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The Brussels Post, 1892-6-3, Page 1Yi+:nx..'uRMMmM.'n.[S„tlVX+aYRf Vn,mCNmnn,Vnvn4.n„nNKn. 1 13 11.3:12ra ,WnMuwaarvaMrKHonemunnlWetC+nM:VWn,N4VLWk5NMnaMuwWnvlT�¢MpktV,prtnkpq. e.,1,wygw,V,e,uN,m„yo,Vepm:q,[Vvpuµ¢�2n4ae„nmuyMuyp,�xygmmwnvvgt •-^-^•�• u1'sIF'u,y4u .13.33131333, . _._...�.....,.w.,w.a.vk Vil4W.klsnn9MYN-e'I[t-5, n. .........r -•may.. �., Volume 19, BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1892 Nun-lber 47. .�.n, ww,r., ,,r ,.,,-kms � VV:Vl3W33• �„ r:,,�,. -,>�K � x. n,,,w ., a �:.� . -,:: •� .:kw,u,�,.,�-��,,a�-�.;>�,�nl ,.�„�nw»sn„�,,�,�ww: �:�T„e.�:,,,��- ..... _._ __>sn.nkrll..,,ot/w.,„, ,.,.,r:e,.11Yw,13w133.w,r.,. W14DB1NO BELL% On \Veduossley afternoon of last week Rev. W. 1'1. Kerr, 0f Thalitosford, and Mies Emma L., eldest daanghter of I', Itchy, were united in marriage In tics Methodist ohuruh, Oakville, by Rev. J. L, Kerr, of Britssolx, hillier of the groom, assisted by Rev. J. S. Williamson, of Oakville, and Rev. W. Kettlowell, of Nor- wich. The ahuech was decorated with a collection of beautiful flowering plants and as the bridal party entered trod loft the edifice wedding marches were played by Mrs. Orr, the organist. Mies Tillie Sumner and Miss Laura Doty were the bridesmaids and ,Ino. A.. Doty and Rev. F. M. blathers, of Lnoknow, supported the groom. The bride was becomingly attired in a areatn'de ohone dress, with oreanl rosea end the bridesmaids wore Dream nun's veiling and cream delaino, respectively. After the oormnlonv the guests repaired to the resid0000 of the bride's parents where a sumptuous re, pest was spread. The bride's health was proposed by Rev, Dir. Williamson in complimentary terms and was seoonded by Rev. Mr,Kettlowoll. The groom made a suitable roopnnse, A program of voettl and ieetrumeulal male stud recitations added to the pleasure of those preeent. 11ov. Mr, Kerr and bride left Oakville on the evening train followed by the hearty and oft expressed wishes of all, not with- out the usual accompaniment, however, of rice and old slipper's. Mrs, Kerr is an accomplished mnoioian, having graduated at Toronto Conservatory, and has always taken a leading part in church and Sun- day school work and was a universal favorite with all. She will be greatly missed in Oakville. The oharoh choir preeented her with a $50.00 silver tilting water pitcher, accompanied by the following address :— To Miss Emma L. Doty. Dade Pnri1Nn,—It Is with feolingsof sa'row that wo, the mombo'e of the Oakville ;Waito- Aiet church choir and friends. receive inti- mation of your departure from us as leading soprano, (0,111011 position tor s number of years 10011800880.1,12' (Medi thereby sever- ing your connection with us as a choir, t11(1 feeling that we could not allow this separation to take place nnuotioed,wo have chosen this opportunity of expressing to you our phloem regrets at your removal from our number, of our high appreeimttou of the sol” vio•.8 you have r0nrler01110 in vho leading of the singing and of express;ag to you our thanks for the kindness you have shown us and of offering to you a small token by wbioh you may ever bo lcopt it remembraues o2 00 and the many pleasant 110nrs we have tacit together 10 preparing for and ou. sag log iu the service of song, We therefore tender you this expreeoiou of fooling a0 - comp allied by this silver water pitcher. gob - iota, &o„ which you will please not value for their intrinsic worth, but simply 0,1 a me• mento by which you may be reminded of taco kindly roger d we entertain for you. In saying (:ood.bye we trust 0 kind Providence m0Y Guide your footsteps aid shower snn- linbtand happiness all through your future life: On the Thuredav evoning previous to the wedding the Sunday school donated an onyx manila clock and the sibjotined expreesiou of their regret at Miss Doty'e contemplated removal :— Miss Doty. Dunn Foie ,—Por 3.110,07 yearn yen have boon associated with us in the Sabbath school, Ilret us scholar thou as timber and organist. It grlevos us to know that you ere 0000 to be separated from us and the a00o- eiali0ns that have 80loug and sappily exist. ed. Weare conscious of the groat 00rv1oe you have rendered our 0011001 in various ways but especially a0 o rgani00, which posi- tion you aro faithfully filled with ar0dtt to yourself and groat treat to us, As ,a moo g. rstlou of the gratuitous 90rvice0 you have so nilielontly rendered we present you this clock. As