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WII)ThE NUMBER 1,041.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1887.
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Why We Are out of the Union.
MR. EDITOR.—Philo's statement that
the Reasons of Dissent handed in in
1875 are answered in pages 45, 46 and
47, Assembly minutes 1873 reminds
one curiously of the fable of the "Wolf
and the Lamb." However there is a
sense in which the statement may be
allowed, as Mr. Ross' difficulties con-
cerning the Union were substantially
the same all the way through. Still
there were changes made in or about
the basis between the dates June 1873
and June 1875, which must have led
to corresponding changes in the attitud e
of the dissentients, so that it is only in
a sense that the statement can be allow-
ed. I have looked over my pile of
Assembly minutes and find that '76 is
the earliest date atnong them, so I shall
be much obliged to Philo if he will
comply with the request already made,
and furnish me through your columns,
with a copy of the replies he speaks of,
or,- better still, with a reply to the
Reasons of Dissent of '75, drawn up
after these same reasons were given in,
rather than before. One only request
1 would make, if you can possibly spare
enough space, is that Philo will please
place the Reasons of Dissent themselves
and then the Replies,the one in -mediate-
ly after the other so that they may
stand fairly before the eyes of all read-
ers. I then intend to be silent on the
subject, andallow all to judge for them-
selves whether the Replies are adequate
or not. My object in writing the
pamphlet was not to attack any one,
but simply to give those who are out
of the Union an opportunity to under-
stand distinctly why they are out, and
so to determine whether the position
they find themselves in is one that it
is dutiful to keep or not. If I have
made any misstatement I would be glad
to know it, but none have been pointed
out to me yet. Yours Truly,
A. I. D. it.
Urucefield, November 1S, 1887.
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SEAFORTEI, ONT.
SKETCHES FROM THE
MISSIONARY •HISTORY
OF NEW ZEALAND.
[Written for The EXPOSITOR.)
The most remarkable portion of New
Zealand scenery is a line Of cotintry
stretching from Cape Egmont, on the
western coast, to White Island, on the
cast; the result of some of those tremen-
dous convulsions of the earth's surface
produced by volcanic agency. The
whole breadth of the island is traversed
by a succession of extinct volcanoes, all
high and rugged, seal sonie of them
reaching to the region of perpetual snow.
In the centre of the island a magnificent
group of these lofty peaks surrounds al
volcano still in action, Tongariro, of
which many a legendary tale is told.
Towards the East, a remarkable 'chain
of lakes stretches to the coast, and trav-
ellers seem never weary of expatiating
on the grandeur, and beauty, and won-
ders of this portion of the country. They
have given us the most animated des-
criptions of mountains,r cks,and forests,
of gushing streams,of ba. altic colpmns160
feet in height, standing ,like the ruins of
an ancient temple, and' all the strange
results of subterranean fire. The lakes
are beautiful; some tranquil and pure,
reposing in the bosom "of wooded hills,
and enlivenedbysome native village
built for safety on a projecting promon-
tory. Others, disturbed by volcanic
phenomena are desolate and deserted.
Rotukara is one of this latter kind, and
is so strongly unpregnated with sulphuric
acid that its waters, cannot be drank;
another, Rotumahana is agitated with
boiling springs, continually throwing
high into the air jets of water or of
steam. These restless springs pierce the
numerous islands on the lake, and many
of -these present a curious spectacle as
the boiling fountains play among the
trees and shrubs with which they are
adorned. Suddenly the astonished trav-
eller comes in sight of a bold . flight of
apparently marble steps ascending from
the very margin of the lake. They are
fifty in number, each step is from one to
three feet in height and from one to two
in breadth. They are all the purest
white, except that here and there a rose-
ate tinge has crept along the veins; and
rising, as they do, in the midst of in-
numerable fountains similar to those on
the islands, and surrounded by a . mass
of dark green fern, they seem like the
creation of fairy -land. But we must not
linger among these inviting scenes,neith-
er must we enter into the details of Boto-
rua and other insecure villages built on
a crust of earth over depths of boiling
mud, intersected by crevices sending
forth a constant heated vapor by hot
springs and rniniature mud volcanoes,
where the very ground on which you
tread is liable at any moment to give
way and plunge your foot into the heat-
ed mass below. We shall only ask our
readers to accompany us to Lake Taupo,
almost all inland sea 36 miles in length.
