HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1896-3-6, Page 1Vol, 20. No 34
Mr, Gibson on the Budget.
It was nearly sill o'oloolt when Mr.
Gibson, the veteran and muter member
for East Heron, rose to reply. The
previous speaker, he said, bad gone too
muoh Into details ; they should be left to
the Committee of rho Whole or thePnblia
'Amounts Committee, The gentlemen.
opposite had oomplrined of the increase
in expenditure eines' 1871, but they ebould
remember the inereit¢c in pppulatiou and
ter'rhory since that data, No sane man
would say .Glatt one expenditure now
should be anything like what is was then.
The money paid back to the Province,
which had been previously lentto maned
polities, hay been profitably invested. If
it had been invested in certain other ways
it might Have yielded a greater profit, but
what good would it do ?
It would not have built the
railways that have been built
throughout the Province. Itis a proper
thing, Mr. Gibson contended, to tempers
our po5iiion with that of Queheo or the
Dominion, for what else 050 we compare
it with ? The manner of disposinu of the
timber wa+ discussed and settled in 1873
by a unanimous vote, The increase of
3,060 echoole since 1871 means an increase
of 818,000 in tbe expenditure for irspeo•
tion alone in the Education Department.
It was. through the efforte of the Re-
formers that there were
not three
ant
itn'u'
pen a In tae emoted in place of the one
Central Prison, The method adopted by
the Ontario Government in the distribu
tion of the surplus had, said he, given 10 a
standing with the people which enabled i
to beat the annals of the British Empire
i (Applause.) The member for Weet Y dei
had oritized the increased expenditure a
the Central Prison. That was partly due
to an inorsase in the 13nmtter of prisoners
and partly to the establishment there of a
binder twine industry. This step it id
been taken to break up the oombine, for
which the Dominion Government was re-
sponsible, and that Government was sub-
sequently obliged to establish one in the
Kingston Penitentiary. The member for
West York had also said that the .alaries
paid at the Ontario Agricultural Oollege
were too large, with the exception of that
of the head of the institution, but perhaps
in •'0 rat ease Mr. 10. John had a fellow.
feeling. The present Governmonthad
aided in building 2,268 utiles of railway,
oompared with 3,024 miles in Quebec; in
spite of the heavy debt of that Province.
In regard to education Mr. Gibson said
be would like t0 ee0 a teaober in every
section who could prepare students for
the University, but on account of the ex
penes it was probably impossible. The
inorease in cab hire and Street biro and
street car tares for Miniature could be ex-
ploited by the foot that the Parliament
buildings were not as convenient to the
station as were the old Front street build-
ings. Mr, Gibson concluded by saying
that the Government was not hurt by
eomparieous with other Governments.
We hear a great deal about Saudfield's
surplus. How was it made up ? Partly
from sources not now available ; for in
stance there was sold in 1864 laude in the
Northern portion of Huron, all of Brace,
nearly all of Grey, and the Northern por-
tions of the 110nnties of Perth and Wel-
lington, to the extent of about 2,} millions
of acres. The Government pressed for
t11e payment of the lands and there was
collected up to the end of 1871 in the
neighborhood of 51,700,000. There has
been colleobeddaring the last four years
only about 8800,000, so that there is a
differenoe of about 51,400,000 in favor of
the previous Government. It was also
the policy of that Government and adopt.
ed by the House that the land was to be
given to the settlers free, or nearly so.
Then there were collections on account of
the Municipal Loan Fund, which was
clearly a Trust Fund and wbioh brought
in about $1100,000, which no fair minded
person can say could justly be devoted to
the common good than the purchase of
the Rockwood asylum, which the present
Government paid for. Along with the
advances made in the early clays of Con.
federation, amounting to about $500,000,
netting in all 2,a millions to revert to the
Muninr pal Loan Fund ; of that
L 5600 000.
