The Wingham Times, 1888-02-03, Page 5R
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 1888,.
Arquud tb.e, County,
James G. McBride, an old and
highly esteemed resident of Seaforth,
died last week in his 00th year.
The Amont brothers, of Brussels,
purchased Smith Brothers' saw mill
in Grey and intend running it in eon,
neotion with their works in Brussels,.
May success attend them,
The anniversary services of Blyth
Presbyterian church will be held on
Sunday and Monday, 13th and 14th of
February. The sermons will be preach-
ed by Rev. J. L. Murray, of Kincar-
dine.
Conductor Holmes has been 32
years running on the Buffalo and God-
erich railway, and has never bad a
passenger injured. He has run his
trains an aggregate of between 1,700,-
000and 1,800,000 miles,
Last fall while plowing, was in pre -
gross on the Trick farm, on the Bay-
field
ayfield Road, near Clinton, they turned
up an elk's antler that measured 5 feet,
8i. inches in length, and ono of the
prongs measured 18i• inches long.
The Seaforth Caledonians had an
excellent Burns' Anniversary concert
on Wednesday night. Dr, Campbell
presided, Dr. Bo. vie spoke, Miss Elia
Cole and G. Spence sang and James
Fax amused with his comoialities.
Tho officers of the Howick Agricul-
turial Society for the year are: John
Koine, president; John H. Johnston,
vice•president ; Peter Hopinstall, see-
treas. ; directors, Robert Harding,
Alex. Robinson, Francis Clegg, Robert
Gibson, James Fraser, Samuel Greer,
John Anderson, Samuel Johnston and
James Bell, Auditors, James Arm-
strong, V.S, and W. S. Bean. Tlie
fall show for 1888 to be held in Ford-
wich.
At Wentworth assizes last week
will, the case of Trice vs, Robinson
was tried. In this case Mrs. Alice
Trice sued Nir. R. Robinson, of Ork-
ney, for $1,000 damages for the death
of her husband, which occurred on the
Grand Trunk railway on June let last,
he having, it is alleged, got an excess
of whiskey at Robinson's hotel. The
defence claimed'that Trice was not a
regular customer and that Robinson
bad not been notified to give liquox to
him. The jury brought in a verdict for
the plaintiff for $100 and costs.
Listoveel•
A scow -shooing club has been
formed andhas about fifty members.
Messrs. H. Goddard, T. Male and
R. Ferguson took prizes at the Strat-
ford poultry show. •
Dr. McLellan is to lecture on
f0 Higher education and the working-
man " on the evening of the 3rd
February. -- -
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License Inspector Fisher paid this
town a visit last week, and as a result
all the hotel keepers, with tile cusp -
tion of Mr. Kraus, were mulct in sums
varying from twenty to forty dollars
oath.—Standard, •
On Monday night week a fire. broke
out in the residence of Thos, E. Hay.
It is supposed to have originated from
the weed furnace in the basement.
The family being at church the flames
made great headway before discovered.
Only a very small portion of the con•
tents were saved. The building which
is completely destroyed was insured
• for $3,900. The total loss is about
$5,400.
The Burns' anniversary supper was
get up and passed off in true Scottish
style,' R. Ferguson gave a fervid des-
cription of the poetic genuis and tow-
ering intellect of Burns. Songs,
speeelios, were given by many of the
sixty guests present.. A former en-
thuriastic resident and son of Scotia,
A. B. McCallum, now of the Mai
staff, in his letter, regretting his in-
ability to be present, said : The world
may never have a Burns a ;air, and to
Scotia's sons it is a grand privilege to
commune with each other on the
touching pathos of his lyrics, the
masterly saroasm of his epistles, and
the powerful inffttenes which he exer-
cised on the religious, social and poli.
tia1. history, not of Scotland, but of the
English speaking, people throughout
the world. I trnat that you will have
a grand outpouring of fervid Scottish
eloquence, and that when the whole
affair is over you will be able to say,
as X was oar shniliar occasions,, " that
ft was good to be there. "
Teeswater..
At the Culross council on the 16th
met,, M. Adamson was appointed
auditor along with Mr. Colvin, M.
counts were passed as follows; --How,
sell d Hutchison, stationery, 84 cts. ;
Wm.. Seat)fixingroad, $21 ; Muni.
cipal elections, $70,68 ; William
McKee, culvert, $6; Messrs. Noll,
Ross and Wellwood were appointed
members of the Board of Health.
