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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1890-12-12, Page 1Volume 18. Feeding hvrine on Grain and Meal. The experiment began on January 17, 1883, and closed on May 81, armoring a period of 194 days. The primary objeot of thcaexperimeut was to asoertain the extent of the advantage arising from feeding swine on a suitable ration of var- ious kinds of meal, mixed, as compared' with a grain ration of peas and barley, ground and unground; or, in other words, to demonstrate to the farmers that swine should not be confined to a ration of unground grain in winter as they oftentimes are, simply because this mode of feeding them may bo convenient. TEE ANIMALS SELoCTltn.—Thoanimals selected for the experiment were Berk. shire grades and pure Berksbiree, bred upon the farm. They wore by a pure Berkshire sire, out of a grade Berkshire dam in the one case and n pure bred Berkshire dam in the other. They were divided into three groups, each group comprising four animals. Three of the four in eaoh group were grades and from the same dam ; two of the three were barrows and the third a sow ; the fourth animal in each case was a pure Berk- shire sow. Tho grades were farrowed October 4, 1889, and the pure breds Sep- tember 13. PERIOD os P5BPAnexiori.: 'From Deoem- ber 12, 1889, until January 10, 1890, they were all fed a similar ration of meal and refuse from the College. On January 10, they were divided into three groups, and each group was placed in a separate pen and put upon the ration fed to it during the experiment proper, which commenc- ed on January 17. FOOD AND I'm:d a.—The pigs in group 1 were fed pees. barley and oats ground and wheat middlings in the proportions of 2, 1, 1 and 1 parts respectively. Those in group 2 were fed equal parte dby h those wieight of ground peas and barley, group 3 were given a similar ration but unground. They wore fed three times a day and in quantity all they would eat clean. To the pigs in groups 1 and 2 the water was given along with the meal, and for those in group 8 it was putinto a separate trough. They were allowed to run out at will once or twine a week in mild afternoons during cold weather, and more frequently in warm weather. ESTIMATED VALUE OF TUE FOOD.—The food was estimated at the onrrent mar- ket values in Guelph, viz.: Peas 55 cents per bushel, barley 40 cents, oats 28 oents and wheat middlings $15 per ton. The average velum per pound therefore of the ration fed to the pigs in group 1 was 95c., to those in group 2, 90e. and to those in group 3, 880. per 100 lbs. An allowance of 8 cents per 100 lbs. is included in this estimate for grinding the food. Poon EA'rza.—The following table givoe the food oonsumed per average ani- mal in each group, (1) tbronghout, the experiment, (2) for the first 28 days there• of and (3) for the last 15 days : 1111 1 12 s I I' I 2'hrou bout the experiment 9109 2 70 2196 g 2 72 300 Ij 87 Fin the mut t15days days coir• rho ia.t 1a days ! 4 07 2 7213 »a Immense nN WEIGHT.—The next table gives the average weight of the pigs in each group at the commencement of the experiment and at its close, and also the average increase in weight : Ib. Ie. 1b. WeWeight at oommoues't 5, 75 53 8e 00 12 9. 0 130 00 30 02 3, 4 0 Increase at oloso 0 Innronso iu weight 106 87 81 99 79 88 I1001EA05110 VALUE.—This table gives the average value of the p gs in eaoh group at the commencement of the ex- periment and at its close, the average cost of the food fed to each animal, the average 1noreese in value, and the aver- age gain per cent.: 1 2 18 $ 5 Vainest commenOomont 8 47 8 14 (lost of food 883 2 92 Value of close 8 70 5 05 Increase in vaitto1 85 48 Gain per cent 98 9 15 5 a 8 37 2 70 8 87 21 a2 BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY -,-DECEMBER _ -, RIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1$90. Number 22, and during the last half 8,02 lbe., the average daily gain during those respoo- tive periods was .72 lb. and .60. ; that is to say, the daily gains were greater dor- ing the first half of the experiment al- though the _ food consumed wag much lees, The pigs were valued at 6 cents per pound live weight at the commencement of the experiment, which is probably what could have been obtained for them at the time for fending purposes as they were young. These in group 1 were sold at the oloso of the experiment for 51o. per pound live weight, and thee° in groups 2 and 3 were valued at the same time at 4,9e. per pound, as they were not in condition for selling. The value of the manure in this experiment would ex- ceed the Dost of the litter and labor. 