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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1897-12-24, Page 1posit THIRTIETH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,567. - SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1897. ItIcLEAN BROS., Publish6rs. $1 a Tear in Advance. THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. TonoarTo, December 21st, 1897. The time of the Legislature was taken up for the past week with the Budget discus - Pleasant Samirinureilloftdth'oisM rlattte.rb;j:iranigheof eolvneab.riellten" But Tues - king Know. day Provincial Treasurer Harcourt delivered hie Budget speech in whioh he expounded' the financial position of the Province and th i financial transactions of the Govern- ment for the past year.The Provincial Tr‘surerisa plain, forcible and most ac- t complished speaker. His deliverance on this occasion wile one of the ablest, as well as most satisfactory, that has ever been de- livered in the Province. He has the happy faculty of making even figures interesting • • • 0 and during the three hours in which he dealt with the financial position in its every phase and from every point of view, he was listened te attentively by both sides of the House and by full galleries. He wa-si followed by M. Matheson the effort was as weak as the Treasurer's was strong. This weakness was • not due so much to lack of ability, but to lack of ma- terial, as Mr. Harcourt had evidently an- ticipated many of his strongest criticisms and answered them in advance,•and. when Mr. Matheson had to repeat them they fell fiat upon the House and he seemed to feel his failure, b hie frequent stoppages and glances at the clock showed he was only too glad when he put in a reasonable time on the floor, and could _ resume hie seat with some show of having deem something in the way of occupying time if nothing else. Aside from the speech of the Treasurer, the two best speeolees from their respective isidee, were those of Hon. Mr. Ross and. Mr. Mater, the latter doing remarkablY well, and making the most effective use of It is certainly a pleasant thing to know that when you talk you are listened to, whether or no the listener agrees with all you have to say or not ; for 52 weeks in every year since we have been in business, we flatter our- selves that the majority of the meager material he had to work with. the readers of THE EXPOSITOR The debate was brought to a clos'e have listened to what we have had to say ; that Stiong state- ments have at times been made is undoubtedly true— that unintentional'errors have rarely occurred is also true. But, in looking back at it all, we have the -pleasing knowl- edge that our efforts for plac- ing our business, and our business principles before you, in as clear a light as possible, have been in. the main greet- ed with success. So now at the close of 1897, to those who are our custom- ers and. readers, we for once at least will lay aside for the moment the story of our values and pricei in clothing, and for a little lay down the financial ritic of the Opposition, and his by the two party leaders, about twelve o'clock on Friday night, having continued four days and four nights, and it could have been continued as much longer, as there were several members on both sides of the House who were willing to speak, but by an arrangement 'between the leaders that it should close Friday night, these were shut out, and perhaps it is as well, as it is doubtful it they could have thrown any ad- ditional light on the subject. Mr. Harcourt in opening his address pointed Out that in no other civilized State of which we have any knowledge is itpos- sible for the guardian of the funds to pre- sent a budget year after year in which net provieion has to be made for interest on debt. The Opposition is in the habit of putting down the annuities and railway aid eertificates as debt. But even if this be admitted, the fact remains that it is a debt which in its nature becomes less by pro- gressive stages, and which, if no further railway aid is granted, will be wiped out by the yeir 1937. The budget presents- an- other feature which distinguishes it from all other budgets of which we have any know- ledge. No other country, Province or State has an item for interest QII invested funds appearing in its receipts as this Province has. The receipts for the ten months were $203,000 more than for the twelve months of armour plate of business talk last year The ishierjrauswenalsoused from the in- creased receipt's f and dwell a, moment on the s waludiutes dutor. the sale of 81:59tgitts of less_ stern and kindlier ttihml be r $265,162, but onlyaboutgn:1144313111 °off th at steuyteaur,whioh brought thoughts that should- posses sum m had been paid in up to ben An additional portion would like. - the imaginations of men ast the present season. be reimbursed. These were indisputably tal cost, including the original cost,which he charges on the surplus, and it was dimito had just Stated, was but $7,020. . ished , by that amount. In addition there wasthe Central Prison, on the construction When the cholera was detected the Gov- hioh the former Government had en - and whicb their successors had to pay ite these incontrovertible facts, mem- of w tered for. Des p bera of the Opposition went alibut the Prov- inoe talking