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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1889-4-19, Page 1tu.a.ranrc,rxww,.�...cva"..u;u-.cv.axn�cua---'•••-•:•••••,•.••---,•••.=>rr..am yvanru Volume 16. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 188 9. From Eth• 1 to •J1 ysta. ity 14.anitoba. The following is a cope of a letter re salted (rem Bliss Maggio .1. Sharpe, wit loft Ethel on March 12th, giving a Rho sketch of their jouruoy and of the ceuu try, which wid be read with interest b malty of our readers : Tut sday, Mar, 12.—Left Ethel abou n uu 1 alt very lonesome, Some got o at Atwood, eight or tun in number. Stop pad a while in Palmerston. Tho sloe and come of the mon wont on, the re t• 110 wait by express as far au Toronto Arrived in Guelph about 5 o'clock, an stopped about one hour. 'There is . er little renew here. Some of the crow that got ND at Atwood are getting ear Aunty. Met in with Mrs. John Oughto and child on and oho stook ears here. Arrived in Toro o about dark. W"rinesduy. A vitro pleasant day ; al in good spirits. Had itgreat night; some of us slept woll, o )fors sept nine. Ler Toronto about 2 o'olook this meriting Gut stock different times; oedy 40 miles out of To•emto at 8 o'clock, Stock al well exeep1Mr. Sides'nor -e. It Letdown in the car before we got to '1 oranto ; had to shunt his ear off at Toronto and unload part of it to get the her -o up. They had a big time With it. His, use is coming on the next train. We eaw the first rook at 12 o'clock today. One woman saw a big stone at the aide of the -track and she shouted out, "Hare are the Rooky Moun- tains" We have been out or the car and had a walk, and saw the men water their stock, It is ono tint; now. They do not stop only to take on coal and water. I have my blanket spread out for a nap, We have lots of room in our coach, only one more family 011 board. We man get lots of good water, both hot and oo d, on beard the train. There were nine pas- senger coaches left Toronto; we sere the fifth. Reached North Bay about 2 o'clock. We very nearly had a collision between Toronto and 'hero. We; wore oomiug round a curve when we Dame within three or four rods of another train. Narrow enough, indeed. The o her train stopped so quick that the taps blew out of the bole^ and scalded the fireman to death. He ody lived live hours. We were all badly frig'touod. Passed through Burke Falls about dark. Thursday,—A nice day. Slept well last night, Loft North Bay about 4 o'clock yesterday, and, welting for the tea to buil, I thought I would write. Toe ieelnok--Neve had die nm'; crewel all i : Loud spirits; ehildeen playing hide- and•neek. We love s en s me grand scine:ly through Muskoka. 8 me 0. the crowd saw a bear un the track; it rte, off into the bush. Saw a great many rook. 011(1 little hikes. ',Vu Moo also passed some lonely graves, the graves of men who were killed while building the road, WW1 s,•mo pole 1, Imo end oth tea arose of beanie to mark their last resting place. 1•rturty: -All well except lira Oogh• ton. Slit, van very sick ;est night, but she is a little tetter at present. Wo are in Algoma Dis-rict now. This is a very rot. 'li looking aorult -y ; ton cannot see the tope of the monut1L1i from the windows. Therm is lots of snow herr. There is a very heavy load 0u now. We men.,1, got aloe; fast, es there are twenty -ono ours on. Just this minute the coupling of the care broke and left our coach acid 0 oar of 110(00s staudiug, the eegine and res' 0' the: , tens are gone oo ant of sight. They did • 01 go vary far until they missed their load, and they mme back aid got hitched again and cvorytbieg is all right. Some of 00 hove leets of fou, an we sing for an hour or two every night, chile others of our or,wd aro very homesick. Sono 111,1 a all of the children tart to cry at • d tion wa.11000lots of music, The) i• le . mall en board has it eaiload Of hcree:s; ane of them took sick yesterday teed it Wed last ui„ ht. They ore going t' atop et the 11001 station and take it -off. Throe n'olook—Wo are stopped at White River Station. Beed dinner before we came here. We have lot of fresh eggs, fruit otitic, roasted potatoes, .ko.onboard. We are going to stop bore three hours. Sone of ns went for a walls here and went into a store. Eggs ere 80c. per dozen ; green apples 5c, nor pound ; bis. ouito 11.0. per