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iUDAY, N(.)y MBBit 17, I:93,
EDITORIAL NOTES.
electors of New Jersey came dov n
?r on the race track gamilling and
iie;htiu t dens, lad week.
Li.eav hot contest is being waged in
!ipeg for the seat lately held by Mr.
tel, John Macdonald. Hon. Mr. Mer
I the Reform candidate.
:14 jury in the Battle Creek disaster
pthe G. T. R. blameless, but find
hoto” Slett and Engineer Wade).
'Ft t,f criminal negligence.
1. DONALD GUTHRIE, M. P. P., of
r, 4Velting'ou, will not be a canrli-
r'l'••r the Ontario GPgielature again.
nvention will be held on the 28th
reit to nominate a candidate.
\ "t' , the sage of Bund street
Toronto, spoke at McCerth}'s
t*ig at Stratford, He does not talk
HT reform, but dilates on race and
rliffere v es. He is not likely to be
t accession to Mr TacCarthy.
Christmas Fat Stock Show of the
ce of Ontario will be held in
h. • u December 0 and 7. Those in
intend making it one of the hest
ever held in the Province. Two
nd five hundred dollars will be
in prizes. and a large number or
rld's Fair prize winners will be
on exhibition.
sent, Poe•T :—A meeting or the
Coneervat i t ee of this riding= (East
was heli in Brussels last Friday.
inpbell. 'r. P. P. for Alnoma, who
arming duties as,,Provincial org n.
as present and addressed the
g. E. L. Dickinson, a well known
pular barrister of Wing.hain. was
as the candidate for the Local
tura end we belie t e he ic2cepted.
PETER MTTOEELL has recently
from Washington, and he is
repressed with the necessity of
"Ate action on the part of the
ion Government to appoint some
represent Canada at Washington.
ays and Means Committee of
es will, during the next three
omelet° the draiting of the new
i11 which is tobe ready forpre-
in shortly! atter the House re -
les on the 4th prox. In thedraft-
:his seal, it is needles, sty
is much interested. It may be
n as to continue the existing re -
ns upon trade between ourselves
neighbors, or it may become the
of enormously extending com.
iulereourse between the two
to their mutual •Tifotit. Ac -
to Mr. Mitchell the members
.committee are disposed to con-
vorably any fair plan calculated
ate this Iatter object. The Dom-
overnment should, therefore,send
t -
t to .4ashington at once who
ie to point out wherein the
riff legislation of both coun-
be amended and who will have
to promise concessions by
10 return for concessions by the
tates. r ' f
INOTAL PARK SYSTEM.
RIfz. ENT PARK POLICY IIAS MET
VIE APPRoVAa, Or THE PEOPLE
Pitot/Noll.
airs of theOntarioGovernment
been received with more favor
pie of the Province than the
Ptovineial •parks which is being
d--710 beim?, be usm the Gov
ttr determined upon nddtng
ilboee whiol3 Have already
. The..reeervations with
people of the P'ravinee are
e no defense. Their value
city stow constantly, and
mater as the Province tills
l riellyy-I•nrrewsinn� is&pula-
imsal rd far within the next
few years. The new park will be no lase
popular, and, although it may benefit the.
o i
western part of the k'r urate roars thtn.
the t•aetern, the circumstances in con-
notation with its being set .upurt 'trill
siaroely allow of oritioitsm upon that or
any other score.
Repreeentetions have for a number of
years been made to the Government to
httve.liondeau Point, in Kent County,
made into a publlo park,, Its advantages
as a eutumer-holidaying and shooting
ground hnye been testified to by troops of
picnickers and sportsmen, It has long
furnished a breathing spot upon Lake
Erie to which the people of Kent and
adjacent parts of Essex and Elgin Coun-
ties, summer after summer, have come
distances often of fifteen and twenty
miles with horses and wagons, and has
been the resort, toe, of excursion parties
from Chatham, Bleulteim and other
points on the Erie ,h Huron Railway,
which runs down to Roncleau Harbor.
