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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2,
TM?, ORANGEMBN'S RE
110
which is a &ix quality.
crop was late, and there i
be a fair crop. Potato4s,
in many places, are good
gm large an acreage as in f
There are vo apples, Plu
worth mentioning. Th
SONS. are but a moderato crotl
In another column will o found
letter purporting to expla why D
Macdonald was not invit d to epee
at the 12th July celebrat* le in Win
hem. That question w s asked
lost issue of the Twos. This tette
a no material ehange in t
r, grain sown compared w'
Rust in the fall wheat
the standard somewb
g. localities, but its prose
u oral, and where present
r of the fields are efieeij
is characterized. by scu rility, vindi
tivenees and apparent endecity tha
would bar it from b ing publishe
under ordinary eircu tstances. W
liosvever, feet that th Orange body o
Wingluire are entitle to 'a reply—i
may be that even s me Orangemen
might wish to see a answer to the
question propounde' by Protestant—.
and as the tether i signed by the
Master of the Wing am Orange Lodge,
thereby attaching to it corporate
assent, and. approv 1, we presume, we
give it to our rearers. Dr. Isfacdon•
old is too long an i favorably • known
and highly esteei ied to he injured—
or we hope to 1p even annoyed—by
such unreasoning and malignant scrib-
.
ONTARIO CLOP PROSPECTS.
• .:
' SPLENDID PROSPECTS.
The Empire lied very full crop re-
ports from all sootions of the Province
on Saturday sad Monday. The
reports from at parts were very
favorable on the -whole and a feeling
of confidence ge, orally prevails. We
submit the repot for the County of
Huron and a fo.; other points; all
the reports are Gated July 26th.
BLINN — H ) abundant ; oats,
•good ; spring wl, eat, poor ; fall wheat,
good ; barley, g d ; pees, fair; corn,
fair ; root crops fair ; potatoes, poor;
fruit, fair.
•
Beimeriereee-Z-Hay and oats abund-
• ant ; spring whei t, poor; fall wheat,
fair ;.harley, go; peas and corn,
• good ;: root cro a good ; Potatoes,
peon; -fruit, newly all kinds very
Ream
• Salpount,—}li y, very .heavy and
well saved ; oats,large acreage sower?
with unparalleled • appearance ; spring
• • wheat, very little sown ;ofall vtheat,
-the acreage sown s below the average
present appearanc in the field indi-
cate a yield of tw ty bushels to the
itore ; barley, goo ; .peas, fair ;, corn,
good; aIlroots.e cept turnips, good;
potatoes, good ; fr it, all kinds scarce,.
he root $7.60. for flour for Mr. Tho 0, and
likely to Mrs. Wileon, charity ; nagy, tk4
Although far charity for Mrs. 1i ; James
if not so Gibson, $8.88 gravel ; Wanton,
Garlick
10, ditch
con. 11;
d culvert
i .80 work
R. Faille,
rson, $1.60,
ray, $1, in
Igo.
to meet in
Wednesday in
fl T'p (Merit.
rmer years.
s o1 pears
small fruits
$16, culvert, Howiek
boundary; R. Harding
end culvert opposite lot
. There is I R. Greenway, $10, dice
o breadth of on con. 14 ; 3. Rogers
h last year. on hill, sideline i5 and
may reduce $6.44, gravel; Isaac S
t in some repairing culvert; T.
pairing bridge at Now
The council djour
Fordwich, on the thi
August,
• Wee
e is not gen-
but portions
ed. Farmets
c-
are sanguine, and t iis induces a
t spirit of hopefulness amongst busi-
DDSS men,
d ' Honore—The crops in this locality
0, aro : IIay, abundant ; oat, good ; fall
f wheat, very good;lieley, good ; pens,
t fair ; root craps loo
tatoes, good ; fruit, %
so inuch grain sown
but prospects very g
ST. HELENS. —
oats, fair; spring w
f.tll wheat, good ; bj
air; corn, none own ; root crop,
fair ; fruit, none of any. account ;
general pronpects, good.
