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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-10-11, Page 3THURS.., OCT. 11, 1934 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties DO YOU REMEMBLTe WHAT HAP PENED DURING Thio LAST DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY?' From The News -Record, Oct. 16th, 1894: Hine—In 894:Hine--In Clinton, on the 4th 'inst., aged 76 years and 6 months. Johnston -Morrow— At the Pres- byterian manse, ' ing'ham, on Oct. 4th, by Rev. M. k'errie; Mr. John Johnston of Clinton, to Miss Sadie, only daughter of the late Mr. Morrow of Owen Sound. Last Tuesday and Wednesday were the days on which the Central Huron Exhibition was held. This year the show was a purely agricultural one, all extra attractions being.dispensed with . . The attendance was large considering the situation, (rained all foremen Wednesday). Dr. Agnew has placed a new phone in his office, J. McGarva one in his residenceand Ogle Cooper and Co.. one in their grocery store. From The New Era, Oct. 12th, 1894: At a meeting of the Collegiate Board of Trustees on Monday it was decided that some member of the board should perform the duties of secretary until the end of the current year, and the full year's salary be allowed the Hine estate. ,The duties of secretary to the PrTlic school board will, we understand, be per- formed by Mr. J. Cuninghame. On Wednesday afternoon while of J. G. Steep, Goderich township, was driving to town, accompanied by Mrs. B. Sheppard of the Soo, Mrs. Yates of Oil Springs and a ten months' -old baby, they met with s bad accident. Some men were at work about the railway bridge on the Bayfield road and the horse took fright and bolted, • upsetting the bug- gy and throwing the parties into the ditch ... Mrs, Steep had a couple of ribs broken and her shoulder injured; Mrs. Sheppard was hurt internally but is improving nicely; Mrs. Yates was bruised and shaken up but the baby escaped. Wroxeter is to have a paper of its own ... That will only ]make 16 pa- pers in Huron County. The local preachers of Rattenbury street, of whom there are six, are re- sponsible for a good deal of preach- ing, one way and another, and one kind or another. • Goderich Township: -,On Wednes- day the residence of Mr. John Gard- ner was the scene of a very pleasant and happy event when Minnie, the eldest daughter of Mr. Gardner, was united in the holy bonds of matri- mony 'with Mr. R. L. Proctor. Rev. Iil'r. Fear performed the ceremony, the bride was handsomely dressed in a cream cashmere cress with train, and trimmed with silk lace; she was assisted by her cousin, Miss Carrie Stirling, who wore a cream delaine dress trimmed with baby ribbon. Both wore cream slippers. The groom was supported by F. C. Elford: After the ceremony all at down to a very sumptuous supply of good things, to which all did justice. The guests numbered about fifty. WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From The News -Record, Oct. 14th, 1909: Mrs. H. T. Rance, Mrs. W. W. Ferran and Mrs. W. Brydone have been visiting in Toronto. The strong winds of the past two days have caused considerablee loss to orchard owners, large quantities of export apples havhrg been blown from exposed trees and will now be rated as evaporator stock. The C.I. sports held on Friday af- ternoon were well contested. "Everybody's. Megaphone" for Oc- tober, issued by the Ridgeway Pub- lishing Co., New York, says that the W. D. Fair Co., Clinton, is one of the best window dressers in Canada. The News -Record is pleased to have the New York expert agree with: its op- inion about our citizen's ability along this line. The new Hymnal the "Book. of Common Praise," will be used for the first time in St. Paul's church on Sunday . It is not generally known that in the Church of England. in Canada three hymn books r have been in use. For instance, in Blyth they use "The Church's Hymns"; in Gode- Ireh "The Ancient • and Modern Hymns," and in Clinton "The Hymnal Companion." A' brass tablet has been placed in the church, near the chancel, in memory of the late Bis- hop Carmichael, who was rector when the church was built. It was donat- ed by the. Bishop's sons. Well, we guess them "Steudeate" are the real classy ball -players and then some. In their new C .C. 1. sweaters they showed the poor lab- oring ,clasess ab-oringclasess where they belonged by artistically trimming the hurdy-gur- dy plant on Friday during the sports and on Saturday