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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1890-06-06, Page 11Q, 1890. IVALS DAY AT JD B,. arde Eton et Pa O. C K ttractive : .HOSIERY, RIBBONS, largo range of gharns, &C ana with S, [CKINGS, U.,E LINENS sortment of Clothing, IAD 6HEAp. he lowest i)os.. .odace. LUL} th pier, can- ny, the boat - pier, where, brought to the company for jay, and way frona the R.—On Tues. ;regation ever 3 church was t. Henderson Bayfield and The Elervicat d impressive, 'men -from re, the evening A was held in arge number excellent pro ruse, duets The choirs of idered choice Miss Hilda. ,11 drew forth aciative Morgan and ts. 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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1890. 1$1 McLEAN BROS. Publishers..50 a Year, in Advance. NEW GOODS a ARRIVING WEEKLY HOFFMAN & co.'s. MILLINERY, DRESS GOODS, PRINTS, RIBBONS,. LACES, CORSETS, GLOVES, FRILLING -S, COLLARS, &c., —AT THE— Cheap Cash Store —OF— HOFFMAN & CO., CARDNO S BLOCK, SEA F 0 RT H. NOTICE.—Agents for Butter-. Wes reliable patterns and publica- tions. —Mr. Wm. White, of Hibbert, the other day delivered to Mr. Thomas Jones, of Mitchell, a splendid lot of 16 fat steers, which averaged in weight 1,300 pounds. The price paid was 5c per pound. —The other day in attempting to pass two ladies, Mrs. J. E. Lepointe and Mrs. Oacar Leblanc, who were driving along the river road- near Cornwall, Frank Archibald drove into the front wheel of their carriage and upset it, throwing the ladies underneath and smashing the cover to atoms. The la- dies providentially escaped serious in- jury. Had they gone a few feet fur- ther they would have been hurled down the steep embankment into the river. The accident was due to Archibald's carelessness. —Mr. Kobayashi, a native of Japan, who is at present a stlident of Victoria College, Cobourg, gave a very enter- taining and instructive address in the Methodist church, Oakville, on Thurs- day evening of last week. His remarks were chiefly about Japan; describing the empire, people, religion, etc. Mr. Kobayashi understands English very well but has a little difficulty in express- ing himself in words, but that is not surprising as it is only about 18 months since he commenced the' -study of the English language. —A silly girl who was a passenger on the steamer Halifax, from Boston, came very near throwing away her life the other day. She had been flirting with a young fellow and wanted to sit next to him at the dinner table. Disappointed at seeing him seated beside another girl she worked herself into a passion, ran upon deck and attempted to jump over- board. She was in the act of jumping over the rail when she was caught by soine of the passengers. Then she work- ed herself into an hysterical fit and scared the passengers by her shrieks. It took six men. to carry her to her state TOM. —A little incident which occurred at Niagara Falls during the visit there it Sunday of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, shews that His Royal High - nese has a kind heart: While the party were on the Clifton house piassa, among the number gazing at them the Prince noticed an old lady standing on the side- walk near by who looked at him earnest- ly, and who appeared to be nearly blind. He asked General McNeill to have her come to him, which she did, and the Prince shook her hand. She told the Prince her name was Mrs. Mc- Laughlin, and she lived in the historic village of Drummondville. She is 70 years old. The Duke talked with her some minutes, and the old lady told him she had the honor of shak- ing hands with his brother the Prince of Wales about 30 years ago. The car- riages being announced the Prince said good-bye to the old lady, and the party drove off through the Canadian park. —The corner stone of the new Meth- odist church in Waterloo was laid on Monday afternoon last week by Mr. Erastus Wiman, of New York, and, notwithstanding the rain, a large num- ber of people were present to witness the interesting ceremony. After reli- gious services conducted by Messrs. Howl, of Berlin, Scott, of Wingham, and -Salton, of Waterloo, Mr. Wirnan proceeded to lay the stone in. the usual manner, having been presented by the trustees for this purpose with a hand- some silver trowel. An appropriate ad- dress by Mr. Wiman concluded the pro- ceedings, which were throughout of a very interesting nature. Taking ad- vantage of Mr. Erastus Wiman's visit to Waterloo, the townspeople and farmers in the vicinity invited him to give a public address,which request Mr. Wiman complied with, and on Monday afternoon addressed a large audience in the Town Hall on the question of trade relations between Canada and the United States. His speech was an able effort and was listened to with rapt at- tention by the