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The Huron News-Record, 1889-06-05, Page 6et ...i_,.,..a.....rc:.va0a..A4+tacs7 rt.7a,r4:1111M2=111WIMIL=17=•r f, uron News -Record 4;1 Year -41.2r. in Advance. 174 e . Arcs mad.) jaetiec to hie bine cut„t udu•ll•Cei,ug than he d•,ee re r••.a.uu• at atilliorutire merchant of ...els F. v. Wodnt:sil:ty. J11UC 5111, iS$9 • T I L E LEGEND OF ST. . BRENDAN. '1'h,• legend of St. Brendan is fo,711,1 iu mauuscript in all the laugmtges of Western .Europe, as w'•11 es au the medieval Latin oI the uulokish chruuiclers. All that pHs'. t.1111e tliskit'y gives tis in r'egar'd to L1116 dii ti , hu,vevel•, is that he was au Irishman of royal lineage, who was the !Millie'. and first abbot of the monastery of Clunft•tt, in the couuty of Gel way, during the sixth century. 'There are still extent several religions treatises which Are ascribed to him, and it is believed thav he died in the year 573. The legend of his voyage of discuvery very much abbreviated is as follows: The object of the voyage was to find the true sits of the garden of Eden, and the saint fur this purpose pro- cured a good ship, victualed it for seveu years, and chose a number of monks as his companions. After sailing forty days and forty nights they reached an island, ivhore they lauded. Here they were met by a large dog, which fell at the feet of the saint, and then conducted the travelers to a large hall, where they found plenty of food waiting -for them, of which they partook ; also beds made ready for them, whereon they lay down and slept ; but they naw no man. The next day they returned to the ship and sailed a long time. Then they came to an- other island, where they saw beauti- ful white sheep as large as oxen, and where they met au old elan, who told them to sail to the east. This they did, and soon after reach- ed another small island ou which they landed and built a fire to cook their food. When the fire because hot they were much astounded to find the island begin to move, and with much fear and no little dif- ficulty they regained their boats. Theo they sate that what they took for an island was the back of a great fish. After three days' further sailing they reached a land full of flowers, }verbs, and trees. And when they had landed they found the lams were filled with beautiful birds whieli all sang sweetly to t, alcome them. Ana when one of them flew to welcome St Brendan, the holy man commanded it to tell him why birds• were ao numerous there and why they satng so joyously. The bird replied : "Sometime we were angels in .heaven ; but when our master, Lucifer, fell for his high pride, we fell for our offenses, some hither and some lower, after the nature of our tresr'as•; and .be- cause our trespass is but little, therefore our Lord hath set us hero, out of all pain, to serve him on this tree iu the bust manner that we can” This was Easter Dav, and the saints wore touch edified, and remained with the birds till 'Trinity Sunday, then returned to the sheep island, where they took in a quantity of provisions, and sailed again over the wide ocean. Atter some months they reached another island,• whore they found a monastery of twenty- four mocks, and with them St. Brendan and his follow travelers spent Christmas. Ou 'Twelfth clay they again set sail, reached sheep island on Palth Sunday, and, laud- ing, held religious services with their 11ieud, the old man. During Passion Week they sailed away, reached the fish's back, on which they landed and performed. services; then went on to keep their Easter- tide with the birds. Ss for seven year, they journeyed from one of these islands to the other, reaching each one at the sante date as during the first year, and in tho seventh year. they were allowed to see the orginal paradise. "After sailing for many days in darkness, the mist passed away, and they saw the fair- est country that a Ivan might see— clear and bright, a heavenly sight to behold. Ali the trees were loaded with fruit and the herbage with flowers. It was always day and temperate, neither hot nor cold and there saw a river which they 'thirst not cross. Then came a man who welcomed them, saying. `Be yo now joyful, for this is the land yo have sought. So lade your ship with fruit, and depart hastily for ye may no longer abide here. Yo shall return tq,your own country and soon after die. And this river that you see this l,arteth the world aseedor, for on that side of the water may no man comes that is in this life.' Then St. Brendan and his monks took the fruit, and also great plenty of precious stones, and sailed home into Ireland, where their brethel'n received them with great joy." It is possible that this absurd legend --which is further oribellished in the various versions tointless miracles performed by the saint on different ocrssions—may have had for its basis