine o'clock on
Monday night. "'Topsy" was a
highstrung, nervous animal, with a
perfect dread of automobiles, and as
a citizen drove along the Huron road
he saw the headlights of an automos
bile approaching. After looking in
vain for an open lane into which he
could drive he led the mare into a
fence corner. The occupants of the
ear realized the situation as they
approached and creiit by as quietly
as possible Topsy was all this
time in a tremble and when led back
to the road reared and fell ,bask, and
with a shiver or two was dead --1
frightened to death:
A very pleasant event took place
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
McCool of Hullett on Wednesday
when their. daughter, Lillian M., was
united in marriage to Mr., J. Lloyd
Awde of Wlinghanl .. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. H. E. Currie.
From The New Era, Sept. 9th, 1909:
Owing to the feet that Alderman
Jackson is in the west, Taylor in
England, Holloway at Cobalt and
Graham taking in the sights at the
Toronto Exhibition there was no
council meeting on Tuesday evening.
Courtice--,Treleaven—At the home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robt. Treleaven, Ashfield, on Sept.
1st, by the Rev. R. J. Treleaven, To-
ronto, Frances A. Treleaven to Rev.
N. C'ourtice, B.A.
Treleaven Wliswall At Law-
renceville, Aug. 25th, J. Irene Wis-
wall to Dr. 0. J. Courtice of Leth-
bridge, formerly of Holmesville.
R. T. Rodaway returned from the
west last week and left again Mon-
day morning for Chicago to enter one
of the medcial school there.
Mr. Thos. Hawkins was in Hamil-
ton over the holiday and was accom-
panied home by his wife and two lit-
tle daughters. We are sorry to hear -
that the oldest little ghat met with an
accident while in the city and is just
recovering from the effects.
Stanley Township: -On Wednes-
day, Sept. 1st, at highnoon, the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John Butchart was
given over to a quiet but pretty Wed-
ding, their daughter, Mite Agnes C.,
being wedded to Mr. Herbert C.
Legg of Lyons, Ont. Theceremony
was performed by Rev. W G. Cheri-
ton of Hillsburg, Ont., a close friend.
of the groom, assisted b3' the bride's
brother, Rev. F. D: Butchart of
Cleveland, Ohio,
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
MARVELLOUS SUNSET
Those who failed to see the sun-
set on Thursday evening missed a
sight which may never be equalled
here.
The western sky, the lake and the
river, were turned into molten gold
shaded with burnt orange and in the
midst of the vast panorama .a mirage
appeared.
Boats floated on the bosom of
space, trees of a deeper shade' and
fields and borne and fairy buildings
hung in a sky whose . richness of
coloring surpassed anything seen in
many years.
Residents along the lake front left
their dinners to grow cold while they
gazed, awed and spellbound at one :of.
the marvels Of nature,' It was not
possible to identify buildings or even
to hazard a guess .as to the country
pictured in the sky. It may have
been from directly across the lake or,
as is the way with the mirage, it
might have been from some far re-
mote section of the continent. Again.
it may have been of no particular
place, the weird effect of light refrac-
tions sometimes picking up vague
outlines of no known origin.
However, there is TIO' doubt of the
mirage asmany people saw it and re-
ported it, even when sometimes they
felt that it must have been an optical
illusion.
Many years ago a mirage was vis-
ible here which showed a recognizable
part of the Michigan shore, but the
phenomenon has not occurred since
until last night.-Goderich Star.
THE MYSTERY SOLVED
Numerous mysterious disappear-
ances of mail from boxes in the post -
office have finally been traced to two
local juveniles, who, in some manner,
have wriggled boxes loose on several
occasions and taken the contents.
Suspicion was first attracted to the
two boys when a storekeeper saw one
in possession of a torn letter, from
which he had taken a cheque. The
matter has been taken up with the
proper authorities.
—Goderich Signal.
POOR SENSE OF HUMOR
Several times in the last two
weeks some person or persons, with
a perverted sense of humor, has pul-
led the flower plants out of the gar-
den at the MacLean Lumber & Coal
office. Just what fun a person can
take out of such vandalism isvery
difficult to understand.
aWingham Advance -Times.
