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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-09-15, Page 1_ 1 iew the position leinute pe !coated. 'dinu low build- 'eof the sectio : been educated. Id worshipin such o hours a, week 'present tuasightly. -ay to a more. re, - ling. Now that guiIt be done to. present state of ek at once!. ; tv. , the 1 regular coureca aead Qua. Mr.. ord, asking the 0u. theroad at and 12. Mesers. , teported havhag eith the Brusselt g Land Improve. egreenag to accept said fund. A ppro-ving of the eeto- a request HisIop was in - lee digging of a, ion 13. It waa y received" from tiFund be appro. smg of Railway the Reeve and ed to purchase rabiy as possible. en's application t 22, concession ous meeting, the tertained. The di to employ an overnotent drain, 4tacertain which to the rate - side draios or a old draia, aud ting- The fol - handed in fconi e onrrent year: seetion No. $360, seetion No, f$28a, seation ;3675, section No. $271, Union !-riey and Wallace, A By-Iaw was ng one naill on the ,'.ate and one-half 1' railway rate for • papjug a num- ormcil*eliseurned - ' nas Piercy has , North Boundary, yir, of Stardey, for a., The farm con- ich 90 aores are Er. Pierey intends. E COMPANY.—At a e Directors of the urance Company, caber of applica. di notifications of Edtildings, were re - ;eine ninety-three ibership were ac - Of the following :cited to pay their ered to be struck 1 their insurance• mei Montgomery, BrOoka and John 7 was, on -motion, Yr. James Fansoa a Company have a and in the event efusing to da so, to steps tocollect- bim, and also to advantage the suit against Mr. N. lowing resolution ously : Moved by .toncled by aertry eying heard with F death of 11 V. Lary and Managing party, the Beard of .patlaize with the in- their bereave.. Diersteinli name wed in connection as he was one of irst Secretary and .and did ranch for ggeese, and that the netruethd to send a iOu to the widow Lte Mr. Dierstein." the Board will be Int first Saturday ia ericketers visited 'last for the pule teh with the Pick - The rain interfer- evented the match !ar as -the match layers gave a good. B. Messrs. Baird Irtieefield, played, nraf intends to corn- - r meeting at the ✓ cefield, the latter his congregation,. rery large for some ud under his min- ileterest is being atters than haei !. some time pra- t. ghter of Air. R. vale, came home co. corn- ativell, no serious d of her recovery dien it was found cl she quietly ternoon of that censcious all the neer of the lat inst d.re Bishop of Alga - if our bash roads- ', when he was met red with mud Simi Victoria, Minee from the Sault. Dishop waa strug- ond trying to get. the mire seven a-ea:tent, which he thing before mid- ratb,er pain fra e farra of Mr. Kintore. While leading a cow 4 -la by means of a ..crns, the animal ferocious manner, t a stomp. Mr. 3asy at4bey length t, went out and melons. state. On found to. beabadly Johnstoll is. re- a,possibIe. 1 vtt: 1 tee. - - FIFTEENTH "TPAR. lxnzoLE NUMBER, 771. A LARGE STOOK OF New Season's Goods —AT—, E.McFAULS, C4T11, STOCK COMPLETE' t IN EVERY DEPARTMENf. The Newest Styles —AT— THE LOWEST PRICES OK FOR ADVERTISEMENT IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE. E. McFAUL, SEAFORTH. Impressions of the Northwest. (Continued from Last Week.) Farming is, unquestionably, and pre- eminently, the business of the North- west. One cannot look upon the vast sea of fertile prairie, stretching out on every side, without feeling the full force of this. There are in this country, millions of -acres of the richest Boil, possessing the very best grain produc- ing capabilities, waiting the operations of the husbandman. All that is requir- ed is to plow theiland and sow the seed, and as a rule a. ben:nigh:11 harvest is assured. In fact one can scarcely real- ize that it is a new gountry. The un- broken prairie, so clear of every obstruc- tion, and the stretches of luxuriant grain everywhere growing in the settled districts,giVe the country an old appear- ance. There are no forests to clear off, no stumps to root out, and no hills to climb, and, the husbandman can stretch his furrows from one end of his claim to the other without a single obstacle occurring to break or impede the pro- gress of his work. 11 must not be un- derstood from this, however, that all the land is capable of cultivation. Far from it. There are good and bad sec- tions _there as well as here, and taken upon the whole, we believe their is more bad land both in the Canadian and American Northefest to the mile than there is in Ontario. Those who have traveled most over the country give it as their opinion that fully half the land is at present unfit for cultivation. Some is wet and marshy ; some is stoney and a good deal is light and. sandy. The Abod and bad lands usually alternate in blocks. There will be a block of land severed miles in extent, the most of which is suitable for cultivation, and then a, bad blocki and so on. In the good territory, 'also, there are bad spots,and in the bad sections good spots, but where the land is good it is gener- ally very good, and