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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1893-10-27, Page 120,, 18g3-. 2ota, 189.3. N Prices Goods. Use prices, but ni our regular lilts of the ex.. ?ring. vant to make as possible. the prices we verything you be found just ea for ,; our iench tinge, 35c ; richer, leada 1 OUT • Drees hadea revere, >Id in • - reeds d1-75 our S 1.00 .20 J.28 .50 .60 . 78 !epee, eegu- $4.00 ei of law, • e `wear for ; [Toys' no. Cable nask ock ; • • • c . 50 . 60 . 25 . 36' .50 aen'S iteri- ' $3.00 of Prices, is uality. to have yott of the good usual prices, icFaul, a his adopted its Mr. Huil- a- far _severed it Banks _Dent and came to He has reeided sborae for 44 well cultivated etry and good empetency for •es his family Elia wife died leaves a family Io poll- atire, but had es, He had a vs genial and missed in the d so. long, and sted. He was ep en and Us - ace its incep- also counected -y. Ha toak a ttera and WAN pereon to eed- ws along these ved into the ,—The Ethel d matohe at ning of this cad have re - aa assistant. in the Prince - resumed work lag in rapidly -nerd has been A literary en - merit of the 'Wednesday f Foreeters y service on concert m ng will per- oang folks.— • er, Miss M. re appointed deiou Sons. of Cenvention eek. stem. oe.) d residences hones of the ic CernnallY ageney for air ter, e e -nee of subs es many ad -- in, as every with whorn- ed, thereby made quick - tactile Wires diStino ti and h telephone venation re well and intendant of , tens usi that, one and Wee" titer Working e exchienge- t he proof re a reliable eir general The C°111- rn system in one to the hone sfys tent. night, it Lae gub' general pre- y the sav- e. Ne- lat vethe alarm sew sab- before long '1.) to forty. ght %service, valuable. Led. a. us ill' WHOLE NUMBER, 1,350. TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR! SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, OCT013ER 27, 1893. TO LET Your wife work her fingers sore with a darning needle when ,sox are so ridiculously cheap, seems an outrage on humanity. Double heels and toes take twice as long to wear through. These are the sort we are selling— three pairs for $1. We have them in every- size, LLAMA WOOL seamless, and free from all dye. BLACK CASHMERE,' 6 seamless, and warranted, fast black. We are doing our best to help you to them—three pairs for $1—help yourself. See them in our window'. JACKSON BROS., THE FAMOUS FURNISHERS, SEAFORTH. AUCTION SALE —0 F-- VALUAKE • FARM, FLAX MI1JL, --AND— VILLAGE • PROPERT Y. Pursuant to the authority vested in me as Assignee of the Estate of HARTMANN HAPPEla I will" offer for sale by Public Auction, by E, Bossenberry, Auc- tioneer, at the CommerCial Hotel, in the Village of Zurich, In the Couaty of Huron, on TUESDAY, November 7th, 1893, At 12 o'clock, Noon, the following valuable property : IN THE TOWNSHIP OF HAY. lst.—Parts of Lots 19 and 20,, in the Cith Conceesion of the Township of Hay, containing 155 acres. On this property is erected a large brick house, brick kitchen, with woodsheds and ever) thing necessary to make the house conveuient and complete dwelling. Thera are also large barns with stone foundations and eattle shede underneath, together with stables and driving sheds. The lared is watered by a. never -failing dpring-, from which the water is pumped with a wind- mill. There is a good orchard and 30 acres of fall wheat. A large -quantity of the land is at present seed.ed down. The soil fs a clay loam, in a good state of cultivation. This property is situated half a utile from the village of Zurich, and 61 miles from the village of Hensall, and is one of file beg and most deetrable farms in the County of Huron, every. thing being in first-class order. 2nd.—Parts of Lots 21 and 22, in the ith Concession of the said townehip of Hay,-, containing .138 acres. On this property is erected a frame house a.t.al frame barns, all in a good state of repair. ' There is also a good orchard covering about two acres of ground. The soil is a clay loam, .well watered with a never- faiiiag, spring, from which the water is pumped with a a indittill. This property is ail seeded down and has been used for pasture. It is situated 2.1: miles from Zurich, and 34 from Iiensall. This is a vory de- sira4le and well sitdated property. 3rd.—The north part of Lot 17, in the 10th Con- cession of the said township of Hay, containing 70 acres. On this property is erected a good frame house and kitchen, and also a good bank barn. The buildings are in first-elass repair. There is also a good orchard covering about three acres, in good bearing condition. This land is all cleared and seed- ed down, and has been used for pasture. It is situ. ated 1 froin Hensall, and is in every- respect a firet-elass property. 4th,—The north half of Lot 22, said the south half bot 23 in the 16th Concession of the said town- ship of Hay, containing 100 acres. On the eouth half Of this property is erected a log house and frame bam, and on the north half a frame house and frame barn. The soil is clay loam, all cleared and seeded down, and has been used as a pasture. It is situated 3 miles from Zurich and 9 miles from Heiman, and is in every re,spect adesirable property. 5th.—The centre part of Lot 9, in th.e 15th Conces- sion of the said township of Hay, containing 50 acres. Oa this property is erectod a good frame house near- ly new and frame barn. The land is clay loam, all altsared' and \ v el I watered. There is also a good or- chard. This property is in first -deed order, and id in evioa reapect a desirable piece of land. ILLACIE OF ZURICH. Gth. --Park Lot IL, in Knell survey, in the village of Zurieh, containing 4 acres 24 perches. This prop- erty is known as flappers flax mill. It is a complete fie\ mill, VI ith all the necessary machin,ry cl.• plant In good running order, 'and has been and is now used ae a flax mill. Besides the flax mill and plant there is a frame house, two barns each a 100 feet long, and stabling for 8 horses. This milt is situated in a good locality, and is in every respect a first-class property. 7th.