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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1893-07-21, Page 1ny Bargaina have the Fall Goods. EST S; ✓ Millinery will: ces. cFaul, TH. mmestneneenomeao• e believe, was set - y last, leyemutitel eying his awn ee. iy and children of' Vednesday, att.:od- ic:hoot picnic of St. hich they were so mg Clerks. ehty, whose career euccees " It is wive a nail to hang messed such a nail titchen, and an the - respect it. If the- i-Ienry's nail it was thing was allowed ie orderly habit he a of hanging up his it down when he nail matter, yet, he r him in helping to , careful, systematio [if a, good habit well ae soil properly, and - y. It is surprising eood wheat will, un-. tances, increase. A. o had plenty of rich periment, -and at the• ported 17 bushels as grain. Akin to this. r evil habits in our ely to bring with it .y's personal posses - bout his characterise of recommendation. emining your char - yourself, it is well vey with a vievr of nted with one's self. md, arid stirring.up ewer to find mining toward. a successful t and advancement .ers, atiefiecl that here is od to make a begia- oion. A nail to hang . A shelf of books encouraging every y, and once get the it will be far easier than nat. Very die- rned squarely around verse. It is a quality generally supposed. Le, I have noticed, are r to an extreme, but their advantage than e earlier it is come i the more thoroughly e affair& of life, the noes in one'e favor. FLOSt of hineielf and Leh hebi ts order end Succeed. rt young man who re- hsiness on his own so - is. limited. lie rented. re, and filled it up. iery„ His one window unity far clieplay, but ezt it tidy, put an eo- n m it, and °metre:st- ile was not satisfied Ration, however. He rlenCe SOn18 kind,. d become the natural ,when they- did not ided upon placing e esk in a corner near Le, counter, furnished it per, so that if a lady e or letter, she might end available place. pet, placed a chair or rner as coat' and pleas-- degreea he placed s a on the desk, a dic- dia, and gave school. d literary societies**. el look up any matter it was a small town, references libraries at iupplies of any kind - a motive was not di- V;as only a desire to minister to their con. It was. a step in the inived itself such. abad Bank llotes, of Africa, among the ,xoitement was oaused bor charging one of hie ['fie merchaot claimed • certa.in quantity of eich he had received no rm to which the oil was they had paid for the .accused his clerk of the clerk, a negro, de - e The magistrate het was tried went verr • evidence, reading the led between the xiglish reliant& He came to the money had been paid ilien endeavored to find 4 the matter, the cleric e were some scraps of in certain Ietter,sed >et:ante of the ecrape row them in the vraete xarnination of the 11110 made, when the Nor ▪ found ; and when it, ,e clerk that these re - r, wee amazed. The Lis not satisfied until the into gold. He could ecee of paper could Wet - • ,7ei ittittl teifi TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR. / WHOLE NUMBER, 1,336. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1893. ' the kind happened on this °melon. The fineat grade, both in the matter of size and Does This Hit You N? inspection of the cheese in the Agricultural flavor. The fresh fruit is just beginning to Building kept as they were in a tem era- come in now, and this year's crop in all ture almost tropical, by the Dairy om- missioners from all parts of the States that were oompeting, prepared them for the j udges' awards, and the best evidence that they were satisned was that Mr. Modena, one of tbe judges in June, was appointed sole judge for July, and no word was raised against his appointment. The cheese to which I have referred above, which we grouped about the Perth mam- moth, were not in competition but were placed there to make up a troply. They were afterwards removed to the cold storage warehouse, which was destroyed by the terrible fire of last Monday, and were all consumed except the six half ton babies made by D. M. Macpherson, of Lan- caster, Ontario, which escaped without the emelt of fire passing over them, the labels on the boxes even not being scorched. The quality of Canadian cheese was always high, but this, in an unexpected way, proves their keeping properties under the most trying oircumatances. THE BUTTER TEST which commenced on May 31, to which I alluded in a former letter, is now about half over. The information elicited covers no many points* and is contained in to many intricate tables, that it is impossible to give any definite idea of the results in the limited- space at my disposal, Briefly, it may be said that the Jerseys have aver- aged highest in the weight of milk and quantity of butter ; the Shorthorns seoond in milk and third in'butter ; the Guernseys third in milk and second in butter. On 'Oita a number of days the Shorthorn herd has run above the Jerseys in milk yields. The Ontario Shorthorn cow, " Fair Maid of Perth," the property of Mr. Grainger, of Hulk% Huron County, has given the largest yield of any it that breed keeping as a rule, well up toward the 56 lb. mark. As a whole, the Ontario cows are doing well. The conditions are pretty severe on all the oows, the feed be- ing sll dry, and the stables !too hot for comfort. AU of them look ; as if they wonld like a day or two in rich, lush mead- ows, and are far from setiefied with the hour or two of exercise 'they get in the sandy yard. LIVE STOCK EXHIBIT. Mr. Henry Wade, Commisslooer Awrey's private secretary,is batik from, Ontario, and informs me that he has seemed over 150 cows, 70 horses and 400 sheep for the com- petition which commences on the 30th of August. The entries from all the States are very large in number, and there will surely be an enormous exhibit. C. W. Youno. a la A for a Fine Ool- *9 I • ored Soft or Stiff Hat that we formerly sold for $2.50 and $3. We have a few odd lines of this season's goods that we place at this price. They contain the best goods in our establishment, and are good value at the regtflar prices.. Don't wait till the best goods are gone, but come at once. Our window will