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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-09-02, Page 1r • )utt I beig P ADE how a rings, ethber le Maker of rrtment LUL, very our • NLNEtEE1NTH WHOLE NUMBER I 1,029. SEAFORTH, RIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1887. {McLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in • Advance. Edward M'Faul. SEAFORTH. —ONE OF THE— Ups and Downs —OF AN -- Energetic Merchants' —Existence is to Keep— The Quality U —AND— The Prices Down, And that is what is being done at concession, it ie ground for r. Louis arge barn next iegin in a few he foundation of :the steam almost every -Mrs. M. A. bata.ntial fence se 1st concea ts appearance ae aid farmer* te go and do r has beenery ais horses. Not Tse and replaced E had it only a ation set in:and E5s. The lostof is very heavy e list of those tditaining :first- Acates appears-- limn -nem Gode- is all the masa an because of y the youngest, this county, Mr. William billiard parlor Cre.bh's block ts attencL- ilI held in phen's church, ug. 21. Rev', , will conduct nis match Wan ssels and Gode- suited in War frs. Grant hat or nearly two. cae which clo- the ase of her e is sonsewhet evertheless her recovery verY rrow, who went as returned ana the exhilarati4 g made him loot R. Meredith, oint Farm,has oodly number of visit whilehera peal of the Scott in the Sheriffs has over MOO hursday mom Geo. F. Old, iGh station By of Plums, cart This is the iarg` ()t plums wade — Vile regret T the Young gseLl ars on h'101104 swa died at the lin Andrews, on kVetinesday lasts r 84 years._ She and three sone Mr. Raine! SL in Knox chev Edward McFauls POPULAR DRY GOODS, Millinery and Clothing House, SEAFORTH, ONTS A TRIP TO THE LOWER PROVINCES. besides, principally coal. The town boasts of the electric light, waterworks (supplied by a tributary of the Salmon river, which flanks its outskirts), six churches, three of which are Presbyter- ian, besides the Salvation Army. The latter wages incessant war with the world, the flesh and the devil. As the latter individual yet keeps dark it is fair to presume he hats received the worst in the cnflict. Among its various industriesthere are a felt hat manufactory, cne fur condens- ing milk, and another for condensing coffee, and so far as I could learn they were all unbonused. It has an academy and a Normal school, besides a curling rink and an agricultural hall. Strange to say all the buildings above-mentioned are wooden, with one exception—th English church, which is of stone There are only about a dozen brick buildings in the place. Here, as eleewhere through this Pro- vince, houses are, as a rule, shingled ex ternally, clapboarding being the excep tion; •nor have I yet seen one instang where the outer walls were boarded pest - pendicularly and battened as with u - When the shingles are dressed they part an air of eornfort and neatness to structure that boards do not give. The Scott Act is here in full blast,an a person cannot get a glass of liquor is less he first pays ten cents. The a cy is bristling with hotels which buy an sell and get gain subject to no law b that which regulates supply and d mand. It is claimed for this district that it one of the most fertile in the Provinc but the whole country is cursed wi Weeds, red, yellow, blue, green and pin which contend, for the mastery with t "ox -eye daisy," but the latter appea to come out more than conqueror a :he whole landscape is whitened with What strikes the stranger forcibly the entire absence of orchards and t scarcity of live stock. The fruit trees the neighborhood of Truro are not a s cess, perhaps owing to a superabunda, of politics in the air which must hav blighting influence, there being more that commodity here to the cubic than Ontario has to the square m Nature appeared to especially design t for a sheep -raising country, but, fr Truro to Halifax,.somesixty miles, greater number can be seen along the r way route than what one average Ont farmer possesses. The same may said of horses and cattle. I was informed that although ther is sufficient pasture on a thousand hills, BY H. N. IN THE STB.ATFORD BECON. Having imbibed- the idea that I was a fit and proper person to enjoy a holiday I asked for and cheerfully obtained a month's leave of absence. Accompanied by my little daughter, I started on the 13th July, our destination being Nova Scotia, found ourselves in Montreal, and followed the honestest looking hotel run- ner to get a "square meal." Here was ouhfirst experience of what is true of nearly all this dark valley of the shadow of France, that their tea is a delusion aiad their coffee a snare, not even decently warm; the rest of the ood may be summed up in one word, a rehash of cold potatoesaneats and scraps o bread. Some of my fellow-travele mu tered some- thing like a prayer. At yrate, I re- member the name of the Deity was mentioned, also that of the Prince of the power of the