The Huron Expositor, 1885-10-09, Page 4THE HURON EXPOSiT
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Reliable Paper Fratterne for call kinds of
Ladi'
eta 'Misses', Boys' and Children's
GarMents, for sale by HoaeistaN Bnos.,
Sealarta, 1
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NB* ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sar,The figure between the parenthesill after
each line denotes the page of the paper on which
the advertisement will be found. 1
Comic*for winter—Mrs. J. Kidd.k (6)
Wonderful Bargains—A. G. Ault. 6)
Medial—Dr. J. D. Kergan. (5) '
McFairl's Column—E. McFaul. (8)
Farm: to rent—R. King. (5)
Caret*r wanted ---Wm. Ballantyne. (5)
Farm for sale—E. McDonald. (5)
Fermi for sale --II. Taylor. (6)
Fart0;:tor sale—S. Forsyth. (5)
ShoeMaker wanted—N. Dierchert.I (5) '
Anction Sale of Farm stock—A. MOUT.
AuctiOn Sale—Peter Dodds, (5)
AuctiOn Sale-4=es Lent. (6)
Auction Sale—Hugh J. Grieve. (5)
Auction Sale --J. P. Brine. (5)
Millinery Opening—E. McFaul. (8)
Boy Wanted—James Williams. (8)
Rewarsi—A. H. Ireland. (8)
GreaCiine in Hats ---Hoffman Bros- (g)
Seafo
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li Restaurant—H. L Smith., (8)
Medi I Card—Drs. Illiott & Gunn, (5)
Call a C. M. Whitney's. --(S) .
Bargains—D. Weismiller. (8)
Curlers' Attention—M. R. Counter. (R)
Looknat for Fear's Ad. next week (8)
Horse3fer Sale2--Laid1aw &Fairley., (8)
More Light on the Subjeet—taldlaw & Fairley.(8)
Fruit,&e.--LaidlaW & Fairley. (8)
Millinery Opening—T. Kidd & Sow (81
Creditors Notice—P. & E. Roach. (5)
Cow st—Wm. McDougall. (5)
Jewe ry, Stationery, &c.—F. Mctc,jlf. (8)
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY., Ott. 9, 1885.
T1 le Late Samuel !latt.
W4 are sure that many of our readers
will 4eeply regret to learn of the death
of Samuel Platt, Esq., of ; Goderich,
•whick took place at his residence in that
town:an Saturday last, after a compare-
laveIY short illness. Mr. Plait has been
for yeets one of the leading besineest men
in tiiit count -y. He came fiam Platti-
villeaai the county of Oxford, and set-
tled iteGoderich over twenty-five years
ago. or many years he was extensive-
enkieged in the milling business,aand
was One of the pioneer saltmanufactur-
ers a Ontario. Indeed, it was due
largely, if not wholly, to his energy that
It vias discovered in this cotmty a,t.the
time it was, as he was the leading mem-
ber of the company that saita the' first
test well in Goderich. 110 politics he
was a staunch Conservative, arid an
ardelitadvocate of tae National Policy,
and in the raemoralib' campaign of 1878
he Was the Conserva,tive caindicia,te in
opposition to Mr. Horace Horton for the
representation of Centre Huron in the
DoMinion Parliament. Although beaten,
howeiver, he did not despair, and he
again. opposed Sir Richard bartwright
in th 4 same constituency a few months
afteetvs.rd-e. He wee a man a inclomi-
table'plack and perseverance, and what-
ever he undertook he went into it with
• wial and determination deserving of
eucceas, although in his ease he was net
so suleessfur either in businessor poli-
tics ea his many good quaIitiee of head
and heart would justify. He was also
endowed with a very considerable share
of natural ability, and. was a fluent and
fair speaker, but his universal populari-
ty was due mainly to geniality. He was
one of those genial, hearty, whole -soul -
ed, enthusiastic and gerteraiis men whom
a person cannot help esteerniag and ad-
miring, no matter how much they may
differ from them on questions of princi-
ple, ad he had many warm friends
among those to whom he was opposed
lie will be mach missed,
partietalatiy in the town and neighbor-
hood where he resided, and all who
enjoyedi his acquaintance will regret
that hisibiright and snuhng cauntenance
can tieeiee more cheer the despendent,
f
.and his h0pefu1 and ever buoyant spirit
encolitage and irapart new light to the
less hopeful.
Ontario.
The Bureau of Industries of Ontario
has just issued its annual report for the
year 1881. The report contains a. vat
amount of statistical information regara-
ing Ontario, some of which may be of
interest to our readers. The population
of Ontario in 1884, according to this re-
port, Was 1,754,058. In 1874 the popu-
lation was 1,582,519, showing an in-
crease in ten years of 171,536, or 9.77
per cent. The increase of population
in the province caneot therefore be
said to be rapid; but it 'indicates a
steady progress. This is made more
evident by the figures given in the table
of popeaation in the report, which go as
far back as 1872. These figures, after
correcting a clerical error in the total
elcir 1878, show' a small but steady in-
crease in the population year by year
for the whole period covered by , them.
The increase is pretty evenly distributed
to between the townships and the
cities, towns, and villages—se healthy
sign, sowing that no one class of the
population is increasing at the expense
of another, but that on the contrary the
rural. and urban population of the
province is increasing in about an equal
ratio. The total area of land cleared in
Ontari01 in 1884 was 10,736,086 acres.
