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SE.AFORTII, FRIDA*, Afay 27, 1904.
Mr. Iiislop's ,Letter.
In another- column of this issue
will be found a letter from Mr.
'Arehilaald Hishm, M. I'. P., for East
Huron, in reply ato, our article of
Seloweeks ago on what we may
term, for the sake a convenience,
• the Conmee-Bowman rake off. We
are espettially pleased to have the
opportunity of laying Mr. Ilislopfs
version of the case before our read -
ars. He .is, perhaps, in a better pos-
ition to form a correct judgment or
the proceedings than we are. Ile
was in the House -when the matter
was being discussed and he had, con-
sequently, the privilege of hearing
and seeing for himself, obtaining his
iaformation first band, while We
had to depend on the Wore or less
" imperfect reports petblished in the
daily papers. However, we followed
these very closely and in the arti-
cle of which Mr. Hislop complains we
gave What we "believed to be, from
the information at our disposal, a
fair and unbiased statement of the
case. After all bhere is not a great
_ deal of difference between ue. Mr.
Ilislop admits that an agreement
sueh as we stated between Conmee
and Bowman and Foley Bros., was
submitted, to the 'Legislature, but
be says if was submitted by a. Con-
servative aember ; that it was a
spurious docamen,t and that both
Mr. Conmee and Mr, Bowman denied
its authenticity and that the real
agreement between these parties
was submitted by Mr. Corarn5e end
that fit had nothing in it about the
ten per cent, commission, that it
was, fin fact, a very harmless and a
very proper document. Now, Er -this
the easeewhence did the °thee doe -
merit originate? Surely not even a
wicked Conservatly'e member would
dare to exhibit a spurious docu-
ment is3 the Legislature and palm it
off as gentline and comment on it as
such, .as Mr. Hanna, the gentleman
Teferred to did. If a member were
to perpetrate a bare faced fraud of
this nature on the House, he would
beea most despicable individual, and
we fancy he would be very sharply
brought to book: Moreover, if the
proceedings in the Legislature -were
coeree•tlY reported, Me. Hanna 1 not
only read this document and com-
mented on .it in the Himee, but be
aetually placed 'Lt. in Mr., Corenee's
hands for ,inspeetion. He must,
therefore, be a very bold, bad man,
'(and we have never noticed him de-
scribed as such, risme by his oppon-
ents) if he woula be eck reekle.ss with
a spurious doeurrierrL ILwe mistake
not the statement was made in the
Legislature, at any role it was made
in the press, and has not been refut-
ed as far as we lia.ve seen, that the
doeument which Mr. Hanna., produc-
ed in the House contained genuine
-extracts berm an existing agreement
and that the document Mr, Conmee
produced and -winch Mr. Hislop says
Inc.perused, was the eontract based
upon this aereement. If this is the
ease, nt makes the matter intellig-
ible, and this phase. of the situation
strengthluied by Mr. Corunee's
tern adiniseicin, that the ....there due to
himself and Mr. Bownean, from the
Algoma Centrat contract, is just ten
per cent. of the whole contract: To
us, at any rate, the beeriness still
bears an extremely fishy appear-
ance deepite Mr. Ilialop's explana-
tion..
Hislop agrees with us that it
is not proper for menibers of Par-
liament to have contracts on works
whiell are limvily subsidized by the
Legislature ef whieh they are mem-
bers. But, in extenuation of the
practises or Bowman and Conmee in
this respect, he says they received
The eonti-act on the Algotme Central
railway, out of which they, received
39,000 odd dollars for doing nothing,
in open cempetition with other con-
tractors. Now, Foley Brothers, the
sub -contractors for this work, were
muck better known and stood much
higher as railway- contractors than
00,11MOV, and Bowman.. Indeed, Mr.
Bowman was neeer known as a rail -
'way contraetor until he became a
memberof tbe L ilt
eg s lire. Has it
never struck Me. Mishap as stran-ge
That kleley Brothers did not put in
for this contract themselves when
'they were in a position to do it se
much cheaper than Conmee and
Bowman, instead of allowing these
last named gentlemen a ten per
cent. oommission on the gross -cost
of the work for handing it over to
them ? These are some of the things
that bother us, and which prevent
us froin believing the transaction
as straight findinnocent as
lop seems to think it is.
I Again, KrHislop stfli believes
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ketievitee' *Welt file' week fete
fete the tie*ftgefe Wie. et -weeded. itetsi
the 4ettreerintetif Should &eve thiS
;formation and they should impart if
o the Legisiatnet so the members
sentId vote intelligent1Iy- The eon-
traeteas who tender for the work
do not seem to beve any difficulty
in aleertaining its value and what is
ipossible for contractors, should be
Ipossible for the GoVernmeat. But the tact ,of the mat,ter iis that the
railway bonusing system has been so
long -in useethat it haa.becoMe rotten
and, bone° the man Y ,abuses which
spring up under it. And the sooner
him pluck up emir to put their
Mr. llislop and otherNttest men like
feet down on it the be.tter. This,
however, is a digression.
