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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton New Era, 1894-10-12, Page 9THE C]. I TON ,NEW..ER. :.aALLVVAGON sumps To QAY l; dl .,AiiM 1110 ti/11:4; 1 r T3UTOHER SOPS. THE WAYS OF. JACK TAR. Clinton MUT Market j SUPERSTITIONS OF THOSE WHO GO aUSINE iS : CHANGE, The undersigned desire, to intimate that he has boughcheringgt out the interest of Mr Pouch, in the '"lately carred on uder the yle of FORDs& buiness COUCH. He twill eoutinue th 3 same at the old stand, and trusts by giving the closest and most careful attention to the busi- ness straf bttorward and courteous treatment to all, and handling only choice meat, to merit and receive a fair share of public patronage. All orders carefully and promptly filled EAD . HOULDERS I VERALLOTHERS ;iT ie one of the best Farm Wagkone mal1u- d being very strongly built, whbeen on the hile at thet for 60e Hume time adapted to all kinds of work, and is noted for its lightness of draft and easy running, Those vale have used them wilt use no other, while the trice at which it is sold is no more than would be paid for an inferior article. The undersigned g sole agenty for nepeetneighborhood. d athany t m© at his e shop gen may OLIVER JOHNSTON, BLACKSMITH ISAAC STREET, : CLINTON SNOW BAL.LWAGON CO.STGEO J. C. STEVENSON, —THE LEADING— UNDERTAKER —AND— EMBALMER. A FULL LINE OF GOODS KEP l it STOCK ThebestEmbalming Fluidused Splendid Hearse. ALBERT ST.,CLINTON Residence overstore. OPPOSITE TOWN HALL Mike JAMES A. FORD . j . Central ;:butcher Shop 1 DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS. Subsorlberdeslree to thaukthe public general. ly, for the patronage bestowed upon bite; and at the same time to say that he is now in a bot ter position than ever to supply the wants of all. As he gives personal attention to all the details of the business customers can rely on their orders being promptly and satisiaotorily filled. His motto is "good moat at reasonable prices." Choice . Sausage, Poultry, &c., in season. Cash paid for Hides, Skins, &o. JOHN SCRUTON, Albert St., Clinton, new ameeesweersen FLOUR AND FEED STORES. ®TmEice Cdr:,,. fly faa i 6°°P CIGAR'"'' Ie is Reeaalri . Equal`• I o:ally IMparted , -. Talk My Advlee°arlat p�l1l�.i5 e OT\ �ettin t_1iist 10.5ene 5p oice or5ortr tewo. �I,,iPIgE Co��,..-��: "rBt eco- lhot;i e: Flour, Feed & Seed Store The undersigned having formed a partnership, desire to intimate that they will keep on hand the very best FLOUR and FEED Of all kinds also tho choicest variety of Clover, Timothy & Small Seeds Which will be sold at close margins for cash, SALT also kept on hand. They will also keep a choice variety of all kinds of TEAS which con- sumers will find to be exciellent value, J. W. HILL HURON ST., CLINTON. COOK'S F our�Feed Store BRAN & SHORTS In large or small quantities. OIL CAKE and MEAL OF ALL KINDS. • 10 pounds Choice Oatmeal for 1 bushel of Oats. They Had Stranger Forms in Early Day. Than Are Now elanlfested—Stolon Wood Mortlsed Into the Keel to Make the Ves- sel Sail faster. Lieut. J. D. 3erroid Kelley gives an in- teresting ohapter of "Superstitions i6 the Sea" in the July number of the CtedturA After studying them fairly well, he doubts if modern sailors are more superstitious than any other class with equal training and 'opportunities. I believe that every- body is leaveued with superetition, he 'says, notably the noisiest scoffers, and those. mountebanks, the Thirteen Clubs, for these gentry protest too much. It seems to be a human instinct modified by racial inheritances and developments. In the youth of the world its manifesta- tions were the earliest recorded utterances of men concerning the visible phenomena of the universe, and Ha grip on simple words was an outgrowth of the fear of tale unknown. Of all people, sailors must deal at first hand, and helplessly to some degree, with the most unknowable, uncon- trollable of material problems, the sea, and it is only natural that their folk -lore should be, in part, land stories fitted with sea meaniuge, and in part blind explana- tions of sea phenomena,—both being main- tained