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The Huron Expositor, 1890-05-16, Page 1er 9, 1890. RRIVALS TRY DAY AT PAUL'S GOODS, Mantle Rouses STOCK Fery attractive in iINERY, PARASOLS, HOSIERY, CES, RIBBONS, LWARES. wing a large range of a, Ginghanas, &e. and 11 filled with LTINGS, TICKINGS, TABLE LINENS, fine assortment of [OA Clothing, RESOLD CHEAP, ald, at the loweat pose sh er Produce. 11AUL, FORTH. select book. A cora- appointed to secure embership is already 100, and is being add we expect will soon. id as the Government for every $200 sub - readily seen that with ambers a splendid lib- tured.—A largely at- a of the Conservatives vas held in this village when Mr, 3,G. Holmes, formerly of Wingharn, chosen to contest the erests of the Liberal ty of South Etnron, mshine. —Wm. Clark's sale on week was attended by people, considering the ie year. Fairly good ized for the stock, but ind small articles were, low prices. The farm, icrea W8.8 sold to Mr, $5:310. It is an 131. - would have been con - that price a few yearn • land Bella at present it drly good figure.—Jas. so well and favorably Irrrier between here snd one to Newark New eines intends enlarging, ting a stone wall and, it this summer.—Mr. [ still following up the ing piled up 25 to date. ;ends to beat the record. hie intends putting an, barn, and roofing the over new this coming. L 'Harrison of the 6tIt 'oat his mare and foal .—Fishing Is the most juet now. Our Nine - good success. --James of one of his working. tleman in Mitchell for —Tirrkes are very dull keral are quiet, as the yet got out after seed berley. lex. Johnston has mote avid Carr's farm net he telegram that post- , of Goderich, received n March 12th, concern°Kenzie having been d,in that state, referred son of the late Capt1 who sailed the famous Goclerich. John weli He ieft eight yeart Dakota, where he took which he worked all ,winter he went to the' 'spans of horses, whom t happened. It seen* g and Ms hook slipped back on him and killed tidy. He had no papers 11 where he was from, ociates had heard °rich. He was a very n in all his habits. He who lives on the 18t township, Loohaish, , one in Muskoka and nes,. Lake Linderakich, , when Ralph Bugisssi orthorn bull, he broke form of the well, which deep. The neighbors and and got him hat have been a heavy lee so to the settlement, if resulted othervvise,-- e has bought a fine a gentl eman in Guelph. eparted this life on the - hough she vvas in lief she was strong - da days before her deed& eighbor's visiting. -111- the cause of her deaths respected by all Wh° remains were interred cemetery.—Angue Mc, - the 21st bast, Ife hadt me years with cancer bore his trouble pa- ath was not expected too' that it gave his /twill - 'His remains were 1.0# dine cemetery. • • IP' tEs WHOLE NUMBER 1,170. I TWENTY-SECOND YEAR. SEAFORTH FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1890. { - licLEAN BROS. Publishers. 4141.50 a Year, in Advance. New Millinery Goods AT HOFFMAN &, 00. New Hats, New Flowers, New Feathers, New Gauzes, New Satins,'• New Silks, New Ribbons, New Laces,New Dinaments, etc., just opened —AT THE— Cheap Cash Store —0E— HOFFMAN & CO., CARDNO'S BLOCK, SEA F ORT H--. NOTICE.—Agents for Butter- iek's reliable patterns and publica- tions. Perth Items. A largely attended Equal Rights' meeting was held in Mitchell, on Fri- day, May 2nd. The principal speakers were Rev. Mr. Tully and Rev. Mr. Nugent. —The report read at the annual meet- ing of the 'Mitchell Mechanics' Institute showed a prosperous state of the affairs of the Institute. There is a consider- able increase in membership, funds and readers over the previous year. • —Mr. John Whyte, jr., of 'Mitchell, returned last week from his Southern trip, much benefitted in health. Mr. Whyte visited a number of points in Florida, Georgia; and Kentucky. As a farming country, he thinks little of the South and would not care to live there —Mr. Walter Buckingham, of Strat- ford, at present attending the Toronto University, has distinguished himself among the athletes of the Queen City. As a footballer, Toronto papers make frequent eulogistic reference to him. - -Black Creek cheese factory, near Carlingford, commenced this year on the 23rd of April, and took in ten thousand pounds of milk in one day in April. —Mr. David McIntosh, superinten- dent of the moulding department at the Smith Purifier Company works, Strat- ford, is removing to Montreal, where he has been engaged to fill a similar pos- ition for the C. P. R. - -Professor Robertson, of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, came to Stratford last week to visit and consult Mr. Ballantyne on dairying and other important matters. —A large black bear is prowling about in the neighborhood of Brocksden, North Easthope, and all the youthful nil:al-oda are on the alert with shooting irons, watching for his public appear- ance. —Mr. John M. Bennett, a much re- spected resident of Mitchell, died a few days ago,, after a. brief illnees from in- flammation 'of the lungs. He was 39 