about tbe $4,000,000 of cash surplus which the Liberal Governrnent had squandered. Mr. Whitney had said that as soon as the Liberal Government came to power it proceeded to dissipate the surplus of the Province. The faot was that two years after the Government had taken office there was a cash surplus of $4,700,000. .The leader of the Oppoeition had further stated that there was never a moment ilium the Liberal Government came to power that they could may they had a surplusi. He (Mr. Harcourt,) on the other hand, could say in all seriousness that there never was a min- ute when they had not a surplus. The very year they were now discussing would show a surphee or difference between revenue apd expenditure of between- $200,000 and $300,000. During the period of their ad- ministration $6,500,000 had been granted in aid of railways and $3,390,000 were tributed among the municipalities, and costly buildings had . been erected out of the ordinary revenues of the Province. All this while the expenditures of the Province had fallen every year for the past seven years, and while the area to be administered was constantlywidening and the population to be served was 600,000 greater than when the Government assumed office. One of the items mentioned, name- ly, the $6,500,000 for railway aid, four times the amount of Sandfield Macdonald's surplus had never been taken exception to, not even one item of it, by the hon. gentle- men opposite. Within four years they had epent $2,750,000 on the erection of public buildings, all of which had been paid out of the revenues, buildings which were ur- gently needed and were of the highest utility to the Province. Oa the lst of No- vember they had to the credit Of the Province in the banks $724,882, which in- cluded $498,161 added to the surplus from the revenues of the year. ly be paid in before the close of the year, but the greater part would not come in till next year. The limits sold had realized an average of $1,665 per mile. The Sandfield To many it brings an in- Macdonald Asatindatflastion had held four sales, one in Learsevoefraigtes tunog Cairease of joy to lives that are ready full of happiness , to °pffiereeaned hTlii 'realized realized by the Mowat A131milvn;srtaget'opnri?ine its various i others again fate is not so sales was $1,225, Aoirafiedvrea Administration the average affords .atnhdethe season but of the Sandfield onald sales a greater con- — . * With reference to the annuities and rail- trast in their lives, when coin- waY aid certificat M es, r. Harcourt pointed out that they were employed as a legitimate pared with their more favored means for postponing the payment of a fellows. And to all it brings - the thought that the sands itt our life glass are slipping away; to -day then alone is ours, let us do the square the provision that' had been made by means debt that was due. Their issuance did not add a dollar to the obligations of the peo- ple. Nor was the whole of their appropria- tions in aid of railways represented by the annuities and certificatme. During the last two Parliaments the sum of $1,099,732 had been paid out of revenue altogether outside thin a in life • if we can help of the certificates and annuities. a fellow let Us do so. Let us be diligent in busi- ness or as the coramon version puts it, hustle _,.for average cost per patient, including even the year. He gave an extensive series of corn- erreurastance will -in the end p sons with similar institutions, in the treat us all fairly. . United States, the cost per capita ranging from $140 to ' $210 a yeer, and he would - claim that our institutions were in the respect up to the standard of our m To oany friends and beet conducted institutions on the patrons, we wish the Merriest other side of the line. The Trees - Ms. Harcourt devoted a considerable por- tion of his speech to a most instructive statement with regard to what are usually called the public inetitutions,•asylums, etc. The Province maintained on an average 4,851 patients in these institutions, or four times as many as tWenty yeara ago. The trade, trusting that time and Mr. Harcourt then dealt with the assets and trust funds in the hands of the Do- minion showing that the whole amounted to $5,i58,324 over liabilities immediately payable. There were other assets which many of the gentlemen on the Government side thought should be included in the statement of assets, and there was force in their contention. The public buildings the site of the old Parliament buildings and the asylum lands which had been set aside for meeting the coat of the erection of the leig- islative buildings, but which had been met without calling on that source,,and the land on the corner of Queen and Yonge streets, which yielded a revenue of $4,000 a year, were among these assets. Speaking of the prospects for next year, the Treasurer said the revenue from succession duties would pe greater than they had ever been since the aot was passed, probably double, as great as the highest sum yet collected. Be could indeed confidently promise Mr. Matheson there would be a nice surplus at the end of 1898. One, of the most effective parts of the speech of the Minister of Education was his reply to the charge which the leader of the Opposition had made again and again that the hducation Department was a politioial