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We ner has r house, y TL —The 6nized a already Buffalo, dwelling market pictures, enlarged , tend has north, to the flirt TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,326. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1893. McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year in Advance. WHAT ABOUT YOUR HAT? It is such a commonplace thing for people who have things to sell to wress their own satisfaction with them that we hesitate about ming on record with the same platitudes. Nevertheless our hat stock is not approached by any for variety, quality and price. We are proud of it. FEDORA HATS. Our line is especially good in this makel,of hats. We have ,the la t- wat colors and styles, ranging in. price -from $1 to $4. STIFF HATS. Light, flexible, easy fitting hats, that fi'zi comfortably and are dur- able wearers ,prices from 75c to $3 CRUSH HATS., Boys! and Men's Crash Hats, 25c to $1.50, in new colors, lined and unlined, also a big range of Fancy Caps for school wear. CHILDREN'S FANCY CAPS. New American novelties in many decidedly new shapes. STRAW HATS It is no idle boast to state that we -enjoy some advantages in buying that others do net possess and in the matter of Straw Hats, we'll show a line of goods that will be stylish, new and cheap. We are the only house in this section visit- ing regularly the American mar- kets in search of novelties. WE ARE THE LEADERS. JACKSON BROS , • 9 THE FASHIONABLE HATTERS, SEAFORTH. THE GREAT SHOW AT THE WINDY CITY. TEE OPENING DAY,—A TERRIBLE CROWD. — 1,07S OF MUD AND LITTLE PLEASURE.—A HURON BOVINE BEING WELL CARED FOR. CHICAGO, may 5th, 1898. With simple but impressive ceremonies the Columbian World's Fair was declared open on Monday, May 1, by President Cleveland, in the presence of an immense assembly ef people—variously estimated by the reporters at from a quarter to half a million persons. The formal presentation 'to the Nation of the result of the colossal labors of two years marks a memorable his- torical point of time in the industrial and art development of that nation. The won- derful etory of the rapid growth of the city of Chicago is hardly more remarkable than the construction of this new city by the lake. The four hundred buildings in their even hundred acres of ground form, in themselves, a splendid and beautiful exhi- bition, not only vastly greater but incom- parably more beaatiful than anything of the kind the world has eYer known. The plan of the exhibition, as a whole, is so well balanced and so fitting to the purpose, so noble and fine architecturally, that it may feirly be called a great work of creative genius. The execution of this general de- sign has been carried on with such incessant application and such an intelligent employ- ment of skill and labor that it is truly a triumph of American industry and °obstruc- tive force, In these points even the least friendly critics agree. That the first-day of May should find the World's Fair complete in every detail was not to be expected ; web. a thing has happened with no exposi- tion. For the last two or three weeks,when every hour of sunshine was of incalculable value in pushing things forward, Chicago has suffered from almost unexampled bad weather, and the management has struggled forward. btavely under the most discourag• ina circumstances. Many of the deficiencies in preparation should fairly be charged, oleo, to dilatory exhibitors rather than to the management. The installation of ex- hibits is a matter capable of being pre_ ivied forward with great speed now that the structures are practically complete, and every day will see rapid and substantial ad- vance in this direction. The wonder is that 80 IGGCh could have been done acid done so well in two years, not that perfection has not been reached at this time, anything that was said during the proceed- ings. A NEW ENTERPRISE The air was chilly. and foggy, with only an occasional gleam of sunshine to lighten up the magnificence of the surroundiegs ; and at times the crowd was unruly, but the police were wonderfully gentle, and for the most petit said " please ' and on the whole, the affsiitL passed off well. l. As the crowds tramped through the Exposition Park they ground into mush the sand and gravel which are soon to be covered with asphalt. There was not a dry spot anywhere, and the mud which was formed grew thicker and stickier with each successive minute. The opening speeches were delivered from the front of the Exposition grounds and a great con- course gradually sank into the mud while listening. A correspondent passed the place half an hour later and found a negro dig- ging rubber overshoes out of the mud. • At that time he had unearthed a barrel full.A few others looked on as the clarity prodded the mud, and with almost every dig brought up one or two galoches. The spectators laughed, but the negro was a philosopher. " You can laugh," said he, "but I'm get- ting the gum shoes as fast as I can dig them out." A WONDERFUL ENGINE. When President Cleveland premed that button he put in motion an engine which has been the Mecca of thousands of visitors ever since and which will be a focus of ob- servation throughout the summer. This is the great engine which is to furnish the power for all the 200,000 incandescent lights in the grounds. Not being an upright en- gine, it does not at first impress the obser- ver in the midst of its gigantic surroundings as much as might the engine and walking beam of an ordinary Hudson River excur- sion ateamer. You need to get acquainted with this monster before you are properly impressed. In this case familiarity breeds awe. Dilly wheel is 30 feet in diameter. Six circus athletes would have to stand upon one another's shoulders to reach