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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1888-02-17, Page 11888. IcFaul ! YEAR INS d Jackets,. Inkets„ Ats, &:C. r Goods w weeks, and the 11 TWENTY-FIRST YEAR. N1.11\113OR 1,053. Stock must be AUL, .A211 '1'13 Cheap Cash Store —OF— HORSE RAISING. PAPER READ' BY MR. THOMAS M' tILLAN BEFORE THE SOUTH HURON FARMERS.' s. INSTITUTE. Now that this section ot Ont rio h s become noted for the high stan lard clf its draught horses, that our clim te an situation is well adapted from w supply the great west -with thei ing animals and the cities of .the eastern and New England states wit 1 their heavy dray horses, it becomes o r duty as farmers, to enquire and prac ice the most economical and profitable syste n which can be followed in the raising of such animals. The first requis'te is o have good,sound, well bred ma es, and to encourage the importation of he veijy best sires, .by patronising not ing br the best mate aminals Which are at hard irrespective of the few dollar extra which may be charged at th outset, which practice, through a littl short- sightedness, often causing the loss of many times such difference. Hoffman & Co., •eriaoasamamaama..„a r. Geo. Taylor; ,also singing. The venule Glee Club- te-scl. This pro- withinstrumen- dds and•Eless, of ed the, audience the mouth organ ions by the choir ited by Mr. J. and Mr. Rannies prssided at flaunted a $18.25. of the hour' part vas not rendered ar ahead for the fident that those wilt not miss it ag was dismissed ng the doxology, ouncing the bene - rbt. the 22nd of Jailll- ablic worship, at. idcllesex, not far • handsome brick een ia course of Without being le of prayer is a hat will cost about given free by Mr. d of the episcopal very comfortable h a seating capace isfaetion of whom - a preach here, the riodious one, and presents no cliffi- or hearer. The d with good win- ;erful c han deliers or all at evening iiirst Presbyterian )-atilt in this corn - the country, and it is not yet two, work was firstbe congregation de activity and liber - of their history. evening of the le Rev. James t, preached two g serrnana, and in h% S. Lochead, of th eloquence and tendance at the overflo wing, the to $766. On sary 23rd, a tea - tided over by John en addresses. were L clergymen and isicsas furnished noir of the neigh - thus rendering interesting. The - ening were : By by a few friends, th days, $312.56. rsh is almost cov- a payable in two tion was organized i of Rev. S. A. present pastor of i sincerely hoped. •ty and prosperity d that this new e service of the lie the means of es'Clerist.—Cog. tElant. 'he Cromarty cor- Stratford Beacon ssed ta hear laat reeve, the Laird been promoted to n of warden of the tat the duties of his. e properly attend doubt. There ar euunty council, W 1On township an t.0 Mr. McLaren a yaung man, an leas an almost un - 4t sparsely settled,. tuber of the tc•wu- ert and was a repoty council shortly as separated front eel be that daY m a deep interest in Ifperity of his adopt- s well deserving of -upon him. Mr. est, niurnber of the one of the most de which nobody can ern Under Scottish !oru years ago, and snee like the raven's - with sitter threads,' Come less sprightly- oielent hasn't seen inspiration of Prof. still bears his 01(1- endly hand, a warm frputation and spotless, aeon correspondent uletions. ,Lt and gie's a shake iceuaintance sake." SEAFORTH, Can be had some very good bargains for a few weeks, in the following lines:' Dress Goods, Mantle, Jacket and Ulste* Cloths, Shawls, Jackets, Blankets', Furs, Flannels, Cloths, Underclothing, Goves, [lose, Scarfs, Clouds, Fascinators, floods, Caps, Tam O'Shanters. All kinds of Millinery, in fact every kind of goods in our establishment. Gal and take a look through. HOFFMAN & CO. CARDNO'S BLOCK, SEAFORTH • NOTICE.—Agents for Buttericks Reliable Pat- terns, Fashion Books, Sheets, etc. —A terrible accident happened to Mr. Wm. Cameron, of West Williams, a few days ago. He was engaged in quarrying stone, using powder to loosen the stone, the powder refused to ignite and while trying to get it in better shape it ex- ploded and terrible were the consequen- ces. His face was frightfully lacerated and it is feared that his eye -sight is de- stroyed, while his wrists were badly burned and torn. Medical aid was at once summoned but the unfortunate man is suffering terribly. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1888. ft -41 Jr' { McLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. of muscle and bone. This is' also so cheap that a vigorous growth may be kept up it a very small cost. For colts one or two months old, one quart, of milk given morning and even- ing will be_ sufficient. We have practis- ed this syditem with good results. Last season we thad three foals, all taught to ich to feed well! when weaned ; one had re- 'bre& - ceived cow's milk from birth ; we wean ed them on October 14th, weighed them on October 23rd ; fed them all alike up to January 1st, with the exception that two of them got about a gallon each of skim milk per day, when we weighed them again and found that the one which had received cow's milk from birth had gained 145 tbs., the other 155 pounds, or 2 1-5 lbs. per day, while the third, which got no milk, had only gain- ed 105 tbs., or 1 tbs. per day, being 40 lbs. less than the one and 50 lbs. less than the other in the 70 days. Our manner of feeding during the first win- ter is as follows: Daily ration for two colts : Nine pounds of oats (six pounds being crushed and fed morning and noon, and three pounds boiled and fed at night), two pounds bran, seven pounds cut straw and hay, 12 pounds of long hay, with about five pounds roots fed at neon, making 18 lbs. each per day, and costing at market price about 9k cents. We keep them in loose boxes, and ex- cepting in very stormy weather, have them out in yards the most of the day, as.they require lots of exercise. When spring cones they should be turned to grass, and fed a grain ration twice a day for . the first season ; they should' also be well fed during the follow- ing winter; as yearling horses- re- quire much nourishment to supply the wants of their growing system ; but always bearing in mind that they need most of the day for exercise during the winter. In the rearing of fillies and geldings it e ill be found that if they are well fed till they are two years of age they get fat upon good grass the third summer. They should be slightly broken to harness and light work at two years old as they are then more easily man- aged than if left longer. Fillies, which follosVe : ways are the progeny of good animals, and be - give' 3 reared in this way, are large enough and amon 2 should be bred at two years old, as they als 4 are quite able to suckle a colt the follow- oon : 3 ut str oots pou tle br ay an daily ds of of ro s of 1 Having secured such anim Is and mated them with judgment, e must bear in mind that in order to ain tie best results our course of fee ing aid management must be such as t. secu .e a steady and continuous gro th ui4il the animal reaches maturity. n order to do this we must know that u.r di4y begins at the time of concept on, and that any irrational treatment of tile dam will be injurious to her young. Therefore although horses are ept .fpr their muscle, and to work, sh should not be overstrained, and should be fed regularly and liberally upon s ch fopd as will beat provide that nou ishment required for the proper grow h of the colt. During the winter sea on they must have plenty of exercise a d be fed on laxative food. I believe tha a great part of the bad luck in rais ng foals (otherwise than through theverfeed- ing of sires) can be traced to th wro treatment of mares during t e win season. Now, when there is ot 811 cent work on the farm in winte to keep our mares in constant exercise, tur mode of feeding and treatment is as Water three times a day and a fore feeding; in the mornin< pounds of erushed oats mixed pounds of cut straw and ha pounds long hay in manger; pounds crushed oats, 2 pounds and hay, with 2 or 3 pounds of 3 pounds long hay ; night : of boiled oats, mixed with a li 2 pounds of cut straw and pounds of long hay, making a tion of 9 pounds of oats, 6 you straw and hay, 2 or 3 pounds 1 pound of bran and 14 poun —After a brief illness of disease of the brain, Edgar, eldest son of Mr. Marsden Smith, of Grey, passed into the unseen world on Wednesday morning, aged 22 years, 11 mouths and 11 days. He had recently recovered from a severe attack of typhoid fever and was nicely recruited when this brain trouble came on. He was able to go to the barn on Saturday forenoon, bat was unconscious for seve- ral days previous to his decease. Edgar had learned his trade at the Ronald Engine Works, Brussels,' and was a competent workman, beloved by all who knew him. —One of the best, as well as one of the most largely attended sales that has taken place in the township of Hullett this season was that of Mr. John Mc- Claeharty, of the 13th concession, on the Friday before last. There must have been one thousand people present, and bidding was of the moat spirited- kind, prises, especially for implements, run- ning up high. A pair of driving horses sold at $355 ; a four-year-old filly at 16'/3. patent axle wagon $70, and other artistes in the same proportion. One man bought about $600 worth, and. the total proceeds of the sale amounted to over $1,700. Mr. C. Hamilton was the auctioneer on the occasion. • er muscle in the mastication of food, as the result of a ration applied to 3000 horses ought to be accepted as having consider- able weight. Barley and peasshould never be fed to young and growing horses, nor to any horses, excepting when at hard work, and then only in very small quantities, as owing to their mealy and heating nature there is always a tendency to in- duce colic complaints and throw the sys- tem out of condition through the swell- ing of limbs, clogging of veins, and similar ailments tc which the horse is stibject, thus rendering him valueless