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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1901-07-26, Page 1U interestin g 18-1,uess. t's. VC got the ery gar menet that another I make dead. you to do he store for a Ixv you Berne. rivery fall by cleared out merchandise the clearing LEARED. 'OR YOU kIST:•7, d the new eat of in Silk or Collars, cr nuvelties and Tian ,et, down in JI attention and dainty the coax - r garments. UNDER- -AT WE ulard with ways high. proportiona, a, and with slighted, no' reg priced )e. a bargain h quality in Lion in the 'eased with telegant. 1N AND about our lermometer pea to have ;ces on all at days are m. We've All kinds of `ads of Oa- 'irra to The UL Crash re. lg a few Mr. M. of West- ulay last. in Olin- Wingham, of Mr, r Mani - 'he races Le success - Lee exanie eie Coup - Lyon and Land pass - taking g visited Thomas ,ed from morning reside. - Tuesda3- !:d Lewis! tly killed in COMA !: tichard- - hen tht- l:er, car - which as badly side, bun cern r iii Ilihst hi:c 4;g laS:. iM tintIT e. The [..‘re two, reen, bit • ougb, tOr hin afla veek ail- s up, togeth. etrtner, zi erehipe e5eehea fer• niile ii while .arret ior THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. I WHOLE NUMBER, 1,754. f vizsin SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1901. McLEAN BROS.. Publishers; t $1 a Year in Advance. The Man who Works it FM. 1191I1Milar Vain; 611111An51 igt. Ilya+ . lig*/ 411'1'4' - z The man behind the man, behind the shear, he is the man that does the work. When you order your suit from us you feel well dressed—the cloth will be the •best.] There is that sense of comfort and ease -worth having. e are show- ing some midsummer suits—new,natty goods—at -- $16.50, made to your measure. "The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." If you have ever been in a court ot law—we do not say of justice—you often hear the first _words as above. Poor humanity, always demanding of itself the impossible. The " truth " implies facts ; the " whole truth " asks for truth, plus the brains to know what one is 'talking about, and " nothing but the truth" asks that you keep your own opinions to yourself, and answer only questions that are backhanded lies. The truth is, that facts are not so much fundamental truths, but rather statements that the public are prepared to believe. So, if a man states that he is selling at or below cost, the public are not prepared to believe it, the public will say that the man is either a rogue or worse; a fool. And the public, "that great demi-god, which makes many mis- takes," makes no mistake in this case. We have nothing that we willingly part with at cost, and up to date we have paid 100 cents, so that in urging the extra values of the following goods, we are urging for_the fair profit that lies in the sale of the sanie at the prices we quote. A few dozen boys' Sunday hats, 25c each. Two dozen boys' straw, better quality, 50c each. Six do-zen Pearl Grey Fedora and Crush Hats at $1, 1.25 and $1.50. " Christy's goods." Ofie hundred pairs of the noted Buckskin Pants at $1. The imitation sells at 75c. 100 dozen pairs of Boys' long stockings at 25c a pair, all wool. No cotton stocking is equal to this line at the same money. • 100 pairs of Men's $1, $2 and $3 Pants, ready made. 50 yards of a worsted panting we are making to order at $3.25. 600 yards of Buckskin at 20c a yard. 100 Harvest Hats at 15c, triple stitch, rice straw: A gross of the new shape of bow, 25e. We have a trifle too many Sweaters on hand. We offer herewith an all wool Boy or Man's.size, at 50c.if 6 dozen Flannelette Shirts, a good weight for putting O n in evenings after a hard day's sweat in the fields, 25c, The extra heavy weight, 50c. 75 yards of an all wool Worsted Serge, made to order as per -window ad., $10. Ladies tailor made Suits, a special at $15. The several cloths are Blue and Black Yachting Serge.- A hand- some Dark Grey shade of Cheviot finish cloth, a corkscrew worsted blue and black. Speaking generally about our ladies' tailoring, we feel confident that we can supply a suit at 33 per cent. less than city prices. We might mention that if you have your own cloth, we will be pleased to make it up at a reasonable figure. This department is under the man- agement of fsfr. John Letherland, whose ability is well known as a ladies' costume cutter Greig Macdollal Clothiers and furnishers Formerly on the Wrong Side SEAFORTH of the Street, 20,000 Harvesters Wanted in the West Are you going ? Ticket there for $10, via the C. P. R., leaving Sea -forth station on Tuesday morning, August 6th. Tickets and all information to be had from R. J. MACDONA C. P. R. AGENT, Seaforth. THE ONTARIO MODEL FARM. A LADY VISITOR'S VIEW OF IT. (written for TIM EXPOSITOR Supposing it were of no practical use to the country, as a well