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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1891-03-06, Page 1277 1891. TS. d. pieces are now ifferent pattern. .ETTES, rias in plaids and - AM& patterns in good DNS. aeavy in white or 1NGS. s, fast in colors an icesr 4ADE& the best patterns,. , the kind to give ction. 5:we hold in large iblie may rely up - the very closest McFaul RTE.. misommormummi'mmoinsm, orning last in the beby girl. -Mr. ee maker who has eral menthe past o • ns. -Under the appeals of the Rev. re being brought ti -Alex Held and ed, split and piled in the short time twenty minutes. :eter. -Mesers Thomas Weir, left for Manl- y of last week if horses. We eome money and their venture. ry succeasful carnis ursday evening of ing rink, Mr. A. Cti - Ile night was fa- r -teed was in attend- eibson., formerly- of 'ina, Michigan, paid t last week. The himself. -The rain s early part of this to the sleighing.- ' and Mr. David their fortune iR 7y next month. -As the day of the contest waxes• ies are putting their' but there is little iuron will &claire,' or itates. Mr. A. 11. iehalf of Dr. Holmes, it Saturday night, fair hearing, Dr. Fordvvieh, Belmore, aces in this vicinity, by Thom Gibson, on and others. We • of Conservatives, t their party this. teflon. i'heitnet. 1. Gordon was in, :tending the Grimed d - Workmen. -Mr. e Times, and Mr. siting the modern 1. n business. -Miss Glenmorris, is• here' her, Mr. John Pat- friends.-Divisioa, on Tuesday last.- ahipped a load of imaminster,, Britiaba y last. -The Wing - d preparing for a • the 24th' of May. Ectoh for the silver - e club by Mrs. J. Mr. B. Wilsorfs. .wplaying for the ter Scott, of near g friends in town. 3 are getting hot s.Cow an ,pos tmaster st week and spoke Helmee was present McDonald wanted fused the. privilege. !afraid of him. Dr. 'a meeting in Ba- the 2Sth inst., in ie and of March, and liuesday evening, 3rd john McMillan, of ectecl to be present !eting„ 4ore. ;.-Dr. McDonald, exile, of Wroxeter, es of this vicinity on ..N. McDonald occe- geod hearing but not -Mr. Skilling, zganized an orches - place held by Mr. We muet say that on are greatly miss - their property and lam people of Bel - local talent is Prier to their airs. Bainton were wse anci a very corn - address from the )range Lodge, No. 'ores -term expressing jell they are field, their -kindness and 1 the sick room &9- a with public affairs, le Lo- the deep regret ire. • ANEW W17MBEIR 1,212. TWENTY -THIRD YEAR. -HOLE N / ' SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, { i liEcriElA.N BROS. Publishers. ' 4)1.50 a Year, in Advance. MARC H. Now Ready for Inspection, A Large Stock . • The OF New_.Good FOR ! pring Trado. ASSORTMENT—Eitensive, QUALITY—First-class, —AND PRICES put at the very Closest figures for CASH. Edward M'Fau SEA FORTH. FRU,IT CULTURE. IA PAPER READ By MR. JOHN ALLISON, BEFORE !THE RECENT MEETING OF sOUTH Rome FARMERS' INSTITUTE. In asking me for a paper on Fruit 'Culture, I take it that you wish Fruit •fered, either from overbearing or from 'Culture to be considered as a branch of • - - the winter, prune the whole top short, of young od. It ia that they dies, and they keep the air from perfecting and coloring the fruit. Some varieties of apples, like Tatman Sweets, }nitre a ten- dency for their branches to cross each other. This must be prevented. Do not let your trees overbear or the fruit will be inferior and the tree will not have energy enough left to mature fruit buds for next season. With your deep worked soil, kept supplied with the necessary plant food, you need not fear drought. It is often noticed that a tree is long in corning into bearing, but have patience for a tree must have aize, before it can bear much fruit. You can hasten fruiting, by pinchi and turning them intc fruit leaving weak inside shoots b the tope of the branches down ringing or tying a cord around by root pruning, or by seeding orchard, or in some way chec growth. In this section of country, w is little broken land, and the in continuously cleared shoots Spurs, by bend ing arde ; by a bra.och; down the ing rapid ere there ush is be- long the roads, and where there is very little natural shelter for orchard, we are more and more liable to have fruit trees killed or weakened invitality front winter storms, so that a first considera- tion regarding a variety is, Is it hardy? Does it stand the winter well? To me this suggests the need of windbreaks, and should you find that a tree has suf- profitableindustry wit in the reach so to form a new sapw as o get an active grow t farmers genero ally. When we think of the thowiande of dollars that have come shoots, into the country each year, for a num- often said that trees are dying, ber of years; and the great number who [there itt dm distribution at a period when wheat:culture has been precarious, we consider that conditions have changed since the old orchards were planted ; and as the National Policy has failed to re- _ quire our fruits for home consumption, we have to ship to a foreign market. We now fiud we have many varieties that do not suit present condition. Although Manitoba and the