out of the hands of the owner, which is altogether too much risk to be compen- sated through the slight difference of increase in price a full oat ration might cost. McMILLAN, Constance, Ontario. • nd ds n, 7 a- ut ts, ng hay, or a total weight of 3 pounds, costing at market price abou This is a system of feeding, general way, as judgment mu in regulating the food of al We turn them out in the yard cise three or four hours ev Coming into the spring mares worked constantly, up to th foaling, but with great care t overheating. During the su iod they should never be hit if found necessary to work colt should be shut in and n. to suck the dam when heated, milk is drawn from the udde foaling the dam should hav when inside, and after the fo ped great care should be ta the first ten days, if the da milker, that the foal does much milk. We have seldoi trouble with that common dis foals, " inflammatory rh when the dans is a poor mil variably follow the practice here little when she has a 1 milk. After this the main of this disease is a good, war it should be cleaned out a every day, that the foal has to lie upon damp heating and foals must be —Donald, youngest son of Mr. Alex- ander Campbell of Kintail, in the town- ship of Ashfield, died last week at the early age of eighteen. The deceased young man contracted a cold in the early part of last year, which baffled medical skill. In June he took a trip up the lakes and spent a couple of months at Duluth and Isle Royel, in hope that a change of climate would produce a change of health, but it failed to have the de- sired result, and he sank gradually, and passed away on the 31st ult. Mr. Camp- bell has the sympathy of the entire com- munity in his bereavement, this being the fifth time the messenger has entered his borne in three years, his wife, two sons and two daughters being now laid to rest. —Rev. W. W. Spading, of Ontario street Methodist church, Clinton, has received a call to the second Methodist ehurch of Winnipeg, at a salary of $2,000 a year and free house. We understand that he has accepted the same, subject to the action of the Stationing Com- mittee. The official board of the On- tario street Methodist church have ex- tended an invitation to the lier. Joseph Edge, of Hanover, to become pastor of this church next conference year. He is apoken of as a man of considerable ability and pulpit power. —The regular annual meeting of the members of the North Huron County Orange Lodge was held at Gorrie last wcek. There were about 150 members of the Order present. Aster the general business was over the following were of cows milk, which -is h elected officers for the year J. II. mended by many who has Young, County Master.; W. H. Clegg, trial: A little practice wi Deputy Master ; Adam Spence, Chap- the young colt to take cow'. lain - Wm Laidlaw, Recording Secre- relish. Mare's -milk is bot tary ; Dr. Holmes, Financial Secretary ; sweeter than the milk of th Wm. Magill, Treasurer ; Wrn. Sturdy, fore care must be taken at irst, b Director of Ceremonies ; B. Gerry, H. ing with water ,id sugar t mak Perkins and L. Netherly, Past County Masters and Life Members. The next meeting is to be held at Auburn. Invi- tations were received from London, Lis- towel and Kincardine, to celebrate the muscle forming food, and • 18 cei nly i t be u a.nina for e ts. ia ed is. :er- ry -day. houl tim pre kling hed hem, t alio • be of ent er- but the ved until, the Before • lib rty, 1 is d en fo is a ot get had ase an umati er, an f mil op- -the ood too any long ing rge flow of preventive ,dry ; d be ded no chance manure ;f prevented from lying outside, on the Told, damp he foal has ground us. the spring. After become used to the mother should be well fed in order cient milk to produce a stron the foal, Which should be s or five months. Scanty nouri ing this Period is often fata velopment afterwards. The tem of the young animal much change in the hands of feeder. Full rations of appr will give it the habit of stro growth, which is easily con weaning; but on the othe cient nourishment will not o its present growth, but also powers of digestion, so as to able to use sufficient food, growth after weaning. We that the partial adoption o system can be profitably foll raising of colts. After the r of spring is past, when w mares are in foal again, w stable inight and morning, bran ration, mixed with straw, or cut oat sheaf, and green qorn, which we grow pose. We tie the foals in t with their dams, and pla.c them ; they soon lsecome docile, will readily learn thus there is no loss of flesh and no difficulty and annoy. training. If the amyl yields to milk to produee vigoroi s gras, the colt, it should be increa ed b of as nearly the same co nposit may be. This can be had in the ghly e give 1 'soon milk th inn • Cow, • s milk, she give puffi- groWth in ckled four dur- 1 de- sys- le of ilful food apid after hmen to fu whole caps the s priat and inued hand, defi- ly co tract ontraet its make it un- to give full have the s wed pierg • think the feed n the a grai and ut h y or feed a little or th pur- e stall along food efore quie and. o -fee , and in we ning, nce in their little th in food on as shape ecom- it a teach v ith r and there mix - it as nay be with rhich, on of ate of rowth What a County Treasurer Thinks. DEAR EXPOSITOR.