air. As for Myself, I was always of a religious disposition and merely wished that the Germans had in- cluded these along with their cousins whom they " taught " with their Krupp guns. I here record it for the benefit of - future travelers, to have a well provided. wallett, and even if the coffee or tea is cold that they take with them, they have the satisfaction of having it for less than 50 cents a meal. True, a traveler gets polite bows in abundance, but he cannot live by bows alone. EASTWARD 110 The morning of the 14th found us at Point Levis, opposite the "ancient capital." Passing oward, we see the Falls of Montrnorenci. This has ofteia been described as• "grand," " magnii cent." etc., but viewed through' my Ontario spectaeles, I think it deserves all that has been written of it. Along the route for hundreds of miles may be seen the French farms varying in width from 60 to 150 feet,mere strips, with small one story wooden houses, the thathed.barns with old fashioned windmills attached. Their crops appeared to be composed largely of weeds. Bye and bye we emerge into the beautiful VALLEY OF THE RESTIGOITCHE. Here the scenery is grand and mountain- ous. The railway for many miles con- forms to all the tortuous windings of the river. Here we see the red man pad- dling his own canoe. By the smoke that so gracefully curls we can see his wig- wam is near. We pass a coach bearing this legend: " The Philadelphia," the property of some American pleasure - seekers, ladies and gentlemen, salmon fishing in the beautiful waters. Their lodge is hard by. By the bustle of ser- vants and Indians around, their pleasure is evidently not bought with pain. Arriving at Campbeltown, at the head of THE BAY OF CHALEIJR,, —About one thunclred yards west of the Union Station, Toronto, at 2.30 on Saturday, an old employee of the Grand Trunk car department named John Johnston was killed. He was about sixty years of age. He was carrying two buckets of water across the track when a shunting engine sucldeny came along, and not being very active he fail- ed to get out of the way. The switch- man stood an the side platform of the engine and shouted, but it was too late. As the engine struck him the switchman caught him, but his clothing gave way and the old man went under the wheels. He was terribly crushed and mangled. The engine was reversed and the body was carried into the baggage -room. De- ceased leaves two sons who are conduc- tors on the Grand Trunk. lhat ha,s °edit th len since 1850 ltlay night during •,rteil about four A fisher' heat teas evertakela :1o2.11 o'dloeki eeer tie of the rhrof wn f orcibly oat, ai,sistants=1 LI,in boom to acs easy the crew eieeh j• Emir ted asbere' f ono $1 about 11 • —One of the most serious conflagra- tions that has taken place in Montreal for some time broke out about eight last Friday evening in the Herald building on Victoria. square, and before it was get under control the whole building had been destroyed. The building is a large five -story one on the southwest corner of Victoria square. The two top flats are occupied by the Herald bindery and com- posing room, the next flat by the Vic- toria square steam laundry, and the lower flat by the Herald editorial and business departments. The basement is occupied by general offices. At the time the fire broke out a large staff of print ers were engaged in the composing room and had to make quick time to escape from the flames. The members of the editorial staff were also at work in their. offices at the time and had to make their exit without saving anything. The whole of the valuable files of the paper and other articles were lost. All those in the building, however, succeeded in getting away safely. The loss is var- iously estimated. at from $100,000 to 150,000, only a portion of which, it is understood, is covered by insurance. The Herald's loss is estimated at about $50,000. —Tuesday afternoon two convicts made a daring escape from the Peniten- tiary at Kingston. Their names are W. Scoones and. J. Kelly, of Toronto. The warden's steam yacht, which had been used twice during the day, was lying at the wharf, and the convicts named were in the habit of looking after her, as it was thought they had no desire to escape, Kelly looked after the engine and piloted the officers about the harbor when, they went for a sail, and Scoones, wile was a ship carpenter, kept her in repair, and recently he rebuilt her. Consequently they went to and from her as they pleased. At four o'clock they went on board and a few seconds later she was sliding along the side of the dock. The gas man raised the alarrn and four shots were fired by the guards on the walls, and it is supposed the bullets bit the boat. The convicts could be seen lying down to avoid the balls. Word was sent to the city, but before the tug Chieftain had got up steam and started iu pursuit the convicts had an hour or nearly ten miles miles, start aaul were making straight for the Amer- ican shore, 24 miles distant. At the tune of writing the tug had not return- ed. The general opinion is that they will not be captured, as Kelly knows these parts thoroughly, being an old sailor. Scoones was a ten-year nsan and had seven years to serve. He was sen- tenced for manslaughter, he having been implicated in the death of a woman in a, bagnio. He was a most" respected con vict in the institution, and no one thought he would attempt to escape. Both men applied recently for a pardon hut were refused. night overtakes us.