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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1892-02-12, Page 1NNW eat the ice rely tty, ities iwn. )ress lade, 1 re - Miss :kids E. of e OWIE yaur of word Lena- eend ilson the • is Saha -Mr. E list - it is a in get- -that bat a.tion been i re- s the laite.7- `eavin his beea pe, 13 ig to ,togs, lel iv - Jew us a enry i4oxp tt of f et. tnis es in the resn- ieur- t- t he 530 he was and the 1.1rit- f, be lank 1- M. ewe - W. eited per• .vili sea re - ate' orge r Ke: !We 'esey r, of estr. eeee east Ile8S aed el IkelY to n.ler t. etes .t.he ifal Mr. t of s•de s. eke sue- ose it a sro- Id: a isor ft& alas / T WENTY-THLRD YEAR. WHOLE NUIICBER 1,261. - 4 a•A•NN • • Through Tropical Jungles. BY R. J. DUNSMORE. IN CAMP AT IRIONIA, HONDURAS, SPANISR CEINTRAL AblEftrak, December sth, 1891. While Spanish Honduras is a wild,' thinly - inhabited and semi -civilized country, yet it is by no means a new country. Caps Gracia, the point where Columbus first set foot in the new world, and so named by the exclamation uttered by the great discoverer as he sighted land, viz., " Gracia Adios !"--- 4‘ Thanks to God," is within one day's emir and finieh him. This did, just as he was ney from this place, and from this almost unknown point emanated the great new near me, and he dropped dead for keeps. world of rnedern civilization. Since that, With some diffioulty II managed to diog e to the bolt. The Carib Pedro, was remit -- time this portion of Central America has disgueted because I had ot shot another for been known among the countries of the world, but heving always belonge-d to him. I asked him if in nkeys were goo to Spain until the establishment of its present 'eat' " 0-h ! Plenty g od ! ' he rep , bringing oat the " oh " in a crowing aort of republican form of government, little or way, as is their way of speaking, Someone nothing has ever been done towards develop - asked him if there were any deer in these ing its wouderfal natural resources in fruito, wild fig tree, wbere sat holding hie head. He healthy corpse ; for as gave a horrible overt, rabbed stick in a him he displayed a tail of splendid teeth, business -like manner a d made for me in 1•••••., ente wenn-set, RTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1' , 1892. , ., , f4 .- '.4 .: 4 ' ':' ' , ' the fallen monkey, 1 jetting ' .the tiotitheelveith 'breekWeters to 1 annual meeting few 1891 has not been receiv- Was still quite a prevent the forming of sand bars, that ren- ed from 25 sections. Teaohers and trustees I hastened to aieze der it itnpossiblo for weeke at s time to in some sections are very careless in filing transport truit Int to velsels lying at the annual report of their school. Others anohiir. Whole cargoes -of bananas hove do it neatly and correctly. Every number spoiled within the past month, °because they in this report should be definitely answered. coeld not be . taken seams, ehe sand bar to Some of these reports would be better done tite vekiiiiis ;I- fit 040* Otottotteeive .0*.: by a thirdeslass boy in any of our good it. tthe duresiteast .01 the r t sehools. Six years' experience hae taught i is ()ugh owe at 411 , me that •the teachers reports reflect the . - . 11 I er " Let bloiii.:liw i; kind of teaching he does. Trustees will find is wh' lit a ' this one test of hie work. The inspector apportioni the grant as soon as he heti re- & most uneorpse like boyhood days I never ra earnestly than at that m me nearly to the boat tbet I carried a gun,- an a good idea to fire a sho style. In all my from a stick mote oment. He chased efore I remembered that it would be at the old villain' '"fit! Se r * triestLiiie fe a eeventi lly mineral wealth and valuable wooda, such MIS Part8' C:91- • eultY de, deer," he answered, and ebooy, mahogany, rcsewood and earedal- proved. After emerginglrom e o ined, Denim The Spaniards, since the time of Ferdi- stream we had been navigating for several nand and Isabella, have apparently COM to hours, we entered upon the bosom of the a dead standstill, else they would never se spanish Tokometchie, a magnificent river, muoli have allowed ao rich a country the Mississippi, except that here and 'thete Honduras to remain practically melees and little islands covered with bananas d unknown in He present undeveloped oon- - elitism. White the present form of goveo_ eocoglin ment possesses some slight spirit of enter- prise, it lacks the great eseential requisitarto the developing and opulating of -the trot 1.4!) t • ees appeared in mid -stream. e ndiog 'here t -houses. areas of uninhabitellinds, namelyt' stiff from g4,11117'°OpesititeMire had to int /thee 0 t t- in common with most of the CentrarArneti- balsnoe of the uutiertein dittle craft._ Solt t fei'4o h n n riskinto a safe req bui,kli these lie A MS - a vat, Ritual,' 'tad e theN is no sii of any, one ratting' fruit extensively in this country, for it would ooly spoil on their hands. Also, steams*. would *We've to. be put upon tbe rivers to convey fruit irorn the interior, as now the only method of transportation is by pit-pan,end these little boats can only teen - Vey a fi n chest Oftlann an as' Ufa 'tlitoe:'1, 4reat; deal bber shippeor front this..of 5 and 21 reeident in the Inspectorate was untry, as ,10,387, 'The number who attended echool a staid# induitryetbitt 1 hekth ken, ouji 'W4,90340)0 sg sduriug. the year was 8,112. The average attendance for the yearwas 4,554, being au anchor, in pit.pans, and a great deal -of lost by boats capsizing in the breakers. average percentage of 56.1 of the pupils enrolled. The last reported average for the Another diesurvartage but ?Which will dis- appear wt t e a vent o settlers, is the it" h f " Pro -Allele -was 51 per cent; of the pupiis en - *Inds t rolled. numerous deadly snakes and reptiles of all boa stricter - 'Compulsory School • Attendance," will be have no r received the new School Act end Regulati na from the Education Depart-, ment. e soon as I get them a copy will be sent to ach Board of Trustees in Wtst Huron. I am pleased to be able to report satisfaot ry progress