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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-8-23, Page 1,t. Th Vol, 29, • No, 7 BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1900 W. H, KERR, Prop, Mew Advertisements. Allan Line—W. H, Kerr, Insect powder—Jae. Fox, Half prioe—Alex, Strsohan, Toole for Salo -Jae. Outhill. larveet Exoureions—O.. F, R. Show coming—G. A. Deadman. Pardee farms—Turnbull& Davidson, t z o {b3,�, ��x � � ta, Y3l v tlk. Wednesday morning ,boat 6 o,olook fire was discovered in Livingston's saw. mill, which was completely destroyed, together with the handle and hoop far. tory and eleotrio light plant, and a quanta ity of hoops and handles, IJeadbary.. Nous. -Alf, Dennison haegone bo Manitoba.—A wedding fn this vicinity soon.—Mies Minnie Martin is slowly recovering from her recent illneee.—Mies Mary Smith is visiting. friends in Stella, —Mies Mille Stanzel, who bas been visit- ing here for the past two months, has returned to Cleveland, Ohio. 1lJrit,rtbrook. Theflax mill will- start threshing this week. Tao POST at 25o for the balance ofth e year is a snap. No service in the Methodist ohuroh fast Sabbath afternoon. A wedding in )hie locality is hinted et between now and Christmas. The school bell ding-donged last Man- day again after several weeks of holi- days. Harvesting hae been proceeding slowly owing to the fickle state of the weather. The delay is telling badly on part of the oat arop. Our congratulations are extended, to -W. Cameron in hie manfully passing his exam., on which be reoentiy wrote at Stratford. A new 86 horse power boiler has been ordered from the Waterode firm by Meyers. Oameron for their aider mill and it will be here shortly and put the mill in great shape. Oar boys played football with Ethel last Saturday evening and got the worst of it by 2 to 0. This wae the second game this season and we should have another yet as the first was a tie. Mies Lib. MoLaohlan will leave next week to attend the Millinery Openings at Toronto and will go on from there to her position at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. We wish her a pleasant and sunceeefalseason. Bev. D. B. McRae: left last Monday on a holiday visit to friends in the East. Owing to hie absence there will be no preaching eervioe in Knox aharoh next Sabbath bat on the following Sandal afternoon Mr. McKay, who is supplying Melville aharoh, Brussels, willpreaoh. Grev. Township Council minutes on page 5. The township tax rates are the same as last year. R. M. Douglass, wife and baby were visiting friends in Gerrie this week. Mies Sarah Oode wae the guest of Mies Martha Smith daring the past week. S. B. b raliok arrived home from hie trip to Manitoba on Thareday of last week. Mre. J. J. Vincent, of Thamesville, is visiting her mother, sisters and brother on the 10th, Mrs. Livingston's. Judge Elliott and Mrs. Elliott, of Lon. don, were the guests of John and Mre. Cardiff. The Judge is a brother of the latter. Mre. (Dr.) Ball, Arco and baby re- turned to Toronto on Wednesday after a pleasant visit at H. Ball's and with other old friends. A. new safe has been purchased for Township Treasurer McNair to hold books, papers and oaeh belonging to the municipality. R.- Brown, whose ankle was broken while playing foot ball at Cranbrook a short time ago is getting along as well as could be expected. We oongratnlate John Blake on his axioms in connection with the recent examination. He ie a clever youth and we wish him suooees. Our wheel teachers got back to work last Monday, altbough in than schools the attendance was very' lean owing to the busy times on the farms. Archie Lamont, 7th con., intende sow. ing 43 sores of Fall wheat this Fall. Some say Fall wheat growing does not pay but Mr. Lamont evidently thinks it is all righb. Trus Poor oongratulatee ex•Warden Whoa. Strachan on passing his 70th birth. day. He is a well preserved man and as vigorous aa many at 50 years of age. The Trustees of Fulton's sobool have engaged Mies Gillespie, of Seafortb, as' their teaober for the balance of 1900. She oommenoed her duties last Monday.' We wish her Burmese. The 60 acre farm of David Drou, 4th con., was sold this week by F. S. Soots to Harry Atwood, of the 6th .aon., for the sum of $1,600. Possession le given at onae excepting the buildings. Wm. Slemmon, 10th con„ had to kill one of hie beet oowe and upon opening her found about gallon of black oats and fox tail . Beene mixed with poison. Trouble ahead for somebody. Garden Party ab L. Frain s, Bed con., on Tuesday evening of next week. Tip top mueioal and literary program will be supplied. Proaeede will go to. ward Roe's church renovation. Tho township, Connell is doing a wise thing in offering the ate of the grading machine 10 residents who desire to level the roadside in front of their faring. No doubt agood many will take advautage of the proposal. Mrs, John ]lint,. of Ontario area, Toronto, left for her keine deet week after a visit of five weeks with Mende at Oranbrook, Brunie, Ethel aid the North Boundary. She looks well and enjoys city life. The union Sabbath School meeting in Smith's eohool house bas purchased 20 kindergarten chairs for the use of their primary oleee and other improvements are being made that will add to the oomiorb and interest of the school. GOOD FAUX B01,14.