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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1888-03-09, Page 1^ 2 18RS, rtivals )11-- ing Trade MNGIIAMS HiRTiN GS, DENEVISi. TDUROYS,, VEEDS, AUL, rge circle ef friends- esr ties. May the ee a long and pros - &w. 1-eart. TO ItnsT.— e morning of Feb- nas Cornish, aged The funeral on e one, many of her ates. from Us -borne last tribute on tected and loved.. • Zion cemetery, Nee Cornish, with to Canada over ei in the township heed until five arise to Exeter and • expeeting to lays in quietness isle through her aith good health an her daughter, s, was called away she hasbeen de - three attacks- of on of the limp. iald do was done, feath, called her the very day after Cornish, we rtep from a world home where sever enter. She es by her pastor w found resting on disuse will. She neurber of the late - for over 35 years Union, and since with the James. :h. A sermon will itor, Rev.. James mewling next, are they who die are exceedingly weat many of oar prosperous farm- eph erehave made benefit of their ss are all the rage a sign of hard pt very busy this milord has pur- arriage shop from am street.—Mr. red the services al, as head cutter tment--Mr. Ira et to- remove to sys.„ Mr. Spicer 1-ar Exeter Fire sr of years.—A Act trials were Friday Last be- nas and several fr band held a ay evening last purchasing new and success.— he resides on Dis clothes line Rents one night- :ves.—On Thes- e cold angel of f of Mr. SYm. them Russell • aged a year& cause of death I was ailing The parents he villagers in is our ratla, of Thomas be at the resi- Beejamin Case, = north of this at the age of . The deceased time with hip otitising paling • by every one r his acquaint - • of Christ - funeral took' noon last to- aud was at- ee number of ml friends.— are_Wondering Dew and Mr, naeh lately and w the boys so esented them Fritlay last,- -i-kneas iri the the caees are dwelling in e a rneasle card. :.ind wife, -who this 'dace, will .Nlanitoba ea Lilt them a safe liristie, pro - :al livery, sold Seldern of the Forest to the latter in Wednesday emething good twistie is also intford Binder, El this vicinity, n disposing of T W ENT Y. -FIRST YEAR. \ WHOLE NlJNEBER 1,056. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1888. {IticIJEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. TIIEJ Cheap Cash Store —OF— Hoffman & Co., SEAFORTH, Can be had some very good bargains for a few weeks, in the following lines: Dress Goods, Mantle, Jacket and Ulster Cloths, Shawls, Jackets, Blankets, Furs, Flannels, Cloths, Underclothing, Gloves, Hose, Scarfs, Clouds, Fascinators, Hoods, baps, Tam O'Shanters. All kinds of Millinery, in fact every kind of goods in our establishment. Call and take a look through. HOFFMAN & CO., CARDNO 8 BLOCK, SEAFORTH. NOTICE. --Agents for Buttericks Reliable Pat- terns, Fashion Books, Sheets, ete. —Mrs. Freser, wife of Mr. James Fraser, formerly of Kincardine, died on the 23rd ult. at her home at Pilot Mound, Manitoba. She has been ailing for some time past from an affection of the throat, which finally resulted in her death. The deceased was well-known throughout the Rock Lake couutry, and her friendly disposition and many acts of kindness will be long remembered." —A promineet Anti -Scott Aet cam: paigner says thi6it his party are doubtful of being able carry Simcoe County but feel sure of carrying Bruce, Huron, and Dufferin. Had Woodstock been granted a charter of incorporation as a city the Scott Act would have been quite safe in Oxford. With Woodstock voting in the county the prospect is more doubtful. —Mr. Justice McMahon presided at the Court for the Summary Trial of Corrupt Practices at Elections, held in Barrie last week, and sentenced James Patton, who was found guilty of the bribery of Joe Owen, at the East Simcoe election, to a fine of $40 and cost and six hours' imprisonment, the fine and costs to be paid within six hours, otherwise the imprisonment was to extend to two months. —John Paton, George Rowe and Thomas Smith, the McGillivray farmers charged with conspiring to defraud the ends of justice by inducing Haunah -Rowe, a young girl who had been criminally assaulted by Allen Paton, a son �f one of the prisoners, to leave the country, were arraigned before Judge Elliot, of London, and elected trial by jury. They were remanded to the spring assizes, having failed to obtain —At a vestry meeting in Knox churah, Galt, Thursday night last week, it was anuounced that the Rev. Dr. Smith, the pastor, and late moderator of the General Assembly, had had a call from St. John's churclw San Francisco, where he has been spending the winter with his wife and family. It is under- stood he is giving the matter serious coasideration. His congregation in Galt has the largest membership of any Preshyterian church in Canada. —Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Anderson, of Sandridge, Parry Sound District, both formerly of Kincardine township, are over now visiting old friends. They re- port Sendridge to be growing very rapidly. Although it is only a few years since it