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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-11-14, Page 3'MIAS., NOV. 14, 1935. CL WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING ,'IN THE GAY NINTIES 190 YOU REMEMBER WHAT ILAPPENED DURING T}TYa LAST AlI CADEOF THE OLD CENTURY? ` From The News -Record, Nov. 13th, 1895: S. S. Cooper's new factory is being was sold for the magnificent sum of A9,00. :Messrs. E. C;antelon and IL .Tack - pushed forward and given.good wea son are having considerable sport in tier will soon be closed in. Muskoka, having already shot a Mr. Lack Kennedy added a, car load bear and: two deer, one of which is of case ale to his stock the Maier day, on exhibition at Couch & :Wilson a. Dressed pork is selling this week at $4.50 to $4.75. WHEN At least two tons of poultry has been coneumed by the people of Clinton during the past couple of weeks, the principal cause being that an over supply created a Iow price. The G. T. R. will run single fare excursions to all points,onNov. 21st. Thanksgiving Day. Laithwaite;Wiliiams-At the resi- dence of the bride's father, Maitland Con., on the 6th inst., by the Rev. J. F. Parke, Mr. George Laithwaite to Miss N. F., second daughter of Mr. Chas. Williams. Porter--IOantelon --r At bila .resit dence of Mr. Wim. Sperling, "biker - man Terrace," Clinton, on lith inst., 4- the Itev. W. J. Ford, Mr. Samuel Porter of. Medicine Hat. Alta., to Mrs, Alice Cantelon o£ Clinton. Rev. J. F. Parke preached a spe- cial sermlon to the Canadian Order of Chosen Friends in St. Paul's church last Sunday aftern'o;an. Huron Presbytery met in Willis church at 10.30 am., yesterday the 12th inst., Rev. Dr. MacDonald, the moderator, in the chair. From The New Era, Nov. 15, 1895: Mr. and 1,frs. MoGarva, who have been spending the• summer in British Columbia, returned on Tuesday eve ening. They report a pleasant time and they brought their son home with them and he may remain here. At an auction sale in Hullett on fire about five o'clock Sunday after - Monday a team of large, good work- noon . , It was a comparatively ing •mules, together with a set of new building and was a fine struc- double harness, and a lumber wagon, ture. THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From The News-iRoecrd, Nov. 10th, 1910: • Mr. Lal. Paislejy is now in charge of the Standard Oil Co's. business which centres in Clinton, Mr. Jas. Howe having resigned to take up restaurant business in *field, Al- berta. • Miss Amy Howson entertained a few friends on Tuesday as a fare- well for Mrs. N. Fair, who leaves on Saturday for Winnipeg. From The New Era, Nov. 10th, 1910: On Wednesday Ma. and Mrs. J. B. Reynolds, who have occupied the Gemmel -Mal Hotel for the pats sum- mer, are moving to. Goderich where Mr. Reynolds takes over the Huron House. Mr. .7. J. ' McCaughey, who owns the Commercial, will take over the hotel and runs it. Keeper Kutch and his band of workers at the House of Refuge re- cently cleaned up 3 and 3-8 acres of sugar beets and shipped them to Berlin for which $225 was realized.. And recently $191.89 was realized far a half acre of onions from a Hensall firm. This year they have sold over $400 worth of hogs and from other products x200. The Grand Trunk station at ,Gode- rich was compeltely destroyed by WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING 1VERE USED TO ''EM cause of any real interest in the The quake didn't botherthe Cori- welfare of the communises.soivatives as much as the Liberals.—Goclerich Signal. The former party had already beet. - -- • • pretty well shaken up, Hanover Post;, INCONSISTENT Is it not al little ilteonsistent for the Government of ,Ontario to talk one day of cancelling the contracts for power with the Quebec companies and the next day to announce a pro- jected development of another great pease? site?—Oayuga Advocate. A 'GOOD PLAN ' In most towns and cities and in all townships, a public Meeting is held before the elections, to discuss Municipal affairs.. This time-honored custom. has been passed up for some years in St, :Marys. •Perhaps that is an important reason why interest in town affairs is not so vigorous as it might be, 3ar.