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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1889-01-16, Page 8' y — POWDE Absolutely Pure. - This powder nc.•or .•arid. A marvel of purity, strength said wholeamaenceN. Moro economical than the ordtnart kinds, and cannot beeold in competition with tl,e multitude of low test, short weight aims or.ph .-plate powders. Sold silly itt cans Lturm. It,ittWu PUWDL•,t Co., 100 Wall St., N. Y. The Huron News -Record 51.50 a 1'enr—,t.21 In Adaasce. ---. Wednesday._ Arlt. lath 1889 LOCA I-1 N (, WS. In and Around the "Hub." ;Imo i itlh. HOME AGAIN.—\I r., \V. If. Ford, son of the late Henry Fold of Goderich township, returned home from British Columbia last week. THE RETURNS Ar.L IN.—The gross return of the St. Paul's church bazaar and tea, held a few weeks back, are now all in and foot up $324, expenses $84, leaving the nice net sunt of $240. This shows good financing oh the part of the ladies under whose management the affair was conducted. MRS. Taos. STANBURY, of Detroit is visiting in town. MR. HARRY STANBURY is back to town. Ho will likely remain her. MISS NELLIE FAIR bas returned from bee Detroit visit. MR. Jos CALLAWAY of British Columbia, formerly of Bayfield, is taking a look around Clinton these days. MR. CIIAS. SEALER has'been ap- pointed clerk of the let Division court, Goderich, in the room of Mr. J. S. McDougall deceased. Wo are pleased to notice the ap- pearance of Mr. George Hanley sr. again frequenting the busy haunts of men. The gentleman has been con- fined to the house for several mouths past. Miss Lucy CATTLE, Mr. John Russell and Mr. C. Naftel of Goder- ich, and Mr. E. Logan of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, were visiting in Clinton the past week and we were glad to meat them. Mi. C. J. Naftel of Goderich tp. called on the NEWS -RECORD last Monday on his way to Wingham in counection with the business of the West Huron Farmers Institute of which he is secretary. THE BAPTISTS.—The annul 1 tea - meeting of the Baptist Church will be held in the Town Hall on the evening of Monday Jany 21. Good speaking, music and rthe usual ac- companiments of a "good time" may be expected. DI.isoLvEn.—The partnership of Calbick and Reith has been dis- solved and the firm will hereafter be known us Reith Bros. We wish the new firm success. Mr. Calbick is one of our best citizens and we hope he will remain iu town. THE WEATHER 60 far inrthis vicinity has been remarkably mild, very little snow ; open weather with alternate spells of rain and frost. Last Week reports of plough- ing being done in some parts of the country caste to hand. AN EDITOR'S THOUGLITNULNESS.— Editors, as a rule, ate kind-hearted • nd liberal. An exchange tells of --a subscriber to a certain paper who died and left fourteen years' sub- scription unpaid. The Editor ap- peared at the grave as the lid was heiug screwed down for the last time, and put in a linen duster, a thermometer, tt palm loaf fan and a receipt for making ice. GOIERICH ABROAD. --The mayor elect of Windsor, Mr. \I, Twomey, was for several years, away back in .the fifties, a resident of Goderich, being for some ti,, t chief clerk for Seymour Bros. and afterward teller in ono of the banks there. And we see that M r. \\'. II. Rah well, another one time resilient of God- erich, brother in law of \Ir. \V. Mitchell of that ilk, headed the poll for councillor in No. 1ward in the important town of Galt. Sehool ::Books —,AND --- 2 Sehool Supplies. ? ELECTRIC L1OHT.—The town of Clinton was lit up by electric light last Saturday night, for the first 'time. Palo buns was outshone on the streets, and in the various stores where the new lights were introduc- ed the coal oil lights bad to take a back seat. The streets were crowded by people anxious to welcome more light, and they seemed • delighted notwithstanding that it made them look rather blue. Goon JunciNG --\l r. James Hearn bought two Reef steers from Mr. T. J. Moureltuuse, of ilay'field,• which were delivered here hist Thursday. They were to be paid for at so much per lb., but being in a hurry to ship them Mr, Hearn offered_ t.o take them without weighing at figures that would amount to $70, which Mr. Moor - house accepted. The animals were afterwards weighed and there was only 70 cents difference in what' they would have brought and what was paid without weighing. Ti1E GREAT CARNIVAL.