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DRUGGIST.
M.O. N W. TELEGRAPH CO.
app. Bru nswick Hose,
Wingham, - - - Ont
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 1891,
THE
CENSUS,
stronger condemnation of the Pro-
tective policy of the present Govern-
ment could be found than the census re-
turns submitted to Parliament last week.
That the net increase in population only
amounts tq about 500,000 in ten years, is
a strong argument in favor of changing
our present trade policy, which has the
effect of driving people out of the eoun•
try ratbe`r than to build up our young
country. According to a report sub-
, mitted to Parliament this session by the
department of Agriculture, the number
of settlers coming into Canada Since 1881,
who stated their intention of remaining
in the Dominion, was886,000, and adding
to that the natural increase, our papule -
tion should be over 6,000,000, instead of
being less than 5,000,000. (The popula-
tion of Huron county has decreased 9,051
since 1881, as the following official figures
will show:
1891. 1881
Huron, E 18,968 21,720
Huron, S 19,184 21,991
' Huron, W , 20,020 23,512
58,172 67,223
Winghaiu'spopulation has been in-
creased 249 since 1881, but taking the
five towns in the comity together there
has been a decrease in their population
and that under that policy which was to.
produce "tall chimneys" and "home mar-
kets" all over Canada. The following
are the official figures for the towns in,
Huron County:
1891 ' 1881
Goderich .. ; 3,839 4,564
Seaforth , ..... . 2,641 2,480
Clinton 2,635 2,506
Wingham 2,167 1,918
Exeter 1,809 1,725
' 13,091, x`'13,213
THE CROPS IN I4IANI't'OBA,
The reports which have • been circa -
fated as to thedamage done the Mani-
toba crops, have been stretched teems.
what. There is no doubt that wheat
in low lying land has suffered to some
extent. But the Manitoba farmer is
beginning to learn that wheat sown on
these spots will freeze and that he must
sow !lis wheat on the plains and higher
ground. Wheat that 'has been cut
since the frost, and where four degrees
of frost registered, has proved to be
undamaged. As the wheat was nearly
all ripe before the frost appeared it is
evidentthat very little has suffered.
The, estimates, - as to the damage by
frost, are from 2 to 15 per cent. The
• dapg;er is now nearly past, for at least
60 per sent. has been cut and by the
end of this week 75 percent will be J
' ,. .
harvested. r1,
J DITO1iJAL NtY1'.h3 .
`.!'tissue are no new developments in
the Bai des Chaleurs railway Case be -
'fore the Senate Committee. Premer
Mercier, in ars interview, the other
day,snid an inquirywould be made in
the matter by his government. Ile
also stated that the Quebec Desists-
tura would be called together shortly,
Tea annual report of the Inspector
of Division Courts for Ontario shows
that during the year 1800 in the 322
divisions, 62,867 sults were entered.
The amount of claim; entered exclusive .s
of transcripts of judgments and jurdg-
rnent summonses was $2,585,165,82 ; t
number of judgment summons issued
10,392; total amount of suitors' n
suits entered when the amount 01a1me41
exceeded $100,• 5,807; number of
jury trials, 105,
Trus investigation into the Score,
try of Stele's department at Ottawa
shows that is is no better than the
Public Works department, Senegal,
manager of the Printing Bureau, it
has been shown, compelled those sell-
inet oods to the Bureau to pay him a
p'xecentage en the floods sold, which.
in many cases amounted to ten per
cent. It is said that the amount
collected by Senccal in oris way will
amount to $50,000, Seneoal sent in
his resignation and skipped out. A
warranthas been issued for his arrest.,
Bronskill, of the . stationery depart-
meat of the Bureau, also secured
commissions from some parties selling
paper to the Government, and has
been dismissed. How snob a state of
affairs could exist in the Secretary of
State's department as has been reveal-
ed by the Public Accounts Committee
and him not be aware of it, passes
comprehension.
COMPULSORY SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE.
