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BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1886.
Number 81.
CGMMUNICATIONS,
"Not Fair to the Other
Ministers."
Oct the Batter of Tun I'nsT.
Dna Srn —Under the above caption
appoarod a latter in last wok's issue of
Tun Pose, and, with your pormission, I
will placo boforo your readers nay candid
opiwon of it. I toll you frankly that
letter is tho very °motto of meanness.
Whon wo consider tho recent; critical
poriod in the history of Knox ohuroh
bfing without a pastor) ; the united, for.
vont prayers of the congregation to tho
Great Head of the Church to supply them
with n true undorahephord of Christ,
and oousidoringfurther that thoir prayers
have boon granted, inasmnoh as they
havo got a pastor earnoat, faithful, sx-
emplary and activo in the great work for
which ho was called; and then when wo
view tbo mean, though foeble, effort of
Cosmopolite to thwart the progress of
that church by stating that "that' are
guilty of saorilege; ' we cannot fail to
perceive tho meanness of his epistle.
Notice how he plays the hypocrite, Aftor
he does hie level best to hnpede tho ed-
vanct.mont of the ohuroh ha says, "I
would like to see Knox ohuroh built up."
Fie I Cosmopolite, your hypoorisy is too
evident. But it is unimportant that I
should take up your valuable spaco giv-
iug the character of Cosmopolite, as he
hoe virtually informed us that he does
not belong to the respectable class. He
says, in effect, that the 'Budget' is re.
pudrated by all respeotable people, and
yet he ndmits that it is an 'advantage'
and gives 'Rrominenoo' to the church to
have its doings printed therein. There-
fore, when Cosmopolite thinks of 'ad-
vantage' and 'prominence' as the offoot
of that cause, surely be cannot Oolong to
the respectable °lass, who all repudiate
the 'Budget.' STD.
Jamestown, Jane 26, '89.
A Letter From Kansas.
Tho following interesting letter arae
received by ono of our citizens from our
late townsman, Thomas Town. and will,
we are certain, bo road with interest :
Cueruae, 1{areas, Jun 10,'88.
Mt Drum ---
I received your letter this morning and
I au, glad to hear you ors all well, 1 ane
-first rate and like this part of the eoun-
tr_ , 1 was up to see liobort Laidlaw, D.
Dobson, R. Broadfoot and Mr. Taylor, D.
Dobson's fathor•in•law. I had a pony to
ride and saw lots of game—rabbits, harps
and jack rabits and quail by hundreds.
Crops look well, the rain canto just in
time to save the wheat. Corn looses fine.
A good crop is much needed. formers
hero have had two bad years in succes-
sion, whioh was too much for many of
theta, but for this year the prospect is
good, R. Laidlaw looks well, better than
he slid in Brussels and 10 years young-
er. On niy return tip 1 stopped off at
Abilene, saw Wm. Johnston, that some
called Tait, also the McNay buys and
James Angus, formerly of Brussels. Bus-
iness gonerally is dull and m000y searoo
with a groat many out of employment.
I was four weeks in Kansas City. It is
growing fast, too fast, I think. It is
something like Winnipeg was a few years
ago—went too fast to last. Some have
made money while others lost all they
had bat it will come to a solid basis
soon. Tho last two years of hard times
has made email country villages look
pretty hard up, but as the prospeot
brightens it makes the inhabitants san
gena of better times Doming. Had a
very pleasant trip from the start, stopped
off at Chicago one day and spent it with
my son. I loft next clay for Kansas City
whore I found everybody all right. The
street oar accommodation hero is some-
thing immense, the best probably in
America. Claude Waterer got to Kan-
sas City on Sunday morning found me
out and stayed until Thursday, 2 p.m..
Ho is the sumo comical Claude. Now
for a little of the industries of this man -
try. the packing industry for example.
fancy five establiohments ldlling ai av-
ornge of 2,000 head of beef and hags per
day, and employing from 1,500 to 2,000
hands emelt, more or less, and you will
have an idea of the extent of the busi•
nose. To stand and look at them kill
hogs is something wondorfal. I stood
and watched them kill 289 hogs in ono
hour. It was like feeding shoaves into a
threshing machine, the hog never stop-
ped until he was landed in the froezfng
room, After the pig gets tho knife two
men take the intestines out of all the
hogs ae fast as they 0om0 to them. Three
strokes of the Ituife does the whole bus-
iness, if I hail not seen it myself I would
not believe it. The cattle aro handled
in about rho sane way and all by steam.
