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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-11-04, Page 4THE HU ON EXPOSITOR. '1 dmenesonimmoinme NEW ADVERTISE ENTS. Mr The figure between the parenthesis after each line denotes the page of the paper on which the advertisenaent will be found. Who's -the Man 7—Edward McFaul. (I) Fur Goods—A. J. McPherson. (6) More New Goods—E. McFaul. (8) Giving Up Bnsiness—J. L Smith. (5) Bargains for All—E. Menu]. (5) • Suffolk Pig—J. McMillan, Jr. (5) Estray Calves—James Johnston. (5) • Sheep Strayed or Stolen—J. P. McLaren. (5) Unreserved Auction Sale—J. G. Wilsoa. (5) Farm for Sale—Thomas Grieve. (5) Shawl Lost—Richard Williams. (5) Teas, Teas—(31—John Fo.irley. (3) Notice to Fanners --T. Smith & Co. (8) Clearing Sale Still Continues—G. Good. (8) Furs for Cold Weather—A. J. McPherson. (8) Tenders Wanted—H. F. Swizer. (5) Threshing Machine for Sale—F. Best. (5) Custom Shoemaking—G. Good. (8) Look Out for It—S. Wilson. (8) Giving Up 'Business—John Ward. (8) Conveyancing, &o—G. J. Slitherland. (8)11 1_Witron Ofrxpositor. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 1887. Affairs in Ireland. Affairs in Ireland are gradually be- coming worse and more turbulent. The Government and its officers are enforcing the Coercion Act with a determination worthy of a better cause. Peblic meet- ings everywhere are being proclaimed and free speech is practically- denied. Mr. O'Brien has been arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned. His sentence is three months, and he is being subject- ed to the same treatment as common criminals although his offence was noth- ing more than addressing a public meet- ing of his countrymen in contravention of the orders of the authorities. Seve- ral other members of Parliament have also been arrested for like offences, and are now awaiting trial, and more are likely to follow. At the present rate of going all the Irish members of the House of Commons, and some English members, will have an enforced residence within prison walls before the next session of Parliament opens. This policy of intim- idation, however, instead of terrorizing the people into submission,is having the very contrary effect. It increases the excitement, estranges the people from the properly constituted authorities and makes them more d,etermined tor per severe in their efforts to secure the main object they have in view. The Govern- ment, with their fesilized and antedilu- vian ideas have evidently mistaken the spirit of the age. The time has gone by when Britons can be coerced or terror- hed into submission or be put down by brute force on the part of their rulers. The present repressive emeasures are simply hastening the day of Ireland's freedom by increasing the determination of her people and gaining for her sympethy from outside. In the meantime it is a strange cornmeritary on the boasted free- dom of British liberty that the British Government, in this nineteenth century, are valiantly trying to smother free speech by the use of the policeman's baton and prison incarceration. Not Privileged Documents. - An important legal decision was given a few days ago at Osgoode Hall, Toron- to, by Hen. Cha.ncellor Boyd and Mr. Justice Osier in connection with the trialed the East Northumberland Local election. At a previous sitting -Of the Court a certain telegraph operator was instructed to produce at the next sittings of the Court copies of telegraphic mes- sages which had been dispatched by him to Toronto for the respondent to the petition. When the time appointed ar- rived the operator _appeared in Court, but without the messages. He said that he had destroyed them in accordance with instructions from Mr. Dwight, the superintendent of the telegraph com- pany. Mr. Dwight was called to show cause why he should not be committed for contempt of court' for ordering his subordinate to commit an act in direct disobedience to the court's orders. He resorted to the usual plea that the'original copies of telegraph messages being en trusted to the companies in confidence are privileged, end that the servants of the company have no right to divulge their contents even in compliance with orders from a court of law. After duly considering the matter, the learned Justices decided that these communica- tions are not privileged, and that in causing them to be destroyed after the court had ordered their productiore Mr. 'Dwight had been guilty of a con- tempt of court, and that the operator in failing to produce the documents as ordered was guilty of a similar offence. In the case of the latter, however, they took a lenient view, and further tha,n a reprimand, inflicted no fine, as he had only carried out the instructions of his superior officer. But in the case of Mr. Dwight they took a different view. As he admitted that he had acted hastily and without legal advice they decided not to imprison him, but inflicted a fine instead. In delivering judgment the Chief Justice said: "Mr. Dwight's was a deliberate con- tempt of court. 