0010012010100. Tho following are the more important of the conclusions from the experiment : 1, That it will pay the farmer well to toed swine of the age indicated in thie bulletin, and at the season of the year uorrespondin8, on a ration similar to that fed to the pigs in group 1, the prices of food and pork bearing bhe same relations, as the gain in thisinstance was 38.9 per conth on the investment in 184 days. 2. That fending swine for 1134 days on a mixed meal ration similar to that given to the pig' in group 1 is more than twice as profitable as feuding them on a ration of equal parts of the same two grains nngroend. 8. That in feeding swine a mixed meal ration comprising several kinds of grain properly blended is far superior to one composed of but two varieties of the same, even though these two may form important ingredients of the more 0050• preheneive ration. 4. That in feeding swine of the age in- dicated a mixed meal ration that is well balanced will prepare them for market in a far ohorter period than one of either ground or unground grains not so bal. snood. 5. That in feeding swine bite respec- tive rations given to the pigs in groups 2 and 3 give results that are far from sat- isfactory. In both instances oue or more of the pigs became affected with rheuma- tism, in neither ease were they ready for market at the close of bbe experiment, and in the after feeding the increase in weight was slow. It is indeed probable that they were fed at a Toes when the whole results are considered. 8. That in feeding swine when they be- come rheumatic through feeding•a ration too concentrated and stimulating, it will not pay to keep them longer owing to the slow ries which they make daring the period of recovery. 7. That feeding pure bred swine is more profitable than feeding grades, yet too much should not be made of this owing to a little difference in the respective ages. 8. That in feeding swine the coat of producing pork increases with the ago of the animal. -- ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The pigs in groups 2 and 8 did not look well throughout the experiment. They were dry in the hair and skin, and there VMS a lick of plumpness about them. Ono of the pigs in group 2 beoame so rhoumetie 43 da}s before the close o! the experiment that it bad to lie removed to another pen and put upon another diet, Duriug the 48 days it gained bet 11 pounds. Two of the pigs in group 3 also became stiffened in their limbs. The re- oovet•y of these rhemnable animals was very slow and imperfect. Seven of the pigs in gronpe 2 and 8 were fad fairly well on asmtable .inion until September 11, when they were sold at 5 onto per pound live weight. Their average live weight when sold, was only 170 lbs., or about 9 lbs. more than the average weight of the pigs in group 1 at the oloso of the experiment more than three months °artier. Tbo average gain of sash of the Myna oughbred animals during the experiment was 94.08 lbe., while the average gain of each of therades was but 80,87 lbs, a, or 8.20 lb less While the average daily feed ecnnon1Od by each of the twelve animals during tale fleet half of the experiment' wee 2,00 the, ed excepb on a beans of Annexation 7 I brow not. The Dominion would bo ask- ed to shut out British and all European produote as far as may be done by adopt- ing the U. S. tariff, we would then be taxed for the benefit of U. S. capitalists. For argument sake let us go a little further. Ib is stated time and time again that by a free trade bargain we would gain free admission to a market of 60,- 000,000 people. The inference is that the whole American people would wish to purohase Canadian produce. Now free admission to the markets of Oregon, Idado, Nevada, Arizona, Texas and many other states would ranee about as muoh Canadian produce to be sold there as could be sold to the inhabitants of that luminary called the moon. Of that vast population aoroee the