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The Huron Expositor, 1890-06-20, Page 1.3, 1890. AUL, 3alance of this ases at for Cash. ER I ES A R ) ) PRIOR 0 0 D A R) ) PRICES; vOLS AR) E) PRICES. ERY AR) ,PRIOEs ATE ENS D PRICES. UITS 1AR) D PRICES. E T S ds which will be SALE PRICES. and secure the from Our BAR. AUL, IT IT. ly get, as he wane the champion.-- runswick hotel hair. there is cheap rid - y„ who fell off a ago and got badly nicely.—One an, A. R. Carr, has On Tuesdey matrimony with. ,shfield. The new - the Grand Trunk. inesday morning ea p which they wilt in Brantford, Bur - We wish them, land prosperity. Sharpin has movedi [hap, opposite the . W. D. Lamb hat ip to Port Elgin,. ›rthern villages, and ly. Mr. W. V. is t energy and pluck,. become quite pore. plarenology.—Mr; I sent to Kingston a shart terra of ones ie, No. 57, Canadiafl. ee represent them at :High Court. May able time in the. e Mr. Ayers and ing Conference in on is past, and sit are pleased that, •eformera and Con - et sit down together other's society, s nerally do duringam It is hardly. awed. forrner were delight - f the election, and very much chop, the terrible defeat th parties worked e only one could e r. Edward Jame* arn.. ,- May he heve put in it. He and one of the roost. in Ho wick.—Dire Ilillsburg to work ssmakirkg. —Mr. M. ved his house to 'th. Mr. Whir. Stinson umber of pig* (a Ihurst. EXFOSITOR In jus - our clerical ecribei a few remarks on the red in laet week's - will see by his pat well up in rhetorke than average abilitlf n the near futurerio r than writing trash of insulting private his magic pen to Besides, he is nission, correspon niers. I need scareelY part of the article miter has sumo:teal* experience when Is ds of learned length mind. In conclusion, aders this is not the 3 written anonymolls tion, and I hope in till more careful. • A Or' nking you, Mr. Oditer space, I remain JoiVit go, of St. Marys/ mento had four 000 illed 'by lightning ° last iNeek. A tree,is.11 3, W. Dawson, oe t° the block from biri. as also struck au," (razing close by ray.:.`; I- The electric ,vire fence within fett ee, but did no eing the staples. „Ow :.,ven posts into kiodueet : tt: • :001W1‘"('''T.' gfi ,s2L - '" r. TWENTY-THIRD YEAR. / vraoLa NUMBER 1,175. NEW 000DS ARRIVING WEEKLY —AT— HOFFMAN & MILLINERY, DRESS i GOODS, PRINTS, RIBBONS, LACES, CORSETS, GLOVES, FRILLINGS, - COLLARS, &c., —AT THE— Cheap Cash Store —OF— HOFF1VIAN & CO., CARDNO'S BLOCK, SEA -F 0 RT H. NOTICE. —Agents for Butter- ek's reliable patterns and publica- tions. SCOTLAND RE -VISITED. - BY A NEW YORK SOOT. VOYAGE HOME BY THE STATE OF INDIANA. Transatlantic travel is now so familiar. to Scotchmen generally that little can be said concerning it that is new or striking, but the last trip home of the State of Indiana seems to meritmore than a pass- ing notice. It was not a very big crowd o' folk that went on board the staunch craft on the night of the 23rd and morning of the 24th of April, for the season was yet -young, but was an exceptionally jolly one. " In the early summer or late spring time, ere the Atlantic has settled down to the calm enjoyment of * much needed rest, it is midst refreshin to feel that you can adjust your legs to a proper nautical balance without the fear of colliding- with a New England deacon or playing skittles with the head of a Washington statesman. It is ' also gratifying to feel that when your spinal cord, responsive to the pitching of the vessel, loses 14 grip, as it were, of your brain, :and your stomach refuses to take in ballast, that you can retire to a quiet corner and enjoy your mai de mere, or "I've quarreled wi' ma mither," in peace and comfort without being compelled, as in a lunatic asylum to listen to the groans of ither folk. I sea -sick Scotch - man, like Alastor, loves the spirit of solitude. He wants to lay himsel' doon and dee, if not to the music of the bagpipes, to the lullaby of the soothing billows. Our party consisted entirely of Brit- ons or Canadians. There was not a born and bred American, so far as heard from,on board. This was a coincidence, merely, AS the line is extremely popular with all classes of Americans, particu- larly those who prefer solid comfort to fashion and gimcracks. The Coincidence afforded the Scotchmen on board a chance to threng thegither,and exchange confidences in their native Doric to sing the "Auld Scotch ssngs " without fear of nasal discord, or mangled words and phrases. A *few Hielan'men on board improved the opportunity to re- vive old memories in the 'sweet and ever musical accents of the Gaelic tongue. This they could scarcely have done in the presence of an American audience, as it might.have precipitated a second Declaration of Independence. The passage across was on the whole a moderately stormy one. We had head winds all the way, and upon two or three occasions old ocean favorall us with a taste of high jinke, but these did not damp the ardor of the passengers. I am never