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The Wants and Woes of
the Teacher.
The following paper was read by Chas.
Clarkson, B. A„ of the Seaforth Collegiate
Insbibuto, before the East Huron Teaoh-
ors' Association at its lasb meeting, bold
in Brussels:
To brood constantly over one's real or
fancied ailments is a symptom of diss
ease, a sure sign of a morbid condition of
mind ; to be forever dwelling on one's
troubles and (Mottles and vexations
and disappointments is not an index of
pericot health, but of mental dyspepsia.
Tho thoroughly aupeptio man does not
remember that he has a stomach (except
at meal times). My purpose in choosing
this subject of not to exoite that siokly,
whining discontent that docs not know
what it wants, and constantly harbors
the gloomy suspicion that the whole
world has formed a conspiracy to do it
wrong. I had mach rather help to
"cleanse the bosom of this perilous stuff"
and remove from any diseased mind the
hallucination that it is persecuted with
t and down trodden by its fellowman. I
I had rather look upon my fellowmen with
Tennyson as
"(let the workers, men my brothers, ever
(r/ ren ib eomethfn" new,
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's "Contentment with Godliness is gra
'eau "and, above all things, a teach
code contentment, cheerful courage
o his work, a healthy mind in a soon
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m ehonaible m a h
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I and littoral horizon whioh Mono will e
able him to melte the best of the envie°
meat in which it has pleased God
. plane him.
But there is a noble discontent that
lova to provoke in young and genera
minds. It is the property of every bray
and useful man ; it is one of the hered
tory possessions of the Anglo-Saxon ran
t "the rote that knows no fear"; it is writ
ten indelibly on tho darkest and th
brightest pages of our national histor
There is no special virtue, no comment
able mookness, iu avoiding a careful ex
amination of our Wants and Woos, be
cause we are afraid to look them in th
Mace, and then either bear them wit
j' patience, if we can find no remedy, o
bid them resolute defiance if we can
Laziness and cowardice may prophes
smooth things and'counsel submissio
and compromise; but energy and courag
more effort lead to that noble discontent
the heritage of our race, which ends b
making things better than it found them
If I could succeed in stirring up that kin
of discontent among the teachers of th
prosperous county I should feel satisfie
that I had not spoken in vain.
Now, tho first Woo of the Teacher i
Isolation, IIo has plenty of oompany
but little sooiety. Froin tho very nabur
of his work among abildren the teethe
is out off from the society of his fellow
, workers, which all men love. Ho is daily
I calledupon to make large draughts upon
his patience, energy and sympathy, with-
out much opportunity of replenishing his
store by contact with his equals or bis
superiors. Li the bustle and activity of
many occupations men and women re-
ceive active stimulation from the sym•
athy of numbers; they gather comfort
danimation and courage and oheorful-
ss from their comrades. But in one
sense the teaoher
"Is out of bumanity(e roaoh,
Ho must Snick kis lournoy;aloae,
Scarcely hear the sweet music of speech,
And grow tired with the sound of his own."
Only a few times in esyear can he hope
Oto have.appreeiative eyes looking at his
imperishable work, or to hear a sym-
pathia vogue saying, "Wall done, thou are
in thy duty be out of it who may." For
I the visits of principals, fellow-teaohers,
or Inspectors are events of rare 000ar-
reoee, andthese are nearly all the visi-
tors that ever brighten the Behold -Mom
by their presence and their words of
good (hoer.
It is this isolation, this absence of ac-
tive sympathy, for whioh every vigorous
(mind hungers, that sends many a clever
young teacher out of the school room into
the martsof business; the office of the
lawyer, or the doctor, the agent, or of the
insurance or railway company. There is
generally something in the bustle and
activity of a crowd that supports itself.
;We may notes as the result of our own
observations (1) that not more than one
cher in a :thousand .who leave the
ee ool-roomeveg returns to it, sad that
000 it not generally' the finest epeoimen;
(2) that the marked improvement in the
Fysioal health and animal spirits of
?ose whO have left the work of teaching
aonepiouous. ` It is simply a plain foot
fahat they grow rosier and fatter and live
Savior Beset notwithstanding the longer
sours of work, the fewer holidays, and
the supposed oxoitemente and worries
land °area of bushman.
