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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1890-03-07, Page 1••4 e , 189(k ,Fau I' s . T. _A_ 14— iG SALE )R 4s Only! • of a few .weeks Ayes and cognters new and season - le Spring Trade, / 1• make rooxia\ for kre our sto for a, we will sell for ks the balance of at ale Cost PIAOLI DRTH. _ olataisiffinamiEsssavossoneees, Tie noon to see her Friday evening last he auspices of the vas held at the resi- as Wiley, The sup- uld be desired. An e, consisting of mu- reeitations was slie- r. Mr. Hart, the pop- es chairman. Pro- tearly $16,—Another at the residence of as this, Friday night. ected.—On Tuesday meeting of the Vanua, Society was held in It was a wet and , and consequently y large attendance. ' ey, agent of the So- npreasive lecture on sL" The old officera reappointed. MrSt. MKNT, We are that Mrs. Duncan, to the General Hos- annary last to ibe st " had a very skil- iperation performed ; of weeks ago. The rifled by that prince. .leeves, of Toronto, ugh well advanced in rather delicate 1 the critical opera- ilale fortitude, and. Estment prove alle- y be home in a few -e-sight almost cern- learn filet Alexander uch, a tire 12th con- n California, last fall es, he returned to VS, after spending a olden State, have - at is still the -beat ; west young man go ry notwithstanding. • Thomas Eyre, of e of his farm stock ;c1nesday, the 18th ding the cold, ray d condition of the ery fair attendance miner wee wieldect old veteran, 11r. er, and considering - state of tradlo,7 and m produce, very ealized. We -Were absence of sdcohof Bence of which is a at many sales, and Ile means of enhanc- Isbath School Con - hips of Ila,y,Tucker- , was held in ; the ,last Wednesday.— 'as been previclusly ongregation of the presented Mrs, Es 1.otne rocking chairs - suitable address.— t Valentine's day Ire made happy by cent chrome litho - in all the different s imaginable, some hideous.—On &Tri- al mission servicen e Methodiat church mpbell, of Hohns- g and by Rev. G. the evening. Both le and interesting. ere unusually large -as shown through - tions amounted to . Peter Rebertson, a, gave the young orhood. a social, hop Mg last. Neither roads nor the storm the arder 0fthe ouple after couple e was nearly full. as "Knight of the 1 manner in which, t contributed in no access of the even - sung by Messrs. while Mr, A. Bell flhag in every credit- reeKand wait5 swift succession, g people seemed to Li ardor until "the strake the bell e rit the twal," when kfter thanking their Its for their hoapital- r homes feeling that by pleasant evening. V TWENTY-SECOND YEA. WHOLE NUMBER: 1,160. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH' 7, 1890. - • - ttsffil IMcLEAN BROS. Publishers. 1$1.50 a Year, in Advance. Just to Hand • =AT THE— ' Yet the injunction laid down in that Cheap Cash Storei phrase is certainly essential to the sue- , , (Sees of any subject. Man's great store- -OF— leniuse for knowledge is the -brain, and it knowledge is acquired principally .4, A Great City of the West. ,KaNsas CITY, February 22, 1890. Keep your eyes open." - While "keep your eyes open" is my heading, . it can not properly be called my subject. HOFFMAN & CO. through the medium of. the eye. Why some men know mere than others is simply this, the4 keep their eyes open. .. New Spring Jackets, , Boys nd girls ho use their eyes prop erlyin school are generally bright and aw New Prints, antive and Make clever spellers, isteeend so it is mauls life is not to be a sightless one. Upon arriving here a week ago _ New Shirtings, and after spending a, few days looking ablaut, I felt a desire to send the New Cottons, lecation of this vast city and a shortdescription of its immense busi- . New Corsets. lion, to some of our local papers at home. Kantets City, the great metrop- olis, and cl wonder ot the West, lies just The above are all extra value. at the gateway which opens into the l beautiful and undulating prairies, of Mis- souri and Kansas, now divided into well tilled farms and peopled by thrifty home makers. Its situatio with re - iii gard. to water privileges iii v ry good, as it has -two large rivers, the Missouri and Kansas. Its situation as a railway cen- tre is only outatripped by one place and that place is Chicago. Its situation as a stock market is uurivalled. - 3 . GALL AND SEE THEM AT THE Cheap Cash , Store —OF— HOFFMAN & CO. CARDL\TO'S BLOCK, SEA F COI T H. SCIENCE Has Conquered And made it possible to Restore Defec- tive Eye Sight to Normal Vision. J. S. Roberts Is happy to announce that he has secured Patent Dioptric Eye Metre, which will enable him to lit all defects of vision have noticed his letter seriously. Our young friend is a school teacher, a class whom we hold in very high esteem, but he has not -solved his problem to our sat- isfaction, so we will try our hand at it. Let us take the township of McKillop. Both he and I are more conversant with what has taken hice here then any- where else. There are about 600 in this townahip, who may be properly classed as