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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1897-08-20, Page 1- t- , r.f• - - , 1897, nant re. a.11 the week cora.' Augnst 7t1I, Rera- aking always 'brings. and ends of a dt7 js the last one or - last few yards of -unless cleared out„ 1 lock up money we, ke a There's just. this accumulations.. 11 them . out • each make next week en every oda line- iiieco that's ;short. a a remnant win er, placed on -our ed at a price that'II- and make it worth here remnant week. means that in all e small, and that best choice. Lines Gloves, Blouse, tants 1.h Cape Cloths, Dress: - mans, &c. Bros.„ itness will rapidly in -- in, as the farmers are nalize the advantages it this way, and are increasing the member is nothing that will ,han dgirying if they tsteniatiealiy and in a• Wingtana. In Allenby, of Roches — hieing her parents and -Newton Meenagh and 1, are visiting her pa— habert Kenny.—Miss London, has returned a month with relatives reeiTohn Netterfield andi i front London, where idintenand will take up. ligain.h.-Mr. George: Wiarton, have decided here..—Mr. George Et in the employ of Mr- 2ery, is nursing a sore a rusty nail running, ,he cloct.orts care. There. lood poisoning.—Quite in paroled over this sec- - t, and very heavy Ione further than put- * lightn—The dwelling. Field had a narrovr tree wita struck by stoim Monday night, only a few rods away is Boyd, of Palmeraton, ;or visiting a couple of • - awanosh. sting is the order of hing machines are busy aer from f around here htoba next week.—Mr. been visiting friends. eturned home on Mon- Feawan, is a happy man. ied him with a sozhthee ight have result edin irred on the Janie of Mr. onday. His daughter se raking and while re- irae became umoanage- ' throwing her off the- io an orchard, smashed ,'She escaped injury -- tied cattle from Blyeli ..Miss Mary McQuarrie' de going to Manitoba. among her friends in - 141111111a Keohnia was ;Daintier from here in- iristian Endeavor con - ...August 24th and 25th. hands are from $20 a he Blyth cheesa and dispoaed of their Jniy cents a pound.—Mr. aa been empleyed with many, of Chicago, and e home for some time, in with the Doherty. nton. • ;elet, t—The weather of last. fority of the farmers to - heat and hay. There. ay destroyed, yet near- gh for himself.—Mre rn last Wednesday an very busy time and the neighbors to get number turned out to. now the framers are n—Hebe Mahood, the e in Irarriaton for the - fl who wrote teve Wm. Campbell, of Clifford, occupied e and. McIntosh last farvey preached a awe death of the late Miss. iday.„ The church was eilwain, toth conces- time in the field last ess en a horse attach- tting the shafts down, A team_ which was- t and away -they went - mashed to atoms, the completely wrecked, as on the rake badly e. Oscar Hovey, whe- at the home of Mr. past three weeks, re- lay.—Rev. E. R. Mani ice, who have been. alidaying, purpose re - din Iowa on Tuesday Le of the tlareshing nia- wrival of the threshing -, no doubhit wilt he a Ddenage visited Se- ek, end was accompae by her cousin, Mi.sit -Cyrua Horton, of our et. He contracted a. - chicle appears hard to '.ose, of Moorefield, is eage Horton, of thisi is ripe and a very gooti. growit here have to iston or Wingham, t place of at levet. 12`, Jae price to be paid THIRTIETH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,549. _ ith 'a:entente • .. • SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1897. MoLEAN BROS., Publishers. 1. $1 a, Year in Advance. 4WESTION. WHO WILL DECIDE —AS TO ITS— Aut o • - Who was it -that said something ab6ut one-half the world not knowing how the other half lived? It does not matter much now who he was. He, however, stated but a very small fraction of the facts of the case, for not only is it a mystery to their neigh- bors how sonie men live, but it is a mod puzzling question to the men tiaemselves how they have lived, and further, how they will exist in the future. is it any wonder, then, that to the ob- A WEEK ON GEORGIAN BAY. What more pleasant and restful for a sum- mer's outing could one -choose than a re. freshing lake trip though 11011141 of the wildest,yet Most beautiful and bewildering of scenery. With eupetb weather a good eompiny and excellent meals, our trip from Collingwood to Mackinac Island byethesteam- hir City of Collingwood,wai in& intone as to be thoroughly enjoyed and to prepare one for a long winter's work, which we knew full well would follow. When we reached the ;vicinity of Barrie, we received a foretaste a the pleasures in store for us and we forgot that we had crawled from our beds .before daylight that morning to make a. dirty railway journey to connect with our boat. After a hasty din- ner at Collingwood we went aboard feeling that we had left all care and -business be. hind and had fully given ourselves over to the contemplation of the pleasures before us. But we, were a little too fast. We had not yet left the businesS world sufficiently behind, and we had it most forcibly im- pressed on our minds when we began to gather our belongings together and found that some of our luggagehad not arrived,and that some of us were left without euffieimit clothing to insure e comfortable night's sleep. :It was annoying in the extreme, and the only hope held out to us was that it might reach us at Owen Sound. We had gaunt recovered from the shook -of our lo t baggage,"ewhen the shout went • up that a man was overboard. One of the wheelmen who had imbibed too freely was taken with asudden notion that he wanted to be an angel, and with that he tumbled himself into the water. That