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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1880-02-27, Page 1rERIttJARY 201 1880 M IRITT..A.IR,-z- • McDOUCALL & :NED OFT TO -DAT A Lame Suirmexr Or ,• AMY WHITE COTTONSi-cl, -kings and Skirtings, before the GREAT ADVANCE and will be sold at MILL PRICES r THE PI,BCB. MCDOUGALL & co.• - C.* rt Most Beautiful Asg- ortinent of PE CRETONNES iousekeeper should see them-:. VERYCHEAP. MCD UGALL & 00, te- of and Dealers in DRY GOODS Only. son's threshing, and am exceed- aikful to my numerous cus- tr past favors received from_ : wish them all much sacoes.e. antiful harvest. Respectfally CICERO- ALDWORM -Huron. Notes. nnual meeting a the Conntv ealge of North Huron was hell ana°e Hall, Blythe on Tuesday 'inet. The followine officer& ted : H. Perkins, W.° C. M.; NetherCe 'Mg W. J. Chap.; C. Y. Moody, - C. ; W. McGill, O. _Treasurer : our C. D. of C.; A. 'T. Davie.. ecturer. The meeting was a toss, over 100 delegates heiag The uext meeting will hell& atm on, the first Tuesday in 1881. t'folan Kippen, of Brussels, w▪ ho rpm Toronto a few weeks ago, Dr. Reeves, a skilful surgeon v, eucceeded in taking from. t large polypuse shaped like - IA. This gave the patient ef, and a speedy recovery was , but by sleeping in a bed with ets she contracted a severe .1.1 mitered into her very bones. :as been suffering acute pain dey losing considerable of the some of her limb& yeadden death occurred in Monday the 4th inst., at the ()f Mr. Miehaed Kelly. Mr. going to Hallett to ttend. 1 of a relative, and he sent Ellison to keep house while ay. When Mr. Ellison arrived the family was just going r. Ellison was invited to par per, but he declined, Saying d eaten a hearty supper be - 'home. Ho-weveie hetook a tete and was in the act of -aucer to hie mouth the ea, when his arm sudderde _Kelly saw Lis color change. ag that he was just fairiting Id af him, but he gave just, d died in Mr. Kelly's arms. WaS aboat 80 years of age, old settler of Moths. Raton Sew Erit says. :- ears ago when the Donnelly /me into Loudon a couple of v residing in Clinton) intend - Loudon by the rival stage, eterred from doing so let (dug shot. Mr. Geo. Swede .e of Wales hotel, kept hotel.' iv of London for a number 0 dux Thoe: Donuelly sat zu utwhat limier the influence „en he carelessly pulled fr, Ix his pocket, pointed the his shoulder and fired: aoesequencete The bullet, enfertably close to .Mr - I, -burying iteelf in the wall ; en tired aelother shot, with t-chalance, which lodged ia k gentleman here,who lived, terhoed of the family tor :bald that they 're very -,idiging•:et toe,, as people terine with tilon, but if till with incurred, they tor it. AVe understand - rick Donnelly was at one 'yellas blackenaith, with . Holmes & Soma -hen that on business here. ' ' ,•(•: a • , lwAoi s_ Ittin ateeteate —,-- • et. ‘‘'• ; THIRTEENTH WHOLE- NUMBER, 638. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 1880. McIeEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in. Advance. jUSt- RECEIVED, 1 Tuckersmith School Question. Mn. EDITOR -Sir : "Parent", is evi- dently dishonest as well as iguorant on —AT— JOHN KIDIVS:SEAFORTH, —THE— ROYAL MARQUIS COOK STOVE. The Finest Stove Made, with all the Latest Improvements. CALL AND SEE IT. Sole Agent for Wm, Buck's Stoves— the Stove that received Gold Medal at the Toronto Exhibition, in 1879, over all others, - JOHN KIDD. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. the school question, for in his compari- son between Tuckersmith and Brussels, he manipulates the figures in a manner which is very little to -his credit. Not content with selecting a few of the schools in which the highest salaries are paid, and then comparing the ex- penditure iu them with the expenditure in a large village where they have an opportunity to grade the schools, be proceeds to state the cost per pupil, but instead of stating it honestly, this is the way he proceeds in Tuckersmith : He takes the cost per pupil average at- tendance, but in the case of Brussels he divides the expense by the number,. of pupils on the registrar. If "Parent" had wished to make an honest and fair coneparisou, he would have taken some of the other townships where they still retain the sectiOn system, but that would hardly have suited him, for the following is how it Would have appear- ed : Total cost per pupil, average at- teudance—Howick, $11.91; Hullett, $11.13; Wawanosh, $9.69; Grey, $10.56 ; Turnberry, $10.57; Tuckersmith, $10, and in the village tif Brussels, where "Parenit" gives the cost as $4 per pupil, the fignres would be $10.28, being a sum of 28 cents per pupil more than in Tuckersmith. I would also like to call his attention to the fact that I did not admit that the township board could not run the schools as cheaply as they would be run under the section