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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1905-4-20, Page 1Vol. 85. No. 41 BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, .ROOM 1905 W, H. KERR, Prop. New Advertisements. Wall Paper—F. R. Smith. Diamouda—H. L. Jaokson. Dinner Seto—Geo. Thomson. Dwelling for sale—I. 0. Richards. Another shipment—McKinnon & Co, Notion to creditors—A, B. Macdonald, Mzstrfci .eirrs, Lfentoweel . The Mennell Honse, operated by Jobn Welsh, wan (Seoovared to be on Bre at an early hour Tuesday morning, It was a frame otruotore and before the fire brig- ade could get their hoee into play the flames were beyond control, the building and contents being entirely destroyed. Lose about $4,000, partially covered by Insureuoe. Origin of Bre unknown. jtt.mtttie tete welt. Mre. Stevene, of Brneeele, ie siting her daughter, Mre. Wallace, this woalr. Mieoee Mary and Ella Wallace are spending their Easter vacation with relatives and friends in Oonn. Min Annie Rose and Mies Bate Wit - son, of Brunets, were vieitore with Mre. Walter Iooes on a regent date, The stormy weather has delayed the evading and is bard on the Fall wheat but we hope everything will dome out all right. A new bridge over the Maitland here will be among the probabilities of the near future as the old wooden one has 'teen its beat daye. Wednesday lest Will. Brydoo left for Morden, Man., to reenma worst at bio trade. He had been visiting here for the past few months. His many friende here wish him urea,-ee. The auction sale at R MoAI ieler'e last Friday afternoon totalled over $1000. He bad no stook in the Bale exoeptiug two horses and 3 young oattle. F. S. Soott was the auctioneer. —FOR— DIAU'`DS AND FINE GOLD JEWELLERY AT CLOSE PRICES GO TO ■ L. 3 C C S ON JEWELLER. - y-)Csuard Your -� Eyes. If sunshine makes seeing painful, greet discomfort and per: haps permanent in- jury will be voided -I ��4+l lay wearing our Lon. 1j� .111 + don Smoked Glasses. 4. cents r 25 pair and n ^� Crit.S.C.- wards. Miss Teenie Sample CS'-'TSCSAN BRUSS ELS Mise Angie McIntosh spent a few days with her sister, Mrs, J. MoDwen. Mime Lizzie and Jessie Strachan are enjoying the Easter holidays with friende in Toronto. Mies Lizzie Bryone went hast week to spend a few months with b'r oauein, Mre, W. A Edgar, iu Ingersoll, A uoodly number of young people from this locality went to Wroxeter and enjoy ed, and several assisted in, the program of the Gelid entertainment in the Presbyterian obaroh. A good time was put in. John Pariah, who formerly lived on the North Boundary of Grey, and went to West Selkirk, Man,, has been on the sink list in the General Hospital, Winnipeg, with typhoid fever. We hope he will soon be better. Janne and Mre. Turnbull and their daughter, Mre, Jelin Doig, are spending the Easter holidays with tbe former's brother, William Turnbull, Kincardine. The latter's health ban not been good for some time bat we hope the Spring will invigorate him. (7rtt.atbrfete IC. Mr, Helm has received hie stook of etoro goods and ie now doing boeineee. Tuesday afternoon the remaine of the late Mr. Berfeliz, 9th eon., ,were interred in the cemetery here. The pastor will preaoh in the Metho. diet church next Sabbath after an absence of two Sunday". Poetmaater Baymann end bis daughter Mre. Cameron will spend Easter with relatives in Loudon. Little Mtge Mamie Cameron will also sea the Forest city. Before leaving Listowel for Clinton, Mre. George A. Ballard, who was an aotiee worker in all the variooe organize. tione of the Presbyterian ohuroh in that plane, wee the recipient of a handsome testimonial in appreciation of her gener• line serviette. Oranbroultites will be epeoially intereeted in thie item from the foot that the reoipieut was a former villager being the second .daughter of Rev. D. B. MoRae. Tr.