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EIRTINGS,
;OTTONS,
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:INGs,
tENS,
USL1NS,
OIDERIES,
1-11%fiERE,
tick of small wa'res.
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FARPETS--
s, boughtt a seed -
in the same ttay.
McFaul,
/RTE.
son opened spelcial
rhodiet church ljiero •
rith good prosp eta
tend holdiug t em
he week excep
ruha,r.
tesday of last week,
Wall driving a load
ill at Staffe,the load
underneath, gihing
at iackily no bones.
rhe Foresters add
la the hall her on
st. The hall was-
ertainment was well
ice. The programme,
ind musical, was an
eteris talent con -
litre to the even•
-
The part8 taken
g band and glee
dings and reaita-
nn, Scattiah humor -
appreciated. The
er was particularly
the audience nuch
Ineores.
atey.
[may friends of Mr.
merly deputy -reeve
regret to- learn that
academe and he is
asthma. 'We hope
(4.—A meeting of
o ding sub -division
I be Field in 1 the
Rayfield Road, Weat
Inday evening next•
purpose of sele ting
li
the conventio at
lowing Wedne day.
d the Reformer, of
id. 1
—The Staniett Sun
mual sociel on Wed-
. at the reside co of
cd concession. ot-
d night and th4 un -
here was a larg at.
pleasant ev ning
L 'The ladies had
art and had a nost
pared for the occa-
dresses were !deli -
lien, Eete, 4. Pee
Eeqand others.
rat nice instrtimen-
al selections. The
nay filled by i Mr.
r. This Grange, is -
and intellectual
I-, gathering of 1Wed-
nd to conside ably -
y as well a its
hitt
--The people of
now had ti
at their new c
� their needs,
able to say th
ed them in a
ry, a4 thei
as found that
abthtjes ,the
and. Accord
eying the s
eta M. Ra
time, they re
itit the han
rdly knows w
e more to be
vidences of lib
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and
t this
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late
after
had
%ay,.
ipend
say,
dived
some
ether
con-
rality
o.—Mr. D. Mc -
f the Hulle t Re-
tie& appornte4 the
rains chairmen of
ding sub -div gong,
for meetings o be
Arent of deleg tes to
en
at Bruceli id, on
'he meeting i each
will be held at the
ing is usually held.
e names of tie sub -
and the da es at
will be held : No. le
Monday, Fe rmarY
Neilans, T esday,
C. Mc ntosh,
th ; No. 4, J Snell,
h ;
No. 5, A. Wood -
rushy 9th; o. 6,
ay, February 9th ;
Monday, February
meetings wql come
the evening.
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,209.
FEBRUARY.
Large quentitiee of Nevt Goods arriv-
ing for the early Spring Trade. Alt eady
our stock will be found very attractive,
and those wishi•ng to make early selec-
tions will find a fine vaiiety.
Edward M'Fau I,
SEAFORTH.
A Place Not Often Heard
From.
WARIIHN, January 29th, 1894.
DEAR EXPOSIT0R,-1 thought Possibly
a few words concerning the history of
our village and IS urround in g couutry, for
. the last two years, might be of some in-
terest to you snd to some of the many
readers ot THE EXPOSITOR. Consequent-
ly, if you deem them fit for -publication
you may do so at your leieure. The
first thing to be considered is the geo-
graphical position of our village. War-
ren his small village situated on the line
of the Canadian Pacific Railway, about
two hupdred miles almost directly north
of what we call home', the County of
Huron. The land along the Veuve
River, which the railway tollowa, is of
very good quality, and for miles around
is settled on, althoughnot yet in the
market, being under the control of tim- ,
ber-Iiinit holuers. But, to the north,
huge boulders of rock appear to the eye,
which, with the evergreen bush, gives
the country a romantic appearance.
• Two years ago the Imperial Lumber
Company purcnased limits tO the extent
of seventy-two square miles, and began
the erection of a large saw mill, in which
they placed titetelegge circuler saws with
capacity Of eighty thousand feet per
day, besides large quantities of lath and
singles, which are made from the slabs
and cuttings of timber. Large s'ilip-
ments of dressed lumber of all kinds,
which is manufactured here, are made
to villages and towns which are being
built along the Cenada Pacific Railway.
A very good quality of red brick is also
inade here. The greater portion of the
timber cut in the winter menthe is of
large dimensions, and from twenty to
sixty feet in length.- The greater part
of the timber is sold to the railway com-
panies and shipped to Toronto, Stmt.
