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The Brussels Post, 1901-5-16, Page 1
Vol. 29. No.. 44 bit RIJS$ELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1901 W. H. KERR op. New Advertisements. Coming—T,P Smith Wool.—Robt. �r ham. Looal—Robb. Thomson.. Strayed—John Wortley. For sale—Robb. Menzies, Cash for Wool -13• Gerry, Money lost—G, A. Deadman, Court of Revision—F. S, Scott. Court of Revision—Wm, Clark. Court of Revision—Wm. Spence. New Millinery—MOKinnpn & 00, Notice of Transfer—Wm, Blaehill.. �Irr'y,r.t1Y.iy�Nrr� � A p M^s . L-F©nfrves 0herles Rem bas purchased a plana caged organ front J, Gardner, of Listowel. We think the next will be the lady. The land belonging to the former hotel at Henfryn hag been sold by Mre. T. Hall of Madera, to Janne Longmire who owns the adjoining farm. I3ellg'ra.vto. Mr. Oraneton will preach in the Pres. byterian church ,next Sabbath. It •ie expected that the pastorate will be filled shortly as tbie eeeme to be the mind of The oongregotiou. Election affairs Dome up for 000eeional controversy here owiug to the proposed bye election in the West riding. Mr. Gamow should win without mach diff• auity if the Liberals touse thew elem. At the Quarterly eervioo of Um Aabtleld circuit at Raokett'e church, May 6th, a reception servioe was held at whiohthe pastor, Rev. F. J. Oaten, formerly of Belgravia, reported that during the year 92 had united with the church upon pro feesion of faitb and 8 by letter. 1f31utivalet. Geo, and Mrs, MacDonald were visit. nog at Molesworth, Wesley Denman was home from Wing. tam with the grippe. Albert Porter, of Wingham, was in Blnevale on Setnrday. John Petereon, of Molesworth, vieited friends in the village this week. R. G. and Mre, Casemore, of Fordwiob,` visited relatives in Blaevale last week.- Wm. eek.Wm. Jewitt shipped a Jar of hogs to Palmerston from thio station oo. Therm 8 MiBarbara e e Mies Ba and Rev. Robt. Thyme, of Souris, Mau., are visiting relatives in the village. The meeting in tbe interests of the Palmerston Cooperative Pork factory will be held in the Oounail Chamber, Wingbam, on Tneaday evening, 21at fust,, instead of Bluevale ao as to gait a large nnmber of farmers North and West of here. A Thedtord correspondent writes of a former Metbodiet pastor of Blnevale as follows :—"At the last meeting of the dilate' board of Thedford circuit, tbe presentpaetor,Rev, J. W. Pring, wag no. aoimouely invited to return for another year, and $60 additional was voted to hie eatery." C e-u.n le re et k. Dave McNair and Tom MoRae, of Oranbrook, are on one wing of Stratford Football team. They will keep their op. portents hustling ''whoever they may be. Norms —All persons having property in Oranbrnok cemetery are requeated to meet on Wednesday, 29th inst., at the said burying ground' in order to nee their property left in good order. BY Orman or TRE TRusvrae, John and Harvey Hunter attended` the funeral of the late Mrs. Ile Moore laet Burnley at Trowbridge. She was a former resident of Cranbrook, being a daughter of Ales. Hunter, now of Brum eels, Her deoease ie greatly regretted. Wednesday afternoon of this week Jae. Sinclair and Mies Lizzie Bothwell, both well known residents of this tonality, were united in marriage ab the home of Mrs. A. McNichol, Brussels, by Bev. Jno. Rose, B. A. They will oontinne to reside in the neighborhood. A oow belonging to George Sperling bad the ill look to break a leg. Under ordinary oiroametanoee the bovine would be slaughtered hut oar local "Dr." set the injured limb and the haat report your correspondent had was that Booty was likely to get roundall right. If this onre is effected all right we will look for a shingle being hong out at the pomp works. Nmwer Lemma FROM A OnANnaomaYo.- Dear Sir,—Would like to renew bey eubeoription to Tun Pon and will find enolest& 96.00. THE Poeta was a weloome visitor to me while at the Coast. I find mytelf lost without it einoe I have come up in the mountains. I left Westminster two weeks ago with the intention of going to Nelson, B. 0., bet while on the way down I obanoed to meet the manager of the Fred. Robinson Lumber Company, Compile, and got a job with him as ehippor so declined to go to Nelson. .The Fred. Robinson Lumber Co. also have mills at Revelstoke.Business le very brisk with them just now. Lumbering and mining are the prinoipal industries of thispiaae. Oomaplix he a great min. hog centre and they have made some very riot strikes berg, Otte claim was sold for 960,000 and come are holding their claims at 976,000. Hundreds of mamma are within fifteen Miles of here, some being the richest etrikee that have been made in British Columbia, Oomaplix is 8 miles loom the South branch of the 0. P. R„ ou Arrow Lake, The Lamber Co, run a boat from Oomaplix to Arrow Head twioe a day and we ship