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The Exeter Advocate, 1897-10-14, Page 1TENTH YEAR. —532. maw. gara EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1897. 101M13.41.119161111101•• ..u•sa•sm••••romernmeaaszt. C. 1i. SANDERS, EDITOR. GRAIN ROUND. On. the 3rd concession of Stephen, a Tog- ging chain. Owner eau have same by sal - ling at this office and paying for this notice. PA,RIV[ FOR SALE. l„, MONEY TO LOAN. „Vile undersigned has a few good farms for "';s."•Sale cheap. Money to loan on, easy terms. 'shut SracisarArt, Samwell's Block Exeter,. STRAY RAIL There came unto the premises of the un- dersigned, Lot 5. Con. 3, Usborne, on or about Oct. 2nd, an aged ram. Owner can have same by proving property and paying expenses. Fuse Luxxox, Devon F. 0. • NOTICE. tt A public meeting of members and all in- terested in the wellfare of our Pnblio 14- brary wi110be hold in the Town Hall, on Fri- day evening;of this week, at So'olock, for the discission ofimportttot business. All are cordially invited to attctnd this:meeting. W. Swnrix, W. D. WEEKEs, Pres,. Secy. tyett 1t To PE.a'T.' Dote, eoneession s, township of tsborno, is offered forfient by the undersigned.. It is ono of the best farms in the township, con- taining ono-linndrecl acres and has every convenience. This farm will bo lot to a good tenant for a term ofyears and possession to plow will bo given immediately. Apply to MAx, Ri T. Arrn, Devon. —; STOVES•;— COOKING SOUVENIR, a Model GOOD CHEER, steel oven BRIGHT IDEA HONOR BRIGHT. HEATING RADIENT HOME RADIENT Souvenir CARBON " COTTAGE " RUSTIC " TODD " We have a large Stock and our Prices are away down for CASH, - A GOOD NQ. 9 COOKING STOVE FOR ..X10.00 net. MIMS GIVE US A CALL BEFORE BUYING fl. Bis40U & So. . . EXETER . . TIETER ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO., LIMITED. Notice of Rates I%ESIDI.NCE LIGHTING. Per Annum a night per 26 0. P, Main Hall $3 to' 4-5c xst Parlor 2 8o 7-xo Extra Parlor 18o 1.2 Dining ROOM 2 95 1-3 Kitchen 2 75 2.3 Bed room s 75 2.6 Spare room x 56 r-6 Cellar, 8 C. P. go 2-5 C®al,T1t 31 CIA.L 1LJGIi'Y'S. Per x6 C. P. per Annum or xi cis. per night $45o 4 40 4 25 4ro 4 00 390 I to 5 6 to To tutors �5 to 2u 20 10 25 25 and over WIRING. General practice has proved it satisfactory for the con- sumer to own everything within his walls. '1'he'aboye moderate rates are on this basis and in order to secure them the following nominal' wiling charge is made with lamps complete Cleat—suitable for stores lst 36 per light Concealed " " residences, 170 " To be paid in ten equal monthly install- ments: Or $r 25, i 6o cash on starting alights. Any special information may be obtained from the undersigned. NOTE :—The above rates only applicable to consumers having their own fixtures. Rates to others on application to Noes by the Way. missies of death. I Then on another Sunday, you take a One of the interestingsights in Lon. rcoach with four spanking horses and take a drive West, up the river to Hampton court, It is all the same. City everywhere, from Woolwich to Hampton, n5 miles or more. You find by the old mite stone that Hampton Court is over sixteen miles from Lon- don bridge. You cross the river three or four times in going tip. Through Kerr gardens, through Richmond, on you career ata rattling pace. Swing into the court yard of an old hotel es - don streets is to watch the boys sweep- ing the streets They do that all day long, right on the busiest thoroughfares. With a large .dust -pan and short broom they dodge in and out of the rapidly driven vehicles in a way truly marvel- lous. An insurance agent would not give much for their lives, yet they don't, get killed. Cabs, busses and coaches, with four horses, drive through crowd- ed streets pell-mell at about eight antes tablished 14 hundred and something_ and, Sir, you you are living with Dick• ens in the old coaching days. And you see many Tony Welters, strapped in many box seats, unstrapping themselv- es to get down and get their drink. This is one of the many drinking sta tions. ''lost men dismount and forage for whiskey or " bitters " at the bar. A boy in uniform runs up top and asks each lady or gent, what