The Exeter Advocate, 1890-9-4, Page 1VOL. IV
EXETER, ONTARIIO, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 1890.
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TRINITY MEMORIAL Cnunci =-Rev. S. F
Robinson, Rector. Sunday Services, 11 a. m,
and 7 p. nit Sabbath School, 2.30 p.m.
METHODIST CRunon--James-st, Rev. A. L.
Russell,
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Office over O'Neil's Bank, Exeter, Ontario,
Nitrous Oxide Gas for painless
extraction.
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teeth without pain by giving
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JB WHITELY, M. D. C. M., PHYSICIAN
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EARED. W. FARNCO afB, Provincial Land
.L' Surveyor and Civil Engineer.' Office,
ilamwell s block, up 'stairs, Main street, ,
Exeter, Ont. '
AMES OKE, Exeter, Ontario, Licensed '
ll Auctioneer for the Counties of Huron, E
Perth and Middlesex. Sales promptly attend-
sd to and satisfaction guaranteed. Sales r
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Eddlesex, also for the township of Usborne. 1
sales promptly attended to and terms reason ;,
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Qom, BOSSENBERRY,HensallOntario. Lie- t
LJ. wised Auctioneer for the Countys of c
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First Class RIOS And HORSES:
ORDERS LEFT AT THE HAWK•
SHAW HOUSE OR AT THE
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LY ATTENDED TO,
Teldbhbne Connection,
A Trip to the Maritime ;Provinces.
Mr, John Spackman returned 1.
week from his two weeks' vacation
the lower provinces. Representin
Biddulph District in the Grand Oran
Lodge of B. A., he took advantage
the 1,300 mile trip to take some not
of men, places and things down by t
sounding sea. The ,G;rand Lodge m
in St. Johns, N. B.; but our towusm
went beyond that city some fifty mil
up the river as far as Gagetown.
who liye in Ontario know but little
the eastern portion of our Do4ninion,
most travel is to the west fird,
meet a man from Manitoba is a comm
occurrence, but to hear of Quebec a
the Maritime coast is quite uncommo
In a hurried way therefore we inter
to giye a short account, for the bene
of our readers, of what can be seen b
an observing man in even a short tr
of a fortnight. Mr, Spackman speal
in the highest terms of the Intercoloni
Railway, its officers, and its manag
meat, Solidity, enterprise, and caref
attention to its patrons is his report
the grand Government road. Th
officials on the train are the very pe
sonification of obliging kindness. The
are no coal oil lamps and no fires ili th
passenger coaches. The ineandoseen
electric light is the illumination, an
steam from the engine furnishes th
warmth. The Iong run of 800 mile
was made in 24 hours (including stop
pages) showing that speed is not ove
looked. 'The Metropolitan City of bion
treal was examined with its shippi
and solid public buildings At Ric
mond, Que., the C. P. R. branches o
through the Eastern States and seize
its share of through freight from tie
very door step of the Yankee comma
carried. Three Rivers, in the days o
the French regime a place of note
sleeps lazily under the shadow of th
wayside cross, the black -skirted Fran
cisian, or Jesuit priest, being the mos
prominent result of every industry
The fields bear ecclesiastics, and th
looms -of the cottages weave them,and
well -"the people love to have it an
what will the _noble 13' do in the en
thereof." Quebec scowls across a
Point Levi just, as man -r years ago it
frowned at. Wolfe, but the breeze of th
widening riyer lifts from the staff of th
citadel the heavy folds of the red -cross
flag, that his Montmorency
there
The Falls Of Montmorency are seen
from the ,train—grant. and beautiful,
but then we Ilan;e' see`�'ffi `�'Nia dra and
the majestic panorama of forest and
hill holds the eye,andtell their tale of
beauty, while St, Anne de Beaupre tells
an old world story of saintly relic, and
human credulity, French simplicity
and the far reaching rule of the Roman
Church. Mir<aotes of healing are abun-
ant, and miracles of human industry
very rare. An ox was seen at one
lace, harnessed to a cab, with gaily
ecorated horns waiting to trot with its
are to the town. 'The, farming was
ad, the land stony, here and there
might be seen an ox and cart, or more
arelyla horse and cart carrying a few
rmfuls of hay, about as much as one
f our sulky rakes drops at one lift, in
he gathered roa. The grain that we
eft harvested in Ontario stood here
reen in the field, it was haying time
11 the way to New Brunswick, the
arvest was not yet. Riyere du Loup
vas passed and then no place of note
met the eve until Campbelltown, New
runswick, raised its head beside the
'iters of the Bai de Chaleui•. Sugar
oaf mountain, about four miles dis-
tant, looked much nearer. Chatham
i near here, and. Bathurst, in the midst
f the great lumbering country. The
ntercolonial passes through the region
ailed the "Black North" where many
ears ago an awful forest fire swept
way millions of dollars worth of New
runswick's timber riches, It is now
overed with second growth fir, grasp-
ing its hillsides with clinging roots,
Ioncton is a large busy place, and is
ie junction where the lntercolonial
ranches for Halifax 170 miles away,
nd St. Johns about SO. Froth here to
t. Johns the country seems good and
a -ell cultivated and thanks to confed-
ration is advancing rapidly. The
ty of St. Johns is the ,great commer-
al centre and. port of New Brunswick.
