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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton New Era, 1894-10-12, Page 3• • • THE c u rrrO li W RA October: 12, 189' am well pleased, I have said 'Knox Ornpax,' and it is finished." The effect was magical; the astonieliegOriehroan fell back; his friends began to question him, "What barley?" "Where's the hamper?" "What have you been drinking?" and Shelley walked away Iunmolested. fitISICAL EXCELLENCE; ARTISTIC DESIGN ABLE OONSTRIIVTION 'ONIALOOUEB SENT FRISS ON APPLIOATAON. Morris-Feild -Rogers-Co ' LISTOWEL. SHORT STORIES RETOLD. A well known English poet, desirous of getting the laureateship, was bitter- ly complaining recently to a friend in a London .club of the conspiracy of si- lence that was waged by the critics against his poetical effusions. "How ought I to meet this conspiracy," he asked, "Join it," replied the friend. A Chicago man in Lexington, soon after Garfield's death, was talking of the bungling of the surgeons, when one of Lie Kentuckians present re- monstrated against the terrible treat- ment and its results "Well, a Ken- tucky surgeon would have done no better," said the Chicagoan. "You are right, sah," replied the other; "Kentucky surgeons know nothing about treating wounds in the back." A colored woman presented herself as a candidate for confirmation in the diocese' of Florida, and was required to say the Creed, the Lord's Prayer and the Commandments. She got through the first two fairly well, as somebody` had evidently been coaching her, but when it came to the last she bungled and hesitated. and then remarked in a confidential tone to the clergyman, "De fac' is, Mr Turpin, I hasn't been practicin' de Ten Commandments lately." To remove the constipated habit, the only safe treatment is a coarse of Ayer's pills, followed by a laxative diet. Most other cathartics do more harm than good, therefore leading physicians recommend Ayer's Pills, especially as a family physic. While the late Lord Coleridge was at Oxford, it was his duty as a Fellow to read the lessons in chapel, and one day he read, by mistake, the second lesson where he should have read the Bret. To conclude it in the orthodox way was hardly correct, as it was not the second lesson, but the first; nor could it well be described as the first lesson, as properly it was the second. A moment's hesitation supplied him with the appropriate word, `'`Here end- eth the wrong lesson." The late Lord Tennyson was not "'Credited : with much admiration for pictorial art. Lord John Russell met him on his return from Italy, and ask- ed how he enjoyed the pictures and works of art in Florence. "I liked them very much," said Tennyson, "but I was bothered because I could not get any English tobacco for love or mo- ney. A lady told me I could smuggle some from an English ship, if I heavily bribed the custom -house officers; but I didn't do that, and came away." THE PREACHER'S VACATION. The old man went to meetin', for the day was bright and fair, Though his limbo were very tottering, and 'twos hard to travel there; But he hungered for the gospel, eo he trudged the weary wad On the road. so rough end dusty, 'neath the summer's brirdifg ray. By-and-by be reached the building, to his scut a holy plane; Then ho paused, and wiped the sweat drops off hie thin and wrinkled face, But he looked around bewildered, for the old bell did not toll, All the doors were shat and bolted, and he did not see a soul. So he leaned upon hie crutches, and he said, "What does this mean?" And he looked this way and that, till it seemed almost a dream. He had walked the dusty highway, and he breathed a heavy sigh— Just to go once more oto meetin' ere the summons came to die. HE TELLS IT HIMSELF. A WEST OXFORD FARMER NARROWLY ESCAPES PREMATURE BURIAL—THE CAUSES OF HIS THREATENED FATE AND LUCKY ES- CAPE. InenasoLL, Oot. 8.