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The Exeter Advocate, 1895-9-27, Page 4THE. ;iyOT ;S AND Ct7llf'11', N• 'iS. (gxgter Abrorate)The Directors of the Elgin Fai. As- a held a. meeting Thursday S ]J RS dc. DX R Prop, pin lit.: It was.unanimously decided to THURSDAY September I8'95 hold no muieexhibitions. Theexpendi- fe � ture this year shows a deficiency o£ TIM PR/WV'OFF4E31,PRODUC.TS To the inhabitants of an agricultur- tural country, shell as a large portion of North America must ever be, the question of the price of farm products must always be a most important one. When the farmer does well here, the beneficial results are felt all over the land; but, when the opposite is the case, the result is a great restriction of busi- ness. The last named state of affairs has been the ease for some time past, but now 'better times seem to be at hand. The groat increase in the products of the farm of late years: and the con- sequent decrease ie prices, arose from various causes, which have been dis- cussed at length in the daily press. Some of these causes are the opening up of new countries and the cxtention of agriculture there;and in old settled ones as well; the introduction of im- provements in machinery and imple- piements, whereby the farmer is en- abled to reap his crop more easily, and thus extend his operations over a larg- er quantity of Land; the improved methods of farming, by which a farm- er gets more off the same quantity of Sand, ate. There are many permus who hold that farmers will never get as good prices again for what they have to sell as were obtained in past years, and these are never tired of pointing out the possibilities of agri- culture in South America, Africa, and other places, when those countries get more thickly settled, and improved methods of agriculture come into use there. All these causes named will certain- ly have considerable bearing on the question of teh prices of farm products in the future, but we do not think that they will have such an effect inkeeping. down prices as some expect. We be. lieve that agricultural products will bring remunerative prices for all ages but that these prices will vary from time to time, as they have in the past, The increase in the population of the world, which is going on in leaps and bounds, will require a constantly in- creasing supply of food, and, as settle- ment progresses, the land available for agricultural purposes will become smaller and smaller. In fact, it is only auesti of twill q oni time when it be ta- ken up. Another curious feature which will also tend to maintain prices for farm products is the gradually diminishing proportion of the population that is turning its attention to farming. We will take the United States as an ex- ample. x -ample. In that country, in 1870 farm- ers formed forty-seven per cent. of the population. In 1880 the population dropped forty-four per cent,, while the census of 1890 revealed a still further drop to forty per cent. These figures tell a tale. They show that the population of the town and cities is being built up more rapidly than that of the country, and the same is the case in many parts of Canada, and in other countries as well. AU this will have an imprortant bearing on the question of future prices for farm products. -Farming. The Toronto Industrial.. The treasurer of the Industrial Ex• hibition Association has furnished the following statement of receipts for the exhibition, whte1 s just closed. Daily receipts, codlpared with 1894: 1894 1895 First day $ 438 05 $ 438 75 Second day, 504,;60 , 756 55 Third day2,294 40 2,423 05 Fourth day4,174 45 5,198 30 Fifth day 4,091 70 3,401 00 Sixth day10,645 60 . 11,652 55 Seventh day10,308 80 10,751 60 Eighth day17,745 65 16,407 15 Ninth day9,990 00 11,865 35 Tenth day 5,797 50 5,141 25 $65,990 76 SUMMARY. 1894. 1895. $68,035 55 Gate receipts in- cluding grand stand ........ $61,848 15 $64,744 55 Dog show 1,806 60 1,532 00 Special pictures 2,386 00 1,759 00 $65,990 75 $68,035 55 c $65,990 75 Increases in 1895 over 1894 from similar sources. $ 2,044 80 An ingenious peach grower has in- vented a way of protecting his peach frost, H e soaks bits bit s blossoms from fro H of brick in kerosene several hours; when. Well saturated he fills . some old cans, etc, with them and pla3es them around nd in his orchard whenever they are need- ed, and at night sets the bricks afire, They burn allnight, giving out dense smouldering smoke, that effectu- allyshields the threatened trees, The fnehoii is sineple, safe and inexpensive, $170.44 The payment of the prize money was postponed for a week, until the reeeipts of the Government gra.nt of $480, when 70 per cent. of:the prize money will be paid, The directors' worked hard this year to make it a success. The tota.receipts, including $63.82 balance on hand, were $1,794,77, and the expenditure, $1,965.21. Residents along the lake shore, north of the town, noticed a remarkable ser- ies of st.ariations in the water level be- tween Tuesday evening and Wednes- day morning. During the night the water gradually' rose until it had reached a level of three feet above the normal. At 6 a, m., it receded rapidly until it had fallen four feet below the normal, and about 6:80 it raised again to its normal level. At 7.a, m., it once more receded about four feet, and S o'clock it had risen a foot above the normal, During the low periods the sand bar, over wbieh there is ordinarily four feet of water, was laid bare, and enough stones were uncovered -and in sight, to pave all the streets in Sarnia. The water in its fluctations rose and fell with rush like a tidal wave. The wind at the time was light and off shore. -Sarnia Observer. The Fall Assizes. Goderieh, Sept, i20, -Richardson v,. Gourley was resumed on Wednesday. The action was for breach of contract and slander, The jury found in favor of the plaintiff, fixing the damages with respect to the slander at $10, and in regard to the breach of centred at $146. Counsel have yet to be heard on theleg& question of wheather theac- tion1 ,,, her a tion in regard to the contract is within the statute of frauds. Mr. Cameron, Q, C. appreared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Garrow, Q C. for the defendant. Pattou v. Denman, an action for trespass, and to establish a fence lite was continued, resulting• in the dismiss al of the action, with costs. Mr. Car- row for the plaintiff; Mr. Aylesworth for the defendant. In Martindale v. Copp, an action by an Euglish commision firm to recover from the defendant, an exporter of bal- ed hay, the amount of an over draft by him, judgmeut was given for the plain tiff for the amount claimed. some five hundred dollars and costs. Mr. Car- row for plaintiff; Mr. Best for defend- ant. efendant. The assizes closed at 5,30 o'clock this evening, when, on questions being sub- mitted to the jury in the case of Bea- con et al. v. Dykert, a verdict was en- terred in favour of the defendants. The case of Rundell v. Atkinson was settled out of court. Brandon Chicken shooting com- menced ou Monday last, and some large bags have been brought in. They are very plentiful in every dis triet. The young ones are not fully developed and should be spared from the sportsman's gun. The farmers as a rule prohibit shooting on their prem ises. Brandon: For some time past the city has been supporting the man O'neil since he was released from goal, but as it has been thought that he was a fit subject for the harvest fields, the committee on Friday last, decided tp 'call in" the aid, and if Mr. O'Neil did ,not leave the city within 24 hours he was to be put in goal. Mrs, O'Neil and the younger members of the fam- ily will be given tickets to Ontarte: Farquhar. (Too late for last week.) Mrs. J. Gardner, Jr., and family, WPM moved from here to Michigan, soxue four years ago, have returned and pure pose making their home amongst us' once more. They report times very hard over there. -Mr. Samuel McCurdy, who has been seriously ill of late, is slowly improving. -Mr. D. McCurdy and family, spent a few days at Grand Bend this week. -Mrs. Clara Duncan, is keeping store this week in the ab- sence of her cousin, Joan, who'is away attending the London Fair. -A very successful pic-nic was held in the school ground ofIS. S. No. 3, ou Friday last. A large number of people of this section, besides a great many strangers, being present. -Quite a number from here at- tended the funeral of the late;Mrs J. Irvine on Wednesday last. She had been ailing for about three years with a lingering disease, and since the death of.her husband some 'six weeks ago she silk rapidly. Deceased was respected by all and had many warm friends. Much sympathy is felt for the son and daughter who are now left orphans. ' L. JO'zTTdCe--7 it-Y7iT, 'Amber 11., W. It. Hodgins, Hensall, ist Dr. Seott, i), ,Bell, Burr, 2nd'. Nellie F., 1). McLarty, St. Marys, Srd, Time: 3.50eki 249; 2,40%/a 2.30 Trot r Pace. 0 o P e. Rodneyt Bossonberry, Zurich, ch, 1st. Maud Randolph, Dr. Lang, Granton, 2nd, .Lulu G. A. lssoa, Stratford, std, Time: -2.30; 2.8634; 2.36. 