brought him to his senses and he struggled and yelled in anything but an angelic fash- ion, but it was sufficient: o bring assistance and he willingly went ashore to spend a short time longer in this prosaic and wicked world. Missing baggage or net we enjoyed the voyage t� Owen Sound, when we made a raid on the tores to replenish our somewhat scanty wardrobes, and then strolled off to inspect the steamer Manitoba, of which Mr'. W. Bethune, of Seaforth, is purser. On reaching the bona we were welcomed by Mr. Bethune, who showed us over the boat, and after a few pleasant minutes there, eve straggled back to our own boat to await the unfortunate baggage. With the late train it came and how we fairly gloated over - those valises. We would fain have taken them to bed with us, but a steamer's bunk e'is not, con- ducive to the display of such affection, and we contentented ourselves with enrobing in some of the contents and dropped to sleep to dream of nice clean clothes to be donned in the morning. serving man, When he comes to view himself or• his friends in- dividuality, he comes to the con- clusion that a man is a very • small quantity in this world, and it seems that the larger space a man may think he occu- pies, the smaller in reality is his sphere of usefulness. Reasoning thus, it occurred to us that now, on the approach of our semi-annual, futurity sale day, Saturday, September 4th, it might ti4t be out of the way to examine and find out if the space whicbw claim to occupy in the clothing business of Seaforth and vicinity, is really as large as we think. settlement, or the camp of some pleasure But when the morning came -plenty of the passengers thought naught of clothes. We were crossing the gap and with an unfavor- able wind the merry crowd which.had pita ered around the dinner table the preview evening had dwindled , down considerably. By noon the lake had , calmed itself and gradually the people came forth from, their hiding places; looking, for the most part, as though nothing had happened. From this out the waters ietained their calm and smiling face and we were allowed to loll on the deck and smoke our pipes peacefully, whirthe ladies read or chatted pleasantly. As we glide smoothly along, a kaleido- scopic panorama of wild natural -beauty un- folds itself on every side. Small islands are everywhere, their rocky surfaces studded with beautiful green trees ; while here and there a bold rock pokes its head above the surface. In the conteniplation of it one for- gets all else and the power of description forsakes you. We get occasional glimpses as we skirt along Manitoulin Island of well tilled farms with comfortable buildings and again we see a lonely light house, an Indian visit one of the many beautiful pleasure re- sorts with which the lakes are famous. At the park is a fine large hotel, and as we wandered through it, we decided that here we will spend our next holidays. There is a dancing pavilion also, in whioh is. centred the interest,of the excursionist, and as they dance to the enigmal "calling off of one of our wheelmen to music on a scrappy old fiddle, they make plenty of fun for the spectators. On the return trip the lines of electric lights which border along the sides of both the American and Canadian looks, make a pretty picture indeed. But we are tired and perhaps a little envious of the bold-faced display of affection by the many, happy excursionists, •anyway we go below and climb into our beds. the morning we are well on to Makinao Island, and long before we reach the island, old historic Fort Mackinac looms up white on the horizon, and surrounded by many. summer houses and pretty cottages it pre- sents an enchanting view. But more of this anon. We have struck the dock and the jumping off place. Buz. • Successful Students. The following is a list of the suecessful candidates who wrote on the second form examinations et the different centres: Seaforth—Form IL—J. H. Big.gart, C. W. Down, F. Edge, A. McLeod, J. A. Mc- Taggart, A. 13: Murray, K. Purcell, E. 0, Thompson, O. Walker. Part L —Form II- -F. Beattie, L. Dorrance, C. Gillespie, M. Hartry, H. F. Hartry, A. W. Hammett e L. C. Hedging, R. A. Kemp, A. S. McLean, J. R. Morrison, B. M. Punchard, 13. Rennie,D. D. Wileon. Part 1, without physics—M. D. Kemp, A. C. Lawrence, E. Murdie, H. Robinson, V. V. Simpson, M. A. Smillie, B. Stephens, A. F. Waugh, B. Young. Phy- sics only—D. R. Landsborough, T. Mc- Quaid. Brussels—Form IL—J. Buchanan'G. Buchanan (honors), K. Cousleyel. Gerry, G. Howe, J. M. Kelly, A. Lamont (honors), B. Lamont, J. McCracken, F. F. Wilson. Part L,Forni II. ----A. W. L. Gilpin, L. E. cLauchlin,'D. McInuchlin. Clinton—FormIL—D. Allison, M. Cap - ling, E. Dowzer, E. Geiger, W. Geiger, A. Johns, A. B. Kennedy, S. Kennedy(honors), T. K. McNabb (honors), W. E. Reid, S. E. Reid, M. Beith, F. Reynolds, F. M. Stan - bury, J. M. Torrance, E. Weir (honors), R. J. Worthington(honors). Part I.—Form II —N. L. Brandon, L. Brigham; N. D. Buch- anan, A. Chidley, Eva Cooper, E. E. Cooper, H. 13. Curtis, E. M. Doherty, H. Grant, 0. Heylar, A. Hess, F. Ringalf. McAllister, A. F. McLean, P. Pluneeteel,M. Taman, II. Taylor, M. G. Thompson. Part I., without physics—J. Anderson,E. C. An- derson, W. B. Bagahaw, A. C. Batched, R. Capling, E. M. R. Fowler, S. Irwin, N. J. labister, D. F. McEwen, A. McLean, N. I. McMichael, A. Marshall, M. Moffatt, R. G. Reid, R. C. RiChardson, D. Ross, W. Stout, A. Taylor, C. A. Tebbutt. Exeter—Form 11.—C. Haggith, N. Kinsi man, W. Passmore. Part 1.—Form II.— V. Bagshawt W. Bawden, E. Carling, Riekbiel. Goderich—Form II.