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SANDERS & DYER, Prop,
'THURSDAY,
SEPT, 18, 1894,
JVII,A2' 0UR NEIGHBORS THINK
OP US!.
It is sometimes very Useful to look
across the boundary line which separ-
ates between nations, families, or in..
dividuals. Much misconception may
thus be ayoided, and even Unpleasant -
mess removed, Among the many
pleasing and profitable features con -
elected with the recent opening of the
T't,dustrial Fair at Termite, was the
testimony borne. by a leading Ameri
teen citizen from Philadelphia, who oc-
-.eupied no less a position than that of
e;liairman of the Judiciary Board at the
W'orld's Fair, Mr, I. R, Kendrick—for
that is the gentlemau's name—being
called upon to address the Canadian
Directorate of -the Industrial Fair, gave
Itterance,to sentiments calculated to
do much more good in welding friend
ly relations between the two peoples
that occupy this continent, than all the
harangues of partizan politicians. And
we have no apology to offer for pre-
senting to our readers a report of Mr.
. endriek's views of Canada—cumiug
res they do from a :prominent citizen
of the, neighboring republic, and one
who from past experience is competent
wo give a fair judgement.
"Mr. Kendrick said yery often people
when visiting places to which they
were straugers, made it a practice to
pick out flaws and look for oxcrescen
ees. He had never found any setts
faction in doing that. He preferred to
.study that which was charming and
Soeautiful, and he wished to frankly
state that he had not been disappointed
-5.n his visit to Toronto. There was
very much in the histoay of Canada
and the United Status that should in
spire them with a common feeling of
pride, which they undoubtedly felt to.
day. (Applause,) "Indeed," continued
the speaker, "I am not fawning or
Bringing when I say that the beautiful
monument to General Brock, which I
observed in crossing froth Niagara,
filled me with as much emotion as it
-would any Canadian or Eng lisliman
who saw it.
"In listening to the most admirable
address of the Premier of Canada,which
I followed with interest from the be-
gtuniug to the end, if I took exception
ito one thing he said, it was the ex-
3ressiou 'British polity,' whieh ran
-hrough his remarks. It oeeui's to me,
-without flattering you in the least, trat
Canadian polity has been very power-
ful in shaping the destinies of this
.country for the past 23 years—the pol-
ity of men who were bred and bora on
this soil. I do not tlliuk this imperial
'federation would have its cohesion and
its power to day unless Canauians had
:had a tremendous influeuee in shaping
=t I helteve that is everything. I
;believe your great system of public
works is the result of of your Canadian
polity. I believe the purification of
your public service, which has been
Moue so thoroughly, and drastically
here for the past few years, conies from
the honorable and brave men of Call -
.ada—men who were borne and raised
here -and therefore it belongs to Ca-
ioadiau polity, 1 do nut suppose Sir
•John.Tholnpson meant to depreciate
Elie talents or Valor in the last in us
ing that expression of Cal,•tdians. What
he said was •:haste and nice, .and right
to thekpon.t." The speaker went on to
congratulate the directors upon the
Fair.
Their periodical displays, he thought
were conductive to great •growth. His
idea was that the farmer's life should
be made easier, and that the farmers
.should get sone of the good things of
this world. The policy of the present
Got eaurae It to this
s country was one
:that looked to the broadens g of agri
culture and the elevation of the farm
life. If that were the ease it was a
amble motive, The peopling of this
-country with millions of people was a
.consummation devoutly to be wished
for. To him it was a grand thought
that the shores of Canasta were lapped
dry two ,scans, IIe did not ktww un-
til recently that Canada had more
square miles of territory than the
United States. He had a kind of idea.
-that Canada consisted of a few scattered
fi,iovintes inhabited by wolves and
:hunters; but in Toronto he found a
ity sufficient to entrance the eye of
any traveller. 'Toronto hada fine trol
ley ear system, and here was made the
first A.xminister carpet manufactured
in Canada, }Ie concluded by express
ing his good wishes for the success of
the Fair, of whit hh't should speak very
highly when Ito returned to Philadel-
phia, and he hoped his commendation
would bring exhibitors here."
