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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1898-09-02, Page 4loses September 2, 1898 NI.NI T�RUN -*' THE CLINTON NEW ERA Y i Annual Convention of the W.C.T.U. TORONTO FAIR CLINTON to TORONTO And iteturn.... $2.00 Good going Tuesday, August 3t)th and any day during the Fair, ret urnin;; ally time up to Monday, September 12th. Next Harvester's Excursion to Manitoba and Dakota points, Sept. 13. Fare for the round trip �� For tickets amt all irrfora,ation apply to P, R. HODU ENS, Town Agent, O.'t' It., ('lin on dear AitiOertiSeillellifi What wt say--`iilr et dock..o...... .. ... huge 1 '1'hr know how—PB Cr( w, ( u busine-s-- Cooper .@ C r 1 1 rder- W L Ouinrr•Itr'... ...... 3 Teacher tt anted—\V Hill 5 Girl wanted—airs W U Dot arty,.. Notice- Uro ..... .. .. b Farmers, attr ration—flour-lcc; & Uibl iugs Pigs rot -ale - T t' Pickard... . .. How to make money- Ficd Hun, bit ll Apple, Vain( -'row!. AGil. wrkiss. Slater shoe..—Jackson Bios . ........ Optician -\V Depart mental store- Jackson Bros Mantles for fall—H r1genr Bros... ... Boys wasted --N F.W Ea \ . Biggest and be -t nlotk—Tat for (Hinton 9Pa FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 18115 We -4 Huron and several other elec- tion trials have been indefinitely post- poned. The other day a woman in London had her jaw broke by the kick of a horse. Is not the inference so plain that comment is unnecessary? The trade returns for the past year show that Great Britain took from Canada goods to the value of over $104,787,000, leaving a batan ce of trade in our favor of about $72,OOt),(I0O. W. T. R. Preston has given op his -.- position as Librarian at the Parliament Buildings, Toronto. It was wort h $1C00 a year. It is said he is after the Mayor ality of Toronto. He's a hustler when he gets going. The London News, referring to our tem of last we( k, concerning the mace and its uses, in parliament, offers a de - .fence of it, on the ground that its po• sition indicates whether the House is in committee or in session. There's an _aa3ier way of telling than t his. If the House is in session, the speaker is in he chair; if in commit tee, he is not. Dean Carmichael, of Montreal,at one time rector of St. Paul's chin ch, C'lir- t'in, in a sermon on the plebiscite us( d these words:— "I hope from the bottom of my heart that the plebiscite will go dead against the traffic. Never once have I been liquor do good, morally, socially er econotnicn)ly, and I dread to go hack in memory and think how often I have seen it do evil. I have neverseen the traffic do good in a ministry close on forty years, and conscientiously I,as an individual, will vote against it, thankful for the opportunity of doing 00." West Huron. The Toronto Star of a recent date, lays: "West Huron, one of the historic ridings of the province, will shortly be called upon to select a candidate for the Domin- ion House, in plane of Mr. M. C. Cameron, recently appointed Lieutenant - Governor of the Northwest Territories. his'•ie; one of the close constituencies, where neither party has much to boast of, { and this fact will no doubt have its in- fluence in the selection of the candidates. On the Liberal side the namee of several persons are mr ntioned, ell of whom are no doubt good and eligible men. Among these Mr. 11 Holmes, editor of the CLIN- TON NEW Ert.,, and Mayor of the town, has been mentioned. He bas been BO prominently before the public that he has more or less of a provincial reputation, and without lessening the claims or merits of any of the other possible aspirants, it !' "o must be said that ]dr. Holmes would make a strong candidate, and the constituency electing hlrn would secure a member of which it would have reason to he proud." It is a source of satisfaction to the editor of this paper to know Ih•tt he so en largely enjoys thegood i y g d will of his jour- nalistic confreres, at least. The coming convention on the 12th;, an important one in many respects, dna great care will require to he ex- ercised in the selection of a candidate, whether it should happen to be the editor of this paper, or some one else. There should not be any division of Ylt etnength, for there's no room for it in this riding, but it will require diplo- macy, tact and fairness to avoid it. Local Suggestions. NEW ERA readers who may goont of -town on vacation or prolonged visits have the paper n e sent o r " tdesired � P P any address without additional charge. Remember this citizens: the more money keptin ourcommunity the more there is in circulation. It is the dollar that remains here and passes from hand to hand that does the most good, foot the dollar sent elsewhere never to return. We will take it as afavor of our read• ere when buying of