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VirlIOLE NUMBER 1,040.
Fall & Winter
MILLINERY
Opened & Ready -for Inspection & sale.
Dress Goods, Trimmings
In all the 'latest designs.
Mantles and Ul ter
Cloths.
We never before had such a complete
stook.
Corsets, Gloves, Hosiery,
Frillings, Ribbons, But-
tons, etc., in all
varieties.
Underclothing, Mantles,
Shawls, Flannels Blank-
ets, &c.,
At the very lowest prices at the
Cheap Cash Store
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Hoffman & Co.,
SEAFORTH,
Agents for Butterick's Reliable Pat -
teras, Sheets and Books of the latest
styles.
Why We are Out of the Union.
DEAR EDITOR, -The reply of " A. I.
D. R.," to my request, made through
the columns of your paper, some weeks
ago, in last week's EX.POSITOR, somewhat
surprises me. It seems to intimate that
the "Reasons of Dissent " were I unan-
swerable ; but on the contrary they were
not only answerable but answerea, beth
in the Huron Presbytery, or what is
now the Huron Presbytery, and by one
now in it, and in the Assembly, • see
pages 45, 46 and 47 Assembly minutes
of June 3-12, 1873. If "A. I. D. R."
wishes, and will so express that wish,
through your paper, I will with your
consent furnish these replies for your
readers. Yours truly,
laretLo.
WHAT THE FARNMRS ARE
DOINCt.
The following is a summary report of
the Bureau of Industries for the month
: of November .excepting the principal
cereals which were dealt with in the re-
port published last 0 week. This report
is compiled from various reports furnis
ed by farmers and others in a position
give accurate information, 0in vario
parts of the Province, and will be fou
not only in teresting but useful
furnishing a reliable record of the state
of the Agricultural interests at the clos-
ing up of the season : ,
THE FALL WHEAT CROP. -The acreage
of the new crop of fall wheat in the p o-
vince is about the same as that given o
the crop of this year. The early harv st
gave ample opportunity for cultivati
of the soil, and but for the continu
drouth at the sowing period, which
terred many. from risking their sed
wheat in the Parched groundei wider area
would have been devoted to the crop.
The appearance of wheat sown on Binh -
mer fellows is favorable, but on clay
land, owing to the baking effects of the
drouth, the soil was hard and uninviting
and a portion of the seed perished in the
ground from lack of moisthre. Th re
was not much growth in Odtober, aid
the braird is rather short, but taken n
the whole the appearance and gene al
condition of the crop at the end of tie
month may be ranked as fair. ' In t
Lake Erie and Lake Huron • counties
Hessian- us, and the wire-wornethe latter
especiallY, are said to have done harm to
the young plants, but elsewhere little or
no injury is reported by insects.
COR:s.7,:i BEANS, ETC. -Indian corn, spr-
g-hom, beans and buckwheat have shared
the fate of the other crops; the drouth
proved too much fortheth. An occasion-
al field of sorghum of great height is
mentioned, but as a rule the stalks were
not up to the standard. Beans are an
especially poor crop.
CLOVER SEE D. -All accounts unite in
placing the crop of clover seed as a co
plete failure. It was injured in pla
by winter heaving, but the drouth t
upon it from one end of the Province
the other, and barren fields were
rule for the second crop which furnisl
the supply of seed. Where the fie
were used as pasture early in the seas n,
and the second growth got a better et- rt
than if mown, a more favorable report
is given ; yet, generally speaking, the
crop is a total failure. In many parts
of the Province the midge assisted in the
annihilation of the crop. Few fields of
clover set apart for seed will pay the ex -
petite of threshing. i
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FIELD ROOTS. -The general condition
of the root crops is about on .a par with
that of the grains. The drouth haa in-
jured tubers and bulbs,as it did the blede
and the ear, and it is doubtfal if any of
the roots will average more than a half
yield. Potatoes did not suffer much
from the bug, and not at all from rot
However, not only is the yield small,13ut
the tubers are also undersized, though
sound and good for table use. Turnips
were injured by the- fly, but more so lby-
the drouth. They will also be s,mallin
size though sound, and will be shot in
the yield per acre. The same may Ibe
said of mangel-wurzels. The weather
for harvesting the root crops was inst
favorable;. and nearly all were dug and
housed by the end of October. Some
farmers had not pulled their turnips at
that clate,hoping that -fine weather ntight
promote further grow-th. •
FRUIT. -Despite the extremely hot
summer,:those portion e of the Province
which devote any considerable attention
to fruit growing report the past seaeon
to have been a favorable one for this
branch of agriculture. The apple woern
was present in many localities, yet the
damage from that or other insect pests
has not been serious, and there will be a
large surplus of apples, rather small in
size, but clean skinned and full flavored.