Northwest want good fruits at allseaeona and will never be able to grciw them, we have not the readymouveyances to- ensure the safe de- livery in good condition of summer ' fruits so as to make, it a safe venture to - ship in large quentities to that country. would say here, that -meny now find that the proper varieties are nearly miss- ing from their selections, and Inow that they have found a better location for their orchards, it is the better way to plant new ones. Then allow me to suggest a few ideas regarding pro- cedure. An orchard may succeed in a great variety of soils, but if your loca- tion is either a quicksand, or tenacious clay, then plant but a few trees for home use. If your location has a stiff subsoil, theu, work it deep before plant. ing, draining it thoroughly, and putting it in good tilth, and usually you will not require to dig a hole larger than to take in the roots properly. Now about the trees, get them from a man who has the reputation of dealing orethe square, and one who is not running into bank- ruptcy. Unless there is a great differ- ence in soil!, do not go in for many va- rieties. If, you are going to plant it thousand apple trees, four or five vari- eties is enough for coinmercial purposes, and with those your orchard will give a better average of fruit, year by year, than if you had but one variety. G -et trees of small size, with small tops, and if they Jamie small aide branches they will have a nice taper from the butt, and will have better roots than switchy trees. Do not expect your varieties to be equally well rooted, for varieties show a great difference in fibrous roots. Now that your d trees are to hand, heel them et once, taking them out as required, exposing them as little as pos- sible. Find a line for your first row, take the right angles of this and ,meas- uee from those twolines and your trees will tine any way you take them. Have a line of stakes each way, placing stakes. off the line of the trees, then no stake needs to be lifted till all the trees are pleaded. Then - leave the small side - branches and leaves on the stem until July or August of the second year after planting. Keep the _ground about the trees clean and mellow by frequentahee- ing or mulehing, and do not grow grain or COM anzioug trees at first, but try to have the trees grow smartly for a few years. Make a study of the principles of plant life so that you may keep an eves distribution of sap and growth in all parte of the tree, Mad then you know how, what and when to prune. You will require little pruning or pinching till midsummer of the second year. Do not permit a crotch or fork in a tree for it is WI to split, and don't start a top with a raw of branches near together and then cut the tep out, for when the branahes get large, they will be eure to break down and the tree will be worth- less. It is well to know the -netural habit of a tree, as then yen know what it is up to Habit can be modified, so the tree can have some of its own way, and you may have your way too. In pruning the top of a tree, do not have the main branches to start oot close to one another, and do not have too many leading ibranches, or they wila ran out and uroop. See that your trees do net lean to the northeast, or the bark will set on the northwest aide, and! decay soon. Orchard trees grow fastest on the east bide, because it has the longest day. We knew that light and heat are Nature's forces in the proper assimilation of the Isap, and that there is a relative propor- tion between a branch and the, roots miler it, also that the growth will go to , the higher, branches. So shorten and . thin out the stronger branches and the growth will go to the othere. When the tree gets into bearing, if you leave the _fruit on the strong side and take it off the weak aide, it will tend to equalize the growth, for a branch cannot bear much fruit and maks much growth at the same time, as the descent of the sap is arrested by the fruit. Do not let A lot of water shoots get up in the centre ai the tree, for besides the bad habit, 4,71t;-7 are blighted between the bra on the trunk, when the -cause was feeble -growth between the branches and about , all of the wood turned into heartwood. To prevent this,have every br nch grow separate so as to have active growth all anaand it, and such a branch Will not be liable to split from the tree. Vide sep- arate branch idea is importan , in train- ing even the most hardy varieties and more so with tender varieties. I rather like the idea of summer pruning, as the cuts heal so nicely aud without danger of decay. The letter part of winter, however, is a good time to prime large trees, and is the most convenient time for a farmer, but -it should be done long enougitbefori the flow of sap to 'give a wound a chance to get aeasoned and close the-poree. In spring pr ning the cute are apt to get black and if the cut is made tvith a fine not pared after, it is Iess liabl The cut should be made clo shoulder of the branch and. do and not leaving a pointed s prunings should be burned e many insects would bedestroy Now, if my rambling rema any use in interesting any t observation of, and