—Lot 50, in Knell's survey. On this is erected a small brick house, 18x30, together with a small frame stable. Sth.--Lots 83, 84, 85 and 86, in the said survey. On tnis property is erected two frame houses and two stables. Tne houses have been continueusly and are each readily rented at $4 a month, and are at the preseet time in the hands of good tenants. VILLAGE OF EXETER,. . atii.—Parts of Lots 1, 2 and a, west side of Main street, Win. Giddley's survey, in the village of Exe- ter. On this property is erected a large and com- modious brick dwelling houee. This ip a good prop- erta , and anyone desiring a resideuce in Exeter will fina it in every respect a first-eiaes property. CHATTEL PROPERTY.' 10th.--Aleo, at the same tinie and place, will be Offered foirsale the following chattel property : Nine horses, (i sete of double harnesii, 1 top buggy, 4 wag% gone and racks, 1 binder, 1 seed -drill, 1 sulky hay - rake, 2 sets iron harrows, 3 copper kettles, 2 flax- seed‘ers, about 100 tons of hay, and about 3,000 bush- els of oats. Also a lot of forks, shovels, and other miscellaneous articles too. numerous to mention. Further particulars and conditions will bo made knowri at the time of sale, end may be had froM tho Auctioneer or ft. R. Johnston, Esq., Zurich, and the undersigned. JAMES LIVINGSTONE, Assignee, Baden. Mesard. UARROW & PROUDFOOT, Goderich. Dated this. 24th day of October, A. D., 1893. 1360-2 Just Opened SPECIAL DRIVES IN Men'sUndershirts &Drawers Twenty per cent. below regular prices. Also special lines in PLITSII CAPS At half price, suitable for boys and girls ---a snap, Our stock of Dry Goods in every line now very complete. Call and see them : it will pay you at J. L. SMITH'S, Whitney's - Block, Seaforth. THE GREAT SHOW AT THE WINDY CITY. 01110A00, October 23rd, 1893. FUN AT. A FIRE. Ever since the day in early summer . when they were thrown out of the German- vil- lage while attempting to extinguish the flames in a pan of grease the fire depart- ,rnant from Constantinople has yearned for an opportunity to distinguish itself. Said department consists of about a dozen Turks, who vegetate on the festive Midway. Yesterday a fire broke out in a dance - house on the Plaisance. Help was called from the Exposition depertment and an en- gine and hose cart rattled through Midway at a furious rate. This was the Turkish opportunity. When they saw the engine pass they prepared to follow it. Several of them were saddled to sedan chairs at this time, but they unceremoniously dropped their burdens, including passengers, and started at a dead run for the engine house. The engine is a heavy pump worked by hand and has 20 feet of hose. Water is not drawn from the main. If the main was turned into the pump it would tear it to atoms. With the engine is a tank that holds four buckets of water. This is filled and pumped out in 30 seconds, and then the entire fire department -rests until one of their number fills the tank again. The frame building had burned to the ground in spite of the water thrown by three engines, and the regular department was putting out the sMoldering flames,when with a • mighty rattling and yelling the Turks reached the scene on a dead run. They dashed into the crowd with a regular house -on -fire whoop, upsetting three or four people. One of them picked up a bucket and ran frantically around to find some water. R.ushing up to one of Chief Sweenie's engine° he modestly requested the engineer to cease pumping and fill his bucket for him, and was told in choice Chi- cagoese to " chase himself !" He finally found a faucet, and by Making four tripe filled the tank. Two nozzlemen boldly grasp- ed the business end of the short hose and strode bravely over toward the dying em- bers. They struck an eepectant and pic- turesque attitude and watched for the water to come. For some reason the water failed to materialize, and the jeers of the appre- ciative youth who yelled, •hGro it, Turks !" made the nozzlemen nervous and they turn- ed to see what was the matter. Just at that instant eight brawny arms grasped the pump handle and turned loose the four buckets of water. They paid• no attention to the trifling fact that the nozzle turned when the nozzleman did; consequent- ly was no longer directed toward the #re. By some unknown freak of fate big Police- man Finnerty had placed himself right in the way. Whize went the water, knocking off his helmet, sending a stream of nice, cold 'Ake Michigan down his. spine and drenching his blue coat and troisers. The policeman, who stood with -his back to the nozzle Jet out a yell that would have made Man -of -Two -Horses green with envy, and he said something, but the remark would not interest outsiders ; suffice it to say,that when the ambitious nozzlemen turned to the fire again the four btickete of water were all gone and they were confronted by a splut- tering, wrathy and very moist policeman. Three of the Dirks at the pump lighted cigarettes while a feurth took a pail, and refilled the tank. The water came promptly this time. Determiried to distinguish them- selves or die in the attempt, the four pump - men exerted a trernmadous energy that actu- ally threw a etreem clear over the charred wooden wall eight feet high. There was no fire where the stream landed, but a group of firemen attached to Engine Company No. 60 was right in line. Collectively they got the four buckets of water all over, them. They had seen the policeman drenched and were quietly enjoying his discomfort when down caMe the Turkish stream upon their heads. They stopped laughing right there. They retaliated, however, by turning their hose on the Turks. The water struck the nozzlemen with terrific force, then rebound- ed and caught the men at the pump. With a whoop that could have been heard across the Bosphorus, the Turks jumped straight up in the air and swore in choice Syrian. As a means of safety they bolted for the crowd that stood behind splitting its sides at the baptism of the Turks. Then it wit's the crowd's time to depart, for the stream of water followed the flying Ottomans. Tumbling over each other, that crowd made spaces betsveen the firemen and