farmers. According to his finding, aixty of these break down every year. Well, if this thing has been going on for ten years we must be all gone up Salt Creek at the present time. Or, if it com- menced five years ago, at the end of five years more the entire farming cominuni- ty of the township will be absolutely bankrupt. Now, our answer is that in- stead of sixty annually there has not been sixty • failures in the last fifteen years. This, instead of being one in ten, is not one in one hundred and fifty. Mr. Anderson nad better look over his little sum again, and he will be almost sure tosletect mistakes. I agree with hint in saying that most of those who fail in Ontario remove to Man - in; ba. It is the proper thing for them to do, where they can get fertile land at a low figure. But those who prate about the high price of land there, are not taking a very good way of encouraging immigration. Land in Ontario is certainly not as dear as it was some time ago, but there is scareely a doubt but that before many years it will command a higher price than what it has ever yet reached. The same may he said of Manitoba, where a few years eke real estate went up like a rocket and came down like a stick, and land in that province is sure to steadily increase in value, more especially if those who unreasonablY boom the country would keep their mouths shut. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for giving this space in your columns, I remain, Yours truly, J. J. IRVINE McKillop. an average daily arrival and departure of When one visits the stock yards, where 98 horses and mules, 1,015 sheep, 3,343 eattle and 5,681 hogs are the aver- age daily receipts, and these figures are peefectly correct, and as you pass through the stock exchange, an immense •building of three storeys high, with a stock agent in every office, and pass through the many railway yards and ,car shops, which cover thousands of acres and employ thousands of men, and call at Union Depot, where from 18 to 20 different railway roads centre, with . ASTIG MATISM HY PERM ETROPIA, MY PIA, PRESBYOPIA, OR ANY COMPOUND DEFECT. Astigmatism is due to irreg-ular shape of eye, and is usually congenital. Many, school children , with this defect are called stupid, but with pro- perly fitted glasses they ma.y become the bright- est of scholars. This is quite a common and dangerous defect.—HypermetroPia is a maltorm- ' 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 18 a -diseased condition of the eye, which should be very carefully fitted to prevent an increase of the defect, and perhaps ultimate blindness.—Presbyopia is a loss of ac- commodation in the eye, which may Anse 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 'barge for testing your eyes. J.S.ROBERTS, Chemist & Druggis OARDNO'S BLOCK, SEAFORTH, The Air Should Be Pure. In aim address betore fermer'a In tute at Selene Oregon, W. W. Bakenan experienced dairyman, said: Cows when stabled, should be allowed at least 1,000 cubic feet oi air space. Plenty of room in front should be provided and they should never be allowed to stand facing each other,. for then one cow, would be inhisling the exhalation of the ther. We all know that pure blood de- pends upon pure air. and that pure milk of its opulation, reeptioning as many depends on pure blood, as ,well as pure of its different natidnalities as possible, milk inclosed in a cellar wit po , coil oil, or anything which gives off an oder, will lose its flavor and beeome dis- tastefal as an article of fooct; and still quested him to issue a license and secure a minister. Rev. II. M. Curtis was aroused from his rest, and boon after arriving at the clerk's office the knot was tied. The pair were very much rattled, but refused to state the reason of their haste. They left for Detroit at once. • Canada. The Misses Dinisdale, revivalists, are holding special services in some of the Toronto churches. —Mr: F. Schiverea, the well-known evangelist has commenced a series of evangelistic meetings in Pembroke. —La Presse, of Montreal, says that on Mareh 18th, 300 French families will go from Quebec to settle in Manitoba and the Northwest. —The Milli8teria1 Association of Kingston has forwarded a petition to Ottawa in favor of Adam Brown's bill for the protection of small birds. —Mrs. Lucas, widow, of Moscow, near Kingston, died a few days ago leaving fourteen children, of whom thir- teen were married. —The town of Pict' n, Prince Edward other day by the upsetting n him of a County, is now light d, by electricity, Ball system. The lampiere 1000 candle power -with only one dynamo. —Wen Carsons, a member of the Montreal police force, died a few days ago, owning property worth $100,000, the result of his stivingsind prudent in- vestment in real estate. —Tim Fogarty, aged 80 years, the veteran mail clerk between Prescott and Ogdensbnrg, was married a few days ago to a 65 -year old Prescott damsel. —Arthur Sheard, a respected resident of New Dundee, died a few days ago from the effects of an accident. He was in his 43rd year and leaves a wife and family of four children. —It is understood -that Fred Walton, who was arrested recently in St. John, N. B., for stealing $35,000 from the 120 passenger trains for the year, with Destitution in North Dakota. an average number ois passengers daily for the year just ended,of frpm seven to RaamsTr, Dakota, February 22, 1890. ten thousand; and also an you pass DEAR EXPOSITOR.