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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1904-03-04, Page 1AR 1.1•10.•••••••,....••••••••••••••••••••,..........7.6.11.11,411•- za or thsnk1task. vhat brisker. There'a to sell, and we have nera to our vreekly looking, and looking Skirt Mir fifty or more hes er 'spelt still io Cloth* *ad Z.L1 or more1xediff rent lime., etre y ;it ill rail- —cofora Price*—$3.50, THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. WHOLE Nt/MBBR,, 1, In ses what the fashion- -, keep you posted, and or. N vei 6 ties s(Portrrient just at 7e:41 en ,Groutidin pink, betty 6 y and bleck, Ante all lo full of eervice and iF , gowns and outing d emir yard. unierse I everybotTy, underse; s ua. The are courteous treat- *Jn to our costomere. Ribbons • (1 width, and- of eir botni phon end fancy. BI pepuler eit ever, we expo, id In a levish it cock, If ses 'eat you eant fil frent . 611 CO tett tta of able ehtsde cr ' :CiU1(1 'aka WS '4Xae WboW, rir stock that we like just as your good tk gled to have your , you'll have our best °di Company tnd the new order ermine must travel less or there increased drain on the fun& of the chureli to it of about $40,000 a yeene esen t a t ions are beint company to induce a rot old rate. It 'is held f4- ntereits of the conapanX advantageous to the work urch, as the more widee latter is, the greater the for new settlers t000znE ei up land, and form n s thus adding to the busie railway company. ph, for many years one praminent capitalist*_ veek aged 84 -years. Somo he was president of bot!i tal Street Railway and the Gas Company, of whioN was regarded as the few deceased leaves an eetatel about one million -dollen* never married, the eetatti largely of stocket bondee state, wilt be divided bee' rge family of relatives, • residence on Sherbrooke iOinin-e McGill Universitn oue of the picture placr* Ito was a member of eburcb. [iiiway Commission will lug in Toronto shortly, to minion Grange, the Doe le Breeder' Association, Fruit GrowersAssoolret - the Live Stook Breedere 'an opportunity of pree tetain complaints agalust service and rates on Cane reYs. The Commission wilt . scope to prove a necessle r existence jn conneetion tweeters and by judieious n put several hundred thYIlar9 a year into the e Ontario farmers anit v are now wrontefuIlS RowitY, ex -manager of Elgin Loan Companyewas, -Ifingetun Penitentiary to st week, to give ode action against the Lone ee Company, to recovet - on ROWleede bon& remarkably well, bete has. for years. Now that him as he is, a.nd that eettessity of 'longer piad tmcrite, and keeping et books seems to have .relief to- his mind. Hp health and spirits, and ail officials quite cheere ecty OIL hie arrival. vets a hundred thousand Ottawa a few days ape det that. dirty Domintole ;mount were sent up in destruction of paper, Gevernment issue, pare dollar denomination' requu1iy. The banks ICE' worn and dirty bills crisp new bills 111 dozen or more are sups crobe-laden bills are For this purpoee in the basement of iepartment is used, an& r'ponsibh orficittio of sup,i in I end the cYp0r- mz t he recalled paper s. on Iteho publishes ers of sugar beets in the number of acre* by each, the percente orded and the actuat ley received by the .1!iy all the plote were sjority being of one or ne firm r iised 50 acres there were a few fields aeres. One farmer foi 1 we acres reale o :Led received hear'4 etoriation which pro- ' secured Jet per emit., f..i870. One farmer 'who hr five acres realized ., and received $76° I.11411 o t for the , 0 acres, which scored t. in the test. On the f from $39 to $4° aa ent, and some ran as $80 an acre ; a Pim" atoll below, one man _r37 or $8 for the outd Fine Tailoring I andradI yinadei ClOthing I BIL FURNISH FU R INGS AND 4-404-0-e-eeetetesestde.44.44044-40Q A bill bearing the denomination of ten dollars will pur- chase more goods now probably than at any other season of the year, and what will apply to a single bill is applicable also to any number of them. If you want to save money on purchases of goods which can be worn during this Spring's cold'days, and come in good for next winter, you can save about one-half, On the other hand, if you want New Spring Snit New Spring Otemat Ne!. Spring Nat New Spring Shirt Our stock, which has been selected in the best markets of the world, is now about ready for your inspection. We will be looking for you every fine day now. You do not have to buy because you look. But we must say that if you are interested in what is thoroughly new, and, want to have a look, we are always GLAD TO SHOW YO The Largest and Best selected stock of men's and boys' wearrables in -Western Ontario. 