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TWENTY-SECOND YEAR:
WHOLE NUMBER, 1,157.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1890.
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New Spring Jackets,
New Prints,
New Shirtings,
i\Tew Cottons,
New Corsets.
in slush as you have. We had rather
too much fine weather last winter and
were looking out anxiously for a, cold
snap to give tone to our system and re-
pel the la grippe. We have had our
wish and the merctity crawled down all
the way to 46° below in the city• with
three weeks of very hard weather, some
people allege that it went too low, that
the cold seas only 390 at St. John's
College, but I don't think our city wea-
ther lights i exaggerate any worse than
other city folks. By the way, some of
you may be interested in knowing that
Alderman Calloway, "dear Old Josh,"
as profane v.riters call him, has been
disqualified as a city alderman by the
judge who tried the case, because his
property and his wife's together does
not qualify him to sit. He has virtually
run the council for a few years back
and if you had sent us two more of the
same calibre they would have bossed the
whole city as well. ''Ordinary mortals
in that council will venture to call their
heads their own should the number far
away back be ruled out, but he pro-
mises to call on all the courts in the
country before he accepts the decision
that would make him an ordinary citi-
zen. Our new Mayor Pearson is a
pretty live man and will do his best to
have his year of office heard from by
posterity.. They are determined to de-
velop a great water power by carrying
the Assiniboine across behind the city
and putting several mills upon it, so as
to encourage manufactures.
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Patent Dioptric Eye Metre,
which will enable him to fit all defects.of vision,
ASTIGMATISM,
HYPERMETROPIA,
MYOPIA,
PRESBYOPIA,
OR ANY COMPOUND DEFECT.
Astigmatism is due to irregular shape of eye,
and is usually congenital. Many school children
frith this defect are called stupid, but with pro-
perly fitted glasses they may become the bright-
est of scholars. This is quite a common and
dangerous defect.—Hypermetropia is a malform-
ation which keeps the ciliary muscle in constant
use, whereas in a normal eye it is at rest when
looking at a distance This defect if neglected
may result in nervous depression and pain, and
even prostration—Myopia is a diseased condition
of the eye, which should be very carefully fitted
to prevent an increase of the defect, and perhaps
ulttma.teblindness.—Presbyopia is a loss of ac-
commodation in the eye, whfeh may cause catar-
act unless corrected by artificial aid.
Frequently nervous or sick headaches, and
also serious illness, are brought on by one or
more of the above -defects. Remember, no
charge for testing your eyes.
J.S.ROBERTS, Ch ern ist & Druggi s
CARDNOS BLOCK, SEAFORTH,
As I have all along- said, the higb
wheat reports of big men here were
mere fudge, and when the truth was
made plain, up rose figures 10, and io,
some cases 15 cents above outsi4 rates.
This rise was considerably helptgcl by a
competitien beteleen the Oglivie and
of the country -is being rapidly cleared
off for building and fuel, and a coal cost-
ing at the pit head $3 will meet a much
felt want just in the nick of time and
save us many thousands of dollars that
are now being sent to pits a thousand
miles east and west of us. I am not so
sure of the great profit likely to result
from makink the city of Winnipeg an
island, but a coal pit within 150 miles of
us means a god deal for this city and
still more for the couutry at large.
I went out for a little pic-nic a fort-
night ago just when the cold snap was
at its coldest. It is rather discouraging
to get out of a hot car it 2 p, m. and
sleep on a bench in a very airy depot
till you can venture out in daylight to
your destination, but a whole-souled re-
poirter does not stand upon trifles.
Among other places, I visited Balgonie,
one of Sir John Lister Kays great farms,
and found nearly every hoof of his cattle
rustling on a snow-covered prairie with-
out a shred of shelter, and apparently
nothing but snow to feed on and what
grass they could pick up. That and'a
climate that goes 35 degrees below is
not in my opinion the best way of hand-
ling cattle, but I must say that at the
close of as hard a spell of weather as I
have seen for years most of then i looked
wonderful. Some twenty finely -bred
Polled Angus Bulls were there and
under the same style of acclimation. A
few weak cows with strong calves at
foot were brought in to get better feed
on the farm, but the way they jumped
when lassoed showed they were still a
long way from being killed by the cold.