years of age, and leaves a wife and two children. —Masters Wm. Coupland and Samuel Smith have been presented with it hand- sonre Bible each, by the First Presbyter- ian Church Sunday School in St. Marys, for repeating the Shorter Cate- chiam without mistake. • —The directors of St. Marys Mechan- ics' Institute say that the Pansy series of books have created such a demand that they have duplicated the complete set and still find that it is seldom any of time intensely interesting • books remain' long on the shelf at a time. ' —Farmers in the vicinity of Mother- well, who had late sown wheat, have plowed it up because of its unpromising appearance. —Mr. T. H. Rolls, of Listowel,* has been very successful on his stock farm this spring. He has 75 lambs, making a total lock of 135 sheep. The lambs' are raised, for market. He has six:. fine, brood mares, three of which have:fine, healthy young foals. , —A canvass of Knox church congre- gation, Stratford, is being made he or- der to pay off the claim of Rev, Thomas McPherson, which claim amountst� the stun of $1,500. —Mrs. McAuch, of St. Maryeeis re- ported to have fallen heir to an iim- mense fortune, counting up to over a million dollars. The lady has no heirs but an adopted son, who follows the occupation of a cow -boy in the Western States. —Mr. Wm. Brandenberger an enter- prising and heavy dealer in eggs, is re- moving his business from Stratford to Buffalo. The heavy duty which falls on this branch a business on July 1st, has driven a number of dealers, includ- ing Mr. Brandenberger, out of the country to engage in it on the American side. • —At the fourth quarterly meeting held in Erin, county of Wellington, Rev. J. Ball, of the Erin circuit, and his colleague, Rev. A. E. Thornly, were unanimously invited to remain, for the second year. The reverend gentlemen above mentioned have many friends in this county who will be pleased to learn of this mark of their' popularity and asefulness. Does It Pay to Grow Turnips. , (Written for the Expositor.) There is no class of men who go about their work so much by random, and who carry ou their business from year to year with so much uncertainty in regard to cost and profits as the farmers do. The merchant knows what particular class of goods is most profitable for him to handle. • The blacksmith knows the most profitable branch in his trade, and so does the mechanic. But alas'the farmer, he raises, horses, cattle, sheep, etc; he keeps cows' and patronizes the dairy, and grows grain and crops of all kinds, yet how few there are who can tell which of the above named branches is the most profitable, or whether there is a profit in any of them. Now the question I wish to ask the readers of THE EXPOSITOR., more especially the farmers, it this: Is it profitable (all things con- sidered) to grow turnips ?" How many farmers can give a definite answer to this question? Probably not one in fifty, ancrwhy ? Not because they have not sufficient intelligence or education to enable them to solve this problem, but simply because they, have never given the matter a moment's conaider- scion. One farmer says that young cat- tle cannot be successfully wintered without turnips in addition to their daily ration of straw or hay. Another says that they are excellent food for cows durieg the winter. While a third says that the beat results in fattening cattle cannot be obtained without the 'aid of turnips. And for these and many other reasons which I might mention they come to the conclusion that turnips' are a necessity. Now, if all or any of the above were valid reasons for growing turnips, then I say that the farmers are justified in doing so. • But, like many suppositions or speculative ideas of the farmers, it has never been clearly proven whether or not turnips are of sufficient value for feeding cattle to warrant their cultiva- tion for that purpose. One thing, how- ever, is certain beyond doubt, that young stock cannot be wintered success- provenients of New York City, Chicago fully on straw and turnips without a and Kansas City ar3 in use here, such little grain and if we wish to make the as electric lights,street cars, telephones, etc. My attention was first attracted to this great state during my visit twelve years ago. I then looked the .country over end concluded that it was only a :question of time until it would be de- veloped. It produced in abundance the cereals of Iowa, Kansas and Missouri— with cotton in addition. I was then satisfied that Texas would have con- stant, permanent growth. My observa- tion hes been verified. If Texas had been located where Kansas or Iowa is it would have been filled up long ago. The great rush has been in the direction of the latter States. Many settlers, not having their expectations realized in Missouri, Iowa and Kansas, are "sell- ing out and coming down here." The facility for raising corn and past- urage have given a steady inclination te cattle raising. This industry yields enormous returns when the fat cattle reach the market. Dallas has iriecourse