2,50 Trot or Pace -2nd div, Roy B. Snell & White, };retort 1st, k'loea B.. 7)r. Williams, Thamesfora, 2nd. Miss McCarthy, E. Il ocl Ings, Ailso, Craig. 3rd, Time: -2,30K 232; 2.41i4 Rarpley Threshing is the order of the day at present,with good yield in general. Oats are exceptionally good. -During the thunder storm oil Wednesday morntng last, lightning struek an, apple tree in Mr. James Cronan's orchard, completely ruining it. --lir, James Forrest, of Var- na, spent a few days last week visiting; frinds here, --Several from here attend ed the, Western Fear at London, All report a splendid time, spent viewing the exhibits. -Miss Vine Hagen, of Hills Groep,°spent a few days at her brother's. going home Sunday evening: -The wife of Mr. John Sherritt, presented him with another little son a few days ago. Both mother and son are doing well, -A good many farmers who have late peas, report a heavy crap of straw to harvets, bat on account of the recent rains, they have not ripened very even- ly. Early peas are badly eaten with bugs. A MACEDONIAN PLOT To Blow Up the Palace of the Sublime Porte. A GIFTED BRITISH DIPLOMAT. Lord Dufferin to Retire from Diplomatic Life.-I'rvtosser Pasteur Las Paralysis of the Legs -To Restore the Pope's Palace at Avignon. . • Constantinople, Sept. 23. -Great pre Cautions have been. adoptedfor the protection of the palace of the Sub- lime Porte, owing to the discovery of a Macedonia plot to blow up the buildings with dyriamite, Paris, Sept. 23. -The report cabled frotn this city on Satrarday that Pro- fessor Pasteur, the discoverer of in- t pulation as a sure cure for rabies, is dying, is untrue. Professor Pasteur, jloWever, is in very feeble health, and the paralysis of his legs, from which kte has suffered for some time, is Steadily increasing. Berlin, Sept. 23, -The recent arrest at Cologne of a couple of French spies led to the discovery of a complete and far-reaching system of espionage, Many persons, including Germans, are involved. Arrests are impending at Cologne, Magdeburg, Brunswick, and Essing. 'Rome, Sept. 22.-•1Cing Humbert, Queen Marguerite. and the members of the Italian Ministry reviewed a procession to -day of veterans •of the war of 1870, bearing flags and decora- tions. The Garibaldians in their red shirts had the plane of honour at the head of the prooessio':,t, yast crowds witnessed flue parade, and enthusias- tically cheered as the Garibaldians marched past and, saluted the Xing and Queen, who graciously returned the salutations. London, Sept. 28. -The Paris cor- respondent of the Daily News says the Town Connell of Avignon has agreed to spend 1180,000 sterling upon the isstoration of the Pope's palace. .9 despatch from Ning-Po says the whole Province of Chi-IK.iang, Y e y especial- ly the cit a P I�.in -F, na has been placarded with arkti-foreign and anti- Christian proclamations. Paris, Sept, 28.-li aileral Dragomi- roif is going back to Runts, to tell his Imperial master that the French army is in prime fighting condition, and that he may give the signal for war as Nun as he chooses. So the lives of hun- dreds of thousands of people, the se- curity of untold millions of property, and the balance of the civilized world all depend for the present upon the whim, the indigestion, maybe, or the passing ill -humour of a young man about whose character not muoh is known, and who certainly has not de- veleped yet the qualities required in the ruler of an Empire like that of the Czar. Seaforth • Merman acann.