pound. M: s. Oughton is bettor, but Mrs. Batemau's child is sick. Five o'clock—Have had supper. Good appetite yet, Have just passed through a coal mountain. Sometimes wo have to look away down to sea the telegraph poles on one side of the trait., while on the other side wo have to look away up to no the tops of the mountains. Six o'olnok—We are at the Pennenla and have a good` view of Lake Superior. It is a grand sight indeed. We can see the houses for miles and see o the cattle on feeding finido. Tho Ethel Rho" , Winnipeg. Wo aro peeking up our tlringe Cpa¢zvt tv Nzzlsrxozr as wo do not know whether we will have to leave our car at Winnipeg or not, Wo taro just 10 utiles from Winnipeg now, time is just one hone ahead of the time - here. Y Monday—Very fine day. We came i into Winnipeg last night about 8 o'o]ouk it and will leave about 10 this morning. Wo have net left our oar yet, but we will It bo glad to got out of it, as it is getting f very dirty. Our errata will bo scattered in all direoblons More, some going one way d and some another. Wo are at Morris station now. Mise Good is going to got c� off horn. We got out and went up to the station with her. Wo mot in with Wm. n and Thos. B111.11 rind John Whitehead here, who are all from Gtey township, We are all very tired, but expect to reach 1 Crystal City ,o.nrorrow. This is a fine warm day and there is no snow hero. Some of the farniero have started-eeding. This is a very rums mouthy round here. Tuseday—Very fine day. We are all 1 well. Wo got sato to Gr'ystelOity'%bout 1:30 this morning. We worn taken t0 a house n ar the station, where we had a sleep and then had our breakfast, while the men got their horses, wagon end rack out of the car and got loaded, when we started for Mr. elavwoll's farm, which is about 4 miles from the village of Crystal City. I suppose you would hardly be- lieve me, the weather hero is almost like summer, no snow to be seen anywhere. While coming in from the city I had to take off my coat and cap and put my veil over my head to keep the sun off, and the roads are as level as the floor and the dust flying in clouds, We can sea the oity, whiob is 4 miles, and Pilot Mound, which is 5 miles distant, very plain. The folks here aro very kind. They cannot do enough for us. The first day wo were here our first neighbor (Baker) sent us bread, milk, yeast and everything that wo needed. Ae far as we can see we oannot see a tree or stump, not even a willow. We have not 80011 Si sod house or a half bread yet. They tell us there is no ouch thin in this part of the country. Hay is 65 per load hero; oats, 25e. per Umbel ; bar- ley, 30c.; s,•ed wheat, 65o. There ens an elevator burned here some time ago and a great quantity of wheat was smoked, rendering it imf11 for use but good for seed. This is the reason it is selling so cheap. Tho most of rho farmers around here aro from Exeter and London, Ont. I almost foreot to tell yea about the ilial•• boyo living here. Our neighbor, Baker, has two boys, the oldest le not 18 yet and ire weighs 222 pounds. The other is as big accordingly, while lir. and Sirs. Baker weigh over 400. We are all delighted with the prairie so far, and I am n'.t sorry I came to Manitoba. 'There is lots of work and good wages for any who ar.' willing to work. there is quite a lot of geed sown already. Saturday.—duet before dark last night we saw a great sight, whioh many of us will remember. We passed over the largest teeslte work in the Dominion. It is 66 feet high and 130 or 140 yards long, then we went through a long tun. net, and when wo were in it we oonld not sea ono inoli before us. Some screamed, others almost fainted, but we knew what was coming, There is a man on, he goes from Toronto to 'Winnipeg with us, who attendsto the fire and water, and sacs to everything wo want. Ho is very fond of his bitters, Mrs. John Reynard and I have lots of fun with him. Wo aro stop- ped at Fort 1Viltiam. It is reining and f,eezing; everything is covered with ice. We passed through fort Arthur. It is about 7 miles from hero and is a gralld place. Wo mot in with Goo. :Dobson, formerly of Grey. Iia is work- in g here. Two o'clock --Well, this is ter. Able. Hero wo are shunted on a sirle• tench, to stand eight or nine hours with not a building to bo seen but a small statim, Tho (mgigtl has pone back and wo will bavo to welt Until another one , comes. Oh 1 it is a fright to have towait so long, but I guess we aro able to stand Ste Sunday—A11 wolf, We stopped at Bat Pur,agc this forenoon. Wo aro 180 miles from Winnipeg yot. We have passed through two Bawls to.4ay. We Wive very had water on board now. Wo have to melt snow for drink,, Wo are goitt very slow. We fPo in the "D1epntod Territory." Nate (Sunday 0VOting Wo MAemm J. SHARPE. Crystal City, Man. i pringohows. 