— have read a good deal lately in the diffe ent papers, THE EXPOSITOR among this— number, about the auditing of municipal accounts, but as yet have seen treasurer's standpoint duced me to ask for your celumns. I ani thoroughly 1 CountY Treasurers' off accounts audited by spector and Auditor. this to me, and ultimt ing season without much injury to them - elves if properly fed during the period of suckling. Such fillies, when rising three years old and in foal, should be worth at least from 200 to 250 dollars, as brood mares, having been raised at a cost of very nearly one-half that sum. Geldings can be raised in this way up to 24 years of age for the sum of $100, when they will be able to work for their food up to four years old, at which time they willbring from 175 to 225 dollars to be shipped to the cities. To raise an entire colt to 21 years old will cost about $150, as he must be well fed the second winter and third summer, at which time he is worth at least from '250 to 275 dol- lars. From these prices it will be seen that the raising of heavy horses is the most profitable branch of farming we can follow, and when there is very little danger of our market giving out in the near future it behoves every farmer who has such stock in his possession to prac. tice and encourage the very best system of management which can be pursued, but in this business, as in the raising of all animals, we must bear inmind that although a liberal system of feeding may do a great deal, yet much depends upon the disposition of the caretaker and the treatment the aninial receives at his hands. The colt should be handled almost daily. It should be taught to regard tnan as its greatest friend, from whom it may always expect a pleasant caress, or something good to eat. This is not only important in reference to its future temper and usefulness, but vastly important to its rapid growth. We often hear of different results from the same food upon animals of the same age and class, bat experience proves that this is caused as often by the feeder as the animal. If, then, the colt raiser de- sires to produce the greatest resukts from the least fool he must accompany the food with the kindest and most pleasant treatment. ound iling n the owth palatable as possible. New milk gien at .first, but soon r place skim milk, heated with s-ater, possessing so large a p oport hosp the coming 12th of July. lime, is exactly adapted t othing from the which fact has in - a small space in favor of having ces inspected and a Provincial In - The advantage of tely to the rate- payer generally, would be, not particu- larly that my cash a more closely inquired ized, for my experien the auditors have tho their duty in that res tem would be co obtaining in other sin faulty I would be m fact and could remed the other hand it is, perfect it would be so myself and I think public to know it. A County Treasure respects an office of which transpired ye quently to be inquire the case of Sale of lan highly important theefore that a record of the different trans' should be kept in th manner, and in this . will readily perceive, as at present can be the treasurer. So far I have refer Treasurers, althoug ment applies perh degree to the othe urers in a couu I am told, et in your county. appointed by the Co an assistant, could inspection and audit in a few months. T be much, if any, sre while the benefit bot and the public app manifest. Yours Cot Informatio EDITOR EXPOSITO explanation through your columns from Dominion Draught iety, or from those standard to take . I have a stallion e bred Clydesdale in Stud Book of am is also fronts a stallion and which, ndard rule 2, I can out of an accepted f an accepted sire. le 12, my horse is n accepted sire be- n a Canadian bred four pure crosses. geny of my horse and are not the get as himself if bred anis who are regis- a cross from an im- stallion and an im- ✓ why register my get, or can we not Canadian mares as why make the dis- ie in favor of the can import or who d mare ? If I under - les correctly, I may both registered and ✓ their get. Now trange or where is the ng any but an im- espectfully Youra, FARMER. The principal grain food in the rear- ing of horses should be Oats and wheat bran, as they contain as great a propor- tion of muscle forming material as other grains, and they are easily digested, not being so liable to clog in the stomach, and thus preventing the gastrie juice from passing freely through it and act- ing upon every part of it at once. In a state of nature the horse is nourished upon the grasses, and it must have a proportion of its food (at least ,N in bulk) of a fibrous nature; it is for these rea- sons that grain should not be fed alone, as the cut hay and straw are thoroughly mixed