0+-.+4t*-ohh•-•-•44****444'444444- t Strong in Boys' Clothing Every Mother has trouble to find what just suits her for the boy. Every merchant has daculty in placing in stock etyles and prices that will suit every mother. We have overcome the greate4 part Tof these troubles for both. We have put in variety of styles,and prices 'thilt should meet the require- ments of allcomers. Our Prices are Low. For Suits.—$1.50, $2,00, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50, $5.00 and $5.50, covering sizes from the smallest four year old t,o ti e largest 15 Year old. 0104110111AdtAAANSIVA01010,~~ Alt Winter Goods Clearing at Less than Auction Prices. Furs Overcoats, Heavy Suits, Heavy Trousers, Heavy Shirts, Heavy Underwear, Heavy Sox, Heavy Caps, Heavy Mitts and. Gloves MOSTLY AT :EEALF PRICE At these prices we must have Cash on the spot,. Greig & Stewa SEAVORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 19040 Aot in the Present. nothing bnt horse talk and every (By J. Smillie, formerly of A-ustralia.) team that' passee will cause a rush Dear Expositor,—Often in travell- to the winiws. It is int Vresting to notice what a ing over the Province come i" c°"" large percentage of land throughout tact with the Huron Expositor, and this wholo county has been preserv- hear it spoken of as among the best ed in wood lots. Nearly every farm , 11 11 papers in the Dominic, large cities. More oft tations from the Expo town and village paper,. Canadian, of Simcoe, r outsido the has still its few acreii of the prim- ' • sequo-ei eval forest, and the eonsequence 15 tor in oity, that fire Wood is quite plentiful all . The British through here. In the enkist of the produced tbis halls they istill retain the old rash - week "An Interview with Longfel- -! ioned box Stove that will take in a low" you had in a late igen°. 1 sup- four foot cord wood stick. And there pose all those whe can appreciate seems no difficulty in g etting a plen- what is noble, greall and good, .like , tiful supply of wood at from $4 to to hear something of the personal- $5 a full cord. There is just enough ity of the man who has left on Teo; snow here to get the wood and tina- ord for all time, the "Psalm of life' ber out of the bush nicely, and the and so many lines that cheergencour- farmers are all busy with one thing age or bless mankind. It was my and another. privilege in Australia to epend Sun- day with a man who had had an in- I The nzht of the Railway. terview with Longfellow. He was a I brother to Dr. Joyce, of Melbourne, The terrible fight between the rail - Australia. Ile was a retired neer- ways and the elements this week is chant, who had mode his for- well depieted in the following de - tune in Geelong, forty miles from spatch from Clinton, dated Monday, the capital of Victoria, He was in March lett It says; business twelve years and for the The big Storm of yesterday, of rain first six was catering for the up-. sleet and enow has made the railway per class trade. After stook taking situation the worst in the :'history of at about the middle of his business career he found he was bankrupt. He had balanced his books and was in his office after midnight. The bal- ance was on the wrong side. He was discouraged and in despair, when through the gloom and blackness of nig,ht, as if borne by a gentle zephyr from the sunlight of the eternal came the imperishable lines "Act, act in the living present, Heart with- in and God e'er bead," The world did not know that he was insolvent neither did his clerks. He resolved on a new line of action and made ready for the morning. He adver- tised for the masses and catered to their wants and in six years made a fortune,- sold out and started on a all railroading in this section. Nine engines, two snow plows and two passenger trains are stuck, dis- abled or Off the track at this place, and to -night show no signs of being relieved. 