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The Exeter Times, 1895-12-26, Page 4gtt T EVE BXTB T1At IVI 01 An n Peaches per lb 1 cent aelelallil‘ Fruit in 2 cents (01L411TagEle 11.X leARLIAIWENTIS50). Fruit preserved in spirits per. itaelibee Crave e2,000,000 - feat run a0Q0,000 Mad oface. Montreal. WOLFNaneela allOttlea,Esce. C+ENErtAL. MANAGER IVIoney advanced to good farmers on their erre, note with one or snore endorser et 7 Per oent, annum. P4eter 33ranob. Open every lawful day, front a.m. to p.ro SATURDATS, 10 axe, to 1 P. In, femora reies of interest allowed on depoits N. D. EITIRDON, Manager. Established in 1877 33, S, BANKER, EXETER, ONT Transacts & general bankingbusiness. Receives the Accounts of Merchants and Others on favorable terms. Offers every aecommodation consistent with ate and conservative banking principles. Interest allowed on deposits. Drafts issued payable at any office o the Merchants Bank. NOTES DIScouNTEot, and MONEY TO LOAN eX NOTES and MORTGAGEE!. 113111111111MMICINIIIMINIMIMEMIN•M UMW ixot 10. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26th, 1895 tfialLPIlsTG THE FARMER. , No practical suggestion is made for the benefit of the agriculturiste of Can- ada thatdoes not meet with the hearty lepprovel of the federal government. f late years tbrough its efforts agri- qature has been materially benefited at the establishment of Expereinental .a.iandtheinteresttaken mthe dairy aale. It seems that the Department If Agriculture is preparing now to as- st the farmer in another way, name- . by developing the dressed meat • 'ado. The proposal is for the govern - to purchase cattle, sheep and poultry, kill the animals and. dress and ; chill the ineat there, and ship it in ' cord storage to Britain, the killing, • dressing and shipping to be clone tinder the supervision of the govern- ment officer, who will see that the • worle is properly done and. that no • objectionable meat is sent. Cold chambers are to be secured on ocean steamers, and cold storage depots are to be established in London, Birming- ham, Liverpool, Glasgow, Bristol and • other large centers where the meat will be retailed, the whole business to be managed. by the government. If We scheme goes into effect and it is •successful— and there is no reason in • the world. why it should. not be suc- • cessful—the closing out of Canadian -cattle frona the British market, in - ,stead of being an injury, will be great- ly to the advantage of the Canadian farmer who will be enabled to fattenhis Men cattle QXL his own premises, gett feing the benefit of the consequent Iar e quantities of fertilizer, and there • will be no weight lost in crossing the Atlantic, as. is the cause when live cattle are shipped. It was the success of tile butter experiment that lead the • overnnaent to consider this plan for •the proper placing of good Canadian beef, rautton and poultry upontheBri- tish market, the excellence of the meats being.guaranteed bythegovern- anent. Making so strong an advance on the British market and under the auspices of the Government the meat should have favorable reception. The ice thus broken the rest would be comparatively easy. The trade once on its feet the governenent could then leave it to itself. The dead meat in- dustry, like the buttesindustry, needs but to be taken by the hand and led through an experimental stage to find a • strength which it might not put forth tor many years but for the patriotic action of the government. The Liberal plan is to do nothing for the farmer—to leave him "severely alone" as one of bheir leaden puts it— but the policy of the administration is to render assistance wherever it can be done. THE FARM PROTECTED. • Under the customs tariff the Can- adian farmer is protected from com- titian. from abroad. The over pro- -action of the United. States, there- fore does not come into this country and destroy the market for our own • goods. As Free Trade will sweep away this Protection it is well to • observe the nature of it. The follow- ing are some items of the Canadian tariff under which the fanner enjoys Protection: • Animals, living, N. E. $ 20 p. c. Live hogs per lb 11 cents Meats, N. E. S., in barrel per ne2cents • Meats, fresh, per ib •3 cents Canned meats 25p. c. • Mutton and lamb, fresh 85 p. c. Poulay and game 20 p. c. • Lard and conmouncls per le.... 2 cents Tallow 20p. c. Beeswax 10 p. c. Fea,thers, undressed . 20 p. c. •Eggs per dozen 5 cents • Butter per It 4 cents Cheese per ili 3 cents Condensed milk peril) 3-1 cents Apples per barrel •40 cents • Beane per bushel 15 cents • Buckwheat per bushel 10 cents Peas per bushel. - ... - . . 