large audience, many of whom were farmers. • AST HURON TEMPHERS' ASSOCIATION. I The members of the above -Associa- 4 tion met in the assembly room of the - Collegiate Institute, Seaforth, on the I22nd and 23rd of May, for the transac• tion of business and the discussion of matters pertaining to the -teaching pro- fession. _ A gloom was cast over the convention owing to the death of our beloved In. - Mr. Malloch, many of the teachers only hearing of it upon their arrival at .the convention. FIRST SESSION. The first session opened at about 10 a. m. of the second day, the President, W. H. Stewart, of Blyth, in the chair. The, following committeee -were appointed, and an adjournment m de until the fol- lowing afternoon: Bu 'nese Committee, Messrs. J. King, D.- ohnson and A. Scott; Committee c3n Resolutions, Messrs. Clarkson and M Faul, and Mrs. Kirkman and Miss Simp n ; Reporting Committees, Messrs. Hamilton, Black- well and Dewar • Entertainment Com- mittee, Messrs. McFaul, Scott and Pren- dergast. - SECOND SMO. ' On the re -assembling of the , members at 1.30 p. m., Mr. Lough, principal of Clinton Model School, illustrated with a class, his method of teaching vulgar fractions and decimals, by means of easy problems, followed by questions more difficult and complex. He led the pu- pils to see that in all the cases presented the division was changed to multiplica- tion and that this rssult was produced by inverting the division from which the pupils were able to deduce the rule. In division of decimals he emphasized the importance of the pupils being thorough- ly acquainted with the numeration and notation. He based the teaching of di- -vision of decimals on their knowledge of compound division. He broke the dividend into tenths, hundredths thou- sands, &c., reducing the remainder to the next lower denomination and divid- ing again till the operation was com- pleted. From this he proceeded to the conversion of vulgar fractions into deci- mals, and the division of une decimal fraction by another. Both the pupils of the class and the audience of teach- ers were much interested in the lesson, and at its close Mr. Lough was heartily applauded. The second 'subject on the program was a kindergarten song by the class taught by Miss Killoran, Seaforth, after which Mr. Dearness, Inspector of schools for East Middlesex, discussed the subject of composition. In his young days, he said, they did not teach composition, but prescribed a subject to write on, while the correction consisted in pointing out errors in spelling and syntax. Now, composition is taught to the youngest pupils, then only the higher classes were expected to write composition. In correcting composi- tions the attention should be directed chiefly to improving the construction and arrangement of the sentences and paragraphs. For several *sons he considered composition the moat impel. - tent subject on the curriculum. A per- son's language was often taken as an in- dex of his intellectual character. Lan- guage was the greatest instrument of intellectual culture. It was time to be- gin written composition as soon as the pupil was able to read script. Their compositions should, of course, be very simple such as describing the position of an Object or stating one of its quali- ties. He pointed out that pupils who can easily give oral expression to a state- ment may be unable to dictate it a word at a time for another person to write it. Practice in this should be given frequently. Arranging the words of two or three short statements on the board promiscuously ; having the pupils re -arrange on their slates was a useful exercise. Writing synopsis of reading lessons was often abused by giving too much and not properly examining the work. Having pupils frame questions based upon the sentences of the reading lessons, and then writing the sentence and the answers was a valuable exercise. Insist on care in transcriptions of read- ing lessons. At the close of Mr. Dearness' address Miss Killoran's class again favored the Association with a song in a manner which reflected great credit upon the pupils and their instructress. Mr. Dearnese, being again called upon, took up the subject of temperance and hygiene. He thought it should have read hygiene and temperanae. He quot- ed Spencer and others, to show the im- portance which scientists accord to a knowledge of hygiene. It was one thing to say a subject should be taught; it was quite a different thing to teach it. Purely text -book teaching was worth- less, As shown by the answers given to questions set by the British Association. Instead of commencing the teaching of hygiene by a study of anatomy,he.would perhaps begin with the subject of diges- tion. To teach the subject properly, charts • were necessary. After dealing with the question of digestion he would take respiration, and