The Wingham Times, 1893-09-15, Page 5,2
FROG .AULO SCOTIA.
Glasgow is •the commercial capital•of
Scotland, Ito .people proudly oornmee l
you to its commanding position, its greet
eommorce With nthernations, its prestige,
and its river, Milling your that the Clyde ha's
made Glasgeev anti they have made the
Clyde.
Years ago, chis river'was only a sluggish
stream of three feottin depth. Now, by
man's ingenuity, ,perseverance, push, and
by large expenditure of 'money, it fres been
made one of tlte.greetest waterways in:the
world, It ie,4130•feet wide, and twenty-five
feet deep, with wharves for two miles, and
bears on its 'bosom every description of
vessel, from large ,s(iiling ships .and,
steamers dowmvto•atilall coasters, Medea-
possible
tis e -
possible to estimate the .value of the Clyde
to Glasgow. 'Uy+its :improvement, its coal
and iron industries.have been developed. to
11. an extent that%vvodld otherwise have 'been
: impossible, les •great shipbuilding ',and
• engineering w+erks oari•ied on,,its noble:fleet
. of steamers alett:eeailingiships.
To the traveller .,acid pleasure -seeker
there are many points of interest in• the
. city. Chief aanongttheneis George Square.
' On arriving there, mite 'first thing that
r, strikes your epode abetted and commanding
.•column, surmounted •by a large figure,
erected in memory • df Sir Walter Scott.
This tnoniiment,tthe=first erected to him:in
Scotland, consists ofreehigh square base,•on•
top of which risesra, ereey, fine fluted column..
of the Doric ordler,,eurmounted with a full:
sized figure of the ;poet, •with his plai'd
over his ehonldeaz, while .at its base is tlae'
.simple inscription, "'Walter Scotty" Near
this, on each. side, are equestrian statues
of the Queen and "E'rince Consort, while
: stgt,in further on are thhosedif David Living-,
stone, the African ,employer; James Watt,;
in..a sitting position, with !paper and com-.
• pase in hand and i. ilook'df deep thought ou,
his°face; Sir John Moon, ' ho conducte&I
the famous retreated Corunn!a.;Lord Clyde„
the distinguished irsii.liitaity,genius of India;
'Thomas Campbell, 4ihe (poet, a native of
'Glasgow; and Robert Jtwins near the centre
THE WTNGHAM XX ES, SEPTEMBER 15, 1893,
residence, over a road sliadecl with trees of
all sizes and kinds, tothe ltousra,that stands
upon a rising ground, while on every side
are forests of trees, heather ire abundance
at your feet, and back of all tate great hills
of Strathspey. The town, tee, possesses
one of the finest Established ,Presbyterian
churohessia the north of Scotland --the gift
of Lady Seafield, as a memory of her late
'husband and only son, who died some years
ago. A,most excellent orgaa'was reoently
,pet in try Sir Donald Smith, of Montreal,
the introduction of which caused quite a
furere .amongst some of iits more staid
members. This lias gradually subsided,
however.
From here I paid visits 'to Elgin and
.Aberdeen. The former town is forty-five
miles %south of Inverness, beautiful for
•situation,'with many fine 'residences, the
homes•df "retired gentry," as they said to
me. :ltipossesses the remnants of a very good deal of common and intoner
ancient cathedral, over whichI was shown, eloiff was in the pens at the close.
Tn one'emall room at the south end was There were a few buyers ou the mare
diet from outside Ontario paints. Hoge
were the firmest feature of the market.
down the sea-oliife,, only to be recaptured
and tenured by cruel •snldiecy, or die mite
erably i'u the deepen directly below the
vault. In the churchyard of Duneottar is
a tombstone with the•narnes of the martyrs
rudely carved on it. It was here that Sir
Walter Scott met the original of "Old.
Mortality," when dee was repairing the
Co;aenauters' gravestones, As 1 walked
over the ground, and was kindly shown
through the parish church by two ladies
who came from the manse to point out to.
mo the graves of the martyrs, 1 felt that
the place was replete with many historio
\interests..
Wee M Gueaon.
Ltve•
.Stook markets.
