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The Brussels Post, 1893-8-25, Page 1Vol. 21. No, 6. CANADA IN MINIATURE. With all the onterprise and competitive spirit of her Yankee cousins, Canada has made a display at the World's Fair wbiuh adanirably serves its purpose of illustrating the natural and developed re• sources of her vast territory. No depart• meat of expoeitioa has been slighted by Canada, saga the Chicago Herald. Each big building oonteina a comprehen- sive exhibit, installed according to the best mothode that eonld bo employed to make it attractive. Poseeeaed of resources so nearly similar to those of the U. S. that but slight distinctions can be drawn, Canada has been animated by the spirit of competition more keenly, perhaps, than any other nation represented at Jaoleson Park. ;She has given specie) at- tention to the display of her agrioulbaral products, teem which she prides herself most. She has not neglected, either, the Mesta/Ms hidden beneath her broad do - male, ae can be seen in the Mining gilding. The same oonsoientione en. deavor to do herself justice has been manifested everywhere in the exposition and the result has been most satisfagtory to the visitor. Great care has been taken by the do. minion official to properly present the display in the Agricultural Building, A. beautiful court covering 7,000 square feet and rising twenty-five feet from the floor, stands, a model of its kind, on the north side of the center aisle. It is surmount- ed by a handsome trophy and by a large stuffed deer from the Rocky mountains. The curtain which surrounds the court on four sidee is made entirely of grain and straw tastefully and artistically ar- ranged. DIBPLAY'e nY PROVINOEO. At the west corner of the court, On- tario, the banner proviaoe of the doauin• ion, has a large and tastefully arranged display. A handsome pavilion, made entirely of cereals and grasses from the Ontario Government Agricultural College at Guelpb, is admired by all visitors. Samples of grain in glen jars constitute a beautiful trophy whieh rises to a height of fully thirty-five feet. The display of grain and cereals from the province of Quebec is oue of the most beautiful in the seotiou. An interesting feature is a magnificent tropby of Canadian tobacco. There is wises pretty showing of maple sugar and syrnp, which are two staple products of this provtuee. The display of Braine and cereals from the great grain -growing areas of the Northwest show the splendid quality and extensive variety of these staples from the store- house of the dominion. There is also a splendid exhibit of furs and stuffed birds which adds largely to the attractiveness of the display. The maritime provinces of the dominion show splendid exhibits of cereals and grains. Across the aisle from the handsome agricultural court is a eeeond apart containing exhibits of ales and beer. Here is the mammoth Can. adian cheese which attrects general at- tention. There is also a display of biscuits, cheese, mineral and aerated wafers, bacon, hams and an exhibit of Canadian whiskies. In the annex of the Agricultural Building, Canada tuts a largo display of agricultural machinery. wnnRE COTTON IS nEGENT. Canada has outdone her mother coun- try in the neat and pretty curtains she has created around her section in the ., Manufactures Building. The seotion is on the west side of Columbia avenue, with Great Britain on her north, Den- mark on the south, and Belgium on the east morose the avenue. Every foot of 10,000 square feet of space is crowded with manufactured goods from all parte of Canada. There are a great many lines of manufactured produote in the Canadian court which will compare favorably with those of the older, more populous and more pretentious mann. featuring countries. The cotton king has been et work in the dominion, and in two long, well -finished native wood, cases are most tastefully arranged 'many of the products of the Canadian cotton mills. Cotton fabrics of all kiuds are shown, and textile goods occupy a prominent plaoe. Tweeds, meltone, braids, silk thread and carpets) are also extensively exhibited. Gloves, hosiery, nndsrweer and ready-made clothing are tastefully arranged in glazed oases made of Canadian elm, birch' and cherry, Two very pretty. cans are filled with specimens of women's work