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TIIE BITER BITTEN.
Priam Chatterton was one of those
unfortunate human beings who dis-
like all those things that are usually
very much liked by other people.
He hated niusic—all except his
own upon the 11sAL. He hued
strawbotries, peaches, ice cream ;
but most of all he hated woolen and
little gills.
He was a bachelor, of course, as
he deserved to be, and whenever he
sought a now boarding -place lliaa
first. inquiry was, 'Any children
here 4'
If the answer was 'yes,' 1Ir. Chat-
terton instantly turned upon his
heel, grabbed his hat and umbrella
(he never went abroad without his
umbrella,) and marche fluvay, bang:
ing the door behind him.
When ho came to iuquire as to
the empty rooms at Mrs. Pnfilt's ex-
clusive establishment, that lady,who
guessed his motive in making the
inquiry about children, replied with
perfect truth, that there were none
in the house.
She did not think it necessary to
add that one was coining next week,
and consequently, when the un-
pleasant old bachelor had fairly set-
tled himself with all his bric-a-brac
about him, his special bed, his par-
ticular silk crazy quilt, his easy -
chair and his lute, and all his litany
possessions, old bliss Jones arrived
to take possession of the room next
to him, and brought with her a
favorite grand -niece whom sho had
adopted.
Tho child—an adorable little
creature, with the face of an angel
and it head of golden Lair like silk
floss—was as good as a child could
be. Its little slippers made no
noise upon the carpets,
pand its little
person was neatness itself, but Mr.
Chatterton was horrified.
He had almost decided to leave,
despite the fact that he was very
comfortable and near his place of
business; but it shortly occurred to
him that be could do better by fore•
ing ?this Jones to depart.
.fuss Jones being a single lady,
no longer young, would, he argued,
be nervous. and the child could ens-
ily be tormented every day.
31 r• Chatterton's green eyes
gleamed when he came to this con,
elusion, and he proceeded to'carry it
out forthwith.
His seat was next to that of ?Iisa
Jones at the table. Hitherto he
bad spoken few words to her. Now
he began to devote him»elf to her to
such a degree that that excellent
maiden lady looked in the glass
several times a day, and secretly
purchased a bottle of AILLIack'H
Hair Reatorative, with which to
obliterate the streaks of gray with'
which tima wits besprinkling her
raven locks.
One day he n»ked blies Jones
confidentially if Rile did not find the
odor of sewer gas in the house-
confessed that he did, and gave it
as hia opinion that diphtheria would
soon break out, and that the cholera
might be expected next summer.
However respectable servants might
look', he declared, there '.vas hardly
one amongst then' who would not
kidnap a child, nod believed that he a I
had seen the ehnmbormaid'e portrait, ant
illustrating n new•seapor article in
which the arrest of a band of kid-
nappers was given in detail.
However, Miss Jones was made
of good, stout Scotch material. She
did not suffer much alarm, lamented
that Mr. Chatterton, who seemed
such a very_ pleasant gentleman,
ahould be ronervous.
Discovering this, Mr. Chatterton
turned his attention to playing
tricks upon the child. He met her
ou the staircase and made faces at
her. He beguiled her into, sitting
on his knee, and told her long and
frightful stories of ghosts, witches
and goblins. Meeting her in dark
places, he would ory 'boob' in sepul-
chral tones, and when quite sure no
one could bee hist he would even
snatch- away her playthings.
But little Fay laughed 'there
other children would have scrtiessel,:
and where it Might have beenlafely
prophesied that she would have
cried, only looked serious.
She was sweet enough to melt a
heart of stone, but Mr. Chatterton's
VMS adamant.
Finding that his sourness and
bitterness was of no avail against
such sweetness, he resolved to be
avenged. Even if he must leave
the house he wonld first do some-
thtng to ruffle the placidity of the
tittle girl, and make the 'elderly
Scotch lady lose her temper, -and the
opportunity soon arrived.
On Christmas day the aunt pre-
sented to her niece a doll, the like of
which had never been seen before.
It was from Paris. It was as large
as a baby of a week old. It had
an infant's face, chubby, round and
beautiful, and a little silk floss upon
it» head and it was dressed in such
clothes as a young queen would
have put upon her little princess.
it was so tench prettier than a doll
with a grownup face and a fashion.
able eeening•dress everybody said.
The ladies passed it from one to
the other. The good-natured
married sten admired it immensely
and the young bachelors kissed it
when little Fay demanded that they
should.
