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The Huron Expositor, 1892-04-22, Page 111 4)1111.11 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. WHOLB NUMBER, 1,271. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1892. McLEAN BROS , Publishers. $1.50 a Year in Advance. BOYS' CLOTHING. We have many new things for Bays' wear in Suits that are very nobby. New styles and new patterns. Our line is very complete and affords Or selection that embraces every appropriate and suit- able material for Spring and Summer wear. We manu- facture a large quantity of Boys' Clothing, and pretend to say that long experience has enabled us to produce something above the average. You can judge better by see- ing our goods. It is a plea- sure to show you. just what we are doing in this particu- lar line. .JACKSON BROS., The - Boys' - Clothiers, - Seaforth. three under the present rotten system, and no government would than be able to bribe the people with their own money without their knowing it. England is interested in the prosperity of all nations, and more especially in that of the United States, as the Americans are her best customers for manufactured goods, and the United States affords the safest and best field for the investment of her surplus capi- tal. Nations, like individuals, heve very little regard for their poor relations. Eng- land would think far more of us if our con- nection with the States added to our pros- perity and enabled us to double our pur- chases of her manufactured goods at profit- able prices, than she does of our present connections, with the present tariff wall meeting her in the face. It has been the stock in trade of both political parties for the laat twenty-five yeare, which could pro- fess the greatest amount of loyalty to Eng- land, and they have given the lie to their professions by keeping up tariff wane to keep out her goods. Profitable free trade, instead of lip loyal professions, is what Eng- land want., and what the farmers and pro- ducers of this country need, and must have if they are to have prosperity. It is.per- fectly plain, that with just railway freights and free markets the productions of the farmers would be greatly enhanced in value, as would also the products of the mines and the forests, while on the other hand farmers would save at leaet 50 per cent. on what they require to buy—such as reapers, mowers, salt, twine, coal oil, clothing of all kinds and other things too numerous to mention. It stands to reason that the three great sources -of wealth must be Made profit- able to the producers before there can be any real prosperity in the country. Legal- ized robbery must be stopped and • the geese that lay the golden eggs must be pro- tected from being plucked any longer. N.'oure, JAMES PRINGLE. STRATYORD, Apr11l5th,1805, Another Blast on Annexation. (Wattage roa Tux Exeoarroat.1 The following is a table of freight rates in farce on April llth : Minneapolis to New York via C. P. R., 1,592 miles, 35 cents per 100 lbs.; Minneapolis to New York via rail and water, 30 cents per 100 lbs.; New York to Halifax by water, 12 cents per 100 lbs.; Minneapolis to Halifax, all rail, 1,875 mike, 45 cents per 100 lbs.; Chicago to New York via G. T. R., 974 miles, 20 cents per 100 lbs.; Chicago to New York via C. P. R., 20 cents per 100 lbs.•'Chicago to Halifax via C. P. R. and G. T. R., 1,615 miles, 35 cents per 100 lbs.; Stratford to New York via Suspension Bridge, 560 miles, 22 cents per 100 the.; Stratford to Efalifex via I. C. R., 1,265 miles, 29 cents per 100 lbs.; Wing ham to Halifax via C. P. R., 30 cents per 100 lbs. Wingharn to New York and 13os- ton via C. P. R., 24A cents per 100 lbs. Farmers ought to study the above table all day Sunday; the better day the better deed. If they did they would at once see that the railways that they have built with their own money are carrying flour and grain from Chicago to New York from 2 to 41 cents per 100 lbs. lees than from Stratford and Wing ham. Consequently they are robbing this Province out of the benefits of its geographi- cal position and offering a pretnium to every farmer to leave the country. Annexation is wanted to bring Canadian railways under the Inter State commerce law, so as to give this Province the full benefit of all her natural advantages. Competition in Ameri- can freights is not keen at present. There are times when rates: are as low as 10 cents per 100 lbs. from Chicago to New York, but Canadian rates are like the laws of the Medea and Persians, they never change. If there is any reduction it comes out of the American lines, or the steamship com- panies. Sir Tupper keeps talking about having all Canadian produce shipped from Canadian sea ports the year round, but how can this be done when the C. P. R. Company, that holds the Government in the hollow of its hands, so to speak, is willing to carry freight to the American porta 8 and 10 cents per 100 Jbs. less than to Halifax. Water cannot be forced to run up hill, neither can trade be forced out of its natural channel, when it has both, such natural and pecuniary advant- ages. It is not to be wondered at that the Intercalonial Railway, that was built as crooked as a "ram's horn" for political pur- poses, at a cost of $50,000,000, is falling aliort this year about $1,000,000 in the working expenses. Three-fourths of this deficiency has to be made up out of the tax- payers of this Province. It is now proposed to hand this "white elephant over to the "great Anaconda," the C. P. R., without money and without price. If the people are not careful they will. find that the "Ana- conda " will not only swallow up the inter - colonial Railway, but wile soon gobble up the whole Dominion. The half-dozen of Grits that Sir John made use of to keep himself in power, are now so all powerful that they are running both the road and