1 its harbor ocean •steamers and
fling vessels from a1'l,: parts of the
orld discharge and receive cargoes.
t. ,Johns' is wide awake. On crowded
locks her business men brush against
he traders of the world, and in conse-
luence are keen, enterprising and sue,
ssful and their stamp is on their city,
ur' informant, as our readers know.
addition to being a business man, is
so church -warden' of the Trivitt
emorial church, and on his arrival on
unday, went with Mrs. Spackman to.
e service in Trinity church. He
mired thesinging
ofthe sue lie
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p
oir and the heartiness of the service,
le church i5 a very fine one with
sies'supported by massive granite
liars and carved capitals, The form -
building was burue down in the
cat fire some years ago, The tall
ire , bears, as did its predecessor, the
urc of a d b Tide emblem has no
Iinection with trade: but is one of the
dest of Christian symbols, though
net<illy carved upon .altars or foists,
he tetters which make the Greek
ord for fish cbmposc also the initials
the words in the same langugae
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Church. has also a set of chimes working
with a clock movement, striking the
hour. quarter, half and three-quarters,
and every three hours playing a hym i
tune, The Grand Orange Lodge met
in a hail once used as a Reformed
Episcopal church,With the work they
did all interested are familiar, • Our
old friend Clarke' Wallace 11T. 114,i4
Grand Master. IN'ever in the history;
of Canada before was the Orange Order
as full of.:life as to -clay. ' The attend-
ance of delegates from Ontario was
very large. Mr. Spackman spent
Sunday, Monday,; Tuesday au.l .Wed
nesday as delegate to the Grand Lodge
and after vien'ing the ct 's fine. public
buildings, among which are the Custom
House, Post Office, Intercolonial R, R.
station, etc., sailed 50 miles up the St.
John River as far as Gagetown,, where
he has a sister living•, 26 miles from
Fredericton, the provincial capital,
TheBrooklyn preacher, De Witt Tal-
mage, calls the St. Johns the "Rhine
and the Hudson commingled." On its
banks" are what is called the intervals
lands overflowed by the river portions
of the season, and hearing rich crops
when the waters subside The tide on
the St. John River is very pecu}iar.
Just below the Intereolonial bridge
when the tide is low there. ie a fall.inta
the harbor of 25 feet, Mien' the' tide
flows this is reveescit and the °fall, is'
15 feet high into the. riper . Tire ,tide
flows upward for sixty miles, or
ten miles • beyond 7 Gagetown' "This
place is the county" town of ,(ueeii'l.
county and contains about 400,'inh'lbi"
tants and is isolated from the outside
world When the river freezes over;
having no railroad; nor teiegr'aplr but
owning a telephone of which they are
justly proud. They can say to the
outside world awe want food" while
they have no corn cuercial arms to' take
it with.
This is a hurried sketch of what
our townsman. told .us.•_(on his re-
turn, and if r anyone ' hats curiosity
about that 'part s of the ``dountry and
wants to save the esponse and time of
a trip p e advise tLhunt, up the
genial agent of the -Canada Company
in a leisure `moment When he has just
set fire to sonic good tobacco, and get
him to talk as we did.'
Brucefield.
Miss Bella Greve; of Seaforth is the
i ,
guest of.MrSaW,, Sstatte
Mr. Robert McCartney paid a flying
visit to Berlin last week.