DtnioAxxox. — }lay, abundant ;
oat, fair; spring, wheat, fair, not
much sown; fall wheat, good; barley,
fair; peas, goo.; corn, poor; po-
tatoes, prospects good ; fruit, poor ,
killed with the speng frosts. Breadth
of grain sown abort the same as lima
year. -.
Be:veto—Hay, a good crop, saved
in good °enclitic) 1 '• fall wheat, slight-
ly rusted, germally fair; spring
wheat, very 1ittl sown, but promises
if
fair • oats, pr tnise good; barley,
good; peas, fat ; corn, not much
planted and leeks poor ; potatoes,
and root crops, good ; fruit, all killed
.by early frost ; flax, good. If the
weather keeps favorable' there his
every prospect if an abundant Lora
vest.
Mu:runts.— ay, heavy crop, saved
in good conditi n ; fall wheat, is being
harvested, rep ts very • favorable to
a heavy crops slight met in some
localities; spri g wheat, not much
sown ; barley, very good crop and a
large acreage ; peas not so good, ow-
ing to June fr is and too muclirain;
potatoes, an a undant crop in pros-
pect ; fruit in all varieties, no crop,
frost cut it all if in June;
CLINTON,— ay, abundant, about
the same brea th as last year ; oats,
abundant,. re ily splendid, slightly
larger breadth : spreug - wheat, poor,
not much sow li ; fall wneat, fair, a
larger breadtl. ; barley, abundant,
about the semi breadth ; peas, fair,
about the sam 3 hread$11.;- corn, fair,
only grown ' oi green feed ; roots,
good; fruit, n apples, pears, plums
or grapes ; b ries and cherries, a
fair crop.
GODERICEL. The crops in this vi-
cinity promise better than was an-
ticipated, and, except in low lying
sections, will e ahead of -some years
back. Hay as been an unusual
yield, and has been well saved; oats,
good ; spring heat, a good average ;
fall wheat, go yield, but a little
rusted ; barle , average; corn., , roots
and potatoes are fair; fruit of all
kinds, light, i many instances entire
orchards not yielding a bushel of
apples, pears or plums. The area
sown is larger an that of last year,
and the good onaition of grain and
roots will mo e than compensate for
the defiieucy ' frait. The farmers
are hopeful at the outlook,
HENSALL.—}lay abundant ; oats,
abundant ; spring vheat, none sown ;
fall wheat, mediure crop, some dam-
aged by rust; barl y, abundant; peas,
very good ; corn,
fair; potatoes, not
ed by wet weather
Anemic — Ha
good; spring whea
good; berley, abu
corn, poor ; root
potatoes, fair; frui
is on the fall evhect
damage to peas.an
heavy rains in Jun
some extent the
prospects of an
kinds of produce,
Zumoix.—Hay,
spring wheat, go
peas, fair; cora,
potatoes, poor; f
cherriee, which are
BELGEKVE.—Spr
wheat, fair ; ba
good where sown o
nothing, all destro
root crop, good;
About the same
ne. grown ; roots,
very good, dainags
fruit a failure.
, abundant ; oats,
,goodo fall wheat,
dant; peas, good ;
crops, abundant ;
, a failure. Rost
and oats and. the
potatoes by the
have marred to
oat extraordinary
bundance of all
bundant; oats,fair ;
d; barley, fair ;
oor ; roots, fair;
uit, poor, except
abundant.
g wheat, fair ; fall
ley, good ; peas,
high land ; fruit,
d by early frosts;
• petatoes, fair
readth ot grain
sown as last year. The prospects are
for very far cro s, although fall
wheat is somevrhat. damaged by rot,
WINDHAM.—A. b tter feeling .pre -
veils among farmer than has been
manifested for sev ral years. The
unfavorable weatl r early in the
eeeeon hes not pro ed nearly • so die
-estrous as was exp .0ted. Our report
is based nn info illation obtaiged
from the moat tom ieteut and reliable
authority. This :as)»'s hay crop
ia an abundant oi e and is mostly
raved in excellent condition. Early
to are gond and an tiown are poor,
seeking a fair aye e; sprine wheat
' but little sown, it tbh ftr eks
*eel! ; fall viol
tIjnrtoe from Ore
1.1•.ces, will be th
ing well ; po-
ery poor. Not
his year as last,
od.