10 cents Potatoes per bushel 15 cents Rye per bushel 10 cents nye Hour per banal.. ..... 50 cents Hay per ton .... , ......... ... $2 Vegetables •25 p. c. Barlee- per bushel .80 p. c. Indian corn per bushel 7t cents thielcivliera 'meal per lb.-- , a cent Corn meal per barrel. - . , .... .40 cents Oats per. bushel 10 cents Oatmeal per lb 20p. c. Wheat per bushel. ... . . „ .....15 cents Wheat flour per barrel. - .....75 cents 'Tomatoes fresh, per bushel .20 cents Tomatoes, corn and beans in cans per lb... , ... , .... „ .. 11 cents Pickles 35 p. c, Malt pee bushel.... , . - . ... . 15 cents Hope per Ile 6 cehts Mali fruit per le 2 cents .0.00 jellies, jams, et., per cents Honey per lb 8 cents Maple Sugar.. 20 p,„ Cider refined, per gal 10 cents , Theseitems show how the produce of the farm is protected but the agricul- turist may bring in free of duteategreat many articles he requires for Ins own use. Here are some of the articles ad- mitted fres; Animals for improving stock. Bees. Bones, crude, Blast furnace slag.i Domestic fowls to mprove stock. Guano, bone dust and. oth.er animal and. vegetable manures. Indian corn for ensilage. Oil cake and similar feeds. • Rennet, raw or prepared. Sawn lumber, not dressed, or °none side only. Laths, palings, fence posts, etc, Seedling stock for grafting. Seeds, beet, carrot, flax, turnip, mangolds, etc. Locust beans and meal for feed. • Tea, coffee and. sugar up to No. 16 Dutch standard. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Free Trade as they have it in Eng- land is a very dead issue in Nortb. Ontario. + + 4 - At last we have reciprocity. The farmer is helping the ,government, be- cause the government is helping the farmer. + + + English farmers are calling loudly for protection. Mr. Laurier ought to go over and tell theixi that Free Trade will make them rich. + x + By declaring that the Orangemen exist to insult the Catholics, Mr. Mc- Carthy casts odium on the mernOry of his father, who was once Grand Master for Ontario. + + Mr. Jonathan Bull is hereby notified and informed that he may expect the lion's tail to be severely wrenched and twisted from now until the next Pre- sidential election in the U. S. is over. x +x The election in Cardwell Tuesday re- sulted in the election of Stubbs, the McCarthyite candidate by over 100 majority. There were three candidates in the field, a Conservative, and Liberal besides the McCartlayite. + + + Mr. McCarthy wanted the Liberals to evithclraw from Cardevell the candi- date of Free Trade and hard times. It seems that his policy covers the ground, but the Opposition was not pre- pared to surrender its functions to the third party. + ++ Havina failed to set the Protestants against the Catholics, Mr. McCarthy now seeks to set the Catholics against the Protestants. He has discoverecl that the Orangemen exist to insult the Catholics. It looks as if there will soon be another flop when Mr. Mc- Carthy will pose as the great Catholic leader. a XX IL is estimated that if every working man in Europe received fifty dollars a year increase in salary they would consume every dollar's worth of the products of the whole continent. In other words, it is because of the general poverty of her workingmen, they not being able to buy, that Europe exports anything. x x A nation exchanging its agricultural products for articles of foreign manu- facture, is like an individual with one arm who invokes the assistance of a foreign arm for his support. Such as- sistance may be useful to him, but can- not supply the place of the missing arm for the reason that its motions are wholly subject to a foreign head + ++ Every farmer in the United States will be given free entrance into Can- ada's market under Mr. Laurier's policy, but not one Canadian farmer will be permitted to sena his produce free to the United States. The Ameri- can farmer could afford to pay Mr. Laurier and Mr. McCarthy well for their efforts if they were at all likely to be 'successful. x x x The first remedy suggested as a means of relieving the depressed con- dition of Agriculture by the Royal Commission on Agriculture for the County of Cumberland, England, in their report -presented to both Houses of the British Parliament, at its last session is worded as follows: "The taxation of foreign manufactured articles until the system of Free Trade is adopted by foreign countries." + x x In 1878, the farmers . of Canada succeeded in getting into the Ameri- can market about $12,000,000 of their products by paying into the treasury of the United. States a duty of $4,000,- 000. In the same year the American farmers sold in our