sick at seamyself, having been brought -up in Mull and seasoned with salt, and I enjoyed the entire voyage in a quiet way very mush to my own sat- isfaction. When a man is returning to his native land after many years .of so- journ in the United States, carrying the snows of winter upon his bald pow, he is not so frisky as when first he crossed the ocean, with hopes high burning and a light heart, to seek his fortune. He is apt to leave the fun -making to the lad - dies, and upon this occasion, to do them justice they seemed to be quite as able to make it as their daddies were thirty or forty years ago. —The Duke and Duchese of Con- naught and party left Qnebec for Eng- land by the Steamship Sardinian on Thursday. —A merchant in Comber kept his store open for a few minutes last Sun- day, and was fined $5 by a local justice of the peace. —Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Eberts, of Chatham, celebrated their golden wed- ding OR Saturday. Among the large company present were four of those who • attended the first wedding in 1840. —Solon J. Arnold was killed at Lew- isville, near Chatham, on Saturday. While unloading logs one slipped from the skids and pinned him down, while another fell from the wagon and struck him full on the back. —The Western Association of Regular Baptist Churches met in Windsor Fri- day with 100 delegates present. The annual sermon was preached by Rev. J. Booker, of Blenheim. Mr. Booker was elected moderator. Among the dele- gates are Hon. David Mills and wife, Dr. McVicar, of Toronto, and Dr. Sted- man, of Detroit. The reports showed 124 baptisms during the year and near- ly $11,000 raised for church purposes during the year. —A serioue accident happened Thurs- day evening in Stratford, as the outcome of lighting a bon -fire. Somebody in his • zeal to help the combustion of the vast • heap of material was freely using e. can of ceal oil. Some of the oil was thrown too far and the blazing stream fell on a boy standing near, and in a moment his limbs were enveloped in flame. The fire was quickly extinguished, but not before the boy, whose name was Neff, was so seriously burned from the limbs down that he died on Saturday. —The high standing of Canadian scholarship was again demonstrated at the commencement at Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore Friday. The following appointments were made: W. P. Mustard, B. A., of. Toronto University, Fellow in Latin; C. E. Sarinders, B. A., of Toronto University, Fellow in Chemistry. T. Logie, anoth- er Toronto graduste of 1887, has re- ceived. the appointment as head of the department of Romance Languages at Williams' College, Massachusetts. --About foUrteen years ago Paul An- derson, on of 'James A. Anderson, mes- senger of the Merchants' Bank, Halifax, fell down a well and fractured his skull. The pieces of bona were never removed from the lad's head. About eight yeses ago he was attacked by Fite, to which he has been subject ever since., A week ago young Anderson suddenly became unconscious and continued insensible for some days. Doctors were consulted and an examination of the boy's skull re- vealed the faet that the bone splinters had grown partly into the brain, and, as a last resort to save life, the doctors deemed, an operation necessary. A piece of the boy's skull was removed. The lad is now doing well, and the doca tors are of the opinion that he will get around all right. , —Death has removed an old citizen of Cornwall in the person of John Hunter, Esq., who died at the home of his son, ex-tteeve J. G. Hunter, on Tuesday, at the advanced age of 83 years. Deceased was one of Cornwall's earliest settlers, and for half a ceutury has been identi- fied. with its municipal and mercantile interests. He took an active interest in church niatters and at the time of the disruption in the Presbyterian church, the deceased, Was one of the half dozen stauneh dissenters from the old estab- lished church and as they had no church to meet in he oPen- ecl his house for church service. After a time, a determination was made to • possees a building of their own, and by putting "a stout heart to a stae brae,' they succeeded in erecting what has now become the large and influential Knee: Church and congregation. He also took a deep interest in the welfare of the town, and for upwards of twenty-five years occupied a seat in the Council. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1890. 1 lidcLEAN BROS.. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. song entitled "The Indiana," in which he touched upon the peculiarities of his particular pets on board with charming frankness and abandon. The following stanzas will give a taste of its quality : " 'Twas in the dawn of an April day We got on board and Sailed away, - Then steamed along down New York bay On board of the Indiana. " Min Liberty commenced to Weep And when we got upon the deep The whole of the passengers were asleep On board of the Indiana. "With a yo ye ho and away we go, In quite a rollicking manner. With songs and rhymes, and jolly good thnes, On board of the Indiana. Each day befo.r6 the sun could peep, A grand old min whe could not sleep, Upon the checker board would creep On board of the Indiana. "The sea came on the deck in humps, But the crew could stand the rocks and bumps, And Captain Ritchie's the ace of trumps On board of the Indiana. Mr. Allen, a fine young ScoMtchman— a protege of r. Andrew Carnegie, and at present an employee of Mr. Whitney, ex -Secretary of the Navy—sang "Mary of Argyle; Mr. Anderson, a douce Scotchman, who has been making his home in America, rendered "The Weary Pun o' Tow ;" Mr. Renard, a smart young Yorkshireman, read "Osler Joe;" z and several of the ladies sang and play- ed delightfully. With the "Auld Hoose, ' by the subscriber, and "Auld Lang Syne" by the 'Tulloch, assisted by the full strength of the company, the con- cert closed. I have crossed by a good many lines L One fine old Highlander —Tulloch by name, a prosperous retired farmer from Nairnshire—over whose honest head the frosts of sixty odd years hid passed, was as young as the best of them, but then he had lived all these years on sal- mon, and haggis, and Bowan', and oat cakes, and grouse, and eggs whose lay- ers spoke the G-aelio, all moistened and mellowed with a "wee &tip " (ince a year may be, or when sellin' a coo, or entertainin' the minister of old Bal- moral. Ile had not been feeding for the past twenty-five years like me on buck- wheat cakes, and doughnuts, and pork and beans and pies, and tough beef- steaks and ice water. There is a big difference, let me tell you, dear reader, between a Ilielan' fed and an American fed Scotchman. It tells at fifty or sixty. Mr. Tulloch, who had a reel composed in honor of him, was first at the check- erboard in the morning, first WI cast a quoit, first to assist the ladies to their moorings on deck, and the last te show the white feather when any comforting or helping was to be done. The life and soul of the Indiana was, however, Arthur West, the famous London concert hall improvisator and musical composer, well known in Glas- gow and the British Isles and in the United States as the author of We've all been there before many a time," and many other popular songs. That Mr. West had himself been there be- fore upon previous occasions • was apparent from the moment he bounded upon the ship's deck: It is safe to say that he kept every man, wo- man and child on board, from the cap- tain of the main top to the ship' S baby, on a broad grin from the time:we left Sandy Hook to the moinent when we sighted a Glasgow Custoin House, officer. He sang, played, danced, composed original rhymes, chaffed the doctor --not the ship's doctor; oh, dear no— but a son of Galen from Jamaica, on his way to Edinburg to completd his stddies at the university, who took it all in good part: Mr. West, in short, exerted him- self to the best of his undoubted ability to make everybody feel jolly and ready for their rations. When one lof his jokes was repeated te a sick passenger the • poor man would smile a smile of sweet resignation a a few hours longer State Line to emplo salary; just -to make the ocean passage a thing of beauty and a grin for ever. We had, of course, the usual concert on board, at which Mr. West and his ac- complished wife officiated as bright par- ticular stars. West sang,_ "Many a Time," "The Parrot and the Owl," 34 The Belli," "Brown kept one," and Mrs. West, with charming naivete, gave us "0 yes you do, you know you do." West father immortalized himself and the trip by composing and singing a -1 opponent asked him if the clergyman that tied the knot did not pronounce him and his wife one. To show the other side of our civiliza- tion, some of our citizens enjoyed a bear hunt the other day. A lady who had been strolling in the timber skirting the Pembina river, was startled by meeting a bear face to face. The exact time she made to escape Mr. Bruin is not on record ; if the strides were not over graceful they were thoroughly practical, and she succeeded in gaining home where she showed the usual courage that is so peculiar to her sex and alarm- ed the male population, who joined in pursuit of Mr. Bruin and introduced themselves to his lordship with a salute by a Winchester. I must not omit to make honorable mention Of our Ladies' Aid Society that is doing a good work, but at its last meeting some evil disposed man went and listened (what. a villain), and it seems that one of the ladies was dressing them at length on the proba- bilities of how many gobblers she would in all likelihood rear this season. It is not generally in the line of Ladies Aids to take any scalps, but I fear for that man's peace of mind, or rather the top of his head, should his identity become known. • Yours, W. B. in my time, but I have never smiled on a steamship in which I heard less grumb- ling than on the Indiana. Every one seemed pleased with the ship, with its