—W. H. Bailey, of West Oxford township, claims to have only narrowly escaped premature burial a short time ago., He had had kidney disease for four years and so badly at times that he was completely laid np. Many doctors ' treated him, but their treatment .in Mr Bailey's opinion, made him worse rather than better. His escape from a premature grave was effected by the use of the infall- ^ ible Dodd's Kidney Pills. Three boxes of these cured him completely. Mr Bailey claims to be able no* to do a bigger day's work than hie twenty-four 'rev... old son. In W. R. le Fan-- s seventy Years .f Irish life is a reference to the .visit of George IV to Ireland in 1821, which was enlivened as much as a state visit may be, by the followingincident:— The king entered Dublin in an open carriage, drawn by eight splendid horses, and attended by a number of grooms and footmen in magnificent liveries. He was in military uniform, and constantly took off his hat, smiling and bowing to the people, who enthu- siastically cheered him. At one point a man close to the carriage stretched out his hand to the king and said, "Shake hands, your majesty 1" The king shook hands heartily. The man Waved his hand and called out, "Be- gorra, I'll never wash that hand again." After a dinner at Lord Dungarvan's (Lady Morgan writes in her dairy) I met the redoubtable Dan O'Connell. Dan is not brilliant in private life, not even agreeable. He is mild, silent, un- assuming, apparently absorbed, and an utter stranger to the give-and-take charm of good society. I said so to Lord Clanricarde, who replied, "If you knew how I found him this morning! His hall, the very steps of his door, crowded with his 'clientle.' He had a word or a written order for each, then hurried off to the law courts, thence to the Improvement Society, and was the first guest here to -day. Two hours be- fore he was making that clever but violent speech to Mr La Touche; and now no wonder that he looks like an extinct volcano." The poet Shelley tells an amusing story of the gag influence that lam u e "hard to he understood" exercises on the vulgar mind. Walking near Con- vent Garden, he accidentally jostled against, an Irish navvy, who, being in a quarrelsome mood, seemed in- clined to attack the poet. A crowd of ragged sympathizers began to ga- ther, 'when Shelley, calmly facing them, deliberately pronounced, "I have put myhand into the hamper, I have lookeon the sacred barley, I have eaten out of the drum. I have drunk and But he saw a little notice tanked upon the meeting door, So he limped along to read it, and he read it o'er and o'er; Then be wiped his dusty glasses, and he read it o'er again, Till his lips began to tremble, and his eyes begain to pain. As the old man read the notice, how it made his spirit burn! "Pastor absent on his vacation, church is closed till hie return." Then he staggered slowly backward, and he sat him down to think, For his soul was stirred within him, till he thought his heart would sink. So he mused aloud and wondered, to him- self soliloquized— I have lived to almost eighty, and was nev- er so surprised, As I read that oddest notioe, stiokin' on the meetin' door— Pastor off on a vacation—never heard the like before. Children cry for . Pitcher's Castoria. Why, when I first joined the meetin' very many years ago, Preachers travelled on the circuit, in the heat and through the snow; If they got their clothes and wittals ('twas but little cash they got) They said nothing 'bout vacatian, but were happy in their lot. Would the farmer leave his cattle, or the shepherd leave his sheep? Who would give there care and shelter, or provide them food to eat? So it strikes me very sing'ler, when a man of holy hands Thinks he needs to have vacation, and for- sake his tender lambs. Did St. Paul get such a notion? Did a Wesley, or a Knox? Did they in the heat of summer turn away their needy flocks? Did they- but their meetin', houses lust to= go and lounge about? Why, they knew that if they did, Satan certainly would shout. Do the taverns close their doors, just to take a little rest; Why, 'twonid be the height of nonsense, for their trade would be distressed; Did you ever know it to happen, or hear anybody tell, Satan taking a vaoation. uttin' up the doe rs_of-heilY- And shall preachers o' the gospel pack their trunks and go away, Leavin' saints and dyin', sinners git along as best they may? Are the souls of saints and sinners valued less than Belling beer? Or do preachers tire quicker than the rest of mortals here? Why it is I cannot answer, but my feeline' they are stirred; Here I've dragged my totterin' footsteps for to hear the Gospel word, But the preacher is a ' travellin' and jthe meetin' house is closed, I confess it's very