machine. He said the charge was abealute- ly without foundation and he defied his opponents to prove it. He would offer them every facility to do so. During his incumbency 325,000 pupils had submitted themselves for examin- ation and 175,000 had passed. If in all that vast number Mr. Whitney knew of one per- son who had got his certificate by political favor he would grant him a committee be- fore which to lay the facts. He made the same challenge and offer with respect to the° University and the appointments and die. missals there. He had expended some eight or ten millions of money in that time. He defied them to show that a dollar of it_ had been spent improperly or corruptly. To these, challenges the Opposition would pro- bably reply that any committee appointed by the House Would be partizan. But he would give any committee appointed full ' powers to summon any or as many wit- nesses they might desire and to examine them under oath and have every word of the evidence given reported and sent broad cast through the land. In this way the public Would see, read and judge for them- selves no matter what the political complex- ion of the committee might be. This chal- lenge has not yet been accepted. item of repairs to buildings, was $126a JI Christmases,and. a content- po.ioted oat .that there wag anoth- r pert -muter in which the Province could ed outlook for the new year.,' e compariaon with any other ernmentcelled in the most eminent author- ity in the Dominion, Dc. Andrew Smith, and everything that was done sub- sequently was done by his advice and under the eupennten rig of MnSweetapple, another well-known eterinarian, and he was quite sure that othing had been done that should not be do e or that was at all a menace to the publi health. Mr. Davie furnished figures to show that apart from the cholera outbreak the piggery was a suc- cess. For that outbr ak no blame attached to anyone. . inc e emio was prevalent in the county,many Aces being visited before the outbreak in the piggery. The feed was the refuse from the Government inatitutiOns and the profits would certainly be, as he showed by the results obtained •prior to the cholera outbreak; from $2,000 to $3,000- a year. Mr. St.' John interOpted to say that the inspector had inspeoted only one hog. As two _veterinaries hict been mentioned the Premier tried to nail theelusive member for West York as to which of them he meant. "I don't know his name," he said; "he was on Thursday night. He was abasing th a short, stout, lame man, with a cane." track to board a train going north when h "Oh." said Mr. Hardy, "tint tallies with was knocked down by the train from th north and cat to pieces. The unfortuna man lived for about five minutes • after h was picked up. Deceased was Well know throughout the country as a contractor. — Mrs. McMillan, widow of Thomas Mc Millan„died at her home in Galt las Thursdoy, aged 84 years. Deceased wen to bed the previous evening, apparently i her usual health, and was found dead in be in the morning, having passed quietly awe during the night. She was one of the bee known ladies in Galt, having lived ther for fifty years. Three daughters and 9n eon survive. — The coroner's jury in the inquest on th accident in the St. Clair tunnel on Novem ber 28, in which two men were stiffocated bave rendered a verdict censuring the Gran Trunk 'Railway Company for pulling to heavily -loaded trains through th tunnel, and also for not taking prom action in rescuing the bodiee of Conduct Arthur Dunn and Brakeman John Dalto The jury also recommended that some sy tem of signals be adopted for use inside the tunnel. —The death of Mr. Alexander Sinclai of Ridgetown, remove6 a figure famili throughout the southwestern counties Ontario and a stalwart pioneer. Born 1818 at 'Oben in Argyleshire; Scotland, came in 1833 to Canada and settled in Ke county, near where Ridgetown subsequent grew up. He was out in the rebellion 1837 among the Government volunteers th aided in its repression. He was also one those- that brought into polities the la Hon. Arch. McKellar and the present Mi ister of Justice the Hon. David Mills. represented his constituency in the Coun Council several times and served the co munity intelligently. His wife predeceas him a couple of years, and he leaves fo children. • e —Mr. Robert Simpson, tlie well kno merchant of Toronto, died last week at t age•of sixty-three years. He had been poor health for some time but was thoug to be Improving. A few days before death, however, he burst IL blood vessel a Great Western Railway. After her hus- band's death, Mrs. Henning ,at " Coniely Bank," about eight miles north of Oakville with her daughter, Mrs. John A. Leslie. 