Of this 7,2a3,958 acres were under staple
crops, such as fall ad spring wheat,
barley, oats, corn, potatoes, hay, etc,
Of the remainder of the cleared land 2,-
794,986 acres were in pasture, and the
balance of 737,142 acres was partly in
fallow, partly under gardens and or-.
chard and such minor crops as hops, to-
bacco,ete. Of the various staplecrops,hay
and clover occupy the largest a.rea,2,193,-
369 agree; nextcomeoats 1,481,828 acres;
then fah wheat, 864,740 acres ; next
spring wheat, 721,647 acres, barley,
700472 acres, and peas, 570,928 acres.
Of these various crops the fall andspring
wheat' are considered the trioSt impor-
tant, as on them the farmers, to a large
extent, rely for their cash receipts for
the year, especially in the southern and
western parts of the Province. In East-
ern Ontario barley takes the place which
fall wheat occupies in the west. In 1884
the total yield of wheat in Ontario was
35,000,O)0 bushels; of barley, 19,119,000
'bushels ; of oats, 37,696,000 bushels ; of
peas, 13,691,607 bushels; and rye,
.1,648,259 bushels: As. .compared with
the others, the crop last mentioned is
comparatively unimportant.
The report contains an elaborate table,
comparing the yield per. acre of the
staple crops of Ontario with , those of
eight States of the American Union en-
gaged mainly in growing a similar line
of crops. This table covers a period of
three years, and is too large to quote in
full. , We give the figures .of 1884, for
fall wheat, spring wheat, barley, oats
and .rye. The average yields .are, of
course, in bushels per acre :
Fall Spring
Wheat. Wheat. Barley. OatS. Rye.
Ontario 24 20 . 27 38 g 15
Ohio ..... —15 '26 26 13
Michigan14 23 32 13
Indiana . .... 13 23 30 13
Illinois . . .. ' 12 24 33 13
New York 16 .. . 23 30 13
Pennsylvania15. . 19 28 12
72
Iowa 23 se 15
Minnesota.. 16 26. 36 17
This table shows that Ontario is ahead
of - all the best grain growing States
of the Union. as a grain producing
country. There is only one sort of
• a
grain in the production of which the
States i have the advantage of Cana-
da, and that is maize , or corn,' as
it is popularly called. This advant.ge
is due. to the warzner climate of he
States, and not to the superior fertil ty
of their lands. In point of fact, Ontario
may fairly claim to be the- garden spot
of the North ,American continent. If
this ela.im can bediaputed at all, it is by
the choicest parts of Manitoba and the
Canadian Northwest that the. counter
claim of superior fertility of soil and
larger yields may best be made, not by
any of the American States. And when
Ontario's advantage as a grazing, deity-
ing, and. cattle raising country, its
adaptability for green crops and fruit
growing, its fine, healthy, bracing c
mate, and nearly total . freedom fro
_
malarial fevers which swine more than
three-fourths of the states, are all con-
sidered, the superiority of Ontario, not
only as a farming coantry, but as
country to live in, will be conceded
every man of sense, informatio
and intelligence. It is always bo
us 'a . cause of 'astonishment that
Ontario men do not set a higher value
on their own country than they do.
That they do not set a proper value
upon it is clearly shown by the readiness
af many of them to leave it, in order to
push their fortunes in the States or the
Canadian Northwest. In the majority
of cases those seekers for a short cut
-
fortune are disappointed; those of th4ii
who are looking for a finer country o
settle in are always so. There is o
finer country, all things considered, n
the American continent, nor on a
other continent, so far as we know.
As compared with the rest of Caned
the Governor-General in his speech the
other day at the London Fair, gave,
some infotanatian, which will, we think,
be new to most of our readers. Lord. -
Lansdowne, it appears, had for his ON
information been making a compariso
of the industrial statistics of the variou
Provinces of the Dominion, and he foun
that out of the total number of horne
cattle in Canada, Ontario owned on
half ; out of a total of 42,000,000 bushel
of wheat grown in the Dominion, On-
terio grew 32,000,000 bushels; out of
16,000,000 bushels of .barley grown in
the Dominion, Ontario raised 14,000,000t;
and out of 48,000,000 bushels of roots!,
Ontario grew 40,000,000. These are
facts of which Ontarioarten may well be
proud, proving conclusively as_they do
the laim of this Province to be the pre-
mier Province of the Dominion.' Bult
we make a still loftier claim ; we clai
that Ontario, as stated above,. is, a1
things considered, the finest. 'country o
the continent, from the Isthmus of
Panama to the Polar Sea, whether it be
for the salubrity of its climate, the fer-
tility of its soil, the freedom of its insti-
tutions, the excellence of its educational
system, the safety of life and property
within its borders, or anything else
which goes to make a countrya desiratiae
one to live in. .
a
That "In.famque School Boo
Monopoly."
A couple of weeks ago vee promised f
the Goderich Star would prove to
that the Ontario Government had bee
guilty of creating an Infamous Scho 1
Book monopoly " or perpetrating a
Infamous printing deal;" we woul
join as heartily in condemning these
"Infamies"as our contemporary. In
reply to this offer the Star says of the
first so called Infamy," as follows:
Well, we may not be able to spec
fleetly prove the details like a math
'naatical proposition, but we wille remin
our contemporary—for he cannot Ie
ignorant of them—of certain facts which
are well understood by the press of Or
ta,rio. A monopoly of publishing th
Ontario school readers for ten years h
been granted the compilation,' typ
setting and stereotyping of every page o
the series has been paid for by the peopl
of Ontario, yet the publishers receive al
this as a gift, and are permitted tc
charge in the aggregate a higher pric
than was charged for the old readers
where all was done at the expense o
the publishers; and they have also beei.
allowed to reduce the retail -trade die
count from 20 to 15 per cent.
