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lug mitt as all the bedrOoMe do, 00 the
XY i y tI+y. patiOi Or 0Onrt, iu the manus mf thghouse,
open to the eV, Then [bel 81'93 of ue
togemII Onvnon.�-SablpeA Servleea .who had atugk together willed .oat to got
at 11 a m and 7100 p m, Sunday SWIM dinner, One tot nay oompanioes, (both
M 2;8Q p lo, Ace.dfobn Botta, B 9, were young Germane) Rieke eengliah,
pastor, Spanish and Fronoh equally well, He
ST, Jennie Onuamn,—Sabbath Sorvloee bad board of un aaling home in the Gene
at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sunday Sobool
at 2:30 p, m, Rev, A, g, Griftln, mourn,
bent,
Mooi,00mew Oneiton,—Sahbath- Servioep
at 10:80'11 DI and 7:00 0 m. Sunday
Sehool at 2:80 p m. Rev. G. 11, Cobble -
dick, M A, B D, pastor,
Roselli °Amnonlg Oal011o11,—Sabbath
Seeviee third Sunday in every month, at
1.0:80 a m. Rev Joseph Kennedy,
priest.
SALv:TION ARSIx,—Servide at 7 and 11
a in and 3 and 8 p in on Sunday and
every eeeeing in the week at 8 o'olook, at
the liarraoko.
ODD 3'oorolv8' LODGE every Thursday
evening, in Graham's block.
-MASONIC LopsE. Tuesday at or before
full moon, in Garfield block.
A. 0 U W Luau on the 8rd
Friday evening of each month, in Bias -
hill's blook.
O 0 F L000a and and last Monday
evenings of each month, in Blashill's
blook.
I O F, 2nd and last Friday In Odd
Fellows' Hall.
L 0 L lot Monday in every month
in Orange Hall,
Sons 00 Soortown, let and 8rd Taos -
days of mph mouth, in Odd Fellowe'
Hall.
K. 0. T. M. lemon, 2nd and 4th Tnee-
daya of each month, in Odd Fellow's Hall,
H OME Ornona, god and 4th Friday even.
ings in Blaehill'e Hall,
POST °FFIOE.—Office hours from 8 a,
m. to 6:80 p, en.
MECHANICS' INeTITarE.—Library in
Holmes' block, will be opeu from 6 to 8.
o'olook p, in. Wednesdays end 8:80 to 5
and 6 to 8 Saturdays. Mies Minnie Mo.
Naughton, Librarian.
Tower 0omtolc.—W. H. Kerr, Reeve ;
Geo.I3aeker, Robert Graham, R. Lea.
therdale and R. G. Wilson, Councillors
F. S. Scott, Clerk ; Thomas Kelly,
Treasurer ; D. Stewart, Assessor and J.
T. Roes, Oolleotor. Board meets the 1st
Monday in each month.
Sonoon Bodnn,—Rev. Bose, POO rman,)
D. 0. l3oae, Dr. Graham, A. Reid, 4,
Koenig and 11. Daunts ; Seo,.Treae.,
16. Rose. Meetings and Friday evoniug
in each month.
Pontic Scnoom Tr AcnEne.--J. H. Cam.
eron, Prinaipai, Blies Linton, Mise
Downey and Mies Ritchie.
Bum, of Lfsime .—Reeve Kerr, Clerk
Scott, A. Stewart, T. Farrow and J. N.
Bendall. Dr. McNaughton, Medical
Health Officer.
3dad (Ploty street in I nglieb)
thither we went.
We found'lAue's Keller„ a very pie
ant eating house indeed. It Beam to
a mart Of rendezVmne for the German r
dents of the (ily, and is fitted up Fn
style of an old German inn, with it
waiu•oeottleg of dark hardwood, and
the wane were eeveral line large oil pal
Inge on appropriate enbjeete. T
cuisine and servioe were both exoolle
and the chargee moderate.