the Govern- ment for their own pecuniary benefit at the expense of the country. These men are worth from 10 to 15 millions each, in 12 years from now they will all be far wealthier than the Vanderbilt family. This is not to be wondered at, as they own the town sites from Ottawa to the Pacific coast and have the _full power to do as they please. When the people of Port Arthur refused to hand over their corporation the company at once removed to Fort William and left Port Arthur high and dry. Doubtless some good Tories will argue that the country must be in a prosperous state when scores of men have been made millionaires many times over since Sir John's N. P. Came into force. There would have been some cause for re- joicing if everybody had shared in their prosperity; but, alas, such has not been the C50. Farm property, the chief asset of the country, which belongs to both Grits and Tories,hee depreciated at least one-third init value within 12 years. The great majority of farmers, who were then comparatively rich, have become poor, and a score or two of creatures who were then poor, and living on their wits, have succeeded in sucking the life's blood out of the labors of the pro- ducere until they themselves have become LniiiionaireL Annexation is wanted to secure lasting free trade and permanent peace on this con, tinent. It is only a question of a few years when America will be forced for her own protection to declare free trade with Eng- land and the rest of the world. While the tnauufacturing industries of the United States continued to be taxed to their utmost capacity to keep up with the growing re- quirements of the country, protection suited well enough, but now manufactures have far outgrown consumption, and manu- facturers are forming rings and combines to restrict the output so as to enhance prices to the coneumers, and thus enabling them to put the amount derived from protection in their own pockets. The remedy is simple, all that farmers and other producers have to da to protect themselves from legalized rob- bery, is to go unitedly for free trade with old England. This would cause direct taxation, the greatest blessing that could befall the country, as one dollar will then g& as far as so much. One cannot go very far in any direction without coming smote crooked, tumble-down fences running zig-zag in every direction, just where they were placed forty. or fifty year ago. There they are, an eye sore in the landscape; and there they are likely to remain, because their owner or his sons have never had ambition , clean the ground d, and put them neat form; and worse, the same state of thing. is too often seen along the lane and in the door -yard around the house—a rail down here and me& other half -down there, a pile of wood in one place, a few rails in another, and an odd stick or a few stones somewhere else. * * * _ With a vieimportance of education, shall simply call l to emphasise the attention to the fact thist in every com- munity the educated clashes, be they few or many, are always the rail • g classes; and as long as the lawyers, docto fessional men in thie educated than the farmers rule over the farmers eve relatively twice as nume are; so long will the far wood and carriers of wa fessional neighbors. Hen unwise for a farmer to giv to the boys who are goin the professions, and So much, if any, education t going to stay at home and off the farm. Let the bo to remain at home have for an education, even if land; otherwise he will a as in a sense inferior to hi brothers." enough to take them down on which they have stoo up again in straight and Independent Parliamentary Representatives. DEAR EXrosrroR.—The longer I read the Mail, and the older I become, the more con- vinced am I of the need of independent members in Parliament. From an investi- gation of the Deminion Auditor -General's report, and the doings of the last, Ontario Parliament, I think forty Independent mem- bers at Ottawa aiad twenty at Toronto would be of more service to the country at the present time than all the members in the Dominion. Iiknow, at election times, that politicians say that Independents can do nothing and eventually side in with the Government. But there aro plenty of honest men who would not, and, if such were elected, both Governments could be carried on on half the amount they now cost the country. The Senators and members at Ottawa e- ceive $29,533.30 yearly for travelling ' ex- penses, and the pspers tell us that they all travel as dead heads, except one from the far west. We pay yearly for 395 trunks $7,796, or nearly $50 for each trunk. We also pay for pocket knives, pen knives, brusherecombs, pens, paper, servant!, pages, charwomen, wines and clarets, scissors, pencils, etc., the IMM of $219,969.85. Now, I ask, if there were forty Independent raem- bars in the House if some of these expendi- tures would not be cut down, and would the Government refuse an investigation into the dealings of one of its members with public money? Now, a member getting $1,500 for 150 days, besides pencils, brushes, combs, trunks, etc., would soon be able to leave his relatives rich, besides giving them enough of these articles to stock them for a life time. If twenty Independents were in the Local House would the Government refuse to do away with the fee system or to prohibit contractors and hotel -keepers contributing to election expenses, or would a Government supporter excuse gerrymander because the Ottawa Government did so? If the Re- formers are Ong to follow the wrong- doings of the Conservatives might we juet as well not have Tories all around. It is a true saying that a Reformer in youth is a Tory in old age. The Ontario Government is Tory.. I would like to be ahown one re- form bill that has been passed by it for years, and I claim the leader of the Opposi- tion to -be the best