ford, London, and other points along
- their lines in Ontario. These industries
were the beginningef our now stirring
little village with a population of over
three hundred, the greater p3rt of whom
are in the employ of the Imperial Lum-
ber Company. -
Our nearest village to the east is
Sturgeon Fells, which takesits name
from the beautiful fall on the Sturgeon
--river as it enters Lek° Nipiesing, and
around which the village is built. Here
the
the
hat
is being ereated a large pulp mill for
manufacture of paper pulp from
great quantities of spruce timber
grow around the shores of the lake. A
little farther east lies North Bay, aiive-
„Iir little railroad town, which is atithe
junction of the Northern Railv ay
Rail-
way.with the great ' Canadian Pacific &a-
way. This place, being incorporated,
had considerable excitement over 'the
election of their first Mayor at the ;be-
ginniog of the new year. ! To the West
of us lies Sudbury, which promises1 to
be the city of this part of the countryas
here are to be found the richest nickel
mines in Arnerica,which are b3ing rapid-
ly developed ; and it is the junctional
point of the Soo line with the main line
of the Canadian Pacific- Railway. It is
rapidly increasing in population, having
-
doubled itself in the past year. Wee
have no highways in this part of the
country ; no roads only that upon vvhieh
the iron horse travels. From twenty to
twenty-five trains pass our station daily
on this road, one of which, the Pacific
Express, brings us our dear old friend,
Tits EXPOSITOR, at1.20 Saturday after-
noons.
Although we live in what, a very few
years ago, was a vast wilderness, we are
not ant of the world. We receive mail
from the east and west daily, and our
papers are only a day old when we get
them. I consider this country to be
much better for the workiug man than
old Huron, as he can get steady employ-
ment the year round with the ehance, if
he is steady, of working himself into a
good position. But although we have
all this, we all have a desire to be back
to old Huron once more. With many
good wishes for all in the old home, I
AM, Yours truly, ....
iA FORMER IIIIRONITE.
A Cure for Hard Times.
DEAR EXPOSITOR,—There is great
complaint inade at present about hard
times, but I consider it is the people
that are to blame. If they would be
saving and willing to work there is noth-
ing to hinder any one to ,make a goad
living and keep a little far a wet day
beeidet. If I will not take too mueh
space I would like to tell how I made
a living thirty-seven years ago, when
Huron was almost a dense bush. It
was in 1854, when I landed in Huron
from Scotland. I bought 100 acres,
ewarn it land, all but a few acres. I
chopped the first winter and left in the
spriug, hired out for a year, bought two
three-year-old steers and had $15 in
money. I sowed two acres of wheat,
and than went away and hired for a
month. 'When I came back, the braes
hail my wheat trampled and eaten and
I only got :30 bushels, which I sold for
cents per bushel. I concluded to go
into cattle and not depend altogether on
erop. I traded my cattle for another
ptir and a young cow with a calf. I let
ihe calf muck, and fed it as well as I
-could. When it was two years old my
neighbor offered me two the same age
-for it. Now, that shows that it pays to
raise good animals. Some raise two
calves for my one, but I sell mine for
more than they sell their two. The next
summer I had another _calf, and I let
followthe cow, I afterwards boeght an-
otherh-coW and had another calf. I
raised the two calves- on the tvie cows.
I was hard up for - money when the
ealves were four months old, and I sold
one of them to a butcher for $7.50, the
fore quarters of which weighed, 240
pounds. I believe in feeding calves
plenty of warm milk. If they are well
fed, they will be strong and will eat i
anything afterwards. I sometimes feed
peas on the straw to my calves ; they
get fond of it and do well on it. If they
are well kept till two years and six
months old they ought to weigh' from
1,200 to 1,400 pounds. I had one that
went over 1,500 pounds. - Every acre.I
cleared seeded down, and so on, till I
was able to keep a nice stock. I was
always . saving. I would not spend
money on every little thing as is done
now. Folks eew-a days dress in style ;
have their horse and carriage, &c. I
have walked thirty miles and carried my
bundles and provisions on, my back.
Our poor people now -a -days would go
on the train, hire a livery, &c., and then
are poor' and complain of hard times..
If I was a young man and had my health
I know 1 could make a good living
again, even if I had nothing to start
with. If people would be industrious
and willing to get along there would be
110 complaint of hard times.
AN OLD Hoene- FARMER.
W A WANOSH, hetruare 6t11,- 1891. ,
-14A.
The Poor Red Man of' the
Northwest.
Emioror, Manitoba January O, 1891.
DEAR Exrosrron,l-Would the Indian
be a subject of interest to your readers?
If so I will, with your permission; say a
few- words about him through your col-
umns. During a ten days' trip west
from Winnipeg to Moose Jaw,in Assini-
boia, I came in contact with him at al-
most every point, and hia miserable con.
dition made a deep impression upon my
mind. The time was, in years gone by,
when he could take his gun and in a few
hours secure Wufficient food to maintain
his family for many days, yes and ad
abundance of warm and suitable cloth-
ing then was easily obtained and his
wife, little ones and himself well pre-
pered for the inclement weather pecu-:
liar to the winter months in this his
western home. All-- this is changed
now... The buffalo and other large game
that formerly roamed- over the prairie,
atiOrditig him all the necessaries of life,
and luxuries too, have fled frem the
presence of the white man and the poor
Indian- is deprived of his means of sub-
sistence, so that his present condition is
a pithible one indeed.' If your readers
could see him as I have, in his ha.lf
starved, half naked condition and under -
SEAFORT.H, FRIDAY, FEBRIjA.RY113, 1891.