Report says there is to be a singing
school formed here shortly.
Miss Aggie Beattie spent last week
visiting friends in Seaforth.
Miss Bertha Meyers, of Boston is vis-
iting friends in this vicinity.
Mr, Jno. Grant, of Exeter, is yisiting
his brother of the Grant House.
The Royal Templars lawn social
held Tuesday night proved a grand
success. ,Parties from Seaforth, Clinton,
Exeter and Bayfield being present, ' all
going away satisfied.
Crediton,
Mr. Geo. Smith and Miss Rose Brown
returned to Sebawaing on Tuesday.
Mr. Harry Walters returned from a
couple weeks visit to friends in Berlin.
Messrs. Weurth Haist & Co. shipped
several carloads of seed this week to
Baken.
Mr. Scott, who has been the 'guest of
Mr. Eiiber for the past few weeks ' re
turned to Philadelphia on Friday last..
Mr: Thos. Mortloek leaves this week
for Naperville, III. We understand Mr.
Morlock takes a course in the Evan-
gelical College there.
Messrs. Sarni Brown and David Fink-
beiner left on a tour through Michigan
on Wednesday. We understand that
Mr. Ifinkbeiner is looking for business
opening in that state,
Farquhar.
Mr. Simon Campbell was in "Seaforth
one day last weex on business.
Mrs. A. Turnbull was the guest of
Mrs. W.11. Passmore on Tuesday last.
Mr, Thos. Rundle was in Mitchell 'oil
Sunday last visiting his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Collins.
Mr. R. KeIland has rented his farm
on the boundary to Mi': John Urquhart
for a term of years,
Peter and Tom got badly
left
b y on
Sunday evening last, buts try again
boys, "better Iuelc next'time.
Master Will and Miss Mary Hedged,
of Exeter, were the guests of their
sister; Mrs: 'Win. Bray, oh Sunday, last.
Mr. H.n r h
G a a e and ltIisses LI
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Rutherford and J. Duncan were the
guests of Mr, Wil, Monteith on,Sunday
last.
We are sorry to hear, of the illness
of ,Eddie, e young son of Ma; S. Camp-
bell. He is,sutl'ering from' a severe
attack of bronchitis, but we hopeto
hear of his speedy recovery, ,
• Mrs, . Vmi
4 Gardiner. and • family left
ore Tuesdaylast forManitobar where:
she -will join lier'Irtislsand, and in fiat,
lire make it their hoose. ' Ater father,
Mr. John Allison, 'wilt aceompanY her
oUt,
Brewster.
Mrs. Levy, of Ridg etown is at pres-
ent
ent the 'rest of her uncle, Mr. R, B.
Bailey
I111r. R.olst• Taylor has' traded his cele"
do h.
brated trotting mare, Maud 13. to Mr. E.
Bossenbec- i', of"Hensall,- (her former
owner) fu: a, handsome span of Chesnut
drivers.
We hasp this ; "weekto record the
death ofet;r old lady in the person of
Mrs. Starks; who departed this life on.
Tuesday if last week. Mr. Starks had
eeached"hee.77tl year. She leaves be-
hind her'` .i son and daughter to Mourn
her loss, Her remains were interred
in the Bronson Line: cemetery on
Thursday last,
As Mr I`. Fulton was at work on his
farm one day last week he heard his
dog baelei ,g in the bush near by and
upon going 'over to see what was there
he was ,surprised to see, what' he took
to be, a`large'brown bear come '`down
out of a'tree and make off through the
wends, but as Torn had no arms with
him he, thought it nest not to try to
make too elope an acquaintance with
hr pin• - G;
Centralia.
Mrs. Jas.Jaegson is the guest of Mrs.
R, Handford at present.
The farlmers"around this vicinity are
busy witiefes4seir threshing.
.' Miss' Amey<.Heaman, of London is
the guest .of Mrs. R. Hier{s.
Mrs. Daelanning is at present visiting
friends andthis vicinity,'
Miss, Irii:zie Neil, of London,is at
present. yisiting friends in this vicinity.
Mr. Dennis`O'Brien has left.our vil-
lage. Be was elerxing for Mr. B. P,
Quarry...'.
