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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1888-08-24, Page 1• A , • • • • • .taraT11311111)1vot OL1NTON, ONT.; ATJGUST 24, 1888. nongeiT goe.,etgs outefeeer tite.e0 e year in advance. The Crops of 1888. Full Report of Ontario Bu reau of Industrie. -a-- A GENERAL REVIEW q' ALL THE STAPLE CROPS—THE EFFECTS OF THE DRY WEA• THP/ FELT ALMOST EVERYWHERE—A GOOD YIELD OF SPRING WHEAT—HAY AND CLOVER LIGHT—THE PASTURAGE QUESTION IN EASTERN ONTARIO. • The following bulletin of this Bureau for August shows the progress of har- vesting operations, condon of the • -crops, and the estimated yields of the cereals at present prospects, based upon the reports or 763 correspondents at date. The acreage of fan wheat is tak- en from the assessment rolls, while all other areas and statistics of live stock are compiled from returns made by farmers under date of June 25. FALL WHEAT. Fall wheat generally came to the har- vest considerably injured by the unfa• • vorable weather of April, May, and part , • of ulfune. The spring season was cold, 11 clear and dry, following a very dry au - t tumn and a severe winter, it was not s till after fall wheat was out in head, in the month of June, that it experienced e any rainfall and growing, sunny wea- ther worth speaking of. The relief came too late to undo all the damage - that had been done, and the crop in most cases grew up thin on the ground and headed out unevenly. This was partioulaaly the case on poor and dry soils, and in exposed situations. These conditions were favorable to rusawhich is complained of in a good many locale .ties. Harvesting was generally about ten days later than last year. The • yield will, on the wbolo, be below the average, and the grainwill be shrunken and under size in proportion as rust it and drought prevailed in each locality. From some districts, where there were timely rains, a good crop is reported, both as to yield and sample. The har- vest generally was saved in good con- dition, the only exception being in a few localities where heavy rains inter. fered with cutting and storing. There were in all 60,896 acres of fall wheat reported as ploughed up, of which 75 per cent was in the Lake Huron, West Midland and Lake Ontario groups of counties. SPRING WI/EAT. The reports regarding spring wheat are more favorable than they have been for several years, This crop has not suffered seriously from any cause, the only injury that it received worth neon- tioning having been from drouth in the districts where there was lack of rain ; and thie, though it reduced the yield somewhat, did not affect the color of the grain, or materially reduce its size or plumpness. The favorable condition of the soil at the time of the spring seeding gave the young plants a good start, free from those fungus growths sa, of smut and rust, which are more likely •eto appear if the seeding season has, been a watt, and backward. Very little ilijury • has been done by insects, only the midge having been mentioned, and that rarely. In the central and eastern portions of Ontario, where the bulk of the spring wheat area of the province as found, and where, too, the drouth was severest, the crop is generally reported as having been good, or, at least, as having been i much better than for many years.- • i„Probably eighty per cent of the reports are favorable, and the remainder de- scribe the crop as short and very lafge• , ly a failure, Conditions of soil, loca- tion and cultivation are factors in the growth of a crop whose influence is t more telling when other circumstances are adverse, and these are frequently mentioned by correspondents in the drouth districts as determining greatly the success or failure of spring wheat this year. At the time of reporting the spring wheat harvest in these districts had begun, but little of the crop had been secured. In Western Ontario, where there was entire rain, the growing season was longer; and, especially in the Middle and northern counties, there were,some indications of rust setting in where the growth was rank and the ripening slotv. The area in these dis- tricts, however, is comparativelysmall, and the condition it which the crop has been harvested and secured in the southern and eastern portions of the province will practically determine the character of the spring wheat yield for the year. The reports qn the whole are more favorable than usual. The area sown to spring wheat, however, again shows a decrease from 484,821 sores in 1887, to 367,850 acres fez' the present year. BaLEY. Barley ranks fair to good in regard to yield