Its transformation into a Provincial park
is a project which has beet? frequently
urged upon the Government. Whenever
occasion offered, the benefits which
would result from such a park have been
pointed out, and whet small costs would
bo entailed. The whole of the point,
except 500 acres of Dominion ordnance
land, is owned by the Province, and. be-
ing valueless for any other than park
purposes, the cost of establishing tbo
park need not exceed the modest
amount required for taking care of it
new, its oonp.ummation is only s few
months old. It was no longer ago than
the 8th of February, 1802, that a cow -
missies was issued for inquiry ireto the
fitness of the territory, afterwards set
apart, for the purposes of a forest reser-
vation and national park. The commis-
SUITABILITY FOR PARI{ runnosES.
Roncleau Point is one of the southern-
most pieces of land. in Canada. It is
nothing more than a sand -bar tbrewn up
by the waves of Lake Erie. It encloses
a spacious body of water called Rondeau
Harbor,or, as it is named upon old maps,
the Lake of the Point of Pines. The
point, as will be remembered, is almost
an island. Its only connection with the
mainland is a narrow strip of land about
a quarter of a mile in width. Years ago
another sand -bar joined the southern
end of the point to the mainlnnd, but it
has beeu cut through, and the cutting
forms the entrance into Roddeau Har-
bor. The area of the new park will be
3,500 acres, if the request which has
been made to the Dominion by the Pro-
vinelal Government be acceded to and
tie 500 acres of ordnance be given to the
purpose. It is something over five miles
in length and about a mile and a halt
across at its widest. It is fringtelf upon
its landward side with extensive marshes
wheel are a favorite resort of wild geese,
and leeks. "The 'point fes well.'covered
with pines and other kinds of trees,;and,
in plan is. is thickly wooded;, The beach,
beim,' pebbly and gradually slqping,"
offers the most excellent bathing facili-
ties, ao•r as the shallow water of 'Lake
Erie is warm through all the summer
months, this is a strong attraction for
holiday-makers, and will, enhance the
advantages of the point as a summering
place, if it be decided to allow the erec-
tion of hotels and cottages in the park.
There are other uses, also, to which
the park may be put. The suggestion
has been made that the splendid marshes
might; be made a breeding ground fur
the wild tt:trkey, which is now almost
extinct in Canada. If a close season all
the year round were established in the
park, a few seasons would, no doubt,
contribute to the increase in the num-
bers of this and other game fowl in On-
tario, The importance of thiseeuestion
of the preservation of wild fowl is gener-
ally recognized, and the park coup very
popularly, be utilized as a preserve:
NIAGARA PALLS PARK.
The system of Provincial parks, which
has now been completed, entails upon
the Province so smell ail outlay' that It
has met with • no serious criticism, and
the latest addition, which, under, Hon.
A. S. Hardy's administration of Crown
lands,has • mime to it,will' not
been a
likely arouse any: fault-fiuding. In this
Iconnection it may be interesting to say
something about the Niagara Falls and
Algonquin Parks. The former'is so Welk
known that little need be, said of it. Tile
nurnber of its visitors clueing the months
of June,July and August and September
of 1892 was 161,821, ae average of 40,450
per month. Its Attractions have, how-
ever, been so greatly inoreaeed by the
construction of the electric railway
through it that aa the conyenienoe of the
route and the beauty of the park and
its unrivalled view of the fails become
better known the public will mare And
mere take advantage of them, Whatever
opposition was aroused in a few quarters
at the establishtnent of the pork has
ceased to exist, and the wisdom and
foresight of Sir Oliver Mowat and his
t'3overameut with regard to it are now
acknowledged
sionere' report was preeented at the last
meeting of the L.egisluture.. An act was
tweed, in accordance with their recom-
mendations and is now being put into
effect under the energetio direotion or
the Commissioner of Crown Lands. A
Chief Ranger and several assistant
rangers entered tbe park in July via
Huntsville. and have been at work there.
since erecting log houses as accommoda-
tion
ccom motla-
tion for the Chief Ranger and his staff,
while shelter huts are also being erected
at differeut points, The looation chosen
for the Chief Ranger's house is en Canoe
Lake, During the summer, a delimita-
tion of a part of the northern boundary
of the park, not heretofore laid down
upon any plan, has been made by Mr.