It is in the centre of the islahid, about 12
miles from the base of Tongariro.
There is one spot on the south-western
shore of this lake at which We desire to
pause. At the extremity of a range of
black basaltic rocks there lies a belt of
flat alluvial lands, stretching inland
from the lake till it reaches a ridge of
low but abrupt hills, also of volcanic
origin. Nothing but moss and lichens
will grow 'upon the heated surface of
these hills, hot springs and crevices
that emit the boiling vapor, abound
upon all sides, the boiling mud beneath
is in many places only covered, as at
Rotorua, with a thin crust of earth;
and subterranean noises like the working
of a steam engine are continually heard.
Yet on the alluvial land close to this
treacherous ground the natives had built
a village of considerable size called Te
Rapa. There was much to tempt them
to settle there; the land was fertile, the
steaming crevices so near them served to
cook their food, and they used the tepid
springs as baths. The method of cook-
ing their food is somewhat interesting.
A layer of fern is first laid over the
crevice, the pork and potatoes are placed
upon it, all is cqvered close with more
fern, and before long the food is, we are
told, as thoroughly dressed as in an Eng-
lish oven.
The Rev. R. Taylor, the Missionary at
Wanganui, had occasion, as we shall
hereafter relate, to visit this spot in
1845, and was struck with the beauty
and grandeur of the whole scene. The
village itself was extremely picturesque
with its strong palisades, its carved
posts and native dwellings. Through it
ran a bright mountain stream that forced
its way through the ridge of hills behind
it; and in front lay the broad expanse of
Taupo with its islands, woods and moun-
tains, its black basaltic rocks and bold ,
promontories, on which stood more than
one fortified village. The noble figure
of the chief, Te Heu Heu, was in har-
mony with the scene. He was advanced
in years, his hair was silvery white, so
white that his people could compare it
only to the snowy, head of the sacred
Tongariroebut his form was still erect.
He was nearly seven feet in height and,
clothed in his handsome native mat,
seemed a perfect model of a New Zea-
land chief, while the natural dignity of
his appearance and manner, and the
openness and courtesy of his bearing,
were the admiration of our Missionary.
He talked long and earnestly with hitn.
Te Heil lieu had been a violent oppon-
ent of Christianity, and had lately led
an expedition against some distant
Christian villages in the hope of extir-
pating the new and hated religion. But
now he was softened, he confessed him-
self disarmed by what he had heard, he
promised to give up fighting, aud was
very earnest in his entreaties that a mis-
sionary might come and live atnong his
people. He even led Mr. Taylor to the
most beautiful spot in the neighborhood,
engaging to make it over to him for a
missionary settlement.
Alas! no missionary could then be
placed there, and in a few months Te
Heu [feu was beyond the reach of that
instruction that might have saved his
soul.
The hills beyond the village were, as
we have said, of volcanic origin; they
were composed of a kind of argilaceous
clay . and carbonate of magnesia; the
pent up gas beneath them, that could
not find its way to the crevices in their
sides, gradually loosened the soil and, in
the spring of 1846, large masses of it fell
inte the gorge of the mountain torrent
that flowed through the village and
stopped its course. The strearn, thus
checked, swelled into a lake behind the
ridge till, from its accumulated weight,
the hillside gave way and a tremendous
avalanche of mud and stones over-
whelmed Te Rapa and most of its inhabi-
tants.
' The noble chief might , have escaped,
but he scorned tq leave ibis people. ex-
posed to danger' ; he stood before his
dwelling, his silvery hair floating on the
wind, calling on Taniwa, a monster of
the deep, to stay the corning danger and
perished in the act of supplication to his
imagined Deity !
Should the question be asked "Why
was there no missionary to proceed to
Te Rapa ?" We can only answer it by
another "Why is, not more earnest
prayer poured forth to the Lord of the
harvest, that He will send more labor-
ers into His harvest ?" -
Does not this story_ bring it home to
us that we ought to have a missionary
ready for every open dor? But mis-
sionaries are ready, offering themselves,
pressing to be sent, only the church has
not yet wakened up tohgather the means
needed to send them Out. When Mr.