from its lower to its upper rim. It can develop 3,000 horsepower. That is more than twice the capacity of any other one engine in ex- istence. This engine is. a compound one of four cylinders. Four times must the im- prisoned steam perform its task of puehing a piston before it can escape. In brief, the engine contains all the perfections of moat recent inventions. It may be regarded as significant that while little Rhode Island furnished the huge Corliss engine (of about 1,200 horse power) to the Centennial Expos- ition, the corresponding honor has now moved westward to Wisconsin. A TIRED PRESIDENT. President Cleveland was a tired -looking man when he left Chicago on Monday af- ternoon, promising the cheering crowds from the rear platform of his train that he would return in the summer and bring Mrs. Cleveland with him. The crowds which had faced him wherever lie went in public had not alwaysheen respectful, and Presidential dignity had been somewhat marred by the incessant yells of "Grover," and " Hi, Hi Grover" and other familiarities. Besides he met with a rebuff just after his mid-day breakfast with Christopher Columbus' de- scendant, the Duke of Veragna, in the ad- ministration Building. Somebody had given him a nice, long cigar, and he was anxious to test it. He was too anxious, in fact, for it is recorded that ne lit it just as he was about to enter President Palmer's room. A Columbian guard espied him, and the order came like a clap of thunder: "Put that cigar out ! No smoking allow- ed in this building to -day ?" Mr. Cleveland obeyed with alacrity. "I can brave the wrath of the Tammany tiger," explained he, "but of a Columbian guard— never !" At least, that is what he is re- ported as saying. THE TIOKE'TS SOLD, It is stated by those wheire in a position to know that despite the cold, the wet, the mud and the general • unpleasant- ness, that over 175,000 tickets at 50 cents were sold for admission on opening day,and it is further said that over 140,000 got in for nothing. • MR. GRAINGER'S COW. I saw this morning in the live stock de- partment, the Snorthorn cow, "Fair Maid of Hullett " 9047, bred and owned by Mr. William Grainger, of Londesboro, in your county. This fine animal was entered for the milk test in the Shorthorn else". She looks well, and is in very comfortable quar• tern and is under the charge of Herbert Guy, of Oshawa. THE OPENING CEREMONIES. When the Piesident and Vice -President, in company with the Duke of Veragua, Columbus' lineal descendant, and other dis- tinguished guests, mounted the platform erected near the Administration Building, they faced a multitude typically American in its enthusiasm and good nature. The Preliminary exercises consisted of the Jen - firing of Professor John K. Paine's "Col- umbian March," by an orcheetra of 600 musicians, under Theodore Thomas, a prayer by the ReV. Dr. W. H. Milburn, the blind chaplain of the United States Senate, and the reading of a poem written by Mr. W. Croffute The preaentation address by Direetor•General Davis' was a review of the Work of the many departments of the man- agement, with a word of well-earned praise for the activity and achievements of each. President Cleveland spoke briefly. " We haee built," he said, " these splendid edi- • ficea, but we have also built the magnificent fabric of a popular goverbment whose grand proportions are seen throughout the world. We have Made and here gathered together objects of use and beauty, the products of. American skill and invention. We have alo made men who rule themselves." And al he uttered a final sentence of invocation to future achievement and universal brother- hood,. he touched a golden electric key, and instantaneously the great Allis engine began to revolve, the beautiful electric founteine threw their streams high in the air, the ban- ners of the nations of the world were un- furled, a thousand steam.whietles sent forth their Osman the guns of the war vessels were heard, and with a long -continued shout honi the multitude the great Exposition tenon its six months' life. The crowd eard the cannon and saw the machinery roving, but only the favored few heard them. They see that sinoe the N. P. was established nearly every 100 acre improved farm has depreciated in value from one thousand to two thousand dollars; they see • that a large majority of the farms are heav- ily mortgaged, many of them nearly to their full value, and as a result in a very short time very little of the land will be held by the noble band of pioueers who transformed this country from a wilderness, or any of their descendants. These young men also see that Canada is hopelessly in debt, clamed largely by the extravagance and mismanage- ment of our present Dominion rulers. Why marvel then at the exodus? And to water the skim milks they have induced a class of pauper emigrante from the slums of W hite- chapel and other European citieesto come to thia country,who are now in many instances filling our jails, prisons and poorhousee and burdening an:already overburdened people. Mr. Irvine would have us believe that the members of the Dominion Government are a beautiful blending of the Orange and Green and that everything is working wonder- fully harmonious within the cabinet circle, but those who read the debates in the House last session know that this is not the case, as they will remember that a motion was moved censuring N. Clarke Wallace, ex -Grand Master of the Orange Lodges and the present Comptroller of Customs for usiug treasonable language at an Orange pow -wow, and for far less many a poor Paddy has been sent up "The long ladder and down the short rope" in the days when "They hanged both men and women for the wearing of the Green." • Well, was there any brotherly love mani- fested during this debate