'A snow plow cannot keep the track !owing to the ice and snow. Large gangs of men are being engag- ed to dig the line out, which seems the only Way it will ever be 'opened Up. The G. T. R. have over seventy-five people as their guests at the differ- ent hotels here, end John Quirk and Thomas Ausbrook, two of the old- est -passenger condustors, who are stalled' bre, state that in all their railway xperience they have never seen the tracks in the condition they trip round the world. When he are now Conductor 11111, of Wing - landed on the American continent ham, whose wife died on Saturday last in Wingham, and wbo is on his way to fTilsonburg, to buty her, has been compelled to wait here with the body, and is in great distress over the sIation. He has been here since 8 'clock Monday morning, and has nevietr left the ear. No Mail or papers have been re- ceived ince 8 o'clock Monday morn - ilk provisions of all kinds are d business is at a standstill. atest sympathy goes out to T. R., its officials and its n. The local agent, A. 0. the uppermost thing in his mind was Longfellow and he must see him. Af- ter many days and many enquiries he reached the home of the poet and knocked at the door. The fioet's daughter came and said her, father was so poorly he was, not seeing any- body. "Ob I" said Joyce, "I must see him even if I have to wait, I have come all the way from ,Aus- tralia to see. him." "Well come in . and sit down" said Miss Longfellow "and I will speak to my father." She came back and eaid her father would be in soon. "And" said Mr. Joyce "you cannot imagine how ner- vous I felt in those few minutes, I had never been in the presence of a genius before, but , when the door opened and the fine patriarchael fig- ure held out his kindly hand', I fat at ease and told my story." gLong- fellow said. "I am glad I have been of some use to somebody; I have been writing more or less for forty years and you are the first one who has ever told me one line of mine did him any good." ,Longfellow then asked about Australia and said he once had some thought of going there; but wastoo old now. He gave Joyce one of his photographs, and in shaking hands and saying good-bye be added "God bless'you, I am glad 'we met, and not likely shall we meet in this world again." Joyce said " fears were in his eyes and they were in mine to'o and to -day one of the things money eun't buy is my photograph of Longfellow. from his ovsn tender, loving band." And his "is fortune's now and fame's, One of the few,theimmortal names That was not born to die." Simcoe, February 4th, 1904. Johnson Bros.' Old Stand, Canadian Pacific Railway. Settlers' one way excursions to Manitoba and Canadian Northwest will leave Tor- onto every Tuesday during March and April, Passengers travelling without stook skould take the train leaving Toronto at 1.45. Passengers- trayelling with live stook should take the train leaving Toronto at 9 p. m. Colonist sleep4rs will be attached to each train. 13ooke and maps given on application. deSpecial Excursion Rates to all Pool& coast points during March and April. Single fare, $43,05. For full particulars, apply to GREIG; 14 STEWART, Agents C. P R. Ticket and Telegraph, and Dominion Express, , About Our Neighbors .tvir. T. Ile Race, who has been do- ing Fermere' Institette work in the county of Middlesei, writes to his ,paper about people jand things he .has green in that county, as follows: But other districts there are, even in this old county of Middlesex not so creditable to the settlers. One of theeW is passed throueh by a drive from .London to Lambeth, on the old St. Thomas and Port Stanley road. In the six miles between the Forest City:and Lambeth one can SCC ,finly two or three respectable farm houses ,and outbuildings. The land is first class and good crops have been taken off it. But it was taken up very early by a class of settlers who were, fonder of a fat bank account than they were, of a fine home or veell oultivated farm. The owners of the farms are said to he all money lenders; the original houses and outbuildings are still re - taped ; ail the younger people have left for more attractive fields, and the civilization of forty or fifty years age is marked by the old rail fences that enclose it on both sides of the road. It was a very invit- ing community for the consideration of