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Every fanner is bay oath the 4y.
It . Fotherinek.es, of TecaetteiaOb,
was the guest 4 Mr. James Linkable,
H..pe Farm, lent week.
Chas Macintosh, of Hullett. with wile
and two children. toted friends here
last week
By special request of L O. G. T. 113,
a •a noon ..n temperance will be given at
the Prrsbyteriau church uu Sunday by
John Mdalhvray, M. A.
D 'McGillivray, M. A., WouJatuck,
preached at the Preebyterun church
Wt Sunday.
We hope Bro. Jackson, our toast
cotes at Paramount, will appoint a hood
c•tmiwttee of its fair belles t.. look after
tho..e brsutiful flowers ort the absent
Harry. until he returw in August, and
look after 111C melons.
A1Zb4Ta.
The tollowing stews arrived too late
f r publication last week --
%Ir. 11'allace's now building is pru-
greasing rapidly it is now in the hands
of tine plasterer. He will occupy it short-
ly.
Kee. John $.,:rep, of ('lint.•n, Baptist
'leached in the Methodist church on
.ui,day last under the auspices of L O.
L No. JJS. A collection was taken at
the .lose of the service that the Prutestent
. r;.huo home.
Miss Jessie, third 1an2hter of the Rev.
Mr. Yount;, of Ctiffent, is visiting friends
at Auburn.
The garden party held at Mr. Thos.
tlrown's on the 7th lust under the
smar.ices of Knox church. Manchester,
was • suaees The bachelors of this
section were out in zo.d force. It is
reported that Rowe of the village clerpy-
it.en are Nicely to get • job of knot tyt.g
as the result of the •tfair. Proceeds
a'.so u:.24.00
Lochalsh.
Mas Hattie Chambers, who has been
aiitng for some time, has been taken t.
Kincardine in order to be under the
immediate care 4 her physician, Dr.
McCnmmon.
A large amount of hay has been secur-
ed during the peat week, in very tine
condition, owing be the favorable state
of the weather. The crop generally is
not s heavy one, but it is of excellent (hxwlity.
Mise T.otllab.a , r alanine
frieadn is the veinier.
A QuaRTMR OF a 0100114111111. -Thurs.
day, the letl!•irttt, ilenee& Wed the
both anaiveNaQ of - wRMi d
del..17 reeve Allen. 4Colbert% ria ht.
itutrealytbNWr half A atiabeir d old2
timers took advantage of the uottastun to
hold s p:wan) in honor of thee/rest, sad
several purloining residents of Goderich
and other points tiled se eppesrance.
Awouest the guests were Mayor Herron,
Sherg! Gibaeaa, reeriLJuhnstes, awuty
clerk Adamsea, Wma Ins,Dr. Taylor,
Charles Slat. D. 0. treakan, Dr.
Cassidy, Dat Oaa., of Dumsa os, eoeu-
oiUor Beck, of S•Itford, and • number
of lady friends. After the visitors had
•1l nasembled Mrs A11en itivited rho
whole company to partake a an exod-
lent repeat in a beautiful cool grove on
the west aide 4 the fans, to whish all
sppeared to do ample 1 usties. The viands
were excellent, and the writer is satisfied
that if such coffee could be obi -tined for
bre tents a drink at our hotels "Blue
Ribbon Beer- and all otber compounds
would soon be at a discount. After the
repast a number of •Igtrotm active young
ladies paid particular attention to Major
Crane, (wt.o appeared fully equal t o the
uccamon,. and enjoyed themselves with
foot racing and other athletic amuse-
ments, keeping the nulur very actively
engaged. When all were tired,the party
adjourned t.. the house for the purpose
of giving a sentiment t. Mr. and Mn.
Allen. The mayor of Goderich beim[
called upon made s few remarks perti-
nent to the occasion, congslimenting Mr.
! A. as one of those sell -made men who.
knowing how to help himself, had the
proverbial assistance of the Daity--who
always is said to help all who help them -
I selves -closing with *toast to Mr. and
i Mrs. Allen, to which full justice was
I done by the whole audience. Mr. Allen
replied in very felicitous language en
i behalf of Mrs. Allen and himself. This
closed incD0 the pleaasntest reunions
which we have attended for many a
day. A large number of valuable
i, silver presents were receive! by
Mr. and Ile. Allen on the occasion,
although the deputy -reeve. with his
usual modesty. had only invited the
guests to a "motel gathering" instead of
l a "silver wedding." The hod and
hostess have spent their whole wedded
life in this section, and have always en•
deavured to promote the interests of the
ualtty.
