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FOURTEENTH YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER, 722.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY OCTOBER 7, 1881.
(WITH SUPPLEMENT.)
{McLEAN BROS., Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
IT IS A FACT
THAT YOU VVILL SAVE
MONEY BY BUYING YOUR
DRY GOODS,
LADIES' MANTLES,
READY-MADE
CLOTHI&G
OVERCOATS,
ETC., ETC.,
—FROM—
"ST‘TS'11
W. CAMPBELL,
CLOTHIER SEAFORTH,
Has Just Opened up a
FINE LOT OF SUITINGS
Embracing Canadian, Scotch and
THE FAMOUS BLARNEY TWEEDS.
THE HAT DEIARTMENT
IS VERY COMPLETE.
Cents' White Regatta Shirts—
Perfect Fits.
C_A_TATA
W. CAMPBELL.
Campbell's Block No. 1.
SEAFORTH
MARBLE WORKS
MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES,
TABLE TOPS',
And work of at kinds executed in the best style of
the art, and cannot be surpassed in Western On-
tario. The community at large will bear in mind
that we do tot make a practice of keeping agents
to run the Country at the buyers' expense. We
will at any time, when requested, give our Rice
on any 1iointment Headstene in the burying
ground-. We use tint best grades of marble, buy-
ing dirt -et from the quarries. Shop on Main
Street, near the station. A call respectfully
7211 H. MESSETT.
THE HARLOCK SAW MILL.
-R, H. KNOX,
High Schools and Collegiate'
Institutes.
To the Editor of the Huron Expositor.
Dela SIR,—Having ndticed the con-
troversy in your paper on tliis subject,
each writer venting forth -in a loud de-
clamatory attack, so permit me through
the columns of your paper to consider
the above question in regard to the
work done in both institutions, the de-
fects in our present system, and to
criticize the arbitrary acts of our educa-
tional officials.
A great mistake was made when
Collegiate Institutes were first estab-
lished, but the grievous errcr was not
then so perceptible as afterwards. At
this period institutions were fast spring-
ing up, and all means were taken to
eeteiad our educational system. It was
thought expedient to give an extra
grant of $750 to certain schools, em-
ploying four masters and having an
average attendance of sixty male classi-
cal Students. If the department had
been prudent, all might have been well,
but a serious crime was soon to bo
perpetrated. The subject of education but in order to reap another rich
was dragged into the arena of party fortune by issuing text books, giving the
discussion. The Grammar Schools in
tlae cities and large towns were invested
with the new -title, and the extra grant
(If th. 1:t.ek Saw Mills,,e ills, (In tPah Concession
Hullt tt. has complt•tely overhauled Lula re-
t.ktte (tilt ,t 1,1,w bit in tite very
best ti older, and prepared to purchase
GOOD SAW LOGS,
1.i N', rte.. 114:11(tht Markut rrice
it: Cs.:•1.- CUSTEirs'i SAWING done itH
RUCt.K. EL.11
He bas also on hand a considt•rabIe stock of
Rock Elul, tLrt iticias thick and 16 feet long,
suittiEt ft.r britigt.e, which he will dispose of
cheap. 721.y.1 R. H. liN(Y,'\_
cam endeavor to exhibit their talents,
to the delight and criticism of the peo-
ple in general.
When the Messrs. Gage, of Toronto,
assumed control of the Canada School
Journal, and no sooner was it elevated
as the banner of education than a host
of High School teachers flocked around.
it, and soon was marshalled a brilliant
phalanx of truly infatuated men. Theu
from their etroughtild in Toronto,
whence they issued fOrth anew, in ar-
ticlee defamatory to other men, soon
led another band to cluster together,
and wit ti their organ, the-- Canada
Educational Monthly, waged an equal
and derisive warfare. What a blemish
those men have ' brought upou the
teaching profession, by making -educe-
then a subject for petty strife, like some
low question of party politics.