6 He excuses it by saying it was done in zeal for the interests of the chevalier and the observation of its rules; he also says that he acted hastily, and that he had been advised before that the courts would not enforce production of telegrams. We are inclined to accept Mr. Dwight's excuse, in so far that we will not puoish him by imprisonment. We imposesupon him a fine of $100, and order him to pay the costs of the pro- ceedings against him and Macklem." Macklem is the telegraph operator who had the dispatches. It is a good thing that this point has been decided in ifhis 'way. It has he past that wro y t4king advan It w11 be rememb 1 ng -Wilkinson C 4 ere certain tel 1 orOnto and Otta ; I understood, woul he guilt to the p ; 4 eeo proauced. lay1ed the same 4 n this instance. 1 1 efuied to produ 4 hen when he wa ushied he ordere On that occasion b I 1 ourlage to vindic unishing so gros utherity. Mr. i uming upon the tim, thought he he cIrders of the e has found hi iear of imprisonm beay fine before e likely in future ion Of decurnent hare, and whic i he courts to sec oodlers, bribers reqn ntly occurred in g doi rs have escaped ge of this technicality. red hat in the Bunt - =pi acy Case there grap a sent between a w ich,,it was well hai bought home oper °Ales had they r. 1 wight, however, ame hen that he did In t e first place he e th telegrams, and liki y to be closely the a to be destroyed. he colurt had not the te it own dignity by an o ence against its wig t, no doubt pre - lent. cy then shown ould continue to set our at defiance, but mis ake. With the nt, ^compianied by a is e es, he will not to oixler the destruc- over which he has may be required by re the conviction of nd celnspirators._ Inter-Provin The Premiers overnrnents of ho held a confer t eir labors on nder consideratio i g. the interests tie relation of the ion. What these cision arrived a a the official deli e ce has not ye p blic. It is pron 1. We may sa vtleeks ago we current report int been deeided to h conference open the Press, so that just what their r public questions, mended this decisi ever, was prematu decision had been moment as the con closed doors. Itt parties immediat injudiciously and not only to the p. they are, but to especially surpri representatives sh and unless they gi for their course t the proceedings o militate greatly sults that might o it. But, as the re mainly interested the official a.nnoun press a,stronger o time, it must be al that conferences o conducted, must The very fact of s eminent men meet sideripg and discu . amicable -manner, interest to all, m effect in broadenin forming friendshi them, lead to-elose common basis of ial Conference. and members of the he s veral Provinces nce i1n Quebec closed Frid y. They had var ous topics affect - f th Provinces and latte to the Domin- subj cts were, or the , we can not yet say, eran e of the confer - be ised, her ere sa ve t O r he p given to the however, short - also, thattwo betrayed by s: mg that it had Le siqings of the resentatives of blic might know presentatives did on nd,i e strongly com- n. he report, how - e, or else a 'different corn to at the last feren e was held with thii we think the ly oncerned acted id a great injustice blic, whosa servants them elves. We are ed t at the Ontario I uld 4ct in this way, e sone valid reason e secrecy attending ; the, conference will gain t any good re - her ise accrue from ults are what we are n ju. t now, we await eme t before we ex - inion In the mean pare t to every one, this ind, if properly be vastly beneficial. lar e a number of ng t gether and °wi- sing n a friendly and subj cts of common st h ve a beneficial the iews of each and s whi h will, through inti acy and a more inte est between the people of the seseral members of the Confederacy. A ide, herefore, from more weighty con idera ions than those, it would be a good thin , if conferences of this oature wer held ore frequently. MR. CHARLES YEEI T, the unsavory M. P., for Lincoln is b ing paid back in coin of his own ergiu . A few days ago a clerk in his, empl y, named Mort. Birtch was sent to leerold with a 1 couple of drafts, arrid nting he all to $6,800, to get the eas ed. IzIel did get them cashed, but tp to last accounts he had felled to retu et witi the money and a diligent search has not resulted in discovering his w erea outs. It is sup- posed be has tak n re uge on the other side of the lines ana as he offenceis not an extraditable o e, th4 young man will likely have a good time at his late em- ployers expense. Ilgo ten gains almost invariably take o t emselves wings sooner or later, ani the truth of the old aphotis;mlis likely to be verified in Mr. Rykert's !case.. T e Mentreal Witness : satirically remark : 1"i Mr. Itykert, M. P., is highly indig ant fit the dishonesty of a clerk who, an -ioes to make a little money in his youtlji, has run away with a little of Mr. Rykert's savings. If he is caught this tasca ly clerk will be put in the penitentiary fr a ftood part of his life, and he will de erve it, for the lah, recognizes few °rine a as bad as robbery 1 by is trusted servant. ,What passes ordinary people's c mpr hension is why there should be an :excep ton in favor of ; those servants whoplunder the public till and have not ever -it the grace to run away.'' Mn. John Brow of Toronto, who figured so conspictiousle as a stump speaker in West Huron at the last Dominion election, had a- suit against the Godcrich Signal for a leged libel; the