I saw one men lusookdowu ten hood of
cattle in 12 seoonds, that is rho number
in a batch. It looked to me, seeing him
at work, as if he was used to it. So
muoh for the killing department, now for
the patting up. What is killed today
is out up tomorrow and is as wonderful
n sigh) as you can soo. The first pact of
Cie performance obit; nigger, with a large
cleaver, with ono strolto splits a 200 or
800 pound hog in two with one blew,
four more strokes with the plsaver and
he has douo his part. Ono man takes
the hams, another the shoulders, two
take out the ribs, two tiro larch, ono takes
away`tlo pitons for sausage and dumps
it into rho mill, others rendoring larch,
and ono hundred or more in the salting
clopartront (200 foot wide by 800 foot
long, and about the sane in ChD Smola
fug epartmont. Other aro making tins
for canning meat and 00 on to shipping
into the oars whioh aro right at tho os.
tablishmont. Train loads coining in
alive ovory day while about tho sumo
q'lantity is going out dead, and that the
whole your around. Ono oar load of
hides from each honso per day and all
ojoanod and salted just as they comp off
the animal in a largo room for rho. ler.
poses Sometfsnes you 800 fun whoa a
big Taxes steer turns on the drivor, 110
makes thing lively for a mhnito, Dave
Dobson loops;some older than whon in
Brussels. IID lets a young family, young.
not 4 months ole). Ho is working too
hard hot It suits him to coo 130. IIo has
about 00 acres of wheat and I think will
moorage 25 bushols per acre and will bo
fit to out in a week, ho lute about the
same of onto boeides 110 acres of corn and
a find lot of steers and hogo. The ahinob
bng oanso aftor this tirno last year but is
not expoatcd this year. R. Laidlaw has
n fine farm but he did not sow wheat lash
fall and has missed it, two years failure
with chinch bug was too mash for them
so many did not sow and missed it again.
R. Broadfoot has a fine farrn in n fine
sootion of country. You eau 800 from 60
to 100 miles and a view of the trains at a
great distance is a pretty sight. I was
at a Domooratio convention. It pub mo
in mind of elle 12th of July, torohligbt
processions and lots of music of the beind.
I think I havo told you about alt I can
think of at present. Give my kind ro-
gards to all old friends and aooept the
same trona Yours very truly,
Trrouas Towee.
A Trip to the West.,
'00 the Itaitor of Tun POST.
Sin,—It is customary now -a -clays for
every amnion that goos from home to
write a letter to 80010 newspaper when
bo returns to let the public know that he
has Seen abroad ; and now I suppose that
I will have to do likewise, as I havo been
off to see the great Northwest. Before
starting I milled upon the O.P.P. agent
in Wingham to buy a ticket to any part
of Manitoba and return, hub )hie I could
not get. I could only got a ticket to
Winnipeg and back, for which I would
have to pay $45, or $20 for a single tick.
et, but instead I bought m single ticket
to Deloraine for $25. X got ou board the
C.P.R. in Wingbam and went to Toronto
from Chore to North Bay 228 milds, from
North Bay t0 Port Arthnr 826 miles.
Tho whole 826 miles would not pasture a
goose. When X left Port Arthur I sup-
pose I was iu the "disputed territory"
and after seeing what I oould see of it, I
came to the conclusion that it was not
worth disputing about—nothing hot rocks
and swamps all the way to Rat Portage.
After leaving this point I saw a rabbit, a
cow and some hens, bat further on about
100 miles we vegan to soo some sett ars.
On reaching Winnipeg I found an irreg-
ular built town by tho side of a big mud
hole, called lied River, and after about
20 minutes stay I started on for Delor-
aine, the jumping off place, 20 miles
further. Tho station houso at this plaoe
is constructed on the T fashion. Two
old box oars, one being drawn across the
end of the other. This town is built in a
mud hole, or slough holo, as they onll it
up therm. They have dug throe or four
wells and cannot find water. Mr. Max-
well, who is boring another hole, is down
290 feet but no water yet. Making Del-
onaine headquarters I commenced to
explore Manitoba, in queen of some land.