Mr. R. Cobbleigh, J. Handford and I
Handfeed left on Tuesday. for Manitoba
on business.
Mr. C. W Smith, cheesemaxer of this
place, is at present taxing his holidays
at Brantford.
Mr. Win. Essery; sold a fine team of
three year ;old colts for the handsome
sum of three hundred dollars.
Mr. A. Parsons has returned home
from Alma, Mich., where he has been
for the past four months. He looses
hale and hearty and as if Uncle Sam
had usedshim k ell.
Quite t'llile vas` s pent at
-pleasant p
the residence of Mrs. Joseph' Anderson.
on Tuesday evening last, where a
crowd of young people gathered to trip
The light fantastic. They departed
in the "wee sma; hours" feeling sure
that they had past a pleasant evening.
Elimville.
Many visitors paid their respects last
Sunday to the new arrival at the Town-
ship Clerk's.
The Model Farm is now in full bloom
'the example.is just now crawling out
of hybernation, brushing the cob -webs
'away, and getting a move: on.
Miss Sarah Halls and Mrs: Sarni Halls
and children, of Chicago, whohave
been on a visit here for some time ae-
turned to their home last week.
Mr. Jonathan Cooper, it appears, was
visited the other night and had a large
quantity of honey stolen. The buys
lead a sweet tooth about then, which
longed for satisfaction.
' Mr. Thos. Smale one of our most en-
terprising citizens paid London a visit
last week and disposed of his crop of
potatoes. We understand Mr. Smale
displaf •d,a very generous spirit and
astonished the:Londoners by refusing
something like a dollar per bag and:
accepting 75 or 80 ets. Mr. Smale is a
philanthropist,
Miss Ellen Halls.left on Friday last
for the Model School, Goderieh, where
she will go' in training for a third class
certificate, Miss Hills passed for a
non-professional third a year ago, and
this year she succeeded in passing for
a second. This is a.very good record
and reflects credit not only on her own
abilities as a student but also upon her
teachers.
Biddulph,,
Several of our Moorsville sports take
in the Manitoba excursion on Wednes-
day.
There died at the family residence, 7
eon. Biddulph, Mr. John Carroll. His
remains were interred in t Catholic
cemetry on Monday last.
Clandeboye Lodge of Foresters is
flourishing, and reports twent¢'. new
members
m erg for last month and seven ap-
plications for next night. '
Mr, T. II. Neil starts to -day for Man-
itoba with a carload of clydesdales, Mr.
Shof lts shipped a carload some two
weeks since and reports a good sale.
The barn of Mr. William Armitage,
Biddulph, was entered last week and a
quantity of pork stolen therefrom; also
Me. William Richardson reports a hive
of bees: being stolen,
Mr. Samuel Langford, Biddulph, has
rented hisfarm,and will remove '
xemo a to
Toronto.—Mr. Robt. Hodson, Clande,
boyo, has rented hisfarnt in Biddulph,
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to Mr, Dishman.--Mr. H. Hodgins has
rented his farm, Lucan Line to Mr,.
Freeman Dobbs for $275 per annum
, Reports from Manitoba this s we cele
show that a very severe hail storm dee
troyed considerable grain clop in the.
neighborhood of Killarney, Manitoba.
Mr. Jolla Hudgins, late of Biddut h,lost
his entire crop by bail. Across the line
in Dakota, near Deloi•aine, reports poor
crops, Ontario so far has been the
most exempt of any part of America
from cyclones and storms for the past
ten years. d+
Hibbert.
Mr. F. Chubb, of Staffa,was the guest
of Miss Speare, of Cromarty, last Sun-
day.
Mrs. P. Scott, of Cromarty; who ha's
been very ill for some time is now con-
valescent,
Miss Annie IMlclvaigl of tire 12th con.,
left on Tuesday to spend a few weeks
in Manitoba,
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman, of Cromarty,.
were visiting friends in Fullerton on
Sunday last.
Miss Agnes Meliaig, of Downie,speut
last Sunday with her parents residing.
on the 12 con.
Charlie G, what is it that draws your
attention to the brick cottage on the
10th con. so frequently.'