—Will you be kind through the busy city streets where one, ,enough to insert the following letter in unless he keeps his eyes open may be run your colunius and oblige. --J. C. W. over by teamsters, who pass in a con- GRANO FORKS, North Dakota, Febru- tinual train, or by cable and electric ary 11.—EL. T. Helson, state commis - street cars; or call if you will at the great sionee of agriculture, bas issued an ad - packing houses when thousands of men dress to the public, explaining the situa- are besy slaughtering, dressing and lion in the drought -stricken counties at curing l thousands of hogs -a3sd cattle some length, and making an appeal for daily, and what is the impression left on asisistance. He says the suffering for your mind? You find yourself in a went of provisions, clothing, fuel and whirl of buainess. Man rushes along feed for stock in severaj counties is un - the Street as if his life depended on the precedented and needs someauthoritative speed with which he gets to his destine- explanation. He says: tion. I have long been impressed, with The destitution is most exclusively the Nett that we are living at high confined to the newer portions of the pressure, high pressure everywhere, and state, where the settlements date back realize it now more than ever. two, three and four years, except Nef- The present age is living too fast._ We son lEnd Ramsey counties, which have are living in the midst of hurry, worry, been ' settled about six years. These care and feverish desire for success., new settlements were, like the earliest Railway men on through trains, on settlements of most new countries, com- freight trains, and yard engine drivers, posed largely of people whose resources etc.; have to work 365 days in a year. would have been largely taxed to suc- Time with them is one continuous day. ceed and keep thernaelves above want in No time is given to think, to compare, favorable seasons. But jnst as they to -plan, to choose between good and were becoming started in their new evil, and so the rush goes on day in and homes an unprecedented train of disaster claYout. overtook them and swept away the re - Another impression is that where so suts of their labors. Those who put in much stock is handled ()Very day, where a rop in 1887 were rewarded by an so many railway yards and car _shops ample harvest, and thus encouraged are kept going,and so many people come every acre they could turn over was and go, and when here so meals life and made ready for the crop in 1888. activity exist, as shown by the street This season, thougleba,ckward, promised railways, etc., the business and indus- a fair yield, but a severe frost early in nries of this city must have few rivals August—something heretofore unknown -in America. If time permit and space —utterly destroyed their crops, leaving be allowed in your valuable paper, 1 many of them without any mdans of ahall seek in future issues to give snme support and without seed. The frost idea of the businesa carried on- here by also did much damage in some of the the railways, the stock yards, the pack- older and better settled portions of the ing houses and its -hosts of other indus- state, but here the people were well tries and manufactories, and also speak food aud ear. Every person knoesa-that p enough established to tide themselves over comfortably. But the settlers in these new countties, with &courage that deserved a better reward, hired them- selves out and earned what they could to carry themselves through the winter and procure seed for the following spring —quite a number receiving aid from neighbors or from their counties. A good area of grain was sown in 1889 and everything staked on the crop aud lost. In 1889 the rains refused to moisten the soil of these North Dakota counties, and a second entire failure in succession left many people entirely destitute. The area needing aid. is about eighty by one hundred miles. = The impression has got abroad, very naturally, when the recent appeals of aid are considered, that North Dakota is bankrupt. Noth- ing can be further from the truth. The assessed !valuation of the state (about one -third --of the true valuation) was last year $66,857,436.30, not including the $20,000,000 in the railroads not assess- ed. It should also be noticed that only a little over 10,000,000 acres of sthe 47,500,000 in the state are assessed, and then, at the low average of $4 an acre. Millions of acres are notassessed, though often highly cultivated and containing good buildings, because the occupants have not proved up homestead, etc., lands not being taxable until patents 'are issued and settlers being allowed seven years'occupancy