contain a few of them this week, Take your pick for $1. go_ Unusual values in Men's and Boys' Straw Hats. JACKSON- BROS., THE_ FAMOUS - HATTERS, SEAFORTH. A Huron Farmer on his Travels. THE DEAD MEAT BUSINESS OF CHICAGO. ESCANABA, MICHIGAN, July 15th, 1893. DEAR EXPOSITOR,—AS a visitor to the World's Fair, and Chicago in general, there are many things outside that mammoth show that should be of greet interest to the visitor in quest of knowledge,and as the Ex• POSITOR has given in the past a great iamount of World's Fair news from parties f who have come on a sight seeing errand, a breathing spell may be acceptable while we glance at something else outside the World's Fainancl to the stockman, farmer and casual visitor. nothing can be of greater interest than theistock yards and packing houses of the Armour and Swift companies. The Ar- mour company being founded in 1864, the business has increased to a mammoth indus- try. The stook yards and packing houses play a very important part in the history and also the superstructure of Chicago's wealtb and greatness. Chicago has for many years, controlled the packing 'business, and ikodications are that her supremacy in that line will con- tinue. for while in 1869, 75 per cent. of the receipts were shipped to other markets or padking centers, in 1890, 20 per cent. only left the stock yards alive. When it is con- sidered that monk thousands of` cattle are annually purchased in the Chicago market and are shipped to stook farms for further :fattening, h will be seen that the Chicago packing houses let very little escape them. Now, we find the total value of pork and beef produots manufactured in Chicago in 1890, amounted to the very large sum of $136,364,506, and in 1892 we find the num- ber of hogs killed by the Armour oonipany 1,760,000 ; number of cattle in same year 850,000 and sheep 600,000. In addition to this, they also conduct a very extensive killing and packing business in _Kansas City. The refrigerator car has revolutionized the method of meet supply throughout the whole comtry. A great deal of inventive talent has been given to the perfecting of the refrigerator oar and this has been done almost entirely by, and in the inter- ests of the dressed meat shippers. The Ar- mour company own and operate over 3,200 of these cars, paying ehe railroads transpor- tation dues, of course. These cars cost $1,- 000 each. The dressed meat trade is not confined to the United States alone, but on reaching the eastern seaboard at New York, Boston, old Philadelphia and Baltimore, re- frigerating rooms on board- vessels are es- pecially fitted for that traffic. The export trade of Armour & Company amounts to over $7,000,000 annually. Everything is utiliz- ed,the hoofs,horn pithsisinews, bones, hides, trimmings all used in glue works. The oatput of 'finished glues last year was 12,- 009,000 pounds. JOHN LANDSBORO. Pointers for Dairymen. DEAR EXFOSITOR,—At Winthrop cream-, ery milk has been paid for according to the percentage of butter fat it showed by the Babcock tester. Last season, as well as this, there was 1 per cent or more difference be- tween the poorest and the best, but the last two weeks there his been only one half of 1 per cent difference. New the reason is plain ; we have had such floe grass for the -last month that cows are nearly all in the same condition, and all in equally good pas- ture, which accounts for the nearly equal average. • Now is the time to see - that cows will be kept in good pasture, for if tome let the pasture fail the milk will fail in fat and the returns will fail in money. During the month Alexander Kerr,. in 27 days, made $36.85 from seven cows, and Thomas Mur- ray, in the same time, from three cows, made $13.80, and they had all their skim milk returned. Others iney have made more, but I am told these parties only have that number of cows. The horn-fiy is causing cows to fail badly, and here is a remedy from Hoard's Dairyman : Train oil, three quarts ; coal oil, one quait ; carbolic acid, one ounce. One half pint will go eover a dozen oowe and keep the flies off for a week. Farmer's are misled by such accounts as that of Mr. VanEgmond's cow, whose milk test- ed 7.2 per cent. That would be nearly 8i pounds of butter to the 100 pounds of milk, as shown by the testing at Chicago, or 1 pound of butter from 12 pounds of milk. She will not do it. It must have been strip- pings they tested. I formerly thought it was people's fault for eending sour milk to factories but I find it different, as people are all cleanly and take pod care of their milk. I find some covie ;milk will sour be- fore it is taken off the?-eitand, while others will come ten miles, ird keep sweet for 24 hours, and milk that is sour when it reaches the factory will not test as well as sweet milk, and if it arrives sweet we osn keep it sweet for a week. and we take one ounce every day to take the average test for the week. Farmers should get rid of every cow which does not toe the mark in these three points, viz.: Give 40 pounds of milk a day during such a season as this ; test 3.4 per cent ; and give milk that will keep sweet 24 hours with proper care. Such cows will pay their board every week, but those that give small quantities of poor, sour milk, will never pay their board bill, and will cause their owners to grumble about hard times. JOHN C. MORRISON. MCKILLOP, July 15th, 1893. these lines appears to excel even the choice bottled exhibits of former years. " In this line the Province of Ontario has an unusually fine exhibit. The apple ex- hibit alone from this province would entitle it to a high rank as a fruit -growing section, even if there were no other fine specimens of fruit -growing ability on exhibition. " When it comes to Canada's cereals more is known in the United States of her wide expanse of territory which seems to be the natural home of all small grains. Here, too, Ontario seems to. have carried off the first place in the matter of a general exhibit, for, not only has this province an unusually fine exhibit of cereals, but her dairy products also seem as if she has started to carry off all honors in this direction. Not satisfied with having the biggest cheese ever made on exhibitiop Canada stepped in for 126 of the 135 prizes'to be weeded in this line. " In the matter of butter, Ontario again bobs up into prominence. Her six short- horn cows, now on a teat of butter -making capacity, have so far taken the lead ; two of them having on more than o6e occasion given over fifty pound:, of milk in a day, which breaks the record in that line. " In the mines building Canada also has a fine exhibit of the ores of the precious metals as well as the more generally useful baser metals. In some lines the exhibits are of ores peculiar to that section of the country. As an instance, the nickel and platinum oree from the Sudbury mines of Ontario. There is one ingot of nickel in this exhibit weighing 4,500 pounds.