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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-2-18, Page 10'0o • Volume 1 . mE.:,...w+,.,.+w. BRU SFLS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, RUARY 18, 1892 Number 32, >ti zts VlC111itjr, Nov 11 en, Sten uge Freres, +Hier 311nda, Our readers urn iu I lited t l Thome.. ilibeutl, M. P. 1.'., of 1Vro 4m, for the Yellowing bider which will be foetid runt ittetestiee r landed in Glasgow on the for .noon of the end of September, 1801, leaving sailed from the same plane to Amerioa thirty.oight years before. The entrance into Scotland by the Clyde on a shining forenoon, as that was, is enobanting, The Americium on bonrci, at lomat two of them, ono a doctor from Illinois and the other n. lawyne from al'tedium, were most ental neiaatlo tel its prated. A third, 0 reenter down•eaet-Yankee whose utter. utters always reminded you of judge Halibnrtotes oharacters, was not 1)101011 behind them, ,boy all averred that it was worth facing the storms of the At lantio to see it. We Left Greenock with the morning tide, where we had anchor• ed for the night otos a betide the 'Superb,' one of Britain's nbkluiton+ nrot-olads, whieh keeps watch over the traffic of the busy river. The Amman of the Anchor Liu. 1 ,r up'lr tab's Orme wetter', wl'ieh is roofed over for a stouter of a mile alongside the river. Tie passing of the modem 111 0000 ie hot a matter 01 n few minutes. It requires considerable care cud eiruumepeution to thron! one's Nutty through the betty street, it being narrow- er than those we bars been need En in the new world. However, under the guidance of a friend who met me as 1 slept off the vessel, we did not require to go far until we reached the station of the North Briti+h Railway and in a few minutes go• rug through below the city got to ifs residence in the suburb¢. Being within throe miles of Bothwell Bridge I went and taw it before I slept. It is now a calm and peaoetnl scene with nothing to recall to rocolleation the stand made by the Ooeenantera on that Snbbatlt in •ria- fng in the summer of 1(170, jest ten years ahead of tune, in atriknlg fur free- dom bet though beaten they tinted themselves to be heroes in the strife, most of them, unknown to flume, were men who would rather die than shame. Some few of them aro buried le the neighbo,ing Idrliyard of Bothwell with plain heneletottes marking at "stranger's hyo the graves of talose who cannot die." About t mile below the bridge stands Bothwell Castle, our of the meet cornphte epoeimeea of ea berouial stronghold to be feted in Suo •la cl. It 010,1 hey.. been, in ita time, arbour im- pregnable ne it i0 eurronnded for a con- siderable part by the river the banks of which are hist' and steep. The walls at the bottom etre evielently about le o' 1•I feet thick, tapering slighnly' to the top and are made of herd red sand stone, fi0 or 70 feet high, without do or, window or roof, a monutnorit of bygone cbtye when too often might tvrte right. It was the headquarters of Edward I during his military occupation of Scotland and 6e• longed for centuries to bon powerful Douglas faintly from whom it has Mt 3,y passed away to the Berl of Home, who 000asionaliy pries it a visit. The Mhan- sion House, a plain, square, nupreten• tions building, is close by the castle. A. • alien distance from the town of Both • welt theta is a oullieey, the groat„ 10•1, 110100 of tvbioh is very annoying to the town. Exactly opposite the old mottle across the river one 01001 see the remains 01 what was Blantyre Priory, so that the Douglas unci his retainers had not far to go to make their devotions. Looking diagonally across the river from the emetic over a beautiful laudeoapo et a distance of a little over a mile the spire of the Blantyre memorial church i+ omen. It was erected in memory of Livingstone, whose early days veru spent in the neighborhood. Doming nearer Glasgow on tho opposite side of the river is Lang• side, the scene of Queen Mary's heat in- offonbual effort to regain the throne of her auae0to0s. A Ilm11010111' wee erected a few years tem to uonhmemorato the battle. The farm on whioh it was fought has been bought by tho corpora- tion and is mo•t beautifully aucl ertisti• eally laird out, It It divided by tweaks and roads bordered with flowers of many hinds and colors, tome of it kept