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BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1d, 1892
Notes On A Trip To Alaska.
BY 511114. 3011/1 GOLDIN, GALT,
It was on the 17th of Augnat that we
took laminae on the steamer Mexico of
the Paean, Steamship Co., Captain
Henter, osmhnander, and left Victoria,
B. C., at 12:15 p. nt., reaching 1)epartere
Bay, a distance of eighty miles, nbout
seven in the evening. It rained all after
noon so the had not the pleasure of seeing
lofty, enow-eaopod left. Baker and other
beautiful noenery on our wRy. We lay
in Departure Bay thirty.six hours, ae it
is the coaling station of the Nanaimo
mines, and from whioh immense quinti•
ties of coal aro taken. The price of oval
delivered on the boat is $4 a ton. The
town of Nanaimo has about four.thous•
and inhabitants, mostly mines. This
wee the last Canadian port tonoherl at.
The pessaga from Victoria to Chilcab is
on the salt water of the Pacific, but shel-
tered most of the wee' from he swell and
storms by outlying islands. Throneh
tlieee narrow, winding channels whioh
cot: soubiteasiern Alaska into a delightful
nrnhipeingn, the steamer makes her was
sometimes with and sometimes at<ains'
the tide as it ebbs and slows through the
sinuous windings. There are planes
where the velocity of the onrrent at ebb
or flow renders navigation daneerons
This is notably so of Seymour rapids be-
tween VaneotverWand and the main•
land, where the current attains to twelve
knots an Hour. There are also wider
etretohes of water, but we were never out
of sight of land, whioh consists of steep,
rugged hills and mountains rising righ'
from the water ; some of these are bare,
but most of them ere onvered with trees,
of not very large growth in some planes
and greater in others.
Loring is the first port in Alaska touch•
ed at and is situated nn Revillagigedo
laland. It =slots of a (sinner/, two
stores and a number of houses scattered
along at the foot of a closely wooded
mountain. The work in the canneries is
done by Chinamen, the fishing mostly by
the Indians and the managers are Ameri.
cans.
'Phe fish are caught in trap nets, ant of
one of whioh we saw talten about seven
thousand ; this was at one catch, the fish
averaging 18 inches in length. We next
came to Wrangel and though raining
very hard (a not uncommon event in
Alaskc) a aood many of the paseengere
went on shore, the chief attraction Wine
the Totem paten of whioh there are quite
a number in the piece. These Totem
poles are a mark of di tinction in those
to whom they belong. They are made
by cutting clown a good straight tree,
dressing it to the desired size and then
(serving it in n very rude way with figures
of birds, Indian warriors and other fan
testio shapes whioh very muoh resemble
Chinese carving. After these poles re-
ceive a sufficient amount of labor and
skill they are raised and planted en end
before the owner's but and great value is
nttaohed to some of them, two thousand
dollars being ooneidere'1 a very reason•
able pride for some of the largest and
ohoicest. Advancing northward the
scenery inaronses hr, grandeur, mountain
tops are more hetwily capped with anew
and occasionally the bosom of a gluier,
embedded in the monntain side, Maims
in the sun. Below we seem to have
reached the ultimate haven of a land
locked bay but as we apprnaah the rooky
shore the ship slowly swims to port or
starboard and we glide into another
stretch of water, so new, so wildly prime.
val. that it seams
"We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea."
In passing through what in called the
Wrangel Narrowe the ship ran aground
and we had to wait three hours until the
tide rose and Oarried ns off. We arrived
at Juneau on the 22nd August. The
rain was falling but all went ashore, of
°nurse, as this is the centre of a mining
district and consequently the business
done is greater than that of any other
place touched at. Juneau is built on the
sides of two mountains whioh are both
lofty and down which many oasoades
pour their gleaming waters, enlivening
the gloom of the surrounding scene. The
town bas nearly 1,200 inhabitants, half
of them being Indians. The fstreete are
narrow and rough and the (sidewalk of
the main street, leading from the wharf,
is over the sea when the tide is full.
