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Volume 16.
COM MUNI CA TIONS.
Tt eT met SEI'0Itt'l'Rlr.
Po tho Editor of Tun Puss'.
gat,—Will you ichnlly allow me allow
01)00111 in yonr »000y little pallor to ovum
an erronN 1101nnprooalott ane ]Robert Arm-
strong, of Morris, would convoy to Rha rand.
ors or T01) Poem respecting his raoent trip to
Rho/006110001 'Perrltorloa. In your Ieeuo of
.1 1100 11)111 1 uotleed at letter froul III, Arm-
strong in wulolh ho spanks disparingly of
the country through tvhich he trav0llod and
Rho pooplo with whom ha mot 1n 1110 North.
wet, Eire) h0 100111a 11110102s to bring 1)30
financing ability betoro 1110 p 111110. I Intend
4o allow you, Mr. Editor, the spirit which
pr0mP10 that system of close Ilnamotug la
Mr, Armstrong. to says I trav01l0d from
North Buy to Port Arthur, a 11 anon 0 of 820
union, the whole 820 r(los would nob pasture
n g0n00, 111011 l got into Rho diaptttad torrl-
tory and I could not son anything 11112 worth
'outing about, Dir. Armstrong 0001110 ignor-
ant of ibo foot Mutt the 01,Ov8 routillnnd
country is Holt 1n mit/orals mei of of Ra11y
LLR inuafl veil° as if It woro an ngriculturnt
country, Jia say's Ou ranching Wn,n{peg I
found an irregular built town by lin slat, of
r n Llg mud stale 0:)1)01 Red layer, Dona Mr,
Armstrong IInnw ton difforonco lutwuen a
town mud a elty ? I think 1100,1/titers{511 he
would not malts such an obsonro a tutemoat.
Tho City of Winnipeg boasts of It 11Pulntion
of from 11,000 to 20,11o) inhabitants. Mr. A.
i Winnipeg,
"1)1111 ho stay'm1 2. 1ldtl10 1 n
"miplo tinea" 1 must say t0 1uspOct and lo-
cate the .ii y. Flo says, after lotwing Winni-
peg 14 distance of
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D el° a u
' 0,-talto
P ane
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built h a slough
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t '11us.Tho town Is
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beautifully Rho od and la one of them nus
oat towns 10 2110 wont, 11 boing 1110 terminus
0f tA',o (1.2,11.,)0.W., and Hob market 101(0
( Sot the se Wars 10006 for 101 it ilea. Tho town
I is 001y two yours old, has n Population of
1.00 and It is not unusual to dad from 100 to
1 in tonins loaded with wbant going into 1)0l.
rua001n oma day. 110 rotors to 41)0 local
T..n;4 Agout In nolorai)c as a man of rod
tape who would not answer half hes ques-
tions, Now, Rho Agent Is not Lbo man Mr.
A, pictures to yon but n man superior to 1111.
A, troth in breeding nut oduonllon and whose
veracity is not gao0Eiuned, which is 01010
than lean say for Mr. A. rho Ageut furn-
ished air. A. alist of vacant land but ho 1ni)
not famish trim wan a norm hum of cost
and l I'. A. would not pay for one so he out.
ploy ed shank's man for the trip and it dons
not,'021 to 11ava tranquilized his footings
ultlunlgh when he arrived at Carndulr 110
epreared to he dulightod with the country
po..;ally 'means,/ hero ha found a man nom
dr.,00 kiln over the hand ho wished to in.
ascot free of east. Af)mr illap'-atileg the land
eNoresesd lmnsolf well plitoed with it
land said ho would meta an entry for two
seetwu) on his ram to Delurulu+'. Air. .1.
)tills y))11' readers that on his trip wait of
pelt wino he Sound 00(110 townships with
only' 11e settler in ouch. Now, Sir 1!,ore is
not one township in an area of 2000 sonar)
roile1 west of Dolor:iuo ...nil nus settler
alone. Ilo stays 110 found a low sod shanties
0r1 a or 5 acres Molten end covered with.
This is another false statement us
sit Rua lnl0estond 1,11d in d. W. Manitoba
awl S. 1:.,tsS11boi0n dna boon tniteu lip and
eL Nast two-thirds of it is settled a4 pr2scnt
al.0 18 large portion of the rullrond laud is
ettloll 1u h. YY, Manitoba. Mr. A. would
lead you to bellow that there cru only a row
settlers to 0.11, Assaboiaa and that they live
in Hud shanties, Hero is 112oth0r outbreak
of au elastic imagination. Last year the
s0 ttl urs 0f 13.11. Aora,onfn sent a petition to
the Dominion Government containing tell
fust of soli signatures ant thOso settlers do
not all lieu in sod sbnotiva 8)11)011'. A. knows
it, ho having etoppod in several frump
1100000 while In the n0ig11bmr110od of Caro -
duff. About 4/5 of those Rattlers have built
their Mamas either out of loge, lumber or
0oncret0. Some poopll live in sod houses
and aro very comfortable, A. sod house is
cool in the snminer and lw,Lrm in the winter,
at d Mr, A, knows that as well, as ho and hie
.son spent nearly a week 111 ono til
11110 neighborhood. 1. thinit Mr, A. will agree
with meta saying that a sod hen") is 3Rito
au respectable and lnu0h gluon comfortablO
,than Rho log house 110 lived in for years In
1• Morris, His mathematiOs seams a little
rusty, ho says after making it computation
hu finds tho Government holds 13 emotions
in each township of 90. There aro 2 emotions
set apart for atlucn 10)101 purpo0oe, the 11,1.
