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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-07-04, Page 1JUNE 27, 1879. 777 777 E.-..RYBODY LD N Qw I HA.N;E DECIDED To My DOLLARS WORTH OF A D SUMMER . Boys, comprisina tiaa thapes. for old aura young, (ow AND JULY 15111. this Buyers will be Om will be named on all ottr e'lethina) that will bring !Want of HUSJTTS al011 that the Three Smits e to purchase. It is a DE DETERMINATION u sell out this Depart- DOUGALL & ca, ATTRACTION N THE- Y DEPARTMENT EXPRESS 1?tPES„ FLOWERS, NE.NN FEATHERS q SUNSHADES [from 5 HATS. 40 cents. kEvery them. OUGALL & 00. L BARGAINS. Skirt e at 35 cents, war* • e. white and colored berth 75 cents. ,llese at 7 cents, wortlt 7es at 25 cents, t ertlt ceuta grel Better Tralto ,r money than at OUCALL & Geg'S rice paid for No. 1 Butter iu Tubs, AillifOlansommoimmem - - TWELFTH YkaAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 6 4. 1 SEAFORT.H FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1879. McDEAN BROS., Publisheria $1.50 a -Year, in. Advance. 0E1. BEAL ESTATE FOR SALE. -A LECTURE ON DAIRYII\TG laPBOPERTY FORSALE.-:-For Sale, that con- .11- verdant and. desirable residence on the orner . of aligh and Market Streete, lately ococaii,ed by pr. Vereoe. Apply to DR. YERCOE, , 488 _ rOR SALE. -For Sale a first elites Phtning Millnearlynew and in good running order, lagged na the flourishing Towu of Seaforth, Will be soId cheap, Tertus easy. Enquire of grow, o0S9Ea.;S & CO., Goderioh, Ont. _ 'COB SALF.--For Sale, part ef Lot 17, Concea- l' efee a, Hay, containing 25 acres, 4 of whieh sraelearedand fenced. The balance is well tim- bered, of wake's considerable portion is eedar 692x4 P. 0. -- ray/ OD TOWN PRQTZWPY FOR SALE, !pi: PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. -Let 17, on the Ilth concession, McKillop ; price $40 per we; hoildirig tote in different parts of the tweet Seafortlx; pcirehasers nazi milka thei own terms of payment, at, 8 per cent. interest.:i5j9A1S. BEATTIE. - VOICE FAPt FOR SALE -Being Lot 4, ki on; 7,1fullett, County of Huron; 100 acres; 20•elbared, weIi unclerdrahma, and in a good state of cultivation ; buildings convenient and good; terms easy. For further !particulars apPly" to McCIUGITEY &IIOLMESTED, Seaforth, or on the premises to WM. E. COLDWELIa Con- • 555 stance P. O. 1-7:AL-UAB-LE- FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, II. R. S., Tackersmith, County of Huron, consisting of 50 acres, 31 miles front the Town of Seaforth, and convenient to school. The land is of the very best quality. For further partieulaxs apply to saes PICKARD, opposite the premises, or to agmondrille P. 0. 521 rAEMFOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot8, concehsion J. 7, Haatt, conteiniug 50 acres, 46 of- Whieh are cleared, the balance hardwood. A good bear- ing orchard, frame house, barns and sheds; plenty of water, and en a good graireI roaa leading to markets. Within half a mile of the village of Milburn. Will be sold cheanapply ou the pi emises or to A. STRONG,'Land agent, Seaforth. 59'7x8 - -Vali AND TOWN fROPER rY FOR SALE, • CECEA.P.-Lot No, 24, Con. 9, 1.1tKillop, 100 acres; north half Lot 60, Con. 9, McKillop, 50 Acres; north half uf north half Lot 31, Con. 9, McKillop, 25 tyres ; resideace occupied by Mr. lialcohnson on Goutalock Survey, beaforth ; building lots cm Ja.rvis' and F. G. Sperling's !Sur- veys. Apply' to GRIY, YiUNG & STARLING, elorlidne. Apply to JOSEPH RIFE, Hills Green Seaforth. 695 _ ram soa SALE. -Being Lot 19, Concession 9„Towns1dp of Stanley, containing 100 acres, of which 80 acres are cleared, well drained, and Wing 'excellent fences ; the remainder is good hardwood bush; there is a good brick house, geed. barn, stable an& outhouses; . never -failing. well and good orchard ; is within 3 miles of Lhe village of Varela and convenient to other markets.37M. I. KEYS, Verna P. O. 60 _ ✓ AIIM FOR SALE. -For Sale, the west part of • Lot No. 1, Con. 17, Grey, containing 50 oozes , goof which are cleared, well feneed, and m a state. of good cultivation. There is a good frame hbuse, good orchard and pleaty of water"' It is on the gravel road leading to Bruasels and Sen.fortlit and .adjoins a church and sehool. It is also within ball angle of the Village of Walton. Apply ou the premises or to \Valtou Post Office. maanrsEe. }MIME. • , FIRM FOR SALE. --That well-known and fine- ' ly situated farm, Lcit 1, Con. 1, Hallett, in the County of Huron, containing 100 acres, 90 of whieh are delved ; there are two Immo dwelling houses, barn, tense stable, cow stable; sheep -house and driving house ; also orehard and abundance of water. The farm is situated two miles from the Town- of Seafurtli, ou the Huron Road. For full 1 particulars apply to aileCAUGCTRY & HOTATE„ 8TED, Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG, prelude- . tra, on the premises. _ 5594x Some Points of Interest in this Section • Prof. L. B. Arnold, of Rochester, N Y., has been visiting the Oxford dairy region, havina been. enaaged by the flDairymen's Association o? Western On tario to take a sort of missionary tour among the factories: His plan has been to spend two or three days in a place, giving the makers practical in- struction in the best methods of -cheese- making, and also lecturing to meetings of patrons. As a sample