I went to the land agent there, a gentle-
man made np of red tape, who would not
volunteer any information and only en•
ewer half the questions asked. He gave
mo a list of the few remaining lots of
government land and a few Tote that had
been oanoellod. I started out to see these
lands and I travelled on out of Manitoba
into the Northwest Territory, about 75
or 80 guiles, and found these lots not of
much worth, The land in Manitoba and
the Northwest Territory is very mueh
broken with ponds, or lakes, whioh are
from three to four feet deep and about
half full of water, containing Hooke of
wild clucks. I returned to Deloraine not
well impressed with the country or the
prospects of the few settlers I found ill
each township. I saw the poopplo draw
their wheat, with oxen, to Deloraius a
distance of 75 miles azul I was told that
some pooplo had to draw it 60 miles fur-
ther. I made a selection of land in
Township 4, Range 30, Northwest Terri-
tory, and when I game book to the agent
ho told me ono half of my selection had
been taken up six years ago, and that I
would have to deposit double entrauoe
fees and than he would write to the party
and if they were not ooming on to it I
could get it at the oud of thirty days.
Thio I refueod to coo. Although I found
some townships with only one settlor in
them, and not more than four or five in
any, yet all tho Government land has
been taken up five or six years ago and
thero has nob been any.. improvements
clone upon the land up to this day, ex-
cepting in sono few 00808 a small sod
but is built or foot or five sores broken,
whioh is now grown over with grass and
weeds. In the first place tho Hudson
Bay Company own ono -twentieth of all
the land in Manitoba and bho Northwoet
Torritory ; rho Syndicate own one-half
of rho remainder ; there ate two sohool
sections reserved in oath township. Then
there is the Northwest Colonization
Company and a lot at other companies
who have got hold Of the land and are
holding,it for speculation, at futon $4; to
$10 per aro. In short the whole coun-
try 10 a oonutry of speculation, looking
out to "skin" the new comer. On mak-
ing a. computation I found that thoro was
86 aeobiona in each township of six miles
square and only thirteen of these emotions
had belonged to rho govorneeent, and it
would have boon impossible for the gov-
ernment to have adopted any other
enhomn to retard the settlement of Mani-
toba and the Northwest Territory better
than they havo done. We havo road of
slavery in all its formo but the slavery
and bondage :of tho Manitoba and North -
tomb aottlpt' out -does it all, and, in my
opinion, they will have to rebel again bo.
fora they free themselves of Cha bondage.
Toy aro working to enhance tho value
of two-thirds of tho landnow in the
hands of speculators while *boy only oat
have ono -third, unless they buy from
them. Not only that hot bho high rains
that they havo to pay for anything ship•
pod to them by the O.P.R. Co. 6'190
;togidtrar in Delo'aino told one he bought
brick in Winnipeg to build a place for
hio safe and pad ten cents a piece for
therm in rho city and tho Syndicate
charged flim seven cents moll for bring-
ing them to Mini, The settlors in Mani-
toba and the Norlhwost hove throe things
to contend with 1 The lard grabbers ;
the Goteenroont., and the frost, The
two former they may get rid of itt time,
lint the frost nover-••frozen wheat—those
are the groat draw.bacico of Manitoba and
the Northwest Territories. When I
called into the old box car station at Dol.
oral= to perolraso aticket to oomo home
the agent told me my tiolcot to any point
of landing on bake Huron would bo 540
and then I would havo bo pay my faro
from the plata of landing holm. I told
'nim to seek anothor 018 010 10 1 would walk
first. I did walk to Batt1noau and got a
Holed and recta first clans hone to I331-
gra'm for $80.00 Yours &c.,
Bonn A,i1rsTnomo.
Morrie, June 25, '8a,
Truth still Trillnlphant.
To the LlItor of Tom Pois.
Dzen Sm.—I notice that tiro wnikiug
onoyolopredia of falsifications has made
another puerile attempt to answer my
last letter. He says my last letter was
the production of three weeks. Lot us
examine this statement. I sett my last
letter the week after his, bubo's Tnn Pose
was published a day earlier that week
mp letter was too late. I than got a lot.
ter from Mr. Wade domanding my proof
at once to the latter I said he opened
since he camp into the offioe the last
time, and failing that, an apology inside
of a week, if not, he was instructed by
Mr. Timmins to cant au action to re-
cover damages for the libel. As part of
my proof was in that letter, I did not get
it taken out till it was too late for the
next week, hence the delay. As soon as
I rend Mr. Wade's letter I saw Timmins'
weakness at once. He thought he would
frighten me so that I would not answor
him. I never gave him my proof nor
made an apology, and never will, as my
statements am true and ho knows it.
