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FRIDAY, Y, FEB, 20, 1885.
At t wood,
Our enterprising elurorualter, Geo.
Currie, hi at present contemplating
matrimony and don't doubt but his
efforts will be crowned with success,
Quito a gloom has boon cast over
our village by the death of ltonjamin,
third sou of John Bell. Deceased
was a very estimable young man and
much respcctod by all who had the
pleasure of his acquaintance.
Tho httchelora of Attwood intend
holding tueir annual ball about the
let of March, Dleearc. Currie, Har-
ris nod Elliott aro appointed a com-
mittee to make arrangements for the
same, There is no doubt but it will
be a grand suuue.sa.
During the storm of last 'Tuesday
night a boy by the uamo of Harris
started to go down the blind lino to
one of the neighbors but got lost
somewhere below the railroad. He
was found in the morning not much
the worse after his night's tramp.
A. social danoe was held at John
Hamilton's last Monday night. The
Music was supplied by the Attwood
striug baud. Chas. Wilson acted as
£1 ,or manager with 13. E. Hall 'is as -
A very enjoyable time was
el ; s all the young people pres-
ent.
In opposition to the bachelors of
the village the young ladies have
formed an Inti -Marriage Association
with Miss Mary Graham as president;
Miss Maggie Harris vice pres. ; and
,Visa Annie Donaldson as secretary,
Thoro aro about 25 members, every
female over 20 years of age being el-
igible as a member.
The boys of the village aro trying
to form a braes band. Chea. French
is at present taking subscriptions to
help purchase instrnmeute, Charlie
will make a good leader as ho sooms
to be n general favorite with all the
young p.':'ple, more especially -with
some yeun; ladies of the country who
mom to cceupy a good part of his
leisure hours,
ecettiUrtla,
Hawksbnw'e little bow had
the lei=f. rtuno to break his leg, at tho
thigh, while sleigh tiding.
The South Huron Spring Show
will be hold eider at Brumfield or
Henscll en Tuesday, April 14th.
A class in eluention and oratory is
boeu.: te.rriza+i in town. A Prof.
Tj'rrtiell, .d 11,itam• iel:ia, is the man-
ager.
hIannah, of Tuckcrsmilh, was
the purcbancr of the Croatnery, at
$1,400. .Mr. Hannah intends putting
the pleco in order and making Bream.
ery butter.
Ti,,' government in the mock par-
liament was defeated on the Female
1`uffcago Bill, but they have to suffer
defeats before needing to resign.
The next question for debate ie the
About i ,n of County Councils.
Tho Presbyterian Church now
counts about 600 members in this
town, The total receipts amounted
to $1,502, 420 persons have united
with the church since Rev. Mr. Me -
Donald became pastor, 51 of these
during the past year.
Wm. Aieens was found frozen to
death in a snow bank about five miles
Vest of hero Tuesday morning. Ho
had evidently get into loop snow
with his horse and cutter, and beooni•
ing cenflloed, lost his way, as thero
were farm houses quito close at hand.
Tilt: third annual exhibition of the
neafortlt Poultry and Pot Stook As.
sociation wee Bold last week with a
largo number of oxbibits from all
parts of the country, there being 518
entries, amongat which aro some vory
fine specimens. Seven hunclrod dol-
lars was given in prizes. The attend•
tune was good. The show continued
till Friday night,
'Wines lamxsa.
On Tuesday of last weak a curling
match was playod on the rink here
for the Gibbons county modal, be.
tweLn the Gotlorich and Wingham
clubs, which resulted in a victory for
tho formor by 17 points.
Join' Kelly, of the vicinity of
Wiughatn is, according to tho Vidotte,
79 yeare old but looks twenty years
,younger, has not boon sick for over
60 yeare, never ware a cap, but
sports summer clothing in winter,
and never towhee a glass of liquor.
Tho Provincial Orange Grand
Lodge of Western Ontario opened its
annual meeting Tuesday morning at
Wingham, with a largo attondanoo,
notwithstanding the detention of
many delegates by the snow blookado.
Very full and satisfactory reports
woro presontod by the Grand Sec-
retary and Grand'Troasuror,
h:t.la(t1.
Davila Dobewi, soli of Lawrence
Dobson, talks of going west to Da.
Iota, or Nohraska bafure long.
I1. F. McAllietor calls the atoll.
Lion Of our readers to his advt., to
bo found on page 5 of this issue. Ili
commenced an auction sato this weak
and will offer good bargains every
aftornoou and evening, so that his
stook of wintor goods may bo docreas-
od to maim room for now goods,
Give hits a call and see what he, is
sinning hie goods at.