of the •land before prov- ingsit < From this it will be seen that the state has ait enormous reserve fund, and there is something to show for every dollar of indebtedness. North Dakota, is in good shape financially, but her resources are not availa.ble for the present emergency, and the gener- osity of the good people of sister states will be highly appreciated. In the counties nananed there are not less than 5,000 people dependent wholly or in part on outside help forathis winter and until they can raise another crop and a still et larger number re needing some assist- ance in the way of food for stock. —A despatch says: William J. Holahan and Mrs. Lizzie Findlater, who claim Canada for their home, arrived in Flint, Michigan,late the other night and went to the boarding house of the county clerk about midnight and re- nesses were Mrs. Fraleigh,Edwin Peters, Jas. Nelson, Daniel Shae, . Edwin Brooks, Lewis dlearn, Sarah 11. Hardy, Dr. Waugh, Murk Bice, W. 11. Brock, W. J. McComb, James Jones, 13. B. Allen, and Thomas Fraleigh. The ver- dict of the jury was that deceased was accidentally drowned in the Medway river on the night of February 17, while undor the influence of intoxicating liquor. —Mr. John McDougall, son of Mr. Robert McDougall, ot Galt, left last week for South Africa under an engage- ment with a Chicago firm who have taken a contract to erect and op:eate stamping and quartz mills in the Transvaal. —At a meeting of the Board of the Upper Canada Tract Socitty in Toronto last week, it was shown that during the past month Messri. flentsman, Irvine and Miller, in. Ontario, and Yule, in Manitoba, traveled 2,024 miles, visited 1,308 families, sold 185 Bibles and 547 of the best religious books. —A poor cripple named Joseph Isleenie was killed at Tilsonburg the one of which shall Ibe the negre, who holds positions here ftorn the boot -black to the street commissioner and lawyer. —E. G. McD. 14w often do we see great piles ot ma flare decomposing close up to the cow 1 Ontario and Manitoba. barn and the stable floor and walls a "'T, EAR EXPOSITOR. --- In perusing mass of filth. When such is the case the air cannot be pure, and yet the cdws are sulked in this condition, and the warm milk coming from the udder gives 9ff a vapor and the cold,impure air, rushes in to fill its place, and thus naturally takes in all impurities in the sir around the cow house; and as there is a. large amount of mucus and decomposed an- imal and vegetable matter given off by the cow it can be aeen how necessary it is to keep the cow house clean. The sense of smell must be largely the dairy- man's guide, for that which is offensive and unhealthy. It is mach more injuri- ous for a cow to inhale impure air than to eat impure food, for in the latter case digestion may overcome the effect, while in the other the impure air passes into the lungs, thence into the blood, and is carried off through the secretions, and the milk being the largest one, will o course contain the largest percent of inn - purities. Without entering into the whys, it is enough to say that whenever there is decomposition there is bacteria floating in the air, and should these germs enter the milk it is questionable if any system of straining will rid the milk of them, and if they are not eliminated the butter made from such milk will most surely partake of their baneful in- ference. Came Away Without Dere the columns of THK EXPOSITOR of a recent elate I noticed an epistle from Mr. Alton Anderson, with a defence of Manitoba for its heading. As far as the people of Ontario are concetned, there is no occa- sion to enter into a defence of Manitoba. The greatest enemies which that Pro- vince have had in the past were to be found in its own fold, people who, by their misleading and untruthful state- ments, presented for the purpose of booming the place, the result being that when a reaction set in financial loss and wide spread chaos -was the result. Our friendAlton says -people in Manitoba will say they had no crop and at the same time have from 15 to 20 hundred bushels of grain. I am sorry to hear of them being so untruthful in this re- spect. Perhaps in his next letter he will make known to us what percentage of the farmers had that amount of gram those who- did not consider their crop worth harvesting. He talks about the petty calculations of the Ontario farm- er. This sneer he should have kept to himself, as it cannot possibly be produc- tive of any good. He says cornmon and tanbroken land in Manitoba is held at from $10 to $20 an acre. When people. seek for information in regard to the value or price of an article they do not ask what it is held at. What they want to know is what price it can be sold for. last year, and likewise the number of it. The registry office which was started about eight weeks ago has suc- ceeded far beyond the most sanguine ex- pectation of the workers. For the four weeks ending March let, 126 obtained odd work, and 20 got permanent em- ployment, making in all for the eight weeks, 243 who got temporary, and 49 steady work. This department will be carried on as long as there is necessity for it, and the public remain as liberal as they have been in the past. —There was a big blaze in St. Marys the other night, when two buildings on Main street, one occupied by Mr. Beam as a stationery and fancy goods store, the other, a grocery occupied by J. W. Broderick. [he building belonged toMrs. Carter, and all the losers were insured. 