any opening ii in the miserable
eshift of a tent, I said, Oh what a
contrast .Surely God will bless the la-
bor of these people in their noble work.
books of the association had been ex-
ported to the United States. The fol -
hashing officers were elected : Presii
dent, Wm. Smith ; vice-president for
Let !tie say, there is room for a hundred Ontario, Geo. Moore. Mr. McCrae
mit such homes as this is in this gave notice of motion that an anithal
try, and I verily believe God ex- bred and foaled in Canada be considered
us to db just this kihd of work for Canadian bred.
and our fellows. We are "our —The death is annobnced of Rev.
h r'a keeper.” It is a marvel how David Bickell. of Mount Forest, after a
short illness from inflammation of the
, owele. Bickell had been in the
ministry for the past eight years, and
was a promising young divine of the
Presbyterian church. He leaves a wife
and four children.
—At a meeting of the Associated
Charities of Toronto recently, Rev.
Hugh Johnston, a leading Methodist
minister, said: " Then there is the
tariff system, which seems, to be impov-
erishing the great masses, and if matters
-go on we will all soon have to get
around some big soup pOt."
— In December no fewer than 96 car
loads of wheat for Greenfield mills was
handled at the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way station at Ayr. The total amount
in bushels exceeded 55,000. This was
the largest quantity of wheat ever re-
ceived by rail in a single month for
these :trills. During January 50 cars
were received.
— A few days ago a very successful
operation was performed On Harry, son,
of James Livingstone, M. P., by the
Drs. Charles Trow, eye and ear opecial-
ist, Toronto, and W. R. Nichols, of
Baden ; it was the removing of the
tonsils to improve the hearing and, so
far, the result of the Operation is satis-
factory.
—The lady teaehers of the London
public schools have formed a mutual
benefit society for the interchange of
idea d and mutual assistance in regard to
their work. Mrs. Oliphant, of East Lon-
don, has been elected president: Miss
Coyne, of Colborne street, vice-presi-
dent; and Miss Mackintosh, of Talbot
street, secretary -treasurer.
— "I'll let business alone till after the
election," said a London citizen. "All
right," said another, " from new till
election day I shall spend every hour of
my spare time to promote Hyman's elec-
tion. The country must be saved from
the.domination of the combines, even if
I lose a little. In the long run I will be
a gainer."
—Mr. James Phelan, perhaps the
oldest of the early settlers of iPuslinch,
county of Wellington, passed away on
Tuesday last week at the great age of
95 years. The deceased was born in
Kilkenny, Ireland,'in 1795, and emi-
grated to Canada in 1831,settling on the
a farm where he died and where he has
resided for over 60 years. ,
—John Graham, of Fergus, issues the
following challenge: In order to settle the
skating championship of Ontario, I will
skate any man in this Province five miles
for $200 a side, the race to take place
ii . a rink in Fergus or Toronto. If
skated in Fergus a reasonable allowance
will be made tor eepenses. The race to
take place betweeh now and February
21st.
—Sarah Jane Robb, daughter of the
late George Robb, of Kingston, has been
declared legitimate and entitled to $20,-
000 left her by her father. Her title to
the amount was disputed on the ground
that the marriage of her father to a
daughter of Wahkue chief of the
Comox Indians, British Columbia, which
was celebrated in accordance with tribal
customs, was irregular.
—Whilst Thomas Martin was deliver-
ing some ice at the asylum in Hamilton,
on Friday, he was snowballed by some
of the female patients. His horse being
struck, at once set off on the run, and
o -when going down the James street hill
Martin was thrown out of his wagon,
agd had his leg injured and his face bad-
ly cut. The wagon was snuushed, and
the horses had their legs severely cut,
--litarles Beck,' a farmer from the
11008tthsconcession of Sombra township,
$200 team at Wallaceburg, Satur
day evening. Beck was in town with a
wagon.' On leaving for home he drove
on to,the ice and got into a hole. The
horsed and wagon went to the bottom
of the Sydenham before assistance bould
reach them. The driver had a narrow
escape from drowning.
—County Crown Attorney Hutchin-
son, of London, met with a bad accident
the other night. A burglar entered hit
residence during the night, and in
chasing after him Mr. Hutchison slip-
ped and fell on the slippery sidewalk,
sustaining a bad fracture of the hip.
Doctors were summoned and at-
tended to the injury. As the victim is
of advanced years, the accident may
prove unusually serious to him.
ea -Mr. John Hobbs, traveler for the
London Weat broom faetory-, while
driving near Inwood, Wednesday morn-
ing last week, was run into by a Michi-
gan central train. The horse was badly
cut around the breast, and had some of
his teeth knocked out, while the buggy
was considerably damaged. Mr. Hobbs
was violently throien out and his escape
from death is looked on as miraculous.
