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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1887-9-23, Page 1i Volume 18. COMMUNICATION. Boca ise and.. Slacker:. d'o tho Editor or Tan Yost, Dean Snt,-I addressed a few lines to you two weeks ago, veinal' you were good enough to publish. That letter has boon commented on by people from many and widely different points, showing oonolus- ively that Tns Pose has a very large oir- oulation and is an excellent medium for the diffusion of such useful and timely information es was contained in my let- ter. There is a very confirmed idea in the minds of most people that wholesale shoe manufeoturers area very unsorupul• ous class of people. That they make up all sorts of trash, polish it well and sell it to the innocent and unwary retail mer- chant as iireb•olass goods, so that when a pair of shoes f Dile to wear well it is the manufraturer who is to blame and not the retail tnorahaut. The charitable ex- pression is generally made, "I cannot blame you because you did not make them yourself." There is not the slight. est ground, as far as my experience goes, for auoh a fueling in regard to wholesale shoo menufaetntor • s. I have been oon• nested with the shoo trade, more or loss during the past sixteen years, and nearly every shoo manufaetursrin Canada has either sold or tried to sell mo shoes, and I have never yet found a single one who attempted to doaeive me in regard to the material need in the construction of their •shoes. Indeed, many of the moat respect. able manufacturers do nob wait to be asked for such information, but will, in showing their samples, say that this boot is such a price, but has a ahoddy stiffner, this has a shoddy insole, this one is sowod with cotton thread or this one with silk, and ee on. If anyone gets a pair of shoos that don't wear well they are jnsti• fled in believing that the party who sold them was aware of it; so satisfied am I of this that if any person gote a pair of boots from us, guaranteed to be solid leather, and turns out to be shoddy, we are willing to bind ourselves to return not only every Dent paid for the boots but double the money. It would be very lit- tle use for manufacturers to treat us less candidly, as :being practical shoemakers we would soon detect any fraud, it being our invariable rule to take a pair out of a case and take it to pieces. Drygoods a and others, not in 90 good morahants c maynot be treated so position to judge, P osr 1 o g, fairly, and if this, tmfortnuabely, should be the case, an agitation should be com- menced at onto for the passage of a law compelling manufacturers to stamp on shoes the kind of material they are made of. Although when we remember, as I pointed out m my last letter, that all re- spectable mannfaoturers stamp their names on their solid leather work, the public are not so mach at the mercy of the storekeeper if they will only exercise their judgment. Trusting you will par- don the length of my remarks in the in- terest of the public, I remain, Yours truly, AD= Goon. Brnssele, Sept. 01., '87. Brussels Council. A special meeting of the Village Coun- oil wee held last Monday evening, Coun. Milers Wynn, Braker and Kerr present. Couooillor Wynn was voted to the chair. Moved by W. H. Kerr, seconded by Geo. Broker that the Clerk be instructed to prepare a by-law striking the local rate for the year at 0 mills on the dollar. Carried. The Council then adjourned. Base .Ball. Alnitlaitds vs. Eclgrave. On Tuesday afternoon of this week the return match between the above mention- ed olabs was played at Sunshine, on the farm of Isaac Rogerson. Three of the Maitlands could not be present so their places were filled by Robt. Ross, Robt. Thompson and Geo. Armstrong. (Tho latter was in braining with the married men last week.) Tho Maitlands had the game all their own way, the pitoher and catcher doing their.part like olook work, and the fielders giving, them good sup- port. Only five innings were played. Thos, Ross had one of bus digits injured while filling let base. The following is the score:- st0ru'LA Ona. Rune. Outs. W. Grewar, 0 4 1 J. Stratton, 0 0 T. Rose, 1st 3 N. Gerry, 2nd b 3 2 F. Stratton, 3rd b 3 1 B. R. Thompson, 11 1 8 A. Fitzpatrick, rf i 3 Armstrong, _ �) G. g, 0 f 22 16 n1.Ge nAVn. Rous.. Outs. 0 2 1 1 Barkley, 1St 10 '2 1 :Bowman, 2nd b 1 2 Smith, 8r11 b 0 e Potter, 0 0 0 3 Wood, l f 2 Hendorsee, c f 0 2 4 15 Innings.