was first settled it has about as many inhabitants as Gorrie. It is beautifully situated at the head of Stoney Lake, a magnificent sheet of clear water about.7 miles long by 34 in width, which abounds with fine fish. —The local editor of the Pieton Times is. we presume, in deep mourning, as THE RAMBLER. --- BY JAMES SMILLIE. (Continued from a former is,4ue.) - According to appointment, Frank and I met at Her Majesty's Theatre on the evening of Boxing -day to see the presen- tation made to Haldane But like many others we were somewhat disappointed when the Mayor eepleined that the committee lied not been able to get arrangementsquite complete. How- ever, not to dissappaint thel people, en- tirely, they had made a point of being present. Re then introduced Hanlan, and as theifamous oarsman stepped to- wards the footlights, the whole audience from the stalls to the "niggers' heaven," burst out in an Uproarious welcome, and it was some time before, the aquatic hero could proceed with his 411 worded and well spoken address. After thank- ing the citizens of Sydney for their hos- pitality and kindness, arid all connected with the presentation in prospect, he concluded by saying, "The people of New South Wales will always find in 'Ran- ieri a warm friend and trues portsmau." The vast assemblage would not retire without bearing Beach toe, so he had to say a few, words, which was enough to show that nature is never lavish with her gifts. Quite sufficient that he ,should be the champion oarsman of the world. Boxing -day is over, so we exchange parting words and agree to meet again. Frank's ephemeral home is on Wynward Square, aud mine in the Darlirighurst, up William street, beyond Wooloo- mooloo. A holiday week soon passes, amid the ups, and downs of the Sporting cities of the south, and e'er we know. the New Year is upon us. It is Sunday morning—bright and clear—the first day of a year taking no leas than thirteen Roman numerals to express it. After dinner, which is at one o'clock on Saturdays and Sundays in _Australia, Frank galled in, and we went for a walk in the gardens. In this delightful reserve, the beasted beauty spot of the colony, every variety of the Caucasian race was represented, with here and there a group pf Coolies and an odd Chinee. " The Woman in White" was scattered all over the place, and there were " kids " in galore, sporting themselves on the; velvet lawns or roll- ing in the shade of scented shrubs or stately trees. Among them you see the coming men, rising up like rank vege- tation —long, lank, with the other qualities thrown in. They are the " cornstalks " of New South Wales in the big island on the back of the world. lhe only true representative of Aus- tralia is absent,Ithe Blackfellow,-who had the undisputed right for centuries to be here, takes no part in the celebra- tion of this centennial year. To him it recalls but few pleasing associations, with the stinging fact that British jus- tice under a Christian banner rneans naught but the "survival of the fittest." He is driven from his old haunts, by the rivers and streams, where he used to fish and live, to the parched and barren inferior to pine away and die. By three o'clock we had reached Lady Mecquarie's chair, a comfortable seat cut out of the projecting rock, and a well-known land- mark,to Sydney visitors. There We pro- posed to rest for a time, and it was while seated in that historical spot that Frank said, Well, Smillie 1 It seems eice to have someone to speak to after 'having been so long away from home l You seem to me like a brother. It is a pleasant relief to be able to unburden one's feelings on dearly cheriShed sub- jects or matters that -have been pent up from the vulgar crowd in the citadel of the mind. You remember the card I posted where we first met at the post office?" I said "yea" " Well ! I got a reply with a return card yesterday. Here is the letter : " " DEAR RAMBLER,—Our note and very pretty card received safely a few days ago. The verses are too compli- mentary; but I suppose you were car- ried away by the poet's license. I used to be very fond of poetry, but my dear • mamma often told me, 'poets are entitled to a fool's Darden, for after all, poetrylis only the Indirect expression of that which Cannot be directly expressed.' I know Writers and authors take indul- gences without paying for therm and it is rather -bice to have something quite one's own from the pen of The Rambler. I wish I could write you some verses in return, but I am too much of a duffer. So I shall jusC send you the inclosed card. I expect you ere having a gay old time duiing the ' holi ays flirting with those powdered Syd ey girls.' I have been at home all th time—only had two drivesisince you w re here. A we find the following in the loeal column masher took me to Miss A y Sherwin's of that paper :— Some one who signs concert the ether night. Have you himself Ella Maud sends The Times some 'seven verses of doggerel on the church at Ferry Point. Always sign your own name, dear Ella, when writing to this paper, not necessarily for publi- cation but as a guarantee