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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Signal, 1881-03-11, Page 41 4 Lew* AY..... .... �I�IaH'JTIN .MWi�as�7T1861 -54 THE iC% RON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1881. THE HURON SIGNAL: 1. „kin. ,!M•, ,ie $s oke Ms eerusnennr a tae ort st. Iltemel • Oise ;�A* Aad le {ems to forts or the esrr sad- tait ere W molls and tribe. Serail e,dssYstetn 5 k.s • 1•ear Mot of Y•n aq «��f�1�t.�sr�rer eMr�llr tileOmens. e s atirrebsoesZsi ftedIr j a.i_ bide* tlMndsrw • seed earn fns atsu A'� s R Mbar rpt owe Ws. in eines — Ilam for 'saaelta "et.. wrest r:twse� es s. [pe eve a�lsse tstielsrs� �nsrtL;1l.ete� �srsq.ads` to =e7s1 Vats at esiessIasseammet FEEDAY, MARCH 11, 1001_ K inases nate higher as down is the estimates el stmiM fur irrapi.vttsee stn, and the Srp.rt.t sighs that it was not 120,000 Ai ram Friday niijbt meeting of the i Trans Uuuacil, the Spacial Cumulates appointed w take steps to present • suit- able tatttiinosial to *. Jd1nM the retiring Town Clone; prewar report it recommended that a coque fee 0100 be presented t o kr. 'orison, as a slight sr ideate d Heir appreciation ut his faithful .reuses is the pant We regret that an attiidlp4 wit it ii M pre- sent unanimity i• the ('ouaetl's action on this mutter. It may be that the gen- tleman whit endeavored to alar a little cheap popularity fur htmeelf by objecting to the report of the Committee will du- ouver that the people do not endorse aarrwgr-ltesetednees in any of their re- presentatives. Economy is an excellent attribute in • Councillor, buteheese-par- ing or niggarclliness is not economy, and should be frowned down. Mr. Thomson has been a public official for nearly twen- ty yea's. Dereng"that time he has been �sfsil�teb ecrv•at, "not dahlia in besi- eges, but fervent in spirit," so far as the interests .,f his employers—the people— were cupcerned. It was fitting that on his retirement from his late position, the town which he had served so long and so faithfully should show that his services were not unappreciated. Tam tlorento Melt says t—"Mr. Far- row has a great disregard for the flimsy graces of watery." So he has; so he has. But what amazes us is that the .Mail's Ott are palsserer allowed so mach truth to at tarn* between the stripes of whitewash with which he coated the elongated ntath•c from North Huron. -{G r. Sia CHART las T PPIR, who has been very low with :inflammation of the lungs, is about to go am a three months' visit to the South of Thane, in the hope of being fully res Meed to health - DAKOTA has 1 Winn visited by a great storm, and in sc tae portions of the State half the cattle h: owe perished front cold .rand starvation. Os Tuesday last, the forst trait from • ",9ueag•o for forty days reached Pierre. The winter has been exceptionally leve tee. HON EDWARD Bi 'las will be banquet - ted shortly in Toro. too. The affair will be an important one, inasmuch as it is expected that the leader of the t )pposition will outlin a the policy of the party. We understa: d that it is Mr. Blake's intention to y hoed the Maritime Provinces during the a simmer. He will be grandly received by the sojourners by the sea. G. U. S. LITIRAEY SOCIETY. wee •Mbees.er ewe Sealed Gm Trades �eehs t}ia The oeteniaiemeatt pies by the above Soor.ty, os Friday a last, is tb. worth Rt. TI pW os Hall, wasoertainly et the most Sillonsful sad pleasing of the kind to .hack we beim d fu wane e.sniwb1 time, ridmush geedit y for de to the esesetive anew and die- asirninatlj ion it bas shorts in beleeat to esti an ramie so phmsant an .tient The little hall was plashalmost ed best to huus- MU .t capacity, the very mor prevailed etaesag the whole perfor- mance. The eat.rtatnment took tb. fors of a "literary sad musical comps* tion,' 'aides' bevies bees chosen bans members and ex -members 4 tbs society, and judges isaY to dmido the quota's as too w of Ne two had as quitted itself with Ewan boson r credit The first "side" was led by Miss Aldi. Jenkins end Mr. R. !filler, and the second by Miss Henderson and Mr. O. Cobbledick; and Dr. l're, Dr. Williams and Mr. P. Adanson wiled as Odra on the occasion. Tha following u tho programme presented: - raaT 1. tsoius--"All Tt,�r Messer. Iteu tris- The island of the dente.' - Mies A. Harries. HR. (iaoaoa Enver., of the Sarnia Observer, who heart Sir Samuel Tilley deliver the Badget speech, and lieu lis- tened to Sir Riebard Cartwright's reply, says :—Reading the reports of speeches in the press, gives but a faint idea of the effect they produce when delivered, but readers of the Finance Minstar's expla- nations on tbe budget and of Sir Richard Cartwright's impromptu reply cannot fail to notice a marked difference in the tone and style of the two efforts. The Finance Minister's was hesttating,rambl- ing and apologetic, though it bears evi- dence of careful preparation and coach- ing. Sir Richard's was clear, concise and aggressive, confident in itatone, and fur an unprepared effort couched in re- markably well chosen language. The weak points of the budget speech were promptly seized upon and exposed, and the general failure of the Government policy plainly pointed out. The ex -Fi- nance Minister's familiarity with the fiscal affairs of the Dominion, and his thorough knowledge of the trade ques- tion in all bearings. enabled him to meet at a moment's notice the most patiently preti'ared argumeuts of his opponents, and demolieb•Wem-with a breath.. Tax dilly-dallying of ties Governrnent in connection with the vac. ,tcotlectorsbip of the Custom House of Toronto, is the o:ause of much comment. The grounds taken by Mr. Blake on Ike question, when it was discussed in tl to House the .;therday, was that asthe offio *had bean va- antfor avast, either aoollect aria unneces- sary or the work is net bei. M efficiently perforated. The Minister .f Customs intimated that the Govern sent would till the vacancy as soon as it thought it ueceseary to do so, from wb ieh it may be assumed that the necessity I bas not pressed itself upon the Gov ernmsnt. The office has been vacant over • 'twelve menthe. It seems to us that if the Pre- sent staff be sufficient to trans tact the lousiness to be done for that le, egth of time an additional official is unnec unsay. It is evident that the place is bein, kept warm for somebody in the favour ( t the Government, or it would have been • fill- ed long ere this. THE N. P. boom is always in sc wee other town, and the emigration fr ma ' Qoida to the U. $ , is reported tea be smallest in these papers furthest Fro a+ the scene of the exodus. Even som • papers published nearer home, like the Exeter Timis, fail to see or hear of the rush to the Western States. That jour- nal has the effrontery to state that but 5 per cent of the persons leaving for the West go to Dakota, and infers that the balance go to Manitoba If that pro- portion were kept up in Goderich this yam, the number of persons leaving this town for Manitoba would be close upon 1,000, or one fifth of the entire popula- lion. We are sorry to have to state these facts, but the inis-statements of the Government organs need to be cor- rected. It is nonsense for any paper to declare that for every man from Huron who roes to the Western Ptates, twenty go to Mankato. LITERARY NOTICES. tvw teeter. to the s s.rtaniaawit The AWAY OFF IN THS wwr• BOARD Op EDUCATION. owning sad gigolos sheerness to pada won snag w both a .spirited manner, evincing earefulyrepsrattoo. 