500,840 of it was paid in by the County of
Hurn up to the end of 1871. The
County of Perth joined along with the
Counties of Huron and Bruce in borrow-
ing 8000,000 to aid tbe,Buffalo and Lake
t
Heron road, At the above date the t
County of Perth had not paid one cent on i
principal of the $200,000 it became re- n
[: a onsible for n at its separation from b
Huron, nor for 588,000 more which it e
borrowed from the same Bend on me.
count of roads and bridges. Its interest f
chat•5e was 3100,000, making a total of
$388,000 of debt as against the position of t
Huron, which had paid its indebtedness, w
principal and interest as It became due w
up to the 81st of December, 1871. It o
will bo in the recollection of everyone G
that Mr. Macdonald to the olose of the e
session of Feb. 1871, devoted by an Act of $
Parliament $1,500,000 to aid in building h
railways, so that after doing so if his d
sources of revenue had been the came as B
A that of the succeeding Government, t
that sum alone, if paid out, would have Il
exhausted hie surplus by over $200.000. si
Our friends opposite incline to claim that m
I the surplus was $3,800,000, and take' al
oredit for the 31,500,000 as 1110 had boon ex
paid out for railways. They oa13't do s
that, matter cannot be in two places at ?
once, neither can 2ta rnilliena of money, of
but it is certaiu that amount was not to
available for general porpoeoe and there- fo
ford bas no right to he counted as sur. to
plus. When the resolution to devote th
that amount of money in aid of railways in
WENS submitted to the House Mr. Blake 82
moved in tumondreent to the original 32
motion that "This House feels bound to Co
express its conviction that the country $1
will have just ground of dissatisfaction obi
unless some plan is adopted whereby, Sr,
while making all just and 13ec0005ry pro- tt'a
vision in aid of railways, a large part of 70
the available surplus should bo apportion- th
ed according to population, peovisi- no
ov being made that the allotment to any tot
municipality indebted to the Munioipal 69
Loan Fund should be applied on equit- the
able terms towards the satisfaction of sal
what may be found dna by the muniui• sal
purity on an adjustment of the Munioipal
Loan Fun indebtedness." That was the
Reform polioy whioll was adopted by
them in the succeeding °leadden and
'which brought the Reform party into
power and which was faithfully parried
out by them. Tile ,Maoclouald Govern -
Intent reamed, whioll dao be. found in
the sessional papers of the day, that they
could not grapple with the subject, seeing
they said that it would take 0100,000,000
to do so in an egnitabl5 way There 1150
been paid in distribution of the surplus
and in aid to railways, say 0i 03111ious,
whioll iti0 had been allowed to amine
late as Sandfield's did, would 11500
amouutod to 12 or 13 millions, which
would have availed the country very
little. :There was not a member on
either side of the Nouse that refused one
dollar of the surplus on a railway vote
coming to his rifling, but like Oliver
Twist looked for more. The member for
8in1005 found fault with the Menage of
money paid to Inspectors, forgetting that
a good deal has happened since 1871, and
also that the payment of five dollars per
school to them was brought about by Mr.
Cameron's I3i11., so that the increase is
statutory, and which has given general
satisfaction seeing the teachers are in•
spacted by an expert, and appointed by
the Counties. The 0am5 gentleman ob
jested
to the method J o
of disposing
of 11
to
timber finite That also was settled in
1873 almost unaufmoualy, the time of
sale is entirely a matter for expert0. A.
large proportion of the members of the
House never saw a timber limit and
know nothing about them, but the pees
t ant Commissioner and his predecessor,
• Mr. Pardee, lever missed a sale, always
strikint top of heltntan et. time
The Govgetting
o, hent the
of
Mr. Macdonald, we may say, started the
machine, everything was to a large ex.
tent tentative ; there was no settlement
with Quebec, no one could exactly tell
where we were to stand financially.
When he went out a large number of his
projects and institutions had only cum
fleeced operations. One of them, the
Central Prison, was one which I have
always maintained we are nit called up-
ou under the Constitution to provide.
In continuation on the debate the fol.
lowing day Mr. Gibson said he had been
discussing the supine, its distribution,
and rhe aid to railways, yesterday, upon
. which he did not intend to dwell, but
would say that 13e had not the slightest
doubt that the grappling with that sub
jest, as was done, and the terve desplay•
ed in dealing with it, gave the Reform
party its hold on the Province for such
an extended period, beating the record in
the annals of the British Empire in that
respect, aid farther, it was done to all
alike, dssoeuding like the gentle rain up-
on the just and the unjust. Yesterday
be had just reached the Central Prison,
which Was fastened upon the Province 'by
the Macdonald Government. Seeing it
has undoubtedly saved the Dominion
Government a certain amount of expeudi
tura, it might equitably be set against the
claim which that Government has on the
title to the Government House property.
