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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-7-11, Page 1Vol. 29. No, 82 New Advertisements. Notice --Wm, Spence, Oard—Dr, R. P, Feild, Robe lost—Wm, Little. Orognt—Poem Bookstore. Tenders wanted -J. Leokie, Ethel Saw Mille—S, S. Oole. Machine Oil—Wilton & Turnbull. Glades that fit—Mrs, T, Pletcher. Servant wanted—Mrs. W.11, S nolair, Papbte' Malt Extraot—L. B. Harvey, fl%s±r'%,Ct this, ITen:[rs•n. ODrr Wm. Bawtinhimer, an old and highly esteemed resident of this locality, paeeed away shortly after 12 o'clock Fri. day morning of last week, aged 53 years, 6 months and 8 days. He was afflicted with an abscess on the brain which broke a oouple of weeks ago and from the effects of which he never rallied. Deceased was engaged in cattle baying for a number of years in addition to working hie 200 - acre farm. He was widely known. He leavee hie family well provided tor, bav ing, in addition to his. fine farm, carried upon his ,life $4,000 insurance. The funeral took plaoe Saturday afternoon. Interment was made in the Elma Centre cemetery. The family is deeply eympa• Weed with in their' bereavement. A new wire tams hem been pat up at Duff'(( ohneeh making quite an improve• ment. The Ladiea' Guild of St. George's ohuroh held their regular meeting at the reeidenoe of George Hamilton on Wed, nesdey.. Mrs. Beatty and eon, of Galt, are visit- ing the former'r parente, W, and .Mrs. Blaebill. Mid Carrie MoCraoken, of Brueeele, wae Mao visiting there. ' Rev. A. W. Dever preaohed a sermon to the member° of the Walton L. 0. L. last Sabbath afternoon. He also preaoh- ed to the Winthrop lodge in the evening service et the Providence appointment. The young lad Broom, in whom quite e number have been interested, has been sent to the Industrial Home for boy(( at Mimier'. He is 12 year( of age and will be maintained there until he is 16 at the expense of the County. It will post 92.00 per week. He was committed by Magie• trate Beattie, of Seaforth, the Statute giving the authority, The boy'e home life has been badly neglected and the above move is probably the best thing that could be done for the lad, Jamestown . J. G. and Mrs. Turnbull have been visitingfriepde in Pine River, Kincardine. and Paisley. • John Straohan's barn ie nearing com- pletion end will be a most oommodioue and oonvenieut building. A large straw ehed ie also included. While working in the barn last week J. T. Straohan had the misfortune to have a sledge hammer fall ou his heed. Two gaehes were the result. An M. D. drese• ed the wounds and John is again about as well as ever. "Victoria" Hall, Jamestown, is re.' calving a coat of paint, after which it will be ready for public nee. It is to be opened by a concert, in whioh local talent will participate. The numerous and hearty members of the Jamestown Glee Olob after thoroughly"practising their se- lections will attend, with their usual alacrity to the demands of the program for the evening. The date of openingie set for Monday, July 29. W cellon. Thos. and Mre. Bolger spent Sunday in Clinton. Mies Fanny Rogers paid a short visit to friends in town this week. The school hoose is being repaired by the addition of a stone fonndation. The atone work for George Chriebo• pher's new bank barn is oompleted. Rev. Jno. Roue, B. •A., Brueeele, will preach in Duff'aoburoh.next Sabbath. St. George's ohurob united with St. John's ohuroh, of Brnasele, fn a Sunday eohool pio•nio in A. Bholdioe's bush on Tuesday afternoon. James Smillie and daughter expect to leave on a holiday trip to the West c'0 Tuesday, July 23rd. They ,will prob. ably be absent for a couple of months. THE Poor congratulations are extended to Rev. Mr. Jerrow and bride who are now domiciled in the manse in ;mond- tion with the American Presbyterian church in thie place. We wish them prosperity. Glasses that Fit. succeed because �V 0 ar• our glosses give P feet sirht The Game eats ch 030 looking t, each aye looking through the 'centrewhole of the Ions(( the aWear 'becoming to the rv,carcr. Mrs. '1'. Fletcher Scientific and Graduate Optician BRUSSELS Grev. Township Counoil'next Monday. The Botz bridge, 12th non., bas had a new plank covering put on it, Some Fall wheat will very probably be harvested by the middle of nest week. Roe's ohuroh is undergoing repairs this week. Sample Bros„ of Brnaeels, are doing the work. Mise Aggie Miller, Brd line, is spending a few weeks with friends in the vicinity of Drew and Clifford. Mr. and Mre. Tuok and eon, Fred„ of Clifford, were visiting at Francois Miller's during the pact week. Jae. Ritchie, who was injured last week peddling wagon, by a stone wall falling on him, is making The vote taken on the proposed intro- duction of the. Book of Praise and organ into Knox Church was practically nnani- moue, only some 15 or 1(3reoording them• selves ae opposed. SCHOOL RErOET.