tryin', .hard indeed. to keep oomposed. Tell me, when I tread the valley and go up the sbinin' height, Will I hear no angels singin'—will I see no gleaming night? Will the golden harps be silent? Will I meet no welcome there? Why the thought is most distraotin', would be more -than I could bear. NEWS NUiii S A young wan, son of 1t1r. Win. Doc- tor, hotelkeeper, Belleville, was break- ing in a vicious colt when the animal reared and fell backwards, crushing him so badly that he' only lived a few moments. George Appo, the green goods work- er, whose evidence against the New York police caused a sensation, was found with hie throat cut from ear to ear. He says that Mike Riorden, an- other green goods dealer, cut him. The men are out on bail. Rev. Leo. Gaetz, of Red Deer, N. W. T., formerly of London, is proposed as a candidate for the Patrons and Pro- hibitionists for the Northwest Assem- bly. It is doubtful, however, if he will accept. He is devoted to his pastoral occupations. By the death of Manson Harris, Brantford loses an old and respected citizen, and the Reform party a staunch supporter. Mr Harris and his two sons were successful manufacturers of agricultural implements in Beamsville, whence they removed to Brantford about a quarter of a century ago. Their business and that of the Masseys were united a few years ago, making one of the strongest trade combina- tions in the country. The Toronto grand jury, in the Ses- sions Court, in their presentment on Thursday afternoon, recommended that the lash should be used on men found guilty of indecent assault, and that there should be performed a sur- gical operation which would render the offender incapable of committing the crime again. Ask for Minard's and take no other. Mr Grundy, ate deputy registrar at Peterboro, nes gone to Chicago for a course of study at the Moody Bible In- stitute, his expressed intention being to devote his life to religious teaching. The Empire says he has done much work of a religious nature, which en- titles him to the respect of the people generally. Ada Midgley, aged 10 years, daugh- ter of Mr Peter Midgley, Chestnut avenue, Hamilton, died of diphtheria Friday. This is the third child of Mr Midgley's that has died in the last few weeks. Another• little boy is very low at the hospital with the same disease. Ada Midgley was up to the cemetery one week ago last Monday, putting flowers on her little brothers' graves. The parents are almost heartbroken, To what extent Spain is still under the influence of medieval laws and re- strictions which hamper its progress and development may be gathered from the fact that among other im- posts which the'taxpayeris called upon to flay is that entitled "The Crusado," which was originally instituted for the purpose of providing funds for the crusades, and which has remained in existence ever since. Its proceeds are now applied to the repair of churches, the payment of the stipend of the clergy and other ecclesiastic purposes. One of the most nutritious fruits is the banana. It is a fruit that posseses wonderfully sustaining properties and is now appreciated, yet years ago .in the warm countries where it flourishes, the- banana vas: _thpught.of so, lightly, that it was allowed to tvaste, if not eat: en by the cattle. The plant used to be valued simply as a shade for coffee trees, between rows of which it was planted. When in bloom the planta- tion is a sight of beauty, the buds and blossoms being gigantic affairs. Tell me when I reach the city over on the other shore, Will I find a little notice tanked upon the golden door, Tellin' me mid dreadful silenoe, writ in words that out and burn— Jesus absent on vaoation, Heaven closed till His return? ALL MEN Young, old or middle-aged, who find them- selves nervone, weak and exhausted, who are broken down from excess or over -work, resulting in many of the following symp- toms :—Mental depression, premature old age, loss of vitality, loss of memory, bad dreams, dimness of sight, palpitation of the heart, emissions, lank of energy, pain in the kidneys, headache, pimples on the face and body, itching or peculiar sensation about the scrotum, wasting of the organs, dizzi: nese, specks before the eyes, twitohing of the muscles, eyelids and elsewhere, bash- fulness, deposits in the urine, loss of