This is the first woo. Are there any
ppropriate counter -checks for this men-
)alsolitude of the teacher 'Who spends
bis strength among young children and
iseooiates chiefly with immature minds?
Io there any antidote for slow poisons,
any balm for this hurt, any medicine for
e mind crying continually, Solo, solo,
olo?' I think I can mention several.
1st,— Tho monthly; meeting of the
ownehip or town association of teachers,
it whioh, free discussion by every mem.
Sor is the rule, It must be a foretoken
orner of the educational field where fivs.
rogeossive teeohsre cannot' be found to
the corner stein of, such a pleasant
profitable gathering. Five active
tubers can aeon attraab twenty more
heir field, and render ono another the
t valuable service, both profeeeional
sooial. Ono or two eathest neon and
Men eau easily Ligan a course of spi-
ndle institute work on the linos laidr
n by the Department for professional
ding. And the sympathy and intern.
oe and assistance of the educated men.
the d'sttict Dain easily be enlisted in
e work, tend a greatamount of good
Si be accomplished, both for the teach.
s and the paiitia, My own oxperi:Mee
1 that n0 minister or doctor or banker:
Other edeoated Freon has over refused
'ttakc the trouble of prorating and do.
ting a short address when I hevo r0.
Okoliy: invited hit assistance,. Woll
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOV. 22, 1889.
eoncluoted meetings of this kind will
raise the towhee in public esteem, and
they will send bnolc all the teachers fall
of enthusiasm to their lonely work, and
as jolly as a lot of giants filled with
new wino.
2nd,—Edsovtionel Jonrnale. It is the
apparent narrowness of the horizon that
produces title fooling of solitude, the
mental cramp and weariness. Now in
reality the teachers of this province are
an army 8,000 or 0,000 strong, and the
teaohers of this continent are n hoot
numbering nearly 400,000, Why should
any soldier feel hinolyin such a goodly
oompany 1 True, we cannot often see
ono another's faces nor hoar the tones
of ono etuother's voices ; but through the
medium of the professional journals we
can drink at the running stream of
thought and oatah the whispers of sym-
pathy for which' every heart naturally
hungers.
The greatest journals of the kind are
published in our language and on this
oontlnont ; we have several respectable
papers devoted to education in Canada.
Five dollars a year or less will plaoe
every teacher in the grant, vigorous,
handily stream of educational thought
and fill him with new ideas of the grand-
eur and dignity of his ovary day work.
It is impossible to bathe regularly in
this stream and not feel the healing of
its waters. There is growth and develop-
ment in the very contact of intellect, es-
pecially when reinforced by personal and
professional interest. For my own part
I would rather wear an old coat and a
last year's hat than bo out off from com-
munication with the great army of teach-
ers whose officers and regiments reach
from Nova Scotia to California. Such
,papers its the American Teacher, Tho
New York School Journal, The Boston
Journal of Education, Tho Educational
Times, The Pennsylvania School Journ-
al and our own Educational Journal and
Eduoatiaoal Monthly are any of them
worth ten times the price of subscription
to any teacher who has a conoeption of
the magnitude of the work and the vast
importance of education to the human
race.
For my part, I would rather bo the
humblest Rotator in this noble army of
noble men and women bnttliug with the
ignorance of two groat nations, than be
the proprietor of the largest American
distillery. And I finis rust rind comfort
and relaxation in the professional journ-
als that tell of the labors and tho tri-
umphs of the educational battalions who
are every year winning victories in
"Regions Omar never know, None invin.
oiblo as they." These journals lift us
from Oho narrow sensible horizon of the
lonely school room to the great rational
horizon of the oivilized world—they cost
very little and aro worth very much.
3rd,—Experiments in new methods of
teachith
ng, and careful scientific study of
ohild-devolopmout. This is what David
Page cal led "Scheming." An active, in.
tolligent interest in the work itself will
relieve as nothing else can the monotony
and tedium of the eohool room, "The
proper study of mankind Is man ;" there
is no other study so fascinating. Psy-
chology, or the study of mind.growth is
Oho most human and the moth humaniz-
ing study in Oho world, and there is no
better field for the study of human nature
than the school room. Espeoially is this
true for those who aro so happy as to bo
in charge of the very youngest pupils.
