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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1900-10-12, Page 44 .mimir THE H RON EXPOSITOR engem, OCTOBER, 19100 NEW ADVER,T1SEMENTS. 12F The figure between the parenthesis, or each one, denotes tho page of the pAper whieh the iivertisenient will be found. Sucaess—Greig & M acdo nald —1 Bargains—B. B. Gunn -1 Winter Coming—Bright Bros. -5 October Bargains—J. W. Ortwein-5 Speoial—McKinnon & Co. -5 Auction Sade—P, McGrath -5 —R. Adams --5 ‘` —e.S, Rannie-5 Estray lieifer:—S. Martin -5 \Vetches—J. F. Daly --8 Cheap Rates—W. Somerville -8 Gift Sale—J, S. Roberts -8 Literary Meeting—Rev. A. L. Russell -8 For Sale—W. F. Keyes --:5 Exansive Sale—James Dick: --5 Bargains—W. R Counter -8 Auction-Sale—Mrs. Burgess -5 Wall Paperis—A. Winter— 1 - Notice—J. C. Morrison -J-5 Auction, Sale—Wm. Bubolz-5 Prize Money—T. E. Hays -8 Fowl—Kennedy Bros. -8 Prizes for Xreas—I. V. Fear. -8 Footwear—(6]--W. H. Willis -8 Comedy Co.—McKanlass & Perry -8 Horses For Sale—C. Biggart-8 Girl Wanted—Mrs. Wm. Pickard -8 Teaoher Wanted—R. C. MdGowan.-5 Lost—J. 0. Rose -8 1 legislators cannot entirely oreete prosper it 7, they can, very materially, aid in bringing it 1 about, and they can rumble the people to get, on the top of the wave and to profit by it when it comes. This is just what the pres- ent Liberal Government has done, and for this the people should g ve them the credit that is justly due. ' And, what is, perha s, more important than all, the Government, both indi Vidually and , colleCtively, have proven theinselves honest stewards of the eople. No charge of dishonesty or oorru Won has ever beee made, much less prove , against any mem- ber .of the Government, ot against the Gov- ernment as a whole. ecollecting the ter- ribly disgraceful scanda s we have been ac- cUstomed to in years g ne by, this, in itielf, is something to be thankful for and to be proud of. Taking it all in all, therefore, it will only be a feeling of over secutity and nothing else, that will prevent the present Government from bein returned on the 7th , of next month.' This guarded against by t candidates. tilt *won Txpoottor. SEAFORTR, FRIDAY, Octber 12th, 1900 THE SOUTH HURON CON- . VENTION. MR: MoMILLAN NOMINATED. The convention held at Brucefield, on Thursday last, to sel.dct a candidate to con- test this constituency in the interests of the Liberal party at the approaching DotniniOn elections, was one of the most largely at- tended meetings Of tee kind ever held in the riding. There were 133 delegates present, every polling sub -division in the riding being represented. In the, riding the conetitu- tion provides that the nominations be made by ballot, and the ballot is continued until BOMB one person lute a majority of all th votes cast, the lowest dropping out ever time. On the first ballot the followin feeling should be e people end their Editorial Notes The Conservatives o commencing to move. ganization purposet a but not to select a, can the town hall, Seatorth, Toronto Liberals are Wilfrid Laurier and his company.him, a warm a when he visite that cit It promises to he one o ical demonstrations ev and will do that old To Sir Wilfrid will be ac Fielding and perhape M --- Sir Wilfrid Laurier ha East hi the Drminion nd Comments. South Huron are A meeting -for or - d to elect officers, idate, will he -held on Friday next. reparing to give Sir colleagues, who so- d hearty reception on tbe 16th hut. the greatest polit- ✓ held in ;Toronto, y strong hpld good. ompanied by Mr. . Tarte. represented Quebec rliament contirm- ously for 23 years, and his announcement, the Other day, that -he would again -The a. can. didate was received with much enthusiasm by the immense audience of the electors of the riding gethe:ed in hie heeler, thus show - e ing that time has only peleared their tal- ented representative to hem. No opponent Y has appeared againet t e Premier, so far, g and oppOsition te him is hopelees, ei.s in the. last election he had a m pray of 2,191 over Mr. C. Leclerc, the'Con ervative ,canclidate. The newspaper men in the wild and wooley west are, eviden ly, becoming warm i over politics. The foll Wing is the kind of -11 aeguments while they se to convert their readere to thei way of thinking, The e Morden Empe e (Ci eservative) says : e "Brought 143 in: hat na rowoninded school of hypoerites, whose con inual aim is to pose before their fellow m id as examples of Christian piety and pa, agons of moraliey, Mr. Salon is the exact counterpart of the Pharisee of old." To t ie the Brandon Sun (Liberal) repliee : " •dirty, seurrilous- souled ghoul WO wou d. pen rot like the above would diagraceeth kingdom of Satan in its palmiest days." names were brought forward : John Mc "%Ellen, Hullett; George McEaen, Efen ; Thomas Fraser, Stanley ; M. Y. Mc- Lean, Seaforth ; James Snell, Hullett, and Alex. Muatard, Brucefield. Messrs. Mc Lean, Snell and Mustard declined being can didates, and a second ballot was taken. Thi gave Mr. McMillan a majority of all th votes cast, and his nemination was mad unanimeus. M McMillan accepted the nomination ahd addressed the meeting at consiclereble length, giving an acsount of his., etewardship during the many years he has been the representative, and justifying his support of the preaent Government aie being the best course in the interests of the people. The Bugle Has Sounded. The long -expected and. eagerly looked for announcetnont has at length been made. The bugle call has been sounded and the forces heve been dalled to arms. The Dommiori Parliament has been officially dissolved, and the date for the new elections has been fied. The announcement was publicly and officially made on Tuesday. The nominee tions will be held on Wednesday, October 31Eit, and the elections on Wedneaday, No- , vernber 7th. The contest will be short and sharp. But no person has been taken un- awares, as both parties have been preparing their armour for months,' and the questions of