vice versa, and there is plenty of dood land. to supply homes for all who will require them for many years to collie.' Considerable of th land which is now unfit and only par tially fit for cultivation may yet be re claimed by drainage, but there is great deal even of the wet lands tha never can be, owing to the flat an level natilire of the country, while thee is much j more that is sandy and s stoney as to be absolutely uselessavhile in many parts much of the land that i termed good is broken considerably b "sloughs" lakes and alkali bogs. But take the country as a wholeeand should judge that it presents a mor inviting appearance than many parts o Ontario did in its early history. Ther is one thing certain, that a man ca make a theme for himself and hi family in the Northwest with much les labor and in much less time than th pioneers of Ontario were able to do. 0 course, when made, it will not affor the comferte of an Ontario home, btt it will, nevertheless,:give a liberal main tenance, and in time a. competency i return for, a reasonable amout of labo WHO SHOULD GO TO THE NORTHWEST. IMPORTANT NOTICES. neane—etati ESTRAY STOC .—Strayed from Lot 40, Con- cession 9, Est Wawanosh, about the 15th of May, 2 yearling steers, 5 yearling heifers. They are All red, the 2 steers arid one heifer have a small star on forthead. Any information con- cerning them will be thankfully received. JAS. ANDERSON, Belgra.ve P. 0. 767 NOTICE TO DEBTORS.—Dr. Duncain's hooka are left in my hands for immediate collec- tion. If not paid without delay they will be handed into the court for suit. SeDSEPII BRINE, Auctioneer. Harpurhey, Sept. 4, 1582. 770 FARMFOB SALE.—For Sale or will be ex- changed for a farm eitherin 1tKil1op, Tacker - smith, Stanley or Hallett, Lot No. 35, concession 12, T'arnberry, containing 60 acres good timber land. For Further particulars apply to A. STRONG, Land Agent, Seaforth, 788 EED WHEAT FOR SELLE.—The undersig-ned L' has a limited quantita of good, clean (Reli- able} FALL WHEAT for SEED .PURPOSES. He has thoroughly tested the wheat, and an highly recommend it to his brother farmers. It is lure threshed ; the yield is 40 bushels per are; and it weighs 63 pounds to the bushel. GEORGE SPROAT, Tuckersmith. 767 Cow LOST.—Strayed from the premises of the undersigned. in Seaiorth, about the 20th of August, a small, red, cow, three years old, and giving milk. Slae had a small white spot on her bag and a small piece breken off the right horn. Any information that will lead to the recovery of this animal will be liberally rewarded. G-EORGE EWING, Seaforth. 769 'WARM TO RENT.—The subscriber wishes to --zz' rent his Farm, situated on Concession 5, of Stanley, being part of Lot 22, and containing 761 - acres,. of which about 65 acres are cleared, and ad seeded down with clover and timothy; well watered; well suited for stock or Other iannieg purposes ;:good bank barn; good dwelling house; never failing; spring of' water convenient, and a good orchard. It is situated 31 miles fromBruce- field, Id miles from Seaforth, and 7 miles from Clinton. For farther particulars apply to THOS. MILLS„ -Constance P. O. 787 • a products. his. way, friends in o h woikld cost 13, he nformed me 8' aff rd to Spend th he could four doll Y old -Quebec home i man left Millban e Perth six years a ter sectiori within Portage. He the n enough to buy a wokked on his h mer, ande worked S in the wihter. e looking farm as c a He has a corn stable an his farm 1,; this year r. and 20 m ances is a Ontario f farming will "lot be the present ,channel used., the long transi profits, an.d-the grai Northwest Will be in that the corn growe States frequently fin larger the crops the they will be. WHAT HAS Ih the Meantime of illustratiOns to sh done in thehNorthw welt as by the judic capital. These hist my own observation, could be oited. Priace Edvtard co quarter seeltion in about four .years ag tal 'only aix has as good the sun shi fortable he SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, S so profitable. If have then to be will consunae the preducers of the the same Position s of the Western themselves. The raise the poorer , BENDONE. ! shall give a 'ample w what has, been et by industry as ons investment of nces came lunder and. Manyt more gentlemanfrom nty Ideated , on a Northern Dakota His entire, °epi- c) $500. He now e section of land as He has On it a com- ouse arid a hewed 90 ares of crop rain as, 1 ever saw so a span Of horses es whiele cost him f oxen; a Self-bind- cessary machinery, e from debt. In crop, which was vest when I saw it, ousand dollars, less inc and , marketing. ho could now sell ects and after pay - he would have for east $6 000 clear, This is four y ars' labor. Another whom I met went from the Quebe near Montreal and Manito a near ' Portage la e had 5 acres of land which wee so rough and toney, that becoming disg,usted with it e left it and it still lies vacant. He had to borrow money enough to take hi di self and family to the new land. He now has six hun- dred acre a which 1. e could Sell readily for $6,000; besides an improved quarter section onl which is a !comfortable dwelling hIouse, 91 acres ready; for crop and from vhic1 ie sold last winter two thousand Iushe1s 4f wheat besides other il When 1 met hi he was on ith his family, o visit his is old lome, making a trip im at least $100, and hat he could better t amount 'now than rs when living on his tead. Another young • in the county of o,and took up a guar - about six miles of the had barely money yoke of oxen. He inestead in the sum. in the lumber woods e now has as fine a n be seen anywhere. ortable log honse, a of similar material; • onnted a quart es on. ed log log granary, and ha this season as fine growing. ie has andaspanl of mu over $800 a yoke er and all thee n and is nearly fr addition to this nearly rea y to ha will net hiia two t expenses o harves He iassure me tha outhisfarin and e ing all his iabilitie hirriself at not bad fo young ma Province o settled in Prairie. IS give a Satisfactory yield. lif I a rect in this, then, the lands which while new, produce so abu da Bo little labor, will, in a fe only require rest, but m paanured as well. Whe comes, as come it will, far be so profitable. Artifici are expensive, and animal rnanur w always be scarce, for the easoia cattle can pot be raised pro owing to the length and s verity winters and the scarcity and qnent dearness of buildid g rna To raise stock, -better buildings will be required west than here, and the co buildings and the neces will be enormous.' So time the lands of th are under tillage as long a Ontario have been, we are ncoow ntly 16 'FOR SALB.—The uncle.rsigned offer their Fruit Evaporator and Cider Mills for sale cheap and upon easy terms of payment. The buildings have been fitted up in a complete vaanner for the carrying on of the Fruit Evapor- ating Business, and are now in first-class working order, and a. tine paying business can be done. But as W. S. Robertson, one of the partners of the firm of D. D. Wilson & Co., has gone to Ed- monton, Northwest Territory, to remain per- manently, the property must be sekl and the busluess of said firm finally closed up. For any Particulars with regard to said property apply to the andersigaled• D. D. WILSON. Seaforth. 762 - _ A SeLFINDID WN KAT FARM FOR SALE LN ' HOWICIEZ—For sale, Lot 33, Concession B., Ilewick, containing 100 acres; 85 acres deared, aud in a good iitate of cultivation. There are 300 rods of board fence, tee balance is well fenced witk cedar and hardwood rails. There is a good ldouse, and a good bank barn with stables under - Reath, 40 by 66 feet. There are two orchards of elaciee fruit trees. There is 45 acres seeded down with grass. There is a never failing spring of chows water in the centre of the farm. It is situated 2 miles from Wroxeter,. on the Toronto, Grey & Brace railway, and 21- Mlles from Gorrie, and 11 miles from &tassels and Wingham, both oat the Great Western. Railway, and eenvenient to eharches,schools and post office. Terms: one idas cash, the balance on time, and will be sold theep. Apply on the premises or to Wroxeter G. ARGHIBALD MALCOLM. 765 There are two classess who should go owe a cee to the Nerthwest to farm. First, the of his cro man who is commencing life and who, quarter section a with but limited capital wishes to make spring he Was off a home for himself. A young man, who for his farm. 0 is vigorons and industrious can work who has one to himself into a home there much Soon- done as well as er than he can here; or any man whose exceptional case ferret here is burdened. with mortgages, not selected -as at and who is wearing. out his body and fortnnatq in secu mind fighting and striving to make the rapid inercas enough to pay interest, had better sell has had bewilder out at °ace, take what he can out of success, but still the wreek, and start for the Northwest of these seconda and locate on a homestead there. If he accomplished in has enough to pay the expenses of the severance and journey and keep his family for the parties had to pu first year, he will, in the ordinary course for a year or tw of event a have little difficulty in making his way after that. If be secures a good lot, and manages properly, in four years he will have as good a farm, in so fax as money making is concerned, as there is in the county of Huron. Of course he will not have in that time a brick house, a bank barn and other buildings to correspond ; neither will he have orehard of choice fruit, and his farna nicely fenced off into ten acre fields. These are comforts • and con- veniences to secure which in the North- west would cost more than would pur- chase the best farm in the Huron tract. But, if he can content himself with the "rough comforts" of life, he can have them in abundance, and it is better to put up with these, especially when they are accompanied with comparative afflu- ence, than to have poverty and no com- forts at all. The second class who can do well in the Northwest may be com- posed of those who have plenty ofmeaus to engage in farming on a large scale. So long, at any rate, as the home con- sumption exceeds the production, farm- ing in the Northwest will afford a much larger return for