—James Outhill hae sold bie 150 sora farm, South half lot 16, and lot 17, oon, 15, to James Petrie, of the 12th gen., fon'the sum of $7,200. The farm ie in grass and ban been grazed by L. McNeil a cattle. Mr. Outhili is an old and highly e t g ly a roman resident of Gray having reeided here for over 80 years. He and hie wife and daughter will prob- ably locate in; or near Home of the stir- ring centres. We will be sorry to lose him from the 15th. He, retains pones. sion of the house until next March if he desires. - Mee r.r11R. THE POST gives the news. John Clegg bad the stonework at his barn completed this week. Allan Ramsay, of Wingbam, spent Sunday at bis Lathers, let con, Mrs, (Dr.) Ball, of Toroubo, was visit. ingat Edward Bosmw an's last eek. ' har. Genoese and wife, ofBluevafe, spent Sunday at Joe Sellers', 2nd line. . Mrs. Gideon Hood, of Michigan, is here on a visit with relative's and friends. Garden party at Garner Nicholsons, 4th line, on 'Thursday evening of next week. Sam. Ramsay and Miss Garby Watt- Muter,k and at Allam of Walkerton, e S eyed BMW's. Miss Mimmo, of the Sarnia Business College, is the guest of Mrs. Wm. Jamie- son, 8th line. A good many attended the garden party at Sunshine on Tuesday evening of this week. Chris. and Thos. Michie left for Heepeler and Esquesing on Friday morn.' ing of last week. Mies Clara Dayment, of Clinton, is visiting her friend, Miss Mary Turvey, for a few weeks. Tom Johnston visited friends in Wingham on Sunday. We wonder what the attraction for Tom is ? A. few more weddings in the near future in which an. 1 will furnish several of the participants'. Mrs. John Stroud, of Winghsm, spent a couple of days last weeks with her niece, Mrs. John Johnston. George Thornton hae secured s pori. Mon with J. D. Ronald, of Brussels. May moose be yours George. John Miobie and wife left for Saginaw on Monday morning of this week after a few days visiting in this looality. Wm. Thaell, lot 10, oon.1, hae sold his 50 sore farm to M. Kelly, of the same line, price $8,000. Mr. Kelly gets a good farm. Mise May Hinoke, of Monkton, wbo bas been visiting her friend, Aliss Mira Ramsay, for a few weeks, hae gone to Brussels. Mies Jamieson, of Centralia, hae been engaged as teacher in Anderson's scbool, commencing work on Monday. We wieb her mons. Rias. Vinoent, of Hanover, returned to her home on Wednesday last after a month's visit with her parents, Ed. and Mre. Beeman. One of our young men on the let line is contemplating .a trip to Paisley in the near future, to be followed by soother trip or tour—you know I Mre. W. J. Rnenell and son, Jamie, are here from Duluth on a visit. She is a daughter of. George Parker, of Sunshine. They are welcome vieitore. Many of the farmers of the let. con. finished harvesting on Saturday last and now comes the threshing and plowing. Not much rest for the farmer. Harvesting ie going on slowly on ac- count of the heavy rain on Sunday even• ing. Oats are in bad ebape and many of them ere growing in the stook. Thursday afternoon of last week, Allan Adams, whose farm lies West of Bra. eels, on the 5th line, had a bee raising bie barn. The building is sheeted in and will soon have the roof on so ae to bourse the. crop. The township property, viz, the Town Hall and premiere, are now a oredit to the Connoil and ratepayers and with the the new horse sheds make a convenient and oomfortable stopping place for those attending meetings at the Hall. James Wilkinson has bought a fine brick residenoe in Beigrave, owned by William Watson, on the 4th line, and be and bie family will locate there. They will move from the farm about the let of March next and will carry with them the goodwishesof many old friende. Early on Sunday morning the infant eon of T. G. Oampbell, of Winnipeg, died at the home of Edward Beeman, 2ud line. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'olook. Interment being made at Bluevale. Mr. Campbell baa the sympathy of the entire community in this second bereavement. Mrs. Camp- bell died only a month ago. S1100nsa0on Saoxsn.