Loading...
The Clinton News Record, 1938-12-08, Page 3!THURS., pEc. 8, 1938 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE•S WHAT CLINTON .WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINETIES Do You Remember What Happened During The Last Decade Of The Old Century? THE CLINTON NEW ERA S a faeth Electric Co. and purchased e : the building'. 4' Mr .and leIrs. Albert McBrien, and daughter Olive'who have been home- steading near Beadle, Sask., for the eral days making a valuation of the past three yearn, returned to Clinton effects of the Queen's prior to the en Wednesday. transfer to Thos. Bell, who took pos- Mr. Adam Cantelon, who is the session on Wednesday morning. owner of 2800 acres of land in the A meeting for the organizing of a district of Maple Creek and Piapot, hockey club in town was held On Sask., in a letter to his brother says Monday evening.. It was left to the in part that land in those districts managing committee to decide is jumping in price. Land that he whether a team would join the O.R.H. Purchased at $6.00 an acre is worth A. or enter a league with surround- $26.00 and higher, so it appears he ing towns. Officers appointed were is in good shape to make a cleanup. Pres. J. P. Doherty; Vice, J. A. Miller! On Monday afternoon the Model Sec-treas. S. Jackson ;Captain, Wm. class with Principal Bouck visited the McRae; Managing Committee, P. W.1 Piano Factory and were shown Break, G. M. Russell and J. Fairest.' through the building by the obliging Cr. [staff. It was a pleasant hour for Mr. Joseph Hodgson has decided the students. e to commence an evening class in' The tower on the post office at shorthand and has secured a room in Wingham is completed now all but the Collegiate building for that Par -1 pose. nutting !!en the iron sheeting. The work of,putting in the town clock DECEMBER 9, 1898 Messrs D. Dickinson and W. J. 'Paisley have been for the past sev- Mr. W. C. Myers, of Stratford, is shortly to become a resident of, Clinton having taken the agency here' for the Temperance and General In-' surance Company. 1 By Measurement on the level 131 inches of snow fell between Sunday. evening and Monday Morning. George Flintoff, an employee of Harland Bros., is on the sick list, anl his place is ably filled by S. Castles, jr. The new well sunk on the market square for the accomodation of the public, is handier -than the old one which has been filled up. A. storm such as has .been exper- ienced this veeek, is very rare this early in December; many of the coun- try roads are filled from fence to fence, and the difficulties of a blockade being experienced •so early in the winter is a serious handicap.1 Will Powell, who has been in the, rc(staurant business in Petrone., has: sold out, and is now looking for an- other opening. 1 H. B. Combe, druggist, informs us iilmt Mrs. (Rev.) J. W. Parke has', an exhibition of some of her fancy, china painting in his window; Mrs.! Parke is pronounced to be one in the front rank of china decorating, so admirers of this art will look for -1 ward to this display. A meetieg was held in the town hall in the interest. of Jos. Beck, Con. servative candidate last Friday even- ing . J. Hoover acted as chairman, and those on the platform with him were E. J. Dickinson, Wingham; Ed- itor Mitchell, of the Godetich Star; M. G. Gammon, Goderich, J. W. St John, Toronto; and the candidate himself. W111 be rushed through as soon as possible. The Dick House at Seaforbh, licence at which was cut off on May 1, and which has been closed since the death of Mr. Frank Kling is to be re -open- ed by its former proprietor and land- lord, Mr. James Dick. When The Present Century Was Young THE CLINTON NEW BRA, DECEMBER 11, 1913 Last week the house and shop of the J. Leslie Estate was sold to Mr. Dave Elliott, who bought out the business last year. Mr. and Mrs. Fair, who have been living in the house will move elsewhere as soon as a suitable house can be located. Mr. Barber, one of the membern of the new creamery company which will open in Seaforth soon was in town the last week looking up busi- ness. He bad thought of opening up in Clinton in the Waverly hotel but his •partner got in touch with the mamma...ea* THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD DECEMBER 11, 1913 The C.C.I. Commencement exercises take place in the town hall to -night whem in addition to a program, there will be the presentation of a Royal Humane Society medal to Miss Marg- aret McTaggart, and the awarding of prizes. Proficiency awards: Form 1, A. Petrie; Form 2, Miss E. Man- ning; Form 3, E. Gray; Form 4, E. Windsor. A distressing accident happ,ened at the home of Mr. and Mit. T. E. McKenzie on Friday afternoon which resulted in, their little son, Wilfred Douglas, losing his left thumb. It is supposed that the little lad got his thumb caught betwee the open door and a leaf of