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The Clinton News Record, 1936-07-30, Page 3CJ"lIURS., JULY 30, 1936 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE_ GAY NINETIES "Do You Remember What II append During The Last Decade Of The Old Century? From The News -Record, July 29th, 1896: W. Doherty and Company have been, awarded another gold medal for an organ exhibition at Leicester, Eng- land. This is the second medal won by this company this year. Dr. gobertson., of Stratford has accepted the challenge issued by Frank R. Rodway of London to ride a matched race with any wheelman of Stratford ar vicinity, from the Albany Hotel, Stratford, to the Bri- were much ,pleased with the appear- ance of the country, surprised at the inmsense apple crop and found 'the road in good condition: Lord and Lady Aberdeen will visit Goderich Fall Fair, Sept. 23rd. - When The Present Century Was Young. Prom The News -Record, July 27th, 1911: tish Exchange hotel in Goderich and Mr. Eddie Shepherd of Gordon Mc - return, Kay's "wholesale establishment in Last Wednesday Dr. McCallum and Toronto, is spending a holiday at his .Miss Carrie, daughter of . the late home here. Wm. Coats, were united in marriage: Misses Margaret Davies and Em - by the Rev. Mr. McMillan at the"re- -s, i ma Southcombe have been the guests sidenee of the bride's sister, s. A. of );Mrs. W. H. Hellyar at Burks.for H. Manning, and left the following' the test week. day for Petrolia. Mr. Bert Johnson is up at Mount The Clinton Cricket Club will go Forest spending a week or so with to Forest on Friday and will also I the many friends he made while I tenoning there. cross willows with the Asylum team at London on Saturday. . Our team1 Mr, DeWitt Cosens, son of Rev. T. will be made up as follows: L. Ken -1 W. and Mrs. Cosens, is spending a nedy, ,Jas. McMurchie, M. D. McTag- gat, Geo. Barge, Jas. Howson, F. R. notions, T. T. Coleman, R. J. Mc - holiday at London,'Port Stanley and Wallaceburg. Monday's wind storm blew down Donald, J. B. Hoover, J. W. Chidley the smoke stack from the electric and...John Miller, light plant. Mrs. (Rev.) Parke and daughter The road makers are making head- stre holidaying at Hayfield. • way with that stretch of Albert street past The News -Record office. From present appearances it is going to be all right. A couple of rinks of Clinton bow- lers went to London to take part in the tournament being held there this its life was no doubt saved by the week. J. B. Hoover's rink consist- timely discovery and rescue. ing of E. G. Courtice, J. T. Harland Messrs. A. Morrison and A. Mor- 1 and ,T. Taylor, is one of the sixteen rell have entered into a partnership , rinks competing for the'Labat tro as threshers and will make the welkin 13"Y" ring during the corning season. Mr.I Messrs. W. H. Beasley, Joe Holmes and Frank Boles, who are camping on the Lake Shore, rowed out after a blind ox which had lost its way, lassoed it and towed it to shore. It had been in the water all night and • Morrison's new Clinton separator From The New .Era, July 27th, "1911: will be propelled by Mr. Morrell's ex- cellent engine, and the firm, being A special excursion train from expexiencecl, will doubtless have all Mitchell to Kincardine went through they can do. town this morning in connection with a union Sunday School .picnic from the Perth town. From The New. Era, July 31st, 1896: A special train from Hensel tools a large crowd to Goderich on Tues - The trustee board of Ontario street day, it being Hensall's civic holiday. church has decided to pay the pas- An electric railway to Bayfield tor's salary monthly in future. would be a great acquisition during Red Astrachan apples are so plen- .the summer months at least. tiful that it is difficult to even give them away. From this time until the apple sea- son is over packers and farmers will be busy and it will tax the resources of the barrel makers and the rail- ways to handle all the fruitcrop, as it is thelargest ever seen here. Grand Trunk officials made a visit to Clinton on Friday in a special train. The party consisted of Chas. M. Hays, general manager; F. H. McGuigan,general superintendent, E. R. Fitzhugh, superintendent of Western district; .ioseph Hodgson chief engineer; P. W. Morse, super- intendent motive power and'.; Joseph. Pullen, district freight agent... They A very unique reception was held at the home of Mrs. Win. Cooper on Tuesday of last week. Mrs. Cooper,. with her daughters, Mrs. J. W. Armstrong, Ontario, Calif., and Mrs, V. C. French, Wetaskiwin, Alta., and Mrs. A. T. Cooper received .in the dra wing room. The tea room, which looked very pretty with its 'decora- tions of pink and white, was in charge of Mrs. T. J. McNeil, assisted by Muses Olive and Edna Cooper, Miss Leila Hoover and Miss May Armstrong. Mr. Edgar East has entered the Royal Bank as junior. (This should be .Carl instead of • Edgar, if we are not mistaken.