'lie 'off` seillaw Hymn ( tish version) was the best of them, and thgt *1. marl& spirit strung: a responsisiSshord in the beasts of teeny of the *talkers was owl - dossed births bond apologies which fol- lowed. The solo and gtliIM/N, bus, "Tender yes of I31 by Mimes J. Fengwa(e0. M Irergoopren.)ard elirusa , e nd ]Hamra It Millar 1Hall (tutor was well received• the solo paitaa, by Kies Ferguson, is • charming tbieg, and was charmingly rendered. This young lady pommies an exquiaiwy w sweet 'Mos, 4 considerable corap, sndd ✓ te bin good commend of it. In the duet, "When the Swallows Homeward Fly," her voice blended delighdnl y with the rick site of Miss lleldrws. In the sec- ond part, the medley of "The Old Piano" found a clever exponent in Miss C. Wil- liams, and the "Mermaid's Song," by Mimes. J. Cooke and C. Williams deser- ved the hearty round of applause which tlah•s4 The mashes •t she Ground acboe: l tam $ r .hoot as.esstssi•eereeiasth'hhhi•e•ates Frew our eta• tletoe.,elbeat. The country a one vast rolling prai- rie, intersected by the Missouri, Big Sioux, Junes and Vermillion river's. Tho aro imbedded trout 50 to 100 tat below the goners/ level, affording excel. lent drainsy to a large tract of country. Toa quality of the land, 1 should judge, O excellent; especially is this the calm in the river valleys, which extend from une- half to six miles wide, of splendid allu- vial soil, end generally quite dry. The upland is of • grayish oulored surface soil, resting on a yellow clay, quite porous, very easy t„ cultivate, and pro- ducing the finest vegetation with the last puesible amount of labor; and if the frequent and refreshing showers that bless Western thttario could le given to it received. Ballad singers, however, this country, it would indeed be a pare - should not forget that their art has a dim fur fanner But unfurtuiiately, higher object than the production of mere melody. The greatest art critic of this, this country is Mohr West; toxo near the or perhaps of any age, Ruskin, has de- and trent of central America; and ly- find the exosllence of vocal music to be ing between the wet and dry belts, very the speaking of a sentiment which is telt severe droughs often occur extending for deeply in the cleared and most forcible nix months, and the fernier sees his beau- tiful crops parched and withering fruit- less upon the ground. So serious, in- deed, are the drawbacks, that I have been credibly informed that a full crop has not been obtained oftener than once in five year. The climate, as I have already hint- ed, is dry; the principal mins fall in June and July. The winter are oold, with frequent wind storing, but usually no great depth of snow. This winter there is about two feet, and the ground has been covered since the nod- dle of November and still remains, these last days of February ; but I ani told this is very exceptional, and usually the ground is nearly bare, and frozen very deep, preventing the cultivation of fall wheat, and I am afraid of clover also. The supply of running water is limited entirely to the rivers; there are almost no brooks or spring. The underground supply is strongly alkeline over large tracts. But the great and paramount difficulty here is the almost entire ab - Rech /Woe -"Charles adward at Versailles," sat►+ter possible. Therefore, to melody, - Mlss K. Marson Solo sod Qu•stetM►--'.molar Syms of Hies."- in vocel music, elocution must be added. Mimes J. renewal and C. Meldrum. Messrs. R. Miller and W. Hai. D Selection from Junin Caviar. Mei r% McOiWlvray and Hall. Duel -"when the swallowe homeward tee" -- atoms J. rseauson and C. Meldruno. msey,"- 11;1:Nettie 'w Nettie to an i3eewmWar. 1 yptlan Me m- Reading - -Bridge of Sighs." W. B. Dickson. kson. Chores --"Men of Harloch,"- Members. esar u. Charm --Dominion Hymn,"-- Members. Recltattoa-••Lord Edmund and William," - Mir M. Seermiller. Heeding - Balled of Breakneck." Mian S. Dickson. Dara --"Mermaid's Song," Mires J. Cooke and C. Wtlllams. Dialogue-8e'lectionfrom the "Lady of the bake." -Mesas. Davidson and Cobbledick. Medley -"The Old Piano."