Some cowboys were out after a bunch of
cattle that had drifted north before a
blizzard (as they always do) and were
carrying a tent and provisions with
them on a sleigh. It takes a good deal
of zone to stand camping out in such
nights, but they were there just the
same.
during a great financial crisis, when
houses were failing on every side, one
of his creditors came to look over his
books and see how his business stood.
As he opened the ledger:his eye 'fell
nisei this benevolence account, and he
at once closed the books. When urged
to proceed with the examination, he
refused, saying :—" Mr. McDonald, I
am perfectly satisfied: The merchant
who does business on such principles is
not likely to give us much trouble."
McLIBAN BROS. Publishers.
*1.50 a Year, in Advance.
who presided at the last meeting and
gave $200 toward - the society's funds;
and Hon. John Macdonald, who presid-
ed at the first public meeting of the
society.
—While a number of young people
were coasting on Bolster's Hill at
Orillia, the other night one of the
sleighs got beyond control and. ran into
an electric light pole. George McLeod
was pitched against the pole and his
right arm broken in two places.
—An old monster elm tree was re-
cently cut down on the farm of Mr.
John Rogers, in Blenheim, township,
near Ayr, the circumference of which
at the stump was 22 ft., 8 inches; cir-
cumfere
first li
body of
up into
—Prof. Silas S. Neff, President of the
National School of Oratory, delivered a
very instructive address on "Teaching
iteading"in the Normal School,Toronto,
Thursday afternoon. The lecturer
dwelt at length ,ppon the importance of
" thoughtgetting ' in reading, and its
relation to natural expression and to the
other branches of study.
—Rev. Mr. Muckleston, of Ottawa,
preached in Kingston last Sunday, and
condemned revivals, because of impro-
per methods being used, to secure con-
verts. lHe considered that much of the
Gospel rpreached to -day was that of sel-
fishness. He also attacked the gaiety
now prevalent in Ottawa. Pleasure- gates were present throughout and a
seeking as an occupation he styled a very interesting and important session
closed on Saturday night.
—There are now in the city of Win-
nipeg three Roman Catholic Churches,
six Episcopalians, six Presbyterian, five
Methodist, two Baptist, two Congrega-
tional, one Icelandic Lutheran, one
Scandinavian and a Jewish Synagegue.
The Roman Catholics were in the field
as far back as 1818, and the Church of
England in 1820. Winnipeg can also
boast of five Colleges affiliated to the
Provincial University. Four of these—
the Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Roman
Catholic and the Medical College—are
well equipped and comfortably housed,
While the Methodists have made a good
beginning towards the establishment of
the fifth, which is to be known as
Wesley College.
—The farmers will be interested in
learning that the Ottawa Government
upon the recommendation of the Hon.
John Carling, have decided to expend
$25,000 in the purchase in England of
the very best two -rowed barley, to be
used as aeed by such as desire to
substitute it for the six -rowed variety
now grown. The great difficulty in
making the change would be in secur-
ing proper seed at first, and the Govern-
ment has thought it well to remove the
possibility of failure by 'importing this
large quantity of seed barley. It is not
proposed to give a free distribution of it,
but all farmers desiring to purchase it
will be supplied with the seed at the
cost of importation.
—The Peel Banner says Mr. Bart-
lett's son Willie, whose adventures
with a button hook have been re-
markable, got rid of his trouble on
Saturday. It was on the 4th of October
last when the boy swallowed the button
hook. For several weeks afterwards's°
evil effect resulted, but about a month
ago the little fellow waif -taken very ill.
Consultations of medical men were held
—some of them being foronto doctors of
experience. There was a great differ-
ence of opinion, one aide wanted to
operate and predicted death inevitable,
the other side was for letting nature take
its course. At last on Saturday the but-
ton hook terminated its wanderings
through the intestines of the boy and
he is now on a fair way to recovery, but
not entirely safe, for inflammation has
to be guarded against. The button hook.
in its Journey had the hook eaten en-
tirely away and the shaft at the point
is as sharp as a needle. The article is
four inches long and at the widest part
of the handle is one inch. The action
of acids of the stomach has taken off the
nickel coating and given an appearance
such as would result from -the action of
the fire. This three months and a half
partnership with sehritton book is an ex-
perience which Willie will not forget as
long as he lives.
Canada.
Mrs. Mary Morrow died at Strath.,
roy-the other day aged 95.
—J. Mayne was arrested in London,
Friday, and fined $2 for being concerned
in a coak,fight.