of good faith. nice to be a singer, an actress, or a We bid your beautiful verses a sad fare- ewriter. If I had any of these gifts I well as we put them in the woOdbox. would be a rambler too. Will be glad to see you when- you come to Albury Try again. again. No danger of you finding me —A most determined case of suicide married before then --not me. Wishing took place on the Windsor side of the the traveler, and why should he fail to see and admire them because his inter- ests are connected with a valuable estate. We benedicts should be the best judges of f minine beauty for we can exercise o out bias, and co ing to possess." r judgment with. are without wish• light you are old fellow," said Fra k "I see you are able to get beyond domestic and.rocal affairs. Many men are like the Aus- traliag rivers in a dry season; they dwindle away after getting married. I tarn glad you have a surplus over dis- charging domestic duties, and are some- what inclined to be a citizen of the world. I was going to tell you when and how I became acquainted with Miss Bermich ; but it islgettine late and the story will keep till we meet some other time. She has lots of admirers, and tor beauty she can be matched against the world. The English language is incapable of doing justice to her model form and elastic step. All vocal or written words fail to express those auburn tresses, like wavy ringlets of golden flax encircling her head. The artist's pencil can but feebly portray the tinted cheek, or ivory teeth behind her rosebud lips. Imagination, itself, is bereft of the mesmeric influence that accompanies the artillery of her eyes, or the gentle swell of her bosom. She stands out among women, the very picture of loveliness—more precious than mines of gold or fields of diamonds—the sublimest creature under the sun—the acme of God's handiwork." "Ah !" said I, "this is another proof that, 'The hand that rocks the cradle, Is the hand that rules the world.' But it is nearly six o'clock, so we must hurry home for tea." Before going fur- ther, it May be of interest to the reader to know that Frank is a journalist by profession; and is at present on the staff of one of the leading Sydney papers as traveling reporter and correspondent. Re is well known in literary circles here as "The Rambler," and is character- ized as a " pretty square fellow " - During the week we arranged to go to Grafton, a. quiet town on the Clarence les from e sugar , and on way of a week, ith the heard her? think she is so pretty, and such a lovely ,singer. I am told she is a native of ;Tasmania, and has won laurels all rouud the world. It must be Detroit River Friday morning, in the you a very happy New Yeat , presence of NO spectators. About seven retnain your deal friend, o'clock Nathan Marlatt, a grain coni- Mn; IE." mon mercha,nt of Rideetown, who " Well, Frank," said I, emr chance re. suP- had been in Wifidsor for the past three seems to be pretty good th months on a prolonged spree, walked pose you are playing to win this time." do-wn to the edge of the Grand Trunk "Oh, yesJ" said he, "Maggie Bermich RailreQd dock and in plain sight of a was the first girl to breek through my ferry boat load of possenebers jumped fickle faneies and hold me spellbound. into the river. A half dozen peo-ple Her image is indelibly impressed on the rushed. to his assistance and pushed a innermost recesses of my soil. It was a , ptank to hitn. He seized the end of the case of leve a 1 t first sight. f you were plank and held an a moment while a not married I think you vould :have man slid down the board and passed a taken a fancy to ' her too. i\ was rope over his shoulders. The map climb- struck.with her beauty." Seidl, "being ed back and Marlatt, holding the plank married cannot prevent us from looking with one hand, with the other hand and admiring. A man tii4ty own an ve on the banks f the Parra - see all the be -au t - of Sydney hout wishing to exchange the 'ort Jackson.. All the gran - enders of the world liebefore , threw the rope off his shoulders. Then orange gro he waved one hand to the crowd and matte, yet letting go the plank, threw his arms up harbor wi and disappeared beneath the surface grove for The body was neared a short time after. deur and river, something over 400 m Sydney. The Clarence is t growing district of the colon account of there being no othe getting there but by boat twice it is not very closely in touch turmoil of Australia's oldest city. There we would be away from the bubbling nonsense of the centennial fever, and get settled down to our normal selves again. One soon gets tired looking at even the centennial statue of the Queen, and such promiscuous things as shows, races, regattas, illuminations, arcades, halls, bells, hotels, lunch -rooms, picnics, dinners, hats, bounets,1 suits, dresses, parasols, gloves, ties, scarfs, pies, cakes and lolly.pops, prefixed 'in Common,soon cease to be novel. Accordingly, we packed our portmanteaus and got on board the coasting steamer, Ellen Nicoll, which was advertised to leave the foot of Market street at 9 p. m. on Saturday night. The