the drop-leaf table and in trying to free himself, jerked off his thumb, as it was found in his mitten. He was taken to the Hospital for 'treatment and has made good recovery. For the vacancy on the Model School Staff caused by the resigna- tien of Miss Macgregor, the board has secured the services of Miss Olive Cooper, who has had charge of the first room during the Model term. Miss Cooper is a capable teacher and an asset to the teaching staff. Mrs. G. Hanley has sold her cot- tage on Frederick street t o Prof. Bristowe, organist of Willis church, who has had it leased for sevenal months. Miss Mary Johnstone has bought the cottage on Ontario street form- erly owned and or-eupied by Mrs. W. Stanley of Holmesville. Messrs. R. Graham and T. H. look bought and dressed four hundred turkeys tans week. They sold them to D. Cantelon who shipped them to the city. Turkey money is now a considerable item in the farmer's re- ceipts. The Christmas spirit is already in the air and the Clinton hospital staff were made aware of the fact on Sat- urday when Mrs. Munroe, president, and Mrs. Kearns went dowel with a gift from the , Women's Institute, ,a fine down Comforter. A report was circulated early in the week to the effect that the lost Custodians of Beauty At this season of the year, we in- stinctively turn our thoughts to churches in general. Throughout the year, we have attended one in par- tienlar but, as Christmas draws near, the realization of its meaning makes us think of all Christian denomina- tions as one. ! Not only is this feel- ing true for the present day con- gregations, but somehow we feel a closer bond of friendship with the congregations of the past. We marvel at the faith of our ancestors in the pioneer days. Many churches built by their hands remain today as mute reminders of the ,apiritual heritage they bequeathed us. Such a building stands ia the city of Taranto, a beautiful example of pioneer construction. We arn told that it dis: one of Upper Canada's earlier achievements, with stone and timbers now almost a century old. The beginning of this cathedral dates back to the early years of the Victorian era. Bishop Power, in 1842, sealed in its cornerstone some pillar aragments and small oaken pieces from the roof of England's Cathedral of York, relics then over five cent- uries old. Pine trees from tbe for- est, now the busy streets of Toronto, were hewn by hand and are firm and sound today. The Franciscan m,onks drew their own designs, built and fired kilns to fix the colours of the huge original window of stained glass behind the high altar. St. Michael's of today is still the same cathedral that it was when it was built, little changed by the years. Of course, in timebuildings lose their fresh youthful appearance but their mellow tones of wood and paint remind us of old and tried friends. In order to preserve their original beauty often ferculptors and artists are called upon to touch up the fad- ing colours. Time is getting Short ORDER Your Personal Christmas Cards NOW At The CLINTON NEWS RECORD A Good Assortment to Choose From. , Sold in Lots of 25 with envelopes to match, from $1.50 up Last year, the redecorating of this beautiful Toronto cathedral was be- gun. The work involves the equiva- lent of transferring •a gallery of art to plaster. There are more than one hundred individual paintings, murals, coats of arms and symbols, and the decoration work is an emphatic ree futation of the statement that the craftsman's day ie ended. ' A report by the Education Branch of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows that those graduating in the fine arts, artists, art teachers, sculp- tors and painters, have mare than doubled in the last thirty years. The power not cnily to create beautiful things, but to preserve those already in our possession lies within the hands of 2,600 men and women at the pres- ent time. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERSARE SAYING WHY POLITICS STINK Eactracti,a _from a Canadian daily newspaper reportiing the address of the president of a palitical party riding association.: ..Membeis of our association need patronage as much as mem- i bers of any association n the i city, and they merit it s much as members of other associations. They all worked hard during the last election, andathexe should be some return for their labor:" "Your outgoing executive' has fought all along for more pat- ronage, but it has been an uphill fight, and we have not gained an inch. I hope your next executive will carry on and be more sue- ! cessful than we have been." QUIET MARRIAGES. Getting married nowadays seems like a noisy, sometimes vulgar occur- rence which is foreiga to the old- fashioned idea of sanctified matri- mony. In probably every town the actual marriage cereanoner is follow- ed by a fast joy ride through the tovvn in'cars which are