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PallY,
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untry mazdzet—Mr.
been confined to becl
slowly improvine.—
an dealer, who t'has-
' our village, antici-
in the near: fature,
,:1, where he will be
-work, he having dis-
arty, which is very
o Mr. Frank Mann
, ay0 feel very sorry
ns aS Mr. and Mr&
! have proved theno
1,g years with us,,
t safely recommend
pie of Hensall. We -
all
lam on his securing
se, nel that ere long,
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in it —Potato- lift-
s,. are keepine many
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.und being so wet.—
) kat Tuesday, the
ecitine a resident of
,ing back over these
ges, eapecially aniong
have dropped out of,
itiliar facea have left
s of Iife,—„Mr. John
ad of last, week with.
raines Nair, at Gen-
e will cowl et anni-
hany, and a so con -
.St. Andrew next
Nair, of C 'candle,.
ads during t e'early
:tin is now coming
;t„ principa,lle wheat,.
.better price.
Teen-
-.The annual meeting_
smith and Hay Salo
ion will be held. on
, in the Presbyterian.
rhere will be three
the day, morning,.
, the morning ! sea-
l° o'clock. During`
iniaters, laymen and.
s are expected ta
n the several topics -
(Iowa in the pro -
will be niivened
g by the Hi
ehip of Mr.
g session ddressea
Bev. 'W. J. Wad -
V, Muir, Brucefield,
-.Varna. There ill
ainging by the en-
lethodest choir, .ene
be taken up at the
and evening eel's en-
orkers are welco
it es must be serif to
Green. minis -
x -officio members of
t prepared te take
erition su.ccess,
ing, a large repre-
idut Sabbath school.
geested to attend.
Onsit, ir., is visiting
Oliver Coleman
stch skill and success
lit.ff decided ta quit.
tr the ministry, and
rting far Albert Col -
young man of con-
ol although we are
cur midst, We are
1k01,1 UM be a gain for
natty friends Jain in
beet euccess hin
dlie .Esler is visit -
lid the village.—Sfr.
as been working the
rner, has boa ahese•
ogret of the young,
enered favorite, haa
in the far north.—
se guest of Miss P.
a John Thomas,who-
,ar principal business-
ne ago ta seek some
in more ample scope
hes departed from
:arggart and Mr. J.
Le at our general store
enewed old acquaint-
dson &old an excel -
Mr. Cochrane for a
finds it pays to•
le Green
rived in Taviatock
,ch in the homea of
Kube, and Joseph'
er regard, has raised!
shich weighs over a•
asuree 80 inches in
the Essex Hybrid
ends and neighbors-
Nissouri, near St.
leave the neighbor -
nee and presented -
ling over $60.
t. Marys, ie giving
to students of the -
that town, for an
-ly history of St.
Listowel, and Dr.
have gone to the-
tal, Baltiinore,,
riel two months in
npson, 'West Nis-
sisty-one acres of
ning St. Marys, fore,
tt also bought 2'2,`
Ay for $700.
THIRTIETH EAR.
WHOLE NUMBE , 1,505.
To the ELEC 9Rs
—OF—
DIVISION NO., 5,
County of Huron.
Having received a requiaition signed by a large
number of tho eleotore of Division No. 5, County of
Huron. asking me to be a candidate to represent
ail division in the county council of eaid county.
I hereby accede to your request and solicit the
support of the electors of Division No, 6 at the mum
jug election. I pledge myself- to do all that 1 can to
further the interests of said division. and to act
fairly and justly for the whole county; It elected
Thy desire will be to know my duty and to dO it.
D. D. WILSON:
gegarth, October 12, 1896 ' 1605-2
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1505-3-eow
IMPORTANT NOTICO.
A UCT1ON SALE of saw mill, lumber, lands,
horse°, etc., at Star Mill, Grey, County of
liuron, on Thursday, October 22nd, D96, at 2 o'clock
p, m. F. S. SCOTT, auctioneer. See posters. -
1505 -1
TIARM FOR SALE —350 scree, 32, t 3, 34 and
_U 35, 8th concession, McKill . Will _be sold in
oae block or divided to suit purobC ere. 3'0 acres of
good bush land. New bank b , hone,' with cellar.
All fenced and drained. For further information
apply to JOHN C. MORRISON, Wiathrop, Ontario,
ors° W. G. GOUINLOCIC, Waraaw, Y. 1606-4
TPEACHER WAN ED.—Wanted fci• the school in
1 section No. 12, MeKillop, for the year 1897, a
teacher holding a oond or third clams certiticate.
Applications to stat eatery deeired, experience and
references, tb be addressed to the undersigned on or
before the 3194 day f October, JOHN G. GRIEVE,
Winthrop P. 0, • 1505x3
WORTH PIG! FOR SERVICE.—The under-
signed has for perviee on lot . 22, coSneession 3,
Maillop, a thoro'brod Tamworth pig,' to which a
limited number of sows will be taken.' Thi. is an
extra good pig and breeders find it advantageous to
errata their eerkshire sowe with this breed of pig.
Terms $1, with privilege of returning ig necessary.
SOHN McMILLAN 1505x4
QIIEEP AND BULLS FOR SALE.—Several ram
),) and ewe Iambe (Leicester) for sale, also two 1 -
year -old Shorthorn bulls. All good mialitY. Will
be sold at reationable prices. Apply' at lot 17, con-
cession 13, . Hibbert„ or address Cromarty P. 0.
DUNCAN MeLAREN. 1505.tf
A UCT1ON SALE OF HOUSEHOLD /FURNITURE,
2-1, IMPLEMENTS, VEHICLES, delORSE3 AND
CATTLE.—There will be sold by public auction at
the Skating Rink, Main Street. Seaforth, on Wednes-
day, October 2,1,1826, at 1 o'clock p. m., the follow-
ing property : Cattle—Two milch cows, two 2 -year-
old heifers, two yearling heifers. Horses—One road-
ster horse, aired by Carlisle; one good working horse.
Implements—New and eecond-hand plows., three new
eovered buggies and two second-hand buggies, one
new covered Mikado, McLaughlin make ; one Dow
road cart, one new cutter, the latest model, Mc-
Laughlin make ; one new lumber wagon. Household
Furniture—A lot of household furnituri, coneisting
of bureau's, hall rack, marble topped wash stanch',
sofa and other articles. The whole .. ill positively
be sold. Terms—All sums of 85 and under, cash ;
over that amount eix months' credit rill be given on
furnishing approved paper. A discomnt at the rate
of 7 p3r cent. per annum will be alloWed for cash on
credit amolints. ESTATE T. T. COLEMAN ; J. P.
