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FRIDAY, FEB. 15, 1889,
LOOAL NOTICES.
Good pair Man's SNOW SHOES for sale
very cheap. NEW HRA Office.
You can get Misses and Boys
Overshoes at.J.Twitehell's for
*1 Gash.
WOOD WANTED -We want
at once a few loads of good
wood in payment of subscrip-
tions. NEW ERA Office.
Carnival Number of Montre-
al Star, 35c. Carnival Num-
ber Montreal Witness, -meets.
COOPER'S BOOKSTORE.
Special to the Public.
Having engaged Mr. H. *evens for
the season to take charge of the Pian•
ing Mill, and as the undersigned will
give his personal attention as usual to
all outside work, parties wanting any-
thing whatever in the Contracting and
Building line willlbe supplied on reason-
able terms and in a satisfactory man-
ner. Orders promptly attended to.
S. S. Cooper.
Zonis Zepil'S.
PROLIFIC.—Mr J.eWoreell has two
•primrose plants, one having 186 flow-
_, -ere and buds and the other 117 flowers
and buds, of the single white variety.
FARM RENTED,—',lir E. ltatledgl',
of this town, recently rented a farm
from Mr John Shanahan, being lot
21, on the 7th eon., of Hullett, for a
term of five years, at a rental of $200
a year.
GONE TO TEE LAND OF THE FREE.
—Mr°A. Forsyth, of Tuckersmith,
who a few days ago was arrested on
a chargeof attempted fraud; and
.placed in jail, bas been released,hav-
ing satisfactorily settled one of the
heavy claims against him. Imme-
diately after his release he took the
train for the other side. It is said
that he leaves a number of creditors
behind.
SENT Ur FOR TRIAL.—It was men-
tioned last week'that Mr T. Jackson's
store had been robbed of a quantity
of dry goods, the value being about
$150. Mr Jackson placed the matter
in the hands of Mr W. 'J. Paisley,
who cleverly worked up the case, and
discovered the thief in the person of
ayouuth named John Devine, who
was arrested- on Monday11nd corn
mitted for trial. Nearly all the goods
were recovered.
PATiIONAGE.—From the Auditor
General's report tor the past year it
is ,learned that the Conservative
papers mentioned below received from
the Government the amounts specified
for advertising or prinVng :—Exeter
Times, $68.12; Goderich Star, $45.55;
Seaforth Expositor, $58.11, (we are
inclined to think this is a mistake);
Seaforth Sun, $98.76.; Wingham Ad-
vance, $35.42; Gorrie Vidette, $3.36.
The Reform papers each received the
price of their annual subscription.
HE WAS EQUAL tYOR ANY EMER-
GENCY.—A letter appeared in the
papers theother day over the signa-
ture of Mr Sovereen, a wealthy and
respected resident of the town of
Simcoe, and a Clintonian, who was a
'resident of Simooe•at the time,vouches
• for the following story :—Mr Sovereen
many years ago kept a second-hand
store, and his friends were talking
but the varied assortment • to be
found there,, when one bet the other
that he could notgo and ask for any
article and not get it. The wage,'
was made, and the other went in'add
asked 111r Sovereen if he kept any
geese.yokes, (a board so cut as to pre-
vent geese with one on getting
t hrough fences)., The store -keeper
replied that it was so long since he
had been asked 'for any that he was
afraid he was out, but he would look
anyway, and sure enough he found
about a barrel of the odd articles.
i4IttOO loaf mems-
dayeMi,s- H, Lane ie home' for her
,
A "Citizen's Ball" is announced for
the 19th inst.
Mr R. Welsh entered on hie duties
as bell-ringee on Wednesday.
Mr Bert Pay, of St. Cntharines,was
in town for a couple of days last week.
The next session of the Division
Court will be held on the 22nd inst.
. Mr Stevenson and wile, of Ethel,
are visiting the former's brother, Mr
Thee Stevenson.
Messrs Geo and J. Tedford were
called away thisweek by the serious
illness of their father.
Mrs T. White received the sad in
telligcnce on Monday, of the death of
her mother in England.