—An enjoyable social, of the garden party order, was held on the grounds of A. G. Einem, 5th line, on Tuesday evening. Tables were set oub•daors and the wants of the inner. man, and iuner•woman too, were well looked after. Rev. M -r. Brown„ the new. pastor, 000upied the chair and guided the proosedings along very pleasantly. The program wee varied and well rendered, being as follows :— Opening chorus ; prayer •, chairman's address ; recitation, Mise Tonle Halliday ; duet, Miss and Mr. Hunter ; instrumental duet, violin and organ, Misses Findlater t solo, Mies Bessie MoColloagh • recitation, Miss Mabel Fisber ; solo, Reeve Thomson, of Brussels ; reading, Mies Irene Clegg ; remarks by W. H. Kerr, of Tali POST ; Soto, Miss Bessie McCullough ; recita- tion, Mies Maggie Soots, of Brussels ; chorue by. scholars ; National Anthem ; Benediction. The prooeede will foot up bo' $25.00 as' the receipts from the tables were about $19.00 and the rotreebmenb tent prate were to he added to that. ly dideverything Seem and (ami Par. M. ti comfort all they could. to add to he oo fo f who attended and the church at Sunshine will be the better of the gathering in nebeesbry improvements. Mre. George Pomona, who hag beep ill for the past three weeks, is slowly re. oovering we are pleaeed to state. Did you ever count up the bachelors pa some of our gonoeseion Ijnee ? It's really a matter to be inquired into bbat in a country with ea many dashing ladles, good housekeepers, &o., deo., that these baohelore don't doable tip, Thie matter might be dieoneoed at the next Munioipal Nomination. Sonoma Dn42n,—The oommunit waa greatly and sadly surprleed to bear of the euddep demise of Mary Ann Matthews, relict of the late William Button, on Thursday afternoon of last week,' She was keeping house for her son. Alfred, at lot 20, 7th line, and had been enjoying-, a fair measure of health,- she did not oars much about eating breakfast on Thareday but wag about during the day and was last seen alive by her grand children about 2.30 and about an hour later was found lying on her bed dead. Heart failure was said to be the cause. Deceas- ed was born in Buckingham; England, and was united in marriage to Wm. But- ton, who pre.dsosased her 18 years, about 55 years ago. They Dame to Canada about 1855 and after living in- Tucker smith townebip came to Morrie wbere they continuously resided. Twelve child- ren were born to them of whom 9 are living, Alfred, Mre. Boots, of Morris ; Mre, Alex, Forsyth, of Brownie ; Mre. Rands and James, in Kinburn ; Fred. at Rat Portage; and Mre. Geo. Smith, of Dauphin,Man., being inthe number. Mre. Button was years 7 5of age, held to the Episcopalian oburoh, and was a kind hearted, neighborly women, who was widely respected. The funeral took plane on Saturday afternoon, interment being made at Bruseele cemetery. Mr. McKay, (student of Bruesele,) conducted an ap- propriate service at the house and grave. Bluevale. Ira Etcher is away on a business trip to Toronto. Earnest Mille, of Clinton, is visiting hie sister, Mn. Snell. There were 40 tickets sold at Bluevale for the excursion to Goderioh. Rev. J. W. Geed:1 omoiated in the Presbyterian aharoh last Sabbath. Mrs. J. Snell hae• returned from an extruded visit to Kinbnrn and Clinton. The evils of a licensed traffic bave been made more apparent of late than usual. Mre. Thos. Evans, of Detroit„ le the guest of her unolee, Joseph and Edward Leech. Mrs, Stroud, of Wingbam, spent a few days with her sister, Mre. Thor, Stewart, last week. Mies Nettie Maxwell, of the Bluevale Road, spent a few days with friends in the village. Mrs. Walter Rutherford ie visiting ber daughter, Mrs. Geo. Pocock, in East Wawanosh. Misses Eliza Messer and Bella Burgess spent Sunday at Jae. Robertson's on the 2nd of Morrie. Robert Aitoheson was badly kinked with a horse at Wm, Maxwell's, wbere he was working. Mies Nellie Biekle has returned from a visit with her aunt, Mre. Geo. P0000k, East Wawanosh. Mies May Powell, of Toronto, and Mies May 'Powell, of Turnberry, visited Geo. McDonald's last week. Rev. E. A. Henry, of the Presbyterian ohnrob, Brandon, wag a visitor at the parsonage and manse last week, Mrs. Mooney, of Adrian, Mich., and Mrs. Cornish, of Mitchell, are visiting with their sister, Mre. D. Lewie. All were anxious and some disappoint• ed when the result of the recent examin- ations was published on Saturday deet. Wm. and Mre. Johnston and little daughter, of Saginaw, Mioh., are visiting Mr. Johnston's sisters, Mrs. Walter and Mre. Arob. Patterson. School began on Monday. Merry Ilttle• people wbo have been a Bonne of great comfort, eliding down the banister, fall• ing into the ofetern, chasing the neigh. bore' chickens and Doming home from the swimming hole with mud in their ears and holes in their olotliee, and all juvenile reoreatione, which well regu. lated parents recognize and duly appre- ciate, ars now required to obey the school bell's call and give up to a certain extent these innocent vacation doings. Ftlrel. A wedding on the tapir. School re•opened last Monday.• Mire Elia DIlworth has a new bike. Will. Rupp and wife returned to St. Thomas this week. Several talk of going to the West on the exoarsion on the 28th int. Some from this locality will attend Toronto Fair which starts next week. Harvest Home and Fowl Sapper in the Methodieb church on Thursday even., ing of this weak. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett and family, of Listowel, were visiting relatives in this locality last week. Miss Lida Hall returned to ber school at Leamington last week atter an enjoy able holiday in Ethel and vioinity. A question we very often hear Met now is : Where do so many of our young men from 16 to 21 years of age obtain intoxi• oating liquor, even daring prohibited hours? George Hall and wife left for their home in Aberdeen, Dakota, this week. Tbey will visit relatives in Toronto and locality while en route. To Tian Poser—•Uranbrook and Ethel played a friendly game of foot ball last Saturday night, in which Ethel won by two goals. The Ethel boys thick they may met as well play the Listowel Marlboros' next for Cranbrook played the cream of the Marlboros' on Saturday, W. Bentley got a few hot shote, but they will have to get them red.bot so that whenhe stops them they will burn bie hands, for he is almost certain to atop them unless he gets them that way. Cranbrook boys say they want to play Ethel for $25 on Brussels grounds. Ethel boys were never known to take a stump eo that all Cranbrook has to do le to name the date and we will be there. Geo. Dobson referred the game. ONE' 05' 21110 TRAbt. Rev, D. B. MoRae le away on a boll. day visit to bie old home lo Glengary. W. Bernath, wife and children,- of St. Thomas, are visiting relatives andfriends here. Ethel' cheese factory received 11 Dente for tbeir cheese at the last sale, a cent higher than other faotoriee, Hugh Cunningham is the salesman, At these prima farmers should patronize. Amman Revone.-A well contacted game of foot ball was played- in D. ai Ms ilne field lust Saturday eve ng be. )ween Ethel and Cranbrook. The play was feet from start to Anieh and resulted in a victory for the home team by two goals to nope. Geo. Deism referred the gaFasme• o Gable.—Lae) 'Saturday evening the return B'oob Ball match with Oran. brook wae played with our team here before a good sized orowd of epeobatore. It was a 25 minute game each half and resulted in a shore of 2 to 0 in favor of Ethel. George Dobson was the Referee and gave good eatisfaotian, Good ball was played throughout bat the visitors were not in it with aur whirlwinds, al- though they fought every inch of the way in Lha hope of victory, The teams lined upas follows :— Emann 00Ananoott Routley - Goal ....,.... Pearson Lewis J Osbor Rupp } Barka {. Gatnor Ocie Oalder Bishop 1s Backe Inaba o QIuerrin McRae Holley McNair 1 T Lindsay Stein Stavenaou Forward Oameron Li sa Ritthle. w ad Y O nerrin F Oa ter R The first game, which wae played at Cranbrook, was a tie. Saturday night's game wae kinked in D. Milne'e field here. Walton. Our ohseee wae shipped this week. The new buildings here are ready for the brick. Rev. Mr. McKay, of Brussels, preaohed in Duff's church last Sabbath, Thie week Rev. Mr. Sabine and daugh- ter, of Otterville, formerly of Walton, were visiting here. Oaxr.—Thareday of last week Mrs. Jno. Hewitt, an old and well known resident of Walton, passed away to her reward in her 80th year, after a some- what lengthened illness. Her maiden name wae Hannah Button and along with her husband, who died 5 or 6 years ago, settled here years ago and were highly reepeobed. There was quite a family of children but only Mrs. W. H. Sholdioe, on the homestead, and Mr. Hewitt, of Seafortb, are located near by. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon, the remains being taken to St. George's ohuroh, Rev. G. J. Abby, in. oumbenb, oondnoting an appropriate eer- vioe, his text being "Behold the bride. groom cometh, go ye out to meet him." Interment wae made in the churchyard alongeide Mr. Hewitt, The pall bearers were : — Messrs. Bolger, Hamilton, Smith, Christopher, 8holdloe and Soar - lett. A. rather strange ooinoide noe was the fact of the decease of Mrs. Hewitt's eieter-in-law,, Mrs. Wm. Button, of Morrie, on the same afternoon and both funerals took plane on Saturday after- noon. Mre. Hewitt was a kind neighbor, a good wife and an indulgent mother and her decease is another severance in the chain of the old people of this locality. Wroxeter. Fordwioh new eohool building has the roof on now. Rev. Mr. Garbut, of Gordo, paid our visit a call last week. Walter Davideoo, of Balmore, ie in the village for a few days. B. H• Townsend, our Editor, was in Durham over Sunday. Mies Wendt, of Mildmay, is the gaeeb of bis brother, John Wendt. Messrs. Patterson and Taylor, of Wing. hem, were in town on Tuesday. Arthur Robinson lett last Saturday for Eden Grove, where he is teaching.. G. Barton, of Balmore, was the guest of Wm. Wilson, Mill street, last week. Wm. Lane, of Balmore, left for Van. oouver and the Klondike on Tuesday.. Rev. Mr. Sabine and hie daughter, of Otterville, were the guests of John Bray. Rev. Mr. Sabine preached at the 3 appointments last Sunday for Rev. Mr. Lake. • Jno: and Mrs. Davideon left for Mos. koka on Monday to spend their Summer holidays. Miss M. Mann, of Teesweber, ie the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Geo. Allan, of the C. P. R. station. R. Bleck bas abut down hie mill and is putting in the wheel lately