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TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER, 1,313.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 101 1893.
Three Special Lines,
Boys' Knee Pants; 85c,
Manufactured. by ourselves, strong ,S,11 -
wool Tweed, lined throughout. They
can't be beaten for school wear, and
they cost less than you can buy the
material for. Sizes -22 to 30. '
,
Men's $2.00 Pants.
Have you ever tried a pair ? Yoti've
been asked more for goods no better
than these. They are made and trim-
med in a manner equal to ordered
work. The.material is all wool, fash-
ionable patterns and colors, and dur-
able for wear. Sizes -34 to 42) at
$2.00.
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This is a better line, made from a
good Canadian All -Wool Tweed of the
latest and roost fashionable colors.
THEY FIT WELL
THEY WEAR WELL.
THEY LOOK WELL.
The above lines are not approached
by any house in the trade. Inspection
invited.
JACKSON BROS.,
The FAMOUS CLOTHING PEOPLE
SEAFORTH.
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NEW ONTARIO.
THE ISLAND OF ST. JOSEPH.
(WRITTEN FOR THE EXPOSITOR.)
.I. have in common with a good many other
people in the large district of Algoma, ob-
aervecl with a great deal of interest within
the last few weeks, tat the newspapers all
over are commencing to mention Algoma as
a desirable field for immigration and colo-
nization. People residing at different places
in the district have been writing to the
newspapers, setting out the advantages of
their particular part itif the district. Mr.
Wm. Turner, the Cron Lands it -gent at
Sault Ste. Marie, has written an able letter
to the press setting 'forth the advantages the
district offers, as a whole, to the intending
settler and immigrant, and, on account of
the length of time that gentleman has resid-
ed in the district and his official position,
hie letter should carry considerable weight.
Bat, so far, Iittle_or nothing has been said
about the resources and inducements which
the Island of St. Joseph, in particular, of-
fers to the incoming settler, and, as I have
lived on the Island for a great many years
and have travelled over it extensively and
know it well, and as I have the honor to eie
the Crown Lands agent under the Govern-
ment of the Province of Ontario for the Is-
land of St. Joseph, I think it well that
while ao much is being said and written
about the district of Algorna in general, I
should my a few words about the Island of
St. Joseph in particular.
The reanon the districtiof Algoma, includ-
ing this Island, remains unsettled,is that
the people outside of the district know com-
paratively nothing about its resources and
capabilities •' and it is due to the influence
of the preasthat we have any settlers at all.
As a prioof of this I might instance the fact
that the settlers on one whole concession line
in the Island were induced to come here by
two or three letters which appeared some
years ago in the Advertiser,London, Ontario,
written by Mr. Duncan, my predecessor as
Crown Lands agent here. And I hope that
the writing and publication of this letter
will induce a good many people—some of
the landless folk of the world—to come and
try their fortunes on this fertile Island.
St. Joseph Island contains, according to
the Govermnent map, some 89,354 acres,
and the adjoining Island of Campment
D'Ours contains 1,306 acres. A large pro-
portion of this acreage is the beat arable
land, suitable for general agriculture, and
the balance is all very well adapted for
sheep and cattle raising. There are already
on the Island three incorporated Munici-
palities with a population of between two
and three thousand people. There are sev-
eral settlements on the Island, two or three
of which, in the near future, will become
villages or towns. Two of the largest of the
settlementa or villages on the Island at
present are Marksville (Hilton) and Rich-
ard's Landing. These are both on the north
Bide of the Island. The Ontario • Govern-
ment have, within the last few years; spent
considerable money in building colonization
roads on the Island, and the municipal
councils have also assisted in building and
repairing the roads. Of course, with a
aparse population, one cannot expect the
reeds in a new country to be as good as the
road's in older settlements. But the St.
Joseph Island roads are far ahead of what
the roads of Older Ontario were in its early
days. People must not think that because
this is an island that we are isolated. On
looking at the map the reader will observe
that St. Joseph Island lies close to the main-
land. The distance across is very narnow
in some places, at the widest point only
about 7 iniles. We are not far from the
"Son" branch of the C. P. R., it being only
about 7 miles from Marksville to Bruce
Mines railway station, about 4 or 5 miles to
Stobie station, and about 7 miles from Rich-
ards Landing to Tarbutt Crossing railway
station. In winter one can drive on the ice
to the railway station, ani in summer one
can go either by sail or row boat. And
then, of courae, there are the different lines
of steamers that call at the ports Of Hilton
and Richard's Lauding several timini a week.
The Leland is not far from Sault Ste. Marie,
the district town, Richard's Landing, being
about 25 miles distant. The Sailors' En-
campment on the south side of the Island
lies close to the American channel and all
through summer, steamers pass by that side
of the Island and a good many call there.
There are several other docks and landing
Places at which tugs and steamers can and
do sometimes call. It will thus be seen
that we are not isolated, and that we have
the best of communication with the outside
world. There are two or three splendid
lines of steamers sailing between Sault Ste.
Marie and Owen Sound, and Collingwood,
end the lower lake ports, all of which call
at Richard's Landing and Marksville. We
have a good home market on the Island, in
common with the rest of Algoma, and we
may be said to have a market at our own
door for all we can raise or grow.
Moat of the settlers now residing on the
Island, if not all of them, came here without
any means or capital at all, and yet they
have done very well. It is the general
opinion on the Island that if people would
cern° there, bringing with them the same
amount of capital they teke to Manitoba
and the Northwest Territories and North-
west Stetes,they would do far better than in
those places.
