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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1895-10-25, Page 1Voi. 28, No, 16, BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2a, 189 FIRE I FIRE it The undorsigeed ie prepared to Insure all Ideas of 'pillage property at the lowest rains in the foliowiug Orst.elassoompaniee, o4Lnncasllirei,, of A7anohester, Capital t IIT113iou roulade Stirling, •4S111i," of. London, established A, A, 1710. 0apitai. 7 Minton Ethers, "Wollington Mutual," of Guelph, Detabliahod1840, Also 820,000 to Loan on good Farm soourlty et 5e and aper Cant, for 6 or l0 years, 88.4 J. A. Creighton. I2■ zo EVERY FRIDAY FROM TORONTO RUN A Through 'Upholstered Tourist lar TO THE Pacific Coast. 'aesengero from BRi788EL8 should leave 8.00 a.m. T. FARROW, AGENT, BRUSSELS, Co Smokers - To meet the wishes of their customers Che Geo, E. Teokett & Son Co., Ltd., smitten, Ont., have placed upon the arket Oombination Ping of "T F" -T& B" SMOKING TOBACCO This supplies a long felt want, giving the consumer one 20 cent plug, or a 10 cent piece or a 5 Deet piece of the femorae B" brand of pure Virginia To. bacoo. The tin tag "1' & B" is on every piece. SHINGLES British Columbia Red Cedar Shingles AND - North Shore Pine and Cedar FOlt SALE AT THE Brussels Planing Ills Also Doors and Sash of all Pat terns on band or made to order at Short Notice. Estimates Furnished for .all kindsof Buildings. Worltman. ship and Material Gnarauteed. J. & P. AMENT, .dL J. G, SKENt7, wishes to remind the pec-' pee of Brussels and surrounding country that hie Fall and Winter stook of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, cQOrr c C IS NOW COMPLETE. By paying prompt oash for all goods he can give bargains worthy of the name, Mad asks a trial. Every lady should see the new ran, gee of Drees Goods, Flannels and Tweeds. Our Grocery Department takes no seooud place for quality. A Specially made of TeaS. J. .SKENE Agent for Parker's Dye Works. Lieutenant Wm. Peterhof , Aberdeen, ' A C.RaCJC iIIU'I"S CAREER. The following sketch miens to a nephew of the late Mte. James Mitchell and a cousin to Thos. Ballantyne, of Brussels Ill Seottioh volunteering °holes generally, and throughout the North. fn particular, the utmost satisfaction hoe boon express. ed with the following aauounterpeut, which appeared iu a recent testae of .the London .Gazette ;-"let 'Volunteer Bat- talion the Gordon Highlanders -William Peterson, gentleman, 6o be second lieu. tenant, Tho intimation had roferenoe to Private William Paterson, Aberdeen, who; bas been known fol. many years ae one of §ltcotland's very best marksmen, and whose history in this respect is in• deed remarkable. Lieutenant Peterson owns Balmoral as his birthplace. . Hei is a son. of Wm. Pstoraon, who, for upwards of 40 years was gardener to the pQueen, and is now living in retirement at Bal. moral in a house planed at hie disposal by Her Majesty, Liootenaut Paterson's connection with the yoluateer force may be briefly stated. On 11113 May, 1871, he joined the Crathie section of the second 21st -Aberdeenshire Volunteer Corps: Coming to Aberdeen in 1876, he joined the City Bab0alion-No, 4 Company -and in 1877 he went to Edinburgh, where he was a member of the Qneen'e Rifle Vol- unteer Brigade till 1800. Returning to Aberdeen in the latter year he ro-jotnod No, 4 Company of the City Rifles ; was afterwards transferred to. No, 1, which had then become A. Company ; and on Captain (now Lientenanb•Oolonel) Cruden being promotedtothe command of F Company, Lieutenant Paterson transfer- red to that company, of which he is still a member. In the matter of shooting Lieutenant Paterson bas had the unique distinobion of representing Scotland in international matches at every range, in every position, and with every rifle; and surely than this no better proof could be bad of bis unfailing skill as an all-round marksman. "Creek" shots, who aohieve some solitary feat of more or less brilliancy, come and go with the seasons, but Lieutenant Pat- erson seems to "go on for ever." He has established numerous records under wide- ly differing conditions ; be has carried off prizes innumerable at rifle meetings all over the country, and many of hie troph- ies are of very considerable value. His sideboard is laden with silver plate - some of the articles being valved at 250 and upwards -the rooms of his pretty residence are hung with pictures, mostly gained after several testa of skill at the shooting ranges ; while the many hand- some volumes on the shelves of his book- cases, and the clocks andwatches, the barometers and thermometer, the rifles, fo lin ieoe w g p s, and revolvers, not to men tion acorea of modals, which he has bath. Bred around him, are all rewards gained for excellence in marksmanship. He has been in the Scottish Twenty, the Scottish Dight for the liloho Shield, the Scottish team in the volley firing competition at Bisley, and the Volunteer team in the United Service competition. Ho was in the Scottish Twenty in 1891 and 1892, and on both occasions Scotland was via. torious. On the many oocasione on which he has represented Scotland in in- ternational matches, Lieutenant Paterson has invariably given a good accountof himself, and in 1892 he achieved- one of bis most remarkable performances. He was in the team shooting for Scotland in the Elcho Shield competition, and on his last shot depended the result of the match. England had finished one point ahead of Scotland, wbioh, however, had till Paterson's last round to rely upon. Meuse excitement prevailed at the firing oint,. where an enormous crowd had as- embled.: "Will be hit;' was the quee. ion that passed in, whispers from one spectator to another, for 12 Private Pater. on struck the target at all Scotland ould win -since the least he could make as an outer -two points. As he took careful aim at tbe target;. 1000 yerds awa he appeared y,to be the least excited arson on the ground. After a moment f suspense the trigger was pulled. undreds of glasses bad been brought to sir on the target, and a terrific shout ant up when 1t was seen that Lieuten- anb Patereon had pierced the bull's eye, ad had won for Scotland by four points. re is how one of the leading London allies described the scene :-"The Last to oot for Scotland was Private Wm, Pat- ient, 1st Aberdeen, a man who has the epotation of oaring not a fig for any op, anent. All now depended upon him, yet he was as cool as if he Itad been shoot - g at pool. England bad finished with aggregate of 1092, while Scotland's 1n- mplete scare was 1691, He bad but to t the target to win by one point ; but ith enoh a obanoe, after the lapse of irteen years, Private Paterson was nob intent with merely hitting the target. e must win with dignity. Striking the argeb right in the contra, his Last shot orad five, bringing the record of his unitymen up to 1095, and defeating the nglishmen by 4. As he rose from the trend he was overwhelmed with con- atulatioue, which he aeoepted as though felt be deserved them. Scotland's oro not only breaks the record for the oho, but has never yet been reachedin y match, of any kind, anyryhere." Lieutenant Paterson's scare ab 1000 argils on this memorable occasion was ado up as follows - 648456555555555, In P w w P 0 be w He d sh er P m an 0o hi w th c' H t eo co 1] gr g1 so he EI an Y m It et Wimbledon and Bisley, as at Ab- erdeen, the new 1i5200nanb never succeed- ed in carrying of the Queen's prize, bo has made some excellent scores, and broken a number of records. In 1888 he won the Duke of Oambridgo's prize with the highest score ever made With the mil- itary breechloader at 1000 yards. On that occasion lie had the honor of receiv in his prize at the hands of Her Royal Highnees the Princess of Wales. In the same year Lieutenant y Paterson wan the Bronze Cross f the o National Rifle Club of Scotland (a math coveted trophy) and was selected to shoot in the Scottish Eight. Curiously onongb, be won the Duke of Cambridge's prize twice after • this -1899 end 1004 -and atoll time with th0 highsst'soore ever made under the re- spoobive coedi0ions. In 1804 he carried off the Martini Wimbledom Cup, wi another record snore --a beet possible 49 at 000 yards, This magntfioenb trophy valued at 460, becomes the absolute pro pea:,ty of the winner, who roeeived at a the hands of the I7ualiess of Connaught Other three first prizes fell to Lieut Paterson ab Bisleyy that year, these bein the Duke of Cambridge e, thePrsenlantl shot for ab 1000 yards ; and the Walsrode at 900 yards. Tbis Summer be was els very 8uo0essfnl at the great Nations Meeting, winuing the Martins .Oup, th Caunonite Cup, the Motford Cup (for 01; beet aggregate at 800 900,and 1000 ar and the Fremantle prize, for the sec nod time in sucoeseion, Another splendid win to Lieut. Paterson in 1804 was th Royal British Trophy, a massive silver salver, which he ganged at Edinburgh As alreadyindicated, toted, lowover, ,those are only the principal prizes