purchased from near Dungannon. Mrs. Kerr and eon, Morias, of Ham. hag, were the guests of Mrs. Allen, Howiok street, last week, Archie Moffatt, who bus been laid up eine the let of July, has oommenoed work in bis blaokemith shop. Mrs, Gilpin and daughter, of Stanton, Mioh., who have been visiting in the vicinity for sometime, left for their home last week. Mise Jean Murray, of Wellesely, and David Murray, of Mornington, were the guests of Messrs. Allen and Munro on Howiok St., last week. W. 0. Hazlewood and family attended the funeral of Mr. Hazlewood, at Clif- ford, on Taeeday. Mr. Hazlewood'e store was Wooed here that day. Alf. Haistie, of the 2nd of Turnberry, has the brink work of hie dwelling ready for the carpenters now. This will be one of the floret 60 aore farms on the line when be gets bis dwelling completed.. The Evangelioal Methodists at Kurtz- villa, have pnrobaesd the atone Menonite ohnrob property end arrested a driving shed, 90 x 20 feet. They also gave the ohuroh a coat of paint wbiob adds to the appearance', of Kartzville. Fred. Thompeon, a London ofggar- maker, was struck by a sarin Tneeday night and severely injured. Robert Hobson, Secretary of the Ham. ilton Steel &.Iron Company, has reoeived a letter warming the rumor that hie brotber, Jack Robson, is being held a prisoner by the Boers, THE TWIN CiTIES, DIMUTO AND >;Ut'1t1110431. To sae Editor o1 Tam Poste Duluth and euperfor, often called the twin oftlee ab the bend of lake Superior, are. two very important centres. I shall en.. Beaver. to outline a few prints that I hav°. hotioed denim my sojourn in tbeeo allies Which perhaps may be or Woven to some o the t ortolan= re is o o Tam P0811. one Summer over Here la certainly a Qool our and warm n4aclays ss e 0 exception.doo Io sae safely bet said than r, a eon] t and d &leerier resort in Bummer, 1, Th and pr rrange without 05 a rival, with temporal -dm of about 0r0. I5 too 8tonally g aes avto of the instances It oheu 11 pally coed to 000,but the tuetanoee wheudt has exceeded that very rare. I see by Tun Pon that the weather iu Bruseole hae recently been a 805roher, Here we have only had a couple of days of warm 'weather, when the they urometer indicated 000 in the shade. Dur- ing the exceptional warm days, lb was rumored that some of the "Menke" wore obliged to feed chopped loo to their hens to prevent them from laying hardboiled eggs. Duluth, the zenith pity of the unsalted laies,bas 8 population of about 00 00J. It is picturesque, being built along very steep bine and rocks. When one reaohee thie eiby he will at once notice the usual hustle of animportant city. The retail business houses are mostly located on Superior street and 80m0 of the eboras remind one of the large department etoree of Obiongo, although, ofcourse, the stores here are on a entailer Beale, but nevertheless up to date in evexyrespeob. Duluth affords many 11,laoee or interest and attraotiou to the tourist. I shall enumerate a few planes that I have visited. The incline railway, extending from Superior street and 7th Avenue to the topof b D hie the hill bbk of ed b, is something Thethaheight not be -,missed shoat 0hy sb,vit e The 1ghtisur uoy be nm 500 fent, the view 011 ,clear clay -berg.. 0t the t and one, incline n 11 remembered. on pal top of this ind Su railway are pavilion, palm gar- den and Bummer theatre, and on Summer nightsrest and refreshment can be enjoyed to the strains of orohestral ranee,or at the Vandevllle theatre ou the recon,floor of the pavilion the best attractions may be seen. The boulevard is a beautiful drive along the crest of the hill and is. about 950 feat above the lake level. The length is about seven miles, the Western approach being through Lincoln Park at 25th Avenue Wert and the Eastern at 15th Avenue Hast. English brakes, buckboards. tally bo and carriages for the drive can be found at the leading hotels. I consider this drive the first drive I ever had the pleasure of taking, Minnesota Point is a remarkable formation of land which makes the finest harbor on the great lakes, The Point is about feu miles long, and mi average width o1 500 feet, It is formed entirely of sand and partly covered with trees and under growth. It is a great resort for hundreds of campers during the season, and as a clean. andpleasantplace for pie -aloe and camp fres it bas no equal anywhere. The bath- ing facilities here are excellent, and a trip down one of the chutes is a most venture- some one. The Point may be easily reach- ed by taking the Lake Avenue care going Bast on Superior street, wbioh oounoot-at the canal with the Minnesota Point cars. The London road is a favorite for all biayols riders. It skirts the shore of tee great lake, commencing at Stb Avenue Bast and extending about four miles and terminating at Lester Park, where is located the Governmentlieb hatchery, always interest- ing to visit. This park is situated on the beautiful Lester river and is about six miles fro m the business centre and oan