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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1893-1-20, Page 1itinwierieriviimetriiiritos.me.treuenramor...2....antarteraovim7legerteenr. Au 'exw.a.r.zAstwooguemr.r/Lmhamtzitnsase........w..Ie.ie.eeew,I*','4'e, Vol. 20. No. 28 BRUSSEL6, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1893 W. H. KERR, Prop, intireilawxesmearesarsegmermarsarsmez-vrewnrowornr.m.,cexacmassamer.rmarapo,•15.. '.1.....vv,,,,....sar.--,,,•;-..,;..mwhttat.....4.gratosetgalupreektostlIV..^.9..npiple.ma.onnornuvarannweeseqeorater4aratogenmsmtoncromare....ameme..snoranme--armawatmuirananne............,..-maeir.oymm....u.m.........rmeosivgaurasomaluatleili. the Inert into pietiire and MTN them twice a. year at oertain 130.1.0010. for a, m 'LOCI I -lumber of years. 0.1 • tiler 4111,11 of nor spell teetuat tide iambs of eradiceting them tvett11 net stieweal. Allow im Beetle to meter,. It not v be eery difficult to llounmpli,311 this at 51,4t, Wh011 we undone/to to elan n, horn, but generelly ispeekin , it may to largely pre - Yea .d by modifying the retation' for a time. Tho apeoilla modes of hindering weeds from tiffany: will vary with the species of the weed and also with the erop. Ex•wolee core in parohasing seeds. They should not Oil y be 0111101111,30(1. from reliable Beedsmen, but where their pree- e1404. 13 ,1e,l0t1 illAV S11011141 it; all him ards be removed before iiewmg the gram. They are oftener eroded in the [merle of cloven; end geanee them then of cereal grains, hence a particular care should be exercised in the introduction of these, Give threshing machines due attention. When then come from teams Minted with weeds they should be thoroughly swept before commencing their work, it id also Ilnwo I to run fur a little time when empty to further clean th-no Ci'.. teed n to screeitings from the fanning mill. It [any be wise in many inetences to buru the chaff al screenings hiall are 01 little or no value, that have wine from Avinn,,cved grain, The iuferior portions of tee grain, usual• ly teemed screenings, may be boiled or ground before beide fed. Crow hoed crops am far as practicable, more especial. ly during the cleaning period. Oppor- tunity is thus given for committing al - meet any form of weed life, to almost any period of bhe growing StlaS013. The Eloquent stirring of the ground is very helpful to the germination of the seeds in the same. Hoed crepe are much more effective as aids in destroying weeds when duo attention is given to tbe cultivation as lute as this may be done without injury to the crop. Keep the laud growing mops. In the coeflict with weede the land should be kept busily at work. With some kinds of sod we can easily get two °rope a your, and wh re this is practiced, the process will bo found very helpful in destroying weeds. The nature of these crepe will depend largely epee climate, soil and the requirements of tee farm. Stimulate growth. When the growth of the crops is strong, more eapodally early in the season, meny forme of weeds are left bellied in the race. Growing good creps is another nitrite for good !arming, hence good farin. ing is in itself a great hirolrancie to the multiplicatioe of weeds. The spread a weeds is always numb more rapid in impoverished farms. Growth may be stimulated by improved celtivation, by the application of manures, artificial or homemade, and by growing catch coops for turning under. Give attention to oultivation. By this we mean the tilling of the soil after harvest with a view to the destroying of weeds. No other mode of destroying weeds will probably be found so eflioadons for the outlay as this. As soon as the craps aro removed the land that is not sown to grass should be gaugplowed. All weeds that are thee growing above the eurfece are turned under. Tho seeds of others lying in the soil are encouraged to ger- minate and these in turn are again des troyed by harrowing or cultivntine, ..r by the late Autumn plowin,g that pre cedes ile advent 4,1 the winter. Ceteh crops may sometimes be grown on lauds plowed at this season. Do the work thoroughly. The cheapness of the pro• ens is usually in direct proportion, first to its completeness and s; and to the brevity of the period occupied in doing it Maiutaiii cleetoliness when secured. The general management of the farm must bo good, that good orope ordinarily may he grown end every p .rtion of it must be gotta over once or ttvice a year with the spud, exoept the put (leveled to hoed crop,. When lands bats once been made fttiely clean, one pawn will have no difficulty in going over ten nalla a day with the spud and removing from the same ell noxious forms of weed life. We have proved tide over and over again iti our own experience. Prof. Slimy then answered a huge umber of questions concerning the leetration of weeds. The answers aro fully given in Bulletin No. 95. "The Farmer's Vegetable Garde, "was EL L. Hutt's topic Match he handled in a clever off heed way, giving a lot of valuable information. He agreed debt tide necessary adjuna to every farm should not sorimped but large enough to admit (if the nee of horse, plow, ord. Mentor, :ko. Extend tows the long way. Divide gerden into two pane, one for vegetables, other for small Molts, rho. barb, tee. Gob reliable adls. How with a drill. Keep rows apart, Sow morly and keep cultivator ping. Grow straw- berries, raspberries, tomatoes, la. A number of persona present queetioned Alt Hutt on various recto tionuereiug gardening all tif which be explailied, Ur. Jackson read a, well arranged paper on nits care and management of o flock to make 11 profitable." Tee damns ioo was renewed on beef cettle. Mr. McMillan also gave their ei. periense dothotning 88 head of cettle. Alt. Morrison spoke on the quatIon of Creameriee. Before the Convention Woad" the following remoIntion wee no. animonsly adopted :—Ateved by Thos. Molefilluu, emended by Alex, elan:liner Met the farmers ef this gestate] aro cleeieous of recording their belief that so far as one knowledge gone reepuning the health of Canadian bards they aro entire. ly free from any cootageous disease, and we hereby instruct ma delegates to the Central Institute to bring the; question befoee time body so es to secure an ex pressioto of. opinion in belet11 of the farmers of this Previa°, W. 11, Dingman, a the Stratford Herald, has boon chosen one of the Col- legiate Institute Trustee.; tat that city. The Mitchell Horticulturel Society have elected William White, of mbh,o, l'raddeot, tid J. 04. obeiatio, Seeeetary. Training'. 1t was meolved to hold an- t/thee MI Fair, aloe A. Burritt, Fred, Davis and T. B. Ford were Appointed a committee to get up ran and other attractions, East Huron Fapmerd' 1p, nonl. 37 ytate ego $40e,000 wore ' borrowea for road making in Iltwon Cu 111:80N ettgseenr. The next fair of the 0.111:Plete Poultry la also apparent, :dam they then use hiss of the nutriment in that ehould go to senate iim tt 4, they ieje. th liae thio11orave leg „nal overeitadowing, rind tie -wens certainly lets label. involved no moulding thein. verious •Mbileitei by /..111;04 w 40; • 31 ttole.1 ese -fee worthy of ant:titled. eiumetimea they aro watts I Moat tilay long dientota by the. winds of heaven, and are in this way d isteibto ed over arena widely soperseed 114 all all, ItI10:11st ; t alter time they nee violentiy ehakeit out of the need pude in whioh they grow, .e.tul driven :long over tho ornemil surface of the snow for nthes to a little. Birds (ferry teem to lied fro siltuts. 1 four ) s .fil phi . Ire rem .0 41itt ( The eighth 1111111.1111 meeting 01 III 31t3aet Heron Fames(' Listittote wart Me( in the T iwn Hall, Bruenele, on Tbure thy Fridey of last week, jell. 1211 and 13t1. -Vile meeting opened at 1:3 p. ni. on Thursday aloe notwithstandin ho textreme cold mud had 81,400 of bit roads there was a large and repto resou hive tw erout of fa•niers present. In 01ab;enee of the Preeident, U. McFadden the Vioe.Preeiclent, Straehati took the ebair end after n taw pointed re mat ;it, On bus 1.I.10 .0 4..1 thin faethete and the help it wit to then who took advantage of it, called for the first topi whioh was "The bra ding and manage cent of pigs," by John a Morridon, o MoKillop. The speaker dealt pretty ex haustively with the relative merits of the pig end from a practical standpoint. He contended ilea there wore quiolter re - tams and inOre ;wont f..iin Mgt that from 'my other alliMal 011 the farm. Middlings Wall flinch better and cheaper feed than penal Disoussom followed uy Jelin Stafford, Alcx. Clardiner and others. ttoxtTito subject “Pattouing (Nada" MIS introduced by NV. Butthanan, in the Masao a Prof. Shaw. Alen), p dine of interest were bronghi out in this acichees. The discussion was continued by Alex. Gardiner, John Stafford, Thos. Straiten, Juan es Pardo and others. In ilia di a oussion ;gr. Strachan said that he put the core into the silo last Fall without being cut and it was aiming