weather was fine, and the voyage said to be good; but we were both too sea sick to enjoy anything. On Monday afternoon the Ellen Nicoll ar- rived at the Grafton wharf, and we soon went ashore. After making some in- quiry about the hotels and boarding- houses, we succeeded in striking a comfortable place of the latter class, where only a select number would be taken. The selection includes a tele- graph operator, two young bankers and a young lady lately from Edinburgh. Our hostess, a Mrs. Moyes, is particular- ly kind, and tries to makeus feel as much at home as she can. Each one is busy in his or her own way, and we do not see much of each other, except in the dining room, where we meet three times a day, as regular as clock work, On Friday morning Frank said, "What about a drive out to some of these sugarcane farms? I would like to see a crushing plant and refinery, a horse and trap will cost us a pound, and, if you are willing, I'll go ten bob." I said, "alt right, let us get off as soon as possible after lunch." So after driving about ten miles we reached one of the largest farms; but the " boss " and his family were away from home. The only custodians of the place were four servants,and a little "pickaninny,"or an 'Australian black child—a little girl, seven years of age, familiarly known as "Beauty." Her father, "Old Black Bill," had been a faithful servant for twenty years. He had been converted to Christianity many years ago, and had been married by the resident Presby- terian minister, but his " lubra " had died soon after " Beauty " was born. The others were "Old Kate," a high- land soman on the shady side of fifty, and two "Kanakas " from Honolulu. "Kate;" whom we met first, was in great distress, and soon told us in broken accents what was the matter. "Beauty," she said, " was out in the bash yesterday picking black berries, and when she had her billy -can about half full, a death adder bit her on the leg. We applied every known remedy, but the doctor, who left about an hour ago, has no hope. She cannot live." We were conducted through the hall to a little back room off the kitchen, and there in one corner lay the swarthy child, in the stupor that accompanies such a death. Her head was on her father's bosom, and one tiny arm was round his neck. The two " Kanakas " were kneeling by the bedside. Frank and I found ourselves, unexpectedly and for the first time, face to face_ with death. The crisis had come, and the "silver -cord" gave way. It will hard- ly be qecessary to add, there were no dry eyes in that little room, and one of the(' Ka,nakas," a fine manly looking felliSw, was the first to break through thesobbingwith: "Oh Great Spirit of the white man and blackfellow, since it has been Thy will to take Beauty away from us, to that happy land where her mother stands with outstretched arms to welcome her, come down and comfort and support Old Bill. Give him strength to endure this great loss. Guide him along his lonely journey through this world of trials, and at last, take him home to join lubra and pickaninny, where there is no more death." " Not by the tinted cheek, That fades away so fa -it, But by the color of the soul, We shall be judged at last." Grafton, 14th Januar , 1888. 1(To be continued.) OUR MANITOBA LETTER. (Fr;n1 Our Own Correspondent.) WINNIPEG, March 2, 1888. I find my letters take a long time to travel the distance between this and but as I look upon what I have ore as free talk upon current an as news, I am content to as they always "get there" or other. Both politics and aye " hardened " a little since Seaforth, to say events t write on sometim weather I last w ote. 1Verither to begin with. It blows itye from south and north alter- nately, and with considerable vigor, and it matters very little to the sensa- tion whether it is 15° below from the north or 50° above from the south. The amount Of moisture in the wind is what gives pungency .to it. Three weeks ago, the coldest day I have ever seen in the country, 'a gentlema.n whom I met going to business,- said in reply to my remark that it was a little stiff, " but don't you think it a good deal nicer than yester- day." It might be 40° below at that moments and felt nicer than yesterday with a sharp -edged south wind at zero. This heti been about as unpleasant a winter gs any of the last ten, yet only yesterdaY I heard from some new Scotch settlers gut at Langersburg, that if this was all the winter, they could stand it. A fellow, sawing my cordwlood the other day told me he had never had on an overeoat' yet this season.' My experi- ence is that to people who take common sense precautions and avoid whisky the cold is not at all unbearable. Only a few days in a year, with blizzards, almost all of which came from the southward are very uncomfertable. I am not my- self a carpet knight, I have had a share of three blizzardsin six weeks, and know what I am talking about. Northern Dakota had only four deaths in the great blizzard of January 12th. While in the southmost county alone, Bonhomme county, on the Missouri, there were 19 deaths. In a. short