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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1889-08-23, Page 3,r • For theofcents cash, we will. send the Clinton New Bra to new ::tub cribers ismall sum n a. Lala.. part of Canada, or the United States, for the balance of this year. ; s , ..r ,: the e t? ler to sulascribe for the largest paper ip the county, Send it to your friends it - .1') a er than a letter, and contains a vast. amount of home news and general informatio _a weekly. NIMMININMP THE BOY'S WISE CONCLUSION. She waz an old maid, Aunt Sue waz, She never h., 1 any little boys Er girls, like most of wommen does, I guess she didn't like noise An bother 'at a baby brings, "And so God„didn't send her none, But let 'em stay and wear their wings, I bet they have a eight of fun! I've got a baby brother there, And he's got wings, and, if I'm good, I'm goin' to die and have a pair Some time, 'cause mamma said I would. When Aunt Sue wuz a girl, me said, She had a beau, like sister Bess, He went to the war and came back dead, And that's all 'at saved her, I guess, Cause, if he hadn't lost his life, He would a'come back after her, And she'd a'had to be his wife And go with him jist everywhere? I'd think she'd a'been awful glad Because he didn't come, but died, But stid of that it made her sad, And mamma said she went and cried. And mamma said, a long, long while After her beau wuz dead, Aunt Sue Jist moped around and wouldn't smile, Until they thought that she'd die,too, But stid of dyin' she kap' on, And turned out to be a old maid; Jiet cause the other beau waz gone, She wouldn t have no more, she said, 'pity Aunt Sue; but I. can't Help be glad 'at her beau died, Cause I wouldn't have a old maid aunt If she'd a been that feller's bride. 1 like Aunt Sue; her ginger cakes Are bettern'n what we have at home: They're sweeter n them my mamma makes, And she mcs' always brings me some, And she's got Tote of books and cats, And a little dog, and. she don't care How much I play with them, and that's Why Ilike to go down There. Old maids are nioe. When I'm a man. If I don't live a single, But marry some one, it's -my plan To have a old maid for my wife. SMILES. When you feel like calling a big'man a liar, be sure you are right, then use the telphone. Accepted suiter— Won't you find it awkard when you meet ylour• other two husbands in hea- ven? Interesting widow—I do not expect to meet either of them there: Bobby, at the tab.e,--Ma,chuck ;m piece of bread e a Mother, shocked—Bobby is that the way you ask.for bread? Bobby, guilt- ily—Chuck me a piece of bread, please. • Teacher—What gender is girl? Bright boy—Sometimes feminine and sometimes neuter. Humph ! When is a girl neuter gender? When she's playing tag and is'i't. Mother—One of you boys have ,. been. stealing raisins again; I found the seeds on the floor. Which of you was it? Tommy—It wasn't me. I swallowed the seeds that were in mine.. Mrs Peck—I ran across one of your old letters to -day, Nathan, where you said that you would rather bo in endless torment with me than be in bliss by yourself. Mr N. Peck—Well I guess 1 got my wish. •She—Oh , nay tooth aches just dreadfully! I don't see why we cannot be born without teeth. He—I think my dear, that if you will look some authority on that point you will find that most of - us are. Pat, is that true I hear? .hat w An'what's that yer honor? That you aro going to marry again. That's so, yer honor. But your first wife has only been dead a week. Shure she's as dead now as she'l ever be. • A gentleman who wont into the country to visit his family,at the conclusion of ono of the seasons, rain- iest ain- ie t s 4 sons was amu d se by the following question from his wife : Peter, did you water tho plants in the back yard at home every day as I told you? Yes, was the quick reply, I put on my mackin- tosh and rubber boots, held .an umberella over my head ' and sprinkled them faithfully every morning. Human nature is vary queer, isn't it? be observed to the other man on the rear platform of the street car. Yes, l suppose so, re- plied the other. People are too sensitive -altogether too sensitive. I don't know about that. Well, I do. For itstanco now, you have a red nose. ' You aro not to blame for it,perbaps; but you are so sen - if I should offer sitivo that s o o f you a remedy for it you—You old loafer I've a good mind to knock your head off, hissed the red nosed man as he squared off. Told you sol replied the other as he dropped off. Human nature is the queer. 