--a-Ten thousand colored. people in
Canada have sent the Governor-General
a loyal address.
—The late Hon. John McDonald of
Toronto,left an estate valued it $1,500;-
000.
—A basket of young chickens was
one of the curiosities in the London mar-
ket last Saturday.
—There is a movement on foot to
start a system of free schools in the
Province of Quebec.
—Mr. W. R. McRae, of Owen Sound
has been willed $75,000 by a brother
who died recently in California.
—A large immigration of American
gipsies into Essex county, via Windsor,
took place last week.
—Rev. Dr. Wild, of Bond Street
Church, 'Toronto, will leave shortly for
a trip to California, Arizona and New
Mexico.
—The Toronto bakers held theirfourth
annual bauquet the other night when
there were over 150 kneaders of the
dough present.
—Fifty-six sheep killed, and twenty
Worried Wows the prowess of
Bosanquet dogs during the past year, at
a cost of $284.17.
—An accident occurred on the Union
Pacific- Railroad near Cascade Lakea
on Sunday 2nd inst., in which nine livea
weelost.
—Zion Presbyterian Church, Brant-
-ford, under the pastorate of Elev. Dr.
ochrane, reports 658 members on its
roll, representing 300 families.
—A fire in the Central School building
at Brantford, the other night damaged
the building so much that it is proposed
to erect a new one.
—Mr. David Harris, of Adelaide,
near London, tapped a few trees and
made a quart of maple eyrap on the
last day of January.
—Winnipeg grain merchants are re-
ceiving Letters from various points
throughout the Western States. as far
,south as Colorado, asking for Manitoba
wheat for seed grain.
*—Three very old residents of West
Zorra died on Monday last week. They
were Robt Sutherland, Donald McIn-
tosh and Wm. Abernethy. The ages of
these three men averaged 90 years.
—Mr. John Carling has decided to
purchase in England $25,000 worth of
the very best two -rowed barley, to be
distributed at coat price to barley
growers in Canada.
—Miss North, of Ingersoll, and Miss
Cole, of Picton, who recently graduat-
ed as _purses at the training school in
connection with the General Hospital,
London, have been awarded medals and
diplomes.for merit.
• —Mr. Andrew Eynouf formerly of
Middlesex, last week sold his 160 -acre
farm about twenty miles south of Bran-
don, Manitoba for the snug sum of $2.400
or. $15 per acre. Eight years ago he
bought this property for $1.50 per acre.
—Mr. John Allan has been elected
chairman of the Board of Education, in
Paris, for the fourth term—an- honor
well merited because of the interest he
has always taken in educational mat-
ters. .
—Rev. J. C. Tolmie, of the First
1?resbyterian Church, Brantford, had
his first surprise party Thursday evening
last week, when the members of his
Bible class and the Society of Christian
Endeavor presented him with a set of
black seal furs, consisting of gauntlets,
collar and cap. ,
—The estimates of the expenditures
on account of Public Schools in Brant-
ford, is placed at nearly $20,000 for the
current year. Trustee S. M. Thomson
is working for an intermediate depart-
ment between the Public Schools and
_Collegiate Institute in which a °ornerier-
cial course will be taught.
—Mrs. Nicholls, of Peterboro, who
had already presented a fully -equipped
hospital to the town of Peterboro and
endowed it to the extent of $15,000, has
supplemented this generous and kindly
gift by increasing the endowment to
$50,000.
—Professor ' Robertson received'
a presentation of silver plate, Thurs-
day on the occasion of his
returning from the Ontario • Agri-
cultural College-, Guelph, from the Btu -
dents, who expressed their regret at the
severancelof his connection With that in-
stitution.
—A young lad, son of Mr. Dngald
Fraser, of Nairn, recently had an attack
of grippe and when on the road to, re-
covery, like a great many other ped:Iple,
exposed himself before he was entirely
welL, The young fellow went out skat-
ing and get his feet wet; returning he
was taken worse and diedin a few days.
—At a meeting of the Toronto
Humane Society, Friday, it weal shown
that duriug the past year there were
258 cases of cruelty brought into court
and 220 convictions -secured. The
officer had warned 800 persons against
eruelty to their animals, 160 of this
number being reported by citizens to
the humane officer. The most aggravat-
ed cases were as follows: Twelve Ober -
loading teams, 3 overloading livery
horses, 6 flogging horses, donkeys and
mules and 2 ill-treating dogs. It was
reported that three of the active mem-
bers had died during the petit month.