you lack into its Moo and marls its pulsations of the moments as 111oy fly be assured that 0nrhoarta 811'o boating 181 lows for you and lifting a petition to the Give' of all Good that 1u your higher end widor sp1101'e Of taction you may receive that 11olp wh;012 comes alone from above and be abun- dantly enabled to economise the precious these allotted you to win souls for the]] faster, We Mamas, mud heartily tender you our boot w10b01 and 01(noot prayers for your happiness hero and 11oroatter. Sigurd on bebalr ,o. the UO110(1181 Sabbath scho01, Oak01110, Int, 0. N. Lusa, Supt. A. 8.1A11ur1LLn, Scc. &1 1.111. Last but not least the ohildreu of the Monday afternoon class voiced their eentilllellta In well oboaell words as fol. lows Dues 1IIOO Does,—Wo, the members of the aiouduy afternoon Wass, know how hilly you have shown your deep interest in our 0lliritnal welfare by your faithful and uu• wearied labors for our good, sad 110 WO aro Bien to bo saparat0(1 we wish to assure you x10 0d to your keep ry,lland in 380 will Over try to follow your earnest teaching that we may bo load to a higher life aur] to heaven at last. Will you please tlea00t this hymn book as a slight token of our love end regard for you. May your vnioo over bo om-ployud in singing those beautiful hymn to that Saviour you have constantly hold u to us as an exempla, Dud may your *Moo at last Iso tuned to the 01010 dies of the elms in nobler song. You've in sincere leve, MONDAY AFTERNOON OLEOS. Among 1110 guests we noticed Rev. W, Kottlowoll and wife, of Norwich ; J, Dotty and wife, Toronto; Mrs, Feed, Doty, daughter and son, Toronto ; Mrs, Spencer, Cleveland ; T. Sumner, Toron- to ; W. A. MoOulla, ex -M. P. and wife, Brampton ; J. Knitting, Trafalgar ; Miss Scott and Mise Wiloox, Owen Sound ; Rev. Ie. M. Mallets, Lneknoly ; Rev. J. L. Kerr and 'SV, IL Kerr, Brassel0 ; Rev. .7. S. Williamson, wife and daughter, De. and Mrs. Lusk, Geo. Sumner mud wife, Miss Tillie and Mort Sumner, 0. D. Carson and wife, T. Andrew and wife, IVI.i0see Leith and Miry Andrew, It 13811nor and wife, Misses Aggio and Min• nie Balmer, Miss Dibble Millard, Mrs. Tiller, Miss E. 1\IeGifiiu, N. R0biesos, Miss Esther Rubinson and Mrs, L. 111. Orr, Oakville. Tbo wedding gifts bespoke the high esteem in which tho bride is hold. They consisted of :—A eilvor tilting %valor pltobor, beautifully engra00l, goblets and tray, from the °hoer and Mende in tbo thumb 1 onyx mantle clock with gold figures, by the Sunday s0110o11 rattan reeking ohair, Mr, and Sirs. Tiller ; afghan and braoltet drape, Mise Laura Day y ; } doz. solid silver spoons, Mee. Jno. Doty ; . doe. silver fruit Univas, Mr's, M, S. Sp01Oer ; dos, silver fruit ltnives, Dr. Lnek; head rest, Miss Mary Andrew ' individual meet, T, Sumner ; p1u0h toilet use, Roy, W. Kettlewell ; cream pitcher, Min Fannie Kettlewell ; china porridge set E. F. Doty ; hymn book, cbildeeu's Monday afternoon olaos ; fnilet nt'aln, toilet bad and silver salver, Miss Snnrnr; individual cruet W. A. Ni.dio1l , 11loutror1 rhdua pnrul!e set, ali.,n Jennie Zloty ; Ynp,r'n poetll0, 'C. Andrew and wife ; pansy doylies. lilies L, Andrew ; glass to set, Utas. Cursor and wife; silver water kettle with eplrit lamp attae.hed, Mr, and Miss ltobiesul ; silver salt collars, DIiss 11, S'fu1i1lh1 ; 0)llt throw, Miss Balmer ; silver card receiver, W, 11, Kerr 188181.1 wife ; silver knife 0e018, Lashio Kerr ; doe, silver whore, Rev. F, M. Slathers ; fruit distil, Mrs, (itev.) W(Iliamsml ; carving knife and fork, Mr. Cornwall and wife ; silver butter dish, 110018 Doty and wife ; wee jar, ;]ties 19. Robertson 1 silver pudding dish, \V. A. MuCulla and wife ; sofa 008111on, 13. Wil- oex and wife ; tidy and paper urn, Mioo Millard ; lace pillow shams, Sirs. 111. E. Spenoor ; tea cosy, Miss E. Wilcox ; fruit dish, Miss Billiard ; ohina ahem dish, G. J. Simmer and wife ; silver card re. miser, Jun, ICaitting ; silver cake basitet, Mr. Ilalmor and wife ; plash toilet ease, Mrs. S. B. 1110lean, Owen S0Oud ; doz. silver table spoons, Mrs. P. Doty ; Reuel painted bannoretio, Miss William. eon ; silk sofa pillow, Sirs. P. Doty , slumber rug, stirs. Orr ; pillow eas00,Mrs. Millard ; table napkins, the. Dr, Wright, Oakville ; hand painted piotore, plush frame, bliss Scott ; Ileintznan upright piano, J. A. and 0. F. Doty ; book, Mr. Wilcox ; oowingmaobino,P. Doty ; silver pickle cruet, Dr. Cavanagh ; silver sweet, Miss P. E. Kerr ; music stand, 3. J, Gilpin and wife ; silver