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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-9-30, Page 3RELICS OF OLD TIMES ANTIQUE ARTICLES TREASURED IN A CANADIAN HOME. An Old meek That No more Ticks the Boars Away —. A Spinnlea Wheel Some Itiomentoos of Early Justice. The shores ot Canada abound in an- tiques, and rnany of the old buildings contain much that is interesting to the antiquary. The old Stuart House at Sandwich is no exception to the rule, and Mr. James Moore, who now bolds possession, owns some relics that have am interest outside of their antiquity. Mr. Moore was for many years an actor, and took the part of HappyDazethe tramp in the play of the "Old Home- stead.'" Lately he retired from the stage and has settled in Canada. When ho left Denman Thompson there were some things that be took with him, among them a clock, a spinning wheel and a heoklo. There is a some in the play which represents the interior of an old- fashioned farm house. 'Phis scene was and THE OLD SPTh IPG Wsinat, one of the best in the play, and the settings were genuinely old. Among them were the articles mentioned. The clock is a work of art, according to the standard sot by the manufacturers et the date of its building, and its weather-beaten face still shows some traces of the enamel that was spread on it nearly two hundred years ago. The sons of Mrs. Stuart used it for a target, and this has had a detrimental effect on the face, but the works are still intact. The only needful article in the make-up of the cloak is a string, as the old one .gave out some time ago. The weights, works and hands are still there, and with a little attention now and again „it's a clock as'll do you credit," Tbe illuminated face still carries in almost undecipherable letters the name of Its •ScottIsh maker, Geo. Allison, or some- thing like it. The original arrangement provided for the keeping tab on the boors and the clay of the month. The latter an- partznent is out of commission at pres- ent, but the remainder of the clock is as ready for business as it was wizen it left :Scotland in all the pride of its now :works and case. Close by the side of tbe old clock rests u tiny sewing machine which has a guaranteed speed of one stitch every minute, when the hands of the operator are brisk. In spite of its slowness, how- ever, the little machine is valuable. What does it natter that it is only eight inches long and five high, when it carr boast of being the first maohine of its kind in this part of the world? And the -claim is a just one, and seems to be fully substantiated. A somewhat old. fasbionecl array of cogs connecting the ,hand -wheel with the shuttle drives the :needle reluctantly through the material to be sewn. The needle in the machine .at present looks to be very old, indeed, as do the rest of the works, but neither date nor maker's name appear on this toilsome forerunner of tbe speedy and easily run sewing machine of modern times. A spinning wheel of great age in the .corner to the left of the entrance to the house is another interesting article. As :has already bean said, it was used for several years in the production of "The OOid Homestead," and has a glamor of romance attached to it on that account. It was once the property of Mrs, Stuart, -the former owner of the place, but in- stead of humming beneath the foot of this lady's great-grandmother, and turn- ing raw products into articles of protec- tion, if not of comfort, it now has the easy task of lending additional dignity to the hall. Its work and its travel are both over. The worn treadle shows how ANCIENT SEAT Ge JUSTIOSI. much energy has been put into the turn- ing of the wheel,. butnose it rests. At one side of the wheel 'rests a bea- ker. This was an instrument used in re- duping flax to a .more convenient form for handling than it possesses inthe first stages of its preparation for the use to which it was destined. The "ooznb," which would do for the giant Blunder bore, consists of long, thin spikes ar- ranged. around in a sort of ohevaux de frise. The spikes stick out about four inches in length from a baoking of oak. These were the means used in dressing the flax down properly, and it is safe to venture that after one trial of 'these spinestheflax gave up all idea, of resist. ance, and submitted 'peaceably. As . a 'protection, presumably to the young .children of the period, there was a case -which fitted over the spikes. The