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The Huron Expositor, 1890-04-18, Page 111, 1890 ERY WEN AT Fau Saturday, and 12. Cliaa WeiC0111e s CFA '0 FORTH. ."."enise Scott is moving the 5 farm on the 7th line he will convert it iato U. Halliday, who is at ; school in Goderieh, -her parents on the 1.—James Seale had an m stock, etc., on Wed - ale intends going to s, and will follow the n connection with the le works.—Eggs are Innen on the farmers' er as potatoes, as that lw Baling at 8 eents . Russell has gone to ianna, of the fith line s building a new barn x60 feet, with stone .—Mr. Wm.,Cameron, Morris, intends mov- a,shertly.—The Smith r.sed Wm. Newcombe's Irey. cAmINTIoN. —Thursday a gala day in the his- iol in section No. 8, marked by an excellent ;n of which the teach. man, may justly feel a were tastefully decor- um, enclosing within, eouraging and inspir- of these, "Oar Merry nries the visitor back to )ast and gone, and calls it's lines: t deserves Boum praise, C6 ot our early days. - rigidly examined by iers. Many thoughtful lestions were asked thit accurately and concise - noticeable feature the ed was the power of emed to grasp the mean- stioa propounded with it in correct and con careful and thorough s, the true teacher, unfold the pewer of he the wili, inspire the ka Jove of truth, of vir- )e. The bell rang for D d ladies passed round roaned under the weight - ales. All enjoyed them - 1838011—a sort of object nd little, old. and young a class. The inner man Le eye of the visitor was drawings of maps, and vriting and business thich were well eXe- he classes were resunki I, a spelling match, iss Mary McNair caused ement. Francis Wood/ Taggart were captains, pupils slowly diminished and Dan McNeil were )spective sides. it was Iv. Mr. Davis, of Ethel, C chair. He filled the The pupils presented.'s dirigs, songs, recitation!' it was lengthy, inter- rtairdng. The echolars rnselves and honor to Mr. arid Mrs. George net at this stage which responded to. :Tht sumbered over 50, be' Were delighted by the' rna)ace of the pupils. an average attendance he teachers congrata- tuna on his success as a an ornament to the Se the proud profession of ) school has prospered aking and indefatigable dy teachers who • vrere thine as precious gems ie The subject on which :atul was not matter bat ide in the image at God, k,,tt improvement,and des - T ever. Long may Mr. man and Ada be spared Me; to train and cheer nts and people of School _ y of last week A. Haw' . Wade and R. L. Ur' s, went to Detroit te viio absconded from that eek s ago, to secure hit aection with the recent &c. Mr. Hunter le ar, Mr. Wade, represents id Mr. Taylor went 111 Montgomery, the 01U event occurred at thite . Joseph Crowther, 34 London, the other eV marriage of Mr. tioha )orne, to Miss Jen1,216 2e -rt., The ceremony WI Rev. W. H. Gane, Mud of the contract aide anci groom are fel ad and have hostif of, Li wish them every hsPri' arried Iife. ^ 1611 1 TWENTY-SECOND YEAR. WIICLE NUMBER 1,166.. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1890. { MCLEAN BROS. Publishers. - $1.1.5O a Year, in Advance. A NEW BLAST FROM AN OLD HORN. can be properly distributed. There are other reforms that are badly needed to relieve the burdens of the farmers. The remedy rests entirely in theinnown hands if they would only prove true to them- selves and their own interests. Farming being the source of wealth, the only remedy for the present depres- sion and hard times is to trY and improve the money -earning powers of the farmers and reduce their burdens. By doing thisslit would increase their purchasing poWer, so that trade would be carried on in a healthy manner. Farmers who have from $5,000 to $10,1-i 000 invested in land, buildings, stoc and im' plements with the essietance o their wives and families, who all work hard, ought to be able to earn far more money than any Government official in the country. Such, however, is not the case. There is a score or more of offi- cials of one kind and another in every large town or small city in the Domin- ion who are drawing from $1,000 to $4,000 for their bare servicee, and some of them doing nothing at all. Besides, almost every county foolishly sends four members to Parliament at a mit of $8,000 per annum, and inMost cases to vote against each other. This sum may look too large, but taking the mileage, election expenses, cost of attendance in Parliament, revision of the voters' lists - and other expenses it is not far from the mark. According to this calcula- tion if it takes the earnings of from four to twenty farmers to support every official drone, it is not to be wondered at that goods of all kinds are unsaleable, and that a great naany merchants have either to fail•or compromise with their creditors. Should.thers be another poor crop, and poor prices, the chances are their will have to be more failures or compromises before the goods are paid for. Farmers, instead of fighting amongst themselvea abont politics, as to which party should have the glorious privilege of being in power, and robbing the country, should see to it that the affairs of government are carried on in the same economioal manner that they are obliged to use in managing their own farrns. When Alexander Mackenzie was in power every Tory and every avaricious Grit in the country