and size of berry, but the sample was more or less discolored by the rains which fell shortly after harvesting be- gan. The reports are very uniform from all parts of the province that there Was abont an average in yield and quality, and where in early situations the crop was secured before the rain came the sample is all that can be de- . sired. Not rnany farmers, however, were fortunate enough to forestall the rainy season with their barley harvest, and a large proportion of the crop, in consequence, had to run the gauntlet of tbe "catching" weather which set in early in the present month, This has ben more or less colored, some of it MR slightly, where it waslprotected in the shock, and the exposure was not prolonged, and that which was injured the most is expected in most; cases to grade not worse than No, 2, on account of the otherwise good quality of the grain. Good individual yields are re- ported where threshing has been done, reaching as high as 50 bushels per acre, and reports of 30 to 40 bushels are not undommon. The crop was heavier and better saved in the western peninsula than in the group of counties bordering on Lake Ontario, where the principal • barley area is situated, but from all parts there will be a very considernbi, ..?"`" rinantity -of barley brought to market r'•in good condition and eempla. Some correspondents estimate that as much as ono, half will be bright barley, but the indications are that this proportion its rather high for the province over. The dry weather during the growing season 'caused barley generally to be short in tbe straw, and the harvesting of it in a loose condition in consequence Wan more tedioue than otherwise, Men- tion is made of the Mensury. a bins+ hullehe 'variety, which is in favor with (tome for feeding purppses, °ATP. Oats have given 1.41.1•'#1(1,1)'y • in the western lake counties of Ontario, and in a large portion of the Wein Mid- land group. The reports from the nine =Mies which border on Lakes Erie and Htiton are almost without excep- tion to the effect that oats have been an abundant crop throughout that district. ...The same is true, with an oc- casional exceptioe, of the reports from Middlesex, Oxford, Brett Perth, Wel- lington and Waterl , the remake der of the province al :e prop° ion of tbe crop has b g t and short of the average. alit is priu 4te on late sown fields, Ni•hiola were Med by, the early harvest rains, e,.o moist locations, that pro' • - is given i of a good return through. he drouth distrieits. In the west th- • iop was in- jured in places by lodging, trona the weight of the rank growth and from the effect of storms, and rust eat in, do- ing considerable injury. The reports are extremely unfovorable from the East l Midland and St.. Lawrence dis- tricts, indicating that ibelejtjhe crop has beenapairy short and ..tlfit on the ground, Mid the yield of straw and grain alarming light. The average yield in Michigan ialtasitimated at 33 peas. 1,1k' - Peas, of all the crops tilt come into general cultivation in Onto, seems to have endured the adversities of the season best. -Wherever it As, sown in reasonable time this crop,' 'from its leafy nature, quickly shaded the ground and the effects of the drouth were not so severe as upon the upstanding crops. This gespecially the case in good soils and in naturally moist situations, The reports from Western Ontrrio are the most favorable, but in the central and eastern districts the crop at , best is more or less short of an average in yield of straw and grain. The presence of the pea bug is not reported, except- ing in some of the Lake Erie counties. Harvesting was only in progress at the time of reporting, and it is to be feared that much of the crop has bc(n caught out in the recent rains, bushels. CORN. The culture of corn for the grain is confined mainly to the Western penin- eular counties of Essex and Kent, The condition of the crop in these countiee is better than it has been for many years. Correspondents report corn in which the stocks are 12 to 14 feet in height, with an average of two or three ears to the stock. Outside of the gar- dens very little corn is grown elsewhere in the province for the ears, and the fact that the corn acreage is on the in- crease is accounted for by the greater attention which is being given to the practice of storing -green fodder in the silo, for which the Western varieties of corn are admirably 'adapted. ROOTS. These crops are grown to the greatest': ex eat in the western half of the pro- vinoe, and wfth the exception of the Counties of , Huron, Bruce, Grey and Simcoe, where the drouth checked the