the labor expended and the capital invested than it will in Ontario, and we know of no better surer investment that a "person with capital could make than by investing it in farming operations in the Northwest, that is if he is not above superintending his own business, a,nd is not averse to "roughing it" for the sake of making money. On a six hundred acre farm, with ordinary luck and proper manage- ment we see, no reason why a man shouldeaot clear from three to four thousand dollars a year, and this on an investment forbreaking and imple- ments, teams, building, ace of from nine to ten thousand dollars. For some years to come, therefore, there is money to be made at farming in the Northwest, whether pursued on a large or small scale. The time will come, gran at all en losed with fence and e has 75 acres under crop, re bac set, and to all appear, well to do as most of our rmers, and says he does not Lt, and ill make enough. out this ear to purchase the joining his own. Last red andeefused $4,000 course every person he Northwest has not hese. They , may be , althmigh they were ch. They were each ing good locations and. in the price of land %ble to do with their hey show, irrespective y causes, What can be a short tiLe by per - industry.' All these up with hardships , but in the ordinary course of events they will have tolerably smooth sailing f I will pow giv what capital will of farming. los Southern Manit of land. He pu $250 per acre. years, and this si3ason he has 450 acres under wheat and oats. The wheat I ehould judge will yield 30 bushels per acre, and the oats at least 60 , bushels. This crop at current rices will yield hina aboat $12,6 of 'producing it,i land will not e will thus have years' business o remembered, h neither a fence if we exclude a straw and a boa he did. not inten thought:he coul better advantag it in felines and 1 THE As there are picture, the brig EMBER 15, 1882. r year:with ot et ale be thie time ing w ll not 1 fert lizeirlel that tably gf the onse- erial. nd warmer the orth- t of si itable ary f ncing, y the hwest nds of ubtfal ere as hin- o worst of all, re, r nning ..vet rough ducti per- nd So them cross single coul •bloenagrbn cient water iled o find ich c uld be f them word con - lack o wood s dra -back, it, and cmheoohlys draw- TCOMe. e I be - o have can get ey can gb ewtittehr • sur- - tem - ore out n here, n ever 'n cornfortable ere, w ere he r hea th and passed shun- t delio'ons and holeso °fruit rial, a d what re he an pur- ystem of &gel- olish t &ban- vileges, for the xpect to have , afte ell, if content them- boardye r ycould1 a - m, and at good did not 11 orn this Oat. one exaniPle showing accernpliah in the way me across 4 farmer in ba who has 640 acres chased this land for 6 has been on it three hat, Nor the 1 ery d if farming will be as profitable t it is here. Besides this, t ereis convenience of a long and tediou ter, short summer, and the scarcity of good, p water. In a three days' d the very best and most pr Mons of Northern Dakota Manitoba I did not come spring creek, nor so far as was each a thing known, and al in most places there is su for domestic purposes, -I f one well the water in wl said to be good, while in many it was *hat we in °uteri eider unfit for use. The for fuel is another eerie but that as yet is not much f may in the course of time b over() the diacovery of coal. The lack of erions ill ov , whi want' id and churches is also a back, but this, too, time Upon the whole, therefor lieve that young men wh4 a farm and a home of tin ir own this more easily there t an t here, and a man who is ruggli debt and difficulties here can d there, and also the man who h plus capital for which he wants . porary investment, can of it in farming there tha I am more firmly convin that the farmer who, is and easy circumstances has a climate which f salubrity cannot be su dance of fael and the mo healthful spring water, and cheap building mat is equally important, wh sue with profit a mixed culture, would be very f don hi a blessings and pr very best he could ever in the Northwest. Fo people living here woul selves With a log cab'n or shanty; and bereft of t e ordi uries and comforts of 1 fe, th add field to field and fa m to f could Store up wealth, ut w would it be to them f they enjoy it. 0, an the entire cost eluding the price of the ceed $7,000, and he. a net profit on his $5,600. It must be- wever, that he had or a house on his farm, od stable covered with d shanty, and he said .to have any, as he employ his money to than squendering (?) uildings. TITER SIDE. lways two sides to a t and the shady one, BO there are to farming in the North - en the bright side, and readers who possess esteitds in old Huron to give them away and Northwest to make had better say a feat e disadvantages and e instances I have ing have all had refer- 0- were tilling the vir- quently bear it stated be grown in the Red after year for thirty 'theta manure. I do d of it. I noticed in OT west. II have gi leSt some of m cdmforteble ho may be tempted rnsh off to th their fortunes, I words about t draw -backs. T given of well d ence to those wl gin soil. We fr that grain can River Vally yea and forty years, no believe a wo many place§ where the land had been cropped for three and four years in succession that t e grain was not near- ly so heavy nor o healthy looking as however, when there will be a surplus' the firsterop. I lso noticed that where to export. That time can not be very old trails had been plowed up and crop - far distant, as the increese in produc- tion, under such -favoral3le circumstan. , ees as I have indicated; will be very rapid. When that title does come, unless an outlet is fo d by way of Hudson's Bay and a, short route thus 4 .