Many correspondents emphasize thein -
creasing importance of the export trade
in this fruit. Wind storms in the early
autumn, following the long drouth, are
mentioned as having caused a prematere
fall of the crop in some localities, parti-
cularly in the eastern part of the Province.
Plums are pretty 0 generally reported a
fine crop, and peaches, pears and gr4es
have more than fulfilled the favorable
predictions of the August report. Cher-
ries, on the other hand, have been a gen-
eral failure: The increasing prevalepce
of black -knot in cherry and plum trees,
especially in old orchards, is the subject
of frequent comment. Fruit trees are
reported to be in surprisingly good con-
ditien, considering the trying season
through which they have passed,although
in Borne places, particularly in the east.:
ern parts of the Province,young orchards
show signs of succumbing to the 'long
cantinued drain upon their vitality. j
LIVE STOCK. -The poor pastures of the
past season have had the ustial effect
upon live stock, notwithstanding that
supplementary feeding was adopted to a
Much greater extent than generally hap-
pens. But there is some compensation
in the fact that stock, thoegh thin are
thrifty,there being scarcely any mention
of disease among either cattle, sheep,
horses or hogs: Of fattening on grass
there has been little or name, and farm-
ers have very largely disposed to drov-
ers and others of such of their cattl+s
were at all saleable, even at the pre4-a4i1-
ing low prices, so as to avoid expensive,
feeding. There will, however, be a fair
supply of stall -fed beef, but for obvious
rea.sons it is likely to be of inferior qual-
ity. As usually happens, sheep fared
not so badly on the shatt pastures, and
they are generally- reported in good con-
dition. Hogs, too, appear to have suf-
fered little from the unfavorable season.;
A larger quantity of pork than usual has
already found a market, and in other
cases fattening is well advanced. With
careful economy there will be sufficient
winter fodder in most parts of the 'Pro-
vince, thanks to a fair and well -saved
hay crop and a superior quality of straw.
In a few localities pinching will be the
rule, owing in some caSes to a failure of.
-Another gas well has been developed
at Courtrigbt at the residence of P. A.
McKenzie, and at the depth of eighty
feet the "fuel of the future " was
struck. It is now burning briskly, the
flame reaching a height of fully thirty
feet.
--The first consignment of North-
west cattle has been wild in Glasgow.
Despite the depressed markets fairly
good prices ruled. They averaged. over
:CU per head. The quality of the cattle
is generally considered excellent. A
hopeful view is taken of the prospects
of this branch of trade.
-Rounder, in the Toronto News,
says ;-"One young girl of my acquaint-
ance has at last taken to honest labor by
accepting a position as housemaid,Othere
she is in receipt of ten dollars a month,
board and lodging, ani with no board-
er's shoes to blacken. She has been
" clerking" for the past few years at four
clutters a week, and board herself, but
she had to give it up. Any young wo-
man is foolish to "clerk " it when she
can make double the wages, all, things
considered, at housework." These re-
marks wilI be endorsed. by every sensible
person who reads them.
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the root crops, and in others -notably in
tome eastern counties -to ;the destruc,
tion of large quantities of liay by fires.
.THE DAIRY IND USTRY. -the dairy in -
ustry has been much more successful
during the past year than might have
been expected. High prices ruled near-
ly the whole season for both butter and
Cheese, and this, coupled with the fact
that the pastures were good and the
milk supply abundant anal about the
first or middle of July, weet far to com-
pensate for the unfavorable character of
/he lattet part of the season.. Dairying
is evidentlyincreasing in favor and ex-.
tent in most parts of the Province, both
4n the -direction of cheese factories and
Of creameries. Mention it occasionally
made of the fact that a' creamery has
been turned into a cheese factory,or vice
versa, but it would be difficult to say
which branch of the industry is advanc-
ing the more rapidly. Theae is the usual
aiversity of opinion as to the best breeds
Of cattle for the dairyman. One thing
is evident, and it is that the "native
' e i
ow" s declining in favor in that re -
geed, though it is - much less certain
which of the numerous competing breeds -
will ultimately take her place. Durham.
grades, Holsteins, Jerseys, Ayrshires
and their respective grades are all, over
and over again, • mentioned as favorites
according to locality, or predilection, or
;the branch of dairying carried on, and
the wish is often expressed -for further
tests to determine which ja . the best
breed for the production Of butter or of
cheese. 1
BEES AND HONEY. -The Yield of honey
this season wast,. adversely ffected by the
drouth, but at the timej reports were
received from correspondents- (in the
latter part of October) ;colonies were .
much stronger than ._exPectecl. The
queen ceased laying very early, owing to
the absence of nectar froma fall flowers.
