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"A UNITED CANADA AND BRITISH CONNECTION."
VOL. M.
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1890.
NO. 147.
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TRIVITT MEH.ORIAL CHURCIL—Rev. S. F
Robinson, Rector. Sunday Services, 11 a. m,
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ZZISSITTIM'T.
Office over O'Neil's Bank, Exeter, Ontario,
Nitrous Oxide Gas for painless
extraetion'r.,
Goes to Lucan every Friday.
H. KINSMAN, DENTIST, L. D. S., ex-
traetS teeth without pain by giving
Vegetable Vapor, or using the new
An/esthetic on the gums. Makes Gold Filli
Ings and other dental work the best possible.
Goes to Zurich last Thursday in each m oath.
East side of Main street. Exeter.
B WHITELY, M. D. C. 35., PHYSICIAN
CI • and Snrgeon. Office and. residence—
Corner Victoria and Elgin streets, Goderieh,
Ontario.
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TIMED. EA.RNCOMB, Provincial Land
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Exeter, Ont.
TAMES OICE, Exeter, Ontario, Licensed
CP Auctioneer for the Counties of Huron,
Perth and Middlesex. Sales promptly attend-
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11. ioneer for the Counties of Perth and
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Temperanoe in Exeter.
The renewing appeared in the GOI.
unms of the Seaforth Expositor's issue
of last week.. We re -publish the same
for the benefit of some of our temper-
ance friends:
"Affairs in temperance circles in
Exeter are assuming quite a rum aspect.
Perhaps in no locality in Ontario has
there been more temperance agitation
than in Exeter within the last few years
and your correspondent, until recently,
believed that the agitation was genu-
ine and honest on the part of those who
were the cause of it. Reformers de-
clared that they would support none
but temperance candidates, Conserva-
tives the same. Business men declared
they would do business with none but
temperance business men; doctors de-
nounced the use of intoxicants as per-
nicious to the body: ministers consign-
ed unfortunate tipplers into the claws
of the devil, and lawyers became
preachers in the great agitation : jour
nalists became strong and manly in
their temperance editorials.
Truly it did appear for a time as if
our little village would be launched
from its bibulous mooring's out into the
clear and placid and. purifying waters
of Lake Huron. But alas for the plans
of those who, with myself, believed all
this and worked. for its consummation.
First, politicians proved the insincerity
of their vows, then followed business
inen, then doctors, then ministers, then
lawyers, and last but not least the ever
consistent editor began to "run with the
hare and hunt with the hounds.". Now
none but the old faithful few climb up
the hill with Mary and Ruth. I think
when I count myself we number 18 out
of our army of agitators of 400 of only
a few months ago. Last week we had
occasion to sound. the trumpet in order,
that our forces might be got together
to light a petition that was being circu-
lated praying for the granting of a
license to a new house that has recently,
been opened here. This hotel was built
by oue of our followers and ho, kind
soul, now departed, but not forgotten,
at the time he erected it, gave it to our
cause to be a stronghold and a centre
for invincibles, and virtuously directed
that it should then and thenceforth be
known as the "Temperance Hotel," to
be a warning to the bibbers and an ever
present . evidence of the profitableness.
and practicability of a hotel run upon
temperance priuciples. There we met
and directed our plan of campaign
against the fell destroyer, little dream-
ing that this our mansion, so picturesque
in its structure, so pleasant in the calm
and quiet purity that pervaded its
righteous chambers, should ever be in-
vaded by the enemy. Soon, howevSr,
did we realize that a' much worse fate
had overtaken us. Our friends preyed
our worst foes. Although the hotel
was given to us, still by some mean
process of law by which property may
be transferred from one to another for
its cash equivalent it was captured by
the enemy. We did not just then feel
like putting up the cash equivalent or
perhaps we might have retained it, then
the petition I spoke of before for secur-
ing the license to sell liquor in our lost
home, was by our enemy put in circu-
lation -did our friends circulate a coun-
ter petition that a license be denied?
