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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1885-8-7, Page 5Amex 7, 1885. THE E1W$8FLS POST K DISTRICT NEWS. Wingha xr. Pall races iu town cm Sept. let and 2nd. Ij!Civic holiday on the 18th, exeur- sion to Port Elgin. A cow belonging to 11Ir. Elliott was killed by the ours last week. The Kincardine cricketers aro too light for our team—result Wiugbame win the match. Our newspaper men aro in trouble. The Times has or is to change hands and the Videtts is having a clow call from the Sheriff's officer from Godo - rich. Evidently the newspaper busi. nese is run to death. d.istowol. The Banner and Standard are both taking a holiday this week. Tho town Council has given thte year $50 in aid of the Agricultural Society. After a long and tedious delay, Listowel has et lost been made a port of entry. T. H. Rolls was offered and refused $1,500 for his trotting mare, Maggie R., the other day. Our cricketers, who have been a- way on a tour, wore defeated at Galt, Guelph, Hamilton, Toronto and Aur- ora. The laying of the waterworks pipes were completed on Saturday last along Main street as far as Dodd street. During the afternoon the pipes were tested, and the results were in every way satisfactory. With about 60 pounds pressure and 500 feet of hose, water was thrown over the top of the highest buildings as far west as Di- %V181On street, and at short range two powerful streams were thrown over any building along Main street. (Jrauprooii. A public meeting in the interests of the Young Mon's Liberal Club will be hold here on the evening of Friday Aug, 21st. Particulars next week. On the 17th inst. school opens.— On Saturday of last week Mise J. McLennan, of Stratford, and Mise A. H. Wateon, of Blyth, wore visiting at the Rev. D. B. MoRao'e.—V. Gramm is disposing of .an unusnally large quantity of lime this season.—Wo re- gret that Mr. Coutts, who has organ- ized a choir in Knox. church, is about to leave us. Mr. Coutts being an agent for the Galt nursery, and hav- ing canvassed this section of country has of necessity to pitch his tent in a new field of labor.—Three calves be- longing to Jno. Cameron died last week of a cause not known,—The Rev. 1.1r..Ross, of Brussels, preached u Knox Church last Sabbath to a largo audience. His subject was 'Preaching the Gospel.' The preach- er's duty was clearly and ably sot forth and then the duty of the hearer was emphatically discussed, Partia. ular allusion was made to the irregu- lar attendant, tho inattentive listener, the critic, and the sleeper.–Mr. Har. bottle and wife are away to Bluevalo on a visit.—Our sidewalks are in a very dilapidated condition. -Aro wo not going to get that proposed tele- graph line 7–Maggie McDonald, who resides at present in Goderioh, was home on a visit a short time ago.–R. F. Cameron, who wont to Nipiseing with E. Garrow, has secured a good situation in a store out in that coun- try.–E. oun- try, E. Garrow is expected here soon to remove his mill machinery to Nip - lasing where he contemplates the erection of a sawmill. --Joseph Back- er has a maohine put up in his shop recently for cutting iron. It works on the principle of the extended lover and gives the best of satisfaction.— It is supposed by some that the Scott Act is being violated here at times. Wo hope that those who give will desist, as well as those who take and save further trouble in the mat- ter.–A wedding is weekly in fact daily expected hero but wo won't say an- other word until the parties have gone and done it.—Rev. D. B. McRae was preaching at Molesworth last Sunday. Gray. Township Council will bo hold at Dames' hotel on Friday, August 21st. Public Schools will open one wook from next Monday, the 1.0th Inst. in all country schools. Ibis reported that a son of Thos. MoLauchhn brake his leg this wook • by being run over by a load of man. uro. Last Sunday the Molesworth Pres- byterian Church was declared vacant, owing to tbo removal of Rev, Mr, Bickle. Fall wheat Harvest is being rapid- ly pushed to completion and with the continuance of good weather most of it will bo housed this wook. Spring will soon bore dylfgorathela cI to t and The root crop will nut bo up to the average this year, the turnip crop eepooinlly being seriouely affected with the fly in the ford part of the Beason and they are now making slow progress on account of the drought, John Robertson, 18t11 ecu, has a Scotch thistle growing in his garden that measures 8 feet Bir inches in height. The stalk is 541 inobas in oireumferenoo at the ground. A. Currin, of Brussels, had bettor take a back seat, At the barn raising at P. Robert- son's last week Wm, M. Similar, of Brussels, was slightly injured by a pike pole Doming In contact with hie forehead. "Dr." Smale who was on the grouade was speedily called and dressed the wound. The ''Dr's." practice ie increasing. Tho orops in the neighborhood of Molesworth look magnificent, and there are Boma fields of 'fall