1 he lire was started by a boy carelessly dropping a lighted metch on the spot where he, usually filled the coal oil lamps. —The Hamilton Titnes says: Staff Captain Sweetman — like so many officers in the Salvation Army—has lived such a life of selfdenial end had so much continuous work, that his health has completely broken down and he has been compelled to resign his charge of the corps in the Hamilton divis- ion—that is in the country around the city. At a three days farewell meeting in Hamilton, Stalf•Captain Sweetman and wife said good by to the people, spoke very feeliugly of their past relations and implored the people to take Christ as their Savior and give ere their —Max O'Rell, the well known author of "John Bull and "and Island "nd kindred works,while in Brantford lately, was asked by a Courier reporter the question : W hat are your impressions of Canada?" Very favorable, partie ularly the Canadian girlie" he replied. "In all my travels 1 have never seen so many pretty members of the fair sex, and you Canadian fellows are to be envied. The Americans, though bright,' vivacious and charming, are pale and insipid, but here the cold weather seems to whip the warm color into their faces, and with their jaunty fur hats they look exquisite. One can tell they have plenty of healthy sport. —At the St. George railway disaster trial going cn Osgoode Hall, Toronto, for the past two weeks, Engineer Wel- lington, under crOss-examination, said he thought it very improper and almost a breach of the law that a train should run at the rate of speed 'reputed to the fated train. , If the engineer had applied the air brakes instantly upon feeling the jolt he described, the train would have been brought to a standstill on the first span of the bridge. An engine would travel on an average 74,000 miles with- out undergoing repeirs. The fractured tire was not one that he would think suitable for a fast train, even when it was sound. The accident, he thought, was caused by the tire strikibg the stills switch, and being strained to a great tenaion it was easily cracked. —Mrs. Nicholas Lee died at her hus- band's residence on Governor's Road, near Paris, the other nightatsthe age of 69 years. Mrs. Lee was in her usual health at nine o'clock in the evening when Mr. Lee went out to his barn to see about his work. Coming in in about half an hour he found his wife had re- tired to bed, saying that she did not feel very well. Mr. Lee went for assistance to a neighbor's a few .rods away. On his return he found that his wife had died. The deceased wits known to the older residents of St. George as the sister of the late Dr. Mainwaring, and of Mr. Ilezekiah and Mr. Edwin Main- waring. She was twice married, her first husband being Mr. Griffin of Bur- ford, where she resided for many years. She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Aikmen, and a number of sons. s —Robert A. Smith,merchant, of New- market, was found lying dead in his cel- lar shot through the heart on Thursday night last week. He was prepared to follow his wife to a social. When his wife -returned home she found all the doors locked, and after some time a neighbor got into the house through an upper window, and searching the house found the dead body. Mr. Smith was 37 years of age, and had kept a. store in Newmarket for a good many years. He was the son of a highly-respected.towns- man, Mr, R. H. Smith, and was a rela- tive of the late Sheriff Smith,- of the county of Simcoe. He was married some years ago to his present wife, an Orillia lady,- Miss Reid, daughter of the late•Wilson Reid, J. P., and he lived in well-appointed rooms above the store. Deceased was in good circumstances and well esteemed by the community. He was a. member of the Anglican Church, and filled the position of church warden. —The 12th public meeting of the Knox College Students' Missionary So- ciety ,was held on Friday evening last. The audience assembled was one of the largest and most enthusiastk ever pres- ent et a meeting of the Society. The students, as is their custom, led in the 'singing of the hymns. A very interest- ing feature of the meeting was the ad- dress by Mr. T. G. ,. Malcheff on the "People and Customs of Macedonia." Mr. Malcheff is a Bulgarian, and arrived in America. five years ago without any knowledge of the English language. He worked for a time at farming in the State of New York, and subsequently attended a Public school, whare he con- sidered he could more readily learn the language of this country than in any other place. As an indication of the progress he has made it may be stated that he is now a student