—M. Armstrong, W. R. Begley, M. Cantin, C. Id. Elliott, B. • Jardine, A. L. Keefe, F. C. Munro (honors), T. C. (McConnell, F. S. McKenzie, F. E. McLean (honors), F. McLeod, H. Tisdale, D. Webber. • Part I.—Form A. Bailie, S. Draper; M. J. Dunlop, W. G. Edwatil, H. Ferguson, W. J. Garrick, J. r Green, W. Johnston, J. H. Joynt, W. Kil- patrick, R. M. Martin, W. Matheson, W. G. MoBurney, T. M. McEwen, E. J. Rhynas, R. Shepphard, G. M. Strang,Mary Tichborne, E. A. Hill. Part I., without physics—M. A. Amy, L. I. Cunningham, W. A. Elliott, G. Reward, C. Crouston, 13. E. Graham, M. Keefe, D. McDougall, E: Paterson, W. H. Reed, Maggie Tich- borne. Mitchell—Form IL—E.Ehlwards, M. Jor- dan, J. J. McKenna, E. T. Ormiston. Part L —Forin II. —J. W. Brown, Miles Ed- wards, W. May. Fart I., without physics Farrant, F. E. Gunn, J. H. Holmes. lovers who have squatted themselves in the midst of this garden a loveliness. -How Our examination will be brief. Sales lovely it all is, and with what avidity we have steadily increased with inhale the invigorating and unpolluted air. us The stops at the various points along the from the start. way, mostly fishing and lumbering stations, • allows us time to get out , and take a jaunt up and down the pier, while the freight is being unloaded andmore taken on. Unfor- tunately one does not get time to invade the towns and get an insight into life in these, what -teemed to us, 'forsaken, parts of the earth. However, were we to judge by the people we met and Baty at the wharfs they did not seem at all discontented with their lot; nor did they leek at all distress- ed because they had not the railway facil- ities at their very door which we have. Among many incidents which alwaya remain fresh in our memories is passing through the narrows, or "Little Detroit," as it is called. Here the channel is scarcely wide enough for the boat to pass through. It is an exciting time tor those of us who are un- accustomed to such things, and we watch • with interest every movement of the boat, • as it steams slowly along. .And when it is over we Leave a sigh almost of relief. An- other incident is our visit to Richardis Landing. Here some live stock wasttaken on board, and for half an hour we were kePt in fits of laughter. The animals were ap- parently not enamored with the prospect of a lake trip. One big pig in particular pro-_ tested most strongly, and it was not until the captain himself descended from his perch and the whole staff, with the aid of ropesand a truck, that his pigship was placed safely on board. Nor can -we forget the sigh e of a lusty steer runiiing away with the negro deck hand, or the comical picture the -same dusky gentleman presented as he danced along toward a the boat with a large sheep of his own color. Possibly you may not be a customer yet. -Start with, us, and ace what we can do:for you in the clothing line. just now we are laying out odd suits, pants, coats and vests, etc.,- left over from summer trade, and on the 4th of September, 1897, as before stated, we will clear them out at futurity prices. . You may not know exactly the reason for the name futurity and its ol ject. In cutting two varieties ofi grain at different stages of ripening, the results show thet the grain cut before maturity dem not • give as • large a yield as that which was allowed to become fully ripened. The details of this experiment can be more fully studied when they are printed in the annual report of the • college for 1897. • The average results of an experiment con- ducted for five years in succession, in sow- ing winter wheat at different dates in the autumn, show that the seedings of Septem- ber 2nd and 3rd gave a of a bushel per acre more than the seedings of September the 7th and 9th, and 7§ bushels per acre more than the eeedings of September. 17th and 20th. It is found that it is not usually ad- visable to sow winter wheat in the vicinity of Guelph later than September 9th. PREVENTION OF SMUT IN WHEAT. • An experiment in treating seed wheat for the prevention of smut has been contluoted fortwo years with quite satisfactory re. sults. Infected seed wheat not treated for smut produced _a crop containing an average of 2,146 smut balls per bushel of grain; while that treated with potassium sulphide produced an average of 109 balls of smut; that treated with copper sulphate 12 balls of smut, and that treated with hot water 9 balls of smut per bushel of grain. The hot water treatment, which is one of the cheap- est and most effectual remedies, consists in immersing seed wheat for fifteen minutes in hot water at a temperature of 132 degrees F. The water should not go below 130 and not above 135 degrees. Not only is the hot wateretreatment very effectual in killing the smut spores, but it frequently improves the productive power of the seed, as shown by the increased yield of grain per acre. Every farmer in smut infected districts should treat suffioient seed to insure the harvesting of clean , grain for seed next year. DISTRIBUTION OF SEED FOR TESTING PURPOSES. The name suggested itself to us from the fact that these sale days of outs almost invariably led to future sales and future custom- ers. If. you have never tried futurity day, do so this time. We are sellers of every article of cloth- ilia- that a man or boy wears. WE HAVE ONE PRICE TO ALL MONEY BACK IF WANTED. GREIG & MACDONALD CLOTHIERS. On the Wrong Side of the Street, in the Strong Block. SEAFORTH, - - ONT. THE CANADA Accident' Assurance Company Accident and Plate Glass. An accident policy costs little. Are you insured ? Ranald J. Macdonald, c. P. IL Telegraph and Canada Accident Insurance Company