No, we called the roll and. there were
not enough of us left to get up a petition.
We then set to work to see if our
friends could be so treacherous, so basely
traitorous, so contemptible and hypo-
critical as to sign the petition for the
license, and horror of horrors what did
we find,only our once faithful and sworn
temperance friends the leading charac-
ters, at the head of this petition, pray-
ing that a license be granted to the
proprietors of the old Temperance
House, to sell liquor.. One of our plat-
forms in our campaign was to lessen
the number of Menses and it appeared
strange to us that any person who had
ever pledged himself to our platform
should act so inconsistently.. We fail
entirely to understand why men calling
themselves temperance men should
sign this petition, so venture to enquire
from one we knew would not lie how-
ever inconsistent a temperamce man
he might be. '
The following are the questions put
to this man and his answers to them.
Q, • Did you act rightly in so doing?
•A. Yes,
Q. How do you justify yourself?
A. I believed when doing so that if
this house were licensed, the hotel at
the station would be deprived of one.
Q , Don't you know that as a matter
of fact the granting of this license will
not necessarily nor is it likely to deprive
the statiom hotel of one, and at any rate
why should you deprive one man hoW-
Orel. poor to enrich another?
A. Well all that may be but I did
not look at it in that way.
Q. Anyway suppose you do deprive
the station hotel of a license do you
think your conduct will tend to the
good of the temperance cause?
A. I signed the petition and am not
bound to ll why I did so.
Q. Don't you think a little personal
and selfish end had Semethieg to de
with it?
A. 1 ant not going to say,
Q. flow did you and only a fele
other teitiperanee men in one locality
Sign the petition?
A.. You had better aslc the others.
Q. You men never expect to join
with us in advocating temperance
again?
A. Appearances may. be against us
but we claim to be temperance men
still.
This endecrthe inquiry and we ton -
chided to find new friends and a new
place of meeting.
Times and customs change but there
is no accounting for the paradoxical
quibbling of some of our old time tem•
peranee agitators.
Probably some of them will explain.
CONSISTENT Tniennneson.”
Biddulph.
Wm. Atkinson, of the Sauble line,
sold a fine span of colts to Mr. Hunter,
of Usborne, for a good price last week.
Billy Boyle has returned from his
trip to Michigan,where ho has purchas-
ed a farm. All are sorry to hear of.Billy
vine. to leave us, and none more so
than her who lives on the Sauble line.'
Orediton.
Mr. Eatinders, of Detroit, attended
the funeral of the late Mr. S. Link.
Messrs Alex. Morlock and Silas Brok-
onshire left for Detroit on Tuesday.
Messrs Geo. Bedford and Jos. Can-
ning left for Washington Territory on
Tuesday,
Mr. Chas. Zwiker, Jr. is in- London,
Hamilton and St. Catherines this week
on business.
Some miscreants removed a pane of
glass from the show window of Mr.
John Mitchell's store on Friday night
last and removed a number of bottles
of Liquor. Mr. Mitchell would be pleas•
ed to have the empty bottles returned.
The funeral of Mr. Samuel Link,who
died in Detroit on Friday last, took
place on Tuesday. The. deceased jiag.
been ailing for a number of mantha
and his death was not uneaPenKile
He leaves a wife and sympathy in theinbe-
reavement.
Greenway.
Mr. J. MeWilson has elected a large
addition to his stable. •
The Misses Lintotts, of Brinsley, are
visiting at their uncle's, Mr. D Brophy.
Mr. Ware Oliver,of Grand Bend, paid
our village a flying visit last , Monday.
Mr. A. W. Humphies, Parkhill, paid
our village a flying visit on Monday
last.
Mr William Hellin received the con-
tract for repairing the school house No.
10; his tender being the lowest.
Rev. Mr Staebler, of Crediton, is to
preach in the Boston Methodist church
next Sabbath,at 7.30 in the evening.
