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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1890-5-23, Page 1Milk for Cheese Factories, ES JAe, W. 11000.50000=DA111T 009IIn0a10NEE, yen. The milk of cows is a secretion or direct elaboration Iron, their blood. Whatever interferes with the health end comfort of the animals will also effect the quality and quantity of their milk. Tou mnoh oars cannot be exercised in providing feed thab is sheep, succulent, easily digestible, wholesome and nubriti• one, The grass o1 early summer is too watery and weak in feeding substance to be fed alone to the greatest advantage. A judicious alluwance of bran, pease and oats, oil -sake or oottmh•eeed meal will in armee the milk supply and fortify the cow's system for the production of a larger quantity of milk during mid•sum. mer, fall and winter. Broadoast fodder corn does not meet the needs of milking Down. A soiling crop of some sort or sorts should bo grown, to furnish plenty Of green fodder at the time when pasture may be bare from prolonged dry weather. Indian corn when grown under condition favorable to its attafnaneut of mature size and quality in rows or hills 8 feet or 3d feet Spat with from 2 to 6 seeds per foo: in the row—yields a fodder by the use of which cows aro enabled to produce the largest amount of milk butter or cheese per acre of land required for their sup. port. Fodder corn is not a complete re, tion for the most economical production of the beat milk, When it is supple- mented by grass, bran, oil -cake, cotton- seed meld or similar feeds better returns for the feed counted are realized than when it is made the exclusive diet. WATER. Water is nature's vehicle for carrying about most of the matter which the re- quires to move from plane bo place. The great boulders were quietly clasped in her arms and, without apparent effort, brought from the northern ridges to the southern parts of our Dominion. The tiniest speoks of nourishing matter needed to replace the worn-out tissues of the body are like. wise carried to their proper places in this wonderful omnibus. The identical water swallowed by a en to serve me a oarryirig medium in ber blood, for the equable dis- tribution of the elements of nutrition throughout her whole body, is made to serve a like function in the milk Dutch she yields, If Hutt water be impure iu the first place it is liable to carry the im- pnriby with it throuxbont its whole mis- sfou, from the drinking by the cow until after its cononhnptinn by the creature whioh consumes the cow's product. Water which has bean contaminated by decayiug animal matter is specially likely to retain its pollution. The milk from the costa which drink such water is a menace and danger to the public health, and interferes greatly With the commercial value of all dairy products. There should be an abundant supply of pure water easily accessible by the cows during hot weather, It should be furnished et a comfortable temperature during the cold weather of winter. Cows whioh are denied access to abundance of water will not give as much milk or milk of as good quality as when plenty of water is pro. vided nitit wholesome satisfying feed. HALT, Dairy cattleshould have aeons to salt every day, and salt should be added to all their stable feed daily. The oouolusion from a settee of experiments carried on in 1886 indicates that when cows ere denied salt for a period of even one week they will yield from 14} to 17e per cent. less milk, and that of an inferior quality. Such milk will on the average turn sour in 24 hours less time than milk drawn from the satne or similar calve which obtaiu a dee allowance of salt, all other conditions of treatment being equal. This may apply with aptness to only the parts of the Dominion remote from the sea. From Quebec westward at far as the Rooky Mountains cows will consume an average of 4 oz. of salt per day while they are milking during the summer. 511ELTEn. Comfortable quarters are indispensable to the health and well-being of cows. Stables during the winter should have a temperature constantly within the range of from 40 dege. to 55 degs. Fehr. In summer -time a shade should be provided in the pasture nslde, or adjacent thereto, toprotsct against the exhausting influence of July and August suns. In all the management of cows such conditions should be provided and such oars given as will insure excellent health and apparent contentment. MIMED. When practicable the milking of each oow should be done by the same person, and with regularity as to time. Re ouly that bath clean hands should be allowed to milk a cow. I say "he," because I think the mon of the farm should do moat •ot the milking, at least during the winter months. It it no more difficult to milk with dry hands than with wet; it is on. fainly more cleanly, and leaves the milk in a mnoh more desirable condition for table use or ma efaoture. A pure