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The Clinton News Record, 1934-11-08, Page 3T.IIURS„, NOV. 8, 1934 What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties D0 YOU REMEMBER • WHAT HAPPENED DURING THIS LAST .DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY? From, The News -Record, Nov. 7th, 1894: The other day Mr, D. Cantelon lost $160 en a. shipment of choice apples which were wrongly branded, and made $1200 on another shipment which were correctly branded. The "Apple King" seems to have more "Ups" than "downs" and we are glad to know it. • It is said that the wife of Rev. John Gray, - formerly of the Baptist church, here, has been bequeathed by a relative some $60;000. Revs. Smyth and Holmes are to take part in the new church opening and dedication at Constance on the 8th and llth. • • Just now there is a scarcity of houses for rent in Clinton. • Postmaster Porter has rented one of Mr. F. Rumball's houses on Mary street, The first snow of the season fell in Clinton yesterday. (This would be Nov. 6th—in this year of our Lord,. 1934, the first snow fell on Saturday, Oct. 27th.—Ed.) ;Even as far back as this Clinton was beginning to feel that the mar- ket square ought to have some atten- tion paid to it. A great deal of adverse criticism was heard about an electric Iight pole which had been placed on the square, and the council;by a ma- jority vote requested its removal. Clinton Star Lodge No. 378, I.O.G. T. elected the following officers at their regular meeting last Friday evening:—C.T., A. J. Cooper; W. T., Sister L, Washington; P,C.T., G. W. Rogers; R. S., A. E. Coombes; B. A., F. S., D. Smith; treasurer, Sister' S. Moore; Marshall, W. Powell; Chap- lain, Sister Mrs. Stevens;' Guard, Sister 1N, Tipiady; Sentinel, T. South- combe. The following pupils took part in a concert given by Miss McHardy on Friday evening: Misses McMurray and Couch, Mr. Bert Harvey, the Mis. ses Doherty, Miss Lila Kaiser, Miss Ferran, Miss Wiseman, Miss Irwin, Miss McGorvie, Miss Brown,' Miss McHardyacting as accompanist. $ohnesvflle:-�Mr. Fred Eiford left • here Wednesday for Guelph: It is reported that he has gone there to qualify himself for a position in the proposed cheese factory. There will be a public meeting in the hall at Holmesville next Thursday week at '7.30 in the evening to discuss the advisability of organizing a cheese company and starting a factory. A. competent cheese maker will address the meeting. From The New Era, Nov. 9th, 1894 Mr. Harding, an English gentleman, who has been staying here for a time, invited several of his friends to a far- well supper at the Rattenbury House on Tuesday evening. Among those present we noticed Messrs. W. W. Ferran, J. P. Tisdall, W. Jackson, Dr. Shay^, H. T. Rance, J. Fair, Jr., R. S. Doan, P. Crews, W. P. Spelt/. ing, A. M. Todd, J. Beacom, J. Rans- ford and others ... Toasts, songs, re- citations and anecdotes were the or- der of the day, flanked with various secuctive fluids, such as Scotch, Ir- ish, malt, rye, etc, Mr. Spalding treated the company to one of his well known songs; Mr. H. B. •C'ombe introduced an entirely new selection, and one that when better known will be deservedely popular. Mr. Rance was to the front with a stirring pat- riotic effusion, which should have been heard to be appreciated, But all the soloists had to give way and yield the plum ... when ' Mr. W. Jackson rendered that rarely -heard but never to be forgotten song, "Old Black Joe" . responding to an encore by a verse of "lVlassa's hi the Cold, Cold Ground," and "Good Night Ladies." In the chorus of this there was gen- eral surprise and delight for the aud- ience, Mr. Jackson being assisted by the rich' .basso-produdci.o of Mr. J. P. Tisdall. .This latter gentleman, if he will permit us, mistook his calling and should be -in the front ranks of operatic singers. As a really fine bass singer- he stands alone. Mr. Harding's health was then proposed and drunk with great enthusiasm, ac- companied by "He's a JollyGood Fellow," sung in royal style. Mr. Harding replied in a very neat speech. * o%* WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG • From The •News -Record, Nov. 11th, 1909: Rev. S. T. Bartlett, Toronto, sec- retary of the E. L. and S. S. Asso- ciations, who was one of the speak- ers at the convention at Londesboro last week, was the guest of his bro- ther-in-law, Mr. W. H. Hellyar of town, on Friday. Among those from Clinton who attended the funeral of the late Jonathan Miller of Gederich yester- day were: D. B. Kennedy, Jas. Fair, W. J. Tozer, 'H. McBrien, Bert Fitz- simons, Wesley Walker, W. J. El- liott, Dr. Shaw, G. H. Walker, J, Taylor, C. Twitchell, N. Kennedy