themselves; in a way that was wonderful to behold. When the Turks had been given a goad bath—probably the firet in many moons—the firemen put out the last smould- ering embers and departed. Not until then did the Turke return for their machine, which they carried back to their quarters on Midway very tenderly and sorrowfelly. The yearn for distinction is still gnawiog at their vitals. CANADA'S FIRST LADY. Thousands of persons envied the Countess of Aberdeen one day last week,without even knowing who she was, It was not because of any grand dress she wore, for in that re- spect ehe attracted no more notice then the multitude of well dressed ladies who thronged the Horticultural Building. It was simply because -of a beautiful bunch of yellow chrysanthemums she carried, and they had been presented to her by Uncle John Thorpe, a prominent resident of this oity. Lord and Lady Aberdeen, with a :party which included J. S. Larke, of the *World's Fair Exeoutive Commission ; G. R. R, Cockburn, M. P., of Canada ; Senator Tease and Nichols', ,Awrey, Commissioners for Ontario, were admiring the fruit dis• played near the big dome. Uncle John was told of their presence and he rushed one of his assistants out to get a bunch of chrysanthemums. The young man soon re- turned, The party had wandered into the Ontario exhibit of plantS and shrubs, when Uncle John reached it. One of the mem- bers knew him and introduced him to the Countess, She accepted the flowers with delight. She thanked Uncle John cordially and while he stood with his hat doffed and bowing like a palm tree in a summer breeze, Lady Aberdeen reached out her hand and grasped Uncle John's. The Earl also shook hands with him and engaged him in a little chat. When it was known that Uncle John Thorpe is preparing for the great chrysan- themum show and that he values each one of thoee flowers as so much gold, it will be seen it *as no small sacrifice on his part to order some of his best cut Os a present for Lady Aberdeen. THE KIDS AT THE SHOW. Before the sun had driven away the morn- ing mists, troops of boys in their Sunday clothes and little girls in clean -starched gowns with dabs of blacking on the toes of their shoes—not one in a hundred has any on the heels—and all with clean, shiny, ex- pectant and happy faces might be seen en- tering the gates at the Fair. Last week was children's week at the Exposition with a vengeance. Ninety-nine children out of ev- ery hundred carried box,basket or bag con- taining a nice fat lunoh. These youngsters, strange to say, are not awe-stricken at the grandeer and majesty of the Fair, but run a,bout seeing the sights with a willingness to enjoy and be entertained that would be commendable in children of older growth. They go everywhere and do everything. The now liherty- bell is the magnet that draws the greatest crowds. They climb over it, reading ite solemn inscript'ons, slap LI its shiny' sides, and one day a little crippled boy lent his crutch to an industrio s friend, and with it he reached under the beil and swung the big clapper until it gave out thunderous peals. People came running, thinking a formal celebration was taking place. They seemed greatly amused at the style of the celebration. Boys sail through Machinery Hall like wide-eyed rockets, and know more about the machinery than thein mother') would after an invesOgation of a week. They know all about the mechan- ism of the electric fountains, and the con- struction of the Ferris Wheel ; can tell to the second how long it takes to go aroand on the ice ritilway ; oan tell, you where you ;will find the biggest sandwiches and, fattest balls of pop corn and reddest lemonade for the least money. They find out in no time how far a ray of light may be thrown by the immense search light, how many figures there are on the peristyle, and they lose no time in locating and finding bands of music. Standiog room was at a premium around the case of dolls in historical clothes, Little girls gaze With hungry, longing eyes at 'the wax beauties.' The aquarium in the .Fish- eries Building was packed with the little folks all day. They stood with noses flat- tened against the glass cases and gazed for hourseif permitted, at the fishes. I They were of all sizes and ago, froni the white bundle'dield awkwardly by a new pa- rent to the brisk young,women who crowds the 15 -year-old limit, The tonic effect of their coming wise wonderful. The big po- liceman who lifted them out of the oars tilt the terminal station wore a broad smile the ticket sellers did not complain when 'they were giyen pennies, and the gate -keepers adopted a fatherly tone when they said,"thie way, kidde The Columbian guards were , kind, considering the fact that every child immediately\ resolved itself into a huge in- terrogation point the minute it entered the gate. There hay been but t ' o accidents thus far. A boy te too ,muo an emetic was administered and heleft the hospital to con- tinue his s ort. Another boy, who was racing along the boulevard and trying to watch his o mpanions behind him at the same time, r n into an iron post and broke his nose. NOTES FROM. T.Hi QUEEN CITY. \ , TORONTO, October 23, 1893. In the liotel these days may be noticed groups of Americans waiting over for trains leading northward to the " Sportsman's Paradise " of Ontario. As a rule each of these parties has a name suggestive of its mission. One of the hotel olerks -says he has made the aequaintance of three Buck- skin Clubs, four Deer -foot Clubs and two Duck.wing Clubs. Mauy applications are being made to tte Government for licenses to shoot deer a d duck by Americans, who have evidently' concluded that although 1 their shooting t 'pa into Canada come high, they must have them, It is to be hoped that the Govern ent intends doiug more to• wards enforcing the game laws this fall than last. It is no eedret that after the deer sea- son closed hundreds were tracked in the snow ' and butchered. This unsportsmanlike pro- ceeding must, in \justice, be laid to Cana- dians alone and the officials ehould look to itethat some supervision is exercised after the season closes. THE AUSTRALIANS COME