kept beauty apt the Government Farm at Guelph is a blessing to all who see it. The little village of ;build- ings is so neat and freshly painted arid the lawns are so large and green and well! kept, while their trees and shrubs are nuMerous, large and vigorous. They have a cannon " forninst the front dure" to fire off, prob- ably when in need of rain. The grounds and flower beds are laid out with a view to landscape gardening, although they have not the natural advantages of river and highlands that belong to some similar farms in the,States. To be sure they have an ar- tificial pond of that cold, amateur painting green, but it would be more pleasing, were It not so square out and made up looking. The long rows of strawberries, carrots, cabbages, onions, lettuce, asparagus; the flower beds and things of the greenhouses are mostly of excellent culture, but occasion- ally, in all their depattments, one sees samples no better than—an ordinary farmer has at home. As Mr. Mills explained, it is not a. model, but an experimental farm._ Their business ill net to excel others in the size of their products, but to tinker with many soils and conditions and find, how things grow under them; then tell the yeo- men all about it when they come in 'June. Many men have 'different kinds of land and different requirements, and, instead .of a Man trying a certain crop in 'a certain ,soil and running the risk of losing therehy, he simply takes a run over to Guelph and Pro - it is rm. lessor Zavitz tells him all about it anii why The big crowds were all mighty hungry at noon with the change of air and walking in the rain and were almost ready to take the gymnasium, where lunch was served, by storm, When the "gym" was filled the doors were closed and the second contin- gent. had to wait, almost hungry enough to lick the steam off the windows. In the push and jam we were reminded of President Harrison's saying, and he said from exper- ience, that when serving food to a multitude of people, whether in the White House or on the plains of Moscow, they should be divided into companies of ten, with a cap- tain.over each company,if order is to be pre- served and accidents avoided. We crowded into the hall like a lot of Russians and set-, tied down on - board seats. Never did sandwiches and buns taste so good. The well appointed houses and grounds made us `feel that we ought to be seated at tables and eating off china, but the college does very well indeed to furnish such large numbers, every day in June, with even a simple lunch. When the cheese began to disappear somewhat more slowly, Mr. Mills gave an excellent short address, which, we hop penetrated all in his audience who neede it. One of his main points was advice o the farmer to educate his farmer son s .highly as the others, to enoble himself an his work and not to degrade himself 4' whining "-only a farmer." Mr. Mills also explained how difficult it is to run the Model farm economically,as they have to pay higher prices than others do for all their suppliee; Dealers want a cent or two mo e than market price because the Governme t can well afford to pay extra, they say. M Mills sometimes resorts to the strategy •f buying through an agent, but doesn't g t off without a warm blessing when the seer t gets out. To visit the piggery, poultry houses, co stables, barns and fields is much too muo to take in thoroughly in one day, althoug many try it. Professor Lougheed, we thin it is, holds a sort of drawing room in th loft over the green house building. direotin anxious enquirers how to fight caterpillar. 'bugs and pests. The women never fail t see the hen .coope and dairy department whether they go to anything else or no The poultry houses are kept as well, w believe, as it is possible and are perfe t paradises fer chicken cranks. Each bree not of ore ks, 'has a double compartnnen one wooden floored, containing the tarre roosts, the other having a sand floor, co taming the nests and drinking pan. Th door of each compartnneat has the name f the occupants printed above it, and th building is heated, when necessary, by furnace. Poultry men are inclined to b cranks and to see the attendants putterin around chickens and cleaning out coop made us feel sure they were. Another crank stood by a crammer and discourse all afternoon on how to feed for white flea or yellow legs. Dreadful persons to Hy with, unable to talk about anything bu brooders, eggs and incubators. Hap:ill their pets would- claim them most of th time. Anyway, who cares if they ar cranks so long as they are a success at thei business?. Many a fluffy big hen looke wisely out at us from their patent nests an we'll warrant there were eggs under the that "hafe pint o' milk runs out when breaks ti shell " The cow .tableware white washed twice year with strong lime and salt and are pur and