The member for South Lanark found
fault with the price of some of the cloth
being too high, but let us take results.
Ile also objected to the amount earned as
stated in the report of that institution,
which I will not enter into and which can
be better dealt with elsewhere. Ito 1804
the expense was 8139.47 .per capita dad
in 1895 it 1v5s 8166 59, beteg higher this
last ou account of there being a greater
number of prisoners than ever before,
requiring additional clothing and thereby
increasing the per capita cost. Taking
all the penitoutiariss of the Dominion for
the years 1894.5 the cost per capita wan
3388 00 and 3364.00, but to be fair that
was increased to a certain extent by the
establishment of the Binder Twinery, but
there was uo comparison as to the cost,
making due allowance for that cause. I
hold that no Government is as a rule
justified in engaging in any bneiness en-
terprise unless m a penal institution.
To the Ontario Government belongs the
credit and originality of breaking up the
Binder
Twine I Combine,i
butt AVMS ua a ieae
of smell plagiarism on the part of p the
Dominion Govermnent after having by
their high tariff made a combine possible,
to follow sta. It was what might have
been expected from a corner gro05ry.
After the craft of their friends was virtu-
tlly broken up they had also to go into
be busi-nese, It would never do t0 have
t said that the Ontario Government was
tanufacturing cheap twine. The mens.
er for West York complained that the
alaries paid at the Agricultural College
N too high, making an exception in
avor of the head of the institution, who
A
OreaaROMUOIR
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARCH
a very good mall, bat 11e had no hest
ation in saying that those under him
ere just as worthy of thoir wages as he
as. But what do we find in the history
f that inettiution ? The Dominion
00000ment enticing away Mr. Robert -
0n, another good man, at an inerea05 of
1000 a year and whioh after Si years
as been increased to 86000, memo a good
sal more as times go than he is worth.
ut they also had to Dopy the Agrioul
ural Farm, at least in the experimental
no, for which there was no great noces-
ty. 1 am finding no fault with its
auugetnent, Air. Saunders is a good man
so but his salary is 34000 a year, just
acbly double that of Mr, Mille. The
alaries paid officials at the Experimental
rarm IR over $16,000, to lessen. the effect
which part of that amount is charged
the farms elsewhere. The total paid
r salaries and wages according to the
st Auditor General's report available in
e library, wad $32,861 and in tho dairy
g department, for salariesand expenses,
3,056 more, with a total revenue of
180,60. Tdruing to the Agrionitnral
pogo staff, inoludiug messengers, &o.,
7,696 is paid in salaries. For all the
ger departments, including forma prop-
experimental
ro -experimental plots, dairy Sohool,
veiling dairy, ,30 , there is paid 317,-
2 more, but it is to be remembered that
ere are 100 students at the College and
many more at the dairy school, with a
al revenue from all sources of 318,746. -
the net post being $16,662.81, so that
don't stage by the comparison. The
no gentleman 00mplamed that the
axles in the Crowe lands had Menne-
ed 31,150 The Morons() was only $150,
as a Clerk and messenger was merely
transferred from one column to another.
From 8 to 12 per osnt of the oulleotione
in the woods and forest branch alone
meets generally all expenses of the de.
partmeet outside and in, whereas the
total inoo;ne from the sale of lands, tiara
bee dues, ranches, mines, rbo., in the Do-
minion, for several years, bas been oar.
red no at a loss of 370,000 annually,
My frioud has a further complaint iu re.
goal to education, that teachers should he lstandard
raisedhighe rlilsothat
the High school would not be so much
required ; that no doubt would be de
Bitable ; it is to be hoped that the time
will come in Ontario, as from the parish
schools in Scotland a scholar could go up
to the University But that is obiofiy a
question of money and it seems to me
the department is going just as fast in
that direction as the oiroumstancos of the
country warrantb. The iuoreass in cab
hire and travelling expenses, which is
larger than expected, is ceased no doubt
by the situation of lbs building being so
much farther from the station. Yester-
day I omitted to state that the mileage of
railway which has been built and aided
by grants in Coterie, has been according
to a Dominion return 6,268 miles, where
as the Province of Quebec, notwithsbaud
iu its laanrgo
expenditureeof a over $1,400,000,
000,
had only 33,024. Not a breath of sospi-
Mon rested upon a dollar of Ontario's ex-
penditure, wbioh on railways amounted
to over 33,000,000, as the Mail previon0 to
the election of 1890 said the financial
record of the Ontario Government was
clean acid clear. In conelasion I would
merely say that the Ontario Governtnent
is not hurt when oompared with other
Government's expenditure.
