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The Clinton News-Record, 1898-02-24, Page 5The Clinton -R Supplement. Thursday, Feb. 24, 1898. Exchange Echoes. thoiitiesr for some years past. Year by year it has increased. Bishop Many of the old residents of .Wing- Sweatman finally put his foot down ham were grieved, on Friday last, to and appealed to his flock to remedy hear that Thos. M. Dunn had died at the residence of Mr. Wm. Mandell, Giennannan. Mr. Dunn was a carpen- ter by trade and lived in viciuity of Wingham for a number of years. A number of months ago he was seized with a paralytic stroke and had been lying very low for a long time. Ile was in the 68th year of his age. The remains were interred in the Wingharn cerne teryt on Saturday. Michael Ellfnrd, of Ushorne, met with a painful accident one day last week. He was engaged loading logs in the bush when a log, which had the matter, declaring that the status of the Church of England was menac- ed and that unless the deficit was wiped out and the mission funds were put on a healthy basis, extension of the Church sphere, was out of the question; and it became a ,natter of questionable wisdom as to whether any more theological students ought to be admitted to Trinity College. The question was taken up seriously by both clerics and laymen, and as a re- sult of a meeting of the two classes a systematic canvass of church members was made. resulting in not only raising the deficit but creating a balance. been loaded nn the sleigh, rolled off The example of the Church of Eng - and caught Mr. Ellfnrd right above land in this regard might well be frit - lowed by other denominations.the hip, inflicting a had bruise. He is , at present confined to his bed and Rev. Dr. Dickson was the convenor from all indications will have to re- main there for some time. In Wingharn, on Friday, February 11, Miss Minnie Drew died at the eat Iy age of twenty-one years. She had been 111 for sonde time hut the end came suddenly, as it always does, to the loving watchers at her side. She has a young lady who was highly es- teemed by all who knew her, a mem- her of St. Paul's church, and active in gond works. The faneraal was held on Monday to the Wingharn cemetery and was largely attended by sympa- thetic friends and acquaintances. Messrs. Bailey and Erwin, on Mon- day, 7th of February, decorated the of a cotnn►ittee of tI-e Guelph Presby- tery which met in Elora to consider a letter written by Mr. Henry Wissler, a lawyer, of Elora, to the Elora Ex• press taking objection to the new Presbyterian Book of Praise. Rev. Mr. McGinnis, of Elora, brought the letter to the attention of the Presby- tery at its last meeting and it was re- ferred to a committee. Mr. Wissler took exception to the printing of the book with only a portion of the psalms in it, and also to the insertion of the word "amen" at the end of each hymn, a matter that had never corse before the General Assembly and which was consequently done without their con- sent. In the letter are innuendos at R. C. Church in Holyrood, with ever- ministers for keeping hack a book with greens in honor of the marriage of all the Psalter in it and at the Retired Miss Maud Erwin and Mr. Peter Ministers' Fund for receiving the roy- Dales. During the preceding night allies derived from tha sale of the some person or persons broke into the the church and cut, slashed and des- troyed the decorations which had been put up for the special occasion. It is to he hoped that the miscreants may he apprehended and punished to the full extent of the law. Mr. Charles Smith. late manager of the Centralia cheese factory, considers that, digging for gold is the quickest way a man can get it, more so than cheese making, and suiting the action to the word, he started for the Klon- dike on Saturday last. The horse that can walk fast is al- ways a source of pleasure, while the slow walker is an abotnivation. While much comes from inheritance, educa- tion is niuch to be credited for a gond road gait. No animal forms a habit quicker than the horse. Give it. the chance to form a. habit of fast walking. Do not tire bion out before you ask it to walk. Give .him a chance when he is fresh from the stable. Keep him down to a walk for a couple of miles, and let him.forin thellahit4Of well:iiig like a tornado. The natural inclina- tion will be to walk fast at times, and almost breaking into a trot. If this he continued day by day, with care that the horse does not become tired, a prompt or even a very fast walk will be as natural to that colt as eating. As Dr. Macdirined was driving nut of Hensall Saturday night to attend a patient, he was run into by a rig com- mg on the Zurich road into Hensel!. The Doctor's rig was upset and he was thrown out with great violence break- ing souse of the small hones in his wrist and cutting his head severely. The Dr. was able to walk back, his horse having ran away. The horse was caught at R. Jarrott's place. Al- though badly shaken up the Dr. is still attending to his patients. We chronicle this week the death of Mr. Philip Rykerman of the north-east honndry, Usborne township, in his 76th peat, Mr. Rykerman was an old settler in this neighborhood and was greatly respected by all who know him. His funeral on Friday was large- ly attended. He leaves a large family, one daughter Mrs. McQueen, residing in Hensel!. The Bishop of Toronto is a happy man, the Church of England is jubi- lant, -there is joy among those young men who are 'louking forward to ee- olesiastical . careers in the Church of England. The reason is that the defi- cit in the mission fund df $10,000 has been wiped out. This deficit has been a serious subject with the Church an - book. Mr. Wissler