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Herein is four d one of the principal causes BO K 4 mates, 54 males and 30 fe Qes; his rescue. Without taking time to re - � 11 . � . of the pro' -w - . . * sperlty in Wellington and Ontario � .............. 7 ...... � ............... ......... �:. The gr%nd jurors wish t i draw the im. move hie skates or ov46rcoat, Percy plunged I . I count -these , two counties -the _: � , mediate attention of the c nty council to into the water. James Clendenning was � , I I The report of the Ontario Bureau of In. iea. It � . . 1i; . . dustries has just been issued. It contains a Shorthorn contras of the Province -a higher - -1 I �! � . . 11 . I d interesting i forms. 15 Boo,! cloth, bind- �ecessary repairs d ii the windo7s One of the first boys to arrive on the scene. I I vast mass of useful an valuation per head is put-upon milch cows � in the court houa=er,' ordin, He succeeded in saving Willi� Bur,rows� but f . I ' i - -- � tion concerning the Tany 1�dustries of the than anywhere else in Ontario; the average, i � . I --- ing, for 15c each. &�y comfort in the buildin � The weather was unable to save Percy. Willie suffered I ! - I ! Province. . The pity is that it could not be value per head of cows being placed at i I e t4 cold, b - I q . . at present is only mod it from the cold, and was alm nipletely I I � . . 832.78L in on ra 4�st co I � I I I tt out sooner, as it is almost a whole year tario, andL $32.72 in Welling- I I - . . .1 ton. In the total holdings in horned cattle, 200 Boo�s, �pper cover, is &'molt iinrussible to hea It - comfortably exhausted. The body of the [other lad was - . . � . I � . hind, and in this way much 'of what it during high ikinds, as.the �Are no double subsequently found by the potioe.. It is be. I � these same two ll � � I - contsins im at--ile. Perhaps in no -branch of - counties also rank up well. I I . I for 10c e Ach� . windows, and the presen �windows look lieved that his skates got ataqk in the mud � . - industry- has the upward ten Wellington havin $1,740,000 worth and I � . , � . 9 i ! like the'origiiial Windows 4nJ the rattling and bold him down. . I i , . I . more marked than An agriculture The Ontario $1,192,667. It is.to their pre-emin. noise the windows maWe 1,turing a high -Dr. Hodgetts, who is act ng . ; I I - � - . once in the production of pure-bred beef Picture Frames made to 11 . . . " Wspec- � ; I � ---.-A following particulars will be found interest- . ; wind are almost " bad as' , ihe cold wind - tor for the cial board o: � -health in the � I - . A AIA, A A A " I&.& � � . � provin I - - - - - - 'T--�-- - - - - d encouraging : � animals for breeding purposes, and in cattle i that comes through the in ty openings in. allpox outbreak i i Essex, osime . . 1. in& an . ord 3r. present am . - . : ' . . i . From 1888 to 1897 a steady decline in the intended for the block, that these counties . ! . . - :. � I I . � I --------- 1. � and around the present w, WE', nearl t, wedding I ist week. He � . I value of farm lands :in the Province w,as re- are largely indebted for the stapding shown I I . . fou�y proven ing a I - I . - I . . I d 'Last -year, or the . .1 FVIVTD -7 � - . that at a house which ad -tot been I A I . , cor ad. year after year. in the statement which plaeelr the valuation ID L - WIN -- goparly disinfected, there was to be a wed. - . t 9 AL1010 The Grains of the T ominion. , If we listened to one prophecy I first time in a decade, an adi as re- of land therein at nearly athir4- above the � AJUJILly I. - I I . , ing. At once he told th6 peo , and Or. I - . during the fine weather in" the � average for all Ontario. �- 1, . - ; Two months ago Pro I ' or Robertson Pie I I � corded, the value of the farm landal of On. � A dared that the house be fumigated. They . . month of December, we ,must have listened to a hun- tarlor being placed in that year at $566,248,. A' COMBINATION BE - . . A10n,..--S1EA]F0RT1H* Dominion Commissioner- - 1". I . ; . 15T -OF ALL, i I 11 I . Agriculture, protested, but Dr. Hodgetts was obdurate, . 569, an increase .of almost $2,200, an . - - - - - persons y offered $100 in 2 prizes to boys . . dred or more, all of which seemed to have some special But, while, dairyin - - and flnaJly the family consented to do this . ; . I I . g in a good thing, and . - for the 100 heads of wheat i knd,oats bearin I I . I - . . i compared with the year before. . � 9 ,� � i I � information I �� beef producti6n is al.do a good thing, a com. The county with the largest. number -of seeds, The farmers' on the Sunday if they could hold the wed- - I , the least area of bush is boys and girls took up tic matter with d Monday. This was agreed to, and I .1 on t kind'of weather we- 'might expect More conclusive evidence of 'the growing bination of the two seems to be better than Brant, 16,017 acres. Wilterloo, which has, -.in � � . ing 0 - t f � during the comin month of Janua ' andLin fact dur- prosperity,.of our farmers than Is fuininhed either. Abundant. evidence -on terest. All the provinces *ere