The Brussels Post, 1898-7-8, Page 4Cib.e ` 1ruzstls gist,
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1898.
HARVARD College conferred the honorary
degree of L. L. D. on the Earl of Aber.
Been, Governor-General of Canada.
IN Toronto a very sensible move has
been made, namely, that the carrying of
ahildreu 011 front of a bicycle is prohibit-
ed, It is a humane enactment that might
be generally copied as the risks run are
very hazardous,
Maas CAUAna, if you won't say anything
about it, celebrated her 81st birthday last
Friday. There's not much danger of her
being relegated to the "shelf" even if she
has passed her girlhood. Many happy
and prosperous returns of the day.
Tum Bank of England's rata of interest
has been reduced from 3 to 2} per cont.
It is really too bad the way rich people
are ground down by parliaments and
banking institutions so that to really
have your own way being poor appears
essential, at least decisions like the above
don't have much effect 011 the party who
often has the "shorts."
Qoaeo people some . of those residents
of Clinton. What do you think they
did 7 Stole vases from the cemetery in
which flowers had been placed on a grave.
They must surely be near relatives to the
fellow who stole the coppers off a dead
man's eyes and kicked him because they
weren't quarters. A. tight board fence,
xis feet high, ehould be put round the
Clinton cemetery or else the contemptible
thieves should be placed within a stone
walled enclosure located in Goderich. It's
a grave charge and the undertakers should
go and bury themselves.
As Tatra Posy has been asked a number
of times as to the law concerning Noxious
weeds and their destruction we reproduce
the gist of the Act, to be found in Chapt.
297 Revised Statutes of Ontario :—It is
applicable to every municipality iu On -
lam, and requires every occupant of land
or the owner to cut down all Canada
Thistles, Os Eye Daisies, Wild Oats, Rag
Weed and Burdock, and also all other
noxious weeds to which the act may be
extended by bylaw, of the municipality.
It is a pathmaster's duty to see that the
provisions of the act are carried out, by
cutting down and destroying all noxious
weeds growing on the highways. The
act provides for the appointment of an
inspector to enforce the provisions of the
Noxious Weeds Act. A pathmaster has
no authority except as to weeds on the
highways.
How to secure the most practical and at
the same practicable way of road making
and road keeping is an unsolved problem
to many a municipality. While notice-
able improvements have been made dur-
ing the pest two years, largely due to the
efforts of Mr. Campbell, Government
Road ,Instructor, many people adopt
modern improvements very slowly. The
old style of doing statute labor is among
the "has -beans" and it is a good job as
many an hour has been spent on so called
road work that was far from what could
be called improvement, With the pass-
ing of the years and the doing away to a
large extent of team driving, more atten-
tion will have to be devoted to caring for
the centre of the roadway. Here comes
in the necessity of the road machine for
the proper crowning of the centre and
grading off the sides so that it will be
impossible for water to accumulate. A
very sensible suggestion and one that any
large municipality could well adopt is
that offered by the July number of
the Municipal World which says :—
"Unleee the roads are constantly watched
and repaired, just as regularly and care-
fully as the great railway companies
watch their road beds, they will deterior.
ate very rapidly and practically have to
be rebuilt every few years. There is no
use building expansive roads and leaving
them to go to ruin from neglect. 11 is
affirmed by an eminent American author-
ity that "a man with one horse and cart,
working eight menthe of the year, can
keep seventy miles of good road in con-
stant, effective and complete repair at the
outside expense of $850, which is $5 per
mile, while the cost of even attempting to
make paesable the ordinary oountry roads
exceeds $35 per'nile. A dirt cart is
loaded with crushed rock or gravel,
with a hoe,! a shovel and a rammer the
repairer as frequently as the task assign.
ed him will permit, starts out on the
road. Every washout he repairs, every
rut he fills up, loose stones he throws out,
tough places he levels, obstructions in
watercourses he removes, and his tireless
efforts day after day result in keeping the
road in good repair and making happy
every man and woman who drives over
the highway."