groturnthp, atneet4a14rUate4lyield iniWle.rto a the e promises to be large. In the counties along Lake Erie particularly the yield of,potatoes will likely be the heaviest kno vn for many years, and the only fear there expressed is that rot may set in should the fall prove rainy. Only a few cases of rot had been obeerved at the time correspondents wrote. Tur- nips in several of the western counties suffered from the tly, and in some places where the turnip fields adjoined old meedowe the grasshopper did dam- age, while drouth affected the crop to so great an extent in the County of Grey that it is claimed that many acres have been ploughed up, and that most of the growing •fields will yield but a small percentage of an Average crop. Mangelshave not been so badly affected by the drouth as turnips, being tap• rooted, and are most favorably reported upon, although in Immo-places-the grub injured the crop. Carrots are not do- ing as well as other roots, yet in some favored counties the yield will be heavy. In Eastern Ontariotthe drought has prevented anything like a fair pro- mise in roots, although the reports re- garding potatoes are very hopeful in some sections. While it ie too early in the season to make a close approxi• mate of the class of field crops, it is probable that, should the favorable weather which had set in at the time correspondents wrote continue, the large yield of roots in rnost of the western counties will bring the average for the proyince fully up to if not above that of the past six years, FRUIT. ' The dry season has not been without its effect upon orchard and garden. Although summer apples are rather small in size, fall and winter sorts will likely be well up to the average in size as well as quality. The borer and cod. lin moth have appeared in a few places, and occasional complaint is made of wormy apple,s, but the crop generally will be a good one. The pear blight'is reported in portions of Kent, but the crop generally will be an ordinary one. Stone fruits are all light in yield. On. ly a few correspondents in Lincoln speak hopefully of the peach; the majority report the crop as a failure. Plums and cherries are being steadily destroyed by tbe black knot, and where the plums has escaped that enemy it has been weakened by the curculio. In some of the Lake Erie counties, however, the cherry is reported ae bav• ing yielded a big crop of large fruit. In the grape -growing counties a magni- ficent yield is anticipated. but in Ox- ford and Brant the' rose bug attacked the vines as the grapes were budding, and wrought much injury. Other small garden fruits have been about an average: except strawberriee, which were h ir't by the drouth of last eum• mer and fell. In the County of Grey. where the huckleberry is regarded as a standard fruit, the crop is light.. AV AND CLOVF.i T its y and clover crop will not reach two-thirds the ordinary yield. While Mixed leraseee did fairly in some counties clover was a poor crop, owing partly to 'heaving' in winter, which killed oat many plants. The drouth of the present spring and early summer completed the difficulties against which the crop had to contend, and it is doubtful if so ynor a cut has been the experience of the province for twenty years, The most favorable accounts of the yield of hay and clover and the prospects of clover seed come from Es• see and Rent, while the most discoerag. g report s a vr 11(4.11 yr., #••j.,./.(1 f1.0111, these counties bordering on Lake On,- tario. Correspondents, however, are most unanimous in declaring that the crop was cut and placed in theanow in splendid condition. Estimates of the yield per acre run all the way from a quarter of a ton to two tens. Al- though it was rather early in the sea - ion to predict with any degree of cer- tainity the yield of clover feted, it is (mite apparent that the crop will be a perogarative failure, even under the It tavorat conditions of weather. y fieldfila e so thinned and burnt a tto leave I mall chance of a second' crop, from Oh theeeed is threabed ansi in soya of the placee where the Emerald growth of clover was promising a fair yield the midge had appeared. PASTIMES AND LIVE STOCK. In the Lake Erie group, more teeerti- cularly in the counties of Eeseg, Kent and Elgin, and in a few of .the Weet Midland counties, the condition of pas. turesis most encouraging, but in the Lake Enron and Georgian Bay groapa,. and in the Eastern Ontario co the unpleasant experience of laoi, has been repeated. From Pee ward correspondents report browYipas. tures, and in many instances hand feed- ing of elock. Warned by the drouth of last