TEA lieseneo.--Nutt Monday CVO.
Mug the Orangemen of this place in-
tend giving a tea meeting in the
Methodist Church. The prooeeds
will bo divided between the Presby-
torian and Methodist Sunday Schools,
After supl.er, in addition to mute,
readings, 8m. speeches aro expooted
from Rev, .0. B. McRae, Rev, J. L.
Kerr, B. Gerry, Rev. R. Paul and
others. If the weather and roads aro
favorable a good time is expected.
Quito a boom in Ethel since A. R.
Smith came here. That bankrupt
stock is playing hot with the other
merchant and he monis determined
to keep it going. Lots of opposition
and lots of clomp goods, but Sandy
can down them all so fear and if cheap
buying mantes cheap selling he can
ploy tho game for quite a while yet.
Those goods bought at GGcte. on the
aro hard to compete against, °epoci-
ally when they are new, which the
people all know they are. Excite.
meat 1a running high just now.
i1;;orraei.
S. S. No. 8.-1'h° following is tho
report of the above school for the
000101 of January. 411i Claes—Fan-
03 Newcombe 633, Geo. Love 510.
Brd Claes—Minnie Shorrldan 779,
Tuo. Barker 704, Robert Newenrnbe
094. 2nd Class senior— Maggie Liv-
iutslone 908, Jno, Kearney 901,
2nd Class junior—Juo. Miller 808,
Wm. Lova 767. Part 2nd—Charles
Rogerson 428, Jno. Clark 101.
S. S. No. 5.—The following is the
naport of the above school for tho
month of Jauuary. 4th class—Mary
Halliday 801, Mary Campbell 789.
3rd elites sr.—Emma Cloakey 1015,
May Rogerson 907. Ord class jr.—
Alfred Russell 944, Charlotte Haslam
9.42. Second class—Amy Rogerson
1040, Hugh Campbell 1019. Part
second class— David Russell 767,
Maggie Watson 754. Examination
in Geography --Senior third class --
Bertha Lawrence 88, Millar Procter
86, Emma Cloakey 09, May Rogerson
64, Ed. C. Baines 60, Ella Clark 58,
Jas. Kelly 56, Carolina Haslam 53,
!laud Tacker 50.
Lr3cK!tilllote.
Tho weather during the past week
has been intensely cold. Tho roads
woro almost impassable owing to tho
snow. Teaming was for few days
suspended but is now resumed again.
James Nichol has his farm adver-
tised for salo by auction this week.
This farm was reported as being
sold last fall, but the purchaser has
failed to come to terms hence the
prosent sale.
A large number attended the sale
of John McMillan ex -M. P. Sixteen
fine animals were sold, for which very
hansom° prices were realized. Mr.
McMillan has been an extensive
breeder of horses and tbo sums ro-
ceived ley him for the animals offered
go to prove that his speculation has
boon a profitable ono.
Tho Seaforth Poultry Show was
patronized by a fair attendance. The
exhibit is said to have been the fiuost
and largest over shown in Soaforth.
Sotne very fine birds were on oxhlbi-
tion from the tiny bantam to the
largo and stately Plymouth Rock and
turkey. Tho prizo list. was large and
and complete. Mr. Burgess, of Wood-
stock, anted as judge to the satisfac-
tion of all concerned.
G'o(le rich.
Rev, Charlos Fletcher died on Mon-
day hast of paralysis. For somo year's
tho revorend gentleman felt that his
health precluded him from following
the luini,;try and on retiring aocept-
ed the position of issuer of Marriage
licenses,
Frnr,—Ou Saturday, about 3 p. un,,
the fire alarm rang out from the
Court House tower, and tho engine
with its four horses made full speed
to the station, whoro the oil bonito
had taken fire, and was oinnsumod
with all its contents, save 2 or 3
barrels of oil, Fortunately no other
harm was clone, although a quantity
of coal was near.
On tiro .tab inst. at tho Intornation•
al hotel, Kingston St., a vory moons -
fel oporation was performed on Wm.
Stauffer who had hitt left hand badly
mutilated nt the Intornational Salt
\Vorlts 111)0111 n yoar ago, Finding that
THE BRUSSELS ,,OST.
his baud would be neelees for ovor
and the (muse of greet suffering, be
fiu)Nly ooueeuted to the amputation
which by noeessity, lntil to be takol
off below the elbow, Dr. Whitely lo
quito proud of Inc patient's rapid ro-
t/Livery, Its the limb is llea:iog witlwui
any suppuration. [Nota.—Too late
for last week.]