Qotlerie)><.
The Clinton S. 5. excursion i0 set for
,July 14th.
Complaint is Made of the disorderly
conduct of young boys in the Harbor
park.
A string of 17 lady ofoylists on one
street in an evening attests to the popu.
letity of the wheel with the fair sea of
(Iodation.
A Regina despatch says a large crowd
assembled at the station on Friday
morning to meet Lieutenant•Governor
Cameron, inofuding the offleers of the
Mounted i'olioe, the allergy of all the
ebureheo, citizens and many ladies.
Judge Richardson, Premier Iiaultain,
Commissioner Remelt-net'
and Oayley
Hamilton represented the reception
committee, who introduced his Ft000e
to leading chigoes, after whioh he wee
driven to Government liaise'
escorted
by a detachment of Mounted 1'01100.
Theta was a reoe tion and presentation
of ed itsesss on Saturday,
1'ietoria Loyal Orange Lodge, Gude•
rich, have chartered the steamer "City
or London," and will ran an exoursiou to
Port Huron on the 19111 of July,
John Johnston, teamster for Buohen-
an ,% Rhyne, was badly squeezed be.
tween a lumber;pile and s load of boards
on the wagon, His face and oheet were
crushed and had the tempnot been (melt.
ly stopped the rosette might have been
very serious.
A short time ago a ben belonging to
Geo. McMillan, Bayfield Road, brought
out a brood of 01401181111. Two or tbree
days later she left them and ocmmeuced
laying. A bantam rooster evidently took
pity on them, for et present it is per.
forming all the duties of a another hen.
The eleotioe of ollioere in Norl.h.st. E.
L. of C. 1. resulted as follows ;—Pres.,
J, A. Gregory ; vies pros., Mies Mary
Salkeld ; convenor of prayer meeting
committee, bliss Mildred Campbell ;
convenor of literary com., Frank turn.
er ; of missionary com., Mies L. Aohe•
son; outlook eon., M. Howell; social
com., Miss E. Harris ; reo..0ee„ Bliss
01ara Sharman ; nor,-seo., xlliss Eva
Smith ; treas., Mr. Graham ; pianist,
Miss Clara Sharman ; chorister, Robt.
Gauley.
Wm. Dickson recently received from
his nefoe, in Japan, Miss Jennie C.
Smith, an image of Buddha, which had
for many years been enshrined in a
temple, and was sold to give plane to
another image. It is, as usual, an ugly
and poorly carved figure, ono covered
with gilt, but now showing much the
worse for its long wear. Miss Smith
has been a medical missionary in that
000ntry for nearly 7 years.
At a meeting of the eharebolders of the
Goderich Elevator & Transit 0o„ last
Saturday the following gentlemen were
elected directors :—H. Mooers and H. 1r.
Mooers, of Kingston ; M. MoLsughlin, of
Toronto, representing the millers of
Western Ontario ; N. Dyament, of Bar-
rie ; and Jas. Clark, W. L. Horton and
Ales. MoD. Allen, of Goderich. At a
subsequent meeting of these directors H.
Mooers was elected President, Alex. MoD,
Allen, Vice -President, and H. F. Mooers,
Secretary -Treasurer. The works at the
dock are proceeding rapidly, and the
chief engineer states that he has made
here the best foundation he ever secured
for en elevator. Nearly all the leading
millers in Western Ontario have become
stookholders, and they are' jubilant over
their position on the ground floor, this
being the only. elevator in Canada or the
States where millers are accorded tbia
privilege. The building will be ready
for the season's Drops.
Capt. Thomas N. Danoey, one of the
oldest residents of this town, died Thurs-
day of last week from the effects of an
accident he met with over a year ago,
and which resulted in a stricture of the
entrance to the stomach. He was well
known on the lakes from Chicago to
Buffalo during the sixties, and bad the
reputation of being one of the most fear-
less navigators of the great lakes. For
a number of years he held the positions
of harbormaster and whatfinger of thio
port, and a little over a year ago he re.
ceived an appointment from the present
Gave; =ant to the customs office here,
whioh position he filled until his death.
