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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1888-5-25, Page 1Volume 16. Tho C, P, R. Booming, e;aelpe In I:oderioi. Thu editor of the Godurie 'Banal has hie Coat off and his sleeves rolled up and is booming the pm'epesed northern route of the O.P,73 Hero is what bre says ; "The third route which would run from Godarish enol to Afanohos,ar, Blyth, I3ruerets and Lietowel, commends itself to nue judgment as Meng the best, -nut only for Ooderioli hot for Guelph and the company which would Operate the road. By tins lino direct communication with the northeast of the county would be opened up to Godorich, and facilities would he afforded fur lege' and centime - eine purposes that do not now exist, and in that way Clodm•inh would bo the vain. er to a greater extent tlmii by eldest of the otnor eemomes. in tho interest al the company the last road would be tate hoot paying, o /mi.; to the location of so many towne and vili_ ages poseeeeed of excellent water privi egos and line rullor flouring mills.. Twelve miles east of Goderieh, at Auburn, is located Cullds' mill, of large menteity ; six miles east of that point, at Blyth, is the commodious mill of P. Kelly h Sou ; a few miles east of that aro exce lent mills at Brussemle and Ethel, and four. teen mites east of Brussels ere other mill- ing • ntelprises at Listowel. All these mills are run by enterprising firma of in. telligent business men, and the daily out- put horn the places mentioned together, with the export trado of our large Har- bor Mills, run by Ogilvies d: Hutchinson, would be a guarantee of a successful freight trade, in the lino of flo ,r alone, to any railroad. But the export trade would cot he the sole business by which the mills would benefit the railroad. As we stated before the roller process 'novella in each of the mills that we have mentioned, and a pe an lathy of that system is that Muga quan- tities of Manitoba hard wheat are requir- ed in the euoueseful manufacture of first- class flour. The Northwest wheat could be brought by boat to Godorich, end th• a shipped to the places m n•ioned clue- ing the summer months, would prove not Wily a boon to the millers, but ,voutd he a e,•nmmercial nbjert to the railway tom pauy ..t , period of the year when in ntlnnr departments of trade freight shi. - ments would not be immoderately large. In addition to the flouring iute•eat a la • beeint ss in salt would be done ou flus ::e Love eel -tonged, inasmuch as Gnderieh, which supplies clout oue- fanrth of the entire outp it t 1 Ontario, will be located at the terminus, and at Blyth aucl Brussels, on the proposed route, Inge salt producing works are In erecttinn. 1 „- ahove comprises It few of (lie mealy reasons that impell The Signal to make ohoieo of the more northerly of the three eastern r Ates proposed, and we purpose continuing onr advocacy or it until the town of Goderich is a unit upon it. Tho line indicated is the best in the interests of Godorich ; will ensure us toe beet hacking in its proeecution ; will ;;ive tie a Letter odm,eeteel with the reef f the country than either of the other schemes ; and will 10 more in tbeinterest of the company working the line All aboard for Guelph, via Auburn, Blyth, Brussels, Listowel uud points east. plondid Crop Prospects. Tb • farmers throughoub tho Canadian Nortuw st have no reaenn for sharing the feeling of despondency that prevails tbroughout Minnesota and Dakota, /wine to the nufavorable condition of the weath- er Leet baclavardw es of the season for ni, bieg purposes, as tile following deteil. 0d reports of May 811 will show :- Cat berry -Sending is going on rapidly; wheat is about douo, and if the pleasant fine weather continues a few days later all the seeding will be completed. Bnttloforcl. --Weather very warm, ther- mometer 92 degrees in the shade, farm- ing operatioue about completed ; wheat on wauy farms up, and every prospect for the best harvest in years. lidmouton.—Seocling about finished and some fields of grain up ; farmers Jul Med tvon the prospects and Bowing heavily ; weather very warm. Br:Arm, elan.-Woabher most favor - al le and farmers ttlking ooery advantage of it ; thousands of aures being seeded each day ; wheat seeding being nearly completed ; a large quantity of wheat is above ground. Lmorson.