system, and to ease his mind on the special tax - ground, I will agree with him that there 0 . was a special tax levied, but if "Parent" knew as much about :school affairs as hepietends to, he would have known • Having determined to clear out our present Stook to make room fo our large Spring Purchases, we are off ring GREAT INDUCEME TS 111 To Cash Buyers. Come along with the Money and we will show goods at SUCH LOW PR I O ES That the very Closest Buyer vall be perfectly satisfied that our house is , THE RICHT PLACE TO BUY C ODS. CH'EAP DRESS GOODS. We are closing out a few li es of Cheap Dress Goods less than Cos , OUR MANTLE STO K. The balance of our Mantle • Steck must be sold during the next two weeks. HATS, FLOWERS AND FEATHERS, Ladies' Trimmed Hats, Flowers and Feathers very cheap. ORDERED CLOTHING. Sellina Fast. We take the Lead- in Ordered. Every suit guaran- teed a Perfect Fit. READYMADE C LOTH I N G 3 CHEAPER THAN EVER. , AFresh Stock, of Groceries Always on Hand. Remember the Place—Opposite the Coramercial Hotel. HILL BROTHERS, Main Street,, Seaforth. THE CANADIAN BANK 0 F COMMERCE. SEAFORTHBRANCH.H THE OFFICE OF TE...CANADIAN • BANK OF 001WERCE HS BEEN M 0 V To the ifreiniF;es. lately occupied by the _ Consolidated. Bank, First Door South of the Commercial Hotel, Main Street. . A. IRELAND, - MANAGER. • long ago that it was the township Council that levied the special tax, and if he Would like to know their reason and authoritflor so doing, I would re- fer him to that part of the school iflAV relating to the duties and powers of Municipal Councils in townships adopt- ingathe township board system: Al- though he charges me with stating a falsehood in regard to the length of time which the township would have to remain under the township board system, he corroborates my assertion by admitting that the ratepayers are, free toarote a retutn to the section system at the encleof five years, but he is incor- rect in stating that at the end of one year after adopting the township board system the ratepayers found out that they were saddled with it for a term of .eight years, for this township had been under the town. -hip board system two years before the law was enacted in the Legislature,cmlipelliug townships adopt- ing the townboard system to give it atrial of I 0 years 'before voting a return to t,o.: section system. The figures I have used are given by the Public School Inspector in his -report for the Year 1879: Whether "Parent" or the School. Inspector is the better authority, I will leave the ratepaYers of Tuckersmith to judge for themselves. J-1:NITIS JUSTUS. [The -above was received in time for insertion last week, but was inadvertently omitted by us.— Enrrou.1 scribing $5 each; offer this, $500 as a bonus to tbe owner of a suitable horse, binding him to attend to 100 mares, and. no more, during the season, and each of them binding himself to pay an addi- tional $7 for every mare proving in foal. I merely put those figures provisionally for the sake of illustration—they could be raised or lowered according . to cir- cumstances. -With sortie such scheme .aS this, I contend, we could change the stallion business from one of the most risky and unsatisfactory, to something like business and fair play to all. Tha • owner of a good horse would find the back bone stiffened in being made sure of $500 in hand, and a good chance of making another $700, for he would se- cure a better class of inares and jastiee done to his horse, and the members of the association -Would realize that they could secure the best available horse-- . that they could, to a great extent, con- trol the movements of the horse to suit their own convenience, and that a great- er proportion of mares would turn out • in foal than with the present hap- hazard system, whereby a good horse is run to the ground, by being often made do double the amount of work he ought to do. Brother farmers, I brought this Scheme before the board of direc- tors of the South Huron Agricultural Society attheir last , meeting., simply asking there for the use of the machin- ery of the Society to bring the matter .more directly before you. For instance —That the Secretary would sufficiently advertise the scheme—that the Treas. urer would receive subscriptions of $5 each up to the clay of the intended spring show of the Society thie year, and theu and there, if sufficient sub- scriptions had been received, the organi- zation could be completed. Consides- able discussion failed to convince them of the feasibility of the plan, and it was laid ever, to the surprise, I hope, of every .intelligent farmer who knows that the primary and principal objects of government grants to agricultural societies was for the "purpose of en- couraging the improvement of breeds of stook, and the dissemination of pure and fresh seeds." However, when