-Seaforth has been all agog for some days past oyer a story that came to town to the effect that a farmer living back of Dublin, betwenu Mclillop and Logan townshil-s. had killed a female employe of his and bur- ied her with unsoeming haste, without even providing her with a coffin. The first information to the public was con veyed through the Seaforth Sitn l,,gF,l week in a short paragraph, ;Since then county constables and a detective from Toronto have been at work on the case, and what at first appeared to be a blond -curdling affair has dwindled down. The corpse was disinterred and doctors examined it, One of the medi cal men says the woman died of con- sumption, and another that heart tris- ease was the cause of death. The p0. lice, it is said, are suspicious that all is right, ri„ht, and are sill worl.in,, on the case though no arrests have been made. It has been learned that the woman was buried iu a coffin, but that only two persons were present at the burial. The suspected man is Joseph McKay, a bachelor farmer and the woman's name is Daveuport. The death occurred about three weeks ago. (Later) A To• ronto detective has been at Seaforth for some days investigating the " mystery". said a posse of doctors accompanied the detective to the cemetery, where the remains, which, by the way, were found encased in a coffin, were exhumed. The post mortem showed that the girl had died from natural cause. RATTENBURY.-In Brucefield, on Sept. 14th, the wife of Mr. Wm. Patten - bury of a daughter CANTELov.--In Clinton; on Sept. 14,.the wife of Mr. Peter Cautelon of, a son. LEARY.-In Hibbert, on the.23rd, inste the wife of =Wm. Leary, of.a-dtiught- er. .; Mvlzt.-In Dieter, on the 21st lnse., the F a so wife ofRobe. Mur i a_ a ' HANLON.-In Centralia, on the 19th` inst., the wife of Mr. P. Hanitrltl Post- master, of a daughter. BISSETT.-In Usban e, on the 23rd fact:, the wife of Thos. Bistt, of a daugh- ter, CouGnLIN.-In Stephen', on the. 19th inst., the wife of Mr. B. Coughlin, of a son. BALKWILL,-In Exeter, on the•21st inst , the wife of Wm. Balkwill, Jr., of a SOD. DUARRIAGES. ZAVIT2;-MCMILLEN-At Ailsa Craig, ou Thursday, Sept. 12th, by the Rev. Jas. Coutts, Silas M. Zavitz to Miss Annie McMillen, both of Ailsa Craig. B{TLLIS-FORD-In Mitcbell, at the residence of the bride's mother on the 18th inst., by the Rev. Dr ` Wil.. liams, W. H. Bullis, M. D., Rochester, N. Y., to Adelyn Francis, youngest d'a'ughter of Mrs. Thomas Ford, .M.ii£ehell. DEATHS FIi(.. t -At Ailsa Craig, on Sunday, Shpt 15th, 1895, Mrs, Dennis Finan, egad 51 years and 5 months. MCDSHALD.-At Brinsley, Sept. 17th, the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McDonald. TITRNDR-In Brucefield on September 16th, James Turner, aged 47 years and 6 months. EuRNIC.k.-In Usborne, on the 19th inst., George Daniel, son ofbfr. Frank Cornish, aged 1 year 5 months 7 days. Bnaailsa.-Ia Granton, on Tuesday, Sept. 17th, John Beamish, aged70 years, 1 month. BAnNnrT.-On the Mitchell Road, shard, on Sept. 4th, Chas. Barnett, aged 75 years. Bungs. -In Parkhill, on the 15th John Philip Burns, • aged 50 and 6 months, Ross. -In East Williams, on the inst., Robt. Ross, aged 67 years. GILBaRT.-In McGillivray, on the inst., infant son of Geo, Gilbert, 5 weeks, FrtEso.-In London, on tine 17th ins wife of Mr. Noah Fried, Parkhill. �ki1CnS.-In Logan, on Sept, 17th,'-) R. Dicks, son of Simon Hicks, age years and 7 months. 0 e9 • Bien- shard, inst., years 15th 16th aged t,, as. d2 QvxGLnY.-In Lucan, on the 23rd, inst,, Mr. Quigley, aged 80 years. Sines July' Sth he following. wills have been entered for probate in the Surrogate Court, Sti'a.tford: Clara Por- r r ` i ,l fi to fro d Patna, 1 J . Robt.1� �b . 0 allantyne, Downie, $17,220; Robt, D. Mitchell, Ful- larton, $6,575; Jas. Gillaepie, Hibbert, 69 • s. Roach, i 4 Ja o e 6 a Hibbert, 2 $ 400• r s $ , John Hodgson, Hibbert, $6,910; Andrew Tinning, Fullerton, $6,070; AngiisMil- ler, Hibbert, $528, • LORI) DLTFFERIN. England's Great Diplomat Will Shortly li tire -A Long Life of Difficulties and Triumphs. London, ' Sept. 23. -There is no doubt that Lord Dilfferin, the British Am- bassador at Paris, is desirous of re- tiring from diplomatic life, and it is an open secret in diplomatic circles that he will withdraw from the Elysee and from active service as soon as Lord Salisbury can settle the difficult question of his successor. The probability is that , the late autumn will witness the retirelrient of the most gifted. Brifish diplomats. There is, of course, a eorktingency of Anglo -Turkish complications that might render It necessary for him -to hold on a while longer. But this