—Ed.) WHAT OTHER NEWS PAPERS ARE SAYING NOTE AND COMMENT The message given by Sir Robert Borden, Canada's wartime premier, prior to leaving London for the Viniy celebrations, is one which should stir emotions in every heart: "We, the liviffg; . shall not stand there alone but in the midst of a vast concourse, a mighty congrega- tion of the dead who will be with us and of us and whose' voices, in- audible to the dull sense of flesh, speak ceaselessly to those whose spir- it is attuned to these memories. But in vain are those voices and fruitless sacrifice unless we, the living, conse- crate ourselves anew to the purpose and endeavor that liberty shall en- - dure, that public right shall prevail, and that peace and good will among men and between nations shall be abiding upon earth... So may God direct us."—Toronto Daily Star. ALWAYS THE WAY It is always this way. We long for summer and when finally it arrives four or five months later we have lost 90 per cents of our enthusiasm. -Kincardine Review -Reporter. THEY NEED THE HOLIDAY Youngfemale teachers who strug- gle g gle away all year with from eight to eleven classes, surely needa rest in the summer time. But now nearly every teacher from Dan to Beersheba is away taking summer courses•which in most cases are practically compul- sory. Isn't there a danger of over- doing this good thing? • —.St. Marys Journal -Argus. ENCOUNTERS STRANGE SNAKE Miss Phoebe Easterbrook while passing through her garden one day lest week encountered a huge snake Tice body was large and color of a ripe strawberry, while the head was broad and flat. There has been sev ental species of slakes in the garden but•Miss Easterbrook claims she nev- er saw one of this kind before. She went for assistance but the reptile made for the long grass and disap- peared.—Exeter Times -Advocate. HEAT HATCHES EGGS A remarkable occurrence took place on the farm of Edward Bailey, on the second concession of Bentinck. Three weeks ago last Monday, Mr. B. Alli- son, son-in-lakts of Mr. Bailey, set a hen in Mr. Bailey's barn. After two weeks and one day of faithful "set- ting",• the bird left the nest, arid from that time the nest was uncovered. On Monday of this week, . chicks were heard chirping• in the deserted nest and, on investigating, it was discov- ered that four of the chicks had al- ready hatched and several others were making their way out of the shell. The chicks are fine, healthy birds, and it is remarkable that they hatch- ed without any other incubation than the hot weather of the past week. -Durham Chronicle. DEATH RIDES ON A Toronto business man announced to his luncheon companions the other clay that he had got too "'jittery" to chive downtown to work. 'He refer- red in particular to the day's focal automobile ',fatalities which ran high on the heels of drunken driving, hit- and-run speeders, and otherwise in- capable, chauffeuring. And whether you live in Toronto' or Clayville, you can readily sympathize with this fellow who refuses to risk his life driving a car any longer. The seriousness of the driving problem is increasingly apparent. The moment you hit the open road today you're automatically, exposed to inebriated, unconscionable fools and morons'—all operating under the ineffective con- trol of the license tag. Certainly the case of stricter lic- ensing, for examination and certifi- cation of drivers is clearly establish- ed. The terror must be checked and the job should start right now. —Guelph Mercury. RETURN TO AP.PRENTICESIIIP It is encouraging to find that' the Ontario Government is fostering the idea of a return to apprenticeship in lade and industry. Many of the abl- est men in Canada today served a trade apprenticeship in their boyhood clays.' The most competent builders, the smartest railwaymen, and the most skilful •printerslearned the rudi- ments in the right place and after yearsof arduous toil. Willingness to work, persistency and an alert mind will carry an apprentice to the top of the ladder in any trade: Opportuni- ties abound todayfor a skilled work- er. In Simcoe today it is almost im- possible to secure the services of a painter, sogreat is^the demand for their services. How many