—Sarah Cuinmings, aged 21, a do-
mestic in Quebec city some six
months ago complained of feeling un- the
Well. She experienced a pe,culiar sense- ,
tion in her side, which the doctors could ron
not account for. Last week she died. Bu
A post-mortem !revealed the fact that the
her death was caused by a needle enter- bro
ing her heart. The needle, a small one, Ani
it is suppoeed, had' been swallowed lair aga
the girl in food.
of
cou
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Him
bro
we pa let these people alone in their
miserY and wretchedness, and have a
qui t conscience. Surely here is a field
" hite unto harvest," and God will
hie b hose who labor to lift these 9or
cre tures uP from their degradation and
lea them into the comforts of this life
and nto the 'knowledge, faror and
lov"nh kindness of our Heavenly
Fa her. I
1 Youri, 1 r
,
OLD HURCiNITE.
Canada,.
here are eaid to be 69,cloo Cana-
dia s in Denver, Colorado. . '
here aret1381 supporters of separate
sch ? s registered on the. roll in the city
cler. 'e office, London. A
here are one hendred and eighty -
pile in.attendance at Galt Collegi-
I etitute this term. s
11 hree hundred extra men are to be
t work at the Grand Trunk tunnel
• nia, and ite completion hastened
tech as possible.
bout 25,000 bushels of potatoes
leen shipped this Season from Pic -
d vicinity to Philadelphia, Penn-
ia. - .. •
Some twenty designs have been re-
ceivecnfor the New. Board of Trade
building in Montreal, and it is said that
thirteen are from Canadian architects.
--Ai petition to increase the number
of otel licenses Came before the St
Thms city council Friday evening,land
was defeated by the casting vote of the
ma . . .
rs. D. Yournans, the well known
erancte lecturer, has returned to
nto .much benefited, from Battle
k Michigan,where she has been un -
ng treatment.
dog named Albany Jack, owned
Jany postoffice clerks, arrived at
in, New Brunswick, last Sunday
second trip around the world. He
n charge of a • postal clerk, and
xt morning for Halifax.
r. Charles Driever, of Preston,
presented the best report of the
g services of the Galt Business
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el, writtenein short hand, competed
h the students.
he saw inills owned by Mr. James
en, i at New Edinburgh, Rideau
Ottaula ,were Saturday anorning
stand how he is taken advantage millio feet of lumber. The loss is esti-
of i I am sure their sympathies on his be- ma
half would be aroused. If he has a
brace of prairie chickens, a pair of buf-
falo hernia or any other article to dis-
pose of, he is almost certain to be taken
in by the ps.le face who seedis unwilling
to pay the red man a price or to deal
honorably and fairly with him in a
business way as with his white neigh-
bor I will not speak of what he has to
endure in a moral or rather immoral way,
at the hands of those Who should shield
him from harm.
It is not generally known that in this
village out hereein Manitoba, there ia an
Indian home. It is under the supervi-
sion of the Church of England, is sup-
ported by voluntary contributions and a
small grant from the Government. I am
told there are several of these through-
out this great Northwest, some Presby-
terian, some Methodiet, etc., etc.
Through the kindness of the superin-
tendent I was shown through the one
here to -day. There are on the roll 51
names in all, but eight are away on ac-
count of, sickness. I -hese represent
seven tribes, -and come from the bane of
the rocky mountains all the way to the
western shore of Lake Superior. In
ages they are frem 6 to 16 or 18 years,
male and female, and on coming togeth-
er are at first unable to understand each
other, but soon learn to express them-
selves in _English. It was very pleasing
to look upon all these boys; cleanly
say*, :
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LO Galt Reporter of last week
Joe Hess succeeds in filling the
ery night. He may have a some -
t curious way, a seemingly humor -
way, of putting his truths, but they
ruths all the same and lose nothing
e way theY reach his audience. '
Information has been laid with the
dlesex county authorities against a
ester fernier for cruelty te ani -
The information states thalt the
anteut the horns off twelve cattle
apt taking proper precautions. The
tit will be summoned. ,
Plaine & Co.'s flax trips at
adale, County of _ Waterloo,
rebnilt and commenced opera-
s week ago. The new mid is a
storey brick 40x56, equipped with
hudfimproved machinery, and will
o between thirty and forty hands.
evincial Detective McKee is go-
exico th bring back to Cianada
. Henry, 'formerly a commission
hant of Chatham, who is heldlthere
count of faauds on the Bank of
treal gommitted in Opted+) prior to
mber ;13th.i
Mrs. ,Abseani Muma, of near Ayr,
hes had a reputation for making an
quality of good butter,. sotne time
siplied Lady Macdonald with a
e She has now been requested to
another of the same quality to Mrs.