Som, few months ago the agricultural
societies and Farmers' Institutes in the dis-
trict, "decided . to take active measures to
bring prominently before the world the in-
ducements which this part of Ontario offers
to the intending settler or immigrant. A
committee was formed from amongst these
Societies and Institutes to gather informa-
tion and statiatios for the public information,
and a great deal of the information and sta-
tistics gathered by this committee were ob-
tained from thia Island. The result of the
labors of this coriernittee have jest been
published in a book, or pamphlet, entitled
"Algoma Farmers Testify," and the set-
tlere on this bland have largely aided in
the writing of this book. To show the
reader how well the settlers have dore on
this Island, coming here as they did without
any money, I cannot do better than quote
from the pamphlet.
(Page II)—" Lands fertile. Yields *heat,
peas and oats, roots of all kinds do well.
Have made more money her in half the
time than I ever made in the county of
York, and the climate healthier." -
- "Land fertile. Grows good grain of all
kinds; growfi good roots also. The very
best fruits, such as Cherries, plums, cur-
rants and aPples. Cattle and sheep do
extra well here. Have a large number of
bees which do welles also. Have handled
bees for 40 years and never seen them do as
well." This man came from York county
also.
"1 am getting along well for a man of
small means. I do not know. where I could
get along better if I was going to farm."
A miller says "Have been running a
grist mill for a number of years, and find
the farmers doing well in this part and also
find the quality of grain grown first-class."
(Page 12)—" I like the Island well for its
good climate and its great grain growing
capabilities."
"1 like the Island well. I can do better
here than I ever did before I came. I came
from Simooe county."
"My expenses left me in debt when I
came here with my wife and 5 children.
Now I am well off, thank GNI for it. N. B.
—I have a horse and buggy free for my own
use. • Came from Warwickshire, England.
Addrese Tenby Bay, St. Joseph Island."
" Came from Wellington county. Well
pleased with St. Joseph Island and doing
well."
(Page 13)—Another man writes that he
came from the State of Michigan, and adds,
"After having travelled all bver the West-
ern States in search of a home, I came here
with small means. lain now doing well,
with a good stock of cattle, sheep and
horses of my own and all paid for. I prefer
this place to any other." I
Another man who came from Ontario
county sap, " Peas 52, oats 40, wheat 30,
buckwheat 25ibushe1s per acre; this grown
on my place."'
"Came from Cartwright ; 60 bushels of
oats, 20 of wheat, 50 of peas to the acre. I
grow good apples and other fruit. Am do -
in well."
"1 have been in a great many parts of
the country, but I have not seen any place
yet to beat Algoma. We have no failure of
crops and a healthy climate."
Four men now living onSt. Joseph Island,
and originally coming from Middlesex, Ox-
ford, Wellington and Frontenac respective-
ly, say:
"This is a fine farming country, and is a
sportsman's paradise, abounding with all
kinds of game and fish."
" Climete particularly adapted for stock."
"Well adapted for stent."
"Have raised the best wheat here I ever
did." •
At different places through the pamphlet
one will notice a good deal of information
about this Island, and as the pamphlet, in
addition, oontaies a large amount of general
information as to the timber, mineral and
other resources' of the district, I would ad-
vise every one interested in Algoma to pro-
cure and carefully read a copy. I will be
glad to send, free, to any one writing me
for it, a copy of the pamphlet. And copies
may be obtained from Fred Roger., Esq.,
B. Q. L., Barrister, Sic., Sault See. Marie,
Ontario, a director of the Eastern Algoma
Agricultural Society and the Secretary of
the committee I have mentioned, .
My address is "Richard's Landing, St.
Joseph Island, Ontario," and I will be happy
to give any information about this Island to
any one who calls upon or writes me at any
time.
I must ii. t forget to state that this Island
is well tint ered with different kinds of tim-
ber, and oo teios the finest hardwood one
could wish to see. Like the rt of this
district the, Island is well watered, there
being springa or spring creeks all over the
Island. ,
, GEORGE HAMILTON,
Crown Lands Agent.
RICHARD'S LANDING, St. Joseph island, Ontario.
ANOTHER BLAST FROM THE
OLD HORN.
[WRITTRN FOR TUN EXPOSITOR.)
A bile effort is being made by interested
parties (to run down Kansas, Minnesota,
North and South Dakota, as being States
where misguided Canadien settles have got
staried out and are now flocking to Mani-
toba; the land flowing with milk and honey,
faster ' than the railroads are able to carry
them. It is not long since you published
an anonymous letter from Kansas, which
stated that the farmers in that State were
not as well off as the Ontario farmers. You
are perfectly well aware that the farmers in
Ontario are not equally well off. There are
some who struggled hard and have got rich,
but there are others who had every advan-
tage and are now poor enough. A great
deal more depends on the art of saving than
OD the art of making, whether people be-
come rich or poor. No doubt there are some
poor farmers in Kansas as well as elsewhere,
but with thrift, industry and good manage-
ment there is no need for Snyone being hard
up. Do you suppose thalt the Nichols, Rob-
sons, Mustards and B oadfooti, who left
Tuckersmith twenty years ago, are poor.