out no eptes- did condition. He was also feeding it to his stook without being out and they were doing well ht. This la a saving of money and labor and will serve the Hanle purpose. "Rotation of crops" WW1 the next sub- jeet, by H. L. Hutt, Ti. S. A., Ho said ohat the object of a rotation is to turn to advantege the peculiar mittliths of owe amp to benefit another crop and ecotio• mize the plea food in the soil. He dealt with the subject in a very practical tnan• noir and much useful information was gained by all. "Why we should increase onr Hicks and how to improve them," was the sub jest of ato excellent paper read by John Jeckson, of Abington. Among other Oo lehe said that the soil and dinette of °Aerie le equal to any other counti.y in the world for sheep raising. The paper contained moll vet nable informa. don and brought forth sono lively dis• anion. At the evening session President Mc- Fadden ocouptect the chair and gem a brief opening address. Excellent duets ware given on the violin and organ by W. Rands and Mre. D. Walker. They were well deserving of the encores re• calved. Mr. Buchanan gave a short licl• dress on "Agricultural Education," out- lining the course taken by a pupil at the Ontario Agricultural College. Mr. Hat's subject was :Tanning as an otempation." After speaking of the choice of to profes. sion he gave four essentials to make it a 8100000 :— 1—Love for the occupation ; 2—Knowledge of the business ; 13—Per. severance ; 4—Faith in the ultimate elm. cess. The edition wee very nicely plan. lied. A. solo "The Auld Scotch Songs," was well rendered by Jas. McAlpine. Prof. Hawkins also favored the audience with "The man behind the plow" and as an encore owe an organ sold well worth bearing. Mr Buchanan recited an amusing selection about a lightning rod man. The last and bingen Sposoli was given by Robt. Currie, of Wawanosh. Ile efts billed to alio on "General hilite on fanning," and he cut a wide swarth. A. vote of thanks was given to the per' sots who assisted en motion ti Vice. Ptosident Strachan and T. McLaueblia. The meeting was brought to a close by singing the National Anthem. ,y funds peel elm the too. are:teas. Model Snowed: prasented the Andifoef revert fur 111112. ehowed the readpts to !teen bent 4144.111 mid expoilitere, 401.00, lowing beldam oa Maud of '150,.04. There are 102 I tiembers Tito re 0 port Was accepted and adopted. g "The kind of cattle for the British market" wire altro Need by Thos. Mo. Mellen, Hallett. Exporting cattle to o 0001patatiVilly a IlsW 1)1.1SlOOSS, ad in 1871 wily 45;3 head wore •thipped Med, Mit id 1890 there were exported 042,593 0011,0 from Ce ale awl ha II S. ee smutty Canada hal shipped. mottle in varying con•litioue but now that an 0 (endues° had beau put on, nothing but the highest prices. Cress breedine from • prime stook vault! go, Black Pelle; Angus and. Durhm agrades coinffiended • Fichte: manilla'sn sessioopened about 3030 with Vies -President Straohan presiding. Tho first subject taken tip was "Irnprovemeet of public roads," by Oho. C. Morrison MoKillop. He nivo. aided the F,wavelling of all oonceesion ubit. In his township it cost 4000 an. nuttily for gravel, SO that road making was an expansive tnatter. All inclines ehould be made as long as possible to aid in Marl hauling ever hills. Roads should be 22 feet wide and should loo turnpiked before being gravelled. The sides of roads !should be slanted off so as to allow water to run off. Ditubes need not be wiry deep nor much of to grade on roads through dry lama The sides a the road should be levelled and utilized by arias. tritons. This would also improve tho ap• pennon of the farma. Reeds 'Mould bo turimilted wide enough to admit three conveyament abreast. Good roads are great benefit to farmers, especially in marketing precise° or sending milk to oheese factaies. few clitobes dug aoross roads tied filled up with St011et would do innoli toward drying up wet pitmen. Small brush averted with gravel to better in swamps than "ot•esswitying." Statute labot• i• risponsilde for good or bad ramie, In litoKillop there are 113 Pathmastas. People often grumble about doing road work but Pablunasters thould be more pat:Hadar in outnplying with the declaration taken by them. :Every load of gravel should measure e yard. Livery men should pay an. noel license for the large amend of attvelling done ott roeds. Wide tired ;siemens should be used and sleighs he models propel: width. Luther township •dirl away with