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The Signal, 1918-7-25, Page 22 THUISDAv, JULY 25. 1818 THE SIGNAL' - GODERICH ONTARIO told IBS SIGNAL PRINTING OU., Uro.a POntiells THURSDAY. JULY 2s, 1918 HABEAS CORPUS. - The Supreme Court of Canada has given judgment on an application for habeas corpus made on behalf of a drafted sol- dier, the issue involved being much the ImpressionsImpressions of an Onlooker. The Liberal Party an Ontario. A convention is caUed to meet at Wingbam this week to select a Liberal candidate for the coming election in North Huron. 1 have no knowledge and ven- ture no prediction as to what action will be taken. but 1 have a decided opinion that it will be better fix the Liberal party as well as for the Pruvtnce to waive a contest. and allow Dr. Cane. who has been a good cutzen, ants has three suns in ac- either from the township or Irom the -The stations at Laos, Flames, tlye mdltar)' gtrvnce, to have the seat till owner of the dog. it does not entirely Berry -au -Bac and Fere-en-Tarde- the general -election. It bas been decided make up for the loss. A numbektof nota, crowded with troops and con - sot to put a Liberal candidate mthe field queries have come to this office regarding voys, were the objects of very violent the ctmpensatein which the owner of the bombardments. A great are, follow - Compensation fon Sheep K,Ited by Dogs. rushee' Adv *cats BOMBERS ARE BU3Y. 20{Xxrrlrtrlt xatloflrttLlrrlatrlra C Although dogs are taxed in practically Aviators (:teatime to Make Attack. every community, and that tax was ou Invaders. doubled at the recent ottani of Psrlia- I LONDON, July 23. - The French resent. it has by no means stopped the de- War Oce report of Monday night. struction of sheep by canons From dib- dealing with aviation, said: terent section; of the country come re -1 "The activity of our bombing pods bi num5e sof valuable sheep being machines was maintained at a high filled. or so worried by dols running at pitch on July It. During day and large that the owner was breed W kill night expeditions 60 tons ot projee- thetn. This is a.perwus loss not only to tiles were dropped on enemy rail - the individual but to the country in this road communications, cantonments time of shortage of meat and wool. Willie and bivouacs In 110 valley of the the owner may receive compensation Veale and the Ardre. Osrtie as in the Calgary case, in which the against cattier of the new Oaten° Mints - applicant succeeded. At Ottawa the de- teia, Dr. Cy and Mr. Henry, and I vision was to the contrary. tour judges I can't sex that anything is to be gained by agreeing in the dismissal of the applica- I brtngtng on a contest in North Huron at tion, while two judges dissented from pint' The truth is that the Liberal party in the finding of the majority. Ontario Is ui a rather dtstxganized and Without takiag more space than is at crippled condition. The trouble began our disposal. we cannot give the full I many years ago, when 1t allowed itself, without elective protest. to be dragged tnto the mire of political corruption by the hoose-,tratton Government. which alienated the sympathy and lost the sup- port of many good men. Then a number of leading men. yielding to the seductive and demoralizing influence ot a protective tariff and Government patronage, and earned away by plaus ble appeals to their loyalty. deserted its tanks and arrayed themeeives under the so-called National Policy flag. Lastly camethe split in the party caused by the tzy for conscription and the formation of a Union Government for the Dominion. Mr. Rowell has defin- itely withdrawn from the Ontario political field. His successor, Mr. Proudfuot. has unfortunately given offence to a oihsider- able section of has followers. who have publicly censured him and talk of refusing to follow his leadership: and if be is turned down or withdrawn there does not seem to be anyone left among the present Liberal members of the Legislature who is poe-eseed of the requisite qualifications ter a successful party. leader. Under these cucurnetances, to engage in an election contest in North Huron at present will. instead of winning the constituency, only reveal the weakness of the party, and intensify the disagreement and bad feeling already existing. Besides. if the party is ever to regain its former prestige and influence in the Province. it must put itself in a position to attract and hold not only the brightest and the best of the young peop,e growing up among us, but also the most intellect- ual and most moral of those who come from elsewhere to settle in the Province. the duties provided for by this section. or '1'o do this ,t needs not only (food leader- any of them within a time specified. the ship. and harmony in the ranks. but a peison who has sustained the damage definite platform art p: me pies. In spite of shall have a right of action against the its faults and failures the party has very municipal corporation for the amount of damage recoverable in any court o com- petent jurisdiction The owner of any sheep killed or injured whsle running at large upon any hig sway or on unenclosed land shall have no right to compensation from a municipal corporation." Accord- ing to the wording of this Act compensa- tion s 1 be made to the full amount of the damage sustained. and the extent of of contesung bye -elections a large repre- the damage shall be determined by sheep sentative convention of the Liberal party valuers. It is not made very clear as to of Ontario should be called early in the fall; that all sections should get together. bury the hatchet, and agree to work in harmony. if that can be done. then let a definite platform be drawn up. embracing certain educational. social. moral and owners are in doubt. it is a well-known municipal reforms or improvements, fact that pedt'greeand certain qualities• as to type and confoemation enhance the value of an animal for breeding purposes above that of an ordinary sheep which is being raised for meat alone. The Act can well be interpreted to cover the value of the sheep for breeding purposes. as it plainly reads "to the full amount of the damage sustained." It is believed that the dog nu.sance is responsible for so few eheep being kept in certain sections of the Province. Farmers have had their flocks greatly decimated in a single night, and this has so disheart- ened them that they preferred investing ther money in •other breeds of stock. Some would go so tar as to destroy prac- tically all the dogs in the couatry: how- ever, this would ,pe rather a radical step. as the good dug has a place on every. farm. Not only dues he guard the pro.t- erty. but he lends considerable assistance in bringing the flocks and herds from judgment of the Court: but in general the decision was that Parliament had dee. gated to the Governor-General in Council wide powers under the War Measures Act of 1914,.which could be held to include the power to issue the order in -Council cancelling the exemptions granted under the Military Service Act of 1917. This decision will probably be sufficient to dispose of the majority of the habeas corpus cases that have already been com- menced. though it will not prevent the bringing of,caaes upon other grounds. Mr. Waldron of Toronto. who is in charge of a large number of cases for the organized farmers. states that he will go on with them. and there may still be much agitation of the public mind with regard to the matter. The Government by its maladroit handling of the question of exemption has given ground for a great deal of disquiet and dissatisfaction whtidt will not quickly be allayed. EDITORIAL NOTES. Attaboy. Foch! The war news these days makes good reading. The German Crown Prince is getting a little -just a little -of what is coming to him. Habeas Corpus is not so popular as he was last week. four judges of the Supreme Court having refused to recognize him. The people have been complaining so much about the weather man's doings that at last he has got quite but about it. The reports of the death of ex -Czar Nicholas are accepted in France as prob- ably true. it is said that the former Emperor was shot by order of the Bol- sheviki. A German submarine the other day at- tacked some fishing boats off Cape Cod. Massachusetts. It hardly seems worth while for the Germans to tax themselves building U-boats capable of crowing the ocean simply to sink a few defenceless craft. W. Acheson & Son sheep wilt retrive. and also concerning ed by several explosions, was observ- how to go about to secure sone. An Act ed. Another the broke out in the passed in March. 191s, reads: "WhereFlames station. the owner of any dug killing, injuring, j Teta th usands of cartridges terrifying or worrying sheep is not known 1 were firedman troops and bat- tbe municipality in *hien such /hese ' terns, white we silenced In tbe re - were so killed injured, terrified .r waned glop of Courmont. Roncberes and shall be liable to compensator to the, Vileneuve the same day. Our aria - full amount of the damage sustained. ' tors brought down nine enemy ma - but no municipality shall be so liable un- ine... Tes,th s application has been made for dam- The aviation announcement last ages as hrretn provided within three • night by the British Air Ministry months after suchsheep have