Toronto, Sept,12,—There was not
much, activity at the western cattle
yards this morning. The chief trade
in cattle• was done in butchers, • A.
poieted:'ont to me the placeevhere a General
Anderson was cradled, tvi1io when a boy
,vas educated by the town .of Elgin, after- Notwithstanding the continued badotate
wards jdinecl the army, rase rapidly in his of trade offerings continue well held up.
.profession to honor and iiietinotion, amass- To -day there Came in 60 tar loads of
ed a fortune, and before his death willed it all kinds,and there were w fe N loads of
.all'towards an institution .for the aged and stuff on the market. The offerings
•orphans. Hence there Lands in Elgin a .contained beside cattle 802 hogs, 844
monument to his name anitgenerosity-tlte sheep and lambs and about 40 calves.
"'Anderson Institute for the Support of the it eceipts.for the week ended Saturday,
.Sept. 9, were :—Cattle, 1,7.39,; sneep
and lambs, 2,761 ; hogs, 401,
Export Cattle—Practically nothing
'over tb-e'maiu line of the ).'Great North of tlone.in this line. A. few loads were
•Scotland Railway to Aberdeen, the grauite packed op, principally to sill :space on
oity•of ache north. Sincell •last resided slti,pboard already contracted for.
there'(1871) the eity has grown in every 1Latest,cables quote primest ;Canadian
'direction. At a large outlay of money, the nettle in d ritatn at 1l oto 1 e per
'course dithe river Dee htse'been changed, lb. and second quality 101u to 11e.
and uewtland acquired for large building The lighter supply and esolur weather
pueposeslthe most of which'bras been taken
over there have inane the inarkst firm -
n lar a and substautirll•stone bridge er.. Prices on this market are no bet•
a
p' g ter the•tgp,figure touched to -day being
hae!beeu brant from the citywterosa the Dee s ,pertlb for the very bent <cattle on
to sthetesealled "Tory Island;"(•while away the market. Only a few buyers were
iu.the distance, south of it, +ls the roost present, and they did not tars to open.
beautiful,parlt of Aberdeen, tthe Duthie ate A
]l4&w transactions today were '
.Aged and Orphans."
.From:Elgin one con come to Keith by
•two or three different routes, and then
'of the square, a nadiion's rttibpta to the 1.Park,"•the'i&250,000 gift of Miss Duthie,
memory of S'otlan8gr&stest:bard. —14 serif', 1 800 lbs avaverage,.4 r
, o per
's . lbs a
A few. minutes' walk from; George Square
twill brute you to the Revd Bxchange, per -
,haps the finest building in %the• city. It is
•.. beautiful•=y situated, :standing in a great
,square, surrounded with siieh:buildings and
wide streets. Its style is mainly Greek
tthroughout, its portico ee a istiing cf large
;fluted columns of the Coanuthian order, its
!hall or large reading -roam :supported by
tdouble rows of the same, svonenotwzted by an
torched roofifnely finished.
'no large room is well :supplied with
telegraphic dlespatches, nen¢•spnpers, and
magazines of,all descriptions. .Dutiing cer-
tain hours oftthe day, it presents a hely
appearance. Mutt()Mutt()the tourist, the most
beautiful, the ,oldestand most interesting
monumentanument is H'tt. Mungo's Cathedral, No
wonder that G.asgow and her people take a
grant pride in tt1is building, aced have Zone
=meth by meanscttf private mueufaeemoo to
etc
restit.
Itstfoundationtf(ate back to the ,twe1 t11 I in Old and New Aberdeen. The "Brig of
centit ry, and during the storm of the gee- I Balgowuie," ibuilt•ia Alae time of Robert the
formation that swept through Scotland, 1 Bruce, is referred to by Byron in his
the "idolatrous metaurent" largely escaped. 1 "Don Juan:" fit. Madkar Cathedral, be-
unharaased, though :several attempts were gun in 1378 and finished in 1522 by Bishop
made to destroy 1;;+. Some years !ago.. Dunbar, is a eery large buildiug, with two
through Glasgow's Cieeporation, and some towers on the front, and used new ati the
of her heading Citizens, assisted by Her 9 paring, church of Old Moeller. It has a
Majesty"s.Governmetatt, the building was , very fine oafs ceiling, on which are carved
thoroughly renovated and stained-glass: the arms and titles of tike princes and
windows iatroduced,fbeely illustrating Bib -1
Heal scenes from Old sad. New Testament
history.