Thera are a great many Indian ourinsi•
ties for sale here both in shops and by
the Indians themselves squatted on the
wharf, and at their hones whioh are
Wile tear the sen and overlooked by
their burial place. The bodies of the In.
dian dead are burned, the ashes put into
a box and this along with all the goods
thoy possess at the time of death are laid
in re small house built for the purpose
and this is the burying place of the
family. Across the channel, about three
miles from Juneau, is Douglas City on
Donglae Island, chiefly noted for the
Threadwoli gold mina, where there is It
large stamp mill with 240 stamps in
operation, Those are all under one roof
and the noise made by them, is so great
that it is utterly impossible to hear ones•
own voice. Besides being the largest
this mill is maid t0 be the most complete
and perfect in all its appointments of any
of the kind ever built. Tho gold bearing
ledge ie 500 feet wide, Dropping one upon
the surface and fronting like to stone
quarry to rho open air, It has been
prospected b,y fent tu,naels. The ore le
nob riob, averaging from $8,00 to $4.00
per ton, but the decomposed quertz is
easily milled and the supply is inexhaust
Solo. The output of pure gold for One
month was brought away on the steamer
Mexico and amounted to $81,000, Thls
is about the avoregs pet month.
There is also placer mining carried on
about Pone miles from ;mean on the
mainland, in the Silver Bow Begin. Tho'
lode Aoo is
Maimed to be Very rich and
the mill befit liar the capacity for treat•
ing 100 tones per day. It is bolisted that
this particular locality tvill ere long he
deve'opod into one of the most peoliia
gold Holds in the tvorld.
Rillisnoo wing the neat stopping place.
Tits ie un Indian village in whioh all
American Oo, utas built a fieh oil menu.
faotnry. It was not in operation but
we (lid not sae we emelt the result of th
mauufa°turing, We noxi stnp)od a
Port Ellie and tonal 0u to largo quantic
of oanuecl snimon from a cannery thsr
Nearly opposite Port Ellie the Capbai
took ns bbrongh a very winding and oar
row ontraoue to a boeulifnl sheet o
water, whioh he has named Gate Bay
He was the discoverer of it and none o
the other .reamers have yet penetrate
its labyrinthine depths, The bay is en
closed by high m ,untains, one of these
1111. Emma, is 6,000 feet high and th
o here nearly as mnoh. Tunis bay is no
yet marked on any chart, but no doeb
it will soon be included as ono of th
sights by all excursion boats.
We reached Shave on the morning o
the 25th of August. When the boat'
whistle blew souounaing our approach t,
the town a very voo}feroua tmswerin
salute was given by hundreds of doge it
the 'Indian village. The day was fine e
we made good use of our time to examin
this old Russiau fort, Sitio[ 19 .beautiful
ly situated on about ahs only level pie°
of g 'mod we saw in Alaska, In bh
baokground are souse clipped mountain
and iu the front of it is the ace, whioh i
studded by innumerable rocky islands
The view from I3aronoff Castle is very
fine on this womb. There are nearly
1,200 inhabitants, of whom about 400 au
white people. The Indian village i
clean, for an Indian one, and the house
are "needy large and wed built. We had
the honor of visiting and shaking hand
with Princess Thorn, who is the chief o
all the Sitka Indians stud is said to b
worth $20,000. A number of our parts
attended 1111 Indian war dance at he
house in the evening and whioh they
said was quite exalting. We visited the
Greek church of which there are bu
three iu the United States and this cue
is the most ancient and interesting o
them. It is plain outside, built of wood
in the form of a cross and Is very att:ac-
tive within. There are quite a number
of paintings which aro old and valuable
the most beautiful of which is one of the
Madonna and child, said to baby Bsphsel
There is also a great deal of ornamenta.
tion in silver and gold, all very good.
The vsetmenbs worn by the prises on tier.
Min days are very rich and beautiful and
must have beet costly. These and the
piobures were Riven to the church long
ago by wealthy Russians, of whom at
cue time there were a Large number in
Sitka. There is quite an interesting In-
dian Mission school here under the eon•
trot of the Presbyterian church. There
is also en hospital for boys and one for
girls in conneetiou with it, and other In.
dustrial buildings of which the original
eon of building was defrayed by Mrs.
Elliot Sheppard, formerly a Mins Vttn-
'derbilt, of New York. She has, in addi
Won to this, paid for the education of a
number of the Indian girls et Eastern
schools and coutinues to give largely he -
sides for the support of the Mission.