from different parts of the dominion. There is also a creditable exhibit of sole and harness leather. Soalea, stoves and hollow ware, water heaters, horse shoes, stove polish, screens, rivets, spades, shovels and an immense array of like articles meet the eye in every direction. An exhibit of circular and band saws of almost every pattern has attracted much attention, and it is doubtful whether in this department Canada is surpassed. A ofeditable display of boots and shoes wimples a prominent position. INDIAN 800121108 AT INDIANS. At the west side of Canada's space le a very interesting and instructive exhibit made by the department of Indian affairs at Ottawa. here, with the teachers, are a number of Indian boys and girls front the government Indian schools in the distant Northwest of Canada. These young people daily pursue their routine work lust es if they were at home in their eahoole, All around are the products of the oivilized Indian—grain that be has sown, tilled .cud harvested, flour time ho has ground, roots and vegetables that he has planted and oared for, mtntifaetured geode of many kinds that he has skillfully put together and samples of the work of the wheel child- ren of these Indian bribee under the Theta guardianship10 alo many Weil aeries government. the war- path, y path, the hunt and the trail, The display which the dominion makes in the Mining Building is a fair index of the natural mineral rooftrees of the country, The Canadian section com• prises an area of 10,000 square feet, and is on the main floor, west of the oentral aisle, extending back under the west gallery. Oanedian elapsed bunting give agate day appearance to this Most in- t. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIJA.Y, AUGUST 26, 1898 W. H, KERR, Prop. lair teresting seobion. Upon entering the large oonteal court the visitor is im. mediately interested by the great pyr- amids of gold blocks representing the yield of that precious metal throughout Canada since it was first discovered in the far western province of British Columbia. The total yield of gold from British Columbia alone in estimated at somebbieg over $58,000,000, while aerobe the oonbioenb the surf -beaten province of Nova Scotia on the Atlantic has produoed from her gold deposits eines 1864 over $7,640,000. In the banner province of Ontario extensive deposits 01 gold quartz are being worked, largely by American capitalists, and here the output is esti. mated at nearly $1,000,000 annually. cot; mai ohm 5AitP1.E8. The samples of coal from British Columbia show the exoellonb qualiby, both anbhrauibe and bibuminong, of the inexhaustible coal fields of the Peailbo province. Blank diamonds are also Won out in large quantities in the province of Nova Scotia, and the sparsely wooded and illimitable areas of farmingland iu the great Northwest of the ominion have a plentifnt supply of excellent coal. The province of Nova Scotia makes a poor allow of coal samples despite the fact that she has some of the greatest coal areas on the continent. The showing of nickel and nickel ore from the Sudbury district of Ontario is 011e which bas abtraoted universal abten• Von, nob only of milting experts but of naval officers. The quality of these ores can best be indicated by the result of the recent tests made by the naval depart- ments of Great Britain, France, Germany and the United States, in which Can. adian nickel was found to have the greatest power of resisteioa, and was by all means the most suitable for the pur- pose of malting armor plates for improv- ed war vessels, The display which Canada makes in the Horticultural Building is one of the most important and attractive in that department of the fair. There are three Canadian courts devoted to fruit, vege- tables and wine exhibits. An interesting feature of this splendid display of fruit is that Cnueda not only excels in the variety and quality of the harder fruits peculiar to a northern country, but her pears, peaches and the small fruits from western Ontario are of that firm, juicy Ohara0ter which at nee places them in the first grade of fine fruits. Although the destruction of the oold storage ware- house has greatly impaired the exhibit Canada had in fruits of last year, even yet her display is the largest shown by any single state or foreign country and