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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-10-21, Page 14,0ar.40....67X141.44400vir.0JvsJ00.. 4 Vol. 20. No. 18, BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1892 W. H. KERR, Frop. 8110111010101 1100004,0011001' 1!11414104000 0400101114,01 111 11*110010 41100114 4110 16..........14111114121111071.,..2111,4,74111.4WMINA.gi....wagtaMii....1.110.1....4=11.3.4.1.114111C.I.,.....,,txu.ai.u...“114 10001.. 0100 001110140 101110010 .14141010fl .11(0! t0!r101010,r 4.04.J '" (0! 1! OtOV "14 'tfltfl'P Z.41451M Westminster Abbey. In 1811 1 heard service in the Abbey bet it was so orowded that 1 could not see the preacher, a Dr. Wordsworth, nor the °hole, though both could be homed quite dietinetly. I had to etanil all the time the crowd being so great and 1 bed to move out with it so that Was all I saw of the Abbey. Tho day after being at Sydenham I want to see the Parliament buildings but the gnarl at the gate said that even 8 member's order would not be attended b but on Satin -dew any ono Nvould be admitted so I waited till then, Tho Abbey being quite convenient on the opposite side of the street it was not much of a disappointment. The Abbey, though a beautiful Wilding, is not so imposing as SI. Paul's. 1 did not pay muoh attention to the outside but it Odium me thee the masonry and the retrying irs no better nor as goodies tbat of Melrose Abbey, but there is no building in Great Britain or Ireland whose nose- ciatione are so many and inteeesting as this one. Its origin seems like the most of Bede places to bo lost in antiquity, and, strange to say, though generally it is known when the Greaten took plume it 18 rare that the master mind who plan. ned or superintended tho work of those ancient places hes been Mended down to the present time and it seems that the Abbey is no exception. Part of it was built; by Bawled the Confessor and in it he and his Queen were buried, but what it is now is twenty due to Henry ILL with the beautiful addition by Henry VII. of what is mulled his °Impel. Tito extreme length of the building meet bo over 500 feet of which the chapel may take 100. The breadth varies but at ite widest will be over 300 feet. The morning server° had closed a little while before I entered but a few had stayed and were looking quietly around them, their interest seeming to centre in the Poet's Corner and Henry VII. Chapel. It is said many ere commemorated in the building who are not buried iu 11 but 11 18 a matter of no moment to the visitor who is or is not. Not getting tit guide• hook and there being no guides to dived or annoy one the names were all alike to me. Among thorn one finds those of Chaucer, Spenser, rare Ben Jenson, Shakespeare, Milton and meet ot Eng. land's great poetteof Ireland's Goldsmith ; of Scotland's Thomson and Macpherson. Among them also are found others not poets, noticeable is that of Granville Sharp, the friend of the slave, who about exhausted his fortune defending the negro Somerset but established the fact that a slave when he breathes iu England le tree; Addison, who wrote in the Specta- tor, often visited the spot when in a seri• our humos ; Samuel Johnston with his friend Garriok, the actor, on one side of him end Sheridan on the other ; 81 some considerable distance but on the same aide of the building at a corner is a, bust of Longfellow new and white inue• pared with those I have mentioned. Following round the chapel is reaobed what seems a misnomer as it is nearly all taken up will monuments of various patterns many of them in memory of royal personages. The most conspicuous is that of Henry himself and his Queen Elizeleth, the work, ie is said, of an Italian. Those who have read this season's Ladies' Home journal will have seen an interesting account by Miss Bradley, daughter of Canon Bradley, who I beard in St. Paul's, of the Queens of England who are buried in the Abbey. It was not bard to find that of Elizabeth and her sister Mary and in close prox- imity that of Mary Queen of Soots if anything more costly and magnificent than that of the two sister queens all par- taking in peace and quietnees the same repose. A few paces from them is that of Margaret of Itiohmond, tho mother of Henry Tudor, all of them works ot art and beauty. The most of the kings and queens of England from the time of the 8rd Henry down to George III. wore buried in different puts of the Abbey. Among the most beautiful tombs with recumbent statues are those of Eleanor, Queen of Edward I. and that of Henry V. Not very far from the tombs of the three queens Otto sort of platform is the Coronation Chide which is made of hard wood, solid and heavy. Whether it is the identical elude which Edward I. book from Scores in 1206 Idid not learn. 