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The Brussels Post, 1886-10-29, Page 1tl VOL. XIV. GEN. BOOTI. The tleneral Addresses nn enthusing gathering of Salvationists at Palmerston. Laid Friday the officers and soldiers the Palmerston Division met at Palmoret in honor of General Booth's visit to division, About 1:20 tho several trai met at the station, loaded with Salvatio iete, and when the train from Toronto rived there was a groat firing of "volley ns. Gen. Booth, Private Secretary Vint, 0 Dowdel, of England, Commissioner Coom ' staff-offioere, and the Toronto staff ba stepped off the train. A. covered oarrie was in waiting for the Gonerel who bead the procession to the market square f "knee drill." As they marched into t square, the band playing meanwhile, Go Booth's carriage was driven into the oent of tho vast multitude (about 0,000 peopl and tie he rose to epealc the whole aseemb shouted "Amen 1" in rasa Salvation Arm style. The General said as ho had been titian ing so many like gatherings in Canada 11 would not epoakilong. He referred briefs to the S. A's work in England and els where, also gave a few points as to 11 Army's mission in Canada and urged th Salvationists present to love one anoth "and so fulfil the law and the prophets," After he bad oonoluded they formed in line, headed by the band, and marohe through the principal streets. Every no and anon the General would stand up i his oorriage and wave his hat lustily as li viewed the banners, flags, the. floating i tho breeze. I might say just here tha General Booth is something like Sir Job A., his course ie about run, owing to a and infirmity and although tall yet not a straight as he had been in former years but stooped somewhat. His hair is unus tinily long and silvery, has a largo hooka nose, with a very pleasant expression o hie face. He wore a high Bilk hat, a frog coat with a red guernsey underneath. On could not help but be impressed with th feet that General Booth was wrapped up i he great movement he had thea far organ ized and controlled, by his words and en thuainsm whioh he manifested throughout the day. The march drew up at the barracks which is a neat and commodious building and is the property of the Army. At the entrance on the wall was the motto "Welcome," on either side were the mot- toes "Welcome to D. O's, Major and Staff," "Welcome Field Officers., and "Welcome to our Colonel and Commissioner," and at the rear in large letters worn the words "Welcome to Our General." The windows and doors were festooned with evergreens. Capt. Dean, of Lietowel, opened the after- noon meeting assisted by other officers of the division. The experience meeting was thrown open and one after another testi- fied, brim -full of spirit and enthusiasm. Among others was a soldier from Strat- ford who said that he had been a clave to sin CO years and that it was by the Army's efforts he had been reached. He deemed it a greater honor in drawing the shafts of the buggy in which Mr. Booth was seated than to ride with the Governor-General of Canada, with whom he had the pleasure of riding. At this stage of the meeting Com- missioner Coombs took his stand on the platform and commenced the song '•We'll fight till we die," when Col. Dowdel and Capt. Vint, accompanied by the old veter- an General, took their teats. Capt. Vint, General Booth's private secretary, sang a pretty solo after whist]. the General took for his lesson the srd chapter Ephesians, commencing at 14th verse. He road each verso in turn, connecting the lesson by numerous illustrations, many of which were from his own experience in old Lon- don. Mr. Booth speaks without the least hesitancy, with an even tone of voice, and when he wishes toimpross you with a cer- tain idea or fact he brings his foot down on the floor rather solidly Ito seldom raises hie voice above the common, yet all bie words are weighty, with now and again a humorous anecdote. He puts hie right hand in his pant's pooknt when speaking, He proceeded to give tho origin of sin, then the influence and deadly work of sin in the world. If we want to got misery out of the world then get alt out. He continued, a man's life or happiness does not consist in his abundance of Wealth, possessions, &c., not what ho has but what he is. (Amen I) Sin is she essence of selfishness, without any regard for those around you but simply aims at pleasing and gratifying self. There is a porpetual strife in a man ; he desires to drink liquor, his judgment Saye No I He would