- In this peaceful bay, it is hard to realize that over 100 years ago an English fleet chased a French oise which took refuge beyond the reach of their foes, the latter guard- ing the passage until the former were frozen . in for the winter, returned to England and refitted, and coming back again in the spring, smote the French hip and thigh, as the good book would put it. But such is glory. What is fun for the boys may be death to frogs—so reads the table. Along this route, the moun- tains are clothed with forest and are, as yet merely the haunts of the Indian,the moose, the bear and loup cervier (pro- nounced loocevee). Midnight find ia us at Moncton, which apparently a of irnportance,owing its existence en ly to railways. Had there been cheese, mites would be unheard of ; no railways, no M_oncton. But its busi- ness is greater than some towns in these provinces that have a hundred years of history. Morning findiius at Amherst. Lo! what a change appears —a landscape of INDESCRIBABLE LOVELIESS. We are in Nova Scotia. Intervale aud upland, river and brook, neat home- steads, beautiful farms greet the eye. But the scene changes; we reach Spring hill, the region of iron mines. The fea- tures of the country here are most de cidedly uninviting and harsh, Wei emerge once more, and near where Longi fellow has made for ever famous by hi4 "Evangeline." But. the plain prose in simply this, the French ceded the Pro- vince to Great Britain, the Acadians would not accept the new phase of the situation, but with their Indian allies, harassed the British settlers. The pill administered in truth was not. ugar- coated, but the mire was cOmplete. " Evangeline " should have used her in- fluence to protect helpless English wives and children; but then had these latter not been scalped, this heroine, would not have lived in song. ARRIVING IN TRURO, we put up at the only ternperance.hotel, the Oxford House, in this Scott Act town. By the way, the worthy landlady -attended to our comforts in person. She .evidently must hav,e thought that she entertained angels unawares, but had this pleasing delusion found a place in her bosom, it was quickly dispelled at breakfast time, for it is never recorded that these celestial visitors ever regaled themselves on black tea and shad. And let me here remark that I fervently thanked the Giver Of all good for invent- ing the English race. Havieg shaken the dust of lace ire - no It is 137 years old, but withal has a population less than that of Hamilton. Street rises above street to the base of the citadel. Large areas of some are bare rock seamed and scarred by Na- ture's cunning hand. Here may be seen the extremes of wealth and poverty. Carriages roll along, adorned "fore and aft" with flunkeys of dignified mien and imposing station, dreSsed in blue, and brass—mounted; while trudging along the street are women and children cloth- ed in rags, old and faded, and the wear- ers are apparently as poor as "Job's off ox." While some portions of the city convey the idea of being the abodes of merchant princes, abounding in luxury, there are other sections af extreme vile- ness, the abodes of the vicious, the haunts of sailors and "lewd fellows of the baser sort." Viewed from the water the city pre- sents a fine sight, with its Roman Catho- lic cathedral and 30 churches of various denominations. The asylum for the in- sane, the deaf and dumb, infants' home, orphans' home, poor house, etc., besides educational institutions, such as Dal- housie college, high and grammar schools, music academy, exhibition hall, Provin- cial buildings, with the citadel as a back ground, make a picture long to be re- membered. - The harbor from the entrance to its extreme limit is said to be 6 miles and widens into Bedford basin, a fine sheet of water several miles in circumference. Chi the opposite side of the harbor stands Dartmouth, a smart looking town where centre several manufactories. Here in early times was the scene of many Indian atrocites. At the entrance to the harbor is Sambo Island with the lighthouse. MacNab's Island, some 3 miles from the city, is fortified, and is a favorite rendezvous for Flaligonian picnicers. More central in the harbor is St. George's, a small island like the summit of a mountain, also fortified. We " do " the citad-el, a curious hill rising 256 feet above the water. On its peaceful sides scores of meek -eyed bos- sies graze on the parched