markets, nearly $15,000,000 worth of their products without paying one cent into the Can- adian treasury. The Liberal policy to day is to bring about a similar state of affairs again, Farmers what, do you think of it ? + ++ The following piece of telegraphicin- telligence has been received from New York: "News Bureau has a special cable from London just received from Lord Dunraven, which says: "In the event of war between Englancla,nd the tailed States, I sincerely' trust that British warships will not be interfered with by excursion boats." This joke is recorded in view of the fact that dur- ing racht race in New York, Lord Dunraveze's boat was hindered by pleasure boats running on his com.se. + + + The war seare has its lessons for Caziadia,n Liberals. Uncle Sam in- sisted upon England accepting a com- mission to settle the Venezuelian ques- tion, but British statesmen saw he the offer a veiled attempt at eoercion. If the Canadian Liberals haci their way and were in a position to force a com- mission on Manitoba to settle the 'school question, that province, like- wise would observe that the proposal was of a 'coersive nature. The coni mission is interference just as /Mach as legislation would be, but the Tatter has the warrant of the constitution valiere- as the former has not, Great Britain bas one- thousead. laillious of pounds invested in the United States, That is one fact that tends to peace, there would. be a financial creels in the United States., through the 'withdrawal • of British gold, in the event of war between the two branches of the English speaking. family.. That is another feet that tends to peace in the present erisis. Who pays the taxes uudet the pro- tective system is a legitimate question and if answered honestly and fairly it will throw much light on the tariff dis- cussion. We had Free Trade as the Liberals view it in Canada in 1877, In that year the articles of luxury end voluntary use, such as the wealthy spend their money upon, were taxed 3.1t, per cent. Ten years afterwards under protection the luxuries paid 43a per cent. and in 1894 they were taxed at flee rate of 52,69 per cent. Here -then, we see that under Protection the tax ou articles consumed by the rich has been increased. Let us see hoar the burden bears on the neces- saries of life. Food which was in 1877 taxed 31.21 per cent, in 1894 at 19-02 per cent. But some one will ask what about the duties on manufactur- ed articles, have they not been enor- mously increased. The results show they have not. This class of imports was uncler Liberal rule taxed 39 per cent. and. in 1894 paid duty at the rate of 34-73 per cent. 'Thus theluxuriespay alarger share of the national revenue now than in 1877, while thenecessaries and manufactured articles pay less. + x + . Wonder what our farmer friends will think of the latest move of the chief pusher of the Patrons of Indus- try to make the organization an out and out political party. A Toronto dispatch says :—The Grand. Board of the Patrons' Order held a meeting in Toronto Friday. They were in 'high good spirits over the result of the North Ontario election. The outcome of the confidence whicb. the election gave them took the form of a notice of motion, wbich Mr. Haycock, with the approval of the Grand Board, will present at the next meeting of the Grand Association. It aims to make the order a straight political party, with no greater limitations upon mem- bership. - The notice of motion reads: "That the Patron coustitution be so amended as to admit all classes and professions who believe in the necessity for the existence of an independent party in this country to save the Dominion from the fate which hangs over it, of having its life crushed out between the sipper and nether mill- stones of machine partyism, and to abolish all pass words, signs and pledges beyond the acceptance of our platform and principles as being more tally in the interest of the people than are the principles and platform of any other existing party." If this goes through about 10 out of 9 of the Pat- ron speakers will have to revise and amend their little essays and lay in a stock of new ammunition. . eaa THE HURON PRESBYTERY.