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./.70-3)..4..y, JAN. 28, 1885.
TEM Local Legislature meets for
the dispatch of business on Wed-
nesday, the 28th instant, and the
House of Commons on Thursday,
the 39th.
THa unveiling` of the statue of
Sir (George Cartier takes place on
the 99th, inmiodiately alto): the
opening of parliament. Several
of the cabinet ministers will speak.
Sir Jelin _Macdonald will remove
the veil.
TIIE idea of holding Farmers'
Institutes in various parts of On-
tario is a capital one and cannot
fail to be productive of good. The
medical and legal professions have
their gatherings and the clergy and
public school teachers, their con-
ventions and the exchange of
thought, and discussion of subjects
of interest at these meetings are
highly estimated by triose who at-
tend. The farmers of our country
as a rule are reading and thinking
men and a number of them meet-
ing together and conversing 011
topics closely connected with their
daily work will be the means of
doing a great deal of good.
KENT, Lennox, Addington, Lan-
ark, and Brom° counties wheeled
into line last week and added four
more to the victories of the Scott
Act. Kent now leads the van for
majorities, the number swelling up
to 2,0I2. Chatham town gave a
majority of 949 in favor of the
Act and all the other towns follow-
ed shit. Polling took place in
Guelph on the 22nd, Carleton will
vote on the Act next Thursday and
Durham and Northumberland on
Feb. 27. The decision of the Su-
preme Court in the Dominion Li-
cense question will not affect the
working of the Scott Act in the
slightest degree.
THOMAS GIBSON, M.P.P. for East
Huron, is holding meetings in var-
ious parts of the riding and giving
account of his stewardship to the
electors. He is being assisted at
the meetings by Thos. Strachan,
E. E. Wade, Dr. Sloan, James
Mitchell and others. This is a
move iu the right direction and is
nothing more than 'what is clue to
the constituents anal if the exam-
ple of Mr. Gibson were followed by
members of the Dominion and Lo-
cal Houses generally the people
would have a far better idea of the
working of parliamentary machin-
ery. This thing of rushing 5 or 6
meetings into a week about the
heat of election time is calculated
more to arouse party strife than
anything else, but when there is
no election excitement people can
listen calmly and impartially to
either sides of the political ques-
tions.
The English Ministry bee resolved
that Turkey shall not be permitted on
any account to laud an armed force
in Egypt. and there are indications of
stirring limes in Egypt in conse-
quence,
THE BRUSSELS POST.
JANUARY 221, 1.885.
Cetoclori(rla. Clerk but there was no seconder. Pcnrtie Comity blotch'.
Heavy fall of snow on Friday night 14foved by P. Scott, seconded by 1t.
last, and blinding suotvetortn au Sat -
Graham, that D. Stewart be Assess.
urday. The matte arrived to good ur. Carried.
Bute„—Great esciteutent over trltstoo
Moved by W. TI, Kerr, seconded by
@Tendon. Homo or the 111@1171)@1'9 Inavo '. 1''. Vaustune, that Theis• Town be
resigned, anti 11) some of the words ,a C alov9d. W. 1',
llovcd by W. b`, Zrauatuuc, scooud-
new oleetiutl will bo held.--fiodc1i011 ed1b • It. Graham, that Thos. Helly be
rejoinee in two roller rinks, the (.xodo Treasurer. Carried.
sigh
rink and the Princess, Also an Moved by \V. I^. Vans1006, sccuud.
open st'lttibg rine, tiio closed skating ed by P. Scott, that Alex, hunter bo
rink having been burned to the ground ono of the Anditors for 1885. Car -
last fall.—A party of young ladies and rigid. Tho Reeve .appointed G. kkart-
gentlemen left ou friday evening to wick,
attend the carnival at Clinton and bad
to drive home through the raging
storm and deep snow of Saturday.—
Anti-Scott wrath waxes furious at the
eleetiaus.
The salaries of the above officer's
were fixed at the saute figure as last
year.