He was a life long reformer in politics,
and was one of the stalwarts who car-
ried the election fox Lieutenant -Gover-
nor M. C. Cameron, in South Huron
after the gerrymander. He will be re-
membered by all of the leading cariers of
Western Ontario against whom be bad
skipped in many s herd battle. He was
68 years of age and leaves a widow and
six ohildren surviving. He was buried
on Sunday under the auspices of the A.
O. U. W., of wbioh he had been a mem•
her for 18 years.
Grey Council Meeting.
Council met in the Township Hall on
June 25th, pursuant to adjournment.
Members were all present, the Reeve in
the chair. Minutes of last meeting
read and confirmed. Petition of Wm.
Pollard and 55 others praying to have the
hill on sideroad between lots 20 and 21,
eon. 6, out down. Mr, Dilworth to at-
tend to it. Richard Armstrong filed
with the Clerk the consent in writing of
two-thirds majority of the owners liable
for the construction of a ditch under an
award dated Jan. 7th, 1898, for the deep-
ening of a culvert on the land of the
Grand Trunk Ry., at lob 8, con. 9,, as
provided by section 21 and sub -section 2
of the Ditches cb Watercourses' Act 1894.
Moved by Robt. Livingstone, seconded
by Wm. Brown, that Messrs. Sbraohan
and Dilworth meet the inspector of the
W. G. cl B. division of the G. T. R. and
agree with him to have the said culvert
deepened as cheaply as possible.—Car-
ried. Moved by James McDonald,
seconded by Robt. Dilworth, that the
Reeve and Treasurer be authorized to
borrow from Rachel Spence the sum of
8500 for township purposes mita taxes
are paid.—Carried. Moved by Robb.
Livingston, seconded by Jas. MoDonald
that Messrs. Strachan and Dilworth go
and examine ditch on boundary Grey and
Wallace ab lot 64, with a view to effect a
settlement of the matter in dispute.—
Carried. Application of John IC, Baker
for gravelling at lot 80, con. 9. Robt.
Dilworth to attend to it. John Mo•
Naught applied for aid to extend the
ditch known as the Logan ditch to the
boundary of Grey and Logan. Moved by
Robt. Livingstone, seconded by Jas. Mo.
Donald, that this Council construct 10
rods of the ditch, provided the Logan
Council also construct 10 rods.—Moved
by Robt. Livingston, seconded by Jas.
McDonald that the Connell gravel one
half of the side -road bobween lobe 10 and
11, oon. 18, from the school house North
to the concession line, provided the Mo.
Sillop Council gravel from the school
house South to the boundary line,—Car.
tied. Moved by Robb. Dilworth, second.
ed by Wm. Brown that the side -road be.
bwoen lots 40 and 41, be opened up for
travel, the cost not to exceed MO.—Car-
ried. Bylaws Nos. 122 and 1.23 were
read over three times and passed. The
following accounts were presented, viz„
J. Brown, repairing bridge et lot 19, cone.
0 and 10, $6 ; A. B. Smith, wire fence on
eideroad lute 5 and 6, con. 6, $6.84 ; J.
W. Rosa, gravel, $10.14 ; Duncan Niro.
Hay, cleaning out Government drain at
lot 28, con, 16, 910,50 ; N. & N. Gerry,
8 new road scrapers, $21.60 l Hugh Mc-
Kinnon, dick -axe and handle, OOo ; Jno,
Coates, ditch ab lot 29, con. 8, $6.00
Quintin MoBlain, ditch at lot 80, con, 3,
$2; Edwin Mibehell, avelling on the
boundary Greyand Wallace,a $15 ; Geo.