represent he wling took place. ; � I . . � T7, I this point a third more resident land. than Brant, has . - - ing the entire win,�ter. i I . even by the statement as . to the value of is furnished by the report -of the,bureau. only 39,485 m bush. : -. ad in the competition, ritish Columbia -W. Toole, of the Canadian Pacific Rail. . I . . . . ith beadquartern at ': � ; ! I � farm lands is that given in regard to the Take Hastings and Leads as represent&. took first prize for both whealt, and oats. road land department, wi ; . � . I I � . valuerof farm buildings. Peo a do 3ot, as tives of one branch of the live--itook indum- corNTiEs wifrcH LEAD XIN GRAIN PRO- The p:izis went to 6vinces in the Calgary, is authority for the statement . � I . . the . i 1! - � I � � r . a rule, put much money into tilding, save tr I m I thattbis has been the most, prosperous � ,, There cattle are raised with the one DU(JTIO'N� following order : On 13 ; British - The general tenor seeme4,to hinge on the I thought * that it when ,they are in the enjoyment of a i -eamon. ot of producing milk. In these coun. Middlesex in I Columbia, 3; Northwest i - 0 par In the histor Of the laud company in . � I % . ) 898 produced nearl one- . ' !eftitoriem, - ,- y I - I y I ; his district. He has disposed of about 100 - . . ' 0 - able. ineasure of prosperity. It is, there. ties the average value of cows is only placed twelfth of &I[ the fail, wheat ra4ed in On- Manitoba, 2 ; New Bruns �ek, . I I was 97()ing to be an' open winter, one�man had it 'down fore, particularly satisfactory to not) that at a trifle over $25 per h and. In Ontario tario- � Nov& 000,acreg of land which has been take up I � of . 1,903,994 bushels. Kent 'came next Scotia, I ; Quebec, 1. � . a - I v � M 1 . . L . . largely by those who have been in the west I � I � to three days & the alue of the farm buildings in Ontario and Wellington, where cattle are r i d &l- with 1, per acre Carleton I ost, and not over � week of sleigh- a Ism 749,610, In yield any -superior samples I grain were I , I I L - i . last year was placed by the Bureau of In. most exclusively for beef, the average - &I &a fi at, wi bushels tq- the $ubmitteA, and some of t r competitors and wished to increase their holdings of L . , I � . . . � i 10 - is,'" stated Above, nearly $33. In Middle. acre. s showed much skill and tas ,a'; in arrav I - ing. Of course this was All very di$eoncerting t . US 'dustries at little over $310,0M,000, an in v no w r land, and also by a large number of settlers I . 1, I . I I I . . . 9 ng from across the international boundary. - I � with a large and i3xtra� finq stock ofmcn's and ladies' crease of four millions in one year -a !great-. mex and Oxford, where cattle'are raised for Renfrew co n first , the heads daintily, and Acli Ug them care. � . in spring � It �ive . . ' r increase than had bee reco I since the double purpose, with a view of combin. wheat, with a fo Immigratian to this part of the Northwesbi . I iquely large and.varied range . n cde� I . I . 688,237 bush some ots d in poor - - i coverings, and a generally i i�apidated con. I I . rmg, . hir coats beside a �n of, 01893. ' I ing beef" and butter or cheese, the average In yield per is was again ahea�' a expected to be very large next - sip - . what is said to the conditions ne saary value is almost $32: - . Mr. Toole says, the district having been ) � I cloth overcoats. owever; we are right glad,that the � with almost 231 bushel 0 the acre. I dition' ' I I . # t2 . � I to cause a marked increase in buildin holds This seems to give a'ali lit lead to beef. In barle unty name first *ith a Th;-Iiet of prize -winners i I � follows : visited by several parties of delegates; from I i � . - tester of all prophecies, Time, has. p. ,to farm implements. .arm. But 96 a little further an . - �8 the south,, who were well pleased .with the - I . . . . Oven 80' MERIY.Of true in regard , T see what each yield of 934,980 busholl, well .nigh 'one- OATS. I . our over confident friends to be in' t I e meantime, false era do not spend money on new romp s and re resentative pair of counties made, all twelfth of the total yield of the province. ring 9 general resources of -the country. . I e I . I . - other inachiaei , unless abaolutely orced WE -Oata-1, Albert Norton, 11 I It, 8 i I _ 0 1 L - . y . d, out of their herds. � - York county's average was 31 bushels to land, B. C. ; 2, Henry Ler. i ox, Vagneta- Perth Notes. ; I . . prophets, and the. :pleasing result I'S I present with US to do..so during periods 'of d1epr asion. In Leeds and Hastings, the purely dairy the acre, but Kept and Dundas, surpassed Ont. ; 3, . V I hat good solid wiliter and the large't sale of fur coat I s That the farmers. of Ontario feel th . counties, $348,000 was made from cattle this with a yield of 33 bus elm to the acre. wan, R. E. Me[ f 2nan, Beaver ' -Mr. Tucker, of Calgary, Northwest - � � ! � � . 