herbage. Climbing this steep we viewits formid- able fortcation a veritable ant -hill, its occupants trim -looking soldiers, some of whom are lazily' lounging on its grass - grown ramparts; dogs of war, " black, grim and large," frown from his battle- ments. Souse dozen of the latter recline peacefully enough upon a platform. I peep into the " bung -hole ' of one; a sharp "get hoff" greets my ear from the sentry on duty near by. Perhaps he felt alarmed for his "whisky bottle." Being one of "our country's bold defend- er" in '66, and having smelt battle afar oft, I venture to say that I know the rope. Fear and trembling take hold upon me like a woman who has seen a mouse. I wcildn't take the nasty old piece of iron, anyway; it was too big for my hip pocket, I take myself " hoff " and we visit Spring Gardens a delightful resort of 14 acres extent. Gardens, can I describe its numerous beauties of wood and lawn, cascades and fountains, statues and caves, cunningly devised flower -beds and miniature lake on whose surface disport strange waterfowl and stately swans,' colored and white. It is alleged by some poet who ought to know better that a swan sings before it dies. I waited a while to see one of these interesting "critters " commence the performance. Possibly I might have been gratified had I remained long enough, but this Annie Laurie -necked genius wouldn't die worth a cent, but gave a grunt- not unlike a bullfrog's bark and sailed majestically away "a double swan and shadow." time we take leave of it with the remark that the Haligonians know how to ap- preciate their rock -founded home and have made of it a place of which/ they may justly feel proud. My nect will be devoted to Pict, its topography and resources., H. N. Canada. The plum crop in Nova Scotia is re- ported to be a dead failure. —The grand total of goods exported from Canada during the month of July was $10,447,745. —The site for the proposed Govern- ment printing bureau has been selected on Nepean point, Ottawa. —The new life Boat for Hamilton Beach was finished on Saturday and towed t� its quarters. —A Presbyterian church on the Lon- don road has been robbed of twenty yards of tapestry carpet. —A man named Wilson, residing at High Bluff, Monitoba, has been killed by being gored by a steer. —The C. P. R. magnates left Winni- peg rather hastily to avoid being sub- pcenaed in the injunction case. —Mt. Napoleon Balzaretti, formerly an officer in the House of Commons, Ot- tawa, dropped dead at Quebec last Fri- day night. —Several farmers in Malahide town- ship, Elgin county, have been swindled in their purchases of Red Lion wheat to the extent of $200 to $300. —It is reported that Hon. Alexaiader Mackenzie has abandoned his proposed trip td the Pacific coast, his health hav- ing taken an unfavorable turn at 1;r steam and is now returning eastward. —All the hotelkeepers of Kincardine have entered into an agreement not to accommodate anybody and to close their hotels to the public after Sunday lst, two prope ties, and it was found that Woods had encroached on Rivington's property to the extent of the one hun- dred and twentieth part of an acre, which at a liberal valuation is worth passed this barrier. Then he rushed - through the back door, the blood stream- ing and spurting froma score of weunds. He was caught and taken to Dr. Smith's veterinary surgery, where the wounds - 82 cents. This is the property in ques- were dressed. There is some doubt tion, and the costs in the case will pro- whether the animal will recover. He is owned by Mr. E. A. Meredith of Rose- dale. —A serious accident happened at Messrs. Lowden & Co.'s, Toronto, Fri- day afternoon. While Miss Adams, forewoman, was standing on the floor of the ele'Vatot shaft the hoist was lowered by an employe. It came down so quietly that she did not hear it. The platform struck her on the head, knocking her down, and almost fatally crushed her before it could be stopped. - The full ex- tent of Miss Adams' injuries have not yet been determined. —Claims for injuries sustained in the recent railwey accident at St. Tlysernas are now pouring in upon the Wand Trunk authorities. The following is a sample of the whole: Mr. S. Fraine, of St. Thomas, has entered an action for damages against the Grand Trunk Rail- way Company for $15,000 for the death of his wife in the late disaster. Mr. A. B. Remy, jeweler, claims damages of $2,000 for injuries sustained in rescu- ing passengers from the cars, and Mr. W. Westlake, of London, has entered an action for $5,000 damages for injured sustained. —Rev. Hugh Rose, of Elora, who was called by the congregation of Erskine Presbyterian church in Hamilton a short time ago, died on Saturday in Elora of typhoid fever. He was the unanimous choice of the congregation, and his un timely decease is greatly regretted by his friends all over the country. He was 45 years of age, and has only been in Canada two years, having come from Manchester. England, in 