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The Huron News-Record, 1889-03-27, Page 2CU tilimetvo-Pintoid 10 PUBLISHED. Every Wednesday Morning tiY r:%N.�`y rV o&l., AT THEIR POWER PRESS PRINTING NOUSE, Outatrlo Street. Clinton. x$150 a Year ---$1.0 in Advance. The proprietorsof TftE GowEltiva NEWS, having purchased the business and plant of TuE HuttoN RECORD, will in future publish the amalgamated papers in Clinton, under the title of "Tun 1-[i o NEws- REcouu." Clinton is the most prosperous town in Western Ontario, is the seat of considerable manufacturing, and the centre of the finest agricultural se::tion in Ontario. 'rho combined en culatiou of TILE E NE1vs- REellltD exceeds that of any paper pub- ished in the County of Huron. q It is, • therefore, uusurpaased as an advertising medium. Ssr ltates of advertising liberal, and furnished on application. a r•Parties. making contracts for a speci- fied time, who discontinue their advertise- ment, before the expiry of the same, will be charged full rates. Advertisements, without instructions as to space and time, will be tell' to the judg- ment of:the compositor in the pisplay, in- serted until forbidden, measured by a scale of solid nonpareil (12 lines to the Inch), and charged 10 cents a line for first insertion and 8 cents a line for each sub- sequent insertion. Orders to discontinue idvertisenreuts must bo in writing. tar Notices sot as READING MAT•I'ER, ;measured by a scale of solid Nonpariel, 12 tines to the inch) charged at true rate of 10 eents a line for each insertion. JOB WORK. We have one of the best appointed Job Offices west of Toronto. Onr facilities in this department enable us to do all kinds of work—front a calling card to a.mammotli poster, in the best styie known to the craft, and at the lowest possible rates Orders by mail promptly attended to, Address The News -Record, Cliuton. Ont The Huron News -Record 81.50 a Year $1.25 In Advance. Wednesday. March. 27th. 1 889 THE MONTREAL PRESBY- TERY AND THE JESUITS ACT. The clerk read a certified copy of a report of a committee of the hon. the Privy Council, approved by His Excellency the Governor -Gen- eral -in Council, in reply to the petition .from the Presbytery praying ` for a disallowance of the Jesuits' Es- tates bill,rofusing to disallow said act of the Quebec Legislature on the ground that the eubject matter of the act is one of provincial concern only, having relation tom a• fiscal matter eutirely within the control of the Legislature of Quebec. It was then moved by Dr. Mac - Vicar, secou dcd by Dr. Campbell: Whereas,.the prayer• of petitions to the Gov-eruor-General-in-Council asking the disallowance of the Quebec Jesuits' Estate Act of 1888,tlhas nut been granted, His Excellency's advisors alleging that "the subject mutter of the act is one of provincial concern, only having relation to a fiscal matter, entirely within the control of the Legislature of Quoboe,"—resolved that the Presbytery is constrained to regard these reasons as°ill•founded and in- sufficient. Whereas further the British North America Act of 1867 provides in section 56 that "\Yhen the Governor-General assents to a hill in the Queen's narno, ho shall by the first convenient opportunity sent an antheuic copy of the Act to one oilier M .jesty's principal secre- taries of State, and if the Queen -in - Council within two years after receipt: thereof by the Secretary of the State, thinks fit to disallow the Act Such disallowance (with a certificate of the Secretary of State of the day ou which the Act was received by him) being signified by the Governor-General, by speech or message to each of the HousoE of the Parliament or by proclamation shall annul the a:t front and after tho day of such signification," Resolved,—That the Presbytery humbly approach the Queen in terms of the foregoing provisions and pray that Her Majesty may be pleased to disallow the said Jesuits' Estates Act of I8S8. On this being put to the vote all were in favor of its adoption except —At Spruce Creek, Ky., on the Moderator, Mr. Barclay. Ile, March 6th Frank Wright, Jim diel not consider it within the pro Ilolden and Sue Holden were vinco of the Presbytery to mix them arrested for poisoning Conk selves up in politics, as they would 'Wright's nine children, aged, from do by censuring the Governor- three to nineteen years. Conk General. He, the epeaker, was in Wright is a widower, and lived in perfect