Annand was amongst us, telling of island
after island dying of sin and misery, and
yet pleading for a missiOnary, pleading
for a missionary. " When will a mis-
sionary come to teach is '?" The writer
looked round upon the congregation
thinking, "which of our young Men can
go ?" When the missionary was told of
the thought he answered seriously, "We
can get the men if we could only get the
rn on ey. "
Ifark ! what mean those larmentatiOn&
Bolling sadly through the sky?
'Tis the cry of heathen nations,
" Come- and help us ere Nve•die."
Christians, hear the sad eemplaining,
Christians, hear the dying. cry,
And the love of Christ constraining
Join to help them ere they die.
The Crane ply.
ITS IIISTORY AND HOW TO DESTROY IT.
(By J. II. Panton, M. A., Ontario Agricultural
College.) j
_ Some time ago there Was brought to
my notice an insect which has on differ-
ent occasions proved. inj usious in the low-
lying districts on the wedtern side of our
pros-iuce. A farmer who had suffered
considerable loss from the larval form of
the insect wrote, asking information re-
garding its nature and suggestions for its
destruction. On being requested to
send some of the grubs for identification
and study, be forwarded several, .which
in the course of time developed into the
perfect insect, and I was enabled to sug-
gest a course of action which resulted in
a good crop, where, had the seed been
sown as formerly, it is likely the grain
would have been completely_ destroyed,
as it had been some time before. On
ploughing the field he observed the grub
that had destroyed his fclrtner crop, and
thus was led to seek infortnation, feeling
that he must pursue a different course,
if he desired satisfactory results.
The cause of this trouble is an insect
called the Crane Fly, or Daddy Long-
legs. It seems to be confined chiefly to
our low-lying land in the west, but is
very common in England, and often
provos very destructive.
The flies (not unlike very large mos-
quitoes) are seen -especially in autumn,
in neglected grassy spots', Meadows, and
on marshy ground, where- they deposit
their eggs, which in due time produce
grubs that destroy grass and grain crops
by gnawing the young plants just below
the surface of the ground.
The female lays her eggs chiefly in
autumn in the ground, or on its surface,
or on damp grass close to the ground.
These eggs are very small, black and
shiny, and as many as three hundred
have been found.in one female. .
In spring the grubs or worms hatched
frOmsthe eggs appear, and begin to feed
ursfoif the plants at hand. They are leg-
less, -cylindrical, of a dirty greyish color,
wrinkled across, and when full-grown
about. an inch to an inch and a -half in
length. The tail of the pub ends
abruptly, as if cut off ; the head is pro-
truded as a blunt point, armed with two
strong black jaws. Though legless, the
grub has such power of contracting and
expanding in length that it can readily
pierce the ground or wriggle itself for-
ward. It isoften found at night on the
surfac of the ground. From the tough-
ness o its skin the grub is sometimes
known as Leather Jac,kets." Has ing
reached full size about the middle of
May, it becotnes exceedingly dest uc-
tive for a time. .Those which were ent
to the College passed intb pe pupa stage
about the third week in May. The larva
is exceedingly hardy. It -can be frdzen
till quite brittle, and yet, when thaas ed,
be active; it can be immersed in water
100 hours, and can do without food for
over three weeks.
The resting or quiescesit state, usually
called pupa, is nndergonq below the sur-
face, but sometimes und r the protection
or weeds. The pupa containing the
future fly) is furnished w1ith short stout
spines, pointing backwarfls, by means of
which, when the proper stage of develipp-
ment is reached, it can aise itself up-
ward through the gronn . As soon: as
itreaches the surface anc rises a little
above it, the horny -like iupa case splits,
and leaving the .empty c se standing tup-
right the Crane Fly c mes forth and
spreads its legs and ta o wings. The
specimens developed at t e College cam-
pleted their pupa stage bout the 29th
of May. This is importa t to remember,
because a crop sown afte that date will
in all likelihood escape injury by the
grub. Our instructions to the cores-
pondent were based on t is observation,
aid, on inquiry, we found he had sue -
ceded in getting an excellent crop of
bans which had been planted on the
lltth of June.
The perfect insect resembles very much
in external appearance the rnosquito,but
is about four times as large. It has one
pair of wings, and behind them a couple
of alender structures, one on each side,
with a knob at the end. These delicate
rodlike structures are about the tenth of
an inch in length. The body of the in-
sect has a tawny brownish appearance.