damages claimed 1 eing $10,000. The case grew out of a cent ..oversy during that election. The egal representative! of the -plaintiff has1 otiliefi the publisher of the Signal thatit suiti has been with- drawn. The recent ehan4 in the libel law, requiring the c mpl• inant to table • the costs of suit as'a guarantee of good faith before he can proceed with his case, has evidently shut off the wind f this " blathering " and "cheeky nonentity. THERE is a deal of truth in the fo lowing statement of the Toronto New Pity 'tis, 'tis true, but any person wh has used ordinary observation mu t feel that it gives a very acourate diagnosis of the political situation i Canada at the present day. It eays. : "Repeated experience ought to ,hav convinced everyoise by this time, th the people will not turn out a Gover ment simply because its methodar corrupt. It is not creditable to publi morals, but it is a fact, and what is th use of blinking it. The only way t oust Sir John 'is to bring forward policy, which the people will prefer t his.,,, But as Sir' John stands ready t Accept any platform which the peopl clearly indicate that they approve, an would to -morrow go Commercial Union prohibition, annexation, or any morta thing that he thought would be taking cry, this is a. difficult thing t do." The duty of the people, those wh wish good government, is very plar under these circumstances. Let the unite and agitate for good, progressiv and moral nieasures ; create a publi sentiment in their favor, and even Si John will be forced to accept them and incorporate them in his policy or ab- dicate the throne. In either event touch good will be accomplished. This is a hint for promoters of Commercial Union and Prohibition. , These are the two great questions of the day, and so' S0011 as a majority of the people determine to have these reforms, Sir John will grant them rather -than lose power, no mat- ter how much he may be personally opposed to them; With Commercial Union and a measure lof partial direct taxation, we could soon secure honest and economical administration, no mat- ter who may be at the head of affairs, and with Prohibition we would seeure the moral advancement of the people. • I) IT is stated that a mounted policeman in the Northwest has been sentenced to imprisontnent for six months and to pay a fine of one hundred dollars for commit- ting the unpardonable crime of refusing to black an officer's boots. On this , the Toronto News makes the following per- tinent and pointed remarks :—" Is it any wonder that when their term ends , the mounted policemen quit the service, or that it is so difficult to obtain recruitse? The Canadian youth does not love te be a menial, and would rather blacken , the eyes than the boots of some of the !im- ported snobs and native cads who I are boosted into office in the Mounted Felice Force over the head of deserving experi- ence and honest worth." This is quite true, but at the sante time there are 'few Canadian youths who, if asked in a pro- per manner by their superiors, and if these superiors deserve and possess their confidence, would refuse to do any pro- per service for them, even to cleaning their boots. But the trouble is that so many superiors do not know their own place -as well as those under them- do, and consequently command neither the respect nor esteem ef those over whom they are placed, and no doubt if the whole facts were keown the incident re- ferred to would be found to be a case in point. Nionnese News of the Week. WHOLESALE POISONING. —Seven young Hungarian widows have been arrested for poisoning their husbands. FLAGSHIP . ASHORE.—The flagship of the Russian Pacific squadron. is ashore on the rocks at Vladivostock. ORDERED TO AFRICA.—Two British frigates have been Ordered to the west coast of Africa .in consequence of tremble among the natives. CAPTURED AND HANGED.—Gert. Nur sMahotned, the companion of Ayoub ! Khan in his flight from Teheran, has ' been captured and hanged at Herat. A LIVELY MEETING.—At a camp - meeting of colored people in South Carolina, a free fight was eugaged in, which resulted in one Man being killed and six others fatally wounded. A NOTEtWORTIIY RESIGNATION.—Mr. Blake, Crown Solicitor at Cork, has re- signed. He declares that the Crimes Act leaves him no discretion in judging whether an accused person is guilty or not. He believes, moreover, that the Act iii directed against political oppon- ents Of the Government. A III:AIAN MONSTER.—It has just been diecovered that a ferryman on the Lower Danube, who has been in the habit .of conveying across the river workmen re- turning from Roumania who took this toute to avoid producing certificates that they had paid taxes in Roumania, or money in default thereof, has taken them to a small island, where he murdered and robbed them of their savings. A judicial inquiry into the case reveals the astounding fact that hundreds of Workmen have been despatched by the fiend and their bodies buried or thrown into the reeds along the river banks. NEWS FROM RAHN BEY. —Ad vices have been received from Einin 13ey to the ffect that the King of Uganda recently , hreatened to attack-. Emin's stations on he southern shore of Albert Nyanza. The King, entertaining a suspicion that the Stanley expedition