1. period of depression, so long prevail n in killed and sold, and $1,450,000. out of , Point, B. C. ; 4, A. H. Bo me, IUDigf&ll, Territory, is visiting his lither-inplaw, Mr. - - .., I . - . tat we ever expeiienced is ours. I I . . I this Province, is at last at an end is a i ant cheese. or say $1,800,000 all -told. - In oat production Ilington ranked Alberta, N. W. T. ; 5, Alex onroo, Trout Richard Babb, of Witchell. I . - ; 51002,122 bushels, Creek, 0A. ; 6, Alice Westa - . � � � ; .1 i a , Pickering, -The members of the Mitchell Masonic - - - -their In Wellington and Ontarip, :where beef Grey coming next with 4 983,534 bushels. Oat. ; 7,'Walter Gordon, ing, N. B I 1 1 i , . . from the f4et that. the implements in first, with a yield of ; - I hands were valued last year at almost $53,. production is the one considbration, about I : ; lodge held a supper at � the Hicks house, in - - per acre � I I mpossible riot to mention 000,000, or close on one and. bbree-q arter $108,000 was made from cheese, and $1 500. . - Our' Canadian weather r�nders it i - y . In yield Perth ran 'ad first, with an 8, Andrine, Farquharson, W foird, N. S ; that town, one evening lately. � .1 . ,[A- . f to the acre, . . . . � , I T'Pe risk t . . . of a ave 44 7 bushels . 9, Alex. Chisholm, North In vals, N. S. ; Major Burritt, of -Mitchell, bad a &light � to attempt doing much driving Without the year absefore, This increase in -o I rage 0 10, G. W. Jeffry, Brooklin, 0 � t. ; I 1, Nel I I I million in excess of the valuation of the 000 from cattle killed or sold, a total ' pe production Bruce county - � � I ne y)ar in little over'$1,600,000. I n a . 1,es8ily ' �. I -1 .. 'id and protection almof t ten I as t 9 quence, he has been foreed to give up pub- I : - � i sho3k of paralysis last week, and, in eouse. - � because for do he province with a yield in Sof lie McBeith, North Bay,;Onv,. i I H I � 12, Florence - - g I of a fur coat. Th a fact is patent to all the more notable But 'a Middlesex and Oxford, the double- 1,172,774 bushels ; Grey . ,omes next with Hay, Norgate, Manitoba. i I - � I , - I . � . lie life. - � � year,, before that time the valuslion h d re. purpose counties, over a million dollars 1,079,302. Theme two c'O'unties between il � i Overy thinking, rasonable man. T e rest is a matter t WHEAT. �J - . . . � 'll . mained about stationary. was made from cheese and upwards of $2,. them raised about one sixth of all the peai 1, -Dr. Bothwell, dentist, in Stratford, was �q of price, plac6: and people. . The,.total valuation of all the farm rop- 000,000 from cattle killed or sold, or con- Wheat -I', Donald and Ealvid Grab& married to Miss Pinch, at the residence of I .i K- . . erty in On tarid'! at the end of 1898 is I i aced produced in Ontario, the ' I I .� - .1. _�'ig production in Spillarnacheen, B. (). ,,- 2, C,. � if. Bs, lim the bride's mother, in that city, on Deoem � i � I Ifil siderably above $3,000,000. all told, . . . I . I !8, - . I I ., at $922,022,420, or an increase of almost these counties, being ace unted for by their Wetaskiwin, N. NNT� le - bar 28th. Rev. E. X. Baker officiated. - ! . Thus the double -purpose counties of Mid. T, ; ! Pearl in , c6mpsrative freedom from bug.' The big. � i nt. ; 4, burnell Carr, -Re,�.H, H. McPherson, of Halifax Novs, � I I ii the ' atter of pried wedea t eighteen millions during the yeap. This is dlesex and Oxford made about a millioni and goat yield per acre was in Dundas county, riches, Headford, 0 . I . i I In Ve it- to those -Nvh-o; have bough the first time that the total value of the -a-half dollars more out of cattle than the Woodford, Oat. ; 5, Fred. 0. 'Montgomery, Scotia, is vibitirig his relatives in Stratford. - I �i . 1 23.7 - Carleton being a close-se'cond with F* . . I . . Yr--P-furs from us. Ou� prices are' alwa Consistent with farm property of Ontario has shown on in- purely -beef counties, and about a million I Menford, Oat. ; 6, Annie He has been in Nowfodridland recently, in . ; . . � :YS record' of 23.6, but these wo 'Counties I�%�is, Avening, w I is thebiggq�t in. andaqudKtermore than the purely -dairy- tween them oul produef d about 200 000 oat. ; 8, Jessie Co a the interests of the Century Fund. � � I . o a arinIg qdality, . crease since 1892, and it . be- Ont. ; 7, Charlotte St. G ge, Tramore, r li' ble we , I �. I . crease that has been recorded in anyl year iug y . I I I crabs, Bral2don, Man. ; � I . . . I . . counties.. - The showing for the doubl,* bushels, all told.' , -Henry Dill, of Wartbu has sold his . ; I � I since 1886. � . i purpose counties would be.even more favor- . 