-Seeding oporatiota in this vicinity progressing very favorably ; wheat is about all sown and up in some locc.litiee ; fwrmere report the laud very dry end a warm rain would he benoflolal just tem; prospoote good. Wermloro, Man. -Farmers are very busy seeding. The fine weather of the last few days has put them in exoellent spirits. There will be about one-third morn acreage under cultivation this year them last ; prospoote as near as can be judged seem very good ; wheat in many placoa already through the ground ; about two thirds of the seeding already finished, Moosoinin, N, W. T. -hooding in this vicinity abort completed ; a few have seine oats to sow, but the majority have 111 ,hall and the general feeling is that there will bo mo .bonntifttl harvest. The seed has never been in better condition ; whole fields aro looping green and ell yUgvegetationvegetationis rapid, licl, QnAppelle, N,' W. T. -Farmers in this vicinity have finished sowing wheat, and oats and barley seeding tinder way, roots will be put in about the 20th. Regina, N. W. T. -Seeding all done in Regina, district; about twoity five thouss aid acres seeded with wheat ; principally up and looking well ; vegetation growpng finely ; farmers are do good spirits and looking forward to a bountiful harvest, Portage he Prairie, Mali,- Seeding pre. grassing vigorouely andnnpldly nearing completion ; wi1oat seeding finished, and (armors are now busily (fmgeged in putt- ing in their oats and barley, Tin, prem. me wenimo weather is fitvoahlo for vegr). tabun, and maty flalds,are already ln'o- santing quite a green appearance. The BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 188ts. aer•-atp• will fully be onto /hard neer Hint of bunt year Morden, Man. Seeding is wolf ate vanced, fully one-third more area under crop (mIs year than Met. "M.)tller Goose." Ruud of hope Iintertel ement. After several months of lard praotino the members of the Breathitt Nand of if" •e umato rib it luny to •1i•• 1,1511/ in their cut. rtaiuulout last Friday miming. Not . ithstending tlpr ,1were of rain the Hall woe well tilled by uu attoltive and appreciative au I nuieu. l h, p aerate /1//111111 11100/1 lit 5 ci clock with a Chorus 0111 it ening Army," from sixty Ove ue ober:, c)1 the I3i41111, tvho ware r egad tin elevated scats at the back of the atagu, '('Inc followed a recitation b_yEphraim Do-, fling; (Mutt by Jeanie 51ftIeuu.hli,i toed Aggi Shied ; dinlogee by Nettie, ,Pillions, Lily llnllan 1, lu,{ie. Shie1, C era Ilunt,•e Jennie 31CLanchlin and 'et • elu Hunter ; solo by Illy Ainley ; recitation by Vdlie Arteetro g; dialogue by Peter Me:Mamie, Willie Aiulay, Fred Wilson, Danuio Stewart, Reuben IIdudes, le11le }i Bitted and Charlie (Matelcn; solo by Naoui Wil lain. ; temperaudo speech by Charlie Cantelun ; recitation by Dor 8afth : (horns, "[lauds of Hope are growing stronger." This concluded the first part of the program, white' proved very in /resting, as the little folks took their iospective numbers in a most satisfactory manner uud in a war not easily sutpassad by their seniors. After an int rmission of shout five minutee "510 her Goose" and her taw• Nemeth family wee in:reduced. They numbered tbirtysight and were dressed in costumes auiteble to the character represented At the oonelesion of the merest the program was resumed, To given description of '•Mother Goose" and her family would bo text to an impossi- bility, but es one after another of tho old-fashioned nursery tales were told, every one havmg a temp seance morel, inters ersocl with suitable songs and choruses, the audience was folioed to admit that it w .s one of the best enter- tainments given in the Hall for a long time, The cheraeters were personated by the fel owing little folks : Ya ;toe Doodle, Bert Welsh Hail Columbia, Maul Ball 11..then Goose, Emma Webster Jack toed Jill, Bert Gerry and Ida Frain ile,l. Riding noel, Neliie War.I Chi 1vomeit iive,' nt :MOO, Nellie Sestets Old woman' ahillren The•sa terry, Jennie Llowe, Lezzia L ether ale, An- nie Scott, Lila Love, Edith Boor, Clara :McCracken, Edith •hooey, Ella Aiulay, Emma ('albiek, Attie Cormack, Lucy Vu' bt , Nine Malcolm one F. Rogere Okl Kin, Cole, Willie Lova Ilnmpty Damply, Georgie Deed ri on Little boy blue, Fred Gilpin Little Goody Two.shoes, Liz. McLennan Blue Beard, Fred Veal Little tio•..eep, May Shaw Twsheep, Alex. Ross and Ger. Cooper Moths' Hubbard, Jennie Wilson Jack Horner, Reggio Pletcher Jack, the Giant Killer, Kenzie Scott Thera