-Indeed, the members of the Central
Committee and their friends are very
kind, but show their generosity at the
expense of the public. They think
that the managing and directing
of the school system is not enough,
copywnght to one individual publish-
ing house, thus creating a vast monou-
oly. But what else could be expected?
was greedily laid hold of in order to be When Dr. Sangster issued his series of
appropriated to the founding of scholar- school -books, the present men of text -
ships and other inducements to entice book fame raised a cry that the former
students from their homes, thus taking books were useless, and well were their
the patronage away from the local cries answered. They got themselves
High Schools; but this swindling did ensconced in prosperous positions and
not stop here. Each school issued cir- sat there exalted, dictating to the
cedars and announcements containing teachers of Ontario a series of rules and
glowing accounts of their schools,and tbe regulations indicative of tyranny and
naanifold advantages they are en,abled severity. Thus Dr. McLellan, anxious
to give. But how vain are all deluaive to reap part of the golden harvest, is -
hopes! In -those institutions boys were sued a series of mathematical works,
crowded into Latin to satisfy the vault- but his Algebra is the worst exhibition
ing ambition -of the directors in their • of parsimony and greed of gain. When
thirsty greed of gain. Hamilton went it first appeare,d, the price was fixed at
further and issued a magazine, which $1.25, but in a few months, a key ap-
was used as an advertising medium, peered for which $1.50 was demanded,
and contained notices of valuable thus the hooks really cost $2.75, and
scholarships and other incentives,which hundreds—yes thousands invested, as
had the means of alluring the best the work was thought to be one of ex -
students from other schools; but the cellent value, it having recommenda-
doings of the Principal, in regard to the tions from the Press of Canada, the
non-payment of prizes, might have United States and England. But what
learned. the Principals of other • schools a crime was soon ' to be perpetrated
that delusion cannot be exercised in the when the second edition appeared, in -
educational sphere. . deed it was much required, as the firet
At first the superiority of Collegiate was very inaccurate, what must have
Institutes seemed manifest, but when been the opiuious of parties who had
the present intermediate examination invested in the first. The second was
was instituted, it was observed that the to contain fifty addtional pages on higher
local High Schools did better work— Algebra, and also answers to the corn -
and why? Because in the smaller Plete edition, and was to be sold the
schools the greater part Of the time is same as the first, and we also notice
devoted to intermediate work, whereas that an abridged edition has been is -
in the larger institutions a prepaium is sued for the use of Intermediate caudi-
placed upon University work; aud• in- dates. Thusall means were taken to se-
termediate candidates hre almost neg. cure the golden bait, and the greedy
lected. A_ better illustration may be and monopolizing publishers werehand-
given by comparing, for instance, St. somely enriched.
Catharines Collegiate Institute and
Lastly, let us hope, that ere long the
Strathroy High School. The former subject of Education will be lifted out of
airing its gorgeous title, heralding forth the slough of party feeling and be
in. birculars its superior .specialities, , chronicled as one of the lasting and
possessing a large staff of teachers, most glorious destinies of our, noble
holding the greatest and most brilliant Province. We patiently wait to see in
testimonials, and carrying long and the future, all placed on a.a, equal foot -
flowing appendages to their names, ing, that less acrimony and spleen be
holding out inducements in the shape used as machines of the grossest slan-
of scholarships, &c. But what a tale der. We hope that the day is not far
the results of the last intermediate distant when a general publisher's
examination uufolds to the people of license will be granted and all copy -
Ontario I That noble bend that rights be made universal, all monopolies
went from Huron, intent on high de- properly belonging to feudal times, and
eigns, brought back the brilliant trophy revived to satisfy the avarice of a chosen
and renown of having passed only two few, be swept away as a last relic of
sickly intermediates. It-, suffices to say barbarism; that the names of our
that out of 140 who wrote, only fifty present obnoxious central ,committee
may fade from our view, and their
places supplied by men of honor, integ-
rity and worth-; that the days of Col-
legiate Institutes are o'er, and the
grant be taken from them and divided
amongst the other High Schools. Let
it be the desire of all, that Seaforth
school continue to do as it has done in
the past.