sides and top of this, like the slab which forms the backing for the spikes, are. made out of rough pieces of wood, split out of solid oak with the old-fashioned mattock. Under the circuinstauces, the slabs are remarkably smooth, and the jointsof the box sloes not reflect discredit on the dead and gone joiner.. The whole thing is put together with band -made nails, which look vary odd beside the clean-out nails of to -day. A few rusty stains on the spikes suggest that perbaps the box was tat enough to keep little fingers out, and even a serious accident nifty be eonjured up by the imagination. Some of the relies in "The Old Home- stead" are no relation to the peaceful cloak and the spinning wheel. They carry the memory of old mysteries with them and the trail of violent deeds is upon and over thorn. The first one in this class is an old borse-hair chair. This looks harmless enough to the pres- ent observer, but some men of the old regime found that as far as they were concerned it was enough of a harmful thing to send them to the gallows. The chair is a solid and massy thing and bore the weight ot the honors thrust upon it in a becoming manner. It was the first ohair to be used in a court of justice in the counties of Sussex and Kent. There is a complete record of the criminals sentenced to death from this chair, but it is enough to say that their name is legion. Murderers, robbers, and all the classes of criminals that existed in the hard old days when this portion of the world was in an unsettled state have stood before this chair and heard their sentences pronounced. The chair has had a great influence on the man- ners and customs of the people who in- habitated tho surrounding country, and now, its good work accomplished, it is used only as an ornament, and its pros- ent idle condition gives no bint of the stirring times through waloh it has passed. Gives for feet and hands that were warn by some of the more famous and desperate of the criminals brought for trial before the curule Beat aro stili shown. Tho ankle manacles are sugges. tine of a very bad quarter of an hour to the person wearing them, for they are smaller than the smallest ankle that can be imagined. The idea of them was to bave thein pressed into the flesh of the felon to bis additional discomfort. A hinge on one side of the manacles per- mitted their opening wide enough to admit the ankles of the condemned; then the sides were pressed slowly to. gather, and when they bit deeply into the flesh they were taken to the prison smith, wbo riveted them on with nice warm rivets. The fit of these ankles would have pleased the taste of the most faddy person that ever lived. But they were a bit too clinging for anything like permanent wear. The handcuffs are loss brutal In their make-up, but they held the wrists quite tight enough for safety to the state. Unlike the modern wrist confiners, they did not permit the mov- ing of the hands, being made in one piece, A spring look of ancient pattern and boundless rust still holds the cuffs looked, but a woman with small hands ANKLETS TIIAT TORTURED PRISONERS. can easily slip them on and off, seeming- ly indicating that the size of the human hand is decreasing, or else that there were no feminine transeressors in the days of old. Tho last member of the collection of antiques is the most gruesome, and hence, perhaps, the most interesting. It is nothing less than the model of the gallows -tree upon which the malefactors were banged for little peccadilloes like murder and so on. The model is very ingenious; the frame is light and strong and every precaution is taken that the result shall be'all that can be desired— for everyone but the prisoner. A stout post is lashed to the inside of the pris- oner's window -frame and is the math support of the framework. From a sort of "T" -shaped frame hangs the fatal rope—in the model represented by a flshline. Directly underneath the rope is a small platform, hinged to the window- sill and supported by a cord running up to the top of the framework and down into the room occupied by the condemned man. When all was ready for the execu- tion the criminal was led out on to the platfornt and a . recital of the crime for which he was to be executed was given. Then at a signal the rope which support- ed the platform was cut and the prisoner was launched into eternity. Scaffolds made from this model were in active use in Canada until the bill providing