— The Presbytery of Huron pursuant to ad-, journment, met in church, Clinton, on Tuesday of last week, moderator Rev. A. D.. McDonald in • the chair. Minutes of last reeeting.ae relative to the holding of this session, were read, in which was contained a call from Knox Chtu,ch, Guelph, to the Rev. T. A. Anderson, of Knox Church, Goderich. A very large ancl influential delegation from Guelph Presbytery were present in support of the call. They were Dr. Torrance, Rev. J. Q. Smith, Messrs, McCrea,, Howson, and Millar. As conunission- ers they supported the various reasons adduced with ability and force of argument why the Rev. j. A, Ander- son should. be translated to the con- gregation of Knox church as pastor. After the Presbytery had heard them the moderator called upon the com- missioners from Goderici to give reasons, if any, against the translation. Some seventeen representatives were present from Goderich, amongst them were Messrs. Buchanan, Strang,Th.one McD.Allen, M.C.Cameron, Chown, and Hutchison, and with all the eloquence and force of argument which they, as a people who loved their pastor, could adduce, pleaded with Mr. Anderson and the Presbytery to set aside the call and allow them to retain the close relationship which now exists. The call was then put in the hands of Mr. Anderson, who replied in very feeling terms that he hadnotgiven the Guelph people any encouragement in pro- ceeding with the call; -he would now ask the Presbytery to allow him to re- main in Goderich. It was then mov- ed by the Rev. P. Musgrave, seconded by Rev. A. McLean that the call be set aside. Carried. Presbytery then adjourned. We may add to this that thenight before Presbytery met the people of Knox church, Goderich, de- cided to add. $200 • to Mr. Anderson's salary, but he knew nothing whatever about it until after his decision. We are sure the people of Huron will feel pleased that Mr. Anderson is to re- main in their midst. A Glad Heart Makes Work Light The best work can only be done When the bodily health is good, because the body reacts upon the mind, and a mental inertia supervenes when the body is enfeebled. To have the body in a strong, healthy, buoyant state use Wilson's invalids' 'Port, Wine, Which upon the first symptoms of debility, loss of appetite, and general weak- ness, should he regularly taken. And then it is a fine old wine, desirable for its own sake as a beverage, being pleasant, stimulating, and mellow. Its great advantage to the invald is that it makes blood. which is so sadly need- ed and thus gives a new vitality to the whole system. Ms a tonic, an in- comparable bracer, and it is at the same time a rare old wine of exquisite bouquet. Sold by all dealers at $7,50 er case of 12 quart bottles, half case 4.00 or 75c. per bottle, Address— Bordeaux Claret Co., 80 Hoepital Street, Montreal, So thorough is the excellence of Hair Vigor that it ean• be used with benefit by any person, no mat- ter what may be the condition of the hair, and, in every case, it occasions satisfaction and pleasure, in addition to the benefib whieh invariably comes from its use. The Toronto Globe and Twigs froin now till Jan. 1807 for $1.40. The Lateat News. 101101161111111111111611101* rOreSt is to have a toboggan slide this winter. Leamington eemicil hes let the con- tract te drill another gas well. Dr. Montagne has been transferred fromthe portfolio of A•griculture. Eighteen boats passed Sarnia last Friday. This is a remarkable record for the middle of 'December. The county council of Bruce has elected Mr. W. S. Gould county clerk in the place of his father, Geo.. Gould, resigned, While playing. around Smith's Oreek, in Pans, on aariclay, Val., the 11-yeae- old. son of Mrs. McKay, fell in and drowned. The New Queens. Avenue Metho- dist Church, London, has been named, and U. called the First Methodist Ch.urch. There are fourteen applications for the English nuestersbip of the Stratford. Collegiate Institute, which MrMar- quis has resigned. Frank Forbes, the actor, wbo killed his wife at Oharolotte, Mich., changed his plea, and was sentenced to hard labor for 25 years. John W. Miller, who claims to have been robbed at London, now says that be has an accident policy in the Lon- don Mutual for $6,000. At Sarnia the steamer Mary is still running, and the river is free of ice. Tliere are said to be several inches of ice yet in Lake St. Clair. Edevard. Burati, jun., and Miss Emma liox were killed by the cars while crossing the Groat Northern tracks at Carlisle_, Minn., Sunday, • The Court of Appeals has deeicled to sustain thejudgment of thegeneral term, reversing the conviction of Breaths Whelan for forgery. Mr. Hutchinson, of Obieguadousey township, who died recently, left $1,- 000, to be divided equally between the supera•nnuatiort and mission funds. The Clay City correspondent of the Rodney. Mercury says: "Farmers are selling first-class hard stove wood. hi • neighboring towns for $1 and $1.25," The new engine which was placed at great expense in the Victoria, flour mills, St. Marys, last spring, has been considerably