We do not intend this communica-
tion as a reply to Collegiate Institute or,
High School, but as a general review of
our educational system. I remain
yours, Mr. Editor, very truly,
A FORMER STUDENT OF, SE/tFORTH HIGH
Smoot,
passed. This must surely be a glorious
item for St. Catharines to chronicle in
its honor record. The latter school
passed 18 out of 21. This is surely
sufficient proof of the adtantages of a
small school having a small class.
But the endowment of Collegiate In-
stitutes was not enough; an extra grant
was appropriated to Upper Canada
College, an institution which is gener-
ally conceded on all hands to have
outlivedits mission. At tbe last ses-
sion of the Local Legislature, the Min-
ister of Education, foreeeeing the gath-
eringstorm, became alarmed for his'po-
sition, at length came down handsome- ,
ly, and in a -n interestiug !speech, but ,
very uninteredting to .his hearers, con-
sented to make some teforms.. Princi-
pal Cockburn also became alarnied, and
tendered his resignation; then there
were some hopes of the old fabric going
by the board, but how humorously it
must have sounded in the pare of its
opponents when a new Principal e was
appointed in the person of Mr. Buchan,
-late High School Itepector.
Next let us uotice the unexemplary
conduct of the High School Inas-
ters and the members of , :the
famed Central Com rni ttee tot -etude
the Public School teachers. When
the study of English authors was
added to the curri culu , the High
School began to prepare autiolated edi- :mansion at Montreal, the estimated.
tions of the English. classics.. Then e,ost being -$100,000.
the section became divided, and shortly —among the pensioners for Ottawa
we had rival sets of notes. - few 'district paid last Saturday was Private
words in regard to the character of G-eorge McKenzie, a Waterloo veteran,
these notes might be appropriate here, who is now in. his 91st year.
Some notes are too long, and ethers —There are 446 inmates in the lune -
fragmentary; all passages that present tic aeyluna and 664 convicts in the penie
auy difficult or require any extra re- tentiary at Kingston. Of the latter 34
search ou the part of the avaricious are women.,
compiler were allowed to go by. Other . —The sixty third anniversary of the
and simpler passages furnished ample , Metrepolitan Church Sunday School in
fruit for the exhibition of what they , Toronto was celebrated last Monday
consider brilliant attainments, - and. night, be e large gathering in the
their criticisms, quite familiar to the ; church.
students, cuuclied in high -flowing —The earuinge of the St. Paul, Min -
language, with masterly displays of neapolis and Maniteha Railway for the
rhetoric, carry us back into a maze of , third week of September were .$112,900,
Aryan etymology, involving both them- ehowing an hit:nese of -.12,800 or the
eelves and students in a labyrinth or same period last year.
confusion of ideas which will remain ' Kiugston despatch states that
ominous and dark. In fact they tell the Canadian Pacific Syndicate has
as what we do know and ask us what contracted for all the locomotives that
they do not know. the Kingston Locomotive Works can
All along wo have an educational pre- build before the let of May next.
judice evinced. by certain members of —The proprietors of the planing mill
the High School section through the at Carlton Place, in the comity of Lan -
columns of their respective journals. { axle, have received an order from Aus-
What a disgrace, that parties purport- tralia for 300,000 feet of planed lumber,
ing to be learned men indulging in the the largest they have,ever received at
vilest slanders and the bitterest sar- ' one time. They have for the past two
weeks been running the mill night and
day at full speed. As rapidly as the
work is finished it is shipped, put on
the cars and transferred to barges at
Brockyille for Quebec, and is taken to
Australia by an ocean vessel.
—There were 661 letters posted at
the Winnipeg post office one night be-
tween the hours of eight and eleven—
and it was ouly an average night says
the Winnipeg Times.
—The wife of Rev. Donald Tait, of
Berlin, died suddenly at Drummond-
ville on Tuesday of last week. The
deceased lady was only daughter of
Rev. Mr. Wallace, of West End Presby-
terian Church, Toronto.