is doubtful. No European or other diploni t15 4 of tkls age has had anything like Lord Dufferin's opportunity of studying' the borderland of civilization -those cotes= tries whose races are slowly meltint dowse into nationalities, of absolutisni at its zenith, as at St. Petersburg, and in process of dissolution, as at Con- stantinople. India was the seat of -Lord Duffer- in''s greatest activities, and his most splendid achievements: The period of his Viceroyalty, 1884 to 1889, witnessed the solution of some of the most com- pricated and serious problems that have grown out of British administration 1n India. .To him more than to any other man before ter since was due the set- tlement On a comparatively satisfac- tory leasis of the land tenures in a country where they are as various and multiform as its religious beliefs. From .the beginning of England's rule in In- flja c, to the date of Lord Dufferin's iiithdi•aaval, there had never been a ' day 'when the Viceregal Government had not been occupied in some part of the territory with the investigations of systeees of rent dr land revenue, and with passing laws to settle disputes or, agricultulaI grievances. To this re- laifively colourless but absolutely im- portant task Dvfferin brought all the experience gained during many years of active larticipation in the discus- sion of Irish agrarian questions. The resemblance between these questions and similar problem's: In India was not lost upon him. Accidont,to Mr. Loc'g.'e:Wilson. Cornwall, Sept. s3.-('Speeial.)--Mr. James L. Wilson, Grand Trustee of the Patrons of Industry, met with a very serious accident the other day near Alec. andria while cutting corn for his silk. The corn -cutter began to run too rapidly, and when' Mre son sprang forward to check• the speed the brake broke, and the big belt, coming off the wheel, wound around his legs and dragged him to the wheel of' the cutter, feet foremost. He was whirled around several times before the cutter could be stopped. His escape from death was almost miraculous. One of his ankles, was badly dislocated, and his legs, awns, and his heard' were badly cut and bruised. 'whitecappinr Outrages. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 23• The sher- iff of Sevier county has called upon Governor Turney for troops to aid him 111 securing a trial of men charged with the whitcapping and outrageously treating white women by thrashing„ and driving them from their homes. A, trial was attempted to be be hcid be- fore a justice of the peace' 'b Charles Wilfrid .Mowbray. the English Anarchist. who visited Chicago for :the purpose of teaching his doctrine of red flag and no Government, was stopped in the middle of a sPeeeh' at Belmont park by the police on Sunday, andwas so, ba,diy frightened that after a few words of explanation he hurriedly left the platform and made his (escape:, H M.S, Cana M Canada left .ontreai yesterday for Quebec The wage earners Of Rhode Island ate 42 per cent. of the whole population, In Birmingham the ` r inghafn dish lot, Alabama,, there are 10,000 more men at work than et this 'time last year, ?o -marrow evening Lieutenant -Govern. or Chapleau will be tendered a reception at St. Boniface. Have you Seen the celebrated Grand Je el. Cooking store*soltd steel oven, if not, be sure and see it, A full line of other. Will you Need more knives and forks for threshing. If ao, we have. something that will jnst suit you! Very cheap and good. " Or will you Need any ammunition. If so, we have loaded and empty shells, wads, powder, etc;; also guns to rent. 1 We p � a theg highest Pail price for seed. l , �r and see 'us. H. BISHOP & SON, gib;---- ilitt his Season 1 Are U seriously contemplating a Business or Shorthand Course If so, The • gVeilPFlaz ter" FOREST GWTY ROSINESS COLLEGES OF',;;ONOON9a ONT. Solicits your patronn"e-because we believe that we have the beds to be had id our line, Nothing short of the'llest would satisfy us, would it you ? Do U know that we have set the pace for Caraclian Schools -we 'hold the recited for practical work. Dave U hearl anythin about our '° New System" of teaching Book-keeping and Business Paper Drop us a postal card widget particulars. Catalogue free. College re -opens on Tuesday noptember 3rd, 1105, 3. W. i't IESTEDVP LT, .t rincipaI. Tom � oker- To