damaged by anexplosion. The Manitoba Legislature has been dissolved. Nominations take place on January 8th and polling on January 16th. The new Rouse meets jarentery 24th. Mrs. Nancy Malone, of Markham, was burned to death Friday night in her house. The fire is supposed to have been caused by theupsetting of a lamp. The Wesley Oamp Ground Comneit- tee of Niagara Falls have wound up their affairs and made a donation • of about $1,000, to the superannuation f und ' S. Allen's vinegar works at Norwich, Ont., were destroyed by fire Sanday. Total loss $40,000: insurance $14,000: Three thousand barrels of cider were destroyed. There will be two more members in the Essex County Council this year. Mersea, will have a second deputy reeve, and Tilbury West will again have a deputy reeve. At the Court of Seesions held at Walkerton Friday, David Manly, a county constable, was dismissed from office for taking money to settle an alleged infraction of the leer. • Frank Bleakley, a small boy, who was accidentally shot by ' his brother at Waterclown, Ont., on August 5th, and had lingered ever since with the bullet in his head, died Friday. The by-election in Victoria, B. C., necessitated by the appointment of Col.Prior to the Controllership of Inlard Revenue, will take niece on January 6th, nominations a week earlier. It is stated that a powerful Ameri- can company has commenced new works at the Beauce, Q., geld mines, and 850 men are actually Working there half by night and half by day. The official returns of the bye -election in North Ontario shows that Mr. Mc- Gillivray, Conservative had a major- ity of '770 over Mr. Brandon, Patron, and 1,056 over Mr. •'Gillespie, Liberal. Dresden bakers are generous. On Monday alr. Halligandonated 5010aves to the W. C. T. tT. to be distributed among the needy,- and. the charity committee received 75 loaves from Mr. Hazzard. A lady on No. 10 express, M. 0. R., Saturday morning, gave birth to a child, !horny after leaving Welland. The woman's husband was on the train. The mother and child are do- ing well. Federick Robertson, the 12 -year-old son of County Treasurer Norman. Robertson, of Walkerton, cut leis foot badly while playing among the ma- chinery of Truxa's mil on Wednesday afternoon. The Montreal Star offers to equip a new regiment with Lee-Metford rifles, and look after the relatives of its men during the war if there should be one declared between the ...United States and Great Britain. For his attempt to regain his liberty by breaking out of the Chathain jail on Satarday night John Scafe had. 11 months added to the sentence of one year in the Central Prison, which had already been passed on him. A Strathroy girl named Mary Mc- Lellan has been arrested on a charge of obtaining small sums of money un- der false pretenses from George Rich- ardson, Charles Wright, and W. A. Thomson, of Stratbroy. Fiscl Williams, a former postoffice clerk convicted at Toronte on Satur- day of stealing five post letters that passed through his hands, was on Monday settenced to four y&-irs and a half in the Kingston Penitentiary. The 59th Battalion, with headquar- ters in the County Stormont, has cabled to Lord Salisbury i --"Do not lose any sleep over the defence of our part of the frontier. We'll triple our number of men if war be declared." ' This is the way a Ridgetown girl parses "kiss. "Kiss" is a noun, though generally used as a conjunc- tioe. It is more common than proper. It is not very singular and generally used irethe plural number and agrees with ine. • The recent heavy rains have caused a break in the Lamarsh Dykes, Peoria, III., and hundreds of acres have been flooded by the Illinois RiVOr. About twenty families have been forced to abandon their homes and the loss on farm property will be heavy. About 2;000 acres of corn on the Hartwell ranch, near Carrolltou, Illinois, is ander water besides several aens on the White ranch. The Toronto Globe and Texas from nosv till San. 1807 for $1.40e Floods have done great daraage in Missouri, Canadian trade for November amounted 40 $23,577,01.7. Ste Thomas' city finances show a sarplus of $1,906 60 for the year, Mr. Neil McPhee has purchased the Corcoran block, on King street, Park- hill. R. W. Jameson was elected naayor of Winnipeg by 689 majority over D. W. Bole. A teu-yeer old son of . Mr David A, Kay of Paris was drowned in the river there, Miss Fluke, a school teacher, was drowned while skating atDesert Lake, Frontenac County. Walker Leeroycl and 'Harry Drake s were fined $100 each for smuggling dress goods front Windsor to Detroit. Patterson & Corbin's car works at St. Catharines were destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss $12,000; insurance, $8,000. Ab the residence of Hon. Clifford Si fton, Brandon, Miss Gussie Burrows, sister of Mts. Siftme, was married to Mr. Beattice, 'Sheriff . of Bracebridge Ont. The tone of the American press is growing more peaceful. Preachers in England and the States spoke strong- ly in favor of peace and moderation on Sunday. Mn P. E. Brown and family of Montreal, were found iusensilale yes- terday morning, and , only recovered with difficulty. It is supposed to be a case of poisoning. Mr. Frank L. Webb, 33. L. Be of Colborue; was banqueted there in honor of his approaching marriage to Miss Kennedy, daughter of Mayor Kennedy, of Toronto. The United States Senate has passed. the bilaproviding for a commission to investigate tbe Venezuela boundary and left the naming of the commis- sioners to President Clee-eland. Bridges and things are still sliding into the Pi:meter street tunnel at Ham- ilton, Senator Sanford's stable is an- chored in his back yard with immense chains and has not tumbled in yet. Feeling in the South American States over President Cleveland's mes- sage runs high against England, and the opinion is that Venezula will fight before usbmitting to the British de- mands. There was a new low record for wheat in Chicago on Saturday, when the price of May went to 56 7-8 cents, the market being nervous on account of the fma,ncial situation. May wheat closed steady at Friday's price, at 57 7-8 cents. Manitoba's reply to the Ottawa Gov- ernment's remedial order has been fin- ally adopted at a Cabinet meeting. It is understood. that Manitoba canna under any circumstances consent to the re-establishment of Separate Schools. Rev. Mr. Alexander, one of the old- est Presbyterian ministers in. Canada, palsed . away on Friday morn- ing at the advanced age of 90 years. Deceased was born in Aberdeen, Scot- land, in August, 1805, and commenced to reach exacta' 75 years ago. Richard. Edwards, employed in the Canadian Cotton Mills, at Merritton, was drowned in the oldWellanclCanal Monday night. He had been at . the depot to meet a lady relative who, however did not arrive, and he was crossing the look gate on his way home when he fell into the canal. On Friday morning a workman in the boiler department at the G. T. R. shops, Stratford, named Joseph Skin- ner, was assisting a fellow employe in shaping an iron rod, when the sup- port slipped, and the iron shot into Skinner's left eye, knocking it from the socket and smashing the -ball. Tuesday afternoon -a daughter of Mrs. O'Neil, Hamilton, died. at North Tenaevanda, N. Y. from the effects of a dose of carbolic acid, which she took herself. Her name was Mary Ann Seaalor, and she was the wife of Sher- inan Seanor, a motorman of the Buff- alo and Niagara Falls Electric Rail- way. She was 26 years old. The Misses Georgen, of Walkerton, found a man under theirbeclthe other evening, who proved to be a pla,eterer named Thomas Burke. A large num- ber of burat matches were found in the room, jewellery boxes and Other things opened and disturbed. Burke was handed over to a constable, and was subsequently committed for trial. The sudden death of James Arm- strong, of Chatham township, is re- ported.. On Thursday night, after -family worship, the family retired as usual. About ten o'clock. Mrs. Arm- strong noticed that Mr. Armstrong's breathing was labored. She soon dis- covered. that he was in a faint, and though aid was summoned and restor- atives applied, he died without re- gaining consciousness. John W. Miller says that he was • drugged by means of a medicated cigar and.robbed of a large sum of raoney at London on Friday night. On Satur- day morning he spoke to a night- watchman, Who found that his left band was badly smashed It was af- terwards amputated. Miller at first refused to talk, but subsequently said be was robbed. He denies having an accident insurance policy. A deputation from Brantford, heed- ed by Hon. A. S. Hardy, waited apon, Mr. L. J. Seargeant at Montreal. to re- quest that the Grand. Trunk: work- shops should not be removed from that city. Brantford gave the conapany a bonus of $30,500 to get the shops, but ill insist upon getting it back. if the shops are removed. -Mr. Sear- geant promised to consider the Matter carefully, and the deputation left, satisfied that the shops evorild not be rem o v ed. The beggage-master an the train from Wialton recently had an exper- ience 'which he is nob auxious to have repeated. At Wiartori a two year old. bear was shipped bo a gentler:ma in London. limn was supposed to be secarely imprisoned, in a box in which