of erection a largo meat packery and refrigerator which will reach completion by next July. • The developmentei Texas has been more rapid than I anticipated, but from its eittent of territory it does not show as Wvvould in a smaller State. Laredo, San Aotonio, and all the towns along the line' have doubled since the International and great Northern Railroads were built. Tbe people are well off and gen- erally contented. The fruit and cereal industries have as great facilities as in any State of the Union with the annual production of fifty million dollars worth of cotton in addition which scatters im- mense wealth among the laboring classes. When the hotel accommodat s of Texas reaeh the high standard o the east it will be a crowded State during the winter season. Dallas is now erect- ing a hotel at the cost of six hundred thousand dollars. Hot Springe pos- sesses a hotel—that accommodates 700 people, and during my stay there it was over rub. From San Antonio through Fort Worth to Denison and east of • Dallas for 100 miles is as fine a country as ever lay out of doors. Gan Saline has ex- cellent salt wells. Salt of purest qual- ity was reached at a depth of 138 feet. Ploughing of the soil doubles its mois- ture. It prevents the rain from running into the creeks, thence into the sea. Retained by the soil and given back to the atmosphere to fill again and nourish the roots of vegetation. This has caused garden men to move westward at the rate of twenty-five miles annually, until now the soil can be cultivated at Chey- enne,'Wyoming Territory, nearly 400 miles west of the desert line. That was pointed out to me. Irrigation is hardly resorted to in the valley, the precipita- tion being sufficient for two crops annu- ally. The soil in the greater part of Texas is well adapted to the production of cereals. It is particularly strong soil, being laden with soda which enters largely into the- composition of wheat and which in England has to be added to the soil at a cost of $12 to $13 a tonRailroads have kept pace with the de- velopment of the country. They are well ballasted and supplied with sub- stantial steel rails—not from England but from Pennsylvania. Wrecks are now quite infrequent towards what they were 8 or 9 years ago. Railroad fare and tonnage/has been greatly re- d u c ehd Te long leaf pine, covering an area. of over 5,000 square miles is another source of wealth. The fruit industry of Texas has developed so that straw- berry and melon trains are operated in season. When I first traveled over the Union Pacific I asked the conductor if he had eveh seen Indians down here. He lifted the shape of manure to help to keep up the fertility of the soil. As I am a young far mer and much in- terested in this matted' I would like to hear the opinion of some of my brother farmers either young or old,on this ques- tion. If you think turnips profitable let us hear _from you, if not, don't be afraid to say so,as it is only by exchang- ing opinions one with another, dropping those branches which we find to be un- profitable and clingiug to those which are profitable that the farmers need hope for success under the present oppressing hard times. Hoping you will excuse me Mr. Editor for trespassing on eo much of your valuable space. I remain, • Yours Respectfully, C. MICHIE, MORRIS, May loth, 1890. [ED. NOTIC.—The above is a very im- portant subject and we are greatly obliged to our young friend for opening a discussion on it. We shall be very glad to give space to any who may wish to continue the discussion and to have letters from any ou this and kindred ,subjects.] A Huromte in Texas. - (Written for Tins ExposiTos.) DESCRIPTION OF THE CLIMATE, INDUS, TRIES, LANDSCAPES, RAILWAYS AND SOIL PRODUCTIONS. Texas has an area of 274,628 'square miles, equal in extent to the middle States, viz: New York, Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Delaware. If all the people of the United States were settled in Texas it would not be as densely populated as France. The population is at present about two and one-half mil- lions. The taxable value increased sixty millions of dollarsin 1889. Texas hasthirty million acres of land for sale at $2 per acre on forty years time for payment in full—if required. It offers greater advantages to the agriculturist, mechanic, laborer and capitalist than any state in the Union. Don't imagine you are getting outside the borders of civilization when you come to Texas. All the modern im- best out of that important industry, the dairy, we muet feed our cews liberally, not on turnips and straw or even on turnips and hay, but in addition to this a liberal supply of grain, and if we wish to turn out a first class fat animal, we need not expect to do so on turnips and coarse fodder but in addition to this a large portion of the feed must necess- arily be grain. Now, the question arises whether it is the turnips or the grain that we are indebted to for pro- moting the growth of young stock, for incree,eing the flow of milk and the pro- duction of butter