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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1892-04-06, Page 4• e want to talk to You This Week about Carpets As we suppose in a few' weeks, or it may be in a few days, you will begin to think, about the periodical house cleaning, Well, we think it must be nice as well as convenient when they take up the old Carpet and promote it to an upper room that they know exactly where they can go to get what will suit their eye 411111114, price and pattern in Carpets, either in Brussels, Tapestry, All -Wool or Union, and we have had so many instanceswhere people have been all over town and come again and bought from us that we are sure we are safe in directing you here for your Spring Carpets, , Thep in LACE CURTAINS in endless variety of price and pattern, CURTAIN POLES with.alt the fixtures at next to v.othing. Spring Roller -WINDOW SHADES, 9,1.1461ors, at very low rates, Now a word about PARASOLS. vV'e are not carrying over one old Parasol. Every.single one new, -new in size, new in quality, new in -stylish handles, new in general style and got up, and above all new in price -don't forget this last most important fact. ee=.W© have certainly opened out one of' the most Stylish Sexing Stock of New Spring Goods ever brought -to Clinton. • I E' _ r CLIN TO The Huron News -Record 31.5o a Year -$1.25 In Advance Wednesday, April 6th. 1892. COMBINE IN LINSEED OIL, AND ITS ROME MANU• )JA UT URE. A combine in linseed oil has been formed. The parties to it are Toron- to, London, Hamilton and Guelph dealers, and it is in affiliation with the Montreal combine. With the birth of this corporation the schedule of prices which it was formed to carry out went into force. The advance is considerable, the listed price for raw and boiled oil respectively now being a; follows; -One to 3 barrels, 58c to 610 a gallon; 4 to 9 barrels, 574o to 604e; 10 barrels and upwars, 56ec to 59ec. These prices, however, are confined to customers carrying on business in Toronto, Hamilton, Lone don or Guelph. The price to all customers in towns and cities other than these is 2c a gallon more. Be- sides dealing with prices the combine purposes dealing with Heretofore customers have been terms of credit. given four months. Now it will bo 30 days and no discount. Mr. Robbs, of London, is president of the association. The above extract is from the London Press. Now, however.,. much dealers may combine to en - hence the value of any manufactur- ed commodity, we virtually have free trade iu such an article where we .possess the raw material to manufacture it from. With the ex- ception of spirits, coal oil and to- bacco there are no restrictions or imposts on the manufacture of any article in this country. So that,t if, for instance, linseed oil goes up to an exorbitant price any one is at liberty to go into the manufacture ke us -that ofttimee•-cam - bin es do good -that good comes out of an acknowledged evil -be- cause by an undue forcing up of prices others are induced as a mat- ter of profit or self•protection to engage in the mauufactureof similar articles. There is an import duty on lin- seeed oil of 1 f cents per lb. Cer- tainly not an onerous or prohibitory duty. So that it cannot be the amount of duty the article is pro• tested by that enables Canadian doalere to combine for a fair or an unfair price as the case may be. But whether the linseed oil com- bine is merely to 'protect the legitimate interests of the trade or otherwise, it has been the means of calling our attention to another of the many ind•uatiies that could be profitably engaged in in Clinton. Given raw material at the minimum coat of production, a plentiful supply of labor at moderate rates, a market for the product, and commensurate capital and business management, and the manufacture of linseed oil in Clinton would be a success. These conditions exist. We ex• ported from Ontario last year flax to the amount of $181,385. This was grown in Ontario, largely in Huron end adjoining counties. What amount of seed the quantity represented by this sum would yield