The history of this troublesome weed
as related in a U. S. bulletin, is that it
MIS imported in flaxseed from Russia
to South Dakota in. 1577. It does not
seem to have attracted much notice
until 1888. Since then it has run
oyer a great part of the two ,Dakotas
and entered Minnesota, Iowa and Ne-
braska, "The rapidity," says the bal-
letin, with which the Russian Thistle
has spread, both in infesting new terri.
tory and is thoroughly coverfug that
already infested, far exceeds that of
any other weed known in America;
very few cultivated plants, even which
are intentionally introdu', have a
record for rapidity of distribution equal
to that of this weed." The same report
states that many flax and wheat crops
in the infested territory were so choked
last year that they were left unharves-
ted. Where it is thick, in a dry season
it will entirely suppress the crop, and
where it is thin the spines of the ma-
ture plants make it very troublesome
for man or animals to work among it.
Mr, Dearness, from what he saw of
it, is of npiuion that it could not spread
through this wooded and fenced Prov-
ince with anything like the rapidity
marking its progress in the prairie
country. It is easily recoguized and
innocent to handle up to the time the
seed begins to ripen. If pulled before
the 1st of September it would not, like
mustard, lie on the ground and ripen
en part of its seed, Neither does it,
like the last named weed, belong to an
order whose seeds retain their yitality
for years when buried in the ground.
It is therefore a plant that with alert-
ness on the part of the farmers can be
held in check with but little trouble.
It is easy to see that if neglected- and
allowed to ripen, break off at the root
and go tumbling hither and thither
with every wind it will quickly take
possession of a farm. It has been es
timated that the loss last year to the
farmers of the two Dakotas due to the
Russian thistle was not Iess than $2,-
000,000. This fact should stimulate
Canadians to watchfulness,
The weed is more likely to be intro
duced into Outario by the railways
than by any other agency, and hence'
it would be well that every section
man should be instructed as to its ap
pearance and the duty of destroying
it before it matures it seed.
TIIE IIUSSLIN THISTLE.
The Russian Thistle (known also by
the names Russian Tumble -weed and
linssian Cactue) was found by Mr. J,
sheerness, of tbie cil.y. when on a bot-
atnizing trip through Kent and Essex,
lin the latter pert of the holidays. It
seas growing on an embankment of
the, Grand Trunk riailway, in Tilbury
'Township,
and at the time of collection
K:3ic' plants, which aro .branching and
respreading, had attained a: height of
'huut e foot and diameter of 10 to 24
Ureases. 1 hey woe0 thele in flower, but
no seed had mat red and the spines
TORONTO IND USTRIAL FAIR.
As was expected, the opening of
Toronto's annual Fair last week proved
a brilliant event. Thousands of people
—some from a distance, including sev-
eral prominent Americans—assembled
to witness the magnificent display of
natural and artistic products of Cana-
da, and to hear the distinguished Prem-
ier of the Dominion and other mem-
bers of the Cabinet speak words of en
couragement. We cannot find space
to give anything like a skeleton, even
of the Premier's address on this oecas-
sion; further than to state that Sir John
took occasion to contrast Canada's po-
sition to -day with what it was sixteen
years ago, when in 1878 the Marquis of
Dufferin pourtrayeci in glowing terms
the seven Provinces which had not
long before been formed into a con-
federation of B. N. America. Lord
DufIerin's address on that oceasiou was
something in the spirit of a prophetic
utterance of what was then in store for
theDoininion; then but could the
e
Gov-
erner General have witnessed the pro-
gress since made "in every pathway
of industry and commerce," and in
the development of a true national
sentiment throughout the length and
breadth of this country, his sentiments
would have savored more of a spirit of
illusion than that of retility. The
Premier was followed by Hon, Mac-
Kenzie Bowell—the veteran Minister
of Trade and Commerce—who, among
other encouraging things spoken, quot-
ed from a letter he had just received
from one of the Colonial delegates, now
in London Hon. Mr. Forrest of Queens-
land, Australia, in which'ithat gentle-
man, made use of the following words:
"That looking at Canada, as it is to
day, he regarded it as the most solvent
and progressive country in the
world "
imenosonsalsearsooranaaamtaven
A Pointer for Boys:
"Thera, is a science In doing liittie
things jute right," said. a down town
business man to a reporter for the New
York Sun a few days ago, aiid 1 notice
ft in my office. I had two offiee boys
there whose main duty it was to bring
me notes or cards that were sent in to
me, or to fetch things that I wanted to
use. One of these boys, whenever I
sent him for a hook or anything heavy,
would walk rapidly by my desk and
toss it indifferent? toward • ane. If it
happened to miss me and land on
right,
mydesk it wasall t l hL L '�
, If t fel on
o
n
the floor the boy always ara minad to
fall over it in his eagerness to pick ft
up. Then if he had a letter oro, card
to deliver he would come close up to
the desk and stand there scanning, it
Oyer with minute care. This being
conelutled he would flaunt it airly iu
my direction and depart.,
"The other boys always came and
went so thio I could hardly hear him.