turned against him, because he refused to tax the people and bribe them with their own money. No- thing would satisfy the country but to give Sir John A. Macdonald another chance to do this, and, so successfully has he done it that he has succeeded in in- creasing the country's burdens $17,000,- 000 per annum. The farmers and other producers are now beginning to pay the piper. A FEW PLAIN FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE TO CONSIDER. Written for Tile EXPOSITOR.. Twelve years ago when th '3 Conserva- tive party assumed the reins of power, they promised to make this land flow with milk and honey. Villages were to become towns, and towns were to be- come cities, and all were to hum with the noise of busy industries. Markets and high prices for everything were to be provided for the farmers at their very doors,and everybody was to be maderich, contented and happy. Alas this glow- ing picture has not been realized,but the very opposite has taken place. Farmers and others who were then rich have be- come comparativelypoor on account of the great depreciation that has takenplaee in the value of property. The people's burdens have since been nearly doubled while their money earning powers have been reduced one half. It is not to be wondered at then that the cry of dis- tress is beard over the length and breadth of the land, and that either poorhouses or better markets are -so badly wanted. It is true the Govern- ment have subsidised steamship lines to the antipodes that will cost the leountry far more money than the profite of their trade will come to. They are also bringing out 20,000 bushels of two -row- ed barley for seed so as to find a mar- ket for it in England, . Two-rewed barley was grown largely 25 yearsago and was found wanting and had to be .superseded by the six -row- ed variety, which has always been a most profitable crop to raise until this last sertion. If the government, instead of legislating altogether in the interests of the manufacturers, would make an honest attempt to remove the barriers to trade that exist between us and our neighbors, six -rowed barley would con- tinue to be a profitable crop to raise. Supply and demand regulate prices. The market has been completely under "bear " influences this season, all sorts of cries have been made to depress prices—such as "substitutes were being useci and rnalsters could get along with- out barley." It is true substitutes can be used in making " slops " or low grade lager beer; but first class brewers who have the reputation of their beer and ale to keep up, require the very beat Canadian malt to do it. Notwithstand- ing the.dull times there has been just as much barley malted this season as ever there was. If farmers are wise they ought to let two -rowed barley alone. Supposing our crop had been all two• rowed this season, and had weighed from 50jto 56 pounds, it would not have commanded as much money in the Eng- lish market as the six -rowed has done on the other side. Besides, there is not one year in ten that two -rowed barley can be grown to weigh 56 pounds. The average crop will weigh from 46 to 52 pounds, and it is a well known fact that such barley is not wanted in England unless for feed. Everybody knows that barley is the poorest crop that can be raised for feeding purposes. England requires enormous quantities of two - rowed barley for malting purposes, but the supply is quite equal to the demand. All the nations of Europe grow immense quantities to supply her wants. timing a season nearly double the length of ours, it is no trouble for them to grow baidey weighing from 56 to 60 pounds per bushel. For us to enter as com- petitors with them would preve ruinous. It is doubtful if our grade of two -rowed that is not wanted at any price in the States, would pay freight and expenses in the English market. Large quanti- ties of barley have been shipped year after year from English and continental ports to New York on which the regu- lar duty has been paid. If the Government have no better salve to offer the poor and oppressed farmers than 20,000 bushels of two -rowed seed barley at $2 per bushel, may the Lord help na ! It is perfectly absurd that our Government persists in cutting off its nose to spite its face; or in other words refuses to try to enter into closer and more profitable relations with our neighbors.If they did, and succeeded, taking our geographical position into acconnt and the intrinsic value of our barley and a great many other things, Canada could profitably supply • their want a at a much cheaper rate than they Gould themselves. Why should our Government persist in being so much more loyal to England in trade than she is to herself. There is no friend- ship in trade. The Yankees are Eng- land's best customers. The result is England's surplus wealth is flowing like a river of gold into that country seeking investraents. If old „England is not afraid to trade with the Americans, and to invest her enormous surplus wealth in that country, what sense is there in our government playing on the Hp loyalty tune and the prejudices of the people against onr neighbors, merely for the sake of keeping in power, and enrich- ing a few manufacturers at the expense of the farmers and other producers of the country! It is poor policy