the social side of farm Jae. But very feAV Of the farmers of such a district came out to the institute meet ings, and 'those who , do, get up and leave as soon as you begin to talk about anything but tbe hog as a money 'maker, The social or re- lined. side of farm life they cannot understand, and fi trange to say, many of the prominent or success- ful business and professional men of the city are boys from these farms. And. is it to be :wondered at that boys will leave such farms as thee 10 seek the more attractive sur- roundinge and social advantages of the towns and cities? At Wilton Grove the majority of the evening audience were young men.and wo- men who seemed contented and hap- py in their farm life, Going ,westward into West Mid- dlesex ohe gets into lighter Sails and more extenSive corn fields. Ow- ing to the scarcity of labor last fall some largo fields of corn are still standing,' out with the ears yet un - plucked, or in the. shocks with the ears unbusked. There are a few flat and backward seetions, especially some. of -those lying adjacent to the Chatham, branch a the Grand Trunk Railway., Nearing Glencoe we were led to enquire if we were passing through an Indiae reservation, so poor were. the buildings, fences and other things about the farms. But the country round. about Glencoe is very progressive and is a great dis- trict for; its high quality of hdrses. As one sits aboot the hotels he hears ing, w short a The gr, the .G. workm, Pattisen, assisted by R. Irwin, is do- ing his best to allay the feelings and es of the belated passengers At a late hour this evening, learned that a snow plow Leen men, on its way to Gode- eich, jumped the track and turned to the ditch,completely de - the snow plow and injuring of the men who had a most ions escape; Similar reports rom points east of Toronto. eepatch from London of the late says: month of March broueht with of the worst tie ups exper- by the railways this hard , Yesterday a severe sleet ow storm set in and continued The snow between here and rd is reported to be over 8 cep. No. 1 express came to n the Stratford branch yester- day aed was stalled all night. Mrs. Hays, !wife of Presidett C. M. Hays, of the.G. T. R., was on of the unfor- tunate! who spent the night in the 'snow. don ti main far. still brand ing quett enquir here. it was and fif over stroye severe mirac come A same The it one ienced winter and s all da Strati feet grief This train did not reach Lon - 1 11 o'clock this evening. The lines are being kept clear so he London Huron & Bruce is blocked, as is the St. Marys . Similar conditions are be- xperie,nced on the Pere Mar - and C. P. R. Huron NOtes. —Miss Lucy Isabel Carey, a form- er resident of Goderich, died la.t Huntsville Muskoka, , last week. —Mi. VV. W. Farren, of Clinton, has solid his three driving horses to Mr. J! Swartz, of Wingham, --M °buret ling s Engin fell d last 314 shake _ern Missi ian cl a dec M.01111 • — while 'son's, 'sever walk at 13 .. James Sheriff, of White- , has been appointed travel- ilesman for the Ontario Wind , and Pump Co, of Toronto,. s. John Sterling, of Clinton, wn the cellar istairs one day cek and was badly bruised and by the fall. e Scotch social given by, the n Band, of Clinton Presbyter- urch, one evening recently,was ded success. The proceeds a - led . to $29,50. , rs. John Morrish, of Clinton, returning from a visit- at her one day , last week, met with accident by slipping on ioy , and breaking her ankle. m. Blake has rented his farm nrailler, to Robert Lawson, for a terin of years. The farm is one of the lest in the township, and the new_extant is a well known Tucker- smitl 1 farmer. —I. (tying sold his farm and bought a fp ' arcs south of Brussels„fas. Mitceell, of Grey, intends building a Il4v home next season on the lat- ter, 1 ft _will be fratrie with cement veneer. . wild cat entered Messrs. Cous- in Pres'. poultry Iniuse in Howick, i: one night recently and killed their ent ire flock of 78 hens and six ducks. Thi e is a heavy loss to the owners as !they were all pure bred fowls.