border only a small portion live in a locality to trade with Canada. Here again one little corner of the market of 80,000,000 people is offered to Canadians as bhe price of their fihett.wl. Tet us go farther. It is evideut that though a few artioles of farm produce might be slightly en- hanced en pries, the bulk of what Cana- dian farmers raise would not be sold in the United States for one aunt more than could be obtained by shipping it to Great Britain. Canadian farmers could get no more than Amerioan farmers for produce, and American farmers now send to foreign markets the same articles that Canadian farmers •raise. The Western farmer gets in the Eastern States the English price, minus the freight to England, that is all the Cana- dian farmer could get. By Reciprocity then we would gain very little outside of that which 1411 fall to os of its own ao. cord, while we would have everything to lose. Why then plane ourselves in the poeitipu of whipped children andallow the Americans to flood our country with every conceivable article of produoe for which, in time, we would be compelled to pay high prices as one by one our in- dustries wnuld be driven to the wall. Let any farmer comaro the prices of ire• plemente and machinery with the prioes of a few years ago, and he will at once see that they are now from 20% to 80% cheaper. Is this not the result of keep- ing American wares out and giving our manufacturers a chanoe, and this is but one example oni of many. Beoiprocity would nob be a eafeguard against com- bines as its advooates would have us be- lieve. The binder twine combine in- cludes Canada and the States. A meet- ing was held in Boston a short time ago at whioh both countries were represent- ed. Free Trade would have a bendanoy rather to stimulate such combines, Americans are particularly noted for that sort of thing, and this would allow of more freedom in the matter. Self in- terest is the great study of the Ameri. cans. A review of the past shows that Canada has nothing to be grateful for to them. If, perobanoe, it would snit the politicians, Republican or Democrat, to fire the national heart to capture the foreign vote, or any other vote, they would not hesitate to oast any agree- ment that might be made with Canada to the four winds in order to gain their point. Such has been the experience of the past and we do not know that there is yet any improvement in this parti- cular. The McKinley Bill, which, by the way, some partisan politicians would feign credit to the Tory party, seems to be the outoome of another form of spasmodio legislation peouliar to Yankee politicians, and already the signs of the tunes are that it will be short lived. Then there is the question of revenne, which the advocates of reciprocal trade seem to get over in a rather hazy sort of way, as they do many other phases of the question. When the MoKenzie gov- ersment left office our finances were In a very unsatisfactory oondibion. In No- vember of that year there was doe in England an indebtedness of 815,500,000 and in various banks of the Dominion abonb $5,000,000 besides some $8.000,000 for pnblio workO, and nothing to meet it bub the paymect of the fishery award. This was bhe oondition of things ander the Fret Trade policy of bbe government at that time. Now that indebtedness could not be niet unless additional revenue was imposed. Those Commerci- al Unionists, who acknowledge the great difftoulty here to be met with, propose direct taxation. Naw, we are inoliued to the opinion that this would place morn than a just share of the responsibility on the fanners, because a very large portion of the trading oommu nity, many of them very weatbhy, who contribute to the revenue ruder the present policy, would be scod free under a policy involving direct taxation. A Free Trade policy for Canada, and more espeoially one in which the Americana would be a party to it,showo a want of praotbbiliby and permanence, no matter fn what form it is proposed. The advocates of such have not In mind "Canada for the Canadians,' but Canada for any one who will give a few dollars rodeo in a horse transaction, a few cents more for a bushel of barley, or perhaps go a few oents bigiter on a spring ohiokeu dual, a vary wide question ie being dis00soed from a very uarrow