they will havg to drink. Everybody but yourself gives an order, the boy bustles back shortly with a tray laden with drinks. The ladies (all of them) sip their Scotch brandy ore bitters with an unction worthy of a nobler dead. And the old hostler coaxes the horses to drink. and lovingly wipes their steaming Ranks with his only pocket handkerchief, Off you go again. But you stop and re- peat the old scene several times. Swing into " Bushey Park " a noble ayeuue a mite long leading to a once royal residence. Out on the green at either side of the avenue of royal oaks, hundreds of deer graze, with the ut- most unconcern. Bampton Court is an immense reservation. Its flower garden of 100 acres alone, is a +tight not to be forgotten, Its "maze" of shrubbery equal the glass magus. of Chicago, A chop and off for London town again; reach the strand about 10 with the guard pretty drunk, the women jolly, coachman with a wheezy cough and the men sleepy. You are sitting of course up beside the coachmen Tony Weller, Jr. He becomes confidential and tells you that some day, he will hook a pair of spank- ers to an open carriage and drive you out to Epping Forrest. It shall he the one day of your life, so he tells you, 'Tis the one drive in the world, he con- fidingly tells you—but you rather dis- courage the thought of Epping, solilo- quizing that it would require t a good bag of gold to indulge in that extrem- ity of luxury. London, Sept. 27, 1897. J. A. R. an hour or faster, often horses on a keen gallop. London bus horses are all the best that can be got. Large, strong, powerfully -built all of them. Wonderfully educated, know as welt as the driver exactly what to do, know the meaning of each bell tingle and each whistle. The cab horse is smaller but is asplendid driver. They will make nine miles an hour, counting blockades and police stoppages. There are over 17,000 licensed cabs with over 30,000 licensed drivers in the city, How many busses there are no one seems to know, but there are many thousands. And whether it is a tram (horse -car) or bus, or coach, there is al. ways seats on top, and the tops are al. ways full. A bus carries 26 persons and a coaeh 30. There are tramcars in the suburbs and a few electric lines, on at Brixton, but yon see none in the city. You see a number of the new horseless carriages, and some electric tricycles. And you look up many of the hospitals, and no one in London has any idea how many hospitals there are in the city. You find by consulting a directory that there are oyer a hund- red. Most of them have no endowment but supported wbolly by voluntary contributions, and hourly you hear ap peal for aid to some one of them. Taut London is proud of her hospitals and keeps them all going. Yet Guy's is very poor and one-third of her wards closed on account of poverty, London, St. Thomas, London West and Charing Cross are all issuing urgent appeals for help. And of course, Sir, you must see London tower. It covers about four acres and is a wonderful old spot And you see the old moat 200 feet wide, now being filled up and in which the sold- iers play foot -ball. And the old vast iron portcullis still hang in grooves over each gateway. And the landing gates for boates from the river, where Kings and Queens of the saintly days of yore, went into the tower to kill or be killed. But the Thames no longer fills the moat and the passage is walled up. In the jewel room, you see the English crown, and the Prince of Wales' Brown, and all the vast gold basins, hel- mets, etc, etc.,for christening and marrying and crowning the royal fam- ily. And there are all the orders that the Queen of England and Empress of India has power to grant. And the numberless jewels and the gold and all else is real and genuine, excepting the vast diamond, the Koh-i-noor. That exists only in appearance in the jewel room. $25,000,000 represents the con- tents of the room. Richer than Klon- dike, if the officers , would only allow you to carry off what you thought you would like. But the officers have no sense of the fitness of things, and con- tinue to keep the stuff there for mere show. Millions of swords,, helmets, lan- ces and pieces