9, Thomas , Rowan, Glen A lihond, Qua. ; rg, �� I I I In corn ensilage and foddej, Lanark rank. 25 acre farm to Mr. G. BeuI4 for $800. Mr. i I . A � . I able if butter prod uction-privaie and fac. ad first with 99,3 13 I . . , I - � (,IAUSES OF THE IMPROVED CONDITIO$S. 10, Leverett Shaw, Avondale ,N - B - 11, Dill intends moving down zeast, where he . . We carry the Astrach'a,n,' Bocharan and Persian Lamb in � " tory-could be taken into account as well. � 47 tons, q a a ng a good Hqward Zivitz, Coldstreat I Ont. ; 12, has purchased a farm. . ; . . I . . The facts just Wcorded are conclusive Ia cone second with 98,921, and Carleton comes a 91 . � - . ; ladies-. coats. ,I luding 'this' discussion it may b Andrins, Farquharson, Wood 'rd Oat. -Mr. W. E Hoggarth, who has given up � I I I evidence of the im - rovement in conditions a close after with 96,648. It Prof. Robertson ma � I � I i 7 nfaco. as to the said that the area of the respeictive sections In the total amoun� of pot�toes produced, 6ye thl 3 a generous his school in Cromarty., was presented by . - J I . I . I . that has taken p I chosen for comparison, is near enoughAto Simcoe comes first With & friend, who has the best in eat$ Of the his pupils with a handsome Is d- - . I i causes, I - tptal of 384,451 . mr, an, Airs. I . I � 11 The Bulo,arian erian Calf the -Wombat the Tasmania of . being equal to make the comparison a fair farmers' girls and boys and f, the agricul- Hogprth also received a lemonade met. ; 1. 1 0 1 1 i One these aau8eg is found in the. in- bushels. In point of yield �F�er acre, Russell community closely at . t, has made -Mrs. Samuel Elliott, sr., ,an : - - � crease of the crops of the fields. The yield d Mrs. 1: .. �� -- Coon the jhelo !to the acre, the it possible for him to offer sh prizes to Samuel Elliott, jr., are visiting their friends . I 1 one in this particular ; and while there is comes first with 126 bur tural . I y . Walla4, the .Kangaroo, the- Black Dog, a disproportion between the numbers of yield in Simeoe being 105, and the average theamount of $10,000 � I ; of fall wheat, for instance, in 1898 excee4d I i , I - and best and ha,ndsomest, of coats for men, the COOD. the yearly -average of the previous seventeen cattle in Middlesex and Oxford on the one for the province 84., . - for a MPetit On- in in Wallace. The former has been in Mant- I I I years by,nearly seven million bushels., In hand, and the other representative counties . 6 I �-- the selection of seed grata in , the provin- toba and the latter in Dakota, for a number * . 11 - ecs, during the next three yei , 4 . I We have a!1 the foregoing list of furs in stock.' oats -9n the other hand -the yield axe eded on the other, this disproportion is not so , The Munioipal Elections. :. all par- - of years. � j . I � - "' ' I � I the average of the previous seventeen years great. as that between the returns shown , ticularm regardin this splend , encourage. -The winter show of the Perth County . , it The following is the result�l� of -the muni. I . - I . 1 � I I the above statement. ' I ment to farmers'toys and gi '211 be pub- Poultry Association was held in Stratford -1. I by over twenty-one millions. ;On the whole, - . al elections in this count � in municipali. lished early next month. ir I y . In men's overcoats we show in the.fine dresk coats very nice . This seems to .prove that ex -Governor elp last week, and was attended by poultry . . I � I therefore, it will be observed, that I re' Hoa.rd is right, and that the double-pu: ties where contests have take i place : - I fanciers from all parts.of Ontario. There . i goods at $6.60,.$7.f'50 -$8.50 and 4-9.50., - markable increase has taken place in � pro. �* BRuj3SELS-Reeve-Geo. Tliomson. Couu-' 1! J1 ; I I . I . i . pone cow really is queen. � . Canada. i were about 1,000 entries. t I .11 � I ! � � i duction in the principal grain crop ri iged, � cilloro-James Fox., James�llloso, Samuel T11 � � , � 1 19 i Noble Gerry. - I I Id their an. I on T I - � . and this one N G. � Wiltolip 11 , " -The Presbyterian church in Avont ,:-- ; I has been of the great fa ctor4 - ROOTS AND DAIRYI -The Brantford Old Boys I i� I � � in improving the condition of the farmc re. ' The effeeb of ExETER-Reeve-W. G. -nual gathering last week-. 17 Nearly 600 held a very successful Christmas tree last i i Tu the heavy fridie the cdat we make a leader of as to qualit i * . the dairying industry is tiesett. Coun- I , - ; I I y visitors attended the banquet given by the week. An interesting programme was ren- � I Another'cause is found in the incre in shown in the changes -which have taken cillorti-John Evans, J. Armstrong, J.Muir- Board of Trade. . . and price is sold ai'$6.75 and it certainly. is somethin I � dered by the Acholars. The proceeds were . - . . 9 prices. Although the price of grqin, c., place in root produotion. Z men, W. H. Lovett. i . . . I I -J. J. Herberb, the abscon [ing teller of in aid of the library fund. ; . I I I � I � , I over -ordinary at this fi' In 1892 a little less than 130,000 acri$ McKmLor-Reeve-Jas. Lockhart, Coun- the b%uk Ville Marie, d in Mon- -The St. Marys Naforal Gas, 0 - : - , . gure. - - in 1898 did not measure up to the aver of was arre to I � 11 and I .- � -- the. price received., during the pre ous were devoted to the production of turnips cillors-Alex. Gardiner, John G. Grieve � " I ;I : still there was an imp ve. in the province. Last year the acreage had James O'Loughlin, Archibald i -McGregor. ' tieal last week; Hpr,bert diss, peared after Mineral Devq1opmeat Company have re- i <L - * P uring the last two week� we have sold a goodly n` umber of meat as compared with some years im di. risen to 151,000, or an increase, of say 16 GODERICH-Mayor- I the bank closed in July last, a0d,bas .been ceived their , chartef and letters patent , I i I � im. per cent. In the sa' Jas' ,Wilson, Coun- in biding in Montr'eal. of incorporation, with a fifteen years' frau- J 7 � � ' ately before 1898. The effect of thii me time the acreage cillors-William Campbell Dudley Holmes, .