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GODERICH, ONT., FRIDAY,.00T. 14, 180.
iENERAL NrELLIGEN
furan #ignal
D. t'
N1cGiLLICnnT. Prat Dna.
r 1. A YEAR IN AUVANCA
TORONTO LETTER. The Nand a being steadily imprur.d I DOWN BY THE BRINY WHAT'S UPI
by the city authorities. About >l2 000 The •ountry is very hti�'y sod
peen—leoknng from an •guise ura�yoint
have beteg expended this fall it making of view, and most of it scarcely lock• I w—+
1e rrm.runll Sketches of Men and Thinks ill a 100 acre park at Meade, and two or Notes by the Way and Incident. capable of raising • m,rtga;te. The
the Queen Cit only
t Tbiag;lg '�' ewe 8Al7poaitst
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, y' three years rill w • perfectgarden on } of the Trip. y
that portion of the aforettme barren t •rrr•usttii •tx THE •iToarxxsre:r,
AT arts o►ricx: who purchase the men's fish and supply
"Tae Lints* Ale [aider Park Oratory— weal. of sand. 1 Lire ea the heeaa Rase Mew ♦.s let. are them with their outfits &c., •ud after t The aicrf f sf tide tf.rtbwesSetw Petr+
NURTII-*TICKET. GoD Jt1CII. nam omen.' *Hp .r *peewit Tae The attention given the North• I 44.31" , sea-4rk•es. IS." 1e a
New r.rllamr■r BalUOtaa. Mamas alt the fashion of bloated monopolists in Miaeehtn: •r.at the Rq.r'. flair
It is a wide-awake local newspaper. devoted western Exhibition by the Moil, and t rasa OtherUear general, usaally manage to have tAa j aeaardleg N. • trees* T.
le co•tnty news and the di eemination of use- - Other Tapirs. er laserets as the Trip.
ful knowledge. the big boom tendered the show by
T. SIuN•L will have • good eff.ct on 1
RATE! Or at rint'RarT1O\ i Huron men bare been crowding into nest fax. Tits SIGNAL u on file el ' lr"'Joeeu.y eceoiti{, the 7th, our
Toronto during the peet year or two, d eight oaf. chewed symptoms of
three a year; If for sir senors to Or. for CritMml laibtt Y/ RaalliHs Rear being ' • dirty night." The day had
three months. If thr, ntbscr{yi ion b sot paid and among the best knows of them Y Ier'e, and la
la advance. of ..abs)r{prioa win be chutyred at 1 John Alexander, a reed by a eoesiderable num. I become increasingly cloudy, and the
the rate of ef.o0 a year. ',elope Li Lion, I bee of our citiaaes• If the promoters wind which was from about 8. W.
Ass ERn*raL RATES t i formerly of Brume's. 'The Lion," as t seed a representative W the Central gradually freshened, until •Iso ut 8 it
he old Huron cronies still call him, has I was blowing a gale ; but as we were
Lt{pl sad other cas,nal advrttleemea:. t) next year, to advertise the Ooderich I wider the lea td the land, we did not
per Ione for arra insertion, and l trots per t{fie I several hobbies, one of which is reciting
ver tach sobsequnnt insertion. measured by ' above, I think •number of exhibitors in I (eel the w as we should hate done
a nonpareil style. stirring Scotch poetry, which he ds the manufacturing line would be Riad to 1 further out. The night was pitch dark
Local notices in nonpariel type . per nae. livers with a ruing and failing inflection and thephosphorescent I
Local sauces in ordinary raiding type lc per - take space to exhibit their wares at g dam t f the
trod. of tutee, that gives •swing to the rylhm the Northwestern A abuse that draws water in the boats wake, and in the crest
Bosinete cards of six lines and under {S per and • music to the cadence of the poem. of every breaking ware, which gars the
year. b,000 people through the turnstile in one w almost the appearance of • sheet of
Advertisement. of Lost. Found, Strayed He also dips into verse occasionally on day in such weather as that of last week, green fin, was quite enough to convince
tittttattoes t•acaet. t3ttd'aUon wanted Lis own account ; and if his Pelvis-
. u not groin( to M neglected by out me that I was
"'toes. Chau"' Wanted. nil sacred sus does lies
ked. noneartel it per meant. P here and there, the aids °Aibiters, it they ars given oppor- oNCR MORE ON THE BRINY.