of the third year standing in the University of To- ronto and will proceed to a degree in arts. He will afterwards complete his theological course at Knox College and will then return to Bulgaria as a Chris- tian missionary. In his address last Friday evening he gave a brief history of the different peoples that inhabit Macedonia and their customs. He then dealt more particularly with the chief forms of religiotui worship in Bulgaria, where thossaof the Greek Church pre- vail. Of recent years missionaries from the Presbyterian, Methodist and -Congregational Churches of America have taken up Christian work there. load of straw while he was ramping his wagon to get out of a stable yard. Meenie was one of the most curiously deformed men in the country. He had not a single straight limb. —The body of the man murdered at Princeton has been positively identified as that of F. C. Benwell, an English- men of means, who came to Canada to buy a farm and settle. A young Englishman, J. Burchell and his wife, have been arrested at Niagara Falls on suspicion of having been connected with the affair. —Mr. Seth B. Charlton, youngest son of the late Michael Charlton, of South D.umfries, died at his residence in Gains- ville, near Brantford, on the 25th ult. Deceased was in his 50th year, was an - estimable Christian- man, and for 15 ears was an elder in Dr. Cochrarte's Pacific Expreas Company; has returned Y the money and will not be prosecuted, —Rev. J. T. Monteith, Toronto, has been engaged as assistant to Rev. W. H. W. Boyle, of Knox church, St. Thomas. Elis duties will begin April 1st. —McCraney& Wilson,wholesale lumber dealers of Montreal,have assigned for the benefit of their creditors. Their direct liabilities are about $50,000, and indirect $40,000 ; assets about the same figure. —Miss Hilton Higgs, a late teacher in the Brantford, Young Ladies' College, has entered an action for damages against the College Directors for alleged wrongful dismissal. —1 he license commissioners far North Brant are Thomas Lyall, Justus Vander - lip and Christopher Barker • for North Oxford, John Douglas, Wm. Stuart, Win. Stewart —John Irving, car foreman of the Canadian Pacific Railway, had his themb so badly crushed while coupling cars in the Guelph yard the other night that it had to be amputated near the palm.- —On Sunday night, 23rd ult., whilst Mr. Michael'Scott and family, who live about two miles south of Ayr, were out attending to the cattle, some tramp en- tered the house and stole a gold' watch belonging to Mr. Scott. —The cruel and abominable sport of cock -fighting is indulged in by Brant- ford and Dundee; sports. A main was held a few miles out of Brantford on Tuesday night last week at which the Brantford gang lost $200. —The Jesuits have decided to exten- sively alter and repair their College of St. Mary,at Montreal at a cost of $150,- 000. This le,ads the friends of Laval to suspect that this is °ply preliminary to the Jesuit Fathers receiving the rights and title of a Catholic University. Breeches. As far a can be learned from authentic During a disturbance in one of the sources, improved lands in Manitoba Ileitish West Indian possessions, some bring from $5 to $8 per acre; that is years ago, the 79th Highlanders were when,!a sale can. be effected, but it is eat to orre of the islands to restore very frequently sold at a Much lower order. The niggers had never seen a figure, and those who hold their un - Scotch regiment before, and were conse- broken land at 20 dollars, as our friend' quently somewhat puzzled by the oos- Alton states, may hold it till doomsday tae; tili at last one more cunning than without any result. He tells us that the rest, explained it by saying, " Dey one in ten of the farmers in the East, I are in such a hurry to kill the poor black suppose he means Ontario, are breaking men dist dey came away withoit their down annually. Now, Mr. Editor, had breeches." it not beenior this mistake, I would not • Perth Items. —Rev. T. We Magahy has taken charge of St. James Episcopal church, St. Marys. —Mr. Wm. Potts, of Fullerton, re- ceived painful injuries the other day by falling from a haystack. —Mr. Alexander Dow, of Stratford, has retired from the Totem. of Health Company. —Miss Park, dauehter of Rev. Mr. Park, Milverton, has gone to Toronto to attend the Coneervatory of Music. —The Messrs. Farrow, of Mitchell, left for Dakota last Monday. They took with them two fine draught stallions. —A Mr. Facey, from near Woodstock, now occupies the village store at Russel - dale, forrnerly kept by Mr. John Wilson. —The Perth Mutual Fire Insurance Company lost about $13,500 by the Toronto University fire. It has had several heavy losses of late. —Mr. Gehrge Taylor, of Monkton, split and piled 10 cords of wood in four hours last week. Can any person beat this record? . - —The Mitchell Advocate has entered on its thirty-first year, and may it and its energetic proprietors live and flourish for 30 years more, is our fervent wish. —Rev. W. Wylie, of Paris, lectured recently under the auspices