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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1900-02-09, Page 4"lb eiles.reh'q eeKt`thre NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. tit' The Sear° between the parenthesis, er eaah one, denotes the pogo of the paper on which the Advertisement will be found. Baigains Still On -Greig & Macdonald -I Steck For Sale-Heotor Reid -5 tn'elervei Auction Sale -Win. Dynes -5 A Oiaea To Buy A Cheao Home -D. Henry -5 Au.ton S1e-Wrn. Reidy -5 Ho Ige and Lot For Sale -L Melville -5 .Au 3Mo, Sale -Mrs, John Hannah -5 Kir g's Shles-f81--W. 11. Wi;lis-.4 New Years Gift-Sroillie & Chapman -5 Wch repair nz-[31-J. F. Daly & Co. -8 Sha vl Formd-Mrs. 11. Eloss-5 Boll For Sale -john Raid -5 Chances-MeK;linon & Co. -5 Hats --Bright Bros. -6 The Corner Stare -B. B Gunn -4 Achainistrator's Sale -J. L. Ki1loran-5 Pee ole's Star Course -8 tht.'41trtitt Tipooitor SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Feb. 9th, 1900 The War. There is absolutely nothing of impoitance from official or reliable sources to report frern the seat of war in South Africa during the past, week. The columns of stuff which appear day after day in the daily papers is simply surmiaings and apeculatione, which havo nothing more reliable to rest upon than the imaginings a the Writers. So far as is known, no movement has been made in any quarter since Buller's troops retreat- ed cross the Tugela rivee, after their fail. ure to hold Spion Kop. The last official anuouncement from the War Office was a deseate'n from General Robert; which said : "No claenge in the situation." A report has been current for several days to the effect that, Buller's forces have again crossed the Tugela river, and are fighting their way to the relief of Lady- smith. Although this report has not re- ceieed official confirmation, the persistency wita which it is urged by unofficial aourees km'.s one to believe that there may be something A warm discussion took place in the -Brit- ish Parliament on war matters, and a 'reach lution, censuring the Governnaent, was voted down by an immense majority. The Dominion Parliament. The Dominion Parliament opened at Ot- tawa on Thursday of last week. At the close of the formal opening proceedings, the House adjourned until Monday, to premit of the papers connected with the sending of the troops to South Africa, which had been asked for, being laid before the House. On Monday, after the speeches of the mover and seconder of the address in reply. to the 1 speech from the Throne, Sir Charles Trip- per delivered a vigorouit three holm' speech in which he spored the Government for their alleged tardiness 1111am/1ing the troops, and announced his intention of moving an amendment, befere the &emulsion closed, in favor of Canada bearing the whole expense of the Canadian South African regiments. He was replied to most effectively and con- vincingly in an hours' speech by Sir Wilfrid Laurier. On Tuesday Hon. Mr. 'Foster epoke for three hours, taking in a wide range of subjecte. He was replied to in an hour's speech by Sir Richard Cartwright, who made one of his best efforts. It was expected the Opposition would continue the diecussion, but, instead, they called for a divieion, but no divieion was taken, and the resolution wee passed without opposition, Sir Charles Tupper's promised amendment failing to materialise. The conduct of the Government ineonnection with the Trans-! va,a,I affair has thus been unanimously ap proved of by Parliament, The Foolishness of War. The apirit of true loyalty to the Mother Country now being displayed by the people of Canada, is creditable alike to their beads and hearts- It is always poseible, however, to overdo even a very good thing. There rpm to be &disposition in some quarters to overdo this loyalty eentiment. 1t would not Le well if a sentiment in itself altogether noble should be converted into a spirit that is igeoble. Leyalty is all right ; jingoism is all wrong. Carrying out, this spirit of jin- goism, or fele loyalty, we notice that SOMC papers are advocating the eztablishment of per-nacent army for this country. It is seriously proposed to establish and maintain a large and thoroughly equipped military force. The reasons urged why this should he dole are, that we may not onfy be in a positian to defend our own shores, 'but also to rer der assietanoe t o Britain in any further wars she may h appen to be engaged in. We rnay here express the hope that when Brit- ain gets through with the war in which she is now eneaged, she will have as long a rest as she enjoyed before she entered upon this etruggle. Should this prove to be the ease, as it Ilely will, she will not require any as- sistanee from us. Britain has never been an aggreesive potier ; zior has she ever engaged In agg•essive warfare. She has always been prompt to maintain her own rights, and to defend her own territory. In all such de- fensive warfare she has a right to expect and -should receive the support and active assietance of her Colonies, It is just subh a war that she is now engaged in, and judging ihter future