HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1888-06-08, Page 1VOL. XVJY.--i0 2
Y i' I.N GHAM, ONT„ a. FRIDAY, JUNE ..I;:Y 11;A. C7, 888.
` WHO GE NO. 855
LOCAL N4Wra.
--The Godorioli C ledonian Games will
be held on the 2nd o July,
—The proceeding f the Wingham and
Turuberry councils re crowded out,
—The. population
,0,759 and the assns
property 01,515,873,
Owen Sound is now
a valve of the real
„Hosea ttortou d deputy.reevo Greg,
:cry are in attend nee at the County
0040011 this week,
—WaxTen :—To a change a new piano
or organ for a good riviug Horse. Apply
to II. Davis Wi
ghi
3j —Four comfortable rooms to let in the
Beaver .block. Apply to R. MOIsmoo,
—Colliugwood hasOseoured, at -,,a depth of
000 feet, two strong ikaturat gas wells,
--All the popular� rremedies, fresh,. at
•
—Ayoung lad, son of Il'tra. T. Linklater,
of Lower Wingham 1 a1 one of his fingers
badly broken while p ;tyingball the other
cloy,
—Mr, C. N. Gri u, grocer, appeared
before the Mayor, R eve and Mr. Scott on
Saturday evening, on a charge of violating
the -Early Closing D .-law; He was fined.
$2 and costs.
-The San Franoi eo Minstrels are now
,ail a tour througle anada and will be in
the town hall hereon Wednesday next,
The' prase in Bostoi', Chicago, New York,
Olevelaud, Pitman tti &c. speak of them
in tering of highest praise.
7?llg Wingham Volunteer Co. No, 2 of
Battalion 33 have r cently refurbislaedtheir
;Gaol trements, do fled, their red coats and
had :Several who) some drills under the
cornmend of Qapt u Williams. They go
to Stratford on T esday, the 19th of June.
—A most inter ting lacrosse match is
to be played on -p k here on Friday, the
10th inst, botwee the Sepoys, of Lucknow
. paid the Wingha steam. The visiting team
Inas a great reput tion and we expect many
citizens will be anxious to gee the game. co Store. s ruer D ug —2t
—Notice Joseph B
new sand pit.
—Fatter Lang, of t
while driving on Sun
broken,
—Stratford has aoating debt of over
$31,000, and a debeiture debt of over
3350,0001
—Wool ! wool 1 wo 11 We aro prepar-
ed to pay the highe't price in each or
of wool. Mc,
tradefor anytioo D.
auan
Y
Innes as Co. Ogrr's old stand,
—Good bedding Geraniums only 6 cents
each at Jos. Bradwin's Greenhouse. A
good variety of all kiuds of household
plants kept on hand. —4t
Kaolin Gillies, off Bruce county, has
been appointed Pollee Magistrate for the
District of Algoma at a salary of 01,400
per annum. His offi
Marie.
—The Oddfellow excursion on Friday
next, the 15th is li ely to be a monster one
and ample provisions are being made for
the comfort and ehjoyment of all who pat-
rouize it. See the bills and posters.
Notice : I have disposed of my butch-
ering business in Wingham and hereby re-
quest all those indebted to me to have
their accounts settled at once- and thus
avoid expense of collection. W. MATTiLL.
—The sixth annual Caledonian games
were held at K.iiitail on the 24th of May,
and were very s�coessful. The prizes for
the best dressed ighlander were taken by
A. McPherson, D. G, McXeith and C. D.
McKay..
„/F Instead of
the Messrs. S
down over 40 v
ing visited but
pouring in.
—It is now c tended the moon influenc-
es drunkenness as it does the tides, that
drunkenness pi vails togreater extent
from the first uarter to the full of the
moon than at of er times.
-J. P. Dopp as charged before the
Mayor, or; Wed slay night, by Winfield
German with ke ing a vicious dog,ithav-
ing kitten on of t e complainants children.
Decision was res rved till to -night.
—Mr, W:11. Du1rnage has madeaarrange
ments whereby the reports of the -National
and International baseball matches will
received each evening at the Brunswick.
Splendid ant.
CANADIAN PAunixo TICKET OFFICE:-
For tickets, mas, guides or any other
information regarding this road, calf
on. C. E. Williates, Ticket Agent, 0.