wan ,o prompting required and not a break occurred in the whole pro- gram. If anybody was deserving of special praise it was "Mother Goose" Mrs. Powell, of Stratford, presided at the or at, end Mee. Fletcher, Mrs. W. H. Kerr, Mise Richardson and Miss Hambly looked after the children. The proceeds amounted to about ir86, which will go towards a fund to purchase an orgamm for the Band of Hope. The ladies are deet ruing of a great deal if credit for the large amount of time end trouble they have taken for rehereals and lrreperation for the auto tainment, but it was such a decided success they feel well repaid for their trouble. The elude nae occupied by W. H. Kerr. At the re- quest of a term number "Mother Goose" will be repeated at some future day in all probability, The total membership of the Band of Hope is about 200. Cit0Fs IN O\T1•it1O. Report of the I'rovineial Department of Agrlcllltare. A report has just been issued by time Ontario Department of Agriculture on crops and live stack in the Province, based ou reports of over 800 correspond- ents, made under date May 16th. The report states that the outlook for fall wheat is rather unpromising, though mnuah depends upon the character of the weather during the latter part of May and the first half of June. Had the spring opened at all favorably the crop would likely have been a goad ono, de. spite the bad start in the fall, but the season has been untoward. Vary little winter rye is grown, but what has been sown is generally in ex- cellent condition, and prospects are de- cidedly favorable. Owing to tavern' causes clover will be a light crop. Fruit trees are generally looting well, provided no unfortunate drewbaelc inter- venes. The apple crop this year will be above the average. The poach Drop fe likely to be a failure, except in Niagara district, and in some parte of Heaos aid Kant, Rudman in those localities many of the buds hem been killed by severe frosts, Plume promise well where trees have been spared by the bleak knot, aid pears, quinces, grapes and small fruits bid fair to coma up to the average. Re- ports regarding ohorrios aro vory disoonr• aging. Regarding spring work, altholgle tho 00aeon opened Tete, the general impree- sion reads by the perusal of the reports is that, although the barvast clay be a week later then.usnal, the excellent stato of the seed bed will render it fully up to the mark, unless some uncooked for drawback others, Of the spring gable, oats appear to Inc the favorite, bat spring wheat is steadily declining in popularity, Barley is given• au inereesed acreage. All kinds of live stoop, more especially settle, ora reported n5 unusually (hill, though generally healthy, The princip- al ,disosac )toted is horse distemper, which prevails in many neighborhoods, and bee caused numeh'olts deaths. East Huron Teachers' Institute AO\t'a, tnn1.rDe1. l'he rugnlar,wuu•t! fleeting of the East Ilmon'I'eaohor,i Association was hold lc) the assembly hell of the Collegiate Insti- tute, Huafortll, on'1'hitraday and F-iday, May 17th and latlm. The following committees were appoint- ed : On resolatioes-Morita, Linklator, Clarkson, 1)m:ranee and Dnff, On nem. ui.„foes ,Mo at t Duff, i,lablodr and Bur. chill, On reporting -Meese-, Wilson, ;colt, Dickson, Barnhill cul Mrha.rizettn. On entortaiemeut--l4Ieesrs. Clarkson, lba• lentil and Dorr:woo. Phn boor.•tary read a circular from the Otttwtt 'eeachors' Leete ri.ttine, relntivo to the malting of the Oita in Teachers' As. steel ion more m•elmeeentetive hi ft Mar - mew 'Hie mitt r 1030 raforret to the aonnritte on rasclutione. Thu etre-dation of thy, .tonmttma of the,nutted meeting of tho iroviuui,tl A-snci,tt o mae,li5ous+ed by turnout dolegatee, flet. (lira Peke and .1, NV. Bing were appointed to Canvas for this object. Mr. Duff iutredueed the snbjeot"Meth- ods of answering oltpaper.” L'r tin hi+ ex. perionee as tut examiner, the speaker was well qualified to speak with authority, many points he touched on were new, and much profits will rem ttobothteaeh- ers mud pupils. Some of the hints he b,•••nget to. ward were: 1. Plane the name of subject at top of the sheet. 2. Put nu u• bar of page on the right hand corner. 8. Placa the number of the question in the middle of the paper. 4. Plates the num- ber of the parts of the question within the m bruin line. 5. Leave the margin clear, 6. Leave black space between two answers. 