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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1899-03-17, Page 1tut ND READY FOR C BUSItif Prints biuers, pinks, lilacs, C9 and fancy floral effect.; for blouses and vtrappeea laid out to see how pea style we can poesibly girt misers, from a shilling au idown to five molts per yard. Ginghants. -new patterns in Gingha 'ike those you will see el t have something :quite d the COMMOli rQE4,:liOrriethiE &rise your fa the mo see them. Goods. te Piques are to the front a will likely be eauch ir d te drill and duele costum be popular, as well as the et of Organdies. India Suitiegs, Dimtie, eta. new style of Skirts a dui and pretty, and the some. We have been y fortunate in getting tially nice things for Skit ks, fawns, merle, blue s, greens and two tone suits and tailor made eo reit as capes, we have eo ce cloths in all the popular rings. s different kinds of material Waist; can be jeers at our a We have jot about a _usual purchaee of these odig the prettiest are the -As, broken and lined checks, r stripes, graduated stripes in and wool, and Roman maws. n Piping; Braids, Rib tis .:•ae will be much used or j sgs. Oar stoek will be f nal ' aplete—hardly a color ; out of our assortment rred ribbons are especia trimmittg, andl the new 8 leneiennes Laces and i&n 'rings of satins will add to ativeness of our great nmings. Opened large consignment of cases es of Old Country Goods, aing, fine towel, table dam *ins, fine sheetings, fine shirti ierwear, parasols, blouses, triels, rain coats, ladies' es ,estry -curtains, 'ace curtains, • materiala, Iinoleurns, floor etc: Itery. s have- received and marked ek a large assortment of new , feathers, tips, ospreys, ornam sklees chiffon; gauzes, net Riflery trimming. The new - Spring are in, and the lull ✓ M illiuery Department are ttingahinge :ready for the mlli ,ening, notice of which s -en in this celerna next week. McFA 11 Dry Goods Go. k's Greatest ry Goods tore. et 3si years ago. About 22 1ft the farm with hia son Willl r to reside with his son James nd has continued to reside w of tile time ever since. Re a family, two sons and one da [only one Sion survives him. sd, genial man, a vtorthy eiti bilging neighbor, and .a firm, ' every deserving cause that generoeity. - His death leav eilt in the rapidly decreasing red pieneees of this county. Were taken to Egmondvilie Ftt, there beide the dear ones before, ole Saturday last. ERING!,--BrUSSOIS ilOCkey team vo more -viiitories to their. list, aed Gerrie by a score of 9 to a r a sore o 8 to 2.—A nurn ey sports will take the special iwel to'svitnese the game be r and Wingharro—Many leara of the death of Mr$. for meny years a resident of - The death occurred on Ta , and the remains were inte [eels eernetery.—The BMW& Dail team has reorganized for the list of officers: , Dr. Kalbfleisch ; hon. vice- . H. Kerr ; president, J. T. odent, G. T. Blair; tr 5A11arytine ; secretary and ti !win.—An enjoyable enter tri in the Methodist church on i'ning.—Fulton brothers le iL M anitiba, else William John Wneht has patented* er in the United States and r. Wright claims, he can man new invention eheaper thsai ✓ on the market, and that 147 erass close to the fence and ft He has already received r it. from lerge firms. --34 Man is visiting in Win file Roma is visiting at Teeswl elcKeezie, of. Tees -water, he* ition as harness maker on, of thie place—The nent be held on April 6th. Oil want a. large crowd of peo to town, and a number. 0 hands at big prices.—Thorn has diaposed of his Carlisle Wm. Campbell, of Manito e.—Wm. Crich bas dierposed at lousiness to Charles 33 add a grocery stock, THIRTIETH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,631. SE FORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1899. MeLEAN 13ROS Publishers. 1 $1 a Year in Advance. oill Be Deceived There are very man, Pants, but those who hate to be deceived by the ini attempts at imitating Buckskin worn the genuine article are not ation. Among the hundreds of pairs that we have sold of Buckskin Pants e have not had one complaint. The price is reasonable a d the material will be found to be ranch superior in ev ry way to the ordinary goods used for Orery day wearing p nts. Ever had a pair? Try one ! CosN $1. You will fin1 it the easiest job the world to get al certain sort of a fe low to give his opinion upon any subject from straw cutting to corn cures. There are a whole, heap of those kind of f llows knocking about the country, not tthat they nOan any harm, they are simply weaik on thatoint. The person, however, whose opinion is worth seekin one from. The man whOse opii man,, neither is he note lectures or for his ower in lif, he lias co4racte ! is generaliy the h ion we herein quot for his attendance rdest to obtain is not a public at temperance in oratory at a prayer meeting ; he is ony a plain man who as a keen eye for the straight thing the habits of paying his debts and keep nhis share of the sidewalk well shovelled. Taken al- togethger, his opinion of things is worth quoting;a, because he is generally supposed to have none. One are others tell as t said : "T was the u nouncerae public tha a fair pro bluff abo similiar -r active par had -o arse We is it possi Are you a custoraer tunity to beco e list that we be