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The Huron Expositor, 1893-02-17, Page 11893. teirenteanmea (Oth on. its y ef rIk'NV- YUllt`e$ the ViOUSTy sat isfied Intinually evi- rariety of .o sea.son. to get the mstoraers, -wants • Nve, ete early, the ordia- S. already ing to be Of course I II es, Chad- ve quite a 6, Lilt the favor, for rican Suit - lines and Deauti- . tanaeable • e are very trimmings ..xpensive. are now pection. iade their of design, atterns are .; in price cents per reliables :s, ipee, 'ancies. Then there `hies, °Ias- i such like as, Pinks, &c. Also e -Percales = the finish, ;oods rhich goes .c1 printers - Defter than. of these ate beauty ,low --priced , chaste de - are Pink, ,=am, Choc- E:2 to $2.50 I. previous se furnish - k of , Car-. 'Art MUS - 5 will be - Knowing: line, we hand to al.ent and tory of our us column ,Faul, e. weather. — formerly of Itten ding the Robert s here at- ther-in-lavvs Irs. Cherles renclince the Mr. Glorge e his home lasts—The ✓ grist mill weather is lence.—The Iuttart took Main street, the Exeter tended. He • aad a life his death d the awe of er T. ereen- reenway, Of g here for ened to hie on Monday on Monday ends visiting an, Talbot The editor iting at the onagh last u r on street, ride on Mon -- Gould .who ere for the Itidgeto wet reeurne hie H. Grieve, e place, but here last three appli- ered vacant acrett. The Samuel , They are ei tilling the iorth, spent eork Charles. 4speN r.) en, traveller • in town ial church en ing, when ed an elo- teliss Louise apending a ;ends.—Miss :chigan, who eere has re- ghter were -e funeral of teart.—Mrs. stirriposed of end she is irld's Fair, o'T the Col - offered $5 the highest he standing a. a min ations taken irsto prize. Mr. Master has eompetition .1 and 4 only, 1 TWENT',1-SIXTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER,1,314. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1893. .:".111111 . tMcLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1..50 a Year in Advance. SPRING CLOTHING. There are folks so knock-kneed, so bow-legged, so crooked backed, that no tailor can fit them. These men are scarce, but Canada's sons average well, and ninety-nine and nine -tenths per cent. of them can be fitted by us. We are manufacturers, wholesalers and re- tailers of good clothing. Always ad- vanced styles of Canadian and British fabrics, the best frpm each. Our own workmen in our own work- shops do the cutting and 'making, and we personally watch each detail, and we don't forget that the better the article the better the trimming. No poor articles, so no poor trimmings. If you are fitable, our Clothina will fit you, and do it well. Some °folks we can't fit, nqr can anybody. 1:7)1R,ICE - How much the wearer savei 7 We don't advertise goods less than cost, simply because we calculate to Make a profit on what we sell. Do yoti know of anybody who doesn't, Whether they acknowledge it or not 7 Our profits are small, taken indi- vidually. Small ,profits, and many of them, benefit alike consumer and maker. There is no reason why any- one can undersell us, and no one does. You're welcome here. We'll sell you a carload, a bundle, a suit, or a part of one. March lst will find our Spring. stock COMplete. Invitingly Yours, JACKSON BROk• 9 The, FAMOUS CLOTHING- PEOPLE SEA.FORTII. A Voice from the Northwest. LANODON, North Dakota, ) January 17th, 1893 I • DEAR EXPOSITOR,—As I see acCoUnts from a great many different parts of the world from time to time in your coliimns, I think it will hardly come amiss if devote is also a new bank opening up an February let, Nearly one fifth of the shares of the new ban* are held by farmers, which goes clearly to show that farming in Dakota is not the failure that a great many Canadians, esnecially Manitobans, seem to think. To read abme of the papers of Manitoba a per- son wbuld be led to believe that Dakota must be nearly depopulated and impoverished while Manitoba is the reverse. However, we have our own ideas about that part of it and would like to ask why, if that country is so much better off than ours, do they not get as good a .price for their grain and also why North Dakota is flooded with labouring men from Manitoba. nearly every harvest. In one of the Manitobe papers of a recent issue I saw an item from a small town where barley was selling for 13 cente a buahel, but had risen two cents. In Langdon, at the SAM° time, barley was selling for from 24 to 34 cents a bushel, and at the same time, oats that were eelling in Manitoba for 16 and 18 cents were being sold in Lhiegdo,n for 23 cents. Wheat has also been selling from 5 to 10 canta a bushel higher here than in Manitoba, till the last two weeks, when the millers of that country raised the price about 5 cents, which will not benefit the fermi:Ts much, as they have a very small sineini of wheat on hand now, and I have no doubt if there was a large amount of wheat held by farmers the price would have re- mained as it was. Lett harvest there were plenty of men came Ifrom Manitoba. and worked with farmers around here. I had the pleasure of havingi one myself from that famous country, and togood one he was too. Being asked why he came here to work, he stated that there wasn't enough money over there for him. It seems as if Manitobans were jealous of itay prosperity in Dakota and try all they can to hurt and keep us from going ahead. One paper, the Manitoba Free Press, had the gall to say that Manitoba hard wheat wan worth more in Liverpool than Dakota hard wheat was, as if an im- aginary line would make a difference in the wheat of Manitoba and Dakota. Now we have circulars here from Liverpool stating the price of M.anitoba hard,and Duluth hard • as precisely the same. I think the Mani- toba papers ought to leave us alone for a while. They ought to remember tint we get plenty of Manitobe settlers in here and we don't make much of a howl about it either, and all we want in return is for them to do the same, at least tell no more thaa is truth. Trusting I have not tres- passed too much on your valuable space I am, Yours