from her past, this is the only kind, of war she could he induced to under- take. For such assistance, therefore, as we may l required to give her, a standing ' artnY i not necessary. But, aside from I, 1 I I IS I I I I I I I I I I MN I la I EN I II I I I I I ,mowelawmIasammoamalf th'iS, we do hope that the Canadian authori- ties will not be dre,goened into carrying out, I or attempting to carry out, the advice of those who adveeate the establishment here 1 of a permanent staeding army. A worse , calamity could not befall our people. While it'might be wise to leep a small, well; dis- t441101 force, imeh ars the Mounted Police and :the Volutiteersnot for foreign ser- f vice, but simply as a police force to maintain internal peace—more? than this would be a danger : to the stete. The present con- dition in the South Afrioan Transvaal is an example of what we mean. They have an army in equipment equal to that of Great Britain. It has cost them millions of dol- lars. What will it bring them? Destruo. tiori, desolation and death. Had the money which they have invested in equipping their army been invested in improving their country and advancing the commercial, in- dustrial and moral well being of the people, what immense good it would have done. tut invested as it hal been, it can not fail to secure their destruCtion, Had the Boers .3 not resorted to war, Lacy would unqueetimf- abl, have gained more by peaceable means than they can possibly expect to obtain in the way they are attempting. Had they MB e a peaceable settktment with Great Bri ain, which they cOuld easily have done, the could have Maintained their independ- sue and gone 1 on prospering as they had never prospered before. They have, hew- evee, invested their sabetance in munitions of war ; being thus equipped they have en- gaged in a !Struggle which, even should it resultsuccessfully for them, will not ensure them more than they might have obtained by peaceful negotiations, and the destruc- tion of valuable,propetty, and the slaugh ter of tbousands of their people, will leave them so crippled that it will take -generationsle- forei, oven under the most favorable circum- stances, they can be inI as good a position as they were before the lever commenced. As it has been with them, so it might be with us. If we have not the means to enable us to do more than simply defend ourselves, theie is iaot much danger of usbeeorning in- volved in foolish and dangerous enterprises suei as ' the Boer w y. We will have to male a peaceable settlement, and even tho gh we lose in the beginning, we will be largely gainers in the end. There is not much excuse or war now -a -days between fully civilized people, and more particularly if the material is not ready at hand to jus- tify as in being the aggressors. If it is, the danger always is that the excuse will be found. It is a very difficult thing to keep a standing army unemployed. It might be found so even in Canada. At any rate, it is wisc.om to go slowly in these matters - Peace and good will with our neighbors will not be encouraged by the existence of a continual menace in the shape of a standing arm . Besides this, is the unquestionable inju y which it would result in to our own peo le by inoculating in them a spirit, of mili azyism which is evil, only evil, and that. continually. As It is with individuals, so it is with nations. The trained pugulist is much more apt to get into a scrimmage with his fellows thanthe man who has yet to take his first lesson in the so-called " n ble art of self-deftmse." , 1 , County Councils and Local Roads. i We notice by the minutes of the Huron cou ty council that the Geod Roads Associ. atioi of Ontario submitted the following ques ions to the council : "re you in favor of legislation empower- ing ()unties to bonus leading roads through the �ounty ?" "Are you in favor of legis- lation granting aid to counties that assume 'public roads ' ineproportion to the cost of construction and maintenance of the same ?" We presume that ' the same questions have been submitted to all the councils in the Province, but we have not yet learned the response that has been given. The Huron council, howeyer, instructed their cler1 to ansWer both questions in the nega ive. In this; we believe the council waserfeetly right. We are sorry, how. ever, 13 that the opinion of t , he council was not sked on another question, viz you in favor of the county; assuming the maintenance of leading toads within the bounds of the county." This is, in reality, a much rnore important question than either of the others. The Huron c unty council, in its boundary line apropriaItion, does now bonus leading roads iwithi the county. But this ie a peactise which ight very well be abandoned. It is, simpl , _taking the money out of one pocket, and lacing it into another, as the local municip aims invari- ably add the grant to their gular funds, and the boundary lines do not as a rule, re- ceive any more attention on ecoent of the grant than they would if no rant had been 1 given. But, entire maintenance of the town lines and other leading roads, is quite a different question. We do net know how the Huron council would answer the ques- tion. We hardly hope that they would give an affirmative reply. Connty councils, as a rule, are inclined td be conservative in their views, and are slaw to sanction innov- ations of any kind, eppecially if the pro- posed change is likely to increase their own work and responsibility. They are, too frequently, inclined to get along as easily and with as little effort as possible. It re- . 