Statute leiter and date that the oltange wade; very eetiefestorily, but most farmore would rather: do the work than pay additional taxes. There are 8,000 daps Salta° Moor in MoKilloa. Gravel should not be pet on ie. the unlese weather in dee!, :this topic was discussed hy C. Miclue, Currie, H. L. Hutt, T. Streolian and. others, Narrow grading was edvortated hy some of them. 50 cents a clay instead OC to cley's work world bo etiflieient to effect wotidatel imotevenuiet in uonntry reeds, 60 Oetlta WAS 1110 (Norge in Luther- Thorne of a, good scraper to level merle In the Spring was a neeeesity tor geed made- If eon. tracts weds la for rood work there might be danger of jobs being put Omen the the latter had done WWI. Cattle meet be of good quality ; scrubs must be done away with and only the beet bred sires need. Lies food will fattee goal grid s than scene miatle. Feeding should give en.a e ee 1 e eyth a id 5 annnale should be in geed cuuditent. Dott. overstnek pasture nor keep cold quarters in Wit.Early autarky IA a point to be aim.: I at 20 to 13•yettaolels are the Mst Ageo to fillip for money rnaltiim, but dent stionflee quality for weight. Those weighirtg 1,200 to 1,500 will comman as /mod prices at( heavier cattle in the British untrket. The preeent restriction tent curtail primal aornewhet. Currie thought the Polled Angus a good breed for this country. No need of dethorning them. Dal not think it it good idea to keep cattle too fat nail 2 years old. Chopped feed with roots ie preferable to ineal. (Alt. McMillan Held they had 80 two- yearoilde that would male 1,250 pods each now, Never allow °attic to lose the calf's flesh. We feed °rushed oats, oat meal in milk with itn occasional supply of flax -seed. When castes are th mou old hay is put in their boxes and in June calves are turned out to pasture. Ala Strachan wanted to know why mottle did better on grass than other fool Ur. Hutt said grass is 0 concentrated food containing alliumenoids in a forth stock can best tin them. A good cow would raise 5 calves with her milk by proper arritegement. Elen.oit of ,fficers toms the first bai- ting of the aftern on session. On motion ot :Medics. McMillan Smillie, Uriah Mobatildeu was re.. lected Pre.ident. Moved by J. C. Morrison, seconded by T. Davidson that all the officers of 1892 be re -appointed. Carried. They are Si follows 1—President, U. aleFacIdee, Vioe-Pres., T. Strachan ; title..Te.all., A. Hislop ; Directord, R. Edgar, W. Multerrioher, T. B. Sanders, A.. L. Gibson, S. Black, T. Magrove, R. Dilworth, D. Robertson, J. efowbray, T. E. Hays, R. 310MR:tn J. Entton, S. Walker, W. fr. lifeCracken, Geo. jack - son and las. Sham. Auditors, H. For- syth and D. Stewart. Prof. Shaw gave lei instructive address on "Eradication of noxious weeds." He said that weeds prevail to an alarming ex • tent in the Province of Ontario is peteut to eve. y one wit. hes given the enbjeet any attention. That they are on the in. crease is more than probable. The ootn• plebe eradication of the more noxious forms of weed life has oome to be looked upon es an impossibility by many en- gaged in tilling the soil, a view which tends to paralyze the efforts that would otherwise bo pot forth to destroy them. elle loss whieh they 01411/10 to the farmers of this province in tho large amend' of of plant food which they take from the ,oil every year• is very greet, and the labor expended in efforts to deetroy them, often to 1101 purpose, probably repre- sents a still greeter loss. Some of them, as the Canada thistle, ere pretty genet. ally distributed by the various iteencies cone •rued in their propagetion, and fre; quentty they obtain a foothold from which it is difficult to dislodge them, b.:- fore their presenoe is knotru. 'In reference to the destruction of the more noxious weeds, our contention is, first, that the more troublesome forms of weed life can be eradicated on every farm ill Ontario, if the farmers decade that so it shall be. Second, that this San be accomplished without heavy out• lay wheal it is done in a ceratin way. Third, that; when weede are ones era. Mated it will bo etteily possible to keep them so with lint little outlay. And, fourth, that the profits will bo much larger where the farms are kept free from weeds. When we say Mut the more troublesotne forms of weed life SOU be eradiated, we mean that they oan be removed so nompletely, that they will came to incerferu with any rotation that rnay be desired, that they can be am. pletely