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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1890-05-30, Page 190, ,LS XT L'S. Roue.. knk, tter e in : OLS; SIERY-3, ONS, eaarge o &e. anc [GS, nt of thing, west pos- Re allow - ting with [eeeh_; he E an hour cLean, of L af time, he meet - It entire- !eralitieu, "heavy speeeh, ren for a - it orderly accorded eting was shop, and good ac - ray. Mr. the same rt.stera in send in heir Hats receiving ; the cause le declare - appointed. to either nd parties Lave been ere never ;claration. took the ra.tepey- le acts el at do their do theira. court at .3 case of nahip has ting taxes Lship paid ready, and he coats in more. It know -all hat as the notice in clerk, of Separate taxes for I in See - 1 find by 'ed on the $140 for Separate has, by more than er words the build - and all led. Thee law to ape' yer in the taxes that ate Schoo1. ging to the froM the he by-law aled, why payers in arso. Now, 'est assess - t because r Cetholics the ?rotes- i,reve been ive the most p at large two town- schoole. I e`horne rule facials who ay for ata - /%w, and 9.aupplied = clerk to O. pay the known that in time. passed a rate School , and they er this by - =fore they ouneil meet r those who in time. ,ersons and atnong the to annul a in regard to might have = until the in closing, I ppointed to a fine of decleration hoat teking ble to a fine ors from me . C. M ewes - 4K. - a 2, TWENTY-SECOND YEAR. . 377110LE NUMBER 1,172. NEW G-OODS ARRIVING WEEKLY —AT-- HOFFMAN & CO.'S. MILLINERY, DRESS GOODS, PRINTS, RIBBONS, LACES, CORSETS, GLOVES, FRILLINGS, COLLARS, &c., —AT THE— Cheap Cash Store —OF - 1 HOFFMAN ?,3L CO., SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1890. A Plea for the .Much Abused Turnip. DEAR EXPOSITOR. —I was Somewhat amused in reading the letter of C.Michie of Sunshine, which appeared in your issue of the 16th inst., in reference to the growing of turnips, and especially at some of the arguments he adduces in favor of the discontinuance of this too much abused crop. It has been said that "to err is human," and the writer of this letter is, in my opinion, very human. He is evidently wearing blue spectacles, and consequently he sees no business ability or tact in the average farmer, and very little in turnips but water. As the public have been invited to discuss the question raised by your Morris correspondent, I will, with your permission, make a few observations upon his letter, trusting that they will be received by him in the kindly spirit in which they are written. Taking his letter then figuratively as a turnip, we will put it into one retort and see if we cannot evaporate about as much water from it as is usually contained in one of the juicy biennials, leaving the remain- ing 10 per cent. for the benefit of your readers. Mr. Michie alludes in the first place to the slipshod, happy-go-lucky manner in which most farmers manage their affairs. They raise horses, cattle, sheep, etc.; thep keep cows and patron- ize the dairy, and grow grain of all kinds and yet he says they do not seem to know which of the branches is the most profitable, or "whether there is any profit in any of them." Nov are these facts ? We leave the readers of CARDNO'S BLOCK, THE ExPOBITOR to judge. Are there not in the county of Huron, as well as SEAF0 R-r-Hnumher of successful farmers, and does a it not require high business ability, skill, and tact as well, tit run a well regulated farm? The fact that when the black- smith leaves his anvil, the merchant his counter or the mechanic his bench, and gets behind the handles of a plow, his -farm soon *goes under, vould seem to in- dicate that the farmer, to be successful,' requires a higher business ability, a keener intellect, and a wider range of knowledge than is required in any of the callings aboye mentioned. There was a a time when the farmer, by simply stir- ring the ground with his plow, and scattering in the preciou8 seed, could coax the soil to bring forth by hand- fuls when his wants were fewer, when better prices could be realized for all kinds of farm produce when he was bet- ter governed and taxation was light,and, when without an unjust tariff he could sell and buy in his nearett and best market. In these good times almost any novice could succeed tn farming. But how different is the farmers' condi- - tion to -day in. this country. To secure a good crop so many conditions are re- quired, that the good crop is often the exception and not the rule, and even when the farmer does secure a good crop he has often very little for his labor on account of the very low price of cereals, and the high _price he has to pay for labor-saving machinery with which to raise and harvest a crop. And when we add,that the Dominion Govern- ment of to -day is the most extravagant, the most corrupt and the most reckless that ever governed a great and free peo- ple; that its policy discriminates against the