Just east from it, mid approached by
-what is called the "Bridge of Sighs," lies
elle Necropolis. On the top of the hill
stands the monument of John Knox, the
duan who gave xeligious liberty to Scotland.
Scotland honors his memory, and engraves
on his tombstone the following :--"There
Beth he who never feared the fuse of man,
wleo was often threatened with dag and
dagger, yet be ended his days in peace and
honor.."
After a short stay and run through its
most business streets, Argyle and Buchan-
an, I left, intending to give it more time on
my return, over the Caledonian and High-
land. Railways, by Perth, Dunkeld, and
Blair-Athole. I stared over a Sunday at
Grantrow-On-Sproy. I found on Sabbath
anorniug in that olcl,historte Baptist chapel
—very modest in appearance, the church
once the strongest in Scotland --a fair and
most intelligent congregation, with visitors
from Dr, Landel's church, Edinburgh. 1
was present at all the services, taking part
in them, and received with much kindness,
though an entire stranger to all. Many
questions were asked the about our country,
Our 13aptist ,interests, and the men that
had gone froth that town or near it, engag-
ea in preaching the Gospel in Canada. Of
late years the town has beconie famous as
a gamma resort, because of its location, its
beautiful grounds and walks, its great
mountains% and its river Spray, that is
fatuous for salmon and trout fishing. The
fid
grounds ahouse of bho Countess of Sea-
field are only &bent two utiles from the
left beeher solely for this peerpose. It has
lbs; 1.9 cattle 1,230 average, 3, c
ilovdly waldts, artificial fouutains.aud lakes, per lb• .39 aeattle, 1,250 lbs average, 4c
beds deflowers of all descriptions, ferns per lb; 22 ,cattle, 1,325 lbs aderrage 4i.c
growing outrfrom among boulders of rough per bb.
Eleterhead anti Aberdeen granite thrown Btttechers.Cattle.—A fair trade was
promiscuously together, roots of over- done in butchers' cattle to -day. All
termed 'trees, twining and entertwiuing the good to utlaoiee stud was picked up
tieremsdlves in walks alongsi&eaud above but a good deal of somnton and aufet'-
you,.waterTippling down the 6ace.of rook for wee left ,in the pens. There wore
from some seeiuded spring—W9lwery tine some buyere.on the market from out-,
and tpiicturesque• side, tbut:the demand was prinuipally
Aberdeen :has many tine virreets and front tloeal .butchers. The extra .con-
bui•ll&ings. tits triniou Street iskene.of,the sumption es .caused by the inldu:x of
Anent •tote seen anywhere. I wee there visitors to the fait. A few sales
on theehh y of•theq)uke of York's\marriage. to -day were;:—i9 cattle, 9801be average
Every building alloug its streets vvas.decor- 3 1-3e per Ib,; .21 rattle, 1,000 Iles
ated with lugs •df all colors and •signs. I average, 4884 per head; 20 cattle, 1,0100
This ' "sante 'Ciit'i" carne handaemely , lbs average, 636.50per heat).; 22 cattle,
out its .her iholiday tuttire,with flowera,9lags, 1,125 the average„ $35 50 per head ;
proeesaious, airewocks, &e. The vehole 21 rough cattle„ .9.25 lbs average, 2:-t
city wasp ue'seene.uf gaiety and levees" per lb; 23 cattle„ 1,050 lbs average
nese. 636 25 per h.eaa1.45 cattle, 1,025 lbs
Manycihats,of interest are to be found average $30 per bead; 7 cattle, 990 Ibis
' average, 8 per Ib;; 8 cattle, 850 lis
average, $2 521 per cwt,
Hogs—AIL ou eller were sold. The
market is steady. Everything is
wanted, the demand for choice hogs
being especially brisk. Prices are firth
at 86.25 per cwt for best hog', weigh-
ed oil' cars. The range is put at 66.-
15 to $$6.25, according to quality.
• Sheep and lambs—Offerings to -day
nobles who contributed to its building. were large and the market was easter.