something :— rst item of i w the prices will ro.ent. on one line : T worth you inspection. Then there is our o and. $12 each, and every purchaser. An item -which will shortly be of more than passing in- terest is -Raincoats. Th re are some coats called raincoats which my or may not ' mean that they are waterproof. There is nro doubt about the waterproof we sell at $8 It is , guaranteed by ourselves. Just what is most advisable to buy in the way of a pair of iiPantsfor knocking about is hard to say. Some seem.to think the lower prices! at 1.50 about $2.50 or $3.50, whatever the!bes may f these quiet f llows is a customer of ours. There like him. We were rather pleased. to havehim LO reasoh wh he dealt with us so steadily. He e first thing that particularly struck my attention and above board nature of your newspaper an- ts, which continually presented the fact to the you. were in business for a living, always seeking t; and not o t on the shout with the sham and t selling go ds below cost and all the rest of t." It was a pleasure to find. a man who took no in business h ves, and we w ant as much o le for us to ob your oppo In t there may terest you The as you kn mself had taken re not found want the trade of eve ain by the merit ? If you are no e one. present for your hich at the quot SS • 11 portance is Spa of ordered suits a $15 Colored 1 Is a ur measure as we ng. y honest man as • f working for it. it will now be erusal this week, d price may in - Suits, of course e very varied, we orsted- Suit. Its n make of Men's Suits at $8, $10 suit of which is sure to satisfy the to $2 ; others again say son-1001in be. We carry a large stock of al It may and it may not be of showing the best values in the in lines in Men's Pants. interest to you to know that we thi rket in Cottonades. The prices fo k th are 25c, 30c and 35c. We have handled many yards of Cottonades, but anything to excel for value these lines. There are three left One will sell at $13.90, another at $16.50, aiid the last one at $is.bo. This refers to the balance of our Fur Coats. These are all right in price. - If you are desirdus of securing a Fur Coat at a close figure, e the lot for yourself, and then u e your own judgment. a to whether it woul pay you to buy one of these. coats. If you had any notio at all we think yo would save some money. How often do you have to patch the knees,of your boys' pants? Ha you ever tried the line of Boys' Pants we make at 50c, 65 and 75e? They a wearers, lined throughout with heavy cotton, the buttons ell sewed on, and patch with every pair for the asking—free. A few sundrie items :—Boys' All -wool Long Stockings at 25c ; Men Leather Braces at 25e ; three White Hem Stitched. Hankerchiefs at 25c th, will prove a revelation to shrewd buyer.; nobody ha contradicted :us, but it faet nevertheless, that we show' a mos handsome li ,Gloves, B aces, Umbrellas, Hosiery, Ila s and Caps Next week we will announce he winner of t e are best ever e of Ties, Collars, Shirt Le Bedroom Snit, Greig & Maodollai Clothiers & Furnishers On the Wrong Side of the Street, STRONG'S BLOCK. Seafort -A1i - 4 17 f -_,..,...–. ,.-_-.. ____ ,, ., , .. !!!!1_.. .. .. ..... 'F.1 16,- ki k 4111:' '4 . Excursion to British Columbia and the KOotenay Districts. One second- _ class ticket to Vancouver, Victoria, New Westminister, Seattle, Tacoma, and Rortland will be $44.75. Return, first-class, $76.55. To Nelson, Robson, Rossland, second-class fare will be $51.15. Return, first-class, $89.35. UP -Going date, March f1st,. 1899. .Route via Soo, Pacific, and St. Paul ; via C. P. R. trains continental rcy.fite ; via Chicago. Money rders sold at any time. R. J. MACDONALD c! P. R. AGENT, Seaforth. OUR R ADS. DEAR EXI OSITOR,—I 1 have read with great deal o pleasure r. Cooperai letter, your issue of February 4th, advocating a improvemen in our sys em of keeping on roads in repair. He has shwn clearly the very appare it objectionable imperfecti na we find in o r roads, such eis the deep,t yawning ditches 0 each side of a narrow ri ge just wide enoug for two ordinary vehicl s to pass, making t so dangerous for passing, -with an ordinar spirited hone, a binder threshing machin or a load of hay, which we so trequentl meet, that there is no leasure, but rath the reverse, in driving. I am Safe in sayi that it is much less da gerous travelling rail or steamer than driving over mo of our r ads. If unci doubt c cost of would b roads m ion to d the road surprise of the s tance. smooth piece we variably a piece I hay CamPhbee thtbut the realize t his Bugg municip will fin slow to think o ing me only on inaugur of under The .sho and II a has intr extendi am cert It will erdrainese wa si adopted it would st more in the heginning, but t , eeping the dra ns in proper ord ii much less fierwards and t oh safer to drily(' on. I have ooe ive considereibiy in the spring wh are at their worst, and have be at the differe t condition of pie dad with uld fin me 1 w4 th nII would run, on to &not , reugh and deep rutted, and I wituld notice along side of s ater standing in the ditch. had the pleasure of hearing r. 1 more than opee, and am satin ed horoughly underetands his subje- a iffioulty is to get the people to e benefits that would be derive if stions were carried out 'by he 1 authorities Until they