Truly, PETER STEWART. The Bairi!K Controversy. DEAR EXPOSITOR,—Before retiring from a discussion which, were it 'iontinued, would probably prove wearisome" to your readers, I must ask your permission -to refer briefly to one point in your last articlet You say, " We have never said that it the inter - a short time in giving a few facts_relating este of the loan companies that the farmers to tlais portion of this " wild ssnd woolly should be on the ragged edge of bankruptcy, west," aa a great number of the. baste.rm nor anything that could be construed. into people call it. No doubt it is a httie such a foolish statement." The words from as' every new country is, bat as for being which I deduced that statement occur in the woolly the only trouble is it is not . half paragraph which gave rise to my first letter, woolly enough. But, laying all jokes and are as follows, " The more dependent and needy the farmers are, unless they be- come utterly bankrupt, the better it is for the money loanere." That you do not hold the opinion I attributed to you f am, of course, quite willing to believe after your disclaimer, but it can scarcely be said that the words are not capable of conveying the impreseion that you do. I only allude to the matter in justice to myself, and not from any desire to make a point. Yours, &c., M. MORRIS. aside, I am very glad to be able to give you a hatter account of this county than could be given one year ago. Weehave had a very good season this last year for agricultural pursuits. The spring was rather backward, „there being a good deal of frost after the ;most of the grain was sown. But about the firet of June a change for the better came in the shape of plenty of rain and warm weath- er,and the reault was an almost phenomenal growth of vegetation. From that time till harvest the weather waa all that could be desired, with the exception of a few days of exceesive heat about the time the early grain was ripening, which had the effect of ripening it too quickly. Howeveri there was only a, very small per cent. of it damao- ed. Cooler weather followed and the buil of the wheat ripened slowly and is a ;splen- did sample, most of it grading No. 1 end 2 northern. There is some No. 1 hard but not a large amount. The yield waii not large, but there is scarcely a kernel of frozen wheat in the country, which is a good deal -better than a large yield and frozen grain. The small yield Was due mainly to the fact there was a very small per cent. bf the wheat land plowed last year, the most of it being put in on the stubble. Where the stubble was burnt off, a good yield waS ob- shall we say, characteristic John Bull ob- tained, but a goodrpart of it was put in with tuseness, he has contrived to distort the out burning. There was a great deal of real meaning of the article. In quoting the berley and oats grown, which seems to liay better than wheat at its present low price. We had a splendid, dry fall ; there were two months that there was not a singlel wet day and during that time the most of the threehing was done. Threshing was not a very long job this year, about from 40 to 50 days' work, but there was an enorinous a.moun of grain threshed during that time. It was nothing unusual for a machine to thresh 2,200 to 2,260;bushels of wheat in a 'clay aid some threshed- as high u 8,400 bushels of mixed grain.. The straw was short and well headed and as dry as tinder, which accounted for the big work done in threshing. Threehing did not cost quite as muesli' as usual, as there was a good deal more competition. Six ,cents per bushel for wheat and four for oats and barley,: was what they charged at first,but it came down a cent a bushel before the work was half done and before it was all done some inere threshing for 3 and 5 cents and boarding the outfit. Threshing wages were good this fall, $2 a day for pitchers and from $3 te $4 for feeders. We have had an unusually fine winter up till New Years. There was just enough mow to make good sleighing and there was hardly a stormy day up till that time. ,The roads were excellent and the farmers Made good use of there, so that the majority of _them have their teaming all done. About Christmas the weather got very oold and for about a week the thermometer registered from 25 to 40 degrees below zero. Since then it has been milder but very stormy and tke roads have been very heavy. There has a. gond. deal of snow fallen lately and at pres- ent we have more snow than we usually have. at this time of the year. , Langdon is not a very large tOwn, but I think thet as a grain market it has a repu- tation that is hard to heat anywhere for its size. During 1892 there were shipped from Langdon station, 1,007 cars of wheat, which wohid amount to abdut 604,500 bushels ; 237 Gass Of oats, or about 285,250 bushels and 300 cars of barley,amounting to 225,300 bushels, a total of 1,115,050 bushels. 'Of course a good deal of this was of the crop of 1891, but it is estimated that what has been shipped during this year and what is in etore in Langdon and held over by farmers will more than make up for the amount of 1s91 grain shipped during 1892. Langdon is steadily growing. The five general stores have been doing a rushing business up to a few weeks ago. Since then, business has been very quiet, due mainly to the fact that, farmers who have grain are holding for Es higher price. A number of new dwelling houses have been built this last year. There SEAFORTH, February 13th, 1893. Obtuse Criticism. NEw YORK, February 913h, 1893. Coneidering the heavy -weight manner in which my esteemed Egmondville °ride en- deavored to equelch my article headed "An- nexation," in a recent issue of THE EXPOSI- TOR, no doubt I ought to consider myself " squelched," and leave the field of Annex- ation to one who has more leisure to devote to studying the question than his erstwhile pupil. But I ask indulgence this once, that I may correct the mistaken interpretation he placed upon my remarks in that article. With the ekill of a prominent politician, or high prices of different articles of pro - dace in New York, I stated that while the wages were sufficiently high here to place those 'articles within the reach of all, yet if the barrier of tariff were removed from the frontier Canadians would get a higher price • for their produce and Americans get those articles cheaper and of better quality, thue benefitting both countries. Of course, if all the farmers in Ontario were of the same mind as the Egmondville scribe, thoy would be content to.boil every egg as soon as laid; and at once eat it, andtchuckle over the fact that their ) hens were so industrious, and that they had lots of eggs tO eat, while the AmericanChad to actually buy eggs to eat. Still, it strikes me there would be more money in shipping them to New York and ,getting 25 cents for every seven eggs, re- gardless of size, as the price now stands, in the event of their being admitted free of duty. As it is now, enterprising men like D. D. Wilson buy the farmers! eggs at the low local pricea, and by shipOing in large quantities to New York can afford to pay the duty, and still pocket a large profit, in which the farmer has no share. It is the producer and consumer who pay the duty— not the dealers. The farmer gets his 10 cents per pound for what he sells and has all the eggs he can eat (the email ones, of couree)' according to our philosophic friend— what more does he want ? No one denies that your hens and your people are indus- trious—bless your heart, man, they have to be—the hens to keep the farmer supplied with enough egga to make it an object to sell them for next to nothing, and have " lots " to eat, aud the farmer to keep the hens in laying order. As for the " Canadian Cousins in the States having a blue time at Christmas," I didn't say they had to deny themselves a goose simply because it happened to coet $1.50 (as they might probably have to do in Canada ; ) they just eat their goose with ad- ditional relish, and wish. that Canada had free trade that Fier farmers could get such prices for their fowl. The Egmondville gen- tleman also reinarks pensively : " No won- der so many coitus back to their poor rela- tives about Christmas time for a good feed!" It would be pleasant for any visitors the scribe may have entertained at Yuletide if they could read that sentenee. How they would blush with shame and remorse to think they had actually devoured ravenous- ly a whole bind -quarter of their host's Chriatmas goose , their anxiety to get what the scribe gleefully terms a good feed !" Seriously, Brother Scribe, you could not fail to have seen that my argument wae not particularly the advocacy of Annexation, or of free trade in order to lower prices here, . or of it cdmplaint of necesearies being be. gond the 'reach 'of anyone, or of " a drain upon the big wages," but of free trade be- tween the kUnited States and Canada in or- der that the Cenadian farmer may get some- thing like the value of his products himself, instead of iselling to exporters who buy cheaply from them and make all the profits of a better market. True, I have travelled this Union from one extremity to the other, - and I hava never came across any spot where it:04e winter months a farmer gets so little for, chrtain articles of produce as he does right lin Huron County. And why ? Becaus there is a hydra•headed monster—e, bigh tariff -d -looming up between the Can- adian darmt and his best market, and how then barrie is -removed, 'ber Annexation, legislation or free trade, I care not, but it is surely obnious to the Canadians, as the McKinley bill was obviously pernicious to the Americane, that the tariff gates, in all common sense and justice, should come doivn, my intensely loyal British friend to the continuer, -notwithstanding. Put yeurself in the farmers' place and see how your feelings would change. As a Dutch- man once remarked, with laborious philos- ophy ; " Der more what you -lives der long- er you find oudt, ain't it ?" R. J. Durrseiono. A Canadian -American's Opinion of Annexation. DEAR see by the EXPOSITOR that some are advocating annexation to this great country,and; as I have had experience of both countries, I would like to say a few simple truths respecting the matter. First, the people of Canada are just far enough from the United States not to witness the many great evils that attend the inward working. of this big Republic. Were your people annexed for a while, until you got well acquainted with their methods and theit concomitant evils, you would again wish for the simple workings of your own institutions. The Government of Canada is just about as you make it. Your Governor- General, who is sent from Britain, is the only official not under your control. He costs you $50,000 a year, and you have no scheming or bribery to get him. How dif- ferent with the mode of appointing him when he would be chosen as President or as State Governor. The year 1891 here was one of exceptional prosperity, owing to the immense cropteand the big prioee paid there- for. But, I venture to assert, that the benefits of such an exceptional year were mare than swallowed up by the confusion, loss of time and money outlay in electing a President. Bribery, scheming, lyiog and other siich methods were adopted as a me ins to effect party succeen Every office -holder had to bear his share of the expense to help retain hie party in power, and every office - seeker ite the opposing party had to con- tribute tn the common fund in order to gain poateseien of the offices. A change of Grov- ernment at Washington is attended with a change of every Federal office in the whole Republic. This is a source of much trouble. The present system in Canada is immensely preferabte. Again, should annexation take place your M. P. 18 would become members of Congress to Washington, and all business would have to be transacted there instead of at Ottawa. No public man of any repute has advocated annexation, as they all know that, should such a scheme succeed, it would be attended with dire results to Can- ada. Granted, that annexation would open the markets of the United States for