time the battle of the winds will be fought out here,—be- Death the warm rays of a cloudless sun the snow will vanish, and man and na- ture leap into full activity. IN THE POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE the most noteworthy phenomenon is the rejection of Mr.Scarth from the presi- dency of :the Conservative association. Personally there is no cause for his re- jection, but he is the " dear friend" of Sir John, and for that -reason he was de- posed, and the honor conferred upon a mediocrity, a German named fiespeler. The sun cruelly published a list of the proposer and seconder and a +Tozer' men on each side of the division, and it is only the citizens of Winnipeg who can understand the contrast. Scarth is thoroughly honest in his desire to pre- vent an injurious rupture between this Province and the Federal Government, but we are fairly wild against disallow- ance, and would scarcely listen if Wil - Hain Pitt were its chaanpion. The Greenway Government promise to build on the south side of the Assiniboine a railroad from Winnipeg to the Portage so as to have an independent line from the heart of the Province to connect with the American side, but we are load- ed already more than enough with lia- bilities for railway bonds, and it would need be a very pressing necessity to jus- tify us in building a road through a poor, uncultivated tract such as that is, with no chance of local traffic worth speaking of. The -settlers in that whole stretch are poor and few, and it is about as bad land as we have. But a . good cry will carry any project here, and cool reflec- tion is an element that fiuds little place in many schemes both public and pri- vate, concocted for the so-called good of the country. ' THE HUDSON'S BAY RAILWAY was last year the great cry, and. Sir John gave the charter to Hugh Suther- land, by far the most unreliable of the two competitors', but then Sir 'John had an axe to grind. We granted provincial aid to that scheme, everybody almost, being delighted with it. Our then eastward. 1 The trouble is that the On - r best custom - see the wheat their own bins ould not take ven if granted men want to for water tario mill rs, just now o ers for Red Fyfe want tc they buy iere, all laid in as soon as possible, and storage a Port Arthur free, whi e the railroad hold all hey can over riage in une, so as to save the long heavy heel round the north shore. If we were exporting to England this un- loading at: Port Arthur would be no in- convemenee. As you are the customers delay is 4 serious loss to both you and us. THE FINAL AW -ARD on the wheat we exhib the eastern provinces, h us. Our representative had no stOmach for the j by local ten at Toron and askedl that an opinio from Mr. Harris, the Toronto Inspector. The opinion has just reached us and amounts to this: The third prize wheat at Ottawa, owned by Mr. T. Mander- son, Myrtle, is justly put at the top of the Outario samples asIthe purest red fyfe. It was hand picke ported from Manitoba. wheat at Ottawa., which all at Toronto, and a fresh sample from the same bag which never was haudled are put at the top. They had already been awarded by the council at Toronto silver medal and diploma, and belonged to G. Matheson, Brandon, Manitoba. The first prize lot of the Toronto judges is put at the very bottom of the lot, and the first prize lot at Ottawa is put next low- est. This ought to be a wholesome warning to local men Who, while will- ing to assume the functions of judges, have too narrow a range: of knowledge to make their decisions of any weight. There are men still in the world who " just to oblige a friend" are willing to give a judgment not justified even by their actual stock of knowledge, and the skilled and accurate contra judicial award of Mr. Harris wi;11 give them a cold chill, if they ever eotne to hear of it. THE GREENWAY GABINET Have now before them au opportunity such as no Government of this Province have ever before had. ;They have no temptation to cringe or make unworthy terms with the Central Government, the best men of the Conservative Op- position are as one with them on all questions of public policy and after they have redistributed the constituencies, will have an easy victory at the next general election, not because every- body is on their side, but because a worthy and generally acceptable repre- sentative of Conservativism is now im- possible, Macdoealdism ,is now played out, Norquayism is found out and the field is all before the new men. • If they are equal to the occasion and are not strained by internal jealousies, a long lease of power, and I trust usefulness, is before thein. FAILURES IN BUSINESS Among our city men have been taking place of late, and agitators attribute it all to disallowance,but that is only half the truth. The whole, country over- flowed with pioneer storekeepers, and thiseity has about twice as many busi- ness men of all sorts as we have any use for, and cannot provide a living for them, whatever may be our public policy. Farmers outride have never been more favorably circumstanced than this season. In