in lawn, more of it in gess and available for games or outside meetings. Ou the highest part of the park there is at riga artificial. mound railed around. suitable for a bund stand o' platform, with seats ell around capable of aocommodating quite a number of people i there is ,leo a tell flag stall in the 0entte of the mound. The 011ieens• of Glasgow deserve oredit for the taste displayed iu laying it out and keeping it up as a resorb for pleasure and recreation. The noisehboe• /mod of Glasgow seems to be 00 it coal field, wherever you go or loon you see . uollieriee with their two wheels used in drawing the ooal up and forward to the shaft. I had e, eonversation with too manug •'0 of one of them, settees pit, though worked froom one shalt, is below the lend of three different proprietor,, two of them receiving each :4'500 sterling anntedly time the third .1:0300 a year so long as the lease tests wirethee 003,, coal is mined or not. The pr0priotoee exalt a rot alty on every ton which for several years Mink has realized thein el 10,000 divisible fu the same propovbioos less of course by the f;200. The owner of the land whole the shaft is 1'eediz d also El20 more, being a small charge on every no for of wtrteoe taken nt by the build- ings and storego room for cool and right of way for the Caledonian anti North Beitall rr,ilweys, hone of which helve switches, if possible, into nil tate noel pita. The coal ownee aro bound when the tinct is exhausted to love! off all the debris, width speedily ec0umulatee to a large extent, to it regular slope and to hover ib with soil to an evoage depth of 21 feet so that the land axle bo again available for agricultural purposes. The general method of working of et reaching the coal is to drive thane to the exbr'e• ity of the field, taking out the cold as they go-aiottg, throwing top the refuse tts a sustaining wall on each side, forming e tunnel on whioh a tramway is laid for drawing the coal to the mount of the shaft Wilich, rvitert completed to the line 1 1 ,.r, el tog the next laurllo'd's Mehl, the matter thou turtle end l,' i,. the anal the reverse way tawny, wc,kin l nearer the nhtft, putting 111 peeps is r. qn rod ,ta l e vats its loony of time es pos. hie, Not only rine: the imn,eue„ prossor'o front above being .11e roof down but th' lower eurfaoe tiering.. nal 00rnetitnee ata In 11011 as a foot when the en d le taken out. As 0 rule there seems to bo 1011 uncertainty about building a good house where the ruining is going 011 extentrively. It was said that the door, of Motherwell town hoose would not shut owing to the sub. sidenoe of the ground and the law its ,yet theme 1. provide nn remedy against the lovelierde wh, so fat' hove had them of their own making 1 might hive had en opportunity of going belot, and seeing the workings of a cord pit but declined tvibh thanks. Wroxeter, Feb. 5, '22. A Visit To Vancouvef'. A menntaln well risme straight Remise the 11'Lrbar at Vanaonvor and bshmd ft is the blue from tvhruh the city reenfvev ate wn.ter supply, the tip, e l ¢lug laid !u tone bud of the inlet whose water+ too aro eo deer that cue hardly believes there salt. In them flood, ,01011 i. : and tichiy- col't'0d jelly lith •t'nl meditsns at our only expects to find in tropic waters, and at low tide the piles of the older tvharvee offer such an agnat•iont and mrteetun of uterine life as worth( be worth an admit. siou fee on the Atlantic coast. Van- o'uver can pleasantly entertain a wait. fug voyager fora fete clave. Its streets combine frontier and seafaring, back- woods, J.'uropoan,Americnn and Oriental conditions enol pe>pie• One curio shop sells basket work, ;diver ami slats eery• ingot brought in oa0oe0 by the coast In- diana, and at the next door all the Orient Is set before one by Chinese and Japaue.e traders w11') add to' their stook by each arriving steamer. A mom -aide of tea thecae is enloaded from eerie Em, press and a motintain of stoked flour and cotton in bales takes Guth place. In one ¢)top delioate jeweller's soaks weigh the trainers' goId•clusl poured front baoltekin bag or tin box; in another shop lean, yellow Chinese fingers manipulate the el/It-strung scald w.th which th s:unitees' -opium is measured out. A street of trim villas, with beautifully_ kept lawns and gardens, becomes 't made twat' through the toted piinlove!, and the