'est thing on earth. We will send the NEW ERA for the balance of the year, o NEW subscribers for the 'a 1 sum of 35 cents, cash. Now is the time to take ad- vantage of this low offer. NEWS NOTES. Over 500 poor children were given a holiday on Thursday by residents of the Island, Toronto. About 100 mothers accompanied the children. Mayor Kern, of Woodstock,has begun suit against the Grand Trunk for $20,000 damages for injuries received in the St.George disaster. It is understood that the Do- minion Nail Association will ad- vance prices 5 cents per keg en all classes of goods, and possibly another advance will follow. Miss Simpson, . of Ayr Town- ship, Fulton Co., Pa., placed eight eggs under it turkey hen that was setting in a field of grass on the farm, and a few days ago she found mother turkey demurely sheltering eight plump young tur- keys and two frisky young rabbits. Rev II. T. Crossley returns home to St. Thomas Saturday, spending a week at the home of Mr Hunter, Wellington street, after which they leave on a ten days' campaign to Parkhill,which opens their new evangelical year. Then they go east to either Brampton, Kingston or Montreal. Mr Alex. Buchanan, of Kompt- ville, Ont., died at that place a fow days ago from pneumonic phthisis. Deceased was a life- long and consistent member of the Reform party and was the se. lected candidate for the party for the Local House at the last elec- tion for the Ceunty of Grenville, where, however;-the-•-s-trong con• servative majority was, too much for him. Deceased was 69 years of age.' Tho Duke of Fife has done about the only decent thing he could have done as a Scotchman in the matter of the Parliamen- tary grant to the Royal Family, He has refused to permit his wife, Princess Louise,to tonsil a penny of it. Ho is rich enough to place him above suspicion of marrying his wife for her siller; and self- respecting enough to refuse what at least was given with a grudge. The temperance people will find not a little comfort in the re- ports presented by Britain's Chan- cellor of the Exchequer this year. They show that the increase in the consumption of non-alcoholic drinks is much greater than the increase of intoxicating beverages, In 1756 the the total • consump- tion of tea, coffee and cocoa was a. little over 100,000,000 pounds, while in 1888 it was 247;000,000 pounds, the amount consumed per head having almost doubled. Beer and light wines are also largclo taking the place of liquors containing more alcohol. Thole persons who belittle the benefits of Reciprocity by point- ing out that our exports to Groat Britain of some articles are great- er than our exports to the United States, ignore the fact that Great Britain imposes no duty on the articles, while the American duty on them is very high. The very object of reciprocity is to remove these duties,and thus not only the value but the quantity of our ex- ports to the United States. That is precisely the result of the re- moval of uty on eggs. The export o ' eggs to the United States before the removal of duty was ir.significcnt, .'Last year the export was over fourteen millions dozen-•, and the value over two million dollars. At present the export of butter to the United States is small. But if the Ameri- can market were free to us the butter making industry would bo greatly stimulated. Pains would be taken to improve the quality of the butter, and the export would no doubt be largely in- creased. The Elective System seems to have supplied the Californian Bouch with some first class black- guat de. 'Judge' Terry, who was summarily shot for slapping the face of Judge Field, who had very rightoouily committed him for contempt of court, was, according to accounts, not only a mere ruffian in private life but faithless as a politician. Yet he had bcon Chief Justice of Californ- ia. Tho California laws are,how- ever, remarkable if they warrant even a United States marshal in shooting r man on the spot evols for slapping the face of a judge of the Supremo Court of United States, without first malcink an ateempt to arrest the brawler. To give even an exqusefor such a deed it would need to be very clearly brought out that Ter- ry was suet a dangerous char`• actor that to have attempted to arrest him would have been fool-• hardy-. Under ay- circumstances however, the prevoctition was such as greatly to mitigate the offence. Terry seems to have been completely'rtr.der the dom in• inn of a had woman. 