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NINETEEN TH YEAR.
WHOLE NCTNI BER 1,005.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1887,
McDEAN BROS. Publishers.
$1.50 a Year,. in Advance.
SPRING, 1887.
1\41 -
Spring Goods
Mil' OPENED
—At thee
CHEAP CASIT STORE
MAIN -ST., SEA
New Drese Goods, New Prints, New
Cretonnes, New Shin tinge, New Cottons,
New Ginghems, New Corsets, New
Gloves, New Frillings, New Laces, New
Embroideries, etc., all at prices that
will save you a little cash., no matter
You will say
ell, here is
7ORTH.
how small the purchase.
how can we do that ?-
eur answer. We - can 0.ark every
article at the very lowest possible price,
knowing quite well that -when we make
a email profit, we do not ran the risk of
losing more than. we have made on the
track andtrade that we might get did
we- take trade, but as we only sell for
cash, we are sure of what we make, be
ehat ever soi little, and everybody knows
that the cash always bays cheaper than
truck and trade. Then take the true
and proper way, which, is, sell your
trade for cash and buy the same way,
and you will be the gainer by a long
way. If you have any cah -1Ho spend,
try the Cheats Cash Storie ef
man & Co.,
Ho
TRAVEL IN JAPAN—A PIL-
GRIMAGE. TO ISE.
Y THE REV. DWIGHT W. LEARNED.
—It has occurred to me that some might
be interested in hearing how people
tra el in Japan; and a short arecottint of
a visit which Imade to the shrines of
Ise last year will give ap opportunity of
describing all the methods of travel
which are in use in this part of Japan.
Ise is the name of a province about 70
miles from Kioto, an the •east coast of
Japan, and the most famous Shinto
shrines in the country are situated 'there,
and draw great crowds of pilgrims every
spring. I spent a part of one vacation
in a trip there. In starting out on such
a journey the first essential is a pass,
without which the foreignet isnot allow-
ed Ito go more than 20 miles from one of
the five treaty ports. Such a pass must
he obtained through the United States
Minister in Tokio, and therefore the
would-be traveler in this part of the
country must make his plans beforehand.,! have as much rice and l tea as yo
I went first by rail to the toesia at the but if you want more of anyt
foot of Lake Bina. Thia-railroed runs than is served Ion your little t
from the pert of Kobe to the lake (58 must pay extta. The room con
miles), and on the farther •side a line is furniture, but the floor is cove
being slowly extended in the direction thick matting, on which at in
pf Tokio. The line is we'll built alnd spread thick comfortables for
well managed, accidents being exceeding- with more of the' same lot a
lylrare ; but no fast trains are rein the As for a pillow, if you don't bri
speed being at best only 18 miles an your own, you may repose your
hour, and over the mountains between
here and the lake much less. There are
three grades, as in England, and the
fares are five, three, and one and a half
cents a mile respectively. The seats in
the third-class are plain boards ; in the
second and first they are upholstered
The seemed and third are not warmed at
all in winter, but they are apt to be
warm enough in summer. Most of the
second-class cars have a seat all nouod
the four sides, except where it is inter-
rupted by the doors—one on 'each side,;
so that most of the passengers ride side-
ways. In the third-class cars the seats
go across the car, and half face in each
direction, so that half the passengers
ride - backwards. The gauge is somewhat
narrow, and one seat will accommodate
four people. The seats are arranged in
couples, facing each ether, with a door
between them on eaCh sideilof the car.
•
contract with some less fortunate com-
panion to .de the. work at the eottorn
market price, and will himeelf pocket
the difference as a remuneration for his
skill in making a* bargain. Also, on the
road, if a coolie meets one Online- fro'n
the other way, he will often exchange
jobs with him, a,ncl thus each will retutn
to his own headquarters ; or, if he meets
one going empty in the same dir ectioP, •
he may sell out the remaind9r of the job
to him.
. At nightnthe traveler finds ne lack of
inns to put up at, and a *wed Japa,nesse
inn is notaltogether to be ,despised, al-
though it does not have -all the Western
comforts by any means. Me.ds are
served at the traveler's own, apa tment.
The maid brings in'alittle table Or each
. -
guest, about a foot high, with d hes' of
a corresponding size, and sits mar by
during the meal with a bucket of rice
ready to replenish any one's bow. Rice'
is the great stap'el article pf d et, and
.besides it there is fish or eggs, nd also
'various soups -and relishes, on can
wish,
mg else
ble you
ehadi:wsthileyho
a bed,
overing.
g one of
head on
a Wooden block in Japanese sty e, or you
may roll up your oyes -abet for a pillow.