summer, a number of farmers sowed corn, oats and millet for green feed, and are thus supplementing what. the stock can pick up in the rather uninviting pastures : others, less prudent, are re- ported as actually starting to feed cat- tle from this year's scant supply of hay -a fact which carries its own comment. Even in the more favored counties cor- respondents insist upon the need of close economy in order to carry the stock in good form through the winter. In these counties there will, of course, be a surplus of dairy produce, as the flow of milk has been kept up, but in the eastern cpunties and the two north- ern groupe of the west the yield of milk began to fall off aboutithe middle of July. It is generally remarked, how- ever, that notwithstanding the poor ap- 1„ ircice of the pastures all classes of etoa, . par to be in really good condi. tion, although it is evident that the number of cattle now in the hands of farmers cannot be properly wintered without the purchase of more fodder by the average owner. Already several farmers in Eastern Ontario have had to dispose of their cattle at any price, owing to the lack of feed, and sales are reported at from $6 to $15 per head. Owing to the falling off in the flow of milk beginning earlier than ordinarily, it is thought that the cbeese factories will close several days sooner than usie al this season. STATISTIC'S or LIVE STOCK. The number of horses in Ontario is 596,218, or 20,857 more than 1887 ; cat- tle, 1,928,638, or nearly 20,000 less than in the previous year, although mulch eows have increased by 33,268 ; sheep, 1,340,044, as compared with 1,396,161 in 1867; hogs, 810,079, or 13,738 less than last year ; and' poultry, 6,165,111, as against 6;438,361 in 1887. The total wool clip is 4,601,027 lbs., against 4650, - lb, teat veer. - FISH LABOR. Labor-saving machinery ha s so eh ang. ed the order of harvest work that extra ' hands are employed only in special cases. The binder is king in the har- vest tield now. A mail and boy with the implements of to -diet,' can do the work of a number of men of five or ten 'years ago, and the laborer who can sci- entifically swing the scythe or cradle is becoming a tradition in Ontario. There bas been an ample supply of male farm labor, at about the tame rate ofriwages as last year, and there is every prospect of harvesting being completed without difficulty or loss from lack of manual aid. Female help, as usual, is scarce; the problem how to keep the gin) on the farm has not yet been solved, ACREAOR AND ESTIMATED CROPS. The following table gives the acreage, estimated produce and yield per acre of the several crops for 1888. The acreage and actual yields for 1887:are also given by way of comparison: - Crops. Acres. Bushels. Yield , Fall wheat- or acre 1888 .. 826,537 12,837,259 15.5 1887 .. 897,743 14,450,611 16.1 Spring. wheat - 1888 367,850 5,581,911 15,2 1887 .. 484,821 5,633,117 11.6 Barley - 1888 .. 895,432 20,854,97 3 23.3 1887 .. 767,346 17,134,830 22.3 Oats --- 1888 .. 1,849,48 59,788,249 39.3 1897 .. 1,682,463 '19,848,101 29.6 Peas -- 1888 .. 696,653 13,567,661 19.5 1887 .. 726,756 12,173,332 16.8 Hay and clover- Tons. 1888 a 2,292,638 2,009,017 0.88 1887 , . 2,280,643 3,003,610 3..36 The total area in all traps enumerat• ed is 7,616,350 acres as compared with 7,429,084 acres in 1887, and 7,342,435 acres for the period 1882-7. Id addi- tion there are 2,535,604 acres of'cleared land' devoted to pasture in 1888,a slight increase over the 2.528.939 acres report- ed in 1887, Drucelield. Joseph Robinson is hi'g hie house remodelled. John Rattenbury has beetpborly again for a few days. • Mrs McDonald, of Torontoels yisit- ing at D. Cameron's. Mise Ina 13. Scott, of Bad Axe, Mich., is visiting at W. Scett's at presenee • Pixon ham greatly i4roved tbe laseks 4 his hotel by giving it a fresh: coat of paint. • Elliott is away on his 4, lidays and Dr Williams, of Londorre is tending to his practice. t'l, We are glad to learn that Macott, • who has been eick for a few 4ys,is now elowly recovering. Master John Roee while in driying cattle into a car knocked down and e,jaged t *thee Pled I u eaking hui ankle. -e' Mr Y. Solder has beupla eit'it Mr ,13'147eil's good will of tbe }Arnett busi• ,gess- and bus opened out with 4 leirge stock in the Scott Block. ALIO% a steady, industrious and fireV,elase workman we wish him every s ccess G• ---••• Morris. SUDDEN DEATH. - Mrs :tJohn Coultes, of the grd line, after aibort illness of a week or so passed o her long home, on Sunday last. mains were followed to Br on s cemetery by a large number of s w ing friends and relatives. Mr V4Iles has the sympathy of the entirom munity in his sad bereavement. Alm Coultes was a daughter of Mrs pe- dal!, who resides near Clinton. • Belgrave. Busineais good here althouskthe farmers irileugy, with their haty,est. Mr Willie Westmau, of Lo$don, *led on his cousin, A. Tay)* on Monday. Mrs K. B. Durnion, of Blyth, and Mise Maggie Malley, of Deseronto, are visiting friends in towne and vicinity. John Etcher and Isaac Wilsoh left on Tuesday last for the Bruce •241438. Both are energetic young metteated best wishes for their welfare fidlow them. Leehurn. ScnooL.