The bees have therefore .been drawing
'upon their supplies since the beginning
of August. The large number of bees is
no doubt due to the cessation of activity
on their part, there being no incentive to
work, so, that many that would have
otherwise died . from hard Work and ex-
posure still live. It may ;reasonably be
supposed that there will be a great fall-
ing away in the spring,1 but this will
likely be counterbalanced , by the queen
after so long a rest starting to lay her
eggs earlier, thereby supplying the col-
onies with young bees to ;take the place
of the dead and the dyieg. • This year
it will be prudent to whiter bees in the
cellar or other protected repositories, as
the old bees will hardly heve the vitali-
ty.to withstand the cold and exposure of
an average winter. Apiarists would do
well to' make sure of the amount of
honey their- eolonies have ;tithe hive, as
the bees have already coMiumed an un-
usual amount of that. in. store. The
yield per colony, spring Count, is much
below the average being placedatabout
25 tbs. . The yieldfor the .Irovince, how-
ever, will be about the same -as that of
.the last season or two, as there are more
concerned in apiculture this year than
formerly. The market for Ontario honey
is continually extending, and the supply
will no more than meet the demand.
UNDER -DRAINAGE. -Not quite so much
progress as usual has been made in
under.draining during the past season,
owing partly to the extreme drouth
which on- some soils rendered the work
difficult and expensive, and partly, as
Many farmers aver, to the hard tithes
and the scarcity of money. Despite
these drawbacks, however; decided pro-
gress has been made, especially in the
western counties of the Province. The
dry weather, which in some soils retard-
ed the work, has ptoved an advantage
in others, as it enabled drains to be laid
in low, swampy landsiwhere in ordinary
peasons it would have been difficult or
almost impossible to lay them. The re-
ports show unmistakably that apart from
local or temporary drawbacks the tar-
mers are more and more realizing, the
importance of under -draining, and but
for the unusual character of the season
the amount of labor expended in this
way would have been above the average.
�f the past few years. .Tile is the mate-
rial most commonly used, but in Huron,
Bruce and Grey, as well as in some of
the eastern counties, luniber and stone
are the favorite materials. In those
localities where tile is used the supply is
generally reported to be sufficient,
though some complaints are occasionally
made of its inferior quality. In most
cases the supply of skilled labor appears
to have been ample.
LABOR AND WAGE -;..Except during a
few days in the rush of the early grain
harvest the supply of labor was in most
cases equal to the demand during the
past season,.and farmers do not com-
plain so much as in former years of the
high rate of wages. As to the likelihood
of a rise or fall in the near future, the
great majority of correspondents predict
'a fall, giving as the. cause thereof the
poor crops and low prices, and the con-
sequent inability of employers to con-
tinue paying even thepresentrates. A
smaller number state that the rate is
Ina likely to change much for the reason,
as one correspondent puts it, that "far-
mers can afford to pay no more, while
. workmen cannot live on less than they
are receiving." A rise in wages is pre-
dicted by a few correspondents, chiefly
in localities contiguous to the lumber
woods, and likely to be affected by lum-
bering operations. As usual, domestic
servants are almost everywhere reported
scarce.
Ti IREMI IN e AND MARK ETI NO . -The
early harvest, small crops, and the more
general use of eteam threshing machines,
have tended to advance operations in the
above lines. By the end of October the
bulk of the grain of the Province was
threshed and a considerable , quantity
marketed. Owing to, the low prices
ruling for wheat, only those who have
been pressed for money have sold, but a
large amount of barley has been disposed
of since the rise in the price of that grain
about the middle Of the month. As the
greater part of this year's barley is of a
good color, this crop is turning out the
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BER 18, 1887.
most profitable grown this season. The
other gaains are more or less forwa d ;so
far as separation is concerned, but ittle
has been done •in clover seed, as it: is
hardly worth threshing. Mentio iis
made by a Muskoka corresponde s t of
the use of the flail for threshing gran in
that district, but in the older par s of
the Province the steam thresher is fast
taking the place of horse -power. The
roads have been good, but the fine
weather kept many iarmers in the lel&
at fall ploughing and drain -ma ing,
especially asthe markets have not been
inviting, except in the case of barle .