'After the latter's death, Mia. Han- ning moved to Toronto; where she has resid- ed since last spring. The remains were taken to Hamilton for burial. —A disastrous flood occurred at Norwood last week, when, owing to the heavy rains, the dam which rims the woollen mills of that place, gavo away and carried everything before it. A foandry, two or three bridges, and a large amount of cut wood were oar- ried away, as well as causing considerable damage in the woollen mill. —The death of Mrs. Davis, widow of Judge Davis, formerly of London, occurred at the residence of hereon -in law, The Rev. R. S. Robinson, at the rectory, Walkerton, last week. Judge Davis was county judge of Middlesex for a number of years, and at the time of his death, four years ago, Mrs. Davis went to reside with her daughter, Mrs. Robinson, who, with another daugh- ter, Miss Lena, survry,es her. —Mr. Archie McDonald; a married man aged about sixty, a resident of Woodstock', was run over by the Grind Trunk Railway 9 pt or n. s - of r, ar of in he nt ly of at of te He t37 ty m - ed ur wn he in ht his nd the description of the hon. gentleman's col- league in West York, Mr. Clarke Wallace," a sally which made both sides laugh heart - fly. • THE TIMBER, POLICY. The Government gave the Howie a gen- uine surprise yesterday. Mr. Gibson, com- missioner of Crowe Lends, in a lengthy speech introduced the timber policy of the Government which has been looked for with a great deal of expectancy by the public. The Government had kept their own council, well. There was not a single member on either side of the House had the faintest idea of what the policy of the Government would be until near the end of Mr. Gibson's speech, when he said that the Government had decided, in view of the Dingley bill passed by the American Congiess,to require all logs hereafter out from Crown limits in Ontario to be manufactured in the Province and that the bill shhieh he was introducing gives to the Government power to pass an order in council to suspend the 'operations of the hill, if in future the course of the Americans should be sufficiently friendly and favorable to this country to justify such action. When -this announcement was made the countenances of members on both sides was a study. The Government suppotters look- ed relieved and pleased; the tension had been removed and the feeling was uppermost that the course of the Government was not only defeneible, but that they bad,very ad- roitly, cut the ground completely from un- der their opponents -feet. The Opposition, on the other hand were struck white. They did not expect it. They had eoome to the firm conclusion that the Government would refuse to take action, and they had every- thing ready to ring the charges on the ern - (tufty of playing into the nande of the Michigan lumbermen, and sacrificing the in- terests of Ontario.They had been niaking this log question their chief ory for weeks; they had arranged it as the chief plank in the platform on which they intended to go to the country, and now, in a mOment, their policy had been "knocked into a cocked hat" by the government bill. The leading questions they • now have left to them on which to appeal to the people are, Mr. St. John's lone Pig and Sandfield's surplus. community in the world. in the last seven, years the total expenditures of the Province had been bteadily falling, as the following table will show : WAVE ONE PRICE TO ALL 1891 MONEY BACK IF WANTEDi 11 • ' 1893 1806 . • Mr. Harcourt added that the showing for GREIG d MACDONALD the twelve months of 1897 would continue this splendid record of constantly falling , expeditures—a condition of things that he ' challenged the Opposition to point out as occurring in any other Province, State or On the Wrong Side of the Street, in the country in the world. Strong Block. I SEAFORTH A striking part of the Treasurer's state - S4,158,000 4,008,000 3,907,000 3,842,000 3,758,000 3,703,000 CLOTHIERS. - ONT. • ment was his treatment of the Opposition romances about the Sandfield Macdonald surplus mad its alleged dissipation by the THE CANADA Accident Assurance Company' tensibly was $3,810,964, but $1,500,000 of for railway aid, $691,000 of it was owing to Liberal Government. He declared that when Sandfield Macdonald resigned his office the cash surplus in his hands not appropriated , by etatute was $1,327,964. The amount os - this had already been set apart by statute Accident and. Plate Glass. 1 the Dominion government, which in the ' tain charges which properly belonged to the initial years of Confederation had met cer- An accident policy- costs little. e Province and which the Liberal Govern- --inired • ment had subsequently to pay. Then there you was Rockwood Asylum, which the Sandfield Macdonald Government bought for $96,000 Ranald J. Macdonald, but did not pay, and which had subsequent- ly been paid for by the Liberal Government. C. P, R. Telegraph and. Canada Accident . Then $196,000 had been collected on school Insurance Company Agent. funds Account which had subsequentle to THAT LONE PIG. On Monday, Mr. St. John's Piggery and Pig got another airing_ It is uot too much to say,however,that no person in the House, save Mr. St. John himself, ever takes Mr. St. John seriously and this piggery business has not served to raise his standing on either side of the House. The matter came as a aeries of questions to the Govermisent pro- pounded by him as to the date of the cholera outbreak,how many hogs were in stock,how many were diseased,how many died or were destroyed, and what disposition was made of them. Mr. Davis, the Provincial Secre- tary, treated the matter with becoming gravity, his answer being that the epidemic struck the piggery about the 10111 or 12th of July, 1896. All the pigs were killed, 163 were burned and 97 were dressed and sold, the animals having been first carefully in- spected: Thus was the basis laid. Imrnediatly after an advance in full force was