butter knife, Freddie Gilpin ; family bible, Rev, J. L. Kerr and wife ; silver amber salt bowl, Muss May Kot'r ; amber fruit dish, lilies E. E. Kerr. T Do'ninion Parliament• Parliainetlt jogs along without any- thing partienlarly noteworthy occurrles and it is said the 8000iot1 will not likely Mose for a couple of mon8111e yet. A rev oleotion will now be in order in Peonbe0a0 Co. owing to the promotion of Hon, Geo. Kirkpatrick to the Lieutenant Governor- ship of Ontario, Louie Kribbs, who hie been reporting for the Toronto liimpiro, has given up the job and will compile statistics for the distillers and brewers for use in opposition to Mots and figures furnished tho Royal Commission by tho temperance party. Kibbe will no doubt attempt to prove that this Dominion oau't be run without the liquor traffic. The sentiment of millions of Canadians says it's a 801081004. DU. 31.30 11011.31.1.3 ON 00810 OIL. I0 the absenoe of Mr. Campbell, Dr. Macdonald (Huron) moved on Monday for a return showing the quantiby of coal oil and also kerosene oil imported for consumption in Canada from the 1st day of July, 1891, up to the 1st day of May, 1892 ; also the amount of duty collected on the same. In making the motion, Dr. Macdonald gave the House a °i mputa- tion he had ]rade of bbe poet to the con- sumers of this country of the protection which the oil industry receives, In1890- 91 there wore 5,072,010 gallons of coal oil imputed into Caned& ; 5865.000 was collected in duties on it, but that did not nearly represent the amount peed by the people in excess of the value of the oil because of the duty. The dally is 7 1-81 cents per gallon, besides that 1. cent must be paid for inspection and 1 cent for the barrel, so that the amount really oelleotod upon the oil in 1800.91 was 5460,000. This 0700 paid by the wholesale dealers, who ohargod their profit upon this outlay for customs as well 00 upon the original Dost of the Oil. Therefore add 5911,208 to the 5.166,000 ; that makes 5550,728 la - crease whoa the oil reaches the retailers. They t ergo 40 per omit. profit because of the difficulty of keeping oil, the cost of in0uranee,010, They, too, charge their profit upon the oustom0 inorease. Forty per cent, on 5050,728 is 5228,728. That brings the total inoreaso to the con. sumer because of the customs to the amount of 11788,589, or a chilly of nearly 151,2 cents a gallon instead of 71.5 smuts. Ho was not in favor of the to'a1 removal of the duty on oil 80 long as the National Policy is continued, b0 said, blit the present rate is too oppressive and should be iremov001 He, however, gave this calculation ou the basks of the entire removal of the duty ;—Tho gnanlity of met oil consumed in Canada fs 1.5,000,000 gallons a year, of which 10,000,000 gallons i0 from the Canadian refiners. On this quantity, with the duty off, the eav1115 would be $700,000 by the reduulion 0,u Floe to the price of tho Amerioan oil, which is 7 ciente a gallon. Add that, he said, to the 5788,689, the increase of the primo of the Amerioan oil brought into Canada, mud there was a total of $1,480,. 6811, whiolt, be raid, is the annual amount paid by the Oon0tlm0810 to ].seep up the oil industry. According to the lash bulletin 270 mon ate employed in the 20 refineries in Canada -109 lase than 111 1881 and after ton years of this proteobion. It would pay the people of the country to superannuate these men. The average wage of rho men employed in the iuduetry according to the 001)00011111181in was 5447 a year. (nlbiply that amount by 270 and the remit is $120,600. The value of all the tools and machinery in th indno- tr'y aseorciing to the bulletin is 5016,570 ; add that to $120,000, and allow 5200,500 a year for t110 superannuation of bhe twenty refiners et 510,000 each, therm would then bo loft to the people of the coautry after paying all those 5617,4311 a year to thole advantage. There wee no gentleman in the Douse, h8 wont on, bat °0111 see the fallacy of protecting such an industry to such an extent. Re favored a reasonable and equitable pro- tection to it so long as lila Natious,l Policy retrains the polity of this eo0ntey bub not a protection of 100 or 125 pee colt. IIe was sero, Inc 0and, that the result which had followed the r(111alion of the duty on not would follow e, reduction of the daisy on coal oil and that this prime ne0000iby to rho poorer 010(0000 would be cheapened. Tho rnot1011 was adopted. Polling in the Pontiac bye 0100811on will talcs