bottles, sheep, barley, &c. and the free admission of the United States manufactured goods. But Canada must have a revenue, what- ever her Governinent connection, and if not derived one way, it must be raiaed another. Let those Canadians who play traitor to Canada and advocate annexation, come to the United States for a few years and, I venture to predict, their zeal will cool as they become better acquainted with the -Methods used here. The State of Iowa was settled about the same time that the Huron tract was. Iowa was rich prairie land, the Huron tract a wooded country. The Huron tract is now ahead of Iowa in nearly every quality that goes to make a people happy. Your schools are far ahead of the schools here ; your faiens are better cultivated ; your roads are immensely better ; your churches are more ably filled. There is not such riske to the moral influence in Canada as in any part of the Stes.es. No doubt many Canadians migrate to the States, and many, no doubt, prosper, but I venture to assert that the young man who settles in attache and keeps on steadily and soberly, in 30 years time will be ahead of the young rnan. who moved to the States. The Ameri- ceps would like to annex Canada, not for thle sake of bettering Canada, but for the sake of having a hit at good old Britain. Look at the prestige of both nations. Britainti power and influence are exercieed for good all the world over. The English, Irish and Scotch are respected wherever they go, and their iGoverninent elicits re- spect and confidence wherever the old flag is waved. How is this matter with Uncle Saitia ? His very form of Government is yet on trial, and it is thought by many that be- fore another half century a change will take place. The elements of leer own deetruc- don are within her borders, Her public men, harrassed to death by her system, die prematurely. This Continent ought to pots - gess two nations. Canadiaos have a vast country to open up and a great future to leave their iniprees on. Instead of -whining after uncertain benefits abroad, let them ap- ply their energies tend intelligence to de- velop their own country's resources, and a glorioue future will crown their efforts. ,Youre very truly, t WILLIAM PLITNKETT, M. D. FARLEY, IoWal January 13th, 1893. do so, instead of which he bought a return ticket to Clinton and lost no time in reach- iug Detroit. The men who were boarding in his house did not know he was away un- til two or three days after his departure. The firm are BO anxious for Calder " to mike it hOt for them " that they will pay his fare here any time, but it will be sore against his will that Calder will ever put hie- foot on Canadian soil again. The charge upon which Calder was arrested was em- bezzlement from John McMillan, and the firm of McKinnon & McMillan had nothing to do with it, although they could have pre- ferred a charge against him of embezzling a large sum of money which Calder collected from the Union Furniture Company, of VVingham, and others, without hie employ- ers leave or knowledge, -but were. advised that the presiding judge would dismiss any other action taken against Calder on acoount of his coming across the boundary without being extradited, (he was arrested in Grand Rapids). Your correspondent also states that " Calder's version of the affair eeems to have been sustained by the evidence," when, as a matter of fact, the firet witnees was barely sworn and there was no evi- dence taken in the case. Also in locating the mill, whieh is in Morrie, in East Wawanosh, your correspondent should, in future, get his information a little nearer the truth, and not show such ignorance,rea,1 or intended, of what he writes for the public prose. Yours Truly, A. MCMILLAN. Bum, February 14th, 1893. Canada. — Winnipeg is organizing a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. — Over $9,000 was raised in Zion church, Brantford, (Dr. Cochrane's) during 1892, for church purposes. —The Rev, Dr. Lyle, (Presbytirian), has been elected chairman of' the Hamilton Public *hoot Board for'1893. — Mrs. Cunningham, of Maple Grove, near Gananoque, died recently, at the 'age of one hundred and two years. —Robb. MoKeough has been fined $8 and costs or 21 days for disturbing the Salvation Army at Guelph. —The Grand Association of the Patrons of Indiptry will hold a six days' session in Toronto, commencing on the 27th inst. —Winnipeg capitalist are organiziog -a strong company to manufacture binding twine there. —.retitle Maggie Scott, of MartintOwn, a graduate of Queen's university and a mis- sionary to China is dead. —Mr. John j. McDonald, the widely - known 'railway contractor, died at Mont- real last Sunday morning in his 57th year. —Montreal's week of sports has pot ex- cited much interest, and few strangers have visited the city to witness it. —Membere of the Manitoba Legislature have subscribed $310 tow rde a monument to the late Hon. Alex. —Hiram Walker is pre new cottages in Walkervi le as moon as spring opens. . —The English church, Glencoe, has, de- cided to proceed with the erection of a Par- sonage as well as a new church building this year. —The .contract for the new irort and wood bridge over the Red river at Winnipeg has been let to W. G. Reid of Montreal. The cost will be $60,000. —The Ottawa license Commissioners have promised the temperance people to fellow the example of London and reduce the number of licenses by at least ten or. twelve. —The Macaulay Club, of Chatham, has decided that Tennytion's Enoch Arden is a greater poem than Longfellow's Evange- line. —Mr, James Moore a retired mer- chant of Montreal, has donated thirty thous- and dollars for the erection of a convalescent home in that city. —Mr. George H. Edick, of Dundee, has been awarded the firat prize by the American Wool and Cotton Reporter for an essay on cotton spinning. --Fitepatrick and Marshall, the young pigeon thieves, of Hamilton, have been sentenced to eight months in the Centeal Prison. —Photographs of three of the Hamilton separate schools are to be sent to Chicago by the Separate School Board to be exhibited at