we are not prepared to say, but it would be considerable. Wo imported 9,326,738 lbs of linseed oil valued at $116,586. Now what ie to prevent a large por- tion of this linseed oil, that is now imported, from being made in this country and right here in the town of ClintonNothing but the timidity or lack of enterprise of bur people. We have the land capable of pro- ducing the raw material, the men and capital to manufacture it, the home market waiting to consume the manufactured article, and rail- way facilities for shipping un• equalled outside of the cities. This is worthy of more than a passing notice especially when the manufacture of the seed into oil is, taken in connection with the manu• facture of the fiber ,into binding twine and cordage. Statistics will show that the home market is supplied with imported oil and twine in quantities which if made here would keep factories employ- ing scores of hand at work. That we can make both oil and twine more economically than they can be made abroad is patent from the fact that foreign countries import their raw materiel whereas wo grow it at home and by 'getting it near at hand and at first cost would get it at the lowest cost. AN ELECTION BFT AND .0.,„ WHAT IT. DEVELOPED. A couple of Clinton men made a bet on their respective candidates at the recent contest in West Huron between Hon. J. C. Patterson and M. C. Cameron, Q. C. The fol- lowing is handed to us and said to describe how an honorable Grit %vas foiled in his first endeavor to pay his bet. The names are necessarily fictitious, but Timmins will relish the recital as much as anyone, be- cause he gave the whole snap away himself, "I say, my dear, whispered Mr. Timmins, closing the door carefully, and approaching his wife, with a broad grin on his visage, "I say, my dear, Speckwick', in the parlor. HIe has come to take dinner with us." "Good gracious 1" exclaimed Mrs. Timmins, dropping her work and bustling up to the glass to arrange her hair "What did he come to- day for? Doesn't he know it's washing day ?" "Ho came for dinner," retorted Mr. Timmins, turning pale. "What d'ye s'pose he came for -to be wash• ed t D'you think the man came to be soaked in a tub and hung over the clothes -line with a wooden peg astride the small of his back ? Well he didn't , ho came for something to oat, and you'd better hustle up and get it for him, or I'!! begin to 'terve up things myself before long." "But, my dear," remonstrated Mrs. Timmins, "there's nothing in the house. The clothes-" "Then serve up the clothes," roared Mr. Timmins, who had utter- ly forgotten the day of the week when he invited his friend, and now wanted his wife to get out of the scrape somehow, and at the same time not let him down with Speckwick. "Just put the clothes on th;'e dish and Ret 'em before him "Yuu don't imagine he would want to eat the clothes, do you 1" asked Mrs. Timmins innocently. "Only just try him," yelled Mr. Timmins, enraged at being taken literally. "Just try him, and throw in acme of the pretty man- ners you always put on at the table! 'Mr. Speckwick, have some of this fricasseed petticoat!' " and Mr. Tin -mina held out the Lege of his trousers as a woman holds her skirts and waltzed round the room. "'Mr. Speckwick, have a Iittle of this poached night-shirt? Now, Mr. • Speckwick, do try one of these fried Rocks and a slice, of the pillow•case, Dear Mr. Speckwick, pray let me help you to a piece of thJ.s.shirt and a pair of stuffed "buffs, tt made them.' tnyeelf, and though they .are not as good as' -that's the way "to do it?" continued Mr. Timmins, suddenly concluding hie, remarks and pre Tooting himself before his wife all out of breath. "Do you think you've got that bill of faro all right? Do you see your way to a successful dinner party now?" "There's some cold cod down stairs, and there's a raw ham in the cellar," ruminated Mrs. Timmins regarding herhuaband with a start led look of inquiry, as if asking i he thought Speckwick would mind the meat being raw and the fish a trifle cool, "That's what he wants!" bottled Mr. Timmins. "Bring forth the cod