a deeper e in Fruit Culture, Is -hall ha ward. JOHN ALLISON, 11 — — . Turnips. ecay, but saw, and to bleed. e to the e neatly,. ag. The! rly, then ed. ks are of a closer thusiasm e my re- sborne, TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXPOSITOR,— It appears that the turnip question has revived, and there ie considerable differ: ence of opinion. One writer says that they are hard on the land; now that is contrary to our experience. We raise about ten acres of hoed crop eeery year. After roots We sow barley, and we al- ways have a first-class crop o barley, f 40 to 45 bushels being nothing unusual. After the barley is cut we gang-plotie and ridge up for wheat, ad if there is any wheat in the country we have our share. In 1889, when fall wheat Was a comparative failure in our part of the country, our wheat treated as I -have said, and without a forkful of manure except what was put on for the roots, yielded twenty-five buehels per acre on a field of „thirteen acres, so the turnips can't be so VERY hard on the land. Now, if turnips are an unprofitable crop, will somebody explain why it is that the English farmers cling so :tenaciously to turnips, it being quite common to see 30 to 60acres on one farm. Now, where rents are so high and competition so keen, and the farmers so well posted in their business, how is it that they keep Scotland. The North British fanner seeing to consider thh3 crop as the sheet anchor upon which alone he nosy rely with any cenfidence of euccess in his struggle to hold the British cattle mar- ket against foreign, 'competition. Well may the Scotch farinier look with pride on his turnip fields and then on his fat stock, the' latter the outcome of the -former, and thank Providence that he is still able to hold his own agamst all foreign competition iu supplying John Bull with the choice cuts of beef which are so tempting to his paaate. II have seen in Scotland prize cattle that would do Credit to any show, risig, and which, eince they were calves, had cnly re- ceived in addition to their pasture feed a bountiful supply of straw and turnips." SToc More About TUrnip • TO THE Eprro,R OF THKEXPO ITOR,— I was ivaitiug to see if any of the turnip men,or any ordinary fartners,woUld not answer the " Morris Farmer's " letter, and else comply with ! Mr. Michie's wishes, as he wishes to hear more about the turnip question. i do mot know who this ' Morris Farther " is, but it does not matter as all he said in ; regard to the farmers he mentioned, is unfounded and tabe. His imagination has got away with him. New, I have made it my businet to enquire into the fin matter and I , Mr. McMillan, and Mr. McGowan and Mr. Ross are all in favor of turnips and, would not like to do without them. Very often these who do not grow turnips are those Who keep scrub cattle. I believe in corn, also in peas and oats, but 'turnips along with the rest of dry feed, are the bed sub- stitute than can be iorodueedi 1 do not quote only those meniI rneritioised, but as their names were brought out as anti - turnip men, I mention them. You can- not name me a successful cattl ' feeder, whosaysbe cao get anything c eaper to take the place of turnips. If more of them were rbise4 there would itot be so many delicate cattle in the spring. I do not wash to take too I much space in answering " Morrie , Fairmerai " letter, as he has gone out of bur reach !entirely, , \V..ei -ANOSH FA13IER. Dareage fro . 1 Etillacroddaa and I ice has • been daused at riie ral points ix Ontario. -Duncan Fish 's saw mill, at Pais - „1 ley, as burned oaday niglit. Loss over . ,000._ : --The.mereury 1 e t down n Ottawa to tvienty-two 4 gees 'bele zero On Sunday might. - The township f frew ounty, h s p a by -la by a ma o - ev. R. G. ,agita ng forth W-tstme th, Ren- al he lo al option ty of 32 votes. oville, ef Il milton, is reatiori of a benefit and s pal -en -nu tieiii fund for t e fire de- partn ent. is -Mr. MeNit 1, the Consery tive can- didat in Nort larece, ! met with an accident last we WhiCh c used the fractu - greed to close at six on every pt Satur- day a - hiv rea, the laroo et with such succe t h is con- tinui e we k longer. - nstr contem- plate associa- tion f separate from - stock it of pri York Kennel _lThe city coluneil, St. Thornas, have eatimeted that an 'electric light plant, capabie of !lighting 100 lamps,' will cost $10,0a0 a eear for po years. =A boy! named George Disch, about 14 years of age, got caught in the ma- chinery oi Kerr & aaircourt's bobbin factory at Walkerton on Friday and was instantly killed', ! Rae i of Coletester, Essex County, fell deem etairs hoe days ago re of one f erlin merch their at week -day d Tuesday r. Ferdinand S lyn evang 1 a has s in Woo s ck th his wor 1 ere on he Petro f Ind he forma of a gran r Ontari hich w'll b he -Unite Lr. Andre Sentinel. es for his is legs!. nts hive at h lf-p ening exc Sates a soci tions. addle. of the Wood- h- red do at the New eview, a number ub s Show last week. on raising an unprofitable crop ? Surely and received such severe 1 injuries that it mustpay them ; if not, somebody death ens ed. He Was ought to tell them about it. Again, old. tae