clean. Each cow's milk is weighe every day and her name and record are kept in her stall. No cow is kept that does no make at least 850 a year, and some mak $75i- a' few making considerably more tha that. Mies Rose lectures every afternoon o buttermaking. The dairy building in whic she demonstrates is up.todate in its appl ances,but has a wooded floor. In future th managers intend to have all the floors of th dairy buildings cement, as wooden floors r tam odors odors and are hard to keep clean. Mis -Rose wears a white, lace trimmed cap, spot less white dress and apron and makes he work look attractive. Young people cape ially, like nice appearances and surroun ings, then the dairy building and exper will enthuse them. She worked two lots .f butter and put it up in prints skilfully an quickly and explained as she proceeded. She advises those who make butter to kee two kinds of butter paper on band, on stamped with their special mark, the othe plain, the Plain paper to be used on thus occasions ,when even expert buttermaker will have a poor lot, perhaps from Born oversight or the cows eating a highl flavored weed. The dealer is to be told is poor and the maker is to be content wit a cent Or two less per pound, and the woma who makes bad batter all the time will "gee credit for this. Thus the woman who sell her butter under her own trade mark keep up its reputation and price, otherwise poo butter coming under a well known mar would have a depreciating effect. Store keepers who take butter as cash will affir that the majority would not be content t take a cent or two less and few would tel that the lot was not up to its usual stile dard. The one or two cents looms big an near, while the future reputation of thei butter is distant and never thought about Miss Rose's work appears as an accomplish mime, but we noticed that a thin, har worked looking man carried her the wate and other necessariee_ Would the operatic look as pleasantly easy if she did the roug work herself, as most farmers' wives hay to do.- And just here arises the question': "Is the Model Farm of much practical use to the ordinary farmer?" In the matter of grains, growing of trees and garden stuff and treatment of pests we say it is, but with regard to the poultry and dairy we do not know. What were the comments of the farmers' Wives who watched? "Well she has nothing else to do but make butter, we've all our other work." "She has every- thing she wants to work with, butter work- er, scales that will weigh a hair, ice and likely some one to do the dirtiest part of the job." "Indeed I don't salt my butter and leave it two or three hours. I draw off the butter milk and get it out of the road as quick as ever I can and en would she if she bad as much to do as I ‘,,have." "I wonder if she does up her • own dresses? If I dressed like that every day I'd have to pay some one to do the washing and nig." And what did the men say? "She's a smart girl that Miss Rose ; I'll bet she has had lots of proposals,"etof The women, by their remarks, think Miss Rose's way un- attainable by theme, while the men, as you see, do not consider the matter seriously. Are the methods of the farm useful to those who have every bit of the work; to do on their own farms? One thing we do know that a great many go to the farm because it is a nice place to visit, not that they expect; to learn or copy anything. They reason thus: "The appliances, buildings, etc., at! the Farm are above 'our purses, our lands' would not 'keep up the like even on a small scale. The modelites can do and buy as! they like, for if the model does not pay for It the government will," Others maintain that they never go to the Farm but they see i something they can copy even if they can't afford the elaborate apparatus. Here are the two views ladies and gentlemen, " youl pays yo money an yo takes yo choice." It seems evident that if less slavish and' more progressive methods of farming are to be adopted, and better machinery and buildings maintained, 'then every hen.pig and cow must be a first class one, making more than their predecessors, and the old fields must be fed and cultivated to produce more than ever they did before. Although our Model Farm is away ahead of the general Ontario farmer, we have rea- son to ba pleased that it is meant for the common people and is as much within our possibilities as it is. We have been reading in an American magazine a long and impor- tant article written about an agricultural concern in the United States which aims to teach at our Farm does, making a specialty of women students, calling it, of course, "a new field for women." But it seems not to be for poor people, although it claims to be. The artiele goes into a description of the pupils, who are nearly all rich. One stu- dent, to be exact, is poor, an impoverished