we consider that our agricultural societies generally devote their funds to encour- • age the exhibition of the thousand and one articles that go to make the suc- cessful show in some favorite city, town or village, our society was, perhaps, very excusable in giving the six months' hoist t� this new departure of mine. But, if there are 100 farmers in South Huron who feel as I do in the matter, lea good.job, if you have struck a good horses in we can meet and organize and be ready spring, which any one may do with 1 tricts. C for this season's operations yet. I shall certainty. Such a well will contribute outbreak t be happy to form one of the company, much to the health of not only stock when sim and will be ready to .nteet any number but owners. Since cows may not al- prevailed. of you in any central place in the rid- ways lie on perfectly clean ground, to in the le ing to discuss, organize and help in any make sure, the udder and teats should small -pox reasonable way to carry out some such be washed and wiped before milking. to treat. scheme. Withyou thanks, Mr. Editor, for Y - urs respectfully, M. MCQUADE. —A re case is to excellent journal in bringing this mat- the next the space ou have afforded me in yout 1 Tccimusurrir, Rub. 8, 1880. ter to the notice of the farmers of South Huron, I am, respectfully yours, aanada. were intro HUGH DIVE, SR. HILL'' GREEN, Feb. 28, 1880. Heavy -Draught Horses. Mn. • EDITOR,—Sir : In returning tor this subject; to do as I premised, viz., "to give reasons for my fears that We. could not successfully continue to trust to private enterprise foe fresh. importa- tions of draught stallions," I have to say that this point was scarcely put as it should have been. I should have said, "private enterprise unaided." I hope no one for a moment will sup- pose that I vtoulc1S appeal- to Govern- ment for aid, or would look for aid from any quarter whatever, outside of the . farmers of South Huron; for I am 'sat- iefied that when tve understand the .situation, there is.enterprise °aid ability -efficient ainongst us. to manage our own business in our own way and with ;success. I once saw some animals -which had. heen bought and imported by an agent of the Government of On- tario for that Government, and that completely anted me -of any hankering I may have had for any Government enterprise in importing and breeding stock. No intelligent fanner, with any due regard to hie reputation, would have taken the said animals in a pres- ent on the docks- at Liverpool, as he was sure to have got' more laugh than. pence for his pay, if even he had. taken them home. Neverthelese, a change of some -kind -is needed, for liciw is -it that no fresh intportations of draught stal- lions, direct from the old country, lieve come into this Part of the asounty of Huron. of late years? Ask J. J. Fisher, Charles and John Mason, Alex. Innis, Wm. Peck, or any who have imported stallions, why they have not stuck to the business? and they will .tell you that as things are naauaged they had to give .up importing, because the risk is greater than the certainty of reward, and loan say. for nayeelf, judg- ing from my limited experience of - the business, and I was not by any means anieng the unlucky ones, that unless there is more encouragement given, I do not -care to repeat the experiment. To stimulate and. encourage fresh irn- „portations, suggest that we take a leaf from the experience of that part of Seoblaud: where the breeding of ,_ Clyde horses has been a complete success. At the Glasgow stallion show ie. 1879, there were upwards 6f 200 stallions shown. . There were some 70 different delegations frem the various local asso- ciations throughont England-, Scotland and Ireland, to select their horses for the following season, each associetion giving a bouus,such as they camagreeto,of from $300 to $550, for a horse to travel ?in their district during the .season to serve a limited number of mares, and for °vele' mare proving in foal, so much • moreadditioual to be paid. For the sake of illustration, let us ap- ply this principle to our present circum- stances in South Huron. Soppese, say, 100 farmers formed an associatiou, sub - • old hay and foul' water; all but the last are capable of giving them off in air, and milk exposed to currents of such air will receive the seeds of future de- composition. The inference is obvious, that milking should not be done in a byre, to the leeward of a manure heap, foul barn yard or old hay stack, but in a thickly settled country this is also- lutely_impossible, for though our own locality may be all right, somebody's barnyard will be to the windward, and while such is the case pure air is im- possible; therefore, the only safety is the exclusion of air, at least as much as possible, for the seeds of those eorgan- isms once introduced