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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1886-11-12, Page 1BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOV. 12, 1886. 1.41 7'..34114.1 JOE. To the lyditer of 'Prue Poor, Damn Sim—Feeling a strong interest in your journal anis knowing that yon are always on the loot[ -out for interesting itonuu, I have decided, with your permis- sion, to supply a weekly a000unt of my mervatione, opinions, and news items at may escape the eagle eye of your re. eters, during the winter months, as I 1 have some leisure time et my die - sal. Wishing Tan PORT great success, eubecribo myself. Vno a J014. SETTLING ur. At this season of the year I generally commence settling up my accounts with the grocer, hatcher, baker and printer, so as to start the now year with a clean sheet. I'm always itchy when 1 owo any- body, but this is a rule that only seems to work one way, as almost everybody else appears to bo itching to got owing me. I run a email bnshnoss for the purpose of scouring the where -with -all to keep the material and immaterial parts of my be- ing in close proximity and of all the lies some of my customers toll, It is enough to cause a brass monkey or a tombstone to blush. Here is a sample of what I have recently mot with and will illustrate my point :—Last week a man stepped up to 7110 and said he would pay me every eent he owed if he lived until Saturday night. I presume the man cliod. An- other said he would pay in a clay or two as sure as he was born. Qusry—Did the man chin, or was he Hover born ? Another said he would settle as sure as shooting. I am heel to the conclusion that shooting is decidedly uncertain. Another hoped he would go to the devil if he did not pay me within three weeks. Haven't seen him since ; but trust he diel not hope in vain. Ono man told /no two mouths ago that he would pay me as soon ea he got some money ; that man would not lie, and of som'ee he hasn't had a cent since. And soft goes from Alpha to Omega and I•commence to think that there is a great neosesit5' for that warner clime where palna-le vel fans and linen clusters would be a luxury, so that these leeches, who make their living on the toiling of honest men, may have meted out to them a just eonteooe. If 25 persons would deoide to square up it would make such a move in business that people would commence using such terms as "boom," "rush,' 2o. I have not lived these many years with- out knowing that I am speaking the truth. I want to be honest and pay every man what I owe and the only way to en- able me to do this is for everybody who is indebted to Poole Joe, to make a B lino to his place of business, pay their money and get a reoeipt. This is all I have to say this week. UNCLE Jon, U'rnioral Nesv►a. 1s de - cat 1n a od Don - t sliakcin ping but vel all night a wintry ap- oro was oold and is shore Donovan rriage to Dr. Clerke;i; r c was examined and one is ribs mvasfound to bo broken, , Re duos not, however, anticipate any serious trouble from this, and is gnhte elated over Lis feat. f1Lorris Coiaueil, • The Council met pursuant to adjourn- . meat in the Council Room, on Oct. 25th. Members all present, 'the peeve in the ir, Minutes of last meeting read and ` ,ed. 'The following accounts were red to bo paid :—Geo. Moffatt, culvert :north boundary, $8;' Wm, Thompson, . fort on north boundary, $5 ; John alien, bailiff's fees for Voters' List Court, $1.60 ; D. Geddes, gravel, $2.40';. Win. Biennium, boxth'ain, e3 ; Jas. Jackson, gravelling road' and repairing culverts 011 i M. Roland, new top on bridge, lot t 28, Goa. 10, $15 ; C. A. Howe, box drain, $2,50 ; T. Pasmore, printing, 04.20 ; Wm, Marabou, new culvert, 03 ; R. Smith, box• drain on south boundary, $4 ; Geo. Proc- tor, drain across road, $2 ; Wm. Ellis, balance on ditching, 049.11 ; Wm. Ellis, oulvert at Harrison's crossing, $2 ; John Smith, cedar for culvert, $4 ; P. Bally, gravelling, 030 ; B. ,Conner, ditching, 40 ; a. Smith, lumbar for culvert, Thos. Russel, sham and culvert, ; I. Rogerson, repairing Hogg's and culvert, 085 ; I. Rogerson, , eking and repairing bridge and cul- verts, $27.34 , Goo. Goodfellow's ditoh; $1.00 ; T. Fernald, repairing culvert, 75o ; A. Clark, Judge's Court fees, 020 ; John Taylor, gravel, 03.12 ; Misses Lxford, charity, 010 ; James Newcombe, serving notices, $20. Moved by S. Caldbiok, seconded by E. Bosman that the Clerk bo instructed to make application to tho Provincial Treasurer for amount of Land Improvement Fund clod the Township.