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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1883-03-30, Page 17! hdenehmenteenntnIn-- "17 I appointed, ritchard. D ;anis foot, g 'been p cOntemtgatiort eshytery, eta, and the W it* Fest tem thincen g that they anima as nide to Afti. nis inductdoj. al action `Ula Lot the itay get in the m ey can detni Isented a re Religion't wi heslaytery, a ' trofitable co [VMS held. id the next In 'Clinton, on next. Fat to 13 QUESTION. in the min DOS off, or to b get your pi DODS, in either case assortment a rif DRY COO tY, 410. UL EB SEAPCt klitliKER CH A -3 for the S r the Spring T (ISfor the S rr the S MIS for the S for el. the Spring GOtiDS for MERkS for or the KS, dm., dt0. n to give t ' customera tbi large and ex :prices will iet awl house in iEPARTNI MULE ki late to the L inity, that w sat over our petienced Drina 'om TORON shout the an with °air a Goods dep given, ley per, of our promises to btk ng cFA RTH 0 SIXTEENTH YEt WE HOLE NUMBR, 799. R- BNGIASEIPUBLIC SO:OOLS DY A CANADIAN. The public sohools of Eng fennded for the purpoim of a, classical education to the c, and were ording a ildren of the gentry. The expense Of attending them ranges from $730 tco$1;200, or $1,500 a year. The reader will per- ceive that they resemble LIie public schools in the America only in 1 IIIIII03. , Eton and Rugby are familiar words ' in America, Harrew and are less known than their nu contemporaries, but so far judge have an equally good inchester re famous as I. can reputation in Enelancl for,scholarship, .These are the fear. great publio Beheas. of Elm - hind. There are also in the: larger ii toWna grararaer schools "o ; a found- ation"which are doing.. foi the. town boys the same, or a similar iktrk "On efoundation" is English for "endowed." I visited two, of these endoWed schools, one in Manohester and one in , Birming- ham. The termer was nehmaratively modern, at least the buildio,g was. It was largely a day sohool. The , gym-- nasittm,„ which was the dilly "show room"' in the building, watt quite the finest, both in structure and equipment, I have ever seen. Neith4pr here nor anywhere clime in England, except in some of the School Board Schools, was I baskedin to a recitation. irhe English people -apparently do not : believe in 'poking an. exhibition Of thiit recitation rooms., If the American pan is pleas- auter for the visitor the Ipligiish: plan *more agreeable to thei scholar. It is. oharaetertstio of the tietioital dif- ference; we de everything I before folks, with a. small weakness or . publicity,: not tomay display, they do everything under cover, with a, WO* MIMI Their national ours, hevanitY. 1 c.onfess, theita is the preferable The sohool at Birmingh heritauce front past ape ; ory serves me right,. it wet Edward VL I The buitdim That endowment of lead which the king gave it i has increadect irf value with the geowth of thej city, and, it is DOW well equipped ' or the larger work which that growth hs put upon in. But the Englishman doles not believe in free education. The 'truths which coat little will be valued !little. These endowments provide for the free educe. tion of a few,. sometimea privileged clam, more generally those that earn the privilege by- apeoial Behoiarship. The ohmage in this reeked iaillustra- WI by the history of Ett. Originally Eton was a endo.weel sc. cad for about eeventy boy; it was fowl ded as &feed- er to Garebi, tlge. The la ysinherited a right to., the school, which descended along with laud, title, et t., in the favor t - al ed families, from generation to gener him,. The °hod was an otic.eptional good one, and other boy a went up a applied for the: privilege o were admitted. Theta i fee,. bat at the end I, of 1 bid his- ness for re - ice is pride; that I think of the two. m is an in - if my mem- founded by is venerable. d entering, a s no tuition he terrat1ie "ncioal goo tnpil vsent in, to y, and shoved a note niiler a book left •conveniently for that pllirpose on the library table. This vari4,:in amount from LI° to £70, accordint o the means, the generosity, and the 1 od feeling of the papit Gradually, the - outsiders grew so as to outnumber as they were and are sti regular fees took the plac the collegians, Gamed, and e of a gratuity. a1iy :fl aoite of mt.