Atter dinner my two companions we
beak to the hotel, but I started out for
walk. Seeing a brilliantly lighted etr
intereeoting the one on whish the recta
tuft stands, I joined the orowd wide!' w
sauntering along it, and for a couple
hours foliated my eyee on the beaunif
and brilliant shop windows. T afterwar
learned than this wag the Calle Florid
on whioh are situated the finest jewel
abope and fancy or brio-a.brao stores,
well ae the three finest residences
South America. I don't believe there
soother city in the world that has.
street whioh can quite compere with til
Calle Florida in all its glory. The etre
itself is narrow, though nicely pave
and the buildings are not at all remar
able, It ie the brilliancy of the oho
windows ender the white glare of the
electric light that attracte attention.
went buck to the hotel rather dazzle
with the wealth, of Buenos Aires.
Later views by daylight, while the
took away a good deal of the briliianc
and sparkle, tended rather to etrengtbe
my Bret opinion of the importance an
wealth of the city.
One remarkable thing about it is til
immense apace of ground it covers.
can hardly convey an adequate idea o
the impreteion it gave me of a wildernes
of buildings. The streets seem to begi
and end far out of one's ken. I soo
gave up trying to find where the street
went to. It is not a pretty city, however any sense of the word—nor even
pleasant one. The streets see all narrow
most of them rather rough, and general
ly they are dirty. The housee are al
much on the same pattern, built ttroun
a court. They ars seldom more tint
000 or two stories high, are built of
rough kind of brick and covered witl
painted plaster, which gives them a
tawdry look. There are a good many
fine modern buildings when you dome t
remember them, but they are lost in a
wilderness of the other kind.
The police in Buenos Alree impress one
principally on mamma of their numbers
In the centre of the city there is one a
every corner, and a whistle never fails to
bring leee than ten or twelve. They are
rather email men as a rule, audare dress-
_ ed much like soldiers, having always a
short sword. The most remarkable
thing about them is their snowy white
spate or gaiters. One sees little of the
In my last letter I triad to give a sort' flie protective force, or at bast I 88,08
of general impression of what the Argen- very little of them and I was about a
tine of to -day ie like. I will now go baok good deal, but I believe the fire btigade
over the groaud and take :hinge upmore is a part of the police fore, and judging
in detail ; fill up the picture, eo to speak. from what t saw of it, itis not at all to
I will skip the long voyage, for a sea be compared with that of eveu a fifth
voyage is a very monotonous affair at rate North American city. The fire halls
beet, and anyway, good descriptions of are at the police stations, and the ap•
them aro common, parttime I. saw appeared to be rather
Our tint intimation of a near approach primitive.
to the great River Plate was the announce- Ouething I soon noticed in Buenos
ment by the steward ono flue morning Aires was theline Mass of carriage horses
that we couldn't have oar morning tub to be seen about four in the afternoon on
unless we oared to take it in muddy water floe 01111e Florida or the Avenida de
instead of the delightfully oleen and in. Mayo. I law some types which I would
vigorating res water we had been using ooneider perfect, and I think I could
all along. Such a volume of water conies write a letter on them alone wfiiob would
from the Plate that it colors and fresh. he interesting to lovers of horses at least.
ens the water of the ocean far out, 'for The Avenida, whittle I have just mention.
this so palled river, as everyone' who has ed, is a new street, the widest in the
not forgotten the geography be learned city, whioh has been cut right through
at eobool should know, is really only the the heart of the place at immense Cost.
estuary of a great system of rivers, stn- It is laid out after the style of the Paris-
braoing the Uruguay, the Parana, the Ian boulevards, and though still in a very
Parngaay, the Vermejo and the Plato. unfinished state gives promise of being
0ae of the finest streets in America.
It has cost an enormous amount of
money, as may well be supposed, and has
been the mark for a good deal of oritigism
on that score, but it will oertaiuly tend
greatly to the improvement of the city,
and I believe another similar street is
projected. The Boothia church used to
stand where the Avenida now is, and had
to be torn down, but another and much
finer building has been put up in its place
not far away. 'There are several other
Protaetant churches in the oity, though,
of course, the great bulk of the people are
Roman Catholios, professedly, though
church going is generally lett to the
ladies. I was at a grand service in the
oatbedral one Saint's Day, and it was
certainly a beautiful eight, each of the
twelve or tbirteen besutif,l shrines being
visited in turn by the procession, amidst
the pealing of the organ and the singing
of the fine choir. The cethedrai is 11
very large building, with a great dome in
the centre, and must hold a tremendous
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$280 ; Hensen and Railway station, $99.•
a 84 • Heard! and Rogerville, $200 ; Hen.