A large number of bee men are talk-
ing of attending the Bee Keepers Con-
vention to he held at Parkhill, on Mon-
day next, 31st, to hear Prof. Jones Lec-
ture.
Rev. Mr. Nethercotteof Parkhill was
here on Monday last looking into the
proposed plan of changing the bound-
ary of the Sylvan and Grand Bend cir-
cuits.
Mr. John Sherritt, W. H. Taylor with
the Reeves of Stephen and McGillivray
Township, met on Saturday last at the
river Aux Sable, west of this place, to
take into consideration the bridging
across the river for the purpose of ob-
taining a shorter way to the gravel pit,
and better communications with Port
Franks.
• Hensall.
The Carmel Presbyterian church
purposes holding'a grand tea meeting
in the near future.
Mr, James Coxworth has resumed
his old stand, the Centennial Hoitse,
where he is prepared to meet the wants
of the public and his many friends in
general.
Mr. Richard Reynolds, of this place,
has purchased the livery business of
Mr, Roland Beatty, of Clinton. We
wish Mr. Reynolds success in his un-
dertaking.
We are sorry to learn of the severe
illness of Mrs. Peter Trickerson, who
has been confined to her bed for the
past two weeks with a severe attack of
inflammation. We hope to soon hear
of her renovery,
The Canadian -bred trotting stallion Am-
ber, by Clear Grit, formerly owned by .51r. P.
J, Piley, of Brantford, stands at the highest
fee of any of the stallions owned by theital-
fan Government, which paid $8.500 for him
in (lermany last year,—E2, Amber F., own.
ed by Mr. T. Murdock of Rensall. is son of
Amber, and is one of 'the best Stallions in
Canada. Ile will stand at Mithlook's Stables
duringthe coming season.
Mr. Robert D. Young, of Win &ham
there under the employ of Mr. John
Hannah, arrived here one day last
week, for the purpoeti of embarking in
the mercantile business as a partner
with Mr. R, Coad.
)r, Ea. Bossenberey, late proprietor
of the Centennial House, hes started a
livery barn in the stable in connection
With the }Instill Houee, owned by Mt
Ralph Meretyre. He has a choice lot
of horses and rigs and tanpply the
Mount Carmel,
weitirtsw.Ltuliga•IhnisIniis visiting friends in
Hever. McRae, of Parkhill, spent a
few days with Father Kealy of this
plaeer:
Mr. P. Carey, who has been spending
the winter in Michigan returned
home last week,
Mr. J. Rail, returned home l from
Michigan, after a short visit with
friends there.
• Mr. T, Coughlin, M. P., was home
from Ottawayfor a few days, but has
returned. to the capital.
Kippen.
The grist. mill is doing a rushing
business ab present running night and
day.
Mr. William Downing leaves this
week for McGillivray where he has
leased a farm for a term of five years.
The Literary and Debating Society
promises to be a good one on Friday
night next. Let there be a good turn-
out as it will be the last of the season.
On Wednesday of last week a num-
ber of the surrounding. young men re-
paired to the premises of the Rev. Mr.
Acheson for the purpose of giving the
Reyerend gentleman a good turn by
cutting him his summer supply of
wood.
Whalen,
This place does not come behind the
adjoining villages for mud which has
a tendency toward keeping the lady
pedestrians in doors.
There was a gentleman in our vil
lige on Monday last for the purpose of
purchasing a fancy driving horse. He
called our venerable blacksmith who
ownseere splendid roadster,but they
eould4acit come to any finabargain as
Richarc4held his price a little. too high.
Right you are Richard.
Mr: Erchatd, Horne will dispose of his
property, ariblaeksmith shop., very
reasonable. Any person wanting to
puichaseen first-class country' business
could not dcnbetter than call on him. •
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Om framers, Messrs. Neil & Davis,
have secured the contract of putting
,up a barn for Mr. Geo. Brown.