A number of the people tit this local-
ity had a four days bunt last week, the
..blett of search being a middle-aged,
unmarried woman named Kitty Finlay-
son
inlayson who had become insane. She was
residing temporarily with Mrs. Lilly Mc-
Kenzie, and nn Wtduesday evening,
taking advantage of a moment when
trot good wot non's eye was n..t upon
her, slipped away, and nothwithstanding
the m:at vigilant search of • large
number of the neighbors, was not found
till Sunday evening, having been with-
out food for four days. • We understand
that it u the intention of her friends to
have her sent to an asylum.
IbyyyaVItoa.
I)snrAtT.--Tbe anbleet of this brief
nrec..,ir, Sarah Dougherty, was born in
Aelitreld in the year 1861. She was an
earrest and devoted member of the
church of Etiglsnd, for many years. She
was an efficient worker in the Sabbath
school. In her long sickness she bore
her sufferings with Christian resignation.
She calmly fell asleep in the arms of her
b;eesed Redeeaier. July 14th, 1885. Her
remains were interred in the Goderieb
cemetery fulLwed by a large concourse
of mourning friends and sympathising
neighbor& She is the third person in
the family who has gone to the spirit
land in a few years. The family have
the heartfeltympath of the entire com-
munity, in char sad bereavement But
what has been their lose oil! be her gain.
She was a greet favorite with both old
and young and will be greatly missed in
her circle of aequ•intanoes The Rev.
Carrie, Episcopal minister, preached s
very impressive sermon last Sabbath in
connection with her death.
"Asleep in Jesus far from thee
Thy kindred and thy friends may he;
But thine is still a blessed sleep.
From which none ever wake to weep.- -
Zo13aesvtUs.
The farmers in this vicinity are now
busy saving their hay.
Let Sabbath the Orangeman of this
place marched to the Methodist church
in full regalia, when the Ree. Mr.
Narks preached them au able and profit-
able sermon from the words "Buy the
troth and sell it not" On Monday�hey
went t.. join their brethren at Sttattaed,
in celebrating the "Battle of the Boys*"
They did themselves the credit of osM-
ing home all straight notwithetandiug
the absence of the Scott Act restraint
in the "Itaby City."
Mrs. Mammon, wife of Rev. Mr.
Meesmorr, • missionary now laboring in
India, lectured in the Methodist church
Ise Wednesday evening evening under
the auap:oes of the Woman's Missionary
Society. The lecture was interwtima
sed profitable. Much information was
teirin regarding woman's work in the
minion field.
Those abominable pests -lightning-rot
peddlers have again been .naking their
appearance in oar neighborhood, and as
usual have been rew rting to their favor-
ite way of making money vit.: by swind-
ling and fraud. A few days ago a farm-
er living not far from this •illage was
visited by one 0 those economists of the
troth, who represented hiuself as being
an honest da•ler in the invaluable house -
protector. Ho stated that his anode of
doing business was not to employ agents,
bat to put his rods on rune movement
house in the neighborhood, free of
charge. as an advertisement, and to
leave • quantity of rod for sale at the
usage plane. He asked the farmer to
allow him the privilege of putting the
!reds as his house in this way, which ra-
qunt seemed an remsnaable that he gave
this o.see.t Then the farmer was en-
eeepsetingly ind.eed to sign hie name to
*hat proved to be an order Inc *2110
wee* of sod, while mase alesg u don
thea I.et others take warning.
Mrs. Parn41, mother of the agitator,
M is deer Ante arou•mtanees, and starts
- Ade being made to raise a fund for her.
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'ort Aloe!':.
Arthur Bennett, er., la, we regret to
iesrn, seriously ill.
1'. R. Hawkins left on Tuesday on a
business trip to Dublin.
W. T. Pellow is on a visit to his father
at Stratford.
Wm. Williams and mother, of Gede-
riek, were visiting relatives here en
Wednesday. Mr. Williams has just re-
turned from a four years' sojourn in the
U. Si
Henry Otwaf barn recently applied a
fresh cost of paint to his balcony, there-
by giving it a very neat and testy- swear-
ance tndosd.