1. quired twenty yearsagitation to bring the Huteon county council to that point of civil_ ization to induce it to establish a House of Refuge in which the indigent of the county could lbe humanely oarel for, The councils of other countiess have ben equally obdurate, although most of them f%re now falling into line. It. is almost certain that the good work would not have progressed nearly so rapidly as it has, but foe the encouragemeet given to the movement by the Ontario Gov- ernment. The Huron House of Refuge has not been in operation over five years and it is already filled to over -flawing, and there is not a county councillor,1- and perhaps not five ratepaveis in the panty, who would now vote to do away wit h it if they could At the time the Legislature undertook to remodel the county councils and reduce the number of members, there' was scarcely a county coencillor who was not bitterly op- posed to the innovation, and many of the people were influenced by their opposition and advocacy to appoint it also. Now, after three years experience, every person THE HURON EXPOSITOR admits that the champ, wits for the beat. ,As ib has been with these reforms so would it be with the Management of the leading highway. Although county councils may be opposed to assume the responsibility of maintaining them and removing. their con- trol from the looal munieipalities, it would not be wise for the legislators 4 the •Pro., vine° to aesume that this oppositlion is an infallible guide to the will of the people. It might be well for them to take he eniti- ative as they did in the other eases, and the improvement would be so manifest•that the public would soon mine to appreciate it and would oomrnend the change. We have already Pointed out in theee columns, some of the benefits which would result from this change. If these advantages would' effect a saving in the money and energy of the people, and it the same tithe increase their comfort, as they most unquestionably would, the people would sustain the Legis- lature in making the ohange. It would, therefore, not be wise for the Legislature to wait until they haVe all the county courils in line. • Let- them pass be law, and, by way of encouragement to its acceptances offer a small bonus or grant to assist in pur- chasing improved road machinery, whin:put which good roads -can not be made, and it would not be many years until all the coun- cils fall into line, and we will have, roads vihich will be a pleature and a pride to the people,and a credit to the Province. A Commendable Move. At the recent meeting of the county coun- cil a resolution was passed to memoralize the Ontario Legislature to so amend the municipal act that municipal councilors will be eleoted for a term of two years, the said elections to be held at the eame time and place rx, the elections for county coun- cilors. We presume that this motion means that the elections only will be held at the same time as the elections for the county councils, but it will still be necessary - to have the nominations in the respect ive municipalities as now. We are doubtful' if it would be satisfadtory to have the local nominations at the places where the county council nominations arei held, these •ow necessarily being held at a central poin in the district, which is ' coMposed of tw or three municipalities.owever, this s a 1, minor point, and does n t affect the ain proposition. The proposition is a good • ne l and cannot be adopted too soon by the Legislature. It would have a benefi ia 1 effect in many ways. TI- e term of ser ,ice I for municipal councils is now entirely too short. Too frequent ohenges in the in m- berahip of any elective body is not desire le. The present system is eonducive of too many changes in the persenel of the cou cil. Anew matt taking office has scarcely tim to 139come accustomed to i..;e work and ur- rotindings when he has to appeal for ree ec- tion. He has no assuranee that he will be re-elected, even if he is willing' to st: d Consequently he is not eble to carry out plane for municipal works which he ay have laid out. In this ,way, often, wirk commenced by one set of councillors is c rn- pleted by an entirely diffeeent set. As i is seldom that twomen will 'carry out the s me work in precisely the seine way, each flee adoPts his own system, and the result too frequently is that the work is botched, nd the municipality is the lorr. Besides t is, many of the best men do not care to subi it to the trouble and disagreeables inciden to an election every yearoind as a conseque cos , they refuse to take any part in munici al affairs. This objection would be minimi ed by the