This doll, however, gave the
crowning blow to Mr.- Chattertou's
oiieery._ Of all thiugs on earth, and
lie hated many, -he hated a doll the
most—worse than a cat at y Titfd;
a kitten, a woman or a little girl.
Little Fay, happy as the day was
long, liked to sit up late. Often did
her maid carry her upstairs fast
asleep, hut still clasping her doll to
her bosom. .
One evening the doll, dressed in
its best, was brought into the parlor.
It was admired as usual. Miss
Jones, who humored her grandniece
in everything, withdrew from her
finger a very costly diamond ring,
that Fay might tie it with a ribbon
about the doll's neck, and finally it
was put to sleep on a sofa, covered
by a miniature crazy quilt.
It was on thio evening that one
of the boarders was taken ill, faint-
ed, screamed and went into hvster.
ice.
Miss Jones, who was one of those
sensible .old ladies who can always
do the neat for any one who is sick,
went upstairs with the invalid, little.
Fay dropped asleep on Mrs. Puffit's
knee, and that lady delivered her to
ler maid, and the doll, forgotten,
remained upon the sofa.
This, Mr. Chatterton, who return-
ed home late from the theatre, dis-
dvered Rs he glanced in at the open
oor. Ilie time had come. He
rent upstairs as usual, of course,
ut did not go to bed. He ,heard
he people moving about their
cents. The couple who always
uarrelled before they slept, finished
heir argument.
The two young ladies giggled
hemselves to sleep.
The servants betook themselves
p the stairs to the attic, and he
earl Mrs. Puflit let down the fold.
ng lied in the hack parlor, for the
urpose of retiring for the night.
At, last all was silent, and the
icketl conspirator, drawing on an
Inter nod pulling a fur travelling
ap aver his ears, stole softly down -
Wye, unbolted the front doorf, un,
eked it, Raw that the coast was
ear, and then diving into the par,
r, seized •the doll as it lay- upon
to edit, tucked it ander his coat,
nil sped down the street.
Within a few blocks the aspect
the neighborhood changed mater-
Ily. The air of quiet gentility
auished by degrees. Vulgarity
ok possession and kept it.
The houses were tall tenements,
ere were garbage boxes and ash-
rrels about them in profusion.
'Now for it,' said bachelor Chats
rton, and as he spoke he drew the
11 from beneath his ulster, doubled
up and crammed it into the bar.
I nearest to him.
'Done,' ho chuckled, strutting
ny, 'I'II have one bellow out of i
at brat, and one fit of hysterics a
t.of that owmaid, anyhow.' o
At this moment a great hand
00 clown on his shoulder, and a
e
at voice said in his ear :
'Now don't you make any resist- a
00, my man, or I'll club you.' t
'Mr. (Chatterton looked up, quite
ung way up too, for he was short, 1
I the policeman was six feet five. a
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saki he. 'But you've made some
mistake. There can't be any pos..
bible reason for arresting me.'
'Don't try to play the innocent
with me,' replied the gigantic officer,
in a tone of contempt. 't see you
aputtin' the poor thing in the bar.
rel myself. Bring it along, Romwy,
I can maage this fellow with my
little Bogner.'
'But surely there's no crime in
that,' reutoustrated Mr. Chatterton.
'I'm tormented by the thing, I de,
test them all, and I wanted it out
of my sight.'
'You aiu't called upon to crinin.
ate yourself,' said the policeman.
'Remember that.'
Then he led him away, another
policemau following with the doll,
and plunged slim foto acell to await
the morning.
Mr. Chatterton was furious, but
as it dawned upon his utind that
they had mistaken his deeds for in.
fauticide, and imagined thatthe doll
was a living baby, he found himself
laughing at himself, and rehearsing
several sarcastic speeches which he
Intended to stake.
Perhaps, too, he could recover
damages for false imprisonment.
He should eojoy that.
Alas.! in the morning he made a
discovery. + .
"We arrested this here Ulan under
the ,lmpreesion that he was doing
away with a baby," said the police-
man, in making the charge. 'But
we found it was only a doll. His
motive evidet,l.tly was to get the dia-
mond ring that was tied by a ribbon
about the doll's Deck. When he saw
us, he cut and run, nut we've got it
here.'
In vain Mr. Chatterton protested.
There was the ring, there shortly
was Miss Jones to claim it and
that iie could say or do would not
convince any one that he had really
hated a •beantiful doll like that, or
wished to bring sorrow to the heart
of the lovely owner.
To covet Miss Jones' ring was
something everyone understood per-
fectly.
MissJones would not press the
charge.
