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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1903-12-18, Page 1••••••••••••••*,....•••,••• ▪ 50e- D30-250- FiX 25a t tech. Ladielf Pfi more eillent#4, ihrel 'h1t rith: tor of horn it thepnipib - in t • ument. a amid- dfon* disa*. denim I -seem _ .yearar*. ember. nab LW the k rift be d anus - Gilbert n here Id. Mc - stall. woughti rosd ed the believer rithout uildlog - is been eaiti te beat esultea - John y. He when id very undone la re. ran and ehakere up for ate the -whose L who. refused Verdieb iby the the de - calling rely re- • ar faith John ed him ite his After kin, on ltir. tamp, a with tri ad - United 8. Mr. fret. J. me on watt (Jan- ie late ided go h_ is- sup - b time family . A, pre [ib of in Rev- . efts by a the ?reacn- 4 of-lt. 'die Car eg bine g Mr. p the being Ile car re the orrenht S hem ATT -THIRD YEAR. %TROIA NUMBBR, 1,879. •.•••••••••••••IIII••••••••••••••1101/(1.1.•••••••••••••••1••••••11..e •'SEA,FORTII, FRIDAY,. DECEMBER 18, 1903. IfzicLEAN BROS.. Publishers $1 a Year in Advance. 2 STORES 50 ft. Wide I100 ft. 1Ong 1 ELopRs e eroutithloor MAI 1 Upper Floor MANUFACTUR ENO., ••••••••.••••.••••••••••••••• +++++++444 -pee++++++ You can hunt the map all over, and you can't find anotherstorein this vicinity where there are so ,many appro- priate gifts for men or bop. Come too Man!* Store:, , for a man's things. We kdow what's right and .cOrrect, and we know what men like. We are aware that good old Saint Nick finds it very hard work to gu men, -'s sox with suitable gifts. A Man Likes Something he Oan Wear. But have a care. He doesn't want "bargain counter " stuff. He won't wear antiquated neckwear. This whole store is a veritable Christmas tree of gifts for the men and the boys,and the women and the girls, too, for that matter-" beautiful " but mildly expresses, and does not do justice, to the elegance of these gifts. . Let us,•, be your official "stocking and "IrHe " and " She " will be highly, pleased. womoSAAA 1 Fur Coats Fur Jackets Fur lined Capes Fur Collars Fut Boas Fur Ruffs Fur Muff Fur Gauntlets Fur Caps and, Mitts Overcoats to your measure Overcoats readymade Suits to your order Suits readymade Boys' Suits (3 piece) CC. (2 piece) Boys' Caney suits Mens tweed pants Men's worsted pants Men's corduroy pants Men's plain and -fancy vests Mon's heavy smocks Men's leather coats Men's overalls Boys' reefers Boys' odd knickers Fine silk neckties Fancy shirts Fancy sox Suspender Gloves fo Full dres Handsom ,Linen co Night s Smoking Bath ro every wear protectors matters lara ackets Silk umb ellas .Silk handkerchiefs Linen handkerohiefs Fine wool underwear Fine fleece underwear Pliin top shirts Fancy top shirts 1 . [ . Flannel shirts and work, mitts- : - Heaviest sox you ever wear Plain sweaters : Fancy ,s7ireaters and pyjamas , Hats and croth caps 1 Tam O'Shanters Glengarrys. A very large assortment of the newest styles and de- signs in all the above classes.' We say again, come to an up-to-date store for the selection of your expressions of good will towards the lucky ones. We can fill all the sleighs an\d. cutters coming Seaforth for the next few weeks. If yob. doubt it, come and see. Our goods and our prices will do it. eilef2h, dehdd:112-Ch Shop early and avoid the crowding. intele******41-edgefle*****11111#4. Butter and Eggs as Cash. Greig Stewa ONTARIO FAT STOCK SHOW he begins new experiments to reduce AT GUIIILIII. . the'abnormal back of his new breed without the loms of weight, and the next fair find him contesting for tlid Without. &min: the Provincial yearling prize in that particuln Winter Fair has established a• posi- el*. He works from the breeder' tion for itself in the Minds 'of the .. standard and the packing -house huy- farmers, who attend in increasing3 er's standpoint. This is the point numbers each year. This year the tow rd which all the effort of the buildings were crowded from an early beee ee is focused. . hour •elich day and the Jimiture room was filled long before he time for A Voice From Manitoba. the addresies. The surrounding dis- owflake. December 4th, 1903. trict contributed Several thousands r Expositor,—I have noticed as indicated by the sleighs and cut- gh the last year or two that ers that filled the Streets. The work . has -been a considerable drop. of slaughtering and ' dressing the off in Writing by some of your bogs for,the carcasS conapetiton went orrespoxidents, and especially on during Wednesday, While the cat- of the Huron boys at a distance tie judging was cm:minded early in notably among those I might the afternoon. Meet attention