Reformer in the House, as he brings in more Reform measures than the Government. I have also 'some to the conclusion, and I think any member will bear me Out, that politics are the ruin of this country. those in power are planning and contriv- ing to keep in power, while those out of office are doing all in their power to get there. They are all straining at gnats and swallowing camels. We were told that the old Parliament buildings at Toronto were not fit for use and were detrimental to - the health of the various officials working there, but none of them have died from the effects of holding those offices. Now, after paying about $2,000,000 for new buildings the Attorney -General's salary has to be increased $2,000 to make them healthy. The different departments are just as expensive as they are at Ottawa. All the seesion clerks and messengers are paid $14 per week for work- ing about four hours each day, when none of them are worth 9. dollar a day of ten hours at home. To show the great humbug of party I will give an instance. I was in the house three years ago when a measure came up to do away with the grant to the Provincial Ex- hibition. All were agreed as to the measure, but the Government wished it continued for another year. One member for Sinactoe, a supporter of the Government, who said he was opposed to giving another grant, voted with the Government to give the grant just because he was one of their supporters, al- though his judgment said nay. And we find this the same all the way through. Joan C. Moanison. s, and other pro- onntry are I better so long will they if the latter were ous as thy now era be he ere of er for the r pro- s we think it very a good education to enter 6/Ome of e land withont the one who is make hisiliving who hoe decided leo a fair chance O get a little less ways. be reirrded better ed cated The Brucefield Show. ' The annual show of entire stock, 'under the auspices of the South Riding of Huron Agricultural Society, was held at Brucefield on Friday last. The day was clear and bright, but a bitterly cold north wind made it aomewhat unpleasant for spectators. The show, on the whole, may be considered fair- ly successful. The attendance of spectatere was not so large as in some former years. This may be accounted for by the exceed- ingly busy season among lcountry people. Farmers were anxious to take advantage of the dry weather to get the seed into the ground .before the expeoted rain could put a check upon their operat'ons, and hence many staid at work who oulcl otherwise have come to the show. T ere was a splen- did show of stock in nearly every class. In the aged heavy draught herse class there were nine as fine animals as could be brought together, but they were all horses that have been owned in the country for some con- siderable time. The prove ling dullness in the market for this class makes itself manifest in There are no new importat years, when the horse trad were frequently a dozen d , a, young import- ed stsllions in the three and two-year-old classes, but this year - these climes were almost deserted, showing that there is little new blood being brought in. The results, however, of past importations are still mani- fest, and there were several Canadian -bred heavy draught. shown which would give many of the imported.ones honors. There is a notice in light hierses, both quality and numbers. f animals soon the show ring. ono. In former was brisk, there s close run for ble improvement in respect of Those chases are now eliciting much greater pub-. lic attention than formerly, and are sharing favor very evenly with the heavy draughts. In former years the light horses were com- paratively unnoticed by tie spectators, the crowd centering around tie imported heavy draughts. At the late show this order of things was rather raver ed. There was a goodly number of light h rem, both young and old, and many of th m highly bred and very handsome, good-siz ln this department a ne this year; or rather an bld clef% that had fallen into disuse and had been dropped, was revived. We refer to coach horses. In this 'class there wee three very good animals, two of them mported, one from Germany and the other f om France. These horses are considerably larger and heavier than the class known as carriage, but they are clean -limbed and good roadsters, and by crossing them with our ordinary Canadian _mares, it is hoped to get take in the old country n that the horsemen lik d, showy animals. class was added Farming as an Occupation. Mr. James Mills, M.A., president of the Ontario Agricultural College, in an article on "Farming as an Occupation," writes as fol - bows: "Two things I think, the farmers of thia country specially need to enable them to take the position which their wealth and numbers entitle them to, viz., more taste and more education. Because farmers are more independent than most other people they often neglect little things which men in other lines of work have to pay attention to. Many of them are a little careless even about their- toilet and clothing, not un - frequently annoying their wives and daughters by the appearance which they present when visiting their market town or village. This, you say, is a small thing. No doubt it is; but life is made up of little things, and any class of people who per- sistently neglect theee little things will surely bring themselves and their occupa- tion into discredit in the eyes of the com- munity at large. But it is especially upon the farms of this country and in the sur- roundings of home that there is room for a little more taste. There are many well- managed farms and cozy, comfortable and cheerful homes in this province • but there are many others of which we could not say a horse that will arkets. It is thus others,arc trying to adapt themselves to ,eircumstances, and keep in line with the markets. There never was such i a large and good show in bulls as this year, and the interest seems to be yearly increasing in these ani- mals, so that now they ivery fairly divide the attention of the spectators with the horse ring. While there were several very good aged bulls, the largest and best show was in the two and one, year-old classes. The improvement in cattle in this county within the past ten yore has been very marked, and judging frem the expense in- curred in procuring and the care taken in selecting male animals the good work still goes on. The following is a list of the suc- cessful competitors: HnAvT Honses.