05088018. The annual exhibition of entire stock in connection with tho East Huron Agri• cultural Society was held on the Grey Branch fair grounds on Friday of last week. There was a splendid showing of imported Cly iosdale horses. The follow• ing is the pri:to list: Homes.— Imported Heavy Draught, aged—let, J. L. Turnbull's "Sir Patrick," Elm; 2nd, P. Mo16rvan's "Rankin Boy," eteleillop; 8rd, L.'cIcNoil's "Challenger," Grey. Tharp were 0 eebries. Imported Heavy Draught, 3 years old— l.st, Dorreneeet ]tabkirk's "Cream' Oity," 11K111011 ; 2nd, \Vubiter et (Iohel'e "Ans. berry," Brussels ; 2rd, Carter R' Miller's "Royal B.nttauia," Morris. Thore were 6 entries in this class. e Canadian Heavy Draught -1st, Jno. Mitchell's "Galloway;" 2nd, P. McPar lano's "Toon Clerk," Grey. Carriage -1st, Wm. Piuknoy's "Ban. nor," Seaforth; 2nd, Uriah MoFadden's "Aloxis," Grey. Binns.—Durham, aged - int, David Mitoses "Perfection," Ethel ; 2nd, David Milne's "Red Knight," Ethel; 3rd, Jas. Bowman's "Vedder," Morris. Bulls, under 2 yearn—let and 2nd, D. f Milne's'"Duke of Maitland" and "Lord Stanley," Ethel. JIIDOES.—•Por bootee—Jae, Snell and Jas. Reynolds, Hulled, and R. Ballan- tyne, Elma. For bulls -3. Barbour, St. Erelong, and Goo. Malcom, Wroxeter. 1110.11113.101. Jrosuiti0um find Infidelity. To the �Shctur 01 Tin: peso. D0011 Snr,—A great deal has booty said lately about the injurious ae0sequeitee of Itomanlem and Jesuitism anti the u©ocesit, of carefully guardieg our iutereete, both religiously and politically, against the grasping arrogeney of the one, and the subtle intrigues of the outer, but while we may honestly and rightly guard against. them ou the one band, wo may be in danger of ne •lecti' g to guard aga]use a worse enemy Lo tuuiseiauity, or the other. If we Pelee to hand down to our posterity a country worthy of their possession, it le our duty, new, to teeth)). not only one, but all the evenn00 that have led to the 0,erthrow and 1 Mu of other a 11000 and countries. The groat mietak has be n, and is now teat ehriselau people are often fo 11,1aol op when they should ee awake and watohing. Too often lb is, as 1u the Jesuit ease, they ere roused up to see their danger after it 18 too late to avoid it. Tho old adage is too often true "Locking the stable after the horse is stolen," The Jesuit question has hadenough said about it lately, I will not 000upy your space with that. The other danger which I have referred to i•. Infi- delity or Secularism, as it is sometimes called, which is mnah more dangerous than even Popery. history repeats itself, if we encourage pernicious and noxious weeds to grow, we cannot expect a good prop, suoh has been the experience of other countries and in all ages of the world. Thera is nothing else that can preserve and perpetuate a healthy, national existence but the true prinoiples of Christianity, In order to see this point more clearly just let us look at the principles that govern Infidelity, and what they are aiming to accomplish. Because they cannot understand all about God, they will not bell„ve there is one a0 all, revealed religion is a myth, the Bible is a lie, Christianity is au inn- ,•osition. In order to 000 what they are trying to accomplish, T will refer to w fav of their resolutions, adopted at a meeting held at Toronto 11011 long ago. They are as follows :—"We demand that the employment of chaplains in the Bootie of Commons, in the Local Legis- lature., in the militia, iu the prisons, asylems, and all other institutions supported by public money, shall be dis- continued.” "We demand that all religious services, now eustaiued by the Government, shell be ab dished, and especially that the use of the Bible 111 the Bulk) School, whether oston•ibly as a text book, .'r avowedly as a book of religious worship, shall be prohibited." "Wo demand that the Judicial oath in the court and in all other department;of the Government