gentlewoman who owns an immense tract of land and extensive greenhouses. It is to these greenhouses she intends to direct her attention, because in growing flowers she will see greater results for her toil than in washing dishes. The dishes only get dirty again, when used, of course, and show noth- ing for one's work. The flowers in time, will fade and die, but not so soon as the dishes will get dirty, and she can have them all maseed up he greenhouses to show their foliage and bloom to her friends as the re- sult of her own labor. Who's she got to wash her dishes? She gets instruction at the farm institution every day, riding on horseback to and from her home, which we expect every moment to be told is a fine old ancestral mansion. Would any daughter of Huron and Bruce think herself poor with a riding horse, not to speak of the saddle? Again, the cows at this institution are milked at three o'clock in the morning, fancy such -an hour, by a small army of workmen, to use the very words. And where now are the fair and ambitious female students, including the impoverished gentle- woman, of this boasted place of agricultural instruction. Snoozing, no doubt, in bed- chambers which some ladies' journal will yet disclose to us as simple, inexpensive, little rooms with only four windows and several wagon loads of bric-a.brack, cushions and pictures, snoozing while the small army of workmen perform one of the first thinks necessary in dairy knowledge, the careful and clean extraction of milk. The whole affair seems above ordinary farming people and a poor place for a girl to learn to make her own living. It savours of a story that opens with a young, beautiful but poor girl who is invited to a ball at ea rich woman's house and finds she has nothing fit to wear. See keeps her mind long enough and hard enough on the subject of nothing t� wear until, as Artemus Ward said, "suddenly a happy thought struck her" and with a glad little cry she ran swiftly up to the garret, opened an ancient, carved oaken chest and took therefrom a handsome brocade of her grandmother's and a string of pearls, wore them to the ball and eclipsed everybody else that was "est." That shows you what a poor girl,if she's'only plucky,can do. Alas for the poor girl that has no grand-. mother and no sidesaddle. She must get- up with the small army at workmen. Again we say we are glad that our College has practical good sense, and, supposing it is ahead of us it is not so hopelessly ahead. It would be of no use if it wasn't ahead, _always tempting us to reach farther out. We work that counts and we hope our col: lege at Guelph will every year become a more popular director of intelligent work. DESPRPT EGORANT. Canadian Horses For South Africa. The Leyland Line steamship Indian, act- ing as Government transport, sailed from Montreal, on Saturday afternoon, for South Africa, with one thousand head of horses on board, s The voyage of this vessel is noteworthy in the fact that the ship has on board more horses than were ever taken from a Cana- dian port on one bottom, and then again the elaboratness of the fittings placed in the ship for the occasion call for special men. tion. On the upper, main and orlon decks of the vessel were constructed upwards -of one thousand stalls of the regulation type, which it is the custom to use in this port. The exception was, however, that the stalls were well finished and excessively strong; being put together more after the manner of permanent fittings. Some idea of the mag- nitude of these stalls can be gathered from the fact that if they were placed end to end they would extend a distance of uPwarde of three-quarters of a mile. In them have been' placed over 200,000 feet of lumber and the bills of the fitters, combined with the cost of the lumber, hardware, etc., will amount to $20,000. The horses averaged, perhaps, 1,050 to 1,100 pounds, are well set up, sturdy and look fit for any service. In colors they range all the way from the dark gray to the jet black. Without exception all the ani- mals appeared to have good feet and excel- lent legs, and surely they have need of them with a voyage -of 27 days in prospect. Ex- pert horsemen, who were on the ground, gave the opinion that they had never seen a bet- ter lot of horses, considering the number. The cargo of one thousand head will, cost 500 WRITING TABLET New Styles Ruled and Plain Paper.. SPECIAL AT 10c EACH. Envelopes to match, ALEX. WIN ER, SEAFORTIL the Government about $200,000 by the time they reach South Africa, an average of $200 per head. Thiscargo makes a total of 7,131 horses shipped from Canada to South Africa, for the use of the British army. This represents about threequarters of a million dollars of good British money that has been paid to Canadians for horse flesh, to be used in South Africa, during the past 