to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, and so effectually has this been done by making farming unprofitable that people are all wondering what is the matter. Their pockets having become empty it is having the wonderful effect of opening the eyes of the politically blind to see the ruinous effect of pur- suing a policy of enriching the few at tite expense of the many. It is impois- Bible at present to tell what course is best to pursue. Both our Government and the American are playing an impor- tant game of • bluff at tariff tinkering which is having a most depressing ef- fect on the trade of both countries. One party in each country wants largely to increase the duties, the other wants free trade. The proper policy is to al- low the producers to Nell in the dearest and buy in the cheapest market. It is only by following this couree that wealth As a natural consequence everybody feels the baneful effects of it. While the money was being spent it caused a temporary boom, but now when it is all gone the last condition of the country is infinitely worse than. the first. The only class of people who are really flour- ishing are the members of the Govern- ments, the representatives of the people, and the officials who have got the Gov- ernment pap in their mouths. The sooner the people realize that they are governed to death the better it will be for everybody, excepting the drones. There are several offices in this county that are worth from $3,000 to $4,000 per annum. These offices should all be filled by competent salaried officers and made a donne of revenue to the county, instead of being a prize for political par- tizans to fight about. The object in keeping the emoluments so high is to en- able incompetent favorites to hire com- petent help at a nominal price, and have $2,000 or $3,000 for doing nothing. Considering the actual condition of the country and the :present state of the labor market, no Government has any right to pay more -for help than it can be prooured for. No farmer would think of paying $1 for help if he could get it equally good at 50c. Every job of work now -a -days is let by tender to the lowest bidder. Why should our Governments not take advantage of the labor market in the same way? There are men getting $1,000 and over who could not formerly earn their gruel. It is a slur on our school system. if hun- dreds -and thousands of capable young on could not be found to fill such posi- tions, and surely it is not necessary to have to pay such ofileials two or three times more than they are worth to keep them honest. No person need work for the Government if he is worth more money to bimeelf in other ways. office holders.- Now is the time to re- lieve your burdens before it is too late. -The next important question is how to increase the money -earning power of the farmers. This can be easily answered. It is a well-known fact that the Domin- ion pays nearly $10,000,000 to the Americans yearly for the mere. privilege of selling her products in their markets. This country pays nearly $10,000,000 of duty OD American goods required for home use. The trade between the two countries last year amounted to494,000,- 000, notwithstanding the barriers that exist between us. Our trade with our " Free trading Mother" only amounted to $80,000,000. This shows cooclusive- ly, which is our natural and most profit- able market. It is a positive crime on the part of our Government not to try to bring about free reciprocity in trade. This $20,000,000_paid out on each side of the line would all go into the pockets of the producers ; then the wheels of trade would all move in a legitimate way. The Tories are all terribly afraid where the revenue is to coriee from, but if they were superseded by a Govern- ment pledged to carry out the policy of "pure and unadulterated economy' this money derived from the trade between the two countries would not be required. The superloyal tell us that it would be -no great loss if the American trade were out off, that we have England, the best market in the world, to fall back on:— this vain boast is likely very soon to be put to the test—the American Ways and Means Committee report in favor of the following duties being imposed : Horses, $30 per head ; cattle, $10; hogs and lambs. $1.50; barley, 30c per bushel; barley malt, 40c; butter, fic per pound; cheese. 60; beans, 40c -Per bushel ; split peas, 300 ; eggs, '5c per dozen; potatoes, 25c per bushel ; hay, $4 per ton; and everything in propor- tion. These duties are simply prohibi- tory, the effect will be disastrous to this country if enforced. Everybody but that wind -bag "Foster" knows the nearer ;home business can't be done the safer and more profitable it is. It is quite true. England is the world's mar- ket, and that supply. and quality regu- late the demand and the prices. Eng • land is no respector of persons, and will not pay "loyal Canadians" any more for what they send than she will the Heath- en Chinee who lives on rats and mice. There are times when everything is cheaper there than on this continent. At present potatoes are only worth in the old country 20c to 25A4nd are being shipped to New York. Eggs are con- stantly coming over. Last year we realised over $2,000,000 out of„the egg trade. If these eggs had been sent to the English market it is doubtful if they would