—Two burglars tried to enter the
residence of Sir Leonard Tilley, in
Ottawa, on Thursday bight of last
detectives. The Mayor struggled man-
fully for the official chain, which would
have been quite a prize, as it is massive
gold. -
—The ceremony of laying the corner
stone of the new building in course of
erection on St. Mary street, Toronto,
forth° use of the Infant's Home, was
performed on Saturday afternoon by
Lady Howland, in presence of a large
number of the citizens of Toronto. The
total cost of the building when com-
pleted will be between $18,000 and
$19,000.
—A. Fair's cigar manufactory, in
Brantford, and an unoccupied two-
story frame building attached, were
completely destroyed by fire a
few days ago. The buildings
were owned by Mr. Holmes,
week. Miss Tilley telephoned for the living near Seaforth. The loss ou the
police, who disarranged the programme tebeildings is about $1,000; insured for
of the burglars. $500. A. Fair lost his stock and. 100,-
-It is said that Major-General Jar- 000 cigars; insured for $6,000.
vis, of the Bitish Army, will be suoces- —It is understood that action will be
sor to Major-General Luard as corn- at once taken to remove some forty
mender of the volunteer force of Cana- families of Indians from Oka to Cock -
da. General Jarvis is of a well-known burn Island, that number having 0011 -
Toronto familysented to go. Some fifty Protestant Ross, George, University College, To Humber Bridge the train was relining
—An interesting question is likely to families of Indians prefer to remain, it ronto. Second Division — Harrison, at forty miles an hour on a down grade
come up before the Toronto St. George's is said, while the Catholic portion, re- John, University of New Brupswick.
when it struck and kilted two cows, one
Society shortly, which involves the presenting more than one-half the en- It will thus be seen that Mr. Huston, of which was thrown into the ditch,
right of a benevolent association to sit tire settlement, are quite content that of Pickering, is entitled to the scholar- while the other went under the loco -
in judgment on the political opinion of the Seminary shall have possession.
pet was getting aloag in its new quer- had completely broken them down.
tiers, but instead of having the pleasure
of seeing AK familiar face, the owner
was informed that "the - missing link!'
was on exhibition in the country._ The
indignant owner of Jacko threatens an
ac' the degradation to which his
nt.rani et jee. has been subjected by
beiee clf on a begging trip.
totteie of dealers representing
h
themsees to be from the *Ay of Ham-
ilton, called upon a farmer in the coun-
ty of Wentworth a few days ago and
purchased a quantity of wool. They
gave the farmer a $50 bill, and he
gave them the wool and some $20 in
change. Nothing more was thought of
the matter until some days afterwards,
when the farmer presented the bill at a
bank in Toronto, when it was pro-
nounced to be bogus. Nothing has
since been heard of the dealers.
—The Gilchrist scholaribip examina-
tion has resulted in the following can-
didates passing in the order named:
Honors division—Huston, Wna. Henry,
University College, Toronto, Murray,
Howard, Dalhouise College,. Halifax;
They had no expectation that their
comrade would die so suddenly, al-
though he had been illsome days. One
'of the three survivors looked as if he
could hardly reach Quebec.
—A rather peculiar case was
tried at the Kingston assizes this week.
It is that of Potter vs. Gunn et al. in
July, 1880, a Miss Potter, of Belleville,
was proceeding to join a party of
friends bound down the river on a tour
per steamer Alexandria. The night
was pitch dark and on the wharf a cab
caused the young WOM8,11 to step to one
side. Not being acquainted with the
locality she made a misstep said fell
into the water, and beforteshe could. be
rescued was drowned. Her mo
sued for $15,000 damages. success
mainly dependent upon the este,
mentiof the fact that the whar
er
eing
lisk-
was
isot sufficiently lighted. A ver diet
was rendered plaintiff of $500 and costs.
—The passenger train from Hamilton
to Toronto had a very narrow escape
from destruction about seven o'clock on.
Saturday night. After passing the
ship, but being above the prescribed motive. The cow -catcher was smashed
one of its members. —The following is a statement of the age Mr. Murray has been awarded t e off, and the brakes thrown up the
track. The train was stopped, and as
—There is great distress in ,parts of value of goods exported from the Do- prize.
