The Clinton News Record, 1936-07-16, Page 4THURS., JULY 1G, 1936
THE CLINTON ` NEWS -RECORD
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WHAT CLINTON WAS DOINGIN THE
GAY NINETIES
Do Y011 Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
From The. Clinton New Era, July, 10,
1896: '
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cole left this
week for Rapid River, Michigan.
On Sunday next Mr. Thos. 0. Coo-
per will pass his 88th milestone.'
Miss Manche Sheppardis visiting
at the residence of her .uncle, Rev.
E. Kershaw of : Embro.
Mr. C. C. Rance has rented Dix-
on's new hotel at Brucefieid and ex-
pects to takes possession in October
1st.
Ur, Turnbull was called to his
home in Listowel on Wednesday ow-
ing to the illness of both his father
and his mother.
When The Present Century
Was Young ,
From The New Era, July 13, 1911:
Mrs. J. Howson is visiting friends
in Woodstock,
Miss Edith 'Hodgens of Goderieh
is visiting with old friends in town.
M. John Warrener and son of
Sarnia spent a few days in town
Nit week,
Mr. John Moon of Toronto made a
short visit in town recently.
Dr. W. J. Fowler accotfipanied by
his wife and children are once more
renewing, former acquaintances an
Rev. A. Y. Hartley of Bluevale has town. I
resigned his charge' in that place, Mr. Murray McEwan was at Mit-
and purposes making Cliziton his shell last Friday night umpiring the
home and will shortly take up rest- baseball match between that town and
dence here, We welcome him to our Goderieh.
midst.
Mr. W. Perrin and Premier Hardy, Made a Rescue — Last week foul
are related and they went to school young men went sailing at Bayfield
together. • A:sudden wind blew up. Their calls
Able to be Out The many friends for help brought Newman Cluff to
of David Cantelon, Jr., son of Wm. the rescue. He brought them safe to
Cantelon, will be pleased to know shore.
that he is now able to be out and he Mr. W. S. R. Holmes is having a
expects soon to be as well as ever new cement walk laid at his home.
physically. Huron Old Boys Tour the Country
He Was Joked—They are telling a There were five automobiles in the
good joke on a certain Conservative in
town. Some one informed him that big party and they made a triumphal
Laurier had decided to prohibit the tour of the county arriving at Sea-
running of all special trains en the forth Saturday afternoon. The tour -
12th of July and also ordered all the nsts visited Bayfield, Godetich, Dun -
hotels to be closed. He believed tate Bannon. Lucknow and Wingham.
yarn and went storming about for i While in Wingham they attended St.
some time before he discovered that Paul s church. The trip was in
the 12th fell on a Sunday. charge of President Beck, Secretary
Floody and Vice -President Sloan.
A' Piece of Fine Workmanship — One of the features of the outing
H. B. Chant has -just completed for was a visit to James McMichael, the
his brother, Prof. Chant, of the Uni- oldest citizen ell the county, The
versity of Toronto, a clock which is a men in the party were: E. Floody, H.
model of fine workmanship and fin- ' J. Clucas, . Thos. Poole, W. O. McTag-
ish. The clock has a second hand as Bart, Dr. W. E. Struthers, Major
well as minute a&d hour hands and Beek,
an electric alarm. The clock and
works are the product of Mr. Chant's
own hands.
From The News -Record, July 15th,
1896: •
From The Clinton News -Record,
July 13th, 1911:
Miss Winnie O'Neil is spending ai
-week at the family cottage, Bayfield.
Mr. and Mrs, John Johnston, Rat- Mr. and Mrs. Janes Keys of Yoke,
tenbury street, Mrs. Whitehead and Mich,, former well-known residents of
Miss Estell are on a visit in the Soo. Stanley township were visitors with
They left by boat from Goderieh. the former's'brother, Mi. Wm. Keys
Mr. G. F. Emerson has opened a of town,
branch bicycle emporium at Hayfield.
Messrs, Robert Irwin anti NTnut'ay
Jackson left this morning for St.
Thomas as delegates from Wesley
League to the annual summer school
now in session there.
Mrs. G. N. Sherlock and Miss Seel-
ing of Kincardine ate visiting Mr. W.
Cooper.