11 18 very ploin, with not as much carving or upholstery on it as on olie Speaker's cheer at To. route. But there will be no doubt that 11 ie the veritable steno, taken from Scone, on ordiuory looking slab of thodstone, a little over two feet long by about 10 inches wide and barely 10 in thickness, but if it is the veritable stone that Jacob used for a pil- low on the night he dreamed that won- derful dream when on his way to Padon, orate it looks ne if hammer or (blue had not tonohed it sine°, Some say 0 come frotn Ireland to Scotland 800 years before Clads& Without pinning one faith to these or other stories certain it is that the Melo of Scotland for mati• buries were drowneul upon ilefiret at Dun- staffnage and then at Saone. When Ed- ward took it away Scottish historiane say there was an inscription on 0 to the following effect Exoept old saws do fail, And telemeter wits be blind, The Swim in plaoe mud edge Where they this stone shall And. It was a tremendous outrage) on the feel. tngs of the Scottish people at the time when the stone of destiny was taken to London, failing to reeovoe it that genee- &than oveuged it at Beemooldmen. Leta aotherities maintain that its prophebie reputation was sustained when James VI. of Scotland became Jamoe L of ]ting. land, after an interval of 400 plug. It is rather remarkable that all the Kings and Queens sinoe Edward 11. have been crowned eating above that stone. It scorns to be only at a coronation that it is of any account. 11 15 111 such a duty once that one would Beppu° ft had not been disturbed shwa Queen Vietoria was ()rewind. The lesson to he Maenad in ttuoh a place was atriking and impreesive —a few dope upward 10 a throne, u Eery downward to 11, veult ; the grand sweep of the arab above, the few foot in tho tomb; evened or beneath 1 the eplentlid, glad pee -entry at the ow ceremonial, the mombro, peiteenty at the OMM WiLiCh Jut filleaffSBIOn has huketi 010 Walla of the Abbey for over 800 years roe:tele to tenant the brev- ity and ovewereinee of life. AS you loam the °limpet looking up just below where the roof begins you see banner% hanging 014110 elm to ono another which I sup. period belonged to the army bet found that they belonged to the order of the Both who aro installed in it that pert of the edifice. Donbtlese !there are hundred.; of memorials to many who °coupled what now seems a very little space it: their country's history and who 110W are never heard of but there are ebill a few whose names I can reoall. Among the beet of the modern ones (for as a rule as works of act they are not NMI to some at least of those I have mentioned) is that in memory of Chief Justice Mattsfield, and not very Ear from it that of Pitt and Vox of whom feeott wrote mat long after they were buried : "Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier, O'er Pat's the mourntul requiem sound And Fox's shall the notes rebound. Speak not for those e, equate doom, Whom fate made brothers m the tomb, But unroll the land of living men, Where wilt Win find their like again e" In close proximity lies Chatham, Can- ning, Castlereagh, Wilberforce and Grab. tan a wonderful neighborhood for oratore and statesmen ; other memotable ones are those of Sir Isaac Newton, Watts, and Wolfe, with scores of admir- ale and generals but, etrange to say, not that of Nelson, who like the most of able men had the faculty of uttering memor- able sentences in a few weer's. At the battle of the Nile when addressing his officers before it commenced he said, "Viotoey or Westminster Abbey." He was buried in Se. Pant's. After a long sewah and but for enquiring I would not have foetid the memorial to Living - dyne. It is a smooth, blue slab, 11x2 in the floor at the opposite end of the building from the chapel and which I would not have found even after dime• tion but there was a wreath of flowers upon it, laid there by Mee. Stanley, the wife of the traveller, on the day of their inerriage. It VMS about a foot in tilatu• star and seemed quite fresh though the ceremony must have been performed a considerable time before I saw it, pos. sibly 15 had been renewed but there was no one to tell me anything about it. Though I eaw other memorials as I walk. ed out 1 have no recollection whose they were, that of Blantyre spinner has effus- ed the whole of them. Tilos. Glows. Wroxeter, 001. 