� . -1 I I robes and our stock is. neazing an end for the season. provement in prices, and increased produe. devoted to the production of' mangles in.. W. T. Murney, 0. A. Hu�b�r, J. C. Mar- -Immigration, Commissio :: - V rear chime to pipe Jhe streets of the town. I ' tion combined, 'is found in the statement creased from 22,000 to nearly 48,000 ac - res � r 99 i I i I reports the ar ivals for IS ex ee aT -Miss. Rar6er, of St. Marys, who resigned I . The balance of what is left will find a ready saile, -due . 9 tin. Ddvid Cantelon. . ; - pa I I I � or an inc I 'A, z - the value of all Dhe fa' - rease of considerably over 100 " HE-NSALL-Reeve-Arnold Councillors- at years. He estimates the! otil number the position as tea-hei in the public school I of that rm crops of On , er. . ' I ; J V bent.' The area given to mangle�s is of new settlers in the west h" nereased by there, was presente'd with a w.riting cabinet, t � no doubt to the fact that we. Usually make a ru. e tario last Tear' totalled a little over one atilf a Smallacombe, Scott, Miller, Beverley. I - I . 50,000 during the yean by her pupils,- and splendidly bound volumes 1, i putting a clearin price on odd lots of good A ' hundred and ten and a half ,million in. good deal short of that given to turnips, SEAFOP.TH—Mayor—John � A. Wilson. - . F . I 11 J -Alf. Walker, who. has been acting as Of Scott and Lorigfellow's workii� by the : 9 9 � �' . 8 In every crease of alittle over three and '01n -half but at the present relative rate of increase, Councillors -M. Y. McLean, 1 ames Beattie� agent for the Singer Sewing Ala teachers. L . ! I department. � I . millions as compared with the year be�ore, mangles will soon be in the lead, and the_ Alex. Davidson, Noble Cluff, [James Gilles. , chine Coin- - I . - I I . - and bringing the total. valuation of I the advance which is being made in that direc- pie, A. P. Joynt. pany in Ingersoll, for 'some 0 * a past, has -One night, a short time ago, a thief en- , ! J i . I Z? . i , . � i . . been sentenced by, Police M 6trate Mor- ter -ad the residence of P. H.Knechtel, teach- - i , I crops' raised up to the yearly Average of the tiob is clearly due to the teachiog of 'the TUCREMmITu-- Reeve - Ii"eter McKay . . - I I . i 1; � I I - cheese and butter makers' . rimon to two years and six mo Ahs in the er of Union 3, Ellice, 1. I We think that the statem�nt has been made by us pr previous ars. I � , who have, for Councillors -William Chapmain, or. William -and mtole$200. The : ;11 . . I But the prime cause of the prosperity ,now Bev Elgic, Henry Horton, I Kingston penitentiary for em �eziling cer- thief took the money out of ,Mr. Kuechtel�s , V oral years past, been advising the' culti. James Gemmill. . - vation of mangles in preference to the oulti- TuRsBER,RY-Councillora-Mi I t,chell,Coup. tain moneys, the pro � I Y. . I I . ly, that we have the most satisfactory value in = being enjoyed is found in th�; improvement party of � le compan trouser pocket. No trace has been found of . . . in &he live stock industryi vation of turnips, land, Mosgrove, Lovell. eeve-Cruiok- -On the Grand Trunk R!ki�way, a few the offender. . Improvement is I I lined underwear, the-leadin' i are 50c and �5c a ipiles east of Chatham, the sect J g prices - shown in both branches �f this ind What is even more noticeable in this con. shanks, by acclamation. � I on gaug are - -Dr William A. Rothwell, from Idaho., . - I Our own make of bo s' school parits at 50c dairying and meat production �more uotir - llors-Wm' Holmes, Jan. laying new rails, one of the me being Don- son of Mr. B. Rothwell, of Listow-el) is home I garment. y especyial. nection is the fact that out of a total area WINGRAM—CoUnci ; . I - � ald Burke, of Bothwell, An ei tbound ex- on a visit. Mr. Rothwell ' ' I ly the latter. i of 151,000 acres -given to -turnips in the It. Chisholm, Henry 0. Bell, Aoland, Best- I is in a prosperous . and 75c are proving their worth on an increasing ' � refis came rushing along the 6 er day and and rapidly developing see - I The amount paid to patrons of cheese whole province, nearly 28,000 of this total tie, Joseph Golley, Goo. McKOnzie. Mayor , tion of the state,- , . , -number of boys'-legg. Also worthy of mention i� the jactories in -Ontario last year was $8,417,- Is found in the counties of -Wellington and -W. Clegg. . i Eefore Burke could get out of; !the way he and has a goo prac nearly ton I I I I I 1 535, an increase of -nearly half & million Ontario, -in; which butter and cheese faqtor- WROXXTER -Reeve-Thomlam Hemphill, wds struck and instantly kilQ. years since he left Listowel. - -make ourselves, the pfleo is . George S. McPherson 4 12 . - school' -coat over the a erage of the� us five years. ieg are almost as far apart as angels' viiits, b* acclamation. Councillora-�-W. A. Ruth- 0 A -Mrs. J. Leggatt, of Logan, had a wood ] , , which I we vslu V previo , . - old- and 1 . I . : I I I much respected r'esident of -Petrolia, died -bee last, week. In the afternoon a number . I ,� .? I The a of a,11 the live -.stock !killed ot �sold and in which beef production is the first epford, J. Paulin, J. Bray, S,� B. McKelvie. - i! � , � �, 2.00. . I I in Ontario last year was nearl' ration in connection with live stock. 