- It opposition, from the owners of eves hereditary privilege of go nothing was abolished, a scholarships were throw petitive examination. il year a great number of.e.i, sixty or seventy, out ol amivation, ten or twelve, the entering class. ThiE, • tive and typical fact. Ill and universities abound. scholaralaipa To get a BC get in England no me* but a very tangible 1 sometimes a respectable not uncommon for a fatl son, " If you caa get a k oan go to school and thin university ; if not, you can go into busi' sh" It serves aa a method of natural i election. The of utilizing a ones who have tting it. This method compares favorably with the American method of givi g scholarships to the poor, or a bonus t those who are studying for the rainistr. . It is one of the great factore in the t evelopment of an upper educated thass,l which English aystem has produced ',more effectively than oars. We eclucatelall men much better than England ; Ai gland educates F some men much bett r than we do. Our educatioh average; far better, her higher education reaoh.0 a oonsiderably higher high water mil,r10. In the meth tations of learning We have learned men; but outside of them we have de- veloped no popular soicatists equal to 1 d rights," the g to Eton for the seventy open to corm ere are every licants, some which, by ex - re seleoted for is an illuatra- gift& schools with giddier olarahip is to empty honor, ouniary aid; come. It is r to tell his olarship you 11 la boys who are capable higher education are the the best chances of g Tyndall and Efuxley!, thin,kers comparable to! no critics equal to Matti no Biblical scholars the and Ellicott. I' i I English Scholarshipsthowever„ by no means make education free. It costs a collegi.an at Eton, whothas nothing to pay froro. $350 to $600 al year; what it costs a strident who has, no scholarship I da not know, but 1 j dge anywhere from $800 to $1,q00. Pie elements in its oost will appear pres ntly. Of the English public schools I visit- ed both Eton and Rag y. At the for- mer I was the guest J of a pupil, at the latter t o pea , of the head thus saw the two insti- o philosophic erbert Spencer, ew Arnold, and peers of Alford SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 30 1883. Le_ McLEAN BROS., Publishers. *1.50 a Y:ear, in Advance. • jecting walls, and a crooked winding When a culprit is to be castigated he is street, huddled as close up to the castle- brought hither apd a call is made for as possible, as if frightened and flee- the first form boys. The two who come ing to the shelter of its towering battle- last at, the scene pay the penalty for ments for protection. And this, I sup- their tardiness by being required to hold pose, is exactly the histiorio truth, and the reason why the village has not spread out, as an American village would do, over the ample meadows which euviron it. The school is in the outskirts of the town, the buildings are mostly ancient, most picturesque and roomy, and more attractive to the -visitor than comfortable to tile resident. I arrived as the boys were just issuing from them recitation rooms, and it was a sight not to be forgotten—to see seven hundred boys, of ages ranging from twelve to sixteen or eighteen, all wear- ing the convential stove -pipe hat, which is part of the regular dress of an Eton boy, as is the gown of an Oxford or Cambridge undergraduate. I found my host,to whom I had been introduced by a letter previously forwarded by his father, and after a few moment's delay on his part, to get the necessary leave of absence, we started on our tour, first of Eton and afterwards of Windsor Castle. The public school, as every reader of "Tom Brown at Rugby" knows, is diyided into different" houses." The papil enters a house just as at Oxford oriCarnbridge he euters a "College." He becomes a member of that house. At Rugby there are eight of these dif- ferent houses, and about the Same num- ber at Eton: Each Of these houses is under the charge of its own house mas ter. He carries it on as a boarding- house, takes the fees, and furnishes the table, and pockets the profit, or the loss. It is always a profit, and generally a good one. Teaching is a much more remunerative business in England than in America. The masers salary will ordinarily range from $1,200 or $1,500 ayear to $7,000 or $8,000. No Qne knows exactly what the income Of a successful house -master or bead master is, for he is paid not a salary by a boerd of trustees, but in fees and perquisites. But well-informed Englishmen credit the headmaster of Eton with an income of $15,000 a year, and prcibably it is pot less in the case of the head master of Rugby. Each pupil has his own room. Room- intogether and studying together are unknown in Eneland. The whole herding process so common in America from the nursery np is abhorrent to an Englishman. He is a semi -social, but never a gregarious animal. In Rugby there are dormitories in which the boys sleep, and sitting rooms in which they gather for social life; but each boy has his room for study, usually without even a single - room -mate. In Eton, at least in the "College," the study -room and bedroom are all one, each boy, having his own solitary apartment. The boy from his entrance on public school life begins to shift for himself. His "house" gives him a breakfast of tea and bread and butter; he mar- kets for hirimelf for what else he wants —eggs, marmalade, jam, potted meats. In school,- as out of it, the American breakfast of fish, beefsteak, hot cakes, or what not, is unknown. The boys brea,kfast in small rooms twenty or twenty-five together, each eating such breakfast as his -means, his tastes, his skill in marketing, or the liberality of a wealthier friend may afford him. he school is