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The Exeter Advocate, 1895-12-13, Page 1• 1' VOL. V II The Molsons Bank (Chartered by Parliament, 1855.) Paid up Capital . ... , $2,000,000 Rest Fund ... , .... , .... 1,200,000 Head office Montreal. F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, Esq,, G1sNnuer. MANAGER Money advanced .v mood Farmer's on their own notes w;:L one or more endorsers at 7 per Gent per annum. • Exeter Branch, Open every lawful daffy from IR a. m,to 3.p. m„ Saturdays 'AO a.m. to 1 p.m Ageneralbanking business transacted CURRENT RATES allowedfor mon- ey on Deposit Receipts. Savings Bank at 3 ger gent. N. D. HURDON 11xeter, Jan 28, '88. • Manager I3LACESM1TH SHOP FOR SAE. A. good ppaying blaeksmith business for sale, apply to H. Bishop &Yr Son, Exeter. BOAR FOR SERVICE. The undersigned has for service on Lot 58, Concession 1, Osborne,a thoroughbred Im- ported Rolland China with registered pedi- gree. Terms $1, with privelege of returning if necessary. GEO. HAivrON CROPPING. I understand, it has been reported that I have given up grain ohoppingi but such not being the case I desire to notify the farmers and general public that I will continue to chop every day at the eleetrie power house. .A. first-class miller engaged. W. G. BXSSETT, TAX NOTICE, Notice is hereby given that the undersign- ed Tax Collector will be at the Town Ball, Exeter, on the following dates: Thursday, Dee, 12th, Friday,Deo. ISth, Saturday, Deo. 14th, from 9 to 12 a, m., and I to 5 p. m. each day, for the. purpose of receiving taxes Take notice, all persons not paying their taxes on or before December 14th,1895,will be ohargod 5 per cent. extra. James Creech, Collector. A SPLENDID CHANCE, A splendid chance awaits the right man to start an oatmeal mill. The undersigned has one of the best sites for a mill of this kind that could be had near Macleod, Alber- ta District, N. W. T. There is a large water- fall on the place .ind the train runs within a few rods of the site, Only a small amount of money required. Oatmeal sells there for Sots a pound. Correspondence solicited. Jos. ANDERSON, Centralia, Ont. Auction Sale of Cattle. WED., DEC, 18—A carload of Choice ,Dairy Cows, selected from the Oxford Dairy, the property of Cleare & Nutt, will be sold at Zurich Sale at 1 o'clock. Brown&Bossenberry. Aucts. Just in Time FOR XMAS And those pur chasing from me during -the holiday season will be sure of doing so at re duced prices. I have in stock a complete line of Xmas goods, never had a finer assortment. Gold and Silver Watch- es and Watch Chains and a beautiful assortment of Clock. Jewellry and si 1 ver plated ware. Eyes tested free of charge and all kinds of Spec- tacles in stock. Solid gold wedding rings. T. Fitton. Brinsley: John Cockwell, son of Mr. James Cockwell, died from inflamma- tion, after an illness of but a. few days, I which occurred on Friday morning ' Nov. 29th, at the early age of 14 years. t. The remains were interred in the ceme- tery at Exeter, on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 30th. EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY .DECEMBER 12, 1895 , Hay 1 Hurondale• Mrs. Henderson, who has been visit- ing her sons in Detroit, has returned. She reports of having spent a pleasant time and is much improved in health. --Geo. Campbell who has been in Man. for some time, has returned, and speaks very highly of the country and its prospects. He purposes returning in the spring,—Miss Rae, of London, is spending a few weeks with her friend, Miss McGregor, Usborne DEATII OF MRS. STnWART.—Very general and deep regret is expressed at the very sudden and unexpected death of Margaret Glenn, relict of the late Andrew Stewart, who passed 'to the great majority on Friday last, at the age of 71 years. Deceased had not been ill at all previous to her death, but was attending to her household duties when suddenly she dropped and without speaking a word expired. The. cause of her death was heart failure. The funeral took place on Monday and was largely attended. Clinton. At the opening of the House of Ref- uge on Friday, Warden MacPherson occupied the chair. Addresses were delivered by several clergymen and others. The proceedings were inter- spersed with sacred music and song. The building is home -like, and one of the most complete in detail in the Prov ince. The town at 1:30 p.m. tendered a complimentary banquet to the county council at the Hotel Claredon. One hundred and twenty-five guests were present. The House of Refuge and fur- nishings will cost in the neighborhood of $20,000. Hay School Report. The following is the monthly report for November of the pupils in S. S. No. 2, Hay. Names are in order of merit. V.