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Locals—Amont Bros,
Local --Geo, Thomson.
Book logit—Poaz Pub, House.
Don't.growl—Post Bookstore.
Golden Amber Wheat—J, Skinner,
The Garfield House --W. Nightingale
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Grand Trunk Railway Exouraion—W.
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FRIDAY; AUGUST 5, 1887.
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We says
:—The Y
-West bugbear of the anti•oomaier-
cial unionists is the well known
foot that the agricultural interests
of Marne, Vermont, Now Hampshire
and the New England section gene-
rally are anything but prosperous,
and in some localities absolutely
retrograding. This, we are assured,
will he the condition of Canadian
farmers under unrestricted recipro-
city. Was there ever snob rtbso.
lute rot put forth as argumel,t
New England farming is not profit-
able cr progressive, simply because
a very large proportion of the land
there has siways been unfit for
agricultural purposes and much of
the reel has been exhauetod. The
Yankees have grown tired of trying
to wrest a bare Rettig' Gut of the
sterile hillsides, and have been
steadily migrating westward for
generations, those who remain hav•
ing mostly taken to mechanical or
commeroiel pursuits. Nobody pre
tends that commercial union will
make rocky, barren soil productive.
Muskoka and the north shore of
Lake Superior will probably remain
sparely settled long after we get
access to the American markets, be•
pause it is easier tc grow crops on
fertile soil than on roolte and sand.
We make the opponents of C. U, a
present of this argument.
THE Mitchell paper Bays :--
"The town council met on Tuesday
evening and decided to submit a by-law,
at last, to raise $20,000 to be appropriat-
ed in the way of loans to industrial en-
terprises in the town. The by-law is
now being prepared and will be submit-
ted at as early a date as possible.'
Listowel is now talking of a $15,-,.
000 bonus to Hese Bros. to retain
their furniture manufactory and it
will be submitted in the course of a
month probably.
The above is the one side of the
picture, or act No. 1, Here is No. 2,
it speaks for itself :-
-Whitby has not been luoky in its
bonus speculations. The town has given
somewhere in the neighborhood of $110,-
000 to secure the permanenteetablieh-
ment of railway shops, and of an organ
factory, eaoh establishment to employ
fifty hands ; and to -day there is but one
man employed in the railway works,
while the sole occupant of the organ'fac-
tory is a cow."
There may be epecial oases where
bonuses are allowable but they are
the exception to the rule. We
believe, under certain circum etan°es,
in granting remission of taxes in
aiding manufacturers and even this
may often be taken advantage of,
but in nineteen cases out of every
twenty the town granting bonuses
come out the smell end of the horn.
Competition is so keen and there is
so much rivalry between neighbor
ing towns that this bonus system
has been inaugurated but is, we
believe, building up a business on 0
bad foundation. To run a large es-
tablishment a man tvante tact,
push, bueineee ability, and a
clear mind to study the signs of the
times, ss well as a pile of deben-
tures. We have known more
than one instance where a man wall
carrying .on a fairly remunerative
and growing trade and after sem,
ing a bonus he launched out into
deeper water, got beyond hie depth
and wee drowned financially. We
believe this bonus granting sbould
be carefully weighed and the post
counted before the people are heav-
ily taxed for something they will
never derive a cent's worth of bene-
fit from. Mitchell has burned its
fingers before and theyehould make
haste slowly.
Oananian Ne -ver.
War against the buokot.ehope has Som.
m0noed in Montreal
The county Model aebools open on
Tuesday, September 18.
The Canadian cricketers were defeated
by the Sussex gentlemen on Friday and
Saturday,
The manager and the editor of Le
Monde have been arrested on the charge
of libelling M. Mercier.
The Grand Trunk Railway Company
has called for tenders for the erection of
a brink station in Strathroy.
Hamilton hos a somnambulist—a 1
young woman who walks the street in
her night clothes about midnight.
A. petition praying for the repeal of the
Scott Act is now being circulated by the
hotelkeepers of the County of Halton.
The Nicola (B. 0.) mines hitherto own-
ed chieflybycitizens New wWestminster
has been transferred to en English syndi•
oath,
Rev. H. A. Young, Methodist minister
at Sutton Falls, has just been blessed by
an addition to his family of a third set of
twine.