objection has been raised that they -John Battle, proprie contein 90 per cent. of water; 'my, how oict cement works, died a that water frightens them. laid they Thursday iight last wee ever stop to consider that grits? contains had been a resident of T past 40 ye -The Company - ed. the Rai 78 hap han nes con and r cent. of water, and grata is per - the most perfect cattle foed in the Is of man? Beef, itself, contains ly SO per cent. of water, end milk ains 87 per cent. of water,' end beef milk are two of the moat utritioue arti 'les of diet we have. I of en think that turnip water is emnething like the "Irishman's soup,” a quart ;of water boiled down to a pint to make* strong. And then again, we are all well aware of the fact, that in order to keep up the productiveness of our land we must keep down all weede, and in order to do this we must either summerfallow or hoe. Now, the question is, which will pay the beat? Well, I look at it like this, it takes no more team work to pre- pare the land for roots than it does for a sunimerfallow, and that leaves you the roots for the hoeing and harvesting. Take an average crop of turniPs to be 500 bushels, and their value to be tie cents per bushel, which I consider a very low estimate. In fact, when oats are worth 40 cents I consider that tur- eipieare worth 10 cents, but take six ver 80 years or of the Thor - his residence • Mr. Battle orold for the rs, and was highly respected. ichigan Ceatral Railway eve very genetously present - way Hospital sn S1'. Thomas, with $486.65, to pay off lie d bt of the institutio • -R. H. Peoplee, of Vank411e, near Kingston, had both feet !shockingly frozen soi e nights ago. He was thrown out of his rig, and remained on the ground a 1 night. Re' • reMoved his - boots to s cure relief. ! -The oureartesian yeelle sunk at Newmark t, are now yielding 100,000 gallons a ay, Bothatthe waterworks question o that town is settled for a generation -The 4eatl of Joh Wesley, the founder o Methodiam, occurred 100 years ago laid Sabbat . Appropriate commemo atiee sermons were preached es throughout face was cut and bruised, and rd trying to rise to help his father he feurid that the front bone of his left leg was I:no en. They were taken into Mr. U en's and medical aid procured from Th rnda e. -Willow creek overflowed ts b nks at Paieley last week, comple ly top- ping traffic. The bridge was roke , barn carried away, and othe da age done. A large number of me wer put to work clearing the main roa -Manitoba whitefish sell i To onto for seven cents per pound aft r fright being paid on them for 1,4 0 n Hes, while Winnipeggers; says he Free Press, have to pay eight cent a p und for the same kind of fish. -A farmer went into rigg r of ei in the Methodist cherc the Proviirces.! -Rob rt Fletcher, a near Ivy post -office, not fell off a load Of hay an on hie head, and receive cents as their value, that give e you $30 which he died in a few h per -acre, and I think ought to pay well -One day lately, as Di for the hoeing and harvesting. If they of Cherry Grote, North have been properly cultivated they will his s n John, of Chicago leave the land in just as good condition as a summerfallow. Mr. Michie told us last swing that cattle could not be suc- cessful'raised on turnips without meal, so I will wind up with a quotation from the Montreal Witness: "While traveling through Great Britain last summer I was surprised to see how large a portion of the arable land there is em- ployed in the growth of turnips, and also the almost uniformly splendid ap- pearance of this crop, more especially in up! t ions spri mal e bumf Mr. anith, who is uptva fellavily, striking his woe stick, receiving a which required eleven at together, anti severe bru and shouidert His son linrs and W4 4,raggedi 4 dis visit Mr. Joseph og broke his ehai g at the horse, frig o that he bolted, and throwing out farmer living ar from Barrie, riclay, striking inj ries from : urs. r. P ter Smith, iddlesex, and we e driving ren a feroc- an made a teni g the ani - ups tang the the occupants, ds o 70 years, hea.s on a cord- scal wound, tche to hold sea o thi neck held n to the nee; his hp House, London, and left a $Q'pa dog -skin gloves on a seat in the !waiting - room. Returniog a few mintes later, the seat remained, but the gib es were gone. -Zoe Gayton, actress and tie es rian, Walking for a wager from San Francisco to New York, left Welland morning last week for Buffalo. he is Thusday i over 200 miles ahead of time, in !good - . health and spirits, and will uadoulltedly win her wager. -Martin & Morphy, of Hamilton, have just completed the sale of 4. M. Pettitai fruit farm, stock and furniture, east of Grimsby, to -M. C. Herbert, of London, England, for the aura of $ ,000, far his son, F. G. Herbert, wao wilttake posseesioa in a week or two. --alrietE. J. Chamberlin, wife o general Manager of the Canada At Railway, gave a ball in 4 House, Ottawa, last Frid Y About 150 ladies and gentlemen present. The whole of the fi at Ela given up to the guests. -At the Grand Trunk Ra lway sta- tion, Cobourg, Friday last, Brakeman Bret, while trying to draw a in out of two a was by