been so says: killed. injured. terrified or w., ried. The On July 21, the very strong west amount art damage sustained shall ! wind and low clouds almost entirely be determined in the following prevented flying except in a small manner: The counctl of every part of the front. The machines 1n weal municipality shall a pp o i n t one or more competent persons to be kr.own as sheep valuers. Within (urty- eighty hours atter the discovery of any damage the owner of the sheep or the clerk of the municipality shall notify the sheep valuer, who shall immediately make full investigations and determine the ex- tent of the damage. The sheep valuer should make his report in writing, giving in detail the extent of the injury and the amount of damage done. to the clerk of the municipality. and shall at the same time forward a copy a such report to the owner of the sheep damaged. Where the owner of such sheep cons ders the award inadequate to cover the loss of same. he may appeal to the Minister of Agriculture, eho may name a competent arbitrator to make a further investigation. and the award of the arbitrator so named shall be final. provided the appeal to the Minister shall be made within one week after the award of the local valuer has been re- ceived, and shall be accompanied by a deposit of 123. which shall be forfeited if the award of the local valuer is sustained. If no sheep valuators are appointed by the municipal council, or the clerk or the sheep valuers do not perform much in its past record to be proud of. No party. however, can live on its past name or traditions. Liberalism stands for progress and Improvement. and the time has come for a forward move- ment. and. as the first step, a restatement of its principles as applied to present-day and after -the -war conditions. I would suggest, therefore. that instead whether or not the owner of the sheep killed by dogs shall be compensated ac- cording to the value of the sheep for mut- ton or for breeding purposes. This is the point about which a number of sheep - which the party are in favor of and are prepared to carry out if returned to power. Then it will be definitely known what the Literal party in Ontano stands for as distinguished from its opponents. The passing of the bylaw on :Monday and Liberal editors and speakers can carry by an overwhelming majority constitutes on an educational campaign in prepara- a vote of confidence in the National Ship- tion for the general elections. building Co. which is no doubt appre- ONLOOKER. ciated at its worth by the beads of the Company. The people of Goderich are anxious to see the industnal concerns of the town extend the scope of their oper- Commemorate Pifty Yews of Su Edmund ations and will stand behind any fair Walker's Connection with Bank of proposition with this end in view. Commerce. NEW BANK NOTES The issue before the Supreme Court in the habeas corpus case was not. as The Globe stated, between individual rights and "the preservation of the national life." The main issue was as to whether the Cabinet had power to undo what had been done by sanction of Parliament. The majority of the Court held that Par- liament had in reality delegated to the Governor -Genets' in Council (or the Cabinets the power which was called in question. it was several years ago that the Cana- dian Bank ot Commerce toed to secure, if possible, a new series of circulating notes which would be different trom. any- thing heretofore produced. The habit,of distinguishing the notes of particular banks by portraits of its officers and sketches of its butidings. or otherwise, seems less appropnate than sy mbolic de- signs which would be suitable for all time. The Bank desired to have a design which would be entirely its own property. and which should be confluent in the sense that the (ace of the note should be an artistic effort, instead of several, and these not always well-connected. WHAT OTHERS SAY. 'capable The difficulty of securing an artist capable of creating designs of this charac- ter was very great and a year or more was No Snow Apples This Year. lust in this connection. Few hank note en - The Farmer's Advocate. `gravers were competent to do the work up- onThe severe winter of 19l i-18 dealt the the notes. and about a year's time has fruit industry a hard blow, and the re- been necessary for each particular note, so sults are only now becoming fully appar- that while many years have elapsed airt e ent. Regrettable, indeed. is the havoc I the scheme was projected only the 15.00 wrought in the old Fameuse or:hards of I and 110.00 notes have been completed as iastern Ontario and Quebec, in which 1 yet. The remaining