from our cows and for the production of first class beef. I am but a youog farmer, but there are few men of my years whe have had more eic- perienee in growing and feeding turnips than I have had, and few even of the older farmers have given this matter more •consideration than I have done, and from my experience and observations during the last few years I have no hesitation in saying that we are entirely indebted to the grain for the excellent results in feeding stock, And after con- sidering the whole matter from first to last I have Come to the conclusion that it is unprofitable to grow turnips and for the following reasons: 1st, all or near- ly all of the manure about the average farm place is needed to enrich from three to four acres of land on which to grow the crop; 2nd, there is an immense amonnt of labor expended in, preparing the land for the seed; 3rd, the crop re- quires &Immo continual cultivation while growing; 4th, all the work of pre- paring the ground and cultivation of the crop has to be done at a very im- portant season of the year, being the very time that thelarmer should do—his draining, fencing and other improve- ments in connection', with the farm, which owing to s6 much time being spent on the turnip,crop are only parti- ally done and often neglected altogether; 5th, the gathering in of the crop is no easy job and in most cases, by no means a pleasant ono; 6th, in order thlt they may be conveniently and satisfactorily fed during the winter it is necessary to have s commodious root house, without which the growing of turnips for feed• ing during the winter should never be attempted; 7th, the work of :gathering and hauling in ofthe crop comes on at the time of the year when the farmer should be attending to fall plowing and putting things in order for.winter ; 8th, the crop is rexceedingly exhaustive on the lancl,everything being taken off, and niithing in thy form .of straw is left to replace the manure or .other fertilizers which may have been put on ,the land in the spring and which are to a great ex- tent exhausted, thus telling largely against the following grain crop; and last, and worst of all, afterthe .crop has ,all been carefully housed we are told that the whole pile contains 90 per cent. of water. Is it any wonder then that we have to feed so much grain to our stock in order to carry them through the winter in good condition. In con- clusion, I would say let us give up grow- ing turnips, let us put the same manure a.nd the same labor on ten acres, that we now put on four acres of turnip land and sow the former with peas, oats or barley. We would then have a yield of fully one half more bushels to the acre, besides a larger amount of straw than we are in the habit of growing under the present mode of working, thus pro- ducing a larger amount of both coarse and tfine food for ' our stock, which means better stock and a larger and bet- ter pile of manure. Besides this, the grain tirop would come off sooner than the turnips, thus affording ample time for fall cultivation which is the best time to kill Canadian thistles and all other foul weeds, as the ground is then dryer than at any other time of the'year. ,It would not be nearly so exhaustive on the land and would always leave something in his hat and showed me where he -had been scalped over twelve years ago. But from.the ready dispatch of troops to centres of disturbance the !rough ele- ment as well as the Indians have been - driven out, and Texas enjoys peace serenely. The Pan Handle country of Texas prooluces the finest wheat and more bushels to the acre than any other sec- tion of the Union. There are more acres of timber in Texas than in any three States of the Union. It is • rich in iron, copper, silver, marble, granite, sand and lime stone. Scenes of the farm, field, forest and sea are exhibited at the Spring Palace at Fort Worth, Texas. The, production of Texas alone in this age, rivals the pro• gressive strides of recent years, inspir- ing the soul and mind with deeds more noble than conquests in war, by this the grandest and most unique display of wealth of mother earth. Presenting to the wandering host, from far and near, attractions unseen and unexcelled, thereby laying the foundation upon which shall be built the arch of peace and prosperity. M. C. McCAsEY, • Foimerly of Morris. Canada. Buffalo' City Council has voted to exclude Canadians from working on corporation jobs. —Napoleon Carver, of Ruscomb, near Windsor, has fallen heir to 880,000- by the death of a relative in England. --Mr. George Grant, son of Principal Grant, is very low at the parental home, Kingston, with typhoid fever. —Owen Sound has now a population of 8,500. This estimate covers the vil- lage suburb of Brooke. — Rev. G. M. Milligan'of Toronto, will open the new St. Andrew's church in Vancouver, British Columbia, on May 25th, —.Messrs. Farrell & Pascoe, Wood- stock, last week sold a team of horses that weighed 3,800 pounds, to a Detroit buyer. —Mr. Adam Hudspeth, M. P. for South Victoria, died suddenly