The Brussels Post, 1888-3-30, Page 1rit
Volume 18.
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARCI-I 80, 1888.
Number 88.
Rev. Yoshiyass Hiraiwa,
The advent of a native mieaione y
from Japan had been looked forward to
with a great deal of interest for the past
few weeks in Brusrols, and no doubt the
Methodist Church would not have hold
the audience on Tuesday evening had the
weather and walking boon et all favor-
able. As it was, there was a largo aud-
ience, The meeting Was opened with
siegwg andrayer, after which Bev, M.
Swann read from the annual report of
the Missionary Society a sv opals of the
amounts raised for missionary work, and
the work accomplished in the mi -eion
Beide last Conformer) year, The Metho-
dist Church, in Canada, raiaed last year
fur missions $201,874,37. Uf this sum
Brussels contributed ON.
Reeve McCracken was then called to
the chair. After a few brief remarks
and an anthem from the choir, theehair-
mau introduced the speaker of the even-
ing.
Rev, Mr. T-Iiraiwa, of Tokio, Japan, tho
Christian strange', from whose lips the
large ttndienee bad especially desired to
hear what Christianity had done for him
and bit country, was then introduced.
ITe commenced by 'questing the sym-
pathy and patience of the audience with
him in his imperfect pronounoiation and
aooent of the langlith language. He said
be had baeu studying English for years,
but his first attempt to speak English in
public was in the pity of Montreal last
October. His progress as 0 public
(peeker in a foreign tongue has been
marvellous. He has acquired a good
deal of English expression, and by listen.
ing to him attentively his hearers eau
understand all he intends to convoy. His
greatest difficulty is in p onounoing the
names of places. Ho was attired in ori
ntal costume, was of medium stature,
as jet black heir, and the olive oom-
luxion and distinotive features which
hnraoterize the Mongolian race. He
id that Japan and China, though oonn-
ies very far apart, are now being brought
oser toge)ler. By the C. P. R.' route,
animated with steamers on the Paoifie,
oronto can now bo reached from Japan
n twenty day.; and when bet or stoe,m-
rs are put ecu the Pacific, as will be in
yea's time, Toronto will !'e reached in
8 days. Ho carne from Japan to
oronto, in company with Dr McDonald,
co president of the .Methodist Collero,
t Tokio, last-eptentber in 22 days.
an countries are also being dram n closer
y Christianity. He came as a brother
n ethrist. IIo next referred to tho anti-
oreign spirit of his o smithy. Lite the
)hpueae, they had regarded all foreign -
re as barbarians. About 29 years ago,
mover, some fine steamers from Amor-
e. visited their country, and when they
aw the magnificent vessels they thought
f barbarians could build and conduct
such vessels as these wore, they had bet-
ter become barbarians too. Their ports
were then opened to America and all oth-
er countries. He next referred to the
prejudice against missionaries and what
had caused it, About 200 or 800 years
since Roman Catholic missionaries from
Spain and Portugal had entered their
country and were gladly welcomed, For
a time they succeeded very well and
their converts ran up into the millions ;
''''but in an evil hour they intrigued
against the government and this so
aroused and excited the authorities, that
they ordered them all to bo banished
and exterminated, and an edict was issued
forbidding intercourse with all mis.ion-
aries.
The speaker showed the audience a
fee.simile of the edict. From that time
until the last four or five years, there
has been a distrust of all missionaries.
At present the daughters of some of the
highest dignitaries were attending the
mission schools, and thus the prejudice
has been Scally overcome. In the Meth-
odist Cdllege at Tokio, the daughter of
the Premier of the Japenese Government
i is at present a pupil, while many sons
i and daughters of statesmen are in at-
' tendanoe. Tho Mission schools enjoy the
ooniidenoo of both Government and
people, and a wide Christian influence is
thus being extended through the sohoole.