captain, its table, and its appointments. Captain Ritchie is a fine specimen of the Scottish navigator. He impresses one as a man possessing great reserved force, and the number of handsome gifts which have been bestowed upon him by the British, American, and other Gov- ernments, give ample testimony to his coolness -and courage. Being equally at home in Scotland and the States, Cap- tain Ritchie knows how to make things pleasant for all parties. Everything oil board seemed to be Oonducted without parade or fuss. The master hand was over all, and the work was done quietly and thoroughly. The table, to me at least, was the best, without exception, that I have seen on the Atlantic. It was worth a trip across the ocean to taste the pea soup, Scotch lercth, ox- tail, oyster and tattie soups, mince col - lops. mutton pies, oat cakes, curries, not to mention the fresh fish, roasts, broils,vegetables, pastry and marmalade. We sighted Tory Island on Monday, and steamed up the Firth of Clyde on a you will excuse me for taking up so much of your space, I remain, Yours Respectfully, G. G. HOOD, Formerly of Sunshine, • Huron County, Ontario. • Canada. Tilbury West Council day paid out $274 for sheep dogs. —Lord and Lady Stanley have gone on a six weeks' fishing trip to the Metapedia. —A New Brunswick farmer has been sent to the Pasteur Institute in New York for dog bite. —The first sod for the Kincardine and Teeswater Railwsy was turned at Kin- cardine on Saturday. —Dr. A. W. Hollis, an old Upper Canada College boy, has just been ap- pointed visiting surgeon to St. Luke's Hospital, New York. —One hundred and fifty emigrants from St. Johns and Harbor Grace, New- foundland, have just passed up to the Canadian Northwest. Ashfield, of the Toronto fire brigade, with which he had been con- nected since 1839, died on Sunday in the 82 year of his age. —Mr.Peter Stewart,of East Williams, sold a pure bred Holstein bull the other day which tipped the beam at 2,500 pounds, when delivered. —Not long ago, Mr. Peter Stewart sold a pure bred Holstein bull which tipped the beam at 2,500 pounds when delivered at Parkhill. It is said to be the heaviest bull ever weighed there. —At the session of the High Court of Canadian Foresters in Kingston, Friday, it was decided to remove the High Sec- retary's quarters from Brantford to Toronto. —Paul Peel, the Ontario Art -Gold Medalist in Paris, France, is expected to revisit his native city, London, short- ly. His mother is sick and he has been summoned to her bedside. —At the opening of the Presbyterian General Assembly convened last week at Ottawa, Rev. Dr. Laing, of Dundee, was elected Moderator in succession to Princi- pal Grant. —Thursday last week the Agricultural College at Guelph was visited by a large excursion from Chatham of about 600 people. The excursion was under the auspices of the Farmers' Institutes of East and West Kent. —Mrs. Scott-Siddons, the famous elocutionist, and her son, Mr. Siddons, are staying in Picton. The expect to pass the summer enjoying the beauties of Prince Edward county. —Owing to a mistake in the returns from one sub -division, Dr. Preston's Conservative majority in Leeds was overstated by over one hundred. The correct majority is U5. —Mrs. Eldrich, of Denver, Colorado, is just now over on a visit ts her sister, Mrs. Immo Seighon, at Glencoe. The sisters, until the present visit, had not met for eighteen years.. —The Catholic (Jommittee of the Que- bec Council of P.. bile Instruction pro- nounces strongly •.gainst the "deplor- able 'custom" of eiving children redicu- lous names, for tb .3 most part taken from novels. —Farmers in West Zorra report dam- age to crops, especially to peas, barley, and oats on sod lands, from innumerable white grubs, which have been noticed to whiten in some instances the furrows of the fields. —In response to numerous requeste from the Maritime Provinces, Hon. Mr. Carling has authorized Professor Rob- ertson, the dairy commissioner to spend the month of July down by the sea, giv- ing instructions in dairying. —A motion was adopted by the county council of Oxford last week, that all spans of ten feet and over shall be con- sidered bridges to be maintained by the county, and that all spans of less than ten feet be considered culverts. —A fire at Regina, North West Terri- tory last Sunday morning destroyed the • Regina Grist Mill, together with a store- house owned by Mr. McGin, of the Indian department, Ottawa, and three loaded Canadian box cars. —At the Toronto Criminal Assizes Joseph Maroney, convicted of assault.on a juryman who had served on a jury that returned a verdict of which the prisoner did not approve, was sent to the Central Prison for eighteen months. —An old colored man named Grimes was murdered near Hamilton last Sun- day night by a younger man of the same race named Zschariah Shields. Hamil- ton police are out looking for the assassin. —James Penman, of Windsor, has just filled a contract of 1,000 cattle for J. D. McGregor & Co., Brandon. Mr. Penman has left per the Canadian Pacific Railway to take the cattle to Calgary, Northwest Territory. —A sail boat—the same from which Lord Cecil was drowned last year— capsized when entering the harbor at Belleville, Sunday. There was a num- erous party on board and all escaped with a wetting. --Chief of police Wills, of Woodstock, has recently been in Lockport, New York State, searching for evidence in the Benwell murder case. He says he has located an important witness who will testify at Birchall's trial in October. —The first refrigerator car of the sea - sou containing Manitoba dairy produce left Thursday, 12th inst., for Vancou- ver. There will be a car every week. Officials report that the shipments of Manitoba produce to the coast are stead- ily increasing. —It seems that at Lucan when the small band of eighteen Reformers, who supported Mr. Waters there, heard of his success on Thursday they secured tire services of a Scotch piper to head their small Trrocession. But an aged and prominent merchant in that town, and a man holding a prominent munici- pal position in Biddulph, stopped the procession and threatened violence to the piper if he attempted to use bag pipes on that occasion. Evidently the champions ef Equal Rights in Lucsn do not believe in extending their assumed principles to Grits and Scotchmen. Lu - can, it would seem, has no use for such. On Friday evening, however, the bag- pipe player went out to Biddulph, where the other the Reform victory was celebrated with killed by grand eclat. —There will be a grand musical fes- tival held in Berlin on the ist, 2nd and 3rd of July, under the direction of Pro- fessor Zoellner. There will be an or- chestra of 100 instruments a chorus of 300 voices, and 1,000 sclool children will take part. —The tannery establishment of W. J. Murray & Co., of Brookliu, Ontario county, was struck by lightning during the recent thunder storm and set on fire, the damages being so great as to cripple the firm and drive them to seek a com- promise with their creditors. e —H. W. Petrie, of Brantford, has sold and recently shipped two outfits of machinery for cheese factories, one for the Butter and Cheese Manufac- turing Aseociation, Qu'Appelle, North- west Territory, the other for a cheese company at Palmerston. —The Galt Carnival was entirely suc- cessful. On Friday the old Scotch town was flooded with the biggest crowd Galt ever contained. 15,000 people witnessed the firemen's contest. The sum of $2,000 will be cleared for the promoters of the Carnival. —During the thunderstorm on Tues- day morning last week John Ansley's barn, Mayfair, near London, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, together with twenty tons of hay, two horses, wagon, buggy, and implements of all kinds. No ineurance. —Rev. Egerton R. Young end wife, the returned missionary from the North- west, arrived at Grimsby Park the other day from England, where he has been lecturing with great success. He has taken a cottage at the Park, where he will spend the summer with his family. —A sad fatality occurred Thursday of last week at Harrisburg. During a A Reply -to Sorutator. To the Editor of THR HURON EXPOSITOR : DEAR SIR,—A paragraph over the .signature of Scrutator, in last week's issue, calls for a little reflection now as the elections are over, and as there are plenty of just such small (minds and souls as Scrutator among Reformers. I think a Conservative shouldi get leave to say a little through THE EKPOSITOR as more Conservatives take it than Re- formers take Tory papers all put to- gether in the county. Hon. A. M. Roes held the same position as Dr. Holmes and electioneered, and I suppose Scruta- tor saw no harm. But he is a Reformer, and it makes a big difference whose bull is gored. Now, I would like to say a few wotds about the elections, etc. Mr. Mowat boasted of giving Manhood Franohise, but any person moving from an electoral division lost his vote. The Act states that Deputy Returning - Officers are to seal all papers in the presence of the scrutineers, and every deputy officer was furnished with seal- ing wax for that purpose. Now, I make the statement, without fear of contra- diction, that not over one half the papers in the East Riding of Huron were sealed, and plenty of the etatements not enclosed at all when brought to the Returning Officer. Now, I do not wish to insinuate that the Deputy Returning - Officer did anything wrong, but it leaves beautiful evening. The Kanuoks were a good deal of room for the Conserve - delighted with the Derry hills, but the tives, who are ignorant, to think so, Scots advised them to bide awee. I am especially as the Deputy Returning - sorry to record the fact that when we Officers are all Reformers except an odd came in sight of Greenock's classic township clerk. Now, all such are shores the Argylesliire hills were shroud- liable to a fine, but if those were brought ed in gloom. It was hard work con- to task no doubt there would