- Here, too, are fine ppecimens of asbestos and mica from the Province of Quebec. There is a very fine exhibit a plumbego or graphite, which comes from Buckingham county, near Ot- tem,. Fromthese deposits comes nearly all the pluming° used by American manufac- turers a lead pencils and other articles in which plumbago is used." Then turning to the West, the Chicago papa. says " A pyramid in the Canadian section of this building shows the amount of gold which bas been taken from British Columbia as 551,000 ounces, and, according to Mr. Law, nearly all of this hakbeen taken from plaoer diggings, little or no at- tention ever having been paid to the subject of lode mining. " In this exhibit the Northwest Territory comes in with a fine exhibit of lignite bitu- minous and anthracite coals. Specimens of tar taken from the Athabasca river encour- age the belief that this section of country also abounds in oil, and some attempts are being made to prospect for this useful ar- tiole. ' After praising our exhibits in the liberal arts, of agricultural machinery, and of the exhibit in the archaeological and anthropological departments, the account concludes : " Altogether the Canadian ex- hibit is exceptionally good in all the depart- ments at the Fair, and will undoubtedly re- sult in attracting many people to this promising country." Dairy Products a,t the World's Fair. I WORLD'S FAIR, JACKSON PARK, / CHICAGO, July 17th, 1893. Owing to the difficulty of sitiping cheese and butter in not weather, thk uncertainty as to the conditions in whiat it oould be kept here and other considorations, Pro - feasor Robertson, evho has manned the ex- hibit of Canadian cheese at the World's Fair, decided on dropping outief the oom- petition during the months of June and July, -,there being none in Auguit. In this he was wise, as exhibitors Wive been sub- jected to trials and tribulations- during the past six weeks," which would break the heart --Of anybodyiowho knows what is oec- eatery to keep dairy products ri'ght. , There would not have been #iuch glory anyway in winning prizes for J‘ne cheese, as there are less than 200 in the competition, 150 from New York, 25 from Wisconsin and a few scattered lots from other Stater. These have been judged by Mr. A. F. McLaren of Windsor, who was appointed sole judge 'for July. In conversation with Professor Robertson this week he informed me that it was not intended to ship cheese here during Septem- ber, but to make a big show in October,and finish the 'leaden no doubt with the same euccess that was achieved at the beginning, and the same plan will be pur- sued with bUtter, And this' brings me to the part that Ontario should play in ' the October disPlaY. 1 am glad to see by the Canadian papers that the Western Dairy- men at any rate are deterrnined their laurels shall not be teken away from them. I have not noticed any concerted action among the Eastern men, but I hope they will not allow the matter to go by default, but arraoge for a thorough , representation front that eeetion. I am not going into the reasons why Ontario, which is head and shoulders over the rest of the Dominion in making fine cheese, should have secured °sly 69 awards for cheese in the first com- petition, e.gainst 52 from Quebec, and that only one lot of the make of 1893 was shown from our province. That might lead to a long argument, and the span can better be devoted to urging dairymen to put their shoulder to the whed and make such a showing as will astonish the world. They can do it if they try, and the prizes are well worth trying for. It not infrequently occurs when such a clean sweep of prizes is made as was done by Canada in cheese competition, that fault ia found with the judging, but nothing of was manifested. Amongst rother subjects I considered, the forthcoming , plebiscite re- ceived prominent attention. As a result of the day's work 80 took the pledge of total abstinence, many of them young men and women—a very hopeful sign. Mr. J. P. Cookbunkaoted as chairman, and I noticed on the platform the Rev. R. P. Boles, Rev. George Grant, B. A., I. P. S., and Rev. J. G. Lewis, B. A., all of whom took part. —The Bothwell Times editor has figured it out that as a rule there isi enough time wasted around the average country railway station to cultivate any 400-aere farm in the —Last Friday, on the stool farm of Mr. neighborhood. John George, township of Saugeen, where a barn raising was in progress, it stiok of tim- ber 70 feet long got loose from the tackle and struck John Sohevass, jri., on the head, killing him instantly. —The Marine Department Ottawa has agreed to release on payment of $2,500 and costs, the United States schooner Lewis Giles, seized for catching fish inside the three-mile limit off Prime Edward Island. —On Thursday last week, Mr. Lacking,of Clifford, butcher, while driving home from Ayton, fell out of his wagon down an em- bankment, sof received such injuries that he died in less than an hour. He was about 70 years of age. i —It is stated, on the authority of Pre- mier Davies, that the Canadian Pacific Rail- way Company contemplates the employmenti of eleotrioity in drawing trains up Kicking Horse Canyon on the line to the coast. —Last Monday, William Lane, the well- known ship carpenter, started work with 100 men to rebuild the Grand Trunk rail- road oar boat, Great Western, at Sandwich. The work will take four months, and cost $35,000. , —The bitter controversy that has been reigning for seine time regarding selling liquor et the Manitoba exhibition has result- ed in alvictory for the prohibitionists, the Attorney -General having refuted to allow a license to issue. 