- 1 2 3 4 5 Brussels, 0 3 2 7 4 --- 22 Bolgtave, 2 0 0 0 2 - 4 H. Moflardy umpired the game in a very matisfaotory manner. R. Armstrong scored. rail :tat �\ Agnew,p Clark, o Smith, a f .... , • 0 BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPT. 23, 1887. Number 11. SOME SUGGESTIVE CREAMILY NOTES. icy Wllllaut Brown, t', 11,, Prorcesor tor Agriculture, During the °lose of the recent severe drouth, in the two first weeks of August, wo tested the butter value of milk stud Cream from nine distinct sources on this farm for comparison with the average re- vived from the patrons of our creamery, whioh is manager!, on the ordinary gath- ering plan, and also in oonnuotion with the vary dry conditions and shortage of pasture. (1) Our creamery patrons are instructed to set milk in cans, 20x8 in- ches, and keep in water not over 60 0 ; skimming is dons by them, and the cream valued by the "Comp 011 Tester," purposely at irregular intervals, and paid for a000rdrngly. Tho standard for 000 pound of butter is one inch on the oream eau, 12 inches in diameter, or 16 gauges or ounces on the oil tester. (2) We took some thirty innings, and portions of milkings, from Short Horn, A. A. Poll, Hereford, Devon, Holstein, Ayrshire, Guernsey, a spayed common Canadian now, and Short Horn grades, on our per. - n all 13 cows. l i t as moment oto plots -in 2 inch test tubae The milk was at in and iced water, at from 40 0 to 45 0 for twenty-four hours, so as to copy ae near- ly as possible the conditions of the cream- ery patrons. (3) It is not contended that condition were exactly alike on an average, nor that our cows under all the variety of circumstances wore alike to the 800 whiolt supplied our creamery, but it is plain that large averages eau be °hooked, and material of this sort gath• Bred year by year for reference and ulti. mato practical guidance. Itis to be re- gretted that our Jerseys and Galloweys have not contributed to this experiment, MS we expect they will do for another in the course of a mouth. (4) The per cent. of oream from all our sources was only 11 on an average, cows being on pasture and getting 31bs. bran per head daily, those on permanent pasture ex- cepted. Classifying these sources, we have a moan of 12 per cent. from the three prominent beefing breeds, named Durham, A..0.. Poll, and Hereford ; from the two heavy milkers, Holstein and Ayr- shire, 7a per oent. ; from the two ac- knowledged butter breeds of the number, Devon and Guernsey, 12* per cent., and per grades 12 ae ut. stream. The aro Y separation n of cream was ver indistinct in the eases of Devon and Ayrshire. The highest per cont. was a mean of 18.8 from the Guernsey, and the lowest 0} from Holetin. The oil tester showed the following quantity of butter fat, namely, ounces per inch of the cream can, 18 being the standard for one pound of butter ; Durham 16* A. A. Poll 17 Hereford 17 Devon .. 11 Holstein 7 Ayrshire 10* Guernsey 17 Spayed grade 15t' Grades on permanent pasture 13* Mean .. 140 (6) Tho mean of 208 tests at the creamery during the same period wae 139•, and for the previous part of the season 14. (7) The first thought upon those facts is the oream lowness of all the make of 86,000 lbs. of butter at our creamery up to 17th August. Tho cattle of the district aro principally Durham grades, with a touoh of Devon, Hereford, Ayrshire and Galloway here and there. But ie it particular breed, or manage- ment, or a tester too high for our con- ditions that loan regulated the 18* in plane of giving 15 gauges a My answer partly to this is the check from the thoroughbred and grade cows of the Col - logo. They have not, as a whole, ever reached the standard of the oil tester, but, excluding the Devon, Holstein anti Ayrshire, they gave 16*, which may show that the area of the cream can has been based upon a different source, or sources or conditions of milk from those of our creamery supply. (8) Another thought is the character of the skimming by pa- rent; a0 tt whole, which may have been deeper than what we did, for of course we took the oream only. Yet, as I have shown, three of the pure breeds gave as low an 07, or actually 40 per cent. less than the creamery. Where then lies the actual cheek 'tie difficult to say. It is proper to note that in Durham, A. A, Poll, Holstein, Guernsey and grades wo have cows not used in any previous test- ing here. (0) Taking the standard of 16 on the oil teeter ae a baso of oomparison, it restate that, irrespective of quantity of milk and of quantity of moan, the three beefing breeds, Durham, A. A. Poll and Hereford, have given ono ounce over the pound ; the grades exactly the pound ; the two heavy milkers, Ayrshire and Holstein, seven ounces under, and the two butter breeds, Devon and Guernsey, two ounces also under this standard for a pound.