There is no heating arrangement except
a brazier with. a little charcoal fire, at
which you can *arm your finers; but
at night, in cold weather, you ean have
a . little charcoal fire at your feet, with
an arrangement Of eomfortablee so con -
rived as to keep in the heat; and here
tem can sleep warns enough. The usual
light is a small Itis.hlight sarroanded by
a paper screen, which the Japanese iike
to keep butning all night; but now
kerosene lamps, an be found at many,
inns in the larger places a.na on the
principal roads.' A hot bath is threlwn
in without extr
vacet in it, no
distinction of
lace. • Anothes
busy, season is
peparated by paPer slides, and t
travelers sit up talking very late
night, and get lip to continue their jour-
ney very .early! in the mos-ning. For
supper, lodgin . and tee the usual
charge is from to 30 cents.
Cheap Cash Store, It is thus impossible to go t rough. the
'Cardno's Block, 'Seaforida.
N. B.—Ai gents for Butteriek's Re-
liable pa,pet patterns. •
car from end th end except by climbing
over the seats. The doors are kept
locked when the train is ip motion.
When these cars are not full, it is not
. •
properly attended to the farmer can
winter one animal for each acre of grain
or hay he grows. on his farm and by so
doing he will have at 'moderate share of
manure to return to the land tO keep bp
fertility, thereby avoiding the old story
of "The farm is worn out." I believe
the land is capable of producing crops
for all time to come if treated fairly.
MODE OF 'FEEDING.
Here I wish to describe my mode of
feeding and preparing stock for market.
I will be long for I will send. them
off at 12 or 13 months old. We try to
have the calves dropped in 'March and
April ; we feed sweet milk, which we
get by using the creamery cans ; we give
a little .meal, or shorts dry,, during
the summer, and occasionally • a
little flax -seed meal, which must
be used with moderation on
account of its loosening properties.
We house the calves 'early before the
cold nights corpulence and' by so doing
save the annoyance of seeing humped
backs beside the fence. At . this time
the milk stops and we begin the winter
process. We feed along moderately on
cut feed and a little meal and a good -
supply of roots until February, when we
increase the meal a little, until April,
and from this out we feed all they will
take, until the begining of May at which
time we can sell them weighing from
600 to 850 pounds each at :11 cents per
pound, according to age and breeding,
for breeding tells here as elsewhere. I
have done this for ten years and I think
it equal to keeping over again and sell-
ing as stockers at 3i cent e per pound.
As the percentage of farmers is small
that have adopted the foregoing plan, I
will try and give another way by which
cattle raising may be carried on in a
profitable manner. The calves can be
fed all through the winter, as I have
recommended to be done during -the
early part of the winter, in which case
they will be in good growing condition
when turned t� pastureaand if given
good pasture all summer and fed on cut
feed mixed ; with a small quantity of
meal and a few roots, during the second
winter there will be no difficulty in
having them'weigh 1,100 pounds at two
years old. They can then be ;sold for 31
cents per lb or $41.25 each which will
pay for raising.
As there are two ways of doing al-
most everything, there are also two
ways of wintering cattle. , The -first way
I shall mention is the way you can see
any day youdrivethrough the country.
Cattle are bought in , the fall and put
-around straw stacks, where they will
lose about 200 lbs. in *eight during
our six months' Canadian winter.' We
will see how this plan will pay. Steers
weighing 1,200 lbs. in the fall, at a cost
of 2t cents per lb., would be $30.; to
winter on straw -stack would cost $1.25
per month; this, will make the steer cost
$37.50, or cents per lb.. This class of
cattle is what is spoiling our cattle
trade; they have to run on the pasture
until winter•to become fat, and then be
sold at a small price, causing a loss to
every man who handles them. The
other way, arid it is the way I consider
the right way, is to take the same cat-
tle, weighing 1,200 Itis.,at the same cost,
.put them iato comfortable stables and
keep them in good growing -condition all
winter, and, they will gain a little, say
about 25 tbs., which will make them
1,225 lbs., which is worth more per
pound. than the poor cattle; but, we will
figure on the same price, 3i cents per
lb., which will be about $46. Now, in
the spring they will cost ,$8.50 each
more than the poor cattle, for which you
have' 225 lbs. of beef—not bones, and
these cattle will weigh 1,400 lbsatwo
months earlier than the poor ones, which
means at least 1 cent per /b. on the price,
or -$14, besides pasture for two months,
which is worth $3.00 or $17.00 leaving a
profit of $8.50 each without taking into
account the interest on capital, invested
far two months longer tithe.