-School commenoed this week and the little ones are again seen trudging along to school. • e THRESHING, -The whistle of the steam thresher of Mr Burrows is vain in our midst le Mr M. ROY was t first to thresh in this neighborbo . BIRTHS -Our populatioa keep* increased lately by the m*1111414 two Hide, girls, -TIfIrffeettg the home of our councillor, Mr James Taylor, on Monday evening, the 13th inst. The other at the home of Mr Alex McLeod, on Friday the 17th inst. May they both be long Brined to be a blessing to their parents is our earnest Wibb. PERSONALS. -Mrs J. McManus left on Saturday to spend a few days with friends near Blyth. Mies K. McDonald, of Dunlop, left last week for Clinton, where she will stayfor a few digs. Thee Mimes Dennis, of Hamilton, are the guests of their cousin, Miss Mary Belton. We are glad to see that Mrs 11, McManus is again able to be out a little. West Wawanosh. A number of Miss Lizzie Deys' former pupils assembled at Mr A. Deys, last Friday, and had a grand picnic. Mr John Taylor has purchased a new driving horse. It is a dandy. As winter will soon be here he will probably get a bell for it. During the thundei storm on Thursday night the house of Mr Robert Henry was struck by lightn- ing, damaging the, chimney rind plaster somewhat. Mr E, Livingstone has purchased the timber on Mr Enoch Shorts' place for $1000. There is about 50 acres and he has a good bargain as it is convenient to his sawmill. A game Of base ball between the uniors of the sixth and juniors of Bluevale has been arranged for Sakur day afternoon next. The sixth liners mostly manage to hold their own. A number of our young people from this section attended the Preslryteriaa church, on Sunday last, to hear the blind preacher, Mr Howell, from Brussels. He delivered an able ad- dress on the parable of the prodigal son, There was a very large con- regation present to hear him. We nderstand he ie to preach next Sen - ay. Seaforth. At the Sarnia Firemen's tourna- ment, on Thursday, Seaforth Hose ompany won the 1st prize of ert300,. mong twelve competitcrs. LACROSSE.- The long -looked -for acrosse match between the Stratfords nd Beavers, of Seaforth, came off at .50 p. m. on the 21st, and contrary o the general opinion resulted in a ictory for the Stratfords by 4 to 1. The first game was taken by R. Cassells, of the Stratfo'cds, in 211 minutes; the second by Dowling, in 4; the 3rd 4th rah by Farrell and Filey in 21, 21 and five minntes re - pectively. Both clubs! did some ex eedingly fine playing, but the Bea - ere were outdone by superior play nd heavier men, • – 1LuUet t. Mr Ford, of the 3rd con., had four beep killed by dogs, on Tuesday ight la tae Aeatnsar.---Mr (leo. Irwin met with a very painful accident, on Thursday, AS he was picking apples n a tree, the ladder on which he stood gave away, and falling to the round he broke his thigh bone. it -Dungannon. g Selmel re -opened on Monday.u Mi 99 Mary Anderson is at present d visiting friends in Lucknow. Mr and Mrs • R. Treleaven are at present visiting friends in Tara. A "Harvest Home" is being got up by the people ot the Methodist church, c Some ot our young people are a anticipating it pleasure trip to Point Farm. 1 Rev W. la Gempbell returned on a Wednesday evening, after an absence 2 of some weeks. Mrs Caligahan and two chi Wren, of v Cleveland, are at present the guests of Mr and Mrs Brydgee. Ray S. V. Pentland and P. F. Hamlen left on Saturday for Grimsby, 4 where they will be absent a few days, k Mr end Mrs D G. BickJe and c Miss Liertha ;Pentland attended a v birth -day party held in Whitechurch last week. They came very nearly meeting with what might have been a very Serious accident, however, they escaped uninjured, On Wednesday evening at the reei- n dente of Mr Davidson, Mr Robert Davidson, of the county of Down, Ireland, passed peacefully away (with but eighteen hours sicknese) to his eternal home, He leaves a wife and 1 large family to mourn his kw. They have °lir Sincere s 01 1th g may be a long Line before he is able t', be around again. John