proposition of the county coon il. There are many other dvantages wheh might be enumerated, butIthese will sug st themselves to all who have had experie ce in municipal affairs, Indeed, we beli ve the term might be extended to three ye re with advantage, or eyen to four years, al- lowing one-half to be re-elected every t '� years. However, the proposition goes as far, perhaps, as the public would be will ng to venture at one step. It would add in- creased permanency to the municipal bo • lee and that is what is required. We hope he Legislature will take the matter up at he approaching session and give us the legi la - tion desired. It would, certainly, be lar e- ly in the publio interests, and the cou ty council have done well in directing attent on to the necessity for the change. • • s s la Is 101 r! s • Editorial Notes and Comment . Two of the three Manitoba Cabinet fern- isters have been re-elected by acelamati n• The third, Mr. Davidson, who was no -a member of the Legislature when appoint d to the Government, has not yet got a seat Hugh John Macdonald, Manitoba's fl:W Premier, is making the atmosphere v ry chilley for certain Manitoba Governin nt officials. The axe is being used unsparing y, He evidently goes on the principal that to the victors belong the spoils. At any r he has already dismissed several officio, and has filled their positions with partiza s of ilia own, and the end is not yet. The speech delivered by Sir Charl Tupper in the House Of Commons on Mo day took three hours in delivery ; Sir Wilfr d Laurier's reply was made in one hour. Ho Joseph Chamberlain, in his great speech n the Imperial Parliament, the same day, n which he defended himself and his Gover ment in references to their South Afric n policy and their conduct of the war, occ pied just fifty-five minutes in its deliver Measured by wind Sir Charles is °onside ably the greater man of the three. It is said there is nothing so sure as di appointment in war and love. The sa e may be said of politics. Mr. Edward Ma tin, of Winnipeg, supposed he was a me her of Parliament this time last week, an - now he is out in the cold. • He was declare elected for Winnipeg by the returnin officer by a majority. of 49. A reeoun of the ballots before a judge was held, an the recount resulted in throwing Mr. Marti out and electing bis opponent, the inde pendent Labor candidate, by 18. The directors of the War Eagle an Golden Star gold mines, the leading minin concerns 6f Rossland,1 British Columbi have decided to suspend oporatione in mines. The reasons given for the - suapen &ion are that they ant chinery, and th cannot be worked profi ably th the 1 consequently they mnst sruspend operations mak' wiprtatl John until new and improved machinery, now in o urge of construction, is installed. This also means, of course, the suspension -of dividends to shareholders. The suspewdon o operatiions in these concerns will have an jurious effect upon Roseland mining.oper- a ions. The suspension will remain in f roe for six months, and perhaps longer. owe. Gooderhain and Blacketock, of To • nto, and other Ontario capitalists, have 1 rge interests in these properties. The Toronto Evening Star, under ite new management, and since its reconstruction, is rapidly forging to the front as one of the beat, neatest and most newsy of Canadian journals. It is ably edited, neatly printed, tastefully arranged, and in every way pleas- ant to look at, as well as interesting to read. Its new editor-inochief, Mr. J. E. Atkinson, knows how to run a paper to ake it readable and nice. He is a gradu- a e of the Globo; has had a good training, a d knows how to put it in ,praotice. The Sar now has the celebrated cartoonist, Saln Hunter, who did so much to bring the To- ✓ nto World into prominence. He is good. - The Conservatives of /*lath Essex have seleeted Mr. Solomon White as their candi- 4 d te at the next Dominion elections. Mr. hite is an old -stager in polities, and has been the Conservative champion in many litioal flights, and, like moet other politi- ei tus, has had his ups and downs. What 'h s success will be in the higher arena to w ich he has been chosen remains to be seen. The Mail says: "Essex will be rep- resented by two Conservative members in the next Parlianient of Canada." But the Mail is not always a very good authority on stioh questions. Mr. Cowan, the present representative of the constituency,is a hustl- er in elections, and Sol. veill have to stride out strong if he keeps within hailing dis- tance of him. 1 1 ihe Latest War News Buller Fighting ii.s Way to Ladysmith. CANADIANS TO THE FRONT. A special despatch from Mr. W. Rich innd Smith, the war correspondent of the Montreal Star, with the Royal Canadian R giment says that the regiment has been. ordered to the front, presiamably to Moilder R ver. The regiment is to go first to Gras Pan, half -way between Belmont and Mod - d -r. A and 0 Companies, representing B itish Columbia, Manitoba and New Brunswick, remain behind for the present. GENERAL ift:LLER's AnyANcE. The Toronto Globe's special war service has the following : Spearman's Camp, February 7, 6 p. in.