Company hold 2, half the balnnoo is set
apart !or building railroads and tho balance
for bmu00toadnlg, making 10 00ott01)0 of
(h,varnmentlnnl is oath township of 82. 1110
says the whole country is u country of apoo-
Rletlon looking out to skin the now oom0r.
1 Ramiro you, sir, they did not slain Mr. A. I
ad111itw0 should Lava had railway faollitiOs
lone o'er this end coo suffer great in0omvenl-
0nc011v having to draw our grain a distance
of 70 miles, but we expoot to got over that
difficulty soon, H0 toils you the 1,00010 In
Ws country are In bondago and that they
righted rebel ve again t to laaeru order the 00t Ver1r
moot of Canada eompola any porton to re-
mail i0 Gu)8da, If tum 17. S. nl0ardad ns n
bettor living than we got 110xe we 0013 easily
go there and bo boo from bondago and I may
toll you, Mr, Editor, cunt the r0bellion 01 '85
was canoed by suet Ruth d1001)1iellod ¢ranks
as Rha writer of that false nod disloyal lat-
ter. He says tho oonntry hos throe draw-
backs, tho Govorumout the C.P.1i. and 1110
frosts, We may got rid of tho 2 former ha
time but the latter nom. Now, 1(0 are not
anxious to 110 rid of either this Goveram00t
01 tut 0.21.11., as for tho frost I may say that
your0 asettler
d I have only knowndfrost districtfor
wino
neo so early In the tall as to oat011 grain
1(111011 was BOW/1 in the pro 101 Moto and out
when ready. The trouble iu all now coon -
trios is 8 numhor of popple •bavo to plough
their land in tho spring and they have not
m8chi00ry to out it when it is ready and are
oopollo1 to *wait on ot1or0 to got tbeir
crops out, Y01110 &0.,
A SETTLER 02 OAIEN/UFL'.
02.Carnduir, .701y 20111, 1888.
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1191. AltmeTi)0N '8 J1l0L'LS To Otto.
1'0101'1:.
To tho Editor of TOM PORT,
Stn,—In yonr 300110 of 111et week there
is a letter from Mr. Young, of Asset,
Northwest, Antler P.O., as ho sago, call-
ing in question 00me of my statements
made in a letter published in your paper
of ,luno 20th, but Mr. Young has failed
to prove that I made any wrong state.
moot in my lotto]: and his let= is only a
whine because I did not write an mxeg-
gerated letter in prai00 of Manitoba and
the Northwest Territory, as the writers of
Manitoba always do. Mr. Young say:, I
do not know anything about tho country
frons North Bay to Winnipeg bemuse he
1 does not. Ho also says that Winnipeg
t has 0omo fine buildings 0)011 a publio
park. I say that this sloes not prove
that Winnipeg is not an irregular built
town at the odgo of a big mud hole called
Bod RiVerl and this eau Young
soon in lose
than 20 mltioto8, Mr. Young complains
that I, as a farmer, did not give a do-
sOrdptI011 of too country er0nsld Winne
pog. I Day that all tho farming clone
around it is not worth do0oribing. The
country around Winnipeg boing hold over
00 long for speculation cannot now bo
sold, inotWitbetanddng all the imporlttn-
ity of an army of agents who come upon
the cars When entering Winnipeg with
and Melt.
blot
and Tenors n v
lir am s
tl a
P
land. Mr,
q10 people to buya
'mato Eli
atio p p
Youngslottor follows mo mt to Dolor
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eine and says t)lat the railway pesos
through nno,of the finest tracts of lando
BRUSSELS,
in Manitoba - the: garden of Manitoba.
He also say0 in lids letter that I arrived
there in awing and naturally found some
water and mud. I say that I arrived on
the 17tH of May and found plenty of wet.
0r in 1110 slough holes and no mud, The
oonntry appeared to be suffering for the
want of rain, and the pooplo then told
me that it did not rain any in Manitoba
in May-, I10 also says tho town of Dolor -
eine ds roily two year,: old but tho people
there told lea that it tuns many years
old, Thorn was what was called old
Deloraiuo when Mr. Fuerow bought some
land at Rho time 110 was M.P., and voted
for the Syndioato to get $32,000,000 from
the Government, but when the railway
was built they put tho station upon their
own hand anti the town 1vas moved away
from friend Farrow and put whore ft
note is—oh the company's own land and
that accounts for It now being do the
slough holos, !fe further dories that
thele 0eru three or forte wells bored in
Dolomitic, but says that two wore bored
and no avator found and one whore they
found a vein of good water. Nov, if ha
will oount 0110 01111 1w0 11 Evill 111a180
three. The people there 1v110 -were 00m-
1110111ing said them were threo or four
and l re10r1011 what they said, Mr.