Miss Edith Seigel, of Mitchell, who is
at present yisiting at Mr, Jas,. Hislop',s,
of Cromarty, was taken very ill one
day last week, a'doctor was summoned
and it was found that she had the brain
fever. She still keeps very low, but it
is thought she will recover-'
Mr. John Swan, son of Mr. John
Swan of 12th con., has been suffering
with typhoid fever for short time;but
death put an end to his sufferings on
Sunday, 24th inst. The remains were
placed in the Cromarty, burying
ground on Tuesday. Another son of
Mr. Swan's is now suffering with the
same trouble.,
We have this week to record the
death of a very highly respected resi-
dent of Cromarty in the person of : Mr.
W. T. Johnston, Deceased had been
troubled with dropsy and heart disease
for some time, till death put an end to
his sufferings on Wednesday last, in
the hospital at London, it the age of 40
years and a few months. IIs had been
under the care of Dr. Naismith, of Staf=
fa; untif'a few days before hist 'deatiij
and agit was Mr. Johnston's wishto go
to the hospital. He was taken;.to Lon•
don on the Tuesday previous to his de-
cease. His remains were brought to
Cromarty on Thursday, and laid in
their last resting place in the burying -
ground there. He leaves behind a wife
and two small children to . mourn his
loss. We extend to the bereaved fam-
ily the sympathy of. the entire neigh-
borhood.
Greenway,
Master Albert Wilson ` is attending
Parkhill High School.
Mr. Andrew Pollock has engaged
Mr. Fred English for three months.
Mr. Andrew Koding, who has been
suffering with billions fever, is improv
ing.
Rev. T. E. Holmes will deliver a
special sermon on Sabbath, September
14th.
Mr. Wm. Mellia has received the
contract of doing the carpenter work
on Mr. John Sherritt's brick house.
The 'committee appointed by the Bos
ton Methodist church to arrange for
their 17th annual harvest home dinner
are hard at work.
Mr. Alex }Riker and wife and Mrs.
A. M. Wilson, who have been very sick
for the past few weeks, are much bet-
ter and are able to set up.
Mr. Andrew Grieve went to Ailsa
Craig last Monday to deliver a large
drove of fat cattle. Mr. J. Brophey
took his place firing for Jos. McWilson.
Grace church was very tastefully de-
corated last week, and on Sabbath a
large congregation assembled and list-
ened to' a very interesting and in-
structive sermon
nstructive'sermon by the pastor, M. G.
Freeman.
The contract of clearing up and
grading the ground arround S. S. No.
10 was not let last Saturday as adver-
tised. Very few were in attendance.
Applications will be received by the
trustees during the next ten day:
On the 17th the grounds, church:and
shed will be decorated in a new and.
attractive way. Dinner will be serv-
ed from 4 to 8, then a display of "fire-
wor•ks, among them a metorie. ballon
20. feet long which
will throw w out
showers of "golden rain."
Mr, C. IT Wiison,`jr,, presented our
postmaster with a stalk of corn which
measured 11 feet, 2 inches in length,
which grew on his farm, lot 413 town
ship of Stephen, in less, than three
months it grew an average of 1 inch-
es a day" froni' 'the time it was sown.
Messrs.' F. Nelin and C. Holm drove.
to .Ailsa Craig and purchased seed
Wheat of Mi'. A. liotson;also did Mr. R.
Hutchinsois: purchase his seed wheat
of Mr, J. rorlet, Varna, formerly of tins
plaee, h. large, number of our best
Qin*m'.. asaas.r...o,.,,r_
Oa 17L
farmers see by exper•
ience the advarts.
age of changing seed every few years,.
Mitchell Races,
The third series of Races . of the
Western Circuit took placein Mitchell'
on Monday last, The attendance was
very large and the 'weather was every-
thing that could be desired. Below
are the prize winners; --
2.32 °Lass=-Pwtsn $175.
Baldwin. .. , . 2 ,I, 111
John Dodridge • • 3 2 2 3
Walter Drake .'1 3 3 ;t
Prince Frederick . ,1 4 4 2
Time, 2.35:1, 2.314; 2.33i, 2.32.
3.00 CL cr`,A.ss--,PunsE$1.50.
Dr. Livingston .. , .... 2 2 3 I _1
Archy 'A ................ 6 4 6 drawie
Joe Mowat .. ....4 5 6 «
Black Billy.., ., 3 1 4 3 3
Valentine, Jr...;. a..... fi V' 2 8 2dr,
Ben Bolt ...... 314242
Chester. .Dist.