Here we find the rudimentary powers in
course of rapid development and can
study as nowhere else the phenomena of
the senses and the intellect. Any one
who has gained a slight aaquaintanae
with the principles of psychology will
find perennial interest in studying the
development of the language faculty and
particularly, and perhaps most interest-
ing of all to Oho intelligent observer, the
evolution of that remarkable native
power generally oalled "The Association
of Ideas." Any toaoher who devotee a
little attention to the laws of memory
and the laws of thought and then sets to
work to make practical applications to
these laws in his every day work will
certainly find the alleged monotony of
the teacher's work very mnoh reduced.
If his studies lead him to devise new
methods of promoting his subjects, fresh
and original applications of the ascer-
tained prinoiples of teaching and learn-
ing he will, like every other soientifio
man, forget the labor and drudgery in'
the delight•he experiences in performing
successful experiments. He will find
with the pint 'that
"Labor ie blies with a thought like this:
Toil in his best repose,"
(To be continued neat week.)
Methodist Educational 100port.
The Methodist Church of the Domin-
ion hat just issued its educational report
for 1889. Some idea Of the magnitude
of ite operations may be obtained from
the following statement
It has two universities, viz
Victoria, 0oboarg, Ont est Students
000. Alison, Sackville, N.B 207
Eight boliegeo, viz :
Wesleyan, Theological, Mon
treat
Albert, Belleville 100
Alma, (Ladies) St. Thomas 180
Wesley Theologies.), l, Winnipeg 14
Methodist College, St, Johne
Newfoundland ,., - -� 384
Wootoyan,.Stanetead, Quo 106
Wesslteyan, (Ladies) Hamilton,
Outar10,(Ladioe). Whitby, Ont,,, 1766,4 -
Total 2,100 Students
The Beacon says that Southampton
would. vote a bonus of $80,000 to secure
C.P.R. connection.
John Hermann, of Ho worth, Was lined
$10 and coats before Me, McNamara, J,P,,
for selling liquor to a boy undo l6 years
of age.
Walkerton proposes to bonus Austin (k
Bush, of Liotowol, to dstablioh machine
ohopo there, A loan of $0,000 without
interest for tel years end exemption
from taxation aro asked,
Dr, Polley, at the Dufferin assizes,
Orangeville, seemed a =diet of $100
against Oho township
"of Melenothon, for
injuries contained by hie rig overturning
Woman's Influence,
Society everywhere is what woman
mattes it, A nation in its social, moral
and religious life will cover rise higher
than its woman. As the moony in Oho
barometer shotes the height to which you
have asoendod on the mountain side, so
the condition of the woman show the
height to whioh a nation has attained.
Look at India's position to -day, though
rich in inexhaustible mineral resources,
fertile lands, antoquity, etc„ she is sub-
ject to a foreign power and governed by
a few Europeans. Look at Central Africa
and our own Amerioan pagan Indians.
Booaus° woman aro degraded the people
aro debased and low. Where ever nations
hove risen to power and mon to eminence
the women have first to be lifted and
they lift the nation. In this age of ad-
vanced enlightenment and higher eau.
cation I do not need to oponcl a moment
in disoussing the subject of mental
snperiority in either sex, We know to
whom the gold medals have been award-
ed in our oolloges and how women aro
shariug equally with man in all the pro.
fessious, taking her plane, fairly won, up.
on Oho same platform, hitherto denied
her, 0 1 that she would use this greater
opportunity for usefulness in the cause
of right. One of the French statesmen
looking at the °vile of his nation, over
whfoh every patriot's heart would weep,
said "What France wants is mothers.