•ys Journal -Angus. WHAT HE SAW The ;best Total story of the earth- quake is that of the man who de - Slaves he 'saw' the balls of fire which accompanied the disturbance. When excitable people feel their beds trem- our and jump out of bed after such a sudden rousing from a deep sleep, they can easily imagine that every electric light turned on lily the people of the vicinity was,a :ball of fire, Hanover Post. BUT 'ONLY THREE "STICK" While prohibitionists • have not been any tom favorably impressed by Premier H'ephurn'a stand in regard to beverage room licenses in Peel, Perth. and Huron counties, they must commend his prompt action in sus- pending the licenses of nineteen bev- erage rooms last week when it was learnd that they were operated as "tied" 'hotels--lor hotels eontrolled by brewery 'interests., Wlhen the present liquor law was drawn up provision was made to prevent this tied hotel evil. --Listowel Banner. WENT FOR FUN Meetings of the town council have been excessively quiet and well man- nered this year, in striking contrast, to the hectic sessions of 1934. As a result, during - the whole year, very few citizens have shown .enough in- interest in the proceedings to drop in to see what the town fathers were doing. W'hieh would seemto prose that the ;crowds who atttnded seine. meetings last year went for the prospective: excitement and not be - OLD STAINS The stain of 1898 has been wiped out. Italians are celebrating the fall of Adowa, Fine! Let's all wipe out our stains. The Scotch might invade England to revenge themselves for Flodden Field; the'British walls, the Russians for cutting up the Light Brigade; Franca might invade Ger- many to clear up that old trouble of 1870 and Germany might invade France to evenge the defeat of 1918; Italy might walk into France to wipe out the stein of the Napoleonic' con- quest; Austria might . . but why go on?-fHlamilton Herald. EARTHQUAKE IS FELT HERE When the earthquake arrived in Seafoith on Hallowe'en, it took citi- zens some time to make up their minds whether it was a prank of some funminrled boys or whether it was a real earthghake. Many who felt the tremors were rather hesitant about mentioning it until they had read Friday's papers, for fear they would be laughed at, No damage resulted, but the shock Was sufficient to shake buildings The shock occurred shortly after the Lions Midnight Show had start- ed but wasnot nc'lced by any in the theatre. --;Huron Expositor. ' DEER IN TOWN A fine buck deer paid an early morning. ,visit tc town this (Thurs- day) morning, reaching Victoria street, by way of Newgate. He was seen, at about 7.45 a,m. by David Sproul and' C. M. Robertson, ll4r. Sproul .shouted to attract Mr. Ibobertsori's attention to the animal and he took fright and sailed into Mr, Tom Kneeshaw 's yard and disap- peared. A momentlaterthe Knee- Shaw chickens • came " scurrying out into the street with Many cackles and squaks, apparently being unused to the strange creature. —Goderich Sigmas', NOSING OUT THE NEWS The' average man's interest is in his own business and he knows, nor cares, little about any other. The newspaperman, however, must poke into every business under the sun. Something happens that it of interest to tate general public. ..that's news. The newspaper is expected to bring the message' fully and correctly, Many times this'involvep going into history of the business, getting the 'back-. ground to give the true significances of the fact which made the stoi•, of value. Thus in a lifetime a reporter may cover niany.'teats" oh various ook In The Smoker J, Cecil Nelson - In 'the Canadian National Railways Magazine Down through the rich `•velvety shadows of the .Skeeno - valley local "195" threaded its way to the coast, snaking along by the river's rim, past the sombre spruces guarding the upper side. . The earl spring night was warm and enervating . . almost "Inuggd" with promise of summer just ahead. The old Judge, slippered and col- larless, a healthy tan on his face, re- laxed ungracefully in the smoking compartment savoring his evening pipe. It had been a glorious trip . the big trout of Ootsa lake and river rising readily to artificial fly and' plug . . fine quiet weather and no flies to bother, and the clean fresh smell of the mountains at night. He felt and Iooked like a new 'man. "Threatened? Sure I've been threatened," he replied, answering Jim Slater's query. "Scores of times, Why, I •guess' there are few judges on the bench toddy who hav- en't been promised a knife in the ribs or a bullet through the head at. one time or another. It's a wonder it doesn't happen more often than it does. You