places on June 28 and polling in Frontenaa is anl3onnoed for Imo 17, '211811 VBt.t!WE 28111)8(8, The Grand Orange L0,170 of 11, N, A. CO1lun01111ed its sixty-third simnel ase. Mon in Montreal Tnns,bty ufternnan, Several hundred delegates were present Irn)n all over the Dolniuion, and the greatest enthnsiasm ts440 displayed, as it LEat great many yowls eitnse the Grand Lodge )net there, Many provinoial dole• gabee attended the 0nnventioe, N. Clark \Vallace, M. P., Grand Master et the Grand Lodge ; ex•Mayor Clarke, Toron- to, Deputy Grand Master ; W. J. Park- hill, Peet brand Master; Grand Secre- tary Birmiugbam, of Toronto ; Grand q 'reessirer ' Anderson ; Grand Dlrootor Moody, of Toronto ; S. Rushee, M. I'. ; 41.1'. Campbell, M, P., Algoma, anti many others. Grand Master \Vallee° opened the meeting shortly after 2 o'olocic, cul de- livered tt stirring address iu which he re• Jeered to the greet progress that had been made by the Order during the year, No leas then 80 new lodges had been or- ganized during the year and there had been a marked increase in membership. Tho orjer was doing a grand work in the cause of civil and religious liberty and he urged them to stand by their prinod- plea and extend their Mumma. The reporbe of the Grand Soorotary and Grand Treasurer were very Baths. factory, showing that the work of the order had been extended and it was in a inlet flourishing oondition both as re - garde membership and finances. After the appointment of the usual committees an addrose of welcome was presented to the Grand Lodge by the County Lodge of Montreal. The address referred to the fact that the Grand Lodge had not met in Montreal for many years. It also referred to the Orange riots and Beckett murder, bob acid that the feel- ing against the Orangemen in Montreal wtt0 rapidly dying out. A splendid bee service was then pre- sented to the Grand Treasurer, Brother Anderson, who has °coupled his respon- sible position for many years. The Ladies' Association of Hamilion, through Deputy Master Tulk, presented the Grand Lodge with a splendid new cushion. Tbe Black Knights of Ireland, in con- nection with the Grand Lodge have elected the following officers ;—Grand Master, M. J. Parkhill, Midland ; Do - may Granit Master, Robt. Weir, Peter- borough ; A. D. G., M. W. Lee, Toronto; Chaplain, 1e, S. Oooper, Invernoy ; Regis. Mar, J. S. Williams ; Deputy Registrar, J. C. Gass ; Treasurer, James Brownlee, Toronto ; Jeputy Treasurer, It, A. O. Brown, St. JOhn, N. 33. ; Seorobary, W. J, Dunlop, Toronto ; Censor, E. Med- calf, Toronto ; Marshall, H. Burnett, Brampton ; Pursuivauts, J. Brodie, 7V. McIntyre ; Lecturers, J. Carleton, Ot- tawa ; 181. G. Magee, St. John, N. B. ; G. Forboe, Sheebea&oadie ; Committee, John Low, Ald. Bell, Toronto ; W. Nioboloon, W. W. Fitzgerald, Dawson, Resever, Reveller. Grey 0ou110i3. Meeting. Connell met at Burton's Hotel, Ethel, May 27th, at 11 a. In. as Court of Rove. siou for drainage as0000m0ut uudsr By- law No. 28, according to notioe, Tho Members were all present and subeeribed the necessary oath, Mr. Milne being an interested party in said drainage declined to sit as a member of the court. Mr. Oliver was appointed chairman aid the court was opened. There were three &p• peals entered agaiueb said assessment, viz.: Goo. Denman, Alex. Hied and Robt, Bowen, all claiming to be assessed too bigh for said drainage. The appel. loots were all examined nutlet oath. On motion of Wen. Brown, seconded by Ed. ward Bryan that Robt. Bowens' assess• moat bo reduced 512.00. Carried. Moved by Thos. Ennis, seconded by E. Bryan that Geo. Denman's assessment ha reduced 518,00. Carried. Moved by Wm. Brown, seoonded by Thos. Ennis that Alex. Hird's nseessrnent bo reduced 510.00 and that the Rearmament of Wm. Milne be increased $10.00. Carried. Moved by Edward Bryan, seconded by Thos. Ennis that the assessment of the manieipal(ty for rand purposes be in. creased 595.01, that 13y -law No. 23 be amended in Recorder= with this ooert ancl that the court be now olosed, Carried. At 2 o'clock p. m. oonticil met as Court et Revision for Assessment Roll of 1892, Mr. Milne in the tenth. There were no appeals exempt for a few dogs which had died 011100 being assessed, those appeals being as follows : Lawrence Dobson, Chas. Ross, Peter Erb and Wm. B101ter 80011 & dog strilok off. Moved by Thos. Ennis, ssoondel by Wm. Brown that the Court of Revieio11 be now closed and Wet the Roll as misdeed bo adopted. Carried, General eonnoil business was thou taken up, the minutes of last meet- ing being road and approved. Robt. Dil- worth applied for aid to construot a wire Penes) on sideroacl between lots 25 and 26, con. 7, being e, very bad piece of road for drifting alp in winter, Tho stun of 15 coots per roc] wee gr&»heel, said fen00 to bo aonstenoted under the supervision of Mr. Milne. Application of Jae, McNair to have tap drahn on lot 28, oou. 10, oloanod one Messrs. Milne and Oliver were itlatruoted to 0xam1n0 the premises and report at next mooting of Council, Wm. ,Smith applied to have Government drain No. 2, 0011. 