P. It, Wingham).
--The Goderich, District Meeting of the
Methodist Churoh,;unanimously passed "a
resolution conden;liing the calling of iiiin-
isters by quarterly, `boards, thus interfering
with the work of the Stationing Committee.
Mr. T. Bell ilfcAndrews left on Setup-
day for Winnipeg and is likely to make B.
Columbia his desti a io
He is a cleverr
and aYqbitions young m3u
and has within
him the. elements ; neoeseary to success.
Play his expeotatioi3s be realized.
llara'e ad. as to his
e Xiuoardine Review,
ay week, had his leg
Having deal ed to quit business in
Wingham, 1 he eby request, all parties
indebted to me o please call and settle,
their accounts,i mediately. Those not
settled by June 2 tli will be handed over
for collection. J MoIi coo, Homemaker.
—A meeting aileron District Lodge, I,
O.G. T, is to be eld at Belgrave, on Wed-
nesday, June .2 th, at 10;30 a.m. Dr,
O ouh atekha P. G. C. T. and Mr. J. H.
r y +
Flagg, a recent P. G. C. T., are expected to
be present.
.-Nfi---flames Fahey; a young and clever jour-
nalist, who has been of late years engaged
on the Stratford Herald, Hamilton Spectator,
Toronto Mail; Nein and 1lrarld, and Winni
peg Sun died at To teito this week in his
30th yoarreleaving seven orphan children
H. C.Atilt. blllipptt, and High '1'reasur
er J. Neelande, are ii'i Brantford this ween
arranging' the`.preliminary work for the
meeting of :the High \Court at Hamilton,
next week. Messrs. 13, M. Gordon and
;Geo I'el: iece are the delegates to the
High Q u tfedi`o.Wingham.
a..
A LEvnr4; i'ai Reit Mr. Learoy, of
Belleville, after reading some half dozen
ibtiees on Smiley last, said : "Brethren, I
think 1 have read anuoitnoements enough.
'I shall„be glad when they shall send an-
nouncefoents like these to the newspapers
:instead of the pulpit to waste time. That's
what the papers are for::
—Three new instruments were recently
provided for the band—s,'Euphonium, a NB
flat cornet and a B flat trombone, played
respectively by J. Malndoo, A. Sebastian
and 3. Forbes. ;Three new members have
.also been .eurolled—Jas. eleh, J. McMann
and R. Allen, The pblio note with.
pleasure the excellent progress the boys
Are making. ,
1..31,1'onetary .',Times : A good advertisement
is the best of all possible salesmen.. -It is a
salesman who never sleeps ; who goes after
business early and late.;: assists the mer-
chant in his shop, the scholar in his study,
the lawyer in his office, the lady at her
breakfast tahlei Soho-oan;be in a thousand
Places at 1104 d speaks to a thousand
people eve' ';f horning Lola evening.
•—We ham been asker(,'lvhy no reference
was made to theprosenee and performances
;of the Baird•Co..last week. We intended
saying what we saw now, no acting was
spite up to expectations; but much of the
language used was decidedly objectionable
, and in stn far as we heard it, the moral tone
was not specially, 'elevating. A good deal
IA the premium.,valgus might have been
eliminated without any danger of lessening
the interest et, attendance,
-The profound problem of street lighting
has beau rendered several fold more pro-
found by the adoption of the Early Closing
Movement. ' We like to sound the praises
of Wingham, bub on the question of lighting,
at pretent, we mast either be silent or
admit and point alit one deplorable defect.
We do look forward with dread to the
prospective Egyptian da,kucss in store for
us. But no: •:Surolyifreannotbe, We aro
too far. head for that.We have too much
enter se. We ha Higher aspirations.
Lot t iore be light, Worthy Town Fathers.
—The N. Y. Sun is splendid authority.