and D. Ili oGorvie. The main roads, with one excep- tion, leading into town are so bad that everybody who has to use them is kicking and members of the coun- cil, especially those on the street committee, are coining in for more hard raps than they ever experienced before. A very quiet wedding took place at the Ontario street parsonage yester- day afternoon when Rev. Mr. Cosens united in marriage Miss Carrie Barto, Butt, only daughter of Mr. and Nes. Eph. Butt of the Base Line and Mr. Melvin Cooper Graham., eldest son of Mr. and 'Mrs. Reuben Graham of the Graham House, Inspector Asquith was in town on Tuesday handing out the yearly parchment to the licensed virtuallers and taking in the shekels for the last half year. For a six months per- mit the five local hotels pay no Less a sum than $875. From The New Era, Nov. llth, 1909: Huron County will have twelve contests for Local -Option in January. .A flying machine to the G. T. R. would prove a great convenience now when the streets are so shockingly bad. 1' Mrs. A. 0. Pattison is visiting in Port Huron, Mich. Mr. J. Ransford was in Port Dover last Sunday taking the services in the Anglican church.. Guy Brothers played here last Sat- urday aturday evening to a well filled house, but their show would stand a good deal- of improvement to bring it up to date. The Citizens' Band has donated to the Public Library several copies of "Richileau," which play they will put on in Clinton in the near future. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING NOW IN AGREEMENT SLEEP ORGIES At any rate, Rt. Zion. MacKenzie There can be orgies of sleep, says Lord ??order, the King's physician. King and Hon. `R. B. Bennett will be for once in agreement. Mr. King Young people should not be denied condemned Mr. Stevens` for the thing adequate sleep, "but," he continued ,which has brought about his retire- "when young people between the ages. ment from the Bennett Government. of 20 and 25 still come down to their —Kincardine News. breakfast at any old time after fath- *, * , , ' er has gone to business—that is en- couraging orgies' of sleep; and I would put it in the same category as bad habits which are induced by al- cohol and hypnotic drugs that should be resisted,—•Moncton' Transcript. A BAD BARGAIN It becomes more and more appar- ent that. Hon. George S. Henry sold Premier Hepburn a "horse" so far as Y the liquor question is concerned. The only difference between this 'particu- lar' horse and the .famous horse of Troy, is that one was filled with sol- diers ' and the present horse is all bloated with beer. —Kincardine Review -Reporter. A BOOMERANG—THAT'S WHAT' The forcing of Icon, H H. Stevens out of the Federal Cabinet is one of the greatest blunders the Conserve- tiveGovernment could have made it they are interested at all in retain ing the good will of the people with an eye to the coming elections. Right. ay' or wrongly, the impression has beengiven that the tender feeling of certain monied interests are more, to be considered' than the right to live of the common herd.' •-4Ridgetown. Dominion. * * * BIGGER THAN PARTY Mr. Stevens undoubtedly made a mistake, at least a technical mistake' in delivering a private address to his friends which in some way became made public. It is thesort of techni- cality that would impress' a lawyer. It• will not impress ordinary people. It appears to us that Mr. Stevens' campaign is bigger than any leader, bigger than any political party. Those, who stand in the way of his devoted efforts to serve his fellow country- men and to further the cause of socia/ justice, are likely to be headed for political oblivion. -aSt. Marys Journal -Argus, THE CLINTON . NEWS -RECORD • Service of Remembrance to be Held Presbyterian Church, .Clinton, on Sunday, Nov. 11th, at 10 a. m. Rev. Capt. M. G. Court M.A., Preacher for the Day I .. DOXOLOGY INVOCATION: Rev. G. W. Sherman. HYMN 0 God, Our Help; 0 God, our help in ages past, Before the hills in order stood, Our hope for years to come, Or earth received hei frame, Our shelter from the stormy blastFrom everlasting Thou art God And our eternal hone. To endless years the .same. Under the shadow of Thy throne, 0 God, our help in ages past, Thy saints have dwelt secure; Our hope for years to come, Sufficient, is Thine arm alone, Be Thou our guard while troubles And our defence is sure. And our eternal home, last THE LESSON: Rev. P'. G. Feral, M.A. 1 Samuel 17.38-45, And Saul clad David with his apparel, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head, and he clad him with a coat of snail. And David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I. cannot go with these; for I have not .proved them. And David