at- nhoepUo'e in the stable is indispensable, to prevent contamination from that source. Immediate straining will remove impurities which otherwise might be dig. solved to the permanent injury of the whole product, AERATION. Afton the attaining is attended to, the rnillt ehoulrl bo aerated, Too often it is poured into one largo cat and left there just n the sows have given it. That noglootintpliesthree things that aro vary injurious to its quality for olteese making. (1) The poonliar odor witch the cow im- parts to tiro milk will be loft in it until ftbeconea lixid in its flavor. (2) Tho gams of fermentation that come in the milk and from the air have the best cat• dibions for growth and action when the mint le left nudietnresd, (8) The milk will become le a degree unfit for porfoot coagulation by rennet. Reno it is need- ful and advent116'0onetoaerateitfor three 'among :-Firstly, Recent) by pouring, stirring, dipping or by triskliagg it over ah expend surface, utero ie elitninated from the milk, by evaporation, any ob. jeotionable volatile element that may be it; it Secondly, Because, as has already been sand, Ili' milk contain germs of fermentation. A sbrante peculiarity about some of those microbes is that they beoome aotive only in the absence of free oxygen. When warm now milk is left undisturbed, carbolic acid gas Is goner• aced, and that furnishes the best condi- tion for the eommenosment of action by these almost invisible creatures. After they get started they can keep up their deootnposing work, even in the presence of oxygen. It le impraobicable to pertout. ly coagulate snob milk so as to yield a Ilse mutiny of keeping cheese. Coagttle. tion by the use of rennet of milk that Is ripo can never be perfect, unless it be thoroughly aerated immediately after it is taken from the cow. Neglect of cera. tion will increase the quantity of milk required to make a pound of line cheese. 'Pblydly, Because the airing seems to give vigor to the germs of fermentation that will bring about an said condition of bhe milk, without producing the acid. So much is this so that it has been found impracticable to make strictly first-class Cheddtb, cheese from tnilk that has not been aerated. COOLING. Tho subsequent cooling of mint re- tardsthepromise by which it becomes sour, Certain germs of fermentation oxitt in milk which in the acts of choir multiplication, split molecules of sugar- of•milk, each into four molecules of 1ao- tio acid. By delaying the operation of these germs the milk is kept sweet for a longer period. The cooling of the milk should never precede the aeration. A tetnperature of from 600 to 700 Fahr. will be found cold enough for the keep- ing of milk over night, when it has been previously aired. PROTECTION, Milk is a liquid of absorbent proclivi- ties. It ehanld be protected against in. jury that would result from exposure to impure air. A general purpose milk- stagd is a device specially adapted for the spoiling of milk in that way. Such a stand serves as a milk -stand and also a carriage stand, both of which are legitim- ate uses. Sometimes itis also ocoupied all a hog bivouac for the convenience of these animals, the end al whose whey trough tnrniehes ono step for the stand. Botih of these latter extensions of its uses and hospitalities aro all wrong. 1101000 01r.E. The employment of iinepcntore pro. miles to improve the quality of the milk furnished by somo patrons, whose high- est moral aspiration is limited by an of• fort to peep the self appointed command- ment, "Thou shalt not be found out." The adultontion of milk by the addition of water, the removal of any portion of the oream or the iceeping back of any part of the strippings is forbidden by the Dominion statutes. Any person who is found out so doing, will not escape light- ly. Tho inspectors appointed by the Dairymen's Association have been squip• ped with suitable and competent testing instruments and have been lnetroated to reuder every assistance to oheeseanakers, looking towards the prevention of adul- teration and the conviction and punish- ment of those who inay be found guilty of the practice. FLATTERS MOST NEEDFUL OF CARE. In the following short paragraphs, I have ventured to gather helpful advice on the matters most needful of Dare. 1. Milk from cows in good health and apparent contentment only should be used. 2. Until after the eight milking, it should not be offered to a cheese factory. 3. An abundant supply of cheap, enc - cutout, easily digestible, wholesome, nutritious feed should be provided. 4. Pure acid water should be allowed in quantities limited only ay the oow's capacity and desire to drink. 5. A box or trough containing salt, bo which the cows have aeons every tiny, is a requisite indispensable in the profitable keeping of cows. 6. Cows should be prohibited from drinking stagnant impure water. The responsibility for the oniony of that beneficial prohibition rests wholly With flee individual farmer. 