divided into classes or "forms." The sixth forna boys breakfast in their own rooms, as they do afterwards when they enter the university: In the university they have a steward to get the breakfast for them, run necessary errands, keep the room in order, and the like. In the public schools this service is rendered -for the senior, or sixth form boy, by ,s, boy in the first form, who blacks his boots, brushea his clothes, rrins his errands, does his shopping, prepares his breakfast of tea and toast, and makes himself generally useful. This is a "fag." The sixth form boy may be a tailor's son, the first form fag the scion of a 4uke ; school distinctions take precedence of all _others. Hard; ship there sometimes is, tyranny, even occasional cruelty; but no English boy apparently feels the degradation which every Americah boy would feel in ren- dering fetich a menial service. Is it quite clear that the American boy is right? Is there any degradation in rendering such a service for a senior? Might not our American society be more subordinate to law and. order if our echool life taught practically the velue and worth of legitimate subordination? At all events, my young English gaide, who had been through the experience, neither saw nor felt any objection to the fagging system, though he frankly admitted that it was sometimes marred by individual acts of petty tyranny and abuse. I am not sure whether it sur- vives in Rugby, though Arnold not only permitted it but put value upon it as an iroportant pert of his system of school discipline. The boys of each house dine together in a common hall: no soup; roast beef or mutton, bread, and dessert of "sweets." The school ptovides each boy withbeer; wines are not allowed. There is a very simple tea at six, and supper of bread and cheese and, I believe, cold meat, if one wants it, before going to bed. The rooms are warmed by the fireplace — the universal method in England—and lighted with candles. How the boys, who do much of their practical studying daring the evenings, cen get out Greek and Latin, and mathematics, by the light of a flaring candle, and preserve their eyes, is a mystery on which I did not get any light, and can give none. Perhaps the Englishman's foggy atmos- phere accustoms him to a dimnees of illumination. He dreads a glare as ranch as an American dreads darkness. master; and tutions from very different points of view. Perhaps to this fact, as ranch as tct the differenae in the institutions themselves, is due the different im- pressiona which they made upon me. Eton is situated just across the Thames River from Windsor Castle. It is an aucient village./ with queer pro - tribute what they can monthly. Special miss* envelopes have been prepared for this purpose. —The Presbyterian congregation at Ridge own, intend advancing Mr. Mo - the offender down over the block ,while Robbi 's salary to $1,000 and manse. hutch is flourishing under his ate. There is now a total mem- p of 216. ev. Dr. Cochrane has received an- other contribution of E100 from the Presbyterian church in Irelandahrough Dr. Wilson, of Limerick, in aid of home ns of the Presbyterian church in a. rs. W. Rea, aged itlint twenty, ngston four weeks ago to visit the head master administers the switch- The ing. The extent to which the habit of paste fees and perquisites is carried in Eng- bersh land receives a curious illustration from — this ceremony, The head master makes a special charge for his service of five shillings ($1.25), which is duly trans- mitted to the parent with the other extras at' the end Of the term in the school bills. Whether the feet that the head master of Eton has , thus a direct peouniarylinterest to switch offenders as often 4 is coesistent with the inter- ests of justice 'has anything to do with the frequency of the administering of the birch, I do not know; but in Eton, where he is • paid for it "by the job,", the birching °pours two or three times a week, While at Totugby, where it is pure- ly a labor 'of love, it has not heed ad. - ministered MOTO than five or six times in ten years. I have taken Eton rather than Rugby as a basis -foi this- description of an English public school, because it is a more characteriptic, or, at all events, a ervative English institution. a thoroughly modern school, .394 master is a thoreughly, an. Tts life is a -nine eenth century lie. Its school buildiu bave doubled in the last twenty years. It has excellent facilities for the study of chemistry, a practical laboratory, a fine library, museura, and art building, an observato saw some process practical tals, one latter is e mumty, being all the food to the in by at impresse estimabl for the pupils. period th America of our pu evil, and a sign of public sc cation to body. At who exa him to h ination, numerou river Th is an adzi water of and in -which Ilfound Some boys in the month of a racket expense while, a Brown," Deed littl There is one relic of ancient times at Eton which strikes the modern Ameri- can as somewhat singular; that is