-owbrncIM'e. We regret to report the severe illness of Hr. Witt, Mr. Hamilton's little daughter, Vera, has been very ill with pneumonia. Mr. Dalmage, who has charge of the Trowbridge oheeeefactory f "tory for thio year, baa moved to Trowbridge. We welcome him to oar village, Following is the report of Trowbridge Public Bebop] for the month of March :- 6th alaea—Emma Johnson. Sr. 4th— Tena Coatee, Donald MoLeod, John Heath. Sr. 3rd—doverdele Heath, Ben. Johnson, Roy Tngben, Jr. 3rd—Frauoie Costae, Harold Coates, Harald Oode, Sandy Cleats. Sod Claes—Wesley Hatobieoo, Pearl Thompson, Nellie Walker. Part 2—Maggie Thompson, Clara Tngben, Ciarenoe Adams, Lizzie Walker. Of Part 1, Beverly Tiilin wee preent ovary day and deserves epeoial mention. Wroxeter. The laoroeee boys are practieing every evening now. Mies Rachel Daae spent Sunday ander the pareutal roof at Gerrie. Joe. Heywortb, of Toronto, le renewing aotloaintaneee in the village. Mise Florence Bremner, of Belmore, visited her friend, Mies Irwin, last week. Geo. and Mre, Spoltoo, of Lietowa', visited thin week with Mre. T. G. Hemp. hill. The bylaw for the erection of a new Town Hall in Wroxeter carried by ever two to one. Pare. Walker and little daughters, of Teeewater, were guests of the Mimes Rowe on Satordoy. William Gibson and James Gillespie returned on Tuesday to the Northwest, taking with them a oar of settlers' efface. Jamee McLean Stuart, the eix weeks' old eon of Charles and Mrs, Stuart died early Monde), morning after a abort ill. nese. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon, the eervloe being conducted by Rev, L Perrin. On Friday evening the membere of the Jemeetown Young People'n.Society were. the guests of the Weetminieter Guild of this pleoe. The attendance watt large and the program rendered briefly by the visit, ore was enjoyed by all preeent. The Epworth League of the Methodist ohnroh were entertained by their Gerrie friende on Tuesday evening of last week. The Wroxeter young people provided a very interesting program and a very enjoyable evening wa0 spent. Thele All Ready for the Spring Trade OUR Stock is now com- plete in all lines, and with daily and weekly addi- tions constantly y arrivingwe are in a position to serve you well. See our New Dress Goods and Trimmings, New Dress Skirts and our Special Vallee' p in Black Sateen Underskirts' at at 85c, $1.00 and $1.50. N0 FANCY PRICES. 1IVIIRYTHING CHEAP. A. STRACHAN joint meetings are working up a very friendly spirit amongst tbe various Sooietiee of thin viotnity and are very helpful and enooaraging to the promoters and workers of this line of work, Bele re ve. D, Sproat le opondiug hie Easter boli• daye with friende in Loudon. itlre, Barkley ie spending Beater aeon - tion with her daughter 01 London. Rev. 0, 0. Keine, of Whiteoburah,sap- plied the Belgrave Methodist appoint• menta on Sunday last, lie ie a good preacher. P. and Mre. Porterfield, of Marnooh, East Wawauoeh, are in deep Borrow, They received a meueage from Omaba, on Saturday stating that their eldest son, Peter, was dead. At the time of writing, no partionlara are at hand, but ae the deeeaued was oondnotor on a freight train it is possible that an accident was the oaaee of hie death. Mr. Porterfield was 41 years of age and wan unmarried. The remains were brought home for inter- ment. His brother, also of Omaha, came home at the sums time. The bereaved parents and other relatives receive eincereet sympathy. ifattee1. School oloeed on Thursday for Easter to reopen on Monday, May let. Both of our teachers will spend their holidays at their reopeetive homes. There will be service io the Methodist ohareb here next Sabbath morning and in the evening a epeoial Easter gong ser. vice by the choir and congregation. The W. M. S. will hold their annual Easter Monday service in the Methodist aburob, Ethel, at 3 p. m. on that day. Mre. (Rev ) Vnnoe, of Bervie, ie expeoted to be pre0e❑t and address the ladies. Next week Rev. 0. P. Wella, B D., will go to St. Thomas where be has work as one of the examiners in oonneotion with the probationere to the ministry of the Methodist obaroh. The epeeist meetings are oontinued thie week in the Methodist church