like to smoke, his judgment says No ! You would like to have revenge on the per- son who spoke evil of you but your eons°. ionoo eaye No I Are you living a life that is eatiafaotory to yourself ? Strife inside means misery inside. God wants to live inside you and love you. Ohl my friends God knows your heart, wherever devilish lusts, unclean habit's lurk Goa cannot live there. You Bay 1 never murder, never swear. never cheat or eteal, don't you think them? Sin means the spoiling of your usefulness in this world. Oh I how many eon's you might have been instrumental in bringing to Christ. You make a holy pro- fession, a real nice prayer, but alas 1 your life does not correspond, consequently no power with God. I remember, continued the General, an argument I once had on holiness. A man said our minister says you will ein until you some to die. The devil tells mo that every day for nothing. God is faithful to hie promise and "if we confess our eine he is just and willing to forgive us our sine and cleanse us frons all unrigbteousnoss. God wants to bias you in that way. I3u is no respeotor of poneoue but ho is a respect - or of character. 1f you will seareh your own heart God will bless you in that. I trust there will be a great seeking time here this afternoon and evening. When you eomo to ]snow God and work for God then you Wiilllive the life of en angel down tie of on thie ns n- ar. s„ ol. be, nd go od or he u. R0 e) ly y a- y a er to d e t n rig OST. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCT. 29, 1886. hero. I pray the Lord will give you all e successful life and triumphant death. Amon. Col. Dowdel spoke on the subject of "Holiness," in a praotioal way. He is a good speaker and puts much feeling in all he Saye. The meeting closed to meet at 7:90 in the barracks, In the meantime a splendid tea was provided for all at the Town Hall, which was freely 'patronized, At the hour appointed about 1,000 peo- ple orowdod into the building, occupying every inch of available space, in foot ib looked as though they were thrown in a heap. Major Coombs took charge of the meeting. Tho staff band gave a few selec- tions in good style, . They aro good music- ians and a credit to the Army. Staff -Capt, Young sang "Tho waters of Jordan may roll," playing his own accompaniment fon the ooncortina, followed by Happy Bill Cooper who sang "I want to hear the flip- ping of the angels wings," 13y this time they had their handkerchiefs, hats, flags, be. to give the General a real Salva- tion Army welcome, whish they did. It ie difficult to describe this part of the ser- vice but the neighboring cemeteries must have been shaken up bndly judging from the deafening noise. Happy I3i11 Cooper chimed in here with the chorus (very ap- propriate) "Wake up the dead," Happy 13111 Bays the Army eau Ding in note, be- tween notes or without notes. Colonel Dowdel gave a short address. It was principally on the line of prohibition. He says if the devil wants to experiment on drinking let him get drunk himself. The old fellow would find that ohampnigne at night would be real pain in the morning, 011 1 let ua work until every saloon is shut down, every den of vino closed. Capt. Vint gave his experience in connection with his work among the Italian organ -grinders of old London end the good that was being accomplished among the poorer classes in the great city. He speaks several distinct languages. Gen. Booth next took the platform to deliver his lettere entitled "What d know of the S. A." He spoke for over an boar and received the wrapped attention of all. Probably a hundred or more came to the penitent form during tho all-night of pray. ar• 1 remain, yours, &o„ QUAD, Canadian Newry. Thos. Stephenson, of Plymouth, h•se a Pen:heron colt, born on April 22, which now weighs 1276 pounds. Apple picking records are coming in. Wee. Dunbrook, of Bosanquel, claims it with 86 barrels of good ap- ples, besides culls, in one day. Neil McArthur, of Erin towuehip, was fined $25 and posts for burying a relative in the old cemetery at Acton, which has been closed up, and in which interments are forbidden by a by-law of the village. 