While Mr. Ilislop laments that
eontracts virthich are aided by Public
money should be subelet so as to
yield ' large profits to the originat
tontractors, be says the same thing
isthenin connection with all public
workS, even in connection with smal/
municipal jobs. Perhaps that is the
case, but w_e venture to say that if
a munieipal couareillor were to use
his influence to induce his fellow
oounoillors to grant la large sum of
money to a company to assist them
to construct a bridge in the munici-
pality; and that afterwards that
councillor obtained 'from the cona-
pany So aided, the contractfor the
construction of the bridge at a price
so large that he could sub -let the
contract so as to yield him ten per
cent. a the gross cost of the whole
evorlr, be would be Iiikely to get a
mighty short shift at the next elec-
tion. Indeed the probabilities are
that not only the offending council-
man would be punished,: but the
reeve and the whole couneil would
be made to share hia fate) This is
"simply an analagous case to that of
Conmee and Bowman and the Algo-
na& 4 Central Railway co.ntract. To
the credit of out municipal repre-
sentatives such cases are so rare as
to be scarcely ever heard of. They
should be equally rare in the Legis-
lature. Mr. Hislop and others like
him have the power to raake theta
rare, but they will not do so by up -
elegizing for ana trying to excuse
them. In short, Mr, Hislop admits
meetly everything we said in the ar-
tdele Inc objects to and Inc condemns
the offensive transactio.ns even
more strongly than we did, but Inc
also tries to excuse and apologize
for *them. This is where we think
be has Made a mistake.
There was a time, and that net
so very long ago, when "Itetormers
did not need to apologize for or try.
to excuse the administrative acts of
their Reform leaders and the Referee
Governme, t they supported. These
nets Wet of such a nature that
they could be clearly justified in-
stead of being apologized for and ex-
cused. They were eo clear, streight-
forward and so transparent as to Inc
unimpeachable, even by the strong-
est opponents of the Government.
We should ,try to get back to that
eonditien again as soon as poStsible.
Mr. Itislop and a few others like
him, men who have no axes to grind,
who have the ability if they like to
use it and who only lack the courage
and independence, have the power to
secure this boon and the sooner they
set about it the better for the Re-
form party and the country.
The Dominion Parliament,
There is little to note trope the
Dominion Parliament, at Ottawa.,
this week. The -House adjoined from
Friday until WedrieSday. It ex-
pected the finar vote of the Grand
Trunk Pacific 'bill would be taken
Thursday. Sir Wilfrid promised the
Budget Speech next week. The de-
bate an it will probably last a cou-
ple of weeks, and, after that is dis-
posed af, there is not Inueb to keep
'the MAW in session, and prorogation
may Inc expected to soon follow.
The Government's Obligations.
In discussing the Grand Trunk
Pacitic Railway Scheme some critics,
whether purposely or not, we ere
not prepared to say, convey a very
eraoneous impression as to ('Inc re-
sponsibilities whicb the Govern-
ment propose to assume in connec-
tion with the matter.. They seek to
make it appear -that the eountry has
to aSSULUD the whole responsibility
for the 'Work. This is very wrong.
The Government build (Inc eastern
Section from Winnipeg to Moncton.
On that portion of the road, of
eourse, the country assumes the
whole of the responsibility for the
cost of 'construction, but the coun-
try will own the road. -But on the
retrutinder of the road from Winni-
peg we.st the country only guaran-
tees (Inc bands of (Inc company to ,
the extent -of 75 per cent. of the ac-
tual cost. The position is so aptly
put by the Toronto Star and is -made
so plain that no person peed misun-
derstand it, that We give its remarks
as follows:
A man wants to buy a hem but
has only enough money to pay for a
quarter of it; so Inc gets another
man to back his not for the other
three-quarters of the pNce, giving
him in exchange a first mortgage on
the whole farrn, in ease he (the pur-
chaser) does not Meet his note when
it falls due. As every one will see,
there_ is absoluteiy no risk in this
for the "backer" of (Inc note. He
either pays nothing, or else he gets
a farm wAortb a third more than Inc
pays, and which happens to be one
Inc will be glad to become the owner
of. "The backing of notes" which
jeade to disaster is when they' are
backed without security for the
"backer." Now the country is in
exactly the position of the "backer"
in the case imagined above. It
"
backs" the bonds of the com-
pany, and holds as security a fire(
mortgage on the completed road.'
Huron Notes.