will propligate not only in the milk, but iu the butter or cheese, and though not at first apparent, will cause prenoiature destruction. Some species may be killed by scalding, while others will not be destroyed short of an hour's boiling. , I have not thought of a better method of keeping and carrying milk air tight than the one mentioned a year ago, and if there were any certainty of the plasa being adopted in even one factory in this county, it would justify a repetition here. If our dairy farmers eould under- stand that by furnishing milk free from thegerms of putrefaction, June cbeese might be ripe in March, or be sent to India or the Cape of Good Hope, there might be some chance of a step in ad- vance. To be appreciated, however, there is a trait intnur nature that, the information must be dearly bought or -far fetched. More mischief is done by foul water than is generally supposed. In our heavy clay subsoil there is no excuse for this, for every farmer may have a well of pure water for very little trouble into which surface wash or vermin can- not euter, as I have proved to entire satisfaction. In case any one approves of it, the method is as follows: Stone or brick up to within three or four feet of the surface, then cut corners off the bricks so as to make dose arch to about eighteen inches above the ground, uext remove the soil to a chs- pany's sale of unclaimed goods in Ham- tance of at least a yard outside the ilton, last eek, a gentleman present, brickwork and as deep as the solid sub- seeina a s all box put up, was remind - soil, fill in this place with the blue clay ed of ° the an who got a gold watch at from the bottom of the well, well pud- the Custo s sale in London, done up in dled ; let sleepers bed in this so that such a box for a small sum. He bid on the upper surface may be perfectly the lot, an after paying a good sum level with bricks, then apply more pud- protured t e object of his desires. On dle one inch higher all over, then. bricks opening it e found one dead squirrel. and sleepers, when, with good half sea- —An a, arming disease, known as soned plank well sledged and spiked horse sma -pox, some species of equine down, you will have, what seems to me, variols, h s become prevalent among Montreal and outlying dis- riously enough, a similar ok place `iin February, 1877, lar atmospheric conditions The disease breaks out s; and when diagnosed as rom the first, is not difficult Stratford; C. P. Perkin Watson, Fa Woodstock. —The vot to the Wind way, in the Saturday las the bonus b — Cheerin taws, and Q the lumber the square ti cent., and i have advan proved state foreign dem — The dw John F. Ba ture at the Guelph, was three o'cloc Barron was of the flame who escape —Fred. with a serio He had bee when diem canaht in commenced struck on t the former. latter. —Mr, J Bruce cou licitors, Me proceed ag Company by them to Damages a —Last Stevens, a was walki m. Thompson, Arkona ; heavy stock of metal and tools. Both , Barrie. Auditors, Wm. men were tried before a magistrates irk, and 3. S. Scarff, court, Pinkstone being sent to Sarnia jail to await his trial, and Taylor was upon a bonus of $10,000 liberated onhis own recognizance of $100 or and Essex Centre Rail- wnsbip of Colchester, on resulted in the defeat of 12 majority. reports come from Ot- ebec of the prospects of rade. The improvement in ber trade is about 40 per the lumber trade prices ed 25 per cent. This im- of business is owing to the nd. - - nig house occupied by tom professor of .horticul- ntario Agricultural College, totally destroyed. by fire at Saturday morning. Mr, awakened by the crackling , and aroused his family, uninjured. arver, of Kincardine, met s accident one day lately. riding on horseback, and unting at home his foot he stirrup and the horse kicking. Carver was e mouth and. leg, cutting and greatly bruising the hn McLay, Registrar for ty, has instructed his so- srs. Shaw et Robertson, to rist the Montreal Telegraph or a false and malicious libel contai ed in a despatch furnished several of the city press. e laid. at $20,000. 'aturday night, while epectable citizen of London, g quietly along the street with his wle, he was attacked by three ruffians, on of them armed with steel ho dealt him several blows knocking him senseless and gashes in his face. The po- e matter in hand. American Express Com - knuckles, on the face cutting tw lice have t —At th Mr. Butterfield, of Sandwich, se- the engag cured prizes aniountingto $133 at the raiment p • Guelph poultry' show. dint, cake Dairy Cheeseinakinats 1 —Samuel ennedy, painter, died the°1-icens suddenly itt Kihcardine a few days ago, the comp To theEditor of the Buxom Expositorfrom hemorrhag,e of the brain. DEAR SIR : It is now about a year —Mr. Solomon Shantz, of Haysville, eanllg since I intruded on your space and the has erected a