—Aged —Thomas Colquhoun, " nis & Herten, "Stud B. M9.11011, "Clennery Prince. Colquhoun, " Rakerfield. lion foaled in 1889,— "Young Britton." Drau ed in 1890,—James McFa Stamp " ; William Colem Aged Canadian Draught, "Reuben Wilson " ; Herb Lad." Dipioma, John Ste Wilson." Canadian Dra 1889,—Thomas McMicha Track " ; John Ketchen, adian Draught foaled in 18 ,—Finlay Mc- Intoah, "Young Crystal City"! ; George Taylor, "Gulf Stream." Judges,—Robert Scott, Londeaboro; Peter Campbell, Cromarty; John G. Grieve, Mc- Killop. LIGHT HORSES. —Aged Carriage Stallion, —Irvine Armstrong, " Bookmaker" ; Robt. Wilson, " Aboyne "; Robert Adams, "Bon- ner." Carriage Stallion, f aled in 1889,— Draught Stallion, akerfield " ; In- k Chief" ; C. E. ' Diploma,Thos. ' Draught Stet- rancia Coleman, ht Stallion, foal - lane, " Belbogie n, "King Jos." John Stevenson, rt Crich, " Davy 'enema "Reuben ght, foaled in I, "Clear the Scottie." Can - ley." Durham, valved after September 20th, 1889,—Robert McLean, " Roan Sus- sex " ; Robert Charters, "Knight of Huron " ; Wm. Chapman, " Doevampa." Durham, calved after September 20th, 1890,—D. D. Wilson, " Defiance" ; D. D. Wilson, "Prime Minister " ; Wm. Chap- man, " Crusoe." Diploma, D. D. Wilson, "Defiance." Jersey Bull,—D. McIntosh, let and 2nd. Diploma, D. McIntosh. Judges,—D. McInnis, Exeter; J. T. Hearn, Clinton; J. H. McDougall, Sea - forth. Canada. —The Welland canal will be traffic on Tuesday. —It cost the Government $7,823.50 to take the census in North Essex. —Ae Ouellette, of Jeannette's Creek, Kent county, has made $500 fishing this spring. --It cost $2554.66 to run the Windsor post -office last year, exclusive of the regular staff. —D. Williamson, of Eequesing, sold last week two six weeks old lambs fcir $4.00 each. —A cow belonging to A. A. Thrasher, of Sidney townehip in Hastings county, gave birth to a calf weighing 111 pounds. —William Daniel has refused an offer of $4,700 for his 50 acre farm one mile south of Burford, county of Brant. —Energetic action is being taken in Mont- real to s,uppress the numerous lotteries which exist in thcit city. —400,000 gallons of water are used daily in Belleville; 300,000 by the citizens, and 100,000 by the Grand Trunk Railway. —George Town, North Fredericksburgh, has a ewe that has dropped eight lambs this season and the same number last. —The uniforms for the Toronto Highland regiment have arrived from Inverness, Scot- land, and the bagpipes from Glasgow. —One day last week Thomas Chambers sold his 100 acre farm in lilandford to Thos. Waugh, of London, for $7,590. =Catherine Healey, a woman of eighty- six yeari, was in the Hamilton Police Court dock the other morning, charged with d r unkenne sa . —A little son of Mr. Derry, of Norman, near Rat Portage, got caught in a bear trap, which had been left near the hciuse, and was terribly injured. —The Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway, for carrying the mail last y58e0.o arireceived from the Government $1,- —All of the shop license holders in St. Thomas (four in number) have been sum- moned for selling in lees quantities than half pints. —Mr. I. Francis, glove leather tanner, at Acton, is one of the largest consumers of eggs in that vicinity. Mr. R. B. Jermyn supplied him with 1,200 dozen last week. —T. Burton, Natsagsweya, while haul- ing rails had the load upset on top of him from whioh he received some fractured ribs and a very bad bruising generally. —The Dominion Post Office Savings Bank, during the year ended June 30th 1891, re- ceived deposits amounting to $6,500,372, the withdrawals were $7,875,978. —A boat is being built to run between Leamington, Pelee Islend, Put -in -Bay and Sandusky. It will start about May 15th and after July let will also do excursion business. —The first arrival of the season at Wind- sor from Lake Huron were the schooners Reindeer and A. J. MoBrier on Monday with 400,000 feet of lumber from Alpena, Michigan. —Charles and George Sparham, of Rush - ton's Corners, near Chatham, have purchae- ed the old homestead of the late Colonel Patterson, west of the village. The sum paid was $13,000. --Jack Bertram is still in the connty gaol, Hamilton, He has added the Salva- tion Army War Cry to the Bible now, and reads both assiduously, hoping, no doubt by so doing to make up for boat time. —Michael Zehr has sold his farm on the third line of Wellesley, county of Waterloo, to Jacob Yowsky for $5,500. Five or six years ago Mr. Zehr bought the farm from Mr. Yowsky for $6,500. —A few days ago Mr. John P. Cline, a Saltfleet farmer, bought 28 bushels of seed peas and oats in Hamilton and stored them in hie barn. They are now missing, having been stolen by some miecreants at night. opened for David Fisher. " Moss Rose elie, "Calvin." Carriage 1890, --Robert Brock, " Sa ma, I. Armetrong, "B Roadster,—Peter McGrego Peter Cook, "Black Rod " ley, "Maitland." Roadst —Robert Wilson, "Huron son, "Rumor, Jr." ; Ja "Young Cranbrook." Ro 1890,—Peter McGregor," liam Rattenberry, " Phili loma Peter McGregor, "St. Blame." Blood Stallion,—James burg" ; Thomas Gund Diploma, James Berry, " Horses,—Dow & Tenn Walter Shillinglaw, " Fisher, "Fly Away." Tennent, " Pascha." Judges, -1. E. Robson, Dunn, Blake. Bunns.