put them off him, And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his scrip: and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Phili- stine. And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. And when the Phili- stine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was put a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair countenance. And the Phili- stine said unto David, Ant I a dog, that thou -contest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by the gods, And the Philistine said unto David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. The said David to the Philistine, Thou contest to me with a sword, and a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou hast defiled. CHOIR ANTHEM --Recessional Vincent.. PRAYER: Rev. C. W. D. Cosens, M.A. :O Almighty God, who canst bring good out of evil, and ntakest. even the wrath of man to turn to Thy praise; teach thy children to live together in charity and peace; and grant, we beseech thee, that. the nations of the world may henceforth be united in a firmer felIow- ship for the promotion of thy glory and the good of ail mankind. Pour thy peace into our souls, that every discordant note may utterly vanish, and all that makes for peace may be sweet to us forever. In thy faithful and merciful care are the souls of the living and the de- parted; and all are safe with thee. Sustain and comfort with these• holy trusts and hopes eyery doubting and every sorrowing heart;, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mr, B. McKenzie. QUARTETTE: Messrs. A, Mitchell, W. Kutch, F. Mutch, G, Roberton.. Give Peace 0 God Henry W. Baker.. OFFERING. HYMN: Lead On, 0 King Eternal. Lead on, 0 King Eternal: Nor roll of stirring drums, • The day of march has come; But deeds of love and mercy, ' Henceforth in fields- of conquest The heavenly Kingdom comes, Thy tents shall be our home: Through days of preparation Lead on, 0 King Eternal: Thy grace has made us strong; We follow, not with fears; And now, 0 King Eternal, For gladness breaks like morning:. We lift our battle- song. Where'er Thy face appears: Thy cross is lifted o'er us; Lead on, 0 Icing Eternal, We journey in it's light; Till sin's fierce war shall cease,The crown awaits the conquest; And holiness shall whisper Lead on, 0 God of might. The sweet Amen of peace; For not with swords loud clashing, Amen. SERMON; Rev, Captain M. G. Court; M.A. We welcome to our pulpit as our guest speaker, the Rev. Capt. M. G. Court, M.A., of Knollwood Park Presbyterian Church, London, Ont. Capt. Court is at present Chaplain of the 1st Division Signallers,. lst. Military District, London, Before coming to Canada he served 12 years in the British Military establishment. He saw service with the 16th. Queens' Lancers in the Boer War, 1899 to 1901 and was at the relief of 'Kimberley, battle of Pardeberg, Bloemfontein, Johanes- berg, Diamond Hill' and Wittenbergen, and was granted both the Kings and Queens South African Medals. Following his service in South Africa he trainedfor the minis- try and then went to India where he was for years Chaplain to the British troops in the large garrison of Secunderabad, Deccan, in the Bombay Presidency. After returning to England he served as Chap- lain at Netley Militaiy Hospital near Southampton for a year before coming to Canada. - DECORATION OF MEMORIAL TABLET. , THE LAST POST: . Morgan Agnew, Bugler. TWO MINUTES' SILENCE. REVEILLE. BENEDICTIO'N: Rev. Captain M. G. Court. , r, God save our gracious King, Long live our noble Icing, ' God save our King. Send, him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to -reign over us; God save the King, The congregation will: please remain in their seats until the members of Legion have retired. PAGE 3 Finest Observatory I British• Empire Early next year there will be open- ed at Richmond Hill, near Toronto, what will be the second largest ob- servatory in the world. It has been built by Mrs. D. A. Dunlap -in mem- ory of her husband,' the former well-known Toronto mining magnate and philanthropist. Allan Strath - glass, writing in The Canadian Mag- azine has an interesting description, of the new observatory. He writes: From Galileo's simple arrangement" of 300 years ago to the great reflect-- ing, telescope, of today is a far cry. 411 telescopes until recent years were modifications of the refracting type as first introduced by Galileo. The modern refracting telescope to- day is ,built on: the same principle. But the reflecting telescopes depend on mirrors for their efficiency. The light is collected on a -great concave mirror, is in turn reflected to an- other mirror and the resulting image focussed on an eye