BRINE and WM. aloGLOY, auctioneers. 1505-1
TTNRESERVED AUCTION SALE OF FARM
U STOCK AND IMPLEMENTS.—Mr. J. II. /de -
Bengali has been instructed by Mr. A. Calder, to
sell by public auction, on lot 19, concescion 3, Me-
Killop, on Friday, October 23rd, 1890, at 1 o'clock p.
bi.
im, eharp, the following p operty, viz :—Horsee.-
1 general purpose mare 10 years old, 1 seven year
old mare by Carlisle, bred y E. C. Coleman, au extra
good road mare ; 1 three year .old filly by Crystal
City, 1 two year old filly by Morning 3tar, 1 one year
old filly by Morning Star.—Cattle.—Five young
cows, two suppoeed to be in calf to a thoroughbred
bull ; 2 two year old heifers supposed to be in calf
to a thoroug hhrtd bull, two Gteer8-1 throe year old
now, and lite o year old, both fall , calves, extra
quality ; 3 yearling heifers, three ealves.—Sheep,
Pigs and Poultry —6 well bred ewes, 10 store hogs, 1
thoroughbred Berkshire brood sow with pedigree, 20
large thoroughbred bronze turkeye, parents imported
from Obio,---Iroplemente.-1 Brantford binder in
good workiug order, 1 Brantford mower nearly new,
1 seed drill nearly new, 1 set iron harrows, 1 two
furrow gang plow, Coleman's make ; 2 plows, 1
Ruttier, I new disk harrow, Mann'e make ; 1 new
pulper, 1 Maxwell cutting box, 1 fanning mill, 1
sawing machine in good working order, I wagon, 1
pair new bobsleighs, 1 grain rack, 1 wood rack, 1
large sep evaporator, 1 water trough, 1 milk box, 1
set demble harness ; ea drille of turnips forty rods
long. 26 drilla of mangolde, will all be sold by the
drill, also doubletrees, whiffietrees, neokyokee and
other articlee too numerous to mention. All will be
sold. as the proprietor has rented nis farm and is
moving into town on account of 41114ealth. —Terms.—
All sums of 85 and under, cash; ov0 that amount 11
months' credit will be given on approved joint notee.
, A diacouut of 6 per °cut. per annum allowed off for
cub on credit amounts. A. CALDER, ploprletor ;
S. 1.1. McDOUGALL, auctioneer. ' 1606-1
OLEARING OUT AUCTION SALE OF HORSES,
THOROUGHBRED AND HIGH GRADE CAT-
TLE, WELL-BRED SHEEP AND PIGS. — James
Jones has received inetruetione from John McConnell
to sell by public auction on lot 20 concession 7, town-
ship of Hibbert, on Wedneeday, October 28th, at 1 p.
the whole of the following valuable live stock :—
Ilorses.--1 span of heavy colts-, three yearS old, ono
sot by Rakerfiold and the other by the Pride of
ellaswich ; 1 span of drivers, five years old, one aired
Carliele and the other by Barnone.—Cattle.—
Thero'brede.-4 &et elaaa cows, in calf (tO Defiance ;
1. bull, two year'. old ; 4 bnlls, ranging from 3 months
to 1 year old ; 2 heifer calves, 9 months old. The
liFifere are got by Defiance and the bulls are by three
different imported bulls, and though one of them is
only 11 menthe (old he weighs over 1,000 pounds.
The aboye cattle are all registered in the new Domin-
ion Herd Bock. Pedigrees preduced on day of eale,
and ara among the best bred In the province. The
eaves Hound first and eecond at the lo al fain; and
the herd took first at4 Mitettell.—Grades.-4
e.P.ws, in calf to Defiance ; 2 springers, to calve in
november ; 8 steers and heifers, two years old ; 4
steers and heifer..., one year old ; 4 spring calves.—
Sheep-14 first-class breeding ewes and ewe lambs,
dram lambs —Hogs. -2 breeding airless, and 17 pigs,
two months old.—Twenty tone of Orst-class hay, 10
tone of green feed, and 25 tons of' oat straw. Will
AlSo lease the south half of -lot 30, concession 5,
'Ribbed, for a term of six years. Posseesion given
Immediately if required. The whole of the above
ter (aunty must be so!n as the proprietor has letteed
MR farm for a term of years and the tenant receives
all the implemente and working horses. Terms.—
All sums of $L0 and under, cash ; over that amount
12 months' credit will be given on furnishing approv-
ed joint note's. A discount of 6 per cent. allowed off
for cash on credit amounts. J 0 E1N McCONNEGL,
vroprietor ; JAMES JONES, auctioneer. 1505 2
Inamommaimelmis Ammo
Be your own Lawyer.
A trustworthy guide.
A book for the masses.
.A treasury of 10,000 law paints.
Everbocly wants it when they see it.
Everybody can afford to buy it.
Price only one dollar.
few more agents wanted.
Write to W. H. Anger, Law Publisher,
252 Palmereton Avenue, Tomato.
MEN
DIF
FER.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1896.
ifor+
McLEAN BROS., Publishers.
$1 a Year in Advance.
Men have differed, and we expect will
alwaye differ as to the relative importance
of their lives and actions, as affecting the
welfare - of the country.. .The merchant
thinks one thing, the Mechanic another, and
so on through all the. diffetent spheres of
work in which men engage.
Now we have, like all pther. people, an
opinion on this subject, and we wish to
briefly and candidly state it. ,
To our mind, the -farmer being the origin-
ator, so to speak, of all wealth, anything in
intelli ent or financial way that will
prove a b
fit to all
place trut
We alw
Possible v
nefit to him, is indirectly a bene -
other classes. This is a conamon
, yet very often overlooked.
ys try to give the farmer the best
lue for his money in everything
he buys, a d Dot only is the farrner benefitt-
ed,but eventually we derive a benefit in se-
curing his trade and confidence.
It is by selling goods that are reliable,
that we have secured s'uch an enviable posi-
tion in the confidence of the farming com-
munity at we possess to -day. We offer and
sell him our own make of men's $8 and $10.