among it, and thus prevent clog- ging, and render the ration as near as possible the bulk and proportion of nature's allowance. The food should be given dry in order to undergo thorough mastication before entering the stomach, experience having proven that animals fed constantly upon damp food frequent- ly form the habit of bolting it before• chewing sufficiently, which can not be done unless the food is damped to a cer- tain extent. With reference to the system of mix- ing and feeding grain with mere bulky food may instance an experiment car - Tied out by the London Omnibus Com- pa,ny. They had 6000 horses; :3000 were fed. upon ground oats, cut hay and straw, and :3000 upon whole oats and, long hay. The allowance of the first was ground oats 16 lbs., 41, lbs. cut hay. and '4 lbs. cut straw ; the allowance ,of second was 19 tbs. whole oats and 1:31bs. long hay. The first lot, which got 26 pounds in all, did the same work as well and kept in as goad Condition as those which had 32 pounds of whole oats and hay. This was a saving of 6 lbs. per day on the feed of each animal, and was estimated at 5 cents per day per horse, or $300 per day upon 6000 horses. This should be enough to demonstrate the economy of niachinery over horse work. It appears a few nights ago the farmer beat him and turned him out of his house, and consequently he had strayed to Hamilton, n t knowing where i he was going, and be ging his way for eating and sleeping a best he could. The case is one that should be inquired into. —Mr. John Armstrong, a member of the Labor Commission n Montreal, had his pocket -book, containing $400, stolen from his room in the Richelieu hotel. —Dr. Woodward, of Hawksville, has been so busy during •the past month, succession he had Diphtheria is counts would be into and scrutin- e has been that oughly performed ect, but my 8y8 pared with that ilar offices, and if de aware of the the defect; if on s I believe, about e satisfaction to advantage to the '8 office is in many record. Matters rs ago have fre- into, notably in s for taxes. It is ctions in the office clearest possible articular, as you auditors appointed f no assistance to that for ten nights in not a wink of slee raging. —A young man named Lepine is suing the Hudon Cotton Factory, Montreal, for $15,000 damages, he having lost both arms by an accident in the mils.. —Last Friday Judge Drew, of Elora, sentenced ta o boys &ism Mount Forest to five years each in the Reformatory for breaking into stores at Mount Forest. —A wellIknown Winnipeg lawyer re- commends ihe Provinee to impose heavy taxation on the Canadian Pacific Rail- way as a nabans of brieging the coMpany to terms. —The new Midlandiron bridgl over the Otonobee River miar Peterboro has just been opened foil traffic. It cost $95,000 and will save a distance of three miles on the Grand Jtinction route. —Mr. T. II. Kyle, a Ridgetown drug- gist, died the other ;morning from an overdose of chloral adtninistered by him- self the evening beforO to procure sleep. He was aged 28. • —It is reported that the Dominion Government intend ublishing a black list of American exo rters who supply false invoices to Caiadian customers. New York, -Boston and Chicago men are iinplicated. ed only to County the same argu- ps. in a lesser Municipal Treas- y. There are, ty -five of them ne efficient man nty Council, with make a thorough of all these offices le cost should not ter than at present, to the treasurers., ars to me .clearly ruly, NT).' TREASURER. Wanted. —I would like an some member of the Horse Breeders' So who framed the nes effect March 1st nex which is from a pu stallion, registered Great Britain, the similarly registered under the new sta get registered, hens sire and a dam out But, according to r not, and cannot be cause he is bred fro dam though she has Now, can the pr get registered at all of my horse as goo to pure Clydesdale tered, or as good a ported Clydesdale ported shire marc; horse and not his have as good bred imported, and if so tinction or is this r wealthy farmer wh can own an import stand those two r own a sire and dam yet cannot regist does not this seem benefit of register ported animal. Forty day morning. —Lord Lanedow in March, Lord S lieving him at that ---A large tract Tha.mesville has Chatham Wagon N —Lucknow Pres ed to build an church, towards w been subscribed. —Mr. Wm. Roe ley, and now Of Io ly frozen during t that State. —Mr. John D. fries, has purchas farm of 50 acres, t valuable plant. —Mr. David M ty of Wentworth, able horse a few d• lockjaw. . —The Department pi f Marine have re - erected two lighthousles on the St. Law- rence swept away by the ice last year. The first is at Lake St. Louis, above Montreal, and the !other the Dorval light, in the same 14e. — The J. B. Armstrong Manufacturin,g Company, of Guelphnhave made a large shipment of carriag and carriages to Mel for the Centennial In tion opening there n of the threats. Wednesday morning about 10 o'clock Curry entered Main's office ana fired two shots at him, both taking effect