have paid the , cost of sending them there. They are not like liquor; age and a sea voyage don't improve them ; worse still, rotten ones are worth no more there than here, which means ruin to the shipper. As it is with eggs,. so it will be with a great many other articles, they will not pay the cost of sending them. Whereas , with "free trade" with the States our trade ean be enormously and profitably increased. Having two strings to our bow we could take the advantage of whichever was the most profitable market. OBSERTIR. they (Britain) would not want a bushel of our barley at figures sufficient to pay farmers here for growing it. I think if our government would cultivate friendly commercial relations with the United States, instead of trying to induce farmers to send their barley 3,500 miles away to an untried and doubtful mar- ket our farmers would secure better re- turns for their produce. See Secretary Blaine's Tariff amend- ment and an English correspondent's letter, both in to -day's Globe, 9th inst. The former is willing to improve trade relations, while the English writer says, " I saw a statement in a, Canadian pa- per the other day to the effect that for the English market high color in bar- ley is no disadvantage. There can be no greater mistake. The brewers of pale ale require bright and pale barley, and it is only such grain that commands good prices." This , writer, doubtless, knows his subject, end his report is ex- actly opposed to the present tone of the 'Canadian Conservative press. I think, therefore, that farmers should be cau- tious, an think over the matter well, before letting away a good customer that -has sent so much money into our coun- try in payment for six -rowed barley, as the United States has done. D. MOLINNAN. , Where the rascality is most glaring, the Dominion Government is not satis. Red with employing double the number of men and giving them two or three tihets more than they are worth, but gives them a pension for life when their usefulness is gone, and sometimes long before in order to make room for needy supporters. No Government ought to be allowed to wield the official patron- age of the country. If this lever were taken out of their hands it would break the back of ",party." There would be no occasion for politicians giving Gov- ernments a bliad support for the itake of being provided for, The Government and tbe people would be more indepen- dent of each other, and as a consequence the country would be better governed. nThere are instances of men getting $2,500 a year pension and drawing $2,500 more'for nerviees rendered, and there are men drawing $2,500 pension, and earning $10,000 a year out of the legal prolession. It must be perfectly plain to the blindest partizan that mil- lions of dollars could be saved in the civil service alone,which means a great reduc- tion in the burdens of the country. If the third party had gone to the country with the simple crys of "economy" and "tariff reform" as against extravagance and corruption—without any clap trap —every producer in the country would have supported them. It then would have been a square fight between the farmer and other producers, against the pampered up manufacturers and the The Price of Farm y..ands. DEAR, EXPOSITOR. — The following paragraph appeared in the Exeter Times of last week, and I cannot resist the temptation of directing the'attention of your readers to the significance of the statement therein contained. The par- agraph is as follows: The Murray farm of be acres, situated 011 ths London Road, Hay township, about a mile north of Exeter, was sold by auction on Friday last to bleier°. Thomas and George Horton for $2,000. There ars no buildings on the premlees, and /30 fences other than tbose enclosing, and it is to be inferred that .the property sold fairly well. The situation is splendid, however. This property, it will be noticed, was sold at the rate of $40 per acre. About six years ago another Murray farm" lying alongside this one, containing 100 acres iind "situated on the London Road, Hay township, about a mile and a quarter north of Exeter," was eold to Mr. Benjamin Case, for $6,600, and it had "no fences other than those enclosing it, "and it is to be ,inferred that the property was sold fairly well." Now, what I want to direct attention to is, that the farm that was sold aix years ago realized $66 per acre, while that sold the other day, although lying along side of the former one, and in every way similarly situated, mild for only $40 an acre. Will this open the eyes of the wilfully blind Editor of the Times Yours Truly, A. BISHOP. and aeveral gaudy -colored handker- chiefs. He ogled all the girls who pass- ed by. The old man was unsuccessful in his seareh for a wife. and had finally to go to the hospital to be treated for his asthma and complication of troubles. —A man named Cameron living near Birds Hill, Manitobenwas found dead in in the woods on Friday. He was seen alive at ten o'clock. The cause of death is a mystery, but it is thought to be heart disease. —Rev. Dr. Wild, of Toronto, on his return from the Pacific coast, preached in the Congregational church in Winni- peg last Sabbath evening. The building was packed, and hundreds were turned away, beingemable to gain admittance. —Henry Crotty, one of lngersoll's oldest