It is announced in Qu'Appelle that the
construction of the Wood Mountain dr
Q''Appelle road will bo proceeded with
immediately.
Since the Scott Aot came into operation
in West Kent, May let, 1886, fines amount-
ing to 85,100 have been imposed, and not.
one ease has been lost on appeal.
In Montreal, by a little activity on the
part of the Water Works Department in
disoovering leaks, the consumption of
water has been reduced one million gal-
lons a day.
A. trapeze performer named William
West fell from a high trapeze in Burk's
show at Belleville, Saturday, and besides
dislocating his shoulder broke one of his
lege in two places.
The Sherbrooke Gazette calla for rivals
to a Plymouth Rook hen egg recently
brought to that office, weighing 4f ounces
and measuring 8h inches in length by 7
inches in circumference.
A. D. Parent, the absconding cashier
of the Hochelaga Bank, who has return-
ed to Montreal, was finally committed to
the Queen's Bench to stand hie trial on
Saturday. He will plead guilty.
The Inspector• of Weights and Measures
at Belleville has seized a number of bushel
measures made by manufacturers of
threshing machines, which were found to
contain from one to two gallons more
than a bushel.
Superintendent Whyte thinks the C. P.
R. Southwestern will have to be extended
this fell to meet the demands of Mani-
toba's crop. It is reported the crop pro.
epects are magnificent. Harvesting is in
fall blast this week,
Mrs. A. B. McKay, of Embro, while
gathering eggs missed her footing and fell
from the hay mow, striking a fork handle
which was standing upright, The wood
entered her body several inches and she
19 in a very critical condition.
The Durham Review says :—In this
part of the country the crops are very
fair, as there has been many tine showers
of rain, and with the exception of a little
rusrt on the straw the fall wheat Drops are
very free from any blight or insect depre-
dations,
John Forest, of Oxford, was driving a
load of hay into the barn, and shoved
along with his pitchfork a pole which
barred his entrance. It fell on the hay,
rolled down and struck Forest's little son,
who was following the load, on the head,
killing him instantly.
The Newcastle Advocate tells of a bull
that was tied to a fence with a rope b are-
ely long enough to allow him to reach the
railroad track that ran near. He made a
rush at a passing train, but, finding him-
self foiled, turned in hie vexation and
kinked out at it with his hind lege. One
of the legs caught under the train, was
run over and out completely off. The bull
died very shortly afterwards.
Lawyer Bennett of Palmerston, has
suddenly disappeared from that place
and a good many people would like to
know where he se. He made a present
to the English Church choir of several
chane, which were not paid for, but
which the furniture merchant kindly re -
donated.
Mrs. Wood, of Bay street North, Ham-
ilton, woke up late on Wednesday, night,
and in trying to go . to sleep again she
yawned. It was such an exteneive yawn
that she dielooated her jaw and couldn't
abut her month. In this condition she
remained until Thursday morning, when,
With wide open -awe, the went to Dr.
Stark'. office. The dootor, with nom°
difficulty got the refractory jaw into
place, and Mrs. Wood went Homo with
closed mouth and light heart.
THE BRUSSELS POST
A Brantford man was recently fined
550 and mete for selling liquor to In- If
diens.
A postal card lies in the Bowmanvllle
postoffice addressed to "the wickedest
man in town," '
11r. Goyette, the Nationalist oandidate,
was elected in Laprairie, Que., on War.
day by a majority of 89.
The Montreal Inland Revenue apart-
ment is at present engaged in raiding re-.
tail toba000 shops for uucancelled tamps.
A green worm has attaoked cabbage at
Kingston, but thus far has not done
much damage. Steps are being taken to
kill the poet.
George Stevens, a hard diameter, was
shot on Wednesday near thenation-
al bridge, on the Canadian Too
murderer was Peter Nettle
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The income of the Canadianthodi t
T
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T year
Missionary Board fo
amounts o about $20,000, $12,000
in excess of the previous year.
Tuesday night the K City
Council decided to pay for damage
the Freeman office sustains a hands
of the mob which pure William
O'Brien.
Gophers are doing considerable dam-
age in some portions oft Northwest
Territories. Mr. Crawford member of
the Northwest Council, at the
municipality of Indian He whit))) of-
fers a bonne for their destruction,in the
mouth of May last paid for 0 tails
at 3 cents per tail.
