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THIJR;S., 'OCT18, 1934
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
What Clinton was Doing in The GayNineties
DO YOU
REMEMBER WILAT HAPPENED DURING Turk LAST
CADS OF THE OLD CENTURY?
From The News -Record, Oct. 24th,
1894:
The Clinton postmastership had
been vacant since April at this time
in 1894 and early in October R. Por-
ter, ex-M.P. 'for Wiest Huron had been
appointed. The News -Record, whose
editor was also an applicant for the
position, has this to say: "Of appli-
cants there has been a .very large
number , .. Mr. Porter, from the
moment his name was mentioned
was looked upon by niany of his old-
time supporters and opponents as the
gentleman likely to be the choice,.
That he will make a painstaking, pop-
ular and courteous public servant we
rime on doubt" •
A few days ago. a young man of
the 5th concession of Stanley was
giving his best girl an airing when
they met with a serious mishap .. .
the young man, evidently thinking
his horse reliable, fastened the lines
to the buggy dash and allowed Dob-
bin to jog along at his pleasure. The
horse, however, shied at a sheep and
making a sudden jerk to one side up-
set the buggy, and the occupants
found themselves in the ditch, :The
lady suffered a broken leg and the
gentleman had his thumb put out of
joint.
A pleasing event took place at Bay.
field on Wednesday. when Mr. MaI-
colm McLeod was united in marriage
to Miss Florence K. Thompson.
People who say that to be Post-
master at Clinton is a "soft snap" do
not know what they are talking a-
bout: 'There is, nothing "soft" and no
"snap" about it. The position is a
slavish one and the pay is not com-
mensurate with the work that must
be' performed.
For some days an unfounded and
malicious report has been in circula-
tion that the editor of this journal
was in the pay of the Government and
even received work to the value et
$1,000 per year .. . Just how any wit-
ful liar can exit et to gain 'a seat in
the Kingdom of Heaven we do not
know. On an average The News -Re-
cord does not receive enough patron-
age in a year from the Government
to oil our machinery. And when we
do perform any work for Her Ma-
jesty, the Queen, we give just as
good value as we give to any citizen.
Mr. D. Cook of the feed store on
Monday evening showed The News -
Record a peculiar mangold grown on
the farm of Mr. Patrick Quigley. The
seed had evidently lodged in an old
cup handle and formed like an apple
on top while below the small neck
the root was perfectly formed and of
ordinary size . , Two russet and
two spy apple trees game in con-
tact. Two apples on the spy tree are
a cross—half spy and half russet—
both •perfectly formed.
A week ago last Saturday The
News -Record lost one of its staff In
the person of Miss Sophia Uzell.
That the young lady was bent on
doubling up we were not aware.
Printers as a rule cannot receive too
many "sorts" or too much of a good
thing and accordingly the young lady
added another "cap U" to her "case"
in the person of Mr. Frank-Upshalt
They were on Tuesady married by
Rev. Mr. Fairlie and left on the ev-
ening train for Idaho,.U.S,A. If Mrs.
Upshall "proves as capable a wife as
a eompositor the ' 7°case" will always
be "clean,' well supplied With "sorts"
space "evenly divided" and a model
for the head of any well -regulated
home, We wish the couple long life
and prosperity with an 'abundance of
"small caps" for "head lines."
From The New Era, Oct. 26th, 1894:
Mr. W. Jackson has been re-elected
auditor of 'the Retail Ticket Sellers'
Association.
On Saturday night when Mr. Israel
DE -
Taylor was wheeling into town a
buggy collided with him and smash-
ed the front wheel. ' It was doubtless
an accident but drivers should re-
member that the law has decided that
bicycles have the very same rights on
the road as other vehicles.
At a sale in Tuekersmith last week
a teamof fairly good working hor-
ses brought the magnificent sum of
$7.00.
Mr. D. Tipladyis at Belleville at-
tending the Provincial Sabbath School
Convention, as representative from
the County Association. Mr. Jacob
Taylor is also there as 'a representa-
tive from Ontario Street church.