You' cum l
ain8 that
I might have
found something of more interest to the
readers of Too Poor than the 11100,110
twadelle about the T shoped box oar sta-
tion al Doluratuo, but I thought that
thore was wit anything that would inter-
est and amuse the readers of Tion POST
80 touch as to hear of the ]tinct of rail-
way stations that tem C.l'.11. Co. had
provided for the accommodation of tho
people of Manitoba after thane securing
so 111111011 of Dfauito1Lt's laud and so much
matey from Ibo Government of Canada.
DIr. Young says that I made.:)) attires on
the land agent. All 1 said of that gentle-
man was that 110 was made of red tapo
and would not volunteer any information.
Mr. Young also says that I made my ex-
ploring on foot. I now say that 110 does
not know when 110 is talking about and I
am iucliued to think that ho mover saw
me at all, I ant aura that 11111vo no r0 -
collection of seeing hint. I heel a,bron0110
given me by a friend of mina (\Vm. 1Ie-
Cutchoon) frau of charge to use as long
as I required him, but when I %vent up
to 111e Northwest Territory I did not
take my broncho along. I was 01p0211)1g
to get a rig from another friend of mine
on the way but was disappointed. Mr.
Young ndnnits of the pond holes but as
an excus0 say's that there are swamps in
Ontario. Ile does not appear to know
that the swamps of Ontario aro the host
land in it. I hal•0 'stvamp that I clear-
ed and drained and it has produced me
throe tons of hay per year for eight years
in succession but the pond holes of D'Iaui-
toba can num be drained, neither do
they produce hay. I asked Mr. Folds,
who (Irmo: me all over a township with
his four hundred dollar team if these
pond holds dried up and grew hay and
ho said they did not. He pointed out to
100 that the lire had got into them at
601110 very dry time and burned the Bides
and bottom so a0ovenly that they could
not be mo02001 if thoy did grow grass
and bosides they would bo resupplied
with water when the Juno rains came
on. It is in the slough holes that hay
grows ; tho slough holes aro shallow mud
the water dries off in time to grow hay.
Mr. Young says that my statement of
them being only throo or four settlers in
a township is false. I say it is not. I
was in a township thorn with but one
family settled in it. His statement
about the double entrance fee for can-
celled land is not true or else the agent
hag told what is untrue. Mr. Young
does not deny what I said about the
slavery and bondage of the Manitoba
sattlors but asks what about the con-
dition of the early settlors of Ontario
just ars if that had, anything to do with
the soltlars of Manitoba now. He says
it is true the C. P. R. tried to keep them
in bondago and asks who ahoutad the
loudest when they began to ,throw off the
yoke, who ho says but the people of
Ontario. If Mr. Young i0 not aoting
fool or knave ho most know that it was
not the people of Ontario but a political
party in Ontario who shouted against tho
people of Manitoba gutting their rights.
The other political party always main.
Mined that the people of Manitoba should
Lava their rights. What I said abort
the land grabbers, the Government and
the frost Mr. Young does not try to
oontradiot but gives me a challenge
about frozen whont being sold in Delo-
raise last hinter, just as if he knew how
lunch frozen wheat was sold there. ,Than
he asks Mr. A. if the early settlers in
Ontario wore over troubled with frost ?
I answer him yes. Mr. Editor you will
please excuse me for having written so
muesli in answer 1t0 this man Young.
There was once 11 man in Huron making
a political speech and he said it was
hard worst: kicking at nothing.
Morri8, Aug. 7,'88. 1toim, A0Rc0Tuoxc.
Brussels Council Meeting.
The regular nheoting of 1110 village
C0111101 ]vas held of Monday evening til
the Council 0hambor, All Rho members
present oxoopt Councillor Graham,
The 'Mottos of last mooting road and
paseod.
Aaoounts woro pa0SOd 60 ;
Ino, Meadows, balmy and et. imp, $48 10
J. 33. T. McComb „1110 87
Band grant, 25 00
Boattio Bros., Tiro DOpartmolt, - b 00.
biro. hart, charity, - • 2 00
E. Varcoo, digging Billings' grave,- 1 BO
1 00
Mrs. 3. Blmehill, charity,
Moved by D. Strachan, seconded by J.
Anent, that Rho foregoing accounts be
aid and that tho Banc1 bo charged $2.00
for use of Town Hall for Baird entertain -
moot, Carried.
Column than adjourned,
The potato disoase is aproediug in Eng.
land.
Floods aro doing 011081010118 120)010.9010
Europp e•
Tido-Egyptian cotton Drop is reported
to bd dOtg
n Well
Rolatlons between Italy and Franeo
aro beee nnng 0orlongly strained.
ONTARIO, FRIDAY, AUG. 10, 1886.
Washington Letter.
111.r0ul our Regular Corrospeudent.l
WASInNo'r0N, August 3, 1880.
It lo now given out by the Republicans
of the Senate that 111021 tariff bill will be
roportod in about ton days. This is a
longer time in tho p1operatiou or the
o0rnpl0tion of 1140 measure than it was at
first supp000d would be required, but now
it is oouoodod that On bill cannot bo pre-
sented sootier. The reports as to the
provisions of the bill are contradictory.