standpoint. It is not likely that the people of this oountry will tumble to the trade polio, that is now being advocated by a oertain panty of the body politic which would most assuredly in the entl prove a great big sell. The depression, smell as is now expetionoed, is the opera- tion of natural latus and nob of tine trade policy of the government. The present policy liar worked wonders in the way of building railroads, improving canals, as Subsiclis1ng fast steam ehipa 50 that our preclude oan bo got to the reel markets in the fastest pooeibls time, thus enabling Canada to hold her own much better than many other countries similarly ef• Meted. Ymire &c„ Groy, Deo. 8,'00. 11,14804 FIRST. Ayr Pnbllo school was opened with a ball aad supper last night. Ttvo children. of Wm. England, of Ainhiia5bburg, were playing, when the eldest, got hold of et bottleothnunent and gave tome of it to her little brother. The e i wn•sor TRE TRADE /QIIOSTION. To bbe Editor Of Tea PomT. Dain Stn,—A5 anything bearing on matters political is always in season, I hope I may be allowed space in your valuable columns to express my views on Bothe of the questions of the day. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." "Speak what you !bink now in hard words and tomorrow speak what to -morrow thinks in hard words again," said Emerson in his essay on "Self Reliance." In looking into the political arena we there see much to be admired and math to be desired, while hovering around this is a great deal so silly and selfish as not to be worthy of oonsideration at all. The trade question seems to be the most conspicuous, stimu- lated, no doubt, by the wave of "hard times," which seems to be passing over this country in snail hke fashion, and which, let it be remembered, is the ex- perience of all other countries, protected or unprotected. The Grit Dries from one end of the Dominion to the other are : "Commercial Uniou," "A 17 per cent. duty," "Unrestricted Reoiprooiby,"''Free Trade," "Annexation." The inference we draw from this is that eaoh has an affinity for the other, The manufac- turers would have provided for them, as a select beverage, a mixture of Provinci- al Union and a 17e per cent. duty, while the farmers would be made happy with a compound of Unrestricted Reoiprooity and Free Trade. 'Those engaged in mineral pursuits world be given Annex- ation, pure and simple. and that im- portant body, the laboring class, would be amply provided for by a grand mix. tune of the whole. The Grit motto seems to be anything to beab bbe government. This once done they would alleviate the hard times of at least as many of the hangers on as would be so fortunate as to seams good fat offices. 15 is amusing to hear some men speaking of the line dividing this oonntry and the United States as being an imaginary one and pooh-poohing its existence tt0 nonsenei- oal in the extreme. Ib is true in a sense that it is an {Imaginary ono, but it must be ltdmitted tibia it 10 also a stern rsallby. The boundary lines of all inland countries are imaginary in the same way yet they are facts that will not bear meddling with, and the hostile foot must Dome to a halo just there. Tho line between Canada and the Unibed States is not of the haphazard sort, but of the design that operates for the well being of nations. It divides the great water stretches of the continent, the greatorb inland system of the world. On either side etre two peoples different in their farm of ,govern - merit, in mode of life, in aims, in bbonghb, almost the only point of similarity being that the English language le generally spoken by both. Since their existence they Have boon no1urther separated than the "imaginary" line could separate them, yet a few mdse travel from ono into. the other will at once impr005 the observer with their strikingly opposite charaoteristios and toll Min that they are two groat nations growing side by aids. From tide we Seo that Annexa. time would involve a great deal more elute is generally supposed, The advo• °etas of annexation keep to the trade question as a means of deiuding us into signing away our liberties. They would have Canada out off froin the oonlmoroe of the world because a few articles might be enhanood in price. They would have as part with Our pewee to stento