of truth a voyage of some Irish monks to the Azores, or in search of other lands whin}, they could not find. Having little soil discovery to iepert on their return, they satisfied the cnrf- tei osity of their stay-at•homo neighbors by stories of impossible wonders. It may seem strange, but it is true that this ridiculous legend exercised no little influence on geographical science for many years, and was undoubtedly one of the collateral causes that led to the discoveries of Columbus. Many vessela were sent out by the Spanish Government the lastas late as'1721. Anumber of the expeditious were out out by the Irish and the Portuguese. In the treaty of Evord, by which the Portuguese ceded the Canary Islauds to the Castilians, the "islands of SI. I3renden" is mentioned as a place which eau out be found. The peasauts of Spain still relate how Roderick, the last of the Goths, made his escape thither, while a Portuguese legend asserts that it served for a retreat to I)ou Sebes titin, after the battle of Aleazai. On many old English charts it is still to be found undife its Irish name of I' Brazil. There seems no doubt that the Portuguese voyagers who discovered the country, uow known as Brazil, early in the six- teenth century gave it its name in commemoration of this legend. And we are assured that "so com- mon were voyages from Ireland in search of this island during the seventeenth euutery that Ludlow, the regicide, when implicated in a conspiracy to seize Dublin Castle, made his escape to the continent by chartering a vessel at Limerick uuder the pretense of seeking I' Brazil. Leslie, of Glasslough a man of judgment and enterprise pur- chased a patent of this imaginary island from Charles L and expended a fortune in seeking for it in vaiu." THE SOCIAL EVIL OF TREATING. The social habit or custom of "treating" is undoubtedly a great promoter of intemperance.' It is a marked feature of all kinds of society in this country, and is com- paratively unknown in foreign lauds. Take this simple illustration of the hsbit which will at one show the folly of the practice, both from a physical and a financial standpoint. It is a perfectly ordinary and fami- liar one. Tom and Dick, wending their homeward way from shop or office, meet on the sidewalk. After the usual friendly greetings one or the other proposes a social glass, Entering the saloon they mot Harry and Joe, who are there on the same errand. The drinks are ordered by Tom, and without any ceremony or loss of time at once putout of sight. The single glass, whether of laser or spirits, would accomplish all that could possibly bo required as 'a. slight tonic or refreshment to a wearied body or mind. But hardly has this 'stimulant settled in the stomach and commenced its bene- ficial effects as an appetizer for tho solid food that should follow' than Dick "shouts" or orders "another round" of the same, These meet with the same disposal. Dick's round is followed by another order- ed by Harry, and still another by Joe. While the four are putting away this last round, ,Tack and Sam, old acquaintances, enter, and each "sets 'em up again" for the crowd. By thie time each of the party has parted with from 20 to 50 cents, wasted from thirty to sixty minutes in time, and has filled his stomach with an excess of drink, to' the ex- clusion of substantial, nourishing food, which it craved and needed. But it often does not end here. After tho sixth round, Tom, Dick, Harry, Joe, Jack and Sam each in turn repeat the operation, and the results are doubled or trebled, as the case my be. A DEGENERATE SON. San*Francisce 1:3 all torn up, and all on account of au amorous clergy- man, named Spurgeon, son of the famous English clergyman, making an exhibition of himself. At Wa- mona ho narrowly escaped the vengeance of an irate husband to whose wife he had paid untie(' attention. While on a visit to New Zealand, where his brother has a pastorate, Spurgeon met an uld friend, .Tames Duckworth, one of the richest mill owners in England, who was travelling with his young wife. Duckworth is many tsears older than his wife, and not in good health, Spurgeon and Duckworth crossed the Pacific together, and he remonstrated with Spurgeon over the warmth of the latter's attentions to his wife, which created gossip. A coolness ensued, but when a party was made up for the Yosemite, Spurgeon accompanied it. He renewed his attention to Mrs, Duckworth, so that when Wawona was torched on the return journey the husband suddenly exclaimed in wrath, "I`ve a mind to thrash you sir," Dnckworth struck Spnrgeon once, then they clinched, but Mrs. t Duckworth threw herself between the combatants, and Spurgeon made his escape. —Seaforth on Monday voted by 51 majority to have electric light, by granting $6,000 for plant, etc —Postmaster Timmins, Bluevale, has purchased J. Jackson's farm near