of , the. Young People's Association in ' St. Marys, greatly delighting his audience. —A couple of valuable Spaniel dogs belonging to Mr. Coon flasenpflug: of Milverton, • were poisoned the other night by some envious or injur-el indi- vidual. . t —The ,firin of Greensides & Herlburt, - of Mitchell, have dissolved partnership, the latter gentleman will continue the lumber and saw -mill business, and Mr. ca Greensides the ttle food business. —Mr. D. H. Dorman, formerly of .the -Mitchell woolen mills, with his family, removed last week to 'Marlette, Michi- gan, where he purchased a Woolen mill. —St. Patrick's Day, March 17th. will be duly honored in Dliblin by holding.a literary and musical entertainment na the Opera Hall, where a most able and artistic array of talent is promised. —The Life Boat Crew ha.ve been hold- ing meetings for the Royal Templars' of Temperance, in St. Marys. They are this week holding a series of meetings at Thorndale. —Mr. Joseph Wood, who has been a respected resident of Mornington for the past 35 years, died on the 30th ult. He was the first to organize a Sabbath School and prayer meeting in his dis- trict. Mr. Wood was born at eleter- head, Scotland, in 1812. —The material for the Avonbank new church is nearly all hauled. The brick, sand and stones are ready for the build- er. The old church will be pulled down, and services will be held in the Avon - bank lodge room until the neve building is ready. _ i —Notwithstanding the exceedingly loiv'prices at which horses are selling M the present time Mr. Albert _Gunning, of Whalen, disposed of a four-year-old. colt for the paltry sum of $173, and MT. Cicero Wallis, of the 10th concession, a two-year-old for $150. —The team that was hurrying to draw the engine to the fire in St. Marys on Friday night, 21st ult., became so ex- cited in pausing the fire that the driver lost control of them and th y ran into the. beautiful plate glass fr nt of Mr. D. McLaren,.merchant tailor. —"The blessedness of the dead who die in the Lord" was the theme of an able, forcible and impressive discourse by Rev. John Kay, M. A„ in the Press byterian church at Milverton, on Sab- bath, 23rd ult. At the close he paid a well-deserved tribute to the exemplary and noble life_ lived by the late W131. Ferguson, who was for upwards of forty years a devoted and intelligent member and liberal supporter of Burns church, Milverton. —As Mr. Thomas Stacey, of Fuller- ton, was returning from St. Marys on Saturday evening, he met a team and wagon that had been to Fullerton with stone for the bridge. The driver lay across the wagon in an apparently inani- mate condition; He gave all the road that he eonld,but the wagon caught his buggy and the team stopped. Had the driver been in a sensible condition an accident might have been averted, but he urged the teasn on taking the buggy along with him for some distance when it was capsized into the ditcili, breaking the wheel and shafts and otherwise doing considerable damage to the vehicle. church, Brentford. —About three o'clock Monday morn- ing fire broke out in the carpenter shop of the Rossin House, Toronto, a short distance from the main building. The firemen were on the scene almost im- mediately, and rescued from a horrible fate, Mr. James Russell, the carpenter of the Rossin House who slept upstairs in the building. —The Grand Trunk is adopting a novelty that all travellers will appreci- ate. This is a station indicator. In one end of the car is a box filled with carda containing the name of each station on the route. When a train starts out a cord attached to a lever .in the box is pulled, and a card drops into view show- ing the name of the next station. —At Westmeath, County of Renfrew, the other day the school bell hung in the tower about 30 feet high and direct ly over the entrance of the class rooms, broke from its position, came thunder ing down with tremendous violence, alighting among the dismissed pupils on the stairs below, fortunately the: child Ten escaped injury. Considerable dam- age was done to the bell and. stairs. —The other tight near Whitby a broken rail on the Grand Trunk Rail- way caused a bad accident. Twenty cars, laden with western corn, barley and general produce were piled in utter confusion in the ditches on either side, as well as along the track, for a hundred yards. None of the train men were hurt, but a brakeman had a miraculous escape. —Rev. Dr. Wild, of Toronto, leaves this week on a six months' tour through the southern and weistein states, west- ern Canada and Alaska, for the benefit of his health. The board have decided to pay him full salary during the first three months of his absence, and to place him on half pay for the remaining three. Dr. Wild's present salary is $5,000 per annum. —Mr. James King, concession 2, Cui- rass, who has been home on a visit from Manitoba to his father's, was married to Miss Mary Freeman, of Detroit,on Mon- day last week by Rev.Father Corcoran,of Teeswater. In the evening of that day a large number of friends asserinbled at the