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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1891-09-04, Page 1de Depart, [ our bust., such large iecided, to Goods YRDAY Id 5th exhibition RSS tie Goods, aeadyrnade be made ion will ba the store, pleasure to ices. LUL, esseasaanemene ne time, is . Hardy an& rt spent last They are iffe has en. as miller., II day and. Zurich Pali September.. ()lumen have tieen City.. well under and several II see roost mat in the ind children weeks with nd a that Mr. • his recent t for Miohi- sr daughter, -Mr. Jame* ra the Old an excellent numbering shearling L ewe Iambs, in England. dendid voy- n good con - di. Having old flock to he received. i1 now have irepshires in eeting of the - Litotes Hotek vera passed. i amount of orks. The ethorized fro Ixpenditure. eresent year- iotmity rate, e Municipal- Ool support -- Purposes pporters as 891 to give - of it * as requir- xt meeting: on the 28th. . Anthonyrm of his- rish. This. 14, on the - 50 ACTit. is a splint - Mr. Rori- e of 275, emoving to. moval izen.—Mr. Me- purchased - concession,. on it good ought for At thini company. harvesting: their fall half si mile harvesting any, No. 6 - going te fbr 12 days' em to win years.—On °linl'son of ion ffouse, at Gould's er run inta he doctors to extract doing well es.—Sneak f the Reva t and stole s. Tait, of ent,—Miss iner at the ing friends hurch 000' concert is riday).—A being Put Joseph number of every day ass man to Ib. ant* - . Among, ad by lir, TWENTY-THIRD YEAR. 47310LE NUMBER 1,238. ••••••••• SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 1891. McIABAN BROS. Publishers. *1.50 a Year, in. Advance. J.0 GILROY, CDIN17.01\1".. Fine Dress, Cloak and Mantle Mak ng. We have pleasure in intimating to the ladies of Seaforth and vicin- ity, that we have opened aua Dress, Cloak and Mantle 'Making Department in connection with our business in Clinton, believing that there is an opening for really first- class fine work in this branch. As head and manager of this Depart- rgent we have secured the services qf Mrs. Kenney, of Detroit, a lady who has had nine year ex- perience in that city among the best people there, and one who comes most highly recommended, not only from her employers, but &rick ladies of the best farailies whose patronage she has had, as an artist of the first order ir her department, so that we are now in a position to say that ladirs en- trusting their garments to us, may depend on having them turned out in a style and manner reflecting credit on any city establishment. J. 0. GILROY, , —John Proper,an employee in a Brant- ford livery stable had the thumb of his left hand bitten off by a horse recent- ly. , — The will of James Russell iliewell disposes of the whole of his property, which is not large, for the benefit of his daughter and her children. ; — John Hall, 12th concession of Elma, lost a valuable two year old colt hne day lately. The animal fell from the gang- way leading to the barn doors ; falling on its back on some atones and so injur- edits spine that it had to be) killed. It was valued at $125, and as Mr. Hall has another colt which matched it in every particular, the loss is the more severe. I —The Woodstock Sentinel-pseview says : Mrs. Brookes, of Detroit,spent a few hours in Woodstock on Tuesday while waiting for a train. She Was re- turning from Sinicoe, where she was in attendance at the funeral of her father, who died suddenly last week.; Mrs. ;Brooks will be more generally remem- bered by her maiden name, Miss Reidy, the charming Canadian vocalist whose ballad songs delighted many an audience a few years ago. She was accompanied by her brother. I —Early Wednesday morning last week, John Anderson, hostler at the Royal -Hotel, Harriston, either jumped or fell from the window of his room on the third story of the hotel, alighting upon the sidewalk some 35 feet below. The poor fellow came down with such a thump that it aroused the boarders in the adjoining room. The unfortunate man was carried back to his room and medical aid procured. One leg was found to be badly broken, and it 'a feared that i he has sustained internal i jury. —Some Toronto boot c. laoke had a quarrel the other day, in tie course of which one of them was st.bbed in the back. At the Police Court "Thorpy," another shiner, gave his evidence in the off -band style of the bootblacks. He was cross examined at considerable length, but all that could bp got out of him was that "Billy an' Jackey an' me went roun' the back of the Saint James an' Billy clipped Jackey pver the pug wid his shiner, an' then ' therewas a row, and Jaekey got out and Billy went to the Hospital ; that's ail" —A story about which clings some- thing of the unexpected comes frcim Point Edward. A week ago Sunday Sir Henry Tyler and hie staff attended the Anglican church there. After the morning service the minister announced that owing to ill -health there would be 110 evening service. Sir Henry Tyler, however, arose and completely sure prised