windmill at his House for —The relimivary trial of the p.m - patience of our readers with an article the purpose of umping waterlangseimaemit1 brokentenaayand the writ issued, .i. j on this subject, advising the adoption of --:-Some needy person took tinae. tohneerDs onchn irigyeidainwiliythoptehneedbiuntchLeornydoonf y • 'p. butter and cheesemaking on the co- the forelock and robbed the poor box at on Saturd y. The boy Johnny Con - operative system, he making of cheese St. Marys Cathedral, • Kingston, on from sweet instead of sour curd, and the Sunday. exclusion of air from milk until it ar- —A soldier who deserted from "A" rived at the factory. I have been told Battery, Kingston, and was arrested in that the cheesemakers have done their Toronto, has been sentenced to 84 days' part, and now do not let the curd stand imprisoment. on the whey after it becomes set, but . —Rev. David Mitchell, on leaving have the patrons made like progress; Toronto for Belleville, was presented do we use the proper means to furnish With $300 and an address by the Oen- pure, sweet milk? I was led to make tral Presbyterian Church. the suggestions at that time by a study —The family of Mr. Cameron, of the of the subject ou the basis of elementary 12th concession of Yarmouth, were re - chemistry, as it was about 20 years ago, cently poisoned. by drinking cider which and was unaware, until quite recently, had been kept in a liquor cask. that exact experiments bad been made —A. number of ancient and peculiar by the most eminent philosophers of coins were found a few days ago at Europe and Euglaud, whichreonfirmed •Madoc Mines. They were dug out my theory to an extent litital in a fourteen feet below the siirfp,ce. manner quite unexpected.by your hum- • _ —Mrs. Murray, who was delivered of ble scribe. • five babies the other night, has lost It is known that there is no sub- them all but is doing well herself. stance so susceptible of floating odors as milk. It is else known that free .currents of air hasten fermentation and putrefaction. It is also patent that air carries particles of nearly all the min- eral and. vegetable elements of soil; but we were not prepared to find swarins of living animals floating round our milk cans waiting for an opportunity to dive into the milk and feed on the richest part of both curd and butter. Accord- -ing to the experiments of Professors Tyn- dall, of England, and Pasteur, of France, not only fermentation but putrefaction is caused by microscopic animals; that the sourness of milk, ran- cidity of butter, and spoiling of meat, festering of flesh wounds, are all due to Mao agency of different species of those minute creatures which are given off from fermented or decaying vegetable or animal matter, and wafted on the air will attach ..themselves to any substance with which they come in contact. When the nature of. the . substance is thit eveapassed over the Grand. Trunk such that only one species cau feed on left Toronto one morning last week. It it, but a single change take; place, consisted of twenty-seven loaded cars, while if the substance is suited, two which were drawn by one of the new or more changes, in the nature of the six wheeled locomotives. time. That is to say, it the seeds of be—enM arr. e sGi deeonrtg George f S t Blandford.eed.snaan, township s substance may take place at the same fermentation and putrefaction should for over 20 years; is about removing to enter milk simultaneously, souring and Nebraska. A number of his friends rotting Would commence at the same met at his residence a few evenings time. Those discoveries when properly since and presented him with a come understood and applied, must be of ilea- plimentary address and a beautiful mense advantage to mankind, and will silver watch. . explain many mysterious circumstances —The following are the officers elect connected with food products, and fur-; for the Ontario Dairymen's Associa- nish us with rules to,. avoid much loss tion for the cuneut year : President, E. tied disappointment. Those who would Caswell, Iuaersoll ; 1st Vice -President, know this in detail, should read Tyne dell's works. So far as they are appli- cable to our present subject, I shall try to explain as briefly as possible. Those bacteria are given off by fer- mented substances, decaying bodies, forth; Thos i Ballantyne, M. P. P., arkable breach of promise orne up for adjudication at uelph Assizes. The parties uced to each other, engaged, ment ring given, the wedding rchased and made, the wed - bought, the parson engaged, procured, the meats baked, ny invited, the day set, the nors was the box for three hours, but the sever cross examination to which he was su jected failed to break down his testim ny in any essential. point. The trial was postponed until Thurs- day, bail eiug refused all the prison- ers with he single