-Mr. Hugh McGregor, of Stanley,
had the misfortune to losee one of
his best horses by sickness, - recen L-
isa
-Mrs. J. H. Streeter', who has
been visiting her parents in Myth
for the past month, has returned to
her home in Kansas, -
-On a ecent Sunday- night (Inc
Clintoe churches were all in dark-
ness on account or an accident at the
electric light station.
McIneis, the infant gal:1s
Some, weary tramping along rutiady
roads- and in a heavy shower was
done before things were riglfted,.
' -Knox church, Godeeich, was ask-
ed for $72.76, to make up the deficit
in the missionary funds of the Pres-
byterian church and contributed
$82.
-The fifty acre farm. of Thomas
Learntont, being east half of lot 14,
oonceseion 14, Grey, has been pur-
chased by Robert C. Ca.mpbell, of
the 16th, concession for the eum of
$2,000, '
-Mr. A. K. Crawilord, of Wing -
ham, tem purchased a new automo-
bile, and now has if in use in that
'town. Mr. Tisdale, of Clinton, and
Mr. CraWford are the only two auto
".
Mobile owners in this county.
-Mrs. J. P. McConnell, wife of
the business manager of (Inc Settle -
day Night, Toronto, who died So sud-
denly recettly, was a ' Mies Mabel
Elmes and a former resident ot God-
erich.
-Hay Bros„ of Liatowel, haring
purchased; the elevator. at Ethel,
trent H. It. McAllister, halm entgag-
ed W. E. Sanders to look atter their
'interests in the grain business in
Ethel.
-At a recent meeting of the ex-
ecutive. of the Epworth league of
the Goderich district held in Clinton,
it was unanimously decided to hold
a district rally in Wesley church,
Clinton, on Thursday afternoon and
evening, June 23rd.
---,Mrs. Errata of Auburn, dried
very suddenly on May 13th. She Was
going about the house as usual when
death cam -a. Mrs. Erratt leaves a
family of two sons and three daligh-
ters. Her husband died a tittle over
a year ago.
-The work of raising the two
stone abutments at Calder's bridge
was Igtven to Henry Alcock, of Grey,
his being the lowest of six tenders.
He gets $175 and has to take down
'the old bridge, remove belts and
pile lumber 0,n roadside.
•-Cluirles Jenkins, (Inc °ply son of
John Jenkins, who lives near Clin-
ton died very suddenly last week.
Xte,33ed been quite well the day pre-
vious to his death and had gone to
bed as usual but when found in (Inc
morning was dying. The doctors say
Iris death was due to henvorbage of
the brain.
-The council of East Wawanosh
have subtnitted a by-law for a vote
'of the property owners concerned,
granting a sectional bonus of $3,-
000 to (Inc ,proposed GuelphtGoder-
trig on the by-law takes place on
tar brand' exf the. C. P. 11. The vot-
place in polling subdivision one,
'Saturday, June 4th. Votingis takes
two and four. ,
-Mrs. Campbell, of Winehinn,died
recently at the age of 74 yeare.
ceased had been in a very critical
condition for SO-Ille time, and for the
past ten months had rarely been 'out
of bed. A few days ago she took a
turn for (Inc worse and died as above
stilted. She was a sister of Mr. R.
Casetaore, who was killed by a rail-
way train on May 18th.
-Mr. Robert McPherson died at
Carsonville, Michigan, on Wednes-
day, May lith, at the a.dvancee age
of 75 years. Deceased was former-
ly e. resident of the 2nd line of Mor-
ris but replayed to Michigan about
twenty-thre,e yearns ago. He I had
been in poor health for a year. Thera
remeins to mourn his loss, a widow,
six sons and five daughters. Six of
the • family reside in Michigan.
-W. R. Mooney, 5th line of Mere
s, had a close call- recently • from
a serious accident:, Two teams were
working in (Inc field, one of (Inc span
his fathe.r was working with being
4 colt. k got its bead over (Inc back
of its mate and in W. It. attempting
to set rnatters to right Inc arid tbe
older horse were thrown to the
ground in a mix-up Dr MAD, horses
and barrows. Mr. Mooney had one
of ibis legs injured but (Inc wonder
waS that serious damage was not
done beeore everything was straight-
ened up.
-On Thursday afternoon, May -12,
another long resident of Clinton died
in the person of Alfred Moore. He
was born in West Hartmexd, north.
of England, in 1835, and dame to this
country twenty years after to Inc
book-keeper for the firm of Moore
-& Hu.nter, -the former member be-
ing a brother, When this hem sold
out some years later Inc hired with,
old Mr. Shipley, with whom Inc re-
maened for ten years, After thi3 Inc
beeame foreman of the Fair fa.rni,
remaining in his post until a couple
of years ago when Inc retired, hay-
ing accumulated a li t tie '.of thiW
world's goods. Ris wife, who was a
daughter of Anthony Doddsworth,
died about seven years ago To
them wore born six children, ti
'of whom Still live, two sons and 'tin,
-daughters at home, and a married
daughter.