inhabitants, having settled there in 1840, end who was highly respected and well known throughout the Pro- vince, died Thursday morning last week aged 78. —Three bodies were found in the Lachine Canal on Saturday, those of Patrick Cahill, a well-to-do soda water manufacturer, of Point St. Charles, who disappeared St. Patrick's day. Joly, who was lost three weeks ago, and an old man, who has not been identified. Canada. James Boyd, ex-M.P.P., of Van- kleek Hill, died on Saturday. —Toronto public school 'estimates for the current year amount to $577,000. —Woodstock is considering the ques- tion of maintaining a public hospital. ---A laborer named Martin was killed Friday by the caving in of a well at Winnipeg. —Naturalization papers were granted in Belleville the other day to seven for- mer United Statee citizens. ' —The membership of the Sunday school of the Bridge street Methodist church, Belleville is now over 800. —Miss Wright's evangelical meetings have been resumed in Hull, Ottawa, without any opposition. —Henry Williams who murdered Wm. Lyman at Windsor last June, has been arrested in Indiana City. —The McIntosh oil property at Petro - lea, has been purchased by Mr. Thomas Slack. The price paid was $1,450. —The present season's expenditure in building operations in Ottawa will amount close on to half a million dollars. —Peter Caron, tor disturbing the Salvation Army at Windsor, watt fined $6, by a town magistrate, Thursday. , The timber drive down the Moira river will this year be one of the largest on record. It will consist of about 530,000 pieces. —Potatoes for cooking and seed are being sold this year at the Guelph Agri- cultural College, for the first time in its, history. —Mr. George Dennis, a former re spected resident of Ingersoll died of consumption at Palmer, Florida, on the 21st ult. —Jailer Moore, Elgin County, shows the cost of rations per diem for each prisoner to be only 7 oents, probably the lowest in the Province. —George Gooderham is building at the corner of St. George and Bloor streets, Toronto, a house that will cost $250,000. • —Archdeacon Jones, the retiring rec- tor of St. Mary Magdalene church at Napanee, was presented with a purse containing $110,Thursday night. —James Halliday, for 24 years assis- tant hospital surgeon in the Kingston penitentiary, 'died on Friday, having been only two days sick. —Emigrant Agent Smith, of Hamil- ton, has received a consignment of live quail from Chicago, and they will be liberated in Wentworth and Halton counties. —A petition for the release of Donald Morrison, of Megantie, who is under- going a sentence of eighteen years, has been presented as it is feared he will lose his reason. , —Last Friday 128 old country immi- grants and 300 Ontario people arrived in Winnipeg. They ee are all making for points in Manitoba and the Northwest. ---Captain James Noble, of the canal tug Augusta, died at Port Dalhousie on Wednesday. He was one of the first tug captains of the old Welland Canal.- - The barn of R. Stuart, farmer, on St. George road, near Brantford, was burned last week. Loss about $600; insured for $400. The fire was caused by a tramp. —The steamer Siberian, which arrived at Halifax Saturday, from Glasgow, passed four large icebergs, one of thein a monster, estimated to be a, mile in length. —A farmer named Connelly, driving home from Virden Manitoba while intoxi- cated fell under the wheels, which passed over his head. He will probably die. • —The steamer "Northern Light," which plied for some winters across the strait between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, is to be broken up. She cost $70,000. —Dr. A. C. Lawson, one of the ablest among the younger members of the Geo- logical Survey staff, Ottawa, has resigned his position. He proposes to locate at Vancouver as a mining expert. —Herman and George Lloyd have been sentenced at Belleville to seven years in Kingston penitentiary, for criminal assault on Annie Denton,of Tyendinaga. Albert 'Lloyd got one day for the same offence. —Old man Bensoicthe Hamilton pen- sioner, whose vagaries for a couple of months past have afforded the citizens of Hamilton much amusement, and the newspaper scribes material for many a paregraph, died in the city hospital on Friday night last. Benson first achieved notoriety by advertising for a wife'and after that his corpulent figure washard- ly ever absent from the streets or the post -office lobby. He limped along with the aid of a cane, and carried in one hand usually a couple of large boqueta • The Barley Excitement. HiumALL, April 9th, 1890. DEAR EXPOSITOR.