Not much. Neither have they all gone to
the devil, as some goa Canadians.euppose
the people all do who go to, the States. It
is not so long since one of the BroadfOote,
who was paying a visit to his old ,home and
mother, was so concerned for the salvation
of the souls of his friends and old neighbors,
that he preached to them the genuine old
gospel, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved.' This shows plainly
that Kaneas farmers do ,neet require to spend
all their energies to live in this world and
that they are not as depraved as " self-
righteous banadians " make them out to be.
The following is a statement of the acre-
age and the yields of grain in the States
named, fot the years 1892 and 1891:
KANSAS.
Acres Yield,1892 1891
Wheat, 4,070,724 70,831,000 54,866,000
Corn, 5,952,057 145,825,000 141,893,000
Oats, 1,547,175 44,094,000 37,432,000
MINNESOTA.
Wheat, 3,552,326 41,210,000 55,333,000
Corn, , 896,012 24,197,000 21,586,000
Oats, 1,596,000 43,573,000 52,015,000
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Wheat, 2,541,346 31,767,000 29,714,000
Corn, 794,011 17,706,000 700,000
Oats, 702,369 18,472,000 16,647,000
NORTH DAKOTA.
2,868,729 34,998,000 52,105,000
17,515 375,000 21,018,000
Wheat,
Corn,
Oats, 472,080 12,510,000 23,388,000
- In 1890 Manitoba had a yield of 14,605,799
bushele wheat, 9,513,433 oats, and 2,069,415
barley. In 1891 the yields were: 23,191,595
wheat, 14,762,605 oats and 3,179,879 barley.
This last year she claims to have
raised about 16,000,000 bushel' of wheat,
but the fact is, for the last eight years Mani-
toba has never shipped out one-half the
quantities of grain she claims to have
raised. Lset year she did not fillip ten
million bushels of merchantable wheat out
of the 23 millions she claimed to have
grown. This year Kansas will ship double
the quantity of merchantable wheat Mani-
toba has done since she began shipping, be-
sides having grown 155 millions of corn, and
44 millions of oats. Last year both Minne-
sota and North Dakota shipped more wheat
than Manitoba has shipped, besides each
State has raised 21 million bushels of corn,
and Minnesota 52 million and North Dako-
ta 23 million bathe's of oats. This year it
In claimed that the wheat crop of South
Dakota is underestimated six million bush-
els. If so, this poverty stricken State that
we have all heard so much about, taking her
wheat, corn and oat crops, will . Ship out
more grain than Manitoba has ever done. In
the face of such facts and figures how does
it happen that 500 families have left the
States named to better their condition in
Manitoba? There is vary little truth in
suoh reports. It is perfectly plain that the
Globe has recently entered the employ of
the Canadian Pacific Railway, hence the
reason why its correspondents paint the
condition of Manitoba in such glowing
colors, also why the Globe is in favor of
handing over the Intereolonial railway, and
giving a yearly bonus of $750,000 for a fast
line of steamers, to the Canadian Pacific
Railway.
Van Horne is a shrewd fellow. He is a
Yankee, and has a nice, quiet, cheap way of
accomplishing his olvn ends, by giving a
few free panes round; the world to parties
capable of blowing up theroute,and by giving
free passes to M.P.8 to Manitoba and British
Columbia he manages to-aocoinplish a great
deal. He now holds the Northwest in the
hollow of one hand. If he , succeeds with
the aid of the Globe,in securing these other
two favors he will hold the Dotninion in his
other hand. Jay Gould, who died. a feiv
tveeke ago, worth seventy-five millions,
will have been a poor man in comparison
with the Canadian Pacific Railway magnates
twenty-five years hence, if Van Horne gets
control of the carrying trade of ,the conntry.
Sir John Macdonald required the assistance
of half a dozen good Grits to build the C.
P. R. who swallowed up the Northwest.
Van Horne now 'requires the asaistance of
the Globe to gobble up the Eastern prov-
inces, and then the great Anaconda will be
able to devour the wealth of the country
faster than the people can make it.
I was in Southern Manitoba the garden
of the Province. just before the harvest of
1891. The crops looked • grand. Having
no free pass I had to pay four cents per mile
for riding over a road that the people and
the Government had built with bonuses and
land grants which exceeded the building of
the road fully $1,000,000, the surplus of
course going into the coffers of the C. P. R.