-An accident which at first a
['eared to be of a serious natu
occurred on Saturday of last wee
Wm. Elliott, of the Culross brie
yard, on the boundary tine about tw
and one-half miles from BeImor
drore to Wingliam in a wagon, a
cempanied bt, his wife, for a quant
ty ,of fire-briek, and when returnin
the bolt came out, letting the tong
of the wagon down; (Inc horses a
once took blight arid made a brea,
for liberty, upsetting the wagon an
throwing out the occupants. Mrs.
Elliott fell and struck her head o
the hard ground, and tor a time be
came imoonacious, but soon recover
ed and was taker' home, when tried
ical aid_ was called in. She wee ba.d1
bruised, but no bones appeared to b
broken, and from last report sh
was doing well. Mr. Elliott e-seape
with a few rather hard k,nocks.
-Eleven Ontario cattlemen, repre
sentlin-g, among other places, Olin
ten, Blyth, Chesley, Lugeknow. Walk
erhon and Kincardine, Have begun
$20,000- damage action against th
Grand Trunk Railway, charging th
latter with " wrongful, willful an
malicious detention et cattle " ship
ped to the Taranto Junction cattl
market. At Osgoode hal4 (Inc maste
decided thee the plaintiffs' must a
gree upon one of theire number t
pre,ss (Inc suit, which rxinst Inc con
ducted individually, n.oteeollectively
The ten other names will be stricke
off. The men intercste,d allege tha
the Grand Trunk discriminated a
centty gold a very fine yea;r1ing filly
to Mr. Albert Dundas tor (Inc sum of
$160. This splendid dolt was ei cd by
Mr. Findlay IVIcIretosh's " earn rogie
Pride," and from a ClrYata City
mare, We :- liope Mr. Dundas will
have the best of lgood luck with ,bia
young mare, '
Wrcimetter.
Notts. -Mr. and Mrs, Oliver Smith
visited Seaforth friend.s last N eek. -
v.
Miss Belle McDougall, of To ontte
is the guest of Mrs, W. Douglass, an
Turnberry,-Mr. 'BYrort Sinn mons, of
Landon, is spending a ,few days wi Lb
his parents. -Rev. A. Stewart, of
'Edmore, occupied ('Inc pulpit _n the
Pres'byterian church Sunday evening.
-Mr. O. Hupfer lot for Wiartan CM
=Saturday, for 'a short visit, -Mrs.
Feank Mitchell is tbe guest 'If rel-
atives in Mount Forest. -Mr. A. Mot -
&ft and _family are Ole guests of
relatives in Owen Sound. -Mr. ,James
Paulin
Paulin returned 'frotn Colorado last
Friday, -The Rest L A. .McKelvey is
attending the Methodist cent
reneC
JD London this *eek -Mr.. T °ma,
passed away at er borne there on
Jocklin, an old •:side.nt pf Ilowick,
Friday morning after an ilinitess of
labout a week'e duratiort. Tb0 fun-
eral was conduced by the eY. I.
Il/e
3
A. McKelvey Saturday o (Inc
Wroxeter ceme ry,--R, Mill r, of
Toronto Junction is visiting his
mother here. -Mr. George Harris, of
the gravel road, is ill with pluresy.
-Mrs. McLean, qf Harriston, is (Inc
guest of ter son: Mr. A. MelSean.-
Mrs. Charles Stewart, of Arthur, is
spending a few days' with het bro-
ther, Mr, D. D. itandersou
Daslivrood.
flat. -Mr. C.'' E. Huston, f the
Sovereign .Bank, spent Wedn Way,
May 18, in Woodstock, attendi g (Inc
funeral of his brother. -The brick
work on Mr: ,E. P. Paulin's h use is
progressing rapidly. -On Th rsday
evening last the Young Peo I s' As-
sociation, of the Evangelica riburch
held a literary meeting..It Was e
great suecess, On Sunday, Mat 29th,
they -will celebrate Italy Da . All
are invited. -Miss Lydia Ran le, of
Zurich, spent last Wednesd y and
Thursday in town. Mr. II, G with-
er is getting the ground ready for
an addition to his already large liv-
ety stables, -Mrs. W. Fenn and Mrs.