be reaoh- edin forty minutes by the Lakeside oars, going East on Superior street, wbioh runs every twenty minutes. Lincoln Park, a charming pia-nlo ground ou the bank of Miller's Creek, 080 be reached In Aftson minutes on Joest Duluth oars. Zenith Paris is another Park on an island ha St. Louie river and can be remelted by boat, or by street oars to West Duluth and terry from there, A. delightful trip by boat is up the 8t. Louis river to Fond do Lao. Along this river one finds a ooatioued enoaeseiou of most charming Bestiary. Tne trip to Fond du Lao is the ideal o1 all amateur photo. graphers. Another trip by boat is "Bound the Horn." The boat passes through the canal into Lake Superior, returning throogh the Superior entry, bringing the excursion baoktbrough the bay with a fine view of the cities of Duluth and Superior, the home of the whaleback. Another trip ie to St Louie Bay, where is located two of the largest ore docks in the world, with s oapao- ity Of loading twenty of the largest steam- ers at once. This Is reached by passing through bhe new bridge, oonneeting Dnlath and Superior, which has a span of 491 feet, Weighing 1800 tons, the third heaviest draw- bridge In the worldand operated entirely by elenbricity. Duluth is well supplied with good hotels. The Spalding Hotel is the best situated in the heart of the business district, near the Union Depot, and but a moment's walk from the docks and steamboat landings, its oonvenionoe of looatioo is unsurpassed. Among thenoticeable features of the Spalding is the spacious and comfortable lobby, one of the handsomest in the West and the beautifully decorated dining room on the 7th floor, with its profusion of palms and potted plants. A recently added feature of the hotel is the sun par- lor and observatory from which one of the finest panoramas in the country is in view, including the oity of Duluth, its massive elevator's, fine buildings and superb harbor, her sister pity of Superior in the distance and the greatest of great lakes. The ouisine at the Spalding is in keeping with the high ohmmeter of the betel, and careful attention ie paid to those alight details that add so greatly to ones pleasure and comfort in the de- partment of gastronomy. This hotel, as well as some of the other hotels, enter- tains annually hundreds of hay -fever suf. fevers who make regular pilgrimages to Dnlath and to the forest , regions of Northern Minnesota and Wisaonein. Tae forme of hayfever are routed by the exhilarating breezes of Luke Superior and the baleam•laden atmosphere of the pineries. Fortunately for the sufferers, the flowering plants whoes pollen is the immediate cause of hay -fever, are not found in bbd Lake Superior region, ae they are Maher South. The city of Duluth has a good water enpply. A new pumping station wae oompleted in 1899 at Lakewood, about eleven miles from Lbs Spalding, along the lake shore. An unlimited supply of cold, pure water is now obtained and the effect on the public health is ebown, so I am told, in the lessened frequency of zymotio dinners. Delnth's death rate ie as low as that of any oity lo ,the United States. These, Mr. Editor, are in brief a few pointe of interest that one meets with on a visit to Duluth. I shall now prooeed to describe Superior city. Superior is a growing pity of about 85,000 inhabitants, situated at the extreme Weetern end of Lake Superior ; He commerce, manufao- taring and population have inoreased eteadily for toupees. It is the emend oily in Wisconsin in population, and first in lake aommeroe. Ten years ago Superior lake oommeree amounted to 880,000 tete, In 1899 it e:zoeeded 4,8871, 000 tone, During )life year private jm• provements exoeediug $4,000,000 were be. gun. The location of Superior is an ad- mirable 005 for the reason that it is over 800 mime nearer the grain fields of the Northwest than Chicago, and is rapidly forging ahead es a distributing point for the eutiro Northwest. I1 is almost in. erodible that snob a young city should do as mnoh marine business as Borten or New Orleaue and yet such is the truth, Superior is the natural outlet for all the mutiny lying Westof Lake Superiorerior and extending as tar se the Paolfio ocean. Improvements in this city have been'go• ing on eteadily. At no time in the hie - tory of Superior has there been as much solid advancement se during :the year 1899, Perhaps the largest Bingle ad- dition to Superior was the new eteel ele- vator of the Great Northern Railway at West end. The same road has oleo built einoe then a manatee ore dock, The Superior shipbuilding company built the largest dry dook on the great lakes. Another new industry was also added io the shape of the big factory of the North. weeteru Grass Twine Company. The new steel elevator of the Great Northern Railway is the largest grain elevator in the world. Ib is 870 feet long, 120 feet wide and 280 feet high. Its oapaoity ie 6,000,000 bushels. Twenty million pounds of steel was used in its nominee - Mon