— 1 Carriod. Moved by H. Mooney, sec- onded by C. A. Howe that the Council ow adjourn to meet again onNov.3n N . g d —Carded. WW1. Clan; Clerk. Ill9rltsasyelec *lchool Eton rd. The regular meeting of this Board was held in the Council Chamber on Friday, Nov. 5th. Members all present except E. E. Wade and F. S. Scott. Minutes of last meeting read and con - Armed. Moved by H. Dennis, seconded by Dr. Hutchinson that Thos. Fletcher take the chair.—Carried. Miss Jessie M. Rose sent in her resign- ation. Moved' by Mos. Smith, seconded by II.. ramie -that this Board advertise in Daily Globe, for two Satmuclay insertions, and Tau Bnussm s POST, for a female teacher having 2nd or 3rd class oer'tifioate, salary not to exoeed 0250 por year, and one who has some knowledge of Itho Kindergartin preferred. Send testimonials, Principal Shaw presentocl report of past oath, as follows :— Depts. 1 2 8 4 5 Total. verage 35 31 '38 44 73-291 0. on Roll43 40 48 54 95--285 Complaints have been made against 1 tour boys belonging to the school, whose nameslarelnmown, for taking front gate from off the fence of school yard and oar - rad it away, should the same again oo- our or any other part of sohool property be destroyed they will bo proseouted ad - cording to law. • Tho Board the adjourned to meet again on thio let Friday in December. There was considerable excitement ab ' Regina, N,W,T., on Monday morning last at Police headquarters when it was dila coverall that five' members of the forth dosorted, taking with them the pay of one troop, amounting to not less than 02,000. Tho names of the deserters aro A. J. Cul. los, J. McRae, Carleton, Sutton and White. Several squads of police are in pursuit. It is supposed the deserters are malting south, but hopes of their capture are entertained': at headquarters. Troop- er: Rattan hag been put minder arrest on' snepioiot of being conrtectocl with the de- serting party. An Indian named John Toby did solve extraordinary shooting at Blaolc Lake. Toby was "still hunting" for deer, and shot one on the "runawa ." Reloading his single -shot breech loading rifle, he was just in time to hit a big she bear in the head ; not stopping it with the first shot ho 'slipped another oartridge into his Miloand killed it, Another bear followed and bas settled by one shot, still another and mother followed until four bears lay dead, 'oo deer and four bean (mother and three bay killed in lees thou twominutes with ',inglo shot rifle was not bad work for ' .or Indian or white man, Several gon- 11.00 voualn for the truth of the story, 1y having heard the shots and soon the uglltered game, --Port Hope Guide. Scotland hoe recently been visited by heavy storms. Spalding is said to havo macho 0200,000 out of base ball, Light million munhrellas aro mado an- nually in the United States. Prince and Princess Kannatsa and suite of Japan, arrived at New York last week, on a visit. From the latest returns it would ap- per that the Democrats will have twelve majority in tho next House. The House of Representatives for Ver- mont State, U.S., passed the Bill grant- ing suffrage to women by 135 to 82. During bho past year M, Pasteur has treated 2,490 cases of hydrophobia, of which number only 10 terminated fatally. Seven thousand, five hundred dollars was subscribed at Chicago for nemv bar - reeks, by tho Salvationists. Gen. Booth was there. Awomau it Austria found a 02,000 dia- mond pin in a can of Chicago pork recent- ly. It is not stated whore the root of the hotel clerk was found. Andrew Carneglo's new castle in the Alleghenies, whish is to oust $1,000,000, will be built entirely of undressed surface stone fount ou the plaoe. Wrn, Cramps ce Sons, Philadelphia, have made arrangemeuts to construct in, six months for the Government a dyne. mita gem cruiser which will be capable of. making 20 knots an hour and of firing, a 200 -pound dynamite shell every 100 mm - utas. Tho vessel is to oosb not more than 0350,000. One day last week near Hawkiusville, Ga., a crow with orumplod horns was lick- ing her calf when by some means the calf gob its head in time circle of the horns and could not extrimate it. The oow became excited, and in het 'efforts to get rid of the ogle strangled it anti broke her own nook, and both died almost instantly. Fred. Arolisr, tho famous jockey, is dead. He was 20, said was a native of Prestling, langlanid. He was 5 feet 8 inoher in his Soakings, and