out an inch endent line for ourselVee. The now net oO.troubloe that would arise as soon ea We dropped into the union are always 'kept in'the dark, In a word they wonld 1 'Id a nn btriaken With tencertal raceevm, A branch of the Ontario Bank has boon opened at Sudbury. William Grogson, the well-known Eng. lisp temperance advocate, is dead. A Anderson, of Toronto, gem thebooon- tract for supplying r Megaton. Thomas P. Blain, of Niagara, 50005035 the late Mr. Hamilton as jailer of Lin. coin. Dr. J. A. Henderson, who was master in Ohanoery at Kingetonand,,,a prominent Mason, ie dead. The petition against the return of of Major Hiscott as M. P. P. for Lincoln has been withdrrwn. Joseph Amos, working in the quarries near Credit Forks, was killed by the caving in of the gravel bank. Mrs. Tribe, of Guelph, has been ap- pointed stenogragher for the ensuing sit- tings or the Count Court there. The Osgood° Literary and Legal Soc- iety of Toronto has decided against the abolition of capital punishment. Engineers supposed to be employed by the Canadian Paoifio are striking a line for a new bridge at Niagara Falls. The annual meeting of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association will be held at Hamiton on December 18, 17 and 18. In one family in Alma, Huron town. ship, there occurred one birth, and three marriages—all in the space of one year. A byelaw empowering the Council to borrow $27,400 to oonstruot waterworks was carried at Amherstburg on Monday by 80 majority. John Shannon, who was tried on sue- pioion of having shot .School, Teeelher Damm iu East 7,orra a few weeks ago bas been aoquitted. The custom house official seized 200 pounds of opium aboard the steamer Oly- mpian and arrested the fireman of the vassal on ire arrival at Tacoma from Via- toria, B. C. R. McKinnon, section boss, G. T. R., at Tedford, is the lucky man this year to receive the company's prize for the best kept and tidiest emotion between Toronto and Point Edward. The Dominion Cotton Mills Company is now complete, and on January 1 nine grey cotton mills in Canada will be under its management. George Soobt Guelph, was severely bit- ten in the arm by a horse some ten days ago. Ile was taken to the general hospi- tal, where he died Friday night frotn the effects of the bits. An archman, going under the name of Clarence Zeiller, at Meeker, Colorado, has been arrested by two Chicago deter. rives charged. with being Tascott, the murderer of Millionaire Snell, of Chica- go. g The latest variation of the eonjurern'e box trick, is performed by Mr. Hertz in London, manacles a man and padlocks liitu to a board, and then suspends him in midair. Curtains are then drawn around him, but notafew reaching Iwithin several feet of the ground. se000ds a woman is found in the plane of the man and the man himself is in the audience. Alice Smith, one of the most in- teresting of the Birohall trial, Ie now Alice Smith Blout, baying married Joseph Blount, the Niagara Falls policeman. The marriage was celebrated in Buffalo City Hall at 4 o'clock Saturday after- noon, and the old-timers who witnessed the beief but impressive ceremony say the lady was handeomest the bride who aver grand the City Hall. The groom drop- ped a two dollor bill into the majors oharity box, and the happy couple left for Niagara Falls. On information laid by Government Detective Greer, Donald MoLeod, of concession A, Kincardine, was tried be. fore Magistrates Barker, rorbett and Ma. Fadyen, for having, on the evening of the 2nd of October last, set fire to a barn be - tonging to Thomas Nortnan, lot 14, con- cession A, Kincardine. The ev1deuoe went to show that AfoLeod had been seen or the highway opposite the barn allergy before the fire, but there was no evidence that ho was on the premises, nor any evi- dence that he had been on unneighborly terms with Mr. Norman. Constable Pratt swore that McLeod bad told him he (Mc- Leod) was in a bad box. The evidsnoe against McLeod was not strong enough to sent e u satisfy the bench that he should be e p for trial at the Spring Assizes, and they trherefore dismissed the ease. Huron County, AL 0. Cameron has returned to Code - rich with his health fully restored. Sir Richer(' Cartwright will speak ab Mitohell on Monday, Deoember 15, and at Clinton on