difference between the contending parties have already been exhaustively discussed, and there are still nearly four weeks in which. to put on the finishing touches. So that no person need go to the polls unpre- pared, or with their minds undecided as to how they [Mould cast their ballots. But, as the real turtnoil of a contest does not begin until the date of an election is announced, it is always well to make that time as short as poseible, consistent with the opportunity of permitting all to become properly informed on the public questions to be decided at the polls. In this inetance arnple time has•been given for this purpose, and that is all that ia necessary. An eleotion contest always has, more or len, an unsettling effect upon business, and it is always well to have that time as short as pciasible. No fault, there - lore, oan be eustly found, on any score, in - 'this instance. What the result of the contest will be, no person can predict with any degree of cer- tainty. The moat that can be said is, that all indloations point very strongly to the return of the present Liberal Government by a subetanteel majority. The worst thet can be said'againat them, the worst that is said againat them, is that they have not re- deemed all the pledges that they made to the people before they rimmed power. Thia may be in some respeots correct. But, the main point of importance is, have they made an honest effort to do this ? We think that on this point the verdict muet be that they have done BO. Their 'legislation throughout has been in ehat direction, and although they may not have accemplished MI that sense wished them ta do, and that they themselves deaired to do, Yet they heve done a. great deal. Under their regime the country has prospered and grown in importance as it had never prospered and grown before ; the ties between Canada and and the mother land were never so strong, aud the mutual confidence and good under - Wending between the mother and daughter were never so abiding as they are -at the present, moment. A9 a -direct result of this mutual conGdence, millions of dollars addi- tional flow into this country annually, en- riching our farmera, manufacturers, artisane, merchants and the populace generally, and so enhaueiog our proeperity and building up our country, and increasiug our popUlation, by net only keeping our own people at h nne, hut by enticing back those who had left us, ot Lora from foreign lends - east in their lot with ue. This great change of universid prosperity aud growth has not ceme up m us spontaneously and without cause. While the aertion3 policy of the Government have not been wholly reeponsible for the change, yet, xve think that no person can successfully rebut the contentien that these are, very largely, outitled to the credit, and we believe that a lerge majoiity of the people of Canada will take this eiew. eiehile governments and . The Mail says : " Is between the 'Laurier -Ta ture of the British Empi 1 lain -Tupper view. One the other for closer trad felations. When such itself, what is the soun This is a mild sample of which daily appears in t of our big contemporar please answer : Under 1 the " close trade and tions " dev loped most ? or the La riBP rule. Tupper " hitch -up is He make people laugh. Ei to be a question *7) view of the fir- e and' the Chamber- akes for disunion ; land more friendly Ln issue presents 1Canadian to do ?" he raving nonsence editorial columns . Will the Mail Which regime has ore friendly relas !Under the Tupper he " Chamberlain - but it will only As an indication that. he preseet wave of proseierity is noticeably affecting the east, as well as ehe central an western portions of the Dominion, we q ote the following from Professor R. A. F lconerls article on the present position and future prosperity of Halifax College, whipli appears in the last issue of " The Preshyterian Review :" " The immenae development in the Eastern Provinces of the coal and iron induitries, and the general improvement in limbering, fruit growing aud agricultere, are isteadying our people in the opinion, which !has been gradually shaping itself, that if they stay at home and work tvith the same en rgy that is required abroad, they will see n equally good return to their labor, with ore com- fort. So we may now expect an crease of population." So it is all over the I °minion. The peeple are having 'developed 'n them a confidence in their own eonntry. In rebuttal of the absurd arguments used by some of the Conservative papers that the Laurier Government, haVing reduced the duty on coal oil, that, thetefore, the price of that article has been 'increased to the Can- adian consumer, the Winnipeg Free Prese says : " A still stronger piece of evidence is the price at which 'coal oil is sold to deal- ers in the city of Winnipeg; as compared with the price four years ago. The following figures are authoritative : Price for Can- adian oil in 1896, 29 cents ; in '1900, 22 'cents. American oil, Sunlight brand, price in 1896, 36 cents ; in 1900, 23c. American oil, Eocene brand, price in 1896, 34 cents ; in 1900, 25i cents. Here the reductionirare seven cents a gallon and over, and in the face of them it is not possible to say, with d f any reger or the facts, that the eariff re- duction! and the improved regulations adopted by the Laurier Goverement have done anything -else than reduce the price of coal oil in Winnipeg." :And as it is in Win2 nipegese it is elsewhere. e . As a _result largely, if not entirely, of the preference given bY the Dominion Govern- ment to the products of.Great,Britain in the Canadian tariff;lourii expoets of leading farm produets h'eve, increased with eamazing ra- pidity. - In a recent ispeech, the Minister' of Agriculture quoted figures which. shows this wonderful increase very clearly. -He ,said : " The result is that while in 1896 we sold only $1,000,000.worth of hutter, in 1990 we field over $5,000,000 worth ; while in 1896 we sold S800 000 worth