eaob evening. Rev. Mr. Pomeroy, of Kluane. dine, who ie aeeieting tbe pastor has rendered hatpin' eervioe. Services will probably close Friday evening. J. W. Wenn-non, a former well known resident of this locality, writes Tag Pose as follows from Oalgary :—Plenoe send THE Pose to Calgary instead of Regina, ae I am eituated here now having aeoept- ed a good position with the Glanville firm as trimmer and dress goods 'talesman and am well reseed with my present position, This 0 a fine smart city, the beat West of Winnipeg Iooueider. We have a splen• did Main street, built with the oelebrated Calgary atone, I am feeling fine, but must have Teta Pon eo pleaee send it along to Calgary and oblige, The Teeewater News nye of a former Ethel Methodist pastor :—"Rev. Mr. Walker, who lives at Williameon'e Oorner and ie pastor of Salem Oirotta, has the sincere eympatby of a large oirale of friende in the great misfortune of los ing his eight. Oae of hie eyes beceme sightless about six months ago, while the other retained its normal strength until one day last week when the power of sight suddenly left it like a waning light. Mr. Walker is a man of about seventy years of age but ie still active and in good health. He is deservedly popular on the circuit and great regret ie felt that he can no longer attend to hie pastoral dotiee" The many old friende of Rev. Mr. Welker will be very eorry to hear of his affliction_ Mor -rare - Morrie townebip items may also be read on the 4110a of a e p g THE Pose. Monter Roes Button to vieitiog at hie aunt's, Mre. James Scott, ettb line. Mr. Pollard, of Btoevale, is renewing old friendship° in Morrie this week. Mre. Samuel Walker, 6th line, is away to visit her sister, Mre. (Rev.) Jewitt, at Rodney. The item in a reoeob Hone referring to James Sharpe'e residence on the 511e line, of Morrie, should have read 38 yeare instead of 23, Last Tuesday Wm. Bird, 71b line, had a manure baultng bee. He has been ill a good share of the past Winter bat ie improving now. Joe. Bowman, of Wingbam; Wan a visitor here this week, He has Bold bis feed store and talks of going Westtosee whet the proepeate are for a home. Wm. Jackson, of Blyth, formerly of the 8th line, hae been ill with pleurisy but hie many old friende will ' be pleased to hear that he ie improving nicely now and we hope be will soon be o. k. We are sorry to report that Mies Maggie Hall, 6th line, who Was NO ser• ionely burned a few weeks ago, eontinuee very poorly despite all that is being done for her but we hope a change for the better will 'speedily engine, We hear that Samnsl Walker's health is bel ng greatly benefitted by hie trip to the Northwest and his asthma has not bothered bim at all. He hen bargained for a large tract of land 7 miles from Oayley, N. W. T., where he ban gone into nettle. A friend of bie is ase" oftto it him d with b m is the baeinese• We wish them eneeee0. Onto or Tntoeiro.—The undersigned wieb to return their sincerest thanker to neighbors and friends who were so kind, thoughtful and helpful, in word and deed, in the recent illness and subsequent de mise of our mother, illte. John Jones, It will ever be present with ue as a silver lining to a dark alond. Your" Gratefully, MRs. R. Moromoer, Mae, D. MOW, Mae, G. Enema. WAt HANNA DEORAOED — On Monday night, 170 inst., tat the good old age of 80 years, Wm, Manna, 3rd line of Morrie, Massed away after a few weeks' Climate The deiotn ed bad been a resident on the ferns on whiob he died foe 56 years. Mr. Hanna wan among the first settlers of Morrie r,e and1 ,ad made for himeel a t nom. tnrtable-home 0n whteh hie eon, George resides, ' Like a great many of the ffreb Bottler° be wee noted foe life hospitality. an was bbnest and upright in hie debl• Ingo, Hie wife passed away 13 years ago. Mr. Hanna wan Irish by birth, in religion a Methodist and in politics a Conserv. alive, having voted at the Inst elections. He leaven to mourn hie lose, two eons— George on the bomestead, William, of Michigan and three dauohfete, two