35 cents cash will get the NEW ERA, to new sul)scrib- ors, for the balance of 1SSI NEWS NOTES. During Monday night's storm 1 in the liausas region 25 persons were killed by lightning. . Winnipeg citizens have decided to erect a monument to the mem- ory of the late Mr Norquay. Every German regiment now has a chirapodist. A soldier's foot is as important es his trigger finger. The return of land grants made in Western Australia shows that one man owns and controls near- ly 4,000,000 acres. There are 342,000 miles of' rail- road in operation in the world, of which 181,000 are in the eontil,- ent of America. Coal from the anthracite mines near Bang' will compete with United State., coat on the Winni- peg market this year. A. C. McKinlay, dentist. of Georgetown, died • in New York Wednesday night, while on his way home from Europe. A New York grocer the other day displayed -a sign, 'Take One,' in front of his store, referring to a litter of kittens in a wicker basket. The Northern Dakota and the Northern Pacific Elevator com- panies have formed an alliance, and will have the Dakota farmers at •their mercy. TheProvincial Treasurer ofQue- bec has paid to Father Turgeon, on behalf of the Jesuits, the sum' of $13,333 being eleven months interest on the $400,000. There are in the Treasury vault at Washington nearly a pint of diamonds and other precious stone: that were presented to var- ious Presidents by admiring friends. Walter Smith, school 'teacher, was killed at Sterling, Ont., on Thursday morning iby a freight train west of. this: station about 12 o'clock. He was struck by the ongino'while sitting on the. track. He was horribly mangled. In 13nd tournament on Thurs- day at Listowel the 32nd Battal- ion band, of Walkerton took first prize ; Truax's band, of the same place, second, and Forest City band of London, third, in.the com- pettiou for second -class -bands. At one factory in the United States there lire manufactured be- tween two and three tons of post- al cards a day all the year around. The largest order ever filled for one city was 4,000,000 cards or - about twelve tons of paper, for New York. There are 450,000,- 000 postal cards manufactured annually and their use is in- creasing daily. Great Forest Pires are raging among the pine timber districts of Washington, Oregon and the In- dian Territory of . the United States. The drought in the Far West and on the Pacific slope has been almost as pronounced this year as the extreme humidity in the East,so that while in Pennsyl= eania floods have, spept away all before them, in Oregon fire is destroying millions' worth of fine timber. " . While tearing down an old chimney in Nyne, N. Y,, Jest week the workmen were astonish- ed to find imbedded in the mortar a toad in a somewhat inactive condition,' but still alive: It had been confined in that spot, hidden from light and air, for fully forty years. Half an hour after he had boon brought to li ht�• PP he hopped b g around in as lively' a manner as if he had been born in the present year. Canburry, C..nn., bad twenty fires in the month of July, and it has had about a dozen since. 'Fit e insurance men have become dis- gusted with this state of affairs, and unless the incendiaries are quickly hounded down the insur- ance companies may withdraw - front the field. Mysterious rum- ors are said ,to connect the volun- teer fire dept trtment of the place with the fires, they being deemed necessary to keep up the esprit do corps. As somepooplo have boon burned to death in these fires, the incendiaries cannot bo too soon discovered and punished. A Chinese gambler arrested in San Francisco had a clover ar- 'rangemen.t for cheating on his person. It consisted of a steel 'clip,' which was fastened inside of ono sleeve. Two eords roach• ed up the sleeve' across the breast and down tho other sleeve to the hand, where one was fastened to the thumb and the other to the finger. By a pull of one cord the clip reached out and took in a card, which was at once drawn up the sleeve. Pulling the other cord caused the card to bo shot out into the hand of the player with lightning rapidity, without exposing any part of the mechanism. 