-- Mir C. Williams. lteoftatioa-'.Upward and Onward. --Mr. W. Donald. Recitation -"The Polish Boy,"-- Miss Mand start. Cbaru,-"Marsetllaies ]:hymn." -Members. Full Chorus -"Auld Lang Syne. -- Both Sides. It cannot, we thunk, be doubted that this Society is doing an excellent and important work among its members, for whatever of time or attention may be diverted through its agency from the dry text -book work of the pupils attending the High School, will be amply compen- sated for by the increased zest which the short relaxation from, or variation of, employment will lend them. So much of the sustained "grinding" work which the pupils of this school unfortunately require to perform is enervating, and a variety of employment, although it may not reduce the actual amount of work performed, has a healthful and recup- rating effect. A glance at the above programme will show at once how diffi- cult a task its sponsors had laid out for themselves, and of course it could not be expected that amateurs, some of them of the freshest sort, would acquit them- selves therein in a manner altogether faultless. Take for instance, the piece essayed by Messrs. Mo(lillivrayand Hall, in Part I, the dialegue betweeaBrutw and Valium, in the 3rd scans of the 3r4 act of Shakespaere's "JuliusCrsar,"thanjwhich, perhaps, a selection much more difficult could not be made. It is a study in its - self ; tsself; and, in this iratance, that the noble Brutus should have assumed in a degree the gait of Ancient Piaci, and Cassias that of Dame Quickley, is an excusable exchange. However, the rendition ap- peared to please, and drew forth • hearty meede of applause. Miss Nettie Seeg- miller's recitation of the "Address to an Egyptian Mummy" was an extremely pleasing effort. Although the piece is properly a soliloquy, Miss Seegmiller contrived, and prettily, too, to throw into it a considerable animation, and was warmly applauded therefor ; but her role was not nearly so difficult to present in a "taking" manner before • popular audience as these suistimed by Miss A. Harries, Miss Maud Start or Miss K. Mears Miss Harries has an excellent presence, is graceful in her gesture, and rendered her piece well; her habit, however, of prolonging the intonation of the concluding syllable of certain words, (perhaps with the intention of adding emphasis), might be avoided with advantage. Miss S. Dickson, in the "Ballad d Breakneck," was capital, and from her deliberate and unrestrained style in the pourtrayal of the simple though noble passion of the "dusky maiden" disconsolate, any oth- er of the lady performers on this occa- sion might glean a lesson. She achieved • success, more on account of the com- pleteness in detail of her effort than from the brilliancy of any angle passage. The recitation by Miss ]Ifo. Se.�niller, "Lord Edmund and William, while being • very agreeable roe to listen to, had the fault, in common with thow of Miss Start and Miss Macara, of being too rapidly executed. Where varying pensions are aoatght to be effecttv.ly pourtrayed, time must be hberally dealt with, in order that the auditor rosy seine the spit M the piens. M. WW. BDickens's"Bridge of M. was geed, and Mr. Donald s selection, "Upward and °award" was not • suffi- cient criterion upon which to fonts an opinion of his powers. Messrs. Davidson sed CnbWedick performed verynicely a dialogue between Roderick IDM% and Jamas lttiesjanies, excerpted from Re ott's "Lady of the Lithe." it would he well, we think, is future performances to do sena(p entirely with the stage "proper - Of "Ahem" introduced on the ad wessiies. It o •a element which server only to divert the atteetion of the audi- tor from the porpoise in view to the g YeM(S5Sss of the tibias' before hits, and is • thing almost entirely discarded, awe is hworcws sketches, by all osinent .Isontionits Itis ever the prerogative of art lo swot iattnit.ly more than it ex• ps•game�, deed *ileatlp power of the per- br w is net wiMCiwit to suggest to the iiWNrdl m •iramsdanoss and surround- ing, in wheat M is wPpeam d to he atm Moll, it is heeler that they should remain in &einem aM•g/st-ar A d el per- wri, erof the inetroetinna of HMdef M yon. eontaaned in the seesnd rsrer e1 the sherd at of Shake , s_t•,e play int Hamlet, onnld not fail to he of advantage to many of those who appeared in too brtrieinw rerticm of the pr ,stnme. 