nine miles of carriage road through' Stanley Park show one a forest as dense ns a tropical jangle. Where the sombre Douglas 0nrece grows thickest, there is only a dire, green twilight under their bnutolies at noonclay and the road hs 0, mere tunnel through the origiuttl forest. Bushes, vines, ferns and mosses riot there, oedare of California proportions ,mase one end the voyager should even rise before the lark rather than leave without seeing what a northtvesb 0oast forest is like. Coming out of the forest to the brow of a cliff, tvhiob deeds as a. gateway to the iulet,oue may look a rthdkt straight down upon the decoke of paging steamers, and on the imolai below lies the wreck of the "Beaver," the first steamer that ever churned Paeifio waters. It came round the Horn in 1850, bringing its boiler and engines as freight and they were put in place in the Columbia river. A+ a Hudson Bay Company's steamer, the "Beaver" was known to the Indians from A.toria to Chilkat, and much re• spouted by them ay a "King Geo^ge" ship, while Lieut. Ponder made sound. fogs and enrveys for his Britt +h Colum• bio coast Garbs. From that estate it fell, and rather then remain a Vie'ocia Dig bona the "Beaver" committed naafi• cal suicide in 1880 by dashing itself nit dust the cliffs of Stanley Park. Close past it sell the three great white Empres• see on each inward and oubwttrci trip ; the first and the latest steamships in the Lanifio for an instant side by gide, Par more than a half omelette, of inveneh n would seem to lie between the crude and primitive little engine that beat; within the "Beaver's" sides and the powerful muohioery that propels those floating palaces, supremo efforts of Barrow dn• Irm•ned0 master marine builders, Noth- ing that could be devised in those Lan• castoro yards WAS omitted to make the three Empresses triumphs of such arta. Strength and spied were first oonsidera• Dohs and with their' steel hullo, double bottoms, watertight compartulente, twin aarewe, triple expansion engines and straight r0uord of over nineteen knots an hour, the oonditiotls warm more than fullllled. Il'iret for the oonfott of the passengers the ships were painted white, malting a difference of many degrees temperature behead' decks ill southern waters end giving them a spirit and Roan look. Four hundred and eighty -live feet in length and lifty•oue feet beam, with hurricane dock, cabins and staterooms 001 idships, there is space, air and stearli• nese to he enjoyed toy the 150 cabin peas• gentler•, which carat ship came 4`arry. All staterooms have electric lights, and thio electric fans and port•holo swops give air iu tropic regions, stoam beat cheers and oomforbsoro the northern paralloll, Eleobrio fans above the tables replace the flapping floeuee of the Hastet'u pun- kah, and the croaking bee and the eleepy pd00111 buy with hie string a'0 no longer known. Chinese servants in cape and snowy blouses miuistee silently with vel- vet tread, 10000tnatdo in their pereeetio i and tbo reward's o'ev are dented to the walnte of the Olalll men end 'gourmets' of the Par East, where dinner' ie a far more imporbattt and ser'ioste alltlr than in En,11nnd itnelr: The travel'ur soon adopts "boy" 011 the alrp011atfon of every hind of served, his luncheon bo0onon "tfllia," he daps hie hands quite es lunch ao he rims the bell or proe000 he button and the yellow servitors appeal' as quick- I,r and silently as Rani Lal, with his key- hole entrances and cloud exits ; and the ertee,the luxury end ail the oreaburo oen0• forts of the far Bad begin to w'rrk their spell before mule. Iltcilie 030rlei004 are left behind. eVhilo a China steamer lies at Venconver wharf the whole totan is conscious of the fact. Whom the "blue tooter" flies at the mast head Vancouver keeps an eye o0 the inlet and when the ship sails n 11 Varruo .ver tame drove to the wh'u'f out spmele the Mann, .11 w,00, the than often wat'x rr , a Ilf oat n'ownlc 1r tfie s((1 4,.0 the (henadian L eudL,'s twenty fee.. .0 tor' tune system, in ordertogut the 1' ' peev- senger0 and the I'lnropsan 0101.4 From the overland train ; is the short meter days it usually waits till the following mom. Lug. Then the lines are oast loose and the ship $oats nut into the stream. Venoouver uheere and bids be E,npre e action, and eathering epee,! the hip thread') the Narrows, sande a great rip. ole 10nro0s the Beaver's green forma, wives one a glimpse foto that magnilleeut fiord, IIows Sound, and then amuse -,nth the sea of ielende, the loos, Sruen stud• ded stretch of the G of of (fourgi i, J''or four lune+ the Fillip winds its way through land -locked waters beide it reunites the open ocean and linui s the voyaee to the Orient, away from the New World to the Old World, out of the Wont i0t0 the East, her rix Royal Templars. The 0ea1n.i annual mel ties of the Dietriet Connoil of Huron Ruyol, P0ntp• tars of Temperance, wae held in the 'I'emperatete - hall, Goderieb, 'd'hut^-1uy, Jan, 2:Srd. Delegates, otfia0rl and '•dyi. 