James Dickson, 0. L. S., Feneloo Falls..
The territory which has been set apart
is a compact tract of land in the District
of Nipissing, south of the Mattawa
River, and lying between the Ottawa
River and Georgian Bay, It is almost a
parallelogram in shape, consisting of
four tiers of four townships each, with
two townships on the northwest corner.
Its greatest depth is from north to south,
the average distance beim 40 miles,
while from oast to west the breadth is 36
miles. It includes 831,763 acres of land
'and 106,393 acres of water,or 1,300 square
miles of the former and 166 square miles
of the latter. Its western boundary has
a mean distance of about nine miles
from the eastern boundary of Parry
Sound District, while on the east at the
northeast angle of the Township of Dea-
con it approaches to within about twelve
miles of the Ottawa River. As the
course of the river, however, is south-
easterly, while'the boundary ,on the park
is almost due north and south, the dist-
ance from the confines of the park to the
river rapidly increases as the southern
limit of the latter is reached. • Deux
Riviores, on the Ottawa, some twelve
miles distance from its northern limit,
is the nearest settlement of any import-
ance, the population in the townships
lying between the eastern boundary and
the Ottawa, through which the line of
the Canadian Pacific Railway Company
runs, being very sparse. Otherwise, for
considerable distances on all sides of the
park, north, south, east and west, there
is almost no settlement at ail, though a
few hardy pioneers have pushed far.irti
-the Hastings and Opeongo reads, whose
northern extremities approach the
:eoutbern confines of the reserve. It may
be approached from any one of its four
sides, on the west by way of the Musko-
ka River, on the north by a road which.
reeds from Deux Rivieres on the Cana-
dian Pacific Railway to the Petawawa
waters, and also by a lumbering mad
from Mattawa, on the east by the Mada-
waska, and on the south by way of Hali-
burton. The•projected lineof the Ottawa,
Arnprior & Parry Sound Colonization
Railway Company passes through the
southwestern' corner of the tract. The
district. the commissioners say,. is one
which has never been opened for settle-
ment, and which, both from its remote-
ness from population and from its con-
taining only small and scattered areas of
tillable soil, is not one to attract even
the hardy Canadian backwoodsman,
especially when ungranted lands in so
many other more accessible and more
fertile parts of the Province are at his
disposal. Its retention In the bands of
the Crown will 'not appreciably lessen
the •agricultural area of the .Provi'nce,
while if extensive clearings ward allowed
to be made, ostensibly for,farming pug-
poses, the consequence would be that
the district for.forest purposes would he
rendered useless, osseesin littl
and, Ii g , e
or no value from an agricultural point of
view,it would soon be: ;converted into a
dreary and abandoned waste. •
VIE ENDS TO bit ATTAINED..-
may oontain remedial powers. And he,
sides this, the reservation will offer an
a ofprotection tor a u fur-bear-
ing
ur- e-
arnpr t ngame and bar
ing animals, tisk and birds, and make
what is now a breeding ground for all
the animals and fish indigenous to On-
tario into a natural game preserve.
These objects, when compared with
the small expenditure which will be
necessary for their accomplishment,. we
nn abundaut vindication of the Govern-
ment's policy if its wisdom in this par
i titular• were called into question, And
just as the Niagara Falls Park and the
Algonquin Reservation have found
marked favor throughout the whole of
the province, so, also the general opinion
with regard to the new Rondeau Park
may be expected to be one of hearty ap-
proval,
' Condensing into a paragraph the ends
which the commissioners' report says.
are to be attained by the reservation, the
most important is the maintenance of the
water supply, which from the water
shed largely comprised within its limits
fills the streams flowing into the Ottawa
River and emptying into Georgian Bay.
That these important streams should be
kept in full flow is. demanded by the
interests of lumbermen, manufacturers
and farmers, and to do it, it is essential
that the forests upon this elevated tract
of land be preserved. If, however, this
be done, it will not only proteet the
water supply, but oleo will have a bonetl-
oial effect upon our climate ; it will give
a field for experiments in the increasing
4LCox¢t IN Rh shrtvArrox. Interesting study of forestry, and will
Of the Algonquiti Park lei is knowtt also, as the Adirondack Park does, pro•
{
by the public. lies, although the trojeetvide a health resort to invalitheforwhom
of a large northern reservation. is not the altitude and pine toroth of the park
The Prospect for Dressed Hog.