OUT FIRsT. Cricket is not a game to be played in hur- ricanes, nor- on grorinds laid waste by pelt- ing rains, so that the match between the great Auatralian team and the Toronto team was not played trader the beet auspices. Mitny lovers of the English sport, however, went up th Roiled* on Monday and Tues- day to see the local batters wound up by an innings and 70 ruoh, a result generally ex- pected, for the redoubtable Saunders and Terry—kings of wplow wielders—were ab- sent. There was n good turnout of ladies and no lack of th class that grumble and say they see no lil re fun in a cricket match than in watchin a fishertnan who, never gets a bite. Th sister -colonists were twice dined while here, once at the invitation of the city. , THE YOUNG CONSERVATIVE CLUB DIFFICULTY. There is much excitement ie the Young Conservative Club. The annual election came off ou Mondene but previously Presi- dent Armstrong had ruled that the election should be postponed until a full examination of the voting lists could be made. This Was because of rimers that the lists had been stolen froendthe secretary. Mr. Armstrong was not on ihend to act as returning -officer, but a substitute was elected, The polls closed with Mr. John A. Fergeson as 'the new president. At a subsiquent meeting the matter was referred to County -Judge McDougall with the consent of both tickets. The °teething of the Young Liberal, also took ,plact),. on Monday. Mr. Frank Pedley was elected president. ; SERVED THEM RIGHT. It is a leng while since hazing ceased in a Toronto University. The late President, Sir Daniel Wilson, labored long to abolish it, and when the College young Men's Christian Association Hall was built hazing went out entirely. Cheeky freshmen!, after that wereigorged•with coffee 4nd buns in- stead of eriduring the penalties suggested by the tyrannical and awful I Mufti, u on their advent to the ecademi halls. The new orderiof things never pe etrated inside the Residences however. he students there, living alone, were a la unto them- selves, and down to the prese t contrived to make the firet-year rnan's ife •mieerable. The annual Residence hazin came off last week, and the iqueals of th victims were so loud that official cognizanc was taken of the breach of college laws. Three ' of the offenders, known in Univers ty environs as " Slugger " °Cross, " Box " ' Gilmdre and " Bear " Dobell, were eumm tied before the college council add were ex lled. The un - fortune es ere amen the m st popular of the stu ents, the ret and second being noted athletes. Efforts arel being made to have them re-adm tted. 1 , WINT R BOATI G. It is stated in t e editoria columns of the Toronto W rld th t there ie talk in that city of an all-thelyear round boat service betweeu Toronto and Niagara. " Port Dal- housie and'Niagara-on-the.Iiiake are open all the year," saYs the World, 1 " and the same can be said of Torotto harioor at Queen's Wharf. Why, the , should we not have water commueicatin between these points in ninter as well as drummer ? People have an cdea that th lake is more stormy in win- ter`than summ r. Such, hclwever, does not appear to be the case, An'old lake captain Informs us that the vrater end weather are as eteedy during wi ter as summer. The winds of winter are ot of greater violence than those of summ r. l'hey are colder and we feel them mere, but they have not greater effect upou the water. A steel ves- sel constructed on modern principles and &hilt especially for this route would prove as safe a means of travel as a railway. A vessel making 20 miles an hour would do the trip across the lake in considerably leo; than two hours, and another hour and a half would laud passengers in Buffelo." Twenty-five years ago vessels plied be- tween these porta iu winter and summer, and it should be a simple affair in these days of suPerior vessels. • TRANSFER TICKETS. We were promised the manifold blessings of transfer tickets when the present street railway company aseumed control of the city system, but so far the car patrons have been at the mercy of a transfer -man station- ed on those corners where lines interseot. Many intersections have had no transfer agent, and many inconveniences have been thrust upon passengers whose word the second conductor seemed disposed to doubt. This week the company have been salted for $500 because a transfer was refused, causing the detention of a citizen out in the cold long enough to bring on a severe illness. DISGUSTING SPART. On Thursday last, Woodbine Park was the scene of a disgusting eptertainment gotten up by ipeople who call themselves sportemen. Four foxes were let loose in front of the grand etand, and the audience of some 200 people sat mid watched a pack of 50 hounds give chase. When the poor soared foxes gave up their hopeless flight, the spectators yelled their delight. To lay the trail, one fox was dragged round the traok by a boy on a bioycle. His luck was better than diet of the rest, for the rope strangled him, arid he was saved from the cruel fangs of the dogs. GOING TO TREAT HIM BIG. The time approaches when the «Earl of Aberdeen will !rusk° hie first visit in his new capacity of Governor General. A grand civic reoeption is being arranged and on every hand one hears of addeesees in pre- paration for the august ears of the vice- regal guest. The Toronto Club has decided to dine the Earl, as well, the event having been set for Ootober 25th. Nicol Kingsmill, Q, C., will -preside, NO EXCITEMENT THIS YEAR, - Woodbridge Fair has come and gone ; but for the first time in many years without ex- citing any interest in the city. It is, hard to imagine that these fair -grounds will in future know nothing of Toronto sports. All the change is due to the action of the direc- torate in shutting down on the fakirs who, up to this year pulled in a rich harvest at Woodbridge. So the special trains that had to run to accommodate the city crowds are needed no more and the fair is content to live on its success as a big pumpkin show. MORE MUSIC. Toronto is to have an orchestra. Several local gentlemen interested in matters musi- cal have guaranteed expeuses and have