valorously by the gruesome con- servatism of thoseaman, even after rational causes come to the rescue. In earlier days superstition was as much a part of every ship as the water she was to float in; for it entered with the wood scarfed into her keel, and climbed to the flags and garlands waving at her mast- heads; it ran riotously at her launching, contrciled her name, her crew, and car- goes; it timed her days and hours of sail- ing, and conveyed her voyages. It sum- moned apparitions for her ill -fortune, and evoked portents and signs for her pros- perity; it made winds blow foul or fair, governed her successful ventures and ar- rivale, and, when her work was done, promised a port of rest somewhere off the shpres of Fiddler's Green, where all good sailors rest eternally, or threatened foul Moorings deep in the uncanny locker of Davy Jones of ballad memory. In many countries etolen wood was mor- tised into the keel, as it made the ship sail faster at night; though if the first blow struok in fashioning this keel drew fire, the ship was doomed to wreck upon her maiden voyage. Silver (usually a ooin) placed in the mainmaststep went for lucky ventures, and misguided indeed was the owner who permitted any of the unlucky timbers to enter into the construction. $omething of the ceremonious character given to launchings survives to this day; whereas old ships were deoked with flowers end crowns of leaves, flags now flutter; the tib$ ion poured oa the deck, the purifioatiou by the priest, the anointing with egg and ettiphut, fend their exemplars in the well - Owed and wasted magnums which are battered on the receding out -water as the craft, released from the way e, Blips, well - greased, into the sea; the jar pp to his lips by the captain, and then emptied cm deck, the Oakes and ale set before the crew, the stoop of wine offered to passers- by on the quay, and the refusal of whioh was an evil omen—all: are -realized in. these.. sadder 1pstrums by the builder's feast in the mold -loft. Lawyers, olergymen and women are ever looked at with disfavor on sailing -ships as sure to bring ill-luck—lawyers, undoubted- ly, from the antipathy Of sailors to the plass, a dislike so pronounced that "sea - lawyer" is a very bitter term of reproach, end "land -shark" is a synonym. Clergy- men—priests and parsons—are unlucky, probably because of their blank gowns and their principal duty on shipboard—that of consoling the dying and burying the dead, —though possibly because the devil. the great storm -raiser, is their special enemy, and sends tempests to destroy them. Wo- men—who may reason out their nnpopn- larity?—save that a ship is the last place for them, or perhaps because of the dread of witches; for of all spell- workers in human form none is so dreaded as the female brewers of hell -broth. Like the priests of the middle- ages, they can raise a prime quality of storm by tossing sand or stones in the air, and, like Congrevo's &TISDAILL Lapland sorceress, lire supposed to live bs .9 1 selling contrary winds and wrecked vessels. Certain fatnilies could never got sea ern- BANKERS, rn- BANKERS, ployment under their own surnames, not even such members as were born with Q�i�i��°I' 93 rit?� 4.s b r' cauls, for they were tabooed, barred; and D. COOK, CLINTON. ren,miller Nursery BANKS. FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN PINE, The latter of which wo make a specialty. LARGE STOCK ON HAND, The above ornamental trees and shrubbery will bo Bold at very low prices, and those wanting any thing in this connection will save money by pur chafing here. Orders by Mailwill be promptly attendtrd to. Address, JOUR STEWART, _ Benmill®r. WOOD'S Y„RO,3PI-IODINI•;. The Great ]E',`nglish Remedy. Six Packages Guaranteed to promptly; and permanently euro all forme of Nervous Weakness, Enilsoiona,.Sperm- atorrhea, Impotenoyand ail effects of Abuse or Excesses, Mental Worry, excessive use Bore and Ll der. °f Tobacco, OP ium or Stfmu f cants, which soon lead to In- firmity, Insanity, Consumption and an early grave. Has been prescribed over 35 years in thousands of oases; 1s the only Reliable and honest Medicine known, Ask druggist for Wood's Phosph °dine; if be offers some worthless medicine in place of this, Melee° price in letter, and wo will send by return hail- Primo, ono package, 81; six, ea. One wilt pewee, aim will cure. Pamphlets free to any address, The Wood Company, Windsor, Ont., Canada. Sold in Clinton by ALLAN & WILSON, Druggists. The Molsons Bank. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855, CAPITAL, -- $2,000,000. REST FUND, J $1,175,000 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. J. H. R. MOLSON President. F. W. THOMAS,.,..Genoral Manager. Notes discounted Collections made, Drafts is- sued, Sterling and American exchange bought and sold at lowest current rates. Interest al- lowed on deposits. Er A.RM1ERfe Money advanced to farmer on their own note with one or more endorsers. No mortgage re- quired as security H. C. BREWER, {Manager. PEO. D. McTAG(AR1'. D0P1' ' DESPAIR arantee Dodd's Kidney Pills to cure any Bright's Disease Diabetes, Lumbago, y Rheumatism, heart Disease, Female les, Impure Blood—or money refunded. i$ .y all dealers in medicine or by mail on oa price, sci . per box, or Slit boxes $2.5o, L. Alf MATH & CQ•, Toronto. byte is founded upon reagent, and nu. doui,i`edly ocoure, for as rate like to pro*l about dry ectad, and will stiok to.one place ewe long ds food ie pit'. it ie peel?- able that the ship they leave is eo leoky and unseaworthy that their ander-deo, work too wet to suit thsltp. . -:.. • re,", BANKER ALBERT ST, - CLINTON. A general Banking Busines tt ansacted NOTES DISCOUNTED Drafts issued. Interest allowed on deposits. . Confusion as to the choice of a blood purifier is unnecessary. There, is but qne best Sarsaparilla, and tbat: is Ayer'e. This important fact was recognised at the World's Fair, Chicago, 1$83, being the only blood•pnrifier admited to be placed on exhibtion. There is a graveyard of royal doge connected with Windsor Castle. It would take a snail exactly four- teen dtys five hours to travel a mile. The wheat yield estimate is placed at 40,000,000 bushels for the season. The only quadruped that lay eggs is the Arnithorhynchus, of Australia. Pilgrim's Progress has been trans- lated into 203 dialects and languages. In Russia it was once the common belief that beardless men were soul- less. Mr J. Leckie Wilson has been se- lected as the Patron candidate for Glengary. October' 12, 1b94 THEY SAY that you can tell a good. workman by the tools he uses,' Certain it is that you can tell the ('xperi- u enced housekeeper by the Cuulkiug Range she selects. It is always the one that does the best work with the least fuel; that is, the best baker and most easily managed appropriately enough it is called the Happy Thought of wine ut Advances made to farmers on their own notes at low rates of interest. general tanking Business transacted Inte-a allowed on deposits. tle Notes bought J. P. TISDALL, Manage Clinton Planing ltlill —AND -- DRY KILN! The subscriber, having the very latest improved machinery, and employing the most skilled work - mon is able to do work in his line in the most satisfactory manner, at reasonable rates and on tho nhortost notice. A trial solicited FACTORY NEAR G.T R. STATION, CLINTON THOS. McKENZIE McKillop Mutual Fire/Insurance Co FARM Bc ISOLATEDINSURED PROPERTY ONLY OPrICRRB. D. Ross, President, Clinton; Goo. Watt, Vice Pros. Harloek; W. J. Shannon, Secy-Treas. Seaforth; M. Murdie, lnapoctor of Claims, Seaforth. DIRECTOR,. ,Tae. Broadfoot, Seaforth ; Gabriel Elliott Clinton; Joseph Evelio, Beechwood ; Thos. Car. hot, Clinton ; C, Gardiner, Lcadbury ; John Hannah ,Seaforth, AOICNTB. Thos. Neilans, Harlock; Roht. McMillan, Flee, forth; J. Cumiuga, Egmonavllle. Geo. Murdio, auditor. Parties desirous to effect Insurances or tran- aaot other business will bo promptly attended to on application to any of the above olI'icere &dreamed to their rospeoitvo offices THURSTON'S PURE MILK PUTTER CG. (PAraxrPn .Tmv ltrn, 1993,) New Process for Making Pure Milk Butter from the Pure Solids of the Milk. So Chemicals or EN.. trn Machinery Itcquired, This New Procoae will make two to three times the amount