was designed to attack him, sent envoys to Etnin to ascertain the object of the expedition. Emin explained the pacific purpose of the expedition, and sent presents to the ifeTing. The preparatione for war ceased emmediately. Wadelai was quiet and Proeperous. Emin remained at the Station awaiting news from Stanley. - —A. McMillan, Port Albert's cele- brated, pedestrian, , recently challenged Peo. Kerr, of Lucknow, to a three mile Walk, s25 to so it side, match to take place in Goderich. Kerr's reply to this t challenge as somewhat remarkable. He accepted the challenge, he said, but the match must take place in Lucknow, er must; be a Lucknowite, also, and for. a referee he Mr. McMillan's reply be - to Clkrence Smith, of hampion walker of Canada, osition, his expenses to be by the contestants. Andy ed to agree to any such iterates his willingness to 'rich or any neutral ground, akes be anywhere from $25 the stakehol the judges would alwait fore writin Walketrn, to fill t at paid eq ally wisely decli terms, but r walk at God and let the s -to $500 a sid . uron Notes. The new Orange ball at Greenway is to be for saily opened by a grand de- monstration on the 5th of November. —Mr. Ais rew Bell, of Kippen, shot a deer in the oods near that village, on Friday last, hich weighed 190 lbs. —TheWhi efordBrothers,of Centralia, left last wee for their home in Cameron,Wiscon6in, t king with them a carload of settlers efiects and:stock. —Mr. Jan es Barr 'intends having 1,000 cords of ,wo,ot cut on his farm, lot 27, con. 14,. Ho lett, this fall and winter, and heeled to Blyth either for shipment or to be- use, at the salt block. — Melienailes, of Sunshine, had the misfortt4ne ti lose !at, buckskin purse, containing a lout $7.op, in Brussels on Friday toren on of last week. 4 A suita- ble reward w 11 be paid the finder. • t ; — Mies An ie Burrows, of Sheppard - ton, ha 4 been engaged as teacher of Port Albert schoo for 1888. The present teacher, Miss McGregor, whose certifi- oate expires t is year, intends studying for a second. —Mr. Rob. Fitzsimons,- of Clinton . has sold:his driving horee, which took so many first pr zes at all the fall fairs this year, t� Mr. ook,of the publishing firm 01 sE2nonoi.ei & C ok, Hatnilton, for the sum , ! — Last Thu -sday Jelin Coed, of Wing - ham, idiot a fine deer in the Zurich swamp near 1 ensall. The animal weigh- ed 130 Pound and wp.s in good • condi- tion. He say there re a great nutnber of deer in tha section this year, —At 6. mee ing of the congregation of the Pretibyter an church,- Lucknow, on TuesdaY, a cimmittee was appointed to procure a sula.ble site for the erection of a new` chur h in that village, the work of constructio to be commenced early in • . the spring. - - —The Orangemen of Brussels and vicinity,, intend celebrating the anni- versary of the Gunpowder Plot by hold- ing an entertainment in their Hall on - Monday evening, November 7th.. After .refreshirtents have been served a musical and literary programme will be in order. • —Tho funeral of David Girvin's son - Edmund, took place at Dungannon last- SatOrdaY. His remains were buried in Goderich. cemetery. At the foneral an accident took place, resulting in upset- tingand breaking the axles of David Me- Ilwain's buggy. Fortunately no person was seribusly hart. Mr. McIlwa.in re- ceived a,slight scratch on his face.. —One day last week Mr. Geo. Daw, of Clinton, went down to London wear- ing a brand new overcoat. Returning on the evening train he put the overcoat on the seat and enjoyed- a quiet nap. When he awoke he found th.at some one. had taken his good overcoat and left in its place an old one which had evidently seen Many season's wear. —The Ayr Recorder of last week says ; Messrs. John and Alex. Fraser, sons of the late Alex. Fraser, who died -here some eighteen or twenty years ago, and was belied in Knox Church burying ground, were here oe Wednesday, re- moving the remains to near Bayfield, in Goderich Township, the present home of the Frasers. The friends of the late Mr. Fraser will be glad to learn that his wife is enjoying good health. —The farmers of the Thames Road, Usborne, have organized a farmers' club in their midst for the purpose of discuss- ing subjects which will be of interest to them. The officers appointed are as fol- lows: Robt. Gardiner, president; Hiram Borland, vice-president; Wm. Monteith, secretary; John Allison, treasurer; Thos. Russell, chairman of committee. The -rest of the committee, are_ all prominent farmers of the neighborhood. . —A deputation from the city of. Guelph waited upon Mr. Van Horne, . General- Manager of the Cauadian Pacific • Railway Company - in Montreal, last week. Among other things, Mr. Van Horne said that it was the intention of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to go oh with the extension of the Guelph Sanction to Goderich at an early day, if the arrangements for bonuses, Governnient aid, &c., were satisfactorily settled. • ----Mr. A. W. Gay, who has been em- ployed as book-keeper in the "old established house" of Mr. Jas. Pickard, of Exetet, for the past six years, left on SaturdaY last to accept a permanent position ,With the Guelph carriage com- pany. During his residence in Exeter Mr. Gay made many friends,- who will