e sail and Zurieh, 0320 ; liolmesville and
et Porter's Hill, $75 ; Hoinlesville and
d, Railway libation, $50; I{ippon and Rail -
k. way station, $99.84 ; Londesboro' and
p Railway station, 6166 • Seaforth and
Railway station, $187.20'; Seaforth and
I Wroxeter, $500; Wingham and G. T. R,
d station, 0199.68 ; Wingham and C. P, R.
station, $104.62. From these dguree it
y will be Been that game of the work is per.
y formed very cheaply.
n The basinesa of the main post o6lees in
d Huron, known as "A000noting offices,"
were as follows for the year :—
Gross Revenue Money orders
I isotted tk paid
f Auburn ...,$ 449 19 ....91018042
a Bayfield 508 56 .... 14359 51
n Bluevale ., 419 08 .... 5270 27
n Blyth 1460 56 .... 13592 58
s Brussels 2872 96 ..,. 90739 38
Clinton ..,4842 23 ..., 80S29 00
a Crediton 688 01 ., , 8165 58
Dungannon 570 38 .... 11992 48
• Exeter 1983 21 .... 138155 60
I Fordwieb 698 40 .... 13680 00
d Goderiob 5967 72 .... 49504 20
n Gorrie ,,,, 1020 17 .... 12031 80
s Ilensedl.,1098 52 .... 11884 a6
1 Kippen 823 03 .., 2797 81.
Seaforth ., 5021 84 .,., 34109 17
Varna 467 02 .... 252S 02
o Wingham 4289 74 .... 84772 93
Wroxeter 901 66 .... 1715 68
Zurieh 800 04 .,.. 12305 87
The following was the gross revenue in
office known ae "Non-aocouutine offi-
t see" : Belfast, 6270 ; Belgrave, 0070 ;
Benmillsr, 905 ; Bloke, 4119 ; Ohisel•
burst, 491,78 ; Carlow, 0150.87 • Oon-
etanoe, $105.92 ; Oranbrook, 8390,112 ;
Crewe, 329 ; Dunlop, $00 ; Egmondville,
8200 ; Ethel, $546 ; Fordyce, 945.87 ;
Glenannan, 675 ; Glenfarro,v, 607 ; Har -
lock, $46 ; Hills Green, 983.86 ; Holmes.
vine, 6127.92 ; Jamestown, 0153 ; John-
ston's Mills, $10 ; Kingsbridge, 680 ;
Hintail, 6178.48 ; Lakelet, $207.14 ;
Lanes, 676 ; Lookalsb, 0182.60 ; Londes.
boro', $409.25 ; Marnoch, 642.89 ; Moles-
worth, 3943.80 ; 'tIonorieff, 021 ; New.
bridge, $166 ; Nile, 692.28 ; Port Albert,
$118 ; Porter's Hill, 078.80 ; Redgrave,
$78 ; St. Helens, 0191.73 ; Sa:tford, $141.-
82 ; Sheppardton, $55 ; Suumerllill,
$48 ; Sunshine,. 618 alton, 3450
Westfield, $48.76 ; Winthrop, 0158.99.
The salary paid the postmaster at John-
son's Mille was $16, jest the same as the
revenue of the office, bet the salary paid
the Moneriefl postmaster was only $12,
while the revenue of his office was $2l.
THE BRUSSEJS POST
Postal 5tattatics.
The report of the Postmaster General
dor 1896, lust leaned, g011tahle e lot et in.
formation of interest to our readers,
The OM of carrying the all lone email
Rein, as the Manton; figures show, the
ameents being for a year ;—
Between 4ubnrn and Blyth, $371,05;
Bayfield and Seafortb, 0316, Beeeinv000
and Seaforth, $90 25 ; Belfast and Lanae,
0100 ; Bennet and St, Helens, 0150 ; Bel.
grave and 1t1taruooh, $60 ; Belgrave and R.
