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EDWARDTERMS :---$1.25 per Annum in Advance, l• CLINTONONT FRIDAY 3,1 r 1881
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'FOR S&r.E.•—A large can of lAno NI';
OIL for sale cheap at the RaCORn Oi iso.
Gee your wrapping paper tit the
"1lt.coen Oilico," It is sold cheap,
in endless variety, from. New ^e—Mr. Thomas Jackson has
I new ad, in this week's issue. Read
5 ; C L A' �i it.
Oen Sunsceinn for the RECORD and get a
:b Garriages
Cheap and Stylish.
:1:, 0, o nee and C;io:co LIAo. or
"EQARS TO A CO%
Arid Cigarettes;
Cheap and First -Class
. . an$for s
City Book Store, Clinton,
The Boot; 6 term ~Blore 1F.Tar ;t >t
• Value for *rout. Noss :.'s
.LOCAL NEWS•
litonte and 'sedges r.
(Seo 8th page for other local nowo,)
'run trees look beautiful, .
Tal: s trill cm s are comb on
correct account of the 24th celebration
--only 75 cents to the end of the year.
PISCATORIAL,—A largo number of
our townspeople have been away on
fishing excursions during the past week. •
We -did not hear of any extraordivaty.
catches.
Tarn—Wishing to pay a 'friend a
compliment,. a gentleman yin town re-
marked to another, "I hear you . Rape._
a very industrious wife." "Yea," re-
. plied he, with a very melancholy smile,
"she is never idle. She always truces
something for me to do."
IMPEovi; enxes.—•Tho: west side of
Huron. Street, from Kennedy's hotel to
the dressing at the•Enlish Church, has
been graded for the purpose of build-
ing a sidewalk. We are pleased to
see this improvement • The` Street
Committee deserve credit for the step
taken. •
Leceu t e,—Rev. lIr. Lawrence, for-
merly of this vicinity, now of the Mont-
real Conference, .lectured .hi the G. M.
;church,' on Wednesday evening last to
a fair •audience, on missionary work
for the purpose of raising funds to erect
a church on a neve . mission. _ .Receipts:
we, understand Were satisfactory.: .
quickly. •
VERY good growing weather during
the past e eek.•
WUsN is. the "street watering cart
c owning out ? .
_... New.. aubscribers. contiime•"to"pear in
rlluch to.our satisfactions •
DIE 24th celebration in Ciliuton this.
year will be the biggest •ever' held in
the west. Don't 'fail to attend.
PErisoNAr..—Dr:• Cartwright,, of Cliii
ten, was visiting friends -in Stt•atfords,
during the present week.• •: '
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Winee'S ' W I ONC;, — what's wrong
with our • I3z'irssel5" correepondent,.
'Wake up sir, and send us a. budget,.
Clears.—Messrs.' Shelby, Ptiilman
Hamiltoln's.eircus will visit Sea,fortb
on the 1st of June.
.THE Fres Press . pubs ish es s a list of
the changes made in the recision of the
New Testament with .other information
concerning it. • •
2 Eau Mr. E. Corbett's acli>ertisement
in this • issue. His factory is in full
blast, and now is the time to come along
with your custom .work, '
CONTRACT LET. We. underst u d
that Mr. Treves, who; has the contract
for several buildings here,' has been
•awarded the contract fore the election
of the Carter shock in• Blyth. •
AP.Pon rEo AGENT::‘ --Mr. " S Davis
has a •new advertisemeut'in this week's.
issue.. He has been appointed' agent
for the figure 8 :churn, "the ••merits of
which everybody is well aequainted
~rill. •
AN' old couple were Walking down
street the other day; "'reading signs,
when their attention Arts drawn to the
one—' Jackson's Hat " Store." : "Well,
L declare 1" exclainsed_ else old.. lady,
t'I wonder how.ho tore it 1". - - '
' LxcnossE• MEETING.. A meeting of
the Lacrosse Club will be •weld"at the
Rattenbury House, this.(Friday) even-
. ing. A'full attendance is requested as
:arrangements for the, st en's sport and
other leaders are to be settled.• . •
Pertsoxen. — We understand that
1tIr. Alex. Davidson,, who has been in
the employ of Mr. D. Gantelon, grocer,
for some time past, intends. taking a
trip to the North-West this week.'We
wish hint a successful trip,
CoxsenvATIv L MEE, INu.—Tlao tu-
nunl meeting of the Liberal Conserve-
tive Association' for. the South Fading
of Huron, will be hold at Exeter on
Monday, May 300, at one o'clock p.ut., •
for tho .purpose of electing officers tend'
perfecting the organization, All con-
servatives should attend, •
COBRECTIoN.—An item eippeared hi
our •Hullett .correspondence of last
issue, concerning an operation which
was performed • on Mr. T. Mcl3rien's
hand, and which would tend, to a cer-
tain extent to injure, the medical pro-
fession, We understand the operation
was not the success it was 'said to be,
and that the statement Of Dr, Apple -
ten was ecorrict. • •
PERSONAL—Our friend; Mr. �. A.