Turuberry.
On the farm of Mr. Robert Has-
tings on Friday last, Messrs. W.
Merkley and fan Langley cub a
cord of wood in 12 minutes. If any-
one questions the veracity of this state-
ment the boys are ready to repeat the
operationon a wager of $50. That's
business, boys.
Mount Nebo Grange met at Mr. A.
Mitchell's on Friday last. Business
is active.—Miss Jane Mitchell visited
at Mx. T. Fortune's last week.—Tho
congregational meeting of Eadiee'
church was held on Friday last.
Messrs. Mitchell, Aiken and Gilmer
were chosen as managers. There is a
small surplus in the treasury. The
W. F. M. S. met the same day and
reported a prosperous year's work.
On Tuesday evening last the
boundary line Literary Society met
at the residence of Mr. Peter Fowler,
The new officers took their places as
follows: Mr. John Jenkins, president;
John Fowler, secretary ; Mr, James
Fowler, treasurer ; considerable busi-
ness was gone through. We ,under..
stand they intend purchasing a new
library for the society. A good pro-
gramme was gone through and they
then adjourned to meet on the 7th of
February.
At the annual meeting of the Blue -
vale Cheese & Butter Factory, Mr.
R. Maxwell and J. Diamond of the
boundary line were appointed directors.
They have the right men in the right
place. -=Miss Eliza Diamond is at
present visiting friends in Goderich,—
Misses Annie and Minnie Bell, of
Tavistock, are at present the guests
of Mr. Wm. Henderson,—Mr, Thos.
Jenkins has completed his dwelling
house, which is one of the finest farm
houses in• this section of the country,
Lucknow.
At the last meeting of the mock
parliament impromtu speeches were
made by D. D. Yule, on tobacco ; Dr.
McOrimmon, on Home Rule ; D. E.
Cameron, the writings'of Burns ; Mal-
Colm Campbell on Habit ; Dr. Ten-
nant on Education.
At the annual meeting of the Kin-
loss Branch Agricultural Society
officers were chosen as follows : presi-
dent, P. McKenzie ; 1st vice, Peter
Corrigan ; 2nd vice, ,Tames Gaunt; di-
rectors : Ashfield, James Lane, J. Mc-
Intyre ;. Wawanosh, D. Rutherford
Kinloss, J. Gaunt, J. Nicholson ;
Huron, Alex. Patterson ; Lucknow,
Janes Bryan, 0. W. Berry ;auditors :
D. E. Cameron, W. Connell.
Burns' anniversary was observed
with great enthusiasm here, where aro
found many ardent maintainers of
Scotch amusements, and men who
cherish strong feelings towards their
native land. The gathering was very
largely attended and the amusement
took the form of a dance. ' Chief Me-
Orini'mon made some pertinent re-
marks on the dancing question. He
said he had no sympathy with those
who denounced dancing at all times
and seasons.. He believed that danc-
ing had its place, and if kept within
proper bounds was conducive to health
and socialness. The refreshments
were prepared•by Mrs. D. A. McCrim�
mon, and were ample and excellent,
Music was furnished by Messrs. Mac-
donald and + dgson, with Miss Mac-
donald as organ accompanist. Mr.
D. McKay, of Kintail, supplied pipe
music.
COMITERCIAL UNION MnsTurG.— A
meeting under the auspices of the
Agricultural Society was held, in
Lucknow, on the evenipg of the 27th
ult,, to discuss the question Commer-
sisal Union, Mr. P. McKenzie,. the
president, in the chair. There was a
large attendance notwithstanding the
stormy nature of the weather, the
audience being' largely composed of
farmers. Mr, Thomas'haw, Secre-
tary of the Central Farmers' Institute,.
of Hamilton, dwelt principally upon
the farmer's aspect of the question.
