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The Clinton New Era, 1886-10-29, Page 7h•.tiIAAY, OCT. 29, 1880. u;2nroroUS SIZOtohOla `Patriot's,• Long Steen.. _ ' The Lake: Shore folks were awfully glad when a certain man died up in Bu£ falo the other day,' said a conductor. ' The .plan's name was Telbot. About, twelve years ago 'Talbot saved a train from going into a washout near his farm and of course the company felt very grateful. " P. P. Wright, Superintendent of,the Buffalo division, sent for him and. loaded hitn with thanks for himself and the company: Talbot modestly declined a mo"ljtey presentof $500, but said..lie didn't, object when Wright proposed making out for llini a pass good for the remainder of his life. While Wright was • writing out the pass Talbot in - quired : ry Say, Mr, 'Wright, have yell any ob- jealous to making that read good for me and a friend? I may want to take' a friend• nit Cleland -with. -uta--sone' time to see an uncle of mine," Wright was so full of gratitude that he couln't object to .anything,, and the • man got his pass, good for himself and a friend, and it was afterwards sent on to` headquarters and countersigned, by the President and general passenger agent. Well, now, what do you. think 1 For more than ten years that man. Talbot has. been riding constantly between Beflldo and Chicago, Buffalo and' Cleveland or Buffaloand Toledo. Henever waa'alone, Teealways had "a friend" 'with him. he friend was usually some commercial traveller. In sliort, Talbot has made railroad riding his regular business. He. made arrangements with various whole- sale and jobbinc• houses to carry their men,aed booked his angagenettts months ahead sometimes.. When thesefailed he. picked up stray passengershere.: and. .there. After paying his sleeping can - and other expenses. he had $6 or $8 a clay left as clear profit, :and out of these fits he managed to amass a snug little, fortune. He tried to use hii•pass on the limited express, but t1,lecompany wouldn't have it. In fact, they wanted to refuse to carry ]lint altogether, but their lawyer concluded .that the suit for ....damages would be. too'exPensive•. Talbot is now dead, greatly to the regret of. sev- eral trvelling men.' ---=Chicago Herald. He Didn't Break 8er... Au uptolt•n'man. in orier'Uigtnew bed-. tstead got one so low that a' man couldn't crawl under it so as to breakhis wife's habit' ' of looking. under the bed every night. She Atli), however, gets down on her knees and hands, 'puts one side of her face on the car- pet and takes a peep under; it each night. " Why in thunder do you persist in look • ingunder-the bed when•you, know it is so low a man can't get cinder it?" said he in great wrath last night: • ' . • • " Well, I can't help.it;_i've gof so used to do so.. Yc',u had up bustness getting a bed so low that a man can't get underit," H e • promptly replied:—Kentucky State Journal. A Problem for Old :Nick to solve. Every,Saturday. • • An ill-natured old millionaire on . his deathbed. was attended by an Irish body servant. Pat noticed the rapidly approach-. ing dissolution of the old man, andthink-. ing he shpuld know 'abaiit it, said to him : "Faith, Mashter, . an' air '•.yez..• either knowin' it's, short the toime is yez are 'good for,?" . • '.' Ge to thedevil, you idiot -]".groaned the old sinner. "Don't • £$eio that way, mashter'-;-yez ain,,t got—"• .. " Go to• the devil, L say,"•.late rrtipted the old man.' . ` "Bad cess to it masliter; an' oid bike -to glaze ye'but'phwat-ward--h'e do'`wid. ' boath ov us eoulin' at wanst !" what. the i'tey in the Backseat Knew. The teacher of the.'Slindaysehool class was telling -the -little boys about temp- ' tation,, anti showing how :it.,sometimes came in the most attractive ;fuse She _ _..used as an illustratiori the.paw of a'cat.' Now',' said she,,' you have all seen_ the•paw of a cat. It is as Soft as velvet; isn't it I' Yes'em! from the class: And'.you have seen the .paw of f a doe'. Yes'em. . • •' Well, although the cat's paw seems like velvet, there is neverthelesseon - coaled in it something that "hurts. • What is it?' • No answer. ' •' The dog 'rtes,' •said `the •teacher, when h: is n anger. • What does the cat do 1' .