all our lumber on barges. They hold ttotn 2 to 8 oars of lumber, The care are put on the barge and are towed to the railroad by the Lumber Oompany'a steamer. We expeot a railroad to some through here tbis Bummer, and it it does ibis will certainly be a One country as there is every inducement .fora road to some M. I And the people very sociable here as they are nearly all Ontario people. Mr. Robinson, manager of the Lumber Co., name tram Barrio, Ont, The only thing I mite here ie a oheroh i meetings are bold in the Lumber Co'e boarding house. '.t'be meetings are not very Weil attended and I was eurprised when I went to oliurre last Sunday evening toiled so smell a congregation, only 17 people, inolnding myself, bat in regard to the people I rand nay I•bave Ween a great deal worse where they have oburohee.. This is all I know of Oomaplix at present but will give you mote information later on when I make my fortune, 1 will 01000 with kindest regards to all. R. F. Smog, Oomaplir, Party 8, 1901. Nome BY EmTOR.-We will oerbainly be Pleased to hear from 181r. Steime again even before he completes bis fortune making. Hie eubeoription is now paid to close of 1903. arae tee S'COwait . A11 of our farmers have finished seed. lag. Geu. Eukmier has purohasee it floe piano. Will. Wright, of Bruges's, spent Met Tuesday evening at hie, tome at Morrie. bank. Mre. Mafiigan has built a Page wire fence along the road and around her. lawn. She is adding great improvements to her terra. We notice that 'Ed.g eon of Alex. Bryant', is one of the hnetlere in the for. ward line of Goderioh Ooilegiate Incite tote football' team. He's quite an outlets, J •bo Grainger has sold his 100 aore farm to Mre. Sharpin at the handoome figure df 95,000. Mr, Grainger intend, living on the farm until next Fall then he oontemplatee spending the met of tie daye.In the town of Wingham. Lead bretry, TEA MaiTma.—The Bethel church people will hold their annual Tea -meet- ing on Thursday evening May 23rd, A good program is being prepared. Tea served from 7 to 8 o'clock, Onrroaot c —We have this week to notice the death of en old inhabitant of the 12th line MoXillop in the person of Mre, John Crozier, who departed this lite on May 6th atter a few months illness with a oom plioation of diseases. We. Crozier was born in Selkirkahire, Scotland, in 1829 end emigrated to thte errantry in 1866, moving on the Leadbury line in 1857 in which place ate lived aootinnonely till removed by death. Her maiden name was Christian Rae. She was married to John Crozier in the old land, wbo with her hatband two of her own brothers and a sister were carried to America in a veil- ing verset called the "Orient", the trip taking 5 weeks and 4 days. Mr. Crozier pre deoeaeed her 24 years they had nine of it family, 5 of whom are dead. There still remains John and Mary Crozier on the homestead, Mre. Arthur Galbraith, of Ma$illop, and Mrs. James Bacon, of Melita, Men, The only remaining mem. bers of her family are John Rae of the 14th line and Mary Rae, of Fargo, North Dakota. Mre. Crozier was a kind, good natured woman always ready to lend a helping band in time of sickness and trouble. In religion she was a Presby- terian. Her remains were interred. in Brneeele cemetery on Tuesday May 7th, Rev. Mr. Musgrave conducted the, funeral serviaea. The pall.bearere were James end Thomas Davidson, John Dundee, Edward Drisooll, Baml. MoPherson and Alex Roes. • VIMei1, Seeding ie through. Council meeting on Monday 27th. The 24th will be a pabtin holiday. Rev, Mr. Curry will occupy his own pulpit next Buuday evening. Our teacbera will attend the Conven- tion at Wingham on Friday of this week. The ()ober' Carriage Factory shipped seven new baggies to Beatorth last Bat. nrday. A number from ibis locality talk of Melting the Pan-Amerioan Exposition at Buffalo. A new wire fence has been put up at the Jesse Wilbee farm making quite an improvement. Silos will be put' np this year by Harvey Dobson and David Milne and the modern style of stocking teed will be adopted. Mrs. S. S. Cole will take part in the program of the Woman'' District Mia- eiouary meeting at Brussels next Wed- nesday. Other Ethelitee will %leo at tend. Invitations are oat for the marriage of Mise Lyda Hall, a well known young lady of this village, and Mr. Maero, of Toronto, the ceremony to take plane here on Fri. day evening of next week. A Jno. L. Sullivan combat was on deok here over a. fair meiden, it is said. When nine girls are so plentiful wbet 1t' the nee of that kind of squabble? Don't you know boye that the poet says; - "Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes. Reoently David Milne hag disposed of the following well bred Short Bonn stook: "Golden Ray" a young boll to Duman McPhee, of Glen Eden, Grey Co., and another "Clan Stewart" to Adam