do, e the muniepal authorities v ry dopt them. 1 -may say tha I ✓ present mu icipal system ot el et- bers of our unicipal councils for year makes i almost impossible to te and carry ut a well -laid eye ern rainage an road improvem nt. t term has o her objections its ell, pleased to s e that Mr. Patt 110 duoed a bill n the looal Legisla ure g the term t4 two years, whit, I in is a step ii the right direct on. much Eitel r to inaugurate nd carry out a well -laid system of impr ve- ment in the care of our roads if we h ve more permanent municipal eouncils. , Mr. C mpbell does not advocate a r lution Of the present system, costing a 1 amount f money. We have as good f datione all that of drain present ion, and Our road and ver tires on I will n the adv refer an tages to j I am .u4ferent In co to our o euggesti lime ag oad rol ipaliti orth. Superio much fo not be ii. road paired. I tru ind ths n wor oads a the gre ais verse ing on italuabl n a very short d a pieoe dry a It a are needed required is eg and carin pads. I am tron Mr. Campbel agre would be Irery much easier , kept cur wagons ware d ne away wi take up your space trying to sh terms of wide tires, but sim one who.ma doubt their adv Mr. Campbell, Vii10 will be pleas , to send the tests made by rties. elusion, referring Tre partioula on mot of our roa an irproved sys for t e surface of ly of the o s with me, t uch impro up if narr VO. ego 8; em he in - at ed h. 11- ly d, ita ly n I houl like to see a n I .noticed ill your paper so carried out, namelte that a ste m ✓ be purchistied by the three mci- , MoKillop, Tuckersmith and El &- steam road roller is so mu h to a horse Ilolier, but costs, t o one small mu impality, but wo Id o costly for tie three, and witho t •ller roads canoot be properly e- t the movement will spread rapidly every one will become interest d ing out s ocheme for making o r fe and pleasant to drive on duri g ter part of the! yeer, instead of t e as at present, tvith fresh gravel o- n June. Tha king you for yo r space, I am, Yo rs truly, JOHN A. Wtheos. SEAF BTU, March 8t , 1899. ads and R Making. a recent issue f e appeared by n road improv of importance ators down to t se DEA EXPOSITOR,—I THE EePOSIT'OR an ar ic W. Co per, of Kippen ment, subject which every .ne, from our legis humbl st citizen. This being so, a contr versy t rough the colu ne of your valuab paper in this question annot fail to bo interes to your readers g nerally, as well a bene't to the com u ity, especially this' se son of the ye r. when municip councillors are making their estimates a laying heir plans for r ad improvement f the ye r. With this end in view, per me, M . Editor, to off r a few suggestio on thi subject which, f acted on, I thi would esult in some improvement on t presen condition of th roads. Firs', we will notice some of the obj tionab e features of th roads as they are presen . We find th width of the gra of the road of almos all dimensions, SOM0 •laces where 'ide enough, eit too fla or concave, in tead of rounding, if rou ding, either sides o the road imp the centre and slopin sides t at two ] teams difficul y. Then in verts a e too narrow, thing li e a trap ap ed, in t e open ditohe pose of carrying off th are too many open allows tiie-ro t re tdtally Also in gravel, it is usually pit on some eerly i the season, c using the r bad wh n otherwise they would be good during the dry weather i Too little care is also taken in the the gra el used, sometimes being to ni ke travellin not only but eve dangerous. 1 To re edy these difects, wo that an effort should be made to grade o the road ade more vridth, nd sufficient y rounding t water t the sides, a d not high be uns fe, and of sufficient width least o dinary purp ses of travel. chlverte be put in f permanent and wherever they c n be done with ing too much, let th fell ro d allowance. °earns on the road t it, and let as much ecessary to underdrainin c- it er oo narroW, with toe :r sable, or so high in so rapidly to he cannot pass with put great man Y cases 9' u1- nd at °soh end so e- ars, wholly ungua d - formed for the p r• water. Thenth.re itches on the rad co, and too 1ittle attention gi'ei to d sides, they jbeing large y allo ed ain in their primitive conditilon, unfit for tray 1 even for p deetri ns. the repairing nd putting on of bhe a onths itoode to be natur lly *sum quali SO ro pleas Id sug have niorm o he enoug apis where o eu itches 1% nee eectedI to protect fr s des cf the road 1 inter Itravel. If t s eighi g would be p when se at present t nor wl4eeling, and in road, ould be nice greatlf improved i shout also be used ever tl e quality ot requir them, and 1 the firit week of Oc len of gh nt, 7eet the in the folr Let a1 atone a ut cost - m be put aorris thp Have only th water. at naturally belong to nderdraining be done eep the road dry, and is imPractable and ssity, &lade should be m dangeta Have the yelled and pride fit for is were dotie generally, Risible plenty of times ere is neither sleighing summer the Ode of the or foot pitseengere, and appearance. Screens n all gravel pits where he gravel is such as to t the gravel be put on ober instead of May or June, as at present. I have touched on a few points on this wide question, and would like tit hear fro ours, on the ubject. R. GARDINER, Ushorne. • om