He most have felt humiliated when he
received my lawyer's answer. He mast
understand that I feel quite secure
against libel in this controversy. Now
we shell take that letter he wants me to
give my proof for. Notice the scribble
ho has in his last letter over the signa-
ture of "N. G. Herewell." Thero is no
such man in this part of the oountry.
But there is a man hogo the name of
Kerswell, who got n letter from Timmins
for bis wife. This letter was opened
when he got it, When Kerswell camp
home he told his wife and Robert Mos.
grove, who was there at bho timo, that
Timmins acknowledged opening it, and
apologized to him for so doing. Ke also
rnado the sumo statement to. R. Mus-
grove and me in Blaevale, and bo has
told it to others. Therefore if Timmins
did not open the letter Kerswell must
have made a false statement, but we
don't believe 5o chit. I think this is good
proof. Hero is another letter the pnblio
have never heard of. A registered letter
was onoo posted at Winthrop to a man in
Bluevalo and he never got it. A tracer
was sent from Winthrop and the letter
was traded to Blnovale =lee, but neither
tho letter nor way -bill for that dato
could be found. This man wrote two
lebtors to the Department stating that as
the letter was not of a cash value, ho did
not lose muoh and was only put to a
little iuconvooionaa. Why 1 Timmins
made a fearful mistake when he said I
was at the tail end of a "Second class
boat." I was at the front end; when I
got my certificate. I never make a prao-
tiao of being at the tail end. I am also
at the front end of this controversy. I
see the chattel mortgage struck him all
right. So far as I understand, it is no
good either. He thinks he hos made a
wonderful exposure of me because I bor-
rowed $126, and not ono Dant more, from
him at 8 per cont. interost, and gave a
friend's notes, not "friends' notes," as
seauriby. I am very glad he has told the
public this, as It shows what a desperate
condition he is in. Ho has nothing to
bring against my ohmmeter only that I
borrow money somotimes. I must own
I often do, and being nearly strapped
now, wonder if ho would lond mo o few
dollars for tho let. Notice he said I
"make my weekly trips to Brussels," then
again he says I "wrote my totters on
Sunday," &a. Now any ono who is fain.
iliar with the language of the Budget
and will talco the trouble to road J. T's
letters from the first will, I think, oomo
to rho same conolntion as I havo, viz.,
that all except tho ono boforo the last
savor strongly of the "Moray Smell -
fungus" of Brussels. Aft for the one bo -
fore the last I still believe with a good
many others, it was mannfacturod in J.
T's honso on Sunday intoning, eo it is
morn of the "Mb•and-miss" malco. I
Hoed make no referouco whabsva to the
letter over Maxwell's .nano as anyone
can me who is the creator of it. T. mar-
row's letter is nothing more than I might
have expootod. A man who could bo the
first to sign a petition in favor of his own
brother getting the post office and than
tura round and reoonnnond Timmins as
past master, cainot be trusted loogor
than the time it bakos another to inter-
view him. Tho statement I made in my
last letter regarding his boys is oxaobly
as diotaton to me by him, I don't think
it will be necessary to wiito many more
letters, as Timmis has made neo of
nearly all tho "tools" ho has, But any-
one not aegnaintol with him and wishing
to know mora of the oharaoter of the
man against whom I ata welting, lot him
write to Mr. Groonway the prosonbPrem-
for of Manitoba. I Savo notiood two
letters iu rho Budget siguocl "John Mm -
()taken diroobod against myself and rho
trustees, and as the pnblio don't know
Who ho is, X shall enlighten them hofbro
I get through And show thorn why bho
writer is feigning so much asinine affeo-
bion for the lambs" of Btuovabo school.
Now John MoCraolt:on has a boy (18
yea's) who went to ane last winter and no
ho was in thio habit of playing truant, I
Novato to his father asking him if he was
aware that his boy was not attending
sohool raggnlarly, and rooeived in answer
to lottor stathrg, that 110 had only kept
hint at bonne a few dogs lately, and was
not 810/400 of hie truancy, but that, in
future ho Would scud a line 11
he inept him, and if he played truant any
more, 01 gave me any tronblo I Was 00
send him word anti ha Wottid keep lrhn
al bund albegother. I found itlreeessary
again to write to his father, but tho boy
himself gat the latter oat of the post
ollico and kept it, so I have boon told.