(10) But,with the quantitytit of cream acded to butter valueby the meth- od adopted, there results this very sug- gestive list : Gusrneey.... 30 per cent, over standard. Grades.... . 14 „ under „ Hereford .... 18 Durham .. 20 „ A. A Poll.. 25 Ayrshire .. , . 66 Devon 70 , Holstein . . 82„ Hondo, if the standard represents 8f* pounds of butter to the hundred pounds of milk,' dm Guornosy would produce 4*, and the Holstein two-thirds of a pound per hundred. , Noir,-Some readers may have to b0 told that an "Oil Tester" is a recent in- vention by which aroam le subjooted to repeated churning and heating, so that in the . course of three houre there is a very dietinot separation of the curd, the whey and the fat or oil ; hence the name "Oil Tester." It has also to bo noted that this almost pore melted fat or oil hi muoli loss in bulk proportionately to ite milk, or to the oream from ilesamo milk under ordinary rising, -as much possibly as would raise the Guernsey from 4i to 0 and the others correspondingly, .b- 4-entarui Newt.. A New cattle dhotiso is reported from Illinois. Famine ie causing groat distress in Asir Minor. Haulm, the oarsman, has arrived at Auckland. Twenty-five Socialists have been arrest- ed at Breslau. Emin Boy has been apprised of Stan- ley's approach. Mark Twain will bo fifty-two years of age in November. Tho Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic railway has reached the Sault. Sam Jones, intends making Washing- ton his permanent abiding place. Charles Diokens,rest novel- ist, will sail for Ason of the great cm Oct. 9. Tho Oswego Board of Trade is taking up the Commercial 'Union question. Prance is reported to bo hard at work on fortifications on the German frontier. The total loss of the San Francisoo wheat oornorera is now put down at about 07,000,000. Art Dillon, in an interview, described the winter's prospect in Ireland in gloomy terms, A, pamphlet issued at St. Petersburg announces the re•orgaeization of the Ni- hilists and their readiness for action. Phil. Armour, the millionaire meat packer of Chicago, has given $400,000 for a mission, school which is.said to be a model of its kind. The British agricultural papers are keeping up the crusade against the Can. adian live stock trade. A humane man in Syracuse has provid- ed a near-sighted ]corse which he owns with a pair of spectacles. There are 3,000 shooting and deer forests in Scotland, which afford oonstant employment to about 0,000 mon. The Independence Lelge says that Prince Napoleon will issue a manifesto in reply o I to that of the Comfit of Paris. J. Tt Brunner, the newly elected member of Parliament for Northwich, has given $6,000 to start an Irish relief fund. Inspector Roughen, of the Kilkenny police, has resigned, as a protests against the conduct of the police at Mitchelis- town. • Sunday night the Chicago polies arrest- ed ninety Socialists at numbers 322 and 295 Clark street, where they were playing bnngloo. A Spanish gunboat on going to estab- lish a coaling station on a Red Sea island found that the English had already taken possession. A collision occurred on the Miclland railway of England near Doncaster, by which twenty perso ns were killed and over 70 injured. Cassey, one of the men who was wound. ed during the melee at Mitohellstown, has died. On Sunday he swore to a de- position identifying the oonetable who him. In a duel Sunday Maurice Bernhardt, son of Sarah Bernhardt, severely wound- ed a journalist named Alexis, who had written artfolos reflecting upon the fan• ons actress. The Leader, of jiollingor, Tex., has been imposed upon so often with canards that it gives liars fair warning not to approaoh within 40 rods of its office on pain of death. A New Yorker advises Americana to ]reap away from Cuba. He is an object of Hatred end contempt, and plenty of men can be hired for a five -dollar bill to put a knife into him. The Chicago Farmers' Review says the weather has continued favorable for the ripening of late planted corn, though rain is badly needed in many sections for tall food and fall plowing and