heartily wish him much prosperity wherevet his lot may be cast. —The;only daughter of the Rev. F. Muir, Presbyterian Minister of Gortie and Forliwich, died last week at the residence of her father. She was about 23 years of age and was a most estimable and exernplary young lady who was be- loved by a1 who knew her. Her death L .is a greit bereavement to her parents and friend/s. She had been ill about a year withinlgeration of the throat which causectot r' complications resulting in - her deat —A sl rt time ago, over two hundred books w re sent from the Sabbath School Library of Harlock, Hullett Township, tat Manitoba, there to be used in a Sab- bath School newly begun, and as yet un• able to ;procure a library. The books sent were such as had been in use for some time and had been well perused here, but were still good books, and although old with us they will still be of interest to newly begun Sabbath Schools in Manitoba. —The Clinton New Era of last week says :—Eor some time past a young man, whose hcime is in this vicinity, but who has never been regarded as dangerous, has been confined in the Asylum at Lon- don, and, he surprised his friends a few days sinde by quietly 'walking in ainong them. He made no bones Whatever. about his escape, and told. them how he managed to effect it, which, according to his story; was as follows :—Getting pos- session of a broken key :by somemeans he found !that it would unlock a door which wduld allow of his escape, but the key was too short to be used by itself, and he fastened it to a piece of wood. Knowing that the guards went to lunch at midnight he arranged to escape at histime, and in company with another a .. - •. • • .......1,-4,.........••••••••...••••..1.•••• inmate, who had been let into the secret, .they escaped. The party in question got a ride from London here, part of the way, and the balance of the distance he footed. We have been informed tat the Asylum authorities have offeired to bear all expenses if the young man is re turned inside of thirty days; if not, his friends must be responsible for hitn after that time. • —Mr. Robert Kelland, of Exet r, had a narrow escape from being gore by a bull on Saturday last. He was eeding the animal in the Central Hotel table, when it broke loose and made f r him. Its attention was attracted by N r. Mc- Intosh who was standing close by when the animal directed its horns toward him. Mr. McIntosh ran and the ttnimal kept uncomfortably close to hill until he reached a place of safety. Neither •of them was hurt but the escapewere mieac u bus. —The Brussels Post of last wee& says. that Mr. F. S. Scott, Secretary of. the Brussels Railway Committee, rec ived a letter from Mr. Van Horn re ative to the extension of the Canadian Pacific Railway from Guelph to Goclerie . He said little would be gained by an inter- view as nothing would be decided until their surveyors had been over •the ground between the two points mention- ed above. He hints strongly' that an air line is what they are after and wants to keep as clear of other railway lines as possible. . —A Temperance Convention for the East Riding of Huron will be held in the Town Hall, Brussels, on Tuesday, Nov. 8th, commencing at 1 o'clock. The elec- tion of officers, arranging the repeel vote campaign and other matters of insport- ance will be brought before the gather- ing. In the, evening, commencing at 7.30 o'clock, a public meeting will be held in the hall, to be addressed by Rev. W. S. Griffin, D. D., of Guelph, and others. . Music will be supplied by Mrs. J. A. Hutchinson ; Rev. J. S. Cook and Mrs. Cook, of Sluevale, and C. B. Harris and children. The public are cordially invited. No admission fee charged. , —Messrs. D. Fisher, of Goderich, and J. Gillson, of London, 'have, been un- usually fortunate with their recent ship- ment of horses to the Western States. At Greenville, Ohio, showing. in !strong competition, they took 6 firsts and 2 second prizes; at the IndianteSta.te Fair, competing with the best horses of the State, they took 5 firsts and 2 seeonds ; and carried off all they showed for at Fort Wayne and • North Manchester, Indiana, viz. : 4 first and 1 second at each place. At the county foie at Ladoga, Indiana, a three-year-old stal- lion, Prince Albert, which they sold to Mr. James Sparks there, carriedoff the red ribbon, although showing against all ages and from any county. . —Mr. Cox, who resides on the 55h concession of Goderich TownshiO, this year gathered about 500 barrels of apples from his orchard of three acres, and out of four farms on the same conscessiOn, all in the Cox family, about 1500 harrels were gathered. Mr. John Middleton, of Goderich Township, gathered 400 bar- rels from his farm, and Mr. Ben. Swit- zer, from an orchard of a little over two acres, gathered 347 barrels. The price of apples in this section has variedfrom 75 cents to $1.25 a barrel, accord ng to quality, and taking $1 as an aterage price it will easily- be seen thh,t an , orchard is a source of considerableto rofit. It is roughly estimated that the tcLtal of apples peeked in this county will be about 200,000 barrels. —It may be interesting to some of our readers to know, the kind of prices rea- lized for stock at auction sales in the County of Elgin. At