REMEDIES.
1. Prevent as far as possible the de-
positing of eggs. The female seeks damp
meadows, neglected herbage eand gbacly
spots found at the sides of cultivated
fields and under the shade of trees in
open fields. Reinove such conditions by
drainage, mowing the neglected ground
and burning the mixed grass and tops of
weeds. The pasturing of sheep on
affected places is good, as they eat the
grass well down and trample the grouucl
a good deal.
2. Many birds are of great help both
in destroying the larva and the full
grown insect; consequently, a method
of cultivation calculated to expose the
grubs for the birds will result bene-
ficially.
3. Deep ploughing of infected pasture
is a good practice, as it prevents the
hatching of the eggs and places the grub
where many are likely to perish for want
of food. Rolling the land, especially
late in the evening or at night, has been_
followed with good results, for Many are
crushed and others are impededein their
progress through the soil..
4. The application of certain fertiliz-
ers, such as guano, salt and nitrate of
soda, are beneficial in promoting a qnick
and healthy growth, thus enabling the
plants to withstand an attack. Some
have found an application of gas litne on
the fields before breaking up service-
able.
5. Sow as soon as the larval condition
is past,—in the case under consideration
about the first week in June. As soon
as the pupa cases are seen sticking up in
the soil the grub stage has ended and the
insect is fully developed. A well drain-
ed soil, thoroughly workedand pulver-
ized ground, and plenty of manure are
-very likely to keep off an attack.
Doings in the Metropolis.
(From Our Toronto Correspondent.)
Work on the new Parliament build-
ings will soon close for the Season. The
walls are about ten feet abOve ground;
owing to their thicknesse there is a ten-
dency on the part of visitors to use them
as a Walk. The watchman on a Sunday
is kept busy running froin one end of
the building to the other ordering people
down off the walls, and threatening to
throw them into the cellar if they don't
comply. The whole -place is bristling
with cranes. used for hoisting material ;
their red arms run out in every direc-
tion, and the cables. that hold them in
position are stretched out like the rig-
ging of a ship. A big block of stone is
dressed in a shed near by, rim on a little
car along a temporary track, attached -to
the arm of a crane, hoisted up, 'swung
around and slowly let d.oven into its posi-
tion on the wall. There iS a small vil-
lage of temperary houses around the site
for holding the tools and Material. At
the rate work has gone on this season it
will be several years before the build-
ings will be complete, but hey promise
from present appearances to be some-
thing worthy of the Provin e of Ontario.
ONE OF THE CITY'S INSTI TTIONS.
The heathen Chinee has 'ome to wash
the white man's dirty linen, to rent old
houses, to eat rice and.liVe as cheaply as
possible. Red boards, with the names
painted in white letters, tell a stranger
where Hang Lee, Goot Chong or Wo
Kee keeps a Chinese Laundry. Go in-
side and see for -yourself. A bell hung
from the ceiling is struck by the open-
ing door and announces your arrival.
Mr. Wo Kee emerges fro n the back
shop where he has been plying his
smoothing iron, not one of Ives & Allan's
four pounders that makes the housewife
glad and causes the lord of
smile when he sees the shi
lar and cuffs, but a dust
iron like the ones our
used. The Chinaman's vslst is almost
exactly like the ordinary alsirt, and is
made of white cotton; has coat is a
bluish material, and is cut ike a work-
ir g smock. His garments are all roomy,
and his tastes are altogether different
from the American's in respect to a tight
fit. His hair is clipped to the skin in
front and braided beim]
hanging in one long braid a
wound in a knob on the. bac
His shop has no furniture except a nide
counter, which he generally uses ,as an
ironing table, and shelves to hold par-
cels. On the wall is a pieice of coarse
paper bearing an inscriptim in his native
tongue. The writing loo s somewhat
like the specifications of a game of fox
and geese on a school boy's slate. When
he gets a parcel of dirty clo hes he takes
a piece of paper scraveled a both ends,
tears it in two pieces, sticks one into the
parcel and gives the other to
the house to
e on his col-
-looking old
randmothers
, sometimes
d sometimes
k of his head.
he depositor.