everybody by offering to conduct the evening service if it should be agree- able to all. Of course , it was, and promptly on time Sir Henry was in leis place and ably officiated, preaching an exceedingly practical serueon. Ie was asked to preach again Sunday, and very kindly consented. ' It is said that he once studied for the minietry and was ordained. It is refreshing to -learn that even railroad preaidents retain Home of the early piety. —The other evening a mostedeplorable accident occurred at Tavistock by which Mr. Bernhardt King may lose a valuable colt, It seems his three colts broke -into a neighbor's field. Whilst there it is supposed a dog was set upon them in espler to drive them out.As it was dltek they ran against a barb wire fence in their fright. All three horsereceiv- ed severe cuts, but one in parader was horribly gashed. One of ha legs was nearly severed, the muscles being all cut. In the breast it received a gash . which was about 18 inches long and 12 inches deep. Veterin Surgeon Herold '.s..-.)„. says it is one of the worst wounds he -- has ever seen and can, hardly conceive -how it was done. With proper and careful attention he thinks the animal may recover. 1 SIGHTS AND SCENES IN AND1VOUT NEW ORK. I (Written for Tins Exrosrroa.) ' LETTER NO. IV. , mDLBERRY STREET, ETC. Mulberry street is by no means the worst in New York, nor yet does it rival Fifth Av.,pue. It is just a con- glomeration pi thitement houses, one- horse shops la d bad smells, with • a sprinkling of a tories, inhabited almost entirely by f reigners, mostly Italians. In fact, it ma e taken as a fair repre- sentative of arge proportion of the streets in the teiement distriots of New York. About!, t e only difference is that this street is i4ihabite4 principally by Italians, where s another may have nothing but Iris,and still another noth- ing but Jews. It -is a narrow, dirty street, lined witi high red brick tene- ment houses, w th fanoy wrought iron fire escapes zigz gging down the fronts, the belconies of which are used as flower gardens,, wash -houses or play- grounds according to the taste of the tenants. The ground floors of these buildings are generally- divided into small shops, the cellars are also used for stores, the • side walks are almost covered with truck, and the pavement is almost blocked with truck wagons and carts. S I one, of course, occupy a prominent p si ion, and are generally full. I thin A ulbirry street has more merchants to the square yard than any other street iie New York. They are not very par ichlar ab t the elegance box, a super mivated ash tub, a rick- ju of their sten ; lit niay e only an empty ety home ade table) a two -wheeled cart or a lit le ehanty erected on the flag aide wal . Their -Stock in trade is always of a p rishable,nature, consist- ing of omet i g in the way of edibles, whether it b ruit, oandy, vegetables, meat or bre d. The owners squat down on a neigh o ing door step Or stand behind thei mprovised counter, and the purchas r is always at liberty to take his p cof the stock, which is I9 always tic et d so that no one may i. need to ask h price of an article. They carry on u iness on cash principles only, and e m to lose very little by waste. Th y ppear to have a knack of clearing out their entire stock. On a hot day the people are all out on the street, fihlin tbe doorways and almost blocking up ho sidewalks, and one rubs up against one queer companions in peening th ongh. They must fairly swarm whei 11 who are out working i other parts the city get home in th evening, ba neyer went snowed t see. It is Well worth one's while to g through in telday time if the olfactor curios the re t nigh insert be quit nly an the e'r gh th he aa to be Wome ters " ied, a Ler arm les are not ity is strong pulsion, bn your friend "want ed," possible to aisippear as mad mysterioual had carried Police head street, and o I sensitive and lth enough to overcom if you tried it ight have to you. It would at if the spirit o you off, even tho uerters are on here is supposed policeman at every cornere are almost is thick as Jersey. Mot of them are Mar nearly etery Pe has a babe in At the rate these people mult ply th threaten to oheierun the city, ut th are hard wo king; hardy ;an nth smart, and i h the privileg of fr schools she three or at sometimes w marry from for love, for and slatternl the men roug To think of degraded cre one shudder, feelings are b hearted wh natures a chance, for I saw a ve ing sight the !other day. A woman came along to a drink tain, near which I was stand Ing in her arhisi a sick child a or six years old. The little thin and al:41(1A wasted to a cleanly dress el as could be. T by disease, bri she was as ne set her down near me, while to get a glue of water, and saw that I noticed her child me a look that almost brought to my eyes. A little further street a stout, good-natured little Italian stopped to epee mother and kiss the child's hen group of noiay, healthy childre their play aid crowded arou to her. I don't