-- Tre- mendous interest is being taken in the approaching Carnival in Mon- treal. The Governor-General is to inaugurate the festivities and give the entire week's programme his patronage. State Governors, Lieut - Governors and prominent people from all parts of tho world are to view the spectacles. Letters are pouring in to the Committee from Europe and the United Status enquiring for particulate. The Committee aro making extraordin- ary preparations for a magnificent Carnival. Those who cannot go to Montreal for a week of wondrous merrituent•wil1, we hear, find the events in ail their marvellous beauty reproduced in the Carnival Number of the Montreal Star, which it is said will he a perfectly stunning number. o— SUBSCRIPTIONS Received for all kinds of Newspapers and Magazines. CHRIS. DICKSON, CLINTON, THE HAMILTON Spectator• wants to know what extraordinary heiut}ts sins Toronto has been guilty of that it should be tnade the rendevous of so many country lawyers. The last one to domicile himself there being Mr. M. G. Cameron of Goderich. If the Spec was personally acquaint- ed with Mr. Cameron it would con- gratulate Toronto in this case. Mr. Cameron is a good fellow and a good lawyer, and his sterling qualities may to some extent make amends for the shortcomings of the non elect in his profession in that big city. . NOT MUcti.—We gave our ince, contemporary credit for having a higher opiniuu of the wealth ac- quiring uppomtunites afforded iu a country printing office than to suggest, as he did last week, the posssbility of Mr. Whitely of this office acceptiug the position of postmaster of Goderich even if offered him. What would a paltry $2000 a year be iu comparison with the emolument derived from Tan NEws•REGORD printing office, and where one may also continue his hieroglyphic ° and philological studies. A MUSICAL TREAT.—Fisk Jubilee Singers in town Hall, Clinton Wed- nesday eveuing Jany. 16. The 1iuerits of this troupe are conceded, and its they come under the auspices of the Oddfellows should have a bumper house. The New York IVorld says of them :—"The Fisk University Jubilee Singers alone pm -serve to us the real folk songs of America, and their singing of the wild, plaintive. and characteristic melodies of the South has done more than anything else to make the once popular negro minstrelsy appear thin and tante. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. --The annual meeting of the Hullett branch agricultural society was held iu the Council Chamber, Clinton, last Thursday, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing year :—President, A. H. Manning, re elected ; Vico President., John Johnston ; Sec-Treas., Wm. Jack- son ; Auditors, R. M. Racey, Wm. Coats ; Directors; W. J. Biggins, John Ransfoj•d, John Mason, Jas. Reynolds, D. A. Forrester, Geo. E. Pay, S. G. 'Plummer, J. E. Blacken; Honorary Directors, Mayor White- head, Wm. Wise, Jas. Biggins, H. Snell, Thos. Carberts. A vote of thanks, on motion of Messrs John Ransford and John Johnston, was tendered the Hon. Chas, Drury,•M. P. P., the Hon. A. M. Ross, M. P. P., Robert Porter, M. P., and John McMillan, M. P., for their kind attendance at the Huron Central Exhibition, Clinton, last fall. 'notal receipts $1,107.00, expenditures $j,012.87, leaving neatly $100 surplus. A Cam, GUAILD1AN.—About the middle of December a little boy between 8 and 9 years .. of .age ap- peared on the streets of Chatsworth, Grey county, early one bitterly cold morning, with his face bruised and cut, his head swollen and disfigured with wounds and his body and limbs covered with bruises and sores. The little fellow presented a most pitiable sight, as he staggered along, scarcely able to keep on his feet with his sufferings front colli and abuse. It scums that last \lay ho was sent from the>Gm thrid IInme in London to a young furiner .nalnod Charlton who lives just south of the village. For some three or four months past he has been shamefully beaten and abetted. daily, and on Thursday was brutally kicked and thrashed by his t ostor•father. Proceedings were taken against Charlton and the Magistrate imposed a fine of $24 for unlawfully beating the lad. CAN'T ALONE LIVE.—Some par- ties the other day were discussing the marriage problem. One bone - dict said that man can't alone live, that he was only staying hero while in, what woman haters call, single blessedness, Another quoted Paul as an authority against marriage, Aye, said the other, 'but what does Peter say, clapping a young gentle- man of that prefix on tho shoulder, who said, None of your quizzing. If I can't alone live I will do the affair up brown and, come to think of it I shall have to hunt up a cook as a preliminary,'and off he Started.. And we shouldn't be surprised if— no, not a bit if he—ah:—well, they all do it, and a week from to -day is named. . INFOnMATION.