Torouto Globe : Local packers do not
look for such high prices in hogs as ruled
last year. It is the opinion that the ex-
ceptional prices paid last winter led agood
tnauy to increase the usual number of
lio0e ted for this year, and that the pre -
meet season's crop will be sufficiently large
to keep down prices. The mild weather
has beeu quite a drawback to the rnarket
during the past fortnight, Owing to the
warm weather the bulk of the hogs seem
to have been „hipped to this market, and
that has helped to put down the prices to
167, while if the weather bad been colder
more hogs would Iiave been shipped east,
thereby reducing the receipts in this
market,aud leaving a teudency to maintain
prices at a higher reege. Local packers
ire not buying largely at present, scree
being inclined to the view that lower
prices will soon prevail, and that they will
soon be able to get their supplies for lase
money. This idea is based on the high
price of dressed hogs compared with fresh
beef aid mutton. "The fresh meat is
better than the cured hoe product," said a
local pack3r, "and you cannot expect
people to buy the latter when it is the
dearer of the two, and by no means the
best.
' .Londesboro.
A meeting was held in the Temper-
ance hall on Saturday last. to form a
township association for Hullett in
connection with the Plehiscite cam
pati;.,. The following officers wer
elected : President, M. Braithwaite
Secretary, W, Stickel ; Treasurer, B.
Lawrason ; J. Wilson, of Auburn, G.
M. Kitty, of Summerhill, and M.
Braithwaite, were appointed -Vice.
Presidents for their respegtive;polling
isuhdiyisions. The tetnperenea'people
In this section will do till they' caii to
swell the nlsjority for Prohibition,
Teeswater.
Mr. Thomas Ftirbeirn, of Buffalo.
formerly peeve of this village, died, in
that city the other day
At the annual meeting of the .Knox
Cbutch Mission Band the following 1
Preslrs ;Mrs. John eiect Forsyth, Vice Pres; DEM Q LL COLLEGE
officwered:—Mr. Chadwik
Fanny Gordon, Seo.: Cora Ferguson,
Cor. Sec.; Willie Robertson, Teens. O19HAWA.
The 'sem of $23.50 is in the treasury.
Ire. addition, several articles of uaful-
nese were contributed by the Band to
tbe hale of clothing sent by the W. F.
M. S. to Port Albert Mission School.
Teeswater and Caiross township
have, prganized jointly for the coming
plebiscite campaign. ' Officers here
been appointed., and the canmpaigu
ente't'd upon with vigor,
Wroxeter.
Mr. Robert Diekson, who lute filled
io ofhere for
the position ,sun s e i a
h ata a t e
pp
great numof years, diad on
ne# day of lberast week, aged 70 years,
The deceased had been ailing for
several years,
M r. Geo. E, Dane, of the firm of
Robinson & Dane, having received
a position with Knox, Morgan ib C11.,
wholesale inerchants, Hamilton, will
retire from the firni. Mr, Dane is a
very popnla.r young suss, and he will
he greatly missed in Wroxeter, Wi'
wishhiu► every suc,:ess in his new
position,
On Friday evening hist, the olfieers
of Court Wroxeter, No, 2(i7,0anedian
Order of Forest( re, were ipstalled by
R, Elliott, P. H. O. It., of Wiughatn,
itssist.ed by Mr. John HBarnard, ll, D.
11. C. R., of District No. 81, pe fol-
lows :' Rohr. Black, C. R. ; Thos. Roe,
V. 0. R. ; R. 11, Fortune, Recording
Secretary ; Jas. Vox, Financial Secre-
tary ; John Bray, Treasurer ; T. A.
Gibson, Ohaplain ; A. Saunders,
Senidel. Woodward ; T. Sage, Junior
Woodward ; William Knox, S'euior
Beadle ; 13, McEwen, Junior Beadle.
After the installation, the members
of the Court and visiting brethren, to
the dumber, of allpmt seventy, sat down
to ,sumptuous oyster supper in the
diniug hall of the Court.