—The following is the school report for the month of June ;— Jr. 4th—Minnie Menary, Arthur Love, Norma Sperling, Maggie Porter, Effie Fox, Willie Fox, Sr. 300—Annie Alder. eon, Allis Forrest, Fred. Hunter, C. Ma. Donald, Geo. Menziee. Jr, 3rd—Emma Haether, W. Smalldon, Ellie Love, Vine Alderson, Annie Gordon, Hartley Men. zies, Amelia McInnis, Myrtle Sperling, Martin McDonald. Sr. 2nd—Roy Cun- ningham, Tommy Smalldon. Jr. 2nd— Emma Hunter, Myrtle McDonald, Herb. MoDonald, Stella Alderson, Roesell Alderson, Leo Baker, Mina Fox. Sr. Part gad—Edna Love, Mary MoNiohol, Viotor Spading, Eliza MoDonald, Arthur Fox, Christina Fieoher. Jr. Part 2nd— Lily Lamont, David Perrie, Carrie Boh000k, Alex. Dark. Sr.lst—Maggie Love, George Smalldon, Julia Baker. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1901 lememotenstrommovest d Sam', p Cohan the program These are only a few of Chao. Osborne an am , ern program, thins rendered. The Interment was made at Brunetti oeme. the manygg g hour and 08x7, The bereaved will bo accorded oompaa broke upat an Carly einoere sympathy in their lonelineee. all went home well eattefied with their Wednesday afternoon 0. Mozell, Mrs. evening's amneement. Bozell and Mien Maggie attended the OnrT.—Alber a abort but at times severe funeral of Miss Mary Bozell, a niece, of illness Matthew Iiellington, a well known Detroit, who died Tueedky morning ae a resident of the 4th line tot. over 25 years, result of inflammatory rheumatism, aged paid Nature's debt, peeping away in hie 19 ears and 10 months. The remains, 05th year on Monday of this kw ek. accompanied by the members of her Deceased vow n born to IOan0.do with family, were brought by train to Listowel England, ()riming 13years of age. with and from thence to Atwood in the hearse, hie parents when anmoved to Service was held in the Methodist ohuroh, lived in townshipelland d then there oved to Rev. E. A. Fear preaching a very appre• Hullc t priate discourse. Interment was made Morrie where be purobased 50 acres from at Elmo Centre oometery. The bereaved Mre. Welsh, now of Brueeele, and atter. family is deeply daughter. D with inthe woad added another 13ruaeele• 50owned Belli by death of their daughtgr, measnd was waw. a bright, lovable young woman and will was on industrious, careful mea, Meths. beread missed. The Bozell family distio in hie religious( tendencies and &a g y lived near Atwood. Liberal in politica. He was a well r formerly man lint took no part in public affairs. oche. The cause of death waif a brain ailment Vruarbr with which he Buffered for six Wee , A new platform has been put down at good portion of the time being uno0n. the Hotel in this plane by Proprietor ((mime or partially so. He is survived b Long. hie wife, who was Miss Alice Hodgee, of Mr. Miller, of Iowa, was here during Oarlinatord, to whom he was married the peat week visiting at Jno. Cameron's. some 40 years ago, and thirteen ahildreo. They are relatives. The latter are ;—Jno, and Fred. in The remains of Mrs. M. Nichol and British Columbia ; Joe in Algoma ; Alf. 'baby were Interred in the oemetery here and Bert, in Eeeex Co. ; Oliver and Rob. last Friday afternoon. at home I Mrs. White and Mrs. Bevan, Last Sabbath morning Rev. D. B, Me• of Toronto ; Mre. Hughes, of Detroit ; Rae preached a very pointed dieoouree on Mrs• Od. Brewer, of Morrie ; and Miens the Temperance question. Lily and Ettie at home. Mre. Jno. Dale, There' was a very large attendance at (f Mitchell, and Mre. Wm, Jewitt, of the funeral of Mre. Ben, Dark on Friday Broeeels, are eiders of the late Mr. Eel - afternoon of last week. Rev. D. B. Mo• lington, being the only members of the Rae conducted an appropriate service, family left, The funeral took place on Mies Silvia Seel and Lizzie McKay are Thursday afternoon, interment being home from Seaforth Collegiate. David aide at Browntown cemetery. Rev. McNair is also back from Stratford Ool• George Jewitt, of Henseli, nephew of legiate and is now superintending the deceased, conducted the service at the home and the grave side. The many old friends of the family tender them their sympathy in the hour of their bereave- ment. as favorable progreee as could be expeoted. Jno, and Mrs. Smalldon, 10th con., Grey, were the guest(( for a few days of their daughter, Mrs. James Danford, Clinton. Miss Julia Frain, who has spent sev. eral months with her uncle in Detroit, returned home last week. The City of the Straits Certainly agrees with her, Mena Belle and Jeeeie MoLauohlin of Toronto, spent Sunday at the home of their cumin, Jno. B. MoLanohlin, and with ocher friends : in Brussels. They name on the "Hurn Old Boya' Exour. ion. " The many friends of John Bateman, 6th non„ will be sorry to hear of his i11. nese. He was taken down with pnen- monia which appear(( to be developing into pronounced lung trouble. He is in bed this week. Last Friday the contract for the Mo. Taggart drain was let to Lonely & Nichol- son, Logan, for 92,396. There were 5 or 6 tenders all at or above the Engineer's estimate excepting the one to whom it was awarded. The work will be pushed along forthwith. W. E. Bryan((, teacher, expeots to leave next Tuesday for a holiday dating to Manitoba and the West. He will spend his vaoation there and will go as far as Mooeejaw locality at least- We wish him an enjoyable time. Last Wednesday morning Crawford, son of John Strachan, had the misfortune to have his left leg broken between the knee and ankle. He was hauling stone on a atone boat when the latter struck an obeteate and flying round struck hie limb. A physician wae celled and the patient will now take enforced holidays. San AooxDDNT.