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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-3-29, Page 4THE exeter Abrovettr.. SANDERS 4 SWEET, Props. `.fWRSDAY. MAR, 26th, 1891. BRITISH 1' I ARMERS' REPORT. We arca indebted to the Toronto as fipare" for particulars of the report 1 telt' published by British Farm Dele- gates of ele-g;tesof their impressions of Canada. At the solicitation of Sir Charles Tup- per, in his capacity as High Commiss. toner of Canada, who has rendered sig - ;eat service to the Dominion in many ways, several gentlemen from different • alats of the United Kingdom Last Aut- -emu made a tour throughout Canada. Their object was to visit all the prow- ei eee, :wild :o report upon the apical - :meal ruscure4a of the l..oniinion, to see what advantages could be offered to .intending emigrants. Speaking of the •pia'alishcd reports given by the British Farah Delegates in the English papers, the Liverpool Courier remarks that values of these reports as the inde- pendent testimony of British farmers ,.aunnot be overestimated. They afford Ysel.lahle means of information .concerti= cd g Canada, free. from the slightest suslliciou of exaggeration, such as oft- en attaches to',reports emanating from ekes() who are anxious to draw popula- n into the Dominion." Want of apace will not permit us to publish in deteil the several reports given by ;;hese British farmers concerning the different proinces of Canada which they visited. But we wish to summer as:e their substance for the benefit of inquiries, and to show the estimate folioed by disinterested parties of the xesonrces and capabilities of•this coup try. It has sometimes been represent- ed in`an unpatrioticspirit, by men act- uated by political motives, that Canada -vas. not to be compared to some of the Western States in regard to fertility and go-aheaditiveness and the means vi snaking quick fortunes. Our people ere are glad to know, have begun to awaken from their cherished notions of an El-dorado in the American States; and judging from the number of Ca- nadians who are moving from Dakota ;.and other Western States into the Ca- nadian North West, as well as from the •reobiassed reports of tourists and farm ;.legates who have came and seen for themselves, the time has gone by when ole young men will be gulled by polit- ea11 charlatans and yankee land agents Into giving up a certainty for an un certainty. Rut what do these British farm delegates say regarding Canada? They speak in highest terms of the mo nnlity of our people, their sobriety as a whole, their church -going habits, the Food order observed at large public gatherings, and the absence of that aw tyism and -passion for crime that so sften characterises the American re- public. Then as to our resources and capabilities, an opportunity was a rd- ssld the delegates of being present at the 'i'eronto-Exhibition, where the show of fruits, vegetables; grain, agricultural :implements, and machinery, formed the enbtect of highest praise. They spec - 11y emphasize in one of their reports the development of agriculture through egevernment patronage, a bureau of agriculture and experimental farms e.itablished in various provinces of the Dominion. The north West territory exn:es in for a special share of notice; :boat" the report contains a strong rec- ommendation to "small farmers in Brit- ain to try the North Svest, as a country 'here they would succeed much better than in the old country. One gentle- man reports that he had travelled Sbxough that vast country, and "con veraectwith hundreds of settlers of dif- f lent nationalities who all seemed sat - i Lied.with. their lot." As to Ontario, it ?i*v spoken of "as the garden of Canada," eshero emigrants with a little capital titin do well. Although, it is but right testate that Manitoba and the illi'mit•• aaei+c•xeoion beyond comes in for the mast favorable notice, : as a country ;irbose destiny in the near future is be yend,eolvrparison, nothing so impressed ;•Le-astonishlnent the British delegates ass the, C.P. R., which with its tributary a Beget r now aggregate 2,500 miles west oe! Winnipeg, where ten years ago there Yeeenot a single mile of railway. Brit. %,ii Columbia also gets a fair share of Pasidatory notice, with its vast mineral r, .t ccs of iron, copper, silver, lead, Cee, ,. while the •canning and lumbering iieansiries, and other factories lately. 