• r Scrat ;' replied -a boy:" Corree said the teacher, nodding her head a •ovingly. , ' Now, what line the eat got • at the •doghasn t 4' Whiskers !' exclaim,ed' a boy • on the back seat, and the titter that ran around .the class brought. the lesson to an end. Ecolesiastical 'percentage. • Oh, M' a young lady-' ••-u _ _• ° illi Smith,' sial a F,t •a chi i'cli fair '1 want Yatir help fet• a moment.' 'Yertainly,'. replied Mr. Smith.. '1.8'.liat } can I -do for you 1' • p• • I have just sold a tidy for fifteen dollars • that cost fifteen cents, 'ands I want you to tell me what °percentage • that is 4r 'A, transaction of that kind, my dear. bliss B.' . said i\tr, Smith, tvho is a law- yer, '-gets ottt of. percentage and into larceny.' \ a colorerpreacher cher "r the Smith prayed with great earnestness upon the revival of a wellsknown-br'otirer in the. field. ' 0, Lord, 'uoint rl s ycr brtrcldor wit' do koroscfin ile ob salbat.,littn and sot him on firr.' Rather Enjoyed the Treatment. Old. Nelson. B ettrage; while working ..in the woods, was bitten by a rattle- snake,. In much alarm and in great pain he ran to the house, .A. physician who happened to be near at band was sum- moned. " ' Old, man,' said the doctor, 'nothing but whiskey, and a great deal of it, can do you, any good.' ' But, doctor,. I am: a temperance man, I haven't touched a drop uv ticker fur thirty years.' 'All the better, The whiskey will have more effect.' A boy who had been dispatched with a jug soon returned, and the old man, much against his will, began to drink whiskey. He was slow at frit, but af- ter !t while be 'swiggedi ' t with the en - petite of an old timer; . ' WeII,' said tate doctor,. you•'have bad enough whiskey now. p'on't drink any more.' •• s Think I've got er plenty?' ' Yes,.I•know it.' ° ' Don't you think thar's a leetle uv the pizen bangle,''round•the corners1' 'No, you are all right; and you must not drink any more,' The old fellow sighted, looked at the jug,. and asked : ' Whut's become uv the snake i' " ' One.of-the boys killed it,' the doctor replied,. • ' I am 'sorry,' said the -old man, ' Sorry ! What for l' 'Cause 1 wanted it ter bite me ergin.'. A Slave to 'Milk: • A stock broker dropped into a Broad street saloon yesterday,and the barkeep- era- seeming arkeep-er1;+-seeming to anticipate his wants, .put before hirn a large .glass ofcreamy milk, which was drunk with such evident rel- ish that, .when he had •gene, a:gentle- man inquired of the .;cocktail dispenser if there. was m'trch of a call for the _bev- erase. '}'ou'd.be surprised • :was the c Answer , it you knew to what,ttn'oxtent. milk was 'drunk. Take the .ease of that person who just werit out. He used to averitge twenty drinks of . whiskey Or brandy • a day over . this bar. When it' had begun to tell -on him Iiie'•saw a pity. sician, who advised "him to 'rake a glass of good rich: milk whenever Ire felt a craving for drink, He did as the dor° tor advised. ,.He has not .taken a cock- tail to• my' knowledge for four months, but is now averaging ,twelve glasses of milk a day. • He told me the other more ning that he has' come to leave a craving for the :lacteal fluid frilly as great as for whiskey, and hp is oonfident it would break him all iii if his supplies tierdto' be e1ii: ''off.'-11Yew .York' Commercial' Advertiser. a • A.;lil.ipia Alan`s cutting, Itettulce. , —.111r. B.: B Clarke said ;""-There was a.friend of mine preaching on G.lasgoiy Green it fere years agog when, some .one from the' crowd .called out: ' 11Isty 1: speak 2', After getting permission, 'he pushed hie way through the: crowd; un- til. lie .vas standing on 'the platform be side my friend. ' .Friends,' he exclaimed. ' I; do not 'believewhat this mail has g been tapinabout, •I do not•believe•in.' a' judgment,: I do not believe in a hell, 1' do not believe in a," Goa, for I never saw any 'of them:''. He continued talk- ing in this way for awhile,,when another voice was heard frons the crowd : ' May'; 1 Speaks?' The infidel sat down ai,d the neat maze began. 