His country was now in a transition state
retarding religions matters. The old
rohgion was thrown aside, and he expect-
ed some form of christianity would be
adopted. The present, he thought, was
a more favorable time to contribute some-
thing to aid evangelical religion than 20
or 80 years henoe, when some different
form might be established. Hedeeoribed
tho very inferior social position women
occupied in oomparison with man. The
christien ladies of Japan sent their com-
pliments to the ohristian ladies of Canada
. through him, and he wae vary happy in
conveying them. He also referred to the
various forms of worships. Some wor-
shipped idols, a specimen of whioh was
shown to the audieuoe. It had the a .
pearanco of something a child world be
pleased to look at or play with. Some
were Bhnddists, and still more followed
the teeohings of Confucius. Speaking
for himself ho said he had had no faith
in any religion. He was induced to at-
tend the mission school through the
music, then began to study ohristianity,
and, having resolved to join the churoh,
was baptised by Dr, McDonald. His
coli�eion for some time consisted fit more
head knowledge, but afterwards he bad
experienced that change of heart whioh
constitutes the vital part of christianity
end true religion. He then occupied a
position fee prefossor in a Government
University, but decided to give up all for
Christ and work for the salvation of his
countrymen. Hie studios and probation
in the ministry then Occupied seven
years, at the conclusion of whioh he .re:
coived ordination as n ohristian minister
in the Methodist churolt of Canada. He
earnestly besought e asietanee by mon and
memo for his beloved country,
Be aim the Methodists have 15 mis-
sionaries in that con,ttry, 8 of wiloun are
natives. There aro now 80,000 Christiane.
Tito largest idol is 120 feet high and 1100
years old. The city of 'Tokio has a pop.
illation of .1,400,000. 'Inpen has rail-
ways, telegraph, telephone, elcolric light,
street railways anti all this modern un.
Him acldreaa =opted about an hour and
a half and was replete with interest from
first to last. The oolleotions and sub,
soriptiona wore quite satisfactory,
Misses Vanstone, Baor, Moore and
Rivers wore appointed missionary col.
leotore.
Before the mooting closed a hearty vote
of thanks was ptosed to Rev. Mr. Hirai -
von. He responded appropriately, and in
response to an expressed wish sang two
verseeof "whiter than snow" and repeat-
ed the Lord's Prayer in Japanese.
On Tuesday afternoon the rev. gentle.
man addressed the Women's Missionary
Society.
Washington Letter.
(ROOM OUR 1111001,41{ oonnnaronnlNT.)
Washington, Mar, el., 1858,
I hear talk in various quart Ts con.
corning the manner in which a prominent
member of tho Diplomatic Corps serves
to augment his.salary, 'lobe gentleman
in question is of flue appearance, ono of
the best known men about town whose
favorite and most successful role is that
of a gay Lotherin among donee upon
whose shoulders the matrimonial yoke
rests lightly. That the diplomat was
akin to John Gilpin in that "though on
Pleasure he was bent he had a frugal
mind," none would have thought. But
somehow a few stubborn facts have some
to light which establisb, beyond doubt,
that his nature has a very practioal side
to it, The business in which the diplo-
mat has established himself and whioh
seems to have afforded profitable returns
for several years past is at the beginning
of each season to enter into a formal
agreement with several of the lauding
confectioners and caterers in Washington
in whose behalf he uses his exten dve
social influence in obtaining for them the
custom of wealthy people with ball -giving
propensities. Ou all orders so obtained
a heavy percentage is exaoted by the
diplomat, who is a frequenter of ono of
the leading clubs of the oily.
I was much interested the other day in
a photograph of the survivors of the
Thirty.foarth Congress. There is in the
picture a group of twelve gentlemen
known to fame the country over, to wit:
ex -Speakers Banks and Grow, Senators
ehorman and Morrill, ex -Senator Cragin,
and ex -Representatives William Cum.
back, James H. Campbell, Russell Sage,
Abram Wakeman, Jamas S. T. Stranahan,
Th mas Fisher and Guy B. Felton.
They have organized a club, so to speak,
and call themselves "The Henke Sur-
vivors' Reunion Association," and pro.
pose to meet each other at an manual
dinner in Washings 0 on the mooed day
of each succeeding February. A simple
glance nt the photograph revives memor•
les of ante -behest politics and historical
events that bring up a flood of reminis-
cences. It carries one back to the early
days and the origin of the Republican
party, when the Whigs, the Abolitionists,
and the Democrats were engaged in a
triangular contest "doh against the other,
when Dangles, the "Little Giant," talked
of "squatter sovereignty," and the Free-
Soilers were a power in the land. Se-
cession and rebellion were in their in-
cipiency at that period, and the soak of
war, the germs of oivil strife, that brought
forth and ripened into miilions of
bayonets and cannon and bloodshed, death
and destruction, defeat and victory, were
gown.