If it was a book, inkstand or a box of
letters he would set it quietly down at
one side of my desk.
"Letters and cards he always laid—
not tossed—right where my eyes Would
fallen them directly. If there was any
other doubt in his mind about Whether
he ought to lay a letter on my desk or
deliver it to some other person in tiro
office, he always did the thinking be
fore he came near mo, and did not an-
noyingly at my elbow study the
letter. The boy uuderstood the niece
of all these things. When Now Year's
came he got $10; the other boy got
fired.
Orangeville's Spook.
For some days recently the ghost
that haunts the Glenelg schoolhouse
has had a formidable rival in Orange-
ville. In one respect the Orangeville
ghost had an advantage over the Glen-
elg one. The latter is, like Wordsworth's
cuckoo, nothing more than a "wander-
ing voice"—a mysterioue sound, which
is gruesome and uncanny only be-
cause the cause of it cannot be dis
covered. But the Orangeville spook
was visible to the physicial eye, and
was actually seen by scores of people,
who were scared almost out .of their
wits at the sight. The spook had a
disagreeable habit of suddehfy appear
ing to people at night and after per-
forming goblin -like antics, suddenly
vanishing as silently and mysteriously
as it had appeared. It was described
by the terror strike') people who saw
it as being six or seven feet tall, and
uncouthly dressed. Its face could not
be seen, for the head was enveloped in
a black shawl, Now here was a ghost
from Orangeville to be proud of. The
people flocked by hundreds to the
neighborhood which it habitually
haunts; but its spookship evidently
didn't care to perform before large
audiences; like all well regulated gob-
lins, it reserved its manifestations for
lonely travelers. Suddenly the ex-
citement subsided. The ghost has now
lost its power to curdle the blood of the
Orangevil'e folks with horror. In fact,
it has gone out of the spook business
for the present. One morning this week
it hailed a passing farmer, who stopped
and took it Tato his rig and gave it a
ride of several miles The ghost then
jumped out and seid it intended to
walk to Guelph. The description whish
Farmer Fairman gives 'if the ghost
which he took up on .the road tallies
so exactly with the description of the
Orangeville spoke that everybody in
the neighborhood is confident that they
are the same. Mr. Fairman is convinced
that the ghost is not a real ghost at
all, but only an escaped lunatic; and
now it is hard to find anybody iu Or-
angeville who will admit that he ever
thought it was anything but a human
being. And the G]enelg spook holds
the field without a rival. -
Destructive Bush Fires in Stephen
and Hay Townships.
Bush fires in this district have
caused extensive damage. The total
loss will reach $50.000, On the 16th
concession of Stephen Township Mr.
Abe Wanner lost a lot of logs and some
BEANS:.
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YI.'i\^t�1131%Al\'e ore a, now ale,
that cure the worst oases et
'Nen'. '.- ze Debility Lost vigor a. nd
• are the 1, lz u i restores is h I
tvean;g b a s o , •
u•uat,,.ues of body or wind wised.;
by u,er-trork, or the errors orex-
oessos of youth. This Remedy ab.
yoiutu r Mur. ata must obstinate cases when alt othee
rt&,t ,tars
11.:k tlle.10 en to relieve. old bydrug.
'•tats at 11 POT t c Aagc o•; six for $5, or sunt te,. mail on
receipt of price h iicir`solni P108J•t•wpaiatAct.S otun OINS
For Sulein .Exeterby J. W. Browning
eeeleeseeeseeesseee
Centralia.
The following poetical effusion was
read by Mr. Wm. Revington at a re-
cent meeting of Centralia Council of
C. O. C. F.
Now big John Neil, our Councillor,
To all this greeting sends,
And all are here invited
To join the Chosen Friends,
On every second Saturday,
We meet in the 7 own. Hall;
All you that never rode a goat
Now is the time to call -
All members of our order,
I hope you won't refuse
To come up to Centralia
And there to pay your dues.
Don't send it up by" so-and-so,
'Twill surely go astray,
I tried that trick too often
And I find it doesn't pay.
We want for you to come yourselves,
And see our little town; [here,
It will help to cheer the friends that's
And keep their temper down.