made under cover of a motion for a return of the value of the hogs that men death. "On Monday, July 13, he said, "the killing be- gan at 3 o'clock in the morning. The water was boiling and the scraping boards were ready. It continued all day. They were not all large pigs, there beiog a number of little runts from one two six months old." And thus he went on until the least imagin- ative of his auditors could see the gore,smell the parboiled pork and hear the Berkshite's expiring squeal. The sum total of it all was that some of the pigs which were sold were possibly tainted, and that -the Govern- ment was culpable in having allowed such meat to be offered for sale. • Canada. —Hon.Joseph Octave Arsenault, Senator, died at his home, Wellington'last, week, after an illness of several weeks. —It is announced that Lad Strathcona has presented his entire herd of buffalo,now on his farm near Winnipeg, to the Dominion Government, to be placed in the Netional Park at Banff. —Brakeman Nixon, while making a coup- ling in the yard at Rennie last week, was struck by a piece of timber on a flat car, crushing his head against a box car, killing him instantly. - —A sad death occurred at the Heflin- never Seemed to rally from that time until. ton city hospital last week. Erbert Fitz, of his death. Mr. Simpson was born in Hageleville was being prepared to be °per. Morayshire, Scotland, where he received ated 011 at 'the institution when he died' his early education. When almost a boy, under an anaesthio. he emigrated to Canada, and first located in , _Ben James Mitchell, who resigned the Newmarket, where he served as a clerk in a position of Attorney -General and Premier of store. He early showed a considerable buei- the Province of New Brunswick last month Miss ability and from the time of his com- and took the office of Solicitor -General in mencing business in Toronto in 1872, he the Emerson Government, died last week. steadily prospered. He was one of the —,jelen J. Laybourn, a Melanethon farm- pioneers of the departmental store idea, er, caused a great deal of excitement in which he carried on so successfully, and Brampton one day last week, by attempting although his store was entirely destroyed in to take his life in the dining room of an 1895, he at once set to work and soon a new hotel in that town. He was, however, structure was raised which far surpassed caught in time, before he could perform the the old one. Mr. Simpeon was aPresby- rash act. . terian in religion. For many. years he was —The oar barn of the Port Arthur electric a member of St. Andrew's society and an railway was totally destroyed by fire last active member - of the Toronto Board of week. None of the rolling stock was saved. Trade. The railway and plant are owned by the • town. The loss is estimated at $12,000, Huron Notes. covered by insurance to the amount of $10,- —Clinton curlers intend erecting-ro rink 000. The origin of the fire is not known.' for themselves. —On Thursday afternoon of last week, a -e-Work on the new breakwater at Goder- serious fire, ccurred in Bracebridge, when ich is stilt being carried on. the planiu mills of that- town, owned by —P. Shaver, of Gorrie'has gone to the Mr. J. R. Higgins, were entirely destroyed. Toronto hospital to be treated for his eye Before the fire could be checked two other sight. _buildings were burned. The fire is suppos- —Roy, the 10 year old son of Mr. Thornily Aitchison, of Wingham, died on Monday of ed to be the work of an incendiary. —Thomas Lawson, a painter in Torontis last week. . fell from a scaffold last week. The rope —A joint stook company will be organized whioh held the scaffold gave way, and ' the in Goderich for the putpose of building a the unfortunate man was precipitated forty grain elevator. feet to the grciund. Fortunately no injury —D. Denyer has sold his farm on the 5th was sustaine(1 beyond a broken leg and Ecottimcrsfiuornoof,5tIo.rey to James Porterfield, of several bruises. e —Patrick Henegan, a well-known citizen —Roland Smith has been committed to of Niagara, committed suicide last week at Goderich to stand his trial for passing a the residence of his sister, by hanging him- forged cheque in Wingham. self_to his bedpost with a towel. Deceased —Horace Mullin,eyho has been for a num- was for many years a bailiff in Niagara dis- ber of years in the Northwest, has returned triet, but the loos of- his position a few to his home in Belfast. - montbseago so preyed upon him that his —Ethel cheese factory has disposed of mind has been unbalanced for some time. ' their September October and November —Mr. Stewart T. Martin,- of Windsor, make of cheese at 81 cents per pound. The collector of customs, died last week. The factory has had a successful season. direct cause of death was pneumonia. He —Messrs. E. Gaunt & Sone, of West Wa- Wee also suffering from a complication of die- wanesh, have sold their stock bull, "Gen- , easee. He had been ill for the past three eral," to T. J. Coleman, of Markdale,county years and only at times was he able to at of Grey. _ tend to his duties as collector. Deceased —Sam Gliddon, of Clinton, has rented the was born in Kingston 58 years ago. farm of Mrs. Melville, 9th concession, Hal- -Four children aged from two to ten lett, for a term of five yews and tithes pos- years belonging t� Henry