In 1890 Southern Manitoba was visited by
a hail storm that harvested and threshed
the crops 100 miles one way and from 10 to
12 miles the other. In 1891 the frost struck
the crops, which reducedboth the yield
and the value at least 50 Per cent. Crops
that looked as if they would yield 30 and
40 bushels to the acre, after being harvested
and stacked, were so badly destroyed with
rain and ice, that thousands of stacks were
never threshed, and millions of bushels were
sold at from 7 cents to 17 (mute per bushel,
that did not pay the eost of, threshing and
taking to market. Further north, where
crops were later, and the frost was more
severe, the people were more fortunate, as
Jack Frost saved them the expense of har-
vesting in some . sections. This year they
claim to have an average yield of 16 bushels
to the acre, which at 50 cents per bushel,
would not pay the cost of production. Bad
as things have been, they might have been a
moat deal worse if Tupper's prediction had
come to pass. just think if the country
had produced 640 millions of wheat yearly
since 1890, it would have been worthless
anyway, unless Van Horne would have car-
ried it to the seaboard free, which is not
likely. It it far more likely that he would
have doubled the rates under such circum-
stances. fie can be depended on to work
for his masters all the time. If the two
countries ate going to remain apart, it
would be a blessing to this province at least
if the Americans would put an end to the
bonding system between the two countries,
as it would ,enable our railways to attend
more promptly to their own traffic. For
instance, ;thee years ago, I bought from the
well known ; David McLennan, 10 oars of
wheat which was to be shipped as soon as
cars oould be got. It was seven weeks from
the time the pt purchase was made until it
was shippedduring which time prices fell,
17 cents. This fall several lots had to
wait over bne month, while the markets
were fallible, before cars for shipping
could be got t This is a fair sample of the
way shippett have been used for tbe last
thirty year ei No person knows anything
about the 'wises that have been sustained,
but those ebeaged in the beeiness. No won-
der the Anielican railways that are all built
by private capital, mostly borrowed from
England, ceMplain of the unfair competi-
tion of the,ftwo Canadian railways that have by
been built the country. American rail-
ways are diperated under the Interstate
Commerce law. That compel. them to
charge according to the service rendered,
whereas ourira,ilways are permitted to carry
American Freight often for ' one-half the
rates they targe the people who have built
them, Beeides, if the bonding privileges
were dispented with, it would at once de-
monstrate the folly of the two countries not
being uniteit The people of this continent
have a grand object lemon before them in
the present condition of Europe. Having
more countties and more languages than
there are vvelaks in the year, it costs the peo-
ple over on billion dollars yearly, which
cornea out �L the industries of the people,
to keep up guiding armies to bie prepared
for war, in cider to maintain peace. How
much moreetensible would it be for us, who
speak the ! tame language, to be united in
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McLEAN BROS., Publishers.
$1.50 a Year in Advance.
the peaceful b,onde of oprofitable trade,
which is the great civilising influence of the
world to -day, and save this continent all
the expenses and all the misery incidental
to such rotten systems of government.
I was pleased to see in one of your recent
issues, that you admit there are pecuniary
advantages to be derived from Annexation.
This is one great point gainee. Money is
what we are all after, because it is impos-
sible to get along without it. It appears I
made a mistake fifteen years ago in advo-
eating the N. P. I confess the mistake, but
at that time the country did not enjoy the
political sagacity of the sage of Egmondville
to guide us in the right path. We had no
idea that any government would be 60 base
as to enter into a conspiracy with the manu-
facturers to rob the people, with the under-
standing that they were to furnish money
enough to sustain the Government in power,
which is a clear case of claw me, and I will
claw you. it was fully expected that the
N. P. would bring reciprocity with our
neighbors; that after the manufacturers
had all learned their trades, and entered
into a healthy competition with each other,
the people would be able to buy goods pinch
cheaper at home than they could be bought
abroad. Unfortunately "the best laid
echemes of mice and men gang aft aglee ;"
it was so in this case. I never think of the
" Sage" but he reminds me of that ideal
character, the " ViOur of Wakefield," who
was the perfect embodiment of goodness
and contentment. Unfortunately we can-
not all be Vicars, nor country schoolmasters.
Every man has not got the brains, neither
have they the faculty of pleesing three
school trustees, or rather their wives, and
retaining such a, responsible position for life.
Besides,. the salary of the Vicar, worth £40
a year, is no inducement now-adays unlese.
the party lives in the full assurance that
all differences hore will be amply made up
hereafter. It seems strange that a man of
such transcendent literary ability as your
Egmondville correspondent, who, having
taught school so long, must of necessity
have a comprehensive knowledge of the
commercial relations of the two countries,
is not an Annexationist. It certainly would
enlarge his sphere of usefulnese. Several
of the Presidents and some of Canada's
greatest statesmen were once school
teachers.
Yours, etc.,
JAS. PRINGLE, Stratford.
Those Census Returns.
DEAR EXPOSITOR,—With your permission
I desire to make a few remarks on Mr. T.
M. White's letter, or rather that part of it
which appeared in your editorial under the
heading, "Letting the Cat Out." The let-
ter, to say the least of it, is misleading and
contains assertions such as do not accord
with the truth, and moreover is such as will
create a false impression as to the mode of
dealing with industrial establishments by
the census takers, as per Government in-
structions. To give you my reasons for
dealing with the matter at all, I may say
that I was one of the enumerators in my
district, and among other's, was highly com-
plimented for the efficient and painstaking
manner in whish I accomplished my work.
Says Mr. White, "For every industry dis-
covered the census enumerators were paid a
bonus of 15 cents. Now sir, this is rot, pure
and simple, and a slur on every enumerator
as well. There were a number of industries
in the district allotted to me, and I never
heard of a bonus of 15 Cents or any other
amount until now. In this as well as in all
the other branches of the ()ensue, the
enumerators had to go about their work in
a plain business way. They had neither to
discover, hunt or explore. To say that
"Every saw filer, milliner, dress maker,
watch tinker, lock mender, etc., was con-
sidered as having an industrial establishment
for census purposes," is all nonsense. Why
sir, common sense will teaoh any man what
is meant by an industrielestablishment, and
the instructions for census purposes were
just as plain as that. Entries were only to
be made when an industrial establishment of
some kind was met with and which Was
fully recognized as such. Had I mtde
entries as industrial establishments in he
way that Mr. White would have the public
believe, I feel certain that my books would
not have been accepted, besides I would be
running the risk of perjuring myself. Dis-
crepancies might have crept in in some
quarters, but if the Governor-General, Hon.
Mr. Foster, Premier Thompson, or any
otber quotes from the census returns, I feel
bound to credit them every time. After all,
this is but another illustration of whet
straits annexationists will go to in order to
get fuel to keep up the steam, but I must
defer until another time,
Yours &a.,
EAST HURON.