Agent. As we near Sault Ste. Marie and, get into the American channel the scene is 'changed, and on every side are evidences of much civilization and beats of all descriptions cat- rying the commerce of the inland seas are met and passed. Still we are loath to leave behind the wild beauty of the - islands and go, below reluctantly to sleek up that we may go on shore and spy out the mysteries of the great locks and other points of in- terest. We wander through the straggling Can- adian town, and with this visit to tbe civi- lized world comes a desire for home news, but we seek in vain for a daily paper of re- cent date. The town itself has little of in- terest, although here is iituated one of ths iargeat pulp mills in America. It is a large stone building covering a considerable area of ground, and as we saw it later in the evening lighted at every window it present- ed a most imposing appearance. The " American Soo " has more the appearance of a city, but it was too hot to wander over it, and we turn our attedtion to the locks and watched with interest the mitnyships of commerce pass through from one lake to the other. One cannot but be interested in these wonderful works which make possible a continuous route along the chain pf lakes. On our trip we are fertnnate, as the night Ph Mc ors Br doe only—A. Dougherty, H. Knoke. ingham—Form Beaton, F. W. uire, M. W. Morton, B. C. Ross (holt- , C. W. Ross. Part L, Form IL—F. J. mner, J. F. Forster, G. Hisc-oks, M. Mc- - The following three sets of winter wheat varieties will be sent free, by mail, in one- half pound lots of emit' variety, to farmers applying for them, who will carefully test the three kinds in the set in which they Oleos°, and will eport the results after - harvest next yeah The seed will be sent out in the order in which the applications are received as long at the supply lasts : SET O. 1. Dawson's Golden Chaff Early Genesee Giant I Early Red Clawson swr NO. 2. Dawson's Golden Chaff Pride of G,enesee • Poole SET O. 3. - • Dawson's setolden Chaff • New Coluriabia Imperial Amber Each pereon wishieg one of these sets should write the Experimentalist, Agricul- tural College, Guelphmentioning which set he desires, and the gain, with instructions for testing, and the biank form on which to report, will be furnished free of cost to his address, until the supply of grain for dis- tributing becomes ex austed. C. A. ZAVITZ, Agricultural College, - Experimentalist. Guelph, August 14th, 1897. School Ex ms, in 1898. Ve y, S. Richardson'William Rutherford, A. I M. Stewart, S. Thompson C. Welsh. Pit I. (without physies)---M.hicelenaghan, A. M. Ritchrie. • Results of Winter Wheat Experi- ments at the Ontario Agricul- tural College, 1897. EDITOR ExPosrroa,--One hundred and eighty-nine plots have been devoted to win- ter wheat experiments this season at the Ontario Agriculeural College. Owing to the late harvest and the- exceedingly wet season no winter wheat bulletin can be issued this year in time to be of much prac- tical service before the period of winter wheat seeding is reached. In an experiment with ninety-one vari- eties of winter wheat, grown under similar condition in 1897, it is found that the seven varieties which stand highest in yield ef grain per acre are the same seven f varieties which have given the largest yield i of grain per acre among eighty-six varieties grown on the experimental plots for four years in succession. The following list gives the names of these seven varieties with the average yield per acre for four years, and also with the average yield per acre for this season Varieties. Average yield Yield 1897. 4 years. Dawson's Golden • Chaff 53.4 bus. 53.5 bus. Early Rei Clawson 50.6 " 53.4 " Egyptian 50.2 " 52.3 " Early Genesee . we are in the Soo a moonlight excursion baa been arranged by our boat to go out to Al- wheat graiwi were Med III the different goma park, about seven miles west in Lake selections, and the experiment was con - Superior. This affords us an opportunity of duoted in duplicate. r going through the Canadian locks and to In the average of four years' experiments N , Giant 50.1 57.0 " Reliable 49.2 " 50.1 " GrAden Drop 49.0 " 57.6 " Imperial Amber 48.8 " 56.2 6, CIRCULAR FROM Till MENT TO INSPECT PRINCIPALS. EDUCATION DEP.ART- RS AND HIGH SCHOOL institution. earth or building. Lightning played on tlie thing else was a total lees. Besides 25 WWI GEO. W. Ross, machinery, and some of the men felt, the of hay, 14 acres of wheat, end a large gum - Minister of Education. *hock. . Mr. Coulter, in the office, war tity of last year's grain, his wallahs, had.' Education Department, effected the wont, and had a severe head- I nese, implements, etc., were consumed. Both Toronto, August 2nd, 1897. ache and felt sick for some time. buildings were fine large bank bairns with Public School Leaving English Literature for 1898: XVIrl,Rule Britannia; xxvm, The Cotter's Saturday Night; XXXV, The Isles of Greece; XXXV1I, Dear Harp of My Country; XLVI, The Bridge of Sighs; LI, Horatius LIV, My Kate • LXII, The Cane Bottomed Chair; LXVII', The Hang- ing of the Crane; LXXVI, Barbara Freitchie ; LXX1X, The Lord of Burteigh ; LXXXI, The" Revenge." The -Highest mark in Entrance history should have been 71, instead of 51 as given in list formerly published. ---e Canada. —The corner stone of a new Presbyterian church at Alvinston has been laid. —Mr. Daniel Spry, postoffice inspector at London, died on Friday morning Of Bright's disease. —There is an increase in the inland revenue collections of $1,340,000 for the last year. —It is estimated that the wheat yield in Oxford county