of. his dairy - teaching, we give the following report furnished by the Woodstock Sentinel - Review, from notes taken on the occa- sion of one of those ledtures delivered at the factory of the East Zorra and Blandford Cheese Company, on the evening of the 206h May. Oe risinebhe said he had no prepared speech, but would gladly talk to them for an hour on any Subject connected • with dairying which they would . suggest. . The chairman proposed that he speak more particularly to • those who fed and milked. the cows. He therefore went On to remark that farming 'WAS a business that merchant princes and rich men frequently engag- ed in for pleasure, or to. gratify some 'fancy idea. But with the most of us it was very different; we could not af-: ford to farm for the mere fun of it. Our living was depending on it, and., therefore, we a ere compelled through 1, necessity to m ke it almost purely a Matter of dollars and cents. The ques- tion, therefore suggested itself: flow can we best clo it in order to make it a paying busin4s ? Prices had gone dowo of late loyeer than he had .known for many years and most likely it would be some time before we could- expect a return to old figures. The present de- pression, with the enormous increase of production, ha4 brought about the pres- ent state of hijigs,anc1 it was impossi- ble to say what the future might de- velop. He said he recollected when it was thought that Herkimer county- was about the .onlyl place in the United States where cheese could be made to advantage, anal the time was when it was thought that really good butter could hardly bel made outside of Orange comity. But that do we see now? - Instead of CaPada taking from - the • United States Lbout $200,000 worth of cheese in a year, it had become a very large exporting country ;- and instead of Orange county holding its very high position for butter, it is being fairly beaten by the Western States, a part of the country where it was thought dairy- iug never could succeed. So that with this keen competition the question forces itself upon us, bow are we to suc- ceed in dairying and at the -same time make a profit? We prabably cannot do better than take a hason from some other parts.of the a arid. In Holland the dairy business ie. largely carried on, where land costs fr m $500 to $1,000 • per acre, with cows that cost from $100 to $300 eaeh, being at the same time very highly taxed. to pay for the enor- mous cost of reclaiming this valuable land froin sea, bottom, and to keep ib from being overflowed by pumping the ;water from its canals back into the sea. The Hollanders on this land and with those cows are making cheese and com- peting with us in the English market. How do they do it? Of course their landis better, but not• se much better as the difference in price; and their cows are better, they have been bred for centuries -with a view to milk, and they -feed them better, and make better cheese than we have hitherto done. Their cheese is what is called. the : Edam, and is remarkable for its long keeping qualities. They•are made round and hard, and would probably keep for seven years if required. They are also rich and fine flavored, and sell for a higher price than ours., Although -we cannot do as these people do, we can approach them to some extent, It is in qui own power to, improve the quality Of our cheese, which no doubt will be done, as necessity demands it. Cheese malcersinust become very proficient in their business, and dairymen will see it to be their duty to furnish good milk. This cannot be done from poor cows, and I am sorry to see .'so mahy poor cows a.s there are this spring. : Many of them aie wickedly poor, and this is no doubt one reason why it has takenso Much milk the past April to make a pouu1 of cheese, in no case that I have heard of taking less than 11- pounds, and in se:b me cases more, while I have made good spring cheese from ten pounds. It may also be a reason why you are not selling as high as in New York State, for the cows there are fat- ter than witha you. A poor cow will neither give quantity nor quality. She must first attend to her own body, and if you do not furnish her with sufficient quantity of good and nourishing food to keep it in good condition, she will use ' the best of it in supplying her own sys- tem and thereby rob the milk of those fine flavors, so necessary in producing the finest quality of cheese. If you do not keep her comfortably warm she will take the oils from the milk, and bum it in her own system in order to produce heat, and the result will be in- sipid, low flavored goods. If you waut ' high prices, you must have good cheese, and in order to have good cheese, you must furnish good milk, and in order to , have good milk you must have good ; cows; a ell fed and well kept. You must also attend to the minute, the little things, with great care and clean- liness. . He knew a man who had experiment- ed by taking five of his poorest cows,*and five of his best, and kept an account of the cost and returns from each lot; the five poorest failed to cover the cost of keep by $5, while the Jive •best paid • their keep and $5 over, which made $10 i lifference per head between the 1 ts. ; There is never a profit with poor,co e •, 1 , - i i they may enable a man to sell his ro- 1 duce at a low price, that is all, w ile ' he good will pay a good price for the 1 food and leave a profit besides: Harry Lewis, one of the mostsuceessful dairy- men that he was acquainted with says that there is only one-third of the cows that thus pays a profit. Our poor cows give 3,000 pounds of milk in ia season. Our good if well fed will give 6,000, while the Hollanders will take from theirs 10,000. They convert ' one-half of the food into milk, we only about one-fifth. The most of us fail; to some extent, in almost every particular. You shoeld not only go to work and improve your herd, by crossing with milking breeds, but feed with food that will make milk. Grass is the best: Of the oils iu the milk, that which is made from grass contains 60 per cent. of what is called yellow fats, which give to but- ter that rich aromatic flavor so mueh ' valued, while 40 per cent. is pale and insipid. But when thegrass is allowed to become too ripe before it is cut, this is reversed, and there is 60 per cent. of the poor and insipid oil. This ac- counts for our white and poor butter in winter. If clover is cut when just com- ing in blossom and well cured, it makes better butter and, better cheese than when fed green. Another evil connect- ed with hay that is too ripe is, that COWS cannot digest it in sufficient quantities to maintain a healthy con- dition ' We should not expect milk from c,ows, except we give them food that they can digest and make- inte Aucther necessity in order to pro- duce ood milk is, tha the cows should be su lied with pure water and pure he offensive smell of stables, and rotting carcases, all tend to destroy the flavort and quality of the milk, and if the Milk is drawn in the stable, it should be taken immediately out to pure 'air. Then, again, great care should be taken with pails and cans.i - Any one will understand how rapidly a small quantity of yeast will work a change in a mass of dough. Well, a similarly rapid change takes place in 'milk if eff,ns and pails are not properly cleansed!' Hot water will not _do. It must he at the boiling point in order to destrOy the Germs of this fungus. The gum or sugar of milk that will be -found about the seams of all badly washed cans contains these germs iu abund- ance, and a few of them being liberated in thewarm milk will rapidly send it *rst with cold. water, and then to despuction. He thought it best to wash scald ft with boiling, turning them up to drip instead of using a cloth to dry. In fact, no cloths should be used about s it was alnaost impossible to keep tenarclean. How many are thus partic lar .about cans and pails? Is there ny one? Do not cans frequently stand till noon unwashed, sometimes till u ght, and sometimes all night ?- Then cansare often patched and mend- edin such a way as to make it almost imposeible to clean them properly. These things should be attended to if the best result§ are to be obtained. He 1- thought nothing could be better to ad- vance our interests than such meetings. If daiijyinen weuld meet frequently and comp re notes, and see what another was cl ing, some would get their eyes open, tnd be stimulated to more suc- cessful effort. He here illustrated the importance of giving great attention to the business by telling the story of two dandies, Joe and Jim. "Jim," says Joe, " liow is it that you always get your necktie so very nicely fixed?" "I'll tell you how it is, Joe, I give my/whole mind to it." So should dairymen .give their Mind to their business, think about it and study it. - PR°21VT0EAItTFa_r Sale, 1'0!141,r:;.4e.ofo9, n. ,' • with cheese atetoty complete; Lot . 11, Co. 6, - and south half of Lots 16 and 17, Con, 5, town- ship of Morris; Lot 22, Con. 13, and Lot 28, pou. B, township of Etoaaek, all good improved farms, together with several 50 acre farms in Grey and Morris, and houses aad lots and vacant 1o.6 in thvillaae af Biusgul • `. and title good. Apply to JOHN LECKIE,. rusI- sets. 74 FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, that most &sir- " able farm'being Lot 1, Con. 6, in the Own - ship of Hullett, situated 1 miles from Kinburn. and 6 miles front Seaforth. There axe excellent buildings ou the premises, including a first-elass 84na hum, two storey, 30 by 40 feet. A spring axed runs through the farm; good orchard, good ance, and the land in an excellent state of . cul- tivation, Apply on the premises to JAMES Mc- • MIAEL, or to MR. JAMES H. BENSON, Sea - teat. 562 ✓ ali FOR SALE. -For sale Lot 17, comes ion 8, Stanley-, 100 acres, SO cleared, well le ced Winu good state of cultivation, the balatiee well timbered with maple. Frame house ilarn sad sheds. Firt• acres of good bearing orebard, and two never failing wells. , Is on a good gravel road within 2 tiles of Varna:6 miles from Brime- aid station, G •eat WesternItailway, aud 12 miles from Seatorth and C.illt013. For further pa rOeu- I ars apply to the propiietor on the preraises,or to Varna P. O. JOHN REDMOND. 598 WARM FOR 621.1,E.