FALL FLOBGHLNG.-But for the ains
which fell shortly before the repo ts of
correspondence were sent in a very mall
acreage of land would have been pl ugh -
ed this fall. , The rain fall in Oc ober
was, however, pretty general, am the
result has been that though the land
was in most cases too dry and har for
'ploughing km some time after ha vet,
its condition of late has been so f vor-
able that, taking the Province as a
whole, this branch of fall work is u use -
ally well advanced. On heavy clay
where little pr no rain had fallen, mall
progress had been made, but this endi-
tion of things appears to extend o er a
comparatively small area.
THE SEASON. -The season has been
remarkable for the almost entire ab ence
of injury by frost. The tender s oots
were unscathed in the spring, an the
latest grain crops were harvested eeks
before the fall frosts appeared. The
drouth appears to be responsibl for
most of the damage to the grain irops,
for while rust was reported, an the
midge, the weevil, the Hessian ft , the
wire -worm and the grasslaepper were
mentioned by some corresPondent , the
injury by insects is much lighter ti an in
previous years, if we except the d mage
done to clover. The absence ratite than
the ptesence of the pea -bug invites com-
ment.'
The following table gives the ac ea,
produce and, yield per acre of the s• veral
crops for 1887, 1886, and the av rages
for the six year 1882-7 .:
Yield
Crops. ! Acres. Bushels. per
Acre.,
Rye;
1887
1886
1882-7 .....
Corn (in ear):
1887
1886
1882-7
Buckwheat:
1887..........
1886
1882-7
Beans:
1887
1886 '
1882-7
Potatoes
1887
1886
1882-7 ....;
Mangel-wurzels:
1887.
1886
1882-7
Carrots:
1887
1886 . . ....
1882-7
Turnips :
1887 .... . .
1886. . . ..
1882-7
Hay and Clover :
1887
1886
1882-7
68,362 I 89 ,887
67,779 ! 1,106,462
115,206 1,700,115
163,803 8,404,752
156,494 10;805,309
173,907 111,26h601
64,143 1,025,353
70,792 1,678,708
'a 62,516 1,396,456
20,275 27-,975
21,072 . 4 2,072
22,133 451,313
140,283 10,67S,000
140,143 16,012,358
156,075 18,360,115
17,924 5,6q5,761
18,170 8,Th7,743
17,315 6,4E0,475
9,110 2,105,686
9,2.67 8,4'8,751
9,936 3,69,728
105,322 30,5 3,456
98,931 47,0 1,053
98,001 38,0�9,549
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2,280,643 3,03,610
2,295,151 2,94,446
2,202,352 3,08'547
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Canada. ,
-A young men's Prohibition Ch b has
been organited in London.
- The woolen mills at Palmersto • were
destroyed by fire Friday. Loss, $11,-
000.
- The Canadian Pacific railway tele-
graph line will probably b4 ext nded
into Alaska,
-Rev. J. W. Sparliug 1u.s de lined
the call to the presidency of the tan -
stead Methedist College.
-The wife of an Ottawa cl rk, amed
J. L. Duprat, gave birth to thre girl
babies on Friday last.
-A new iron bridge is being e ected
over the Desjardins Canal outhe rand
Trunk Railway.
7O ---Judge Clark, of Cobour& has been
appointed Solicitor of the Cahadia Pa-
cific Railway Company at ; sal y of
$12,000 a year.
-Mrs. Langtry,the celebrated a tress,
has been charming London theatre goers
during the past and present 'Week. She
appears in Toronto on Friday.
-Mr. George Landreth, One •f the
pioneer residents of Blenheind, cou i ty of
Oxford, died last week in his 9th year.
He had been ailing for some ime.
- The Lowrie works in Petr lia a
few days ago shipped a cons gnm nt of
two hundred and twenty- even bob-
sleighs and ,cutters to Winni eg.