our advertisers, will mention to them the fact they saw • their advertisement in the NEW ERA. Weare always ready to do you a favor • when we can. Now ib the time to re- eiproeate the NEW ERA. Mr. J. F.Monok has beenappointed ynrlibr Judge of Wentworth County. matte workmen were drowned off a cafttbdian dredge in the Gallops Rapids. *,Arad' Moon, the thirteen -year-old son f Mr. George Wilson of Merriton, . hag /teen missing Since August 17th. (rood Attendance—InterestingProceedings. On Thursday and Friday, Aug. 25111 and 2t11h, a number of delegates froth the different W. C. '1'. C'.'s throughout the ('aunty of Huron met in the Tem- perance Hall at Goderich, it being the occasion of their first annual conven- lion. At 1.30 p. in., Aug. 25t h, execu- tive Inet in Temperance Hall and ap- pointed Miss Nellie Colborne and Miss Flossie Colborne to act as pages, who were then introduced to t he con yen I ion. The Cor. Sec. presented the Pr esident's and the Cor. Sec.'s account for the year, which were both ordered to be paid. The following committees were struck:—Plan of Work —Mrs 0 ich, Clint on; Al re Ross, Wiugharr, and Mrs Colborne, Goderich. Resolu- tion —Mrs McLean, Seaforth; Mrs Ach- eson, Goderich, and Mrs Gillespie. Winghum, Finance—Mrs Elford, of Hr lInesville; Mrs ..,tevenson and Mrs Seale, Clinton. Convention opened at 2 p. rn. by de- em renal exer cvses, conducted by Mee McGillicuddy, of (;oder ich, after which Miss J"b-.Iter, County Pt es„ called the convention to order. The Rec. Sec. then read the minutes of the organize, tion meeting held at Wir)ghant on the 01 h of Sept eII) ber of last year, also 1 he minutes of rho executive. The report was adopted by the convention. The President then introduced Mrs M. 11, Thornley, Provincial President, to the Convention, receiving her by all rising to their feet. The TreOSnrer' report was then read by Mrs Stevenson, of Ctintciri, but ow- ing 10 110 absence of the Treasurer in England, the report was ordered to he corrected, Mrs McLean's reports of the superintendents of departments trete then Submitted as follows:—.Cnr- few Bell, Mrs M. Y. McLean, Seaforth; work among sailors and fishermen, Mrs Holland, Goderich: railroad work, i\1rs ("rich, Clinton; press, Mrs 1,1cGilli- cnddv, Goderich; unfermented wine, Mrs Young, Blyth: Band of Hope and Medal Contest, Mrs McFaul, Seaforlh; lumbermen, Mrs Acheson, Goderich. Mrs'McLean reported only one Union having secured the Curfew Bell ordi- nance; Seaforth obtained the law in 189 t, having find it in successfol opera- tion for four years, and reports it a great benefit in keeping the children If the streets. After singing the clox- c y the convention adjourned to mC, in the evening, at the Public Platform meeting. At S p. m., County Pres. Miss Fisher presiding, the even- ing meeting opened with the hymn, "All hail I he Power of Jesus' Name," and Rev Mt' Godwin led in prayer. 'rhe delegates were t hen welcomed t o the town by Mayor Thc mpt on, and the greetings of I he Goderich \V. 0. T. L , were extended by Mrs McGillicuddy, the local President; Mrs Clarkson, Sea- fot 111, responded in an exceedingly pleasing Manner, Mr Will Stoddart delighted the audience by singing a s_r1o, A brief speech by Mr J. Wilson, and Mr•s•Thornley held the audience spell- bound while she cleverly told of the bondage of strong drink, and asset led that many a drunkatd would vote for prohibition, and to her knowledge there were those who were struggling against an inherited appetite and were wor king earnest ly for the plebiscite in c'ormnittee meetings and otherwise. Then why have we not prohibition ? Why is not the great bulk of Christ ions wit h us ? Several reasaus were given among 01 hers—too many liked a little themselves—the monetary hindrance —1 he party hindrance. There were such slaves to Party that no matter what the candidate was like he must be sustained if he was of the right side of politics. unfortunately Judge Doyle was out of town on urgent bus- iness, or the audience would have been treated to a good straight prohibition speech, Rev J. A. Anderson was the next speaker, and called the attention of the audience to the fact that the Li- quor Traffic. had caused more crime, more desolated homes, more broken- hearted wives, and neglected poverty- stricken children than any other evil in existence. A hymn was then sung, and Rev Mr Wilson pronounced the benediction. Friday, 9 a, m., a mass meeting .of the children was opened by the County Pres. by prayer, and the singing of a hymn, when Mrs Thornley won the hearts and the hearing of the children by her simple, earnest address abound- ing in narrative in order to convey tr uth and desire to be brave, true and good, to her hearers. At 9.30devotional exercises were con- ducted e by