be a white- vincing the snowshoers that a glorious wash bill. If we are to judge from such tiansformation scene would be witness- actions very few aro capable of under - ed by and bye. They refused to be standing the law when they read it. comforted. • And I think a much better way would One o'clock was chapping on the Tron be for the Returning -Officer to meet all Kirk clock, when we stepped down the deputies at the place of nomination and gangway and set a fit on Scottish instruct them. It would cost no More ground. It was joy indeed to meet a civil than to send a man to deliver boxes. In Custom House officer, who did not look election times people like Scrutator get ite if he suspected you of being a thief. excited and forget or neglect the -right Having passed the ordeal of inspec- thing, and I have no doubt but many( tion we chartered a cab and entered the perjure themselves when they swear. city of St. Mungo. • Two parties in McKillop did so this d consent toi live for • - It would 'pay the West at a Princely - time by putting a tendered ballot; both Our Province the Peer. swore their names should have been on SNORYIRAKIII, Manitoba, June 6th, 1890. • the list. The one was not a resident DEAR Exeosrron,-,The majority and had his place rented to another of Manitoba farmers, myself among the person last year, and the other did not number, are feeling so very large to the buy his place until after the Court of square inch over the grand rains and Revision last fall, and is said not to be a consequent condition of the cropsethatj resident yet. I have no doubt these feel impelled to drop you a few lines. men did it not thinking, but they are During the early part of May we had both Reformers and not ignorant Tories. rather unseasonable weather, cold winds Reformers boast that the Dominion and some frosts, but in spite of it all the Government should have, the municipali- wheat continued to take .root and stool, ties to prepare the voters list the same and I can assure you that in all my ex- as Mowat, and if Mr. Mowat would ap- perience in Manitoba I have never seen point Deputy Returning -Officers the a more promising outlook than the pres- the municipalities ens one. This pleasant outlook is not confined to the wheat alone, but ineludes oats, berley,_and all the wilt' fruits. The pasture, too, is simply magnificent. Most of the stock were thin in flesh when turned out, but have fattened up wonderfully considering the short space of time they have been on grass. The farmers are busy breaking, and quite a large acreage has been turned already; but to return to the grain, our Provin- cial Premier told thnOntario people the other day, that the estimated wheat yield would be 26 million bushels this year. We have never christened our Premier George Washington, but his estimate is pretty correct as to veracity. Let the farmers of Ontario ponder crier those colossal figures for a province so young that she has hardly discarded her swaddling clothes yet, but a province same as appointed b they would be be cisms if heeded elections. men. My criti- t do good at all urs truly, A CONSERVATIVE. A Word from an Old Friend. Wanewoaan, Huron County, Michigan. DEAR EDITOR.—Some time ago while reading your paper which is sent to me every week, I noticed an account of a goose belonging to my old friend Mr. T. Hugill, that was supposed to have done a big strehe of laying when it had reached twenty-five eggs so I thought I would drop you a few lines about a Michigan goose. A neighbor of mine is the proud owner of one that has layed thirty-eight eggs this seasen, including three double yolked ones, and one of which I had for my Easter dinner. that is destined to stand head and Judging by her actions the old lady shoulders over her sister provinces. pose has not closed her brininess yet, Mark yon, Mr. Editor, this is no castle in the air building, but a fact, that the near future will establish. The people of Manitoba showed their loyalty to Our beloved queen by celebrating her birthday at the different centres of at- traction, and the Snowflake people were not behind, ,as they had a monster tea - meeting, that is, some of them eat a monster tea, under the auspices of the Methodist church. After tea there was a concert, and a noticeable feature was a whistling solo which was well received. For the benefit of those who may have doubts about our civi- lization, I may say we have a full-fledged base ball club, and the boys meet twice a week to practise on the diamond. Our literary society has re- sumed its labors again, and the last seb- ject of debate was, "Which has most power, individual or collective influ- ence ?" One speaker on the negative side declared that a man alone could do nothing until he got a wife, when his _ for she sometimes lays two days in succession. If any of your readers can beat that let us hear from them. While I have my pen in hand I might say that I wat very much pleased with the article on "growing turnips," by