iVas ion Rev. John Landsborough, centered on the contest for the best we have in a measure lost three head Of export steers. Col. of. But, no doubt, he is profi- Ferguson, of Pickstnie Hill, Scotland, engaged in -Uncle Sera's domain. went ovee the bun h of three dozen It se Ws intheabsence of our effus- animals, and aWar ed the first and ions, that -Mr. Grogan has taken up third pre e to two of john Brown's the line of march and discourses pro - trio from Galt, while, the second foun ly and ilegantly, about the con - prize went to J. Wilson, of Fergus, strii tion of Mary Ellen's lemon poy It was in dsense a contest of breeds, and •Mr. Seagram's autograph, and as rePresentatives of the Herefords, his uitnlitum to all dyspeptics, and Aberdeen, Angus and Shorthorn were other .. . important topics of the day, in the ring. The winners were Here- that really your readers have been 'fords, twell fleshed and 'carefully pre- well entertained without the assis- pared. Aberdeen Angus men were tame of your distant correspondents, pleased to see their doddies in second Talking merely shop, for it seems to ' .plece, while Shorthorns.. had to be be the brift hi this western country content with third. : :The second upon each and every occasion, to talk prize animals weighed 1 1,690 pounds shop, and it' seems we realizethis each, the first prize tines probably. ourselves for the subject of debate morethe other :night was "What effect ' Will Reach 25,000 Mark does the commercial activity of the 'If --the 17,000 peopl 811ho attended West, have upon our moral well be- ing?" But to get downe again to talk shop I thought- of giving yotir readers a brief write up of the Snowflake dis- trict, for the four past years. Prior to that time and since the years of 188l-82, up to 1$99, it was simply a case of pioneering, Or we were situ- ated 20 miles from la railway where all farm prod4ce had to be taken to find an outlet' to Market, and many are the expresSioxr4 now, that for nearly 20 years, the pioneers of this district, mostly from Huron and Lanark,- stood ,the trials incident to such long trips in the coldest season of the .year, and while we know some of our Canadian' boys proved them- selves heroes on the veldt in South i Africa, what about the ones that are fast bringing ;this province . to the s front rank of ithe sisterhood of pro- vinces. But ofir long seige was rais- ed about the t middle of November, 1899, when th- last rail was laid on rit the Snowflake Branch, lea.ving as it does the Delo ine. Branch at Wood - bay Junction and -traversing In a south-easterly direction, one of the finest farming districts in Manitoba, until Snowflake is reached. During those four short years, since the coming of the railway, more substantial progress has been made than in other eighteen, for in eery directive fine barns, with 'one stabling, and commodious farm h eises are being built, and the en - ti Al acreage, is being brought under c itivation, as is evidenced by the fang that two hundred thousand bndhele .were marketed here last yer h and something like fifty thous- and dollars worth of stock shipped. The town contains three grand el- eydtors, a fifteen thousand dollar ho- tel, two livery barns, five stores, churches, schools, three implement firms, blacksmith i5bops, etc., and be- ing only three' miles from the inter- national boundary, it is an import- ant shipping point for American eet- tiers, no less than 260 cars of effects having been shipped here during the past. twelve months. it was not my intention, Mr. Edit - eft it. The or, to touch upon politics at all, to his tittle- 0stinets. He but I would just like to say. that to di range bet- the most indifferent observer, that your friends at Toronto and mine at largest per- wi.H Winnipeg are both playing for all ound and resist the rigor of the amate vrith- they are worth to bold down theirclimateout the exPenditure Of So much high jobs, and with the near approach ef the . Dominion election and the able price foOd. To this eh he imports editorial writers of our Free Press at an expense of ma y thousands getting things all. mixed up ; Mr. Of dollars, . the best animais o Chamberlain's scheme; the Canadian be found in different parts of the manufacturers' demands and at the globe. The crossing,' f e blending of same time not wishing to say any - the imported with th Ganadian herd, thing to hurt Laurier, that it alinost is commenced. The inimum of food is enough to compel one to forget is secured finally wth the produc- the Serious side of public ques,tions dtion of a steer that Ili show the fat and treat them, in