1885, to the pastorate of the Elora church. A wife and four children survive him. He was an able preacher and a popular lecturer. —Not less than 12,000 people listened to the sermons Rev. Sam Jones preach- ed at Grimsby Park on Sunday last. The day was a charming one. Nearly 2,000 teams from all over the section passed into the gates. The best of order prevailed. "What I have written I have written," was the morning text. At 2.30, p. ., the largest audience ever gathered in the park assembled. Mr. Jones took for his therne, "Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap." Again in the evening a third audience of at least 4,000 eagerly listened to a ser- mon from the text, "The wages of sin is death." --The Dominion Government have undertaken to maintain another mono - ply in the. interest of the Canadian Pacific railway corporation. The Vic- toria, British Columbia, Board of Trade recently asked that a local company be granted the privilege of laying a tele- graph cable from Victoria to the American shore, for the purpose of con- necting with the Western Union -lines and affording the British Columbians competition in telegraphs. The request has been refused, and the Board of Trade have been officially notified to that effect. The British Columbiana will therefore have to submit to tele- graph as well as railway monopoly. —A serious collision between two freight trains occurred on the Grand Trunk at 7:30 Monday night between three and four miles from Belleville. The trains met head on. The down train was made up of twenty-five cars of hogs, and the up train composed of ten loaded and twenty empties. Both locomotives were badly used up, and eight or nine cars were thrown off. Fifteen hogs were killed and five hurt. The train hands escaped with slight in- jury. The loss will be heavy. John Revoir, of Belleville, who was on the west -bound train, was thrown from the rear platform, and was badly, but not dangerously, cut about the head. . —The collector of Customs at Bur- lington, Vermont, recently reported to the Treasury Department that certain persons along the frontier desire to place separators in Canada and import cream into the United States, so as to avoid the expense of transporting' the milk, and the collector asks instructions as to the proper rate of duty on the cream. Assistant -Secretary Maynard has replied that milk is subject to duty as a raw and manufactured if rticle, but as there is no specific provision in the tariff for cream, and the separatioa of the cream from the milk does not constitute a manufacture, the department is of opinion that cream is properly dutiable at the rate of 10 per cent, ad valorem as a raw and unmanu- fa.c_tuTrehde article. —The of Harris, Son & Co. has become a familiar household word in almost every part of this Province, and there is scarcely a person who does not posses's or has not heard of their celebrated machines. All will therefore regret to learn of the death of one of the leading members of the firm. Mr. John Harris, son of Mr. Alanson Harris, and a member of the wellknown firm, died at his residence in Brantford on Thursday evening of last week, aged 46 years. Mr. li arris, who was versed in. every part of the firm's business, devoted much of his time to the perfecting of their har- vesting machinery, having possibly done more than any other man in Canada to per- fect the self-einding harvester. He was president of the Vomits Men's Christian Association for two years and a member of the managing board until recently. He served the city as an alderman for three years, and was chairman of finance. A Reformer in politics, he was always prominently connected with the party and rendered efficient aid in every elec- tion contest. For two years he has be,eu president of the Reform Association. In religious matters he was a devoted and efficient worker and an earnest Chrietia,n. Identified with the Ba.ptist body, he has been deacon and one of the official board for many years. He was also a very successful Bible class teacher, and was frequently engaged in evangelis- glass showed that the big horse had ti..: work. bably mount up to about $1000. —Mr. John Ogilvie, of the well- known lulling firm of Ogilvie & Co., has just competed an extensive tour through Manitoba and the Northwest. He says he is confident the amount of wheat" for export w11 be between seven and eight million b province five bush —The shels. The averages for the will not be less than twenty - Is per acre. is a report that a valuable deposit oil: crystalised phosphate has been discovered at Nosbonsing Station, on If the Canadian Pacific Railway, teen miles east of North Bay, pissing. It is the opinion of perts says the report, that the ontains 80 or 90 per cent. of e. Arthur Blackwood, _permanent he British post -office and tele - vice, arrived at Montreal last evening from England. He at the object of his visit was ne of pleasure, but that he quire into the question regard- ancouver mail route, with a ubmitting a report to the Home ies on the subject. barn, with contents, belonging V. Bunker, of East Whitby, was destroyed by fire Wednesday n of last week, caused by a the line about fi Lake N mining e deposit phospha —Sir head of graph se Thursda stated t largely would e ing the view to authori Th to Mr. totally afterno s steam thresher which was being used on the premises. The fire is said to have spread so rapidly that there was no time to remove the thresher, which was also burned.' The loss on the barn is not yet known. It was slightly insured. 