washed, comfortably clad and with their —A statement prepared by the cue -
hair nicely trimmed, many of them with tom departilnent, at ()trews, shows
mild, blue eyes and fair skin, and as that the valued the stovesimported into
intelligent looking as the average white Canada in 1890 was $23,972, as compared
boy, and the same may be said of the E $17,868 in 1889; $16.483 in 1S88;
girls. The boys are kept entirely sep- 307 in 1887. Of the first named sum
arate from the girls and occupy rooms 79 worth came from the United
at opposite sides of the -grounds. Half tai
of them attend school for three hours in —H. I, Dewart, of Toronto, was
the forenoon where they are taught to niariied Thursday morning last week to
read, write, etc. The other half amongst Em al, the youngest daughter of the
the' boys are at the same time learning ht IE1, B. Smith. The cerernony took
some trade, shoemaking, tailoring, car- plac at Sparta, the residence of the
brid tli mother, and was . performed by
housework, cooking, etc. In the after-
B.ev Lir. Dewart, editor of the Chris-
pentering, ete., and the girls ordinary
stian Gpardian, and father of the groom.
chool and in the forenoon take lessons
Chris -
noon for three hours these latter attend
in the different trades, etc. They are ---Mr. Andrew Elliott, of Pond Mills,
well looked after in a spiritual way also. pear London, was engaged in chopping
cord ood, Saturday, when the axe
I was assured that they are, generally glan ed and came in contact with' his
speaking, truthful and honest. At first righ foot, cutting a terrible gash across
they do not take well to habits of clean- the instep, laying the bone bare. Mr.
linesse but after they pass -01. certain Ellicitt will be laid up for some time,
stage,lhey become interested anddesire —Among the oddities and treasured
to be neat and tidy in their dress and relics to be found at the home of George
general appearance. They learn quickly, 1 Pasemere, concelision12,-Dorchester, are
and have a good memory, and in firet : a teapot and sugar bowl over 200 years
branches are able to leave the white boy : old, and handed down from generation
or girl liehind in the race. Vhere much , to generation by this family as an heit-
thought or study is required, however, lelgest son.
in the line of succession of the
they are unable to hold their own ao yo
well. I was shown through the boy' _Bu
1 ishop's College, in connection with
sleeping department. I inay say the the , Church of England, situated at
boys look after their own rooms and make
Lennoxville; near Sherbrooke, Quebec,
their own beds,and no woman is allowed
to do anything in their department. was 'almost totally destroyed by fire, a
fevri days age. si The pupils will have to
This is a pretty cold and stormy day,and 'be sent home tuntiP the building is re- churches at Scotland and Burford, Brant
as 1 looked upon the many rows of coin, stored. •The loss is put at $39,000, county, for the past 43 years, is enjoy-
fortable, downy beds, with their clean
limn and blankets turned dewn and , which is fully covered by insurance.
-I-The annual meeting of the Clydes-
nicely tucked in at the sides, and leaking dala'Horse Association of Canada, was
so much alike that you could not tell one held 'on Wedneeday of last week in in the bluff, To -
the wigwarri ff, with the the chair. Scretary Wade, in the fifth ronto, Preaddent Wm. Smith, V. S., in
e
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from the other, and contrasted this with
blanket upon the snow or the bare, cold
ground,and the half naked form stretch-
ed upon it, s rid the wind and drifting
snow finding their way readily through
wit
$20,
$23,
Sta
.1•1.
that io man in his denomination enjoys
to a meter degree than Mr. Hay the
love of his people and tbe esteem of all
who know him. Mr. Hay has been an
appreciative reader of the Globe from
its first issue to.the present tine, and in
politics has iiiways been a !staunch Re-
former. .
—Mr. W. J. Reid, of the Reidvilie
mill, near Ayr, has purchased about
300,000 feet -of timber from R. Morton,
of the llth concession of North Dum-
fries, and is having the same conveyed
to the mill to be sawn into lumber. The
timber is principally pine, a small por-
tion being red and white oak, sometimes
within the past two weeks nearly forty
loads of logs per day *ere being drawn
to the mill.
—At the Guelph Board of Trade the
other day, the offer was considered of
Gearhart &iCarden, of Clearfield, Penn-
sylvania, to build a knitting -machine
factory in that city if they received - a
free site and ten years' remission of taxa-
tion. Resolved that the City Council
be asked to grant the same. A glue
factory and a pork -packing concern
were also discussed. Discussion was
had on the beet root sugar industry for
Wellington county.
—G. W. Beattie, 14th concession,
Plymptop, near Sarnia, a couple of-
weeka ago had men at work digging a
well on his farm and on Seturday when
at a depth of :35 feet, John Codling, who
was at the bottom noticed a hollow
sound at his elbow. He struck his
spade againat the side of the well, and
to his aMazement it disappeared in va-
cancy. !Investigation revealed a cave of
unknowntdimensions, in which the roar
of waters Zould be heard. It is suppos-
ed to be, an underground passage from
the lake.
—A deputation from the Toronto
Trades apd Labor Council waited upon
the members of the Central Farmers' In-
stitute in sesaion in that city hot week,
and a cordial welcome wee tendered to
the representatives &Umber. Mr. Jury
spoke upon the subject of free trade and
assisted immigration, and expressed the
strenuous opposition of the labor men
and labor combinations to the principle
of assisted immigration. A resolution
was patsed at the meeting agreeing
cordially with tle opinions expressed by
Mr. Jury on the question.