which he bas carried off in the couree of his remark- able career. The others are, to use the hackneyed phrase, altogether too numer- ous to mention, With referent to his earlier 8hootin days, the first contest in which Lieuben- Pateraou took part was the company coin. petition at Orathis, and on that occasion, while only a recruit, the young man, who was destined to become one of the very best marksmen in the country, gave an exceedingly good account of himself. He tied for the Ladies' Gold Gross, but lost the prize in shooting off the tie. The conditions of the tie -made on the groand-werepeculiar, being one shot at 600 yards. His first prize of any con- sequence was the Handicap Gold Cross, presented by Lieutenant Guthrie, A Company, Aberdeen. This prize Lieu- tenant Paterson won in 1831 ; and his next good "shoot" was when he won CeptainOtorrice's Challenge Cupfor cease fixing. The prize bad to be won twice before becoming the absolute property of the winner, and in 1883 Lieutenant Pat- erson took it for the second time. While it was not until 1886 that his business permitted biro to take en active part in shehting, he continued to put on some fine scores whenever be could spare a lit- he time at the firing -point. In 1883 he tied for Lady Sempill's Cup at Aberdeep Wapinsebaw, with the highest possible snore, and ha 1884he was bathe "Queen's" thirty for the first time, taking fifth place. When, however, in 1885 ha had a little more time to devote to shooting he ran on some excellent scores, winning the1 Grand Aggregate at the Edinburgh Meet- ing, taking first plasm in the first stage and second in the second, stage of the Queen's Cup competition at Aberdeen Wapinsahaw, and winning the Corpora- tion Cup and the Lord Lieutenant's Cup or Grand Aggregate. In the following year he made the highest score in the second stage e of the ueen's Prize com- petition g o Q petition at the Wapinsahaw, but as the scores of the two stades were counted to- gether on that ,occasion, he was placed only third. Among his many volunteer friends it has often been remarked that, despite his brilliant shooting on other oc- casions, most persistent ill -luck seems to clog Lieutenant Paterson in the oompeti- hion for Her Majesty's trophy, and in the years 1885 and 1886 this was strikingly exemplified. Had the conditions of 1886 obtained in 1885, and vice versa, he.would have won the cup on both occasions, but, as it was, he lost it both times. In 1886 he carried off the City Brooch. Among' his many subsequent achievements at the Wapinsahaw, the following are the most note -worthy :-In 1887 he tied for the first individual prize in the Bugle compe- tition ; in 1888, won. the Ladies' 'Gold Cross, the alI-comer's prize, and was sea. and for the Corporation Cup ; in 1800, tied for the ill -comer's prize, and won the aggregate in that competition ; in 1891, won Lady Sempill's Cup, te Ladies' Gold Cross, Lord Provost, Henderson's Cup, and tied for the Cooney Brooch ; in 1894, won the Ladies' Gold Cross, and again tied for the County Brooch: These records, however, as volunteers will read- ily understand, do not represent a tithe of the prizes of one kind or another Lieutenant Patersou has won at the local ranges. He has gained the Aberdeen- shire Bronze Medal of the National Rifle Association three times, the Bon Award Club gold medal three times, and Scottish Twenty (district) and company medals innumerable. In 1802 acid again in 1893, Lieutenant Paterson was one of the invited guests at the dinner, given by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 'an honor of the successes of Scottish volunteers" •; and it may be of interest to mention that in 1892 Lord Provost Stewart, Aberdeen, was one of the guests, est uhiloinl8 93 Lord R e b g o e e1 was present, In 1892, as a representative marksman, Lieutenant Patersou was in- vited to, and attended, a dinner given in Belfast the lie Ulster and d Belfast Rifle Associations. In social circles Lieuten- ant Paterson, who is regarded ane a very prince of jolly good fellows, has made troops of friends wherever he has gond. Courteous and obliging to all, and gener- ous to a fault, he is 'undoubtedly one of the most popular members of the volun- ter or o force. And harm it may be said that; perhaps above all the valuable trophies which he has gaimed by his brilliant marksmanship, he prizes the interesting gifts presented to him by volunteer Weeds in Bisley Camp. four years ago. For a considerable time Private