- The total number of mini ants
-arriving in Canada during tlie la -t ten
months was 128,620, as compared with
102,424 in the same period of 1886
- The Norwich Council haii offe ed a
reward of $250 for the apprehensi n and
conviction of the vitriol-throwe who
assailed Miss Mcalurchy in that ti wn a
few days ago.
-A. Brand's store, Embro, Was r bbed
of from $100 to $200 worth o drygoods
the other night, and a quanti y of shoes
were stolen from John Ruthe ford in the
same village.
-It is proposed to start s Ge man -
Canadian jeurnal in Montrea and o cir-
culate it extensively in Ger any, with
the object of promoting emierati n to
Canada.
-David Dewar, of Milton, has been
convicted on two charges and sen enced
to jail for four months, and Alex Mc-
Arthur was fined $50 and costs fo vio-
lating the Scott Act.
-Three serious accidents oecurr d on
Sunday, 5th inst., near Actoe : n ash
leach fell upon Ben Clark, aged 1 ears,
breaking his ieg, dislocating his nkle,
and bruising his foot. A son of Mat-
thias Lambert, of Erin, fell off a straw
stack and broke his arm. A 14 -ye r -old
son of Peter Campbell, of iEsqu sing,
while strolling on the edge of the oun-
tain stepped on a ledge of rock hich
gave way and. he was thrown dow • the
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face of the cliff, a distance of 63feet, sus-
taining frightful injuries. Both thighs,
both arms and several ribs were frac-
tured, and his body was badly bruised.
The hopes for the boy's recovery are
very small indeed.
-Rev. Dr. Wild says of the present
mayor of Toronto "Mayor Howler d
is not a perfect man by any meatus out
he is 'about as good a specimen of Chris-
tian manliness as can be found.
-Sir Gearge Stephen started for Eng-
land the other day to make arrangements
for building three new mail steamships
for service on the Pacific Ocean in con-
nection with the subsidy granted by the
Imperial Parliament.
-Fearing that an affection of the eye
woulci eventually produce complete
blindness, Charles B. Gustin, of the
Township of Charlotteville, Norfolk
County, committed suicide by blowing
his head to pieces with a gun.
-A year ago Wm. Auston moved to
Harriston with his wife, three sons and
twoadaughters. Now only the father
and a little boy are left. The dread
messenger, death, paid five visits to thei
home in one year.
-Lieut. Skinner, of the Royal Susse
Regiment, a graduate of the Royal Mili
tary College at Kingston, and a son o
Lieut. -Col. Skinner, late M. P. for Sout
Oxford, has been appointed to the adjut
ancy of that corps.
-Thos. McS wain, of Ayr, was up be
for Messrs. Wyllie and Watson, J. Ps.
for disturbing the Salvation Army an
throwing pepper on the stove while i
the barracks. He was fined $1 and costs
amounting to $3.50.
- The suit instituted by Geo. McKay
of Woodstock, against Mrs. J. McKa
and D. Atherton to recover half interes
in the trotter McIntosh," recentlysolc
by Mrs. McKay to Atherton for $600
has been. settled, Mrs. McKay agreein
to pay plaintiff $300.
- Twenty-nine of the leather mone
bags which were stolen from the Bona
venture Depot, Montreal, a couple o
weeks ago, were found cut open an
emptied of their contents in a lane off St
Denis -street. It is estimated that $100
has been stolen.
-Mr. Justice Rose has pronounce
the courthouse at Woodstock to be a dis
grace to the county of Oxford and th
worst in the county. "Nothing," he
said, "marks the progress of education
and refinement as does the appearance o
public beildings.
-Mr. A. K. McLea,n, of Clifford, ha
been engaged to succeed Mr. Pearson ad
teacher at Branchton for 1888. Mit
McLean is the holder of a second-clas4
grade A, certificate, and is an experif
enced teacher. His salary at Branchto
will be $500.
•-Two inen were arrested at Oneid
Friday for trying to pass counterfeit sil
ver in that village. A search revealed
number of dies for casting half -dollar
and quarters which were found on th
premises lately occupied by theprisoner.
and on their persons. They were take
to London where they await trial.
-A new Salvation Army barrack
was opened in Montreal ten days ag
amidst great enthusiasm. Hundred
were ueable to gain admission to th
services. Wm. Gooderham, of Toronto
was present and gave $225 towards de
fraying the debt on the new barrack
and $500 for the work at Quebec.