wheat worth going miles to Bee. William Brown, on the 2ncl concession of Gray, has about 40 acres which cannot be beaten. Tho straw is of medium height without a spook of rust ; the heads are all of uncpmmon length, and closely filled with large plump grain. It is of the Michigan Amber variety, ono of the boat and surest for crop raising in this country. Mr. Brown intends to have it threshed immediately after cutting, in order to supply the demand for seed for fall wheat seeding. Ho thinks ho will bo able to supply anything like a rea- sonable demand, ae he expects to reap about 40 bushels to the acre. Morris. Township Commit was hold on the 27111 of last month. :;,Several cases of typhoid fever have cropped up and the local physicians are on the alert to nip it in the bud. Although Fall wheat looks well it is thought by some that the returns at threshing time will not be so corre- spondingly large. Ches. Hingston, who was visiting in the neighborhood of Toronto for several weeks, brought some splen- did high bred Shropsnire sheep back with him. Charlie is becoming quite a prominent stock raiser and breeder. Our old friend Robt. Burns has eold his farm of 100 acres, north half lot 80, can. 8, to Jno. Pybus, of Tuckersmith township. The price paid was $4,000. Mr. Burus intends removing to Brussels this fall, we be- lieve, and will make his home there. Walton Tho fall wheat in this vicinity is all harvested and is a splendid crop. Messrs. McDonald & Co. are put- ting in a now engine in their saw mill. On Tuesday, the 28th ult. the mem- bers of the Methodist church had a pic-nicfor the Sabbath School child- ren. They lead a good time at he swinge and other games. Canadian. News. Ontnrio now boasts of eleven cities, and other towns want to put on trousers. The Young Men's Liberal Conven- tion meets at Shaftesbury Hall, Tor. onto, on Sept. 15th and 16th. F. S. Passmore has boon appointed elassioal master of the Brantford Col- legiate Institute at a salary of $1,000. The Liberals of East Durham in convention Wednesday unanimously chose W. T. R. Preston as their can- didate. Sir John and Mr. Caron spend summer at River an Loup: Mr. Bow - ell goes to Prince Edward Island for a holiday. The 1st crib for the new Canadian lighthouse on Colchester Reef has been placed in position by the Iron - tractor. Tho Lrke View House at Amlirest- burg, now under control° of James R. Gillean, formerly of London, has 41 summer boarders at present, Its is said that Rev. Dr. Moffat, of Walkerton, has accepted a call extend. ed to him by the Presbyterian con- gregation of West Winchester, near Montreal. Tlie cash outlay connected with the two receptions to the volunteers at Sarnia will bo $300. The entertain- ments wore exceptionally well con., dilated, and all interested aro to bo oongratulatod. The 11lilitia Department now pos• sasses four Gatling guns. Ono will be placed temporarily on exhibition on Parliament square, Gnaw.. Fin- ally one each will be sent to Quebec: and Kingston batteries and Toronto and 81. John's Infantry, Schoolo. Some fiind cruelly mutilated two horses belonging to Jas. Howdy, near Lucknow, recently.. Ono of 'the an- imals had an ugly gash cut clear ar- ound one of its hing logs, while the other received a deep wound ,just bo - hind the loft shoulder and in close proximity to the heart, The total lose in the groat Esplan- ade fire at Toronto, on Monday, is about half a million dollars, The number of ollfcers and moo to bo drilled in catnp this year through. oat the Dominion ie plaeed at 18,070, the quota from the London ])istriut being 2,225, After the sentence Riel attended mass. He asked to be allowed to go to eoofession, but the priest refused unities he should publiealy recant hie profession of Protestantism ,This he refused, The Peterboro' County Auxiliary of the Dominion Alliance line for- warded to Ottawa the petition for the submission of the Scott Aot. The alliance aslc that Sept. 710 bo appoint. ed for the election. A Quebec despatch says :—The crew of the bark Bell Atmets have mutined against the master and taken possession of the vessel. The captain is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the police. Twenty-seven miles of the South. western extension of the C. P. R. was let in five se011one to eeperate con- tractors. The work has to be com- pleted and the line ready for operation dy the first of October. Messrs. Macdougall & Robertson, solicitors for the anti Scott Act party, St. Thomas, have entered an appeal against the decision of Judge Rose re- fusing a maudamus to oompei Judge Hughes to grant a scrutiny oldie bal- lots cast for and against the Scott Act on March 19th. The townspeople of Lindsay intend commemorating tho bravery of Com- pany' C" (Midland) by erecting a handsome drinking fountain in the market place. The project of pre- senting a Handsome stand of colors to the battalion will probably be con- summated. A case has come to light in Mon. treat, in which a woman