notes will appear those districts took no small amount of gradually during the next two a three pride. Consumers will not appreciate the Yew- thesecompnsing 120.00, 130.00 and extent of the loss until they try to. par- 11W-00 notes, chase a barrel of "snows," one of the most The [ace of the 110.00 note consists of a popular varieties in the dessert class. ' vast pastoral landscape, a section of which is omitted in the centre for the pur- More Tomato Nensenee. pose of containing the text of the note. exdl,. Packet. At the left side is the figure of Juno with All male pupils of the high and public the bull. and at het feet Ceres otiering the schools of Toronto are to be instructed to grain and fruits of the earth. Across the salute all returned. wounded and crippled bottom of the note stretches a series of soldiers, whether in uniform or mufti. hills, and at the right a youth tends a when meeting them in public places. This flock of goers. ridicuk,us order wilt be welcomed by The backs of alt the notes of the series neither the boys nor the soldiers, who consist of a central group of Mercury and will be kept busy saluting or returning Ceres holding the British crown oven the salutes. Between half-wits and deme- seal 04 the Bank -the whole included in a brogues Toronto is more often made to frame of immortelles and other symbolic look ridiculous than any other town ox objects. reaching Cleveland at 630 p. m. city in Ontario. Were it not for Mont- The 1.1.00 and 810.00 notes of the series The night service of the C. & B. is the real. one might say in the Dominion. made their appearance yester' ay, the , same as heretofore. namely: Steamers leave 24th of July, and thus commemorate the i both cities daily at 8 p. m., reaching FALL FAIRS -1918. completion of Sir Edmund Walker's fifty destination the following morning at 16.'30 years of service to the Bank. In 1888 Sir Edmund Walker began his career as a I a. m. (AU U. S. Central Tune.) Low -fare excursions from Clevelan f and BaBank.clerk in the Hamilton branch of the t Buffalo a'e given every Saturday. good nk. was appointld general manager Of returning Sunday. the Bank in 1884, and in 1907 became I A reduced automobile rate of $7.50 its president.rnd trip is made for these week -end Sir Edmund's activities during these Ioutr lei for cars not exceeding 127 inches years have not been confined to banking I wheelbase. (Cars over 127 inches wheel - alone. He has been a notable figure in base. $L'1 round trip.) many spheres. He hold* the honorary ! - degree of LL. D. from the University of I Uepeeds on Mow You Look at It. Toronto. and has written severs books "Here is an anagram describing some - on Canadian banking systems. He is ¶ thing wn men should know how to use.' chairman of the hoard of governors cif the said the puzzle -giver. '•it is O•T-S-V-E." University of Toronto. and trustee of the . ••I know," said the suffragette happily. Tomato general Mtspital, besides beings "it N 'VOTI s. "' ofmartiersytrs sttcretrp connected this section dropped bombs on vari- ous targets. Including railway sta- tions, where a direct hit was obtain- ed on an ammunit;jon train. "It combats Ave hostile ma- chines were brought down. Four 04 our machines are missing. 'After dark the sky cleared and the wind dropped considerably, en- abling our night bombing machines to carry out raids on the greater part of the frost. Thirteen tons of bombs were dropped on the railways at See - lin. Mettle. Lille and Cambral- Oae machine has not returned." ARE BURNING VILLAGES. Roe May Not Stop Rese:bat - LONDON, July 23. -The Germans are now burning all the villages in the southern part of the Marne sa- lient, apparently indicating an ap- proaching reUrement. The Franco - American advance on the western flank has now brought under are the railway jusetioa at Nanteutl, and all hope of supplying the German troops south ed this appears gone, so that a retreat either behind the River Vesle or the Aisne is anticipated. For the present the lighting cen- timetre to grow in tnterastly from tbe soutb to the north, the Germans con- tinually counter -attacking to stop the Allied progress. The latest sews From the bateleaeld said the Genuses bad gained half a mile in a small puab south of the Ounce. but the French meanwhile were passing tmportaal totes to the northers Mak. Forty gang and 411 eiachine guns abate dosed south et the Mars* by the ea- emy were not Included 1a previous of- ficial cowpilatioas. The British au- thorities are delighted at reports re eetved of the ligating of the Ameri- can divisions eagagell in this battle. *• Algae is "GREEN GUARDS" FORMED. Signs More of R,evolutiow