1 ,o wi»iaal pan .d the programme, although eowsparativaly light, was a grati- The Westminster Review for January, reprinted by the LaoiARD Score PUB- LISHING LISHING Co. , 41 Barclay St., N. Y., completes the present quarter of the four Reviews so regularly issued by the above - 'mentioned house. Notwithstanding the competition of numerous other periodi- cal', both foreign and domestic, we have reason to believe that these same Re- views still hold a prominent position in the world of literature, from their in- trinsic worth, as well as from the low price of subscription. We cannot sug- gest any better authorities to which read- ers may turn for a record of the leading views on all sides of the principal topics of the day. The contents of the present number, which is an unusually full one, are as follow.: "The Progress of Ship- building in England;" "Plato as a Re- former;" "The Early History of Charles James Fox;" "The Irish Land Ques- tion;" "The Science of History;" "Af- ghanistan," "Bimetallism and the Fi- nances of India; "India and our Colonial Empire;" "Contemporary Literature." We especially recommend aperusal of the elaborate article on the "Scietwe of History," which, taking for its text Draper's Histo of the Intellectual Development of Europe, seeks to give an answer to the question : "Is History an exact Science r Tax Beene are chietyy colonists of Dutch extraeties, and as. said to be a pious and thrifty people. They have much sympathy la their fight for indc► gtendenoe, inasmuch as Oreat Britain i r seeking to annex Transvaal egeinst the will of its inhabitant. The sturdy stand ,node by the colonists cannot bet oo ea mond admiration, .ver though the unfor- The eyadaats end the It. P. The instrument used on this occasion was • cabinet organ, and was presided over duringthe first part of the pro- gramme by iss yeeguuller, and du coring ace send byMus'Frogmen. Both choruses received valuable aid from Mr. Halls, of the High School teaching staff At the conclusion, this judges gave their decision a trifle in favor of the "side" led by Miss Henderson and Mr. Cobbledick. In this they may have been just ; but had the contest been between the male and female elements of the per- formers, the latter would have carried off the palm with a very large majority of narks to its credit. Mr. Strang, headmaster of the High School, made a capital chairman. To the Editor of The Globe, Sir, -As an instance of the faith the people in this vicinity have in the "Syn- , heats and N. P.," I might mention that t hers was a meeting held in this village t• >day by a large number of our farmers al d farmers' sons to arrange about try, tights and mode of emigration to the Nr eth-West It was ascertained that 111 wo sld start on the 22nd, and out of this nae ober there was ouly one solitary in- divi dual who signified his intention o$go- ing i r tar as Emerson; all the others are perm intently locating in Dakota I migbtt further add that the party are taking- about 100 horses, and that this is only the first lot that are leaving these r other large parties are mo, ing or the other side at later dates This is what is going on within a radius of five miles of this place and I understand this county(Arum) and Huron we being va- .ated in a like manna. Is there no possible say .d directing our people to our owe North -Wert? Perhaps**, friends who gave our enwntvy to the St. 1Peul Syn- dicate can answer this qu.Mwu. Yours very truly, Jowl 'humus -inn Chairmen. heehaw!. Mareh 1. 