shalt bo polished.' "Wo demand teat all haw0, directly or indireotiy,enforcing the observance of Sunday as the Sabbath shall bo repeal. ed.,. "We demand that all laws looking to the enforcement of "Christian" morality shall bo abrogated." Blessed as we aro with Christian laws and institutions wo comrotfully understand what evil con- sequences would follow, if alp who on. dorso such principles, would got into power, and no doubt if they olid they would use it to acoomplisb their pile poses. Personally I say nothing against n man because ho differs with me, nor would I desire to do him any wrong, they have a right to their „pinion, nevertheless I say, it would be vory injurious t ' put them into publio positions. The applio inion of those remarks may be seedy ,,ear, it is simply this : If we want to preserve our Christian institutions and our Protestant principles let us sup- port Christian men and put them into all pub.io ofl]ooe. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for your space, I may with your permission refer to this matter again. Yours Truly, April 16,'80. "No SunnownEn." P.LLLrre'EED1008DS LOOKING FOR Tt00tlt6$G Gabriel Dumont arrived at Duck Lake' Y.W.T., on Friday of last wook. On his arrival there he at once arranged a ser. es of meetings to be held in that district. Tho first one took place at Batoobe on Pnosday last. It was not largely attend- ed, only about twontyflve being present. The second was held at Duck Lake on Friday afternoon, at which about sixty Nere present, Dumont said he 'was pleased to see somany friends present to welcome him back, as he had been told hey had ceased to care for hits. Be ave a description of his travels and what he had soon while iu Montana. Ho had written several times to the govern- ment for an amnesty and at last ho got ired of writing and be told thou he wag coming book, whether or not, and that he would not do it hiding, but above card. This letter was immediately an. wore(, giving hila his amnesty. IIe had seen in tho paper that ho was in Montana raising mon to 0om0 over. This w08 a monstrous falsehood. Ile never ad any molt ideas, When in C,luebea o addressed many meetings, at which a also explaillod the trouble of 1885. Ila old thorn that oho Government had whipped them, but that a given number n French Halfbreods well itruned could whip e. 510311ar number of any other na- ion in the world, Ilex had visited Ot• veva but di•I not call onkir john Man- knelt',as ho did not think it hie Linty. it John should hove called on ]rim. Amnesty had now boon granter! tho rob• is by the Dominion Government and that amnesty moans that all robelssbould et back their *tittle and every other hing lost and Oonlgcatod. This was ono 1 tho objects of his mooting, He wanted strong oomunttoo tainted and a poli• ion Bone to the Lioutcnant•Cluvornor at Itoginre, for his eignoture and approval ted then gent to Ottawa. It M. Royal edeiced to a tm it, then ho as a depute. 1011 Wego to Ottawa himealf. e We nest have Out' claims said Dtt• hent, "Tho J<1elio were not to blame The attendance at the Spring Show on Wednesday was splendid considering the g May season. Tho various classes of horses were well represented, there being soma ()holm()holmand valuable animate. Tho t judges award of prizes ens MS follows —: Honsns.Beavy Denught—let and 2nd, Wm. Wollwood's "McGregor" and "Ed- b mond," Wawanoeh ; 3rd, David Erwin's s "Borland Chief," Blyth. • Heavy Draught, 8 years and under— let, Webster e& Goebel's "Osprey," Bens. sols ; 2nd, Thomas Potter's "Bevilh Hero," Blyth ; 3rd, 'Phomas Hotvoll's h "Young MoCartnoy," fleet Wawanosh. h Road and Cariiaga—L. - II. Studio's "Royal Revenge," Blyth ; 2nd, Ellam Livingstone's Elootric Chief, East f Wawauosh ; 3rd, Sohn Reid'e "W, F. Lambert," East Wawauosh. Beet horso of any eines or age --Wm. t Wollwood's "McGregor." Brims,--Thore'-brad, aged -H, Wilk- 5 inson's "Beigravo Chief," Morris; 2nd, It, Stonoltousc'o "Prince of Walee," ;last o Wawanoslt. 'Under 3 years--lst, 30. Corley's "Baha,' g Last Wawanosh; 2nd, Thos. W, Taybor's t "Lord Delaware," East Wawanosh ; 3rd, o George Sovlotee "Douglas,' !fast Waw•o. a nosh. t 11eroforde---let and 2ne1, - Saml. Well - Wood. a 13051 bull of any breed -.-11, C;o:ley!s r "Bello," Etat.Walvanooh. t JOnane.