—Taeeday afternoon as John Hislop, 14111 non., was orating hay with hie mowing machine hie eon Willie, a ladrof some 10 years, got oaugbt by the knife and bad hie left foot nearly severed from the ankle. Two phyeioian(( were called and the lacerated member was amputated. It is a particularly sad case but we hope the injured boy will be able to pull through even with the lose of his 0 o deeply The whole neighborhood Th foot. e m a thfee with Mr. and Mrs. Hieb P .and family. :PREeENTATION.At the alone of eohool in. S. •B. No. 1 the popular teacher, S. R. Orerar, who is finishing up his term owing to his intention of pursuing hie atndies et College, was tendered the fol- lowing 'address and presented -with a fountain pen, ink stand and paper weight : —"S. R. GIMBAL; : Dear Teaoher,—Ae you are about leaving this school and as this is the last entertainment we will have before you go, kindly adept thie fountain pen, inketand and paperweight, as a slight token of remembrance from the scholars! of School Section No. 1, Grey, with their beet wiehes to you for a happy future and a prosperous life. Signed on behalf of the school, Hazel Bozell, Beside Davidson, Vina Armetrong, Mabel Hog- gard, Beatrice Armstrong, Edith Blake, Elizabeth Dickson, Lizzie Grant, Elton Bezel!, Wee, Armstrong." Mr. Crater made nsuitable reply in expressing eseing his thanks for the kind words and handsome gift from the pupils and offered them wholesome advice along with his good wishes for their More. SODDEN DEATn.—Laet Solidity Mise Annaan oia and highly ghlyesteemed residehter of D. nt of the 15th non., went over to the home of het sieter, Mre. W. Slemmon, Oth con., for a visit. She was apparently in aa good health ae usual and ;vent the evening along with some young friends who called in. A few hours after ehe retired to bed Mre. Blemmon was called and Mise Livingston passed to that bourne teem' whence no traveller returne aged 44 years. Deoeae. ed had been troubled with her heart for the past 7 years and had at various times been very near the borderland. She wail bright, viVaoioa8, pleaeant in her manner and wart a general favorite. Her death is regretted by many. Grander (than all ehe was ready for the calf and departed thia life in the hope of a better home beyond the tide. In addition to the parents there are two brothers, Councillor James and D.A., end Mrs. Blemmon and Mre. Driver, the latter residing in Perth 0o. The funeral took place from the parental home on Wednesday afternoon and was largely attended. Bev. D. B. Mofao was the clergyman and epoke comforting and admonitory words. The pall bearers were —Jno, Robertson, Geo, Mann, Jae, and Robt. McTaggart, Ethel SawMills. I have a good supply of Hemlook loge on band. Gan out out to suit customers. Dressed Maple, suitable for granaries, at 910 per M. All kinds of Dressed Lumber kept on hand from 910 per M up. A large stook of called Elm and Ash at 97 per M. Shingles and Loth always on band, t0A good farm on 1801 eon, of Grey for, sale. S. S. O rl LE. 'ii1OPR1ETOR, ETHEL,. Morris The Voters' list is in the kande of the printer. Mre. Thuell, sr., is home from her visit to the Pan-American. Misses Ella Dilworth and Ida Cole, of Ethel, are visitors at James Sharp's(, 51h line. The farm of James Bolger has been improved by a new wire fence along the gravel road. Wednesday of this week S. Paul, 2nd line, was injured by the mower being banked over him. He was thrown off the Beat and was considerably broieed. Work has commenced on moving the school house at the Township Hall. Jno. Hunter, of Oranbrook, will do the car. muter work and D. A. Lowry, of Brus- eele, the masoning, &o. Lettere from the Forsyth and MoCot- mheon families in the West say the out- look for good orope is very good. Their old neighbors on the 6th line will be well pleased to know of their prosperity. Robt. Maunders was nailed to Little junior min- ister to b e a or i Coria O , 'aiuVo 1 Bret week later on that circuit, He left this for hie new work. Hie many friends, both young and old, will be well pleased to hear of great su0oees attending his ef- forts. W. B. Wilkinson, 511 line bad a very satisfactory experience with tboro' bred Yorkshire pigs, 6 of them at 5 months and 10 days old averaged 192 pounds and aehe sold at 7 Dente he pocketed 980.50 for the half dozen. The ten daye previous