When the bill is roportod it will be a1
01100 taken rip and considered from day
to day until some unnolueiml can be
reached. Some persons who have leapt
watch of the subject estimate that thorn
is a ohaneo of the aenato bill passing filo
Home by the aid of Democratic proton•
tionists and ROpublicaus 00mm1,1te0 100m
was unusually quiet yesterday. Senator
Aldrich has gon0 home, and tete o1110r
tariff worlc0rs seem to bo joining him in
rest. It i0 said that the 0)gar tax will
not bo out as much as fifty per cont. ;
that so notch opposition has developed
that the Republicans may docile W make
1110 roduetiol less than has boon contem-
plated.
Tim bill imported in the Som11to byuI
r.
1
Plumb, from 1110 committee on agricul-
ture snakes the Agricultural Department
an ls+xeoutivo Department under tho su-
pervision mod control of a Secretary of
Agriculture, who shall be appointed by
the President by and with the advla0 and
cannot of the Senate. It also provides
for an Assistant SOcrstery of Agrioultoro,*
to bo appointed by Rho President and con-
firmed by the Sonate, aull gives tho Soc.
rotary the same salary that is now paid
lhoads of departments. Tho Ilpuso bill
contained 5eotione transferring Rho Sig.
nal Service to the Department of Agri.
oulturo, but that was striate= out by the
committoe. Tho bill was reported once
before and rocommittod for consideration
of tho sections relating to the transfer of
Rho Signal Service. After duo considera-
tion the committee decided to strike all
that out.
There is 110 mall 111 Congress who has
been more oxtonoivoly written about than
Lawler, of Chicago. Mr. Lawler has
been tho horo of some of tho best stories
that ever havo circulated about Congress -
mon, Ho bocn000 famous when ho first
came to Washiugton through the circum.
lion of sovoral yarns, in which he ap-
peared in the most rcdiculou0light. One
of the best of thong was a story to Rha of.
foot that after having eaten, with a great
deal of enjoym0ut, his first dish of soft
shell crabs in oonlp0ny with a friend he
tried to secure a fro= supply when alone
the next day. Tho story goes that Mr.
Lawler enterod a restaurant, and, having
forgotten the name of the artiolo for
which 110 was looking, and seeing lobsters
on the bill of faro, thought that must be
what he wanted., end at once ordered a
dozen. The waiter in astonishment ex-
claimed, "A dozen, sir," Mr. Lawler
then saw that he had made a mistake,
but it is roportod in tolling the story
afterwards that ho said he tvasn't going
to let any nigger waiter tell him what he
wanted, and the persisted in this order.
Two tables were spread, and the lobsters
woro produced. Mr. Lawlor tried to eat
them 111 the way ho had the arabe, belt he
eoundtbe 0hells were somewhat harder.
After having found how to got at the edi-
ble portion of tho toothsome shell fish,
he pitohod in and managed to got rid of
ono and a half, when he said : "Waiter,
I am not as hungry as I thought I was.
Bring moa glass of brandy and the bill."
The bill was $14.50, and Mr. Lawler
simply remarked, "Is that all ? You
may lceop the change," as he handed him
a twenty. Some of Mr. Lawler's friends
in Chicago who read tho story said they
W011111 not believe it until thoy read the
last part when they were convinced by
that that Mr. Lawler must have clone
just what he was said to have done. The
latest one on the HouorabloFrenk is that
some year0 ago he determined to buy one
of his boys a doom for a Christmas pre-
sent. Es is not well Op on musical in-
struments, but inquired the price of a -
drum, and was informed that one which
he was looking a6 was worth ten dollars,
"That's rather more than I want to pay.
'You can give me one of thorn ha11 ones
for five dollars," and he pointed to a
tambourine which wa0 on the shelf.
A very small page boy was riding up in
the House elevator yesterday afternoon
when a gentleman notioed a red bandana
protruding from his pookot. "How long
have you boon a Democrat?" was the
inquiry addressed to Rho small politioian.
"Oh, about two years," was the • reply,
"just before I was appointed page."
"Well do you know," said the other,
"that the Republicans aro going to get
control of this horse, and the Republican
pages will bo appointed next year ? "Oh,
yes," said the jnv00i10 statesman, "I
know that very well, but I will be a Re-
publican myself by that time."
Teachers' Examinations.
District No. 3, Godorioh.--Soband
Class—T. KOoohtel, J. Moltao, II. An-
drews, \V. Struthot.'s, A• Irwin. (passod in
Latin), 3. Farrow (psssod in Latin),
Third Class—W. McCloskey, IV. IL Rob-
ertson, E. M, Mito1Te th, S. Stafford, E.
Addison, L. E. MaLeell, G. Mabey,
District No. 86, Soaforth.---Second
Class—L. Latimer, J. Morrison, 13. Wat-
son, E. Kellain, A. MoDougall, F. Wood,
Third Class —3, Brothorston, C. Calder,
B. Diokson, 13. Holly, DI. 111o11an, M.
Shen, W. Rowan, D. Malone, J. Mor.
rd0on.