residence of Mr. King and spent a very enjoyable evening. The happy young couple intend leaving for the West in a few days. —A letter from Mrs. Fry, of Seguin Falls, Muskoka, describing the pleasure of the childrenin receiving their Christ- mas gifts sent by the children and friends of the Ministering Children's League of Memorial Church, London, was read to the latter at their 'meeting on Saturday last week. Some ,of the children and their parents walked over dreadful.roads for many miles to come to the party, a mother of one family bringing nine children. —A man named Williams, from Cole- brooke, New Hampshire, is supposed to have coms to Montreal with about $100,- 000 belonging to other people. He is said to have assumed the name of Jones. He is about 5 feet 9 inches, erect, 40 years of age, wore a black beard and mustache, has a long face and high fore- head. Reports from the scene of his operations say that he was a model father, an exemplary church member, and an honorable business man in public estimation. —A society for aiding the poor and finding work for the unemployed has done good work this winter in Toronto. This society, under the name of "Cot- tage Meeting Workers," commenced their good mission last cse-r ber. Since then they have given 6,65u meals to poor men, women and children, and about 225 have been clothed. They will continue their work until the -first Sun- day in April, by which time those who are in need will be better able to look after themselves. Last Sabbath morn- ing Richmond hall was filled to the doors when the well-known temperance speaker, Joe Hess, gave a very power- ful gospel address, which was listened to with rapt attention, and. will not readily be forgotten by those who heard —Charlotte Duff, an unmarried do- mestic in a Halifax family, in endeavor- ing to conceal evidence of approaching confinement, laced herself so tight as to cause her death. She beionged to the country, end her condition was not known till she was dying. --The total number of light house sta- tions in the Dominion on the 1 stDecember, 1889, was 579, and of lights shown, 675; the number of steam fog -whistles and automatic fog -horns, 53, and the num- ber of light -keepers, engineers of fog - whistles, and other assistant, with crews of light -ships. was 735. —It is stated that the late Wm. Nickle, of Kingston, left ten thousand dollars to the governors of the General Hospital, with which to ereot a wing, to be named after hiinself. He leaves resi- due of estate to his widow and two sons, after giving $15,000 each to his four daughters. —The annual convention of the Hal- ton County Sunday School Association was held at Acton on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, Rev. John Wakefield, President, presiding. A large number of delegates were present from all parts of the county, and the convention was considered the best ever held in the county. —A number of houses in the village of Blair, Waterloo County, were enter- ed by midnight prowlers recently, but owing to the watchfulness of 'the resi- dents they were compelled to run with- out obtaining anything for their trouble, except at one place where they secured some jewelry. —George Fischel, an employe in Vie Barnum Wire and Iron Works at Wal- kerville, had a hole bored through his leg by the polishing machine in that establishment the other day. The wound is a frightful one, and it is thought that the leg will have to be amputated. —The inquest touching the death of Bamlet E.,Sifton, of the village of St. John's, near London, was concluded on Saturday. I he evideirce of the numer- ous witnesses examined tended to show that the deceased had very little money in -his possession, that no one saw him after Messrs. Dignan and Pascoe. left him at the hotel shed, and that he was still able to walk straight. The wit - • A Womait's Exchange. A new sort of Women's exchange re- cently established in New York is Ai exchange not of women's handiwork, but of her services. It iscalled the New York Ladies Guide and Chaperon Bureau, and is modeled after a similar - institution in sudcessful operation in London. The bureau provides', lady guides and chapertms to all places of interest throughout the city,onahopping expeditioun to entertaintnents any- where that a stranger, a young, or an elderly lady may not wish to go alone. In addition competent persons 'are sent out on request to read during an after- noon to an invalid, or to stay with th baby that the "ever anxious mother wilt not or cannot leave with a servant. Skilled nurses for the sick are supplied. Experts are provided to superintend or advise the decorating of interiors, and to select pictures, musical instruments, or books for libraries,. Servants are trained, and marketing and every need of the household, indeed, temporary ot permanent, supplied. It is expected that the bureau /wiIl be able to provklit work for many cultivated women de- sirous of self-support for which they ari well adapted, and in which their gentil- ity will be an excellent guarantee of success.