Anticosti and Labrador. Great distress minion of Canada, exclusive of British —A singular fatality has attended a heavy freight train was following, a
Prevails where the fishing missed, Columbia, during the mouth of July : the family of Mr. John Rutherford., of an was sent back with a lantern to
owing to the want of bait. There is Produce of the mine. $221 ,616, produce Waterloo. A little over a year ago, I warn it. He did. so, and it was only
much sickness, low fevers, eta., owing of the 'fisheries, $870,674, produce of within a few days, three of his children stopped 150 yards from the aisabled
to want of proper nourishmentthe forest, 3,981,054,$animals and died of scarlet fever, this spring he train, which was full of passengers.
—An English capitalist has written their produce, $2,623,242 ; agricultural lost a child through accidental scalding, Hon. Mr. Lingevin was on the last car.
Mr. W. H. Fraser, Dominion appraiser, products, $946,319 ; . manufactures, and on Tuesday last his little boy, aged —The largest carpet sale- ever held
at Ottawa, in regard to the starting of$423,484 • miecellaneous articles,$34,- somewhat over three years, succumbed in Canada, the anaount being over
a cotton factory in Canada. He pro- 828; total, $9,101,217. to a Severe attack of dysentery, making
$7,000, came off in Montreal the other
poses to invest $75,000 in case a suitable —Judge Papineauf of Montreal, has five deaths in a little over a year. This
day. The sale of Oriental carpets,
eke for a factory can be secared. 4. 1, decided for the Church, in Gibbs v. is a most saddeniug record, and pro- rugs, &c., by M. Hicks & Co., did not
—Mr. David McRae, of Guelph, has Trinity Church, that church organs are Yokes the warmest sympathygo off with the spirit that was antici-
been elected President of the Ontario immoveable property, and caunot be --On Tuesday, Mrs. Tobin, wife of paled for such a valuable ,collection.
Mechanics' Institute Association in seized. It is not a little singular that Richard Tobin, was gored by a bull, at This is attributed to the inexperience
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place of Mr, James Young, M. P. P., of while English Church men in Montreal St. Francis, about three miles from . 1 of the majority of Canadians with such
Galt, who resigned after occupying the are among the richest citizeus, Trinity John, Brunswick. She was out milk -
expensive goods, for amongst the prin-
position for 12 years. , Church hers been figuring in the law iug when the furious animal attacked
cipal buyers were ladies and gentlemen
—Mr. KePnedv, Scottish vocalist, ar- courts for debt for several years pasther, and no assistance was at hand. from New York and Boston, who made
rived in Montreal last week with the This is dieureceful, and says little in- She was injured so that her intestines
their selections with the facts before
remnant of his family, who were left i deed for either the piety or liberality of protruded, and in that condition she them that in addition to having paid
him after the Nice Theatre tragedy. those same rich men. dragged herself to the house. Medical
the Canadian duty, the goods had
He looks very much aged Educe his last —Ex-Aldermau John Smith, an old aid was soon at hand, but she died the further to bear the enormous- rate of 45
visitand wealthy resident of the city of To following day. She had a large famper centon being takeie into the
-
—Wallace Ross has accepted Han- route was instantly killed last week by ily of children but lost them all by States. The largest Turkey carpet,
.
lanes challenge. The amount is 31,000 being run over by a street car. Both diphtheria last winterwhich took the first prize at the Exhi-
a side, this being all the Ross party his legs were broken and he received —A son of Mr. Francis Edwards, of
bition, goes with others to Boston.
seem disposed, to risk. The race will other painful injuries. The night was London township, Met with a bad ac -
—Mr: Andrew Robertson, preeident
be rowed at Tpronto on the-, 13th No dark, and he was walking along the cideut on Friday morning last. He ,
1 H b B d h
Were I of the Montrea ar or oar , W o ac-
vember. Ha4an has already gone iuto track, when he WEIS overtaken by the was driving a harrow, to which .
trainin
Canada.
Typhoid fever is prevalent among
sailors in port at Quebec.