from. apoplexy at his home in Lindsay Mon- day afternoon. —The first game of the Western As- sociation Foot Ball club was played at Galt on Saturday by a match against Dundee, Galt winuing-2 to 0. —Rev, Mr. Kines, president of the Montreal Methodist _ Conference, was asked a few days ago to remove a minis- ter because his sermons were too long. —The tailor shop of C. G. Carlson, in Hamilton was entered by burglars early Saturday morning, and goods to the amount of $500 carried off. — At the Methodist Metropolitan Cherch, Toronto,- the other evening, two Chinomen were baptized into the Methodist Church by Rev. Leroy Hooker. — Sixty-five males, twenty-eight fe- males, and two children were in the Hamilton House of Refuge last week; and there were seventy-two patients in the City Hospital. —Charles Brown, aged 101 years, died the other day at the Waterloo House of Refuge, Beriin. He was sent to the in- stitution from Galt about eight years ago. —Miss Coleman, of the Hamilton City Hospital, has had a tempting offer from Saginaw to assume the position of Lady Superintendent in the hospital of that city. —H. Kerr and John Wallace for dis- turbing the service of the Salvation Army in Ingersoll,were fined, the latter $4 and costs, and the former $2 and costs. — The present summer promises to be a rich one for the hotel men at Owen Sound. Already one hotel has booked accommodation for twenty-five New Or- leans people from June to September. —On Arbor Day a thousand trees were planted on the Industrial Farm at Brandon, Manitoba, and the same num- ber are being planted each day until 40,000 have beetplanted out. —A Lucan correspondent says: The Salvation Army has left Lucan, after an occupation of six and a half years, during which tiine they built a commo- dious barracks now closed up. —The late Robert Valiance, township clerk of Osnabruck, county of Stormont, had only joined the Workmen Lodge of Osnabruck two months before he died. His widow will get $2,000. —A family on Briscoe street; London South, has been blessed with a healthy infant which weighed twenty peunds at birth. The mother and child are doing well. — W. J. Livingston, just retnrned from California, says : - "They can blow about the glorious climate of California, but Kingston suits me better than any place I have visited." — Miss Isabella Macdonald, formerly of East Cornwall, has leased the new hotel at Camerontovvn station. Miss Macdonald was for several years employ- ed• in the Canada Company's cotton mill in Cornwall. —John Day, the celebrated Indian lacrosse player, of Cornwall Island, died at his home on the Island from consump- tion 1 st week. He Was one of the best if lacro se players the world ever pro- duce , —The band of the Salvation Army, Woodstock, played a number of selec- tions at the tea -meeting in connection with the opening of the new Methodist. church in that town on Monday evening last week. —Ida Torrance, a girl of disreputable character in Toronto, committed suicide on Saturday by taking a dose of lauda- num. The girl's right name was Ida Rutherford. She was born at Boulder's Creek, California, where her mother still lives. She had been an inmate of several disorderly houses in the States, Montreal, Hamilton and Toronto. After her arrival in Toronto she took a fancy to Frank Moore, a fugitive from Ameri- r- can justice, and who embezzled $160,000 from his employers at Columbus, Indi- ana, and escaped to Canada with the money. He disgorged $60,000 Of the money. The girl, it is believed, took the drug while in a state of despond- ency. —Hon. W. W. Lord, one of the fath- ers of responsible government in Prince Edward Island, a member of the Legis- lature for a quarter of a century and a J. P. for sixty years, is dead, aged 93 years. —One of the jurors in the murder trial at L'Original separated himself from the others and went outside the hotel at dinner time, thereby necessitat- ing the postponement of the case until the next Assizes. —At Brantford, on Saturday the`‘con- fidence woman, Dolly Beely, alias Mrs. Blaine, was sentenced to two months in 'the common jail for obtaining moaey under false pretences last December from Rev. Dr. Cochrane. —Rev. Dr. Cochrane, of Brantford, is in New York on business connected with the Pan Presbytery. Before he re- turns home he will attend a re -union of those who graduated in 1860 from Princeton College, New Jersey. —The Canada Atlantic bridge across the St. Lawrence at Coteau has been successfully tested. Though the main span was subjected to a pressure of 505,000 pounds it yielded only three- quarters of an inch. - —Baird, Laird, Agnes Ashton and Nellie Leslie were on Saturday commit- ted for trial at Montreal on the .charge of larceny of $8,000 belonging to the Pacific Express Company. The women were admitted to bail. —Mr. Jacob Merner died at New Hamburg on Friday from injuries re- ceived the day before in a runaway acci- dent. Mr. Merrier, who was 75 years old, was the brother of Senator Merner, now in Ottawa. —It is -announced that H. W. Darling, of