15 months. The first shipment was made in May, 1900. The Varna Post Office. DEAR ExPosrroa,—In the Clinton News - Record of July 18th issue'there appeared an article headed "Don't blunder again if you please," and directed against the post- master at Varna. As I am the postmaster at that place, and as I consider the state- ments in the ankle mentioned most unjust and misleading, I beg leave to say a few words in reply through the columns of your very valuable paper. If, as the editor claims there was a blunder in regard to the News Record, it was not at this office. The issues of July 4th and 11th did not reach here until the evenings of the 5th and 12th. If the editor sent them out to reach here on the first mentioned dates, then he should have been sure who caused the delay before he accused anyone. Does he think his attack gentlemanly? We venture to assert that there is hardly another paper in the county would so lower itself as to publish the article he has in his paper. It seems to me that someone has found fault with him and he has cast around to see where he could lay the blame; but he failed to make sure of his position. I chal- lenge him to -name his informant and prove that this office is in fault as he claims. If he has the case he claims, then I challenge him, if he be a gentleman, to make a charge to the inspector. But he can only put a complaint' into the mouth of some unknown subscriber and try to convince his readers that all the fault is at this office. He says he has received many of these complaints. Then I challenge him to give the particulars and I am ready to answer all his charges before the proper authori- ties, if he can interest them. All the editor of the Clinton News -Record can do is in- einuate. Whenever he thinks be has just cause for complaint, he surely knows where to go, but it is not to the columns of the News. Record. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for the space in the esteemed EXPOSITOR, I am Yours truly, T. J. McAsu, Postmaster. Varna, July 23rd, 1901. Canada. — The Leland Line steamship, Indian, sailed from Montreal on Saturday with one thousand war horses for the army in South Africa. — Miss Mina Dougan has been appointed treasurer of the town of Thorold. Miss Dougan is the first lady to be appointed to this position in the Province. Her brother was formerly treasurer and he resigned. —A young man 22 years of age, named Claud B. Penevarden, a medical student and son of Dr. Peuwarden, of St. Thomas, was sunstruck while bathing on Friday and, when taken from the water five minutes after, was quite dead. —A miracle is reported to have taken place at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes at Point Aux Trembles, near Montreal, a few days ago. A young French•Canadian girl named Antoinette Diagnault, 'who had been totally blind for months, suddenly recovered the use of her eyesight while at- tending a pilgtimage at the shrine, —Adam Itetherford Creelman, K. C., conspicuous her many years in Toronto legal and social circles, has gone to Montreal to be legal advieer to the Canadian Pacific Railway Compeny. The salary is not given out, but it is assumed to be in the neighbor- hood of $25,000 a year. Mr. Oreelman is a native of New Brunswick and is 42 years of age. I — After a delicate operation for cancer, at the Toronto General Hospital, it was neces- sary that 22 inches of skin be grafted on the body of Mrs. E. Gallow, of that city. Her husband, a well-known Victoria street broker, submitted to an operaion whereby the necessary amount of skip was taken from his body and used upon his wife. Both patients are getting along well. —Sunday night last lightning struck the large barn belonging to AlfrediWillows, at Phillipsville, near Brockville, and burned it to the foundation, together with 40 tons of hay, a new platform, wagone, etc. The loss is about $2,500. Insurance on barn, $3.50; on contents, $400. Lightning &so killed a horse and several cattle in the vicinity of Lyn. —Two leading citizens of Galt died on Saturday night in the persons of David Jardine, builder and contractor, and Peter Gillies, bailiff. Both were Scotobinen, Liberals and Presbyterians. Mr. Jardine, after several e ears spent in South Africa and other distant lands, ceme to Galt 33 years agoolince Which time he had made that town his home. Mr. Gillies' connection with the place dates back fully 50 years. —Gardner & Hillborn's roller grist mill, in Aylmer, was struck by lightning and burned early Monday morning. The ma- chinery, a considerable amount of which had just been put in, is a tttal loss. There was $1,500 worth of stock ,in the mill. Of this only 50 bags of flour were saved. The building was valued at $2,500 and the machinery at $5,000. The hasuratice on the building and machinery was only $2,- 800, and on stock $1,000. —G. H. Mackenzie, principal of Dawson public schools, is visiting in Montreal. There are, he says, about two hundred pupils in Dawson, and a new sehool is being built, which will be ready to be occupied when he returns in September, The gov- ernment is also erecting fine public buildings that would be a credit to any town of the size. The population of Dawson is now es- timated at between 5,000 and 6,000, and it is estimated that the gold output for this year will amount to over $25,000,000. —E. B. Elderkin, who is in charge of the Canadian live stock exhibit at the Pen -Am- erican, says there is a great opportunity at the fair for Canadiane to work up a lucra- tive trade in Ayraleires, milking Shorthorns, and Canadian French and Leicester sheep. ever, that all animals best of condition. cattle, also in Lincoln It is essential, how - exhibited be in the Americans heretofore have thought their Ayrshire cattle were better than ours, but the operation of the model dairy at the fair has changed this Idea, and the Americans are now enxious to get Canadian Ayrshire.. Mr. Elderkin says the Ontario horticulture exhibit at Buffalo is the best there from a commercial stand- point. —James Holt, 36 years of age, and Annie Smith, less than 16, were arrested at Sagi- naw, Michigan, on Sunday, as elopers. A few days ago the Saginaw police were noti- fied by the London, Ontario, authorities that the couple were heading in that direc- tion. They were found in a hotel where they had been for several days. According to the London authorities James Holt, jr., works on a farm two miles from Putnam, in Dorchester township, and has a wife and two small children. Annie Smith, as she admits her name to be, was his hired girl. The warrant for the pair was sworn out by the father of the girl. —Mies Florence Macdonald, of Montreal, awl her cousin, Miss Leprohon, daughter of Dr. Leprohon, of Montreal, who was for .many years French consul at Portland, Maine, have been simultaneously wooed and won by two counts. Count Andrea Le. bano, of Naples, will aoon lead Miss Mac- donald to the altar, while Count Constan- tin will wed Miss Leprohon. 'Count Con- stantin is well known for his :assiduous attendancteat the afternoon teas -of Ameri- can women. He is as poor as the proverbial church mouse. Miss Macdonald is a daughter of the late Duncan Macdonald, the millionaire contractor. —A -very sad accident occurred in Guelph township about noon on Friday last, which resulted in the death of the three-yeareeld son of Mr. Frank Drexler. Mr. John Laid- law was running a reaper in a field on Mr. Drexler's farm, and the servant girl took the child into the field to see the machine work. She returned to the house a few minutes later, leaving the little fellow sit- ting in the grain. The driver of the reaper did not observe the boy, and he was caught by the machine. One of his legs and all the fingers on one hand were cut off, and he was so badly lacerated that the efforts of two physicians failed to save his life. He died in the eyening. —Alexander Henderson, B. A, K. C., former Attorney General of the Province of British Columbilie has been appointed judge of the county of -Vancouver, a newly created position. _Judge Henderson is a son of Al. fred Henderson, of Caithness, Scotland, and was born at ()Amite, Oatario' on March 13th, 1860. In 1891 he wentto British Columbia, taking up his residence and com- mencing the practice of law in New West- minster, where he has resided ever since. In September, 1895, he married Miss Susan Crawford MoCraney, daughter of William MoCraney, of 'Vancouver, formerly member of the Dominion House of 'Commons for Halt on county. —Gordon Fawcett, the six-yeareeld son of Mr. Thome Fawcett, of Niagara Falls, late Gold Commissioner of the Yukon, was at- tacked by two large Chesapeake buckhounde owned by Dr. Lake, and was badly torn by the vicious animals, the lad's scalp being almost torn off, and had it not been for the lad's cries, heard by some men, who went to his assistance and clubbed the brutes off, they certainly would have killed the boy, whom they had down tearing at his bead, and shoulders with their. teeth. The boy was taken home and a physician called, who fears the boy will not recover. The vicious brawl were immediately shot by the police. —A meeting of the committee appointed to provide a suitable exhibit of Ontario butter and cheese at the Pan-American, in competition with alijAmerica, was held recently at Brantford. The secretary sub- mitted a report which he had received from the superintendent of the dairy division of the Pan•American of the judging of the cheese. The showingis a remarkable one. Not only does Ontario sweep the beard with its export cheese, being the only classes in which it exhibited, but the -exports are all of such high excellence of quality