Pittenger', as he then was, had organized the travel. ling arrangements for the North county volunteer attending the National Rffio meeting, and in reeognfbion of these ser- vices he was presented by a large number of his comrades with a massive silver filagree inkstand and pair eb oandlsstioks, Captain Scott Davidson, of the let Fife, made the presentation, and referred ap- pteoiativeiy bo the valuable services read. seed by Mr. Paterson,' whose health wa8 pledged amid the greatest enthusiasm. Since intimation was made of 1110 rec0nt promotion Lieutenant Paterson has re- ceived quite a shoal oa of congratulations atUlatlbte• and the wish s of his many friends is that the haulage of vision and tirmness 0f terve which have enabled lama to achieve such. remarkable .balumphe in the past may abide with him for many- days. WESTWARD H0 111 On the 19th of Augnab welefb Portage la Prairie to continue our journey west. , ward. After about three hour's ran we - roach Brandon. We passed through dor• t ing that time some light and broken land. as well as tome fine agricultural districts, We oross the Big .Plains, a beautiful g section 02 country, and everywhere with• e, fn our vision were magnidaent crepe of , golden wheat. Brandon is eituated upon o the south silo of the Aseinaboine River, 1 77 miles west of Portage la Praixip. c Next to Winnipeg ib is the largest and e most substantially built town in the Can- adian North West, It possesses mag- nificent buildings both public andprivato. It has well constructed streets and Ma- e m5085 mills and elevators. Railways from this point lead off to the south west into the nth agricultural Iambi and coal fields of the Souris h river district. Leav- ing Brandon we reach the first of the great "steppes" that rise ono after the other at considerable iuborvsls, to the Rooky Mountains. Now the prairies become changed. The topo= g, graphy is more rolling, broken here and there with water eoursee, gleaming ponds and sporting lakes, The horizon only limits our view. Wheat fields, with their variegated colors, which the various stagoe of ripening grain gives them, were seen upon every hand, and the beauti- ful native flowers of purple, white and yellow presented to obr eyes a sight at once interesting and pleasing. We pass station after station nearly all alike aroused which are grouped the little towns of that country. Before we react Regina we pass through the famous "Bell Farm" which consists of 100 square miles of land. This is a veritable manufactory of wheat upon a large scale. Here they plough by brigades and reap by divisions. Think of a farm where the furrows are four miles long and a country where such a thing is possible. We now reach Regina, the capital of the North West Territories, and therefore the seat of legislation. This town has a population of 2,200 inhabitants. Many of the build- ings are substantial and of modern archi- tecture. It is situated in the centre of apparently a boundless plain of fertile land. From this point a railway branches off towards the north and west, opening up a very fine region for the husband. man. As we leave the station going west wo see on our right the Lieut: Governor's residence; and a little beyond the head- querters of the "North-West Mounted Police" Ab Pasqua, 33` miles west of Regina, the main line is joined • by an- other from St. Paul's and Minnepolis. This line belongs to the C, P. R., and af- fords the shortest route from the Missis• sippi valley to the Pacific coast, Leav- ing Pasqua we soon reach Moose Jaw, and commence the ascent of another prairie steppe. . 0 We have nownearly ea reached the end of the continuous settle- ment, ettle ment, and from Moose Jaw to the moun- tains we only find the pioneer farmers in small groups here and there at inter- vals of two or three hour's ride. An English AgrieuItural Company establish- ed several farm stations' along this plain, but with doubtful success, as the farms are•`negleoted and most of the houses vacant. The want of moisture is the great cause of failure. The country, while retainiug the chief characteristics of the prairie, becomes, as we pass along, more broken and rolling, with .numerous ponds and lakes in the depressions. We saw no trees during a ride of 120 miles, not even a bush large enough to shield one from the roasting sun and scorching. wind that prevailed the day we crossed Obis weary and desolate plain. Lakes become more frequent, some of which are salt'; some are alkaline, but