Time, 2.341, 2 35?;, 2.37, 2.37i, 2.34, ,
2.28,
PRLE FOR-ALL—Pr1RS11 $225,
Florence. G ............2 2 2
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Millers' Association. Meeting.
Theannual meeting of the Miller?, .
Association for the counties of Hurons
Perth, Grey and Bruce and NorthWei-
lington was held at Listowel, one day
last week, in the Torun hall, P. Kellye
Blyth (President) Fri the chair's''J. W
Meyers acted as Secretary. ` Over
twenty of the leading millers were. Em
attendance. J. C. Hay, Listowel, Pres.
of the Dominion Millers' Association,
Jas. Stark, Paisley; M, Hutchinson,;
Goderieh ; Mr. Kemp, Seaforth, acid. 1
S. Hay, Listowel,' addressed the meet-
ing on important matters pertaining -
to the Association. Moved by J': C'
Hay; seconded by N. Wenger, Ayton,"
and'carried; that the members of this
Association, believing, as we do, that
the system of buying wheat by the
tester is the only fair and equitable
way to arrive at the value of wheat;,'
we agree this season to continue ,the.
**tem. by the -.tester, ..:boil,..'
locally at the mills' and in car lots.
Moyed'by Jas' Mahafy, Port Albert,
seconded by H. Hutchinson, Godeneh,
that we, the millers of the Associations,
agree hereafter to adopt the recognized
weight of 196 tbs. as a barrel of- flour,
and hereafter agx'ee to put 98 tbs. a ."
in bags instead of 100 iris. for the local
trade to grocers and bakers and retain"
trade from our mill, said change to
in o o eratron on
come t p October 1st,,:
1890.—Carried. This motion provoke&
considerable discussion, and was hotly-
debated. Moved by James Stark (Paier
ley), seconded by J. C. Hay, that this -
Association heartily endorse the 'move
being made to secure the grinding of
Manitoba wheat in transit,' and will
give the Dominion Association our best-
support to attain that end; and that a
copy of this resolution be forwarded to
the Secretary of the Dominion Millers'
Association. A committee appointed
to examine the Exchange Table report-
ed that it is not advisable to make any
'change in same, but would earnestly
urge the members to drop the Ex ,
change Table and adopt the buying of
the wheat and selling- • of the . flour.
Moved by S. R. Stuart, Mitchell, second-
ed by N. Wenger, .Ayton, that this Dis-
trict Association consider it in the in-
terests of its members and the manse;
begs of the Domiiion ltlillers' A.ssociat
ion that the buying of wheat in gear
lots be placed in the hands of one gen-
eral buyer,
en-eralbuyer, and that 'a committee. .int
appointed to have this discussed., and
if possible, adopted at the Dominion
Millers' Asset:141 s meeting to be held
in September next.—Carried. Miasma
J. C. Hay, James Rodd, T. 0. Kemp,'
and Jas: Fair were appointed a's,, chant,
mittee to carryout the above resolute-
-ion.' The ofilcers elceted'for the ensu,
ing year were:—P. Telly, Blyth, Pres,5
Jas. Stark, Paisley, -Vice-President, J-.
W, Meyers, Listowel, 'Secretary. The a
next annual meeting will be held. at: •
Listowel in August next, A 'number:
of minor matters were disposed of by,
the Association. The meeting svgs ina,
large and enthusiastic due, and the in-',
terest manifested at the meeting shiners
it to be a live institution. '
Fall Fairs,'
Goderieh
Sept.
15,
,and
17.
Listowel, Sept. 17, 16
8 and 19.
Industrial—Toronto, Sept. S to 20.
Western -London, Sept 18 to 27:
Mitchell, Sept. 23 and2-i.
Exeter, Sept,29 and
30.
Seaforth, Sept..30 and Oct. 1;.
Clinton, Oct, 1,y 2 and 3,
Bayfield, 'Oct. 8 and J.
,G •anton Oct. land 2.
Iiderton,'Sept. 30.
Sept..1a
Zurich,, Sept.
. and 1.G.
Stratford
l?et: 2 and q,
Biussels,;Oct.'2 a,nd 3..
Northern --Walkerton, Sept. 30 to 0
Wroxeter, Sept. 30 and Oct.1.
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