their mix up, as well distributed thr h the succu- a comedy. In conclusion, allow me eing hunched he carcase. De duri ther ping old som and men who sigh tab.' 111 the Winter Fair las year have not been doubled this y ar, the packed condition of the Toon s cannot be ac- cepted' as the cor ecf barometer. On Wednesday the rowds were as heavy as on Thursda a year ago,and Thursday is the -ba ner day. It is significant too, that the informal discussions as to th otowded con- dition of the stock p riS and the spec- tators' walks are genpral. The scope of the show is recogn ze0 as far ahead of the buildings. The management is alert to the needs, Old the Guelph people do not propos tO stand back in• providing a suite') e home for the tremendous enterprt e 1 they have done so much for i' in the past. If there is any sentime 1 Iiii favor of a change of location, i not apparent • on the surface. The tked increase at which the anima. re held this year over previous f ir is one of the best indications of\ th good times prevailing and the ahe of the ex- hibits. 1 Ontario's Ili' sperity. The material pro i erity of Ontario is strongly emphasP eill by the var- ious enacts of the inter Fair. In the presence of inc eaised exhibits from remote sections, animals valued at thousands of dollars and repres- enting the highest . kill known to the stock industry, hie vast crowds that have poured i Lid Guelph for distanees . within a rit ious of 200 miles, and the finan la transactions representing thousend Of dollars daily, the enterprise' anifests the progress and 'wealth of the pro- vince generally. It lis. difficult_ for the layman to appr ei te the high art, patience, expeoso and time in- volved in the exhibitie of some of ( the top lines of the titre bred and grades. ' In the best sens - Of the word many of the fine aniruals exhibited, even to the unskil coif mind, show the thought the br e&ers have de- voted to the = indite r I. Here is a _breeder Wiz° has beeji ixperiment.ing Lor_ years. He has en up the thread where several enerations of thoughtful men have stock is not satisfacto tic and 'commercial wants an animal that ter, that will give thei centage of beef to the !Johnson Bros.! Old Stand, - SMALPOITTJEI. lent steak, instead of in, different parts of Evolution of t e ndustrY. expense and ndurawse, he ranch on the s hat he is re - ore per pound ugh there is e in the class road. work and management of roads way the far- may be of use td may of your read- er of Ontario ers. Personally, I object to doing present ad- away with statute labor, but path- dustry. It is masters for every four or- five per - he promoters sone in a muncipality are useless. nd delve into, Half of them do not work and some her develope- never return their lists. Four in a evolution of township is sufficient, and pa Y them animals, has for the time they .spend in oversee - ands of the al- • ing the Work under their charge. I Each man and team employed doing of the Canadi- stathte labor should be required to . Ferguson,the draw a specified amount of gravel or rt of Scotland, stone, so that all would be treated ted,after look- , equitably and in ,the same manner. nd attending . I made a:visit to Kiteley and El - he grey mat- • izbeth townships, • in the county of aft in the Do- Leeds, recently, and I learned that erds of British one of these abolished statute lab - front, regard- or this year and the other did not. less of all obstacles, tthe was calcul- Both supply stone crushers for break- ated to put the Domin on in e lead ing and spreading stones on the and keep her there. This is the es- roads. In one township, statute !a- lienate of a man iwho has travelled bor is employed for tho piling of the Lor two decades through those sec-. stones and in the other the work is tions Of the world, investigeting the paid for directly. The stdhes cost live stock industry of every civilized nothing in either township. I saw _ Then after years ef thought and patien 1 puts the product of jh marketl, and discove °giving several cents than his neighbor, little apparent diffe e of' animals. This is t mer and:the stock br have prrressed to t mirable tage ofthe this trade ,secretiotha discuss ant question with theehope of fu II:rent. This is what the beef and breedi accomplished in the ert Canadian farmer. It was to this pha an's ingenuity that C eminent live stock ex referred when he decl ing over the exhibit several meetings, tha ter expended by the nainonhad forced the North America to th to say that your Manitoba friends think a wrong was done you in the recent appointment. Yours truly W. Barber, Snowflake, Men. The Goo71.t.