It recentl' ,said; If country newspaper
proprietor were to publish the names of
the subscribers who take, read, enjoy, and
are gratiflddby, yet neglect to pay for,
their, home paper, the reputation of most
communities for moral honesty would
depreciate considerably. An editor's labors
are seldom( esteemed or oompensated. A.
o ilva minutes' advice
w or will u
la give y
lawyer
on topic, and charge you ti,. An editor
will give you advice on a hundred topics,
you fie cents a co for inc
ov C
and chars copy
paper, and very often five tents given to an
editor would save $5 given to a lawyer. In
fact, no other plass of business Men aro so
;universally Ifwiudlod out of their labor as
;trio country newspaper publisher.
o will he at Sault Ste
0 vats, asstated last week,
arling t Powell have put
is of eggs already, we hav-
ne cellar They .are still
A meeting of the West Huron Farmers'
Institute will be held at Manchester on
Thursday and Friday, June 14 and ib.
The following, gentlemen are expected to
deliver addresses ;: Hon. A. M. Ross,
Messrs. Robert Porter and John McMillan,
M. P's., and others. t
—Bev, Thos. Goldsmith, of Hamilton,
formerly of Seaforth, resigned the pastor-
ate of St John's Presbyterian Church be-
oause his stipend was reduced from 11500
to 11100—what any anon would likely do
when Ms salary is retluaed•—in most casae
the only manly thing to do.
—The _avows in its last two issues lo-
cates 46 former Winghamites, who ar -
prospering abroad and; of whose prosperi
we read with great pleasure. •Of these 21
are in various States of the Union. We
suppose there are scores more of Wing -
!mites abroad which Shows that there liar
boon a alight exodus, Which Conservatives
generally,deny,and that Wingham contrib.
utes its fair quota to thine living and pros-
pering under the stars and stiiipes.
death bed of Mr. Bwon, a cousin of Mrs,
Dawson, at Elora, -rev. Geo. Law, of
Belgrave,, loaves for` Scotland on. Monday
next,rj-Mr. Imes titohie and wife, of
Delmore, leave tai week for a trip to
Auld Scotia.—Mrs. C', Gender, mother of
Mr. E. E. Gerstor, ad Ms sister, Miss A.
Gorster, of Berlin, ere in town last weak.
—Mr. and Mrs. Ja es P. Coutts, of Fal-
merstee, wore visi ing in town this week.
--Mrs. John Cputt , flea., left on Tuesday
for Newdale, Man. 'to reside with members
of her family then .—Mr.AngusMoDonatd
and slater, Dolli , left on Tuesday for
Portage La Prairi .--Mr• Wm. Black went
to London on Sat ratty and spent a few
—Mr. Billingsley,
old frie ds H. i 1
days with l gs y,
jeweller, of Toronto, was visiting his brother
Frank, at Wingliam this week. He was
aceompanied by Mr. P. Thick, of Toronto.
Dr, James CaAbell, of Detroit, son of
M. A. Campo 11, of Morris, was
in town this week.\ On Wed-
nesday he embar ed in the matrimonial
skiff at Clinton, its Miss Aggie Fair, of
that ;town, May n their passage over the
tempestuous or placid waters—as you
view it—be cal happy and prosper-
ous. They h ve hosts of sincere
well-wishers an friends in Wing.
ham and vim. iity. Mr. Wm. David-
son and his brie afent to Marquette,
Michigan, last wee i, where be intends going
into the livery b sinessDr. Young and
Mr. D. McCormio are o a fishing expedi-
tion to Durham is week.—Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Little, wh' were on a visit to their
friends here 'eturned to Chicago
this week, rt W. D. Hepburn,
of the Pr stn boot and shoe
factory, was in Wingham this week, Mrs.
J. H. Dulmage returned on Tuesdy from
a three weeks' visit`with her daughter, Mrs.
Grover, in Torontoi Mr. Ben. Wilson, of
the Bank of HamiltOn at Simooe, was in
town on Sunday, -Dr. J. W.Whitely, of the
Clinton News-Rea3rd„made a pleasant call
on the Thies last Thursday evening Mrs,
R. Oasemore, of Morri' ;'who was so severely
injured by a runawa , was able to return
home the latter part of the week.—Mr. 0.
Dickson, bookseller, of linton, was in town
this week. He purpo es selling his busi-
ness and removing to some more southern
climate for the benefit o. his failing health.