"Por tiro hand that rocks tho cradle is
the hand that moves the world," Wo
do not deny the fast as recorded in
history, both enofent and modern, es
well as in this oar day, that her iefluenee
has not always been for good ; but there
have been bright, glowing examples of
what devoted woman have done, whose
lives shine out from the past beautifully
clear and distinct, like a snn.brigbt
landscape with a dark cloud looming in
the background, For example we have
Susannah Wesley, living her quiet un-
eventful, everyday life in Epworth Rec-
tory. Privation and suffering, conse-
quent upon a small salary end large
family, (lid not prevent her from mould -
lug and influencing her children and
glorifying God, in giving to the world
such suis as John and Charles Wesley,
the founder and poet of Methodism.
When the battle cry was loudly sounding,
our bravo soldier -boys dying in the
tranches, and in the hospitals, want, ex-
posure, wonudc and fever were cluing
their deadly work, who was it came to
the rooms with courage and heroism and
day and night ceaselessly moved among
these horrors on her benevolent missiou of
love and meroy but Miss Florence Night-
ingale. Then the gifted poetess, Miss
Frances Ridly Havergal, who has thrill-
ed thousands with her songs of praise
and thanksgiving and hymns of conse-
cration, making one strive after a higher
life, and pause amid the whirl and din
and business of life and lifting heart
and eyes heavenward whisper into the
ear of the All Wise :
"Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold ;
Take my intellect and use
Every power as thou than choose."
Whore shall we go for a better model of
Influence rightly exoroisod as princess,
wife, mother and ruler, than to our
Queen, loved by her subjects and hold in
high esteem by foreign nations. Well
may we Canadians sing aloud with
thankful hearts :—
"God cavo our gracious Queen,
Long may Victoria reign,
God save our Queen,"
In 1770 the thirteen States of the Ameri-
can Union drew up their deolaration of
Independence and settled the liberbies of
their people, but they wore not settled
right. In framing that document the
blank mon was forgotten. All others
were given liberty, he was left to groan
in chains. That unrighteous clause in
their constitution had to be wiped out
with the best blood of their nation. But
how was the end aohieved 7 Men talked,
wrote and planned, but the grievances of
slavery grow worse, not better. Back in
a retired country home Harriet Beecher
Stowe (I always feel like writing her
name with capitals all the way through)
drew the strong, vivid picture of Southern
oppression, and over all the country men
and women read the burning words of
"'Coale Tom's Cabin," and man said :—
"something must be done," but they did
nothing. Mary A. Livermore read it,
and her great, loyal, woman's heart
bounded with sympathy, and she said to
her husband "I must go out and call for
help," and she wont forth single handed
and , alone throughout the land, till
woman after woman and man after man
was roused by her ringing appeals. And
the North poured down their oldies% and
the armies stood in battle array. The
oannans roared, the musketry 'rattled,
the swords °lashed, the victory was won
and the bonds and shackles of Southern
slavery were forever broken. Ali 1 when
you hear the names of. Abraham Lincoln
and Grant lauded to the skies as the
liberators of the poor, down.trodden
Moses, say in your heart, that Mary A.
Livermore and Harriet Beecher Stowe
were their real; their true deliverers.
But alt 1 there is a bondage worse than
that of Virginean cotton-ilelds or Mioeie.
sippi rice and sugar -nano plantations.
There is a bondage whioh takes the
noblest and boot of our land and bieds
them as by chains of triple stool. In
every trouble that comes upon a dom.
muuity, or upon a nation, Oho woman aro
the greatest snfleroro. On tvhont does
thio blight of intemperance fall ? Fathers
and husbands, who would saorifl0o their
life fon their dear ones, and ask no high-
er happiness than to be the loving, de-
voted protectors of thoso who bear their
name, when enslaved by strong drink,
puzzle their =Monad brain in devising.