will average 30 bushels to the acre. —The Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows will be held at Galt next year. —The first sample of the new crop of Manitoba wheat has been received at Montreal. - Gentlemen,—I have the honor to inform you that for the academic year 1897.98 the following modifications are made in the revised regulations : PUBLIC SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION. Thin examination be conducted in 1898 by the High School E'ntrance Board of Examiners, and on the same course of study and•under the tune regulations as in 1897. Botany will, herefore not be re. quired, and Physiol' gy and Temperance will, as formerly, be o e of the subjects of examination. High s hoot pupils are not eligible to write at th e examination. FIRST FORM XAMINATION. Alliteough the comparative order of the yields of these seven varieties are not the same in 1897 as in the average four years, still the fact that they gave the largest yields hi both cases among all the varieties tested is a very im- portant feature in theexperiment. •• Land upon which 'peas were used as , green manure in 1896 produced a consider- ably larger yield of wmter wheat per aore than similar land upon which -rape or buck- wheat had been used as a green manure, or which had been worked as a bare summer fallow. This experiment was conducted in duplicate, but • for only one year. It is being repeated this season in a similar way. Large plump seed sown in the autumn of 1896 produced. 3§ bushels per acre more than the small plump seed; 6 4-5 bushels per sore more than shrunken seed, and 4§ bushels per acre more than the seed which had been broken with the machine in threshing. The same nu • mber of winter —J. T. Harvie's lumber and lath mill at Burk's Falls was completely deseroyed by fire Sunday morning. 1 . —The wheat orop of Duncan Taylor, clerk of South Dorchester, averaged forty bushels to the acre. —In a football match the othee day be- tween Teeswater and Mildmay, Charles Johnston, of Mildmay, bad his leg broken. ' —Burford township council has passed a by-law prohibiting bicyclists from riding on the footpaths in any part of the township. — Additional cedes bf small pox have broken out in Montreal, and see ral deaths have octeirred from the disease. —William Kehoe, son of Patri of Kineardine,was accidentally a ly in Montana, from the effects o died. — In October next nearly a million dollars will be distributed amonget the holders of Canadian Pacific common stook in Europe • and America. —Miss Flora C. McKinnon, who died at Ottawa; recently, left $500 to the Ottawa Salvation Army, and $500 to Rev. L. Moody. • r —W. Frank Smith, of Chatham, acting for Peter Ferguson has entered seit against the township of Raleigh for $2,149.50, un- der the drainage act. * k Kehoe, ot recent - which be c —Benjamin Loring, a merchant at Las- kay, was run into by the train while drive ing across the track near Thorn1111 and was instantly killed. —Miss Edna Mitchell, a Toronto girlewho was taking a course in a Cincinnati hospital, ended her life on Friday, by tahing mor- phine tablets. i •' • 3 —Samuel Peters, zone of the old residen- ters of St. Thomas; died ver suddenly there the other day. Deceased in St. Thomas for over 40 years. =The Cobden club of London had lived Englard, • will present Sir Wilfred Lemier with a special gold medal in formal re ognition of his attachment to free trade. , —A Winnipeg produce firm h ve shipped 10,000 pounds of butter to Klondike, in her- metically -sealed tin boxes, which will keep the butter perfectly fresh and sweet for at /east two years. —Mr. Meeraw, formerly editor of the ' Wiarton Canadian, received $4,000 cash for his share in the Minnehaha gold mine, British Columbia, one-half interest in the mine and $1,500 per year as manager of the • —Last; week Mr. and Mrs. Rjhard Blain, mine. , • of Galt, ;6elebrated their golden wedding. They are 77 and 75 years of age respectively, and, although Mr. Blain was the oldest man at his own wedding, he is the only sur- vivor. ian who is —What might prove a' serious accident stablesunderneath Loss OVer ; happened to Ma Wm. Charlton, who lives sured in the Blenshard Mutual for 1,100 near Ilderton. He was engaged in haulin buildings and $600 on eon -teat& out manure, and was seated on the lea . The horses started suddenly, and threw him off, read before they could be stopped the wagon wheel struck him on the side, break- ing four or five ribs, and, giving him a severe shaking up. —Mr. C. L. King, Grand Trunk Railway _station agent at Mount Forest, thiough usieg (keen of salmon has lost two of his children. thetteeriged three, and Randolph, aged five year* are aeadeeend Arthur, aged fourteen, is :very seriously ill and little hopes of his recovery are entertained. Two other children are in from the same causer , —The Pope on Friday received the Can- adian Premier, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and Lady. Laurier. The audience, which 'began at noon, lasted an hour, and was of a very cordial nature. His holiness asked for de- tailed information regarding the situation of affairs in Canada, and especially questioned the Canadian statesman on the subject of the Manitoba schools. —An unbroken family gathering, which few families have the pleasure of enjoying, was held Sunday at the residence of Ma. Bernhard Schmuck, near Weieenburg. There are eleven in the family, all alive and grown up. There were 46 grandchildren present. Mr. Sehmuch • is 63 years of age and Mre. Sehmuch 61. The eleven of the family tipped the scale at 2,035 pounds. —Toronto was visited about noon