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MORE ABOUT HOGS.
To the Editor of Tau roe'r.
DEan Sin,—Now that the fall fairs
are aver, and the experiences of one
mors year, coupled with observa•
Cons and experiments in testing the
different foods as well as the differ.
ant breeds of hogs, as well as horses,
cattle and sheep, I feel assured that
there is no impartial judge, after
considering the outlay, the Oak re-
turns and the amount of profit, but
will come to the conclusion that the
Chester White hog carries off the
palm. I am happy to say that
the publio demand for lean, fleshy
meat has almost driven the Suffolk
pig from the show ring, and the
friende of the Berkshire are already
trembling in their shoes, expecting
to see their favorite go. Next, that
animal with the mountain of neck
and bowels almost as large as a
punpicin, namely, the Poland Chloe,
is seldom seen, from the same
cause, too much grease, showing
clearly what I have beau conteud-
ing for the last ten years is rapidly
coming to pass, namely, that the
profit is in raising a long pig from
shoulder with a straight back and
straight belly, that will mature at
from six to eight months, weighing
from 175 to 225 pounds', at a net
loss of 24 cents per pound, dressed
weight, and, moreover, a hog that
will not shrink in dressing more
than 15 per cent. and as low as 18
per cent. ; a hog whose ancestry is
almost as old as the bills. Many
able writers have been trying to
prove the history of their different
pets to date back a long way. I
' d
might here be permitted to say that
when the masons went to lay the
foundation of Chester Castle, on the
beautiful banks of the river Dee,
there was the "Meadow Queen" in
all her purity of whiteness, grazing
contentedly, as they are to day, al-
most the world over, having proved
their fitness for graziers, the demand
for them trebled in the last four
years. In all the change of rulers,
from emperor, kings, protectors, re
publics or queens, this royal etendard
hog has ever been the same, elate to
flourish 1n the sty of the humble
cotter, as well as in the more im-
posing appointments of the wealthy
admirer. God's best gift to man of
all the animal creation. If the horse
bad received the same treatment as
the bog he would be dead with colic
or blind staggers ; the cow that has
been lauded to the skies, would be
dead with quarter or hollow horn ;
that other animal so many admire
for their docility and their warm
fleece, the sheep, had it been treated
like the hog has been I venture to
assert that not one of their kind
would have been left to tell the
world of the foot and liver rot, of
sheep ticks and other troubles.
But, sir, notwithstanding man's in.
gratitude and nukind treatment, the
farmer's best friend, the Chester
White liog, stands out prominently
as the farmer's deliverer and the
cotter's friend, bringing joy to the
poor man's home, and furnishing a
rich supply of eatable meat, nicely
mixed, and well able to supply the
wants of the fastidious.
WLile shipping a boar to James
Allen, Dornooh, from Listowel, per
exprese, when the box containing
the pig was in front of the express
officio there was nailed on the box
what I suppose was a photograph of
a race of Berkshire bogs bred by a
person in the township of Elma,
whoa° name was attached thereto,
If I understand things aright, the
sale of the Berkshires ie due, and
no doubt the persons thought that
by seeding a picture of his pig in
good company it might stimulate his
trade. The card was sett to me. I
I have no use for it, you are welcome
to it, but never do a mean, dirty
trick like that again.
Respectfully youre,
Tiros. 13A V1,18,
Trotthridge, Oct. 27.
Viannaelite n Nevvvte.
Henry M. Stanley is to be at
Ottawa in January.
It is reported that th ] col per•
finders of Citradoc and Lobo aro
discovering more copper natio°.
W.1:1. I.3oattie, of Westminster,
went to Wisconsin last week with a
shipment of 110 head of Shropshire
sheep.
A lad named Butler was fooling
with a saw at the First Ward school,
Windsor, and is minus the thumb
of bis left hand in eonsegnenoo,
The Government, itis understood,
will not deepen the Beanharnois
Canal, but will construct t new canal
on the watt] tido of the St. Lawrence
at Coteau.
While G. Bull, a pump -maker,
was working in ilia bottom of au
old well 41 feet deep at Manilla, a
large quantity of earth fell in on
Trim, smothering Iaim,
Owing to diphtheria having be,
P01116 epidemic in Markham village
the Board of Health have ordsrod
the closing of the schools and
t:huerlies, and have forbidden all
publio gatlherfilgo at proesnt,
The population of Brockville is
8,854.
There are 88 fraternal societies
in St. Thomas.
The S. 5.. Convention at Brant -
fora closed Friday.
Many apple orchards in Essex
county are in blossom for the seoond
time this season.
At Caledonia fair last week, R.