the World's Fair. —Ex•Warden Louis Lapierre, of south Dumfries Brant county, has been presented with a gold watch by his many friends and admirere. —John Wilker,the Belleville grain buyer, who was sent up for six months for abusing his wife, has been taken to the Central Prison. — A little daughter of Mr. F. Rohleder, Berlin, fell to the floor and struck its head against a tin cup the other day. The cup penetrated to the brain, and the child has since died. — Mr. E. O'Connor, barrister, of Guelph, has been appointed junior judge of Al- goma, to succeed Mr. Johnston, formerly of Goderich, who has been appointed a senior judge. —One hundred and forty new solicitore were admitted in Ontario during 1892,while 180 either died, left Ontario or gave up practice during the same period. —Miss Madge Robertson, M.A., of Tor- onto, one of the cleverest of the literary women of Canada, has gone to New York to take a position on the staff of Frank Leslie's W eekly. ckenzie. tiring to build 50 couple were married. Two weeks ago Miss Fenwick's parents started her to visit a sister in Montreal to separate her from Ainslie. The latter removed to Cincinatti, and the girl, securing a nun's dress to pre - went detection, followed him 'there. She acted the part so well that the pretty nun was soon the talk of the hotel, and none suspected who she was. Mr. Ainslie is we—alMthiys's Jane Crawford, aged 16, daughter of the late Alexander CrawfOrd, of Windsor, was killed by being thrown from a toboggan against a lamp post in Montreal on Saturday evening. —Mr. James Wright, of Cobden near Kingston, recently cut his foot w'hile at work. He had it dressed, and was doing nicely, when a change occurred, lockjaw set in, and after two days of painful illness he died. He leaves -a small family. —There are four women in the county gaol, Kingston, This is the smallest num- ler. of women there for many years. One is oat of her mind and the others are three feeble old women one of whom, Mrs. Rich- ardson, is over 100 years of age. —The Manitoba Local Government is ar- ranging with a line of stearaers to bring out two thousand Icelanders next summer. It is not unlikely that the entire population of Iceland, more than sixty thousand souls,will be taken to Manitoba. =Rev. Father O'Loane, of Guelph, was thrown out of his cutter the other day. Subsequently he performed a marriage ceremony, and later on consulting a physi- cian his shoulder was found to be dislo- cated. Mrs. II. T. Stevens, who is charged with manslaughter in haviog caused the death of her adopted daughter, Mabel, at Moncton, New Brunswick, has been committed for trial. She will be released on three thons- and dollars bail. —Egge are very scerce and dear in Mont- real, owing to the pickled stock being near - exhausted. Purcliatiers for New York $12,654,498, making the net earnings receipts were $21,032,120, working expenees sucCess. m$89._,r3k7we7t,i6silailna.md Mvontreal houses, .have been trying to get supplies here with poor railway, with its branches, is 1,398. The gross expenditure last year was $3,439,377, retex9ce3:9835o.f expenditure over earnings of the earnings were $2,945,441, leaving an year ended 30th of June last, had under traffic 5,767 miles of railway, and its gross —The Catiadian Pa.cific Railway, for the —The total mileage of the Intercolonial . Wright, the retired mis- sionary from Japan, who died at Denver, Colorado, last week, was a former London boy and a nephew of Mr. Justus Wright, late principal of the Hamilton road school. His parents now live in Piekering. A wife and one child- survive him. - —The intercollegiate debate in Montreal last Friday night, between McGill and To- ronto Universities,on the questiou of women suffrage, was won by the McGill represent- atives. The speakers were Messrs. W. P. Bull, and F. R. Hellem, of. Toronto, for woman suffrage, and Messrs. J. T. Brown and A. Graham, of McGill, in the negative. —In future the young and firat conviction prisoners will be separated from the older and more incorrigible convicts. at the peni- tentiary, Kingston, by the introduction of the isolated system. It is the intention of the warden to have the new cells ready for occupation by the first of May. The prieon- ers are now graded by the style of their clothing. —The London Machine Tool Company have recently constructed a mammoth lathe weighing about 25 tons. It has been sold to Mr. Alexander Fleck, of Ottawa, for $3,000. It will be used in the construction of heavy machinery, such as engine cylinders, which can be turned ten feet in diameter or length. No lathe of sucla dimensions was ever be- fore built in Canada. —Twenty-five years ago only three French Canadian students attended the lectures in the law faculty of McGill. Ail three were admitted to the Bar at the same time. Two are now in the arena of federal politics, and the other devotes himself exclusively to his profession. These three contemporariee are : Hon. Wilfrid Laurier, Mr. C. A. Geoffrion and Adolphe Caron. —Not in years have the finances of the 'county of Essex been in such good shape as at the present time. The total debenture debt of the county is but $3,600, the last payment coming due in October, 1896t Nothing is due by the county to any local municipality, while there is over $15,000 duo the county on account of county rates of 1892. —Mrs. Norman Fetterley and her brother Mr. Joseph Mitchell, with a friend named Miss Best, were crossing the Gull river,near Minden, Victoria county, on Saturday even- ing when the punt in which they were. seated filled and dank. Mrs. Fetterly and. Mr. Mitchell, were drowned, but Miss Beat clung to some ice until she was rescued, —Hon. Thomas McGreevy has retired from the presidency of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company, and N. K. Connolly takes the position. The company has not paid a dividend for ten years, but the directors at Wednesdayti meeting yperoamnised a 5 per cent. dividend for next —At the anniversary of the Guthrie church, Harristom on the 5th 'lust, a plate collection of $4,083.80 was made by the