- 1 --IMiss Jennie Laurie, who teaches ohool section No. 9, Ifullett, and ds at Mr. A. Tyerman's, about quarters of a mile from the ml, has not missed one day's at - lance since the New Year. - Wingham furniture factories closed down for a coupleof ks. Lack of some lines of meter - and the delay in moving out the hed product, on account of the v bloekade, are said to be the ons. As the result of an accident eas- ed a short time ago, Mrs. Din - wife of Mr. E. Dinsley, of Clin- died in that town last week. reached her 85th year on the lst anuary last, and the day before died was the 64th anniversary of 'wedding. Deceased was Ono of oldest and most highly respected lents of the 'town, going there on 22nd Of October, 1850, with ,her and, and with a short interval t at Holmesville,, lute, resided t boa thr sell ..t en hay WC( ial, fiei. sno a in sley ton, She of she her the resi the lens spe Wall Papers. PAINTING & PAPER HANGING At Lowest Prices. Contracts Taken...., - ALEX. WINTER, Ams.—SEAFORT11. Picture framing a Specialty. ammentaknostsminnek, -4romorearsgsszfoxv.voilm there ever since. She was a life- long member of St. Paul's church, but her infermities had not permit- ted her to attend for some years. She was the mother of 13 children. —Mr. Charles Avery, one of tbe oldest and most esteemed residents of Stanley, has succeeded in selling the remaining 97 acres of his farm to Mr. Joseph Shipley, of Whalen. Mr. Avery disposed of the most of his land last fall and intends going west. —The entertainment given recent- ly by the Clinton Golf Club was largely attended and a financial suc- cess. The performers were Miss 11, Wyriok Shafer, Harold Jarvis and Mrs. Mcrlardy Smith. —Thos. Harris, of Goderich, has sold his farm near Dungannon to W. J. Killough, of Exeter, for the sum of $7,000. The farzn contains 154 acres and is a fine property, with good buildings and extensive or- chard, in fact a very fine property. —Among the officers eleeted at the annual meeting of the Huron Poultry and Pet Stook Associatio-n held in Goderich recently, are Messrs. Cart- er and Medd, Constance; A. J. Grigg George Barge, J. A. King, Clinton; C. Howson and A. A.skwith, Auburn. —Mrs, Hiscocks, a forzner resident of Wingham, and mother of Mr. 3, H. Hiscooks, of London, also a for- mer resident of Wingham, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Stroud, at Dungannon, last week. Site. .had been ill for a long time. —Mr. and Mrs. James D. Howatt and daughter, of East Wawanosh, have returned from their two months' trip to the old country. They enjoyed their visit to Scotland, Mr. and Ms. HoWatt's native country, very greatly. _Geokge Davis, who has been con- duetingtd a successful livery busi- ness with his son, Harvey, for the past few years in Clinton, has found it necessary, owing to ill health, to sell his interest in the business. The new member will be Frank DOW9Orip a former well known resident of Stanley. —D. D. Wilson, Seaforth; Pater Douglas, Blake, and John Madden, Stephen, have been appointed lic- ense commissioners for Soetle Hur- on. ' Mr. Madden takes the place of Mr. Henry Doyle, who is now a. resi- dent of Parkhill in Middlesex coun- ty. —The death of Wesley J. Sperling, son of Mrs. Joseph Sperling, Clinton, recently took place at the Soo, where he had been residing for some time. He was 43 years of age, and leaves a wife and four children. Death was caused by canoer of the stomach. The body was brought to Clinton for in- terment. —Mr. Thomas O'Laughlin, a former pupil of the Goderich Collegiate In- stitute, died at his home in West Wawanosh last week. He went west last fall but was called home by the illness of his sister. This is the third member of the O'Laughlin family that has died of consumption since last June. —The planing mill of H. Stevens, Clinton, has been bought by Messrs. Carter and Seymour, and will be turned into a manufactory of all cabinet work, office fixtures, etc. As considerable changes will have to be, made in their new premises, it will be a few weeks before they com- mence operations. —The total assessment for the township of Stanley for the year of 1903 was $1,667,200. On this assess- ment there was levied for county purposes $2,502,23. For township, $3,001.45. For Logan drain, $569.73. For the Schwalm drain, $58.28. For Stanley big drain, $662.65. Dog tax, $293. For schools, $4,560.10. Total on roll, $11,648.44. —Previous to his departure for Regina, Mr. George Hinchley was entertained by his Clinton friends of the gun club and presented with a gold chain and