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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.
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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
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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.
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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.