Appear lesa- Austri LONDON,Jsly 23. -Reuters Ualt- ed says It learns from a reliable Czech source that many Csecho-Site• vaks and Jugo-Slays are deserting from the Austrian army and forming armed banda in. the interior called "Green Guards." A considerable number of Cseclso Slovak deserters have concentrated in the Beskid Mountains is Easters Moravia. They are well armed and are offering stubborn resistaace to the gendarmerie. "Obviously," says the Reuter Agency, "they receive support trona the Czech population. The authori- ties already have issued a genii* the field in stable. True, a dog may order threatening puslalasest to alt persons lending support to the move- ment. "Similar revolts are taking place in Dalmatia, where the military au- thoritiee have been unable to sup- press a revolt of armed bands of de- serters and escaped Russian prison- ers. The omcial organ, Bosataehe Post, makes allusion suggesting that similar hands are springing up in Bosala." damage the .tock but this is the result of poor b.-eeding or poor training or both combined. The well-fed dog that is brought up with cattle and shs ep is not likely to molest the'flocks at,night. It is the canine that is tali -starved or that is not used to mingling with stock that usually does the damage. The increased tax on dogs will undoubtedly get rid of a number of useless ones. then. too. the Act provides that if the owner of the dog that destroys sheep is known he shall be obliged to pay the damages to the owner of the sheep killed or injured. If a dog is restless and prone to wander away at night the owner would do well to tie him up and so avoid the risk of his doing damage to other men's property. It is better to guard the dog than to be called upon to pay for damages he may rause. Daylight Lase Trips. Many vacationisti4 are now planning lake trips and, as usual. Lake Ere. with its great :ship "Seeandbee" and other magnificent steamers. is by far the most popular. The Saturday daylight 1 ip. between Cleveland and Buffalo are again provingvery attractive to many travellers. From Cleveland, C. & B. Line's steamer "City of Buffalo" leaves New Pier, foot of East 9th street. every Saturday during the summer season at 8.30 a. m . arriving at Buffalo 6.30 evening of same dak. From Buffalo, the great ship "Seeand- bee" leaven wharves at South Michigan Street Bridge every Saturday at 8.30 a.m., At wool September 17. 18 Brussels ember 17. 18 Pahserston ember 18. 19 Zurich. ............ . a Se ember 18, 19 Seeforth......, September 19. 20 Lietowd., _.....September 19. 20 Blyth ....,..,,-.. ».... September V. 24 Rippleyy September 24, 2.5 ()DERiQ( SEPTEMBER 2f;. 3s. 77 Hsrristms. .$geeptsntber %s. 27 1lttdvertoa ,S/ptesnher 26„ 27 Tennant -s • ober 1. 2 tober 3. 4 3. 4 .,,,October 5 8.9 nlernttef "No." growler) - t$ 3tt'.1: ' It la with the advancement of art and science. 'STC'. Lxwanac. • Advance In Albania. ROME. July 23. -Italian troops ars continuing to gain ground in the bend of the Devoli river l■ Albania. the Italian War Ocoee announced yesterday. The advancing troops tea Suoday took a hundred prisoners and captured seven machine guns. The French War Omce report, re- ferring to operations in the eastern theatre. says: "There was reciprocal artillery ac- tivity on the Lower struma west of the Vardar to 8erka 41 Leges and 1a the Serblaa sector. On the struma a Greek recosnoltrlag party dispers- ed a Bulgarian detachment and brought tack six prisoners. "North of the Devoll our troops captured Austrian positions on the River Hotta and took 101 prisoners, three of thein officers., and six ma- chine guns. Allied avitors carried out several bombardments la the re - glom of Sere* and Pogradets." German F'aprese 1■ Mowrnlns. OF:NEVA, July 23. -Railway traf- fic between the Rhine towns Ir great- ly disorganised owing to the awta- ber of wounded arriving daily tree the French front la hospital trains. Trans from Gerrmany are arrivlag at the Swiss frontier many hours late. The German Empress returned to Berlin Sunday In mourning. Irish Linen Table Damask 72 inches wide, heavy double Satin Damask Tabling. Real Irish make. Handsome designs and a good choice. Worth $2.50. July sale per $1.95 yard Towels Hemstitch huck bleached Towels and bordered. Size 1$x38. Special, six for $I.50 Towelling Seventeen to eighteen inch, Irish every thread, pure linen Crash Towelling. Special per yard 25C Silk Poplins 36 inches wide, French Silk and Wool Dress Poplins, a beautiful quality, in greens, blues, burgundys, browns, greys and black. Quality regular special $1.75. At per yard $I.5o White Voiles 42 inches wide. real Organdy Voiles. finest quality. A late