boys are serving a apprenticeship in the paint- ing ainting trade in this or any othercom- munities at the present time? How many are learning to lay bricks, to become automobile mechanics •tor mas- ter the machinists trade or the intri- cacies of radio? Truly we have been following . a false trail where youth are concerned and the sooner we re- turn to realities and place a true val- ue upon the apprenticeship system, the sooner we will have solved one of the country's most pressing prob- lems. ' —Simcoe .Reformer. WHY DO WE DO IT? Why, do we tolerate a political sys- tem which insists that the collective brains of the opposition • group shall' be pitted against the aims and poli- cies of the governing party, for the simple purpose of embarassing gov- ernment leadership, and securing its dismissal from public office, to grati- fy the ambitions of their eager and hungry opponents? Why do we tolerate, as a. sound principal of government, a system through which public patronage is de- graded to the level of an instrument to be employed to ensure political support, rather than meet the legiti- mate needs of tine country? What honest defence is there for a system `which demands efficient, honest and respected public officials must be thrown from public" office to gratify the demands of those whose qualification is too frequently restric- ted to party service, without regard to fitness for their task? What permanent confidence are we to place in the efficiency of a system which clutters up departmental offic- es with hordes of employees who are not needed as part of the necessary machinery to "give the country econ- omic and efficient business adminis- tration, but are being .kept at public expense because they have been faith- ful servants of the governing party? —Huntsville Forester. INCONSISTENCY OF SOME PEOPLE There are few people who will know- ingly and deliberately sit in a draw- ght. They are afraid they will catch cold. They won't enter a room occupied by a patient suffering from smallpox, diphtheria or typhoid fever. They are afraid of contagion. They won't venture out on a stormy lake in a small boat, when the wind is blowing 40 miles an hour. They are afraid of drowning. They won't eat certain foods when they know their systems rebel against them. They are afraid of illness. They won't carelessly bump into pedestrians on the streets., They are afraid of being considered discourt- eous. They won't even pass down a street where a high -powdered electric wire has been blown down by a storm. They are afraid of electrocution. They, won't sit with wet feet. They are afraid of pneumonia. Some of them won't walk Linder a ladder. They are afraid of bad luck. But hundreds yes, thousands—of these same people will enter.. a motor car and drive at a pace they know to be dangerous. -Chatham News. k s atesueesi °•°°°°°ti sae Se i s ups o i i e 'd'i i s o°u°A°o°a°r:r°oa. i e ASS, . weans". YOUR 'WORLD AND MINE by JOHN C: KIRKWOOD (Copyright) ■° 'J7-4-,, °s•A i°0 ASS s"s s i s i i o sos•sWs O" esouSes°o°e4o ests"M°u es•s•,"sois•a°i ,SSASp° A man of whom I have read a good law, so young Labouchere eaid•to Pur; deal is Henry Lacouchere man' Bating, 'Would it make a difference who died in 1912. While I was in if 1 were a partner of my Paris England, during 190G-1911, "Labby"house?" "It certainly would," said was a much talked -about sman. In- Baring. •So Labouchere went to Paris, deed, he had been talked about for and said to his principals, ".Would it many a long year, fdr he was :a gen- make any difference • if I were to nine and a persistent distur'ber';of the marry Eating's daughter." ."It per - peace of many a Man and of -sone tainly would" said they. So La - women, "including Queen Victoria. bouchere married Baring's' daughter Queen -Victoria hated him thoroughly, and became a partner of the .Paris "That horrible, lying, Labouchere" was house! And thus he and his children her description of him. And her sun,' and his children's children became British citizens. Henry Labouchere of whom I am writing was a grandson of the roan who married his employer's datighter. Edward VII, said o1 him, "That viper, Labouchere", yet Edward and Labby had been at one time very intimate friends. Labby had -many notable friends— He was'a •very difficult child to raise but • not always did these friends —being full of mischief, or it may stick, for Labby rubbed them the have been more than mischief. He wrong way. He was pally with Glad- went to Eton, and was so "naughty" stone and with Rosebery and with Joe there