to their shipment they gained 10 pounds per day and for the 30 days prior to that 2 pounds each per day. Gean0N PARTY,•—A tip-toptime was spent at the Garden Party held at Jas. Sharp's, 5th line, last Tuesday evening. The attendance was large ; the boxes gave a variety of oompanionehipe during the partaking of ,refreshments and the musical and literary program was well rendered. It ooneieted of solos by Geo. Butt, Lietow el• Misses Lizzie Sample le and Carrie Hingaton, Brussels • reoita. Hone by Mlee Pearl Sharp, and Mise Cole, of Ethel ; reading, Mre, Ham, Brussels, and harmonica eeleotione by W. J. MoCraoken. R.Leatherdale was chair. man. The proceeds amounted to over 927 and will go to the Ladies' Aid treas- ury of the Methodist ehnroh. Ice cream and finite were served from a tent in charge of Mre. A. Lawry and. B. Gerry. Mr. and Mre. Sharp and family looked after their big family in first -alarm style and were well deserving of the hearty vote of thank(( accorded them, GARDEN PAn2v.—A very suooessful gar. den party was held at W: J. Johneton's, let line, Morris, on Monday evening under the aospioes of the Methodist Churob. The date had been set for Friday evening laet bat owing to unfavorable weather it was postponed to Monday evening when the weather was all that could be desired. Tea was served during the evening, on the lawn and was =oh enjoyed by all. After tea Rev. Mr. Swann, oharrman, an. nounoed an exoellent program, whioh was well carried out. It ooneieted of singing by the choir, quartette((, that((, solos, remi• tatlone and instrumental mnelo. The made by the string band was muoh ap• prodded es was also the singing of Mr, and Mre. Eokmier, of Jamestown, and Mre, Hutton. Little Deride Shaw sang "The man behind the plow" very manfully and everybody voted his the boat .number of !Se alor tla. Fine weather, a good attendance and a good day's sport oharaoterized the first day of the annual race meeting of the Seaforth Turf Aesooiation. Following ie the summary : Half -mile run, purse 8100: Abenita Wilfrid Laurier Mamie C ❑ Time left a2, post.09, ,501 2,40 pace and trot, purse 8250; Queen's Baron 2 Nellie B 1 Bobbie Meals 5 Time, 2.209. 2.20 paoe and 2.17 trot, puree 5.300 : Prince Vale 1 Erie E, 2 Annie Gould 5 Time, 2,101, 2,10¢, 2.20. 2 1 2 1 1 0 223 8 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 8 ralm,ersto.'s Bacon Pactor3r. Annual Meeting of the Pioneer Co -Operative Curing House. The annual meeting of the Palmerston, Co -Operative Packing do. was holden Friday, June 28th. All the, facts laid before the shareholders onthat occasion were not aH satisfactory as might have been desired, but the slowing was much better than had been expected under the, peculiarly trying eir- aumetanoea all bacon factories have expert - owed during the year. "But," as Manager Falconer said by way of explanation, "We worn over six thousand inthehole at one time and we have pull(( and lrndwodteonlpany suyiferted even greater loss in their early years, but they are today a wealthy firm in a first-classest- tion. Moreover, if we have gond behind, it is simply because during part of the year we paid too high a price for hogs. But if this caused loss on one hand, it added on the other to the revenue you farmers have re- ceived from one of yourchiefproducts." The Palmerston Carriage Company had," said Abraham Moyer, "a similar experience. That factory woe at one time six or seven thousand in the hole, but it is to -day in good aha e. Let us have your hogs and your, sup- port and this factory will soon be in quite as good a condition." Although we expect an exceedingly try- ing time during the year on which we have ]met now entered," added Mr. 2Palcouer,, "I firmly believe that we shall get through all right, and that in two years hence, with our increased output. and the bettor conditionof thutge generally, we shall be able to pay a dividend of ten per cent." It was not, however, this hopeful view of the future that put the shareholder in good. humor. It wasthe tangible benefits the factory, despite its lose on the year's opera- tions—and even that loss wits less than counted on—has already conferred upon them. How great this benefit is was well stated by Mr. Falconer. During the last year," said he, "we have paid an average of well over Oe per hundred- weight for hogs delivered at the factory. In fact the average was nearly 0340. I am well within the mark in saying tlmt those who supplied thee(( hogs received $1 per hundred- weight more than they ever recetvedfor hogs before. You all know that to be the case and some of you know the reason why." Just what the difference in price means was stated by Scott Cowan. Scott said the average farmer about Palmerston turns out from twenty to thirty hogs per year, and some will run off from seventy to eighty hoge. Thirty hogs, at 160 lbs, to the hog, means 5400 pounds of pork, and the Palmerston Comppany, by uonpm up the price $1 per hundredweight, added $1:410 the amount of revenue farmers in that section would other- wise have received for thirtyaverage hogs. This point was driven stillfurther by Mr. Moyer, one of the directors, "One man,' said Mr. Moyer, "recently delivered a load of hogs at this factory, for which he received $154; and he will have a etmilar load to de- liver each month for the succeeding three months. That man has $100 stook in the company, and although he las received no dividend l gs has or hturn dna b only increased interest on his capital, but most of the capital itself." In view of all this," said Mr. Falconer, "I am surprised farmers are so slow to go in- to the raising of hogs. If co-operative fac- tories continue to exist I believe you will not see 4160 for hogs, for years to come. The number of people 00Olnbgl y dd thatw shave o have is increasing year making the sort of cured bacon that the English consumer wants, and as a result we are crowding the Danes and Irish out of the be- lieveBritish we will be expt. orting, not twelvs from e and a but tthirrtylf million forty millions and itbisc for the people who contribute to this factory to se- cure a fair share of that business. What you are doing now is better than wheat at $2 per bushel, If I could convince you that you could get 02 per bushel for your wheat this year, you would go home and sow your whole farms m that grain. You have something yonwill not ier than mpr verin r'>ah abut enrich yousr farms. Go home then, and fill your farms with hogs.' people about Palmerston are, as Mr. Falconer intimated, satisfied as to the reason why hogs are high. They aro fully convinc- ed of the fact that a deliberate effort by the buyers of the old-line companies to squeeze the co-operative company and that this has sent up the prices. "In the country about Woodstock, Stra- d allnn and Tavistock, said W. R. Belden, $0.80 and $8.85. were being paid for hogs by the a were paying $7l and buyers our see tions." I will tell you what I have seen myself," said Alex. Fraser. "A week ago last Mon- day he w as speak ing on Friday), r iday), 00 was being paid about Clinton, a non -sem etlig pint while 7wasbsing aid at Listowel, whereour buyers come into competition with the old-time companies." '.Another little game that is being played," added Mr. Beldon "is for the buyers to go. along the line when the market price is really $0.75 and say, 'hogs will be $7 on Mon- day' These buyerssometimes do not buy the hogs at that price, or only buy ono or two, their object being to force our company to pay higher than actual value." A word of warning was spoken, too. "I have," said Scott. Cowan, ben connected t ten yrs, and I have never n ive knowements for eof t earhese movements to fall where the farmers stood loyally by it. Just as soon, however, as growling and fault-finding commences, down they go. We have here one of the grandest organizations ever suggested.It is some- thing in whioh everyfarmer is interested, and every farmer within reach of this factory should be a supporter of it. Still, there are lots of inn almost at the back doors of the while some have t❑ken ten, twenty or thirty in dollars' worth. It is these small stock -hold - ere who are the growlers, and those with no stock At all do more growling still. You do not hear any eomplamts coming from men • ore m stook." 100 or m who have $ "ZP you let the factory go down," added Manager Falconer, "the price of hogs will go down too—to 4340, inside of 12 moat s But rho farmers interested have no intention of letting the factory go ander. One of the chief dif0loulties of the company has been that too little stock was taken at the start, and this has hampered operations all along. The extent of the handicapis shown by the fact that 95,000 was paid in in- terest and exchange last year on borrowed worldng capital. "What the farmers should do," said direc- tor John Binns, and they aro well able to do it, is to take, stock so that we shall have Sufficient capital to enable us to get along without borrowed money. Some farmers fifty or a hundaed miles away aro doing more for the factory than some of time living right alongside of it. Another unfortunate foot is that some of our own people, even some of oar stook -holders, will, for the hogsto other factoriies�when we badly send need thew here." The capital stook of the company was fixed in the first plaeo at $00,900. At the end of last year, the amount of capital nodally paid up was only $18,000. At the end of the presebt financial your, which ended With Stine, 780,- 710 801710 was paid up. The increase in the p❑id•up stock of the company is largely duo to the efforts of Jae. McLean. All told Mr, MoLean has secured takers _for upwards of $10,000 in stools for the oompany. A de good ol of this las been taken 180 to 140 miles away from Palmerston, conaidorable portion having been subscribed in the vicinity of Ridgetown. On his first trip to the Ridgetown section Mr. McLean