It is well that our cieutemporary take
the precaution to premise its accusatio
, .
by the statement that it can not prov
"the details like a Mathematical propp
sitione" neither can any person else, fo
the accusation is not susceptible o
proof. Nowewhat are the fects ?, It a
quite tree that th • work of printing aniz
publishing the n ve readers has beea
given to one firnilfor a period of te
years.e But itais not true that on ac-
count of this arrangement the public ar
, 1
required to pay an undue price far the
books, and the oulaaway that, this can
be properly proved' is to compete the
price of these books .with the ', pricesi
charged for similararork when done uaa
1
der the closest ;competition.. When1
tried by this test it ' will be found that
these -books, notwithstanding the se -
called monopoly, are cheaper than thoiel
which were produced under the keenest'
competition. Every person will re-
member when the former readers'
were issued, the strenuous efforts made
by the different publishers to have their
respective books placed in the schools.
. They were extensively advertised, the
country was flooded with circulars set-
ting forth the respective merits , of the
different series, -and school truitecs were
badgered and pestered by agents without
number: 'Under these circuinstences it
will be readily admitted that the books
of those days were placed upon the.
market - at the -very lowest possible I
figure. If, therefore, it can be shown
that the present readers produced by
this so-called " infamoes monopoly "
. are actually cheaper than were the books
of these riaal publishers, then we fancy
all will admit that there is nothing in-
famous or even weong about the pro-
ceedings, and that' the public are not
robbed as the Star Would desire us to
believe. The cost of each of these peries
complete is as follows:
- Post per 100
Series, Pages. Cost. pages.
Gages ' 762 81.31 17f cts.
Royal 975. 1.50 14
Royal Canadian955 • 1.80 19
New Readers976 1.36 13f
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[twill be seen from the above, that
the cost to the public of the new readers
is considerably less: than either of the
others and less than the ,old series
which were lately in use while the
quality of the material used is much
superior and more costly. We would
ask- our contemporary °where ie the
" infamy '3 here ? ' If a larger and
better book is now furnished the public
for less' money than were thebooks pro-
duced by the rival publiphers who were
striving and fightin . with eacleother for
the trade,neither t11e Star no the people
have much to coni lain of. Thus dis-
appears the so -ca led famous school
book monoply. ut the Star has
another " infamy " to e ipose and this is
the way it does it:
The Expositor re em s ers the tender-
ing for the Ontario gove nment printing
—how it was ewer ed a bidder who
had nothing like faciliti s for doing the
work, and then at 0 ce transferred
where the most good co id be done. A
sample of the work tu ed out is the
bribery commission re p orti where the
matter is spread' out in s ch a manner as
to detract from the typographical ate
pearance of the work, but it adds.
mightily to the cost of pe setting, and
helps to make " fat " for the contractors.
The Expositor would.nodare turn out
such work for anyte of s business pa-
trons. It- the Ontario Government
without reproach in these matters? We
trow -not.
. Yes, we rembmber all about . it. '
We, know - thati the 'Government
advertised for several weeks for tenders
for the work, and- tenders Were received
from some of the largest printing estab-
lishments in the Dominion. We also
know that the contI .act was awarded to
the LOWEST TENDERER. That was there
deserving of reproach in this, or what
1
else could the Government have done?
Will the Star please answer ? Whether
or not the person to whom the contract
was awarded had the necessary facili-
tieafor carrying out the work we do not
know, but we do .know, and it was so
stated in Parliament last session, that
before,the contract was given him he
offered the most satisfactoty security for
the due performance of the work. And
if, after receiving the contract, he saw
.fit to turn it over to another party, who
was also . requirei
a to give security,
whose business is it, or who is injured
by the transfer, solong as the second
party does the' work at' the figures for
which the -first party took it, as is the
case. The -Star must get up a better
•" infamy" than this, or even its own
friends will laugh at .it. As to the
character of the particular job referred
to we cannot speak, as we do not re-
member having seen it, but we have
seen a great deal of the work turned. out
under the new contract, and we doubt
very much if better wee ever done fin- a
similar purpose. It is at least equal in
every respect to similar "work done for
the Dominion, which is scrutinized and
passed by a brother-in-law of the Min-
ister of the Interior., who, by the way,
is one of the °ideal printers in, the Do-
minion. ,
In no respect does the conduct of the
Dominion and Ontario Governments
contrast more strongly than in the
matter of public printing. While there
is not a Tory paper in the Dominion, no
matter how insignificant that does not
receive large .surni annually from the
Dominion Government for advertising,
there is not single Reaorm paper in
the province outside of the large cities
1 -
that ever received a farthing from the
presentOntarioGovernmentfalthousi we
believe there are -times . when that Gov -
eminent could avail itself of tae publie-
ity Which the local preSs could give with
advantage to the public; And while the
Dominion Government have given hun-
edreds of thousands of dollars worth of
printing totheir favorite organs, such as
the Montreal Gazette and Herald, the
the Toronto Mail, the Hamilton Spec-
tator, the London Free laress,and others
we could narrie, at pricefour times, and
in some inatences, ten times as high as
they could have got the halm work .done
for bythe Government contractors, we
.llike
defy the StT, or any person eLse, to
name one sine instance where the
has been dorfe by the Ontario Govern-
ment. -All this has been preven and is
susceptible c4 proof,eyea to "the details,
like a mathematical- pitoposition," and
the Star knows it. The less our contem-
porary says a out GOveinment printing
the better for itself ancathe credit of the
Goyernrnent i supports. If the Ontario
Government ad been proven guily of
one tenth of he enormities which have
been repeate ly brought home to the
Dominion Go ernment, they would have
been relegat d to the cold shades of
oppdsition lo g ago, and very likely:the
members wou d bevel:wee driven from
public life.