Sun- day by one the most severe thunderstorms that has occurred for a long time. The storm was characterized by an unusually heavy play of lightning flashes, accompanied by a pitiless downpour of drenching rain. The residence of Mr. Edward Firkins was struck and damaged to the extent of about $2,300. Other minor damage as done. —The body of Mrs. AnthonSt Orr, of near Galt, who has been missing from her home for over a week, was found- in a shallow grave within twenty yards of the house. The unfortunate woman had undoubtedly been murdered. Two arrests have been made in connection with the affair, James Allison the hired boy, and W. S. Trevelyan, medical student. Both maintain their in - nominee. —A large package of bills, containing number of small packages, was delivered in the regular course ot businessfrom the north end branch of the Imperial Bank, Toronto, to the head office, where, aecording to the custom, the smaller paokages were deliver- ed to the smaller banks, whose bills they contain. When looking over them it was discovered that $300 of Bank of Toronto bills had gone astray. It is believed that some one.has stolen it. —Immiigration Inspector DeBarry, of Buffalo, has repOrts that 2,755 Canadiane have entered the United States at the port of Buffalo, during the three years, from August let, 1894, to August 1st, 1897. The adults, most of them skilled workmen, mechanics, professional men and women, domestics and servants, brought with them $516,345. Most of them settled in Buffalo, DO more than 200 'tieing to adjoining towns. , —Dr. Elliott, of Galt, has been taking the gold cure at Northville, Michigan, for the last three mouths, and was supposed to be entirely cured. He Was given in charge of police officer Perrin of Northville, to be. brought to Detroit, and from there sent to his home in Canada. When the two arty rived at the union 'depot, Toronto, Friday!e evening, Dr. Elliott gave his custodian the This examination, hich is open to all ' —Joseph Stonelurn, the Ind . pupils, will be conducted as heretofore, the awaiting trial in Woodstock jail on the course embracing Reading. Writing and charge. of stealing a horse, made an unglue- - eeseful attempt the other night, to escape by attacking Turnkey Forbes with a heavy ironbound bucket. —A Euphemia township farmer named William J. Murphy, while in the General 'hospitatat Chatham, Ontario, grew himself Book -Keeping, Draw Botany. Firth Form the same qualifying v tificates as for Puler tifierites. JUNIOR AND S Regulation 46 is OM at the Form III. ex Leaving the following (a) French and Greek. ing, Geography and certificates will have. alue for teachers' cer. School Leaving cer- NIOR LEAVING. nded so as to allow mination for Junior ptions : (b) German and Gre (0) French, German (d) German, Physic (e) German, Physics and Chemistry. and Chemistry. and Ctemistry. (1) Botany, Busies and Chemistry. The obligatory subjelots of Form III. for s alneady prescribed, ion, English Liters. , Algebra, Geometry ded so as to allow ination for Senior Junior Leaving -are viz.: English Composi ture, Ancient Histor and Latin. Regulation 47 is ame at the Form IV. exa Leaving the following eptions (a) French and Greek. (b) German and Greek. (c) French and German. (d) French and Cheniistry. (e) German and Chemistry. (f) Biology and Cheinistry. The obligatory, subjects of Form IV. for Senior Leaving are already prescribed, viz.: English Composition, English Literature, Algebra, Geometry, Teigonemetry, English and Ancient History, Physics and Latin. Candidates for Junkie and Senior Leaving standing will be required to make 50 per cent. of the aggregate Marks allowed in the subjects prescribed in "oh of the Forms or parts of Forme, as well as onethird in each subject; 6.7 per cent. of the aggregate will be required for honors. The examinations in Botany and Biology in Forms III. and TV. will be equal in dif- ficulty as near semay be to the examinations in the language or languages for which Bet. any and Biologie are taken as options. These modificatioweit will be understood, make no change in the colirse- or the per- centages required hy , the University for matriculation. dit SPECIALISTS. The temporary provisions defined in Cir- cular 5 for obtaining. ispecialists' non pro- fessional standing will be continued in 1898 to those who are candidates under the regu- lations set forth in that circular. For all other candidates the provisions of the re- vised regulations (section 51) will govern. NORMAL COLLEGE. Candidates entering the Normal College in October of this year or those writing at the final examination in Deoeinber of this year, may if they prefer, take the course in' Methods set forth in Circular 9. After De- cember, 1897, every candidate for the Nor- mal College examination will be required to take the regular course of training in that out °fa window on died two hours after the injuries received —Toronto is likely coal strike. The min Pennsylvania, where the supply, is obtamed, have joined in -the strike, and 'should it be of long duration there will be t shortage of soft coal in the Queen City. —While riding to a fire in Tilsonburg on Sunday morning, Dr. L. C. Sinclair, jr., met with a painful accident. The horse he was riding stumbled and fell, Crushing the doctor's leg and breaking it jut above the ankle. —Wednesday afternoon of 10.4 Week fire broke out in an attio above the chapel at the Central Prison' Toronto, Ibut was ex. tinguished before ithad made rnuch head- way. It was caused by a spark from one of 'the chimneys. --The safe at the Brantford station of the T.H.