Snits ; our frieze Overcoats at $6.56, $8 and
$10 ; wool Pants at $1, $1.25, $1.50 and $2 ;
all -wool Underclothing at $1,$1.25 and $1.50
a suit. We sell Fownes Brothers' Gloves,
about which we plainly state that the equal
flor wear and fit is not made. We show a
great Kid Glove this year at 50c a pair ;
better lines at 75c and $1. It is impossible
to enumerate the specials we show this sea-
son, but we draw your careful. considera-
tion tO the all -wool Underclothing at $1 and
$1.25 a suit ; the Kiri Gloves at 50c,_ 75c and
$1 a pair ; the- Boys' Schoel Caps at 250; the
Pants at 50c and 75 ; the Scoteh Tweed
made-to-order Suit at $12.
WE HAVE ONE ICE TO ALL
GRE4G & MACDONALD
4_ CLOTHIERS,
o. 'T. W. S. 0. T. S.
I. T. S. B.
SEAFORTH, - ONT.
SOUTH HURON
Fat , Stock Show
Open to the World.
The South ITUron Agricultural Sobiety will hold a
show for the exhibition of Fat Stock and Poultry in
the Agricultural Buildings in the
VILLAGE OF E5&TER,
0
FRIDAY, KCEMBER 4, 1896
When the following very liberal premium's will
be offered for competition :
•
CATTLE --Pure Breeds.—Steer, two years old and
under three, let $7, 2nd $6. Steer, two years old•and
under two, lat 843, 2nd 84. Steer calf, upder one
year, 1st 84, 2nd $2. Cow or heifer, let $6, 2nd $4.
Grades.—Steer, two years old and 'under three, dist
$6, 2ad $4, ard $2. Steer, ono year old and 'under
two, let $6, 2nd 83, 3rd $2. Steer calf, under one
year, $4, $2, St. Cow, three years or over, 85, $3, $2.
Heifer, two years and under three, $5, $3, 82. ,
SHEEP.—Long Woolled.—Ewe, two years aird
over, 1st $3, 2nd 82, 3rd $1. Ewe, one year and
under two, $3, $2, 81. Ewe, under one year, 33, $2,
$1.. Wether, owe year and over, $3, $2, 81. Wether,
under one year, $3, $2, V. 4
Downie—Thies satne as Long Wool.
Grade Sheep.—The same as Long Woolled, except
that there is no 3rd prize.. •
PIGS.—Barrow, over 9 months _an.1 under 18
months, lst $4, 2nd 82, 3rd $1. Barrow under nine
o onthe; 54, $2, $1. Sow, over 9 ruontis and under
18 months, 84, $2, el. Sow,under 9 mentne,F,.4, $2, $1.
A sWeePetakes badge 14 ill be awarded to the be
beefing auimal, sheep and pig of any age or , breed.
Age of all abima.le will be computed from let Decem-
ber.
DRE3SE'D POULTRY. — Best pair of Turkey
Cockerelc, hatehed in 1896, lst 82, 2nd 13 1 , Era 60e.
Beet pair !of turkey pullets, hatched in 1896, 82, $1,
60c. Best and heaviest turkey of any age, 82. Best
pair of geese, hatched in 1896, $2, $1, 60o. Beet pair
of ducks,' hatched in 1896, V, 76e, 26o. Best pair of ,
cockerels, hatched in 1896, $1; 76e, .25c. Best pair of
pullats, hatched iu 1886, $1, 76c, 26c. Bea display
of dreased poultry, $3, 82, $1. Dretisect means drawn je
and tru‘eed.
SPECIAL PRIZES.—For the beet pure bred anim-
al, a table donated by R. N. Idowe, value 82. For
the best grade animal, a chair donated by S. Gidley
& Son, value 411 60. For. the best fat animal, a ce;ery
dieh donated by T. Fitton & Son, value, $2.50. For
the best disp/ay of meatus, a Spramotor valued at
$5 ; 2nd, 100 lbs. Flour, by Rollins & Williams. No
entrance fee will be charged for specie,' prizes.
Ample accommodation will be provided for all
animals and poultry. •
RULES AND REGULATIONS. — bit — Enieanee
fees will be charged as follows : Thero4hbred cattle
$1 eacb ; Grade Cattle 76o each ; Saeep Sind Swine
60c each ; Poultry 26o per pair ; display of poultry.
2nd—Entries will be received by the Secretary,
at the Agricultural Hall, from 9 o'clock a. m. to 12
o'clock, noon, on the day of the show; No exhibits
will be allowed, unleee the proper entries bare been
made nd the fees; paid. fird—The Judges *ill cone,
monce judging at 1 o'clock, sharp, and nci animal or
po ltr shall be removed from the exhibition build-
ing 'before 4 o'clock p. 44h—Any animal deemed
un orthy by the Jud es will not be awarded a
pre ium, and the dee ion of the Judges in all oases
sha I be final, and no a peal will be ooessidered except
in asee of fraud an protest. Protests must lee
lod , ed with the Secretary before the close of the
show. 6th—Animals that are to _be 'used hereafter
for beeeding purposes, litre not eligIbie to compete,
and * ill be strictly excluded. 7th—An aclmiesion
fee of 10 cents will be charged.
Reduced railway rates will be given.
M. Y. McLEAN, Sec'y. THOS. RUSSELL,. Pres.
1604
--vcrmirmEtag-
Dairy - SchOol
STRATHROY,
Will re -open November 25, 1896. For -ladles and
gentlembn, Shoet courses (two week's), and as much
longer as may be desired, in (1) Chews dnaking, (2)
Butter -making, (3) Milk -testing, and (4 Running of
Cream Separators. Special instructio in home
dairy work Fall courses of leotures on all dairy
topic's. Well furnished library nd r ading-roorm
Diplomas granted to succeseful students, Registra-
tion fee $1 00.
Circular on applieation.
Addrese
Supt. Western Dairy School,
Strath rff, Ont.
1506-4
FROM SEAFORTH TO ED-
MONTON.
BY W. T. GEMMILL.