—The Princess Louise is et earesent
at Balnaoral, paying her farewell visit
to the Queen before departing for
Canada. -
—Messes. A. W. Ogilvie & Co., of
Montreal, last week received the first
bill of lading for a carload of -wheat by
the Canadian Pacific Railway.
—There has been no frost during the
past month, a peculiarity about the
mouth of September, 1881, which will
long be remembered.
—Geoige Stephen, President of the
Canada Pacific Railway, is building a
-••
The companeed Sir Charles Tupper to Brit -
g• car, knocked down and run over with attached a team of spirited horses.
ish Columbia as a delegate on behalf of
—Mr. Edwin Burnell, a few miles the above result. flies were very troulelesome, especially
north of Nelsonville, sowed two bushels —The correct figures of the receipts to one of them—a young colt—and the the Canadian Pacific Railway Com -
and .
four pounds of white Fife wheat of cash at the turnstiles for the Pro- animal kicked over the traces. The pany, has returiaed to MontrealIt is
understood that he brings proposals to
last spring, and from this he threshed, vincial Exhibition are as follows : Wed- , harrow by some means became over-
man and the company for the building of theline
the other day, no less than sixty-eight nesday, September 21st, $47.54; Thurs- turned anl both the young
the horse became entangled. in the from V ctoria to Nanaimo, and. when
bushels of clean wheat. Who can beat day, September 22nd, $307.03; Friday,
this? September 23rd, $637.30; Saturday,
—London Advertiser: It is doubt-. September 24th. $711.13; Monday, Sep-
ful if Canada is being improved be the tember 26th, 1,106.88;$Tuesday, Sep.
importation of street arabs from Euro- tember 27th4,910.00;$Wednesday,
peen cities. And it is certain that September 28th, $6,296.70; Thursday,
there are hundreds and thousands of September 29th, $2,117.33.
such in Cattadian cities to whom we —Last Saturday afternoon a poor
might better devote our attention. and friendless young G-erman law
sharp teeth. The man dithe di culties about the land belt in
d not receive
any serious injury, but it is thought the the Pacific Province are settled be -
colt will not recover. . tween the Local and Dominion Gov-
-The Governor-General has crossed ernments, the Company will build the
the Great Northwestern plains and has line. Mr. Robertson thinks that on
had experience that he will not soon the Pacific Railway being carried
forget. He saw a herd of bison--er-
through, British Columbia will receive
roneously called buffalo—and his party a large increase of population. . He
assed through two or three hundred
• hunt f th The killed P
—The following is the average scale' student who bad sought vain for went out itt
miles of the Thompson Valley, where
of wages being paid this season in the employment, became disheartened, and two fine bulls. They likewise came
Ottawa lumber districts: Hewers, $40 in a moment acting on what appeared upon two large camps of Indians, the the Pacific Railway will nm, and says
to $50; liners, $30 to $35; seer- to be a sudden resolve, while walking one Blackfeet, the other Sarces, and it is well adapted. for settlement.
ers, $26 to $30; log men, $18 to on the Great Western railway track the Governor-General had a conference —Custom duties dunng the past two
$24; general hands, $15 to 20;$cooks, near London, threw himself directly in with them, after which they went months have yielded much more this
$30 to $35; foremen, $45 to $60. front of the train and the next moment through some military movements. year than last, both in the United
—The assessment of Toronto for a mutilated corpse rolled down the lit- The party had the good fortune to be States and Canada. The increase has
1882 has just been completed, showing
a gross total of $56,296,089, or an in-
crease of $2,136,436 over the assessment
for 1881. The increase is gratifying,
and is principally due to new buildings
and the opening of new streets.
re --Robert Ince, son of Mr. Ince, of
the custom department, Ottawa, killed
a mad bull last Friday. The animal
attacked him in a field, when the lad
picked up a heavy stone aud struck
him. on the head, killing him almost
instantly.
--The Wanzer Sewing Machine Oom-
pany in Montreal have been notified
that Mr. Wanzer has received royal
recognition from forty of the principal
crowned heads of the earth for im-
provements on the silent Wanzer "C"
and "F." The medals are a rare sight.