-1for Sale, West hall of Lot 31, Concession 1•2, McKillop, cantaii ing 50 acres, 40 of which are cleared, well fenced and in excellent ccntlitiou ; a good log house, alto young orchard commencing to bear and Rim mi- . sp endul au ter ; isvjtiiju halt a mile 61 rad gravel road, and is convenient to churches, School audpcst oflice; is within miles from Sea- r% and an equal distance from Brussels. A ply, to t110 proprietor on the premises, or to Lettlury P.0: ISAAC GRAILA.M. 603- VARM FOR SALE. --For Sale, Lot 26, COI 2, -Turkersmith, containing 100 acres of excellent loral, Bloat 7e of which are cleated and a conid d - !able part of it well underdrainea ; the balallan 18 goad btu dwood bush ; fxaune house, 'Came barn, oral. stable; au orchard, good well; Convenient to schools, ehurt•Les &e. Is Situated about. 6 Miles foam Seafetth ant\ 1 mile from Brucelleld station, ono good gravel road. For fuither particulars 1,PPIY to tha proprietor on the premisea, or if by atter to &netted P. 0 THOM:13 MU.N110, . talcarsaaue 41 RM FOR_SALE.-For Salo, Lot 2, Core! 11, a IL 11.3, coutainiug 100 acres, 89 (-leered eati a State of eultivation, the balemec Rag good hardwood bush ; log house, with stout cellar under, anti a ell ' ; frame barn SG*, wilh stone stabling undereeath ; gpod tcarieg orehara and 3 good wells; eonvenient to ;tut* school and pt st lance ; situated miles • , • m Settfotth ana 5 from Ilein;a11, on a good grav4 roail. For further particulars apply to the .! rop;iutor en the premises, or if lit letter to • Wse urst P. 0. JOHN STET' LE. (103-4x ! - Vaal FOR SALE. --South half of Lot 20, Cu. " 0, Morris, Camay of Hrtron, containing 1.00 acres eleared. balance hardwood ; 100 clear td stumps and underdrained ; Soil batik barti -alma), nearly newa , nd other 94oLoYtbuluotaininlgs; !lama fan wheat ; geed bearing orchard; ba ' log house, -with new frame , Lidaition ; 2 w, ; well fenced. The above farm °only two rtul from, Brussels, on gotid gravel " t°84„a,!; t3ellnol bane on the lot. For farther par- aI b___ --ears apply ou the premises, or to C. R. Cooper, 1 et"filers,Tlinsts%-(1); v}:(()).13ERT BROADFOOT, Propri- 586 _ pinIN MeKI LLO I' Fult SALE.-Ftir Sale, kl1H-op,theXtartitiiir of Lots 8 anti 9. ;Am. 13, Mc- entit'iti112 acre4; there are about 80 tle'trod, well feared, underarainca1, and in a hih g Mate of outdrawn the e isImIgnewell timbered ,o::11baiin *6 hindraw7a; gc:aa aa,aliea, 11,w bank frame 7, with stalu ling nderneath, and other g!.• also a good young orehard and t-011, and 12 from Seaforth, with, "trod gravel atY of water. Is 10 miles from Brussels, 5 fr6t • s 10 eat+ plaee; eouvenient to eltureh and MD°„1;1011 •i; will be sold as a whole or in two parts, „71-11 b4xchaoged for a small farm. Apply to • 0. or to the proprietor on the Premises. laill11 DYNES. 593 b • The Beet Sugar Industry. A writer in the Springfield Republi- can gives some information. on the cul- ture of beets for sugar. He says: - "16 seems to be the impression that there is Some peculiarity.in the taste or ap- pearance of beet sugar that renders it • unpopular for consumption. So far is this from being the case that when properly, refined it cannot be dis- tinguished from the best cane sugar. The two are identical in taste, appear- ance and chemical constitution. Most of the operations .of manufacture are identical, but greater skill is requiredin bringing the juice of the beet to the _point of crystallization, owing to ethe smaller relative amount of .sugar that it contains, over eighty per centum of the beet being water. In France the average yield of the sugar is seven per centum, in Germany eight to nine per centum and in Russia nine to ten per centum. The beet calledpar excel- lence "sugar" is the white rSilesian variety. It is largest just below the surface of the ground, maintains its size for some ways and then tapers oft suddenly to a point. The be.st single beets do not weigh over thrat to five pounds. Soil suitable for -wheat is suit. - able for beets. It should be deele rich, loose and permeable. Sandy -g ound is good, calcareous better. It should possess natural drainage, ancl should not be liable to suffer from rought, although dry weather is dem nded the latter stages of growth. Jarnyard manure is better thau any other kind. Deep plowing is of the greatest impor- tance, that the roots may not rise above the earth. Early sowing is ina'perative, and the more rain about that time the better: The seed can be sown by drill, but the subsequent thinning, weeding and digging must be by hand. The erep must be harvested before there are heavy frosts, though it will bear from twenty-two to twenty-four degrees. Af- ter gathering, the best way to preserve the beets till they can be used at the to keep them continually frozen; freezing also facilitates the extraction of sugar. Considered by the acre, will it pay to raise beets for sugar? It is now clainied that there is no doubt that the cost will not exceed three dollars a ton, this assumption being based in part upon" the expectation that at least twenty tons can be raised per acre -an eXpectation that has been justified by recent success in Maine. With a guaranty of five dollars a ton, there would then be a cash profit of forty dol- lars an acre." Mr. Gennert writes to the Boston Cultivator as follows*: If any person doubts the fact that the beet sugar industry is now attract- ing the greatest interest in America, he will certainly be convinced of his mis- take when he counts up the number of joint-stock compan4 s which have been organized for the from beets during Six or more -have s tun of sugar e last six months. ring into life, or at least into existence without life,. in Canada; two, which have shown some