can't expect a criminal to thank the judge for putting him on the rock pile for ten or fifteen years." "But I never take them seriously," he added comfortably. "They all cool off in the pen. I'll wager they papers and be forced to delve into the back files of many businesses trades and professions. When a news seeker appears to be inquisitive, re- member that it is his business to ask questions just as it is yours to sell real estate, repair watches, dig tellers bake muffins, or Play the piccolo. —ELMIRA SIGNIT THE TELLER TOLD 'ER An elderly women, who is treasur- er of a local ladies aid society, went into a bank the other day to deposit the organization's funds. She handed the money over a a herd -of -hearing teller with the usual remark that it was "the aid mama." The teller thought she said "egg money," and he promptly wanted to compliment her on the organization's endeavor. , "Remarkable," he said, "isn't it, how well the cad hens are doing these days." The old lady left with a frown, Drayton Advocate. NOT ENTIRELY TO BLAME There is tendency to blame the ammunition makers and the gun makers for the menace of war in the world. Doubtless there is some foundation for the charge, But the arms manufacturers could hardly promote the idea of war if the germ of the idea were not already in the minds of the people. Despite all our boasted civilization at heart man is still a savage, and the fellow 'be- longing to another tribe is a legiti- mate "candidate for lilies" in our estimation. It is only ijr counting the cost and deciding that the fun is not worth the price that we can hope to end war. This is what has really happened in the case of thie country and the United States. The expense of arming a three -thousand mile frontier is obviously too great so we have mutually agreed not to do it. It cannot be said that Can- adians and Americans particularly Iove each other. The half bricks that are constantly in the air be- tween us disprove that idea. But bricks cost less than fortifications and after use they can be collected and stored handy for another time. —RIDGETO'WN •DOMMINI ON. HISTORICAL RECORDS LAID AWAY IN ATTIC. FOUND Stored away in en old attic room over Chas. Heckntan's store here, that proprietor came across several old books of very peculiar interest. One of these volumes was written by Dr. • Thomas Rolph of Ancaster, Ont. It was written in 1832 and tells, of his journey from England, hie visit to. the West Indies, the United States and Oantrio, giving a splended description of our towns and cities at that time. Another book of considerable size is a report of the conunittee on grievances under the Family Compact before the Rebellion of 1837. Stili another has handwritten arta cles among which is "Lindsay's Biog- raphy of Wiliam Lyon Mackenzie' in which the name of Dr. Rolph fre. quent(y appears. It was dated Strata ford, July 12th, 1869, and may have been the Dr. John Ralph who for a time made his home in Mitchell and whose remlans were buried here, and later raised and taken to Toronto. There are,many copies of the Lon- don Lancet, anEnglish journal of medicine, Literature, etc., some of them dated 1866. Some of these books bear the names of Dr. John Rolph, Dr. Bowie, Vainer Rolpli and Sarnia F. Rolph as their owners. They Make interesting old history more about which will appear et a later date There is also one .dated 1804 ,in, Latin • "Selections from Roman Wtit- angs" a:textbook used apparently in Elton School. -Mitchell Advocate. forget all about 'm:er inside of.. six months." ' I /His companion did=. not - replfr at. once. Wlth pipe pulling freely and the rest of the air ' quiet, he `- found the smoking, compartment' particu- larly, restful ?, . congenial too, for talk and reminiscence. "Anything mare for you gentle men?" The porter thrust his head in the doorway. "No thanks, George. We're com- pletly comfortable. "Good night, rah." 'Night. George," The Judge cal. 'led all porters "aGeomge. " Jiro took up the conversation where the 'Judge left off. 