accord with his colleagues unlawful intimacy with the Holden as to their right to send a petition to 'woman. His children protested the Queen,but,the Presbytery should not mix itself up with polities. with and were beaten for it with threats of driving them from A Committee, consisting of I'rin home. Conk Wright's nine- year cipal MacVicar„D. I)., Convener, 1 old daughter was taken with severe Robert;Canrpbell, IS il., (Professor' vomiting cn Saturday night and John Campbell, M. A., Professor died. The other children were Coussirat, B. D., Rev. D. W, Mori- also taken sick, and at last reports son, Il. A., and Rev. R. P. Due. one was dying. There is much los, to give effect to this action of excitement over the case and talk of the Presbytery. lynching. BARLEY LOSES PRESTIGE. Ali-. David Plewes, the well kuuwn miller, of Brantford, has issued a» open letter to the formers of Western Ontario, in which he reeornmende thorn not to a.ow as much barley the forthcoming season. He recommends the sowing of early spring wheat, avoiding the hard variety. For years the Canad- ian barley has commanded the high- est price in the Amoricau market, but during the past year the pro- spects have changed. The Ameri- can brewer no longer needs the Canadian barley, for by a uew pro- cess of brewing in its place he is to -day using the dark and lowed priced Western States barley, and brightens his product by;othe use of cheap rice. The beer thus made is not quite as good as the beer made from Canad- ian or other high class, barley, but it is sparkling and bright and an- swers the purposes of the general public just as well, and also has the advantage of being cheaper. DAKOTA NEEDS WHEAT. The territorial statistical', Sheri 'den, says there is not now enough wheat in Dakota for seed and bread. There is now but about 8,000,000 bushels of wheat in the territory in farmers hands and in the elevator, and will require at least 18,000,- 000 bushels to seed and bread this territory. This will make a short age of 3,000,000 in round number(' of the necessary amount to tide over the farmers until the next crop. While central or southern Dakota has 50 to 60 percent of the 1888 wheat crop oti hand the northern and northwest counties have but from 8 to 10 per cent of the crop. The wheat in the central and south- ern countries weighed from 48 to 62 pounds per bushel, while in the "frosty belt” or the northern cpun- ties it weighed only from 32 to 42 pounds.. The shortage of wheat in the territory was attributed to the drought in Central and Southern Dakoto and early frosts in Northern Dakota. NO PLACE LIKE ONTARIO. Canadians who aro induced by the deceptive reports published, in the Grit press to leave for Kansas and other points in the States, learn, when is is too late, that they have been basely mislead. There is no" country under the canopy, of Heaven which offers superior inducements to farmers than our own, and this assertion is daily borne testimony to by those who have gone elsewhere and tried there fortunes. They invar- iably return to their -own homes as soon as circumstances will permit. Mr. John Totton is a farmer who teas heguiled'away from his fartn,in Ontario, ahont a year ego with the twiddle., which the Grit organs are constantly publishing about the States. He met with the saute unfortunate train of circumstances which followed tho vastly larger proportion of agriculturists in the Republic. Ruin and bankruptcy were camped on his trail, and he good, sensible fellow that he is pulled up stakes, and returned to Ontario. Even so good a Grit paper as the 'Guelph Mercury, condoled with Mr. Totton in his misfortunes of being hoodwinked. It says: "He was bitterly disappointed, and carne back a sadder and a wiser man, convinced that the Province of Ontario is far ahead of the State of Kansas. Ile reports the corn crop a failure, while the price was low. The small grains were devoured by the chinch hug. Great poverty and distress exists among the settlers in the region where he located, the north-west of the State. There is a general wish t3 sell out and get away. Mr. Totton did not buy land, but only rented a place for a year. So he was free to leave and has loft. He brings back his wife and eight children to settle on a farm rented them by his brother-in- law, Mr. John Taylor, in the town- ship of Eramosa, about four miles from Rockwood," Our contempor- ary adds to the foregoing: "We wish hire (Totton) success end happiness in his new house." If we mistake not the gentleman will not thank the Mercury for this bit of sop. It was through the instrumentality of the Grit press that he was wrong- ed and such words as the above from any portion of it, is adding insult to injury, • JS ... ...... ....YAW airtr"a:;v:: WHIPPED THE WRONG I\IAN. Au exciting little. opTsode occur- red at the east end of Toronto one night last week. The excitement wee caused by a young married woman, the most intereete.d party was a blonde young barber, em- ployed in a Young street barber shop, and the husband of the young woman and a young lady contribu- ted to the cause of the trouble. The husband' is also a barber in the sarne shop as he of the auburn hair, and has been married only a short time. Early last week he promised to take a young Iady to the theatre, and engaged to meet her at eight o'clock at the Arcade, but during the afternoon he weakened, and asked his fellow -workman to take his place. The batty agreed, and was on hand promptly at eight o'clock. Bit in the meantime the young wife had found out her hus- bands perfidy, and she was on hand also, with a good, stout horse- whip. She was angry, so angry that, when she saw .her husband's friend talking, to the young lady, she did not wait' to make sure whether or not it was her spouse, but made a rush at him. For a few moments the air was filled with strong language, screams and a horse whip. \\rhen quiet was restored the barber was ou his knees, hands clasped, and begging for mercy, the young lady had fainted, and the married woman was somewhat appeased. But when site found that she had whipped the wrong man, she waited not to ex• plain matters, but disappeared np Victoria street. The two barbers do not speak now. IIORSE GOSSIP. • — There were 089 head of horses sold at the Woodard & Brasfield combination sale at Lexington, net- ting $995,000. — It is reported that S: A. Browne & Co., of Kalamazoo, recently re fused $30,000 for their noted black 'horse Ambassador 1496, the offer having been made by a syndicate of Southern horse breedere. Ambas- sador was foaled in 1875, sire, George Wilkes 519: —The stakes and purses agreed upon for the Circuit meeting at Buffalo on August 6-9, amount to $21,000. The present specials are: 2:18, $2,000; 2:20, , $2,000• 2;22, $5,000; 2:24, $5,000; 2:27, $5,000; 2:17 (pacing), $2,000. entries for the stakes will close ou May 20. —Charley Lewis, a celebrated California horseman, holds that all noted trotters have a considerable dash of thoroughbred in them and proves from their pedigrees that such is the case and adds: I hope that there are none of your readers who think that I think the only way to raise trotters is via a thor- oughbred. Far from it. This theory would not be sensible or reasonable. A horse whose dam is by Hambletonian, Geo. Wilkes, Alrnont, Happy Mediums, or any game bred sire, is good enough for me. But I do maintain that a strong dash of this warm blood gives you a sensible outcross, a fine coat of hair, a bony head, hard logs end good feet, and an ability to come back from the other end of the road. I heard John Splan say once that it was fun to drive one of those game bred rascals, (I think that he referred to Guy or Oliver'K.) Ile said, "When I get up at the head of, the stretch I always fuel safe and know that I can finish when I have good warm blood to . do with." When you have a race horse you will find that you want durability as well as speed. In opposition to the above can bo produced an equally strong list of horses whose dams were trotting bred. This should teach us that all the equine greatness of our fair land is not bound up within the hides of a certain family of horses, or any certain line of blood, and when a man develops into a"ono idea" roan he is usually a failure to himself, and an annoyance to his friends. - HER SON'S WIFE. A keen -eyed, wiry little old lady, with a determined expression on her countenance and au aggressive air generally, sat directly in front of rue in a Canadian Pacific railway train, writes a correspondent. We had just left the small, pretty -look- ing little town of Carberry, Man. when the old lady turned around and asked: throwing away whole half loaves of broad, is it?" elle asked, sharply, and when I made no reply, she went on: "And tbat'e just what my son's wife, Ellen, did. Then she uses a whgle egg ev'ry morning forelear•in' coffee, when