—Wm. J'. Johnston, Morris t Hobert Scott, Ihcllott, anc'i Wine article- at'e in Manitoba, about 40 mike cont' e and now they (nuns b„ nai4." A cum. illittee of 11) 1111 ':'i" i;;011 fnrtneel, W411iuetruotione to h,o+ no time in getting a petition prepared and suit to Regina. Other Tne01111ge are to be hold. As a number of bulbuls were present Dumont addressed then iu tilt Cree laugunge. it.rueselr3 Council.A en sial meeting if aha Village Coun- cil woe held on Monday ; veiling. All the members present, the Re•vo in the chair. The following accounts were pre. sett ted 1. Hargreaves, etatia:ery $ 911 Smith et: Malcolm, work at Hall 3 86 Moved by W. F. Stewart, 'emended by Watson Ainley that above accounts be paid. Carried. By-law No. 11, 1889, was react throe times and patted, Matto the date, polling places and Deputy Ileturuine OSlo'11 fere tee et -utiun for the Sohoel hoard vacancy, 110101111/t1011 to be on Wednesday, 21111 inst., "net elution, if necos00ry, on W. d- needes, May int. The amendments to the 13y -law of 1882, oouoeruin,t the r inning at large of horses, elate, eke., vvas read aid, ttftor a little di.onssion, was laid over until the regu- Mlaray meet6111. ing of the Board, on Monday, Board then adjourned. Washington Letter. (Prom our gopher uorruspundont.) WA81000TON, Antal 10, 1800. The President is now suffering from an aggregation of evil which is infinite- ly more trying to hie good nature than numberlees personal appeals for office..Tire afiliotion comes from the crowd which has, more especially the last day or two, declared that it did not want anything for itself, but it did want to prevent some partioular candidate from getting a position for which he may have been urged. "Spikers" is the name by which these men are known, and they earned the title by the persistent manner in which they had performed or attempt- ed to perform the ta-k of spiking the political guns which have been trained, perhaps, against them. These delegations of "apikors" have r,0 candidates of their own ; they have no ambition, save to lower the standard of some aspiring one. They envoy the President very much, but he has to listen to them, booths' he wants the truth and nilly the truth as to the character of men who aro looking for public office. He recognizes the animus which incites hurl meow the "spikers," and yet there is no escape from hearing them traduce ono of their neighbors beaaneo they do not want Trim to succeed in his quest after salary and distinction. The President's piney with rotation to the southern appointments has been mado clear to the southern office -wakes here, and thorn is not a little unavailing disooutent. Ile has declared hie intim. tion to eeleot none but men who have the respect of their neighbors, and who are intelligent and capable. He wants to recognize yoang men, and progressive men, who man do the party good, and will not mot merely ae leeches for the party because of what they can get out of it. Any distingetisllod and capable mai, who is a Republican in principle whether so by avowal or,,. not, may be selected for appointment. The idea is to eat rid of the self -constituted loaders who oriug the party into disrepute, and to lot down all the barriers that keep white protectionists ant. It is reported that the President epok, very plainly to a southern "leader" who called with a delegation lately to see about the appoint- ment of the patronage of his 'Mate. the same learner had been there many tin s before, and etas assuming to control the patronage of the state. "Now," the is reported to have said, after listening to him for m Moment, "yon have been Hero several times, and I have hoard you. I know you, Mr. -, and know of you very well. I do not think on aro the sort of man to distribute the pat-onage of that state. An oddity in the lino of upplioatioaeontofor onto has been rooeived at the Poot- Ofiioe department. it was a photograph of the applionnt and was accompanied by the request thea the picture ho filed with the papers in the case. What is intend- ed to be a gonial smile has evidently been too much for the skill of the country photographer, and the result is an ex reesiou of mingled astonishment and dismay, which is no -doubt much more amusing than the original smile. nicht the third application accompanied Math by a photograph ish has been raaeived at the Post•Oflioe department, and if the action of the Postmaster -General