banished front every faem, exoept in so fee as the seals are brought again by natural and Millet agencies, and that when so brought, with the necessary vigilance 0114.0 in Sall be easily dos. troyed. Thee this work oite be etwom- plished without heitvy ontlay Ims been fully demonstrated in our experionoo the Farm. We oltdm Pat the whole larin was brought to olein condition in three years without the loss of a payingorop, arop, and without resorting to the barefallow, fallow, while in a umber of instances two crops were grown the Sa11111 SO(48011. The only outlay for which there Was SO direct retern was labor spent in hand pulling and spuddieig, m1110111,1 the three years =emoted to hot more Mute ;3250, f The neat/option that when wade aro I well overcome, it will not be, difficult lir t costly to keep them at bay, Is dimly 1 rou,sonable. Viey will dime again t and keep coming is certednly true. Brit o to affirm that it will coat more to keep o them wholly at boy than only pet:daily so, 080ometimos clone, is eateinly o logioal. Our experienee during the peat year has taught us, that to 0116 hundred 1 Aore farm when circa In a 01000 con. t (aloe, may bu kept so whero the gebeeal mothode of caltivatioa aro geode withent d expending a lager sari than 425 pee d year in spudding end hand t That the mks will he nonoh largee t When the tads ao kept free frotri Weeds t in tboir i....nnom• st•oking onnli, of food for tiesineet vos and their young. aomet inlets the SPOtiri are carried by wild 1.1.01slali W0011 snal(111S their wiater stores. At other tames the s-ett aye cerried in the droppings of domeetic animals frono fleet to field, and those which adhere to the 0010 are in this way (order] to other operas. Some eerietiee Inc borne down upon ns hy the floods which swell the e ',Lae 00 d .01.14davit twin iit4t.., estm ed feri taigas we b111' me! te. frOin atRua,1, Very Of t1311 they nt brou4lie. to ti y the thee:Ming wahine fium ecoghlenee farm And yet again wobny them in the immures that w //torah:mbow ms in cities, towns ;mei villages, and it i wader apples that e comfrom .lieatocos more or lees re• mute, while meaty carry them from field to ;field in the twintire made upon the term. It should be kept in mind at the same time, that chore 10'0 blit two ways' in which weeds may increase through their own inhereut powere, viz., by ma. twine their seehe and by means of (weeping roottooks which p ash their way through the Roil, arid ill thill way form new plate. Heppily these aro both under our control, s0 that where geode roe allowed to InnItiply, it is be- muse enitable nomteures are not 0810,1 00 annoy them. General principles to be -observed in destroying weeds, Stridy their halts of growth. We should nob only study the hateits of tee growth of weeds, but we should adapt our methods of subduing them acoadiugly. Weeds are olassect annuale, biennittls and perennials. A.nnuale dimplete the oyole of heir existence in a. single year. When annuals are prevented from ripen- ing their eeeds upon any term from year to year, the time must come when that °lass of weeds eon he completely (Leeway ed. They would be cleetrovecl in a singleyear, year, but for the fact that many of the seethe beenuse of the oily coating in which they are encesed, have great power to resist the Mani -toes of decoy, Melee they may remain 1 the soil for years and yet retain their vitality. 1139 effort then in destroying anneals should be filet, to prevent Ham from ra tering seeds, and seeorici, to adopt such modes of cultivation as will most quickly force them into germination, that they may be destroyed. Those modes include autumn mold vatiou and the !Towing of root crops. Biennials complete toe cycle of their existence in two years, many of them are uharaottrized by a tap rout which goes deep into the soil. During the first year large quantities of starch are stored up in the root, and this is utilized during the SOOOMIyeer produe Mg aleundaidie of MAVIS. It follows therefore, that any mode of destruction that may be adopted that; will prevent this ales of weeds from reproduoing seeds, will also, in time, effect their de- struction. This °Inas of weeds cannot well resist the influence of good oultivu. don, hence we and thorn most common in old MOMIOWS, pesturee, 'thong rode.. sides aud bpplietee generally. In a Bh plesee persistent cutting 10000 be reported to. Peranniels live from year to year. Of these there ere two classes —the simple, and the weeping