th nk I shall ever first time I lwas in Mulberry kept wandering on and on, h pected to ge but a turn and I wain' IdI meke good', ci meet four geuer n er whether th business point .p he women are u to a repuleivell d , !intemperate an eing tied to one tares is enuugh and yet though t meted they must n 1 they give the 1• t out at a differe In the street con quite sure whe going to land. It was down corner of North street that I saw hilird gathering, and pushing my w through I saw two policemen standi near the dead body of a man. Be w old and ragged and his li be we shrunken. Some of the crow thoug he had died of starvation, b t, as t policemen had covered his f ce with handkerchief, itis more likel he h died in a fit or something of tat kin I couldn't find out anything a out hi He may bAve been born in he slu lived there all his life and die there I saw him, or there may ha e been story connehted with his life. The h tory of soin4 of these old rou dere a ragpiokers is stranger far th n ficti but these I fancy are in the minori They. will all tell you that hey ere re once well off and moved in hi h Goole that their friends live in m sonsup- town, but have disowned them4 snd t at it was drink that ruined then. Gen r- ally only the lad part is true. Poo le get accustomed even to deat . Onel of the policemen I have mention d mut$r- ed an oath because they were ept.ws t - a izens n tions. I se peop e view r ly, dir greenin viciou of thee to ma e eir fin r •e tend -r ✓ bett r y tOUCii- Itahn ng fou g, carr out fie girl w e shado tly a cl e moth r he we t hen e he go e the tea s own t e looki g to t e s, and a stopp d to ape k orget t e treet. I ving e t used me, e I wiis near t e a • ing so long, ana seemed quite uilcon- ocrned. I have seen a harbor police and two watermen pull a man's body out of the bay, with almost as much indiffer- ence as if it were a bit of drift wood. If they felt any awe in the presence of death I they did not show it, for they cursed and jested as if there were no King of Terrors And I have seen un, ertakers' clerk swing a coffin contain - i g a corpse up into a Wagon much in he same way as you may have seen baggagemen sw ng a heavy trunk into a oar. It is thia. -hat makes the heart of the Christian are, It is not that men cannot comprehend or will not believe truths that th y must see if they but open their eyes and believe if they will but heart but their eyes are covered with the scales of indifference,very often golden scales, nd their ears are dulled from listening only to coarser sounds, very often th din and clatter of the business and a rife of such a great city as this. They enjoy themselves with- out a doubt. They are busy and pros- perous. They have loving wives, and their children limb about their knees. So the days and the weeks and the years glide past, till one day they wake up 011 the borders of an unknown world, with everything they have hived and worked for slipping away. Like the little girl in the old second reader, they planted flowers without any roots. Now their flowers are gone and they have nothing. TILE WANDERER. 8, a s- d - I 1 A Summer Outing. [ WRIIITHN FOB. TUB Exposrroa.] (Concluded frotu last week.) Some of the many attractions are the beautiful and •impresaive Chaudiere Falls, Major Hill Park ; the Basilica, said to be next finest to Notre Dame, Mon- treal; Rideau; Hall, the residence of the Governoreneral, and Earnscliff, the unpretentieus but very pretty home of Lady Macclionald. Nothing was left undone by ou friends, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Denby a d family, to make our visit e. most enjoyable and long -to -be remembered obe. Some of the reverend gentleman's f iends in Huron may be in- terested to know that he is very com- fortably settl d in the Capitol City and preaches wit much acceptance at a sta- tion some mil s %way, himself and fam- ily being gre tly beloved and respected by those who have the privilege of their friendship.. By an une pected occurrence we were deprived , of an expected visit to Kemptville, o were obliged to page on. Altogether u a acquainted with Prescott, we asked a c bman to drive us to a re- spectable h tel. Not favorably im- pressed b ti e appearance of the place, we wandere off to pastures new, much to the chagrhe of the landlord. Crossing to the Daniel s Hotel we were very hos- pitably mite tained by the proprietor and his lady. Among the former guests odious and cheerful hotel istered such names as Lord Dufferin's family, Rev. Beecher. the Governor of onhis coin we found re Lorne, Ler Henry War the Sandveiele Islands, John Black, the English novelist, and many others of like fame. Prescott is a town of about 4,000 in habitants, beautifully situated on the St. Lawrence river, opposite the city of Ogdensburg. It contains one of the largest distilleries, and two of the largest breweries in the Dominion. The chief plan ' are: Fort ' Wellington, Wind Mill of Barbara -Having roc American Consul and another gentle- man, they 4ontributed greatly to our en- joyment by several voeal selections, both of them possessing fine voices. In this way the e aptly. • At seve boarded th received th information that the captain and officers of this vessel were the most kind and genial men on this line, and further acquaintance proved this to be the truth. We could also bear testi- mony to their honesty, as some valu- able* which were forgotten and left on board were ppeedily returned on applica- tion. Rainhad fallen during the night, and the sky looked dark and threaten- ing, but in a short time the mists cleared away, and the sun shone bright and -- cloudless. 