The other day while Mr. Will l•Iol-
loway was out shooting he brought
down a black squirrel with a tail as
white as snow.
A public meeting is -called for
Monday evening at eight o'clock to
consider steps to betaken in order to
secure the expenditure of 'a part of
the proceeds of the Stavely estate iri
Clinton.
The change of postrnaster here
calls up some reminiscences in con-
nection with the office, Many years
ago, before Clinton existed, the office
was Iocated on old IYr. CoIe's, farm,
two miles west of town and the late
Thomas Thwaites was postmaster.
Some time afterwards the office of
postmaster was offered to Mr. E.
Dinsley and the papers made out for
"Rattenbury's Corners," but he de-
clined the offer and recommended Mr.
Gordon, who kept store here at the
time, After Mr. Gordon had the
position for a time the late : T. Fair
was appointed postmaster.
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WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY
WAS YOUNG
From The News -Record, Oct. 21st,
1909:
Mr. and Mrs. J, W. Irwin moved to
London this week.
A pretty wedding took place today
at noon in Listowel when Miss Addie
L. Stevenson of that place became the
bride of Mr. Walter S. Downs of Clin-
ton. Mr. and Mrs. Downs will take
up housekeeping in the house on
Frederick street owned by Mrs. G.
Hanley.
On the eve of his mariage last week
Mr. R. A. Govier was made the recip-
ient of a very handsome suit case by
the mill staff and a few of his friends
about town, who took this practical
way of wishing "Dick" a future of
happiness and prosperity.
The competition at Wonderland for
the prettiest baby ended on Friday
evening last with 'iClyde," the hand-
some wee son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
lace Wheatley as the winner. He is a
charming laddie. Mr. and Mrs. S. G.
Castles' sunny little seven -months'
boy, "Samuel Enos," the joy of the
parents' hearts, stood second.
From The New Era, Oct. 21st, 1909:
On Wednesday of this week a pet-
ition was eirculated and well -signed
and sent to the Salvation Army Head-
quarters, Toronto, asking that Capt.
Crocker and Lieut. Black be sent back
after the Toronto meeting. The
young ladies are doing good work
and are excellent singers.
All auction sales should be adver-
tised in full in the New Era. Those
who have sales and do not do so lose
more money than we do,
Too poor to take the home paper?
Well, that is a distressful condition.
Buy a hen, feed her crumbs and waste
from. the kitchen and she will lay e-
nough eggs to pay a year's subscrip-
tion, then work her into a pot pie and
she will pay the first cost and the
paper will be clear profit. ' Repeat
this process yearafter year, mean-
while learn wisdom and cease to he
poor.
WHAT OTHER NEWS PAPERS ARE SAYING
GOOD AS ANY
Man in St. Thomas found a 'mush-
room which was 11 inches across the
top, and now we are waiting for some
old-timer to announce that large
mushrooms mean a cold and long whi-
ten—Lindsay Post.
LFT US HOPE IT'S RIGHT
If the woodchucks are to be relied
upon, a weather prophet claims it's
,going to be a short winter. Last Sep.
tember, few of them were seen after
the middle of the month and the fol-
lowing winter was one of the coldest
on record. This year they are plenti-
ful.—(Arthur Enterprise -News.
A BIG POTATO
Tile largest potato so far this sea-
son to be brought into this office
weighs two pounds, eleven and ,three-
quarters ounces. This was grown by
Mr. Henry Ranges of Kurtsville, and
this is an ounce and three-quarters
heavier than the one reported last
week.—Listowel Banner,
ERRONEOUS $IILIEF
The prevailing belief that China
is a much over -populated country has
been made the subject ` of a recent
book, The writer maintains that
there is really no more over -popula-
tion in China than there is in any
western country. The people do not
make the most of their opportunities,
that is all.—Winnipeg Tribune.