he was chained, but before the train got to Parkbead, he succeed- ed in breaking the box and gaining his freedom He chased the baggage - man around the car iti. q,uite a lately manner, but did not succeed in gett- ing a hold of lam. After a while the baggageman got out and left his bear - ship in undisputed p ossesston of the baagage car, until the arrival of the tram at Parkhead, when it was cap- tured and sent back to Warton, to be more securely festened before re-ship molt JUST IN TIME! And those purchasing from me during the Holiday Season will be sure of doing so at ---"walwiffirrtedVie riCeS, have in stock a complete iine of X-mas Goods ; never had av- finer assortment. • GOLD and SILVER Watches, Watch Chains, Clocks, And a beautiful assortment of Jewellery and Silver-plated Ware •gar EYES TESTED EREE OF CHAR.GE, and all kinds of Spectacles in, Stock. SOLID GOLD WEDDING RINGS December, 124h 1895, T. FITTON. ..orrommermaseasnoora, mars, • Stratford Collegiate Board met on Thursday to select out of fourteen ap- plications a successor to T. G. Mar- quis, B. A., as English. master. The oice fell upon W. Cl. Hume, B. A., of Aylmer. Mr. Hume is very ,highly spoken. David Price's Farmers' Hotel at Daiaville was burned Friday morning, together with his grocery store and two or three adjoinung houses. Loss about $4,500; insurance on hotel, $1,- 200; on grocery stock and contents of hotel $1,000. A Saginaw, Mich., despatch says: Charles W. Northrup and Fred Tread- well met at Merim Bridge Monday. High words ensued about a horse, when Northrup took a double-barreled shot gun from his buggy and fatally shot Treadwell. Treadwell came from Cleveland. To the aged, with their poor appe- tite, feeble circulation, and impover- ished blood, Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a boon beyond price. Its effect is -to check the ravages of time, by invig- orating every organ, nerve, and tissue of the body. See Ayer's Almanac for the new year. The shipbuilders' stx•ike in Belfast and on the Clyde continues, greatly to the embarrassment of the Admir- alty Department, who are desirous of having their warships built with alle possible speed. The Government will bring strong pressure to bear on the question, and it is hoped a settlement will be reached. after the holidays. The Hyams tains were Monday ! again remanded for a week on the charge of conspiring to murder Mrs. Harry Hymns. The remand was made at the request of the Crown. Mr, Johnson, for the prisoners, said there should be no further remands. Mr. I Cmay, crown attorney, said he would I see that they were aeady to proceeda next week. An immense quantity of cordwood ' is being hauled to Seaforth. from Mc- Killop. The price of this article is. lower than it has been for some years. George Howe has purchased the / Brussels woollen mill from the cor- poration, and will have it in running orcler shortly, when he promises to. make things ham. Miss Waalaes of Varna, was present- ed with a gold watcb by the congre- gation of the Methodist Church the - other evening in recognition of her services as organist. Mrs. Lucas, wife ofMr. Adam Lucas, of Gorrie, died very suddenler Saturday last. Her husband and a. family of four children, the youngest an infant a week old, survive her. •• A little child named Lamont, living at Granton, near Clinton, met with a painful accident on Tuesday, by falling. on a lead pencil, which it had in its mouth, driving it through the palate. Fire broke out in the residence of John Linklater, Wingliane on Mon- day evening. The contents of the house were destroyea but tbe house • was saved although badly,damaged Have no equal as a promptreeet pos- itive cure for sick heaclache, bilioasness, constipation, pain in the side, and er liver troubles. Garter's Little Liu Pills. Try them. Mr. Chas. Keating, who is in taf` ploy of Mr. S. Scott, Auburn, 1..'a misfortune to get. his arm Me Charlie is rather unfortutaateace. winter he suffered haste this, brciken arm. Mr, Will Snell, of the gravel road, Hullette has a black -thorn walking stick which formerly belonged to his • father, and descended to him through gengrations of his great, great,- great, grandfather. Mr. Geo. Hoare will provide all the Sunday School scholars of ()in-_ .4 I ton, male and female, with a stick of • candy each, on Christmas 'nor= g, the distribution to be made uuder the r 4 supervision of the mayor. The Ladies' Aid of the HenealiMetho-- dist church have presented their pas- tor and bis wife, Reverend and Mrs- 4 Swann, with a set ofdishes, as a slight token of their appreciation of the ser- vices rendered by Mr. Swarm and. his