Weir, of Clinton. Hie herd ie doing well this Spring, 16 calves being in the donnt, On the evening of Thursday of next week a meeting will be held 14 Eckmier's Hall for the purpose of disowning the work of the Palmerston Co operatic& Pork Faubory. The farmers are especially invited to be present and hear what has to be said on this important g0eetion. R. J. Sharp, formerly of this looelity, inwritingfrom Oryetal City, Mao„ on May 10th says:—Mr. Editor,—In renew, ing my subsoripbiou I might say we are having a nine Spring, Seeding oom• meuoed on April 15th and it tae been cool with a nice shower each week, Grates and drop are Doming on fast. Oct sewing will finish next week. There is a large acreage being put in ttt:e year, I suppose farmers are trying to make up for last eeaeon'o failuee. We are getting our Spring breorte now. That is one thing we don't legit bore—wind, Please send me Tun Post: for another year as I have token it for 12 yoare now and it is a etloome paper to our houee, John Brown has sold tie carriage team in Listowel to the updsrtaker. Tliey were it metobed span of greys rig. ing three years old, The prima wee 9200. Mr. Brown wants it heavier team for the WM. • • W t#r1 bort, .8. meeting of persons interested in bog raising will be held ebortly et Walton, Next week Rev, Mr, Dever and Geo. Grigg will attend District meeting at Olin ton. ' Miee Simone°, our teaoher, will attend the Tambora' Convention at Wingbam on Friday and tSatnrday, Some of the young men from this lomat• ity say they intend going to drill at Lou. don in Jane. That's right boys, People were surprised to bear ot the demise of Mre. Kerr near Winthrop. She was the mother of Dr, Kerr, formerly teeober here. Frost pinched the olover orop in enure plaoee and also touched fruit blossoms. No serious damage was done, however we are pleased to state. Mrs. Sage announces an auotion Bele of her term, stook, &o., owing to her die - posing of the hotel to Wm. Blaebill, of Brunelle, who abpues bare next mouth. We hope Mre, Sage and family will re. main io this locality. IY8 o rrnr., Tom PoeT gives the news. Commit meets on May 27th. Miss Annie Budd visited Brussels friends last week, Mrs. Samuel Irvine ie getting on nicely now after her please. The weather this week • has made many Beek their heavy olotbing. Any amount of farm stook running on the made again this Spring. Mies Pearl Embury is spending a few days at her home on the•3rd eon: Fermees are busy on the root laud and tbe ground is wet enough at present. Court of Revision will be held in the Township Hall on Monday, 27th inst. Miee Martha Roe and Mies Boott, of the 2nd, visited relatives at Teeeweter last Sunday. A. G. Easom, 6th line, has been on the sick list with pneumonia but is getting better again. Mr. and Mre. Kemp and eon, of Clin. ton, were callers at A. G. Eaeom's, 5th line, hest Sunday. Moen. Clegg & Dames shipped a oar of Boge on Thnreday of this week. Hoge are well thinned out now. John Taylor, •6tb line, vieited big ' parents in Hollett this week. He is en- gaged with Mr. Martin, 6th line, The tete Jonb Smith, who was buried the other day, lived on a farm on the 6th line near Sunshine for it number of years. Wm. Dark ie making quite an improve- ment in the farm he recently purahawed on the East gravel road, in new fenoes, &o. A dead sheep on the 6th line makes a bad odor for tbe paeeere•by and Oswald be ',wield at once. There eeeme to be no MOOT for it. The Babbatb School meeting in Ander- son's sebooi house on Sabbath afternoon is at work again. Time. Btraohan is the Superintendent. Allan H. Ooehrane, of New Hamburg, was here on a holiday vieit to the par. enter bome,.8rd line. He looks as if the Hamburg young ladies wet° taking good pare of him. Mies Edna Welleoe, of Morris, left on Monday morning of last week, for Newark, New Jersey, where she will be met by her brother Ernie, who has a good eitn. ation in that city. Jas. Leiehman hae purchased a new Hyslop bioyale. Mise M. Calbeok and Miee Lola Agar will also ride Hyslop wheels this season. Tho sales were made by. Doff & Bailey, agents of Binevale. Rev. Mr. Cranston, of Toronto, will oondnot divine service in Repo oburoh, Belgrave, next Sabbath at 11 o'clook. Every one ehoold go and hear him es be is a good preacher. A meeting will be held in the eeme ohnrahon Monday, May 20,b, at 1 o'clock to moderate in a oall to a minister. It is to be hoped that a large attendance will be present, Rev. Mr. Whaley, of St. Helens is Moderator. SAD OAam.