con- gregation in clear cash, and at the Monday social $135 was contributed., The pastor, Rev. Gustavus Munroe asked for $4,000 to pay the mortgage in full, and the remit was as stated above. This is a grand feet for a congregation of only 120 families in a small to wn. An :Explanation. DEAR ExrbsoroR,—I noticed a paragraph in your Blyth coekeepondence of February 3rd, regarding the case of " The Queen vs. Alex. Calder;" which contains a number of misstatements, ahd with your 'permission will give theUacti in this ottee as they oc- curred. When ibe first witness for the Crown was called, Mr. Campion, ctouneel for the prisonert objected to the' indintment, claiming that as the prisoner had not been paid the money oil the I9th of November, (that being tthe day on which he left this country, and upon which he was charged with embeztlement), although he did not deny that he had received and kept money which did net belong to him, but as he was not -paid thet money on the date upon which he was ah#rged with embezzlement, he should be nliecharged, Hie Honor, eJudge Doyle, agreeing with Mr. Campion. Mr. Lewis, Crotn Attorney, desired leave to amend the indictinent, but was not allowed. The prisonet was, therefore, discharged, not from any lank of proof as to hie guilt, but on account Cif a flaw, (real or imaginary), in the indictment. Calder, according to your correspondeht, claim that he did not run away, and nvith an honest settlement tbe firm would be in hie debt, Your readers can judge hOw very anxious Calder was for settlemmit when, after being repeatedly asked to settle up, he faithfully promised to —Rev. D. Straohan, B. D., eon of Rev . D. Strachan, Rockwood, was on Thursday last weeh, formally ordained, and inducted into the charge of the Presbyterian church Hespeler. —It nes been decided to put a new etearn- ship next season on „ the route between Montreal and Jamaica, to be run in connec- tion with the fruit trade. Two boats will be run regularly. ° —Miss Edith Ellis, Of Glen Miller, near Belleville, was badly burned the other day about the face and hands with boiling water. She was carrying a kettle when she slipped and fell. —It is said that over twenty new dwel- lings and other buildings will be erected in Glencoe this year, so far as known et pres- ent. Several families who purpose moving to town are waiting until they can get houses to live in. —Mrs. Parson, wife of Louie James Parson, Kingsville, met with a fatal acci- dent on Thursday, a runaway horse throw- ing her against a picket fence, cutting a terrible gash in her head. She died in two hours. —Mayor Smith and John Harris, J.P., of Guelph, fined John Marks, an Eramosa farmer $50 and costs for carrying a loaded revolver and threatening to shoot. In all he paid into the Guelph city exchequer $58.75. —City papers are telling the story of the marriage of a runaway nun from Toronto, at Cincinatti, on Monday. -She was Miss Lena Fenwick, and registered there on Sunday as Sister Marie, of Toronto, being dreeeed in the garb of a nun. She was met by Wm. Ainelie, also of Toronto, and the youthful name on the hotel register, noticed he was from London, and said, " Yon are all right. -You have Canada time, a half hour faster than ours " The stranger apologized and bought the cigars. — Mise Edith Brown daughter of Mr. James Brown, late matliematical master of the Upper Canada College, Toronto, was leery badly injured while tobogganing Sat- urday. The teboggan going over a dip of nearly fifteen feet occasioned the accident to Miss Brown who was the only one of the three on the toboggan injured. She now lies in her home in a Very orifice'. condition. —The residence of -Mr. Nelson Cline, at Lyon's Corners, Dorchester, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning last week. Some inflammable material in one of the bed -rooms became ignited. In this room, on the second storey, one of Mr. Cline's daughters slept,and she had a narrow escape for her life. The suffocating smoke render- ed her unconscious, and she had to be pulled out of the window. — A number of the farmers in the section around Embro, are likely to lose the most of their apple money, through the failure of Mr. Millman, of Woodstock,who bought ex- tensively last fall and now offers his credit- ors 15 cents on the dollar. The most severe loser in this erection will be Mr. A. M. Boosey, who has an account of $475 against Mr. Millman for apple barrels. —Mr. Hugh Matheson, during the 27 years that he has carried on business in the Cold Springs Cheese Factory, .Embro, has distributed sums which aggregate $546,190 The total is made up of $21,600 paid for hogs, $32,450 for milk drawing, $378,600 for milk, $54,260 for eheese boxes, $56,180 for dairy supplies, $2,800 for buildings and implements and $290 for wagons and re- pairs. — The students of the Guelph Agricultural College decorated their gymnasium Friday last for the first meeting of their mock Par- liament. In the evening about 7 o'clock, when the hall was being lighted, some of the bunting caught fire and the flames rapidly spread to the wooden ceiling. Young Mr. Shaw clambered up one of the supports, and with a large wet sponge succeeded in quench- ing the blaze. —On Saturday last the streets of Mont- real looked as if the commissariat of a de- parting army was being.conveyed through the town. No fewer than thirty-eight teams of magnificent horses, drawing nearly one thousand bales of tobacco, passed through the principal streets to the warehouee of J. M. Fortier, and this enormous quantity of the " fragrant weed " was only a very small part of what he had already used in the manufacture of cigars. —One of the largest real estate deals in the history of Windsor will likely be con- summated shortly. It is the sale of the Pierre Langlois, farm to a syndicate of De- troiters. The prbperty is situated on Sand- wich street east 4nd runs back to the Tecu- mseh road. It coataine 87 acres and is ad- mirably suited Or platting. The price to be 'mid is in theneighborhood of an even $100,000. This property ten pears ago could have been