of Pure Milk Butter that can he rude by any other method yet invented, Therefore send stamp for lull particulate, also circulars of questions asked and answered. nrstol.e ;68 Aide Street East, Torontoi Oct., tinned? r Pure many animals—hares, pigs and black cats for example—could neither be carried nor mentioned on shipboard, save under very stringent conditions. Scarborough wives kept a black cat in the house to assure their husbands' lives at sea; but on voy- ages every black cat carried a gale in her tail, and if she became unusually frolic- some a storm was sure to follow. Years ago, on board the flagship Franklin, up the Mediterranean, we had a yarn that il- lustrated a survival of this antipathy to pertain forms of animal life. 'two old quartermasters were heard during the morning watch exchanging in the cockpit dismal experiences of their dreams the night before. One was particularly har- rowing, for the narrator wound up with, "And I say, Bill, I was never so afeared in my life; when I woke up it seemed as true as dtiy, and I was all of a tremble like an asp on a leaf," "What's that?" said the other. "Pipe down; don't mention that reptile; he's a hoodoo on shipboard." Figureheads were at first images of gods, and later of saints and sea herons, and were hold in high reverence, and the eyes glaring from each bow of a Chinese junk enable the boat to voyage intelligently— for "no have two eyes, how can see? No can see, how can do?" is the shibboleth of their sailors. Ships' belle were blessed, and to -day if a mistake in their striking is made by a stupid messenger boy, they aro struck backward to break the spell. In ono ship to which I was attached the bell had come down to us from the Ticonder- oga, through the Thetis, I think, and was supposed to be under the special obntrol of a blue spirit of mischief. ' by the blue spirit should indulge in sucu vagaries is hidden, but in the middle of deep sea nights, when the mood rode in an auspicious quarter, and the wind blew with the force, and from the direc- tion, necessary for the spell, the bine bell was bound to make a complete circle, and ring out nine bells stridently. Of course, no one ever heard or ought to hear, nine bells at sea, for eight bells are fixed in 'limit as the deealogue; but this was prom- ised. Whether the oonditions failed to oteordinate, I cannot say, but though the bell was watched by all sorts and condi- tions of n.en, the occult ceremony was never performed for our benefit, Is it necessary to add that by report it was a oofamon event in the other ships men - ltlliik nutter A Little DaltgMer Of a Church of England mini:':r cured of a distressing rash, l-, Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Mr. Rtcll:,T, BIRI S, the well-known Drug' ii;t, :McGill st., Montreal, P. Q., says: I have sold Ayer's Family for 40 years, and have heard noth:r.,- bi t good said of them. I know of L' i:. t_y Wonderful 4.2ze u performed by Ayer's Sarsaparilla, one in particular being that of a little daughter of a Church of England minis- ter. Tho child was literally coverr''. from head to foot with : red and e--- coedingly troublesome rash, fa in it! '.. she had suffered for two or three y t; n, in spite of the best medical available. Her father was in ri•en t distress about the case, and, at recommendation, at sleet been to ml minister Ayer's Sarsaparilla, two Iles of which effected a complete care, much to her relief and her father's delight. I am sure, were he here to -day, ho would testify in the strongest terms as to the merits of Ayer's Sarsaparma Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, plass. Curesothers,wiai ctgr^�.r.9a There is no other. "just the same" or "just as good," and the genuine "HAPPY THOUGHT" is sold only by New Store HARLAID BROS Old Stand AaokayBlock I Brick Block PICNIC PARTIES &Cold Lunches Canned Ideate, Roast Beef, Chipped Beef,. Tongue, Boneless Turkey, Duck and Chicken. CANNED FISH—salmon, Sardines, Lobsters, Fresh Herring, Kippered Herring, preserved Bloaters, Finnan Haddie. DRIED MEATS—Sugar Cured Ham, Canvassed Shoulder and Select Breakfast Bacon Just arrived in stook new may pinked Japan Tea, better valve than ever offered before. Also fine quality in Indian and Oeyion'e Blends, decidedly better valve than usually found in package Teas. In Fine Congous, Oolongs and High Grade Moyune, Young Hyson we can suit the most fastidious both in quality and price. Give us a trial, CROCKERY & &LASSW.ARE We offer 44 ieoe Granite Tea Setts $2 and $2.25. 