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TWENTY-THIRD YEAR.'
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CLINTON, ONT., NOVEMBER 181887.
HOI;ER'r HOLSIES, Pul,li,fxor
1 $1.50 a year iu advance.
CHILDREYS
CLOTHING.
We are the largest dealers in the coun-
ty in Children's Clothing, and we
are now showing a selections
that is hard to beat. Our
Great - "SUITS
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'a Are sold at $2, $3, $4 and 55.
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Knee Pants at 85cts,
Made from Scotch Tweeds. are wonder-
ful bargains, and are just the thing for
school wear. It will pay anybody to
buy these goods.
BPS :-: CLQTHE.
Honolulu anti the Hawaii' j paper money is not liked, and business
people miss a sale rather than take it.
One of these lovely islands is wholly
given up to victims of the terrible dis-
ease of leprosy. As soon as a person is
taken with,it, he is sent to this island,
where, among those similarly afflicted,
he may,till the land, engage in business,
marry and raise a fancily, or do any-
thingelse other men areto do,
exceptallwed that he must not leave the island
of his exile. ADMEa CosExs.
Kingdom. •
(Special t , ,to the Eon.)
(spec Corse i end., ice New
As a good deal has been said and
written about this out of the way cor-
ner of the world, during the past sum-
mer, perhaps a few lines on the subject
from "one d'ho has been there" will not
be uninteresting to readers of the ERA,
As everybody knows, about the time
blundering statesmen at home, in Eng-
land, were goading the American colo-
nies to rebellion, that eminent naviga-
tor, Captain Cook, was devoting his life
and talents to the discovery of new fields
for colonization in the Pacific Ocean.
It was on these Sandwich Islands that
he lost his life, stabbed by a treacherous
native. In the museum at San Fran-
cisco we saw the stump of the tree under
which he was killed, while on the island
is erected a monument to his memory.
These islands lie in the Torrid zone,
about latitude 20 to 22, and are 2,100
miles from San Francisco, in a south
westerly direction.
We reached Honolulu on the morning
of September 30th, a little over six days
after passing out at the Golden Gate.
The ocean was nearly as calm as a•mill
pond, during the whole voyage.
Five men of war were lying outside
the harbor, two British and three.Ame-
ridan, ready to start for Somoa in a day
or two, to protect the interests of the
citizens of their respective countries,
in the present disturbed state of affairs
in that island. Long before this reaches
you the telegraph will have given full
particulars.
These Pacific Islands appear to be at-
tracting a good deal of attention lately.
The Sandwich Islands have just passed
theough a revolution, which has resulted
in the king's power being curtailed, and
a new constitution adopted. Although
no blood was shed, yet the danger was
great at the time, and as both parties
were armed, a single shot fired wellld
have precipitated a war of races. Wiser
counsels
prevailed, and the
king agreed
to reign but not rule, rather than lose
his head, or at least be converted into
plain David Kalakna. The king and
his native advisors,led by an adventurous
white man called Gibson, had gone to
such a length of extravagance and de-
bauchery that the kingdom was on the
verge of ruin, and the intelligent white
population, taking alarm, formed them-
selves into a sworn committee, number-
ing about 1,000 men, and having secured
arms, they wrote out their " Magna
Charta," and demanded the king's sig-
nature, in words of no uncertain sound,
He made a virtue of necessity, and
signed the document, and the Anglo
Saxon element now rules, and it remains
to be seen' how much improvement there
will be. The point in the new constitu-
tion that the king objecterfaineet was
that which took the power of appointing
the nobles out of bis hands, and made
the office -elective: A manta -be a holile'
in this colossal kingdom must possess
property to the value of 53,000, or an
income of $600 per annum. Think of
this, ye Canadian yearners after titles.
Here is your true promised land. How
you could lord it over the common peo-
ple, whose wealth did not come up to
the necessary amount. The office of a
noble is purely honorary, for no pay is
s attached to it. A man must be inde-
pendent in order to be eligible. The
nobles act as a sort of Supreme Court,
BONANZA SUIT 4.
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The above goods are manufactured by
ourselves, and are the best value in the
county, quality and make considered.
Jackson Bros
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CLOTHIERS, FURNISHERS & HATTER
Life in. the Goldfields.