semo now and agonizing pporsocution for
their own. Tho liquor 61a1llo 10 the deep -
bet
disgrace 01 the century, Oho 00
wholly lndoiiblo stain oh the Viotoriau
ago. Shall wo women sit idly by and
she manhood enslaved, womanhood do -
based, our homes destroyed ? tiloo long
have WO talked and acted feebly on this
great subject, Tho High Lioonee Law,
Creek's AOI, Dunkin to., Scott Act, aro
in a hole on a township road, and'�1tavO boon well though its' far as
they have gone, but we woman of `his
fair Dominion want something bettor,
nothing else will do but Prohibition. Ih
view of what our sisters have in the past
achieved, why not join with Miss Frances
Willard, advocate and organizer of that
groat and grand movement, designed
especially to protect the sanctity of home,
the W. 0. T. 11., and placing all the in-
fluenoe we have for the promotion of
sobriety and truth, consecrating ourselves
to this noble work, feeling assured that
God will surely bless us, and Drown our
efforts with seems. The avenues for
usefulness in this direction were never
open so wide as today, the call for work-
ers never louder. Then my sisters,
"Rise for the day is passing
And you lie dreaming on,
Others have buckled their armour
And forth to the fight have gone,
A place in the ranks awaits you,
Each ono has some part to play,
Tha past and the future are nothing
In the face of the storm to -day.
Up then, fair champion for the right,
The sounds that you dimly hoar
Is the enemv marching to battle,
Rise for the foe is near,
Your future has deeds of glory
Of honor—God grant it ntay—
Bnt your arm will never be stronger
Or the need so groat as to•dny."
om
Washington Letter.
(From our lingular Correspondent,)
WAsntnoTmi, Nov,. 10, '80.
Tho instructions received by the
British delegates to the International
Marine Oonferenoe,to thane their ex-
clusive attitude and enter the discussions
on the same footing with the representa-
tives of other nations, will gratify every-
body interested in the proceedings of the
conference. It is safe to say, however,
that this movemeut is not so much the
result of a change of heart on the part of
Groat Britain as of the discovery that
she is able to control the actions of the
oonferenoo to a very large extent whon-
ever she arcs fit to exercise tho power.
It is a fact which has been generally
recognized over since the meetings began,
that the British delegates camp here un-
commonly well fortified with facts and
figures and arguments ; so that, whon•
ever a topio arose in which their country's
interests were touched in the slightest
degree they were ou their feet in an in-
stant and ready for action. Tho result
has been that their influence has been
largely felt in everything the conference
has done thug far ; and, having learned
that Euglands's conservative ideas are
not going to be overridden, and her buoy
system and other titue•honorocl maritime
institutions ruthlessly brushed aside for
hal -
f developed innovations, they have
oonvinood their government that nothing
serious is to be feared from giving them
authority to take part in all branches of
discussion. The extension of their
powers is a good thing for all ; for Oho
debates on many questions of supreme
interest to the merohant marine, con-
ducted without the participation of the
greatest commercial nation on the globe,
would be something like "Hamlet" with
Hamlet left out,
President Harrison has deoided not to'
risk his annual message in the heads of
the printers until after 10 has been sent
to the two Houses of Congress. The
constitutional requirements make it
necessary that written copies be tran-
emitted to the Sonata and House, but
the practice heretofore has been to print
a large number of copies in advance for
the use of the daily newspapers. These
copies were distributed by the press es-
timations with the understanding that
they were not to bo used until the "re.
lease" was telegraphed from this city,
which occurred as soon as the Clarke of
tato Houses began reading the message to
Congress. The Preoident mistrusts that
his first message might be prematurely
published, and he will take no ohanoes.
Extra type -written copies will be pre.
pared by the White Rouen clerks, and
the press associations will be furnished
with these in time for transmission by
telegraph before the afternoon papers go
to press. Inconvenience will result from
these preoautions for the reason that the
press wires will be blocked with the mos.
sage to the exclusion of other news on
the day the message is sent to Congress.
President Cleveland's method in regard
to his messages was a perfectly safe one,
and yet convenient for all parties. The
press associations furnished the addresses
of the newspapers they represented. A
copy was sent for each paper to the
loot postmaster, who was instructed to
deliver it at noon on the day it was read
before Congress, Of course no post,
masher would risk his position by pre.
mature delivery of the document, and it
was a satisfaotory arrangement all
around.
Judge Cooley, the chairman of the In-
terstate Commerce Commission, informs
the public that passengers on railroads
are charged more than a fair profit on
their transportation, and also glace the
Causes of such overcharge. Ho shows
that largo numbers of persons are eartie11
free, that the privilege of granting ex-
oursion rates ie abused, andthat the ems -
port of an army of "scalpers" or ticket.