taking into camp, the would-be ball -players from Jack- son's knicker booker shop. A unique feature of the game was the attendance on the side lines' of a Rooters' Club, composed' of fair Co-Eds ... It would be hard to pick any stars from the bright constella- tion of future pedagogues, law sharks' and saw -bones. The dark beauty of John Wiseman, Jr., was displayed to great advantage at snort stop. Ran- dom Rance would have played better ball if he had thought moreof the game and less of a certain young lady in the crowd. Petit Timmy Mitche1i had to give locks of his beautiful au- burn hair, buttons off his suit, etc., to his friends as relies after pitching and winning the game. It is rumored that he, Doug. Stewart and Dean Courtioe were Hobsonized by their friends at the conclusion of the game. In the outfield Salome McKenzie flit- ted around in a manner that remind- ed one of a swallow. it was so dif- ferent. Lyons, the "Gibson Boy" at third, when not in a trance brought on by the nearness of so much beauti- ful fen -deity, played a remarkable game but nearly broke up the Root- ers' Club by being too lavish with his glances in that direction. From The New Era, Oct. 14th, 1909: In September the highest tempera- ture was 88, on the 14th, the lowest 30, on the 29th, Total rainfall was 3,1 inches. According to present prospects turkeys will be difficult to get for Thanskgiving, and at a result other fowl will be popular on that day. Bully for Editor of the Press, Nep- pawa, Man. When the municipal council of Lansdowne went into sec- ret session he was ejected. He took proceedings before the magistrate and won, and when the council ap- pealed to the county judge he won a- gain, the judge declaring that muni- cipal councils are public bodies and have no right to sit in secret session unless showing a good reason for so doing. A large flock of wild ducks rassed over the town last week travelling in a southerly direction. This is one of the sure signs of an early winter, it is said, as it is very unusual to see ducks going south so early in the season. The first snow of the Beason fell Tuesday. There were two or three quite distinct flurries. Owing to the rough weather Tues. day and Wednesday the Bayfield fair was not a decided success this year. Early Wednesday morning the direc- tors telephoned, to the e!tizens'•Band that their services would not be re- quired. On Wednesday evening, at the On- tario street parsonage, Rev. T. Wes- ley Oosens tied the nuptial knot be- tween Mr. Richard A. Govier of Clin ton and Mrs. Alice 0, 3. Biggin of Summerhill. Jessie McLaughlin, the world's greatest ballad singer and Scottish prima dona, in the town hall tonight: The third annual tournament, of the Zurich Gun Club was favored with •splendid weather • and a fair crowd Of shooters. High average went to Mr. Hovey of Clinton, who scored 97 out of 100. ' iBrucefield—Mrs. Sowers addressed the Egmondville W. F. M.. S. at the annual thankoffering meeting last week, Miss Pearl Wise of Tucker - smith sang two solos at the meeting, which, were much appreciated. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING ONTARIO NOT BAD PLACE Those of us who think that we are having a hard time here should con- sider some of. our Western people who have had drought for years and last week were held indoors by a 6- inch snow storm that stopped al: road traffic. Ontario is not such a bad place in which to live after all. Wingham Advance -Times. RELIEF FOR BOWED BACKS .Those who have . become stooped shouldered from carrying around pocketsful of paper money will ..hail with glee the Ottawa announcement that the new Bank of Canada notes -shortly to be . issued in denomina- tions from $1 to $50,000 or therea-. bouts—will be much smaller than our present greenbacks. Smaller, in fact, than the dwarfed currency of Uni- ted States. -+Border Cities Star. WHICH WILL YOU HAVE- POTATOES OR TOMATOES On every farm in the countryside potatoes and tomatoes are two vege- tables that are always raised but one has to visit Mrs, Walter Cole's, Mun- ro R. R. No. 1, to see these two vege- ,tables growing together, as part and parcel of one plant or rather, sever- al of them for that potato field has grown ambitious and is producing both products. Not that one woulu just venture to eat the tomatoes but they resemble entirely small green tomatoes, as to shape, plentiful seeds and pulp and grow in Blusters from a real potato stalk. However, they do not smell