addition to their fine crop, they own better stock and more of it than ever before, and the difficul- ties of the fine dry goods men, show that our country buyers are wise enough to wear plaiuer clothes that they may spend money on genuine improvements, the very wisest thing :they can do in the circumstances. It was only by the practise of minute economy and un- faltering industry that our less favored forefathers grewwich, and the men who must build up this country are the men who are content to wear.an old coat un- til they can properly afford a new one. MONEY ALONE is one of the very poorest investments you can put into this-Prevince. A little money and a good deal of skill and push and patient industry will make a man practically independent in a few years. If we had only the rnoney now to spend on gopd horses and cattle that was fooled h.way on town lots in past years we could, soon get ahead, and even as it is, every day brings news of cars of good stock corning along from the east, and in:some cases good, new Canadian settlera along with them. If, as has long been alleged, a Grit Government is all We want to make; us truly pros- perous, I can confidently promise them that now, so you ma Y send on your spare men as fast as- You choose. In plenty of cases, you will find a man at the stations authorized to drive you around free of expense, to show you all the land available for sale or in some cases even still for free settlement. OUR AMBASSADORS ao- THE EAST in search of clergymen for our city churches have met a rather ungracious reception. In one case they were told that they only came, there when want- ing money or ministers.! I hope that in a few years we maybe eble to turn out all we need of both without going a.begging to the ;older provinces. 1 think that in clever' devices for raising money in a pleasant weir we are ahead of you already. I knew a very poor district where the faithful wanted to pay for a church. Three young ladies of different naticosalities were put up as candidates for pepular election as fair- est of the faire their admirers paying five cents each fer as many votes as they chose to pile on their favorite caudidate. As at secular elections., periodical bul- letins were issued, and after rallies, slippers and other ordinary devices of the fancy fair had beer done full jus- tice to, the final hour 'was devoted to piling up five cent votes in honor of the local beauties—and the holy cause. The grandfathei of one ,of the girls stood eagerly clasping his little last handful of coins till thei last moment and then flung them into the treasury. She ted last fall in s just reached at those shows dgments made o aud Ottawa, should be got - Premier "Honest John Norquay" had an axe to grind too, and when our local Parliament meets as it will do soon, I expect a pretty startling revelation of the .c rruption and rascality in which thetv ry popular scheme was nursed and cradled. Itisthecurse of allnewcountries that they are generally "run" by, daring, clever, and unscrupulous adventurers, who can alWaya manage to get the con- fidence of decent, well-meanitlig sup- porters, whom -they make the tpols and cloaks for their hidden iniquities. We are gradually working off the worst of that lot. I don't want to be mistaken, Hamilton and Wilson who have gone out to the States are not the black sheep of the defeated party, who those are will be in due time revealed. , THE GRIT blINfliTRY have been triumphantly victorious at the polls. The French opponent of Prendergast will lose his deposit, having polled less than the statutory minority. These French and half-breeds always like to be on the winning side, and go with a big swing to back the winning card. Political convictions in the proper sense of the word they have none, but they do believe in a man who has plenty of ilour and whisky on his side. 'The hopelessness of the Norquay cause is, that even whisky can do nothing for it. An empty cask labelled_"vinegar" was lately returned from one, fiercely fought polling district, and the vote showed that the vinegar might as well have been poured into a ditch. I am not quite cer- tain that all the vinegar was consumed on one side. OUR RAILROAD BLOCK is partially easing off and with finer weath- er we can now get bigger loads hauled from seed im- he second prize got no place at came out, I grieve to say, at the bottom of the poll with over $50 to her credit, the Successful candidate making close on $70 and became the happy 'possessor of a ,fine wreath of wax flowers, and the church netted a handsome sum by the device. I have in Dakota seen a ball given for the benefit of the church, and preserve as a curiosity the names of the ladies who got up that very attractive entertainment. I could even name a church in this Province that waa "hand- selled "by a little quiet dance, but dont care to give away all I know at once. A BIG OVERTURN. To -day our Legislature met, and the new Government took their seats after re-election. Mr. Jones has gone out to try for the seat at Shoal Lake, vacated by Attorney -General Hamilton. Dr. Harrison