B. F. Lampkios ; South Brantford and Oakland, by Charles Cox; Tuscar- ora and Onieda, lby Archibald Russell. The evening session partook of a Mass meeting of Sunday School work Mr. W. N. Hoseie, president of Provincial Association, gave a sug tive address on ." Advance Movem in Sunday School Work," which followed by an animated and instruc conference. -It is stated that work will b mimed on the Calgary and Edmo railway as soon as the frost is out of ground, and that the line will be c pleted to Edmonton early in July. NN. that line le completed work will commenced on the Calgary and McLeod section, which will be r for operation, according to present culations, next fall. -A terrible accident occurred A day morning last week on the 9th cession of South. Dorchester, count Elgin. While 'John Ireland was fe timber a lodged tree suddenly desc ed upon him, crushing his head mutilating his body in a horrible nen He expired shortly after. leaves a wife and large family to m his loss. -Mr. Tobin, 6f Kingston, 1 has his last shipment of ties from along the line of the K. & P. railway,. consisting of eight carloads to Ogdensburg f r C. McCullough. He has also 3,000 tele- een but fore o he tion of the sick seamen vi iting the port, under a mutually satisf etory ar- rangement: The total number of pati- ents treated during the year was 304, of rs. i whom 104 were citizens, 36 came from the 'the surrounding country, 156 were t r es- sailors and eight were immigrants. Of nth this total also, 130 were Episcopalians, as 40 Presbyterians, 116 Lutherans, seven we Methodists, three Baptists and eight Of other denoininations ; 254 of the pati- ents were discharged cured, 27 were re- lieved, 10 unrelieved, and 13 died. m- bar' the orn ben be 'ort ady on- on - of ling nd- and att e urn foie graph poles ready for shipment bet the Sharbot Lake and Russell's siding antic used. ight. were was a coupling, slipped on the ice an cars ran over him. One of his an cut off and one leg was bacillar] i places His recovery is doiibtful. -Tie Queen street Baptiet churjch in St. Catharines, a fine structure e ected in )1852, was'completely gutted b fire about seven o'clock the other mo rang. The large pipe organ, recently laced in the church, valued at $250, noij lies in ashes. -After the rain of last week th estoga river overflowed, and the ing ice wa4 carried upon the roa tween St. Jacobs and Hawksvillei caus- ing & complete blockade, so that the stages could not pass with the mete for Elmira. -A very fine specimen of the tiger or wildcat was shot last week ne r the Black Horse, in the township of Kin- loss, Bruce county. It is the 1 rgest animal of the kind that has weer been seen in that section., and weigled over forty pounds. -Messrs. MeLauchlin & Sinit, of Owen Sonnd, have shipped 40,po bar- rels of apples during the past s ason, mostly to the English markets, here pricee range from 308. to 40s. per bar- rel. The firm intends --shipping 2,000 more barrels as soon as cars c n be secured. -Voting on local option liquo law in Onondaga township, Brant co nty, took place last week. The result was fifteen majority for the act. The bove is not an index to the temperance enti- ment, as many in favor remain d at home, while all the votes possible were polled for the opposition. -An ice jam took place an the river at Elora last week, doing con able damage. The flumes of the dry and woollen mills were c away, the lower flat of the 0 woreted works was damaged, c were flooded and verandas w !away. The view at Elora falls magnificent. -A number of Ontario farmers their families, who settled in Dakota some eight years ago, through Winnipeg on Friday nigh on their way to Yorkton With si loads of stock. One hundred fa of these -Canadians are expected Dakota in three weeks, bound Yorkton. - Four year ago a man and hs son named Pierce, had a disagreement bou a piece of land in Mersea townehip, county of Essex. The case was lough to the highest court and settlement ha ! been reached. The lawyers got $1,400 and the defendant $200, and the plain tiff had to pay into court $130. - Mr. Smithson, living near Aylmer was in London Monday on his rain from Detroit, where he had been look ing after his runaway wife. Mrs Smithson left home a few days ago, and it is believed she eloped with a rnadi who was on intimate terms with tht family. She was traced as far as De,- troit, but there all trace of her was lost; -The Fishery Department have notii fied their overseer at Sault Ste. Marie not to issue any fishing license to ana one but practical fishermen, and knowe to the overceer as such. This will d' away with sub -letting to foreigners Men who meat) a living on shore have no right to hold licenses to the exclusion of the practical fisherman. two Con - float -- be - rand ider- fouls- rried tario liars shed was , and outh, ssed. last• car lilies from for -About two o'clock on Saturday afternoon a young man named Frana Ryall, son of Mr. Thos. Ryall, of Paris, was found'dead in his father's barn. It appears he went to the stable to harnesii the horse, and was stricken ,with head disease, and died instantly. He was in good health at noon, and was neve