weighed 119 pounds. He was worth about $400,000. Hie income was about $95,000 annually. He died from a piste]. Shot wound infliotod by himself while in a elelfrhun resulting Irani fever, ached myon more than 2,800 races. The j?reeeat system of lighting the stat- ue of Liberty on Bodloe's Island, New York, is So smsatisfrotory that' the auth- orities will probably have it changed. It was originally intended to have tan 8,000 candle-power lamps suspemletl above time statue, eo that the blaze of light around the torch could bo Shen foe thirty miles out to sea, Lieut. )Molls eltorel the plans almcl planed the lights inside the toroli, whore they tow shine out through glass lentos liko a dim glow mvorm, and nava no more affect than an ordinary ohms light. Then is also double about the general management of the statue arising froma conflict of authority, Man of tho emanate for lighting tiro statue have expired, o,nc1 there ie' no rod certain. ty that the statue will be illuminated from night to night. P,arealy $?ea-itonal. Mrs. W. J. R. Holmes, of Godorich, was visiting lu town this weal[ Frank Deematilloo, of Dublin, is visit- ing Eddie O'Neil, this week. W. B, Diolceon and wife put in two or three days in Godorich this week, Miss Aggie Skilling, of Stratford, was visiting Miss Mary Buyers this week, Samuel Rivets end son are away to Wiartoa engaged in getting out telegraph poles. R, G. lvollwood and family, of Wing- bam, formerly of Brussels, have removed to Illinois, Arehmie Scott is spending a weak or so in Brendle recruiting, after a siege of ma- larial fever, J. W. Fear and wife spent Sunday in Ssafortln visiting tV, J. Fear, L. D. S., and I. V. Fear, druggist. Win. Mooney Is away to the lumber woods, Michigan, He oxpeots bo put in the winter there. J. J. Gilpin is away this week attend- ing to business matters concerning his farm near 81. Marys. ane. Soli, a former resident of Brussels, is filling the position of moulder in the Ronald foundry. J. D. Smith, of Gorrie, has been sworn in as Polio° Magistrate for Last Huron, without salary. Miss Zillah Smith, of Brussels, is on a visit to her friend, Miss M. Nottorfiold,.01 Lower Wingham.—Adlvanoe. Miss E, E. Kerr leaves this week for Woodstook, where she goes to act as bridesmaid for Miss Jsnnio Newton. Mrs. Wm. Revell, of Toronto, is expect- edto sing at the Goose imolai in the Moth- odist church on the evening of Thanks- giving day. .G. L. Ball, L. D. S., will discontinue his professional visits to Brussels after this week, as he has sold out to L. A. Martin, L. D. S. The Mitchell. Advertiser Bays :—Mrs. Nightingale, of Brussels, is spending a few days visiting her mother and sister, Mre. Tom Jones. Miss Doubt, S. Weld, wife and son and A. Deadman, all of Delaware, spent sev- eral days with G. A. Deadman last week. Mrs. Weld is a sister to Mrs Deadman. Miss Jessie Ross hoe tendered her re- signation as teacher of the Primary De- pertment of the Brussels Public Sobool. Musa Ross has bean a very successful teacher and has done good work in the school. Jno. Tait and wife are away at Ayr, this week, attending the wadding of ,Miss MoGeorgo, We hope our friend Tail will nob take the start of the groom in saluting the bride Os he has been known to do bo - fore. We regret to Hear that Thos. Watson, who has been a resident of Brussels for years, has aooepted of the position of general travelling agent for the Massey Co., of Toronto, and expects to shortly re- muve to Harriston. Mr. and Mrs. Wet. son will bo missed, especially by the Methodist Church in wbiob bosh of them were willing workers. Wo don't like to see them go. At the Perth Co. Teachers' Convention Wm. Shaw, brother to Principal Shaw, of Brussels, introduced the subject, "Col- lege of Preceptors," and as the various eubjeots introduced during the former part of the convention were warmly dia. cussed by the teacher of County, so this one called forth a few remarks from sea. area, after which the President spoke of the impossibility of forming the said "College of Preceptors," and appealed to the teachers of tho County to rather. try to raise their social status by literary cul- ture and true superior worth. o A i'1ALLELUJAlI WEDDING. On Monday night the Princess hall was well 511011 with an audience who expected to see something interesting and also amusing, if it is possible to judge by the expression of ,the face, and any person who was not in tho secret would be very much puzzled to know what was the 0auoe