—Aged Durham Thomas Lap- tallinn foaled in nt Lin." Diplo- kmaker." Aged , "St. Blaize " ; George White- r foaled in 1889, Robert Wil- mes Broadfoot, adster foaled in ranger " ; Wil - Anderson." Di - Berry, " Edin- ry, " Zeamoe." dinburg." Coach nt, " Paecha" ; 'Ami " ; David iploma, Dow & Ilslerton ; John —David Milne, "Perfection T; Elcoat rothers, "Vice Royal " ; Thomas Dinsdale, "Lord Stan- property or to give any equivalent for what he had taken. But the gentleman to -day is rejoieipg in his recovered diamond. After Dan died, the diamond was found where he had eeereted it—in the coating of his stom- ach. And perhaps the Montreal gentleman values it more highly because of ite queer ad - venters and strange resurrection. — Ie the case of Robert McGill against the City of Brantford, an action for $1,000 dam- ages eastained by having his leg broken by a defective sidewalk, a verdict was rendered at the late assizes in favor of the plaintiff for WO and costs. The costs will reach nearly !$400. —The Dominion Coal Company is prepar• Ing to tend out a large force of men to the Sourie coal fields in Southern Mauitoba tit establish a camp and prepare for extensive opereqons. When the railroad reaches the coal &lido shipments will be commenced at OD CO. —14r. Robinson who recently moved on to the let concession of Nassagaweys,has been rather unfortunate in hie new home. His mon, es lad about 12 years old, cut hie finger off and the same day Mrs. Robinsou fpeles. lalodown stairs and broke her arm in two —The movement to establish a free lib- rary in Woodstock has fallen through—for this year at least. Instead the Mechanics' Institete purpose to make the reading - room free to the general public in consider- ation of a grant of $200 from the town • . council. B. Hunter, Sweaborg, has disposed of his farm to Mr. Blatchford for $7,000. Mr. Renter intends locating with his sons in Dakota. Mr. Blatchferd has the timber on the, ground for an immense barn and silo, on his 'Dakota farm, which be intends erect- ing eailly this spring. — Several boys were shooting with a Flobert gun at a mark in the back yard of a private residence in London, Good Friday, when Fred. Will00, thirteen yeara of age,i passed between the pointed weapon and the target. The bullet, a small one, passed cotnpletely through his body. He has sinoe died. —The -rush for lands at the Winnipeg land office, caused by the reduction in prices by the Canadian Pacific Company, a.ud the large arrivals of settlers is growing daily. Last week'd sales were the largest in the history of the Company, and this week opened with sales of 9,500, acres on Mon- day. —Thos. McGaw, of the Queen's Hotel, Toronto, and P. J. Loughrin of Algoma Mills' have been offered 315,600 cash and $300,O00 paid up stock in a company with a capital of $1,500,000, by a wealthy Am- erican syndicate for their nickel property in the township of Drury, adjoiniug the Wort the tn. the fo 1 —B), made • Protestant house of Industry, to be invested as the governors deem best, $10,- 000; General Hospital, $10,000, Irish Protestant Benevolent Society, $10,000. Mission Fund of Christ Church Cathedral, $10,000. —Al Mr. Ross, of Berlin, was in Hanover the other day trying to organize a company for the purpose of manufacturing felt socks. Mr. D. Knechtel has consented to take $2,- 700 bathe company, and Mr. Rees and his friencle in Berlin will take $2,000, leaving about 31,500 more to be taken by Hanover people. It is the intention of the company to give employment to about fifty men. ington and the Traverse mines. the will of the late John Duncan, lionaire tea merchant of Montreal, lowing charitable bequests have been —Among the articles lying unclaimed in the dead letter office, Ottawa, are: One Chinete immigration leave certificate, two ear drums and two wills. Among the arti- cles Which went to the dead letter office and were elaimed by their rightful owners were: One Oialice, one diamond breastpin, one false beard, one set of false teeth, one knee cap, one model beehive, two scapulars and threeets of spurs. —Vrilliath Edgar, general passenger agent of the Grand Trunk Railway, died on Thurs- day last week at Montreal. Mr. Edgar was born in Birkenhead, England, in 1841, and has len connected with railway work in Canada for the past thirty•five yeare,twenty five of which were in the service of the Great Western railway, now a part of the Grand Trunk, and the remaining ten with the latter company. —A little boy, aged 2:, years, named Jas. Rousell, was drowned in the Grand River at Paris on Wednesday last week. The child had been playing with some other children on the banks of the river, and it is supposed he stumbled and fell into the water and was carried away by the current,. The father of the child is working in Chicago at pres- ent. The mother is almost distracted with grief, —There is at present in couree of construc- tion et the Erie and Huron Railway shops, Chatham, a handsome firet class passenger coach, patterned after the latest style. The coach will be 50 feet long and will cost about $5,000. This is a new field of enter- prise on the part of the company, who are to becommended for their push. The new coach will be the first car ever built in Chatham, —The machinery for drilling a ealt well for the Mooretown Salt Company was placed on the ground a few days ago by Capte,in Savage, of Petrolea, and the work of drilling has been commenced. The com- pany 1 intends erecting a large block and putting in a pan capable of making 200 barrelof salt per day, and will manufacture dairyi end fine table salt, and salt for agri- cultural purposes. —Al Winnipeg dispatch says; "Grace Chureh is trying to got Rev. Leonard Gaeta to beiceire its pastor. Mr. Gaetz, it will be remenabered, was a prominent Methodist preae er in London ten years ago, but on accoullt of ill -health went to the Red Deer couty in the Northwest, where he has been f rming ever since. He has completely recoye ed, and may accept the call. very sad accident happened recently to P4oert Bossence's eldest daughter, of Harrington. While her mother was mit hanging up her washing the little girl went to put some shavings m the stove and in closing the door her dress caught dre. She ran ohtdoors, and when overtaken her clothes were totally burned off and her body frightfully burned, but she will re- cover. —Madame DeVere, formerly of Wood• stock, was pardoned on Friday by the Board of Patrons at Columbus, Ohio, where she was elerving ten years for forgery. She lied p DeVe Bigle has, rolee. 