then go on to ven- tilation, teaching it by appealing to the experience of the pupils. In dealing with temperance he performed a num- ber of experiments, to show to the teachers how they could easily illustrate to their papils the effects of alcohol upon the tissues and the different articles of diet. He urged the teachers not to be sparing in their condemnation of the use of tobacco. ---- . . ztaf mTHIRD SESSION. The p °grame of Friday morning opened ith a music lesson with class, by Miss Hilyar, of Clinton, that very fully illustrated her method of teaching the subject, and which, as was shown by the results, is a very effective one. . Mr. Duff, a former member of the As- sociation, being present, was called upon, and in a few brief remarks referred to his past relations with the teachers of East Huron, and paid a feeling tribute to the memory of Mr. Malloch, voicing the sentiments of the teachers of the inspectorate when he re- ferred to the fact that Mr. Malloch was a man that, while honoring him as a citizen, he could love him as a friend. The Secretary -Treasurer, Mr. Plum- mer, read his report, together with that of the auditors, which showed the re- ceipts for the year to be $145.34, expen- diture, $9.79; leaving a balance on hand of $52.55. The election of officers resulted as fol- lows: President, S. Y. Taylor, Wrox- eter; Vice -President, Miss A. Cowan, Seaforth ; Secretary -Treasurer, A. 11. Plummer, Blyth, re-elected ; Executive committee, Messrs. Scott, Prendergast, and Blackwell, and Misses Hillen and GOvenlock • delegate to Provincial As- solciation, Mr. McFaul, Seaforth. At this juncture a telegram was re- ceived from the West Bruce Teachers in convention assembled at Kincardine ex- pressing their sympathy with the teach ' - era of East Huron in the loss they had sustained through the deathpf Inspector Malloch. Miss Struthers, of Clinton, favored the audience with a reading, which was very pleasingly rendered. Mr. D. McFadzean read an instruc- tive paper on Time -Saving Methods. He said, the teacher should always en- deavor to take advantage of existing circumstances, and gave a number of ex- amples showing how this might be ac- camplished, as for instance to teach the definition of a watershed, take the class into the school yard, after a rain, and show them the numerous small streams, etc. In fine weather send classes to study in the open air, under the direc- tion of one of their number. Have pu- pils keep notes of lessons for future ref- erence. Make use of diagrams, :especi- ally in case of geography and history. He gave a number of short methods in arithmetic. The teacher should not spend time in working long mechanical problems. Do not repeat questions for inattentive pupils. Do not attempt to teach a class before you have their at- tention. Make few rules. Punish out of school hours. FOURTH SESSION. The last session opened at 1.30 p. m., with an address by Mr. Dearness, on -attention and memory. In the outset he said his experience went to show that pupils from ungraded schools took the highest marks at Entrance Examina- tions. He thought the reason for this might be found in the fact that pupils from ungraded schools were compelled to do more independent work. We mudt endeavor to develop in the pupils the power of concentration. Will power should be developed, that it enay give direction to the attention. Spen- cer says, "The object of all discipline is the direction of the attention by • the will." Sir W. Hamilton lays down a good rule, when he says, "Make the performance Of the effort more pleasur- able than the omission." We must awaken interest. The character of the teacher is reflected in the general char- acter of the pupils. Examine your pu- pils, and see if you can discover defects in yourself. In all your efforts to hold the attention of your pupila keep their will power in sight. Give systematic concentration exercises. After giving a very interesting description of the oper- ation of memory, Mr. Dearness went on to say that in teaching many subjects there should be an effort made to organ- ize the memory. Many children, who make rapid progress in their earlier days often, in a short time, begin to lose ground, and often drop behind others to whom they at first appeared superior. This was often owing to memory being abnormally developed at the expense of other faculties. Do not keep one por- tion of the brain too long occupied. The chief evils of over pressure are largely due not to multiplicity of subjects, but to lack of variety. The ability to re- tain, record and recall an impression de- pends much on the physical condition of the person, and is assisted by association of ideas. The subject was discussed for a short time by Mr. Lough who took exception to the remark that pupils from ungrad- ed schools were superior to