that froze to death in the house of Timmins. Produce the barn with the crumpled horn that milked the cod that froze to death in the house of Timmins! Develop the blessed banquet. and let joy be un• confined ! Haven't you got any more sense than a bunghole ? Do you think I'm going to bring aristoc- racy here to fatten on dead fish and live hogs? How long areuayou go- • ing:to let t,. eTe, e/ etlteeettteite.A'•`: a state of starvation." "There's some celery in the house, and I bought some apples ' to -day, and I could cook the. steak I had saved over for breakfast," murmur- ed Mrs. Timmins, coming out tri• umpliantly at the end, woman like. "And I will put on my win'e•color- ed satin, and wo will give him a nice supper." "Are you going to put that wine - colored satin on the cod or oa the ham ?" howled Mr. Timmins, who had a man's idea that a dinner is not a dinner till itis cooked. "Do you think 1 broughtthat man here at 7 o'clock in the evening to take breakfast? Have you got some kind of a notion that cold fish, raw ham, stringy celery, green apples, and it grilled cow are going to satis- fy the craviugs of a man who has just won a bet of a dinner on-" but here Mr. Timmins stopped short. The loot revelation was uninten- tional, "Was it a bet, dear ?" asked Mre. Timmins, opening her eyes in a8ton- ishment. "If I -liad known that, and you had given me time, I would have bad a nice supper for you. I really think-" "That settles it," squealed Mr. Timmins, angry at himself for what he had divulged, and angrier still tint he must explain to Speckwick how he was situated. "When yon commence to think, the fat's all in the fire. Some day, when I catch you thinking, I'm going to drive a spigot in your head and advertise science on tap." • f And with this prospectus Mr. Timmins, dashed downstairs and ex- plained to Mr. Speckwick that, ow- ing to Mre. Timmins having a severe headache, they had better go to a restaurant, "I don't care," murmured Mre. Timmins, drawing a paper of choco- lates from a drawer. "I don't care; it must have been a very itnportrnt bet they had on, when cold cod, warmed over, and a ^nice breakfast isn't good enough to pay it. Any• way, he'll be glad of it for break- fast, and the next time he brings a man here to dinner he'll pick out some other day than Monday. Though I suppose that Mr, Speck - wick will go home and tell his wife that we don't have anything to eat here from one week's end to the other. Anyhow, she owes me a call, and I hear that the dressmaker disappointed her all last week, so she won't pay much attention to what he does say." And Mrs. Tithe/eine went down to her supper of cold cod, tipples, and celery, while her husband took it out with Speckwick in oysters etc., at Anderson's reetaurant. THE POPULAR VOTE IN ONT- ARIO IN 1891,-92. Last week we gave the- election returns from the Dominion official Blue Book which showed that th e popular vote in Ontario at the general elections in March 11391 was within a few hundreds of being equally divided between Cunserva• tives and Reformers. The Globe insists that the Reform tnsjority was about 7,000 which is away old as shown by the official returns. The Globe also says that notwith• standing losses in the bye elections the Reformers have now a popular majority in Ontario of about 3,000. This is away off again. We reprint the figures substituting for the vote given at the general elections the vote given in the ridings at the re- cent bye elections, which shows a popular Conservative majority in Ontario now of about 6,000. votes, tier. Addington 2,:307 Algoma 1,813 Bothwell 2,006 Brant, N 1,729 Brant, S 1,963 Brockville 1 637 Bruce, N.... ...... 1,826 Bruce, W 2,015 .Bruce, E 2,317 Cardwell 1,380 Carleton 1.451 Cornwall and Stormont, 1,934 Dundas - 2,026 Durham, E 1,685 Durham, W 1.962 Elgin, E 2,772 Elgin, W 2 :335 Eeeex, 8 2,405 Essex, N 2,8192 Froutenao, 1,222 Glengarry 1,806 Grenville, S 1.303 (,trey, S: 2,286 Grey, If 1,958 Grey, N 2,264 Haldirnand 1,818 Halton 2,199 Hamilton. 