The Huron News-Record, 1889-02-27, Page 8r.'
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Wt :7"f --y, Feb, 27th, 18,89
LOCAL ATE • xS.
In and ,Around the "HO.'
town Zalk.
FURNITURE FACTORY.—The plbl is
meeting on iionday evening to
consider the formation of a point
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stock company to build,. equip and
run a furniture factory in Clinton
was largely attended, Mr. McGerva
in the chair. The tnoeting was
addressed by representative proper=
ty holders who were unamiuous
that the scheme was a good one,
and the audience seemed to agree
with them. About $6000 in stock
has been taken. An outside man
of largo experience in the business
will take $3000 if he .can satisfac-
torily arrange matters where he is.
Councillor Johnston, deputy reeve
Manning, D. R. Menzies and ex -
mayor Forrester were appointed a
committee toeel icit further subscrip-
tions for stock. Ttiii move ' • au
undoubted good ono. and should
meet with the hearty support of all
who have the interests of the town
and their oWn at heart.
Miss BUCHANAN left on Wednes-
day for Strathroy, where she has
accepted a situation as milliner.
A five mouths old son of Mr Jos.
Wheatley died on the 2lst and was
buried on Saturday 23rd Feby.
SUNDAY :twining last was an ex-
captionally cold ono here. The
thermometer ranging from 22 to 24
degrees below zero. It was pro-
bably the coldest weather ever ex-
perienced here that there is an re-
cord of.
EARS, TET THEY HEAR NOT ;
EYES, YET THEY SEE NOT.—The
last report of the Ontario Deaf and
Dumb Institute at Belleville shows
that Huron has contributed the
second largest nutnber• of pupils
since the opening of the Institute.
York leading with 53, and Huron
coming next with 49. There are
at present 14 attending from this
county.
His IT BAD.— & gentleman of
this town picked up a scrap of paper
near the'ost-office on Friday last,
which he found on examination to
be a sort of a " poetical " account of
a sleigh ride a few nights before,
with no address. As a truth -telling
epistle this document may be all
right ; but as to poetry—here's
one verso :—
" Tho snow was deep, the ditch wide
and over we did go.
But oh, what bliss it was to me,
To be buried in the snow."
LAWYER Campion pleaded so elo-
quently and pathetically for the
prisoner—and when unsimulruted
sympathy is the handmaid of elo•
quenoe and pathos who can with-
stand RI—before the Court at God•
orich the other day on the trial of
young Devine, who pleaded guilty,
charged with larceny, that the judge
allowed tho young man to depart
on his own recognisance. 'Tis best
to err on the side of mercy. And
the young man will do well to make
amends for his indiscretion by fu-
ture good conduct. The young
man gave all his.earnings to support
his widowed mother and family,
and no doubt the temptation was
great under the circumstances to se-
cure in an unlawful manner the
wherewithal to shield his person
from the assaults of wintry weather.
True, this is no justification of the
offence. But the judge did well
in this first offence to imitate the
greatest of all judges when ho said :
" Go, and sin no more."
A YOUNG MAN was fined $10 at the
police court, Stratford, the other
day for pushing another off the side-
walk.
T ERE are eleven pupils from the
couu y of Hurou at the Provincal
Institute for the Blind at Brant-
ford.
THE teachers at the Stratford
Collegiate Institute hold a debate
on the following rather peculiar sub-
ject : "Resolved that a man oxer-
eises better jacigment in marry iug a
widow than an old maid." Judg-
ment
udoment reserved.
THE LABORER IS WORTHY OF HIS
HIRE.—While iu Ottawa the other
day, Rev. Dr. Wild leaving for
Toronto, requested a local paper to
contradict a statement published by
a contemporary, to the affect that his
salary was $4,000 a year. Dr.
Wild nays that his salary alnne is
$5,000 besides allowances. He has
a paid clerk, carriage allowance,
stationery, a house, and a number
of other allowances which bring his
salary up to between $7,000 and
$8,000.
HANDS AptD FEET.—A young man
stepped up to the counter of one of
our furnishing stores the other even-
iug and called for a pair of socks.
"Be sure that you get them large
enough," said he, "for when they
are too small they always wear
through at the toes." "Yes, sir,"
replied the petite clerk "I'll get
thein just right ; will you please
hold out youg hand 9" "I said
socks, not gloves," answered the
young man somewhat surprised. "I
know what you said," continued the
clerk "but I want to see your hand."
The customer held out his hand
and doubled up his fistas directed.
The clerk took one of the socks frotn
the box, wrapped the foot around
the fist and guaranteed a perfect fit.
"I am just as sure it will fit you as
though I had measured your foot,"'
said the clerk, "as the distance
around the fist is always the length
of the foot. A salesman who knows
hie business always looks at a man's
hand and in that way knows the
size of the sock he wants."