that each and every one of the fifty-seven ex- hibits has been awieded a premium. The committee has decided to make an exhibit of August cheese atlithe September competi- tion. —The Supreme 'LTent, Knights of the Maccabees, at their recent meeting at Port Huron, decided that all old members must be re -rated die the same plan as the new members at the age at which they joined the order. The system of medical examin- ers also has been changed, so that hereafter in every city, of over 25,000 the Supreme Board of Trustees will appoint as Many medical examiners as it pleases. At the fin- al session of the ladies of the Maccabees the salaries of the Commander and Recor• der Keeper were raised to $4,500 each, and the salary of the .Finanee Keeper to $2,000. The per capita tax on all life members was abolished, and the assessments have been increased slightly. —Three accidents, two of which may prove fatal, occurred in the vicinity of Tilsonburg late on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Gardner, of Guyabore, was thrown from his buggy in a runaway and so serious- ly injured that it is feared he will not re- cover. Almost at the same time the boiler of an oil boiling machine, on the Hatch farm, exploded, slightly wounding Mr. J. W. Cuthberteon and a boiler named Thomp- son, who was standing close beside it. Two other men miraculously escaped injury. The boiler was carried bodily 165 yards. A young man named Smith, of Brownsville, while helping to erect a windmill on the farm of Mr. Chancey Smith, a few miles west of the town, fell from a scaffold 25 feet high and has not regained consciousness. — Mr. Joseph Goodfellow, Barrie, has written to Premier ttoss,forwarding samples of badly rusted wheat grownat Barrie. He says in his letter that the loss sustained —from rust in wheat grown within reach of the harmful influence of barberry hedges in that neigborhood cannot be calculated. He asks that the government come to the aid of the farmers and says that the law passed last summer does not appear to meet the ease. The letter was handed to the officials of the Department of Agriculture, who replied forwarding a copy of the act respecting the barberry shrub and pointing out that the extermination of the shrub is a matter which rests entirely in the hands of the municipal council and that neither the government nor the department has power to cause the removal of the shrub. — His Honor Judge Barron held a drain- age court of appeal in the town hall, Listo. wel, on Tuesday of last week. The appell- ant was John Birthman, of Wallace town- ship, townline east, who thought he had too large a portion of a small drain in which the township and Mr. C.Coghlin were also inter- este& The drain takes water from Mr. Coghlin's farm and the aideroad between him and Mr. Birthman, then through the back part of Mr. Birthman's land, through IGomph's farm, into an award drain. The result of the court was 'that MT. Birtbman was relieved of 100 feet of construction which was added to the township, and Mn. Coghlin was left the same. The costs of the court were apportioned _ two-thirds to the township and one-sixth each to Mr. Birth - man and Mr. Coghlin. Perth Notes- -Dr. Naysmith and daughter, of Milver- ton, have gone on a trip to the -old coustry. —The next meeting of the general board of the Methodist church will be held in St. Marys. —D. W. Slaughter, of Forest, was ap- pointed principal of Listowel public school. He was one of eight applicants. —Judge Barron has reduced the assess- ment of the Stratford Water Supply Com - pally to $19,450. The company was former- ly assessed for $61,250. —There were registered at the office of J. H. Jameson, division register for the township of Blanshard, for the half year ending June 30th, 27 births, 7 marriages and 15 deaths. —A large bale of cotton batting caught fire in Spear's store, in Listowel, one day re- cently, but was extinguished before any serious damage was done. How the fire originated is a mystery. —During the thunderstorin on Tuesday of last week, the barn of Mr. Louie Scholl, an the 16th concession of Logan, was struck by lightning and considerably damaged. For- tunately the building did not take fire. —After a protracted illness from -consump- tion, Mrs. George Shipley, daughter of Mr. Frank Shaffner- of Mitchell, passed away on the 11th inst. 