Mrs Crich, Clinton, when the convention was again called to or- der by the Pres. The Sec. read min- utes of previous meeting, Mrs Thorn- - ley being requested to take the chair. The Pres. then read her annual ad- dress, which was much appreciated, and received the thanks of the conven- tion. The election of officers for the ensuing year look place, Mrs Acheson, Goderich, and Mrs Gillespie,Winghatn, being appointed tellers. The result was as follows:—County Pres., Miss K. M. Fisher, \Vin ham; Vice. Pres., Mrs Geo. Acheson, Goderich; Rec, Sec., Mrs D. McGillicuddy, Goderich; Cot•. Sec., Mrs Ross, Wingham; Treas., Mrs M. Y, McLean, Seaforth. Prayer by Mrs Thornley;t he convention then adjourn- ed to meet at 2 p. m, School of methods at 2 p. m. opened by devotional exercises, when, after reading of minutes, a paper on medal contests was react, by Mrs McGillicuddy of Goderich. An excellent paper on juvenile work by Mrs Ross, of Wing - ham. and one on lnnihernren's work by Mrs Acheson, Goderich. A very interesting parliamentary drill was given by Mrs Thornley, occu- pying one hour. The subject was— should honorary members he admitted to full membership in the W. C. T. U. A lively discussion took place arnong the delegates for and against; one lady thought it time enough to admit them when men extended equal suffrage to worsen, The finance com. recommended the holding of medal contests and parlour meetings to help the treasury, The committees then reported, the rasolntion committee bringing the fol- lowing resolutions: - 1 That we pledge cut selves to hold, as far as possible, a weekly mother's meeting, until the plebiscite vote is ta- ken. 2 That each local union, if possible, arrange for one medal contest before the vote is taken. 3 Th'tt where local plebiscite asso- ciations are not; yet formed our socie- ties see that immediate steps are taken to gather all interested in prohibition, 1 hal, an organization may he formed without delay, and that our unions heartily co-operate with the plebiscite associations already formed. 4 That Sunday afternoon plebiscite meetings in the open air or in an un - denominational hall be arranged for, good speakers, music and recitations being provided. 5 That every Union endeavor to se- cure the enact !Bent of the Our few Bell bylaw in their municipality. and that woman voters lo' requested not to sup- port municipal officers who are avowed opponents of the Curfew Act. 0 The:, the delrgttes here assembled pledge themselves to take immediate steps towards organizing Bands of Hope in connection with their societies 7 That our County adopt, and would urge upon the local workers hearty support of 1110 proposed "\V. C. T. U. ten cent missionary fund." Further, that the appeal for contributions he not confined to our membership, but he made as widely as possible to the Christian public. 8 That during the year, in addition to the affiliation fees, each union in the County pledge itself to contribute to the fonds of the county where possible $2 or more. if That' we convey the thanks of this Huron Woman's Christian Temperance -Union Convention now assembled in Goderich, to the billeting committee and the friend, in Goderich who have so kindly received and entertained us, to the soloists and accompanist, judges of medal contest, to the local choir, to our County President and to all who have in any way contributed to the snceess of the convention, particularly to the friend Mrs Dr., Tamlyn, Wing - ham, for the beautiful comfort hag do- nated. 10 That the Secretary he authorized to have these resolutions type -written, and that a copy he sent to each local union that they may have them to re- fer to and act upon.. SPECIAL WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR, Five hales of clothing and bedding sent to fire sufferers in Prescott and Russell. Comfort bags were sent to lumber camps, with plebiscite litera- ture for distribution. Three temper- ance lecturers were brought into the county during the year, and held pub- lic meetings at various points. Boxes for literatureha'v e been placed in rail- way stations, barbershops and livery stables. Correspondence We are not responsible for anything what ever that appears under this heading. The Burning Question To the Editor of the New Era. I see by your last issue the prohibition controversy is not ended yet. A few thoughts have been suggested to my mind which lease allow metoexpress through h pxp s ug your valuable paper. It may not be amiss to explain to our anti -prohibition friends some of our reasons for "branding" them as anti -temperance people. Mr Marquis points to his work as a S. S. teacher as proof of his being temperance in sentiment. Now Mr Bezzo, being no doubt in ignor• ance of that fact, naturally judged him by his