—R. F. Chapman, F. E. Ross. IV.— Flora M. Northcott, Nellie Gould, J. W. Todd. Sr. III.—Carrie Gould, J. R. O'Brien, W. H. Warren. Jr. III.— Ethel M Northcott, Eliza Tinney, Jas. R. Northcott. II,—Edward Gould, Willie O'brier,, Louisa Armstrong. Pt. IL—Frau kie Northcott, Maggie S uther- by, Jno. R. Munn. Pt. L—Cora Munn, Willie Gould, Roy S. C. Todd. The best spellers in the monthly spelling matches were:—V., R. F. Chapman; IV, Ne11ie.,O'Brien;. Sr. III, W, ..H. Warren; Jr. III; Eliza Tinney; II, Willie O'Brien: Pt. II, Frankie Northcott; Pt. I, Cora Muan. Ore diton The sale of cows in our burg was a success, some going as high as $25.-- Mr. 25.—Mr. E. Williams has moved iuto town. Will Dryer is prepared to cut straw for any one wishing same as he has pur chased a new machine.—Jos. Banes has his new pump shop nearly completed. —Quite a number of our town people are laid un with colds. -•Miss K. Zwicker who has been visiting friends at Strath- roy, has returned, looking hale and hearty.—F. Sims sold a horse to the buyers last week, getting a handsome figure for it.—Mr. Wm. Lawson, Jr., was buried on Monday in the log church cemetery.—R. Smith paid our town a frying visit on Thursday and report things lively in Wingham.-Mr. Zwicker has shipped between 4 and 5 tons of fowl this last two weeks. Lucan Thursday afternoon 113 pigeons were loosed from a trap under the gaze of eight brilliant marksmen. The follow• ing are the names and fatalities: Ira Bice, 10; M. Thompson 10, W. J. Baer den 5, W. Braunton 7, T. Stephenson 3, J. Bolen 8, A, Braithwaite 8, R. Me Namee 4. One dollar each was the sweepstake, and 40 per cent each was given to the two first.—Stanley & Dright's mill has been leased for a term to Messrs. Young and Maxwell.—The Lucan,skating rink was opened on Fri- day night. A large crowd was in at tendance. Mr. Aaron Bell is manager. —The Biddulph poet shines this week in two effusions ,on the pages of the Lucan Times under , the heading of "Electric Light" and '-'Huron Poor House."—Messrs. W. E. and C Stanley, shipped over 1,000 turkeys and geese to Manitoba on Wednesday. They have already this year shipped over 5,500 turkeys, geese and ducks. BIG SALE FOR 30 DAYS Of Ordered. Clothing. SIL We have a big lot of Scotch Tweeds, and Serges of all styles and color at abort of the wholesale - price; sr � and we can give you some bargains, in these fine goods. Come and get your Holliday snit and overcoat and save 25 per cent. This is a Snap. Cs. To get a erst class piece of goods cheap. We have come all wool Can- adian Tweeds -Nice Patterns at 25c. per yard. All goods cut free. Come and get your boys suited at about half the price of ready wades, Remember the place, J. H. CREME, Merchant TaiI.ori Iloilo! What's the matter up there ? Nothing, only too busy to write, Ever thing is lovely, the patrons have lots of candy for Christmas, and the special meetings are booming. Mr. George W. Holman is at home for Holidays and devoting himself to Municipal matters,—Miss Nellie Hind, of Elim• Ville, visited at . Mrs. Holman's during the past week.—Grandma Reddy is in very delicate health, but we hope she will soon regain her wonted vigor and lively spirits —Deputy Reeve Keddy reports a good time at the late County Council meeting. He says if the poor knew what a splendid home was pre pared for them they would not object to going there.—Miss Bella Lowe is at present visiting her parents. She has been in delicate health lately and thinks a holiday under the parental roof will restore her old, time vigor,— Miss Manning is visiting at Mr, W. Keddy's,—Mrs. Cobbledick, of Clande- boye, visited her mother, Mrs.Kecldy, this week. McGillivray Council Council met pursuant to iu the Town Hail, McGillivray 2nd, De- cember, 1895. Present, W. L. Corbett, Reeve; J. D. Drummond and T. Prost, Deputy Reeves; N. Grieve and R, Hue chinson, Councillors. Minutes of last meeting read,approved of and signed. Drummond -Hutchinson; that the ten der of J. W. Hardy for the building of Kennedy's bridge on the 7th concession, E.C.R , for the sum of $197, be accepted, providing satisfactory security be given for the completion of the work; bonds to be signed within two weeks from date.