Campbell, a deaf session next April. .mute, living near Elizabethtown, were emu- —Mrs. Annie Waddell, a former resident hnittedl to the charge of the Children's Aid of Goderich, died in Fort Erie, on the Ilth Society. They were found living in a sort inst. Mrs. Waddell was 55 years of age of hovel, the children covered with dirt, but and bad many warm friends in Goderich. few clothes, and the whole outfit in a con- —Mr, John Mitchell,- of Exeter, narrowly dition of abject misery. They were sent to escaped asphyxiatianby coal gas one night the shelter in Toronto. last week:calmed by a piece of mica in the —Mrs. Robert Henning, youngest sister stove shifting out of place. of Thomas Carlyle, the famous author, died —One of the largest crowds ever seen at in Toronto last week, at the residence of a sale in this county, gathered at a sale it her daughter. Ildrs. Henning, who was 84 Thomas Cole's, -13th conceesion, Hullett; on years of age, was born in Mainhill,Scotland, the 81h inst., and the prices realized were and came to this country with her husband, evidence of the improved times and the ex the late Robert Henning, 46 years ago. She cellence of the stock offered. Cows sold at resided for thirty years in Hamilton, where from 540 to $76 • three year old steers at her husband had a position of -trust on the I $75 per pair ; year olds- at $60 per pair;" Beaver's Big Januat spring calves from $13 to $17 ; a two year bull,said to be one of the beat in the county, brought $80 ; yearling bull, 550; bull calf, four months old, $21. The proceeds of the sale were between $1,000 and $1,300, and Mr. Cole still has about $200 worth of 'stuff on band. —On Sunday last, the Rev. Dr. Williame, of Listowel, preached anniversary' services in the Wingham Methodist church. He preached two excellent sermons to large conceg at ions. CONCERT New Years' Evening Jartuar:y 1st, 1898. 111111111MINIIIIIM110 Always the biggest' and best event of the season. — he Mitchell 100 acre farm, 9th con- cession, Grey, has been sold to Robert Menary, of the same line, for $3,439. There is only one lot- between it and Mr. Menary's other farm. —Thomas Vittie, of Gerrie, who has been in London hospital for several weeks, under- going an operation, returned home on Tues- day of last week, and although weak yet is in a fair way to recovery. — On Wednesday of last week, Mr.Robert Stapleton, Turnberry, and Mies Agnes Wil- son were united iirmarriage at the Baptist parsonage, Wingham. Rev. James Hamil- ton pronounced the mystic words that made them one. —Mr. G.W.Betry, manager of the leuck- now Central Furniture 'Company, has sold all the manufactured furniture now in stook at the factory, to the T. Eaton Company, of Toronto. The sale includes some twelve car loads. —Despite the unfavorable weather, the Chrietmas tree entertainment at Shepardton was a grand success. An excellent pro, gramme was given and there was a full house, as well as plenty of gifts to gladden the hearts of all. — Mr. Hugh McQuarrie, who has been the efficient and -diligent, superintendent of St. Andrew's church Sunday school, Blyth, for the past 30 yeare, has resigned. At a meeting of the teachers and officers, Mr. D. N. bleKellar was appointed his successor. --Henry Tisdale, one of the andents at this year's Goderich Model school, has se- cured a school in Parry Sound district, at a salary of $225, for 1898. The school is 52 mires from the railroad station, and' the stage calls three times a week. , —Two turkey thieves entered the hen house of James H. Casemore, 1st line of Morris,' the other night, and took three turkeys' one weighing 22 *ands and two more 14pounds. Mr. Casernore offers a re- ward of .$5 for information that will lead to the conviction of the guilty parties. —Mr. Malcolm McDonald, of West Wa- wanosh, has in his possession a hickory walking cane, which had grown on Navy Island, and was given to him by his father 'about the time of Mackenzie's rebellion. The venerable gentleman feels proud of it as a relic of those times. —The team owned by Mr. Walter Stew- art, of the Luoknow planing minas drew their new engine, weighing 8,500 pounds, from Blyth to Wingham. It took two teams to draw the same load from Bonsai to Blytb, and from Wingham to Luoknow. This is a pretty good pull considering the way the roads were. —Mrs. Jane Stewart McCance; who has been a great sufferer for the past few months, died at her residence in Wingham, on Thursday evening, 9t1( inst. The de- ceased had been a resident of Wingham for many years and was held- in very high esteem by all who knew her. She was in her 50th year. —Wingham lost an old and respected resident by death on Saturday, llth inst., in the person of MTN. Deborah B. Scott - Densmore -Webb, in the 76th year of her age. Deceased, with her husband, the late S. B.,7Webb, had been residents of Wing - ham for many years,- She had been ailing for many months. —Mr. W. A. Routledge, of the Huron road, Goderich township, sold to Ford & Murphy, of Clinton, the other day, a dress- ed seven months porker which weighed 320 pounds. It was of the Chester White breed, which Mr. Routledge claims gives better value, age for age, than any other breed. —There died in *Hamilton on 1l'r4day,15th turned out as follows : Wheat, from 6 to 18 bushels per acre ; oats, 20 to 40 ; corns 25 to 45. We did