— Gq•neral Buller commenced the advance for the relief of Ladysmith on Monday. The ti n. Three battalions advanced toward al n val guns opened at 7 in the morning, and a eint attack was inade in front of our posi- th Brakfontein range, with six batteries. A 11 o'clock the Boers opened with learn- er fire, and sentseveral shells among the B itish infantry, who retired an hour later. M anwhile a vigorous attack was made on th extreme right, where the engineers ex- .peditiouely constructed a posit ion. Several pieces of British cannon, hidden among the trees on Swartz's Kop, bombarded heavily. The British infantry advanced "and the Bders were entirely surprised. At 4 o'clock a bigh hill, a continuation of the Brakfon- tein, had been taken. The operations were exhellently planned. 1 The bombardment of the Boer position was resumed yesterday . morning. The B ere worked a disappearing cannon from, th high Doorm Kloof, range, on the righ of the captured hill; but the BritishIshell ex loded its magazine, and the gun was pu ou of action until late in the day. usketry fire was intermittent until tb af ernoon, when the Been made a deter mi ed effort to take the hill. British rein .fo oements rushed up cheering ,• the Boer w e repulsed and the British adv4nce al ng, the ridge. - Constan0e. HE FARMERS' hisTiTniiE.—The Farmers In titute meeting was held on Wedneeds las , and despite the stormy weather, lar.e number were in attendance both after no n and evening. Quite a large number o la ies attended in the eVening. The ad dr nes were practical and l instructive, an no doubt will do good. Quite a progra wa rendered during the evening. Mr. Jo n McGregor sang a gaelio song which ca sed a great deal of merriment. Master Er est Andrew also sang a ditty. Recite - tic if were 41§Q ji,iYOD, 0 the Whole the me ting was highly successfal. HE FORESTERS.—The Foresters' entee- tax ment passed off Friday! evening last, but th evening proved very unfavorable, it be. i:stormy and tthe roads' almost blocked wh eh prevented many from attending. Fo the same reason, some whb were to have ta en part in the programme were unable to ttend. However, no doubt those who br ved the storm and attended, spent _e. ve y enjoyable evening. OTES. —Quite a number of invited guests ass mbled at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Co clough, of this place, on Monday evening las , the occasion being the ninth annivers- ar of Mr. and Mrs„ Colclough's marriage. All spent a very pleasant evening and dia. per ed at a reasonable hour,. wishing Mr. an Mrs. Colelough; many - more years of ha py married life. ' It was ten years ago her .—Miss Shaw, of Seafoitheis the guest - Mb day night last s'rice the Kinburn hotel an Mr. Stewart's store were burned down of Miss McCully.4-Mi88e8 Jamieson, of Br ssels, are visiting under the parental roo at present,—Miss Hunter, of Elimville, has returned home after visiting friends her .—Mrs. John Bing has returned :here aft r spending a few days in Bluevale.—Mr. A. 'elates has so far eeovered that he was sLatbionlr to come to the illage on Tuesday leeit. was iss G. Farnham s the guest of Mrs. nda,y, ut owing to the .—Quatterly meeting attend nce was not so larg as usual.—Th Lea ue topic, next Sun ay, "Things that endure," will be our riend, Mr. Viet r Cook, and his snow tak n by Mrs. John Mils.. -M188 Mary Cop , Seaforth, spent Sun ay with Miss Net ie Anderson. --We are i pleased to see plo this stormy eather.—Mr. A. Mc- Gre or is hauling wo d and grain to market befo e leaving for t e great west.—While Mr. W. Carter and Mr. Bruce Medd were retu ning from the poultry show at Sea - fort , last Friday even ing, one of Mr. Med • 's horses fell on the bridge near Mr. Cart r's. Fortunatelyno damage was done. f say at presen held here last 8 pail. This will hi the place to sugar off boys.—Our dog -killer has the neighborhood again.—Mr. Thomas Snowden is busily en- gsged in training his driver, and with good care and ca I training it may turn out to be No. 1 on th track. Hills Green. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES—The anniver- sary eervices in connection with Hills Green Presbyterian church, will be held on iSab- bath, February 18th, when the services will be. conducted by Rev. Mr. Sewer", of Bruce' field, at 11 a, m..and 7 p. m. The anniver- eery tea meeting will be held on the follow- - ing Monday evening, when tea will be waived from 6 to 8 and addresses will be given by'several clergymen. The choir of Carmel Church, Hensall, will also discourse sweet music. Titese anniversary proceed- ings are always %cessions of interest and those in charge thiii year are putting forth every effort to make this the most success- ful yet held. NOTES.—Mr. McAllister, of the Parr line, Hay; received a telegram on Thursday of last week, saying that his son, William Mc- Allister, had met with a serious accident and was not expected to recover. He was located near Marlette, Michigan, Ris sister, Mrs. C. Forest, started immediately for darlette, bat at the time of writing no further word had been received from there. —A daughter of Mr. Joseph Hudson, of this place, underwent an operation for a tumor in the London t hospital 'flirt week. Her mother went down to be with her. She stood the operation well and her phy- sicians hold out good hopes for her complete reeovery.