HON. EDWARD BLAKE'S SIHOR•T
SRIRTS.—It will be remembered
how Mr. Blake a few years ago
lamentably wailed over the short
shirts he was compelled to wear,
owing to the increased price of the
fabric following protection. He set
aside just so much money every
year for under -garments and. he
claimed that the price of the materi-
al had so increased under Tory•rule
that he had to wear uncomfortably
short shirts. Like many otheta of
his class he must have bought them
outside of Canada. For here is a
Chicago man's experience. je
bought in that city same high'priced
44 undershirts and put them on,
happy in the belief that he had at
last found something that would
last him more than -one season. He
was seen one day last woek in a big
furnishing goods house looking at a
new lot of underwear, and he told
the clerk who was waiting on him
that he had directed hie wife to
give the old suits to the Half Orphan
asylum. " Why to the Half Orphan
asylum t" asked the curious clerk.
" Well, just because the blooming_
things have shrunk up so that they
wouldn't fit a whole orphan," he
answered, as ho picked up his
bundle and started out.
DIVISION COURT.—Owing to
Judge Doyle being snowed up
north, Mr. Seager was commision-
ed to hold court here last Saturday,
and got through about 9 p. m. A
•case that seemed to interest the
public very much was the suit of
Wu). McLean against E. Hill for
$50, the price of a heifer which the
former bought from the Iatter but
which died shortly after being
shipped on the cars at Clinton.
The heifer was to be delivered at
the station yard here by 10 o,clock
on a certain day. It was about 12
o'clock Mr. McLean saw the animal
which wes swollen up. He called
Hill's attention to -the fact and
though not thinking anything seri-
ouely wrong objected to run the risk
of receiving and shipping the heifer.
They jointly doctored her and she
seemed to get better. McLean
alleged that then Hill agreed to
make good the loss of the animal
should she die, and as she did die be
brought suit to recover her value.
Four witnesses corroborated Mr.
McLean. Hill denied having
agreed to do so but said that he
agreed to take $5 off the price of the
animal then and $5 more in case
she died. M r. Proudfoot placed
McLean's case in its best light be-
fore this 'Honor, while Mr. Man-
ning endeavored to show that the
animal was all right when delivered
in the station yard according to
agreement. That through injuries
received from other cattle in the
yard the heifer was injured, it being
proved that she was hustled on top
of the fence, and that Hill was not
liable. Plaintiff's contention was
that the illness of the heifer was
caused by the kind of food she ate
followed;byldriving and overheating.
His Honor decided that there was
no delivery of the animal until after
Hill had agreed to become responsi-
ble for tl•e value of the animal in
case she died, and. gave judgment
for McLean accordingly.
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R/&, .Q!CIL$ON, CLINTON.
MISS SPOONER of Cliuto,,,-1.taa.
been visiting fr ndexar3T'ii•1ton,
Ma. W. JACKSON has returned
frorn Montreal.
MESSRS. John and Win. Mossop
of.layfield left for Moasomin, Man.,
Thtfrsday, buying their tickets from
A. 0. Pattison, G. T. R.
A SWEET MORSEL, 'EAR, 'EAtt.—
Mies C. Shaw, of Seaforth, was
petting a large of
dog
when! the dog playfully took hold
of her ear with its teeth when she
suddenly jerked back leaving part
of the ear in the dog's mouth.
CArLRRH CURE,—Thoso afflicted
• with catarrh would do well to read
the advertisement in another colu nun
of the "Carbolic Smoke Ball" treat-
ment. The certificates given are by
well known citizens of Toronto and
we are personally aware of cases
where the treatutent•hae•-rl'61ie good.
SALE ow Honsss.—Mr. Charles
lanlilton, of Blyth, will sell at
Auburn on Friday, 1st of March,
ten imported and well-bred entire
horses. Among those offered will
be Boreland Chief, Lord of the
Manor, Bob o' Link, and Royal
Revenge. These are well known
horses, and the sale is worthy the
attention of horsemen and breeders.
TPRESS VS. PULPIT, FOOL AND
CRANK.—Editor Jenkins of the
Brussels Budget remarks : Rev. Mr.
Hartley of Bluevale is one of the
most pronounced religious cranks
it has ever been our lot to meet.
He publicly called Jenkins a fool.
Will the Rev. Mr. Hartley remem-
ber that Holy Writ says " That he
who calleth his brother a fool is in
danger of hell fire."
A FRENCHiFiED SCOTCH NAME.—
The Stuart exhibition is provoking
a 'discussion in London regarding
the proper . mode of spelling the
name of. the Royal House. It is
perhaps, not generally known that
up to the time of Mary Queen of
Scots it was always spelt Stewart,
tho name having been derived from
the Office of High Steward of Scot-
land. 'The unfortunate Queen Mary
had contracted the habit at the
French Court of turning Stewart
into a French word, and spelling it
Stuart (there being no w in French)
A century later, after the revolution
of 1688, the Royal House lived so
entirely in France that the French
mode of spelling the name became
and still is very generally adopted.