.tokers is such a tax on railway business
that the vast multitude ofordinarypas.
sengers have to pay rates that are more
than it fair romunerati0n for the eervfe°
performed. This matter 'becomes of
spacial interest at the present time, hes
cause it is understood that the commis -
Mon will make it the oubjeot of a repro.
sonOation to Congress at its coming sea•
cion, and will eek for authority to re-
strain the practice 0f exacting more than
regular and reasonable ltaseengor rates.
Whothet the discriminations complained
of can bo removed by legislation may bo
questioned, but beyond doubt an effort
will bo made to plane softie of the di100.
Molt probienns of pa0songor trauoporta.
tion within the control of the Intorabato
Commission.
Tito Pan-American Congress has re.
turned in safety from its oxtendocl swing
around abs mrolo end pooseogod Of to
largo additional stook of knowledge cent -
corning the products, reeonr000 and pto.
gross of.the country. It is worthy- of
special nota that this romarkableljournoy,
the Ilret of its kind in our history, has
bean aeoomplisbed striotly according to
the sohodual agreed upon at the start,
and without abir'ealt or accident,
Huron County.
Clinton wants a recreation park.
Miss Nora Clench, the noted violinist,
is to visit Goderiolt.
Herbison's post office, Goderiolt town,
More about Hog Raising. ship has boon closed.
Jas, Mitchell, odttor of the Goderiolt
To the Editor o1 Tmo Poor, Star, io seriously 111
Gorrat Noble, on Oho 2nd con. of Hul-
led, sold a horse for 9170.
The Godoriclt fishing fleet has return-
ed from a season's work at the north.
The Pickard estate at Exeter showo
asooto at $00,000 and liabilities of $80,-
000,
W. Doherty d: Co. aro negotiating for
the sale of 700 of their organs for Aus•
Gratia•
Reeve Selly and Cu. Treasurer Rotates
attended a convention in Toronto last
week,
A number of Blyth sporte have de-
torminod to got up a gun club for winter
amusement.
The boiler for the organ company
building, Goderioh, is now being placed
in position.
Robb. Elliott, of Porters Hill, who had
his lee
g amputated, is getttn„ along batter
than was oxpected.
James Howard, has just commeucod
the erection of a large skating rink 40x
100 feet at Exeter.
Verity Plow Works, Exeter, have au
order for 1,000 plows for Manitoba. They
turn out 40 per day.
St, Andrew's Society, Goderioh, hold
their annual supper on Friday evening
of next week, 29th Inst.
Timothy Givelin, of Mali:illop, met
with an ncoident on the Otis inst., by
whioh his shoulder was dislocated.
The Thos. MoLauchlin property, was
sold by auction in Gorrio, for. 91,480, to
W. S. Beau, morahant of the same plaoe.
Luoknow folks talk of holding their
school trustee election at the same time
as the municipal election and consequent.
ly by ballot.
Major: Keine, of Iiotviok, was away at
Toronto last week attending a convention
of the reeves of the different municipal-
ities of the provinoe.
H. Foster was nnanimous'y re-elected
Superintendent of Rattenhury St. Salt.
bath School, Clinton. All the former of -
flora wet•« also ra•olected.
The Lord Bishop of Huron, adminis-
tered the rite of confirmation in St.
Stephen's church, Gorrie, on Sunday, of
last week, to about 80 persons.
The front of the Goderiolt post office
has been (geared up, and the tackle used
in erecting the building taken away, to
the great improvement of Wast street.
Oliver Johnston, of Clinton, had on ex-
hibition for a couple of days a curiosity
in the shape of a buff -colored mouse, with
pink eyes, that hod been naught while
running at large.
Mr. Reynolds, of Bengali, has sold his
hotel property known as the "Mansion
House" to Alex. Murdock, of Godoriah,
Mr. Murdock intends re•fiOting and re•
modelling this hotel.
The Clinton Record says :—A young
man in a neighboring township has been
fined for keeping his team standing tied
outside a hotel and without anything to
eat from four until ten o'clock p. me
A meeting of the Exeter Baseball Club
was held Thursday to wind up the affairs.
The receipts for the year amounted to
$178.14, together with a silver cup valued
at $15, expenditures $172.14, leaving the
club in good shape.
