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The Brussels Post, 1904-3-17, Page 1Vol. 32. NO, 36 BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1904 New Advertisements. • Servant wanted—Mre, Oloff. Motion tittle—Wm, Ritchie. Spring medicines—F, R. Smith. Boar for Bervioe—J. P. MaIutoeh, Still they oome—MoKinnon Jt 00. Many calla—Strattolei Bea, College. ,fflistrict .etas, W cal tort. Tbie week J. M. Moore is at Toronto attending the Grand Lodge of the A. 0. U. W. aB representative of Walton lodge. Armee Oriole will go to the Queen City next week to attend the Grand Council of the Oberon Friends as the delegate from the Oounoil here. Mre. W. Neal had quite an experience in getting home from a visit she wee making last week owing to thee anow blockade on the railway. JEL1riosto wet. H. R. Brewer, of Brueeele, took the eervioe in Viotoria Hall last Sabbath evening. Thor. W. ,the 12 year old son of T. W. Jaoklin, llowiok Boundary, bee been quite ill with typhoid fever but is improv tug nicely we are pleased to hear. The 90 acre farm Imowu tie the Parish place, on the Grey Boundary, hes been leased by Thos. W. Jaoklin, who ban been in Manitoba, fro,n W. B. Lerr, of Brea - Bele. Mr: Jaoklin is now in poeeeeeion. Something unique in the Concert Iine ie being prepared for the benefit ot the 'Hospital for Siok Children by the young ' people of this oommuuity, emoted by well known outside talent. The pro. gram will be "built" along the line of a - tribute to our nevy. Date will be an• pounced shortly. Goon Demme—The debate between Wroxeter and Jamestown young ladies name off on Wedne-day evening of last week and wee a decided egoaeee. There wee a good atbandaeoe, an interesting program and first tease debate. The tapas was "Resolved that more preotioal edeaatioe.may be.derived from. Reading than from Tweet." Affirmative was 'b' ubampioned by Misses Allan and etobineon, of Wroxeter, while Mieeee Taylor and Oaldbiok 'bowed their ability in defending the negative., The judeee were George Johnston, R. Weir and P. McArthur, who awarded the palm to the visitors amidst applause, Boih aides of . the argument were cleverly net out and would not have been discreditable by any means to old time debaters. We hope another snob a debate may be arranged. The following program was well rendered :—Solo , Mies MOArthur ; recitation, ellsCnldbiok ; instrumental solo, Wee Margery Strachan.; Halo, Mies Taylor. A. vote of thanks was passed to those contributing to the evening's enter. teiument on motion of S. Snell and J. Outt. Presideut, no, Hogg. coaapied the chair. After the entertainment the pereone taking part In the program were hospitably entertained- at the home of Walter Linea. If you want a good time yen wiil rarely mire it if you come to Jamestown. le11:1re1. Township Coattail will meet here next Monday. Mies Mary Cantlon wan visiting at Brueeele last week, Jae, Wright has Been the first robin. Springmustbe ()timing. New arrivals are reported at the Meson and Milne homes. Oongrata!atione. A number from hare attended the Cook—Lamour weddiug on Wednesday evening of this week. A gramapbone entertainment was given in tbe Hell Tuesday evening by Mr. Heath, The Inutile was good. The sermon on "Leeeone from the Rneeo•Japan War" was not given by Rev. Mr; Welie on date mentioned but is to dome yet. Leet Friday a football maloh wee play- ed here between the boye.of Ethel and a olab from Whitfield's school. The score was a alone one, 1-0 in favor of Ethel. Last Saturday afternoon'10 mail bags were brought here by a eleigh from Palm. erabon and on Bunduy another enpply came by train so tbat we caught up fair- ly well it it bad not been for the blow on Monday. Lunt Monday morning a number of oabtle was brought here toe ehipmeut bot the storm stopped the trains eo the amok bad to be fed at a neighboring barn, No small inoosvenienoe has beetle ooeasion- ed this Winter by the snow blockade. The irregularity of mails canoe dieap• pointmsnt sometimes. John Sanders received an invitation for himself and wife to a wedding anniversary at Mill. bank but the impportent 00aaefon wee celebrated to week before the letter reaoh• ed Ethel. ETnnL SOn00L BMW: Son FDDnnAnx,— Br. Division :--Clare IV Examined in Arithmetic, Grammer, Literature, His- tory, Geography, Spelling and Pbyeio- logy. Tobal 743. Lihzie Ohambere, 652; Melvin Slemmon, 599 ; Pette Simpson, 583 { Myrtle Imlay, 469 ; Edith Freeman, 483 ; Hazel Goatee, 423 ; Bert, Eoltmier, 860 ; Lorne Eokm eh, 859; Tom McAllister, 858; Marjorie MoOallum, 801 ; Irene Hogarth, 272. Claee III. .Total 450. Willie Hems- worth, 406 ; Earl Balmier, 897 ; Fior• snot Imlay, 862 ; Sion. Molotoeh, 888 Webster Pentacle, 880 ; Pearl Bremner, 815; Elsie Dunbar, 284; Jamin MaCal• tum, 282 ; Gordon McKee, 254 ; Gress MoAllieter, 286; Mettle Barr, 2,28 Edith Mohee, 213 ; Beatrice Bateman, 197 ; Lucile Cooper, 180 ;• Katie McLeod, 180 ; Emma Gurbrigg, 147. Claes II. Total 860 ' Colonel Deeideon, 288 ; Rona Prager, 281 ; Laidlaw Slraohen, 280 ; Roy Enlcmier, 273 ; Joseph Pearson, 218; idarris F.ekmier, 282; Lavine Mo. Leech, 224 e Resell Love, 218 ; Annie Cooper, 260 ; Charles flaueuld, 166. Averego attendance 87. A013 no E. 0 ixru, Principal. Exarnined in Goag, /teeth, Sp. Reading end Pomp,,. Se. IL I]iwin , Thompeou, Roy 0111, Alvin Mohee, Irene Heath, Celeetine Dane, Edwin Hemeworib, Allan McAllieter, Alvis Fletcher, Joseph Oonper. Jr, II. Jernee Bremner, Ante. ray Debeon, Feeds Freeman, Pearl Ale Kee, Robert 1'hompe"n, Lizzie MaIutoeh, Iflorenoe MoOellum, Vera MuOall, WII frid Eokmier, Alice Barr, Herman Fogal, Herbert Saville, Willie Thibldeau Pt. II Annie McAllister, Clifford Dun• bar, Pearl Gill, Spence Hemeworth, Verda Pollard, Stanley Straeban, Char lie, Davidson, Edmund McLeod, Wesley Yeo, Roes Coates. Pb. I, Noble McKee, Norman Addy, Graoe Sinkmier, Ruby Barmier, Ruby Gill, Edith Heath, George Cole. Average attendance 38. Mies LAURA E, /grommet, Teacher. Cs•tt.nbr(solc. Mies Gertie Bielby, of Blyth, was the guest of Mien A, Calder during the past week, A, E. Beaton and G. E. Lamont, of Whiteohureh, spent Sunday with friende in this vicinity. Knox Obnrob oontributed over 621.00 to the epeoial aolleatioo taken in menet]. tion with the Bible Centernary nervier. A very creditable euin. A oontingeatfrom Oraobrook Coact of Foresters attended the funeral of the late Geo. tablets at Bruaeele on Tuesday aftera000, the deceased being a member here. Rev. D. B. MoRae took part is the service. Mr. Shiele died lest Sunday. Wein Dome. -- Tbureday evening of teat week representatives ofEtbel Presby- terian church, from the 3rd and 4th acne. of Grey, visited the menee here and pre - Rented Rev. D. B. McRae with 80 bushels of Date. It was a thoughtful act and we have no doubt the parson will preach all the better and bin hone travel more nimbly by tbie practicel expression of good wit{. Rev. R. F. Cameron, a former Oraobrookite, who hoe been enjoying e snooeeafal pastorate at NorthEaethope end Hsmpeteed, has aooepted a anon• {mous nail to Georgetown and will move there shortly. Rev. Mr. Perrin, now of Wroxeter, wee the pastor at Georgetown The many old friends of Mr. Cameron will wish bim sunless in his larger field. His present oongregabione part with him relnatantly. Aorta ortete. G. T. R. AooInrtT.—Monday afternoon tbe G. T. R. pay oar, running with a dooble•beader and oebooeo was on its way to Stratford from Clinton, end abent one o'clock was 'tailed ahnut half a mile Went of St. Oolnmban. A terrific storm was raging, and the crew oould not nee more than a oar's length away from'wbere the train was Sanding, Three or four minetee after the drifta were etrook a freight doable•header, in oharge of Con. dnotor Stratton, of Stratford, came along. The engineer could not see the stalled train and -the heavy freight oraeh ed into the rear end of it. The stove io the oaboose of the pay train wee over, turned and set fire to the oar. The Sam. es soon spread to the pay oar, and both were burned to the trucks. In the pay oar were all the cheques for the workmen in tbe Stratford shops, but being looked in the safe with the pay roll they were all saved. About one hundred and sixty rheaks for other places were burned Pay Clerk Alexander, of Hamilton,wee in oherge of the pay•oar, He was some what bruised about the lege, and is now at the residence of hie brother, A. H Alexander, John street, Stratford. Con duotor Stratton, of Stratford, who was in charge of the freight, bad one of bin lege hurt, and one of hie brakeman, Wm. Maodonald, Stratford, was also alightly Hared. Oonduotor R Gordon, of Strat. ford, was in charge of the pay train. The safe containing the roll and cheques was brought to Stratford. Mee 1.0 -tee. Mre. James Sheep, 6th` true, was on the Siok list with toneilitie but is better now we are pleased to report. Jute Sherrie had a wood bee on Tuee• they of this week with a'party at night. About 8S cords of wood were ant. Jao, Davie jr,, 4th line, ie not enjoying nearly an good health ea hie many friende would desire. We hope tbe coming Spring will bele him. We are thinking of changing Brussels railway depob a few miles North and calling it Duncanville as trains atop long• er at the latter place this ,Winter then they do at the carpet town. Jas. Sherrie, mother and 'deter, who have got comfortably settled in their new home on the MoKenzfe Perm, entertained the yoaog people of the neighborhood., on Friday,eveniug of last week. A jolly time wan spent in social chat, maeio, game end denting. W. H. Maunders, East gravel road, disposed at eight head of two year old cattle to buyer Sullivan, of Dublin, for which he reoeivee the tidy ram; of $400. The cattle will be delivered at ;eaforth. A few deals of that kind soon oeant up, W. Sholdioe, Mr, Maunders' neighbor, sold two bead for $100. MATnottortate.