seeding. A correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph sends that journal a letter of about 50 words written with the sediment of throe ounces of Thames water, token from near the Envoi College at Green- wich. Dr. Carver, the rifle champion, broke 100 glass balls in two minutes and fifteen seconds at Cedar Rapids, Ia., on Friday, beating all former records. He also broke 200 hallo in four minutes and for- ty-eight seconds. The printed forms of petition to Gev. ernor Ogles, of Illinois, appealing for a commutation of sentence for the condemn- ed Chicago Anarchists have been gotten out, and are now being forwarded 00 all parts of the country. a mani- festo, Count of Paris has loaned in which he domande hie rights as King of Prance, and oonoludea,-" May all good citizens, whose hopes have been compromised, and whose conscience have been wounded by the present regime, join the laborers of the first hour to prepare a coronion salvation. May they second the efforte of him who will bo King of all and the first servant of Franco." The State of Kansas has adopted the policy of paying a bonus of two cents a pound on nil the sorghum sugar produced in the State. The ro0nit of this has been an unusual degree of interest in sorghum oultivation. The Fort Scott tvorlc0, with the aid ofmodernvacuum pans, is pot- ting good tomtits from tltie cavo, roalieing in its early work 104 pounds of sugar and twelve gallons of syrup to the ton. The State subsidy, therefore, amounted to $2.04 to Ito ton of Bane, Mr. Jardine, of Saltflest, bus plotted over eight tons of hops from his 18 aoro patch. Bush fires north of Owen Sound have done great damage on the Indian penin- sula. A canary that had been the property of R. Turner, Brantford, for over 16 years died last wook. Sixteen tons (82,000 lbs.) of plums were shipped from Thornbury, Grey county, railway station in two days rooently. The Delhi Canning. Company have 125 names on its pay roll. The factory cann- ed 62 tons of corn in five days recently. D. McIntyre, of Dutton, has an apple tree part of which is in full bloom, while the other part is loaded with ripe fruit. Hamilton Assembly, No. 7,847, K. of L. (the barbers' assembly), has withdrawn from the Knights of Labor and dissolved. A Mrs. Richards had her log broken at Parry Sound by the falling of a seat at a Salvation Army meeting at that place. Sir Adolphe Caron, Minister of Militia, has been offered the Lieutenant -Governor- ship of Quebec, and will make known his decision within a few days. The Union School building in Bow. manville wascompletely destroyed b fire oo e tel P Y by fire on Tuesday night.Loss,$15,000 • insur- ed for $10,000. The' fire is supposed to have been incendiary. A guessing contest over the number of shoe pegs in 8 glass jar has just been ooncludod inBrantford. Tho correot number was 13,245. Miss Bertin James guessed 13,222 and,took first prize. Sir Charles Tupper will be accoiitpan- ied on his return by Lady Tapper and Mr. Chipman, his private secretary. Sir Charles, it is understood, will remain in Canada for the remainder of the year. John Barclay, of Guelph township, has the champion egg story. Four young turkeys healthy and lively are trotting around io the yard. They were hatched out by the sun John solemnly declares. The Beach train on the N. & N. W. R'y ran into a flock of sheep three miles from Hamilton last Saturday, didn't kill any but carried a sturdy lamb on the pilot, uninjured, right into Hamilton. The St. Catharines Journal says :- There is a kind of a half petted rat that occasionally appears from its hole in one of the windows of John Nay's grocery and amuses itself by catching and eating flies. r' bin f the Tho peculiarity of the clot o P Y g man found drowned near Oswego loads the Kingston Penitentiary officials to be. lieve that the body is that of Belly, the engineer, and one of the lately escaped convicts. John Hope, of Bow Park Farm, suc- ceeded in taking the following prizes at the St. Paul (Minn.) Exhibition held this wook :-first prize on Shorthorn bull ; fire4t and second on cows, and first on 2 year olds. The Brantford Mendelssohn Society has ohosed the following officers :-John H, Stratford, Honorary President ; Dr. Me- Intyre, President ; Dr. Heath, First Vice. Presideut; E. Sweet, Second Vioo-Presi. dent ; S. F. Passmore, Secretary ; Dr. Hart, Treasurer ; Miss Shannon, Pianist ; Prof, Garrett, Conductor. Jos. R. Guttridge, of