An Oyster supper will be given in
the basement of the Methodist church
,this Thursday evening, by the Ladies
Aid Society,
Mr. Richard Sande, boasts himself of
being the most honest man in our vil
lege,. This does not say much for the
rest 'of our villagers.
Messrs. Glanville, Anderson & Ken-
ny, intends leaving for Calgary, about
the first of next month. We regret to
loose such enterprising townsman.
Quite a number of our dogs have
been, poisoned lately. Two of them
were very valuable, owned by Mr.
Wm Nairn and Mr. John Tennant.
The other curs who met the same fate
were of no value and better out of the
way.
Farquhar,
Miss M. J. Campbell was the guest of
•Mr. John Walsh for a few days last
week.
Mrs. Gallinger, of Walton, is visiting
her brother, Mr. A. Campbell, who is
very ill with catarrh on the lungs.
Mr. John Shute, of Usborne, surely
means business as he was seen wend-
ing his way to the tp. of Hibbert on Sun-
day last.
On Tuesday, of last week, Mr. Wile
liam Gardiner and S. Pollen left here
for Manitoba, and on the following
day Mr. D. Brown left for Morrison,
Iowa. e
A very interesting gamof checkers
was played here on Monday evening
last. The captains were Joseph Arm-
strong and James Rivers, the game re-
sulted in favor of the former. The fol.
owing is the score, and names of play-
ers:—
J. Riven, 0 00 1 0; J. Armstrong 0 1 1 0 1;
W.Itackney, 0 i 00 1; R. Gardiner, 0 0 0 1 1;
33, McNiehol,0 0 0 0 0; W. Pollen, 0 1 1 1 0;
A. Hackney, 0 0 0 0 0; .1. Allison, 1 1 1 1 1;
W. Bray, 1 0 0 0 0; T. Cameron, 0 1 1 1 0;
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E. Howl -0 0 0 0 0; W. Duncan, 1 1 1 0 1.
Spring Shows.
Stephen & Usborne, Exeter, on Tues-
day, April 8th,
Crediton, at Crediton, oti Wednesday,
April 9611,
South Huron, at truceflekl, on Wed-
nesday, April 16th.
Ailsa Craig, Itt. Ailsa Craig, Tuesday,
April 22nd.
East Huron, at Brussels, Friday, April
18th.
Listowely Wednesday, April 18th.
East Wawanosh, Belgreete, Thursday,
• April 17th,
Mitchell, Wtdriegday, April 9th.
Fritiae: April 4th,
WelleeleY, 'Wednesday, April 16th
Tli,
Stratferd, eStlIfy, April 13th.
EMIR, Alwood, Tuesday April 15.
wants of the. people in the livery line, gilvertote Friday, April 11.
Around About Un.
FOOT CUT.—On Friday while Mr.
.Aaron Jacques, of Mitchell, was work-
ing in Mr, Daniel Herbert's bush,Logan,
he cut his foot nearly in two. De, Hurl -
beet was sent for, who brought the lac-
erated parts together by means of sev-
eral stiches, and it is thought the foot
can be saved.
Bane WIRE A.COIDENT.—The other
evening about dusk Bert Potts, of Clin-
ton, was returning from Scruton's
slaughter house, taking a near cut
across the fields. He came in contact
with a barb -wire fence, the top wire
catching his under Hp, tearing it open
and making several ugly gashes in his
face. The Hp had to be sewed up and
bandaged. Although a severe and sore
affliction he will soon be all right again.
SAD C&8/3 OP DROWNING.—The town
of Mitchell was greatly excited on
Thursday lasebetween 5 and 6 o'clock,
over a report that three little boys had
fallen through the ice on the mill pond.
Crowds were soon on the scene,but Mr.