—On the 5th, of Maroh, Rev, Mr. MoWilliamei.of Winnipeg, tied the matrimonial bow between William G. Laidlaw, of Begot, Man,, brother to Mre. George Jackson, of this township, and Mian Jennie, eldest daughter of Jamie Scott, of Morrie. We wish Mr. Laidlaw end bride prosperity and hap- eething, A WELT, KNOWN MOniIooTN Dine,— Thursday Ine=Thursday of last week, an old and highly esteemed resident of the gbh line, was called away from bis earthly borne atter a brief but painful illneee in the person of John Searle, who had atheined to 70 years of age. He took i11 the Sunday previous with stoppage of the bowele and heart weakness showed iteelt thorhly after and despite all that could be done he paid Naturae debt an above stated. Mt. Searle was born in Bath, Cornwell, Edglend, and name to Canada 58 years ago and lived for a time at Galt and from there moved to Markle to Lot 20, Con, 10 where he made hie home to the time of hie death, fie wad among the pioneers. Donated wee married three times his iiret wife being lilies Darling, the eeoond Deese Sarah Jaakeou and the :third MOO Jane 1e. Brigham. There wee no family by the fleet marriage. With the wooed 6 daugbtere were born viz Eliza, Mre, Ron sell Richmond, Mre, H. Young, Mrs, W, Fear and Susie, Two daughtere (Ada and Rosa) and one eon (Wesley) were the issue of the third marriage. Mr. Searle was a Liberal in politica, a Methodist in religion and wee a whole soolsd, well.to• du mem who will be kindly remembered by maoy outside of hie own household. The funeral took pleas on Saturday afternoon, Rev. Jno. Holmes, of Blyth, oouduotiug an appropriate eervioe. The burial was made in the family plot in Brussels cemetery. Sincere and wide epreed sympathy will be a000rded the bereaved. W roxtnEer. Scott Biaok returned trona London last week. Master Harry Match le at present on the Sok list, Mre, C. F. Edwerde.in visiting in1Ford• wioh this week. Mies M. Dulmage, of Brussels, visited friende here last week. 0, Raise and J. Wendt spent Sunday at the lattere'e home in Mildmay. A load of young people attended a party in Brunie Thareday evening of last week. S. B. Molielvie and family have gone to Cheeley where they will make their home. Amos and Mrs. Gotten have returned from a six weeks' visit with relatives near Belmore• A. Munroe and G. Trench have par. chased the general business of W. O. Hazlewood. Tbere is a splendid opening here for a firstetasharoese•naker, with but little opposition for many miles eroand. T. B. Sanders, who retired laeb Summer, n000eeetally conducted the baldness for thirty-seven years. L. Sboemaker, of Turnberry, bad a Bale of farm implements and horses at the Gotten House, Saturday afternoon which was well attended. Hy. Arm strong also had a sale the same afternoon of the harnese etoak here, which sale will be oonbinaed until the -stook is Bleared out. - Sieon a week ago last Monday over one hundred men have been at work on the railway between Wroxeter and Harrison, reaching Harrieton last Monday about noon, They have tbie week been trying the novel experience of using an ordinary land plough drawn by horses. This seems to get at the ice quiokly and it ie said will do the work of at least tee men. The bill of fare put up here by our hotel• keepers seems to give Boob satiefeotion that from thirty to fifty men hews been here for their meaie daily. W. J. Woods ie making preparations to remodel hie dwelling in the Summer time. Wilson Evans and wife, 12th eon., returned last 'Week from an enjoyable visit with friende in Maryboro' township. foo. B. Hyde, 11th oon., who wan ao seriously ill, ie able to be abooa again we are p,eaeed to state and we treat he will soon regain Drat—oleos health. Mre. Louie Steles and children spent a few days with her parents last week, A. and Mre. Stewart, her mother baying almost telly recovered from her late itlnenn. Arobibald Sellers and wife left for their bome in Dakota on Thursday via Seaforth after a pleasant visit with friende. Mre. Sitters is a slater of A. Stewart, 10th con. Thursday evening of last week a num her of young people spent an enjoyable evening at William Michels, 12th eon. The evening was filled in with motile, games, ,8n, Mr. end Mrs. Miebel made firet-olaee host and heateee, A football match was played on the ground of S. S. No. 10 recently between the club of that echoed and S. S. No. 9, The wore was 1-0 in favor of the home team. A return game will be played. 0. W. Sewers refereed the game smite faatorily. At auotion sale of farm stook, imple. menta, household furniture, .be., ie an. pounced by Wm. Ritchie, lot 4, Con. 15, tor Thuredey, March Blet. He baa Bold hie farm and intends takiug a proepeoting trip to Manitoba and the Northweet this Spring. It he finds what suits him be may locate there. artiaNDAL. — Wednesday forenoon a wedding took plane at the Boma of Wm. Schnook when John D. McEwen, of Morrie township, and Mies Catharine A. M. Attridge were united' in marriage by Rev, D. B. McRae. After hearty eon• gtatulatione were extended the company sat down to an elegant dinner. The bride received many fine preeeute. May their future be happy and prosperous. MATDiOIONIAL; The Grenfell (Man.) Sun of February 17tb, gives