Guelph, killed a obioken recently, and found a milk snake about a foot long in its gizzard. The reptile had in all probability been swal- lowed alive, as the head and tail protrud- ed from the digestive apparatus as if try- ing rying to escape from its prison. Joo did not eat chicken for his dinner that day. L. A. Mehlenbaeher, harnessmaker, of Delhi, showed a strap one day this week measuring nine feet Dight inohes, which was out from ono side of leather, the hide being taken from a western steer. He claims this to be the longest strap he over saw cut from one side of leather, and that it is seldom exceeded in longth. Several farmere around Belmont have been swindled to the amount of $7,000 by giving their notes for the Red Lion wheat. It appears they were to have this precious Lion wheat by 1st of Aug- ust, but the clay has Dome and gone and still no Lion is to the fore. Tho class of men who give their notes for wheat want to get rich in a day. Michell Riordan, of Elora, caught a strange bird of gorgeous plumage whioh entered his bedroom through the window. He placed it in a sago from which it escaped before any naturalists bad a chance of examining it. None veho did 900 it were able to classify it, though one gentleman who has travelled extensively declared it wee 0 Mexican oriole, in Priostman vs. Brad0treet, which re- sulted in anon -suit Wednesday evening, Mr. Osler, in the coarse of his cross -ex. amivation of the plaintiff, said :-"Do you know anything about bucket shops; 7" "What's that 2" 2000100 Galt demanded. "Why, that, your Lordship, is a method of gambling by which a man retains his ohuroh membership," was Mr. Oslor's re- ply. The truism was intensely appreci- ated by all in court. Major Wiokstead, whose retirement from the position of ,paymaster of the Governor, -General's Foot Guards appear• ed in tato militia -general orders, is ono of the oldest of0oors in the Canadian militia. Had he remained in the foroe for another month he would, have completed 50 years of service. His first oommiesion was in the Royal Quebec Volunteer Artillery, is elated November, 1857, and was signed by Lord Goeford. The ohooso factory inspeotor was at Springfield factory some two weeks ago, when he took samples of Oho milk brought in by each patron. On examination it was found that soma of the f001110re had skimmed their mills, while alien had mixed it with water. The proportionate value of the patrons milk was made known to them ono day last week, Sonia Wore marl at the inspootor, and some wore ashannoil of their dioltoneely. Over 820,000 will bo expended in Wal. Jarvis has a 19.year-old M.D. latieburg for new buildings this seem. Wm. Kay, of the Chesley Enterprise, Muddy Creek, Prinoo County, P.E.I., has sold out to A. W. Robb. possesses a Frenchman who is the father Sir Adolphe Caron has been offered of 83 obildren. the Lieutenant -Governorship of Quebec. A•colored man named Britton, of Wind. It has been decided to hold the annual sot, has been sent to penitentiary for five rifle matches of the 22nd Batt. at the years for stealing a cow. Woodstock range on Oct. 12. Eighty mon are to be drawn from "A" it in said that the Queboo Legislature and "13" Batteries to form a nucleus for will be called for the dispatch of business "C" Battery at Victoria, B.C. on the first Thnreday in November, thus The jury in the case of Stevenson, retaining to the old and more convenient charged at London with killing Ralph system of autumn sessions. Shaw, a Chatham volunteer, disagreed, Hon, Oliver Mowat has returned home At Odessa the ether day a man named from England. He told a Toronto re. Anderson was assessed $45 damageses forr to ill-using a child of whom he was guard- 00 ono meter that do the argumentris Otto St. Cath- ian. crines Milling. & Lubber Company ap. It is understood ;stood that the Governor- peal, the hearing of which, however, will Gentsl will shortla be asked to al of the not be resumed this year. a vote in St. Thomas on the repeal of Oho Scott Aot. Ales. Dickinson, f.P., of Arkona, The Windsor Connell has passed a by. wants $2,000 from John Livingston, of law giving the Poundmaster a fee of 51 Bosnnqust, on a case against the latter for each oow captured, instead of 30 cents, for defamation of oharaoter. He claims as formerly. that Livingston has repeatedly acensed Upon the 000asion of the next visit of itim of penury. The trouble arose over Bishop Baldwin to Walpole Island