28th tilt. —He nrich Lemoke, editor of the —The French warship La Minerva Germai -American Correspondence for - steamed out of the Montreal harbor at merly rf New York, but now of Mon - 9.30 last Thursday morning, amid the treal i4 iti Ottawa to interview the hurrahs of the people, who had assem- Mieist r of Agriculture in regard. to bled to bid her bon voyage. Gerinai immigration matters. He in- -Mr. Jacob Rymal for six years tends leaving next week for the North secretary -treasurer of the Dundas Board West 8.0 British Columbia, and on his of Education, is dead. He resigned at return Will commence the publication in the last meeting, but his resignation Montreal of an illustrated newspaper death.- devoted to the promotion of German is had not taken effect at the time of his m immigilation to Canada. no—It is learned that the Morning Call, —A !deplorable accident happened at il- the Dominion Government and Norquay Terrebrine, near Montreal, on Monday rio organ at Winnipeg, recently received of las week. Two 10 year old boys, be $10,000 in cash from one of the Canadian named Simard and Paquette, were con - Pacific directors as hush money on the structi g an impromptu raft, when young Disallowance question. Simar fell into the water, and as he —Hon. Mr. Mowat has been spending could ot swim sank immediately. Pa - a few days in the North of Ireland. He quette jumped after him, but Simard sails to -day from Liverpool per steamer threw his arms around him and drew Sarnia. He is in very good health, and him, t the bottom. Both bodies were has been greatly benefited by the trip recov red. across the Atlantic. —T e Directors of the dentral Exper- -Mr. Erastus Wiman will address mental Farm in Ontario have apparent - the St. Paul Board of Trade in October ly suc eeded in discovering a Russian next on Commercial Union, and will wheat of the best quality, which is per - take advantage of his nearness to visit fectly suited to the soil and climate of tion there. the N rthwest, and which ripens from ten d ys to two weeks earlier than the Winnipeg and speak on the same ques- -At two o'clock last Saturday morn- Fife. The Fife wheat was itself, in the ing the warehouse belonging to Messrs. first i stance, a Russian wheat, and it is McMillan & McLean, grain merchants, of Glencoe, was burned, together with all its contents. Loss about $1,500; mostly covered by insurance. The cause of the fire is unknown. —Only two miles of the grade of the Manitoba Boundary railway remained to be constructed on Saturday evening last, and it is expected the entire grade will be ready for the rails in a few days. The engineets predict that the line will be in running otder by October 21st if no interruptionto the work occurs. —Mrs. Thorpson, a centenarian of Beachville, celebrated her one hundredth birthday on Saturday. There was a large attendance of friends and relatives, and the old lady entertained them by pianoforte solos, and in other ways showed how lightly the burden of years was borne by her. —It is reported at Kingston that Col. Oliver is about to retire from the com- mand of the Military College, and that Sir Fred Middleton, whose term as Major -general Shortly transpirelehas ap- plied for the appointment. Sir Charles Tupper is also Said to be trying to get the position for his nephew, Col. Cameron. --Miss McPherson, of the 7th conces- sion, Westminter, was thrown from her buggy on Thersday. the result being a disloation of the right shoulder blade and concussion of the brain. Mr. Mc- Pherson, who Was also in the buggy, sus- tained injurieS which caused hemorr- hage of the lungs, besides being severely bruised. —Allaw student named A. J. Sulli- van, while rowing near Mead's wharf at the Island, Toronto, on Monday, was made aware of the proximity of several young men at Irevolver practice by the whistling of aebullet, which grazed his cheek. whistling admonishing the careless campers he returned to the city to give thanks for his narrow escape. —Harvesting in Manitoba is nearly finished, an average wheat yield of be- tween 25 and 30 bushels to the acre being assured, with other cereals in proportion. It is estimated that at least 7,000,000 bushels of wheat and probably more will be available for export —Geo. Harwood, aged 20, son of a farmer living near Ridgetown, in the county of Essex, has been arrested in Detroit, charged with assaulting his father with intent to kill him. It is also charged that he tried to kill his mother. His mother died about six days ago, and it is asserted that the young man is responsible for her death. 