Davie, (Indian,) exhibited a field
sgnash which weighed 145,
The Sudbury mines are reported
very Nourishing, about 850 men be.
ing employed in the four mines,
At Ripley, Dr, D. F. Smith's
barn and its contents were burned
Thursday morning. Loss, $2,000.
Insured.
Mr. Alarming, of Ingersoll, has
maple sugar made at Mt. Elgin
41 years ago. It still retains its
good favor.
The first passenger train arrived
at Pugwash, N. S., on Tuesday
evening with a large party of ex-
cursionists on board.
W. C. B. Rathbun, of Bayview
farm, Deseronto, will make a con-
signment of turkeys sad other fowls
to the old country to test the mar-
ket.
It is said the T. H. & B. Railway
Co. have purchased sufficient pro•
perty through the city of Hamilton
to comply with the $275,000 bonus
by-law.
The Governor-General on Thurs-
day lard the foundation of the new
building in course of erection in
connection with McGill Uuiversity,
Montreal.
A young man named Wm. Mo -
Kay was arrested at Saginaw,Mioh.,
t im•
last week, charged with beie g
plicated in a burglary in Ingersoll,
Ont., early last summer.
During a wedding ceremony at
Kingston mischievous boy turned
out the lights in thechurch, but
the minister was undisturbed. He
knew the service off by heart,
A. couple of gentlemen from Mani-
toba have brought a team of trained
deer to London, and were to be seen
driving them around the streets
early Friday morning, attached to a
cart,
The maniac Biala, who hacked
two men almost to death at Lacolle,
Que., the other day, hanged himself
in his cell at St, Johns with a piece
of rope made of his bed sheet torn
iuto strips.
Joseph Bullock, of Paris, took
up out of his garden a few days ago
a monster geranium. It is over 8
feet high, 9 feet broad and some of
the leaves n:easure over 8 inches in
diameter.
The township of Amaranth has
followed East Luther into the line
of fight for the passing of a local
option law, and steps are being
taken to have a by law passed by
the township council.
J. B. Craig, B. S. A , a graduate
of the Ontario Agricultural College,
has lately been appointed Professor
of Animal Husbandry in the Uni-
versity at Wisconsin, at a salary of
$1,500 a year, to be increased to
$2,200.
On Thursday evening some wretch
called at the house of J. E. Laugh•
lin, who is station agent at the G.
T. R. at Delhi, and, knowing that
Mr, and Mrs. Laughlin were out,
deepoiled Mr. Laughliu's sister, a
girl 14 years of age, of hor beauti.
Cul tresses.
It costs eometbiug to be elected
an officer of the Osgoode Legal and
Literary society, of Toronto. The
annual election took plane on Sat-
urday, and ib is said cost those
elected and their friends some $2,•
000 for oyster suppers and similar ,
refreshments.
An Ottawa despatch says: "The
firet of the suits against the Gov-
ernment for damages caused by the
great rock slide of the summer of
1889 will be heard in the Exchequer
Court probably on Tuesday. There
aro 50 other airtime, including ono
by the corporation of Quebec for
$132,000."
G. Malls, of Glenallan, was found
dead in the lane on his farm the
other morning. He had been
suffering from a tumor in the neck
which troubled him for yearre He
watt bailiff of the Sixth division
court for twenty years or more, and
was a man well-known and re-
spected all over the county,
One of the large centro pieces in
the Aylmer Town Hall fell one
night last week, wrecking the clean.
delier anti making a terrible mess
in the hall, which was prepared for
the Division Court the next day.
Had the accident occurred wilon the
(amps were lighted and the hall
filled theta is no tolling how sorious
might have been the result.
The bones of another mastodon
have been found on the farm of T.
Jones, at Mayfair, near Appin.
While plowing, on 'Wednesday, the
head, upper jaw, three teeth and
one rib of a mastodon worn un•
earthed. The rib is four feet in
length ; the teeth aro three inches
wide and six inches long. Parties
are still digging, and Additional die.
°Dverlee arc expected.
ri-it BRUSSELS ?OS'1
It is reported that oar wheel
shops are to be Luilt at Walkorville,
Essex. Ont.
It is reported in Winnipeg that
Hon.Jno. Carling will be Manitoba's
next Lieut..Gov,
Gaoler Alex Lang of Simons, who
wag appointed in 1862, is the old.
est gaoler in the Province.
The constitutionality of the Mani.
tobe school legislation has been tak-
en up in the courts at Winnipeg.
This seaeon 121,000 head of cattle
have bean.sent from Montreal to
England, as compared against 86,-
696 last year.