the following Interesting partioalars of the marriage of Edward Hollinger' eon of Jno. Hollinger, 10th con., to Mise McLean, in the following worse 1—A pretty wedding was celebrated on Wednesday evening, Feb. 10th, at the Presbyterian Manse, Mese Miro Janet McLean became the wife of E. Hollinger. The wedding was e very quieb one, only a few intimate friende of the young couple being preeenb. The ceremony wan performed by Rev. W. B. Tate, Grenfell. After the ceremony, lunch wan eerved by Mea. Tate, and the happy couple loft for their new bome a000rnpaniod by the beartieet - good wishes of those who were present. Mr. and Mrs. Hollinger have rented Mies. MaoPbereon'e house on Anderson avenue, where they have taken up boneekeeping and are receiving congratulations from a large oirole of friende, liottft FDott SooTr.AND.—Taeeday of this) week Jarnee Mann, 16th con., arrived home from a holiday trip to the Old Country. He went and returned by the Allan steamer, "Corinthian" vie New York, the home voyage being very rough. They were 18 days on the water, Mr. Mann got to Guelph on Saturday but wag delayed by the anew blookiede not getting to Listowel until Tuesday. He re/torte a Very notioeable ohenge in Glasgow einoe he left 88 years ago, There lee been meth web weather which was greatly agaleat the farmer, Mr. Mann wee laud in ole praises of the kindlineee with which he wee treated but thinks there in no place lilte Canada after all. He Baye no Oteneok would be alarmed about Britain's defenaee if he saw the main math men of war being constructed et the Clyde ehipyarde. We welaame him book to Grey and are glad to Hee him looking ea well atber hie trip. He Soya they were fed on the beet of everytbiug en the steamer and in the Old Country get the beet the laud oonid afford. CUPID'' VIOT0B4.—A company of joy Rue gueete numbering apwerde of 126, an. eambled at the comfortable home of Angus and Mre, Lamont, "Duan" Fern, 7th acne on Wednesday evening of this week to witness the happy 000eummation of the marriage of Mies Marion J., the eabimable daughter of the haat and boat. Has, to William M, Cook, a well.to do young farmer of the 5th line of Morrie. As the cheery notes of the Wedding March pealed forth under the manipula tion of Mire Aggie McNair, of Oranbroak, the principle tools their planes beneath an evergreen and floral arah in the par tor, the bride being given away by her father. Rev. D. B. McRae performed the orthodox ceremony, not making it need leeely long and after the happy groom had bestowed the initial kine Oa the lips of hie fair bride ibe company entered upon a program of oongretalation in which hand shaking and expreeeione of good wishes was interspersed with oeettle, tory demonstrations. The bride, who bee been generously dowered by Nature, looked charming in a costume of white organdie, trimmed neatly with Mexican lace Gaffe and collars and satin sash, Natural flowers were worn in her hair and a beautiful bognet carried in her hand. Little Mies Cora Speir, daughter Jas. and Mre. Speir, and cousin to the bride was neatly dressed in white organ. die, carried a basket of flowers. To nater to an large a company an this was no email undertaking but three tables, loaded with the best the land amid afford seated 40 at a time and with attentive maidene an waiters the guests were pare. fully and thoughtfally lookea after. Be. fore tieing from the first table Rev. D. B. Magee propoeed the health of the bride to wise, feliaitoae terms which wee seconded by W. H. Kerr, of Toe PonT. Mr. Cook made a. brief suitable response. Vocal and instrumental music, eooial abet, Highland and other deuces Denali tubed the program of the evening. The wedding gifts were very oboioe and vain. able ranging from a gold watoh and chain by the bride's father, to eilverware, far - niters, cutlery, linen, glees and china, lamps, curtains, pictures, eke. A finer range is seldom seen. Mr. and Mre. Oook will take op their residence on the groom'e fine farm on the 5th line of Mor ria, where they commence home making with the hererty good wishes of a large circle of relatives and friende. It ie said that Wedoeedny evenings gathering gave eeveral nooplen an opportunity of nom• pleting erraogemente which will eventuate in other hymeneal ceremonies in the near future. Rev, A, C. Crews Writes About The Winter. Breathes there a man who ever saw A Winter pave without a thaw ; Who saw it blow and snow and storax, And thought it never would get warm? If such there breathe, go mak Mtn how He thinks that time compares with now. Low the thermometer, high the snow, Piled up as high as drifbe can blow, Despite the fact that we have Been It stated that there's never been Snob cold as this, perhaps this man Oau tell us things no other can. Living through two such awful dates, Dpubly unkind have proved the fatee, To force a man while here below To pave two Winters in euoh snow. R. S. H. Some years ago Dr. John A. Williame, the late General Superintendent of the Methodist ohuroh,t was