Algoma. Dz R I EKPOSI*OR,—I wrote you a letter last • eci tier id regard to the way the gov- ernm nt •ran es are being expended in this part if Al oma, and some time after I 110- ticed an's ticl written by Robert Murray, Rees, of air , supposed to be a reply to my letter yan. If Reeve Murray had etaye wi h t e question under discussion inste d of thr wirig a personal slur at me, I wo Al not con ider his letter worthy cif a re- ply. I th nk here I am -best known my °hare ter will compare with that of Mr. Murr y, eev of Laird. The people of the town hip f L ird know that what I said in my fo me lett r was the truth. You will notice tha I entioned no names in my other let r it does not matter who gets the g ant to e pend, so long es they are ex- pend d jidioiiuety. But Mr. Murray made his letter cons i icuous by making use of my name &n4 sin e he so boastingly mentioned the am e of t e parties that built the brid s I Jrefer e4 to, I hope you will pardon me if I gd mor into the matter aid show how he ridg e 'cost so much more than they wou d h d they been tendered for. As r gar s t e bridge Wm. Murray built, be w o ered th timber free on the lot ad- joini g t e br d e, but refused it, as that woul1 no put e ough of tbe grout in his pock t, a dm d the timbeea on his own lilac an oha god his own price f(ir it, and gave his wn f iends the job Of hauling it seveo mi es. e also gave hie son the job of hauli g th logs to the rtill for plank, whe he ould have got it at he mill for $7 per tjhou and, nd when all was counted up, the rid e co t $375, notwithstanding the fact the a r. McNeill offered to build the 1rid e for 250, and Mr. G. O. Reid told me him If th he would build it for $275, and hot are ractical mechanic; and would have ten ere for the bridge if they had got the 'Oen e. ter pocketing $375 for the bridge, r. M rraywent cutting the tim- ber elm t e roe i lea ing to the bridge, but got Are of hat, and pocketed $40 for a misled1 fron of his son's place. Now, Mr: Edi r, I ave one considerable work on bridg ean.cuIv rts in Tuckersmith un- der Ree e She her and the present County Counciller, J 1. M Lean, and thi k they will bea me o t w en I say that I nevelt for the so lit. just the friend;w,and he told blamed Yet the e first- ition to atisfied e. pend- culated once got $40 r a $7 culvert. bridge .A s am • oKay built, he kne tle abou it th t he could not ad pulleys t • rais the hammer until happene alon and showed him h shortly a ter t e bridge was built me hims lf he id not see bow the goose di not build it straight. Reeve of Lair says both bridges a elan stru tur , and he is in a po know. e al O says the people are with the ay he grants have been ,ed. If s , wii was that petition ci at the m nioi 1 election for 1897, afrid sign- ed by eve y m n that voted, Reeve Murray included, &ski g the Government to have their gra ts xpended by the municipal councils ? I s .n't think there is , another man in th to nship who signed that pe- tition tha wi turn around and say the people ar satiefied. I have no idea what caused th Reeve of Laird to make such a complete han e of face, unless it was when he expec d t get the position made vacant by the de th 4f the late Mr. Boyd. But if the way tI. e g ante have been experided is a sample of the 1tvay they would be 'pent by the mune is, then by all means let the Gov- ernment i .stract their commissioner to ad- vertise foi tenders and give competent men a chance. The wa the reeve replied to what I Rai regarding the I imber is a blind, except to those tha are living here. He said the set - blare coul cu all they w nted for heir use, but he doa ns4t say how* hose of t*4 are go- ing to cut it t at have nline on tlioir ownl farms. C n e go on an ther ma'e limit and cut w th4itpayingstumpage,jeven if i Gould be g t br that? In conclusien,I hav no ill -feel n towards tbe Reeve! of Laird only I tho gI4 he was moiv of a gentleman and would dl4iiuse public questior withou stooping t pekona1 insinuation; Neither have I an wfish to injure him in lately way4 1 am ihtli e4 o think he wrote hie letter od the impul e f the moment withoet think ing, perha s just after one of his man fruitless r bles t ying to shoot 4 deer. B. BLAIR. MAOLIh N ;X, M rch 3rd, 1899. t 1 , [None. airnilar to oever res delay, in t ntari 1 Co-ope have belco each of tie e the work wa 60 plots number that date experime mere, an4l upwarde of 12,000 used for he Work. Object lesson tical agracultere jvere thus located 3,000 On ariol far 8 in the peat y who maIe these este in their o witii var etiea ot farm crops, m cultivati n, way of increasing soi etc., ob ain Iva uable informati the Up hair par lege Pur Mr. Bla-r says he sent us a letter the obo e some weeks ago, but i he us. This accounts for th reply •eing forthcoming.—ED • gric ltural and Experi ental Union. men kr The Esposito:1 e experiments in agricultur ducted throughout Ontario i ast thirteen years. , In 188 earried on by 12 fartners, an Used for this purpose. Th ing sine operative ,028 lots wer in prate on full n Thos hods of fertility, her wwhai°;11. crops 'ntal del- ral Colt er as elen steadily , until in 1898 the ts ere conducted ncre e CO by Can ard bee men for se use for 1. Te Pmhaan u0r8e, soda, s mixture ot ppssibly get in any o of 1,000 varieties of fa tested in the experim of the Ontario Agricult t 'emit five years in s ccessiol d of the very best varieties ad - co -operative experiments. ST OF EXPERIMBNTS FOR 1899. r. ting nitrate of soda, amperphos uriate of potash mixture, and n with corn. 2. Testing ,hitrate o perphosphate, muriate Of potty, and I no manure with niangolds 3. Gro ing grass, peas and two verieties o vetches for grisen folder. 