Henry Mogk, of Logan, who was near
Mr. McGrath's hotel when he heard the
cries, was first to the rescue, and al-
though unable to swim himself he im-
mediately plunged into the water,
which, fortunately he was able to fat•
hom, and one by one he handed the
little fellows out. Two were sons of
Mr. Wm. Babb, and one a son of Mr.
John Skinner. The latter was still con-
scious, and after a short time was able
to walk away with assistance. The
other two,to all appearances,were dead,
but Drs. Smith and Weed clid every-
thing in their poweittis restore them to
life, and after some time they were
successful so far as the elder brother
was concerned, but poor little Gordon
aged 5 years and two months, was be'
yond all hopeand his body,for the time -
was carried to the residence of Mr. S. R
Stuart until the sad news was gently
made known to the mother. The acci-
dent was indeed sad, and the sorely be-
reaved family have the heartfelt sym-
pathy of the whole community.
Scalded to Death.
London, Ont., March 21.—Word has
been received in this city from Wards -
vine of a shocking occurrence whereby
the wife of Hiram .Crandell, a farmer,
,
was the innocent cause of the death of
their only child, a bright little girl of 4
years. Some other children were play-
ing hide -and seek around the premises
and placed little Ella Crandell in an
empty churn, putting the cover on in
order to secrete her. The mothor came
to scald out the churn, ancleeKnred a
kettle full of hot water througlethe hole
in the lid. A piercing shriek from the
little one told Mrs. Crandell what had
been done, and she ran raving from
the house. The child's face and body
were terribly scalded, and it lived but
a minute after being lifted out. The
mother is distracted, at times calling
for the child, and believing her experi-
ence to have been an ugly dream.
The case is 'a sad one, and the bereaved
parents have much sympathy extended
to them.
Died in the Pulpit.
Camila, Ill., March 26.—The Rev. R.
L. Shinn a Congregational minister at
Morris city, Ill.,fell dead Monday night.
The Congregational Churches of south-
ern Illinois have been holding business
meetings at Rev. Mr. Shinn's church
for the past week. At the close of a
sermon by one of the visiting brethren
on the uncertainty of life. Mr. Shinn
made a few remarks in the pulpit in
which he said that life was but a span,
and that we might at any moment be
on the brink of the grave. He leaned
his head on the pulpit as if in prayer,
and fell down dead. He frequently
expressed to his family a desire that
when his time came he might leave
the world from the pulpit.
Is it Another Murder,
Open Letter to Ontario
Farmers.
GENTUDION.—The Americana are
agitating for and most likely will ad-
vance duty on Canadian barley going
into the United States from ten cents
to thirty cents per bushel. So you had
better seed laud to other grain if yon
can. Get early o11 your fields. Sow
spring wheat very early. Early sowrt
spring wheat is generally good.. Land
that necessary must be sown later SOW'
peas. There is always a British de-
mand for peas. Be sure and salt your
land for spring wheat. DAVID FLEW'S,.
Bratford, March 26, 1890.
Took a Button from His
N
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BALTIMORI3, learocsheii6.—Capt. Rich-
ard Respess, of Varginia, has suffered,
for 25 years with some affection of the
nose, which gave him a great deal of
trouble. He was treated for necrosis
by all the physicians he consulted.
When captain Respess called upon Dr.
Heartly Monday that physician con-
cluded to make a further examination.
Finding that something had lodged in
the cavity immediately beneath the
left eye, he inserted a probe into the
nestril, discovering what proved to be
a white button three -eights of an inch.
in diameter, which has probably been
there since childhood,
Murdered his Mother.
Somerville, Tenn., March 22.—Mrs,
Sallie Hobson (colored) was a servant
in the family of the Episcopal minister,
and lived with her four children in a
small house in the rear of the parson-
age. This morning her husband, whe
had been in the country at work, cal-
led at the house with another negro,
and after a short stay started out for a
walk. Returning half an hour later,he
found on one side of the door the de-
capitated remains of his wife, and sev-
eral feet away the head. A stick of
wood, on which her head hati been
placed when the cutting was done,
showed three distinct cuts of an axe.