known to complain. -The annual convention of the Bran County SabbathiSchool Association wa held at Paris last week. There was large attendance of delegates and Sa bath School workers, and the procee lags were full of interests Henry Co of Burford, President of the Associatio presided. The afternoon was chiefly d voted to the hearing of reports from the various local associations as follows: Paris, byeRev. S. Sheldon; Brantfor City, by S. Tapscott ; Burford, by -T. Rutherford; South Dumfries, by H. 1 Nixon; North Brantford and Onondag a cannot get them across the line b Marcn lst. They are then subject duty of 20 per cent, and he claim will lose $600 on the consignment. -On the application of Mr. Se ant, general manager of the G Trunk Railway Company, the Seer of the Treasury at Washington,bas termined upon making Island P Vermont, a querantine station for c from Canada destined to points in or through 'Vermont, and shipments may glow be made to Portland and ether places in that district. -One evening recently, while a party of young folks of the tenth, concession, near Armow, were returning home from a secia.1 gathering at Mr. Itamehaw's, on the fifth, they had the misfortune of.up- setting the sleigh while going down the big hill. In the upset two young ladies were seriously injured, fortunately no bones were broken, though it seems almost a miracle -that some one wasn't killed as tke sleigh and the entire party rolled a distance of about twenty feet, and was brought to a sudden stop by the fence. -Mr. A. E. Macdonald, the deputy clerk of the crown, died at Cornwall on Monday morning. By his death Corn- wall loses one of its oldest and most esteemed citizens. Mr. Macdonald be longed to one .of the oldest Roman Catholic families in the Dominionnthey having settled there over a century ago. Mr. Macdonald was a splendid type of a Glengarry Highlander, stern in his in- stincts and unwavering in his princi- ples. He leaves ibehind him a widow, three sons and three daughters. Among the former are Lieut. -Col. Donald Mac- donald,, of the Department of Militia and Defence, Ottawa ;Mr. A. F. Mac- donald, of the Bank of Montreal, and Dr. Roderick Macdonald, of Manitoba. -A sawing match took place at J. D. McColl's Lucan, on Saturday. About 400 people were present. The contest was over an eighteen -inch log, two luta to be made by each party. Messrs. Gil- more and Fraser, of Mooreville, won in 75a seconds ; 2nd, Messrs. Wm. Sproul and Wm. Carroll, of Teeewater, in 86 seconds ; 3rd, Messrs. Gilniore and Sampson, Mooreville, in 86ia seconds. At the .close of the match Messrs. R. Curry and D. McColl, of Parkhill, took off one cut in 30 seconds, with their overcoats on and whiie smoking cigars. -A dwellinghouse in Brechin, Ontario county, occupied by Dr. Wilson, was consumed by fire about 2 o'cloek Friday morning. The doctor made his escape ithrough the bedroom window. Mrs. Wilson, in trying to make her escape, fell inside and sank to theiloor nearly suffocated with the smoke. The doctor, finding she was not following, called, and getting n� answer, retuned and found her insensible on the: bedroom floor. He carried her out by the winaow on to the kitchen roof. Noth- ing was saved. This is the!first dwel- ling house burned in Brechin. -Mrs. John Kay died very suddenly at her home in Paris on Sunday, 22nd ult. She had attended church, and seemed in excellent spirits during the day. After taking supper she wint in- to her bedroom to put on her jacket and bonnet to go out. Her daughter and husband hearing a rattle of furniture entered the room and found her pros- trate Vn the floor, in a few minutes the vital spark had fled. Her sudden death is attributed to heart trouble. She was a kind mother, a devout member of the Methodist church, and her loss is keenly felt by her husband and family. -Mr. Geo. Derome, a nephew of Sir Hector Langevin, died at the Water street hespital, Ottawa, last week. Mr. Dereme was employed in the Pub- lic Works Department. For many years before his death he had abjured the Roman Catholic faith. Neverthe- less, the Sisters of the Hospital 'and clergy of that church were exceedingly solicitous that he should die within the pale of the Church, and her rites were performed at his death -bed and an im- pressive funeral service said at the Basilica over hie remains. The deceased has a brother a Protestant clergymen in Springfield, Maissachusetts, who has written desiring to bear the expenses of burial, and expressing a desire to be put in possession of the body for burial. The body was placed in the winter vault. -The records bf the Jeffery Hale (Protestant) Hospital in Quebec for 1890, show a very large increase in the number of cases treated, arising princi- pally, no doubt, from the placing by the Domininion Government in the institu- perity. rge• and tary de - int, %ttle = -The marriage of Miss Helen Greg- ory and Mr. F. C. Flescher, of Delon eine, Manitoba, took place at Hamilton Tuesday. -Mr. Robert Hamilton, of Quebec, has promised a donation of $4,000 to- wards the rebuilding of Bishop's Cellege„ Lennoxville. -A WaterdoWn correspondent says: Mies Esther Mills, of