arrival. Regular quality 80c. At per yard 50c Colored Voiles Never before have we shown so pleasing a choice, in dark and medium grounds, with neat patterns. At per yard special 35c and 5oc Sheetings -'_' inches wide. bleached Sheeting 60c. At pp- yard plain heavy 45c Shirtings Best black and white Shirting, old stock, old dye, now worth 40c. At per yard Work Shirts Men's black and white stripe Work Shirts. Perfectly made and best quality. Sizes 14i to 17. Worth $1.50. At each $I.00 Ladies' Coats Some very stylish and at same time prac- tical new summer or early fall Coats. Specially priced at each... $15, $18, $22 A Collection of Smart New Wash Skirts Splendid choice in white or with fancy colored figure or stripe. Sale prices now on all,.. $I, $I.50, $2, $2.95, $3.50 Black Satin Duchess 36 to 38 inches wide, good weight, genuine French weave. Our special $2. At per yard ' $i.75 Knitting Yarns " Bonner -Worth " and " Kitchener" No. 1, 4 rely, best Knitting Yarn, in 6 lb. spin - ,11e. pin- ,11e. At per 11). 52.50 Mill Yarn Two or three-ply, pure, beautifully scoured, light grey or white Knitting Yarn, in spindles. At per lb. $I.60 Linoleums Four yards wide, in floral or tile patterns, well seasoned stock. At per square yard $I,00 W. Acheson & Son I )0000000000000020000{xxxococcoccoccoocc GODERICH AND STANLEY. Sketch of Two of Huron's Townships as They Were in the 'so's. Following is another instalment of Thomas McQueen's "Report on the County of Huron." published in 1858: Previous to the survey of the Huron Tract. Lord Bathurst. in a dispatch to Sir Peregrine Maitland. the then Lieutenant- Govenor of Upper Canada. states as one of the preliminary conditions "the block shall be marked out by the Surveyor -Gen- eral or his deputies and shall approximate to the form of some regular matbematical figure, as near y as may beconsistent with preserving any well-defined natural land- mark or boundaries, "and it did. as a whole, bear some resemblance to an acute -angled triangle. But the present county of Huron. in so far as shape is concerned. has no likenex to anything in geometry - no likeness to anything that wears a form. It is jogs and notches and nooks and corners from one end to the other, and many of the town -hips are equally shapeless with the county. Beginning at Godench township we have a pretty large figure without a name. It is bounded on the north and north- east by the Maitland River. with all its bends and circles. on the south by the Bayfield River, and on the west by the lake. In ls4 1, 5156 acres were under ' cultivation: but according to the census of • 1851 11,760 acres were cultivated, and of this 2.850 acres were under wheat. which yielded 4:3,620, or about 15 1-2 bushels to the acre. 1,486 acres of 'oats yielded 40.215 bushels or about 27 bushels per acre. There were also 72 acres of barky, 111 of rye. 556 of peas, 13 of buckwheat. 76 of Indian corn, 310 acres of potatoes. 58 acres of turnips. 1,740 tons of hay, 3,289 pounds of wool. 49,06(1 pounds 01 butter. and :3,410 pounds of cheese, aith large quantities of pork, beef. roots. vegetables. maple sugar, and 1.300 barrels of fish. The township embraces all kinds of sod, from bars sand to hard clay. Along the Lakeshore the land is flat. level. dry and fertile, but further back it is rolling. in some places approaching to hilly. a sort of gravelly clay, but excellent for raising wheat. 11 is finely watered, for besides its proximity to the great lake and its full share of the Maitland and Bay fieldRivers, no fewer than fourteen clear spring creeks cross the Bayfield road in a distance of twelve miles. These are fresh and run- ning all the year through and some of them are sufficiently large for saw mills and other machinery. The township is di- vded into eighty -acre lots and is thickly settled. It has a few gond practical farmers and several well -ordered farms, and raises large quantities of grain and stock. but generally speaking it is almost the worst agricultural township in the county and one of the least progressive in matters of taste and management, In 1844 the population. excluding the town, was 1,873. and in 1852 it was 2,715, a which fully one-half are natives of Ireland and their oftspnng. in the census report the schools of the township are put down at two. but there are at leapt eight com- mon schools. The township has !even or eight little waw mills, one extensive grist mill. and two carding and fulling mills. South of Goderich, on the lakeehore, is the township of Stanley. extending from the lake eastward to the London road. On the ems aide the land le flatrich aur) well cultivated. and nearly the whole