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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
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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
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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
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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. •