1The first place to oast anchor was Brockirille, sometimes called the "Queen City of the St. Lawrence," and named in hQnor of General Brock, who nstown Heights in the war glittering towers and church n appearance of splendor. g rapidly, and is one of the g and pleasant towns on the de. Leaving Brockville, we h the Lake of the Thousand • attle ground, and the tomb Heeler, of Methodist fame. ived an introduction to the ening passed quite pleas - o'clock next morning we Spartan. We previously seems to be effectually barred, when suddenly a turn of the vessel brings you into a lovely lake bounded by an im- mense green bank. As you approach, the scene is changed as if by magic,and a hundred little isles appear in its place. After riming several large - islands'on one of which is the Thousand Island Park, we come to Alexandria Bay on the New York shore, one of the moat wide - known of summer resorts. Built upem !k massive pile of rdcke, its situa- tion is very romantic. A great many superb little yachts were seen lying at anchor. The hotels and villas are ele- gant, and the finest summer residences on the river may be found about here. The beauty of the islands in this vicinity can hardly be imagined. The next landing was at Clayton, also on the New York side, an enterprising town of some commercial importance. Arriving at Kingston about two o'clock in the afternoon, the captain kindly told ua th t we would have an opportunity of see ng the city as the Spartan would lay o er for some hours. We forthwith proce ded to make the Most of our time, and taking a car we started along, with the ot gatio the Frenc 'know ly a Coun name by th destr fell i who splen f Tom mostl vinci and a is ex is ca we e whic Law cut, thro Dese were J. C As t fall spec • who; apparently had sti-olled dowp to see the tioat come in. About eleven,o'clock the 'increased motion of the vessel con- vincled us that Lake Ontario was readhed. Darknese hid the remainder of the trip from view, and the next object that pre ented itself was the old, familiar har we no Ed lay ch we er paseengers on 4 tour of investi- . Next to Quebec, Kingston has trongest fort in Canada. The • settled there in 1672, and it was as Fort Cataraqui. Subsequent- assive stone front was built by de Frontenace after whom it was , This was alternately possessed French and Indians until it was yed in 1758. The place finally to thehande of the English, from it received its present name. A Id view is to be had of Kingston the river. The buildings are of stone. It contains the Pro - 1 Penitentiary,Qaeen's University, good military school. The harbor client, and a large shipping trade ried on. Contineing our journey, tered the beautifnl Bay of Quinte, for scenery nearly equals the St. ence. A canal has recently been hich enables the steamers to go gh the Bay on their upward trip. onto came next in order, where we very pleased to se the Rev. W. arke, of London, step 011 board. be evening shades were beginning to we espied a large group of interested tators on the wharf at Belleville, fell on Que of 1812; it spires give It is grovvi most thrivi Canadian e pass throe' Islands, iw ere ' l "Like bea ti ul gems in settings of gold The rhousand Isles are spread On thefe dace fairof the chrystal tide, • That onward flows, so deep and wide Over its rocky bed. No river so grand as this noble stream, No isles so fair as these, That echo oft to the boatman's song • As his littlei bark glides swiftly along, Fanned by the summer breeze." Lying in al4out fifty miles of the river's courseeifro the broad outlet of Lake Ontario do n to the narrowed stream above Ogd nsburg, there are nearly two thousand i lands, ranging in extent from several acres down to a plot barely large enough to ihold a tent. The prixnitive wildness w ich prevails gives them a • charm not o be -found at the crowded and fashio able resorts. Some are but a barren rock, wild and picturesque; others orowned with flowers, a solitary pine, or a group of trees. Where, not many year ago, the log cabins of a few it fishermen nd lumbermen were only to be found, hun reds of beautiful cottages, Villas and miniature caetles, the summer homes of wealth_ and refinement have sprung up. Sometimes the steamer passes so close to these islands that a stone might be out upon their shore. The river at times appears to come to an abrupt termination and a progress was com 1 or of