'It's kleptomania, no doubt,' she
staid, 'for the man is rich.'
But bailie ost his high respecta-
bility forever.
Mrs. Pufhit informed hitt that
her room could no longer be his.
People dodged him, as one who,
if not dishonest, was certainly di-.
ranged, and the ill-tempered old
bachelor was finally obliged to leave
the city and take up his residence
where the story of the diamond ring
was not so well known.
FARMERS IN SESSION.
The fourteenth annual 'session of
the Dominion Grange commenced.
in Guelph last Tuesday. There is
not much comfort for "unrest) icted
reciprocity" advocates in Worthy
blaster Goffat's address. The
followingis>an extract from it :—
UNRESTRICTED RECIPROCITY.
The question tnight be asked, would
it be politic to discuss such ques..
tions- when patrons are disagreed 1
I am ,of the opinion that all clues.
tions which are of importance to us
ellouhl have the fullest investiga
tion, especially when• our interests
are at stake, and if we were to
approach them simply on their
merits and from a nonpartisan
stanu.point much good would result
from such injuiry. But as our
education in this matter may not
yet be considered as complete and
dreading the danger that might
arise should any of the 'old leaven'
of partyism be still lurking in our
midst i would invite , OUi l 1 nVlte yOUr attention
to one view of the matter in `which
I am convinced we 'will find no
difficulty in uniting. It goes with-
out contradiction that the Dominion
of Canada at present derives an in-
come front duties on imports from
the United States of a sum 'amount-
ing, as variously estimated, to,$8,-
000,000 to $10,000,000 per annum,
and should either of the foregoiug
questions become the law of the
land the, income of t he country
would of a necessity be decreased
by just so much, and as this
deficiency, HO fur as we have been
able to ascertain, and could only be
met by one or two methods, namely,
direct taxation or a rigid. economy
an the part of the Government of
the day to reduce the expenditure'
of the country by a sum at least
equal to this deficiency. As the
latter method would doubtless prove
itself to be of too ephemeral a
nature to be relied upon, the former
method is certainly the more tangi•
ble of the two anti consequently the
only one worthy to be entertained.
1Vithout going into the benefits or
otherwise of direct taxation, let us
nquire for a moment how it will
fleet us under the present system
f assessment. 1 am only reitera•
ing your sentithents when I say
hat ell real estate
•
SITOULD RE assassin
ccording to the several interests
herein contained. Now what is
he fact at the present time 1 The
er.at Authorities tell its t.lint there i.-
sem
•stem of not it.» (limb w13tl,000,-
00 in ntortg)ges 011 the farms of
Canada, and according to our
present assessment laws not one
dollar of such amount is assessed to
the mortgagee. His capital is not
liable to he assessed and as a course,
quence the farmer has to pay the
taxes for the capital of the money-
lender.
oneylender. Should Unrestricted Reci
procity be inaugurated under this
condition of affairs and the deficien•
cy arising therefrom be replaced by
direct taxation, as we believe it
would, there certainly would be • a
manifest injuatice perpetrated upon
those of our class who unfortunate-
ly find themselves in this condition.
COST OF KEEPING A HORSE.
S. H. Andre says in the Ameri-
can Rural Monte : The cost of keep-
ing a horse by the most of persona
is mere guess -work instead of cares
ful figures. If one purchases a
good horse, four years of age, for
$150 it is a good bargain. A top
buggy will cost $125 ; cutter, $25 ;
harness, $20 ; robe, $10 ; blankets,
$3; brush, comb and whip, $2; which
amount figures $337. Now, if we
take all into consideration these•
will last on 'an average ten years.
Perhaps the waggon night last
longer, but it would need repairin
in that time ; on the whole, ten
years is e • long average, as the
horse might he worthless hje; five
y ear».
If it costs $337 for ten years, it
would be at the rate of $33,70 per
year, and the interest on the whole
outlay at 6 per cent, would be.
$20.22. Add to this at least four
tons of hey, which bus averaged in
the past tett years $12 per ton, $48;
one tun of straw for bedding, $7 ;
uinety bushels of oats at 35 cents
per bushel, $31.50 ; allot llle7 $5,
and it would be a cheap job to care
for a horse, wash waggons, etc , for
$1 per week, which would bring the
price to $52 per year, or the hum
halal of $197.42 for the year at
moderate figures. And yet we find
thousands who keep a horse and
have no real business for it and do
not keep a cow, when the cost of
keeping a horse will keep two
cows, and yet they do not tee how
they can keep a cow.