17, cleaned ort, Moved by Edward Bryan, seconded by Walton Oliver that the engineer he inetrn0ted to go on and let the work 110110seal'y to to done. Carried. Jas. Mamie, 00n, 14, applied for leave to isle requisition for ditch o0, drain under the Ditches and Watercourses Act, 1883. Moved by Wm, Brown, seconded by Thos. :Cnui0 that the Clerk be inobruotod to notify all partios intending to attend the next meeting of council whoa a homing will be given thele in refcemlae to the matter. Carried, Ohio. Quorengossor applied for repairs to SideoOad bobwson lots 25 and 20, eon. 14. Messrs. Mille and Oliver will attend to the matter. Alex. Mc- Donald applied to be allowed to perform hie statute labor ie Robt. Bennett's divi- sham The applioation was granted. Moved by Walter Oliver, seoonded by W. Brown that By law No. 'l;i be read over three tildes 101(1 filially passed. Carried. Jly.1/tw was read and pa -sed. Moved by Win. Brown, ,0mnuded by Thnv. 1:nnis 111E11 6110 0(110 of 5200 be expends; on the giant rowwl po'ovideri that the Blonde Connell gamut an equal Oum. Carried, Moya by Walter Oliver, emended by T. 1'111111.1 that C10 action be taken in the erection of a Township Ilmll. Moved iu amendment by 1Vm. Brown, seoonded by Edward 13ryan that a Township 11al1 be built and that Mclean, Milne, Bryan and Oliver be appointed a oommittoo to Choose a ellltableelte for said hail. The amendment was carried. Moved by W. Brown, seooldod by Baleen' Bryan that the oommittoo bo 1110tr(Otnd and author- ized to erect a hall not to exceed the stun of 5700. Carried. A oommulioation was reed irons Jas. h'llteu notifying 1110 Council that after six months from let Juno 1.892,he will no longer lento or allow any part of hie property to be used for road purposes for James Kendall. The Cleric was instructed to procure 50 copies of the lino fences Act for £endo viewer0 and °there requiring them. The follow. ing e000unts wore paid :—A,. Fraser, as- sisting engineer surveying drain re By. law No. 23, $15.00 ; John Gainer, assist- ing engineer, 53.75 ; Jan, Hance, assist. ing engineer, 53.70 ; Jolm Speiran, as- sisting engineer, $4.70 ; Goo. Denman, assisting engineer, 52.60 ; J Taylor, as- sisting engineer, 52.81 ; W. II. Kerr, printing 50 copies of fay -law No. 23, 51+1.. 00 ; Hugh Richmond, assisting engineer, $1.80 ; \Vin. Hirci, a0 1011115 engineer, 51.88 ; A. Reymann, salary as Assessor, $00,00 ;Lewis Bolton, balance for surs veyjng municipal drain, 804.00 ; Ditches and Watercourses Aot, $22.00 ; attencliug Court of Revision, 56.00 ; Daniel Zim. lner, repairing bridge at lot 10, con. 12, 52.50 ; Ohms. Dahms, plank and spike for Cranbrook bridge, $3.80 ; Alex. Kell- ner, undordrain 000000 road at lot 27, con. 6 ; John Miller, keeping Wm. Mil• lin, an indigent, one half month, 53.50, Council tben adjourned to meet again at McDonald's Hotel, Cranbrook, on Mon- day, Juno 20111. Wee Simeon, Clerk. Pll.lC'I'dCAIc 1?0U1,'V11Y 1(A19170. 0Y T. A. 117 0ITTS, WESTON, ONl. It is an astonishing thing that the farmers of Canada will continue to stand in the way of their own interests bykeop- ing such a miserable class of poultry as is honed on the average farm. Those wbo have added thoroughbred fowl to their live stock readily ace tbo advantage of them, but the best stook on earth will not be profitable unless managed with the same businessdiscretion cl soetlo n whheh should characterize all farming operations. Having given an inkling of the possibili- ties of poultry raising, we will now enter upon the practical details of the subject and, in order that all our readers may thoroughly understand 110, WO shall have to start et the "beginning" and take nothing for granted. Those old veteran breeders who probably know more of this sabjeat than the writer, and who may get tired of wading through so mesh elemen- tary detail, can skip that