They were Mies Mary J. McCallys who
organized the Band of Mercy in Givens
street school; Mr. John 0. Heward,
ce sixty feet from stung), at
b, 12 ft. 3 inches; length of
ree, 120 It., 8 inches. It cut
cords of wood.
•
Senator Macdonald's Will.
The conditions of the will of the late
Hon. John Macdonald, of Toronto,
Keewatin Milling Companies, for wheat have been made known. The bequesto
was in sight which the Oglvies cornered are as follows:
at too high a figure in the hope that He directs that his wife shall have the
flour and wheat import duties would use of his late residenee, "Oaklands,"
be equalized. I guess that owing to the and ten acres of land adjoining, with the
pressure of the eastern people who want use of his horses, carriages, books, pic-
cheap flour this will not come true, and tures, plate, manuscripts and household
as Duluth has luid a tumble this week, furniture during her life, and the sum
those who hold 80 cent wheat here are of $10,500 income during her life.
pulling very long faces, and there is He bequeaths to the trustees of the
a general drop of five or more cents on Park Hospital, for the purpose of erect -
all the local markets. The fall of snow ing a building in memory of his beloved
we have had already is very fair, and daughter, Amy Harvard Macdonald,
should March bring us another lot, as she having in her lifetime expressed a
is likely, our dry soil wi,11 get moisturestrong desire to make provision for the
enough to ensure a very fair start at afflicted poor if ever she was able, the
seed time. The United States Agricul- sum of $100,000, including the gift of
tural Department- at Washington have $40,000 to the institution iduring • his
this week bought through Mr. Waugh, lifetime. -
of the Nor'west Farmer, a car of seed He bequeaths to his son,John Kidston
wheat, raised in the neighborhood of Macdonald, the sum of $75,000 and to
Regina, which is sure to give a good ac- his. son, James Fraser Macdonald,
count of itself in another climate and $25,000,in recognition of their industry,
soil. It is not a mere question of the energy aid attention to the business of
plumpness and Color of the particular John Macdonald & Co. ,
sample,the selection of the seed, but the He bequeaths to Victoria University,
certainty that that seed has such an for the purpose of the erection of build -
abundant vitality as is sure to tell in the ings for the purposes of the said Uni-
place where it is next planted. That versity in the Queen's park, in connec-
vitility is about as strongly manifested tion with federation, and for this pur-
in grain raised on the Pembina Moun- pose only, the sum of $25,000.
tain at Neepawa, and Eastern Assini- He bequeaths to his brother Alexan-
bola from Indian Head to Moose Jaw, der the sum of $12,000, to his wife
as any place I have ever seen. it is $1,000 and to his three children the sum
curious to find that the Hartney Cham- of $1,000 each. To James M. Macdon-
pion wheat of some years back was in add the sum of $7,000, to his mother the
direct descent from a shrunk lot of seed sum of $2,000, to his sister - Jeanette
imported from somewhere near St. $1,000, to his sister Nellie $1,000, to his
Paul, Minnesota, and developed - grains brother Duncan $1,000 and to his sister
one half larger than the parent seed, Maggie $2,000-
juat .because though a very ordinary lot To Wycliffe College the sum of $1,000.
to look at, it was all sound and sown iu To Paul Oampbell the stun of $1,000,
a congenial soil and climate. , as a filight recognition of his confidence
in him as an employe and latterly as a"
Our President of the Grain Board,
partner in the business.
Mr. Spink, has recently given a deliver- To the Home for Incurables in the
ance against the use of frosted wheat as
City of Toronto the sum of $1,000.
seed, Mr. Spink is an absolute author -
To the University of Tdronto, for the
ity on wheat and flour in a bag, but .he
"Macdonald Scholarship," the. sum of
is being called by various " Rustles " in
$2,000 in lieu of the amount paid an -
the local press to justify his "opinions " nnally for that purpose.
by facts, some surprising examples being To the Toronto General Hospital, for
freely quoted against him of good seed
the "Amy Macdonald Sick Relief
bought at high prices that did no better
Fund," the sum of $4,000, in lieu of the
or sometimes worse than the shrunk and
VW DOW paid annually.