Stratford.—Socondclass—G. Edtvardo,
M. 14laodonald, M. M033mrney, H.. Irwin,
E. Solloy. Third )lass—J. Frame, G.
Schmidt, W. Hartman», J. Colter, N.
Claxton, 33, MoBwau.
St. bIorys,—Seoond olass—•-P. Com.
hander, A. Egan, 1112. Herding, A.
Dioighor. Third class ---E. Stinson, W.
SponDale, Todd,C. ] \V,y13o nota, J. Thompson,
runtG.
, E.
Anderson, 3. 33011, E. Dolmago, 3. Chat -
mom,
Dl t•en Dl, o
mors, l7. Brooke, G ata ,
L. DIcMn r A. SwiSwitzer.st c
Littowol.---Second class-- G. A.ndltrsoi,
Selwood, W. Fre:men, C. Boyd.
Third )lads ---J. 1V, Ward, S. Shannon,
J. Neilson, J. Greer, 31. Fo0r,110r, It,
Downey, 11. MoColgau (passed in Latin),
J. Petah, I, Stephen,
Mitchell,—SOoond class ---G. Steuart,
P. DfoNangliton, L, Gerry. Third aloes
K. Ileal, P, Coates, W. Elliott (passed in
Lotto), A. Hotham (pawed in Latin), W.
Shaw (pee8Od in Latin).
elinton.—Se0oud olaso—L. Campboll,
J. Weir, G. H.331ackwoll, J. Dowering,
J. Brown, S, Mauch, 3, Lamont. `third
class -13. Fortune, M. Gregory, N. Pau-
lin, G. Plummer, F. Richardson, 11. Rod•
2115011, J. Oornytl, C. Frazer, A. 111.0Leod,
W. Smith, A. Spottol, D. Walker, J.
Drown.
VICSU112's'r MATCH,
14t1101111N'r 2, viaa'rnn5ln8Nr,
Last Monday afternoon a goon) of
cricket was played on Vio60ria Square
botween sides Chosou, respectively, by
the Presidont (E. I:, Wad()) and vice.
1 rosidellt, (D. G. Muss) which 10001ted in
favor of Rho format by eight wie n:to,
Ono 1101030x1010 was tho playing of sev-
eral of Rho -juvenile eau:tutors who, in
diflorout 11)0ta110es, out -batted 11m old
stagers. '1110 following is 1110 snore a
PRIISIDEN'1,
15'e 02NING0. '4101 I NI200,
.10Nuusntoe, bl10aaf1 0 b D 310,,, .. .... 3
llargruav0s, rue 000.. S. u loons 7
J. Rosa, b ]toss 1 b ]tune ............... 17
'1hmu0au, b Dennis.,, b not out 13
Currie, o & b Dennis,., 0
i
U. Shaw
McLaughlin, rollout2
1. Eoto oodc b Dennis 0 putout
Jack Wad°, b 1(000,..... 1
BroadfoOt,o &b Itoss... 1
Gr0nt,n'lla out 0
Wahl, 1'1111 oat 0
Brock, e Bays 11 b floss
Gcnbe1, stumped 3
J. W. Shaw, b Inose 0
Extras 4 Extras
Total Ti Total
a Grand total
V10N4111ISIDENT,
2Nn INNINGS.
5 o Brook, b Ross0
0 a Gmbel, b !toss 4
1 run out 11
run out 0
7 b Hargreaves I0
7 b Boss 0
0 stumpod out 2
0 b Iiargreaves 0
u&b Ross 0
s b.Hargreaves 9
u o Shaw, b Oar-
gle0va0 0
0 didn't bat 0
0 b Ross .,,...
Good, not out 0 didn't bat.., .,...... 0
Mo0raokou, 11 Ross , 1 didn't bat............
Smith, b Thomson 1 b Hargreaves 0
Extras ..................... 0 'Extras - 4
Total 40 Total 42
Grand total 01
1ST I21INn00.
Donnie, b J. Ross
kfayo, b Ross
McLennan, o & b I4oss
11. ]Ross, b ROHS.....,
Cluff, h Boss
V. S. Scott, run out
Shies, b Ross
Sinclair, rim oat
Joucu, L Ross
llotOher, b Thomson
O'Drlou, stumped
Hewitt, b Boss
D1011000, b Thomson
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I1,1$1311ALL NNAITO.
11005001.0 211002)0 =nays.
The "Echo" baso ball club of this town
went to Walkerton on Wednesday morn-
ing to measure bats with the Fergus team
for a prize of 980, and our lads proved
to the satisfaction of the large number of
spectators that although they were called
the "Echoes" they knew enough about
ball playing to beer the name of the
"Invinoibles." The game was called
with Brussels at the bat, Bennet in the
box and F. Phelan behind the bat. Our
boys scored 3 runs in the 1st innings, and
8
more in the 2nd, and then submitted,
with as good grace as possible, to four
successive "whitewashes," but they pull-
ed out again in the 7th and scored 3 and
followed that ftp with Sin the 8th and 3,
in the 0th, making a total of 17 in all.