exception of Mrs. Maher. —Last riday afternoon in Toronto a cask of um fell off a wagon ip front of a wholesa e store, and three roughs seized th situation aucl helped them- selves lib rally to the Rowing liquor. One of th m named Patrick I3urk took off his ha , and filling,it to A° brim drained i off, aud went towards his home bli d drunk. Just as he reached his room afell down insensible, and on Mac docto being summoned' he pro- nounced im to be dead. t—A, fa days ago Mr. Lawrason, of 2, Minto, had amongst his young game cock, and as his was feeding the fowls this -ter flew on to her shoulder, . ear -ring from het ear and it. The child wanted her ill the bird and return her ut he declined to do so. Next ooster died, and. on opening d the ornament: Yeas found, op was ground out of shape ion of the gravel, etc. e home of John Zoeger, Esq„ recently died an old bachelor- achim Philippi, who had been loy of Mr. Zoeaer for the last The family had noticed that nn time to time storing away of boxes in diffeeent parts of -warehouse and other build - ever -took the pains to inspect LiS really laying up, until af- ath, when a discovery was o less them 100 boxes, small , were found, containing be - quantities of every descrip- aring apparel, old rusty ham- rs, scissors, pieces of dishes, e auction bills say, a va- riety of a ticks too numerous to men- tion, incl idiug trash worse than useless. —Two men named Wm. Pinkstone and G. . Taylor, were arrested. at Ravensw od, LarAton county, a few days ago, on suspicion of being engaged in manuf cturing bogus money. Pink- stone wa, for some time noticed to be very flue of five cent pieces, several of which he offered in payment of postage for letter:. The postmaster detected the coun erfeit money, and caused Pink - e arrested. He accounted for by saying lie got them from erman named. Taylor, resid- tony Point. He -denies ever ny, though numerous pieces d in his trunk, along with a Her husband is sixty-five years of age. concessio —Mr. Thos. Woodcock, of Wilmot, poultry a unfortunately lost one of his best Ayr- daughter shire cows one night lately. She got 'young ro her head through a trap-door and hung pulled th herself. sevallowe —Edward Hanlan offers to put up father to $2,000 that he can beat any man in the ear -ring, world five seconds in five miles on To- day the ronto Bay, the ra.ce to take place in his gizza June or July. ". - but the d —Thos. C. Kinnear, who died. _slid- by the ac deftly at Halifax a few days ago, is said —At t to have left ate estate worth lialf a mil- Wellesle lion dollars. —fie was seventy years of named age, and leaves a large familY and a in the em young. widow. 17 years. —The Canada Presbyterian eeongre- he was fr dation of Pine River, Huron township, a number m° ef a shca% time ago to consider about their bar calling a minister. There appeared to begs, but be a strong feelingeto give a call to Rev. what he Mr. McFarlane. ter his d —Probably the heaviest freight train made. and larg - sides larg tion of w 'mers, pli and as t explained that the whole represented a double-faced woman. The other valen- tine had the picture of an ugly woman with a long nose and a broom, and re-: presented to be a vixen and. a back-Sel to appear at the Assizes in Sarnia. biter. A lady acquaintaince is suspect- -A certain woman from the rural ed, but we don't wish to be present at . the first meeting of the suspeetor and the suspected. —A young lad named Edward Monaghan, who has been a juvenile vagrant in Stratford during nearly the -whole of hiselife, was the other day sent to Penetanguishene Reformatoxy School., for five years, where he may learn a trade and. become a useful man,• which he never would have done about Stratford. —The smallest newspaper published in Canada, or anywhere else, so fat as knowneis the Madoe Star. It is a Weekly of four pages, each three by two and one half inch -es. The firste- page is devoted to foreign Dews, the second to mining notes, and the third. - and fourth to local items, which are fresh and interesting. The subscrip- tion price is fifty cents a year; the motto, "Twinkle, twinkle, little star." Willie Wood. announces himself as editor and proprietor. --Some years since -the Hastings County Council determined to - &per& meat with wire and tight board fences as preventives for snow arms, and grants were made to admit of the put - Prince Albert, and the estabbshment of ting of the experiment into practice. In one or more new post offices in that set- some places the wire fence worked d ; ement ; also a telegraph wire from well, and in others the tight board Selkirk to The Narrows, and the clear- fence proved itself the most _effective in ing of a belt on each side of the line the preyeution of the blockade of the _ through the forest' west of the Assini- rods with snow. A late heavy snow