35 cents cash will get ti[e Ni:w I';rl.t, to new subscrib- ers, for tl:e balance of 1SSO NEWS NOTES John Crouse, a Syracuse in 1 lionaire grocer, who died recently; was laid in what was probably the most costly tomb in America. The sructure was ofsolid granite, every steno being perfect. The stones run through and through the walls, and each has been -fitted to its place with mathematical pm caution. The masonry outside as well as in is as delicate as joiner work in the strictest sense. No- where in tho,',roof is there a vee - tical joint exposed to the sky, thus preventing any possibility of a leak so often found in such work. A singu'ar custom is practised in Austria, attention to which, has just been attracted by its en• forcement. Upon the death of any prince who is in the line of succession a guard is at once set over the widow, which is kept up !Or nearly a year. When the Crown Prince Rudolph was killed the customary guard, in tho per - I son of two elderly females, was at I once set over the Archduchess Stephanie. These women were required to remain with their 1 charge night and day. Tho court physicians have now notified the Emperor that all possibility of the birth of a posthumous child of the Crown Prince has• passed, and as a consequence tho guard has been withdrawn. —y An Illinois postmaster has writ- ten a funny letter to President Harrison. He is a democrat, and without waiting to be turned out quietly sent in his resignation, expressing the following send ments:— 'While the office has agreed with me I have in the main agreed with the offrae, and while I might •reasonably enter- tain the bQpo of holding on for eight months longer, yet I fool it my duty to tender my resignation. Being a Democrat, I have preach- ed that to the 'victor belongs the spoils.' I feel disposed to practice what I preach. 'our immediate predecessor hoped to build up his party by keeping tho opposition in office. Your are probably aware if youare at all familiar with the vocabulary, of the true and trite saying that his name is now 'Dennis.' I am mos'eds further, to tendor you my resignation, bo- x' f a barnyard of the anxiety u full of patriots to succeed me. I believe that a tariff is a tax. They do not. Therefore, they. are of your own kith and kindred, and he who provides not for his own .household is worse than an infidel. 1 am told that you are net built that way.' If anyone wonders how so witty a man hid himself away in a country postmastcrship it is sufficient to' know that he is a newspaper editor, who took a respite from duty for four years, and now returns willingly to the task of moulding public opinion. FARM PROSPECTS IN ENGLAND. A el•ope•eport from England to Bradstreet's says that the rains have insured splendid root crops, the turnips being luxuriant al- most beyond precedent. Potatoes also will be a. heavy crop, but dis- ea edto a considerable extent. if the wet weather lasts much long- er. A great crop of hops is now in sight, but mold is spreading, and unless there is hot and dry weather speedily the salable crop of hops may be a small one. good is very abundant again; and there •will be great needed cuts of clover and grass, a good deal of which will be put into ensilage stacks. Thus, with a tre]nendous crop of hay already secured and heavy stores of roots in prospect, as well. as large stores of silage, winter keeps for live stock Will be super- abundant. Dr. Bryce, of Toronto, and Mr A. Bine, of the Department of Agrieultur4t are at Chatham taking evidence relat- ing to the existence of a malignant ven- ereal di,ssease among horses, alleged to have beeln introduced some time ago by an imeortation from Illinois. They will probably recommend the appoint- ment of county inspectors and -the issu• ing of licenses to the owner of,stallions. Some seventy horses and mares in this county ace alleged to bs..Afflicted with the disease, and heroic measures aro proposed to prevent its spread. Hereto- fore this malady has been unknown in Canada, and as the value of horses in this county is estimated ae about 131,500- 000 thel magnitude, of the interest af. fected may bo judged. Thomas Hickey, 12 years old, was asleep in a wagon in Adams street, Hoboken, early Sunday morning, when Policeman Christy Stanton torched him an the shoulder and said "Hickey, I avant you. Get up." hickey was a street boy, sleeping at night in alleys, under wooc sheds, or in wagons. He worked at little cad jobs and the neigh - For gave ve him old clothes and some- times he got a meal, but oftener went hungry. The,oflicer did not want him for any offense, but Brother Stanielans, of St. Francis College, Brooklyn, had received information from Ireland that Hickey's uncle had died, and, having no children of his own, had left his for- tune of 1340,000 to the neglected boj' in Iloboken. The parents of the boy died abotft eight months ago, leaving him dependent on charity. The lad will he taken to Brooklyn and eared for until his ease is settled. When your neighbor wants to borrow the Clinton New Ertt, re -nerve neat him t : take it for hierelf. t QUEEN CITY HAPPENINGS, BUFFALO RESOLVED TO SUFFER NO LONGER FROM EVIL SMELLS. A Randaome Young Rifleman Who Pro- poses to Eclipse the Record of the Greet Dr. Carver—Fire Laddles Deeply Interested In the International Expos►- tfon—Other Gossip, [From Our Special Correspondent.] ' BUFFALO, Aug. 13.