11, '02. larnearie 5e1t0411 imam. Regular meeting of Brussels School Board was held on rriday, Oot. 14th. All members present, Minutes of last regular and speoial meetings read and parsed. Moved by T. Fiedler, seconded by T. Farrow that the Etocoanb of H. James for piling wood in shed $2.00 be paid. Oar- ried. Moved by T. Farrow, seconded by A. Hunter that the Seeretory peewee ei ream of paper and ewe bleak board brushes for the school. Carried. Moved by T. Farrow, woonded by Dr. McKelvey that tottchers bo advertised for in the Toronto Globe and Mail of 9.2ted and 29th Ootober, the Priuoiple (male) to hold a 151 class or 2nd professional eartifieate, salary MO per annum ; lst assistant to hold a 2nd professional certificate, salary 5800 per annum •, 2nd assistant to hold a 2nd professioualleerti- floater, salary 5276 par annum ; primary teaoher to hold a and class certitmete, salary 5260 per annum. Aleplierteione abating qualifications and expemenee with testimonials to be received by the Sec- retary until November lst 1802 duties M commence at the beginning of 1808. Moved in amendment by Thos. Flet- cher; seconded by W. 13. Dickson, af her hearing the communication from Inspect. tor Robb as to the qualifications of the preeent staff that the motion passed et this board at special 'meeting lowering salaries and advertising for teaohers to be rescinded and that the present staff be re-engaged at present salaries nob in• eluding the primary teacher who leaves to attend Normal School at January, and that a primary teacher be advertised for in the Globe and Mail 2 insertions to hold a 2nd or Brd clan oertifloate, salary to be 0276 or 0013003. Amendment lost, Motion carried. Moved be, T. Fletther, seconded by R. L. Taylor thee the Secretary notify the parent, or guardians of all nomresident pupils attending Brussels school who are in arrears M pay forthwith or withdraw their children from the eohool. Carried. The Board then adjourued. The water in the river is so low at Moodie, Conn., that nine faetwies, in- cluding cotton, twine and hosiery mills, have been obliged to shut deem. 600 ampler:tee are idle. Hamm lefehommed, the king of tramps, arrived in Denver, Oo1, on Monday. Ho was Very much begehned with travel and glee' of the peosped of a week's rest. The "King" started from Oinoinnoti 00 a wager to want 10,000 miles in 460 dater for $10.000, on tho following oonditions ; He was to begin his journey with ono copper with and etop at first-olase hotels he was not to beg, borrow or steal, and was to meet and marry on the road a won= he lied nem molt before. 110 stated that ho had received applications from 16,000 women whom he did nob consider 111 to become the "queen of eramps," but on September leth he monied a young woman, a telegraph operator at Ogden. its lost 110 days time by reasott of injuries received in falling through a trestle, and this time has been added to the limit, Which expires May 10511 nexii, Ho Wine from San Fran. ONO°, and is now 600 miles Ohoed of Ida schedule time. THE DlOCIftit OP HURON. A 7103131615 virrofty 31071 11,0 111511 STE1.11:;11, Tito Heron lay.workers and Sunday Same Dieeeeen Convention was opened 00 Tuesday rifternoun of Met week in dames' Churele clay 013 SindOrd. It bats proved the most enowasful hold yet, about, 200 delegates wore 111 attendanoe, the bishop of flume presided and deliver. ell the opening addITSEI. Rn. A. Brown, f Peels, in a wrier on the Sunday &hoot in relatiou to the ohurch, developed the thought that the Sunday School was an integral part of the °hurt& and should bo eondneted on cherub lines with Et view to building up the church. Rev. J. G. Gemett, of Niagara in the next paper, desoribed the Sunday wiled as the adopt. ed daughter of the Miura, and urged that it should not be deemed a substitute for the <thumb or home inileence. Rev. A. Dewclney dwelt on the reeponeibiliby of omit; in connection with supporting the sobool. These