in the majority of the schools. I consider the work uf 091 Was, as a who e, better done than that of litly former y stet Most of the Trusteeo' Boards teachers, and the majority of the teachers are anxi us to secure thorough, rnergetic strive to tit -heir work well. Appel* ed to his report the Inspeotor ceived the returne from each school in the gives the following among other statistical municipality: When there is a delay, it informati n : The tote.' amount paid to means he has not received all the teachers 'n the district for the yesr was reports for that towesnip. The first return received this year wal from No. 3, Goderich Township, and the last from No. 10, Hay. Tbeee reports should be sent not later than December 31st. SCHOOL. POP,ULATIoN AND ATTENDANcE. The number of persons between the ages st the j . I have smelt:, 1 hope the " Act respecting Truancy and t can republice her treasury is at a low ebb was with joy weeholiao beeeuse she imports more than she exports. that after one Mere*" p The great diffionity with these southern thane . .They.page dis countries, and the history of al/ sonthern ionising out into the rivers, and iby climes will bear me out in the assertion, tbe the number of days required to make a people are simply too indolent and lazy _to - jailer:ley,' 'Melina at log r tbe Tonne lied exert themselves more than really necessary been rolliog, sometimes s opiog down to the to hoid body aud soul together. One regi - water and aipiin- risin , &height of 10 to latent of Canadian soldiers could just walk r, but as airenerale over this country and take the whole institn- swan,py--called' in tion inside of week, if outside powers did h land. . not interfere. It is a matter of history that about 9 p.tn. At a e New York man --Captain Walker—with d .goes in these only 180 armed men, took not only Spanish Honduras, but the whole of Central Amer- ica. However, the British took. a hand, captured Captain Walker and took him to Truxillo, where he was hanged. So far, we have seen about a hundred of the Honduras soldiers, and have no hesitatien in saying that a dozen determined men with Winches- ter rifles could easily take twenty times their number of such soldiers. The Carib regards a rifle at all times with profound re- spect verging OD 11110 ; but when It is in• the hands of an Ailericane " he has a, holy horror of one. Tbey familiar only.with the old-fashioned, long-ba*eled, saunas - loading shot gun,aed ehey, regent' a gnu with which a Men can blue away, appar- ently, as often les ha °hoboes -without re- loading, with & most wholesome -terror. For instence, I cametinto my tent the other day and caught a Cateils be the mist of steeling iny machette, for theynonll iteal, like civilized people do soinetkinaili, •;.1 had my rifle in -my hand and I silted iteettlitte and teld tint In horribly menteled Spanish. tO drop it; k DOWD he went on hunknesreend earnestly begged me not to shook; 'tient is, I -suppose- that was what he said. I understand so little Span- ish he may have been " cussing " nie for all he was worth fdr all I ktiow. In camp we have to watch things continually, and at night a couple ocarmedeentries stand guard over the encampment. ✓ guider. shadtintie Int " we would be noes by the pointe: 15 feet above 'the n thieg the land is low native rlance "sav and DD We natty disemharke high point of land parts, on the summit in which we were to gathered up our t scrambled up the eml by our interpreter, e Spaniard. II wish I eimili picttire of that not portrsy it wit shanty about 12x14 split bamboo upright between each, a hard thatched roof, and the Spaniard's dwelli formed of bark and p one side of the hut, in Master of the lolls numerous family, all pile more half-starved out fa &glued. We asked if w 14t.e thing to eat, for he brought along consist d and coffee. After m eh we succeeded in baying ed warrie and pecca drying on poles over ead. This war, wit our coffee, cooked ov r a fire in an earthen fire -place in the cent e . smoke getting out the b Somehow, it preferred n while we were there. a hungry crowd of e watching the miserable a we were told it was d aeound munching herd- ing hot but very weak industriously on that aw meat, that tasted as tines as anything justice to it, howeve s la of pe ape On the mot -oink of December 4th a party eerie, with a guede-interpreter, started to explore a portioo of the Sangrelaya, Cal- deros and TokOmetehie rivers. We say " Explore," bat with the majority of the party it was, more of a prospecting expedi- tion. As we left camp we must have pre - merited a curious sight. We had to walk three miles to the mouth of the Sangrelaya river, part of the way over a trail through the jungle, aud then along the seabeach. Each man carried his gun, canteen, knap- sack with three days' previsions, ham- mock, rubber blauket and coat, cartridge belt, with inachette, revolver and hunting - knife attaehed thereto, coffee-pot and tie cup. Thie aggregation formed quite a heavy _load for a man marching over soft, hot eend under a scorching sun. We had to takd off our heavy beets to ford a couple of eareams, land so boote were added ' to the toe.d we had to pack. However,. we now h 1,1 the advantage of' being able to march on the coal, wet, hard sand, washed by the in- cc:ening surf, by which means we made bet- ter time and, in more comfort, But whine see reached the mouth of the Singrelsya we were alt abaut exhausted, and -gladly took our places in the boata awaiting us at that point. We had previously hired three pit - pane (or canoes) with a Carib to paddle each boat. They handle their paddlee, made of mahogany, as are also their boats,with won- derful dexterity and, though going against the current, we made fair headway. It was very tiresome sitting curled up in the bottom of these canoes, as they have no seats, and a man bee to sit bole upright with nothing to support his bsck. and no place to diepose of his lege toilets he sits on them, Orte of the party had o great deal of lege to siton, as he stands nearly seven feet ; and how that poor fellow did suffer, cramped up as we were