occupies•about oue•sixth of the entire fruit space. Canada lost through the fire all the frosh fruit which was stored for examination by the jurors of awards. The province of Ontario bee a Image exhibit of over live hundred plates, em. bracing thirty eight varieties of apples in a fresh state and 1,400 bottles of vtarioue kinds of preserved fruits. In the centre of the court is a dioplay of fruits from the government oentret experi. mental farts at Ottawa. The province of Quebec has been more successful Chau any of the other provinces in keeping up a display of fresh winter apples, of which there are over seventy varieties, Nova Scotia's display of the different varieties of apples from the famous Annapolis valley is beyond oriticism. The exhibit from British Columbia abtraots much atteution because of the immense size of the apples and pears. There is also a great variety of the smaller fruits. Prince Edward island, the Northwest territories and Manitoba lime all credi- table displays of the smaller fruits. In the vegetable ooart in the north pavilion is a display of last year's vegetables, con- tributed by all the Canadian provinces and the government experimental farms of the dominion. Thie is the only exhi- bit of vegetables in the deparbmenb of horbionlbnre at the exposition. IN TRANSPORTATION 730I00I32. Cauadta's exhibit in Machinery ileitis located at the east end of the center floor, immediately opposite that of Great Britain, While this exhibit has many feabnroe of peculiar interest to visitors, many important lines are absent, and a number of the largest manufacturers are not represented at all. There is a good display of automatic and traction engines, oompoond marine engines, steam in- jectors and exhausters, high speed en• gives, fire engines, water wheels and working machinery of all descriptions. The display of woodworking machinery is one of the emelt ab the fair. The ex- hibit 01 brickmaking machines hoe at- tracted speoial attention. Tbe Oaneaten exhibit in rTeaesporta• tion Building is on the main center door annex and in the west gallery. A feature et the exhibit consists of oar oonplers and chilled car wheels, for which Canada ie noted. There ars also semaphores and headlights for yachts and vessels and a working model of the Chigneolo Ship railway, whioh is now being non. di:toted noose lite straits of Northuln- berlaud. This work when completed will shorten the ocean trip between Montreal, Quebeo and other ports on the lower Se. Lawrence river and Boston and New York by hundreds of miles, besides avoiding the dangerous shores of eastern Nova Scotia. The exhibit of carriages, wagons, earls and trueka is fairly good. Particular interest is manifested in the splendid exhibit of sleighs. In one of the courts is a beautiful model of the sleigh presented by the women of Canada as a wedding present to the Duke of York and the Princess May. It is a magnificent speoimsu of Canadian workmanship. The display also includes a large exhibit of sporting and pleasure canoes, folding boats, snow shoes, toboggans, oto., for which Canada, as the hem° of the epode. mon, has a worid•witle reputabion. In the annex of the Transportation Btild- ing is a full standard vestibuled train of the Canadian Paoifle Railway, eutirsly of Canadian reatufactute, the Dare being made from native Canadian woods. Ono pocnllarity about this exhibit is that the train was not built foe exhibition purposee, hub is an exaot type of the regular trains on the Canadian Pantile Railroad. T1(22 "Veneei" Afeatle, To the Editor of Vas Pose. Dmn Sn1,—In your reply to ely letter, contained in your lash issue, you say int. mediately after deciding to have baseball et yens sports A. Ooeeley wrote the "Malone" telling them of the $80,00 purse and inviting them bo compete but receiving no reply book ib for granted that they would. go. Now, that is nob oorreet. The only letter received from A, Cousley was on Saturday, Aug. 5112, in w12ieb ho asked me if the boys were sure to Oome out. This 19288 bbe only letter received froeu him Or any other member of the oommittee, all other Qom• munieations being done by wire. Again you say my Bard received Saturday, Aug. 5th, before the games was the first com• munioation reoevod. In this you are also wrong as Audy Cousley can prove, for in conversation with