The Aot passed at the last session
of the Ontario Legislature in referent
to Truancy and Compulsory Schoo
attendance went into effect on the firs
of July, and its provisions should
be understood by all. We giv
herewith several extracts from theAct
All children between eight and four-
for
teen years of age shall- attend school
,for the full term during which the
school of the section or municipality
in which they reside is open each year,
unless excused for the reasons herein-
after mentioned, and if the parents
or guardians having legal charge of
WW1such children e1 fail to send them
to school regularly for said full term,
or if such children shall absent theme
selves from school without satisfactory
excuse, such parentsguardians and
children shall be subject to the pro-
visions and penalties of this Act.
Any person who receives into his
house a child of any other person,
under the age of fourteen years, and
who is resident with him or in his
icare or legal em'istody, shall be deemed
I thereby to be subject to the same duty
with reapect to the instruction of such
child during such residence as a par
ent, and shall be liable to be proceeded
against as in the case of a parent, i
' he should fail to cause such child to be
1 instructed as required by this Act.
NO parent, guardian or other person
shalt be liable to any of the penalties
of this Act in respect of any child,
(1) if the,child is under efficient in-
struction at homeor elsewhere; (2) if
the child is unable to attend school by
reason of sickness or other unavoid-
able cause ; (3) if the child has been
excused, as hereinafter provided, 'from
attending school by a Justice of the
Peace, or by the Principal of the
school which such child is entitled to
attend ; (4) if the child has passed
the entianoe examination for high
schools prescribed by the' Educational
Department.
in; and also. to notify the parent,
guardian or other person paving the
charge or control of any child between
eight and, fourteen years of age- when
such child la not attentiteag school as
required by this Aot, and to `require
each parent, guardian or other person
tq cause the child to attend sortie
school within; Ave days from, said
notice.:
If the parent, guardian or other
person having the legal charge or con-
trol of any child, shall neglect or re-
fuse to cause such child to attend some
school after being notified as herein
required (unless such child has been
excused from such attendance as pro..
video •by this Aot), the truant officer
shall make, or cause to be made, a
complaint against such parent, guar•
dian or other person, before any police
magistrate or ,justice of . the peace
having jurisdiction in the municipa,
lity in whioh,the offence occurred, and
upon conviction of molemolerefusal or
neglect, such parent, guardian, or
other person, shall be, liable to a 'fine
of not less than five dollars nor more
than twenty dollars, or the court may
in its discretion require persons so
convicted to give bonds in the penal
sum of one hundred, dollars, with one
or more sureties to be approved by
said court, conditioned that the per-
sons so convicted shall cause the child
or children under their legal charge or
control to attend some school within
five days thereafter, and to remain at
e school as required by this Act,
1 It shall be the duty of the truant
t officers appointed under this Act to
institute, or cause to be instituted,
e proceedings•against any parent, guar-
dian or other persons having legal con-
trol or charge of any child, or against
any corporation, or against any child
violating any of the provisions of this
Act. No complaint shall be enters
tained for any violation of this Act,
unless it ,appears to the' satisfaction of
the court that the alleged offender was
duly warned in writing of the con-
sequences of his offence by the truant
officer.
It shall be the duty of the trustees
of every school to report to the truant
offieer of the municipality in which
their school is situated, the name, age
and residence of all pupils on . the
school registet-, who have not attended
school as required by this Act, togethe
er with such information as said officer
may require, for carrying out the pro-
visions of this Act. Such =reports
shall be made in the last week of June
aad.December in each. year ; and it
shall be the.furtber=duty of the trustees
to report forthwith to the truant
officer all cases of truancy in their
respective schools.
Any notice or warning required or
authorized to be given by a , truant
officer, for` the purposes of this Act
may be given by delivering the sande
to or at the residence of the person to
whom it is to be given.
f
• No child under the age of £oerteen
years shall'be employed by any person,
during school hours while the 'public
school of the section or municipality
in which the child resides is in session
and any person employing any child
contrary to the provisions of this
sectiou, shalt be liable to a penalty of
twenty dollars for each offence. Where
in the opinion of any Justice of the
Peace or of the Prineipal of the school
attended by any child the services of
such child are required in husbandry
or in urgent and necessary household
duties, or for the necessary mainten-
atmanof Such child or of some person
dependent upon him, such Justice of
the Peace or Principal .may, by cerci.
fleate setting; forth the reasons there.
for, relieve such child'fron attendance
at school for any period not exceeding
six weeks during each public school
term.