We have a good Chief Councillor,
And John Neil is his name;
His ancestors were all .Irish
And mine was just the same.
Now don't say all are Ihish here,
Nor at all be annoyed,—
None of the rest are Irish,
Excepting Billy Boyd.
We have them here from every clime,
Yes, even England sends,
Her sons out to Centralia
To join the Chosen Friends.
Of ladies too, we have a few,
Some of the very best
That could be found for miles
And by them we are blest.
May Heaven bless our ladies fair,
For on them much depends,
And live or die they're bound to try
And help their Chosen Friends.
The seven links in friendship's chain,
Forget we never can,
And there's another bond my friends
The brotherhood of man.
Let all be true, your vows renew,
For many now intends,
If they -but see our acts agree,
To join the Chosen Friends.
WILL COATES,
cordwood and a hay stack, Henry
Willert lost 26 cords of wood. William
Reading lost all his fences. All these
fires are supp-sed to have caught from
berry pickers. Mr. Chas. Stevens lost
50 cords of wood and Chas Willert, sen.
several thousand rails. At Shipka
bush fires started two weeks ago near
Sutton's mill. They burned up the
district for four miles sqnare, buraing
everything: Five cattle were destory ed
that were in the district at the time.
Several farmers lost their late crops of
peas and several stacks of hay were a
v
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prey to the flames, Sutton's St t on s milis
�' three times but the
caught fire some i
flames were extinguished. IIe had
several thousand feet of saw logs burn
ed in the vicinity of the mill. Farmers
in the immediate neighborhood were
kept busy fighting the flames night
and day and drawing cordwood away
to a place of safety. Up to the present
writing the fires are confined
to the district already burned. Plough.
ing around the outside of the fire was
the only remedy available to stop the
raging flames. In Bay Township Mr:
Henry Libold of the 8th concession set
fire to some stumps for the purpose of
clearing his farm some two weeks ago.
The very dry weather and high' winds
caused the fire to spread, burning a
district of over three miles, including
some very valuable timber, to the east
of his place, About 50 cords of . wood
was burned that was lathe bush. • 111r.
Fred Heisenbach had two head of cat..
tie burned, •,here were; four head of
cattle found burned to death on the
Pith concession and several other had
their hair burned off. Auras of valet-
able cedar timber was burned and
many fences, The fire swept every
thing before it, Seyeral families at.
Dixie, which is situated on the 6th con -
cession. were in immediate danger of
being but'ndd out of house and hom•,
but through the efforts of the rieigh-
bors their dwellie s were saved. Mr,
S. Rennicl, who owns this. valuable tim-
ber in the burned dtst: len which con
lists of a pine bush that has never been
culled, will be a honey loeiet', as the fire
played havoe in the r beautiful pine
swamp, Aid couid be of no avail in
stopping its destructive work, Water
was very starel, '1 he rain that fell on
Thursday and Friday last didpow( r
of good and all •.iaugor now is itt an
end, Sold in Xtr-{tor by .1%. W. riroweing, i r aper t
around,
The Fall Fair.
They are making preparations for the
big Fall fair,
And the farmer and his family are
loaded up with care;
They are rubbing down the gelding
and the big brood mare,
And the three-year old is frisky—you
ought to see him rear,
As they run him round the pasture
When they've got an hour to spare.
They make hide go -full sail,
Vt'ith red ribbons iii his tail;
Yes, the'r'e making preparations for the
bin Fall fair.
They are combing out the fleece s cn
the thoro'hred rates;
They are picking out the best of the
pretty Spying; laiiths;
The hired man is working on a wicker
work rig.,
For the easy transportation of the pedi
greed pig;
And the boys are all constructing the
cutest little pens
For the safety and the comfort of the
Vero de Sera hens;
The 'ristocratic bull
With turnip tops is full—
He'll make a a'reat sensation at the
big' Fall fair.
They are making preparations for the
big' Fail fair:
There is very much cxeiement is the
elretune lii.,ut air;
Bach farmer has a p''rnpkin that can't
u• '
be beat,b os
h
h ,
And everybody stands to win npdn a
squash;
Not to mention bailey, wheat and oats,
and buckwheat, corn and peas,
And the products of the yine and the
harvest of the tree's;
While I hear the housewife mutter
"'They'll never beat that butter!"
Yes, they're making; preparations for a
big Fall fair,
They are m al:ip_• preparations for the
big Fall fair;
In the barnyard, in the kitchen, down
eelie.r-- every where;
The currycomb is going, turd the brush
is never still,
And the girls are malting better with
a f eurish arld a will.