Elliott, shovelling and iaspeotiug grave.
ling, 98,19 ; 3as. Houston, grading on
side•roed late 10 anti 11, oon. 10, 911,00
THE BRUSSELS POST
John McLeod, ditch at lot 24, on. 7,
93,70: Russell Porterfield, part payment
for gravelling at bot 15, eon. 0, $10 ; Jae,
Laird, cleaning ditch lot 25, eon. 8, $2.-
50 ; Chas. Rose, gravelling at lot 28, eon,
0, $18,48 ; Quintin MoBlein, gravelling
at lot 26, on. 0, 97,110 ; Quiubin hie-
lllain, building at new bridge at Iota 05
and 20, con. 2, 953 ; Oliver Harris, mil -
vert, sideroad 2, con. 18, 92 ; John 1110.
I Mesh, tile drain, lots 10 and 11, con,
15, $3 ; John McIntosh, nnderbrushing
at lots 15 and 10, con. 14, 94.40 ; Robt.
Lang, repairing white's and Mcllou-
ald's bridges, con, 2, 901 07 ; Robt.
Coutts, gravel, $12.40 ; John Vodden,
grading at lots 20 and 21. oon. 4, 914.-
90 ; Ceo, Sperling, iuspeotiug gravelling
and removing logs at lots 25 and 28, on,
14, 68 ; Dunoau McKay, gravelling at
Iota 25 and 25, eon. 14, 939.00 L Samuel
Dunn, gravel, 850.10 ; Thos. Strachan,
gravel, $11.20 ; Goo, Spoken, gravel,
$10.20 ; J. W. Rose, gravel, 86 ; John
Selmer, shovelling gravel, $4 ; White
& Jaokliu, timber for bridge' and putting
stone in abutment and culvert, lot 4, con,
2, 825,05 ; Michael Mullen, gravel, 98.-
80 ; S. S. Cole, lumber for culverts and
bridges, 930.08 ; Jas. Ferguson, gravel,
$9 ; A. Reymann, atteodiog to equali-
zation 0. S. S, No. 11, Morris, Grey and
McKillop, 84 ; A. Reymann, gravelling
at lot 14, con. 12, $22.34 ; Robt. Close,
gravel, $5.04 ; Geo. Whitfield, culvert,
lot 25, con. 12, 91.00, Moved by Robb.
Dilworth, seconded by Wm. Brown that
the above accounts be paid.—Carried.
Council then adjourned to meet again at
the call of the Reeve.
SANTIAGO AND ITS Qlli(LTIIIS.
The bottling up of Corvera's fleet in the
harbor of Santiago de Cuba is not the
only claim of distinction possessed by
that ourious old oity, for, as the iuhabi.
tants never fall to remind the traveler, it
bas long been a disputed faot whether
Columbus landed first ab San Salvador or
Santiago de Cuba. However that may
be, St. Jago, as tbs Spaniards call it, is
far older than any city iu North America.
The peculiar narrow streets and the
facades of the houses remind ono of some
of the old towns in Italy ; but there the
resemblance ceases, for the houses of
Santiago are nearly all built around a
court or patio, as they are in most Span-
ish towns. With their high barred win•
down and glaring plastered walls on the
outside they look more like prisons than
like the American idea of dwelling
houses. But go inside the patio and
everything is different. There are palms
and shrubs and flowers, and in some of
the richer houses even fountains. Meals
are often served in the patio in pleasant
weather.
In Santiago, as well as iu other Cuban
cities, the proprietors of most of the shops
and warehouses live m the same building
in which their business is conducted.
The shops open about nine o'clock in the
morning, and remain open all about
noon, when they close up and everybody
goes to the mid-day meal. After that
everybody takes a nap in the heat of the
day. The shops open up again
about 2 o'clock in the afternoon and re-
main open till half -past five or six. Go
to an office in Santiago at 8:30 in the
morning and nobody will be up ; go again
at 12:30 and everybody will be eating ; go
again at 1:80 and everybody will be
asleep.