• I ped, th,e grain gtew much ranker and seemed more preductive than on the shrrounding grlunds which had not ben similarly fe Wised, thus Showing that the product veness of the soil there as here is impro ed by manure, and that procured to the old co4ntry machete, without it, it wi ake he c ed th S • ed to this their adopted land, and it will be precisely the • same with the new settlers in the Northwest. SLOVENLY FARMING. . It would surprise and shock many of onr tidy Ontario farmers to see the care- less and slovenly way that farming is conducted in many parts of the North- west, and especially on the American side. There seems to be an entire lack of that order and system so noticeeble among our Ontario farmers. On their Meadow lands there will be a bite cut out here and there just as it seem to suit the fancy or caprice of the machine operator, and they are no way particu- lar about cutting either straight or clean. The same way with their pow. ing There will be irregular spots broken and cropped here and there all over the farm, while such a thing as o be ing m m- eld 1011B the up around it. In a country where ple- ments are so essential and so cost y, it is strange to see them treated so are- lessly, especially as a couple of men in one day or less could make a shed of poles and straw which would shield them from the weather. But people here seem to make their money so easily that they are actually indifferent how fast or how recklessly it is expended. Perhaps a time may come when they will be more careful of it. When I commenced this letter - tended it to be the last, but the su has grown so on my hands that I there are several matters whi promised to touch upon that I hav yet got to, so I shall have to re them for another which will like the last, whether I cover the ground I at first mapped out for ix or not. • through time, fail to I / A LAND A. Nearly every person west seems to be posse menial So soon as th their homesteads, or in a title to them, and ju beginning to have thin fortable, they must be land. Instead of goi making addition al i their farms with a vie their comforts as peopl either sell Out, or aban steads after putting th start off further back, claim and commence again. Thia sort of t enough for the men w citements of pioneer li attegation and who spe time out of doors, or assisting neighbors, bir but pleasant for the w getting a house in whi round, and securing n least half a days' walk, to have to move •ve and y stand - are out ,neliness neither ith the ue far- sy and t where uestion, venien- is noth- • drud- thunder differ - 'e must g wife, such a ent. 1111 IA. in th sed wit y "prov •ther as s passe off to g' g to provem to i here on thei ir crop ake up fionngemera o have to k d d moat way. fro men ifso h they ighbors North - a land up" on ords get hey are ly corn- -t more ork in nts on creasing o, they home - in, and another fe over be well the ex- ep their f their home nything s. After an turn 'thin at 44 housing implements appears never thought of. It is quite a common t to see a self -binder or a threshing chine lying out in the centre of a where it had been used the pre year without any covering, and second crop of grain growing into a hut where, aft r the st table are set up there 's scarce ing room, and where n ighbora of reasonable reach an all is 1 and desolation, can not be pleasant nor encour: :ing. improved raachinery oev in vo ming in the North est is e pleasant enough for t e men, b hired female help is o t of the and household comic) ts and. co ces are even scarcer nd there ing to relieve the mo otony an gery of every day life save a storm or a blizzard, i is quite ent thing for the wo Id en, and s be a devoted and se -sacrifici mother or sister who can lead life with any degree o content dl Canada. Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt has pur ed for $7,500 Little Round Island, i St. Lawrence. —The barn of Mr. Penrose, tow of Ops, was destroyed by fire, owieg to the combustion of damp barley, oni3 day last week. —A son of Sir John A. MoD and a son of Sir Charles Tupper, entered into partnership, and open law office in Winnipeg, Manitoba. —Though over 20,000 people attend- ed the Exhibition at Toronto on Satur- day there wile not a single exhibition of drunkenness or misconduct of any kind. —Mr. Peter Harguoit, of Three Rivers, Prov. Quebec, has entered snit to upset his late wife's will. She left all her estate, valued at $10,000, to Rev. N. Tasse, the priest of the parish. —On Monday last the Presbyterian congregation of Beverly gave a unani- mous call to Rev. Samuel Carruthers, probationer. It is understood the Rev. gentleman will accept the call. —The Brant Canning Company, of Brantlord, is receiving peaches by the carload. from Maryland for canning. This firm will camof all kinds of fruit, 15,000 cans this season. —Mr. Wm. Slater, and Miss Slater, Mr. Walter Shiel, Mrs. James Graham and Miss Clark, all of North Dumfries, started for the Northwest- per Grand Trunk Railway, on Thursday morning last. 41 NOT CON NTED. No matter how ell they doing, very few of th settlers Northwest are conteia ed with t They Will admit that hey are d and that they are now maki money than they cou d do in but with _them all, or nearly a seems to be an nnexp ainable so which keeps them fr m being satietied with the cone try,and every three one meet:, will tell they do not intend to make it manent home, and oily intend ing there until they IS ake 'none to give them a good start in when they will retur here to this, no doubt, is t eir hones now, but the most of them carry out their pres nt intent' the first place they ill never g enough ahead to atisfy the the second place they will forna tions. and cennectio • ei there .w endear the place to hem, and years they will lose heir desire back,, and even if t ey returne would be so ohs gel here would not like it. t was the with Most of the fir t settlers in There are many , who wo returned to the Id count could, but who are ow the In a may be in the eir lot. ing well g more ntario, , there ething entirely • o out of ou that eir per- remain - enough Ontario ive, and feeling 11 never ns. In money , and in associa- ich will n a few to come things hat they 1 111 in- DjeCt -find hI not terve v be 'hole yself has. ship nald have ed Tuesday. Mrs. Wood, who had attain- ed the ripe age of 88 years, had been married nearly 70 years, and her hus- band, aged 92, survives her. —George Holiday, a well -esteemed man, was killed in Holmes, Moore 86 Courtwright's mill at Inwood. He was at the equalizer saw sawing bolts when part of the machine struck him on the head, throwing him on the saw and mangling him to pieces. —The real estate market in Windsor is at present experiencing an unusual boom, more property having changed hands, in the past two weeks, according to one well informed citizen, than in. the previous two years. Detroit capital- ists are investing largely. .—Two men entered the Merchants' Bank at Winnipeg on Friday forenoon, at 11 o'clock, and watching their oppor- tunity one of them, during the tempor- ary absence of the teller, abstracted from the counter a parcel containing $10,000 in bills of other banks than the Merchants'. —Two byciclists arrived at Sarnia last Tuesday evening and stated that they had travelled on their silent steeds from Detroit that day, and from their home at Grand Rapids the day previ- ous. Their destination was Buffalo, N. Y., for which place theyleft at 4 o'clock the following morning. —The constituents of Mr. George W. Ross, M. P. for West Middlesex, whose election has been contested, have come forward. nobly to his Assistance. At a conveution recently held at Glencoe the sum of $1,350 was guaranteed. to defray the expenses conneoted with the defence of the protest. —Mrs. Maria 13, Cox,of Guelph Town- ship, died on Sunday at the advanced age of 90 years. She was one of the oldest residents in the neighbourhood. of Springfield in the county of Halton, from whence she moved about three years ago to reside with her daughter, Mrs. Messenger, Guelph Township. —The eot is playing sad havoc with the potato crop in the vicinity of Ham- burg, and in other parts of Waterloo county. The potato may appear sound when first dug, but 'when exposed to the sunior an hour or two the diseased ones can be easily picked out. —Miss Renaud, aged 21, daughter of Emory Renaud, accidentally fell into the river from DuLac's wharf, 4 miles above Windsor, Wednesday evening of last week about 8 o'clock and was drowned. The body was recovered at 1 o'clock next morning. Two men at- tempted to rescue her, but failed. —Mr. Peter Itter, keeper of the Waterloo House of Industry, brought into Berlin on Wednesday evening a re- markable plant of the fungus variety which he found growing on the farm. It is a toadstool, measuring 4 feet 5 inches and weighing 101 lbs. It sprung up in two days and nights, and is certainly a -wonderful plant. —A sad accident occurred near Or- angeville onThursday last, by a horse running away. A young lad in thelern- ploy of Mr. G-eo. Carefoot, was going out to the field to rake, when the horse became fractions and ran away, tossing the lad. off, and before the rake, causing his head and face to be badly torn by the teeth. —Horseetealing is becoming so corn. mon in some parts of the County of Ox- ford, that it is not out of the regular course of events. On Tuesday morn- ing August 29th, Mr. Dunphy had a fine gelding stolen from his stable, while on the following evening a far- mer about a mile from this place had ; one taken from the pasture. —Mr. John McCauley, plasterer, about