Mr. R. D.' Ramsay of Plattsvillewas
on a brief visit to Mrs. Ramsey avid
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Gil- • Misses Norma Bentley , .Eva and
Christ. • Mollie Cluff and Cleta and. Leila Ford
Mr. and Mrs. Wan. and MTs. J. T. have gone to Windermere, Muskoka,
for a couple week's holidays.
Dr. MaeCalhun and his bride have
returned from their trip to Europe.
Harland attended the funeral.of the
late Mr. W. H. Marney of Goderieh
last Thursday. '
Harry Folland, who had charge of
,Tames Fair's cattle on the trip to They are visiting at the Iatter's home,
that of Mr. and Mrs. John Wiseman.
A. Field of Buckwheat -Mr. .A. J.
from The Fenton, Mich., Independent Grigg rather fancies himself as a
refers to a brother of R. J. Cluff of farther these days and few will dis=
town and John Gruff of Goderieh Pate his claim when it becomes known
township. In brief—We regret to part that he has a growing field of buck-
wheat standing over five : feet high.
with our rector, Rev. Williatn T. Cluff
This is a remarkable height for this
who has been an earnest and success- type of grain. " Mo. Grigg says that
ful worker amongst us for a period everyone he has asked to view this
of more than three years. On his ar- field has done so except 14Ir. Frank
rival here a plain and rather antjgro O'Neil. Mr. Grigg insinuates that he
church edifice was used. Now by Was brought up on buckwheat por-
means of his active energies with the ridge and can't bear the sight of the
aid of several very munificent gentle -
stuff. There' seems to be good
rent furnishing financial aid and chances ofbuckwheat pancakes in the
building talent and aided by the un -
Grigg household this coming winter.
tiring efforts of the ladies of the
congregation, a modern and beautiful ,Farewell -Gathering -A well attend-
ehifrch has been erected, ed picnic in honour of Mr. and Mrs.
Bicycle Races:—There" will.be five Sam. Rathwell was held on the lawn
numbers on the card for Friday of Mr. Janes 'Miller on Tuesday 'ev-
night. Admission of five cents to de- ening. Just before supper was served
fray expenses. Watch the mayor of -I a short address was read by Rev. T.
ter Tom Jackson's scalp. Chief W. Cosens, in which he referred to the
Wheatley,. Fred. Jackson, Dr. Bruce,
Johnnie Miller and Dan Ross will be
a quintet worth watching.
Scotland returned Saturday.. He re-
ports,fair luck with the cattle:"
A Good Parson — The following
faithful and efficient work of Mr. and
Mrs. Rathwell in connection with On-
tario street church:
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
DOES IT FIT, TODAY
No humorist is without an : acid
touch,' on occasions, and for all his
kindly honor, Mark Twain had this
touch to a high degree.
His description of the "average
man" was of such a nature that it
may be an accurate picture, even
today, It hits out' all those who, in-
stead of trying to ameliorate interna-
tional relations, are ready at a given
sign to mash all the saving conditions
that so laboriously have been built
up in an endeavour to protect the
citizenry of the world.
Mark Twain's judgement gives ;
the impression: that if this man were;
to commit a; crime the compiler of
the "wanted" bill would have no diff-
iculty in picking him up here, there
and everywhere that, "if a composite l
photograph were taken of the whole,
of :humanity it would show a man'
with an axe on his shoulder proceed -1
ing in search of a grindstone."
What a pitiful piotue. What a
judgement. Have,, wethe right, at
the present time, t o repudiate an
accusation that throws the world back
almost to the status of jungle men?
—London Free Press..'
THE EFFRONTERY OF YOUTH
After all, the years do not greatly
change the equipment of human
nature man starts out with. A youth
with the accumulated wisdom of 16
years will resent advise regarding
his' conduct by a child of seven. What
could a "kid" of that age know about
anything.
Evidently d yll it is the same at 97 and
105. When recently John Rockefeller
parted company with' his ninety-
seventh: year he undertook=as most
very aged people are asked to do -
to set forth certain rules of health
DOLPHINETS SHOW HOW TO SAVE LIVES
Now that balmy breezes and bright
sunshine have started the annual
pilgrimage to Ontario's lakes and
rivers, the drowning hazard is again
causing concern to many parents.