for eight long hours in one uncomfortable position. We strack aff into- a arniell branch of the Takornatchie river, which was nothing more ehan a- shallow, narrow creek. It was lined on both Bidet by dense foiiage, which arched overhead and gave & grateful protection from the sun's rays. Alligators lay basking eon - t entedIy within oar's length of Us every few minutes, paying little atteution to us, save when a bullet by tome inexperienced abet glanced harmIeesly Off his scales ; then he would slide contemptuoualy into the earnest stagnant waters, and look up at us through the murky fluid with a broad grin. Parrots, flamingoes, yellow tails and birds of every song and color flitted here and ,here in every direction, and their brilliant plumage would have excited the admiration and envy of our northern ladies could they have Been them. I would state here that the ie brilliant birds look m ch nicer in their ;:, native wilds than in a cage r perched upon mole " dtar, little duck of , a bonnet," with ell due respect to the fair wearers of said bennete. The hoarse barking of baboons ceuld be heard at frequent intervees back in the tengied fore8t, while troops of monkeye iwarmeci and chattered overhead in the branches of the wild fig trees, and gezed euriously down upon their Derwin -created descendants. An enthusiastic youth in the party, from New Orleans, fired into a group of monkeys away up on a tree, eed dropped a eirge one., Being in the bow ef the boat, year correspoedent was delegeeed to go eehore and get the defunct prierikey. A Carib eansestly requested hie to shoat another for him to take home to eat. Ac- cordingly, I went ashore with my rifle and began a wary search far the ccrpse. I had to look out that its sorrowing relatives in the trees did not pelt me with sticks or cocoanuts, and also a etch out for, snakes„ as was in my bare feet, Cnttiog my way through the jungle, I came to the foot of a ng, and It seoforced in every Section. If this be done e are al' the averar attendance will be largely in- . 'sign S. -. Tile wood' ce ble for most of the irregularity and want of e large,, d creased. 1 arents and teachers are responsi- tinctuality in their schools. nuieano as they catacomb all our P oxes. Provisions spoil and Of the 8,112 registered pupils,555 attend- Clet 'OM Ave here very quickly, and ed less than 20 days ; 71 between 7 and 13 sttogetgesi with ee kte teeeetegeeolift ie years did not attend any school.; 1,078 be- liondirie heels (air' proliortiOie of acceiti- tween 7 and 13 years, did not attend 100 panaing disadvautages. days. ' tWitlitortiertVeatitfby a diffeltent CLASSIFICATION OF Pt PILS. spending the followtpionight io thee wOode 1671 were hi the I. class, Part I.; - 1165 with (Me hammocketiewung between the tepee were in the I. °Iasi, Part II.; 1,510 were in ande- camp' fire and sentinel to guard the II. class ; 1781 were in the III. class ; It rained heavily all night, as it does with- 1442 were in the IV, class ; 443 were in the out fail every night at the close of the rainy V. close; Those in the V, class have passed season, and put the fire out. The dry sea- the High School Entrance Examination. son, or summer, begins about January 1st. UNIPORM PROmOTION AND REVIEW EXAM-. MATIONS. Two of these examinations are held each year, the first on the last Friday in March, and the amend on the third Friday in Oc- tober. In 1891 the only schools not taking these examinations were No. 11, Ashfield ; No. 5 Goderich Township ; Nos. 1, 4 and 11, Hay township ; No. 13 Stanley ; No.°6 Stephen and Nd. 10 Usborne. , I am certain it is an injury to the pupils not to take these examinations. When they know there is an examination at a fixed time much better work is done. During the past year some parents have made complaints to me that their children were not given a chance to try these promotion examinations. Every school in the division should have at least one uniform promotion examination eaoh year. Most of the teacher' in West Huron hold two, and I strongly advise teachers and trustees to have them. Regulation J2 (5) reads " It shall be the duty of every public school teacher to make at the end of each school term or such other time as may be approved by the inspector, and subject to revision by him ; such promotions .from Otte Class to another as he may deem -expedient. PUBLIC EXAMINATON. The Public School Act says every teacher shall hold two public examinations each year. During 1891 one or more publie examinations were held by 57 teachers, and 69 teachers held no public examination. HIGH SCHOOL ENTRANCE EMAMINATIONS. The -next examination. for entrance to High schools snd Public school leaving ex- amination, will be held at Goderich, Exeter, Zurich and Dungannon, for We•st Huron, on June 28th, 29th and 30th, 1892. It will be a great convenience to the pupils of the echools in the western parts of Hay and Stanley to have Zurich made a centre for holding the High School Entrance Exemina- tion. In July 1891 there were 164 pupils, of Weet Huron, suceetsful at the High School 14tntrance rExaminations. The num- ber front each Municipality is given in the appendix. Of those belonging to Goderich 5 were pupils of the separate school. PUBLIC SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION. six per A Public School Leaving Examination has been eetablished to be held at the same time —An and pint as the High School Entrance 30n Iva endon examination. I expect the Educational and die Department will have the curriculum ready for distribution in a few days. —Th Algebra, Euclid, Botany and Physics has ent cover fo are now opbional subjecte in the fifth cless their pr of the public school, and are not to be taken up unless in the opinion of the Inspector at —HTamhei and Trustees the circumstances of the school ture, w -permit of their being taught without injury to the other classes." They are not nec• they mu eseary for the Public School Leaving Ex- —At amination. peg last The number of schools and departments SP3r5(43i7n4c. TEACHERS' SALARIES &C. in operation in 1891 was 126. There were lars. 65 male teachers engaged at an average —The salary of $409.00. and 61 female teachers at Lsdies' an average salary of $273.00. Of these 2 Mrs, td. held first -clans certificates, 47 second-class, cipalehi and 77 thied-olase. The rural schools were ment of kept open on an average of 210.3 days. —The The whole number of teaching days for the gary lea year was 216. a fund f The total amount received by trustees qtilrgeadr.71' FINANCIAL STATEMENT. from all smirces was 365,291.43, and the —Pro whole amount expended was $54,967.85, of unseat which 343,383.