From Sitka we proceeeled towards the
Muir Glacier, the most wonderfuleeight
in the Aleskatl trap. When Glamerhey
was reached we were seen surrounded
by iue floes. Proceeding very oautiously
through these for come miles end when
within twelve; miles of the Glnoier the
Oaptein deemed it prudent to turn book
as the nut water of the boat was b,dly
smashed by owning against a large ice-
berg, and if wind or fug should rise ib
would be very dangerousiudeed and only
risking life for sight-seeing. While the
ship was turning blue suu shone on the
Glacier for a few minutes and we saw
enough of it to give us some idea of its
appearance though not of its size, whioh
is about three miles wide and rising per-
pendicular from the water over two
hundred feet and in some places more,
As we sailed away from Glacier Bay
many were the expressions of disappoint.
meat at not havieg been able to get near
this wonderful and beautiful sight. We
wore now ou our way to Ohil°at, tate
most northerly point on the route, and
which is between 50 and 60 degrees,
north latitude. Though eo far north it
was not at all cold and the two days
lying at Pyramid Harbor and Ohileat,
where the vessel took on 10,000 Gabon of
canted salmon from the two canneries
situated there, were pleasantly spent by
most of the passengers going out sailing
in small heats, taking long but rough
walks ou shore and inspecting the can.
nerise which are large and well managed
is every way. The scenery here is also
magnificent. Snow Dapped mountains,
small giaulers and streams between the
rugged bills, a foreground of evergreen
forest, all enveloped in a faint, purple
haze with the sunshine lighting and
brightening it, wade a picture that will
bo vividly remembered by all who ettw it.
As we had been disappointed in not
getting near the Muir Gilmer the Captain
very kindly consented, though not on the
route, to take us to Takao Inlet to view
the glaciers there. So leaving Ohilcat
we started on our homeward journey
and early next morning we wore all near
watching for the fleet appearance of rho
gluten. Wo passed several whioh are
called dead ones ; they do not reach the
water and are gradually becoming sinal
ler. When about seven miles away we
got the first view of the Takao Glacier,
and icebergs were getting quite numerous
around us, some of them quits largo and
of the loyalist bele and green onlays, all
shades from the ligheab to very dark,
The beauty of the gutsier Managed as we
dress neer till, when we were in a
quarter of a mile from it whore the ship
stopped, it was wonderfully grand. This
glacier is said to range from 250 feet in
the mein to 400 at its highest points.
In many parts of it there are great pin.
❑aolers scantling like the turrets of a
castle or the minarets of a Mohammedan
mosque. These being so moll higher
than the main body of the ice and all so
rugged and massive snake a very impoe•
ing spectacle, Immenso masses of see
Melte off several theme when we were
lying near and falling with s thundering
crash into the weber cattsed out ship to
rook on the waves raised by the. fail. As
one exoereionist writes ;•- "Mnoh has
been written by able pens on the subject
of Alaska glaoiere, bub when one views
very near such a one es the M1nir or the
Takoa, watching the icebergs breakoff
and fall with a oche like thunder' Into
the sea, 01' meed It sprtrkle in the glory Of
a July sun, he realizes that no pen, bow.
over gifted, stn do jusbios to the scone."
So we will leave it, watching it gradual.
ly disappear from our sights like conte ern
chanted nestle, as we sailed away on our
homeward voyage. A few more points
touched at, more Canned salmon taken
on, also a few paeaeugerd going south lit
the close of the season, paused a little
variety in the different groups of passer•
gars who had by this time become very
well acquainted. A few days more sail•
ing through the beautiful and piuturesquo
scenery of Mande, mountains, glamors,
inlets and channels and we get back to
Victoria, our starting point, having been
gone twenty days and sailed a little over
5,000 miles. Mimi" could be written on
a different phase of the Alaska trip, One
sees so many strange moil curious things
carved and woven by the natives who
eeetn to be a distiuub raoe of Indians and
who have a remarkably strong resem.
btan°eto th se. • em
q Jupwue 11 ey are small
iu stature, with weak looking limbs but
broad shoulders. Some of the women
bleaker, their faces and wear fish bones
iu them. The men bye mostly in their
canoes, whioh in many bases are Large
and tvsll formed. Catching 11512 [teems to
be their general 000upation and the most
approved style of wretnhedness and
squalor cin be seen by •visiting their huts
or cabins. In. the mining districts a
go ally number of Iuliens work in the
mines, but steady work with them is an
exception and not the rule. As regards
the future of Alaska, so far as we could
see for ourselves or gabber information
from others, it is entirely unsuited for
agricultural purposes in the southern
part. The alienate on the coast is mild
on account of the warm currents of air
coming from the Southern Pacifia Ocean,
but these oleo oauae a great deal of rain.