Artificial respiration is being taught
tp young swimmers so that lives may
be saved. Here are- two comely
Dolphinets, members of Canada s
leading women'sswimming club,
showing just what to do with a per-
son
erson who has been pulled from the
water in an unconscious condition.
As .part of an intensive safety cam.
paign, the Industrial- Accident Pre-
vention Associations have issued
these instructions: "Place the palms
of the hands on the small of the back
with fingers resting on the ribs, the
little finger lust touching the lowest
rib, with the thumb and fingers in a
natural position and the _tips of the'
fingers just out of sight. With arms -
held straight, swing forward slowly
so that the weight of your body is
gradually brought to bear upon the
s;•i:rs:.
patient. The shoulder should " be
directly over the heel of the hand
at the end of the forward swing. Do
not bend your elbows. 'This opera-
tion should take about two seconds,
Now immediately swing backward
so as completely to remove the pres-
sure. After two seconds, swing for-
ward
orward again. Thus repeat deliber-
ately,
eliberately, 12 to 15 times a .minute, the
double movement of compression
and release, a complete respiration
in four or five seconds."
`'''" .`,Yrs. Yit'wev.P.'Y.'.•. ":Yr•.W.'.'.`.•"K•:.•.•.Y: --""ic .THE CANADA YEAR BOOK
YOUR WORLD AND MINE
by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
(copyright)
That old story about Midas, the'
king who desired the gift of the
golden touch, needs to be recalled
frequently, for there are so many of l
us who want to turn all things which
we touch into gold—as if the posses -1
sion of gold were the supreme tri-
umph of Iife. There are so many a-
mong us like the Irishman who said,
"They say that money is the root of
all evil, but give the lots of the root."
There died the otherday a man
whose great purpose in life was to
get rich. They tell us that he had
accumulated $75,000 --,this in his life-
time of 67 years. I knew this man)
from childhood. He was a very good ,
man in the sense that he was upright.
He was an elder o' the kirk. But he •
was "close". There was not a par-
ticle of generosity in hint. He began
life with nothing but his health and
his sound upbringing. He became a
clerk in a store. He hada pleasant
way with him, and was a success. In
the course of time he went into busi-
ness for himself. Apparently he pros-
pered, but during the latter years of
his life, he had ill -health, and had to
slacken hiseffortsto get ahead. He
was never very popular, because he
was so obviously -a self-seeker, and
because he "refused to identify him-
self with community activities.
1936
entry his parsimony shortened his life.
This man never travelled, I know
little about his family. His one son
is afflicted, physically and seriously.'
Whether or not the son had any in-
clination to acquire a superior edu-
cation, I cannot say, but I do know
that he lacks the qualities which help
a man. forward. His physical disabil-I
Sty makes it almost impossible for
him to earn a living, Fortunately,
however, for hint, the money which
his father accumulated will sustain
this son—if the son does not dissi-
pate it.
The father, I imagine,... ran his
home on what has come to be known
as the `budget' • plan, meaning that
expenditures on domestic life were
I cramped. Now, it is all right to
trim all expenses when necessary—a
scant. income—forbids the indulgence
of desires; but it seems to me that
more is lost than is saved when a
Irian "worth" $75,000 never allows
' his wife or children to exceed the Unti-
1 get.'
This man had another source of
income—mortgages. Apparently he
put all his surplus money into mort-
gages, and I can imagine. that he was
rather relentless in his dealings with
borrowers.. It was—so I was told -
a long walk over hilly country roads
—8 miles or so—to collect the in-
terest due on a mortgage that ended
this man's life—for' he a died suddenly
the following day from a heart at-
tack. It had been suggested to hin'i
that he should hire a taxicab to make
the journey, but he scoffed at the
suggestion. "It would cost the two
or three dollars", he said. Appar-
that had helped him into the ranks
of the nonagenarians. Ten of these
rules he cited.