addressed the com- mittee for three hours, and Rev. Mr. McGinnis for two The comruit.tee af- terwards arrived at a decision in the matter, but this will not be known until the next meeting of Preshyterv. It is said that the sale of the new Book of Praise has been enormous, and that over$10,000 has already been derived in royalties from it. The iron trap and xings used at the Allison execution Berlin were bor- rowed from the s riff of Peel County. Hangman Radcliffe thinks it is the most complete outfit be has seen. It was made by a Brampton blacksmith named Harris for MacWherrell, who narrowly escaped having it fitted around his neck. An interesting fact is brought to light in the most recently complied statistics regarding the asylums of the Province. At the end of January last the number of males and females con- fined in these institutions. or .others .,trndet-ebeaititice a"the authorities was exactly equal. Hitherto there has been a slight excess of females, but the latest figures give 2,472 as the figures for each sex, the total being 4,944. Said Mr. Wm. Houston, M. A., late- ly, before the West Bruce Teacher's Associal ion : "Sometimes I think education has degenerated from the old days. Then no restraint was put upon the teachers as to what they should teach. Now a teachel• may lose his situation because he fails to Lass as many pupils as he has done, formerly. More attention should be given to the culture of the pupils." In one of the Guelph factories is` ern- ployed a young man of unsteady habits. His employer, who is a firm believer in the power of marriage to cause young men to settle down, ad- vised his man to take unto himself a wife, and offered his services to secure for him a suitable bride. The propps- al was agreed to. The consent of one of the fair sex employed in the same factory to tnarry the young man was gained, and in a short time the brides - Maid and groomsman were selected and the party were on their way to the home of a clergyman to have the nuptial knot tied. They had not gone far when it occurred to the proposed bride that the ring and license had not been procured, and she at once refused to go any further. Fora Owe the situ- ation was very serious. At last the young man and woman, who were to have assisted at the marriage, decided to get married themselves and take chances on having the job done with- out a ring or license, and presented themselves to a clergyman. They were not married. This occurred on Tuesday afternoon. In the meantime, all four are at work diligently and as 8000 as sufficient money is raised tae meet the ekpenses a double wedding is to take place. The following particulars are taken from the government report of hirths, marriages and deaths :—For Huron :-- No, of births 1,324, increase 110; mar- riages, 381; deaths, 587, increase 46. Principal causes of death.—Consurnp- tion, 2,758; old age, 2,543; pneumonia, 1,633; vatuvlat diseases, 980: diphtheria, 932; cholera infautuni, 905; paralysis, 848 ; convulsions, 701 ; typhoid fever 552 ; bronchitis, 526. Marriages by de- nominations in the province :—Metho- dist, 10,525; Presbyterian, 6,056 ; Church of England, 4,585: Roman Catholic, 4,576; Baptists, 1,776 ; Luth- erans, 761 ; Congregationalists, 268 ; Evangelical Association, 202; Men- nonite, 144 ; Quakers, 74; other denom- iations 732. W. t;. '1'. U. Column. This Column is under the direction of the Secretary of Clinton W. C. T. U. At the Montreal Anglican synod yes% terday a long discussion took place on the report of the Church of England Temperance Society. The report con- tained a clause in favor of prohibition. In the course of the discussion Rev. G. Osborne Troop, speaking against prohi- bition, remarked that God was not a prohibitionist. Dean Carmichael made an impassion- ed speech in favor of prohibition. "I have been over thirty years in the min- istry," he said : "During all my labors and plans and thought, I have been pur- sued by this sin of the cursed drink,; through all the years I have had to deal with the cursed drink, and today the curssd drink stares me in the face. (Applause.) I have never appeared upon a prohibition platform, 1 hays n •ver made a probibitic•n speech, but if a voting paper were placed in my hand to -day and 1 was asked to vote 'yes' or 'no. upon this question—" (bere the dean paused, raised his arm, and then spoke amid a most impressive silence) "for the sake of the Church, for the sake of souls, for the sake of the happiness of the home, I would vote 'yes' and thank God for it. (Loud and long -cons tinued applause.) A new race of men must teach me teat God is not a pro- hibitionist" (Loud applause.) Carter Won the Clothes.. Mr. William Carter, of Flt►lIett, is an expert on Poultry which he raises extensively. He exhibited largely at the Goderich Show where he won the special prize of a suit of clothes for being the largest prize winner. His list consisted of:— White Leghorns—Cockerel 1st, Pullet 1st. Golden Spangled Hamburgs—Hen 1st, Cockerel 2nd, Pullet 2nd. Silver Spangled Hamburgs—Hen lst, Pullet 1st. Silver Pencilled Hamburgs—Hen 1st, Pullet let and 2nd. Black Hamburgs—Hen 3rd, Cockerel 1st, Pullet 2nd. Houdans—Cockerel 1st, Pullet 1st. P. W. C. B. Polands—Cock 1st and 2nd, Hen lst, 2nd and 3rd, Cockerel 1st and 2nd. Golden Poland -Cock 1st, Hen 1st and 2nd, Pullet 1st. White Poland—Hen 1st, Cockerel lst. G. B. Poland—Cock lst and 2nd, Hen lst and 2nd, Pullet lst and 2nd. S. B. Poland—Cock lst, Hen tat, Pullet - 1st. W. B. Poland—Cock 1st. B. L. Polands—Cockerel 1st, Pullet lst. Aylesbury Ducks—Duck 1st, Drake lit, At the Sarnia Poultry Show, held in Goderich a few weeks ago, Mr. Garter exhibited 18 birds and took 17 pi izes, 12 firsts, 4 seconds and 1 third.