those from glade schools, claiming that in most oases pupils from ungraded schools were considerably older. The hour for clos- ing being near it was necessary to draw the programme to an end. The follow- ing resolutions and motions were then adopted. Resolved, that this Associa- tion place on record its deep senile of the great loss sustained by the death of D. M. Malloch, Esq., our late inspector, who had endeared himself to every member by his kindness, his broad sym- pathies and his untiring and sincere de- votion to the highest interests of our schools; whose mature - counsel and friendly hand were a blessing to each, of us in our work as teachers. That we desire to offer to the bereaved family our 'heartfelt sympathy in the painful afflic- tion it has pleased God to lay upon them. That we earnestly pray that they may be sustained and comforted by Him who alone can give consolation to the sorrowing heart; and that a copy of this resolution be sent to Mrs. Malloch with tender regards of the East Huron Teachers' Association. The laid over resolution in reference to promotion examinations was again laid over. The Secretary was instructed to -notify all trustees of the attendance or non-attendance at the convention of their teachers. The usual votes of thanks were then carried, and an ad,journment made to meet at Wingham in the fall. --At the Convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, held in Montreal last week, Miss Willard,Presi- dent of the World's Union, who was present and spoke on the social purity question, said among other good things: That in the matter of fashion and the immodesty associated with dress, wo- men were the greatest sinners on the face of the ear* (Applause.) Here and there a woman was found who had self-respect in this matter, and attired herself modestly and beoorningly, but in order to amount to anything we must get this sentiment aggregated. Fifty years from now every virtuous woman would blush for the ridiculous fashion now affected by the devotees of society. (Applause.) Let the women of the Do- minion foster a public sentiment ingfavor of social purity; let them get a law, which was far better; the women of the States would not be far behind them (Applause.) The Turnip Question. DEAR EXPOSITOR,—In THE EXPOSITOR Of May 16th I read a letter from a Mr. Michie, of Morris on the subject, "Does it Pay to Grow Morris, in which he tries to make out that it does not pay to do so. I was surprised that some of the enterprising farmers of the surrounding community did not oppose him in his views. I am only a young farmer my- self, but have had a good deal of,experi- ewe in raising stock and feeding. cattle, and also in raising roots and have al- ways found that when the root crop was a failure we never could bring our stock out in the spring looking as slick and loose in the hide, nor yet have as good beef as when we had a good root crop. By saying roots, I 'mean mangolds as well as turnips, for I consider them just as good as turnips for cows and young stock, but I prefer the turnips for fat- tening cattle. We have raised as much as two thous- and bushels of turnips off three acres, and of late years we raise from six to seven acres of roots and consider them the most valuable crop on the farm. Of course I do not mean to say we can fat- ten' an animal on turnips alone, but I do say that we can fat- ten an animal a great deal faster on tur- nips and meal than. we can on meal alone. Another thing in favor of root growing is, that it cleans the land about as good as a summerfallow. I will now take a look at some of Mr. Michie' s reasons why raising turnips do not pay. In the first place he says that all, or nearly all, the manure raised about an average farm place is needed to enrich three or four acres of land on which to grow the crop. The farmer, I don't are if he has only a fifty acre farm,, who does not raise more manure in a year than will enrich 3 or 4 acres,;will soon run out his farm so that it will neither grow turnips nor anything else. It does not need any more manure for turnips than it does for a crop of fall wheat. His second reason is that there is an immense amount of labor expend- ed in preparing the land for the seed. Now, I can't see that there is an im- mense amount of labor to be expended on the land before sowing unless it is worked on when it is wet, and in that case you will have lots of work and will not get the land in good condition that year. We should always try and avoid working the soil when it is wet. For those who can do so'it is best to manure the land in the fall, for then the strength of the manure will have become mixed through the soil, and the plants when they come up will get the benefit of the manure right away, while if put on in the spring, or shortly before sowing the seed, the plants