—Though a libeller deserves no consideration we may inform the "managing editor" of an Exeter paper that his correspondent libelled two citizens of Clinton when he charged one of them with giving light weight and that another was expected to perjure himself in a case likely to conte before the courts. Whoever the correspondent referred to is he has never received any advice in these columns, it would be like casting pearls before swine. Those only deserve reproof whomerit praise. The managing editor of this paper is open to advice or reproof on that line, and is much pleased to acknowledge that he does not possess the quality of backbone that makes the chief stock in trade of irresponsible news- paper parasites—the sort of back- bone to anonymously slander others is not touch to boast of. It is part of the duty of this journal to pro- tect the honest citizens of Clinton from the lying and slauder of any and every ono. We will continue to allow the use of our columns for thia purpose, and will endeavor to keep thorn free from shrewish, fishwife abuse and waspish impo• tence. JOINED TUE 141AJORITY.—Our Goderich currespoudence informs us of the death iu that town of two lung time friends of the NEws- REconn, Mr. E. Bingham and Mr. J. S. McDougall. We completely endorse the reference of 'our corres- pondent thereanent. A CHATTEL MORTGAGE CASE. Judge McDougal, of Toronto, gave judgment recently in an action tried before him last February. James K. McKeggie, of Barrie, held a chattle mortgage upon wheat growing in the ground, made by one Francis Setts, who afterwards reaped the wheat and sold it to Mr. tJames Goldie's agent at Everett, in the county of Sinicoe, and was paid the full market price. Neither Mr. Goldie nor his agent had any notice of the chattel mortgage, Mr. James II. McKeggie sued Mr. GoIdie for payment of $160, the price of the wheat. Mr. Goldie defended the action, as he bad paid for the wheat already. The judge dismissed the action with costs on the ground that the description of the land on which the wheat was .growing was inaccurate, and in hie judgtnent incidentally expressed' the opinion that a mortgagee who has given a chattel mortgage ou a growing crop has an implied authority to sell the grain when threshed in the ordinary course of his business, and that the mortgagor cannot afterwards compel a bone fide purchaser to pay a second time, FORESTERS' DINNER. LIBERTY, BENEVOLENCE, CONCORD. The auunal dinner of Court No. 16, Clinton, Canadian Order of Foresters, wits given at Spooner's hotel last Thursday eveuing. A magiuifrcent spread greeted the eyes of the guests iu the large dining hall. The tables fairly smiled with their profusely laden and tastily arranged contents of good things, and it re- sponsive chord was touched, as the palates of some sixty lusty epicures were tickled in the process of deglutition accompanying the dis• appearance of the groat array of edibles which had been . prepared iu the most tempting style known to the culinary art. Chief Ranger Hy. Stevens occupied the chair and Juo. Sheppard jr. the vine chair, the former in a few well chosen remarks announced that proceedings would commeuce by singing the society opening ode which was rendered iu grand Forestric style. ALLEGED IitnEGnr.ett(TY.—There has been some talk of resignations of candidatev having been irregul- arly glade. If this is so it would be better to go to the trfling ex- pense of new elections rather than Jackson's § § § § § .§ Famous Clothing House § CLINTON, ONT. We are Giving 1-4 Off on all our odd stuck of Clothing, an(l if you want to see some Genuine BARGAINS come and pick out an odd GOAT, odd VEST, odd PANTS, and you can take 25 per cent. discount, This means a Wonderful Reduction and shrewd buyers who want an odd Garment should inspect. This is a 'I'hesupper being over the toast of "The Queen" was given a hearty and enthusiastic reception—"The Army and Navy" was next given and responded to by the veteran Bros. C.Blaokstone and W. Jones in a man- ner characteristic of those who knew how mush the whole civilized world is iudebted to those important branches of the British service which had done so much for the liberties of 'peoples in all. climes, Mr. Blackstone evincing a familiarity with the wooden walls of old England that must have .caused the spirit of Nel- to hover around and feel satisfied. that at 1. st one.of the present gen- eration"{tad done his duty in remem- bering the deeds of valor of British sailors from the days of yore down to the Alexandria—Egyptian bombard• ment. Mr. Jones sang "The March of the Cameron men" in honor of the army—"The Gov. -General" was toes, ted in vice royal style—"The Me- chanics interests" coupled with the names of Bros. Spading, March, Blackstone and Wilson was reapon- ded to in such a manner as to show that