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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1896-10-16, Page 1189k E YOU on the hunt for pare ;.s to wear, it would net to Oar Store ay to get the be'sn- -a, you may have to- lividing prices with ays, making it both. &able for everylsocir (STE YOTT LIST' :buy some of these- ew Mantle ?,` & New • ? Fur Cape or re on the liat a half igs you, tion:t eft t matters not what's, We keep a good era- thing you May C OMR I P E t .! That we are at rl.v you, to tell yam 4za to von the merita- ) ac; ap 'our power - h easy and pleasant- oods PallY, h Dry:Goods Store, 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, ird captured and in it —Potato- lift- s,. are keepine many o 0 . are very hard to .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 Western Advertiser FOR 1896-7. BALANCE OF 1896 FREE. ONLY ONE DOLLAR TO JANUARY 1st, 1898. Sixteen Pages Each Week mit A4 the News of the World. yarket Reports, StorieS, eto. ' Excellent Reading for every . member of thelamily. . offee good inducements to agent& For terms, etc., address— ADVERTISER-PRINTINtC0. . .LONDdN, ONT. 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). • 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. • 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. r