Th Scott Aka.
[Contributed.]
A very comnion -, objection u ged
against the Seott Act is that it is a Try
unrighteous -law, since " it mak s a_
crime in law what is not a cri4e in
morals." In particular, it makes se ling
a glass of whisky a crime accordin to
the law, while .in this act there i no
moral wrong... •
This may be considered a very fair
statement of the objection so • comin ears put forward; and at first sight it a,p
quite formidable from an ideal st nd-
point.
It certainly is not a crime to dri k.
glass of liquor, noris it any in re a
crime to sell a glass of iiquor. B t it
certainly is a crime to•get. drunk. his
probably none. but the most deb teed
will, deny— The. man 'Who knowi gly
,and,wilfully aids another in a crim , is
partner with him in his crime. It s re-
ly then followthat the nhan who k ow-
ingly and wilfully sellstto anOther the
liquor with which that other makes I li:-
self drunk, is partner with that ma in
his drunkennes. Now, this little e
of logic will implicate veily Many, if not
all of the retail liquor dealers of his
.countrY in the crime Of diunkenness
lithe case were so with liqeor as ith
food, clothing, and the like, that en
would not buy so much as would urt
thenf there wiauld not be any need if
goveitnment inspector, and metric ive
laws regulating the liqucir_ traffia. • at
meii, led by e social cuitdm, by the de-
sire not to be consiaered mean, sy
craving appetite, or by some other mo-
tive, very frequently go far beyond the
bounds of moderation, and will iuy,
much to their loss and injury,as Ion as
.they have thb price -of; a glass le it in
their possession. Liquor is not t ere -
fore, an article to be left unrestricte
the market, -and limited only by the
demand, for there are/ Many who de-
mand if long after it ha i begun to uin
them.
And if all the liquor dealers in ach
neighberhood Were wise. enough to k ow
When a custonier was beginning to t sins-
gress the law of moderation, and ere
kind enough and miselAsh enough not
to sell him an more, there would still
be little need .foe the restrictive egal
enactment. Even then, although men
might desire so much as Would do hem
harm, the dealers- would if ot su ply
them, and so the evil could not flou ish.
But, instead ot this being the ease, ose
in the business will 411 t� any wh are
able to pay for it, nd Matter wh ;ther
they. are iober or drunk. It, there. ore,
becomes apparent that neither the con-
sumer nor the seller can • be considered -
as a competent guardian of the t ade.
In order then that no harm may be one
by it, the guardianship must fall into
the hands of the govermnent. A s riot
license system has been. in force or a
long time, with officers -td keep the raf-
fle within bounds; but id oppositi n to
all that mild be don J in that way
drunkenness still made havoc of ou-
sands. Avariee and appetite 6'om med
to evade the most careftilly pre red
laws, which had for their object the
mere regulation of the trade. S me -
thing more radical must be done to root
out intemperance than the mere lop ing
off of its luxuriant growth. Exper'ence
has shown that the foal weed still th iires
under such treatment. What rei4ains
tp be done is to suppress entirel the
trade in intoxicants. This is what the
Scott Act aims at. -This iS in accord
with morality, it is exp6dient,. it i ne-
cessary. And now that the Act has een
carried. and made law it knight to b re-
spected and observed by .611 respec ble
and loyal citizens.
ENO6IIIIAGING NATIO1kALI8M. — The
following telegram was sent to Mr.
Parnell, in England a few days ago:
Ten thousand Chicago American citi-
zens in mass meeting send $1 1 ,000
R.
OCTOBER 9 1885
though ennis O'Connor to Dr. Reilly
for elect on expenses, and will gladly
give taai share for a permanent fund to
sustain embers after election, or to aid
Irish lib rty in any other waydeter-
mined us in by the Ii
lrish people n Itel-
ews .of the Week. -
SNOW ND Fuosr us Msettirests.—The
first sno fall of the season is reported
from 'ast Tawas; Mpena and
Cheboyg n in Michigan, and a very
heavy s owfall tOok place at Devil's
Lake an other parts of Dakota last
Sunday.
Anon D THE WORLD. —Priticc Jerome
Napoleo haying announced his retire-
ment .frim politics; has started ona
voyage r i und the world. _
CHECK - MATING. — The Telephone
ompan of Lowell having decided to
i crease be rates, the users have corn -
hied in an agreement to have them
aken ou of their ,premises.