most of them are clear and fresh. Wild geese, cranes, and many varieties of duck, as well as many other water fowl, find their home in this district. The prairies are reticulated with buffalo trails, where the noble 'animals were wont to follow each otherbothe wateringrendezvous,and many buffalo wallows are seen about the watering pinta. Here and there are seen Wombed skulls or other bones of the late "King of the prairies," but now these animals must be looked for in the far north, where they are called the "Wood Buffalo. Hour after hour we roll along with very little change in the solitariness of the scene. We have now 'crossed the high, broken country known as the Coleau and far away to the south west we see the Cypress Hine appearing as a deep blue line,' and for want of anything else' we watch these gradually rising as we draw near to them. At dusk ou the 20th of August we ar- rived ab Medicine. Hat, after passing a dreary,ext exhausting day. A staff breeze was blowing -from the south nearly the 1 whole day, but instead' of carrying owl - nese upon is wings it was like a Ula t t from a furnace. We were gladwhen the i shades of night were drawn down and when the rays of "Old Sing Sol" were v hid below the horizon: Then came the refreshing coolness of a Western evening e and we were able to breathe and rest with s comfort, Medicine Hat is a town of 1,000 inhabitants and is a finely situated, grow- ing town. It is situated on the oast bank d of the "Little Safkatehewan" and itt the d neighborhood of extensive coal mines. a This river is not called 'little" beoanee it is diminutive, but to diebingrush it a from a bigger Saskatchewan. The little o Saskatchewan is navigable for steam- a boat navigation for a long distance above U and for about 1,000 miles below Medi- cine Hat, This river forms a commercial highway of great value. to the country along its borders. We °messed this broad I stream on a magnificent steel bridge as i night was gathering its dark mantle o around us and as the surrounding 805055 f were being shut out from oar weary eyes. 0 At early dawn through the mists of the n following morning we saw for the first b time the gigantic mountains around n abottt in. Calgary had Leon passed in o the night and the foot 1ti115 had been put h to the oast a of u8 and we were ' e In reality h Y among the "Rookies," Which were to ran- li main with us for shoat 600 miles, dal- h gary is a beautiful town of 4,500 inhabi• tants, Ib is the eentreof a greet ranch• e ing country, The infbnsgoe of the it W, K.ERR Pro, "Ohiuook" witlds temper the Climate and makes it very salubrious, Cattle food out i.0 this district all winter with. out any proteetioa in the form of sheds or stables. On the morning of- the 21st of August the sun Shona oat in all his glory, obeying away the mists which the night gathered around bbe shoulder of the mountains, and ppresouting bo 001' view a scene of sujierlative 'beauty and magnificent grandeur, We bad m the night assed though what ie sailed the "Gap,"hlad are now following the valley of the ow river. At times we hear the roar of its waters as they overleap the rocks which impede them or forst their way through the narrow defiles wliith nature provicea for. tbonl. At other points the clear, cold, bottle green webers of the Bow were spread out into a lake, and the adjoining scenery, with its varie- gated beauty of enchanting colors of green, brown, red and gold, wars mirror• ed upon. its placid bosom, presenting a picture of enchanting beauty. Through the gorges we catch glimpses of glaciers, serrated peaks, and Vast pyramids of ouriouely contorted and broken strata. We see here and there a motietain stream clear and cold, leaping and roaring down the gorges and dashed into spray upon the rooks bsnoath. At 7 o'elook on the 21st of August we arrived at Banff, where we intend to stay over, And from this plaoe we will be heard from again, P. MeoDoNwn.' TO oat CONTINUED, People p1 We Talk :About. J. Y. S. Kirk is on the sick list. Miss O'Leary is visiting at Petrolia.' Jas. Fox was in the Queen City this week. Mrs. J. B. Brydges, of Goderioh, was in town on Tuesday. Miss MsLaohlan made a business trip to Toronto this week, Mies Lizzie McNaughton is visiting at Mitchell and vicinity. Kenzie Soon is improving nicely and is able to sit up a little. Will. atoddiok is on the sink list. We hope he will soon be better. Jho, Wilbee is bothered these : days with hie old enemy -sciatica. Miss Maud Rally left fax a visit