Hamilton, preach- ed with much acceptance to a large congregation in the Methodist Church on Sunday morning. -Rev. N. A. McDiarmid, who has been pastor for the past three years of the Methodist Church, Oshawa, has re- ceived a call to the large Methodist church at Picton. -The wife of Mr. Joseph Langford, a respectable retired farmer living Lucan, dropped dead at the tea table Tuesday evening. The doctor pro- nounced it a case of heart disease. - -Early Tuesday morning the -Lamb - ton stables at Brandon were consumed by fire, together with eight heroes. The ',tables and horses were owned by Mc- Bride -& Lane, transfer agents, who lose heavily. Insurance email. -Leonard Kern confined in Wood- stock goal attempted to break out the other day. When discovered he had kicked a brick out of the wall in his cell and was trying to make his way into the ventilator. - -Edward Dowdall, of Elba, Card- well coenty, 21 years of age, was in- stantly killed by falling in front of his sleigh off it load of wood while passing Camilla, Tuesday. his neck was broken and he died in 20 minutes afterwards. -Of the victime of the Spring Hill Nova Scotia mine . explosion 44 were Presbyterians, 28 Episcopalians, 24 Roman Catholies, 19 Methodists 2 Baptists and 6 unknown. The relief fund now amounts to nearly $20,006. Perth Item.4 After a painful and lingering illness Mr. Jasper Pridham of Mitchell, passed away on Friday 20th ult. Mr. Pridham was just in the prime of life, being in his 47th year. He leaves a wife and smell family, well pro- vided for. -The recent anniversary services in connection with the Presbyterian church, Motherwell, were very successful:. Rev. Dr. McMullen, of Woodstock, preached two eloquent, practical am -moils, on Sunday, and also spoke at tbe tea - meeting on Monday evening, the pastor, Rev. Ur. Ilaniiltun, supplying for Dr. McMullen at Woodstock. -Monday evening last wee a Ann Elizabeth, danghter of Mr. George Summer, of Logan, lay down upon a sofa, and in a few minutes was a corpse. Her death was terribly suddere De- ceased was well known in Mitchell, having worked for some tiqio as a. tailoress with Mr. Joseph Coppi was twenty years'of age, & most ble young woman, and belove who knew her. ---A St. Marys lady,who is teacher of a Public School in Toronto, had a funny experience the other day. Three child- ren preeented themselves for enrollment as pupils. The first on being aeked his name and age ansivered, " John Thomp- son, age thirteen," the second, " Rich- ard Thompson, age thirteen." "Oh then, you are twins ?" Imagine the teacher's astonishment when the &ewer was given, "No sir, please ma'am, we are triplets and there's the other fel- low." -While returning from Miteaell ten days ago, with cedar posts; Mr, W. H. Slack met with an accident wbich almost proved fatal to himself. His wagon slipped side -wise on the ice and upset, landing him on the whiffietrees. The horses ran, and at each step struck him on the head and face. Filially he fell through on to the groend, the wagon passed over him and left him half dead, with nose broken, and head cut and bruised, and other parts considera- bly mangled. Under skilful treatment he is now on a fair way of recovery, and hopes are entertained of his Complete restoration excepting a few scare to tell of the fearful ordeal through ti eich he passed. -On Friday, 13th inst., a young man named W. H. Slack, of the 10th con- cession of Blanshard, was returning from Mitchell with a load of cedar poets, and when descending Sandercoek's - hill, which was covered with ice,thebind end of the wagon slewed around and upset the load, the driver falling in 'front of the wagon, one of the wheels ef which paseed over his breast, causing internal injuries. Besides, his nose was badly smashed, his forehead cut and , bruised, and he also received an ugly Wound on the back of his head. '1'he team ran away, but was stopped by Mr. John Porteous, who then went to the assist- ance of Mr. Slack and helped him to the residence of Mr. W.Porteobs,where his wounds were carefully dressed by Dr. Armstrong. -The saw mills in Elms, have had a great run of logs this winter. ! On Fri- day, February 13, the Monkton mai had 700,000 feet of logs in the yard . and the manager was confident that with favor- able weather for another week pr two they would reach the million /notch. The mill gives employment to eight or ten heeds. F. Baechler's mill en the 16th coneession has a stock of about 400,000 feet of logs and a large quantity of lumber and posts. Lang's mill, gravel road, has 300,000 feet of logs to saw, and is alai) preparing to turn out about 1,000 bunches of shingles. Wmt Attig, the Donegal lumberman, has a larger stock of logs on hand than betas had for six years, over 800,000 feet are in hie- yard, and as great a quantity as 45,000_11mm been received in a single day. -Mrs. H. J. Huriburt and Mrs. Jas. A. Watson, of Mitchell, attended the funeral of their mother at Arkona re- cently. The Recordengives the follow- ing notice of the deceased: "Passed away peacefully and triumphantly, at her home in Thedford, on the 6th of February, Mrs. Thomas Howland, aged. 68 years, 8 months and 6 