t wife in erecting the new thurcb. Not one in twenty are free from. some little ailment caused by inaction of the liver. Use Carter's Little Liver Pills. The result will be a pleasant surprise. They give positive relief. Mr. Wm. Bela of Blyth, is suffering from a painful injury in bis back, -the result of an accident which occurred' 1 on Monday while driving into the barn on top of the bus, from evbich he was. throwu violently, coming in contact with the top of the doors. Mr. Gavin Ross, of Dominion city, Manitoba, bas been nominated by the. Patrons of Emerson constituency as. • a candidate for the Legislature. Mr. Ross is a native of Huron county,. azid is a nephew of Mr. Gavin Ross, of the towrislodp of Hay, near Rodger - On Saturday last Mrs. Sinclair, of , a Brussels, NVe.S buried, she having died on Thursday . of last week, after - a long and. lingering illness, at the ripe age of 77 years. She was the widow of the late Donald Sinclair, and mother of W. M. Sinclair, bar- rister, of that place. One day after church four or five • cutters and sleighs were on their way home, from Zurieb, and when be tween thereand theBronson line one of them was going to pass another, which. frightened the other horse, and a 'gen- eral runaway took place. Over half a dozen persons went scattered along : - the road. Some had their ribs and. others their .collar bones broken; none' were fa_tall_y_h_rirt: COUNTERFEITS. . A few years ago a great discovery was made. Unprincipled persons are trying to - prey upon and dupe people who are lecIto ask for kidney treatment. I Some of the niethode adopted by im- itators are as follows:— First;—To imitate the size, color and' shape of Dodd' s Kidney Pills and. sell them by count. Second;—To put them up to appetite 'Very nearly the same and to be offered at the same price. • Thirch—To hook on the word "lciclaey''' inneming catharticpills so as to increese^. of mere physit. Fourth:—To geve a. haul° so near to • Dochl's that unwary people may, be ' eeived and think they are getting Docld's. . Loa out for such .declges. Wheia yoit want kidney medicine you wen the best. Aral ought not to be the sub- ject of any trick., •Stol3ewarot Perth County Notes -- James Stacey, cheese maker, of Devizes has moved to Bla,nshard Where he has been engaged as cheese maker for -the coming season at an ad- vanced salary. Mr. John Gallister, an aged and re- spected resident of St. Marys, passed away the other day in the 78th year of his age. The deceased was well thought of by all who knew him. He was a native of the Isle of Man, came to St. Marys in 1873 from Cleveland, andhas resided there since. There will no doubt be a heated. con- test in Blanshard this year in muni- cipal matters. The. names of those mentioned as candidates so far as we can see at present are for reeve, Mes- srs. Sinclair and Berry; for deputy - reeve. Geo. Hudson and Geo. Elliott, for councilloas, John Fotheringleam, Amos Marriott, W. S. Dinsmore and W. Robinson. The annual meeting .of the Downie plowing match a,ssocaation was held in Avoutori, and was successful in point of attendance. The secretary read. a statement of the thiancial con- dition of the society, showing that about $140 had been raised,and of that amount neariy $125 was distributed in prizes, leaving a balance on hand to begin next year's work with. Then followed the election of officers for the year 1896, with the following result: President, F. Glom secretary - treasurer, W. McG. Murray; board of directors G. Pram. T. Steele, 10% 4/11.11•1 Huron County Notes. Thomas Drummond, of Wingham, has disposed of his butcher business. Mrs Richards of Bayfield had the misfortune to fall recently and break her leg. Clinton merchantsahave agreed to close their places of,business at8o'clock each evening. Miss Edith Steinbach, of Zurich, has secured the position of organist in the Presbyterian church at Hensel John Jackson has sold his farm on the 174h con. Grey, to Jas, Moore, of linllette receiving $3,100 for the same. Blood and nerves are closely related. Keep tho blood pure with Hood's Sar- saparilla and you will. not. be nervous, Mr, Win Callender, a former resi- dent of Stanley, but for some years o E Manitoba,has decid eci to return to Ontario. ,•• James Manson, banker, Strathroy, died last week in his 60th year; he was a brother-in-law of Rev X. 1W, Holmes, of Olintou. Messrs poyd.,& Okee of Clinton have quit the baking busiziess, finding no money in it at the price they were selling bread. A. Hunter has sold out his hardware business in Brusseis to Gerry Both- ers and A. McKay & Coinpany, the other two hardware shops in town. ,