He never makes a mistaki in returning
clothes although he does n t mark them
with either .number or namb, so that any
of his customers who suffer with a name
as common as 'Jones are sp red the trial
of wearing some other fellow's number
seventeen collar on their own number
fifteen neck;
THE "S5IALI ROY" THE 519 THE WORLD
• OVER
Hold on there, mister, •ou have lost
your stove pipe, shouted t e small boy
on Spadina avenue yesterclaly to a stove
man who was driving past. After some
shouting on the part of the boy the stove
man was induced to hear a d pulled up
his horse until the small oy returned
the truant stove pipe, help d the man to
fasten the tail board of hi if wagon, and
then the stove man, like al true gentle-
man who understood a boy' ls feelings, in-
vited him to have a ride, and both went
off happy. I saw a drover on the Kip -
pin road, in your county, lone day last
fall, with some cattle. . The small soy
met him too, and cried out, "Say the e,
Mr. Smith, when are you going to ay
me my five cents." Smith did not say
any attention to the question at fi t,
but after a little stopped and called he
boy to him: Mutual explanations ol-
lowed, and the result was satisfactory to
the boy. If I might judge from appe r-
ances small boys never forget a pro ise
made to them. Once a fellow proud ed
me 15 cents for doing a small job, I id
not expect a reward and was conseque t-
ly more pleased at the promise; he id
not have the change, wi th him that tit e,
but would give it to sne next time he
saw me. 'Well,. he did not, and ne
morning going to school I ventured- to
remind- him of it but he did not k ow
mes and contemptuously inquired whose
boy I was. The debt is still unp id,
but two dollars would not buy that iai
a place in, my confidence now. Yours
truly,
Toronto, Nov. 22,,1S88.
P.'.
Canada.
R,eports say there is an epidemis of
typhoid fever in Ottawa.
—Premier Mercier has been serio sly
ill in Quebec from a severe throat trou le,
aggravated by over -work.
—David Clensens, a carpenter, fell off
thereof of the new rink in Galt and str ck
the ground twenty feet below, breaking
his wrist and bruising himself.
—A heavy six -light chandelier in he
Baptist church, Aylmer, fell on the had
of Sexton Treadwell, inflicting an ugly
scalp wound.
—W. H. Lee, the well-known fr
nt-
grower of Cainsville, has sold his f rm
for $6,000, and will remove to he
Niagara district to engage more ex en
sively in the cultivation of fruit.
— The whole of the plant, stock Lid
real estate of the Ayr Plow Company is
advertised to be sold by auction, the
Company having gone into liquidation.
—Geo. Taylor, horse thief, triecV in
Toronto last week, pleaded guiltyto
charges of stealing in Peel, Simcoe, Hal-
ton and York counties, and was den-
tenced to five years in the penitentiary.
{McLEAN BROS. Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
1—
They found a complete counterfeiter's
outfit, about one hundred bogus dollars
and nickels and some half -finished coin.
The officers then made a search of the
house of F. W. Ernest, about a mile dis-
tant, where they found tools similar to
those at Mack's and a large quantity of
worthless coin. Ernest and his wife
were arrested, and with Mack and his
wife, brought to Port Huron and lodged
in gaol.
—At a meeting of the Oxford County
Temperance Association, held in Wood-
stock last week, a full report was pre-
sented on the operations of the Scott
Act since its corning into force in May,
1885. The report showed that during
that period there liad been 122 convic-
tions and $7,000 imposed in fines in the
county.
—The other day Richard Goode, 3rd
concession of Whitchurch, county of
York, was going through a field near his
house when his dog suddenly treed a
lynx, which he afterwards brought down
with a rifle ball. It was found to be 5
feet 2 inches in length from the nose to
the tip of the tail, and stood nearly two
feet high. This is the second shot in
those parts this fall.
—The sudden death at Montreal of
Tom Prior, the well-known goal -keeper
of the Shamrock Lacrosse Club, is an-
nounced. Prior had been suffering for
some Mine from inflammation of the
lungs, and last night was admitted to
Notre Dame Hospital. During the night
he burst a blood vessel, which caused
his death. Prior was well-knosan in
sporting circles, and his sudden death
occasions much regret.