peren- nial. Tho simple perennial is reprsdno• ed from seed ouly, The 0/Pepe dais, ia a typo of this °less. The creeping peren nial Is itot only reproduaecl from se A, but is also propagated by means of root• stooks, which push through tho soil. These rootstocks are filled with latent buds, each ono of which is capable or sending up a fresh plant under favorable oaditions, Them favorable conditions are heat aud moisture, and a fresh itn- pulse ia also given to growth when tory disturbing influenoes, as breaking off from the perent nem through cultivation is brought to bear upin the roots. Fleece it 1, that cultivation in moist weather is more likely to promote than to hinder their incense. The 011LInda thistle furnishoe a familiar example of a oeeep• ing perennial. In destroying peeennials, we must labor to smother them, or to bring the roots to the anduem by oulti• n, valeowhere they will perish by ex potence Any moria of destroying them. wil1 be round effeutive ie one tOtl,S011, that will prevent them from breathing, through the /(3111/014 for neveral months in the season of growth. But where the at. tempt is made to destroy them by ould. vation which is only partially °flailed the roeiclue of the plants left in the land aro given exceedingly favorable condition's for developtnent, owing to the toOao condition in which the soil is left. Whenever the attempt is made, themloro, fore, to destroy creeping perennials, they should be unshed out, root and branch, in one setteon. They odd ooine again througb seeds that will linger in the soil, but due waeolifulness will soon succeed in removin thean. Drop (iodide coops out of tho rotation, tools (traps as allow the WOOdS width in. en them to ripen. Some wade, as for esteem° pigeon weed thud wild flax, ripen heir suede early, as in winter wheat and my clop, Others, MI ragweed, eipen heir seeds late, as in the sawed (tutting f olova. In combatting theao various leases of weeds, therefore, the work will be greatly fecilitatea by dropping the rop out of the rotation for a time in dila the wnts ool ripe. At catty weeds, lowever, grow in every variety of crop, hie mode ie not, go e,prdietthlo to 11001,A.dope methrele of oradioation lo con. itions of soil and climitte. Those con - Noes have an important infittenoe on ho growth of tvoods, The Ceneeitt Mello for imitation, an be destroyed in lay nails with ft P1111 aeheifil, by taning tunas ineet eg of the above Ag- rhoa' (teal Suti, 0 v,s heti it Olio 0 •tut• elt (nim', Britseele, on Weffi,day nt ertmon of this week, les. Forgueoli, I reettlatit, in the eh dr. Tim auditor:3' rep •rt was read by the Someway, from which the following is a summary :- 1110St11,11t. To balenoo from 1801, " donation from Grey (Minch' mernbces subscriptions, Legisletive Grant, $ 32 32 350 00 850e 800 00 $1267 32 exameretnte, By prises 1802 balance 'ill, 9 1102 75 Legis. Grant to other 13d:fetid!, 420 00 " all other expellees, 103 97 $ 1187 72 Balance on hand, 480.00. Prizes to pay et thi' date, $78,00. Lain year the Sanity was $80.00 in debt. Moved by NV. tl. Kerr, seenuded by Was. Medlelltim that the revert be accept. ed and adopted. Curreat, 'rho following Maid wee elected for 1898 :—Preeideitt, Jaii. Ferguson ; 1st Vice Preeident, A. Komig ; 2nd Vice President, David Milue ; Direetors, W. II. Kern, Geo, Johnston, W. H. Mc- Cracken, Jas, McCallum, Alex, Gardiner, Damian MaLauohlin, Alex, Ross, P. Scott and JI.10. Brown. A. Hunter and Strechan, Auditors. Representative to Agrioultural Council, Samuel Dainude, Flesherlon. See.-Treas., Stewart. A. meeting of Directors will be held in firuseels in 'Nue for the arranging of Fall Show, prize lists, tee. OttCY 010011. Tho annual meeting of the Grey Branch Agricultural Society was held in the Town Hall, Brussels, on Tbursdey the 1'4th lust , when the Auditors' report for the year 1892 was eabmitted, show- ing a balance in the treasury of 924e. The following officere were eleetecl for the current year :—President, Alex. Stewart; Vine-Presideut, James Fergu- son ; Direotors, Thos atafauchlin, Thos. Stritchau, Wm. Pollard, Adam Koenig, Peter Robertson, Amos Smith, Alex. Gardiner and Thos. Davidson ; See, Treas., D. Stowell ; Auditors, W. H. Kerr and F. S. &eta ( )/1.111211di.41111J. e S. Ingersoll has 95 telephones. Guelph buried five deceased indigent in 18981f Te Salvation Army have been in Canada ten years. Over 2,000 lambs were shipped from Guelph to Buffalo recently. A 80116010 is on toot in Woodstock to establish an hospital there. X. H. Teal, wbo was elected Reeve of Vienna by aoolamation, has resigned tbat office. Bishop Dowling will leave Hamilton for Borne otiJaii. 