the whipping block. This ancient instru- ment stands in the corner of the yard. more con Rugby is and its modern y, and a workshop, where I very good carpenter's work in f making by pupils under a 'instructor. It has two hospi- or contagions diseases, The tinily cut off from the _com- niytjhe attendant physician wed to go in and out t even or t, e patients being brought oor ' and left to be taken endauts within. What most me was the abundant and provision made by the school hysical development of the ntil a comparatively recent body has Iteen regarded by schools, as it still is by some lic schools, aa a necessary he demand for recreation as nfa.nt depravity. The English ool regards the ends of edn- be a healthy mind in ahealthy Eaton is a swimming plaster, tines every boy, and certifies ve passed a swimming extent- efore the can join one of the boat clubs which enliven the Ines tin the season. At Rugby irable swimming bath, the hich; is made warm in winter, a • Febroary ; a tennis court and ourteerected at considerable y the school for the boys ; every reader, of "Tom • illhemember, the games that or no apparatus, each as foot -ball, cricket, fox and hounds, etc., -have as tion and as the Greek an 11111 Perha a glim and eat at the the Unit a compar deductio they are in adapt uoh enthusiasm of approba- ppreciation from the teachers ore serious work in Latin, mathematics. • • ODO who has had only 89 of English schools, e more than a glimpse nalogous institutions in the a States,ought not to institute •son between the two. My a may, however, go for what orth„ and I judge that whide tam ef studies to th 9 needs of modern rfe, oar hest public schools are quite eq itt direc over the perior, liberal c provisio in wise e healthfu study, w States to Harrow t The s Engine° is $25,00 —The tramped and a ha —Ale ster, ha Mal col m —Mr. has this paid for wood. —Mr. John Le BOD343 Mr: Leg —Mr. al to the best in England, and perspnal moral supervision upils by the teacher are sn- wealth of equipment, in Inpensation to the teacher, in foe physical development, and holarships, serving as real and stimulants to excellence in have nothing in the United compare with Rugby, Eton, ndWinchestert L. A. 6 •Canada. lary of James Ross, Chief of the Canada Pacific Railway, per annum. Montreal . snow shoe club last Friday thirty miles in six hours. ander McCallum, of Westmin- sold a farm of 173 acres to MeLachlin, for $12,000. . McFarlane, of Thamesville, eason already purchased and 5,000 ties and 5,000 cords of 11 ion has sold his farm to Mr. g, Of Nissouri, for the hand - of $13,000, and has purchased 's farna for $7,000. fohn A. Rudolf, of Nenstadt, Missi ,Cana shipped rona Mildmay a few days ago, nineteen head of fine cattle, making a total weight of over 27,640 pounds. —About a year ago a school wars open- ed at BrandoimManitoba, with thirty pupils. Brandon has now a large six - room school -house, with an attendance of about —Mr. near St. 250. Jonah Ellis,of South Dumfries, George, has sold his farm to left K friends in Glenn's Falls, N. Y., and has not since been heard of. It is thought she h s been enticed to Montreal, and ends are searching for her. r. A. Smith, of Oakland town- -"ounty of Brant, has sold his (known as the J. Smith home - consisting of 130 sores, to Mr. Mott, of Brantford township, for the reund sum of $8,000. essra-Hugh Hart, George Brown, Routledge, and Murdoch McGin- f St. Thomas, all well-known drivers on the Grand Trunk rail - aye left Ontario, having secured ns on roads in the West. ast November Mr. Wm. Brown hag from Minto township to Mani - hipped hia household goods at Mr. Wm. Rosebrugh for the sum of $4,- 500,and boaght 130 acres in the vicinity of Driimbe for $7,000. —Adam Iiihiond, of Danville, aged 91 years,was saffocated by smoke the other day. He twas alone in the house when it caught fire and was dead before the neighbors qrrived. \A few 'evenings agoa train on the Credit Valley railway, going west, ran into a drove of cattle near St. Thomas, killing andlmaiming eight of the ani- mals. the rails n for mis foot in Toronto an annu of the c let trein fortunately stuck to her f ship, farm, stead) Jacob w scheme for collecting money ion purposes - has been set on Presbyterian churches in atead of the ladies making 1 eollecting tour the members ngregation are supposed to con - Thos. engin way, positi rem° toba, Mount Forest, four months later they d at Brandon havirm been all that n the way. ver a thousand car loads of tur- • ere received at New York from a this year. They bring $1.25 a . The demand could not be sup - .y farmers iq that vicinity owing bad ,crop. he Dominion Goveniment are giv- e sum of $246;000 for the Trent navigation, for the construction s and the improvement of naviga- between Lakefield and Balsam as well as 01,200 for the River bee. is feared that Mrs Andrew Mur - the 2nd concession cf Westmins- ho has been missing from her since the 1st December, .1882, has ith her death by foul means. She, ed going to Nebraska and Illinois, arriv