J.-Kellerraa.n were in Berlin attend-
ing' a funeral last week. -Mr) Jonas
Hartkib, who was kicked by l a wit
earn° time ago, is around again. -
Cora McKay spent (Inc beginning of
:the week at Ifer home in Wal erton,
Mr. James Snell, manager of the
Sovereign Bank, left on Monday to
attend the annual meeting 1 a the
managers of .the bank at t146 head
office, Toronto. -Quite a nu ber at,-
lended (Inc lecture " Mirac es and
Miracles" in Crediton, on fonday
evening. -Mr. Russel Baster , of the
Forest City Business College spent
the 24th with his parents.- uite a
number ttook in the Parkhil races
on the 24th, otbere spent th .day at
Exeter, Grand Bend and ot er pop-
ular places of reeort.-M . Alex.
Zimmer and bride arrived n town
on Monday. They were serenaded by
ithe band. We extend congratula-
tions and best wiehes.
leaulmmwaissamoura
• Constance.
Locals. -School was closed
day last, Mr. McAllister h
attend._ (Inc convention at
on Fkiday and Saturday. -
posse -of fishers armed wi
and tackle, spent Victoria D
vol:IngeoPrrttiho-
h Ipttorlgees
river, but by all reports &eat title
were scarce. -Miss K. McMann has
again returned to her duties etter
a long absence. We are pleased to
have tier withus.-R. V. jewitt and
Rev. * J. Kennedy attended district
meeting at Goderich last Wednesday.
The usual business was gone through
-with more despatch than i other
If
years. The work OD this c rcuit is
in a good state and compa es very
favorably with that of t 0 other
circuits. ?his, of course, reflects
credit an our pastor, and i we are
sorry that Inc feels Inc may, NS/kb the
consent of (Inc stationing committee,
move to another cirauit thie year. -
/tee . J, Kennedy led the leagne meet-
ing on Tuesday evening and gave an
-excellent talk on Ole second tempt-
ation. At the close of the Meeting
one active and two associate mem-
bers were received into the league,
-A number of yelling ladies of tbe
vicinity spent the afternoon of Vic-
toria Day quilting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. G. Dever. There is
nothing like getting prepared for
winter in warm weather. -Mr. Wm.
Riley, of Londesboro, moved a kit -
'ellen for Mr, G. Dale. -Mr. W. Phil-
" lips and Mr, Prank Cook spent Sun-
day at the latter's home. -The house
of Mr; Thomas McMillan was struck
by lightning during (Inc recent
P- stolen, but no serious damage was
re,..: done. A few bricks were knocked
' 'from tbe chimney and some slates
ke
Were removed by (Inc force of (Inc
° shock. -Miss lYfinnie Paul is visit -
e, nig at -Mr. Jewitt's.-Miss Maggie
T' McDonald has been appointed or-
ganist in the Methodist Church,
g Mrs. R. Rogerson having resigned,
uc Mrs, Rogerson has been a faithful
t •
, 'organist and tbe congregation are
It deeply indebted to her for her ser-
vices. •
11.1.ppen,
D. Hay. Commisnoner and Conveyancer,
_ wills mortgagee and deeds dravrn up. Money loaned
at the lo meat rates of interest. 1-740-tf
e, The Sovereign Bank of Canada, Hen-
_ Pall, Ontario, Head Office, Toronto; Executive Of -
e flee, Montreal. A general banking' business trans -
d acted. Savings bank department: Special induce-
ments offered in this department. One dollar opens
an account. Interest allowed from date of tietx)slt
• H. Arnold, Manager. 1888-tf
- Locals—Mr; and Mrs. Beeman, of
- Manitoba, father and mother of Mrs.
a (Rev.) MoLennan, are visiting at the
e raanse.-Mr. T. MaClymont spent the
e fore part of (Inc week in the Forest
d City, visited his daughter, Mrs.
Grieve. -Mr. and MTS. Thomas El-
der spent the twenty -forth with
r friends in St. Thomas. The wet
- weather of [Inc past week kept (Inc
0 earmers from getting their root
- ground sown and (Inc work in this
- direction is considerably behind.-
Afteters, Reynolds and Ingram, of
t Heeeall, contraoters for the repaire
em the Sunday school amoitt of St,
tisetiVeter liffrer and Kr- ftegh don
t them, or the 'Poronie Juac
stock yards, in fever of the Te
ot 'PkwicopesAiltt !clik-cl t'Settirir Y`9•4L9
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the ICietheetsf diefel6f. Weber tel'd
at Victoria slte6t chitrch /Saila boc
reeently , had Setoethirig of an ev- error
perierkee as they were refurniog to- the I
wards Clinton. The eight was dark Sped.