admits that she carries on business by bringing in foundlings from the country and disposing of them to some of the nun- neries. The latest is that of a child of a wealthy young fellow at St. Hy- acinthe. Twenty-two of the prisoners from Botoche will plead guilty to treason- felong and the Crown will not indicate them for any offence, It is under- stood those who plead guilty will be treated leniently. The trial of the Indian chiefs and murderers will be postponed for teu days , to permit witnesses arriving at Regina. Wand- ering Spirit is very low since he stab - bad himself. He will probably die, The President of the West Durham Agricultural Souiety received last week from Hon. Edward Blake, the distinguished representative of this riding in the House of Commons, the cliepue for the $48.1 which the hon- orable gentleman received as extra sessional indemnity at the close of the recent session. bdir. Blake requests that this amount be invested by the Trustees of the Society, and that the interest be given each year in prizes as the Board shall direct. The famous railroad from Lima to the crest of the Andes, the construct- ion of which was undertaken by the late Mr. Meiggs, was carried by him over three miles high at a cost of $27,000,000 and 7,000 lives. About fifty miles are still unbuilt, and the contract has just been given to a brother of Mayor Grace, of New York. The seneation of riding up the road, with the rapid rise from the sea level to the mountain top, causes a sick- ness called "sirocche," which usually confines people to their beds for weeks and sometimes proves fatal, Its ef- fects, however, can be avoided by taking proper precautions. In the course of an interview with the reporter of the Detroit Jouanal, Hanlan said :—"In Australia I made considerable money. At the first race there I sold the railroad and grand stand privileges for $7,000 in each, and thou the man who bought them made a small fortune out of his purchase. During my entire profess- ional career I have made over $100,- 000, and are now worth about $60,- 000 in proertS and cash, I own a popular summer resort ou Toronto Island, and eonsidorablo property in the•eity." "Do you expect to contin- 110 in the businose guy considerable time longer 1" "That is a very hard question to answer. I somotimee wish I was well out of it now and yet it is a difficult thing for a follow to shako of old habits and associations and begin all over again I am nat. urally very much attracted to the goose that has laid my golden egg," "Which do you doom the best course upon which you over rowed 2" "The Nopoan River in Australia, is deoid- odly the best. Tho small interior: lakes of Now York State aro splendid- ly adapted for the business. There is also a splendid course at Watkin's Mon, N. Y. England has but two ooursos---the Rivera Thames and Tye. Mating hu the sfow. If hay is placed in the mow or the stack it will heat and in time burn it. sell dry. The exclusion of air as the mow or stack scuttles prevents the mass from' breaking out pito flame. Iiuucu a stack is often found moldy or fire -fanged, while the center of the uioty may be partiallycharred. If wet from rain or dew, the derange ie more serious than if damp from the nodded juices of the grass. Hay, however dry, will sweat in the mow or steak until the superfluous moisture is dried out, usually requiring in well. cured grass about two months. if fed during this stage serious disorder to the digestive organs isthe consequence. The same sweating occurs in the sheaves of grain when stacked, and hence it should remain there for about six weeks, when it becomes dry enough to thresh, During this time, if tho grain has been stacked in a thoroughly air-dried state, the grain is improved. If damp, the grain is injured, and often Domes out moldy. SIAM TWAIN'S WIPE. TuE ammeter TALKS osnxouBLY OF FAMILY GOVERNIIBNT. For whippings are not given in our house for revenge ; they are not given for spite, nor ever in anger ; they are given partly for punishment, but mainly by way of impressive remind- er, and protector against a repetition of the offence. The interval between the promise of a whipping and its in- fliction is usually an hour or two, By that time both parties are calm, and the one is judicial, the other re- ceptive. The child never goes from the scene of punishment until it has been loved back into a happy -hearted - nese and a joyful spirit. The spank- ing is never a cruel one, but is always au honest one. It hurts. If it hurts the child, imagine how it must hurt the mother. Her spirit is serene, tranquil. She has not the support which is afforded by anger. Every blow she strikes the child bruises her own heart. The mother of my child- ren adorns them—there is no milder term for it ; and they worship her ; they even worship anything which the touch of her hand has made sac- red. They know her for the best and truest friend they have ever had, or ever shall have ; they know her for one who