—Carried. Drummond—Hutchin- son, that by-law No. 5 of 1895, appoint ing the place for holding .the nomina- tion, the places at which 'polls will be opened, and the Deputy returning officers, who shall precide at the re spective polling places, for the election of Reeve, Deputy Reeves, and Council lors,as read a tirst and second time,be now read a third time and passed —Carried. Hutchinson—Grieve, that the herein- after named individuals be paid the several amounts as set forth, viz :—J. Glaven, overseeing gravelling;., $5,00; J. Glaven, repairing culvert, $1.75; W. Smith, account for tile, $1.50; Morton and Brownlee, repairing midge, $7,00; Jas. E. Shipley, gravel ars+ount, $8.54; S. Gillies & Son, plank account $23.84: A Paton, ditching, $2.88; D. Mathers, clearing jam, $8.75; D. Mathers, planks, $1.00;': W. L. Bice, repairing 'bridge, $415'I. Rollins, gravel account, $22.75; I. Rollins, gravel account, $8 83; I. An drews, repairing and gravelling, 50c.; J. McEwen, work, 50e.; J. Dixon, gravel account, $4.32; 3. N. Faulder, gravel grant, $9.00; S. Armstrong, ditchiug and repairing culvert 75c ; A. Bice, ditching, $1.50; T. Prest, attending grader, $6.00; J. Varley, gravel ac- count, $19.96; W. Hill, repairing rail. ing, $1,50; expenses half costs Down's suit, $130.10; John Poor, attending to Down's ditch, $2,50.—Carried. Grieve —Prest, that this Council adjourn to meet in the Town Hall, on Monday the 16th day of December, 1895, at one o'clock p. m. Carried, Wee FRAaDR, Clerk. Dashwood. Several of the young people attended the English Church concert in Zurich on Friday evening last. They report a'most pleasant time and the concert a complete success.—The home of J. W. Graybeil has .been gladdened by the arrival of a son.—A. McLaughlin, of Grauton, spent Sunday with his broth- er, Dr. McLaughlin,—A meeting of Friendship Hive, No. 7, L. 0. T. M., will be held Monday evening next.—James Kenny is on the sick list these days A number of young people drove over to Crediton Sunday uight, and if dame. rumor be true and present indications develop, a number will be led to the matrimonial altar ere long.—Messrs, Hall and Kellerman are buying pork this season. The price is very low:— Extensive preparations are being made for the L 0. T. M., oyster supper, to be held in Willert's Hall, on Wednes- day next. A good time is expected.— The new church will be opened on the 20th inst,, and will be dedicated to the services of God on the, 22nd and on Monday, a lecture will be delivered by Bishop Horn. of Cleveland, Ohio. There will also be a Christmas tree held on Xnias evening. A BAD RUNAWAY. --What might have resulted in a fatal calamity occurred between here and Zurich on Sunday night last. It seems Mr. and Mrs, Shea, of Stanley, were returning home from the Catholic Church when their horse took fright at an unknown object and ran away, throwing the two occu- pants otit of the rig and giving them a bad shaking up. The horse in its mad carper dashed along and collided with a horse and rig driven by Mrs. Chas aohlbein and her mcther, Mrs Thon, who were both hurled from their seat unto the the roadside and the horse passed over them, breaking Mrs Thon's nose and Mrs. Enhlbein's collar bone and one rib and otherwise giying them a bad shaking up. It was indeed a miraculous escape and it is wonderful how they eseaped with their lives They eventually managed to get to their homes and they are now progress• ing nicely under the able treatment of Dr, McLaughlin. Sharon, CI1uer,It TBA.—The ladies are mak- ing great preparations for the tea to be held in the church on Wednesday evening next, 18th inst. A choice pro gram of readings, recitations and speeches has been prepared. The °red iton ehoir has been secured to furnish music for the occasion, Bevds, Yelland of Crediton, Jackson, of Exeter, and Butt of Centralia will also be in attend- ance. A good time is.expeeted. Every- body come and enjoy asocial evening. Mr, Jas, Gould and family spent Suu- day with Mr, John Rowe,—Mr, and Mrs. Lamport, of Crediton, spent Sun- day with. Mr. Samuel Rowe —Miss Kestle, of Exeter, and Mr. of tjsborne, spout Sunday with the for- mer's brothers.—Mr. and Mrs Chap- man, of Hamilton, visited their dangle ter, Mrs. Josiah Kestle last week.—We are glad to learn that Mr, Ed. Kestle has fully recovered from his recent ill ness.—Mr. and fibs. Harvey, of Hay, spent Tuesday with Mg, Sam Rowe.— Mr. Nelson Kestle spent last week with friends in Woodstock.—Mr. and Mrs Dauncey spent Saturday with friends iu McGillivray. Centralia. Mr Jas. B. Hill, of St. Thomas, and Mn Wm. Hill, of Port Hope, brothers, were visitors at the parsonage the ear ler part of the week.—Miss Grigg, of London, is visiting Mrs Bowslaugh.— C. Baskerville, Sr., was seriously injttr ed by a kick from one of his horses on Tuesday, breaking bis collar bone.— Parson Bros. have shipped away from here two carloads of turkeys and geese to Winnipeg, and there are yetmore to follow.—Rev. H. W. Locke, of Exeter, is to preach Sunday morning next in the Interest of the Superannuation Fuud.—Rev, C. A. Sebram, who is vis- iting his sister, Mrs. Jas. Hodgios, oc- cupied the pulpit oa Sunday evening with grand acceptability.