In Morrie, end one in. Miobigan — Mre. Brown, who with her eon, William, was at the funeral, when the remains were laid at rest in the MoOrae burying ground. (wroea . Thos, and Mre. Davidson are visiting friends at Fergue. Additional Grey township news an page 4 of thin week's issue, Miss Maggie R zell will visit relatives and friends at Laoknow and Ripley dor• ing the Easter holiday. Assessor McNair bee had a big contract this year owing to the increased work ander the new Assortment Aot. Next Sabbath afternoon n special East or song service will be rendered at the "Union" appoiotmeut, 12th con. The Spring freshet will neoseeitate the outlay of aoneiderable expense to put roads and emelt bridges in condition in Grey township.. Oonooillor Fraser will build an adds. tion to hie home this Sommer and will veneer it with oement. P. J. MoDonald, of Bruesele, will attend to the work. We are sorry to hear that Mise Lizzie Oarr ie not improving in health ae her many friende would wish to sea her bot we hope aohangefor the better will soon 00808. This week W. J, Shiele, 15th con., sold a fine Kaplan oolt, rising 2 yeare, to W. G: Adams, of Silver Corners, for a tidy eam. The atilt is a likely beast and should show some "peed. Donald Orerar, formerly of the Moon. who moved from here to Stratford, has parobaeed a fine farm of 110 aores near Bright, the prioe being $8,000. He has taken possession of his property, and we hope prosperity will ebbe upon hie labors. MR. BERNELex EWERS AWA!.—Saturday of teat week Albert Berfelez, lot 12, oon. 9, paid Nature's debt, aged 06 years. He had been in failing health for some menthe. Mre. Berfeltz pre•deoeaeed him. There are mourning thtee sone, Emil, Frank and Otto, the two latter are away from borne,e Th funeral took pleas on Tuesday afternoon to Cranbrook cemetery, Rev. Mr. Badenberg, of Wal- Iaoe, oanduoting an appropriate service. Deceased was a quiet otraightforward man who bad been a resident of Grey for e good many years. His birthplaoe was Germany, WAR IN THE EAST. At the present oriels of affeire between Russia and Japan a somewhat serious question, se possibly affeoliog the atti• tade of Great Britain, arises, Has France been guilty of a breach of the !awe of neutrality in permitting the fleet of Admiral Rojeetveneky to remain in territorial waters 7 That Japan believes so ie evident from the tone o1 the Japan- ese press, which plainly says tbot by France neutrality has beau completely ignored, that she has actually joined issue with Ramie against Japan, and that it is now necessary for Japan to notify her ally, Great Britain, and obtain bar oo•operation ander the terms of the Anglo•Japaneee alliance,. Against this view the French papers take inane. It is pointed out, first, that France bag never fixed a limit for the stay of belligerenbe in French ports, and, amend, that under the Frenoh law territorial waters mean three miles from low-water mark, that Admiral Roje0t• veneky did not enter this limit while off ltIadagaeoar, and that it has not been shown that he approached within the limit in Indo China waters. Therefore no proof hae been advanced that Franee i0 not observing all the regniremettte of neutrality. Japan and Great Britain formed an allianoe three years ago "to maintain the statue quo and general peace is the extreme East,' and especially to pre• serve "the independence and territorial integrity of Chine and Corea," under an agreement signed January 30, 1902, to oontinue in force five yeare-until Jana. ary 30, 1907. The articles of that agree. meet bearing upon the present situation are these-: Artiole II,—I1 either Greet Britain or Japan, in the detente of their reepeotive interests ae above deeoribed, should bo. mime involved in war with another power (Japan baa gone to wee with Russia) the other high oontreating power (Britain, in this ease) will maintain a ntriot neutrality and use its efforts to prevent other powere from joining in hostilities against its ally. Article IIL—If in the above event any