J. B. Feseman, ff. P. P., for
South Norfolk, who has been very
dangerously ill with malarial fever,
is some better.
A deputation of Winnipeg ladies
are urging the city council to pass ,a
by-law prohibiting cigarette smoking
on the streets.
The steamship Idaho, ashore at
the island of Anticosti, has been
broken up by the gales, and has
disappeared from eight.
A shook of earthquake was felt at
5:80 Tuesday afternoon in the
region of Meach's Lake, twelve
miles from Hull up the Gatineau.
In Kingston on Thursday night
William Pickering, a one armed
man, was knocked down by foot-
pads and robbed of $112 and hie
artificial arm. The arm was valued
al $50.
A passenger on a Grand Trunk
train became ill on nearing Detroit
on Wednesday, and was removed
to the sanitarium, where he died.
Papers found on him showed that
he was W. J. Littlejohn, of Ux-
bridge, Ont., and that he was on
his way from St. Louis to his home.
In Montreal Wednesday Judge
Mathieu gave judgment for'$75 and
costs against the 0. P. R. for hav-
ing put an old man off the railway
over two miles away from a station
because he conld not at once pro-
duce the ticket which he had in his
possession,
The cowboy who recently made
his appearance in Woodstock dis-
playing cheques for fabulous sums
and bought farms with a liberal
hand, paying in notes, and married
a respectable farmer's daughter, was
arrested, and now languishes in
Brantford gaol on a eharge of horse -
stealing.
Police Inspector Jennings, of
Afarkham, was examining a bridge
for repairs and was trying to get a
view of what was wanted from the
bridge, when he missed his balance
and fell head first into the water, a
dietitnce of about 15 feet. Councillor
Ash found tum insensible, covered
with water and stock in the mud.
He succeeded in getting the insen•
sable man ashore. Jennings is in a
critical state.
The Massey Manufacturing Co.,
of Toronto, appealed against their
assessment of $5,000 on personal
property on the ground that they
manufactured all their machines in
Torouto and merely used their
premises in London rte a point from
which to supply their goods, and
that they were assessed for all their
personal property ` in Toronto.
Judge Elliott held that the company
had a branch of their business in
London and he confirmed the as-
soesmeu t.
The growth of the Ontario school
system in the last few years is on
the whole exceedingly gratifying.
The last annual report of the AIiu-
ister of Education shows that from
1883 to 1888 the number of teachers
employed increased from 6,911 to
7,790, the amount expended on
Machete' salaries inereasod from
$2,210,187 to „2,521,537, and the
amount expended on ekes and build•
ings, repairs and other expenses in-
creased from $877,900 to $1,288,-
500. In all, the people of Ontario
are now spending ,$8,850,865 ou
their sohools rte against $8,108,480
spent in 1883, an increase of three.
quarters of a million dollars. There
is ale° a evidence of Lnprovoment
in tbo character of the teaching,
The number of first clans certificates
has grown from 211 to 258, of
second class certificates from 2,107
to third-class certificates from 3,420
to 8,971.
The fame al the Ontario Agrieul-
tnritl College has spread far beyond
the bounds of Ontario or oven of
&made. Ono of its old professore,
Mr, Brown, is now the manager of
an agricultural college and experi-
mental farm at Lougerenong, f i
the Australian colony of Victoria.
The farm omelet,' of 2,100 acne,
and the college buildings, although
net aotnploted, have airway cost
$;20,000. Prof. Brown has made
experiments iu tree planting, and
although he was told that excessive
heat and drontla would make the
experiment a failure, he was fairly
successful not only with the coin•
mon trees of Australia, but with
oak, birch, sycamore and Se itch
fir. The difficulty which was found
in getting a place cool enough for
dairying was overcome by construct-
ing a dairy under ground. Prof,
Brown is evidently doing good work
in hie now position,
aew,rw..
The steamenip Oregon has ar-
rived at Montreal, and it is thought
she Is not much damaged,
A family of 27 persons bad a
group, t"pictur tuft" by a Prescott
photographer the other day.
West Brune teachers presented
Inspector Campbell with a flattering
address and a purse of gold on Tues-
day.
Ontario and'Quebeo Indians will
hold a mass meeting at St, Regis
to agitate tor a return to their old
system of government by chiefs.
Bev. G. R. Turk, of Guelph, has
decided to accept the invitation to
the pastorate of Galt Methodist
Church next Juus, subject of course
to the consent of the cor.fcrence.
The Customs Department have
ruled that Louisiana lottery adver
tieing and other matter may be re-
ceived at various paints, but that
the persona to whom they are sent
will be subject to prueeoutwu try tele
legal authorities,
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