in nix and a halfdays' work scoured takers for $2,100 in stook on his second trip he obtained $1,100, on his third $050, and on the last 51,- Etir el. See other Ethel items on page 5 of this issue. Farmers are very buys oaring for their hay and root crops. Where are all our sports of other daye 7 Football, qnoiting, &c. Mre. D. 0. Ross, of Brussels, was visit• ing at S. Amen' We week. Mise Edna Bperain, of Morrie, has been visiting Miss Nellie Sanders, See S. S. Oole'e advt. in this week's "Poet." He may have just what you re. quire. The Orangemen of this notion go to Luoknow for the celebration of the 12th of July.. A epeoial train leaves here at 7 o'olook Friday morning. Miss Melissa Ames is home from the Conservatory, at Toronto. We arepleao. ed to know that she stood 2o0. in Honore in the intermediate olaae. The Garden Party at the Methodist Parsonage andJno. Oober'e lawns, Wed- nesday evening of last week, was's 000- oesa. An enjoyable program was pre- sented. Proceeds will be applied on Par- sonage necessities. at the attendance h T ore was alarge last' huroh a inthePresbyterian ruin(( fie Babbath afternoon when the pastor preaohed to the Sone of Temperance who were preeenb in a hods. The sermon was well aimed and will afford food for thought for many a day. • The people of thio locality were very moat surprised feet Monday to hear that the spirit of Mies Anna Living°ton had suddenly paeeed any at the home of her deter, Mre. Will. Blemmon, the night previous. Deceased had many friends here. She had only dome over from her home on Sabbath. The Amherstbarg Bobo Bays of a for• mer junior pastor on Ethel circuit Rev. James L. Stewart, B. A., of Victoria University, preaohed at Wesley Church, Sunday last. Mr. Stewart will be here daring Rev. Mr. Kerr's abeenoe. Mr. Btewart'e fnenoy and versatility are well known and he draws large oongregations. UNFOeTONATE ACCIDENT,— Wednesday Id at art was he hildcen's afternoon a o party the home of Soo. Mitchell, North of Ethel. The bay fork bad been let down to within about 8 feet of the barn floor and a awing arranged from it. The 10 year old eon and 8 year old daughter of Joshua Flood, lot 26, con. 5, were in the awing and while direotly under a wire broke and down came the fork pinning the children to the floor. The boy was naught on the fleshy part of the leg and q naety wound inflicted lint the sister fared worse ae the prong penetrated the breast bone damaging the lung. Mre. Vodden who was at Mr. Mitohell's, ran for her husband, ae the men folk were not at home and Mr. V. made a flying trip here for the doctor who soon had the Children's injariee dressed. We hope both will be o, k. 030, Besides obtaining stook, Mr. MoLean has also purohaeed a barge nombsr of limas from the country round aboutRidgetown. Notwithstanding the good work done byn', I McLean as mirnana0er, there was somelittle ry question as to the Salalie was 20001ving, Thathu' say," said W. R. Belden, "is ,' 0. If anyone hero will secure as much at0tkis Mr. McLean has secured, we will give him $100 more than Mr. McLean is getting, We are looking for men just like him. ff we can only obtain a dozen such men, all our stook will be taken up within six mouths. Still many farmers about Palmerston have done well by the company. At first,' said Mr, Belden, "they would not believe that the existence of such a fac- tory would make any change in the matter of prices. In fact, on some concessions every farmer is a subscriber to the stools of the company. We would have more stock -hold - era still in the vicinity of the factory if a more systematic effort had been mads to ell, lain them. There has been too much of a spasmodic effort in the poet; but now we are maldn a systematic canvass and the re- sults of the same are most gratifying." Another notion which has done well in the wetter of subscribing stook is that about Glenallan. No lees than $4,000 has been subscribed by people who seodre their mail at that poet office, Ed. Tyke having taken $300 all told. At Dorking post offioe, which adjoins Glenallan, 91,- 100 has been eubeoribed. At the suggestion of the direotore the shareholders gave power to the board to increase the capital stook to 9200,000 if thought necessary. The object of this is to put the company in a position, if non• eidered desirable, to go into the dressed beef or poultry industry, or other side lines, 'The dressed beef industry is," said Manager Falconer, "becoming a big thing. The exports of the United States have inoreaeed from fifteen to thirty mil- lion dollars per year in a comparatively short time. In Toronto, a large 0003• pony, with a million dollars capital, has been incorporated for the pnrpoee of go- ing into the ioduatry in Canada. We should be in a position in this factory, to take up this bueioese if opportunity offers." The only objection to the proposal. and this woe really not an objection but a suggestion, came from Alex. Fraser, who said he feared