4. Groering thre 1 mixtur s of jgrain for green Ridden 5 Testing sie v rieties-of corn for stein, fod der or s lage. 6. Testing four vitrieties o millet. 7, Testing four varieties of grasses 8. Testi g, four varieties of °levers. 9. Testing three varieties of buckwheat. 10 Testing three varieties of spring wheat an one of e ring rye. 11. Teraing four vari ties of arley. 12. Testing four varieties o oats. 13. Testing four varietiee of fiel peas. 4. Testing three Varieties of fiel beans. 15. Testing three arietiee ' ofJs P ei anese b ans. 16. Testing four vetietie o carrots. 17. Testing 0 ee varieties rnangol s and one of sugar beets. , 18. Tostj• ing two1 varieties of Swed h and two of fail turnips 19. Sowing peas at different date to dote mine the amount o injury done b the pea weevil. 20. Plan ing potetoes th same d y and five days after being put, 2 Plant' g corn in rows and in scpuires. Inte ested persons iie 0 tario who wish b Walt Papers Borders Did you nev r think *hen you were limy - ng Wall Pape that you hid to pay too uch for the order? You can nowl buy orders by the Roll. Nine inch B rders, 16yards to the roll, Oo per roll; 1 inch Borders, 8 yard'', to be roll, 15e pefr roll. Borderaj or Ingrain ✓ Plain Pape at above pros. Three undred Rolls Wall Paper suit41e for din» .ng room, bed reoms, or kitehe at- le per o I, pat on the wall. l Estimates given for Painting. Experi- need workmen only. --*-- Alex., W iriter, s MARRIAG lacerreas Iss No Witnesses forth. nix Required. , join in the work men seleet any experiments for 18991 and inform tor at once of the hoicei made. ; !, atrial will be furni hed entirel charge to each appli ant, but he peoted to conduct th p test rumor instructions sent with the seeds port the results of his test as se sible after harvest. 1 Material for either No. 1 13r of the e All frea of 11 he ex - in dg tot trhee- nga . o xpPe°ris-- silent will be sent by ewes; nd for each of the others by mail. The supply inf ma- terial being limited, those who! appy first out-, will be surest of obtaining t fit. It might be well for ea make a second chcice for fe not be granted. Particular varieties need ed, as the kinds to; be distri which have done exceptions trial plot' in the experimental epa at the college. C. A. ZAVITZ, Inn Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, March 13th, 1899 No Prohibition. e desire h appli r the firs ot be m uted are ly w 11 at t 4o uld ntion thos n the tmen to r. Some time ago a large deputation from the Dominion Alliance waited upon the Do- minion Government, at Ottawa, to ask them to submit, at the approaching .eeeioa of Parliament, a bill for the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquor. in Canada. The Premier promised the deputation his reply as soon as the result of the plebiscite vote coula be properly considi ered by the Government,. That reply hail now been given. In a letter addressed to Mr. F. S. Spence, secretary of the Allier:toe, Sir Wilfrid Laurier says: i "OTTAWA, 4th Match, 1899. 11 "DAR Mn. SPENCE,—W hen the delegge tion ot the Dominion Alliance 'waited tipert. the Government last fall, to ask, as a Owe quence of the plebiscite, the introduction b prohibitory legislation, they based their det mand upon the fact that on the total of the vote cast there was fa majority in favor of the principle of prohilt tion. The exact figures of the votes recorded were ti t a that time accurately known, but the o chi figures, which we have now, show that on i the question put to the electors, 278,487 voted yes, and 264,571 oted nay. Alter the official figures had beei made public, it was contended by ison*e f the opponentc of prohibition that the margin of difference be- tween the majonty aed mitiority was BO slight that it practically constituted a tie, and there was, therefore no occasion fdr the Government to pronounce either one way dr the other. The Government dods net share that vie*. We are of the opinion that the fairest Way of approaching t is lquestion is by the loonsideration of the total te cast in faVor of prohibitien' leavit ide altogether t e Tote recorded asain t , Iva.it "In that view o the question, the record ows that the lectorete of Caned; to Web the questain was submitted cora- ?hied 1,233,849 .t -ere, and of that number . es than 23 per ent,, or -a trifle over one - affirmed thei conviction in the prin- ciple of prohibitio "[f we rememb r that the object jof t e tqebiscite was to give an opportunity o ose who have at heart the cause of pro a bition, who belie ed that the people were with them, and that if the question were voted upon by tself, without any other ague which might de rad from its co sid r- ation, a majority if tha electorate would re- spond, and thus si ow the Canadian 'people prepared and read for its adoption, it mud be admitted that he exg etation was not justified by the ev nt the other hand, it was argued b.fore rui by yourae