two miles south of Chatsworth, in the county of Wellington, states that on Saturday, August 25th, he cradled three acres of wheat in two hours and fifty minutes, bound it in four hours and thirty minutes, and drew in four acres of grain the same day; and he is pre- pared. to do it again if any one challenges the statement. —A Miss Thompso-n who had been out driving and shopping with a friend, was killed almost instantaneously last week near Drnmbo. They were return- ing home when the horse, a spirited creature, became unmanageable and ran away, throwing the occupants to the ground. Miss Thompson was kill- ed almost instantaneously, her neck! being dislocated. —Typhoid fever is prevalent to an almost alarming extent in the town- ship of Eardley, Carleton county, an numerous deaths have occurred, whil new cases are constantly being reported On Tuesdey last, a Mrs. Magg died o the disease, and on Thursday her tw sons were brought to the County Carle• ton Protestant Hospital suffering fro typhoid. They both died the followin day. —One day last week as Mrs.0. Klotz Jr., of Preston and a friend were drivin down -.the hill adjoining Cress' Hotel some paet of the harness gave way allowing the buggy to run forward o the horse. The animal took fright an ran away. Mrs. Klotz was thrown ou and. the rig upset on her, severely in juring her on the face and body. He friend escaped, with very little if an injury. —Mr. John Finlayson had the honor of escorting the oldest resident of Parisi a lady, to the polls on Monday last. Th lady reierred to, Mrs. John Stewart has lived in that town fifty-two years She voted for the By-law granting bonus to assist in the estabiishnaent o a wincey manufactory, and thus ovine ed her interest -in the cause of progresa. We may say that the by-law was car lied. by a large majority. —The St. Thomas Bichile Club ar making arrangements for holding grand bicycle tournament in that cit on,the 22nd inst. Over $150 are to offered in prizes, and there is no dou but the largest gathering of wheelme ever seen in. Canada will be present o the 00eatikna. The vexed question the championship of Ontario wi doubtless be conclusively disposed • 11 14 me way Ontario. Id have if they at devot- —From 33 bushels of wheat sowii,, Mr. John D. Moore, of South Dumfries, Waterloo county, has this season a crop of 1,300 bushels, or close to an average yield of 40 bushels per acre. The variety is "White -Mountain." —A parcel passed through the Brant- ford poet office a day or two since ad- dressed "By partial post." We thought the Po3t Office Department howed no favors. —At the session of the General Con- ference of the Methodist Church of Canada at Hamilton, on Friday, the Superannuation Board's report wait read, showing a deficiency and $70,000 unpaid legitimate claims. —There has been trouble in the In- dependent Order of Forresters in Len- der', Dr. Oronhyatekah, Supreme Chief Rapger, has suspended an entire court, and they now propose entering the Canadian Order of Forresters. —Mr. Richard Bunting, of East Wil - llama, has bought the Balmer farm in London township, a short distance from the village of Melrose, for the :sum of $6,025. It is considered a cheap farm, and a very desirable place to live in. a --A man named John Fraser, work- ing on the new spire of St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church, Cornwall, fell a distance of sixty-five feet, sustaining aerions internal injuries. His medical attendants report his recovery possible. —A potatoe vine grown in the gatden of Mr. David Stirton, Guelph, Was .re- cently on exhibition in that city which measured over six feet in length. It is of the "Dunbar " variety, and the tuber is said to be remarkably large and a good cooker. —On Saturday evening about 8'o'clock John Bennett, a respected resident of Lucknow, cut his throat with ai razor. The deceased has been for the past few years subject to fits of melancleely, and it is supposed that during one of these he committed the rash act. —Mr. John Bruce, Guelph township, hap eight acres of the Scott variety of of fall wheat that he has threshed recently, and wnich turned out 48 bushels per acre. The sample is first class, and there is no exaggeration about the yield, —Stephen Oliver,employed at Buck's foundry, in Brantford for the past eight years, had his arm literally torn off near the shoulder on Friday afternoon, while attempting to put a heavy belt on a pulley while the machinery vies at full speed. —Mrs, Francis Wood, wife of Thos. S. Wood, and mother of Hon. S. C. Wood, died at the residence of her daughter, Mts. C. Mott, in Picton, on 111 WLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. 1 ri this year, for Messrs. Doolittle of Amer, and Westbrook of Brantford, tend competing, and. when they do n will come the tug of war. he ---The editor of the Waterloo Chroni- cle on his return with the Press ex- uTsionists from the Northwest, solilo- u ses as follows :— "The editor is o e again from the West. Grand as ihe west is in many respects, great as i its prospects undoubtedly are, there is , oo place like home. The comforts of if are more easily obtained here, but alth can be acquired more rapidly in he region beyond. 