l7luevale for $3.520. GIVES INSTANT RELIEF. "I have been troubled with asthma and a bad cough for years. I get nothing to help me like Hagyard's Pectoral Balsam, and would recom• mend it to others as it gives instant relief." Extract from letter from Walter McAuley, Ventnor, Ont. —Mayor Clark of Toronto and the city'Preasurer left for EngLu"l• last week. LOW'S SULPHUR SOAP is an elegant toilet article, and cleanses and purifies the skin most effectu- ally. —While playing nth a rusty res•tiver at Victoria, Man., on Sat ut- Isy the fifteen -year c,ldaii of Ht airy Tucson was shot in the stomach by a premature explosion of the W1111.011. The boy will scarcely recover. PICTOU PENCILLINGS. Mr. I'Iizen F. Murray, of Pictou, N. S., writes : t' I was affected with dyspepsia and nervous debility, and tried many remedies without avail, but one bottle of Burdock Blood Bit• ters much improved me ani two more made incia well man." —The official 110/Mitigation by the rand 'Trunk authorities into the cauat:.t of Saturday's accident et Belleville has resulted in the dis- missal of the conductor, engineer and brakeman of the timber train. OCCASIONAL DOSES of e. good cathartic like Burdock Pills are necessary to keep the blood pure and the body healthy. —Joe Thornton, a neem confined in the jail at Wickliffe, Ky., for assaulting a little girl, was taken from the jail by a mob Sunday night amid hanged to a tree. NERVE TORTURED. "I suffered with neuralgia and obtained no relief until I used Bag - yard's Yellow Oil. Since then I have also found .it an invaluable remedy for all painful burns and cuts, rheum- atism and sore throat," Mrs. F. Cameron, 137 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Ont. —Mrs. Oscar Folsom, mother of Mrs. Grover Cleeeland, was united in marriage at Jackson, Mich., Tuesday, to Mr• henry E. Perrino, of Buffalo, N. Y. THERE ARE MANY INDICA- TIONS of worms, but Dr. Low's Worm Syrup meets them in every case successfully. —Tile Pell usy1van ia railroad, which will soots extend its line into Detroit from Toledo, will unite with the Canadian Pacific and Peer Marquette in ereoting a depot on Fort street, near the site of the new postofTice - - • IN 10 DAYS TIME. " Was troubled with headache, bad blood and a loss of appetite, and tried all sorts of mediciuos without success. I then tried one bottle of Burdock Blood Bitters and found re- lief in 10 days." A. J. Meindle, Mattawa, Ont. —At Rat Portage a German laborer named Tray tier was Inst'ettt- ly killed in a saw mill by a saw breaking and cutting his head off. ENRICH TiUE BLOOD by the use of Milburn's Beef, Iron and Wine, which supplies the necessary blood building material. —Arthur Frasi"r, an Ohio canal- boat captain, while on a visit to E (ward Howe and wife near Haw. kills, Summit County, Sunday, accepted an offer to wrestle with Mrs. Howe, who threw him on his back 'on a lounge, rupturing an artery, from which lie died in a few moments. MANY THANKS. " My age is 58 and for 20 years I have suffered from kidney complaintd rheumatism and lame back, and would have been a dead woman if it had not. been for Burdock Blood Bit- ters, of which two bottles restored me to health. and strength." Miss Maggie IIendeby, Half Island Cove, N. S. —The dead body of Dr. P. [I. Cronus, the Iri• t-Arne!iean who strangely disappeared from his home in Chicago two weeks ago, was foud mitt evening He111e distence north of the city in a Hewer. on Evanston avenue. A bloody towel was wrapped about the head, and the rest of the body stalk naked. A Catholic emblem which the doctor wore next to his Hkiu suspended about big neck was untouched. On the dead man's head were a dozen deep cuts, which had severed the scalp and indented the akull. CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED. By proper, healthful exercise, and the judicious use of Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil and r[ypophosphites, which contain the healing and strengthening virtues of these two valuable specifics in their fullest form. Dr. D. D. McDonald, Petit- codiac, N. B., says :—"I bave been prescribing Scott's Emulsion with good results. It is especially useful in persons of consumptive tenden- cies." Sold by Druggists, 500. and 81.00 it CONiU,IIPTION CUIt1iD. Au uld physician, tetit•e.l ficin practice, having had placed in his hands by au Etat ludin missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and peg'notltt•nt cure of Uonsutlt lira, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and Lung afflictions, alsu a positive and radical rule for Nervous I,)ebili1y and all Nervous Complaints, after heciug Its' • ed its vrou.lerful curative vowels iu thOM, ands of cases, has telt it his duty to make it known to his sul£etiug fellows. Actua- ted by this motive and a desire to 1 lieve human sutlet.ing. I will send free of charge, to all who desire it, this recipe, in German, French or English, with full direction; for preparing and using. Sent by retail by andressing with stamp, nailing this; panel.. W. A. Nuvt:5, 1114 P ti u'b Biur1e, Rnehes'e, N. V.' 507 rw. I'he 1.t Ball 11 ghat,• 1110 re - pieh,l th.