'Friends,:.ySdu 'say, there is a river ; runningnot' far from this place; the river Clyde. There is no. suchthing ib isnot true,Y'u tell me that there are_grass anda-;gr"owing around tae where I now stand; there -re nosuchthing; that is also untrue. 'You tell me that there are a'great Many peo- ple standing • here, -.Again I say that •is, not true ; there is no. person . standing here save myself. I suppose you won-' der. what 1 stn talking about;•but, ftiends; I wag born blind;,' I never have` seen 'ono of your, and while I tall.,• it only shows.that I am' blind, or I would not say sueh things.. And you,' lie said, tornin;, to the infidel, ' the more• yon ,talk, the more it exposes your';own ig-' noranco, because you are virtually blind, and cannot see, Dear friends, try' the' life that Christ lived. 'There you will fnd life. arid .love and everlasting joy. 'r, Jail Btetleities. Tlie following is a prsynopsisison- ers. or prison ers'committed to Huron county jail, for the year 'gilding 30th Sept., 1$$6. Number committed, 52 males and 10 females, total 62. Of the total number 18 were government prisoners i thus the government had te 'defray the .expenses of 18 'against 44 which were a charge upon the county. The daily, average of prisoners .in"jail was G.. The •average. number of days TOP each prisoner was 50. Out of.tlte' abovenumber three died hi jail, vii: 1 fel»alt, aged 05; and 2 mules, aged 82 and 85 respectively. Nationalities -:-Canada, 21.Irc''latid, 10'; England, 12 ;. Scotland 10; United. States, :1, .other countties, 1. " Religions—Presbyterian, l0; Church of England 10;'.Cllntch of Rome, 14; 'Methodists, 0 ; other denominations, 3: Married; 20 ; unmarried, 42; • Temperate, 2T ; intemperate, 35, Offences for which cotntnittod---As Sault, 4; contempt of court, 4 ; drunk and'disorderly, 4; vagrants, 18; larceny, 12 ; insaitie) 10 ; rape, T ; stabbing, ' 1 horae s ent re a 1 house breakino, 1 tiititl rig. 'Chi i'eioatitiitir 8: were for trifling offences. Yon will alrserve the small , number 'cotnpr'ted: for assault;4 in former years assaults and'tisingRrbus- ,, ivn hinge ego formed the largo majority of offense,.! This you''onl;y"oni was i convicted for • using abusive lingua ge This isworthy of notice, especially in connection with the Scott Act now ,in force, imperfectly though it bas been enforced over the county. There was Qne more Committed daring this year than the year previous. The greatest number in jail at any one time during the year wes 17; thelowest number was 6. Last year we carried over the .ensu- ing year 10, while this year we carried over 6. The year, as at whole, was a quiet one in jail, as compared with a numbel,r of years back. A Worm About tali 8ltosrt.s, The following article is from the Wing, hath Times of last. week. It meets' our views so closely that we repreduce.it, sim- ply . altering a word or tiro to apply, it here, The truth of the statements herein made, is apparent to all who know any- thing about the fall shows of the county: " Now .that the fall show'seaseinis over,. and that each Show 1148 met tvitlt its suc- cess or reverse, it will be in order to once more broach •a topic which we introduced some time agog viz., that of conselidation., Within a radius of a few mites, about. a dozen shows have been held, hardly one of which has.been a decided success, while several have been almost decided failures, financially and otherwise. The ;reason of this non-success or failure, is that the field is overburdened -with fairs, and, un - leas a halt 'is soon called there will scarce- ly be a corner glorying in its single bud- derision for falae,a'arm and the street got ea ; Smart Qhlictren. a The ` irtetlb,y family is quite numerous. A few days ago Judge Peteutby, in order to prepare the tnipds of the ehildrin for coming event, said ;, ' If you are good children, I'll bring you kyle a nice little baby.' an',t fool .Hie,' replied little Johnny, ' you'll bring home that baby any how,eveit If we are as bad as we 'can be:' .w.