of e s, last e sold $1,500,000 worth ; cheese, $13,000,000 in 1896, last year. $20,000,000 ; bacon, ham and pork) $4,450,000 in 1896, and $12,800,-- 000 last year ; of wheat eve sold only $5,- 000,000 in 1896, and $11,500,000 last year. Of poultry we sold only $18,000 worth in 1896, and over $2,000,000 last year ; apples, eleeno,000 in 1896, and $2,500,000 last year. • In reply to Sir Charles Tepper's manifesto - to the farmers, in Which he! promises them cold atorage-fahcilities and many other good things attainable and uniettainv.ble, Hon. Sidney Fisher, Dominion_ Minister of Agri- culture, in a recent 'speech, said : ".I will not on the present occasion go .fully into this wonderful manifesto. • 1 ern just going Co say this : That Sir Charles Tupper, ss hen the system of cold -storage was being '• diecussed in the House, undertook to tell , me what ehould be done, and -every singe'. arir—what he then told me.-6ught to be done had been done by me two years pre- viously, was in progress, and had pro ed a complete and universally recognized su msg. The only practical part of the scheme h ad- vocates to -day had been and is to -d y in, perfect working order, and this is their aeon why you are getting for your butter 26 ente a pound, instead of 16 or 17 cents as 896, and that, with the other measures we have adopted, is one of 'the reasons why yo are getting 10 or 11 cents for your clues , in- stead of 7 or 8 cents', as when Sir 0 arias Tupper was Prime Minister." Taking this view of the situtition it looks as Sir Charles was two or th'ree days late fo the show, A usually well informed TOronto c tree - pendent says " It is intimated tha this is the, reason why J. J. Foy, Q. G. s . P. P., will remain in Ontario ipolitics. -the time the next Provincial election tomes around, Mr. Whitney will have retired from :the leadership of the Conservative arty,' Mr. Foy will be placed in the van, an it is expected that the Rarnan CathOlic vete,' which has gone to a Liberal Governme t for many years, will quickly veer aroun to a co -religionist." But the best laid sc emes of men and mice gang aft aglee. If t is is the best hope oer Conservative friends have of gaining power in Ontario, they will, most -assuredly, be disappointed. All ther things Being equal, no doubt many R man Catholicawould favor a oo-religionist st a: many Presbyterians or Methodists uld under similar circumstances, but all ther things will not be equal, and any pol tical leader who builds hopes on the R man Catholics deserting their party and their principles simply because the leader on the opposite side is a co -religionist, will find himself badly left when `the ballot are counted. • • We have often said that Canadians wil gravitate to the front, no Matter where they loatite. Many now hold prominent posi teens in the United States, and now there .are five who are candidates for seats i the British House of Commons. Mr. Geor e M. Brown, a sell ' of the late Hon. 0 orge Brown, has 'already been elected for a S etch constituency. Hon, Edward Blake has been selected as a candidate for his old con. stiteeney of Longford, Ireland, and wil cer- tainly be elected. Mr. Gilbert Parke the Well known author, and :a one time Sea - forth boy, is a candidate for a con stituency in . Kent, England. Mr. A. C. Foster -Boulton, another Canadian, hes also been renominated for a constituency in Kent, while General Laurie, who was a member of the Canadian Parliament for several years, is trying his luck in Wales. Mr. Brawn is a Liberal ; Blake an Irish Nationalist ; Mr. Parker a Unionist, and General Laurie an out and out Conserva- tive. If the Canadiane are all elected; Can- ada will have a repreeentative inl each o !the numerous factions represented n the Eng- lieh Parliament. It is not.so tong ago that Can diens were deploring the .exodus from Ca ada-e t the United State,s. It now seem , how var, that the exodus has not orily b en che ked, but that this flew has started i the ther direction. In one of hie rece t epee hes, 1 Sir Richerd Cartwright gave the folio interesting and gratifying inforn ation. said : "I have •here a memor ndum ished by the department of t e int rior, fpm which I find that in 189 the total nember of immigrants from he IJ ited States who settled in Canada . w s rep rted to the department at 712. I fi d in 1898 that -over 9,000 took up _their quarte e in Canada from the United States. I find that in 1899 11,000 took up their rksiden e in Canada from the United States, land fo the, the first six months of the ourilent y ar I find that tha number - was 8,000, bein at the rate of something like 16,000 a yea . I think that is the best proof, the most sub• stantia.1 proof, that any man n ed gi e of the effects of the present policy, and al o of the very able administration of the de art- ment of the interior and immigr tion o the part of my"friend, Mr. CliffordS ften." The Montreal Witness gets off the fo ow- ing hard logic which can not e refuted " The- same politicians who o iticise the preferential tariff because it is of no advant- age to Great Britain, also obejo even ore 'strongly to it because Caneda gave t to Great Britain for nothing, ins ead o at- tempting to use it to extort rom Great Britain an advantage for Canadi n pro no- tions in the British markets hich uld only be given by Great Britain's taxing the food stuffs of her people. If t e Imp rial preferential tariff is of no advent ge to Great Britain, then the argument that anada has given something for nothing f lls to the ground. On the other hand, Ca ada, in re- ducing her tariff against Britain did it for the benefit, primarily, of her ow over- ur- dened taxpayers, and certainly t e oondi ion of Canada furniehes ample evi once, hat her people have lost nothing oy tariff -re- form. The prosperity of the country as, during the last four years, pro reseed by leaps and bounds. But there i reaso to believe from the progress of the Un ted States trade and commerce duri g the s me period that had the other half of the ov- ernment a fiscal policy mien succ irefully car- ried through, we mean a large measure of reciprocity between Canada and the Un ted States Canada's prosperity woul have een greatef still. The failure of t e Gov rn- ment's efforts to secure reciprocit 'nivel re - vented, for a time, the passag of a I full measure of tariff reform and th adeq ate relief of the taxpayers of Caned from the burdens of a high customs taxati n.,, wing He urn - 'Bluevale. NOTES.