Hay, abundant;
eat, none sown;
rley, gond; peas,
iowiele•
dlenumber f farmers have finished
haying. The crop has been very
good—. for xample, thirteen large
loads from I ve acres,—Miss Ewe -
line Roadhon.e is recruiting in Albion.
—Misses Mar 0.a and Gerrie McGee
have returned rom the city for the
summer mon ha, Mr. James Mice
ley, of Ilarrist n, and Miss Virtue, of
Woodstock,. p id their second line
friends a Aeon visit.—It is with a
feeling of satin as that we record the
death of Mr. R obard's youngest child
(Mena Ap arently it was well
uutil six o'cl ick Sunday evening,
when it sudden y took ill and died
about twelve ti e same night. The
funeral was ve largely attended on
Tuesday. The family have the em-
pathy of the oigbborhood in. this
their sad home. anent.
The council et on the 16th ult.
Members resent. Minutes of
last mooting ap roved. Mr. Goggin,
pathnuteter, re aved $21 for back
'swing boon rind in
•, beryline poesible statute labor, it
• toned rust hi some taxes. Moved b' Mr. Duheiage,seeond-
• best crop elf tho ed by 1Jr. Jacqu.,A,that the supplies to representing• firm of John Miscall
feet years. _ The yield will be \tree tehert Wlson be • stopped.— & Co., tondo i • was in town 1 tat week
c !emit fifteen per cent bettor tbar, Carried. An:wtnts passed, and soeure'Ia arge order from one of
mac 'ants. Phil
II„ W. Jessup, of
Housedeft for bittikoka
Ely
I guess we will o Billy a rest for
awhile—We may pest to see a
certain follow g pretty sorrow-
ful after this week f c a little while.—
A couple of Blyt sports took in a
day's fishing at aechester last week
each one returnii g home with a big
fish story, but v fish.—The salt
block will be clo i. down a couple of
weeks, owing to pan, need ug fi x -
leg and a genera repairing.—Messrs.
Freeman & Wat shipped a car load
of sheep to 33n from this place on
Saturday,—dr(soGregor is visiting
friends and rei es in and around
Montreal this veek.--Mr. George
Powell has run ved his family to
Blyth into the re. idence owned by Mr
D. B. McEinn
by Mr. R. Jon is,
welcome Mr 2tow
and lately occupied
un Queen St. We
11 to our midst and
wish bin' allstee s mess that can be
Ja es Dodds is having
his houses e: ep inted, which adds
pearance and value.
10 cry on Thursday
and 1 o'clock, and
was a pile of old
e inspector had set
quickly the boys
d and get it oua, I
been satisfied when
working on it in
after the alarm was
S are huetlers.--
cr storm on Satur-
rie that Mr.Andrew
ught was struck by
eti ta tho ground.
-
in we, sand roller,. bob
about 10 ton of
was saved. There
y in saving an ad-
rn, the wind being
eir direction.—The
ciety in connection
t church' here in -
d social at the resi-
H Young, on Wed -
Aug. rith. All who
leasant evening will
.g, as the society has
to make- this the
greatly to th
—Fire, fire,
eight betwee
come to find
rubbish that
r a
as t
12
ut i
the fl
on fire, to s e•h
could hustle rou
guess he mus hay
they lia,d the lose
about 10 ruin tes
boe
given. The
During the un
day evening t e b
Sloan remind b
lightning and
It contained a
sleighs, cutter n
hay, none of, w
was great diffic
joining e frame b
favorably in 61
Young People's S
with the Metheli
tend giving a g
deuce of Mr.
nesday evening,
wish to enjoy a
do so by attend'
spared no pain
grandest social.Tver held in our town.