Tuesday, Doosmbor 10. Stephen council has decided that the fines collected by the J. 2.0 of Crediton be applied towards reproving the roads. One day last week Mrs. R, Smith, of Blyth, met with an accident by slipping on a piece of toe whifet going aoroee the yard and severely injured one of her wrists. A. D. Young, jeweler of Seaforth, died very suddenly on Thursday evening of last week. He had been ailing with a sore throat for a few days, but he took very siok on Tuesday. For publishing a letter concerning re- cent trouble in Varna, and refusing to give the name of the writer thereof, the Clinton New Era leas been served with a writ claiming damages to the extent of $5,000. In the prize essay competition for the Canadian flags offered by the Empire, the flag in Huron will float from Reboot No. 0, East Wewanosh, the enooessfnl essayist being Josephine Buchanan. • The furniture factory of Cliff & For- ster, in Luoknow, is now lighted by elec- tricity by the use of forty-one inoandee- cent lamps of sixteen candle-power eaoh. The plant was purchased from the Ball Electric Light Company, of Toronto. A little five-year-old son of Hugh Pritchard, of Ashfield, met with a terri- ble sad death in his father's saw mill one day lately. His clothing became entan- n iiiled in one nstant the oltie ff the elowg hwas drawn eels, and in in the wheels, breaking both his arms and crushing his head in a frightful manner, and when the machinery was stopped, portions of the skull were found imbedd• ed in the oogs. GoncBIaw & WmNonio RAILWAY.—A meeting of the shareholdere of the Gode- rich & Winghnm Railway was held pur- suant to adv't in the Court house on Mon- day, Nov. 24, where the following were elected directors of the Company. Wm. J. R. Holmes, County Treaeurer, Gods. rich„ Isaac F. Toms, County Judge, Goderiob ; Josepb Beck, Reeve of Col- borne, Goderich ; James H. Borns, Physi- cian, &a, Toronto; Hilton Holmee, Bank of Commerce, Paris. At a meeting of the directors held immediately afterwards Dr. Holmes was elected President, Judge Toms, Vice -President, and Dudley Holmes, Solicitor, was appointed Seem. tary-Treasurer of the Company. After reading a mass of correspondence and other matter referring to the construction of the road, and discussing the same, it was resolved to prosecute the work with the ntmoet vigor, and for that purpose that a further call of 10 per cent be made upon the capital stook of the company, to be payable not later than the first day of February next. Meeting adjourned to meet at the call of the President. Rev Dr. Garman passed through To- ronto on Saturday from Now York, where he had bean fn attendanoe at a meeting of the Programme Commitee of the Zeoumenioal Methodist Conference of 1891. The mooting was held in Dr. King's offloe, Nassau on Friday. There were present, besides Dr. King and lir. Carman, Rev. Dr. Harrison Nashville ; Rev. Dr. Hamilton, Boston, and Rev. Dr..Von Vliok, New IIeavon. In the ab - sone of Bishop Horeb, De. Carman was called to the chair. A dismission of the programme look plane, and some general principles wore settled. Instead of having two essays and two invited ad. dresses in each session as at the London conference, they will have at the con- ference mixt year one may of thirty minutes and two or three addresses of fifteen mintibee at each session. Rev. Wm. Arthur of England will open the conference with a sermon, after evhioh sacrament willbeadministered. In the afternoon of this opening day three ad• demos of welcome will bo given—ono from the Methodists of the Northern States, one from bhe Southern Methodists and one from the Canadian Methodists. To theeo there will bo three eespon5es from visiting delegates. Von the purposes of. ills conference the delegatol will be divided into two 5ootions-tmetern and weetsrn—divided by the Atlanbie. On Santral topios—such a5 "The Present tatus of tllothodism"--the oasbern sections will be given in the morning, and the western in the aftereoon. Snell other topics as "The Christian Chnroh, ire Spitibnal Unity and Genuine Catholic• ity, "Conselenoo, lbs Authority and Personal IIespotsibility," "Capital 03 Lhbor,'' 1151atien of Ltteree aro Chntch," and ether social problems will spasms bo Managed. Tine peogr 8 itshtvAfath- p havb he sell our boasted rights for a nuae5 •Dnato's ,'wars 5allad and used a stomach U�i �etted ab onus to the Math - Of pottage. Could Free Trade be obtain- pump, int death resulted, Perth County. The Maxwell works, St. Mary's, will resume operations the 2nd of January, which will be bailed with delight by all good citizens. The oreditors of the firm have greeted an extension of 12, 18 and 24 months, subject to interest. The firm is alleged to have a surplus of $200,000. ELECTION VOIDED.