1 —James Huff, a farmer who hails from Jarvis, on Thursday of last w ek complain- ed to the Hamilton police tha he had been robbed. in a James street', restaurant of a gold watch and chain, and lalee of $125 in cash. Canada. Mr. 'Louis Guay, of Levis, Quebec, aged 94, danced at hie grandson's wedding -on Monday. I —The capital of the Thousand Island steamboat conipany is to be increased from $40,000 to $100,000. =The tonnage through the °Anal at Sault Ste. Marie for the year ending June 30 is the greatest on record. —A grub has attacked the oorn crop in Prince Edward County,and the crop will be a partial failure. —The French colony in Montreal, on Fri- day, celebrated the anniversary of the tak- ing of the Bastile. —Ten clerks in the geological branch of Ottawa Civil service have had their salaries reduced nearly one half. —Professor Wiggins says that in two or three weeks a very brilliant comet will be leen in the northern sky. —John Shannessey, ir., a well known To- ronto hotel keeper, was found dead in bed Friday morning. Apoplexy Was the cause of .his death. —An American syndicate is buying up all the raspberries they can find in Montreal. Ten thousand boxes have been mold at 7 cents per box. —The directors of the World's Fair have appointed A. F. McLaren, of Windsor, sole judge of the cheese and butter exhibits during July. —Manitoba's Provincial Exhibition open- ed at Winnipeg on Monday, and its success ie assured. Country visitors flocked in and the city is filled with them. e -Fishery Inspector Boismier on Wednes- day last week seized about 3,000 feet of gill netting in Lake St. Clair. Who owned it is not known, -as it was destroyed at once. —The trustees of the Collegiate Institute, iSarnia, have asked for tenders for the erec- tion of a gymnasium at a cost of $1,500, for the benefit of the pupils of that institution. — M. C, Brown, police magistrate for Norfolk, died on Thursday night last week, aged 66. He was appointed police magis- trate in 1863 by the Sandfield Macdonald administration. — At a barn -raising in Saugeen township, near Port Elgin. the other day, John Schways, jun., was killed by a falling beam. He leaves a wife and two children. —Miss A. Bissell, of Chatham, on the oc- onion of bar wedding with Harry Andrews, of that city, was presented with a purse containieg po in gold, by the First Pres- byterian choir, where she hail been an active worker. —The wife of 0. M. Johnson, formerly of Woodstock, wants $2,000.from the Wood - stook Sentinel -Review. -A 1143WII item from a Brantford paper stated that Mrs. Johnson held been divorced from her husband. It appears that this -was inoorreot. —William Reith, a well-known and re- spected farmer of concession 16, London township. was working in gravel pit on Sattirday last, when he was nearly buried under a cave-in. He died o Monday from his injuries. Mr. Reith was a married man and leaves a grown-up famil —The friends of ex- Prom becoming rather anxious heath, hie removal to his co Canada at Chicago. When it was proposed that Canada make an exhibit at the World's Fair, there were some who, for various reasons. made objec- tions, However, such people are now looked for in vain. Although the interest shown by our manufacturers in a Canadian exhibit has not been as general as our re- sources would warrant, the display made by Canada at Chicago has proved worthy of the country . Canada has received many words of commendation from the American press, which is not always friendly, or even fair to us', But perhaps no account has done us mare substantial Justice than that which re-_ °ender appeared in the Chioago InterOoean. Selections taken from that account will uo- doubtedly be of interest to our readers : " It would seem," says the Inter-Onan, that the entire exhibit had been arranged with an eye single to the purpose of furnish- ing oculse proof that Canada excels in many linet andf equals in all in which she ap- pea s as a competitor. " First, as showing the great diversity of Canadian soil and climate, the horticultural exhibit of Canada is probably entitled to first consideration. Strange as it may ap- pear in the light of the general belief that Canada is an exceedingly bleak, inhospit- able country, her display of tropical plants and flowers is, if Hot the finest, certainly equal to any in the . horticultural ,building. These plants are, of course, the product of public and private conservatories, still they bear out the &erecter for general excellence borne by all Canada's exhibit. " Canada's fruit exhibit is also a source of wonder to those who are not well informed on the capabilities of our sister country in this line. In the llne of small fruits partic- ularly there is no exhibit in the building which can excel or even equal the exhipit of Canada. Here are currents, gooseberries, r Abbott are egarding his ntr residence Mr. McLeod, the father 'of the unfortunate boy, was in Algoma at the time and only reached home s few minutes before the funeral started on its sad mission to the Kinloss cemetery, on Saturday afternoon. . —Mr. C. J. Watson, af Guelph, has com- pleted and made applioations for a patent for an ingenious contrivance to be known as " Watson Roller Reference." It is of cylindrical shape, about 10 inches long by 2 inches in diameter, and hi designed for tele- phone subscribers, reference, eto. —A tollgate keeper on the old Woodstock and Huron road had John Walton, of East Zorra in the Woodstock police court the other 'day, charged with avoiding toll. He drove a milk wagon acro# his own farm in such a way as to shorten, the route by over a mile, and also avoid the tollgate. The case was adjourned. -r-At Lucen on Tuesday of last week,Rev. James Endicott, B. A. of Winnipeg, was married to Miss Sarah 'Diamond, a promi- nent church worker of that Own. On be- half of the congregation the bride was pre- sented with a purse of $30. They leave shortly for China, where Mr. Endicott goes as a