1. citizen of Whitby a few evenings ago stopped a horse that was aim- lessly dragging a top buggy through the streets and found a young couple sound asleep. Her head was pillow - ed upbn hie breast and hie arms were several times around her. During an eleotion quarrel at Pap- iuoauvitle between John Tweedie, jr., a Liberal, and Reuben Cook, a Con- servative, the letter seized a shovel and striking Tweedie an upward blow almost out off his nose. It re- quired ten stitches to induce the nose to remain in position. An action will be taken against Cook. The following conversation is re- ported to have taken plane on the London market the other day :— Lady (with her hand in bag of po- tatoes, to farmer in oharge)--Aro these for sale ? Farmer–Yee, ma'am. Lady (wishing to know the price)— Well, what are they ? Farmer (quiet. ly)—Potatoes, ma'am. The lady bought at the next wagon. Alex. Crow, of Aran township, was kicked to death by a dolt on Friday of last week. He had opened a gate for the Dolt to pass through, and stooping to pink up something as the animal approached, itkinked him just back of the oar, breaking his noolt, and ho fell dead on the spot. The deceased was one of the first set. tiers of north Bruce, and was a na- tive of Berwickshire, Scotland. He was in comfortable ciroumstanoee, and was a much esteemed member of the community. A young man drove a steer into Winnipeg one day last week and agreed to sell it to a butcher for $23. He sold it a second time to another butcher and received $5 on account. Not yet satisfied, he visited yet an- other butcher and let him have the animal for $22 down, The parties to whom tho steer was first sold find- ing the animal did not arrive, insti- tuted inquiries and soon discovered the truo facts of the case. The last puroliasar'was congratulating himself on being in possession when helearn. ed that the animal was under chattel mortgage to a fourth party residieg out of the city. The industrious sel- ler will probably go into retirement for a time. NO. 16 Luoknow is taxed 18 mills on the dollar; The now Methodist church et Pal merston is to be opened the first Sun day in December. A diamond pin worth $60, belong ing to a member of an opera company was stolen at Hamilton on Saturday night. At tho Essex Assizes the widow of George Dobson, who was drilled at a Michigan Oeutral railway crossing, recovered a verdict for $2,600 against the railway company. A stranger entered Ittorphy's jew- ellery store on Yonge street, Toron- to, and asked- to look ai a gold watch. One wee handed him, with which he bolted, making good his escape. Owing to tho damage done to the R. O. separate school in Galt during the late storm, the Town Council granted them the use of the vegetable market for nine months free of rent. At a meeting of the General Com• mitten of the Ryerson Memorial Fund it was decided to canvas the Province thoroughly and to ask the Ontario Government for a grant of $2,000 towards the fund. Tbs Northwest Council has deoid- ed to appoint a Committee of elected members to devise a scheme for di- viding the territories into Provinces and securing responsible government at the earliest possible moment. The Vancouver News, with pardon- able pride, points to the remarkable energy displayed by the people of that place in rebuilding the city, and claims that "outside of Victoria ii can boast of the most substantial and prosperous city in British Columbia. Two men have been arrested at Chatham for placing obstructions on the G. T. R. track eight miles east of that town. One was named Kelly, a criminal from Oswego. N. Y., the other an English emigrant. Their exoue° is that they wanted a ride and placed the ties on the rails so t hat the train would slop, after which they hoped to steal a ride. An old settler says :—"The oldest bridge in the county of Middlesex is across a stream that empties into the Thames on the farm of James Tait, Ekfrid. It has, to my knowledge, been in use for fifty-two years ; has never had any repairs nor ever re- quired any, and, to all appearances, is good for 20 years to come, as it yet appears to be quite sound. The bridge consists of one blank walnut tree. There is trouble in Belleville about the funeral expenses of John Pent- land, who shot himself last summer after attempting to shoot DIr. and Mrs. Mack. It seems that when the poor and sanitary fund of the city was transferred to the Woman's Christian Association it was agreed that that Association should bury the city's dead. The ladies oontraoted with en undertaker 'for ouch burials at the uniform pride of $7. After the death of Pentland the Woman's Christian Association made the usual Provisions for his burial but certain persons interfered and arranged with the undertaker for a more expensive funeral. The ladies paid $7 on the account and a bill for the remainder, $10, was presented to the City