—Mr. Thomas Consit, who was in Dr. Gunn's hospital in Clinton last week, had a growth of tumorous .nature removed from the glands of his neck and is expected home this week. His- many friends will hope for his complete and speedy recovery. —Later word has been received here from Mrs. McAllister, from Alpena, Michigan, whither she had gone to wait on her hus- band, wh'ose injury is mentioned above. Mr. McAllister was working in the lumber woods when he met with the accident. He is in the hospital • at Alpena, and at the time Mrs. McAllister wrote there were no hopes for his recovery. 11=1111111==111111111MMINIMINII Bluexrale. Learuite.--Rev. Frank G. Forster, pastor of the Sumach street Presbyterian church, Toronto, will deliver- a lecture in the For- esters' hall, Thursday evening, February 15th, under the auspices of the Orange lodge, subject to be "Ireland ; Its laughter and bears." If the reverend gentleman's lecture is as good as his subject, it will be very interesting and enjoyable. A short programme, by local talent, will be given before the lecture, We know it does not do to publish prices, but perhaps we might mention that the admission is ve y low. We hope rhere will be a good sized audi- enseednoo L ENTERTAINMENT. —The enter- tainment by the pupils and some of the ex - pupils of our school, will be given. in the Foresters' hall on February Ifith, t e pro- ceede of which will be used td b y new maps and other things for the ss . Mr. A. MeEwen, the principal, has the ffair in charge, and it is going to be a go d one. The children. have been taught o sing choruses by :Miss Aggie Herbert, accom- panist. Dialogyes and recitatiene galore, with some sold; quartettes, and her pretty t drills have also been prepared. On school is away behind the times in the m tter of appliances, a,nd whether the entert inment appeals to them or not, everybody o ght to come o it, so that, the children y have the advantages which other schbols enjoy. BRIBFS.—Mre. Hyslop, of Manito a, Vis- ited at Mr. William Anderson's, on the Bluevale road, last week.—Mr. L nn, of New Denver, British Columbia, nd his sister, Miss Lynn, of Wawano h, visited Miss Kate Anderson, last Week.—Mr. William Haney, of Toronto,, is etisiting his parents in the village. Will is 'a conduct- or on the street railway of the Queen city. —Mr. Leonard Blain, of La Revere, Mani- toba, visited his sister-in-law, Mrs. Bailey, last week.—Communion service was held in the Presbyterian church last Sabbath. Pre- paratory service was held the previous Fri- day. Rev. W. T. Hall, of Belgrave, preach- ed. In the future, communion service will be held three times a year instead of twice, as formerly.—Mr. George McDonald atten- ded the western cheese and buttermakers' convention, at Ingersoll, last week.—Mr. Milton Cosford, of Terme City, Iowa, vis- ited last week, at Mr. Frank B. Scott's.— Miss Nokes, of Wingham, visited Mrs. Christina Brinker, last week. --The Robb hardly, of Morris, several members of which have been ill with scarlet fever and other troubles, are recovering.—Aload or twO of the Ladies' Aid Society in donnection with the Methodist church, spent last Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Bosman, Wing- ham.—Dr. McLellan says "The air of Canada does not seduce her sons to a life of idleness, but sternly commands them id life of action." The eemita.nd Witt a little too stern last week, and the action neces- sary to keep from freezing, a little too violent. Some of Canade.'s. daughters had to hop around pretty lively when hanging clothes on the line, which work, in the bit- ter cold winter weather, is a good deal like going to the Klondike by the Edmonton route.—Mr. E. McIntyre, Atwood, visited Miss Kate Anderson last week.—Mr. Jelin Collie, Grend Trunk agent at Alrne, was married on Wedne-sday of least week, and he and his bride are visiting his mother in the village. Mr. Collie was station agent at Bluevale for some time, but was transferred to Alma last spring —Inspector Robh visit- ed our school last Friday.—Mrs. Bence is visiting her brother at Moorefield.—James Grey, who was working near Listowel Iasi year, is under the parental roof for a while. —Miss Kate Anderson, who has been visit- ing for some time with her relatives and friends in thie vicinity and in Wingham, returned to British Columbia this week, accompanied by her father, Mr. Sannuel Anderson, who intends to visit hie son, William, at New Denver.—Robert, on of Mrs. Balfour, of Turnberry, died on Satur- day last, of inflammation of the bowels. The Balfour family have the sympathy of the community in the taking away df this young man at the early age of 19 years. Lakelet. y weather, the Drysdale. Things are booming in the neighborhood of 'D ysdale this year. Messrs. Harry Raw and i'arnuel Cleave are raising their barns and uilding stone walls under them.; Mr. Char es Sreenen and Mr: .teffrey are build- ing p eoes to their barns, eind Messrs. Tur- ner aid David Dewar are building walls unde their houses. -_-A number from this viein ty spent Tuesday ev'ening et tho For. restr' ball in Bayfield, and repoft having a good ime.