.Che warm air conning in oonbaot with
the cold atmosphere of the mouutains
ooudenses thug ceasing the rainfalls of
Alaska to be unusually large, In the in•
terior of Alaska it is very cold, so much
so that at the gold mines on the Yukon
river they can only work fur about three
months in the year. To the north of
Sitka, on Cook's Inlet and some other
places there are tracts of arable land
sehers it is said that grain would ripen,
for the summers ere very warm though
.he winters tire cold. Aa yet the only
exports have ueeu gold and oanned sal.
moo. What the future may open up for
it le yet uudsterminsd on account of its
olimabe and great distance from the
more thickly inhabited parts of the con-
tinent.
A Contact. Meet to *mane,
To tree Editor of Tera POST.
Dein :ins,—I am surprised that not
one of your correspondents has mentioned
a fruitful cause of church desertion—
the iutroduotiou of organs iota our
churches. The general congregation
mast not praise the Creator now, only
the choirs are privileged to do so, inae-
much as obs people do not understand the
nsw•(angled airs and anthems consequent
on the introduction of the organ and Dau
only stand mutely lieterring to he boom-
ing or the half heard voices of the choir.
Most of our old people objected to the
organ at first, just as some of them object
so the hymns, but were overruled by the
majority. The ounsegnenoe is much
heart burning and a party disturbance
and a general disgust at the °Murch.
Result a falling off of attendance.
A Cannon MElinan,
January 12th, 1992.
Brussels Council.
The last meeting of the old Council
was held last Monday. Reeve Graham
and Councillors McIutosb, Anent mu(l.
Rose present.
Minutes of Met meeting read and
passed.
The following accounts were present.
ad :—
T. G. Holmes, M. D., salary, $ 10 00
P. Scott, salary, 10 00
F. S. Soott, sal, and elation ex., 26 25
J. T. Pepper, misoollaneotts, 60
G. A. Deadman, " 40
Mrs, Wallace, dimity, 3 25
Mrs. J. Blaahill, " 6 75
eV. H, Kerr, printing, 8 00
Ballantyne dr Wilton, mien!., 7 28
Moved by J. Ament, s000nded by J. M.
Mofntosh theft the above accounts be
paid. Carried.
W. F. Vanstone addressed the Council
in reference to the remission of taxes on
their roller mill for 1801. Left over for
sonsideratiou,
Council then adjourned.
Fourth Division Court.
The nsnttl sittitlgs of the Fourth Divi-
sion Court [vee held at the Town Hall,
Brussels, cm the 22nd alt„ J. A. Morton,
aching Judge.
The following oases were on the list ;—
Stewart & Lowlek vs. Stewart—Aotinn
of account. Judgment of non suit With
civets.
,laokson vs, Welch--Attaolmlent snit,
Judgment for plaintiff for 337,18 and
costs.
Smith vs. Cooper—Pugh, garnishee.
Adjourned,
Timmins vs. i4loQntohoiu--Action on
'lobe. The clefendanb disputed the claim
of elle ground that he was obfnsbiceted
when the done was made and had not re.
calved value. Ooisidorable amneement
wee cruised by the nave way in which
defendant pleaded his own cause. A
good lawyer wag evidently lost when he
became a farmer.
Anent ve, Lamont—Disputed recount.
Juigmotie for plaintiff fur $1.80, being
half the atnnunb claimed, but without
coots.
Ennis vs. Swibzer—Corporation of
Grey garnishee, Adjotrned bill next
Court,
A imam of judgnione anninioneoe
were Weed and the new/ orders made,
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District Lodge in connection with the
L. 0. L. order was held in the Orange
Ball, Brussels, on ,laniary 12th, There
was n fair representation frons all the
Lodges and an inorease of membership
was reported.
The following officers were elected for
1802 :—
Bro. R. Marr, No. 681, Ethel, D. M„
Bro. E. Driscoll, No. 252, D. D. MI.,
Bro. 13. Gerry, No, 774, D. S.,
73ro. John Othioy, No. 252, D. T„
Bio. John Mooney, C.,
Bro. David G. Smith, D. C.,
Bros. Jae, Bowman end II. Hamilton,
D. L.
The Comity Lodge will be held on
Tuesday, February2ud,
Huron County Council.