frosted samples beside them. On the For the contemplated mission to Mar -
Indian head farm where the most reli- tinique and Guadeloupe of the Meth
able proofs known to me were made,
odist Church of Canada, recommended
three grades of frosted and one of re-
registered made the same y ield when sown, by the last meeting of the Central Board,
held in the City of London, Ontario, the
not too early, as nine -tenths of the best
sum of $2,000 each.
varieties on the ground. The best seed, He bequeaths to his employes at the
a choice lot of red fyfe, made six bush -
time of his decease,who have been in his
els less per acte sown on March 25th
employment for, twenty years, the sum
than that sown on April 8th, while the
of $600 eech, and to such as have been
frosted made only a nominal difference
in his employment for ten years and less
of one bushel. If not too early. sown,
than twenty years, the sum of $200
and a little more seed is sown to make
each.
up for dead grain and defective stooling,
To the domestics who have been in
the seed of thislacountry must be very
his employment at " Oaklands " for ten
badly frosted or have a very bad seed
year§ and upwards the sum of $80 each.
bed if it is to prove a failure. If its
He bequeaths the residue of his estate
stamina were weakened by repeated
freezings the results would even here be to his ten children in equal parts, share
and share alike, irrespective of the
different, but the loss of vitaliti from
one year's check seems to be fully made $100,000 bequeathed to his two eldest
sons as above.
np by the soil and climate He desires that the business of the
Our Parliament has just at, and
firm of John Macdonald & Co. be con -
among other things the Government
promise us a little help for the Farmers' • tinued by his surviving partners, John
Kidston Macdonald and Paul Campbell,
Institutes, which have been started free -
and be conducted in his warehouses on
ly this winter; and promise to shed a
Wellington and Front streets, under the
good deal of practical light on cultiva-
style and name of "John Macdonald
tion, stock -breeding and dairying, our
&0o.,»and that his second son James
three great industries. The Hudson's
Fraser Macdonald, be admitted as a
Bay Railroad is also to be resurrected, partner at his decease; and directs that
our farmers not having such a warm
the sum of $750,000 be lent to the firm
feeling to the southern roads as was '
for a term of years at a low rate of
promised when we were kicking at the
interest; the sum of $500,000 for the
Canadian Pacific Railvvay two years
term of ten years, and the sum of
back. One cute old Tory :has just dis- $250,000 for the term of seventeen years.
oovered that wheat prices along the new The whole estate is valued at from
routes have of late been five cents lower one to one and a half million dollars.
than on the Canadian Pacific Railway
ous letters and telegrams ef congratula-
tion were presented. In response, the
Doctor spoke of the great progress made
in Christian work during the half cen-
tiny of his ministry.
—The members of the Salvation Army
had, in the words Of Commissioner
Adams, "a real heaven -upon -earth time"
at their Temple on Albert street, Toron-
to, last Monday evening, to celebrate
the nuptials of Major Young and Staff -
Captain (Miss) Totten. The large hall
was densely packed. The Household
Troops band was in attendance, and
bent themselves to their instruments
with might and main. Rev. John Sal-
mon performed the marriage -ceremony,
which was followed by the firing of re-
peated "volleys" by the enthusiastic
audience. Messages of congratulation
were received and read from different
parts of the country.
—The twentieth Annual Convention
of the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion of Ontario and Quebec opened in
Brantford on Thursday last week.
About sixty delegates were present,
among whom were Messrs. T. S. Cole,
Travelling Secretary; W. McCollough,
Secretary, Toronto; C. K. Ober, of the
International' Committee. After de-
votional exercises, Mr, Frank Cock-
shutt, of Brantford, was elected Presi-
dent for the ensuing year. Reports
were received from the various Associa-
tions, twenty in number, and were very
satisfactory. A large number of dele-
months since. Deceased was an amiable
young man, highly respected, and al-
though a great sufferer, he bore up with
Christian fortitude to the last.
—Mrs. John Keating, a pioneer of
Elma township, died at the residence
of her daughter, Mrs. George,. Hammond,
of Atwood, a few days ago, \ She had
reached the great age of 90 yea
—Mr. Francis Brooke, of Hib
a very successful auetion sa
farm stock a few daya ago. He
tiring from farming and intends
ing a general store at Munro,
curse.
—The biggest snoW storm in many
years, visited Winnipeg Thursday night,
Friday and Saturday last. There
were drifts three feetshigh in the main
thoroughfares. The, sidewalks were
impassable in places, the schools were
shut down, the street cars were unable
to run, and trains in all directions de-
layed from six to ten hours. The storm
extended from Port Arthur to Brandon.