missionary. —Mr. and Mrs. George Bryce, of Mount Pleaeant, near Brantford, celebrated their golden wedding on Saturday, 8th inst., in the presence of many relatives and friends. For the past 50 years the Bryce family have been closely connected with the political, edneational and religiousinterests of Brant County. —Archibald McLennan, who left Kincar- dine for Chicago a few months ago, was seri- ously injured recently by the falling of a scaffold. He was unconeoious for three days. His father, Donald MoLennati, lot 5, ICincardine, left for his bedside immedi- ately on hearing of the accident, but was pleased to find his son rapidly improvin,g. not having proved as benefic a as was hoped. A consultation of his medical ad- visers has been held, but no details given to the public. — Probably the oldest member of the Methodist church in Canada' or elsewhere died in Toronto on Saturdey—Mrs. Char- lotte Davison widow of Rev, John Davison, of Toronto. 'Mrs. Davison was a member of that denomination for 73 years. — The other morning in Strathroy, Mrs. A. Koppleberger took a spoonful of helle- bore in mistake for medicine. The mistake was notioed as soon as- she had swallowed the draught, and medical aid was immedi- ately procured. Her life will be saved. —Dr. Clark, originator of the Christian Endeavor movement, addressed a meeting of Methodist Young People's Societies in Toronto the other evening, advising titem to take greater interest in politics and thus strive to purify them. —Mr. C. C. Holmes, a rnnning a sheep ranch i visited Toronto this week. —At a recent meeting High &hoe' board, Mr. Bald, was engaged as Principal $900 per year ; Mr. Baker, second assistant at a salary Canadian, now New Zealand, , There is, he says, a strong British feeling among New Zealand colonists and what trade they now send to the United States will quickly find its way to Canada. 1 . —Thomas Tully, who awned from Cen- tral Prison, Toronto, a fewl days ago, re- turned voluntarily. He wets weak, hungry and sad. He told the prison authorities that if he wad taken back he would not nin away again. He said compunction of con- science made him return. —On Saturday last ae Winnipeg news- paper collected telegraphic reports from every important point in idaiiitoba and the Northwest. These report., without a single exception, state that th conditions are i most favorable, and that a good crop is now practically assured. the Glencoe of Ridgetown, at a salary of Trenton, as of $600, and Miss Cam bell, of Linda& , hird assistant at $450. Cloney I ant, and her salary has been $750. —On the afternoon of the old historic residence at Fo occupied by the late Der registrar of the county of W ow first assist - increased to 12th inst., the thill. formerly r Deverardo, Hand, was al- most totally burned to the g mind. By the energy of the citizens a small portion was saved, The cause o the fire is unknown, as no one was in the building at the time. —Sneak thieves stole a t ay containing nearly $10,000 worth of die onds from the jewelry store of T. V. Di Mason, in the Hotel Imperial blook at Ni gem Falls, last Sunday night. Several peo le had been in the place during the eve ing to see the gems, which were nearly all in settings, and they were not missed until bout 9 o'clock. Every effort to trace the th eves has thus far bean unsuccessful. —Prof. Hans Von Weim r, Berlin. Ger- many, a celebrated electric' n, stopped off in Toronto on his way to Chic go. lie said at present the trolley system o street cars was the best known, but there ere several emi- nent men at work in Germs y on the subject, and before another six in° hs he expected to see a system withofit overhead wires which would prove satisfac ory in every par- ticular. —Mrs. Ella Redfern, o e of the Sarnia members of the Israelite e lony on Hamlin avenue, Detroit, left the olony last week, with her four children, an took refuge at the house of a friend. M s. Redfern says during the time she was a member of the colony she was a common rudge, and that her life had been rendered miserable. The Flying Rollers took a 1- her personal property. --Rev. Dr. Campbell, D., professor of church history and apo ogetios in McGill College, appeared before he Montreal Pres- bytery, on Tuesday, 1 th inst., charged with heresy. . He said he could retract nothing of what he sa d in hie Kingston address. A committee was appointed to draft a libel against hi according to the laws of the church. —On the 6th of July, Mrs. Marion Kerr, of Kincardine, relict of the late Mr. Mur- doch Kerr, passed awa at the ripe age of 88 years. In the yes 1837 deceased left Sutherlandshire, Scotl cl, for Cape Breton, who're she resided for 1 years. She moved wi h her family to Oxf rd county, and after I liv ng there 3 year , moved up to Bruce co nty in 1851. The f mily consists of three so Is and five daughter , all of whom sur - vi e their parents. The deficiency in the Brantford water suPply has been causi g grave concern. The commissioners have decided to construct two large reservoirs n the vicinity of the present works. The water will, it is ex- pected, filter throu h about 300 feet of gravel, and reach th well from which it is pumped into the ity. This scheme, the commissioners anti ipate, will place the water supply of rantford beyond any doubt or question f r many years to come. —The litontreal postal authoritiee say that the young Chri Mau Endeavoren from the United States f rgot that they were not in the land of Col ii-ibus two -cent stamps and United States steer& and filled the letter boxes daily ith letters and postcards of American varlet expecting them to be e information of the Mr. Benjamin Bunn were burned by light- ning. There were about 700 tons of hay burned and a considerable quantity of old wheat and farm implements. At Berlin workmen were busy at a new brick house, when a lightning bolt struck the building, killing two workmen named Chris Bleck- linger and Wesley Learn, besides injuring three others severely. One of those injured was a young girl by the name of Rosa Strauss, who had just brought her father's dinner and had stepped inside while the storm and lightning passed. She and the other two workmen ars likely