A number of young ladies from Dun-
gannon were on a pleasure taunt to this
village on Tuesday. They spent a very
happy time boating, croquet playing, etc.
John Hyslop, 0 Goderich, paid a visit
to the Port on Sunday.
Mrs. Baird. of Stanley township, has
been on a suit to her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Dunbar, for some time
Mrs. McGill. who has been spending •
few weeks with her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Mahaffy, returned to her home at Corrie
on ILOIS4ay.
The funeral sermon of the late Miss
Salah Dougherty, warn preached on Sun-
day, by the Rev. Mr. Carrie. There
was a very large congreeation present.
Miss Luis Graham, eldest daughter
of Robert Graham, of this village, was
united in the holy bonds of matrimony
nn Wednesday of last week, to Henry
ocean, of Kincardine. The marriage
remony took place in the neighbor-
hood of Niagara Falba We wish the
newly married ooupletneeybappiesm.
We are aoary to not. the' Mr. Makaiy
met with considerable logs on Monday
by the breaking of the water wheel of
his saw mill. We understand that he
intends replacing it with s wheel of much
more substantial and superior character,
and have the mill in running order again
an a week or se.
Caor Paosracra.-Should the sprung
cropeaoape the rust, the following
estimate of the dlffbeent areas at the
coming harvest, coming from such ezoel-
lent authority as ourselves, may be ac-
cepted as reliable for this township :-
Fall wheat, per acre, 32 bushel ; spring
wheat, 19e; barley, 23j ; peas, 901,
oats, 34 With reference to the root
crop we do not are to give • decided
opinion for a couple of weeks yet, but
would justsa that if the potato beg -
who u wring with that tuber with
his old time vigor and persistency -is
not liberally ted on Paris green during
the nett fortnight, this crop will not
equal that of previous years. As to the
mangold, carrot, ate., mon aa/m.
We have had a dispute, 111k. ether,
enncerning the numerical strength of the
different religious denominations in Erg.
land and Wales, and if you mold give
the figures in your next issue, at leaat
those of the M*th.det. and Episcopal
English bodies, you would much oblia
ua. Answer this week if at all possible,
as if it he delayed much {anger we are
not sure bet that we may get a "thump-
aR" over the head of it.
Ws notice that your Dunlop corres-
pondent is much agitated about having
sem* sort of telephonic communication
between that instgni6esnt hamlet and
(Lod1reah and urges as his chief ergs-
merlr, that it would be of great adven-
ture to the farmers of that seetios inas-
much that they could easeetain the
proems of grain and Meek. without a
pers..wal visit to the Moe. New it's
!teen Maywood, p cow .1.. M.y.Md
that's hese getting the.4 ; wall hat it
was,at least It's the old Illayweodise style
of Boone thongs. Nave the espies, et a
paraoral vies I WeU thee is iteth. Why
f the :wiriest appointees of agape ie
that nesehtorhnoul, he may ertterwvn a
see* of men with whseiben'nws would
enmony the whole produce to market in
owe iaresoes. As le the stook, bet hie
tR1;80N SIGNAI,, F8
Mor yeti re Broiler amen. Iu kis
oath kiudeess of heart quer aorto ,u-
jmt aleu desires that the Pettit area
thi
and Port Albert ahotJ 1 also mbar"s
gnat national blessing, and informs us
that since some nnaLtnai w„rdy war
between the scribes of Leonora sod tate
village vessels of commerce have entered
the harbor ..1 the latter, eat. Why, you
great uare toatedd gosling, vessels of
a.raserwe se entered this harbor latae
before your mummy took o1 your petti-
ousts. And we have daily papers, and
telegraphic communication with the
world, and the tint natural harbor oe
this shore of Lake flume. and the
promise frees the guvent.tei.t of • sta b-
eteat sum of money to complete it, and
the almost absolute certainty that this
port shall become the ter wutus of the
C. P. It road now at Teeewas.r, and -
but you make w very weary, Jae, very
weary, indeed.
Gaslight. Grant is reported to be
dying.
ON Wednesday last Stratford was in-
augurated a Lity We don't know that
that fact will add to its population ..r
lessen its taxes, but it sounds bill, and a
big sound goon • long way sometimes.