Several persons narrowly escaped
a douche by snow -slides on Sunday,
from the roof of Mr Biddlecomb's
store.
The farm offered for sale under
power of mortgage, on Saturday, was
not sold, the bids not reaching the
upset price.
Misses Swaffield, Hennings and
Marten, of Goderich, have been' in,
town for a few days, the guests of Mrs
W. S. Swaffield.
A despatch from Medicine Hat
says :—"Farmers here -are plowing."
So they are here,' but it is plowing
through the snow.
• The continuous storms of the past
week have blocked the roads pretty
badly, and the hauling of wood, &c.
to town is almost paralyzed.
Conductor Mackenzie, of Point
Edward,has been transferred to Strat-
lord, and will take Conductor Mc -
Knight's old run from Stratford to
Goderich.
The offer of Mr R. Welsh, for the
weigh scales, has been accepted by
the committee of the council. There
was one other tender only put in,that
of W. G. Perrin.
We are requested to say that the
organ used at the town hall, during
the afternoon, of the recent Sunday
School Convention, was furnished by
Mr Geo F. Oakes.
Mr Ben Churchill refused . $1800
last week for one of his imported
horses ; this is a good figurer,- but Ben,
who is a lover of good horseflesh, did
not think it enough.
A letter from Mr Geo E. Crawford,
of Deaver, informs us that MrsCraw-
ford, (for whose. benefit be went west)
is now enjoying better health than
she has done for months past.
Mr Sr S. Cooper has been given
the contract for the erection of a
frame house for Mr Thos J..Tighe, of
Hallett. As Tom is unmarried it is
evident he is going to tighe to some
one.
Mr James McFarlane, of Stanley,
was in town on Wednesday evening,
awaiting the arrival of a young thoro •
bred Polled Angus bull that he had
purchased in the vicinity of Mon-
treal.
Mr' S. Lavera.ck, who has been
residing in this vicinity for some
thrushes opened a flour and feed store
in Exeter. " He is an industrious
young wan, and we shall be glad to
hear of his success.
The editor of the Parkhill Gazette,
(son-in-law, of Mr John • Crol1) not
long since loet, .his office by fire, and
the other -daa runaway. team tore
out the whole.front of his new premi-
ses. This is a hard world, Jim.
A JOLLY Goo:.; T1ME,—The choir
of the Presbyterian church had• an
^ outing on Tuesday evening last that
will long be remembered by those
who participated in the enjoyment.
To the numberofsixteen they tramped,
indult snow shoe costume, to Mr C.
Avery's, a distance of threeand a
half miles on the,London road,`which
place they reached about nine o'clock,,
hungry enough after their walk to
eat everything in the house. But
this they found they .:ould not do,
as Mr and Mrs Avery had prepared
such a quantity of the most tempting
viands, that they found they could
not cope with all that was spread out,
although it was said if the cook was
left alone, it would be hard to say
how much would be left. It was
noticed that one party found it diffi•
cult to swallow, while another mem-
ber thought the colas of some of the
boya looked rather tight around the
waist. , However, after eating '"until
they could eat no mere, a programme
of vocal and instrumental music,
dancing, checkers, etc., was. gone
through with,• assisted by a number
of invited guests from the surround-
ing neighborhood, and making •the
evening an enjoyable one, It was to
be regretted that Mr Hunter was un-
able to entertain the company with
some music, but not having any pre-
vious notice and no music with him,
he begged to bo excused, and Mr
Grant, being somewhat indisposed,
also asked to be excused from danc-
ing the Scotch reel. Mr John Avery
delighted the ladies ,•with many in-
teresting stories, and they all were
unanimous in pronouncing him ex-
cellent company, and wished he were
a member of the choir. Mr Knott
-distinguished himself by his attention
to the fair sex, and if many visits
were paid down the London road,
there might be some knotta to tie,
Some alarm was caused in the early
part of the evening, by the non-ap-
pearance of one of the bassos, but
this soon subsided, on the coolnotic-
ing him coming from the barn,where
be had been changing his costume,
and donned his patty stilt, in which
he was better able to dance the Jer-
sey. After three hours of stolid en-
joyment, and a hearty expression of
, gratitude to the host and hostess, the
Journey home commenced, some walk-
ing and the meijority riding. Noth-
ing of event tonic place, except that a
heavy base was noticed to approach a
young lady, and pay such attention
and to monopolize the buffalo robes
that he is in danger of being highly
censured..,It se the intention ofthe
choir to reit several of the country
membera of the church in this novel
way.