7. Begin the answer a th . left hand side of the sheet 8. Begin •Se an• ewer to every part of the question at the left hand side of the sheet. 9, Tabulate as much as pssible. 10. Underline every word to be defined, or svelte it in larga lettere. 11. Use comp ere sentences. 12. Nestor write the tad of to ,w.a•d turned d•,wn the Inc. 13. Fold the papers pr.p• arty. 14. Make statement in tuawering arithmetic, and pdaro tee a is see at bot- tom of work. anti a little to the nigh., in large figures. 15. A rang° answer sheets as ordiug to questions not to pages. 16. Simplify f tuitions da a neat •tu.l proper ma Her. 17. Don't nso a knife .o sarepe o -t a word. 18 Don't tv ito the question. 19. Write on ono side illy. Diacus.ien of the subj•'c.t f••llowed by Metiers. M,tllonh, Lough, Linklator 'u,l Uannuthers. 1. Doig dealt with "Religious imbrue - time in public suhools." Ile entered in• to the histone of 0,10 school system, show- ed the origin of the Bible i•istruction in it, related the story of the "Nook of Se- •toovei:ei," laid exela,-,11.1 t t0 aiiaiutce 10 the new edition of it, "Tile common day sellout and its teachers," he said, "ought not to b • burthened s ith duties which . trete to the pester, the peered and the ahuroir, and if the religions pert of the oduenbion of youth is, in any in -tante, neglected or defective, the blame rests with the parent and pas ors concerted, ,vino, by snuh neglect. lava 010 eted their owe religions 0aoon or ru•re, as well as t•e expeeee oumtnauds of the Holy Sorip tures. Iu all such cases pastors and per, ewe aro responsible, as well as the guilty, parti. s, and not the teaoher of the cam - in -u school, nor the common school eye - tem. In conclusion, I thick there is only one true system for the. a .rotation or the masses, in 0 free tenantry like this, where the people have sprung from different nationalities, and hold different creeds and that ie to abash all se•arate ea- cols b th Protestant and C,.tholic, and eslab- lish a eatboiu i sy-tem of educati••u, where our sol,00ls will be purely .eoular in their teaohiou, Moe, the pueblo school to the university, and leave the reltgioue inst action of the youth or our couut entirely wi*n the parent, the aherch end the Sobbatir eohool, and if these do their duty 1aibhfnlly I have no fear of the re - suit." Rev. Mr. Howell thought the-sayist had tn?len rho right line of thought ; ha olid not favor sap trate schools of any kind, rho reverend gentleman also touched un several mattes of iu.orest to the p ofession, and wished them, one and all, great sacoess. Messrs, Duff, Groves and Hicke enter- ed into the discussion, the first•mentiou• tel dwelling nn the smell . amount of iuterast manifested M. rho clergy in vis- iting schools. He had b an teaching about fifteen years, and iu that time only 00115 had he received a visit from a min• istree anti that was on business. The ()pluton was generally expressed that It homey greeting would bo given by the teachers throughout the in•peetorate, to all clergymen who would visit thesa000ls, "Ilow to awaken anit develop thought in pupils and parents of is rural section" was the subject of a oapital essay by G. A. Newton. Among measures for await - ening thought the following ware sug- gested: Questions, general tufo, elation, readings, nomuorizablou of choice solos. tions, biographical sketohee and anew - dotes, literary exercises and eoaietiee. To awaken thought, nothing is better than a good question. The teachor may .oa11 the attention of the school to some eubjeot of general interest as, a public work, a disoovory in science, a •groat crop, a groat nut, a great aoaldotlt, and talk over the subjecte with hie pupils. One of the best services a teacher eau do for a pupil is to lead him to think more, by iudneing him to tread tuore judicious. ly. Thoughts continued in choice ex- trudes front the beet writers will awaken thought in the mini of pupils. All selec- tions should he learned for their influence on the learner and the sobool. Too much of history and biography is confined to dates, It fel muoh more interesting and more valuable to a boy to learn that Willie Brown, a shepherd lad twelve years old, taught hinteolf Greek, and walked twenty-four miles to buy himself a Greek New J'ostmnent, than to kern that he 10105 born in (71.4, married iu 17.10, ;ted died in 1805 Character sketches of the wise and good are instruc- tie° and stimulating. 