among the Con- servative.? Not s bit of it, as it had not proceeded far when several of the Cabinet and their followers were nearly into one another's throats, and when the vote was taken it was found that eleven Conserva- tives, including two Cabinet ministers, had voted for the motion condemning the Orange champion for his disloyal utterances. He says that "T. M. Daly would not be son of his father were he not Orange first, last and always." Those of us who are old enough can remember- that even he, the father, had a very unsavory record in his contests with Foley for the representation of Perth county, ,where his "Wallace Lambe" fre- quently seized the polls and kept the few Reformere there from voting, and on more than one occasion a small party of stalwart Scots from North Easthope had to go up there and eject this horde of Orange rowdies and thus allow the Reformers there their right to exercise the franchise. Mr. Irvine thinks that I am displeased because there are so many Irishmen in the Cabinet. Allow me to assure him that I would not mind if they were all Irisb,if they only administered the affairs of the country wisely and well. I am not criticizing either their ;nationality or their creed, but their actions is public ser- vants of the people. He says that a point in favor of the Dominion Government is that ite members are handsome men, while the members of the Mowat Government are homely looking creatures. I will not argue this point with him, but this I will say,thst even admitting that the merribers of the Dominion Cabinet possess beauty, he must acknowledge that it has availed them very Little, for in all their contests with Sir Oli- ver Mowat they have been ignominiously beaten, even wheu marshalled by the Great Sir John. He says he regrets that I have seen fit to introduce the Gore affair. No wonder he is ashamed of the disreputable part the Tories played in this disgraceful slander, as he well knows that they used Gore's affidavit at nearly every public meet- ing and on fly sheets, to poison the minds of the electors at a time when it could not he successfully refuted, and their intention was to ruin Mr. Cameron politically and moral- ly in the eyes of his family and the public. He was defeated, but since then his charac- ter has been fully vindicated,while Mitchell and Gore are disgraced, and even Mr. John E. Tom the Public School Inspector, to stay legal proceedings being taken against him, had to make a most abject apology to Mr. Cameron and get down on his marrow bones and eat a big dish of crow, plus the feathers, but Minus the gravy. With regard to the last point touched by Irvine, namely, that Mr. McMillan holds a •railway pass, I would just say if he has any proof that he does, he had better give it, or retract his mean accusation and apologise for HAI very few will believe the uncorrob- orated statement of even the" Sage of Mc- Killop." I remain, .4 Yours, etc., • A FARMER. TOOKEKSMITH, May 2nd, 1893. A Rejoinder to me Irvine. DEAR ExPoSITOR,—A short tithe ago al letter appeared in THE EXPOSITOR from the pen of Mr. J. J. Irvine on the subject of, Free Corn, but as you are doubtless aware, Mr. Editor, he did not stick to this theme or text but drifted off on other aide issues, only to show his ignorance. In his first let- ter he stated that the only profitable grain a Canadian farmer could grow was oats, and waxed very vehement becattee Mr. McMil- lan and others had voted for the free ad- mission of corn. .1 showed him the absurd- ity of such a contention, as free corn could in no wise affect the price of his oats. I also showed him that his poli- • tical speculations were ae erroneous as his agricultural •theories, and now no doubt feeling that he is badly beaten in ar- gument, he would like to vent his discom- fiture in personalities if he only knew whom to attack, but like all his other assertion" and insinuations, he has no proof to my identity but his wicked heart and his own evil imagination. He says that he believes that my letter was inspired by " a retired school teacher and gentleman of leisure." Now, MnEditonyou know that I 'nil:neither a\ retired teacher nor a gentleman of leisure, but an ordinary Tuckersmith farmer. In- deed I may inform Mr. Irvine that there are dozens of farmers in this township quite capable of dressing him down without call- ing in the aid of retired pedagogues to help them. He still admits that a certain amount of tariff reform is required. • Such being the case, why does he not support the men who are trying to get that, reform? One of hie leaders stated that the Government was go- ing to remove the mouldering branches from the N. P. tree, but what did they do for the farmer last session? They reduced the duty on binder twine from 25 per omit. to 124 per cent. and made a alight reduction on the duty • on coal oil. They were ,compelled to • reduce the duty on binding twine on account of the Ontario Government and the Patrons of Industry manufacturing that article, hence they de- serve neither thanks nor credit from the farmer, as they allowed that combine to plunder him as long as they possibly could, yet Mr. Irvine has the audacity to defend that policy, which has so demoralized farm- ing that the farmers cannot induce their sone to remain on the farm and they are going in thousands to the towns and cities, and a great many more of our young men, who are truly the life blood of our country, are leaving their native land to people the great republic to the south,and nobody can blame are to be made through the factory by keep- i a/maks' children 463, merchants' children ing cows. For instance, a oow gives 30 452, and children of professional men 308. pounds of milk a day, :or 900 pounds a It will be Observed that in attendance mechanics' children