-�M r. R. Vanstone, barrister, deo., of Kin-
c"lOzdine, successor to Mr. S. G. McGill,
was in town several days this week. On
the return of the volunteers from camp at;
Stratford, whither he gges, as firstnlieuten-
ant of the Kincardine go., he will take up
his permanent abode in Wingham He
is a talented young Yvan, who heeled
brilliantcourse as a student, and a success-
ful professional career 'since: We believe
his natural affability, legal knowledge and
past success will command the confidence,
respent and patronageof many clients at
Wingham.-31r. Geo.- Duffield went to
London on Thursday evening to hear the
Gilmore baud. t,
Wingham T�lent Abroad.
The Winghamite who took part in
Father Corcoran's co cert are thus compli-
mented by the Tees vf ater News : The sing-
ing
in -
ing of the Misses Clira & Ida Flanagan
was much admired; the latter doiug full
justice to that sweet Song, "The Robin that
sang in the Linde ; Tree,” in a clear
—We had a pleasant can on Monday last froth Itev.
Dr. Ii. Forbes, pastor of the Bates Avenue M. E
Church St, Pauls,. Minneapolis, who, with his wife
and child, is now on his way home from the New
Yoritatee Methodist Conference. I115 father, who
now resides in Minneapolis, was a former resident of
Turnberry township, leaving tome 4;10 years ago,
and the Dr. has�,,.y'iadd recollections of pioneering life
in this vloinity.JLeaving hate 14 years since, he'w
only visited ngham once Mime, about four yours n
sots, two, Dr. Forbes and fir. Bridgman, StCathar-
IN FOR
ago. Out of the four repres ntatives from Mince- of
;neo, aro former Canadians.. The Conference was
composed of 403 delegates fro n Europe, Asia, Africa
i •a and a; month av spent in ecclesiastical illy
eluded theta sufficient length of time has
elapsed, since the vote was taken on the
Soott Aot to enable a person to judge
pretty accurately of the course pursued,
and the spirit cherished, by the Temper-
ance people. Itis pleasing to learn, that
no dynamite has been used under the
doorposta of their opponents, no windows
broken in any of those. counties. Well !
how hasFthe traffic in alcohol been managed
since the defeat. of the Act; and what its
fruits ? 'What was the state of society on
the streets of Wingham, on the Queen's
Birthday 2 Were there not more drunken
men and boys to be seen than duriug any
day (or month), under the reign of the
Temperance Act? lucre Liquor sold un-
der the Scott Aot, more drunkenness” eh 1
In the light of morality and protection to
society, who are in the right?
Who are the victors? the martyrs, or Nero ;
The spartans that fell at ':l'hermapylce's
trist ;
Or the Persians, and Xerxes; His judges,
or Socrates;. Pilate, or Christ.
An ONLOOKER.
Wroxeter.
Rev. G. Brown, who has preached
in the Presbyterian Church here for
the last 22 years, delivered his fare-
well sermon on Sunday last from
II Corinthians 13 and 2.
I,uoknow.
Preparatory to taking his departure
for Toronto, M. D. E. Cameron was
the recipient of a splendid silver tea
service by members of the Presby-
terian Church, in which he had been
for two years efficiently leading the
choir. Mr. Cameron left for Toronto
on. Monday.-11owe's circus was hero
on Wednesday. -a Jahu 1\IAokenzie, of
Ashfield, shot a largo bear near Kin.
tail last week.—Mr, Paul McInnes. of
Ripley, hasbeen appointed clerk of
the 9th Division Court, --On Wednes-
day last, Mr. J. 14, Cliff, (of Cliff 8F
Stovel, wholesale furniture manufae.
turers,) and Miss ))Ironic Foster, were
made co-partners in life, the contract-
ing ceremony being performed by
Rev. Angus McKay.. Mr. Cliff is a
clever young man,: activei ••euergetie
and trustworthy, and; his chosen part-
ner iri Life is an estimable young lady
standing high in the esteem of people
in this vicinity and they have received
the hearty congratulations. of numerous
friends here and in vicinity. 'The ;fac-
tory of the Messrs, Cliff Fs Stovel'lias
been a veritable hive of industry under
its present management. Superior
articles are being turned out, such as
command ready saki. We hope, they
may continue to prosper, develope their
trade relations and extend their- prem-
ises.
soprano voice. A . few comic songs . b ,M..,_..-, •- • e 7w_i. <'a'
y 9fieen'yea:s, with greab euooeea, in the
Master L. E. Flanagan were exceedingly ndover Nervous Debility, and all diseases arisi
Cargill recited with roved er.worked brain, loss of vitality,
, p ceases, ov
he Maniac showing
est • 6
+ For sale byall
Cation oto.