—HaVing read 8817= eral articles and also your own editorials regarding this attempted revolution in raising and selling barley by doing away With an article that has given good sat- isfaction for many years in the United States markets at high prices, and try- ing to substitute this so-called two-row- ed,an article that malsters both in Canada and the States will not touch except at about 25 per cent. below the price of the good old six -rowed variety,I thought - a few words from me to the farmers of Huron would not be out of place. The promoters of this new scheme say there is a market in Britain,3,500 miles away, where this two -rowed barley can be used. Farmers must -not forget, how- ever, that they have to pay enormous freight and commission charges to reach that market, and compete against the whole continent of Europe with an ar- ticle that is much better adapted to their climate than ours. Why, only two years ago Europe shipped a large quantity of barley out to New York, and it was their shipments to New York that broke the price of our barley there that year, and if the same circum- stances should happen next season, very ugly wound on the head. Two doctors were quickly summoned, but were unable to render any aid. He lived but a few minutes after being removed to :the house. The wound was where Godliness is the test of the party policy, etc." We leaned over to those sitting near by and observed must be a Grit," and no one has dared to venture an opposite opinion. caused either by a hook or a kick from --At a ifele recently held on the prem - the cow. ises of Mr. Wm. Jordan, 2nd concession, —Senator Perley, who returned to Hibbert, six two-year-old steers, which. Ottawa last Saturday from the N orth- were thin and of medinm size, brought west, says that when he left Wolseley, East Assinaboia' Mondays the farmers were all at workseeding. Cattle, ex- cepting- a few milch cows, have been getting their living on the prarie since April 1, while horses turned out poor last fall have thriven all winter on the prairie grass. People everywhere are hopeful of a heavy crop and a large acreage is being planted. —At the Civil Assizes in Toronto last week a verdict was given in the case of Mrs. C. E. Stogdill, a widow, of Lloyd town, against Jas. Duggan, hotel keeper of the same place. The Plaintiff served Duggan with a notice not tosell liquor to her son. The son bought' liquor in Duggan'e Hotel and got intoxicated. He left the hotel on a bitterly cold night, and the next morning was found dead in a snowdrift. He died, a doctor said, from the effects of cold and ex- posure. The jury awarded Mrs. Stott - dill $100 damages. —At the Trinity College, Toronto, convocation on Saturday the biggest ova- tion during the proceedings was that °given to the four lady graduates from the Women's Medical College: Miss S. P. Boyle, Toronto; Miss J. Lynd, Richmond Hill ; Miss M. L. Ager, Chatham ; Miss M. J. Hutton, Forest. As one by one they stepped forward, knelt gracefully at the Chancellor's feet and received the degree of 11.D.C.M., the students almost made the old build- ing tremble with their applause. —An order was made at Osgoode Hall Toronto, on Monday, to bring up Rol- and Gideon Israel Burnett, at present confined in the Penitentiary at Kingston, for the purpose of giving evidence at the trial of the case of the Central Bank against Road and others. This case is on the list and is to be heard at the present Assizes and promises some sensational developments connected with the history of the defunct bank. It is expeeted that Barnett will unbosom his know- ledge of the inwardness of the cause of the euspeneion of the Central Bank. —Mr. S. Nairn of Winnipeg, has im- ported from Scotland several varieties of grain, which he intends to test thorough- ly. Among the different samples are: Longfellow, Black Tartarian, Hamilton, Blainslie, and Sandy oat; ; and Cheva- lier and Italian barley. —Mr. Alexander Marling, L. L. B., Deputy Minister of Education died quite suddenly last Sunday evening at his residence Toronto, on his 59th birth- day. Mr. Marling had been connected with the Education Department for 36 years. —A number of cottages at Grimsby camp are reported to have been entered during the winter, and considerable small goods are missing. Rev. Dr. Burns, Dr. Rosebrugh, Mrs. Lister and S. F. Lazier, Q. C., of Hamilton, are among the victims. —A Halifax hotelk-eeper kidnapped one of the boys sent out by Miss Bert, shortly after the arrival of the Polynesi- an, and the lad's disappearance was not discovered until after the departure of the boys from Brantford. The man is to be prosecuted. —A Michigan Central brakemen named Pollock, of St. Thomas, while runningaheadof the engine to open the switch ,at Brownsville the other even- ing, was overtaken by the locomotiv-e and knocked down. The train passed over him, cutting off his left leg above the knee. —Rev. Mr. Mowat, Presbyterian, preaching in Fredericton, New Bruns- wick, last Sabbath, reflected en what he called the indication of the low state of .political morality, both in federal and provincial affaire, and especially to the attempts made to shut out enquiry into charges of corruption. e —At a meeting of Catholics in Win- nipeg it has been determined to resist the new school law by every legal means. If the Governmene endeavors to enforce the law an Injed lotion ,will at once be applied for and the case fought all the way to the Supreme Privy Council if necessary. —Ira D. Burrows, of Maryboro, Well county, while leading a bull from the yard to the stable on Wednesday of last week was attacked by the animal. The brute pitched Mr. Burrows up with his horn, and then made a lunge on him, fracturing one of his ribs and severely bruising his whole side. . —A good deal of timber is generally taken out of the bush along the line of the Canada Southern Railway west of St. Thomas, but on account of the open weather very little of it has been ship- ped this winter. This has caused a de- pression in bueiness all along the road, and merchants generally feel