011ie, It it pardo —Henry Wells, of Kingston, who was in a marked melancholy frame of mind for some days previous, cut his throat Friday with a razor. He was removed to tho hospital and the wound was stitched. —The opening of navigation on the St. Lawrence will be the signal for the beginning of a very heavy export grain trade. Already about 2,000,000 bushels of grain have been booked for the St. Lawrence route. —Fire at Chesterfield, two miles west of Platteville, on Thursday night of last week destroyed Charles Dalgleish's stable and four horses including two imported stal- lions. Building only insured. —The success which has attended the in- auguration of the Ontario College of Oratory has be -en moat encouraging to the faculty. The second year will begin with a summer session of six weeks at Grimsby Park. —Charles Aylwin, a former well known reiiideut of Sudbury, has been sent to the penitentiary for seven years, for shooting a man dead in a gambling room in a mining town near the Rocky Mountains. --Glencoe council requires all children under 13 years of age to be off the street at 9 o'clock, unless accompanied by parents or sent on an errand. The fire bells ring to *ern them to retire. —Lewis Geyspeerat, of Paris, France, is in Belleville buying horses for the French market. A few days ago he shipped sixty horses from Toronto and 10 from Belleville. He buys horses for carriage and eaddle pur- poses. —Mr. and Mrs. L. Cobourn, of Blenheim, Kent county, celebrated their golden wedding a few days ago. Among the guests present were Richard Tyherst and Mrs. Dr. Wallon, who officiated as groomsman and bridesmaid at the marriage fifty years ago. — Mr. Wm. Pickett, an eniployee in the office of the Galt Reporter when the first number of that paper was issued in 1846, re- visited Galt last week. The Reporter says of him : "Grey hairs have come eince be helped to get out our first copy." — Kingston has been selected by the Canadian Wheelsmen's Association as the place for holding the annual bicycle races on July bit next. High wheel championships were eliminated, and many radical changes effected in the racing rules. —A funny incident is eelated of Dan, an ostrich in Robinson's circus. Dan died late- ly in Cincinnati of la , grippe. Six months ago, while the circtis was exhibiting at Montreal, Dan was impertinent and dishon- est enough to deliberately pick off a diamond from a gentleman's shirt front. The gentle- man wan gazing at Dan at the time, and it was certainly very unkind of Dan so to re- ward his admiration, but he did. The gen- tleman remonstrated about the matter, but Dau absolutely refused to return the stolen each, in spite of the low water. Next week a fleet will start from Duluth, bringing 3,- 000,000 bushels of grain, nearly all wheat and nearly all bound to Buffalo. The April record in the lake grain trade has never ap- proached the promise of the present month. With fair weather there ought to be close to 10,000,000 bushels of grain in Buffalo by Lake before May. —The breach of promise suit, which was to have come up at the assizes held in Brantford, last week, was settled out of court. The parties interested were Mita Mary ;McEwen and the junior partner of the firm of D. G. Hammer & Son,the well-known sheep, breeders. Neither party appeared anxious to have the little love affair paraded before the gaze of a vulgar public, and when Mr. Haumer's counsel proposed to give Mies McEwen $500, she sensibly ac- cepted. —Little Mildred Stewart, the bright- eyed and pretty daughter of Alderman Stoweit, of Hamilton, has reached home again, after going to Italy and back again alone. She is only 8 years old, but she managed her affairs while travelling with the self possession of a woman ; in fact, with a good deal more self-posseseion than many a woman would show under similar circum- stances. The child reached New York on Sunday night, 10th inst., on the steamer Fulda from Genoa. She says that she en- joyed her trip very much indeed. --Miss Ella Sanderson,formerly of Galt,who died io California, on the 5th inst., was at- tended by a very touching and pathetic in- cident. She was very anxious to see her father, who was in Galt, when word was received of her critical condition. He left immediately for California, but arrived half an hour too late. The San Jose Phoenix says "She knew he was coming, and watched the hands of the clock and listened for his footsteps. Fearful that she might not eee him again, shortly before her death, she looked at the clock and whispered I am afraid he will be too late,' then sank back and expired.' —Mr. Pearce, County School Inspector, has iseued the annual report of the schools of Waterloo county. It shows that the number of children of all ages attending school, last year, was 10,440 ; boys, 5,540 ; girls, 4,900, average attendance 58 per cent. In towns and villages'Preston leads with 75 3-5 per cent., and Berlin is the lowest with 57 4-5 per cent., Galt was 63 4-10 per cent. Number of teachers in county, 161 ; males 78, females 83. Number of school houses, 91 ; 54 of which are brick, 22 stone, 15 frame, value of school property, furni- ture and equipment $245,985. At the en- trance examination 232 candidates passed, of whom 59 were from Galt schools. —'The Waterloo Chronicle: says:—The town !council in solemn session 011 Monday evening discussed the advisability of cutting down the poplar tree on King street; be- tween the Union Mills and the railway track. It has stood there for more than two genera- tions. Tradition says that when Abraham Erb, the founder of Waterloo, came from • Penneylvania and located here he stuck his ox -gad in the ground which grew to such huge dimension and at present forms one of the remaining links connecting the past withthe present. But this is an age of improvements, and it is doubtful whether the ' Old Poplar," around which cling so many associations and which is so dear to the remaining pioneer. will be allowed to stay the march of.progress. —The Paris Star -Transcript of last week says::"Frederic Phillips several years ago began to suffer from peculiar pains in his domed'. At times the pain was moat - severe and his life was despaired off. He has been a confirmed invalid for two years His belief was that some kind of an animal was inhabiting his stomach, but his physic- ians ridiculed this idea and doctored him for indigestion. Mr. Philips became at times temperarily inmate. During the years of suffering the idea that he hat swallowed an animel while drinking still lingered in his mind', and finally he began to doctor himself. A few days ago he took a dose of strong lini- ment, and the pain Was lessened. He took a second dose, and there came from him a short time afterward a full grown lizard about five inches in length. Mr. Phillips is now on his way to recovery." —Six years ago a man earned John Knox, a cattle dealer from Moosomin came to Win nipeg with his partner, John hamilton, and disappeared shortly after. As Knox had a large sum of money in his possession, it was supposed he was foully dealt with. Large parties searched for the missing man, but found no trace. It is now thought that a clue to the mysterious disappearance has been discovered. A few days ago a skull and partial remains of a man were found in an outhouse in rear of a residence on the Hudson Bay Reserve, and from bits of cloth which were picked up from among the bones, there is thought to be no doubt but that they belonged to the missing man Knox. The police refuse to give any par- ticulars, but it is understood they are work- ing up a clue which may lead to the discov- ery and capture of the murderer. —About two years ago Amos well-to-do farmer and the owner of a Charlton,dne 140 aore farm in South Dorchester, decided to take matteis easy, leased his farm and moved into Aylmer. Becoming tired of having nothing to do, he decided to enhance hie private means and becocne a millionaire by dabbling in wheat in Chicago. He com- menced operation. one year ago. The usual result followed, he being thoroughly clean- ed out by the Chicago stooks, to the tune of 315,000. He has made an assignment to Wm. Warnock, banker. His assete are placed at $9,000 ; perferential liabilities, $5,800, and unsecured $10,200. Mr. Charl- ton stood bigh in the estimation of the pub- lic, ito one ever dreaming of a cool-headed farmer dealing in Chicegu margins. to the express wagon. When the wagon started up, a good strong yank front Stephen's express trotter sent Mac and the eggs into a heap in the middle of the street. By good fortune nothing was damaged- but the eggs, Mac is willing to forego damages for the shock to his feelings if some one will pay for the eggs. The wire endeavored to hang up Mr. C. Tabberner to a telephone pole. Be thought it was a new method of electrocutien but he proved too slippery a customer to he caught that way. Perth Items. —The society of Chosen Friends at Rug- seldale now numbers 35 members. Mitchell will hold a grand demonstration on Queen's Birthday. —There are ten patients in the Stratford hospital st present. —Clothes -line thieves are busy at their mean business in Stratford. —Wood is scarce in St. Marys, and farmers are asked to bring it in to market. —There is a regular house and barn building boom at present in Monkton and - vicinity. — A Blue Ribbon Association is being formed by Mr. Bert Ca9.8013, at Mount • Pleasant, and is gaining. —Mr. Richard Broughton, of Mitchell, was stricken- with paralysis on Sunday evening, 10thainst., and has been in a very precarious state ever since. —Mr. P. Kenelley and family left Logan on Monday, 11 th inst., for Kansas, where he has some relatives, and he intends making that country his future home. — John French, of Mitchell, has been sentenced to two months in jail, for beating his wife, When the constable went to ar- rest French on the charge laid against him he resisted, and was given another three months for resisting arrest. —Mr. A. Cameron, watchmaker, of Mitchell, is advertising his business for sale, on account of ill -health. Be is an old resident of the town, and has been engaged in the jewelry businese there for many years. —On the heels of the census of 1891 Strat- ford is entitled to four additional hotel licenses. Listowel and Milverton will, ow- ing to a decrease in population, lose one each. The commissioners will meet on Sat- urday, 23rd inst., to consider the new ap- plications. —Mr. Fred. Parker, son of Mr. Theodore Parker, of tho township of Ellice, student at Trinity University, passed his first year's medical examination with honors, taking the secend scholarship. His standing was 463 marks out of a total of 530, The scholarship is $30. —Mr. Alexander Jack, of Millbank, hap- pened with a. serious accident a few days ago, while taking ont timber for a barn. Getting too close to another chopper his axe struck Mr. Jack on the arm, making a ter- rible gash. The doctor was called, and Mr. Jack is doing as well as can be expected. --T down vessel more down seen