McMillan, M re. - turned from the old country, on Tues- day, looking and feeling well after his trip He made good sales of the cattle be took over, aud will ship more to the same market. DEATH. -Mr Geo. Moore, of the 13th con. of Mullett, mourns the death of a very promeeing son, which occurred on Saturday last. Deceased has been working at Winchester, in the neilhborbood of Smith's Falba a - out boating recently on the <.r sence. was upset and only 444.: drowning by the most strenu- ous exertion. Never being very strong and also being subject to heart digitate, both brought him down very low and be came home in the hope that a rust, WOW be beneficial. Un- fortunately it did not prove to be so, and be meted away on Saturday. He bad just Oilseed him 22nd birthday. Bayfield. The wifeaif a Presbyterian minister at Strathroy, who was stopping here 'for the benefit .)1 her health, with her two daughters, died on the 21et of heart disease. She had only been here a short time. We did not learn her naine. DE,t'rH.--Mr Henry Pollack, of Bayfield, died at. the residence of his grandson, Mr John Pollock, on Mon- day lest, at the age of 83 years He was one of . the early residents of I Stanley, and for a long time followed farming, but had lived retired for some time. ' He was buried in Bayfield cemetery, on Tuesday, Stanley. THE Ws.-jr James Wells, of the Bayfield road, Standey, is taking a car load of stook to Manitoba, this week. This is whet we like to nee Enterprise of this kind, is good for Ontario, and profitable to "Jimmy." APPLES.—It is estimated that about *)00 apple barrels are already deliv- ered through the township. The apples, on the whole are a good crop, and this business has developed into immense proportions within the pa t few years, and leaves with the farm- ers Just what we badly need -some Ca'LISIIAKESHORE PICNIC -During the last few years it has been customary among a pumber of the farmers of the 2 ol and grd con., to epend a day to- gether lin the lake shore. It has been in the fullest sense a day of re- creation and pleasure, coming as it does after the labors .of harvest have just been completed, and the farmer and his wife, his sturdy sons and fair daughteriahave found that tbe relaxa- aim] las greatly , benefitted them. Baydel- been the place 6T eeeert, (17e1 tos'itfit place, on Friday last,. all interested found their way. Shortly after arriv- ing, a bounteous repast was spread in primitive style, upon the graes, and after partaking of it, all started to spend an afternoon of enjoy- ment on the cooling waters and among the exhilerating breezed of lake Huron, and all did enjoy them- selves Some were loth to return and lingered behind to have a moon- 1Iglitrow. Goderich Township. There is a big tree top on the Bay- field road. Where is the pathmaster? Mr H. C Cook, of the Huron road, has a field of corn that would be bard to beat anywhere. Aliases Maggie McDougal and Maggie Porter, from Seaforth, are visiting friends on the cut line. SCALDED. -One day this week as Mrs Biggarta was fixing the damper of the stove she got her bead scalded by the steam of a tea kettle. Caoae.-The crops are a great deal better in this township than first anticipated. • Mr D. Cantelon says the apple crop is just splendid. GALE, -A very heavy gale of wind passed over this section of the country on Thursday evening,blowing several trees,fences down and uprooting many SALE -Mr Hendrick Larsoon has bought of Mr J. W. Reid three acres of land, being part of lot 35, on the Bayfield concession, three acres, for which he pays the sum of $300. Tv EY GOT L EFT. -A certain young mai. while driving along tne Huron road on Sunday last, between Clinton and Goderich, overtook a young couple walking. He being alone tried to entice the lady to have a drive. but got left. We understand also that a young man got left at a gate on the cut line. Some parties have been opening a pita and drawiug gtavel, at the side of the road, opposite Mrs Gardner'e farm, near Bayfield. It is getting to be a bad bole, which the pathmaster should not allow, for if any person were to meet with an accident here, the township would be held respon. Bible. Yew BARN. -Mr Louie Aldworth, of the 2nd concession, near Bayfield, bas just finished a new barn with stone basement for stables, on the most improved plan. He is highly pleased with the manner in which the contractors completed the job. Robert Marshall, of Goderich toten- ship, did the mason work, and James Johnston, of Rodgerville, did the carpenter work. THRESHINCI.