DEAR Exros non, —Will you pardon me
if I make so bol 1 as to trespass, to a slight
extent, on your valuable pa er. I left Sea-
nly, with a out half a day's
had not time to bid my
forth very sudd
notice, so that
friends good -by or explain to them where
and why I was going. I wish, therefore, to -
communicate with them through the col -
u ns of your valuable paper, flattering my -
s lf at the same time that my rambling re -
arks may be of interest to others also, for
believe that at the time of the " boom " a
eat many people came here from Huron,
ough I have not met any of them yet. In
et, so many came from Huron, I am told,
at a Yankee puzzled to hear so many
ople say they came from Huron, while
ut few said they were from Ontario, is said
to have remarked, " Ontario 1 that is in
Huron, isn't it ?" I am inclined to think,
however, that the good sense they brought
with them from Huron, has induced them
to vacate the locality as -quickly as they
came to it, for reaSons I shall presently ex-
plain. ,
I left Toronto on Friday, August 27 h,
and was not long on the train before I m de
the acquaintance of a man who was bou d
for Winnipeg. We "chummed " it toget er
t4tat far and he proved an agreeable elm -
pinion.
We noticed but little change in the alp-
pearance -cif the country until we passed
Lake Simeoe. From that on northward,the
country became more and more rocky.
When we reached Muskoka we could see
the bare rock in places above the surface.
The rock is of a reddish -brown color,. very
similar to some stones we find in our fields
at home. In places there are deep cuttings
through the solid rock to allow the track tee
be laid. In the crevices of the rock can be
seen growing weeds, bushes and even trees.
Large hills of rock are! seen covered with
trees, but oftener we see merely the black-
ened stems, where the fire has recently
passed over. Among these rocky hills are
innumerable little lakelets, some of them
only a few acres and some several miles in
extent. We seemed to pass them eVery
fe minutes. These lakes are also found in
Al oma and Thunder Bay districts, in fact,
rig t up as far as Rat Portage.' There are
no ucks to be seen (many of them,but they
ar said to be full of fish.
we pass into Parry Sound district all
sig s of altivated land disappear and the
fe stati ns we pass are simply lumbering
villages. I noticed in these villages what
was a novel contrivance for getting rid of
the slabs and waste material. From the
mill ran a long set of carriersnsemewhat
siMilar to those of a threshing mill, which
carried all the wast,e pieces and dumped
them into a cylindrical furnace, covered
with a wire screen to Prevent sparks icecap-
ing. A more primitive one simply d.umped
the slabs over a atone wall on an open fire.
We reached North Bay about 10 o'clock.
There I purchaeed a mattress, intending to
sleep in the colonist car, but when I opened
the car door and fouhd the place reeking
with tobacco smoke and French profanity, I
fled into the first-class car and chucked the
now useless mattress under a seat and was
glad to curl up on the car seat as best I
might. I am glad I got that mattress though,
because it softens.the bed a little that I sleep
on these nights.
On Saturday 'morning when we looked
out, we found ourselves passing through the
bleakest barrens.' ilderness it has ever been
my fortune to see. Not a living creature
was in sight ; not a sign of cultivation ; it
is a veritable wilderneas. The land is roll-
ing and rocky and covered sparsely with
small trees, mostly tainarac, few of which
are more than six t i eight inches thro gh.
The rest of he land is either bare hint! or
covered with blackened trunks or we de.
No one lives there except the section en
who take care of the road, and the stat'ons
which occur at long intervals are station
ousel! only. We were thoroughly tired of
t is before e reached the north shore of,
I ake Su erior. There the scenery is very
eautite . The track skirts the lake wind-
' g in end out of the little bays, now sweep -
i g inland to avoid a long point, mow crawl
ing slowly over uncovered trellis work, and
now dashi g at full speed through the tun-
nels, for t e cliffs on the shore are solid
rock and it is often necesehry to tunnel
through it Some places we could see the
tall bare liffis of red -brown rock towering
hundreds f feet above on one aide while on
the other few feet below is the water
washing a ainst the rock. I stood on the
platform etching the scenery for a couple
of hours a d was well repaid.
The next morning, Sunday, we found
-ourselves approaching Rat Portage. The
country to be seen about 5 o'clock was very
much like thot of Algoma, In about an
hour, however, las we approached Oxdrift,
we noticed the firstnign of cultivation in
the shape of small fields of clover. We ar-
rised at Rat Portage about 10 o'clock. It
is quite a large and busy place but entirely
a lumbering town; no sign of cultivation on
either aide. From that to Winnipeg there
is but little cultivated land except in a few
places where a saw mill has been set up, and
the land cleared in its neighborhood. The
country becomes gradually less hilly and
rocky as we approach Winnipeg but there
is nothing that we can really call prairie
until we pass Winnipeg.
After a stay of an hour in that city we
left about five o'clock and for the firet time I
beheld the prairie. I was•much imrressed
with the sight, but it was not exactly what
I expected. For example, I expected to see
a foot high, and quite browned. . Th har-
t
the grass about four or five feet I ng all
over the prairie ; it is really only about
vest seems to be progressing very *ell, a
great deal was standing in the stook and ea
great deal more was reedy for cutting. I
could not imagine why there were no ma-
chines at work, until I remembered it was
Sunday. I was much interested in watch-
ing the prairie chickens, and the ducks,
that were swimming about in the " elews "
by the traok. Perhaps that word "slews !'
requires explanation. I suppose we should
write it " sloughs " but I prefer the Ameri-
can spelling. They aro simply low-lying
tracts of and wheieein the wet seasons,
the water lies. The grass, which grows
very abundantly, supplies the farmers with
hay. On the prairie you can scarcely dis-
tinguish them from the rest of the prairie.
Where the land is more rolling and timber 1
grows, we find them among the hills with
willows around the edge, I remember
noticing a weed that grows on the prairie
that very much resembles barley, only the
seeds are very small. It is very abundant
in some places, and when it gets into onehi
clothes, they say, it is a versr troublesome
companion. 1
By this time I had found out that ale
there are only two trains a week from Cal-
gary to Edmonton, I would have two days
to atop off before I arrived at my destina-
tion. I etopped off at Carberry wherea
friend of mine is teaching, and spent two
days very pleaaantly there. There is an
air of prosperity about the place that is very
tl
pleasing. My friend and I gathered to-
gether, fgom various sources, a pony, some
harness and ropes, and after fastening the
aforesaid article to a buckbeard, we went
for a drive over the prairie. Everything 1
Saw seemed to denote comfort and pros-
perity. Even the little gophers that chirp-
ed at us by the roadside, seemed sleek and
fat.
I was also pleased to meet Mr. Fairley,
formerly of Sertforth, and had tea With them
one evening. They seem to like Manitoba
very much. They have a much larger store
than they had in Seaforth and appear to be
doing a good business. .
I boarded the trqn again about 9 o'clock
and in the night linseed through what I am
told is the finest fa!rming land in the West.