January 30th, 1393:
North Dakota.
(Written for the Expositor.)
As no letters have appeared in your valu-
able paper from Dakota for some time, I
thought I would take my pen in hand end
inform your numerous readers of the exist-
ing condition of affairs in this Northwestern
State. To begin with that much abused
subject; the weather, I must say that the
winter so far has been very fine; just snow
enough for good sleighing, while the tem-
perature has not been as low se is often the
case at this time of the year. Generally
speaking this part of the country is not
noted for good sleighing. The road. being
graded about two feet above the level of the
prairie, the high winds not unfrequently
leave them entirely destitute of snow, and
the ground, when bare, to use a common ex-
pression, is a terror to teamsters, as the
loaded sleighs " bite " much harder on it
than they do on gravel. This winter, how-
ever, has been an exception to the general
rule in this respect, as the snow fell soft and
the constant travel of loaded teams formed
a bed of ice on the roads and bridges which
will, most probably, remain with us until
spring. The roads here never become im-
passable however much snow falls, except
where small bluffs of timber abound. Dur-
ing e blizzard the loose snow on the prairie
is driven most unceremoniously into the
woods, where it remains a long time after
seeding begins, The prevailing winds here
are north and south, with slight inclinations
to other points. We seldom have wind
from either east or west blow for many
hours at a time. Our moat sevete blizzards
are from the Northwest, but sometimes a
south storm does more damage—as the
buildings and cellars here are generally bet-
ter protected from the north—and the south
wind is much more penetrating.
Prairie chickens are more plentiful here
this winter than usual. Istotwithetanding
the immense number of these birds shot
every summer, they seem to be on the in-
crease. They are not much hunted in win-
ter, as the -parties who do the most shooting
in summer prefer a seat beside a coal stove
at thin season with a daily paper and box of
fragrant Havannas, to wandering out with
gun on shoulder and loaded down with game
and ammunition. The flesh of the prairie
chicken is of a dark color; resembling duck
or goose, and has an exceedingly " gamey "
taste.jac
k rabbits are also becoming quite plen
-
tiful in some parts of this country. Unlike
the common wild rabbits that are found
here only in the woods, they are most plen-
tiful on the open prairie. They are of a
light grey color in winter and are darker in
mummer. I'm told their appearance is simi-
lar to the English hare in every particular.
They are very swift on foot ; no common dog
can approach them at all, as they turn KWh
sharp angles that the dog soon becomes ex-
hausted and gives up the chase. The flesh
of these animals is not used for food by the
white settler, but in the back settlements it
is eaten by the half-breeds and aborigines.
We have another animal here that we
could do very well without,- namely, the
coyote, commonly known as the prairie
wolf. These pests are the bane of the sheep
raising industry, as young lambs seem to be
their favorite food. Occasionally they will
attack an old sheep, if there is a band of
them together and their appetites are keen.
They are about the size of a large dog, gen-
erally, very thin in flesh, are swift runners
and are very suspicious of traps and snares.
Wheit a pack of them get together they
have been known to attack man, but this is
very rarely the case. A few' years ago, not
very far from here in Minnesota, a little boy
was sent one evening to look for the cows.
As he did not return as usual a search was
instituted, which terminated in finding some
fragments of his clothes and a few bones, he
having met his death presumably from an
attack by coyotes. Before starting out on
a tranip for food one of the number starts
out uttering a piercing cry or yell, resem-
bling a dog barking and a child crying,which
is soon taken up by others, and soon they
make night hideous with their discordant
vociferations. Their hides are worth about
$2 each and there is a bounty for their ex-
terminatiou in some counties, varying from •
$g to $5 per head, so it will only be a ques-
tion of time until they will be totally an-
nihilated or driven beyond the limits of
civilization. J. F. LANDSBOROUGH.
PEMBINA, North Dakota, January 243th, 1893.
1 Canada.
Vessels arriving at Halifax report that
terrigales are raging on the sea.
—Mrs. O'Connor is chairman -elect of the
Toronto High School Board.
—The Rev. J. K. Smith, formerly of
Knox ehurch, Galt, has just settled in Port
Hope. '
— For the month of January there were 21
births'5 marriages and 10 deaths registered
in St. Thomas.
— A project is on foot to establish a line
of steamers between Cleveland and Port
Stanley.
—119n. James Young left Galt a few days
ago for Florida, where Mrs. Young has been
for some time past. .
— Miss Nora Clench, the young Canadian
violinist,played before the Queen at Osborne
onithe 20th ult.
—The safe in the Woodstock Police Court
was blown up by burglars a few night ago,
and rifled of its contents.
—H. II.Jacobs has just closed an atrange-
ment with one of Montreal's millionaires to
build a new theatre in that city.
—Captain Wallace, of the Ophir gold
mine, near Bruce Mines Station, Algoma,
reports $2,000,000 worth of ore in sight.
—The Dominion Government has decided
to expend $100,000 in equipping a quaran-
tine station at Willia,mshead, British
Columbia.
—The scarlet fever is spreading very fast
in Ayr, and much compleint is being made
about the Board of Health not taking any
action in the matter.
—A four-year-old son of Frank Camire, of
Tilbury, drank some creosote a few days
ago, and after four hours' work his life was
Ilav—edli. D. Cameron, of Bridgetown, Nova
Scotia, has died from the effects of morphine
and his divorced wife has been charged with
causing his death.