f and others, that as th pl bisclle campaign Was carried out by he , friends of prohibition without any ex en iture of monood without the usual excitement of phliticial agitation, the vo • recorded in favor o it was comparativel a Large, one. This st tee ment I did not then ntrOvert. nor do I controvert it here and • nowI would s m- 1 ply remark that the honesty of the vote did dot, suffer from th absence of those cau es of excitement, an that trent if the total ey of the vote might have! been somewhat jn- creased by such cense, its moral force wo Id not have been mlde any stronger. I v ture to submit fo your consideration, and the oonsjderation of the members ' of tbe Dominion AlIianc4, who believe in prohi tion as the most e1lcient Means of suppr ing the evils of in emperariee, that no go�d purpose would 10 served by forcing upqn the people a men re Which is shown, b tljio vote to have the support of less than 2 per cent. of the electorate.Neither wend it serve any good purpose to enter here o further controversy on the ,many incidntik1 points discussed before us. My objet is simply to convey lo you the conclusion th t P in our judgment, I the expression of pob, opinion recorded at the polls in Wet of prohibition,' did not represent such a p °- portion of the electorate as would jut the introduction by the Government, of a prohibitory measure. "I have the honor to be, dear M Spence, "Yours ve sincerely, (Sgd.) ‘' WILFRID LAURIBR.' • • —On Wednesday morning of last w Mrs. Thomas Rothwell, mother of Prin Rothwell, of Listowel, and S. 8. Realm of Elma, passed away at her home ite E1 aged 89 yearsa 2 months and 11 delta; I til latterly Mrs. Rothwell has enjoy is o health, but she has felt the in1lrn her advancingage. The deceased, C Tompkins, wail a daughter of Pete king, and wee born in the connty of low, Ireland, in the year 1810. S et. ea to Canada with her parents in the ye 18i5, and settled at a place called T Nation, in the Ottawa district. S e married in that place to the late T o Rothwell, in the year 1832, and after the marriage they engaged in farming in Glo 1 1, ies f tbe e To Wic °ester, in I.o.tver Canada, berm years, and there most of their born. In the fall of 1853 Rothwell decided to eome wei family of eight children, and s Queen's bush, driving up from there for family vt te and M t' wiVh the r t out f r tte Hatnil 11 Glenallen With wagons. After * stay of a mantis or sio in that place they struck into the heart' of the bueh. Where Listowel now standwas only a clearing, and there were very few farms taken up at that time, the only settlers in that neighboehood being the Binning; Barber, Tremain land May- nard *nines and one or two others, Mr. Rothwell located on a farm in the neighbor- hood of Btton, lot 28, on the 2,nd conces- sion, and s ortly afterward took up the ad- joining lot, No. 29, on whicb both he and his wife lived until their death. Canada. ---Torento's new city hall will be ready for ocetipancy by May 24th. —Alex. D. Clement, postmastee at Brant- ford, died Friday, in his 63rd yeer. will move away from entreat hen pay the new taxes on his ma- , true bill of murder has been found Daniel St ns, the tramp, who companion Paris station a short —Mr , W. W. Ogilvie, the bigmiller, saye rather' chiiery against hot hi Zinn, ago. —George &eves9 a well-known crook, who s wanted in Toronto on twenty charges of theft, as sentenced at Chatham to fifteen ea is in the penitentiary for ' "raising" bank bilis. a3, .--1-_, Th writ for the bye -election in Levis to fill s vacancy in the Commons caused by the de th of Dr. Guay has been issued Notnitiations will take place on March 22ad and 0 ling an March,29th. . Maclean, M. P., oful'oronto, while out aiding Sunday afternoon, was istrdek by a trolley car and thrown off his horiee. The large bone of his leg, between httatLTn :e and the thigh, was fractured. a 11°0 9 carried by-law to loan the Owen Sound tory $15,000 to rebuild their ehair which was destroyed by fire, was y a majority of 749. Only 49 votes ere re sorded against the by-law, --A large large grain warehouse at Gananocme urictfon was completely destroyed by bre Thtirodey morning. The warehouse was the s i property of the Rathbun Company, and had about -twenty-five thousand bushels of grain stored in it. , t is reported that Lawyer Porter has ] been 0 i cially advised that the crown will proceed this spring with the bank robbery case ' against Ponton, but will ask for a °heave of venue to Whitby, Kingston or Perth; ' —Cane & Sons' woodenware factory, at ewimarket, was badly damaged by fire Fri - ay.' 1The loss is about $3,000. Workmen went into the dry kiln with a light to do some repairs when an explosion occurred, ilettiog fire to the building. . —The Albion hotel, at Belleville, was de- stroyed by fire Saturday. Several of the guests had narrow escapes, and two men slid down from the third story on ropes, with women servants on their shoulders. The jfire was caused by a lamp exploding. —A sild accident occurred near Goodwood on Wednesday of last week, in which John Cow n'aged 51, a respected and well-to-do resident of -Brampton, sustained injuries which resulted in his death. While cutting wooil he was struck by a tailing tree, and had his lege badly smashed. —Fridaymorning Mrs. Cordell& Poirier and Saiu