be a case before Dickenson and two other will confirm a class of 58 candidates, pre. magistrates in which a man was accused pared by the Rev. J. Jacobs. of stealing money from Livingston and Oshawa was lighted with electricity for disohar e d. thefirst time on Monday nigh t last, and George Bolton of Paisley Block, the Reformer expresses complete sags. Guelph, a young mon said to be of light faction with the light supplied. , mental calibre, aged about 22 years, end It is said that squatters with .tome. a eon of John Dolton, went to look for some stray sheep the other day and has stead rights occupy the lots, on account an injunction against the Red River rail- ins descriptionof which the Dominion Government asks not since appeared. He is ft. 7 in. in is of the follow - of way. height, dark complexion, and of medium According to The Review, Paris wants build, no beard, blaok hair cat short, thin a new hotel, a now market, water power fade, brown overalls and straw hat. now going to waste on the Grand River The great Fair at Toronto closed last utilized and connection with the Canada Friday night at 10 o'clock. The tick of Pa"cifio railway. the turnstiles ceased much earlier in the The Guelph Herald thinks that Rev. evening, with $2,987 to their credit for Solomon Peter Hale can talk longer and the day, and a total of $52,049 for the say less than any other living man, entire Exhibition. This includes the re - judging from his lecture "Time shadows ceipts at the grand stand, and is $11,I52 forth things to Dome." more than the receipts of the Fair of 1886. The G. T. R. have entered appearances The Exhibition of 1887, with this magni- in all the actions for damages brought ficent showing, has been an unqualified against them arising out of the wreck at success, viewed from every point of the St. Thomas on July' 16, and the oases will compass. The receipts by days have been : all go to trial unless a settlement is ar- 1897. 1888. rived at in the meantime. Tuesday 0 414 The Smith's Fails Sohool Board have Weduesday asked for the resignation of both teach- ers, who engaged "m a personal encounter in the school room recently. One of them, however, refuses to meet the views of the Board and the school has been closed for a week. Geo. Brent, of Warwick, is a believer or in ill -luck. He lost 51,600 by the Faw- cett banking -house failure, and received his share of the dividend the day before the suspension of the London Bank, in which he then deposited his share of what was recovered from the Fawcett wreck. While driving a threshing engine over the first bridge north of Embro the other day, George Gordon was surprised by finding himself and the maohine dropped safe and uninjured to the bottom of the river. Aneighbor, who was on the bridge, pulled out the whiffiatree bolt and released the horses, as the bridge was giving way, and they got safely. across. Woodst Ink Reviow :-Geo. D. Heine, of Campbo. ford, died a few days ago from blood poisoning. About ten days pre- vious he went out for a pleasure drive in oompany with his wife and children, and during the trip he stopped and pinked up some hickory nuts, which he broke open with his teeth. He had a cold sore on his lip at the time, which beoamo itchy and gave him some uneasiness, after- wards causing death. The Eganvillo Enterprise says that a cow belonging to a Cobden merchant one day recently ate a bag of provender be. longtug to Wm. Lacey, then proceeded to the stable of her owner and consumed, a bundle of hay loft by a farmer ; not yet being satisfied she broke into a field of oats belonging to Chas. Coulter and devoured six sheaves. She then went down to the lake to wash her supper down. The following morning the cow gave a double quantity of milk. The Guelph Mammy relates the follow- ing experience of Miss Nancy Miller, of Naesagaweya, with an enraged cow. The young lady tent to fetch the slows home to milk, and finding them in a thicket sent a dog in to fetch them out. Tho dog enraged one of them to such an ex- tant that she became frantic and rushed out of the bush just when Mies Miller was standing,' and instead of pursuing the dog rudbed on her, hooking and bruising her in a terrible manner. Had it not been for the young woman's pres- ence of mind in holding on to a otrap which enured a bell about the animal's neck, she would undoubtedly bavo been killed. The Bruce Reporter publishes the fol- lowing letter from Hon. Edward