stand third, but that in • succees at examinations they came 6"—"Tte 60th annual meeting of the Upper Canada Tract Society was held last Friday evening in Westminster Presbyterian church, Toronto. The receipts for the year were $33,887 ; there is a belance son hand of seo' 63886 —Conductor Snider preached last Sabbath os‘.t evening in the Sherbourne street Methodist church, Toronto. Next Sunday he will preaoh to the delegates to the American Telegraphers' Convention, train session in Toronto. —The aintecedents of Rev. Jacob G. Halm- phian, who claimed to be a Grecian of noble birth and thereby got the pastorate of Drumbo Baptist church, have been discover- ed. He was found to be an imposter and has since left the village. - —It is again reported in Ottewa offieial circles that the Mounted Police and Indian Departments will be amalgamated, with Mr. Fred White, the present controller of mounted police, as Deputy Minister. —The ten -year-old eon of Mr. P. C. Mc- Gregor, principal of Almonte High school, while playing on a boom lying in the river on Saturday afternoon, fell into the water and was drowned. —Rev. Dr. Howie of Palestine observed the eighth anniversary of .his ministry in Canada by preaching to crowded houses in Pioton last Sabbath. He is to return to the Syrian mission field next August. —John R. Fullerton, of Plympton, near Sarnia, was born in Sligo, Ireland, in 1800 and joined the Orange Association before his 20th birthday. He came to Oanada in 1832, and claims to be the oldest Orangeman in the country. —Rev. Victor M. Ruthven, who claimed to be a missionary from Corea and collected money at Chatham on account of Rev. Dr. Paton's vessel, was recently sentenced to one year at hard labor in the Erie County Penitentiary by Judge Hatch of Buffalo. —At the last regular meeting of the &m- ime town council, a grant of $10,000 was made to the Board of Education for the purpose of building a new High School, the present accommodation for both high and public schools being wholly inadequate to the attendance. —Matilda Dixon, wife of John Dixon, a respectable farmer of Trafalgar, Halton county, was on Friday committed for trial on a charge of uttering a forged promissory note for $300 signed by herself and husband, and made to D. A. Robson, and by him in- doreed toVfilliam McLelland. 4te —Chathe is threatened with a water A, famine. lien wells cannot supply the demand. The waterworks company pro- pose running a pips to Lake Erie at a cost of $100,000, but the pressure would be in- sufficient for fire purpose, it is said. The situation is serious. —In the event of cholera reaching Que- bec the Franciscan nuns, who have had ex- perience in chcaera epidemics in India, are to be put in charge of the Civil hospital, and to be paid for their services fifty cents each per day. —To be sure that their last resting places would be marked by red pillars' a number of Puelinch farmers combined recently for the purchase of granite monuments. After receiving a quotation of prices they decided to give their combined orders to ex-Ald. Hamilton, of Guelph. —Joseph Cline, at one time deputy -reeve of Ancaster township, died Saturday at the residence of his brother George H., on the Dundee road, in his 64th year. For eleven years past he had resided at Boissevain, Man., where he had a large farm. A year ago he was taken ill with la grippe, which developed into consumption. —Mr. P. E. W. Moyer, editor of the Ber- lin Daily New e, and Mre. Moyer, celebrated their silver wedding on Thursday evening, last week, at their home, in Berlin. A large number of guests were present and many of the family's relatives from a distance en- joyed their hospitality. Music was furnish- ed by Zeller'. orchestra. —It is said that the ooki and stormy win- ter has completely annihilated the quail in the locality of Westminster, where they were plenty the previous fail. There are none to be heard or seen this spring. The bee- keepers of that township however, have fared fairly well, about 70 per cent. of the bees being alive this spring. month. This being worth 80 cents per hundred makes $7.20 per month, and for ten months, the milking aeaSOn, the return given is $72. With such handsome returns, who would refuse to take stock? In a few days sufficient stock is subscribed. An esti- mate is then made as to the probable num- ber of cows within reach, although the agent thinks it of little importance, as the cows will come when the faotory is built. The agent has plans of buildings, which, ,with the neccessary machinery, range in price from $3,000 up to $12,000. Of course he advises building on a large scale, as the business, after the factory is in operation is sure te grow.] To convince the shareholders that everything is all right and as repre- sented by him, he askes that a Oommittee of the shareholders be appointed to visit, " at his expense," the supply house'and ex- amine their standing and ability to fulfil the proposed contract. This committee after being dined, wined, and shown the sights of Chicago, or where - ever the house is located, and having visited one or two creameries "selected by the agent," where everything is prepared to snit the occasion, comes back with glowing accounts of the whole business, and advises the erection of the plant at once. The result is that the company have a fac- tory plant costing $5,000 to do the work of a $2,000 plant. The supply house collecte the amount agreed upon, and their part of the business is ended; while the oily -tongued agent hies off to and some other locality where, through lack of dairy knowledge and disregard of all ordinary business principles, he can build and equip a factory on his own terms, in many oases charging double what it would cost in open competition. Hundreds of creameries built on