! arta. (Inc horses lett the road. OM Mr,
lady was partially brimersed fn a erty
creek that crosses the road, and Gerdi
_slWeentierewasiaaaise
leadattffi
A 1 it t'f were slightlY:'itt
in stating that the 25 ;term on
3 Oorteessiem, belonging to the
ing sastate were purchased by
Alexander Gardiner. The prop
'was purchased by Mr. James
ner.-Mr. Peter 13. Gardiner re.
with friends here. -Mr. Cuderibre,
who handles more hay than all the
other •dealers in the county, is hav-
ing, large lots ehipped from Kipper'
0 -tattoo jut now- -Bev Mr, Mclen-
nan Is preaching a series of sermons
,for young peoele in his church each
Sabbath evening. His firSt sermon
in the series was for.yeung men and
the second sermon will be on Bab -
bath evening next and is entitlea
"Tho Ideal Young Woman.' These
sermonare very interesting and
'helpful and 'there should be large
congregations. -Messrs. Fred and Al-
bert Taylor and Miss Maggie, Me..
•Clymont, all a London, spent the
twenty -,fourth with friends here,
Rev, Mr, McLennan, of trt.*Andrew's
and Rev. Mr. Shaw, of the Method-
ist elmech, exchanged pulpits last
Sunday evening. -Mr. John Doig is
now busy assisting Mr. MeNeVin in
-cutting the togs in his yard. Mr.
Dag is supplying the power with his
engine, -Mr. and Mrs, Gilbert Dick
spent the twenty-fourth with Mrs.
Dick's parents, Mr, and Mrs, W.
Wisner, of Crediton. -The fruit crop
in this district promises well, judg-
ing by the amount .O blossom, and
Lf the frost keeps -off a good supply
is anticipated.
- Exeter.
, Good Horses.-Me,ssrs. Hamden, 4
McDonell, who claim to be the largl-
.est inverters in. Canada, of Shire,
'Clyde and Hackney stalgons have
been phenominally successful in
:their importations. They have
brought out a large number of the
very best horses; they have thus far
not lost a horse ana have had little
difficulty in making sales. They have
done a great work in improving (Inc
charaeter of the horses in this coun-
try. Within (Inc ,past two weeks
they. have disposed a three very
tine horses. One of these was a
hackney, sold to Mr. Suggett, of Or-
angeville; the secoad: was a Clydes-
dale, sold to lAr. Mossip, of St Marys
and the' third a Clydesdale, purchate-
ed by Messrs. Burns and Ross, of
Ilensall, They have still in their
stables here their well known Stock
Clydesdale. and two very handsome
hackneys which they keep for stock
purposes. But (Inc kipg of them all
Li a 'beautiful dappled grey Shire
which is cum of their last importa-
tions, This fine animal, Moulton
William, No. 21675, is a perfect mod-
el. He was bred by A. H. Clark,
Moulton Eaugabm Spalding, Eng-
land. He will Make, over a ton
weight. He has beautiful flat bone,
good pasterns and feet, with ate-
nada:nee of fine silke, hair. Ile has
a Very intelligent bead, beautiful
well -set neck, deep shoulders, very
wide and full -in the chest, well
shaped hind quarters' with a well
'set tail and is considered by com-
petent judges to be one of the most
beautiful horses in Canada. Wherev-
er shown in England, Inc has t aken
,first prize, and has been shown at
some of the best shows there since
a yearling. He is 'Three years old
and will still develop.
Notes. -The fall wheat in this vic-
inity is not nearly as good, as last
year, wbile several plots have been
plowed up 'anti sowed with other
esrain. Some patches, however, are
extra good. Postmaster Christie
has a field on his farm on -(Inc Lon-
don road north, which surpasses any-
thing we have seen this year. There
is not a blank spot in (Inc field and
it grows thick and healthy looking.
All this testifies that IY1r. Christie
le a good farmer as well as an ob-
liging afficial.-There was not a
very large crowd in town on Tue.s-
day. to witness the games and see
the dancing. The people a this vic-
inity have not yet got educated to
that point where they hunger for a
sound of (Inc music which, it is said,
gladdened the hearts a our first
parents in the Garden of Eden. -
Misses Edith and Annie McLeod, the
pretty littIe lassies who danced so
nicely at the celebration here on
Tuesday are daughters of Mr. D.
3. MeLend, commercial traveller, oe
London, who is well known to many
at (Inc business men in the eountev.
The Misses Campbell, who also took
iart in the celebration, are da.u.141-
tore of Piper Campbell, of _the 9th
Highlanders, Ham ton. - The Ste-
phere and Usborne Agri c ul tural Soc-
ety have decided to add to their
main show building by forty feet.
The new building. will Inc erected to
Inc east end of the present building
nd Will Inc the same height and
vidth. This will permit of having
11 the indoor exhibits, under one
oof insteaa of in different building,
's formerly, The new addition is
o be ready for occupancy by the fal
how and will give one a (Inc larges
nd inost commodious show build
tags in (Inc county. There will b
Dom to properly display all (Inc ex
ibits. The building which. beret
ore has been used for the roots an
egetables will Inc converted int
tables for the horses and cattl
exiiibition.