don't get the benefit of the manure until they have obtained a good root bold. It will take too long to go over all of Mr. Michie's reasons as to why raising turnips don't pay, so I will only touch on some of them. 1 He says the crop is exceedingly exhaustive on the land, everything being taken and nothing in the form of straw is left to replace the manure or other fertilizers which may have been put on the lend in the epring. Well, a few years ago we ploughed our turnip tope down in the fall, after the crop was taken off. As they were in rowe of about four feet apart, and ploughed under in that shape, when the crop came up the next spring it was not long before one could see from one end of the field to the other where the tops had been ploughed under, the grain being so much stronger and better looking, and it continued so throughout the season. We have plough- ed our turnip tope under every year since and with very great advantage to the soil. For my parted do not think that roots are so very exhausting on the iana, for I know in our experience we have always grown our best crops of spring wheat or barley on the land thet the root crop was grown on the year be- fore. As for being told turnips contain 90 per cent. of water, I will leave that for stock feeders to judge for themselves, but I for one have 'always found it a good kind of water to have for feeding and raising stock. He asks, is it any wonder that we have to feed our stook so much grain in order to fetch them through the winter in good condition? But it is not always the amount of grain or anything else that is fed to cattle that does them the most good; it is the way they get fed. One can overfeed with grain, and one can also ov-erfeed with turnips'especially fat cattle. We have always brought our young !stock over a year old, and some of the late calving cows, very well through the winter up till the first of April, on oat straw and roots; after the first of April they are fed hay if we have it, andif not a little grain. No, to conclude, I would urge the farmers to think seriously over the matter before giving up raising roots. Stock -raising is the best paying business on the farm at the present day, and is likely -to remain so for some time, and if we do away with raising roots we will find to our sorrow that we have done away with something that was a great benefit to us. I would propose that we form in each township whet I would call a Farmers'. Union Society, and meet, say twice a month during the fall and winter months for the purpose of discussing and debating on things pertaining to the farm. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for giving me so much of your valuable space, I remain, yours truly, J. FELL, Hibbert. Canada. 1 During April $25,000 worth of gold was mined in Nova Scotia. —There will be a great crop of fruit in Prince Edward county this year. —Hay in Winnipeg has risen to $22.50 per ton. —Plenty of fish are being captured by the Fraser river salmon catchers. —Eight Catholic priests arrived at Winnipeg the other day for missionary work in the Northwest. —A cargo of Newfoundland herring's was sold for manure at North Sydney last week for 10c a load. —Four thousand five hundred feet of St. Clair River tunnel is completed, leaving 1,800 feet to finish the job. —Large quantities of gin and whisky have been seized by the Customs author- ities at Quebec. —Last Monday was the twenty-fourth anniversary of the battle against the Fenians at Ridgeway. —Mr. E. B. Harrison, for many years inspector of schools for East Kent, is seriously ill at his home in Howard. —Woodstock Baptist church officials have condemned the delivering of milk on Sundays. —Fred Thornton, of Sweaborg, has purchased the Pickthall property in East Oxford, for $6,000. —Professor Robertson will spend about three weeks at the Ontario Agri- cultural College, lecturing on dairying. —The shipment of cheese from the neighborhood of London exceeded half a million of dollars last year. 1 —It is said that the Ontario Govern- ment propose to establish a school of science and metallurgy in Kingston. —Two thousand dollara' worth of lobster gear was destroyed by the storm off the Cape Breton coast a few days ago. —Mrs. Brown, of Fort Erie died in the county poor house in Welland on Thursday, at the ripe old age of 102 years._ Four hundred dollars was taken in at the gate at Capt. Clarke's Military Cadet entertainment at Elora on Mon- day last week. —Mrs. Brown, of Fort Erie, died at the county poor house at Welland, Thursday, at the ripe old age of 102 ye_ars. The people who have been boring for gas near Blenheim, Kent county, have struck what they think is a vein of gold quartz, — Travelers are credited with saying that money is more plentiful in Kings- ton than in any other eastern place in Ontario. — Reports from