is favorable in those oases there is a probability of the custom becoming general, ab least in such oases where the features of tho applicants oannot be personally brought within the fume of the Postmaster-Genoral's aye. A carriage drove by me on 0110 of those beautiful spring days last weak, and, looking into it, I saw a vsnoreblo gentle. manwith , wia coat closely buttoned around Trim, hub who seemed alert and vigorous. I could not place hire .for a t moment, but r000lleotion told mo hat it wee 110 other than tho Hou. Robert C. Winthrop, of Massarhnsett,,. on his mound journey to tho South to ewaled the rigor ora Boston March. Mr, Win Memo will on oho Itet11 day of May next bo eighty yea's old, IIs rcmmclnceel h]e public lifo es a member of. the Bone) of Iteproscntatives in 1814, and was the. Speaker of tho Thirtieth C0ngrest from 1817 to 184'0. That wag a notable Co.n gross. Of tiro sixty -might Senators, in the forty years thnt have intervened, I think ell are dead. 0000131 seven. And of tho two hundred, and tbirty•livo mom. bers Of the house of Ropeteettatives there aro butsixprominent paetinipants in the debates who aro still alive, 11 Pomoa long timo ago, but Mr. Winthropretired retired,irom public life in 1851, having. served out the unexpired term of din, Webster in the Scottie, and was scouted. oil iu brat body by (Marko Sumner. It Wee Mr, Wietlrrep who ciolfvorod the stone of the 'V'ayh]ugtat ItT minima in 1018. Hine,' lee hart been in writ ,'e life Sir. Winthrop has devoted himself t., below. literature and be . taut solwrnos. 11•; it the President of 1113 Peabody Trustees, and 110 d ranee that ha ow03hie excellent health to alnrtys having ao much to do that he has not time to think about hint. melt Dominion Parliament. The Gazette oubliettes the following;--- The ,avenue i11 March, nccordutg to the monthly stationer, t, was : Customs, 62,. 37(],152 ; excise, 3521,110 ; poetoffi".., $219,878 • railways aid otter pub110 works, 6172,189 ; ani melanoma, 331,1]80 : total revenue for 6laroh, $3,323,849. F.x- penditur�•, $1,750,451. t.lomp',r0'i with March, 1888, the rev nue s ,owe an in- crease of $500,000, anti the expenditure shows a doom esti of 6107,000. For 111 OOmpletad u111» uwuths of the present tined year the revenue bas Ewen 327,910.. 610, and the expenditure $93,729,291. Besides the above statement on consoli- c1a10d fund x001001 there bey been ex penrle'1 on c'tpital a000nnt in blaroh 09 6282,288, and in the nine mouths, 63,887,- 3, made up tante: Publie works, rail wsys and canals, 32,99;1,322 ; Dominion lands, 376,7112 ; railway subsidies, $799.• 200 ; rebellion account, $18,400. The total pots debt of the Dominion on the 31st of Mardi was $287,889,980. Deducting from this the invoatmente in sinking funds and otherwise, the Provin. tial, the miscellaneous and banking accounts ; a total of 653,016,343 of as- s-te, the not debt rem:dns at $234,878,. 630. • Binder Twine Trust. Never perhaps have the farming um.munity so quickly or eo vividly realized the dollar and cont effect of monopoly and combine as in the ease of twine re- quired thi'• season for the self -binding reapers. To the farmer the result is most serious in the great wheat fields of the West. There a life and deathstrug- gle is going on with the twine manufac- turers, or these wilt) control the supply. With eeif.binding reapers all but nni• eersal, and twine pea:doally the any material in use, ft seemed a grand op- po.tuuity to apply the "trust" screws, and the denial t.1 the twine manufactur- ers that a nonibine exists will receive little credence. A Western estimate says that 50,000 tons of twine will be required f.rthis yo,r'e harvest. If the price is forced up to 20 opts a ponnd it will take $20,000,000 to put it into farmers' hand . If mads 25 can a a poured it will take 825,000,000. This compared with 1888, when twine: was 12} to 15 cents a pound, shows profits to the syndicate or assooia. tion of from $7,000,000 to $13,000,000 in the next five months, which hoot even- tually come out of the farmers. Aa 8000 as the rumor of a oombine and a 50 per cent. advance got abroad, the W stern farmers became aroused, and through the aid of farm journals, the Farmers Alli anoe and other organizations rapidly formed themselves into a "counter trus so to speak. They propose to starve out the trust by refusing to