MORE URGENT' NEED
A University of Toronto :professor,
experimenting in England, has evolv-
ed a storage system whereby radium
rays can be kept working 24 hours of
the day. We're not going to stand up
and cheer until some scientist discov-
ers, a way of 'storing the excess heat
of summer and keeping it working 24
hours a day in our homes during the , public is rising against such iegisla-
winter months. tion.—Listowel Banner.
—Bank, in St. Thomas Times.,
CANADA'S WHEAT EXPORTS
Canadian wheat or wheat flour
went direct to one hundred countries
of the world during the crop year
ending July, 1934. 'From Arabia to
Japan, from Egypt to South Africa,
and thence to New Zealand' and Aus-
tralia, from Newfoundland to the is-
lands of the Wiest Indies, from Vene.
zuela to Chile, from Alaska to the
Philippines and the Fijis and beyond,
from the Irish Free State to Malta,
to practically every country, small
and great.—+Brandon Sun.
GOOD RAINS IN DRY BELT
Good rains have been falling in Al-
berta and have been spreading to
Alberta and have been spreading to
Saskatchewan and to the drouth ar-
eas. Waters in practically all of the
far northland, are said to be abundant.
They are no longer at drouth levels.
They have been replenished by abun-
dant rains. This moisture wilt find
its way south, driven before still
northern ,breezes, and southern Sas-
katchewan will perhaps soon be able
to shake off the shaekles imposed by.
the drought which has exacted a very
severe toll in the west.
--,Regina Leader -Post.,
MONEY IN CATTLE
A year ago last September when
Norman Knight was killing a beef for
J. W. Beattie, he found in the stom-
ach of the animal a Bank of Upper
Canada penny, dated 1834. Last Sep-
tember, just a year and a week later,
while killing another beef, he found
a Dominion of Canada copper, dated
1884. Norman has been offered $10
for the early coin, but prefers to keep
it for a luck token, and no doubt, if
he keeps his second find for another
fifty years, it will become valuable
too. There would appear to be money
in cattle.—Seaforth Expositor.
"GAYETY" ... ALWAYS AVAIL-
ABLE
One of the things the matter with
most of us these days is that we are
entirely too solemn in our outlook on
life. We are taking economic pres-
sure too. seriously. In casual conver-
sations •overheard on the streets and
in trains we seldom hear the note of
gayety any more. That may not be
true everywhere, but it certainly is
the ease in the majority of places
where people congregate.
It is entirely possible to maintain
a gay outlook on life even in the
midst of serious money troubles. It
all comes down to adjusting one's
minds to realities. She outstanding
fact that so many people never learn
is thathappiness is never dependent
upon possessions. They grow solemn
when they fear deprivation of mtter-
ial things.
The most consistently gay folk
known today are the Negros, who live
happily indeed and in most cases un-
der very poor circumstances.
-1Wingham Advance -Times.
DOES SOCIETY MYI.AKE IT
IMPOSSIBLE?
Hamilton man, who was let out of
the Portmeuth penitentiary just four
months ago, was sent back again for
another five years when found guilty
of stealing and receiving. He has a
record of eighteen convictions, start-
ing twenty years ago. In view of. the
fact that there are so many "repeat-
ers", we .sometimes wonder why we
let criminals out of the penitentiary
when the experience is that they will
be back in again in a short time. Peo-
ple who are proven enemies of society
should be kept under control until
they have justified the belief that
they will mend their ways and no
longer prey upon society. A less com-
placent thought, however, is that so-
ciety may be at fault in not making it
possible for criminals to become re-
spectable members again once they
have serveda term in prison.
—Hanover Post.
ale*
ARE DEMANDING A REFEREN-
DUM.
Almost every paper you pick up
these days you read of councils and
other organizations passing resolu-
tions to have the hours for sale of
beer and wine curtailed. In some
places, this has been done.