—A sad accident occurred Friday on
the Canadian Pacific Railway at Britan-
nia, five miles from Ottawa. A fluntly
township farmer named Benjamin Ka-
vanagh, while driving into town, drove
into a culvert, and before he could jump
out of the sleigh was struck by the
Winnipeg express. the vehicle was
hurled 100 feet, Kavanagh being killed
instantly. The body was terribly mau-
gled. Kavanagh's mother and sister
escaped unhurt.
—The new lock at the Sa.ult Ste.
Marie Falls canal is to be completed
d ready for business by November
1 th, 1893. Work will be begun on May
1 i, 1891. There are to be used s.bout
100,000 barrels of cement, 20,000 yards
of cut stone, 39,000 yards of backing
stone, and 5,000 yards of concrete are
to be laid ; 70,000 yards of earth are to
be filled. This is after the excavation
now going on shall be completed. The
act granting the appropriation bears
date September 19th, 1890.
—The convention of the Young Men's
Christian Association of Ontario and
Quebec, which was opened at Kingston
last week, was very largely iatten ed by
delegates from both Provinces. 0 Sun-
day there were many religious a rvices
in which the delegates took part. The
consecration service in the Y. M C. A.
was well attended in the merning The
pulpits of many churches Were fi led by
secretaries and others, and in the after-
noop J. J. Gartshore addressed men ;
P. C. Leslie, boys, and T. J. Vilkie
lades in various places. The m etings
were full of interest.
-I-On Virednesday, the 14th Jahuary,
there was a grand wedding in Luaknow.
Angus McKenzie was the groom and
Miss Mary Saunders, of Kinloss, was
the
han
wer
bride, and some say they were the
dimmest pair they ever saw. They
e married in the bride'. f ' ther's
houte by Rev. Mr. McKay, and then all
thelgu.ests went to the Caledoniaa hall,
where they had an excellent time.
There were about 200 couples and they
dan ed until six o'clock a. in., There
wer present two pipers, two violinists
and, one organist, who rendered first-
clasia music. The bride got thel finest
dielay of presents that was ever, re-
ceivedoon an occasion of the kind in that
in.
It has been decided to raise the
am unt which may be deposited in the
Do inion Savingsbank in any one year
to 1,000 instead of $300 as at present,
wh"le the maximum amount which a de-
pos tor may have at credit liSs been
raised from $1,000 to $3,000.1 The
Go ernment has authorized an issue of
21 er cent. stock in BUM of $100 and
mu tiples thereof. Thia stock will not
be retrievable for five years, and when
de ositors have reached the maximum
lim t of one year's deposits, or the total
am unt of $3,000, which may stand to
the r credit, they will be able to transfer
r deposits to this stock.
Detective Relearn and Cuddy of To-
, oe Saturday returned borne from
alo, whether they went to testity in
action for damages for false arrest
ght by Edith Sessions Tupper, an
erican newspaper correspondent,
net ex -Chief of Police Morin, of Buf
. It will be remembered that Mrs.
per was arreeted in Toronto by De-
lve Cuddy on a telegram from Morin,
charge of larceny, she having been
en in mietake for a woman named
rie McKenzie, who had stolen eeveral
nks of clothing and jewellery from
di erent persons for whom she had
ked. The girl McKenzie hails from
isn, County of York, where she Was
hool teacher, and where her friends,
st wealthy people, -reside. During
sec
fal
—The Rev. Wm. Hay, who has had Tu
the pastoral care of the Congregational tec
On
talL
Ca
tr
annual report, showed the membership
had increased to 241, and that the stud
book is o great help to members. Dur-
ing one y "ar 63 horses registered on the
big a well-earned holiday in Toronto.
He took charge of these churches wben
entering the ministry, and still retains
Scotland, During the long period of
his pastorate he has performed the mar-
riage ceremony 444 times, has had charge
of at least double that number of fune-
rals, and has lived tio baptize the grand-
children of those whom he baptized in
their own infancy, It may be added
Wo
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of
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At the first opportunity she robbed her ments had been useful. Professor Saund-
einployer and then secured a situation
elsewhere. robbing each of her employers
in turn until her school reopened, when
she would go back to her duties. She
was finally arrested, and on conviction
was sentenced to six months' imprison-
ment. Upon completing her term she
went to Buffalo, where she resumed
operations, and it was while follewing
her trail that Morin caused the arrest of
the wrong woman, who was, however, _
detained in custody only a few hours.
Carrie McKenzie was afterwards arrest-
ed in Boston, and is now serving a five
years' term in the House of le'efege for
women at Hudson, New York;
—Dr..Flarbottle, of Burford, sent a
sample Or portion of a lung taken from
a cow suffering from tuberculosis to C. tell it had disappeared around a corner.