him, over the wire on July 22nd, I stated that the only offer bho boys would accept was $15.00 and expeneee while there and which I again repeated when in conversation with him on Sahnrday, Aug. 5th. I did not wish to implicate Audy in the mat- ter and had you based. your remarks on his information I think there would have been 110 occasion to have done so. We have nob yob learned what member of the "Unions" edited they would go but be that as it may the club does not hold itself responsible for what an individual member may say, and would suggest in future to do business in a business n1817- ner. Ws cannot recollect of the Brus- sels chtb ever having played a game on the Wroxeter grounds for a great number of years. Probably you could give us the delis ? When the oap, "Flunk," tits us we will don it with goad grace but not till then. Thanking you .far the space I have again occupied in your valuable paper I remain, Yours Sincerely, J,W108 Fox, Sec. "Union" B.B. C. Nora 51 Enrico,—It is hardly ueoes- sary to make any comment on the above as it is a quibble more than anything else, Saturday, July 22nd, Mr, Cousley tallted to Mr. Fox over the wire as to the $80 prize. Mr. Fox was to tet him know at 0 that nigbt after be had seen the boys. This he did not do until the postal card of Aug 5th when he inbro- dneed the $15 and expenses question. This is Mr. Cousiey's statement. In reference to game the place should have been Gerrie but played with the 'Unions' nevertheless. Going back to the drab the Committee offered a $30 puree, one prize, and the "Unions" would not face the music for it, they preferred aguaran- tee of $15 and expenses. That's a11. 1111 UU1C CMMRUN . Rev. Mr, Jewitb preached an interest- iug diseourse lash Sunday morning in the Methodist church. The Captain of the Salvation Army has left Brussels owing to ill health. The Lieut. is parrying on the services aided by the amid terse Next Sabbath Rev. W. T. Cluff will preach to his former parishioners in Brussels and Walton in the absence of the incumbent who is sujoyiug a holiday. Rev. Father Kennedy has been holding service each day this week in the It. 0. church in this town. The children of the congregation have also been examiu•. ed iu the catechism. Rev. G. H. Cobblediak and Rev. R. Paul gave instructive addresses at the League meeting last Monday evening. The topic, was the Reformation. Next Monday evening the subject is "Isaiah." Last Sabbath evening Rev. Mr. Cob• blediok preached to a very large mugro- gatiou, taking the three Hebrew children en the foundation of his discourse. He addressed himself chiefly to the young men, who should profit by his timely advice. Owing to the Endeavor and o0ngrega' bional services being at present with- drawn the social committee of Melville Endeavor Society take this opportunity of announcing that a social will be held ab the residence of Geo. Thomson on Friday evening, Sept. let, Eaoh mem• bee is requested to bring a short written quotation from some popular author. Canadian No-efete. Geologists say Niagara Take is 2,000 years old. Thos. Mitchel], a farmer of Brandon, ie in jail, oherged with poisouing live stook of his neighbors. The charges date back to 1801, His said that O'Donnell, the rope. walker, will Dever be able to perform again, owing to the injuries sustained in bis fell at Dundas, The Glencoe council will fix the eaten. Ment of the G. T. lig. there at $1,000, if the latter construe a new station hoose and a siding, as they propose. The Brantford Starch Company wee fined a nominal sum for bringing into the city a quantity of stale corn in a as. oaying condition and giving off an offen- sive odor. A. Bernard, of Amherstburg, lost a roll of bille containing $00. Be remelt. bored being at C. Wiglees mills that even• ing, and on the following morning took a walla in that direction looking for it, It VMS picked up in the mill by Mr, Wigle and turned over to Mr. Bernard, Miss Kate Hanson, second daughter of C, D. Hanson, the well-known insurance adjuster, of Montreal, was drowned hast evening at'1'arel. She wag out in a canoe, and, the craft upsetting, before help could rescue her, Mies Henson bad sunk. She seam well known in eooial oirolos in Montreal. le, D. Milton's little boy was playing abort the gag well at Ridgebown. A box had reoontly boon constructed