-ads Question. . Editor Expositor,—At this season my observations and knowledge of eountry. It is this p thinking men on the io have done SP muc their province and it. home and abroad. Even the casual pressed with the disp estige that the one of these stone crushers at work. farms of Ontar- The machine and outfit cost $2,000 'to acquire for and it crushes twelve cords of stone lir country at per day. The people. say it pays to permit a private party to own all 1;server is road machinery and work itathe mu - ay of inventive nicipalities paying for the service. genius manifested by these breeders. This they say is better and more No professor of chemistry ever profitable than for the eaunicipalit- sought for the secrets Of nature with ies to own their own outfits. In more care and persiStance than do this way the machinery is better the successful stock breeders for cared for and lasts much longer. that which will advanhe the quality This is the opinion of those who have of their herds., Here is a breeder had experience both ways. The party that finds he has produced a beef with the machine has two wagons that is perfectly flat on top. He and teams to -draw the crushed stone. finds that it is not endueive to the , They- draw them about half a mile production of hutch price. Then ' each way from the machine. They • BIBLES, PRAYER AND HYMN BOO S For all Demonina ions at all Prices. CALENDARS 840 RDS In endless vari ty, See our lines at 10c I5c tomamawaNN6II AUX. WINTE 9 • SE Picture framing a Mai are broken, drawn and proalon the road for three dollats a coed. • The wagons are self dumpi g and draw to yards at a loadS he munici- palities pile the stones at convenient points along the roads whicti are to be 'Irepaired. ,Niaw, if McKillop, Teckersmith and Seaforth would agree ,with seme man with an engine, to give hien a cer- tain nuniber of cords to ' break, this broken stone tb\ be used in each municipality, we Would all have bettiz and cheaper roads and lighter taxes. As things are how being man- aged we are paying for gravel and dirt 'to be put on the roads and then for hauling it- off again in the spring or plowing it into the ditches and then for shovelling it out against the 4ences. If we bad a rooter to plidw the gravel um'into the centre of the road and then grtfde up the road tothe gravel to prevent it going iteto the ditches before it gets packed doWn, a very great saving would be effected and we would have better roads. Another thing that requires attention is to have the ditches so the water can get to, them from the road bed and so they will carry off the water when it does get to. them instead of allowng it to lie and soak away by the side of 'the road, as is now the CELSC in almest every town- ship. The railways have men employ- ed to keep the watercourses open so -Ss to keep- Water drained from the road bed, and thie is as necessary on highways as it is On railways and it ,would pay every 'municipality to have men' to look after, their lead- ing roads in this Way. They would last much lohger with much less la- bor and expense and there would al- ways be a good, solid road bed. The Ross government pays a Road Commissioner over $3,000 a year to give advice to municipal officials as to road making and there' are not five Ross supporters in any munici- pality, who will agree with or take *the commissioner's advice. They Will tell you he does noh know as much as they do themselves. My opinion about the Liberals ishthat they know very little about Politics or roads except what Sir Wilfred or Hon. G. W. Ross tells them, and they do not believe all that. • Yours truly, . John C. Morrison. Mishter Grogan Answers to Correspondents. In me last litherary effort Ikoind iv hinted that a small remittance from me corrispondints wud not be out iv place, an' I am plased to say that me appeal has not bin in vain. Sivinteen anxious inquoirers viry ginerously responded • to me poloite requist, an' now, I ant happy to shtateghat I have received altogith- er the sum iv forty t'ree chits, moshtly in shtamps. 