The members of the County Council
for 1802, are as follows, the names indi-
cated by a star being new members:—
Aiunioipality
Ashtield
Reeve Depnby
Griffin Girvin
Chambers*
Blyth Hamilton
,McIntosh•
Wanda'
Manning Kennedy
Beck Malloy
Bowden* Speakman*
Milne Oliver
Bryan
Goderich Proudfbot Holt
Goderich T'p Cox Beacom
towtcic Keine* Johnston
Jaques'
Britton McDonald*
McEwen' Kalbfleisch
Schnell*
.Mooney Howe
,Beoeweis Manly
T'rranee Bnnatt
llabz leilber
Sheeran
McLean Coleman
M'Pherson Crnkshank
McLean Sheppard*
Brnesnls.,.,
Bayfield
Clinton
Colborne
Exeter
Grey
Hullett
Hay
Morris
MoKillop
Stanley
Stephen
Seaforth
Turnbsrry
Tuoitersmith
Ueborue Kay Kydd
Wawaaosn 19Taylor Anderson
Wawanosh W Stuart Bowers
Wingham Hanna' Sperling*
Wroxeter Sanders
BruSSELs School hoard.
A special meeting of the School Board
was held in the Council Member on Jan.
8th.
Members present—H. Dennis, R. L.
Taylor, T. Farrow, W. 13. Dickson and
T. Pletcher.
Moved, seconded and carried that II.
Dennis be chairman, pro tem,
Moved by W. B. Diukson, seconded by
R. L. Taylor that the following acounnts
he paid :—tV. H. McCracken for supplies,
32.40 ; R. Rose, Sec., for postage, stabion-
Fey, &e., $3.00. Carried.
Moved by T. Fletcher, seconded by W.
B. Dicltsoht chit the Board advertise for
tandem for the delivery of 35 cords of
good, sound, green wood, beech and
maple, all body wood, 24 inches long, to
be delivered at the school before the first
day of March, 1802. Carried.
Moved by W. B. Dickson, seconded by
T. Ferro* that the Secretary notify
parents or guardians of children within
the compulsory school going age who
have not attended school as the late re-
quires during 1801 to attend the next
regular meeting of this Board and give
reasons for not complying with the law
in that behalf. Carried,
Moved by R. L. Taylor, seconded by
T. Farrow that the Board purchase a
map of the County of Heron from Air.
Cooper, of Clinton. Carried.
Moved by T. Fletcher, seconded by W.
B. Dickson [bat the Secretary procure a
new corporate seal, the old one having
become unfit for use. Carried.
The Board then adjourned.
People We Know.
Mr. Argue, of Toronto, Sundayed in
town.
Noble Gerry has been on the sick list
this week,
Miss Mary Sample is visiting relatives
in Wingham.
Mrs. S. divers is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Newton, in Clinton.
Masa Hattie Frauois, of Toronto, is
visitingher slater in Bruesels,
Win. Mose is in town looking after I.
C. Richards' business while he is laid
up.
rs, Alfred Lowry has been danger.
ously in but is progressing favorably
now.
D, McKenzie, wife and son were visit.
Mg at Mildntey ,end Walkerton for a
week or so.
I. C. Richards end his son Oharlie
have been on the sick list with inflam-
mation of the lungs.
W. R. Oallaway, the District Passenger
agent of the 0. P. R., Toronto, and his
sou were in Brussels on Wednesday, on
a business trip,
3, M. Persona, the General Agent of
Lho oelebrated Ronald steam fire oughts,
is in town, He'a a hustler. He hes
the gold, silver and bronze medals re•
aeivod from the Industrial and Western
Faire.
T. A. hltLauahiin, Lumber, teases next
Monday for Toronto where he will attend
the Normal school for the purpose of
securing his peofsesionel 2nd. Mr. Mae
is a good beaaher and TIM POST wishes
hire emcees.
Last Monday afternoon as Miss Emily
Dudley was going laotne she gat on a
sleigh to ride pare of the way. 1r, meet-
ing a load of wood the sleighs aanne so
close together that Hiss Dudley's limbs
Were naught between the aonveyanaes and
badly bruised, A doctor had to he called
to decree the injured members.
A chattel mortgage for $10,000 Lae
been fllud'itt Syracuse ah the instanos of
A. A. Graft against the Grand Opera
house there, the Aeadetny of Music,
Rochester, and the Oourt street theatre,
Buffalo, to secure the paytneht of pro-
missory hates,
Additional ..ocal News.
cirt•rns'e "Art Sandia" is over A. le.