to her deter in Manitoba on Tuesday. Master Douglas oobblediek bas gone to Rockwood on a visit with bliss Easton. Airs. R. G. Wilson attended the Pro- vincial Convention at Toronto this week. George 13siste, who has been working near Palmerston, is home on . a visit fax a week. Ino. Roach, of Seaforth, who was so seriously injured at the Goderioh show, is recovering. Chas. Wake and wife are combining business and pleasure in a trip to` Tees - at r this w e eek w Rev, A. D, and Mrs. Shaw; of Bel - grave, were visitors at .the Methodist. Parsonage on Thursday. Mrs. E. B. Creighton and daughter re- turned to Guelph last Friday, after au enjoyable visit in Brussels. Frank Stratton, Sault Ste, Marie, is home on a visit. He may locate in On- tario if he disposes of his store. We regret to hear of the serious illness. of Eli Moore, of Trowbridge, brother to M. H. Moor, V. S., of Brussels. Miss Rate Wilson, who is teaching at Marmara, has been ill with erysipelas in her face and ander the dootor's care. Walter Coates, formerly of Brussels, now a resident of Clinton, celebrated his tenth wedding anniversary last Monday. lbtiss Mina Turnbull was home from Atwood for Sunday. She was. comma - ponied by Miss Alice Turnbull, of that village. Mrs. E. 0. Danford and children are visiting relatives at Brigden, Lambton County. Mrs. Danford's mother is quite poorly. Jno. MoRas is truce more on duty at J: Fox's drug store after an absence of 3 months owing to illness. His many friends are pleased to wel'oome him back. H. W. Farrow, mail, clerk, was in town for a few hours on Thursday. He meg take ohargo of the run from Kincardine to Galt. Ward is a popalar yoaug gentle- man. Rev. kir. Steele, of St. Mary's, is visit- ing in town. He lectured in St. John's school room on Thursday evening of this week. "Genesis and Geology" was his subject. Robt. Lestherdale, of Clinton, was in town for about a week. He was laid up with an injured hand, caused by a sliver hying from a board he was working with at a machine in the Doherty organ factory. Will. 11ToCoitough, who has been in the employ of A. Currie for the past •4 years, dam London on Saturday where be has neared a situation. His mother and he other o members of her feel( reside y s de n the Forest city. Miss Lizzie Forsyth, of Winnipeg, is letting Alex. Forsyth, :Brussels. Miss Forsyth Dame by the lake route, eneounb. ring a very rough passage. During the term a vessel ahead of them sank and they were unable to render any help. Thos. Stewart hag been on the sick list urieg the past week.. He attempted to o himself bodily harm with a jack-knife nd the soisaors Tuesday, afternoon, but the only damage was a out on his left rm. A man has been pieced in ,charge f him fur a few days, as Mrs. Stewart le fraid of him. The old gentleman may e sent to Goderich jail, Mrs. Slatterie, wile of Jas. D. Slatterie, of the G. T. R., Stratford, made a start ing discovery the other morning of lift. ng her eiue.months•old babe from its rib, It appears the child was suffering rem a severe oold, with a touch of bron• hitle, but bad partaken of its usual ourishmeut at 2;30 s. m, Believing the abs to be all right, Mrs. Slatterie did of disturb it when she got up sheet cis 'olook, but two hours later wheu she ad of bLoa f set ov err and Other house. Old duties attended d to,she want. and fted the child from thorib and was orrifled to find it told in death. An alarm was at once given and medical aid ummoned butall efforts toresus61oatethe e one proved Of to avail, C11UIRCII C1l1MJ,a, Rev, . s of the BusinessJnoCeRoanmmltteweas aat Lilomember Pravinolal Oonventlon meeting in Toronto this week. Ibex, J. G. Stott, of the k'lathodiet church, Galt, left lllooday on a shooting expedition. He will be absent about fear weeks ou a well yarned holiday. Rev, J, Wing, Gethe prman,asto. ofr's Babsence,erlin, well ofiielete der. Rev. Dr. Moffatt, the General. Agent of the, Treat Soolety, laid its claims before lllelville congregation last Sabbath morn. ing, Ile gave a very Interesting atoounb of the work, In the evening he preaabed from Hebrews, 12th obapter and 2nd verse, "Looking mitt Jesus." Tile .Listowel Banner pflast week gays :-Rev, Mr. Oobblediok, of Brussels, preaobed the anniversary services of the Sabbath wheel of the Methodiat thumb on Su n a last In the morning g he gave a very interesting address, espeoially in- tended for the ohlldrsn, who had ease mbl- ed with their teachers in the centre pews of the oharoh, although it could