-Taeeday evening of last week as Thomas D., eldest son of David Fargnhareon, Booth half lot 28, con. 9, and his brother were engaged hauling out manure, the first mentioned was oheng. Mg the team from one wagon to the other whoa one of the boreee kinked him in the bowels. He was taken to the house and medioai aid summoned but despite ail that could be done this flue young man, only 23 yeare of age, passed away on Sun- daat l large. Funeralregretted was ontTueada he wnnity after- noon Red wee very largely attended, over 125 oonveyancee being counted in: the prooeeeiou. P. Howatt, of Ambarley, conducted the service at the bouee and the grave. The pall bearers were Jure Shortreed, Henry and Herb. Kirkby, Roeseli Fear, J. H. McLaughlin and J, M. Molntoeb, A number of beautiful floral offerings wore plaited on the oast Mt. Per, and Mre. Farquharson and family are deeply sympathized with in their Budden bereavement. WxeTma re BUMMER Boma—Dean Bin, —For some time past we have heard end read considerable abont the need of good roads and how to make them good, and if 1 remember rightly there ie a Commie - Monet with a salary to give inetrnoticne on road making. We have ales noticed that the Norma Coonoil hag called for tenders to supply that tosvnnbip with a Mad grader. Now Mit is all tight as far as it goes, for a good, straight road ie both aaeinl end ornamental, but it dose not go far enough. It is all for the Summer road and apparently not one word or thought for the Winter road when the heaviest of the teaming is to be done, saw loge, cordwood and etonee, With otter heavy healing, and when the road is covered with deep pitch boles, Pert of last Winter taking a load or driving with a °utter over the gravel road between Grey and Morrie wag next to go. Ing over the Rooky Mountains. There was oonelderable work done ou the Sodbh part of the road last Winter with 'both teem end plow but it does not seem to do much good for it just makes sparse to be filled up with the uext storm teed le so much work taken from the BtatuhLebor, There ie so inaob credit on that reed the avow gets peoked eoeolid that it is very herd work on the man end the team, with an ooaaaiooal brokon plow, and ell that work dieappeara with the melting a now in the Spring. I think, any person who reads bites' limes and line brevelied over the pitch holea when bad dao nonsoiere tioasly say it le so and if so make a change for the better, It lute been often said that where there le no fence ora wire feuoe on both Melee of the road there ars no pitch boles. Now what I would sag Beat is this, that the Oouuoils of both Grey end Morrie give some assistance to the farmers on their normative aides to assist in building wire Mmes. Hoping to hear more ou the enbjeot I remain, Yours truly, Janie Bot.GER. Morrie, May 18, 1901. Carex*. Court of Revision , is announced for Monday, 27th Inst• Robt. Pearson is home from the Bni- vereity at Toronto for tie vacation. Last week Jno. B. McLanoblin was laid up with lumbago but le able to be about egain.' John Patiand, Mise Beryl Weet and Mies Gertie Shane, of Blyth, were vieitore at Ohas. Rozell's last Sunday. Miee Elia Dilworth tae returned home after 'pending the past few weeks at Mount Forest and other planes. Mre. Robert McKay, 8th eon., leaves tbie week for Smith's Fable, where elle will visit her sister for a few. menthe. We whet her a pleasant stay. Tag POST regrets to bear that Daman McDonald au old and well known resi- dent of the let line, ie quite ill. We hope the means used for hie restorationwill prove helpful. Truman Smith and daughters, Misses Annie and Bell, attended the Killougb— heaDowell 'wedding in Wawanoeh on Wednesday of last week. Mr. Sniitb is an °Hole to the groom. The Union church will be re opened next Sabbath, May 1903, at 8 o'otoak. Special reopening services will not be held until after the church has been bricked and repeired•geaerally next Fall. The mrmbere of a certain family in this township had a close call not long ago by taking doses of saltpetre,- mistak- ing it 10r Epeom'alta. A phyeioian and his stomach pomp brought them safely tbrongh we are glad to state. It ie ezpeoted that Mies G4eeie Smith, who has been in very poor health for some months et Seafortb, will take a course of treatment at Battle Greek 'ani• tariem as soon as she is able to make the journey. Her many friends hope ebe will aeon be fully restored to good health. We are sorry to reporb that Miss Eleie Strutters, who has been attending Bagi. nese College at Owen Soma, was com- pelled to return home owing to an atteok of inflammatory rheumatism and other oomplicabiooe. This is not the first time she hart been bothered with rheumatio&but we bops for a speedy reetorabion., Hettennt.:—On Wednesday of last week at 4 p. m., a wedding attended by e large number of greats took plane at the home of the bride, Westfield, when Rev, Mr. Kennedy, of Auburn, performed the ceremony which joined the hearts and hands of Jos. Killongh and Mies Annie McDowell, both of Westfield, A very pleesaut time was spent after a eumptu• one repast bad been partaken of. A beautiful array of