farmer, practically shutting him out from his nearest and best market on the one hand, and on the other taxing him for everything he buys, even the necessaries of life,—does it not speak volumes for the skill and prudence with which many farmers manage their farms, when with even these deadly odds against them, they not only hold their own, but actually lay by a competence. In answer to his main question, "Is it profitable (all things considered) to grow turnips ?" which question, he says, not one in fifty can answer. I will say yes, and will give my reasons further on. He seems to take for granted that a 'farmer ought to know how many dollars and cents it costs to raise a fieid of tur- nips, "all things considered," and how many dollars and cents said turnips are worth when fed to mixed stock, taking into account exhaustion of soil, value of manure and increase in weight of stock, that is "all things considered." Well, these are deep questions and when the scientific agriculturist or professor on his experimental farm, with all the necessary appliances at his cornmand cannot fully solve these puzzling questions, one can hardly ex- pect the average farmer to help him out. As to his assertion that cattle can- not be successfully wintered on "straw and turnips without a little grain," I would say that they cannot be brought out fat, but they can be brought out in fair average condition, if the strew is good and the roots are not stinted too much. I might say, also, that I have fattened stock for the Exeter market on turnips and hay alone, although I admit it took longer than if grain had been used in addition to the roots. In conclusion, the writer, after say- ing that he had large experience in feeding stock, sums up his objections to the growing of turnips in eight counts, some of which I will only touch briefly. First, he says that " all or nearly all the manure about the average barnyard is needed to enrich from three to four acres' upon which to grow the crop. "N ow,I grant that land should be well manured for roots of any kind, not simply or alto- gether that the growing tubers should be sopplied with abundant nourish- ment, although this is necessary, too but that the soil may be loose and mel- low, thus allowing the small seed to germinate quickly, and get into the rough leaf, escaping the ravages of the fly. But after the tubers are gath- ered in the fall, has all, or nearly all the manure that was put upon the and . been removed by • the crop? I answer, no. The effect will be seen for years to come, if the manuring has been liberal. In his sec- ond, third, fourth and fifth, he objects to the crop on account of the great aer.ount of labor required in preparing in every county in the Province, a large NOTICE.—Agents for ick's reliable patterns and tions. Butter- publica- the land, sowing, cultivating, gathering in the crop, &c. These objections are well put, and rather tell against the crop. But still with improved methods of culture, we now get our seed in earlier, thus leaving more tiine for the root crops. This year, we will have the elections for the Local Legislature early in June, and if spared will make it a point to be at the polls, turnips or no turnips, to cast a good solid vote to sustain the wisest and most economical Government that ever governed a free people. In his sixth count, he says that the farmer must have a large root house. This objection does not tell very much against the crop, as most farmers now have bank barns, and in building a stone or brick stable, a part of it is generally left for roote, as a matter of course. Seventh.—He com- plains that the roots should be harvest- ed when the farmer is busy plowing and preparing things for winter. The force of this objection is only apparent, as in harvesting three or four acres of these juicy bulbs he is making one of the best preparations he possibly can for winter. Long after, when the winter has set in, and the Btock has been for a time upon dry feed, how they will relish the much abus?,d turnips. Is it the water they contain that makes the cattle eat themwith such avidity? No it is because they are green food and largely • take the place of the succulent grass in summer. But it is to his eighth objec- tion that I wish to devote special atten- tion, for in it he makes the astounding statement in one breath that "the crop is exceedingly exhaustive on the land," nothing being left in the land, etc., and in the next breath he says, that we are told that "after the crop has been carefully housed that the whole pile contaihs 90,per cent. of Water," Now, if as he says, the cup is very exhaust- ing on land and the bulk of the crop 90 per cent. is water, • then perforce either the abstraction of water from the soil is an Ochausting process, or then the 10 per cent. solid matter remaining must be onolof the most concentrated foods known. If the former is true, then our lands must soon become impoverished for