Horses on Sale sad Farina on Sale. not to author's animated elocution covers
exceed $ Uses, til for tint mouth, '.& per rub- tunny to deol•y their wares to the as-
degaent month. Largeradva in proportion. many of the detects of the feet of the sembled crowd.
Any special notice, the *Wert of which is to lines, Mr Alexander has a third ae-
Uiweiote the pecuniary benefit of any dolt- The Baptist convention meets her•
virtual or company, to be considered an ad eomplishinent : He is • jack-knife wood
Terttaeme°t and charged accordingly. this week. The Baptists are making
�Theeee terns will in .11 cases be strictly ad- engraver. The I,cal uewapaper in Bros- more headway, relatively, in Toronto
sets, has had many • work of art from
Special rates for larger advertisements. or his trusty pocket-knife wood cuts toed
advertisement* for extended periods made
known at the oMee of prbuosUoa, to ornament the various lines of goods
sold in his store. The monster thistle
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*roafkd U.
•
Jfififilfit UPAITtiEfiT. eut, which ornamented the posters sent
out by the Brussels Caledonian Society
A fully equipped Jobbing Moe is carried
oa
au conoerr{oa vrith the ordinary newspaper I to advert iee their annual games, was
business, where first-class week is turned out I also the product of his knife, or
at reaw,•able num avarytktgr in obs pr{at-
,ng line can be done oa the premise. from an hatchet, Y the cam may be. He is
..luminated poster to a irleklag card.
AL commuataus s seat be addressed to ! • great artist in wood and origins
poetry ; but his wood cuts and poetry
ars generally turned to • practical se -
count ; they are used for adrertising
purposes. Mr Alexander is now engag-
ed by the St. Leon mineral water com-
pany, and his poetry and artistic fancy
gives life and °ttractivecese to the ad-
vertisements. This water is said to
have excellent qualities as a specific
for indigestion and dyspepsia, and
Mr, Alexuid.r's verses sound the best as he has had much deference paid Gaspe the land rises, Datil, when near -
praises of the fluid in catching rhyme. atm by the peas teosrally, as well oe int the
Caps, it becomes
A cut made up of bottles of 81. Leon in .DIN ed h • $HLsa WALL or rime,
the aha of • am dancing gn osege from Ata people.
Pe ng with joy ower The price cf land here is dill •dnlin rising straight from the water to a
his can is the conception of the artiste
fancy of "1114, Lion," and attracts mach
attention in the shop windows, for near-
ly every grocery and drug store sells St.
Leon. The wells are in Quebec, sod
there is an immense demand for the
water all over the ooanty. Geo. Good, a foot. Now let some disciple of Henry the mainland, called the "Old Mao,"
of Se°forth, is agent for the county of Geerge sit down, and thlok deeply on ►od which when seep in profile, peen
the subject of " unearned increment." a sort of grotesque reeemberce to •
tad d already • „ramiderab4 1 figure with a human face, and the gen-
eral contour of an Egyptian Sphinx.
m. H1retLYITNT,
Muter of Tot Sww•t.
1a•derteb Oat.
IL A. L. Werra, who de-
al maims so fervently
of July in Goderich, and
halite aaay yews been • political
wire pollee in the Tory interest, has been
zpoiated postmaster et St. Mary..
Hal will find it dil;ault to keep his
mouth shat oa polilisal matters oven
when fader Goweepers'st salary. White,
Cowan and these other patriots who be.
hewed the profanities and mechaointi
industries of the wonky were in so
turisbing a condition ars fast believing
heir .tateaseota by relinquishing their
ing and aoseptiag Government
berths, where the salary is good and
labor light.