11 'e understand the American Govern-
ment has placed in the hatids of the
Lieut. -Governor of Ontario, a cheque for
820 and a golu medal each for Capt.
John McKay, of Lyal Island formerly
of Gndertch), and James Macdonald, at
Bayfield, Inc rescuing the crew d the
American barge, Iowa, off Greenough
Point its November, 188,'t.
Rev. G. B. Taylor. late ett Bayfield,
took tickets at Clinton bit week by
steamer Adriatic. 4 the White Star
Line, for Licerpaol. fled left with his
wife, on Friday, speeding a couple of
days among his tonna par:si t..sara. at
Listowel. t)n Monday he went to
Stratford to address the 4 tranYemen.ad
while there was taken quite iii, the ser-
vi;es of a couple of dnctots being ndcO-
sary. We understand that he recovered
sufficiently to go back to Listowel.
Henry Cook, formerly of this neigh•
borbood, but who has for wtnet.me been
a resident of Pickford. Mich., hu re-
turned.therefrow and will again take up
kis residence hereabout*, He has roue
to the conclusion gist there is no place
like the county of Huron, and believes
that the nt.»t of those Canadians who
have settled in that portion of Michigan.
would have been better of had they re-
mained in Ontario He says the roil
there dose not begin to compare with
that here, while then are many advan-
tages here not enpoyed there. -`New
Era.
t)n Monday afternoon lest week, Jas,
Hearn narrowly escaped being killed by
lightning. He was .rat on the 14th
can. of Godench township when a storm
suddenly came up, and with a ample of
others he took refuge beneath a barn on
the farm of Jas. Rowden.A flash ..f
lightning struck the end 4 ibi barn, aud
ran. right in their midst, Mr. Hearn
seemed to be encircled by the dame. All
were dared for a moment, but sustained
no injury, further than that Mt. Hearn
suffered from deafness f• r a couple of
hours after the affair. The barn was
splintered somewhat.
THE WORLD C: KR.
As Viennese Is the a dumas et eargot-
stile l'esteup.ranes.
The Iowa Supreme Court has decided
that a hotel -keeper who receives guept.,
knowing that there is • contagious dis-
ease in his hoose, is liable for damage t.,
any guest who may contract the disease.
The Right Hon. William Edward
Forster, liberal member . f parliament
Inc Brantford, formerly chest secretary
Inc Ireland, it is said will soon make •
visit to Canada.
The Resplo .. 1a) •pt,•• . of Cairo. pub-
lishes letters from an engineer named
Berti, who has just escaped from Berber.
declaring Olivier Pun. the French ad-
viser "f El Mandi, is alive and well at
Berner.
The mercury stood at 96 Inc several
hours Tuesday afternoon. During the
twenty-four hours ending at noon 180
deaths were reported : 69 were from
diarrh.ra : r3 were of children under
five years, and four died of sunstroke.
A despatch says the King cf Dahomey,
with a large army. has massacred the in-
habitants of the French unprotected vil-
lages. The king has also captured 1,000
French people, and he and his followers
propose to sat them.
Mr. Mulook, M. P. Inc North York,
has given $600 to be divided among the
four companies from Suwon, Newmar-
ket, Aurora. and Sutton. who took part
in quelling the rebellion.
A counterfeiter from Lueknnw, Ont.,
is flooding London with circulars netting
forth the vales of kat bogus notes, which
he will sell at fifty per cent. discount on
their face value. The circulars are most -
1y seat to store clerks and bar tenders.
•4111111.
in i.eeborn. on the 17th of July. IBM. the
wife of K. Shaw. of'sd•ughter.
■451511,
At Niagath Falls. on Wednesday. Joie 'fib
11g3, by the Rev. 1. Roosewoed. 3fetTln.gtse
aldaler Mr. Henry Toone.. of Kincardine.
to MM I.Imk Orabam. of Pon Albert.
N1m-
Al Ooderich Towsahip, oa Tuesday Men -
tag, July 21st 1853. Allan Davidson. age1 1•
years. 7 month* sad 11 days.
The femoral will take place horn kis late
residence. loot ta, 1st OA,. West vrawasek.
on Friday. July lath, at Ile Sneak p. m
/►Mods and a -quaintest*, will please meet*
1111 i stlmat hie. .
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