In the morning we were in the neighborhood
of Indian Head. The country thereabouts
is rolling,with a lot of timber, mostly poplar
and willow. I saw a pair of coyotes, from
the train near her .
When we passe Regina we came to a
stretch of level pra Fie. As far as the eye
could see, not a ho se, not a stick nor stone
nor sign of living c eature was to be seen.
Nothing was visibl but an unbroken stretch -
of prairie, covered ith short seared grass.
As we go westwa d the country becomes
more rolling. Her and there, but very far
apart, we see a bu alo 'skull, but they are
becoming very scaice, the Indians gather
them and ship them to Chicago, where they
make animal charcoal for the sugar refiner-
ies. Wherever there is cgriver or lake,
other than Alkali slews, there are extensive
cattle and sheep ranches' All the animaLs
As the most of the pas engera on the car
t
we saw were in remarka ly fine condition.
were going at least as far as Calgary, and as
there were only about half a dozen or so in
the car, we soon became acquainted, and I
tried to collect information about Edmonton.
One gentleman aGerman,who could not speak
much English', put it very briefly—" All
slews and deadlands." A lady told me she
had lived theie and it w, as a beautiful coun-
try, she said, a lovely bountry, but, owing
to the pressure of hard times they had to
leave. There were plenty of ducks, she
said! and other game. I bethought arse of
the alews, and gently broached the subject,
only I called. them lakes. " Oh, yes," she
said, " there are plenty of lakes i they are
fai m."
very beautift There is one on nearly every
We reached Calgary about three o'clock
Thursday morning. As the train did not
start until eight o'cloek in the morning I
had time for a stroll through the town.
They eay the Rockiesuan be seen from there
on a clear day, but it was very smoky that
morning. Calgary is a small place, I should
say not much larger than Seaforth. It is a
grazing district, evidently, for I could see
no sign of agriculture whatever. The goods
in the stores were inferior in quality but
superior in price. Very poor apples were
offered for sale at 6 pounds for 25c.
(To be concluded next week).
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Sir Charles Tupper's Gifts.
MAISTER EDITOR.—Man, I have bee
reedin' in a' the papers of the grand re
ceptione and preaentations to Sir Charlie
Tupper and his wife, on their reachin' their
fiftieth year of wedded life, without any
help frae either aboon or below._ But,Losh,
man, I hae been married longer than that,
and deil a yin gied me or ma wife onything
for leevin' sae tang thegither witheut askin'
for a lawfu' separation, so as we could begin
again wi' ither pairtners. But I see it
makes an awfu' difference when you have
nae guici offices or nice fat contracts to gie
awe', I see its jjust auld way, that them
that has plenty wil get mair, altho' they
may tak it frae them that has little. But,
I'm hopin' it will no aye be that way. Ex-
cuse my bad writin' and believe me, your
auld frien',
f7.4"NDY.
Seaforth, October 10th, 1896.
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Good Roads Meeting.
In accordance with previous announce],
ment, Mr. W.A. Campbell, Provincial Road
Instructor, arrived in Seaforth on Tuesday
last. He came here at the invitation of the
town council. In the afternoon, in com-
pany with the street committee of the coun-
cil, he drove over the various streets of the
town, viewing the work that had been done
and giving instructions and advice where
such were needed. He also visited the vari-
ous gravel pits in the neighborhood, to see
the material available for road making. He
will prepare a plan for the proper improve-
ment of the streets and will give in writing
other necessary instructione so that the
council can have them for reference at any
time when required.
In the evening a public meeting was held
in the town hall. There was a good attend-
ance, the audience embracing several from
the adjoining townships of Tuckersmith and
McKillop. The chair was occupied by Mr.
Robert Scott, chairman of the street com-
mittee of the toWn. The Mayor, the mem-
bers of the town Council, Mr. John McLean,
uckersmith, and others,
the platform. The chair -
address, introduced Mr.
oke for about an hour and
deputy -reeve of
occupied seats o
man, in a nea
Campbell, who s
a half, keeping the close attention of the
audience throughout. The importance of
the subject, he siaid, was manifest from the
fact.that during the past ten years there
had been expended in the Province of On-
tario the very large sum of thirty-five mil-
lions of dollars by the municipalities in
making and mending roads, besides about
ten millions of dollars in statute labor. For
this, he thought, the Province should have
a pretty good showing, much better than it
really has. Had this vast sum been expend-
ed systematically and to the best advant-
age, under common sense, to say nothing of
scientific principles, Ontario should now
have the best system of roads of any coun-
try in the world. Whether or not this is
the case, he could very well le ve his audi-
ence to judge for themselves. He thought,
howeven'he could very safely ay that the
present condition of the roads showed that
a, very considerable portion of this money
had been wasted. It is to arouse an inter-
est in the public mind, and to secure such
systematic and common sense methods of
road construction as will put a stop to this
waste, that his efforts are now directed. In
so far as the streets of Seaforth are concern-
ed, he 'did not speak in any very flattering
terme of the way they had been managed.
-Although all that he said is unquestionably
true, the bad management has been due to
the system pursued more than to the lack
of care or skill on the part of those in
charge. He showed that while for the past
ten years there had been over twenty thous-
and dollars expended on our streets, they
are still almost as much in need of continued
exPenditure now as they were at the com•
mencement of that time, whereas had the
pro_ per 'system beeu pursued and the ex-
npe-nditure year by year been concentrated
and improvements of a permanent instead
of a merely temporary nature made, there
would now be something to show for the
large expenditure of money. Mr. Campbell
strongly urged the advisability of making
only improvements of a durable and per-
t
manent nature. For instance, we should
construct granolithic instead of plank side
walks, especially on the leading streets,even
if only one block could be constructed in one
year, and the same with streets. The, first
essential for a good road way is thorough
drainage, so that the road bed may be made
solid and the foundations of the road kept
dry ; secondly, to have proper outlets for
drains ; athirdly; have the road well crown-
ed up to the'centre; fourthly,have the gravel
or metal laid on from side to side of the
roadway, have it thoroughly cleaned from
sand and clay, and then have it thoroughly
rolled, and made bard and smooth. In this
way the road will not only shed the surface
water like the roof of a house, but being
eompletely :dry underneath, will remain
hard and firtn in all seasons of the year and
require little or no expenditure for repair&
as the more it is used the harder and
smoother it b
a width of t
sufficient, as
u a roadwa
comes. For residential streets
enty-four or twenty-six feet is
here is no necessity in keeping
that is not required for use.
e are sorry that space will -not permit us
to give Mr. Campbell's remarks on these
important stibjects more fully, but on a
future occasion we may again refer to then].