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HOW EDITORS GET RICH
After a great deal of worry and
study we have at last figured out
how so many country editors get
rich. Here is the secret of their
success.
There is a child born in the vicin-
ity. The attending physician gets
$10. The editor gives the youngster
a great send off and gets $0.
It is christened and the minister
gets $5 and the editor gets $00.
It grows and marries. The editor
then publishes another long winded
flowery article and tells a dozen lies
about "the beautiful and accomplish-
ed bride." The minister gets $10 and
a piece of cake. The editor gets $000
and a request to carry the bride-
groom's subscription account anoth-
er year.
In the course of time she dies. The
doctor gets $6 to $100 and the min-
ister gets from $5 to $100. The edi-
tor publishes a notice of death and an
obituary two columns long, lodge re-
solutions, and 'a .lot of poetry, and a
card of thanks and gets $0,000,
No wonder so many country editors
get right -.Exchange.
STILL BOASTING
The old fashioned woman who used
to boast about how many glasses of
jelly she could get out of a gallon
of berries, has a daughter who likes
to brag about how many miles she
can get out of a gallon of gas.-
-Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune.
NEVERTHELESS ! ! !
One never knows what to expect
next, "Recent research and experi-
ment of the University of California
medical men into the common cold
threatens the upsetting of one of the
generally accepted beliefs about that
frequent and baffling ill of civilized
man, namely, that it Is infectious,"
the Kingston Whig Standard tells us
for example, before the Advance-
ment of Science these medical scien-
tists told of ;experiments in which ali
attempts to transmit colds by infec-
tions of direct inoculation failed.
.Sant' Star.
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STATION WAS RANSACKED.
When Luke Spearin, C. N. R. ticket
agent unlocked his office door in the
Town station here about 7.30 a.m. to-
day he discovered that the small win-
dow on the north side leading from
the station platform, had been broken
and that someone had apparently
been ransacking the place in search
of money or tickets. Luckily only a
few cents were left in the cash draw-
ers and the thieves were balked at
that angle. A large number of tic-
kets were however in the ticket rack
and Mr. Spearin is checking these
over to see if any are missing. So
far as has been discovered no other
damage was caused by the robbers
who did not apparently attempt to
enter the C. N. R. Express office in
an adjoining room:
C. N. R. detectives are now inves,
tigatingthe robbery and 'develop-
ments are expected,
-St. Marys Journal -Argus.
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WE, TOO
Everybody, is feeling the reduction
in Government expenses. We lost
the Hydro Comanission subscription
the other day.
—Kincardine Review -Reporter.
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ANOTHER HEAD
Another of Elyth old boys has lost
his head by the Hepburn Government
in Mr. Glenn Blackall, who was one
of the inspectorship of the Breweries
in London. There is not the slight-
est doubt but it was on account of
his politics that he lost the position,
as other men were ,employed to fill
the position. ---Blyth Standard.
INDEFINABLE CHARM.
One of the greatest assets a man
can have is the power of winning the
liking of others. Some people are
born' with an appealing personality
which exerts itself naturally and
without any effort. Others have to
study the best ,methods of acquiring
this, and by constant striving and
thepractice of such method's can de-
velop what we call "personality"—,
"that indefinable charm that •gives.
to man what perfume gives to flow-
ers:' Something very simple indeed'.
—and something whish we can all
cultivate in ourselves, lies back of
this "indefinable charm." One of the
m'ost important keys to personality
and charm Iies in feeling a genuine
interest in ethers. Few of us can
force this feeling, but we can all build
up such an interest. With an In-
creasing sympathy for people will
give a quicker ingight into their real
wants and emotions. Henry Ford has
said "the best way to understand hu-
man nature is to be friendly towards
people." All the great leaders in
world affairs to -day possess person-
ality, poise, and self-confidence to a
marked extent. By their magnetism
they exert a mighty influence upon
all with whom they contact. As we
train ourselves to feel a deeper in-
terest in the human beings around us,
it will by degrees become easy to keep
our mind upon them instead of on
ourselves. --i The Sailor, organ of
Navy League of Canada.