Watson of .this•,.town; ' we ere sorry to
•lrclaru, intends removing to Goderich
this week, where he purposes•studying
for a short thee, 'after which he 'intends
takiue a•trip. 0, the T.orth-:west. •Der--
iaig ur, Watson's stay here he'Speedo
hosts, of frie ltls,".of`'whom ho has the
beat wishes
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ennt. • .1\I tRitne. �-- •r1 • cons[tlerable.
quanti e of •grain :has "been brought
into Canton market during the present
week. A large number of the. parties
passed. other n arkevs and. came here,
feelingwell satisfied with the ;course
theeyy had taken. • It is•; a fact known to•
every farmer that Clinton is: the best
grain market in the county."
BLow'r `DOWN. -During the 'violent
storm which prevailed tor a shorttiine:on
Saturday • eyening'last,' part of.the brick.
• workof -Smith's Block was biownelowu,
causing corisiderable extra work to the
contractor..-A:t the'same time the signs
on ''Messrs, •Craik,.. filecwhirter • & Co's
store were, tumbled • over together.:with.
e quantity of .bricks,. that supported
thew.
New Heise —The• new •horn wliith
was'•purohased. for :the' band through
Messrs. Dolierty Ss • Gibbings. •arrived
on Monday 'evening last, and was inn -
mediately put iiito use.. The " boys "
,re• practicing every , evening for the
1 24th, stud no doubt intend giving us
.plenty of music on that occasion: .We
would . very much like, however, to see
them come out in uniform:. ,
•New James •Fair,
of this town, is •:buitcling. _a' targe barn
on his farm; size; 100x56. ; He intends
having stables, &c., beneath, for. the
• purpose of 'feeding cattle, which busi-
ness be intends going into on a heavy
Scale. Mr. P. Campbell, is -doing the
frame. work of the building, and
Messrs. Cantelon Bros., the stoner work,
We eanobespeeak for Mr.. Fair a satis-
factory job, .
Pi Rso\:tis.—Rev. -Mr I-Tarriso i, of
Blyth, was in town on Monday list.—
Mr.. jolo
ast.—Mr.•John gesman, of . Blyth, was in
town on Wednesday last, and favored
our :sanetuiir .with a call: --Rev. W.
Birks, of I3Jyth, was in town on Wed-
nesday last.—Mrs, Long,, of this place;
who has been visiting friends in New
bridge for some weeks, Arrived home
on Saturday, evidently well pleased
Whitler visit. • •
• CiI:,''roN LITERARY SoTiNViEzc
SocrETY.-1 here was agood attendance
at the meeting of this society on 14Zontlay
evening last, After the usual routine of
business, this Rev. Mr, Harrison, 'of
Blyth, was eleeted,an honorary member
of the society, The debate on the "Old
Bachelors' Bill " was then taken up
and discnssed by a number of the Mem-
Vera'. A number of amendments were
then brought tip 'end lost, after which
the original motion was put and
carried. It is expected that a large
.umber will "be in attendance at the
newt meeting.
Mn, 5, PINE lo:at a valuable stare ca.
Sunday last;
Pr;sr i n,—The work on Smith's block
is being rapidly pushed forward.
SULD.—Mr. M, McTaggart has, solei
a lot on Frederick St, to Mr; Geo,.
Hanley, for the sum of $150.
SOLD. --The privilege of having en,
tire control of the driving park, on the
24th, was sold to Mr. J, Creed, of Seas
forth, for the sunt of $55,
C'otME.---If•you fail to visit Clinton
minim 24th you will miss a rare treat;
Ctlnton will be centro• of attraction-.
Wee, 'and bring your cousin with you,,
MIOA Fot:Nn.-While diggirsg a w elI
for Mr. Shipley,
l{e7''Road, Huron oad, Messrs.;
.L
Arthur and W. Cool: struck, on n
rock which contained a very large quan-
tity of mica, a sauaple of which, we
leave been shown. •
SEuMtni,—The funeral sermon of the
late Mrs. Dodds, .of Blyth, was preach-
ed in --the Baptist Church on Sabbath
nnorei:ng last, .by the' Rev, Mr, Gray.