The following extracts from a private
letter from a brother of Mr John Bean,
who has been for some years in the Af-
rican goldfields, will bo of interest :—
I suppose I must try and give you
a little idea of what I am trying to do
on the gold fields. Well, to begin, any-
one that finds a payable reef has found
a fortune There are over 15,000 diggers
on these fields, and at the present time
it would be all but impossible to find a
reef cropping out with visible gold in,
but many of the best reefs do not crop
out at all. Long drives (tunnels) have
been put in the sides of the hills, and
the reefs cut far below the surface. 1
am putting in a drive, in hopes of cut-
ting a payable gold reef ; it is very slow
work, as 1 have to drill and blast every
bit of the way. I use dynamite, which
is very expensive here. I lost over £200
on a reef claim in New Zealand ; we
had a drive put into the Karakka Hill
over 500 feet long, intending to cut the
reef several hundred feet from the top
of the hill; in place of the reef they
struck an immense crevice. There was
a payable reef on the surface, but we
had got the thing into so much debt that
we lost every penny that we spent on it.
In gold digging it is all luck ; my com-
panions that I came from Australia to
to the diamond fields with, and those I
joined company with at the diggings,
had been 20 years, off and on, at gold dig-
ging, and had made nothing, and after
I left I
heard that Atkins had
made
over £130,000, and the other one, Pe•
tree, a Swede, made enough to go home
and buy an estate in Sweden. In your
letter you say you should very much
like to see tropical scenery, but you
must remember Africa is a remarkably
desert country, and the luxurience is
only in patches, and nothing in compa•
rison to other tropical countries, such
as the West and East Indies, part of
South America, and some of the south
.sea islands, but in quantity, size and
variety of game I think Africa stands
unrivalled. I have never read " Dilke's
Greater Britain," but have seen the
idea in print, of idleness caused by there
being no necessity for bodily ter mental
exertion to gain a livelihood, ending in
such races of people becoming both
mentally and, bodily debilitated, but 1
do not believe altogether in the idea; I
think- it .only _.applies,,.to.-.seine .of. thee
south sea islands and other such places,
where they had very little intercourse
with other nations, and intermarried
amongst themselves too much. There
are many tribes of Negroes here in Af-
rica, where the men do no work towards
gaining a livelihood, yet they are vigor-
ous enough mentally and physically.
From the interior of Africa annually
many thousands of natives went, to the
diamond fields t� look for work, many
of them walking 500 or 1100 miles, and
with the money thus earned bought
wives, who are simply slaves to the men.
It is strange what little headway the
missionaries in South Africa make in
christianizing the native races. I have
heard Edendale, the Wesleyan mission
station near Maritzburg, stigmatized as
one vast sink of iniquity, the women
nearly all prostitutes, and the men
much more untrustworthy than the
naked savage. I remember a few years
ago, Tyler, an American missionary at
Amanzintote, left this country for Am-
erica, and in his farewell speech that he
made at Durban, said that he had, •la-
bored and endeavored faithfully to' do
his duty amongst the natives, for 35
years', and left the country a worn-out
old magi, very sorrowful and broken
spirited, the best of his life seemed to
have been thrown away, and all his la-
bor in vain ; he could not look back and
point to a single man, and say with con-
fidence, "there is an honest Christian
man." And although many of them
had accumulated considerable wealth,
yet they were more addicted to vice than.
their original uneducated and heathen
parents, and shewed much less respect
to the missionary. Of course he blamed
the colonist for a great deal of it, and I
suppose with a good deal of truth, for I
am sorry to say that religion is very
little regarded by a vast percentage of
the young colonists in Africa. For my
own part, I would not be sorry if I
should not see a Kaffir, or any other
noble savage as long as I live. I think
at some future time there will have to
be great slaughter of the Kaffirs in Na-
tal. The longer the Kaffir is associated
with the English, the less fear and re-
spect they have for thein, and I think
with the Kaffir there is no respect with-
out fear. There are constantly cases
of Kaffirs outraging young white fe-
males in Natal. The 'Transvaal Gov-
ernment are trying to make as much as
they can out of these gold fields. The
tax on all necessaries of life and liquor
is exorbitant, perhaps not so much on
liquor as food. The Dutch say why
should the outsider be allowed to come
and take gold out of their ground. We
have to pay £1 sterling per month for a
claim 150x400 feet, but we can take out
a prospecting license for 10s. per month,
and that will exempt a block of twelve
claims, until you strike payable gold.
Barberton is growing rapidly, and i
think it has 3000, or perhaps more in-
habitants. Two years ago last summer
Talbot and I walked over the ground
where l#arberton now stands, and there
was not a house there.
This and That. and settle all natters of dispute against
-- ' the Government. The house of repre-
sentatives consists of 24, members, each
of whom must be worth 5,600 of taxable
property. The population of the islands.
is from 70,000 to 80,000.