1881. tumble troops defeated by them sae our own soldiers. Rale idea of the charac- ter of the Bons my be gathered from the following "national seg Rena eft sera keit Tree sasesaet Tell shalt set rob ea eli em ewe: We will he tree? We wit *heel ghee sad tie right shalt tar stadesd be. Om fathers nesse sad ere inhere/ bleed Rows seated the sterid ea wblr5 thee Meed : (ver ns*5sr's Yea. ser methane' Mil. Heel bedewed war blew Aerie's rung This r o.' land' 1fie beer head asst here is err tiled Antsier lend Rsilesd ke them we els* It sew. Ass Mads read. it tae etese% rtes• We et bet whet tees week". Her shat It awe ewe mem be reit true atherteme sad trarawa wv will do. (lr ll+c rftortoweb • This fors/noes several ateaibsrs sol the ett,� pee Caret by appointment end psi pre, od Kr. C. W. 1)ednekeon with $ pss�• eisehining MA. Mrlkdriekeow hawse Toronto for the Mass. having Datbsptiof manager of Ow n7empany The notice whish Mr Dedriekeen gam W brethren of the press wee very dices. the eel gram waattaniag kin away nab bawling arrived yenerdey. but far that • atoher of newmpeper mat met te- in bin a geed "seed et" TThhe penes was pressured es WW1 of them gement by Mr Brooks, of 1'he }yds gg� an a dew words, and •Ser re- = - aeahs froRe Ma ma Ran. Peri.. prows Mdsan, Bernaghae. AM Piper, Lowry and ethers, the centrally prtri•ed.d le the O. W R 1 and mid gvindd-bye to their bvallier /spot (Telegram. a..taese St. Jacobs Oil -Phenol Sodique- Teaberry in 5 cent packages, fur sale by Jas. Wilson, Druggist. Caw ORGANS, B. Armstrong has se- cured this territory for the celebrated Doherty Organs, and is selling at low price for cash or on suitable time at low rate of interest. Is also agent for the Bell Excelaior and Dominion Organa Anbtsrls.. The Rev. Mr. Leask, of St. Helens, occupied the Presbyterian pulpit here on Sabbath, the 6th inst very accept- ably. Mrs. Young, sr. has gone to Exeter to nurse her son, who is prostrated with inflammation of the lungs. He is recover- ing- Since the hotel in this village came into the hands of Mr. T. Nicholson, it has undergone great changes. The house has been completely renovated, repainted, and handsomely grained, and has now • spank new appearance. The table is good, and everything about the place has an air of cleanliness and neat- ness. Under its present management, the "Auburn House" bids fair to become one of the most popular country hotels in the oounty. Brawls. CURLING.—A thatch was played at Listowel, on Monday last, between 3 rinks of the Brussels and 3 rinks of Lis- towel curlers, which resulted in favour of Brussels by 13 shots. The following is the score : Listowel. Brussels. R1Ya NO. 1. W Climie W. Bell 8. Galloway Geo. Ford Skip, 31. AI RINK NO. ft. McMillian J. J. Hamilton R. Fergus on W. F. Clarke Skip, 19. R. Laidlaw P. Scott F. Scott J. Campbell Skip, 25. e• *seams eye.ine• wines miasma n.perr• The regular monthly tweeting of the Central Bead of Public 'School trustees tout place on Monday evening last, the following members being present Mmar Crabb, chairman, Buchanan, McGee, Stimson, Cooke and tt'etgusuii. After the minutes of previous v o the sx reg had been read 1 p wry read ons rat eciNl.. MuYTYLI Kir(•&T for February, which was as follows :-- The number of pupils attending the tluderich Public Schools during the month was 732, of whu:u 4172 were boys and 330 were girls. The following table shows the number on ntll, the aversgm attendance and per- centage of attendance in each Division . Toaohers. Nu. ea A i . alt. p.C. of ,toll. att. W. R. Miller, 41 37 90 Miss Trainor, 43 38 88 Bund, 48 40 lc . • Blair, 5: 44 84 " Hoover, 45 40 88 Harries, 69 :it 7•1 , • Sleigh, S; •;a 7r, McHiahou, fold 44 m7 •• Traquair, t% 47 75 Longworth, 0.1 47 75 " Jamieson, SJ t:4 f10 ''Drummond, 45 'te 84 " (haiday, til, 45 117 The Secretary then prvoeentet the 2. C. R. Cooper A. Wilson R.. McKinney] A. Morris Skip, 27. RIwm NO. 3. D. D. Campbell A. F. Climie F. Sharp J. Coutts Skip, 18. A. Stewart A. Cosena A. Veal J. Webster Skip, 29. senoe of timber an d cost. The only timber 1 have seen or heard of is a soft wood called cotton wood, and no better for fuel than poplar or beaswood, and this is only found on the islands and borders of the Missouri river. To a Canadian's eye, it seems exceedingly cold and bare to pass over hundreds of miles without seeing a tree larger than a man could carry on his shoulder. But to me, the bleakest of all bleak objects, is the 12 x 16 house of the