papers were disouesed by the Rev. W. J. Indult, of London; Mr. Burns, oE Buffalo ; Mr. Golden, of Kingsville ; and by the bishop of Huron. The latter deplored the matinees of the Iluaterial support given to church wheels and missions. Ito thought that this was partly Demounted for by the fact many of the laity had been accustomed to a eye - tom of State support in England and were untrained in giving what was news. 58rin this tiountry. In the evening divine serviue was wiffinotee and the bis- hop preached from the text in Romans 1, "A servant of Jesus Christ," pointing out the neoesaity for increased work for Christ and the church. Holy oomantnion at 8 oeilock Wednesday morning was at. tended by over 200 communioants. At 10 o'clock Mr. Dymond presented the report of the Exeoutive Oommittee, which showed a considerable increase in the umbel: of licensed lay.leaclere and other lay helpers through the diocese. This wee followed by an inspiriting address from Itr. Hopkine, of Buffalo, chairman of the Layman's League of Western New York. The election of offieers resulted as follow r—E. Dymond, Chairman ; J. eloWhinney, M. 0., London, Sere-Treas. ; Couirnittee, Brant, A. K. Bunnell; Bruce, Richard Rivers ; Elgin, W. Searlett ; Essex, Jasper Golden ; Grey, J. Robin- son • Kent, T. Burnside ; Latnbton, C. 1. ingstone ; Huron, T. 0. Kemp; Mid- dlesex, V. Oronyn ; Oxford, Junes Dent; Perth, S. R. Hasson ; Norfolk, J. 0. Christie ; Waterloo, James Woods. The bishop and dean are respectively Presid- ent and Vice.President ex.ottioio. Chas. JOIlkill8 was elected lay Vice -President. At 11 &dock W. F. Davidson, of Toronto, on behalf of the Brotherhood, of 81. An• drow, gave a paper on "Our Young Men and the Churob," which was earnestly discussed by Rev. Z. Ridley, of Galt; Rev. Wm. Stout, of Tisamesville ; and Jas. Woods, of Gale ; the bishop dosing. The prooeedings reamed Wednesday at 2:30 p. re. by Dr. Hopkins, chairman of the Layman's League of Western New York, who, in the absence of Dr. Devid. son, Q. C., of Montreal, gave an address on the prominent features of lay work in his diocese. His instruoting address evoked an interesting discussion, partici- pated in by Rev. J. IL Piloorebouse, Ingersoll ,• Ed. Marshall Seaforth ; EL Donald, of Brantford and others. Rev. Canon Riehardison, of London, then gave an excellent address Du "The Church and Her Young People," in whioh he eloquently pressed the claims of the Christian Endeavor movement upon the Anglican Church, The largest Christian Endeavor Society in London is conneeted with the canon's church. In the discussion which followed Rev. W. J. Taylor, of St. Mary's, spoke of the great good resulting frotn the work of the circles of King's Daughters in his Parisb. Priuutpal Dymond, of Brantford, read an able paper on "The ley repeesentative, his duties and how to perform them or nob preform thetn." He showed that the time and method of their eleo• tion were intended to secure the election of well.qualified men. The introduetion of men having a municipal or business training would be telt as a patine and beneficial influence in synodical work. He deplored the foot that many parishes were never represented, especially the rural ones, and that the laity generally took so little inteeest in the work of the obureit courts. Ho urged the clergy to preach their congregations into select - ting their best available man. In the owning Jasper Golden, of Kingsville, spoke ou "the Model Teach. et," employing blackboard illustrations. He set forth diarist as the model towbar for the imitation of His followers. Miss Brown, of Brauttord, followed with a few telling remarks on the same subject claiming that method did not mint for so =oh as the spirit in which the teacher worked. Her humorous and forcible address was muoh open, dated. The deice event of the evening was ou impressive address from Hon. S. XL Blake on "The Bible Teacher," itt which he spoke of his equipment, his duties, his difficulties and his rewards. Ile urged tho eloser etudy of the Bible itself, and stated the essential qualifications of the Sunday school teacher to be a con- verted heart and a thorough mastery of the Bible. His duties weee to instruct and to inspire to native Christian work, Hie difeoulties, the apathy of parolito and the inoontistent lieu of nominal Ohristittne, were dwelt eon, while