'tea, are bound•to make tierairie p , Ince, 011e of the mist populous and s r Sus )C e in the a)t •1 • atnl non. Such . Fasts as these, coming fromP ractieal .:r,7alers and ,nen of disinterested views •post go far towards making Canada li;e . .i ill the 1 r• el ..�.attvt it tl C other cbutitt%cs bo.,lrles , � ,",�trrzrl ri contradi..tion to theses lesei- � 1 rr bts who are continually hag i'ie p i ,� on the oppressed condition of this country, , j and viewing everything through the medium of colored speetacles, THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAM• The announcement has been gazet- ted that azet-tedthat Parliament is to be called to- gether for rhe despatch of business on the 29th:of April. Meanwhile, the Cab- inet have been actively engaged in holding meetings of Council and pre paring for the work of the approching session. Unlike the Provincial Legis. lature of Ontario, there will be no foundation for the charge of a want of business,or any unruly wasting of dine in trying to persuade the public, of the need of holding• a session; There will be ground of complaint, as in Premier it lowat's case, that the public accounts were not brought down in time to ex- pedite the business of the country. The several 4 c a public departments at Ottawa have all been hard at work, so as to despatch the business of the session and allow members to return in good season to prosecute their seyeral avo- cations. • It is thought the session will be a short one, unless indeed the Opposition offer unnecessary obstruction. The measures brought restobo b ou ht r befParlia- ment oo promise to be of amost important character. There will be, first of all, the negotiations with the authorities at Washington for reciprocal trade relat- ions; for which a Commission is to g0 from Ottawa, consisting of the High Commissioner for Canada and the Min- ister of Justice. Then there is the de- cennial Census, for which active pre- parations have been going on for months past. There will also be some moidfications of the tariff,so as to adapt it, to the altered circumstances of Can- ada and the United Slates. The legis- lation of the coming session will need to be so shaped as to give effect to any arrangements that may be agreed up- on between our commissioners at Washington and the American Gov- ernment. But not the least important matter to be submittecl$to Parliament will be the maturing of a policy that has engaged Sir John's attention for a length of time, by which to confer larger benefits on the farming coin_ uiunity under the National policy, and by enconraging the importation of new breeds of stock, new species of grain, and the opening up of new mar- lets for Canadian produce. ; Ahead)) the government have made consider- able progress iii this direction, through the industry of the Minister of Agri- culture; and now that they have re- solved that Mr. Carling is to hold a seat in the Cabinet, for which severer constituencies have made hint the offer we may look forward to an early ma- turing of plans for giving to our farm- ers equal rights with the manufactur- lug classes. Altogether, the public have reason to congratulate themselves on haviu:• a government of practical men, and not mere "flies on the wheel" —then whose interest it is to preserve autonomy of this Dominion, and to do everything to make this country pros• perous and its people happy and con-' tented. And now that the public men in England have evinced such an in- terest in Canadian affairs, we may safely count upon the sympathy and aid of the Imperial Government in seconding our efforts in extending our trade relations with Britain and the other colonies, and in cementing the tie which binds us so closely to the mother country. . BEAD' TILTS. "IT has been moreand more difficult for the farmer to make both ends meet; he has had to forego comforts; his child- ren have been taken from school earl- ier; his sols and daughters have left the farms and gone to the cities to live by their wits,and many of them failing to make an honest living have drifted into a life of shame. During, that un- happy period, farm mortgages have doubled all over the 'North,. the old homesteds have been sold by the sheriff;' crime, insanity and pauperism have` increased' * * * * * Boom has followed boom, and the history of the world teaches that when people forsake, tite rural districts, decay and disaster follows." This is not a picture of Can ads drawn by Sit: Rich Cartwright or we would