Toronto, will retire from the presi- dency of the Canadian Bank of Com- merce to accept the position of arbitrator for the Canadian Pacific Railway, the position filled by W. D. Matthews, now 'director of the road. —Rev. T. A. Large, the Methodist minister who was recently murdered in Japan by two robbers who entered his house in the night, was a native of Lis- towel and a graduate of Victoria Col- lege, Cobourg. Mrs. Large was a Miss Spencer of Paris. --Sir Richard Cartwright's offer of $100 towards the purchasing of the new portion of the show grounds at. Nor- wich, affords much gratification to the officers and members of the North' Nor- wich Agricultural -Society and to the Norwichites generally, —Mr. Walter Deans has rented the Arthur Walker farm in. Nichol town- ship, near Guelph, from Mr. Henry Michie, of Fergus. It is better to be a tenant than an owner when a farm which cost $12,200 can be had at a ren- tal of $250 a year. —The schooner Gordon arrived at Owen Sound on 5 inday with 100 bar- rels of salt, the r mainder of 450 bar- rels with which she left that Port two weeks previously. Three hundred and fifty barrels had to be jettisoned into Lake Huron, the vessel having- 'run on the rocks. —The farmers' cattle syndicate ship- ped a few days ago 300 head of cattle for the Old Country markets, Baden, Drumbo and Ayr being the respective shipping points. Mr. Jas. McNichol, the popular farmers' syndicate manager, is rushing matters in an exceptionally satisfactory and business -like way. —A young lady was passing through the Customs at Windsor Saturday night, when the string that held her smuggling bag broke and allowed the end of a piece of dress goods to trail on the ground, Customs Officer Baby saw it, and calling the young lady in relieved her of what smuggled goods she had on her person. —Miss Margaret Helena Murray, known as Mother Purification, who died at the Ursuline Convent, Quebec, the other day, was the youngest daughter of Mr. W. A. Murray, the well-known dry goods merchant of Toronto, and was only 30 years of age, having entered the Convent at 18. —In the little village of Richwood, Brant county, live John Irving and his wife, both over 80 years of age. The old people are in excellent health, and have six sons and three daughters living. The combined weight of the father and sons is 1,480 pounds, or an average of 211 pounds each. —Mr. F. Millington, living near Hall - man's school house, Oxford county, while leading a colt to drink on Tuesday last week, was thrown to the ground and dragged some distance. He was severe- ly injured about the head and died Thurs- day of concussion of the brain. He was 64 years old. —The Providence Nuns of Longue Pointe Asylum have resolved to put up temporary buildings on their lawn for ship Mayor Clarke, J. L, Hughes, John Donagh; and many other of Toronto's best citizens, who, with himself,' he be- lieved loved and honored the Sabbath as much as did either the Revs. Dr. Par- sons or Parker, —Mr. John P. McMillan, of Glencoe, has been out to Lethbridge,in the North- bell, and the two recent deaths above west, with a car load of horses for the mentioned. Cypress Branch Company. He shipped his homes on a palace car, and is quite enthusiastic over this improvement in shipping since he last brought horses out two years ago, when he lost one in a box car. —The dramatic • company of which Reub Fax the well-known Ontario COMic vocalist, is a member,is now play- ing in Boston. In about six weeks they will start on a trip to Califprnia and will be away three months. They will take in Chicago, Salt Lake City, Denver,Buf- falo and Philadelphia on their return trip, —The Agricultural Societyof the Port Arthur district is encouraging farmers of that locality to grow flax. The Port Arthur Herald says: -" We have any amount Of lead, iron ore, yellow ochre, and baryta. all around us, all we want is flax to enable us to start manufactur- ing paint right here from our own raw products." • —.Brockville parties during the past winter harvested a quantity of ice at a cost of $500, and sold the same, to Syra- cuse parties for $2,000. They in turn sold the ice to an Auburn firm for $4,000, who in turn expect to realize $10,000 in the deal. At this' rate we would like to know what it is going to cost the consumer. — The body of George McMaster, a nephew of the late Senator McMaster, of Toronto, was found floating in Tor- onto by about daylight Monday morn- ing. Deseased had been missing from the city for some days, but it was sup- posed be was travelling for the firm of McCready & Company, Montreal, repre- sented by him in Ontario. — Among the 600 head of cattle that Mr. John Scott, of near Galt, is fatten- ing there is one steer that ranks as king of the herd. The animal in question stands 17 hands high, is only three years old,weighs 2,800 lbs. Ma -Scott intends to fatten this steer until it can tip the beam at 3000 lbs., when it will be ship- ped to England as a sample of prime Canadian beef. The animals are fed on corn -slops and cut