-A number of prominent Ottaw
lumbermen propose establishing a fac
tory for the manufacture of paper pul
out of the waste pine and spruce end
and boards. The project has already
been successfully carried out in th
United States, excellent paper bein
made from the pulp.
- During the quarter ending Octobe
3], the convictions under the Scott Ac
in West Middlesex amounted to $1,750
and for the nine months to $4,700, ther.
being something over 70 convictions fait
the nine months. Of this amount Strathl-
roy contributed $1,950, and Glencoe
$1,250.
-From September 30 to November 1/
nearly 16,000 barrels of apples havla
been shipped from Strathroy and coni -
signed principally to American and Engh
lish markets. There still remain over
2,000 barrels to be shipped, which wi
swell the total to 18,000 barrels. Th
amount paid out for apples and barrel
will foot up to:about $20,000.
-Judge Woods, of Stratford, has d
cided that a superannuated minister
not doing duty as a minister within th
meaning of the statute, and is therefort
liable to taxation. The same questio
was tested in Kincardine a few year
ago and Judge Kingsmill took the viesr
opposite to that now held by the Stra
ford judge.
-A deputation from the Photograph
ers' Association of Canada lately inteij
viewed Mr. Bowell, Minister of Custom, ,
and presented a petition signed by 29
professional photographers, protestin
against the exceptionally heavy duty of
87 per cent. levied on dry plates. Mit
Bowen promised to consult the Finance
Minister on the subject.
- At a Missionary Alliance conve
tion in Kingston the other night Revl
Mr. Goforth, who is about to depart tb
do miesion work in China, in his re-
marks said that Canadians pay $5 taxes
per head to the Government, $7.50 pe
head to the Devil for liquor and fiv
cents per head to the Lord for foreigb
missions.
- Poultry thieves have been having,
things pretty much their own way in
Scarboro' township, below Toronto,
lately. One farmer there named Ianson
has been robbed of his entire flock o
geese numbering about twenty, an
another tanner, Mr. Parcell, has los
his entire turkey stock. These are th
most recent occurrences, but within
short period several others in the same
neighborhood have had their flocks putt
loined. One farmer rising in the morn-
ing found nothing left of fifty of hi3
hens save an immense pile of feathers
behind his straw stack; another had
the same experience, but found the
feathers on the side of the railway track.
Still another was awakened from hie
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peaceful slumbers by hearing a tremen-
dous racket in the barnyard as of
chickens squealing. He dressed and
hurried out as rapidly as possible, only
to see a vehicle disappearing from the
premises. He rushed to the stable, and.
getting out a horse gave chase. The
pursuit was hot, but the thieves had too
much start, and he lost sight of them at
the town line. His loss amounted to
about seventy-five birds, well fatted and
ready for the market.
-An old man named Geo. Davis, re-
siding on the second concession of Bland-
ford, county of Oxford, recently went to
nail a piece of board in a stall in which
a. bull was fastened. The brute feroc-
iously attacked the old man, crushing
him against the wall, breaking anumber
of ribs, fracturing his shoulder blade and
injuring him internally. Mr. Davis is
about 70 years of age.
-The members of the Quebec Local
Government are sending a handsome
present to the Pope on the occasion of
his Jubilee, consisting of . a very rich
missal with crucifix, clasps, etc., in
massive solid silver. L'Electeur claims
that Mr. D. A. Ross, the Protestant re-
presentative' in the Cabinet, has insisted
upon contributing his share towards the
gift.
-The people . of Knox church, Dun-
das, of which Rev. Dr. Laing is pastor,
propose holding -a jubilee service on tl_t
29th inst. It is just fifty years since
the late Rev. M. Y. Stark was appoint-
ed in charge of the station. The con-
gregation has also lately wiped off a
debt which for many years retarded its
work and progress as a Christian church
and it has been determined to make the
occasion one of general rejoicing.
-Car foreman, Charles -Noble, of Har-
risburg, died very suddenly Of heart dis-
ease the other day while sitting talking
quietly with Mr. Galloway, merchant,
over an accident that occurred at that
station a few minutes before, whereby a
man narrowly escaped being killed. The
deceased was about 40 years of age and
lived at Harrisburg with his family for a
good many years. He was an indus-
trious faithful employe and a genial
man.