What I have etated Can be done by
wintering as I do. I put the cattle in-
to warm (not hot) stables, feed on cut
feed, two parts straw and one part hay,
and a few roots. I mix in a little bran
and shorts or meal dry, then wet in a
heap 'and let it ferment a little, as the
cattle relish the fermented foo si better
and they will eat more and do better
than on fresh mixed for ea& feed. We
feed roots once a day, ater the noon
feed, then the cattle lie down comfort-
ably and contented. . We let our cattle
out once every day in the forenoon to
get water and exercise, for if you want
cattle to do well for you, and well for
the summer feeder also, you must give
plenty of out door exercise to .keep the
appetite sharp and the muscles full and
strong and 'to keep them in right shape
for thespasture. The stables must be
kept clean and well ventilated to prevent
bad oders, for the cattle beast requires
cleanliness equal to the horse. We also
try to keep an even temperature, there-
by avoiding sudden changes which
affects the appetites of cattle. We feed
sulphur once a week to keep the blood
cool. Sometimes we are troubled with
lice when we clip off the long hair along
the back and neck and apply lard and
coal oil, in, ratio of 1 part oil to 2 parts
lard. We ; find this will clean them
every time. Cattle that are not let out
can be kept Clean by dusting them with
dry ashes. , Ifoneshould bloat I would
, give soda :and keep thel head in an
elevated position to allow the gas to
pass off. Lastly, in the earwig stock
the utmost possible quiet should! prevail.
All, noise, such.as shouting and halloo-
ing, should not be allowed within sound
of the cattle. The cattle man must be
of a good even temper, not easily riled,
and then you will get the best possible
results from the feed given.
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charge,' but als for pia -
one thinks of that. !No
ex is, made t nue
inconvenienc in
hat the rooni are
hat m
a
the
nly
13y
at
— uncomfortable to rid.e. m them, except A jinrikisha does not go well up much
for the cold in winter and the heat inof a bill, first part
•
—At HaMilton palled- court Monday, summer, but when travel is heavy, they ', and in t
a man named James Henry Livingstone
are sometimes densely crowded. I have.
I had many o portunities t
was sent to gaol for vagrancy, making
his 258th commitment. -
—The Ma.nit-oba Local Gartrisenent
has voted e grant of $1,000 for the relief
of sufferers by prairie fires in that Pro-
viuce. , . .
—A writ for libel a the iastance of
Mr. John Maclay, late registrar of the
county of Bruce, claiming $40,000 from
the county council of Pruce, was issued
at Os000de Hall, Monday. • ,
—Mr. C. W. Young, editor of the
Cornwall Freeholder, was on Monday
committed for trial on the charge of
criminal libel preferred by Mr. R. R.
McLennan.
—Foster Francis, of Westminster, fell
from an aPplc tree a few days ago while
enga.ged hi trimming it, breeking his
knee cap in three places. Mr. Francis
weighs 214 pounds. It is to be feared '
that he will not be able to regain the full
use of the limb. -
—Miss E. A. Armstrong, as ex -stud-
ent of the Galt Collegiate Institute, who
has just completed a succeeds]. term at
the Toronto Normal School, has been
appointed principal of the Keewatin
school. .
—It will be remembered that on Wed-
nesday etening, February Ilth, at the
storming of the ice palace in Montreal,
a Mrs. Forget, while Witnessing the dis-
play, was i wounded in the Reek by a
piece of the bomb, which exploded,
striking her. She was taken to the
General hospital. Inflammation - set in
and the unfortunate woman died Satur•
day night.
.only coarse, thin mats. On both rail-
-A young lad about 13 years of age,
sen of Mr. Wm. Watson, of Teeawater, road and steamer the third-class pais -
was seriously injured an Tuesday last sengers are numerous, and the first-eass
week, by getting hie, leg ought in a very few. On the occasion of which I.
a small horse -power he we; driving to am speaking, however, 'I did not tra-
verse the -length of the lake, but only
saw woodi His foot -was twisted com-
pletely arOund, and the flesh tern on his crossed the lower end of it in a small
lee from lthe ankle to above the knee. ferryboat. .