of armor, offensive and defensive, cover walls and ceilings and stands over vast rooms. Here are state- ly knights of old, mounted on stately steeds, both clad in all forms of armor that was ever made in any country. And the richly jewelled swords of the orient, lie beside the crude assegai of the African. But it is all too huge for analysis arid a passing glance only is all that time allows. Interesting months might be spent in those old rooms, if you were of an antiquarian turn of mind The walls of the original tower. are only 22 feet thick at bottom and 11 feet at top. Sunday being an off day, you take a boat at London bridge and as the tide is running out, steam down the river to Greenwich. Thousands of boats of every conceivable size, shape and des- cription, he in water or mud all the way down, It is all city. Thousands of tall masts can bo seen away up amongst the houses, in the various docks. Floated in when the tide was up; Now 15 feet up river level. Lock gates all closed. At Greenwich you see the Royal Naval College, a vast .marble concern, and in a large • open space railed in 1000 boys all of an age, size and uniform, taking afternoon exercise. Might all be twins, as far as appearances go, all about twelve years old. A ship full sized, full rigged, stands on dry land in the centre of the space. for edu- cational purposes obviously. Then iu another space a squad of chaps of about eight years. Greenwich is one of the spote where the British Navy suck the milk of seafaring. Then on a bus out through Woolwich ` where the great Arsenal is. There are thousands of acres in the Arsenal grounds and it takes miles to pass the great wall. It is a city in itself, Hundreds of tall chimneys liofnt skyward. Streets and little railways are in the great Arsen- al, Apparently all the workmen live inside and are sworn to secrecy. Rows of shops. between each row, mounds of earth, higher than the shops. This is where the explosives are made. No one knows the secrets of the Arsenal But veer in and ,pear out, Sunday and Zurich, ' Harry Tisdale, who was committed from here, on a charge of theft, was brought up for trial last week before Judge Doyle. The prisoner entered a plea of guilty, and was allowed to go oa suspended sentence, Sharon Mrs. Gill, of Grant' Bend, visited re- latives here on Monday last.—Mr Jno. Pedlar, who has been visiting his uncle here returned to his home in Chicago Hist week.—Mrs. Jno. Rowe visited friends in Ballymote and London on Thursday and Friday last.—Mr. Sam'l Rowe just completed the erection of a driving shed. Centralia LIME AND CEMENT. A. fresh ear of lime arrived Oct. isth, 450 bushels. , C. W. Sa12xx. The Rev. C. Smith, of Exeter, will preach special sermons at Centralia next Sunday morning and evening, oEden in the afternoon. also at g Come and help to celebrate the opening of our beautiful church.—Rev. Salton is visiting in Watford the past week, where he went to attend a fashionable wedding.—Dr. Rivers, of Crediton, ably filled the pulpit on Sunday evening, taking for his text, Matthew 11-30. All will be pleasedto hear the Dr. again. —A few from her took in Uncle Tom's Cabin at Exeter, Tuesday evening.— Mrs. Lingard, of this place, is not ex- pected to recover, and nearly all the members of the family are home. McGillivray Ooiincil Town Hall, McGillivray, Oct 4th. Council met pursuant to adjourn- ment. Present, J. D. Drummond, Reeve; T.. Prost and E. Hutehinson, Dopy. Reeves; N. Grieve and M. Miller, Councillors,: Minutes of last meeting read, approved of and signed, Grieve -Miller, that T. Prest is hereby com- missioned to wait upon the East Will- iams Council and present the accounts for concrete tile placed on the town - line between the two townships. Car- ried,-Miller—Grieve, that accounts amounting in all to $220.16 be paid. —Carried. Prest—Miller, that this council adjourn to meet in the 'Town Hall, on the lst Monday in November, at one o'clock p. m.