signs ef life, in Delaware, and at least six more of various *les on the At- lantic coast. Besithese, there is some agitation of.tte subject in Oregon, Washington Territory, and in Colorado. -In the latter section it has been found that the grasshoppers and potato bugs utterly refuse to touch beet leaves or roots, and that grasshoppers would rather, if everything else is devoured, exist on broom -handles and pitch- forks. In Utah anaembryo beet sugar establishnaentlas eitsrung into life, un- derap the fosteTing care of the "Latter- day Saints." It hgiven inc great pleasure tor s ptily Me worthy successor of. Brigham YourV. President John Taylor, with the gd`nuine Imperial sugar beet seed. 11 have entered into an ar- rangement to have. samples of the beets raised from this Wed shipped system- atically from time to time to me for analysis. • Canada. e.Lady Macdonald. sails for Eugland with Sir Charles and Lady Tupper. -Rimer, the Tcronto forger, has been recaptured, and i in jail at Thun- der Bay. -The Canada Temperance Act has been caaried by a large •thajority in Kings county, New Brunswick. -Mr. Peter Mahon, of Paslinch, has been appoiuted foreman of the farm and live stock department of the Model Farm. -A little boy, son of Mr. Goldie, Peterboro, slipped off a log in the Oton- abee River a few days ago and was drowned. -The Canadian Literary Institute, Woodstock, closed for the summer va- cation on Friday. The fall term begins on September 2nd. -Rev. Mr. McDonagh, who has for the past three years ably filled the Meth4dist pulpit in Paris, has been transferred to Kincardine. - A large consignment of herrings from Lake Huron, at the Hamilton •market, was condemned by the health officer, and ordered to be destroyed. -Mr. John Drummond, taxidermist, Ailsa Craig, has sent a case of stuffed "humming" birds home to Scotland. There are no "Hamming" Birds in Scotland. , -The rapid spread of "black knot" on plum orchards in Middlesex is very much deprecated. Trees that in spring did not show a sign of the disease are now covered. - The largest shipment of strawber- ries made in one day, this seaeon, was from Oakville, on Monday last -45,000 quarts weighing over 33 tons, besides large shipments by boat. *-Mr. Patrick Hennessy, of Hamil- teat, has received an order from Mr. Langmuir, Inspector of Prisons, for iron bedsteads, leg shackles, handcuffs and* batons, for the prisons of Parry Sound, Muskoka, Manitoulin Island, Grand Manitoulin Island, and Barrie. -Councillor Lang, of Minto, had rather an unpleasant encounter with e insect familiarly known as the "busy bee" the other day. He was hiveing a swarm, when the little bees became mad, and. the day following Mr. Lang could not see straight, and he looked as if he was getting fleshy about the face. -A man from Caledonia named :Booth was before the Hamilton Police the other day, charged with unmerciful driving, by which he killed a valuable horse. He was fined for cruelty to animals, for using profane language, and for furious driving. He now realirs that he is out of pocket about $1,500. 1 -The County -Council some time ago made a grant of $200 towards assisting the people of Harriston itt building a High School. The Govern- ment Lispector lately visited the place and disapproved of the location, and so reported to the Minister of Education. Unless the people take active and im- mediate action the project is likely to fall through. -A. Toronto lady accidentally drop- ped her purse 'containing $126. The geiktleman who found and returned it with the cc:intents intact, received "thank you" for reward, and the cab driver, who placed himself within the range of the law for immoderate driv- ing,to catch up to the lady, did not even get that much, and feels annoyed at the parsimony of some people. -A company of Strathroy sports- men have imported fronalialy upwards of 100 quails. Fifty pairs were order- ed, but a few died on the way out. They have been turned loose on sev- eral faxnas in the vicinity of Strathroy, where they are expected to multiply and increase indefinitely. They are an excellent game bird, and when scatter- ed lie well to the og's point, and if they thrive well here will be a grand acquisition to the 'game birds of America. -Some thirteen farmers have been epgaged by the Government for the pur- pose ofinstructing the Indians of North- west in farming. They will be 'princi- pally settled on the Indian reserves in the North Saskatchewan, but cannot of course hold any of this land in their own right. They are not engaged. for any specific tirae, but it is expected that their employment will continue from three to five years. They are paid $730 per annum and are furnished with all the stock and farming imple- ments they require, as also provisions for one year. After that they are sup- posed to make the farms self-sustaining, and the surplus produce will be for their benefit. -A by-law grantina"a bonus of $60, 000 to the St. Mary's, Credit Valley and Huron Railway was passed in the town- ship of West Zorra on Saturday by a majority of 30. -A farmer of Point Rouge, named Brosseau, ninety-two years of age, re- cently tramped for a wager • from his home to Quebec, a distance of twenty- seven miles, in one day. -Hancock, the publisher of the Montreal defunct libellous sheet, the City Life, has been committed for