that for most of his days -and Chamberlain, and with . multitudes years -at that famous school, he was more, including Sir Henry Irving. unable -•so he says -to sit Sown! His So in his day, he was not an obscure masters birched him faithfully. When man. A man able to make friends of later he went to Cambridge Univers princes and premiers and statesmen sity, he didn't attend many lectures, had to have good qualities, and Labby but was much seen. at Newmarket, had good qualities in large measure. the famous racecourse. Once when Unfortunately he combined bad qual- playing hooky, he met his father on ities with good ones, and these bad the Strand, London. His fatherr was qualities got him in wrong. Even his surprised, but Labby changed his good qualities — his passion for the face, and pretended that it was case plain truth, for example — broke up -of mistaken identity. Just the same friendships and kept many great men he took the first train back to Cam - at a distance from him. Henry Labouchere was of French tened to his room, . and donned his origin. His grandfather was French, gown. When his father arrived, the and had been sent to London by a son greeted hien, saying, "Why, Fath - banking firm in Paris to be attached er, this is a delightful surprise". He to the British banking firm of Bar- ing's. Young Labouchere did the right thing—he fell in love with Bar- ing's daughter. ' But the proud and rich banker did not want a mere clerk for a son -in - bridge, to find his father on the same train, meaning to check up on his son. Labby got off . the train first and has - TILE DIVINING ROD Goderich Boy Has Uncanny Power of Finding Water With the arrival of a light rainfall yesterday afternoon and the follow- ing ollowing showers, there has been a let-up on farmers demands on young George Leitch, fourteen -year-old water di- viner. It was about three years ago that George first realized his uncanny power of detecting underground waters, a faculty which seems to run in the fancily. His mcle, George Clark, of .Bayfield, is noted for his powers in that line, George's first experience was at the home of Campbell Tweedie, Elgin avenue. Three years ago the boy twisted a piece of heavy wire and slowly paced off the back yard at the Tweedie home, where they wished to sink_ a well. Suddenlythe wire, which was held' parallel to the ground;- began to twitch, and slowly but surely it point- ed to the ground at the lad's feet: Water and plenty of it was found at a depth of twelve feet. The resent -drought had farmers in. get away with it! Young Labouchere was sent to the United States as a sort of punish= ment. It was too expensive to have him at home, gambling. His debts, which the father had to pay, ran into dire. straits, with creeks and wells the thousands (pounds). In America drying up, and at least one farmer young Labouchere lived quite a wild was most insistent that George pace life, and was for a time•with'a circus off his farm in a last desperate effort and with an Indian tribe. His fern - to find water for his stock. Many ily secured him an appointment on farmers have heen using winter feed the British Legation staff at Wash - the last two •weeks for stock that ing-ton, and for several years after - could not subsist on the meagre i wards he was a junior in Britain's supply of food found in the buried- diplomatic service ---in various coun- tries. Once he was appointed to the —Goderich. Star. up pastures. MUST PAY THE PRICE Reduction of taxes through reduct- ion of expenditures of government canbe brought about only by lessen- ing the demands on the various gov- ernments. Political promises and sectional demands on government treasuries have gone a long way to- ward bringing taxes to their present high levels. The public must realize that for every new demand it makes on the government an increase in taxes is necessary. Those who insist that the fiddler play should not object when he presents the bill. —Listowell Banner. CHRISTMAS WILL' BE ON MON- DAYS IN PROPOSED CALENDAR PLAN We have a very awkward calendar. The earth takes 365% d ays to go around the. sun, hence the year cannot be exactly, divided. The history of the calendar is interesting, Roman emperors taking liberties with it to enhancetheir own reputations, rather than benefit the people who were governed by it For many .years efforts_ have been made at reform but without avail. Now a move- ment is• on foot, which has very wide adherence in many countries, which urges,' through the • League of Na- tions, to bring about a reform of the