everybody knows that the yeller or white alone will do. I've often cleaned it with the shell alone, and 1 have made it without any egg at all, and it didn't pizen us." I kept silent, for my sympathy was with the son's wife, and the old lady persisted with her complaints. "Another thing she takes good' butter, at thirty cents a pound, and spreads it on beefsteak after it's cooked. Think of that! And she makes her ginger -bread out of half sugar, instead uf all moleoses, which is good enough for anybody! It was waste, waste, waste in that house! I expect to see the whole family in the poorhouse yit, and I told my son's wife so every day I was there." "What did she say!" "Nut a word. She never minded me, but kept right ou. So I left, and if Harriet carries on like that, I'll leuvo her, too." THE PROFESSOR. She stood with elbows pasted to her sides, her arms extended, a bou- quet the size of a wedding cake, and about as .expensive, in her bands. "Tho purple shade of Lent is upon us, Professor•!" she said, "and I am preparing for sackcloth and ashes. I aw a blooming bud, Professor!', "Bless wy soul!" exclaims the Professor. "A blooming bud," she repeated; "made my debut this season. I cost my father exactly eight thous- and five hundred dollars." "Bless ley soul!" exclaims the Professor. "My debut ball at Del's ran up to five, my frocks three, my et octane bolted with the balance. I have been to sixty dances. I have danced six hundred round dances. That is ten a night. Each dance lasted on an average ten minutes. I twirl say ten a minute; that is one hun- dred twirls to a dance; that means one thousand a night, and .this multiplied by sixty will —" "Bless my soul!" exclaims the Professor. "Upon rough calculation I have done twenty-three miles in square dances, four miles of shottische, and seven in The Barn." "I31ess my soul!" exclaims tho Professor. "I eat on -au average three ices a night; that means one hundred and eighty ices; two sandwiches; five cakes of oue description or another, to say 'nothing of canvas -back, tor- rapiu and the chicken, lobster,. shrimp and other salads; and then come the candied fruits. One glass of champagne; two of claret, punch or lemonade. "Bless ray soul?' exclaims the Professor. "I have had about three hundred ditfefent arms around my waist. I have epoken of the weather fifty thousaud times; of Airs Potter, and Mrs. Langtry fifteen thousand; Mary Anderson five thousand. and the future state once with a dancing parson. I have had thirty-seven flirtations with thirty-seven idiots without one additional heart beat. I have led at least two hundred young men to imagine that the electric light of my lite shines for them only. I have given sigh for sigh ten thousand times, and my responsive glances have run up into the hundreds of thousands. "Bloss my soul!" exclaimed the Professor. "1 have given away about four h'rndred rosebuds and as many bunches of violets to ardent but .humble lovers. I have attended receptions and teas. . You see, Professor, 1 011--" "0110" chuckles tiro Professor, as he retired behind a portiere to re- fresh with a pinch of ql,d-fashioned rappee. -'DEVILISII DOINGS. -Five masked robbers created great excitement in the. neighbor- hood of Uniontown, Pa., Monday night. Several farmers were tortur- ed by tire, and made to give up their money. Residents are organiz- ing to capture the rascals. "The next station is B--, ain't —The day after St. Patrick's the it?" Mou troalRocorder'sCon rt was cro wd- "Yes," I replied. ed, The shamrock asserted itself in "I get off there," said the old lady, nearly every button hole where confidence, there was such an aperture. The and having begun hor con she continued: Recorder wore a happy air as he "Yes, I'm going out there to live ascended the bench. The cases on with my daughter Harriet—that is the list were nearly all "drunks" of if we can get slung together."yesterday. In the majority of cases "Indeed!" I said, as she evidently the offenders were Hibernians, and expected mo to say something. His Honor dealt leniently with "You seg I've been stayinga them. About seven or eight wore while out in Ontario with toy you discharged. One fellow was eharg- Iliram, but ore and his wife inner err with being drunk. "Aro you an could get along in this world, never' Irishman 1" "No, your honoa -I'nr Ain't it awful how extravagantn Scotehuian." (This' with much young people a,re nowadays? It