look for a, remedy, in two r ways, s• .l. ust elect thet the Reform can- didates atdsecondly adopt unrestricted reciprocity. It i8 a picture of the farm in theUnited States where all the ben- efits of the sixty million marks are M 11. ht athand. °.It 's . i a pictureof the n Yankee farmer drawn b,- J. Dryden Jr son of the Reform Minister of Agricul- ture cui- ture for Ontario, and is written to the 1 tele from elle of ilio,,' cities. No tti:sn is bettered b a partnrarshi with one y p more miserable than himself. We have no story of ruin like this to tell of the, Canadian fanner and before long he will see more clearly than ever. The wisdom of Sir John Macdonald in sav- ing him from a whirlpool which has in its fatal clutch all that goes under the name of .Agriculture in the United States. THE county of Huntingdon in Que- bec returns Mr. Scriber as it has ever since Confederation Mr. Scriber was once a Reformer, The Globe may claim him es one still, but he is a Reformer who throws overboard all that the party is known by in 1891. In that way Sir John is a Reformer and so is Mr. David Mill, of Exeter, and in fact so are we all. Oolnmuuioatioll.' sTAT TITID ABCli•- . . Ia As It will 1l saon he time for municipal councils to appoint path masters for the purpose of repair- ing roads; it, perhaps, would be well to give a few hints regarding such work, Of all questions of an economise nature with which farmers have to do, probab,. ly, clone are of more consequence, than road making over widen they so, fre- quently have to pass. It appears neith- er councils nor people have grasped the situation, judging by the system eniplo3 ed (no patlimastoi) and the manner in which it is performed. In reference toe• mud' roads, „elierally about as soon in spring as the roads get good on goes the plow and scrape, loose idirt is thrown up and the 'inn- provement' thus made renders the roads in a bad condition for some time. Next spring the same has to be done over, consequently in many years hence your roads will be in the same condition as at present, notwithstand- ing the enormous amount of labor ex- pended to make them. Our system of statute labor by which the settler can put in so many days on road, when our country was new, money scarce, truck for everything, no doubt it was a con- venience for the farmer. But now, when everything a farmer has to sell commands money, and the farmer can employ his time more profitably on his farm than playing at "improving roads. Our statute labor scheme was un doubi:edly' imported from the old coun- try as such was the custom in England over one hundred years ago, their laws then regarding roads were similar to ours now, and they were then blessed with miserable roads as a natural re- sult of the statute labor system, but now they have fine roads, and what brought this about? Well the people began to consider that their road sys- tem was wrong, changes were made. In the space of 13 years 452 high way laws were passed, these laws being, loc- al, sante as at present, here, little good resulted from these 452 local Daws, un- til finally the Government passed, pro viding a uniform systemof taxes in- stead of statute labor. From that time rapid strides were made in the roads of England. Wo raise the usual object ion against statute labor, because the work is often poorly done; soinetiines not done at all; not always done where much required; and very often done to make drains to benefit private property instead df the road.:: 0f' course there are many divisions where good work is done by statute labor systems (good work isthe exception). I do .contend, that, if instead of statute labor, use the money that statutelaboramulet repre- sent for the past 20 years, thatin mans portions of this section of the,' country a good first class gravel road could have been built and maintained, and we would- now have for our outlay a good gravel road instead of the same mud road built twenty years ago. Our township would be so much the richer, and our people better served. ECONOMY. Murder At Belleville... Belleville, Ont., March 23.