—Mrs. Quarry, mother of our post master, died at her son's residence, on Thursday last at the advanced age of 95 years. Her death. has been expected daily for months past -Arrangements are being made for the annual Sabbath School Anni- versary, to be held on Sunday and Tuesday, Dec. 29th and 31st. From Another Source. At the last regular meeting of Cen- tralia L. 0. L., No. 610, the following officers were elected: Josh Huxtable, W. M.; Frank Davis, Jr., D. M., Ralph Handford, Chap.;T. F. Boyle; Rec.Sec,; Jno.'Nell, Fin. Sec.; Jno. Mcralls, Trees; Frank Anderson, Lecturer; H. W Mills' D. of C.; T. J. Cave and .i no. Wright, D: lecturers; A. Nevin, Roth. McFalls, J. C. Sheardown, Wm. Moffatt and Jim Neil, Com. The following letter of condolence was sent to Bro. F. J. Davis, who lost his wife in the recent fire; T. J. DAVIS, ESQ. DEAR ,SIR AND BRo —We, the members of L. 0. L„ No. 6ro, in this hour of severe trial and sore affliction, bug to extend to you our most sincere sympathy. We know your grief must be such that words from us cannot totally relieve your mind, or restore your wife. but true sympathy in sad afflic- tion and words of counsel will, coming from your Orange brethren, at least assure you that we are sharing, with that portion of sorrow, which we are forcibly brought to realize Our dear departed sister we know did not live without, Faith, Hope and Char ity; and to have the faithful promise of the Mastet that such are ofthe kingdom of Hea- ven, we would direct you to Him Who doeth all things, well, knowing that God dealeth us as his children; therefore we are to en dure chastening, feeling that His rod is only used for wise purposes. We trust the dis- pensa ion of Divine' Providence may draw us all nearer to Him, and that we may be aole to say with the Psalmist; it was good for me that 1 have been afflicted, for then in our weakness we may turn tO Him, Who is all powerful, knowing that He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieves the children of men. The sleeping dust that lies, $hal l at the call of ,Tesus rise; So must the Bridegroom in the skies, Then we all shall meet again. JosEr LIMITABLE, W. M. Signed AN'ranay NavINs, D. M JNO, NR1L. SECRETARY. Usborne Council. The council met on the 7th inst. All present. • Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Gardiner—Reddy that G. W. Eiolman receive the sum of $10 for postage and stationery for the current year.—Carried. Hunter—Ked- dy that the selectors of jurors be paid $3 each.—Carried. Delbridge—Gardi- nor, that the expenses of the Board of Health for the current year. amounting to $15 be paid, and Also that the ac count of. Dr. Thompson amounting to $11.50 for services rendered in 1894 be paid, as recommended by the Board of Health, but that the el. H. 0. be in- structed to act in future under the in- structions of the Board of Health. --Car- ried. Huntor—Delbridge—That the nomination for reeve and councillors to serve in the munieipality for 1896, be held at the Township Hall, Elimville on Monday the 30th inst,, at 10 o'clock a. m. for Reeve, and 12 o'clock noon for Councillors, and that G. W. Holman preside at said nomination, and in case polls be demanded they be held as fol- lows viz:—S W. Ward, Town Hall, G. W; Holtnau, R. 0.; N W, Ward, Lot 6 N,'I'. R, Geo, Lowe, D. R.0; 8.1±;. Ward Lot 2, Con. 10, Lewis Walker, D. R. 0 ; N. 'Ward, (ardineide Xlafl, Farquhar, Alex. Duncan, D. L 0, Said polls to he opone'd at 9 o'eloek 9.. 111, and closed at 5 p, m,, on Monday the 6th day of Jau. 1896, and that a by-law be drafted eon -- firming the same. --Carried. Delbridge —Reddy, that the motion of Council, made at last meeting, authorising the Collector to deposit the township funds in the Bank, be rescinded, and that the Collector be instructed to pay said moneys over to the late Treasurer's bondsmen, or his administrators,—Oar- ried.—A large number of order's were granted and ou motiou of J. Hunter seconded by W. Reddy the council ad- journed to, meet on Monday the 16th inst., at one p. m. At the Board of Health meeting on 7th fust, a resolution of regret was passed at the loss the Board sustained during the year through the death of Leonard Hunter, Esq., who for so many years was one of its most active members. A resolution was also adopted calling up- on physicians to carry out the law with reference to giving, notice of infectious diseases. Several members of the pro. £ession have during the past year en- tirely ignored the statute relating to this important duty. G. W. Houten, Clerk. Visit to Algoma To TI•IE. EDITOR 01' EXETER ADVOCATE. DEAR SIR:—During the last few years there has appeared in several of our papers, letters concerning the dis- Griot of Algoma. Some of these letters were written by residents of the coun- try, others by those who had travelled through it, or spent some time there;. all spoke very highly of the district as a place of settlement prefering it iu. place of the North West. As I have spent six months there this summer I thought I would write you giving my opinion of the place. It not being out of the province the climate would natur- ally resemble older Ontario forty years ago, Travelling through the country, either by rail, or boat, one is not favor• ably impressed as to its inducements for settlement. 