parslow paid the penalty for their crime of murdering Isidore Poirier -while help essly eleeping in his house at St. Can- ute, Quebec, in the month of November, 1897. .11elre. Poirier is the third. woman to meet. cleiath on the scaffold in Canada. —At tNewmarket the other day, Robert GintJy undertook to blow out an accumula- tion la soot in the sieve of a smokestack with &Allergic of' buckshot. He put in a ver eevy ohmage, and, reeding the gun on his knee, fired it off. The result was that the gun kicked so strongly as to break his leg between tbe knee and thigh. —Da'id MeGachie, a young man, was nearly killcd at the G. T. Be diamond, at Andersen's factory, in Woodstock, Friday night. He missed the train at Ingersoll, and &tempted to get home on a freight traia. At the crossing he slipped off the bumpers and a wheel passed over his right arm near the shoulder. —.The Dominion Government will con- struct a telegraph line from BkadVray to Daw- es a ity. The estimated coat of the line for the distance of 600 miles between the t o points named, is $150,000, on the basis of $ 50 per mile. It is expected that the line will be in operation by the 15th of ov mber and when it is completed Dew- s ill bebrought within six days' com- u ication of Ottawa. • A sad accident occurred at Coburg, on We nesday, by which Mr. J. Coulson's lit. thi son lost his life. The little boy was pie ing about the room when he accidental- lylf 11 into a pail of boiling water, which as in readiness for scrubbing purposes, and as so badly burned on the side and Mamiu. he heart, that death resulted on Fri - ay. , Mr. J L. Whitcomb, of New York, is in 0 tem& representing a syndicate of New '1or4 publishers, who are locating a large ape mill at Brittania, on the Ottawa The new industry will be put in per tion with all possible despatch, and !rill require an expenditure of $200,000. he vrorka will employ about ,300 men, a rest many of whom will have to be skilled wor men. — rs. Mary Hawkins died at Chat' ham on Wednesday, At the !age of 106. Bort a slave, in Meadsville'Ntirginia'she was ken by her master to Louisville, Ken - tuck . Over 50 years ago Mrs. Hawkins came to Chatham. Shortly after her arrival she was deserted by her husband, and after wards lived by her own exertions. One a the interesting relics of the deceased is hei frill paper; given to her 81 years ago. s t—A fatal accident occurred at the Cath, mine street crossing of the H. & B. Railway at Hamilton, on Saturday, when ,Mr. David Baird, night watehritan at that efer•ossing, was run down by a Yard engine. He was flegging a freight treat when he met his death, and, it is said, a boy was the hilly person who saw the accident. The de- beased, who was a native of Monaghan, Ire- land, was 55 years of age, and left a widow and ten children. —Williern O'Neill, ot Ingersoll, bought a load of hag on Friday. He got on the Ioad with the farmer, and on reaching home he slid off, eXpecting to light on a Post, then to get down quite easily and safely, but imme- diately he touched the post his feet touched the bevelled part, and, like a shot, he wits thrown in such a manner as to break his neck, and causing almost instantaneous death. Deceased was a long resident of the town, and was highly respected. —Mr. Richard Rennelson, one of the best known farmers in North Dumfriei, has re- ported a theft that is somewhat out of the ordinary. On Tuesday of last week a man called on Mr. Rennelson with an exceeding- ly plausible yarn. He Was a buyer of pedi- greed cattle, he said, and had "ught high priced stook from several of the leading breeders. He had heard of Mr. Rennebion's herd ll and wanted te, mske purchases". In the eonversation that followed, he men- tion d prominent live stock mime with ive whom he had done business, and showed a ready knowledge of his subject. Be also claimed to be intimate with Hon. John Dryden' Minister of Agrieulture. He was. a goodtalker, respeotably dressed, —and seemed what he professed to be. He spent Tuesday night with the Rennelsons, and, complaining of his eyes, remained in the house all day Wednesday. Wednesdaynight was also paned under the Rennelson roof, but when Mr. Renzedson returned from do- ing the chores next morning, his guest was _ gone, as was also a quantity of -clothing. —Carnes Handley, who lives near Felton, had a narrow map° from being killed en Thursday night, He was in each a condi tion that he mistook the Michigan Central Railway track for the road, and was driving eastward over the tim when the west -bound train came along. The horses were killed and the wagon demolished, but Handley escaped with a severe shaking np. This is the second time he has been struck by a train in two years. —Alex. isleWain, of Tharneeford, had an experience last Friday night, which he is not likely to forget He was crossing the G. T. R. bridge, near the 4t11 concession of North Oxford, when a train overtook him. He climbed down undeenes,th the track and caught hold of 0120 of the buttresses. While the train was going across, however, a piece - of coal fell out, according to Mr. MeWalies story, hitting him on the neck and precipi- tating him to the river below. Here he biy• on the ice until Sunday morning, when le was discovered, still in an unconscious state, by a sectioninan. He was