it. —Rev. Wm. Willoughby, better (known as Father Willoughby, died at Brantford Sunday morning. Father Willoughby has been in active service in connection with the Methodist church in that section for more than 50 years. He will be much nagged at their annual conferences, being very highly esteemed by that assembly. —Some time ago a farmer in Male - hide, Elgin County, named Clarke,,toie down a couple of telegraph wires while moving a house acrose the railway track. He was fined $2for violation of the Railroad Act. The telegraph company has now entered an action against him for the interruption of business and de- tention of trains. —The Cornwall Freeholder says: James L. Groves of the Centre, tapped this year about 700 trees, and although the season was not favorable he made a large lot of syrup and eugar. Some peo- ple are cutting down their sugar bushes, but Mr. Groves isn't going to do any- thing of the kind, as he says there is no part of his farm that pays better. $78, $78, $77.50 per pairirid a yearling $37. —Messrs. Charles Beer and Thomas Heal have exchanged farms, the latter giving 100 acres on the 4th concession of Hibbert, and $1,000 to Mr. Beer for 90 acres on the 3rd concession of Fuller- ton. —Mr. Adam Austin, of Listowel, re- ceived last week a basket of vegetables from his son Thomas, in New Orleans. There were full grown potatoes, cab- bages, lettuce, beets, reddish, turnips, and oranges all grown in the open air. —A farm of 100 acres of well culti- vated land on the third concession of North Easthope, and known as the Hamilton faun, was sold the other day on the market square, Stratford, under the hammer of Mr. D. R. McPherson, for $4,175. The purchaser was Mr. James Sutherland, a neighbor, and he certainly secured a bargain. —Mr. Nelson Monteith, son of Mr. Samuel Monteith, of Downie, who has been for some time a student at the .Agricultural college, Guelph, has been awarded Professor Pantotee price for beat speaker in the College Literary So- ciety. Mr. Monteith is a diligent stu- dent, and has earned several ther honors at the same Institution. —Mr. Andrew Aitcheson, the Listo- wel cheese buyer, returned last week from a trip to England, taken in the interest of the cheese business. He re- ports good success in the markets. His return trip across the Atlantic occupied sixteen days, on account of gales, ice- bergs. and high seas. —There are loud complaints in Mit- chell of the ruffianism of the larger school boys. The other day a little boy named Pehike was struck on the face with a stick by one of these big ruffians and nearly had his eye put out. A deep gash was made immediately below the eye, that required the servicee of a sur- geon to sew up and dress. —A ITithburg correspondent says: Rag bees are now the order of the day, one every week for four or five weeks past. They must be a pleasant thing to gather at, considering the present state of the roads, particularly when some people come six, eight and even ten miles to them. It reminds us of the old time rhyme of "Never mind the weather," Sue —Au elderly man named Kelly, en- gaged as a farm hand by Mr. Patrick Bannon, of the 4th concession of Ellice, had the misfortune to have his skull badly fractured a few days ago. He was leading a fractious horse out to water, and twisted the halter about his wrist, the horse became frightened and started off, dragging Kelly over stones and logs. In addition to the fracture the ecalp was torn off in several places. He lies in a critical condition- -Tho other day at Stratford station a well dressed young man slipped on the steps of a ear he was leaving and fell between the rails and the platform, bad- ly cutting his face and shaking up his nerves terribly. He attempted, how- ever, to walk up town, not realizing the full extent of his injuries, but had not proceeded far when he fell insensible and had to be carried to e. hotel and medical aid procured. His spine wax injured in the fall. —A young man named -Thornton Bris- tol, who formerly resided in Mitchell and received his school education there, died a few days ago in Chicago. He had risen from office stenographer to confi- dential clerk and outside manager in a large manufacturing establishment in that city. lie was only 26 years of age, had been ill eince last December„ and was married about two months ago, while lying hopelessly ill, to an estim- able and wealthy young lady of Chicago. —The total exports from Stratford division to the United States, for the three months ending March 31st. and their values are as follows: Bones,k2; Barley, $72,976 04; Cattle, $170 ; Eggs, $1,176 ; Flax seed, $525 ; Flax and tow, $83.078.07 ; Hay, $409.50Horses, $57,095.50 ; Lambs, $6,422,E:0 Lum- ber, $1,241.18 Machinery, $360 ; Oil Cake, $4,934.6 ; Personal Effects, $6,- 912; Paper Stock, $220; Raw Furs, $145; Telegraph Poles, 1156.60; Wood Ashes, $195. Total, $235,049.26. —Thomas Kenny, a notorious charac- ter in Guelph, who has served several terms in the Central prison and peniten- tiary te various cha,rges, was wanted Mond y by the police for violently assaulting his aged mother. He had already served a long term at Kingston for the some offence. He took refuge in a hayloft, and in jumping to the ground trying to escape had one of his legA badly fractured, the bone protruding through the flesh. He