time nips Cana barre plied to th 4 ing t ollivfioec ton Lake 0 till ray, ter, hom met inten but has never reached her friends in eithet State. —Stewart Cotter, who had his skull fractured by a blow from a whipstock in the hands of another youth named John Humphrey the other day on the street dit Cayuga, died Friday morning after suffering terrible agony. Humphrey and his uncle (it is said the latter en- couraged the attack) were arrested. — While a family in Toronto were at church last Sunday evening, oneeof the children upset a lamp in the front room and set fire to the floor. An ,larm of fire was sounded. Ere the flames were extinguished, fire and water damaged the house and carpets to the extent of $100. . --Among the public works London obtains the sum of $3,600 for the post office. The county of Bothwell obtains $5,000 for improvements on the River Sydenhamf, just half the amount the petition from the inhabitants asked for. Little Bear Creek also gets an appro- priation of $5,000. —It is said that the right of a nun to take off the veil and re-enter eociety will soon be tried in the la,w courts at Mentreal, as the opulent friends of a young French-Canadian lady are aboutito apply for a writ of habeas corpus .c. compel the mother superior of one of the local convents to open the doors'and allow her to leave. — Mr. Thomas Swan, who has been making carriages for over twenty years in Mount Flrest, is in trouble. For many years he has taken an active part in the welfare pf the town, and always bore an excellent reputation. The im- mediate cause' of his troubles is found in the Manitoba trade. He manufactur- ed largely for tbe Northwest, and being unable to mate the sales expected, he has been oblig d to assign. Much sym- pathy is expressed for him. • —A lug() number of farmers in Huron township are Iusy preparing for build- ing the comin summer. Amongst the number are: 31 Rae, a brick dwelling house ; 'Wm. !Blair,. a brick dwelling house; P. Mcponald, an addition to his barn ;" Wm. Welshmt large barn with stone basement; J. Bell, a barn and stables ; G. Lapabertus, a brick dwelling house; EL Cameron, a barn; M. Mc- Donald, a large shed and hey house. —Last summer Peter Gardiner mar- ried Mrs. Eliza Hall, of Napanee. His wife was so &filleted with rheumatism that she had to be removed to the hos- pital. At the marriage Mee. Gardiner provided the household effects, and when she entered the hospital her liege lord removed them to Belleville and there took .another partner. On the first wife recovering, she learned the condition of affairs, and is now taking legal proceedings against the gay de; c.eiver. —Alex. Allan, the railway signal mart in Hamilton who was poisoned some two weeks ago by inhaling coal gas,expiri ed last Saturday night. It will be rem- embered that Allan's wife and one spn were buried the previous Sunday from being suffocated the same night. Allari only became conscious the last day or two, and he was thought to be getting better. The knowledge of the death of his wife and son was not made knowri to him, end in this manner he passed away. —One Sunday lately aparty of Walk- erton young ladies hired a horse and sleigh to have a merry time driving around the country. They went to Hanover, and enjoyed the trip immense- ly. Wishing to continue the tour, they headed the horse towards Elmwood. Everything went smoothly and merrily until they arrived midway between Henover and lmwood, when the whit- fietree of th vehicle was severed in twain, and in the midst of its mirth, the happy party was brought to a pro - yoking standstill. The manner in which they reached home is not de- ' wilted. —Mr. Virilllam Gladstone, some years ago a residenk of North Dumfries, but now of Mine) vicinity durin he purchased Stallion whic Missouri a fe back. "Wear City, and the hundred pars the first day, and he was pronounced' to be the finest the State of —Mrs. M Alexander M on Thursday number of F t Liberal me presented wi accompanied thatolacoday,ssio at won by M of Ottawa husband Dominion —Some church ch ir having d cr lively hinge Lenten seas surprise tle of those give continuan e of the same. But Father molted their organ to the the church altar rails. and r of the ceremonial. Some reatened violence, but a com- promise is likely. —Colleciti ifs of curiosities are con- tinually being forwarded to Halifax for onal Fisheries Exhibition. o ter, of Montreal, has oon- e fifty water color paintings prominent fish of the seas, es of Canada. Some of 1 executed, and others are 11 done. A pomplete Indian n has been sent by Mr. Van- ry inspector of New Bruns - exhibit will in every detail t e Indian fisherman's rude ri, paid a visit to Ayr and g this winter. While there a fine Percheron Normian he took with him to weeks ago. He writeo, wed quite safely at Grant e were upwards of ene ns came to see the animal 11 orse that ever came into issouri." okenzie, wife of the Him. ckenzie, was waited upon last week, in Ottawa, by a e wives and Mende of bers of Parliament, ,and h a