Southwestern Mani- toba are to the effect that wheat is show- ing up magnificently. The fields are green, and in some places the grain is five and six inches high. • — At'llamilton while one of Mrs. Mc - Stead's little daughters was selling some rags to a peddler on Wellington street the rascal snatched her purse out of the child's hand and got away. -- •-•A ecouple of lunatics who escaped from Longue Poin re asylum during the fire were captured at Ottawa, Monday, and will be sent b ,ck. —Archbishop Fabre has iesued a cir- cular calling upon the members of the Church to observe more faithfully the Lords _A' tdaaym'eetin. g of the Toronto Fresh Air Committee Friday it was decided to ask the farmers around Toronto to re- ceive the children as guests for a week.- — Ata rifle practice in Guelph a few days ago, Mr. John Goldie made a score of 97 out of a possible 105. This was the best score ever made on a Guelph range. — Professor Wiggins, of Ottawa, says the planets are now in nearly the same position as in 79, when Pompeii was de- stroyed, and he predicts dire things for Italy during the coming summer. —Dr. Joseph Keen, Roumanian pro- ' fessor of Agriculture, talks of settling 10,000 families in the Canadian North- west, and is at present inspecting the country, looking for suitable locations. — The Prince Edward County Insti- tute met at Picton, has adopted a resol- ution favoring the use of the newspaper in the schools, to supplement the read- ing books for senior classes. —The barns, together with their con- tents, belonging to Patrick McNelly, a farmer of Maidstone township, Essex, were destroyed by fire Thursday morn- ing last week. Loss about $2,000. Cause, incendiarism. —At Vandecar, one of Mr. Kneal's children met with a bad accident while the father was splitting wood. The child ran in front of him and was struck with the axe, sustaining a severe wound on the cheek. —A few days ago David Simmons, jr., of Bosanquet, county of Lambton, set out ten acres of orchard, for which 550 trees were required. Of these 500 are apple trees and the other 50 pear trees. They were all set out in one day. —Miss Willard said at Kingston the other night that she "was afraid to ask a politician his opinion on the temper- ance question for fear he might get off the fence and land on the wrong side." —George Simmons, a respectable farmer, living near Longwood, Middle- sex county, became so desperate on Saturday in consequence of the long continuation of an attack of grippe,that he committed suicide by cutting his i throat.. —The crop prospects in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are reported to be better than they have ever been at this season of the year. In Manitoba itself there are one million acres under cultivation, of which 800,000 are in wheat. —The Montreal Witness says: The frequent rains, accompanied by warmer weather lately, have been favorable for the growth of grass, and the pastures have a very promising appearance. Grain, also, where the soil is not too wet, is doing well, but a large area of tilled land is too wet for cultivation and in some cases where the Reed has been sown, it has nearly all rotted, while the grains that have germinated have a sick- ly appearance. The cultivators of these wet fields are getting discouraged as the proper time for seeding is drawing to a close,and a week of dry weather is need- ed to bring a good many fields into a proper condition for cultivation. — Mr. John Black, of near Durham, has sold his farm of 100 acres to Mr. George Ryan. for $2,100 cash. Mr.Blaok has invested in a 'farm of 100 acres in Artemesia, formerly owned by, the late Adam Muir, for $2,600 cash. —Rev. Jr. Kellogg, pastor of the St. James' Presbyterian church, Toron- to, is preaching a series of sermons on the miracles of Christ. In his sermon last Sunday night he referred to Chris- tian science, - which he said was a sur- vival of the ancient forms, of paganistn. —At the fire in Mountain Grove, county of Addington, on Sunday,all the papers in the office of the township treasurer and post office were destroyed, Mr. McDonald, the treasurer and post- master, being away at the time. The bush in the vicinity was also burning. — A little son of Mr. James Hoban, Guelph, met with a distressing accident on Tuesday last week. In lighting a " cannon " cracker the fuse did not burn as quickly as he wished. He therefore started to blow the fire, when the whole thing exploded in his face, causing dreadful injuries. —Mr. and Mrs. D. Logan, of Ridge - town, celebrated the 20th anniversary of their wedding a few days ago and were the pleased victims of a surprise of 30 friends from town and country, includ- ing some from London, who made them the recipients of a handsome set of chine dishes. — A whole family named Campeau, living at Lake George, in Prescott