Smith's store.
Tito latest Paris and Milted* panels at
Burgess & I3uohanan's.
1Vra Mwayshave the geode advertised in
stook. A. R. Smith.
Hosers for sale or to rent. Comfort).
ab'e and convenient. W. 13. Dickson.
Picn•rnc in all sizes and styles. Crayon
and water color work a speoialty.
Bargees & Buchanan.
Mese have room for new spring goodo.
20% off sealant, and mantle cloths. A.
R. Smith.
CROWDS going to Mrs. E. Rogers' big
dry goods eale, They are offering some
tremendous Wegener.
le is estimated on oompetent authority
that between 9,000 and 10,000 porde of
wood are annuallyl oonttamed in Bras.
sols.
Eger Huron Agrioultnral Society annu•
al meeting will be held on Wednesday
afternoon of next week, in the Brussels
Town Hall,
TEE drat monthly Horse Fair of this
eeaeon will be held in Brussels on the
first Thursday in February, the 4th prox.
A number of buyers Kaye already signi-
fied their intention of being present.
Ox Thursday evening uflast week the
Canadian Stereoplioon Company gave an
entertainment in the Town Hall. They
show a lot of splendid views which are
very correct representations of what they
purport to be,
A RoxiasanLt CM/E.—Mr. Walter
Wheeler, of the Washington Mills,
Lawrence, Maes„ for two years afiiioted
with varicose veins, accompanied by a
troublesome eruption, was completely
oared after taking only eight battles of
Ayer'e Sarsaparilla.
Ix is stated that the children of Samuel
Walsh bad $75.00, or tbereaboute, sent
them by their parents, in Boston, to pay
their railway fare to that city. Some
way or other tate money wets either lost
or stolen after being received and the
journey had consequently to be post.
poned.
YESTERDAY we received the moot hend-
some catalogue of seeds, bulbs, plants,
Mo., ever sent out in America, from the
well•known Canadian first of The Steele
Bros. Co., Toronto. The immense Wei.
neem stamens of this enterprising house
ie wonderful. They attribute it to the
high grade of seeds they supply—cnupled
with business energy end oars. For '02
they offer Campbell's white chaff wheat,
a great sielder, Early Gethland, and
Golden Giant Bate, three new potatoes,
and the wonderful Prizebnker Onion, be-
side an endless array of novelties in
flowers, Stanley's Wash Tub, Spider Lil•
les, Air Plant, Sword Fern, etc. They
make a special offer to mail two Chinese
Sacred Lilies (to plant to water now),
value 40o., and their grand new oatalog,ts,
with 477 illustrations, value SOa, all for
only 25o. Farmers, gardeners and stn•
atoms ebould all send for them at once.
W. F. NI. S.—Tate annual meeting of
the Melville church W. F. AI. Society
was held on Jan. 81h. The reports of
Secretary and Treasurer showed the
Society to be in a very fl,•urishing com
dibion with a membership of 38 and con•
tributions for 1891 of 3142.25. Stew the
organization of this Society, fn 1884, the
few members who compose it have given
for this special department of mission
week, 3770.00. During all these years
the work of elm Society has been ably
presided over by Mrs. (Rev.) Ross, she
being the first and only President, and
for seven years lire. Graham has occu•
pied the office of Secretary. They be-
ein this year with new officers
Roderiok Ross, President ; Mrs. Barn-
hill, Vies President ; Mrs. James Kerr,
Secretary ; Miss Maggie Stewart, Treas.
urer ; Managers, firs. Jno. Rose, Airs.
Grahanl, Mrs, Martin, Mrs. Malcolm,
Mrs. Cormack and Mrs. N. Richardson.
WMTEnovs nor Esta,—The daily pa-
per. of last Saturday contained the tot
lowing legal note of local interest :-
Wateroue Engine Co. v. town of Palmer
ston—Judgtnellt an appeal by the plain•
tiffs from the judgment of the Obnneery
Divisional Court (20 0. It., 411) affirm.
ing the judgment of Rose, J., dismissing
the action, which was brought to recover
from the defendants $2,150 and interest
as the prioe of a fire engine alleged to
have been purchased by the defendauts
from the plaintiffs under a contract.
The courts below held that, as the con-
tract remained executory in the sense
bleat no anoeptanoe of the engine had
taken place, it could not be enforced
against the defendants, there being no
by-Iw authorising the pnrehase under R.