—Carried. W t. FRASER, Clerk. Clinton A peculiar accident happened to Mr. D. A. Forrester, grain and flax mer- chant of this town, on Thursday morn ing. He had been dreaming that the house was on Ere, and waking with a start, rushed out of his room to the hall and fell over the bannister to the ground floor bepeath, a distance of four- teen or fifteen feet, breaking his collar bone and injuring himself internally. He is still in a precarious condition. The doctor will allow no one except the attendants to see him.—Miss Topping, of the Ctintou Collegiate staff, has been compelled to return to her borne in Woodstock, owing to an affliction of the throat, whereby she has almost totally losther voice,—Nightwatehman McCrae had rather an exciting experience the other night. When on his beat about the town hall, he met two strangers, who asked him the road to Goderich. He told them and went on down to the sta- tion. When coming back he stepped an a loose plank at Irwin's corner, and immediately the same two men whom he met before ran out of Rumball's jewelry store door -way. Mr.. McCrae called to them to stop and started in pursuit, but for answer one of them turned and shot at him, sending a bul- let through his coat. IticCrae then re turned and examined Rumball's door, but could find nothing wrong. It is supposed the strangers were trying to open the door with false keys. Crediton Mrs. (Dr.) Rivers is visiting her par- ents at Brussels.—Mr. Ed. Bertrand and Miss M. Richardson, of Ubly,-Mich, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bertrand,—Mr. Schroeder, of Miidmay, is visiting bis son, Mr. Schroeder. -Mr. Gottleib Braun is collecting the taxes throughout the township.—Miss. May Wein, of London, is visiting her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wein.—Rev. C.,Morlock, wife and family, who have been visiting friends here, returned to their :tome in Chicago last Wednes- day.—Miss Ella Morlock, of Exeter, is visiting Miss Beulah Beaver.—A large number of our citizens attended the. Harvest Home festival at Ebenezer on Friday.—Mrs. Sims has moved into the dwelling one door north west of Messrs. Braun & Preeter's store.—The Misses Schwartz andGaiser,who have been xis iting friends in Detroit, returned home Monday. -Mrs. Schwantz, of Cauaga, is the guest of Mr. Gaiser.—Judge Masson; of Goderich, held Court of Re- vision here last Friday. A large, num ber of names were added to the list.— The wives of Wm. Finkbeincr and Mr. Kenzie presented their husbands with R. C. C. TREMAINE, man• we,ck day, they are forever forging the bouncing boys last week. Ailsa Orap Miss Gertrude Henderson's many friends aregileased to .see her return after a three weeks' visit with friends in London and elsewhere.—The many friends of Dugald Campbell will be glad to hear thathe is able to be out again after the rough usage he received from the boys of the Beechwood football club. —Rev. Mr. Diehl, rector of Trinity church, this place, is in London at pres- ent, undergoing an examination for the degree of B. D. His many friends wish him success. -Mr. Ogden, of Sar- nia, and Mr. Heath, of London, are here at present in the interest of the Con- federation Life Association.—Mr. and Mrs, John Reeves were the guests of DIreand Mrs. C. Walker, on Sunday.— Mr. Dougherty, Huron College, filled the pulpit in Trinity ehurch very ac- ceptably Sunday evening.—Mr. Colin Cameron and his little daughter re- turned to St: Louis, Mo., after a two weeks' visit with his parents Mr, and Mrs. Duncan Cameron, of Lobo. Colin holds the position of conductor on one of Uncle Sam's railroads —Rev. Mr. Dewar's many friends are pleased to see his smiling countenance on the streets again, after his severe illness.— A fight to a fiuish took place here late between one of Saturdayevening, Uncle Sam's subjects b'ects and a Canuck. The fight was fast and furious, when a blow by Chance put the Yankee to sleep at the end of the third round. The receipts were about equallyldivid- ed, viz : The Canuck, swelled jaw, two black eyes and bruised cheek; the Yankee, two black eyes, a bruised nose, a split lip, swelled jaw, and a sleep, The Judgeship. According to accounts, Sir Oliver Mowat is in receipt of the resignation of Judge Woods as county judge of Perth County, and has consented to His Honor's application for a fitting re- tiring allowance. It begins to appear as if the local men were likely to be passed over iu the choice of a successor John A. Barron, Q.C., the well known ex -Liberal M.P., and Frank Anglin, son of the late T. W. Anglin, a former speaker of the House of Commons, are understood t0 be among the aspirants as it is thought that Sir Oliver Mowat has a leaning toward Mr. Barron. No doubt the matter will be settled in a very few days. A Fire -Bug Confesses. Stratford, Ont., Oct. 12.