of so muchbhmshing and smiling and anxious• whispering, especially among the young lasses that were present. But the oaptam would soon sot hie mind at rest by ammouuoing thetas the Rev. Mr, Cunning- ham 01 tho Central Methodist church was in a hurry to get away to a meeting in the city hall, they would get through with the "hallelujah" wedding se soon as pos- sible: When the sensation of the eu- nounoement had passed away and the hall was quiet again the captain read time articles of marriage, which every couple who wished to light the battle of life to- gether must pledge themselves to if they desire to be united in the holy bonds of matrimony mujsr the Army flag: and if the present couple were willingto abide by those articles he asked them to stand up and come to thci front of the platform. As thoy stopped forward there was such a hearty volley of amnions" and "hallelujahs' as only those who have been brought up to shout when they feel liko it oan minder. stond, Rev. Mr. Cunningham performed the legal part of the ceremony, and Eli Lamb mud Miss Sarah Jane Henry were pro- nounced man and wife as long as they both shall live. The captain then said he thought the bridegroom: could not do bettor than 'give the bride a kiss, which 11e was not . at all baokwardnn doing, and did it so naturally as to leave the impression that it was a Matter of every day lifo with him. The lieutenant whispered to the captain that he was not half sharp enough or he would have bad the first kiss, but he answered ho did not want to go home with two bleak eyes. His kissing days have not coma yob. They then soma "Oh, I'm glad I'm ready, Ready with tho %yearling garments on ; Oh, I'nn 6ilad nu ready, Ready for to joiu the happy tht'oag, And thou the meeting closed. Some went borne thinking one thing and Homo another, but all looked as though they had thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and nono looked more happy than the bride and bridegroom. --Stratford Bea- con, Perth. County Notes. Roy. Mr. Kerr, the ineumbont,hasmov- ad to Mitchell, St. Mary's expecte to noun connection with the C. P. R. system. Diphtheria, which has been prevalent in St. Marys, is now uprooted, no new oases having been reported. Elora Council offers 050 for inform- ation loading to the conviction of the per- son who fired Hiles' bridge, 00n. 18. Wiarton is going to oxomptat Mr. Kerr, of Mitchell, from taxation, provided he °roots a tanuery in that village, and em- ployes not less than ten mon. Thorn is still no improvement in the ooltdition of W. B. Oliver, of Downie, whose spino was injured by the hammock accident. He still lies at his home, it is said, helpless. Robert Moderwoil, who was the first Sheriff appointed for the county of Perth, died the other day at Stratford, aged 81 years. He was gazetted Sheriff in 1853, and retired about 1870. Sparling me Robson shipped 140 heal of prime cattle to the Montreal and Englieb markets from St. Marys on Saturday last, and on Wednesday Sinkin S Dawson shipped 20 head of stockers. In a list of the prinoipal prize takers at the Toronto Industrial Fair, we 'ford the name of W. Somers, of Blanchard, down for 095 on hie Loiaestors, and W. Oliver, of Downie, $89 on his Lincolns. The extremes of age roeide iu the house of James Grant, Granton, in the persons of great grandmother Weir, aged 90 years, and her groat grandson, G. H. Grant, aged 13 mouths—four generations under the same roof, A Conservative convention for the North Riding of Perth will be held in Princess Hall, Stratford, on Tuesday, the 23rd of November next, at 1 o'olook, for the impose of nominating candidates for the Dominion and Local Parliaments. On Thursday morning about 6 o'clock, John Morrison, of the 611i con., Elms, went out to feed his stook. After feeding them he laid clown the lamp while he went out for a pail of water. During his absence, one of the colts being loose, kick- ed the lamp over, it is supposed, setting. fire to the barn and stabie, which were entirely oonsiuned with contents. Small insurance. Some days e.go a stranger, named Wm. J. Jackson, visited Stratford and began oironlabing spurious silver dollars pretty freely. A warrant was got out for his ar- rest, and he was token into custody by Deteotivse McCarthy and Tobin. On Thursday he was taken before the P. M., but pleaded innocent, as he was not aware that the money was counterfeit. When arrested ho was found to have eleven bo- gus silver dollars in his possession, besid- es