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AS YOU LIKE IT.
—The best way to preserve apples
is t 'k' > row exposure to
the heir.
—It_ is.assertsd on good authori-
ty that Eve wore the 'close of the
evening at the end of the first day'.
—A dry -goody clerk in a Pennsy-
lvania village ate three large mince
pies in en evening, and went to
bed. Instead of dreaming that he
saw' his departed ancestors, he went
to join them before morning.
• —When a young lady was told
that the latest fashion in bonnets
was to place a stuffed' ostrich on
the crown she said that it 'aright do
for a theatre fiat, but he didn't
think it–would become popular for
driving or shopping.
--The schooiinester is needed in
Alabaimt, if the MontgomeryAdver-
tiseris correct when it says that
there are ill the state 370,279 per
sons over 10 years old who don't
know how to read, and that ' of
these 60, 174 are white adults.
—The car jolts violently and the
stout lady is thrown into blr.
Fuddle's lap. Stout lady (blushing)
—excuse int, sir, but the—car.--
Mr.
he—carrMr. Fuddle (sadly) --Don't mention
it, ma'am ! Don't mention it. 1'ni
used to being Rat on by women.
—He climbed up the brownstone
stps,
11t timidly rang the bell,
Ile felt that this visit may bo his last,
But why so 110 could not tell.
As be stood by the door the winter wind
Whirled in the streets about,
But above the roaring he heard her say,
"John, tell hint 1 ata out."'
As the dour was opened with stately mien'
1tosaid to the butler tall,
''Pray, go to :hiss Jones with my compli-
ments,
And tell Iter I did not call."
_jaws M. Turner, the Lansing
millionaire atorIc raiser, tells this
story about a Hebrew he employed
on his f)irnl "Just before the
election 1 thought I would like to
know how the man was going to
vote. i knew it wits none of my
business, but I naturally felt a little
curinrity on the subject. I strolled
up to to the man with an innocent
air and tried to look as unconcerned
as possible. 'Oh, by the way,' I
Haid, as thouih the idea had just
occurred. to me, 'how ate vnu going
to vote this fail 1 Is it true, as I
have been told, that yeti are think-
ing of voting for Cleveland 7' The
man looked at Ino for a moment in
an amused sort of way, then drew
me aside with an air of mysterious
confidence. ‘-111r. 'Turner,' said he,
'I dont want you to give it away ;
but 1 ant n Jew, and Benjamin and
Levi are good enough for nie.' "
—On Monday last. Wm. IL Van•
dusen, mountain road. Grimsby,' saw
there was. something wrong with one
of his spring calves. Ile thought it
bad an apple or something of the
kind in its throat. ile obtained his
fathers assistance, and fastening a
large ring in its mouth, a younger
brother thrust his hand down the
throat of the calf, but instead of find-
ing an apple, he got hold of, and
pullets out a part of a darning needle
two and a half inches long.
GREAT
REDUCTION
—IN
Prices.
Having contracted for SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH
„of
Stoves_ at a Bargain
we are in a p•ssit sen to sell Stoves CHEAPER 'I'1I AN EVER. The
Sto'ts ere bought ani the Stoves MUST 11E SOLD, so call and get
Prices before purchasing.
If you want to have COMFORT in your home and to SAVE MONEY in
FUEL, get one of our NEW GEM FURNACES,
CROSS UU'1' SA 11'S, AXES, COW C1t1AINS, away down in pride.
'`" See our NEW Jd1BOSSE1) STOVE PIPES.• Try our PARLOR
LIGHT COAL OIL, It is a No. 1 awl same price us common oil.
llarIaij Bros., Albert -St, Clinton.
—Mayor Seldon of Ingersoll, has
shipped this season 29,3(0 barrels of
apples to Britain, representing an
outlay of $37,0:7,0 for apples, barrels
and packing.
T3ILL I11'.ADS, NOTE
'leads, Letter needs, Tags,
Statements, Circulars, Business
Cards, En velupes, Program mus.
etc., uta, printe 1 in a workman
like manner and at low rates, a
TIIE NEV.'S•IIEC(>RD Otllue.
X y . tom•/ .UT pirS.
CARRIAGE AND WAGON FACTORY,
Corner Duron and Orange Streets, Clinton.
FIRST - CLASS MATERIAL
and UNSURPASSED IRON WORK.
Repairing and Repainting,.