—Early on the morning of Aug. doth last a barn situ- ated in the township of North Easthope, and owned by JacobWelhelm, V. 5., of Shakespeare, was destroyed by fire. There were suspicions of incendiarism at the time and as the building and contents were insured in the South Easthope Mutual for $1,300, the diree• tors of that company took steps to find the culprit, Investigation by the po- lice led to the arrest of Welhelm him- self, and on Saturday last Chief of Po- lice McCarthy accompanied by Lawyer J. P. Mabee, went to Chicago and se cured the arrest of Fred L. Hess, a brother in-law of Whelhelm, who was supposed to be mixed up in the affair. Both men were brought before the po- lice magistrate this morning, when Hess turued Queen's evideuee and ad- mitted having fired the barn by plac- ing a lighted candle among the hay. He claimed this was done according to an arrangement with Wilhelm, who was hard up, and concluded the insu*- auce money would be of more use to him than the baru. Hess was to get $100 for the job, He was working in Galt at the time and drove from there for the purpose of fulfilling the agree- ment, and shortly after left for Chicago on money furnished by Welheim. Hess was the only witness examined to -day, and the case was adjourned till ten o'clock Wednesday morning, Mitchell: In the closing hours of Mitchell's fair an accident occurred on the grounds which came very near proving fatal. Mr. Fred Hanson, son of Mr. Wm Hanson, Fullerton, was jusCgetting his team ready to contest in the "walking match," when he fell backwards from the wagon, striking on his shoulders. The wheels of the wagon passed almost over the en tire length of his body, and when pick- ed up he was thought' to be seriously injured. He was at once driven to his 'home, where he was attended to by a doctor from Kirkton, who found a blood vessel ruptured, but beyond this he was otherwise uninjured. Wingham Beattie Bros, met with, a serious loss on Monday evening. Robert l3oattie was driving the team to meet the eight o'clock train, and when in front of Bell's furniture Fee tory some boys were • noticed .on the back of the bus, and Mr. Beattie hand- ed the lines to Master Fred Pattersou, who was with him, who let the lines drop, and as soon as Mr. Beattie com- menced to use the whip on the boys, the horses ran away. In going through the gateway at the station grounds they ran into the poet,' going with such force that the best horse of the two was instantly killedn The boy. Patterson, escaped with a -severe shat: ing up. MUMS' Whine—ln Lucan, on Oct. 4th, th:wife of T. A. Webb, of a son. MCLISAN.—In Lucan, on Oct. 3rd, the wife of P. McLean, of a daughter. ATR1NSON—In Biddulph, on Sept. 24th, the wife of Marshall Atkinson, of a daughter. CoRNlsli—At Devon, on the 7th., the wife of John J. Cornish, of a son. iMA.RRIAGEA, Mu nio—ARNOLD—At the residence of the bride's mother, Parkhill, on Wed- nesday, Oct. 6th, ' by the Rrv. Mr. Ford, of London, Mr, Alexander Wil liam Munro, of Chicago, I11,, formerly of Ailsa Craig, to Miss Ida, daughter of Mrs. A. M. Arnold. PRouT PITAIR.—At the residence of the bride's parents, Mill street, Ex- eter, on Wednesday, Oct, 13th, by the Rev. Dr. Willoughby, Charles Prout, of Usborne, to Miss Alma, youngest daughter of Mr. William Phair. AVERY—HORN—At the residence of the bride's parents, on Wednesday Oct. 6th, by the Rev. Jewett, of El- imville, Edward Avery,•to Miss Jen• nie, daughter of Mr. Samuel Horn, all of Usborne. The family of Henry Lariviere, of Peltonnarrowescape from .. Belton, a had p he ing poisoned the other day. Slimily ti y after breakfast several of the members of the household became .vinlently i11, and for hours their lives were in dan- ger. It was found that only those who had drank