en- gaged no less a person than Professor Tor- rington to wield the baton. The need of such an organization has long been felt, and it often seemed strange that a city owning so many bands should•be under the necessity tion of accepting of importing an orchestra upon every need- from a Windsor ful occasion. —The late Ge left a legacy of who has for man Gurney shops. ney'a estate is $1 McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year in Advance. five trains call be in at one time. I think it beats the Union Station at Toronto, and of all the busy places in the world I think j 'it is one of the busiest, for when each of the rfive passenger trains came in, it took two policemen to keep the passage clear, so the new animals could get through. s I can send you next time a few more notes about the city and fair. Yours Respectfully, OBSERVER. • Canada. The institution in Belleville, for the deaf and dumb was opened 23 years ago on the 20th inst. —Winnipeg is to have a new daily paper shortly. —It is said the Hooper case will emit the province of Quebec% $20,000, —One Mrs. Seabrook died near London the other day, aged 96. —About 900 passengers left the Union station, Toronto, on Friday for Chicago. —A Lobo farmer, named Blizard, died suddenly the other day while unloading his wia—goFn'a'rmer Brownlee and two assietante vvere badly scalded in a boiler explosion neer Drayton Tueeday. 1—Madame Cote, a noted spiritualist of Montreal, died there a few nights ago. Her husband is a clerk in the postoffioe. i—It is estimated that between $40,000 and $50,000 have been spent by people of Berlin visiting the World's Fair. f—The a,nnual Chrysanthemum Show in Toronto, will be held during Thanksgiving week. —The Hamilton !memorial statue to Sir John Macdonald will be unveiled on Novem- ber 1st. — Piper Harry Ross died at Nanaimo, British Columbia, recently. He lived for- merly in Lucknow, and as a piper ranked with the best in Ontario. —It is said that Mr. Carscallen, M. P. disposed of his gold mine in North Hastings the ether day to an American syndicate at figure in the vicinity of $50,000. — Wellington lioulter, head of the bi canning industry in Platen, is looking for a site in Torouto to which he will in all prob ability remove 'hie works. —Miss Duncan, formerly lady superin- tendent of London hospital, has been en- gaged by one of the largest hospitals in Al- bany, New York, at a handsome salary. —During thel tieek • ending 21st inst., World's Fair special trains on the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railway passed through London at the rate of 'one each hour. — Some Oxfor county farmers who ex- perimented in sunflowers this season have realized over 50101bushels to the acre. If it proves as valuable as ensilage no doubt it will be extensively cultivated in the future. — Hamilton will tax the Grand Trunk Railway $5,000 annually for water. It is estimated the company uses 300,000 gallons daily, and at the present pays only $1,500. —Much to the regret of his people, Rev. J. C. Tolmie, Of the First Presbyterian chu ch at B tf rd, has signified his inten- the call extended to him church. rge Gurney, of Hamilton, 10,000 to Robert Lucas, years been foreman of the The full amount of Mr. Gur- -Game Warde5n3'rus:11ins, of EsSex ooun- , ty, has been presided by the Government with a fast yacht to keep American sports. men out of Canadian waters during close — Brantford members, °lawn Baptists, 1,283 ; Congregational, Methodist, 1,39le ; Presbyterian, 951. —Webster Brothers' salt well at -Moore- town, near Sarnia, is completed after over 16 months' work on it, at a depth of 1,709 feet, with over 50 feet of clear crystal halt, and is now pumping with everything tight. — At an early hour Friday morning the postoffice in Dundas was entered I by bur- glars, The sal was blown open and $250 worth of stamp and four regietered letters, oontaining abou $100, stolen. —Steamship ber 8th, with 2 rived at Liverp live stock all in ception Of one A Farmers' Reflections on His way to the Big Fair. DEAR EXPOSITOR, —I send you a few ob- servations on a trip to the World's Fair and if you think they are worth giving to your readers you are welcome to do so.—I will commence- at Sarnia where I went through the St. Clair Tunnel'for the first thne and I consider it one of the greatest achieve- ments of human skill and energy. le connects two great oduntries and makes easy and cheap communication between both. It is a vast improvement on the old ferry boat system, for it saves both time and money. The tunnel goes through under the mighty St. Clair River, between Sarnia and. Port Huron and is over one mile in length. A powerful engine is in readines to draw the trains up the grade at either side. It cost one million and three quarter dollars. When the tunnel was being built, the work- men ome to a place where the crust was only seven feet thick between them and the , mighty river. The water came down like through a stove pipe hole, but the men soon shoved up clay with compressed air. The tunnel is supported by heavy irc.di tubing, in four feet sections and rammed into position with steam power. We now started on our 330 mile trip to Chia go, on October 6th. We pass throu h t ree different states, Michigan, India a and Illinois. In the first part of Miohig n there are some pretty good farms and he owners are apparently, fairly prosperous, but they cannot compare with Ontario for solid comfort. As we pass through Michigan, we find the land pretty flat, with considerable water in some places ; small lakes covering acres ; small houses, small barns and no barns ; considerable scrub and mud roads. The corn in places, not cut but the cobs taken off. iiTe have a run of about 40 miles through Indiana, which we find is more of a corn etate but no im- provement on Michigan, . for we find the same small houses and barns, and in places no barns ; small orchards, plenty of scrub and mud roads and small villages, We are now at -South Bend, Indiana, whioh appar- ently is a nice flourishing town. Here we find the well known Oliver Chilled plow works, and the ugly old plow for a sign. The