other power (France, for example) abould join in hoetilitie6 g p (bylauding its orfs in Iudo•China for Rojeatvgneky's ase) against that ally (Japan) the other high oontreoting power (Britale) will coma Hs its aeeiobenoe and will conduct the war in common and make peace in mutual ageee• meat wifarth itit , ie Tbue claimed an protest by Japan ban not taken an claimed, orm. Japan bee declared to new zone of defence, the Teepee Straite, whiob wi11 forthwith be mined and olosed to naviga- tion. Thie will probably prevent Ad. meal Rojeetveneky from usingthe outside route to effect an antennae to Vledivootok. Allan Winterton, of Basswood, was borribly mangled Tuesday white drilling for ouppooed depooits of coal in that diotriob, He was dropping a etiok of dynamite into the bole, when it exploded, Both hende and arms were blown off at the elbows, and ono aide of his bead torn away. Dootoro bold oat no hope of his recovery. He ie a single man, With no relatives there. Working at night by the light of a candle, hematitep y pe their em to went kept them batty ell day, two gide Doneeranted a be ick partition wall in their home in T oronto, elven feet high and thirty Woven footloegt laying about them thonsand briek. Rumors of the job got °beet and it well kuown builder visited the work, said it woo au good ae moat wane he'd seen, and ordered hie men to oompleto the remaining nine feet, A. Trip to Cuba. The following interesting lotto was received by Para. John Berry, of Walton, who has handed tt to Tae Po a /OR publioatioo :— DUB FRxEND,—I will try and gi ae you es true a deeoription of my trip to Cube ae possible. To bogie with the firer part of it fr,m Detroit to St. Louis would be of no titterers' to you. Crossing the Onto river at Oaro, Iilanoie, we enter Ke.• talky Scute and here we bade goodbye ,,, the 000W, not with any partiottier regrets. From this oat through Tannases., Mia• oieeippi and Alabama the negro ie very 'nub in eviaeooe, Some say the South hae never got over the war and I no not tbiuk it ever will amount to mooh ae the soil—the foaudation ot any oouutry—ie not there. Cotton eeeme to be their staple prodaob. After riding by train two daye we arrive at Mobtla, a rather pretty oily, situated on a bay .1 the same name and here we set sail fat OURS. Before leaving we had heard some bard things said of the Gulf of Mexico hob it was eurely on He good bebavioar while we were oro0eiog. A gentle roll of its briny deep, porpoise jampiog out of the water, with now and then a fierce locking shark to remind no of the danger of lak• foga bath in these watare. After nearly two days' sailing we arrive at Havanna, paseiag old Marro Castle. It makee one tremble to look at it and think of the horrible crimes oommibted witbia its walla. As we eail op the bay we pies the wreck of the Maine, the blowing np of which wag eappoeed to be the real oaa00 of hostilities between the United Staten and Spain. Oaetiog anchor bore, ae by a pcoaliar coelom all boats most be unloaded by lighters, the doctor comes on boari, the passengers are lined np and those in a healthy condition are allowed to land. Ttaen aomea the custom officer, a very °Maione fellow but harmless, who towing gone through considerable red tate, we were allowed to shore. This beteg the annivereary of the day the Onbans were allowed to assume the government of their country all was in fete and to add to this they unveiled a etaloe of one of their patriots, Marti. Preoident Palma did the unveiling and spoke fora abort time then came Leonora' Gomez with the speech of the day, Next came the flow. ere eaob Cnban dropping a baaoh of the beautiful et the foot of the status till they ware in great piles. It was very pretty but the most beautiful eighty were at night. The prodo, orohiet promenade, was a living mase of people. Thi" walk is over a mile long, on either aide a beautiful row of trees and a oerrfage drive on two aides. There watts over 8,000 carriages around the prod.) that night. Snob fine bones and voaiolee, snob