piece. The new telescope enlarges our vision, not by a paltry -few hundred thousand stars, but by millions. Such a one; adding 1,000,000,000 stars and thousands of island universes to those previously seen, is rapidly nearing completion at Richmond Hill, nese Toronto. This is the David Dunlap Observe - tory, provided as a memorial to the late David A. Dunlap of Toronto. Finest in. Empire This observatory will be the finest - of its kind in the British Empire and will house the second largest tele- scope in the world, second only to the giant telescope on Mount Wilson in California. The observatory and administration buildings are complet- ed, the tube of the telescope is in- stalled, and completion only awaits the installation of the great 74 -inch rdflecting mirror, at present under- going polishing and silvering in Eng- land. The building is designed to be warm in summer and cold in winter— in fact, the idea is to maintain the same temperature inside as prevails outside. It is about the telescope itself that interest in both the lay and astron- omical worlds concentrates. The great tube, thirty-one feet long and seven feet in diameter, is made of steel. With the shutters open and the tube pointed at the sky, it re- minds one of a Gargantuan field gun trained on some far away planet or star. As a matter of fact, to carry the simile to its logical or illogical conclusion whichever you wish the range of the telescope is some 135,- 000,000 light years. In other words, it brings into view heavenly phenom- ena so remote that it takes 135,000,- 000 years for the light from them to reach us, The Great Mirror While the tube is spectacular in ap- pearance, the main part of the tele- scope, that upon which rests its sue- cessful operations, is the great niir vor'w'h`icli is to lee 'lifted 'into the base. Ail the delicate machinery and ex. pensive plant of the observatory cet,- 1 tre about the mirror. This mirror is made of a great circular block of glass, six feet two inches' in diameter ,and e, Toot thick, When completed it will weigh approximately 5,000 pounds—.two tons and a half. In the 'centre is a circular 'hole a foot in 'diameter, and the completed mirror resembles nothing so much as a mas- sive, polished grindstone. The casting of the three -ton disc of • glass for the mirror was a. piece of work .which offered great technical difficulty. In the first place, it had never 'been done on such a scale be- fore. It could not be done in Canada because no facilities for such work exist. The building of a plant cap- able of doing the work would cer- tainly not justify the expense he - cause the needs of the whole world will hardly permit of more than one or two such plants. As mentioned, such a large glass casting had never been made, though larger castings had been made .in two parts. When scientists first attempted the work they found that the only known available material which satisfied a'lI their requirements was fused quartz glass. But quartz required enormous temperatures for casting. Finally experiments turned on pyrex -and it was of this material that the 74 -inch disc of the mirror was finally east. But the casting of the disc - i re- markable feat as it was :was just one stepin the production of the huge convex mirror for which it was in -- tended.. It had to be allowed to cool very slowly, else it might check or crack, which would mean that it would be useless. It was six months. before the makers ventured to strip away the matrix. When they did so,- they were delighted to find that their calculations had proved correct. The great disc was found suitable. • But this was only the start. The disc had to beground and polished correctly do one -millionth of an inch.. And for that work it was shipped` to England, and there, for almost a, year. It has been in the process of grind- ing prior to silvering. If you think this is slow work, please remember that grinding is only permitted for fifteen minutes a day, in case the in- creased temperature caused by the friction should distort the' mirror. One other feature of the telescope. deserves mention. That is the iris diaphragm Which is used ,for protee. =sNa?suor Your Own "Candid Caldera' A 'candid camera" snapshot, replete with the troubious atmosphere of an unhappy moment, It tells the whole story, '•-•? OME magazines and newspapers make a great to-do about"candid camera" pictures, se called because they portray the great and near - great in unguarded moments and poses. • Many "candid camera" shots have - been made at banquets, receptions, conferences and other such affairs. They slow notables being thor- oughly bunion, unaware of the pres- ence of a camera. Naturally such