-MC It'#betI started his New Monarch Separator , on 'W, dot eday, on the farm of John"' Pickard, cut line, and the work done by the machine was pronounced far superior. to anything yet seen in the locality. They threshed 11G0 bushels ot grain of which 800 was barley, and which for the first day's work of a new machine is unusually largo, showing that it has great capacity for fast work. Mr Elliott will now be on the toad Steadily* with the new machine. Blyth. Now 1. the time to lay in your coal The public schools will re -open on kL uday. Mr S. 11. Gidley was in Wingba on Sunday. Mr Ascher Taylor ie visiting friends at Oshawa. Miss Scott, of London, is visiting friends here, li.nMktroGnd. aBy..Phillips visited Goderich Mr James Stratton, of Bruesels,waa in town thin week, • Mr F. Moore, or Clinton, was in town on Tuesday: Mr A. Powell, of keSadon, was in town on Monday. Mims Gibson, of Wroxeter, is visit- ing at Mr Moffatt's. Ur J. Miller. or Exeter. 'was in town last week. Mrs Bowes, of Markdale, is visiting at Mrs M Young's. Division Court will be held here on Mendel,. August 27th. Wise Metcalf, of Mitchell, ie visit- ing relatives in town. Mr P. Kelly, our reeve, was in Harrisiton on Tuesday. Rev Mr Floody,. of Michigan, is visiting at his old home. Mr and Mrs B. McKinnon visit eel Goderich on +tonday. Nir J E. Vatcher, of Chicagb, is visiting with Mrs Phillips. Mr and Miss Brown, of Crediton, are visiting at Mr Gidley's. Anse Sperling, of Seaforth, is visit- ing at Mr N. H. Young's. A number of our citizens picnicked in Goderich park on Monday. After a three weeks' trip Mr Chas. Howson has returned to town. The Brussels tennis club will play the Blyth elubehere, next Tuesday. Mr Hendersonformerly bead teach- ei here, is visiting friends in town. Mr George Phi II i es intends visiting tBelow are given letters from Mr. J.L. m Doherty while in Buffalo, that explain themselves: Trotting Horses. " Lorna Doan."' Grimsby Park and Niagara next week. Mr R Seaton was in Hamburg this week, attending his father's funeral. Blyth base ball team defeated Bring sels, by a score 0( 28 to 10 last week. Miss Annie Moffatt has left for Baden, ga take charge of her school. Mise Elder, who has been on a visit to relatives, returned home on Friday. The cricket club intend .playing Clinton the return match next week. Misses Lucy and Jessie Southcott, of Exeter, are on a visit at Mr Walk- er's. Wonder what took George to Gode- rich on Wednesday The phaeton stud Arra It. Welsh bus -win roa '1621 ON tended visit with relatives in Bay City, Mich. Mr. J. Tanner, who has been visit- ing, friends, returns home to Listowel on Saturday. Messrs A. Tierney and J. Emigh pla, ed cricket with Wingbam, against Harriston, on Monday. ?Jr C. A Shane, of Detroit, who has been visiting relatives here, re- turned home on Menday. Mr and Mrs Husstep have returned from Toronto. Jimmy says he had a fine time seeing the sights. A number of our citizens intend to take in the excursion to Grimsby and Niagara Falls, on Saturday. Mr J. Shibley, of Cleveland, 0., visited his parents here last week, and returned home on Monday. The doctor was out on horseback last week. With a little practice he would make a first elms jockey. Our expert telegraph operator, Mr, W. 11. Greig, is now enjoying his holidays with relatives in Arthur. It has been decided to have a har- vest home festival in connection with the Episcopal church, in September. Mr J. S. McKinnon has returned, and reports having bought some very cheap goods, and having a fine time in general. The couple of tramps who were arrested last week, were sent to Gode- rich for fifteen days, by Messra Kelly and Young, J.Ps. Miss Nellie McConnell leaves for Toronto, on Friday. We understand Mime Nellie intends making the queen city her future home. The dairy maid's social, on Monday evening, was largely attended, the amount realized being $85,which will be placed to the credit of the building fund. The congregation are about to build a new church, and work will commence early in the spring. • PrioneeeY FATAL ACCIDENT, -AS Mr Matthew Brandon, of Belgrave, was driving down Dinaley street, on Wednesday evenine, his horses be- came unmanageable, and ran away, throwing him out of the waggon, and his hands becoming entangled in the lines, dragged him a considerable die- tance on his face. He presented a terrible appearance, when picked up, and now lies in a precarious condition. Mr Win. Ross, of University Col- lege, is giving a series of very excel- lent Bible readings in the St, An- drew's church, Blyth. His method is new and much appreciated. The attendance is now at least four times as great as at first. Of hie earnest- ness and ability