GODERICH TOWN COUNCIL
STILL FIGHTING COLLE-
GIATE BOARD CLAIM
At an adjourned session of council
Monday night Mayor Lee reported
that he had thrice been unsuccessful
in getting in telephonic communica-
tion with Attorney -General Roebuck
in an effort to arrange for a visit of
a delegation to Queen's Park over the
embroglio between council and the
Collegiate Board on teacher's salaries.
A hearing at Osgoode Hall resulted
in an order for the council to pay the
Collegiate Board the money asked
for. The council is now aplpying to
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the Provincial Government- to give
municipal councils some authority ov-
er school hoards.
His worship said he had a tele-
phone appointment with the minis-
ter's' secretary at 10 o'clock in the
morning but he 'could give no assur-
ance the interview would be granted,
A majority of council expressed the
view 'that no difficultywill be en-
countered. It was planned that the
deputation go to Toronto Wednes-
day.
Legal advice is that the town has
until September 15 to appeal the Su-
preme Court judgment ordering the
town to pay $6,000 to the board which
has been held up four months.
:Council adjourned until Friday ev-,
ening at eight o'clock.
SEAFORTH: The monthly coup-
ell meeting of the town council was
held Monday night with all present
except one. Chas. P. Sills addressed
the council on behalf of the Seaforth
Holding Syndicate and clearly outlin-
ed as far as possible just where they
stood in regard to the Avon Chests
building. ' He stated that four men
were interested in the building and
if they got started in business would
employ 20 men, $80 of old sewing ma-
chiney had been sold and the money
paid on the insurance policy. The
council thanked Mr. Sills and ' also
Chas. Aberhart, who accompanied
him, and after a few questions these
two gentlemen retired. The Seaforth
Holding Syndicate has the mortgage
on 'everything in the Avon Chest
building. The mayor recommended a
meeting of all parties interested to
attempt to clear up the whole situa-
tion: Just before adjourning a mo-
tion Was passed that the Seaforth
Holding Syndicate be allowed to car-
ry on in their endeavor to get a pur-
chaser for their building.
RAILWAY AND POST OFFICE
CLERKS HAVE OWN JARGON
Railway and post office mail clerks
have a jargon all their own. Here are
some of the terms in common use:
Bums—,Damaged mail sacks.
Cripples—Defective mail sacks and
pouches in general.
Fiats—Large flat circulars, news-
papers, pamphlets.
Jug—Semicircular cases in a post
office wherein mail -handler starts to
separate newspapers and periodicals,
Logs, trunks — Heavy parcel -post
PAGE 3
packages.
Longs—Large-sized envelopes for.
official maid:'
Mother-hubbards Large-sized
sacks used for paper -mail, or a_sacic
converted into a pouch • for use for
letter -mail.
Roundhouse—Where they handle
second and third-class matter wrap-
ped in rolls.
Riders, sleepers --.Letters which,
for some reason, are not 'delivered in
the regular time required. Sleepers
are delayed in boxes or on the dis-
tributing tables; riders in sacks, in
transit. One may say: Not all sleep-
ers are riders, but all riders are
sleepers.—Washington Post,
TERMS TO SUIT THE TRADE
:It was at the Internationl Confer-
ence of Every Ca'll'ing Under the Sun,
and the delegates were spouting as to
the state of their respective trades.
"I am just scraping along," asid the
barber,
"I'm pegging away," said the shoe-
maker.
"It's all I can do to make both ends
meet," confessed the butcher.
"I'm taking things easy," chimed
in the pickpocket.
"Simply giving things a'weigh,"
announced'tfie grocer.
"Living from hand to mouth," said
the dentist.
' `I'm working overtime," growled
the watchmaker..
"Things are medium," declared the
spiritualist.
"W'e're having a piping time,"
shouted the plumber.
The tailor burst out that he was
having "a ripping time" while the
dressmaker said that thnigs were
"sew sew."
THEY BLAMED LAUDER
Two Scots were riding on a train.