around the regulator, The little fellow had been in the habit of amnsinghimself lighting the gas at a leak ib the pipe. The box re- cently oonstruoted, hoWever, bad acbnm5. Rated some gas from this leak and when the match was applied a considerable explosion followed. The little boy was much soared and some burnt, but 15 gutting well. Ex -Councillor Archibald Miller, of To. ronto, has talion heir to 850,000. Ito leaves shortly for Duntroon, Scotland, where the estate le located, Mrs. David Clark, Middlemareh, svhoso husband wag killed on July 81st, by his team running away, has been presented by friends in the neighborhood with n puree containing $103. Wiarton News : Chief MoGregor, of the Cape Croker Reserve, showed us a splendid sample of mica dug out of the rook by an Indian up on tele North shore. No doobb there are large gttanti• hies of it in that suction of Ontario. The Woodstook Sentinel•Review says that the raising of possibly the largest barn in the county took place recently on the farm of Thos. Blair, lot 0, con. 2, West Zorra. It is 720122 feet, and 48 'feet high. Under rile barn there are magnificent stables, aaaommodating hun- dreds of cattle, The water supply ie excellent throughout the heeding. Mr. Blair intends putting in an apparatus for steaming feed. A grain crusher will be run by steam power. Fred. Mitchell, a nine-year-old boy, wandered unnoticed iuto the North American Bent Chair Co.'s factory, at Owen Sound, on Thursday afternoon of lash week, and while the sawyer's batik WA turned approached the big circular saw, The sawyer, hearing a peonliar sonnd, turned and Sound young Mitchell's body caught in the guide of the same, which had out off all the back portion of his head, his left shoulder and left arm, The coroner deoided au inquest was un- neoessary. A very sad drowning eoeident occurred at Berlin last Saturday night. While the rest of the family were at sapper, a little 8•year-old daughter of Earnest Kiel was playing outside, when, as she did not answer the sammoos to supper, one of the other children was sent to 10o1c for her. no elder child soon returned, hav- ing been unable to find the batty, and safe that the cistern in the bank yard was open. The mother rushed out to the eiateen and was agonized on looking down to see her baby's body floating face downward in the water. When taken from the water all vestige of life had fled from the little victim, It takes 013.50 to send a ton of hay from Quebeo to Liverpool. Growers of bay eau Huls easily compute whether the ruling pries in Britain will pay them or not. In ordinary seasons, when feed is fairly plentiful in Europe, there is not mnob mousy in sbipping hay from this country to the old country. But the ter- rible drought bas withered up the geese all over Europe and it is believed that this season good prices will rule. Ship- pers should remember that hay for Eng- land must be pressed into bales of 100 to 150 pounds and that an English ton is 2,• 240 pounds not 2,000 pounds as in the Dominion. Waterloo Ohroniole :—Miss Cora Mur. dealt, of Bloomingdale, whale extraor- dinary size and weight has been mention- ed in the local papers are not exaggerat- ed. Being 8 years of ago, she tips the scalae at 110 pounds. She is equally as great a phenomenon intellectually, add- ing up a column of figures amounting to 117 and 121 as fast as she oan speak and with never an error, having for a oom- pebitor au expert in mathematics in Lon- don. She Dame out ahead every time. At reading she is just as great a phsnom. anon. Itis to be hoped that her father will cultivate those extraordinary gifts. Sbe would astonish the continent if not the world. Dr. W. 11. Jackson, of Springville, N. Y. ; his wife and son Herman, together with Mrs. S. E. Spalding, were spending their holidays on the South Muskoka river, and were out 00 the Hollow Lake, when young Jackson, who was stepping from one roots t0 another, slipped. The butt of his rifle struck the second stone, and the rifle at once went off, the shot penetrating the tipper part of the stomach and ploughing its way along his breast passed through the shoulder blade. The unfortunate young man arrived in Toronto under bbe care of his father, and was on bis way towards Buffalo. Her- man Jackson is a sergeant of H Company of the 740h National Guards of