7. Wild leaks, and other weede com- mon 111 bush pastures, give an offensive odor and flavor to the milk of animals which eat them. 8. All the meals used in the handling of milk should be cleaned thoroughly im- mediately after their use. A washing in tepid or sold water to welch has been added a little soda, and a subsequent scalding with boiling water, will prepare them for airing, that they mlty remain perfectly sweet. 9. Cows sbould be milked with dry hands, and only after the udders have been washed ar brushed clean. 10. Tin pails only should be used. 11. All milk should be strained immed• lately after it is drawn. 19, Milking should bo done and milk shothld be kept only in a place where the surrounding nor is pure. Otherwise the presence of the tainting odors will not be neglected by the milk. 18, All milk shnuld be aired Maned(' ately after it has been strained, The treatmenb is equally beneficial to the evening and the morning masses of mf 110. 14. In warm weather, all milk ehoulrl he cooled to the temperature of the at- mosphere after ib has been aired, bet not before, 15. Milk ie bettor for being kepi over eight in email quentitioo, rather than in a large quantity int ono vessel. 16. Milk -stands should bo o;tnst•noted to shade from the sun, the cane or ves- sels containing milk, as Well ee to shelter them from rams. 17, Only pure, clean, helmet milk should bo offered. Any deviation froln that will not always go mtpttniehod. "Rov." C. Ti. Collier, formerly a minister, now an iusuranre agent, has been 011851ed at Owen Sound ohargod With obtaining money niter Wee pep. When. Political Notes. In the Dominion Cabinet there are eight Proteetants and six Catholloe. Ontario has the best system of educa tion in the world and doge ' owe a dollar of debt. Only about ons.third of the public, schools of Ontario use the ballot at True - tee elections. Chao. Wilson has accepted the Con. servative nomination and will oppose Mr. Mowat in North Oxford. Under the administration of the Hon, Oliver Mowat all denominations and creeds have had impartial justice.— Rev, Dr, Castle. You can't strengthen my hands more in any way than by turning out Mr. bfowat and putting Mr. Meredith in his place.—Sir John Macdonald. The Huron News Record, a staunch Conservative journal, is honest enough to admit that "Mr. Meredith does not pm pose to abolish Separate Sohools, He could not if he would, nor can any power abolish them without a change in the •British North America Aot," The unconstitutional McCarthy Act which the Dominion Government at. tempted to force on the people of this aonntry in opposition to the Crooks Act cost the electors $364,181. This was the way they boomed the Temperance cause. There wee no Equal Rights then, The Brantford Telegram, (0oneorva- ties), remarked :—"Where the trouble somas in is in the miserable following he (Mr. Meredith) has in the House, which eaaroely equals the calibre of a common Township Council. In all justice what can one man do against a solid phalanx of talented men like Mr. Mowat, Fraser, Hardy, the two Roma, Gibson, O'Con• nor, and a lot of others 7" At a meeting in -Glengarry county in 1888IDIr. Jleredith, who found himself addressing an audience largely French Canadian and Catholic, declared (as re- ported by a Conservative paper) "That the true friends of the French and Catho- lio people were to be found in the Con- eervabive ranks. They were those who gave them Separate schools and recog• nixed their claims to a share of the public patronage, based on the figure of popula- tion." Now the people of Coterie are asked to put Mr, Meredith in power be. cause he is opposed to the French lang- uage and Separate schools. Do these people know that Sir John Macdonald is bo•day assisting eighty- three English ohureh schools in vateous parts of the Province 7 That he is also giving State aid to eighty Roman Catho- lic schools, to tbirty.three 11lethodiet schools, to ten Presbyterian sohools, and to sixteen undenominational schools 7 Do they linow that from 1882 to 1889 he has given to Roman Catholic eohoots 82117,000, and to Anglican schools $187,- 0011 7 In the adjoining county be assists —and I do not objeob to the assistance— the Mount Elgin seminary, a denomina- tional institution. So, when your in- dignation waxes Warm against Mr. Mowat for carrying out the constitution in as• sitting Separate Schools, let a little of it be directed towards Sir -John Macdonald, who gives hundreds of thousands that might be saved by a simple stroke of the pen.