His address Was plain, practical, and , re-
plete with infOrmation, and gave the most
unqualified satisfaction to all who listened
to it. He is a good sPeaker and an en-
thusiast in his work1 and cannot: fail to
arouse renewed interest in the subjects with
which he deals, and we are sure that his
labors will be productive of much good, and
the useful information which he dissemin-
ates will save thousands of dollars annually
to he municipalities, as his methods are so
easi y understood and so common sense and
pra tical, that they cannot fail to commend
themselves to every interested person who
studies them, and if followed out, even in
part, a great ultimate saving of money must
necessarily be the result, besides the addi-
tional comfort and saving occasiooed by the
use of fairly good roads, instead of as in
many places, wretchedly bad onen.
When Mr. Campbell- had finished,remarks
were made commendatory of his methods
'and congratulating him on his :address by
M.Y.McLean, M.P.P., South Huron; l'sir.J.
McLean, deputy -reeve, of Tuckersmith ;
Messrs. John and James Beattie, Mayor
Grey, Dr. Bethune Mr. E. C. Coleman, Mr.
John A. Wilson, Air. A. Cosens, councillor
of Tuckersmith, and others. The meeting
was a success in every res ect, and we are
(
sure that a second meetin by Mr. Campbell
would be even more larg ly attended. In
fact, we never thought so tnuch enthilsiasm
could be aroused on the subject. Mr.
Campbell spent Wednesday with the coun-
cillors of Tuckersmitli, ooking over the
roads of that toWnship, and Thursday he
visited Stanley, while to -day he is to be in
Clinton.
•
eatikda.
—Five weddings were celebrated in Lon-
don on Wednesday, 7th ipst.
—Ottawa's. population is 51,540, accord-
ing to the assessors' returns.
—Friday, 9th inst., was the 25th anniverl-
eery of the great Chicago fir
— Rev. Jonathan Gofo th, ▪ of Hone'
China, has been seriously ill but is bette
—There is at present a ad outbreak f
diphtheria in St. Thomas.
—Mr. James Marshall, for fifty years in
the carting business, in Ktigaton, has -re-
tired.
— The Northern elevator at Douglass,
lanitobn was burned, with 15,000 bushels
f wheat.
--Mr. D. E. McIntyre, for 46 years sheriff
f the united counties of Stormont, Dundee
nd Glengarry, died at Cornwall on Satur-
ay last.
—The wheat elevators of Manitoba are
filled up as a result of the recent strike, but
the Canadian Pacific :Railway is now mov-
ing grain again freely.
—Maurice Kennedy, of Georgetowu, over
82 yeare old, fell from an apple tree, alight-
ing on his headand injuring his spine so
severely that he is completely paralyzed.
—The new building of the Ontario Dental
College in Toronto was opened on October
1st by Lieutenant -Governor Kirkpatrick. It
is a fine structureecosting $46,000.
—Mr. W. S. Dingman, of Picton, found
a last yeaa's potato in his cellar the other
day, that had six small new potatoes grow-
ing inside of it, and which had burst !open
one side of the old potato.
—Mr. Malt, of Colborne, having heard.
that brick duet fed tp hens in their food
would give a brown Shade to their eggs,
tried the experiment with the result that
now his hens are laying eggs of a, beautiful
brown shade.
—On a recent week da , a great mass of
plaster fell from the ceiling of the Central
Presbyterian church, G lt, smashing the
chandelier and damaging some of the seats.
Fortunately, the accident did not occur
during church service.
—The Thompson Lumber Company, of
Windsor, has secured the contract for all
the dressed and rough lumber required for
the construction of the Grand Trunk
Railway shops at :London. It will take
1,000,000 feet.
—A man in Galt who wished to mail a
couple of letters and had nothing to do it
with save a 6 cent stamp, conceived the
brilliant idea of cutting it in two pieces
and gumming 3 cents worth on each letter.
He is said to be still waiting for an answer.
—Miss Mary daughter of D. S. Roberts,
second line, Plympton, met with a serious
accident lately. She arose in her sleep,
and walked out of an upp.er window, falling
14 or 15 feet to the veranda floor, sustaining
serious bodily injuries. She is now in a criti-
cal condition.
—The Allan line ate men Numidian, took
out from Montreal a c rgo of 14,500 barrels
of apples last week. he freight on the
apples alone amounted to $10,440. It seems
that the shipment of apples this year is
more profitable to the teamship companies
than to exporters.
—While shooting geese on Saturday, last
week, at Brandon, Manitoba., Mr. T. M.
Percival's gun exploded, shattering his left
hand to pieces, and cutting his shoulder
and face. En route to the hospital he sus-
tained severe bruises by being thrown from
arig, the horse falling into a sewer hole.
—An Ottawa dispatch says : The himber
trade is suffering from great depression, and
wages for the winter have fallen according-
ly. Men were hired at the beginning of the
season to go into the woods for road cut-
ting, etc., at $22 a month. Now $16 is the
best money offered, and several men were
hired at $10 and $12 a month.
—Pro% incial detective Murray has in hand
the Carpenter murder case Hagarsville.
Latelye the people of Hagersville, have liv-
ed under a veritable reign. of terror.
Numerous incendiary fires have occurred;
a number of prominent farmers have been
robbed of cattle and sheep, and the inhabit-
ants of the neighborhood generally have
spent their days and nights in fear of a law-
less circle of men who infest the district.
The recent death under suspicious circum-
stances of Mrs. Carpenter brought this
terrible state of affairs to a climax, and the
i ,
Ontario' Government was appealed to. The the Grand Trunk Railway shop& Their
Attorney-Generall took iminediate action, Excellencies took a, deep interest in the
and Mr. Murray was despatched to tne case, and Lady Aberdeen left with him the
scene of the iniquities. After a week's bouquet that had been presented to her.
t
hard ork the detective comes back 'With Not satisfied with this she has since written
infor ation which is likely to lodge a lot to the local branch of the King's Daughters,
of cri inals behind prison doors. asking them to do Vi hat can be done to
—A little over two weeks ago the young brighten his surroundings.
son of Mr. Robert Horne, concession 8,
London township, stepped on a, corn sickle
and cut his foot just above the heel. The
wound was carefully dressed by his • father,
but about two weeks later lockjaw set in,
and the little fellow lies nove in a very pre-
carious condition. of Avonbank, have exchanged farms, II.