S. Minot, M. D., Harvard Medical Col- A pursuit was attempted, but to no
lege through the post. The postal- avail; the small animal and his booty
ere, ohthe DominiouExperimental Farm,
gave aidetailed description of the Do-
minion experimental, stations. Eight
Inndred and fifty samples of two -rowed
barley had returned an average of 25e
bushels to the acre, 51.1 poimds to the
little to Mrs.eln
—On
fox terrier beloegine
Saturday last in Quebec city a
Catherine Dearbon, stole a lady's satchel
containhig several cheques for large
amount e and twelve dollars in cash. The
lady in question had the misfortune to
fall on the sidewalk, and in doing so
dropped her hand -satchel to the ground.
Before she had time to pick it up again
the thieving canine had got possession of
it, and in quicker time than it tikes te
authorities at Buffaloopened the parcel
and seized the contents, so that Dr.
Minot will not get the interesting
sample. -
—Rev. Dr. Wilson, formerly of Kings-
ton, is doing good work in New York.
The Sun says: Although Rev. Dr.
Rainsford retains charge of St. George's
affairs, Dr. Wilson is the one who is
really -keeping the church on the -broad
road of progress for which it has becinne
noted. Dr. %Nilsen is vigorous and
radical. His daughter is a member of
the Salvation Army. She had formerly
done a great deal in city mission fields,
but after attending some Booth meetings
,he became imbued with their spirit,
and said she wanted to pu'; on a poke
bonnet. At the time of the recent
Salvation Army Congress, in Associa-
tion Hall, she was admitted as a
cadet. Her father was present at the
ceremony.
—We notice in a Manitoba ' paper a
very queer decision by two local magis-
trates, Mr. Johnston Rutherford, J. P.,
and Mr. Peter Hyde, J. P. It appears
a farmer at Silver Creek was arrested
and convicted of house breaking. He
was senteuced to be sent to Brandon for
trial at the assize court, but as there
was noirnoney in hand the constable re-
fused to Cake his prisoner there. In the
dilemma the court decided that the
prisoner should go and deliver himself
up.for trial, but as he claimed to have
no money to pay his fare, and 150 miles
was too far to walk, he was told tdK go
home and behave himself better - in the
future ; and there the matter rests—ft
had gone out of sight. Nothing more
was heard -of the stolen article until Ser-
gent Kell was called into Mrs. Dearbon's
residence and handed the satchel by that
lady, who said her little dog had
brought it to her. It was restored to
the rightful owner, who gave a reward
for its recovery.
Perth Items.
Mr. Andrew, Little, Grand Trunk
Railway agent at Listowel, has been
sick in bed for three weeks with a cone -
plication of troubles which seem to be
baffling the doctors, and at the present
time is very low.
—The other day a little son of Mr_
James Irvine, ;St.' Marys, slipped off a
chair and in falling to the floor his hand
came in contact with a needle which
penetrated the flesh to the depth of
nearly an -inch and broke off. A doctor
was surnmoned, but it was with difficulty
the piece of needle was extracted.
—Mr. D. W. Dulmage, after a resi-
dence of twelve years in, Kirkton, is
about to leave the village, having rent-
ed his store to Mr. R. McGowan, of
l'hamesville. Mr. Dulmage has rented
one of the largest stores in Wallaceburg,
-where he intends conducting a dry -
goods, millinery and tailoring establish-
m,en ts.
—As an illustration of the profitable-
ness of dairying when carried ors with
intelligence, care and energy, it may be
mentioned that Mr. John Arbogast, of
the neighborhood of Carlingford, last
season sent 50,166 pounds of milk to the
Black Creek cheese factory froth five
good object lesson in weetern jurisprud-
cows and two heifers, for which he rev,
en—debne night recently Mr. Wm, White,
—An open meeting under the auspices
lized the handsome sum of $374.25.
owfa'sGaireonutdie'froed"thistsliittimdlbea8rCXbyCa01_10110tiyse,
of Semmervale lodge of Good Templars,
at the door and on opening it to ascer- was field in the town hall, F arton,
taie.the cause, he Witt! confronted by a Friday evening, January 30 . Dr.
Armstrong was in the chair arid a good
full house enjoyed an excellent pro-
gramme of music, singing, readings,
recitations, etc. The lodge is a popular
and infl uential organization in the v illage.
—A newly married young couple
driving through Gowanstown the other
night, attempted to pass a team just be-
low the track and, not observing the
ditch and culvert there, picked them-
selyes up out of the bottom of the creek.
They returned to Mr. M. Daure's a.
wetter if not a happier couple, to dry
themselves out.
—While coaating the other day Bert
and Charlie, sons of Mr. John Teskey,
of St. Marys, lost control of their sleigh,
which ran against the corner of Mr.
Reid's house. Both the boys sustained
sprained ankles and numerous bruises
to their fece and legs. The tame after-
,
noon and on the same hill, a little girl
fell off her aleigh whilst coasting and re-
eeived an ugly bruise.
—The revival meetings carried on
since the opening of the year in the
German Methodist church, on the 2nd
conceseion of Wallace, closed last week.
The pastor, Rev. Mr. Ortwein, of Lieto-
wel has labored very hard throughout
and has been ably seconded' by the
members. The result is very gratify-
ing as a -large number of the young peo-
ple have been brought in.