-Rev. J. Edge will deliver- a lecture
under the auspices of the Mechanics'
Institute, in the town hall, en the
evening of Thursday, list inst. Sub-
ject "Bring back things you borrow."
The Misses Fisher, formerly of Kin-
cardine, will render choice selections
of music.
Mr James Thompson has arrived
home from Buffalo, where he bas an
agency for the sale of "Totem of
Health." We hope he does not fall
in love with Buffalo .completely, as
we would dislike to see 'him move
a way.
We had a call last week from Mr
John Eseon, of London, formerly
reeve of Hayfield. He looks well and
feels well, but his eyesight is becom-
ing defective, and he is not able to
read a newspaper, even by the aid of
glasses.
A certain paper not a thousand
miles from Clinton was boasting re-
cently of the amount of type it set,
and they never used agything just
to fill up," all the type being set in
its own office. This week it uses five
columns of what is known as "plate
matter"—type set up and moulded in
Toronto. "People living in glass
h(leises should not throw stones."
Our readers will remember the
"Townsend Family," so popular in
theatrical circles many years ago.
The name is recalled now by the
death of Mrs Townsend, wife of the
venerable actor, John Toownsend,
who died at Hamilton on Sunday,
after a protracted illness. The de.
ceased lady was a native of England,
was married to Mr Townsend in 1841,
and accompanied him to Canada
about twenty years ago.
FAST DRIVING. — On Tuesday
morning several persons appeared be-
fore the Mayor, charged with driving
faster in the corporation limits than
allowed by law, viz,—six miles ao
hour. Soine of the witnessess were
not willing to swear, however, that
the rfite of speed, oh the occasion in
question, was more than the law
limit, and Mr Tedford asked for an
adjournment, for the purpose of sum-
moningadditicnal witnesses ; in the
meantime, four of the parties went to
the Mayor and plead guilty. A fine
of $5 and costs was imposed. Against
the fifth there was no evidence what-
ever.
W. T. Fairbairn, formerly editor of
the Port Arthur Sentinel,and latterly
of the Inland Sentinel, Kamloops,
died recentl y at St. Joseph's hospital,
Victoria, B. C., of inflammation of
the brain. Deceased arrived in Vic-
toria about two months ago, and had
a position on the Times when taken
ill a few days ago. He was a native
of Ontario, where his father, who has
been communicated with,itill resides.
He was about 29 years of age, unmar-
ried, and., member of the Masonic
Order, which will take charge of the
remains awaiting instructions from
the east. Deceased was ill for about
a week, but for some time previous
waa complaining of a pain in the
head. [Deceased was a son of Mr T.
Fairbairn, formerly publisher of the
Teeswater News, and was a particu-
larly clever writer, but was,unfortun-
ately, his own worst enemy. )
Local Ciiurgh cbirriOig
Rev Mr Sodgine, 'of Hayfield end
RQv Mr C;sig, exchanged pulpits on
,Sunday last. •
The Presbyterians have added
about 250 volumes to their Sunday
School library. The new volumes•
were received crone Cooper's book
store.
The Bugwoks will give another ea-
tertainment at the Home Circle in
the Rattenbury Street Methodist
Church, this (Friday) evening. All
are welcome.
Rev J. McLean, M.A., Ph. B., will
deliver a lecture in Rattenbury Street
church, on the eveniagof the 20th
inst., entitled The Blackfeet Indians.
Mr McLean" was for nine years a mis-
sionary among them, and exhibits a
number of Indian articles during his
lecture.