11 is a valuable exercise for tcaetime rout pupils to tint, learn end repeat anecdotes of good men and women. During the winter months there to g1,e bn a li!crar, society formed iu the di triet, of parents and young pee. 1110, raid If properly eouduct d` would be vory iutomstingand productive of much woad. Dr. tfank,nzie, of Winghem, in 0nm- mou'imlg on the pa er, thought that we woro rooeiving too mush odaention ; the nervous system is over. levelopee, while the puplls are engaged In the study of a multipltnit of subjects ; they aro taught to in,nonrtee'1 orool.1„ti, 001,1,1 111 L1ti., I. taloa ; made t'eferenc • to the text hetet on Public) School Tenmperanoe ; defined what he understood by a "0 aak;” 110 teacher, iu, belie• me cam awaken thought. lc) reply, 11L', Nuwtetu showed how it can be awakened, and a gentleman of Sect - forth :'ave a vivid tt••eomlt of hots a train of thought W11/1 iron+ed in hint, all re- ceiving at1ere 0aetigatiull from the "master," Mr. taat'kenm taught it cleat of tear:herc a les -un in elementary llterttnre lie illustrated the %elms of the iniagination, t Icing as a oubjc t the poen, "Jack Frust," The m• elrltnical etructure of venae was 'gale so siutpl - that children 000111 readily Understand it, ease the teacher drew from the class ,cm ciyrof the beauties of thought and oxpresaion to be f unci to the s01001ian. The teethe form- ed one of the most valuable fea tunes of the program, and is entitled to mono ex- tended ri •fico then coo be given here, Mr. leliagan, of Toronto, discussed "Elocution." no exemplified the pres- ent methods of prououneing different words ; showed the meaning or effusive, expulsive, and explosiv •, as applied t0 the voice; and dwelt briefly on the way to attain peofiodeuoy in reeding. On Friday morning the Treasurer read the frnanoinl report of the pas.. year, which oho sed that the reeeip s were $141 14 ; expenditures, 358.27, leaving on htun'J a balance of $52.87. The following officers were ,mppotetecl for theausuleg year :-President, D. C. Demure. ; Vice -Pres., Miss Helyar ; See.,A.M. llurchill ; Assistant -Soo., Hiss :McGowan ; Delegate, A. H. Plummer ; Exeoutiee Committee -Messrs. 'Iarkson, Linklator, Groves, S. T. Taylor, and Misses Foston, Riotterdson and Weir. The scheme of Uniform Promotion Examinations Sae been before the teach. ors of the East Huron Inspectorate for ,early 't yowl., and when it was decided that the rejeotiou or adoption of the scheme ehouid be determined by vote on e' day maruiug muoh heath.. wa- felt in the ouoa-ieti, and a large annsiimb.y et teachers and friends of education from Seaforth and ,ioinity were present 10 hear the debate. The disoussiou was be- gets b Mr eiroves givi to( a bid try of the movement in. Bast, der c)1, so far as the WAS c eeeruod, He was followed by •tr Duff in a strong arraignment of the p inoiples involved. The•tia,forth a thorough discussion was kept rip mid.m he vote being taken et nuwt, a largomajori.,y pronounced against the system. :tlr, Dorrance gave an interesting ad these on hove to make the school roan &Remetivo. le showed how he Iiad sun Ceded in Ins efattmt, cud, all in all, gave one of the tnoat intsreetiug ani valuable "talks" ;avec to the meeting. We shall not endeavor to summarize it, as, jointly with Kr. Duff, he well furnish for the press, at the request of the Institute, a paper dealing in detail with this im- portant .•ubjaat. The following r- solutions were adopted b. the iso •ciation : staved by Mr. Ne ton, seconded by Mr. Rio, "thee the St oretaty he instructed to uouvsy to the Ottawa Teachers' Assooia• tion 'OI' aa•preeiation of their effort to snake the Ontario Teachers' Aseoo,ation mor' representative in its character, and oto' aoueurrouce in the means proposed t•, attain that our ; tai further to state that the East Huron Teaohars' Associa- tion is always represented at the Ontario Teachers' Association by a regularly ap- pointed delegate."