lack of moisture. , Will the rivers ever cease to roll their volumes to the ocean, will the ocean itself ever cease to exist, and will the sun ever cease to shine, and by his evaporative power to raise the countless billions of tons of water that .are daily raised from its broad surface to be caught up by the clouds and wafted by the -winds to the remotest bounds of the earth, to de- scend again in the refreshing showers and thus water the thirsty ground. Till these conditions obtain, and. this will not be until Dr. Wild's "New Earth" comes, so long will these be invested in the soil. But if the latter is true, then this remaining 10 per cent. must be very valuable for feeding, as it contains, according to Mr. Michie's own state- ment, all the elements that are contain- ed in the manure which is scattered so liberally upon the land for this crop. As to his objection that there is no Btraw left upon the land after the crop is removed, we would simply ask: Where in the name of all that is won- derful does the material of which straw is composed come from. We answer' partly from the soil, and partly from the air. We understand that when we burn straw the white ash or earth that remains is the part that -was removed from the Boil by the grain while grow- ing. Now,when we return this straw in the form of manure or stubble, we are only returning a small part of what was taken from the soil, the bulk generally on very many farms going to market for low prices, thus impoverishing the soil. Now, turnips do not grow straw, at least the first year of their growth, but they grow tops or shaws, and these are generally left on the land, but if eaten offit is all the same, as they then pass through the body -of the animal, as alao do the roots themselves, and thus they sooner or later find their way back to the soil, in the form of rich ma- nure. Again, if turnips do not grow straw, then the material of which the straw would be formed is either left in the soil, or comes back in the form of manure. In conclusion, I would say that -my reasons for growing turnips are, first, that they furnish an abundance of green food during* winter, thus putting stock in a fine natural condition, and enabling them to assimilate more dry feed ; second, they futnish water for stock in winter in a warm and mild form third, and last, they are easy on land, nearly everything coming back to the soil. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for so much since in your valuable pa per. I am, • Perth Items. • When the St. Mary's tax collector returned the roll $370 remained uncol- lected. —The Yormg Men's Christian Associ- ation, Stratford, have organized a foot ball dub. —Mr. Gus. Goebel, of Mitchell, lost the best horse in his livery stable last week. Its leg was broken. —George Merrill was sentenced to 30 -days in jail -for prowling around Mr. Keeler's residence in Mitchell: —Rev. Mr. Chrystal has handed in his resignation of the charges of Avon - ton and Carlingford -churches. The annual sermon to the Foresters of Fullerton village will be preached by Rev. M. Alaxworth, of St. Johns, on Sunday, June lat. —Mr. J. B. Dinkel, for many years a respected, resident of Listowel, left a few days ago to fill a situation in Den- ver,c;Calorado. —Mr. Jacob Sehellcnberger, proprie- tor of the Rhine hotel, at Kastnerville, died very euddenly on Monday morning last week, from the effects of a paralytic stroke. —Dr. Rutherford -was thrown out of his buggy the other night in Listowel by his -rig colliding with another rig. The doctor was thrown with such force as to dislocate his shoulder. • _ —The young people of Avonbank have organized - a Young People's So- Ciely of Christian Endeavor, and Imre a merhabership of over sixty. May their efforts be crowned with success. — Going home about 10.30 o'clock Saturday night, Mr. Albert Herman, of St. Marys, loat a puree containing $19. Early Sunday morning, while in search for it, he found the purse lying open and the money taken therefrom. - eommercial traveller and a citizen engaged in a_pitched battle on the priblic street, in St. Marys, Sunday evening. They were before Mayor Poole and R. Box, J. P. on Monday, and were each fined $5 and costs. —Mr. Wolfe said wife, of Wallace had a narrow escape on Thursday of' last week, as they were returning from church. Their horse took fright and ran away throwing Mr. Wolfe and wife out, but happily without injuring them. —The German Methodists, of Wal- lace, had a monster bee on Tuesday of laat week, Imilding a fence around the grave yard. Rev. Mr. Harrell, succes- sor to Rev. H. Dierlamm, seems to be getting along well with his new charge. —The councils of North Easthope and Ellice townships are considering the propriety ohopening a large drain in the low lands of these townships; It is proposed to begin the drain at Topping in North Eastbhpe, and end it on the town line near Gadshill. —At the annual 'fat cattle show held at Shakespeare