S. 0. ah. 184, woe. 480, 630, as amended
by 52 Vic. oh. 30, seas. 20, 40. Appeal
dismissed, the court deciding that a by-
law authorising the purchase was napes.
eery in order to bind the corporation ;
and that the plaintiffs cannot recover so
long as the 0outract remains exaautory,
Wilkes, Q. 0., for the appellants. ie. M.
Clark (Palmerston) for the respondents.
LITTLE Mtsstoxunics.—A very pleasant
meeting was held in Melville church an
Dea. 8180., to whit& children gabheriug
motley fon missions, by means of the
mite boxes, were invited. A suitable
program was prepared for the little ones,
and also a treat of sweet -meats. The
delight of the ohildeen an they presented
the contents of their mite boxes, whioh
represented many acts t,f self-denial, as
well as anbttal work done by some of
them, was a good illestretion of that oft
quoted Scripture verse, "It is more bars.
sod to give than to reueive," The nomas
of the children and their contributions.
are :—Allio It. Diokson, 650. ; Georgie
McLauohliu, 25o. ; Tommie 1foLattolalin,
25e, ; R. J. McLoughlin, 25o. ; Barry
Nightingale, 76o. ; Norman McGuire,
15o. ; Welton McGuire, 15o ; Jennie
Grieve, 20n. ; Maggio MaLaueltlin, 210.
Willie Good, 54c. ; Lillian Ainley, 41e. ;
'Willie Ainley, 300. ; Georgie Rom, 80a. ;
Jennie tic.Lattohtie, 55c.; Nina Malcolm,
31.10 ; Alinlc floss, 3142 ; Ada Buss, 30e. ;
May Skene, $2.03 ; Attie Cormack, 31,49,
A titel of $11.00, The last named little
contributor was net with us es elle has
joked the butter band, bet hot mite box
is ever replcniehed by loving friends to
her memory.
A too stook of new boots, since and
rnbeere this week at Irwin & Mu1ain'e,
Ou uo we will not forget the hop -
Long boots, etze 1, for 3,1.00 per pair.
A. R. Smith.
Axone people on the sicic list in town
are J. N. Kendall, Harry Ainley, Mrs. J,
J. Gilpin and S. Fear.
Dtt. G1tAaA31 was thrown out of his
buggy a Mw days ago his horse shying.
IIis side was injured by the accident.
OvERCoare, for men apd boys to be
cleared out this mental at Irwin &. Ma-
Baln'e. The prices are out so they are
Wend to go.
Lois for sole on Elizabeth, Oathsrine
and blexander "streets. 1Vi11 els on
liberal terms. Apply at the Woollen
Mill. Brussels.
ELI Phexoas in the Tassel Hall, Brus•
eels, on Wednesday, Feb. 8rd. He is
America's greatest hnmoriet. See
posters, &o.
Sone talk of a onion Debating Society
being formed in which the teeent of
Brussels, Grey and Morris will combine.
It is a good idea.
Jarceme, sale of two farms in the town-
ship of Grey, at the Central IIotel, Brus-
sels, on Setnrday of this tveelc, at bbe
hour of 12 o'clock.
T1TE dates for the Huron County Sun-
day School Convention have been °hang-
ed and the gathering will now be held on
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 3rd end
4'11. The Convention will meet at
Wingham. Mr. Day, a well known Pro-
vincial Sabbath school worker, will be
present.
R. T. or T.—At the regular meeting of
the Select Degree of Connotl No. 886, R.
'P. of T., the following officers were duly
installed :—
Geo. Rogers, S. 0.,
J B. McLau°hlin, P. C.,
W. H. Maunders, Prelate,
Sister G. Aldridge, 13. S.,
Thos, Maunders, B. T.,
Thos. MoLanchlin, Steward,
D. Mollillan, Tyler,
J. A. AluNaughton M. D., Medical
Ebaminer.
LAoeIu AND GROW •YAT.—Tho Toronto
Grip, the great London Punch of Canada,
says, through its editor and artist, J. W.