Tea Toroffio Wold is busily engaged
writing up Ges of the papers that
are opposed to it on the oommeioial .a.
dos qus.tion,and is eode.roring to prove
that they have been isoosaistent politic-
ally mrd otherwise during their career.
1I1 die World were to write a two or
dimes odesa aktick on the vagaries, se-
aaMeisiiiss and political Jump -Jim -Grow
yeallereiseces of that spicy little journal,
the Tomato World, there would be some
may reading toe the pebh.. The Warfel
its the liveliest paper in Teronto, but
when cooeiate.ey is ander discussion, it
has no right to lift its tassels' roam.
Politically it bee boxed the oomp•se, wad
if it wasn't fishing for the orgaosbip of
the Tory party now, it wouldn't be oe
its present tack.
W0HO36 FEDI[ THIS FAIR
seems algetime4 Were end There by woo.
IP ser Mpeeters.
The blies were mach taken .p with
the ehio•, majolica sad glassware exhibit
of 0. A. Nairn
e The estate of R B. Smith R Co., bap
a handsome display of niek-naeks and
• Sae ladies' work, sued was successful is
4W ewtshing the feminine eye
A. Smith figured as a 1st prise taker
for g.sU.seen's weariog appareL
Seuaden Js Sem had • Beady heater
apetairs and a Gamey boiler ea the first
Auer of the pavfkio. Their aa.ortmeat
cf stoves was slap VOL
Geo. Thomson had an exhibit of White
armies s.ahInes, Doherty means and
Warmer loops in the main building, sad
did s grad stroke of bovines.
R W. Ma[eaale's display of hardware
was mesh admired by visitors, sad in-
truded attention fres almost every
ore who visited the pavilion.
Wes. Aohesau's trunk pyramid and
display of barons was also • fasten of
d show, awas oorapiosn o.by its extort
aviddos sppammess.
fabsrwi&s fano este, 'MAA was shows
by the twos esarty again, R D. Mar-
ra, of IIrdl seam sash admired by
the fames It le M question ore
of the seed segl,IL- s( harm gN1m,, and
le superior le way Ire have yell sum
Tem Emmen 8s.iut Mal the Ml
er it h the latest sad heel Wei eta deg
to the boor of gelsg te pew
than any other denomination. Howerer,
they are not so large that they can afford
Old half•furgotten memories and the re-
membrance of many such nights came
back, and 1 became so •baorbed in the
recollections, that 1 could almost imagine
that instead of twelve years, scarcely so
many weeks had elapsed since I had
come on deck to relieve the watch on
just such a night, and from force of habit
I walked about the decks till long after
to set up a university in opposition to midnight before seeking " the seclusion
the State -aided Toronto University. that • cabin grants." A sailor's life is a
The wisest heads among the Baptista do
not favor an indepeode•t university ;
they believe in college federation, having
the theological course at McMaster, and
the Natural Sciences and Arta at the
Toronto. By -the -way, people does here
cannot understand why there is not •
Baptist cause in Goderich.