—About ten days ago a number of
registered letters were stolen either on
the Hamilton _and Northwestern Rail-
way or in the Hamilton post office.
The number of letters missed is about
twenty. Detectives are working up the
case.
tle embankment — Hugo Schliefer's overtaken by a storm on one of the been chiefly upon the fall imports o
troubles in this world were ended. table lands, in all its grandeur and dry goods!' This will probably further
—The Rev. J. H. RDbinson, of Lon- fury. stimulate home production as well as
don. sold. his fine. set of astronomical —The Galt Reporter says the tur- further importation next year, and
and philosophical instruments to the nips in that section have been attacked bring on e crisis sooner or later. One
J h -of Baltimore Mar - b the cabbage worm, and that in comfort in view of such a misfortune
o les University , Y y
land. The price received was $685. A
former owner paid nearly $1,500 for the.
instruments. They were the first set
i C nada and it is not to the credit of
n a
our leading educational establishments
that they were allowed to go to the
States.
--An arrangement has been made by
which registered mails can be trans-
tIerred in sealed bags from the principal
American postal centres to the princi-
pal Canadian ones, thus saving much
time on the transmission of this class
of matter. it will also doubtless great-
ly increase the amount of it, as there
has been in Canada at least an old
superstition that to register a letter
going to the United States was the
surest way to lose it beyond all trace.
—The other day an old man fishing
in the Grand River at Galt caught a
large eel. He took it for a snake,
some fields the -tops are partly eaten off,
while thousands of the small white
butterfly which breed the worms are
hovering over the fieldW. Whatever:,
and is the fact that much more business
than formerly is now done on a cash
or short time basis. There is probably
no- danger from over -importation this
may be the cause, the pests appear t year, as the harvest has turned out ro-
be more numerous this year than eve raarkably good, but as goods are now
before, and should the worms take to ordered so early that no estimate of
turnips as readily as they have to cab- the coming harvest can be made, there
bage it will give our farmers another
enemy to contend with that we are
afraid will prove a difficult one to over-
come.
—Henry Gavan, who was so serious-
ly hurt by being trameled upon at the
boiler explosion in connection with- the
steam threshing machine accident near
Belleville, is in a most critical condi-
tion. He is only conscious at rare in-
tervals, and his physicians have but
slight hope of his recovery. Whilst
the face of the little girl Helen Cald-
-The stables and outbuildings of well, who was severely scalded, was way home from Montreal. Her eyes
the Atlantic House hotel at Ingersoll no *omit of persuasion could make being dressed, a large button was ex1 were wet as if from weeping, and she
were destroyed by;fire on Frida,y. The him believe otherwise. "Good to eat, tracted from a cut near the right earseemed to be very much troubled about
hotel had a very narrow escape. The do you say," he jerked out; "man, I'd It is supposed that it was torn off the something. The question “Did you
fire was caused by two drunken men as scion eat my grandmother. Take it trousers of either Malcolm or Lloycl and lose any -money, madame?" made her
srnokiug in the barn. The hostler off and you're welcome to it," and he driven into her face at the time of the face brighten up instantly, and she
explosion. eagerly answered. that she had. The
--Alvate Adams, an aged man and. an purse, money and. ring were described,
ex:local Methodist preachey, was sen- after which they were handed over to
tenced to fifteen days imprisonment at their proper owner. The lady, who is
the Fronteuac assizes for having Paris
green exposed on his farm and acces-
sible to cattle. The prisoner who
resides in the township of Oso, is so
poor that he could not fee a counsel,
but a generous minded lawyer con-
sented to defend him. The intentions
of the man were not clear,' but there
was no doubt of the poison being ex-
posed as alleged, an offence the gravity perienced, farmers instead of driving
of which farmers generally did not their cattle long distances to drink, per -
u Aderstand. The Judge was, under haps at stagnant pools, should club to -
the circumstances, lenient in his pun. gether and sink a deep well in some
ishment. _ . convenient location, say a cress -road,
=Last Friday four men toolpassage and provide it with a wind -power. This
at Sarnia by the Grand Trunk Railway suggestion is well worth considering.