THE C IMES. —The directors of the
luglish c ble companies are in favor of
i augura ing a war of rates which will
eeult in he ruin of -the Bennett -Mackay
ca„cbil.e Co, or force it to enter the,
A LONG FAST. —Mrs. Veronica Balla,
of Syracu e, New York, has fasted 52
clays. She sleeps most of the time. She
has eaten i othing since Aug. 10th, and
recently h s -only takent as little water
accasional y. ,
DAKOTA Fints.--lfrairie fires in Da-
kota hav destroyed property to the
-Value of 250,000. , They swept away
everythin over- aiarea of over 100
miles. I • -
SEVERE CASE OF' BOYCOTTING ..=The
Kildysart branch a the League con -
!Unties to b ycott Mrs. Morgan O'Con-
nell, a niece of Daniel O'Connell, with
the ,utmost severity. . She ' is refused
eyen the 1necessaries of life. Persons
seen speak ng to her servants are also
boycotted:
" SYMPAT Y FOR SALVATIONISTS. —At
Wilkesbar e, Pa., a number; of ' Salva-
tion Army lofficers -went to jail- rather
than pay k. flee for obstruct.ng the
street. A ob gathered,and it required
the entire olice force to save the jail
from destr ction.
i MARR1A E OF SIR CHARLES DILIC E. —
1
Sir Charles W. Dilke, the subject of the
recent sca dal, was married to Mrs.
:
Nark Patti on, at Chelsea. . The cere-
mony was conducted quietlY without
display. 1 ight Hon. Joseph 'Chamber-
lain acted as groomsman. 1.
! WINDFA L TO A: POLICE ()FACER. P.
B. McMuIh4n, a Buffalo police officer,
has fallen h ir to between $50,000 and.
$75,000 by the death of his uncle, Hugh
•
Blayney of 'Du.blin,a rich vintner and
1
grocer, whp in his will bequeathed
almost $5001000 to charitable 'objects,
NATIONA ISTS IN 'NEW ‘'YORK.—A
large meeti g of -sympathizers with the
Irish Natio alist movement was held in
New York cn Monday. Lengthy reso-
lutions wer adopted setting forth the
grievances f Ireland. It wade, also de-
cided "to s ncl fifty of the aepresenta-
tive men o our trace in the United
States to as ist the Hon Charles Stewart
Parnell and his associates in the hustings
for the pnrPose of electing eandidates
selected an approved of by that heroic
and trusted leader.
. .
I LOST ON .1 PRAIRIE.—Charles Smith,
son of a prominent business Man of Bis-
marck, Da1iota, was lost on - the prairie
190 miles rth of. that towh a short
time ago, aiid when found was on the
verge of sta vation. He was en route to
a 'cattle ran h, which he had just pur-
chased, andj not being familiar with the
country losl4 his way. For two days and
two nights he roamed about i camping
the second 4vening near what he thought
was a, lake Ibut which afterward proved
to be a swa np, in which he nearly lost
his horses and waggon. , Ott the third
day he was found roaming about be-
wildered, xhausted, and almost de-
mented. .
imemieseseeeeemimme_ ,
!Huron .Notes. i
Mr. FrejL Hankins,. of 'Osborne, re-
cently sol4 to an American buyer,a year
old colt, sired by "Major" for $265,
'—The daily stage that has flee so many
years run between Wiegham and Tees-.
water has been taken off the 'road, and
i
Stanley,
Mails will henceforth be carri d by rail
—Mrs. Geo. Baird, sr., o.
wile stepping clown from a pile of cedar
pasts,slipped and fell, causing a fracture
of the left arm near the wrist.,
—Mr. Wm. Potter,now attanding the
Model School, Clinton,has been engaged
to teach in the Sunshine (Morris,)
school for 1886. Salary $365.
—Westilluroa teachers will meet in
Conventioh in Goderich, on Friday and
Saturday,,Octobee 23rd and 24th. An
interesting programme has been prepar-
ed. i
—Mr. Thomas McCracken, of Brus-
sels, has purchased 4 grocery stock and
business in Harrist n and intends re-
moving to that villa e about the 15th of
this month.
—Joha Taylor, of Morris, has sold his
farm, lot 24, concession 5, known as
the McLeod place, to Thomas Ennis,
lately from Scotland, for $4,000 cash.
Mr. Ennis takes immediate possession.
—Miss Ida Allin, daughter of Mr.
Benjamin Allin, of Ashfield, died last
week at the_age of 15 years: She was a
particularla amiable young lady, and
was a favorite ia the neighborhood.
l—On Tuesday last W. J. Phillips and
family,of Wa,wanosh, Jas. Calhpbell and
family, of Ashfield, and Hugh Phillips,
Geo. Campbell and . Geo. Barber, left to
settle in Algoma.
—Mr. W. H. McCracken, of Brussels,
took 41 prizes at the 'East Huron Fall
Show, and 35 at Wingham one Tuesday.
With.a few iadditional exhibita Mr. Mc-
Cracken could run a fall show of his
o evn . ,
i .
—Capt. Cax,the well-known Goderich
hotel -keeper, who has been in delicate
health for some- time, will, with Mrs.
Cox, retird from the British Exchange
at an early day. The business will be
continued by Mr. Geo. Cox.
' —Last Friday night Isaac laeharrel,of
the 1st concession of Grey, died after a
brief illness of typhoid fever .aged 47
years. At the time of his death Mrs.
Beharrel and one of the children was
prostrated with the disease.
—The Wingham salt well hes reached
the depth of a little over 900 feet, and
the indications are that salt- will be
found before long. The stuff brought
up by the sand pump has a bitter taste,
which tends to show that the salt bed is
nearly reached. -
—Mr. James White, the well known
horse -dealer of Rodgerville recently
purchased a good pair of matched gener-
al purpose horses from a gentleman in
Ilderdon fer which he paid $475. This
i t •
land. .