—Mr. Bartlett has resigned hieposition
as searetary of the Windsor Board of Edu-
cation. He is 70 years of age, and has been
secretary of the Board for 34 years.
—Wm. McKnight, the alleged bigamist`,
of Bentinoe township, Grey county, has
been sentenced to 14 dap' in jail, the sen-
tence being light on account of old age.
—The elth anniversary of the first Chris-
tian Endeavor Society orgauized in Montreal
was fitt'ngly celebrated in that city on
Thuisda of last week.
—A. N. Whitman & Son, of Canso, Nova
Scotia, are building a large freezer, costing
over $2,000, intending to ship to the
Arneriai market frozen fish instead of dried
as' before
—The recent session of the County Coun-
cil of Ox ord cost $702.60—the most expen-
sive sewn n in the history of the county.
Each me nber received $3 a day for six days
with mil age,
—Thirty five stitches were required to
i
close up the wounds received by Charles
Pratt, 8t, line of Moore, near Sarnia, last
week whle logging. A grab hook fastened
itself in I'ratethigh. He will recover.
— Rev.G. C. Squire, a former well-known
pastor of 'the M. E. church, Wyoming, is
now p4or of a large congregation at
Wayne, iear Detroit, at a salary of $1,300
per annuM,
—Mr. 4ames Wilkie has issued a writ
against thr village of Dutton for $2,000 for
damages to his farm and for trespasii, owing
to the recent deepening and widening of the
Dutton dlain.
— Miss Josie Robinson, of Amherstburg,
has received word that by the death of her
aunt in SeotIcind she receives $1,760, and in
a little while this will be augmented by a
further b quest of $10,000.
—The with is announced of James Laid-
law, of N w Westminster, British Columbia,
a former esident of the vicinity of Drumbo.
He was a uncle of deputy -reeve Murray, of
Blenheim, and of Mr. Laidlaw, proprietor
of the Galt Reformer. He died in Cali-
fornia.
— A nuinber of hitherto unpublished letters
of Colonl Talbot, of pioneer fame, writ•
ten betwe n 1830 and 1834, to his friend,
Hon. Peter Robinson, of Toronto, then com-
missioner of Crown lands for Upper Can-
ada, have been discovered and will be pub-
lished.
—Mr. John McLean, of Owen Sound, has
kept a record of the snowfall since, Novetn-
bit 5th. The figurea represent the actual
fall as measured at the conclusion of each
storm, and show that up to February let, 8
feet 742 inches of snow have fallen.
—A lad homed Robbie Fyle, whose home
is near Paris has just been admitted to the
Institution for the blind at Brt,ntford, hav-
ing lost his eyesight entirely by beieg struck
by a stone from a catapult in the hands of a.
companion.
" —Mr. Alexander McMillan died very
suddenly at his home near Ripley, on Sun-
day morning 26th ult. He had not been a
strong man for years, but was apparently
quite well on Friday evening when he drove
into Lucknow. While on the way he caught
cold, which quickly developed into conges-
tion of the lungs. The doctor was sent for
early Sundey morning, but before he could
1
arrive Mr. McMillan had passed away
Deceased was a kind-hearted, upright man
wall liked and respected by all his neighbor
and acquaintances. For many years he ha
been an elder in Huron church, always tak
ing an active part in Sunday school work.
An aged mother, a wife and nine children
survive him, the youngest child being only
one week old.
—Mr. M. B. Clemens has resigned his
position as Inspector of the Mercantile In-
surance Company of Waterloo, and will be
succeeded by Mr. T. A. Gale, of Elora, who
formerly. conducted a banking and insurance
business in that picturesque village.
—Rev. John Somerville, of Division
street Presbyterian church, Oxen Sound,
has been appointed one of the honorary
vice-presidents of the World's Educational
Convention; to be held in Chicago next
Jtiuon.
ly iriconnection with the great Exposi-
-R. T. Hann, of Orangeville, treasurer
of Dufferin, who suicided at Buffalo a
couple of weeks ago, bequeathed $6,000 to
his wife, and to each of the children $2,000.
The estate consists principally of assurances
on the life of the deceased. These foot up
to $19,000.
—Hugh Somerville, farmer, of Dexter,
Elgin county, had one of his legs amputistdd
the other day at the Amassa. Wood hospital,
St. Thomas. Mr. Somerville suffered from
disease of the bone, rendering necessary am-
putation above the knee. Part of the bone
had been removed 25 years ago.
—The 36 fighting cocks confiscated by the
Hamilton police when they raided the fight
on Thursday last week, were sold by
auction, and brought in a total of $45. Nine
more young men confessed they were at the
fight, and were fined $3 each. About 40
others will be summoneds
—The report of the Postmaster -General of
Canada shows that on the 30th June last
there were 8,288 post °face' in operation in
the Dominion, being an increase during the
year of 227, 614 miles being added to the
mail routes, and the annual mail travel
has been increased from 27,252,543 to 28,-
462,388.
—A few days ago Alex. Robb and R. Mc-
Arthur, of the 6th concession of Maryboro,
gathered over 60 bushels of oats among the
eresbyterian congregation of Moorefield,
and preeented this, an annual gift, to Rev.
H. Edmison, of Rothsay. A few days be-
fore this he received a similar present from
hie Teviotdale friends.