-42 was for teachers' salaries. ton, on This is an average cost of $5.34 per pupil at the ti for salaries: and $6.77 per pupil for all pur- for the' poses. The amount for 1890 being „pee $5,41 for salaries and $7.14 for all purposes. of the y Friday, MODEL SCHOOL, In 1891 there were 27 studente attending ring ao the Goderich Model School, and 26 of these George,' were granted third-class certificates for three —Thr years by the County Board of Exsminerie Samuel During the year 53 of the 126 teachers were arrested changed. from a TEACHERS' INSTITUTE MEETINGS. fhom Oh The first meeting was held at Exeter on cles weir February 19th and 20th. Mr. J. J. Tilley, —LON Model School Inspector acted as Director, of Mr. and on the evening of th'e 19th delivered an missed interesting address to a large audience in the made he town hall, A union meeting of the teachers which s of East and West Huron was held at Olin- not been ton OD September 10th and llth. This meeting wat well attended and resulted in much goed to the teachers of both inspec- torates. I hope it will not be long before another union meeting is held. WRITING AND DRAWING. During 1891 a new series of copy -books was authorized by the Education Depart- ment. The price of the authorized books is 7 cents ; the price of the books formerly in use was 10 cents. I consider the authorized series much superior to any other series. These books are complete in six numbers, and are graded so as to leave one number for each class. If writing is given the time and attention which its importance deserves there will soon be a marked improvement in the penmanship of our publio school pupils. A new series of drawing books is being is- sued st 5 cents each. These are complete in six numbers; and there i" a number for each dam I believe teachera will find these hooks muoh superior to the old books. I hich etood the hut This is winter, and it is 90 degrees in the d the night. We shade. We arrived in camp in time.to find and very stiffly another expedition starting out to investi- nient, and, headed' gate the Black River district, and were in- ter d the home of the vited to join the party, but declined with co la furnish a fac- thanks, as we were foot sore, dirty d hun- ou e, far my pen can- gry, and more disposed to rest than to start indica. Imagine a immediately out upon another w arisome th sides formed of trip " Through Tropical Jungles." wi h an inch space cl y floor, and ciealm- The Schools of West Huron. ou have some i ea of The following is the report of Mi. Tom, fn A sort of couch on educational matters in the Inspectorate lm leaves ran along of West Huron, presented at thel recent which slept the meeting of the County Council : I . his wife and During the year 1891 I visited I all the in together. A schnole in the Inspectorate at leestk twice. ily cannot be ins - In the, majority of the echoed. goo work might have some - provisions we had was being done, Teachers and pupils were ostly of hard taok interested in the work, and the young minds were being prepared to grapple with coley and dickering me strips of terk- the realities of manhood and womanhood. eat, which hun The teachers were faithfully performing their duties and doing all in their power to educate the children intrusted to t eir care in the truest senee of the term. he dis- cipline management and method of in- struction followed were such as will fit their pupils to become useful and intellig nt citi- zens of our great Dominion, T ey are training their pupils to habits of system, courtesy and intellectual developme t. As all the teachers are compelled to undergo a professional trainiog before takin charge otei school, we do not find as much harmful teaching as some years ago. ' Yet ith all the elierproved Model and Normel training mu el r, a f the honere, the st way ite could. t to get out at all e -all stood around, plorers, anxiously uff cook. At last e, and we stood k, drinking blaz- es, ind chetraig tilly 'tough overlie 'like fried clothes- . 'We did ample d began to sling our hammocks and prep re foe sleep. We got our six liammOnk slung across the shanty, and then we all !went outside and stood in the pelting ahewhile the lady of the mansion and her pr geny retired. and we must say it took h r an unressonably long time to go to b d. Completely tvet through, we at last era led into our ham- mocks, and tried to thin we enjoyed it all. My hammock happen d to be elung im- mediately over the tire- lace in the • oentre of the ficor, and I Was alternately smoked and cooked until I felt 1 ke a dried herring. The mosquitos were inn merable and seem- ed as large as pigeons. fhey bite wickedly and leave large swollen ed spots on a per- son. We had not thou ht of bringing any mosquito bars with Us, nd we were literally eaten up that night.1. o one slept scarcely any, and those mos were "cussed in half at dozen &rent labguages. When our Caribs w to be particularly profane they drew their stock of Eng- lish, but found thei ply inadequate, sod relapsed into Spa or Caribbean. We had to keep our oil te over our faces all CO night, removing th occasionally for a breath of air, and if r 'daybreak WAS wel- comed, it was that ing. _ There was a poor look for breakfast, but one of our boys which was boiled fo had a piece:3f boils m with audibly apparent of it and found it n after all. I have eaten Indians in the Watt, and broiled monkey a I prefer the latter te eit Still, as a steady diet, I fond of any one of them are such a sbiftlese la thought for the morrow find a surplus of p ovi We saw two little