use tw100 unless it is sold at a reasonable price. Repro eentatives of tho alliance from seven States met at Dee Moines, Iowa, reoont- 1, and adopted the following : in view of the fact that the prices of binding twine have advanced almost be yond whore it can be profitably used, through the manipulation of spcenlato,s, who hnvo cornered the entire sisal an 1 manila fibre, wot'Mnldrecommend to our ilarulere that over practical expedient bo esorted to for 'he purpose of meeting tho emergency by cutting off the use of the twine wherever possible. We mom mond tho folloriug xpedients 1. Chmlgi,,;; binders into harvester-, . with platforms for ,and.binding, 2. Changing self binders into head. ers, whiob on.0 be dono at a small cost, to int and stack loose ; and we recom- mend. 3. The curtailing of the small grain out- put wherever the results for years have bleu of doubtful profit. The above explains the plan of defence, and if a majority of the grain farmers of the country adopt it and carry it out, it will be successful. Almost the entire supply in the West has been bought up by tho trust, end 500,000 bales are packed away fu Minneapolis alone. Last year twine mould b bought in Minneapolis at 0 Dents ; this year it will cost 20 to 25 osnts, In Ohio and adjoining States the comparatively small area of grain grown by each farmer can easily bo taken care of without using a pound of ttviuo, and the Ohio fartner;urges then; to have back. bone to refuse to buy it at any material advance over last year's priae, Al tho West farmers are pledging themeelvos not to pay over 12 .or 18 nuts. The twine queetiou is a serious one also to farmers all over Ontario, especially as harvest draws nearer. Caton erteI NO'Vre. The Matthew Arnold memorial fund now amounts to 685,000. Detroit has seven gun clubs, with a total membership of 400. Twenty-five people were killed by an explosion in a New South Wales thine Monday. Twelve thousand emigrants sailed from Liverpool for Amoriea during tho past week. Several emergency men were eoalded while evicting a family on the Olphert esteteu. Tho Now Sold Wales Government proposes to raise a revenue by direct taxation instead of duties. Tho British Budget introduced in tho Commons shows a snrpins of .1E2,:i86,000, the 'ergot stunt 1873, In Mallin there 10 one drinking saloon to every 112 inhabitants; in Heidelberg tho proportion of saloons to inhabitants is 1 to 87. Services for tho dud aro hold 10 oho glumly institute at Sheffield. Tho Meath. er speaks lilac a bell-shaped rncoptaolo, frons which tuber. o0neey the sound Of his voice to the oar of each porion'gree. 1)11511;, Wingharrr, :for the teoable. They wore led into it addblws at the laying of the corner. est, Number 40. Mamoru Francis Josopb bras bought the My 'ling estate, whero Prinoo ltu- dull shot himself, and will convert tb0 house into a uun110ry, The bottle of liquid with whiob the Denver bank robber threatened to blow the or, ablisbino,lt end everybody in it to sofmithereens proves to bavo been a bottle easter oft. I0Ordinand Salton ether, of Akron, 0., icemen es the Oatmeal Bing, is a Prohi bitionst of set Iixeid oplidees that when cue of his milts was destroyed he distri- buted 20,000 bushels of oeiob,ud grain among the farmers for chicken fee I rather titan sell it to distillers to be nude into whiskey. el, professor in a Berlin Halve•sity has 0uco0 •del in making a first-rate beauty out of sawdust. Wo are friends of tem peran00 in col age aid out of a'rllagere- marks the New York Meil and 'Express, but what 030.11100' has it when au im. pe•tinions 8tuleet can take 1 rip. saw 4411.1 go out and get .lrn1,11 on a fence rail ? Tee Townships of Raleigh, Tilbury 11.01 teed Romney have a queeti.'u now agitatieg them in whether the Dunkin Act, under rvhice they were at the time of the adoption of the Scott Act, has been by it repealed or not. The Lioeuee Commissiouers will spun have to deal with the question, as applications for lioenses are being made: Legal opinions seem to differ on the ,•ubjoee. rhe international six.days go.as-you- please race closed at Pittsburg at 10:30 o'clock Saturday night, Noremao wiu.tiug with eau. The single score was:—Nora. lnao, 501 miles ; Begelman, 478 ; Con- nors, 486 ; Boron, 478•; Golden, 475 ; edams, 425; Taylor, 385; Turner, 869 ; Carta/right, 358; Dillon, 842. The win- ner will