The annual rneetiug of the Bible
Society will be held in Rattenbury
Street Methodist Church,on Tuesday,
Feb. 19th, at 8 p.m. An address wile
be given by Rev J. G. Manly, on
"Babylon and Israel," and addresses
by resident ministers. A collection
will be taken up on behalf of the so-
ciety.
A fair audience of ladies listened to
the address of Miss Cartmell, in the
Ontario St. church, last Friday after-
noon. Her address was largely a
narration of the difficulties encounter-
ed by missionaries in Japan, and
while it was quite interesting, was
much in the same line as that given
by other missionaries from similar
fields of labor.
On Sunday next Missionary set -
mens will be preached in Rattenbury.
Street Church by Rev Dr Hannon,
of Kincardine, in the morning; in the
evening a platform meeting will be
held,to be addressed by Rev Messrs
Hannon and Edge. Rev Jas Living-
stone 'will preach in Ontario Street
Church Sunday evening.
Instead of the Rev.111r Edge giving
an address next Monday evening at
the meeting of Rattenbury St. Y.P.
Association, he will exchange with
Mr I. Taylor, whose topic properly
comes one week later, so that Dir Tay-
lor will give Lis address next Mon-
day, entitled "The duty andprivilege
of work for Christ."
Axn[Y JUT.t,LEe.—The Salvation
Army held special meetings last Sat-
urday and Sunday, led by Major.
Morris and. his trumpeters. The
meetings were well attended, and we
believe that the songs and the.play-
lug which the -boys did on their --in--.
struments were very much appreci-
ated.' On Monday a jubilee was held
and the Major was assisted by Capts.
Booth, of Goderich ; Hoag, of Sea -
forth; Payne, of Stratford; Armstrong,
of Mitchell ; Andrews, of Exeter;
Lieuts. Baker and Delaney ; Cadets
Wilcox and Smith, and a great many
soldiers besides, who took part in the
banquet. The amount realized from
the banquet was about $70.
The regular meeting of the Willis
Church Y.P.C.A., was held on Mon-
day evening last, Mr T. Jackson, jr.,
Vice. -Pres., in the chair, A com-
munication was received from the
young people's society of Christian
Endeavor of Ontario Street Method-
ist Churdh, inviting the society to
visit them on Monday evening next,
the 18th inst. The•eecretary was in-
structed to acknowledge the receipt
of the letter and accept the invitation
in the name el the society. It was
decided that the next;regular meeting
on the 25th inst., be for young men
only, andthat aninvitation beex-
tended to all young men in the town
to attend. Mr Stewart has kindly.
agreed to deliver an address. The'
meeting will be16f a devotional char-
acter. After the business of the meet-
ing the following programme was
rendered: A reading "Sugar for No-
thing" by Mrs T. Fair; a duet by
Misses Gibson and Jackson; a reading
by Mr Hartley, and a spelling match -
engaged in by all the members present
Mr Cliff; who formerly published
the. Wingham Advance, was burned
out in a big fire at Brandon, Man.,on
Wednesday night.
THE SOLEMN TRUTH.—YOU may
hive the stare in a nail keg, observes
an exchange, hang the, ocean on a rail
fence to dry, put the sky to soak in a
gourd and unbuckle the belly -band
of.eternity and let the sun and moon
out, but don't think you can escape
the place that lies on the other side
of purgatory it -you don't pay for your
paper.
BEAUTIFUL WORK.—One of the
finest lithographs we have seen for
some time, is the last one issued for
the Doherty Organ Co., by the Toron-
to Lithographing Co. It represents
a drawing room scene, at one end of
which is placed a beautiful Doherty"
organ, in use, while around it stands
a couple of singers, using Doherty
music books; on the wall hangs a
portrait of Mr Doherty, and through
an open window are Seen the three
buildings comprising the factory. The
design of the picture is unique, while
the coloring and finish is simply su-
perb.
STATION NOTES.—I). A. Forrester
shipped ono car tow to Pattison, N.