the Queen City. While there ad the privilege of hearing the re- ned Dr. Smith, of Broughton Place, nburgh, also to be present at the ng of the corner stone of new Cooke's rch. The eights of Toronto are so. I known that it woald not be inter- esting to relate our experiences. When some time had been spent visiting there, we crossed the lake to Niagara and took train for Buffalo. Getting off at Falls View, we saw the mighty, roaring cataract. The country ab ut here is exceedingly fertile, the or herds and vineyards being well la enj with fruit. Coming to Queens - to Heights we descried the haiadsome m nuinent erected in honor of General B ock, who fell there. A few miles fa ther 011 ie the ';own of Fort Erie, a ve y pretty summer resort. The boat - in is splendid on the Niagara river, p rticularly going down stream tower& the Falls, but coming back the current is ;quite strong, and it requires greater exertion to make any headway. A w ek was pleasantly spent sight-seeing in Buffalo and Fort Erie, which lack of sp ce will not allow description of, and w were sorry to find that a month's de- li htful holiday had flown away, and th t we must tarn our faces homeward. A RAMBLER. Sowing Fall Wheat. (Written for The Expositor). As the time has onoe more arrived w en farmers will have to attend to fall w eat seeding. A few words on this au ject might not be out of place. As th orop for the present year ham been a airly good one, the probabilities are th t some farmers will run a little to ex- tr me in sowing fall wheat this fall, thinking that the succeeding year's crop w 11 be as good ad the one just harvest - e.. This Joe great mistake as one year is no rule for another. Let the land be e er so good end well prepared, it is a m stake to go to extremes in any partic- ul r line of grain growing and especially so in the case of fall wheat. Fall wheat is a crop which takes fully 11 months fr m the time itis sown until it is fit -for t e reaper, it will thus be seen that it has more risks to run and more to c ntend with than • any other crop g own on the farm. Don't run away w th the idea that because fall wheat did Well on a certain field this year that the stubble turned down will pro - dace similar crop next year. Many farmers do this and the result is in- veriably a loss of seed and labor. There are other branches of farming which are !ells risky and are quite aeprofitable as owing fall wheat. • But stop, don't ✓ n to the opposite extreme as some • fa mers are doing in not sowing any fall w eat. The farmer who thinks that he cap buy his bread cheaper than he can produceit himself, is laboring under a great mistake. The shrewd going busi- ness farmer will always Jim a producer and not a purchaser of -arm products. Then in conclusion, I would say, let an s erage amount of wheat be sown on god hind and in good Beason, yours &c. • C. MICHIE, Morris. widows and old maids. They ran the business on old time principles. They hired their own Carriages and drove a close bargain. They chose their own driver and selected the ugliest man in town. They hired' their own boats and did their own roWing, sang their own songs, eat their own hash and all was, lovely. —Harriston, says the Tribune, has had Sunday School picnics, church pic- nics, society picnics, employees' picnics, and employers' picnics, but the last , Canada. There is to be no autumn exhibition in Hamilton this year. —A Hamilton dealer has reduced the price of all coal to $5 a ton. —Montreal cattle men are protesting againet the proposal to slaughter United States cattle in Canada. — The longest sleeping car run in the world is that on the Canadian Pacific Railway from Montreal to Vancouver, 2,905 miles. —A new Industrial school for girls is to be erected at York, a suburb of Tor- onto. About $10,000 will be the cost of building and groupds. — George MoBroom, the well-known ex -secretary of the Western Fair Board, London, has been appointed manager of the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition. — Freeman's fertiliser works, Hamil- ton, were destroyed by fire early Satur- day morning. Tis is the third time the same fate has overtaken them. —Arthur JohnSton, formerly of Nor- wich, who has a $300,000 contract in the World's Fair buildings, in Chicago, has secured a contraat to erect' a building worth $625,000 in Portland, Oregon. —John Sheppard, aged 12, went on an excursion to St. Thomas on Thursday and fell down tbe Frazer heights. It is not known whether he will survive. The boy belonged to Burford. — Wm. Paterson, M. P., spent a few days at his home in Brantford la,st week. He ceme to attend the wedding of his sop, Wm. Patterson, jr., to Miss Mer - top, at Hamilton. a -The Grand Trunk tunnel under the St. Clair river at Sarnia will be formal- ly opened on Saturday, September 19th. The opening ceremonies will be of a moat brilliant character. — Grace Church, Brantford, is to have a set of chimes. Plans have been drawn by Herbert Yates for the new tower. It will cost about $5,000 and the