presents was received by the bride. Mr. and Mre. Killongh will take up their home near Westfield, amidst the wiehee of their many driende for a happy and prosperous• wedded life, There was a meeting of the Bethel ohurob trustees held Monday, May 6th,. when it was reeolved and carrier/ that the Bethel church be closed and that permission be asked from Conference to sell the building and apply the proceeds to repairing "Union Church." Teesdale Whitfield wan appointed to receive tenders and sell the ohnroh, subject to the ap• proval of the pastor. They also decided to remove the organ from Bethel Thumb to "Union" as it ie an excellent instru- ment end nstrumentend nearly new. A.11 this took place in view of the Mediums of 12th eon, ehurah people moving their ohurob le miles nearer Bethel for the better a000m- modabion of all. Farm IDAno.—I write yon these few lime to let you know that we landed safely in Shoshone on April 19. I start- ed to work on the Mud and jest worked 8 deys in town when I got a job on a mob as foreman for F. R. Gooding. I can make 'double the wageshere that I oan in Canada. We are about 40 miles from Sboehone and about 40 rode from a email village called Carey. The people around here are all Mormons exoepbiog one or two families. There is no church except a Mormon one here. I like the conutre, around here fine. It is very level and thickly settled. Yon Dao see mountains quite plainly a hundred miles away, The Coats Broe,' steep Damp Ea just about 17 MIN from tie and we man see the moan. galas quite plainly from here, even the rooks on the sides of them. There are 10 oases of small pox in Shosboae at present and some of the people talk of going up the mountains until they, are better, As we are likely to stay here toe some time would you kindly send our papers to Carey and oblige. Yours truly, D, A, IlloMnnog. D. O'Brien, barrister, is: the Conserva- tive nominee for the Legislative Amine - big in Brookville. Three people were burned to death in a flee in a little hotel kept by Pierre Bennet. is Maisonneuve, (nue, Two melt Jame& McNeil and D. MOGimze, were caught red•handed last night stealing ferniture from the factory of the Canadian Furniture Company. On searching MoRsil's house seven bed.. room mites were found, together with fancy theirs, furniture trimmings, oto. Abed 9500 worth of goods were recovered McNeil and McGimse were %Mainged in the police oonrt add remanded for a week Without pleading. f.es8M Fly in Wheat. Thursday afternoon of lest week Prof, W. Loohead, of the Ontario Experiment- al Farm, Guelph, visitor/ Brussile, seek- inginformation relative to the work of the Hessian fly in the Fell Wheat. He game here owing to some oorrespondeuoe he had with Wm. ltlok'adzeen about this insect, Amompanied by Wnt, A:rm strong and T114 Posr ]editor a tour was made through Mr. Armstrong's wheat field, 9th cop„ after whioh the trio grassed over the lino fence into Mr. Mo. Fadzsan's wheat. The fly was.foune on both farina end samples of the ''flax Bead" scoured and may be seen at Tum PoeT Publishing Hones. Mr. Loohead speaks is reference to the snbjeot, espeoially about plowing up bbe wheat, es follows; -This question may be easily answered in the affirmative if many "flaxseeds" are to be found at the base of the wheat planta. There is no use in trying to bring through a wheat• orop which looks yellow and Wiateett killed by the Hessian fly. Even should the orop, revive euffiolently to appear encouraging, it will in all likelihood sum oumbto the attaok of the Spring brood. In four or five weskit the fliee escape from the "flaxaeede" and prooeed to deposit eggs on the leaf•biadea for another brood —for another batch of "daxseede"—whioh will ruin the orop oompletely near harveet time, Nothing will prevent these flies escaping if the plants are not plowed net der, Simple harrowing or even disk - plowing the infested field is not sufficient, for the flies will emerge from the "flax• seeds" after such treatment. Prof. OVebeter, of Ohio, says; "All wheat fields that do not give fairly good promise of a -orop should be plowed under to a depth of from four to sin inches as quickly as possible, and the ground harrowed and rolled in order to prevent the flies from reaching the surface. The land may then be devoted to oats, corn, or anyother orop that may be practicable;' It is not advisable to sow barley after the wheat has been plowed under, for it is subject!' to attaok by the Hessian fly just as rye and wheat ere. Some may ask ; "Of What use is it to plow under the wheat orop? Would harrowingor dialling not do as well ?" So far as the present crops are concerned, harrowing in the (tate would do just as well, but we have neigh. hors who have poaeibly good wheat or barley: fields; If the hies are not killed, they will swarm over