The truant officer shall, for the
purposes of this Act, be vested with
police powers, and shell have authority
to enter factories, workshops.. stores
and all other places where childtele
may be employed, and shall perform
nob services as may be deemed neces-
sary for the enforcement of this: Act,
It shall be the duty of truant officers
o examine into all cases of truancy
when any such dome 'before their
once, or when requested to do so by
the inspector of sohoo'1s, or by • any
school trustee, or by any ratepayer,
and to warn such truants, their' par.
eiuts or guardians, in
writing
,
of th
e
co sequeilces of Malloy ifpersisted
money paid iiito court $827,531,87 ;
total amount of suitors' money paid
out of cunrt $813,673.88; balknee of
cash in .out $28,950.03 ; number of
Fall Wheat Experiments.
In growing fall wheat, the aim
should bemot so much to grow a large
acreage, as to adopt such methods of
cultivation and to seoure such varieties
as ,are likely to give a large yield per
sore. With this end in view, the itnw
portanoe of good drainage, sowing at
the right time and Suitable conditions
of soil in relation to rotation, fertility
and natural adaptability, cannot easily
be over estimated. hi a recent bul-
letin issued by the Experiment Station
of the Ontario Agricultural College, at
which station 70 varieties of fall wheat
have been on'trial,the following advise
is given :
In selecting varieties to sow a care-
ful regard must also be given to the
wants of the millers. Those good
yielding varieties only should be
grown; which are well adapted to -
purposes. Some `years ago
quantity was the great consideration
with the grower, At present" quality
is at least equally important with
quantity. This. statement finds ample
confirmation in the low price paid for
the Wild Goose wheat, notw.ithstande
ing its ample yields. 'The choice of
the millers is not a mere arbitrary one.
A" in this featidious age the tastes of
the consumer rule, the miller must
Dater to those tastes or be will loris his
custom. The consumer demands it
beautifully appearing snowy white
bread, and the millet must furnish
flour that will produce it. In this we
find ono of the principal reasonsfor
his preference for white wheats, The
baker wants a strong flour, that is,
one rich in gluten, and tire miller
must give it to him or ha will cease to
buy- :Because of this the Manitoba
Fyfe spring whoa stands high in favor
with the millers, A heavy -weighing
wheat givesa lerger .preoentage of D
dour than a tight•weighing ane; hence '
the e
rfre
e. de
n of the, millers
varieties' which weigh the sheavfeat. S
The farmers therefore will ago well to
give heed to the recommendations of
the millers as to the varieties which
stand' high in favor with them, and in
making their selections ter sowing
they should.ehoose accordingly.
Out of 23' varieties tested the follow-
ing extraordinary yields were obtain'
ed:
Yield of.
Variety, grain per acre
(bush 6,0.6::
0 lb.)
American $ronze. 65,2
Garfield or Natural Crass ,.64.4
Surprise ,.63,8
Canadian Velvet Chaff
.Bonnell or ',andretli 59.5
Seneca or Clow
Standard 5$,3
Early Red Clawson 58
Red Velvet Chaff 50.9
Jones' Winter Fyfe.,,.., 56,8
Winter Pearl.