—Among the driths to be recorded
in Oxford county list week are those of
Wm. Allen, of Princeton, and Dr. Ross,
of Embro. Mr. Allen was one of the
best-known men in Blenheim township.
Dr. Ross was a former Woodstock
physician, and was well known there.
He suffered Beverly from an attack of la
grippe and the complications arising out
of it, and his cOndition had been con-
sidered dangerous for seine time.
—The venerable Father Chinlquy has
been lecturing to immense audiences in
the city Of Baltimore during the past
two weeks, and has been very successful.
He has greatly interested the French
Catholic portion of the population, and
among the people generally he has
aroused a strong Protestant feeling.
From there he proceeded to Washington.
For a man of his great age he has
wonderful strength and energy.
--The Canada Atlantic Railroad
steel bridge over the St. Lawrence at
Coteau Landing is now. all but complet-
ed: This week trains will make initial
trips over the whole work. There are
17 fixed spans -1 of 139 feet, a of 175
feet, 10 of 217 1, et,aatnd 4 of 223 feet
each—while the sw ing bridge covers 355
feet and the channel. The islands that
intersect the bridge are Giroux Island,
905 feet, and Round Island, 1,200 feet.
The whole structure is a mile and three-
quarters in length.
—John Downs was charged in the
Toronto Police Court the other morn-
ing with oommitting an aggravated as-
sault on his wife Libbie. According to
her ottory, he knocked her down and
almost featured her skull. He had not
done a stroke of work for four months,
and, as he has been up in Court often
before, the Magistrate decided to send
him to the Central Prison for six
months-. "It is not enough for him,"
exclaimed his wife, as she left the wit -
nese box, "he ought to get a year, at
least."
—A somewhat interesting case was
tried before Messrs. Snell and Clarke,
Justices of the Peace, at Exeter on Mon-
day of last week. It appears that for
some time Mr. Joseph Gill, of Hay
township, has been troubled,. with some
wily animal killing some of his fowl, and
to exterminate the offender, he Oar -
chased several traps, placing them at Va-
rious points on his premises, as also on
those of his neighbors, Mr. A. Foster,
with permtssion. Thine went on nice-
ly, until the other morning, when Chas.
Holtzman, who is Mr. Foster's hired
man, hearing his employer's dog
howling,went to its assistance and found
it caught in a trap, and ite order to free
the dog- smashed the trap. He after-
wards destroyed the other traps. Mr.
Gill had him brought before the Exeter
magistrates, who fined the lad 83 and
coats. Mr. Collins who was retained
for the defence, intends to appeal
againat the decision of the magistrates,
as he holds that the boy did a natural
and merciful act in freeing the dog, and
as the trap could not be opened, owing
to the frantic state of the dog, the only
alternative was to destroy the trap.
—The &visual meeting of Molesworth
Cheese and Butter Company was well
attended by the shareholders belonging
to the Company. All seemed well
pleased with the way the business was
conducted during the past year. After
the passing of the financial report, three
of the old Board of Directors were re-
elected for the present year, the two
new ones being Joseph Armstrong and
Herman Fisher. The Board of Direc-
tors for the present year are Hance Cum-
mings, Henry Coughlin, John Brisbin,
Jos. Armstrong and Herman Fisher.
The following figures are taken from the
Secretary's report: Total amount of
milk received at factory, 2,786,493 lbs.,
manufactured into 260,467 lbs. of
cheese. The total amount realized for
cheese was $25,221,27. Number lbs.
milk to one lb. cheese, 10-70. The aver-
age price per lb. of cheese for the season
was 9-68 cents. The cost to manufac-
ture lbcheese, including all expenses
connected with the running of factory,
1-40 cents. After the business of the
meeting was over there was a dividend
of $1,000 paid to share -holders on their
milk.
lines and I suspect he is not far wrong.