'ors from coui nile in various parts of the tenuity were pre0ent. Quite a number arrived by the morning t. ala and .e num ber also drove in from Varna and Bay- dold, while a fete also came in cm the afternoon train, whioh, together with the officers nod members of Bethke, Counoil who wore present, made up a goodly number of the men and women connect ed with the order, all thoroughly iute'reet- ed in the oar a of temperance. The fleet session of the mutual was palled to order for business at 11:15, when, owing t, the ammetope of Bro. Piper, District C•,unaillor, J. E. Tom, I, P. S„ was asked to take the their. The District Council was opened in the Royal degree. The com- mittee on credentials reported the names of ell members present who were entitled to take part in dieouesions, voting, oto. The minutes of the meeting held fu See. forth lust Augo+t wereread and approve. I. A number of conmacioatione were read and referred to the v10r10000 committees, after which the meeting adjourned for dinner, a sumptuous repast Moving been provided by a nnmeer of the ladies of the local aoa:,edl in the email reign of the hall. At 1 a'clook the meeting was again palled to order. The reports of the vari- ous committees we.o very encouraging indeed, when it is considered that the council was organized only last August and this was the first meeting held since that time. The state of the Order m this county was shown to be in a very flourishing condition, both as regards membership and activity in the cause of temperance, Bro. Piper, the District Councillor, having, arrived at 2 o'clock from Stratford, then took the their, and althengb he has boon residing outside this county for some time past, made e, vary creditable report, The eenro,ary'a and treasurer's reports were al -o reoeivod, the fatter showing a olear sheet up to date. A good deal of new business was taken up, all of which had in view the welfare of the Order. It wae decided to hold the next meeting of the District Couuaii in Hausa!! in Jane. It was also decided that the regular delegates should 0500100 boll their travelling expenses from the District Counoil, the funds of which for this purpose and general ex• pauses are to be raised by a per capital tax on the membership of the Order in this oounty at the rate of le tents per quarter, and paid from the general funds of the select nomads. The following oliloers were ¢looted for the 04(10001 half year :—oiabrict Councillor, Bro. J. 1:. Toni, Godorioh ; V. 0., Sister E. hale, Seaferth ; P. 0„ Rev. J. 11. Simpson, Beueefiold ; obap., Rev. Jas, Walker, Varoa ; sen„ Bro, Stoneman, ILonsell ; treas., Bro. Lewes, Crediton ; bereld, Bro. Colwell, Bayfield ; guard, Bro. Mie. Kay, Knppeu ; eeuti0el, Bro. Kerr, Win. throp ' trustee, Bro. Gidley, Exeter. The following committees were also ap- pointed :--On dietribntion of reports end papers—Bros. Reeding, Hensell, W. II. Kerr, Brussels, Sister Gill, Exeter ; tem- perance work—Bros. Wanless, Verna, Morelook, Crediton, Muir, Exeter ; um respondence and memorials—Bro.y, J, A. Reid, Goderiob, Romutll, 1V!nglett-1, Sister Clamor°, Kippen ; appeals and denieiona--Bros. MOQuerrie, Blybh, Simpson, Bradfield, Gregory, Exeter ; State of the Order—Bro, Moltenzie, Bay'- lield, Sister Leech, Goderieh, Bo. Young, Beaforth ; dnenoe—Bros. Lewis, Credit- on, Armstrong, Varna, Mustard, Brtee- field ; On opening and re0u8aitating nouu- eils—Bro. Govenlook, Winthrop, Sister French, Soaforth, Bro. Pollard, 1Velben ; special oommibtee—Brae. 