new settler, no barn, no shed, no orchard, no fence; nothing but a lump of straw, the snow two feet deep, the frost at- 30' below aero, the wind howling, and the nearest neighbor, one and often two miles away over the trackless prairie. Stock raising has been gone into large- ly, but this winter has materially lessen- ed the enthusiasm of stockmen, as large numbers of cattle have perished; but this loss could be avoided by the erection of proper sheds and by ,Oroviding a suffi- cient supply of hay, which can be ob- tained in abundance for the mere trou- ble of cutting and stacking, and I have no doubt but stock raising will ulti- mately become the most profitable industry of the country. Sheep are also being tried, but I have not heard the re- sults. In consequence of the large number of railroads that are being pushed westward through this Territory, there is • wild .peculation in building "cities." as they call them here ; but I am afraid very fed of these will become cities indeed. This rush has the effect of producing • large amount of employment at high wages to mechanics and labourers during the sum- mer ; but the winter here is little better for employment than in Ontario, while board is generally from 14 to $5 per week. As usual, there is an abundance of store -keepers, and, es for clerks, I would not advise them to conte here un- less they can speak German or Norweg- ian, as a large number of the settlers are of these nationalities. Americans and Canadians are mostly found in the towns, although they own a quarter or half sec- tion of land a few miles in the country. But although there are serious draw- backs in this country, I do not forget that there were even more serious diffi- culties to face in the early settlement of your own highly favored Ontario. There the settler had the mighty forest to face, to carry his first year's provisions rte his back ten and fifteen miles through the forest, over creeks and fallen timber and through swamps, while here he can hitch up his prairie "schooner" and drive right to hie location, unhitch hs team and start his plough, plant his potatoes and corn, living in his waggon all summer if he chooses ; plenty of gram for his stock and plenty of excellent hay to cut Inc winter use, with reiln,ads almost every- where at easy distances. and no roads to make to get to market. But a settler must have means, may $1,000, or he will have to hire out to make it, and if he has • familythis will be no may matter. --W. SUDDIS DsATH.--Mr. Alex Stewart of the late firm of Scott Stewart, black- smiths, of this place, died rather sudden- ly on Tuesday afternoon Mr. Stewart has been incnppaacciated for some time past the cause of death being attributed to dilatation or enlargement) of the stomach. He has been a prominent member of I. O. O. F. for • number of y earn On Monday afternoon Mr. A. Hunter had oocaaion to go by train to Listowel on business, and by some mishap • bundle of valuable documents slipped from his onat pocket. He did not discover his loss till after the train had left Lidowd. By the use of the tel.gmph they were recovered and restored in safety. CARNIVAL -- A carnival Dame off in the Brussels Rink, last Monday night. A number of elegant nostemes were to be seen, and the eats tho ughout were complete, whtch reflects great cred- it on Thea R Smith, the manager. Fon KAN•A.—John and Roht. Nott intend starting for Kanas on Thursday next. They take with them four valua- ble horses (er stoat purpose, and should the eovtry beemosia. with their spec- tatio,o., they will being there at an early data A Burma -VW. -A few days ago Alts McKeever, Sib ertweseoas1 Yin sardine, and • ynwllf roan named averse, of the sane township is • brut- al and bloody fight in inesadi'ia h appears that the eatse two bad • fight at Arsnw, no the Agricultural show day, and that their blew! bed snit tooled dram won not Daring this light whish took plass the other day both were bad- ly and up MmKenzie had his thsb elbowed, his