'She leaves a husband, two brothers and one sister'besides her parents. —David Maxwell, of Sb. Mary., sailed from New York, on' Wednesday of last week, on the Hamburg -American line for Ger- many. He will be absent several months in the interests of the Maxwell firm, who. are introducing their machinery to German agriculturists. —Mrs. Brown, of Mitchell, was ticketed last week to Treherne, Manitoba; Mr. Rob- ert Good, of Motherwell,to Deloraine, Mani- toba, Mr. Charles Lemon, of Mitchell, to Duluth; Mr. and Mrs. James Hackney, of Hibbert, tourist firet.class tickets Via lakes to Morris, Manitoba. —On Tuesday- of last week, a party of four St. Marys young men went west. They were Dr. G. Douglas Stanley, his brother, Vincent Stanley, Paul Harding, and Walter Peart. The Stanley's are going to Calgary to remain, the other two will visit in the .prairie province for a few weeks. —At the recent examination of the Tor- onto Conservatory of Music Miss Violet F. Thomson, daughter of Mr. Waiter Thomson, of Mitchell, has been most successful, have ing been awarded honors in junior piano and also intermediate vocal music, and first class honors in primary theory. — On Wednesday evening of last week,' while the fouryear-old son of MT. H. G. Hahn, of Tavistock, was playing about a, horse that stood at the rear of the drug store there, the horse bit him on the face, cutting the boy's lip and bruising his fore- head. Dr. Steele stitched up the cut, and the lad is progressing favorably. —Mrs. Mary Becker, wife of Mr. John Becker, of Stratford, passed away on Mon- day of last week, after an illness extending over the page six months. The deceased was 54 years of age, and was born in Ouden- hause, Germany. She came to this country when 16 years sf age, settling with her par- ents at Stratford, where she resided up till her death. —An interesting event Was celebrated at the residence of Mr. and Mri. C. E. Ed- munds, of Stratford, on Wednesday after- noon of last week, when their second daugh- ter, Miss Ida, became the bride of Dr. J. A. Butler; of Baden. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. M. L. Leitch, in the pres- ence of only the immediate friends of the contracting parties. —A sad affliction came upon the home of Mr. James McGee, of Fullerton'on Tuesday morning of last week,when his eldest daugh- ter, Mies Sarah, departed this life after a few days' illness. Miss Sarah Was a fine, clever young lady, having taught school in Hibbert for three years, up to about a year ago. Her illness came upon her very mud- denly, and lasted but a few days as she was quite well the week before her death. —Annie Myckle, widow of the late Col. J. C. H. Daly, the first settler and founder of Stratford, died in that city on Friday, aged 83 years. On the previous Wednesday evening she attended prayer meeting at St. Andrew's church. Mrs. aly was a daughe ter of the late Mr. C. J. Myckle, of Guelph, formerly of the East Indi's Company's ser- vice, and granddaughter of Mr. William Julius Myckle. She was born neat London, England, and came to Canada when young. — While the storm was, at its height, on Tuesday morning of last *eek, the lightning found its mark in Mr. St. C.Willion's house, in Listowel. It struck and wrecked the chimney, then went dowel the wall, tearing up the interior of a bed room, and broke the castors off the bed. The carpel) was also torn up, and the lightning took its de- parture by tearing abole through the stone foundation. No harm was done to any of the inmates of the house. —Mrs. Nixon, of Granton, had a rather unpleasant experience one day last week, when starting out for Manitoba. She left her grip, containing both her money and, tickets, at Granton station, when she board- ed the train. She was compelled to get off at St Marys station, and luckily succeeded in recovering her grip with contents un- molested She was accompanied by five child --ren —MrRalph Ralph Moir, of the Maxwell Works, St. Marys, and Mies Annie Forman, of Blanshard, were married on Wednesday; evening, July 17th. The happy event took place at Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Forman's, Blanshard, parents of the bride. There were a large number of guests present to witness the interesting ceremony, which was performed by Rev. G. W. Henderson, of 80e%laorf"th — e pioneer% of Stratford neigh- borhood passed quietly away at his borne in that city, on Friday morning last, in the person of Mr. Thomas Odhert. The de- ceased was 86 years of age, and had been in declining health for some months. He was born in Sligo, Ireland, and emigrated to Canada in 1848, settling on lot .38, conces- sion 5, South Eaethope. There he resided. until about elevenyears ago, when he re- moved to Stratford, where he resided until Stratford.his —Aba death. E d gang grly on Saturday morning of robbers are operating in they entered the store belonging to Abraham Halal, and secured $70 in cash and some dry goods; on Saturday night M. C. Not' grocery store was burglarized, and several watches and a ring were taken. Later that night they attempted to enter W. J. Clel- and's house, and so frightened Mrs. Cleland and the children, who were alone, that they went over to a neighbor's. Monday night. they visited a couple of residences in an- other part of the city, but were frightened away.