1 ha.ve not, as git, decoided what to do wid me money, but it's altogither loikely that th' most. iv it will be invisted in Chrissymus prieints wan way an' another. I was inkin' .at the shop windys th' other day, an ' rainy there's so manny. purty articles dis- played that a idly foinds it hard to pick out what he don't want. Mary Ellen got into th' habit iv hangin' up hur stockin' whin she was boordin' wid hur fond parints. an' she has kipt ,up th' same practice iver since I tuk hur. under me protic- tin' wing. Last Chrissymus I filled hur stockin' wid a box iv hair pins, a pound iv celluloid candies, 'a big cook book,a pair iv noicemoomy carpit slirers, th' shtuff for anew driss, an' a small table lamp, an' I filt sor- ry that I hadn't more to putt in it. I haven't made up me moind yit what I'll fill it wid this year. She has been tdroe in' out hints opeasion- ally, wid respict to a sit iv ichoiny dishes an' an umberilly shtand, but I'll see how I'm fixed about that toIhntea.ke notice that ye're apt to feel a troifle more ginerous at this fistive saison than ye are later 011, an', what's more, iVrriVail ye mate seems to be in the same fix. Fur inetance, I mate Clancy, we'llosay, Chrissmus mornin', an' I buy something', an' thin he buys somethiig, an' we mate in .wid a lot of fellys from McKil- lop, we'll say, an' its "Have some- thing," here, an' "Haire something," there, till th' furst, ring ye know ye have nothind Yis indade ! Chrissymus is th' sais- on fur mirry gatherin's, fur happy home cornin's, fur turkey, an' .stuf- fin', an'liort brie', an' ginger cordial an' Pain Killer, an' it makes wan furgit fur a toime such vixinl ques- tions as "Who'll be th' nixt Mayor?" or "How ould is Ann ?" But I'm fur- gittin' me corrispondiuts wid me blatherin. Q. E. D., Albuquerque, .New Mixico, wants to know av it's thrue that they don't feel th' could in Manny- toby, Now I've niver had th' plisure iv a visit to that far-famed 'Province an' I can't spake from ixparience,but av we are to belave th' repoorts iv th' Manitobans tbirnsilves th' could in that _counthry is not so chilly as it is in most places. They tell me that whin th' thurinometur is squir- min' round forty or fifty below Zur- ich that th' inhabitants do be trot - tin' round wid th' aveeat drippin' aff their fur coats an' soighin' fur th' cool braizes of Juloy. Wan good cit- izen informed me that whin he liv- ed in Manytoby he used to droive forty moiles to market, whistlin" all th" way wid thy thurmoxnetur so low that it got away down under th' Isate. Now, I don't doubt this shtate- mint, beca'se me informant was a good Grit, an' no gond Grit wud tell a deliberate falsehood unliss there was something in it for him. It wud seem that the Manytoby atmosphaire is dry and powdery an don't hater - fere wid yer nose like the snappy at- mosphrtire of Wawynash or Quaybic. Shtill I don't rink Manytoby will iver be able to compete wid Floridy or Jamaicygas a winther raysert, an' mebhy it eyud be jist as well fur ye to shtay /where ye are till ye hear from me agin. T. F., Brucefield.—No, ye shudniv- er pick yer teeth wid yer knoife th' table. Always use yer fork. Ye can't get at it properly wid yer knoife, an' besoides that, it's con- sithered a braiela iv ityquitte. Th' fork is handier an' ye can pick two Or t'ree teeth at wan an' th' same toime av ye practice a bit. Some payple use toorpicks, but. toot'picks costs_ money an' they're apt to break tiff an' cause irritation iv th' gooms. Always fold yer napkin nately an' shtuff it carefully in yer pocket av th' doinin' room gurl isn't watchin' It may come in handy at some fu- ture toime for wan t'ing or another, wish ye a merry Chrissymus an' rank ye fur that posthage shtarap. Ivry little help. Sev'ral hundred lathers loy over to be answered in me nixt. Grogan. Canada. —Mr. Stephen Appleby, of Wood- stock, who was to have succeeded Judge Stevens as judge of Carleton, Madawaska and Victoria, N. B., died on Thursday of last week. —Mrs, Henry Edwards, of West Oxford, near Woodstock, while car- rying a pail of boiling water a - Gross her kitchen, slipped and fell. She was badly scalded. —The Western Manitoba Hotel, at Griswold, was totally destroyed by fire last Friday night. The loss was heavy; though partly covered by in- surance. . —The civic authorities at Ottawa have been offered three buffalo for Itockliffe Park, the price, delivered there, for a bull and two cows be- ing $2400. Buffalo come high, —At the recent meeting of the Ox- ford county council, a by -la w was passed, arranging to take over all the toll roads in the county, and to raise $160,000 by an'issue of deben- tures for the improvement: of the leading roads. --At an auction sale of Mr. John McClarey's, Dorchester township, Middlesex county, last week, seventy head of battle, were sold in a little over two hours. Forty-five cows averaged $40 each. Yearling steers and heifers sold for an average of. about $22. The sale amounted to a- bout $2,400. —The office of the Pembroke Ob- server, the local Liberal paper, pub- lished on Friday's was broken into on Wednesday night of last week by unknown miscreants, and the press