has been summoned to Cali- fornia to wait on his brother-in-law, Mr. Hill, who is dangerously ill, and we had an experience not known in previous history that the last ministry had yan- ished before the new took their places. Mr. Norquay sat in the middle of the little group of disorganized "Conserva- tives,"or whatever name they may wish to be called by, rebelling forcibly to the onlooker the scenes of two short years avo, when fromthefront of a well-filled array of followers he pointed derisively at the eight or nine Greenwayites the forlorn hope of Gritism. Another French representative ratted from him yester- day, and to crown the contrast Mr. Greenway adjourned the House for a fortnight that he might go to Ottawa on the invitation of Sir John Macdonald to try to arrange the disallowance difficul- ty. It may be easier for the Federal Government to agree with entirely new men than to cobble up their uncertain relations with Mr. Norquay. If any- thing like cordial terms can be settled we will be relieved from a grave anxiety, and a heavy drawback to the settlement and progress of Manitob•a.w. friends, enabled him to prolong the strugg.e until yesterday afteruoon,when, as stated above, death ended th:ebuffer- ing wlich he had so long and so patient- ly borne. —A Dunwich farmer was ..recently vietimssed by it fellow dealing in pumps who got him to sign an order for" one -pump, but filled M the blank spaee after the wcrd "one" with the other word "dozen." —Ou Friday a 4 year old son of Mr. Ralph Welsh, nf Southwold, near St. Thom carbol mg on ward "n terrible agonies. —Tie traffie receipts of the :Canadian Fecal Eeste , Canada. H. Corby, distiller will be the Con- servative candidate in West Hastings. —Antoine Achim, a Montreal letter carrier, has been detected in robbing the mails. —The new $9,000 Victoria wing of the Guelph hospital was formally opened on Thursday last week. —The contract for the new Baptist Church at Woodstock has been let. The torel cost will be about $9,500„ —Mr. Chamberlain, of the Fisheries Commission, sailed from New York for Liverpool on Saturday on the Umbria. —Mr. W. F. Luxton, of the Winni- peg Free Press,has recovered sufficiently from his recent illness to be out again. —Ninety-two persons were convicted of infractions of the Scott Act in West Middlesex during the past year. —Tenders for the completion of the bridges on the Red River Valley railway are being advertised for by the Mani- toba Government. —John Galbraith, belonging to Cold- water,had his lower lip nearly bitten off the other day by a horse which he was watering. —Rev. Dr. MacTavish, of Lindsay, has received a call from St. Altdrew's church, Winnipeg, the offer includieg a $3,000 stipend and manse. —It is said that considerable quanti- ties of ash timber will be shipped to England from Aylmer East district this year. —Sixty eight _ women voted in the Montreal municipal elections on Thurs- day, out of a total of 446 qualified to vote. —At the Quebec cartridge factory 2,000,000 rounds were manufactured lest year. The powder used was of Eng- lish manufacture. —The financial returns of Nova Scotia show a deficit for last year of $7,464. The revenue amounted to $656,630, and the expenditure was $664,102. —Dr. W. Roome, the Conservative oandidate in West Middlesex, has been confined to his bed from a lung trouble since his nomination day on Monday, 27th ult. —An Ostic, Eramosa, farmer named Robert Hutchins got his hand drawn into a threshing machine the other day with the result that it and part of his arm were torn off. —The young man Tascott, the sup- posed murderer of millionaire Snell, of Chicago, was in Winnipeg Saturday, but left for the West after a few hours' stay. Detectives are on his track. —Mrs. Jas. A. Mitchell, of Arthur township, poisoned herself'- with Paris green recently. She had been in poor health for some time, and leaves a family of three small children. Last week during a wood bee in West - minister two youths engaged in a fight. After a finish each departed for their homes, feeling badly used up and losing a good supper. —Property -owners of Verdun have invoked the aid of the law to prevent the erection of the Protestant insane asylum in that municipality, which adjoins Alon- treal, and where the divectorate has purchased a suitable site. —A man named Henry Young was arrested in Windsor the other day for selling over -mature eggs for fresh ones. When Young was searched at the sta- tion several watch chains, lockets and other articles were found npon him. —Fred. W. Sheppard, for many years teacher in the Model school, Berlin, has been appointed to take charge of the commercial department of the High school lately 0c -copied by W. F. Chap- man. --Last Sabbath at 12.30 the Rev. Dean Boomer, after a long and painful illness, .passed peacefully away at his residence on Princess avenue, London, surrounded. by his relatives and inti- mate friends. The reverend gentleman, as. our readers are probably aware, about four years ago was prostrated by a paralytic stroke which threatened to prove fatal at an early day. Hiswonder- ful sitality, however, seconded by the skillful and untiring nursing of his s, took a drink from a bottle of C acid, which had been left stand - the table and died shortly after- railway, exclu-ive of the -South- n railway, for the week ending Febru ry 29th were $211,000, an increase of $109,000 compared with the corres- pondieg week last year. —Toe Erin Advocate printing office, plant, type, stock and the is hole of the contents were burned Friday night; also John Carrick's stables and contents ad- joining the printieg office. Both partial- ly inseeed in the Wellington Mutual. —JOhn Shaw, Thamesville sideroad, met with a painful accident on Monday last week. hIn descending from the mow he slipped and fell on a broken fork handle, which entered the lower part of his body, inflicting a dangerous, though not fatal wound. —Dr. Earle, one of the oldest practis- ing physicians in St. John, New Bruns- wick, was driving in his sleigh on the 1st inst., when he suddenly fell forward, and in a few minutes afterward was dead. He was 66 years old, and has been for twenty years the coroner of the East side. —A thirteen -year-old boy has been committed to Cobourg jail at the in- stance of a farmer named Phelps, for whomhe worked, for killing a savage ram by a stroke on the head with apiece of wood. The boy says the brutc. had frequently attacked him, and that he struck it in self-defence. —Last Sunday morning, in Toronto, Canon Dumonlin administered a cutting rebuke to his congregation for their illiberality to the mission fund of the diocese. The Canon advised his hearers to study the report of St. Andrew's church, in the city, for last year, from which he read that $25,000 had been re- ceived during the year. —The meat dealers of Essex Centre have found themselves compelled to sign an agreement not to give any person credit for meat. They have bound themselves to adhere to this agreement, and each time it is broken the dealer who breaks it will have to pay a forfeit of $50. —eChristopher Cusick, of Ailsa Craig, Wakcommitted to jail last Monday for breach of the Scott Act, in default of a fine of $50 and costs. Cusick is a man Without feet and he had to crawl into jail on his knees. When he arrived there he complained that the stumps of 1-jia legs were frozen. —Mr. George Clayes, M. P., for Mississiquoi, died at his boarding house at Ottawa last Sunday night of a drop- sical complication. The deceased, who was a Liberal in politics, had only been ill a week. He •was 57 years of age. Although only at Ottawa for his second session he was popular on both sides of the House. —A serious panic took place in the town hall of Amherst, New Brunswick, on the evening of Feb. 27th. A per- formance was going on when the posts supporting the crowded gallery were seen to bend. There was instantly a scene, but the manager of the concert company fortunately succeeded in allay- ing the tumult before any damage was done. —The other morning, shortly before nine o'clock, Mr. Robert Elsie, care- taker of the Fingal public school, was found lying near a saw -horse in the schoolyard in a dying condition. He had been sawing wood a few minutes previously. It is supposed that death was caused by an apoplectic fit. De- ceased was 78 years of age, and had lived in Fingal for 30 years. --Travelers in the north country, says a Bobeaygeon paper, report tbat im- mense quantities of cordwood, ties, tele- graph poles, hard wood logs, etc., have been got out by the settlers an along the railroad for shipment mit points. Large stuns have al paid out by lumbermen for supplies of various kinds. ,—Brakeman Chris. Boyce, while applying brakes on a train at Holland. Landing, slipped and fell under the train, part of which passed over both legs. The doctors amputated one leg above the knee. On account of the man led appearance of both the limbs the the lon d piled differ - o been octors thought it best not to cut off eft leg, as he could not live much er any way. The other day in London West as a 4 -ye r -old son of Mr. Weir was going along the street the little fellow approached a collie dog belonging to a butcher. The brute suddenly sprung on the child and caught his cheek in its teeth, tearing and lacerating the flesh in a horrible manner. The little fellow's face Will probably be disfigured for life, Constable Jeffries shot the dog. —A couple of months ago Henry Boyd!, of Brecon, absconded for reasons best known to himself, but before doing so he:sold a Clydesdale stallion on which a Listowel man had a lien to a man named McCaffery, of Lucan, for $2,200. As soon as this canie to the knowledge of the Listowelite he hand -ed the case over to Constable Davist who tracked the animal to Lucan and ecureti the aid of Constable Bowden tol assist him in obtaining it. These two:worthies spent several days looking for die animal but were unable to find it, although it was stabled within a stone's throw from Bo -a -den's house. It is alleged that the horse was subsequently taken out of the stable at night and brought to Lon- don, but here all track of it was lost by the officers of the law. F