for private execution vas passed, and then these old death -machines went out of commission. to be replaced by more modern methods. Apart from tbe gruesome fancies that inevitably cling around relics of this sort, there is a great deal of real interest to be found in the contemplation of antiques, and a little searching in and around Sandwich would doubtless reveal many others equally as interesting as those of Mr. James Moore. He that is a good man is three-quar- ters of his way toward being a good Christian, wheresoever he lives, or what- soever he is palled. In Tin Cup. O. T., lives the family. of Penn Simmons. His wife's name is Sylvania, and thetwo children, both, boys, aro respectively New and Hamp- shire: The Christian name of Mr. Sim- mons' father was 'Per. Herr Steinitz, the obese player, is one of the few men who have had the pleas - are of reading their own obituary. He. was for long the champion obese player of the world. Ile is able to play 30 games at once and may be said to liter- ally live for the game.The German emperor invariably car- ries with him wherever he goes a small revolver. His majesty, is a skillful shot, and the chassenr who accompanies bun everywhere has received orders to in- spect this weapon every morning to in- sure the fact of its being in working order. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON I, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER- NATIONAL, SERIES, OCT. 3, Text of the Lesson, Acts :xi, 1-15—Mem- ory Verses, 12-14—Golden Text, Aots xxl, 13 — Commentary by the T;ev. D. RC.. Stearns. 1-3. "And when it came to pass that we were parted from them we sailed unto Byria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unlade her burden," This is a summary of these three verses, quoting from the R. V. He was basting if it wero possible to be aleTerusalem by the flay of Pentecost (ohap .r as, 16), but as they were dependent upon the possibility of finding a vessel about to sail in the di- rection in which they wished to journey, and upon favorable winds, it would not seem to us much like making haste. 4. "And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days, who said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Je- rusalem." The Gospel bad reached and been received by some in this city, and so the travelers and the residents were at once friends, for there is no bond like the blood of Christ. His redeemed ones are all cit- izens of beavers, but pilgrims and stran- gers here (Phil. iii, 20, R. V,; I Pet. lie 11). But here is a strange message to Paul which makes us think of chapter xvi, 6, 7, when the Spirit suffered bin) not to go into Asia or I3ithynia. In that case beeves obedient. Let us sec limbo aots now, 5. "And when we bad accomplished those days we departed and went our way, * * * and we kneeled down on the shore and prayed." The Spirit bad not said to stop at Tyre, nor to proceed no far- ther, so it was all right to move on. How touching this parting scene! Men, women and children accompany Paul and his companions out of the city, and all kneel on the shore in prayer. So in chapter sic, 36, before leaving the elclers of Ephesus he kneeled down and prayed with them all. 6. "And when we had taken our leave one of another we took ship, and they re- turned home again." These believers at Tyro may have been part of the result of the:isit of our Lord (Math. sr, 21-28), or perhaps through the proaohing of those who were scattered at Stephen's death (Aots viii, 4). There is just ono thing for disciples to be doilzg, whether at home or abroad, and that is to wall: worthy of our calling and show ourselves approved unto God (I Thess. ii, 18; II Tine 11, 15), 7. "And when we had finished our voy- age from Tyre we came to Ptolemais and saluted the brethren and abode with them ono day." Brief but blessed visits of men of God and foretastes of the eternal fellow- ship of the future. There would be but one topic of conversation, the kingdom of God and the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts =rill, 31.), but one book, the Scriptures, and doubtless muck prayer. The believers would be encouraged to be steadfast and to do all in their power to give the gospel to others. 