'CLINTON Mayor -Thos. Ja'�ksou. Coun. last week. He was town clerk of Petrolia of young men cut the wood, and in the I . I ! I . . � I c I y $31,500 000, conside - - for about twenty years; al4d for many evening there was quite a . gathering Of � I ! or an increase of four and �! three-qu rter On -the other hand, Middlesex and'OX. ciilore'-Oliver Johnston, Thor�as A. Wal. I l . � I 4 years -was treasurer of an . - Ilan town- - .. I , : millions, as compared with the year be ore. 'ford, two big dairying counties, grow over kor, James Ford, James Fair! H. Wiltzie I young people, who spent the time in aanow I ! i . I ship, And secretary. treasurer o 'the Petrolia ing. .; I I I ; 1-1 i I The Bureau further estimates that the - vtal one-seventh of the mangles produced in the and Thomas McKenzie. A vote 11 Are you . � I ! - � ' - . - ; - L value of all the live stock living in Ontario province. . . t in favor of making library fre ?" was taken public �cbool board. la politt'0 he was 0; -A pleasing event took place on the 11 . . i I I . - I I +++++t+++++ -H -++q -r-,,.+ � last year was $103,744,223, an increase of, a What is most remarkable of all in thin af, the same time as the munic pal elections ConserVative. . He leaves a,l 1widow and evening of December 27th, at the reeirlence I � . I three daughters. I I - I little over ten millions- as compared with connection in the fact that in Frontenac, The maj of Mr. William Aikens, of the 2ad conces- � . i . ority was largely in f or of a free Dukhobor from " I . v I . � . -A Stonyl reek, Man- sion of Hibbert, when his Aaugbter., Jaue, � . I the year previous. I Leeds, Grenville and other eastern coun' I . I . - � ties, public ibrary. I b - . I I � . . t . - � � I , - . - I ' *A Tart Presentment. were refused food and shelter A was performed by Re � � .1 � own, and eve : I f itoba, reports that two of hi� countrymen was unite * �' . hich are - largely engaged in dairyi � I. d in marrioge to. Mr. Albert Vi- � Let us 'repeat in another forin the facts w in I -0 I stated. The value of the crops of the field mangles are almost unku � were lost while hunting tiWber. They pond, of the 7th concession. The ceremony I . . � I � b dusk by an v, J. Kenner, of Mit- � . I �- - I � � I I was greater by three and one-half millions turnipe,are raised to a very limited extont. � 'The grand jury, at the recent general E aglish speaking settler, who i -drove them chell, an old pastor. .1, I Q . . in 1898 than in 1897 ; but the value of] the These counties do, however, raise a very sessions of the peace, in this county, of X� ay with a gun. One of t - . I I . L . I � live stock killed or sold in 18S9 was gr( ter large quantity of fodder corn besides a large I hem, 60 years of -Mr. James Legatt, who left Mitchell a � . � I . . . by. four and three-quarter millions last Fear area in oats -and corn and oats, together which Mr. Thomas L. Jobb, of Wingham, age, died on the prairie during the night. little over a year ago to join his brother-, - � 'I L . than it was the year before. Again the to. with n-ull, feed, seems,to be largely depend- w , as foreman, mad'e' the following, present. Immigration agent Crerar lia� ordered on Thomas,, in the wern, has returned to spend : � I . . tal value of farm property in Ontari( in- , ed upon for dairy . rations. - ment. It is tart, but to the point : � investigation. i I . I a few months with big mother in Logan. . J . I L The grand jurors of our Sovereign Lady -W. J. McLean, ex-Hu-dqon Bay of- Mr. Logett is greatly pleamed wit.h appear- �, " � . I crossed by eighteen millions in a 3 ear, SOME NEW LIGHT ON HOG PRODUCTION AND the Queen, on their oath present that in ficer, who was reported losti 11in the far i . while the value of live stock alone show an' L I a4ees out west, and reports his brother as : the performance of their duty, they inspect- northern Slave Ls well and prosperous. ' . I : . . I FEEDING. � ke country, � ere he had . . : increase of ten- millions.. The live stoc in . . t � - ' -in I dustry has, therefore, been the great fa tor There ware in the whole of Ontario last . ad the -county gaol, and found that the gone'to search for minerals a interests --The annual commencement exercises of I I ; . �. . � * : � I courteous gaciler, Mr. Griffin, has, to all ap. of Chicago ties, has reac the Mitchell �igh school were held the -Fri- I I . I : - I -'Year 1,630.787 hogs. Of this number Q- I h 4 W' - � , in improving the condition of the Ontario - !