One of the Senators has a young rel-
ative who hes been enjoying a Washing-
ton winter. She is not deficient in self.
possession, but her principal character-
ietioe is an inventive genius of the most
striking originality. His favorite theme
of oonvercation for a time wae a pair of
diamond earrings, the magnificence of
whioh seemed to have been seldom
equalled and never surpassed. She did
not wear them because they had been
her grandmother's and her mamma was
afraid she would lose them, Two en-
terprising girls determined to have e
eight of them, and galled on her with
that object in view. Deaf to all eves.
ions, the fair owner left the room to
bring the jewels. Returning with grief
and aetonishunent, struggling.for expres-
sion, she exclaimed; 'Oh, girls' my
diamonds are gone 1 Mamma pecked
them away in camphor, but the moths
have gotten into them, and they are
oumpletely riddled 1"
The friends of Gen. Hancock who
have been aotive in their efforts to raise
suflloient money to purchase a house in
this city and present it to Mrs. Hancock
have met with mush success. Some
months ago, alter oonaultation with Mrs,
Hancock, a fine double hou.e in the
fashionable quarter of the city was se-
lected. There wee some delay in pre-
senting the title of the property to Mrs,
Hancock, because the subscription fell
short a few hundred dollars of the
amount of the purobase money agreed
upon. It is stated now that almost the
entire sum has been secured and the
house will probably be formally present-
ed to her during the coming month.
The house onoupies the corner of a row
of twelve stone houses whioh was recent-
ly erected. 01 is built of brown atone
and brick and bag a tower on the corner.
The interior is finished handsomely, and
it is understood that Mrs.. Hancock will
-take possession of her new home at once
upon presentation. In.`
The Nova Saotin House of Assembly
last evening passed the seoond reacting of
rho Bill to abolish Legislative Council,
The vote wae 81 t0 4.
The ouetem officials at Toronto have
seized copies of the "Free Thinker's
MendalJ' The book oontttins illuetra•
tions whioh depict Biblical incidents in
an atrooious light.
In rho Now Brunswick House of As-
sembly Mr. Twosdio mewed an amend.
ment to rho Quoboo red Mations. It was
voted down by 28 to 4, and by the same
vote rho reeolntions %yore adopted,
The annual report of the Toronto
Police Commisaionoes, shows the total
mmnibor of offences to havo been 10,1197,
ne compared with 8,571) for 1880,. show-
log an, increase of 2,027. Of the draftees
proretnents of the nlnetoonth eentnrf. 5,509 were Inc drltnk end iliserderly.
O'X.!M0NIGATIONS
An Emphatic Denial.
L'n the tldltur of Tee P09T
Dean Sm,—Tho Budget of last week in
alluding to the stared that I loot money
through the Brussels poetoffioe, I wish"to
say to the public generally that I lost
money through the mail service but not
the Bruseele peat:Oka. First trouble :
A letter mailed hero for Brantford, but
not registered, mailed only a few min-
utes before the stags left for eeaforth,
And as the letter nrrivod at its desti•
nation that day I felt confidant that it was
not tampered with at the Brussels P. 0.,
there being no other mail by which said
letter cold reace its dentin tion same
day. Second troub'e : A. registered let•
t''r whioh reached its destination but a
part of the money enclosed by mo taken
out I mentioned the feat to differ nt
parties, being a at, angor hero myself, but
finally wont to the postmaster hero and
laid aha matter before him and bo was
veryobliuing in every way. IIe advised
me to write the Inspector at London
which I did, but for some time there was
nothing made out of the ease. In fact I
had given up all hope of ever tracing it,
but Mr. Grant kept est writing to the In-
spector about the matter until finally it
was traded to a certam mail clerk 00 the
W. G. & B. between Palmerston and
Harrisburich and not only my letter bat
several others this mail clerk acknow-
ledged opening and I received full amount
last from my letter. 0 will now leave it
to the public to decide whether I would
be likely to say I had no confidence in
Mr. Grant after the above breneaotions.