on the 14th inst. There were 92 head of cattle exhibited, weigh- ing 133,940 pounds. The cattle were purchased by Mr. Waddell, for the Eng- lish market, and in return for them nearly $7,000 went into -the farmers' pockets. They filled five cars. —Two St. Marys residents met with painful accidents last week. Mr. Wm. McIetyre was employed in the carpen- ter shop at the Maxwell works when a knot flew from a bard, striking him in the eye. And on :Saturday, while Mr. Cooper was engaged on the sharper he had the end of his thamb taken off. I3oth will take a rest for a few weeks. —The other day in Stratford a piece of paper flew in the face of one of the horses attached to Tune & Robertson's delivery wagon. The horse was fright- ened and started to run away. Mr. George Tune happened to be at the horses' heads,and in eudeavoring to hold them back was thrown under their feet and severely bruised, narrowly esceping with his life. {McLEAN 13R08. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. literal interpreation may be, has changed the loop tightened on Mr. Norris' foot, the law but that the matter was before and he was thrown down and dragged the court at the present time for deci- through the field and an adjoining bush sion," while on the other hand the On- till he was shockingly cut and bruised. tario Government always declared that When found an hour later he was dead. the law always was and still is that Mr. Norris was a very respectable man. every ratepayer by law is a Public School supporter, and the court has since decided that the Government was correct. Butt° put doubt or difference of opinion out. of the question,a Bill was passed last sesiiion declaring this very proposition, a copy of which I enclose. SECOND QUESTION.-- What are y OUT views concerning the use of the ballot in elections for Public and Separate School Trustees? ANSWER. —I am in favor of making an optional law for all. But you will no- tice that the ballot system in the town of Brussels has been tried and found wanting and the people there were anxious to return to open voting and Mr. Gibson got an amendment put into the enclosed Bill to that effect. THIRD QUESTION. —Are you in favor of making English the language of instruc- tion in all the schools supported by the people and the only language in examin- ations? ANSWER,—Yes, as far as it is practicable. I need not remind you that English is taught in every school in this Province at the present time receiving Government aid. FOURTH QUES1ION. —Are you in favor of requiring all teachers to undergo the same examinations for certificates before being allowed to teach in Ontario. ANSWER. —Yes, that is the law at the present time and always has been since 1867; lams QUESTION.—Would you ailaiSt an agitation in favor of the abolition of Separate Schools? ANSWER. —Such an agitation would, in my humble opinion be useless, and to say yes, would be only trying to deceive both myself and my friends. You will notice that Mr. Meredith, the leader of the opposition has laid down as his plat- form i ee n his speech at London, "that we had implanted in our constitution the decree that there shall be Separate Schools and that we cannot alter that if we would." Mr. Meredith has never said at any time that he would abolish Separate Schools. On the other hand Mr. Mowat said in his place in Parlia- ment "that the matter of Roman Catholic Separate Schools in Ontario and Protestant Separate Schools in Que- bec was one of those things which there was to be no power on this side of the Atlantic to change to the injury of these schools." Do you mean by your ques- tion to abolish only the Roman Catholic Separate Schoo)s. If you mean only Roman Catholic Separate Schools where does the Equal Rights come in ? If you mean all Separate Schools I draw your notice to this fact, that while you would abolish 240 Roman Catholic Separate Schools in Ontario you would abolish 9 Protestant Separate Schools in Ontario d 980 Protestant Separate Schools in ebec, making in all 989 Protestant Separate Schools against 240 Roman Catholic Separate Schools. That is the destroying of four Protestant Separate S-chools to one Roman Catholic Separate School. Surely there is food for reflec- tion here. Would that be fair to our Protestant friends in Quebec; and if not in the one case, why in the other. with Prince Cararnan-Chimay, made a settlement on the Prince of $100,000. —The Catholic School Board in Set - kirk West, Manitoba, has complied with the new Manitoba school law without the least sign of a grumble. The Separ- ate school ceased to exist on May first, and the young lady teacher therein was at once engaged by the Public School Board. Her Catholic scholars are now in attendance at the Public schools. —At the inquest on the Longue Pointe Asylum fire Dr. Duquette expressed the opinion that 70 persons perished in the conflagration. He condemned the high building for asylum purposes, and said