Uaaxos BLoss(aio.—On \Wudueadtty,
at 10 Kam, at tho Immo of the bride's
penonts Miss Melinda hold, second
daughter "f James lteid, was uujbed
m the holy bunds of wedlock to Will
A. lttlooro, of Luckuow, by the ltov.
D. Uro. The bride was prettily at•
tired 111 a dress of dove tailored silk,
with garnet velvet lriunuulge, flowers
at the corsage, and 11 bequet of hot
house flowers, the gift of ono of the
guests. Tho bridesmaid was Mies
Reid sister of the bride and A. Camp.
bell, of Luckuow was groomsman,
Tito presents were handsome. The
guests many 111 number, eat down
with the newly wadded pair to 0 do.
lightful breakfast. Music was lis-
conraed throughout tho feast and the
gnlets enjoyed themselves. The
happy couplo left for Hamilton on
their wedding trip.
, who carrin,l on trade in our village was doh,
..,10011/0 who, after several years of prusperitY
in 110 nnerca itilo arona, imn'e,) to Brllslet
, \vile' , 14A' ,t lu0gth of ;Imo ho oomin ted i
1 the 0)00 business, Regarding one of til,
nnoinnt mothers of L'ralleruolt tradition say
that on ono 00000o0 engaged in weighing i
quantity of horse-shoe nails for a ellstonlal
she manipulated in vain to got the utile
weight. By putting in the last nail required
to turn the melee theta was 011 LIMBS is till
rngnirod weight and by its removal therm
was a deficit, Not to be daunted by monk.
fug defeat the honnxst old da0m si1ed til)
110il ill her teeth in the hope it is said ul
severing it in twain, bat in this bar e0(000-
Itv she miserably failed and was rvluetaully
eanpelled to give Cleo honest weight, For
the enthuntiefty of this tradition wo do not
vouch but !rout it wo deduce that thus° who
are greoly and grudge good weight are apt
to luso their customers to say nothing of alto
danger of loss of teeth in tau event of an
attempt being ntndo to bite a nail hi two.
From the shop of a Gorman, by name Jae.
Angler, tho first groan of au anvil was heard
in this village. John, well known ns a
sturdy industrious and skilful workman,
made his own ooel and for mmuy years from
early morn till hate at eve lie wioklotl his
heavy hammer shaping iron to the Mellott
and wants of Ids customers. A,+ instrumcn-
tal music was n rarity in those days of ey'l-
von happiness groups of angor listeners
might oft bo seen with Jim. the blacksmith
in their Midst playing upon his flute or
horn, The list altar erected to Becalms in
Craubrook was inetittttod by a man named
Clark, a memorial of which institution still
exists, being that log houso ocaupiodat pros -
out by E. Carrow. Watson, of Ballabey,
was the first Craubrook mail carried, He
carried the bag on his back all the way from
Harpurhey, We now enjoy tho privilege of
n regular daily )tail twin Brussels and os
alinust all the leading journals of the day
eomo to this Aloe we have 0umo idea of
what is going on in the world ttronnd us, el.
though many nava no more idea of where
Craubrook 10 than a child unborn knows
where its grandmother is. In 1808 Govern -
maid, having chosen this plueo as alto site
for a town, sant W. hath, of :tlitchell, to
survey it into town and park lots. At this
junctura the gravel rued, new le,tween Grey
and Morris, woo intended to have posed
through Orauhrnok but 011 the ventilation
of tho matter in the County Council it was
finally decided that the road be diverted
frau Cranbreok and pass nor1htvnrd in its
prosant location, thus giving Itruesols 1110
advantage of beaming what it is to-day—a'
very Iirosporous village. Although Cram
brook is deprived of not only a 1•'ading grav-
el road but )leo of a railway wu 110 think that
tlto establishment of a telegraph oltloe would
be a great eunv0uianen its well ns a decided
advantage, In case of sadden accident or
sickness the odvantagr of a tolegraph )linea
would be readily ayailod in ala, summoning
of medical aid. It would bo decided ad-
vantage to the prominent business mom of
t1( village to have immedinto communion -
Lion with the outside world. Asn bonus to
the emotion of telegraph lino Cranbraok prof-
fers to furnish all aha poles required. A
party is offering to eruct a grist mill hero but
ms ha wants a bonus of 51,2110 w'a rather
think that wo will koep the money 5110 use
lees !lour in our gravy.