—Tbe trial of the petition against the return of Dr. A. E. Ahrens' as member of the legislature for North Perth was entered upon Monday before Hon. Justices Maclennan and Fal. oonbridge. Conned for the petitioner were Mr W R llfereditlt Q 0 Mr. E. Sydney Smith, Q. C. and Mr. Morpby; counsel for the respondent, Mr. John Idington, Q. 0., Mr. Mabee and Mr. J. E. Harding. ,Monday was devoted to evidence in regard to agency and betting, bhe latter having been shown to be largely due to bluffing on the part of three or four prouounord Conservatives, Beformers answering bhe bluff by putting up their own money. Betting with doubt. fel voters was conspicuous by its absence. The larger part of the proceedings was devoted to the charges of treating by agents of the respondent. She •fly after 3 o'olook, after a consultation of counsel, Mr, Idington announced to the court as follows:"In view of the evidence iu re- gard to Mr. Donaldson's treating ab Attwood within a short time after a com- mittee meeting, and in view of his treat- ing ab Monktou while Dr. Ahrens was iu the 010infty, though without the latter's knowing of his intending to treat the crowd, we have decided to admit that there may have been sufficient to vitibate the election. It is a very doubtful point in law, in view of all bhe oases, which are by no means !ingenuity of the same ohmmeter. To me they are somewhat confiietiug as to what the effect would be of these acts. Radnor than go to a con- test further, which mightre u)b in off cn ap- thepeal to the oourb of appeal, which would be to tie up the oonstibuenoy for some considerable One, we have decided to whole that these acts would vitiate the election, My learned friend, Mr. Meredith, counsel for the petitioner, after hearing all the evido ee bare, is satisfied thee there was uo general L01'- rupbion, that the election was conducted fairly, thab there was nothing beyond What your Lordships have heard, Your Lordships have heard the whole 0485 practically. There Duly remain a flambee of charges of minor importance". Mr, Meredith said:—"T may add to what my learned friend bas said that under the oi0anmstanaes tate petitioner will not ask for ousts. With regard to the sbateinent as to general norruption I desire to state that although we egpont to show isolated oases of corruption we do nob profess to be able to how and 3 do not say there is any evidence to establish that there was general ooetuptton in the riding, and 1 must say that attar hearing MMfr. McPherson's etobement ie tholloox au to the amount expended and how it was to be expended be is hoe from any hive- terror of !Having ox ended more money than ryas shown by the a000untsprodeted here. Any suspicion of hit having; ex•. ent is without foundation and is not juetf- fied by the evidence." Upon these statements their Lordships mode the following note:—At this stage the (=neat asked for time for oonsulta- tion, and after doing so Mr. Idington an. nonnoes that he thinks there is enough proved to raise a serious question whether the election is not voided by oorrupt'pats by agents, and consents, with the'ap- proval of the court, to void it. Mr. f4lore- dibh assents to this and does not ask for costs. He thinks there was no consider- able expenditure of money and nothing: to affect the respondent personally., The election is therefore voided without costs. People We Know. Stanley Anderson is still very poorly. C. R. Vanstone was in town this week. Mise Pauline Oliver is away at Toron- to. Dr. Godfrey, of Belgrave, was in, town on Friday. Mrs. James Stratton, jr., is on bbe• sink list. R. S. Pelton, of the Atwood Bee, was in town last Sunday. A. Conery was visiting in , Wingham fe for a w days last week. Miss Smith, of London, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Be L. Taylor, of Brussels. Miss