the Sunday wheel works,: was amount* to look for his rewards, the winniug of souls and the "well done" that will greet the faithful beert. Me. Blake wee followed in the agents - Sion of this envie by 1iutv. W. Craig, 13. D., of Clinton, and 30035 Woods, of Chatham. Chem Jenkins, of Peteoloa, believed that the growing nativity of the lay ale - meet was bringing bank the duieate to ilta primitive °header, and also that it was ei hopeful indioation of the probabib ity of a speedy wion of all the Christian 1.1°111e:few eluting retnarke the bishop of Huron summed tip the week of the non. Vention, and predieted that great; good Would melt from their Mots. Halifax, N. 1,, wanted it jirus rligine and 18 Mediae were pet it; by makers in England, United States and Camila but nil backed out except .The Ronald" when the City Council decided that the 1111.011age would be witted after practioel testis on ellleieney, ettpauity and merit in Halifax, Below is what the various Hal!. fax papers said as the Meta wore going on from dry to day :— Halifax Herald, Out. 15, '02.—The steam Ilre engine Ronald was given a thorough teat on the Queen's wharf yew terday, meeting with great success. Th steamer has undoubtedly proved a good oue. She threw two streams through it tbogsand foot of how—five hundred feet in such length—with muoh force, creat- ing a wee favorable impression. Yester- tay afternoon the firewarderia brought out No. 4 steamer, aoknowledged the beet ongiue iii the oity. A perpendicular test was ordered and again the Ronald proved itself a grand 'wahine. The stream from No. 4 engine did net get within On feet of her. The Ronald worked with all the evenness of a good time -piece and won fever on MI dries. Mr. Howell, of the Arm of W. W. }Jowell Co., was asked by a reporter what ha thought of the Ronald. He gave it art his opieion that she was a good one, in- timeeing that she had many exeellent points and that her exhibition was most creditable. Alderman Poster expressed much satisfaction as to the way the steamer worked. The horizontal test Mao showed the Ronald's supremaey over No. 4 steamer. The latter, however, proved itself a good one, but the Ronald wont one better. The test was witnessed by a large number and was moat inter- esting. Ia the tank or capaoity tut the Ronald made 841 gallons (Itnperial meas. 000) to the minute. No. 4 did not oonapete. Halifax Chronicle, Oat..1.3.—The test of the Ronald steam fire engine was not finished at the dry clock yesterday after- noon. As far as the test went the en- gine worked very satisfactorily. It per- mission can be obtained the teat will be finished ou the Queen's wharf ou Friday morning. Halifax Herald, Oct. 13.—Much in- terest was taken in the test of the Ronald fire engine yesterday. She threw a stream of water 20 feet above the chim- ney of the sugar refinery—a distance of 200 feet, against an adverse wind, a feat that surprised the 'spectators. The Ron- ald is certainly a tirstolase machine, and her magnifioent performance yester- day probably explains why ewe of the other muoh vaunted engines dared foe° the music of the test. A.oadie, Recorder, Oot. 14. --The Ra- i irder hasn't taken much ate& in all the newspaper oorrespondenoe and talk about buying a new steam fire engine, for the reason that it knew that the papers didn't know anything about it, and as for the committees of investigation, they appeared to be too divided in opinion to afford amateurs anything to base an idea on. The Ronald engine was being test- ed this forenoon at the Queen's wharf; she threw two streams through 500 feet of hose, and was not probably doing her best. No. 4 steamer was brougbt to the ground bhia afternoon. A oorrespon- dela writes :—"Aa the first and prinoi- pal test which determined the purchase of the Ronald engine (should she be pur- chased by the City) took place on Oot. 14th (Oolumbion Day,) together with the fact that this is Columbian year, /1 would be a fitting and graceful act to call the new steamer either "Columbia" No. 5, "Columbus" No, 6, or some other appro.. petite wens commemorative of the year; and this is respectfully suggested to the Board of Firewards." Halifax Evening Mail, Oot. 14.