Meed by W. H. Herr, eeeoude1 by
11. Graham, that Ales, Stewart, Tilos.
C:a-tanR0.>'a•ooae. Town and Ed. Danford, with the
Reeve and Clerk, compose the Health
Grey Council met here last Mom- Committee, Carried.
day.—It is said that Little was seed Moved by W. F. Vanstono, second
in this locality lately.—i.+'red. Rad- eclby P. Scott, that Thos. 13radwel
detz, builder, is prepared to take eon- bo Ponud•koeper, Carried.
tracts for barn building, next summer' Movoclby W. 11. Herr, seconded b
1 at fair terms. See his advt. this Il. (Graham, that J. N. Knechtel, '1'
week. --Tho weather luta been ex. Maxwell and Thos. ]3allautyne bt
treinely cold this week, the tllerinotu- Pence -viewers. Carried.
eter often "ducltiug" clown to the Boded by W. 1'. Vaustoue, second
twenties below zero. -3. Backer,
blacksmith, has gond to tho North-
west to look after some laud ho owns
!hero.—There will be no service in
Knox church on Sabbath next as it
is purposed to take snoramout in
MAL—Several of the Foresters of
!hie place went to Attwoori 011 Fri.
day evening last to participate in the
Foresters' demonstration held. there.
They enjoyed the evening's entertain-
ment very much but en their war;
home a snowstorm was encountered
which made it somewhat difficult to
keep their horses on the road. Some
of the party got off:' the track at Silver -
corners and wandered through the
mill yard for it time. They reached
their homes iu safety, however, on
Saturday moruiug.--At a recent
mooting of the Board of trustee;galtes
a number of parents were present and
gave satisfactory reasone why someof their children did not attend
school the number of days during last
year as required by law. A number
of the parents summoned to ahead
the meeting diel net put in an ap-
pearance, but we trust they will makeit a point to be present next meeting
of the Board of trustees, of which
they will be duly notified. It is a
duty as well as a privilege for patents
to send their children to school. The
children partioularly alluded to are
those b. tweeu 7 uud 13 years who by
law are required to attend 50 clays
each half year, Bad attendance is
not ouly a pecuniary loss to the sec•
tion but also It great lose to tbo child-
ren who absent themselves.
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Farm Life..
Century Magazine : It is a common
complaint that the farm life is not
appreciated by our people. We long
for the more elegant pursuits, or the
ways and fashions of the town. But
the farmer has tho most safe and nat-
ural occupation, and ought to find life
sweeter, if less highly seasoned, than
any other. He alone strictly speaking,
has a home. How can it man take
root and thrive without laud e He
writes his history upon lila fields.
How many ties, bow many resources
he has ; his friendships with his cat-
tle, his team, his clog, his trees ; the
satisfaction in his growing crops, in
his improved fields; his intimacy
with nature, with bird and beast, and
with the quickening elemental forces ;
his co-operation with the clouds, the
sun, the seasons, heat, !wind, rain,
frost. Nothing will take various social
distempers which the city and arti-
ficial life breed out of a man like farm-
ing, liko direct and loving contact
with the soil. It draws out the pois-
on. It humbles him ; teaches him
patience and reverence; and. restores
the proper tone to the system, Cling
to the farm; make Inn01) of it; be-
stow yolnr Inert and your Untie upon
it, so that it shall savor of you' and
radiate your virtues after your day's
work is dope.
COUNCIL 111iMETING.
The new Council met, as per stet -
lite, last Monclay at 11 o'clock, a, in.
Tho members signed the usual dec-
laration of office and tools their seats.
Tho minutes of last meeting were
road and passed.
The following accounts were pre-
sented 1 -.Janos Laird, assisting in
building sidewalk $4.50 ; Borden 4C
Co,, election blanks $4.28 ; Geo. E.
Cooper, mumoipal blanks and station-
ery $11.41. Moved by W. F. Van -
gent), seconded by R. Graham, that
trio above accounts bo paid. Carried.
The various officers of trio Corpora-
tion for 1885 wore then appointed as
follows ;—Moved by Robb. Graham,
seconded by W. 11. herr, that la, S.
Scott be Cleric. Carried. W. !i'. Van -
stone moved that G. JJ, Cooper bo
The Brotherhood of Railway Con -
(Motors, of Stratford, intend holding
their third enured ball in the Fawn
Hell there, on Tumidity, ,tan. 271]).