portion of it, but ib meat appear for the benefit of those of our readers who are mere tyros, anx- ious to learn anything that may prove of benefit to them. If, at any time the wri- ter advooates any method or makes any statement that does not ooineicle with the reader's views, please remember that yon are not bound to a0oepb it as authority, and it is given here simply e0 ottropiuion which] see must Wok to until convinced that we are wrong. tLtxINa A 00.1100. We have frequently been asked which is the best general parpose breed. Now, if wo mention any p001100lar breed as be- ing the best, some of our brother breeders may take exception to the statement, as there are several breeds that lay olaim to thio honor. A dootor wile takes the same medloine himself that he pre0oribes for his patients would at least be a consistent physician. Simi• laxly, we inay say that after years of ex• perimellting with the vat'i01)0 pure breeds in our search for the most practically useful fowl, we long ago deoiiled that, for our purpose, the Plymouth Rocks were superior to all others. The longer we breed them the better we like them, and wo confidently recommend theta to all who want a general purpooe breed. Ply- mouth Rooks aro good layers, particularly in oold weather when eggs bring the best price. They are good table fowl, being largo and producing a fine quality of meat ; are very hardy at all ages, indeed, we find them without exception, the hardiest of any brood the have ever experimented with. The ebioks grow fast and feather early and are fit to kill at any age from eight wooko old. They make the moat attractive table poultry of any breed with which. we are acquainted, and finally, when well bred, they are a handsome variety. This combination of good qualities will Raiment for our preference of tho Ply- mouth Rooks, bob it is for you to select the breed tint you think will suit you the bast, A few suggestions may per - liana & 81081 you hi making rho selootion. The iu0ont0 from your fowl is to bo de. rived from ogge and market poultry, therefore, it is important that you select a breed that produces nu abundance of eggs early in the season whet tho wea11100 100old01101 mosbof the hole in the 100010y are doing nothing, when you will oblaiu the boot prices of the ,pear for nth eggs a0, yon with to sell, and you will be en- abled to hatch your ohiek8110 early, the pallets being saved for the next wlntee's 'eying stook, and the 000kerelo being plated of the mantel early before the general supplies of spring Wicks appoar will bring a good price, and often pay the coat of their own raising and the growing of pullets to maturity, and pee. haps leave a profit besides. In order to obtain the beet p11810 for your spring ()hicks, it is of the greatest importance that you select a brood that embodies the pLpOplolar ideal of what a fleet -algal table fowl should be, lraliglurx 04 11,. Yl'ropto 01' Jl'l von, 1'lia Deportmentof Agri'ultire has 10911e,1 11 )10(10889 1,11110,811(1 110alh1111801111 the religf 11te of the penile of Canada, 110' low we gird the (1e00111inttinns 8110, timx returned, in the minty of Huron, the dixtriote beilig thew known an the Do. minion Elenteral Divisions, SO that Us, Lorne, which properly 0110111].1 be in Lithos), lx classed with South Pertly :--- 111raeN EAST. Population, 184101 00usis10 of Blyth, 13ri sols and Wroxeter villages, Wing - ham town, Turnberry, Morris, flowi5k and Grey townships. Baptists 520 Roman Catholics 480 Church of England 2,J813 Methodists 81,114 Presbyterians .. 7,101 All others .. 1,075 mime WEST. Population, 20,0.21 : °omelets of Godo. rich and Clinton towns, townships of East and West Wawanosb, Ashfield, Colborne and Goderioli. Baptists 191- Roman Catholics 1,152 Church of England 3,128 Methodists 31;118082 Presbyterians 0,018 All others 770 11CimN SOa0It. Population, 10,184: 001101810 of Sea - forth town, Bayflold village, Hay, Iinl- latt, Mulfillop, Stanley and Ttlalioralnitl - towushipo. I3aptists 151 Roman Catholic 3,288 Church of England 2,068 Methodists 5,15.1 Presbyterians 7,141 All °theca 2,382 Canadian Ne wee. Pickering township has carried the looal option by-law by 64 majority. Jos. Rattenbury is etooking a fish pond on the Glew farm on the Huron road. The corner stone of the Glencoe new Methodist Church will be laid on June 9. Mies Carrie Fair, B. A., of St. Thomas, bas been appointed modern language teacher in the Woodstock Collegiate In. stitate. In