The press generally throughout the
country expresses great s ion at
the eppeiutment by the Government of
the Rev. Dr. Dewart, editorChris-
Can Guardian,to the Sena Toronto
Univereityin room of t Judge
Cameron. The honor eon on Dr.
Dewart is well merited.
The Winnipeg Call tells party of
Swedes who passed throughpity en
route to Minnesota. They intended
to settle in British territory,t were
dissuaded before they le den by
some unknown person, win) a them
believe that the Candia Government
exacts six years' military a from
every settler.
The Elora Express, g of a
poster printed at the D Times
office, says :—"It was not d on a
lawn mower, being too larg border
looks as though it had been through
the oylinder of a thresh machine."
The Palmerston Telegraph—"Our
cotem. might have added t border
was out from a dilapidatedsidewalk
plank, the tool used being saw.'
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The ArthurEnetrprise says:—Nervous
people might not have rested well on
Monday night had' they been aware that
a`wagon loaded with two and a' half tons
of dynamite was in the village. Such,
however, was the fact: The .explosive
was being conveyed from Hamilton to
some point on the upper lakes, and was
teamed aerose country as the railroads
world not Darr it. The old teamster
rode away on Tuesday morning as uncon-
cerned as if seated on a load of wheat,
He should have been compelled to leave
hie dangerous load outside town over
night.
According to the ,Perth Expositor, Oar.
leton Place now' has twenty-seven busi-
ness places with plateglass fronto, and
fortyeight without (seventy-five), two
foundries, two machine shops,' three
woolen factories. two planing mills, one
roller mill and one ouston grist mill, two
saw mills, three tanneriee, three black-
smith shops, two carriage shops, two
boats liveries, three billiard halls, seven
hotels, three school hones (with 12.
teachers), six churches, two printing,
office;, four doctors, two lawyers, two
telegraph offices, the telephone, and the
electric light.
Last Friday a young man named
Hume, living on hie father's farm, about
four miles from Mount Forest, on the
Owen Sound road, Arthur township, ' bad
an encounter with a hoopsnake. He was
going along the road when he saw the
snake in a ;wail, in an adjoining field,
rolling rapidly toward; him, He die.
mounted and got behind a tree. The
wake came- on over the fence and was
passing the tree when the'young. man
dealt it a blow ,with a club he had pro-
cured. The blow stunned bis snakeehip,
and with a knife Mime quickly dispatch-
ed it. The'reptile measured 5} feet in
length.
A novel law suit, in which D. A. Holme,
of Springville,. N. s., is plaintiff and
Frank A. Robbins, of Robbins' circus, le
defendant, will come before the Nova'
Scotia Courts, Il appears that the cir-
cus billposters for a consideration ob-
tained liberty to post their bills on a barn
adjacent to the road, and as the plaintiff
and his wife were driving by their horee
took fright. Whether it was at the pic-
ture of the Oircaeeian lady or the fat girl
no amount of persuasion would lead the
horse to divulge. Both ocoupante were
thrown from the wagon and the latter
demoliehed. The Suit is brought merely
for the price of the wagon, which was
paid under protest, and a law firm re-
tained to defend the case.
The Harriston Tribune 5aye':—On
Sunday R• Scott, Minto, was standing in
his door watching the thunder storm
pass over. Suddenly a bright forked
flash of lightning came down at his feet
and shot along the' ground into a field
adjoining the house, striking a large cock
of hay, which instantly burst into flames.
Mr. Scott rah down with a fork to put
the fire out, but upon plunging the fork
into the pile he found it. all in ashes, tite
the hay having been burnt in an instant.
Fortunately a heavy rain began to fall,
otherwise the fire would undoubtedly have
been carried to the bath, as a strong wind'
was blowing in that direction, which had
ignited the stubble, and was making
rapid headway towards the building,
Bob gays he was not much alarmed at
the time, but afterwards when he consid.
end how close his call was ho thought it
would be as well to live a good Christian
life so as to bo ready for such emergeuc-
110.
The town of Durham seems to be in a
bad way, Within a week there were six'
outrages there, of a more or less heinous
kind, for which no punishments have yet
been inflicted. One citizen's horse was
hitched up during the night and driven
outrageously ; another had a valuable dog
poisoned; the front windows of a news.
paper office were badly smashed ; the
rifle targets were disfigured and a brush
stolen, and there were two fights more or
less brutal in their oharaoter.