boine, so tits to save the wire from the s I'M was a good alty to look at the frequent accidents from falling trees. —About a month ago Mr. James Mc - Fee, of Appin, while slaughtering hogs, missed oue of them, and. search for it proved useless. The other day the districts brought a quantity of appar- ently excellent lard into one of the I.Aucknow stores for sale. But after the "gude wife" had made her exit, it was discovered that the lard was comprised. of inferior tallow, with about half an inch of lard on the top. —The Galt Reformer says: Fail wheat in this vicinity thus far is in good condition, and prospects are ex- cellent for a good crop. The shoots are browned from exposure to the _frost and snow, but the roots are healthy, notwithstanding their long exposure, almost the entire winter, to the effects of sun, rain, and frost. —Bogus one dollar bills on the Mer- chants' Bank of Montreal and ones altered to fours on the Beak of Com- merce have been passed in London. Counterfeit ten dollar bills of the Mer- chants' Bank of Halifax are in circula- tion in. Nova Scotia. A man was ar- rested at Londonderry Iron Mines and lodiged in Truro jail charged with pas- sing these bills. —The Saskatehewsei Herald ecates a weekly mail at least as far as Battleford, better communication with L. R. Richardson, Strathroy ; 2nd stone to Vice -President, John Wheaton, Lon- the piece don; Directots, Rev, W. F. Clarke, an old fis Guelph; Adam Spiers, Caisterville ; ing at H. L. Losie, Norwich; Wm. Hill, Sea- making were fo ; working of -each, and the impression cieated was largely in favor of the tight board fence, as there were no ; drifts where that class of fence was erected. Daissing porker was found, having got —The second aminel meeting of the _ his head jammed in between the two Ontario Grand. Lodge of 'United Work - barns, where it had been held fast, the men, was held at St. Thomas last week. hog being compelled to fast for nearly a month. His porkship was weak, but after a Couple of days' care became, as lively as ever. So says an exchange. —An interesting episode 'between The Grand Master's report showed that 39 new lodges have been. orgaanzed dur- ing the year, and that three deaths s have occurred,. Eaoh member holds an , insurance policy for $2,.,000, so that 1 father and son took place in Parkhill 1 $6,000 have been paid out of calls upon the other day. Tom Murray had over- the members during the evar. The fol - taken his son and had tried to get him lowing grand officers were elected. leg : to go home. The son refused, where- the current year : Grand Master Work. upon Tom tried to duck him in the man—G. W. Badgerow, NI, Pt .r., : of • creek; but the son was too agile for the Toronto, e Grand Treasurer—T. L. old man. The struggle was very ex- Lewis, of Chatham, Gratartaeerseer— citing and laughable, sad too. Fitially, J. R. Miller, of G-oderieli ; GraatieGin-de : the mother of the youth appeared upon —Hugh Park, M. D, of Port Robiason ; ! Mao scene, when a truce was effected and the boy went sullenly home. —Mr. Fred. Barrett, formerly of Port Hope, has been lately writing to his friends. His experience has been an 1 —The Indian, Ka-ki-se-kootelain„ (the interesting one; as he has travelled over swift runner) who was found guilty of ; the old lands in Europe; and he is ID Mac best of health and spirits, He -has recently been at Rome, where he was introdneed to His Holiness Pope Leo NUT., who received him very gracious- ly, as he doesCanadians. He sent some Greek n spapers to his friends, which. will dou ttless prove very edify- ing to them. —There are a large number of cattle being fed in the neighborhood of Hays- ville at present, intended for the Eng, stood at 3C° below zero at the time of lish market. The owners find .it it his execution. The fiend met his fate . hard matter to get coarse grain to feed with the utmost coolness, not a muscle them, peas being very scarce. They moving during his ascent to the gait miss the American corn very much, of lows, and not a struggle after the drop which in previous years they fed. a fell. There was no excitement 'amongst large quantity, and are now anxious to the Indians at his execution, only one : hear of the tax being rernoeed, so that relative—a brother-in-law- attending : they may be able to get it again, or that —One of the most extraordinary a drawback may be allowed. on the cases on record is -reported in Ottawa. .. cattle exported. It appears that Mr. Adams, who keeps ; e- --eSmall-pox of a mahgriant type is a grocery store in the city, some seven - raging in the 'township of Finch. Mror eight months ago received a, shook Richard McIntosh's family have suffer- during a thunder and lightning stori ed frightfully from the disease. A short which so upset his nervous system that time ago the family consisted of father, he found it