five that he had succeeded in passing He was remanded for eight days to await investigation. ][•1ierou County Notes. It ie reported that Deputy Reeve Cook, of Howiok, will run for Reeve next year. The Exeter Reflector has ceased publi- cation, and the material is under seizure. The store of W. Gallagher di Co., of Blank Horse, was robbed recently of $120 by one or more safe-breakers. John Wien, of lot 24, Stepbon, shot a buok deer, in the vicinity of Ronnie's mill Hay township. The animal weighed 194 pounds. Ed. Floody, of Clinton, has handled 1,000 barrels of apples this' fall. A dozen oar loads have been shipped from that station last week.. Mrs. John Anderson, of the Thames Road, Usborne,_ is the owner of a oat, which is 20 years of age, axil which she raise. from a kitten. An engineer from Watertown, New York, was in GOderioh last week prepar- ing a report on the projected waterworks system £or that town. R. Anderson, of lot 11, con. 4, Stephen, showocl us the other day a white onion which measured 14e by 15a inches, and weighed 11b. and 3oz, Bxeter Times. Mre, Moffatt, of Clinton, has bought the farm of V. Roth, near Bayfield, con- taining fifty sores, with good frame house and barn, paying therefor the sum of $1,- 350. A mooting of the MoKillop Mutual Fire IneuranceDompany was hold at Seaforth, at which the board. of directors decided bo'pay the'full amount issued ou contents of thulldings fn case of loss by fire, the same as surrounding companies. The North American Bee -keepers As- sooiation have eleotod the Ron, A. M. Rose, Minister of Agriculture, and M. P. P. for West Huron, an honorary member in recognition of the personal and omoial interest he has taken in tho promotion of the bee -keeping in securing the grant to assist time Ontario Boo -keepers Assooia- tion in making their display of honey at the Colonial Exhibition, At a meeting of the Prosbytory of Mait- land, held fn Ripley, the long etanding dif0oulty between John B'IoBay and the Ripley session was brought to a speedy and eatisfactory settlement. There Wag also sustained a oral from Luoknow, to the Rev.' G. Munro, of Embro, with the promise of a stipend of 01,200 and mama. Die expeeted Friday, the 1911 inst., will he the date of Sir John A. afaedota ald'e Vigil to West Huron, arul that ho will bo a000nnpanied by Eon. W. R. Mere- dith, Hon. T. White and Hon. Mr. Thompson. A mooting will bo Held at Duogalmon commencing et 1 p. in„ and one in Godorich town commencing at 7:80, • The Godoricim Signal "ysayye :—Messrs. Farr, coopers, are rapid workmen. Their Bluff is composed of. rushers. An order for 200 barrels carne in on Saturday, 28rc1 inst. They got all hands to work at 12 p. m. on Sunday, and had the 200 barrels ready in ten hems, the time specified. The benefits of judioioue advertising were clearly demonstrated in the case of A. M. Todd, one of the proprietors of the Huron News -Record, Olintou. He had advertised for two or three weeks for an apprentioo without avail, mobil last Sat- urday, when Mrs. Todd presented him with a twelve -pound baby boy. The ad- vertisement will likely be taken out.— Woodsbook Daily Sentinel -Review: The fall wheat has attained a great growth on many farms, and if no ill be• falls it during the coming winter, the prospects for a bountiful harvest will bo grand. Some farmers have before now out down a too luxuriant growth of fall wheat, and their orop has been simply a prodigious 0110 the following year. Itis not an oxtraclordinary proceeding to eith- er cut the fall wheat, or allow the cattle to feed on the crop in the fall. Such has been the oxperionoe of several of the best farmers in this County. .ss malla,ea Nevers. Peterboro' has 2,302 voter. Waterloo curling club has over 40 mem- bers. Grave robberies are reported from Sid- ney, Out. Montreal is agitating for a new graving dock. Morrisbu'g's water -works by-law has been oarried. The Governor-General arrived by the Parisian on Sunday. Brighton has contributed $100 in all of the Southampton fire sufferers. A detachment of the Mounted Police is to be stationed at Saskatoon for the win- ter. A new sisterhood, comprising both Catholics and Protestants, is about to bo established in Montreal. L'Lloeteu', of Quebec, says that the nominations for the Commons will take place on or about January 14. On the 25th Guelph will vote on a by- law to grant 0175,000 to build and iron the Guelph junction branch of the C.P.R. Miss Jane Bulyer, of London township, has