calendar which would benefit all people. The suggestion which has received; tract many men who became his most favor is to preserve 12 months staunch friends. He married an act - as at present, but to make the mm -1 ress who developed high social ainbi- ber of days in each quarter equal. tions, and Lathy, himself became a Thus January would begin on Sun- .theatrical manager and producer. day, January to have 31 days, Feb Once he' asked Gladstone to give Hen- ruary 30, and March .30. And so by Irving' a knighthood. Here is his letter to Irving oh the subject: The G 0 M (Gladstone) wants to know if you'd like to be tapped on the shoulders by the G 0 W (Queen Victoria). I told him you were anxious to turn actors into gentlemen — God alone knows why! Shall I tell him that you are dying to be tapped? legation at Parana in South America —this appointment was given him while he was on holiday in Italy. In Italy he remained for 18 ` Months. When he inquired the whereabouts of Parana nobody seemed able to give him the information. " When a year had passed he received a letter thorn the British Foreign Office ask- ing him why he had not gone to Par- ana. Again he got busy to discover the whereabouts of Parana, and wrote to Londpn that Parana had once been a republic on the River Plate in South America, but that some time pre- viously it had been overthrown. What should he do? 8,1 months later he heard from the Foreign Office that it did" not know where the Republic west Such a public servant was not re- garded with approval by ILM. Govesn- ment, and Tabby was freed from the diplomatic service. Later he became a newspaper man, and was in Paris throughout the siege of that city by the Germans in the Franco -Pression war, and built up a fine name for himself as a journalist. Then, when he got back to London he founded the magazine called Truth, and quickly madeit a powerful med- ium of opinion. Its special amuse- ment was exposing rotten persons and companies. Labby was sued for libel countless tines, and became a very proficient defender of himself in the courts. He became a member of parliament, and there made himself heard inces- santly. He built up for himself a re- putation of sorts, but was not gener- ally regarded as being a very sound or dependable man. Yet he did at - with the three months of eachquar- ter, the first month to have 31 days, the second 30, and the third 30. This would matte 364 days for the year. To get the extra day, between Dec. 30 and Jan. 1 an extra day would be added, which would be observed as an international holiday. By this means the calendar• would always be the same. The year would always begin on . a Sunday, Christ- mas would always fall' on Monday, Once when Labby was travelling or holidays wonld fall on the same date the Continent he was detained at the each year, and each month would; border between France and Germany. have exactly the sante number of by an examination of his luggage, working days, namely 26. The extra and so missed his train. day in Leap Year would be taken He thereupon addressed a'telegranc care of by inserting the extra day to Prince Bismarck as follpws: between June 30 and July 1 and ob- serving it also, as an international holiday. The business days of any one year would thus be exactly the same for any other year, and del counting would be so much an easier business. The first year on which Jan. 1 falls on a Sunday is the year 1939, It would not occur again until 1950. Hence the desire to reach unanimity of opinion and secure action by Jan- uary, 1939, when the change :could be brought about without disturbance. -The Halifax Chronicle. Cannot dine with you tonight. Missed train through a . damned ass of a custom house official. Will let you have his name. No sooner had the official seen this telegram than -he arranged a special train to take Labby to Berlin. Labby did not know Bismarck! A somewhat similar bit of bluffing, was when he found himself, with his wife, at a fine hotel in some Europ- ean capital. He was toldthat there was no accommodation whatsoever -- that that every_ room had been booked. Labby sent for the manager and de - AC, 1355 CANADA BY THE LIMITED TO WINNOPEO.EDMONTo,J•JASPER' CANADIAN ROCiSIES • PACIFIC COAST. ALASKA ®' The Canadian National's crack train, the Continental Limited, fromToronto to W innipeg, Jasper; Vancouver and return, leaves each terminal daily. (from Toronto 10.20 P.M., E.S.T.) Travel on the Continental Limited is practicality and economy de luxe —every 1936 last-minute comfort; low summer