J., on Saturday. W. Doherty & Co.
shipped one car of organs to Freder-
icion, N. B., .on Tuesday. Jas Fair
shipped two cars of flour to Montreal
on Monday. D. Cantelon left for
Liverpool on Tuesday. W. L. Oui•
mette of Londesboro, left for Toronto
Tuesday. M.I3 •-Hammond,jstation
agent at Blyth, spent a few hours in
town on Saturday. .lames Steep,
commission merchant, made a heavy
shipment of pork to Toronto this
week. A meeting will be called
shortly to arrange for special train
service to Manitoba and Dakota. R.
M. Racey received one car of coal
thio week, and J.Ransford three cars.
W. Cooper two care of lumber.
MODEL SCHoor. L. S.—A union
meeting of the Literary Societies of
divisions 1 and 2 of the Model School
was held in No. 1 room, last Friday,
beginning .at 3 o'clock, Miss Mary
Paisley presiding. The following
programme was rendered : Readings
by Ida Holmes, James Smith, Lily
Johnston, Jas.Wilson, Annie Struth•
ers, Hattie Irwin, Mise Struthera and
Susv Cook ; recitations by Fred Gil-
roy and Rosy Cuninghame ; songs by
the echool, the choir, Ernest Cooper
Lulu Livingstone, May Biggart, and
a duet by Hattie and Linny Irwin.
Miss Struthers was appointed critic
for No. 2 division, and Mr Lough for
No 1. The following visitors were
present : Messrs Searle, T. Jackson,
11. Cook and Rev A. Stewart, short
addressee were given by the first
three.
A. ND
HOOL SUPPIIES-.
THE BEST ASSORTMENT IN TOWN.
SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED FOR ALL KINDS OF
Newspapers
A N D
Periodicals.
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WALL PAPER and
WINDOW SHADES
Sleighs away down.
' 'TTzolilzs, -Coiicertinas and Accovdeois
WOOD wanted in trade
for Goods. ..
Chrits.Dickson,Clinton
0 MAKE - SHORT
IJ0LLAR GO LONG-
We want to give it a helping
hand, and to do so we give great;.
bargains inevery line. Now,::
would- you like to see a regular
cyclone in Cotton at 3 cts. a yd,'
we can show it, or greater at 5c,
a yd. Would you like to get 'm
All Wool Flannel at 15cts? You
can do so by coming where the
Cheap Goods are. Some other
!close buyer may want a Good
Fast Colored Shirting at 10 cts.,
we have that too.
Did you say anything about a Good pie '
-of Dress Goods at 10 cents? That's, just
where we can meet you.
That Twillm Sheeting of ours beats auction
prices, so the people -say, and the Prints too.
It's just as easily to give you a fast color °r
Print at 5 and $ cents a yard as at any other
price; we've got lots of them.
W e've made the price so low on. Blankets'
that it pays to buy them now to keep you--
warm next winter. Mens Shirts and
Drawers at 25 cents. are.will_close.--
as we can't tell you of all_ we_got th.at'p so
very low in price.
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4 Ufa' or 25 per cent
DISCOUNT.
The greatest opportunity
to buy Furs ever offered
in this section.
Our $8 and $10
VERCOATS,
Nothing ever sold in this
town to equal them. .We
make them Ourselves.
We show the largest,
most complete and Cheap-
est Clothing in the county,
which is all our own
manufacture.
EVERY BUYER SHOULD SEE OUR
STOCK.
Jackson Brothers,
TIIf FAMOUS CLOTIIIERS, CLINTON
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GEO E PAY & CO.
THE DRY GOODS EMPORIUM OF CLINTON
ARE OFFERING
At COST
MILLINERY,
CASHMERE GLOVES,
DRESS GOODS,
ASTRACHAN GLOVES
WOOLLEN HOODS,
FACINASTORS, -
CLOUDS, '
CAPS,
SCARFS,
C., &,C.
as HALF Price
One Line of Ladies' and
Children's HOSIERY
We have just recived bur
new spring EMBROIDERIES,
Swiss and Cambric. Love-
- ly Goods., Prices Right.
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Beesley's Great Milliinery Emporium.
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