� muipelz - . I . � � earances, faithfully performed his, duty in in safety. PAr reports havi ,� discovered- day before Christmas, and were more one- . 1. I . . ! � farmer. I most 200,000 were found - In Kent and w I I I . I feeping the gaol clean, and in opirin' for copper ore in the Athabasca !'region, and cehaful than usual. - ' � Essex, these counties easily leading all the 9- Mr. Malcolm, of Strat- : i THE DAIRY INDUSTRY AS A WEALTH PRO- i�iit , those committed tobis charge. 'Ne found- says his party suffered no pri-sition owing ford, acted an judge in the reading contest - . ! �, ; . ; ! � . of Ontario in this line. . ;i - I . i DUCE.R. Essex and Kent do notseem to get credit incarcerated In the gaol at present thirteen to the abundance of game in th). north. and awarded the priye to Mine Eisler. ] I . I - a for, prod rimoners in than ten of them -A daring burglarl occurrf &, in Preston -Miss Mar . ,� Ziema� 1�s Collegiate Insty, M. A,,of the Kingston - -i � * fiem mmitted for vagrancy, two for lastweek,wheuB. F . merchant titute has been engaged by 0 1 Next to fruit nothing seems to give ucing the beat quality of bacon, and all, no less irying. a dair Jar g co Clothiers. and Fsb value to land than da' ' Th ing hogs from there do not. fetch the highest y, and one insane person, awaiting tailoring establishment was an eked by two Stratford Institute bio" to succeed Miss I z greater vo me prices. But the farmers of those counties the ta . I . industry is, too, of n king of the necessary steps for her men, who were evidently famil6i with the Addison, B. A,, who resioned her positioici � � . i . than the fruit industry. Fruit growing in probably make more money out of their 11 � . practically confined to two or three counties. hogs than do those of any, other part of the ; . -74 I . � i I removal to the amflum. store. - A nephew of Mr. Ziem , who was owing to failing health. iss , - , I -Ili . i . The county gao, � was erected in the early sleeping in the store, was held i wn by the - formerly a resident of ,Mitchell. Marty Was . i I - Dairying extends more or less over all rovince. The hogs of Kent and Essex are I - , counties, save two or three. largely fed on corn. In Gre and Simcoe- forties, and consequently is now more or burglar, who threatened to hoot if he -One evening not long ago the employees . .. 1- - - I I . y . � On the Wrong Side of t6, Street, - I less antiquated, and its appointments and made any noise. The burgle a; then pil- of the Stratford woollen mills presentea , . -, . There was paid to the patrons, of cheese where the best hogs are produced -the feed . I . StAFORTH structural arrangements have-not kept pa --e laged the store of everything py - thought Mr. E. T. Dafton with a handsome gold I � factories in 1898.nearly eight and a half is largely eas, oats and barl Now in i! I J . i million dollars. Hastings rankE first amo got Kent and Essex in 1898 the yliefa .of shelled with the progress around ", and by way of could be of use to them. ' fr . beaded cane, as a token of their appreei � . .. i . . . � . . - contrast we may be permitted to mention -Every effort is being mado - a- I 1. I . I - the cheese counties of the Province, having corn aver ad 44 bushels to the acre. . , to obtain tion of their employer. The presentatio I I I � . a - , I I . In the house of industry at Clinton, the arohl. the 150 horses necessary for Tordato's mom- was made to Mr. Duft,on at his home, . . i - . - produced eleven and a half million pounds Grey andalimcoe the average yield of - pets . 11 - - I tectural design and modem construction of berm of the next contingent, &st of the -On Wedneeday . � - �� I i � of cheese in 1898, for which $785,756 *as was about 15 bushels, of oats about 36 and afternoon of last week I . . which reflect almost as much credit on the animals will be obtained from I . e I � i --- paid to the farmers of the county. T,he of barley 27 -or, Ipmping all three grains � 41estern On- an interesting event took place, in the � � � I 11 t people of this con manity of tario, and are being moufht f � t en To- Methodist church I The public will please 11 we issuo through coupon next highest record was madie in Oxford, together, the average was about 25 buabele b � or pp we ,' Milverton, when Rev. - � -, 0 that where nearly ten million pound's of cheese to the more, and anyone who has ever fed its conception. this connection we re-. ronW and Chatham. g noen united in the holy bonds of I a I tickets, and have baggage to destination fi-Om was 16ade, and for which the patrons. re. hogs knows quite well that �5 bushels of v, tpectfully suggest hat the proper authori. they can suily be obtained. 4�11 animals matrimony Mr, Thomas Atkin, of Morning, . I . . oeived $680,713. In Leeds the amoun� of mixture of peas, oats and barley will not go ies should, at toe earliest convenience, must be in good condition and ii may - vary ton, and Miss Maggie Zang, of Poole, The, 1 4 . I I � Seaforth to all poi Apin Manitoba, British Columbia erect a residence for the governor' of the from 15 hands to 15.2 and lif,!