and its net wae about $2,000,000. The new oral Book built by the Northern PaaifioRailway, is one of the finest on the great lakes. It is 1,080 feet long, 308, feet wide, filled solid with sand and has a oonorete floor. This is a new feature in dooke and this is the only one of its kind in the world. In ease of fire among the coal piles, the nook will not burn. It has a storage oapaoity of 160,000 tone of ooal. Superior has s good water supply and takes its water from 80 drive wells on the shore of Lake Superior, aorose the bay ou Minnesota Point. The wells are six inch wrought iron pipe driven 20 to 40 feet in the sand. From these wells the water is drawn through a 24 inch pipe nnder Superior Bay to the pumping station. The water 000taioe iron in solution, which, when exposed to the air, is deposited in reddish flakes. To remove this trouble, the company has bail) a slow sand Alteration plant, Tbey also have an aerator of perforated steel plates wbiob allows the water to fall in finely divided streams, thus gaining oxygen, which will preoipitate the iron. From the aerator the water passes to the filters wbere the iron, bacteria and other im. purities are removed. The hotels of Superior are good ones. The beat is the West Superior and its reputation is aeoond to none in thio Western country. The buildings in this oily are not as palatial as those in Duluth, bat its streets are wider and its location le "superior" to that of Duluth. The educational interests of Superior are unsurpassed by any pity in the North. west. There are well oonduoted Public school's with modern buildings and modern applianose wbiob must have oat thousands of dollars. There are two well equipped High schools and a State Normal school. I had the pleasure of visiting the latter. This year the en- rollment of pupils was 400. In connec. tion with this school ie a training de. partment of 200 children. The library of the eohool oontains about 4,000 volumes. I oonld enlarge a good deal on my de- soriptione of Superior city, but as space in your paper is limited, I mast now draw to a conclusion. In my next letter I hope to be able to give you an opinion on Manitoba and other Western points. Remaining as ever, Yours truly, Da. F. H. $ALn1'n isoa. THE CROPS IN ONTARIO, The estimate of the orope in Ontario for 1900, as prepared by the Bureau of industries, is of the most eatiefaotory nature. In all standard grains the yield per aore is reported to be above the aver- age for the poet eighteen years, and with the exception of peas, which, owing to the ravages of the pea weevil, are not as largely cultivated as on the average for 18 years, the aoreags of the various orope has either increased or remained about the same as last year. The yield of the various grains this year above the aver- age per aore for 18 years is as follows :— Fall wheat, 1 bushel ; Spring wheat, 2d ; barley, 2.2 ; oats, 2 ; peas, 2 ; beans, 3.1 bushels. AOR1Anxe AND 20150D. The estimate of the crop as based upon appearances on the 4th of Augnet ie sum- marized as follows, the acreage being final and the yield, except in the case of hay, being alibied to revision from actual threshing results :— Fall Wheat—Shows an area of 1,068,. 640 mores harvested, the estimated yield being 22,812,293 bnabel's, or 21.8 bushels per aore. In 1899 the yield from 1,049,- 601 aoree was 14,439,827 bushels, or 18.8 bushel's per aore. The average annual yield for 18 years was 18,220,140 bushels, or 20.1 per acre. Spring Wheat — An area of 876,905 aoree, yielding 6,728,927 bushels, or 17.9 bushel's 'per acre. In 1899 the yield was 7,041,817 bushels from 898,726 acres, or 17.7 bushels per aore. The average of 18 years is 16.4 bushels. Barley—The area in 1900 is 577,810 acres with an estimated yield of 46,296,• 882 bushels, or an average of 28.2 bushels per acre. Last year an average of 80.2 buebels prodnoed a crop of 14,880,891 bushels. The annual average has been 16,157,273 buehela or 26.0 bushels per aore. Oats—Yield 88,800,160 bushels from 2,898,884 aoree, this average being 86.8 bushels per more. Thie is a small Sari. ation from 1899, but the sonnei average of 18 years wae 67,181,824 bushels or 84.8 per aore. Itye—An seepage of 142,218 yields 2,. 878,856 bushels, or 16,7 bushels per are. Peae—The area again falls off, and gore below the average of 18 years. In 1900 th ere were 661,592 sorra, producing 14,- 288,307 bushel's or 21.6 baehele per acre, In 1899 the area was 748,139 aoree and in 1808 it wag 866,051 Gores, The anneal aysrageis 19.6 beabete per aore. Beane—Show an increase area, the 44,- 063 Bores giving an estimated Orop of 897,862 bushels or 20 4 beabele per aore. Sbe annual average le 17.3 bnebgja, Hay apd Clover—Show a Slight crease in area, but the yield is below .14(4 average; The yield is estimated ae 3,, 130,040 tons, or 1,24 tons par aore, while' the annual average is 1 80 tone. Other O rot—The fellowlng aoregoe bave been deerminedlor orope for 01101, no estimated yield can be made at preh- eat :—Corn for husking, 880,772 ; corn for eilo, 179,798; buokwbeat, 102,670`; potatoes, 163,754 ; maugele, 64,543 ; oar• rots, 10,820 ; turnips, 156,583 ; rape, 05,, 721 ; flax, 5,790 ; bops, 1,090 ; tobaooq, 2,477 ; orchard and garden, 839,411 ; vineyard, 10,687. Apples give au estimated yield of 87,. 