New York State. Crop bulletin No. 40, issued by the De- partment of Agrioultnre for Manitoba, is jest out. The following estimated re- sults of the present harvest are based upon the figures contained in the present bulletin and in the previous bulletin, No. 38, of luno 1:—Wheat, 1,008,640 acres, yield per Dore, 21.1 ; yield, 21,176,804 bushels. Oats, 388,620 acres ; yield per Gore, 88.6 ; yield, 15,385,748 bushels. Barley, 114,762 acres ; yield per more, 81.1 ; yield, 8,560,108 bushels. Flax, 0,- 787 aures ; yield per afire, 15.3. ; yield, 147,028 bushels. The estimated acreage of peas, 22.6 bnehets per acre. The average for bay is estimated at : Prairie hay, 1.82 tots ; cultivated grasses, 2.08 tons. The Port Elgin Times Says :—"Tho death of Mr, Porter bas left a vaoanoy in the representation of North Bruce in the Legislature. Only one session of the present parliament remains to run and so we are likely to have two elections in this riding before lune next. As mauy of the electors of this constituency make a living on the lake as sailors and fisher. mop the ohailees are that the eleoelon will nob be. held 011 the close of navigation. Besides many of the voters are away from home following other oeoupatione during the working Beason and return home in the late autumn. Oe the whole we ate of the opinion that the election should not be held before November. A convention of the Reformers of the riding will be held at Tara aftoe the busy sea- son and the fairs are over to nominate a eandidabe in the interests of the party, and the likelihood is that the nominee of that convention will be the suaaeesful competitor at the polls. It is ,not known what course the Conservatives may per- sue but there is no doubt that if they place a nominee in the field, Me, George, of this town, will be the tmanfmotis 011oioe." The Wiatbon Times says that the Coleervatives do not purpose phas- ing a oandidete in the field at the bye• Motion. Tuesday morning about 10 o'olook on a bask etreot near the Sarnia gas works, Joseph Ash, sr. attempted suicide by out• ting his throat with a knife. He had out quite a gash when noticed by a oouple of email boys, who alarmed the neighbor. hood, and even a large crowd was gather. ed at the spot. Mr. Aeh is about 66 years of age and an old British pensioner. He was a heavy drinker, and that is sup. possd to be the reason of hie oominittiug this sot, The police were notified and took him to jail, where his wauniis were attended to by a doctor. There is always somebody who bas some new kind of a scheme to work out around the Falls ; wire walkers, whirl- pooI swimmers and laugh are common ; but word comes from Philadelphia of another style of daring proposed by a young man who is preparing to cross Niagara Fells suspended by his teeth from a trolley arrangement. He is in that city milking plans and ordering the parapbernalia necessary for the extraor- dinary undertaking. The youth ie known as young Hercules, although his real name is Beak, and his home is Elm Park, Staten Island. Young Hercules claims to be but nineteen years of age. He says he will cross the falls early in September. A half inoh oable will be stretched across the gorge, being about 40 feet higher at one end than the other. Beak has invented a grooved wheel which will run on the wire, and to this will be attached a piece of prepared leather which will just int bis mouth. This he will hold in his teeth and will swing a dumb bell in each hand to balance bim, and will slide aarose the falls suspended by his teeth. The trip will, he says, take four minutes. In discussing the matter Beall said :—"I have been training for some time at the grounds of the Staten Island Abbletiv Club on the bigb wire used by Clifford Gabneltry, the wheel manufacturer. Ib is 80 feet above the ground. At first I could hold on but six minutes, but now I can stand eight easily with 25 ib. dumb bells in each hand. The wire I will use in crossing the falls will be made in Philadelphia. I do not anticipate any accident, for the trip will occupy but four minutes with the dumb bells, which will add to the momentum of my body and Inorease the speed. Should I feel my strength giving out I should drop the dumb belle. The only danger is a flaw in the wire, for it is al- most impossible for the wheel to run off the wire. I