Inch a fleet before. Some of these veesele cost over $250,000 a piece, and several bring over 100,000 bushels of grain t in a little over a year. Madame e, aliae Mrs. Hooyer, was a Miss , of Eastwood, and for some years een before the public in different Her sensational trial in Toledo, s remembered by the reading public. ot known on what ground she was ed. e Big Chicago grain fleet is coining he St. Clair River soon. Fully 100 , bringing 6,000,000 bushels of grain, han half of it wheat, are on the way rom that port. The world has never —Mr. Wm. McDonald, of Newton, has converted his chopper into what might be called a condensed repairing foundry, for in it now the public can have their grain chopped, axes ground, lumber planed anal jointed and sized. This has ell been added without much inoonvience to Mr. Mc- Donald. —Mr. Adam Bell, of the Dairy Soiled, Tavistook, and Mr. T. B. Miller, assistant dairy inepector and instructor, were at Elms cheese factory, Atwood, several days last week, inaugurating the system of milk tests by which the patrons are to be paid for their milk according to the butter fat as shown on the Babcock teeter. — A young son of Mr. Wm. McGee, of Stratford, was run over a few days ago by a rig driven by James Dwyer. The young lad was crosiiug the street, walking back- vvards, and did not notice the wagon until he was struck by one of the wheels and knock- ed down. The wheel passed over his chest. He was badly hurt, — Rev. Wilfrid Lindsay has been formally installed pastor of the Congregational Church, in Stratford. His first sentence at the close of the induction services was: "Church, we are married from the soul out; wife, how do you feel?" He express- ed his pleasure at being in Canada again, and regularly installed in the work of the ministry ot the Congregational Church, —John Chalmers, who resided on the boundary between Ivlornington and Ellice, died at Manitoulin Island, on the 23rd of March. Mr. Chalmers had been in feeble health for some yeihrs, and by the advice of his physician had gone to Little Current, Manitoulin island, to reside for the winter. Six weeks ago he was seized With la grippe, followed by pneumonia, to which be suc- cumbed, as above stated. He was 67 years of age. —There died at Milverton on Friday, 8th inst., Mr. Wm. Kerr, one of theibest known and most respected farmers of the township of Mornington . Mr. Kerr had alwaya been in good health, and was one of the last men who would have been expected to take such a sudden departure. He was just 42 years of age on the morning of his death, laving died within an hour of the time of his birth. The deceased was a member of Court Milverton Canadian Order of Forest- ers, the members of which took charge of the funeral arrangements and escorted their late brother to his last resting place on Sun- day, 10th inst. —"Thomas Johnston, of Mitchell, appeared at the police court, Stratford, the other morning, to answer to a charge of immoder- ate driving en the streets of Stratford. Johnston was the driver of the r* which ran into Mr. Roger Roberts, the other day. The evidence of some of those who saw the accident went to show that the horse was going at a very rapid gait at the time; in- deed, one witness swore that he thought the horse was running away. For the defence a witness who was driving behind Johnston swore that Johnston's horse became fright- ened at something while passing the woolimt mills, and appeared for a time to have pass- ed from under the driver's control, but that the animal came down to an ordinary pace be- fore reaching the crossing where the acci- dent occurred. It was also _shown that Johnston was an experienced horseman, but is reputed to be a fellow of little sense and reckless display. He was fined 35 without cost,. --tThe forgeries of A. G. Brown, a young Toronto broker who has just fled, amount to $25,663. The forgery in every case was that of power of attorney, by which Brown wasenabled to transfer stock to his own name. The names forged include those of his father and brother. Several loan com- panies were victimized. The forgeries com- menced in February, 1890, but they were coneealed by various skilful manipulations. The biggest fraud of all was that of the forg- ery of powers of attorney of Judge Senkler, of 8t. Catharines, by which Brown trans- fereed 50 shares of the Bank of Montreal to hiniself. It was the accidental discovery of Vile by Judge Senkler that brought to light the whole system of fraud. Brown left about $30,000 of debts in Toronto. He is a young man of 27 years of age, and was matTied a few months ago to Miss Sherwood, of Ottawa, sister of the Dominion chief of police. -!--A peculiar accident occurred in Lieto- wet on Tuesday morning, last week, by which some boxes of eggs came to grief. One of Wilson'e egg men, named McNab, waa packing on the sidewalk on Main street, and a Bell Telephone man was put- ting up some new wires. One wire ran along the sidewalk past the eggs to the ex% press office, where, either by accident or through a practical joke on some one's part, the end of the wire became securely fastened —Mr. James Snell, of Isfullett, known as one pf the best stock -raisers in the west, has ,sold his stallion, "Charles McKnight," to iellessre. Conley & Murray, of Kinkora, for the sum of $600. This horse is one of the best ever raised in Ontario, having taken more first prizes than any horse of the same age in the county, His weight when sold was 1850 pounds, and he will not be three years old until the 41h of September next. Those men have shown good judgment in buying such a horse. The evening that Mr. Snell disposed of this stallion, he got another, his imported mare dropping a fine horse colt. Mr. Snell also sold a few days since, a fine two-year-old Durham heifer, to Mr. James Webster, of the 13th concession of littilett.