speaking at a conference of the headships and priva- tions of the preachers who were stationed in the baokwoode away from railways and telegraph offices. "'Think of it 1" said he. "Just think of a man having Co live where he cannot see the daily Global" Many people throughout the Province of Ontario residing in Cowes of ooueider- able size on railway linea have been forced during the present Winter to do without the daily Globe and all other papers for weeks at a time. The oitizens of Toronto and other oities on the main Hues of travel have no idea how serious the scow blookade has been en the branch roads, Ou three different 00- oaeions the line from Palmerston bo Kin- cardine has been oloeed up from two to five days, end at the present time there is a complete cessation of traffic, not a train having gone over the road for ten days, It ie expeoted that the track will be teamed from Palmerston to Wingham. before the end of the week, but it is leareely likely that Kincardine will be r=eached until Spring aeeivte. The Chief difficulty Hoe in the depth of snow on each side of the rails. In some places where shovelling has been done it 1. almost like running through a tunnel for the snow ie higher than the tope of the oars, Three men are necessary to get a shovel of snow out of these outs, 008 bo throw 11 beef war up, another to heave it to the top, and a third to throw it away from the edge of the "tunnel." To add to the difficulty, the oocaeional tlrawe whfrh Coour, followed by frosts, leave bho roadbed oove' e8 with toe, eo that engibee and suow•plonglle easily run oft the track. At Brussels a snow -plough has been lying-in the ditch for more than a week, the auxiliary train not being able to get through to its aid. Several l000 - motives are also stalled at various points, and they aro utterly helpless All that the engineere abtempb to do is to hoe i their eteeee ahve by feeding them with snow, and wait for mere favorable Week- tione. So herd is the ettow peeked in seine of the anttings that nothing but a rotary snow.plomgh oonid Malta its way through, died the Grand Trunk does not possess Ruch a machine. Froin thermoses already mentioned, even a rotary le unable to do thoroughly el -Solent work, The railway mem agree with the (Meet inhab- itants that there n00er was Ruch a Winter as this, and certainly they will rejoice when it le over. The problem of transportation hue been a serious one to grapple with, especially for ehippore of live soak. At Brussels a buyer purchased eighty hogs and had them put 0n board the care, but the trate did not move, and during the next two days the poor animals almost perished with the acid, several dying before the end of the weak. The survivors were oared for as well as poesible under the ni000rnetanoee but the owners will lune heavily, as they have quite a large hill for feed, and, of course, there will also be loos from depreeiatiou in weight. The live etoek men are not the only ouee to sutler embarrassment by any means. Every line of bu•inoeo has been interfered with to a greater or leas extent. The town 01 Pcnetang is a great shipping point ; hu•ge quantitive of lumber, eta,,: being sent out from there. Freight trains from this place have been few and far between since the first of January, and for nearly a solid month there was no railway communication with the outside world whatever. 4Viarton is in a bed wiry, too, having been shut up for two weeps, The diilioulty there is Dot so much one of export, but rather of import, as many of the people aro al- most out of the necessaries, of life and, of (manse, lettere and newspapers are taxer - lee not to be thought of. So far an fuel re concerned, the situ- ation has been quite as bad as last Winter, as coal has been obtained in all the Northern towns only with the greatest difficulty. In many places it has been quite a common eight to see people going along the street with half a scuttle of coal which they had borrowed from a neigh- bor, to keep the stove going until the next morning, when "a car is expected to arrive.' In most oaaee, however, the expectation has ended in disappointment. Parlors have generally been closed, and in some instances two or three families have lived together in one house during the severe weather, In Seaforth several families have been domioiled in the town hall, where they have beau kept warm by the munioipal faruacee. This place has adopted a rather nnig00 way of securing a fuel supply. The Grand Trunk Rail- way obtains water from the town for its engines, and when it was found im- possible to get coal by ordinary menus, the Seaforth authorities sent word to the railway : "Forward a oar of opal within twenty-four home or we will shut off the water from the station." The coal was cm hand within the specified time. Last Sunday morning it was expected that coal would reach Seaforth, and all ar- rangements were completed to bave it distributed at ouee to the homes where it was moat urgently needed. The supply of wood hoe been limited