Arob ? bald McAlpine Taylor.
The Ingersoll Chronicle of last week
says
On Monday last Mrs. A. M. Taylor,
who for the past few weeks has been
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Watterworth, received a telegram con.
taining the sad intelligence of the death
of her husband, which took place at Orip.
ple Creek, Col., on Sunday evening at 8
o'clock, When Mrs. Taylor parted with
her husband a little more than three
weeks ago, he was enjoying excellent
health and was on the eve of starting for
the far West, partly ou a prospecting
tour and partly on business. Only last
week she had a telegram from him stab.
ing that be was well and would be home
soon, and she expected bo meet him in
Chicago this week Upon receiving the
fatal message Monday morning, Airs.
Taylor supposed it to contain news of his
arrival home. Her feelings upon Leading
the informotion it conveyed can better be
imagined than described, and she will
have the sympatby of the community in
her deep it -filiation. Deceased was sub
Pact to pneumonia, and the pronounced
change in the climate was no doubt more
than his constitution could stand and he
fell a victim to that disease after a brief
illness. The remains were brought to
Ingersoll for interment. The late Archi
bald McAlpine Taylor was of Scotch de-
scent and was born in Huron County,
near Brussels, thirty-nine years ago. He
came to this town in 1882 as principal of
the Public school and after mus months
satisfactory service fn that oapaoity he
secured au . excellent appointment in
Ottawa as second principal of the Normal
school, He held that position for about
a year, when he resigned and wont to To.
ronto, whore he entered upon the study
of law in the office of Hon. Edward
Blake. He was brilliantly successful in
his studies, having captured the gold
modal ab Trinity University in 1886,
He practiced law in the Queen city until
1890, whenehe left his native laud and
event to West Superior, Wis. Re re-
mained thorn' until the Spring of 1893,
wheu he was appointed ou the Govern.
meat Congress at the World's Fair an&
he wont to bhei
W nd City, t
y y where he has
resicled ever siuoe. He engaged in the
practice of his profession iu Chicago,
where he was highly successful, and was
recognized as one of the leading lawyers
of the West. Mr. Taylor wag also an
author of no mean order. His first
veutare in the literary tine was about the
period of his residence here, when he is.
sued a volume of poems. During his
residence in the West he has written
various novels which found ready sale
and were highly spokeu of by literary
critics. Deceased also took quite an RC.
live part in politics, and was President of
the Cook Co. MoKinley club, one of the
largest political organizations of the
State. In 1886 Mr. Taylor was married
to Miss Etta Watterworth, eldest daugh-
ter of Wm. Watterworth, of this town,
who survives him. He leaves no child-
ren,
The Chicago Post of Fob. 24111 says ;—
Attorney Charles E. Collins received a
telegram from Cripple Creek, Colo., to-
day, announcing that A. M. Taylor, Mr.
Collins' partner, hall died at 8 o'clock
last night. Pneumonia was the cause of
death. Mr, Taylor weut to Denver and
Cripple Creek two or three weeks ago,
Ho Was anxious to investigate for himself
the current stories regarding the great
mineral wealth of Colorado. Re bad nob
been well for several mouths. Attorney
Taylor was well known iu the criminal
court. He was a young moo of striking
personal appearance. His face was al-
ways aloan shaven and be wore his hair
long, Ho was a good lawyer and conduct-
ed the clefease in a number of notable
cases in the last two years. The last
important case ho tried was that of Basle
Stewart, who was convicted of murder.
Mr. Taylor was thirty-nine years old.
Yeats ago he war oonueoted with the
pets of Brooklyn, N. 7i,, and is said to
!rave written a novel of motet merit,
Mrs. Taylor is now in Canada. The re-
mains will be brought to Chieago and
probably taken to Canada for burial
The latsly•parehased O. P. 18. steamer
St. Pierre from Halifax was abandoned
at spa, and her orew landed in the Nor -
mantle at Gibraltar.