dignity) "Well i/fr have no excuse; weIl't 'o when I was young." five dollars or ten days." "But," "'['betimes aro different, I said, ( suggested Scottie, "[ was drinking "That's no excuse for a woman I with Irishmen," This was of no avail and the sentence was allowed to take its course. —Near Iuduetry, Jefferson coup • ty, • Ohio, Samuel Gordon and George Kelly, who have been pay- ing attention to Ella Duels, happen- ed lsk Iueet,her ,et her hquso ou Tues- day night. The young mon soon engaged in a quarrel over the girl, and Gordon proposed to settle the natter with knives. Kelly a sent - ed, and the two repaired to theb*elt yard of the Dock residence to see which was the better man, the ono coating out victor to take the girl. Each provided himself with a -knife and they made a rush at each other. After a few passes Kelly stabbed Gordon in the side, making a very dangerous wound. Kelly is in jail, while Gordon is lying at the Duck residence under the care of a physic- ian. • —A. Parkins, who skipped the country some months ago in con- sequence of the graud jury at Sarnia finding a true bill against him on a charge of abducting a girl under 14 years of age;has since his escape writ tett several seerot letters back to Bothwell, by which he has been all along trying to induce the girl con- cerned to steal away from her moth- er and meet hien in Detroit. He writes in glowing terms of the at- tractions and amusements of the other side as compared with Canada, and also holds out many alluriug inducements. Perkins is a married man, about 45 years of age. While a resident of Euphemia (near Both- well) Perkins was a member of a leading church, and by his smooth and plausible manner he managed to work himself into tho confidence and pockets of several who now mourn his flight to the tune of many large bills unpaid. His wife and family have also left Canada. —The village of Otterville, a few miles eolith of Woodstock, is at present the scene of the second act in the history of domestic troubles of considerable interest. The facts of the case are about as follows On Novomber012 last Mrs. Kenny, wife of Oliver Kenny, of Ottorvillo, disappeared with her two chil- dren and all of her and their wear- ing apparel. Investigation proved that i1rs. Kenny and' another resid- ent of the neighborhood named Jonn Vennor, a widower, had arranged for au elopement, and that Mrs. Kenny had taken hor depar- ture with her two children. Ven- ter area arrested, and was thus prevented from carrying out his part of the scheme, and a couple of trunks filled with clothing and other articles of domestic use, belong- ing to the Kenny household, were captured at the station when they were ready to he shipped, and for the larceny of these goods Vennor was tried and sentenced to three mouths in jail. Mrs. Kenny had taken shipping for England. Three 'months have gone by, and strange to say Mrs. Kenny has just re- turned to her forgiving husband, at tho very time of the expiration of Venner's•aentence. GENERAL SICKLES DISCIP. LINE. Gr -neral Dan Sickles, of New York, is down here nn some law business, and looks as hale and vigorous, for all the ole could tell, as he did twenty years ago. He has an ennr• mous fund of vitality to .draw upon. His crutches come as n�ear making up for that lost leg as is possible. There is a story about him which perhaps has never seen print before. Many tragic events were overlooked in those five years of war. He was marching a brigade of troops down to the front through Pen'ryslvania, New York Zouaves, recruited from the Bowery and Five Pointe, toughs from the word go. Innumerable depredations' were being committed all along the line of march. Finally, all else failing. General Stickles iseued an order that the next man breaking the ranks to forage without permission would he shot. He was rifling down to the rear, when a- man left the ranks, sprang over a wall and gathered in an armful of turnips, He tried to avoid seeing the soldier, but with an air of bravado the tough got in front of his horse and sung out: ' Fine turnips, general ; have rime 1' ' Did you Lear the older read,' said Sickles sternly, ' forbidding all foraging 1' ' Yes.' ` Do you know you are liable to be shot for disobeying orders?' ' Yes,' answered the insolent marauder, ' but,—you, you don't dare do it.' Csr-rack ! The soldier lav dead in his tracks. ' I hated to do it,' said tho gener, al afterward, 'but if I didn't