tbie system scattered from Maine to California, are today standing idle, monuments of the folly of firet building without knowing where the milk was coming from to make their operetion possible or profitable. It is announced that the shark has crossed the water and commenced operations on the Canadian side. Forewarned is forearmed. A Word of Caution. (The Canadian Live Stook and Farm Journal.) We wish to caution those of our readers who contemplate starting or investing in a creamery not to do so without making due enquiries from reliable authorities as to the probable cost of a building and equipment sufficient to accommodate all the milk sup- plied. The first thing to be dope is to find out as closely as possible what number of , COWS can be depended on to supply the creamery with milk. When 'thin is once known, it can be easily ascertained for how much a building and machinery to suit such a supply can be erected. In the next place, a competent man of experience is required to manage the creamery. It is only throw- ing good money away to erect an expensive establishment when a oheaper one will meet all requirements. There is money in cream- eries when they are built and run on the coin mon-sense plan ; but, unfortunately, they are not always so done. In another article will be found an account of theiplan which has been made use of on the other side of the line to induce fanners in districts where there have been no creameries previously to invest in these elaborate concerns, • tnany of which have been abandoned, after a short trial, on account of the working of them resulting in a loss, through the fact that there were too few cows to kee such a large-eized creamery going, and also that the returns made did not begin to pay the interest on the excese- ive principal laid out in the first instance in the construction of them: THE OREAMHIAT SHARK. Canada. Four fishermen were drowned at Haire fax the other day. - —James Livingstone, M. P. for Waterloo, has insured his life for $105,000. — The Presbyterians of Preston have pur- chased the Lyceum building and intend to remodel it into a church. —Fenwick's grain elevator at Alexander, Manitoba, was burned last week with 30,000 bushels of wheat. —During the past year $1,648 has been contributed in Canada for the McAll Mie lion in Paris, France. —The Orange brethren of Sarnia and vicinity are arranging to celebrate the 12th of July in Saginaw. —A Montreal dispatch says insurance rates on live stock are going to be lower this spring than ever. —Lady Macdonald, of Earnsoliffie, Otta- wa, and her daughter, Hon. Mary Mao- donali, will sail for England this week. — Forty persons were received into the Methodist church at Sparta on Sunday, April 30th. Eight adults were baptized. — Rev. T. W. Winfield, pastor . of Em• manuel Reformed Epicopal Church,Ottawa, has resigned and will enter the Presbyterian Church. — Frank Viquensey, a man arrested for trespass at Chatham, when searched was found with his pockets full of :matches and rage saturated with coal oil. —D. Ratte has entered a suit for $20,000 damages against the lunibermen at the Chau- diere, who are dumping saviedust into the river. —George Clemens and Jeremiah Ryan were fined $5 without Costs the other day in Toronto for selling potatoes which were short weight. —The Macdonald Club, of Kingston, will decorate the grave of Sir John Macdonald on July 1st and have a demonstration in the evening. —Mr. T. H. Preston, of the Brantford Expositor, writes from Chicago that the Canadian exhibit at the fair is? on the whole, disappointing. —Swift's large ice house at Point Edward, partially filled with ice, was destroyed by fire Thursday night of last week. The loss was $5,000. Cause, incendiarism. —Rev. W. J. Clark, of London, preached the anniversary, sermons at Macnab Street Presbyterian church, Hamilton, last Sab- bathG —George Nesbitt, a bank clerk at Ren- frew, and sonl of Rev. 1 Mr. Nesbitt, of Sutton, was drowned Saturday evening while out boating with a couple of other young men. — Police Magistrate James Cahill died at Hamilton on Friday. He was 81 years of age, and has presided over the Hamilton police court as magistrate for the past 33 yeargi — r. Alexander Beggs, of Wellesley, has a ewe that gave birth to.a lamb six weeks ago, and between three and four weeks later gave birth to another. Both lambs are do- ingfinel —OnMonday a stranger entered Pettit's grocery store at Chatham and wanted to know if he could buy a barrel. The boy went down cellar and the stranger stole $55 frofthetill. Agrand d emonstration is to be held in Galt on June 14, 15 and 16 under the aus- pices of the Independent Order of Foresters and Citizens' band. A grand programme of attractions will ba`presented. —The Embro merchants have decided to refuse to accept American nickel money at any value, and to discount all other Ameri- can silver and bills, which are not redeem- a,ble in gold, at a rate of 20 per cent. —Lord Stanley has notified his servants at Rideau Hall that he will no longer require their services,' at the same time giving them three monthepay from Monday, May 1st. He will likely leave on Auguet lst. —George Pascoe died at his home in Woodstock dn Sunday, April 23rd. He was a widely known, popular and thorough- ly honorable horseman whose decease will cause a void iia horse circles in Woodstock. s —The Grand Trunk Railway Company has a pig -sty at Paris which is considered a nuisance by the villagers. The village OOMI- cil has decided to prosecute the company unless the sty is removed. —R. Matheson, superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Belleville, has had the honorary degree of M. A. conferred on him by the National Deaf Mute College at Washington,' D. C. —Sonia interesting figures are given this year for