like our ordinary green tomatoes, Underground the usual crop of potatoes is found. The strange thing is, that these potato plants were not crossed with toma- toes dor they were not grown near such plants. Who can explain this peculiar growth? —Mitchell Advocate: * ak AN INDUSTRIOUS HEN The latest curiosity to be received at this office was, en egg that young Stewart MacDonald, son of Mr, and *s. Archie MacDonald, presented us with the end of the week. On one end of the egg, standing out on the shell was a figure 2, practically per- fectly formed. Stewart was greatly tickled that a hen of hisshouldper- form such a feat and no doubt he'll be keeping a close watch on the egge to see if this hen plans to continue this practise, to check upon her out- put.--Lueknow Sentinel. BROOM CORN GROWN IN HOWICK_ Perhaps few of our readers have seen broom corn; we know we never did, until last Friday, when Tom Strong brought two stocks into our office. He stripped the seed froma stock last June at •the home of Jack Demerling, Harriston, who is operat- ing a small broom -making plan' at his home. While this sample isnot fully developed, the experiment' might lead to the growing of the corn nearer home than Kansas, from which State we understand the Har riston concern (that is the Royal Sterling Products Ltd.) imports its supply. Mr. Strong also brought in a leaf of a castor-oil bean .that measured 28x24 inches. Ile says the plant, which grows to immense height in one stock, measures six inches in cir- cumference at the base. —Fordwich Record. FLIES ARE SO STUPID Flies .become a nuisance this time of year. Until now it seems they have been content to go hopping a- bout elsewhere, but in recent days they have taken to coming in here. What they expect to find we have not the slightest idea. And yet they sit on the parliamentary guide, the dictionary, look over all the papers and sit on the top of one's head. Flies are mean that way. We are sure flies are stupid.' Right near to the building there is a restaurant which keeps open longhours each dap and night. If they knew any- thing' at all they would not be wast- ing their time around an editorial of- fice where no victuals enter. They would be snooping around the res- taurant next door or departing on an excursion to the grocery store up the street, Even a brindle cow knows more than to pasture on a concrete highway surface,, and, a dog knows enough not to start chasing a cat when dinner dishes are being clear- ed. But the flies seem to be such stupid things. Walkerton Times -Herald. CLOUDS LIFTING There has been a lot of talk of prosperity and the corner around which it has been hiding. A. local radio dealer tells us that the buying public are looking at the better rad- ios again and that price is not the chief factor in buying. We have heard this same comment from other sources, which 'would indicate that the clouds are beginning to lift, Kincardine Review -Reporter., STRIKE WATER IN FOURTH ATTEMPT Mr. Chas. Triebner has successfully completed a well on the farm of Mrs. A. McPalis of Biddulph. The well is 24 feet deep and gives an 8 foot wa- ter ater supply, Mr. Ed: Walker' and his faithful switch located the spring, Much credit is given to these men by Mr. McFalls as this is the fourth well that, has been dug on his farm within the past 5 years in an effort to obtain a supply of water. —Exeter Times -Advocate. *. alF,.* NO ROOM FOR MORE TAX The latest rumor is that the Do- minion Government will step into the field of gasoline taxation andtake a slice of the revenue from sorely burdened motorists. In such an ev- entuality, it is highly probable that thousands of motorists will either abandon their cars or curtail their use of them. •to the very miniumum. The present provincial tax of six cents a gallon is an outrage, but un- less Premier Hepburn can devise some other method of raising reven- ue, there is little prospect of decreas- ing it. Meanwhile there is no room for federal invasion of the field. The point of diminishing returns has al- ready been reached. Simeoe Reformer. PAGE 3 You Can't Play Cricket with the Ethics football situation smells to high hea- ven of shameateurism. Practically of p0+ �� every team has' brought in several j{ players • from the United States. One of them, in fact, is said to have im- ported no less than seventeen. play - Canon Dyson Hague of Toronto, in a letter to the 'Globe, tells of the Am- erican student who won a Rhodes scholarship and