it Was a great mistake to have placed the violent patients in the fourth story. He also said there were no ladders avail- able. If there had been, more of the patients could have been saved. —John Allan, i a Toronto machinist, - had been shooting rats with a small rifle, and after killing one rat reloaded the rifle and stood it in a corner. He went into his shop, and while gone Maty Allan, a 7 -year-old child, picked up the rine and pointed it at her 2 -year-old brother James. The little girl accident- ally pulled the trigger, and the baby was shot in the head. —The marriage ceremony of Miss Martin, daughter of E. Martin, Q. C., of Hamilton, and Mr. Baldwin, of To- ronto, has been set for June 5, the elec- tion day, and this has necessitated a rather novel mode of going to church. As all the cabs have been engaged for carrying electors, Mr. Martin has been obliged to charter two street cars, and in these the bridal party will ride to Christ Church Cathedral. —Mary Jane Hutton, M. D., is the name and title of the latest acquisition to the medical fraternity of Forest. Miss Hutton enjoys the distinction of being the first native of Forest to ac- quire the title of M. D., as well as that He leaves a wife and three children. a —Mr. Thomas Hodgins, of Lucan, has purchased the Atkinson estate in that neighborhood for $5,210. The farm con- tained 114 acres, and Mr. Atkinson re- fused $8,500 for this farm some eight years since. —A woman named Maggie Smith is under arrest at Chatham for making and passing counterfeit 10 -cent pieces and nickels. The latter are very clever imi- tations. —Mr. Gavin Fleming, ex-M.P. died at Glenmorris, Brant county, on the 19th inst. In his decease ended a life of great industry and usefulneas, integ- rity and honesty. —At the Brantford races on Friday, there was a dog race between the cele- brated trotting dog Doc, of Brighton, and Peter Gerrie's dog Con, from Elora, and resulted in Con getting to heats out of three. —In consequence of the Windsor Record leaving the market bylaw out of their last issue, the voting on it cannot take place on June 11, and another elec- tion, occasioning considerable loss, will havelto be called. —One hundred head of cattle belong- ing to the Liste Kaye ranche at Bal- gowie, Northwest Territory, started south during a snovvatorm last winter, and the remains of 54 head have been found. —The late W. Marshall of Kingston, left pm estate valued at $55,000. He be- quathed $15,000 to his wife, the re- mainder to betclivided between his sister and brother. • a HIBBERT, May 20th. Yours, etc., D. —President Wilson, of the Toronto University, received a letter from the Marquis of Lorne regarding assistance for the restoration of the university,and stating that he has written to leading European universities on behalf of tthe institution. re -3t -o —Mr. Charles Askew, for twelve years clerk of the Division Court, St. Thomas, and for five or six years prev- ious Division Court bailiff, died Friday at the age of 76 years. He was a resi- dent of St. Thomas for the past 30 years. —The jubilee anniversary of the Up, per Canada Bible Society was held Wed- nesday night last week at Toronto: The largest revenue in the history of the society ($33,444) was reported, and an eloquent address was delivered by Rev. Dr. Little, of Syracuse. —The statistics of the Methodist churches in Hamilton show the follow- ing membership: Gore Street, 395; Centenary, 536; Weeley, 650; First Methodist, 471; Zion Tabernacle, 329; Simcoe Street, 213; Hannah Street,262; Emerald Street, 135. —A young man named Miller went into the Eagle knitting factory, Hamil- ton, Friday, in search of work. He fell in a faint on the floor. It was elicited from him afterward that he had walked from Galt, and had had nothing to eat all day. He was taken to the hospital. SIXTH QUESTION. —Are you in favor of having all Inspectors of Schools both Public and Separate paid in the same way and whether are you in favor of paying them from funds of the Province or of Municipalities. ANSWER. —I an in favor of the law as, it is at present. I am My Dear Sir, Your Humble Servant, .ARCH. BISHOP. To Mr. Alexander McPherson, Hensall. Canada. Over one hundred carpenters have left London, Ont., for British Columbia, to work for a railway company. —Mr. Henry Lemmon, for 50 years proprietor of the Brantford Courier, has retired. His nephew, Mr. Reulle, takes hold. A teachers' convention at Kingston last week condemned the text -book on history and calling for a better !work in its stead. • —The deposits in the Dominion postoffie savings bank for the month of April were $498,428, and the repayments $886,699. —The Hamilton Street Railway Com- pany is considering the advisability of using electricity to propel the cars. The plant is estimated to cost $250,000. —There appears to be no prospect of a settlement of the difficulty between the cotton weavers of Hamilton and their employers. Fifty of the strikers have Questions and Answers.. The following are the questions sub- mitted by the Equal Rights Association, of Hensel', to Mr. Bishop, and his re- plies thereto. To the Secretary of the Equal Rights Association of Hensall, ( DEAR SIR. —The questions submitted to me for answer by your Association have been received, carefully considered by me and I forward you my answers thereto, requesting that you will kindly make such use thereof as the duties of your office may demand. FIRST QUESTION. —Are you in favor of a measure providing that all ratepay- ers in Ontario be assessed as 'Public SC11001 JillIppOrterS hnd the notice in writing must be given the assessor if the ratepayers desire to be assessed o t hAe tftswliveEe R. .