published statement to the effect that he wanted the traffio for the sake of the revenue. There is a grave inconsistency in teaching total abstinence and still want people to drink that the revenue may be sustained. To prove Mr Marquis anti• temperance is not hard. The license law as it stands to -day is a liberty on the part of the vendor to sell to hie customer all he wants, and the customer has the same legal right to buy an unlimited quantity, so every person in Canada has a right to get drunk according to law; the drunkard is the finished prodnot of the law. I am sure this is anything but temperate; we most either have license or prohibition, and he that is for one is against the other. God's word says "No drunkard hath eternal life abiding in him;" then every drunkard is on the road to hell, and as it is lawful to get drunk, he is going to hell according to law. As law is only the orystalization of the principles of its upholders, it fastens the responsibility of this awful state of things on the legalizer. It may be argued that they will b t lost anyway; maybe they will, but not according to law. It seems to me a very mean thing for a total abstainer to prate about the revenue. Every dollar of the $7,000,000 of revenue, together with t the mach larger amount that goes to sup- h port the people in the traffio in luxury, d comes out of the pockets of our own people, those who drink most contribute the moat toward it. Every citizen should pay an equitable share toward the legitimate ex- pensestof the government, and shall we' ask the miserable drunkard to pay not only his own share but ours also? For my part, if I had the power to hinder it, I would be ashamed to fasten the responsi- bility of government expense on hungry and ragged children and broken-hearted wives, who cannot help themselves because of their bread -winners' love for drink. What we contribute toward customs dues is for comforts, what they contribute is for miseries. But taking a purely selfish view of the case,'does it pay. If Mr Marquis owned all tie cows in Canada and fed them $28,000,000 worth of fodder each year and received $7,000,000 worth of milk in return, how long would it take him to get rich? The diminution of revenue is only a small item anyway. A few years ago Hon. Mr Foster took part of the duty oft sugar, which diminished the revenue three and ono half millions, and Canada hardly noticed it. The fallacy that a pro• hibitory law is a substitution for the Gos- pel was practically answered by Mr John B, Gough. When lie went to Scotland to preach temperananoe some people said, "What good will you do by that, you're throwing your breath away; preach Christ to them and then they'll be temperate." He replied, "I'll preach temperance to them and then they'll want Christ." Be did so, founded some temperance societies and within a year they saw their need of the Gospel, built a chards of their own ao- oord and invited a mini Iter. We entreat all those who believe the traffio to be an evil, in the name of God, home and eoan- try, to rally around the prohibition banner and not only oast your vote for it, but do your beet to give it a fair trial afterwards. We believe it to be our duty sometimes to go against our own convictions of what is best. Let me illustrate. At the battle of Waterloo some of the British soldiers, as hey saw their comrades swept down by undreda, impatiently murmured "wby on't he let us at them," and as the de. struction went on, repeated the murmur with growing impatience. Now if these soldiers had refused to fight with the rest because they thought Wellington's method of warfare the wrong one, Waterloo, in- stead of being the glory of the British arms, would have been to the praise of the enemy, and a great oause would have been lost. Those who are indifferent to the de- vastation caused by the hydra-headed monster of iniquity, we pity, but those who only differ as to the beat means of getting rid of it we say, fall into line with the majority of those who have the oause of humauity at hr art; do your beet to give their way a fair ohanoe, then if it fails will be your ohanoe to suggest a remedy that will recommend itself to the majority. The greatest argument against a prohibitory law is that itwon't proh bit. Now if it is enforced it will prohibit if there are enough temperance people to enforce it well. Some people think it dishonorable to pros - acute a law breaker unless they are the parties sinned against. This is exceeding- ly selfish. If we "loved our neighbor as ourselves" we would be as quick to guard his interests as our own, and especially as the maintenance or repeal of a law would depend on its enforcement or nonenforce- ment, we should feel personally respon- sible for ite enforcement. In the