retneied house near by and medical aid summoned. Such is his vitality, however, that he is likely to recover. —Rev. Andrew Cunningham, pastor of the Methodist ehurch at Kincardine, died on Friday morning, after a severe illness, lasting several months. He leaves a widow, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Rice, general superintendent of the Methodist church in Canada; three sons and two daughters. For 35 years deceased had been actively en- gaged in the ministry, during which he had filled some of the most important stations in the province, including Toronto, St. Marys, Hamilton, Stratford, Guelph, Galt, Orange- ville'Mitchell and Kincardine. In 1893 he was honored by being elected president of the Guelph conference, and at the time of his death was chairman of the Kincardine district of the London conference. Deceased was in his 55th year. —The report of the Inspector of Legal Offices has been presented to the Ontario Legislature, It tells a story of depreesion of business in all the legal offices. It seems that the people of the province are tired of "The business of sheriff's' offices," says the report, "is most satisfactorily con- ducted during the year. Less complaint has been made than ever before. The civil business done in the sheriffs' offices con- tinues to fall, and the it1COMOS of many of them are very small tompared with the un- portanee and dignity of the office. In many of the counties the sheriff is not able to keep a deputy or regular bailiff." In speak- ing of the Local Master's Office, the report says that the businees continues to fall off. In some °multi s the decrease is most no- ticeable. Perth Items. —Mrs. John White, of Hibbert, has de- cided to spend a few months with her son Fr_anwk,jautiatilni e A. °Bellamy, for many years a respected resident of Blanshard, died on Friday, 3rd inst., in the 40th year of his age. The cause of death was -consumption. A widow and four children are left to mourn his loss —A young man, son of Michael Hayes, of Ellice, met with a severe accident in John L. Kastner's SSW Mill, in Sebringville, on Friday last. He undertook to run an ing SSW, which came in contact withhis wrists lacerating it terribly, and severing the tendons add leading artery. JamesBurnett, of Mitchell, died on Saturday, th inst., after a few dart' ill- ness from infi tnmation of the brain. Mr, Burnett was born in Mitchell 43 years ago, and in the peer 1880 married Clara, Leon- bardt, of Brodhagen, who survives him, with four SODS and one daughter. —Mr. William IL Gardner, who has for the past year been employed at his trade of carpentering, at Roseland, British COlambise arrived at his home in Listowel on Monday night of last week. He has done well in the west and expects to return in about a month, proepeets for plenty of work at high wages being good in his line. —An interesting event took place at the parsonage of the Methodist church, Monk Von, on Wednesday night of laid; 'week, when Mt, W. N. Ward, youngest ;an of Mr, John Ward, of Logan, was united in marriage to Miss Annie M. Wilkinson, daughter of Mr. John Wilkinson. The young couple are both popular in the neighborhood. —4 well known and highly respected resident of Downie' Mr. James Mechian, died on Monday oflast week, from the effects of la grippe. The deceased was born in Pickering tlownehip nearly 54 years ago. Coming west e located in East NiSSOUri, some 2a mi es from Lakeside, but after- wards moved tto lot 11, concession 13, Dow- nie, where hehas resided for the past 20 years. —Mr. James A. Tremain has made a deal by which hreaisposes of Listowel property and acquires the 99 acre farm owned- by Mr. Edward Smith, in Gladstone ward. Mr. Tremain ham made an agreement to purchase the farm in return for his resi- dence and barns in Listowel, and for the 35 acreEllis farm, which he own; and a bal- ance of $2,200. Mr. Tremain will move on to the farm in the spring. —The home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hutchison, Listowel, was the scene of & pleasant affair on Thursday evening of last week, being the marriage of their daughter, Lulu, to Mr. S. L. Adolph, hardware mer- chant, of Listowel. It WM a very quiet affair, only a few immediate relatives of the contrecting parties being present The cere- mony was performed by Rev. Dr., Williams, pastor of the Methodist church. —Mr. and Mrs. John Bair, of Hibbert, celebrated their golden wedding on March 2nd. The aged couple were made the re- cipients of a very huge and ohoioe collection of mementoes, among whith were a pair of easy chairs end a Bible. The members of the fsmily united in presenting them with s, pair of gold spectacles each, and a purse of gold coins, accompanied by in address wishing Mr. and Mrs. Barr eontinued hap- Pin—eign"Tdueslodangyloiffelas. t week, Mr. William Davidson, of Mitchell, started for the west Before leaving he was entertained by & large number of his young friends to an oyster supper at the Royal hotel, where ex- pressions of regret were given at losing so good a citizen, and hopes for his future wel- fare indulged an. At Oehre River a law purchase of young cattle awaits him. Be will ship them to Fort McLeod, where he, with Mr. William Cole, who will follow & few weeks later, will go extensively into raising and feeding stock.