Now thio MoCraeken fancily has boon
vory anxious to get a certain teacher in-
to Bluovale school since I carne hero,
and havo inbervisWod the trustees for a
number of years, aotually offering the
services of thio teacher for loco than I
ani getting ; but as the trustees are mon
of good judgment they preferred leesping
me on et a higher salary rather than hire
a mall who had to be put out of a pnblio
mooting in Wingham for drunken aocl
disorderly conduct. In this family there
is ono oommonly known by the mate of
"Jack" (a foul-mouthed, disrespected and
lying dude) who thought by taking ad-
vantage of this coutroversy, and writing
no doubt under Ifs father's nano might
possibly got me out to make room for
this ideal teacher of his. What a line
specimen of a toaohor he would be among
the "lambs' of the 8obool I I am afraid
thoir "fond hopes" would bo sadly blast.
ed, and they themselves become as im•
moral as their instructor. However such
will never be rho once under him here.
I world adviao "Jaok" to got a little more
common sense, morality and truthful-
ness before be attempts to dictate to his
superiors. I am thinking of drawing on
the charity of rho trustees for another
year, This dude's "fond hopes" are nip.
pod in the buil. I sos a abort letter over
rho signature of A. H. Mos rove. If he
had read my letter ho would soo that his
is uncalled for. I said if the boy had
been expelled throe years ago it would
havo been bettor for the school. It is
four years since he taught hero. This
boy was a constant source of trouble to
Mr. Slemmou, and caused me the only
trouble I had last winter. His letter
shows that he had also trouble with him.
He was not appealed to by Mr. MaCraok•
en but by this "Jack" as I have been in-
formed. I don't think Mr. McCraoken
knows anything about these letters. Now
let this upstart study this letter carefully
and take the advice given him, and nev-
er attempt to attack mon who are so far
above him in all that is virtuous.. Thank-
ing you Mr. Editor for your valuable
space, I am, Sir, yours truly,
J. H. Taosioou, Bluevale.
The Montreal Convention
Tota Dominion Prohibition Convontion,
to bs held at Montreal on July 8rd, 465
and 5th, will be a gathering of remark-
able interest. It will be the first nation-
al Canadian conforonoe of delegated Pro-
hibitionists. The great meeting at Mon-
treal in 1875, out of which camp the Do-
minion Alliance and the Scott Act, was
simply a mass oonvention of naive tem-
perance workers. In the awning meet-
ing every delegate will represent a con-
stituency of Prohibitionists noxiously
waiting the decision of their leaders and
tho call to arms for further eonfiicb.
The oonvention has been called by the
Dominion Alliance, but it will bo thor•
oughly independent when it meets, and
will organize and control itself. Every
local Temperance organization, every
Lodge, Division, Council, Union, Club,
Church Society, or any such institution
is invited to send a delegate for each fifty
of its membership, any number not being'
e complete fifty to gount as fifty for the
purpose of ropresentatiou. Every Pro-
vinmal Temperance organization is in-
vited to send its Exeoutivo Committee or
an equal number of representatives.
Every Provincial Branch of the Alliance
in to send ten, and every County Alliance
or Scott Act Association is entitled to
five.
Tho principal railway and steamboat
lines aro Rating very liberally with the
Convention. The. Grand Trunk and Oa-
nadiom ,Pacific Railways and Richelieu
Steamboat Company will issue return
bichots to Montreal, for a single fare, to
all persons applying. Tickets will be
issued on this plan from Saturday, June
50th, np to Tuesduyf July 9rd, and will
be good for return passage up to Satur-
day, July 7th. The Inberoolonial Rnil•
way will sell ainglo faro tickets to Mon-
treal at usual rates and will issuo at
Montreal return tiokets free, on presenta-
tion of a certificate signed by the Sooro-
tary of the Convention. It will he seen
that all who attend the Convention (whioh
will be open to bho public), whether dele-
gates or not, may avail themselves of
these reduced faros.
The meetings of rho Convention propor
will be held in rho Victoria Rifles Armory
on Cotlloart Strout. On Sunday even-
ing, July let, torero will be held a groat
Gospel Tenporauco mooting at 8omo
central point; on Monday, 20d, there
will bo an excursion to Mystic, and a
Prohibition pio.nio thorn ; ou Tueoday
evening, 8rd, a monster Prohibition mass
mooting will bo hold. All thoso gather-
ings will be addressed by the foremost
moral reform workers of Canada.