455,245 berhals, or 2.8 bushels per tree of ,. bearing age. ` Live stock on-band—Horess, 617,309 ; cattle, 2,429,830 ; sheep, 1,797,218 ; doge, 1,771,641 ; poultry, 9,541,241, ootids, The clip of wool was 5,805,921 p The number of colonies of bees on haus was 217,425. The aoreags of the toba000 amp, which is oonfined mainly to the Oonntrea ot, Essex aol Kent, is larger, than that of Met.ear. The plant bas FI'n ares oonsid, erably from raiand also from attache of the "worm," but as correspondents wrote a oonsiderable improvement has Donned in the conditionof the orop, good yield of potatoes le lookat 0 1 A p Ir although the beetle has been present in unusually large numbers. -Late planted varieties promise better than those pat in earlier. All °lasses of roots at the time of re. porting gave promise of being of fair quality. The season has, on the whole, been a fair one for fruit. Winter apples are not bearing ae abundantly as the early var ietiee, and plums are scarce, and the reports of pears vary considerably, but all other fruits, large and small, are abundant. Dairy produotion generally has been up to the mark, and butter, being roarer, brings a better price than anal. Gener. ally speaking, there will be plenty offod- der for the Winter. Reports from the beekeepers estimate the average yield of honey at between 35 and 40 pounds, Spring count. Perth County. There are many oases of typhoid fever •- in Stratford. Jacob Pauli, butcher, Ontario street, is in the hospital with this disease. . Her many friends will regret to bear that Mrs. George Leversage, widow of the late County Treasurer, ie very ill in Woodstock with oanoer. Rev. and Mrs. Oookmaa, of Salford, - had s runaway recently. Tbey were both thrown out and the latter had three - ribs broken and reoeived other serious - internal injuries. The former was badly bruised. William Linklater, B. S. A., son of Mr. Linklater, of Stratford, and a recent graduate of the Ontario Agricultural College, has reoeived the position of man. ager of the extensive farm of Capt. Mc- Master, near Cornwall, and will leave shortly to sesame his dutiee. Mr. Link. later is a praotioal young man and 'should make a amen of farming. General Secretary J. M. Graham and the Stratford Y. M. C. A. boys who have been clamping at Grand Bend returned home on Saturday night. There were in all 27 members at the camp, though all of these did not stay the whole two weeks. The °ampere had a good time and have Dome back healthier and happier from their outing. W. Anderson, an employee of the Ellice peat works, had the misfortune to break his leg in two planes on Monday. He, with a companion, was lowering a - large shafting wheel, weighing about a ton, by s block and tackle, when the chain became loosened somehow letting the wheel fall. His companion escaped but Anderson, wae pinned to the ground. When the wheel wae removed, he was brought to Stratford where a dootorfound that bis right leg was broken in two places below the knee. He was removed - to the hospital and is now doing as well as oan be expeoted. Elma township Council met in Atwood, August 0. J. A. Tremain wag paid $200 on gravel contract. Messrs. Crowley and MoDonell were paid $1,800, part aontraot of Boyle drain as certified by engineer. By-laws Noe. 417 and 418 levying township and eohool rates for 1900 were passed. J. Roger was paid $180, contract of cement abutments for . steel bridge con. 4. The Reeve and Clerk were authorized to eign the agree• meet between Elma and Ellice, re Elma vs. Ellice, and the Clerk was authorized to attach the corporate seal to the same. Morpby and Oarthew were paid 43150 on account of fees Ranney vs. Elms. By-law No. 412, being the Peat Drain Bylaw, was finally passed. Mr. Smith voted against the motion. Orders were issued for the payment of a large number of mounts. The report of the engineer in the Turnbull drain wae adopted and the Clerk wae authorized to have a By-law prepared in a000rdanoe with said report, Council adjourned to meet again at the call of the Reeve. (Nota,—The rates for this year only vary from last year in the township rate being one mill higher,) Typhoid fever ie prevalent at Brant. ford. Sir Maolteozie Rowell hag gone to Newfoundland. Gerald Sifton and Walter Herbert. were committed for trial at, London on the oharge of murdering Joseph Bifton. Shang Clark pleaded 'guilty before Judge Clark at Hamilton, to charges of burglary and was amnestied to five year's in penitentiary. The returning Canadian eoldiere on the Lake Ontario, wbioh is expected to arrive on Friday, will land tbo men at Quebeo, whence they will be gent to their different hula' by the Government,