'l'om, Goderiub, Simpson, Brumfield, McGee, Bonsai!, Tho afternoon tension closed at 5:15, when those present again adjourned to the small room, whore the ladies had prepared at excellent supper, everal of the members had to leave by the 4 ti clork train, but those who eould stay did ample justice to tho goon thinge spread before them, After supper a number of the visitors 10118 local members gave some very iuderesling selections, su111 a0 scam, cho,usee, readings, ta0itttioile, oto. Tho80 who drove to town left for home during the evening, but a number were taken home by the mombee of ii111'01 a Council, and left town by trent nest tiny. The delegates and visitors to the lire Wet Council wore onanirnous 111 their exprossione of pleaeare at the hospitality shown theta by the Ladies of the local commit, and recorded a vote tot thanks Cor tiro a.,mo. The Vatriut Council promises to be a useful factor towerdtt the mows of Royal Templerisln in Heron county, and by the noxa fleeting more tangible resnitc are expected to be fortloorohtg at ate bands. OUT: black oasltmeroe and .tteerietra clothe area marvel of beauty end dump. hems, It you require a defuse this le the spot for a bargain. The Ilcotoludcal Dry floods Syndicate, ,1'. 11, Gonaa,rv, 1!i of+ ager. zll5;lil:'t 1Cti,, 'ea alai -oats:. Itfieltrtel ltey'niutn lir ' dioposnd of his 11.; form', tuljoining the Presbyterian church, to John illolutoeh sr. Inc the enm of $700. Mr. Reymann, who ix well up in years, will reside with 1lisson Anthony. I.b u00ow001. J. 1I, Suhinbein has removed this week to the store on Main dyed formerly oc- cupied by .1. C. Burt. Perth Spring Assizes will be hold be. for•eChi -f Ju'tioo Artuuur at Stratfod on Monday. 7th March, 13 P. Brook represented Listowel lodge A. 0. IT. W. at the meeting of the Grand Lodge in Ottawa this weep, elfeenlrvq Geo, De,nnete who has had his farm at Silver Corners routed for a number of years, las moved on to it and iutenele working k himself. Wm. 01i11eu has bought the Widow Collins 50 here farm, west half of Int 1, un the Bta own, - ,f :name, for $085.00, whfolo is 0011dd:wed oheip. David Niohol has also diepoe,•d of kis 50 more faun, eat half 111 La 2, rn .he amine gnu., to Geo. IIatnilton, Mr. Nichol la having an a 10tol sale of his ohatteis on Mon- day next. It !e understood Ito intends going west. 1,V 011 ruts. MIrs. Neal attended the County Sunday school Convention at Wingham repre- senting the Methodist rushed of this place. Our viliage was favored with a visit from one of the celebrated Edison phono- graphs recently. It's a wonderful maohfne. Alex. Gardner ie away to Ottawa title week as the delegate from Walton A. 0. 17• W. to the Grand Lodge assembled there. Last Friday, despite the storm, Mrs. and Aims Saee drove to Ethel and per- formed their part on the program of the .Foresters' concert with pleasure and satisfaction 111 all. John Bennewiee, the popular young reeve of MoKdlop, is refitting his saw mill in Logan with a complete outfit from the L. R. Burns Saw Co. of Toren - to. Amour; the improve,uente aro four circular saws with a capacity of from 211,000 to 20,000 ft. of lumuer per day. Mr. Bennewiee expecte a stook of about 1,000,000 feet of loge. S. II. P0000lt, Toronto, is superintending the wont of refitting the mill. Anniversary services will be held in Duff's ohuroh on the first Sabbath of March, when the Rev. Sir, Tully, of Mitchell, will preach morning and even- ing. On the Monday evening following a social meeting of the c0ugregation will be held at whiah Itev, Mr. Tully will de. liver fix celebrated teeters on "The Pyramids of Egypt." Addressee will also be given by the neighboring min. heard. I0eleille 017ur0h choir, of Brute eels, are expected to be present to attend to the musical department. Atwood. Our sidewalks should boon after the concerts the prooeede of whioh will go to. ward that object. 3'. A, Roe, V, S., drove over 000 utiles week before last on professional duty. Duriug the mouth of January 41 regis tared letters were delivered to the Atwood P. O., and 54 rogistere passed as "for. wards," whioh including registers mailed hero, makes an aggregate of 120. A youug son of John Wilson's, of Vic. Lode, B 0., who is on a visit to his grandfather's in Atwood, had the mis- f„rtune to break his arm of board the oars when near his destination here. There is a strong probability of a prix ate bank being started in Atwood in the near future. A couple of Sesforth gentle. mon will manaue it. The ditlicnity is to secure a suitable building. The date