—Yes. No doubt you will have noticed that the leader of the Op- position has never stated at any time, so far as I know, that the law if proper- ly constructed had any other meaning. He is reported in the Free Press of Dec. 17th, 1889, to have said in his London speech, "that the result in practice of certain legislation, whatever the strict left the city. —The annual camp meeting of the London division of the Salvation Army will be held at Forest this year. The camp will open June 25th, and will hold the fort for two weeks. —Bowmanville has been scourged by incendiary fires lately and last 'Sunday morning another was started which con- sumed several thousand dollars' worth of property, —Over 5,000 people witnessed the lacrosse match between the Niagaras and Athletics at Niagara °Falls on Queen's Birthday. The Torontonians suffered a defeat. —Rev. D. Gordon, of Hakrington'has resigned the pastorship of the church -there and intends removing elsewhere. He is selling offi his household furniture, books and other belongings. —James Norris, of Howe Island, near Kingston, met with a shocking death on the evening of the 21st inst. He went to a pasture field on his farm and caught anolt which had been sick, with a view to examining its wounds. The rope halter which he used had a loop on the end which lay on the. ground. In this loop was one of Mr. Norris' feet. After the halter had been placed on the colt's head the animal bounded away, when .—Mrs. Large, the widow of Rev. T. Large, who was m urdered in Japan re- cently, is rapidly recovering from the injuries she received when she and her husband were attacked by bee -ears, and is now able to attend to her household duties. Mrs. Large is expected to leave Japan for Canada on July 17. —The body of a young man about 20 years of age was found on the pilot of the engine of Friday night's express by the engineer on its arrival at Waubaushene. From papers found onhim his name was probably Wm. Burrows, and he had evi dently come from Penetanguishene the day previous. —Mr, and Mrs. Henry Torrance, of Galt, celebrated their golden wedding on the 21st inst, Fifty years ago, on the 21st of May, 1840, they were united in the city of Dublin. To -day they are still hale and hearty, and have the pros- pect of several years of happy wedded life yet in store. , —In Fredericton. New Brunswick, the Canada Temperance Act was put in force against hotel keepers, and one of them is in _prison for a third °fence against the Act, and another has left the limits to avoid a like punishment. As a conse- quence, two. of the leading hotels in that city are both closed to the public. —A Kingston correspondent says : Sir RicLard Cartwright,with his family, is now enjoying life at Ai The Maples, ' having vacated their town house, hence- forth to be the residence of the Bishop of Ontario. Sir Richard has not decid- eodttwawheat.her be will live in Toronto or —Hon. Samuel Chipman, who will be 100 years old in October next, went in company with Richard Kidston, aged 84, to the polls at Kentville Nova Scotia, on the 21st and voted -Webeter and Harris. He can probably claim the only vote 100 years old that has been cast in the Province in its history. —Mrs. Julia Brown, who was over 90 years of age, died the other day in Toronto. Mrs. Brown was a cousin of the great Irish reformer, Daniel 0 Con - go to a monastry, but he could not stay away from his wife and children. —Dr. Scadding, of Toronto, has weft - ten a pamphlet containing a letter written to Sir Joseph Banks by Lieuten- ant -Governor Simcoe, in 1791, prior to his departure from England, for the purpose of organizing the new province of Upper Canada. In the pamphlet are also five official speeches delivered by Governor Simcoe on the opening and closing of Parliament in Upper Canada. The publieation will be read with a great deal of satisfactien by those who are interested in the earlier history of the country, —The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and party visited Banff National Park on Saturday, and departed for the east in the evening. While at Banff His Royal Highness was out at an early hour in the morning, and walked, ac- companied by Gen. McNeill and Hon. Mr. Cochrane, to