Cardinal Taachersau the fret Canadian
to wear the red of • prince of the Catho-
lic sserm Cape Rosier light, an A.gnst ight
Iie church, bbeen in the city during in '73, where in the Eri King, homewnard
the past week, and has been feted right bound, the very night when a few hours
royally by his co religionists. On Seta- afterwards we ran ashore on Anticosti is
day he laid the foundation of a new • fog' Fortunately for ss the captain
church with great pomp. The cardinal'. war on the bridge at the time, which re
impressions of loronto most be of the
hard one at Met ; but after • man has
spent sums of the best years of his life at
sea, it possesses a peculiar Iaacinatiin
for him which a landsman finds it dil
cult to understand. Next morning, about
6 o'clock, on coming of deck I found we
had
RCN OCT Or TOR IAD wLTHxn,
and were passing Cape Rosier,
when there is • lighthouse and
signal stet ion. I had • vivid
recollection of the last time I had
poor fellows in their debt After a bad
season it is no uncommon thing for
fishermen to have to go in debt for the
bare necessaries of ,life to keep them
through the winter. Just outside (.asp. ...Well, im 6ows�te emotes. that the
harbor was • Cant looking schooner, Northwestern Fair, which was hold in
with the blue ensign at the gaff, one of Goderich last week,has been se oomplete
Tits .:oraaNr.INT FISHERY .•at-taet.i, !a success u was possible with such watch -
but we did not Imre her name. We ex- er to contend with, and it has Mende
changed compliments by dippit.g ensigns ! settled in my mind that henceforth ser
as we passed, and were shortly at the 1he success o[ the big t
wharf at Gaspe, which is a most picture ahoy
segue spot, well sheltered and surround- ha* been placed beyond • peredventetw,on
ed by hills, some of them of considerable ,,,o to speak. The weather that we had
height. This is quite a resort for the I would hare knocked out the Toronto
epurtaman sod tourist, on account cit its
excellent fishing facilities. Here our t Industrial in the ism round, and thw
two Montreal men left as, haring come' fact that the Northwestern bob. up
here for some sea -fishing, and the rest of serenely financially after having the
us finding we had • couple of hours to roughest three days' weather that 1887
opera., went for a run ashore. The has ton record,
" pally," of course, turned out .,, wowprC•se conclusively
and proceeded along the vilage street, that the conditions are alt in Rod around
we following in their wake until we came Goderich to bare a first -clam week's.
to • Fair annually. South Huron show,
1 .. . Hra. H which was held at Exeter, on Monday
which was at the sad of tkp street. The and Tuesda
church being open the balk 6f the party y I esti 1 ve been told didn't
entered, we however, not feeling de reap over $!q gatemoney while the Great
votionally inclined, turned back t., take Northwestern's little turnstile took in
a look at the other end of the village. nearly Iwo. Strott,,rd'. exhibition
W. had not eons far when we met a which was held the same week. realized
hone and buggy coming slang at •
rattling psa,o.utaining a stout, pleasant- only some $J(0, as against double that
Inking priest. He had evidently got amount last year, and other oounne.
wind of the arrival of the tourists that I've heard from were correspond_
and was making post haste for imply kw in assets ona000uot of the cold
the church, intending to bag the crowd
for • good collection. I hope h• succeed- water that was thrown upon them by
ed. Arriving at the other end of the the heavy and continuous rain storm,.
village street we found another church, For these and other reasons I opine
this time a Presbyterian, and saw some that C•derich is destined hereafter to
of the party coming away from the door,
fur the church was cloud. The pastor hob its own with the big Central Fain,
of this church was got as wide-awake or and don't you forget it.
as attentive to business as the clergy- —I was out at the Wednesday evening
man at the other end. The street, which gathering when the formal opening was
runs along the edge of a hill overlooking
the harbor. commandos view of the held and I moat say that 1 was jammed
tiered m• of the responsibility in the '
.wharves, the basin sad the bay entrance. shoat to a 14111 in my earnest eodesvorn
matter. From Caps Rosier to Cape
to move around on that occasion. WAen
the speaking began, I, being • little hard
of hearing tried to get a front pew, but
there was no show for the old ace, and I
had to 000tent myself with the panto-
mime perfcrrs•rsos, Although the words
were inaudible, 1 was such pleased with
the "gip up and git" style of oar mayor.