• Des Moines, .Iowa, has not one saloon for its forty thousand Inhabitants, and the• city has not lope wealth or population by it strict onforcement of the law. The Globe says :—We learn on pretty good authority that the leaders of the Clow servative party in East York have come to, the conclusion that Xt.. A. Boultbee istoo heavy a :load to carry. They resent the. manner in which he packed the nominat- ing ominating convention with partyhacks from To- ronto, and they feel --that inthe present. state of opinion the best thing they can do is to throw over Mr. Boultbee and let the. riding go by default. TEast York is the constituency which Hon. A, Mackenzie represent/1,i It is said that the exclamation '' Rats 1" origina ted several years ago at: a threatre in Chicago where a lot of raw Italian bal- let girls ejere dancing•. They were awfully afraid of mice and rate, and it was the fav- orite pastime of the Amerioan Weathers of the company to frighten "the Ballerinis by yelling "Rats" at them as they stood in the winga waiting to go op, and, then enjoy their shouts ohorror. By -and - bye the. word name int use as a term of nese, blacksmith shop and hotel, but will' hold of When -rt .man's • religion gets' so low downas to'permit him to drop a bogus dollar into the collection' plate, ara*ke out 50 cents of good change, we want to be_out in the church vestibiffe tihead of him, if we have left our unibrella, thele.—Fall River Advance. Winnie Johnson, of . Cincinnati, is pro- bably the largest woman in the world, She is five feet. eight and a half inches in height,. measures three feet around the upper arm,. fourfeet five inchesaround the thigh,'eight feet nine inches around the boat, and .is said to weigh ' 733 pounds. ' Winnie`: is a black Woman.. • A St. rin• ge stcry cornea from Stockton,California, which is apparently confirmed by a . preliminary investigation, " Wille Brough.a boy of twelve years,is• reported to have an "eye which sets fire to •.whate}'er.. object he looks upon. He is held' respbu- •sible forthe destruction of much property. He has been expelled from the school be- cause of hie sinister faculty. Five fires were reported by him in tine day,'and it is belie - ed he paused them. all. The' people are greatly excited. Leading business men testified to the alleged :facts. , Threats, against the boy are heard; No one there seems to regard the matter ae the work of superstitions imagination. , ave s. fall show. -The thing is overdone. The fall show -business,. is; retrograding slowly y` ut surely every year, asis every - ng else that is overdone. In union there. is strength,'.( and . it appears, to us. that the only means of saving this old es- t fu h t a ablished and valuable institution from "rfher retrogression, if not entire anni- lation, is in union. We would suggest hat the directors of the various agricultur- 1 arid horticultural sort rtes in this Rid - ng combine and hold bu one fair for'.the wh o1 eJttiding. An oble tionmight pos- ibly arise to its being h Id in one place,. ut this 'could easily be overeojon e: by form - ng a'circuit and holding it yehr about in ach place forming the 'circtit. This w oud'.v` 1result' t'' i n giving.one g e • excellent how in place of several poor ones. The theme; as briefly stated, seems to us to be, uite feasible, and although manyimpor- ant , details are lacking, they could be urnishecl by those more experienced in inning shows than we are. We simply hrow out 'a crude suggestion= -one, we ink, that is :worthy. the ,consideration of Ose interested in the hope that it may e acted upon in such a manner as to give in future more creditable and more ccessful fall • shows., We .Would be eased'to hear from any of our reader;,rel ive to this: subject," 8 b e s t f th th us su pt 1 T II 4C)lUI4A-I1,` -1-1 O r tlrT 3D JE3 JUST ItECEI:VED A.N II17: IENSR -STOCK'.;Ol' s• • I 1 55 _TOR. THE FA -LT.,' r TbAF Last s • rwe a line: of.'Fif •1 ' ' as' ping g bought ty sults, an'e .periment,' and have found that they gave very general satisfaction and , that the demand for this class of goods is increasing. rThey. aro cut .hy first-class cutters, well trimmed andcarefull •in ads . Y a er and compare *cry favorably with suits -made to order while the prices are very low. A Very Fine Union: Tweed Suit for $5.. A Serviceable Tweed Suit, All WOOL .