—A horri- ble murder was perpetrated here this afternoon about five o'clock, the vic- tim being Mrs Bane, wife of a laborer named James Kane, who lived on South John street. . The murderer was the woman's husband, who killed her with a blow from a butcher knife that pene- trated her heart, causing instant death It was the woman's dying shriek which led to the discovery of the crime before the murderer had time to escape. Two men who heard' the awful cry, rushed to the spot whence it came, and open. ing the door saw the woman lying dead on the floor and her slayer stand- ing over Itis victim with the gory knife in his hand. An alarm was at once given,, the police were Sent for, and in. a short time Sergeant' McCrudden ar- rived and took the assassin into custo- dy. He submitted quietly, mid. was at once taken to' the cells. When asked if he was not sorry for what he : had done he said: -"Not very sorry; that he had to die sometime. It appears that the couple, who were between 50 and 60 years of age, had been married for about ten years, the manbeing the woman's second hus- band. Her first husband, whose name wasSkinner, a S , bid by whom site had a <ir e family, was VS „, ti drowned here two years before her second marrirge. 1 ficy had for some time lured unhap• pili, Owing lo the man's drinking hab its, which doubtless caused the trage- dy. No details are lclhown, as the in ur- derer and his victim were alone but it is probable that they had quarrelled p. - q td on his account. Inane was trot drunk when he struck the fatal blow, as he was seen •ftp the street half an hour be- £ore but that his h' been drinking 9 •had )Ge 11.111,E there s no. maintains . er J doubt. I•l:e ma tabu a stolid demeanor and icftases to talk An inquest is being held. ..o....w�. ..Qmar... w.•�...r•..m..ra�wvr.•, 'w�°al•'u"n"'. ..""`o" ...... .'e..+.w....ws..�rrr .. Around, About Us, Wesley R. Warner, a well -to do farm- er living on lot 20, concession 5, Lon- don Township, together with his two daughters, Clara and Maggie, ages} sixteen and nine respectively, were killed on Saturday evening about 5 o'clock et the C. P. R crossing op the first sideroad west of the Proof Line, two Utiles and a half west of the city They wore struck by the eastbound express death being instantaneous; Both horses which they were driving were killed, apd the vehicle was smashed to atoms. The train was stopped, and the bodies conveyed to Ferguson's under- taking establishment, London, where a coroner's jury viewed the remains this' morning. A special car was run out to the scene pf the accident this af- ternoon for their accommodation. The approach to the crossing is a very clan- gorous one, and until within 25 feet of the track it is :impossible to see it train going oast. The jury Will hold the in Wednesday quest on 11 eclliesd;ty Cvening. 112r. grief Mrs, Warner had held their silver wed- ding celebration the evening before the accident, Mr. Warner leaves a family of three children, two of whole are sons YOUR LAME ]SACK. Would get well at once if it were rub- bed with a little of Clark's Lightning Liniment, and elle soreness in side anat. limbs would g.o away if treated the same• -hi r T s at o iderfulre aration p P does not effect a cure next week, but relieves at once, and almost miracul- ously. Try.a bottle of your druggist, price fifty cents, and be sure you get it. Clark Chemical Co., Toronte, N. Y. MORTGAGE SALE --OF— VALUABLE FARM LAND Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Mortgage, made by John Willis and his wife, to`bar her dower to the Vendor, (which will bo produced at time of sale,) there will be sola by Public Auction atthe COMMERCIAL HOTEL,EXET'R, —ON— TUESDAY,the 31st day of Nardi, A.D..'91, at the hour of 2 o'clock(p• m., (unless the money, due under said Mortgage, is sooner paid), the following lands, vfz:-- All and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Usborne, in the Countof Huron 3 au , and Province of Ont- ario being cotnposecl of the East Half of Lot No Fourteen (14) in the First (ist) Concess- ion of the said Township of ilsborne, con - by admeasurement Fifty (50) acres, more or less; The Northern Thirty (80) acres of the West Half of said Lot Number Four- teen; The South Forty (40) acres of Lot No. Fifteen (15) in the salol First Concession of the said Township of iisborne; Also Ten acres of said Lot No. Fifteen (15) in the said First Concession of said Township, which said ten acres may be described as follows:— Commencing at the Smith Western Corner of Lot Num oer Fifteen (15) in the. Second (ind)Colieession of the said Township of Osborne, thence in a line West Parallel` with Huron Street, Forty rods; thence South par- allel with the Western Boundary of said Lot No Fifteen (15) in the said ls± Concess- ion, Forty (40) rods; thence. East parallel with the said Huron Street Forty rods, thence North Forts rods to the place of be- ginning; Also the West Half of said Lot No. Fifteen (15)in the said second Concession of the said Township, containing by ad- measurement 50 acres, more or less; The whole of the above land containing, One Hundred and 'Eighty (180) acres, more or less. This is one oftlio best farms•in the4County ETER. of Huron, and adjoins the VILLAGE of EX - Conditions of Sale made known at time of Sale.