and some farmers have taken advantage of the situation to raise the prices, so that it has been almost beyond the reach of the poor• A farmer brought a little jag of split wood, about enough to fill a waggon box, to one of the towns, and asked five dollars for it, He was offered four, which he refused, although it was twice the value of the wood, and drove the load home without diepoeing of it. That night a deputation from the town prod their respects to him by visiting hie place and setting fire to that very load of wood, which they thoroughly saturat' d with opal oil before applying the metol. Of course, this was very wroug, but it is said that the police authorities have not b• en exceedingly active in trying to secured the perpetrators of the crime. Marabouts have not been doing much business, principally because they have nob been able to obtain goods from the wholesale houses. For some weeks past groceries have been brought in by express in small quantities. Sugar, which formerly sold at twenty pounds for one dollar, was inoreased iu price, so that bat fourteen ponude were given, and recently no ousbomer bee been able to obtain more than a quarter's worth of granulated sugar at one time. Some people have doubtless had to drink their tea and coffee without the usual sweetening, Tho country roads, while not blocked like the railways, are nevertheless in a frightful condition. The "pitch holes" number aboat'a hundred to a mile, and frequently a sleigh or cutter passing over these pita has vary maolt the appearance of a dhtp at sea iu stormy weather, ao it rises toed falls. Certainly a trip over these is a nerve-raokiug and boue-shaking experience, not soot forgotten. I drove from Brueeele to Seaforth on Monday, a dieienoe of sixteen mita', and found the track to be postively dangerous. The BOOR, In most planes is as high ae the fences, and frequently is five or six feet deep beneath the hones' feet If a wire- less step to taken off the beaten track there is great liability of accident, The Churalt of England minister at Ripley lost a valuable horse in this way o few weeks ago. Getting into deep snow the animal begen to plunge and broke its log. It is utmost impossible to drive a span of horses over these country roods rte they are apt to "orowd" one another iu their desire to keep on the safe path. It is not an infroqueut sight to see a man driving one horsy attached to a pole, with tate other leading behind. When the roede become thoroughly soft it will be simply impossible to travel over them. The effects of a thew upon the railroads, too, will be exceedingly embaraeeing, ite the water has uo manna of oMOleb, and la like- ly to accumulate between the traoke, A paaeenger teeth on the Grand Truk the other day ran throngb water 00 deep that it ilowed over the floor of the baggage car from one door to the other, and of course the fires in the engines were exile, guiehed. I1 will be surprising if many bridges and causeways are not 'wove away during the freshets that are alrnoet certain to come during the next week oe two. Throughout a largo notion of Ontario church serviette have been greatly, inter- fered with daring the Winter, and 1n NOM time. School atteudauee lieu been ieee- swed, markots have been enultilated, somal gatherings brokeu up, township (Jcuuoile called off, enation eel's post- poned, brides disappointed, and even the entitueieeni of politieal oonventione con- efderabiy cooled by the auusuel weather coeditinus whish have prevailed during tide Winter, which will doubtless be long remembered as a record -breaker, Toronto, March 10, 190.1. CENTENARY BIBLE MEETING Large Gathering, Interesting Service, blood Collection. Leet Sabbath evening a union services watt held it the iieletbodist °berth, Brun sale, commemorative of the oenienary of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Before 7 o'olook the regular seating top- aoity was folly occupied and the aisles were fined with chair', even tben it ie -aid many were unable to obtain admit. canoe and were foroed to tarn away. Rev. R. Paul, who has been President of this Branch for the pest five yeera, oaoapied the chair and made a brief open ging address after the hymn "All bail the power of Jeeae' name" was sung, prayer offered by Bev. A. Andrews, of Walton, and a Scripture leeeoo read by Rev. Mr. Hardie, of Listowel. The President ex- pressed hie gretifloation at the heartiness with whiab the people had united on this tntereating occasion and was sorry that Rev. I, M. Webb, itmembent of St. John's ahorch was unable to take part ae anuonnsed, owing to his ill health. "Bleat be the he that binde" tvse heart- ily Bang by the large audience. A few particulars aa to Brueeele Brutish were given by the Secretary, the record , grand total might be made $100.00 With• Ong back to 1878 when the books' out mach troub,e. "Abide with me" was the last hymn and 13. Gerry offered the oloeing prayer. The meeting wee a decided enema and will have a good effect in attesting the good