Wyoming, Ont., Dlonday, local option was voted upon end the result was close. For, 85 ; against, 82 ; spoiled ballots, five, During May this year 18,421 cattle have been shipped from Montreal for the British market, a decrease of 590 head oompared with May last year. Kingston City Council will formally congratulate Sir Oliver Movat and Hou. G. A. Kirkpatrick on the honors they have lately received, Both are Kingston. ions. Tho firm of H. and A. Allan, ship agents of hllontreal, has been dissolved and a new firm formed, composed of the same partners, with the exception of J, S. Allan. For the month of May the Cr P. R. have sold 35,000 acres of laud to settlers for $121.090. For the corresponding period last year 8,000 acres were sold for the sum of 526,000. Judge W. L. Smart, of Hamilton, died Tuesday morning. IIe was born in Middlesex, .England, in 1842, and was in the sixties a resident of Toronto, re- moving to Hamilton in 1878. Judgment in the ;barges laid against Mercier by the Quebec Government for 0onephraoy, and the proceedings taken against Mercier for malefeasaece in office were adjourned in the Quebec police court until June 9th, W. W. lllaybee returned to Woodstock on Saturday night after en absence of eight years. He found his wife married to another man, the women supposing her Drat husband was dead. Husband No. 2 is now out of the family. A man with a large dog called at the machine chop of Thomas Henderson in Ingersoll Tuesday and left the dogbehind when leaving. !Mr. Henderson went to let the dog oat when the brute bolted be. areae his legs, throwing hien down and breaking one leg in two pieces. Dr, Sparkhall, of Windsor, died sud- denly on Friday morning of .legit week. While walking along the streets of Do. lroib a few days before be slipped upon a banana peel, and falling on the sidewalk out his head badly. Blood poisoning set in with the above result. Stephenson, the Australian miller, ar- rived iu Toronto Monday evening from San Frenoisco. IIe will begin his duties as trainer for the Argonauts at onoe. Stephenson is a strapping big fellow, over 6 feet trill, and looks every inch a sootier. He is et the opinion that his brother oarsman from the Antipodes will vioit Amerioa this summer. lldwerd Wood, the 11 -year-old Toron- to boy who was aooidsntly shot though the nose by a companion ou t10 24th of Dray, died at the General hospital at 8;30 o'clock Friday night. The accident wbioh proved so £ata1 occurred on Wells' hill, where the little boy wee playing, ou the Queou's birthday, and the weapon that (armed the 1rj(10y was a pea rifle in the lauds of a playmate nailed James Frost. The Sarnia Repelling Company, with a capital stools of 510,000, has been orgai- lead there, with Joseph A. Grant as President and Manager ; Mr. Campbell, Secretary ; John D. Beatty and Peter Cloak, Dirootore, The company was formed heir the purpose of elheep ranching in the N021110Oat, 1'1101.'0 a 1111'50 tract of land has been soured in the Mille ]liver tegiou foe that purpose. The company has commenced by purolutsillg 4,000 sheep. H. Ill. Johnson, Clerk of Wallaaeburg, 011n1011no08 a reward of 520 in the last issue of the Herald -Record. The "re- ward will be paid to any person or pr- oms Furnishing 001011 evidence as will lead to the oolvictiol of tho party or, parties who at Wallaceburg on the 10th day of May, throw eggs or Other missile at rho oarrfago load of people from Dreo. don returning from a mooting of the Ep. Woet11 League at Walleoeburg." Sir 0(1 ,-e ♦I'wit p r tponed the date Of hitt ice baro at Wood -duck ft'ntn last Friday eyessieg to .June lien 11th, beaten of the Muth of tin, late l.ie'ut,.(luvernor Campbell, .Judge Ducts, of Mnntr0nl, has deoi,10d tluot lila Doe '1 m dun law 04%14n4 lotteries ES sena!, Awl 1111 0011]00,10 40.51)11 by the Quebec Gov,:rnnient 1151011 et the 11111ean00 will be meshed. It 18 acid the Carslake Hweepateles will be attached. Two Brantford young men threw a pailful of eold water idle the face of a eitizon when the latter answered their rap at hie door: Then the oitizon gave obese to the fellows, and was set upon and beaten ;severely. The yonthe were lined 511 each, sv8th costs, as the hill of expense attanbed to their 010101. A very painful acoddont occurred to John, the eight-year-old son of George Garton, West Wawanosh', recently, He wars trying co turn a cow that she might not get throng]] the swamp near by when she made a furious rush and struck him in the lower jaw with