In ono word, all mybosiness transactions
with the Brussels P.O. have been of the
most stit'isfactory character. I will not
further intrude on your valuable spade.
Very Respectfully Yours,
A, BAusreaca.
Brussels, March 27th, 1888,
License vs. Christianity.
TO th01''ititter 0I710 POST
DEAR Sm.—Please al ow me space in
your valuable paper to express a few
thoughts relating to the duty of Chris-
tian people in voting for the licensing of
places for the sale of intoxicating liquora.
Tho Bible says "Woo to him that build-
ebh n town with blood nod establieheth a
city with iniquity." This curse, no doubt,
was originally pronounced against the
inhabitants of Babylon who conquered
and restaged many other cities and un-
justly took the spoil to ,enlarge and en-
rich their city. Hero wo soo that G
does nut approve of ravaging and des-
str„ying one ally to obtain means to
build up another. This truth hero stated
is also applicable to the liquor traffic
which destroys tho man who buys and
driuks the liquor and ravages his home
to support the seller and build his house.
God pronounces a curse upon euoh un-
just gain. All respectable people admit
that the liquor traffic is n curse, where it
exists, and should it again become law
and license again granted for its exis-
tence in our village we would receive for
each hotel say $100 of unjust gain or
blood money and would improve our
village with the price of blood to the
amount of $500. First we license hotels,
what to do ? .Po plane a temptation so
strong that when a man has gone there
once he wants to go again and after go-
ing a few times he must continuo to go,
in spite of his better judgment, in spite
of the pleadings of his friends and in
spite of the entreaty of hishome andfem.
ily. It is a place where man are wrong.
ed. They go there and trade their money
for something worse than nothing. It is
a place which curses innoonnt women
and children who never darken its doer.
Ask the mothers and wives, sinters and
children of drunkards all over the coun-
try and they will tell you bow they are
oursod by the liquor traffic. What do
we get in return for all this if wo return
to the lioenso system which some, who
urs interested, are endeavoring to do ?
Why we would get blood money. We
take the money cud improve our village.'
When you go to church on Sunday and
sing and pray and be pious you walk on
sidewalks built with blood money. Col-
lect your $100 from that hotel -keeper to
build up your town, bring it into your
office, lay it on your table, mem G'd's
word and read "Woo to him that build-
eth a town with blood," and then look
at your blood money. Thick of the
women whose hearts aro bleeding and
the children who are suffering on ac-
count of drunkenness and thou look at
Your blood money. Look at that orphan
boy who was roared in a drunkard's
home. A year ago his mother died of a
broken heart, last week his father died
in a drunken fit, look ab him as he gag
into the street—ragged, dirty and ignor.
ant with nobody to oar" for him, and
then leek at your blood money and tell
me how muoh you would have to collect
to make that boy whole. Another thing,
Mr. Editor, we get a partnership in the
business. We say to the botelkeeper,
"We don't like your business, but if you
will give ns a where in the profile we will
keep hotel. We will dictate the terms
on whish you may go on with your beefi-
ness, you must give us $100 a year in ad-
vanoo." Liberty to dictate terms would
seem to mako Int the chief partners in
bhe business. I Imo a farm, a man
wants to work it, I say "I will diotato
the terms if you will pay all responses,
run all rho risk, do all the work and pay
Me $100 per year in itllvanoo you may
work my farm," Who is the chief part-
ner in the contract 2 The ono who dia-
betes the terms of course, and everyone
who votes for lisonse takes a partnership
in the business and when our Council
grants license they may hang out the
sign Brosanle Council to A. 13. Hotel.
keeperts. I confess, Mr. Editor, I don't
want to get into the busiueds. I am
ashaned of it, Ian afraid of it. If I'
love my follow anon, if 0 caro to keep a
waeenieneo void of offence toward God, if
1 desire the favor of the declaration,
"Well clone," hereafter I• darn nab vete
to 'lodes bit,, liquor teaflit which is tut
enemy to fled nn l mon. Nee dere I Alt.
still, as a ensard on the fence, in the
presence of this evil, Had I a voles at
loud as the thunders of the ,Icy, I would
lift it up against this great wrong, What
say you Christian brother ? What any
you friend of humanity 7 Can you v tto
for Gho lieonsing of the traffic ? "Woo
mato him the' buildeth n town with blond
and essablishet'r a city with iniquity."