—Wednesday qlorning of last week.
between 1 and e2. o'clock a certain.,
ade the night hideous
ouplo of drums (sup -
to the Baled) • and
their utmost up and
nd Queen street. Now
was our town con -
he was very sleepy or
arrest any near rela-
ay should be found to
ngson after night. --
y, the newly appointed
ty church, occupied the
ruing and evening, tak-
in the morning the
A St. Mark, the 34th
ur
1
piety of sports
by securing a
posed to beton
beating them t
down Dinsley.
I wonder wher
stable. I guess
did not want
tives. Some
quiet those g(
Rev. Mr. Bac
pastor of Tri
pulpit both
ing for his te
third chapte
and 85th ver e I.—Bev. Mr. McLean
occupied the pulpit in St. Andrew's
church, both n owing and evening,—
Rev. A. W. 7.1mge occupied the pulpit
in the Metho i Church, both morning
o taking up the ser-
er in the afternopn,—
o,of Montreal, is visit -
'n
town,—O, E. Cox,
of Toronto, evae in town this week,—
Ur. Thoma
t,mierrs. jBalitytelasi
and hearty.
dent of this
for the Gb
company, la
Winnipeg, loin
pleasure.—Liss
hp.nois the gest
th iS week.—
who has bee
here, return
Misses A. an
weelefor
province—It is
now, who ha r b
town, return( d home this week.—Mr.
A. S. Fleming, of Hamilton, was is
town last weer.—Mr. P. J. CJonroy,
and evening ea
vices in Ebeee
Mr. Hector 'asu
ing his pare. ts
Ciwk, and wife, a for
e we visiting his sister
MOee, Tom looks hale'
M., John Moffat, a.resi-
pia and an active agent
icaeo, tablet and,: ticket
t .week on a trip to
ining business with
Mary Dallas, of Wing.
of Miss Lena Emigh,
Irwin, of Ripley,
iting friends around
am this week.—Tho
George Barto, of Toronto, was in Valltual
town last week, ---Mr. J. Shaw, a Mr, Hibbard, of Si
former Blythito, but mw of prowls, ea 10,000 lbs of
was in town. on Sun Joseph lieri•, payinoe
Ballynthine, was in own on Sunday. meows, le
—Mr. F. F. johnst who bat been four lotl
in London for so time, returned wept; fa
bome last week. Tin milt
them.
Perkins, of Gorr
Har
At the entree°
Harriston ahigh
ing off the gold
Strong the
Frank Patters. n, eleven veers old,
and the eldest on of Samuel Patter-
son, of this to vn, was starveling in the
barn of G. & kr. Moore, on Friday,
watching a y rack lifter at work,
the whifiletre broke and struck him
I!1 the bead, 'racturing bk4 skull. 111.
died.about res hours after the Peel -
dont. Ile etas buried on Sabbath in
the Harriett n cemetery whore his re-
maina wore billowed by an unhaeally
large concm rte of people. The chilti•
ren of the sifferont Sabbath Schools
marched in files from the house to the
cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson
have the 1-certfolt sympathy of the
entire neigeborhood in this their great
trial.—Mr A. Fisher hos just received
ings the death of a bro.
• Pauls, Linn. Itita remains
ought here fur imerment.
deal of comment is Lying
our midst over the purchase
of a piee of land for the purpose of
convertin o it into a. public park. The
ground ri&t favorably spokeu of is
the gore leitween the 0 P R, G T le ildiirPRS mete read by R &Well
and the IV, School. If this' is purchased and the presecta ion made. by Mr If
Harriston can theu boast of heving. D Henderson. Itee church was crowd -
one of th finest parks in , northern • eeg7 realized as proceeds.
is to he congratu-
that after a years
Derain placed over
. their choice as a .
wilt he atIright.—August the lath is ;
pastor and nn 3 WI o exhibits. ability as
the day al our civic holiday. Some ; a preaclaer au. pro Dime well es a pas•
of our aunt] will take advantage of . tor.