days. Her funeral was attended by her only sur- viving brother, William Lambe, of At- kona, and by all her children with one exception -including Dr. F. L. Hurl- burt, of Huntsville, and Rev. Thomas Howland, B. D,, of Sandwich, Illinois. The deceased leaves behind, her hus- band, an aged mother, now in her 95th year, and seven children, including Mrs. II. J. Hurlburt and Mrs. J. A. Watson, of Mitchell. The funeral service was held on Tuesday, February 10th, in the Baptist church, l'hedford, of which the deceased was an honored member, and w 's largely attended, after which the re aine were botrieyed to the Bapthit- cemetery, Arkona." -A few weelks ago, Mr, T. J. Hurl- burt, of the toviniship of Hibbert, took itinto his head ao try a little specula- tion in the potatis line. He found that potatoes were in idemand at Buffalo at 50 cents per bushel. He had a large quantity of his i own and purchased enough to make anarload, 184 bushels. When he got his .aotatoise to Buffalo he had to pay $46, or 25 cents a bushel to get them out of the customs. fie then sold them for $92, or 50 cents a bushel, leaving him on the ehipment, after de- ducting what he paid for duty, just $46, From this sum he still had to deduct freight and expenees. He has not speculated' any further in shipping potatoes to the United States market, nor would he advise any farmer to try it until we have received reciprocity. Mr. Hurl}Surt knows now from practi- cal experience who pays or loses the duty in shipping to the United States market. With $30 off his how ; 30 cents a bushel off his barley; ton off bis hay; 5 cents a dozen off his eggs, and 25 cents a bushel off his potatoes, there is spoor lookout for the Canadian farmer. . She arnia- by all -Rev. Dr. Laing, of Dundas, who is absent on a trip to Florida, writes to the Banner from somewhere on the Gulf Coast : "While I have been here I have enjoyed the best ,health, and I am en- joying my trip:very much, and feel benefited by it.' --About two weeks ago Mr. Andrew Laur of Port Stanley, miesed a pig froni. his yard. After ten days searching he found it in an old house north of the school house. The pig had gone in and shut the door on itself. When found the animal was alive, but very thin and weak. -Mr. Wm. Horton, of St. Thomas, the oldest practising barristers in the province,died Tuesday morninge aged 74 years. He occupied the position of re- corder of London until the office was abolished. He leaves a wife, who is a sister of Chief Justice Richardson, of Regina, and a family of nine children. -One night lately dogs played sad havoc with a flock of sheep belonging to Mr. Thomas McKenzie, near Galt. The helpless sheep appeared to have been chased around the premises nearly all night, and when found in the morning four of them had to be killed to end their sufferings. Several others are badly injured. -Rea. Mr. Carruthers, having resign- ed the pastorate of Kirkwall, Went- worth county, Presbyterian congrega- tion, is about to remove to New York State. He has accepted a call to a pas- torate on the Hudson river. about sixty miles from New York. Hie health late- ly hes not been of the best. He and his family will be greatly missed at Kirkwall. =Thomas Hambly, father of Charles Hainbly, the lad who, it will be remem- bered was tormented by the sailors on the Baltic till he threw himself over- board and was drowned, while walking on the ice from Pruder's dock to Wier - ton last Tuesday evening, brokethrough the ice. Not returning home, search was made Wednedav morning, and his body was found in 12 feet of water just under the break of the ice. Whether he broke through and sank at once or clung to the etige until eahausted no one -can tell. -Rev. T. W. Jeffery, one of the best known minister of the Methodist church in Canada, died at hie residence in To- ronto, on Sunday evenieg of heart dis- ease. Rev. Thomas Wesley Jeffery was a native of the island of St. Martins, West Indies, and received hits education at Woodhouse Grove Academy in York- shire, England. 1 In 1857 he came to Canada, and in this country he labored until his death. 'Mr:Jeffery has been stationed at Paris, Melbourne, Napanee,- Toronto, Brampton, and other places.. He was a man of extraordinary ability, a fine scholar an an eloquent preacher. In the death of Mr. Jeffery the Method- ist church has mistained a great loss. -Wm. Stewatt, Esq., of North! Em- bro, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, February 18th; 1831. When three years old his arents settled in West Zorra, then a wilderness of woods, ini fested by wolveS and bears which flock- ed around their !log cabin at eight des- troying sheep aad cattle. Mr. Stewart was quite a lad 'when the first horse ar- rived in Zorra, nothing but oaen being used. Later on Mr. Stewart teamed the grain to the mill at Hamilton, where all the marketing was done. In 1849 Mr. Stewart sailed on a veesel from Gode- rich to Chicago, then a very small city, without wharves, and there are few people who have seen the vast changes in the Chicago of 1849, and what Mr.Stew- art saw a short time ago. tiis many friends wish aim long life and pros- . 1... 77 c7Z.