her horn, tearing his hip badly and knelling out nearly all of the teeth in the lower jaw, together with some parts of the jaw adhered. Saturday afternoon while Mrs. Grasett, of Peterboro', and Mrs. Staunton, of Belleville, were waiting in the ladies' waiting room et the Tinton station, To• ronto, for their train, a woman with a tero.months.old baby approached and asked Mrs. Grasett to hold her baby while she got a ticket, "And she never Dame back," Mrs. Grasett waited in vain for the unnatural mother to return, and was at length compelled to take the child home with her. Two brothore, named Jamas and Willi- am Henderson, living in South Water street, Galt, near the tannery, were ar- restee there 081 Saturday night for break- ing into a G. T. le. sealed car and stealing a set of hand -painted porcelain china. Ever since last fall there have been a good many petty larcenies in the neigh- borhood of the G. T. R. station. For some time the two brothers have been suspected, and a Grand Trunk detective was put on the case, The largest United Suttee arsenal is situated at Springfield, Mass. Philadelphia is the greatest carpet mauufnotaring center in the world. The palace at Versailles, France, which Louis XIV. built, cost 5200,000,000. Professor Swift believes that the new comet has been 8,000,000 years in getting here. The authorities of Merron, in the Aus- tralian Tyrol, have forbidden the outdoor wearing of long trains by women. Jay Gould carries in hie purse a 10 - cent piece which he declares was et one time all that stood between hila and a dead broke condition. A Philadelphian has eduoated a house fly to respond to a prolonged "buz-z.z," which brings it from its cranny any time of the day for its supply of sugar. At Marshall, Mo., a rat has suede up with a litter of kittens and comes to play with them every day, but it is without the knowledge and consent of the kittens' mother. The Amerioan dress reformers are pre- paring to renew their crusade at Chau- tauqua this year. They declare that their reformatory ideas are making rapid progress all aver the country. The Chinese makes great account of his bed, whish is very low indeed— scarcely rising from the floor—but is often carved exquisitely of wood ; but it never occurs to him to make it any softer thau the rush mats will render it. An aged person, who lately visited Caribou, Me,, stated that he had written 1,500 eeermono, and that it took just 700 of the manuscripts to till a barrel. Dry measure is what the unappreoiative villagers called it. The Indian tiger shooters are beginning to discard such precautiona as elephants andplatformo and trees, and hunt on foot. Prinos Vokhatsinghji, who ie credited with killing 200 tigers and panthers, not only goes on foot but all alone. PoOple We KilOVP. Wm. Ross, of Elora, Sundtayed in town, Wm. Roddick has been laid up with & lame foot, Prank LoBon bas been on the sick list this week. Miss Hannah Hewitt was visiting in Seaforth last week. Miss Jones, of Seaforth, is visiting relatives in Brussels, Mrs. Noble F. Gerry and daughter are visiting at Durham. Mrs. Gordon has gone to Goderiol for a visit at her old home. E. W. Moisom was on the sink list with scarlet fever last week, Johnston Harrie and wife, of blitohell, were visiting in Brussols fast week. Dr, and Mrs. Ferguson, of Blyth, were Mrs, J. J. Gilpin's poets last Monday. Dire. Salton and Harold are malting a visit with former pariahionore at Water- loo Mrs, T. Miller, of Goderioh, i0 visiting Mrs, Wm, MoCullough, o£ Brus. eels. Rev, W. E. Kerr and bride, of Theme - ford, were in town for several days visit- ing relatives. Rev, II. S. Magee, of Hensel', was in Brussele on Tuesday en route to Confer. enee at Guelph. Rev, J. L. Kerr and wife aucl W. 11. Herr and wife are attending the Metho- dist Conference et Guelph, 111re. John Robb has been quite ill for sovoral weeks, She is somewhat improv- ed in Health now and tee hope to soon hear of her complete restoration. Messrs. Irwin & Mol3ain havo dissolv- ed pertner0lrip as dry goods merchants in Brussels and rho letter will visit the Northwest, we understand, Mr. Irwin will oontinne the business bore. The Wingham Advance says :—Among the notables in town on the 24th was Richard, the 120otblae8, of Brussels, with his foot.5eer polishing Ontdt, and who was looking quite gay in a plug hat of ancient design. Richard now 111000 to be nailed "the dood " The unpropitious weather was somewhat againot his buoi- nees,