skilled industry and Forestry are closely allied—"The Mercantile Interests" were given into the charge of Bros. John Steep, A. Couch and R. Fitsimons. Mr Steep went to the foun Iain head of all commerce, the Land, in illustration of bow great were the possibilities of commerce. Instanc- ing the rich lands of the North- west, fifteen feet of good soil and of a practically inexhaustible character. Ile gave personal remin- iscences of his experience, referred to Winnipeg, the great mercantile centre of the British Northwest, with its almost fabulous progress in that line, as the outcome of the develop, menti of applied agricultural indus- try. His many racy allusions to pioneer life in Winnipeg brought down the house. Mr. Fitsimmot.s said he could not improve upon .or add to what Mr. Steep had said, he' had exhausted the subject—"Our Order" was drunk with great gusto and brought responses from Bros. John Smith and Oliver Johnston. Mr. Smith's' remarks were full of pithy good sense and humor. Re- ferred to the origin of the Society. The necessity for such a society was brought about by Adam 'listening to the wiles of Eve and bringing woes upon the human race which such a society as the Foresters was intended to relieve. It was calculated to help' the widow and orphan. Men could push through the world much more easily than women. The Forester's Society enables men at the smallest possible cost to provide to some ex• tent for their families. It was calcu- lated to help the weak. They only were the beneficiaries. The brethren were helped by it in time of sickness and their loved ones were helped in cases of death. It was a Canadian Society, having broken away from the Dr. Oren -Make -all concern. It hada large sum to the credit of the Endowment Fund. have important acts of the council questioned whore they depend on the vote or votes of the alleged ir- regularly elected. It is said that that the following statutory provis- ions have not poen complied with in the cases referred to: "At the nomination meeting or at any time within two clays thereafter, any per- son proposed for one or more offices may resign, or elect for which offi e he is to remain nominated ; and in default he shall remain nominated for the office in respect of which ho was first proposed and seconded; the clerk or other returning officer or chairmen shall, on the day follow- ing that ofnomination, post up in the ofiice.aof.tho clock of the municipal- ity the names of the persons pro- posed for the respective officers; }irovided always that the resinna- tion after the nomination meeting of any person so proposed shall bo in writing, signed by him and attes- ted by a tvitnoss, and shall, within said two days, be delivered to the clerk of' the said municipality." Month of GREAT BARGAINS in every department of our big Establishment. The mild winter has played hie voc with the FUR TRADE and ,:(;hoice No. 1 Goods are now offered off This is jest the- chance to grasp. Mr. Johnston gave some statistics concerning the Society. Its surplus was between $70,000 and $80,000. It was based upon the brotherhood of man, though all men did not be- long to it. .There were two or three men present who did not. It was open to all men of good standing and good health, with a limit as to age— "a The Medical Profession " was named in connection with Bros. Dr. Williams, Dr. Gunn and Dr. Blacicall. Dr. Williams in a very clear manner pointed out how necessary medical men wore to the success of the Society. The death rate could be largely circumscribed by having competent medical examiners. Said 000--• — ACKS N Bros The Famous Hatters and Furriers, Clinton. the Society was to be congratulated on the fitness' of the men in his line to whom were committed the inter- ests of such vital importance to the Society. I7rged a continuance of that circumspection in the reception of candidates which had hitherto prevailed. Was pleased to . know that the Endowment Fund was in a satisfactory condition. As present members got older thought the death rate would increase and it behooved them to be careful in the character of the risks they accepted, The Doctor also happily referred to the legend of the Foresters : Liberty, • Benevolence, Concord. 'l'hey forced no man, constrained none ; and as the intermediate word literally im- plied, wished well .to all ; and as the third word meant, with all the heart. This definition of the motto of the Foresters was a happy conceit and philologically correct—" Our Sister Societies " was a toast that brought to their feet Broa. Smith, Jones, Cole and Tweedy. Mr. Smith expressed strong in- dignation at his being called to re- spond for sister societies. IIe had .eulogised strongly, but truthfully the one under whose auspices they had met that evening and now if he did justice to other societies he might fall into the trap and undo tate effects of what he already said. How. 