—There is at least one distinguished gentleman in the United,States who is glad to give Buffalo a wide berth at this time, and perhaps only one. I refer to Col. George E. War- ing, who but a few years ago superin- tended the construction of the great and costly intercepting sewer in this city, which was intended to relieve the people of Buffalo of the noisesome nuisance gen- erated by the stagnant waters of the Hamburg canal. Col. Waring was so confident, at the time of the construction of the big sewer, that it would do its work, that he. expressed his willingness to return in a short time and drink a glass of water from the Hamburg. He has never returned, and the Harnburg, has been growing worse. From having upon its surface a sickly green scum, theHarnburg canal has been year by year becoming more intoUerable until it is now of about the consistency pf mud pies, but oh! so much more fra- grant. alderman Drake, a few months ago, conceived the idea of pumping out the Ilatnt:urg; that is of erecting ma - THE LATE PROF. PHELPS. The above is a portrait of the late Prof. Edward E. Phelps, M. D., LL.D., of Dartmouth College, IIe was a strong, able man, who stood high in the literary andscientific worlds. It is not generally known, but it is, nevertheless, the truth, that, Prof. Phelps was the discoverer of what is known to the Medi- cal Profession and Chemists universally as Paine's Celery Compound, unquestionably one of the most valuable discoveries of this century. This remarkable compound is not a nervine, an essence, a sarsalarilla or any devised article, but a r:'isrOverg , and' If marks a distinct step in medical practice and the treatment of nervous coml:Iications. It has been freely admitted by the Lest medical talent in the land, and also by the leading chemistsand scientists, that for t;ervc troubles, nervous exhaustion, insomnia, c bility, senility and even the dreaded and t•:rrille Paresis, nothing has ever been discovered which reaches the disorder and restores health equal to this aiscovery of Prof. Phelps Paine's Celery Compound is noW being prepared in quantities, and can be procured at any reputable druggist. ' An attractive bunch of celery is to be-, found on every wrapper. It has become specially popular among professional men, mind workers, ladies burdened with exciting social dutic'ii and fre- quenters of the leading dubs. pIANOS °:.. "SNAP SI3OT" BARTI.ET . chinery which would cause it to empty itself into the sewer. The pumps were put in operation yesterday and the nuis- ance is being slowly abated. Nobody who does • not live in Buffalo can form any conception of what a horrible thing .this Hamburg canal 1been, bad Qsca- sional visitors to the Queen City will be glad to learn that there are fair prospects (from ve,terday's e perirnents) that that melancholly aroma which has always hung over the southern end of the city on sultry evenings, will now be forever abated. Democrats rats and Itopublicans of this city have at last found an issue upori which they can unite; it is the issue of the "state • conventions." It is'nt hoped that Buffalo will secure both of these conventions,, but it is determined that she slr1:11 have at least one of there, and the prominent men of one party stand ready to turn en and - help the loaders of the other party in case the other party (whichever it may be) shall develop the meet strength. I venture to -day to sulanit for the edification of your many readers the por- trait of a man who hopes to accomplish an unparalleled feat with the rifle in this city, this Fall. Ever since the expertness of American marksmen in the use of " shooting weapons" thade Itself conspic- uously apparent through open contests in European countries, riflemen have been heroes. At the present time Dr. Carver seems to stand at the head for dexterity and endurance, having made the unprecedented record of shooting and breaking 00,000 glass balls in six days. Mr. "Snap Shot" Bartlett of East Ran- dolph, in this state., now comes to the front as a challenger for Dr. Carver's fame. IIe is as handsome as an Apollo, and as quick of eye and band as one of Fenimore Cooper's Indians. An arrangement 11115 been entered into by which thisggentleman will undertake during tho progress of the International Fair here in September,' to out shoot Car- ver. In conversation with him the other day he assured are that he had succeeded in breaking 