&B.Railway was robbed ofpso Monday miming. The office VMS entered from s side window, and the deed mut have been done by someone knowing the combination of the lock, as the safe was not tampered with. —William Wachsmith, an arid merchant, who disappeared from Elmira last winter, and whose absence caused greet anxiety to his friends, returned home on Sunday evert- ing. He had been in Witconsin, and during his long absence had sent ne word to his friends. ---Bullivant, the companion of Whitney, the smallpox patient, who ceneed so much uneasiness in Toronto and was the cause of the steamer Passport being detained in quer- entine there, has developed coachisive sym- ptoms of smallpox, and has be the isolation hospital. —Alexander Matthews Henry J. Gorky, the secrets urer of the Security Loan an pany, of St. Catharines, who ie charged with forgery and -embezzlement, appeared before Commissioner Shields, in Nov, York, Fri- day, and waived extradition proceedinge. —The township of Bien eim, Oxford county, is apparently aboute to have a suit for damages over the accident; that occurred to•Mrs. J. E. Richardson astew weeks ago. It appears that the rig she w driving upset and fell over an embankment close to a cul- vert, injuring Mrs. Richardson to such an extent that she died. —Ingersoll was visited by a severe electric atom Tuesday afternoon. There was one bright flash, followed by a heavy report, and a large ball of fire fell almost to the ground in the rear of the aturday , night, and ards as the result of n the fall be effected by the re at Reynoldsville, sep—tTemhebeMri29tothPheleantrtfdailli3oNfthai°r.tea.will be held ort tem—berablirtriterans fdalLfaidr. win be held on Bep- -Over $60,000 worth of cheese has been shipped from the Listowel Station 111364, eon. —Mr. Walter Dougherty, of Mitchell, has i purchased a drug liminess in Port Elgtn. - A. Oliver, one of DOWIlie/A noted sheep breeders, has jun imported from Eng. land two fine Lineoln ewes. — Mrs. A. McDonald, of Mitchell, fell down *take, the other day, and has since been in a critical condition. —A young son of Mr. Neil Stevenson, of Avoubank, fell from a ladder in his father's barn the other day and frectured his skull. —The roof of the new Trinity church, in Mitchell, will be covered with slate. instead . of shingles, at an extra omit of ;210. —Mn and Mts. B. J. Thonipsort, of Sus- Behelle;1.Maniteba' exits, Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood, of Mit- are visiting the lattees par. • —Messrs. Wilson & Irwha of Mitchell: have sold their trotting horse, Billy Ea to Mr. Dam McKeown, of Agee Craig; for the sum of POO. —During a, recent stormia brood Marc be. longing to John -Williams, 2nd conoession of Elma, was struck by lightning and, kilt • led. 't—Mies Goddard has been appoini ted to the position as teacher on the Listowelpub- ltiiconstohfoomlitistaTff,ermhunedeo.vacant by t.he temps- -Rev.. L. Niehol, of the Southern States, is visiting his father and friends in Fuller- . ton. life conducted serviees in Trinity church oh a reeent Sunday morning. —Mr. W. J, Levy, of Mitchell, has just returned from a trip to Manitoba, mid while there sew a nurriber of old Pertleit,es, end they all seem to be doing IF/4111. ' —The Elma cheese and, butter menufa(s. taring company have deeided to build An addition to their factory to be medal abut- ter making and press room. —Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Dingman,. of the Stratford Herald, have gone on a trip down t the St. Lawrence, and will make a vial to Mr. Charles Dingman, of Gananoque. —No flax VMS sown in the vicintty of Mit- chell this year, and those who looked for- ward to securing a little packet money from tahpepoirinlatboedr.s in the flax field are greatly die. —At a convention held at Milverton, on Thursday eof last week, by the Conservs. tives of North Perth, Mr. Thornaa Magwood was again unanimously chosen as the party representative to the Ontario Legislature. —Three young lads went into -Parker's 'drug store, m Stratford, the other afternoon , and stele $14 from the till, They were afterwards captured . and after disgorging were allowed to go free with a warning. —Mr. D. G. Andersen, ,principali of the Atwood public ached, was, united in -wed- look, on Wednesday of last week, to Miss Dora May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Pelton, of Innerkip, Oxford county. —The Hampstead school board have en. gaged Mr. Lytle, of Melee, to fill the vacancy caused through the resignation of ,Mr. Robertson. The salaey is to be at the rate of $400.00 per annum. • —Reeve Whyte, of Mitchell, has return - • n removed to aeltae, alias and treas. Trust Com - ed from his businein trip to England, He slip, Bind took a dose of morphine, chloral was away one day less than four weeks, and and cocaine together. He is recovering. —A ead fatality occurred at Sault Ste. even in this time he was able to visit South. Marie, Sunday. Dr. W. R. Hunter had been called up to attend a patient and on returning went on to his brother's drug store to make _up a prescription. Before doing so he took up bettle he supposed to contain spirits of anmionia. He poured out a quantity and added some chlorodyne and drank it for an internal trouble of his own. He instantly discovered his mistake, and called upon the assistant for an emetic, which he swallowed, but without producing any effect. He had taken carbolic acid in- stead of ammonia, and the chlorodyne had destroyed the smell. He sat down on the edge of the sidewalk and died in less than fifteen minutes. —A unique event in the history of Can- ada, namely, the unveiling of a monument to a foreign monareh, was .witnessed in Ber- lin on Friday afternoon when three or four thousand people saw the statute which the loyal German citizens of Berlin have erected to Emperor William 1. and the peace of 1871, unveiled at Victoria park. It was a very impressive affair, and, notehithetand- ing that nearly everything said was in Ger- man, the spectators seemed very much in- terested. This was the second and con- cluding day of the great Peninsular Saenger - fest, and the statute unveiling was the chief feature of the programme. —The Minister of Agriculture has just issued an "Emergency Poster" to fruit - growers, warning them of the ravages of the San Jose scab4 lite says "The San Jose scab has been found established and spread- ing -in orchards in the most important fruit - growing districts in Ontario, where it was introduced on fruit trees purchased in the Eastern States, principally New Jersey and New York. • The San Jose scab occur in all the States in the Union, from which Cana- dian nursery -men and fruit growers pur- chafe nursery stock. Ftuit growers are emphatically warned against purchasing or obtaining buds, scions ler nursery stock from the United States Without a written guarantee from the State entomologist or other authorized official that the stock is not, and has not been infected." --A very destructive storm, accompanied by wind, hail and lightning, passed over western Manitoba on Thursday evening of last week. At Rapid City crops were badly damaged, the path of the storm being about one mile wide and six to eight miles long. The amount of damage cannot be clearly estimated. At Douglas the storm f assumed cyclonic proportions, houses and bans be- ing damaged, and the hail threehed out many wheat fields. At Brandon hail swept the whole country from the northeast of that city to Douglas, about six miles wide. It was the worst storm ever known in Brandon. The city hall roof was badly damaged, and in ()that places brick chimneys were blown down. 14 Winnipeg lightning struck the tower of the courthouse. A window was smashed in, and quite a quan- tity of stonework cracked. For a time it was thought the building was on fire. &Topton, London, and other business centres - of England. —While Mrs. George of , Carling- ford, Wail washing milk cans on the stand the other day she slipped, and ten violently against one of the cans, thereby -breaking a rib and otherwise internally injuring her- self. --Mr. David Clarke who Insides in North Easthope, lost a valuable obit 4 months old Wednesday of bet week. 1 A number of 40rees running loose in the Yard took fright at a hay stack and in their mad rush to get away from it knocked the colt over breaking his back.. —A 100 -yard foot ra-ce for the champion- shie of Perth county, between UM. Murphy and S. J. tdallion was run off at Stratford, Saturday afternoon, and was won by Murphy by about eight 11 yards. Time, 10 1-5 seconds. -..--On Tuesday of last Vitle bolt of light- ning struck into the stable underneath the bank barn of Mr. HenryM conoesssion of Elms w were stabled, The lightning popt of the stalls and knock •••••••••••11, T; on the 2nd ich five hem* shattered one d out another one, put did no further damige and injured none of the horses. —A leading farmer in Downie threshed the product of a large field ef wheat, the other day, which yielded hitt), bushels to the acre, and weighed 59 jpounds to the . bushel. This is away ahead lot the average of other years, and would have been even higher if atoms and wet weather had utt knocked down the grain. i —Miss Maggie Broderick, 'second daugh- ter of Mr. John Broderick, of Mitchell, who had been in the employ of the Canada Life IneurancerCompany, of Hamilton, for the past seven years as stenographer, on resign.. • ing her position, Was presented with A purse of gold by the company and , employees in W. White, of Hibbert, 18 still feed- , 1 the office. homffiterc.em Wilk cows from the silo of lastyear's Miele. He kept several tens to provide against the dried up pastures of Augushand he sip the ensilage is as fret& now as in. - the winter, and the cows est it just AS greedily. Mr: White is neilking twelve • cows and feeding twenty-six hogs. —During the were thunder storm on Monday night of last week, lightning struck a barn on lot 21, concession 6, Downie, in which a gang of about fifteen flax pullers were sleeping. They were all hilly fright- ened and SOUIC of them stunned. The barn which belongs to Alexander Strathdee, had taonkeeenfidres.hattered but fortunately did not I _ —During the thunder storm, on Tuesday morning of last week, a stable on the farm of Mr. Thomas Williams, rullarton, was struck by lightning and totally destroyed together with thirty tons of hive A mare and colt in the stable were killed by the - lightning flub. There fiees an insurance of $1,200 on buildings and contents, * portion of'which will be recovered. , —A very serious, and whit might have been a fatal accident occur 'shout two rIt miles east of Poole, to wyou farmer by the name of Joel Jmitizi. He ad the nue- fortune to upset a load of hay on which he was and in falling name in content with the pitchfork handle which entered his abdo- men and penetrated for s. eomiderable dila —During the storm on Monday afternoon of last week lightning struck the barn of Mr. George B. Webster,Mitchell road,Blani- shard, and set it on fire. Another large barn within 10 feet of it was also deetroyed b the flames. Mr. Webster was at his John Morrow father's at the time. Mrs. Webster ran to works, but exploded before striking the I the stable and got out the horses but every- tame upward. _ n •