est; all
it movements as well Frtar.
the ' p p '
ar. Miss Cargill may ; Prloe $I per box, or 6 boxes for 6k or will 1
d amongst the beat facturer, mail on receipt of price. Pamphlet on of
this district... real P:Q THE GRAY MEDICINE CO-., `C
pleasing... Mis:
great acceptance, "9
grace and ease in li
as elocutionary pow
be deservedly ranki
lady elocutionists i
One of the most ohs ming features of the-
evening
he '
evening was the sing ng of several duets by
little Norma Dins1e°y and May Brennan.
These little girls Have their voices heauti-i
fully trained and they sang with an ease,t
and touching simplicity that at once won';
the hearts of the ,.audience. In faucyt,
Scotch dresses these young ones elegantly;:
rendered "When 'Y Gang Awa', Jamie,''
reflecting great ere it on the ability' and
painstaking care of ;their accompanist and
teacher, Mass Houghton.
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A1tKE1 yi41TTEB. WOSi►E8
Keeper's and others engaged in 13
nese will save time and menoy by inv6etiug
sizes. Prices on apiioation__�y
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S AND OVERCOATINGS,
GASH.
and America, n e p
deliberations and discussionst The Dr. is n man ono
possessing well•blended vital) mental and motive
temperaments • shrewd, genial practical and with
capacity and disposition for rk, especially qualified
to cause ecclesiastical machin rytp move fast enough mer
without friction, lie is a; good example of an redif
e
Americanized Canadian, aff•tbe, intelligent ond wide. e
awake.
• Prnso$Aos.--Mr.
st
cli y
e or was the guest
st
last tveek. --- INincardili
Spalding left on Tuoscb
work in connection wit i railroad there...-.
Clinton New Pre : Mr John Poster and
bride,'of Wingham, spe several days last
week with relatives lie e.—Mr. and Mrs.
Dawson were snmmone by telegraph, on
Monday morning, to o prosont at the
of
1
amend, of
vithji
ltil`an-0IR,
Mr, A. Dawson es n
A low price for hol
I ereliandise, we
made, is the seer
success.
ii
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1;COtt 11.eu VO. The ii111br 1'4ra1C;.
1
it
trio watched
o 'tabus :Ihav s
bin EMT=
the drift of times and events, to learn the
state of society. nave been looking late-
ly at passing occurrences, and have eon•
y for Wingham to
specter was in town this week--Ti&e,
manse kitchen is putting on a nicc-
new drab dress by the valuable assist
ance of John Farrow.—Mr. Geo. Mos..
grove's pleasant face was; scan in town,
this week,Mr. M. wields the birch
at the lied Schoolhouse in Turnberry.,
---N. Smith, from Lake Brie way, is to
guest at W. Smith's, of this place.
Bluevale is in its glorification now,
and Mr. S. is sure enjoy himself.—Mr.
and Mrs, Cook and Jos. Leech leave
for Seaforth on Wednesday ,to attend
Conference. Mr,o k it
Ca wlprobably
preach his farewell sermon on the last
Sunday in ,lune, --Mrs. Hartley, is.
away in Woodstock, 't visiting friends.
Recreation is needed by all and we
hope Mrs. H. enjoys herself. rhos.
Coultes, of our town; left for the land
of the Stars & Stripes lately.—The
factory is making things hum lately.
Wm. Messer sold the cheese at Se.,
all up to 1st June, 'It went away on
Saturday.—The Rev. Mr.. Linton, of
Teeswater, paid Mr.' Hartley a visit
last week.—The Factory has now
reached 42 cheese per day.—Tho fall
wheat is not more' than half a crop.
The prospect for fruit never was
better, everything. in the shape of
frnit trees being loaded with blossoms.
The frost last Saturday .injured the .
tender plants. .
eve
It
r.
James Timmins, merchant, and James
Thompson, teacher, of this place, are
having a lively tune through the
'Brussels papers. We think it has
gone on long enough and would be
much bettor for both parties to stop.
—Mr. Scott has got about 385 pigs in
the factory yard' here.—Mrs. Pearin
is very poorly at, present. ---Ma. P.