-Oarried. Moved by Mr. Duff, seconded by Mr. Scott ethn.t this Convention considers th Public School History quite unsuit- able, 9s a test bo,k, to be placed in the hands of pupils, chiefly for these two reasons: 1 It is a dry abridgement, to dull compendium, which pupils will not reed, except as task -work. 2 The len page is difiitml , and requires too much expl ple Linn." -Carried. Moven by Mr. Doig, seconded by llr. Linklator "that this Convouti in desires to express its lteorty approval of our eyeball of Coity Model (°hook, and its uo'dial appreeiatiou of the valauble work they are performing; that this Damen - Viols believes their efficiency tit present is greatly diminished by the extrema short - nese of the session, which is too brief for the proper digestion and assimilation of the excellent course of etudy pruooribed by the Educational Departmout; Had that see therefore request the Dopartmaut to extend the neeeiol from Obristmae to fleeter, without uhemorially increasing the pre out course "f study." -Lost on a division. Moved by Mr. Newton, seconded by Mr. Linklater, That in the opinion of this Couventiou it is no longer necessary in this Preview to grant frill teachers' eortifloatee to parsons tinder legal age, sed that the best interests of education will ba shaved by limiting the cartilloatos of minore so es to mike them eligible only as assistants under the oversight of oxporionaad tcaahoes,except in the dig. Ctriolsarried. nmol the outlying townships.- .. Moved by llr. Duff, seconded by Mr. Newton, That as 083,870 pupils between 7 and 13, in this Province, have not cont. plied with the regulations respecting compulsory attendance for 100 days in the yoar, and that 5,018 of thee° have attended no school, we recommend that the Minister OEl+education tale enol steps as ho sees lit, to have the late enforced.. Cert tad. Moved by Ilr. Itinitleter. seconded by Mr. Newton, that the thanks of this ;1s- soaiation he and are hereby tendered to the (ruel.r0o and turcnhers 1/1 1110 htatinr•tdt (lotleyts•to Institute. for ;.heir kindnese in allowing us thr. MK/ of the Assembly hail ; also to the ellleers of last your, for the satisfactory way in tvlmieh they per. formed th+•ir .1111' 1; 1011;,1 to the Mi•is Spanling, the Seaforth (etlartaate Club, flus Scott and Meyer Beattie, far the no• nictnilna given at the entertainment 00 Thursday cvn a/1111. -C ,furled. A motion t, the Get thee the Pithlie Schools do not receive ,ullioent amount of legislative aid was roundly ilebved and finally lore on to division. Mr. Gruver gave Lottie, that at the next regular meeting of this Aseoeiati'n he would new-. the the order of Mediu lie nwetiu_• after that deft, h:, Clinton, Brussels, Southall and Winghatn. The Bianlan-Kemp Race 801110 further d t b5N 01 111,1 defeat of Edward Mauls' will be found in tee fel lotting cabby to the Erielioh pepere melee date .1 May 5 ; - "The race between 13.1. ward Hanlon, of Torwdo, and peter Kemp, of Sydney, fee the ae ,r, tieshamu• ion -hip ,tf the world :url 01, 11(3 tank phtn0 ou (ha Parrametta lif er lately. The race deoueort great interest through out the colony. Mullen trained from Monday's hotel, Geddesville ; Kemp waft located at Jordan's hotel, Hyde. Bo h seemed 111 and each was reported ce .fl dent of success. Haman was L.r awhile favorite in the betting, for some time past 6 to 4 having been laid upon him. Latterly there was a lot of money for Kemp. Tho course was from the Bath- ing House at Charity Point to a boat moored off the Mama on the Brothers Rooks. There was an enormous con- course of spectators, who watched the race with great excitement. When the men appeared in their boats they seemed M the beat of condition, and a hard strug• gle was confidently anticipated. This proved to be the case for the first three- q'larters of a mile, but then they rowed dangerously near one another and at this point they fouled, both stoppinu moment. nrily. Bantam was the first to get to work again, and ho new took a decided lead ; but the Australian uvea q iokly after him, and stroke by stroke reduced the distance between the boats. ks the bow of K mp's bo di drew up level Han - Inn tried hard to force Kemp to foul him again. but Kemp managed to keep clear and, Ilanlan being now beaten, Kemp spurted and rapidly messed him. Direct- ly Kemp vvas in front it was apparent that the race was over, Rentals being dead beaten, and, although the latter k• pt pluckily on, the Australian held the lead to the finish, and eventuel•v w m rather easily by five lengths. The a is no doubt that the best elan woe. e30.1'1.l1 i'01111ty Niototi, J. miidd has regained possession of all his former property in and around Dub- lin with the exception of the grist mill and sett works. The Como, lc) the name of a mnonthl, published by St. Marys Collegiate Insti- tute, ,vhieh embraces a literary, local and Jerkily department. Rev. 