He may possibly pull theosigh, but it Arriving at the farther side, I came to
may occaewn the loss of his leg, if not • the end of steam travel, and began travel
hislife. , . by the conveyance most common in
—A Winnipeg despatch says: Clerra Japan—thatis, the jinrikisha, or man-
missioner Coombs, of the Salvation power netinles This ; was only inteo-
Aemy, has arrived en route to the duced some fifteen years ago, ' but is
Pacific coast. He says it is proposed tO, found all over the country wherever '
commence work among the Indians of there are roads for it to travel on. It is
the Northwest this summer. Some of a two 's carriage, some of them
tke best Officers of the army, saale and veide enough for two passengers tosit
female had volunteered for the service. side by. side, others holding only one,
The salvationists of this city will make drawn by atman, with sometim.es an -
big demo strations here on his return. other pulling in front of him, in short,
lib
—Josepe Peltier, of Tilbury Centre,: a large baby carriage These have the
had a na-irew escape from death Last advantage of convenience, since they
Saturdaye He drove a young oo* from can be found at any time almost an
his farm, a mile from- town, and as the where, and on a good road they go along
cow W as leaving her young calf behind at the rate of five miles an hour,' e'-
en the farm Mr. Peltier experienced fatter if the traveler's purse permits of
great elifitsculty ia driving her to town. the employment of two men. On a bad
After getting her enelosed in the yard road, or up hill, the speed is srrialle a,nd
uhe becanhe so enraged that on Mr. Pel- it is not a sociable way of traveling,
tier's entering the yard she suddenly since the traveler has no one to -speak to
attacked him, goring his body and face but his coolie. On the smooth street e of
and breaking two or three of his ribs . a city two may ride together, though it
—George McCabe, acquitted in Lou -.'is rather crowded; but in traveling in
dun a. couple of years ago of murder, the country the travelers must ride one
.peat Suaday in jail in that. city as a by one. The expense of this kind of
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T a gr an t . He is waiti g around the city travel depends much on the state of the
trying to get $300 tit of the lawyers road, and much on the traVeler's skill
who defended him at his trial, which he and hardness of heart in driving a bar -
claims they -tare trying to cheat him out gain. It is a case of competition pure
of. He has a farm in Eapheraia, but and simple, and it is hard to tell which
derives nothing from it, so that he is party has the advantage in driving the
without money or sh her sow. He has bargain. An average price is perhaps
about two and a half or three cents for
an English mile, in good weather on a
good road; but there is some difference
between different parts of the country.
If the unwary traveler agrees to pay a
good price, he is likely to find it out by
seen one of these sections, which 18 well
filled with eight adults, made to hold
15 five on each seat an five standing
between, sathat the guar had to use a
I considerable force to get he door -shut.
As I was one of the 15, I speak froths a
lively remembrance. Every now and
then somebody pulls out his little p pe
and takes a whiff, and then all the rest
are sure to join in to 'get the benefit of
the light. This does pot increase the
pleasure of traveling third-class. At
Such times the non-smoking, foreigsier
must console himself hy thinking of the
saving to his- pocket-booki by going at a
cent and a half a mile. Soule of these
ca.rs have only six seats; others have 10,
and some have 20.
Arriving at the Iake, the "seat step
was to cross it by steamer. This lake is
much the largest in Ja_pars, being some
forty miles long, and ito accommodate
the traffic across it stpamers-go across
three times a day. The sail on thedake
an a pleasant day is delightful. On the
west is a range of mosuitains on one- of
which (between 'Kioto slud the lake) sev-
eral of the missionaries are accustomed
to camp out for a few weeks daring the
heat of summer; on the east side is one
of the chief rice -producing districts.
The lake steamers have three cabins:'
the first-class at the stern, the second-
class next forward, and the thirdinlass
at the bow. The first class cabin has
seats and a table; the secand-class has
no furniture, but the floor is covered
with thick mats; the third-clase has
feet, as the sti earns near the
in many 'place near the sea
I.
highern than t e general le
country, and o must go up a order to
cross them. I his , frequent getting .in
and out is not altogether agreeable when
one hae several pieces of baggage stowed
in with him in the jinrikieha, and each
has to lbe rearranged every time. There
, was alto one high hill to cross l In ping
,over a imountainous road, where jib-6k-
'ishas caonot carry passengers, people
,
:who cannot waik Must ride on horses—
which, howevei.• are not, used in this
vicinity—or' be carried in ',sages. A
Itago is a basket in name, and not much
different in faet. It is a ;large, basket-
like thing shunn on a pole and Icarried on
the shoulders of two men.; The last 15
:miles or more ' was busy with travelers
going to and from the shripes,l and here
, were plying a great many I one-horse
omnibuses, the only, horse v hicleS. for
i
general • use . known in Japa . In ,this
i part of the country I have see ver yi few
of them except on this one road.. , They
are thoroughly a one-horse affair, Old I
1
was not. tempted to try thern. At one
; place there was a long..bridge with a
t sign, "No 1Mrse -vehicles allowed to
, pass.". Just in front of me Wi as an om-
nibuseand I was intereste,d tb, see What
it would. do. The horse was loosened
' from .thel shafts, and walked ewer in
front of. the omnibus, and the driver
pulled, the omnibus over, it ceasing th be
a " horse vehiele ' for the time. I ,
f rny ride,
try my
ake, and
bore, are
el of the
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Kiota, Japan. '
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• ' Cattle Feedirig
The following paper was prhpared end
,
read by Mr.' Joseph Cobbledic, of
Mooreaille, township of , Biddulp , at
the South "Huron Farmers' Institute at
dick
Brucefield last week. Mr.Cobb!