many places of beauty and interest in the Canadian National Park. Bow River Falls was especially admired by His Royal Highness, and the cave and basin were among other attractions visited. The royal party arrived at Winnipeg Tuesday morning, and left the same day for Montreal. —Mr. Dennis Scully, of Emily, near Lindsay, a well-known stock raiser, sold last week to Mr. J. Atkins, of Port Hope, some twenty one he -ad of cattle, receiving good prices therefor. -More than half of the number sold had been fed on ensilage corn and straw, and Mr. Scully is highly gratified at the result of his enterprise in building a silo, as he considers his stock wintered much better on the ensilage than in previous years on roots. He is strongly of opinion that farmers should sow more ensilage corn for fodder whether they have a silo or —Eighty-two years ago, or on the 21st day of May, 1808, Colonel Thomas Tal- bot landed at Port Talbot and cut the of being the first female practitioner in the county. She recently took her de- 1 first tree in Elgin county. Throughontthe grees at Trinity with honors, and has greater part of his lifetime each anni- decided to practise in Forest. Her versary of the day wes celebrated by a career will be watched with interest by grand banquet and ball, when, after the her many friends. Her father was the toasts were drank, the Colonel always first doctor who located in Forest. led off in the first quadrille with the —The Woodstock Sentinel Review of youngest lady in the room. For many last week, says: Mr. E. R. Aimee, years these balls were held in St. Oxford street, has visiting him at pres- Thomas, but after London became a ent Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Stover, his millitary post they were held there, till father-in-law and mother-in-law, of Ten- finally the dissatisfaction of residents of aker street, North Norwich. Mr. and Port Talbot, Fingal, and St. Thomas led Mrs. Stover are aged respectively 86 to their,. discontinuance. and 81 years, and are as hale and hearty —The Paris correspondent of the Boa - as two persons of fifty. They drove in ton Herald, writing of the Salon pic- a wagon all the way from their home to tures, says: "1 find also the names of Woodstock, 16 miles, and that, too, several Canadians in the catalogue. before many younger people were out of Perhaps the best of the lot is Paul Peel, their beds. of London, Ontario, who shows two —Major Henry A. Gray, of Ottawa, canvases, "After the Bath," and a por- engineer in charge of Dominion public trait. In the first he depicts the deli - works in Western Ontario, met with a cate and nicely -modeled backs of two bad accident the other day. He was on naked little boys who are warming theta - his way to his hotel in Ottawa, having selves before the stove after their bath. spent the evening with Mr. Perley, the The reflection of the fire lightens up chief engineer of the department. When their little outstretched hands with a in the act of stepping from the sidewalk golden tint, and shows their tender flesh on to the road crossing, his foot caught superbly." and he was thrown heavily for- —Mrs. Alexander Johnston,of Ottawa ward, breaking the knee cap of his left enroute to Waukashaw, Wisconsin„with leg. her 6 -months -old baby,was a paseenger on —One of the oldest Canadian pioneers, a Central Paoific Railway train from To - Joseph Pilkey, died at his residence in ronto last Friday. At Toronto Junction Brantford on Monday of last week. The her pocket was picked, her purse, con - deceased was born in Little York, To- taining all her money, some $8 or $10, ronto, on August 4th, 1804, when there and her ticket, being taken. The puree wai3 but one other house in the place. was afterward -s found on the platform j.When a child his father took up a farm there, with a five cent piece in it. The in Scarboro, where Joseph lived until woman arrived at St Thomas without 1863, when he removed to Glanford and money or friends, or a ticket to continue later to Brantford. Deceased had a her journey, but was advanced a suffic- family of thirteen, eight of whom sur- ,ient sum to continue her journey by S. vive him. H. Palmer, Michigan Central Railway --The London Advertiser of Monday ticket agent. says: On Saturday,Rev.Dr. Armstrong, —Frederic Archer, the distinguised of Moore, sent from the Grigg House to organist, appeared at Kingston the their respective places a party of farm other night, and itt the opening event pupils who came out by the Lake Huron surprised himself. Shortly after eight and Vancouver steamships. Special ar- o'clock he walked to the organ in the rangements have been made this year in Queen Street Methodist Church, mount - England for farm pupil immigration the ed the bench, shoved himself back, and farmers are now receiving the benefit, toppled over the landing to the floor Another party left Liverpool Friday beneath. For a few moments there was last. The weekly