Honolulu, the capital, is situated on
the island of Oahee, (pronounced Oway•
hes) and is said to have 20;000 inhabi-
tants, in a ratio of nine men to one wo-
man. Ili it are many fine buildings, the
king's palace, the government buildings,
private residences, etc. The business
appears to be nearly all done in the
English language. Most of the natives
speak it, and English names appear on
the signs and shop windows. All kinds
of tropical fruits and Rowers grow luxu-
riantly. A 'sea breeze keeps the tem-
perature even, and the heat is never op-
pressive. In front of the court house a
monument is erected to King Kame-
hameha I, who was the Bismarck of
Hawaii. About a century ago he found
the islands ander various chiefs, and he
set himself to work to unite them under
one king, to wit, himself. He succeeded,
and formed the present dynasty, and
his name is handed down as that of a
mighty general and statesman.
These islands are becoming noted as
a pleasure resort for people from Cali-
fornia. The Oceanic Steamship Com-
pany, controlled by Claus Spreckels&@
Bros., makes special 'efforts to induce
people from the continent to spend their
holidays here. A more pleasant spot it
would be hard to find. To any one tak-
ing an interest in botanical research
this is a paradise,
The volcano of Kilaney, on the island
of Hawaii, is the largest active volcano
in the world. The crater is three miles
across. Good facilities are afforded the
tourist for visiting it. Cabin fare from
San Francisco to Honolulu, on one of
the compnny's fine iron steamers, is 850,
where all the luxuries of life are to be
had. I forgot to mention that the Ha-
waii's claim the honor of the first dis-
covery of these islands, having visited
them in the fifteenth century, nearly
three hundred years before the date of
-Captain Cook's first visit.
I cannot close this letter without a
word about the natives of these lonely
isles of the sea. They are a remarkably
well developed intelligent looking race
of men. I never saw so many square
shoulders and full chests in my life as I
saw in Honolulu, in the same number
of people. I did not see a solitary Ka-
naka, who was not a splendid specimen
of a physical man. Their average height
seems to be about five feet eight inches,
and all their parts are in proportion,
Some of the women are good looking,
when they are young, but the elderly
female Kanalei is not a marvel of love-
liness.
Schools and churches are plenty in
Honolulu, and the Kenaka youth can
all read and write. English, as well as
Iianeka, is taught in the schools. The
young Kanaka is as much at home in
water anon land. He will swim around
a boat for an hour or two, and dive for
pieces of silver thrown from the deck
by passengers, never missing once, even
when he 'has to swim several yards to
reach the spot where the coin has sunk.
The Hawaiin kingdom has a decimal
currency of dollars and cents, and a
mint to coin her own silver, and tbie.
with American gold, is the legal money.
English coin is not taken, except at a
cash. heavy discount. As in San Francisco,
(BY OLD SKEDUNK.)
" Don't you think the world is be-
coming heathenized instead of,Chris-
.
tianized ?" was the startling question
addressed me the other day. I replied
that I did not, and asked my
questioner why'hethought so.
Well, �
he replied, I will take one
thing as an illustration. The Bible
° says ` Do not thine alms before men ;
let not your right hand know. what
your left doeth. I take that to mean
that gifts to churches or alma -giving
is not to be ostentations, but what do
wefind churches doing ? If Mr Blank
gives $100 far church aid, it is fre-
quently sounded from the house tops,
and the circumstance is taken to pro-
mote other gifts, and in almost every
conceivable way an unholy stimulus
is used to get money for church pur-
poses. That is why I think the world
is getting no better." I raised the
objection that circumstances had al-
tered since the Bible was written, but
be floored me by the reply that
"Truth is truth, no matter what may
be the circumstances,"
I met a man who has been .in the
cattle trade for some time, and asking
him how matterss were, he -said, "The
cattle business is all gone to pieces ; I
have fifty head in the old country
now, and I fear that I won't 'be able
to realize the cost out of them. I lost
money last year, and thought I would
be able to make it up this year, but 1
haye just lost my whole-.summar'e:F
work. I won't touch another head of
stock to' ship, because I cannot pos-
sibly make it pay. A dark lookout,
did you say? Well,you're just about
right. It ain't much encouragement
to a fellow to work for nothing, and I
ain't agoing to do it,"
"People say the Salvation Army
has done no good," remarked a valued
friend to me the other day, " but let
me give you an illustration. Here's
a young 'man who was converted at
one of the Army meetings ; he's been
working lately about four miles from
town, that young man comes in to
the Army services every night after
he has finished his day's work, re-
turning after the services are over,
and in so doing he sets an example to
many church people. I don't say
there's any virtue in his doing this,
but I do say it shows he has an at-
tachment for the Master's cause,which
he hadn't before he joined She Army.