'I suppose there's` something in what you say about "criminals for- getting their grudges. If that were net the case there would be far more judges murdered' in their sleep than is actually the case at present. Just the sante; there have been times when I havent actually envied you your job. • Remember that Italian You sent up last summer . . . that short swarthy fellow. If ever a man seemed in earnest, he did. Promised you a nice long stiletto in the back, didn't he?" i"Yes, ; something like that; It wasn't pleasant, I',m bound to ad- mit" "Funny we should be on this sub- let -0' continued Jim. "Last night in the hotel at Burns Lake I ran a- cross a newspaper. About a month old , . . and it had, a short note a- bout Ole theSwede. Remember hint? You put him away far fifteen years. Robbery with violence or sonibthieg of the sort. If my mem- ory serves he became quite famous for the promises he made in the courtroom that day." "Yes, a hard case," agreed the Judge. "Ile nearly tore the court- room to pieces. Knocked two police- men cold and nearly had me off the bench before they grabbed, him. Rather hard on my dignity, I must admit. lie promised me murder of the most gruesome imaginative sort when he had served his time. Fifteen years age , . . um. His time must be nearly up." "It is up, He's out!" =The Judge etiarted and 'blenched, then recovered himself quickly. "He's been loose a month, then, if what the paper said is true. Well, he hasn't got me yet, and probably .won't. Nothing like a stretch in the pen to cool off, the hot heads "And wouldn't it be a break for you if he happened to be on this train," grinned Jim. He yawned widely. "Well, I'm toddling off to bed. I feel as though I could do with about ten solid hours of shut eye. Coming? "In a few minutes. When I've fin- ished this pipe." Outside, the Judge could see the stars, steel points of light in the .black immensity of night. No moon rose above the rim of evergreens to relieve the stygian darkness. The river, flowed forward silently, black velvet shot with the sheen of silk where the riffles caught the light of the stars. The following coaches threw a moving ribbon of light along the right of wavy and the fire -box glar- ed red to the sky as the locomotive panted and strained up a winding grade. The Judge sensed a movement be. hind him. Glancing over his shout- ded the corner of his eye detected the outlines of a man reflected in the washroom mirror. Startled, he whirled around to confront a six- foot giant filling the . compartment doorway. Along the length of his spine the Judge felt a thin, tickling thrill, and the skin at the back of his scalp con- stricted, His mouth gaped open. His pipe clattered to the floor, spilling ashes over his shirt front. "Ole!" "Hello, Judge. You know me I guess, ,eh? Fifteen years in the pen is a long time. I thihk I ehanged more than dat. You know ane for sure, eh Judge?" "Yes, Ole, I know you." "Guess you Link you see last of me in Vancouver Dong time, ago, Funny time dat, eh Judge?" The giant laughed heartliy, dis- playing gums sadly bereft of teeth. The Judge considered it a most an. pleasant laugh. , "But I make up, my mind that date, I see you again sometime. Ole don't forget , , . not in fifteen years! I see you on the train at Burns Lake and I say` to myself, by golly, there's Judge Scott. And then I think, yes I see Judge Scott beforehegets off this train., I want to talk to him .. . important talk," The Judge shivered. "Nothing unpleasant, I hope," he managed, his dry tongue cleaving te. the roof of his mouth,, - Cold beads of perspiration started from his brow and trickled in a tiny rivulet down behind his ears. "Hot, eh Judge,:" volunteered Ole, with what, the old man considered to be mock concern, The Judge's mind raced feverishly. A fine mess to be in. Could he make a bolt for it? No, he'd never get past that bulk in the doorway. Through the window?Train moving• too fast. Besides, Ole would be on him before he took two steps. No es- cape that way. Stall for time. Yes, that was it. Perhaps he could keep the toner• PAGE 3 satian going until. the • porter came around: '%Vjhere in !lades was that porter? And Jim why the devil had be not„gone off to bed, with him. .AndZnoW the Swede was sitting beside 'him,jamming him uncomfort- ably into the” coimer of the seat. He was talking again in that curious quiet monotoneof his that held for the Judgemore''menace than his screaming threats of fifteen years before, "Yes, Judge, fifteen years in jail is a long time. I think a' lot while I. work on mail bags and making boots for the Government. And I thing a lob about YQu, Judge. .Re- member what I told you in the court - mem that •day. I said I kill +you when I get out, And I'm out now, see? I was sure wild man that day, Judge." ; The