disabled and the type"pied." The Observer has been par Li cularly vigorous of late in its attacks on some local Conservatives. Pembroke is the chief town' in North Renfrew. —During 1903, Manitoba produced a total crop of all grains amounting to 82,576,519 bushels. Such is the of- ficial estimate issued by the Provin- cial Department of Agriculture. As compared with previous years, -this season's crop shoWs a falling off in total production of 17,475,821 ebush- els, by far the !larger portion of which is made up by wheat and flax. —A jury, in the Oxford county court last week awarded T os. Me- Clennon, farmer, of East Oxf rd, $70 damages, and costs, in his action a- gainst Chief of Police Zeats, of Wood- stock. The chief was endeavoring to handle a crowd at a cirdus last summer, and in the crush, McClen- nan got a blow on tbe head from the chief's baton, for which he asked $200 damages. .. —Rev. Wm. C. Windel, one of the oldest clergymen r in Canada, 'died on Saturday, at the age of 92 years, at the residence of his son-in-lla.w, Mr, Alexander Bell, in Toronto.' Before his retirement from the active min- istry of the Presbyterian ehurch, Mr. Windel for maps,' ears held char es at Ballyduff and Cartwright in the county of Durharo. .. —Hon. George E. Foster r turned last week from a two mont ' trip to England, whe e he had een ad- dressing a series of meetings in sup- port of Mr. Chaniberlain's pr ferent- ial policy. He was well plea ed with his reception, which was du to the fact that be was a Canadian nd that he had come to discuss a qu shims of interest to the whole empir . —Sheriff Jawed Thompson, of Lan- ark county, haslresigned after ser- ving as sheriff for over 51 ylears. In a letter to the 'rovinezal Scretary he asked to be r lieved of t» duties after January 1. Sheriff Tliompson is 91 years of age. An order in -coun- cil has been pa sed appointing W. McGarry, of Drummond tOwnship, in his place, the appoin tment to take effect on January 1. —An Ottawa correspondeet says : It being admitted on all sideii that a general election is impending, spec- ulation'now centres on the probable date of the contest. The 28th of Jan- uary was the time originally men- tioned, but there is a Strong belief that it won't be quite so *ion as that, and prominent Lberals1here in- cline to the view that it will be be- tween the 10th aud 151h of February. —A few days ,ago Meesrs 'Tuba A. Craig, of Lanark, and A. Stiswart,of Calabogie, had imite an adventure with two coons.1 They spiedthe an- imals in a tree.' Several shots were fired. At last a. shot from Craig, brought one down. Be ran Wider the tree te bag it, and while in the act, the other, which had also been shot, fell, striking him on the neck and rendering him unconscious for some time. 1 —David M. Anderson, aged 44 years of Islington, Ontario, died at Grace Hospital, Toronto, on Saturday, as a result of a very peculiar 1 case of blood poisoning. While packing ap- ples at Oakville on December 5, he bit his thumb with the hammer, causing a very bad bruise. ' The in- jury was not given immediate atten- tion, and on Saturday morning last he was brought into Toronto awl taken to the Hospital In' a dying conditon. His arm was swollen from finger tips to elbow. IThe ' hospital surgeons assert that it was one of the worst eases of blood poisoning ever brought to their notice. Death ensued within a few hours after the patient was admitted. —George Bell, farmer, near Marl - bank, was brought to Kingston a feW, days ago- for treatment. While 'un- loading hay his team started, and up- set the rig. In jumping he fracture ed an ankle. He righted the rig, al- lowing a boy to drive, and theehorses ran away and threw them both out. Mr. Bell sustained a compound frac ture of the already broken leg, the bones protruding above the knee. He also had WS- pose broken. —A man*named .Greenwood, of St. Catharines, was charged with selling ice cream on Sunday. He was fined $10 by the police magistrate in Jnly, but immediately entered an appeal. Judge Carman, in finding jud.gentent, among other things said that since we were allowed to eat on Sunday it would be rather irksome to regulate or define what wee should or should ,not eat. Appeal ;was, therefore, sus- tained and the :original action dis- missed, with °teeth —Mr. John McIntyre, bachelor,who lived alone about a mile from Bur- -ford -village, was burned to death. last Friday night.: He was 64 years of age and addicted to Idrink. The previous day he lett the village for home in an intoxieated eoridtion, and it is supposed he either -upset a lamp or Was smoking in bed, and