hay. —The Brompton Mill Company is cutting a second crop of wood out of its forests in the St. Francis district, Que- bec, after a period of twenty or thirty yeara. The removal of the big trees permit the smaller ones to develop, and the agent of the company thinks that through this means the company will secure a supply of excellent wood for a number of years to come. —Mr. Skelding, hardwaro merchant, Winnipeg, fell asleep last week, and did not wake up for five days, except when aroused by the doctors to give him nourishment. The medical men are puzs zled to account for the trouble. The man was in good health with the excep- tion of being a little sleepless before his long snooze. At last reports he was re- covering from the stupor and was 'get- ting along well, —The Grand Trunk Railway is hav- ing a survey and estimates made with the idea of running tracks to the harbor at Meaford. The station and terminus at present are on the hill at the back of the town. The harbor of Raeford has plenty of water, is easy of access, and safe from storms, and it is proposed to erect an elevator and divert part of the grain trade at present going by Colling wood .through Meaford. The town will be asked for a bonus. —At the celebration of the Queen's Birthday to be held in Woodstock on the 26th inst. there will be bicycle races fot which a number of fine *prizes are offered. Among the prizes are a mag- nificent epergne, a coffee set, a couple of cigar cases and a grand silver sot. The latter is to be offered for the one -mile open race, and is valued at $120. A buggy is offered for the farmers' foot race. —About four years ago W. Austine and family went to live at Harriston. Shortly after their arrival Mrs. Austine and a daughter, a young woman, died, followed soon after by another daughter and two sons, and on Friday last Mr. Austine, who was broken hearted, also passed away, so that within four years father, mother and four children were laid side by side in the cemetery. Only one boy a lad of 10 or twelve of the whole family now remains. —Marshall Ballington Booth an Booth, in charge of the American c ntin- gent of the Salvation Army, tie this week in Toronto. They were welcomed Monday night by a large contingent of, the Army as the train entered the Union Station. The Marshall is the eldest son of General Booth, of London, Eng- land, and his wife is an educated and accomplished lady. Their place of reel - of health. It is a remarkable fact that within a space of less than a mile in length, in that district, within the past few years, no less then six sudden deaths occurred, viz.: John McNaught- on, Alexander McRae, 'Minnie Camp- bell and his mother Mrs.ltialcolm Camp - years Mrs. . —At 5 p. m. Saturday a sad :accident happened at the Grand Trunk station, Tara, by which a young man, Henry Brown, lost his life. At the time of the accident he was on top of a •box car putting on the brakes when the train shunting brought the cars together with such force as to knock him off. He fell between the cars. Two wheels passed over his body causing instantane- ous death. He was the son of a widow- ed mother, and had only been in the service of the Grand Trunk a few days. —John Broadhead, alias Duffy, a vagrant prisoner who was serving a term of 'six mbnths in Berlin gaol, made his escape between seven and eight o'clock on Monday morning last week, and although search was made for him soon after he was missed he is still at large. He had on the prison garb, with the ex- ception of the coat and was noticed by several persons walking along the street quite unconcernedly. Prh3oner had been working about the kitchen, and during the temporary absence of the turnkey cooly walked out and off. He had about three months yet to Servb. —The people of Norwich have been taken by surprise by the sadden disap- pearance of the pastor of the Baptist church, Rev. J. Williamson who -left • his home in that village on Wednesday evening last week, leaving behind him, it is etated, a note to the effect that he was tired of continual and harassing do- mestic infelicity, and that his wife would not see him again. This briefly states all that was known about ;the ac- tual fact of his leaving. He took his departure quietly, no one probably but himself knowing that he was leaving town without the intention of return- ing. —A largely attended meeting of the Executive Committee of the Provincial Sabbath School Association was held in Toronto on •Thursday of last week. The Secretary's report showed excellent and diligent work had been done among Sunday Schools during the past term. Fifty delegates to the forthcoming International Sun- day School Convention, to be held at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on June 24,25, 26, 27, were appointed. They are prominent workers and represent the different sections Of the, Province and the different branches of the chureh, The next Provincial Sabbath School Convention will be held in Brantford. —Sentinel -Review : Messrs. G. C. Eden, Warren Totten, James