They are glancing at the wall, where
diplomas in a, frame—
The triutnps of the past are a glory
and a name,.
Before each rye ,arises
The vision of big' pvizes.
They're making prepaatations,for the
big Fall fair.
WcsoD'E PHaOcfPII¢� IN]i.Six Packages Guaran'teed to P 1
The great English Remedy. Lowest
GreaterChoice
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BARGAINS.
Atkinso .'s Furniture Ware
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rooms_and best
;
rooms is the cheapest e
place in the County to buy Fur.
niture.
9.00
A first-class Bed -room Suite for only $9 and every
thing else in comparison. All goods guaranteed to -
be my own make, of first-class dry material, nothing
but best hard lumber used.
Lumber and, Wood -
Taken in exchange for Furniture.
Wire Mattresses.
The only placein town where you can buy the
Patent Dominion Nickle-Plated Wire Mattress,—war'
ranted not to rust.
J.D. Atkinson, Pro
loadman's
CMMERCIQL LIVERY.
First-class Rigs and Horses
Orders left at Hawkshaw's
Hotel, or at the Livery
Stable,(Christe'sold Stand)
will receive prompt at-
tention. . . , . . .
'rums
1 Reasonable
TTelephone
Connection
W, G. Bissell's Livery
First Class Horses and Rigs.
SPECIAL RATES WITH
COMMERIAL MEN.
Orders left at Bissett Bros.'Hardwato
Store, will receive prompt attention.
TERMS - REASONABLE
A TRIAL SOLICITED,
W. G. BISSETT
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UNTRAL
C. LUTZ. PROP
Fanson's Block Exeter.
Family Receipts
and Prescriptions,
Carefully prepared.
A complete stock of drugs,
patent medicines, Drug-
gists' supplies, perfumes,
toilet soaps, hair brushes,
tooth brushes, combs and
all articles to be found in
Drug
�l Store.
D1 i `�
a first-class �,
DR. C. LU TZ, Druggist.
Bicycles, • •
Sewing Machines,
Baby Carriages
And. Musical
Instruments.
We are the only firm
who make a specialty of the
above named goods and
therefore claim that we can
give the - people of Exeter.
p p
and vicinity,
Greater Bargains !
promptly, and permanently
earn all forms of Nervous
Wealeness, Eoiissions,Sperm-
atorrhea, Z apotene,land all
erects ects 01' .Abuse or Excesses,
yi1onto1 Worrv, emoosstve use
J3 07'e a'10A/tel. of Tobacco, cpinos or Multi-
✓ tants, which, soon lead to tn-
,itrniit'y, insanity, Conation ,tion anll an ea,'ty grave.
;lrasbeen proscribed over, C8yoars in thousands of
cases; is ilio only Ztetiabte lvncl S%nest 7lecllattc
known, Askdrugglsttor Wood's P!,ospbodinel it
heof offers some worthless medicine in place of thls,
inclose price iu letter, and wo will send by return
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The latest and newest at-
tachments for all - our moods
can be had by calling at
our ware -rooms •One - door
,
north Dr. Lutz's drug store
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EXETER - ONTARIO
Has now in stock
ad hum
IN THE FOLLOWING LINES:
West of England Suitings and Trou,j
erings,
Scotch Tweed Suitings and Trouser
lugs.
French and English Worsted Cloth
All made up in the Latest
Style, at best Rates.
A. J SNELL
Furniture!
Furniture!
Furniture 1!1
We have moved back to
our old store again and
have the finest stock of
Parlor, Bedroom and Din-
ingroom Furniture in the
town, at prices that can-
not be beaten. Elegant
new bamboo goods just
corning in. . . , , ,
See our beautiful new
warerooms. We are
boiind to sell if good
goods nicely displayed at
very low prices will do it.
S. GIDLEY & SON,
ODD FELLOW'S Block
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h1' Lulilber •
The undersigned wishes
to inform the general public
that he keeps constantly in
stock all kinds of building
material, dressed and un- t.
dressed lumber .
B. C. Red, Ontario,
High Land and
Pine Shingles. .
Special notice is drawn
to B. C. Reel Cedar which
is acknowledged to be the
most durable timLer that'-`
grows; especially for shin •
ler.
36 to 40 years.
It is said by those wlio
know, that they will last
from 86 to 40 years in any
climate.
James 'all
Lumber Merchant,
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