7,096 Hastings, W 1,595 Hastings, E 1,881 Hastings, N 1,480 Huron, W 2,154 Huron, E 2,037 Huron, S 1,845 Kent 3,138 Kingston 1,733 Lambtun, W 2 364 Lambton, E - 2,070 Lanark, N 1,378 Lanark, 8 1,174 Leeds and. :reenville1,165 Leeda, S2,158 Lennox 1,650 Lincoln and Niagara... 2,456 London 2,421 Middlesex, E 2,2,55 " N 1,979 " w 1,119 1,906 " 8 Monok ,,,,,, Muikok. and Parry Sd1,768 Norfolk, S 1,939 " N. 2,370 Northumberland, W1,656 " S.., 2,259 Ontario, N 1,952 " 8, 2,080 re W 1,867 Ottawa City.... 3,242 Oxford, N 2,544 " 8 2,021 Peel 1,777 Perth, N 2,520 res . 2,307 Peterboro W 1,215 " E 1,803 ?rosoott 1,480 Prince Edward 2,209 RenfreaY N 1,418 " S 1.198 Russell 2 308 Simooe, N 2,121 " E 3,160 Toronto, W ......... • 3,291 "d 1,912 ..E 2,056 Victoria, S 2,174 " N 1,631 Waterloo, N 2,289 '' 8 2,228 Welland 2,726 Wellington N 2,486 " 0 2 455 " • ,, 8 2,510 Wentworth N 1,517 " S 1,772 York N. 2,331 $$E. ` ' . 3,003 " w 2,628 Con, 2.246 2,251 1,456 613 1,421 1,815 1,863 1,085 2,151 1,628 1,494 2,152 2 086 1.746 1,764 3,267. 1,653 2,354 2,043 1,427 2,133 1,414 2,281 1,977 2,511 1,896 2.639 8,342 1,955 2 303 1,686 2,179 1,729 0.990 2,662 1,834 1,766. 2,636 1,817 1,604 1,311. 2,294 1,675 2,224 2,523 2,803 1,981 1,529 I,282 1,962 1,916 2,051 1,902 1,711 2,495 2,206 2,241 868 5,332 1.010 1,287 1,909 2,449 2,329 1,447 1,832 1,213 2,418 1,497 1,642 1,895 2,417 3,776 5,048 2,414 3,520 2,402 1,870 2,204 1,916 2,279 2,300 2,299 1,134 2,317 1,773 1,968 2,977 3,434 Thomas Elates, of Prince• ton, the well known agriculturalist, recently made the statement that last - year be cleared betwen $700 and $800 on some Seven acres of Alsike. He shipped the seer! to England where it realized $12 per bushel. EDITORIAL NOTES. - Tho Supreme Conrthas decided that North Perth is vacant and that Grieve atbtained his seat by corrupt practices. Tho "purists" -will grieve over this and lambaste the Judges. The death of aub-collector Irwin of Clinton has started the e�uery, "wh ) will bo his successor?" Mr. W. T. Whitely was favorably spoken of in this connection a couple of years ago and his appointment considered only a matter oftime. Tho Editor of this paper would very much, like to see ler, Whitely appointed The European manufacturing countries are preparing to send liberal exhibits to World's Exposi- tion to,bo held•at Chicago in 1893. Except in a few articles in which the 'American tariff is about prohibitory those coutries seem to take it for granted that the American con- sumer will have to pay the duty, consegently they are quite willing to take advantage of this great ad- vertising scheme. Fifty London Grits have present- ed to parliament a petition for the removal of Judge Elliott from the bench because his fair interpreta- tion of the law allowed a certain number of properly registered names to remain on the voters' list. This is cheeky for a number of bitter politicalpartisans to claim that they have a bettor knowledge of the law than the judge and are more impartial judges than the offi cial who is totally remover! from polities, A. copy of the petition will be sent to Judge Elliott. On that he wiil make a reply. The re- ply being received, it, together with the petition, will be referred to a epecial committee to be appointed by the House. Evidence will then be taken and a report made in the usual may. This is the procedure as followed in the case of Judge Loranger, of Quebec, in 1877 ; Judge Wood, of Manitoba, in 1883, and the Buthw ll case in the same year. "Judge' Elliott, John Carling and the Government should desire noth' ing 8o much as the earliest possible hearing of the charges against the first named; And Sir John Thomp.. son's' action in .throwing technical objections in the way is calculated to coot the Minister of fustice the re- spect he now so largely enjoys." So says an ;'independent" journal But this is all rot. 