shall ureas at night." People We snow. Frank Dennis is holidaying at Harris. ton. Freddie Gilpin is holidaying in Kin• oardine. George Halliday is "rusticating" at Detroit. J.D. Ronald is away to Moncton, New Brunswick. Miss Cassie Good, of Seaforth, fa visit- ing in town. Alex. Bruoe, of Bluevalo, was in town on Tuesday. Colin Shaw is holidaying at Clinton and St. Mary's. Walter Burgess, of Mitchell, was in town this week. Miss Mabel Jackson is visiting rela- tives in Toronto. Mies Caldwell, of Toronto, is visitiog Mrs. Wm, Ballantyne. Mrs. A. McLean and son, of Seaforth, are visiting Mrs. P. Seat, J. Mabiaiu visited Barrie and other points of interest lest week. Jas. Roddick, 0. P. R. Engineer, was visiting in Brussels this week. T. Fletcher spent Sunday in Lnokno w where Mrs. Fletcher was visiting, Rev. 1. Mulholland and wife are the gueets of A. Mulholland and wife. Mise Maggie McDonald, of Walton, was visiting in Brussels last week. Mrs. Kilpatrick returned this week to her home at Battle Creek, Michigan. J. D. Stewart wont to Detroit last Tuesday on the exanrsiou from Seaforth. Mies Emma B. Cooper, of Toronto, is renewing old acquaintances in Brnseele. Mrs, Garter and children, of Blyth, were visiting at Robe Burns' this week. James °lark, of Seaforth, was in Brute. sets this week renewing old aequaintan- aee. I. C. Richards, wife and son were visit- ing at Dr. Anderson's, Mitc]g11, last weslr. Mrs. Bell, formerly Mrs. D. A. Smale, and daughter, of Chicago, are visiting in to. Mwniss Currie and Mr. Hugon, of Walk- erton, spent Sunday with friends in Brussels. Rev. A. Y. Hartley and wife, of Blnevale, were visiting in Brussels on Thda Tursreasury.er Kelly and his neioe, Mies Edith Eastman, were visiting at Niagara this week. Meg, Donnelly and Miss Violet Don. natty, of Port Intron, are visiting at E. C. Lowry's. W. D. Hart, manager of the Standard Bank, Brussels, is away to Toronto 041 a boiiday outing. B. Gerry and wife have gone on a visit to Chicago. They lett Brussels last Sat- urday morning. Robt. Riobardson has taken a position in the private Bank of Messrs. Gillies di Smith in Brussels. Mrs. J. S. Smith was in Hamilton this week visiting het sister, Mrs. dimes Barry, Bay oobtagge. Miss Maggio McNaughton and Miss Addle Best will go on a boiiday visit bo friends ab Gananoque. Mrs. 3. Barnhill spent it few days at Hinoardine this week with Mrs. R. Mal. oolm, formerly of Brussels. Mrs. Simmons and child, of Fort Gratiot, Mich., are visiting at S. Craw. ford's, bars. Simmotl's father. Rev. 'W, G. 11e311y and wife are visiting relatives and friends in Bruce and Stmaos Counties for a few weeks. Alex. Ron and H. 3. Strong took in the sights at Niagara Palls, Toronto and St. Chatherines during the past week. Rev. W. Smyth, Methodist minister, Of Clinton, formerly of Brussels, bad his salary raised to $1,000 a few days ago. Miss Bella Irwin was visiting Mise Lillian Ainley, ab Listowel, haat week. Miss Nellie Tinsley, of Hamilton, is holidaying with Miss Jennie MaLauohlia. Mies Maggie MoLauohlin,of Wingham, is visiting relatives in town. We 0116 pleased bo see the improvement in her h °elth. George McLaren gives a very interest. ing aouount of the Columbian Exposition and thinks everybody who possibly can should visit Chicago. Mrs. Joseph Pugh and her 5000 Fred. and Paul, of Bluevalo, were visaing nt Victoria Cottage on Thursday. Mrs. Pugh is Rev, R. Paul's daughter. Miss E. E. Kerr is visiting at the Methodist pareolage, Thamesford. She will also visit relatives and friende at Woodstoolr and London before returning. Chas. Oollinson, who has been visiting his daughter, Mee. I. 0. Richards for some weeks, has returned to his home in Michigan considerably improved in health. Mrs. M. McLennan, of London, is making a holiday visit in Brussels, Mr, Mao. Sundayed here also. It was a ogee of "Where your treasure is there will your heart be Mao." Miss Carrie Beer, formerly of Brae - Ode, was visiting relatives and friends in town this week. Mise Beer has an en. gagemenb in Toronto although bee parents still reside in Seaforth. Additional .Local News. Quern a namber of Bruseelites attend- ed the Bicycle Tournament at Seaforth on Wedneedsy afternoon. ADvaseens1Ne in Tian POST pays. Both the shoes and the bag of wheat were claimed and restored to tbeir respective