4.1 balls within a minute. This rate of speed -would seem to guaran- tee the success of This ambitious enter- prise. There seems to be no good reason to doubt that President Harrison will be het© to open the Fair. He ie perhaps curious to see the city in which his pre- decessor struggled and won hisfirst spurs. It is also to be presumed that the fact that the* first Tobacco Exposition ever held in a northern stats', is to take place here, has convinced the President of the importance of this International Fair. When the South comes up to the great lakes with a supply of one of its chief in- dustries the affair can hardly be denied the verdict of national importance. I find upon investigation that many of the leading tobacco houses of the South are making unusual preparations for their exhibits at the Buffalo Fair. Tho Old Virginia Cheroot manufactory of Rich- mond has, •for instance, announced its intention of establishing a, real tobacco plantation, with negro pickers singing as they work, one of their.old darkies being Over 100 years old. Then, too, they wil show the interior of a genuine Southern Cheroot .factory, with a dozen young ladies employed in rolling the weed. During Sept. 4th and 5th, the second and third days of the Fair, a tournament of the New York State Firemen's Bat- talion and Drill Corps will be held. Any one who has ever seen Dither of the Mose companies constituting this corps, exe- cute their skillful and intricate maneeu. vres will be able to ima ins how interest- ing a drill by the whole bettalion will he. Theiof IerrillIfote battalion consists the N Company of Canandaigua, Citizens' Hose Company of Olean, HIydrant Bose Com- pany of Lockport, Maple City Hose Com- pany of Ifonlellsrilh•, and the Warner Chemical Company c.f Albion. It is ex- pected that volunteer firemen from r.a parts Of the state and from Canada will be present during the tournament. 3 YEARS SYSTEM A regular mnnth'r. quarterly or half -yearly pay- ment (a slight aJ it cc eat the rental rate) buys the instrument. Any piano may be chosen out of a magnificent assortment of Uprights. Squares and Grains, un- surpassed in quality and value. Ministers, Teach- ers, Government Officers, and those in --.receipt of regular incomes will find this a convenient and ad- vantageous mode fur securing a first class iustn,- ment., When the instrument is used for practice, our Sott Stop or Practice Pedal' saves wear on the nerves, as wen as preserves the tune of the Piano, Our Patent Foot Pedal attachment for Pianos ie invaluable to organists, students, and teachers. Prices on application. inspection invited. OCTAVIOUS NEWCOMB & CO.. Wareroonis-107 and 109 C'rurch 5t., Toronto. Factory, the finest in its equipments and appliances in the city, 59 to 97 iiellwoorrs Ave. Anwie tet- n . tani • ,zza3 P tool The Meet Sueeeeefal Remedy ever dis- covered, as It is certain In Its effects and does not blister. Read m of below. STRSRlsvlii.. P. Q., May 9,1889. MR J. KEINDALL CO., Enosburgh Falls, Vt. Gentlemen —I have used gen. dell's Spavin Cure for Spavins and also In sense of lameness and Stiff J elute and found It a sure cure In every respect. I cordially recommend it to an horsemen. very respectfully yours, CRARLER 3. Btscitett. < KENDALL'S SPAVIN 9UflL8T. TostA% P. Q. Apr22, 1889. Dn. B. J. KE1NDALL Co., Enosburgh Falls, Vt. Gents :—I have used a few potties of your Ken- . dell's spavin Cure on my colt, which was sufferingfrom luau. erns In a very bad orm, and can say that your Kendall's Spavin Cure made complete and rapid cure. I can recommend It as the beat and most effective liniment I have ever handled. Kindly send me one of your valuable books entitled "A Trea- tise on the Horse." Yours respectfully. Alt. • I. F. WILKINaON.1 KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE. FORT ELLrcr, MAN.. Mo 10 1889. DR. B. J. ERNDALLCO., Enosburgh Fnlle tit. Gentlemen:— I niways keep your Kendall's Spavin Cure and Blister on hand and they have never failed In what you state they will do. I and curedlwo casesaof Ringbono of yearestanding on mares whish I bought to breed from, and have not seen any signs of disease in their offspring. Yours truly. Price $1 per bottle, or six boles or 11 All druggists have It or can get it for you, or 1t will be sent to any address on receipt of price by the nroprfoora t $tt. B. J. ireerneu CO., Enosburgh Falls, Vt. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. A COOK BOOK FREE fly ma Ito any is v seining' et her twist office address. We !s, 14 char; son & Co ; Montreal. bow) tooN- -mend pts e4 rino P. 3r�r 1 L!`