13engougit, as follows :—"The audience
in Y. M. 0. A. Hall who heard Eli Per-
kins enjoyed one of the richest end
raciest discourses ever delivered in To-
ronto. Perkins is no mere laugh maker;
he is a thinker, and moreover a man
whose heart is besting healthfully. His
talk was genuine wisdom, and almost
every instant the audience would explode
with laughter. It was brainy from first
to last. Henceforth Eli Perkins will be
a strong card in Toronto, for not one
humorist in a thousand can talk for two
hours and leave the audience shouting
"Go on 1 Go on 1" And this is what
happened that evening. Colne beck to
Toronto again." Eli Perkins will give
this intuits in Brussels on Wednesday
erening, Feb,. 3rd.
ENTEETAINJtaNT,—Tile Sabbath school
of Melville church held its annual winter
entertainment on Monday evening last.
The children were treated to a sleigh
ride, after which refreshments were
served to them and their friends in the
basement of the °buroh. An adjourn-
ment cues then made t0 the body of the
chetah which was completely filled and
where the following program was pre-
sented, Rev. John Rose, B. A., in the
chair ;—Opening hymn prayer, Rev. S.
Jones; chairman's address ; recitation,
"Whiskey farming or sheep washing,"
Willie Duncan ; duetb, ''Saviour lead
me," Lilian Ainley and Maggie Robert-
son ; S. S. report for 1891, by the See.-
eatery,
eo:rotary, Alex. F. Stetvart ; address by
the Superintendent, Alex. Stewart ;
quartette, "Men of Rarlook, ' Messrs.
Gibson, Stewart, Roes and Stewart :
report on S. S. work from Peter Ritchie ;
address, Rev. S. Jones ; presentation by
the pester of n certificate and a copy of
the "Pilgrim's Progress," to each of the
following persons for reciting the whole
of the shorter catechism without a mis-
take : Ellet Leman, lira. John Stewart,
Oliver Stewart, Mfrs. Geo. 'Ihomeor, M
C. Lowe and Mrs. Arthur McGuire ;
dnett, "Are you waiting," May Shaw
and Lizzie McLennan ; reading, "Socia
as thou bast," Jennie MteLauchlin ; ad.
dress, Hugh Fursyqbh ; quartette, "Near-
er my God to Thee," Itiessrs. Gibson,
Stewart, ROBS and Stewart ; hymn,
"God be with you till we meet again ;"
Benediction. theses Lizzie Wilson and
Jennie MaLanchlin acted as aa0ompanist
on the organ. From the Secret try's re-
port and the Snperintendent's address it
appeared that the work lied been carried
on harmoniously, vigorously and sun.
oemefully duriug the past year. The fol-
lowing are interesting items concerning
the school ; Scholars on roll, 158 ; aver-
age abtendanoe, 120 ; average number
prepared wibh lesson, 87 ; scholars who
became communicants last year, 111;
present every Sabbath, Edith MuLauah-
110, who has not missed a day for three
years ; preteens all but one Sunday, Robb.
Richardson, Jas. Itiohardson and Aggie
Richardson ; present all but two, Lizzie
Gavin, Dora Smith, Wtn. Stewart, Ken-
nedy Cousley, Frank Smith ; all but
throe, Kate Mentes, Jannis Richerdeou,
Wm. Livingstone, Alex. W. Ross; Percy
Richards, Canis. Richards ; of the filename
and teachers Mrs. James Kerr was pres-
ent every Sabbath, and Mlrs. Tufts,
Superintendent Stewart and Secretary
Stewart all but one ; the receipts tor the
year amounted to 3119.07, of which 350.-
00 were expended on books for the
library, 340.00 to missions and the
balenee expended on wheal supplies.
The following are the °Miers and toads*
•bis for the current, year :—lion. Superin-
tendent, Iles. John Rose, B. A.1 Super.
intendant, Alex. Stewart; Assistant
Superintendent, John 33. McLauchlan
Sem—Treas., Alex. L. Stewart ; Librarian,
I(ebt, llaluohu ; Assistant Librarian, R.
A, .Buchanan ; Peeoonter, Alex. L.
Stewart; Organist, Lizzie Wilson;
Teachers, A, a11. Mol(ay, Daniel Stewart,
Moe, Graham, Mee. A. MaLauohlht, P.
Forgaaon, Thos. Gibson, Airs. N. 1ltrh•
ardson, 'Mrs. Tufts, Tone Sinclair, John
B. Mol anehlin, Ella Inman, Annie Me.
Dein, Mee, Jas, Kerr. • Substitute teeth.
ers, Mfrs. John Stoiart, Mtn. Rosa
and Daviel blogg.