Tho rev, gentleman rendere_ d a Very
impressive discourse,
CLls.Tost lies the best programme of
amusements in the Ouunty for the 24th
of May. Who can say different
'Moen Cosia:In.—W e Linth'rstand that
a number of strangers intend coming
to town and engaging in business dur-
ing the touting fell, .
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Ilion Scnoci'L Lieniteit ' Soc i:TX,.—•-
Qn Friday eveuiug 13th just., this
society held its fortnightly meeting in
the iiigli School. A. tory _fair. attend-
ance was noticeable, WTholrltllegeneral
.business of the society was disposed .of
tho progrLullnlo of the evening was then
:introduced; which coiisistcd of untie,
singing, readings and u: spelling MIatch,
`L''he spelling - match was. mitered into
with great enthusiasm, • Tho' captaiws
Misses Parker and Linklater having
clsoscnl their sides,•ontered into the con-
test, which lasted for a . considerable
time, but finally the victory resulted in
fevor..pf • the side of the. latter,
DaIVE,—At the invitation of Prof,
Holmes,we had a short drive through
a. part of Goderich Township eine Stain
ley on Teesday afternoon last, Leaving
toss's abou 1 p, m,, in ono of Mr, 1), B.
Kennedy's celebrated rigs, we started
out on .the Baytield : ltoad, _and after.
passing the L, H. tlz 13,:'llailway cross-
ing,•took what is known es the "Centre
Road." This road has been greatly
unproved during **lad few ,years; ,
there haying been considerable -money
spent on it for grading, cutting down
hills, &c, ' With 'the exception. of what
is l;nnwn'as "Deove's. Hill," it is now
a 'vary, good road• .for travel. The
crops along this route looked very
promising, .especially along the 9th and.
7th concessions; the fall wheat of course
in some cases being'killed • mit • Pa ss-
ingedonor"till wo name to. •.tlic "4th coni,
we'iu t viii thisi road to Bayfield•. "We
!noticed 'ewes iniproveinents, in, ,burets•
lug,. & c., but owing to the season;of:
the year, beinga busy one, • and° every,
sperecn preparing to celebrate tho.24th
in Clinton, tlnngs wero rather dull ire'
the business Zinc=, We thought to Ms.- .
selves es we passed through. its i treets,
";what e ;pity some railway company
could slot be induced to build'a.line to"
this village:" ; 'It ;is: one of the, best.
Iocatious fora town in Western Otte
terio, and. we are :sorry-to'seo•its prd
grass checked on account of, want of
railway coumu licatiou: Making,. a^
ehort stay, eve' cant cl on Bir. McCalla,
the popular` landlord, . and 'found hips"
as jolly and obliging' as ever. Friend
Morrison is still doing . i minces in•
his old' ;stand, ' and • assured us,
though businees has been.dull for a.. few
.days, it • had• been exceedingly .good ail
along.. 11Tr, A.:` Ruttledge reported
business good, and prospects favorable,
Both of these gentlemen- have a good
,stock on' hand. • Leaving Bayfield we
took the Seaforth' Road to Verna, eel-
ling: at eosh.en en the way.„ Hero'' w,.
fot lid.friend England •in a en.tig little_
store and seemingly doing a good• busk.
ness. Passing •along tlirou 11 a beauti=.
ful.01'0.1101
t;o intry, ~'(°soon carne in -eight •of
Varna. This is a beautiful.. little vie
lage, surrounded by e rielt..aaricuttural
.country... ,We found Mr..Joslin in his
usual. good .humor: IIo keeps,. a good;
respectable. house, .t'and •does a good
little business: .1)1r.. • Stewart, of the
"People's•store,",reported things lively
and seeliied to. lie busy.: Calling upon
- tl1r. E. Briggs, the "noted •shoeulaker,"
We found him as jolly: as ever. The.
amount. of work. ev'idetltly on hand
and the look. of his colniteuance indi-
cated goad tinier. • . Leaving Varna, we
again .tame into Goderich township• by
Way of_Turner's bridge, where stent
beautiful scenery presented itself. :Che.