chimes • an additionall$2,000. —The beautiful little village of Omemee, on Pigeon river, in the county of Victoria, was devastated by fire early last Friday morning. Twelve of the finest business houses are in ashes. —Daniel Munroe -aged 80, died in London, Friday. Munroe, came from In- vernesshire, Scotland,60 years ago, first settling in Toronto. He was a brother in-law of Hon. Frank Smith. —A large granite monument, to be placed over the grave of the late W. Nickle, arrived at Kingston the other day from the old country. It weighs eleven tons. —In the band competition at Owen Sound last week, Brantford secured first prize and Durham second, Prof. King, of Bay City, made a successful balloon ascension and parachute drop. —Rev. H. Gaven, a retired Presby- terian clergyman, for 30 years secre- tary of the Ottawa Auxiliary Bible So- ciety, and a staunch friend of the Y. M. C. A., is dead, aged 70. —Mr. Frank C. Wells, a proof-reader in the Methodist book -room, has won the first prize of $1.50 for the best paper sent Public Opinion, a Washing journa,l, on the t4ade relations of Canada and the United States. —The employes of the Grand Trunk shops atBrantford have signed a petition, asking Sir Henrg Tyler not to remove the works from ,here, and setting forth that such a ste# will prove of serious personal consequences to many of them, —Mr. James Meyer„ for five yesre teacher of School Section No. 5, Water- loo, and who recently succeeded in ob- taining a first-olmis certificate, has been appointed English master in the Cobourg Collegiate Institute. — A stream of salt brine, seven inches in diameter, is flowing from the natural gas bore at Belleville. The quantity is sounded very much like 'I -h -e K-h-a-nd But I have a very strong imagination any way." - —J. P.Hunt, while visiting at Groves - end, Elgin county, shot a large gray eagle, measuring six feet ten inches from tip to tip. Another great catch is re- ported by Austin Andrews, who shot a curlew in Est London Monday morn- ing. It is said to be the only One ever seen in this part of the country. —James Ireland, of the Weet Oxford cheese factory, has received orders to make for T. J. Lipton, who is known as the largest provision dealer in the world, five more mammoth heese, similar to his order a few ese - are for the will each weigh estimated at 600 barrels per day. The contractor, who has wide experience, says that he haa seen but one better flow of brine in Canada. —James Ryckman, of Louth, is one of the beet growers of fruit in Lincoln county. fie has a magnificent orchard, and some of his peachee measure ten inches in circumference, and many of his plume measure eight inches or more in circumference. —While hunting for fish worms along the banks of the Thames a few days ago, Alderman D. Miller, of Woodstock, came morose a neat of turtle's eggs. The eggs were white, perfectly round, and about the size of a pigeon's egg. There were 29 in the nest. —From a field of 17 acres of Golden Chaff wheat, Mr, Wm. Sewell, of South Dumfries, had a yield of 670 bushels, or nearly,39t bushels to the acre. It ran at the rate of 130 bushels per hour from the machine. Mr. Sewell had inquiries for this wheat for seed which would take his whole crop. — The Khan had a letter in a recent issue of the Dundee Banner, from hie rural home. Among other good things he says: "But about foreign missions. I have attended church regularly Isince I have come home, and I never let the the plate pass without dropping in a trifle. The first Sunday I dropped a quar- ter into the plate. It created a profound sensation. One man went into the vestry and bit it to see if I hadn't been up to some of my old monkey tricks, for which I have a deservedly wide reputa- tion in these parte. That quarter affec- ted the minister visibly. He came to me after service and apologised ;hand- somely for having chosen for his text that portion of scripture which says the rich man cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. He says that he didn't intead Which occurred on Tuesday, perhaps anything personal, and hoped that !I was` the most novel as well as the didn1 take offence. I thought it was have seen ass our den. It very nice of him. I noticed that in posed of sixteen widows , grass- s ng g 11 y those manufactured to seasons ago. The ch Christmas trade, and 5,000 pounds or over. i in the last h mn the final amen • • —On Thursday Mr. Wm. Moran was driving along the ro d near Hespeler, when he saw two boy in conflict with.a large porcupine. He e me to their assis- tance and despatched it. It weighed twenty pounds, and as taken to Hes- peler to be stuffed. Porcupines are a rare find nowadays. —A horrible accide t is reported from Romney. A young an named Foster jumped from a mow, nd, on account of darkness, did not see a fork sticking up between the sheaves. The handle en- tered his abdomen, nd ran about 22 inches up into hie b dy. Medical aid was summoned, but he died before it reached him. ' —Mr. Henry Stiff!. in South 'Wellingto wheat immediately clover crop off. Th section think that he r, near Aberfoyle, , sowed his fall after taking the farmers in that Was too previous in his operations, as be has had to turn his sheep into the fie d td' keep the fall wheat down. , The rea sown is about 37 'acres. —The Worth Pluming() company, which controls a large tract of mineral ir land in the vicinit of Donaldson's lake, Quebec, has I completed a large four storey factory fnr the treatment of graphite. The ore *ill be prepared for the making of crucibles, for which there is at the present Mine a good demand, also lubricating purposes; lead pencils and atove polish will be numbered among its products. 