my old neigh- bor C. Michie, although I do not agree with him where he says that young cat- tle cannot be well wintered on straw and turnips. My experience and observation convince me that young cattle can be brought through in very _fair condition on good straw and turnips, but I think it is necessary to have good warm stables, to keep the 'stock comfortable. I hope that others will give us their ides on the subject. Before closing I might say that the farmers' prospects in this dis- trict are very good this year. The re- cent rains and warm weather have brought on the crops wonderfully. The fall wheat is going ahead of all expecta- tions, so the farmers are beginning to feel pretty sure of full barns before the season closes. Hoping Mr. Editor that of the murder. They had one son. The principal cause of the trouble which led up to the murder was a broken promise of the woman's. She said she would never tell anyone that Smith had a wife and two sons in the old country. One day she let the secret out. Smith heard of it, and from that time she was doom-. ed. Smith's two sons by his real wife are doing well in the old country. They were notified of his position as soon as he was arrested for murder, but never up to the time of his death acknowl- edged the connection in any way. —Rev, G. M. Milligan, the popular pastor of Old St. Andrew's, Toronto, returned to the city last week after a few weeks' visit to British Colinnbia, where he went to take part in the open- ing services of the new St. Andre* church in Vancouver. This new church in Vancouver is under the care of ReV. E. D. McLaren, formerly of Brampton. It was erected at a cost of about $20,000. It has a seating capacity for 900. —Mr. Napoleon Aubin Consul -Gen- eral for Switzerland at Montreal, died. Thursday last week, at the age of 78. The deceaeed came to Canada in 1836, on the eve of the rebellion, and immedi- ately took an active part in the politics of the day as editor of eeveral papers. He was well known in the United States and Canada as the inventor of water meters and peat gas. —The wife of Mr. John McKenzie, of Paramount, near Lucknow, died on Monday of laet week. Over a yearagaIrs. McKenzie, while attending communion services at Lochalsh, fell down- a stair- way in the house of a friend, and was • taken up a helpless invalid, and so re- mained unable to help herself in• any way till aath releaved he as above stated. —On Tuesday last week whilsta num- ber of young men were working in Mr. T. Robson's gravel pit, two miles from Bright, there was a fall of bank into the pit. A young man from the Boys' Home at Stratford, named Wright, was nearly buried with the gravel. When he was extricated it was found that he had sustained a compound. fracture of _ severe thunderstorAndrew Long- one leg. John Shearer .P., escaped m necher, atherder, took shelter under an 'with slight injuries. A. collection was elm tree, when he was struck and in- stantly killed by the electric fluid. A cow was also killed, and another cow and a dog injured. —T. C. Murray, the Winnipeg boom- ster, who lived in Toronto in 1885 and afterwards went to Sioux City, was mar- ried at Salt Lake City the other day to the daughter of a leading banker there. His wife, from whom he was divorced without her knowledge, still lives in Winnipeg. —The Anglican Synod of Toronto closed its annual session on Saturday. There was no business of exciting in- terest before it, Dr. Langtry's resolution regarding Separate schools and religions instruction having been, after some dis- cussion, allowed to stand until the next meeting of Synod. —Saturday afternoon near St. Thomas, William Anderson, a carpenter, while putting the rafters on a barn lost his ballance and fell 38 feet, striking on the right aide of his head. He lived for three-quarters of an hour. Deceased was 51 years of age and leaves a wife and eight children. —The Ontario cetton mill operatives at Hamilton, resumed work Thursday last week, after being idle six weeks. Their strike being caused by a reduc- tion in the wages, but the weavers fin- ally decided to accept the reduction. About 50 of the 130 hands have gone to the States •death occurred at Galt Saturday morn - in last. -Archibald H. McPherson, principal of the Victoria Ward School for the past five years, who was in his customary health and apparently a matt of vigorous cOnstitution, died within half an hour after being attacked with a convulsive fit, which came upon him without the slightest warning. He arose that morning feeling well, did some digging in the garden and ate a hearty breakfast. He had just finished family worship, when he was suddenly seized with the fatal attack. Fatty degener- ation of the heart is said to have been the cause of •death. Mr. McPherson was 54 years of age and has been* Public school teacher for a great many years. Ile was a devout Christian, an elder of Knox Church and superinten- dent of the Sabbath School. He was much respected by all classes. „se? -taken