$F„ED GRAIN,
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ROUSE OE OoatbroNs, OTTAWA, Fso, 20.
To .bhe Bditor of Tag Pon.
Dien Son,—I am in the receipt of a
circular actin the Director of the Experi.
mental Farm stating that it is now in a
position to distribute need grain in small
paalcagee to farmers bhonghout tie
country. Will you therefore make this
known through the oolumns of your
paper, so that any ane who desires to
receive samples of 5130 grain, may send
their names and Post Office address to
me and be served in tarn, Letters ad
dressed to me here need not be prepaid.
As the quantity is limited an early ap..
plication is necessary to enure a supply,
Yours respectfully,
Da• P MACDONALD, M, P.
SHOT HIM$ELF.
George Swan, a Kincardine business
man, shot bimself at the residence of
Harry Hunt, his brother•in-lacy, in To-
ronto, abut 2 o'ohwk Saturday afternoon,
For some time past Mr. Suras bee been
suffering from uerveue depression, and
about six weeks ago he went to Toronto
to visit bis brother -in law, The visit
seemed 06 have benefitted biro, and itwas
the intention i
0 othimself and r.
turn Saturday afternoon. After this
decision had been arrived at, Mr. Swan
was very nervous in his notions, and ap.
peered to be labouring under 801110 inward
excitement, After luncheon he walked
up and down the hallways of the house.
His wife spoke to him and he asked to be
left alone. He entered the bath -room
and in a mordent after the report 0f the
shot was heard. He was found lying on.
the floor with a small, red soar on the
frontal bone, from which blood was is-
suing. Dootors were summoned, and
after probing for the bullets without aura
cess, stated that it would only be a matter
of a few hours when he would expire.
Mr. Swau is one of the most prominent
business men of (Kincardine, where he
harried on a large merchant tailoring
eotabliehmant. He is a prominent mem.
ber of the Methodist church, and is es-
timated to be worth $20,000. Ile has
four children, two girls and two boys.
A brffsselite Abroad.
To the xditor of Tim Pose,
DEAR SIa,—We are still here favora
progressing under the vital force ever
of Dr. McKenzie, centered in him skull
to great musical ability of Blind Tom
or the eleot,ioal inventive genius of E
son—or the Samson strength of Sande
the two horse lifter—proving what
potential in perfeothumonity, Last Sa
both we attended one of the many ve
beautiful finished oaerobes here. On e
tering the vestibule we were most gra
iously met by a warm welcome, a ver
pleasant little man shook us both by t
hands as if we had his 20 years' aCquSiu
1 055119, so glad to see us, and to wa
right in and find a aomfortabie seat,
Iu asking for a seat from a second plc
ant man he replied "Whysyes, walk r]gh
iu ; we are glad to see strangers ; whe
would you like to sit, ,teat" To our gee
emprise the first pleasant little man pro
ed to be the preacher. To Canadian
this was a new departure io church at
queue, showing the "vim and enterprise
of rho American people, even fn thei
church policy. Their leading uewspap
ere are also quite as pushing, by dail
illustrated koleidesoone views of th
daily news and wit—slie oicy council i
slashing down the expenditure, civic ap
propriatioits ; the policemen! gestin
smaller pay are pictured in the act
foraging aroand the free -lunch saloon
eating bologna sausage, rye bread and
sanrkraut ; the lady teachers promenad
ing the streets ; Treasury empty ; th
streets in darkness ; electric lamps out
cis. Another scene showed Juo.13u1
taking good bye with Miss Egypt wh
was lank and poor under a veil with th
pyramids, sphiuxs and desert in the rear
while in the same paper a denial that
England bad withdrawn. But what is
probably the burning question of the day
—What is to be done to crush boodleiem
in the "Municipal Menagerie ?" as Ham-
ilton Spectator calls it, is a diapatcb from
Olevelaud, Ohio, saying that s Vigilance
Committee had been formed iu that airy
to hang every Couuoillor who voted away
(for bribery) the people's valuable frau•
chises for a song, and repeating that they
meant business. Another dispatch from
Denver, showing that a "Hotup" Com-
mittee had been inaugurated for a abater
p5rpose. Our Canadian lata makers
earned take counsel from the uew Torrons
system of tanker real estate transfers in