28, to attend the Pope's jubilee oelebration. Kirkton people and farmers of the neighborhood are getting a, joint stock company to build and rne a grist Au open vote on the sewerage question was submitted to the property holders at Belleville, and was defeated by a large maiTl°treibItY1.5,000 bylaw for water works improvement was defeated at Sarnia. The horse fire service bylaw was carried by 11 small majority. Po' the first time in seven yeas the Nita:era riser is frozen et its mouth, and people are coning freely. An ice bridge so early in the season has never been known before. A. rumor prevails at Quebec that the 0. P..11. Company will this year transfer its three Einpressas, note on the Pacific onto, the Atlantic, ant that the Guioit bitis ateamers will take the .Paditic road The 0. P. It. train from Woodstoolc for St. Thomas stale in a snow delft three miles west of Belmont at 8:15 Tuesday afternoon, and it was 5:40 Wed nesday morning before they dug them• eaves out. Mrs. Tea, widow of the late G. T. R. Cloutier/tor Teat, St. Thomas, hos re. ceived $2,500, inaratioe on her late hus band's life, from the Railway and Freight Conductors' Mutual Aid end Benefit As - sedation of Chicago. It le st tel that the G. T. R. 0o. will build a uew passenger station at Glencoe this summer. ele building will be erected a short distance west of Main street, on the north side of the Mak, P101 a platform 4xtending to Main street. Blenheim is talking wrongly of seperat• ing trent the County of Kent, principally on eseetenti of the injustioe of the equali. motion assessment. Blenhoitn is mead higher than Wallenberg, which has 50 per cent. more population. Having no bad roads, no groat bridges to build, Blenheim has little benefit on being tax• ed cm a year. D. 11105.1111an, lot 25, 10th Ile:), Edo, in going to hie barn ono morning records ly, was treated to memo: tot uitploaetent surpriao by finding that the floor of hie pottery had given way during the night and the whole of his grain preoipitated 00 the collar below. Hie logs trill be uon- siderable, on acoonnt of the different kinds( of grain getting mixed ; beeicies, ono of his tows was killed and enothor injowed by the mass felling on them. William Solontou, a reepooted farmer of Huron township, Bruce county, was frozen to death on Monday of last tveott. Ito went out to the barn a than dint/sae from the house, after dark, and in at- tempting to return through a blinding snow storm prevailing, he mined the wIty. When hie family could enmintini- oath with neighbore, a eettrohing petty was foented, and a Matter° field of allow from six to eight feet deop wtto entirely turned over before the roulettes of the Mort:demote man wale diet:ire:crud, tiosion stiff as he 316(1 flt1100 exhausted in toe snoW, about sixty rode from his honee. it was Thersday afternoon when the dieocwory wee made. Doomed Woe in his Gard yea- Tile funned took plea on Sittertley, and was largely ettendetl, Aetmeintion will be heel at New Hanle Lag. I A gotten e.g.( . 'diet na the 1001 (:011110,4,10,1 1 esioden tewnehip. It measured seven feet freei tip to tip of wings Ex•Mayor Sleeetaii, ni Gueloh, was peoseeted with g lt.tlto le 1 areas by the Gu. Ipli City Council on retiring from offiee tide year. The ()aerie Yeting Pimple's 'Baptist Association will meet at Woodetook in May. About 400 delegate's will attend the eonferenee. Principal Glendenning of the elarkdale peed.. ' ; ,, 101, Ir.. tipn.soi jab for the purpose of assuming control of the Dundalk Herald. Hiatus Walker ;a ei me have io Mind at Weaned t, sotnewhet over 11,000,000 gal - 10118 of winds eve epee which there 1 colleutable tea amounting to $5,70;1,000. 