4. Henderson, of the Presbyter foe Obvroh A.ttwnnd, hoe neon appointed delegate to the General Assembly held in Halifax this summer. Fall wheab between Mitchell end Strat- ford is an entire failure, and will have to be plowed up.. In Logan and Fullerton the average yield will be about a three- fourths crop. Daniel hohnrtsen, clerk of the Stria. ford weigh scales, attempted to jump from a vehicle whilst it was in motion the other day. In doing so he slipped, fell and broke his right leg a few inches be- low the knee. The broken and of the bone protruded through the tissues, mak. ing it a oompoumd fraoture. The emote for 1887 of the registration of births, (Maths and marriages issued by the Ontario government, shows that in Perth county during the year 1887, the total births were 1,188 ; mattiages, 339 and 537 deaths. The death rate for Perth county was 9.1 per 1,000, the birth rate 19,8, awl the marriage rate 5.7. During the ton years endiug 1880 there were 239 deaths from diphtheria in Perth. In 1886 there were 18 only. The following are the officers elected and enstelled for the ensuing term for Attwood Lodge No. 193, LO.G.T, : R, B. H • mil;ou, C.T. ; );Ileo Graham, V.T. ; d, H. Yarding, Sec. : J. MoBein, Assis• tent �I,.0. ; Wnt. rrelrtn. Fin, Sec. ; Rev. A. Henderson, Chap.; D. Bell, M. ; Maud Hawkshew, D.M. ; jamas Forgueon, Guard ; Ida Mcldain, Sen, ; Ida Parker, S.J.T. ; Wm. Dunn, P,O.T. ; John Allan, Lodge Deputy ; Bro. Rev. A. Hendee on was ahoe,m as a representative to the Grand Lodge session to be held in Elan. ilton on the Nth of June 1888. Mammy evening's Stratford Beacon; Col. Smith, D. A. 0., of D School of In- fantry, London, was in Stratford today, examining the perk and the rifle -butts. He was favorably impressed with the ground+ and the butts, and considered it would be a decided advantage to have the river so °lose at hand. Ho would report favorably as to the locating of the camp here. That mn ty look all vory well, but it will likely go to London just the same. I -ion, John Carling's influence et the headquarters of the volunteers in too great for Stratford. It will be a mired() if Stretford gets the catnp thin year. Ono evening Inst week, between ton and eleven o'cicok, nubble Mr, and Mrs. Gator by, of the South Boundary, Blaneliard, were sitting in their kitchen, they motion ed the latah of the door move suspicious- ly several times, Thinking that no good was meant Mr. Oxtoby armed hmneelf with his revolver and wont to open the door. No soarer was the floor unfasten- ed, however, than a revolver shot was fired from without, the bullet passing through the door, a few ine11se from whore Ole, Oxtoby stood, enrol lodging ie the ceiling over his head, Mr. Oxtoby at once firer{ at the retreating figure of the coward and in the darkness nntisod him fa11, though whether it was from the effects of the billet, or, that he tripped over it pile of atones that ley in his way, is uaU lmown, Itis tracks 00111d easily be traecd the next nutmeg om thr plow• Ni grnunel 11.1.001111 mho horse, ldnhmtun. Moly them is ae yet no blue to the would- be murderer's identity, Number 46. OGMMUNiOATION, singer vs Raymond. I'.. tin, nide r mb Tum l'ovm. DrAlt His, -Wil; you kindly allow Hier visite to expiate rand cnntredite a ftbrinatin. pl„s d 5,1.,3••+ t.11, public in your last Mee. by Gen. Love. Firstly, I don't wee), de. 1.. m' th • public to mien tier tea (lilt i. r,.f: •.vee„ t the W0‘118 eler,l, Mil l•nt lt,vm",t/I 430.” 1 dirt. Imot 111 011.11 11131 3m,r lv't, •1 Mill meat in intelleet, r b lit • .b t t Y or integrity, hat si:uply that 'et wee :, i''-tt big luny, blustering a rpuLtnt renew. Ile; then I lots near forg.ittiug it n1i' 10.1: a gr••t• nnla ettrl reel fo, . o,1,,cillo- and 1' , 1„ 1 ;11 votes Ont of e pee -•ibb, len. 5....teeny -In regard t , ti . L. mm ituhn_i lti+ owe burl• orae, that 0111 L:.r: er 1,,, ,I : o•ilo, I by ;Myon., 11 i 3 at 15, rim•' le• was+ get tin th, .1,11 0.41.111 yT Lan„inn's sale, or to r 1 Icrt nr • r r . alar, th : r fa nitre •,ftm. it w.vs -.r, tetyiu dem far her -, I Ie 10111 , t; levee to 11110,1 n mlove, tit 1al.rt, ,111',x1, it 13 OO'a 8e wall known,” If he again ,!!ve.i arm the app Theta ty of atiewerin„ him 1 will fully explain about hint laying 100 is. on the' 3, but I defy Mr. L. to produce 011e olsIm here that I didn't pay 100 ors. on the 6, and more than that I ha 1 to pay in the neighborhood "1 