•
tearn took first prize ;at Lateen and Exe-
ter shows.
—Last Friday, about noon, as Conrad
Ito ler, was driving a load of lumber
in
the station yard, at Ethel, he fell
froih the load and dislocated his neck,
eauing almost instant death. The
derc aged was about 18 years of age and
iv
einr. the employ of Wm. King, saw-
rniI
Mr. Wm. Donaldson has been en -
g
d in School Section No. 15, Howick,
om
he remainder of the year, to fill the
vac
ncy caused by the resignation of
Mr.
Sinclair, and, from' the satisfaction
he as given in a former school, we have
rea ons to believe that the trustees of
15
aye made a good choice.
Mr. David Elcoat and family, for-
mer y of Tuckersmith, left this week for
Los Angelos, Cal:, where they purpose
tryi g the benefits of the salubrious
cli ate of that seetion, on their health.
We trust their hopes will be fully rea-
lizce0 . Mr. Thos. W. Sloan, of Blyth,
ac
panies them for the same purpose.
oMessrs. McKinnon & IvIcMillan,
ra.
dealers, of Blyth, are now prepar-
ing o erect a new pork packing cstablish-
menj in that village, and intend having
it re dy for this season's operations. The
new establishment will have a capacity
suffi lent to cure one thousand hogs per
seas n.
avid Campbell, late baggage mas-
ter t Wingham, started for Chicago
'last week on' the cheap excureion, and
'whe he reached London it wet discov-
ered that he had lost some $22 in money
and is railway ticket. He at once tele-
grap ed home for money, upon receipt
of w ich he continued on his journey.
social was held in the Methodist
chur ,h, McKillop, a mile east of Win-
throp, an Wednesday evening of last
weekl It was a decided success. There
were a large slumber_ in attendance, and
an expellent programme had been pro-
videdl and was well carried out. Every-
body seemed well satisfied with their
eveu g's enjoyment.
r. Henry Horton,of Goderich,who
spent couple of months in Great Britain
and I eland returned last week. Ile
was elighied. with his trip. It was
nearl thirty years since he saw old Eng-
land, and the changes that have taken
place during that period eeere many and
great.
est week some person, possessed of
very little Immanity,_ picked. every
Leather off a hen belonging to P. Thom-
son, of Brussels. The fowl came home
without its clothes on, and it was de-
capitated to aut it out of its misery.If
the perpetrator of this joke (?) had all
the hair pulled out of - his head he
would appreciate the value ef the
trick.hipteey—A
arfronifnr mig
being imperfect, he hada small
somewhat unusual operation was
ed Oil a young man in the vicin-
Clinton, one day recently. His
membrane removed from the roof of his
mouth, being pat under the in-
fluence of chloroform during the opera-
tion. It made a very perceptible im-
provenient on his hearing faculties, and
he is nene the worse for his operation.
—Mt. Gaylord, a:young man lately in
the emipioy of Mr. A. M. Campbell, of
Stan1epr, left last week for Pickford,
Michi an. He has bought out the claim
there, f Mr. A., Sterling, formerly of
Stanicr, of 160 acres, paying therefor
the suin of $1,000. There is a small
shant on the place,and 25 acres cleared.
$7‘an acre for partly improved land is
not a high price.
—Tae well known legal firrn, Came-
ron, Holt & Cameron, of. Goderich, has
enlarged its membership by the admis-
sion into partnership of C. C. Ross, bar-
rister, son of the Provincial Treaeurer.
The name of the firm will not be changed
however. The new partner studied
with the firm, and since passing the
necessary examinations has been with
the eminent firm of McCarthy, Osier,
Hoskin & Creelman.
1—The Toronto World has the follow- •
ing: "The Scott Act in Goderich.—
When the Scott Act came into operation
in Goderich last May, a gentleman there
got the following prescription from his
medical man, which he has used ever
since: Two gallons ;whisky, two gallons
native wine, two dozen ale one bottle
gin, one „bottle brandy, to be taken
monthly until further orders.. (Signed)
—Mr. Rutherford Smith, an old resi-
dent of the township of Grey, died last
week at the advanced age of 71 years,
after an illness of two weeks. The de-
ceased was born in Scotland on May 3rd,
1814, and came to Canada in 1883, set-
tling in Clark township,Durham county,
where he lived until 1860, when he came
to Morris. A wife, 5 daughters and 4
sons are left to mourn the decease of
husband and father.
I
—Master Ernest Davis, youngest son
of Mr. -Silas Davis, of Clinton, met with
an accident on Saturday last that will
disfigure his face for some time. He
was setting off some gunaowder, and
unintentioaally placed his face imme-
diate y over it Just as it was going off.
The ash caught him just on the bridge
of thi nose, blackening both eyes, and.
burniag his face, It was fortunate that
his eaesight was not destroyed.
—4 vote of the congregation of the
Wingham Presbyterian church was
taken on Sunday to decide whether to
retain, the organ in the church service,
which has been on trial for six months.
The oirgan party ea/ ried the point by a
large inajority, only two in the congre-
gation having voted to expel the instrue
ment. As the result of having the organ,
the music during the six months has
been the finest the church ever had.
—Nr. Bobt. McDonald, a former resi-
dent1711 o Hullett, died in Port Huron, on
Sunda last, of cancer in the throat.