trial Proceedings against some of the writ- ers are also to be taken. -Mr. A. McCallum, Inspector of the Hamilton Public Schools, died on Sat- urday last. His death is the cause of much regret in the city, as he was one of the most useful and esteemed citi- zens. -Mr. John Stiles, one of Middlesex's oldest settlers'died on Sunday last in London township, aged 81 years. He unable to 'succour him- exclaiming, "Boys, I'm gone." Deceased was about 25 years of age, and was highly esteem- ed by his many acquaintances there. -Mr. Patterson, of Paris, on his re- turn from Manitoba a few days ago, breught with him a few samples of Early Rose Potatoes grown out there, which weigh a pound and a quarter each and are solid through and through. -The evangelist, the Rev. E. P. Hammond, has returned to his home in Vernon, Connecticut, from his cam- paign in Canada. He worked in Brant- ford, Chatham and Guelph as centres, and it is estimated that not less than 4,000 persons were converted at his raeetings. -A sad accident occurred on the Midlaud Railway construction, by which John Bath and Paul Parker nearly lost their lives, bx a premature discharge while blasting with dyna- mite. Bath is now lying in a critical condition; part of his -cheek is blown off. Parker -will reenter: -The other night- au unfortunate young woman nanaed Catharine Armor threw herself out of the third. story of settled. in Petersville years ago. the Women's IlospitaE Montreal, after He was widely knoi0. and highly re- being talked to by the matron. She spected. had had a child about a week previous. -A by-law for a -bonus of $10,000 to Strange to say, umie of her bones were the Stratford. and Huron Railway, broken, but she received internal in - submitted by the Township Coun- cil of Elderslie, was voted on, on Saturday, and carried by a majority of sixty-four. -Twenty thousand gallons of ale itt vation. He was lying down thoroughly the cellar of a hotel in Ottawa were de- exhausted, and when aroused appeared stroyed by floods, caused by Friday's out of his senses. His emaciated ap- storm. The proprietor has entered au pearance was terrible to look at. He action against the city for the re- was given a little food and handed over covery of damages. to the police. • -It makes our mouth water to read -An *attempt was Made by burglars -of the strawberries presented to the to enter the Federal "Bank in London, editor of the Paris Traatio•ipt by the early Friday morning'Tlhe building celebrated nursery man, Mr. Charles at present occupied as bank premises is Arnold. Seven inches in circutufer- merely temporary, pendina"the erection once and sweet and luscious to match! of a new bank, and is not built, with a -A young girl 12 years of age disa.p- particular view to safety. The burglars peaxed while returning from school in were discovered in time and beat a Montreal a few days ago. She was a hasty retreat before the police. bright, intelligent, good looking girl and mature for her age. It is "feared stranger called at the house of Mr. that she has been enticed away by some Noble, township of Keppel, and request - unscrupulous person. ed permission to stay all night, stating -Mr. John L. Johnson, proprietor of that it was his intention to go to t y fluid beef factories at Edinburgh, Southampton in the morning. and that Point St. Charles, and Rouse's Point, he had been *troubled with asthma for Paovince of -Quebec, has received an many years. The next morning he was oider from the British G-overnment for taken suddenly ill and died within a juries. -William Hearn, aged fourteen, lately from Ireland, was found. on the commons in Toronto' in a state of star- salarge supply of fluid beef, amountmg few hours, and was =able to give to five thousand pounds, presumably for , either his name or address. the troops engaged in the Zulu war. -Mr. R. J. McLellan, ot North Dor- a. ---The other evening hi St. Cathar- chester, lost a fine eow' valued at about ines a young lad named Caravan, aged .60 one night lately. She was paa- six years and who is a cripple, while turing in a field where a number of playing on the bridge crossing the mill WiilOWS had grown up thickly to a eon- 1race, accietentally fell into the race and siderable height, and by some means was immediately carried under the her horns became. fastened. in, the bridge by the curreqt, which runs pret- branches, andwhen. found she was ty strong, when a woman. named An- stranled to death. derson, who was passing, ran to the the -Lg ast Saturday a man named Jas. boy's assistance, and plunging into the Dillon was killed at Lawson's quarry, race succeeded in saving the boy's life. Beaver Dams, near Thorold, by a stone -A new cemetery is badly needed in derrick giving way and falling upon Harriston. The local paper, tired of him, crushing ihim. He only lived agitating the question, says: "Did the about five or ten minutes. The de- purchasing of a cemetery add to our ceased was about 35 years of age and debt, we might-ieel different in asking unmarried. Nothing is known as to our people to take the step, but the where he belonged. grounds can be furnislied, fenced and - While a son of Mr. Forbes, of St. 1 laid out without costing the ratepayers Thomas, was riding horseback. on one cent of taxes. The land will pay Thursday evening, some of his com- for itself, and ha