county, have been poisoned by eating the root of the wild parsnip. Four mem- bers of the family have died, and the re- covery of the others is doubtful. These unfortunate people were miserably poor, and gathered roots in the woods for food. — Joseph Delaney and wife, of Til- bury West, Essex county, went out to log up, taking with them their 4 -year- old son. In a short time the boy start- ed to go to the house. On his way he climbed up a log heap, falling down with a log falling across him. Deoth was in- stantaneous. —Mrs. George Libhauer, nee' Rosa Israel, a handsome young woman of 20 years, and is daughter of a wealthy confectioner of Hamilton, secured a divorce in Detroit Friday; The fickle George had no disposition to work and preferred to live on hie father-in-law, hence the action for divorce. —The volunteer camp, numbering about 2,500, will assemble on Barrie - field Common, near Kingston, on June 17th and remain under ,canvass for 12 days. Captain Helliwell, of Prince Ed- ward County, wounded five times at Batoche, is home from Texas, to take charge of his cavalry troop during camp. —Miss Jennie Robinson, who won the Victoria County prize in the 'Witness competition last year from Bobcaygeon Public School, has also won it this year. There were sixteen essays from the county this year and about the same number last year, and Miss Robinson has succeeded in carrying off the county prize both years. — Wm. McDonald, the 16 -year-old son of Mr. James McDonald, Woodstock, who was kicked by a horse on the farm of Mr. W. B. Thornton, West Oxford, on Friday 16th ult., died ten days after- wards from his injuries. While attend- ing the horses he received a terrible kick in the face, and when found was lying unconscious behind their feet. —Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Connaught, in Toronto Friday, is report- ed as dressed in neat and ,simple taste. Her attire consisted of a tight -fitting dress of stripped white and sea green silk,black traveling hat with ostrich plume and English Walking jacket of melton. In making the island trip she ',sore a fur - lined mantle with boa of otter. —An outbreak of diphtheria in East Ottawa, a suburb, has resulted in sev- eral fatalities and one peculiarly sad case. A family named Maher buried a boy of eight a week . ago. Saturday a second child died from the same disease and on returning from the funeral the father learned of the death of a third child who had not been thought dan- gerously ill. —The corner stone of a fine Methodist Church was laid at Salford, Thursday afternoon last week by Mr. M. 8. Schell, of er st Oxford. Addresses were deliv- d by Rev. Dr. Williams, president of e Conference; the clergymen of the trict, Dr. McKay, M. P. P., and local p blic men, after which a bountiful re- past was supplied by the ladies of the congregation. , —A Canadian lady recently went to Buffalo to purchase cheap boots and brought back with her a pair manufac- tured in Toronto, which could have been got az cheap or cheaper at home, For health G.T pleasure's sake by all means take a trip to Toronto or Niagara, but for the prosperity of your own town and for your own benefit spend your money at home. —Last Friday Mr. John Williams, of Cairngorm, near Strathroy. met with a very severe accident. He was driving an old horse with 'a colt he was break- ing, when, on getting out of his wagon to assist a neighbor, in some way the colt became excited and kicked, striking Mr. Williams in the left eye, breaking several bones of the face and knocking him several feet. —At six o'clock the other evening Mr. T. Driscoll, grocer, at Aylmer was sitting in his store talking to Mrs. Dris- coll when he complained of a pain about the heart, and asked her if she could' not do something for it. She went up stairs to get some mustard, and at this moment the milkman drove up. Mr. Driscoll got the pitcher and started for the door,whenhe fell head foremost in the doorway, the pitcher breaking on the sidewalk and attracting outside at- tention. .Ele was picked up immediate- ly, but only gasped three or four times and life was extinct. He was about fifty years of age, and had been in his usual health. —McGill University authorities are holding special matriculation examina- tions throughout Ontario at Toronto, Ottawa, Stratford, Goderich, Parkhill and Brockville. If at these places there are any students wishing to enter the faculties of arts, science or medicine, the papers are sent to deputy examiners, who conduct the examinations and re- turn the answers to the McGill Board. —Mr. Thomas Grover son of the late T. J. Grover, of Wa;deville, in the County of Middlesex, and for several years one of the Ontario Inepectors of schools,died last week at Regina,N. W.T., of sickness brought on by an attack of la grippe. Mr. Grover was 53 years of age. He