It. Station, $132 ; BelgraveandBseohino,
$70 ; J3enmiller and Goderlob, $150 ,
Bluevale land Railway station, $189 ;
Blyth and Railway station, $174.84;
Brimfield and Railway elation, $05;
Brussels and Oranb90ok, 0100 ; Breesel8
and Railway atatiou, $160 ; Clinton and
Railway station, 4209.64 ; 48 tripe per
week are made in Clinton, and in only
two other plaoee in the Stratford divioioli
are there ae many. Clinton acid Sum-
merhill, $65 ; Dashwood and Exeter,
$289 ; Drysdle and Kippen, $121 ; Ex -
And Kintaal, $446 ; Qoderich and 'Junk.
now, $549,60 ; Godsrigh and Railway
sgatioo, $109,08 ; Gerrie and Railway
station, $99 ; Harlook and S85fortb,
A Huronite 'in Argentina.
mayo.
The morning atter the bath incident
our vessel name to a standstill off the
port of Ensenada, close to the flourishing
pity of La Plata. It was our good for-
tune not to be quarantined, and after the
port doctor's tog had steamed away we
in turn steamed slowly up the long nar.
row channel leading to the ducks.
The River Plate ie 'very shallow, and
the land bereebout ie low and marshy,
It must have cost a great deal of money
and required an immense. amulet of
labor to make this port, whose long atone
basins are now thickly lined with vessels
of many nations, When we name in
there were also several Argentine and a
couple of Italian men of war lying there.
Ot10 of the Argentine cruisers was a very
pretty little aide wheel steamer of light
draught, intended for service on the
tipper rivers.
As soon es our vessel was tied up at her
dock our baggage 08as got np and taken
in railroad trucks to the Custom House
near by. I got through the ordeal, type. concourse of people, It fronts on the
writer and all, by the aid of a friend who Plaza de Mayo.
spoke Spanish, without a scratch, but Buenos Aires has a good horse car seta
some of the passengers bad to pay a vine, but the drivers, instead of having
pretty penny, Indeed it was little
wonder, for some of thein had brought
Irmo the old country, enough goods to
stook e respectably sized store. That is
a way the Englishman who goes Arend
hoe. He will tape a trunk full of boots,
another full of trousers, a couple full of
underwear, etc„ etc. Then he grumbles
and growls, and 1000ns80 the oflinials of
being robbers when be has to pay duty.
To be sure, the officials aro not above
making a little for themselves on the
quiet, but the fault is not all on their
side.
Close by the custom house lay a epecial
train to emery the passengers by our vessel
to Buenos Mese, over the Buenos Aires
du Lusenada Port lld7flvay. Tite prts-
songer 0,aehes were very airy and com-
fortable, built on the North American
pion, nue rather smaller, and the loco- - n
motive wee of the English type, We Thos. Binkle, Sweaborg road, was the
left Ensenada about three in the after. first man in the vicinity of Woodetoak to
noon, I drink it was, and after a very register a brood of ahiokene. He bad 11
pleasant ride through a flat prairie young gauge Woken- hatched on .rob.
country, dotted here and there with pion 18111.
groves of euealypttis tines, we arrived Rearm IN Six 1Toone.—Distressing kfd.
about 0081E at the central station in nay and bladder diseases relieved in six
Buenos Aires, flours by the "Great South American
I Have rather a confused recollection of Kidney Core," This new remedy is a
hurriedly Baying good-bye to a few fellow great eurprieu and delight on account of
voyagers on the crowded platform, and its exceeding protrlptness in relieving
following a porter, with a couple of pain iu the bladder, kidneys, baoit and
Others, oat into the open air, up a eteep, every part of the urinary passages in
narrow street, and along two or three male or female. It relieves retention of
blocks to an hotel. It fe what is called water and pain in pa0eteg it almost im-
here a onea amueblada, that is a hotel mediately. If you want gnfok relief and
whioh furnished lodging but no board. care title is your remedy. Sold by G. A. 1
We were given fine, big, airy repine, look. Deadman, druggist, i
whietles or bells, have 0008 bores, from
egad)some of them evoke a wonderful
variety of sound, but they are weird
things to bear w11en you wake in the
night,
Strange as it may seem the great ma-
jority of the residents of the capital of
Argentina are foreigners. In numbers
the Italians predominate, but en anomie
and wealth the Duglieh and German.