a few years beconae rades thoughtlessly startled the horse, source of revenue. Here is a chalice causing the lad to fall heavily to the for some private individual to spoon - ground. He was picked up insensible late. and remained so all night. He rallied, 7 -One evening lately a Toronto po- however, in the morning and is now liceman found. a man standing in front progressing favorably. The injuries are of the Queen's Hotel, acting very all in his head. strangely. He spoke in such an inco- - Three children aged eleven, nine herent manner that the officer came to and six, sons of Alfred Stontenburg, the conclusion that he was insane, and 7th concession of Collingwood, were out therefore took him to the Central sta- fishing one day lately, and, frightened by an approaching thunder storm, were making their way to the house Gf Jas. Latter their uncle, and while passing through a piece of bush a tree fell on the two oldest, striking them on the head and killing them instantly. -Two railway employees named. Darragh and Burke were killed at the Great Western Station, London, last Saturday night by a yard train backing upon them. Both men were much re- spected. They were watching the ar- rival of; a train and dideaot notice the engine backing upon them. Burke was a, widower and left several children. Darragh was unmarried and had no relatives in the place. -A horrible murder was committed in Montreal last Friday night, the murdered woman was of a dissolute character named McCormac. The supposed murderess is Mrs. Myers, wife of J.Myers. Mrs.Myers is an abandoned character also, and- it is supposed a dispute arose about a man named Flanagan,who had been there during the day. The head of the victim was completely severed from the body. The axe with which the bloody deed was done was found in a box in the house. -The proprietor of a meat stall in an Ottawa market met with a peculiar and painful accident a few daysago. He was descending into the cellar, when he slip- ped. and fell some distance, his left leg being pierced by a hook used for hang - time where he gave the name of War- - ren Hastings Jenkins. He said that he 1 t f M h El lis, agricultural implement manufae- turer, of Bradford, Ont. He had $40 in his pocket when brought into the station. -A man named. McCarthy, a deck hand on the Alpha, says the Marquette , _Review, met with an untimely death on a recent trip from Winnipeg- to the Portage. The man was sleeping with his chum 'on the boat, and towards morning complained of the cold, and , got up with the intention of going on to the barge, where he thought it would be warmer. Having a mosquito net ! about his face, and being in a half sleeping state, it is liresumed he stepped over the side of the boat into the water. was trave agen or r. o n - -The body of Madame Rolland, the lady who was carried over the Falls a couple of weeks ago, was found early Friday morning by a fisherman named. Stewart, under what is known 8.8 Stur- geon Rock, situated on the Canada side of the river, a few hundred yards below the Falls. The body was found I stripped of all clothing excepting one shoe and one kid glove. The husband ' of the unfortunate lady left the Falls a few days previous, but,.it is said, offer- ed a considerable reward for the recov- ery of the body. -A bold attempt was recently made by a disreputable looking woman to kidnap a child of six years of age, a ing up meat. The hook was imbedded daughter of Mrs. Dunn, of Sand Point, about six inches in the flesh, catising Carleton, New Brunswick.. 'The wo- the blood to flow copiously. Grasping man was begging and. succeeded, by a rafter above him the unfortunate man giving the child candy, in enticing her drew himself up and extricated him- away. The child. was identified by self from his terrible position. Im- some one who knew her and who asked mediately afterwards he fainted from the wonaarewhose child she had with weakness. The injured man now lies ! her. She declared the girl was her in a very critical condition.. own, and she was going to the train, in- -Another and. unusually- sad. drown- tending to go to Fredericton. The baen- ing accident occurred at the Falls, tlernan rescued. the child in the nick of about five o'clock last Sunday evening, time. the victim being Daniel Margetts, of -The state of the unemployed in 'and Clifton, who, with two companions, around Ottawa is wretched beyond de - went bathing near the foot of the ferry sciiption. A Sussex street young man road, in front of the Clifton House. He grew quite despondent on Satnrday be - was suddenly carried out into the river cause he could not obtain work, and by one of the ever -varying eddies for ; made an attempt to shoot himself with which the river in this locality is noted, a revolver. A brother stepped, up just and, becoming exhausted in the vain itt time to make him change his mind. endeavor to regain the shore, sank be- W. H. Lett, of Gloucester township, fere the eyes of his comrades -who were has voluntarily given himself in cus- ----: tody on a charge of setting fire to a, public School house, which was burned to the round a few weeks ago. He says h cannot get work and therefore desires to go to prison, where he is sure of obta hag food. .