that large capitalists might possibly come in and take up large blocks of the stook and so secure control of the company. "That matter," replied Mr. Falconer, "is entirely in your own hands. We have already bad offers from big capi- talists who were anxious to take a large block of our stook, but we refosed to let it go. We intend to ran ou the same line in the future, and it is for the farmers of this country to assist ne in doing so by Liberal takings of stook." There is nothing extravagant in the management of the oompany. The amount of the badness handled last year was upwards of half a million, $483,532 being paid for hogs alone. Although this large amount of bosinees was handled, the expense of the office staff—iaolnding salary manager, clerks, and even the y of oanvaseer for Mr. took--was only 93 800, l or less than 1 per cent of the business handled. Even the w factory proper runes of the thirty but employed makiog the total outlay for wages and offioe help lees than 4 per oent of the liminess hand. led. In addition 10 this the directors in- cluding the seoretary, reoeive 92 per meeting, and will hereafter reoeive 10o per mile, one way, as an allowance in at- tending meetings. The directors have given more than their time and best thought to the enter. prise. They have, as Mr. Cowan said, taken liberally of stook. Most of the directors have over 91,000 in stook and the inter set on t he m ono tiny h av e in- vested alone would amount to more than they receive in salaries or commissions from the oompany. In addition to 01118, ae Mr. Belden said, in the early days of factory, these men assumed personal ob. ligations to the banks whioh, if the fac- tory had failed, would. have Cost them every Cent they owned. Verily, the Palmerston oo•operative pork packing company has been well served by those chiefly instrumental in promoting the enterprise. Tbie serviae is appreciated too, beoonse while gneatione were freely asked as t0 expenditure, and while there was a feel- ing on the part of some that even the moderate outlay for wages and salaries was too high, still the overwhelming sentiment was that exceedingly good work was being done at very little moat and a vote of thanks was passed to the directors amid the loudest applause heard during the meeting. as It was m ailed by accompanied This vote,p such heartapplause, wee, as Mr. Falcon- er said, moatenooaraging. "It is exceed• in ty gratifying, said he, "to find that we have the shareholders with us." There were some individual exp088810ne of feeling along the same line. Thos. G. Ballantyne, of Atwood, one of the largest buyere for the faotory, avid that he had found Mr. Falconer ae fine a man as he had ever dealt with. Ho wee a man, he said, in whom he had every confidence. F. Knight, another buyer, said it should not be a question of salary, but a matter of getting the moat useful man, A mon at 92,000 might easily be cheaper than at 91,000. The whole question Was as to whether the man employed had done his duty or not. Arch. MoNeil, of Gerrie, said it was the first meeting of the Bind he had ever attended, and be was more than pleased at the good feeling shown. "I have been at other kinds of meetings," said Mr. Mo. Neil, "where there was five timee the amount of fault found there was bore. Every farmer ebonld be highly pleased with what lie has seen and heard today. Some interoeting figures were present• ed by Manager Falconer. "The building and equipment pow represents," said he, "an outlay of about 950,000. We were singularly fortunate in e8lmting'the time for building, The work Woe done at a A two•year•old daughter of L. R. 7, Boll, was drowned at Brampton. London Liberals presented Geo. M, Reid with a handsome oabinet of silver. Joiordon's paper mills ath Leroux was o Hawkesbury inR pp, by being naught in a belt. The Montreal Street 'Railway has de• aided to isene 91,200,000 new stook at par to. pay for the Park & Inland Railway. At 0rillia EddieRobinaon, the 18 -year- old eon of Chas. Robinson, wan accident. ally shot through the head and killed by a little companion. KERR, Prop. lof otowtal when pride al lied were loTheark,Nardi, Well taotory, which 1s n0 better than ours, coat I believe about 986,000, while cure ((tends at 950,000. The real estate and bnildinge represent $21,776, machin• ery 921,200, fixtures in the factory, 95,. 