People younger than"John D."
were mildly interested; though not
eager to reach the age when benefit
of the rules might be proved. But
Charles W. Eldridge was more than
interested;. he was annoyed. While
"John D' is hu his ninety-eighth year
"Charles' W." has observed his 105th
birthday; and he resented advise by
the "young fry." All humbug any-
way. "Take Rule 5 : in young Rock-
efeller's Iist," he said: "Don't allow
yourself to get annoyed," That's
poppycock. I've been annoyed most
all my 105 -years, and two or three
times it saved my life." -
So 'there you are. While annoy-
ance }nay be a nonagenarian's poison,
it is a centenarian's meat.. Similarly
with other rules of conduct. ` There
are a few' to deny that man may begin
his second century with, a new outlook
on life -especially men like Charles
W. Eldridge. Things that interested
him in the nineties become of little
consequence. And apparently there.
is a strengthening, of determination,
evident all through the years, not to
take advice from the juveniles, the
young upstarts!—The Globe,
VOTER'S LISTS
The agitation carried en by the
newspapers across Canada, irrespect-
ive of party affiliations, against the
plan of preparing the. Dominions
Voters' lists at Ottawa as adopted for
the last campaign, has produced re-
sults' and the former ' plan of printing
them in the different eonnties'will be
reverted to. The public treasury will
benefit considerably by the change.
Goclerich Stan.
Here I want to say a word or two
in praise of those farmers who have
given their sons and daughters a good
"schooling" or education — sending
them to high schools and to the uni-
versity, that they, the children, might
have "advantages" which were denied
the parents. .A farmer's income is
usually devoid of any margin for the
education of children, Probably the
money, needed and employed is sav-
ings, and "indeed, 'it may be derived
From a mortgage on the farm,
In my boyhood days, when I was
at the high school, there were many
farmers' sons and daughters .among
my c lass mates. Some were prepar-
ing themselves to be teachers, and in
the cases of then, the teaching period
was intended to give the means (mon-
ey) which would enable them to be-
come doctors, or to go to the uni-
Sersity. I am sorry to have to say
that occasionally these farriers' sons
peened to be unappreciative of the
sacrifices of their parents . and of
brothers and sisters. Yet, whatever
may have been the number of un-
faithful ones, the number of those
whose subsequent careers justified
every fond hope and every sacrifice
was much larger, Indeed, if one were
to make an investigation among our
i leaders, one would find, a surprising-
ly large number of them who were
reared on a farm and who got their
start in life because parents and
brothers and sisters made it possible
by their sacrifices and thrift, for the
son to get an education.
Which is better, I ask: for a.father
to be a money -grubber and a miser,
denying wife and' children an indul=
gence of their legitimate desires, and
in this way adding to his hoard; or
for a father to spend himself and his
earnings on his children in order that
they may have more than he had of
those -things -which the world calls de-
sirable
A good many of my contributions
to The News -Record have dealt with
this same subject, namely, the cost-
liness of being miserly.' What shall
it profit a man if he gain the whole
world and lose; in the process, his
soul? A man's soul is what he takes
with him into the life beyond this
earthly life, . And if a man loses his
soul in this earthly life, and so enters
the life beyond soulless, it means that
his earthly life was utterly misspent,
even though he died "worth millions".
A queer expression that "worth mil-
Iions"—or'"worth $100,000". What is
the true measure of a man when he
die? Is it the money /which he ac-
cumulated? Is it not rather what he
gave to those dependent on him and
those whose lives he touched more or
less closely day after day? It is not
otswor—
The publication of the 1936 edition
of the Canada Year Book is announc-
ed by the General Statistics Branch
of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
The Canada Year Book is the official
statistical annual of the country and
contains a thoroughly up-to-date ac-;
count of the natural resources of the
Dominion and their development, the
history of the country, its institu-
tions, its demography, the different
branches of production, trade, trans..:
portation, finance, education, etc.in
brief,: a comprehensive study within
the limits of a single volume of the
social and economic condition of the
Dominion. •This new edition has been
thoroughly revised throughout and
includes in all its chapters the latest
information available up to the date'
of going to press.