BR' ALL WOlili WAR'(ANTED.:al 5:11.y
FOR SALE OR TO LET
OUSE AND TWO LOTS for sale or to let
situate on Albert street. For particulars
apply at T. COOPER. At SON'S Grocery, Clinto
ay 13th, 1888. 40 cf
J. C. STEVENSON,
Furniture Dever, Sic.
THE LEADING UNDERTAKER AND
• FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
Opposite Town Hall; - Clinton, Ont
TO THE FARMERS !,
Study your own interest and go where
you can get
Reliable Harness,
I manufacture none hitt the Iles? Or STOCK.
Beware of shops that eell cheap, as they have
pot to lice VI' Call and get prices. Orders
by mail promply attended to
JOHN T.
nARNESS EMPORIUM, RLY'I'I1. ONT.
The Huron News -Record
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SOUND AnyiCK—Those having sales of any
kind should consider that it Is Just as Important
to have their posters properly displayed and np•
pear neat and attractive, as Itis to have a goad
auctioneer. Tun Negros -Racoon noires a specialty
of this eia+sof work, they have the material mid
experien(e to give yon what yon want at very
reasonable prices.
ea'sass g 1TfAI STOCK ADWER-
12,----a. L. TISEMENTS Inserted in Tuft
News Ruenen at low ratev, The law
makes It rompnlsory. to advertise stray +tock.
If you want any kind of advertising, you -,ot
o better than Ball on • 'ews•1(ecor'
URDOCK
SUGAR COATED
A SURECURE
Fon BILIOUSNESS, CONSTIPATION,
INDIGESTION, DIZZINESS, SICK
HEADACHE, AND DISEASES or THC
STOMACH, LIVER AND BOWELS.
THEY ARE MILD,THOR000H AND PROMPT
IN ACTION. AND FORM A VALUABLE AID
TO BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS IN THE
TREATMENT AND CURE or CHRONIC
AND OBSTINATE DISEASES.
DESTROYS AND REMOVES WORMS
OF ALL, KINDS IN CHILDREN OR
MOULTS SWEET AS SYRUP AND
GANNOT•HARM THE MOST.,
s -r LIeA'rr CHILD --
DR.
INCTON,
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Throat and LUitt; RuI•ge
Toronto.
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Will be at the
Railenbury House
CLINTON,
DECEMBER ,19,
Forenoon.
A few of the hundreds cured by DR,
V,'ASUING TON'S New Method
of Inhalation
W. If. Storey. of Storey S Son, prominent
glove manufacturers of Acton, Ont., cured by
Dr. Washington of catarrh of the throat, bad
form, and pronounced incurable by eminent
speei;clistx in Canada and England write -him
for particulars.
Ctu'ouic Bronchitis anal Asthma Curetl •
An Engiish Church Clergyman speaks,
Rectory, Cornwall. Ont.
1)tt. WASIIt 111'Os.-
1)5515 tine, — 1 no, glad to be able to inform you
that our daughter L. quite well again. .is this is
the seonr,d time she hiss been cured of grave
bronchial troubles under your truaDuent, when
the usual remedies failed, I write to express my
gratitude. Please accept lily sincere thanks.
Yours truly,
C. B. PE'rrt'r.
Mrs Jno yleKolty, Kingston, Ont., Catarrh and
Consumption.
John Mciielvi, Kingston, Ont, Catarrh,
Mr A Hopping, Kingston, Ont, Bronchia Consump-
tion.
Mr. E. Scott, Kingston, Ont, Catarrh, bead and
throat.
)lrs.Jno Bertram, Ilarruwamith, Ont, near 'King•
sten, Catarrh, throat.
3liss3lary A ttombourg,Centreville, Ont, ..atarrh
head and throat.
James Mathews, 1'. Master, Acton, Ont.
A EiFish, Gents Furnishing, Belleville, Catarrh
throat.
Jolu, Phippen, P. 0. Sandhurst, Ont, (near Napa•
nee), Catarri. head and throat. Bad ensu
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I CURE
FITS!
'When I say Cups I do not manta merely to
ttop them for ammo, and then have then re,
;urr( again. I MIAN A RADICAL CURS.
1 nave made the disease of
FITS, EPILEPSY or
FALLING SICKNESS,
A1f[olong study. i WARRANT my remedy to
017Ra the worst eases. Because others have
[Media no reason tor not naw receiving acme
Bend at once for a treatise and a,F'Itie,c BOTTL1
Of my INFAr.LIBLE IKMaD'Y. Give Express
and Foot Otiice. It costs youthothtng for 0
tr14, and It will euro you. Address
Dr 13. G. MOT. 37 Yongo eta Toronto, Ont.
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