$8. .A Fine Black or Colored Worsted Suit, Bound & Finished in.a l style at $13 to $14 A Full R: ii a of BOYS CLOTHING Don't buy your Fall Clothing until. you .have seen these goods LCNDESBORO.. JOB DEPARTMENT not surpRs for 0IIIp1tIIS8 is f6a con y r ' Prices consistent -with .41Ii WO J !t • • FQR ZoWIES'i 241.53E5' h C$ILDREN'S TRY re. W FALL— And^a fid. - and' WINTER BOOTS At C, Cru a ars b.a33i3"S{. My stock of BOOTS. and SHOES is now very large, and:I will sell at the very Lowest Prices nr asrble. Having made a large addition to my revioua large store; and filled the same with every kind of the best goods, inthe market, y Customers can depend on the. ver best article for the least money,. 'SE..CUSTOM WORK aa usual unsurpassed d p an at •+ short notice. American & Canadian OVERSHOES & RUBBERS- ' in Endless Variety. Try my DUCHESS and TOPSY, DRESSING w ' _ ,high can't be: beat. Call on C. Cruickshank th!e. Boot Maker, ALBERT STREET, BRICK BLOCK, "CLINTON NEW DRU G _ STOW E The, undersigned has just. opened' a New Drug Store in • g JTackson's New .Bja"ek, Iii -ora Street, Two doors West of the City Book Store, where will be found a complete p e assort. ®' meet. of Fine DRUGS and. CHEMICALS, also PATENT MEDICINES and DRUGGISTS SU :DRIES, All that the public may ask for in these lines. P. S. --Office changed from. residence to Drug Store,. . Clinton. A. w ORTHING . ` 'ON • Cl .• • a ntor ,. P FRESHTHIS- 'WEEK. ' • HELLEBORE Casna rEi;E Bot2vET PERFUME CAR RI` GE SPO GEb • Fine line of HAND lEt;ozs, che, ap, 1'I7BE,.INSECT POWDER • '• • BECaATsnxAuxEDRS EBBUtoi:asPouAAn"' ATLANTASEA SALT . EiARs (ENomss) SOAP FRESH` LIME JUICE PEARS .VIOLET Poty l n>,lts PURE . PARIS GREEN - , PsAns aBr ooai or • Nucor: We pay special attention to TRUSSES; and have the largest stock in • h`e county. Best 5 ,cent' .CIGAR, .in 'town, , JAMFS COMBS; CIIEMIST AND DRUGGIST, CLINTON, ONT. TJRNTTIJR'E STQO ' .4 Opo od out in FLI+IOTTB 13.LP=: NEXT DOOR ATO THE CITY BOOR . STORE, ` CLINTON,.:'" BEDROOM SETS, ' PARLOR . SETS LOUNGES,' -,-SIDEBOARDS, ..: CHAIRS &c. :.. ' A.Nte A cnNERAL ASSORT4iNT OP . THE S'SRY, BEST, UADE FURNITURE' AT •A REASONABLE .PRIOEs:. • ' S.. CH,IDLEY.'. E NO SIILLIVA] 3 But the rtile has very few 'eccetions that every' P • y wlio:buys', a Suit, ti. Pair of Pants, a Vest or Overcoat or, -any covering for the .body' at the 9 • OAC HALL: - CLOTHING . - HOUSE . `. Are so well satisfied'with the Fit, Make and the...Trimmings ,that when they<Want .another suit they alwti •y s come :bacl to us, •and.send'or bung their friends with than. This is wh our • business has ln' ' with y t so rapidly. TEIt.1TyS CASH PRICES RIGHT FOR THE:, • T.rnrlrs. itirs. 'A. Fischer Pro 11 • . Prop., T. Fiscl>tcr; ?tanager. Dominion Planin oo er & Swo, . ' slrectssoltS TO D H. STEVENS $c '•SON. . CLINTON. Manufactuiiers• of SASH:I,DOQRS, BLINDS, ELooRII,G, SUNG, CEILIN1G, MOULDINGS,'P+'RAMES, .PTCKETs,' &C., and all.kilids of Interior and Exterior. Finishings.. LArrx and S13rNGr s:kept on .hand.. Mill on Wellington St., opposite Woollen :Mill. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS . ERE REE. S• "S. Cooper, W. .;.:wa;fYield: hange of business ttrttrtttrtttttrit ttrxltitttittttt • The undersigned begs to notify the people of Clinton and vicinity that'bo has bought the HAZINESS, INSIXESS formerly. carried • on. by ' , - 1 Hewl011. And that he is prepared to furnish Harness, Collars, Whips, Trunks,' Va lies, Buffalo Robes, Blankets. And overettting usually keptin a first•elass Harness Shoo,at tho 1 i c s caveat prices. , e i9n. attention is directed to myettook of lama, 1T:trteess, which I will ma •e a specialty; .. k t, :rtsiri;ittail§To PROMPTLY. ATTE*,DEy3 13y strietattotitiatt to business, and carefully studying the wants of n: ' le; ,;t =.z tnerit a fair share of patronage. (rive me t'oall before purchasing elicrwhere. Ii1.M1:M1;E11 THE ti'IA CD—OPPOSITE MAIlItET. ..G-11✓r Ase