On the eve of his departure for To-
ronto,Mr Weir, (formerly of Clinton,)
was presented by the people of Essex
"— Centre With an elegant gold watch
and chain. He leaves a great many
friends in Essex Centre. We wonder
the ladies allow Archie to roam
around the world alone so' many
years. We hope soon to chronicle
something very interesting about hips
and one of our town young ladies.
We will send the New' Era
to new subscribers from now
to the end of 1888, l'or $1.50
Exeter.
Our doctors are kept busy.
1 Wm. ofa o i
M [ r Simpson, Se f rtl
t
P,
spent Thursday in town.
Local uewe scarce, quite a large
number of drummers visit this place
weekly.
Mr Thos. Prier shipped two car
loads of fine steers to Montreal, on
Thursday last.
Wm. Hawkshaw and wife and Jno.
W. Carrot) and wife,of Seaforth, spent
Sunday last in town with friends.
Quite a large number of the Exeter
Gun Club intend taking in the Staffa
shooting match, on Thanksgiving
day.
Messrs Snell & White,of this place,
intend to have an auction sale of
horses, cattle, etc., on Wednesnay, Friday, 4th inst. The address was
the 23rd of this month. listened to with great interest and at
St.Heleus.
OBIruARY.—A gloom %vas cast over
vicinity t.
this v ' 'nitY on Thursday,the
3rd
.inst. by the death of Adam Wilson,of
the 12th con. of West Wawanosh,one
of the earliest settlers in this district.
He was an honest, industrous man,
and by dint of toil had made for him•
home.He had.
salt a comfortable
also been for many years au elder io
Presbytersan church of this place, and
a firm supporter of every good cause.
Deceased was sixty-two years of age,
aed leaves a wife who has the sym-
pathy of all her friends,
BIBLE SOCIETY MEETING.— Rev
Mr Manly, the agent for the Bible
Society, delivered a very interesting
and instructive address entitled
"Egypt and Israel," in this p1aci on
the close a collection was taken up
How ick. in behalf of the society.
OUTRAGE ON A FARMER.—A farm-
er named Alex Currie, went to Mon-
treal last week, and in a saloon met
some parties who offered to buy his
butter and give him a good price. A
tub of butter was accordingly placed
in a cab and Currie accompanied
them to receive payment, when he
was knocked insensible, and after his
pockets had been rifled of a watch
and whatmoney he had on him he
was thrown out of the cab. No ar-
rests have been made.
Varna.
REMOVAL.—The many friends of
Miss S.Hobson,will learn with regret
of her departure from here to Cheboy-
gan, Michigan. She has occupied
the position of Manager and Saleslady
in Mr Jos. Morrow's store here for
the pasts years, and by her pleasant
disposition and excellent business
gained for her employ-
er!
m -
plo
facilities, has p y
er ! a lucrative and extensive business.
We bespeak for her a successful and
prosperous future, and congratulate
the gentlemen who are so fortunate as
to secure her services.
OBITUARY,—A sudden and unex-
pected death oocurred in Varna, on
Friday evening last. Miss Rebecca
A. Stewart, sister of Messrs Geo and
Jas Stewart, breathed her last. Al-
though ailing for some time, no one
expected to hear of her sudden de-
mise; her remains were interred in
the Varna cemetery on Sunday last,
and the number of friends who as-
sembled to pay a last tribute of
respect to the deceased, show the es-
timation in -which she -was -held in tb
neighborhood, •
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Hullett.
Mr Leonard Howson, of this town-
ship, ]las taken a heavy contract to
cut co dwood during the winter, in
the township of Morris. The contract
is for one or two thousand cords;
SALE.—At Mr Jas. Cuninghame's
sale on Thursday last, stock generally
brought good prices, especially when
the low price of everything is consid-
ered. Cows averaged $40 each; a
yoke of two year old steers, $65 ;
spring calves, $10 each ; a pair of
aged ewes went about $9 each ; Mr
James Howson wielded the hammer.
Mr Cuninghame is able to be about a
little, but cannot do very much. He
intends to reside on the- farm, Mr
Christopher, the lesee, residing on his
own place.