Mr, W, Goetz„ proprietor of the
American Hotel, Stratford, was fined
on Tuesday for not leaving his bars
room l,linds open on Sunday.
Mr$. Hark Sutton, of Erin, wad
found dead in be cistern at her own
home,, It is su posed that in draw-
ing up a bucket of water Mrs, button
lost•iter balance and felt in.
Dairy Markets.
Ingersoll, Nov. 14.—Offerings to -day.
6,000 boxes September and helium make ;
nn sales. Market quiet ; 1lc refused.
Consumption
is oftentimes absolutely!
cured in its earliest stages
by the use of that won-
derful
Food Medicine,
Scott's
Emulsion
which is now in high
repute the world over,
eCAUTION.."—Beeereofsubstitutes '
Genudna prepared by Scott It Bowie. 1
Balleyiae. Sold by ell druggists. i
SQa .'
THE LEAOINGARTICLES
East Wawanosh.
Mr. S D. Wellwood left on Fri-
day for Manitoba with a car load of
sheep.
On Saturday last, 'a 'meeting was
held in the School house at Marnoch,
to organize for the plebiscite campaign
There wasp fair attendance, and tr
good deal of enthusiasm was manifest-
ed. The following officers w
e
re elect-
ed:
lec -ed: Alfred Carr, President; H
Mc-
Clinton. Secretary Treasurer; Viee-
1'resident-Polling eubdivitiion No. 1,
R. Somers; No. 2, Mr. Scott; No. 8,
Mr. Ittrs►naa; No, 4, Gavin Wilson.
be prospects are that there will he a
Nirge vote polled in fever of Prohihi•
tion on 'January lat next, in this
township.
The remains of Thomas A. Sharp,
a former resident of Seaforth, who
removed to Cleveland in June last,
and who died in a hotel at Rockport,
Ohio, about two weeks ago, were
found by his brother -ill -law, Col. Sills,
in it medical college at Oleveland ott
Monday,. 8th inst. The names of Mr.
Sharp's relatives are Edward P. Sharp,
Woodstock ; Prod tL Sharp, St.
Mary's;, R. L. Sharpy Toronto, and
Henry Livings, Seaforth. Thos. A.
Sherp ra supposed tb have died from
the et1' ata of an epileptic fit while
visiting at Rockport,
The building operationb in the city
of Guelph for the past year amounted
to over $100,000.
Au iestitutieu where none but boarders
are admitted; has been' running about 18
years.
Employs' a very Efficient Staff
of Ten Teachers.
SCHOLARSHIPS ARE SOLD,
•embracing"a full course yearly, intiluding
all the English branches, Seiences, French
aid German, Classics, Music, Drawing,
Crayon Portrait, oil Painting, Ornamental
branches, with Vocal a'ud Elocution, in
chaises, at remarkably low rates.
This Inetitutio,i draws students from
Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and the towns
v
and reties from Canadaas well C9 from
New Ynrk, Qhioago aid' other cities from
the United States.
For particulars address,
MISS D. A. IIi11tD, Secretary,
Palmate.
A LIBERAL OFFER!
•
We are now offering
THE LADIES' JOURNAL
of Toronto, a large 88 page monthly
Illustrated Fashion Home Paper
partieatarlyIuteresting to ladies, with
T
T'IMM S
'the two liublicetions will be given far
for one year, and will bo sent to any
addreos. This offer appjiee to those who
renew for the Tole for another year be-
fore January let, 1894, to well 98 to new
subsdribers.
The regular aubsoription price of the
Ladiei' aowrual is Ons Dollar per year.
The Joarnal and the Trawl will only Cost
you 11,26 if yon mend now.
Atheists, Tines shams, ,
Winghem, Ons,
As well as h ;edreds of miner cues in
silverware and jewellery lin• you will find
not nuty represented hitt nbonaant in our
stock and Rive you such an,.it.s-.:rtment tR::•
pick from (hut whatever your tssbe or con-
dition of your purse, w•r: can easily be
'suited. Nutnralle the first p' reha.ers get
the best of it. There is nota better time to
purchase than tem.