well dressed people and all ablaze with red, white, and bine lights acd the sky "glare with fireworks. I have heard people say wbu have travelled through Europe and America that they had to come to little Cuba to Bee the finest eight s. Havanna ie certainly a beanlifn• city, so clean and bright bot it is not all Oaba. Befog somewhat aced up we deoiled to rest the following day and next nmrniag we started East, our objective poin. being Sanofi Spiritus. The oonntry for Home distance from Havanna is poor bat as the mein moves rapidly etong the hapset ohoogee. Imagine yourself in one week's t' i n rted from the snow r' !m0 Ca n c 0 ❑ w d 'He Of the North to all the epleudore 0' this bropioal clime. I oats bat very impar. featly deeoribe the Baena that burets npon oar view in greet fielde of sugar oene 10 to 12 feet high, orange trees laden with their beautiful yellow fruit, limes, !emono, gabby (col of the latter ie made it jelly, one of the many daintiee of the Cnban table) piueapplea, tobacco and b•oanae. Iam to�d there are over 20 d &Brent varieties from the plantain or evoking banana to the dainty tittle morsel aceroely larger than a lady's fiagar. Tall 0o0oa. nut palms with their great greet) vette in varion° etageo of growth, the taller and more beautiful royal palm with its white tennis and its green teem, from 10 to 12 feet long, waving in the bright aterthine, their great bundles of fruit reedy tc drop in some MOH to feed swine that ugly be near or to decay upon the ground, Stopping over night at Santa Clara, next day we got to Sewell Spiritnv., 225 miles from Havanna. This hi a oily of about 15,000 population with very narrow streets. Hare yon will see the children on the;sbreete, np to 7 ye.rs of ago, aefree from clothing an on th ,ir ada vent into this world, toothless old women going about with a cigar shook between their hardened game, pretty Senoritas in hind their barred windows b sitting bo t n t was to see the Boil of Cube I emme so accordingly the following day four of us, each one astride a Coban pony, eat out and now, with my oxporienoe, let me tell yon that for pare system-nmking gnalitiee a Cuban pony can beat a amber wagon on a oordnroy road. !laving bumped in the saddle all day viewing the different treats of vacant land within mob we arrive at one hotel in the even. ng, hungry and Bore bat with another ay'e experience. Oar plan before re. iring to go still farther on the mor. ow but when the morrow came three of he four were the badly need up to at. smut the journey. Hager to eetemore of bie beantitfl oonntry I presented a guide and a 0ouple Of ponies, or rather a mule and a pony. Wishing to g0 but nine miles that night We delayed starting nail Dix in the evening. Thinking a mule eonld not be worse then happily, 1 mounted the mole and all went lovely. The fine twilight, the gentle breezes, the berry "adioo" of the Oaban, &c,, as on nd on We wont till the tbonght oaddenty truok my guide their wo were toot. I 1 t r ellflt h u it so too. After , av g K aeoly for a while we nt Inst got a solids o lead ne to our objective point. Atter acing for our mounts we were goon to ed and asleep, Wht Could help bat e,Irma ROBERT MILLER, WROXETER, WARDEN OF HURON COUNTY. The gentleman whose portrait is given wae born in Berwiokehire, Scotland, in the year 1841 and 'tame to Canada io 1854 The family looated on land at what is known as Morriobank in the towoabip of Morrie. In 1863 Mr. Miller purchased hie meant homestead, jn0t outside the boundary of Wroxeter on the South, in the township of Tarnborry. The farm was nearly all solid bash at that time bat has by industry and thrift been transformed into arable agree upon which le a very comfortable and oommodioae residence, floe bauk barn, &o. "Oatmoos" is the name by which the farm 0 designated. Mr. Hitler served several years in the Monioipal Connell of Tnrnberry town- ship and was appointed a Lieenee Com. mieeioner for the Beet Riding of Huron at the inception of the Orooke' Ant. He resigned after