—[Ion. G. W. Ross at St. Thomas. The Ooderioh Signal says :—J. Gab. riel Holmes, a fresh young lawyer of To- ronto, is making a triumphal march through South Huron, if We are to be- lieve the telegraphic reports of the Tory press. But we don't believe the reports pnbliehed, and opine that the florid, highly -elevated, full-blooded, richly- rounded ichlyrounded sentences descriptive of the "conquering hero's" visit to the Sunny South of this county are ealectians from the candidate's campaign address. Gab• rill is evidently "blowing his horn," so that bhe credulous folk in Toronto may be led to believe that he has the faintest thane of capturing South Huron. If South Huron could be wrested from the Relormors men like Harry Either and Dr. Rollins would not stand aside and see the chaplet of victory put upon the brow of a comparatively unknown young Toronto lawyer. When the good old Bishop of South Huron lays hands on this political neophyte be will disabuse him of the idea that any Tory—legal fledgling or otherwise—has a soft snap in theft solid Reform constituency. W. 11. Meredith was met at the station at Luoltnow on Tuesday evening by the Conservative Committees and two or three hundred people, accompanied by a band, and escorted to the residence of Dr. Tennant, the Conservative candidate for South Brun. At 8 o'clock a public meeting was held in the Town Hall, which was filled to the doors. Robert Purvis, ex•reeve of Kinloss, was called to the °heir, and in a few words introduced Dr. Tennant, who came forward and in a short speech laid his platform before the meeting. This platform by the way, differs considerably from that at hie leader, and in many points is the same as that of the Government. On the con- clusion of the doctor's epeoch, H, Morri- son stepped forward and presented a very nicely worded ac irese to the leader, who was well received by the large and. ience. Mr. Meredith responded fn a speeth of an hour and a quarter, dealing with the various planks in his platform In a manner similar to bis London and 'Toronto speeches. Though the audience teas very etongly Reform, ail, Meredith was given an excellent hearing, and will likely go away with a good opinion of the Liberals of Luoltnow and vicinity, At the oonolusion of his spseoh he was Warmly applauded. The meeting wag brought to to olose with throe cheers for IbIr. Meredith, and was followed by three and a tiger for tlho Mowat Government, South Brno is safe, Thin Ct1000E-JI0ktle ICDESTltO. Twenty yeses ego the oheoee•making industry ni Ontario was an insignitloant affair.; to -day it is ono of the greatest in. duetries in tbo Province. The valet) of the cheese made fn Ontario in 1888 was g,202,883 ; the quantity made Was 54,. 7,059 po1nd0; the quantity of milk used Was 685,350,886 pounds. The growth of this induatry i0 largely doe to tho Ontet•io Govertntuent, The Govern• mast has not"fostered" it by putting a FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1890, tax on the monomers of chaeeo, It boo, by, siding tate dairy assoofatlons, by printing their reports, by the instruction given at the Model Farm and at Farmers' Institutes, eucouraged improved methods of cheese -making and enabled the people of Ontario to (told their own in the mar- kets of the world, By this means they have taken poeseesion of the English market, where Canada last year sold oheeso to the value of 88,871,205. This is more than twice the value of our en- tire export of manufectires, and the Federal Government ltas been "fostering" msnnfal}ltures for eleven years. PERSONA 5.NT101.5» TO 0010. 1 Meet be on voters' list. 2 Must be British subject and 21 years of age. 3 Must have resided in Ontario for nine months preceding time fixed by sta. tate for beginning to make assessment roll on whish list ie bused, viz., lath Feb., 1889, unless altered by by-law; see R. 8. 0. 193, see. 149, or twelve months pre- ceding time up to which complaint may be made to county judge under Vetere' List Act., viz., thirty days after list posted by clerk ; see Ontario stat., 1889, cap. 3, sec. 13. Get certificate at once from munioipal clerk when potted. 4 Mast have been bona fide resident of and domiciled in municipality at the time fixed asf s oresnid, _viz., for Dom• menoing as00esment roll or for making complaints against voters' list. 5 Must, on polling day, be a resident of and domiciled in riding, and must have resided in riding aontinuonsly 011100 the time fixed as aforesaid, viz., for com- mencing assessment roll or for making anmplaints against voters' list, as the one m.ty be. Temporary absence, as lumberman, mariner, fisherman or student, does nob disqualify. Ontario Crops. Secretary tttoree Report on the Whole Encouraging. The Spring bulletin of Secretary Blue, of the Ontario Baron of Industries, has been issued under date of atfay 1482, and based on reports of correspondents under date of May 1st. The meteorological report shows 18,17 intim of rain precipitating for the four months, January to April, against 14 for the same period of the previous year. The spring proved very favorable for seeding in the western counties, and in some of the lake Erie counties ploughing was net uncommon during the winter, thee permitting farmers to overtake ploughing not done in the