—Alice Humiston, 20 years old, of Zone Cole's -50 acres being valued at $3,000, and
township, neat:Bothwell village, is a fugi- A.—Sslc:izeie'fisue100speacremeante$60,f000ca. nadian pea_
tive from justice on a charge of murder, and nets
with a price. upon her head. She fled on were shown - at the Tavistock fair,
and some well-nsatured peanuts were grown
Thursday, last week, to avoid arrest on the by E. a Bartly, of Harrington.
accusation of having wantonly killed the
—August Stahl is completing a fine brink
new born illegitimate babe of her sister , - .
nouse on his iarm on the 2nd concession of
Annie.
—Monkton's genial stage driver, Louis J..
Longueway, has taken unto himself a wife
in the person of Miss Evans, of Irishtown,
May they have a happy wedded life.
—Messrs. 11. Cole and Alexander Mennie,
Elm. James Kendel has also built a brick
—Word has been received from New • '
residence at a cost of about $1,000.
Zealand of the death of Mr. Allan James
Scott, whp died on the 2fith of Angust, aged —Mr. F. E. Butcher, of St Marys, re -
56 years. !Mr. Booth once was a very promi- ceived an prder for fifteen hundred apple
nent citizen of licrew Hamburg, and will be barrels from Mr. Jones, of Winchelsea, who
remembered by :all the older inhabitants.
shipment.
has gone extensively into packing apples for
He emigrated tol New Zealand nearly thirty
years ago, ;at the time of the Fenian scare, —Miss Forman, of Stratford, addreieed
and ha remained there, ever since. the Epworth League in the Methodist
e steamship Canada, the fastest Can- church, Mitchell, Friday evening. Subject
" Incidents of the Washington Con -
easel afloat, sailed from Liverpool on
vention."
ay, October 1st, at six o'clock p. m.,
—William Horn, of the 4th concession,
died Montreal at 5.05 p. in., on Fri-
tober 9th, her actual time being_ 7 Elma, fed his sheep oats in a rusty tin and
four of them died. They were supposed to
be poisoned by the rust frorn the tin.
—T
adian
Thurs
and re
day, 0
days, 23 hours and 5 minutes. Captain
James McCauleY, who is in command of the
Canada, reports exceptionally rough weather
with dense fogs on the trip.
--Hog cholera has again broken out in
Malden township, Essex county. The in-
spector visited the farm of Henry Delisk,
and decided to slaughter the whole herd of
twenty hogs, the 1.-aluation being placed at
$5 per; head. He then vieited the farm of
Joseph Boufford, and destroyed three more
animals, which appeared to be affected with
the disease, allowing $10. per head for the
animals. He visited several other farms,
but did not IdiscoVer any more cases.
--Mrs. Malcolm Leitch, of Mose, met
with a moat distressing and serious accident
the other day, which it is greatly feared
ing her ja, and otherwise disfiguring her
vi
may prove fatal. The unfortunate lady
was kicked in the face by a horse, break -
face. Mrs. Leitch is the mother of the lad
who was redentl killed through an accident
with a team of tiorses.
The Louden D trict Association of Lat-
ter Day Sainte convened at St. Thomas on
Friday and 'Saturday last week. Reports
from the following places were read : Lon-
don, St. Thomas, St. Marys, Toronto,
86ratford, Proton? Cameron, ' Egremont,
Coder Valley, Riverview Limestone Point,
Monmouth, McKillop, 'Arthur, Garafra.xa,
Windham and _Walainghem Centre. This
assoeiation has a membership of 600. -
—The outbreak of typhoid fever in Eat
Zorra, is still of; a very alarming nature.
There are now np fewer than eight victims,
Mr. Robert BoXwell, a popular blacksmith,
being the last te succumb. He died in the
Woodstock hos it 1 Tuesday night. In the
alone this is the second
k, the son, Henry, have
d to the disease. Mrs.
x cted to live, while a
own with it. The death
tid, Eliza, William, and
Boxall househo d
death within a 'e
ing also succum
Boxall is not
young son is als
roll now is:
Mary Ann Penis er!, James Holloek, Mrs.
Robert Wal n, enry and Robert Box-
all.
we—li,Lasioft Scahtua da while ex -Alderman Cars -
ham, was crossing the new
crl ek bridge e hea d sounds of dietress in
a hildish voi proceeding from below. A
scow lay moored in the creek, and Mr.
Carswell naught, a glimpse of a little figure
struggling in the water. With astonishing
alacrity he made his way to the spot, and
was just in time.to save the drowning lad,
as he Was going down for the third time.
The boy was Willie Xerr, aged seven, and
with him were t*o other children, who,
huddled up in a ccirner, were so terrified
that they could only sob. Thies is the third
act of life saving which Mr. Carawell has
bravely performed.
—The Hon. G. W. 'Ross delivered an ad-
dress last Friday night in the Young Men's
Christian Association building, at Ottawa,
on " What to read and how to read it," in
the course of which he gave some compara-
tive statistics of the circulating libraries of
Ontario. There were, he said, 301 libraries.
Four years ago they issued 931,000 volumes,
last year 1,687,000. Four years ago there
were 57,000 readers, last year 100,000. Of
the11,687,000 volumes issued last year, 810-
946i were fiction, or forty-eight per cent.
In the United S ates the percentage was be-
ll
tween sixty-fiv ant seventy ; in Edin-
burgh, forty -t o ; i Glasgow, fourteen ;
in Leeds fift -five, and in other cities in
England, eixty. It was a bad thing for On-
tario to have so large a precentage of our
total reading fiction. We could not make
strong men and women on that diluted kind
of food. , He believed a , certain amount of
good fiction was good reading, but he was
glad to know that the percentage of fiction,
though large n ' w, was eight per cent.
Science, 80,000 biography, 43,000 ; voy-
les
smaller than it R as four years ago. The
number of volum issued last year were :
ages and travels,1104,000 ; literature, 141,-
.18,000 ; ales and essays, 352,000, and
000 ; irelilous literature, 32,000 ; poetry,
works of reference, 48,000.
I
•
Perth Items.
—Rev. F theri Brennan, - of St. Marys,
has been Sll ering freon a severe attack of
clu---111YU,blin football club played againa the
Kinkora cleb on the ground of the latter, on
Saturday. Result a tie.