locket. Mr. llinch- ley has been a resident of Clinton since 1881, and was associated with the threshing machine works. He will have the agency of the Water- loo Manufacturing Co. in Regina. —An interesting gathering was held one evening lately at the home of Joseph- Salkeld, Hayfield road. Mr. and Mrs. John Salkeld were vis- iting their relatives here and as this was the twentieth anniversary of their wedding a celebration of the event was held. Besides the relatives residing in this vicinity several were. present from Stratford, and a merry time was spent. Mr. and Mrs. Sal- keld were presented with a hand- some clock ;IS n, memento of the oc- casion, —At the meeting of the official board of the North Street Metho- dist church, Goderich, on Thursday °Vetting of last week, an invitation was extended to Rev. Dr. Daniel to remain a fourth year as pastor of the church. Dr. Daniel has not yet given his acceptance of the invita- tion. On Friday evening the board of Colborne street Methodist church, London, extended Dr. Daniel an in- vitation to become their pastor at the end of the present conference, year. —On Friday, February- 19tle Gode- rich township lost one of its old- est and most esteemed pioneers, in t he person of 'William Jervis, sr., at the age of 88 years and 8 months. He was a native of Derbyshire, Eng- land. Be came to this country about 60 years ago and has lived ever since in the neighborhood of Holmesville. He married Miss Mary Tebbutt 58 years ago, and they moved on lot 81, Maitland concession, when it was all bush. They passed through all the trials of pioneer life in the *on* woods. He has always been the soul I with the but of his whip. The mag - of honor, and will long be remember- istrate, in summing up the evidence M for his jolly disposition. He leaves a family of 10 children, 34 grand- children and 11 great grandchildren. —D. McBurney, of Ca.stleblaney, county of Monaghan, Ireland, is in Goderich at present on a vieit Wide cousin, A. J. Cooper. Mr. McBurney is the manager of a commercial and tourist hotel at the picturesque lit- tle town, of Castleblaney, which is just three miles from the historic remains of Forney Castle, and four- teen from the ancient eity of Ar- magh, the burial place or St, Pat- rick. Mr. McBurney will spend the summer in, this country and if he likes it may remain'here. —The shipments of the manufac- turers for the Goderich Engine Works during the year aggregated $89,609.08, and the wage list $25,- 853.15. Although the firm built the engines for the boats built last year on Marlton's Island, most of the en- gines, machinery and net lifters manufactured were shipped east, north and west, a few eing.reis go- ing as far as British Columbie. The average number of hands employed was 48, and with tbe exception -of a few repairs all were employed on new work. —After an illness of pneumonia extending over the past five or six weeks, Mrs. VanEvery, of Goderich, died in her severity ninth year. Mrs, VanEvery was born in Mimic°, in the county of York, and was one of a family of seven or eight, her maiden name being Margaret Gold- thorpe. She was married at Mimic° some fifty-six of fifty-seven years ago to the late Thos. B. VanEvery and a few years later they moved to Goderich. Mr. VanEvery died fourteen years ago and of eight children four are still living. — Canada —The Toronto Horse, Show will be held in the Armories in that city on the last four days in April. —Joseph Kennedy, a dissolute young Englishman, who was on trial at the assizes at Brantford last week on the charge of murdering a little girl named Irene Cole, last fall was declared not guilty by the jury after deliberating four hours. —The first annual sale of pure- bred cattle, under the auspices of the Guelph Fat Steck Club, will take place at Guelph on-Wednesday,March 16, This sale is the successor of the official .sales inaugurated by the De- partment of Agricultural. —To win a small bet, Joseph Jo- seph, an elderly resident of Weisen- burg, near Guelph, walked four miles in the snow with naked feel. Two witnesses accompanied him. His feet liver° not frozen, nor did be suf- fer. pain. —Last Friday night the fine,brick residence of Mr. John'Williems, 12th concession of Brant township, Bruce county, near Chesley, was totally de- stroyed by fire. Loss $2,500, partly covered by insurance. The firestart- ed: in the basement, near the fur- nace. —In recognition of his thirty-six years' service as superintendent of Midge street Methodist chuteh Sun- day school, in Belleville, Mr. Wm. Johnston, district inspector of weights and measures, has been pre- sented by the pupils of the school with a free passage to the World's Sunday School Convention at Jerus- alem. —Postman David Dibbs, a London letter carrier, on Wednesday received a package by express that contained $13,400, the result of investing one dollar in a lottery about a month ago. Mr. Dibbs has been delivering letters for fourteen years, Ile says he has not thought of resigning, but will go on working as hard as ever. His salary is $600. His ticket drew, the $15,000 prize, but various com- missions amounted to $1,600. —The Windsor hotel in Fort Wii- liam was completely destroyed by fire one morning last week, A pe- culiar thing about the fire was that it broke out in the Queen's hotel, adjoining, which, with the exception of a couple of rooms, was not dam- aged to any extent, although tbe in- terior and furniture were drenched with water. A number of guests of both hotels lost some of their val- uables in their haste to get out of the buildings. —A new congregation has been formed in Berlin, caused by a split in the large congregation of St. Peter's Lutheran church, of which Rev. 11. VonPirch is pastor. Nearly 120 families have severed their con- nection with the church ana formed themselves into a church to be known as the Friedel Gemeinde, to be assooiated with the Canadian Luth- eran Synod. 'Jibe president, Rev. Mr. Hoffman, of Hamilton, will preach the inaugural sermon on Sunday, March 61h. • —There are no poor peoplein the Northwest territories, and 50, great is the prosperity that I Whereo we will have a population of one mil- lion before- tilde years are out. This hopeful statement was made by Lieu- tenent Governor :Forget, of the Northweet Territories, who was re- cently in Montreal. Hie honor de- clare,s that the population is literals- ing so rapidly that the mounted po- lice fence mill probably be. raised to a thousand, which was the original number, —A good many may not know that the criminal code places the penalty of convictio-n of conduoting a bucket shop at five years in penitentiery and $500 fine. A bucket dhop aecord- ing to the code, is a resort where stocks are Sold or bought, and of which there is no delivery, nor stocks acquired. An habitue] fre- quenter, or one who sells or, buys stocks, without delivering or ac- quiring them, is liable to imprison- ment for one year, if found guilty. —George, Evans, who lives in Pus- linch township, a -couple of miles from Aberfoyle, Wellington eounty, was charged at the police court in Guelph with cruelty tom horse. it seems that he was coming up the Dundas road one day recently, driv- ing a team drawing a load of half a cord of green wood. The horse got off the track and into the deep snow fell, and was unable to get up until separated from its mate. The driver kicked the animal and struck him found fault with the defendant for overloading his horse and afterwards abusing it by kicking it. On account of the latter act, which violated at least the spirit of the act, he found the defendant guilty and fined him $1 and sosts. Perth Notes —St. Marys Curling, Club has again won the Western Tankard. —The Women's Hospital Aid, of Stratford, realized $250 from their ball held recently in -that city. —One of the oldest settlers of Rus- seldale in the person or Mrs. James Park, passed away one day last week. She leaves a husband and seven chil- dren to mourn her loss. —The members of Mr. D. Nolte's class in the Sabbath school at Se- bringville, presented him with a re- cently. elyteacher's Bible one evening re- -Robert Mills, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Mills, 'Downie, was parried leet month in Lummer- berry, Assiniboia, to Miss ,Margaret Fleming, of that plaoe. . —Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hord, of Mit- chell, have gone to the Holy Land to attend the convention of Sunday school workers to be held in Jerusa- lem --.Mr. Thos. Currency, of Fuller- ton, died suddenly at his home on February 20th. Deceased was taken with an attack of acute peritonitis