1 You generally see the rough and broken part of it and people not accustomed to the place are apt to form hasty conclusions and not very favorable ones. During the first three weeks I was there I saw quite astretch of country and not being accustomed to it T was not much in favor of it; but I made up my mind to see more of the country and climate, in fact more of all that was to be seen before I would ar- rive at any conclusion about the coun- try. I would say to those who think about going there to settle, not to move right ou the first places, they think .is cheap, but' to spend some time there first. There is no scarcity of work and you can travel over the country, gath er a good deal of information which will be very beneficial to you and make your expenses while doing so. A good deal of the pine there has been sold by the Government in timber limits. Some think this has been a hinderance to settlement; while others believe it has caused towns to spring up and also now there is a better market for anything that the country can produce. Be that as it may there is plenty of timber for all building purposes and to sell. Pine is ten dollars a thousand in the log, while hemlock is very scarce; hard wood is worth from three to four dollars per cord and soft wood from one fifty to two dollars. The fencing material is princi- pally cedar, it being more plentiful than ash. There is one thing very no- ticeable about the timber and quality of the soil -that is the hardwood timber is found on the pooreet soil, while such thither as pine, cedar, spruce, balsam• balm, tamrack and poplar is found on the good soil. Another thing that is very striking is the purity of the water, even in the thickest swamps the water has no bad taste. The district is noted for abundance of good spring water and you have not to dig thirty or forty feet for it. Those who have to dig a well at all can have one by digging three or four feet and it is exceptional if it Is not an over flowing one. It is a very rare thing to find a lot of one hundred and sixty acres without a spring on it, or a spring creek running through it. The conetry is also dotted here and there with little lakes and naturally fish are very plentiful. There is also plenty of gravel and there are hundreds of miles of good gravel roads there now. There are also miles of bad road, some very stony, some very mud- dy in the wet season, but not much of, ,>,oldsettlers that the the old lo„ road h were forced to build in this country. The stumps there can be taken out in less than half the time it takes here The undergrowth can be cut down and the Same land put . into crops in two years. Some cultivate it sooner than that. I was on the farm of Thomas Nott, he moved from Kinburn, near Seaforth, twelve years ago, onto a bush farm, and to day he has ,ninety acres cleared, entirely free from stumps. He has his farm well fenced, also a barn on it seventy feet long acrd a good house. His fanning is a credit to the new country. His wheat yielded thirty bushels to the acre, oats, eighty and everything was in first class order. Wheat growing is yet in its infancy in Algoma especially fall wheat. Potts were a good crop and are free from bugs. Oats were a heavier crop there this year than I ever saw them here. The show of roots at the Sault Ste Marie EXhibition were ahead of any- thing nything 1 had ever seen. The Fruit yield was good, although frost was there the satne as hero but it was not hurt on account of the supply of water. The NO 438. frost does not damage things as it does Ware, Also the heavy dews that fall there is a euro -for spring or summer frost. The dews that fall there resem- ble small showers and are almost a daily oocurrenee. The grass also is very rich, it does not dry in midsucre mer, but remains green, no matter how short it is. Clover grows there success- fully, I saw a field which had been rut for hay for twelve successive years and there was so much clover in the hay this year as you could see here in the second cutting. White clover is natural grass in Algoma. Dairy busi• ness will in the near future be very profitable on account of an abundance of spring water and. the country's