,IAstse Buvens,
Brussels, March 27th, 18'48,
Duplicity. Egotism, Etc.
To the '.deter of Tint POW.
'ru,—In last week's POST I soo letters
from Mes rs. Vaust ne, Roe and Den-
man in reference to a former article in
your paper, and ns V•'netone and Den -
num . vidently .'ish to make me re.pon-
Bible far the a'oiy there published, for
their eoeveuience I accept the respoesi-
t'ility, as I believe I am likely the lire
who 'old the story of their mission to
iVu,gham, cud, Wl011 I an tut.,u4,, I
think your readers, no' in the conspirnav
against Mr. Grant, will believe that it
and more is true, and that Mr. Denman
is guilty of what he has been charged in
report end in Tum Po0T, viz., deplicity,
lying and hypoo isy. His co-conspira-
tors now know it is true, but none have
the manliness to admit it, Mr. Vanstone
commences by fully showing his general
character, that you are always safe to
doubt his statements unless you have
corroborative evidence of their truthful-
ness. I am surprised that he even ad.
mitted being in Wingham at all, but he
does, and then boldly denies that he ever
spoke of the matter referred to Mr.
Roe, (Your readers will notice that he
does not deny disoussiog them with other
parties.) But, I think, before being so
bold be should have compared notes with
Denman, as both Ron and Denman prove
his statement false, as they both admit of
the conversation, and in speaking of it
use the plural prouonu, thus referring to
Denman and Vanstone. Now, I am
bound to accept the weight of evidence,
and brand Mr. Vanstone guilty of false.
hood in his zeal to cover Mr. Denman's
duplicity. The rest of his letter is on e
par with this exempt.
But for the real. culprit who delights in
taikiug about b'uffere, eta. I£ there is t
bluffer or deceitful person among the
many writers on this subjeot, or among
his co-conspirators. that person is J. J.
Denman, and probably bo might have
saved his "courtesy to make others n vic-
tim of their game," for he may find it a
boomerang. He then publishes n letter
from :lir. Roe which he (Denman) wrote,
and whioh lir. Roe writes he signed in n
hurry, and also which klr, Roe says he
wrote recalling before publication, but
whioh Mr. Daemon did not do. Mr. Roe
al -o writes, it matters not very much
whether published or not, thus ascribing
very little weight to it. He says "the
explanation is very simple. I signed it,
but do not explain aha case,"
Before dealing with the denial, I fail
to see in Reader's article where it states
that Mr. 'toe is the author of all therein
contained. He only refers your reader9.
to Mr. Roo for au explanation of what he
knows, stating that they will then be in a
position to judge whioh is true. I also
say that Mr. Roe is not the only person
who knows anything about it, and a de-
nial from hint does not cover all. When
they are so fond of proving negatives,
why did tney not get denials from the
other parties mentioned and from Mr.
Hopkirk's predecessor?
kir. Roe'e denial, whioh was framed by
Mr. Denman, and whioh I am warranted
in concluding is as strong as he dare
make it, and covers all the ground, he
dare ask Mr. Roe to sign. Now, up to
the word "complaints," in the 17th Ike,
there is no difference in meaning may in
words from what' was stated by Reader.
The next statement is that they did not
sap Grant was likely to be dismissed.
Your readers do not need to ask Mr. Roo
or any other person for this, as it has
boon one of the stook sayings of one and
all of the conspirators during the last
two months. Ho then denies saying that
they interviewed any preen, but it is like
the other statement, being well known
that they did interview Mr. Meyers and
Farrow that day: Why, Mr, Vanstone
admits the tetter, though he Bays, for an-
other object. You can now see, I think,
what is in the daunal, being, as Mr. Roe
stator, "not much matter whether pub-
lished or not." He need not alarm him-
self about Mr. Rao's feelings, as Mr. Roe
well knows he was not culled on to oor.
roborate any false atatement, he only
being referred to for an explanation for
any of your readers' asking, and I am
quite willing to leave it to them after
doing this. He talks &bout "vile wretch,"
eta Judging from his actionsand his
co•aonspirstors he is quite familiar with
more than one. He then proceeds to
give an acoount of how I got the infor-
mation, whioh is false and whioh your
readers can easily see, or he would have
inoluded it in bhe letter he gave to Roe to
sign, if he wished his. nsaertion to carry
weight. But, apart from this, let us ex-
amine Mr. Denman'a actions as they ap.
pear in print, In the second sentence of
hie first article he would have your road.
ors infer that he was a true friend of Mr.