town- ship, tough uneven Mel marshy in some plaers, u excellent wheat soil. It is ilesdeseMrf Promoted. PARIS. July 23 - Gee. Ludes- dorif. who lip till July 17 had borne the title of quartermaster -general of the German army, has received is a German imolai statement the title ef chief of the general staff. accord- ing to the Kean. The news[_ pasta est that' that title batoes�sllI' F'idd Yatehsl woe Rsw4MnMv', welt' ern<t its w.iut h..a fetotue 01 him, watered by the Bayfield River and several small tributaries and is noted both for its grain and its oaten. The ten miles of road beading from the lake to the London road runs through a beautiful tract of land. and at present is marked by proofs of agricultural progress not surpassed by any locality in the county. Every lot is settled and a large clearing on it. and nearly ev.ry lot presents its frame barn or improved mansion, many of them just in course of erection. in 1845 only 1,197 acres were under cultivation. But in 1851 6.637 acres were cultivated. In 1849 the crop was- -wheat 19,000 bush- els, oats 9,000, potatoes 12,000, wool 3,800 lbs., and butter 3,400 lbs.; but two years later, viz., 1851. the produce was- - wheat, 3L726 bushels, oats 22.928. po- tatoes 1,244, wool 5,503 lbs., and butter 21,140 lbs This is surly a handsome increase in two years! It is nearly a hundred per cent , and there are good reasons for thinking that the produce of the township of Stanley last year was at least one-third over the figures here given. Although the wood and wild lands are set down in the census report at 25,440 acres, only a small portion of the town- ship is in the possession of the Canada Company and most of that small portion Is swampy. The population of Stanley in 1844 was 737, and in 1852 it was 2,064, chiefly Scotch and Irish, with their de- scendants, and an inferior number of English and a few French. The township has several churches, a few small saw mills, two grist mills: and a large steam saw mill. the property of Dr. Wanless of London, is now in course of construction, on a stream which he calls Bane uckburn, two miles from the London road. HOLMESVILLE. HAS MADE Goo0.-To the long and highly creditable list of Holmesvile boys who have made good in professional and other pursuits, should be added the name of Rev. Uoyd Smith, B. A.. U. D. Mr. Smith is the pastor of the Elm street Methodist church, Toronto (successor to the late Rev. W. F. Wilson). and is re- garded as an able and exceedingly popular preacher. Ile is the youngest man in charge of any of the larger Methodist churches in Toronto, and was born in the parsonage at Holmesville during the pas- torate 01 his father, Rev. A. E. South, now superannuated and living in Toronto. There must be something in the atmo- sphere of Holmesville that accounts for the sterling ability of so many of the young men that first see the light of day in this place, for it has certainly a goodly number of young men of prominence to its credit. A Diplomatist. "Now why are you crying "My husband is so evasive," answered the bride. "Every time 1 ask him how he likes my biscuits he tells me 1 have beautiful eyes." Ideel Log Cabin Life. The log cabin amp hotels built by the Grand Trunk Railway in picturesque *is in Algonquin Park have been very ipular with thane who desire quiet, rest• ful, exclusive accommodation for a sun - mer holiday. These log cabin hotels have a large central lodge or meeting place, and in close proximity are the keg °thugs. hunt of cedar logs with the hark on. The central lodge and cabins are comfortably furnished and have modern eonstdiefstes with bathrooms and hot and coli water. Cane Nflreviinb oft Island Lake. ten miles from t s Iilghlafd inn, Algonquin Park Station, is situated in a de4btful spot that pleases the hearts', the lsireP of the outofdonrs. Limited accommodation is available and full partiailaratan be had on appiic,ti un to any Grand ?mill( agent or to C. E. Horning. Ihdli•t Passenger Agent, Union Statism, Toruntwt GRAND TRUNK rotes. of Highlands of Ontario Offers you and all the family the your Ode. ALGONQUIN PARK MUSKO A LAKE'S GEORGIAN BAY LAKE OF BAYS TIMAGAMI are all famous playgrounds. Modern hotels afford c,iy comforts, but many prefer to live in tent or log cabin- your choice at reasonahk cost. Secure your parlor as sleeping air ,atw- modat,on in advance. Full information from any brand Trunk Tucket Agent or C. E. Horning, Distoct Pan. veneer Agent, Toronto, Ont. F. P. LAWABNCR & SONS Town Agents Phone 8 PLUMBLNG! When you have a job of plumbing, you want it well done. A poor job is dear at any price. 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