feeling toward the Bible Society, WAR IN THE EAST. W. H. KERR, Prop. preeeive inoident was related relative to the 13uobmen of Africa. (0) Wonderful ae a reoord of experienoee. In the Paelme almost all the experienoee known to men are reoarded, (7) Wonderful in its Divine elevating power. The mark of the furrow plowed by the Gospel is Baan aft.r many days. Nations that are tieing are those who regard the Word of God. Good Queen Victoria gave expree. Son to the Truth when she pointed to the Bible as the eeeret of England's greattsae when epeaktng to a former uauutbal Llieg. Presidents Roosevelt, McKtueey, llarrinmr, Garfield and Lin - 00111 were 1101 eluw 10 state that the greatness of the United States depended on its fidelity 10 the cease of Truth, arid Lord Shaftebury, Gladstone, Balfour and Roseberry an England were aware that the Bible is the Golden Lamp held forth. AA Britons we do not appreciate the value and influence of the Word of God, ' witboot it our nation woad fall tutu atoms aud chaos. Whets applies to the nation ie true of the indi- viauai and we need to feel he personal power 10 our liyee. Rev. Mr. Hardie uonoluded bit due addreee by quoting the mattyrdom of Chinese for the alike of the Goepet dame; the Boxer movement, deaths as famrulo an those reoorded in- Fux'a Book of iliertyre. He depreoiated the $500 taxon Chinamen coming into Canada and thought ft a blur on our legislation. A anent oboir, with T. A, Hawkins at the organ, led the eervioe of Praise. The offering wee taken, the collection plates baviug to be emptied several times of their envelope reueipte. Oolleotion totalled the very creditable sum of $54.00. Tbie will be augmented by oontrebattone from Creel rook, Ethel and Melville Sabbath School eo that with a little effort the were destroyed by fire to the Grant block, 7. R. Grant being the deeretary. Dr. Watson, now of Brant- ford, was Seoretery for 8 years and W. H. Kerr succeeded bim 23 years ago. In 25 years the total contributed for this Branch was the tidy sum of $8,352 and in the lent 20 years of that period $2,812 of that am ,nut was collected, en average of $140.80 per annum. The annual amount baa never been below one hundred dollars in 20 years. Highest rum for any Year wan 0184.61 in 1886. Brussels Branch Sande in the honor roll of the Upper Canada Bible Society. Rev. Mr. Andrews wee the first speaker. He said euoh an audience was inspiring as was the 000asion on which they were assembled. A oentory'e growth had been meaanred of the British and Foreign Bible Society, the queen of all the grand pbilantbropiee of abe world. He was delighted to ere the unanimity prevailing among theaherobes here end to know that in this noble work they weld say "We are brethren." The memory of the peat was inspiring to him as bio father was a collector for the Sooieby long ago and afterward au active worker and Life member. Personally he had dour pioneer agency work for several yearein Manitoba and the Northwest. The Society wee ot humble ortgfn, Mary Jones, a Welsh girl of 10 years of age, daughter of a weaver, earned the necessary money and then walked 25 miles to see Rev. Mr. Charles, of Bala, to purchase a Welsh Bible and when she found the stook exhausted wept over her dieappaiutment. A bible was eeoured for her and the inoident eo aroused the people that the foundation of the B. ces F. Society was laid ebortly after at London. It was a cosmopolitan under• taking—giving the Word of God to all peoples and tongues. In. Manchester a load of hay was exchanged for a oopy of the Bible and the people eagerly Bought to posse it. The Bible was chained to that aburoh door in some places where orowde assembled to hear the Word read. There were only 4 million oopies issued at the beginning of, the °entrrp now it comes from the presses in over 370 lionguitgee and dialeote, almost every nation having Bibles now. It in finding mgrese where Missionaries minuet yet gain admittance, going into Russia free of duty and chargee oil railweye and boats. In Belgium, where there are 4,000 nuns and moults and 3,000 emitter. ,et and monasteries, 9,100 eupiee were oiraulated last year. At Rome the Vati- can has pnbliebed 170,000 oopiee in Italian and our Society added 106,000 to Otto number last year. Kong Edward hoe 000tribated 100 guineas to the Oen- teuuiai Fund to wipeout indebtedness on the Society and Canada accepted 050,000 as bar ehare. It becomes everyone of us to have a share in the grand work of ex- tending the usefulness of the British end Foreign Bible Society and he hoped the 560 asked from the Instant audience would be forthcoming and that the blear. ing of Gad would attend the work until all the world bad heard the story of the °roes of Christ, The congregation joined in singing the old and well kuown hymu"Work for the night ie Doming" with a fervor that was inepirieg. Rev. Mr. Hardie said only God and the angele knew what tbe result would be of the ieeeanae of 180 million Bibles in 370 leugnagee, 28 al them oleo being in retest