Donn• cit and rejected by that body. Large quantities of turnips are ing shipped from Guelph district the States. Application for lettere patent 1 boon made for the Valleyfield Ele - ria Company. A money -order clerk named T lor, in the Winnipeg postoiiios, 1 cleared out. It ie said he is eh $200. T, Hall, late of the Dundalk $ ald, has accepted a oall to tho min try, and is appointed to fill an i portant charge in Iowa. Captain Peron, of the 91st Botta ion of Manitoba, has raised a co pany of Icelanders, Norwegians a Swedes, and they are alleged to pr sent a fine appearance, Dr. Orton has started for the Roo! iris with a mining expert, sent out New York capitalists with a view °onside the desirability of establis ing smelting works. R. A. Towneend has left Londe for Petrolea. He will purchase abo $5,000 worth of oil machinery i Canada for use in the ternitory whic he is working in India. Ingereul Town Council has passe a resolution offering John E. Jon 8c Go., of Chicago, a large firm ironworkers, a bonus of $175 p man for each man they will penman ently employ in the industry propos ed to be established in Ingersol. The suit of Gorst vs. Barr was de cided in favor of plaintiff at the Wind sor assizes the other day, It wa brought by Miss Jessie Gorst, o Windsor, against Mrs. Eva Barr (wife of "Luke Sharp") for eayin that she (Gorst) had stolen $5 fro her. A verdict of $250 was granted At the"aesizes in Hamilton Jas. H Leavens, a farmer landowner, plead ed guilty to the charge of obtainin money on false pretences from D. R Dewey. The prisoner bad mad restitution, and as there were mita gating circumstances he was allowed to go on $500 bail to appear when called on. The Calgary Fair is stated to have been suooessful beyond the most sanguine expectations of its promot- ers. The show building was crowd- ed with exhibits of farm produce ; wheat, oats, peas and barley being largely represented. The dairy dis- play was of unusual excellence. The exhibit of live stook is not often ex- celled in any part of Canada, and the display of grain and roots was euoh as to prove the exceptional capacity of the Red Deer district for the grow- ing of these crops. A Barrie dispatch says :—Thesuit brought by the Grand Lodge of the"Canadian Order of Oddfellows against the Orillia Lodge of the In. dependent Order was decided by Chancellor Boyd. In September, 1885, the Orillia Lodge of the Can- adian 0ddfellows seceded and joined the Independent Order, taking with them all the funds and property of the Canadian Lodge, varying in value according to the evidence, from $800 to $2,000. The Grand Lodge of the 0.O.O.F. claimed that the Lodge in seceding should have left the funds and property behind them for the benefit of the old Order, and institut- ed an notion in the Court of Chancery against the new lodge in the name of a few dissenting members for its re• ()every. The matter has been pend- ing in the Court of Chancery singe last winter. At the conclusion of the case his Lordship gave a verdict for the defendants with full;oosts of the suit. Willie Powell, 16 years old, eldest eon of Leonard Powell, who resides on concession 6, London township, borrowed a dilapidated old shotgun from Mr. Shoebottom, a neighbor, and in company with his younger brother went on a shooting expad• ition. Young Powell had fired two or three shots, when—aroording to the statements of an eyewitness nam• ed Shoebottom, a son of the lender of the gun—Willie raised the weapon to his shoulder to eboot again, when the barrel buret and ho fell to the ground. Help was summoned, and the unfortunate lad was removed to the Powell homestead, whore he' died in about' two hours after the aooidont. An examination showed that his face neck and arms were much disfigured with powder, 'while a screw from the look of the gun was blown into his brain, inflicting the injury which caused his death. It was discovered also that the shot from the gun had killed the bird at which the boy had aimed. be. Forty boxes of cheese were stolen to from Wardsville factory the other night. las Keys, labor candidate for Montreal Centre, is contesting MaShane's election. Donald McRae, of Galt, has bean vines in his garden that have borne two separate crops. 