Paterson, who has beeti on the sick Iist,
is able to be around again.—Tom.
Viten went with hi* mare Lucy to
Walkortoa on. the 24th and took
second money, audN if she had got
justice she would have taken first, that
is if she had ;ono a • little quicker.—
Mr. Dawson, of Kintiardine, organized
a court of Good Templars in this place
about 8 months ago and the prospects
seemed bright. They rented the
Foresters' hall for one year, but at the
end of three months it has gone out
of existence. --'Wiliam Hartley left
There last Saturday for Detroit, where
ho has secured a good situation. --
Intemperance is thready beginning to
inako its appearance But it would
c
it prettytion iniorosco oto
rf. u Olts
p
q
z
Seott
a drunk So that an Anti Seott
could see hail. They are of opinion
that tt mall should lie dowel in the
ditch and plow with his hose. Let's
have fair play. They are out of prao.
Lower Wingham.
Miss Jessie McDonald, of Goderieli,
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. R. Cran-
ston, this week. --Mrs, D. Stewart,:
Mrs. Groves and Mp.stor R. Groves at-
tended the funeral of Miss Agnes
Stewart, at Blyth, t this week. She
died very suddenly.
East Wawar.}osh Council.
The Council me / on the 22nd May,,
as a Court of Revi�ion. Members all
present. The following appeals against
assessment were heard: David Nixon,
lot 29, con.8, reduced ei00 1:O'Con
nor, lot 28, con. .3, • reduced $100.
The complaint of Wm. Toll, west half
lot 85, con. 3, laid bver till next meet-
ing. Wm. Carr, Wm. Robinson, and
Mrs. C. Robertsoneach a dog struck
off. The Court waks. then closed to be
reopened again o Thursday, 28th
June next. Counil resumed. The
minutes of, : last Meeting read anal
passed. Wn .Deacon asked the Coun-
cil to take action for the support of
Benjamin James, Who has been resid-
ing with hitt for the last five months.'
A letter was recei4ed from Mr, Gal-
braith, barrister, &c„ Toronto, stating
that it was not ;necessary for the
Council to take charge of him, but •for
the Reeve to take : steps (if asked to
do so) and have him sent to his guar-
dian, Nathaniel James, in Toronto.
The Clerk was instructed to write the
Master of the Court of Chancery in
Toronto, state the case to him, and
ascertain if possible what was to be
done with said Benjamin James. Com-
plaint was made that a fence belonging
to John Coultis, cote. 7, was several
feet too far out on tie road allowance.
The Clerk was ordered to write Mr.
Ooultis, and ask flim to have this
matter rectified as : soon as possible.
The Reeve and Mr.McGowan reported
having seen the safe belonging to Geo.
Tindall, late of Auburn, when it was
moved by Mr, Sutherland,seconded by
Mr. Reilly, that Mr. Tindall be offered'
$40 for the same ----Carried. Sydiey�.
Naylor was appointed pathmaster on
Western boundary instead of John N.
Campbell, and John McGee instead of
Alex. Rintonl, Dons, 10 and 11.. Th.;
following debentures were signed, viz:
\Vin.Mertin, 401 rods wire fence, side
line 39 and 40, eon. 7, S6.10 ; Thos.
Mitchell, repairing road scroper,S2.60 ;
Jer. Parks, 85 yards ;ravel, in 18877,
$1.75; Richard \Vightnlan, building
culvert, sideline 33 and 84, con, 7, $8,-
50;J.Fleuty & Son,Win ham,printin ;
$32..50; George McGowan, planking
bridge and building culvert, lots 37
and 40, cone. '2 and 8, $7.63 ; -Joseph
Hoover, covering cul reit, lot 81, cow.
4 and 5, $2.10 ; .Fountain Naylor, sc
viees as Assessor, 1888,l
n0'
;Mita
Anderson, extra time rectifying F:;cbo ,,;
tax in l,. S. S. No. 5, at 14laisubesie r:
1887, ti 2 40; john Anderson, 45 re,,i: •
wire fence at lot 80, ecsn.Ml, <i 75. VI
(Council then adjourned till i"linrsth.
tic° for three years,—The clime in- . ?,8th Jute, P. Th r,.i,r, naa,, ta;Cxl;