in the head. Death must have been instantaneous. Curry then went across the street to the stables at- tached to the Galt House and shot him- self dead. Money transactions are said to have led to this deplorable act. —A sixteen year old girl in Toronto, named Annie Dogger, was found the other night lying on the street and shrieking with pain caused by dreadful burns on her person. She had been drinking with some others in a house close by when the lamp was upset set- ting fire to her clothing, witlithe above result. She died in a few hours. —At the Frait Growers' Convention, which was in session at Quebec a couple of weeks ago, the suggestion was made that the growers should co-operate to establish a central depot in London, Liverpool and Glasgow, and have accred- ited representatives to manage their business in these cities. Consigning to commission is found to be unsatisfactory. —Mr. Geo. Morden, of Carlisle, Went- worth county, met with an accident re- cently while felling trees. A tree fell on h is foot which held him fast. He called for help, a and neighbor, Mr. Sparks, who lives half a mile from the bush,heard him cll but by the tirne he got there Mr. • last Fri - makers' supplies ourne, Australia, rnational Exhibi- t July. —Rev. Dr. Marshdof Quebec, father- in-law of H. A. CalVin, of Garden Is- land, the great tiOserman and vessel - owner, died on Tuesday, aged 83 years. He was for many Tears pastor of the Baptist church in Quebec. —Postmaster-Genelral McLelan has purchased in England 500 yards ofwool serge for postmen's! uniforms, which, taking advantage of the Government's privilege of freedom only about 60 cents —Dr. Clarke of th Toronto, gave an ex with the Young Men's Christian Aso- ciation of the city the other night, point: ing out the evils of self-indulgence Of various kinds. —According to tht statements of the grain inspectors at Vinnipeg and Port °Arthur, 6,000,000 Istishels of wheat have been sent out of Man toba and the North - harvest time up to e is to leave Canada adnaletey. of Preston re - of timber land near een acquired by the orks Company. yterians have decid eight -thousand -dollar ich about $5,000 has formerly of Welles- a, had his hand bad- e recent blizzard in loore, of North Dum- d the Preston hop- gether with all the in, of Sheffield, coun- bad to shoot a -valu- ys ago on atcount of —A peculiar ci se of hardship came before the Hamilton police court last Friday night. The applicant for lodg- ings was an honest looking English lad of 14 years named Samuel Jones. He states that he calme to Canada some months ago, being sent out with a num- ber of other boys by a Miss Lacy, that he was then boulnd out to a farmer in Waterloo county, and had not yet re- ceived any money or clothes for his from duty, costs yard. Lunatic Asylute, client medical talk west Territories fro February 1st. —The Salvation in Strathroy, eighte joined within a rece tain Burchett and conducted meetings and Sunday last. —Saturday nigh knocked down and! gagged James Pur- vis, watchman at the Poison Iron Works, Toronto, and then worked at the safe for nearly twoh hours, but failed to open it. —Dr. Patton, wh has just been elect- ed to succeed Dr. cCosh as president of Princeton Colleg , New Jersey, was born in Bermuda 1843, and took a classical course in the University of Toronto and a theolTgical course at Knox College. —The Icelanders of Manitoba, are signing a petition to the Legislature to give them a representative in the House. Though there are now but 200 votes in Gimli, yet there are some 300 settlers, all of whOm intend becoming naturalized as soon as the law allows. rmy is flourishing n or twenty having it date. Staff Cap - d intent Van Allen there on Saturday three masked men his visit had to be cut short. He left for home on Tuesday morning, accom- panied by Mrs. Walt. r Gheibione, who has been visiting hereabouts for several weeks, from Union Grove, Missouri. —Rev. N. McKinnon, Presbyterian minister, of Motat, county of .Midd esex, died suddenly of apoplexy of the brain on Tuesday afternoon last week Mr. McKinnon was by birth a Highlander, and preached with t-qual fluency in Gaelic and English. He had at different periods filled a pastorate in Wardsville, Behnont and ri.losa, at which last place he died, after a re,idence of 14 years. He was prt sent at the last Presbytery session held in St. Andrew's church, London, and appeared hale, showing no tendency to the apoplectic affection which closed his career. Mr. McKin- non was about 60 years of age, and. leaves a small family to mourn his sud- den demise. —Mrs. Raymond Baby, in the 80th year of her age, died at the residence of her son, R. A. Baby, Sarnia, on Wed- nesday. Deceased, who was a Miss Mc- Donald, was born in Edinburgh, Scot- land, in 1808, and about seven years afterwards came with her father, who was a factor of the Hudson Bay Com- pany, to Fort Garry, going round by ship to York Factory, About 1830 the family moved to Upper Canada, settling Morden had managed to reach his axe near London. In 