gaint laugher] again .gustily, but the Judge failed to get, the hum- or of the situation. He knew now what a mouse felt like when the cat took it •home as a plaything for the. kittens. eyes, Ole, you were pretty wild," agreed the Judge in a faltering voice. He noticed with a poundings. heart an ominous bulge in the Swede's coat "pocket where• the hand seemed to be' tensed. A knife, or perhaps -a gun! • He hoped it was ;a, gun. It would soon be over then. The Judge didn't' relish the thought of a long clean blade in his ribs. Ne, shooting he felt, would be much .better. • He steeled himself for a jump. Where was that ini8ernai porter? If only someone--anyone--would- come. Ole, the Swede, turned sharply to face him, The muscles of his face contracted and his eyes were narrow slits. "I've, waited fifteen' years for now,.." The Judge slumped on his seat, toppled over to the floor to lie gro- tesquely, his head !beneath the wash basin. A cold splash in. -the face revived him, Hard slaps on either cheek completed his recovery. Ole the Swede kneeled over him solicitously. • "All right now Judge? I get the porter." "Wait a minute, Ole," the Judge said weakly, •getting to his' feet with difficulty. "I'm alI right now. I must have fainted. The heat, I guess." Neither spoke for minute. Fin- ally the Judge said, "What were you trying to tell me before I . , , , faint. ed?" "I tell you Judge, I feed bad , for fifteen years I feel bad for what I say in court that day, I think, old Judge a good man after all, He can't help putting me away , . May- be he's got a wife and kids too. I kick myself. Why you scare him so much Ole, you wild man? So I de- cide I' find you when I get out and tell you it's all right with Ole. "No hard feelings, eh Jduge?" "No Ole . . , none at alI." 'Okay ... then I go to bed now. See you in Prince Rupert maybe." The Judge wos still trying to coax back some feeling into the hand Ole had, clasped in his ham -like paw when Jim staggered in to the com- partment. "There you are. I got kind of worried about you . . . thought I'd come and have a look see, HeIIo , . . you're face is like a sheet. Seen a gh" "Perhost?aps I have," muttered the Judge. DOINGS IN THE 'SCOTJT WORLD There are over 2,000 Boy Scouts in Iraq, •lQL3 Brother Sea Scouts In Every Port Fifty Polish Sea Scouts aboard their training schooner the Zawisza Czarny this summer visited brother Sea Scouts at ports in Denmark, Holland, Beligium, London, Sweden, ,inland ,Estonia and Latvia, Q Scouts in the Papuan Jungle Eighteen Papuan (New Guinea native medical students before leav- ing for home after completing their course at Sydney University, formed themselves into the world's first Scout Medical Troop, As "certified native' medical assistants" they will carry on their work in Scout uniform throughout the wild terri- tory of New Guinea. tido Former dead of Harrow' on Scouting "The reason for the growth of Scouting is that the idea of Secret- ing is simple and pre-eminently right. It meets' a common human need and is rightly based upon the adventure,. ' open-air exercise and ability for doing things together." Dr. Cyril Norwood, former. Head- master of Harrow, EE C Many Africlan Scouts To See B. P. After a prief rest following their Oanadian tour, Lord and Lady Bad- en -]Powell are now enroute to Af- rica, to attend the big Scout African Scout Jamboree at East London in January. On the way downthe east coast they will meet Scouts and eSNAPSIlOT GUIL CLOUDS AND FILTERS If it's clouds you want in your next picture a filter will capture them. LAST week the Snapshot Guild re- ceived a letter from a reader who lives in the country. She wrote in part—"At this time of year the clouds are simply beautiful and often when their formations are unusually attractive I. take many snapshots hoping they will register and give a rather true picture of the beautiful scene. I have been somewhat disap- pointed in the results, however, for these beautiful, soft, white clouds have not appeared in the picture as true to nature as I had hoped fol," Clouds do add to the beauty of any outdoor picture but it is true that they do not always register through the lens of the camera as thoy appear to the eye. Suppose we are taking a picture such as the one above and use a film which is sensitive only to ultra -vio- let, violet and blue light. We should not be able to distinguish between the clouds and sky