spent a couple of years at Oxford. University. On his return to the United States he was asked. what impressed him most \dur- ing his stay in ,England, and he re- plied something like this: "The thing that most impressed me in England was that there were five thousand young men there, every one of whom would rather lose a race than win it unfairly." The letter was inspired by the re, cent yachting race for the America's Cup, between the English challenger owned by T. 0, M, Sopwith, and the American defender, built by 'a syn- dicate of millionaires and with Har- old S. Vanderbilt as commodore. As is well known, the British boat won the first two races, but lost the next four. When the last race was over, and the British challenger was being gotten ready for the journey home, the wife of its skipper, . who was an important figure in the boat, declared: "Youmay not believe it, but we do not feel vindicative nor bitter, but we are heart -sick at the treatment we received from Vander- bilt and the race committee." A simple statement, but how elo- quent! The reference is to an hap- pening in the fifth race, when the British boat, though it had the right- of-way, was forced out of position in order to avoid hitting the American boat, and this sharp trick lost them the race. It could have kept on its course and sent the American boat to the bottom of the sea, but that would be unthinkable. This was a sporting event, not a war for su- premacy, and the Britisher could do naught but prevent a collision, even if it was not of his seeking. The incident was a lesson in sportsmanship, not only to 'Ameri- cans but possibly to Canadians as well. When the sixth and deciding race was to be run, we were led to expect a "dog fight" that the Brit- isher, roused to fury by the unfair- ness of the competition, would be "out for blood" ---that if another such incident arose he would "let Vander- bilt have it," even if the boat was sunk and, possibly, lives lost. But neither the American nor the Canadian sports writers understood the true spirit of British sportsman-, ship. "They would rather lose a race than will it unfairly." Sopwith did not feel vindictive --just heart -brok- en. In fact, he cannot understand why Vanderbilt did not come over and thank him for saving his life and that of his men. That is what a Brit- isher, would have done, had he been similarly placed. It is a reminder of what happened hot so very long ago in the Harms- worth trophy race near Detroit, when the British boat was showing such superiority as to threaten to take the trophy back home. The Am- ericans resorted m-ericansresorted to a sharp trick. Us- ing two s-ingtwo boats, they sent one of them out to lure the Britisher across the line in ,a false start, which disquali fled the both of them, and allowed the second American boat to come along from the rear and win the race unop- posed. No wander the Britishers are sick at heart. They have been brought up in a different school of sport = a school that teaches the one great lesson that itis better to lose a race than to win it unfairly. "The game's the thing," not "victory at any cost." We may rejoice that it was the Brit- ishers who displayed such magnifi- cent sportsmanship, and that the Americans may hold the America's Cup - and the Harmsworth Trophy, but that their honors are as worm - Wood and gall in view of the wretch- ed sportsmanship they displayed. Yet, at the same time, we are sor- ry to have to confess that our own Canadian viewpoint frequently re- sembles that of our neighbors to the south, rather than our cousins across the sea. Sport in Canada has degen- erated_so deeply into a search for victory that we sometimes wonder if the wrong principles carried out therein are actually not a greater detriment to the youth of our land than are the benefits which accrue from sporting events. The oath which our amateurs subscribe to is a glaring example of the principles laid before our youth. The thing is preposterous. We have no objection to athletes getting paid for their ser- vices, but we do think it is decidedly objectionable that players sign ama- teur cards and swear that they re- ceive no remuneration when every- body knows it is a farce. Or take an- other glaring example—the present ers from across the line. What kind of an ideal is that to set before the youth of our land? Do those who patronize these alleged sporting events realize that they are encouraging perjury—,that they ap- prove of the principle ,that. to "win at any coat!" is the main thing in sport? One of the shortest, yet most sig., nif!cant comments we read on the the. recent yachting series was a three -line editorial ' in the Toronto Star, which said;'"International con- tests in which one side uses the cth ics of cricket and the other the ethics of pokercan end only in grief." . We would like to see those two sentences set before the youth of Canada—first, that it is better to lose than to win unfairly; and, se- condly, that the, ethics of ericket are to be preferred above the ethics of ' poker.