Iu the evening the people lie around
and take life may, and smoke, of course,
for in Santiago everybody smokes—men,
women and children. Even the waiters
in the hotels and cafes pull out a cigarette
and smoke between the courses. The
porters and cabmen 01110105 at all times
and seasons. The stevedores on the
wharf smoke et their work, and even the
clerks in the drygoods stores roll a
cigarette and take a puff between two ous.
tomers. The senorita blows a cloud of
smoke from under the lace of liesfasci•
hating, mysterious mantilla, while no -
greases walk along the streets puffing
away at huge oigars, Children of 8 and
10 may be often seen with cigarettes in
their mouths, and 0 is no uncommon
sight to see men and women smoking in
church.
The country houses around Santiago
are infested with mice and lizards. The
latter are vary alert and active and quite
unlike the sluggish lizards seen in North-
ern climates. There is a curious kind of
mouser whose presence is rather en-
couraged about Cuban country houses.
These mousers are large bleak snakes.
As they am quite harmless, nobody
thinks of being afraid of them, and they
Dome and go as they please, unmolested.
All the young bloods in Santiago wear
white duck suits and straw hats, and
they may be seen lounging around the
oity and the Club de San Carlos, looking
cool and comfortable, and smoking. Ab
the Club de San Carlos, which ie the
Union League of Santiago, the Spanish
officers from Morro Castle, and the gilded
youths of the city make their idling
headquarters. It is a pleasant plaoe iu
whioh to loaf, drink cooling beverages,
smoke and gossiti. The club house is
only one story high, like meet of the
buildings in the oity, and in front is a
little garden with fountain and flowers.
Opposite the Club de San Carlos is the
Cafe Venus, where, an enthusiastic
traveler deolares, as good a meal can be
had as at Delmonico's. There is less
wine drunk in Cuba than in most Latin
countries ; bat there is a native rum,
called bacardl, which is made from mo.
lasses, and which, well mixed with water
and cooled with ice, makes a very smooth
sort of beverage and a somewhat insidious
one, A quart bottle of this rum poste
only 50 cote, and as a good deal of it le
usually drunk at the midday meal, ib is
not to be wondered at that a nap Mimed.
lately follows it.
At all places in Santiago where drinks
are sold, as well as in the telegraph offices
and poste fbce, one always finds lottery
tickets on sale, and men and boys peddle
them about the strobe. Those tieltots
vary in price from 10 cents to $10, and
even more, Of all the cities of Cuba,
Santiago, with its 40,000 inhabitants, is
by far the most pioburesclue and interest.
fog. Ib is many years older than St.
Augustine, and after walking for an hour
or two through its medisval.looking
streets the most matter of fact American
is ready to believe any romantic story
shout the plaoe whioh may be told to
him, except, perhaps, the story of the im-
mento oham stretching from Morro Cas.
tie to a huge staple in the wall of rock on
the opposite shore, 50 yards away, which
can be hove up by a capstan till itis level
with the water, so as bo Corm an Instr.
mountable obstacle to any attempt to
make an entrance in dine of war.
Our Stock
is well Assorted
in All Lines.
rices ow
AND WE WANT .
TO SEE YOU.
July Fashion Sheets and .Patterns to hand.
J. D. i Y fI B9 G'S'r
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You will always find with us a
full stock of the above make of fine
foot -wear which will fit all kinds
of feet, and for
Durability and Neatness
cannot be surpassed. Our reputation for carrying reliable
goods is thoroughly established and from good buyers we
ask an inspection, A business that is growing every day
is good evidence that our goods are being appreciated.
I.
JULY 8. 1898
01*'.,....
We take your measure and snake you up
a Suit that we will guarantee to fit with
first-class Farmers' Satin Linings for ..