the first time in the report of the Minister of Education. They show the various classes of the community from which the High school and Collegiate Institute pupils are obtained. Out of 16,969 attend- ing these institutions 7,104 were children of farmers, 4,170 of merchants, 3,868 of me- chanics, and 1,829 of professional men. Those who passed at examination were thus There is a clan Of dairy supply houses in the Melted States who make a business of establishing creameries and cheese facteriel in sections not already occupied. The mode of operation is as follows: ,The smooth-tongued agent of the supply house calls on the lead- ing business men of a town, and by talking up the success of co-operative dairying in soine distant locality, and by skilful use of the dairying statistics, gets them interested in having a creamery in their town. The agent then unfolds his scheme, whieh is to form a joint stock company, and when suf- ficient stock is subscribed he will undertake to build, and equip with the latest improved machinery, a complete factory. Shares of not lees than $100 each are to be distributed among the business men and farmers. The selling of the stock is then commenced in earnest. • The agent, accompanied by one or two business men from town, Visit the farm- ers, showing them the immense profits that —John Danes, a prominent Mariposa farmer near Oakwood, on entering hi s cattle stable Friday morning was attacked by a bull and badly shaken up, his shoulder being dislocated and some ribs broken, and but for the timely ausistance of a man who dragged him outside from the infuriated animal he would have been killed. —Burke atid Wilson, who were convicted of manslaughter at the Middlesex assizes last week, for the killing of Detective Harry Phair, of London, on October 3, 1892, were brought before Judge Street Saturday morn- ing and received with the utmost indiffer- ence a sentenee of twelve years each in Kingston penitentiary. s —Dr. A. M. Shaver, of Blenheim, Kent , county, died the other night from pnemonia, brought on by overwork, after an illness of • only one week, at the early age of 34 years. He was -• .most highly esteemed, and was prominently connected with the Independ- ent Order Foresters, Masonic Order'Inde- pendent Order of Oddfellows, United Work- men and Home Circle. —Among the notable Canadian attrac- tions to be seen at the World's Fair will be the St. Clair Reserve Band. The band num- bers sixteen stalwart Chippewas, who, re- splendent in blue and gold uniforms, with new instruments, lately received from Ot- tawa, will attend the Columbian Exposition. The band will be under the leadership of Professor Marinas, —Mr. R. E. Swayzie, of Aioadin, Stinted township, Muskoka, a former old resident of Eramosa, has three lambs this spring, weighing respectively 12, 13 and 14 pounds. They are bred from a Shropshire ram pur- chased at Guelph, while the ewes are from a Cotswold ram purchased at the Ontario Agricultural College ilia years ago. are successful teachera, two more are students at Toronto University, .and a son 12 years of age. —Mies Evelyn Galt, fourth daughter of Sir Alexander Galt, ferinerly Finance Min- ister of the Dominion, was married on Fri- day afternoon of last week to R. R. Sprag- gett, of Fort McLeod, Northwest Territory. The marriage was solemnized at the resi- dence of the bride's parents Montreal, but, owing ang very yhequilitaffair. leneseofrSir Alexander Galt,it w —Mrs. Dean wife of Mr. Harris Dean, V. S., formerly of Tavistock, claims that her husband has deserted her. Three years ago a Tavistock woman, she says, stole her husband's affections andthough the family moved to Port Huron, Dean stilt continued his intimacy with the Tavistock woman. Lset Christmas he left his wife and family penniless, and she has since been living with friends in East Oxford. —Last fall W. H. Brown, a prominent former of Brandon district, Manitoba, mys- teriously disappeared, being last eeen when driving from Rapid City. On Thursday of last week, when the ice went out of the river, his body was found in the water six- teen miles from Brandon. There is a Bio- pic:ion of foul play. He leaves a large and highly respected family. — Word has been received that the Rev. Duncan Ferguson,of the English Presbyter- ian Mission in Formosa, was shot by savages and wounded in the right breast while crops- ing the mountains on his way back to Tai - Wan -Foo, the capital town, from some station' on the other side of the Island. Happily the wound was not deep, the bul- let coming out about two inches from where It entered. —One of the oldest residents of Lambton county, Simpson Shepherd, died at his resi- dence in Sarnia, recently, at the age of 87 years. Mr. Simpson first settled in the township of flympton in the year 1835, and was one of thd old pioneer eettlers. He was one of the first district councilors, and represented the township as deputy reeve for three years. . He came to Sarnia about eight years ago. \ —John Watson, of Thamesford, met with a painful, if not fatal, accident at the Fer- guson mill there the other day. While en- gaged in skidding logs to the mill one of the horses stepped over the tug, and while en- deavoring to get it back again, he "truck it on the foot where the animal had corked itself, which caused it- to kick, striking Mr. Watson on the abdomen, knocking him down. It is a matter of doubt if he will recover. —The demand in New York for Canadian - bred horses appears to be on the increase. Mr. W. D. Grand conducted a sale of ninety animals there the other day which netted $25,000, or an average of $287. These were most of them half -bred horses having no pretensions to what is commonly called speed, but being nevertheless of man- ifestly good quality. In this as in other things