to our neighbors' fields, and destroy them before, harvest. Moreover, simple harrowing will not keep the flies from the wheat fields in Antenna if they are allowed to propagate anmoa ested during the Spring and Summer. In August and September the parent flies are active, and eggs are laid on the young blades of wheat. From these the minute grubs hatch and make their way down the stem to base, where they embed themaelvea and feed upon the sap of the plant. These become "flaxseeds" by Winter. In May and June the flies will emerge from the 'flaxseeds" and proceed to lay eggs on the wheat blades for an- other brood. Again grubs hatch from eggs, make their way down the stalks, and embed themselves at one of the lower joints. I1 is these maggots that do the harm at the time of the ripening of the orop. These pass the Summer as "flaxseeds," in the stubble as a rule ; and the flies appear in August and, September as already stated. The adult fifes do no direct damage ; they appear twice a year, in May and June, and again in August and September, when eggs are laid. The grebe do damage to the crop twice a year, in Ootober and November, aud June and Jaly. Prof. Loohead thinks that late sowing of wheat may aid in the destruction of the fly. A most enjoyable and instruct. tive afternoon was spent by the writer as the question of the minima pests on the farm were discussed, such as Hessian fly, pea bug, smut, &o. In reference to smut Mr. Loohead thinks that formalyn will do a great deal to clear the grain of it. The Biologioal Department, inolading Geology, fe Prof. Loohead'' speofalty. He went from here to Middlesex and Essex Counties on the mane search and also taking cognizance of the fruit tree invaders. Whom Will Ye Serve ? There are in China a considerable number who have found congenial mom pation since the outbreak, berating the Missionaries, and depreciating their work, I have before me a little book in which These chargee are collected and answered, by a gentleman wbo lives in Shanghai. According to their critics, these Mission- aries are selfish, living in luxury, without taot, and are vindictive. They over. estimate the number of their converts, wbo, they say, profess conversion simply for the loaves and fishes. They lean on the gunboat for protection, and in an objectionable manner, thrust an objec- tionableaeligiou down the throats of the Chinese. Now these obargee and many more can be answered, and answered fnlly, without asoribing infallibility to Mission. arise any more than to other men. But whilst their enemies are so ore oupied, what are the Miseionariee doing ? Well 183 of them bave laid down their lives, and, now wearing the martyr's orownl are doing whatever the redeemed are doing before tho Thong. Of the re. mainder who escaped, some came to the home land, but the majority are at the Coate, standing at the door ready to re. enter and resume work as soon az per- mission is given. And in the'meanbime what ? The women have held a Confer. emit in. Shanghai, presided over by Lady Blake, the wife of the Governor of Hong Kong, in which they preyed for the women of China, dieoaseed their needs and bow best to relieve them. The male Mission. arise also held Confareooee for prayer and Bible study-- that they (the Mission- aries) might be %emeelees spiritually gaiokened,and thereby Chiba blessed. As opportunity offers, they send letters; and messages of sympathy and encourage- ment to the scattered and persconted OM. Mete wine remain, Is that WW1 or Vinitictfve ? (Ahem are employed gathering up, lovingly, the story of the maeeeoree, the heroic nonrage Mod loyalty to Jasge Christ o1 Miesiouariee and oonverta alike, and the many fnbervenbions Of God's hand, delivering from death those whose time had not came. It is and, hoarb-reeding but.glorfoes. For example, eighteen oolporteure about to go on a journey, were warned of the risk, but said, "We go on a outpporteur tour, God's will be dooe." Only four of the eighteen returned. Their homes were looted and burned, and their families extermioabed. They who eeoap• ed did so after passing throughterrible privations. The whole story will never be told. but enough bo make lie rejoioe in the power of redeeming grams, Was ever any country more afflicted and more in need of sympathy than poor Chloe to day ? The terrible emerge of war is now auoossded by one of the worst famines on reoord. alt the two Northern province° of Shensi and Shansi, mops have failed for the third time, and the eituabion is so desperate that it is said cannibalism; prevails amongst them. Le the past Missionaries have been 'their friends in time of distress, but now the Missionaries have been driven away by their own aot. Letus not for this, turn away from them in anger, but rather say in oom• passion, as the Master did, "Forgive them for they know not what they do " Thio is the hour of darkness but the light will dawn. Chine will be oonquered for Christ and Satan will be shorn of hie kingdom and power. Where are our sympathies ? Whom shall we serve? B, P. MacRae. Brussels Selmer Board, The retailer monthly meeting of the Poblio school Board was held in the Board room on Friday evening. All members were present. Minutes of last regular meeting read and passed. Au amount of Wm. Barton for work, $4.00 was read and it watt moved by S. G. Skene, seconded by W. Blaehill, that it be paid.