• For further particulars: apply to THOMAS COATES, MR. JOHN GILL, Mortgagee. Auctioneer, • LEWIS H. DICKSON, • Solicitor for Mortgagee. Dated at Exeter, 19th March 1891. DESTROYS AND REMOVES WORMS. OF ALL KINDS IN CHILDREN OR ADULTS SWEET AS,SYR UP AND CANNOT -HARM THE MOST DELICATE: CHILD L Exeter Roller Mills. MARKET REPORTS. WHEAT 1.02 TO 1.04 per bush Otr Selling Prices. Flour, strong baker's, $ i,00 per 100 best family, 2.75 " "' ". low grade, Bran, Middlings, Screenings, Chop, 2.00 " " S0 " " 90 " " 1.00 " " 1.15 to 1.25 '• Chop stone running every day. TERMS CASH. The Exeter Milling Co `I ry• ar,`J "THE TEST ARni/OR AGAINST DISEASE 1S GoOl) plans 770.N." 11 is a hard, tincontrovertibleact that more disease is directly attr,bdtabte to disorders of they ,rs ; the ;Stomach to all the 0 or hnscombinedthis isnot hard for ever, the Unprofessional to understand tv}ici, we take into consideration the masa of food that itisMade the receptacle of for a time, there to he churned, di, gcstcd and so assimilated. MALTOPEP 5•itTkt ,in artificial gastric `e ice—tar ( 6 1 fn mala at every label) wilt bud the weak stothach and st elire Tndigesti5, , Ityspcp. psis eta In (act, it is a good hid to digest a hearty dinner, and condo no harm, as it isonlynddingan extra an,odnt of gastric juke, does not sti,nnlate, and so there isnoreaction. Endorsed byphysleinns..Send 2ets,io postage for valuable book to IIAZ1 i0 MORSE, bunt/Maw, l)moos, °ammo. 1 THRESHERS, SHERS, ". ►.RMERS, ETC., Dont fail to 'et a supply of the famous LARDINE OIL, 1Vlade only by ---- McColl Bros. & Co.. Toronto. You will find it gives satisfaction. McCOLL'S I OIL � G �, l�D�R Should be in every Engine Cylinder Beware of Imitations. Get only Genuine LARDINE. —FOR SALE BY -- S.7 Exeter, Ontario. BI ETT s R1NGGAMPAGN. FOR THE EARLY SPRING TRADE WE ARE SHOWING THE BEST ASSORTMENT OF II t II :' Ii II Illi $ II $ II $ II n CANADIANTWEED SUITINS3 iI 0 II $ II II II $ II $ II •t II Scotch. Tweed Suitings, Fancy Worsted Suitings, Black Worsted Suitings, Fancy Panting, and Spring & Sum- mer Overcoatinr; that has been shown in EXETER for sometime. All made up in the Latest Style by Fust Class Hands. And at Prices that will suit Bad Times.. -§-§-§-§-§-§-§-§--§-§-§-§-§_§-§-§-§-§ WE OlialINTEE IOOD FIT �Ofi )10 J1E §-§-§-§-§-§-§-§-§-§-§-§-§-§-§-§-§-§-4 OWE ME A CALL J A.lVMES H. GRIEVE. FOR CASH b.,f4S5kt. ' LY0 We will sell the balance of cross- cut saws and axes at cost. SEE PRICES. Keen Edge Saws, 75 cts per foot; Queen do 75 do do President do 75 do do Racer do 85 do do Forest Beauty 35 do do Choice of Axes, 76 ets. TOVES AY DOWN. JAN. 13th, 1891. BISSETT BROS. WATCH THIS SPACE roR— . _ L6 Clean g e of A D" Else. CITY HOTEL LONDON, ONTARIO. $1 per day. J. & J. McMAIITIN,Proprietors. TRE BEAUTIFUL AND CLEAR CUT �T•�va � Js from which this paper is printed was supplied by the 11131101LTO TYPE FOATIRY Dealers in type, 'yresses, and Printers, Supplies. J. JOHNSTON rr �`l�. JO ,l 80 82"Wellington o St. west t TORONTO, O IST., �S'ELL, _tt k girl.. pt EXETER ONTARIO I-Ias now in stock Ittamin aid �ni�r IN THE FOLLOWING LINES West of. England Suitings and Trolls eringe, Scotch Tweed.Suitings and Trouser- ings. French and English Worsted Cloth All inade up in the Latest Style, at best Rates. A. J. Shl'ELL. London Huron & Bruce Railway paSScn1141r input Table. GOING N oil r,r a.ITl. pan London,dop't8.08 4.28. LucanCros'g 8,47 5.20, C01on brantlohiefi,t oyo 0.0 8552 6,528, 45. EXETER 9.15 5,57, Hensall 0,28 8,00, iii , 954 C7 It p T3rucoflwnold 0,•42 ,,1 t,, fi Clinton, 10,00 t a5, Londeshoro 10,10 7.03. Myth 10.28 7.12. TToigrave 1042 7.27, Wtagham 11,00 7.45, 0OIV(3s u 0 T1I, win gbam 7,05340. ilolgravo 7.24 4.00, Blyth 7.38 4.15. Eon t'dos boro' 717 120, Clinton 8,07 445, Brucefield 8.20 5.04, 9� Ici eon cu 8.94 5.12 ]1 Hon Sall 9.41 5,0. EXETER 8 5L 5.83- Con tralin 9.102 5.15. Clri:ndeLoye 9,18 5.06. Lnoii a Cros'g9,24 9 02, London a,rr 10 15 8.45