had studied at Victoria and Toronto Universities. He was one of the first Public school Inspectors of the Northwest Territories. —The other night in Galt a night- watchman, named Wm.Doidge, employ- ed at Boshner's lime works, was attack- ed by two men, who began the fray by abusing Deiclge's watch dog. In de- fending his dog Doidge struek one of the men, who immedintely drew a re- volver and fired in Doidge's face, in- flicting a serious wound. The men took flight, but the one who fired the shot has been captured. —John May, of Forest, was taken be- fore Judge Mackenzie at Sarniirecently charged with passing counterfeit money in Forest, and also with assaulting the officer who attempted to arrest his. The defendant protested that he did not know that the money was counterfeit when he passed it, and the Judge gave him the benefit of the doubt,andolet him go with a severe lecture on the expedis ency of being more careful in future. —On Friday afternoon Miss Addie Smith of 82 -Bond Street Toronto, the graceful and accomplished little Scotch dancer, brought her autograph album -down to the Queen's Hotel to secure the signatures of the royal visitors. Both Duke and Duchess willingly inscribed their names, "Arthur" and "Louise Margaret." Miss Addis is quite proud of her album, as it contains the signa- tures of nearly all the distinguished Scotchmen in the city. —On Concession 12, Huron township, Miss Minnie Farrell, daughter of Mr. Robert Farrell, by raising a parasol, started a span of colts hitched to a con- veyance at Ripley, and they ran away. Miss Minnie jumped from the eonvey- ance and had her leg broken near the ankles' Mrs. W. J. Osborne tossed her child out in the excitement, and its thigh was broken. She jumped herself and had her arm injured. W. J. Os- borne was the unlucky teamster. —The other evening, Dickson, the 2 - year -old child of Mrs. J. F. Tribe, Til- sonburg, met with a very close call. He had climbed iaito the loft of the stable in search of some kittens, and by some means opened a side door and fell to the ground below. When picked up by Messrs. Beamerand Buchner, the child was unconscious, but soon came to again, very little the worse for the fall. He must have alighted upon his head. —Mr. Daniel Rattigan, of Warwick, who has been suffering for the last 23 years from a large tumor on the leg, went to the London Hospital on the Ith of April, where the tumor was removed. by Dr. Wishart. The weight of the tumor was ten pounds. He is now home again, lookitg well, and is glad to think that, being rid of the tumor,he can now have a chance team= his own live- lihood. —What will probably prove to be a murder happened in the Brooker settle- ment, near Windsor, on Wednesday night last week. Two farmers, Jones and Speechly, got into an altercation about a cow, nd when Jones started to take the animal off Speechly's farm he was set -upon by the latter's wife and son who used pitchforks. Jones' body and head is frightfully cut, and his phy- sicians have grave doubts of his re- covery. —Mr. Justice Belanger, of Bea -till -are nois, has decided that the article of the Quebec statutes giving municipal coun- cils the power to pass bylaws prohibiting the retailing of liquor within their juris- diction is beyond the powers of the Pro- vincial Legislature, the British North America Act having reserved that right to the Parliament of Canadea The court therefore declare the bylaw of the municipality of Huntingdon prohibiting the retailing of liquor null and void. —At the Dominion Convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union held in Montreal last week, it was urged that the Union do their utmost to influ- ence the Masons' and Oddfellows' Societies to permit no member of their order to sell liquor. A lady who was asked what would be done with the grain when they got prohibition, repli- ed that she would make starch of it to stiffen the backs of the temperance peo- ple. —Mr. Richard Turner President of the Quebec Board of Trade, visited the Montreal wharves the other day and ex- pressed his surprise at the laxity of Montreal in not providing facilities for shipping cattle to England. Quebec had spent millions on such facilities. Mr. Turner saw several of the shippers, who have promised to consider the idea of shipping from Quebec in future. They are evidently not pleased with the lack of accommodation at Montreal. —The Duke and Duchess of Con- naught spent Friday last in Toronto. Saturday they went to Niagara Falls, returning Sunday night at 10.50. They were trameferred to the Canadian Pacific Railway, and left almost immediately for Montreal, where they remained until Tuesday morning, then to Ottawa. From ther they return to Montreal,thence will go to Halifax, and finally to Quebec, where theywill take'the steamer for the lower fishing grounds. • '4