• We bawl in eVi re ,leeartment, euuh as
watch. clonic, wedding ring. jewellery.
Repairing a specialty.
J. R. M 3J'NSHAW.
lfaann Illmar , `1'inghani.
BARK WANTED.
1500 CORDS Ii DOCK{ BARK
wanted at the \Viu„b••.rt, 'Tannery.
$5.00 PER CORD.
Will be Paul on delivery.
Parties pealing' 15 n,eels or wer, can
deliver half In t.n nUner Ni,d balance in
winter, if desired, and same price will be
paid.
WINCHAM TA!Ii C CO.
Wingbarn, May 10th. 1898.
1. B. CUMMINGS
Begs to intimate is hie numerous cur•
temera and othere that he intends
morin to the stand lately used
K 7
As r boot and shoo• store
acs
Two Doors North of. Post Office
whore will be trued a large stock of
Musical Instruments,
Sewing Machines,
Washing Machines
and Wringers,
with all needed repairs.
Also, a full line of
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
��1tA•-••
GENERAL STATIONERY.
Store will be opened on Saturday, July
99Ne.
GIME MEE A CAVE.. 1
J. 11. CUMMING'S
tlfi gfutn, Maly Oath, '03., gam.
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Henry Martinsoh,l
of this town, has re
vined•.
Thos. Riley, fro
Wni.'Sohlintwt, from'
turned to town.
B. B. Sarvis and
who were both anti
are able to be out age
F. E, Kilvert, jr.,
of the Bank of ,lam
spending his holiday,
S. McKee return
burongh last week
attending the tuuera,!
Nathaniel Puroell,l
in Regina, N. W, T
turned home to speni
Wm, Ainley has g
the piano faetnry
Brussels, where he h
situation.
J. S. Huston, wht
the McCormick kak
from Stratford to L�
up his residence in k�
Miss Clara Rothw
spending a few days
She ' sang one of
songs in am Methodi
Sunday evening, whi
to say, was well revel
Mrs. J. D. Lang
was in town all last
and renewing old ace
has sold her house ail
vin Travis, of Elma,
remove to town.
Miss Eliza Gordo
ed to teach in sole
Wellesley, during tb
She was the successfil
of one hundred and
plied for the position
A grand concert, u
ofetbe local court of
Order of Foresters,
town shortly. Hiss
world -famed violinist
of a hig'i order,will hr
occasion
Our town band inti
musical society in ca,
band. Any of our cit
members on payment
George Barges scall
residence on Elma st
l Leslie, of Maryborl
shortly take up his r
town.
Dr. A. H. Nichol,
been spending 'sone'
burgh, Scotland, 1:
passed his exarriinatit
the degree of L. R. (
now removed to Lo
where he intends. ti
course of study. On
intentiof is to settle i
The hunting party
here to Muskoka abot
has returned home an
a good time, but bad
captured four deer.
two, James Hannah
guide one. Deer was
account of the dry wl
ing wee poor.
The brick work of
is almost finished.
contractors, are huat
ed the second story a
rate during the fine d
week or so. Resents
np 60,000 brick on tl
i' ington Cheese Co.'s r
most completing the
factory within a wee
How to Get. a "sett
Send 25 •'Sunlight"SI,
per bearing the words"'
Look Old Sooner Thanl
Bros., Ltd., 48 Scott Ste
will receive by poet a r
from advertleing, and t'
This is an easy way to
The soap is the beat ie
will only cost one ceut
the wrappers, if . you le
,
Write your address oats
Bruss
The first monthly
this season will be 1
on Thursday, Nov.
Gospel Temperate
probably be held eac
noon in the Town
Sunday.
Last Tuesday Mt
bud the misfortune
his legs broken whin
pressing machine at I
I3eaker Rt Venetor
laid aside for severe
the unfortunate aoci
It The following o1
elected in conneotl
Prinoeee Alexandra,
of Forestere : 0. Sig
R., Jesse Wilhee 1
Plum, Rec. Secy.,
Secy., A. IRoenig., "J'.
SrWoodward, A
Wilhee; Sr, Beadle,
Waiker.
The Eruatels Err,
f