Tho Goderioh Signal says that every-
thing about their town waterworks is at
sixes and sevens. One of the pumps is
not working satisfaotorily. The nor•
poration has called in an expert, and he
says that the tests laid down iu the
epeaifications are impossible.
The medals received by the Luoknow
Caledonian Society for presentation to
the sucoesoful competitors at the last
annual games are beautiful in design and
finish, and creditable alike to the So-
ofety and the manufacturers. There are
five altogether, four gold and one silver.
John Dempsey, of 'Qsborne, mot with
quite a painful acoidont recently white
lifting a large stone. It suddenly turned
to one side, and in attempting to stop it
his hand was °aught between the stone
and the ground, the result being that the
top was almost completely taken off one
of his fingers.
The Clinton Now Era says :—We un-
derstand that at a meeting of the Pro.
party Committee of the Town Council,
last Friday, it was deoided to remove the
street lamps not required. but still stand-
ing in the centre of the town, to dark `
parts of Oho town, and supply them with
oil, if residents of the looality will
attend to lighting and extinguiehing
them,
The Luoknow Sentinel say. : The
slaters commenced the work of putting
the slate on the roof of the new Presby-
terian church this week and have one
side of the building nearly completed.
The brickwork on the large tower was
completed on Tuesday and the hurrahs
of the workmen as the last brink wee set
lupine could bo heard all over the vill-
age.
The annual match of the Hibbert plow-
ing association was beta on the farm of
Mr. Shale, near Staffa. The following is
a tial of the su0oeasfnt competitors :—
Extra class—lst, Joseph Connolly, Mon.
roe plow ; 2nd, Jamas Hoggarth, Monroe
plow. First close mot—lot, Alex. Miller,
Monroe plow ; 2nd, Alex, Stewart, Mon.
roe plow. First blase—Boys with iron
plows—let, James F. Scott, Yendalo
plow. Seeoid class—Boys ou stubble—
100, James Gardiner, Verity's 1Ii11's
Patent ; 2nd, Oswald Walker, same plow ;
8rd, Theo. Scott, tame plow.
About a month ago to bright little boy,
8 years of ago, son of henry Stanek, who
resides near Blake, was an noitig Ittmeolf
driving a yearling oolt with a whip. Un-
fortunately the little fellow got too near
tho colt and it ktolted, striking him no
the forehead, inflicting a tertiblo wound.
The scalp was raised oioar nip, leaving
the brain bare. tJndor . careful . medical
treatment the little follow soothed to got
along nicely fora ttmo and wag able to
itis rumored that there aro osvoral sit u in boa and (unhand
pgt~ito01d then
oasts of ho biotope In Chatham Totals., ,tl. tlbgegltOntly 10011 saw get in Kid then
t
t toI
DiAu Stn,---Ilaving read in your issue
of the 1st inst. an artiolc on hog raising
signed by Thomas Baylis, with your per-
mission I would like to say a few wordo
in reply to that article and in defence of
the Berkshire hog. It is quite evident
from his letter that M. Dayiis is a good
hand to bless his own horn. In the out-
set of his letter he thinks the time has
coma when tlto judging of hogs at the
various shows should be done by points
of merit, Be does nob want the hog
judged in a lump, but ha wants the bead,
the shoulders and all other parts or points
judged separately. Then, I suppose, the
hog tvhiah had the greater number of
points of excellen00 would be the first
prize animal. Now, that is exactly the
way in which the judging of hogs, as well
as other animals, is done at the present
Ohne, and if Mr. Baylis wants to know
how the different points or parts of the
Chester White hog compare with those of
the Berkshire ho had better offer a prize
for the beat head, ahoultlora, etc. In the
second plaoe Mr. Baylis attempts to point
out the errors into which farmers and
breeders of hogs have fallen, He oborges
the Berkshire with being the greatest
eater of any breed ; with being barrel
shaped, possessing a large amount of in-
ternals, °easing a largo shrinkage in
dressing. Ho further describes the Berk-
shire as being deficient in the shoulders
and on the bacit(yltud having a heavy
nook with a targe amount of coarse, cheap
meat about the nock and shoulders. Now,
it 0 evident from the above description
that Mr. Baylis has never seen a Berk-
shire hog, or else ho io incapable of
describing one, and it hs also evident that
his kuowlodge of the good or bad points
in a hog is very limited, as will be seen
by his description of the Chester White.