Bennet did superb work as pitcher, strik-
ing out 16 men. On the other hand
Growar was about as effootivo as over and
15 of the Fergus team fanned the atmos-
phere. They got 1 run in their first at-
tempt, followed by 4 blanks. In the 6th
and 7611 innings they woro credited with
2 runs in eaoh innings, and this ended
their run getting, their total being 5.
The batting was light, the fielding first.
class and the gamo sharply played, al-
though it w1/0 too ono -sided to be 50
absorbingly interesting as was expected
from the reputation given of the Fergus
nino, Brook played IL dandy game he.
hind the bat and the bosom= andfieldsrs
accepted everything offered. • Tho boys
played liko olock work. Umpire Mo -
Namara, of Walkerton, discharged his
duties very impartially and satisfactory
to both clubs. Tho following is Rho score,
wbiohwill supply the other particulars
of the matoh.
1300801120. 1'550110,
R, 0, 1R. 0.
Brook, a 4 2 Bennett, p 0 4
J, Ross, tad 11 8 2 Johnston, god b 1 4
1),Rose, 1st b 1 4 Monuio, fat b 1 2
1Moi,ouuan, rf ,..... 9 2 1110Heuxie, 9rd b 1 2
Grower, p . 1 4 ;4L -Phalan, r i 0 4
J, Stratton, Els 0 4 Hynde, of ,....., 3 3
11, 51rottou, 8rd b 1 9 Ir, Phalan,, ...... 0 1
Halliday 1 f 2 9 1{ersgon, s0 1 3
QOM. o )............... 2 8 Ruthorforit, 1 f.,, 1 3
Totals 17 27 T0ta10 5 27
innings-
13russals
Vague
0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 32-15
1 11 0 0 0 2 2 0 0— 7
1f3rta.12411,til). ]behoof 4Dcsso. rod .
The regular mooting of the School
Board was held in tho Counoil Chamber
last Friday everting.
Minutes of het regular and species
mo0tings road and Oonfirnhod.
Membooe prosent—Rov. Jno, Rose, F.
S. Scott, T. Fletcher and J. Ilargreavos.
Moved by 31, S. Scott, seoondod by J.
I:Iargreevee that Robt. Armstrong's =-
moot of $5,20 bo paid. Carried.
Movod by Thos. Fiotohor, 8000nllod by
1'. S. Scott that 141100 Annie C. Taylor
be engaged as toa01)08 to 1111 the vacancy
in Brussels Pthblic Sohool, Should sho
110011no next Miss Lowery and Miss
Bernie. Curiocl.
Movod by F. S. Soott, s000udod by J.
Hargreaves that this I3oard lovyl $1,000
for Oho purpose of (28frnyin2 expo11800 for
Rho year 1888. Carried.
There woro 28 applications raoeivod for
the vaoauoy.
Board then adjourned,
The Provincial Treasurer of Quebec
tho Or.
s sirlco from
roaciVed a fav da
torio Government
acheque for $100,000
towards tho settlem0nt of the Common
0oho01 fund,
A Trip Through Egypt.
to A. G. 30.10,N.121/, A 5105(17)1 n5r0steesi •.,
In
tho fall of 18111, when the British
Government were engaged in the at-
tempt to evacuate Egypt, Gonural Cor•
don, in sumo way or otlplr, got hemmed
in in the district of Khartoum, about
1,600 utiles or more up the Nile. here,
with 11 few native troops, surrounded by,
fierce and bloody enennd00, ho had made
a stand. IIe could not fight his way
out—ho must bo reamed or die, The
I3ri1ish Govurnmeut determined to res -
0a0 him, It 100.5 for this pnrpo5e they
called upon Canada to furnish a con•
1i)gent for the purp0eo of handling the
boats to carry supplies up tba river to
Oho soldiero, Word was scut by Col.
1)enia011, who had been entrusted with
the mattm; to Col, 1Seun0dy, of Winni-
peg, that Mneitoba wonid Le expected to
furnish °bunt ninety Ines. No Aecner
wa0 the foot trade eniwlt than many
mora offered ihomoolt•oi thou were
wanted. I happened to bo amnllg those
fortunate enough to bo an0eptO'. Pro-
ptu'ato11a wore speedily made, for there
120.01101 1111101) (3)110 10 luso. Lettere wer0
a'
written to rilm{l. in Ontario to meet tho
f I
train mt certain points. Directions as to
pct,onnl matter,: were u-111
mads,
and on the ovoning of Sept 6, 17224, wo
were all at the 0. P. R. station waiting
for the train that would bear 110 away
from minor, home and country. Our
departure occasioned ;pito a little stir,
and there Were many thore to hid us
good-bye. Amidst oheors, tears, songs
and mesio t,1 the brass Hand, 1(8 steamed
out of the station, at last fairly started.
Nothing of importance =correct during
the run to Port Arthur, save a delay at
Rat Portogoof about 20 hours on account
of a washout. We took the steamer
Algoma at Port Arthur for Owen Sound,
During the trip we had a concert, with
Sir Richard Cartwright in the )hair. We
also preselit010 tho oaptian with an ad-
dress, thanking him for his kindness, for
indeed we. were treated right regally
everywhere, At Owen Sound we took
the train for Toronto, whoro there woro
e great many friends to meet us. tVo
did not atop long but hastened on, reach.
ing Montreal on the night of Sept. 11—
four Jaya' journey from Winnipeg.