Nettie Geddes, of Belgrave, was visiting at T. Farrow's last week. Rev. R. Paul preached at Harrlston last Sunday for Rev. W. Smyth. Mrs. Docket, of Iienfryo, is visiting at Thos. Hall's. Miss Jennie Mitchell, of London, is visiting Mrs. A. Strachan. Jamee Wilson continues to improve from the effects of the stroke of paralysis. Mrs. G. A. Deadman and ohildrea were visiting at Stratford for a few days last week. J. A. Thomas, agent for the Ball Elea trio Light 00., was in town this week for a few days. Ernie, Flossie, Roy and Mildred Sel- lery have all been on the sick list this week and under the dootor's Dare. W. H. McCracken was away at Philij delphia this week. He took a consign- ment of pobatose. Mrs. James Cooper has. been danger ously ill this week and her friends are quite anxious about her. T. Fletcher and wife spent Sunday and Monday in Luoknow, enjoying the anniversary eeevicee of the Methodist church. Miss Cale attended the funeral of her uncle at Stratford last Sunday. Miss Abraham supplied her plane ea organist at St. John's aburch. Sam. Smale is home from Ripley. The wonder to is that he has not been captured by some of the Scottlt lassie's in Brace 0o. Mies Edna Dennis was visiting at Goderich this week. This is her first outing since she broke her leg, some months ago. Thos. Moore, who has 'been bothered for some time with sciatica, went tp Stratford this weak to consult some specialist. D. 14. Ferguson, of Stratford, was in town this week looking after their store in Brussels. He is well satisfied with the results of the past and counts big on the tubera. T. G. MaCraokeo was in town this week. He has purchased the entire out- fit from the Scott firm Hamilton, and will make regular trips through this section and as far east as Hamilton. , W. 4. Fairfield was fn Toronto this week buying a new outfit for his photo- graph gallery to replace the outfit des- troyed by the recent fire. He expects to be duly installed in the new premises in the course of a week. W. R. Stratton, engineer on the 0..P. 1t., with heedgnaatees et Sohriber, 187 miles east of Port Ame Arthur, is hoon a holiday visit for a few weeks. W. K. is as much a favorite with young and old as ever. He is always on the look out for Horan County people on their way to and from Manitoba on his daily trips. ADDLI'i0i.lh leOttal. NEWS. SMAS holiday goods at TUB POST Book- store. See advt. next week. Srecxtn bargains in jewellery during. the holiday amen at Jas. Jones'. Smvsnwean, watches, clocks and jew- ellery as Jag, Jute+'. Big bargains. ANNivencim2,.-On Sunday, 21st inst.., anniversary sermons will be preached in the Methodist chnrchoreaItev. Jno. Roes,. B. A., of Melville church, will pommy the pulpit at the morning service and the. pastor will preach at night. The an- neal tea meeting will be held on the e evening of Ohrisbmae day. Liv nt.-11. Williams R: Son have their new livery running in tip-top style. Reliable, speedy horses, new comfortable rigs and attendant comforts guaranteed. Ladisa can be suited with quiet horses. "Live and let live" is our motto, Re- member the plane, Mill street, Brussels. wireSpecial arrangements matte with r meroial mon. If yon want a rig any time pall on us. 11. WILetosia & Sim. R. T, or T.—Last Tuesday evening the following Moors were elected for the current term in commotion.commotion.with the Royal Template of Tenperaneet--- Select Councillor, Geo. Rogers: Past Councillor, R. Malcolm.: Councillor, Mrs. Jas. Kerr; Recording Secretary, Jas.Ballantyna: it'inanoial Sooretary, Mro, S. Jackson; Treasurer, T. Fletohor; Harald, Nelson Gerry; Chaplain, Rev, 3. Ross; Guard, Alex. Wilson; Seminal, D. Hogg. The deputies will be appointed at the next mooting. The Band of Hope has been placed under the supervision of this Council and Mee, Fletcher, Mee. Jas. Kerr and Tvfrs. W. l3. liner deputized to to supervise its work. It was alto decided that the proceeds of the eharity conceit be placed in the bank and chagned out, as neosetary, by the treasurer of the 11, T. of T. A committee of ladies consist. ; ing of Mrs. Cormack, himra. R. G, Wilson, Mrs. J. 1) nomad and Mrs. G, A. Dead. 'tnn•ds purled any considerable amount in the man were appointed to see t 0 l . z . promotion of the eleotiou of tam respond. bursemenb of the funds.