'what is belonged to him. He thought that all —A peculiar case will come up at the t. 18 in c- ce a of ch •le. there is always a scarcity of winter f der. If the Government, which has kindly taken this Province under its tering wing, would establish an exp mental farm or two, the ever -recur question of "better terms" would great degree be minimised, as the d - SO 08- ri- ing n a ro- ince suffers doubly—first, by her un- developed agricultural resourqes,thro loss of population, and this entai diminished cap ta allowance from Dominion exchequer. In this country there are thousands of gh s a the farms deserted and lapsing into fo On what was under cultivation 20 y ago, I have seen now trees of se growth forty feet high. Surely, which will produce spontaneously s growth of timber would, under a pr system of cultivation, yield a large re for labor judiciously expended. The country is being deserted by very cream of the population who ar gulphed by the great vortex, the U States. • Boston alone coetaine 30,0 these voluntary exiles. One- m formants puts the figures at 76, possibly an exag-geration. Many ri places of trust,, and to their aredit, said, they remember the " old fol honse," many of whom would, be off Otherwise. It is no unusual sight to see old from 70 to SO years of age laboring scythe and rake, scouring their littl of hay, deserted by their entire fa male and female, who have "go Boston to seek their fortunes. From these causes the Province yields three months provisions f population during the'year ; the b is imported from abroad. One thOughtful resident of Truro the following curious remark : not understand how it is the Y buy our raw Material and manufac with Nova Scotian labor, and ret undersell us with this same meter our own markets." This is a worthy ofconsideration by econo not being one I give the conundru HALIFAX AND ITS sURROUNDI1sT The road from Truro to Halifax through a Country of varying b hill and- vale alternate with severa . lakes, which like mirrors lie e_ns -in frames of living green. And here let the digress. Nova possesses •par excellence the most ful trees that has been my lot to Among the number three varie spruce enliven the landscape witl graceful forms, and vie with eac in producing a picture unrivalled western land. And whether g singly, in groups or clothing a ni side, the -effect on the eye is pleasing. Each tree is a perfe a perfect ;emerald—a model for penciNearing Windsor Junction, th coun- l. try appears to fie the very "abon ination of desolation." Leaving this behind, we soon reach the head of Bedfor Basin. Here the scenery is , and rocky. Keepingthis lovely sheet of si ater in view, we peep out of the coach vindow -and see the " Prince's lodge," or left of it, on a cliff on the water THREE PROVINCES off our feet and washed that Of fous our persons, we sallied forth t find Sten relatives upon whose : hospi ality saddled ourselves for one week. NOVA SCOTIA AS VIEWED ON- est. ars ond soil ch a per urn the en- ited 0 of in. 0— e to be it s at adly men with crop ily, e to only r its lance made can- nkees ure it rning Lal in latter ists ; n up. ss. passes auty ; small °ned Scotia ehold. ies of their other in this owing untain lways t cone, artist's 11 TAnIo SPECTACLES, Truro, the eapital Colchester county, is a smart town of 1,000 inhabi- tants, though but a mere village tweitty years ago. It promises to 1ecome a dity of great commertial importance. Its two paasenger trains daily to and from Picitou and Halifax, and those from St. John and Moncton, give the station as ani- mated an appearance as that of Strat- ford. There is a large freight traffic • I would advise anyone going to Halifax to visit Point Pleasant Park, 160 acres in extent, with its beauties of rocks, trees and thickets. Nature and art have combined to make this one of the love- liest resorts on the continent. lo de- scribe its beauties is a task too much for my feeble pen. Halifax again possesses street this time controlled by an Am company who make them pay. the Scott Act is said to be in force stranger cannot obtain any " fire -w without "going into the next mon We take a peep at the market. person acquainted with an Ontario ket that of Halifax has a pe interest. There is a curious nsed races, English, French and Ge with a large sprinkling ' of colore ple and Indians. The articles for a "garden sass," berries and "sich, is patronized largely by farmers, latter possess "farms"of abou acres in extent, which are invariably fenced with stone picked up on the ground. What is not used for this pur- pose is piled in large cairns on the fields. The staple products are vegetables. It is said that these so-called farmers are mostly wealthy. Now, a word about the Haligonian, as