attention to grade is the mark of the successful exporter. — Dr. MoCrimmon, of Underwood, and formerly of Luoknow, a few days ago re- ceived word of the death of hie father, Mr. Alexander McCriremon, in the 90th year of his age. The deceased was born in Gene'', Invernesshire, Scotland, e.nd came to Can- ada in 1805, settlin4 on the farm in Glen- gary on which he died. He never was sick a day in his life or took a dose of medicine, and never used liquor or tobacco. He leaves four sone and five daughters. —Rev. Robert Atkinson, formerly of Pictou, Nova Scotia has been inducted into the pastorate of the Presbyterian church, Berlin, under very favorable auspices. He succeeds Rev. Mr. Winchester, who was appointed superintendent of the Chinese mission in British Columbia, and enters up- on his ministry here under most favorable auspices. He is a young man, a native of Scotland, a graduate of Edinburgh Univer- sity, and an able and earnest preacher. —Myles Penniugton, a former well-known Grand Trunk -Railway and Greet Western Railway officer, now living in Toronto, is the oldest railway man living in the world. He began in 1830 on a small railway in Lan- cashire, which joined the canal between Preston and Summit, to carry freight across. From there he went to the Liverpool and Manchester, which was the second railway in the world. He was the firet general freight agent or goods manager of the Grand Trunk Railway for ten years, and yeas for fifteen years more on the Great Western. —The Chatham Banner says : The assess- ors kept a memorandum of the vacant dwellings as they were going the rounds this year, taking note only of such houlee as were fairly tenable, and not including stores or bueinesiplaces. They found a total of 128. Esti ating the average rental rl at $6.50 per mont shows an annual lose of $10,000 a year in the income of Chatham's landlords. The tride policy which is driving e eople out of this country bears heavily on town as well as country. —Mr. Charles 'Wickham, a prominent citizen of Kincardine, died last week at the ago of 73 years. He was a native of Eng- land, but spent part of his youth in the United States. Echos' well known in St. Marys at one time as a contractor and man- ufacturer in the foundry business and in carriage building. More than 30 years ago he moved to the county of Brace, in which his enterprising spirit could not be idle. He contracted on a large scale in the construc- • tion of the Goderieh and Sangeen gravel road and the Goderich, Port Elgin and Southampton harbors. During this time he made Tiverton his home. About 18 years ago he retired from his more active life and moved to Kincardine, where he proved a valued citisen, an enlightened, public-spirit- ed man 'of an ,honorable disposition and strictest probity. He was one of the License Commissioners of Bruce till his death. He classified: Farmers' children 1,270, me- leaves a widow, five daughters, two of whom a bargain with the late Wm. Dickeon for the purchase of that church, there being no pastor in it at then time. The new congre- gation then secured Mr. Biggar's barn, seat- ed it, and continued to worship in it under the able ministry of the late Dr. Bayne until their stone church on the market square was ready for occupation. Mr. James Cowan is the only survivor of the men who took an active part in fitting up the barn for public worship at that time. —A terrible accident happened last Fri- day at McGregor, a small village not far from Essex. Mr. Frank McLeod, whose home was at Tilbury Centre, met his death in Sicklesteers new stave mill. Ile had been warned about shiftiog the belt off the stave cutting machine too near the shaft, but that day he endeavored to shift it with a stick, when the atick caught in the wheel and McLebd's left arm was drawn in be- tween the pulley and belt, and he was dragged under the shaft.- His arm and left shoulder were pulled from his body, leaving only a few ligaments holding it. His face was badly crushed, nearly every bone being broken. He lived about an hour, but never repined consciousness. He leaves a young widow and a baby six weeks old. Perth Items. Stratford has granted $300 to their city band. —Dr r. Hurlburt, of Mitchell, has been ap- pointed Coroneg for Perth county. —Mr. Amos Edwards has secured steady employment in Toronto, and le removing hie family to that city, froin Mitchell, this week. T - he first burn of the new lime kiln at Newry, was made a ceuple of weeks ago, and a prime article produced. — Mr. James A. Close, of Woodstock, has just sold 70,000 brick 'for a new church at Milverton. —Mr. A. F. McLaren, the well-known Stratford cheese -maker, will remove to Windsor. —Thirteen carloads of Germaa immigrants passed through Stratford Thursday, last week,on their way to the Western States. —Mr. W. A. Dent, of Mitchell, who is, at present teaching sohool near Wiarton, has been appointed to the geological survey staff of the Dominion Government. —Mr. Thome, Johnston, the Stratford horse trainer, has nine horses in his stables at present under training for the May Mee& —The Milverton cheese factory opened on Monday. Mr. Goodhand,the proprietor, has secured the services of Mr. Blackwell, of Drumbo, as cheese -maker, —Will Blair, of Stratford, -is nursing a wounded head, the result of a spill out of a buggy on the Sebringville road on Sunday. The home shied into the ditch, which caused the m. - Mparys' Methodists are collecting funds for the erection of a new Sunday School room. They have now on hand $1,700 for that purpose, and are looking for $3,000 more. °re. Thnumber of pupils on the roll of the Stratford Collegiate Institute during the month of April was 223, and the average attendance was 210. The fees for the month amounted to $460. —Mr. Fred Dutton, of Mitchell, has