259, the electric' plant $735, railway sidings 0295, ofli.00 furniehinge 9225, During loot year our expenditure on ex. port freight alone, aside from what it Cost to bring in the live hogs, amounted to $23,091," There was a diooueeion on quality, too. "Some objeatlone have," said Mr. Pat- ooner, "been raised to our nulling of bogs, It le oeceseary to null unless we got the right quality. Give no well bred and well fed hogs, 160 to 200 pounds, and you will have no milling. It makes no difference to the factory what Mod of hogs yon bring. Any kind oap be cured and made into meat that will sell, bat if yon send us poor quality of hogs your meat wilt not eel' for as muoh as it will from se- lects, and that loss falls upon your farmers." What the losses amounted to last year, es stated by another speaker, wee one million dollars on twelve and a half mil- lions worth of bacon and hams exported. This le altogether too heavy a loa to be allowed to continue, and bog p'o everywhere should make it their aim to produce the best in order that they may get the highest pride in the English mar. kat. W. II. Mellott, one of the largest farmers in Arthur township, asked how it was that Irish bacon was bringing more in the English market than Canadian. "I am told," said Mr. Mallett, "that it is partly a matter of breeding and partly a matter of feeding. I am told that the Irish hogs are mostly Yorke. I am in- formed that the Irish are e0rapolonsly olean in the matter of feeding. It tie un- doubtedly a fact that you will get a bet. ter quality of meat from an animal fed in a Olean place than you will from one fed in a foul place. Too many of our farmers have dirty feeding places. These should be improved. "We are ae clever ss the Irish or Danes, and we should be able to produce as good a quality of bacon at they oan. The first thing 10 to get the right kind of hogs, and the next thing is to feed them right. Now le the time to get right, be - dud the time is at hand when the cull- ing will be more severe then it is now." Seoretary Oliver said that boiled pota- toes, oatmeal and milk made the sweet- est, choicest meat that oan be obtained, and it was on these ingredients that the Irish hogs were largely fed. "There is," he added, "the matter of breed. In Ire. land the landlord gets good sires and moves these about from place to place. In addition to that there is an inspector appointed to go about and see that hogs are properly fed and oared for. We have a000mpliahed a good deal here within the last two years, the quality of hogs eeour. ed from this section has improved by half." Ales. Fraser said that sometimes from the same batoh would Dome a thick fat and singer. "There is," said Mr. Fraser, by way of explanation, "a good deal in the matter of handling. Too many men make the mistake of piling on the fat before the animal makes his growth. My experience tells me that etrong feed should not be given until the hog reaohea 120 pounds. Up to that time the grain ration should oonsiet of oat chop." "I have," said Mr. McLean, 'talked hog as mouth as I have talked about sub• soriptione for stook in Ridgetown aeotion. As a reenit of the educational work per. formed in this way every succeeding load of hogs secured in%Jot section shows an, improvement in quality. Not only is there improvement in the style of feeding and breeding but there ie a marked im- provement in the manner in whioh hogs are handled. Our company has got out a pamphlet advising, among other things that bogs shall not be abused on their way to market. People generally have no' idea had little rd in the a as to how a b past p Five inthis a sed 9c' IB 'Way n con b damage minutes' nes of a switch may easily take 925 off the value of a oar of hogs. Now, whenever anyone is seen switching hogs on the way to market in that aeotion friends will Dail out to met "MoLean, give that man one of your pamphlets: That shows how generally the idea has • been impressed upon people of the nem - say of the kindly handling of hogs in- tended for slaughter." It was recommended by the Board of Directors that shareholders, to be quali- fied for the office of director of the oom- eve ten haree,hbu tthe ohereholders,be required oon a motion of J.•0. Dixon, of Moorefield, deoided to reduce this to five shares. All the old Board of Directors were re. eleoted with the exoeption of Mr. Moyer, who retired on account of other engage• menta requiring all his time. His place was taken by Jacob Ankenman. It wne have shall decided that the board also authority to fill avacancy in its own ranks in the event of one ownrring during the year. The atop proepeote for Nova Bootie thie year are very good. Col. Leye Wae elooted to the Legislative Assembly in London by a majority of 1,655. The Davidson bigamy case at Rat Portage collapsed, and the defendants were aogoitted. Richard Evans, elevator man at the Montreal Gas Works, was killed by the fall of the elevator, Alfred Cooper was 001111nit0ed for trial on a (barge of setting fire to his wile's house at Lauoaeter. ' Employees of the Domrnrou Cotton Mill at Brantford have been notified that the mill tvill abut down. At the meeting of the Provinoial. A1• fiance in Toronto, Mrs. Thornley, of Lon• don, spoke against any idea of govern- ment control of the liquor traffic. Three new 00500 of smallpox are re( ported—one in MoGillivray township, Middlesex county i one in Nelson bowie. ship, Halton, and one on Albert street, Stratford. The Balton man is a militia man who was out at (amp and who did not oomply with the t000ivation orders.