F zetrartlt 20 1886.
by plaeiug ate in squads 1111 the bad
s : rapids to tape the boats over, so that it
n don't mast' it e, dellger011c fol' 08, Mid
the suldii'r.c t eke the boats between
s thaw 1apid:i T1i0 ('111111110 duwn llere
is moderato, bot til+' further we go up,
t the butter it gots, Liman's, Ivo are go-
ing (m tel' to tho equator. A. hnudrod
'nave mantes t1 lot of differeuet iii the
boat. \\Tu Have troops front all parts
of the In igdonr ; fr,n,) ludic, 311a1ta,
Gibraltar, awl trout L;1 ('ape of (.food
Hope, anti all p11rt! "1 England 1111d
Scotland told trollied, anal Egyptian
soldiore and Abyssinian troops. I
have not rot 0 -letter of any kind vet.
Thero aro loLtors hero for Rio, but they
1110 running all up and down the river
itftor um, though they havo not caught
me yot. I think Rio reason I don't
get them, is bemuse the roport was all
up the rivor 1111111 died null was buried.
When soma of'tlie buys come to hospital
hare, they Metro when they seo me, be-
cause they heard I diad. Tltore was
one of our lads WIt1 cried I1kc a child,
when tic hoard I was deal. Whoa
Col. Kennedy heard I was in hospital
he mina down on purpose on the train
to Moe me, and he saw that I had the
bust of care. They neo mo with the
best of cure in Hospital. The officers
were asking sante of our lads to stop
six wooks longer, but they say they
don't want to stay auy longer than the
six months. The river is falling fast,
and tho work is gettiug pretty hard.
\Vo aro in no danger with the enemy,
because they let us go so far up the
rivor, and whim we are going that dis-
tance we aro well guarded. Geri.
Wolseley is within a few huodrud mtjes
of Khartoum, where General Gordon
is hemmed in. Tho enemy is gnart.red
on the °tiler side of Khartoum, 1
don't think it twill taL-I: longi P,ar alio
crisis, because When it comes it will
oome with a erael. The dilferonee be-
twecu your tine and here is about if
hours. Our title ie f) Lomas slower,
whon ft i.; 12 o'clock at tomo, it is
about 9 o'clock here, p.m, Thyro is
in this hospital 111 present, about 450
paticnls. One of the ie.i liers died this
morniog, and was Luriod this evening.
It look,' sad ty ser the,( carried off to
their last reatiug place on stretchers,
borne by four of the soldiers, and a
company of soldior.; amps' v; ittt their
rifles marching to the grave.
A. (i. 1toDosALn.
WADY IIAL.A, Doe. 15, 1884.
Speoial Council mooting at Oran -
brook on Friday of this week,
Some of our farmers are securing
ice for to !coop them cool noxi summer.
Jas. Dobson has rented tho farm
of John Backer for a 5 year tore and
will remove there shortly.
Wm. Bishop, assessor, will soon bo
on the war path and the poodles will
have to bo ]rept out of the road or
else he marked for dollar,
Time is another wedding on tho
carpot. The n)1n105 of tho intended
parties are Robort—well wo won't say
another word until they have goat!
and done 11.
Owing to the long, cold winter
001110 Of our farmers 111'3 going to bo
run close enough for feed for their
stock. Stock raising is becoming
quite an important clopartmeut with
the farmers of Grey.
"YOUNG LuxALL".–Thos. IlleLauob.
lin, a well-known stook raiser, sold
his imported Clyde.dalo stallion
"Young Luxall" to Thos. Bell, of
Londosboro', for a good figure. lir.
Bell knows a good horse when he sues
it and we hope ho will do well with his
last pnrcbase. Mr. McLauchiin still
has "Rankin Boy" and "King of the
Isles," both imported horses, aged re-
spectively 3 years and 1 year. Ho
will sell either of than or both if
opportunity offers. Thoy are very
superior animals and would do credit
to any horse fancier,
OBITI'ARY.—Last Saturday evening
Elizabeth, relict of the lata Robort
Taylor, passed to her reward at the
advanced age of 76 years. She made
her home with her sou Jamos Strach-
an and bad boeu a remarkably healthy
woman, hardly ovor kuowing what It
was to bounder 010 care of a physic.
fan. Her end was a peaceful one,
dying without a struggle and without
any sign of illness moro than a feeling
of faintness. The dammed was born
and married in Scotland and was the
mother of 9 children, 7 sous and 2
daughters, G of whom survive her, in
the portions of Mrs. Jas. Ferguson,
Mrs. Simpson, Thomas, James, and
John Straohan and Duncan Taylor.