• Robert Patterson, one of the oneers of Owen Sound, died at his res'dence in that place last week. The d ceased gentleman Settled ill Owen ound when it was only a small clearin and lived to see it -a town of 5,000 i habitants. He was for a num- ber of ears Mayor of the town, and oc- cupied positiens in Town and County Counci s. He was also President of the R forin Association for a long period, and still held the Presidency at at the e of his death. -A. veteran of isn called upon the Police Magistrate in Montreal a few days ago, to claim his pension. He is ninety nine years of age, and hale and heart Four times has been married; with iS firat wife he lived thirty-three yearsawhen she .died; he married his second wife, who died within a year; his th rd marriage was more fel tunatta and a ter thirty-one years of happiness she also departed this life. Last yetcr, for the fourth time, -the old veteran en- teredithe matrimonial state, and he ap- pearsiperfectly contented with life. n Indian named. Maxacle, living on th Tyendinaga Reserve, was liter- ally roasted to death by the sun on the 25th lt. He partook freely of whiskey until he became drunk, and then lay , dow in the sun near his dwelling. His &tug iter tried to arouse him, but could not, nd oil visiting him some hours af- terve' rds, found that he was not sleep- ing, ,ut dead. In taking off his cloth- ing p, rts of his flesh came off with them the flesh being roasted by the hest ef the sun. Deceased was about 55-Y arscor°rfeagspeo.ndent from the village of W sten com.plains that six slaughter hous s ill. the village endanger the healt of the residents. In the case of 0110 it them the offal is allowed to Te- l/Mill on the premises, being merely thros ei. into a pit. This place is not more than a stone's throw from the post office and is consequently in the very - centr of the village.. There is not a, healt officer in Weston, and if there were nil his olfactory organs were as obtu as those of some health officers we 6 ould. mention, the village would not b.: much the better of him. -1arties proposing to apply for third class certificates at the coming ex - &min tions, will do well to beaxin mind the &lowing rules adopted by the Boar of Exanainers. Candidates in order to pass must first obtain marks as folloos : le -20 per cent of the . , maxi • um on each subject. 2. --An averaoa of 40 per cent. on each of the folio nag groups : Group A arithmetic --; ,, e algeb a, euclid. Group B., dictation, comp sition, grammar. Group C., geo- graphi , history, English literature. 3.-51 per cent. of the whole. Write all thie answer papers granamatically, and with correct spelling. -Mr. John Engel, of Bruce town- ship, vas robbed of $50 in ireoney-four i $10 a d two $5 bills -on Monday even- ing la t. Ile was coming from Pinker- ton,Two f them grasped him by the arms, a(s))1 hen he was met by three men. and the third rifled his pockets, taking the meney naentioned and a note for $20, hich they tore into fragments, sayingit was no use to there and he shoul not have it. They threatened him ith a revolver, and one of them struck him on the head. He noticed that t o of them were above the mid - die si; and the other below it. Their hats ere turned inside out, and hand- kerchi fs tied over their faces, which would. seem to indicate that they were not st angers. -M early p Miscenarieous Items. -A amusing instance of the way in which Sir Garnet Wolseley throws himsef into his work was given to Mr. Laboi4xhere,of Truth, by a commissariat , officer who was invited to breakfast durin the African campaign, and re- queste1 to bring a skeleton map with him t note dovin the places and roads for t e GeneraThe information. 4'lle kept i4e at work tintii 2,30, but I never heard i word about the breakfast." , -A lady in Madrid, Maine, who car- ried a kaluablo gold watch; was ita, house ast summer when it was struck by lig tiring. The watch stopped at the tithe, and although jeWellers have repeatedly exa,mined it and. pronounced it perf ct in every particular, it cannot be ma4c to move. It is so magnetized that ,atehreakers say no part of it could 4ver be made to do duty if taken ! out an put into another set of works. : * -Tilte Prince of Wales, who used of- : ten to e separated by court etiquette i from s father and mother, insists as 1 an imperative rule of his householdag- ! when is boys are at home, that when- ever t ey wish to go to their parents i they s all be allowed to do SO- The 'lads run in to see their father at times ' when hey are least expected, as at . semi-oi cis]. and business audiences m ' Marl ' rough House. He permits them to ling r about him in the way affec- 1 tionate boys will about a father, with- ; out regard to royal precedent. I -Mas J. D. Gough delivered a fare- . well address on the 26th tilt., in the ! Metroablitin Tabernacle. Sir Wilfrid ; Lawson presided, and remarked that it . was the grandest meeting he had. ever : aadresSeci. Mr. Gough said that, al - 'though' when he came to Englalsid it i was with the intention of speaking but . thirty iSrnes, the address of that even- ing woUld form the 115th which he had ,delivered. 112 the course of his address ' he rife ed to the death of Mr. Lloyd i Garrifpz n, and also to the mighty sup- port w 'Cli the temperance movement i was now receiving fromthe medical 1 men o England, and from the Church i of Eng and and. Non -conformist tem - 1 peranc societies. tr. 1 !