Many church presbyteries, of dif-
ferent denominations, are also de-
manding that a referendum be sub-
mitted to the people in spite of the
fact that Premier Hepburn says he
will not submit a referendum.. As
the days pass the cry becomes loud-
er and more incessant that something
be done. Many Liberals differ with
their leader on this subject and it
may be that when the Legislature
meets, the question will 'be brought
to a head. There was criticism lev-
elled at the old Liquor Control Aet,
but it was certainly much more a.
temperance legislation . than the re
vised act. The beverage rooms were
forced upon the nubile and now the
BEAR YOUNG AS DO ANIMALS
Mr. W. `I -i. I-Ioffich, whose hobbies
are unusual, to say the least, and
whose billiard parlor is a veritable
haven of curiosities, has added to
olleetion' some tropical fish
his ep
Early this week one of these fish
gave birth to about ten offsprings.
While there is nothing unusual in
baby fish, yet for a female fish to
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lot of then are inclined' to agree with
Dr. Minerva Reid of Toronto, ' who
said (following, the statement at a
Chamber of Commerce meeting in
Winnipeg that so many women in
business had accentuated'' the depres-
sion) that she was perfectly willing
to stop working "if some chivalrous
man will step- forward and support
me." -Sudbury Star.
dE *',
WHY BORROW?
Chronic borrowers seem to get
bear its young as do animals, is in- through life very easily because` they
deed a rarity. The babies are about have no scruples about asking others
1/2 of an inch in length and are frilly to share their burdens. - But things
formed. That is to say there is no get harder for them as they go along.
appendage to come ori as they Bevel- We are glad to oblige others, until
op, as in the case of tadpoles, but we feel' we are being imposed upon.
they are all ready to set about grow- Then we make excuses, or we refuse
ing up to be adult fish.' their requests, depending upon the
of a cannibal nature
way in which we meet our problems.
These fish areAnd when the chronic borrower
and as fast as the mother bears her needs help the most, she many find
babies she eats them, As soon as she has exhausted' the indulgence of
the process of bearing is completed ail her friends. And she has to get
she had to be taken from her babies. through the ordeal alone.
The babies seem to be doing fine
iectives would at least be two. First-
ly, to seek a permanent cure or a
sure preventative, secondly, to work
for the amendment of the legislation
regarding the' destruction' of weeds.
—Kincardine News.
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CANADA LOSING AN OPPOR
TUNITY?
That Canada is losing a great op-
portunity to increase her trade in the
Britisn Isles through efficient mark-
eting is the impression of Alfred Paul
of' St. Marys who has recently return-
ed from three months in the Old
Land. Britain has been making a
remarkable recovery and today offers
a tremendous market for foodstuffs.
Denmark by careful attention to
detail has won ascendancy in England
for certain products, Mr. Paul points
out. Australia, through aggressive
publicity, is also winning a large
place in the British market. Canada
has the goods but is not, giving suf.
fhefent attention to standardizing her
products and giving the Englishmen
and Bill is not the only one who is I If you are a borrower, make it a -
getting a "kick". out of watching point to correct that weakness in
them grow to manhood or woman- your character. for it is weakness.
hood, or whatever kind of "hood" You borrow money because you don't
baby fish grow to. look ahead and foresee your needs.
—Mitchell Advocate. You didn't plan. Instead of allowing
yourself to borrow punish yourself by
doing without.
DO WOMEN NO LONGER "JUST , There are few persons who are
LOVE" BUSINESS? , capable of such friendship that. it
win not be sapped by constant bor.
Maybe the pendulum is swinging rowings.—Picton Gazette.
back, and maybe women, who fork.
years loudly asserted that they "justI
loved business life" • are changing GROUP ACTION AGAINST HAY
their minds. We've heard quite a I' FEVER
few recently, anyway, who admit that
having to be at the office at nine o'- A hay fever sufferer who resides
clock every morning does not make in Brantford has written to the daily
such a satisfactory life, after all, press suggesting that all sufferers
when compared to their married sis- of the disease throughout Canada,
ters, who, at least, don't have to face band themselves together and by j
stormy weather and occasionally a group action do something towards
stormier boss, day in and day out. Of the extinction or mitigation of the
course, we realize the married women disease. The suggestion is not one
will rise up and assure us that house- that should be treated lightly. The
keeping is no bed of roses, but we're number of hay fever sufferers in the
only quoting the opinions of various Dominion of Canada is reported to
local business girls. Of course, there exceed one hundred thousand, and ov-
are some who actually do like pound- er thirty thousand in the city of To -1
ing a typewriter and looking after an ronto alone are afflicted with the
office much better than cooking din- scourge. Year after year, with
ners and minding children, but there painful punctuality, the disease re -I
doesn't seem to be as much enthus. turns and, despite the alleged bene-
iasm among girls for careers as there fits of innoculation or change of ell -
used to be. Maybe it's the depression mate, there seems to be no perman.