The '1930 Canada Year Book ex-
tends to over 1,160 pages, dealing'
with every phase of the national life'
and more especially with those sus
ceptible of statistical measurement.:
Attention may be called to some of
the special features of the present
volume. The statistical summary, in-
cluded in the introductory matter,
has been extended this year. A spe-
cial article, "Canada on Vimy Ridge",
prepared by Colonel A. Fortescue
Duguid, D.8,0., B.Sc., "R.C.A,, Direc-
tor of the Historical Section (0.S.),
Department of National Defence, has
been included in Chapter II. This is
apropos in the light of the pilgrimage
to Vimy and the official unveiling of
the Vimy Memorial arranged to take
place this month. New material on
fertility rates and multiple births in
Canada has been added to Chapter V.
Insofar as statistics are available,
the immigration tables of Chapter VI
have been placed on a calendar year
basis to facilitate international com-
parison. Statistics covering the con-
the degree of his conquest over his
evil or gross nature and instincts? Is
it not the manner and measure .of
his use of his opportunities for self-
culture and self -advancement?
I do not belittle money. Indeed, I
should like to be rich. But I do not
want to be rich at the expense of my
suit. When I pass from' this life, I'
want to be remembered, not by the
figure representing my worldly es-
tate, but by those whose lives touch-
ed imine --and be remembered with af-
fection and esteem. '
Here I speak of a book which I
should like to think will be read by
many of my readers -"I Will Lift Up
Mine Eyes" by Hubert Skidmore
(Doubleday, Doran,& Co.). This book
tells of a family which lived on a 25-
acre farm in the mountain country
of Virginia. The father and . the
mother toiled unstintedly with hoe
andspade and harrow. They had no
plow. An ex was their beast. 'Drought
was their enemy -and the failing fer-
tility of the land. Every year was one
of anxiety. There were four children.
There were no neighbours, no schools,
no church. Beaten by adversity, the
family wentto a lumber camp, living.
in a shack no better built than a.hen-
house. The father's wages gave the
family comforts of. sorts. But the
companionship of co-workers and the
regular wages weaned the father a
way from his love of the faatn; but
the mother's yearning for: the old life
with .all its hardships never lessen-
ed. When her husband was 'killed,
and when her elder son was married,
she and two young children returned
to the little farm. Drudgery was , a
term unknown to her. Unto the hills,
Where there were purity and peace,
her eyes were lifted up. There was
no deterioration in her character be-
cause of the sustenance of her hope
of going back to the little holding up
amid the hills.
Ask your public library to get this
book, and read it,
picture at the peak of domestic pros-
perity while the 1933 figures reflect', t
the writing down of values resulting
from the depression. Several of the
statialical series in Chapter XXII
have 'become brokenby the creation
of the Bank of Canada, but since it.
will be seine time before other series
can be begun on the new basis, a
compromise has been temporarily
made. Improvement has been affect-
ed in the presentation of the finan-
cial'statistics of the provincially -con --
trolled schools of Canada by the col --
lection of data on a more comparable
basis, from all provinces. T1gse are
presented' in Chapter VXXV, Tables 8
-
and 9. Chapter XXI has been re-.
vised; sections dealing with the pub
lic health activities of Dominion and
of provincial health authorities and a
brief sketch of the origin and growth:
of the different classes of institutiotfs.
in Canada have bene included.
Tbe death of His Majesty King-
George
ingGeorge V on Jan. 20, 1936, received!
with deep sorrow'thn•oughout the Em-
pire and with world-wide regret, anti:'
the succession of King Edward VIII
to the Throne, have: been appropriate-
ly marked by the reproduction, as
frontispiece, of the official Proclam-
ation of the Government of Canada.
made on Jan. 21, 1936, accompanied
by the latest official photog'raphs,.
obtained through the courtesy of the,
respective Comt photographers.
The Volume is illustrated by many
maps and diagrams and the latest a-
vailable data are everywhere includ•'-
ed.
struction industry in Canada have
been made available in the Bureau
recently, and are -published for the,
first time in Chapter XV, amplifying
the information . on contracts award-
ed and building permits, statistics of
which have appeared regularly in
the past. The introduction to the Ex-
ternal Trade Chapter (XVI) has. been
revised by the inclusion of an ab-
stract of the value and quantum of
world trade abridged from the League
of Nations' "Review of World Trade,
1934" Section 9 of Chapter XVII.