DEATH OF WII.!JAM BALL•—TO
NOTES.—Indian summer is past
and winter is now close at hand. Mr
T. Todd is busily engaged in thinning
out the logs in the mill yard so as to
make room for the winter supply.—
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
are agitating for an organ. Mr Geo
Weatherhead settled bis house on its
foundation by giving a "shakedown"
on Friday.
the long list of brave and hardy pio-
neers who have made Huron what it
is,but who;have passed from the scenes
of life's activities, is this week added
the name of Mr Wm Ball, of the base
line, who after an illness of only one
week,with inflammation of the lungs,
died on Tuesday afternoon, at the age
of 62 years. Mr Ball was generally a
man of iron constitution, but at dif-
ferent periods of life had suffered
from the ailment which caused his
death. He was born in Devonshire,
and came to Canada when nearly 20
years of age, working for a short
time at -Chinguacousy. He then
went west and settled on the lot on
which he died. In a residence in the
county of over forty years, he natur-
ally saw many changes, and no one
did more to improve his surroundings
and circumstances than the deceased.
His life shows what can be accomplish-
ed by industry and prudence; when
he arrived in Huron he had very
little means, and he leaves an estate
of over 600 acres of land,besides other
property. As a man and neighbor he
was always hold in esteem, and en-
joyed the confidence of all. He mar-
ried shortly after coming to Huron,
the result of this union being eight
daughters and five sons, his wife and
all his children, except one daugh-
ter,surviving him. One of his daugh-
ters is married to Mr E. Lear, and
another to Mr Chas Lovett, jr. In
religion Mr Ball held to the views of
the brethern. His funeral took place
on Thursday, 17th inst., at 1 p. m.
Blyth.
Dancing parties are now in full bloom,
Mr R. Sellars was in Mitchell last
week.
Mrs Halliday, of Wingham, is visit-
ing friends in town at present.
A number from here took in the ball
at Clinton, on Thursday evening.
Mrs Meiklejohn, of IIarriston, was
visiting friends in town this week.
Mrs C. Leishman intends to visit
friends in Detroit in about a week.
' Mr George McGowan returned home
from his trip to Worcester, last week.
Mr J ones, aeel. werfeeeeejegtemeeleepe
from their trip to Blenheim, this week.
Mrs L. H. Thompson. of Alvinston,
is at present the guest of Mrs Tanner.
Miss Kate Coloton left town this week
to spend a few days with friends in
Stratford. '
The annual meeting of St. Andrew's
(Presbyterian) church was held on
Thursday (Thanksgiving clay).
Anderson & Elder have the material
on the ground and have made an ex-
cavation; from appearances they are
going to build the largest store in the
town.
Dr Sloan has returned from his
huntinr, expedition up in Muskoka.
He enjoyed the trip very much and
he saw some of the finest pine lumber
he ever saw.
The small boy is trying his hand at
the measles; and the big boy has r.o
thing to do but laugh and tell him
how awfully sick he was when he had
the measles.
Goderieh Township.
LEAVING.—The lease of Mr J. T.
McGee, who has been on lot 29, 9th
con., for some time, having expired,
he will have an auction sale of all his
stock, etc., on Tuesday,the 22nd inst,
He intends to move into Michigan to
reside.
Dame rumor states that before
Christmas arrives one of the popular
young farmers of this township will
take unto himself a life companion in
the person ofa veryhighly
esteemedemed
and excellent
.young lady, also a na-
tive of that township. \Ve cannot
afford to give all the particulars, but
we hope to do so later on.
DEATH.—After an illness of only
three months, Annie, wife of Mr S.
A. Ferris, of the 9th cor'i.,passed away
to her eternal rest. ot>.•r4i+riday last.
Deceased was only 25 years of age,the
youngest daughter of Mr Thos. Ford,
and had many warm friends through-
out the township who will deeply re•
gret her untimely death. She had
only been; married for about two
years, and leaves one child. Much
sympathy is manifested for her hus-
band in his bereavement.
East Wawanosh.
- MrGeo-Quinnl of -the -2nd- linee-Was
been under the care of a doctor.
Mr Wm Whiteman has added a
large roomy kitchen in addition to his
house.
Mr Geo McGowan, of the 2nd line,
is on a holiday trip to Boston after
putting in a hot summer at hard work.
He expects to be away a month or
six weeks. He had only been from
home but a few days when a valuable
mare took sick and died.
LITERARY SOCIETY --A meeting
of the young people of S. S. No. 13,
was held on Friday, the 11th inst.,
when a literary and debating society
was formed to continue through the
winter. The following officers were
elected, Pres., John Scott ; Sec., P.