children making their breakfast off of a piece foot long., Poor, littl starved creatures Thee ly a sea-biecuit that w though it was as luird as they need not go hu gry, if their parents had more get-up obo plenty of game in th oranges, plaintaine and they can raise corn—bu tired. - The eoil of this coint y is, where it lies above tbe level of the ivers, very rich and productive, It produce e besides its mese of dense jungle and under rowth, great treat of mohogauy that two 'men cannot circle with their arms. Anoteer tree with an un• pronounceable Spanish name grows to a great height and ihte great spreading roots that extend in all directions for 20 or :30 feet at the base of the tree. "The roots &leo grow ap to a height of 15 or 20 feet from the ground-, the tree proper commencing at that height. The natives, When they cut oue down build a ecaffold to get above the roots, cut down the tree and within a year the roots rot out and are ealsily removed. Pro- spective eettlers, howeeer, propose to use dynamite in blowing up these trees, which they can do at a reasonable cost, as a stick of the explosiee will bloiv the largeet kind of e tree to atoms, and' costs 25 cents per stick in the United Steam but cannot be bought in this country, The great draw- back to the developing olf this country is the difficulty of clearing land and of obtaining traespertatiott of fruits,lafter one has raised a crop. Land can be ;cleared at $15 per acre, bat the rivers all, need dredging and uit she Oil SU ish er Or ou sho a yellow tail, (bird) u4 ; and the natives 'nktpeowhich they ate relish. We tasted t such bad eating og among the Sioux d a,Iligator steak ong the Caribs, and er of the former. am not particularly The natives here y set, they take no so you will seldom ions in their houses. f 'sugar cane about a , miserable, naked, devoured ra,venous- as given them, al- e wash -board. Yet t them. There is ir vicinity, bananas, ems grow wild, and they were all born 1 there are some who can not be m otssful teachers. There are failures among teache every other vocation, and, like t cessful in other callings, they ne the fault is in themselves. In so .these keepers of echOol stick to th tions after it is evident to totted in the welfare of the that the " master's " salary is " for value received." I am pleased that the keepere of school in West H ron are few. SCHOOL BUILDINGS, There are 100 school houses in West Huron, of which :35 are brick, 2 stone, 62 frame and 1 log. I expect new buildings will be erected in Sections Nos. 2 and 13, Ashfield, and No. 8, Stephen, during 1892. In the past mapy of the school ho been poorly built, The founded ben poor. The stones and mortar' not fit for such work, and freque was not proper drainage. Muc has been wasted irt building °ilea planned, ill -ventilated houees. T de sue - as in e unsuc- ✓ think e cases ir posh I inter - pupils not paid see have ns have sed were tly there money , poorly e s eying of a few dollars at the time the sohool is erected generally necessitatee the spending of Sire times that amoent repairs during ace, the undation he school ntial and here. are Huron. am next decade. In the firet trustees should be sure that the f is first-class and well drained. house should be coevenient, subst well lighted and ventilated. - many good school houses in Wes During 1891 several were thoro ghly re - piked; and new desks put in. Th re is not sufficient attention given to ve tilation. The Exeter public school is the b et heated and ventilated school buildiog i this in- spectorate. *any of the echo 1 houses !: would be made Much mere attra tive and durable by being painted ibside an outside. , CARE OF SCHOOL HOLIMIS AND GROUNDS. The School Act and regulatiene state for the I house, pment of he pupils depend g so it is or'cler operty is e school ng those s of the not to ipments, ft th definitely what are the requisite site, the outside premises, the echo the school furniture and the equ s publio school. The comfort ot and the efficiency of the echo° largely on 'ulnae things. This bei is the Inspector's duty to withold for the grant when the school p not kept in proper condition, T grants are to be apportioned am schools that fa161. ,the requiremen School Act and Regulations, an those schools whose buildings, eq &c:, are not what they_ should be a er e trustees have been afforded an op ortunity to make them se when notified. Teacheire are often responsible for the untidy appearance of the school house and grounds. When visiting one of the schools last fall I observed the play ground covered with a dense mass of thistles about 30 inches high. I asked the teacher if he clould not borrow a scythe from some person near. " Yee," was the ready answer, " but I can not get any one to propel it." When the teacher is satisfied with a 'dirty, dingy school room and the school yard covered with rubbish and weeds, the trustees are not likely to make any improvements. There were 652 shade trees planted in 1891. Several sections are still behind in the planting. On Arbor Day the teacher may do much to improve the appearance of the school house and grcunds ; and such work pays. ANNUAL REPORTS. The chairman of the annual meeting in each section sbould read carefully Section 197 of the Publie School Act of 1891, or Section 253 of 1887. The report of the $43,383. ties es borne, $3 Hay, 45 $4.1,90 $2,930 ; $L895 ; $4,125. High SCh , divided between the inunicipali- ollows : Ashfield, $6,366; Col - 317 , Godiarioh Township, $3,810 ; 7 ; Stanley, '4,691 ; Stephen, shorn", $3,955 ; West Wawanosh, est Wawanosh, $2,140 ; Exeter, syfield, $715 ; Goderich town, here were 164:pupils passed the ol Entrance, as followe : Ash: field, n ; [Colborne, 8 ; Goderich Township, 19 ; Hay Usborne, Wawapos Godench $460 ; C to any il $440 : Ha $475 ; Us one., 4000 ; fig Wawanneb, 1 $475 ; E st Wawanosb, $400 ; Exeter, $500 ; B yfleld, $460 ; st_Groderich town, $850. Outside, of Goderich town, Hay paid thehigh t salary. The following are the ries of male teachers paid by the nicipalities, viz.: Ashfield, $438 ; 13 ; Goderich Township, $390 ; ; Stanley, $437 ; Stephen, $380 ; Usborne,:$431 ; West Wawanosh, $364 ; enesh, $388 ; Exeter, $500 : Bay- ; Goderieln town, $850 ; to fet ers,—Ashfield, $253 ; Colborne, 3278 ; G derich Township, $313 ; Hay, $211 ; St nley, 3248 ; StePhen, $285 ; West Wa anosh, $248 ; East Wowanoshe $276 ; Ex ter, 3273 ; Bsyfield, $255 ; Gotie- rich Town, $285. , 1 1 Oanada. . B. Gordon, V. S., b. S., of led tbe other night from prism - 8 ; Stsuley, 14 ; Stephen, 6 ; 1 ; West Wawanosh, /4 ; Etat 6 ; Sxeter, 5 ; Bayfield, 11 ; own, A The highest selary paid etcher is as follows ; Ashfield, borne, $450o Goderich township, , $538 ; Sterile , $515 ; StoPlioni average sa several m Cedborne, Hay; $385 East Wa field, $4 male teen —Dr. Ottawa, monia. —Bile eat failures in Canada last week numbered134 against 44 the previous week, ear ago, en Hall, the retiring reeve of° is to be banqueted on Februery umbo. neral of the late Mayor Goldie, of ok place on Saturday. There Was e concourse of people present. gins, Northwest 'Territory, last ruing, fire destroyed an hotel atid adjoining buildings. urlay, B. A., has been appointed. ical master of the Strathroy Col- titnte at a eatery of $1,000. nese Macdonald, of Alexandria', ockwood asylum, Kingston, on St. Thomah lade from 10 to 13 e ran awaY from home last week w held for -larceny in Chicago. death is announced of the Rev. George Coull, M, A., late professor of the language in Morrin Coilege in Dunhahe a young Oxford farmer, ommitted for trial on a charge, g John Barber, with intent to ee W. Smith, for 40 years a resi- deist of amiltoo, and formerly a British soldier, died en Tuesday, eged 98 years. -He was a Fr —The slid, left nearly $ sisters —Hon James' route, and Sorn —The advance five per and 58 a —Step Blenheim 23rd in D —The f Guelph, t an Lumen —At R Friday m a couple o G mattema legiate In —Dr. died in Saturdsy —Thre years of a and are n —The Hebrew Quebec. —John bas been of shooti kill. ---Cha 1 1 emote% ate Hon. G. Beeese, Quebec, it is no will. • His estate is valued ,at ,000,009. Two brothers and three rvive him. . Oliver Mowat lectitred in St. quare Preabyterien Church, To- nt Friday night od " Christianity of its Fruitse' Bank of Montreal has agreed to 250,000 to the city of Winnipeg at ent. Hitherto the city has petid„ ent. celandic girl named Freda p tephen- rushed in the elevator at he Oar - tel, 'Winnipeg, on Frida night, on the following day. Separate School Board of Winnipeg ed an action against the city to ire - the Roman Catholic ratepayers portion of the taxes. men on the Grand Trunk Railway ton have been notified th t in fu-' ti ile they may vote as the please, t take no active part in ele times. sale of school lands held in Winni- Friday, 6,382 acres were sold for 0. These sales throughout the will aggregate heti a million dol - Board of Directors of the Young ollege in Brantford have appointed Rollo, of Toronto, to the lady prin- of the college, vaoant by the retire - M rs. 'O'Bierne. Bishop of Saskatchewan ond Cat- es for England this month to raise r the endowment of the &ham of A minimum sum of $50,090 is re- eedinge have been commenoed to . H. Hollingehead, Reeve Iof Dut-i he ground of disqualification becaeso e of his nomination he Wee meourity nine treasurer. Norman Tandy, of Kingston, one ungeet organist in Canada, Was, on ight, presented with a diamond an address on retiring from St, cathedrel organ. ' e young men named Thomas Curley, effery, and Alex. Sigeworth, were Friday Isst in London for t.obberies umber of city stores, dat ng beck "stmati. A large number of arti- found in their boarding heuses. Friday the four-year-old lIclaughter eonard, of Wollaston townohip, wait y her parents, On starch being dead body was found in a well,' in e had accidentally fallen. She had missed more than fifteen minutes. —Mg Moreau, Bishop of St, Hyacinthe, has issued a pastoral letter in cnnnection with the timing contest in Quebec, in which the faithful are warned of the dangers at- tending an election, and especially regard- ing false oaths and corruption. 1 —Five export entries were received at the Woodstock custom house on Moeday, lot inst., from J. L. Grant & Co., Ingersoll, amounting to $60,000. They represented a consignment of cheese and bacon which 'the firm was shipping to Great Britaini —A narrow escape from fatal asphyria- tion occurred at the Crawford House in Windsor the other morning. A young farmer named Cowan, from Blytheswood, and his bride* arrived on their wedding tour, end were assigned to a roonn Before retiring Cowan left an early call stating that he had some business at Comber, end de- sired te take an early train. When called in the m*ning he arose, lighted the gas, and when ready to go turned out the gas, 1 as he supposed, and left his wife in bed. In- stead of turning the,gas out, however, he left it turned on, and when several hours later the employes of the hotel were at- tracted by the odoo of escaping gas, they entered the room and foundMrs. Cowan un- conscieus. When the doors and windows were opened the woman quickly recovered, but the 'Physicians who -had been summoned stated that she hed a very Farrow escape. —S. Feloonbridge, postmaster, Aberfoyle, Wellington county, is deadi at the age of 80 years. Deceased came intq ,gnslinoh about the fifties, had been treasurer of the town- hhip for about 30 years an postmnster of 1 Aberfoyle for a long period —A boy named /1.nbere Kerr, aged 16 years, living with Mr. Wm. Farr, near Woodbridge, was fatally gored by Mr. Farr's bull the other day. iir. Farr was atney from home, and the boy took the ball from theatable to water. —Mrs. John Stevens, an old resident of Port Stanley, was found dead in her door - yard Sunday 11101711ing. Her death was caused.by heart disease. Her husband drop- ped dead in Nebraska two weeks ago. She was 58 yearn of age,. —The longest argunient ever heard in Canada was concluded in the Supreme Court on Friday, 28th ult., when Ron. E. Blake olosed the answer in the ease of the & Meleelan. The argument lasted two moCennadthaia.n 7aoifie Railway vs. Conmee —What is said to be the