Mr. Buchenan's, tovenline of Southwold, nine cows which will calve in the spring averaged $46.25, the highest being $55.50 and_the lowest $38.50. These cows were good average ones. Two-year-old steers are very scarce and sold readily at high figures. Two mares realized $150 and $160 re- spectively. A couple of yearling colts brought $116 and $100, and a sucking colt $60. At Mr. Paddon's, North Yar- mouth, cows and sheep realized good prices, sheep going as high as $7 each. Two horses sold at $112 and $140,, and a colt at $97. At the farm of Mr. Sylves- ter Swither, west of Fingal, one mare was bid up to 5200, a sucking colt $98, and other horses at high prices. The sale realized over $2,000. —A young man named Julies Thone, who resided with his parents in the township of Hay, was, on Wednesday of last week, committedto Goderich jail to stand his tried for stealinga• purse containing some money. It appears that Fred. Wortz, of Dashwood, was -walk- ing along the street in that village, and by sonic means lost his pocketbook, and Thone picked up the pocketbook which contained $96 in cash and a note and other papers. Wortz some time after missed his property and at once asked Thone for it, Thone denying all know- ledge of the same when he was arrested by Constable Gill, and on being searched by that official, Mr. , Gill noticed him take something from his pocket and throw it behind the bed. The constable got the article and found it to be the identical pocketbook which containe the money just as it was when lost. Thone says he only took the pocket bookl for a joke and intended returning it. —In February last Mr. Michael Ford jr., of Elimville, in the township of Use borne, had his arm so badly injured in al chaff cutter that it had to be amputated; near the elbow. As soon as the remain- ing portion of his arm was healed, he procured a patent steel and gloved: hand from Mr. Jas. B. Bowes, of Pinkerton, Ontario, which ban been very useful to him. The steel hand„which is worked by the motion of the arm, opens and closes two or three places to hold things according to size and shape. With this hand he has been able to do any kind of farm work; he can handle a pitch fork, hold a plow, lace shoes, tie bags, hold a table fork, use a knife, &c., with aston- ishing ease. With the gloved hand, which is a splendid imitation of the natured hand, opens and shute on the same' principle as the steel hand, and Which is not used for rough work, he can carry his hat or a hymn book or any such thing with comfort, and ahnost without the artificial hand being detect- ed. Any one who has lost an arm will find those contrivances a great conveni- ence. —The Mitchell Recorder says : Mrs. IN. Green, who so miraculously escaped the fate of he, husband on Sunday night, called on us to deny the rumor current that they were warned of their impend- ing danger before.the walls of the opera hall fell. She affirms that no one spoke to them either by way of warning or to urge them to' leave their hone, and she positively asserts -that they did not hear the first walls • fall, as the Wind was making so much noise rattling the loose sheets; of tin on the rear roof oftheir own house: It seems that some young fellows after the falling of the first w ell ran and kicked at Green's shop door, but Mrs. Green says they did not hear the kicks nor did they know that a sibgle brick had fallen. NavEmBER 4, 1887. e lany ene ated in a little bluff, overlooking aseei some a piecof andscape as n. could wish to see. He has about es acres under teropgeight head of cattle, pigs and poultry, etc. He was delight- , o me his ed with the country—as well he might be, for he bad lafd. the foundation of what in a foiv falts will be as comfort - I -have success was so great that it was disbe- lieved by the people at home. " able a home I its any in the land, His written home to friends that I am satisfied, huthey don't believe mewell have stopped writing. They thi are starving!hereThen he told nk we history. He had 18 acres in the old country, bet hyt , so I progress. the sum - e; made The Every year he was getting behind, and he saw no prospects. At last he mare aged to square himself, and paying up all his debts, borrowed 1;100 from Lady Cathcart,.ad came west. Neither him. self nor his Wife has ever regretted the day. A Mr, Beaton, who was a govern- ment officer at home, was satisfied with. the progress he had made, although he. had suffered some inconveniences, in pioneer life. . He had bad cropsbut this year there was a splendiharvest , Ar, to the winters, he enjoyed those here d best, and iiked them better than in the old country, but he preferred mers of Scotland. One drawback wee their distance from market, but this road were completed or they had con - would be overcome if the Hudson's leay progress which they a Were eh hatdh the e dUnitedidt Stat ' ntUhTtfiinlelatlhtimo°speeasure of over the country stock.oalr de ss ji i nhhalFoisia lu. For ell rxisdb have.aieitnglhei earern: passed the first stage one the road to ing the inferior crops for two season; located in a good log house, near which • prosperity, .and is now comforta.bly ciloisunsAttalrybr.:ebsut, as he said, one bad sea. he had, notwithstand-' iiiinerwmhaicdhehmo owne4;teirias