if we give enough exposure to allow detail in the land- scape. This is because the light from the blue sky and the white clouds is very rich in light rays to which the film responds. Although clouds and blue sky are both rich in ultra -violet, violet and blue, there is a marked difference between the two. The light from tate clouds, being white, actually con- tains a certain amount of green and red light, while that from the bine sky does not. This, then makes it necessary to distinguish between clouds and sky in order to record. both in a snap- shot. We must, therefore, use a film which will respond to green, or to green and red light, and also put. over the lens a filter which holds• back the ultra -violet and blue. The green or green and red light from the clouds will thus effect the film,. while practically no light from the • sky will get through to it, and in the^ finished print, the clouds will appear• whiter than the sky. Some film is slightly sensitive tot green light but supersensitive pan- chromatic films will respond to both. green and red light. Such films wills. therefore, show up the clouds:. against the sky if used with a yellowy filter. The deeper the yellow color in the filter the more violet and blue it removes, or "holds back." As you will no doubt surmise„ there are various types of filters and each type has its limitations so in choosing a filter you must make your own decision, based on your general requirements. A good gen- eral all-round filter is tate K-2 which requires lengthening the exposure two to four times, depending on the film employed. There is also a filter known us a Sky Filter used extensively by the• amateur to photograph clouds in a landscape with no increase in ex- posure time. Half of this filter Is yel- low and the other half clear. This: filter can be used withoutiucreasing the exposure because the sky is pho- tographed through the yellow part while the landscape, or general sub- ject is photographed through the lower half, which is not colored. If it's clouds you want a filter will prove invaluable. JOHN VAN GUILDER. Guides at Mombasa, Zanzibar, Beira and other places, and will return by the west coast, stopping at numer- ous ports where Scouting has been established. SALT MUCH USED IN INDUS- TRIAL WORLD Salt is a very valuable commodity - and, in addition to its use for sea- lsoning and preserving foods, enters ;into a number of industrial processes., It is used in the textile dyeing in- dustry, in the manufacture of kraft paper and sheet glass in the form of salt cake, and if the use of salt be- comies general in the building of roads, the demand will greatly in- crease. There is a large consumption• of salt cake in the United States. which is supplied from three sources,.. from the brine deposits in California. and Texas, chemical manufacturers who use the sulphuric acid method in• manufacturing hydrochloric acid and' imports from foipeign counitries„ chiefly Germany and Belgium. Can- ada supplies about 12 per cent of the• total imiports and stands third as m source of supply. A Boy Scout Toreador Although the Boy Scout code would not permit bull fighting, a successful battle, Toreador fashion, with a pitch -fork as a weapon, won a Silver Cross for Scout Leslie Wil- kinson, 15, of Northants, England. The animal had twice tossed a farmer when the boy arrived. He attacked the beast with the fork, jabbing it until it turned and pur-' sued him. He leaped a fence to safety, the farmer mean -while crawling out of danger. Complet- ing Ms good turn the Scout render- ed first aid to the injured man. r p gent ;),;;• what yourlelePhane does forYou K�Bps YpO. 15 ]Ofriends. uch with neighbours 0,d • Makes. your shopping ° '.`' whole lot easier. • Calls rhe Doctor in sudden illness or. pcci.ent. Enables 115 +° Oeatn55 social affa'�rs .ed m Summ°ns hell„when fine breaks art. • fl,aintains business . , contoctso stay you re �� Y .forced to stay home•... • Gets repairmen when es?°tialh°n`°. •'a•a•n, sericesbreakdown• THE WHEN the weather or household duties keep you indoors, - and there are so. many things you need and': you simply haven't the time - to go shopping . how handy it is to telephone. The grocer or butcher or dry goods store is always glad to deliver your order• just when you want it. So,. the telephone smooths your daily path and stands guarcU in emergency. OF YOUR TELEPHONE 15 JUST WHAT YOU MAKE KE 1T