They have given greater coaveniences to
—At Trinity Church, Toronto. last
the districts they traverse, but there has Sunday, Rev. Dr. Hugh Johnston, while
been a very mild reduction of freight speaking of the late Hon. John Mc -
rates and none on pasaenger traffic. Donald, said: From the beginning of
The newly -opened coal pit in Delor- his mereantile life he resolved to give a
sine district gives much promise so far proportion of all his earnings to the
as it has gone. It may not turn out any cause of God. The record was upon his
thing miraculous, but the loose timber ledger. He gave me this incident, that,
—Mrs. Matilda Delear, the French-
woman, of Cobourg, who received last
week a pension of $12,600 for her late
husband's military service in the Ameri-
can war,did not live long to enjoy the
generous bounty of the United States
Government. The shock of the sur-
prise, combined with bad attacks of
grippe and asthma, proved too much
for the feeble constitution of the old
woman, and she died on Monday in the
sixty-sixth year of her age. Mrs. Delear
bequeathed all her money to her stepson
Edward Delear.
—The number of resident and nom-
adic Indians in the Dominion at 'the
close of last year was: Ontario, 17,752;
Quebec, 13,500; Nova Scotia, 2,050;
New Brunswick, 1,574; Prince Edward
Island, 314; Manitoba and the North-
west Territories, 24,572; Peace River
District, 2,038 ; Athabasca District,
8,000; Mackenzie District, 7,000;
Eastern Rupert's Land, 1,016; Labra-
dor and the Canadian interior, 10,000;
and the Arctic coast and British,Colum:
bia, 35,765; a total of.171,520.
—The other morning as a Grand
Trunk Railway passenger train was
between Melton and Brampton, Thorn-
ton, the newsboy, with an armful of
books, was blown from the train as he
was passing between the cars. He was
not missed till the train reached Bramp-
ton. The engine was sent back to re-
cover what was thought would be a
horribly mangled corpse, but, to the
surprise of the train men, they over-
took Thornton, making quick time to-
ward Melton. His escape is marvelous,
as the train was on a down -grade and
running very fast. The only injury re-
ceived was a severe scratch on the
face.
—A jubilee service was held in
Charles Street Presbyterian Church,
Toronto, on Friday evening last in honor
of Dr, Wm. Reid, the father of the
Presbyterian Church in Canada. The
service wasstttended by all the promin-
ent clergymen of the denomination in
Toronto and by a large number of
friends of the reverend Doctor. A
complimentary and comprehensive ad-
dress from the Presbytery of Toronto
was read by Rev. Dr. Gregg,and numer-
s.
ert, had
ef his
is re-
start-
ullarton
township.
—Mrs. C. 0. Farmer, wife \ of the
brakeman who was killed in the Grand
Trunk Railway yard, Stratford, a. couple
of weeks ago, has instructed her solici-
tors to enter Suit against the Grand
Trunk Railway for $20,000.
a—Rev. Mr. Rogers, of Atwood, en-
tertained at the parsone.ge one evening
lately, over thirty of the young people
of his congregation. Most of them were
new members t of the ohurch, and all ,
spent a very pleasant evening.
—Mrs. Apel, wife of August Apel, of
the 5th concession of Fullerton, who
.left her home in a strange manner on
Saturday morning, January 26th, was
found several miles past St. Marys, ap-
parently none the worse of her tramp.
—Oscar Schmidt, son of Mr. Daniel
Schmidt, ex -councillor, of South East -
hope, for several years a resident of the
city of Brantford, fell a' victim to la
grippe a few days ago. -He was a ro-
bust and healthy young man, and leaves
a wife and one son.
—The annual meeting of the Stratford
Women's Presbyterial Society was held
in Knox church, an Tuesday of last
week. The President, 'Mrs. Gorden,
of Harrington, being unfible through
illness to be present, the chair was taken
by the 1st vice-president.1 Mrs. Scott,
of Brooksdede. The meeting was well
attended and very interesting.
—The substantial stone house of Mr.
Henry Henderson, Of Blanshard, near
St. Marys, was struck by lightning dur-
ing the thunderstorm on Friday morn-
ing, 31st ult. The house wail terribly.
shattered. There were not only great
holes made in the walls, but large stones
were rent in pieces. Locks were broken,
windows smashed, plastering destroyed,
wood=work splintered, chairs broken and
carpets torn. A musket with a heavy
load in it had the stock shivered to
atoms but the gun was not discharged.
Fortunately no one Was hurt.
—The Mitchell Recorder says: The
Rev. W. Johnson, of Purest, preached
in Trinity church, Mitchell, on Tues-
day evening. His sermon was preceded
by a short service, conducted by the
"rector. From the words, 'If meat
make my brother to offend I will eat
no meat while the world standeth,"
the preacher showed the privilege of
living for others,and when the need
arises,of abstinence from anything vehich.