31700 of Melted notes andiaterost, and I didn't gain the money to do it with, either, by skinning my partners. Thirdly,- in eference to squealing, 51r. L. knows who began that. I had no sooner started to seal the "Singer" than he began to boycott any person woo showed ere the lent b t of business civility. I don't wish to be measured in any man's half bushel, but blu5'rtn • and au occasional ling, together with "come up and have .oma dinner" baits Mr. L. to ., nicety. fourth y, -If the public will only look at the Bridget of three weeks ago they will see that I said "leading machine hero," inatearl of "success," as Mr. L. hes it in Iris letter of falsohools, as the Singer machine ,s already au aoknowled.:od success by all easonsble thinking men and experts. For my elf I am following p as cloth as possible, and that without shed•ling crocodile to tie or the prayers of ,t Oen- grsgatioil. FiE bl ,-le1r. L. seorue t•, be about as badly mixed on the Wmgham 10 lgm0 1t ‚Le he was at the Ilcaalweetoer in ory ew whoe the third oercon appear. ed on the scene. The facts . re as fol- low , whmrlr air, Wilson l;auw to be correct : I o, ed Robt, Coreyn a small balance of $0 end I wrote him asking if I could sell him a sewing machine, and he wrote bank that I could tring one over and if we could melte a bargain it woi.d be all right. So Mr. OVileen and myself were gulag through Wtughaeu on a horse trading expedition and we took a machine elomlg. Mr. Cornyn, having had his own sewing machine repaired in the neneutims, would only give • '17 far it, and that was to oblige mo (otherwise he woul1 not have had it at all) which left after paying n1y claim 321 fu cash. So I told Mr, Wilson that we had better take he m,ahiue h'me again, but he said as the night was dark and the roads bed that ,ve would leave it, as we aoald take 318 cash and buy another, leaving 38 to our good. Mr. L. told me before we went that they would give it tome at nearly oust. So taking that into con- sideration, al•tng with dr. Wilson's con- sent, I left it, gob the 321 and a receipt for my account, and I cannot see why Mr. L, now asks me to settle with him. Besides when I left off working with them the Co, owed me 310 and Mr. L. owed me 36. He had no cash on hand so he gave me an order on a person here for that amount. !think after the above explauatio,t thepublie will easily see that I owe him nothing, but iE he will pn:: me for firing the balls he made iu Morse trading I will cry quits to bad rubbish. E. R. GnmtmT. P. S. -Knowing the following lines to be suitable to Mr. L. I here give them When this agent leaves his office and his bright York -shilling smile, With lone, sanctimonious face he marches down the aisle; He takes hie seat in church, prays long with anion shout, Hollers glory hallelujah, just mind what he's about ; Another grist of trading palters to bus atttbla he will lug, For what de old hen scratches, dar she 'epees to find a bug. You may see this man of honor about the suit spring time Taffying the ferment; in language most sublime, With a smile thet's soft and bland, and voice as smooth as oil, He calls him nature's nobleman, horny handed son of toil ; Button -holes him, shakos his hand, his babies he will hug, The old ben here is seratohing, an' she 'specs to find a bug. John L. Sullivan has purchased a one- third interest in John B. Don's chime, and will accompany the show on its summer tour of the United Staten, start - Mg about June let. Monster meetings of workmen am bo. ing held throughout Gormally, and strikes are spreading. At elayenee axil Hamburg collisions have -occurred be- tween tho strikers and the police. At Neumoneter a thousand strikers entreded in the streets singing the "Marsedlaise," end a large number of them were arrest- ed. A despatch from Sydney, N. S. W., says:--Yorty Chinese immigrants pos. sassing exernptioo passes have been per. mated to land here. The Government will compensate those sent back to China. The Admiral in commend of the Aute tralian station has declined to comply with the requeetof the ceptmtfus of the: immigrant veseela flab au armed guard be sett to their vessels to prevent mutiny among the Chinamen forbidden to land. Sir 'Taney Parkas, the Premier of :New South \soles, in rm despetelr says:-•-T)te feeling against the ('hincee fe intense nine -tenths of the pepultetion endorse the Government, Chinese imntigraote will be sunt back.