Blake, addressed to the electors of 'West Bruce Gentlemen, -In view of the doubts ex- pressed as to my right to resign 'West Bruoe, pending the West Durham pro- test, I thought it best to waive my own opinion and to defer action. The protest having boon pressed to a conclusion, it is proper to arrange at the earliest moment for the separate representation of each Riding. Throe times I have been honor- ed by a double eteotion. On both the former occasions the general interest seemed to point to my choosing Bruce ; and I gave up Durham. At this time it some for the general interest that I should choose Durham, and I now give up Druce, While thus returning into your hands your high trust, I can only renew the expression of my grateful thanks for your signal mark of esteem ; rand asatire you that I shall own: fool my- self bound to you by the aloeesb ties, and anxious to ptomote your true interests, I indulge the hope that at some future day I may be permitted to express to you in person my sense of yout kindness. Your iaithfttl sorvaht, Iaowann Bums, 'Thursday ,Friday Saturday lire aday Tuesday 791 a 688 2,261 444 8,912 1,08a 8,206 4,071 11.107 0,908 6,882 8,078 19,220 0,180 2,280 4,407 2,087 8.002 052,040 340,897 Showing an increase of $11,150 for the ton days. Business men in Toronto are fully alive tc the faot that it pays to aid in carrying out these gatherings in the most attractive form. North Sydney, N. S., Herald: -'The marriage of Miss Isabella Ferguson, of Jersey, Eng., late nurse in London Hos. pita1, to D. McDonald, of Little Bras d'Or, C. B., which took plaoe here last Friday, was a pleasing sequel of what may bo termed a romantic courtship. As is wolf known here, Mr. McDonald was one of the Nile voyageurs, having been in active service in the Soudan. After the arrival of the voyageurs in London, Col. Kennedy, their commander, wee taken down with the most malignant typo of smallpox, Of the men, McDonald re. =tined and nursed him until death, when he was taken down with the disease himself. Miss Ferguson was the nurse who attended him through his se- vere illness. As usual in such romances an attachment was formed, and before he left they became engaged. After Mo - Donald's arrival home, the ardor of his affection never cooled, but he continued to oorrospond with her, and they intend. od to have been married at Halifax at the residence of his uncle, Hon. Wm. Ross, bat she decided to come to North Sydney, and arrived on Friday morning aocompanied by Donald Ross, of New Zealand, and John Roes, of New Glasgow. In the afternoon they were quietly married at the manse, Sydney Mines, by the Rev. D. McMillan, and left for their residence in Little and d'Or. At the temperance Convention at To. ronto last week Mayor Howland tideland that those who say that more whiskey 10 drunk under the Scott Act than before lie and figures prove it. Taking the con- victions for drunkenness in the counties in which the Scott Aot went into force on May lst he showed that they numbered about 200, while thorn wore 500 convic- tions for the same offence in 1884. This proved there was less drulconuess. The convictions where the Scott Aot was not adopted showed an increase. Irr 1884 there was 22,048 conviotions in these pinoes, while in 1886 there were 23,014. e could not understand the marvellous weakness of men who believe the mis- statements made by the liquor men. Ho had a belief that when ho had less of a thing he had less of it. (Laughter.) He could not see how moa could believe that there was more liquor drunk when the Government returns showed a groat fel• ling off in the oonsnmption. The oon. gumption bio o f boor,wine and spirits in o , p Canada was 35 gallons per head per an. num, the smallest of any country in the World. The people of British Colutnbia consumed 75 gallons more than twice the average for the whole of Canada, be- cause they were a rum -ridden commun- ity. In Ontario the average was 45 gal• lens. In Quebec, which wee largely un- der parish prohibition, it was 81 gallons. In Manitoba and the Northwest it was 25 gallons, the Northwoet being eubject to a prohibitory law. In New Brunswick, were 10 out 18 °buntiee.tad adopted the Scott Aot it was 15 gallons. (Applause.) In Nova Seale, still' Moto largely under the Scott Aot, ft was 1. gallons, and in Prinoo Ildward Island, wholly tinder the Scott Act, it wee little over * of a gallon. (Applause). Wednesday Thursday Y Friday