was in too helpless a conditiondto get to a. piece of safety. The chahred remains were found, in the ruins. —The Terniskatiiing , and Ontario , Railway will, it is hoped, be com- pleted and trains runniefie to New Liskeard in November neitee A large - amount of rolling stock ig,now un- der way for the road, and,durveyond are locating the route for tfie,exten- sion to the line of the Grand Trunkee Pacific. This 1,S the road thet isbe-e. ing constructed by the 'Dominion - Government, —Last Friday, Bernice, the two and a half year old daughter of Mr. Charles J. Vosper, a butchee,. of Hamilton, was fatally burned at her parent's ,residence, lier mother had left her in the front room while she - went to peocurch some wood -in -f the yard. Returning to the house she found the child in flames lying - on the floor, Mrs. Vosper rolled her in the snow and carried her into a neighbor's residence. The child died soon afterwards, —A Westminster farmer named Ir- win, had a remarkable escape from death at a railway crossing in Lon- don, on Saturday morning. He wds about to drive over the crossing when he saw in the snow storm pre- vailing a train approaching. ',He - turned his horse about, but was,.noe quick enough, with the result 440 the engine took two wheels front eine - side of the buggy. Irwin was'entit thrown from the rig or injuredi': any manner. —The breaking of stove pipes a house in Toronto, on Saturdizy, resulted in the death of Miss Ann Lynch, one of the dodgers. ldiss Lynche's death was due to tho es- cape of coal gas. The pipes wbkh separated passed through her room from the kitchen stove to the ehim- ney. Mullet Mayhew, who rents the reeme in the place called Mies Lytteli about -1 o'clock on diaturday end re- ceived the reply that she did ern n lee to ne disturbed- lie Yob; her flit about 8 p, m. when he gave dive errl kuocke at her door. Gettitig no response he forced an elite ;wee and. fu, ;i .hn. lodger dead on : heir beside the bed. —William Carey, proprietor of the Albion Hotel, Kingston, had a nar- row escape from death by.poisoning a few days ago. He was in the kit- chen of the hotel_ when dinner was being prepared, and picked up a piece of meat, and before putting it in his mouth be scattered over it what he supposed to be salt. The iviiite sub- stance *Inch was to seasonlhe mor- sel was nothing less than extract of lye, and when the first morsel went into the hotelkeeper's mouth the burning sensation caueed" bita to 'spit it ont. The, inside of Mr. Carey's znouth was badly . burned. Fortun- ately none of the powerful extract touched his throat or he w -old have met - a terrible :death. •The burn the hotel man received is most - —There died in Ayr, Waterloo. county, Monday afternoon, Mr. John Watson, sr. President of the John Watson Manufacturing Company, and one of the oldest residents of Ole village. Mr._Watsori *comic- to Ayr in 1847, when he:establislied the found- ry of which he Watiethe head and which has gained a world-wide rep- utation. In Polities Mr. Watson was a staunch Liberal,. and in his young- er days always took an active part in municipal and parliamentary el- ections, while:in everything tending towards the weilfore of Ayr and im- mediate vicinity, he was foremost. During the last few years, owing to his advanced age be having reardied ' ins 84th year, hir, Watson has not been so actively engaged ill busin' es.s as formerly, but up to within half an hour of bis death, which was due to heart failure, he Paid his accus- tomed daily visit to the office of the firm and, bad only reaehed home when _he suddenly ee.pired. —A most daring burglary took place at the railway station at Brantford a few evenings ago. Sta- 'tion Agent Andrews was performing his usual duties in the ticket office, when suddenly the electric lights went out. Be telephoned an elec- trician to come to the station to re- pair the system. As the workman did not come the agent left the sta- tion to go after him, looking tire cash drawer and also the door to the ticket office. He left at 5.20 and at 5.30 the electrician arrived. In Me meantime robbers forced the door and secured $67 from the coati drawer making, their escape successfully. The robbery was discovered widen the agent returned. On examin- ation the electrician found that the wires leading to the station bad been severed, thus causing the station lights to go out. it is the belief of the local pollee that the Jobbers tut the wires with the intention of raid- ing the office and overpowering the agent. As the agent left immedia- tely, hoe ever. they were able to rob the place uninterruptedly.. 1 • •