meet the wishes of their customers The Geo. E. Tuckett and Son Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Ont., have placed upon the market A Combination Pince' of &cooking Tobacco This supplies a long felt want, giving the consumer one 20 cent plug;, or a 10 cent piece or a 5 cent piece of the famous "T & B" brand of pure Virginia Tobacco. The tin tag "T & B" is en every piece WOMEN" DOUBT SHOULD TAKE. PENNYROYAL WAFERS To cermet irregularity and weakness,. keep the organsinpoalthyconditlba The wafers'are "La's Severs" to ye ung women, aid graceful development, • provide pnin- 1ess,regular periods. Askior The Detroit brand. All druggists sell them atilt per box, llobettorromodyforwomanknowa Kippen: Mr. David Clark has dis- pose of his farm near here to Mr. Logan for $5,200. Mr. Clark will likely ,make his home in Hensall. Mitchell: Wednesday night some malicious person entered the pasturage of Mr. W. Waugh, Huron Road, just east of the town, and cut the throat of one of his horses. As Mr. Waugh is without an enemy, as far as he knows, it is impossible to conceive why such a despicable art w, ~Ls committed. Chiselhurst: q.'he other day, as Mrs. Davy, of this vil£ta} "e, was visiting her neighber, Mrs. T. k, 'last she had the misfortune to fal'P do . wn the teller and break her leg. Meet she went into the house the cellist' haa-i,`oh was open, she walk - .and as she did not leifee i," ed right into it, with She` ab eve result. Parkhill: A corresp edent ,'writes to the Independent as followsme of the gun clubs which were invitee. 1 for compete on Tuesday of last weer the championship cup put ute by' the Parkhill Gun Club were afraid to' face Parkhill. Forest, Ailsa Craig andL Strathroy dare not show up. Lucan was the only club on the ground, but they were very easy game for the home club; Parkhill Gun Club now holds the championship cup for North and West Middlesex and Lambton for blue rock shooting. The cup is of beautiful de- sign and will be held by the club to be competed for by its members, Seaforth: On Tuesday night, a man claiming to be a moulder in search of employment, called at the Queen's hotel, and asked for a room. Mr. Stephens 'took him to the flat on which is a room occupied by Miss Morrison, of Mr. E, McPaul's store, and Miss Shephard, of Mr. William Pickard's. These ladies had gone out during : the evening., leaving the door of their room unlock- ed. On their return, however, they did not discover anything wrong, and it was not until morning that they found that a trunk had been ransack- ed and about $35 and some smalljewol- ry stolen. Suspicion at once rested on the stranger, but he was nowhere to be found. St. Marys: Mrs. Wm. Haines of thin place, who went for treatment to the Stratford hospital recently, had her left leg amputated the other day. Hopes were eutertained that the disease which at first appeared to affect the knee, might yield to treatment, but decay of the bone had extendea so high that was amputation �' p as unavoidable, and the operation was performed five inches from the body, and the marrow scraped •,r section out of the ms. reauiil s „ ec on of the hone. The St. Marys Argus adds that mull sympathy is felt for Mrs. 17aieee, who lost her h ah. and con( years ai5 tiltgc.e ' in a gravel pit accident, and who has labor- ed hard to maintain herself and family of three t;hlldren, Pack away .that winter suit, that it may do for next winter. Buy. a Summer suit And be in style now and next year too. It costs no more to look well all the year around, and wear sea- •sonabls clothes. "'Tis not the clothes that make the man, but they help." If you will give us a call we will surprise you both in prices and quality. '1" ETI ICIIT Ono door North of Browning's Drug store. W. G. Bissell 's Livery First Class Horses and Rigs. SPECIAL RATES WITH COM1VIERI4 MEN. Orders left at Bissett Bros: Hardware Store, will receive prompt attention, TERMS - REASONABLE A TRIAL SOLICITED. W. G. BISSETT C. LUTZ __-. Proprietor Of 7t 7 CENTRAL P `UG STORE Drugs. 5 -FANSON'S Brook lFiJ Recipes i1 Prescriam,*ions Carefully** Prepared. Patent medicines, Perfumes, Toilet Soaps, Hair Brushes, Combs. C. LUTZ, Druggist. FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.. DUNNrSBAKINC D E THE GOOK'S BEST FRIEND LARGEST SALE IN CANAD...