purchased for $40,000. — The president of the Canadian Packers' Association, in his annual address at the meeting in Toronto last week, said the com- petition among canners and packers had been so keen that price,s were 25 per cent. below those of the United States. Even at these figures, he said, packers could not export to that country on account of the McKinley Bill, so he recommended that an organized effort should be made to send the surplus goods to Great Britain. —At the sixth annual meeting of the Do- minion Ayrshire Breeders' Association, held in Toronto on the 9th inst, the report of the Executive committee showed that 343 ani - male of this breed have been regietered this year, makinget total of 888 animals to be re- corded in a sticond volume. There is now a total of 81 Members. M. Ballantyne, St. Marys, was elected president, and M. Stew- art, Menie,' vice-president for Ontario. Henry Wade, Toronto, was re-elected secre- tary -treasurer. — Mr. M. M. Thompson, of Belleville,who for several years was an extensive cattle shipper at Montreal, but who dropped ont of business last year on account of poor prospects, and Mr. F. R. Lingham, also of Belleville, who was once the largest ahipper in Canada say that Canada has now been driven by tlea quarantine inthe United States, and the schedule in Great Britain to fatten its own cattle; and this will neceseiate free importation ef corn, as there certainly is not sufficient rongh feed in Canada to fatten all cattle raised in the Dominion. —The death of Rev. F. Nitardy took place Tuesday morning last week at the Lutheran parsonage in Baden. The deceas- ed was taken eick,about three months ago with hemorrhage of the lungs, brought on by a violent fit of coughing, since which time he lingered until death terminated his siiirtirings. He leaves a widow and two eatell----ehtielren to mourn hie loss. Mr. Nitardy was a highly educated gentleman, one of the most prominent members of the Lutheran Church Synod. and a representa- tive German-Canadlan. —The Thessalon, Algoma, Advooste says: Herbert Paterson, of Parkhill, and Samuel Reynold, of Trenton, had a terrible experi- ence crossing from Cockbnrn Island last Tuesday in the snow storm. They lost sight of the brushed road about half way over and wandered around until they reach- ed the shore about ten miles east of here. They spent the night in the woods without food or fire as they did not know where they were. Paterson was badly used up and Reynold had the left side of his face badly frozen. They left for the east on Wednesday evening. —The funeral of the late Mrs. Janet Mc- Farlane, who had been a resident of Middle- sex county for 75 years, took place Friday last front the family residence, lot 15, con- cession 9, London townehip. Scores of her friends, acquaintances and relatives were in attendance. The remains were interred in the Presbyteriao cemetery on concession 9, the pall -bearers being her six grandsons— George Elliott, John, George and Albeit McFarlane, and William and John Mc- Naughton. Rev. Mr. Little, ef the Bethel church, was the officiating clergyman. It is an interesting fact that Mrs- McFarlane, who was 88 years of ago, was the first wo- man merried in London township, the cere- mony having been performed in Birr 71 years ago, when she was 18 years of age. At that time that section was a howling wilderness and Mrs. McFarlane, who re- tained hor'faoulties up to the last,often used to relate her pioneer experiences. Among those at the funeral were two children of deceased, aged 70 and 68 reepectively. Mrs. McFarlane was beloved by her numerous de- scendants, and was held in the highest re- gard by the residents of her locality. • —The Bibie class of the Central 'Metho- dist Church, Stratford, presented their teacher, Mr. McCutcheon, with an address and a handsome teachers' Bible on the eve of his removal to Toronto, wbere he will oc- cupy an important post in the Grand Trunk Railway service. His 'ileperture from Stratford will be regretted in many quart- •-i•The identity of the man who broke into Mr. A. S. Ball's residence, Woedstock, last fall, and attempted to murder him, has at last been established. It will be remember- ed the burglar gave his name to the police as John Kelly, of Montreal. This turns out to be incorrect. Ilia name is Telly, and his wenn; live at 74 Riley street, Buf- falo. Telly is now serving a fifteen years' term. —Miro. James Martin, wife of the - mail carrier between Acton and Speyside, under- took to carry the mail the other day, her husband being too ill to perform the duty. A severe snow storm prevailed, and Mrs. Martin's cutter was upset in a snow drift. The horse ran awayoand the unfortunate woman nearly perished in the storm, but finally reached a farm house where she was cared for. —The life of a hotel clerk is a peculiar one. The other night a man put up at the Huron House, Port Huron, and requested Richaed Howchip, the night clerk, to call him at 7 o'clock, in time to catch the De- troit train. Next morning he wits called and soon after made his appearance, watch in hand. He abused the clerk, ran down the house and said he would walk to Detroit rather than spend another night in Port Huron. On being asked the cause of all his uneasiness he replied : "I asked to be call- ed at 7 °tele& and here it is 7:30 o'clock." Diek glenced at the man's watch, found his ers, and especially in church, Sabbath school and Young Men's Christian Associ- ation circles. The Lacrosse Club, in which Mr. McCutcheon was a valued player, and in which he acted as field captain for a long time, will also greatly mils him, and will have some difficulty in finding a man to re- placei tbe popular Mac. Perth Items. —Mumps are prevalent amongst solute'. children in Mitchell. —There is considerable sickness in the neigborhood of Russeldale,several complain- ing of colds, bronchitis, &e. —Mr. S. M. Smith, of Listowel, ia hand- ling a barrel of applea in his cellar met with a severe fall, fracturing two of his ribs. —Mr. Thomas Whaley, of the Whaley Lumbering Company, Huntsville