for the next nlee1tng of the North Perth Farmers Institute is P rf• day, Feb. Stith, and will bo held in the Agricultural hall, Atwood. Prof. Dean, of the Ontario Agricultural College, and other noted speakers, will address the meeting, The Ladies' Society in connection wibh the Methodiet oheroh sett at Xmits time a box of excellent clothing of vedette hinds to the Saugeen Indian Mission, and the f„llowiog acknowledgement of its rooeipt has been reoeived by the Seers. May, Miss 1. Parkor—"Miany thanks for your kindness in eendi ng a box of elothi ng to my t00r Irudians, many .of whom aro 111 11111010 need. May our Hoaveuly Father graobohely blues the wont 0f your hands. Please remember me to the kind members Heel acoept the kind wishes of Yours in Christ Jesus, WVm . Savage, Missionary." anemia.. Council meeting next Monday, Aseeoear Watson is on talo war pail), Tio tip your poodle G, H. B1acltwell, teacher, is devoting some time tide winter to temperance wont. Messrs. McKay end Reed, of'leesweter, have leased the Bodnhin lune works for the coming summer. Ono day last ween Reeve Mooney Lal a runaway with Its span of oohs and in tato Duette lied his nose barked, (lum,olller Kirithy and wife ware visit. Ng relatives and friends near lit, illee. 0 last weak, Tlttty were former residents of That locality, Matthew Milson has loosed hie farts, south half Sud con„ to his neighbor, J, Wilson, for a tornt of years. Bar, Wilson will take a trip to the west. Alt the Mat regular meeting of Belt/ruse I. 0. G.'1.'. lodge,the following ollieees were elected for the ¢netting (natter ;.-- C. IP” John Wighne t ; P, 0, T., D. ltoikiejohu '1'., P. Stubbs ; Chap.., Mi, Oampbell , I`, S" J. Dalgarno ; !L`„ MIco 'Wightnlal ; 1e. S.-, 1J, hioGailum ; A.5„ l+, ,Vilkineo0 ; MI„ 1), Russel ; 3). NI., 1'. Lawronto ; G., A. Beandon ; .5,, J Agnew d S. of le, A. Llltlefeirt 1 ,vr::a„ .xz, Milton Il1g1 .4 iut0euls going to 1', S inti tryritm y unit epriug ee lie sats ORM do nano1 better 1. her., a1 hi:. meat, Iiaw.enn er 1100. ---An agent ie erect. boot in an, township nailing tv"at delme h. be California epriug oil Now, if there was any wheat by t name no dead the managers of the mo fatale at Guelph or Ottawa would h mon honed it. Tho agent charges $7 a bag, or you oan thresh it and take ball the eroded to Mr. Mutton's mill Wingham. Now, we will suppose a has two bushels in it, whioh will yt say 30 bushels, 15, bushel., is all yon to yourself+, So beware crouch men w are petting in a loft time et the expo of the fanner, mow your own wh anti then you can elalm it ell as y own. Ask yourool( what is tate pries wheat on the market today, Wlria_ Iia rte, ,ale Sievers, ('ober X j1ol'mier hnvn draign- lie ed n rn'd curt of wine'. hey ea. bttilrliu; a number. We believe 1 will to a 0110- a- passed ems a emend ptrpte„ t u wheeler he at the price. eat. '1'110 hang loth o11nroh people have nought boa the Int on Alain street toot, opposite the del post0fiice and next to Mr. Ref'er's, Tide ave is the intended site fir their (Aureoleo 00 but present building le not 0rtemplated. one A+ Dr, Cale war making his way from at the 18th con. on Friday Met lilt horeo bag and nutter dissolved partnership in the old snow drifts, which left him under the got laborious nese+city of borrowing another ho set of harness fro n the nearest neighbor. oto The kiodneee of John Howard allowed a at, hien to reach )tome without further mis- our hap. of (oscmer.—Toe Foresters' 00110000 (tame off se annonnced last Friday evening despite the inolemoot weather and badly drifted roads. Mr. Blaehill, of Brothels, wig lair) tip with la grippe so Dr. Cale presided an chairman. '1 ho local talent ltssistitig was Miss Spence, flits Lang and W. Spenre curd acquitted themselves ereditabh. Mr. Hawkins., of Brussel+, was on hand and did his part wee. Mfrs, and .Mins Sage, of Wallah, pieeseri the audience immensely. Tho attendance was not large wwt,g t0 the disagreeable wm rt.,er, but lit 1 rho eight keit fide tee 111111 co111d not hate amount -iodated the crowd. I3. W. C. :Meyer, of tide town, attend- ed the funeral of the late Mayer Oolitic, of uelph. ThirtyGfilY persona were received foto membership with the Wingham eletlho diet el,urrh Sunday evening, twenty two 011 profaa5w.t of faith cul 10nrteeu by letter. The javeuile temperance lodge recently orgumizul