W. Scott; Treace, Miss M. Nicol,
Com., T. 81. Taylor,Rich Whiteman,
Geo Sowler, and Sarah Rath. A
vote was then taken and the meeting
declared in favor of having a debate
on Friday 18th Inst, Subject, "Re-
solved that the farmer is more inde-
pendent than the mechanic." For
affirmative, T. II. Taylor, for nega-
tive, Richard Wightman. The meet-
ing will be held weekly through the
winter.
l[olnt«c villa.
PERSONAL,—Miss Ella McDou-
gall, who has been enjoying a visit of
several weeks, with her sister, Mrs
Vanvalkenburgh near Holmesville,
and Miss Logg and Miss Saywell, of
St Thomas, returned to her home in
Detroit, after an absence of four
years. We regret to learn that Mr
John McLeod, of the Huron road, is
!aid up wiih inflammation of the
lungs. Mrs Enticknap and Rev J. S.
Fisher are visiting in Toronto. Mr
Graham is expected home to spend
bis Christmas holidays, The funeral
sermon of the late Mrs Ferris will be
preached in St John's church;on Sab-
bath evening next, at ti o'clock.
Londosboro.
An unusally large number attended
the quarterly meeting held here, on
Sabbath, Nov. 6. About 160 partook
of the sacrament. Tl1e pastor preach-
ed. At the official meeting on Mon-
day following, it was decided to pro-
ceed at once to provide for the bal-
ance of debt on the parsonage, sup-
scriptions payable Feb. lst, 1888.
The sheds at the Presbyterian
church are about completed and aro
fine buildings for the purpose. They
are a credit to the congregation.
Miss Wilson has moved to this vil-
lage, and is taking in all kind of
dress making. Doubtless work in-
trusted to her will be properly done.
Wood has commenced to come into
the village, but we hope we will not
be able to say the same here as the
NEW ERA does of Clinton woodmen.
Porter's Hill.
The wife of Mr J. Torrance has
gone over to Alleghany City, Pit., to
visit her frie
t ods. She has taken two
of the children with her.
Around the County.
Some night last week .several panes
of glass were broken in the front of St.
Paul's church, Winghain.
The Brussels salt works had a nar-
row escape from conflagration on Thura-
' '. srf_laat, week . .. '
llclli:illop.
BRIEFS.—Mr .James Campbell, of
the 14th concession. has sold part of
his lot containing fi'ty acres, to Mr.
Arch. Clark, of Grey. Services will
be herd in Dufl,and Winthrop church-
es on Thursday. Mr Walker of Luck -
now who is staying with his brother-
in-law. Mr.David Scott is recovering
very slowly from his recent illness.
A social and lecture entertainment
is to be given in the Temperaoeo
Hall on Thankgiving evening, under
the auspices of the Methodist church.
Refreshments served at 7 p. m., and
at 8 the choir will discourse music
and Rev D. Rogers will deliver a lec-
ture on "Lights and Shadows," full
of life and good. Dr Sloan will oc-
cupy the chair.
One day last week a very promising
young man ;entered out quiet town,
and commenced operations by selling
a small parcel to put into a lamp to
prevent it from exploding and should
the lamp upset, the oil would not ig-
nite, and thus the house could be
saved from burning, &c, To prove
the truth of -what he said, be put a
package into a two dollar lamp, filled
with oil, and rolled up some pieces of
paper, put'one end into the lamp and
to ! the lamp went into a thousand
pieces. A policeman was put on his
-tnrcii ltut he left by the train for
Wingh )n Quite a number were
duped. On examining the precious
package,_ it_proved. to_bea. piece of
chalk wrapped in red flannel.
-Dung tnnon- _---- -
We are glad to see Mr Echlin out
again.
Mrs Berry, of Lucknow, is visiting
friends here.
Mrrs Proctor is the guest of Mrs B.
J. Crawford.
Miss Annie Andersou is visiting
friends in Lucknow.
We are sorry to hear of the illness
of Mrs R. Treleaven ; we hope soon
to see her out again.
The special services held in the
Methodist church here, are being
carried on very successfully,and quite
a number haye sheen their decision
for Christ: The pastor is a devoted
and earnest worker for the Master,
and his labors are being blessed here:
May the Holy .Spirit be poured out
upon us here.
Kinburl►.
The temperance lodge in Kinburn
is still increasing in its membership.
Mr Jas Snell's youngest daughter
is sick ; we hope to hear of her rapid
recovery.
Hall Bros, sold their driving mare
to Rev Mr Musgrove, of McKillop,at
a good price.