- The Dundas Banner says :-At Dr.
springer's barns in East Hamilton is- a
sight really worth seeing. In one heap
alone is a thousand bushels of apples
(Rhode Island Greenings) and here and
there are piles coiataiuing 100 or 150
bushels of other varieties. The fruit is
all good and sound and was rated by the
doctor -in his splendid orchards. It may
not be generally known that there are on
Dr. Springer's premises apple trees which
were planted in 1812. This season two
of these bore fruit in abundance. The
product of one was thirty bushels,
and that of the other thirty-three
bushels.
- A despatch from Detroit on Satur-
day last says: A covered wagon drawn
by a pair of somewhat weary -looking
horses crossed the ferry to Windsor on
Friday. Upon the side was a rudely
painted legend :-" In Dakota we trus-
ted. In Dakota we busted." Within
were John Ainslie an intelligent farmer,
his wife and six children, who have been
drawn from Douglas County, Dakota, a
distance of over 1,000 miles, en route
for Garfield, Essex County, Ontario,
their former home. In spite of their
long journey all looked clean, com-
fortable and in good health.
- A Scarboro' ,east of Toronto,farmer
had a novel trick played on him on Hal-
lowe'en. Some boys entered his orchard
and after filling a large barrel with ap-
-pies placed it alongside the highway,
bearing the inscription, "Take one,"
in large letters, much to the emus ernent
of passers-by the following morning. A
more dastardly trick was that played on
-another farmer. He had cleaned a
large load of A No. 1 barley and left the
wagon bearing it on the threshing floor
of his barn, ready for an early start to
Toronto market next day. The "funny"
rascals -entered the barn and emptying
the bags on the floor, carried wheat and
oats from the granary and made a regu-
lar chopping mixture of the whole load.
It was impossible to separate the differ-
ent grains and now the farmer is get-
ting it chopped to feed his cattle with.
-Mr. James McRae, a well-known
and highly respected resident of Galt,
'returned to that town a few days ago,
after a quite lengthened visit to Eng-
land and Scotland. While in both Mr.
McRae carefully observed the condition
of the farming class, and from what he
saw and learned from conversation with
large and small farmers, became con-
vinced that rents must be reduced to a
very much lower figure or ruin will stare
them in the face. India, America,
Canada, New Zealand, and Australia
were pouring in their wheat, America
and Canada were pouring in their cattle
and cheese, and the English and Scotch
farmers found every article they had to
sell facing a lower priced similar article,
the growth or production of a foreign
country. There was no hope before
them but rents based upon the values of
land in those foreign countries.
-On the 25th of October there was
picked up at Alfred Granger's door, on
Trafalgar street, London, a foundling,
which was handed over to Inspecter
Bell. The police took the matter in
hand, and last Friday a young woman
calling herself &laud Sherwood, but
whose proper name is Carter, was
arrested by Detective Phair at East-
wood.. This woman, the police say,
was brought to London abou t six months
ago by Geo. .Dunster, of Woodstock.
Dunster hired room it a boarding
house, and there he installed his girl
and repeatedly visited her during her
stay in London. When the child was
born Dunster came with a team and
took both mother and child away,
taking the mother home to Eastwood,
and, as they charge, leaving the child
on Granger's doorstep. On Friday the
Woodstock police arrested Dunster end
Detective Phair brought him to London.
Dunster was known in London as George
-Sherwood. He gave $1,500 hail to
appear at the Police Court at London
on the charge of desertion. -Dunste is
a young man about 30, a well-off -,on-
tractor, and has a wife and three ehil-
dren living in Woodstock who knew
nothing of the affair until a few -days
ago. it is given out that Maud Carter
has made an affidavit that Dunster
represented himself as a single man and
married her nearly a year ago.
-A sad and fatal accident ha.pp >lied
to a prominent man of Haldie and
County on the 8th bast., which p4
damper on the ardor of local politicians.
Mr. John Westerman, one of the oldest
and most respected residents of the
township of Rainham, had driven out
from Cayuga that evening. At the
door of his own house he was found
lying on the ground beside his buggy,
lifeless, having fallen out of the vehicle
and broken his neck.
-Hon. John Lloyd Thomas, the
distinguished Baltimore prohibitionist,
last Sunday addressed the Toronto
Young Men's Prohibition Club at the
opening of a series of Sunday, afternoon
meetings. Among many other good
things said was this a What is the rem-
edy for the trouble between labor and
capital? A newspaper Paragrapher
thought he had found the remedy when
he proposed he- put a plaster over the
mouth of the labor agitator. Truth is
buried under a pyramid of error. We
must go farther to put a stop to the
miseries of the people. We must put a
plaster over the door of the dram -shop.