the tfhroumsiasUtist, however, ent- ail. Commencing with son would sweep it all away. He had no rneans wheel he came out, except Ae 100 he borrowed from Lady Cathcart and the Northwest Land Co. This near- ly all went in passage money, in buyin e yoke of oxen, some implements at i -cessaries Of life. To -day he has 40 --res under erop and 25 acres broken,30 bead of cattle, and as many pigs and, e sled haseshe al 11 has et i peultry as Would pay all his debts, and aleiaetutniletoraredina readymoney.This years—fromnothing. " You are per- fectly satisfied ?" I asked, perhaps ma necessarily. "eeon n THAN SATISFIED," he said. "I like the climate better for it is healthier, and I have been treated kindly by the company." Of MT. Scarth, he Could not speak too highly; that gentleman had been a father to them. "Aye, but I'd be a long time in Glasgow before I'd he treated as well," he said. Nor Would his children return if they were paid fcr it. Mr. Miller tried to impress me with the fact that it wasn't as herd work to make a living here as it was in the old country, and e man could work Ihard for five menthe and not earn anything for seven and dill; do well. He instanced the differencehe- tween ploughing the hard stony land of the old country and the fertile soilofthis —here it was a boy's job, there it would tire out a man. In reply to a question as to how hie brother settlers liked the country, he Said they couldn't help but like it. They had all prospered—some ; more, some less—but still they had proipered. 'Rethought that they should induce all their friends—all the poor people of Setetland they could to come over, so !hat their distrese Gould be re- lieved, and they be brought from pov- erty to comparative independence. He alluded to a !widow near by, who was ON THE 'POOR -BOARD AT HOME, and also actually had to sell her table; to get something to eat, and was libw, with her youug son, the fortunate pos- sessor of 160 acres of land, with 21 acres , under crop and ten acres broken, and : owned 15 head of cattle, 4 pigs, etc.e Mrs. Miller! agreed heartily with her husband's ideas regarding the North- west. "If that shed were filled with gold for me, I wouldn't go back to the old country," she said. "We never got ahead there, and we never expected to; but we are making a good home fer ourselves here. She was an enthusiast , respecting the climate, too, and told that she never had enjoyed such good health since he was 23 years of age un-; . til now, and that she no longer suffered from the rhehmatics which bothered her . ' in the old. c antry. Nothing could in- duce her to o back, except that which brought her here, she said enigmatically and then shelaughingly explained that , want and poverty brought the/is here and it alone could drive them away ; but she had no fears that they would ever be in such a plight. MANY OTHER INSTANCES might be cited of the progress made by the Crofters. A few will sui3fice : Two brothers, Ralph and Robert Nook, have 36 acres under crop, 12 head of cattle, 2 ponies, 2 pige, poultry, etc. 11. Hyde, who is quite 'a young man, has now 36 , acres under crop. Finlay McIntosh has 35 acres under crop and 8 acres broken. The whole settlement, averages from 20 , to 25 acres eech under crop and from 10 , to 15 new braking; and the crop thie 1 year will range from 25 to 35 bushels to the acre. The success is not confined to 1 this particular class, but the Londeuere and the miscellaneous settlers have par- ticipated in the prosperity, As Ine sturdy Cockuey said: ' The shipienj built to take !me home again." on hands there are signs of progress, of development, and of contentment, and while the homes are—to those living in 'the more cultured east—as yet erude and in the rough, they are gradually being converted into places which in a few years may be envied by others. , These Crofters have made excellent tee- ! tlers—quiet, peaceable, law-abiding, progressive in their own quietundemon- strative way, and it will not be long be- fore their prosperity becoming known and believed at home will be the means of attracting others to the Northwest who, like them, will be no small factor in developing the bountiful resources of this great fertile hind of ours. A. B. .1. i The Highland Crofter m- in the Northwest. I • (Concluded from last wee*.) .MoosoanN, Septemb4r 30, 1887. • It i not to be supposed theta all the Croft rs who emigrated to tile North- west ave met with the same idegree of succesis, any more than it is Ito be ex - I pected that by piecing one h mdred or one thousand persons on fa ms or in business they would all succeed equal- ly as *ell. It may not be thait there is such a thing as luck, but soinehow tor other_ some men, with the isame ad - yenta es possessed by ahem!, are mit- / stripp d in the race of life and left far behin . They may work 04 hard or harder and longer and striv indefati- gably,lbut they don't possess llhe quality of "getting there" that otheiJs do. So it is N. ith the Crofters; but,, after, all, with ossibly two or three ixceptions, there s not such a marked difference in the r odes these people sl me. One thing lmust be said, that they all are satisfied with -their lot; and if all are not centent, they are yet, pore con- tented, than they were in