Mus- koka is visiting his mother, Mrs.S.'iVhaley, at idilverton. —At the South Perth Reform Convention held at St Marys on Wednesday, it wail decided not to nominate candidates at the present time. —Miss Smitheringale, an employe in Mr. J. W. Daley's store, in Mitchell, for some years past, is leaving for British Columbia, where she has a brother. —A few days ago Meagre. Slack Brothers, of St. Marys, shipped 75 Iambi to Buffalo, which were purchased from Mr. John Hooper, jr., of Blanshard. —Mr. George Leversage jr., of Fullarton, left a few days ago for 'Springfield, Con- necticut, where ha has secured a lucrative position with a manufacturing company. —Mr, Thomas Bigam, of Milbank, has a team for which he was offered $350,in Strat- ford, the other day, and he has two more teams equally good. —Messrs. Ford and Murphy, general merchants, Mitohell, have dissolved part- nership, and the business will be conducted by Mr. T. S. Ford in future. Mr. Murphy is opening out in another stand. —The Perth County Association of the Patrons of Industry has passed a resolution favoring the putting of candidateein the field in South Perth at the next general election for the Local and Dominion Houses. —The funeral of Mrs. Harvey, mother-in- law of Mrs. Holden, of Go wrie took plus on Monday, last week. Mrs. Harvey had reached the advanced age of 88 years. She retained both her mental and physical pow- ers in a wonderful degree to the last. —The Society of Christian Endeavor of Knox Church, Mitchell, have secured Rev. A. Jackson, of Knox Church, Galt, to con- duct their anniversary services on March 19th. It is expected, also,. that Mr. Jack- son will give a lecture on the Monday even,- ing following. —The marriage of Miss Maggie Ballan- tyne, daughter of Mr. James Ballentyne and niece of Hon. 'Thomas Ballantyne, to Mr. W. L. Holmes, of Elmit, was celebrated at Merrydale Farm, Downie township, on Thursday evening, 2nd inst. —There will be two Orange "demonstra- tions in Perth county on the coming 12th. of July. The lodges of South Perth will cele- brate at Stratford, and the brethren of North Perth have decided to hold their deznonetration in Milverton. —John Bennett, son of Mr. Wm. Ben- nett, of ttlaushard,died in a Detroit hespital a short time ago. The remains were brought home to his father's residence, and buried in St. Mary's cemetery. The deceased was only twenty-five years of age, and was a general favorite. —C. If. M.erryfield, of the Monkton saw and planing mills, is doing a rushing busi- ness in the lumber trade. He has already over 600,000 saw logs in his yard, and ex- pects to have double that number before the season closes. Hie stock chiefly consists of pine and ash. —Hugh M. Fraser, son of Mr. J. M. Fraser, dry goods merchant, Stratford, has sold out his business in Chicago, and will join his father in the Stratford business. He makes this move on account of his pre- ference for Ontario in general and Stratford in particular as a place of residence. —The First Presbyterian Church, St. Marys, will hold anniversary -services on Sabbath, March 5th. Rev. J. A. Turnbull, L. L. B., of Toronto, former pastor of that church, will preach morning and evening. He will lecture on the Monday evening fol- lowing, taking as his subject " The Two Books." —Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bellantyne and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McG Murray, all of Avonton, left on Friday for Southern Cali- fornia. The party expect to remain there about nine months, The trip will be taken not for pdeasure alone, but the gentlemen, who are in poor health, hope to be benefited by the change of climate. _ —Dr. and MTS. Sinclair are about leaving St. Marys to take up their residence in St. Thomtui, North Dakota. The doctor is an old resident of the town, has taken a promi- nent part in municipal affairs as councillor for a namber of years and is an elder in the First Presbyterian Church, while his ami- able wife bas made many friends. 8t. Marys people greatly regret their removal. —Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Davis, of Mit- chell,entertained between eighty and ninety of their friends at their residence on Tues- day, last week. The Mitchell Recorder says : " This was one of the best parties of this unusually gay winter season. Among those from a dietance were Mr, and Mrs. McClay, of Woodstock ; Mies Davis, of Win hani; and others." — bert Sofur, of Listowel, has a nasty cut in the face and one of his eare is badly bitten as a result of an encounter with John Quinlivan, in the City Hotel, Stratford, on Friday last. The two had been drinking, and Sofur had loaned $2.50 to Quinliven. Sofur had asked for his money. Quinlivim denied that he owed Sufur anything, and struck Sofur and bit his ear. Quinlivan was brought before Wm. Mowat, J. P., and fined $10 and costs. —Charles Cameron, whose relatives re- side about Stretford, and who spent his early boyhood days in and about that place, died' recently at Hastings, Nebraska, Mr. Cameron has lived in Nebraska for thetpast twenty years. He was several times nomin- ated for the Unitod States Congress and the Senate, on the Democratic ticket, but each time declined the honor, Two brothers of the deceased—Donald and John Cameron— are living on concession 4, North Es,sthope. —The Presbytery of Stratford heid an adjourned meeting in Listowel on Friday, 3rd inst., for the ordination and induction of Rev. J. A. Morrison, B. A. Although the day was very stormy there was a largo congregation present. Public worehip was conducted by Rev, J. D. Ferguson, of Esst Zorra. Rev. A. Henderson, of Atwood, presided. The address to the newly in- ducted minister was given by Rev. J. W. Cameron, of North Wellington, Principal MacVicar, of the Presbyterian College, Montreal, addressed the people. In the evening a public meeting was held, when congratulations to both minister and cen- gregation were offered by the resident min- isters of the Methodist, Congregational and Baptist churchee, the members of the Pres- bytery of Stratford and Dr. IdaoVicar.