A GOOD SIRE SOLD AND ANOTHER
FOR SALE.—Masers. W. Hill and E.
Mitchell, of Colborne, have ° pur-
chased from W. J. Biggins, of Elm-
hurst Farm, the young Matchless
bull, Royal Pilot=10536=(Domin•
ion S. H. Herd Book) a first prize
winner at the Northwestern exhibi
tion last fall. His sire, Imported
Excelsior, and his dam, Matchless of
Elmhurst 6th, took first prizes in,
their class and diplomas for best
animals of any age at the same exhi.
bition; also first prizes at the Central
Exhibition in Clinton. Messrs. Hill
and Mitchell have got a fir-t°cla
call'. One thousand dollars was re-
fused for his sire and dani a year
ago. Royal Saxon=10536=1 roan
eight months old, Matchless calf, is
yet for sale.
YOUTHFUL ROWDYISM AND GAL-
LANTRY.—A case of interest to school
teachers, pupils, parents, and trus-
tees, was tried before Police Magis-
trate Deacon, of Brockville. It
appears that on Monday Leslie
Bowman, a pupil of North Augusta
school, during a short absence of
the teacher, Mr. Condel, from the
class -room, kissed Maggie Forrest,
ono of the good-looking pupils, at-
tempted to kiss another named
Annie McAmmond, shoved John
Baldwin from his seat and punched
him, knocked a boy named Church-
ill on the floor and jumped on him,
'and indulged iu other disorderly
conduct. For all this series of in-
fringements of school discipline, the
teacher gave him a whipping on the
hands with the regular rubber strap.
His hands were slightly swollen,
and his parents had the teacher
summoned for ill-using the lad.
The offences mentioned were clearly
proven, and the Magistrate held
that the teacher was justified and
dismissed the case. Much amuse-
ment was caused by the stating in
evidence of two other pupils that
they thought the punishment very
mild, and that they would take as
much without squealing if allowed
to kiss the girls,
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-. liSs Su»IE MOLLOY ie at Toron-
to. •
Mns,. HORACE FOSTER and daugh-
ter are visiting at Dundas.
MISS DOLL BUCHANAN leaves for
Toronto today on a visit.
Miss GRANT is at Toronto attend
Ing the millinery openings.
Miss LANE left for Toronto on
Thursday, previous to her return to
Tara. - -
Mn. T. C. DOHERTY bas got fairly
started in the livery business in the
Royal hotel stables.
MR. C. IL Wright who has been
spending the winter here with Mr.
Jas. 'Turnbull leaves next week for
Boston.
THERE were two funerals to Clin-
ton cemetery last Saturday and the
snow drifted roads and extreme
colduess of the day made the ordeal
a still more trying one.
, REFORMERS IN CONCLAVE.—The
annual meeting of the West Huron
Reform Association was held in the
Young Men's Liberal Hall Goderich,
on Monday last. President Girvin in
the chair. There was a fair attend-
ance from the different sections of
the riding. Resolutions were un-
..animously carried approving of the
course of the Dominion Opposition
uudor the leadership of Hon. Mr,
Laurier, pledging unswerving sup-
port to the Ontario Government
and its Premier, endorsing Unre-
stricted Reciprocity and congratulat-
ing Mr. M. C. Cameron on his re-
covery from his recent serious ill-
ness and expressing the hope that
he would be spared to carry the
Liberal standard in future contests
in Wost Huron.
CITIZENS BALL.—One of those
social affairs that do 'so much to give
buoyancy to the body as well as
the mind came off in the town hall
here Tuesday evening of last week.
About one hundred and sixty ladies
.end gentlemen accepted invitations
and were present. The towus and
villages within a range of fifty miles
were more or less represented, and
our reporter wis informed that they
all enjoyed themselves thoroughly,
so much so that they award the
palm to the local managers of the
affair for their courtesy in even minor
matters, which is the distinguishing
trait of lady or gentleman. The
music of the Italian band from
London would almost make Terp-
sichores of even the leaden -heeled,
ono may therefore imagine the scene
of animation that presented itself
when they were discoursing to the
naturally lively assembly of ladies
.and gentlemen who, con amore, yet
with gracefully measured steps kept
time to the entrancing music.
THE POWER OF IMAGINATION.—
Faith is the belief in things not
seen. Tho writer bas recently had
brought to bis mind an incident
that occurred in Colborne when he
was quite a young man. • An old
gentleman of the name of James
Morris, called familiarly by his
family grandfather, used to go out
with members of his family to the
bush where they were chopping. He
was then quite aged and the "boys"
allowed him to amuse himself by
cutting down small underbrush.