Mosaic dispensation those who witnessed an in- fraction of the law were required to give evidence and oast the first stone; "thus shalt thou put away evil from among you." This clearly shows the individual's respon• sibility toward good government. There is a disposition to be lenient to offenders which we admire in some ways, but we be- lieve it to be a wrong principle. Paul save, "He that ruleth, let him do it"—not with comparison or leniency, bat "with dili• genre." Shouldn't the patriots of this generation be willing to in; ur a little odium that the next generation may grow up un- trammelled by the curse. It seems to me it would be a little like One who was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we ttrough His poverty might be rich. There is no danger of any trouble, about our being able to make oider•apple-sauce or cider - jelly, as these haven't anything to do with the liquor traffic. Regarding the compen sation question, I would refer to a most lucid and convincing article issued by the Dominion Alliance. Respectfully asking Mr Editor to publish either in whole or in part as he thinks proper the leaflet here enclose?, Faithfully yours, Bcnmiller, Aug. 30. A. E. ALLIN [The leaflet in question has been scatter. ed broadcast through the riding, and there- fore should be in the bands of every voter, —En. NEW ERA Coming and Going. VrsITOR8 TO AND FROM CLINTON AND VARIOUS OTHER PERSONAL NOTES. We shall be glad to have contributions to this column front any of our readers. If you have visitors or purpose going away yourself, drop in and tell us, or seed us a note to that effect. • H. E. Hodgens is away on a trip to New - York. J. C. Gilroy left last week on a trip to Regina, Mrs Wilbur Manning is visiting at Exeter. Mise Tillie Akam is visiting friends at Windsor. Miss Combe bas returned from her Du• luth trip. Miss Kate Gibson, Toronto, is visiting friends here. Rev. A. Tiffin and wife, of Walton, have been visiting at Mrs. Jas. Lindsay's. Miss O'Neill, who has been out as far as the coast, has returned to town. Harry Cluff, son of T. Cluff, formerly of Clinton, is visiting his friends here. Mise Mamie Smith, of Petrolia, was the guest of Clinton friends this week. Mise Laura Olson is visiting Mr Voting on the Lake Shore, Goderich township. Misses. Emma Smith and Etta Agnew spent a few days in Lucknow this week. Miss Edna Copp returned home on Sat- urday, after' a week's visit in Brucefield. Harry Thomson, of the 16th, is packing apples for D. Cantelon, down in Kent. Miss Maggie Carling, of town, has re- turned from a visit to relatives in Exeter. Eph. Btll leaves next week on a trip west, and will take a lot of stock with him. Merry. Geese -?nn, of Mount Forest, was calling on old Clinton friends on Tuesday, • Mrs. Ed. Christie, of Exeter, was the guest of Mrs. L. Carling during the past week. Mrs. McIver and children, of Clinton, are at present the guests of Mrs.McDougall, Kippen. Robt. Slater and wife, of Blyth, were the guests of Jas. Stevens, base line, over Sunday. Mrs. E. A. Kennedy, Torcuto, who has been visiting her sister Mrs. Prout, left for home yesterday. Miss Anna Campbell has returned to To- ronto after spending her vacation in Clin- ton and vicinity, Will McNaughton, who has been spend• ing a holiday at home, returned to Detroit on Wednesday. Dr. Roache, of Detroit: spent part of last week in town the guest of his aunt, Mre. Robert Biggart. Miss Minnie 1tudd, who has been visiting her sister at Marlette, Mich., returned to town on Monday. Sheltie Clement, who has been home for a holiday, returned to his studies at Mon- treal, on Monday. R. Holmes ie this week attending a meeting of the Canadian Press Associa- tion ab Toronto. Mre. Moser and Mre. Ashbury, of Blyth, have been visiting at the home of James Stevens, base line. Mre. T. Cottle and niece, Miss H. Mac- kenzie, have gone to visit friends in Toron- to and Bowmanville. John A. Cooper, editor Canadian Maga- zine, was in town last week in connection with his father's estate. Fred. Levan, for some time in the NEW ERA employ, hes taken a position with Simpson & Co. Toronto. Mre George Rourke was called to her home at Mount Forest, on Saturday, owing to the illness of her father. Miassafinnah Smith, who has been visit- ing friends in Whitby for the past three months, has returned home. Mise Laura Weston, Goderioh township, has gone on a visit to friends at Grand Valley, Shelbourne and Orangeville. The wife of Dr Hamlen, of Detroit, has been the guest of her cousin, Mies Graham, other d t n her friends in this vioinit Y• Mies Worthington, who has a school near Sudbury, returned thereto on Friday, being ticketed through by W. Jackson. Mies Carrie Akam, who is visiting at Se- bringville, wheeled horse on Friday, accom- panied by