8. "We entered into the house of Philip, the evangelist, which was ono of tbe seven, and abode with biro." Leaving Ptolemais, they canto to Centime, which seams to be Philip's home. The last we heard of him was preaching in the cities from Azotus to Caesarea after be bad led tbe treasurer of Queen Candace to Christ (Acts viii, 40). He is still known as abearer of glad tid- ings and was doubtless continually at it. Why should not every believer be in some large sense an evangelist, an embassador for Christ? 9. "And the same man bad four daugh- ters, virgins, whiob did prophecy." Daugh- ters as well as sons are included in the promise of the gift of the Spirit (Joel ii, 28; Aots 11, 17). In the Old Testament Miriam, Deborah and Huldah and in the New the women whom Bo sent from the sepulober and Priscilla and others are nota- ble examples of women wbom Be used as His messengers. 10, 11. "Thus saith the Holy Most, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle and shall deliver him into the bands of the gentiles." Thus testified a prophet named Agabus, who came down from Judaea, and being with these disciples took Paul's girdle and sig- nificantly bound his own bands and feet with the same. Thus for the second time Paul is warned not to go up to Jerusalem, and it is the Holy Spirit who tells bine not to go. 13. "And when we heard these things both we and they of that place besought hint not to go up to Jerusalem." Now it is possible for a man to stand alone with God and be all right, and it is possible for a man to think be is standing with God and be standing with himself. 13. "Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine beast? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the spine of the Lord Jesus." This is certainly a right attitude of soul for a believer, and the only right attitude—to be ready for life or death, prosperity or adversity, if only God is glorified thereby—but my perplexity here is to know what was the heartbreak- ing part of this affair to Paul. Was he so set upon gutting to Jerusalem at this par- tioular Mine that his heart would break if be did not accomplish it, or was he so set upon doing the will of God that his beart woulcl break if, be failed to do it? If the latter, then why not accept the voice of the Spirit at Tyre and Caesarea and be sat- isfied to be subject to the Spirit in' this matter? Is not perfect submission to the will of God the highest mission on earth? As one has said: Is not His will the wisest; is not His way the best? ,And in perfect acquiescence is there not per- fect rest? 14. "And when be would not be per- suaded we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord bo doixo." Both Paul and Barnabas could not be right in the matter of John Mark (Acts xv, 37-41), and both parties cannot be right in this case, but the breth- ren yield to Paul and appeal to God. It is good to say, "Thy will be done," but it is better to do it without resistance. It is good to say, "It is the Lord; let Him do what seemeth Bim good," but it is better to be wholly in His band that He may un- hindered do what seemeth Him good. The after developments and the years of wait- ing as a prisoner (Acts xxiv, 27) all seem to!indicate that this going,to Jerusalem at this thne was of Paul and not of God. 15. "And after those days we 'took up our carriages [R. V., our baggage] and went up to Jerusalem." The Lord will neither fail norforsakeHis people, even though they do not see His will clearly, provided they really want to honor Him, and Paul certainly wanted to magnify Christ, even unto dying for Him. See therefore the gracious visits and messages. of the Lord to His servant in his sore trou- bles in Acts Itaiii, 11; xxvii, 23-25. May we ever hear His blessed `"Be of good cheer, fear not," and be able truthfully to say, "Whose I am and whom I serve:" May our only aim be to please Him,, never wanting to be at Jerusalem or elsewhere unless He wants us there. OUR O.TTATk LETTER. MR. HARDY AND THE PROJECTED TREASURY STEAL. Sir Charles Tupper% Vows—Sir Wilt'rid's Duplicity In the platter of the Denuncia- tion of the German and L'elgian Treaties —Stili 'eking to -Washington. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ottawa, Sept. 21.—Mention has al- ready been nada in this correspondence of the convention of Liberal Premiers at. Quebec during the reign of Honore Mer- cier. Sir Oliver Mowat, Mr, l?Ielding, Mr. Peters and the others joined Count Mercier in pledging themselves to de- mand from the Dominion Government an increase in the annual subsidy paid by the Ottawa Government to the prev- ipces. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, then In Oppo- sition lure in Ottawa, was not slow to announce that as coon as he should be- come Premier of Canada he would make it his bueiness to give the other brethren what they wanted. Sir Wilfrid did not mention at the thin that out of every dollar of taxation collected by the Fed- eratl authorities Ontario paid three-fiftbs, or sixty cents.` He did not make any comment on the fact that the people of this province would bave to hand aver the cash to the Quebeckers and the New Brunswickers, the Nova Sootians and the Manitobans. Time went on and Sir Wilfrid became Premier of Canada. The men down by the sea were the first to make their demand. The Laurier Govern- ment, at last session of Parliament, rail- roaded through a vote to pay to Nova Scotia the sum of $1,210,000 for the construction of alleged colonization roads, New latieswiek and the other provinces have yet to be beard from, and in the meantime Mr. Hardy is shivering in his shoes because he fears that the people of Ontario will find out is scheme. He need have no hope that they' will not, in his recent successful trip through the prov- ince air. Whitney and his lieutenants have made it clear to the people that Mr. Hardy is stauding in with tbe Laurier Government to make things "solid" for the Ottawa men, Mr. Hardy has evaded the whole question so far, He prefers to lay claim to the possession of an alleged surplus, which is so large that it necessi- tates the borrowing of money in order to pay the hire of men to take oare of it. Everywhere he goes Mr. Hardy bas ordered his men to say nothing about the projected treasury steal; not to attempt to defend it, for they know that it is incapable of successful defence. The coo- tinned silence of th° Ministers has been noticed by their hearers, and the time will come when tbev will have to come out of their shone and either acknowl- edge the corn or else forfeit the support of the Ottawa Government by making it clear they will not stand by the terms of the Quebec agreement. Sir Charles Tupper's Views. Sir Charles Tupper has returned from England, and bas given his views on the recent visit of Sir Wilfrid to the Mother- land. The former Premier has nothing but comp]iments to pay Sir Wilfrid on account of the manner in which he dis- charged the sooial part of his work. But he bad many and strong objections to take concerning the alleged British pref- erence which the Laurier Government had extended to England. On the trade question Sir Charles is an eminently high authority, His opinions are sought after in England by men high in the ser- vice of the state. Concerning Sir Wilfrid Sir Charles said:— "He proclaimed at the outset the desire of Canada to give a preference to Great Britain, and naturally' every person in the United Kingdom was only too glad to learn that the duties were to be re- duced in Canada upon British goods coming into Canada. But no person who has followed the proceedings in the Can- adian Parliament, or who understands the question at all, can fail to perceive that the Government stands convicted either of gross ignorance of the question with which it was dealing, or, what is worse, of palpable dishonesty. When tbe proposal was submitted to the Canadian Parliament which it was Claimed was in- tended to give a preference to England, it was ab once declared by the Opposition to be entirely delusive. The Government took the ground that the treaties with Belgium and Germany would not prevent the clause from going into operation, and giving an advantage in our markets to British products. The Opposition de- clared that the terms of the resolution submittal to Parliament with that avowed object would bave the effect of discriminating against England instead of favoring it, as several other countries would also be placed • in the position to claim the reduction granted under the proposed law, while England would be debarred by the treaties in question from baying that advantage. The Opposition not only maintained the binding char- acter of the treaties, but told the Govern- ment that it could not obtain the assent of the Governor-General to the bill unless the clause extended the reduction to Belgium and Germany, and all other countries under the revered nation clause. The result was that the Govern- ment'consented to change the position by bringing down such a clause. The statement that it had already done what it could not do, give preferential ereat- ment to England, has