The following are the officers of 1110
\Vesteru Dairyman's Association for
1885, elected at Stratford the other
clay :—President, Thos. Ballantyne,
]11,.1'. l.'., Stratford; First Vioo•I'resi-
dent, 11. S. Lessee, Norwich ; Second
Vico-President, H. Parker, Wood -
stook ; Directors—Division No. 7, 11.
IIay, Wyandotte; Division No. 8, A.
Spiers, Caistorvillo; Dlvieiou No, 9,
R. Carewell, Ingersoll ; Division No,
10, W, Messer Bluovalo ; Divisiou No,
11, John Wheaton, Loudon ; Division
No, 12, T. Clevcrden, Strathroy; Divi-
sion No. 18, J. I1. \faster+, Cooks-
town.
1.nua'ou Uourmty .1N otos.
L. Thorne, formerly of Seafot'th,
is now in California, and expects to
take up his abode permanently on the
Pacific Slope.
Dr. Worthington, of Ciliation, ha
been eppoiutad medical saperiuten
- dent for that section of the Grand
Trunk Railway.
A. runaway team jumped into the
sleigh of L. Robinson, of Kippen,
striking him on the head and other.
wise iujaring htw.
The Goderich model school master
and tho \Vest Huron inspector have
fallen out, and each declares the other
incapable of performing Lie duties,
Richard Meters, of Hibbert, has
sold his celebrated imported stallion
"Young Sampson" to It gentleman
the township "f IlIKillop, for til
slue of 81,800.
The llotne 111s5ion Committee o
the Presbyterian Church, has appoint-
ed the Rev, T. G. Thompssn of liruee
field, in the Presbytery of Huron, as
their minister, at Harvard Inlet, (Van-
couver city), British Columbia.
Stephen Godkin, of the 0th con.,
11foKillop, wag working in the woods
ono clay last wel,k, when it li b fell
enhlm, fracturing 'tevefal ribs and
onusing other intoned. injuries, Ho
is likely to recover.
While Robert Crookshanks, of Gor-
rie, was feeding cattle, one of the cows
turned her lead and the horn entered
his month and came out just below
his eye. Siuoo the accident he has
not been able to speck.
.A. fire oeoured at Brnoefield last
Thursday morning about 3 o'clock,
consuming the Large new grist mill
owned by A. Smith, together with a
quantity of grists. Had it not been
snowing heavy at the time the fico
was raging it would no doubt have
destroyed the sawmill, warehouse and
a largo quantity of cordwood. The
people in this vicinity will deeply feel
tho loss of the inill. The origin of
the fire is unknown, as it started in
the upper storey of the building. The
building is said to be insured.
Mrs. William Hilliard, of Brandon,
Manitoba (formerly of Goderich) is
confined iu the county jail there as a
lunatic, and the Sun of that town
asks if she is insane, and adds :—
"There is no doubt bat that the woman
is weak-minded, and it 1s pcito ap-
parent nothing has been clone at
home to help her ailment. In con-
versation with the lady she speaks
quite sensibly and rationally on most
subjeets until it tonnes down to do-
mestic matters, and she then con•
verses rather incoherently, allowing
that domestic cares and differences
in the family have had considerable
to do with her troublest"
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TU THE RATEPAYERS
OF
Bra els and
8 JRROONE APB GOMM
In order to Save You the
Trouble of writing to'
Guelph for the GENUINE
BELL ORGAN, you can be
supplied at MY OFFICE,
as 1: 11111 the .&gent for
this !section.
I give this notice so that
the Public may not be
compelled to buy INi'ER-
v IUI1 OIIGANS.
eel by W. H. Kerr, that P. Scott aucl
R. Graham bo the Street Committee.
Carried.
Moved by P. Scott, seconded by R.
Graham, that W. II. Herr and W. F.
Vansteite be the Finance Committee.
Carried.
Tito Charity and Properly Cotulfiit.
toes will bo made ftp of the. whole
Council. The peeve having a place
on all the committees by virtue of his
office.
J3y•lnws Nos. 1, 2, 8, 4, 5 and 0
were react and passed confirming tho
above appointments.
Moved by W. H. Herr, seconded by
P. Scott, that the Collector's time for
returning the roll bo extended two
weeks longer. Carried.