Grant, while then be was a member of
rho conspiracy, Throughout the balance
of his letter bo shows he is like his col-
leagues—willing to'do anything to have
Mr. Grant diamisaed, whether guilty or
not. Can any person read his telegram
to the Postmaster -General and not think
ho was paving the way for at applica-
tion, especially when you consider that
he and Mr. Vanstone went on their mis-
sion the next week, and, from their own
showing, their topio of conversation was
the postoflico, not the Scott Act nppoiub.
matt. Hfe second letter cat be eunomed
up in rho word Eearistr.
The action of rho Inspector is a settle
°lent answer that rho assertions and in-
sinuatione of your anonymous aarres-
pondents which Denman replied to in hie
first letter were true, as he stated to Nov.
oral of our loading °the ms tint rho
vestigation ehewed nothing detrinnontal strained and aired immediately after
to itis. Grant. I do not wonder Mr. Den' being milked, .1 ]hive soots iu the cane,
man wishes they wore laid on the ehelf, ' wham being emptied at the fit0tnry, large
ne the more they ere stirred Ip the ttrnro i Ocoee of tletnif and hair, Stell SS you
unenviable does the position of Mr. Den-
man and the rest of the conspirators ap-
pear to all fair•.thinking men. Ilia refer-
enoe to the petitions In his !net latter
glvee the lie direct to hie former assumed
friendship to Ifr Grant, and proves con.
elusively 'hat be is in the conspiracy, or
5'vv dirt lie know anything about the con-
tents, of the petition•, but as told him by
his onlle,guee? I agree with Mr. Vac'.
stone :het it is no orime for a person to
apply for :u• t,osition should a vacancy
occur, but the crime consist. in the man.
nor 11se•1 to create a twangy, But in
applying for either of the' positions he
again shows his self importance, which le
the o.surtoo of all his contributions. I
have always understood such positions
were given by both politic tl parties for
past serviuee ie. the inter'at of the party,
but I know of none he ever did, nuless it
was in insisting on pe suns perjuring
themselves at municipal elections, as he
did last January, when he insi-teal 0
James Kell,: swearing he wae a resident
of Jirassr-It when he knew he lived in
Merril, and whioh Mr. [lolly honorably
refused 10 do, Trnviug that I hava not
trespns-ed on your valuable space, and as
11 . Denman is anxious people should
sign their names so that they may carry
weight, I eabecribs myself,
March 20th, 1898. P. S. SCOTT.
East Huron Farmers'+
Institute.
.A. meeting of the East Huron Farmers'
Inatitnte wae held in the Town Hail,
W oxoter, on Thursday of last week,
whioh was more conspicuous by the
absence of the officials and those who
were to assist on the program than by
anything else, owing, no doubt, to the
inclement weather.
James Edgar, of Howiak, was voted to
the chair and after a few well-chosen re-
marks he called on A. L. Gibson, of
Wroxeter, who spoke of farming in his
early days.
Prote•ser Robertson, of the Agrionl-
tural College, was then introduced. He
showed, by a diagram, the good points of
the dairy cow, and gave some excellent
advice with regard to the treatment of
the cora. The following is a synopsis of
his address: -He made cursory exami.
nation of the dairy basins+- Ito rapid
development was evinence tab itis suited
to our Ontario conditions and climate.