They were both heavy smokers. The
first Scot said to the other, "Have
you a match?" The second banded
him a match. The first feeling a-
round in his pockets said, "By George
I can't find my tobacco." The second
Scot, holding out his hand, Said,
"Well you won't be needing the
match then."
He: "I want to marry your daugh-
ter."
Father: "Have you seen my wife
yet?"
He: "Yes, but I prefer your daugh-
ter."
ONE SLICE OF +LIFE'
(Continued from page 2)
ton and the carving knife and fork.
She was just cutting him a slice
when she heard him gasp querely,. His
gaze was fixed on her hand, his eyes
wildly flaring, intent.
"That knife," he . said in a harsh,
choking voice, and sprang to his feet.
Betty stepped back from the table.,
The knife fell from her hand. He
grasped it, and then advanced slowly
towards her. She tried to scream—•
then felt herself falling into black-
ness.
tl•'Iltri
Slowly Betty came back to life. She
was lying upon the settee in the liv-
ing room. Someone was holding a
cold, moist cloth to her brow. She
sat up.
"Where is he?" she tried faintly.
"It's all right, miss," said a burly,
blue -uniformed man, gently pressing
her back upon the cushions. "He won't
harm you, My mates have taken him."
"`Taken him away? To prison?"
to
• No, miss, to the. asylum. The poor
fellow's mad, you see --land dangerous
mad, too. He got away this after-
noon, and we've been trailing hint
all the way towards town. We were
watching you through the window,
but didn't want to enter at the wrong
trine. -But—when he picked up the
knife, we had to move , quick, I can
tell your
Betty rose. She was feeling better
now, but still shaky.. The big asylum,
officer was regarding her.
"Are you all alone in this house,
miss?" he asked. "It don't seem riglit..,
Haven't you any friends?"
"Of course, I've friends! cried Bet-
ty with a sudden gush of relief and'
joy. And she ran to the telephone.
David's voice came—oh, so reassur-
ingly and calmly—over the line.
"Yes, darling what is it? I haven't
gone to bed yet—was worrying a bit,
to tell you the truth."
"Oh, David, dear, there's no need
to worry about anything. Are your
father and mother still up? Really?
Well, I've changed my mind. I don't
feel quite safe, all alone in the house,
and I'd like to come over to your
place. You'll come for me? All right,
dear—and quickly!"
She replaced the receiver and look-
ed
ooked up at the big reliable -looking offi-
cer.
"You won't mind staying until my
fiance comes, will you, please?" she
asked, "I know it's foolish, but I nate
to be left alone. It will be all right
when David comes. I feel so safe,
with him!" _'London Tit -Bits.
Regularity!
TO MERCHANDISERS: --
"You sweep out, you trim the windows, you dust
off the counters, you make up new price cards, you
unpack and arrange new stock, you plan your mer-
chandise showings, you do these and a hundred oth-
er necessary jobs REGULARLY in the normal con-
duct of your business.
"But how about the biggest job of all—contact-
ing the people and telling thent repeatedly that you
are in business and have the goods they need. Do
you do that REGULARLY? Do you figure you are
going to get your share of the available business if
you don't tell folks about your merchandise or your
service at REGULAR intervals instead of doing the
job spasmodically or not at all? '
"By all known tests, experience and thousands
of records, the acknowledged best -of -all medium for
REGULARITY is advertising in the local newspa-
per. ...A
ewspa-per....A newspaper going REGULARLY into the
homes of your possible customers, not only in your
town but the surrounding territory as well, makes
it easy enough for anyone to see how your local
newspaper offers you the finest kind of a vehicle
for carrying your business message REGULARLY
to the people.
•
"And don't blink these folks won't miss your
REGULARITY' of advertising: They look for their
newspaper REGULARLY, READ IT REGULAR-
LY,
EGULAR .LY, study its advertising (yours, if it's there) REG-
ULARLY.
"And what's more, you'll find they are buying
fairly REGULARLY, too, if you'll just check up, es-
pecially with the advertisers who do space REG-
ULARLY.
"YOURS FOR MORE REGULARITY IN AD'-
VERTISING."
The Clinton News-, ec
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