adaptability for grazing. Butter has been twenty five cents per pound the most of the summer. On account of the praduhe y, neg* equal to thection ftic otnsumptioncountr, pricesot being* pare with any of the cities in Older On- tario. There is still a lot of lumberiut to be done there, and the Pulp and Pa- per Company or the Water Power Com- pany, as they are called, will were em- ployment• to hundreds of men, and wilt at the same time benefit the country to a great extent in grinding up and manufacturiug all kinds of timber, big and little. The chances are good for settlers, as all kinds of timber is saleable and the best prices paid for farm products. The country is rocky and stony and uninviting to intendin settlers, but there are thousands of acres of good land (any soil you wide,, to be had. No need to settle ou poor land. Land can he purchased frons twenty cents to twenty dollars per acre. A good farm with fifty acres cleared can be purchased for ten' dollars an acre. Mauy of them have broken land on them, while some have not. The. country has been represented as a rocky country, so much so that it was hard to get enough good land together to form a settlement, this is not so. Some parteof the country is broken so that almost on every farm there are five, ten or may be fifteen acres of bluff of melee, but even then you have over one hund- red acres of good land on each lot, and I have been over miles of country that is free from rock. The townships of Laird and rarbutt, and a good deal of Prince are the best I travelled through. St. Joseph Island is a good stretch of land. I visited the Island twice, it is about ninety thousand acres. They have a good deal of gravel road, some very fine barns, fruit more pleutiful than on the main land and .they &11 seem to be doing well. Every settler appears to be contented and well satis- fied with the country. The land around. Thessealon is good and it resembles Older Ontario a great deal. They are a little farther advanced 'in farming there than most parts. Up at Goulais Bay there is very fine land, a settle- ment there of about two or three hund- red people. The country is also rich. in, minerals, several mines having been operated there. Some, however, are shut down now. I visited some of them and collected quite a number of speci- mens of mineral. Some I was present- ed with. 1 believe there is an abund- ance of iron in some parts of the Dis- trict. I have seen patches of rusty rock in the bluff several feat square. The country is full of scenery—beano. ful streams of spring -water, many wa- ter falls, rock and mountains of rock '(f was ou one two hundred feet high and some I believe are a great deal higher) beautiful trees and groves of ornament- al trees—hundreds of acres of them. The traffic on water up through Lake Huron and Lake Superior is surpris- ing, there being as many as a hundred. and twenty boats passing through there in twenty four hours. I have tried in writing this letter to represent the country just as I saw it and any one wishing inrormation concerning it I shall be only too pleased to' have theta call on me. I have, quite a collections of mineral specimens—Lake Superior Agates—some rough and some polished; also some views of Sault Ste. Marie, The ship Canal and others. Also the Steamer Majestic, the first boat locked through the Canada Caual at Sault Ste. Marie. There etre a few things I might mention before closing. First' of all. evenings in summer are always cool - The breezes that blow are cool and re- freshing, even in the warmest weather. The grain requires a lodger time to meture in Algoma than in Older On- tario, The summer season is a little shorter than here, or er , The tries differ in species and size. The flies that 'tease the stock here do not trouble them there very,much, but the mobguitoes are numerous there for two or three weeks in June, thou they disappear. There 1s also the small fly which is around for about the same length of time after harvest. There appears to be more. rain in summer and more snow in win- ter that) in other parts of the Province. The weather also changes veryquickly from heat to cold, or from cold to heat. The friendliness of the settlers there is another very iloticoable thing, they will do anything in their power to assist, or accomodate strangers, . Anyone wish - leg to correspond with some one there with regard to information of the court. try, I can give them the address of see eral. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for this space,.I remain yours. C. W. Wnt.su, Exeter. Fargtth ir: Alex. Duncan who hag. been con luetic g a, gen.'iai story in this place hag decided to give up the trier - candle 'business and return to the f&rP .