—Court Douglas, Oen& ian 0 der of Foresters, will attend divine service in the Presbyterian church next Sab ath rn- , ing, at 11 o'clock, when the Re . W. J. West, M. A., will preach. As resul of the recent visit of Mr. John Torrance, of Listowel, organizer for the order,' 18 yo 1Pg men have joined this court and four ore will join next night of meeting, a very g od record indeed, for about' four days' wo k. The membership of Court Douglas is ow 105.—The Chosen Friends, anoth r hen vo- lent society, represented in our village, is also growing.—Miss. 'Jessie Ganneet, of i Winghara, visited her grandmother, Mrs. J. Messer, last week.—Wm. Dune n, Son of the late Wm. Duncan, of Blueval died in Lower Winghem, where he had b en 'wo k- ; ing on Sunday, September 30th and as buried in the Wingham cemetery On TO CA - day of last week. Mr. Dunce was 45 years of age.—Mr. George Nic iolson, of Wingham, was in the village last eek. intends moving into a house in VrOxeter, which he purchased recently froth S. B. 141eKelvie. Mre. Nicholson, her Ole ds in Turnberry will be eorry to learn, is ot improving any: She is quite helpless' w th rheumatiem.—Mr. A, McEwen, as prinei- pal, and Miss Jean Black, as aesistantof-cur public school, have been re•engagdd tor 1901,—A great many fields of thrnips in this district have been very much eaten Jy an insect. The Uneaten portions are r t - ting, and, when passing a turnip field,. even a long way off thnemell is exceedin 1 di agreeable. Some are of the opioion that disease may arias: therefrom. In the old eountry, we are told, the la -w requires that such turnips shall be destroyed, but in Can- .,ada we do not know whether there is a law providing for such a case or not.—A large number f om this neighborhood attended Brussels fainon Friday laet. Brussels al- ways hol s a good show, better than some larger pl ces do. Their weather, this year, was bril iant.—Mr. Joseph Warder, of Woodsto k, has bought the Bluevale • griet mill from Mr. Joseph Leech, and moved his family he e this week, into one of Mil. Leech's h uses, which has been repaired an improved for them. Mr. Warder *is an ol Bluevale oy.—Rev. D. Rogers oommence evangelic 1 services at the Ebenezer appoin inent on abbath lase.—Rev. W. J. , Wes M. A.,- a d Mrs. West spent Friday last i Belgrave.—Mr. Christian Brinker is visi ing at Ca 'sonville, Michigan.—Mrs. Some villa is v siting in Detroit.—Miss McEwe and Miss Smith, of Monkton, were visitin at Mr. R bert McPherson's this week and last.—M s. Andrew Holmes has been in poor heal h of late.—Mr. and Mrs. John Gardiner visited over Sunday in Brusselst, with their daughter, Mrs. Fred McCracl(- en.—Mrs, Pilkie and Mrs. Buchanan, of Wexford visited, thia'week, with the form- er's sista e, Mrs. James Messer, of M.orrie- bank, an Mrs. W.m. Messer, of Bluevale.--a Mr. Joh Hall is having his house' nevsly sided an has built a stone foundation undee it.—Mr. dgar Coultes, of Ripley, spent Sulidey a his home here.—Mr. George Mc- Pherson, of Paisley, is visiting at Me. Robert Rherson's.—Miss Eliza Meseeir returned ome ftom Ypsalanti on SaturdaY last.—Mi s Annie Rutherford is home from Toronto or a rest, as she is in poor health. —Inspec or Robb visited our school o Monday. We regret to learn that two goo citizens a e about to remove -from our vil- lage. W refer to Dr. C. A. Toole and Mr. Robert - Casemore. Mr. Cassemore in- tendi goi g to Newbridge, where he has pure ase a general stock. -At time of thie writi g the doctor had not de-eided where he w 11 locate. He has sold his attractiv hous o Mr. John Gannett.—Six good dog have died in the village in a ,few weeka from a very bad type of distemper, some iq spite of v terinary attendance.. In Wing - ham, too, many dogs have died.—Accordr ing t a revalent superstition, a seoond grow h o crop in a season, of flowers oi• fruit is a sign of death to some member of the f mil to where they belong. If all the seco d gr wth raspberries, strawberries and roses in uron, this fall, bring about th expe ted result, there will be some fa chez hya ds, wh ther we • have a greeri Chri tma or not. gages and eods drawn up. Money loaned at th owest rate of interest, D. ETAy, ammissioncr, Conveyancer, wills, 116116o9rtill Kippen. John IS eNevin of the It'ippen mill is mak ing businee hum again. He is prepard ta do all kinde of cu tom work, including chopping, cheap andl quick. Th very beat family flour atways on hild for sats'or xohinge RemembJr the old favorice. John Alai vim 17L2-tf DOLLAI s —Five, six, seven or even eighti of them are not many to hand over for a Ready•T -Wear suit of clothes, These are, the, price that many men like to pay, ere pecially hen buying a suit to save a tailor -i, made, w :eh costs more than twice the money. For each of these prices The E.! McFaul Co., Seaforth, have special leucters,; suits made to stand some rough usage. See if one of these is not whateyou aro aftete 1713 1 ! PASSED Awev.—Mrs. Redmond's illness,, of which e made mention last week, was ot short dur tion,.and she was called away, ori Saturday morning last, in her 72nd year. Mrs. Red iond was born in Ireland, and came to t is country when young, with her parents, ho resided long years in Hullett. Later dec cased was married to her late hus-! band, Mr Charles Redmond, who was en- gaged in arming in the township of Hay. By earef Iness and industry, as the yeare rolled by, they secured a sufficiency for old age, and r. Redmond sold his farm and canie to o r village 23 years ago; to spend their rem ining days. The late Mr. Red- mond die nearly 20 years ago. They had no childr Mrs. Redmond was a quiet, induetrio s woman, and will be much miss-, ed by the people among whom she went in and out f r so many. years. The funeral took plate on Mpnday, when the remains were laid oreat in the Clinton cemetery. NOTES. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McKay and two child en, of Algoma, are visitieg with Mr. and rs. Peter McKity,of Tuckersmith, and other friends. Their mahy old friends here -are ore than pleased to have their company, and We wish for them a pleasant time.—M . John B. McLean, of Tucker - smith, w o has been speculating in more land, ne r Sproat's briar yard, the paid week hel % successful plowing bee, when some 15 b ye, with their teams, were on hand, and did Mr. McLean good service. John is a reat favorite with the boye,which accounts or their generous act.s--Mr. Geo. T. McKa , who has been doing a rushing burliness i the cement line, in the way of building oundations and laying cement flooring, i now completing Mr. John Mc- Ewen's b rn, near .Hensall.—Mr. Peter Fisher, of Stanley, last week visited friends around ipley. While there Mr. Fisher cast his e e on a few good steers, bringing home ten ne ones for stall feeding.—Many fin ere ar now busy pulling up roots and pic ing a ples.—Rev. Mr. Four, of Lucian, conducted services in the Methodist Church here last abbath.—Mesers. R. B. McLean and Tho as Mellis, on Friday last, spent a pleasan day's outing et the homes of Messrs. James and V,Villiam Bell, London road, and also Mr. and Mrs. James Blair, Centralia. The kind hospitality the visi• tore reeeiv d at each of these' homes, will be an ind cement for them to return in the near futur .—Mies Lottie Upshall, who has been epen ing a month with friend, in Port Elgin, has returned home.—Mr. Ricker, of the village was sailing on friends at Bright during th week. (Fro an occasional Correspondent.) Jorriaso.',—Mr. Robert Gardiner and hie son Arth r, of Farqohar, passed through here on t eir way home from Seaforth one day last eek.—Mies Mary Merrill, from the other ado of Chiselhurst, paid Mr. and Mrs. Hay a friendly visit one day last week. Mi s Merrill was a customer of Mr. Hay's, in arquhar, for several yeare.—Mr. udmore, who, does a large busi- ness in hi y pressing and shipping, is busy in the vici rty of Exetee this week.—Miss Annie Ber y goes shortly to Hensel' to take up the millinery business.—Mr. Berry, who clerked for Mr. Canning here a while the past summ r, left for Detroit the beginning of the we k, where he has ;Secured a good position. THE SI{O uently fallfair of Agricultur day and most suec eocietie3. fine, and, good show In fact, the we have se list of entri quality of Friday was a little too town from m possible beast, and those in a p be the lar our village. the exhibit outdoor dep pondingly 1 the show best, in th plenty of their time. Brussels. , v.—Beautiful weather, and con - ii large crowd, m de the annual he Emit Huron an Grey Branch i Societies, held here on Thurs- riday of last wesk, one of the esful in the history of the a Thursday the! weather was s a consequence,' there was a ng of produce in the building. indoor show was one of the beet n tor years. There was a large s in every department and the the exhibite was of the best. a beautiful day, if anything just warne, and people came in to ar and near, until it was almost o get accommodation for man or le crowd was pronounced, by sition to form comparisons, to eat that, has ever congregated in While the crowd was large, on of horses, stock, etc., in the rtments of the list were corres- rge. Thus, taken all together, as one of the best, if not the county, and the visitors had terest with which to occupy The speeding contests and _ other epecial attractions kept the crow • tertained until nearly six o'clock. Al- though there were only two home in the farmer's trot and in the free-for-all,' still they were interesting. In the gentleman's trot, however, there were five horsee and the race proved to be a close and interesting one. The ladies' hitching contest also created lots of fun, as did also the foot races and the bicycle race, With such a long list of attractions every person must have thormighly enjoyed themselves, as there was something to interest every person who entered the grounds. The list of the suc- cessful prize winners in the different de- partments will be found on the sixth page of this issue. 111111=111MIIIMMin• Wmthron. The E. McFaul Dry Goods Company have a store filled full of new goods. They'll do their share towards supplying wants of people who visit Seaforth to do shopping in Millinery, Furs, Jackets, Dresa Goods, Car - tete, Ready -To- Wear Clothing, &c. They're bound to do it. They have priced these new goods as they price all merchandiee, to the interest of the buyer's purse. Dress Goods specials at 25o, 35c, 50c, 60e and 75c per yard. - :1713-1 A NEW SoCIETY.—The Iadiee of Caven church, Winthrop, have organized a society " Ladies' Society of Christian Work- ers," with the following officers : Mrs. (Rev.) P. Musgrave, president • Mrs. J. M. Govenlock, vice-president ; Mrs.'1 J. 0. Grieve, secretary ; Mrs. Thomas Dodds, jr., treasurer. A good many natnes were enrolled, with the prospects of more adding their names, which bids fair to be an im- portant help in church' work. Last week Mrs. (Rev.) Hamilton, of Godetich, presi- dent of Woman's Foreign Missionary So- ciety, gave an excellent and instructive ad- dress on the workings of the society to the ladies at their last meeting, which ' instilled the members with new vigor to gt on in their good work. Bayileld. BLOWS. --Mrs. William Stirling,il Of the 6th concession, Goderich township, has takeu first prize for home made bread eleven years in succession, at the Bayfield show:—, Mr. John Biggart, who has been living in Dublin for some time past, is rembving to Bayfield.