He wished the manufacturers of the
country to flourish, but not at the ex -
pence of the farmer. The trend of
trade between the two countries was
more powerful than unwise legislation
to hinder it, for although from the
years 1873 to 1878 the excess of the
aggregate trade of. the Dominion with
Britain was $18,000,000 morethan
with the United States, during the
years 1882 to 1887 the volume of
trade with the United States was the -
greater. Farmers had nothing to fear
from American stool, export, singe
they took, from us now to the value of
millions; nor from American grain, for
tbo day was not far distant when all
Canada east of Lake Huron would
cease' to export coarse grains. He
urged the farmers to stand together in
this battle and, not tocease in their
efforts,
Dr, McDonald, M. P. of Wingham,
said that the surest way to make and
keep a people loyal is to render them
prosperous, which could not be said of
the state of the people of Canada to-
day. He drew this distinction be
tween Commercial Union and Unre'-
stricted Reciprocity, that in the latter
case we would retain our Customs and
collect a tariff on goods 'coming from
ther ocountries, and while we admit-
ted every product of the United States
free, we would make our own terms as
to trade with other countries. If
there was danger that Americans
would flood our country with farm
produce, why, then, the standing offer
on our statute books of reciprocal trade
to the people of the United Stateal
He dwelt upon the importance of the
farming industry, relatively. Al-
though 80 per cent. of the farms of
Ontario are mortgaged. to the extent
of $1275,000,000, 8 per cent,' of the
balance would buy out all the manu-
factures benefited by the N.P. Com-
merciel Union would tend very much
to the development of our mines,
which were the richest under the sun;
of our fisheries, • the great natural
market of which is the United States;
and it could not fail to prove a boon
to the lumbermen. Nearly the whole
of the Western States were without
coal, while our Northwest had an
inexhaustible supply, and it was not
wise to discourage the development of
that trade by restrictions in 'either
country.. Tho address of the doctor
was clear and comprehensive. At its
close the following resolution was
carried with perfect unanimity.
Moved by P. Corrigan, seconded by
James Bryan, and resolved, " That
this meeting views with favor the pro-
posal for Unrestricted Reciprocity
between Canada and the United States
and would express the hope that the
two countries may soon enter into an
arrangement to -that end upon such
terms as shall be fair to both. •
Bluevale.
At the aunual meeting of the share-
holders of the Eluevale Cheese and
Butter Company, held in the Forest-
ers' hall, Bluevale, January 25th,it was
shown that the past iseasoe had been
very successful for the patrons of the fee-
tory,,good prices for. the cheese having
been realized for each of the season's
sales, and that the dairy industry for
the past year had been more satisfadr-
tory to the farmers. here than any
other branch of their business. The
average quantity et- milk taken to
make one • pound of cheese was 10,
61,100 lbs. ; the average price at
which the cheese wore •sold was 10,.
82-100 cents per ib. ; the average cost
of making cheese, including all ex-
penses was 1,99-100 cents per.lb. The
quantity of cheese made was nearly
119 tons. It was also strongly im-
pressed on those present, of which
there were. not lass than 150, . that
the profits on all farming operations
at the present time are so small that
it was absolutely necessary •to keep
down expenses as far as it was possible
to do so in every branch of the busi-
ness including the manufacture of
cheese. It was strongly impressed
on the incoming board of directors the
necessity of conducting the business
for the present year with as much
economy as possible, without allowing
the product of the factory or the busi-
ness of the Company or its prosperity
to deteriorate in quality. The share-
holders then present gave to the
managers of the past season a renewal
of their confidence by electing the
whole of the old board of directors,.
namely:—John: R, Miller, Robt. Max-
well, Wni. Isbister, James, Elliott, J.
Diineut. They also elected Peter.
McLaren auditor for the shareholders.
The business having occupied con-
siderable time it was found neoessary
to adjourn the meeting to Wednesday,
February 8, at 1 o'clock p. m , when
the whey for the incoming season will
be offered for sale. The drawing of
the milk and other business will be
taken up and. disposed of. A iuoeting
of the newly elected board of directors.
was held immediately after the ad-•�
journment, when the following ofii,
cors were clouted. John R. Miller,.
president; John Burgess, secretary ;
Wm. Messer, treasurer Ana. Thomas,'
Farrow,, auditor..
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A. W. WEBSTER'S:
New Scotch Tweeds, New Canadian Tweeds:
New Worsted Coatings and Pantings,
Which will be made up in First Class Style, with Superior Trimmings,
and at .11'Ioderate Prices.
A PERFECT FIT GIVEN EVERY TIME.
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WILL BE SOLD OtJT AT'
TO MAKE ROOM FOR
SPRING STOCK.
Come and see our Bargains.
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