The funeral, on Tuesday afternoon,
was largely attended. Tho service
was conducted by Rev. S. Jones, of
Knox Church, of which church Mrs.
Taylor had been a member for years.
tL3o'0t.naR)rooft.
HrsmoniccL,-0o the 12t1 0011, of Grey,
0.1- miles east of tho Brussels gravel road,
beautifully located o5 au elevation sloping
northward and southward, is tho village of
Cranbrook, surrounded by a good farming
country, and palled after Craubrook, a small
town on an outlying ridge of the Hastings
sand formation in the south of Kent, Eng-
land. Our village has a floating population
of something liko 200, comprising Germans,
English, Irish and scotch, but being desti-
tute of railway communication the growth
of our villago has been dwarfed, so that wo
oonjeoture, with oxtromo probability, that its
future ie not likely to blossom into tempt-
ing prosperity, At present time are in the
villago four churohes, two hotels, threo
blacksmith shops, ono oarriago shop, one
pump shop, ono shoo shop, two stores, a
sawmill, limo kiln, 0 peat olden, a 1,1)0)1,
and on the farm of Jno. Cameron, njaoont
to the village, is a good oidor mill, lu the
early history of this place, previous to the
establishment of a store, our pioneer fathers
had to "book" provisions end grooerlus
through a trackless forest all the \nary way
from 1Iurpnringy, but for thin) uherished
pioueors bofora whose sturdy stroke tho
huge forest bowed its hoed and diad, the
blazing fireplace shall burn no inure, Thoy
came, they saw, they conquered, Thoy en-
dured the toils and hardships consequent
upon the dovolopmont of a naw bush arum -
try ; they hewed out for themselves and
their families homes, soma of which are now
being enjoyed by their sons and daughters,
In a rustic log etrncturo 10x12, saddle oar -
nem, shanty roof, ohinkocl with moss and
having a split basswood plash for oouutor,
store was first kept hero by a man named
Tannor, who brought his firet soauty stoolr
of morohandise.--a good back load --from
Glenallau. Prominent among tho marabouts
' 9
H tue,-oaa Uonriic ' .U'tfo$o,.,. N!g
\V'm. Messer was appointed sales.
eau for Bhtovalo cheese factory by
the auaninlona vote of directors and
patrons. Thomas Nixon purchased
the whoy at $3,80 per ton.
Tho board of directors of tiro Ilow-
iclt Mutual Insuranoo Company mot
in llolntosh's hall, Gorrie, on Satur-
day the 31st ult. 20 applications
passed, covering anineurnuoe of $87,-
225.
The Orange Hill dobating sooiety
wrestlod with the question "hioh is
the mother of the chickou, tiro hen
that lays the egg, or the lien that
Batches it." Decision in favor of tho
latter.
Since the first of least Sept. Enoch a ,f
Shorts and A Carlton have imported -1
diroot from England, five young stal-
lions and four young Maros, all two
years past and average 1000 lbs, Mr.
Short's "Cleveland Boy" has talion 2
first prizes in his own country before
being brought here. These horses aro
a sight worth seeing by any lovor of
a good horse. They show a complete
pedigree of each horse.
A Brussels Boy in Egypt.
Tho following is a latter from Alex.
IMIcDonald, sou of Mrs. Wm. Meant.
old, of Brussels, who went with the
Canadian voyagours last year to Egypt,
It was reported that ho was drowned
but such was not tho ease ,—Dit:ut
MomnRR,—I am well at present, hop.
ing tbis will find you and all tho rest
the same. .t am in hospital with the
dysentery. I havo beau ill these last
two nooks, but I am getting quite well
and oxp0c1 to bo out in a few days.
The doctors will not lot anybody out
of hospital until they are properly
ourod. Wo havo lost quito a few
of the oobtiu1'e with the cutch! feyur,
but vory few of our lads havo the fever.
Wo havo lost sovon of our lads by
drowning, nud 0110 (101 in hospital.
Two of tho Dlauitoba lads got drowned;
one of them by tlto nam) of George
Fletcher, brother iu-law to Guorgo
liulthrop, grocer, Winnipeg. He got
drowned on tilt) twentieth of Nov,
and was found about twonty miles leo-
low whoro ho got drowned, and was
buried on tho bank of tho rivor. I havo
boon sick since tine twoutioth of Nov„
but I laid up in a rost camp boforo I
was scut to the hospital. I had to
come down to hospital about a hundred
miloe to the place when wo first got
into our little boats, but Choy aro pro.
paring against tho clanger of our lads
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