—A special egg train left Strathroy on
Wednesday of last week consisting of 24
cars each car containing 10,500 dozen
packed in 1i0 barrels of 70 dozen each;
in all making a total of 252,000 dozen
eggs. During the season in that locality
one dealer has purchased over 800,000
dozen, which at an average cost of 10e
would show an outlay of over •$80,000
for the production of the industrious and.
well-meaning hens of that neighbor-
hood. .
—As William Ogilvie, clerk in the dry
—There is a great deal of dissatisfac- goods store of Robertson & co., St.
tion among the employes of the Cr dit Thomas, was returning home about 11
Valley_ branch of the Canadian Pa ific o'clock last Friday night, he was felled
railway. The wages of all the me on to the ground by a man who rushed from
this line having been reduced. . an alleyway. In falling on the stone
— Two boys in Toronto were amus ng pavement he knocked out several teeth.
themselves with a revolver on Tha ks- A deep cut on the left side of his head
giving day when the weapon dischar ed, • bled copiously along the pavement as he
lodging a bullet in the head of one of the was carried to a surgery. There is no
boys. His recovery is doubtful. clue to the perpetrators of the decd.
—The Fisheries Department at Ott vea —Mr- James Gunn,- one of the oldest
the merchants of Woodstock, died on Wed -
the nesday of last week after a long illness.
is Mr. Gunn was a native of Sutherland -
de shire, Scotland, and with his father and
other members of his family settled in
Woodstock in 1843. He had been en-
gaged in mercantile pursuits for over a
quarter of a century,- and was a man of
probity and honor—courteous in his
dealings with the public and well liked
by everybody. He leaves a wife, two
sons and four daughters.
—At the opening ceremonies of the
new Roman Catholic hospital of St. Vin-
cent de Paul at Brockville, last Sabbath,
sly Bishop Cleary took the occasion to refer
ous to his recent -speech in Napaneeg and
denied that he had made any imputation
on the honesty of the Wives and mothers
of Canada. He had, he said, simply re-
ferred to the immodesty and bold actions
of the Protestant youth on the streets,
in the cars and elsewhere, which were
due to their training in the Public
schools.
—Dr. Nathaniel Burwash, who has
om been elected president of Victoria Um -
300 versity, was born at Baltimore, Ontario,
where his father, Mr. Adam Burwash,
still lives. Mrs. Adam Burwash, the
reverend doctor's mother, was a sister of
the late Ilev. Lachlan Taylor, in his time
one of the most eloquent of Canadian
Methodist preachers and a distinguished
lecturer. Rev. John Burwash, princi-
pal of Sackville College, New Bruns-
wick, is a brother of the new Principal
of Victoria University.
—John Gilmour, of Selkirk, Manitoba,
whose first wife was shot in St. Peter's
last summer, while crossing the. Red
rider the other night to East Selkirk,
where be lived, fell through the iee
about 40 feet from shore. Elite shouted
vigorously and several people ran to
help him, but the ice was so rotten that
it was impossible to save him. His pres-
entwife was the first at the scene, and
was only a few feet from him when he
went under. She also broke through the
ice but was rescued before going down.
Giimour's body was found in about eight
feet of water.
—Another interesting event showing
the remarkable longevity of French-
Canadian families took place a few days
ago at Ste. Therese, Quebec, when
Augustin Juteau, a well-to-do farmer,
rs and his wife, Dame Ursule Lacroix, cele -
art brated the sixty-fifth anniversary of
to their marriage. The aged couple are 84
rry and 85 years respectively. A vast
number of people took part in the fes-
tivities, and amongst those present were Orangeville hotel -keepers had been fined
no fewer than 108 descendants of the for violating the Scott Act duringcointehie-
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ed for
itement .
prevails in town. This is the sixth
dynamite explosion that has occ irred in
have received complete details of
losses sustained by the owners of
vessels seized in Behring's Sea. I
understood a formal claim will be m
on the United States Government.
—A Bothwell man, named Jas. -Les
has an affliction of the nose called by
local physician glanders, which is
to be very contagious. Lesley is cu
from society as effectually as if he
leprosy.