1 —Last Sunday ni ht a severe thunder- storm, accompanied y hail, passed over Essex County. Te barna and crut- f buildings of Samuel ickmuth,a farmer near Cottam, in ;Gosfield township, were struck by lightning and completely deetroyed by fire, All the hay and his entire crop of grain Stored in his barns, also some machinery, were burned. There was no insurance whatever. The loss will be about $1.000. —Mrs. Thomas Wonnacott,•of Copen- hagen, county of Elgin, possesses two handsome hydrangea plants of a large size. The larger of the two is 16 feet. in circumference, stands 3 feet high, has 75 blossoms or flowers on it, all of which are from 14. to 24 inches in circumfer- ence. • .The smaller plant is 10 feet in circumference, 3 feet high, has 45 floweriewhich are the same eize as those on the large plant. 1 —A few days ago a Miss Stafford, of Jaffa, was stung by a; bee or wasp on the wrist at the place enbere the pulse is most noticeable; The sting was very painful and she immersed the wrist in a barrel of water, and on withdrawing the hand from the water she fell uncon- scious to the ground.; A physician was summoned, but before his arrival milk and other antidotes had been adminis- tered, and she was soon convalescent. —In the Teetervill county of Nor- forlk tournament oi4 Wednesday last week, Hiram Swaze carried off first prize in the person of 4rs. Mary Gilbert, of pelhi. After the sports of the day were over the two atoll() quietly away to Scotland, where Elder Hastings epeedi- ly made them one while the moonbeams smiled as Hiram 1:isse1d his bride, won- deringly puzzled hod, the singled had been doubled. He Made the biggest score of the day. I —The Canadian Pacific railway, it is -understood,is making great preparations for the moving of th grain from the No there has always b scarcity of cars ha complaint every y vast quantity of &west. Hitherto en trouble, and a been the general ar, but this year merohants hope no d fficulty will be met with. The emirs • y are increasing their rolling stock d ily,and confidently expect to be in a po ition to move the crop without delay, —The other d a well dressed etranger tried to pas a $10 bill on Mr. W. T. Vanstone, G. . R, station ticket agent at London. T e latter examined it closely and found t to be old Confed- erate money, not wo th the paper it was printed on. He men ioned his suspicions to the stranger, wh said nothing and took his leave. T o days afterwards he returned and a ked for a tieket to Ingersoll, first profe ring a $10 bill sim- ilar to the . previon . one, and then ad- vancing Canadian oney. —Rea. D. J. Mcd nnell, the popular pastor of New St. A drew's Presbyteri- an Chureb, Toronto has arrived in Can- ada from his extended European trip, and has been resting, a few days in Fer- gus before resuming his ministerial duties. His many ftiends and admirers will learn with satisiaction that he has been benefited greatly by his holichey, the throat trouble which caused so much anxiety at on time having been. greatly reduced. Tie congregation are arranging to give th ir pastor a cordial ;welcome, and he is 4xpected to occupy his pulpit again on Sunday next. —Canadian cottozj mills have been re- warded by a varie y of prizes for the , good display they m4de at Jan -Jai -Oa. The Montreal Cottoi C mpany have re- ceived a gold med 1 and diploma for superior quality &n1 make of Silailiall, denims, Canton fl.innel, Turkey Ted cottons, Versaillesii cloths, pocketingu and fine dyed lining for ladies' use, The Stormont Cotton Manufacturing Com- pany also received a gold medal and di- ploma, having sbown cottoned's, shirt - big, Madras suitings, and other goods. The Ontario Cotton Manufacturing Company and St. Croix Cotton Mills, t received silver medals and diplomas for the same class of goods. —A Waterloo farmer was arrested the other day on a charge of strikiug a man with a loaded whipstock at Elmira, recently. The Berlin football team went to Elmira, and on the road caught up to the farmer. He would not let them passe and the boys' driver ran into the farmer's team and so got past. The farmer was angry, and when he arrived in Elmira he Walked up to the driver and struck him a terrible blow on the head with a loaded whipstock. It knock- ed the man senseless. —Five months ago the census of the Dominion was taken, but the figures were not