Scottish Celebration. -The Scot
ish celebration here on Tuesday wa
ot very largely attended and di
ot elicit (Inc enthusiasm among th
ople that these celebrations -do in
ame ,places. The events came off
(Inc agricultural grounds. Ther
ere thee pipers and several lady
nd gentlemen competitors, all dress -
d in full Highland costumes. The
usie and dancing were meth admir-
d by these who delight in that sort
thin.g. The dancing of (Inc little
irLs was really pretty and (Inc sev-
al dances were InOSt skilfully ex-
uted and elicited repeated ap-
ease. The celebration was under
e charge of Mr. Arch. Scott, a well
own athlete of Sarnia. The fol -
wing is a list of the successful
nmetitors: Highland fling for
rls-let, -Miss Annie McLeod, Lon -
n ;2nd, Miss May Caxnpbell, Ham -
ton ; 3rd, Miss Edith McLeod, Lon -
n. john Gray,
• Marys; 2nd, Miss May Campbell ;
d, Miss Edith McLeod. Shein Treuis
r girls-lsa May Campbell; 2nd,
dith McLeod; 3rd, Annie McLeod.
ish jig-lst, May Campbell; 2nde
dith McLeod; 3rd, Annie McLeod.
Hors' horn pipe -John Gray. Sword
nee -1st, John Grey ; 2nd, May
mpbell. An exhibition Scotch
el, which delighted (Inc hearts of
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get orie to buy le should build elle as w
-Inc caanot fired a more pleasant spot 4' ton
in the county to locate in and a nice ler
new bonze would be a good invest- he
'tient for him, -Miss Marwyertyo_rreo.rtobf parocfl
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waI much approciated by those
-Sent. On the whole, (Inc celebra-
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tion was intere,sting throughout,and
had the afternoon part beenmore
largely attended, could. have been
called a success.
Walton.
Briefs. -Mr. Wm. Rlashill has dis-
posed of his hotel property to Mr.
T. Hill, of tondesboro, who will
take possession shortly. This is a
good prbperty and Mr. Hill should
do well with it. -Mrs. P. 'Dill and
family, of Seaforth, are spending a
-week at Mrs. McDonald's, the par-
ental home of Mrs. D111,-Amoag t
Toronto students who have retur
ed home to spend. their summer v
cations we notice Mr, R. Dunce
son and Mr. It. H. Humehries,M
David Campbell is this week vis
ing relati'vc* and friends in Wood
stock. -An ornamental fence is b
mg put up around the 323,a11.50 law
The financial part of it is bei
looked after by (Inc ladies of t
congregation, and no doubt it NY
Inc suecessful, for when a wore
says she will she will, and so you
m,ay depend on it. -Mr. and Mrs.
James Smillie spent the 24th. with
friends in Wroxeter. -The people of
this vieinity learned with sad sur-
prise a the death of Mrs. Ingram,
which sad event took place in
Wingham on Sunday morning last.
Mrs. fngratn wee a resident of this
village for a long time and was
-Well and widely known. She re -
peeved from here to IV -Ingham about
13 years ago, and only two months
ago removed from there to Brant-
ford, but retur,ned to Winghara to
visit friends, on Tuesday of last
week, where she died very, suddenly
of heart failure, on Sunday morning.
She was 67 years of age. The funer-
al took place on Wednesday after-
noon, from the residence of her
daughter, Mrs, Wm. o sison, of
McKillop, interment being made in
the Brussels cemetery.
lege, for his vaeation.-Mr. George
Maim is Slowly improving in
healtle-j. Ryan met with a bad
accident. While leading his driving
eolt to water it shied and jumped on
his foot, causing a painful wound
whieh will keep him at home tor a
wbile.-The Foresters held a very,
successful At-home in (Inc halt here
on Tuesday evening of this week. It
-was composed a a concert, speeds -
es, lunch and a, dance. Everybody
says 'they had a good tit:am-Neil
Fernier who recently landed from
Scotland has entered (Inc employ
Mr. A. Meguaim-The price of hogs
is on (Inc rise, which makes (Inc far-
mer smile, as Inc takes his load et
pigs to town and fetches home his
pale -Mr P. Kelly, of Myth, wee
here this week buying horses and
- transacting other husniess.