His re ains were interred in the Roman
.Catholic burial ground, Hullett, a very
large number meeting the corpse at the
CliZtoff station, and following it to the
grave. 1 He was about 80 years of age
. a man ef very strong constitution; for
about three weeks prior to his death he
ate noting whatever, the cancer inter-
fering with anything passing the wind-
pipe. I
—The Exeter Times of last week says:
On Sunday evening last Mr. John G.
Smith died at his residence on Andrew
street, in this village, in the 78th year
of his age. Deceased had been ailing for
some time, but on Wednesday of last
week caught cold at the Zurich fair,
which no doubt hastened his death. His
remains were taken to the Varna ceme-
tery on Tuesday for interment, at which
place he formerly lived. Deceased was
well thought of, and bore a good Chris-
tian character.
—The man, David Healey, accused of
stealing a theep from W. H. Lobb, of
Goderich Township,was tried before His
Honor Judge Toms, last Monday, and
discharged. There appeated to be no
doubt of the identity of the -carcass
found in his possession, but after hear-
ing a, large amount of testimony from
prominent g.entlenien as to the prisoner's
former .good character, the Judge took a
lenient view of the ease, and allowed
esday of last week,during the
absence of the inmates, some evil dis-
posed person or persons broke into the
house of Mr. John Thorp,- Tuckersinith,-
and made off with. all thecaah they could
lily their hands on. They robbedthehired
manof twenty odd dollars,ancl the house-
keeper of three. Mr. Thorp himself,
had a considerable sum of money in a
drawer, but it was untouched. Allthe
doors being fastened, it is • -supposed
the thieves gained entrance through a
window. --man named Samuel Geo. Bryant,
residing on the town line about two
miles southeast of Blyth, died very sud-
denly on Thursday of last week. Re
had been taking up his potatoes in the
forenoon, went home to dinner,lay down
for a short time to rest and on rising
walked to the kitchen and fell dead on
the , floor beside his wife. He was 73
years of age, and lea-vesa family of nine
children, the youngest only six- years of
age. He was much respected as a chris-
tian and a neighbor. Heart disease is
believed to have been the cause of his
sudden death. -
- —A temperance convention will • be
held in the Town Hall, Clinton, on »i -
day, Octeber 16th, commencing at 10
o'clock a. in. Every temperance worker
in the County of linron is cordially in-
vited to attend and take part in the
proceedings. lir. F.: S. Spence, of
Toronto, the secretary of the Ontario
Branch of the Dominion Alliance for the
suppression of the liquor traffic, will be
in attendance, and will address the con-
vention at 3 o'clock p. m., on the present
aspect of the temperance question. The
future action of the temperance party in
the county will be discussed.
—Mrs. John Riley, sister of Mr. Robt.
Hastings, of Wingham, died at the resi-
dence of her brother on Wednesday last
after a -very brief illness. The week
previous Mrs. Riley was in perfect
health, but on Saturday afternoon she
complained of not feeling very well.
Being no better on Monday she carne
from Turnbery, where she' had been liv-
ing for some time, to stay 'with her
brother for a few days. Medical aid
was summoned, and the cat.,:le was pro-
nounced one of congestion of the bowels.
She gradually grew worse until death
put an OWL to her sufferings on Wednes-
day morning. The deceased was the
wife of the late Dr. Riley, of Walkerton,
land was 46 years of age.
—One day last 'week a little boy, aged
two years, son of Mr. J. C. Linlilaten.
of Clinton had a rather unpleasant ad-
venture, being attacked by a neighbor's
cat. The animal had, frequently been
about the, place, but never manifested
any evil disposition until the day -in
question, when it pounced on the child
as it was playing outside. The child's
screams brought Mrs. Linklater out,
and the cat continued to spring on the
face and head., although Mrs.
Linklater tried to kick it off, but failed.
She then procured a stick of wood, with
whine she suecee Ica L.,. :Laving. it off.
The child seas fortunate in escaping with
but a few seratcheS.
—Our readers -will - remember that
son -ie time ago Mr. A. Elcoat,of Tucker -
smith, had his barn destroyed by fire,
arising from the supposed careless use
of a steam thresher, losing about $2,000.
He instituted a suit for damages against
the owner § of the thresher, but the jury
disagreed, and Mr. Elcoat determined to
institute a second suit. The owner of the
thresh.er, believing that Mr. Eleoat had
a good ease against him, has now set-
tled it by payment of a300 and all costs
incurred. While this amount is small,
it shows the liability of threshers, and
hould be a warning to others. - If pro-
perly attended to, a steam thresher isas
afe as anything can be, but there are
ome who are altogether too -careless hi
handling them.
—Mr. Elias Potter,of HolMesville,and,
son, a child. of abut 3 years of age,
arrowly escaped a serious accielent one
ay last week. He was drawing a load_
f potatoes from the field with his horse
ith the child on top of the load, when
inc of the hold -banks gave way, causing
he wagon to run forward on the horse's
egs. This so frightened the horse.as to
anse him to run down the road towards
ome, with fearful velocity, scattering
he potatoes along ingreat profusion.
i
n attempting to turn n at the gate the
horse ran furiously against one of the
osts, freeing himself from his load and
hrowing the child against the dash-
• oard with great force, bruising his face
nd. otherwise injurine'him, so that he
as been unable to vsZlk since. Fortun-
tely no bones were broken and the child
now somewhat recovered. Mr. Potter
sca.ped unhurt.