Bore we boarded a transport steamer
culled the Ocean King, 1rh101h had been
prepared for us, We hada regular out-
fit given 110 here—naifm•m, 11211100 and
bedding. Our company' Ltd now reach-
ed its full complement of 300 teen. We
were happy and lighthearted. We
thought more about the pleasures in
store and the sights to be 00 0 than we
did of danger. Time will not permit me
to toll of all that ooaurred. We left
Montreal on tete 16th at 6:30 a. in., and
anchored at Quobeo at 7:30 p. m„ when
the Gov. -General same on board and
complimented us on our appearanoe, and
presented ns with a pack of playing
cards, sot of dominoes, box of ahecker0
and expressed the hope that 110 would see
us all back :gain in good health QOebeo
is ono of the oldest cdteo in Canada,
with a population of 65,000. It looked
beautiful, with Point Levi on our left
and Quebeo on our right, with the fort
showing upso lovely on .the mountain ;
and the mom:intents of Wolfe and Mont.
calmtowerieg up, showing tate side of
the mountain where the brave Wolfe
showod hie valor and died in the defenoo
of his country. Wo arrived In dao time
at Sydney, Nova Bootie, where cos stop -
pod to take On coal. At last coo are out
on the great Atlantic Ocean, I will not
attempt to describe it. No one can
understand it but those that havo ex-
perionoed it—the great rolling, pitching,
tossing about—never easy, always rest-
less. We passed the time Itway on tho
ocean with 00000810 and good times gnu.
orally. One of our men died on the Way
and was buried at sea. If a funeral is
sad on land it is mush more so on sea.
Wo gathered around the dead form of
our late comrade,( the :Captain read a
abort burial servicoetho word was given
and Rho body was committed to the deep.
A plunge and splash and ail was over,
mud our ship rolled on with no sign to
mark his grave. Fifteen days after
leaving Quebec we landed at Gibraltar,
the strongest fortress in the world. It is
about the piotnre of Mount McKay, at
Fort William. We wont ashore here
and met with 111110h 1111101800 from the
soldiers. The native -wino got ahead of
the boys and they had to bo carried
aboard. Twenty-two days after leaving
Quebeo we lauded at Alexandria, on the
Mouth of the Nilo. It is the second
great oily of Egypt, and was built by
Alexander the Groat, 332 years before
Christ. there we aro in the land of
Plia:oalhs and some 7 or 8 thousand
milds from home. Time will not permit
1110 to speak of all that ooai'rod nor to
dwell on the different places seen by alto
way. We did not stop long at Alexand.
ria, but we made good use of our 01187.
Wo went through the principal, streets,
sew the natives in thoir p00011201 oriental
costume—just a loose frook, generally of
wlhito cotton, with a girdle about their
waisto. Tho women had their foam
aoverod, all bot their oyoal iustend of et
cap or hat they woro a large, turban.
Those turbans hers a fez or skull nap,
With a long strip of ootton, or somo1lhiug
similar, wound round thoir head. Wo
tools tho town for Assiout 3 it was it
peculiar loolciup,'arain, the engine was like
an. English engine. There %vas only ono
brake on the train and that was at tho
very end of it. The passenger machos
woro made without 0ido0, only a roof;
and Rho seats, in0load of being motors Rho
oar, ran lengthwise ; thero were only
four seats to each car ; they made good
time and tho road was in good order.
Tho memory is grants through here, vory
fortila with palm tro00 and Ir11it0 of var.
ious kinds ; the houses are built of olay,
with flat roofs. We reaohod Aesi0ut,
when Wo wont on bowed of the steam=
for Aseouatl, thriving at Assonan after
18 days' from Alexandria, whom we had
to take the train for six miles to avoid
n
r Here Nee: want o
Rha first oath met. io e
board the steamer, when we had 40 of
oar little boate in tow loaded with
voyageurs. We landed at Waddy 130)1fe
'4.4/./4/4/100,8/5
Number u.
after 511ays front ASa,111a11, and hero be-
gan our hard work. We had to lay aside
our pleasure seeking and begin the work
for w1ieh 1(0 wore engaged. Our duty
was to take 1110 boats up these (Mamas,
e10011 boat Was 10 marry 25 or 130 cwt. You
may know it was 1101 only hard work but
dangerous as well. Sometimes the boats
loaded with stores for too soldiers et the
front would, whilepassing ihr0ugh these
oataraets, get capsized noel all the stores
lost. Tho river through these parte is
inhabited with OL'lC"dile°, who • wore
always on the alert after any whom
they could get. The way 10 took the
boats through these eataraoti was to do
the most of the work of hauling by ropes
fastened to tho boat and hauled by 150 or
more men, 1(11110 Ono man (.r. In the
boat steering it 01)11003lh these dif ioult
and dangorool 1)112200 ; the rooks wore s0
rough and 013011) that if 111)) boat would
strike these rocks they would pi,•rce a
holo through it. For three menthe we
tailed at this hind of work : sometimes
111) heat was RI r:ry 0xteone1 dont you
mild almost boil water in the 0'))) ), I
havo felt it time and again wh+rn it lune
over 100 in the shale. You 1217,, not go
out without your helm's or 1100b10 hat
for fear of getting sunstroke. 1'vo seen
sl 1t.
the soldiers struelc down by the 111 nt l
some thato l would.
tt over it the
y
would lose their minds awl s 1in01im00
their lives. There was a great ileal of
sioknoss. The nights were very cool, ex-
cepting onion them lot datort breszes
would mine. Time will not allow me
to linger lunger upon Otago inei,lenis, for
I wish to speak more particularly about
some: of the sights seen fn Egypt.