and was only ill about 20 hours. —Messrs. George McLagan and J. Way, Stratford, and William Suh- ring, Sebringville, have been ap- dLicense Comznissioners for North Perth. —Mr. David and Miss Annie Stew- art, nephew and niece of Mr. Stewart, of Mitchell, left for North Dakota last week, accompanied by Mr. Andrew Morgan, who has been visiting in the vicinity for some timeM — r. Charles 11. Rogers, of the Huron road, near Mitchell, has dis- posed of his farm to Mr. Frank Byrne for the sum of $7,000. Mr, Rogers gives Up possession on the Airst of April. —Knox Presbyterian church and the First Presbyterian church, St. Marys, each held a congregational meeting last week to discuss the matter of the union of the congre- gations. A vote was taken and each congregation decided against union, —Mr. H. E. Holmes, manager of The Perth Flax and Cordage -Coe Stratford, who has been visiting at his home in England for the past couple of months, returned on Sat- urday last. While in England he be- came a benedict, and Mrs. nolmes came back with him. —Mr. Edward Adair, brother of Mrs. Hueston, of St. Marys, and man- ager of the Adair Mining Co., of Revelstoke, British Columbia, visited his sister recently. He had not been in St. Marys or seen his mother for 26 years and she did not know him when he called. —One evfning last week a numoer of friends assembled at the home of Mr. J. H. Metherwell, Hibbert, who is about to move to Mitchell, and spent the evening in social inter- course and games. Before leaving they presented Mr. and Mrs, Meth- erell with a handsome couch and an address.cmootirhh eio, —ir Royal Hotel property, in was sold lately to Mr. II; the sum of $P2,000. Mr. Cook is an experienced hotel proprie- tor, having run a hotel at Dublin for some y ea re., and also t he hotel on tmli:ib.ryrso.aduhtetwwylT t Sa ttfordkr;i)(a 0sse ssni ocin 81.ol the first of May. —An interesting event took plate at Sunnyside,the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McLagan, Willowgrove, on February 240, when their ellieet, daughter, Agnes A., was united in marriage to Mr. James Roy, Clever - dale Farm. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. IL Curry, of . Monk - ton, assisted by Rev. IL McCulloch, H. D., of Tavistock. —Mr. Wm. Forrester, of Mitchell, -received a cablegram notifying him of the accident off the; coast of Eng- land, to the C. P. R. steamer, Lake Michigan, on which he had seventy- two head of cattle for the old coun- try market. The steamer met in collision and was then run ashore. The cargo was fully insured. Mr. J. Gatenby, of Mitchell, was in charge of Mr.- Forrester's cattle. - —A tea and lecture Were given in Knox church, St. Marys, one ev- ening last week. Refreshments were served in abundance in the basement from 6 to 8 o'clock. After ample justice was done at the tables, a large and appreciative audience as - assembled in the body of the church to hear Abe delightful lecture on " The secret Of Scot fish Suocess," by Rev. R. J. Knowles, of Galt. —The deal h took place last week at his late residence in Mornington, of Joseph Aiken, aged 80 years. Death was due lo senility. Deceased was born in Aberdeen, Scotian/1, and came to this country some forty or fifty years ago and Actiled in Morn- ington. Me was one of the oldest pioneers of -that township, josities his widow, be leaves five sons and one daughter, and one brother living in Scotland. —About forty of 1 he friends of ex- eouncillor L. Arnold, of South Eat - hope, met at his 'spacious home one evening lately, and presented Mr. and Mrs, areopi wit h 1 wo handsome easy chairs. J. W. Hartleib was ehairmen. An address was read by J. IP, Krug, and 1 he presentation made by P. Herold and Jacob Welck- er. A suitable reply was made by Mr. Arnold, and speeches were made bY the above gentlemen and by Te(4V4 John Helia O'er. —Mrs. Alden Burriti, of Mitchell, died al her home on February 22nd. Deceased had been a sufferer for many yea re from chronic bronohithe Nfrs. Burrit t e es it daughter of the late Rev. Asheel Huribur4. v6110 aft er forre l ring.several ,)f (eianrsthireministry, ].tved; Mr. find Mrs. Burritt were' married in 1855: only fifteen months were lacking to the celebration of the golden wedding anniversary. For nearly forty years they have been residents of Mitchell. •