piastered with unseemly signs and dragging an as -1 sortment of tinware behind. The cars' horns are sounded continuously and the happy couple are ushered into the holy bands in an atmosphere of noise, speed and 'wisecracks. It is reasonable to believe that the young couple who have just peighted their troth do not enjoy being made quite so conspicious. We believe the wed- ding would be considerably move cessful and e o able to both the ne y Canadians are toiling a third of most interested parties and the gmests each working dayt o provide the of it were conducted along slightly 1 money to maintain our governmental mere dignified lines as would befit its instithutions --linstitutionel conceived high place in the social structure.— in the ideal of benefit and protection Lindsay Post. for all. Yet behind those who are' entrusted with the governmental I AT A PRICE functions stands the insidious leech known as the pblitical party organift Canada has been fortunate in her zations. Apparently the low strata public men. Macdonald ,and Mackene of"their operations does not conceive zie and Mowat and Whitney are typi- of the party being animated by any cal of our Canadian public men at higher ideal than to get their mouths' their best. These men have served into the trough of public funds. I with outstanding unselfishness. All Democratic government presupposes of them were poor men as far as, differences of opinion as to the best wealth is reckoned these days. Some means of serving the common good.' of them were very poor. Yet they Consequently there must be organized served greatly. Their services can - expression of the various groups of not be overestimated. opinion, hence the necessity of pol-I Yet the cost in vitality, to these itical parties. But no party has any public servants has been tremendous. right to existence when its support They stood up against the swirl of is predicted upon such a background' things but paid the price with their as the above quotation implies. I very lives. There can be little public confid-1 Just now R B Bennett and al W.' Just Foolishess Marden is a dog man. The prize tenant of his keniels is a pointer named Sir Lionel. Last partridge season a. high pressure businessman from the city came out to visit Marden. "I'd like to go out and shoot some thing," the city man said briskly. Marden, had a sore foot so he could not go along, but he ar1rayed his guest in a hunting jacket, riding breeches and big boots, handed him a bird gun and whistled for Sir Lionel. Dog and man went forth to hunt and returned at the end of the day !with- out any game. Marden was astounded that his famous pointer, with well-tatietlated generations of breeding and a life- time of careful training, had not stir- red up some birds for the guest. What was 'the trouble r Marden asked. "It was the dog's fault," explained the city man, "I cured him finally, but by then it was getting too dark." "Cured him?" cried Marden. "Cur- ed Sir Lionel, the greatest bird dog of his day". a "Greatest nothing!" the guest sneered at Sir Lionel. "Why that blamed dog just kept freezing like a statue every few minutes, with his tail stickling straight oute Looked like he was paralyzed. But a few good swift kicks finally cured him of that foolishness." SMALL TOWN LIFE ad a quarter gallons of 'water te So many people are apt ta blame a small town for the eindessness of their lives, "If only," they say, "we lived in a city, there are so many advantages we are missing." Perhaps there are. But what of the advantages of the email town. Too often these are ov- erlooked as commonplace. Chief of these are the friendliness and import- ance of every member of the com- munity in the scheme oi things. Then, too, life ie more gracious, tolerant and less hurried. Generally speaking, small town folks are more cultured and have mere time to ap- preciate the finer things of life situ- ated as they are away fram the hustle and bustle of the city. The chief complaint of those who have moved to the city from a small( town le the lack of friendship be- tween neighbours. Everybody is too busy attending to their •own affairs to wolay about their neighbours. In the small town, life is spent of necessity, among people; the contacts therefore are more friendly and last- ing. To gain influence in the city one must either have plenty of influence, or be able to fight the enormous' competition that is found there. I smallern s u I, as ours this is not so. On the contrary, there is no other place where one is judged more for his own ability than anything else. There are far more opportunities for self advancement, commercially, socially and spiritually, in the small towii than most of us realize. What we make of those op- portunities rests entirely with us. ITrue, some people live aimless lives but, unless they put mare purpose into their lives they could do no bet- ter in the city. In ether words, life is what you make it and the more you put into it the greater the re- ward.