The wontan's eleven -pear old son was
playing with other children, his cloth-
ing statured with blood. He at first
claimed the blood came from a ,chicken
which he had killed, but at the inquest
admitted he had commited the crime.
He said hismother laid lievnheadeon.
the block and told him if he did not cut
her head off she would kill him, The
boy's story is not believed, and he was
placed in jail.
Thrilling Railway Ride
HAMILTON, March 25.—Engineer Ed.
Williams, Fireman Cardwell, Conductor
Gibson and the crew of a special freight
from Port Dover had a thrilling exper-
ience late on Saturday night. There
were 23 cars on the train, and all went
well until Rymal station was reach-
ed at 11.30. Here the coupling of one
of the cars broke, and thirteen cars and
the locomotive began a headlong mice
down the mountain into the city. 'The
cars swayed from side to side, 'and
every moment it appeared as though.
the train would leave the track. En-
gineer Williams climed out upon the
cars and set several of the brakes, but
this had no effect upon the train, which
dashed into Ferguson avenue :and.
across King street, almost wrecking a
wagon -which had just passed over the
track. Between Kelly and Cannon
streets, the train struck the yard en-
gine, which Engineer Dick was back-
ing out of the way. Dick was knock-
ed out of the cab. The yard engine
was not damaged, but the cow -catcher
of the locomotive came to grief. At
Cannon street the switchman tilene.d,
the train into the main line and the
engineer got it under control near the
Wellington street crossing. A freight
from the north had puled in not long
before the arrival of the runaway.
Lot -worn Ont., March 25.—Freeman
Hodgins, residing at the Westminster
end of the Clark's bridge, died at 5
o'clock this morning, it is clamed from
injuries received on Saturday night in
a row which occurred at his house. A
partfof men went there and had sev-
en drinks; for which, it is said, they
paid 25 cents. They insisted on get-
ting more, which Hodgins refused to
let them have, and a row occurred. Ho
received a blow on the right side which
is supposed to have brought on the
congestion of the lungs from which his
death took place. An inquest will be
held, Constable Graham having taken
the case iu charge, Freeman Hodgins
formerly kept the Hodgies house on
Ridout street, and was well known
throughout the city. ibis widow; thinks
it was a man named John Hutchinson
who struck her husband, but she had
her back to them at the time and could
not say for sure. The place had no
license to Sell liquors. It is ,generally
believed that Hod10
gins was before
being. staucic, as he was hnown a$ one
ef the most inveterate inebriates in title
locality, A waarantehas bee11 issued
tor lIntehinson's arrest, Coroner
Smith's ittry veiwed the body to -night
at adjourned,
lWonthly Stock Fair.
The second series of a monthly Ste*
Fair will be held in Exeter,on Tuesday,
April 15th,1890. And farmers wishing
to dispose of stoek can do no better than
to bring it along.
About the 'Weather.
• Some weather crank,with a 'Ammer&
enally long memory, writes to an A4
merica,n paper to observe that this'win-
ter has been a repetition of the win-
ter of 1815-16, and to prophesy that the
coming summer will be after the pat-
tern of that which followed the afore-
said whiter. In April, 1816, it became
very cold,and that sort of weatherewith
varying quantites of snow and ice,eore
tinned until September, when thexe
was a brief respite. If the doleful pre-
dictions of this new Wiggins are trust-
worthy, Canadians may as well lay in
an extra stock of coal and blankets and
prepare to spend the summer holidaym
in frantic efforts to keep wane.
Cure for Corns.
Take cider vinegar and rub the
corns twice each day and if they are
very bad wrap a cloth around at night,
it will cause them to soften and then
disappear. It will take a few weeks to
do it. It is new over a year since
tried it and 1 ha,v0 found it to be
It is best to wear comma sense Shoes,
and not crowd the feet, if one wishes it
to be permanent.