King's College, known the world over, Quite a lot.of stuff was left over at the
founded in 1500 by Bishop Elphiustone, close. Figures are off about 1Oc per
heal all around for lambs. Extra
choice fist sheep would bring $4 to 64.
25 per head. Common sell down to
$3, up to $3 50 for good per head.
Best Iambs are quoted at $3 60 per
cwt. No shipping sheep offered of any
account. The market for these is
boy. In the centre of the square is au
ward Mariscbal College, Aberdeen, consti-
tee one University. The latter is soon
to be enlarged at great expense. and all the
old buildings in front of it that obscure the
view ere to be removed, together witb the
house•iu which Lord Byron lived when a
steady.
obelisk of Peterhead granite, seventy-two
feet high, in memory of Sir James Blas- East Buffalo, Sept. 12 —Cattle, 40
Gregor, Director -General of the Army
cars through and 4 on sale; market
Medical Departmeut, and several tittles steady and firth.
_ales:—Extra ex
Rector of the University. port steers, 1,500 to 1,615 lbs, $5 to
Before leaving Aberdeen I took a run $5 10; light butt:hers' steers, $3 25 to
$3 60; cows and heifers, $2 25 to
out to Stonehaven, sixteen miles south, $2 '75; bologna bulls, $2 25 to 62 65;
and visited the ruins of Dumtottar castle, market closed firm. Hogs -14 cars
which stand croweiug a sea•cltff 100 fent through and 13 on sale;market strong-
high. The rook is washed on three sides er for light grades and steady for hood
by the sea, sed the fourth is cleft by a mediums and mixed. Sales—Yorkers,
deep chasm. It figured largely in the wars good to choice light corn fed, $G 35 to
of the succession from the tone of Sir W. $6 45; grassers and Michigans, $6 10
Wallace. A window is show» to visitors, to $6 25; good mediums and mixed,
where he entered, slew the guard, and ad. $6 15 to $0 25; choice heavy, $6 15
mitred his owu followers, destroying the to $6 25; roughs, $4 50 to $5 25;
garrisouof 4.00 persons. The Regalia of market closed steady. Sheep and
Scotland for a time found a safe refuge lambs -6 ears through and 12on sale;
here during Cromwell's time. When the market slow and almost at a stand-
castle was about to be sirrendeted to his still; prices lower. Sales—Lambs,
troops, the minister's wife of Kt teff, at rood to extra, $4 75 to $5 10; oom-
the instigation of the Governor's wife, mon to fair, $4 to $4 50; culls, $2 50
carried them out, hidden in some clothes, to $3 50; good ewes, and wethors,$3 50
and buried them iu the church of Kinneff, to $3 75; extra wethers, $4; culls to
Where they remained till the Restoration, fair sheep, $1 50 to $2 75, Canada
in 1060. The castle became a state prison lambs, $4 75 to $5;marlret closed vety
for many of the Covenartere during the dull for lainbs, with some unsold,
days of Claverhouse and ' his followers.. Montreal, Sept. 11. --During tile
L visited the"Whigti' Vault," where many week ending September 9 there were
of them were confined and cruelly tor- 2,159 battle exported froth Montreal,
town, anis open to visitors irlten she is ab- tared, and saiv the window through which There were pbultt 550 head of butch.
4 sent. Ii is a mesh beautiful walls to her some of them made their escape fora time,. orb' matte, 600 sheep and lambs, 80
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ONE ENJOYS
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gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
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constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy et its kind ever pro -
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effects, prepared only from the most
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Syrup of Figs is for sale in 75e
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Any reliable druggist who may not
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LANDS FOR TAX
Ontario BY VIRTUE of a warrant issued by the Mayor,. xn
Town of SViughate, • Corporate Seal of the Town of Witigham, to sue (lir•i•et.d,
To wit: ) date the Twenty-third clay of June, 1803, comm ut'ltitg rue to
upon and sell the lands mentioned in the following liet, for arrears; ref totes •tes t;ut; "II
I hereby give notice that unless such arrears and all costs are sooner raid. 1 ?utll'pr
to sell said lands or so much thereof as may be necessary for the payir,ditt of the
and costs thereon, at the Council Chamber, in the said Town of SViu'lham, on
TUESDAY, the Third Day of Octoite',
At the hour of TWO O'CLOCK itt the afterncon ;
Quanity
of Land.