Chicago—a man pan bring his title deeds
down town, make a deed or mortgage
and get his money, all completed within
two hours. Their whole life is a burry
and a bustle, even their meals are bolted
C45 quickly and nu doubt as fully as oar
Dir. Blashill and Mr. Currie cram their
sausages, henna the surfeit of patent
medieinee and quacks—a perfect parodies
for these compounders. Although the
young men are all quick and motive, yet
they are nob a quiet reading people—daily
press excepted. Every move ,s guaged
by ire value in dollars, and every man is
valued by the quantity heposeeeses, don't
matter how he got it, This, alas, obtains
in a great measure the world over, but
here it ie the first and last of every
thought and move. Two thirds of the
ung nen part their hair Oscar Wilde
tyle, in the centre, certainly evidence of
effeminenoy, pure and simple. It does
not predicate masculine manly men, the
embryo of statesmen and patriots, acoun•
try would feel proud of, Io discussing
international polities with a gentleman
who said, "If Canada imposed an export
duty on caw logs, we will retaliate in a
way to hurt your Oanacliaus," and added
"Canada must give us reciprooal trade
and heap both sides." I' replied "they
were too meth for as, n yammer and a
poorer country, we could not compete
with thorn ;" "Why yes,' he said 'we
would extinguish every Canadian manu-
facturer in six mouths." The papers
pualicly mention the death of our poorMimeosclever, Araby Taylor, noting hie Mimeos
as 0. criminal lawyer: Last Dsaember
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W. H. KERR, Prop,
&ruby told Jaa. Hyslop that during the
past two years he had managed twelve
Murder nee, cleared nine of them, and
that in a year or two bio business would
be worth $20,000 a year. Poor man, haw
little he operated on the best laid 0ollemes
of men and mice gang vat tiglee." Dun.
raven hoe been blaok•balled by the New
York Yacht Olub. McKinley 1' booming
as the only bread and butter patriot and
most likely encueesful Presidential candi-
date. It is said he ooplbines all except
personal ambition and machine political
interests, "A hand" is tamping things,
rough.hsw them as we may,
J610. D. RONALD.
Othkosb, Wisconsin.
Brussels Council,
Last Monday eveniog the monthly
05551013 of the Village Parliament was
held, all the members preseut excepting
Oousoillor Graham.
Minutes of last meeting read and pass.
ed.
The following accounts were ordered to
be paid, ou motion of Oounoiblore Beaker
and Wilson :
Jno. Wright, salary t $20 00
J. T. Hose, error in taxes 7 20
tv
.M.in
S of i
a r oom.
on loan
4 00
Wilton ckTurnbull, miscellaneous, 4 87
Moved by R. Leatherdale, seconded by
R. G. Wilson that all arrears in taxes be
collected at puce. Carried,
The Reeve introduced the question of
stone crossings on the Main street, It is
probable two or more will be put down
this year.
Moved by R. Leatherdale, Beclouded by
Geo, Busker that tenders be asked for
gravel, cedar and pine plenit, the same to
be opened at the April Council meeting.
Carrdisied.
A 0a0sion on the proposal intimated
in Tun POST several weeks ago, to place a
set of weigh eoales at the G. T. R., re.
suited in a deeieion to enquire as to prices
of scales and the willingness of the rail-
way authorities to have them placed in
their yard and report at next meeting.
The ringing of the town bell on Sab-
bath was before the Board again, J. A.
Creighton, Postmaster Farrow and
Treasurer Kelly expressing their opin-
ions. Alter some little time was spent
debating the pros and cons, 11 was de-
oidod to wait the action of the ohurohee
in the matter.
Council then adjourned.
ONTARIO POR ON I'ARbO:tNS,
We have just received an attractive
little pamphlet from Hon. John Dryden,
the Ontario Minister of Agriculture, en.
titled "The Pioneer Farm and the Nabi•
goon Country, Rainy River District."
The attention of the Department hay
ing recently been mated to this hitherto
unsettled region, Mr. Dryden determined
to establish there what he termed a
"pioneer farm," to demonstrate it a
practical manner the country's agricul-
tural capabilities. The experiment so
far has been very suooe,.aful, and this
pamphlet giving general information re.
gardiog the section, which is now open
for settletnent, is the result. It is illus.
traced and contains a map of the district.