The following officers were elected in
connection with the Canadian Press
Association :—President, J. J. Orabbe,'
St. Marys ; let Vioo.Preeident, A. Pat-
tullo, Woodstock; 2nd Vioe-President,
Rev. Dr. Dewart; Sao.-Treas., W. R.
Olimie,Bowmanville; Aesistent-Seoretary,
J. B. Troyes, Port Hope. Executive
Committee—The retiring President, the
President, Assistant -Secretary and the
following five unofficial members :—John
Cameron, Toronto; H. P. Moore, Acton;
Roy V. Somerville, Dundee ; Henry
Hough, Toronto; 0. Blackett Robinson,
Toronto.
A disastrous railway accident occurred
on the C.P.R., eight miles welt of Hawk
Lake, near Rat Portage, at a point known
as Summit. The trestle had been filled
in, but the embankment washed into the
lake, parrying with it about twenty yards
of track. Through thio opening a heev
Cy laden freight train was precipitated
into the lake. The engine wan complet-
ely sunk in the water, and seven ears al-
together were covered np. Several' hors-
es belonging to Wm. McKenzie were M -
ed. Prof. Tanner was on board the
train. There were no fatal casualties, al.
though two railway employees received
painful injuries.
The month of July which has just ter-
minated is undoubtedly entitled to the
largest kind of a cake for the variety and
general "cuseednese" of the weather
which it has produced. Taken all over
the continent, it has excelled in rainfall,
in humidity, in heat, in thunder and.
lightning, and in wind, and the amoflnt
of damage, death and discomfort that 'it
has achieved beats the record. Ito phis -
Mal consequences have been deplorable,
but its moral responsibility be fearful to
contemplate. Tho bad temper, bad lang-
uage, bed behavior, and goingto the bad
in various ways which has been paused
by the month of July which bas, just
ended its mad and reckless career are be-
yond computation ; but in the great re•
cord some extenuation for poor human.
ity should be get, down to the account of
the weather. Let us hope that August
will be kinder to tis.
While boring, a well on Amherst Island
on Friday gas was discovered at a depth
of thirty feet. The drill was removed
and a match applied, when flames shot
np and a pail of water placed eve r them.
The water soon began to he wat-
er at the bottom bubbles ow-
ing to the gas forcing its way through.'.
The well is attracting much atter
tion. It
is donated about the. middl island.
Lambton County Connell has granted
4,289.99 to be used in the enforcement
of the Scott Apt, The East Riding gets
5660.66, and the Woet Riding $588,83.
On Sunday a painful accident happen.
ed to lames Oaloutt, of Port I3'ope, who,
while eating berries, was stung ou his
tongue. He suffered considerably, but
the swelling was.roduoed by tbo applica-
tion of Olay, raw onion and bitting.
S. B. Morris, Reeve of Aldborough, is
slowly reeovering from the effects of the
regent railway occident at Galt. When
the coach was thrown down the embank-
ment and turned bottom side up, he was
thrown against the chandelier, breaking
hie ribs and fracturing the cartilage on
his rigflt side.
Mre. Robbins, wife of Col. G. C. Rob-
bins, the well-known assayer and mining
engineer,00mmitted suioido Monday et
den o e Amhoretbur
her rest o , below 5, by
shooting herself with a small pistol. She
had been troubled with softening of the
brain for some time. , Col. Robbins ie at
present in Eureka, Nev., looking after
mininginterests, and her eon Frank only
left for California last week.
The Banff Coal Mining Co, are now
running full blast. They aro shipping
to San Francisco and the Pacific coast
and have arranged to store 10,000 tons at
Winnipeg. The coal is found above rail-
road level, is the best anthracite and is
giving general satisfaction, The Can-
adian Pacific will bo large consumers
and the Company are now arranging
with the British Government to supply
the vessels on the Pacific station. In
these mines 200 men are at work, and
half a million dollars invested.