—Oarried. Moved by 3. G. Skene, seconded by W. M. Smalair, that Miee Ritohie's salary be raised to 9275 per an num ;. klieg Downey's to 9800 and Miee Brook's to 9325 per annum beginning with September 1901. Moved ,in amendment by W. Blaehill thee the saleriae remain es they are. There was no seamier and the motion was put end married. Moved by A. Coosley, seconded by D. 0. Rose, that the Board purchase a kettle large enough to hold eight pails of water. —Carried. Moved by J, G. Shea, emended by D. C. Rose, that the Secretary write to the Department of Education and Garrow & Garrow, of Goderioh, in answer to their lettere of May 4th and May 8th,—Oar- ried. Attendance for April :— ON ROLL AV. ATT. Room No. 1 , . 68 54 " 2. 51 48 "3 57 51 4...,79 62 Board then adjootned. Perth, County. Population of Milverton is 708. Mideast Clifford has bean appointed road nommiasioner for Downie township. The Maeonia Lodge, Bt. Marys, have bad their rooms furttehed with elsobrio lights, The Memo! Milverbon man boast of hav- ing the largest acetylene gat lighting plant in Canada. Bev. Mr. Gaggle, of Parkdale, will preach at Knox church, St. Marys, on Sunday, May 19. St. Marys Natural Gee 0o. are leasing land throughout the various townships that their franchise movers. The Ingersoll Clement Walk Co. has re. waived the contract for cement walks to be built thie year in Mitchell. Bianehard council will enforce vac). &Enation of the children attending the public eobool of that township. The Mitobell Methodist Sabbath sahool has now a membership of nearly 800 and is atmoat the largest in Ontario. The barn belonging to Memo Bechtel near Koaaatb, was struck by ligbtning on Sunday afternoon and entirely consumed. Alexander Herd, of Embro, bas been reoommended to the Ontario Government for the position of bailiff of the Division Court. F. W. Blakeman, of Stratford, has re. turned from Montreal, after completing his second year's course at McGill IIni• varsity. It is likely that before' many weeks are passed, operations will be eommenoed on the rebuilding of the Olaeeia Oity Mille, Stratford. Many Stratford mutilate are oontribet- ing to the city treasury. It poets a dollar every time wbeelmen bit the toepatb in the Classic Oity. Sb Marys Oddfellowe have received an invitation from the Parkhill lodge to visit them on May 24, when a demonetra. tion will be held. Andrew Detwiller, one of the pioneer reaidenta of Fullarton township, died e,t hie home ou the River Reed, near Motherwell, on Sunday, May 5. If the aseee.ore' retm'us are oorreob, the people of Perth have gone bank to the soil no far that a cool thousand of them have dropped not of tight altogether. :The neer smoke steak that was being erected over James Sinolair'e mill in North Easthope was blown over while in BOOM of erection and badly smashed. An alarming number of deatbe have taken piaoe in Mitchell end neighborhood since January 1st. Undertaker Stone- man hae buried 28 persons inolnding three last week, Dr. Paul vaooinated between eixty and seventy of the pupils of the Sebringville tabool, Tneaday. Ib is expected that the same will be done with the pupils of all the EIiloe eohools ebortly. A regrettable amoident happened on May 8, to Lizzie Menzies, a little Glad shill 9101, who fell and out her head just above the eyebrow, while playing at school, 4 etitobes had to be put in. The etweetive committee of bbe South Perth Liberal Aatooietiop hove Made or. rapgemenbe to have Mooers, Dryden and Stratton speak et Miboholt and St, Marts during the month of Jttoe, Geo, Vanatene, the Water street jeweler St. Mertes, bee just completed repairs on te womb whiob was sent to bin] f, to Chins. The owner is The with lbs British army there, sod h weft leave on int long return journey in a,feer days. Ode of Stratford's laodmarke ie bring torn .dawn, 16 tea shape of Monte Bryaab'e borne, on Mill street. The frame dwelling was erected about Wolf a nentury ago. and ite removal will be the breaking of another link in the chyle history, It will be repiaoed . by a new frame bowie, Ah the lash meeting of the Listowel Town 0onitol, a petition algned by 321 oltizens was presented. It asked that the gale to, and gee of oigarettse, by young boys either be abolished or heavily Home ed. It was inoved by Oonnoitore Haclt ing and Anderson, and carried, that a by. law it re the sale of oigarettee br prepar- ed. T. H. Lennox, of The Collegiate, Strat- ford, has a curiosity in the shape of a red. necked grebe, a four -toed diving bird which frequents fresh waters in many parts of the world. The bird got away from the river and was unable to fly, its kind seeming bo have diffoulty in rising from the ground. It was thus easily oankbt by Mr. Lennox. OBIT.