• I ur,at.at• of (7ro. \\rt•i- rl•'rn1•,v,.).',. ,• ,.w•,•re in iVew York for ea 35te iI tt) House Painting, ,Glazing and Graining, Plain : and : Decorative_ Paper Hanging s Rich, Bold and Artistic KALSOIYIINING and FRESCOING. Shop next Kennedy's Hotel, Albert Street, CLINTON, - ONTARIO. CHARLES T. SPOONER T TT INT I ,J.. TT -1. @mss ■ ■ A CONll,(TII)NEl{S CON Fl- .NEW' STOCK ! NEW STORE ! i)f;N('E. "1 -can plainly slato that I can lied nothing better than Ilagyard's Yellow oil. I have rhenniatism oc- casionally, Hurl Yellow ()it floes me great good. You can use my name if you wish." Yours truly, H. Dick- inson, Confectioner, St. Thomas, Ot.t. • Mattresses, etc., and general Household Furniture. The whole Stock is from the very best manufacturers. Pieturo• Frames and Mouldings of every description. JUS. CiIIDLEY, one door West of Dickson's Book Store. ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, - CLINTON. JOSEPH CHIDLEY, Dealer in Furniture. Call at the New Store and see the stock of Bedroom and Parlor Sets, Lounges, Sideboards, Chairs, Springs, —A Conservative Irish lady near Dublin, who died recently, bequeath- ed £2,000 to Mr. Parnell. Auvtca ro Morusas.—Are you dis- turbed at night and broken of your rest b a sick child suffering and crying with pain of Cutting Teeth? If so send at once and get a bottle of Mfrs Winetow's Soothiug Syrup" for Children Teething. Its value is incalculable. It will relieve the poor itltlosufferer immediately. De- pend upon •it, mothers; there is no mis- take shout it. it cures Dysentery and Diarrhoea, regulates the Stomach and Bowers, Aures Wind Colic,. softens the Gums, reduces Inflaroma'ioo, and gives tone and energy to the whole system. "Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for children teething is pleasant to the taste and is the prescription of one of the oldest and hest female physicians and nurses in the United States, and is for sale by all druggists throughout the world. Price 25c. s bottle. lie sure audask for "Mrs, ti'inslotv'sSoothiug Syrup," and take no other kind. —A breezy discussion look !dime t the 1letho iia' district meeting in Ottawa the other day over Ow usual anti Jesuit resolution, Mr. P. Tyesuenr•, Rev, 1Villiyiu Scol t and Rev. W. 11r. Carson staking speech- es in opposition. A BIG STRIKE. A big strike was make when Powell & Davis issued their Extract of arsap- arilia and Burdock. It has met with great success, and it must, for it id the moat powerful blood purifier in the mar- ket. It is used with the, greatest success in all diseases arising from a debilitated condlton of the systein, and everyone needs, and should use a bottle or two at this se •sup mit' the year, of Powell's Ex• tract of Sarsaparilla acid BurchAlt. Bear iu mind one 50c. bottle contains more solid medicine than most dollar so-called, Sarsaparilla anti hitters. Also remember Omit is sold in Clinton by all druggists, price 30c. it bottle. Sold by ail drug- gists ;ted medicine dealers c-vcrewhere. a4s:ily m.•.. -i 114 His : • at Comp d G. ae m� iv m V 21E237" .. [uuu ` G,.� �,r q•d .''•iicu ligt...,n•0 .nm G,f' ,F o u s. u a C3^.1 it °�"S'.•'at- it C .''.' q n c� CA kw, �W /p.m - . sE =� <. p�, 6. 4yei - giatAT:tic4;:rii,,i'lg,i,:li.::!,...70.! - 1,:,4,42 ' 31o L li me^i'fip,, o WGa/41414 H U M P H IR E 11 S' VETERINARY SPECIFICS For Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs, AND POULTRY. (S00 PageandCharrt Sent Free fAnlmaln cones i revers, Congestions. Infammntion. ti.A. 1 Spinal Meningitis, Milk Fever. n.B.--Straies, Lameness, Rheumatism. L'.C.--Distemper, Nasal Discharges. .D.. -Bute or Grubs, Worms. .E.--Coaglts, Heaves, Pneumonia. .F.• -Coble or Gripes, Bollynche. f:.G.--Miscarriage, hemorrhages. II.H.--Urinary and Kidney Diseases. .T.--Eruptive Diseases, Mange. 3.K. --Diseases of Digestion. Stable Case, with specifies, Manual, Witch Hazel O1i and Medicator, 157.00 'rice, Single Bottle (over 50 doses), . .00 Sold by Druggists; or Sent Prepaid anywhere and in any quantity on Receipt of Price. Humphreys' Med. Co., 109 Fulton St., N. Y. $137ZPIERRTS' HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC No. fi tug 30 years. The 0.4 sncce efal remedy for Nervous Debility,Vital Weakness, and Prostration, frorn over -work or other oause . 01 per vial or 5 vials end large vial � apiowder, for gs, SOLD it buvaa Needldlsent 109 Yahoo Bb, N p' o mice.—uaeprreyt' , WELLS & RICHARDSON CO., Agents, MONTREA L. A WONDERFUL LAKE 051: WATEFI DOETH GOOD ILI E A MEMOIR t.x'.: f.f .. 1 MEDICAL..LAKE 'REMEDIES' tp.t 'r'`v - l . 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