Mise Yew, of that place. eoming and Going Fred Leavenworth, who has.been spend- ing a month at the home of his uncle, R. Holmes, returned to Solon, 0,, on Satur- day. Mrs Chas. Mason, of Stapleton, has re- turned home after spending several weeks visiting relatives in Toronto and London. Her health is greatly improved by the change, Mr G. Murray and daughters, Mary, Maggie and Bell, of Clinton, were in Hen- sen on Wednesday last, calling at Mrs Sb irr ay's. Mrs Thos. Moon, of the town of Perth, who has been spending a couple of weeks among her old friends here, returned home on Monday. J. C. Hoover, of Batavia, N. Y., is visit- ing his brother, J. B. Hoover. Mr Hoo' - er's mother and sister are also visiting here from Aylmer, Among the passengers to Manitoba points on Tuesday, were F. MoEwan, Jno. Scott, of Stanley; John Garrett, Lender.. bore; W. Tbirek, Blake; all ticketed by W. Jackson, O.P.R. agent. Mies McEwan returned to her school at Ottawa on Monday; Miss Doan returned to her position on the school staff of Detroit, and Mies Ida Murch returned to her school at Dresden on Wednesday. A. 0. Pattison ticketed the following persons fur the west on Tues?ay:—R. Knox, Auburn, for Brandon; Ira Johns, Tuckersmitb, for Park River, Dakota; T. Elliott, Goderich township, for Brandon, W. 13, Lough returned from London on Wednesday evening accompanied by Mrs. Lough, where she has been under medical treatment for the last month, and her friends will be pleased to know that she is in a fair way of recovery, and stood the trip home well. Jackson Bros., clothiers, have increased tbeir large staff this week. by the addi- tion of the following persons:—S. Carlton, Kincardine; q, Stewart, Atwood; J. flub, Napanee ; J. C. McTavish; Seaforth ; Jno. Hobkirk, Toronto ; H. Carder, Sarnia ; C. Drown, Kincardine, F. J. McCabe, Paris ; and Miss Nelson, Kincardine. John W. Broderick, leader of the Victor- ia St. church choir, was a visitor to the choir of P.attenbury bt. church last Sun- day, rendering a solo in the morning, and taking part in a duet with Miss Ada Jones, in the evening. "J. W." is said to be one of the beet judges of the value of bankrupt stocks in the Dominion, and thinks no more of investing $5000 in a stock than most men would think of five cents. the following members of tbo Masonic fraternity here attended the funeral of the late James Pollock, Bayfield :—Dr. Black" all, Dr, Bruce, A. J. Holloway, Jos. Chid - ley, John McYn -ray, Jas. A. Fowler, J, Wheatley, J. Emmerton, J. A. Ford, Thos. Smallacombe, Dr. Shaw, C. J. Wilson, Jos, Ryder, A. Couch, J. W. Hill, Norman Fair, Oliver Johnson, E. Mac. McLean, D. B. Kennedy, W. D. Fair, Chas. Milne, J. B. Itumbell, J. C. Miller, Jae. Howe, J. Tavior, 0. S. Doan, W. Riley, T. A. Walk- er,Jos. Copp and Philip Sinn of Caledonia. A lot of Clintonians are this week in Toronm; we don't pretend to know all who have gone, but here is a partial list:—W. Doherty, H. E. Hodgens, Mrs J. J. Mc- Laughlin and Mrs McLaughlin, er., Miss Annie Cooper, Miss Ida Holmes, John Howson and his sister, Amy; Mrs Junor, A. Rayson, Mrs C. Lovett, John Morrish and wife, H. Wiltse and wife, D. Fell and wife, Mrs. W. S. Marland and Mabel, Mrs. Alex. Taylor, Mrs. Wise, Miss Maul Shannon, Miss Flora Cunningham, Mrs. John Middleton, Miss Clara and Master J. Middleton, R. Cele, Goderich township ; John T. Harland, F. llumball, Charlie Wilson, Huntly Patterson, Miss Annie Southcombe. T. Jackson, its, retnrned from his trip to the west on Monday, having gone as far as Edmonton. In the course of bis travels he came across a great many Huronians, all of whom appear 'to be doing well and are satisfied with their prospects. In one or two sections the crops were not up to expectations, but this is the exception. Ile thinks that young men who are not bandicapped by circumstances here, have a wonderful chance for advancement in the ,vest, and he advises young men to go oat and take up land, so that in a little while they would become independent. At Ed- monton he gathered some gold himself from the river' bank which he is having made up into souvenirs. In almost every instance when he found a Huronian, he also found a copy of the CLINTON NRIv ERA. He brought back such a large gist of orders for clothing that it has been necessary to materially increase their staff of employees. Succeeded in the West. The Britton, South Dakota, Sentinel thehas w' following reference to the suc- cess of Mrs \Vm. Wallace, and family, formerly of Summerhill:— In the spring of 1880 Mrs Wallace moved from Huron, Ontario, Canada, with a large family of boyg, and girls, and settled on a farm in Lowell town- ship, six miles southwest. of Britton. At that time government land had all been taken up in that part of the county and Mrs