—The Misses Snowden are well Pl with their .new °ream separator, wit works satisfactorily, and would not be with ut it now for double the coat.—Mr. Westlake is almost ready for sugar- , with his new evaporator and tin NOTBS.—Mr.1)ulmage, of our burg, was one of the parties who waited on the county council, at their meeting in Goderich, with a view of having the license of hawkers and peddlers increased. The Jew will use some etrong language now, that he has VI) pay .50 license instead of $25.-h-Onr new shoe aker and blacksmith are now living to - ether. The blacksmith furnishe the ()use, and the shoe maker the wife to ooking. This is economizing.—Eag ood news from the British is the ma f the crowd that congregates roun tores each day as the mail arrives. re, however, many in this vicinity rin with delight at every reverse the h meet,—Mr. Rose, an old shoe o the for ority the here who Brit - i , ker, ho at one time worked here, had his hands adly frozen while coming from Clifford, e other day. The old gentleman, though r bust, under -rated the severity of the , eather.—Mr. W. J. Sanders will sell his stook and implements on the 13th inst. Mr. H. Torrance, of Clifford, is the auction- eer.—Three of the boys working in the mill here struck forliflier wages the other day, and, as Mr. Bro would not ae(Iniesee, the boys got their dough and left. Their places are being taken by others.—There were a great many from here in attendance at the entertainment at Orange Hall, last Monday night, and they pronounced it good. -11r Rennet Rattan intends renovating his barn t„ 11 •FEBRUARY 9. 1900 411111111111* THE CORNER TSTOR1 WITH THE BLUE FRONT. "AAAAAAA*44AmAAAAAAArvovvs Nothing Sac eeds Like Success +4-1444+4444-1-1-14 H-144-1-4-4 , , Brisk business ore tes an enthusiasm that it is impos- sible to describe in. the c lumns of THE Exeosuoa, and to keep it up we have a few ,,pecial clearing lines for FRIDAY A D SATURDAY, THE 9th and lOth INST. Five dozen Boys' S'''veaters, assorted colors,.re- gular 50c, for ,25c each. Fifty pairs ,Blankei,s,. regular $4.75, for • .48 A few ends of the anEgmond stock of tweeds for 35c a yarct DRESS GOODS. There are three lint, s that we are going to pusih. this Spring, and we hope no laidy will buy her spring dress until she sees our stock. We believe we can show a range not shown outside the cities. CARPETS. We are adding to Our stock a full range of Brussels - tapestries—all wools, uni4ts anlhemp carpets, ----and this be- ing a new departure we will make the prices such as -to com- mand the attention of carpet b4ers. LACE ounTAiNS. _ If we can't show yfra better value in Lace Curtains than you have been accustomed to see, then we don't want to sell you. per pair. COME WITH THE CROWDS TO B. B GUNN'Sg SEAFORTH THREE STORES—No. I, Dry Goods, ladies' goods only. No. 2, Clothing, men's goods only. No. 3, Gro- cefies—specialties, canned goods, butter and_ teas next summer. Mr. Abram, of Belmore, is carpenter, and Mr. Douglas, of torrid, will build the wall.—Mrs. Cornell and her daughter, Miss Edna, left on Monday morning for Michigan, whither the father went some months ago to make a honie for them: Before leaving here, they sold their 'furniture by public auction.—Mr. and Mel. Myled Scott have moved to Springhank, where they will manage Mr. Gregg's farm for a term of five years. —There are now two vacant houses in our hamlet. -e -The loge and grain to be chopped continue to pour in, and the burg is booming. Grey. LocAL Dois0S.—Mr, James Ireland in- tends going to Calgary next month, with a view of investigating the ranching business,. and, if satisfied, will probably engage in it. Mrs. Ireland will accompany him, and will yjsit friends in Manitoba.—Mrs. Maeguire, of Peterboro, who bas bmt.ii visiting her father, Mr. S. Amite, of Ethel, and otlier friende, has returned to her home, Five sitters of the family were home at one time. —Mr. D. A. Stewart, who formerly lived in vicinity of Molesworth, but who has been working a saw mill in Pinkerton for some time, has had his hand permanently injured by coming in contact with a circular saw which he was working—Mr. A. Me - Allister, having disposed of his property. in Drayton, has decided not to remove to that place, but will continue to reside in Ethel.— Last week a pair of horses belonging to Mr. Cole, of Ethel, drew to the saw mill, in that Village, two loads, which for eize and weight are worth mentioning. One load, containing 1,865 feet of green soft elm, was hauled from Wm. Brown's, 2nd conceseion of Grey, to Mr. Cole'e mill yard, and the other load measured 1,907 feet of green pine, and was taken off the farm of Mr. Wal- ker, on the 6th concession of Elma, to the same place. The team weighs about 1,250 pounds each.—Mr. A. McDonald, of Cran- lnook,aintends erecting a new brick resi- dence in that village next sunnner. It will be located on the corner adjoining his store, and will cose about $1,500.