has a farm of 125, actes, and e ma ages
' to feed each winter about 1 he d of
cattle and eight horses, using the cbarse
grains and hay grown en h s fareo for
this purpoee. ' The •only fe d he buys
is the meal which he feeds He only
winters the stock, however
them ready for -the market in
His stables are 111 feet, long
wide, and the walls are
crete and brick, and are uncle
The animals head to the cent
fed from a passage -way at
The follewing 'pa:per will be f
eating and instructive to all
stock -feeding:
The manauement of cattle
platform, and therefore wil
long time to discuss. My pl
of mixed husbandry, with ca
as a' specialty during the 1,
succeed on the farm now whe
so low the farmer must use
-everything he undertakes,
place he should have cows
'Durham grade atleast, and
pure bred sires, thereby ob
quality . of animal necessary
in the world's market; fo
of the ordinary scrub
away, and not before it
either, for they have .been
loss to every man that ha
To my mind the kind of c
wanted requires to be well
that type known as the
flank, shert legged cattle,
heart girth, broad forehea
eyes. When you either rais
'ease of cattle I believe the
at a profit even at the low
present time.
The matter of feeding is
being "sold out ;" that is, his coolie will practice the most rigid eco
a son well off in Da
there until he gets th
for.. He finds his
week or so, and whi
his spare time in in
has made half a do
two or three monthei;
ota, but won't go
$300 he is waiting
ay into jail every
e confined spends
king his will. He
ea within the past
nsers in the township of Digby.
of them fell due, and when it w
that they were well -executed
great excitement prevailed.
firms in the town are the h
these notes. It is estimated ti'
ilton has disposed of -about $5,000 worth
Of them. He hap left for nlarts un-
known.
Several
s found
forgeries
- Many
eylers of
at Ham -
as h
the s
nd 3
has
ring.
feet
['Canada.
A party of ten left Toronto 1
for Bermuda.!
—A Board of Trade is to be e
in Chatha,ni..
It was l 30 years last Satur
the appalling railway accidei
Desjardins Canal.
— Rev. R. -J. Black was ts
farewell social before les -wino Fergus,
and was presented with a purse of
money by his congregation.
— John Buckler, of West Lorne, has
sold his farm, consisting of 75, acres, to
John Templeton,. brick mtson, for
$2,200.
—The Booksellers' and
Association of Ontario, at ti
annual meeting in Toronto,
resolution condemning church
—" Scott Act "fines to the
$131 were paid in London on
last week. One fine of $50 w
Strathroy.
—Owing to the unparalleled
snow in the woods this winter
ber cut in the Ottawa Valley
duced about 25 per cent.
—A destructive fire broke
Crystal Palace store, St. Th
Sunday morning. $8,000 won
and glassware was destroyed.
—Rev. Sam Jones was pres
$80 in Hamilton for his brplp.ns' home
in Georgia, and the collection for the
same purpose in London amounted to
$145.
—The tug International was sold at
Windsor the other day by auction to
Mr. John Charlton, of Norfolk, for
$9,350. She is said to be *orth, with
her pumps, about $16,000.
—Circulars have been iss
that the Welland Canal will
for vessels drawing twelve f
first of May, and on the
May to vessels drawing fount
—Mr. Angus Munro, of Embro,
ob-
at Friday
tablished
ay since
t the
ndered a
ade of con -
his barns.
e, and are
cads.
nter-
ed in
is a 3road
req ire a
U is a sort
tie feeding
inter. To
prices are
conbrny in
n the first
of a good
se note but
aining the
to eeiapete
the day
as passed
was ' time
a cause of
dies them.
ttle that is
red and of
road, deep
ith a good
s and full
or buy this
can be fed
rices of the
he place to
omy and if
err
and
nga
tationers'
eir semi -
passed a
bazars.
mount of
Thursday
s paid in
depth of
the lum-
ill be re-
sit in the
mas, last
I'm of china
nted with
Fulton., North American Indian; Jitney
McLeod, India; Daisy Keith, Syria.
Mamie Bain ; Africa; Mary Simm; Sout
Ainerice, ; Nellie White, Mexico.
Grosse Isle, the largest island in the
Detroit river, ten miles below the city,
was first occupied by the French ov r
one hundred years ago. It is now occ -
pied principally by French horses -1i -
ported Percherons. Here is located tle
famous Island Home stock farm, own, d
by Sat,age Farnum.
f—A Drumbo correspondent says: TI e
Salvation Army had a good time en
Match 3rd, forming the army into la
corps. The hall :was filled to the door.
Everyone seemed to be well pleastd
ed stating
be opened
et, on the
fteenth of.
ea feet, -
tamed a prize of a seventy-five dollar
watch offered by a Stratford
firm to the party selling t
quantity of their soda water
soda water
e greatest
—A deputation of the Ontario Alliance
waited on the Ontario GoVernment a
few days ago to urge the establishment
of Provincial police with a view to the
suppression of Anti -Scott Act outrages.