nicely worded address by au elegant bracelet, being the anniversary of irthday. The popularity ackenzie with the people ring the term in which her el office as Premier of the h B never waned. mbers of the Canglinawaga objected to Father Burtin ed that no hymns with honld be sung daring the n. To the reverend father's sang the lively airs instead • out, and insisted on a 1 1 Burton r inside of was mast Indians t the Internet Professor tributed s of the more rivers and la these are, we but fairly ay encampm ring, fish ewxie°k. mplify home. —Mr. Th s. Jelly, of Mildmay, re- cently brou t out from England some very fine pa rots. He also bronght out some Englisih larks, some African White Cockatoos with beautiful red tomkpots, and a numbsr of other birds with fine plumage. Mr. Jelly keeps these speci- mens in hisThome in Mildmay, and they are the great curiosity of the village. The parrots talk English but Mr. Jelly's ysife promises to make them so intelli- gent as to understand the German, 7hich the Majority of the Mildmayites use.- eys ago two young ladies St. Thomas from Delhi, and p at the Lisgar House. They both occupied the same room,and when they went tg bed they blew out the gas. Early in the morning a strong smell of gas in the hall attracted the attention of one of the tion it was room. One an nncon mous condition, but steps were takenito recover her,which essful. She, however, is from the effects of the gas. omas Griffiths, pioneer of ietly passed away on the 17th inst. Deceased was the first man to build al house in Bothwell. Twenty - s go Mr. Griffiths erected a and general store in that he late Hon. Geo. Brown loyees in those days through establishment, which it a source of revenne. He shlerable money during the nt over 15 years ago. Mr. ed several years in London. (tars ago he removed to Both - 1 co paper quotes from a let- -A fe arrived at they put employeeodand upon inspec- 'ound to proceed from their of the young ladies was in immedia el proved sac still very il —Mr. T Bothwell, q eight yea email ho place, an paid Mae Mr. Gri proved q made co oil excite Griffiths About 12 well. —A Quhb el right skate off and made a circle of the rink,on his left foot, returning back to the spot where he had taken off his skate, and fastened it to the boot again without touohing his right foot to the ice. This feat was loudly applauded.. The remainder of his exhibition con- sisted of figures and fancy- skating, the airy motions and. graceful curves excit- ing unstinted admiration. Such results could only be acoonaplished by long and tedious pre.oticee The two championsconcluded with an exhibition of double skating, and they were loudly cheered as they left the ice. —An immense crowd of people as- sembled at the depot, Montreal to greet Madame Albani, the celebrated canta- trice, on her arrival in the city, Monday evening. —Many -people will be surprised to learn that the manufacture of etraw hats and woolen socks in Essex County produces $95,000 ahnually. The city of Detroit having, it is stated, paid the French Canadian women of Essex $80,- 000 in one year for straw braid alone. The braid is also exported to the East and even to South America and Mexico where it is made tip into fashionable _shapes and commands a ready,sale. —Remain Chabot, the Arthabaska murderer, now lying under sentence of death in gaol at Arthabaska, ts said to be but ill reconciled to his fate. He weeps piteously at his approaching fate and during a recent interview between himself and his wife the pair spent the time in mutual rectiminations, and refused to shake hands at parting. Since Chabot attempted to cut through the iron bars of his cell he has been placed in closer coufinement. --Intelligence has been received of the death of two of Edward Andrews' children, of St Josephls island, on the 8th inst, Mrs. Andrews left the two children in the house while she went out to milk the cows. • The first she knew of the accident was on seeing the house in flames. She ran towards the place, but was powerless to sive her children. The family went from near London to St. Joseph's several years ago. —A Plympton correspondent says: Sawing bees are very popular on the 6th concession, and there are often four a week. The boys take great Pride in them and • enjoy racing with each other. The best of it is they al- ways have their mothers or sisters get up a quilting bee at the same time, and . have the girls attend. When the day's work is over they all gather around the table, eps a Supper that would be a cre- dit to Si first class hotel, and when the meal is over the reet of the evening is spent in games and frolic. The • task of seeing the girls home always seems to be the beat part of the programme. ter writi ten by a young girl working n a factory at Laconia, New Hampshire, begging th dian girls f "Let them t journal to dissuade Cana- om emigrating to the States. remain with their parents," she writes, " rather than come hither to work in A health and ever the a of such scarcity of ber of both