Pen years ago (1877) the exports of
cheese from Montreal were 898,138
boxes; in 1887 the export.. of cheese were
1,104,005 boxes. Still the profits from
this business have gone to a few of the
best fanners. The milk of 275,000 cows
was required to make the cheese export d
during the summer of 1887, Had the
cows supplying milk to Inc ories all been
equal to the cows of the best patrons the
same quantity of cheese would have been
received from the milk of 175,000 cows,
Our reputation of late has been to m tke
fine goods without considering the cost
of production and without considering
the net profit. He exhibited a chart of a
model cow, showing the power of respira-
tion, power of blood oiraulation and
power of digestion. Characteristics :
1 Respiration—Wide nostrils, deep cheat,
light =soles and good nerve. 2 Heart
power or blood circulation—Good, smooth,
sound Bair and °lean skin, flexible and
silky feeling. 3 Digestion—A good
round body and plenty of room to bold
plenty of rough feed. On these three
essential powers depend the quality of
the milk prodooing animal. The at-
tachment of cow's udder or milk bag to
the body of the now must be large, cover-
ing a largo part of the body, and give a
greater surface of nerve power to make
milk. This cow hes to be taken care of
in order to do her best work. 1 She
must have pure air in order to purify her
blood and make pure milk and plenty of
it. 2 To generate haat in her lungs, to
keep her body warm ; it takes more feed
ina cold stable than in a warm one;
henna warm water is best for sows. For
10 cents you save $1 in feed by heating
the sow's water. The cow's food should
be of digestible quality. Hay and grain
should be out rather green. By allowing
the grain and hav to become too ripe the
atraw gets woody, end not so digestible
as it should be. Good digestion is very
necessary for good results.
Mr. Dillon, oheesemaker at Bluevale
factory, road the following excellent
paper :—it is now about 24 years since
the Srse choose factory was established
in Canada. Tho business bas increased
very rapidly sinos that time and is to.
day by far the most important of our
agricultural industries. It has assumed
Buell proportions within the last few
years that the sxporte of cheese alone
bring to Canada a return of about $8,000,-
000 annually. Since competition with
India and the Northwest, in the matter
of grain raising, is out of the question,
and as in this section dairy farming gives
the sureet, most uniform and abundant
results, I would advise you to give it all
the attention and energy you possibly
can, knowing that you will be well re-
paid if the management is right. But it
le safe to say that success in dairy -farm.
ing here, as elsewhere, depends, to a
great extent, on intelligent management.
The demand for cheese, now very great,
is constantly inoreasing and is almost
unlimited, as England imports annually
over 200,000,000 Ilia. Tine shove that
so long as we can supply England with.
°hoose of the desired quality there is
plenty of r00111 for us to increase onr
make. But in order to utak° choose of
alto boat quality it is ueoessary to have
good pure mills from whfelt to mako it,
therefore it is the duty of all patrons of
choose factories to soo that bbd milk sup-
plied by thorn is pure. Mills is so easily
contaminated by contact with any odour
Hutt it team be too carefully looked
after. In tho spring, when the cows are
toeing their heir and aro yet fn rho
stable, groat care should be taken to pro.
vee any of tho filth common to the
stable loin getting in the milk, which
should be taken leant the stable incl
alt have soon coming elf the cows hips in
chunks, fp the early part of the season.
Milkers should not allow anything of
this kind to got in the milk, and if the
cow should happen at any time to put
her foot, when very dirty, in the pail I
would recommend that that milk be
given to the calves or pigs or kept at
home for family use instead of sending it
to the factory, as 19 often the case. An-
other mistake is made in Bonding the
milk too soon after the oow comes in.
No milk should be sent before the ninth
milking, and not then unities the pones
health ie good. Odours of any kind
affect the milk very readily, and it is of
the utmost irnpo tnnco that alt dead
anima:s, largo or smell, be buried ie such
a way that they will not be uncovered by
dogs or foxes, A writer in the Chicago
Live Sb'ok Journal gives an instance,
where 12 cows were subjeoted to the
emit ,f a dead calf that was lying 1e rods
from the lane through whioh the cows
passed. The exposure of th • colas to the
tainted air wae but one minute twice '
deity, but the effect was to nearly quit,
for cheese making, the milk of 85 cows,
with whioh the fainted milk was mixed.
The burial of the calf removed bath the
cause and effect. When I was weighing
milk at the Brownsville factory ono of
the large patrons brought milk, whioh
had a very peculiar sme 1, in fact it
smelled terribly. I inquired if they were
feeding any half rotten roots? No! Do
you keep the milk in the stable? No 1
In the passage before the cows? No 1
Where do you keep it? In the barn.