Mr Jas. Campbell has sold 50 acres
of his farm, lot 10, concession 14, Mo-
Killop, to Mr Arch. Clark, of Gray.
Mr William Vail, of Elimvillo, was
plowing last Thursday morning, when
his horse choked and fell back on the
plow, when the iron which holds the
wheel in place, penetrated the horse to
the depth of 8 inches. A veterinary was
called, but his efforts were in vain, and -
the horse died on Saturday evening.
Mr Thomas Dunsford has sold his
farm in Ilay Township, containing -50
acres, to Mr William 1)uneford, his
brother, for the sunt of $3.100. The,
property is weli situated and very de-
sirable. Mr Dunsford sold his farm
stock on Saturday, and will leave short-
ly for Michigan, where he has,purehas.
ed 200 acres of land.
Tuckersinith.
NEW SCHOOL.—The new school re-
cently erected at Hannah's Corners,
'was opened on Tuesday, with an at-
tendance of about 20 scholars, Miss
McKay teaching. When it was first
proposed to erect the building parties
opposed to it claimed that it would
never have more than five or six
pupils,
FAREWELL SUFFER. -On Friday
night last Mr Thos O'Brien enter-
tained the friends of Mr Jas Reynolds,
on the eve of his departure. As the
weather turned out very favorable, at
an early hour in the evening, crowds
of lads and lassies began to assemble
from Clinton, Stanleys Egmondviile,
Hullett and Tuckersmith. Dancing
soon became the feature of the even-
ing, and was kept up briskly until
the "beautiful dawn." Messrs Fow-
ler, Lane and Whitmore provided the
music.;
We will send 'tile New Era
to new subscribers from now
to the end of 1888, for $1.550
cash. .
Bayfield.
FIRE.—Early Sunday morning fire
broke out in the grist and saw mills
owned by Mr James Thompson, and
nothing could be done towards saving
anything. We have not heard whether
or not they were insured, but the loss
will be pretty heavy, and it is doubt-
ful if they will be re -erected. Origin
of the fire irunknown.
A span of horses belonging to Mr W.
Browne, of Hullett, while at the Blyth
station the other clay ran away,going up
Dinsley street at a terrific rate until the
wagon struck the platform in front of
the Presbyterian church, The wagon'
was turned upside down, the dashboard
and one of the seat springs broken but,
that was all the damage done.
Mr A. Ford, of Exeter, wishing to
clear up a field on his farm a couple Of
days ago, sot time to some stumps and
other fallen timber. The fire soon it,
nited the dry leaves, which strewed the
woods at this season, and very shortly
afterward the wood was the scene of a
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great conflagration, .covering the swamp
for miles north. The air for nailer
was densely filled with smoke.
Mr Win. Schwalm and family, Mr
David Schlneliter and faintly, and Mr J.
Bechtel' and family, all old residents
of IIay, are about emigrating.to Michi-
gan to reside, having sold their farms
here, and purchased new Homes over
there. It is also the intention of Mr J.
B, Greiger, ex -reeve of Hay, to take up
his abode in Uncle Sam's wide domains
next spring. IIis future Home will be
inDakota. And sd the exodus goes on.
it is -reported in Morris that a end.
vete caucus was recently held by some
of the Conservatives of this section and
the Council selected for the next year.
It is said by their arrangement that
there will,.be a change in the lleeveship
and •a new man will come in to take the
,beatecfeleglacity,,Councillor ,who steps.
into the Reeve's shoes. Well what's
the use of having an election anyhow
if the whole matter can be settled by
half a dozen persons.
Last Wednesday morning a little
child of Carnelious Moore's, Morris, con.
0, went up stairs and lighted a tamp.
The lamp was either upset or the burn-
ing match dropped and the whole up-
stairs was soon in a blaze. The house-,
hold effects were removed from the low-
er part of the building, but bedding,
flour; &c., stored away in the upper part
of the house, was destroyed along with
the dwelling. Only by hard and per-
sistent efforts was the barn saved from
the devouring element. The house was
a hewed log one with frame kitchen.
There was no insurance on the proper-
ty burned.
A Howick correspondent says:—We
are promised a boom in municipal poli-
tics, For some years our•reeveship has
el ;lcond but the
stot Deputy 13, teS. steCook, isthis reported to
be going to opatpothese -1121111'?iasis, andsftai
reported th2ncl Deputy d 0 s
pines to the position. For the first D'
puty L. K. Roddy and Saml. Johnson
are in the field. For the other offices
several aspirants are mentioned so that
on the whole we look for rather an in-
teresting time at New Years in muni-
cipal matters.