• crops on the De s:field con. altd especially
the fall wheat, looks well. At: about
6.30 we reached town again,. not ,tired
out, but with a good .apetite for ,su•p-,
per,•
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. T ",lr3.t;ca's•d' Would Boake to Sc
The'
Clinton nsade a port of entry,
Tlre:man who says drat Titl•; RECOUn
is
not
good advertising medium,
A new block built from Craib, •Mac-
whirter St Co's store to the Oonsmereiel
hotel. _
OLD LITERATURE, --We have received
from Mr. C. • A. Hartt, Barrister,: a
shoot..of literature suppoi,ed.to be over
50 years ohs.. It was printed in the
time of William IV. of Englandl, .and
shows that nionerch viewing alae .race
for reform, seated on his steed," ant: a
long convertiation, between: the
atld his. mere
TAE ITAYMAxrr,s.-The grand •u:us--'
tical eutertaiiriiteet to take placein • the:
;Town Hall on the 24th,is all the talk
'of, the town and also of ,the country,;
which •ive learned'while on an extensive,
drive on Tuesday: last. Everybody is,
goitlg,...a1ial..thcr. eeeut•-•pteesilises-•to bens M
riell treat. 'Tice music ii: first -glass,..
Nlrile'tbeadtion of the snowing, .spread:
ing,' raking and pitching of the slay is a
perfect imitation of rural life. in. • the
slay field. The dinner scene song of
.Katie-;'tlre.Dairy Maid malking'her teti;
;cows; cw'nipkins getting sting' by the
wasps; the cl•simygrinding• of scythee,
&a,, are among •tho am:tising Scenes of
Alio play, while the 'torn• scene with;
stint thlightnieg•`And rajil, ante;
the .fireman's song with : the engin'
Totes,' Bose,ladder, firernan::in.unifoi•m,
fi're,.fire bell, and child saved froin the.
flames, are anion;; tho' exciting scenes. •
As the hall will be crowded, those wish-
ing to secure tickets, no matter when
'they • go, will do well to select thein at
Ransford's, :where plan of hallcan beseen,.
Sale to continence this (Friday) in orni inn •
This cantata was,given. in Lindsay unto
years: ago: same date;: toau
an tlierloe of
2000, and et Brareptou"to•orje'of'.1•600..
Tt will continence ti' little before' eight'
and clese•heforo••tho fire. Works.
- EXTENSIVE SilrPIIENT OF •. CATTLE
F'RO:I CLINTON: —.During the present,
'week 11Tsssrs, ' Watson .eft.11ooney leave.
pnreliased a large number of cattle • for
sltipinent' to the old country. They
Were one of.the best, lots that has 'ever
left this tewn:and were principally .fed
in Hullett, Tuckersnith, and Goderich
Townehip. Tl1e following are the.
names of parties who feel with -number.
and .aggregate *eight in pounds s
J. Sheppard, Goderich Tp.:.:" 1 1,295
J. Cohllough, GoderichTp. ,'•3'.3,445
-A. ' McAllister, Goderich Tp; -2 2,890;
.1. sleeking,' Mullett,.,. bell, .1. 2,320
Jao. Brown, hlulietti,'... ... 3 4,335
T. Mountain,. Hullett, 4 5,365
W. Hill; Hullett, • • • '6. 6,870
13. Snell, Hulled, . . 2 3,270
3. L. Cotirtiee; Gocl'ch•Tp. bull 1 2,080
.W. 'M 'Hulled, ' 2 2,770
S. • Carnoohan, .Tuclsersnrith, 4 ' 5;010
J. Sheppard; Goderich '1'p, 5 6,470
R. Waites, Hulled, ... •....:5 6,860
E. Lear, Hulled,. ' 1014950
A...Jarnieson, Hullett,.: • 1 1,345
H.. ' Radford, Hullett, ....' 4 5,660
Jas. Manning; Hallett;Htxllctt,... , 2 2,740
W. Morels, ;Elul lett, .... •.. , . ,2 2,760
J..Johnston, Millet;: 4 6,270
J. Marquis, . Gtideriell Tp, 2 2,570
J. Baer, Colborne, .. , . 5 5,835
Mr, Brigham, Hunan..., —,• .2 2,80.5
Mr. Crossman, 'Hulled, ... , 3 4,155•
J. Lyons,: Hulled, ....:3 4,535
John Knox, , .. ,Hulled,. 3 5,065
Jos., Lygnts Hullett, .. , .. , 1 1,435
veiny were sold at the rate of from 5
to 6' cents per lb live weght, which is'
an exceedingly. good price: We are
of the opinion that if the farriers in
• general would pay more attention to
feeding stock -and not depend eo "much
IOn grain crops, farming would be a
much better paying,occu:pation than it
is at present with a great many'.
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Publisher.
disgrace to the town, and cannot Ler
put up with much longer. • Clinton ie
said to da the largest business on the
G. T. R. west of Stratford, and why
can't the company grant a favor whie:t
would be beneficial to themselves wines
askedf
Qg>uEEii'S BLIR3.TH'J AY'.