not have such a bumper crop of corn is lasthyear, but better quality. , Potatoes are scarce. Prices are fair for wheat and cattle. Wheat is 75 to .80 cents, corn 15 cents oats 14 Cents, hogs $3.25, 'cattle, fat, $.4.75 to $4'stockers $2.75 -t.c, 5.3, creamery butter 20 to 24 cents, dairy butter 15 cents, eggs 15 cents. We had a nice fall, and winter has nicely set in with 18 -to 20 inches of snow on the level. Hail and hog cholera have been the means of putting many the poor renter off his farm in this section. Hail did not strike around me, but I was less fortunate by hog cholera, out of a herd of 68 I had 44 die. One of my neighbor's lost all he had but two, and another all but one, while many others fared similarly. ere, 4 —Mr: Abraham Dearing, of the 4th eon - cession, Stephen, has completed his large and commodious barn, which is one of the best, if not the best, barns in the township, with stabling capacity for thirty-five head of cattle and eight horses, which is not only convenient for feeding, but IS well ventilat- ed. It is very essential for the health of stook. -Mr. Dearing has 'mired neither ' time nor money, along with first-class work- manshipoto make it a first-class structure in every detail. —Mrs. Rush, of Ashfield, was admitted to the House of Refuge last week ; she WAS suffering severely from pneume_olis at the time, and is not better yet. J. Griffith, of Wawanosh, who left some time ago has re- turned. A male inneate named --iagleson, admitted some time ago from Stephen, died on Monday. He was paralysed at the time of his entry, and has practically been help- , less ever since. He WWI about 70 years of age, and was buried on thepremises, Rev. B. Clement officiating. This makes 21. deaths. The number of inmates is now 78. Mr. Davis again met Mr. St. John's state- ments with seriousness. He stated that the original cost of the piggery was $1,527. Mr. SaJohn interrupted to point out that in the public accounts that sum was charged for labor alone. He made this interruption several times, Mr. Davis repeating his state- ment of the cost and adding thatthe interest .in the accounts included material as well as labor.The site cost $1,000, so that the whole of the original cost was less than $2,600. After the cholera epidemic had subsided the place had practically to be reconstructed,and in addition a substantial brick house had been built for the caretaker, two large wells dug and other necessary improvements were made. After all this had been done the to. 1' —Mr. Thomas Noble, an old and much respected resident of Hullett, died Monday of last week: He lived in that township thirty years or more and only quite recently gave up farmin&bought a house in Clinton and moved in. He was an Irishman, an Orangeman and a Conservative, liberal in thought and willing to icerird unto others all the liberties that he himself enjoyed. His wife and family of four children, one a. married daughter, surviNfis to mourn the loss, of a kind and considerate husband and parent:- -On Wednesday night of last week', Mrs. McVeigh died_ at the home of James Ireland, her son-in-law, 3rd concession, Morrie, aged 69 years and 9 months. She was born in. Prince Edward Island-, and before coming to live with, Mrs, Ireland, 26 years ago, was a resident of Tuckersmith. ,She leaves three ' daughters : Mrs. Wm. Wilson, of Hullett Mrs. Cousins, of Minima:iota, and Mrs. Ire- land. Heart disease was the cause of her I death. She had been Poorly for about a year. Mrs: McVeigh writ a bright, hearty old lady, beloved by all who knew her. She was a member of the Presbyterian church. —The Winnipeg Free Press of Novem- ber 23rd, says: "Last evening, at 54 King Street, Mies Lizzie Forsyth was married to Charles Lorimer, who is in the, employ of Hugh Murray, contractor. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. ,Munro,of Point Douglas church. Mrs. Hudson was brides. maid and George B. McNeil, assisted the groom. A wedding supper was served after the ceremony. Numerous presents were received by the bride 4 testifying to the esteem in which she it held." The bride was a former resident of the vicinity of Brussels and is a niece of AUX; Forsyth; Brussels. —The following trOtn the Milton, North Dakota, Globe of December 2nd, refers to a former resident of Huron : Mies Mary _Parker and T. W. Cox were united in mar- riage at the home of the bride's ,sister, UTE. Harvey Greer, neat SInkster, yesterday morning, Revs R. Ifockrag officiating.' The bride is a sister of Thomas Parker, a prom- inent farmer near, Oanabrook. She is a beautitul and talented girl and has made many warm friendi during her short resi- dence in this neighborhood. The groom is inst., Merritt Andrus, son of the late the proprietor of Cox's livery, feed and Oreemus Andrus who was formerly a sale stable, is widely known and can boast_ harness -maker in Wingha The body was brought to Wingham for burial. Deceased was a nephew of Mr. and Mra. John Green,. of Lower Wingham, and Was in his 251h year. —The Christian Endeavor of the I„'resby- terian church, Fordwioh, held their annual business meeting in the church recently, at which the following officals' were elected for the ensuing year President, Mrs. L. Becker ; vice-president, hire. A. Wyness ; recording -secretary, Mies Edith Gibson ; treasurer, Miss Lizzie