—Mr. David Porter, of Wiarton, has re-
ceived word that his brother Matthew died
very suddenly of heart disease at Bourke,
New South Wales, on the 7th of last Decem-
ber. Deceaiee was about 50 years of age,
and at one time was extensively interested
in the petroleum business at Oil -Springs,
Ontario.
—Captain Thomas Harbottle, steamboat
inspector, was in Hamilton on Wednesday
last week to examine a new steamer. While
in the ahip yard he was struck by a tobog-
gan descending from a hill close by, and was
knocked senseless. Two bones in the right
hand were broken and his face was severely
bruised.
—That old friend, the Berlin Telegraph,
came out lset week in 8 page enlarged form,
and in an entire new dress. We hope the
readers of this "old reliable" will appreciate
the advantage thus offered by the genial
proprietor, Mr. A. MoPhereon, and roll up
a correspondingly increased subscription
list.
—James Yeo, the farmer tried at Wood-
stock last week, for selling to a butcher a
cow which had a large cancer on its head,
was fined $50 and costs. Wm. Baker, who
bought the cow for $10 and afterwarde sold
it to a man named Thompson for $30, has
also been fined $50. It is said that the ani-
mal was slaughtered and the meat sold
on the Woodstock market.
—The grain elevator at Alexandria was
burned down Saturday. There were about
15,000 bushels of grain stored in the build-
ing, 13,000 bushels of which were este.
There were also about $150 worth of dressed
hogs burned up. Nothing was saved but
the books and a couple of desks in saving
which Mr. J. E. McGregor nearly lost his
life.
—Rev, Dr. Cochrane, of Brantford, the
redoubtable Presbyterian, has been granted
an assistant pastor. It is not often that so
muoh energy and so much well directed
judgment have been combined in one
clergyman as for 30 years have manifested
themselves in Dr. Cochrane. The doctor is
a man of weight in every sort of measure-
ment except perhaps avoirdupois pounds
and ounce!.
—The Deverellfamily in Woodstock have,
within the past 3 weeks, passed through the
furnace of affliction. First the father died.
He was not in the grave two weeks before
George Deverell, also a printer, proved a
victim to consumption. Now word has been
received that his brother William suicided
through despondency a few days ago at St.
Paul, Minnesota.
—Mrs. W. McKenzie, Culross, has re-
ceived word from Ottawa that articles ex-
hibited by her at the Toronto fair last year,
have been selected by the expert judge, Miss
Barrett, as of sufficient merit to form a part
of the Canadian exhibit at the World's Fair,
which opens in Chicago on May lst, 1893.
Mrs. McKenzie has reason to be proud of
her work.
—The wind and rain and frost on a re-
cent Sunday , did not prevent a Guelph
young man from taking his best girl for a
drive. They drove to Hespeler. When
they got there the young man, in turning
the horse around, eucceeded in breaking a
shaft short off at the crossbar. He tied the
break up with one of the reins and with the
other guided the steed home.
— At an early hour Monday morning fire
broke out in the farm dwelliog of John
Mark, in Fenelon township, about 8 miles
from Lindsay. All of the inmates got out
safely with the exception of Mr. Mark's
aged mother. When he discovered that his
mother was still in the burning house he
rushed in to rescue her, followed by his
daughter, Immediately after their en-
trance the handing collapsed and all three
perished in the flames.
— " Nursing was the subject of a lecture
delivered at the Young Women's Christian
Guild on Elm street Toronto, last Saturday
afternoon by Mims Snively, lady superinten-
dent of the Toronto General Hospital, be-
fore a very large audience, composed chiefly
of ladies, There is little doubt that nursing
has now become a science, and that Miss
Snively is a mistress of that science there
can be no doubt whatever.
— The perpetrators of the recent daring
robberies in Toronto have been discovered
and arrested. They are four in number,
viz: George Bennett, William Archer,
Edward Archer and William Norris, all
residents of Toronto. Bennett was first
taken into custody, and, discomfited and
demoralized by the swift suddenness of the
blow'the prisoner made full contention and
gave the names of the other three men, who
were only catspaws in the hands of the
older and abler scoundrel, who had been
taught improvements of the " trade " while
an inmate of the Central, and when he
emerged had been converted from a low-
,
. grade crook to an educated professional.
, . Not only was every article of the Istolen
a ' property recovered, but the masks and re -
1
s volvers of the gang were also found. 1
- —Twenty years ago Allan MeEachrirn be-
an a grocery business at Mount Forest.
Ten years later he obtained a license to sell
liquor. When the Scott Act was in force in
that town he get into trouble, and the hilli-
ness was transferred to hie brother Peter.
The latter, owing to some domestic trouble,
left the place, and his wife has continued
the business. Now an assignment is re-
ported. i
.e
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—The following egg story- is goin the
rounds of the papers : A lady on the mar-
ket in Ingersoll on Saturday wanted -35
cents per dozen, for eggs. She said they
had to build a fire in the barn to make it
warm enough for the hens to lay, and then
found it necessary to sit up all night and
watch the fire to prevent the barn being
burned. In view of this trouble she thought
the eggs ought to be well worth 35 cents
per dozen.
—An exchange says: Paris is remarkable
for its churches. The Methodist churesh
and parsonage cost $30,000; the Congrega-
tional and Baptist churches are both very
beautiful; the Englieh church is a gent of
ecclesiastical architecture; the Roman
Catholic: church is a handsome structure.
And now the Presbyterians are designing a
new church which will mit about $20,000.