—Messrs. John Falconer, John Ferguson, James Thomson, William WI3id- don, James Donaldson, John Fraser and Dr. Stanbury were delegates from BaVfield to the Reform convention at Brucefield on Thursday.—Mr. and Mrs. Newell, of De- treit, are vieiting Mrs. Robert 8ellere.— Angus McDonald has charge of Dr. Pal- lister's horses.—Mr. Ben Switzer, f Gode• rich township, has disposed of his arm to his brother, Samuel, and will remove to Goderich.—Mr. • Wesley Erwin, who was one of,the crew of the steamer St. Andrew, which was wrecked on Lake Superior a few , weeke ago has returned home.—While F. GeminhardandeJ Jewett were exercising on their tandem on Main etreet, on Friday night last, they came in collision with a horse and buggy, belonging to ,Walter Wallis. The boys took a sudden, header, but beyond a severe shaking and some damage to the machine, not much harm was done.—Rev. Mr. Allan, of Goderieh; con- ducted service in the Presbyteriau church on Sabbath last.—Mr. Henry Peckhs infant boy died on Saturday. Rev. Mr. Jennings conducted the funeral service on Sabbath.— Mr. James Delgatty preeched in the Meth- odist church on Sabba.th last, in the absence of the' pastor.—Mr. M. Ross is engaged in fishing at Kettle Point. OUR SHOW.—In the prize list of the'Bay- field show, we inadvertently 'omitted mention of the bicycle race, which took place in the forenoon and was most keenly contested, and which created a good deal of interest. The course was three miles on the Varna road and back again. There were eleven conteatants. The following Were the succestful bicyclists : lse, Harry McGee ; gend, .1:Jerry Marks ; 3rd, Medo Whiddon ; 4th, Billy Whiddon. The suceessful com- petitors were all Bayfield belie. '1,13e time made waT fast.—The tests of speed for horses were declared off as the entries were not made in time. There were ! several home on the ground and in the village, but the one was waiting on the other to enter and they jockeyed in this way until the golden opportunity had, fled. The public, however, are now just as well ea; the sogiety will be some ewenty dollars in pocket and the only ones out are the too cautious horsemen.—In this connection we are requested by the secretary to state that a meeting of the officere and directors of the society will be held in the town ball here, on Fliday, October 19i.h, at 2.30 ohilocke to pay coot prizes end to eettle all dein-lea—In the prize list as published last week, Dr. Woods was given credit for 1st prize for carriage team wherees it should heve been J. C. Reid • dr. King also got 2ad prize for single roadster instead of Dr. Woods, as appeared in the list. A WORTHY PIONEER DEPARTS.— We r' mentioned last week the death pf Mr. Alexander Sparks, of the Babylon 1ine, Stanley. Mr. Sparks had reached the good age of 77 years. He was one of the pioneer residents of the township, having qsettled there in 1861, on the farm on which he con - tinned to reside until the time of his death. He had been in failing health for the past year, but with the accustomed energy which characterized his life, he kept up until near the last. He died on Friday, and on the previous Sabbath he was able wi+ some aid, to get around outside. 'He ,was a native of Berwickshire, Scotland, and after 'coming to this country he settled in the township of Blenheim, Oxford county, and then removed to Stanley. His wile died, about six years ago. He was a man of the most steeling integrity-, straightforward and upright in all his dealings with Lie fellow • men, and a man who would scorn tO do a mean act. His word was as good! as his bond. He was en obliging neighbor, a. true friend and a kind parent, and in every sense of the term a useful citizen. He 1 was a Presbyterian in religion and a steadfast arid enthusiastic Liberal in politics. A family of three sons and one daughter surviCe him. His remains were laid to rest in the Bay- field cemetery, and the esteem in which he wait held by those amongst whom he had lived so long, was menifested by the large number who turned out to pay th it last ble tribute of -respect to one who had een so familiar to them for so long, and whose kindly greeting will be long remernbered and much missed. Hensall. WANTED, —Any quantity of good sound apples at the Hensel! evaporator not less (than 2i inches in diameter and for which 20e a him red will be paid. 3112-2 CIDER MILL —The undersigned, on Lot 16, Concession 2, Hay, has his cider mill in runnin5 shape, and will grind Monday, Wednesday and Prt- day of each week througholt the season. Parties wishing' to get grinding done will receive proiript atoontion. Satisfaction guaranteed. John Elder, Hensall P. 0. 1709-4 LOCAL BRIEFS.—Mr. Wm. Colville re- turned home last week from visiting his father near Tyrone. The old gentleman's life was despaired of when Mr. Colville left Ihere, but he experienced a change for the I better and improved rapidly for one so ad. ivanced in years.—Miss Grace 14,:lder, of i Stratford, aceompanied by Miss Young, of I Stratford, were in the village this week 1 ivisiting friends,—The friends pf Mr. Charles Itleihn, of Seaforth, formerly" of Hensall, will regret to learn that he is at present in the Stratford hospital, suffering from a severe attack of typhoid fever.—Miss Helen McAllister recently returned home from visiting relatives at Seaforth and oil the Parr line.—Mr. Gorby, who is an employee of Mr. R. Bell, jr., of the Seaforth foundry, has moved his family to Seaforth, for con - The Corner Store WITH THE BLUE FRONT. BIG BARGAB Travellers Lot Ladies' Mantle& We purchased last Thursday the entire Lt of saMples the Consolidated Cloak Company, of Toronto. They Are very high class, some made to sell as high as $18, lirtedl with real satin. 50 to be sold Friday &-Saturday for $6.95. Don't fail to see these Mantles, whether you wish to buy or not. AIMAAAAAAAAAANOWWAAAwA COME WITH THE CROWDS TO - B. B. GuNN SEAFORTH THREE STORES—No. 1, Dry Goods, ladies' goods only. No. 2, Clothiiig, men's goods only. No. 3, Gro- ceries—Specialties, canned goods, butter and teas. s venience.