He went to the meeting loaded, and he
went through with his piece with neat-
ness and dispatch. When I read his ads
dress in THa Evtvteu Sleiaa nest day,
I thought it was just as good that the
crowd didn't hear him, for be claimed
altogether too much for the town wan -
oil. He tried to make the people be-
lieve that the town council wee deserv-
ing of the credit for the names that had
attended the Northwesters Exhibition,
when they had no sore to do with it
than the man in the moon. I wander
he didn't call • special meeting of the
council and have the weather changed--.
the council might have dome the whop
business completely when they wee.
about it. As a matter of fact, aha peed.
dent and directors of the board deserve
Lb* credit of what measure of .massae at -
goaded the show, and I know it, and
so does every one of the neighbor ser
the tack street, and we're not going to
allow anybody to set up the claim for
themselves outside of that body. it
won't do for an election pry et New
Years, and I'd advise the Mayor to drop
it right here and now ; if he ever OMB it
aglin as • plank in his platform I'll get
the r..ighbors to ring the chestnut gong
on hien.
—I see the waterworks expert
Walker, of Port Huron, was in tows on
Wednesday, and gave ammo advise at
the q.esttion of the proposed melee -
works. He takes my view of the saes
ezaotly, and advises that the 6•t thing
that should be done ought to be is seed
• delegation to soros of the outside
points where waterworks are in opera-
tion, so that all pnesible knowtedge can
be 'raised respeeting the working of the
scheme. He also says that the obtain.
ing of water from the eke would ant
be so costly a scheme as was at first
thought, sod it that is the ease, and
waterworks are really required, 7 am
g oing to pet in my best Bela for the
eke ..rvis.. AJAI.
twat errt mike 4'.mi•g
1. a flea&
height, in some places, of 700 feet—.
ing. Two years ago a citizen of God* • bad place to run foul of on • wild night
rich purchased a lot on a certain street Along here is a sunken rock on which
in Toronto for $23 • foot. Today he English troop ship i• seid to have
would not accept $85 ; in two or three Man lost with all Randa, many yes•
agc. Right on the point of the cape is a
years more it will be w.rth at least $100 remarkable looking rock, detached from
Ioantity has been disposed of in your However, if anybody is going to make
oowty. money out of the advance in real estate Just about there we met with • heavy
The advent of October generally winds I °Q1 gladthe former residents of Gode heed swell, rolling around the Cape,
upthe Proceedings itieh are getting s share of the ,mere- I which caused the beat to pitch in •
ngs in the open air speak- g °tit somewhat unexpected and lively matt-
ing in the Park on Sundays. However, "est' ner, and which so disturbed the *-
while fine weather continues, the park " What do you think of the evening terns' e0000my of • number of
orator will motions to hold forth, and
this year the season for outdoor rhetoric
promises to be prolongwd•
Rev. 8aaa. Small gave gave offence to
the labor men of this city by cleasim'
professional labor agitators as society
" Thus*" Mr. Small has apparently
permitted his desire for saying a taking,
thing to carry him too far. There is a
really bitter feeling against his in To-
roato in quarters where before he was
amok appreekted ; sad yet I believe
there is no more ensure sympathiser
with working saes than Mr. Saul. The
tonne is indeed an unruly member.
Work on the new p•rliem.st butldinp
goes of space. There is perhaps three
years operatiioas yet before the builders,
and some people say four. The struc-
ture will be • grand one, and worthy of
our great provis.e. The foundations
were examined by thousands of electors
from the counties during the pest month,
sad the immense stones tined in the
work were greatly admired. The bedd-
ing ground is now • forest of dertioka,
seed in heisting the masess of rook into
I rw L F. Clarke, M P.P., the
other day, and as glad to say that he
has been much improved In health by
hie sojourn at Banff springs. "Ned"
has beau suffering badly from rheum's -
Mlle of late, and he woe almost desper-
ate when he turned his face westward to
Banff. His old enemy wee routed by
the waters, however, sad Toronto's
limier M. P.P. is fast reeov.ring his
monied health and spirits. Mr Clarke,
who is editor of the Orange Mearia,l, is
ore of the most popular sem is Toma-
to, sad numbers many personal fried'
wawa' the Roman C•tholies of the city.