dealing with Merchandising and Ser-
vice Establislnnents has been entire-
ly revised and rewritten to coven the
estimates of retail trade made since
the 1931 Census; ' a new series of
monthly indexes of retail sales, 1929-
35, is also included as well 'as prin-
cipal statistics of chain stores and
the motion pictgre industry. Some
revision has been considered neces-
sary in Chapter XXI by the inclusion
of new material on the important
subject of municipal taxation and the
estimate of national wealth, 1983,
1 with revised comparable figures for
1929—the latter estimates gives a
Owing to the urgent need'for econ-
omy in the distribution of Govern-•-
ment publications, it has become ne-
cessary to make a charge to all in-
dividuals receiving the Canada Year
Book. Persons requiring the Year-
Book
earBook may obtain it from the King's
Printer, Ottawa, as long as the sup-
ply lasts, at the price of $1.50 whick
covers merely the cost of paper, print-
ing and binding. " By a special con-
cession, ministers of religion, bona-
fide students and school teachers may-
obtain
ayobtain paper -bound copies at the nom-
inal price of 50c each.
A Ministerial Orderby the Domin-
ion Deputy Minister of Agrlcuiture
states that the issuing of permits for
the importation into Canada of cattle,
sheep, goats, other ruminantsand
swine from the British Isles will now
be considered. This order removes
the necessity for the detention of
these animals in English, Scottish, or
Irish quarantine stations " prion to,
embarkation for Canada. The restric-
tions in importation into Canada were
occasioned some time ago by an out-
break in Great Britain of foot and
mouth disease which was promptly
dealt with. Sixty days have now e-
lapsed since the removal of the ban in
Britain.
=SNAPS4IOT CUIL
TAKE YOUR CAiMERA ON
VACATION TRIPS
Pictorial beauty and scenes of
human Interest may be cap-
tured almost anywhere by the
vacationist who keeps his cam-
era ready, as shown in these
pictures taken on an automo-
bile tour. The picture -taker
stopped the car, instead of
whizzing by.
4•!', ,e1
As EVERYBODY knows, one of the
important pleasures of a-vaca-
tion,trip is talking' about it after-
wards. It is a"rare person who has
no desire to tell his friends what a
"grand" time he had, of the places
he visited, the beautiful scenery, the
interesting people are met, and vara -
ons entertaining experiences. If he is.
a good raconteur with the ability to
make word pictures, his friends are.
likely to listen for quite a while, but,
on the other hand, if he doesn't know
how ,to tell his story interestingly,
lie may have to give in to bored
"Yeah's," or a counter attack from
his listener who, the chances are, has
been on a vacation trip himself, and
wants to tell his story
However marvelous and interest-
ing a trip is, and however well one
is able to describe it, in the course
of time the memory of it becomes
dim, too vague to be inspiring any
longer even to oneself, How much
are you now able to tell about scenes,
people and places on your first auto
tour, say fifteen years ago?
There is only one sure way to keep
these memories from fading and that
is to take a camera with you on your
•trip and take pictures. With a cam-
era, at Ieast a half dozen rolls of film
and a determination to take advan-
tage of all picture -taking opportuni-
ties, you can create a picture story
of your trip that no words, written
or spoken, can tell so vividly, and it
will sive. You always will enjoy look-
ing at these pictures—and, as to tell-
ing the story to your friends—be
sure they will always be ready to look
when they won't listen!
Too often it 'happens that whetx
starting on a vacation trip, he who.
has a camera neglects tp -take it
along, or, if he does, too often fails.
to take advantage of picture oppor-
tunities. For example, it is easy,
when one is rolling along the road
in an automobile to let an interest-
ing or beautiful scene go by with-
out stopping the tax..
Make up you mind before you start
on a vacation tour, whether by auto-
mobile or otherwise, that you are go-
ing to bring back a picture record of
the principal and most interesting'
things you see; and tell any travel-
ing companions without a camera,
that when you see a good picture•.
they must give you the chance to get
it. Remind them that this is a plea-
sure trip, and, especially if you go by
auto, that this business of whizzing'
by the scenery just to get to the next
place in the quickest time is silly.
impress upon them that stopping to,
record an interesting picture will he
worth incomparably more in per-
manent value than the few minutes•
gained at the end of a day's journey.
Get the pictures as you go.
93 JOHN VAN GUILDER