Already )hero is being manifested
ovorywhore a deep interest in this Con-
vention. Its doings and sayings will be
carefully studied by the Temperance
party, the liquor party and the politicians.
1t will make history, The Prohibition.
is6s aro ill earnost, The policy they are
advocating mast speodily receive the
careful attention of statesmen and voters.
It is boingl prossed into naive politico
with a porsistence that will not be
daunted. It has behind it senna of the
best brain power in ilio land, it has boon
warmly ondorsod by Iifforenb branoliss
of the blristiaan Church, and it infinonoos
tho vote of an important and growing
motion of tho eiootorato. Tito Montreal
meeting will be a gathering of mon aon-
seientioosly and determinedly in °arnoat.
Wo trust that in its doliborabions wisp
oounsols will pnovail, and that its results
will be for 150 wolfaro of or oountry and
tiro advancement of tomperanoo, whioh
(ivory friend of humanity closiro8 to
promote.
O. Wlln'iot, Superintendent of tiro Yaw•
castle llatolrory, writes that Lilo 1300
black bias socurod for hint from the Bay
of gafuto by Chas. Wiling, Overseer for
this Markt, have upwattle of 1,500,000
babies. Tlao undertaking, he says, has
proved, a groat 550110ss, far beyond lis ex.
pootations,
Washington Letter.
')bong our Itegulur (i"n•reapgad'`rlt.l
WasmNuron, JRnn 1,1, 19,9.
To many people bbo pnblio promenade
concerti by the U S. 11larino Band in
the White Iiousegrouods Saturday even.
ing and on the east plaza of the Capitol
Wednesday evenings ore the most plea-
surable events of the week. It is then
young Phyllis puts on her freohost and
daintiest drafts, hog brightest ribbon and
most effective summer bat, and Corydon
dons his stiffest collar and his gaudiest
Hummer neuktio to go to hear rho band
play. They watch the sky anxiously on
the condor) day, fetrftil lest o'ouds may
appear and a shower prevent the concert.
It is the only "muting" that many city -
bo and people get during the year. On a
Saturday, 800E1 after 5 o'aloak, ovary ear
coming up from the navy -yard will bring
ono 00 two red-aoated and whits -helmet.
od musioians until the full Marino Band
is assembled in the White lIauso grounds.
These passing osrs, with their brilliant
spots of red, aro signals along the route
that the oonoert is to take place.
While the musicians aro assembling,
along the thoroughfares loading to the
White Homo grounds the hoopla are
coming, soma alone, some in groups,
young married couples trundling baby
wagons, nurse maids with flocks of little
Duos, all happy looking, alt dreesed in
their prettiest summer attire. The gates
to the semi -circular enclosure south of
the Executive Mansion aro closed to
vehicles, but the smaller gates, inteudod
for foot passengers, are open, and through
these, for half an hour or more, pure a
otream of humanity. The some time
after the band strikes up the people
come. The strains of the music hoard
on neighboring streets attract people who
aro out for a promenade.
Iuside the grounds the prettiest pic-
tures are made by the combination of
shady knolls, sunstreaked velvet lawns,
glimpses of ilowor beds rioh in bloom,
the flashing water of the big fountain,
the moving throngs, the band•etand ill
the metro! lawn, within its oirolas of
brilliantly-cosbumedmusi0ians, the white
walls of the stately 121141131011 at the north
and the expanding view southward of the
lawn, monument, river, hills and sky.
The old habitue of the oonoorts bas his
favorite place, where the music sounds
bust to him, if the music is the chief at-
traction, or whore iso can boot see who
are in tho ondlese chain or chains of
promenaders tuab circle round and round
the music stand. There aro several
series of these circles about the stand.
The promenaders go ill groups or couples,
and keep going round and round. Ono
cirole goes one way ; rho other reversos
the motion. Outside of these is a circle
of fringe, sometimes three or four deep,
of people who look on. A young woman
,with a now hat is sure to got into tho
moving circle for at least one circuit.
Moot of those promenading are of the
gentle SOX. The personnel keeps ohang-
ing, as some step out into the outor
fringe and others step in to take their
places. Occasionally baby carnia ggos get
into tam oiralo and cause jams. In the
outer row will be found young men lean-
ing on their gimes, or supporting them-
selves in attitudes that indioato that
they are tired. Tose most picturesque
groups are those scattered about the
grounds, for full liberty to walk or sit on
the grass is one of the attractions of the
Saturday ooncerte.