� hands bridesmaid was Ali" Louiss, Zang, while his 11 I . cheese made was nearly nine and a half nearly so far as 44 bushels of shelled corn. .. . I in and other Western &hits; also tc Eastern Provinces million pounds, and the amount received by gaol, suitable to hi'� position,. and keeping heighf - - :1 I This is further proof in support of the asser- ' I ,� cousin,, Mr. Eli Atkint aa6isted the groom. � I ,�! the'patrons, $665,218. - tion so often made thit the beat ba all sanitary arraugoments in view. ' ' -J. P. Dentzer, a farmer wW lives ten -A happy and interesting event took . I 8 . � - Now for the effect of dairying on promper. costs more for production than the th k miles southeast of Rathwall, 4nitoba, re lace in Listowel last week, when Mr. Alex. - aii-d New England States. I In the discharge !of another duty. we vis- - ; �, . . ! 'o ited the house of 'industry at Clinton, and cently shot and killed his youn �wife with a oodwin, of the 10th line of Sydenham, was I - I ! ity. Take-Lacdo as one illustration. That fat, and it, therefore, follows that the I 8 county is very much broken, and a g eat better quality should command a very con we are pained to say that we did so at our shotgun. Mrs. Dentzer's sist.�y was the married to Miss Elizabeth MWAren b � . I Teleg,napli and money order business respectfully solicited. . - � I � � f yncv� . I .- I deal of it is wholly unsuited to ordinarylag- siderable premium. own expense, as the large, prosperous and only other occupant of the hous it She fled J. S. Hardy, the Presbyterian -cleT,yman, at . -- - - - -- - ------ ! . . ......... . . . ............ . wealthy county of Huron has made no or. and alarmed the neighbors, *ho found the bride's residence, Listowel, The bride I � � I ricultural operations. Still thv. average AREA, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC. r4ngementsfor defraying these expenses. Dentzer with the gun in his hands. When is very,po .1ch - I i - Value of the land there. is, as a resul& of . . ,pular, wh fmct� was evijenced .; --&---" - The total assessed area of the province is "We trust this regrettable admission will not he saw thern he placed the mtx�zle of the by the large number of beautiful prezents - dairying, almost up to the average of ,,�he . . . ' . , ovince, Take Oxford an another illu4ra- put at 23,392,584 acres, of which 12,993,- have to be made by another grand jury, an tun against bin forehead and out his which sher�eeived. I � � -- J a MACDON . tiou. Oxford is about an average county 614 are cleared and 7,198,905 are- in wood- we hope the proper authorities will at oi rains. A little baby girl left. No -The anniversary services of the Me . -R. AL -D Pr land. do their duty In this respect and thus save cause can be assigned for Dentzp I �'s act. � th. ; I I � . from an ordinary agricultural stand � odist Sabbath school, Milverton, were held 11. �Olntl The largest area of cleared land is found a time-honored institution ,froin making Percy Burrows, a 12.year- " I boy, who last week. An excellent programme was � - , but in Oxford the value of land is $41. 1 per - � . C. P R. AGENT Seaforth. acre, or about $18 abolire the averag in the county of Grey, 635,236 acres, Huron such a humiliating stat6ment. lives' in Hamilton, was dro - ied while roddered, consisting of readingo, recitatione, 0 1 , a of ithe coming next with 610,561. � We are pleaved to find this institution trying to save his youn er brot � em life the di I I whole Province. The high valuation.of I�nd . 9 . I alogikes. choruses by the school And A --e � The largest area of woodland outside of ap arentl' under excellent management other day. Young Burrows, brothe .- in Oxford is mainly attributable to tho'diliry p y # 191 �� r. quartatte by -Misses May Griffin and Pora --- I . � .. - , . ; OOLIN BETHUNE Agen,� Berliin Mutual Fire Insurance I the unorganized districts, is found in the and the inmates satisfied with their treat. Willie, and several companions �i; ere skat- Schaeffer, and Messrs. Ham and Spencer. �, , industry. I P I county of Renfrew, 471,922, Hastings mom- ment and many comfort#,' Mr. and Mrsi ing on the bay near the Ism a A Christmi" tree contained -a number.of I � . . � . 1ATTLE AND PROSPERITIr. . - g work - . B33" C, ing next with 437,482. Simeoe county, French appeared to be eminently fitted for wharf. Willie ventured too 11 out, and presenti � � I Oompanz Lowest rates, . I , a for the children. The proceeds I . . . � � �'n I N..41 in enumerating wealth producers, how. which comes third- has 296,590 acres, the discharge of their onerous duties. went through the ice, whioh I ' th at �-amouhtcd to $16,80. � Abb. Alk, re tJ;,,J) -AM M t V 0 U � � I I A 4 i PROPEP, TIP, M1 Iq T if P, IQ --r,--- "im"'Z.-I r� I I - . $ - 101. in . '-, � . � I � . % � . , : . I I- � . I I., - - . I 6 . I I I a i I I i � .1 : i -1 . 1 . I . I - . � - - . . : i I I . . I I � � I . . � I I � . . . I � . ,- : I r I . i I . 4 � .j I . I . � I ;I I � I � I . I I I . , - � . � t � I . ; . � 7 � I I � I - I - .. 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