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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1894-12-19, Page 15-aims iirQpposits* lattenbury l3uuse, r ••• -' �ictora Street, - - Clinton. RELIABLE HORSES, MODERN RIGS, REASONABLE RATES. Large or small orders receive every care and courteous at- tention. JAES BEATTIE, ProrietoL SEA ON NIGH PRICES Coats' Fruit Store Next Watts' Drug Store. 4 lbs. Mixed Candy - - 25e. 3 lbs. Fancy `G 25e. 11b. Cream Chocolates 15e. 11b. French Cream - - 15e. New Figs - - - Dates - - - Grapes Oranges - 15 and 20c. doze Soda Biscuits, 3 lb. Boxes 20e. - 10e. - 1.0e. 20c. Baltimore Oysters, Fish, etc. Give us a call, we will be glad to see YOU. Fruit and Confectionery Store, Cheapest Place In Town. WEODINtr CAKES DOME N.1RN, Quo. ]u r.4 fo1lwre. About 111! I�1t1 xlligure fn Ya sbtonpbbt Life, The moat Costly single item in the well conducted wedding of to -day is the cake without the proper amount of which, saya The New York Evening Sun, no self-respecting. woman would dare call herself bride. It is made as of yore, by the good old-fashioned black cake receipt—very heavy, rich and dark ; but no bride of any up-to-date- ness has a large and formidable iced confection of this kind at' her wedding. The stately centerpiece has been broken up into small boxes of watered white paper or silk, tied with ribbons and stamped with her monogram. These are placed so conveniently at the wedding that every guest may secure ono as a souvenir. and those at a distance expect boxes of cake by ]nail as the conven- tional adjunct to the invitation. All this costs the bride's family full $100 and more when they arrange it for her in anything like good style. The most ap- proved cake boxes are about three and a half inches square, with an attacb.ed litting lid. They are either covered with polished cream white paper or white satin. The paper boxes, when filled with cake that is first wound in waxed paper and then tin foil, tied with ribbon and stamped on the lid with the initial letters of the bride and groom in gold, cost $65 a hundred. Te white satin boxes ought not only to bear the monogram in gold or silver, but on the lid must be tied a bit of orange blossom, and the confec- tioner charges just $1.25 for each of these daintily prepared packages of cakes. There are brides and their fami- lies who not only satisfy the convention al demands of their friends by distribut- ing at the wedding reception and through the mail, to absent ones the costly trifles, but have as well at home a cake for cutting. The vast structures of elaborate icing on a broad expanse of the delect- able, indigestable sweetmeat are con- sidered out of taste, and now the bride, when she orders, mentions a ten -pound cake. This is not large, and is iced simply with a wreath of small orange blossom sprays about the entwined ini- tials in silver of the contracting parties. Whet We Are Ceasing To. British Matron—There is not much breast on this chicken. Tradesman (member of a vigilance society)—You will oblige me, ma'am, by calling it chest—not breast. The Auntrelian L, dyblyd. The black ladybird of Australia, which was introduced into California two years ago to exterminate the black scale and like orchards parasites, has not belied his reputation. To these pests it has proved so relentless an enemy that in some parts of the state, notably Santa Barbara country, scarcely any insect life remains for the sustenance of the ladybird. Trees which two years ago were covered with the secretions of the scale, which, in fact, seemed irremedi- ably ruined, are now clean bright and vigorous. "It is difficult," says an ex- pert, "to place a p:cuniary estimate on the eney of the black scale. In one respect, however, the saving in spray- ing and fumigating will probably re- present $100,000 a year to the horticul- turists of California. Ono fruit -grower alone has of late been compelled to ex- pend from $3,000 to $5,000 per annum for this purpose, while there are four or five growers in Los Angeles county alone who each pay out an average of $10,000 annually in battling with the black scale. All this will be saved, for the little beetles costs nothing. Then, in addition to the economy, the trees will be more healthful, and consequently will bear more plentifully and a better quality of fruit. The officers of the Board of Horticulture are satisfied that the black scale is doomed, as was the cotton cushion, and aro now turning their attention to the discovery of a parasite that will war on the red scale, which is causing much annoyance and loss to orange -growers of the south." Derivation of "prase Widow." The phrase "grass widow," or rather "grace widow," for the first has no foundation in fact, and is simply a bar- barism, or fungus, which has attached itself to the English language. "Grace widow" is a term for one who becomes a widow by grace or favor, not of neces- sity, as by death, and originated in the earlier ages of European civilization, when divorces were granted but seldom, and wholly by authority of the Catholic church. • When Buell decree was granted to a woman the papal rescript stated "Vidu- ca de gratia," which interpreted is "widow of grace." In the law of the French it would read "Veuve de grace," which is in England gives "widow of grace," or "grace widow." In this novel and exceedingly interesting paper, Judge Turpie also makes again public two important historical facts : That the whole system of law in rela- tion to marriage and divorce originated in the Roman church, and that French was the official language and court ver- nacular, not only in England, but of western Europe, during this period of ecclesiastlttl ascendency." — Indian- apolis Ne The Outcomes of a Ranh 'Vose. "Why did she refuse him?" "Xie thought too much of himself." "That is better than thinking too little of himself. I shouldn't think she would have refused him for that," "Welt, you see, he thinks himself the best man in the world, and she had said she wouldn't Marry the best man in the world." ENCING THIS W�EK�� We will, offer TE GREAT'" BARGAINS IN �XMAS PERFUMES Ever offered in Clinton, These goods are all new, from the best ENGLISH, FRENCH AND AMERIC.r3N MAKERS. Our expensive goods are all put up in BEAUTIFUL SATIN LINED BOXES And in the latest design of CUT GLASS BOTTLES. —LOOK AT THESE PRICES:o...►- Our $3.00 Bottles this week for X1.75 " 2.00 " GG GG 1.75 1.00 GG GG GG GG ii GG 1.25 1.15 75 THESE PRICES - FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. Call and examine goods and compare prices and quality. We guarantee to sell you these Perfumes in single bottles at what they actually cost us in large quantities. We have no cheap, trashy goods. JAS. g. COMBS, - Chemist and Brllggist, ONT. ..CLINTON, . . Wishing You A Merry Christmas. A FULL STOCK of NEW GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAY TRADE. NEW RAISINS, CHOICE BLUE FRUIT, Select Valencia Raisins in boxes, %boxes and % boxes. New Currants in Cases, highest grades at lowest prices. Fresh Peels—Oranges, Lemon, and Citron. Essences and Extracts of all kinds. PURE SPICES. CANDIES, NUTS of all Kinds. ORANGES, LEMONS, FIGS, DATES. 97 Piece Dinner Sets at $6.75 120Gi. 44 44 $10.00 China Tea Sets at $4.75 Fancy Toilet Sets at Cost. Call and see our Fancy Chinaware for Christmas Presents. An End- less Variety, Cheap. X -- In TEAS, COFFEES, COCOAS, &c.. We stand unrivalled. A trial will. convince you. WE SELL THE BEST GOODS AT THE LOWEST PRICES. KOBSON, Albert Street, --cure rote --