Mr J. Lamb has disposed of his
horse, buggy and harness, to Mr Jos.
Fowler, of Alma.
Miss Maggie Fowler, daughter- of
Mr. Jno Fowler, died at Mr Hugh
Bell's, Seaforth, this week.
Mr D. Millson is preparing to raise
his barn next summer, and put a
stone foundation underneath.
J. R. Murray attended the cheese
market at Listowel on Thursday ; we
have not learned if he made a sale or
not.
Our readers will be pleased to learn
that Mr JohnMcMillan is improving,
and we hope soon to see him round
again.
Mr J. Clark recently disposed of a
very handsome pair of heavy draught
mares to Mr Cox, for the handsome
sum of $450.
Mr Wm McIntosh, 'of this village,
has taken the agency from the Brown
Bros, of Rochester, for the. sale of
fruit trees. etc. We sincerely hope
our farmers will reserve their orders
for him, as the firm he is working for
is highly represented,and people may
expect to get the exact article they
order.
Stanley..
Mr John McGregor has justom-
pleted the wire fence• along the front:
of his lot.
The fine fall weather has been very
favorable to farm labor and fall
ploughing, but is now well advanced.
Mr Wm Forrest is engaged in
well -digging, and considering the dry
season and dcarcity of water, the
present is a very favorable time for
the work.
A Grey 'correspoudeut gives the fol-
lowing concerning the teachers of that
township :— Mr Alton Anderson, teach-
er of No. 10 Grey, has been engaged to
teach in No. 9 Morris next year, John
Danby the present pedagogue returning
to study medicine. • MISS Madison, o
Hensall, has been engaged to teach No.
10 next year. She comes well recom
mended.—Mr F. D. Hutchinson wh
was engaged in No. '2 for next yea&
having secured a much better situatio
near Dublin has resigned. Me R. Liv
ingstone, of Hullett, has been engaged t
teach the school at the salary of $325
Miss Ella McNeil has been engaged a
assistant to Mr Young in Ethel nex
year,—Mr U. McFadden, of Grey, ha
been engaged as principal in N
0, McKillop, and Miss McKenzie
Brussels as assistant in the sam
school.—Mr Raymond, of Cranbrool
has secured a school near Moleswort
Mr John McIntosh of No 1 goes t
Cranbrook.—Mr Taylor remains' in N
3 and Mr Bowerman in No. 8.
Hill's Green.
Last Thursday, Mr E. Shaver, had
a wood bee, and a small party at
night,
Services in the Methodist church
here will be held in the evening in-
stead of in the afternoon as formerly,
Mr Geo Hart, teacher in No. 3,
Hay,was unable to take charge of his
school for a few days, awing to being
laid up with a severe attack of neu-
ralgia.
Mr Arthur Stephenson removed
frem his farm on the Parr line to
Clinton. The house he left is shortly
to be occupied by Mr D. Clark, jr.,
who has leased his farm for a term of
years. Mr Stephenson, though a
young man, has been an influential
member of the Methodist church,
in Varna ,for some years, and has ta-
ken a prominent part in church af-
fairs, so that, in this connection, par-
ticularly, ',his presence will be much
missed.
The London Free Pre. s thus recor
the des i o a ormer resident of th
county, he being at one time the ole
of Bayfield village:—The latest death
annoterrgreffellee those who have be
eye -witnesses of London's rise and pr
grecs, is that of Mr Hamilton Hunte
who 25 years ago was one of London
successful teachers. Not a few of tl
numerotilflmiddle aged citizens of to -d
will hear with unfeigned regret of t
demise of their former tutor and frien
Mr Hunter left the employ of the Boa
of Education about 20 years since, a
was appointed to a position in H.
Customs here an office he held for so
en or eight years. He was subsequent
superannuated, and removed tc a far
near Bayfield, where he resided for
years. His health failing he remov
again to London, and since July 1
has been in feeble health. Doceas
Ras exceedingly well read, a fine
speaker and a trenchant writer, and
bygone days carried consideral
weight in political controversy by
clear and practical addresses on subje
engaging the attention of the elector,
He first settled in London forty ye
ago, and with the exception of a b
stay in Toronto and his sojourn in B
field, resided here the intervening ti
Ile was twice married, and by the
wife had four of a family, three b
slid one girl -all e`' whom are alive
Two daughters and the widow sur
hint from the sewn 1 marriage. He
aged 70 ,years,