The gopher plague is looming up as one
of the standing drawbacks to agriculture
in the Northwest. In the Qu'Appelle
district they appear to be peculiarly por-
nioious in their operations. Last spring,
according to the Qu'Appelle Progress, the
farmers took the precaution to kill them
off in various ways before the arrival of
the breeding season, but it alleges that
they are now as numerous as ever. Most
of the fields of grain in that vicinity, up
to a few weeks ago, it alleges, seemed to
be quite free from the pests, but about
that time they came in from the vacant
lands in thousands. One man had an ex-
ceptionally good field of barley of about
one hundred agree, and the gophers were
scarcely noticeable in it at first, but a
little over two weeks ago they began out -
ting it down. He immediately set men
to work to kill them, and since then over
• thousand were killed in that one field,
and the work of destruction is still going
on. The Progreso tbinke that the Do-
minion Government will have to 00me to
the roam, and supply the means for the
suppression of the plagno. The munici-
palities, it says, are unable to Dope with
it. The Indian Head Council expended
nearly $2,000 thie spring to suppress the
gophers, and yet it would take f ally $8,000
more at the present time to rid the munic-
ipality of them. When they quit paying
for the destruction of the gophers there
were apparently very few left, but now
they are as numerous as ever. Experi-
ence teaches that the work of destruction
must go on all summer. An incessant
warfare most be waged upon them to ac-
complish their extinction. .
DON'T
GROWL
—EVEN IF—
This Is August !
You have noticed that it is hot
and that people growl a good
deal about it. You also know
that Rural Schools open on the
15th inst., and all kinds of
School
Books !
will be required.
There may be had at Trno Posr
Bookstore
Books, Slates,
Copy Books,
Ink, Pencils,
Scribblers, &c.
Special Value in
Express Wagons and Handy
Baskets.
—CALL AT—
The Post Bookstore,
Keep as Cool as possible. Treas.
es Cabbage Leaf in
Your Hat.
AUGUST J, 1867,
RIM
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
GrauU Exoiirsiou to Goer!dll 1
A. Grand Stuiday School Excursion and Pic-nic will be run to
Godorioh, on
TUESDAY, AN. 16, 1887.
by Special Train at Low Rates. Everybody should go.
6 HOUbS .AT TH H; LAK.
THE TRAIN WILL START FROM
LISTOWEL, 7:10 son. Return fare 80c. BLUEVALE, 8:85 a.m. Return fare 65o.
ATT WOOD, 7:80 " " 90 WIBGHAM, 8:85 " 65
HENFRYN, 7:42 " 85 BELGRAVE,9:00 ' 55
ETHEL, 7:55 " " 85 BLYTH, 9:20 n 50
BEUSSIELS, 8:10 " 70 LON'BORO', 9:80 " " 45
Children of I2 years and under ONE HA LP of above fares.
Train will arrive at Goderieh at 10:40 a.m., and ' returning will
Leave Goderich at 6:30 p.m.
This is expected to be the Greatest Gathering of Sabbath School
Scholars, Teachers, Parents, and Friends ever ass ambled on the
shores of Lake Huron.
The train will run right through thus doing away with changing
cars at Wingham and Clinton.
The Committee of Management will have Handbills distributed in
a few days giving names of Speakers tor the Platform Meeting in
the Grove during the Afternoon, and other portions of Program for
the day.
sansnmszermarror
SECRETARY OF COMMITTEE..
THE GOLDEN AMBER
. Farmers, grow the Golden Amber, it is the
largest seed, is more free from rust and is consid-
ered the BEST bald wheat in cultivation. The
heads are long and close and set with a remark-
ably good straw.
—o --
See what Mr. Hope, of Bow Park Farm, says :.
—DEAR Snis. To your inquiry I would say we
have grown the Golden ,Amber on Bow Park farm
for the past three years, starting with a few
pounds. We find the wheat to be exceptionally
,hardy and free from rust. It has by far the finest
head I ever saw, besides it will yield more per
acre, by far, than any variety grown by us.
(Signed) J. HOPE,
Manager.
We have had this wheat on trial in different parts
and it without a doubt that by the testimonials
sent to us, which can be given to any that may
be sceptical, that it is the
BEST WHEAT IN CULTIVATION.
List of Seeds Kept :
The Golden Amber, Star of India,
Scott, IDemocrat,.Manchester,
and Mummy Pea.
All Finds of Permanent GRASSES for Sale.
Send for Circulars and Price List to the
ATLANTIC SEED HOUSE AND NURSERY,
MITCHELL, • ONT.
JG SICINITER, Proprietor.
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