alt t,.,,,, lite been largely in. el'Oas c! in membership, over 30 having joined at the last two meetings, The lodge meets every Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clook. The Advance says —The log which struck It. Walter's leg passed through town on its way to the sawmill on Wed- nesday horning. It attracted consider. able attention, as portions of Mr. Wal• ter's trousers and more or less blood were still adhering to it. Qorrfca. Au Edison phonograph was 011 exhibi- tion at the Anglo American on Thursday and Friday of last week. --A number of Gorrieitos made an unceremon'ous visit at R. Blank's, Wroxeter, one evening last week and judging by the hour they re- turned they must bsve enjoyed them- selves,—A social at the residence of T. II. McLsuahlin's last week was one of the attraotioue of the times. Proceeds to be applied to repairs on the Presbyterian church,—The F:piscopnlians gave a social at the reeideuce of H. Perkins on Pridey evening last which was well attended,— A load of au' young people tv..nt to 13e1. more 011 Friday evening to attend the 0, Y. B. concert, The entertainment was postponed, for seine reason, but the out. ing wae eujeyed nevertheless, Sirs. S. Green and W. J. Green were at Blyth this weak atteuding the funeral of Or• !node (Juiry who died on 'Friday last from an afferl5on of the heart, the result of an attack of inflammatory rheumatism contracted last winter,—Rev. Mr. Tor• ranee was at Wlartoll preaching anni- versary 80rm0110 in tin Mfethoclistchut'eh there on Sunday, 14th inst. Ills pulpit here wait supplied by T. P. Perry, of Shipley.—Rev, Mr. Ottawell, of Walton, sial occupy the Methodist pulpit here on Sunday next.—Rev, Arr. Carlen, Congre• gational minister, ha0 moved into rooms OVer the Glasgow House.—Mr. Took, of Mit. Forest, spent a few days this weep with his son, Dr. Tush, The 1)r. lute been a resident of Gerrie f,or over three years and has shown himself to be e, talented young man, second to none as a general prn0bitioner and is respected by all as a citizen.— Che mol'ni0g train was metalled on Monday owing to the snow blouade so that we had no mail during the day. --A Mechanics' Llstitute was organized on Monday evening, the follow. fog officers being elected :—Pres., Rev. W. A. Wright ; Vice -Pres., J. R. Willi• ann0 ; Sec. Trees , Wm, Deig ; Direotors, R. Blow, N. Mr.La.uchlin, W. J. Perkins, Jas, Al'tnatrone, Dr. Took, J. 13. Camp- bell, W. H. Clegg, Jun, 114 ,limine and W. J. Gruen t+:rltret. Miss Bartleman is back from a visit to Toronto, Eph. Colter is away at Norwood on business this weep. Mrs. C. A, Sperling tool daughter are visiting at Dt'. Cale's. Our Holt friends Barr and Simpson are reported to be gradually weakening. C. Stubbe got back to work on Sathr. day. He now says "the girl I left behind nee." The drresanahor's shop is closed at present owing to Mies Keys being on the siok last. llessrs. Ileffernan ,t' Bawtinheimer were at Mloutreat this week with it owe load of feet (tattle. It Lang has been awarded the cen- tred fur the new bridge here. His tender was $11118. Mrs. Grant, of the 14th con. Grey, ie visiting her daughter Maggie at the house of i11re, D. Sproat. Mare. Alex Peebles is lying siok at Madden den in the oamo of friends wbom she had gone to visit. The Orangemen of this place have de - aided not to attend the demonstration in Blyth this year as a lodge. John Slun)1no1 has rented the fent of 11, Harris, lteufeyn,a0 a stook plane. Flo is now looking for cattle. The sale of farm stook, implements, oto, of 1J. 111oitmier takes place next Atoll. day afternoon. P, S. Scott, 13toesele, is the auctioneer. Mars. leoknd0r s', on ltolday needles. ed the eidecond rtllowant'e next her farm lately dosed by the oonn0il. The price Maid was 5120. Wnt. Spend and J. Itemewo'th arc talking of erecting nnty brick and stone hooses 111 is summer, li,. Docket hes already the eontaot for the stow 10ud excavating for ,1. I:leinsworth. We Leer that potitiols for a Township Ball have been presented to the eoulcid. Without arrogetulg to out'soivos any of the council's prerogativoe we bog lee.ve t0 present 0110' 01,1101', RS a 01te- -1st, IVo are the merest point of accommodation to the ena'm of the township, both as to territory and population ; 2nd, Our facilities, rail,vay and telogroph, cont. mond na 10 bt191noas neon ; Srd, Buell a Hell could be rooted More as i0wher0 else in the township. 