syatem gives the far- a waving of hands and feet, and slowly mere a Chance to make their applications the mountain of flesh (for Mr. Archer and to place dependence on a supply. is corpulent) arose. Re was consumed —According to the Revised Statutes with merriment. The episode was of Ontario, chapter 202, section 2, it is most comical. Mr. Archer was not obligatory to cut out and burn all black seriously hurt. His right leg was some - knot found on plum and cherry trees, what bruised, but he was able to resume each and every ye r as it shall appear. his trip westward next day. He said It is the duty of all overseers of high- that such athing never occurred before, Ways or street inspectors to enforce the save in Brooklyn, where a *air on the provisions of this Act, under a penalty platform broke under him. When the of $10 to $20 fine. After persons have accident happened various ladies cried been warned by the inspector and do out and men started to their feet fearing not cut and burn asedirected by Statute, that the great king of the organ was they are liable to a fine of not less than hurt. One girl in her excitement cried $5 and not more than $20. out, "Oh Gosh." This set the People —A St. Thomas despatch says : Mr. laughing. Neil McCollum, a farmer liviug near —A correspondent writing from Gladstone, in the township of North Nairn, in the county of Middlesetasays: Dorchester, left his home the other Another old settler, Mrs. McArthur, evening to attend a political meeting. mother of Dr. McArthur, of London,and It was a dark and stormy night,e.nd Mr. Mr. J. McArthur, banker, at Hensel', McCollum did not reach Gladstone nor has departed suddenly from our midst. did he return home. Nothing was For the past two or three weeks the thought of the matter, however, and deceased had been suffering from la Friday his dead body was found on the grippe, but wee' recovering, so much that she was attending to her ardinaryilutiest On Thursday night, 15th inst., however, she retired to bed as usual and slept quietly. Her daughter, who slept in the same room, called to her early in the morning and receiving no answer, looked at her lying with her hand under her head, cold in death, without any signs of a single struggle. Her hus- band, Mr. James McArthur, was elder in the Presbyterian Church at Nairn, and died two and a half years ago. In the death of this estimable rady the church loses one of its most faithful workers. From infancy she taught her family to attend Sunday School and Church and yet, although they are young men and women, they still follow- ed her into Sunday School, in which she had charge of the infant class for many years, a post for which she was emin- ently fitted. Among the sick she -was welcome visitor. In the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society she held a dietinguished place. In short, in every good word and work she was a "mother in Israel." road not far from the village. Heart nel, and she had in her possession a disease was evideptly the cause of death. prayer book which contained the auto- graph of that great man. She resided in Toronto during the past thirty years. —Mr. Win. Reid, of the North Gore of Chatham, near Wallaceburg, -started the other day on a visit to his old home in the neighborhood of Kingston. He drives all the way in a two -horse car- riage, Mrs. Reid accompanies him. The distance is over 400 miles, and he ex - peas to be two weeks on the road. —The .marriage of Miss Clara Ward, of Windsor,Ontario, and Prince Chimay, took place in the chapel of the Papal Nunciature, at Paris, France, on Tues.,' day morning last week, in the presence of a select but brilliant congregation. Hon. Whitelaw Reid, the American . minister, and Lord Lytton, the British Ambassador, officiated as witnesses for the Canadian bride, and' the same offices were performed for Prince Chimay by his countrymen, the Belgian minister and the Duc Femensac. Miss Ward a few days prior to her marriage He was 65 years of age, and had a large family connection in the township. —The ex -Priest Rev. Lewis Martin, of Montreal, who some time ago desert- ed his wife and children, has come back to his family. The ecclesiastical authori- ties issued a statement after Mr. Mar- tin's disappearance,in which they admit- ted that he had made his departure with Archbishop Fabre's sanction, adding that in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, the marriage was no marriage at all, that Mr. Martin had been receiv- ed again into the folds of the church, and had retired to a monastery to do penance for his grievous offence. It was generally believed that the ex -priest would never be heard of again, but his wife remained faithful through all, assertingthathewould come back to her. She was right for Mr. Martin re- turned the other day and is again with his wife and children in Montreal. He says he was tempted and advised by the church authorities to leave his wife and ;