Y..ld the Ottrservati vee gain power is
OMteek at any fetuses period, sari the
sits--alfsm leaves him • Ing to das& ea,
Kr Metal will certainly be sae of the
new cabinet Ay the Bray, he ie a
*.phew of Sheriff Gibbons, of Goderich
edition of Tea Sweat r was asked •
Toronto wag. " I must say it is s ftir
nutaber," replied the wag. The quertst
collapsed.
ibitheass.
The rent
seput a smiling
countenance or the fanners.
Joe Feagan lett last week for Algoma
Mr and Mn John Savage, of Lock -
now, were the good of Id Moreland,
last week.
F Winmill, of Dakota, 1. visiting
friends in this vicinity. Fred looks as
it the prairies agreed with him. Wel.
come back.
J and W Moreland were visiting
friend. at Ripley last week.
Many of oar eitizena took in the great
Northeasters fair last week. Along with
the rest was our friend J C., of Sara-
toga. All report a good time sad •
good show.
Our teacher, W A Christie, •heeded
the teachers' convention at 0.derieh
last week.
"A chiefs amelig011, t.kin' „oy,
an' faith he'll prod Boerne,
zwe i s t.
Echlin & Clark, with their handsome
sad magnificent sow separator, the
"Monarch,"are threshing here this week.
We are requested to ask councillor
Taylor to see that oar pathmaster fixe•
ep the hole on the bridge sear the hall.
One of our beau mot with rather • mita
hap by it, but won't .a. for his d•segas.
It ki net mid.
Wes Stirling hoe made a new pfir-
eha*m of • covered baggy, and is new re-
ceiving easy sospliments an his wee
ostfit from asmstooe fair friend&
The retire of the wet fall weather
tpatihas brought husk the sed. The im-
patient
ent wives Into now soother theme,
to remind their gaidman and the bakes
to keep their feet .lees.
P*OaOP•L.—Miaw Bra Agnew air
Bernie Mae fibers, from Paraseeaat,
Inv* leen elbows the Point Fans,
Thiiy .re dimplyppl� ored with the
Den windmil., eivmfir ohms spokers of y
the late teacher of the P•rartrat
sekcroL
ill. passengers that they were soon
seen squaring amounts with
OLD FATHER NatTCNs
in all directions. Uncle and myself
being old, awoned travellers were in on
way affected, and felt no qualms either
of stomach or conscience, having soothed
the one with a good treakfast and the
other with • nip of coolie, and were able
to contemplate the scene with • feeling
of pharisaical thankfulness that we were
not as other men, even as these re publi-
can• I might here remark that it is
almost invariably the case that people
never gat any sympathy for eesaicknem ;
it is not creditable to our humanity, bet
such is the fact. Some of the esthetic
members of the " p•hly " were wow able
to get down to coamoo everyday es-
pressioas each as " Ott my 1" and other
ejaeolatioaa of • like import. There was
a alight comsotion bore, ooes.ianed by a
small man in a brown suit, whose im-
pulsive manner sad jerky style of motion
were very suggestive of
♦ Jac[ -1N -Tin -l05, .
and who was evidently in • great erste tt1
excitement. He had left the porthole
in his mato-room open, sed the boat in
one of her pitches, haft tit in enough Trrg WONntan•L PIElleTD saes
water to soak his bed .lathm and wet which lies off the port. The rock itself,
the "MN"0.e of IIs dim"'bad which is •boat 280 yard. in length, rises
riven him something of a rating for kir straight from the water to • height of
carelessness, and it was tb` that roused
the little man's ire ' Sera seen," he o•e1 200 feet, a h i. whlah*feM a mien,'pied
exclaimed, '' would have hawked hit archway, through wh1ig • .tine -.,sad
down for talking in that mpner." Be boat might pose at high wetter. We
had magnanimously refrained, probabl were in(orrnthat the Government hos
for the reason that the atewart was big psobibted any °^' ander • Awry
enough to carry him soder one arm, pseelty, from vlsitrng the to of the
roek--a very unnecessary prohibition, se
tor Innen Tell ..APs, no human being could ever get there,
we proceeded up Gaspe Bay towards unless landed from a balloon. The w
Ghana, whore tba French navigator, birds which are about here in thousands.