Moved by 11. Graham, seconded by
W. F. Vaustoue, that the Reeve and
W. H. Bert receive the books, papers,
&e., from G. i;. Cooper and transfer
them to 1169 successor. Carried.
The Thompson account for the
tanks 1vas brotlgbt 09 ;NI,d the speci-
fications oxamiuod. It was moved by
W. H. Kerr, seconded by R. Graham,
that the Reeve, P. Scott and W. F.
\onetone be a committee to examine
tanks and report at next meeting.
Carried.
The use of the Hall was granted
to the shareholders of the Morris
and Grey cheese factory.
Council thou adjourned for 2 weeks.
an 01d Story 10111 ever Renin.
The following is going the rounds :
—There has just been unearthed at
Brussels, County of Huron, a very
ingenious scheme of forgery. During
last summer a young American named
Wallace made tris appearance and
announced that ho 13118 willing and
ready to pnrebase a very gooQd farm.
A fifty -acro plane adjoining tris village
and on which was erected a cheese
factory, 1308 offered him. He pur-
cllased it, but on the understanding
that the first payment was not to be-
come clue until 1st of January, 1884.
That he had some cash was well-
hnown, but his schemes -wore large,
and ho needed a partner. Residing
on the adjoining two•hundred acre
farm was William Armstrong a well-
to-do and highly respected farmer.
Wallace made advances to his son and
indneed him to go into a deal in cattle.
Old man Armstrong, who cauuot read,
indorsed a note for them. They made
some money on the speculation, and
Wallace's stock wont up so high iu
the market that thereafter when tie
wished a backer at any time all he had
to do was to call on old eau Arm-
strong. Wallace managed to maize
up his notes by forging the mules of
prominent farmers when ho wished
the old once renewed. This was kept
up until a little over two months ago,
when he called at Armstrong's jest
before dusk one evening, when the
old gentleman was confined to beet
by illness. He induced Its'. Arm-
strong to sign a note, which he repre-
sented, called for $1,500. A few days
after Wallace received word that busi-
ness matters in the States required
looking after, amt accordingly he
went oil to give his porsoual atten-
tion to the matter, Judge of Mr.
Armstrong's surpl'lee when he was
notified a short while since that ono
of the banks held a note of lois, on
which slick 14Ir. Wallace had drawn
$8,000. On receipt of the news he
immediately went to Winghain, and
foolishly, as the sequel will show, pttia
$2,000 in cash and gavo 11note for
the balance to the bank authorities.
He has discovered that the names of
the other indorsers were forged, and
that be need not have paid one cent,
hut, being an honorable man, is now
making a hard struggle to pay of his
indebtedness. Of course Wallace's
whereabouts is not known,
GEO. Al lTE.
Bnussrz,s, JAN. '2nd, 1885.
INTERESTING
TO EVERYBODY.
Stoves, Furniture &o.
Tho Sterling Cook Sieve just the
thing free fanners use. Has a largo
oven, takes 97 inch 1100)1 and !weighs
over 40(1 lbs.
f The Marquis, ono of the mostoouvee-
iont and handsome town Cook Stove
• over offered to the public, also in
tock.
The Brantford Expositor is ether
eating the erection of a poor house in
the County of Brant.
A. Gobeil has boon formally ap-
pointed Secretary of the .Department
of Publio Works, vice Ennis deceased.
The libel suit of the Ilamiltou
•Speotattor" against the "Times" was
concluded Thursday, the jury failing
to agree.
It is nndcrsteofl that Detective
Reid, of Toronto has been appointed
chief of the Ontario Government
Detective Department, withheadquar-
at Windsor. Santry, 1,300 per an -
110n1 and travelling expenses.
Several kind-hearted clergymen of
Hamilton were duped bast week by
the plausable story and insinuating
ulclross of a man who ,ropresontecl
himself as being a minister of the ex•
Net 141. E. Chureb, He gave his
Dame its Robinson, said he name from
near Napanoe, in the Bay of Quints
istrict, and was sadly in need of
money.
Tho ice bridge across the Niagara
River, which has formed this hast few
aysis note in alt its grandeur. The
co juin roaebes from near theFalls
the river fully half way in the
uspoueiou Bridge and in some places
ilod up as .ugh as elxty feet. Un
Wednesday last, it is stated, two or
theno persons vouturod to cross the
am.
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