fall or antici- pate the spring work. The growth, how. ever, in April was but slight. Of crops seeded oats and peas canine in favor and there will be a considerably enlarged area of spring wheat. Goose wheat ap- pears to be popeler in some localities. The barley area this spring "is mnoh entailer" titan in previous years, "many correspondents patting lbs area at two- thitde or one-half of other years, while O few claim there will be Its much sown as ever." VEGETATION. Vegetation is backward. Very few fields on May 1st were fit for grazing, Peach trees wore in blossom on that date along lake Erie and on the Niagara river, and the damage done to the trees in win- ter lutsprove d to be very slight. Apples promise well, especially in the Iake Huron and west Midland counties, where last year was an off year. Grapes and small fruits generally are promising. LIVE STOCE, Live shock with few exceptions is all that could be desired. Food in many casae is superabundant. Hay is very cheap, ranging down to 414 a ton. Horses are in exceptionally good condition. Sheep and pigs, except where allowed the run of the fields in winter, are thrifty. Sheep are ecarne in parts, bah the lamb- ing season was good. Extracts relating to fall wheat and farm supplies are given below : 00,1100510. This crop presents a very uneven eon• ditiou throughout the province, Some fields are exceptionally fine and others unusually poor in appearanoe in the same township and even on the same farm, according to the soil, cultivation and physical aspect of the country, Hence it is extremely difficult to make an accurate report upon the outlook of the Drop. Throughout the west seeding was driven late into the fall on account of the drought, and the acreage was some- what reduced thereby. When winter eat in the crop had hardly made sufficient headway to stand bhe alternate freezing and thawing of the mild winter which followed, with insuflioient snow to pro- tect the young plants. On thin account the crop suffered more or lees from win. ter killing, and in the extreme west it is very uneven and poor. Considering all these unfavorable conditions, however,. the crop may in other portions of the province be said to have wintered bettor than woo expected, as seen iu Huron Bruce, Brant, and some other counties, but the night frosts and cold, dry north- erly winds and rain, commencing in February and continuing late into the spring, played lhavoo, with the crop and greatly reduood its vitaliby ahii retarded iia growth, On low, loamy soils the con- dition of the crop is very tteprontising on account of the frost's notion, being patchy and delicate, but on light, riot) looms, where well mttclerdrained, and es. paotally whore p00155104 by bush he the lay of the land, and where tin ore p was got in early and the land well prepared, ib genially proemial a very ihlo appcar. anon, This is partoularl,y the 011,1 in Norfolk, Welland, Huron, Brant and somo other comities, while the worst re. ports (sone from Essex, Kant, Lambton, Lincoln and Ilalton. In those latter counties, Essex and Lttmbton especially, 11 is probable that a soneiderabls portion of the wheat Iona will be ploughed up and seeded anew. Many farmots are Itarroveing spring wheat info the bare patches amongst the fell wheat, Little or n0 damage IS reported from weenie or insects Of en k' d TI appear to have improved the outlook, al- tbough the Drop is et0l backward, and with a favorable season there is reason to anticipate a lair although not a large harvest. 501111 e0PNL1l;5. Correspondens exhibit a remarkable unanimity in their statements regarding the small amount of wheat in the bands of farmers, The supply of oats is genor• ally above the requirements, particularly In the west Midland oountiea, but in the lake Erie oountiea a great deal of this grain wee foddering the winter, Jeering email stores at the time of writing. It is a long timo eine eo much bay was re- ported on heed fu the spring, In every district an abundant supply is reported, and in Home of the western counties it le selling slowly at from 06 to $8 s bon. Fut cattle have nearly all been taken away by buyera, and most of the amok remaining are being grazed for May or Jena ship. menta, There appears to be less store cattle than usual. From some of the dairy sections in the west Midland coun- ties complaints oome of the injury to the cattle trade by the pre tie° of killing off nearly every calf in order that the supply of milk to cheese factories might not be interfered with, To such an ex- tent is this carried en in some quarters that the dairies have to be recruited by one cows from outside Y g u side points. • Parllnhaent Prorogued, Lest Friday Neiman Point Battery boomed out the royal salute and Parlia. merit prorogued for another year. The past session was Doe of the moot eventful since Confederation, end was exactly four months' duration—from Jan. 16th to May 10th, one