—The medical council of Toronto are
asking for power to strike o IT the regis-
ter of licensed practitioner a men who
have been shown to be guilty of unpro-
fessional conduct.
—John Wenzel, of Berlin, has been
arrested in Toronto on the charge of
embezzlement. He is accused of appro-
with the performance. They are g
Wig several converts here and doing
gre;et deal of good.
—An old and well-known resident
East Garafraxa, Mr. Archibald Smit
bne, evening last week fell out of an u
,per door of Burnett's hotel, Heresies' d.
He fell some ten feet and susta.inedj a
very, serious compound fracture of tile
thigh, the broken bone protrudi g
through the flesh.
--tMr. W. H. Fraper, Dominion Ap-
praiser, died at OttaWa on the 8th in t.
He was formerly secretary of the Ma u -
r °taros' Association of Ontario, a
also acted .as secretary to the Onta
Commission in connection with
Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia
1,S76.
—Mr. John Buchanan has sold
farm of 280 acres, near Branchton,
lying partly within the townships
North and South Dumfries and Bever
as few miles from Galt, to Mess
Kenneth, Donald and Alex. McDonald.!
The farm is one of the
section of the country, a
r alized was $16,000.
—Mr. J. J. Collins, engineer for
Ontario Pacific Railway Company, s
the work of construction will be c
menced in the early part of April.
reposed road starts at Cornwall
t rminates at Perth, a distance of
ilea. It will cost about $1,040,000,
$1.0n0u,s0e0s.0of which has been promised in
b0
•
—Mrs. Martin, widow of the late R
.0. D. Martin, and daughter of the
canon Salter, met with a most p
fur and unfortunate accident in Br
t -
a
of
priating church funds and m
ing to his employer, amount
about $200 or $300. -
—Mr. Justin McCarthy,
on Ireland in several of th
towns in Ontario last fall,. a
since been travelling in the tates, sailed
from New York for England
ago.
—Rev. Sam Jones preach
Church, Hamilton,- on Wed
ing to a large congregatio
mon was on Christian life.
turn to Hamilton in the ne
make a longer stay.
-a-Work will be commen ed immedi-
ately on the railway from Winnipeg to
the international boundary, arrange-
ments for connection with the,Northern
Pacific Railway at the bou 'dary having
already -been made.
—A few weeks ago Miss
ger, aged 17, daughter of
Fenger, of New Sarum, fe
while attending the Aylmer
and injured her ,spine. Pa
and on Tuesday 10th ins
from the effect of her injue
—Last Friday night wh
of ydung men were enjoyin
coasting on one of the hills
burg one of the sleighs beca
able, striking a stump and
ney belong -
ng in all to
ho lectured
cities and
d Who has
a few days
d in Wesley
esday morn-
. His ser
He may re -
✓ future to
—The money lenders of Owen Sound
were somewhat alarmed the other day,
when it was discovered that they had in
their possession a large number of forged
notes. It appears that a blacksmith
named Alex. Hamilton, of the village of
Kilsyth, has been engaged some time
back in forging notes on well-to-do far -
that was promised to be set apart for
the benefit of the plaintiff's child, which
was born soon after the Prince's visit te
this countfy, abeut 25 years ago. The
plaintiff, who at that time was a beauti-
ful young girl, is of good family, and it
is said that the Prince was enamored of
her and wished to marry her. Ile was
almost constantly in her society. She
married some e ears afterward a lawyer,
who has since died.
-- The Queen has declined a Jubilee
present of a five -ton cheese, made from
the milk of 5,000 Canadian cows offered
to her by a Glasgow merchant.
—Freight Conductor Farrell, while
shunting at Indian Head on Friday was
caught in a frog and run over. lie died
shortly afterwards.
--s-At a meeting of the Kingston
School Board last Friday night it was
decided to have the Bible read in the
schools in future, and the inspector was
instructed to visit the Separate schools
to see if any Protestant children ever
attending them.
—The railway people at Windsor com-
plain very much of the trouble and an-.
noyance given them by the American
Customs offi ers doing duty on the rail -
Way ferry boats since the passage of the
Retaliation Bill. They say great incur;
he
io venience will be felt as soon as navigas
in - tion opens, if the same course is pursu-
ed, and non intercomse will be pretty
well established.
—We are sorry to learn that the Rev.
W. Robertson of Chesterfield met with
a serious accident about two weeks ago
which resulted in the loss of the sight of
his left eye. He went to Toronto to
consult an oculist of that city, and re•
ceived encouragement to hope that the -
sight will yet be restored. Owing to
this, Mr. 'febrile, a student of Knox
College an
Rath() and
pied the pu
118
nd
of
Y,
rs.