He prefers a tint-ribed, or slab sided hog,
to a barrel-shaped one. Now, every in-
telligent farmer knows that a barrel-
shaped animal of any kind or breed, al.
though they may devour their food some-
what greedily, are the vary best of feed.
ors, and will put ou more meat for the
amount of food consumed than ria animal
of the slab -sided form, and as this is a
notable characteristic of the Berkshire
hog they aro certainly ate point ahead of
the Chester White at the commencement,
and for the benefit of Mr. Baylis I will
further describe their merits. 1st, They
are the best of feeders and will put on
more meat, with a better mixture of fat
and lean, for the amount of food eon-
sumed than any other breed. 2nd, They
mature at an early age, and are well pro-
portioned in form, having a small head,
short, small nook, vary broad and deep on
the shoulder, with One broad back, and
deep sides, with fairly good hind quar-
ters. Ao far as my experience and ob•
nervations have gone, they aro the best
general purpose hog in Canada at Oho.
present time, and if Mr. Baylis wants
farther proof of my statement I call his
attention to the fact that the Be•ksbires
have been before Oho public longer than
any other breed; that they have stood
the test well and are today the most ex-
tensively bred and most popular hog both
in Canada and the United States. But
Mr. Baylis says there is a better• hog,
namely, the Chester White, which he
describes as follows :—Long rangy, pretty
flat on the ribs, small head, small shout.
tiers, short nook, with a small amount of
room inside. Nov, it in evident from the
above description that the Cheater White
is a slab -sided hog, which is an indica•
tion of a poor feeder in any class or breed
of animate. They never look well unless
they are really fat and it takes a large
quantity of food to swell them out and
put them in that condition. It ie also a
well-known fact that an animal of the
above description is a heavy shrinker in
dressing or shipping alive, and is there-
fore very unprofitable to handle.
Mr. Baylis says the Berkshires exhib-
ited et Myth show were deficient in
bone, having scarcely any legs to stand
upon. Now Sir I had the pleasure of
visiting the Blyth show, and I inspected
the Berkshires there, and thought them
very Ane, with their large woll.shaped
bodies supported on strong but very short
legs, and this accounts for Mr. Baylis
thinkipg that they were lacking in bone
and legs to stand upon, as one could
soarcoly see their legs for their enormous
body.. I might further mention that I
inapeeted the Chester Whites, and if they
were a fair specimen of that class of hogs,
they certainly need some one like Mr.
Bayhs to puff them up, to keep them
from oinking into obliteration, and if the
judges had awarded the prizes according
to points of merit as advocated by Mr.
Baylis, those mnoh praised hogs would
certainly bay° gone home without any
honors, Mr. Baylis advises every farm -
or to keep hogs, and keep a book as well.
Now l adyise Mr. Baylis to get a couple
of the improved for large breed of Bork-
shiree and take a oouple of his favorites,.
keep a book, weigh the feed, and weigh
the hogs before killing and after, and I
am certain he will breed Berkshires in.
the future. In oonoltwion 11 n. Baylis
advises farmers who have a number of
sone to give each one, ten acres of land
and a stoop o£' sows, and with sbbriety
and industry they will emceed. This
might be good enough for a prodigal son,
but I don't envy any One scop a fortune
oven with a batter brood of hogs than the
Chester While.
I think he should have added the fol.
lowing P. S. to his letter. Any parson
wishing to purchase Cboster '4Vhnto pigs
can have an opportunity of doing so by
calling on Thomas Baylis. 'Thanking
you Mr. Editor for s0 much of your vale
liable space, I am, °Yours respe0tfully,
CnatoTOPItaa L\flctt ot,
Motels, Nov. 16,'89.
8up,.mnd that Joltn Ahison ha
largo nnmbor from Ohal disoage, s lost a inddaminhation' Of the brain, wltfolt remitted