(Applause.) From out of that door
comes this great red wave of anarchy
that to -day is sweeping over some of the
States, and by which the barque in
which you and I have placed our all in
life is, being dashed against the rocks.
It first seizes its victim by the throat,
but afterwards catches him bi the
heart of hearts and crushes alle life
and joy outof his being.
Temperance Conventionl
'Wednesday afternoon of last week
over one hundred temperauce men of
the East Riding �f Huron assembled in
the town hall, Brussels, Rev. IA. Y.
Hartley, the energetic president, occu-
pied the chair. After singing Hold
the Fort" prayer was offered by Rev.
Mr. -Swann, and the meeting was de-
clared operi for the transaction of. busi-
ness.
The President briefly sketche eivhat
had transpired since last meethig and.
expressed his pleasure at the mush im-
proved order of things, in enforcilag the
Act -
Office -bearers were then elect d for
the ensuing year as follows: Rev. A. Y.
Hartley, president; Rev. J. Ross, B. A.,
vice-president; W; H. Kerr, seetetary-
treasurer.O .
Vice-presidents were chosen ilorthe
various municipalities in the riding and
the following gentlemen appointed:
Howick, J. D. Smith; Wroxeter, Rev.
A. E. Smith; Turnberry, Rev, J. S.
Cook; Grey, Rev. J. T. Legeat; 41orris,
R. N. Duff; Brussels, Rev. M. Swann;
McKillop, A. Govenlock ; Hullett, A.
Woodman.
The convention decided t� aceept of
the apportionment of money ne4essary
to carry on the repeal vote campaign as
assessed by the County Executive and
to endeavor to raise the amount.
The question of campaign wotk was
then taken up, Rev. Dr. Griffin, of
Guelph, Rev: J. Ross,B. A., A. Goren -
lock, J. D. Smith, T. Strachan, Rev. A.
McCulloch, Rev. J. S. Cook, W. H.
Kerr and others joining in the discus-
sion. The general impression is that
the ActO will be sustained by larger
majority than it had when first arried.
A resolution was submitted to the
convention and unanimously car ied re-
lative to the Temperance elector band..
ing together for the election of emper-
ance men to the various municipal offices
and for the office. of school trustees.
The meeting was necessarily brief as
the adjourned Scott Act trials of last
week were heard in the town hall on
the afternoon of the same day and were
extended much longer than eepeeted
and the Temperance Convention did not
commence until after the triale were
over. Every municipality in the riding
was represented excepting Haat town-
ship.
The hall was crowded to the door at
the public meeting in the eveniog with
as orderly and atientive an audience as
ever was seen in the hall. The meeting
opened with singing "Rescue the per-
ishing," and prayer, offered by Rev. J.
S. Cook, of Bluevale. Rev. J. Roes, B.
A., then took the chair and after ex-
pressius- his pleasure at seeing 1such a
large company, called on Rev. Mr. Cook
and Mrs. Cook for a duett, which was
nicely rendered. Rev. J. 11. Dyke, of
Henfryn, was introduced and in a 15
minute address dealt out a good many
plain facts that the people who heard
would do well to coneider. Mr. Hut-
chinson and J. Hargreaves sang a, pretty
duet, after which the speaker of the even-
ing, Rev. W. S. Griffin, D. D.,. of
Guelph, was introduced. About an
hour and a quarter was taken up by the
reverend doctor in Ms address. It was
characteristic of Dr. Griffin, abounded
with hard pan facts, with an occasional
interjection of native humor. Space
will not permit' of us giving an extended
report, but it was a strong and convinc-
ing appeal to every Christian man to
cast his ballot so that the cause of Pro-
hibition would be advanced, and the re-
sults of the meeting cannot fail to pro-
duce the desired fruit. The roma-rig old
war song "Hurrah ! for Prohibition"
was sung by C. B. Harris and children.
A hearty vote of thanks was passed to
the ladies and gentlemen aiding ;in the
programme, special mention being made
of Dr. Griffin's splendid address. Miss
Lizzie Jackson presided at the organ in
her usual efficient manner. The meet-
ing was brought to a close by the bene-
diction after Mrs. Cook sang a very ap-
propriate temperance solo.
A large number of the ladies of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
occupied the front rows of chairs in the
het -Post.
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