41,000 lbs. of fish and 81 sturgeon were taken from the nuts at Kings.vine one day last week. The Postmaster -General has order. ed that two letter boxes be placed on the street corners in Sarnia. The Indians of the County of Bruce gave $100 towarda the Brant monument recently unveiled at Bran t - ford, The Manitoba Government are taking steps towards the relief of suf- ferers by the recent destructive pra- irie fires. James Ellis, who keeps the Station hotel in Mount Forest, was fined $50 and costs by Police Magistrate Lowes for one offense against the second part of the Canada Temperance Act. Samuel Clissold, the St. Thomas oounterfeiter, pleaded guilty before the County Judge there on Saturday afternoon, and was sentenced to ten yeuro' imprisonment in the Penitent- iary. The Reformers of South Grey held their Convention at Durham, lately, when Dr. Landerkin, the present member, was nominated for the Com- mons, and W. Irvine, of Bentinck, fop the Local. Ed. Fisher, of Kincardine, has just secured $20,000 from a firm in England for the right to manufacture his patent steel collar in Great Brit- ain. In addition to this he is to re- ceive a royalty of 12o. on every coll- ar manufactured. While two sons of Dr. Pearson, Phoebe, street, Toronto, were playing with their father's revolver Monday, it was accidentally discharged, the bullet striking Oharley, ,aged 18, in she back of the skull, penetrating the skull. His recovery is extremely doubtful. On Saturday nine men and two doge visited MoCorkell's slaughter house, Yarmouth, and indulged in the pastime of rat killing. The party killed over 100 rats, the nine men, with clubs and spades, slaughtering 27, and the dogs getting away with the remainder. Louis Bush and Max Hurvich, of Toronto, representing the firm of Rothschild & Co,, wholesale jewelers, have assigned to the Sheriff and gone. The creditors, it is said, are mostly European houses. The iia• bilities aro estimated at from $75,- 000 to $100,000. The unique part of the Rookton township exhibition was the churning match, a (mutat which has never been attempted in the history of agri• cultural shows on the continent. The event created a great stir in the town- ship and in the neighboring districts, and helped to attract the enormous crowd which assembled. The con- testants were three of Beverly's fair- est daughters neatly dressed in cos. fumes which would have put a Swiss dairymaid to shame. Tho names were Mies Lizzie MoOormaok, Miss Fannin Comber and Miss Stenhouse. A great crowd, numbering thousands, witnessed the metal, the three ladies tending to their work in splendid style. Mise Comber brought her butter in 8} minutes, washed it, shaped it and put it in rolls an an- other twenty minutes, to the aston- ishment of the assembled multitude. Mies Stenhouse used the old dasher style of churn and occupied fiftyone minutes in .finishing up 7} lbs. of butter. Miss Mo0ormaolt got batter in twenty and finished in another twenty minutes, producing nine lbs. They were frequently applauded. The judges of the elinrning match webs Messrs, Angus Sutherland, of ;Hamil- ton, and P, Laing, od ;Dundas, and the prize a $50 tea service, et. ay. lac ort er. 1. e- nd e. 0. by to h• u ut n b d es of Of e• • g m • 1f LOCAL 1TE11S. Oouxoin meeting next Monday evening. • Mas. War. GaArasar ie visiting old friends in Guelph this week. - Go and hear J. R. Clarke next Tuesday evening. Subject, "To and fro in London." Tut Seaforth and Gorrie stage, run by S. Walsh, is doing a large passenger trade this fall. The rigs are comfortable and good time is made between the places named. CHATTEL mortgage sale of parlor organ, furniture, &o., at Grant's block on Wednesday afternoon of next week. See small bills for particu- lars. ON'Tuesday evening of next weeh the well known and talented J. R. Clarke, the Bootblack orator, will de- liver his celebrated lecture "To and fro in London," in the Town Hall. Don't fail to bear him. Reserved seats will be kept for those purchas- ing tickets before that evening, with- out extra charge. Tax Petrolia Topic, in speaking of their fall Show, refers to a former resident of Brussels as follows :— Mr. Dale's superb collection of arti• cies in connection with the drug busi- ness, arranged by the (snuffle hand of his assistant, Mr. Fear, whose excel. lent taste, by the way, is quite obeery. able in the Drug Store, attracted the attention of all who visited the hall. 0.0.F.—The following officers were elected lest Monday evening, at the regular meeting of Court Prin. nese Alexandra, No. 24:—W'm. Blashill, O.R. ; R. Williams, V.C.R. ; Wafter Smith, R.S. ; Geo. Rogere, 1!.S ; S. Seale, Treas. ; S. Wake, S. W. ; J. B. S'tretton, J.W. ; P. Seal, S. B. ;1V. Holling; J.B. ; P. Thomp- son, Chap, ; J. A. Hutchinson, Phys. 4,