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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.