will power, tenderness of the scalp and spine, week and flabby muscles, desire to sleep, failure to be rented by eleep, constipation, dullness of hearing, lose voice, desire for solitude, excitability of temper, sunken eyes, surrounded with LEADEN CIRCLES, oily looking skin, etc., are all symptoms of ner- vous debility, that lead to insanity, unless cured. The spring or vital force having lost its tension, every function wanes in consequence. Those who through abuse committed in ignorance, may be perma- nently cured. Send your address and 10o i•i stamps for book on diseases peonliar to man, sent sealed. Address M. V. LUBON, 24 Macdonnell Ave., Toronto, Ont., Canada. P1 lase mention this paper. Telegraph poles are now made of paper pulp, in which borax, tallow, etc., are mixed in small quantities. The pulp is cast in a mold, with a core in the centre. The paper poles are lighter and stronger than those of wood, and are said to resist the action of sun, rain and other destructive agents!much better. el IMii.r• 1,.�:_ fe2Neuf,a,1._11dicamts.i..:duY.-.S..." riY.at .;r_:.,;.__ :e^,':.. 1 e� �1 "THE PURITANS. Many changes and improvements mark the life of that little toilet necessary, yclept Pin. From the heavy pin of early days made of iron wire, badly pointed, with its clumsy ill shapen head, and depending for its strength solely on its weight, until the introduction of the Puritan Pin, the change might be called an evolution, so steady and gradual was it, but the Puritan being so immeasurably superior to any pin previously manufactured, formed the'moet noticeable gap, having, so to speak, distanced all com- petitors. In the United States where it is best known, it controls the pin trade, and though just introduced into Canada within the past six months, its success has been phenomenal, and no retailer who studies his customers interests now thinks his stock complete without Puritan Pins. When first we were at Abington (writes W. R. Le Fanu in his reminis. cences of Irish life) a peasant girl came two or three times to the rectory with a hare and other game for sale. My father, wishing to ascertain whether she came. by them honestly, .eked her where she got them. "Sure, your rav- erence," said she, my father is poacher to Lord Clare." Some years ago, a farmer sued an orphan asylum at Buffalo for injury to his sheep by a dog kept at the asy- lum. The case was tried in the county court, and the judge held as follows:— "I have carefully looked over the de- fendant's charter, and I find that it is not authorized to keep anything but orphans. Keeping a dog was there- fore, ultra vires, and it is not was, in this action." On one occasion, in a case as coun- sel, and questioning a witness, Sir Francis Johnson, afterward chief - justice of the Superior Court of Pro- vince of Quebeo, said: "I want to know did you see it done?" Witness—"No, I was not an eye -witness, but an ear- witness." "Ah," remarked Sir Fran- cis, "a near witness and not a nigh witness? That is what I call a distinc- tion without a difference." There is a story told of a colored girl who happened to meet a gentleman going down the street and who got on the same side of the narrow walk; then both started for the other side, and an- other collision was imminent. They then danced back and dodged again, when the colored girl suddenly stopped and said, "See heat, mister, what am dis gwine to be, a schottische or a waltz ?" i Kate Field's Washington tells of one John who was accused of soine offence against the laws, tried and found guil- ty. Some of his relatives attended the trial, but his mother remained at home. On their return she asked: "What did they do with John ?" "He was sen- tenced to State's prison for five years," was the answer. "Dear me 1" ejacu- lated the old lady; "why, how foolish that was—he won't be contented there half that time." John Lumsden, a farmer, living near Norwich, while .!riving home on Sat- urday evening, with a lead of apples, was throwp from his waggon and kill- ed. He vets married, with a fam'ly, and about 55 years old. Dr. Brennan, of Montreal, in a paper read before the American Health Asso- ciation, said tippling is disastrously prevalent among women in his city. He said that within four months he had seen four women, each the mother of several children and