If the people of Paris are not religious there
must be something wrong with them.
i
—Private Wilfred Allan, 28th Battelion,
eon of Mr. Benjamin Allan, Stratford, 1 who
has been attending D school of infantey in
London, was brought home suffering from
rheumatism. For two weeks he performed
guard duty for sixty hours a week and the
exposure to the cold was more than he aould
Itsnt—he tobogganing party at Rideau iitall
,
Saturday afternoon was hastily postp ned
on account of the receipt of a cablegram
that two .one of Lord and Lady Stanley,
George and Arthur, at present in Eng ' nd,
were both dangerously ill, George vitk
typhoid fever and Arthur with brain f ver.
The former is dangerously ill, and Ilady
Stanley left on Monday for New Yor en
route for England.
— Mies Elizabeth Martin, of Arthur, was
just entering the bather shop of Mr. John
Smith, when the veranda fell, burying ;the
young lady beneath its ruins. Two doctors
who were summoned found the injuries Of a
most serious nature, consisting of a *u-
pwind fracture of the right leg between ;the
knee and the ankle, and the head and face
badly bruised and cut. A number of teeth
were knocked out and an ugly wound inflict-
ed in the face. 1
—There died in Walsenburg, Colorado.
on January 19th, John Rion, aged 70 years
and 9 months. The deceased emigrated
from Scotland in hie 7th year with his
parents to Canada, where they located near
Embro, in Zorra. Mr. ROE! for some time
lived at Puslinoh. He served under Chl-
onel Sir Allan MoNab in the Canadian
militia during the McKenzie rebellionin
1837.38. About 40 yeara ago he crossed the
border.
— Susan Lang., daughter of Mr. Nelson
Lange, of Langford, Wentworth county,
died a few days ago. She has been a c n-
atant sufferer for years with a disease t at
seemed to baffle the hest medical skill t at
could be procured, until death delivered ber
on Saturday last. A post mortem revealed
paralysis ol the stomach, and, as the decthre
said, she had actually starved to death/ in
the midst of plenty, being reduced in fuh
until ahe weighed but about 50 pounds.
—The Kincardine Reporter of last week
in*
says : A fine young marapessed away in
cerdine on Sunday last. James W. Jois
died at the comparatively early age ofj 30
years and 6 months, after severe Buffo ing
from an affection of the boweiq. Helwas
well known in Kincardine and was much
liked by a large circle of acquaintances.; De-
ceased was a son of Mr. Robert Ron, of
Ayr, formerly of Brussels, and son-inj-law
of Mr. Wm. Kay, of the Kincardine light-
house.
—On Friday afternoon Mrs. Geo. Welsh,
of Windsor, was walking along the street
when she noticed a man and woman dating
towards her. They were well dresse4 but
acted queerly. Ween they had attrected
her attention the woman threw a bundle to-
wards ber, and the man whipped uP the
horse and rapidly drove away. Mr.. Welsh
opened the bundle, and was horrified tO see
within an infant female child evidently but
a few hours old. She took the child irme,
and still has it.
,
—The fishermen along Lake St. Cir, the
Detroit River and Lake Erie have de ided
rloo
are. The fishermen now propose to *siert
tthoe_oi rrTgrhai g6nhiBzt andexe.rl inTfiegi be gt rtahpea it es a lir ih:a toherie and
ms of those interested, it was thoug t by
only those favorable to the laws at they
the latter they would be allowed to state
their case. On the contrary, howev r, so
they charge, the Commission would bear
the flailing laws. When it was anno need
some time ago that the Fishery Comm ssion
would come to Essex and hear the riev-
aithe Wa
"A ;bort
time ago an employe of
Shoddy MW., in picking over somenrage,
came across an old pair of pante, sewinitup
in which he found a sum amount log to
about $135. . He handed the money ov r to
his employer. What a history there may
be connected with that old pair of unmen-
tionables! Some miser's perhaps; who,
hoarding and scraping, died, leavng his
gains hidden and for a time secure; or per-
haps they were a tramp's, or a burgisres, or,
well our readers can carry out this line to
their own fancy; or wish it had been them-
selves who had ound the money." I
—Another of Lambton's earliest settlers
has been numbered among the silent major-
ity, in the person of Mr. Andrew Scott, sr.,
of Waubuno, whine death took pl+ on
January 19th, after one day's Wiles' ,from
paralytic stroke. Deceased was a native of
Ayrshire, Scotland, immigrating to this
oonntry about 35 years ago, beings resident
most of the time in the neighborhood 7here
he died, having therefore te contend with
many privations and difficulties that aro
unknown to many at the present time4 He
united with the Presbyterian churelt and
was a faithful member. He was also a con-
stant and admiring t ceder of the Toronte
Globe.
—The barn on Mr. William Lyons' ;farm
about half a mile south of Ayr, was eneirely
destroyed by firs the other day, together
with 155 bushels of wheat, 66 of barley1 840
of leant, 875 of turnips, and 14 tons of !hay,
The driving shed stood a short dis!ance
from the barn and in it were stored moSt of
ei
the implements. It was ignited and the
greater part of one side was blazing fur ous-
ly, but those present knocked the bl zing
boards off and the shed was saved, theugh
in a badly damned condition. The live
stock was .tabled below the barn, huiby
strenuous exertione all were got out, , he
buildings and contents were insured in the
North Dumfries and South Waterloo Com-
pany. the first for $900 and the latter 1for
3650, which will leave Mr. Lyons a serious
loser after receiving his insurance.
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