WS information will be very oppnr.
tone id. view of the increasing demand at
the present time for cheap land, especially
on the part of young men of areal! capital,
the sons of farmers, who desire to enure
farms and homes of their own. Snell
should by all means investigate the Wabi•
goon country cod other unsettled portions
of Ontario before turning their attention
elsewhere. Octavio still has vast re.
sources at bar oommand,—a heritage in.
tended for her Otva peeple,—and presents
advantages unsurpassed by any province
or by any foreign state. Those desirous
of securing a copy of the pamphlet should
address a card to the Department of
Agrioultnr'e, Toronto.
CHURCH. UllltiL+-
Next Sabbath morning there will be a
public baptismal service in the Methodist
church, and in the evening a reception
into full t hurmb relationship of those re•
oeieed last December.
The Petralia Advertiser says the Meth.
odists of that Mare have deolded to erect
a new church, and are making prepare.
tions therefor. Special cervices are also
in progress, being conducted by the pas
tor, Rev. W. Smyth, formerly of Bras.
eels.
A TI MM ER CONVERTED.—Those well
known evangelists, Hunter and Crossley,
of St. Thomas, have just closed a dye
weeps' revival in Halifax. The revival
of religion on a000u0t of the services is
said to be the greatest in the history of
Halifax. Over one thousand people have
professed conversion. The evangelists
have gone to Bermuda, where they will
remain till April 3rd. Then they return
to Nova Scotia and open a campaign in
Yarmontb, and will remain in the Mari.
time Prnvinoes till June, 1897. The
meetings were held in the Methodist
churches, but all denominations united
and more than half of bhe oouverte were
people who belonged to other churches
than the Methodist church.
BARBATii SonoaL AssocrATxow.--The 24th
annual convention of the Huron Connty
Sabbath Sohool Association will be
in the Presbyterian Church, Henson, on
Wednesday and Thereday, of next week.
Followine is the programme :—Wednes-
day --' Morning Session.—Prayer and
praise service led by A. Day, Provincial
lleorebary, Toronto. Afternoon session_
Devotional exercises and appointment of
oonlmittees ; How I taught last Sunday's
lesson, J. P. Ross, Exeter ; The primary
department, lesson, Sunday, March 14th,
taught by A. Day. Evening seseion—
Song Service ; The place and value of the
Sunday Sohool in the life of the church,
Rev. S. Bond, Sosforth ; o011eotioe ;
The outposts of the soul and how to win
them, A. Day. Thursday—Morning 055.
sem—Prayer and praise service, W.
Huston, Exeter; Reporteof committees;
Reports from echoole ; Bible cease depart-
ment, V.D. Bright, Seaforth ; Disouseion.
Afternoon 50ssl0n.—Devotional exorcises ;
Reports from offioera and nominating
committee ; The bible our text book—
a eon€erenoe led by Rev. W. J. Ford,
Clinton ; Intermediate pease, taught by
Miee Wilson, Clinton; Some oleos de.
parbme0t, oonferenee introduced by Rev.
E. J. Uarrie, Clinton; Our relation to the
Provinoi5l Sabbath Sshool Association,
Rev. 3.W. Rue, Evening session.—Song
service ; The relation of the Holy Spirit
to the Word and Teacher, Rev. J. W.
Holmes, Clinton ; collection ; Truth that
triumphs today, Rev, J. W. Blas,
Peo • le We Talk � l About.
Mrs, J, Wright has been ou the sick
list.
John Wynn has been bothered witb la -
grippe.
Miss Dowdell, of Ethel, ie visiting Mies
L. Oliver,
W, M, Sinclair bas been on the sick
list this week,
John Bendall is home fora holiday
visit Irene Toronto.
A. I, McCall was in Toronto on Tues.
day on a business trip.
3, ilfoDain and wife spent Sunday
with rel ativ'es in Wiugham,
Rev. W. E. Kerr and wife, of Wroxeter,
were in town on Wednesday.
Robs. Roes and wife, of Wroxeter were
visiting in town for a few days.
Mies Eliza Roddick is attending the
Millinery Openings 50 Toronto.
Mrs. MoKeuzis, of Teeowater, is visit•
ing at Geo. Crooke', Queen street.