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xi.
rig Myth,
Inc Briefs.. -A very pretty home wed -
an Mr. Thomas Ross, of East Wawan.. took place at (Inc residence of
osb, on Tuesday afternoon, the o033_tra.Cting parties being his eldest
daughter, Miss Belle, to Mr. D. Mc-
Gowan, a prosperous young tanner
or that township. The knot was ted
by the bride's brother, Rev. W. Ross,
of Guelph. After the wedding sup-
per the. happy couple went to the
groom's residence, where a reception
was held. Alarge gathering of their
relations and f,:riends were present to
wish them much joy and spend a
pleasant, evening with them. Your
correspondent, with ,their large
circle of friends, wishes them much
joy and happiness. -The twenty-
fourth, as all other holidays here,was
very qmiet. Quite a number went
to Clinton in the morning to see eut
baseball team play their first mat&
of the season and were rather aiR,-
appointed that our boys did not win
although the score was very eleree
being 17 to 16 in favor of Clinton,
but we have no doubt that whea
Clinton returns the match our boys
will Inc vietorious, as some of out
best playere were unable to sgr
down. In the afternoon tbe gest
club drove over to Auburn to shoot
for a -cup, but they, also wt,re de-
feated, partly on account of not be-
ing able to get all their team to go
out. -Mr. Robert McKay helped the
Seaforth Beavers defeat Clinton on
the 24th, scoring four of the seven
goals scored by that team. Bob is a
first class -player, always being found
(Incin right place at (Inc right time.
-A number from here drove up to
LackrieW to see the sports in that
town and report having a good day,
o it,Dr. Long is in Toronto this
week taking in the race.e.-Mr. Wm.
Sitns had (Inc misfortune to receive
a kick from it horse _while shoeing
it this week, but we are glad to say.
not serious. -Editor Bradwin re-
turned from his trip to the St,
Lanis Exhibition on SaturtlaY and the
Press .Association. eppretiated bas
work so eauch. that they' presented
him with a gold ring. -Mr. Goldie
Gra.hane and his sister, Miss Ella. of
Bruae.field, spent a few days of the
paet week visiting tbeir sister,Yrs.
James Sims. -We are sorry to say
that Mr. Rollie Cook, who has been
suffering from, it severe attack of
typhoid fever and who %Ira* tlaought
to be getting, better; has taken a
change for -(Inc worse with very,
little hope of recogery.-Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas McElroy were visiting
their brother in St. George this
week -Mn and Mrs. A. M. Babb, of
Teeswater, visited the latter's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. licQuarrie, this
week. -Some raischevfous persons
rang the fire bell early last Satur-
day morning, causing quite a little
excitement till it was found that it
was a false alarm. If (Inc parties
are discovered they ought to Inc se-
verely punished „as it is a serious
offencm-Mrs. W. Moser, who receiv-
ed a 'telegram a couple a wee
ago 'Met her sister was seriously 'nil
at Trenton, and left for there at
°nee, returned home last week, her
sister having bee roved reati
A Good Time. -A very successful
entertainment was held in Cajon
School Section No. 12, on Tuesday
evening of this week, vehen a suit-
able and well rendered programme
was given. by the pupils of the school,
under the= leadership of their effi-
=clout and painstaking teacher, Miss
L. Agnew, who is, indeed, wortlly et
'the golden opinions of parents and
pupae already formed of her, not on-
ly as a teacher, but also in her skil-
ful training of the juvenile.e in drill
and discipline. The following is (Inc
programme : Opening address by
Annetta Colclough ; :recitation, by
Martha „ Henries; reading, Annetta
Cololough r solo, Edna Miller, ; reci-
tation, L. Colciough; recitation, G.
Colclough; reading, A Saturday
Night's ,Dreana illustrated, by four
little tots; recitation, Katie Clark;
recitation, Edna Clark; drill, by
eight little girls; singing, The Brit-
ish Gren.adiers, chorus; recitation,
John 'Maynard, Annetta Colo -lough ;
dialogue, four eelebrated charac-
ters; reading; solo, Pearl Fulton;
dialogue; recitation, Wes Agnew;
reading, Katie Clark; recitation,
P-ea.ri Fulton ; einging, chorus; TO -
citation, Edna Miller, ; dle.logue;
solo, Edna Miller, recitation, 'Una
Miller. After all expenses are paid
from (Inc receipts taf a small ad-
mittance - fee, (Inc prooeedewili
to purekasing a elock for the school,
(F'rom an occasional correspondent.)
Iteme.-Louis McDonald is laid u
with a sore ltnee, (Inc result of a
kick while playing football. -Earle
McLeod went to Bruseels last Fri-
day evening to help (Inc junior foot-
ball team in their match with Wing-
hara.-Mr. W. Riley, who• 1as been
employed with Mr. Ryan for the
past few months, left for his home
in Jamestown last week.—Me. Mane.
ice Wallis, of Kintail, visited Mr.
John Flannery last week. In is 30
years since Inc has been in this vi-
einity before and he Saw many
ehanges. Be and Mr. Flannery were
old school chunie in St. Marys, over
forty yeats ago. -Mr. R. Humphries
is home from Toronto Medical Col-
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