Hattie Fon-
Mr. Edwin
Ion the ice
High School
alysis set in
., she died
best in that
d the price
he
Lys
'he
nd
82
es.
le a number
themselves
ear Amelias -
me unmanage-
stantly kil-
ling, Byron Bush, son of 1ewis Bush of
Rossmore.
—Six hundred paid-up
Cochrane Manufacturing
the face value of $100 each
senting $60,000, were sold
St. Thomas last week by S
and bought in by a London solicitor at
$38 for the lot.
—Mr. Douglas Alexandie son of Mr.
A. Alexander, of the Hamlielton customs
service, and formerly a m mber of the
Anion Club of that city, has been ap-
pointed bass soloist in D. Ormiston's
church, New York, at a salary of $600
a year. I
—At Hall's Harbor, Not a Scotia, the
other day, Mrs. Henry Parker, while i
moving about near a stove, caught her
dress in the fire and in a moment she
was ablaze. The woman was so badly
injured that she died six hours after-
wards. '
—About $218,000 worth of old greasy
$1 and $2 bills, in circulation during
epidemic times, have been disinfected at
the Montreal City and District Savings
Bank under the superintendence of _Dr.
Laberge. The bills will now be forwarci-
ed to Ottawa, where they are to be
registered and destroyed.
—At the annual meeting of the Wo-
men's Foreign Missionary Society, in
connection with the Presbytery of Paris,
which was held in Knox church, Wood-
stock, on the 7th inst., a novel and
pleasant feature was introduced. A
class of little girls, dressed in the cos-
tume of the various nations, was brought
before the audience, and appealed in
turn for the different countries in which
mission work is being done. The cos-
tumes were , extremely neat and true
Ito life. The little ladies and the corm',
tries they.personated were, May Dicken-
son, Japan; Aggie Currie, China, ; Berta
1
hares in the
ompany, of
in all repre-
t auction at
aeriff Brown,
V.
v.
in-
nt-
ford a few days ago. She had been
calling ,on a friend, mad when leas,
the house accidentally slipped and
upon the sidewalk, sustaining a doe
fracture of her leg.
—Mr.. Geo. Barr, of Hamilton, w
at his work at the Grand Trunk
shops a few days ago, was injured
the falling of a sledge hammer from
fixture. Mr. Barr was struck in
back and had four ribs broken.
was in a very dangerous condition
some time, but it is thought he will
all right again in tine.
i
—The body of Mr. G. W. Ryckman,
formerly of Parlshl11, who died last
Christmas in Virginia, has been exhumed
at Arkona. Dr. Scott, of Forest, and
two other doctors - held a postmortem
and inquest. After the evidence
been taken, the jury adjourned sine
to await the report of the analy
Toronto where the stomach was sent.
—Mr. Robt. Wildennson, of Mt
wood farm, Waterloo, but now resi
on the 9th concession of Beverly t
ship, about three 'miles from Galt,
ng
fell
ble
ille
car
by
its
the
He
for
be
had
die,
t in
brother-in-law of the late Hugh M
the celebrated geologist. Mr. Will
son has in his possession a well
stone cutter's mallet, which was o
and used for many a day by that g
and talented man.
—The following have been elected.
officers of the Orange Grand Lode of
f
Ontario: Grand master, W. W. ,-Itz-
gerald, London; deputy grand master,
Aid. Win. Nicholson, county rn 'ster
richest iron country in the world. 'The
lia.milton ; junior deputy' grand master,
J. L. Hughes, county master, Toronto ; Central Ontario Railway, which runs
lsh,
grand chaplain, RevWmW from Trenton, on Lake Ontario,, through
Ottawa grand treasurer, EFCl ., .
Walsh, from
the central part of Canada an& all the
M. P. P ; . .
iron interests connected with it are to
lecturer, J. L. Wilson, Petrolea. Toronto: re-elected r.
form part of this scheme. The road is
i
—Ottawa thinks she should have the to be extended 150 miles through the
d of heart of the iron district to a junotion
with the Canadian Pacific railway at
Lake Nipissing. The capital of the
company is to be ten millions, more than
two-thirds of which are already pledged.
The syndicate it is said, will own more
than a hundred different 'properties at
various points in Canada, and a mineral
development even greater than that on
Lake Superior ie: predicted. Among the
principal movers in the matter are Sena-
tor Payne, Stephenson, Burke, S. J.
Ritchie, all of Ohio; James McLaren, of
Ottawa ; Erastus Wiman, A. B. Board-
man and other prominent parties of
New York.
ple-
hug
wn-
is a
ller,
am-
rorn
ned
fted
a son of a former pastor of
innerkip congregations,ocen-
pit on Sabbath and preached
two very impressive discourses. The
managers have secured his services on
Sabbath, the 20th int., and the three
following Sabbaths.