—The county meeting of the Orange
organizations of Perth was held in Mit-
chell, on Tuesday last week, arid was
largely attended from all parts of the
county. Mr. Wm. White was elected
County Master, and good men appointed
to the various other offices. It was de-
cided to -celebrate the next anniversary
of the Battle of the Boyne in Mitchell,
and an invitatation wag sent to the
Orangemen of North Perth and Huron
to join with their brothers of this riding
on that day. Several good speeches
were made, and the meeting thioughout
was a very enthusiastic one.
—Mr. Andrew McVittie, who has
been home at Avonbank, for a few
weeks, left last week for his new home
at White Fish, in the vicinity of Sud-
bury, where he has been living for some
time. Mr. McVittie brought with him
some specimens of the rich minerals
from some of the new mines now being
which he has
opened up, among some of
claims. American, Canadian and Eng-
lish capitalists are now taking a great
interest in these mines, and there is no
doubt but that Sudbury will yet be an-
other Leadville or Denver at no very
distant date.
—The other evening in Mitchell Dr.
Smith drove a horse belonging to Mr.
John Colvin, jr., into the livery stable
and left it standing on the floor, as.
Warkworth ; 0. Charlton, St. George ; there was no one there to take charge of
W. J. McNiven, Winona; D. M. Mc- the animal. In some way the horse got
Intyre, Paisley, and C. M. Zavitz, Cold- turned around and came running up
stream. The president, in his annual Main street. The cutter was badly
address, after welcoming the members smaahed ageinst poet, and the fright-
and/visitors, spoke of the gain in
cusilions and conventions, and re-
viewed the , w'ork of the union, the
growth of which he characterized as slow
'fine looking gentleman dressed in a seal
skin overcoat and beaver hat. Mr.
White invited the man in, but he re --
fused, saying he was in a hurry, at the --
same time drawing a revolver from his
pocket. But Mr. White was too quick
for him, seizing the revolver he struck at
the man who disappeared in the dark-
ness. Mr. White having that, day dis-
posed of a large amount of clover seed,
it is supposed robbery was the intention.
He describes the man as an Irishman
about six feet high, elightly cross-eyed
and wearing a black moustache.
- —W. D. Beoker, of Hamilton, secre-
tary of the Victoria Mutual Fire hour-
ance Company, died from the effects of
a fall on Wednesday last week. As be
was going to the office he fell on James
street, striking the back of his head on
the sidewalk. He went on to the
office, and there complained of a head-
ache, but continued on with hie duties.
Shortly afterwards he was heard to fall
and was found lying on the floor and
bleeding from a wound on the left eide
of the head. An hour later he was
dead. Death resulted from a rupture
of the blood vessels in the head. De-
ceased was about 62 years of age and
one of Hamilton's most respected' citi-
zens. He was for years secretary of the
Victoria Mutual, and was an active
offi-
cial in the James street Baptist church.
--With regard to the death of the late
Mrs. Morden near Ridgetown, the
Hamilton Times gives the following ad-
ditional particulers "More than 70
years ago Mrs. Morden rode on horse-
back with her husband from Dundee to
London to find a new home in what was
then a wilderness. Mr. Morden, who
died abOut nineteen years ago, used to
say1that he was the first white child
born in Dundas. The old lady
just deceased, while visiting her grand-
daughter, Mrs'. Gardiner, in Ha.milton a
few years ago, made inquiry as to the
whereabouts of "one Jordan or Jardine
(Des Jardine) who used to talk about
building e canal wipin-she was a girl."
Her memory of the events of her early
life was wanderfully clear. She vividly
described a greatfire that was raging in
Burford woods, by which her and her
husband nearly lost their lives on their
horseback trip to the west.
—The tenth annual- meeting of the
Ontario Agricultural and Experimental
Union convened at the Ontario Agricul-
tural College Wednesday morning last
week. There was a good attendance.
Mr. T. Raynor, of Rosehill, the presi-
dent, occupied the chair. Among the
old students present were: S. N. Mon-
teith, Stratford • 0. A. Bredie, Bethes-
da; 4. Shantz, 'Waterloo ; R. S. Hol-
terman, Romney ; G. Lick, Oshawa;
S. P. Brown. Whitby; 0. Carlow,
ened animal continued to run with only
the shafts attached to it. Down the
railway track the horse ran, jumping
three cattle guards and landing about
.but,firm. Greater energy and skill were midway on the long bridge near the old
now required to make farming pay; he Junck farm, where it stuck fast. The
believed the experimental work was help- six o'clock train was just about due
ing to increase the farmer's equipment. when the animal was found and the
Last year the union had sent out enough train signalled to stop. With the aid
school holidays she was in the habit grain and fertilizers for over 300 plots. of ropes, etc., the horse Was got out,
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ominA to Toronto and hiring out as Six experiments were going on, with 68 apparently scarcely any the worse for
(=Win for the purpose of robbery. persons engaged in them. The experi- 1 its mad run,