owners. MRS. done Gncwno, of this town, bas a hydrange the flowers of which measure 88 inches in oircumference. It is a beautiful plant. NEW subscribers are being added every week to Tern Pose. Send us the local news acd bele make the paper an es- sential to every home in East Huron. Tun case of McMillan vs. Coates for enticing the former's children away from home was dismissed last Saturday by the Magistrates without hearing the defence. Tan second operation on Mrs. Williams' eye, at the Toronto Hospital, reedited in the restoration of sight although she lost the sight of the eye first operated upon owing to her impoverished system. AN elderly gentleman who is some- what fond of pertain sport, oheokers for instance, was dreaming the other night of being engaged in a bot football match. Ie Dame his turn to kick and he did so but hit the bed post instead of the ball. Result, a lame tee. ON the day of our games a 100 yard. foot race took place that was not on the program. It was -run on Maple street, between D. A. Lowry and Sem. Beattie. The latter made it lively for his com- petitor on the first 50 yards but Lowry won. For a big man, 218 pounds, Sam. hustles along pretty good. 14Ir. Lowry was a dollar ahead by his sprint. OncTnanO.—TheElora Express of Aug. 17th, refers to the death of Mrs. Watt, mother of Mrs. (Rev.) Ross, es follows ;— "Tbe a0noanoement made last week of the brief illness and sudden death of Mrs. Alexander Watt came to the people of this village and the surrounding com- munity with a painful shook of surprise. Though Mrs. Watt had reached the ad- venaed age of 81 years, her health had been fairly good and her family and many friends cherished the hope that she might be spared to them for some years to come. The bereavement therefore is painfully sudden. Mrs. Watt was strick- en with paralysis and on the evening of Aug. 5tb, after an illuesa of only three days, her long, beautiful life came to a peaceful close. In the presence of her husband and the surviving mombors of her family, to all of whom she was de- votedly attached, she passed triumphant- ly through her last change. Even though they oher'ish the memory of her happy Christian death -bed, etill their loss 1s so great that it must bring a pain- ful feeling of separation and loneliness. They have the sincerest sympathy of a wide circle of friends. The funeral was one of the largest Byer seen here. The services were oonduoted by Rev. J. Mc- Innis, of Knox oburcb, and Rev. J. B. Mullan, of Fergus. Her son-in-law, the Rev. John Boss, Presbyterian minister, of Brussels, was also present. Mr. and Mrs. Watt came to the township of Nichol from Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They took a leading part In the organi- zation and establishment of Knoxahurch here, and for more than half a century they have been most devoted and con- sistent members of it. It is said that the first communion among the members of the congregation was celebrated in the early tomo of Mr. and Mrs. Watt in 1887. Ever since that time, by their generous support, consistent example and diligent. attendance, they have been a great some of strength to Knox church, and it is 270 wonder that its members, among whom she Wan universally beloved, feel her loss almost as much as the members of her own family. To those who knew her best, Mrs. Watt seemed to be an embodie menti of Christian love. She was truly a helpmeet to her husband, and "her children will rise up and call her bless. ed." Although she was not •demonstrae Wye in her piety Mee. Watt was possess- ed of a very gentle and affectionate 2115- position which always manifested itself In kind words and loving deeds. To her truly belonged the "ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which in the sight of God is of great price." Her love to the Lord Jesus Christ wee supreme ; her duty to Him was always her fleet ems - cern, and in her tatter years she attained a maturity of Christian experieece that was remarkable. She has left behind a shining example of faith and love, Clay it be copied." RotsMost the rigbtsoue ahoy he dips, WtMosteu Molts a weary soul to rest I Aow mildly boom the closing eyes 1 How gently heaves the exptring breast 1. So Wee the summer Blond awns,;. 8o eines the gate whoa storms aro e'er.; So gently dlenya Shuts the glong the shore.