seen through my Ontario optics. He is .a genteel -looking individual, or, as a west ern frontier young lady would say, "A rice lookin' hoss what's got on store close." He passes a fellow with a glance that nIeans to say " come not nigh me, for I am tonier than thou," while a strong aroma of "eau de tannery" per- vades his atmosphere (this is Choctaw). We pass on the other side. This char- acteristic is in a great degree to his own detriment. As a merchant he is above the peddling business of sending out "drummers "and the consequence is that he has lost, and, St. John and other places which have been alive to the situ- ation have found the trade which rightly cars, rica,n Here and a ter " .3 Toa mar- uliar ey of man, peo- it are and These four to Russia we should look for all changes , as it is the only country where lture is carried on successfully in er climate than our own. few days ago Strathroy was star - y the announcement of the sudden of Mr. T. El. Bateman, a well- known and respected resident, from par- alysi const two lytic strok tack 56th year of his age. Deceased was a native of Caradoc township. Thursday morning a fire was discovered to have broken out in a con - factory at Toronto. The Bolton - e section of the fire -brigade was the o arrive, but until the Berkeley Vilton-avenue sections put in an ap- pear nce there was not sufficient hose to reach the nearest hydrant, 800 feet dis- tant. The firemen were unable to save the building, and it was totally destroy- ed. It had only been recently erected, and was the property of a company of which Mr. Thomas Bryce is president. The ' damage is estimated at $10,000, partly covered by insurance. —An Ottawa dispatch says: It is un- derstood that Major-General Middleton's tenure of office as the general officer com- manding the Canadian militia will ex- pire in November next. Ile will then have attained the maximum age of re- tirernent from active service as fixed by the Imperial army regulations, viz., 62 yeas. As under the Dominion Militia Act the officer charged with the mili- tary command and discipline of our militia must hold rank in Her Majesty's regUlar army—i. e., on the active lit— Gew1 Middleton will perforce retire. of see agric a col tled deat h ld " o to Elaliax not he fall session of the High Court of Justice, . For years past he had been a nt sufferer from asthma, and sonse ears ago was the victim of a para - stroke, followed by a second last fall, and from the third at- e never rallied.. He was in the he,- country is getting very re' ky and to them ; but unsatisfactory as the result Quebec Bench Division,' It appears that s edge. re picturesqe. Nearing Halifax, to the of his style may be, he will not abate a farmer named Thos. Woods, of the right, wesee Rockhead peniten 4 .0t or tittle " of his majestic man- township of Huntly, Carleton County, in few minutes more and we reach tion. Who has not heard of Halif let me, repeat the advice, " Go fax," and a •visit will well rep' journey. of 1,300 miles. This about six miles long, of cresee facing the east, land founded upo iary ; a the sta- x and to Hall y for a city is t shape, crete even first and one ner, and is daily losing in the race for building a tree fence encroached on e patronage. property of a man named Geo.. Riving - The foregoing are a few of the most ton, who ordered Woods to remove the salient features of the place and people fence. Woods refused and Rivington as presented to the eye of the stranger. had taken action in the High Court of But in sooth it is a most interesting spot Justice for the recovery of the disputed worthy of becoming better known to our property. A surveyor was engaged to determine the correct line between the a rock. western people. And here in the mean - His be retiring allowance will, it is stated, bout £700 annually. About 4.30 o'clock Saturday morning last, a constable, who was putting out the street lamps in Parkdale, found a mae lying on his back on the side -walk with a bullet hole in the left side of his head, and a revolver lying a • few feet away. The man's watch and chain were gone, and all the pockets were turned inside out. The man was afterwards found to be Joseph Priestman, of Park- -dale, and leaves a wife and three da.ugh- ters. It is. almost certain that it was a casie of murder, as from the position of the wound it would have been almost impossible to have inflicted it himself. —On Saturdaay forenoon last in To- ronto a large and powerful black horse ran out of Trinity square and up Yonge street at breakneck speed. When it got to N,N,'ilton avenue it took the side- walk, heading for the Wilton avenue window of Davies' furniture store. When it reached this point, instead of stopping or turning, it dashed through a large pane of glass, a third of an inch thick, into the window. There it found another obstruction in the inside sash, the wooden base of which was about two feet high. A second sound of crashing • 424