fares; common-sense' prices for meals; special coach lunch service; table d'hote meals in the dining car at special low prices es well as the regular a is carte service. -• Stop off at Jasper in the Canadian Rockies for golf, uaiI riding, hiking, fishing, swimming. Rates at Jasper Park Lodge are low from $7.0o'a day including meals. JASPER GOLF WEEK—SEPT. 6-12 mended a room, saying that he was an "elector of Middlesex". The manager was all apologies and deference, and secured him the best suite in the ho- tel When Labby was on his deathbed, a spirit -lamp on the table beside him was accidently knocked over and the fire flared up. "Flames?" Labby murmured. "Not yet, I think!" an& chuckled. It seems too bad that I have to Ieave, out of this contribution to The News - Record so much about Labby. But what I have written about him may be enjoyed by some 'of my readers: who may never have heard of Henry. Labouchere until now. A WEEK IN PARIS By Sidney Roycl A2r. Weatherbody was manifestly uneasy as. he rose from the break- fast table, swallowing hall a cup of coffee ne he did so, Ifwas not the discomot of rushing and hurrying that was the cause of his constrain- ed manner, for be had been nearly late for the eight -thirty train to Town for the last twenty years. Out in the entrance, hall, the maid handed hini his hat, and Made one or two ineffectual passes at her em- ployer with the clothes brush. Ev- erything as usual—or very nearly so. Mrs. Weatherbody made some remark drawing attention to the poor break- fast her husband had eaten, to which the latter replied, in tones of excep- tional politeness that he had enjoyed what he had had. To her suggestion that he should have his temperature• taken before dashing for the train„ Mr. Weatherbody replied with a grant, but the early -morning chur- lishness was absent. When he be -- stowed the traditional farewell peck on his wife's brow, he did not look at her but kept his eyes averted. "Are you sure you're all right?"' persisted Mrs. Weatherbody, anxious- ly following her husband down the garden path. "Of course I am," said Mr. Wen- therbody, with ,affected heartiness;. (Continued on page 6) et=SNAPS410T CUILL3 Watch Your -Background The young lady on the right seems to to be seized by birds of prey? These Observing backgroun SOMETIMES we amateur photog- raphers, in trying to catch out- door "offguard" pictures of our friends, especially of children, take too little thought of the picture's background.. We rush to the most convenient "shooting" point, take a haphazard aim and pull the trigger, as it were, much as if wefeared being actually shot ourselves if we did not act quickly. Too often we find that atter all we did not win the skirmish because we discover when the picture is devel- oped that in evel-oped.that,in our haste we have in- cluded in the background some un - Pleasantly dominating or distracting objeot, or one so placed in relation to our subject as to create a photo- graphic illusion that makes him look ridiculous. We find the angel face of Baby Ann competing with an over- turned garbage can, or plump Aunt Julia seeming to be the pedestal of a flag pole, or we behold Uncle Henry grinning from ear to ear, but what ears! Each has been magnified to donkey -like proportions by the tips of fence pickets. Suck poorly composed pictures we may treasure just the same and say have sprouted wings, or is she about; pictures illustrate the importance of ds before you shoot. . in parody that "It is better to have shot and lost than never to have shot atall," which may be true, but cer- tainly we are not proud of them as examples of our ability to make ar- tistic photographs. Instead oftaking chances with: these "off^guard" pictures, it is worth while to stalk the subject until he voluntarily moves to a more sceni- cally attractive place, or, if he does: not move.voluntarily, to entice him there. Even then we should take no - tee of what is behind him before•' snapping the picture, lest we include some large object 'that will distract.. attention or otherwise spoil the con-. position. Of course, if it is to be a picture of a person engaged in sone charac- teristic activity, objects that pertain. to the activity properly belong in. the picture, but to take a pioture, for • example, of a dainty maiden gather- ing flowers „in the garden against a background of the family wash. hanging on the line is not artistic composition. Let us take pains to exercise all the artistic judgment we , possess in keeping our pictures free of the incongruous. 90 JOHN VAN GUILDER.