factory covers acres of ground and is surrounded by workmen's cottages, making quite a village. In 1877, if I remember rightly, about $1,400 worth of these plows were field in Seaforth, to surrounding far- mers, and that money, with the exception of the agents' fees, went to support the Mechanics of South Bend, Indiana, but the next year the duty was put on, which shut them out and as a consequence- A 'factory was started in Seaforth which, later was, was moved to Toronto. We are now 100 miles frpm Chicago and 230 miles from Port /furore' We pass through Indiana and into Illinois, which is considered one of the best states in the Union. Up to the present the fall wheat was not as far advanced as in Ontario, in some places being barely over the ground, but as we advance through Illinois we find the soil improving, farms better improved and three or four fields I noticed, of nice fall wheat, one in particular of about fifteen acres,land a nice herd of Polled Angus cattle, but I can't see much improvement in either houses kor barns and still the mud roads. Now; when we compare notes, there is not the solid, progressive -comfort that we find in Ontario, in fact, if I may use the ex- . premien, there is is Much difference as there is between a dark night and a little nigger. We are now in the euburbs of Chicago, which extend a long way out from the city proper. We notice for miles, clumps of houses in the open fields, then small farms inter vening. We notice all along the route, large nurnbers of hay stacks made long and squatty, 'bowing that there must have been a great crop of hay. We at length reach Dearborn Station, the terminus of the Grand Trunk Railway and a splendid one it ie too, as 4,876 Sunday school ed thus : Anglican, 788 ; B. M. E, (Colored), 25 ; 366 ; Free Methodiot, 70 ; amiss from Montreal, Octo- 1 cattle and 106 pheep ar- o! on Friday and landed,her good condition, with the ex - v oy age. heep, which die& on the —Adam Walker, a man over 6011years of at Brantford the other day to 23 Months in t age, who hails rom Simooe, was s ntenced the Central, for stealing a horse and rig from the Bingham house stable. He has spent 38 years in prison einoe 1854. —Essex county is swarming with quail hunters, and ifi the slaughter keeps, up at the same ratio for it couple of weeks Tore very few birds will be left. Four Windeorites on Tueeday killed 77, besides a eouple of brace of partridge and some rabbitin J---Mre.Smith, the victim of the one' oil ex- plosion in London last week, sucCumbed to her injuries. Mrs. Smith sufferect the most intense agony, but towards morning rested somewhat easier and fell into a heavy sleep. The members of' the family_ who Were pres- ent thought a decided improvement was no- ticeable, but when the physician errived in the morning he pronounced her dead. De- ceased had reached the age of 60 years, and was known as, a hard working and indus- trious woman. She was born in the town- ship of Blenheim, removing to London a number of years ago. There are left to mourn her loss, besides her husband, a fam- ily of eleven children. The youngest of these, who is 16 years of age, eking with three others, reside at home, the remainder being married and living in Ole shrround- ing district, The funeral services Were con- ducted by Ensign Archibald, of the Salva- tion Army, deceased having been an active member of that organization for years past. —At the World's Fair, Duocan Camp- bell, of Rodney, Ontario, atterapted to climb out of an intre mural train 4fter the gates had been closed. He fell 1 25 feet, I an3 was so seriously injured that he may die. i —A rear end collision took place Sunday last on the Grand Trunk railway at Glencoe, between a freight and a special express train, resulting in two or three freight cars being badly damaged, and the forward trucks of the exprees engine being derailed. —The clerk of a Guelph hotel bought what he was told was a large curves back duck, and invited two friends to idinner to feast thereon. The cook found, j however, that the bird's interior had disappeared and hed been replaced with stones. The feast was adjourned eine die. —A sad accident happened at the Sarnia turinel the other night, when a yoring man, George Harris, had his eft arm taken off by itiebeing crushed betwee the bumpers while opupling cars. He wa a brakeman and worked on the trains th t run through the tunnel. —Mr,Horn of London townehipslost a val- ueble span of 'horses thel other daydin a very strange way. The animals were in a pas- ture near the waterworks when they started e ! don, (Ontario,) Cobourg and Simcoe. There are shown 180 original sketches and un- framed pictures in oil, water color, charcoal, pen and ink, pencil, sepia and marl draw- ings, etchings and designs. —The bodies of Brakeman Wallbridge and Fireman Elliot, killed in Tuesday's ac. cident on the Canadian Pacific Railway, were brought to Port Arthur. Wallbridge was a married man. Elliot is said to be _from Winnipeg. It was his first trip -over the eastern division as a fireman. Wall - bridge was instantly killed. Elliot lived some little time, but died principally from loss of blood and the shock to the nervous system, as both his legs were cut affi The demage done to the locOmotive, cars and contents, it is said, will reach 675,000. —Several very aged persons have recently died in the vicinity of Vi nna, Elgin county. In the second concernion of Hough- ton, there died a few days age an old lady, Mrs. Melinda Sharp, who led reached the great age of 101 years. For over half a century she was a resident of Houghton. Undertaker Foy says thie is the third per- son wheni he has buried within a period ef about food' years, w o had passed the cen- tury line. The othe two'were Mrs. Met- calf, 100, and Mrs. arner, 105, both of Beyham, —Mr, J. E, Seagram, of Waterloo, keeps a large stock of running horses. Their winnings during the New York State sea- son, which closed the other day, amounted to $11,950, which is a greater sum than stands to the credit of Ormonde's otyner,W, 0.B. Maodonough, D. T. Pulsifer W. B. Jennings, George Forbes, George Welbaum Louie