Brown. —Rev. 3. W.Pedley, of London,preaehed anniversary sermons in the Congregational church, Wingham, on Sunday last, to large congregations. On Monday evening, the reverend gentleman gave his lecture, `Man - making," in the above church, when a good sized audience was present. The lecture was a good one, full of practical thoughts and was well delivered. street Methoditt church, Exeter, were held —Monday evening of last week, Melville on Sunday, 12th inst. The Rev. Step:len Christian Endeavor society, Brussels, Bond, president of the London Conference, 1 of as many friend8. al tany man an the corn- -The home of!tr., Albert Maize, Ash- field, was the semi of a very Pretty wedding on Wednesday evening, December 8th, the OCC11443/1 being the marriage of his sister, Nellie, to Richard L. Reid, of Lanes. The bride, who was glared sway by her brother, was beautifully attired in cream cashmere ' and satin, and carried a bouquet of carna- tions. The bridesmaids, Misses Frank Crawford and karbara McConnell, were becomingly dressed in cream, and carried bouquets of cheyeauthemum ,s while the groom was supported by Mr. Richard John- stone, Lanes. , After the ceremony, which was performed by Rev. B. L. Hutton, Dun- gannon, the company repaired to the dining - room, where a sumptuous repast was done , ample justice to: —The arinivOsary services of the James munity. elected officers for the ensuing term as fol- lows : Honorary president, Rev. J. Ross, B. A. ; president, James Fox; vice-president, Mine Lizzie Ross ; recording -secretary, W. J. Stewart ; correspondiug secretary-, Miss Mary Ross ; treasurer, Miss Ella Inman, together with a good staff of comthittees. —About six o'clock Monday morning of last week, fire was discovered in the stable Rev. Dr. WilleUghby, took the chair and of Mr.Wm.Weir,Bayfield road,near Clintoe, started the intellectual feast with a few but fortunately before the flames had made well chosen introductory remarks, firet in - much headway, and they were quickly sub- trodueing Rot, Mr. Yelland, of Crediton, dued, after having destroyed no more than followed by geyde. Kerr, of ; 8. of Seaforth, bernipied the pulpit both morn- ing -and evenieg and preached two very deep, eloquent and imprefsive sermons to large congregations. The following evening the usual aniqersary tea was served in the lecture remit ijAfter the good thing: had been dealt wall, the large gathering filled the body of the church, when the pastor, the floor. The outbreak us supposed to have been caused by a tramp, who spent the night in the building and lighted a fire to keep himself comfortable, . —Mr. A. Tebbutt, of Goderiehtownship, has recently made an improvement on his farm, which he will find to be a great incon- venience. He has laid pipes from the well near the road into the foundation of his barn, where he is putting a tank, from 'which he will admit water into the troughs —on Friday evening, host week, Miss L. placed before the cattle. The Vater is Donald, of St. Marys, who has been teach - forced to the barn by windmill power, ini for the past four years at Cherry Grove, which will run with a very light breeze. was presented by her pupils and friends ,1 —Mr. Sid Smith, of Clinton, had a nar- with a handSome gold watch. The present- ' row escape from meeting with a serious ac- ation' was Made at the residence of Mr. r cident at Centralia recently. While over- David Chalmers, and the young people of peeing the loading of stock, one of the steers the sectionitook advantage of the occasion ' suddenly jumped over the rack gate with to spend al social evening together. Miss Mr. Smith underneath. Rack and steer Donald hag nerved her connection with the weighed heavily, but Mr. Smith, fortunate- school, having secured another situation ly, was at the opposite end from the steer, elsewherh. so met with a no more painful injury than _ —A ver pretty wedding took plats: in - that of a bruised foot, but he yet wonders Stratford on Thursday of last week, when how he escaped so easily. - Miss Clara A., eldest daughter of Mr. J. P. —Mr. Samuel Callas, of Le Mars, Iowa, Woods, county judge, was married to Mr. and ,a former resident of near - Centralia, in Wm, !F.,, VanBuskiek, city engineer,. The thiicounty, in writing to friends, says: ceremoniitook place in St. James' church, We are all getting along Very nicely here, Stratford.And was conducted by the rec. although things in general looked very blue tor, Revi,Divid Williams, M. A., assisted last spring, the weather being very wet, by Rees 41. H. Taucock. After the cere followed by a dry, hot summer, and it took- inony, the newly wedded pair left for Wes ed very much as though the crops were go- , Point, New York, where the honeymoon ing to be all spoiled. The wheat and oats , will be, Vent. Boston and other caste rri were considerably ' damaged by the hot - pointe Will also be visited. On their retur winds but the corn was good. Grain they Will reside in Stratford. I, f ' ' I 1 Salton, of Cefitralia ; W. M. Martin 'and II. E. Bray. The choir furnished the music and deserve Mueh eulogy for their excellent renditions. I A social was beld on Tuesday evening whleli was also well attended. The entire proceeds amounted to 5180. *--- -Maim. 1 'John McKellar and Thomas Armstrong, of Avonton, took in the Fat Stock ShoW'itt Brantford.