—The test of the steam fire engine Ronald was continued on the Queen's wharf to -day. The stammer threw two sbreame throngb a thousand feet of hose -500 /set in snob length. The steamer is muoh steadier than any other in Halifax. This 'after. noon the fire wardens decided to,bring oub No, 4 steamer with the view of seeing which could throw the strongest stream. The idee, is to put stream against stream within twelve feet from the nozzles, the one forcing the other to the side to be adjudged the strongest, The manager of the Ronald says he will put the engine to any test that is necessavy. Halifax Chronicle, Oot. 15.—The final test of the Ronald steam fire engine took plane on the Queen's wharf yesterday, Sho started to work at 11 a. in. and kept at it steadily till after 6 p. m, She got 80 pomade of stearn up in something lees than five minutes and had a strewn of water on in about seven minutes. S110 also pumped over 000 gallons from a tank in about one minute and eight seconds. No. 4, the Amoskeag renew, was pitted against the Ronald in the aftereoon, and, although the Arnoskeag engiue did splendid work, she could not down the Ronald, as the latter threw jest as good a serum of water and just as high. During the test James Aide, the engineer of No. 4 steamer, was struck in the chest with a stream of waiter and knooketi overboard, bat be was easily rescued and none the worse for his dnok- ing. At the end of the tests the Vire Com- missioners wore so well pleased that the engineers were "dined and wined" in aeknowledgement of the fine work Elope. The -Vienne Tate:11)1E01 saes that a pro - Neaten has bean made to have a raw between Vienna, and Rome, similar to the one mutely ran between Vienna and 13arlin, The eiders will bo military dd. tiers, and the same conditions as govern. od the Vientsa-Berlin race will govern. The proposal is meeting with warm HELP poet, Rho principal money prizes in the Vienna Bodin raw were awarded as fol. lowe :—Lietit. Count Stathemberg (dustrion), 45,000 ; Lieut. Baron Von Reiezenetein (German), $2,500; Lima. Von Miklos (Hungarian), 51,600 ; Lime Hoffer (Amadeu), 51,126 ; Lieut. Osavee- sy, (Hungarian), $8711, Brussels Council. --- A nieetime of the (1011W1i1 tuns hold hint Mrnalay melting. Preemie the Reeve and CULlisOiLiorq 11oo,, Grower and Thinn• son. 91inutee of lied meeting rea.1 and p898. ed. The following eiteourits wore present. W, el. Sinclair, Meade light, 0116 20 JEO. 13roadfoot, on eatery, 27 00 Gutta Pemba Gm rubber hose breech and nozzle, 20 00 Mee. Brent, e.xpentios to Duffel°, 8 18 Alt, Lowry, work on etreet, 3 75 ni.hin, charity, 4 00 George Beal, 1 2 16 31 re. Wallace, 00 In the awount of W. M. Sinolair $1.50 woe deducted for omissions of light. Moved by J. Grever, seconded by Geo. Thomson that the above aceenets he paid. Carried. Application was read from A. Hunter, Secretary Treasurer of the Brussels Methantos' Institute, asking for the an. anal grant. On motion of R. Rose, seconded by 0. Thomson the sum of 525.00 woo grouted. the Board briefly cliseussed the ques- tions of oharity and gravel when Clonnoil adjourned to meet on Monday, Nov, 7th. Grey Council Meeting. SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of Council wiled by the Heave was held at Burton's Hotel, Ethel, Sept. 3rd. Members all present, Reeve in the °hair. The engineer's re- port on the cleaning out of the tap drain at lot 23, eons. 10 and 17, was read. It MA moved by Wm, Brown, seconded by Thos. Ennis that Messrs. Milne and Oliver be instructed and authorized to let the contract and have said drain cleaned out as soon as possible. Carried. Moved by Walter Oliver, seconded by Edward Bryan that Messrs. Milne and Ennis be instructed to let the centred of making a road opposite lot 19, cons. 17 and 18. Carried. The committee appointed to erect a Township hall re- ported that they had advertised for tenders and bad received four, the lowest tender being $800 for the whole contract and that being $100 in excess of the am propriation made the matter was referred back to the council to deal with. Moved by Win. Brown, seconded by Edward Bryan tbat the appropriation be increas- ed $100, that J. W. Fogal's tender be ac- cepted provided the furnish good and suffietient security for the due completion of the work and that the Hall be built an the free site of one filth of an acre offered west of the Methodist church in the village of Ethel. Moved in amendment by Walter Oliver, seconded by Thomas Ennis thee the Hall be built on the free