Stuart, J. B. Dyer and other well- known owners. At the Morris Park fall meeting Mr. Seagram wen four races and was second twice, the earnings amounting to $3,315.. • to sink in some quicksend. aBoathn htt)tifir ea , afterwards. —William Short, a Brandon pork paoker, fhaetssebepernetaernrceeset.ed for obtaining money under —In the Hooper inquest at Port Hope, the jury, after two hours' absence, brought in a verdict declaring that Georgina Maio Hooper came to her death on the 18th day of September, at Terrebonne station, Que- bec, from °armee unknown, under suspicious circumstances. —The Montreal Harbor Commissioners are again in trouble over their new harbor works. The large land derrick, built at a cost of over $10,000, has completely col- lapsed and cannot be reconstructed this fall. The works, so far, are over a year behind the engineer's calculations, '—.Lee Chu, an educated Chinaman, who for several years resided in Belleville, and was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church, writes from Canton, China, that he will establish a Christian mission emong his countrymen. He has already see4ired $300, and wants $4/30 more. He expect& to raise the moneyin Belleville and Brantford. —One day last week, on a farm near Paris, a silver watch was ploughed up and immediately started to tick agedn, not one whit the worse for its long rest in the cold earth. Six years ago while working on the Curtis farm, Mr. L, Gollege lost this watch, and while ploughing in the same field a few days agod Mr. Tucker ploughed it up again. The watch ie as good as when lost. —One day last week Joseph Perkins was driving along the gravel road north of Clan- deboye, and while lighting a cigar the horses started suddenly, throwing the driver over the back of the buggy, breaking the unfortunate young man's beak. Ho was apfitcekre.d up unconecioue and conveyed to his grendmotherh, home, where he died ehortly —Several Galt boys, all under 16 years of age, were before a magistrate's court the other day, charged with breaking into a liquor store and stealing therefrom a quan- tity of liquor and cigars which they hid un- til Sunday came around, and then pro- ceeding down the railway track, held a jol- lifioetion, all of which cost them in fines and expenses considerably more than they will earn for some time to come, —The remains of Walter Laidlaw, aged 72 years, one of the oldest pioneers of West- minster, were interred in the Pond Mills cemetery a few days ago the funeral being very largely attended. 'He was born near Ettrick, in the Lowlands of Scotland, corn- ing to this country in 1831, where he had made his abode since raising an estimable family. He was highly respected. • —A reception was given on Saturday to Lord Aberdeen by the Canadian commie- eioners, exhibitors, and others at the Can-a- Pavillion, World's Fair, and later in the day Director -General Davis and the officers af the Exposition gave a reception to His Excellency, and he wound up a busy day by attending a banquet. in the New York building. —LA Minto lady went into a Mount Forest bank a few days ago with.quite a large de- posit of money, which had been laid away for years at home, Among the bills were three tens and one five on defunct banks, the tens being of the old Royal Canadian Bank and the five on the city bank of Mon- treal. Of course the bills were no good and the lady was out $35 by not .coming to the benk years ago. —The marriage of Thomas Dunlop, Esq., merchant and ship owner, Glasgow, Scot- land, to Miss Margaret Mitchell, of Muesel- borough, Scotland, was celebrated at KIIIOX Church manse, Galt, on Thursday, 19th ult., by Rev. Dr. Jackson. Mr. John Mitchell, of Inveresk, Scotland, brother of the bride, gave her away, and Miss Annie Jackson, daughter of Dr. Jackson, was bridesmaid. The bridal party went on to Chicago. . , —At the meeting of the Sarnia Presby- . tery, on Tuesday, 17th inst , Rev. J. C. Tibb, Who has been for a numlbero of years past the beloved pastor of Burns' ehurch, tery to aocept a call from S reetsville, To - severed his connection wit that Presby- ronto Preebytery. A resolutien Was passed regretting his departure and wishing. him God -speed in his new field of labor. . —Last Friday, Eddie Arigelda 14 -year- old boy, left his home at Palmerston, took possession of a horse that did not belong to , him, and dreve to the next station. Here ho boarded a south -bound train which took him into Toronto. ,The polide were await- ing his arrival, for they had/ been warned by his parents to be on the lookout. When arrested he was found to Wive a ticket for Montreal and a $10 bill in his pocket. —On Sunday evening,15th inst., the Rev. A. -McWilliams, of St. Andrew's church, Peterboro, preached hie fourth and last ser- mon from Romans vi, 23. ' Hie subject was " Eternal Life." He dealt with eternal life in the soul and the eternal life of glory to which it led. Ho defioed this life, proving it to be eternal and sh 'wing its nature, etc, However, says the Ex miner, it is quite i possible in a few word to give any ide of this instructive and es oquent sermon deliv- ered in the speakee' characteristic stYle, The four sermons preeched from this text have been learned an clear, and have been greatly appreciated b the large cfmgregs.