I was well aoquainted with all the build-
ings on the farm end was at a loss to
account for the taint as the barn was
built on a hill up off the ground away
from the stables. The npilk wae bad the
next morning. I asked if there was any-
thing
nything dead lying about the yard. He
said no. Well, said I, you can toll what
is the rause of this milk being so bad if
yon like, and we can't take it any longer
like thie. Smell it. He did so. The
next morning the milk was all right, He
Wes to very hard man to get anything out
of, but I was ourious to 'mow what had
been the cause of the milk being so bad,
and after a good dent of questioning he
said they bad some young calves tied in
the (barn. Almost, every oheesemaker
has things of this kind to oontend with,
and if the patrons were aware"' it I think
they would be more careful. If farmers
would make dairying, in sections where
factor'. s are already established, n spec-
ialty I think it would be a great improve-
ment on the present way of doing.
Everyone engaged would naturally take
more interest in the prodaotion and care
of milk. This would lead to the breeding
of a better class of milking cows. The
weeding out of the inferior ones, for
there are plenty of cows—like this one—
in this section whioh do not give milk
enough to pay for their keep.
David Weir, ex•Reeve of Howiok, made
some excellent remarks on farming in
general, whioh brought the afternoon
ses-ion to a oloso.
In the evening James Elliot, of Turn -
berry, was called to the chair. After a
few remarks frau the chairman an ex-
cellent program was gone through, con-
sisting of music by the orohestra and
songs. An address was given by Prof,
Robertson, in which he gave a sketch of
what he saw in Europe in the fall of
1888. It was full of praotical advice to
all. At the close he received a vote of
theatre for his able address. The ladies
and gentlemen assisting and the chair-
man were similarity treated, after whiob
the Convention was brought to it close.
1nnants' n Nevvsa,
Mr. Henderson's election in Halton has
been protested.
The new. Governor-General will sail for "i•
Canada the first week in Jens.
The jury at Montreal returned a verdict
of guilty in Detective Fahey's case.
Burglars app •ar to have had quite a
festive time at `itrathroy last weak.
Fire in the Montreal glass works caus-
ed a loss of between $35,000 and $40,000.
Lindsay hes petitioned to be mode an.
independent municipality ander the Scott
Act -
Mr. Meigs, Liberal, was elected to the
Commons in Miesiasquoi, Que., by 139
majority,
The Canadian Wheelmsn's Association
wil: bold their anconal meat in Belleville
on Dominion Darr.
A. sturgeon weighing 94 pounds was
caught at Tobey's Point neat Waubau-
shone, s day or two ago.
The British Columbia Legislature is
considering a new hoenso law, modelled
closely after that of Ontario,
An Ladian named Joe Ohonze has dis-
covered gold in Cartier towaship, Nipis-
sing, and the ore as•ays 8800 to the ton,
One day last week a freight train load.
ed with horses for the Northwoeb ran of
the track near Sunridge. A number of
horses wore killed and others badly in-
jured.
13y the will of the late Glover Harrison,
Toronto, Mrs, Savage, his amain, and
wife of the Rev. David Savage, of Pathet-
ic/. formerly of London, tomos in for the
snug little sem of $4.000.
The widow of the late Rev. Mr. Rose,
of Knox Church, Elora, was recently pre-
sented with $4112 by members of that
congregation as a memorial of their re.
enact and love for her husband, their
pastor,
Tito Detroit Free Press says :—"There
is a family named Wiglat of aolebrity in
Essex (entity, Ont., Bonlnmin Wiglo, of
Kin1sville, is the father of three child-
ren; one is 17 years old and the other au
intent, and all three were born on the•
same day of the same month, viz,, March
18."
The Godoriolt Board of Trade has
chosen offoers as follows ;-Prosiclont,
R. S. Williams; Viee-President, Joseph
Kidd, jun. ; Treasurer, Radcliffe ; Secre-
tary, James Mitsloll ; Connell, Joseph
Williams, Charles Sea"er, Roes Price,
T' B. Van1vory, A. S. &yetnl, M, Niels.
Olson, M. Hutchinson, 1), 0. Streohan,
:Horace Horton, 0' Jdalames Sann
dors, Wilmot Campbor011n,, ,(1;!
A. Noire,
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