pur- ohased an incandescent dynamo for the woollen mill. As the mill is running at night this light will be the theapeat and lafest. — Mr. Roberts, teacher in the Methodist Sunday school, St. Marys, was, the other day, made the recipient of a most cordial address, accompanied by a handsome Bible, from the members of his elan. —Among the medalists at the late exam- inations at Queen's College, Kingston'are Miss Marty, late of the Lincleay High School, and Mr. George Elliot, brother of Mr. Wm. Elliot, B. A., both of Mitchell. —Mr. E. Cornish's auction sale at Russel - dale, last week, was very successful; cows averaged $55 each, and yearlings $19 each. Mr. Cornish intends removing to Usborne to live with his son Harry. —A load of Atwoodites drove to Listowel the other evening, to hear " The Emerald Trio," who are engaged in the Gospel tem- leeranee work. The singing was much en- joyed by the Atwood party. —Mr. Richard Gray, manager of the local branch of John White & Son's pork peck- ing establishment, Mitchell, shipped Fri- day,sixty hogs, to be slaughtered there, and also twenty-five fat cattle to the Toronto market. ---Mr, Wm. Cromie, of Millbank, lost a fine yearling colt last week. It was in the barn yard with the °little, and one of the cows gored it in the flank. Mr. Clark, V S., was called in, but could not save the animal. While assisting at 'Mr. Wm. Geen's barn raising, in Elma, the other day, Mr. Sidney Holmes had the misfortune to fall from the top of the frame work, and sus- tained serious injuries about the legs and heakb —Daniel Lineham son of Mr. Thomas Lineham, of the 121 concession of Elms, who was reported missing some time ago, has turned uP safe and sound in Idaho, United States, where be is residing with his brother Anion'. —Mr. L. M. Shaffer, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, the new American coma, appointed by President Cleveland to frac- ceed Col. Holloway, at Stratford, has ar- rived there. He -is a thorough Democrat, and hates the tariff with a terrible hate. • —The mayor of Mitchell has employed Mr. Garrow, of Goderich, to look after Ithe intermits of the town treasury before the Court of Revieion and subsequently before the Judge, if any cases are appealed. The council voted the mayor $500 to spend in thatyle—ArMercier, h r, who for 40 years as resided in St. way.n od unmarried man named Thomas Marys, was taken ill on Saturday and had to be removed to the hospital in Stratford, though he very much objected to leaving the locality where he has spent most of his life. He suffers from heart disease and can- not live. —An accident that came near costing & life happened in Mr. John Gropp's sawmill, at Milverton, on Friday last. While the machinery was in operation the engine sud- denly. flew to pieces, some of the fragments sotursiikyiningituhreinfigrhemima,n, Mr. Henry Rebn seri- -Mr. Thomas Freeborn, of Topping, who has attained coosiderable notoriety as a can- cer doctor, died at his farm in North Esst- hope on Saturday morning, aged 69 years. Mr. Freeborn was a native of Ireland, set- tling originally iniWellesley, where he has two brothers still living. The alleged can- cer cure has been divulged to his son, a doc. thrInWeisacloalro.nald- -James McDonald, a native of Scourrie, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, died on Monday morning, last week, in the county gaol, Stratford, at the ripe old age of 93 years_ McDonald wall committed in October, 1$88, from Downie, and has never been outside the gaol since. His only crime HIM poverty. Is it net a disgrace to the rich county of Perth to have no other place for its poor than the county jail? —Mrs. •Jacob Lepp, of Platteville, has recived word that her daughter, Mrs. Eliza- beth Lipp, died in a dentist's chair in Buffalo last week while under the influenoe of laughing gas. Accompanied by her hus- band, she went to the office of Dr. E. B. Longneoter to have four teeth extracted, The dentist advised the use of gas, and Mrs. Lipp consented. The usual dose was not sufficient and more was given. After the teeth had been extracted the dentist found he could not revive his patient. A physic- ian was summoned, but the woman was dead when he arrived. —A writer advocating winter dairying makes the following statement: Mr. C. D. Swanson, of Avonbank, Ontario, has made public a statement of his returns from mak- lug butter with a dairy of eight cows during the month of January. The total receipts for butter alone -were $77. The price ob- tained for the butter was twenty-four cents per pound, and the value of the food pro- ducts used in making it was 8i cents for one pound of butter. When other contingencies of outlay are added, there is still a sufficient margin left to enable the farmer who gets such returna to keep bad times at a respect- ful distance. —The Port Hope Times says: Among the exhibitora from the united counties at the World's fair will be P. C. Browen, of Winchester, Dundee county, who is the owner of what is probably one of the larg- est horses in the world. Jumbo,as this mas- todon is called, stands 21i hands high, measures 18 feet from the end of his nose to the tip of his tail, and weighs 2,100 pounds. He was bred by Richard Scott, of Bertvick, township of Finch, Stormont county, and has a full sister weighing 1,630 pounds. Mr.Browen recently purchased jumbo fronn P. Masterson, of Finch, for a large sum,and after a tour through Canada, will take him to the World's fair. —The Galt Reporter gives some interest ing particulars with respect to an old barn just outside that town, which has been pulled down, It was built by the late Wm. Biggar, shortly before the Dieruption in Scotland, when the Free Church was organ- ized. The people who left old St. Andrew's church in that town were unable to make si