'T0 nx 20\CLHAI•m Ix err. NEST.:
Huron Comity .Notes.
The Howick fall allow is to bo hold in
Fordwicb thio year.
The Ontario Taach0ra' Association
meets in Toronto on the 14th, 111th and
16111 August. Papers are to be read by I1.
I. Strang, 33.A., of Godorioh, and 0.
Clarkson, i3.1., of Soaforth.
A severe atom passed through Bruce.
field Saturday night, brielei1172 in the
front of 1V. O'Neil's sta•0, t0aring down
% carrying dmill and
Mr. Turner's windmill it a
number of foot from the barn. ft also
broke trees, fences, etc., and injured the
crops generally.
The following are the officers eleototl
in connection with Maple Leaf Lodge,
I.O.G. T., Blyth; C. 7., W. Sloan;
V. T., Mios May 'Rogerson ; See., S.
Matllors; F. S., W. 11. Greig; Treas.,
Miss M. )teTavisll ; Marsh del, It. G.
Clarke; I. G., Mist DI. Tamen; 0. G.,
A, M. Bab; Chap., W. Pollook.
The warden's committee of Perth and
Huron visited the Fish creak bridge the
other day, and the result of their inspec-
tion woo that successful efforts were made
for a compromise of the difficulty, the
plaintiff agreeing to accept $500 for dam-
ages sustained through the acoidsnt, eaoh
county paying $250. Mrs. Hicks' injur-
ies are very severe, and there wa0 suffic-
ient grounds for complaint as to the con-
dition of the bridge approaohea to render
an amicable settlement preferable to al.
ion;suit,
e Board of Directors of the Howiok
Farmers Mutual met in Campbell's hall,
Corrie, on Saturday, 28th ult. One
hundred and nineteen applications passed,
oovsring $161,100. For the months of
May, Juno and July 256 applications
have passed, oovoring $334,000. This
Company still, as in the past, carries
"Blanket Policies" on 00010 ;0 of both
houses and outbuildings at real cash
value at time of loss. The whole busi-
ness is run at farm rates and at cost ;
each year paying its own fires and ex-
penses. The Directors were vary lunch
opposed to the change of law limiting all
companies to three yeses but had to fall
into line and drop the five year system,
which worked so wall with 211011s.
Ceteneettiau Nc'woo.
St. Marys Journal ie holidaying this
week,
C. J. Coarsol, M. P. for Montreal East
diod on Saturday.
Tho drought in Q11ebao Province is
causing severe distress.
3. S. McQuade, ex -M, P. for Prince
Edward, died an Saturday.
Extensive damage has been caused by
bush fires in the Ottawa district.
Thom aro hosts of appliOants for the
position of Chief of Police of Stratford.
AM. Mulvey, of Winnipeg, is likely to
be Dr. Schulte s successor m the Senate.
Manitoba crop reports continue to be
very favorable, though the harvest will
bo later than laet,voar's,
The Oddfellowa Of Merlin are building
a hall 40x00 feet. When finished it will
bo a find brildns and will cost over
$3,000.
lfoutreel rumor0 have it that Sir
George Stephen will votirefroln the pre0i•
donoy of Rho Canadian Peale° and %vile
live do Ennd.
Thio Monglatreal 4 European, Short -Line.
Railway Company is smug tho Govern-
ment for $600,000, On account of the ex.
proprietion of their pproper4y.
General Manager (11210220011 has atatod
that the Sault branch of tho Grand
Trunk will likely connect with tho North.
ern Division at Bark's Falls,
Tho Queen has directed lettere-patolt
granting Rho dignity of Iinigllt of tho
United Itingdont'anon Dr. Daniel Wilson,
Preeidenl Of Rho Toronto University.
Tho Local Governmolt ire offering
prizes of $100, $50 and $25 for the boat
collections of grain, sends, eta, delivered
do Winnipeg by the 8111 Decoubar, for
ochibition at Toronto Fair.
The following 10 the rule adopted by
Kincardine Couneil;—All taxes in town
aro duo and payable, on tho first day of
October. 'Tsxos Oen bo paid by bidel-
monts on 1110 1st of Ootobor, lot of De-
cember, and 20th of January. If the
first instalment is paid on Ootobor 101,
time will bo given for payment of soonnd
and third, If not paid on October 1st,
the whole taxes become due and interact
at five per cent, is added. If the whol0
a1Onn tisp aid on 00101212 101, a di leorn6
at the talo of threeor neat. is allowacd
on 0ec0nd atld third nstalmonts,