given to the people until last Wednesday night, when the Hon. Mr. Haggart presented the statement of- ficially. The net increase in the past ten years has been about half a million, or 11.52 per cent. A census of the Do- minion has been taken three times. The first, taken in 1871, gave a population of 3635,024; that of 1881, 4,324,810, and that of 1891 shows the total popu- lotion to be 4,823,344. The total pop- ulation of the Maritime Provinces is 880,905; Ontario, 2,112,989 ; Quebec, 1,488,586; Manitoba, 92,182; the Northwest Territories, 35,972; British Columbia, 43,308, and unorganized, 1,237. A few mornings ago e Mr. R. J. Mc- Dowell, music dealer, Kingston, receiv- ed serious injury by an explosion -of gas , in his small steani yacht, while leaving the city for his camping ground at Rudd park. -He had allowed the spray of oil_ to run on while his fire was out tempor- arily, and such a quantity accumulated from the oil's contect with hot iron that when a match was applied to the atomizer it exploded. The smokestack was sent into the air, and, in falling, struck McDowell a crushing blow on the head. He was so severely injured that removal to the Military hospital, near by, was resolved on. Dr. Neilson found _ a deep cut on the top of his head, stitch- ed it and sent the patient home for rest and closeecare. —A curious tale comes from Picka- nook, near Ottawa, which will shortly come out in the Courts, and is vouched for as perfectly true. A Simple Simon having a farm of very poor land, which he wanted to sell, found he could get no price for it. He proceeded to get some United States gold pieces, which he beat and broke up, and with which he salted the sand in one of his meadows. This salted sand he sampled and took to the pariah priest, who is maid to be what a Scotchman would call, " careful of this world's gear." After inspection the priest bought the farm at gold mine prices. A few days ago he called en the vendor, and told him be had come about the gold mine. The man denied having sold the priest a gold mine, but had sold his reverence a farm. Now the matter is coming before the assizes at Aylmer. • —Owing to the temporary aband- onment of the Refreshment Room at Kingston until the new rooms are com- pleted, the supplying of refreshments for passengers leaving Toronto in the morning had to be considered, the cus- tom being heretofore to serve dinner at Kingston. Mr. L. D. Longhi, the manager of the Grand Trunk Railway - Refreshment Cotnpany, has hit upon the happy idea of serving lunch in a neat basket on board the train. The bill of fere is left among the passengers, giving them the choice of four baskets, and on arrival at Cobourg these baskets are delivered and the travellers dine at leisure. Broiled chicken, tongue, turs key, ham and bread, celery, fruit, etc., are on the list or bill of fare. The charge per basket is fifty cents, and the travelling pnblic are much pleased with this new feature. —Henry Arkell, Arkell, county of Wellington bee just received through Mr. James Main, of Boyne, a fine im- portation of Oxford Down sheep, con- sisting ef first, second and third prize ram and ewe lambs at the royal Show England ; also the second prize and highly commended yearling ewes at the - same place—seventeen in all. Mr. Arkell intends exhibiting at Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. Mr. Arkell has also made some good sales of home bred stock :—To George MacKerrow, Sussex, Wisconsin, a tine show lot of seven rams, eix yearling ewes and seven ram lambs, to Samuel Hays, Alderly, Wis- consin, ten ewes ; te Grant F. Camp- bell, Pittefield, Ohio, one yearling and five ram lambs, two ewes and six ewe lambs; and to Frank Harding,Wenkes- by, Wisconsin, one yearling ram, two yearling ewes, and two ewe lambs; to L. W. Cote, Bic, Quebec, ram lamb and two ewe lambs. —The palatial residence of Mr. Fin. lay McLennan, "crooked creek castle,' on the 4th conceseion of Huron town- ship, was the scene of a very pleasing event on the evening of Wednesday,19th August, the occasion being the marriage of his eldest daughter, Miss Belle, to Mr. Finlay D. MeLennan, merchant, of Lochalsh. At the appointed hour, five o'clock, the held, elegantly attired in pink cashmere with bridal veil,- wreath- ed with orange blossoms, was given away by her father, and the ceremony performed on the lawn by the Rev. K. McDonald in the presence of over two - hundred invited guests. The bride's sister acted as brideemaid, while Mur- dock McDonald nobly acted as best man. After the usual congratulations, the multitude 'partook of a feast prepared on tastefully decorated tables on the beau- tiful lawn. The indefatigable artist, 5, gEr.aMpbtioldhotibe langrdo, sopf .Rilpilleay,aotoohedn of photo- graphed the fiddles and organ inspired those present with a desire to dance, and dance they did for twelve hours without abatement The exhibition in highland fling, shun trevre, Scotch reels, &a., by projefisiOnal &Men from Sintail and Goderich was highly appreciated. :