1-5 acre
'23 feet
1.5
1-5
1-5
1
1-5
1-5
E. Bower's '24 feet
44 24 feet
Leet &'llcKay's 1-5
Leet & Davis' 1-10
1-5
1.5
No. Street. Survey.
23 Boland S Lcet se Davis
Part 1 Josephine SV F oley's
21 McIntosh N P. Fisher's
22 ,•
333
36 Scott S
37
38
4 Victoria S
5 .4
38 Francis W
N half 92 Carling E
0 John N
calves and 25 lean hogs and young pigs
offered xt the East BuS Abutti',r to"
day. The butchers were present in
large numbers, and trade was fair,
with scarcely any variation in prices
since Thursday. Pretty good cattle
sold at sbout 4c per lb, and a few of
the best at 41c per lb, but there is no
prime cattle on the market. Seven
common dry cows and thirty young,
stock sok%. at from So to 31e and lean.
ish beasts at from 24e to 210 per lb.
There was a good demand and some-
what higher prices paid for calves to-
day, prices ranging from 63 to $10
each. There are no changes to note
in the prices of mutton critters, sheep
selling tit about 30 per Ib and good
Iambs at about 4c per lb. Fat hogs
continue to sell et about fi?so per lb
and btore hogs at abour. 86 to $12 each
Seyeral well-bred young pigs, about
ten weeks old, were sold a. 86 50 each,
William Blair, for 14 years post-
master at Stratiord.hrts been dismissed
from' office and Mr S. S. Fuller, son
of the late Bishop Fuller of Niagara
Falls has been app..iuted to the posi-
tion. Various r"esors lire given for
Mr. Blair's dismissal.
Still the merry c ireivrtl of extrava-
gance proceeds at Ottawa. Despite
the fact that 838.131,701 was collected
from the people last year, and that
an alleged nominal surplus to said to
exist somewhere, the net public debt
was increased duriu;; the year by
$548,538, and now stands at the
enormous sum of $251,679.972.
Millions of
Women use it
for all pure so es
Laundry and
Household
and iirtd it a
great comfort
and saver of
Labor
10
C. T. Scott's
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Taxe:i. C :.1s. To.
v 3 2 Q1 7;5 45
47 67 6 550 54
11 72 4 .25 15
8 00 2 60 10 6
8 00 2 00. 10
11 72 4 25 15 9
u00 ego 8
0 00 2 CO 8
480 240 7
480 e40 7
1007 5 10 231
141 1 75 3 17
fi he e 00 8 6
669 e 8 04
JOHN DICKSON Treazurer
Treasurer's Office, Wingleam, June 231e1,.1893.
Has no equal
for purity, nor
for c eaning and
sweetening, nor
preserving the
clothes and
hands from in-
jury, nor for
all-round
general use.
RMIktISS CHEAP IMITATIONS
cliooi u piles
A. full stasis o' all Itinds of
SCfrIOOL., BOOKS,
for both High en 1 Pul,lic Seheols, ;just res'-ive.i
Alen, t\ lige s•nck t,f
Scribblers, Exercise Books,
Copy Books, Shiites,
Pencils, Crayons, &c.
Ju-tt. reet•it•ed a Ise:;+, eon'ienntent cf "Qin—stale 1).i'v t,ttl.,,
WALL PAPERS, WINDOW BLit S,
it i'.di stock, as n,lit i1.
ALEX
The Popular Bookstore, Wingham.
S T°'`:TIONEF'Y,.
ROSS.
VLATEQ'SPOONSALE
FOR A PACKAGE OF
6 TEA SPOONS
WORTH t I o0
A PACKA;E OF
3 TABLESPOONS
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Sugar Shells, Butter Knives, Pickle Forks, _
NAPKIN .RINGS, BITTER DISHES, PEPPER OR SALT CELLARS)
GREAT
Plated Spoon
SALE,.:
White Metal: Harder then Steel and Double Plated. Value unprecedatad
CHOICE
r
6 Tea Spoons,
3 Table Spoons; -1
3 Forks, - -r
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Per package,
DNS NAPKIN BING, -
DNB SUGAR SHELL, t=
ONE BUTTER KNIFE;
DEE PICKLE FORK, 1
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