moving in good society, die from the direct effects of chronic alcoholism. The extent to which adulterants of food, drink and drugs are used is but little suspected by many people. The extent of this adulteration is estimated by the U. S. Agricultural Department at 15 per cent., the amount totalizing $1,014,000,000.a year, of which at least 2 per cent. is deleterious to health. The report of the Canadian Commis- sioner of Inland Revenue for the year ending June 30th, 1893, shows that of 850 samples analyzed 171 were found to be adulterated and 107 were doubt- ful. Of 77 samples of lard 33 were found to be adulterated and 6 doubt- ful; of'188 samples If milk only 120 passed as genuine; 83 tests of vinegar showed 34 adulterated and 7 doubtful; while 107 genuine samples were found in 119 samples tested. The chances are much more in favor of getting nn - adulterated malt liquors than pure food. When Westinghouse first obtained his patent on the air -brake, he man- aged to secure an introduction to Com- modore Vanderbilt, who did not deign to stop reading his letters while the inventor extolled the merits of bis de- vice. When he had spoken his little piece, Vanderbilt for the first time seemed to take notice of him, and, looking up, suddenly said, in his gruf- ' fest tones, "What's that you say?" So Westinghouse commenced all over, and when he finished he waited pati- ently for the verdict. Once more the old commodore raised his head long enough to jerk out, "What's that you say about air?" Westinghouse told him. Looking him steadily in his face, the old man replied in freezing tones, "That will do; I have no time to waste with a d—d fool." Discouraged, but not disheartened, Westinghouse left. Soon, however, many roads were using the brake and Westinghouse's fame and fortune were made° When that time had arrived, he one day received a letter from Commodore Vanderbilt asking him to call at the Central'e of - flee. Mr Westinghouse's reply was terse and to the point. He simply wrote, "I have no time to waste with a d --d fool." Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. HOW TO GET A SUNLIGHT PICTURE. Send 25"Sunlight" Soap wrappers wrap- per bearing the words "Why Does a Wom- an Look Old Sconer Than a Man")to -.AVE Boos., Ltd., 43 Scott St., Toronto, and you will receive by post a pretty picture, free from advertising and well worth fram- ing. This is an easy way to decorate yo t. home. The soap is the best in the marker and it will only cost lc postagelto send in the wrappers, if you leave the ends open. Write your address carefully. WALL. -STREET I. Operate . Successfully in Wall Street THROOGH OUR Co -Operative S. B. Stock Syndicate. Large Profits Realized with Minimum Risks. "Prospectus and Daily Market Letter" Mailed Free. HIGHEST REFERENCE. 47P'oinmai. & Co., Stock and Grain Broker. No. 41 Broadway, NEW YORK CITY. THREE HOME SEEKERS' EXCUR- SIONS. To all parts of the West and Northwest via the Chicago, Milwaukee c& St. Paul Railway, at practically half rates. Round trip tickets, good' for return passage within twenty days from date of sale, will be Bold on September 11 and 25 and October 9,1894. For furtherinformation apply to the nearest coupon tioket agent, or address A. J. Taylor, Canadian Passenger Agent, Toronto, Ont. CEDAR POSTS For sale cheap four hundred ill -class Cedar Posts at Clinton Station. Apply to JAS. KEANE, Clinton, or JOHN LANDSBOROUGH, Seatorth DO YOU WANT A First-class Step or Long Ladder 7 A Handy Wheelbarrow? A Splendid Churn, or anything of like nature? Then call on W. SMITHSON, a shop, No.7 Frederick St„ or E. Dinsley Will be at Dinsley's cornerevery Saturday afternoon - ROBERT -:- DOWNS, CLINTON, CASTOR IA tor. Ih aft Vi a. Children. 