Both elements are exceedingly wall off,
and the English speaking. young people
partioulttrly put in a I'emarkably good
time lvith their olnbs and a0cieties, their
00n00rts and balls.
I (multi write, or rather tell stories,
about Bustler Aires all night, but I thinly
my spade must be about need tip HO I
Will stop. TIIE WaiDintnu.
Fruit experteIn Hamilton vicinity say
that the peach nude have all been killed
by frost and there will be a poor crop
again this year.
A quarryman put a dynamite cartridge
near the stove in 3lr, Bertrand's black•
smith shop at Beauhernoie. When Mr.
Bertrand mane in the cartridge exploded,
breaking his bunk. The 10)1ries will
probably prove fatal.
While no physiefan or pbarmaaiet can
conscientiously warrant a ours, the J. C.
Ayer Co. gnarautee the purity, strength
and medical virtues of Ayer's Sarsapar•
iiia, It was the only blood -purifier ad-
mitted at the great World's Fair, in
Chicago, 1893.
0A0A11000 SWAM= IN 10 00 6011630106,—
One short puff of the breatb through the
Blower, supplied with 'each bottle of Dr.
Agnew's Catarrab Powder, dinettes this
Powder over the surface of the nasal
passages. Painless and delightful to
use, it relieves instantly, ani permanent.
ly cures Oatarrah, Hay Fever, Odds,
Headed] s, Sore Throat, Tonsilitis and
Deafness 60 dents at G. A. Dsadman's.
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TO THE
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The undersigned wishee to intimate; to
the public enerailyy that he has
leased the
linaoksmith Shop
Pram Met ha, Wynn, Brussais,
012t1.18 now prepared to attena to Black-
smith work in all its branches in a
Workmanlike manner,
f irsf-olass Horse Shoei'
Having worked in a number of
large ehope in both the United States
and Canada,
The Public Invited ' to givo loo a
' call. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Prices to snit the tildes.
George Trimble,
BLACKSMITH, BRUSSELS
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LABORATORY OW/ERICH, ONT.
J. M. MaLEOD,
Prop. and Manufacturer.
Sold by JAMES FOS,
Drn gist Brussels.
111ONE/ TO LOAN.
Any Amount of Money to Loan
on Farm or 'Village Pro-
perty at
6 & 6i Per Cent., Yearly.
Straight Loans with privilege of
repaying when required.
Apply to
A. Hunter,
Division Court Clerk, Brussels,
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Dr, n, J. ILE.\•ndnL b0,
Dea,• ahs—Please send me one of your Morse
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Kendall% Spann Cure tvtEh Rood success • if le a
wonderful medicine, I ones had a mare that had
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keep a bottle ou beod all the time.
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KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURL
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))) [mel ke100 myprlenda who are much 1800008 will,
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years and aIwoys yderived the best re
mats iron their use.
For Stomach and Liver
Lmtbles, and for the cure of headache
,•1,118111 by these derangements, Ayer's
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to Take, and
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all-round Mal- SooizoseN, 303 Rider
Ave., New 1010 tatty,
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dishes$ Awards at World's Fair.
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British Columbia
Red Cedar Shingles
A\I)• —
Noi'tfil Shore
Piile and Cedar
FOR SALE A'1' TUN
Brussels Planing Drills
Also Doors and Sash of all Pat
terns on hand or made to order
at Short Notice.
Estimates Furnished for all
kinds of Buildings. Workman,
ship and Material Guaranteed.
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Light and Heavy Har- �t�11+��ttt
\' Collars, 1
Meas, Collars, &c, ni
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Trunks and Bags
at Low Prices
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12 dozen new School.
Scribblers to hand.
Only 5 cents each.
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A Bankrupt Stook of
Photo, Albums that will be sold ata
Low Price.
Writing Pads from 5o, up
Stafford's Celebrated Inks._
School Books and 8ui0es.
Special Values in Bibles.
Shaving Sets, Comb and Brush Cases andl
'Writing Desks at coat to clear out stock,
Winte1' Gaines, C%LLidl'en'S i?rii.ldln4
and ,'i i/.)ha,%et Blocks.
Boy's Velocipede at a Bargain.
Only a few Hand -sleighs left audlthey will
be sold at Cost to clear.
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