flee eat, eye Maeda and hack of his howl gashed ravens saw - ad two blank eyes and ewts ton neater- num eanernum to mentions AonnToeu$ Rare RT. And after it had been real, the Omit man submitted the question as t•, wheth- er it should be advertised. Thereupon some discussion t....k place, the opinion being expressed by sane or two of the members that this abstract report should bo published. in urde r that the public might be advised of the uses to which tate Board had tut its money. A majority over -ruled thio opinion, however, and on motion of Mr. Cooke, saonded by Mr. Ferguson, the report was simply received and fyled. A erect -LLB from the Elucation Depvrtineut, setting forth certain conditions or restrictions under which the authorised text books may be published or old, wet read by the Chairman. A ,•ometaneT. Mr. Cooke stated that the caretaker of the Central School had informed hue that certain of the boys attending that school were in the habit of returning after the school had been dismissed and rifling the desks. The mode. operandi of the buys was this, -instead of passing out at the door when being dismissed for the night, they turned into a stair- way leading to the cellar and remain- ing there till,all became quiet; they then returned to the rooms and committed the offense mentioned above. Instruc- tions were given to have the stairway leading to the cellar so secured that it would be impossible for egress to be made there. The Principal reported that Mus Tra- quair had been ill and that he had sub- stituted Miss Trainer during her ab- sence. Board then adjourned. Saltfbrd TAni3ORIIIO. -- Saltford has long been wanting a tailoring establishment, and Mr. McLaren has determined to supply the need. He has opened rat next to the Union Hotel. S'rALuox. -Mr J. O. Stewart, hal sold • fine two year odd stallion to Mr Lasham, of the Ones Hotel, for 11160. It is not asesseary to cross the ocean to Ret a good hope sowsday. 5Mee Oils. noses. rhe era ea Pada. The Pharmacist thus pithily exposes the folly of the modern mania for.modi- cal pads: "We refer not to the foot -pads, who are indeed plentiful enough, but to those little specimens of medical upholstery now hawked about for almost every ill that flesh is heir to. Medical philoeop- here who were wont to hold up the tem- porary success of the Perkins tractors as an example of • superstition once prevalent among the peop1Q, and to con- gratulate themselves on the intellectual superiority of the age, stand in amaze- ment as spectators of a repetition of the folof faith. Alread, we have "lung p•da," "kidney pads,' "headache pads, and of curse will soon have "head pads,' "stomach pads, "worm pads, etc. Ere lung we may expect enterprising firms to advertise as complete • line of pads as they now do of elixir or sugar- coated pills. The padites or paddies ap- pear to believe that remedies permeate the body, as do bullets, in r direst line, regardless of tegument', tissues, or cir- culating fluids.' fort Hope Ghouls: There canine be i the lead doubt that if our rural swsiei malities were able to compel owns" of hind *dissent to reads that were liable M beemse blockaded in whiter to take born their femcs or build ono of wire, 1104 a meg bene would be eo.fer oat 11tei tr•eelbne If anything further was sainted to shoe 't)nat the N. P. is a rich man's tar- iff, we need only point to the lad amend- ment of it which reduces the duty on fine folks' satins to 25 per cent, while cotton, which is in universal demand by the poor, remains taxed as high as 40 per cent. VICTORIA HALL ONE NIGHT ONLY. SATURDAY BARCH 5TH. TNa YIV0R1TP COOL BUI GE88 COMPANY General Admission - - • - 'li e. Rent -wed Seats tit e. Tobe W at Mo orhens's'. Hoek Stan.. SNI?OBI BICURSION$. GreenwaY will start another !XCtRPTOIC TRAiN cwt WED$ESOAT, I$TM /ARCH. $$$1. Oosameting with the rem over G. W R same day Onmrietvate at OE TRALTA, PRZIGAT MONDAY BSPORE. APTLY To 1111* ORUWAT. Centralia `v'trT7 ,r..► 41 "' xs• » ,r