—The Wieghain Times of last week
ays : A ease of bigamy has just corae to
ight in that town, the too meth mar-
led party being a mechanic who is not
very remote addition to our popula-
ion, and who recentle'r took unto him -
elf a Wingham bride, but whose name
t would hardly do to 'publish at pres-
nt. A short time ago Mayor NeelandS
eceived a letter froin a' woman in Mur -
ale, Addington e -unty,' who claimed to
be wife No. 1 of this scion. She stated
hat she was married to him 33 years
go, that he had deserted and left her
o shift for herself, and that she was not
articular about living with him again .
rovidecl he would support her. That
as all that concerned her.- If he agreed
furnish her with the needful,. she
ould agree to let him live in peace with
ife No; 2, otherwise, look out for squalls.
'Thus far we have not heard of any set-
tlement having been arrived at.
• —Another of Huron's honored pioneers,
'n the person of Mr. Jae. Anderson, has
assed away. The deceased was a resi-
ent of the 6th concession of Turnberry,
nd was known as one of the pioneers of
that township. He was a native of
Lanarkshire, Scotland, and in 1852 emi-
grated to this country. He took up his
residence in Rodgerville, and ren•amed
there for two years. In 1855 he remov-
ed to Turnberry, where be remained
until the time of his death, which took
place on Taiesday, 22nd ult. Mr. Ander-
son was an upright mad in every respect,
and all persons with- whom he was. ac-
quainted respected him as a friend.
W ith regard to municipal affairs, he wa,s
the first treasurer of Turnberry. -La re-
ligion he was a strong presbyterian and
a strict adherent to the rules in connec-
tion with that denomination. The
funeral took place on Thursday, the 24th
ult., and was largely attended. The re-
mains were conveyed to the Bluevale
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point of getting 111
takenn
sound one
ethjn
eilve-hisintlel
and they broke awe
ling the rig, Which 1
jeanpawiandtvt shei th,
tzwhi :eau: f nw- efeoii rete :nut mtp
whifiletrees at that
horses would have d
di
,ously injured them,
escaped with a feu
anesft!rabrPearektintYg elreadr
therallway track, A
guds—arThebeBferusr.estehiseyr:
S. Scott and A. 111
were waiting at List
morning train, last
rescued a WOMDA fro
freight train was on
been divided so as to
get from the main tis
platfOrin. This lady
morning train from t
crossing the switch h
cars, and not notiei
being
ndoclse
shuninteat7 heeths
_ was going under the
bed her and held he
gentleMen eame to
she was got out al1n0
Scott received a knoc
but was not seri
woman's valise was e
We wonder if the raj
show their appreeisal
saving them tbousam
ba.bly, by giving h
road?
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Zuri.4
FARM SOLD.—Tne
James Fans= in the
near this village w
auction last week. r:
75 acres and was pun
Happel, of Zinieb,
Happel, considering
farm for Iess than it
came to settle with
her $200- more than hi
-or than he was requir
this is jnst what migt
Mr Happel, it show
honest disposition re
a man deserves to pro
BIG THRESIIING.—)
threshed on the far
forty erlieutes. The
bushels of fall wheat
Schwahn, lot 23, eonFriday last, four
Messrs. Zeller and
110 puff, but the work
as can be proven by
owned. the wheat.
DIED.—Mrs. Bs-
ing and lame furs son
her last on Friday m
x-emains were interredi
line cemetery on-TIA
Mr. Maurer, of this v
German, and the Rev
Bewail, in English.
ood and effective. N
ared.ein the Brownson
-removed to her son -in
Shilling,' of the Par
died. She had re-achel
75 years, and was 3111142
-who knew her. She u
above,
but she has gone to jot
A LIVING Pnr.sna-T.
week a strange won'
residence of Mr. Job
Galster being away, M
there.' The visitor
opening the door den
in." Mrs. Galster
woman'voice at onee
The lady stepped in
ehfld4-hiell she was In
and told Mrs. Galster 4
children she intended
with her, and requeste
and keep it as her ow
Gaster recovered from
the stranger stepped ei
buggy which was waiti
_
road and with a man IN
the rig, drove off, leavi
ef the house in full s
innocent cherub. Wh
lady came from, or esh
person knows. The ns
ever, the surprise oeme
he heard what had boa
Of• course he would not
he reached his ilomi
Galster have decided a
forted hita to believe:
for the waif. and we he
pleasure and comfort tA
nice, healthy, black-hai
about to months.
More Scott A
Three more eases for
Scott Actewere tried at-
nesday last, before Me
and. J. Steep, J. P.'s,
reporteof the eases we
the New Erd: The Sea
ferred to laet week cane
Young and II. Steep, ,
Friday, in this town, be
pied the greater part
Bali.ease was that of Mr. la
Jas. Scott was the eon
t
seeution, and Mr. Camj
ilartt, for the defei
Mr. John King, of
testified as follows :-
In defendant's hotel, in
23rd Sept. in company
Bon. had intoxicating
drink, and I saw it pais
at the hotel sometime
o'clock and dark. Mor
the drinks. I asked
the witness would only
Campion's question as
intoxicating liquor. (In
swer the question more e
he did.]
Inagistrates tTeeided that
"1 sot intoxicating ii
infermation, but Mr. Pei'
The bartender
Jager beer that he gave
who was with me got Ai
get this liquor for the pu
kna1d
w1 ttelti dheifmencItahnet !;1:1
hotel where I got the