The Dead -letter Office gets a good many
carious articles through the mails, and
the employees who open the packages are
accustomed to many strange sights. The
contents of a package rooeived to. -day,
however, takes the lead. It was the
scalp of a white woman stretched ont on
a willow frame, and from blue marks on
the package the oonolusiou was reached
that it was a trophy of some Indian
warrior. The hair was long and dark,
and the scalp had evidently been removed
hastily, judging from the jagged edges.
It is supposed that it was kept as a anri-
osity. An effort will be made to finch the
owner, and then probably the history of
bho scalp will bo made known,
Congressman Randall, 00 everyone is
aware, hes beam= a grandfather, and
since bis overthrow ab Allentown by Mr.
Scott be has spent his evenings with the
infant. Tho ohild is strikingly like his
distinguished grandfather. The ideal of
the Protectionist is said to have learned
all tho nursery rhymes he could find in
the Congressional Library, and if sono
day, while; the Homo is considering the
Mille hill, the monotony of bho debate is
broken by a lullaby the members need
not bo surprised, for the Philadelphia
Congressman will only be rofrcehing his
memory for his evenings pleasure.
Canadian Noe—wee.
The M. C. R. omployees have decided
to hold their annual excursion to Detroit
on the 19th of July.
liay. W. T. Mo14lnllon, of Woodstook,
was °looted Moderator of tho Presbyter -
WI General Asoombly at Halifax.
The Raymond Sowing Machine Com-
pany, of Guelph, aro about to start an
agency for the sale of their machines in
Soobland.
J. E, Johnsons tato editor and propria.
for of trio Loamungtou Post, has bought
rho Essex Contra Liberal from J. M.
Kennedy, and will become its editor on
July 1st.
John Stover, of Dovor, killed a 57
pound wild oat r000ntly, 76 measured 8
Riot dk inches from tip toll)", Before his
oatsbip succumbed he; lcilloci Mr. Stover's
bull dog.
Tho enterprising inhabitants of Ches-
l0y undismayocl by the immense loss stns•
tamed by tho recon devastating fire aro
Making Duos otlo efforts to rebuild a
numbor of blocks to aoormnodato rho
business wants of the village.
Mr. Rosa, of the Leamington & St.
Clair Railway, has agreed to 0011 the
road to the lake and 11iv0 $1,000 toward
fixing tip Sett Cliff Park, Sixteen hen.
drod dollars will bo expended ab once, and
) oamfngten11,111Wonf11 on be made into a
sauu1l0r retitle
Dr. Bergin watts to boom= Deputy
Postrnaeter-G ouoral,
high Sohool improvements to bo made
in Sarnia will cost from $10,000 t" 1314,-
000.
Several cai0t of pleuro -pneumonia aro
reported among the cattle on the farm of
Jeseo McInnes, Sullivan township, Grey
county.
Ex•Premier Jolt' will represent the
Province of Queboc at the United States
F;.restry Congress, to be. hell this year
at Atlanta, Ga.
A water famine threatens Toronto.
The coneutuption per day hi about 16,-
000,000, while tho engines pump less
than 14,0810,000 gallons.
The Ingersoll Council have made an
offer of 810,000 to tho Ox1081 County
Council for the removal of Ilia County
buildings from Woodstock,
Manitoba miller, say that, owing to
the unfair dieeriminatinn by the Can-
adian Paeillo, their Minneapolio rivals
are able to undersell then in the Mon,
treat market.
The exhibit from Ontario of minerals
for the Ohio Palley and Central States
Exhibition, opening at Cinainnatti on
July 4th, is a most creditable ono. Its
weight is about fifteen tons,
A syndicate of American capitalists,
hooded by the directors of the Northern
Pacific railway, ie to take hold of the
Red. River Valley and Manitoba & North-
western roads, whioh, w101 a connecting
lino built from Winnipeg to Portage la
Prairie, will form a strong lino in oom-
petition with the C.P.P.
Oa Thursday morning the body of a
man fifty or sixty years of age was found
lodged fn the roots of a tree at the head
of Mission River, ou the Kaministquia.