it was the end of discipline.' There was no more breaking of rsnka in that regiment., JUST FOR FUN. — Bank clerk(' don't catch cold more than other clerks, notwith- standing there are drafts passing through the bank constantly, — When legislator men move to lay a motion on the table they wean to kill it. When doctors lay a subject on the table they intend to discuss and dissect it. —School Teacher—'Now, Bobby, spell needle.' Bobby—'N-e-i-d-1-e, needle.' School "Teacher—'Wrong These's no "i" in needle.' Bobby— 'Well, 'taint a good needle then.' — 'Are these pure canaries 1' asked a gentleman of a bird dealer, with whom ho was uegotiating fur 'a gift fur his fair.' 'Yes, sir,' said the bird dealer, coufidently ; '1 raised them 'ere birds from the very best canary seed.' —'I think uf offering a temper- ance pledge to the thermometer,' remarked McSwilligen. 'What do you mean !' asked Squildig. 'It dropped thirty-five degrees in twenty-four hours yesterday, and I think that is taking a drop too much.' — 'Aud now, listle girls,' said the Sunday school teacher, 'you may toll me about the Epistles.' A little girl held up her hand. 'Well,' said the teacher. 'The Epistles.' said the little girl, 'the Epistles are the wives of the Apostles.' —In the music room Sunday evening—Mamma (at the piano)— 'Nulv, Georgie, what shall we Bing, something for Sunday, you know 1' Georgie (after thought).—'Let's sing "Shall we go in swimming?" m Mayna—'\\'try, Georgie, there's no such .hymn as that 1' Gertie—'I guess, wain ma, he means "Shall we Gather at She River !"' —Wife (11:10 p. m.)—'What" that horrid odor smells like alcohol. Husband—'Y-e s, my doer, we use aleuhol at the lodge fur initiations. ,Take some aleollo1, light it, put salt in the flame, and it gives a ghastly yelluw light ; makes folks look like ghosts, you know,' Wife —'But that odor collies from your breath.' Husband—`Y-e-s, my dear ; in the thirthy-seventh' degree T personate the chief demon with flames coming from his moth. I take a mouthful of alcohol and a swallow of salt, and then sot fire to it. But, my dear, you mustn't tell these things. Secret s'ciety secrets very sacred, you know. — `Look hero, old elan,' said a young lawyer to a more successful professional brother, as he rushed into the tatter's office one afternoon, 'I want five dollars, and I want it bad.' The mouey was forthcoming, and the Unfortunate young limb of the law tucked the hill in his pocket and flew out of the door. The, next morning he returned in a great state of excitement and exclaimed : •"Say, that bill you gave me yes- terday was a counterfeit; and it • came near getting me into trouble.' The friend swung around in his chair, an answered : 'Well, you said when you rushed in here that you wanted it .bad, and I gave it to you that way.' —Colonel O'Brien, M. P,. will, it is said, withdraw his resolution ou the -Jesuits question, substituting{ therefor a statement in the Ifouse. This will create n sensation. Mr• 1 —Reeve McIntyre, of Gaming. que, has entered suit to recover from Rev. Mr. Hagar, Methodist minis• ter, the sum of $5,000, the latter having published ati alleged libels lous letter concerning the former's action regarding the enforcement of the Scott Act. The minister says he is prepared for tl.e suit. .—Mr. Conyheare, an English M. P. hada very unpleaaant expel ience at the Cornish dinner given in Lon- don on Saturday. A toast was pro- posed to the Prince and Princess of Wales as the duke and duchess of Cornwall. All present, with the exception of Mr. Conybeare, arose and sang God Bless the Prince of Wales. Seeing Mr. Cony beare sitting the diners became furious and shouted, "Stand up, Conyheare!" "11 e is d ialoyal !" "Turn him out!"etc. Ile finally rose. —The case of. Mrs. Bell vs. Tup. per-- Action to reooyer conrpeDea- tion for alleged detective services on the 1. C. 11., wee concluded at Ottawa Friday morning, The jury returned fl verdict for thddefendaut, Sir Charles Tupper. Judge Me - Mahon subsequently stated that perjury had been committed and extensive subornation practiced - In conclusion he amid he would take into consideration the advisability of having Bell and Mrs Bell arrested to -morrow for perjury. THIS YEAR'S i=?,TLE CUT and PLUG SMOKINC TOBACCO. FINER THAN EVER. SEE ✓ azr —IN nil(Jm OS— Barron says he will bring the matter EACH PLUG- and PACKAGE. lip. I _ 517-y •.its., ..w L�„a.,=�,whr.,; •._... lr.•, .. ,+x�l .leuv