—Exchange. minute proved unequal to the task of keeping out the sea. Water seep- ed in and covered the crops a foot deep. Mud, silt collected over every- thing. Water stood in the lobby of ,the hotel. Homes and farms were 'slowly inundated. Today Lake Mattamuskeet has re-- claimed its own. The "New Holland"' that was born of a rich man's dreana vlsasntoallitte°Mrsp.tNeoxteheiangt areinfeawinsdeesfeattheae highways winding down into the lake., I Lake Mattamuskeet is now a Fed- eral migratory wild -fowl refuge — the home of thousands of ducke and wild geese — and is stocked with an over -abundant supply of bass andl other fish. • enee in governments so long as such Rowell are paying the price of their1 a condition is permitted within the distinguished services in their weak -I party argaaizaticin.—The Canadian ened vitality. Both of these men are VILLAGE FROM LAKE AGAIN Veteran. • going into retirement, not because! 4.••••• You can't be Serious, Agnes MR. BENNETT RETIRES', TO ENGLAND Rt. ton. R. B. Bennett haspur- chased a home in England in the County of Sturrey about 20 mileis from London where he proposes to, . . • Y g more charming spot to retire than rural Surrey, with the attractions of the Great City of London only a few miles away. But we cannot. picture the energetic and restless.Mr- Bennett settling down to a life or ease and retirement in Surrey or anye other place. He is not built to be. a country gentleman. i Unfortunately he has no hobbies._ He cannot play bridge, he never at- • tempted golf and horticulture is not in his ken. His one hobby in life has been work and public life. SG - our guess is that fallowing the ex- • sample of another great Canadian statesman, Hon. Edward Blake, he - will enter the British House. • It seems rather a pity that he is moving to England. While Mr. Ben- nett doubtless would not want to sit. in the Canadian House when he is no longer the head of the table—and. his presence would be an embarrass- tftey nave ,passeo tite allottectUNDEIt WATER I ment to Han. Dr. Manion, the new - of life, but because they have carried, New Holland, N. C. — One a the Conservative leader—yet. he had such,. their loads of public duties beyond largest farms in the world now the place where heart and flesh mill- at the bottom of a lake in eastern a wide knowledge of Canadian af- The press of Ontario, perhaps of lies fairs and such amazing intellectual port them. To bath of these great North Carolina. Canadianstd best iattainments that there should be: Canada, !carried a story last week we extend our eswishes some way his talents could be availed that Miss Agnes Macphail, M.P. forSome 15 years ago Lake Matta-. life, blessed with happy recollections lake in the State, was drained in an Canada. Hl retirement to, which she criticized our two-party Hyde County, large t of bY Grey -Bruce, had made an address in for many a happy day of private muskett,n 1of services well rendered to the effort to reclaim. the 50,000 acres of iEnniognla.nd is a real loss to the Dome system of government, and is quot- ed as saying that it seems ridiculous' country whose interests they have rich farmland in the lake bed. A to pay the leader of the Opposition done so much to further. — Exeter complete settlement was established a salary just to oppose the govern -Times -Advocate. — a 23 -room hotel, houses, barns,: RULES FDR COUNCILLORS ' ment Miss Macphail is by no means alone' ELEVATORS FULL 1 in "poking fun" at our parliament -1 For the first time in five years, the elevators of the Goclerich Elevat-' ary system, and, even, since she was a on and Transit Company will this young schoalma'am running her first year be filled to capacity for the campaign in this riding back in 1921, winter months, and several boats aTe an almost steady stream of invective 'o. has flown from her lips. It is wasn't due there to winter, Toady tbe the tariff, it was our economic unloaded in: the spring of theie stor- system — in fact, like the banking age grain. system, the parliamentary 5y5tem-2 Close to one million bushels of grain have arrived since last Friday in fact, like a good Irishman, there for the elevator and three or four were few things she wasn't "agin". more boats are expected before the On the face of it, many people will agree with Miss week is out with corn and wheat from.. Chicago and Fort William. Macphail that it ridi seems cu1 t steamer Wexford was supposed to have been located in shallow water about a mile from Bayfield. This is not correct however. A small piece Of board floated to shore near God, erich about a week ago and was pick- ed up by Mr. K. Naftel with a mes- sage attached. It read, "I am lashed to the wheel, B". This message is supposed to have been from Capt. Bruce