1 a --One latuadred and. ten Clydesdale horses from England arrived at Point Elward on Sunday last from Montreal 1 their way to the Western States. While shunting the train at Fort Gratiot One of the heavy horses broke through the flooring of the car. Henwa,s released from his perilous situation with consid.- i e able difficulty, but with no damage 0 cept a few slight scratches. Some of the most valuable horses in England ere among this consignment. —John Campbell, of Borstown, New rmaswick, went out shooting partridges or Saturday, and in stopping over a f len tree he fell and produced a coin. ound fracture of his skull. 'At the 0 me time his gun was discharged awl- entally, the load of shot lodging in his 'de. He lay on the ground for sonae me, bleeding profusely, and afterwards alked home a distance of three miles. is recovery is doubtful, —Last Saturday morning a horse be- nging to Mr. Geo. F. Sibbick, Burford, bile standing over the mill race in ront of Mr. J. Thomson's grocery in aris met with a painful accident. The lank on which its tore feet were rest - ng gave way, bringing the animal own, its fore legs disappearing through he hole. It was extricated from its npleasant position by means of it rope n the hands of several strong men. eyond it few slight cuts it was un- nj nred. —A sad accident happened to Herny Shasenberg, of Plattsville in the town - hip of Blenheim last Thursday. While drawing empty flour barrels from the ooper shop to Snider's mill the load ave way, throwing him off the wagon. e was picked up for dead. After a bile life began to return. He isinjur- d in his spine, and his whole body rom the shoulders down is paralyzed. He is just now lying in a very critical condition; no hopes are entertained of his recovery. —A gentleman in Woodstock recently lost a valuable watch key, which he greatly prized on account of a stone at- tached. It was picked. up by a street youth who returned it to him, and. received. from the grateful owner one aI knew it was yours," said the boy. "I'm glad now I brought it back. I tried to sell it, but was only offered 60 cents for it." It must be a pleasure to reward a young man with the fine moral sense of that youth. —Says the Hamilton Times :—"Mr. Walter Cook, during a recent illness, lost 136 periods. When he was taken sick he weighed 356 pounds, and now he turns the scales at 220 pounds. Mr. Cook is staying with his brother, Mr. Charles Cook on Main Street, and is now looking and, feeling , splendid. Walter was so low at one time that not - the slightest hopes of his recovery were held out to his friends." He was at one time a member of the Guelph fat men's base ball club. —Quite a number of paper wheels have been received at the Canada Southern Railway shops at St. Thomas, to be placed under the five new coaches which are to be built this fall. Esith , wheel costs about $140 after the duty is paid, so that there is a great difference in price from the steel wheel, which I costs but $12. The difference in price is made up by the durability of the paper wheel which is said to be able to run from 300,000 to 400,000 miles, while the steel wheel can only go about 50,000 miles. —Mr. Lee, butcher, of Dutton, Elgin. county, had a rather unpleasant adven- ture a few days ago, when leading home a tat caw to slaughter. The animal became enraged. and ran Off, throwing Mr. Lee down and while drawing the rope through his hand an iron snap that was attached to the end of the rope caught in the flesh ha the palm of his hand and tore its way through, then hcoked itself around one of his fingers and drew him a short distance, when the cow fell, and thus he had time to unfasten his hand and save his finger. 1 —A Windsor correspondent thus de- scribes the recent arrival of the Geyer. nor-Geueral and party at that town "After a short time of peering into the darkness the party headed by the Mar- quis came out on the platform, and watched with interest the fastening of the cars to the boat, and. the departure of it from Canada. The ladies, includ- ing the Princess, were dressed very plainly indeed, the Princess wearing a plain black dress. The party are on their way to British Columbia. They spent Wednesday in Chicago, and from there they go to San Francisco and em- bark on the British man-of-war Genius, for Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. —Mr. Duncan Forbes, of London township, who had reached the rite age of 78 years, died at his residence near Hyde Park on Saturday last, after a brief illness. For fifty-one years he has been orke of the most esteemed farmers in that part of the country. Deceased., one of the grand old pioneers of this Province, came to London from Inver- ness, Scotland. He settled on lot 24, 5th concession, of London township, and underwent many vacissitudes. Mr. Forbes served as a volunteer in the tebellion of 1837, and subsequently acted as assessor and collector. He 1111ed with honor to himself the position. of elder in the Hyde Park Presbyterian. f Church. a ;el e :1