THE IIID CELEBRATION IN CLINTON',
The Queen's Birthday falls upon :Tuei.
day next acid Clinton with its, at:costuu,-
ed loyalty intends celebrating' the eyelet
with greau eclat. A splendid pro-
gramme of amusements, 1,as .bean pr. -
pared by the. Committee which cannot
fail to interest all visitors to the plane,
atul should the day prove fine, an he-
nteese crowd will no doubt be here.
Unlike other places, the Committee are
offering no prizes for jumping or throw•
Mg the stone, these sports buiigonly of -
aclventag'e to the successful wren and of
very little. amusement to a big crowd of
people. The leading business. Men•oi' •'
tete place aro taking an active part in
all the amusements and nothing will b•.1
left -undone to make this the bi nest •
day Clinton bas ever seen. • • At 6 &clods..
in the morning, a Royal Salute will si,rt-
nounce the coninencetuent of proceed-
- iiigs. for the day; to be followed, by :a
grand promenade by. the Clinton brass
band through the streets of • tlro.towu.
At 9 o'clock the Virginia sjubilee Singers • .
will give a grand open air coneerttsing- -
ing a number of the old plantation sough
• on the main street, and we would ad'vis4
all our country friends' to he in time ee
hear the troupe, :At 10 o'clock the ate,e
letio sports are ntiined to comwer er1 •
•wl,en:a..let ge. a.mnirntsof-money. will•-t*r •c-•
given to the succeeeful'nien. The prizee
offered for each individual ratio are very
.large and"some exciting sport may b
anticipated. In the;afte.•rnoon the racer •
under the auspices of the Clinton. I.)rive-
111x. Park'Assoeiiatioli, commence at On,:
o'clock, and ;judging 'from appearance,
they will. be. thea Most sticcessfu' ever•
held. lhere:. Some complaint has been
made About , the trotting: repos ben •
limited to tele County, but • in' former
-years they Were.left. open and seldoit•.
tilled to' retake any; decent Sea:gee; Th:,
prospeet now is that every race ruler bee
well filled with 'horses, owned in the'
County,. and this, we are sure, will be
more interesting than to see one'or test' •
•horses walk over .the track' for the
purse.: The colt' race, filled .with feu: -
Wear: Grits, and' tteo • Sorel Clouds is
ctt ata g considerable .interest i{1' thi:i
plaee,•and will be 'one of the best races
of tele day. Reports fromSeaforth say
that all the Clear Grits.are doing well;
while the Sorel Cloud 'Owned by'l'.
ii•sliowing splendid .speed, and will la;
a very ,likely, colt for: the. first money,
The purse for the epee ,,riin"is a very
large one and several horses ate expect-
ed front London. and elsewhere, �i liih,
for the local trot ri big string of liorse.3
is mentioned Mr.• J. •Allison's colt
eves 011 tete, track last Saturday awe i,>
reported to ]lave made the "II rtrile i:t
considerable less than ,two itliusde;i.
• Mr. Rat.tenbuiy's.hor se front B,i'uceliebl,
is in training here for thea minutes trot
and is •showing 'good' speed. Oi.e 'or
two flyers from Goderich are also expect -
eel for the race, which will make 'it ai}
exciting one. Last year the abuse:'
meats were' very successful'but nothinr
was` provided to' 611 in; tete-et•esterg. .
Titis"yeer triumphs---bho best enjoyment,.
t..
of .the day will take place after six '
o'clock, when au inneense. bill 'of faro
is offered.
At seven o'clocit Prof, . Iro:tii s . will
1.roclrico the cantata of "The Ilayuttik-
er;s," assisted by ti Iargo company of our
local singers., and: there' is ' no doubt •
that the town hall will be eompleti•ly
packed.: -Cuespecial .feeture .of :tern__ ..
cantata is the fire scene, representing n;.,
fire hi progress and the firemen a e
woree with their engine playing on tho •
flames;
• At the eonelesion of the perform-
ances an immense bonfire will be start-
. cd on the market square around tw
the 'heed will play '"God' Save 'the
Queen," end then form irr line for the
••torch -light procession, ie. charge of the'.
firemen, through the •htreet,S, and ietsk
to the market square. • After : this a
granddisplay of fire *mks takes plate,
which will ;be a fitting close, to whet e •>.
hope will .be the biggest celebration
seen here. All railways ate (filth .;
tetluced , faree, and pre paratioirs a: e
being made by the hotels to • acecas:is.a>~
date all visitors.
The 24th of May a fine day.
A few large factories started here,
It is• the liuet location in • the wast for
sucb... .
You . bring your sisters, arid your
cousins, 'and your auntss, and your
uncles, to Clinton on the Loth.
A new station erected at the Grand
Trunk Railway, • The present ptie fa Lt