1834 she was married and chop himself loose. to the late Raymond Baby, settling at —On the evening of February 1st, Baby's Point, on the St. Clair, where about one hundred friends of the Rev. Mr. Baby engaged in business, subse- quently moving to Walla.ceburg, and afterwards to Nlooretown, in all of which places he was a successful merchant. After her husband's death in Mooretown Mrs. Baby removed to Sarnia. D. Sharpe, took possession of the par- sonage at Embro, and presented Mr. Sharpe with a costly fur overcoat, and Mrs. Sharpe with a beautiful fur mantle. Refreshments, speeches, music, etc., and the party separated having spent a pleas- ant time at the parsonage. —Lumber, lath and lime in large quantitiee were exported to the States from the port of St. John, New Bruns- wick, during last year. Of the former there was 113,783,521 feet sent forward ;• 146,314 m. of lath; and 128,615 barrels of lithe. This was an increase in the case of the two last-mentioned, but a de- cline of upwards of 5,000,000 feet in lumber. —Mr. Henry Lierseh died at his resi- dence, Baden, on the 6th inst., in the 76th year of his age. Deceased was de- servedly esteemed by all who knew hint for his general intelligence and kindly bearing towards all with whom he came in contact. For several years he held the position of Clerk of the municipality of Wilmot, and was father-in-law of Mr. James Livingston, M. P. —It is estimated are over 200 cases diphtheretic nature the doctors say it i quinsy or inflamma- tion of the tonsils. The outbreak is at- tributed to bad 'water and defective drainage. —A Washington dispatch says it is tbe opening of lake n steamers will find toxic canal closed to them unless they pay heavy tolls, and their entrance into Lake Superior thus stopped. —A Buffalo man while attending th indulged deeply in money and jewelr $286. His compa ger, was committ charge of having r that at present there f throat disease of a ID Guelph. Some Of not unlikely that o navigation Canadia the Sault Ste. M —During the qui 31, 1888, Scott Ac of $1,550 were levi Eleven hotel -keep months each in de dismissed and tw out Ten of the named Henry Wilson Hamilton ice races firewater and lost his , to the extent of ion, Bernard Metze- d. for trial on the bbd the Buffalonian. Perth Items. the contract of supplying the Grand Trunk Railway with 10,000 ties. —Revival meetings are still going on in the Methodist church at Atwood and are being well attended every night. —Rev. A. W. Phillips, of the Metho- clined a call to Zion church, Winnipeg, at a salary of $2000. three year old boy named Megan was kicked on the forehead by a horse tied. in the street. The injury was at first recovered —A thought serious, but the boy has quite dist Church, St, Marys, has just de- -The other day in Stratford, a little Mr. R. K. Hall, of Atwood, has daughter of Mr. Brisbin, in Mitchell, fell off a sleigh on which she was hanging and was caught under one of the runners. The driver seeing the accident, pulled up his horses in time to save the child's life, but she was badly bruised. —What a cheerful go-ahead town Mitchell must be. A local paper says they have only one street lamp and it is never lighted. —The Church of England Temper- ance Society in Mitchell held their regular meeting in the Temperance Hall on Monday evening last week. Read- ings, music and addresses formed the en- _ atenrc. taeinment. There was a good attend- -Mr. George Robertson, of Monck- ton, has sold his last three months' cheese, August, September, October, to Thomas Ballantyne, M. P. P., for 101 cents pound. —A 700 pound wheel fell against the leg of a workman, named Bradshaw, at the Grand Trunk shops, Stratford, the other day. His foot and leg were bad- ly crushed but it is thought they can be saved. —The opening of the new Presby- terian church at Milverton took place on Sunday the 4th inst., there being a large attendance at all the services, which were ably conducted by Rev. Mr. Aull, of Palmerston. The collec- tions, which will be applied to the building fund, were large, footing up to about $200. The tea -meeting on Mon- day evening considerably augmented the funds. —The two boys, Samuel and George Grey, charged with getting a load of hay from Mr. D. Newell, of South Easthope, on false pretences, have been found guilty. The oldest will go to the reformatory for two years, and the younger was admitted to bail under suspended sentenee, his future residence depending on his good behavior. —Mrs. Annie McDonald, who was buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery at Woodstock last Friday, had attained the remarkable age of 110 years. Mrs. McDonald was a former eesident of Woodstock, but latterly had been resid ieg with her son-inlaw, Mr. Idalcohn McDonald, of Salford, where she died. She was a native of Inverness-shire, Scotland. —Dr. S. A. Cornell, of Manitoba, son of J. N. Cornell, of Thedford, died on the 28th of January, 1888, from blood poisoning; supposed to have got the in- fection while dressing the wound of a patient; he was