was allowed to lie where he fell until assistance came, when he was taken to the hospital, there to remain until sufficiently recov- ered to appear before the pollee magis- trate. Liquor has been the cause of all the young man's troubles. —At an early hour on Thursday morning, 3rd inst., Rev. W. A. McKay, of Woodstock, was called out of bed to marry a young couple who seemed to be in too great s, hurry to wait till a later hour. Mr. McKay turned out at love's behest ; and performed the pleasant duty required of him. The young couple werd Alex. Campbell, of East,/iis- souri, and Miss Mackie, of Invergordon, Ross -shire, Scotland. Campbell came to this country about ten months ago and obtained employment on a farm near Thamesford. He did so well that he felt warranted in sending for hie Benet- heart, and she had such confidence in him that she started at once and alone. She encountered eighteen days of stormy weather and arrived at Woodstock Wednesday night. The two lovers de- serve a life of happiness. —A painful accident happened at the roller mill at Carberry, Manitoba, Mon- day morning, whereby head miller, A. E. Cameron lost both hands. He was attending to one of the sets when his hands were caught and both drawn be- tween the rollers. Doctors amputated both arms a little below the shoulders. Cameron is a married man, hie wife and family living in Iroquois, Ontario. He has been in Carberry only a few months. —On Wednesday evening last week a little boy 3 ,years of age, child of Mr. Alfred Crow, jeweler of Glencoe met with a painful accident. The little fellow was put to sleep in the early part of the afternoon, and during the absence of the mother the child awoke, unnoticed by the servant girl, who was engaged at her work in another part of the house, and strayed to the barn,a short distane,e from the dwelling, in which was kept a cow. Shortly afterwards the servant girl's attention was attracted by the screams of the child, and, rushing out, she found him lying just outside the barn door with a Perth Items. One owner of a sugar bush, in the vicinity of Avonbank, has made $25 worth of syrup this season. —Mr. John Currie, jr., of Cromarty, a graduate of the Veterinary College, Toronto, has begun practice at Crediton. —Mr. George Kerr, of Mitchell, has just graduted at the Ontario Veterinary college, Toronto. —Mr. John Whyte, of Mitchell, is sojourning in Southern Georgia, for the benefit of his health. He found Florida too-wartn. —Miss Mabel Davis, daughter of Mr.' J. E. Davis, of the Mitchell Advocate, who is teaching in Toronto', spent Easter holidays at her home in Mitchell. — Mr. Arthur Mutton, of the 4th con- -cession of Fullerton, has purchased the Avery 50 acres alongside of his own farm for $2,000. —Messrs. Wm. Meehan, jr., and Charles Henry left Monckton last week for Manitoba, andiMr. G. T. McKenzie left this week for Michigan. — D. Rogers'of as disposed of his farm for $4,000 to Wallace,isir. Miller, of Fullerton, and has removed to a farm which he purchased near Thedford. —Mr. David G. McNeil, formerly of Mitchell, has passed his third year's examination as medical student, at the Western University. Mr. McNeil is pursuing the study of medicine with Dr. D. B. Fraser, of Stratford. —Registrar Wrelihan, of St. Marys, recently shipped a car of four horses to Des Moines, Iowa. The stock comprised two fine Pereheron stallions, a Clydes- dale stallion and a Percheron filly. —The Mitchell Recorder of last week says: On Sunday evening in the course of his sermon Rev. Mr. Nugent remark- ed that he had occasionally been asked, what his politics were. In reply to such queries he invariably told his in- terrogator "whenever you want to hunt me up in politics you will find me on the side that God is on; where men have some regard for the moral honesty and desire to do right; where political de- liberation and action is an accompani- ment of conscientious conviction, and Too Green to Burn. That was a good story told by John Charlton in the Dominion Parliament the other day about a farmer who had been taxed to death all his life and after death went to the lower regions where he found a lot of politicians, but not feeling at home among them he went into another cell where there were a lot of lawyers and doctors. Not feeling at home there either he stood around dis- consolate until Old Nick put in an ap- pearance and asked him what he want- ed. "1 arn a farmer," he said. "Where are you from ?" said the devil. "I am from Canada," he replied, and "Whom did you vote for?" enquired his satanic majesty. "I voted for Sir John A.Mac- donald and the National Policy," was what he said and the devil asked -"Why did you do that ?" " Well," said the farmer, "1 did that under the impression that it was going to raise the price of produce." "Oh," -said the devil, "then come along, I have a place for you," and he took him to another large room, a thousand feet long, three hundred feet wide, and a hundred feet high, with a line stretched across it and a greatnura- ber of people hung up, and the farmer said, "What does this mean ?" "Well,' said the devil, " these are Canadiaa farmers who voted for Sir John A. Mac- donald and the national policy under the impression that it would SainJ the price of grain, and as they are too green to burn I have hung them up to dry."