impossible to obtam natural. mother and eight children, now the rest, A narcotic was administered only surviving members are the mother ' evhich caused him to sleep for three and two children, the rest having fallen days continuously. Since that tine% a prey to the disease, the origin of strange as it may appear, he has not ' Which is not exactly known. It is sup- slept a wink, and a remarkable -feature posed that Mr. McIntosh caught it in connection with the case is that he while on a visit to Ottawa, or that a is able to move about as Usual. Ms shawl was brought from an infected medical attendants are puzzled., and region. have resorted to all lose& of treatment —A tramp asked for food the other to secure sleep:. It is said that Mr, day at the door of Mr. L. D. Sovereign, . Adaine will shortly go to England in : Paris Station, and. was told to go round the hope that a change of air will have to the kitchen.. He did So, and pro- the desired effect.. . ceeded immediately to help himself —A. merchant or any other business without even saying "by your leave." man can make no mistake in , As he was doily/° so one of the lady in- living a life of simplicity and frugality, ' mates appearedand ordered him out but there can he, and there are, great - when he went—not out—but into the mistakes made by such as adopt an op. entry between the kitchen and dining posit° course. Mr. Alexander McGowan. room, closing the door after him, and began about eleven years Ago a hard - leaving his protemporehostess in the ware business in Orangeville, and did .s kitchen,. The impudent scamp at business in some years of $30,000 or : leugth left. Kindness to such charact $40,000, carrying a, stock of between. tors only increases their impudence. : .$10,000 and. $15.000. True, he had not —At Kemptville, between Prescott much capital,but from the way belived and Ottawa City, there still survives, in he seemed to think himself wealthy,and a hale and hearty green old age, a von- from the way be obtained credit, ether era,ble Methodist minister, the Rev. Mr. Shaler, who in 1833 was Stationed in Ottawa, and fifty years ago in To- ronto, then called Little York. At that time the largest church of its kind in Toronto—and of which Rev. Mr. haler was pastor—was a small wood. - en structure capable of accommodating a congregation of 150 persons. In hall a century it has been succeeded by scores of magnificent edifices, including the almost gorgeous- Metropolitan, St. James Cathedral, and many other splendid structures for public worship in all the Christian denominations. —A. Port Hope pa,per says a certain Grand Recorder—M. D. 021.Taerl of St., ! Thomas, Grand Receiver—Jas. Rash. ton, Ridgetown ; Grand Watohman--- Alex. Hamilton, Stratford. murdering and. -eating has family, con- sisting of his mother, wife, and chil- dren, was executed at Fort Saskatchee wan, Northwest Territory, on the 20tIt December last,. He confessed to the deed, andegaid it was not through star- vatioueas at first represented., but from sheer cruelty. He ate the last of his son, as dried meat, after being arrest- ed by the police, and when within 80 tte rods of the batracks,. Theetherniorcteter people Seemed to consider him wealthy. In former years Mr. 'McGowan rias40 money apparently, but of late he has • been hampered and slow, which is part- - ly to be accounted for by 'unwise laying ing out of money on a fine dwelling and. for heavy household. expenses, —A man living near the village of Moorefield, whose name is Welsh, WAS enticed into a tavern and treated_ to liquor one night lately. Some yea'ea ago he was a, hard. drinker, but had not tasted liquor for three years. The firet taste, however, revived. the old appetite, . awl he visited several places in villtige and obtained. liquor. His wife young lady in that town was the recipe who had been anxiously a,waitmg his eiat of two valentines. Many other return, was startled at about 11 o'clock young ladies received a similar number, by the front door beiag pushed in, ac - but the effects of their receipt on the cornpanied by the sound. of a heavy receiver were different, let us hope, thud,upon the floor. She rushed to the ; than those which the reception of these door, and found her husband lying in- t':WO valentines bad en the afciremen- sensible and his clothes saturated. with , tioned young lady. One ofthem was a blood, which was Areal:wing from a picture of a double headed woman— fearful wound on the back of his heaa, backs of the heads towards each other and it is doubtful if he will recover.: —and one of the faces was radiant with Who committed the elststardly deed heal smiles, while that of the other head was roystery. Mrs. Welsh saw the figures as ugly as could well be depicted by of two men hastily retreating, but dia, Mao valentine artists. Some doggerel not recognize them.