the day's sports in Listowel, °theta
will go ,tc• the Forks, Others
Litt. meek
amuse thi toselves by engaging in a
panic liome. No doubt there Will be Listowel is to ve a. monster band e
hall is, feet approaching completion
enjoymen ;-for everybody.—Our town; vtoionirnniatymenb, are letic sports and -e
!horse racing.—TI e hay crop in this
and as it, as. of paodern architecture it is nearly ill gathered. and has ,
is going tr make a vast improvement
in the apeentrance of opr town.—A
great number of old Hafristonites are
in town a present. As the schools
eaaresilayllifeloa ed for a few weeks this can
one of the
in our mid
saved and
fall yvbeat
ing of ne
ral.—Our
a rushing
of multi s that daily leave town.— week, and af or the machines were
Messrs sher &.. Irvine, are busy all placed into) osition, a thorough ,
and practical t at was, made. of the
shipping sleighs at preseot to Meni-
ally° an gas supplied o the' consuiners itt
tobai 1 underatand they
town, and the sult was very antis -
order foi five hundred pair.—Rov
factory alio to manufacturer and.,
Camerohe wife and family, left on
eandle power and pur-
Monday for a months recreation.— consumer.
Fruit i this tonality is a total failure. sty it was fot that the gas was fully
dard, also, in•Severy
ent. But the most
ig about the test .was,
tors say that the ' gas
stem would not be so
ir•ton.
examination to the
fichoc.1 flobort J.
e, succeeded in enrry.
'nodal,. and. Alain 11
liver medal.— While
the sad ti
tiler in St.
will be b
'--Quite a
;caused in
&eel, pinches -
the creamery
its therefor. --
t & 'Ittleapte rthipped':
,eort tattle here thin
It Marlin. Mr.
.0, to t WWI
Thureiley P 11.1SpiRlD111',Ilay 111
the 'Mite* of. tie ttrhitechnrce and •
Ca; YID Prestiyhe het etturchRs
mut.,h minister WaS inducted into
tho t charges at a ineetime of the
Maitland pres1at ay. There were,
prescre t ROI Oeineron, (no•der-
aiel) and Anrim a 1, Davidson, Stevt.o.
Fon, Multev, uPen, Forese and J
A Andersen 11 e of Gocierich mid A.
B Linton, of eeswater. Rev Mr •
Foreet, of Walt- is, preached ; Bev Mr
M Queer' , of I lipiev, add rossed the
pastor ; and Be.' Air McRae, of
Orenbrook, the eople. The attend-
" and the reception
pastor, ROY' W H
0ttirsva preel.ytery,
in the evening a -
grand social wa_.hold,Rev Mr flemeron
preeiding. itIt
ate character e
wee famished
Witigliam M.•
sant and Kilt' b e atirlreeses were given
hy Rev Messr I McQueen, Cameron,
Linton, A A slereon toot MoNabb.
tAhappleraps,;ipnngtait'cil
of Luc:know,
during the va'
address 000001
alien was 1 tr,
accorded the m
Geddee, of th
was meet cordi
.;•c of a. most appropri•
et spleudidly rendered
1,v the choir of the
lsodiet church, Plea-
t re of the meethig,,was
to Roy J McNabb,
1 o acted as moderator
ney, of a kindly worded
,ied by a purse of $45.
Ontario. This is a want long
felt lu ' This congregaSia
our midst and as the matter is in the I WA. on the fact
hands of a few of out most prosper- ;vacancy they law
ous citizens, we can rest assured it
been an abnulant one. Grain crops
also give promise A a splendid yield.