work. Th induce the Canadiennea to cross the line in order to create competition among the operati es. —A dee tive devised a cunning ruae whereby to get hold of bis man at Wind- sor. One ay lately a detective from Waterford, who was a stranger in the vicinity, m lie his appearance at Spring - wells, near Detroit. and engaged ' four to go to Windsor and bring t from that point to Spring - n his arrival at Windsor, be graph from his pocket, and chingly at it, immediately arrested. o e of the four, named Antoine Johnsen, o a charge of stealing the cashbox f om a store in Waterford. The remai ing three were allowed to go, and had th ir expenses paid by the de- tective bac to Detroit,whilst the officer took Johns n to Waterford. —The lobe of Monday says: Mr. John M. C okenhanapion skater of the United. St tes, and Mr. T. W. Robinson, amateur hampion skater of Canada, ibition of their skill in this erican mills to lose their their reputation." What- vertisements or the agents ills may -say, there is no mpfoyees. A goodly num- women and men are without aim of the Americans is to young men a gravel bo wells. Up took a phot looking se gave an ex specialty at the Granite Riuk, Toronto, on Saturd y evening. The galleries and III platforms f the rink were crowded with spectators. Mr. Robinson, who appear- ed on the lee first, was decorated with four gold medals, one of which he won at Barrie a short time since.: He viva a short exhi ition in fancy skating, and received ilnuch applause. Mr. Cook followed. He is a slim young man, of xnedinm 1ieight, apparently about 23 years of a , and was dresaed in a tight- fitting sui of blue trimmed with gold braid. H performed some very skilful feats in balancing on skates. He skated to the centre of the rink and took his water, and had not assiatance been im- mediately on hand he Would have gone to the bottom, —The Canada Methodists of Trow- bridge, have let the contract for build- ing a new church. They have alreaily received subscriptions for the same to the amount of some $2,100. —Mr. W. Nesbitt, of Trowbridge, took a tour out into Huron lately, and on his return brought with him a fine team of horses which cost him the round sum of $500. Huron is the' place to find good horses. —A few days ago Mr. John Love, of Einem had one of his heads terribly lacerated by being caught in the rollers of a grain crusher. Two of the fingers were torn completely off, and the joint off another. —The Legislative grant to St. Marys' Collegiate Inetitute for the las year is $1011.20. and for the first of last year, $977.60, making i $1,988.80 for 1882, the largest ev ceived in any 'one year. —On Tuesday of last week a pa 180 men, prinoinally from about ton passed through Stratford on way to British Columbia to work Pacific Railway. A large numb them were skilled mechanics, carpe fitters, deo. —The " Manitoba fever," is stamped out in the town, and nei b hood. of Listowel; so says the 13 Oaly some half dozen persons the .excursion train from ther week, with the intention of bec permanent residents of the Great L ann —Mr. J. Hernibrook, of the 8th con- cession, Logatt, has removed to Fuller: ton, where he has leased a farm op the 2nd concessima from Mr. Campbeil. Mr. Roberts and his family have oleo re- moved from the 7th concession to near Trowbridge, where he has purchased a farm of 100 ares from Mr. R. Bop. —It is feared that Mr. Sweat, of Poole,whose arm was so fearfully lacer- ated by a threshing machine latei*,cane not recover. The arm was amputated . near the shoulder, ,but is now showing signs of Mortification, the oords having been drawn out by the cylinder, And he being otherwise injured. —Rev. W. P. Walker, of Binbrook, a Presbyterian minister, wrote home to the Glasgow Herald, some remarkable statements as to the terrible severity of an Ontario winter. The Presbytery of Hamilton has resolved: — "That the Presbytery deem it their duty in the interests of truth, as diell as out of a proper regard for tbe country in which God has cast our lot, promptly and em- phatically to declare that many state- ments in that letter, while they contain a small element of &nth, are so "exag- gerated and extreme that they cannot fail to convey a moat erroneous, mis- leading and 'false impression regarding our country generally, etc." Rev. Mr. Walker will likely appear before the Presbytery in May and explain why he had such abed opinion of Canada. —A most shocking and fatal accident took place in Kingston, at six o'clock Monday evening. A woman • aged eighty-six and named Davis, while pok- ing a stove in her bedroom allowed her dress to ignite, and in a few seconds her clothing was in a mass of flames. Being very feeble she sank in her arm chair and was unable to cry for assist- ance. The result was that she was burned to a crisp. The carpet took fire also, but the flames were extinguish- ed with a few pails of water. A little granddaughter went up stairs to call her grandmother to tea, and smelling smoke -and making an investigation, was horrified to