month longer than last year's. The rapid development of the country in proven by the large increase in the number of bills passed this session. Last session only 05 bills reoeivod royal assent. This session 110, including 92 railway bills, were passed. The prorogation ceremony was mnoh the same as on previous years. Shortly after 4 o'clock Lord Stanley, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Hon. Ed. Stanley and Capt. Colville, drove up to the main entrance of the legislative pile amid the boom of cannon, the salutes of a guard of honor composed of 100 men of the Gov. ernor General's foot Guars, and the cheers of a vast content -se of cozens, who occupied the large square iu front of the entrance. His Excellency proceeded to the Red Chamber and occupied the vice. regaithrone. The usher of the Black Rod summoned the faithful Commons, and the imposing ceremony of proroguing Parliament was finished. The fact that the local elections in On- tario aro on has had a depressing effect on lbs attendance of members. Friday afternoon, when the Commons mot, there were only about -10 members present. L`Reittelitato No WA'. Pt. Edward now claims to have 1,847 of a population. The St. Clair tunnel is about two- thirds completed. Preston is now in po0seseion of a new school house which post $9,500.88. Toronto College of Mesio has been affiliated with the Toronto University. The Aylmer furniture factory has been sold to Jas. flay tt; Co., of Woodstock, for 58,500. A thief Friday stale a boat and two eta of oars from Rev. Father Sheehan of St, Paul's Churoh, Toronto. Kingsville is to be lighted with natural gee, as arrangements have beau made be. ween the village and Mr. Corte, the own - r of the well. Hon, John W. Sifton, of Brandon, for- merly of London, has been appointed nperintendent of the Manitoba reforms- cry for boys. Having $100.000 in hand for a new ibrary, the Toronto University Senate as decided to procure plans for a new ibrary building. Rev. Dr. Wild occupied the pulpit of and street thumb, Toronto, for the rat time on Sunday after his throe onths' vacation. James) Dickey, of Yongo township, ear Brookville, has a ewe with the re- ntable record of having given birth to levee lambs in four years. Permission was grouted to Leon con. rogation to sell their present church it0 and perohns° a new on at the last eebing of bhe Stratford Presbytery. At the Methodist hfetropoIitan church, pronto, on Wednesday of last week, two hinatnen were baptized into the Metho- i01 enroll by Rev. Leroy [looker. R. Trimble sold all his eggs lest week b $8.50 per bushel. He says they re so cheap that it dmeen't pay to count em,—Flesherton (Grey county) .Advo• be. Suit has been brought against a Win, peg teacher to restrain hint from im- axting religions instruction, on the round that he is violating bite new obool Act by doing so. Erastus Wiman will lay the corner one of the now Methodist olturah, in Marko, May 24th, and in the evening liver at address on the relations be. on Canada and the United States, Some throe or fon menthe ago a young SO of Mr. Lowes, hotel -keeper et Stith - land's corners, became terribly frighten - at an ugly face worn by another bay, he fright was immediately followed by nal troubles. Thu boy is just arooud min, but to their sorrow he has boon ft completely' deaf. - Jetnos Reilly, Peter McCarthy and natorLonghead, of Calgary, have on. red at notion epithet Meseta. Lloyds, ogulin, Preach on ether London (Eng• id) capitalists, for $230,000, It seems at when the Calgary parties turned or, the charter for the Alberta t4 Atha. arca railway to the Alberta d: Great orbhwesteru, of which the London pitatiste held the largest shares, they pnleted for $48,000 cash and $200,000 paid th(r stook of the company. Now, o Englheh partials have either abaudau• their charter or tura allowing other Mos to take it. The original pro. tors oxpeeb thein to live up 10 the s e 1 B fi m m e g en T 0 d a a th ea ni p st de tW a et ed TI br 06 le Se to 4V la th ov U N oa 0t1 in til ed pa mo y til , to recent taint flgrbetnefn, hetoe the seat. Number 4E3. Petrolea le 6guripg on water -works. Guelph's rate of taxation life year is 22f mills. The Brantford house of refuge contain• 30 inmates, only one of whom is confined to bed Henry Smith, conviated of wife murder at London, has made full confession of his orima. The rails aro laid on the Regina d• Long Lake Railway to within sight of Saskatoon. A Leet case ie being made at Eingston to ascertain if a debt collecting agenoy can publish a debtor's name. The Toronto Trades and Labor Coun- cil cheoided to take slaps to agitate in favor of the eight-buur movement. Mrs. Nicholls, of Poterboro', who de voted a portion of her great wealth to public benefactions in that town, is dead. The cost of the late Dominion election at Ottawa, as appears by the returns of the sheriff, who was :morning officer, ie somewhat less than $1,200. At