there is no doubt. It must be a satisfaction to his friends to know that one who intends to be a missionary to tlae_heathen is able to put the Bible truths in such a clear and vivid manner. #*•••••—• CALEDONIAN GAME8,-1reat pre- parations are being made for the Caledonian games to be held in St. Marys, on the 7th of September. Programmes may be procured of W. K. McLeod, Argus office, St. Marys. Return tickets will be issued that day good until the 8th, at 81 10 from Clinton. eDinviso Punt, Buevaeo, Aug. 17, '88. W. DOHERTY, Es., -DEAR SIR,—I eariveclhere Saturday, July 28th, with the two horses, and the following is the result of my training of "Lorna Dome" Monday -Jogged her. Tuesday -Jogged her. Wedneedity-Gave her three miles in 2.36, 134, 2.28. i• Thnreday-Jogged her. Friday-Jogad her. Saturday_Gave her two miles, 9.97. 2.24 Monday -Jogged her. Tuesday -dogged her. • Wednesday -Jogged her. Thursday -Jogged her in the fore. noon, 1 mile in afternoon, 2.214. Friday -Jogged her. Saturday -Jogged her. • Monday -Gave her three miles, 2.96. 2.24, 2.18i. (Second quarter of tined mile in 33i or 2.14 clip.) Tuesday -Jogged her. Wednesday -Jogged her. ThiudrasytycefGt f °i Thursday -Gave hhoeil'noeue, mile ni 2.21 Fri If I have the handling of this mere atInieottheeeie. riyear, I will put her below I am yours, etc., J L I enclose official certificat.p ecZil.R•riT:ig her fast mile, from one of the Superin. tendents of the driving park. Dniviste Pen, BCF FALO, Aug. 17, *88.e To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,- - This is to certify we have seen the Chestnut Mare, "Lorna Doon," working on the Buffalo driving park, and believe she has made good progress since her stay here. I held the watch on her Monday, August 13th, and made her time 2.18. There were also a number of other watches giving the same time, (Signed) J. C, WELCH. s f v) This strongly built, 1 5 year old, Stan- dard beed, lady'sver, d is for sale an will be sold well i w her value. Sh hano officialeco d re "Al Stipp." Saturday, 27th July--Jogeed. Monday -Jogged, Tuesday -Mile and repeat, 3.05, 3.00. Wednesday -jogged. Thureday-Jogged. Friday -Jogged. Saturday -Mile and 2.54, 2.51. ' Monday -Jogged. Tuesday -Jogged, Wednesday -Jogged. Thursday -One mile in 2.4a. Friday -jogged. Satinday-aloged. eseesaeer- cleasaa , • Tuesday. --Jogged. . Wedneaday-Jogged. Thursday -Jogged. Friday -Left for home. if I conld have stayed two week - longer, he would have gone in 2.40. 1 rim youre, J. L. Doureere. "Al Stipp," 3 years old, is also for sale. He is bred in the purple, and his inheritance of pure trotting blOod, which produces uniform and extreme speed ; is princely in his character. Will be sola below his value. • te*. 1)11i -:it repeat in 2.58i, The school here opened on Monday last, with an attendance of nearly sixty pupils( Mise Hannah Lobb has returned from Michigan, where she has resided for two or three years. Rev J. S. Fisher- spent last Sabbath. at Grimsby camp, and in returning has been visiting hie parents near Guelph, Miss Jenny Ninon, who has been attending heriesick sister in Mullett, for the past few weeks, returned home this week. We learn that Mr T. C. Pickard has concluded to remain in our vile lage. He purposes building a two storey house, on the site now covered by the ruins of his former dwelling. We regret to learn that Mr E. G. Courtice has been laid up for a few days, with an attack of inflammation. Medicil aid beteg promptly secured, the disease Appears to he somewhat alleviated. Mrs Win Stanley. left on the lath inst. for Sault ste Marie, making the trip on the Empire. We hope she may have a pleasant time, and be much improved in health ere sbe returns, 09 that was her object in going Porter's 11111. ACCIDENT. -MC C. Newton, of the 6th con., met with a pretty severe accident this week. Ho had been fixing the binder and in 401110 way. his hand came in contact with the needle, making an ugly ivound and tearing about 8iX inches of the cord of his little finger out. Usborne. Disritm-There seems to haveibeeia a large dispute here ono ds v last week between Mr S. Martin, of las- borne, and a cattle buyer front Gode- rich. It appears, that the cattle buy- er had purchased some tattle pre- vious] to the day of shipping reran Mr Martin, and when Mr Martin deliver- ed threo stem and; one heifer, the cattle bnyer refused to take them, claiming that he bought four steers. Mr Martin positively denied this and the buyer stoutly refused to take th'cm as they were net what be pur- chased, and Mr M rtin had to return home with his cat The MO will shortly he eentil .(el in court.