seven years' service. For a number of years be purohased timber for the Canada Pacific Railway and was also inspector of timber and ties for the same Company, travelling over consider- able of the oonntry. As the years have rolled by Mr. Miller has visited his native land and also spent a few months in the Northwest where he has a number of relative" and many old friende. The occupant of the bigheot honor in the County Ooanoil was fleet e'eeted to that body in 1879, this being the first year ander the present composition of the Council, and has oat continuously since that date so ie well posted on the bueinere of the Co. having served on all the chi,t Oomrnitteee. Laet January he woo e'eoted Warden by acclamation and will do hie beet to keep the pnbiia affairs of old Heron in good ()audition, Warden Miller is a Liberal inhie political pretereooe and a Presbyterian in obarob relationship. His borne io well known for hospitality and geniality in the carrying out of which Mre. Miller and family do their part in manner their gaeet0 never forget. Between bridge baildiog, the nom• pletion of the addition to the House of Refuge and bbe regular County boeineee —to say nothing about a threatened law- suit by Ashfield township—•Warden Mil- ler tae hie hands full this year bat at the name time opportunity is also afforded to "prove his capability to 'tope with the dif- fioaltiee as the obief exaoative offioer of the banner County of the banner Previa. as of this grand Dominion of Canada. sleep after being teased six and a half hours without a halt on the harriaane deok ot a male 7 We were off in good time next morning after a light breakfast, as the Cuban is very sparing of hie mom iug'o meal. We were given the freedom ot the plantation and told to help our. selves to anything eatable in the way of fruits. After testing the oranges, pineapples, bananas and looking at the toba000, sweet potatoes gild Dorn, the latter glazed in the ear almost ready to harvest, we again streak off. Riding for some time we beoame thirsty and atop. ped ate Cuban aback to get a drink of water, This being their dinner time they kindly ineieted on no eating as well ae drinking but I did not eat se I did not like the eurrouodiuge. There wae seven little blank pigs below the table oleo about a dozen hens and ohiokene. One old hen not wishing to oat Lames among eo many oompetitore look a bop on the table. I accepted a cigarette and lett not at all thinking lightly of their hospitality. Riding about 50 mike that again drew at dayWe w a our hotel at Sacti Spiritae to find the other fellows recuperated and planning a trip for the following day. To deeoribe the net of my travels there would tire yon and would be nearly a repetition, Being in four out of the six Provinces of Cuba I eould see nor bear ot no better place than the oonntry out from Sancti Spiritae, eo a000rdingly I selected a piece of land about six miles from thie oily on the prinoipal or telegraph road. On one side is the beantifnl Tonioo river with its banks from 50 to 60 feet high, aoroes the rear is a spring creek, its waters being cool and pure. The soil 0 of a ob000late color. Grass from 8 to 12 feet high le oommou here ',bowing the riohneoe of the Boil. This was formerly a part of an old eager plantation and the rules of on old sugar mill ie yet to be Been. About 80 years ago war and trouble began between the Spaniard and Onben 0o all was let go to ruin in their mad strife, one tried to exterminatetbe other. How pitiful are the tales of suffering told by those poor people 1 The Castilian orown has lost one of its brightest gems and the inter- ference of the United Stales in this war will ever remain to her credit. Cuba, with its temperature not lower than 60 0 above in Winter and ragging to 90 0 the in it are water, its hottest Sommer, e riots soil, its bealbh.giving sea breezes, ire convenience to New York and other American cities, fa bound to be a Fait - able place for the planter and a pleasant plane for time tortiets wiehiog