taken action againet Andrew Elliott for $2,000 for broach of promise of mar- riage. The late R. B. Butland, Music dealer of Toronto, has bequeathed between 000,- 000 and 070,000 to the Toronto General Hospital. hThe WoodstockAgricultural Soohety ass decided to purchase the Watt proper - ,y for fair grounds. It oomprises 21 acres and cost 0800 per acre. Those members of the Northwest Mounted Police who were under fire in the rebellion will shortly be presented with modals. H. H. Stove', editor of the Mount For- est Index, published -his yalodiotory last week. H0 has published it 20 years, and intends settling in the Northwest. The Indians of the Chippewa Reserve have voted 1$200 in aid of the Southamp. ton fire sufferers, and the Berlin and Brantford Councils have each voted 0100. The Northwest Council have adopted a motion granting pensions to the widows and orphans of the Prinoo Albert volun- teers who warn killed during the rebell- ion. Mrs. Henry Parr, of Elora, a woman weighing over 200 pounds, and standing five feet ton inches in height, met with an accident while attending to ordinary dut- ies. The unfortunate woman, while washing clothes at the river bank, slipped on a round stone and fell, breaking one log between the knee and ankle. Dr. Platt, of Piotou, has a bird of rano intolligenoe which he has taught several curious trioks. One of its tricks was to light a match and hold it for the dootor to light his pipe. This trick it began 00- hearsing in the dootor's absence not long ago, dropped a match on some loose pa- per on tho floor, set the woodwork of a window ablaze, and the dwelling narrow. ly'escaped destruction. A Nowoastle constable arrived at Bello - villa the other night in seasoh of a parson aconsocl of molesting o flagman on the Grancl Trunk railway. Re was awned with a pair of handoeffs, a pair of old- fashioned brass oome-a-longs, a long piece of strap, several yards of ropo, a baton, two revolvers, and a gun. It is major for a haystack to get through the eye of a camel than for a prisoner to (soap° from a Newcastle constable, The four -oared shell race between Han - Ian, Timer, Hamm and Teneyolc in one boat and Ross, Lee, Bubsar and Perkins in another, was rowed on Monday on the Thames. The race was for 4100 a side, The course was fromBettersoaall ohuroh a flag boat moored opposite Gwynno's Engineering Works at Hammersmith, Hanlan's aroma made the best start, and soon had a lead of a length. This was in. 'creased at the end of the first half mile to two 'lengths and to four lengths when Putney was reached. At the autumn meeting of tho West Bruoe Toaohere' Aseooiatiou bold in the Kinoardine Model School recently, the following resolution was passed with only two diesonting 'Moe :-."That in the op- inion of the teachers of West Bruoe h1 oonveutfon assembled, it is desirable, for the purpose of promoting sound learning, and of advancing tho cause Of education, that a college of procoptors be established bond upon the principles and embracing the nnain features of the [shone outlined by Principal Diokson at the last annual mooting of the Ontario 'Weaabsre' Amodio - tion in Toronto." Moan. Front and Powell were elated delegates to the Pro. vhnofal As000iation, Number 18. 1. Thousands of barrels of Nova Scotia applee aro being shipped to New York every week, John Carson and .Edwin Chown an- nounce through the Whig that they are candidates for the Mayoralty of King- ston, A oat, not liking the new home at Greenfield, N.S„ to which she had been removed, took her six kittens and walked with them bank to her former home at Milton, a distance of 10 miles. Asa Lewis, an aged farmer at Duns - well, Quo., retired in good health one night last week, awoke during the night, asked his wife to get him a gloss of milk, and was dead when she returned to the room. Agnes Saunders, the young girl who mysteriously disappeared from the Coffee House at Ottawa a few days ago, after in- timating to a friend that she would drown herself, changed her mind, returned to her boarcling house, and is alive and well. The Evangelical Alliance of Halifax, N.S., are protesting against the running of horse oars in that city on the Sabbath. The agitation is wise and timely, and should be resolutely proseouted. If the American Sabbath is ever introduced in- to Canada, depend upon it will be by the street oar or Sunday newspaper route. At St. Thomas on Friday evening last a fancily named Gloisau partook of mush- rooms for supper, and