site offered in the village of Cranbrook. The original motion was carried. Mov- ed by Wm, Brown, seconded by Walter Oliver that alr. Spence be inspector on the Township Hall with power to call on the architect if neoessary. Carried. Moved by Thos. Ennis, swouded by Wm. Brown that Mr. Milne be instructed to have a fences put round the lot on which the hall is to be befit. Carried. Clow - oil then adjourned. BEGTILLE MEETING. Council met at BIciDonald's hotel, Crembrook, on Oat. 12th, pursuant to the oall of the reeve. All the members were present except Mr. Milne, deputy reeve Oliver in the ramie, Minutes of last regular and special meetings were read and passed. Comnenuicotioa from W. A. Peet, township of Elmo, requesting this council to have their portion of ditch or drain on boundary of Grey and Elmo, at lot 1, con. 14, cleaned out, Mr. Oliver to attend to it. The engineers certificate, under the Ditches and Watercourses Ad, 1888, to one Gideon Beaten, for digging ditch or drain on lot 12, con. 0, under award, dated 13th December 1888, was laid before the council. Moved by Thos. Ennis, seconded by Wm. Brown that said certificate be paid and the amount platted on the colleator's roll against said /ob. Carried. Moved by Thos. Ennis, seconded by Wm. Brown that the reeve and treasurer be authorised to borrow of the Standard Batik, Brussels, the sum of $700.00 for townehip purposes uutil taxes are paid. Carried. Lamablin McNeil notified the nounoll to reopen the culvert recently cloud up by them ou side road 8, at lots 16 and Moon, 14, and threaten. Ing law if not opened up at owe. Moved by Wm. Brown, ssoonded by Edward Bryan that Duman MoDoneld and Sohn McNeil be reappointed aelleetore at the ;lame salaeles as Iwo yeae. Carried. A. Bylaw was paned on -finning the ap- pointments. The following accounts Were preeented and paid, viz, :—John Gill, plank and wits for culvert, lot 80, cons. 7 and 8, $2.00 ; A. 101, McKay Co., spikes for enlverts, 40a. ; Thera Bird, gravelling on boundary Grey and 111eKillop, 15.00;$Joseph Campbell, in- speotieg riontraot of gravelling on boun• Bary Grey and Melfillop, 54.60; Robert Scott, gravelling at lob 17, oon. 12, 520.10, and repairing oulvert at side road 3, con. 12, 50e.; Charles Switzer, gravelling and grading at lot 4, eon. 12, $28.00 ; Charles Datum, lumber end spikes for rehiring 3 bridges, 611.29 ; Eutoob Clerk, gravel. ling at lot 10, con. 17, 812.55 ; Peewits Miller, grovel, 11.00;$Wm. Smith, making approaches to new bridge at lot 86, eons, 3 and 4, 551,00; Ilart c't Riddell, blank for seleotion of emus, 51,01 ; Geo. Chtek, greed, $17.46; Daniel McMillan, underdrain on boundary Grey and 11To- Killop, 53,60 ; Michael Reymann, break. ing stone on road at tote 15, 13 and 17, arm 12, 58.50 ; Charles Williamson, Gleaning out sward ditch at side road 5, oon. 14, $0.00 ; Gouge Henley, repairing side road 6, sons. 111 and 14, $5.001 Gicl. oon Beown, digging ditch at let 12, oon. 0, engineee's eertiiimete, 827.20 ; Lewis Bottom engineeret exponsee Ditches and Watercourses Aot, 1888, 585.00 ; Henry Ball, gravel, $0.50 ; Thomas Aloenk, grading and box drain at lot 11 oon. 14, $10.00, and 2 box drains at lot 10, Son. 10, 50,00 ; John Steles, filling up oelvoth at Iota 15 and 125.1111. 15, 611.00 ;Jobat Oakley, gravel, 9.1.1t2 ; Awns Brown, keeping up home at gravq1 pit 14 17, oon. 10,8200 ; George Hewitt, grevel, 82.10 ; 0014. Lain:, part parawat on Ethel bridge ountrant, 5.1.00.00 ; Alta. Parris, matter for nalvert at lot 10, con. 12, 00':.;ibibub. Jsntluoouu, part payment on blidge contract at lot 35, cows. 3 and 4, 8200.00 ; Hobart Doeltet, culvert at lot 0, can, 5, $5.00 ; Wm, Holmes, deed fur lot 30, con. He and registration of same, 82.40 ; John Clark, part payment on oontract at Nide road 3, non. 15, 820.00. Uremia then adjourned to nowt again on Tuesday, the 16th day of No- vember next, at Htliel. Wit. SP4N OE, People We Know. Ed. Matson 5 bank from Manitoba. Miss Annie Rivets is visiting at Clin- ton, Rev. R. Paul will preach al Bluevale next Sabbath. Ohas. Grevvar, of Atwoo 1, was home last Sunday and Monday: W, M. Sinclair was in Toronto lost week attending to legal bueiness. D. Horn, teller, lute pee to Beissevain, where he has taken a situation. Lorne Hunter hag purchased a hard. ware business in Fordwieb. He took possession lad week. Jno. Somerset wee on the dell list last week but is able to get about again we aro pleased to notice. R. M. Dickson and Geo. Rogers, jr., spent Sunday in Win:gleam. They took the overland route going. T. Fletcher and wife were in Toronto for a few days this week on a business and pleasure trip combined. 