07 piece Dinner Sete complete at . Granite Toilet Sets at $1.80. Cups and Saucers, Dinner, Breakfast and Tea Plates by the dozen, cheap. Special inducements forCaeh N. ROBSON, — Clinton MIN To our customers who have helped ns to make our last year the best in the history of the firm, we tender our best thanks, and assure them we will will spare no efforts to not only retain their trade, but to give them even better value for their money or produce than heretofore. We have just closed the purchase,of THANKS r•lr ONE CAR LOAD OF SUGAR Direct from Redpath's refinery (without doubt the best Sugar produced in Canada) which we will sell by the dollars worth or by the barrel at prices that cannot be beaten. TEAS, COFFEES, CANNED GOODS, FRUITS And everything pertaining to a first-class trade as low as the lowest. We believe we are within the mark, when we say our BLACK TEA at 50c a lb. beats the town. We have had a large sale of CROCKERY lately which has diminished our stock somewhat, but have a nice assortment arriving which we will be pleased to show intending purchasers. Call and get prices before buying. 1 • B:bies ought to be fat. Give the Thin Babies a chance. Give them Scett's Emulsion the Cream of Cod-liver Oil, with hypophosphites, and watch them grow Fat, Chub- by, Healthy, Bright. Physi- eians, the world over, endorse • it. Don't he deceived by Substitutes! Scott R Bowno, Belleville. All Druggists. boo. do $1, 111cMURRA.Y & WILTSE, NearPostOffce—CENTRAL GROCERY—Telephone 40 L.14tvolotalklismiliegItalimablis POWDERS Cure SiCK HEADACHE and Neuralgia in 20 MINUTES, also Coated Tongue, Dizzi- ness, Biliousness, Pain in the Side, Constipation, Torpid Liver, Bad Breath. to stay cured also regulate the bowels, VERY NICE TO TAKE. P02105 26 CENTS AT DRUG STORES. FOSTER Leave your crderm quick for those Pho- to's you intend mend ing to your friends PIS i We have just opened out a nice stock of Furs, and it will pay you_to call and see them, and find the price as we will sell them very cheap. DRESS GOODS We have reduced the price of several pieces of Dress Goods and they aro selling like hot cakes. Come ladies and secure a dress or two. BOYS' SUITS We have too many of these on hand, and have cut the price They are good vallrueepand will not stay long at present prices. BOOT&and. SHOES We will make the price to suit. Almost giving them away. A good upright wood burner STOVE for sale, also pipes and elbows. Highest price for Butter and Eggs. A trial solicited.; TAMS' EMPORIUM, IVIcLeod's System RENOVATOR AND OTHER Tested Remedies. SPECIFIC AND ANTIDOTE LONDESBORO R. ADAMS. For Impure, Weak and Impoverished Brod Dyspepsia, Sleeplessness, Palpa- tation of the Heart, Liver Complaint Neuralgia, Loss of Memory, Bronchitis Consumption, Gall Stones, Jaundice, Kid ney and Urinary Diseases, St. Vitae' Dance Female Irregularities and General Debility LABORATORY, OODERICH, O$T J. M. MoLEOD, Prop. and Mannfaotnrer old in Clinton by tLt I . QOM Ut send 9.LLANdi W1 Sash, Doo74k1.4ia Factory • : S. S. COOPER, Proprietor • • Owing to my increasing business, I am building -,an extensive addition to my promises, and also putting in one of 'the latest improved Patent Dry Kilns, and will then bo in a better position than over to fill all orders entrusted to me. We prepare plans and estimates for all kinds of residences, and dxecute contracts for the same on short notice, and in a workmanlike manner. We manufacture to order and also carry in stork all kinds of Window Sash, Door Fradnes, Blinds, Lumber, Lath, 8cc. Persona who intend to build will find it to their own interest to see mo before sodoing. S. S. COOPER, Clinton LAME BACK HEURALGiA,R'LEURISY,SCIATICR CURE' EVERY TIME AND RHEUMATISM HE "D.& L': MENTHOL PLASTER lJis D. S