Wallace and her fam- ily were left to buy land on which to settle. They bought a home and soon had family headquarters located when some of the older boys began to rustle for themselves and lock up other farms on which they might make homes. Among the older ones was John Wal- lace, the subject of this sketch. He had nothing to start with but his two hands, and bought 160 acres of land, and by close attention to business he soon had that paid for and was ready to buy another. He afterwards bought 160 acres more, for which he paid 4,000 bushels of wheat, or about $2,000, and paid for it in about two years from the wheatcrop raised on that farm alone. Mr Wallace is still a young man only 34 years of age, and is now in a fair way to enjoy himself the remainder of his life. He now owns 220 acres of fine land with good buildings on it, worth at least $5,000. He also owns 13 horses, 9 cows, over 200 sheep, a num- ber of hogs, plenty of farm machinery and is harvesting a crop of 210 acres that would make hie friends in Ontario astonished. The other brothers of his family have all located on land near together and are all doing well. This is a case where a widow and her child- ren moved into a new country with comparatively nothing and are all now exceedingly comfortably provided for from the work of their own hands. This is something that could not he done in a lifetime in Ontrrio. They are now amongour best farmers Marshall countand are in a position to take life easy and provide their child- ren with homes. This has been accom- plished raking wheat in Marshall county, although of late years Mr Wallace, like other farmers, is mixing a little stock into hie farming business, Church Chimes Sacramental services will be held in St. Paul's church, on Sunday morning next, 1 Regular monthly fellowship meeting next Sunday morning in both Method- ist churches. St. Paul's Sabbath School goes back to the afternoon tet vice, commencing with next Sunday. Rev. W. T. Cluff, of Theendale, bro- ther of K.J. Olutf, leaves about the 1st of October for his new field of labor at Stratbt oy. Rev. R, Millyard, of Rattenbury St., is away on a two weeks holiday, and his work will be supplied in his absence. Mr Thos. Murch will take the service next Sunday morning. The Baptist Young People's Union, of Sr. Marys, had special ser vices con- ducted by themselves on Sunday last. Mrs 1•Ioover, of tcwn, was expected to sing at both the morning and evening services, but could not do so. At the meeting of the Ontario St. League last Monday evening. C.M.Bez- zo gave an address on temperance which was both interestingand instruc- tive, Miss Clement resigned her posi- tion as pianist,and someone will be ap- pointed at the next meeting to take her place. Tile meeting next:Monday is consecration and roll call. Rev. B. Clement, pastor of Ontario St, church, left on Monday morning as a delegate to the Genetal Conference in Totonto;he will heaway about three weeks, and his pulpit will be supplied during his absence; every Sunday ev- ening thesupply will he Mr Armstrong, who has charge of Turner's appoint- ment. The financial report of Ontario St. church, for the year ending May 31s1, shows the following receipts: Cash on hand, $8.57; pew rent, $2.47.Ot);envelope contributions, $605 41; Sunday collec- tions, $1.43.41; on account Organ Fund; $421.70: from Ladies' Aid, $252 88; An- niversary, 87083; special subscription, $12.50; Poor Fund, $20.t)0; Connexional Funds, $206.28; balance brought over, $51.81; total, $3190.44. The financial meeting of the Gode- rich.district of the Methodist church was held at Holmesville on Tuesday, The meeting opened at 10.30 a.in. Rev. \V,Rigshy,president of the Conference, occupied the chair, and Rev. W. God- win was secretary. Arrangements were made for missionary anniversary services and for the educational meet- ings. The amount of $210 was asked of the district to help meet the floating debt of Alma Ladies' College of St. Thomas, It was distributed over the different circuits of the district and practically assumed, a slight demur be- ing expressed by two or three circuits. The collections for the General Confer- ence Lund were paid in to the secretary and also the ministers' personal sub- scriptions to the superannuation fund. In the evening a well attended plebis- cite meeting was held in the' church, where forcible addresses were given by Revs. W. Rigsby and Jasper Wilson, M.A. WAR ON THE TORMENTORS. 12 Years of Irritation, Torment and Pain, Relieved and Cured with One Box of Dr. Agnew's Otntment, for Skin Diseases and Piles. A. Darnell, of Hayden,Neb.,writes: "For 12 years I was tormented with itching piles and the agony at times was almost beyond bearing. 