55,5
Rogers ,0
Egyptian 1i3,
Martin Amber .. ....:..........,.,50.4
Golden Cross or Volunteer.. 49.9
Manohester • 47,7
Bulgarian 46.3
Red Lyon 44.5
Golden Drop 44,3
Hybrib Mediterranean 44.0
Lancaster 42.8
Democrat 41.6
New Monarch 40.8
Average 52,63
The highest weight per bushel was
641 pounds, reaohed by several of the
varieties ; the lowest weight was 61 ib
per bushel, and the average weight
cram 28 varieties was 63,28 ib per
bushel. In view of the extraordinary
yields thus obtained, and the even
more extraordinary weights of the
grain, the curiosity is not unnatural
which would desire to know whether
these yields have a parallel on the
continent of America. The results of
the experiments were that the both
wheats have on an average given 9.86
bushels more per acre or , 21.42 per
cent than the bearded varieties, but
the latter have weighed on an average
1.37 ft more per bushel. The white
wheats have given an average of 5.18
bushels more per acre than the red
wheats, and they also stand higher in
the estimation of the millers than the
latter. The bald white chaff white
wheats gave on an average of 18.6
bushels per nore more than the bearded
red chaff red wheats. The seven lead-
ing varieties in point of yield were all
white wheats except the American
Bronze r
These extperiments tend to confirm
the popular opinion that white wheats
under favorable oonditions will give
more bountiful returns .than red
wheats, and the same rosy;be said
of the bald varieties as contrasted
with the, • bearded. The four, best,
yielding white wheats for 1891" were
the Garfield, Surprise, Canadian V.et�
vet Chaff and Bonneil ; and the four
best yielding varieties of red wheats
rl.ere the American Bronze, Early
Red Clawson, Red Velvet Chaff and
Jones' Winter Fyfe, in . the order
named in both instances. The best
four weighing varieties were the Man.
cheater, Bulgarian, Lancaster and
Democrat, each of which gave 64ielbs
per bushel. The three velvet chaff
varieties gave an 'average yield of 4.77
bushels per acre in excess of the mean
average of the 28 varieties,and weigh.
ed .2211 more per bushel, and they are
also included in,the leading varieties
mentioned,
Wast Wawanoilb4
The West Wawanoah Council met
on August. 22ud,with the members all
present. The minutes of the former
meeting were read and approved. The
Treasurer's' report for duly showed,
balance $263,24 and expeedtture
$120,50, leaving a balanus bn hand of
$142,08 ; report fled. Moved by Mr
Bailie, seconded by Mr Gibson, that a
special grant of $10 be given toward.
gravelling Hieltingbottom's hill- cer,r.4
ried. Alex Rose requested the Counoil
to complete filling in the gravel pit on
his premises --Referred to the road
• commissioners. John Craig requested
that the Council should assist in
straightening the creels running
3 through his premises and across the
road allowanoe. ' Moved by Mr Bailie,
seconded by Mr Todd, that Mr Craig
be paid $12 for cutting ditch across
the road, and removing and rebuilding
4 old bridge, the Council to supply bolts
and new timber required --Carried.
Moved by Mr Bailie, seconded by Mr
Tadd, that for the purpose of raising
the necessary funds required for mine
ty and township purposes for the
current year, a County rate of 2 1-5
mills and a Township rate of 2 mills
on the dollar be struck on all assess.
able property in the township ; "'also,
that sufficient rates be levied'for the
purpose of raising the money required
for school purposes—Carried. Moved
by htr Bowers, seconded by Mr Bailie,
that Alexander 1) Cameron be appoint.
ed 'collector of rates for current year—
Carried, The Reeve and Clerk were
appointed to accept the collector's bond, ,
if satisfactory. The road commission-
ers . were ewpowerd to have roadway
opposite lot 17, cone 6 and 7 repaired.
The following accounts were issued
Edward Hannah, gravelling between
lots 21 and 22, con 3, 281 rods, at
$1.50, $42.87 ; Geo Smyth, 2 days •
minding gap, 01 ; Jas'Moss, 2391 yds
gravel and damage $1, $17.76 ; David
Alexander, cutting ditch and 2 days,.
minding gap, $1, $2 ; Robt Clark,
gravelling opposite lot 21,con 4, $13.-
37 ; Peter Fisher, cutting` hill, con 9,
$18; Jas Ferguson, 2 days minding
gap, $1; And Kirk, gravelling opposite
lot 15, cons 2 and 3, $19.50 ; Thos
Anderson, culvert between lots 24 end
25, con 4, $18, cutting hill opposite
lot 24, cons 4 and 5, $111,outting hill,
opposite lots 21 and 22, con 1, $20,
total $141 ;, John Kennedy, gravelling
between lots 24 and 25, con 13, $9.44;
Geo Mowbray, i gravelling, $7.94;
David- Kennedy, . gi avelliug, 03.25 ;
Jos Hoey, cutting hill, $24.70, repair'.
ing, bridge, $9.38, total $84,13 ; R K.