shortly afterward the father and two daughters were seized with severe pains and vomiting. An ex- amination revealed the fast that several of the mushrooms were of a poisonous species. An emetic was admfnisbered and the patients restored. The oonse- quences would probably have been much more serious had it not been that all ate sparingly of the plant. It was noticed that au old man at St. Georgia, N.B., spent a great deal of time Mu piece of adjacent woods, and curiosity was excited to suob a point that he was followed one day lately until he stopped before an open grave. It was found that in this grave a box had been placed and springs arranged so that a man could lie down iu the box; and pull clown a board when the grave would 111 with earth, and brush arranged for the purpose would cov- er the mound. The discovery was made barely in time to save the old man's life, as every detail of his scheme of suicide had been completed. The Graysnbursb Banner observes :— "It seems to us that hunting deer with dogs should bo prohibited altogether; there would be more sport in still hunting and there would not be anything like wholesale slaughter of deer. Is a country like Muskoka, where there are many poor settlers who depend to a large extent up- on the clear for their supply of meat in fall and early winter, it is an injustice to them that outsiders with a paolc of dogs should come its and exterminate the sup. ply. We wonder that the settlers do not petition the Legislator( to pass a lawpro- hibiting the use of hounds for hunting deur in the districts of Muskoka, .Parry Sound and Nipissing." The Victoria, B.C., Standard gives the following account of the execution of Sproule :— "The heads of the spectators were uncovered out of oonsideration for the culprit as slowly, but with firmness, he approached and walked up the ladder leading to the trap of the scaffold. No weakness or faltering was noticeable, al- though the prisoner's emaciated body and Bulbs demonstrated but too plainly the work resulting from monthafter month of delay and almost unbearable suffering and suspense. He appeared and behaved himself as a man thoroughly resigned to his inevitable fate, and, as he bad fre- quently stated to Rev. Mr. Fraser, he evi- dently "wished that the past might re- main a thing of the past ; that ho bore no medico or hatred to those he was about to leave behind, and that 1m trusted the fu- ture to the mercy and sparing of his God." That he was prepared to die with an abid- ing hope for forgiveness, if guilty of the terrible crime laid at his door, could not be doubted by those who witnessed his palm and collected demeanor. Ho had slept well during bis last night upon earth and awoke with all his mental faculties about him. After the hangman, who was OM under -sized, wiry -built man, had placed the prisoner in position on the trap, immediately under the noose and facing the spectators, the condemned man, in alow and deliberately uttered words, heard distinctly throughout the courtyard, sail :-"My friends, this is a very sad situation in which to bass away from this world—in such a condition; and I trust that this will be an exempla and warning to all—(here tho prisoner pausal for a minute or so)—who commit eine— (again pausing). The charge that has been preferred against me was wrong. T was not guilty of the grime of which I am aroused. There wore eight witnesses who earth to Victoria to swear against mo, and they bore false witness against mo which led to nay conviction. They know as well as I do the wrongs they have clone. (Pris- oath hero paused again and for a moment or two seemed to engage in deep thought as to what other statement bo aouldrmnako, and then continuing ;) 1 have nothing further to say only "good-bye to all" " 'Pile hangman then proceeded to adjust the noose about the condemned man's molt, aid as he did so, Sproule, feeling the pressure of the rope, said in pitiful tones : "Don't, oh don't strangle ors." But the baugman pr0000ded with his duty and Sproule repeated in pitiful accents : "Don't, don't strangle Mia" Thoth were his dying words. Wlnhlet the noose was being'placed in its proper position Rev. Mr. Eraser offered up a brief but fervent prayer for the safe keeping of the son - demand man's seal, and scarcely lmad the final sontonoo of the solemn sup1plioatiou to the Almighty died away, when the hangman shot the bolt, and with a dead, resounding thud, abort Evan Sproule was launched into eternity."