in lila manner been refuted by the fact that not only has it been obliged to extend by Order - in -Council the privilege to Belgium and Germany, but it has announced that it would refnncl the duties exacted from those countries over the amount at which British products were admitted. The claim that Sir Wilfrid Laurier has made that he secured the amaze:iation. of the Belgium •and German treaties is shown :to be foundasionless in fact by the State paper laid on the table of the House of Commons by NIs. Chamberlain; It is' well known that the United Empire Trade League and the friends .01 prefer- ential trade throughout the. Empire had by their very able and successful nego- tiations prepared` the ;public mind for the denunciation of the treaties. The great conference wbioh took place at Ottawa, .at which South Africa, Austral- asia, and the other colonies were repte- geited, passed a resolution in favor of the proposals. Tbe Agents -General of the coloxiies in London had united with myself in asking for it. The position taken by Mr. Chamberlain in endorsing the resolution in favor of preferential trade passed . by the Toronto Board of Trade, and which Mr. Osier, Lord Strath- conn, and others so ably advocated at. the third congress of the Boards of. Trade, was a signal advance in favor of the movement. The State paper to which I bave referred, giving an amount of the interviews between tit. Chamberlain and tbe Preiniers, shows that he only under- took to submit the denunoiation t0 the favorstbie consideration of the Govern- meat, providing that all the Premiers united in asking for it. That was follow- ed by a resolution passed unanimously by the Premiers, asking for the denuncia- tion of the treaties, and pledging them- selves' to submit to their Governments measures for giving a preference to ,Srit- istz trade in their various countries. Upon that the Government decided to. denounce the treaties. It was therefore not only in bad taste, but an aot of great ingratitude, and utterly at variance with the facts, for Sir Wilfrid Laurier to de- clare that the denunciation of the treaties had been seoured by the action of Can- ada. The results have shown conclusively that in this question the Government bas been wrong throughout, that the positions taken by it were found to be untenable, and that the views and policy of the Opposition bave received the eu- dorsement of the Imperial authorities." Sttu Looictng to Washington. Sir Charles' view of the case is the correct one. The Euglish newspapers and the English statesmen, headed by Rt. Hon. J. Chamberlain, are still under the impression that Canada sent . a mandate to Sir Wilfrid to oppose anything in the shape of Preferential advantages which night be extended by England to the Dominion. This view was held by Mr. Chamberlain, and Sir Wilfrid was at no pains to disabuse hint of it. The fact was drat the English authorities were deceived. Sir Wilfrid hopes that his p,lfcy of giving something for nothing will be acceptable to the people of the Dominion. Before a twelvemonth shall have passed we shall find that the people of Canada are none too well pleased with the result of Government a la Laurier. Tho Premier still looks longingly towards Washington, whence his friends Cart- wright and Davies returned home with fleas in their several ears not so long ago. At Montreal the ether night the Premier was dined by the Board of Trade. He once more asseverated his complete ad- miration for the United States, for the people whom bis colleague Sir Oliver Mowat described not long since as a "hostile nation." Sir Wilfrid announced tbat bis Government would renew its attempts to induce the American Con- gress to give Canada something like decent treatment in her tariff. Sir Wil- frid did not say, but any man can see, that until he gets another rebuff from Washington be will do nothing towards protecting our Canadian lumbering in- dustry. Tho Premier has an ineradicable and undying love for the Americans. From them he would rather receive a kick than be given the glad hand of an- other nation. Of course, the rebuff will come, as expected. Under protection good times are coming and the Ameri- cans are not going to comp down to aid Sir Wilfrid. What Canada needs is to guard what she bas and not to go beg- ging from the people to the South of us. We have tried it once and were rejeoted supplicants, There is no reason for think- ing that we shall experience