to recover. —It turned out that Alexander Chisholm, a laborer, was the party that stole the jew- els from M. de Feldean in the Union Station, Toronto. He was drunk when he did it and foolish enough without opening the valise to pawn it for $2. He was found by a detective two days later with the pawn ticket in his pocket. He was sent down for a month. The Parisian left for the World's Fair on Saturday with joy in his heart. —Says the Sarnia Observer : Passenger traffio on the Beatty boats has -picked up considerably during the past week, thee boats having sll this class of traffic thelean comfortebly handle. The Monarch arrived down Sunday with a cargo of fifteen hun- dred tone of wheat and flour, the largest she yet carried. Going up Tuesday night she had 400 tons of general merchandise, in- cluding 10 cer loads of binder twine for Manitoba. — Mn. Armstrong, mother of Geo. Arm- trong, on the Wilkerton farm near Embro, met with an accident last weel that came within a hairbreadth of taking her life. She was preparing the dinner in the kitohen, and while carrylog a pot of potatoes, slip- ped backwards into a well that was care - lamely left open. Fortunately she managed to hang on to the top until assistance came. When rescued from her perilous posi- tion it was found that she was seriously hurt. — The contributions to the fund raised by the Countess of Derby from subscriptions by Canadian women to tbe wedding gift for Princess May, amount to $3,716, contrib- uted as follows : Ontario, $1,276 ; Quebec, $862 ; Manitoba, $523 British Columbia, $300; Nova Scotia $400 ; Northwest, $180; Prince Edward Island, $110 and New Brunswick, $100. The Countess of Derby, in publishing her thanks, says that an ac- count will be duly published of the, ex- penditure. —About 10 o'clock tin the night of the 12th hist. the residence of Mr. Charles Matthews:township of Adelaide, about four miles from Strathroy, was completely de- stroyed by fire. When the family were re- tiring a lamp exploded, end the blaze could not be extinguished. Part of the furniture was saved, but the house on which there was no insurance, was tweed to the ground. The furniture was insured. Mr. Matthews is a prosperous farmer, but his loss will be heavy. —English pheiunints are being introduced into Nova Scotia by the game society of that Province. Owing to the gradual de- crease of partridge it was thought that an effort should be put forth to replenish the stook of game. Last winter four imported birds lived through the coldest weather and supplied themselves with food. Consequent- ly the society imported 18 pheasants this spring and distributed them around in favor- able places. Should the experiment prove a success, the birds will be distributed in various parts of the Province. In Ontario, where the partridge is rapidly becoming ex- tinct, the efforts to fill its place will be watched with muoh interest. _ —When Mr. Robert Paxton, banker, of Otterville, was in Lucknow • a couple of weeks ago, he was delighted with the maga nifioent collection of beautiful furniture,etc., in the warerooms of Mr. G. W. Berry, of that village, and a few days after Mr. Pax- ton returned home, Mr. Berry received an order from him in these words " You may ship me that oak bedroom suit and oak ta ble, and that cane rooker I was looking at when in your town a few days agoo_and draw on me at sight for the same. They are better value than I could get in Toronto." --Police Constable Reburnt who for many years, has been the genial policeman who showed the travelling public the way out of the Toronto Union Station, and was a com- plete railway time table, made a discovery Wednesday morning. of last week. It was a four months' old girl which had been left by its mother in the ladies' waiting room. A note was found in the folds of the dress, which stated that the G. T. R. people, in makihg up their assets for the ensuing year, might include the foundling as a valuable asset. The baby was taken to the Infants' Home, and inquiry set on foot for the heart- less mother. --Mrs. Percy Biette and child, of Wood - stook, were passengers on the Canadian Pa- cific Railway eipress from Chicago to Woodstock when the train was derailed at an early hour Thursday morning last week, near Komoka Junction,above London. Mrs. Biette was seriously Injured. There was a deep pith in her head, and her body was badly bruised. When the car turned over she was pitched from the upper to the lower side. Seats and other fixtures were smash- ed, and the mother, holding her child to her breast, was pinned down in the debris of the coach as if she were held in a vice. She was unable to extricate herself, but the train hands finally succeeded in getting the mother and child out through a broken win- dow. Mrs. Biette's hair was caught by a lainp and had to be out off before the train hands could releame her. —Dunoan MacArthur, late manager of the insolvent Commercial Bank of Manitobs,hae transferred to the trustees of the bank about $34,000 worth of his property. , —A Kingston clergyman who reoently re- fused to pay toll, because ministers while on duty are exempt, has been fined $1 and -costs. He will appeal from the conviction. —Charles Dubois, who is tramping from Toronto to the World's Fair, made good time as far as Sarnia, with a fair start from that town. He is walking for a wager. —One of the speakers at the Orange dem- onstration at Portage la Prairie declared himself a Home Ruler. A lively scene fol- lowed his declaratton, but order was finally restored. —A sudden drop in the English hay mar- ket is reported. Tbe price in London is 105 shillings, and in Liverpool 95 shillings per ton. The corresponding decline in Montreal is $1.50. —The Acton Free Press has passed its nineteenth milestone. It is an admirably conducted paper, an honor and credit to its worthy publisher H. P. Moore, and valu-, able family educAor. —The r'eary expedition steamship, the Falcon, sailed from St. John's, Newfound- land, the other night, for Labrador settle- ments, to get dogs, and thence to Green- land. ' —The 36 Montreal saloon keepers, who opened their bare on the Sunday of the St. Jean Baptiste celebration, were fined $75 each, and were given six weeks in which to —Miss Mille Frith, 15 years of age, re- ceived a sting on the tempie from a bee at her home in Princeton oo Saturday. She was immediately seized Stith convulsions, and 15 ininutes later Was dead. The doctors state that death resulted from the shook . I —Albert E. Wilson, alias Henry Bradley, held at Saginaw, Michigan, on a charge of murdering Miss Mary hf rshall, at Latrito 131.1 ton, Ontario, four years a o, was on Friday identified by Mr. George arshall, brother ii of the murdered girl, as t e man sought for. He is now in jail at Sarni . —Professor Saunders, of the Experiment- al Farm, Ottawa, has received word that two huge Canadian turkeys exported by W„ J. Bell, of Angus, Onterio, have taken firet prize at the Royal Agricultural Show, Chester, England, and theiadvices say there is a sure and profitable miirket in England for first-class turkeys. l —R. Mathison M. A., Of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Belleville, repre- sents Ontario at the World's Congress of in- structors of the deaf at the Chicago Expoei- tion. The meetings of the Congress are go- ing on this week and will continue through next week. A large number of delegates from Eprope and America are in attendance. pay up. Gravenhurst. correspondent writes : The Women's Christian Temperance Union have lately organized a branch here. Last Sunday they had Mrs. Hitohcox, of Paris, the well known temperance lecturer. The town hall in the afternoon and eeening was raspberries, cherries and strawberries qf the packed to the doors, and great enthusiasm —Mr. C. W. Young, official -reporter of the Ontario Press Bureau lat the World's Fair, has returned to his home in Cornwall. The Chicago Canadian-Atnerican, says he has earned a good holiday, having done most excellent work fcir Commissioner Awrey during his short residenoe at the Pavillion. • —A boy about 15 yeare of age, named Norman McLeod, was driving a team at a manure bee on the farm of Mr. John Mc- Leod, 4th concession of Sinless, on Thurs- day, 6th inst. He had taken a load of ma- nure to the field, and while returning with the empty waimn down a little incline, one of the loose boards of the box slipped for- ward and struck against the horses. This frightened the animals and they ran away, throwing the boy betweon the front wheel and the bolster of the wagon. The back of his head was badly crushed, and one of his arms which was caught in the hounds, was broken in five different phi es, and death re - forwarded. For senders it is stated that all such missives were sent to the de d -letter office at Ottawa. —Several people ear Belleville witnessed a strange spectacle ne day lately. While planting corn in a eld their attention was drawn to what ap eared at firet to be a flea of small b rd.. They were flying about eeven or eig t feet from the ground in a north-easterly d rection. The flock was fully 1,400 yards 1 ng and 400 yards wide. A neighbor knooke one down and found it to resemble a spider, but with large web wings and very lar —The Pioton Ti Jas. Ketchum, of at the Times office is 95 years and thr just returning fro friends in Bloomfie physically and m equal to the majeri younger. Mr. Ke county for 81 years mer county, New —A number of f the thunder storm Sunday. James F was struck by ligh ed Saturday evenio near Alvinston. A McKinley, and dw Wm. Wall, farm neighborhood, wer but not much d afternoon, near Bro Wm. Sivyer, aged by lightning while of his father's hone McLEAN BROS., PubliShergs- $1.50 a Year in Advance. church, and at 11 o'clock in Knox church, as was evidenced by the genemaity of their atontributions, the former giving over to and the latter $55, which sums were fur- ther augmented by $10 as a voluntary do- nation from the " Boys' Home," —Mr, T. C. Mulheron, of Chicago, is over on a visit to his old home in Mitchell. He reports ahe numerous Mitchell boys, now in Chicago, all doing well. —Mr. James Barnett, of Kyle & Barnett, of Mitchell, on account of poor health, has gone to spend a few weeks at the mineral baths near Preston. —The Perth Flax mills, at Mitchell, have shut down their binding twine department for a time, after turning out some 75 OM of twine,inearly all of which has been sold. --There is quite scramble for the vacinit collectorship of customi at Stratford, some half a dozen gentlemen being anxious to se- cure the position. —Rev. A. T. Tully, of Mitchell, has gone to Peterboro to spend some weeks in the lake region in that vicinity, He is suffering from throat trouble, and a rest is recom- mended. —Mr. R. Shepar41, principal of Elora public schools, hae secured an appointment in the Collegiate Inetitute, St. Marys, as mathematical and English master, duties to begin after the holidays. —Mr. Wilson Taylor, B. A., of the Strat- ford Collegiate Institute staff, has resigned the position of mat ematical master there, and accepted a bette offer from the Chat- ham Board. —Mrs. John Babb, wh° had been a red - dent of Mitohell or neighborhood for the past fifty-one years, left last week for East Saginaw, Michigan, as she intends to make that place her future home. —Mo. Thomas Ford and Bliss Lucy Ford, of Mitchell, have gone to Toronto, to spend a few weeks in their lake shore cot- tage there, where Mrs. T. S. Ford has al- ready been staying a few weeks. —The Fullerton Patrons of Industry re- cently received a large quantity of sugar, tea, oil and other necesuaries from Jos- eph Dilworth, of Toronto which wis divid- ed up, everything being of 'firet-class quality. • —Miss Vine, Hutchinson, who Sas been teaching in- Chicago for several years, is visiting among her friends in Hilbert, and Miss Ida Brieltin, also a Chicago teacher, is spending her vacation with her friends In fditchell. —Miss Katie Heal, daughter of Mr.Henry Heal, of Fullatton, passed her first year's examination at Toronto University recently, with honors in modern languages. Miss Hattie taking a course in Whitby Lodies' College. - —The other day, at a barn raising on MT, Robert Mitchell's farm, op the 'Mitchell Road, Fullerton, Mr. Joseph McIntyre was struck by a piece of falling timber, on the head, receiving an ugly pill, He