1 tried a doz'n or more so-called pile remedies without any lasting benefit. One box of Dr Agnew's Ointment cured me." This remedy cures Eczema when all else fails. September 29. The q uestions has been raised wheth• er or not bar -rooms may be kept open on September 29, the clay upon which the prohibition plebiscite is to betaken. Some correspondents have held that hotels need not close t heir bar -room on the day in question. This view is founded on the assumption that the plebiscite is not an election, and that therefore the clause of the election act demanding the closing of such places on election days does not apply. This is an entirely erroneous view, and not at all borne out by the provisions of the plebiscite act, which says that hotels must close on that date. Another point has been raised as to whether or not voters who voted on registration at the last provincial elec- tion would be entitled to vote on the corning plebiscite. They cei tainly are entitled, unless, of course, they have since moved into another electoral dis- trict. The same lists will he used as were used on the first of March last. Judges, sheriffs and other public offic- ers and persons who under provincial law are disqualified from voting at pro- vincial elections are nevertheless entit- led to vote in the plebiscite if possessed of the usual qualification of voters. If, because of (he disqualification mention- ed, their names hare been left off the provincial voters' List, they may still vete on making at the polls a declara- tion provided by the Dominion Fran- chise Act. With this exception no person is entitled to vote unless his name appears on the lists mentioned, that is, the provincial voters' lists used on March 1 last, The thermometer touched 90 yesterday. Mrs. Rye, a widow, was killed in a run- away accident near Owen Sound, An epidemic of sore eyes is troubling the cattle in the vicinity of Kingston. John Rolpb, a six-year-old son of Wm. Rolpb, was drowned in the Don yesterday. The Boston Chamber of Commerce yesterday adopted reciprocity resolutions and voted to send a delegation to (Quebec. Mrs. M. V. McLeod, herself an actress, has offered personally to deposit the $8,000 necessary to secure the release on bail of Actor Emerson, who shot and killed Mona. ger Tuttle at London. A CONVERTED PHYSICIAN With the aid of South American Kidney Cnre, Nursee his "Hopeless" Cases baok to Health. A prominent physician writes this of dia. hetes: Personally until very recently I have never known an absolute cure." But this same physician nays further that be has noted the wonderful work accomplished in patients of his by South American Kidney Curepatients whom he had ceased to treat because in his estimation there was no cure and no hope. What a tribute thin is to be the medical genine in the com- pounding of this great remedy—thio kid- ney specific. It soothe, heals and cures the diseased parts. Does it quickly and permanently. i ( The Clinton ('ollegi ,te i i • • Institute i , • ' , S I i i Is theljoy andtpride of all Clinton. fans. The re -opening took place on Thursday morning, Sept. 1st, w'th the following teaching staff : John Houston, 11.A.. Principal W. E. Hand - Mal tbengal ics E. ill. UcLean - - 1eiepec W. 8. Treleaven Classics Miss Pal rlee, Draw lag& ROW( keeping Students in doubt as to which school to attend will do well to consider the past record of this Institute, and the present ability of the teaching staff. Few schools in Canada have done better work. None will make a more intelligent effort the coming term. Our Business a is to supply the Books required by the Students. • Get one of our list of Books, mark— ed, and we shall be pleas- ed to supply you- with what you want. 40 Strong Manilla covers supplied free with all Books. eooper's BOOK STORE... Clinton, = Ont DYSPEPSIA'S Cr,c'rcu.— Dr. Von Can's Pineapple Tablets are natere'-s most wonder- ful remedy for all disorders of the stomach. The digestive powers of pineapple can be tested by mixing equal parts of pineapple and beef and agitating at a temperature of 130 o Fahrenheit, when the meat will be entirely digested, Pineapple Tablets re- lieve in one day. 35 cents. Sold by Watta to Co. Bernard Owens, aged eight, was accidents ally killed at Troy on Monday afternoon b playmates. With some other boys he had organized companies representing Ameri- cansandSpaniards, '1 hey attacked each other in sham battle. Young Owens fell. Picked up as dead, he was (buried in a' quickly dug grave under several feet of ' earth. Subsequently he was tforgottoen and this morning when the bo ly was re. covered he was really dead. CHURCH COURTS May Differ and Split Hairs on Doctrinal Points, but may Join Hands for -Human- ity in Proclaiming the Virtues of Dr Ag- new's Catarrhal Powder. 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