On a particularly cold day he
wrapped over his socks several folds
of rod flannel before putting his
boota on which were purposely made
very roomy. In cutting down a
small sapling the axe wont through
and struck his foot cutting clean
through the boot and exposing an
unsightly red gash underneath.
Tho old gentleman called the "boys"
telling them that he believed he had
cut his.,.foot nearly off. They wrap -
pod it up with their mufflers, the old
gentleman meanwhile writhing in ag-
ony. Then they took a couple of poles
and put others crosswise on them,
making a primitive ambulance on
which they tenderly placed the old
gentleman and carried him to the
house, every step they took causing
the old man the meat excruciating
pain• Arrived at the house they
were going to pull off the boot, but
the wearer could not bear them to
do so. It had to bo cut off, when
to their atriazemont as well as amuse-
ment the horrible red gash, that
was seen through the cut in the
boot, was nothing more nor less
than the red flannel wrapped around
the sock• it goes without saying
that the old gentleman recovered
instantan eously•'
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Vire pack our Heavy Winter Goods away and until that
time we offer these Goods at the LOWEST PRICES
that have ever been offered in the history of our trade, and
on most liberal terms.
We are now busily engaged in manufacturing our Spring
and Summer Stock of Clothing in
Boys &lYlolls Suits &Pants
and we are bound to exceed all previous efforts in show-
ing the best stock of Well -Made and Stylish Cut Clothing
that has ever been shown :.. this section. A visit to our
establishment after the 15th of March will clearly dem-
onstrate what we mean.
Our ordered Clothing
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Department will be complete in a few days. There are
so many patterns and designs this season that a visit to
our establishment to see them is necessary to fully com-
prehend what great attention is being paid to this branch
of -our trade, and the most correct styles are now followed
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,-.ACKSON THE -FAMOUS CLOTHIERS.
Sudden Death„ Of David Welsh
Ata meeting called by creditors
of a business man at the Grand
Union Hotel here last Tuesday
the business was pretty well
finished when Mr. David Welsh,
an elderly gentleman aged about
70, suddenly appeared faint and
getting up attempted to go out, but
had to subside into his chair. Mr.
Ed. Rathwell was sitting alongside
of him and his son Robert on the
next seat, and they thought that it
was merely the heat of the room
that affected him. But the illness
was his last. He was carried into an
adjoining room where he breathed
his last in a few minutes. Ho had
been somewhat ailing in the morn-
ing and had been to see the doctor,
but no one was prepared for
the sudden and sadly painful
event. He was an old settler in
Goderich township and remov-
ed to Clinton a few years ago.
.He was in comfortable cir:umstances
and hie integrity was above suspic-
ion. His wife died a few years ago,
but he leaves a family of grown up
children, Mrs. Goo. Hanley and
Robert and Alexander of town and
David of Michigan.
CHICAGO PAPERS refer.to a railway
collision in that city on Feby. 19th,
about 7 o'clock, between the That-
cher Park dummy composed of
engine and three passenger coaches
and a west bound freight train con•
taining 23 cars. Engineer Apple-
ton said to be from Clinton, and
Patrick Wall of the dummy, were
instantly killed.
Uenurtller.
Mr. Nathan Johns of the 3rd con.
of Colborne received a telegram on
Saturday of last week, to attend the
funeral of his sister-in-law, the late
Mrs. Win. Johns. of Wingham• The
deceased hpd,--been a V6idow for
about two years.
The revival meetings that have
been carried on hero and at Balls
church under the anepices of Miss
Williams were brought to a close on
Wednesday evening of last week.
Miss Williams left the following day
for her next appointment with the
good wishes of many converted
friends.
The funeral of the late Mr. David
Rogers, one of the oldest and most
respected farmers hero, took place
on Thursday afternoon of last week
to Goderich cemetery whore the
Rev. Jas. Kestle performed the
burial service. The deceased les??vas
a widow and one son to mourn// his
loss.
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Colbo. bse.
L. 0. L. No. 932 Auburn, had a
Royal Arch meeting on Thursday
night Feb 14th, Three candidates
were advanced to that degree and a
goodly number of brethren were
present.
The funeral sermon of the late'.
James Millian was preached in Zion
church on Sabbath rapt by the Rev.
Mr. Kestle from Ecclesiastes XII
chapterand 7 verse, ''Then shall
the dust return to the earth as it
was and the spirit shall return unto
God who gave it."
Enniskillen L. 0. L. No. 153 met
on Friday night Feb. 15. There
was one vacant chair, that of our
late Brother James Millian. The
brethren mourn his loss very much.
It was moved, seconded and resolved
that a letter of condolence be sent
to the widow and family of our late,
brother and the same bo inserted in
THE News-Rtcoan and Sentinel.
All members are to be summoned to•
be present at the next meeting as
business of importance is to be'
transacted.
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