largest boiler in America passed over the Michigan Central Railway a few days ago. It cost $20,000, weighs 69 tone, was made by I. .0. Morris, Philadelphia, and was en route to the Heels Mining -Company, Houghton county, Michi- gan. • —A fatal expleeion took place on the Gatineau Valley Railway line, near North Wakefield, Quebec!, on Friday afternoon last, by which Joseph Louden was instently ielled and two others eeriously injured. They struck a itharge of dynamite while drilling a hole in the roeir. ---A large wooden building in St. Thomas was burned to the ground on Sunday morn- ing. It was used as a stable and veterinary surgeon's office, but the horses were all got out. The building was erected 40 years ago for the first Presbyterian church in St. Thomas. - —The annual meeting of the Dominion Ayrshire Breeders' Association was held on Thursday of last week at Toronto. The Ausoctiatien herd book just issued contains 3,384 entries. Among the officers elected for the yesr are : President, Thomas Guy, Oshawa ; vice-president, M. Ballantyne, St. Marys. —The returns of the assessors show the amessment for Toronto for 1892 to be $152,952,936, exclusive of exempted proper- ty. This *as reduced by the Court of Re- vision and County Judge to $151,158,600,on which the taxes of the yesr will be levied, as dompared with $146,860,000 for last year. ' —Mr. lohn'Toles, who was born 73 years ago just outside the city of St. Thomas, and hail resided from withinlive years of his birth on tile farm on which he died, suo- climbed to an attack of grippe on Friday niotning. A widow IV two daughters sur- vive him. —Simnel Towle, a vrell-known resident of East ITissouri, who.a few years ago was a oandidite for Parliamentary honors, has for, some months past been suffering from a dis- ease of the leg, which grew gradually worse until amputation above the knee was found necessary. —At the last meeting of St. Paul's Church, Ingersoll, the rector's salary was increased from $1,200 to 31,500. Rev. E. R. Hatt is popular with his congrega- tion. The addition and alterations to the Church are now about completed, and the Church will be reopened on February 20th. —Lewis Wigle, ex -M. P., of Leaming- ton, has decided to dispose of the majority of his thoroughbred hones. and is forming a joint stook company, to which he will turn over 40 or 50 of the best Texas horses. The managers for the present are Joseph White, of Windsor ; M. J. Buchanaes, of Inger- soll, and Lewis Wigle. —Willis C. Turner, the Detroit electric- ian, who superintended the buildiog of the Sandwich, Windsor and Amberstburg elec- tric railway, has been figuring sin a compari- son between the operation of a road three miles in length, operated with horse and electrie power and finds a difference of 50 per gent in favor df the latter method. —It is stated thtit the etove foundry in Dundas which has been five years idle, has been leased to Messrs. Gartehore, Cohoea. Robertson, Allen and Thompson, who will form the Molders' Facing and Mineral Paint Compeny, and will make mineral wool, min- eral paint, and most likely fire clay and fire brick. —Mr. Chief Justice Hagerty has just completed his 36th year on the bench. On February 6th, 1856, he was sworn in as a puisne judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and has ever since been actively engaged in discharging the duties of a judge. Since May 6th, 1884, he hes been chief justice of On—teurior.. D. Nesmith started oat from Tor- onto, at 10 o'clock Friday night-, on a bicycle, to ride 100 miles within sixteen hours and win the first of the gold bars which the New Century Wheel Club has, promieed those who achieve this perform- ance. He went to Newceuitle and back, and made the distance required in thirteen hours, He therefore gets the bar. —Donald Meliain, Yarmouth, on return- ing home from St. Thomas the other day, wes terribly surprised to find his wife lying on the snow near the need. The opinion is that Mrs. Maeda left the house and, going to the road, slipped and fell, striking her heed and causing an effusion of the blood into the ventricles of the brain, She is now lying'in a critical condition, —The judges' decision on the Ayr echool case, Barnhardt vs. Gerbig, Rennie and Hendereon, resulted in the clefendante hav- ing to pay a fine of $20 each and costs, On Tuesday the defendanto were notified by the magistrate that the conviction served upon them was not correct and that a. new conviction would be s-srved upon them. The question now arises can the magistrate convict a second time for the same of- fen—eefie cou-nty of Lincoln costs in the re- . oent arbitration amounted to the large SUM of abOut $970, made up as follows : J. C. Rykert, fees as counsel, $667 ; Johneon Clench, services, $65 10; Sheriff Dawson, $35 ; arbitrators' fees, $202. The residents of the county, from whose pockets the monies will have to corne, are the losers. This does not include about $300 expeuset of the County Council Committee. —Six weeks ago an old woman named Kitty O'Neill was found beethe police in a nearly famished condition and taken to the Hoene of the Friendless in Windsor. She refused to tell anything about her life, and claimed to not have any relatives living. Oa Monday she died, but before she passed away she told the matron that she had money in a Detroit bank. One of the in - 01.50 a Year, in Advance. hicLEAN BROS. Publishers. 