- tion. Mr. MaoWillia ns, it is understood, purposes discussing any speoial subjects during the fall and w nter for the edifica- tion of his people, an there is no doubt that the disooursea w 11 be listened to by large audiences. —Before the Com ission on the Liquor Traffic, Peter Itter, late manager of the county poor -house at Berlin, said that 60 per cent of the peopl in the poor -house are there as the direct re ulte of strong drink. I. D. Bowman, clerk f the town and in - vector of the poor -h use, said that most of the people in the oor-house were there through the intemper nee of themselves or relatives. —Mr. Robert Haipes, a steady, respect- able farmer, of the 7th concession McGilli- vray, attended the Western Fair in London, and leas not returned ,home since. Though efforts have been rare to discover his whereabouts his disa pearance remains a mystery, and his fetidly are becoming anxious as to his fate. \ At the time he left horrie-he had some $70 a his person. Unless he has met with foul p ay his disappearance cannot be accounted fo . —Mr. Montague All n eldest son of the late Sir Hugh Allan of \ thontreal, was mar- ried on Wednesday:18th inst., to Mies Mar. guerite Mackenzie, daughter of Mr. Hector Mackenzie. The ceremony took place in Christ Church Cathredll, the wedding be- ing one of the most faehionable ever seen in Montreal. Therewere over 500 invited guests. The decorationa were all Marguer- ites. Mr. and Mrs. Allan left by special train for New York, whence they sail for En—girhdeWoman's Art Association of Can - tide are holding their annual exhibition In the Canada Life Building, Toronto, The exhibitors number 28, and there are contri- butione from England, C lifornia, Indiana, Paris, New York, Clevel nd, Buffalo, Lon- . —A merlons case involving the disappear- ance:of $30,000, is being investigated in Toronto law chambers. Some years ago Edmund Robert Frost, of Toronto, died, disposing in his will of some $36,000 worth of property. He left large bequests to St. Phillip's Church, the Protestant Orphan's Home and other charities and sacieties. His widow, however, was to have a life interest. She lived at 74 Grange avenue, and had° possession of the estate and enjoyed the in- come until death, last October. Now, so far as can be learned, the estate is only worth $6,000. The master ordered a state- ment of the properties and liabilities of the estate to be, prepared in a week. The trouble was brought to a head by the dissat- isfied legatees. —At the convention of the Protestant Teachers' Aseociation of the Province of Quebec the exhibit from the Protestant schools of Quebec at the World's Fair was denounced as discreditable, and the follow- ing resolution was unanimously adopted : " We, the members of the Association of Protestant teachers, representing the Pro- testant schools of the Province of Quebec, do hereby declare that in consequence of the short notice given to the Protestant public schools of this Province,there was no exhibit of school work prepared by Protestant public schools of the Province of Quebec, for the Chicago exhibition ; that'it appears that a collection of old papers, some discarded pa- pers and some papers used at previous exhi- bitions, had found its way to Chicago. We therefore disclaim any connection with the exhible of school work now displayed in Chicago and attributed to the Protestant schools of Quebec, and decline to be respon- sible for any such enhibit." —The steamer 'Monarch, of the Beatty line, had a terrible' experience in the gale of Saturday and Sunday, 15th and 16th inst., which will be long remembered by those on board. On leaving Sarnia Friday the weather became so heavy that she wasdine able to make Goderich or Kincardine. She then made for this American shore,but when abreast of Port Elgin the rudder coupling broke in two, leaving her helpless in the trough of the sea. The strong westerly gales then drove her to this side. Her anchors were put out and it was a great re- lief to them) on board when they at last held fast, about three quarters of a mile west of Chantry Island reef at half past Nix Sunday morning. The cargo consisted of lubricating oil,apples and hay. All are badly damaged. The oil and apple barrels had 'shifted and smashed to piecee, and great danger was then anticipated from fire from oil getting bate the boiler room. Attempts were made to; pump oil nverboard, but the loose apples blocked the pumps. Life preservers were all got in res.diuess. The cabin presented a desolate appearance, tables, chain, ohande- iiers dishes and everything movable beirsg dashed to pieces. Monday morning the sea having run down tugs went to render as- sietance. Captain Robertson came ashore to make repairs, and the Monarch put out again during the day. —Mr. Christopher Wilson, who died in Elma on Wednesday, 18th inst., ;was one of the early settlers of the township, having settled there early in the fifties. He and his brother Robert were in the township be- fore the sale of the land, and many acts of hospitality and kindness to erriving settlers were done by them. —On Tuesday morning, last ssleek, as Mr, Devy Allan, of Brunner, and party were coon hunting he had occasion to climb up to a great height on a basswood tree to force Mr. Coon from his place of hiding. After shaking him off a limb, which he nought as a place of refuge Davy began to descend, and in the excitement of the mo- ment he mistook some leaves and branches below him for the ground (for it was three o'clock in the morning) and let go his hold vvhile still at a distance of about 30 feet above terra firma. Luckily for him he lit on a brush pile. His companions did not hear him fall and did not know of his rapid descent until some time afterwards, when they began to call to him and not hearing any anewer looked aroUn'd and found him lying unconscioue on the top of the brush, a state. in which he remained for over an hour. • —Rev, John Williams, an aged minister of the Bible Christian denomination, died in Mitchell on Sabbath, ffith inst. Mr. Wil- liams was one of the oldest figures in the old Bible CAristian Church, and was among the choicest spirits of that pioneer band of Christian workers. He died in the fulness of years and in the completeness of a holy life -work, and he has gone to his merited reward. The deceased was a netive '1Devonshire, England, and he began his ministry in his native shire as early as 1836. Twelve years after he was sent by the Bible Christian Conference as a midsionary to Canada, and since that time up to 1872, he labored Actively in nearly every circuit in what was then known as Canada West, now the Province of Ontario. One of the circuits in which he labored was Mitchell, in its earlier days, and when he was super- annuated, in 1872, he returned to Mitchell, where his sons had gone into business. He was in his eighty-third year, and leavee behind him a widow, three sons and three daughters, Of his family only one son, Mr. John E. Williams, remain', in Mit- chell.