Jacques Cartier, is said to have landed ren very little risk of being molested, or
in 16,'14. About here we e.aght • having their domestic arrangements die.
glimpse of oar only whale, blowing tubed. G. B. C.
about half • mil* to windward. It woe
only • Anhaek, • epeeist which tb4egh
they grow to . large sine, are generally
Rot considered wroth este-bine, as they
ars wild as Marsh harm, and prodec. a
poor quality of oil Th., fir. • sett of
mongrel breed, bring nether .perm ser
right whale, with •11 the bad q4.alkies of
botib. wethoot the eotsp.wlsting advan-
tages, yielding neither wb•lebare nor
, and a peer quality of oil
=shore shore of Gasps Ba are flab- The ebrwtw
eer Ostler with • vireo et
hg stations, ishahited entirely by Asher- Ieste.r for N. k W. Primal, &trived at
sen who viola. • prsesriow sari of lir- her doe& on Saturday.
res IL'ant ss PORTION,
consisting of a eon*of storm, a saloon
and the custom house, is all demon the
principal wharf, where the beat elope,
and seeing • good general store, we
went in to make one or two necessary
purchases. When laying in our w
stock of—lemons &c., in Quebec, we
had unaccountably overlooked the
necessity for • corkscrew, and had been
somewhat inconvenienced for the want
of that necessary article of household
furniture. We now repaired the
omission. It was now time to repair ors
board, bot es we were determined to see
all the business sstebliabmente in the
place, we paid
• FLYINO VISIT TO THx SALOON,
jest to see what time it was. I don't
know where the man got bis cigars, but
they were certainly the vilest trash to
palm off on • confiding public, that I
ewer met with ; probably Early York or
fiat Dutch with • seaweed wrapper.
As the whistle had s.tw sounded
to recall straggler., we returned oft
board, and were soon again under
way. A rather amusing tautened' of
"literary" self complacency oceurrwd
while we were seated .t dinner, justoe
after leaving, the report of a gun w
beard, and various surmises went offered
as to where it cense from. I suggested
that it might be a gun from the cruiser,
whereupon an old lady of literary pro-
clivities, with • tall, angular form, and
an abnormal development of forehead,
ohipped in with, ''Oh !of course, • salute
in compliment to rowelspabty,
-- ad'
doubt !"aa officers if the ors of the cruiser
oould posribly bare known, or if they
had, would hare eared two straws about
the party. After that I wondered they
had not expected a relate from the Hest
on leaving Qaebec. Our next Mopping
place two or three hour later was MA
Bay, which is merely a fishing otatios.
We did not Lod here, but v.erely
stopped the engines long eno.g
to discharge • small quantity of cargo,and went on to Perci, whisk place is
ehiefim
y remarkable for
4.
Prof. Lew's M.er Soap is
highly reeemmosded for •11 hansom and
skin disease.. lenm
The General Sestary of the Kntr'g'hls
of Labor announces that the wes,
ft.
is good standing now °umber 626,000.
Freemae's Wenn Powders are agree-
able to take, sod expel all kinds of worms
( ei'Y adults.
from r rea or alts lm
Mrs Mary Therapies, of Tomato, was
•Misted with Tape Worm, 8 feet of 'shish
was removed byre bottle of Dr. Low's
Worm syrup. 1s
As *speeded, the wefsvnreble weather
serioesly affeeted tie gate receipts at the
North Perth shear. The receipts for the
Gest day • were SA6.16, mei for the *,-
seed rimy 11:111.79, making • total of
1031111.94. Inst year the receipts were
$717t tx more then doable, bet tan
weather use ezeeptisualty toe,