4 OTHERS, Do You Know that � •. X1 M8ataesla'0 Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, many so-called Soothing Syn.. moat raandies for children are composed of opium or morphine! D. Yes Enda, that opium and morphine are stupefying narcotic poisons ? Do Yon Know that in moat countries druggists are not permitted so welt narc. without labeling them poisons 1 Do Yon Know that you should not permit any medicine to be given your unless you or your phyeiclan know of what 1t is composed f Do Yon Know that Castoria is a purely vegetable preparation. and that a list of its ingredients is published with every bottle t Do Ton Know that Cantorla is the prescription of the famous Dr. Samuel Pitcher. That it has been In use for nearly thirty years, and that more Castoria is now sold than Of all other remedies for children combined ? Do Yon Know that the Patent Office Department of the United States, and of other countries, have issued exclusive right to Dr. Pitcher and his assigns to use the word "Castoria" and its formula, and that to imitate them is a state prison offense 1 Do Yon Know that one of the reasons for granting this government protection was because Castoria had been proven to be absolutely harmless? Do Yon Know that 35 average doses of Castoria are furnished for 35 Cents, or one cent a dose/ Do Yon Know that when possessed of this perfect preparation, your children may be kept well, and that you may have unbroken rest 1 Well, these things are worth knowing. They are facto. The fae-simile signature of is on every wrapper. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Manufacturer and Proprietor for the best iswa D[1,1 Dog In use. Agent forth esale and appli- cation of the flrFianza PATRNT AUTOMATIC Bones °MUNCR. STEAM FITTINGS furnished and app ed on shortnotice Bollnre, Engines, and all kinda Machinery repaired expeditiously and In asatisfactory *manner Farm implements manufactured and repaired Steam and water pumps furnished and put in poeitipn. Dry Kilns fitted up on application Charges moderate. S. WILSON, GENERAL DEALER IN TINWARE HURON STREET, CLINTON Repairing of all kinds promptly attended to reasonable rates. A trial eolietled. ALL THE WOMEN Are healthy some of the time, some women are healthy all the time, but all women are not healthy all the time unless they wash with a SEWARD :: WASHER Wo warrant the Seward Washer to cleanse any fabric that soap and water will cleanse. Now is the time to wash your carpets and lace curtains. Get a Seward Washer, manufactured by J. T. SEWARD, : Clinton, Ont AGENTS WANTED. in every town in Canada INSIST Upon having Featherbone Corsets. Refuse all substitutes: See they are stamped thus; PATENTED SEPT. 3rd, 1884. No. 20110. NONE ARE GENUINE UNLESS SO STAMPED. Hub Grocery •- Tea CLINTON MARBLE WORKS. COOPER'S OLD STAND, Next to Commercial Hotel. This establishment le in full operation and al orders filled in the moat satisfactory way Came tory and granite work a specialty. Prices se reasonable as those of any establishment SHALH it HOOVER, Clinton, lin Just arrived, a consignment of the celebrated BEE BRAND TEA, put in half pound and pound packages. This is the only package Te.,. put np where it is grown. The Bee Bran.r 1'ea is grown in the Palamcotta Gardens, Ceylon, and is no mixture, but,. pure Tea of very fine flavor and strength. This Tea took the first plane at the World's Fair, Chicago. We have the sole agency for this town. Come and get a sample and try it. CFO SWALLOW, Clinton 1 -t People Must Live• •-: And in order to do so they want the very best they tan get. We have anticipated their desire by purchasing the choicest GROCERIES, TEAS, SUGARS, CANNED GOODS, :FRUITS, 8zc. Having had 35. years experience,' think we know the wants of the people pretty well. Our stock embraces everything found in a first-class grocery, and we will not be undersold. We have a Beautiful Assortment of FANCY GLASSWARE and CROCKERY, Special Cuts on S1UGARS and TEAS in large lots J. W. Irwixi, Groper MACKAY BLOCK, -- - - CLINTON. OF ALL SHAMS. The Business College Sham is the most to be despised. Not every institutio dubbed Business College is worthy of your support. You will in all likelihood take a Business Course but once, therefore, why not select a School that has earned a reputation for practical conscientious work. The Forest City Business & Shorthand College, of London, stands head and shoulders above the average Canadian Schools—Graduate, everywhere successful—Catalogue free— Address carefully J. W. WESTERVELT, Principal. EVERY MOTHER WISHES Her children to be strong and healthy. All doctors agree that the "HEALTH BRAND" Combinations do more than anything else tb insure this. Lady Aberdeen writes to us strongly in fav Pr of the Health Brand. ,04 Ask, your dealer to show you these goods. i .You will never buy any other after se Ing them. THE M NTCEALSILkMILLSCo.", MONTREAL . 1