to avoid the ootd Winters of the North, time I will Some other tr and y give you a description of the people, their manners and metome. For the present I will say good-bye, hoping this may find yoa0Oelf, family and all the old neighbors well, I remain, very truly yours, DANIEL MoMIL1AN. Detroit, Mob., April 8th, 1905. The bill for the sale of the Eequimalt & Nanaimo Railway to the Canadian Pe- oilio woe held over by the Railway Com• rnittae at Ottawa. Judgment has been given for the 0, P. R, in the ease referred from the Railway Commission involving the right of the company to oonetreet a branch lint from Toronto to Sudbury, Dr, W. H, Johnston, one of the beet known end meet highly reepooted real• dente of Forgue loeality, died at hie old homein rn m e n Tuesday.daY. ibe was no aotive pnblio oitizon, being Sorgoon•Major of the 80th Battalion, Preeidont of the Horoiou.tnre (Society, Seoretery 0t the Pnblia Library Board, en aotive,member of the Centre Wellington Agricultural Soolety, and until his recent illness was County Commissioner for Fergue die- trfot, Funeral on Friday afternoon from Fergus to Eramoea Union eemetery. A. Conat, of Monroe , Miohigan, we11- known man in State polities, hae been appointed United States Consul at Wind. 00r. The Arthur Hotel, at Wallaceburg, was burned. A very serious fire at the Wallaoebnrg Glees Glave Works is also reported. An nnknowo man called ab the rent• denoe of Benjamin Otelville, near tee village of Rodney, about 80 miles West of So. Thomas, Toeeday night, and demanded money of two old ladies, the o0oapante of the house. Hie request was related, whereupon he beat Pars. Coll - villa terribly. Mre. Elizabeth Lowery, the other oo0upant, come to Mrs. Coll - villa's 000100anoe, when the man chased her into the yard and pounded her to deeth with a "lab, Atter ransacking the hone the men made off. Mre. Oollville is bedly injured. Perth County. Wm. R. Oook, Mitchell, has aooepted a position with the G. T. R„ and left for Port Colborne. The Beaver Minabrele, of Seaforth, will give a concert in the Opera Hall, Mitob• ell, in the near future. 0. J. Moore hae porobased the grooery business of R, W. Davie, Mitchell, and will take posseeeion May let. Walter and Mre. Thomson, of Mitehelt, intend taking a trip to England in Jane, in oonneetion with the Canadian Mann• footurere. The proprietors of Monkton chopping mill have deoided to locate near the station ground instead of on the lot recently purchased. The Eleotrio Ligbb and Waterworko, of Mitchell, will, to the and of the year at leant, be ander sew management, with John Skinner as chairman. Chas. Ward has gold bio handsome property in bite West Ward, Mitchell, (late Holtby's) to Dr. Brown, whiob !coke ae though the letter meant business. Mitchell flax mill has closed down often a very busy 0sason. It gave omplby• meet to quite a number of men and boys, who will now have bo Beek other em- ployment. James (Jonah, of St. Thomas, brother div of Thos. Ooaab, Mitchell, and who lived e in F ollarton many years ago, 00mmitted enioide while his family were out to tea with friende. Mnob sympathy is felt by friende in Monkton for David MoQeigg, brother of J, R., (the railroad oontraotar), who kV, hie wife Sunday evening of last week, by being burned to death in bee home in Brookville, during Mr, MoQuigg'e ab• - 0e0 C00.harles Roos, Who left Mitchell a few months ago to embark in the, printing baoineee in Edmonton, Alberta, ie meet• ing with great 0000008. TWO etaffe, of bends are employed, one for night Red the other for day, and as muoh job work is turned oata week as he need to then out in Mitohell in Mx menthe. A epeoial meeting of Mitoboll council Was bold to disetee the wept end means of providing for the present debt and oarrying on baefusss tot the bounce pf the year. The town oudibore were in, .. (stenciled to make a oompletenndit of the boobs singe the 0tnrting of the improve. manta on the Eleetrio Light end Water Werke Station, in melee to have rho exact 0000 01 the ont)ay,