Cameron, for whose body a re- ward of one hundred dollars has been offered. Rev. Q. I. Langford, incumbent Of the Middleton, Holmesville, Summer- hill parish, being uriable to teach the latter place Sunday evening, assisted the rector of St. Paul's church in the service. Miss. Myrtle Tiplady is assisting in Mr. A. J. Grigg's jewellery store during the holiday rush. Mr. James McCool, son, of Mr. and latrai Wm. McCook of lIullett, has passed the civil service examination preeribed for .the outside mail service and in all probability will ere long be appointed a mail clerk. Mr. Herbert Schoenhals, !who has sprent the summer sailing on' the great lakes, is holidaying at his hame in town and may remain for some time. Mr. John Calooks, western sales - roan for a Toronto firm, is spending a' vacation with friends in Clinton. aus o pay on. r. Manion $10,000 a year to oppose the goyermnente But we can't believe that Agnes was serious. If we re- collect rightly, the salary of a Fed- eral M.P. is $4,000 a year, and Miss Macphail has beena member for 17 years. In other words, this country has paid her $68,000 since 1921. For what? Te oppose the gavern- inent! For the greater part of this time we have had Liberal govern- ments—and she wouldn't touch them with a ten -foot pole. For a shorter period, we have had Conservative governments, and she wouldn't touch them with a twenty -foot pole. Miss Macphail has always been among the opposition—always inde- pendent. If any member of parlia- ment earns the $4,000 a year, we be- lieve Miss Macphail does. But how can she be serious in ridiculing the principle of paying members to op- pose the government when that has been her forts even since 1921? Never has she contested an election as a supporter of the government, and; while it is true that she has supported the government on oc- casion, yet she was numbered among the opposition except on very special occasions. If, as Miss Maephail declares, it is nonsensical to pay men just to oppose the government, the remedy lies in her own hands. All she needs do is to join the government and work with them in the love and har- mony Which she professes to admire. We presume Premier King would like nothing better than to have all of the Opposition members converted to the Grey -Bruce member's gospel. Four-fifths of the House is now on the Liberal 'side, so only a few sin -1 ners need to be called to repentance, and everything would be as merry as a wedding. Of course, it might not remain that way very long. If such a staunch Grit as "Mitch" Hepburn 'falls out" with such a staunch Grit as "Billy" Rim what's going to happen when "Bob" Manion, Harry Stevens, J. S. Woodsworth and Agnes Macphail all get under the same roof? Politics is a funny thing. Miss Macphail carries the U.F.O. label, yet she has always been associated with the "ginger group" and the C.C.F., though the latter were thrown out on their ear by the I.T.F.O. She ridicules paying a salary to men to oppose the government, and yet ac- cepts $4,000 a year as a member el the Opposition.—Hanover Post. highways, bridges — and a "New Holland" rose where the lake had been. The largest pumping station in the world was built to pump water out of the lake bed into Pamlico Seund. Lane crops wee planted ; and the unusually fertile soil pro- duced bumper harvests. A. total of , $17,000,000,000 was spent in a pro - 1 digious effort to reclaim the sub- merged land. Reasearch men, engin- eers' soil experts all co-operated in the attempt. Bdt the sea was not to be so , easily thwarted. The great pumping I system capable of removing a million Never lose your temper. Write ne letters. Don't consult your wife. Ride on the water wagon. Keep your mouth shut. Issue no statements. Never deny anything in the papers... Be nice to other nien's wives, But not too nice. —Life.. There is no true happiness in the Iworld except that of a soul content , with its condition. This is the way to carry heaven about with you.—Alphonsus de Sarasa. NEW RAIL LINE SERVES QUEBEC MINES A 'tee tee ITH the inauguration, during the month of December, of service over the complete new Senneterre-= branch line of the Canadian National Railways, important mineral areas of Northwestern Quebec will gain the advantage of necessary freight and passenger transportation. The line is 100 miles long, beginning at Senneterre • on the Transcontinenta Hine, passing through Val d'Or and reaching Rouyn, where it connects with existing railways . from the north and from the west. c The Pictures: 1.—A typical mine in Western Quebec; 2. --Canadian National bridge over the Kinojevis River, the building of which presented engineering problems of unusual character; 3.—The parish church at Senneterre, start of the new branch line; 4.—Main Street Val d'Or, new mining centre; 5.—Noranda which owes its birth to the:. important mine of that name.