--3lanover Post. AUTUMN And so the Autumn comes again And coloured leaves drittt down, Drift down to dust That settles on the grass And blows along the lanes And wry' the mouth Sift, golden dust across the Autumn sunlight, Like days that destined for destruc-• tion Wear brave bright colours Spite of sombre night. I cannot tell you why this thing should be, Why Beauty is a leaf that burns and blows A turning flag of colour on the wind -- For you may pluck a sprig of scarlet ' salvia And say, "1 hold it now.....this aching Autumn beauty".... And still be wrong. 'Tis not for touching. I tell you, you may find its counter- part in certain eyes That wear their dreams like burning candles Lighting up the dark of lonely ways. So Autumn comes, and Beauty for a I space Leans down to brush her lips across your facet —Mona Gould. FIRST` LOVE the window ks so ilI; wool to spin. Hero in th n�bow,- hhewoul Nay—there is no one there at all, Little Felicia, my idle one; Naught I see but the white snows fall, And your task is still the same," "Oh, mother, harken, I hear him call, Pray, sweetheart, is the door un- done? Let me in who am weak and small.' May 1 bid him enter, in Pity's name, Mather. of mine?" `Nothing I hear and naught I see, little FeIicia, who works so ill; And there's much to do ere darkness be— Come, daughter, your task begin." But little Felicia blushingly Turned away from the windowsill; "Oh, mother, I spake no,word," qouth she, "But I fear --it fear he bath entered in, Mother of mine." —McCrea Pickering. "Why do you look from BO, Little Felicia, who won There still is the long white seam t o. sew, And the white lamb's " "Oh, .mother, below, t e snow, Stands a little lad with a moot h like wine — A little lad with a ,carve And he makes as thoug d enter in, Mother of mine. ACCIDENTS AND COMPENSA- TION During September there were 4,- 695 accidents reported to The Wbrk- inen's Compensation Board, 18 of these being fatal cases, as compared with 5,127 accidents during August, and 3,462 during September last year. The benefits awarded during Sep- tember amounted to $391,151.25, of which ,$310,530.76 was for compensa- tion and $80,620.49 for medical aid. This year's record to date shows a total of 40,327 accidents reported, as against 27,329 for the same period of 1933, and the total benefits awarded $3,246,006.04 as compared with $2,- 651,046.43 2;651,046.43 to the end of September, 1933. r: sisoltreeaboaftneesweIVIasarelUSeessuoVesioas TAKING YOUR Dollar TO MARKET EVERY Year your family, and every family of your acquaintance, spends about 70 per cent. of its income just for living, exclusive of rent -so econ- omic experts tell us. Think what this means—sev- en dollars out of every ten invested in food, cloth- ing, household utilities and all the multitude of things that keep a family comfortable and happy. That part of spending is readily understood. But do you realize that every manufacturer and retailer of these necessities is planning how he can get your dollar? It's a big job to spend so much money wisely and well. It requires careful business methods to get the best possible returns from each dollar that leaves the family purse. The clever woman goes for help to the advertise- ments in her local paper. There she finds a direct- ory of buying and selling. She learns about theof- ferings of merchants and business people. She com- pares values. She weighs quality and price. She takes this opportunity of judging and selecting al- most everything she needs to feed, clothe, amuse, in- struct and generally bring up her family. Do you read the advertisements? You will find them willing and able to serve you in your business of purchase., ADVERTISEMENTS ARE GUARDIANS OF YOUR POCKETBOOK—Read Them Carefully The Clinton News -Record $1.50 a year. Worth More DON'T FAIL TO READ TO DAY THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN