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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1889-12-20, Page 1r Lta • -Meet' ship - le of - a te y ex - o our I_ Mr. Mr. Ice In ;Erving ...ry to )eneld fornia rpered e one to be, •f- _last de,ggie imable 7, and &hart where kged in yy and irough Id hair - ch OIl is. ex - ting of cerio.ber deputy aivision 2; S. No. 4, trek for Moved A. Me- mmedi- e a de. ad ex - he cur- er with abilitiea at the a of the dhoti= by Mr. IcEwen council -law be r, treas- Iance' of S4; W. IL Hap- apecting deputy - o., 3a. AG - aunt of urned to et, at 2 , John and -Seturday sh ; they acres iato tobertson rave the the h tipped o cant beat reliant of p with a going to jam Rath, his umile loot which .- -Mr. IT, e horse's at •eek for a y and de- n No. 13, riday lett ; ty elected, literery Ra ago a .tmler and es•cral bot- ather free- owler Wag --effects of -eeks After low had no no efforts supposed tt- • 3 AM -r, TWENTY-SECOND YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER1,149. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1889. McLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. Great Bargains -AT THE - Cheap Cash Store -OF- HOFFIVIAN,&1 00. Great Bargains going in good useful and suitable articles for Holiday Pres- ents at our CHEAP SALE, Of which the following area few : Dress Goods., Mantles, Mantle Cloths, Furs, Blankets, Shawls, Clouds, Scarfs, Hats, Caps, Hoods, Corsets, Gloves, Mitts, Hose, Collars, Cuffs, Handkerchiefs, Laces, Ribbons, Lace Curtains, Milli- nery, and a host of other articles too nutnerous to mention here: Please call and take a1 louk through the stock be- fore completing your purchases, at the Cheap Cash Store_ -OF HOFFMAN & co., CARDNO'S BLOCK, SEA FO RT H. A Great Inducement/ Commencing SAT,URDAY, DECEM- BER 7th and lasting till New Yeer's Eve, Every Tenth Purchaser, . No matter what the amount of pur- chase may be, will receive A Beautiful Present I • Recognizing that Money is scarce J. S. Roberts Has determined to make it as easy as possible for his customers to purchase their Christmas and New Years presents and has determined to offer his entire stock of Christmas and Fancy Goods -AT A - Discount of 10 per cent. for cash There is no space' to enumerate but his stock will be found complete. COME IN AND SEE and make your selection early, when by paying a small deposit the article will be put aside until called for. EXTRA INDUCEMENTS offered to presenta- tion committees and to school children inakin presentations. J.S.ROBERTS, Chemist & Druggis .CARDNO'S BLOCK, SKAFORTH, Per th Items. The bridge Across the Avon at Avonbank hes been completed. little son of Mr. C. Simms, St. Merys, ran into a team while costing down Murray's hill. The lad got mix- ecl up with the horses and wagon, and it was rather miraculous that he was notimmediately killed. Two of the wheels passed over his body and he was unconscious when picked up, and vras supposed to be beyond the benefit of any assistance. 'Fortunately, however, he is now recovering. -It is rumored that a wealthy Ful- lerton bachelor farmer on the W. M. road, while rummaging in his cellar recently, came across a large sum of money hidden uuder a board. The sum was about $2,700 and is supposed to have been hidden by a fdrmer owner of the property, who died' a few years ago and who was of a very eccentric disposition, and undoubtedly thought the cellar a. safer place than the 'nark for his treasure. t -The Listowel Benner of last week says : Tuesday morning the streets of the town were taken possession of by teams loaded with boxes of cheese, which followed one another to the ex- tent of 123. The cheese was bought by Mr. A. F. McLaren from surrounding factories and. is being stored in town preparatory to shipment. The boxes totalled up the neighborhood of forty- five thousand, and $30,000 was paid over to the salesmen in the one day. -The employes along the line of the Great Western Railway, between List°. avel and Stratford, under Mr. Tiffin's charge, hearing of his conteniplated visit to Germany to receive treatment for his eyesight determined to give him a substantial proof of the regard they felt towards him.. Contributors Were confined to employes and on Monday of last week Mr. Andrew Little and Mr. John Quirk went down to Stratford and with a few wards of explanation handed hirn $220 in gold. -At the Guelph Fat Stock Show Messrs Thos. Ballanytne & Sou, Neal - path Stock Farm, near Stratfprd, secure ed the following prizes with their thirty months' old steer with a weight of 1790 lbt First prize for the best fat ox or steer two and under three years 'old ; •first for best fat animal any age or sex, to the exhibitor who has never shown at the Guelph Fat Stock Show before. The animal also won the " McAteer Cup," value $60. It has to be won twice by one man with a different ani- mal. This was the first year of Gem - petition. The steer has been Sold at a high -price to the well-known butchers, Slattery Bros., of Ottawa. 'EAST HURON FARMERS' 1 Province, Huron Inext and Middlesex ' INSTITUTE. - third. In 1880 Huron led the Province in The East Huron Farmers' Inatitute the production of wheat; having produc- held its semi-annual ineetingin 13inesels ed '2,369,695 bushels of fall and spring on Friday and Saturday last. .• 'The wheat, Middlesex and Sitecoecoming next. Taking the years 1882-88, inclu- ed and was ameeting throughout wry largely attend - sive, Huron has fallen baek to third n exceedingly interestifig and profitable gathering. This institute Place as a wheat grower, Simcoe leading is one of the best conducted and most and Middlesex:coming second. Duriug the time named al idsilesex decreased -in successful in the Provinee and 'is doing a coereapondingly good work. the production of wheat 420 bushels ' . The 1Presidente Mr. U. MCFwhile Huron's decrease was, 700,000., - 'aciden, '12,lie total production of wheat in the who seems to .be the right man in the 1 rovince for_ 1880 was 27,306,091 as Friday by a short but sug right place, opened the that sessioh on against the average for the years named gestive ad- of 28,026,778 bushels, so that Huron has dress on money..daHe alluded to the fallen back relatively as compared with great necessity which -exists for farmera the rest of the Province. c - to be able to get, cheap moneyt in order In the produation of barley Huron on- to carry on their business and 'make re- ly takes tenth place, with an ',average quired improvements on their farms, prod uctiou of 442,912 bushels; - bet it and .thought the present current rates of interest higher than any farmer cad af- ford to pay taking the prices he now re- ceives for his produce into consideration. He referred to a licheree proposed by some writera viz: That the ()cited° Government should borrow upon its own credit.money at a cheap rates. in the English money market and . re -loan it to ' the Ontario : farmers taking as security a 'mortgage Ven the farm. He did not advauce this *theme as his own, but simply' brought it forward fOr the consideration of the meeting as it had been put forth by others. One writer he noticed claimed that in this Way the Ontario farmers could getall the mopey they would require at four per dentennd that consequently they would save enough to pay -off the . entire farm mertga.ge debtisf. the Pre- •vinee in ten years: - Mr, Thomas Gibson, M. Ea P., .did not think a scheme of this kind would work advantageously, It would at tiny - rate be an exceedinglY dangerous exper- iment to attempt. He was notesure if the British North American Act would permit the Government to become the banker for the farmers and even if it would and tae Government would pro- pose any stash scheme he would vote against it. Supposing in an election contest a Tory who wanted to borrow some money from the Grovernment had to come to him as the representative of the Riding for his recommendation for the ' loan, what a 41endid lever he would have with which tO clonvert that Tory to Gritisrn. He did not want any• such dangerous power as this placed in the hands of an Government or poli- tician whether Reform or Conservative. Besides.this, supposing three fourths of the electors of the Province were to be- come borrowera from the Province how could any Gouernment enforce the pay- ment oi these loans He thought it better and safer to allow farmers to borrow their nanney in the open market the same as other classes. THE PRINCIPLES 0IJ? TAXATION. Mr. Thomas Strachan,of Grey,read an exhaustive and abld paper en "Taxation," in, which he showed the injurious re- sults to farmers from the present system of indirect taxation and advocat- ed universal free trade pointing out in support of his position' the, vast strides made in prosperity and wealth by England and other couutriees thathad adopted the Free Trade principle. He thought Unrestricted Reciprocity be- tweeen Canada and the United States would be of little service to this country as in his opinion the producer always pays the duty, but Universal Free Trade would enable us to buy in the cheapest. country and seal in the dearest, and in this way a great, prosperous and wealthy country would soon be built up en this continent. Mr. Strachan also deprecated the practice of farmers selling off their two-year-old steers, letting them go to Buffalo and other American points where they are fatted on American corn, and sent.to the English markets by the Americans to -compete against Canadian cattle. In this wey the profits that ahouid accrue to Calsa.dians go into the pockets or our neighbors. If we hed Free Trade, or if our dountry were open as a world's market Canadian, farmers could get Americau corn and fatten these cattle themselves and have the whole profit. This paper caused quite a lively dis- cussion, .Mr. Thos. McMillan, Mr. Martin and others cornbatting Mr. Strachan's contention that on animals sent to the United States tire producer .pays the duty. It was held that as the Canadian export is only in the propor-' thin of one to 365 of the American pro- duct that therefore the Canadian ex- ports are not sufficiently large to influ- ence the , United States markets, and that consequently the prices in the American market are fixed in theUnited States, and heuce the Canadian must pay the duty cm every animal sent to that market. It was -also considered an injustice to farmers that millers are al- lowed a rebate of duty on all the grain they import from the States, the flouri:of which is shipped out of the country, while no such rebate is allowed to farm- ers on the corn they import and export again in the shape of beef. HURON'S PLACE IN TifE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS Or ONTARIO. Air. Thos. Gibson read a paper on the above subject which gave•a great deal of useful information and was received with great linterest by the meeting. Thd follOwing are the principal points given by Mr. Gibson : • Huron takes rank as the fifth largest county in the'Province,being exceeded by Grey, HIt astings, enfretv and Bruce in the order named. Middlesex and Wellingtonnome next in size after Hur- on. AcPording to the census of 1881, 'Huron seems to have the largett popula- tion of any county in the Province, he ing76,526, Simcoe coming second, Grey,. Middlesex and Wellington, including Guelph, following closely after. Huron and Grey are shoat equal as to age, Middlesex, Simcoe and Wellington being at least a decade older. Grey has the largest amount of cleared. land in the els ; oats, 704,154 ; peas,247,346 ; corn, 50,000; hay, 28.1i/35 , tons; turnips, 613,831 bushels; ther roots,. 452,321. Taking the ordin ry 'lues of these crops, . its averag4rodection amounts I to $200,000 more t1 an in 1880. In tpi- rnals, the value ofI its animal produc- tion is $437,585 more than in .1880, making the total value of its agricul- tural products $637,585 more a year than it was in 1880. The increa.ae in the valueof field crops in the Province- sitece 1880 is $16,631,608, while the total Value of the field crop in the'Province 41888 was $129,145,6,08. FODDER, CORN AND THE SIL -0. Professor Robertson, of the Agricul- tural College, gave one of his talks on the abovh subjectsallnstrating his points by charts. Thi -is the first time- the Professor has attended an Institute meeting in East Hnron, and all present has increased its production since were greatly pleased, and we are sure 1880 by 298,888 bushels. The 1 they must also have been profited,by his -counties that produce inore barley than plain, practical and interesting ad - Hereon are York, Durham, Onta.rio,Nor- dresses. He does not believe in the line thurnberland, Wellington, Peel, Hasa spun theories' that farmers cau make ings, Prince Edward and Simcoe. The money out of nothing. The farmer must barley production of the province in practise industry, perseverance, econ- 1888 was 19,766,436 and in 1880, 14,- omy and skill, and with these he thinks 278,841 thus showing an increase of 5,- he can ma.kel farming pay as well 'as any 486,595 bushels. This largely increas- other business eaten in these dull times. ed production may, la some Pleasure ac- The trouble is that we are not suititeg count for its now reduced price. ourselves to circumstances. We must In the production of oats, Huron produce those things for which our soils takes first place, leading off with a pro- are beat adapted•and for which we cad} duction of 2,799,535 bushels, Middldscrec find the best market. For *stance, We being a clote second; with Grey' third could grow oranges in this country' and and Wellington fourth. The average oranges are a good paylog crop, but to production.of the Province for 1880 was make orange culture a success here we 40,209,929 bushels. This was increased would have to surround the trees with in 1888 to 55,997,425 bushels,thus show- a glass case so as to attract the heatand ina,an average increase for these years keep off the frost: But that wouldn't of 15,787$96 bushels. Huron's increase pay, we could not grow ,them in that was 704,151 bushels. way to compgte in the markets with In the production .01 pas Huron teltea those countries where the climate and fourth place, its produetion being 702,- soil areadupted to orange culture.. So it is 508 bushels, Grey comes first, Welling- now with wheat: During recent years ton second and Bruce third. • The pro- new wheat fields hair's opened up, where• duction of peas for ,Province in 1.880 lands are new, cheap and fertile and was 9,434,872 bushels, ,and in 188a, 13,- with our older and higher priced lands 123,509 bushels, showing an increase of we can not grow wheat profitably and 3,688,637 bushels. Huron's increase in cotepete with those other countries. peas was 247,346 bushels. But there are other products that we The production oi corn in Huron does can grow and at good profit. Corn and not amount to much. From 111,766 cattle wiil alwaya grow and always pay bushels in 1882 it increased by 50,000 if We go about raising them in the right :bushels in 1888. The production in the way. We have all the requisite facili- Province increased in the same period ties in this country for producing butter, from 8,096,782 to 12,290,797 bushels. cheese and stock and we can always The next item is hay, Huron taking raise and sell these at a profit and we fourth place. Its production was 124,- can compete with any other country in 902 tons.. Leeds aed Grenville are the tho world in these . artieles. In the largest producers of hay, having an aver- Western States they found they could age of 137,523 tons, with Grey second not grow wheat to pay. They grew corn and Middlesex third. - 'The produc- and cattle for five or six years and tion of hay in 1888 in the Province was they are' all making money and they can 2,942,900 tons aaving increased since grow wheat if they like. The proper - 1880 by 904,241 tons. In this p.riod ties in the aoil required for the produc- Huron increased its production by 28,- tion of 'wheat are exhausted, but the 035 tons. properties required for corn are still In potatoes Huron takes only eighth there. By abandoning wheat therefore, plane, Leeds and Grenville leading off' for a few years and growing corn, the with a production of 13,877 busheasa soil will become recupereted and will re - Grey, •Simcoe, 'York, Carlton, Welling- gain the wheat growing qualities, when ton, Hastings and Huron following in wheat can again be grown for p.echange the order named. Since 1880 Huron's if desired. He knows farmers in On - production has increased 118,507 bush- tario who keep 100 cows on 100 acres els. The product of the Province in of land and make it pay, by growing 1888 was 18,919,185 bushelsehaving in- corn. But, to grow corn he must have creased since 1880 by 25,189 bushels. rich land and we can't have riCia laud In turnips, Huron takes fourth place unless we keep stock, and in keeping with a proctuction of 2,536,483 bushels, stock we must look for the beat kind having increased sioce 1880 by 613;831 and devise the very cheapest methods of bushels; in the production of turnips feeding them. He would class thte ani - Wellington took first place with a pro- mats to be kept for profit as follows: duction of 5,482,527 bushels, °uteri°, Cows; hogs, horses and sheep. Many Grey, Huron and Oxford following in farmers have few cows, fewer hogs and the order named. The average produc- no sheep. These are the farmers that tion of the, Province for the years 1882-8 etre going back. In ordef to keep this was 39,556,790 bushels, showing an in- 'stock we rriti4t grow meanly the crop crease of 5,700,069 bushels. that is most suitable for them and that • In other roots,: Huron takes second 1wiIl give the best returns for the least place,with a production of 852,897 bush: outlay. That crop in his °Pinion, is els, York being first, its production be-. corn. To grow corn successtully the ing 1, kp3, 12 bushels, Wellington being land should be well manured. It should third. s be plowed twice in tbe fall and the man - Taking the total values of all field ure put on after the first plowing. For crops, Huron takes fourth pace, Mid- corn, land should -not be plowed in the dlesex being first with, a production to spring. The seed should be sowed the value oof $6,0I4448; Wellington about two inches deep and in rows from second, $5,942,175; York, third, $5,- three to • three and a half feet 903,631, and Huron fourth; $5001,622. ap1rt. For sowing, use a common seed But if we add the production; of wool drill and Bow out of two spouts, drop. and cheese, Huron takes. !second place, ping one teed about every eight inches. Middlesex still keeping first, Welling- Am soon as a crust forms on the soil ton third and- York fourth. Huron's harrow ,it, .It pays to cultivate often production of wool in 1888 was $46,732 and shallow. In this way the • top of and cheese $142,033. In the matter of the, ground is kept mulched and the cheese alone, Huron takes tenth place, moisture. is kept to the roots, of , the - Leeds and Grenville coming firstafol- growing plant. Shallow cultivation is lowed by Oxford, 'Middlesex, Perth, alsobettforkillingthistles,Letthistlestre Dundee, Elgin, Northumberland, Bruce, cut off every time when about two in. Glengarry antilHeronin the order given, cites thigh and they can be pretty Perth realized the highest average price thoroughly eradicated in one season, as for its cheese, being $9.57 per 100 lbs; the roots die out. It pays better to Middlesex second at $9,48 and Huron grow corn, even if smaller, that goes to thi d at $9.34. , s ears, rather than corn that grows large n animals, taking horses, Middlesex talks that have no ears, as there is is still fast, with .28,214- in 1888 as much more nourishment • in the ears against 28,045 in 1880, showing an in.- than in the stalks. The corn should be crease of 169, while Huron comes second cut when the ears are about sufficiently with 28,010 in 1888 being an increase' iu 4maturcd for table use. Two nuthels the same time of 1,751. . Grey, York and a half of seed.will plant ten acres. and Sitncoe follow. In cattle, Htiron THE SILO. takes hest place. In 1888 it had 106,- No man in Canada who farms can af- 928 being an increase since 1880 'of 17, ford not to grow corn. The average crop 239. Middlesex comes second, with this year, although not a favorable year 105,239 being au increase in the same for the crop, was 16 tons to the acre. period of 7,934. With this yield five acres will feed six - In sheep, Grey takes first place' with 'teen- cows for 7 months with a little 100,304 beiirg an increase since 1880 of meal. When a man has grown a coin 16,192, Bruce comes second, Wellington crop he can't afford not to have a Silo. third and Huron fourth. In 1888 Huron A man ought to have at least 10 acres of done in a general way. At this present had' 64,921 sheep being 13,259 fewer corn on a 100 acre farm. Of this he juncture I would humbly move, "Befit than in 1880.. might feed two acres.green and put the resolved that we bachelors petition the In hogs Huron only tak.es, eighth rest in the silo. It .does net cost any the Government and send an able plea - more to put the grain in the silo than der (if I was only onc,, but those -ifs are to put it in stooks as the .expense of such obstacles to our success) to Ottawa stooking will pay interest on6the cost and lay on the table of the Reuse op the of the silo and for putting the corn into 18t11 of nextsmonth, the innrnerable it. The Professor gave figures satisfac- votes of our clam" I fancy I hear a tory to the meeting to prove his state- confirmed and older one than .myself, ment, A man with a hook can cut ansay we have our joys, too, viz., no acre of corn a day. In stooking, corn bepoms flying in the air, no curtain will dose one quarter of its feeding leYttures, and no historic mother -in-laws. value wherees if put in a silo the cattle Tarring I may weary you I will close will eat it all. He has never yet come b'y wishing you and your readers the across a man who has used a silo who compliments of the season. I remain, does not say he wishes he had a larger Yours Truly, one ton of silage will go as far for feed- i lower the dignty of the heads of the t ing purposes as half a ton of hay. If, house. The father generally finds some therefore, a farmer has this cheap food wbalt to do and every now and then on which to keep his cattle he can make comes into the room with a dignified farming pay ever year, even if 'prices and "I know all about it" look, while are low. Professor Robertson also de- the poor mother works away with die-- tionaries, arithinetics,.ete., and rubs up scribed the various properties of man- ures' their action on the soil and the all the world has left ler of what she benefits they produce. He also explain- learned in her own school days. ed the best way to keep them and the -A few days iigo Mr. Greene, of the great importance of saving liquid Irian- Williams, Greene & Rome Company, ures and of providing against waste by Toronto, took a dozen young woman to preventing soakage and the drainage of Guelph, and I hired others, and the best properties from the manure -.began, with nineteen sewing ma yards. the other evening in Wickliffe Hall, Brantford, the question of " Manhood Suffrage" being discussed. Excellent speeches were made on both sides. Afterwards a supper was in order. Mr. W. G. Raymond occupied the chair, and capital speeches were made by Wm. Peterson M. P., Mayor flayd, ad others. The visitors were deligl4d with their reception. - I "t} Canada. Wm. Sawyer the oldest artist in Ontario, died recently ate his residence, Kington, aged 60 years. - There were over thirty failures in Canada during the first week in December, - - Phil Dentin, blacksmith at Bloom- field, Prince Edward county, put on one hundred and ten horse shoes in a0a hours one day last week. -A gentleman who advertised in the London Advertiser the other chsy for half a, dozen workmen had 80 appli- cations. chines, the manufacture of shirts, This closed the proceedings for the collars and cuffs. The Guelph concern first day. will be a branch of their works at Berlins THE EVENING. where they have over 400 employees, A large meeting was again convened and in Guelph they expect to havaithirty- in the evening, when ,Professor Robert- five machines and seventy-five hands at son delivered a most • interesting and work by New Year's Day. useful- address on " Skill in Farming." -Mr. F. Lally has been carrying on An. address was also delivered by Mr. the manufacture of lacrosse sticks in McMillan, agent of the Manitoba Gov- his factory on Cornwall 'Aland during ernment in Ontario. A number of ex- the pant three or four years. He has- cellently rendered Vocal and instrument- ,the Only had a ready sale for his sticks al trauSical selections by ladies and in all parts of Canada, but last season gentlemen of Brussels closed.a most in- shipped a large number to the States and structive day. -The town of Niagara Falls, Ontario, is constructing a complete system of water works at a total coot of about $30,000. -Hereafter' Pelee Island will have a full Council, correlating of a reeve and four- councillors; instead of a reeve and two councillors as at present. - Smelts are plentiful on the east coast of New Brunswick, and from la to licents per pound is paid for them. The fish are packed by the ton in ice for export. - G. E. Orsera? drew $700 from a branch of the Oniario Bank in Toronto and -started out to•pay several accounte. While on his way he lost the entire SUM. -Galt people were rather startle the other day by the appearance o Celestial Empire who were looking out - Mr. B. B. Leavens, of Chisholm, Prince Edwatd county, a few days ago killed two spring pigs that weighed 300 pounds each At 64 cents per lb, each pig would bring $1950 Great Britain. They has e become so i -(The report of Saturday's proceedings is un-.: popular in the lacrosse world, that en - avoidably left over until next week.) quiries for them have been pouring in from all quarters, and Mr. Lally ex - From Southern Manitoba. pects not only to supply the Canadian SNOWFLAKE, Manitoba, December 10, 18,89. market, but to ahip large quantities to the Stat and across the ocean. DEAR EXPOSITOR, -I again seat my- -Rowland Hewer, 8011 of John R, self during those few leisure moments to Hewer of Guelph, who was drowned make a few notes to our valuable paper, there Friday, left the school grounds a paper that limonites prize so much wherever their let ia cast on this mun- with his sister and cempanions and went to the river, where they amused them- thedate sphere and in my individual case selves by throwing stones on the ice. one that is read first, no matter One of the little girle' ball rolled out on what the City Thunderers have to say on the burning questiOns of the day. Mr. , the ice and Rowland started after it. When half way across, the -fee gave way Editor, the foregoiorg may sound as When that historic blarney atone was under him. He struggled manfully for lurking somewhere in this immediate a. minute or two to catch hold of some firm ice, but it gave way each time. vicinity, and I cannot deny the charge their streets of two gentlemen from the When he saw that could not eacape that there is some Irish in my composi- he called out to his little sister, " Good - ...tam'. However, praise is meet where- a good site for a laundry. ever it is d ue and the fact is demonstrated, by Louie," and went down. Tbe body titatScotehman can edit a live paper, was recovered an hour afterwards. with the assistance of Irish allies. It -The- anhual Christmas fat stock may be that you are in no more haste to show and fair at Guelph on Thursday receive aid from t , , hat quarter than the and ,Friday last week was a success in Irishman, who eking with a Scotchrnan number and quality of stock aird &t- end an Eaglishtna.n were arraingecl on a tendance. T. Ballantyne & -Son, of charge of stealing in olden days when Stratfoed, carried off the McAleer cup the penalty was death, and, after the -for the best fat animals, any age. In Judge had found them guilty gave eachsheep John Rutherford, Roseville, swept of them the privilege of choosing how the board with older animals, but with they would be put to death. Wnen it lambs the local breeders fully held their came to- turn to answer he very own. - Ten of Mr. Rutherford's animals politely iold the Judge he would prefer were prize winners at Chicago) from to be hanged on a gooseberry bush, and where he, has just returued. In pigs when his lordahip acquainted Pat with and poultry there was a, good showing the fact that gooseberry bathes did not all the honors going to local men. grow tall enough, he quiekly replied -About two months ago David that if itpleased his I,erdship he would Gardner lost $130 on the road between wait until oue grew. London and St. Thomas. A young The weather up to this date has been man named David Langdon accompanied delightful, with clear sunny days,and el- iGarduer on the journey when the money though we have had two slight falls of was lost, but no suspicion Was directed snow, very little of it remains on the against him at the time, and it- was not ground and the stock is roaming over the until quite recently, after he had left prairies, and when stabled at night will Gardner's employ and showed signs of hardly eat any kind of feed that may being flush of money, that suspicion was be offered them, awl should this weath- directed towards him. The case was er continue it will b akind- interven- placed in the hands of Detectives Ryder tion of Providence. If we experienced and Phair, who went up to where Lang- e winter like some of the past ones, don was about starting a 'cigar store, some of the stock in Manitoba would and after a short and sheep converse - succumb for want of feedefor the feed it tion the young man pulled $50 from his not in the country to sustain them, if pocket and handed it to the officers. He the prairie grass was covered , with was taken into custody, and before snow. This season's experience will Squire Jarvis admitted picking up the teach the farmers of Manitoba a lesson pocket book containing eleven $10 bilb3. not soon to be forgotten, not to burn -The proceedings in connection with -their straw, not at least until • they the Queen's University.' jubilee began know what the succeeding crop is going last Sunday afternoon with an to be. There is an old and true saying to the students in Convocationlhall by that the human race is never too old to the reaistrar, Rev. Dr. Bell. Dr, Bell learn.- was thb first student who ever registered We are now in the midst of a munici- in Queen's, and was its first graduate. pal campaign. The Reeveship,, f this kpe was present at the meeting of the municipality is being contested b \Vin 'commission of synod in Hamilton on .Greenway, a brother of the Pr, mier, November . 8th, 1839, when Kingston and Mr. James Morrow, a Statile •hosen as the site of the uuiversit The race will be a close one, but it is conveyed to the General Hospital, Suf- was . Yf boy. serious iujuries on the head, and was and listened from the gallery to the thing to'spare when the winning post la fer_ing from concussion of the brain. talks about ti appearance of wines at thought that Morrow will have some - debate. The Perth Courier,editorially, reached.- Poor mortal. man will go A sad drowning accident occurred the jubilee banquet. -Queen's is attach - through a good deal to ac uire office. at Port Hope last Friday evening. Two -Mr. Ketchum and his trotting dog Doc have returned home' to Brigh- ton, Ontario. This famous dog won forty-one contests during Ms trip in the United States. -The ladies, of an Owen Sound Pres- byterian church, held a bazar in aid of the organ fund, the proceeds of whidli amounted to over $200. - The salaries of the Brantford teach- ers have been increased an average of $50 each, making the salary list aggre- gate $1,524 more than it has hitherto been, -Staff daptain McHardy, of the Sal- vation Army, has received orders. from General Booth to report at London, England next month. He expects to be sent to Australia. -The trouble between Port earthur and the 'Canadian Pacific Railway has been settled by the town accepting a check for $11,807 for taxes, releasing the seized train, and submitting the questions of interest to arbitration. -An informer has, by feigning ill- ness, entrapped all the Belleville drug- gists into violation of the law with re- gard to prescribing,and threatens pro- ceedings against them in the public .court. -The Lambton County Council, at a session, held at Sarnia on Seturday, de- cided by a rote of 19 to 17 to establish a House of Industry in the county. It was a warm and close contest, and had occupied the attention of the Council for a year past. -A domestic servant named Swain at 1,302 King street east, Toronto, fell down the cellar stairs head foremost Thursday morning. She 'sustained. Loyal Orange Lodge o. 1502 held their annual meeting for be election of officera on Thuraday, 5:-.hinst. After the election of officers, the Deputy Grand Master delivered an address which was tollowed by a grand supper, provided by the Local Master's good lady, and af- ter justice had been done the viands a number of songs were rendered in good style, after which a he meeting broke up in the wee ems' hours. The Methodists of Snowflake held a social in their church on the evening of the 5th inst., and after a sumptuous re- peat, a very good programme of music, readings and speeches was gone through with, and altogether a very pleasant evening was spent. At this gathering it was decided to hold a meeting On the 12th inst., to organize a literary society, which shows a desire to keep abreast of the times. • It is thought the bachelors wall hail the organization of such a So- ciety to help smooth their many cares4A good deal has been said and written to devise schemes to better the condation of us poor bachelors, some gOing so' far at to hint to the Government or Canadian Pacific Railway- to come to the rescue, but time wears on and the matter lies in abeyance, and nothing yet has been place, Kent .being first, with Essex, Middlesex, Simcoe, York, Grey and Wellingtoe in their order, Kent had 53,225 hop in 1888, while Huron had 29,246 being an increase of 1 ,002 since 1880. . In the whole - Province. there are 596,218 horses; 1,928,638 . cattle; 1,349,044 sheep, and . 819,079 , hogs. Since 1880 horses have increased ' by 5,920 • cattle, 246,471 ; sheep, 10,134 and -hogs, 108,157. Since 1880„Huron has ,produced less wheat by 71f,160 bushels, and less pota- toes by 118;507 bushels while its pro- duction of cheese has been about sta- tionary. Daring the same period it has Paris, and the Farringdon -Debating produced more barley by 294,888 bush- eluding everythinsTuf $1.75 per. ton and -Society of Brantford had a public debate one. There are only, so ar as he is aware, 200 Silos in Ontario, but he hopes that next year there will be 2000. Corn can be put in a silo at a cost, in. W. Bo Snowflake. -The Parisian Debating Club of little sons of Mr. Joseph Mallen and a son of Mr. N. R. Mitchell, of the Port Hope gardens, were skating on the electric light pond when they broke through and were all drowned. -Mr. J. Weyine, Police Magistrate in Brantford fer 25 years past,died Sun- day morning from paralysis. He dis- charged his official duties Saturday as usual, and seemed in the best of health. Deceased was 75 years old, and univer- sally respected. -By the bursting of a lamp in a stable, Friday morning, the extensive buildings on the farm of Mr. Aaron Robbins nears Bowmenvilles were Coni- pletely consumed, with their entire con- tents., L088 $6,000 to $7,000. The buildings were the best in Clarke town- ship. Insurance $4,000. -The Jacob Bricker farm near Rose- ville, county of Waterloo, consisting of 192 acres, was sold the other day by auction to Mr. John Perrin, of New- market, for $12,000, or at the rate of $62.50 per acre. -The Hallman Home- stead, close to the farm now occUpied by Reeve Hallman, has been purchased by him. It consists of 194 acres land the price paid was $12,000. --Charles McEwen, who left London several years ago to seek his fortune in South America, has returned, and is now stopping with his relatives. He is well pleased with Brazil, where he Made his home, and purposes returning there in a. --Month or so. The people in general have 'fallen in with the new order of things brought about by the revolution, but whether the republic ed to the good old Presbyterian Church, it says, and the Chnrch authorities Who control it should put their foot down on this wine butrinees with unmistakable force and emphasis, -An exchange tells thus of two aged residents of Oxford County; We called on Mr. Wm. Marshall, near Bright, on Thursday and found him in pretty good. health, considering his advanced age. He. was born in Jenuary, 1795, and was a year cld, when the poet Burns died. The place of his birth was on the Tam O'Shanter farm in Scotland. Hespends his nme reading, and appears to be quite canty. Across the road from him, on the farm opposite, we 80W another old acquaintance, in the person -of Mr. Recker, who was born in 1797. He looks very well, and is as straight as an arrow. 1 In 1815, before the bettle of Waterloo was fought, he was .putting in his drill for aetive service in the battle field, but Wellington and Blucher prov- ing too much for Napoleon Waterloo, he soon returned to his home in Prussia. -The Cornwall Freeholder, of last week says : While in Ottawa the other day we had the pleasure of being shown over the Ganada Granite works by Mr. Alexandel" McLean,lone of the principal owners of the Compauy. The various processes by which how.; blnelvi of atone and marble are cut into slabe,; or turned into columus and all sorts IA devices, and polished till they shine like mir- rors, are very interesting. The Com- . . pany own extensive quarries at King- ston, which give then -i an exceedingly will be permarfent or not cannot 5e de- handsome red granite, and draw large- cided until after the elections. ly on the beds of serpentirie on the Oa -The editor of the Galt Reporter be- ing hirnaelf a family man explains the situation fully in the following para- graph, having no doubt been there him- self: The little folks are busy preparing for this test of their learning powertethe promotion examination,and it isamusing to find how they puzzle their parents by the questions they Auk. • To have a little one of seven or aight ask an ex- - 1f a question that neither to.vi a, which furnieh atone of rare beauty. cnnsiderable Cornwall black limestone is used for floor tiles, &c., and we were shewu tome specimens which were polished like an eitiyx. the show room we saw innumerable' nientles of choice de -signs, monuments curling stones, &c., indeed we had no idea that such elegant goods were made so near home. The Company, we are glad to know, is doing a large and con - father nor mother can give, is apt to stantly increasing business. •