up for the young man. —A Woman's enfranchisement con- vention -was held in Toronto last week. The association was formed about a year ago and promises to amount to something. Rev. Anna, A. Shaw, M.D., who has been actively engaged promot- ing, by meana of lectures and other- wise, the csuse of woman's enfranchise- ment in Canada, took an active part in the proceedings. There were also other prominent advocates of the movement in attendance at the convention, includ- ing Mrs. McLaren Brown, L. L. D. of Cincinnati; Hannah A. Kimball, Mil, of Chieago, an active worker," —Mr. Arthur Gunn, son of .tr. F. Gunn, tinsmith, St. Catherines, had a thrilling adventure the other morning. Gunn was tinning the eavetreugh on the roof of the Welland hotel, when the scaffolding on which he was standing suddenly gave way. He made a desper- ate spring for the roof, but missed, and hung suspended in space by one hand sixty feet from the ground. To aggra- vate his position the sharp, unsoldered tin was cutting through his fingers. In far less time than it takes to write it, however, he had swung himself sideways, grasped the cornice with. the other hand, and by an almost superhuman effort drew himself up on the roof. —A very unexpected and sudden --s-ln some of the Picton public schools mock elections were held for the candi- dates Messrs. Sprague and Johnson. The Times' opinion thereon is,that,while the children may with propriety be allowed to learn the theory of voting it is not advisable to introduce them in school to the party lines that divide their fathers? —The old St. Andrew's church, Galt, which was erected in 1833, and the old- est church in the town, is being pulled down. It was erected by the late Hon. Wm. Dickson, and the timbers are in as good a condition as they were fifty- five years ago. The late Rev. John Bayne was pastor of the congregation at the time this church was built. —Mr. T. F. Whalen, a Kincardine township young man, received deacon's orders at London one day recently, and the next was summoned to Goodwood, York county, to marry a couple who had been waiting for Mr. Whalen to qualify himself to perform the ceremony. Mr. Whalen is stationed at Colcheeter mean- while. —Rev. Dr. Castle, formerly principal of the Baptist College in Toronto, died in Philadelpha on Wednesday last week. He had been in ill health ever since Ms resignation of the principalship two years ago. It is but a few weeks since Principal McGregor, of the same college, died in New York. —It is stated thst recently a delega- tion of Germans representing about 100 families who are now settled •, in the blizzard region of Dakota Territory made a trip through Manitoba. They are now at Winnipeg arranging for the removal of their whole settlement to the prairie Province. Part will settle at Win- nipeg,the remainder going to the German settlement at Regina. —Henry Smith, the wife murderer, was hanged in the Middlesex county jail yard, London, last Saturday morning. It was a sad sight to see an old gray - headed man of sixty walking to the scaffold for such a crime. In his con- fession he stated that his blow killed Lucy Jackson. Her nae is the key to Smith's history. Thirty-two years ago he lived with another wife in England and was a respectable member of so- ciety._ They had two sons. One day he met a girl named Lucy Jackson, be- came infatuated with her and they two eloped to this country, and lived to- gether as man and wife up to the time —Do many Canadians buy tick- ets of the Louisiana State lottery ?" asked a Montreal Witness report- er of a man whose life is spent among speculators and gamblers. "Hundreds of them. Yes; I should think thousands of them," WilS the re- ply. "There must be hundreds of subscribers in this very town. Why, I know fellows who invest from ten dol - las to two hundred and fifty dollars in chance; and as a rule they never have anything but their tickets to show for their money, of course. Some of them asked me why I did not go into the thing. "1 like some show of a chance when I go into kthing," I said. Why, you haven't even a fair gambler's chance in the Louisiana lottery. The manag- ers of that thing take in about two mil- lions monthly. They have monthly_ drawings. Of the two millions, one million is kept or spent by the manag- ers in one way or another. " Those who buy tickets pay fifty per cent. for what would be called brokerage and manage- ment, so that their possible winningsare reduced by one-half at the very outset.. As there are fourteen drawings in a year (double drawings during two months) about fourteen millions nf ther money of the subscribers is kept or used in distributing about the same amount by chance. It is little wonder that the company is able to heavily bribe the Louisiana State Legislature and to offer a million dollars annually to the State for a renewal of a charter to carry on such a whole sale swindle. "Yet the ranks of their subscribers are always full?" "Yes, of fools," was the reply.