—One of Monktoe's oldest and most respected resident,' passed away on Monday, the 6th of May,1901, in the per- son of Andrew Erskine, Deceased had a Stroke of:paralysie, from which he never recovered, big condition for some time past being oribioal. He was born in 1828 in Fiteahire, Scotland, emigrating bo Iroquois, Out., forty.eix years ago, where he married Miss Betsy Oliver, daughter of James and Mre. Oliver, after which they settled in Brookville for about two years. From there they moved to Grey townebipand thecae to Monkton, hie late home. Several ahildreu survive ;—Mre. Jno, Boger, Atwood ; Mrs. B. Robertson, Monkton ; Mre. Jno. R,'Inglie, Lisbowel;. William R. Atwood, Mrs. (Dr.) Douglas, Arnprior, and James and Edythe at home in Monkton. Mr. and Mrs. Erskine, upon their arrival in Moulton in 1864, engaged in the general store business, which, with Monktoopoabmaeterehip, is still parried on by Mre. Erakms. Deane. ed was engaged in the railroad business in tie younger days, bolding responsible positions in connection with the construe. tion of bbe G. T. B. and later Well P. R. In polities be was a stamnob Liberal and in religion a member and officer of the Monkton Presbyterian Chorale Mr, Ere: kine was a gentleman of much intelligence and conversant with many subjects, which only one of a literary taste would find interest in. He enjoyed the come. deuce and reaped of the whole comment- ty, which his family after him enjoy. He tooka lively interest in all that per- tained to the welfare and prosperity of Monkton, and bis demise will be widely regretted. The Stratford football olnb and the Marlboros of Listowel opened the W. F. A's eobedule of games at the latter place on Saturday afternoon in a Weedy oon. tested game, the locals bowever, proving themselves deoidedly the superior team and winning by a score of 2 pale to 1. When the players lined up it was evident that they knew bow to use their weight effectively. The defence work of the locale wee brilliant, the pigskin being kept well up on the forward line. The first goal was scored by an esoelient com- bination play from one end of the field to tbe other. The next went to Listowel on a corner kiok, the ball striking Baker's bands and bouncing through. The last was soared by M. Easton. Listowel pat np a strong game, but they were oom• pletely outclassed. It is the general opinion of football enthusiasts here that if the looale get down to herd practice they will not exparienoe math difficulty in landing the pennant,— Stratford Beacon. Cassadian Newts. John W. MoLean, publisher of the Pio tou Times, is dead. John Calder & Go., clothing manufao- timers, of Hamilton, have assigned. The Walkerville Match Works were damaged by fire to the extent of $110,000. 11. L. Borden, leader of the Opposition, will speak at Massey Hall on the 27th inst. Shantz & Bon's foundry et Berlin, Ont., was damaged to the extent of 94,000 by fire. Joaepb Barking, a farmer's son resid- ing near Hagersville, was killed by a M. 0. 1i. train. Jamee Burgess was found dead in the Western Hotel stables at Guelph. It is thought he fell from the loft. Welter Allward's model for the statute of Governor Simms, has been eeleoted by The Memorial Committee. The statute will be of bronze, niue feet in length. George Turner, Jefferson Blair and Martin MoFadyan, three young men of Spruoedale, Muskoka, were drowned in Doe Lake by an aooideub to their boat. Hon, David Mills will leave for Eng. land shortly after the Houses ries', to attend the oonterenoe in London upon the re•orgenization of the Judioial Com- mittee of the Privy Connoil. Prof. Reynolds, of the Ontario Agri. culture! College, Guelph, was in Strut. ford =hivean investigation into the queabiou of oold storage. It bas been found that Verions artielee require dif. ferent treatment, and it is to determine the relation of theta various aetiolee to tbepreaenb treatments that Prof, Rey- nolds is making this investigation. A Bering robbery wee oommitted at the Moleone Bank in Montreal ou May 11t13. George Nailing, oasbier for the Montreal Browing Company, went to mho a de- poeit at the bank, He had $591 in (bermes and about 950 in money, He laid bis book containing the Mosques and money on the counter for a minute, and it wan snatched by a thief who mads off with it, No clue to the thief hes been obtained)