for Quebec. They all appeared to be —Two young men belonging to Lis -
unwell, one especially so, but as they towel named Wiliam Climie ana Wil -
moved about no notice was taken of liam Lochhead, have succeeded in ear-
then' by the railway offieials on the , rying off the two highest scholarships
train until reaching a small station , at the entrance examination at McGill
near Cobourg, when the sickest man of "_ College, Montreal. They competed.
the party was found to be dead. On " against four hundred students, and dis-
reaching Bonaventure depot a coffin tamed all competitors, Mr. W. Clireie
was procured and. the body placed in taking first prize and W. Loohhead.
it. The men state that they were re- second. The prizes are of equal value
turning from the swamps of Pennsyl----of $205 each, $125 being payeble in
'crania, where, they had been employed cash, the remainder being a college
on a ditChing contract, and that the , allowance for tuition and other ex-
- maletrious atmosphere and bad water penses.
must always be risk from miscalcula-
tion on this score.
—One night lately Mr. O'Brien, pro-
prietor, of the Windsor Hotel at Kings-
ton, picked a small silk purse off the
floor. On opening it, it was found to
contain no less than two $50 bills, a $5
place, a valuable ring, and. some small
change. The finder retained the purse
and the 'contents till the morning, when
he set to work to find the owner. The
second or third person he spoke to was
a lady -from Hamelton, who was on her
had his head and arms seriously burned went and sat down on a stone as far as
in rescuing some horses. he could get from the "snake," while a
—Mrs. Kennedy, of Alton, who, a fellow sportsmen took the prize off the
short time ago was supposed to have hook and walked off with it. •
perished in the Michigan fire, returned. —About 11 o'clock last Friday night
on Monday last. She had a very nar- a rush of gas from the oil well being
row escape. Her clothes on her person sunk on Lambe's farm by the Sarnia ,
was burned as well as the shoes on her Association took fire from the torch
feet. She says the scene Baffles de- burning some twenty feet off, and has
scriptiou. been blazing furiously ever since. It e
—The High and Low Church trouble shoota up a steady column of flame to
has developed in the All Saints Church, a height of thirty-five or forty feet, and
Toronto, of which Rev. Arthur Bald- at regular intervals of fifteen minutes
win is minister, and neither party will a stream of water gushes forth, but .
furnish funds to pay.?‘.800 interest ac- without quenching or diminishiug the
count due. Last Sunday there were burning gas.
500 five cent pieces iu the offertory —The late Andrew T. McCord, of
plate. Toronto, bequeathed the following
—At the examination for junior ma- sums to certain religious and charitable
triculatiou at Toronto University last institutions: To the Upper Canada
week, two young ladies were candi- Bible and the Upper Canada Tract
dates. One only passed, and she is Societies, the Home for incurables, and
Miss Margaret Nelson Brown, eldest the House of Industry, $50 each; to the
daeglater of the late George Brown. Grand.Ligne Mission of Quebec, the
Her papers were exceptionally good,. Baptist Home Mission Society of On-
especiaily in French and German. tario, the Baptist Foreign Mission So-
-Major Beaudry, of Montreal, while ciety of Ontario, and the Superannu-
attending the Garfield funeral was ated Baptist Ministers' Fund of Ontario
pounced upon by pickpockets while in $100 each.
the procession and. his watch and —Some time ago a gentleman resid-
chain stolen from him. Fris gold chain
of office was also pounced upon, when a
struggle ensued, in which several of the
pickpockets were roughly handled by
ing at Galt lent a monkey to the Rev.
Mr. Stinson to place for a. time in the
Toronto Zoo. Being in the city a few
days ago he called to see how his little
now on her way rejoicing, did. not de-
sire her name to be published, so that
her husband, a wealthy Hamilton mer-
chant, would not learn of her, careless-
ness.
—Mr. A. Eby, of Sebringville, in a
letter to the Beacon recommends that,
in a dry season such as the one just ex-
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