—Quite a numiber from Hemmed attended the funeral of Mrs. C. Redmond, of Kippen, on Monday la t. She was only 1 ill for a few days, and ied on Saturday last.—A crossing has bee put down oppio- site the postoffice.—Thel Oddfellows halm - purchased a handsome new carpet for their roams.— Mr. and Mrs. eorge Walker, of Oakville, are in the villag this week, visit- ing Mrs. 'Smallacombe, Mrs. ' Welke 's i mother.—Mr. D. Urqu art 11 shippi g away large quantities of o tmeal to the o d country.—Miss Macart ur, of Adige Craig, is here visiting relatives.—Miss Hattie Sutherland, was in -Forest dur- ing -the past week v siting friends.— Miss Jean Ritchie returned from Detroit last week.—Mr„. G. Trott was in Blyth this week.—The funeral of th late Mrs. Joseph Gould was very largely at ended on Friday afternoon last, testifying to the respect in which she was held an sympathy felt for the bereaved _ husband nd family. , The remains were interred i the Exeter cern- etery.—Miss Stepheneon, ho was ill for a couple of days last week, is quite recovered and able to resume her d ties as assistant teacher.—Miss Etta Ball ntine left here a, few days ago for Flint, ichigan, there to attend the wedding of her cousin.—Mr. Robert A. Bell has purcha ed a fine piano.— Rev. Dr. Gifford conducte services in the Methodist church on Sabi ath last, deliver- ing able and eloquent se mons, both morn- ing and evening. He als lectured in the church on the following M onday evening, his subject being " The Mam to oth Cave." The lecture was largely attend d, and was much enjoyed by all.—Mr. Gou d has rented his dwelling to Mr. John P pe, and is living with hie son-in.law and aughter, Mr. and Mrs. Northcott, of the to nship of Hay.— Mr. Win. Lawrence; of ulmer tOwnship, county of Dufferin, was ere vieiting his eephew, Rev. Mr. Long, during the past week.—Mr. and Mrs. G. Babcock were in Stratford on Sabbath and Monday last, vis- iting Mr. Babcock's mot er.—Mr. R.- B. Ingram has moved into Mr Charles Hawke's dwelling.—Miss Mabel Fulton was in Blyth part of this week, isiting friends.— Mrs. C. A. MoDonell re urned home the end of last week from T ronto, having ac- companied the Rev. and Mrs. Gauld that far on their return trip to China.—Miss Laura Jackson, of Ripley, has been spend- ing the past week or so *1 h her grand par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Crawford, of the London road.—Mr. Wm. cAllister, of the Parr line, was in the villa e this week, vis- iting his parents, on his w y home from the far west, where he had een on a trip.— Mervyn Brown, son of M . George Brown, carriage maker, has engag d with Dr. Mac- diarmid, in his drug stor .—Mr. John Mc- Martin is very seriously '11 at present.— Mrs. W. H. Thompson, of Ingersoll, is vis- iting her parents, Mr, and 1 8 . R. Carlisle. —Mr. Wm. Stoneman has returned from Lambeth.—Mr. William Carlisle, of St. Thomas, was in the village this week, visit- ing relatives and friends.—Mr. R. A. Bell was in London this week. Perth Notes. —Frank, son of Principal Litliott, of the Mitchell high school, died suddenly on Sun- day of last week, of paralysis. —Mr. W. Thomson, of Mitchell, has pur- chased a gasoline engine frem Goldie & Mc- Culloch, of Galt, to he used in his elevator. —A son of Mr. Klinkha.mer, of Dublin, broke one of his arms on Monday of last week, while exersising in the Mitchell high isehool gymnaeivm. —The position of station master at Seb- ringville left vacant by the death of Thomas 'Vain, ham been filler iv Mr. Crerar, of Shakespeare. --The Knox church choir, of Mitchell, will hold a re -union on October 15 and 16, of all who have sung in the choir' for the past 16 years. Already some 200 invitations are out, and the novel affair remises to be a brilliant success. —While walking pest the jointer in Orr's factory, in Stratford, on Friday of last week, a boy named Michael Sulliven, who lives opposite the Avon achcol, and is work- ing at Orr's, drew his hand acmes the table and was struck by the kni e, which badly cut two of his fingers. —A change has been in reduced in the Mine table, by whieh the e ployees of the Grand Trunk Railway hops at Strat- ford, will work one hour pe week less than heretofore. 'Commencing bn October 4th the men will work till 5 o'elock every day, Saturday included. Peeviously they worked till six o'clock every day except Saturday, when they quit at noon. —The board of public instruction for the county of Perth met in the court house, Stratford, on the 21st ult. There were present : Rev. T. Stevenson, chairman, and Revs. Patterson, McP emu, Findlay, Drummond, Drinkwater nd Hamilton, local superintendents. Feu teen candidates presented themeeives for e amination, and after a most rigid examination, certificates were granted as follows : C. M. Hems- worth. Wallace, 2nd class until recalled, and James Findlay, Mornington ; William Fenwick, Elma ; John Laver nee, McKillop; Henry Parnell and Henry Hoehn, Logan; Jane Elder and Isabella Mc 'ucheon, Strat- ford, all second class cert'ficates for one year ; and John Oberholte r, North East - hope, third class for one year. W. H. Berney, John Philips, William Whaley and Sam Vroman, applied for first class cer- tificates, but were ,unsuceessful. David Walmsley, of Waterloo, was refused a third class certificate. —Mr. John Hamilton, of St. Thomare who left Hibbert about 26 years ago, has been spending a month with his son, Mr. F. A. Hamilton, of Mitchell. He was one of the first directors of the Mitchell Agricul- tural Society, which was organized about the year 1857. Although nearing his 80th year he is still haleand hearty, and seems goodfor several years yeti They Were in town on Thureday, aud had their photo- graphs taken in a. group, which included ' four generations. —A quiet wedding took place at p. met September 25th, at the residence of Ir. and/ Mrs. John Porter, of Downie, whe fourth daughter, Miss Mary E., w ried to Mr, George Chowen, of their' s mar - he St. Marys road, Downie. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. G. W. Henderson, of St. Marys, in the presence of: a number of friends and relative's of ,the young eople. points. ,zo Mr. and Mrs. Chowen 4will von their honeymoon in Saginaw and other western —A pretty Septemberl weddingi took place on Friday, 28th ult.4 in Downie,.when Miss Agnes Corbett becanie the beide of Mr. Richard Hawkins. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mt. Pomeroy, of Harm- ony, at the home of the bride's parents, in the presence of about 25 guests. The bride wore blue organdie, trimmed with laee and a carnation bouquet. She was given away by hee father and there were no sopport- era. Many ine presents testified to the es- teem in which the bride is held. The young couple will reside in the Gore of Downie, where the felicitations of their friende will follow them. —A painful accident happened to Mr, Magnus Wettlaufer, of Gadshill, on Sun- day, September 23rd. He was driving to when ecame dash - hands ge to say, the vehicle was not at all damaged and the horse was unhurt. Mr. Wettlaiafer was driven to Stratford, where Dr. W. N. Robertson attended to hia. injuries. It wag found that the little finger on the left hand and the middle finger on the right hand were broken. Under the doctor's care the injured members are now doing well. --00 Wednesday afternoon, October 3rd, at 4.30 o'clock, a charming event took place _ at " Maple Leaf Place," near Sebringville, the beautiful residence of Mr.. W. H. Coul- ton, wheni his second daughter, Miss Mabel Trelevan, Was united in inerriag , yo Mr. Wesley M. McKenna, of Grand Valley,. The Rev. D. Deacon, M. A., R. D., vector of the Home Memorial church Str tford, performed the beautiful marriage ter of the Episcopal church. The brid given away by her father, and was at , nded by her sister, Mies Jessie Coulton, and Miss Louise Hamilton, of Sebringville, wh were ndie, real hite New Hamburg to visit friends there his animal, a high spirited colt, frisky and finally kicked over the board, striking the driver on the with both hind feet at once. Stra mony was tastefully gowned in vshite org trimmed with accordion pleating an lace, and carried bonquete of pink and carnations. —The follow- ing Egures are from the gen- eral report of the St. Marys Creamery Cora- pany, for the month of August i The total quantity of milk received was -6 2,295 pounds. The total quantity of butter made was 28,355 pounds. The quantity of milk required to make a pound of butter was 23.7 ounds. The average price for a pound of i utter was 21e cents, and after ded cting charges for making, the net ',sleeper ound of butter fat paid to patrons was 204- ents, - with 'skim milk returned. The highestiMilk test for the month was 5,2 per cent, Which at We:cents butter fat realized 109i mete per 100 pounds of milk to the patron. The lowest test wae three per cent, which at 24 cents. butter fat realized 61i cents p4 100 pounds of milk, ses,,,mssmeamsmas. —The bodies of two men, named Cliarle,s Daw and Jacob Smith, who have been 'mists- ing time August, were found in an old well near Boissevain, Manitoba, on Sattirds,y last, The well had been filled in to With- in bree or four feet of the top. The Men's ti bodies and Smith's dog were buried therein, ancl boards and brush placed on top. Dew and Smith were well known farmers who resided some miles west of Boissevain. They wete last seen on Tuesday, July ',31st, and it was reported that they were going to take in the Brandon fair, which began that day, They were not seen in Boissevain and never turned up in Brandon. A young man named Walter Gordon, who arrived a ehart time previously from New Mexico, had puethased Mr. DaVe8 farm and stated that he had paid Daw $5,000 of the purchase money, but the deed had apparently not beeti completed. The same party had bought Smith's stock and implements at $625 dollars, paying cash and taking Smith's receipt for same. The friends of the miss- ing Men instituted a search for them, aud after much trouble discovered the remains as above stated. Gordon, the young man who purchased the property, was evidently looking for indications; of trouble, heard that a detective was on his way to investi- gate the matter, and left on Sunday night last and has not since been heard of, al. though the detectives are on his track4 —T '71::;:pirhr iiit ne:_tietplshiehmillIfilPav,* efifteen y ' .' s' C!' -h4. . ,v4oi°0 ,661 lar in s_rteceal , 0;01cAl ell el II i:bepw8e ation -the V i r ; hWeitli: ft- me ' ., , * , . ' . ' ' . - . 1 :Cii .1:11 111 IV: IV iti 31 une7ffriearaVel ibd:igiatttef 11'11 ithYhvYeiart: le al iterYrieollatfle 4etui444:+:71 a il ni 3:1 la sp°1: IhnhY: - redease,k1 la . pi ni irc r ei 0 na i ei dd. • e8treetev . urnmone bow Join Filil WhOt, Spring' NO OtAt8 ptf b. Peas per bu Earley ...r i Batter. 1 Entter* i .E•00 Pe; ; non; v r 3_ : nay per to -----: ;Hides pnr1 Sheep Skins ' Wool...,..4.,_„ i PolIdatoog p, . este eeeteiet wood. per e Weed p r c Apples . er ,C over i.e , T ialotb3. Se I P rk, plif i • 1, flow, er. . bi 0o lacteitao u2in A stiTraome ,0:14 prints at Butter, 3 ritall:ddf ormr 21tit:blisoca4-er: al8nde. brinog 2:11 rrlaei ve eel io t tot 00 abf :yt T R bees. 267urestbi and firm. 17 to I c ; to 12c per eft_ The Offe is not noti the poultr • present, b within th Amebae* LIVERP • No. 1 eite Walla, - 214 be& fie fi d Febru Lozi sage ewe bard, Dui on roe I Perm Zed. A Minn. 2 TORONT 'firm. 0 14:10 of i'ed brought 7 -69 to 69 price rici 43 to 443 01113/ 1 Hay and el bay sol loads Of Piga -Carlots bag. LON firmer to States eat LivtuP • she MONITR ather agreeable sales, and tie wig n sold at fr anima and the stock br.0 bulb aina ponntli or at ft -eedVes 'wo paid from sheep, an per poun in lots at 3110.11 101111 110g8 130141 good 131.71*AI cattle Itr eaaier best E6'ic, Klima to $5. exporti good tn el good tip good Vs to goOd bulls, $2. ee2.50 to hulls era, '$4 .$3.50 to to $4 ;