1Ei111 elvtt1(N. 7. C. Johnston loss opened a new grocery in our town, end has a line stook of teeth goods. . J. J. Denman was on the sick list a few days this week. :Mrs. Lewis also con- tinues very ill. "Grey Tobe," Phot. Nixon's fast horse. 00100 warming it up for the trotters 01 Hamilt,m Last week. Worship will be held in the Mlethndist church next Sm,dey morning at 14:30. The pastor will preach. Rev. J. W Printt, of Pordwioh, bee been invited to bernme the pastor of the Methodist neuroh here after next con- ference, Rev. 11r. Wallwiles three years expire thea. Sam. Scott le moving this week to Manchester. anis presence and enter- prise will be missed from t ,e village. Mr. Dunn, who owns the house Mr, Soott vacated, is 0000108 into It himself. The evangelistic services in the efeclm. dist churoh, whioh have been seethes of divine grace and blessing, 0losec! last Sunday evening. Quito a number have given themselves to God and are ,joining the church. The meetings, while entirely free from excitement, were full of interest and divine power. A. week from Monday evaders next a treat will be given in the Methodist church. A drool looturo by Dr. Chisholm and Rev. 8, Sellery, 13. D., of Wingham. They will diewes the two features of "Manhood," namely, "The social Man. hood," and "Meatal and floral Men. hood." This will be theenterteinment of the year—leap year—oc0urring as it will 011 the 20th of Feby. te.rus. William Brown has gone to Berlin where be is working at blaokemithing. W. T. 1Melieo rotunda 0000:1,5 a fine meek roeideuee next summer, which will add greatly to the appearance of his farm. Miss Mary Campbell met with a serious accident while pumping a pail of water, her foot slipped on the foo and broke her leg near the ankle. Geo. Mobouald and Geo. Pipe out on the farm of Jas. Hislop, Turnberry, e maple tree which made 111 cords of 22 inch wood last weep. It is reported that the homes of II. Woods and Mrs. Wortley, .loth 0on., were entered by ln110100d men one night last week, who secured abut $100, in it said, iu the two houses. John eliolclejubo while rustivatiug with hie friends for a fete days, had the nliefortuue to sprain his ,ankle, but we are deemed to say he is able to b0 about his duties again. Peter Stewart has rented hie farm to his nal -in -late, Manuel Ar'nnstrong, Mr. Stewart purposes retiring its his family are all married. His sons are all settled in Manitoba but the youngest and he in- tends going 117 the spring, llan'lel Arm. strong has rented his farm to IL Granger and 1+f. Armstrong. Ernest Eisler, an employee of the Querong0esser Mill, lath non. Grey, met with a painful nodded oto. Friday last. A heavy hemlock log rolling off the head blocks dropped on Lis rigltt foot which was resting on a raised thee0 On the floor. The big toe was partially severed from the foot, a couple of other bones broken and the foot generally badly joanmed. He expects to be hum for some months. 1(1x0'0 1Vomtsll's.--The anneal meet- ing of the Society of King's Workers was hold at the residence of Mire. Jas. ll:ftall- all on Thursday, the 11th inst. The fol• keying officers were elected for the oom• fog year: --President, Mrs. (Calder; Viae President, Mrs, Ritchie ; Secretory, Miss Jean Calder ; As-istant•See , Miss Annie AtoLechlen; Troaearor, Miss Bella Both. We 000 pleased to know that this Society has been very successful in their Inhere for the p for and deatitnte during the p000 year, and wish it i1 000aa• ed summit le the future, Brantford City Con0mil asps the Logio• m13in0t0oram, pet an end to the entire emus toemus Wm. llunle, (1, T. R, brakoenen of St. Thomas, woe rot over and killed et Sdm• cue of Monday night. l:tou. Wilfrid Laurier addroseed a m let inti in Goderich last Tuesday night in behalf of At, 0. Cameron, Soy. Dr, Pirett, ono of the oldest ministers of the Methodist 0htt•oh, died at Toronto Monday night after as long illness. Ile was president of Toronto Coufarone0 fn 10111)111. '1110 hollowing 0011001 0110000 the amount of boniness transacted by the Behind() Cheese and Butter Company for the season of 15111 :--Total the. of milk re. neivod, 820,700 ; total lot. of cheese made, 71,816i average lbs, of Milli required to make 1 hb. of chotlee, 11 ; total amontlt ea 00ived for (Meade, $7,0110,50.