find the body of the old woman sitting upright in the chair and as blach as burned leather. The deceased was an estimable old lady, and mother- in-law of Captain William Irwin, mar- iner, well known on the lakes. . half hall 11511 ✓ re- rty of -ngs- their n the er of nters, early hbor- nner arded last ming Lone Perth Items. The Elma Spring Show will be held on Wednesday, the 18th of April. —About 800 cars is the daily average handled on the Grand Trunk between Stratford and Sarnia. —Mr. L. M. Pool, of St. Marys, ship ped two car loads of potatoes from Mit- chell last week. He paid from 45 to 50 cents per bushel for them. —The thriving and enterprising firm of Burritt & Hurlburtein Mitchell, pay about $10,000 a year in wages to female operatives in their knitting factory. —Mr. Edwin Oliver with his family, and Mr. James Johnston and his family, all of Mitchell, left on Wednes- day of last week for their new homes in Manitoba. —Mr. C. Barr, of the 7th concession of Logan, has purchased -from Mr. Cull, of Toronto, lot 6, cm e 6th con- cession, for $3,000. The farm is mostly bush, — Mr. John Aitcheson, of Downie,has purchased a fine shorthorn bull from Mr. R. Rennelson, of North Dumfries. Reis 18 months old and promises to be a superior animal. —The five year old sdn of Mr. 8. - Flynn, of Shakespeare, had one finger snapped off and another badly injured while amusing himself with a straw cutter on Sabbath morning. —A Mitchell teamster, named Chas. Smith, narrowly escaped drowning the other day. While taking ice from the millpoud he fell backwards into the —Mr. Joseph Brydon, living near Milverton, met with an accident a few t days ago while on his way to attend the funeral of the late MTS. AnderSon, of Shakespeare. The ender was, upset over an embankment near W llesley boundary, and Mr. Brydon h d the misfortune to have three-- Of his ribg broken. Mrs. Bryden also r oeived some slight itjuries. 1 A society for the purpose of prevent- ing the use of improper langnage, and discouraging the me of intoxicating drinks, has been organited by Mr. Nethercott, principal of the Mitchell public school, and his assistants. We hope he may succeed in so laudable an nndertakingt and that he may reeeive due encouragement from parents and all those interested in the moral ad- vancement of that town. —The salaries paid. to town officials in St. Marys is as follows :--Clerk, $350; Treasurer, $225 ; Auditors,„.$25 each ; Assessor, 5150; Collector, $175 ; Chief Constable, $350 and $50 for clothing; Night Constable, $2001 pro- vided filminess men pay alike amount; Solicitor. $75. The amount fled to be paid for licenses is as follows: Cir- cus, each, $40 a day; side show, $5 ; bowling alley, 525; shooting gallery, 525; auctioneer, resident, 512; tran- sient traders, per day, 53; temperance house, $5. —The Beacon says: "A private let- ter from a Stratford gentleman, who has been for some years a ,resident the Northwest:doesn't give a very flat- tering aimonnt of the state of things in the capital just now. He says: 'Al- though I have not lost faith in the country, I don't think the -present a good time for any one to come here. Business is very dull, and has been getting worse for some time. Many of the hotel Men and merchants are pretty shaky. Money is very tight'of course the opening of spring with the arrival of a few thousand emigrants will make things all right,but at present everyone in Winnipeg is hard up—ex- cept the lawyers), ' —A sad accident occurred on the Grand Trunk Railway,a few miles west of St. Marys, ori Tuesday of last week. - Mr, James Clarkeefather of the prin- cipal of the Collegiate Institute, St. Marys, was walking up the track towards Granton, and when in a deep cut he observed a passenger train com- ing rapidly behind him. On account of the steep, hard snow wall on each side of him he was unable to get off the track, so he attempted to reach a side road; but before he reached it he was overtaken and instantly killed. His body, which:was badly mangled, was taken back to town for burial. Mr. Clarke was a tenet, inoffensive and honorable citizen, long and favorably known. He has lett a wife and six children be mourn his untimely' death. A very gerious accident happened at Topping On Friday 16th inst. by which two men were very seriously hurt. It appears that Mr. John Ken- nel, a highly respected farmer of the neighborhood of Poole, and his son were returning home from Brunner and when passing John Henry's hotel their horse shied at some object on the road, and ran the center against a pile of cord -wood causing it to upset. This terrified. the horse still more,and the son, in trying to hold him was dashed against the sharp end of a rail which WU sticking in the ice. The rail penetrated the lower part of his body inflicting a terrible wound. It is doubtful if he will remover. The father's leg was broken in two or three places. Both men were carried into Mr. Henreid; hotel, until Dr Parke, of Milverton, arrived, who pronounced the young man's case very dangerous.