3.13, Houston, General Agent of the Confederation Life Association, waii itt towel this week on a bedtime; trip. George Rogow; lapses Brussels for Lon. don next alontlee, to assume his duties in permeation with the Confederation Life Association. Ambrose Ruchty, who has been in W, Nighting,alo's store for some time, bora ,gone to New Hamburg where Mr. Night- ingale bas purchased a bankrupt stook. TilETY eon letem—The Clinton News - Record soft soaps a Brusselite in the following fashion this week :—W. EL, McCracken, of Brussels the mite who sews a silk tile and long whiskers and scoops in all the prizes he can get, is surely a record bruiser. This year he was on deck at Winghern, Seaforth, &i- gnite, Brussels and Blyth. The result is 138 prizes tacked to his long list) of honors. Mr. MoCreaken is a handsome looking gentleman. Thos. Watson, of Ilerriston, was in town on Wednesday of this week. He bite boon appointed General Agent of the Massey Hauls Company for an eastern territory with Belleville as his head. quarters. He and Mrs. Watson will re- move to their new home next Monday. It is six years since they moved away from Brussels where they had resided for a number of years. We wish them prosperity in their future place of red- denoe, The Clinton paper says :—Mr. Rant, of Southampton, who preached in St. Paul's church, is a young num of great ability and his hearers were mule inter- ested in his discourses. His wife, who is a musician of some note, rendered a solo during the servioes. Ab Et very largely abtended vestry meeting on Monday even• ing a delegation was appointed to wait upon Bishop Baldwin and see if some arrangement could not be made whereby they could suttee the services of Mr. Hunt. No other mune was brought be. fore the meeting. R. S. Flays, the popular young Barris. ter, of Seaforth, and well known in Bras. Sala, was united in marriage to Min Shane, of Blyth, an Wednesday of this week. Lieut. (Dr.) J. W. Shaw, of Clinton, bravely stood by the °ape. through the trying ordeal. Tan Pose hopes thee the solemn covenant entered into by the perby of the first part and the pledges made by the party of the second part will not pnt an end to court- ing but that the aforesaid principals will have health, wealth and happiness in their new relation. Capt. will be the home guard now. Dr. Shaw will soon have to haul down his flag and go over to the "enemy." Hon. Jos. Royal, Lient.-Governor of the N. W. T., is a candidate for the Manitoba Senatorship, vacated by the death of Hon. Mr. Girard, Walter Lane, one of the hese known young men of Crawfordsville, Iud., cone - mated suicide Sunday evening bemuse his sweetheart), Maude Brooks, went buggy riding with a rival. Elijah Russell, aged 14, of Port Huron, with two companions was heating his way wost, and attempted to board a Grana Trunk train at Acton. In some. way Munn was thrown underneath the oars end fatally hurt, Ile died Friday morning. While Detedive Viola, ono of the oldest ofdoere in the London, Ont., force, was trying 50 arrest a man in one of the principal business elloronglifares on Fri- day afternoon of last week, a companion of the man, with whom Phreir was struggling, drew a revolver, placed it against the detedive'e side and timid, in - aiding a wound which, On Wednesday proved fatal. The two men, John Burke, of Guelph, and Thorne Wagon, of To. ewe°, were subsoijnently arrested. Alvinetou correspondent writes :— The all absorbing question of the day la the failure of Cow J.- Go., pewee bank- ers, Of this village. As neer as we be awertaited, the business men in the 011- lage and vicinity will bo out some 000 or $40,000. Some citizens had every dollar they had it the institution, and they have little hope of ever getting tnu�lt of it beck again. It is said the Retries liability is in the neighborhood of $06,.. 000, with naiads between 010,000 nod $20,. 000. It ia a bad blow for the village, as it is only getting over a similar galosh With Thos. Fawcett a few Ware ego, The firm maintain they will pay biker for dollar, and 0 is 50 be hoped they will.