Mica Lizzie McGowan, of Granton, is
visiting Mrs. R. McGowan, 1!1111 010051.
Geo. Halliday has been somewhat used
II 13 with one of Job's comforters this week,
A. Reid was off duty for teem' day,
this week awing to an attackof la grippe,
John MoAlpine, who was home un a
visit, returned to Culloden last i'uesday.
Mrs laird had a paralytic, stroke last
Sunday but has considerably improved
since that date.
W. W. Burgess and wife, of Mitchell,
were visiting at Wm. Cornish's for a few
days this week.
Inspector Loudon, of Toronto, made
bis regular pall on the Standard Bank
here last week,
The Misses McKee, of Molesworth,'
were visiting the Misses Sinclair, Princess
street, during the past week.
A. Consley, wife and son and Miss
Teen ie Samp'e were renewing old •
friendships in Wiugham last week.
J. D. Ronald is expected home next
week from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Mrs.
Ronald's sister will remain with Mrs.
Ronald.
T. Bneohtel and wife, of Lambton
Mills, attended tbe funeral of the late B.
Fra,iok on Thursday. Mrs. Kneohtel fs
a grand daughter.
0. E. Perry, formerly of Brussels, has
parohaeed the photographic business of
J. W. Armstrong, Ingersoll, and takes
immediate possession.
S. 13. Morias, of Wingham, was in town
on Thursday, attending the funeral of
his brother in-law, the late B. Fraliok,
Mr. Monies is over 80 years of age.
M. McLennan and wife, of London, R.
Blaok and wife and Jas. Tbomson, of
Wroxeter, add Jonn Thomsou, of New-
ark, N. J., were here during the past
week attending the funeral of the late
Mrs. Wm, Moment, who was buried et
Egmondville cemetery on Sabbath last.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL \Eft'5,
A LARGE brick two story addition will
be built to the rear of the Central Hotel
next season. The material is being haul.
ed this Winter.
Tun partnership existing between
Misses Roddick ce Smith as millinery and
fancy goods dealers, has been dissolved
by mutual consent, hfiss Roddick will
continue the business in the old stand.
TAX COLLECTOR ROSS bas been instruct-
ed to collect the balance of the taxes
forbbwith. Dilly-dallying will do no
longer and the requisite dollars will have
to be forthcoming or more severe 1135500
will quickly ensue.
Taga
do tors say that with the cathode
rays it will be possible to obtain pictures
of aoromogary, osteitis, defermans and
rhenmathoidarthritis, That's good news t
It is want of pictures of these things that
has beau ailing the country.
Tim magazines in stook in the Public
Library and those of this year, after they
have been in the Library for a month,
will be offered for sale on Saturday after-
noon of next week ab 4 o'clock- A lot of
firet•olass reading may be obtained at 'a
very lots figure.
C?neatacita a New tet
At Kempton, N. S., George Hingston,
aged 1.1 years, was shot and killed by his
brother.
John Oaldwell, proprietor of the
Central Hotel, Galt, Was fined 350 for
refusing admittance to a policeman the
other night.
An important debate took plane in the
Senate 00 a bill of Senator Woad to give
the Police Magiutrate of St. John, N. B.,
the power to sentence Roman 01,010105
women to an extended term in the Good
Shepherd's Reformatory.
A BOTANICAL Fugax,—Dr. Steele, of
Tavistook, has in bis possession a oerious
boatmen' freak, Amongst his house
plants is a email rose bush which sent up
a single shoot about ten inches to height,
and from the top of which two branches
extend. On each of these branches i5 a
rose, the ane a aream, the other a deep
pink, and different in eine, slaps and
nature. And to add to the strange au.
ference, one has a beautiful rose fra-
aranoe, while the other is entirely with-
out perfume.
A PECULIAR WELL.—Wm. Caldwell,
Galt, has a well which possesses peculiar
properties. At oertain times a current
of air issues from it, which is sufficiently
strong to raise a light artiole, such as a
!tat or goat several feet. This is not
noticeable at all times, but as it always
aware immediately prior to storms, ib
world seem that the phenomena f5 et.
Ceded by atmospheric changes. This
air appears to be perfeotly pure and free
from,fgasees, but this foot, intend of
solving the problem, only Adds to the
mystery,