that's put the crimp in things, but we lent cure or preventative. Briefly,
know girls who are wondering if, af- 1tlhe writer suggests that hay fever
ter all, the filing cabinet is much more sufferers get together for the purpose
intriguing than the kitchen stove. A of group action. The immediate ob-
what they want.
Mr. Paul lays the blame' largely on
our inability to rise above politics in
this Dominion. Inspectors and gov-
ernment officers, appointed out of pol-
itical considerations, do not give ef-
I ficient service. Ile also thinks there
should be more education as to the
requirements of the British market.
Mr; Paul has spent one 'half of his
lfife on eachside of the Atlantic. Ire
has {aeon all his life in the meat and
cattle business and has had the op-
portunity to make observations at
first hand. IIis judgment in these
matters should Barry weight.
—St. Marys Journal -Argus.
TELL THE PEOPLE
The business- of town is only as
good as the merchants make it. Live'
merchants mean a live town. Tell
the people what you have to sell and
they will buy it. The majority of
people like to spend money, bat they
want value for their dollar.
—•-Kincardine Review -Reporter.
A Lecture on Cancer
(Continued from page 2)
for their husbands and brothers."
But there is after all this, a real
increase in the incidence of cancer.
If we take our own country alone,
the mortalityl'from cancer has shown
a successive and steady rise over a
long period, one must admit that
cancer is increasing.
I suppose you are not fond of stat-
istics, and I shall burden you with
only sufficient to convince you that
there is an alarming increase of this
affection. Beginning with 1914 the
mortality rate for cancer in Ontario
was 69 per 109,000, of population; in
1929 the rate was 104, and last year
109.5, an increase of 51/2 per 100,000
in a single year.
During the last decade the 'rate of
increase has been nearly 20.11 per
100,000 of population, or a relative
increase of 31 per cent. For certain
regions of the body, the stomach, the
intestines, and the female organs of
generation, the increase has been
particularly narked and is in compar-
ative accord with that found in most
countries. The annual loss of life
I from cancer in Ontario has, in the ag-
gregate now reached 3,635 and the to-
tal number of cases cannot fall short
of 10,000.
The increase in cancer mortality is
general all over Canada, the rate be-
ing 93 in 1930, or an increase of 5
over that of 1929, and of :470 hi the
number of deaths.
The newer sections of the country,'
Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatche-
wan, with fewer people of the cancer
age, have the lower rates.
The human body is composed of
millions. of .cells, cells that can be
seen only when magnified about 500'
times, when they; appear to be of the
size of a small pin's head.
In its simplest form the cell is a
spherical body with a definite wall,
and semi-solid contents in the middle
of which is a smaller spherical body
known as the nucleus, and upon which
the life of the whole cell depends, In
its normal life history the nucleus
and subsequently the cell itself di-
vides. The cells grow to full size and
are ready to divide in their turn. The
process of further division depends
upon a number of circumstances many
of which are unknown, but in part it
depends on the nature of the cell.
Thus the skin is constantly being re-
newed by, division of the deepest lay-
er of cells, whereas nerve cells are
never renewed once they have been
formed. Although eells typically are
of spherical form, they may, from
pressure, become flattened, columnar,
polyhedral or irregular in shape.
The cancer cell is a normal cell of
the body. but for some unknown yea.
(Continued on page 6)
TTAKINGYOURD011ar
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 the of-
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.
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