Miller, part salary, $75, 2 tape lines,
04.50, total $79.50 , Jacob Miller,
gravelling opposite lot 28, con 8 and.
9, $87.70, gravelling between lots 21.
and 22, oon 9, $20.70, cutting hill
oppeeite let. 14, cons S and 9,'$11,0,
graVilliitig � ,posite lot 13, cons 8 andel
9, $6.;'tti► 174.40 ; Tilos Elliott, i -
breaking Ones' $2 ; -Treasurer East
Wawanosh,. , eilvert, • $0,60 ; Geo
Mowbray, ' gra`velling, 59.74; Jost
Smith, gravel, ,ta k?2,' damage, $1H
total $7.02: Wtir = eNhi_tney, 72 yds
gravel, $7.20. Council adjourned to
meet October 8rd.
R. K. MILLER, Clerk.
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The Solstein:F�rieaian Association.
The annum. meeting of'the Holstein
Friesian Association will be held in
Toronto, on Wednesday', September
16th. Among the 'More 'important
questions to be discussed are the
following, --Shall cattle hereafter
brought into Canada, be charged a fee
and inspected ? Shall the time of the
annual meeting be changed from
September to February or March ?
Shall each member of a firm be requir-
ed to join and pay the annual fee ?
Shall steps be taken, to organize Pro;4.
vincial associations 1 Shall steps • ,bit
taken to start an advanced registry"'f
Questions regarding.` the registratiou
and re -registration of cattle will then
be considered.
•
• Belgrav'e.
The Richmond Pea Harvesters sold
this year by Mr John Geddes, are
giving the hest of" eatisfactionee -A
meeting of tllp,: Wotnen'e•' Foreign
Mission Society+t'as held at the manse
on 'Wednesday *fternoon.—Tire East
Wawanosh Agricultural Society will
hold their fail. ,show in l3elgrave on
the 6 and 7 of Oct.—Miss' Christie
Holliday left last week to attend the
Ottawa Normal School,—tjr Thos
(tens, of Wingbarn, was in town oh
t'riday.—Mr 8 Walsh, of Auburn,, was
n town.
ug y.
Sunda --
Mr and Mrs J
tewart, of "Wingham, spent Sunday
ith friends is Morris,
4
Blyth.
The races in Clinton on Friday drew
quite a number of our local sports. --
Mr Alex Eider has built an addition
to his house on King St in the shape
of a large brick kitchen, --The mem,
berg of the Canadian Order of For-
esters intend before long to give the
peblic a concert which will be well
worthy of patronage. --On Monday
afternoon, a whirlwind passed over
the eastern portion of oiir town, tear-
ing the shingles off some of the dwelI..
ings, lifting the roof off the flax mill
and doing other damage. After which,
a downpour of rain followed: --Mies
Dodds, of Watford;, is the west of her
sister, Mrs F W Tanner, --Mr W
Southcott, of Exeter, a. former resi-
dent of thiS.town, is visiting friends
for a few, days, Messrs Will and
'Albert SOON of Michigan, have been
visiting their brother T W Scott, the
past week.
C#•lenfarrovv.
Mr and Mrs Bickerstaf, who have
been visiting for some time at JV'1r'Jas.
Wylie's, have returned to their home'
in Toronto,w--Mr Geo Shortreed WAS,
here last week renewing acquaintances,.
---Miss Lizzie Robertson, of Bluevale,
is visiting friend& on the lith line this..
week. -..Mrs Slirighley, oft Toronto, ie.
the guest of Mrs Douglass
Miss Jane McDougall Itas gone to,
Wfnghani to work with Miss Ohristina.
McDougall at the dreesu eking, -.-.The.
trustees of 8 8 ,No 9, Tile berry, have
engaged Mr MoOracken, of Bluevale,.
as teacher, to' fill the vagaticy:'tamed
by Mr Farrell's departure, Mr -Par'
cell lias a good position in the cora.'
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