pictares have a lot of appeal. For they show people as they really are ---eating, talking, worrying. These candid snapshots are usu- ally made with very small cameras, equipped with exceptionally fast lenses and film. Such cameras do not need brilliant light, and they can be handled so casually that they do not become conspicuous. But you don't need any such cam- era to make your own "candid cam- era" snapshots. Of course, you will not be able to shoot under ordinary room lighting—unless your camera has an 2.3.5 lens, or faster—but you will find ample opportunity in places where the light ie better. For example, do you have a pic- ture of Dad, or Uncle, or Brother lighting his pipe? Nothing could be more characteristic—and yet it's the sort of thing you'll never find in an ordinary posed photograph. To get such a picture you have to be ready to take advantage of: a fleeting opportunity. Some day, when you have your camera out for some shots around the house, your pipe smoker is quite likely to come out on the porch to waccu you. Ma- neuver so that he is in fairly good. light, focus your camera for the die - twice between him and your lens, watch for the moment he puts match to tobacco and then quietly turn and snap hint. Chances are he won't realize what you have done. And you will have a "candid cam- era" shot to enjoy. A whole section of your album may be very well devoted to such pictures, Certainly they are inter- esting; more than likely they'll be amusing, too. It is essential that you use the fastest kind of film for these snap- shots, for you usually have to work under some handicaps. Modern su- persensitive film is remarkable stuff; you should know it, anyway. Fast film, a clean lens working at its widest opening, a watchful eye and quiet, unobtrusive camera work —these are the only essentials for many "candid" snapshots. 'JOHN VAN GUILDER. tion of the mirror and used for the changing of the aperture for the ad- mission of light, This diaphragm is built on the same principle as one in the shutter of the ordinary folding camera, only it is on a comparatively enormous scale having a maximum opening of six feet two inches. The Dunlap Observatory telescope is the second largest in the world, being inferior in size and -47 one may use the expression—penetrating pow- er, to the Mount Wilson' telescope only. But it is still only a beginning, Al- ready there is talk of a 200 -inch re - fleeter. If the 74 -inch Toronto reflec- tor can reach out into space for stars 135,000,000 light years away and find them, how many more may we yet see when we have tapped the last re- source of human ingenuity. IMPOSSIBLE PERFECTION A prominent lawyer once had no patience with anything short of per- fection, especially where proof- reading was concerned. He had a rather voluminous brief to prepare and under the rules of the court it 'had to be printed. He was very particular about it. There must be no typographical errors. He would read the proofs himself. He did so, and demanded a revised proof which Ile perused with no little satisfaction. In fact, he felt so well pleased that he told the operatives in the cotnpos- ing room he would give 25 cents for every error found inure secondrevis- ion which lie ]tad read and marked O. K. Within an hour 95 errors had been pointed out in the 35 -page brief, and he promptly paid his critics $16. These further corrections made, he felt now that the brief was perfec- tion itself from a typographical point of view, and in a spirit of defiance he told two office girls that he would give then $1 each for any typograp- hical.errors found in the brief. That cost him $10 more and then he was ready, so far as perfect typography is concerned, to say with Pope— "Whoever thinks a perfect piece Us see, Thinks what neer was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." HERE'S A NEW ONE A farrier took his son to the pres4:• dent of a large bank and asked him: to give the boy a job. "You see," he explained, "I watt' hint to learn the business and become• a bank cashier." Not very well impressed with the lad, the banker tactfully replied: • "That's a good idea; but why don't you make a farmer out of him?" "Well, I thought of that," said the - farmer, "hut, you see, the boy's not. very bright." WHEN you finally laud the job you've been after ... and things look much brighter . .. and you're feeling happy • ■ • Tell your family by Long Distance ...it will make them happy too. • Spread good news, get help, vanish lonesome- ness -by telephone. Long Distance takes you where you want to go, quickly, dependably, economically 100 miles or so for as little as 30c. 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