Canfield, W. A. Kan), D. M. Perry and R. M. Revell, of the Woodstock fishing asso- ciation,inaugurated the trout season last Thursday at their pond. The party gathered in about one hundred of the speckled beauties, it is •said, weighing from one pound and a -half down. It might be added, that while the catching of the fish was strictly legal, now that the first of May has come, the statutes make no provision for the inevitable lie. Mr. Totten, by the way, is credited with having seduced two of the unfortunate fish to his hook, which goes to show that the letters Q. C. are not much of an attraction to trout. —Early last Monday morning a fire occurred at Canapbellford, Northumber- land county, which resulted in the death of two persons, — a boy named Wm. Wynn, aged 13, and his grand- mother, Mrs. Catharine Soule., aged about 80, and quite • helpless. The grandmother was upstairs in bed; the rest of the family were at break- down stairs when the fire was discovered In the roof, evidently stsrting from a defective flue. The first thought was to carry out the goods, but the boy thought of his grandmoth- er, and ruehed uptake to bring her out and was overtaken by the flames and perished. When recovered, the body of the boy was not badly burned, but only the trunk of the woman WM left. —The following item is from & paper published at Kilmarnock, Scotland. ‘‘ We understand that the second session of the ;Kilmarnock Dairy School com- mences on Monday first, April fith. The school, which is the only one of its kind •in Scotland, was a complete success last year, many of the pupils giving practi- cal evidence of the benefit they had de- rived from attending the chief shows throughout the country. The former in- structor, Mr. Drummond, of Ingersoll, Canada, whose abilities as a first-class teacher are so widely recognized, has again been retained by the •cenonittee. Mr. Drummond was a passenger by the City of Paris isteamer, which so narrow- ly escaped being lost." [Mr. Drum- mond was selected for this mission by Mr. Ballantyne, M. P. P., et •the re- quest of the leading dairymen of the Kilmarnock district, —The Toronto Telegram tells the fol- lowing romance; Few kuow that fight- ing Joe Martin, the Attorney -General of Manitoba, was once a student at the Normal School here. He came up from Milton way, and Inspector Hughes who taught in the Model School then,remem- bers him as a lively and likely young man. Early in life he began the war- fare upon established evils that will reach a conclusion in the deetruction of the Separate Schools and official French in Manitoba. At that time the young men attending the Normal were not al- lowed to speak to young ladies who drank in knowledge from the same source. The Hon. Joseph merrily rowed a boat through that rule. Ile took the girls to the island if be wanted to and had a good time generally. His defiance of the rule was discovered, and the trouble at the school finally resulted in an arrangement that allowed they/ale students to speak to the ladies. . the accommodation of their patients. dence is New York city. ' They are the guests of Mrs. John McDonald at Oak- lands. —Two very sudden deaths occurred a few days ago in the township of Ken- yon, Glengarry county. Duncan Mc- Rae, son of the late Duncan McRae, be- fore retiring for the night went to the barnyard as was his usual custom to see that all was right. Not returning to the house as soon as was expected, search was made, when he was found lying dead in the yard with the lighted lantern by his side. He was in his usual state of health, but was troubled with fainting turns, in one of which be probably passed away, He was very much respected, and much sympathy is felt for his widow and young faniily. Within a few rods of the house of the deceased, Mrs. Alex. McKenzie, while returning to her son's residence from pay- ing a visit to a neighbor, seemed to have felt weak and sat down beside the road, where her body was found along with an open umbrella firmly clasped in her hand. She was in her accustomed state th In the meantime e male inmates will be housed in the 'Exhibition buildings. Concerning -the future, the general opin- ion is,that no new contract for farming ant the lunatics should be made. t —At the -Ii,Voodgreen Methodist Church Toronto,. last ,Sabbath evening the Rev. W. F. Wilson preached to a croWeled•tudience on "Christian Work:" • He never,he said, questioned methods ; he watched results, and if he saw men lifted up, their holes sweetened and their Wes made pure, he did not care whether bands or parades were the means used. He wished the Salvation Army and every other agency doing Christ's work every success. Referring to the criticism of church parades, etc., at last Monday's ministerial meeting, he said he had been honored by and had accepted invitations to preach to the United Workmen, Oddfellows, Orange- men, Sons of Temperance, the Queen's Own Rifles and the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society, and among his hear- ers had been Major Hamilton, His Woe-