1 mates of the home went over the river and located the money, which amounts to; be- - tween $400 and $500. —The Msnitoba Separate School question is again before the courts in Winnipeg. —A. convention for a direct parcel -post eervich between Canada and the Leeward Islands has been signed. —Messrs. Crossley and Hunter are hold- ing reyival sosrvices in Calgary, Northwest Territory. —The Dominion Swine Breederal Associa- tion held its annual meeting in Toronto last Friday, when delegates were present front ali parts of the country. :—There are 15,516 voluntes in the Handl- t2o;),Plotub.lic Library. The total number of booke loaned during the past year was —A. Mounteer, of Chatham, has the largest collection ef cactus k Kent county. He has ovei 300 plants, embracing over 70 varieties, many of them being very rare. —The Allan steamer !Polynesian rau aground at Cape Henry Friday night, while en route to Baltint ore. She has since been releesed. —Mr. T. Cavanagh, hotel -keeper of Peter- borough, was mulcted in the sum of $100 and coets last Monday for selling liquor during prohibited hours, and may loss his license, it being a third offence. Five or fisizixedp.ersens who called fur drinks were also —An amusing episode occurred on the electric railway in Ottawa the other day. An old lady hailed a ettr at croasing and told the,conductor she wanted to cure her rheuniatiem by having an electric ride. She got on board, eat down and proceeded a block,. She then stopped the car declaring he was cured and expressed her gratitude to the conductor as she left the car. —Mra. Harriet Smith, the surviving daughter of Laura &word, one of Canada's heroines, died at her residence in Guelph the other day, at the rips old age of 89 years, leavinie behind her two daughters and one son. - In the death of Mrs. Smith • the last link connecting her dietinguished mother with the life of any one of her 01100 numer- ous family of sons and daughters, has been severed. —Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Edwarde have just celebrated their golden -wedding at their homestead in Douro, Peterboro. Six of eight sons and daugheers and seventeen • of twenty grand -children were present to do honor to the venerable couple. At high noon they were presented with an address, accompenied by a gold -headed cane and handsome easy chair. Numerous other gifts were received. Mr. end Mrs, Ed- wards are old residents of that locality. --The 11 -year-old eon of Mr. Christopher Creesman, of New Dundee, while driving tbe horsea an the horse -power for threshing the other day, walked arnund with the tearne in order to keep himself warm, and as he was about to step over the tumbling -rod he stippecrand fell and the rod caught his left arm aud wound it several times around, breaking it in several places and severing it completely from the body near the shoulder. —Stewart, Mann & "Co., flour shippers of Montreal, have addreesed a circular to the millers of Canada, in which they call atten- tion to the fact that the tee on Canadian flour entering Newfoundland is - $1.05 per barrel, while 17nited States flours are ad- mitted for 30 cents per barrel. They ask that all millers' and trade assoeiations unite in impressing upon the Dominion Government the importanoe of the question involved. —A dispatch from Cohourg says : Mich- ael Greer, sged sixty years, left Jubilee Point, a summer resort on Rioe lake on Wednesday evening of last week for 'Har- wood, on the opposite shore, for some medi- cine for his son, who was ill with la grippe He got the medicine and started to return the same evening, but not arriving home his friends became auxious and started to search for bim, and found hlm frozen to death ponointth. e ice only a short distance from the —In all the Protestant churches in To- ronto references were made last Sabbath to the death of Rev. C. 11. Spurgeon, and without exception his life and works were spoken of in terms of highest praise. Seve- ral ministers in the oity and neighborhood had the pleasure of being personally ac- quainted with Mr. Spurgeon, and these spoke with deep regret of the death of the eloquent divine. A number of Mr. Spur- geon's pupils are ministers in this province, and they now mourn the loss of a elm per- sonal friend. —The difficulty with the Presbyterian Church, of Chesterfield, North Brant, has only begun, and -there is no telling where it will end. There are about 240 church mem- bers, and n sweeping majority of these signed a call to a Rev. Mr. Elliott. Those who signed the call, and a petition after- wards, represent three-fourths of the number and of the wealth of the congregation, The minority have so at:Inducted themselves that they have disgusted Mr. Elliott, who, now says that he will have nothing to do with Chesterfield church, —Mrs. James Martin, widow of the late James Martin, formerly a leading merchant of Woodstock, died in that town a, few dayi ago. tire. Martin was the firet lady princi- pal of Woodstock college, under Dr. Fyfe, and was a highly cultured person, being a descendant of an aristocratic Scotch family. In her old age Mrs. Martin wee reduced to extreme poverty and was supported entirely by the charitable assistance of citizene and the town council. It is said of deceased that in her girlhood she was an intimate friend of Mr. Gladstone. —Laet Monday's London Advertiser says : The tevival services are still in progress in the Wellington street Methodist church. From the very first the interest and attend- ance have been steadily increaeing. The putor is assisted by Evengelist Renton, who preaches every night. His presenta- tions of -Gospel truth are clear, pointed and convincing. Many are being converted at every service and , it is estimated that be- tween 100 and 150 have alrea,dy decided to lead the Christian life. —Lieut. Morris Shea, the laet remaining veteran of the 13.ettle of Waterloo," died at his home in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on Thursday last week, Lieut. Shea, although 98 years and 6 months of age, enjoyed the best of health up to within a short time before his death, when be seenaed to catch a cold, which developed into con- gestion of one lung. He wee buried although advanced in years, ia still hale and with military honors. Lieut. Shea's widoe.v, hearty, —Dr. Harkness, of Iroquois, near Morris - burgh, threshed the produce of a field of oats last week. The yield appeared so large that Mr. A. D. Harkness measured the field and the grain and found that he had 610 measured bushels from nine 946 -acres, or 611 bushels per &ore, From 75 to 100 sheaves had been fed out to the calves in the fall, sufficient to mske the yield about 65 bushels per acre. This might look smell in Manitoba hut it appears to us to be pretty good for " old Canada." • c,r • 4 .r ;4- 4 .1' • k