9 N: 00
The Tweed is every thread wool and consists of a
fine range of Patterns and Colorings in Black, Tight
Brown, Dark Browns and Fancy Greys,
guaranteed Waterproof, at ... .... 1.5
The above lines are fully 50 per cent, below regular
value, and are worthy the attention of close buyers.
50 Boys' Suits, bought from a manufac-
turer. These Suits were made to sell at el
a ��
e 4.00. While they Last they go at....
A Suit—Coat, Pants and Vest for boys, aged 11, 12,
13, 14 and 15 years, made of good Halifax Tweed and Grey
mixtures. Close buyers cannot afford to miss this Boys'
Clothing) Sale.
A line of Mens' Black Rubber Coats,
Redpath's Granulated Sugar, ilia best pre-
serving Sugar in Canada,
$5.00 PER 100 LBS.
1r'Letter orders filled promptly and delivered in Brussels free of
charge, on receipt of price, and if they are not satisfactory
money refunded with pleasure.
Colne with the crowd to Gu72n's.
BRUSS RiLS.
The Corner
Store,
SEA. ORTH.
Wo+esrgaaa'awav,:n m .r 1;: gv:�
Our stock of Clothing was never as large or a8 well assorted as now, in fact it is too large, We are forced to reduce it
fully one-half. Where there's a will there's a way, and we make way by our determined will,
Let the Following' Quotations Illustrate :--
prs. Men's Union and all wool Pants, all sizes 9 R Boys' Serge Suits, well maple with strong lin-
well lnaclo, finished well, twill pockets and
bar buttons ; perfect fitting ; regular $1.25,
$1.40 and $1.50. Juno Clearing Sale price. C 1 00
Your Choice for ... cll �a
2.00
40
52 prs. Men's all wool Pants, light and dark colors
finished equal to tailor made goods, regular
$2.00 to $+2,75. June Clearing Sale price
$1.50 and
2 prs. Boys' Knee Pants, Union and all wool
Tweeds and Surges, ages 4 to 10 years. June
Clearing Salo price, per pair ...
12 Boys' two piece Serge Suits, Coat and Pants
Lined, ages 4 to 9 years. June Clearing
Sale price ... ,.. ...
}la Ci
95
logs, ages G to 11 years, regular $2.00 and
$2.25. June Clearing Sale price, ,., �50
21 A:ten's Tweed Suits, perfect fitting, with strong
linings, sizes 89 to 44 breast measure, regu-
lar $6.00, $6.50 itud $7.00. June Clearing 4.75
Sale price only .., .., 1
35 Men's Tweed Suits, goods that fit well, in all
sizes from 86 to 44 breast measure, regular
and good value at $7.50 to $8.50. June
Clearing Sale price ,.. ,.. ,..
Youths' Tweed Snits, sizes 80 to 85 breast
measure, with long pants. June Clearing 3.50
Sale price ... ... .., v
2
0.50
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All Join in June Clearing Sale.
Prices :—Men's Fur Felt Stiff Hats, this , season's shapes,
regular $2.50 and .82.75, June Clearing Salo price $1.90.
Men's Stiff Hats, regular $2.00, 81.50 and $1.00. Tun° Clear-
ing Sale prices, 50e,, 75e. and $1.25.
Soft Hats, all kinds, sizes and shapes join in the June Clearing
Salo prices,
You can, and we will see that you clo save looney, in buying
Hats at this Store.
and
Boots & Shoes of all kinds join in
the June Clearing Sale.
175 prs. Woman's Oxfords and Strap Slippers, sizes 2i to 7,
regular $1.40, $1.50 and $1,75. hue Clearing Sale price, only
$1.25.
85 pairs Woman's, Misses' and Boys'—a job lot, regular from
Cl
$1.10 to 85e, June earing Sale price, G5c, for your choice.
The balance of this season's Lace Curtains and Carpets join in the Jnne Clearmg Seale Frees.
'4Ve are Sole Agents in Brussels for Priestley's Celebrated Dress Goods.
We always pay the Highest Prices for Produce. "g- �yuK� i
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