the old countiy. Amongst the numkous fam- ilies visited by your correspo' dent, not one word of dissatisfaction ras heard, not one expressed a wish to return to his former home to live, and not cine grum- bled over his present condition and future prospects. I Amongst those visited was ;-ohn Mac- donald (Ronald's), the latter hieing an ad- dition to his name to .distinguieh him from the other John Macclonelds about She locality, and there are iseveral of them. It was a bright sunny morning when his place was reached. The Sabbath is a great day ft-- visiting amongst these people, and balf a dozen stalwart youngi men will mee , enjoying theclay in conversation. hey talk, amongst themselves, in Gaelec, but for obvious reasons used plain; common everyday English to me. Ydur readers (-) will understand that your pa er hasn't any Gaelic types, so there wostld be no earthly use for me to send yoir copy in the language that Adam and His respect- ed wife Eve used in the Garden of Eden which, let me remark, by the i way, was in Scotland, with Eden -burrow (now corrupted into Edinburg) as the head- quarters of the first famiges. Me. Macdonald and his three ons have taken up a whole section, an4 between them have 125 acres under crop, and 23 acres broken for next year. They also are the owners of 21 head of cattle, 18 pigs, fowls, ducks, etc. he father said that he was satisfied iri his new j home, for he had done well since he arrived here in '84. He wools n't think of going back, nor would hi • sons, be- cause there was too much lablor in the old country for the results !produced. There was, year after year, n headway made, and his rental, poor ratr, doctor's rate, school tax, register tax land other taxes ground him down. Herje he had no taxes to pay yet, and he lived more comfortably than he did at home. He didn't miss the old home at ell, for be was happy and contented inithe new. His son, Angus, is the school teacher of one of the schools—not from inclination exactly, but merely to adtance the interests of the rising generation. • He has 18 pupils, who are ranged in classes from the alphabet to the thiild reader. The people built the school themselves, with some aid from the Goivernmenta Angus stated most decidedli, that he would not care to return, and he spoke in the kindest terms of the !Canadian neighbors, who had, he said, treated them like brothers. One of tie neatest and best built houses in the eettlement is the bachelor's quarters of Alexander Currie.' It is 20x14, two slice high, with kitchen attached. Mr. thirrie has 40 acres under crop and eight acres broken. He has between 6001 and 800 bushels of wheat besides other grain this year. The two previeus years were bad OLICS, but notwithstanding that he wouldn't go back arid live in Scotland. He liked this country better because it was healthier, an1 because any man who would really wbrk could make money—and more thah a mere living. According to him none of the Crofters would care to Were home again. - i A' PROSPEROrS FAMILV is the Mackinnons, who live "near Red ,Tacket—a father and four snite. The old gentleman has reached the allotted three score and ten,but is:still hale and hearty, and in all human probability likely to live long enough to see his sons and his sons' sons poesessed of more than the average amount of wealth. They have alrcadyl amongst them 129 acres under crop; and 63 ares broken. They have 25 head of cattle, besides pigs and poultty. Neil, the eldest eon, came across the ocean in 1880, and after working a few years in Michigan decided to leave the fever and ague of that State and join his parents who had come to the Northwest. He said that he was pleased With this country; that he liked the climate, or that hie father, aged as he was, felt no inconvenience from its alleged rigor. Another place visited was MT. Steele, a woodworker in the old country, but who is making great progress in his new home. Mrs. Steele, a ruddy faced matron,: said that she wouldn't think of going back, except to bring her mother - out She had written time arid again to the old country, hut unfortunately they didn't believe that the gated news the letter contained was true. ! 't WE'LL NOT WANT HEMP said Mrs. Steele, "and we peeler have yet, but there will be plenty in vant at home before there are here. We are making a home here, which we never would have done in the old cbuntry." I asked her if she would care to Igo back at all. "1 wouldn't go there toilive for anything, but I would like to go and bring mother out." Then she epoke of the church, the school, the poet -offices, and other conveniences, as closeeat hand as they were in Scotland. T14, Steele fandly, like all the others, i at first lived in a sod house, and then emoved to a log building and the lumber was on the ground for a frame house wbich will Iaeerected and inhabited before he snow flies. ANOTHER CONTENTED SETT] "iER is Donald Macdonald, a near ineig hbor of the Steeles. His cabin is prett ly situ- .11,M111111111111111111MommuNIIIIIMIONS - —Although Trinity church Mitchell, is the weakest, financially and numeri- cally, of all the religious denominations in that town, it is the freest of debt and pays the largest salary. 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