The man was indentified as frank Mc-
Kinnon, a carpenter. Ho was last seen
alive at Fort William last T.tesday night.
No inquiry will bo held. Deceased
leaves a family near Kincardine, Ont.
Reports from C. P. R. agents give very
favorable amounts of the condition of the
crops along the main line and branches.
The late Showers and warm weatoor has
bad the effeot of urging along the grain
finely. The growth in the last ten or
twelve days is unprecedented. The hay
Drop also promises well. Root crops
Dever looked better, and farmers are all
jubilant ever the prospects for a bounti-
ful harvest. Alongtho Manitoba & North-
western a similiar state of uffairs exist.
In all directions wheat is looking splen-
did. Hay will be plentiful ant pasture
is excellent.
Atnhorstburg Echo : Thore has been a
little falling off in the reoeipts of eggs.
The first week in June 26,000 doxon were
received by aloNau"lnbon, Walker eo Co.,
of Detroit and Chatham. The week be -
lora 31,000 dozed. The eggs moose from
Kant and parts of Essex, Elgin and
Lambton. Euah team collects about
6,000 or 7,000 dozen a week, and some-
times as many as 9,000. They aro de-
livered to the most oonveuient railway
station for Chatham. About 200,000
dozen have been collected by this firm
this year, involving an expeodtturc for
payment to farmers of 520,000.
A committee was appointed at 018411-
uary session of the county couaoil to in-
vestigate and report upon the advisability
of building a poor house in Bruce. They
asked each municipality to report regard-
ing the amount expended in charity.
Below wo give the report sent in by the
Clerk of a village in the western portion
of the country. It is one of the richest
things over laid down before tixo commit,
and caused heaps of fun. This he the re-
port: "In 1885 this municipality had
one indigent, which cost Duly $2, because
we shipped him off. In 1886 ono indi-
gent cost $10 ; we shipped him too. In
1887 we had also oue indigent, who was
brought here, and was too far sone for
shipping purposes. He died on our bands
and dost us $124,"
The Witness recently gave a descrip-
tion of the plan now adoptod in Montreal
for burning garbage and refuse of all
kinds. The furnaces aro situated on the
Papinoao Road, East End, and take
thirteen men to attend them. Each fur-
naao is 20 feet long, 9 feet wide and 5
foot high, and has iron doors similar to
those of a gas retort on a baker's oven.
About throe dozou wagons aro employed
in conveying the "stuff" to rho fiery fur-
naces aforesaid, where noxious qualities
are spoodily dostroyod. The carters do
most of their work at night, beginning
late in the afternoon and continuing till
tho refuse of twentyf0nr hours has been
delivered, whioh may be oarlynext morn-
ing or 00metiulos not until the foronoon.
Eaob Darter goes and comes four or five
times during rho night, and aacouunoda•
tion is provided so that both men and
horses get a two -hours' rest at every sec-
ond load. Tho ashes are carted out as
fast as made, and are used to fill in a
groat hole in. an adjacent brickyard from
whirls the clay has boon removed.
Miss Hattie Sutherland, of Cobonrg,
has bean finally appointod as the trained
nurse for tho Presbyterian Mission Ste -
lion at Homan, China. Miss Sutherland
is about 27 years of ago, tall and good -
;looking, an enthusiast in her work. Slti
has boon for over two *oars nurse in the
Toronto Genesi Hospital, and for four
months of bho titno lead nurse of tho
Burnside wing. Miss Sutherland pasood
all her examinations with honors, and
holds Una silver modal of the highest
class. At the General Hospital last week
Miss Srtthorlaul was presented, by Miss
Snivoly, the lady eupori ntondenb, with a
nurse's baskot of beautiful wicker- worlt-
lnansltip, and fillod to ovorflowind with
ovory possible roquisito for use rn the
surgical and ordinary stoic wards of a
hospital. A funding gortiontan of high
standii , after examining the basket, do-
alarod gnat it contained a bettor stook of
nteessitiesthan maty hospitals possessed
a few yoars ago. Miss Snivoly, in snaking
the present, Micros that Miss Suther-
land's success depended greatly on tho
facilities aiiorded hos to carry on the
work of nursing. Hence tho caro ante
expense bestowed on tbo fitting out of
tho nnissionnurse for her "labor of love,"
Miss Sathorland, lo company with 15r.
Stnith, the medical missionary, and his
wife, will sail from Vancouver ou rho
81.0 July.