'The Leamington Orange Lodge, at recent meeting, pend to series 0( resolu- tions cotulanthitee the 0011)0 Otto) of Clark Welke. of poeitieu tie ler Sir Jelin Thempson, whom the resolution •efeie t • e. ILIt.alai 4;1 die iu Canadtt, neui also reftee .0 the seuaing of the Orange Pain areal illaseir, efac- ketizie flo,vell, to the Semite, as a t, shift to get him ant of the way of Quebec:" bigotry, hie refuge from. respoeeibilty at the voile at future elootione, mud his eliasiug the while feather on tho field of battle. Coudator Snider, the well knave evangelist, was the hero of an adventure at New Hamburg station on Saturday. W11110 he was waiting for his trait the 4:30 express mane in. As it rushed up to the nation a lady, who did not soot) bear it, attempted to arose the track. A shout of warning oaueed lier to look aeound. Seeing the rapidly agproauhing train she lost her pressuce of mind and would have been struck by the engine had not Mr. Snider duelled across the track, enutoh• ing the bewildered lady from her peril just as the train swept by. The lady and her preserves teem both uneousoioue for some militates efterwards, The affair caused a greet soneation in the little towii. J.G. Wegenast, of Hespeler, is the °weer of u, unique piece ot mecee-nism in the ehape of a maestri elook, nt oh Mr. Wegenast received tis a legacy from his father. The clock itself stem& 7 feet 6 inches high, 3 feet 4 inane wide ene 2 feet deep. The Oast was manufactured by Alt. Wegenast, sr., who bought the works in Germany in 1835 at 8001 of 4800. On the top front ere arranged aix figures in uniform with instrumenta which they raise to their mouths just before the cloak sulked the hour, and play a tone. The clock plays 16 tunes, ranging from Home Sweet Home to Yankee Doedl... Besides telling the tune it also indicates (be day of the mouth. Mr. Wegenast has been offered a free trip to end from Chicago if he will consent to exhibit thio wenderful dock at the World's Fair. A Silver Creek, Man., Despatch, Jan. 9th, says :—While ateleuok was re - turtling from Binnarth Friday night, his horses became frightened by a peek of wolves howling near by. He succeeded, however, in keeping the houses on the broil until the hungry peek teolt after chem. The howling of dm davage beans meth/ the already frighteued team en. manageable anti darting off the trail, through etiowdrifte and :snob, tore the cutter almost to pieces, the wolves keep. iug well up with them ee the horses were by this tuns getting fatigued in the deep snow. Fortunately they streak another trail which, beiug ti godb one, they Itept and 11 0000 brought them and their driver safely to Mr. Livingstone's door, where they stopred, and mete too soon, as tho otter wits almost a total wreak auci could not hang together muoh longer. Its 000upant, having no meaus of defence, weed have fared barky had he been thrown out amongst the ferooious pack. The last of the St. George oases have been entled by the G. T. Reffiway. About a year ago several of these suits were settled by the plaintiffs getting only a email amount mom than they had al- eady paid out it costs. In Jame Mag - a -lent was given by the Chancery Divis- ion Court in favor of the plaintiffs ; and at that time all wore coaled with the ex. caption of D. W. Kam and R. NV. Knight. The defendants gee e notice of appeal and the time for senile. costs down for ar• gutnent expired ou'Deo. 80th last. Mr. Kann gets 47,400, of which 0500 it lois solicitor's costs. Mr. Knight gets $7,000, over half of whieh is the ceste of Nlessrs. Road, Read it Knight, his solioitors and weasel. Mr, Kern has sectored for him• self a much larger stun than sus. of the other plaintiffs In these suits, X. G. Wal- lace was solicitor for Ala Kan. The other five gaits for damages were settled, was reported, for these amounts SWil,11193,500 ; D. Petwoolc, $2,500 ; Mrs. Francis, 42,000 ; Mrs, Peers, 90,000; Mrs, Martin, 42,000. Arthur Allan, the youngest son of the Into Sir Hugh Allem, of Montreal, 0101 10 death uy eulfooation at an oa'ly hour Monday noodling. Ito had spent the latter portion of Sunday evetiing at the Ste James' Olith with a number 01 1,1115 and about 1 o'clock Monday matting left the club, going Mime to his room In Dor. (Mesta Oren, only a few yards from Lite club Imen. Soma time irftee the other occupants of the homes wore nvittlt tiled by snook° inning front Mr. Allen's sittingwoom. Wan the door wan mom. ed the flames were speedily extinguished and the young man wag found sitting in his only uhair deed. Investigation showed that ho tooet likely fell eeteen and dropped his glowing cigar oigo li the wAsto paper 1 isket, and death by suilootetiou frono tau smoke had eaetted. Mr. Allem had boon iu poor health rot' 1401110 time,Reeving from sore throat. Aram Alan was otio of the most p pit yoneg Mee in town, He lied only attained his majority a. NW months ago, Vbe:, by the tering of Sir [ludo All ,i's will the A tn ennie NOS divided. Ar• thur's dome brought in a revenue of about $40,000 a year. The tragic death Mee created a great eoneation in the city on account of the prominence of the