'Jay be lawful to us, yet hurtful, to an-
other. It Was, in brief, a plea for total
abstinence from the use of intoxicating
liquors as beverages. There was a good
congregation. This was one of the
gatherings held now from time to time
in the detach of the C. E. Temperance
society.
Carlingford correspondent :refer-
ring to the remarkable longevity of
some families says: I think the David-
son family, many of whose members re-
side in this vicinity, take the palm for
age. The family, were all bornand
brought up in the County of Monaghan
Ireland, and originally consisted.
twelve members—seven sons- and- -fivei
daughters—eight of whom still survive.
The eldest was born in 1800, • and the
youngest in 1825. The surviving mem-
bers with their ages, are as follows ;—
William, aged 83; Abraham, father of
Mr. Alex. Davidson, of Seaforth, 82
Mrs. James Hamilton, 79; Mrs. S.
Glidden of the township of Wallace,
77; 11,4;v. John - Davidson, county
Tyrone, Ireland, 75 ; Mrs. George
Reaney, townehip of Downie 73 ; Mr.
Andrew Davidson, county of Monaghan,
Ireland, 71, and Mrs. slia-milton, of
Carlingford 65 years.
Perth Items.
Owing to, lack of accommodation a
wing is to be added to the Atwood Pub-
lic School.
—Stratford is well patronized by
tramps, the quarters allowed them being
well filled every night.
—The Young Men's Christian Alsoci-
ation in Stratford is active and doing a
good work.
—Mr. W. D. Weir, of Milverton, has
conducted forty-two auction sales since
the lst of October.
—Mr. Donald Quinlivan, of St. Cloud,
Minnesota, a native of North Easthope,
and a former resident of Ellice township,
is over here visiting old friends.
—A retired gentleman in Stratford is
the proud possessor of the gold watch
that once was the property of Robert
Burns, of immortal memory.
—Conductor Hunn, of the Grand
Trunk Railway, slipped and fell at St.
Marys station the other day, breaking
one of his ankle bones.
—Mr. Joseph Lobb, formerly black-
smith at Gowrie, having removed to
Saginaw, there is a good opening at
Gorrie for a first class blacksmith,
—Mr. W. Elliot, B. A., and Mr.
Malcolm of Mitchell High School, have
each had a raise of $50 to their respec-
tive salaries, making them $1,050 and
$800 respectively.
—A young man named Michael
Walsh, while skating on the river at
Stratford, oh Wednesday of last week,
went through the ice and was drowned.
—After an illness of five years, nearly
foendr room,ofwhm.Wm.
ij
which not wan
been outo
bidb
Mitchell, breathed his last on Tuesday
of last week. His father died a couple
of years ago, and his mother a few
—A correspondent sends the follow-
ing : A couple of young farmers, who
live ha Morris townshipfound, on re- -
turning home one evening last week,
that their better halves had been invest-
ing in watches and jewelery to the tune
of about $30 each, and becoming very
wrathy over the affair they accordingly
drove back to Wingham, where theymet
the gentlemanly peddlers, who exwessed
their williuguess to take back the goods
and hand over the money. This being
satisfactorily arranged they went into
the bar and a.fter spending some time in
a social way the peddlers suggested that
their new -made friends might like to
examine their goods before leaving.
Sequel—Each farmer went home the
happy posseseor of a:$75 gold watch.
—Mr. Thomas Cardiff died atehis
residence on the 13th concession of
Grey,on the 30th of January, at the age
of 42 years. He had been in poor
health for about two years, but it was
hoped that he would soon be restored to
full health and strength, when he was
taken with inflammation of the- lungs,
followed by other internal troubles
which baffled all medical skill, and he
passed quietly away after a very short
illness. He was kind-hearted, a very
obliging neighbor, and well liked by all
who knew him. Mr. Cardiff was born
in Leeds County and cameto Grey town-
ship along withe his parents 30 years
ago. He *as one of ten children (7 sons
and 3 daughters) all of whom survive
him except one brother, who died a
number of years ago. The deceased
was the fifth son. He was united sin
marriage to Miss Eliza Ferguson,
daughter of Jas. Ferguson, of McKillop
township. Five children are left with
the mother to mourn the loss of a loving
father and kind husband.
—The art of living as to money,- is to
pitch your scale of living one degree be-
low you means.
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