'ever as a Yorkshire man is equal to almost any quandary, he went on and stated that he had the honor to belong to the Oddfellows, and not. withstanding his reference to the antiquity of the Foresters he would say that the Oddfellows ante• dated them. For though it might be said that Forestry was about co-eval with the fall of Adana, the old father of the human race was an oddfellow previous to that unfortun• ate event. Ere he saw Eve he was alone and consequently was the only original oddfellow. After some further characteristic remarks which were highly relished by those assem- bled, Mr. Smith gave way, carrying with him the undoubted honors as the orator of the evening. Mr. Cole also tools up the Odd• fellows and placed thein upon a high plane as one of the benign instru- mentalities in elevating and benefit- ing the human race, Mr Tweedy also referred to Sister Societies and made special refer. enoe to one which had only to be better understood to be more appreciated. He felt strongly tempted to make explanations but, as the evening was weariug away he would not do so. "Tho Press was the next in order and Mr. Whitely being the oldest and best looking representative present was the first to say a few words, though studiously avoiding the text, and when he opened his mouth would assuredly have put his foot in it were in not that he wears No. lis. IIe thought Mr. Smith was in error ,about the inception of Forestry and claimed that one Absalom. who took to the forst riding on a mule and was caught by the hair and hanged there- by to an oak was really the first Forester. Mr. Steep said he did not ride the proper animal to be classed as 'a genuine Forester, and Mr. Smith looked daggers and repudiated the idea, saying that Absalom must have been blackballed, and in an attempt to work out in the forest to which he repaired a new system of Forestry and establish an independent Court bad met his miserable fate. As Mr. Smith concluded he put his pipe in its case and closed it with a vigorous snap that boded no good to. the unfortunate reporter had the weapon been a pistol instead of a pipe case. -Mr Holmes in a few terse end spirited. words referred to the mysterious, haunts from whence emanates that powerful palladium of progress, "the press." There was a "devil" .•there and a "hell" there which no doubt had something to do with the exemplary conduct of hew - paper men and made them the truly good men one always found them to be. With the "devil" on one side of thew and "hell" on the other, they had to refrain from lying, evil speak• ing and all manner of uncharitable- ness, else they ran the danger of being grabbed by the one or con- signed to the other withoutceremony. IIr. Blackstone remarked that they could take their ,revenge out of the ttie—"The Ladies" caused Messrs `Spooner and Clark some trouble, for each, rather than give himself away declared he would go considerably out of his way rather than encounter the daughters of Eve. But the audience took this in a Pickwickian sense, doubtless turning backward the flight of time to the period when they hugged the delusion, that no one knew of it when they were head over heels in love with some fair maid whom they would, like to hug but were afraid to "pop the ques- tion." Very pleasing features of ..the evening were songs: "The Laboring Man" by Mr J. C. Cole; "Jersey Sam" by Mr. Tweedy, and others by Messrs C Blackstone, J. Clark, J. Finch and W. Jones. The guitall accompani• ment by C. Spooner exquisitely and pleasantly reminded one of the delightful concomitants of love mak- ing in sunny Spain, though if Charley had been serenading his dulcinea on Thursday night, outside her window, he would probably have bad his ardor chilled. Before separating a vote of thanks was unanimously accorded the host and hostess for the splendid manner in which they had carried out the dinner arrange- ments. "Mine host" Spooner thank• ed the society for their appreciation of his efforts to carry out their wishes and regretted that he was no longer "so young as he used to be" so that he might become n member of a so- ciety which he believed was doing much good. The attention to the wants of the guests by the charming lady waitresses was rendered in so suave and delicate a manner as Ito give additional zest to the relish with which the good things provided were partaken of. And the invited guests are indebted to Metiers For- tune Dickinson, Hayward and others of the brethern for courtesies. .