—A 'singular accident occurred the
other day at the house of Mr. F. Pringle, -
,St. Thomas. Mrs. Priugle found that
the pipe conveying the water from the
house to the cistern was frozen,.ami put
what she supposed to be a bar of iron
into the kitchen stove, intending to use
the -heated iron for thawing out the
pipe: In a few moments, however,
there was an explosion which shattered.
the stove, windows and crockery and -
set the carpet on fire. The damage
amonnts to about $7'0. The supposed
bar Of iron turns out to have been a
piece of ge.spipe loaded with powder,
which some urchins had used as a can-
non, and which had been lying in the
cellar several, years.
—Daniel N. Stewart and Florence
Andresvs, of Port Huron, were arrested.
in Toronto the other might, the former
on.a charge of procuring girls for im-
moral purpose, and the latter because
she 1.8 wanted as a material witness in
the case. Stewart, who gives his age as
43, residence New York city, and occu-
pation a traveler, has been for some
time -the head and. tail of a so-called
privae detective agency known as
"Stewart's Preventive and Detective
Unidn." lie also advertises an "em-
ployment bureau," and it is' charged
that he has used his latter business sasi•
the purpose of procuring girls and con-
signing them to agents in -Chingo, Buf-
falo and other cities to lead an immoral
'life.-
--An immense iron. combination is be-
ing formed in New York, which aims at
nothing short of owning and controlling
all the known valuable iron deposits of
Canada, now being ascertained to be the
proposed school of science, mate
Kingston. Her claims are, a ong
others, that the city is well situa d to
afford a wide field for the study'of
geology: "many of the rocks i the
vicinity are rich in fossils. In riffling
there are, easy of access, beds of lum-
bago, apatite, iron ore and mica. The
Ottawa basin is particularly rich • this
respect."
—It is rumored that Rev. Dr. Vild,
of the Bond street church, Toront , has
been communicated with, looki g to
his acceptance of a possible call o fill
the church rendered vacant by the
sudden death of Rev. Henry Vard
Beecher. The salary suggested , $13-
000, which is considerably more than his
'ieved
his
present remuneration. It is. be
the Doctor has taken the matter in
most serious censideration.
- —The sale of the Sylvan h
Shorthorns, the property of Mr.
Nicholson, and Sons, near London,
off on Tuesday last week. The
dance was large and the interest
sale was good. Twenty-three a
were offered—fourteen females an
males, ranging in ages from 8 ye
rd of
Thos.
came
n the
mals
I nine
rs to
4 months. The prices though not large,
were good, averaging nearly $90 each.
They were mostly very fine specimens of
the Booth strain.
—A disgraceful affair took ph
Woodstock on l'uesday last week
'section with the Scott Act trials i
town. A gang of roughs follow
two London detectives, who had
evidence at the trial, to the stati
they were about to return to L
A row was started, when abou
roughs set on the two detectivel3 who
t
had to run for their life, and weFe got
secretly out of town and dris en to
e we
e mob
ht.
ought
'ales,
25,000
The
a fund
ce at
n con -
that
d the
given
ern as
d .
fifty
Beachville for safety. What a
coming to? This looks rather ilk
law where might is considered ri
—Suit is said to have been b
in England against the Prince of
by a widow of Montreal, for
and interest for a number of years
amount is alleged to represent
—The Rev. G. M. Milligan preached
a special sermon on the late Henry
Ward Beecher in Old St. Andrew's
Church, Toronto, last Sabbath evening.
He took his text from Hebrews, chapter
xi, 4th verse: "And by 'it He being
dead yet speaketh." He began by giv-
ing a brief sketch of Beecher's life. How
in his youth, he longed for a seaman's
life and attended Amherst College for
the purpose of studying mathematics., ,
It was whilst a student there that he re-
ceived the - training in elocution and.
voice culture, which stood him in good 3 /
otead ever after. Whilst there he also --
became converted, and decided to enter
the ministry: Mr. Milligan said, in •
viewing Christ's personality and the
nature of the atonement Beecher did net
take a single narrow view like the
humanitarian, the orthodox, or the
governmental, but he embraced them arl,
in one. Beecher was endowed by
nature to be a great orator, and his
intellect was perfectly balanced anal e
devoid of oddities or crotchets. Hia •
views wee broad and spiritual and his,
illustrations homely. Beecher, the
speaker said, had an intense love for .
Britain and her institutions, and were.,
there but half a dozen- such meii
Henry Ward Beecher the federatiari of ,
the Anglo-Saxon race would be as good .
as accomplished. He never had,
peer as a preacher since the worTft
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