Markham village on Saturday the water works by-law for $10,000 and the electric light by-law for 02,0)0 were carried by majorities of six and seven re- spectively. Ten thousand trout fry have bean pur- chased and will at once be put in a small pond in Burford township, near Mount Vernon village, by H. T. Westbrook, of Brantford, and Mr. Kenny, of Burford. The •nominations for the Dominion election paseed off quietly at St. Catha- rines last Friday. J, O. Rykert (Con- servative) and W.E. Pattison (Reformer,) were ohoeon the etaudard•bearersfor the reepective parties. The lighted chandelier in the English church, Warwick village, fell to the floor shortly befure the evening service the other Sunday and but for the prompt- ness of one or two who were present the church would soon have been in a blaze.. Now when the odor of young grass fills the atmosphere and a sweet pastarol charm envelops the cities of aamilton, Brantford and Guelph comes the ROWS that the bristling town of Galt proposes holding a summer Carnival on June 12 and 18. Donald Morrison, the Meeantio, outlaw, who resisted arrest for nearly a year, and was sentenced to eighteen years in the penitentiary, is now report- ed to be dying at St. Vincent de Paul. He refuses to eat, and seems determined to end his lite by voluntary starving. The State officials made seizures of 35 gill nets in the vicinity of Mud Creels in L.ke Ontario on Tuesday. They were fired upon several times by fishermen, but all returned safe to Alexandria Bay that evening and burned the nets on Wednesday. The nets were valued at e800. Saturday evening about 0 o'clock a colored lad named Ernest Jaokson, aged seven years, was killed at the P. D, and L. H. R. station, Simcoe. Some boys were playing on large pieces of timber on the railway, and a pia,•e rolled off, crash- ing the lad, who lived only twenty min- utes after being picked up. The arguments in the St. George rail- way case are all in, and Judge Rosa has decided to meet at ten o'clock on Wed- nesday, June 18, to proceed with the assessment of damages in each case be- fore the same jury. This watt the long- est and most important jury trial ever held in Canada A farmer north of the village of Platte- ville shut some village cows in his yard over night Iasi week. Next morning he wrote a notice on a piece of cardboard and tied it to the bons of one of the animals which returned to the village, The card said : "There's no plass like home. Go South there is wore on cows in the North. Remember the law. Cit.- ieans govern yourselfs aokordingly." Some titre ago J. Clark, of Malabide, engaged a matfito move a house for him front Copenhagen to Aylmer, and going mesa a bridge a plank gave way, and the house toppled over into the creek. Clark refused to pay the man's charges and he has brought an action to recover. Going across the M. 0, R. track tele- graph wires were torn down, and Clark was fined $2 for this by Police Magistrate Glover. The M. 0. R. and great North- western Telegraph Co. entered action against Clark, for damages, for deten- tion of trains and tearing down the tele- graph wires. This suit has been settled by Clark paying costs and a good round rum in damages. T, A. Kemp, reeve of North Grimsby, and chairman of the Committee on Des- titute and Ineaue in the County Council, notified the committee to meet et the residence of Samuel Simmerman, in the township of Clinton, on Monday last to investigate the one of Walter Simmer. man, Nebo receives $1,50 per week from the County Council as charity. The members of the committee are : Reaves Allan, Davis and MoMurohie and Deputy Reeve Bush, None of them turned up at the appointed tine and place but Dr. Mcillurohie and the Chairman. They spent nearly two hours at the desolate home and gleaned more information than had ever before been obtained about this tnost peanliar ansa. The two Reeves found two mon living in a most wretched state. S. Shnmorman is an ofd men of 80 years of age, with no metros of liveli- hood but the $1.50 per week that he re. ooivea.for the nlaintonla te° of his ,ton, The old man barrios all his firewood on big back from a bath about a quarter of n toile distant from the louse, The son Walter is about 55 years of ago, and is a physical and mania wroth. He has not had a stitch of °lathes on him since he was 20 ,poem of age, or, in other words, he ran milted for 311 years. No does not walk upright, bot hops along 01 ?his hands and feet in a stoopod position, Ha is very shy and quite harmlese. Ho ap. peers to have some intelligencc, and told Dr. MoMhrobie that ho world wear a new suit of elegies if he had diem, The house is an old log ono, and is nob lit for human beings t0 live in, The rain pours through thereof, the wind whistks through the holes in the walls, and in the Winton the poor inmates•--tho one poorly otad,the other naked—sower 0351 the stove, °old, often hungry, and always mineable.