well hays been taken by all as vary profitable. The evangelistic cervices being held in the 1liethodist eburoh are full of interest, Despite the nafevorable weather there hes been a large attendance and great interest has been manifested, The Masses Hail, evangeliste, are rendering valuable aid in the work in both addressees, exhor. talon and sacred song. Mies Hall plays the a000mpanimenbs on the guitar and there is a oharm about the singing nal - ciliated to do a great deal of good. There are unmistakable evidences of good being done in the meetings, The services be-_ gin each evening at 7,80 ane will all through the next week, Tianrsday even- ing the Sabbath school orchestra lent their aid in the service' of praise of which the first 15 minutes of oath meeting is devoted, W. F, M. S. -The annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of the London Confereuoe was held at St. 'Phomas recently. The following notes from the business transacted will interest readers hereabouts :-In the list of dis- trict organizers appointed appears the following for the sections named : Exet- er, Mrs. Paisley, IldertoaS0. Mary's, Mrs. Rice, 58. Mary's ; Stratford, Mrs. Flagg, Mitebell ; Goderioh, Mrs. Leeoh, Goderioh ; Kincardine, Mrs. Cayler, Whiteeharoh ; Wingham, left with, con- ference organizer; Listowel, Mrs. Ramp., ton, Listowel. The conference organizer reported : The conference comprises 158 stations and °ironits and 25 missions, On 80 of these are one or more auxiliar- iea,leaving 97 unorganized. Eight aux- iliaries have been organized by Ridge- town, Wesley, Centenary, Alvinsbon, Thedford, Sparta, Yarmouth Centre and Clandeboye Nursery. Disbanded -Luton and Tnokeremith. Seven districts bald conventions- London, do St Thomas, , Ridgget own Goderioh, 6t rathroy, Sarnia, The following is the statement of the work by districts : Auxin- Mission Lineman - arias. Bands- lied, London 16 7 2 S. Thomas 10 4 5 Chatham ..,3 0 _ 11 Windsor 4 0 14 Ridgetown 5 0 8 Exeter 6 0 4 Stratford 5 2 3 Goderioh 12 4 3 Kincardine 2 0 7 Wingham...... ., 4 2 6 Listowel 2 0 6 "-.. Strathroy..,3 2 12 Sarnia 3 1 12 St. Mary's 5 0 4 Aylmer6 1 4 airs. Daly, corresponding secretary of Mission Bands, gave her animal report in detail. Number of bands and circles, 22, 6 being organised this year ; number of members of M- B„ 818 ; total amount.- sent through auxiliaries, 81,065.18. VirianS7ia rax. A new water tank is to be erected at the Grand Trunk station in the coarse of a few weeks. The brisk work of the Union furniture factory is being pusbed along as rapidly as possible. The dry kiln was completed some days ago. Rebt. Dallas has been laid up for up- wards of. three weeks, on amount of having been severely poisoned with pois- on ivy while working on the railway neer Hassall. Old Mrs. Wadby, who bad her leg broken some mouths ago, and who has been oared for by the town, left for Walk- erton, where she will reside with a daughter. The Ladies' Aid Society in connection WW1 the Methodist church, will give their usual annual Thanksgiving dinner on the 21st of November-Thankagiving day. It will beheld in the Town Hall. A large pot ate is in Pete x 008,1 18' flour and feed storein w dew: Itr was grown by Thos. Gregory and weighs 31 poande. It is five tubers grown together, „and measures around one way 24 inches and tbe other way 28 inches. The Ladies' Tree Blue and L. 0. L. No. 794, of this place, on the eve of J. G. Stewart's departure for $Belmore, pre- sented him with addresses and a gold - headed Cane.. Mr. Stewart replied in ap• prepriate terms to both addresses. The plan of making the track on the Agricultural grounds that was considered the most feasible was to draw earth and lay it on the ground where the proposed traok is to be made. It was thought that a track could not be made if the ground were broken with a plow. The whole matter will be brought before the annual meeting for direction. Walter Taylor, et town, for some years has been an extensive exhibitor of vege- tables, flowers and fowl at the Fall Fears fn Wingham and vioinity, and he has. always been awarded a felt there of the prizes. This year he branched out it lit. r and exhibited at more Fairs, and took the following prizes et the planes named :-Wingbam, 40 , Brussels, 46 ;' Teeawat r e 22 Bel rave 1 • 28 ; Blyth, 27 ; a total of 180, at the s x shows, or an average of 31 at each. This is a good record, especially when it is oon"sidered tbab,Brneeels and Teeswpter Shows were held' the same days.