never did them any wrong, and cannot do them a wrong ; who never told them a lie, nor the shadow o£ one ; who never deceived them by even au ambiguous gesture, who nev- er gave them an unreasonable com- mand, nor even contented herself with anything ehort of a perfect obed- ience; who has always treated them ae politely and considerately as she would the best and oldest in the land and has always required of them gen- tle speech and courteous conduct to. wards all, of whatever degree, with whom they chanced to dome in con - toot ; they know her for one whose promise, whether of reward or pun- ishment, is gold, and always worth Re face to the uttermost farthing. In a word, they know her and 1 know her, for the best and dearest mother that lives—and by a long, long way the wisest, You perceive that .0 have never got down to where the mother in the tale really asks her question. For the reason that I cannot realize the situation. The spectacle of that treacherously -reared boy, and that wordy, namby-pamby father, and that weak, namby-pamby mother, ie enough to make oue ashamed of his species. And, if I could cry, I would cry for the fate of that poor little boy —a fate which has cruelly placed him in the hands and at the mercy of a pair of grown-up children, to have bis disposition ruined, to come up ungoverned, and bo a nuisance t o himself and everybody about him, i the procees, inetoad of being the so. lacer of care, the disseminator of hap. plum, the glory of honor and joy of the house, the woleomest face in all the world to them that gave 'Ain be- ing --as lie ought to he, w:Is sent to be, and x'oubl be, but for 1110 hard fortune that firing him into the•oluteli- es of these paltering innpables, In all my life . have never made it single reference to my wife in print • before, as far as I can remember, except once in the dedication of a book ; and so after these fifteen years of silence, perhaps I may unseal my lips this ono time without impropriety or in- delicacy, I will send this manuseript to the press without her lcnowledge, and without asking.her to odic ft. This will save it from getting edited into the stove. MAaic TWAIN, NOI%TII.NEST NOTES. Local private bankers at Portage la Prairie report that mousy is get- ting a little easier. A. large amount of money is coming into town from the west, and the bankers are having a little boom. Merchants also report a slight improvement in business generally. Monday morning the Regina volun- teers under command of Major Mow- at met in front of Campbell's store and went through drill. They after+ wards marched to the Council Cham- ber and presented arms as General Middleton and Governor Dewdney drove up. It is said, on good authority, that as soon as all the mounted polio° had been killed and the settlers in the North-west and Manitoba had tender- ed their submission, Riel and bus council intended to come and pass the winter in the Portage before pro- ceeding to take Ontario. Contractor Foley has grading com- pleted to Boggy Croek Valley, 12 miles from Regina. The road from Boggy Creek to Qu'Appeile Valley ie sub -let. Twenty teams and about 40 navvies are at present employed, and grading is pushed forward at half- a•mile a day. The rails are on the way and will be here in n few days. Mr. Foley is at present camped in the Qu'Appelle. Valley at the mouth of Boggy Creek. A meeting of German residents who contemplate settling in the New Alsace, located some distance north of Regina, was held at the Sherman House last week. The reserve con- sists of townships 24 and 25, ranges 20, 21, and 22, near Long Lake. p. W. Reedly, the president, will leave on ,Monday with the first batch of settlers, who will locate at once. Four Roumanian families who came from Europe last spring have already eettied on the reserve and five Ger- man families have already gone on. It is expected that abont twenty-five families will move on the reserve this fall or next spring, and a number sufficient to bring the total up to sixty aro expected from across the lino. It is expected that the colony will short- ly be in a flourishing condition. The house of Dan McDonald, six miles north of the Portage, was struck by lightning during tho thunder- storm which prevailed at the time. The lightening passed down the chim- ney and into the stovepipe, which it left at an improperly connected el- bow, and passed clown to and through rho floor, striking on its way a young English boy, aged 17, who was sitting beneath the pipe, on the head and killing him instantly. Tho boys head was cut open and his hair totally burned off ; ono side of hie body was also badly burned. There wore seven other persons in the room as the time, but they were not affected in the least by the fatal fluid. The boys' name was Harry Courtney ; he came to this country last year from the South- wark Bova' Homo. Hie remains were interred -last Wednesday. This Funny Word Means "1 HAVE FOUND,V," e: �ii The rest will be given Next Week„