—The following have been installed officers of the Cranbrook Foresters' lodge : Wm. McNair C. ; Charles McQ.uarrie, V. C. R. ; Allan Cam- eron, Chaplain ; Anthony McDonald, R. S.; A. Reymann, F. S. ; John Forrest, treas- urer, ; Allan Lamont, S. W. ; Wm. Gordon, J. W. ; D. Steiss, J, B. ; D. MeQuarrie, S. B. ; JT, A. McNaughton, physician; James Cameron, C. D. ; Wm. Hoether, J. P. C. R.—The annual report of the Ethel. Bresbyterian church for last year shows the receipts to have been $490 and the expendi- tures $453, leaving a balance of $36 on hand. The open collections amounted to $109. and the subseriptions to $237. For Knox chiirch, Cranbrook, the total receipts for the game year amounted to -060.79 for all purposes. The expenditures amounted to $791.97,there being a nice balance of $68 in the treasury. The pastor receives $500, and the precentor $.35. Rev. D. B. McRae has been pester of these two churches for upwards of twenty years, and he wears well. He is a faithfol minister, a good preacher and is reispeeted and loved, not alone by his own people, but by the people of the community generally, among whom he has so long and so faithfully and suctessfully labored. Goderich. THE ORGAN FACTORY BURNED,—What night have proved a serious loss to the tOwn occurred here on Saturday night, when the factory of the Goderioh Organ Company was discovered to be on fire. The watch- man discovered the fire at 9 o'clock in ti,he 'finishing raw. He at once gave the al in And turned on the factory fire hose. town fire brigaee were eoniewhat slow in night. getting on the ground, and then discovered that they had not a ladder long enough to reach the third story windows. Efforta were made to confine the fiatnes to the up- per flat of the new building, and in this the firemen were successful, but not before the roof and a portion of the tipper walls had fallen in. The floors, which were almost water tight, were flooded to a depth of six inches, which prevented the fire from reach- ing the lower floors. The finished stock in the upper flat is a complete loss, and the other floors, containing the action, case, trimming and stock rooms were damaged by water.' Fortunately the firemen were able to lave the machine _and _ease rooms with alight damage, and the manager stated that they would commence work within a week, as soon as tke loss can be adjusted. He es- timates the loss at S25,000; partly covered by insurance. Several foreign shipments ready to be sent out this ,week are a total lose, and the company is behind with ()Hers, DEATH OF Mff, Ju SHE.e.—Aa old and highly respected resident of this township, in the person of Mr. John Shea, died at bit residence in Beeehwood, on Thureday of last week. Sir. Shea had been ill about two weeks. He delighted in hunting, and while thus engaged he treed a coon tame distance from the ihouse. In order to get the animal he had to chop down the tree, which he did. This made him very warm and in riding home afterwards be caught cold, and suffered from a severe chill. He was confined to hed and never recovered. He was one of th., pioneer settlers of the townahip and was a generous, Warta howled, genial Irishman, and was a univer- sal favorite with all who knew him. The remains were interred in the Irishtown cern- etery on Saturday. tire. Shea died several years ago, and there are still surviving two sons and four daughters. Frt 1t1i ERS' INSTITUTE MEETING, — The Farmers' Jnetitute meeting at Murdie's school house, in this township, on Thurs- day of last week, was fairly well attended, despibe the very stormy and cold weather, and was an interesting event. The atd ten- ance at the afternoon meeting, although fair, was not as large as would have been under more favorable circumstances. But at the evening meeting the house was pack- ed. ;The president, Mr. Thomas Strachan, of Grey, presided at both meetings, and the veteran secretary, Mr. George Hood of Morris, was also present Addresses were delivered in the afternoon by the delegates sent out by the Agricultural Department, Messrs. McNeil and Mason, the former taking " Co-operation Among Farmers air his siibject, and the latter " Root Crops and Potatoes." Each address elicited a some- what lengthy and interesting discussion, in which many farmers present took part At the evening meeting, in addition to the ad- dresses of the above named gentlemen, there was an excellent musical programme provided. The address of welcome was de- livered by Master Alexander Wright, a lad 14 years of age, and was a praiseworthy effort. We will publish it next week. ' In- strumental selections were well rendered by Messrs. Hogg Brothers, and bliss Lizzie H - en erson gave several nice. suleations on the organ. Miss Avery also Ming three solos very well, while /dies Harden and Mr. McDonald, of Mitchell, gave several mouth organ selections. Mr. James Lock- hart, reeve, gave &II excellent address on the very practical subject of doing away with, statute labor, of which he is etzongly in faYor. 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