taken clown on Sunday night and died the following Saturday morning. His remains were brought to Watford for interment. Be was 36 years of age, and leaves a wife and five children. —Mr. Geo. McLaughlin, of Brantford, has sold the road stallion "Capt. Scott," by "Winfield Scott," and the gelding "Hiram H." to parties from across the border. A six year old sister of "Capt. Scott" he has sold to Mr. O'Connor, of Guelph, and a bay colt by "Stanton" he let go for $560. U. W. Minor, of Brantford, bought the four year old pacer "Ike Hodgine," by "Little Billy," for $180. —For some time United States detec- tives have been watching a consignment of $25,000 worth of opium, brought by a Canadian Pacific steamer from China to Vancouver some weeks ago. The officers traced it.to Brockville'watched it closely every time it was changed,and finally, the other night, captured the whole lot at Redwood, just across the river from what is known as the old camp ground. —Mr. John Doan, who has for many years conducted a general store at Mapleton, a small village four miles east of St. Thomas, was killed and smashed to pieces by being struck by a freight train while crossing the railway track at St. Thomas, on Wednesday last week. Mr. Doan was 65 years of age and was universally esteemed. The horse he was driving, a Percheron stallion, valued at $300, was so badly injured he had to be shot. -A former resident of Toronto, writ- * ingl from Vancouver'British Columbia, to a friend, says: "There is a great de- mand for bricklayers at $5 per day, plasterers $5, carpenters $3, stone- masons $5, and painters $3 per day, and a macan work, with the exception of a few days, all winter. Builders' labor- ers get $2.50 per day. With the excep- tion of house rent a family can live here h as in Toroisto. House rent rtdr ending January fines to the amount d in East Middlesex. rs went to jail two nit, five cases were hotel men skipped fines imposed were as c eap here is very high. A house that rents for $12 in Toronto is $30 here. Lumber is about 30 per cent. cheaper here than it is in Toronto, and bricks are $10 per 1,000, so you can build a house here as cheap as in Toronto with the exception $100 each. of labor." —Mr. G. E. Casey, NI. 1?., has re- —From the Ayr Recorder of last week ceived for presentation to the Senate and we clip the following: Mr. John Mc - House of Common4 petitions from many Ruer, of Platte City, Missouri, son of electors of West E gin, praying for legis- I the late Rev. Duncan McRuer, a former lation to prohibit 'unday traffic on rail- ' pastor of Knox church, Ayr, arrived ts in Caneda whn- here last Friday on a flying visit to old ways and stearnbo ever a similar law is passi ed in the friends here and n the neig d or . United States. It is 17 years since he leftnAyr, and both —A terrible tragedy was enacted in he and the village have changed very Galt on Wednesday last week. It ap- much in appearance and size during that pears John Curry, a farmer, tined about tiine. Mr. McRuer is of fine physique, 45 living in the township orPuslinch, good conversational abilities, and bears hed been in the town for a week or more drinking to some extent, and, it is said, threatened in conversation with some people to shoot Mr. Henry Main, bn- he type of a genial, outspoken Yankee. He is a successful lawyer in Platte City, and has a branch office in Kansas City. He was delighted with everybody and er, and others. Little notice was taken everything here, and only regretted that ' —Rev. J. W. Cameron B. A., has accepted the call to North Idornington. The induction will take place on Tues- day 21st inst. Mr. Cameron is an honor graduate of Toronto University, and received his theological training at Knox College, Toronto. —On Sabbath 5th inst., the evan- gelists, Revs, Messrs. Crossley and Duey preached appropriate and telling sermons in the new Methodist church, Listowel. The congregations were good all day. —A fire in Listowel on Monday night last week did considerable injury. The frame blacksmith and wagon show oc- cupied by Messrs. Robinson & White, and also a frame stable owned by Mr. A. F. Lustig were a total wreck before the water could be turned. on. - --The late visit of Dr. McLellan to Listowel was an occasion of great in- terest to the pupils of the High° School, who took advantage of his visit to them to present him with a complimentary address. —The body.of the late Mr. Johnson Wilson, who was killed on the railway at London, was taken to St. Marys and interred on Wednesday last week. Mr. Wilson was born in East Nissouri, and svas for a time a resident of St. Marys. —A couple of weeks ago a deputation of the members of P.:Ittia, Centre Pres- byterian church waited on Mr. and Mrs. Lochead and presented them with an address in which they thanked Mr. Lochead for his valuable services to the congregation during the past 25 years and accompanying the address were two fine chairs. The address was signed by John B. Hamilton, T. G. Ballantyne, Robert Young, Thomas Dickson and John Graham. •