— Charles Squire, a Galt carpen
while carrying a bunch of shingles to
roof of a house, slipped and fell,
shingles falling with him. It was
first thought that he was dangeroi
hurt, but a little time showed no ser
injuries.
by-law is being submitted to the
ratepayers of Oil Springs for the ur-
pose of establishing an oil refiners in
that village. The wells there are ow
producing about 20,000 barrels of cr de
oil monthly, and are likely to conti ue
to yield the same amount.
— The shipment of five maan oth
-cheese was made the other day f
Ingersoll; each weighed over 2
pounds. One was bound for Gibral r,
one for Chicago and three for Scott nd.
They were the property of John ad -
more, and were manufactured at the
West Oxford factory.
—Great distress is reported at La
dor, The fishing is said to have be
virtual failure. Captains of schoo
arriving from that place say many of
inhabitants are without food •and cl
ing. Unless° -assistance is given m
will starveduringthe winter.
—Last Sunday night an emig
train bearing 99 Germans and their f
ilies passed through London. bound
Dakota. There was one Irishman
board. Another train conveying
200 emigrants passed through Mon
morning en route for the same local
—A serious railway accident occu
last Sunday morning at Lachine.
drawbridge over the canal had been
open, and a south-eastern freight t
fell through the gap into the water
sank. The engineer was drowned,
fireman badly scalded and one of
brakemen slightly injured.
— The 'crearnery farm, consistin
100 acres, belonging to the estate of
late Wm. Barbour, second concessio
McGillivray, was sold by the execu
on Tuesday, 15th_ inst., to Ste
Ovens for $7,100. It is understom
be the intention of Mr. Ovens to c
011 the creamery businees,
•—Mr. Chas. McGeorge, reeve of
declines to offer himself as a eandi
for any municipal office at the co
election. This is much regretted as
McGeorge has been a member of
village council for the past four ye
a has .proved an able and effic
official.
—In describing the Gaelic Socie y's
concert in Toronto the Globe says: A iss
Annie McNeil, of London, was the tar
of the evening. She has a voice tha is
ail sweetness and melody, and a manner
I at once_ graceful and charming. er
songs were : "Oh, for the Bloom of My
Own Native Heather," and " 'T vas
Within a Mile of Edinboro Toon."
—For some time past Sarnia, T ort
Huron and the surrounding coun ry,
have been flooded with bogus metal ol-
lars and nickels. At 4 a. m. Satur ay,
the officers who have been workin on
the case drove out into Kimball Ton -
ship about seven miles from Port II ron
a-nd searched the house of John 'M k,
a farmer and blacksmith, who has en
arrested twice before for counterfeitIng.
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After gaining a wide reputation as a
professional thief, gambler and libertine,
Mudge left the district and has iiece fol-
lowed a similar career, it is said, in the
States. About six weeks ago "1Lou."
turned up at the village of Washington,
where, in conversation at the tinnper-
ance hotel these with a number who
knew him in former years, he boa ted of
being one of the slickest crooks in Uncle
Sam's dominions. He has not been seen
since; but is supposed to be the organ-
izer of the gang of burglars that has been
making depredations in the distribt dur-
ing the past few weeks. It :is net sur-
prising that those who knew his career
should connect him with these recent
crimes.
—At a recent session of the Paris
Presbytery the Rev. Dr. -Ccichrane
moved—" That the Confession of Faith
be amended by striking out the follow-
ing words: 'The man may not marry
any of his wife's kindred nearer in blood
than he may of his own, nor the woman
it
of her husband's kindred nearer i blood
than of her own.'" Carried una imous-
ly.—The Hamilton Spectator, in notic-
ing the foregoing resolution, remarks
that "The Presbytery of Paris has de-
cided that a man may not marry is de-
ceased wife's sister. Yet, revereed gen-
tlemen of the Presbytery:of Paris centinue
to eat pork."
—Amongst the French section of the
population of Montreal great op osition
is expressed against the attempt, to pre-
vent Sunday trading. RecenlLly the
Police Committee gave instructions that
all small candy, confectionery -and cigar
stores should be closed on Sutsday.
These dealers have now combined and
secured the services -of Mr. L. 0. David,
M. P. P., as their counsel. Mr. David
has written a letter to the co.ii mittee
asking it to revoke its decision a those
dealers have no other way of 6.rning
their living. It is claimed that there is
nothing offensive in the trade, a d that
the sale of temperance drinks b them
prevents drunkenness.
—The following offers for ligh ing the
town have been made to the Wo dstock
council :—E. S. Corbot, Port Hope,
offered to light the town with s andarcl
electric light, 2,000 candle posse; not
less than 20 lamps, every nigh , from
dark till 12 p. m., for 28 cents per lamp
per night. If water power coulc-be pro-
cured the charge would be 25 cents per
lamp '- would keep the lamps g ing all
night for 38c. per night. 0. San 'rmann,
of Paris offered to light the to '.11 with
the Ball electric light, 2,000 candle
power, on poles 45 feet in heig t, and
placed where directed, from dark to day-
light, for 38 cents per night, or from
dark till 12 p. m. for 25 cents per night
per light. No less than :35 lia:lits for
300 nights in the year.
—Last Monday James White, f Lobo,
was leading a steer into the London
market having a rope tied ar und its
horns. The animal gave a grea deal of
trouble all the way, but when it reached
the bridge crossing the new Irighton
mill creek it gave a sudden phmge down
the steep embankment at the roadside
and into the creek. White was pulled
down, after, and at the bottom of the hill
both lost their footing and were entan-
gled together. The beast rolled over
White breaking three or four ribs and
dislocating his shonlder. White was
picked up and placed in a waggon and
taken home. He is in a very critical
condition and suffering intense agony.
—Rounder, in the Toronto News of
Monday, says: "1 saw a dress parade
of the Salvation Army yesterday, when
the snow was falling and the air was
raw. The band led the procesaion and
played away just as vigorously as of a
Sunday in summer. No one who saw
them and heard their music and singing
can deny that at least they are enthusi-
astic in their work. There is lots of
work for them to do yet, however, as
during the parade I noticed at least half
a dozen young men go reeling along the
streets in various stages of intoxipation.
The Salvationists may keep up their
crusade against vice and sin, but so long
as there are a cotiple of hundred un-
licensed whisky dives in the city, the
army will have a hard job making Sal-
vationists and temperance folk of us all.
—About half -past eight o'clock on
Tuesday evenin–blast week the louse of
Scott Act Inepeetor Ander on, of
Orangeville, was again blown up by
dynamite. The charge was placed on
the verandah at the front of thq house,
and the two front rooms wer badly
shattered. The verandah is a domplete
wreck. ' Mrs. Anderson, who wii.s alone
in the house, was sitting beside he stove
in the dining -room and was badly
shocked. Her screams could b.. heard
several blocks away. The Inspe tor had
just left the house and was onl about
ten yards away when the explo ion oc-
cured. A note was found tacke 1 to the
fence warning him to deeist f om his
efforts in favor of the Scott et, and
stating that he might.congratul te him-
self that he had not "been b own to
kingdom come before this." Several
venerable couple, including six children, 1 past week, and it is a noticablel
sixty grandchildren and forty-two great dence that dynamite explosior
grandchildren. after liquor men have been f
—Twenty-five years or more since breaking the law. Intense ex
"Lou." Mudge was a notorious character
in a wide district of which Blenheim
township, in Oxford County, may be
taken as the centre. He was the terror
of the whole country side. His father
lived near Perry's Corners, being a ped-
lar in a small way. Louis, his son, was
a tough boy at school and grew into a
tougher young man. At one tine he
kept the well-known Black Horse tavern
north of Avr, which was in his hands a
disreputable house. He was generally
believed to have a hand in all the thefts
and many bold robberies perpetrated at
that period. Two of these that will be
remembered by all who lived in Blen-
heim at that time were the robbery of
Jas. Wells, on the 13th concession, and
Philip Wilson, on the 9th concession,
both farmers, It is quite certain that
Mudge was the burglar in both cases.
Orangeville in two years. The
Government offer a reward of $1
information leading to the arr
conviction of the parties guilty
outrage.
—Thomas O'Hagan, Esq., B.
sical and Modern Language m
the Mitchell High School, h•
elected a member of the Celtic
of Montreal, an honor entirely u
by him.
—Mr. David Gardiner, who h
working in the vicinity of Avonl
a number of years, left the ot
for Scotland, where he intends
a nautical school. Mr. Gardner
active member of the Sons of
ance, and he will be missed..
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