lettere for the blind, and 08 million dol- lars of voluntary coutr,batione. God has bteeeed and will continua to bless the splendid work done in giving thie wond- erfnl Book to the world, (1) It was Wonderful in its origin, It wee both Divine and human, earthly veeenle were aged, (2) Wonderful in its preeentatioo, Prepared by Boors of men, subjected to infldelity, agnoetioiem, higher oribioe, &o, yet oat of the lurnaoe it Sande today clearer than ever. (0) Wonderful ea 0 revelation. It belle of God's plan, of the sinners Saviour, man's origin, lie duty and obligation, gives a glimpse into the future showing to the res tereotfuh, judgment and rewerd or puniebment, (4) Wonderful ho to ire teaching, A8 literature ie inferior to bib/foal, Shake. spears, Milton and Tennyson stand the teat an they are saturated with the Wood of God. The Bible ie the root of all gond literature and the beauty of the Book le ire eimp.iolty, (5) Wonder tnl in ire adaptation, suited to the wants of everybody, 420 languitgee and the Book plane entirely etependod foe wseke at a adapted to all,. An altercating and Int. Tuesday's daily reports as follows There is very little news this morning from the Far Emit, A Russian official etatemeut ehowe that there ban been a ekirmi,h of outpost' between Anju and the Yalu River, the Japanese being dispersed. The affair took plane a week ego, and the Russian report ie not to be taken ae a contradiction of the later statements that the Raseiane have fallen neck to the river and are now preparing to dispute the passage. The statement of General Zaleski that the population along the Tamen River in favorable to Russia would seem to indicate the advance of a Russia force from Vlad• ivostokfnto that region with the inten. tion of bolding the Northeastern border of Manchuria and preventing the Japan. ere from menacing Vladivostok by a land advance. Abeolate edema has fallen upon the naval operatioua in Northern waters. The question, where in the Ruteian Vladivoetok squadron 2 is still unanswered, and the same question migbt very well be asked regarding the Japanese fleet that bombarded Vladivos- tea. The ships in the North appear to be engaged in e, game of hide and Geek, and the wires will tell ne nothing of their whereabouts until one or the other (Oliveto a nrnebiog blow. Time is a feature of the oampaign that impresses itself more upon one's mind day by day, and that in the reticence of the Jo -pause as to their lessee. They tell ne frankly enough of the number of their eoldiere killed and, wounded but of their injuries to their ['hips seemly a word supe oat. The dooking of the battleship Fuji for injuries reoaived in the first aatlon oft Port Arthur is an undoubted feat, There has beet uo of baial report tie to her injuries. Several oorreepomdente state that a small Japanese emitter (pretense) lies on a reef near Ohernalpo, and that she was probably beached alter the fight with the Variag. Now comes a report—from Port Arthur, it is true, but too oiroam- etautial to be dieoredtbed—of the towing into Staabo on February .01 the first - mass Japensee crueler Aeama, minty! emokeetaoke, bridge and meets, and with her decks ploughed by projectiles. The withdrawal ot the Fuji and the Aeame from the Purl Arthur blookade reduces Japan's strength by a eixtb. Makaroff'e policy is cluttered to be the sacrifice of ef- fective Russian ships in Port Arthur in an endeavor to eo reduce the number of the Japanese warships thee the Baltic fleet seism it resolve the Eaet will nob be called on to fight a greatly eaperior en• emy. The idea ie an admirable one, but the progrelie made in working it out is not eneouragitig, A few more bombard• meets like that of last Thursday will make Port Arthur untenable and the position of its garrison desperate. It would seem that fur two or three weeks yet the centre of the stage will be occupied by Togo and tilakarofl, and that land oper- ations on an extensive scale are not to be looked for before the beginning of April, A Young Men's Ohriebian Adedoiation has bean organized in connection with Toronto University. • Judge Barron held Division Court at Mitchell on Friday 4th feet. Although there were savant oaaee on the lief, only two were contested, The $ret was all 0,0110n brought by John 1T, Tilley, of Mttolsll, against Hill &Oo,, of the same plane, for damaged for en lnjary reneived while in the defendant's employ last Summer. According to the pleirttifee evidence be was working aloes beside, to portable engine and boiler and wee in a recumbent position, oonneetieg a pipe which led to .the boiler, when an iron bar, which had been negligently left bu the top of the boiler, tell upon hie bask, seriously injuring one 05 ilia kidneys. The defendaut'e adxaitbed the falling of tbe bar end that it vhould not hove been left where it oobld fall, but eoutended . that it did not the plaintiff, and that he was not ander it when it fail, Upon the evidenod Hid Honor found tot the plaintiff% awarding bim $50 damages. beeidse octets,