from the well had been poisoned. The web was all right the previous evening. Egmoudville: Mr. Herman . Bu'toliz had the misfortune to fall off a load of earn, and in doing so he fell on his head. When found he was unconscious With the blood streaming from his mouth. Uaborne The eldest son of Mr, and Mrs. Sidney Wilson, of the 6th canoes - Siam, died on. Sunday week, after.a few days illness, from' brain fever, and was buried in the Elimville cemetery on Monday afternoon. He was aged nine years. Mitchell: On Saturday last Mrs. Jas, A. Goforth left her two children in the kitchen and went to do the work in the front part of the house. The youngest child, a little girl about one year, old, by some unknown cause, set its cloth- ing on fire. The mother heard it scream and rushed out to find the Iittle one's dress burning. She immediately strip ped the burning articles off and fouad that the fire got through its clothes, and that it was badly burned on the left side of the body. Brumfield: The funeral of the late Miss Mary McCartney, of Moose Jaw, Man,, was held in Baird'e cemetery this week. The deceased was a mice of Mr. Hugh McCartney, of our village. She died of that fell disease, consumpt- ion, of which her mother was also a victim some years ago. She, with her father, spent last wint.Yr in our village and neighborhood in fiope that the change would prove beneficial to her health, but the disease was too firmly rooted. She lingered until Friday last; the sad journey with the body was be- gun on Saturday, to be met here by friends, Seaforth : On Thursday morning Mr. Jno. Clufi met with a very pain- ful accident. He was runniog the stitcher machine and in tightening' a screw that had become loose his left band came in contact with the machine causiug his hand to be badly cat, Mr. Cluff is Sather unfortunate as this is the second accident that he has had within a few months,—Mr. Patrick Hickey met with a serious accident one day this week. He was working at Mr. Grayes' new building, carrying bricks to the upper story and while do- ing so he slipped and fell, receiving some severe injuries, Stanley: After a long illness and con- finement to his bed for 5 months, Ed- mond Westlake, of the Sauble line, died on Friday morning last, aged 58 years. Deceased was a native of Devon, but came to this country, with other mem- bers of the family, when there was little or no settlement in it, an11`"avis there- fore one of the pioneers, Some years ago he injured his spine, and never fully recovered from the accident,which is supposed to have been the prime cause of his death. He was a splendid farmer and good neighbor, who enjoy- ed the respect of all, He leaves a wife and two children. Sale Register. THURSDAY, Ocx.141h.—Farm stock and implements, the property of George Mots, Lot clo k. Concession BosseenberStephen. Sale at 1 FRIDAY, OcT. 22nd. --Farm stock and implements the property of Matthew Winer. Sale at one o'clock, Ed. Bossenberry, auct A. Coairmon Experience. Scene 1.—Mr. Johnson is obliged to give up work, remain in the house and take care of himself on account of a dreadful scrofula sore on one of his limbs. Scene II.—Mr, Johnson reads a testi- monial which tells of scrofulous troub- les cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. He resolves to try it, sends for a bot- tle and begins taking it. e III.—Mr. Johnson has taken six bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla. His scrofula sore is cured. He is feeling stronger, has a good appetite and is • able to attend to his work, He writes a testimonal telling of his experience with Hood's Sarsaparilla, and recom- mends it to others. THE CKEPP CSII STOKE, LIREMTEJN FOR BARGAINS IN FALL GOC] Just to hand the most complete stock ever, show in town comprising of Ladies' Mantles, Mantle Goons, Tress Goods, Fur Capes, Fur Ruffs, Etc. A large stock of Boys' Youths' and Men's ready jade clothing. A complete stock of i 7 h. & Underwear. Worsteds Gents furnishing Tweeds � s We handle the SA SKETCHEWAN BUFFALO ROBE ti e best Robe in the Market Call and inspect our stock for quality; our rices can- not be beaten, PRODUCE TAKEN AS CASH, Chas. Zwieker, Crediton.