any differ- ent treatment in the future. Elora' Decorations. It is but a short time since a single florist of New York drew to himself the oust= of the social world by arranging flowers in a natural manner. Instead of wiring lovely roses on wooden toothpicks and putting all manner of discordant colors and powerful perfumes in a set bouquet he ohose flowers of a faint, deli- cate fragrance and made a point of mounting together masses of one kind. ,He left the roses on their lovely stems, merely clipping the briers off, and tied them In Ioose, graceful bouquets, with ribbon of the same color or in delicate contrast. It was the rule of the florist wbo in- troduced tbe natural method of arrang- ing flowers not only to mass flowers of the same kind together, but to use their own foliage with them wherever it was possible to do so. A color was chosen for table decoration, and this was carried out in the table fittings. The candle shades and the flower selected for the keynote were of this color. In decorating a table it is a safe rule to avoid all strong colors except when demanded for special occasions, .like Christmas, when flowers, berries or leaves in holly red are properly used. White flowers, if they are of lovely texture and without perfume, are suo- eessfully used on certain occasions with abundance of green. Pale yellow and pink are probably the most successful colors. Some exceedingly beautiful table decorations have been carried out in pale purple orchids with fern or in fern with j violets. The latter blossom usually has too much perfume to be used successfully on the table. Pink gloxinia, 'with maidenhair fern, makes a charming decoration. Some wild flowers are sometimes effective for this purpose if of a decided enough char anter, like that of the water lily. Green is one of the best colors for the summer table if it is carried out is fine maidenhair and delicate foliage plants, with palms growing in pots. In such a case the entire dining room should have a howerlike look.. Old fashioned pink and white sweet peas, with maidenhair, nave been used by florists with the greatest artistic suc- cess. Not all flowers, however charming they may be by themselves, are a success in decoration, but roses are always love- ly for this purpose if of delicate color and properly massed. To Select Canned Goode. In buying canned' goods 'an eminent physician's instructions are to "reject every artiole that does not show the rosin round the edge of the solder of the cap,the same as it is seen on the seam on the side of the can. Reject every oan that does not bave the name of the man- ufacturer or titin upon it, as well as the name of the company ortown where m,anufacturered.Standards have all this. When the wholesale dealeris ashamed to have his name on the goods, fight shy of him. Press up the bottom of the. can. If decomposition . is beginning. the tin will rattle the same as the bottom of the oiler of your sewing machine will do. If the goods are sound, it will be solid, and there will be no rattle in the tin. Reject every tin that shows any sign of rust around the cap on the inside of the head of the oan. LATEST MARKET REPORTS.. Toronto, Sept. 27. BREADSTUF.LrS, ETC, Wheat ---United States markets were stoutly to firm to -day. Cables were not very strong, 'however, and prices here were no higher. Twenty thousand •bus- hels red wbeat, north and west freights,. sold at tie.c. Odd ears,middle freights, brought 83e. Old wheat was worth 860, but it lel nearly all cleaned up, Manitobas were steady. No. 1 hard, Toronto and west, offered at 31,04, and No. '2 at $1.02. Seine, afloat Fort William, was worth about 9l°. Flour—Trade fairly good, both for l.a etern Canada and export account One milling company sold twenty oars, straight roller, in barrels, this week at ' $1.27 to $4,28, middle freights, Some purchases for export account, however, have been made at lower prices. Millfoed—Ton. Iots of bran at the mill here, 30, and shorts 912. Car lots of bran, middle freights west, 98; and shirts 811. i:'eas—Values easier. Car lots, north and mese are quoted at 47e, and middle freights at 48e, Oats—Quiet. with aexuand only moder- ate. White sold to day at 23e, north and wet, and mixed at 22c, Itye—Steady. Car lots west sold at 44o, and ease were quetel at 46e. Ilariey—Feed barley, north and west, is selling at 24o. There Is a demand for choice milling barley, but it is hard to ger. Coru—Quiet. Holders ask 