—Mr. Thomae Currelly, of Fullerton,
shipped three finely bred sheep by express to
Winghom last week.
—Mitchell claims the (die) honor of being
the only cow -pasture town now between
Stratford and Goderich.
-' —Mr. James Purdon of Cromarty, has
gone to Philadelphia!where he will resume
his studiess in Jeffersen college.
_ —Mr. Wettlaufer'e store, it Gad's! Hill,
was broken into the other night and about
twenty-fivel dollars worth of goods taken.
—The late Henry Searth, who died re-
cently at Vittoria, Norfolk county, made a
bequest of $1,000 to St James' church,
St_ralitfloirsed.ij
enny McKay, has returned to
.
Mitehell from a four months' visit to Scot-
land. She was accompanied by a little son
of Mr. G. K. Matheson,
—Messrs. William and Amos Doupe,
Alexander Sinclair, Robert Neal, Frank
Ballantyne, and Thomas Blake of Blau -
shard, left last week for the lumber woods.
--Mr. Anthony 0. Dewire, of Biddulph,
has juet finished a fine bank barn, in the
place of the one that was destroyed by fire
a few years ago.
—When Lord and Lady Aberdeen visited
the hospital on' the occasion of their viait to
Stratford there was languishing on. a. eat, a
poor fellow that had been in an accident at
—Mr. and Mrs. Donald Park, sr., of
Cromarty, are away on a trip to Ottawa
and Lanark county. Mr. Park has been in
ill health for some time. and it h hoped the
change will be beneficial.
— Peter Itelmn, of Millbank, has had a
very successful season exhibiting his poul-
try. Seventy prizes have been awarded to
him at the three following shows—Welles-
ley, Milvertozi end Stratford.
— The following Trowbridge people took
in the cheap excursion to Detreit recently ;
T. C. Murdock, Mr. and Mrs. A. We
Leitch, Mrs. J. R. Code and son, Mrs.
Hugh Oliver, and H. Code.
—Andrew lt, Porter, of Dominie, has
rented the farm of James Varner, South
Easthope, the newly apoointed superin-
tendent ef the House of Refuge at $250 a
,
year kr five years.
—Mr. C. Baird, of Motherwell, purposes
in a short time to make a large-shipmeot of
apples to Winnipeg. There appears to be
considerable densand for this fruit in the
prairie city.
—Miss Alice Turnbull, of the 8th ton- -
cession, Elma, has been engaged to te,ach in
school section No. 7, same township, next
year. Miss Turnbull has the reputation of
being an efficient teacher of considerable ex-
perience.
—Miss M. Delyea, and her sister Nettie -
have rented their home in Trowbridge, to
A. W. Leitch, theesemaker, 'and intend
moving to Listowel. The Sabbath school
will thereby sustain the loss of two efficient
teachers.
—Mr. C. Baird, of Avonbank, has built
another silo to contain the balance of his
corn crop. There are now about 25 silos
among the patrons of the Avonbank cheese
and butter factory, Mr. Mountain has also
built another silo.
—Sir. Thomas McDonald, of Mitehell,
has sold out hie grocery department to a Mr.
A. A. Bogart of Deseronto, who has already
taken possessiOn. Mr. McDonald will
now devote all his attention to hie hardware
business.
—Miss Richmond, who has taught the
Poole school for seven years, has resigned,
the resignation to take effect at the end of
the year. Miss Richmond is A -clever teach-
er and a popular young lady and will be
missed by a large circle of friends,
—Logan farmers are showing some giant
tubers this fall. Thomas Waugh brought
to Mitchell a potato of . the Burbank seed-
ling variety that weighed two pounds, nine
ounces, and Mr. W. T. Annis has three of
the Peerless that weighed over four pounds,
—Mr. Albert Babb, ofe Mitchell, is re-
moving to Miilbank, where he will open
out a general store. Mitchell is sorry to
lose such old and good citizens as Mr. and
Mrs. Babb, but wish them the best of sue -
cess in their new veoture.
—Mr. Alexander Park, of Detroit, is re-
newing old acquaintances around Cromarty,
Mr. Park left this part of the country about
17 years ago and went to Detroit, where he
has resided ever since. He—is a carpenter
by trade and has done exceedingly well in
Uncle Sam's domains, 's
—Great sympathy is felt for Mrs. Robert
Good, of Avonbank? who about a month ago
lost her husband, and has now buried her
second daaighter Magdaline, a young lady
of 20. She had 'been poorly for soM.3 time
and took her father's death very hard, and
failed rapidly ever since.
--On Saturday, 3rd inst, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Robinson of Fullerton were visiting
at his brother Henry's, in the township of
Hibbert. In leading his horse out of
the stable a colt belonging to the latter,
kicked him in the back, in consequence of
which he will be laid up for some time,
—Mrs. Sylvester Salisbury, and Mrs.
Marshall, of Mitchell, and some 14 other
relatives, have received information that
they have become heirs to a large amount
of money, which has lain unclaimed in the
bank of England for nearly a century.
—An Atwood oorrespondeut writes : The
Bee editor has the proud clistinetion of
being the father of the prettiest baby in
this vicinity, the fact having been decided
on last Wednesday at the show grounds by
Mr. MeAlpin, agent of the Telman Concert
Company.
—Saturday morning, 3rd inst., Mr. 3. D.
Willows, an old and highly respected aettler
of Carlingford, died very suddenly. The
afternom of the previous day he had a
stroke of paralysis, and in very few hours
afterwards was a corpse. He lived on the
farm where he died, for upwards of forty
years.
—The faneral of the late George Blum of
South Easthope, took place to Behest:T.01
cemetery. s, few days ago. Mr. Blum was
one of the early settlers and took an active
interest in all that pertained to the welfare
of the community. In church and school
affairs especially his advize and aid -will be
missed.
—The farmers around Fullerton village
can boast of owning the best agricultural
horses ehown at the Stratford fair, the first
prize being captured by George Krain r.
John Jacobs got third while Jacob Gord er
aoroes the - road in Ellice, got see° d.
John Steinaeker was also au exhibitor.
He showed his Bran of coacher&
—William Maudson, formerly ,Of Mit-
chell, a bright and talented young man,
died on September q.6th, at the residence of
his father-in-law, Dr. L. L. Bennett,
Georgetown. Mr, Mitudson had spent
some time in Colorado and Arizona, en-
deavoring to recruit, but all in vain. Ho
returned home to die among friends. He
was only 28 ) ears of age.
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