On very low land, wheat is said to be .
more or leas -lead, but not to -darn-
er extent, the rust
o leaf.—The Gov-
nanentty establiiho.
office in this town
of gas. Govern-
cPhee, of Hamilton,,
age the crop. to
counted for, as we possess being largely on t
national seats of learning ernment hay.•' Tar
c—The bay crop is all od a gas inspect°
tomo have started at the for the inspedtiol
nd barley. By the begiun- ment inspector
t week harvest will be gene- and Inspectoi illiares, of London,
also chief aasp ctor of Standards
agents appear to be doing
usiness from the number Johnston, of Jtt wa, were here last
Raspbon
inform
ors aft
of bas
great ioterest is proposed between the made by thi •
resides of the north side of Main St injurious to health in the event of •
and these of the south sole, fora bar- its escaping -i to bedrooms, as the
rel of :lour. The losing side pays the water and mid other systems :' in fact, ,
they say thee 1 fe would not be en- .
piper, if course,
clangored in el eping in a room where
Zetland- a gas jet had • en blown out, instead of
Godkin's house, was being turneelo , as frequentlyhappens
struel by lightning, but no injury in hotels, whir people sleep that are
&new: Saturday. When Mr. Godldn not accustom to gas. The fitting
went •ip Stain be found the place up of this oil° will cost the Govern-
suffus .d with a terrific nauseating ment over o housand dollars.—Mr.
sulphetrotts odor and the little ones Lochh iad B. A., whose parents
badly frightened- but uninjured.— reside at At ood has been ap-
Mr G iorge Thompson sold. two, car pointed soigne master of tie Galt
loads of fat cattle eta. week. Oneoar Oolleeiate I sti rite at a salary of :•
load was destined for tate old country, $9606. Mr, t chimed has already
and t ie other for the eastern market. wan distino ion n his science
.
ointment at Galt'is
• utually satisfactory.
ay, a former resi-
and Mornington, but
en year's foreman in
of Mr. Goldie, of
d on Monday, hav
of in damination of .os
was buried with
Mr. Goldie and
heir esteeni by act -
He leaves a wife
ily well provided
f Listo wet people
al.
ries are ripe, but 1 havo been tip to the s
that there are plenty of seek- other reuqi
r this delicious fruit, —A game satisfactory
that the ins
all that is likely to be of
11
a0he
—Ha mg is about over and it is pro- ties and his ep
noun d a very good crop nothing like likely to prcve
last ar's, crops are looking well now —Edward Call
and t e rain eoining at the right time dent of Listowel
give verything freeh start, for the past shit'
the cooper flop
Belfast. Guelph, wise bur
Mr John Mullen, who left here bn ing died sudden]
o b of January returned on Wed-
oug it he lute the
sda in a very IOW condition. It is
fever, The post family testiaring
the botvels.
Masonic h mors
Moe las been removed to the store in
se hat it turns outto be so. --The iandngthreecispa l 1 boef lar e rtas.
rine $ of this vicinity have begun
rve t, hut on account of the rust I, • I
for. A nun her
s y ar, t w teat crop is going to
th
ne
th
Lidales leave this ea
ay trip to the prairie ea
McLaren, of Luck- ha
.on visiting foetid; ti
her. year. Derley will be a good crop Leppineten, 1,31 eigging ditch on side- -our principa
7.f • onal to preseht Some line 6 and (i, cota ; 0 Horton, $5 88, quite a pushe
fields are dames:eel, but there Will flour for Ucorge leaty, -charity ; It. the Mammot
lood crop on t ets whole. There Black $6.50, slot
eemperatively little corn soWli, . and Mrs. Mins
for Mr. Se.ebert, on Saturday for his holiday Irv,
th Wilson Bros,
Ilarry will bo greatly itissoci,—Mr,
1 I
be sin t11.—It is remorad that we are
ping Ito luwe a harvest home here
this se.
Ii0rOor Wingleam.
Mr. William Gallaher, merchant, of
Black Jorse, was In Winghain on
Sunday Peed Mondity, visiting Mr, A.
G. Mac lenald, of Lower 'Wingham,
who has been m his employ for torome
mouths..
fano
Belijravo.
Ligignin shriek a , maple tree
standing emu: to Mr. McOlelland's
house and at the c,rnor itt whith Mr.
Mc0Ielletd !Axis sltping. The leaves
of the tree have slirivollecl up since
but stranger till there were found
next morning aixty fair doad spar.
rows under t to tree and others weal
noticed 11,Fin,s, ab disabled,
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