30c for car - lots of Canadian corn, Chatham. PRODUCE. Eggs—Firm no the old prides prevail- ing for the past few days. Strictly choice eggs are quoted at 14 to 15c, and No. 2 at 12 and 13o. Potatoes --Car lots on track here sell at 45 to 50c, and out of store at 50 to 600. Poultry—Chickens are aboutthe only line being handled, and they are quoted at 40 to c00. Beans—Slow just now. Choice band- pioked white beans are quoted here at 80 to 85e, and common at 50 to 60. Apples—Quiet. Dealers bare quote small lots of aid, dried, at 4 to 50; evap- orated at 5 to 6o. Hops—According to now samples choice are worth about 10 to 12c, Baled Hay—Unchanged. Car lots on track here of No. 1 are quoted at 98.50 to 99; and No. 2 at around 88. Baled Straw—Very little demand. On track car lots are quoted at 95 to $5.50. DAIRY PRODUCE, Butter—Choice dairy butter is scarce here; in fact, all lines are wanted to supply the present demand. Values are firm. Creamery holds steady. Prices are as follows: Dairy, tub, poor to medium, , 9 to 10o; Iarge dairy, rolls, 13 to 14o; dairy, °rooks and pails, 13 to 14c; small dairy, rolls, choice, 14 to 16c; creamery, tubs, 18e; and creamery, pounds, 19c. Cheese—In the ordinary way sales are made here at around 034 to 10o. CHEESE MARKETS. Perth, Ont., Sept. 27.—Four hundrea boxes of cheese were brought into the Perth cheese market to -day, all white. No offerings were made, faotorymen ship- ping to Montreal cold storage; two Mont- real buyers present. Brockville, Ont., Sept. 27•—When the.: cheese board adjourned most of the sales- men went home. A few salesznen re- mained to dicker, and some closed out at 930. Two buyers were credited with buying 800 boxes at 9 5-80, which they deny. The terms upon which the holding in this section can be bought is 934o for August and 10c for September and Ootobers Woodstock, Ont., Sept. 27. --Twenty- three factories offered 6,159 boxes of col- ored and 3,225 boxes of white. No sales, merely going through form; not much' interest on the part of buyers, as only four were present. Bids ran from 9 8-8 to 9 9-16c, salesmen wanting 934o. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Market unohanged. Dressed hogs sell here on the street in a small way at 57.35 to 97.50. Provisions are steady all around. Dry Salted Meats—Long olear bacon, oar lots 834c; ton lots, 9c; case lots, 9%c; backs, 9%c. Smoked Meats—Hams, heavy, 11340; medium, 13%c; light, 13o; breakfast bacon, 12% to 180; rolls, 11c; backs, 12 to 133sc; picnic barns, 934 to 10o. All meats out of pickle 1c less than prices' quoted for smoked meats. Lard—Tierces, 6% to 631,0; tubs, 6K to 7c; and pails, 7 to 7Wec; compound, 5% to 5X°. THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS: Toronto, Sept. 27.—At the Western cattle yards to -day we had a heavy run, as there must have been over 100 loads on the market, the result being that prices were generally weaker, and a good quantity of cattle remain in the yard unsold. The trade in export cattle was dull, and much of it did not sell. Prices are quotably unchanged at from 4 to 43¢o for good stuff, and occasionally a shade more for anything very choice. Several' loads of shipping cows and heifers sold at about 33/o per pound. Wheat, white new....:.,78 80 Wheat, red, per bush 83 83 'Wheat, goose, per bush.,73 74. Peas, common, per bush.-50 51 Oats, per bush...... 25 29 Rye, per bush..... 45 46 l3arley, per bush 20 34 '. Ducks, spring, per pair..-, • 40 en Chickens, ear pair 30 50 Geese, per ib 08 09 Butter, in 1-]b rolls 15 16 Eggs, new laid ..,. , 00 10 Potatoes. per bag... , 00 25 Beaus, per bush 75 85 Beets, ,. 0 10 Parsnips. perzdoz 9 10 .Apples, per bbl 40 1.50 Hay, timothy 7 0500 S 590 Straw, sheaf Beef, hinds_ ............... 6 0$ Beef, fares 3 4 Lambs, carcase, per lb.,91 10 Veal. per lb.,-, 8 9 Mutton, per Dressed. hosib67 g 35750 UNITED STATES MARKETS: East Buffalo, Sept. t, 27. --Ca le -Re- p tt e. ceipts, 133 cars, 4 on sale; market quiet' and weakfor ordinary grades; no good. lore. Hogs -Receipts, 40 cars on sale; market firm for Yorkers, other grades easier; 'Yorkers, 94.60 to ;94.62%; medi- um, edium; 94.45 to 34.55; heavy, fair to choice, 94.40 to 94.50; roughs, $3.80 to $4, Sheep and lambs -Receipts, 25 cars on sale, including 14% .Canadas; market active and higher; top lambs, 95.80 to 95 00 gulls to good, $4.50 to 95.75; mixed sweep, 34.25 to $4.50; culls to good, $2:50 to $4.10; handy wethers, $4.60 to 34.85.