receive about $2,000, and the second man $1,000. Connors, Boron and Golden will also receive a share of the r•e- udpte, hawing covered tho neoeseay 475 mi.es. Tho April crop report shows the o ,ndi. tion of wheat for the State of Michigan, April 1, compared with the vitality and growth of average years, to be 12 per cent. The wheat hue wintered ,ve;i and uo fear- are expressed that the less from winter.kiliieg ie greater than 1:. o' Drage years. The condition of clover ioves and pastures is not promising. Those seeded previous to last year are believed to be entirely rained; by the drouth of last summer, however, rather than by winter killing. Last year's seeding, where there was a, "oatob," is reported Leidy good. The outlook for fruit ie 0mm:w- aging. Tile Great Eastern, which hes for many years boon a solemn warning ageiest making thin 8 t00 big, hoe .0 met y1elded rt profit to somebody. Al few months ago she was sold for 3100.000. The pieces were afterwards sold as fol. lows : Copper, 813,150 ; brass ete,900 metal, 623,400 ; lend 620,0.90 ; ,tuner atom plates, 602,50 t ; inner iron plates, rivets and beams, 601,150 ; anolnors, about $1,500. Thi- gave the spocu atora about a hundred per crane. rler original Dost was 84,250,000. She was launched on January 31, 1.858, and her geentest work wee the layiug of the Atlantic cable. Meredith Stanley, the well known atht bete and bridge jumper, Saturday made 'he most remarkablo leap on reward. It was from the famous High Bridge on the .•incl"hall Southern reelievar o'er tho lOeetuoky river, the heighb of 28+ fret. IIe selected a pipe .vhore the w:1ter teas 1.2 feet deep. Attired in silk t: 'lr - and slippers, he sloppa:l into oho :t end dou 'ling tee his body like a hall fell to the water and a rnoineut later bounded to the seduce, when he was quiokly seized by assistants in A o. etc. He coughed bloo fur a little W11110 lig.' 01011 roewvered and took the train 5 " 711106- 11'ti. He say the feat is done 1,, meow- ing how and by perfect self-oo :fldcnce. He camped without breaking the skin and he says he feels as well as ever. The bridge is rho highest in the world exempt one. Sealers aro very mnah concerned about the aunmznooment from Washieg,Ou that all vessels sealing in rlehring 11 .o waters will b" seized. Humors and sa11111 are objeating 1, going on a cruise under the present eireumstanoos. It is belie:0:f that a tear vessel will enter Behring Sea to protect British sealers, but no tefinite statement is being made to that , ffoct. Sealers claim that while the United $rates Government scuds forth a proolanation and there is general bragging what will be done, Britain and Canada have said nothing In the matter nor informed the public what answer they intend to give, r what stand they will make this year, or whether they will protect Brien'; seal. ill's' interests. Sealing schooners that go into Behring Bea will be armed, and they will not tamely submit, as . before, to piratical attacks by American cutters. They believe, though, that they should be afforded proper protection by the Eng- lish navy. A return was 000eutly brought down in the British Bongo or Commons showing the number of proseetaiorrs under the Crimes Act (Ireland) front Whitsuntide to Nov. 80 lase. Tito number of parsons proceeded agitinot was 789. I11 1.19 cases charged were withdrawn ; in 106 eases the aoonsad were acgaitte.i end discharg- ed ; in 450 eases the persons L400110,1(1 wore convicted ; and 8.1 cases warn pending when the return ens compiled. There were 82 appeals lodged ; fu 01 cases sen- tences wore confirmed ; in 29 MOSS sou. tensa w'ero reduced ; heti epos they worn reversed, and itt 50 the appeals were pending, The offences wore divides] as follows : Criminal conspiracy, 12 oases —10 withdrawn, 4 acquitted end die- oharged, 17 conviotod, 1 pending. Intim. idation, 130 oases --14 withdrawn, 30 ao- quitted and discharged, 70 convicted, 4 pending, Riot, 100 eases -25 Withdrawn 41 acquitted and disohavgod, 31 oanviot- ad. Unlawful assembly, '203 oases -88 withdrawn, 34 acquitted and disuha, iod, 108 convicted, 1 ponding, Taking forcible possession, 73 oases -23 'Charge') with- drawn, 17 acquitted and discharged, 911 convicted. Assanit+on, •or rosietenoe to sheriff, constable or bailiff, 198 Case1—•2 withdrawn, 32 acquitted and tlisoharged, 150 oonviotcd, 9 pending.