Was completely stunned for a time, but ie now progreesing favorably. —Mr. Neil Currie, son of Mr, John ur- rie, of Crocnerty, is spending a week at home with his parents. Mr. Currie has travelled over many parts of the world, and is au intelligent and entertaining visitor. He is at present engaged With an electric manufacturing company in Ohio. e red eyes, es of last week says : Mr. harry Valley,was a caller n Monday. Mr. Ketchum e knontbs of age, and was a three days' visit with d and West Lake. Both tiVally Mr. Ketchum is of men twenty years hum has resided in this and is a native of Herki- ork. talities occurred during of last Saturday and anigan, aged 21 years, ning and instantly kill- , while stacking wheat barn belonging to Angus lling house belonging to re living in the same also struok by lightning mage done. The same olivine, Simms county, , was killed instantly tending in the doorway . The bolt came down the chimney, striki g him on the head and passing out the door. In the township of Cayuga, below Brantford, a terrific thunder storm with a heavy wind passed over the stilted in a few minutes after the accident, district. The barns and outbuildings of —The Twelfth of Ireland was celebrated in Stratford 'by upwards of '1,200 visitors and others, Orengemen and their families from all the surrounding districts being present. The crowd was said to be the largest and tnost orderly that ever visited Stratford. —There is a large quantity of bay being shipped from Dublin to ma,ke room for the heevy new crop which is now being saved. Mr. Silmons, who is buying and shipping the hay, has moved the old Albion hotel Phed oVer to the railway yard and. intends turning it into a store house. —At the meeting of Presbytery, recently held in Stratford, Mr. Win, R. Ross, of Burns' church, Iowa, was received as a stu- dent with a view to the ministry under the care of the Preebytery. Rev, Mr. Grant re- ported upon the contributions to the sohemes of the church and showed that North East - hope headed the list. —Mrs. Thomas Boyle and her daughter, Mrs. James M. Harty, of New Jersey, an making their annual visit to friends in Mit- chell and Logan. A few years ago the let- ter was here as Mimi Boyle, last year she came as Mrs. Harty, and now the. lady is here as mamma Hurty. —About two weeks ego Mr. Robert Sproule, of Stratford, purchased the Collis= House, Mitchell. He had hardly got possession of it when an opportunity presented itself for an advantageous' sale and he disposed of the property to a Mr. Dolton. —Amongst the killed in the great storm, in the State of Iowa, a couple of weeks ago, was Mr. John Detwiller, who up to about five years ago lived at Carlingford, in the township of Fullerton. His mother lives in Mitchell, and a slitter is married to Mr. Henry Mo- Naufht, of Grey. Deceased was a steady and industrious young man. —A Comedian lady, who has been visiting the honey exhibit at the Chicago Fair, says ; " Thistle honey, which is quite light in color, next attracted our attention. D. almers, of Poole, Perth county, Ontario, ibits a fifty -pound mess of candied thistle honey. It seems strange that honey -could harden sufficiently so that it could be placed on a shelf, and keep the shape, but seeing is believing. —George Danbrook, a young !MU of most exemplary character, died at Atwood on Saturday, 8th inst., after a long and painful illness, for which there could be found 'no remedy. Deceased was born in Wood ford to ern 5 hip, Oxford county, and moved into Elma when a child of four years old, with his parents, and subsequently to Atwood, where he died at the early age of 24 years, '7 months and 17 days. —Mr. John Ballard, of Listowel, has couple of Duchess of Oldenburg apple trees for early apples both bearing the same year, and the year foliowing he would have no early fruit. Last spring he thought he would try an experiment and cut all the blossoms nil one tree.- This tree this year is laden with fruit while the other one has practically none. It LB and experiment worth trying as it often happens that orchards bear early fruit some years to over -abundance and other years none. The matter is thus easily regulated to secure a supply every year. —Mr. Francis Irvin, of Stratford, met with a sudden death on Saturday afternoon, He was engaged picking cherries in a small tree in his yard when he lost his balance and fell to the ground, a distance of four or five feet. His head struck the ground with much force as to break his neck. He lived only a few minutes ;titer being carried Into the house. Mr. Irvin was a member of the Church of England and an enthusiastic Orangeman. ; At the late celebration Stratford he sated as mershal, He had lived in Stratford since 1871, and has during all that time occupied the position of store- keeper at the Grand Trunk Railway round- dliaouguseh.ter/Ze leaves four sons and four Perth Items. Mr. R. Honey, of Mitchell, is doing large bininess at hay pressing. —A Tavistock hotel -keeper has just paid a $20 fine for selling liquor during prohibit ed hours. —Over 1,400 persons crowded to hear Rev. Dr. Paton on Sundae, evening, at St. Marys, and the collection amounted to $60, —The Public School building in Mitohell was considerably damaged by lightning dur- ing the storm on a recent Sundsy. —Rev, Peter Scott, of Cromarty, and family, have gone to Saugeen for a few weeks. Mr. Scott has not been enjoying good health lately. —Mrs. Flagg and Mrs. Baker, of Mit- chell, went to Staffs on Wednerday, last week, to organize a branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union there. —H. C. Facey's new store and dwelling, in Russeldale, will soon be completed, when the etore will be one of the best in the county. —Dr. Armstrong has purohased the Ful- lerton hotel property for a friend named Morrow, at $1,000. Mr. Cornish ie retiring on account of ill health. —The Stratford Beacon says " Memor- able among the visits of missionaries to Stratford is that of Dr. Paton on Sunday last. His benign countenance, gentleness of demeanor, the humility, earnestness and pathos of his recital and appeals made a deep impression on the large audiences gathered at 10 o'clock in St. Andrew's