'Is regular pro- cedure in the way of impeaching a judge to be set aside at, the caprice and whim of every Tom, Dick and Harry who may choose to set himself or themselves up as the law? If Judgo Elliott has done wrong he should euffer. But to assert that the view of bitter parti- zans in a matter of law should pre• nail over that of an independent judge and over that of an indepen- dent Mi 'titer of Justice like Sir John Th peon in a matter of pro- cedure is my exceeded in semi• cality by its absurdity. The Gov- ernment overnment do desire to give a hearing to the charges against Judge Elliott at the "earliest opportunity," but is the high court of Parliament or the prosecutors to be judge of when the earliest opportunity shall bet Equity says the prosecutors aro not the beat judges. Subscribe for THE NEws RECORD -$1.25 a year. JN AND ABOUT THE COUNTY -"%V'm. Parsons, of Centralia, chipped a car -load of apples to Manitoba last week. This makes eighty cares he has shipped this season. He bas paid out above $50,000 for poultry, pork and appies. -T,H. Page, of the Mitchell Re- corder, has, the Stratford Beacon understands, niade an assignment to Sheriff Hossie, who took posses- sion of the establishment on Wed- noaday. The paper will be issued as usu.tl under an arrangomout made by the slier itf. -T.R. Mitchgl!, of Blyth, Ont., was occcmpanying a load of stock to Saginaw. When the oar was switched on a side track at the tunnel yards, Port Huron, account:of a disabled track, and while walking to the repair shops Mitchell was was struck by an immigrant special and instantly killed. -William Desjardin affil wife, of Tecumseh, have been married sixty- six years. They had eleven children, ten of whom are now living, to• gether with ninety grandchildren, 174 great-grandchildren and four great -great-grandchildren, waking in all 279 descendants, -Among the many records of remarkable fecudity, large family descendants, etc., a story comes from the county of Bruce,which is both ieteresting and remarkable. Mr. Robert Ogden, an aged and respect- able resident of Gresham, tnweehip of Brace, died recently, leaving an usually large number of descend. anta,•236.in all, consisting. of 13 children, 113 grandehildrer., 100 great grandchildren, and 10 great great grandchildren. His family of five sons and eight daguhtera were all living at Itis death. -Richard Waistell, of Clande- boye, was brought before Justices Eilber, Snell and Lewis, at Credie ton, the other day upon the serious charge of having two wives. Wife No. 1: who was Susan Cook before her ,marriage to,WTaiatefl, which she Rays too place in Toronto, in 1849, lays the. information and is prosecut- ing. Wife No. 2, who was Mrs. Cobleigh, before her marriage to Waisted!, which, It is alleged, took place in Exeter in 1889, lives with the defendant at Clandeboye. On account of the absence of material witnesee the case was adjourned un- til Tuesday the 5th of April, when intereating developments are prom. ised. -Tete first annual sale of the Norfolk County horse Breeder's As- sociation was held at Simcoo, 29.30 March. So far as attendance and show of animals goes, its success was beyond expectations. Buyers were present from London, Woodstock, Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Roches ter, Youngestown, New York and other places., Large pricea were offered and refused. The class of farmers who offered horses are in good cirbumatances, not obliged to sell, and have held their steck at prices that did not moot the views Of buyera. In two or three in• stances $190 and over was paid for single horses. A 2 year-old stal- lion sold for $650. For a team of matched roadsters $550 was offered and refuaod. -Among the ladies who recently witnessed ttie recent Conservative demontratien in Mitchell were sev- eral employes of Burritt .k Co.'s knitting factory. Although Father Burritt bas prospered under the N. P., and his tall chimney constantly emits awoke, he was angered at the 4 audacity of his maidens for mixing up with "dose wicked dories," and, it is said, the damsels, with one ex- ception, were suspended the next time they went to work. In his more sober motnents, however, Fa. ther Burritt, like other good Grits, repented of his childish act, and sent for the girls,'but they refused to re- turn to work until promised an in- crease in their weekly stipends, which their employer found it pole icy to grant. .0