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GOOD ROADS FOR ONTARIO
In outlining the road-deVelopment
policy of the Ontario Government on
Wednesday last beforethe convention
of the Ontario Good Roads Associa-
tion, in Toronto, the Hon. F. G. Biggs,
Minister of Public , Work, definitely
named the twenty-two roads upon
which the Government intends to
commence improvement work as soon
as conditions will permit in the
spring, and he explained that these
22 roads taken in addition to the ex-
isting Provincial highway scheme of
422 miles, brings the grand total of
mileage up to 1,824.7. This huge
system of roadway construction plans
to touch every county in the Province,
and while the Hon. Mr. Biggs recog-
nized that it would be impossible to
bring the 1,824.7 miles of proposed
roadway up to perfection within the
five years allotted for their construc-
tion, he did hope that at the end of
that time they would be so near a
state of perfection that all Ontario
would be proud of them. At the same
time, Hon. Mr. Biggs pointed out,
that there had been great care ex-
ercised in the selection of the roads
which are now being brought under
the Provincial scheme. In making
their selections, they had taken into
consideration the amount of traffic
now passing over the roads; they
had considered the market possibili-
ties of the population centres touch-
ed, the automobile and truck traffic
,which would be served, the agricul-
tural needs of the districts tapped;
but they had not considered whether
or not the district to be served by ,
an improved highway had sent a U. •
F. 0. representative to Parliament.
In other words, politics had been kept
entirely out of the question. The
Minister added that politics would be
kept out as long as he ! had anythmg
to do with roadway 'constriction or
maintenance, and he declared that if
the time should ever come when he
found he was unable to carry on his
roadway policies without politics,
then he -knew of a farm back in Dun-
das County which would be more
attractive to him than his seat in
the office of the Minister of Public
Works. His attitude )on this point
appeared to win the decided approval
of the delegates to the convention.
The roads named by the Minister,
which go to make up the 1,824.7
miles mentioned above, with their
approximate mileage are:'
Miles.
1 Windsor to St. Thomas (Tal-
bot Road) 126
2 St. Thomas to Landon 16
3 Maidstone to Lambeth (Long -
woods Road) • • 105.5
4 St, Thomas to Niagara Falls 141
5 Jarvis to Hamilton 27
6 Hamilton to Chatsworth 103
7 -Arthur to Kincardine 64.5
8 Sarnia to Road No. 11 . , 62.7
9 Stratford to Brampton 77
10 Hamilton to Kitchener 32
11 Stratford to London 47.5
12 Stratford to, Goderich42.5
13 Toronto Hamilton (Dundas
Street) 37
14 Cooksville to Owen Sound102.4
15 Toronto to Bradford 31
16 Bradford to Severn River 55
17 Toronto to Rouge River 11.8
18 Whitby to Lindsay 36.5
19 Port Hope to Peterboro 26.8
20 Kingston to Ottawa 102
21 Ottawa to Point Fortune 69.5
22 Ottawa to Pembroke 89
23 Existing Provineial system 422
Total 1,824.7
In elaborating upon 'the method
to be employed by the Government
in pressing their roadway construc-
tion as rapidly as possibl.a, the
Minister stated that the work would
start with the centres of population
and would reach out into the rural
districts, as he felt that by using
this method the most people would
be served in the quickest possible
time. One of the first duties of the
highway engineers would be to go
over the existing roads and pick out
the weak spots, the places which
are in the greatest need of stand-
ardization, and these strips would
be improved as rapidly as conditions
would permit. This would tend to
bring about uniformity of construc-
tion. Each road, he added, as soon
as it waQ taken over by the Provin-
cial Highway Department, would
pass out of the control of the Coun-
ty systems, and he stated that there
are 10-0 miles upon which construc-
tion will commence early in the
Spring.
One problem which he recognized
in _connection with th'e highway
construction was the shortage of
labor. He did not want the farm-
ers to 'get -the impression that the I would be .given to the municipalities
Governmenwere going to pay such of 1,500 and over. In such cases
a high rate of wage that all the 1 the Government Provincial engin-
surplus labor would be drawn away l eers would not stop their construe -
from the farms, and that produc- ion at the edge of the municipality's
tion would accordingly suffer. On declared border—as these borders of -
the contrary, the policy would be ten extend far beyond the buildings—
to use surplus labor from the farms, but would build the roadway- right up
the cities and all walks of life, and to the population limit. From that
to pick the workers so that the point on., the Government would con -
farms would still be supplied with struct the road through the town ac -
labor, and so that...there would not cording to the regulation width, and
be any detriment to increased farm the municipality would have the
production. All the above roads, chance of extending that roadway to
he stated, would be ` taken off the the curbs.
hands of the counties interested in --
them, and would become a part of FROM AN OLD McKILLOP
the great Provincial highway CORRESPONDENT
scheme, and he felt that the Fed- .
-0
eral grant of 40 per cent. would be Toronto, March 8th, 192.
of great assistance to all concerned. Dear Expositor:—Here we are a-
t would apportion the cost in this gain. Many . persons of note have
manner: 40 per cent, to the Domin- visited the city recently, both from
ion, 40 per cent. to the Province, the country across the line and from
and 20 per cent. to the municipality, Europe, and at least one has left in
and by municipality he 'hoped the a mysterious manner. This is Am -
Act would mean the County. By -this brose Small, a theatre man and mil -
arrangement, both the Province and lionaire. He left without saying any -
the County would be relieved of a thing to anybody. A large reward
20 per cent. on their cost, which, has been offered for information as
he believed, was putting things on to his whereabouts, but many persons
a sound financial basis. At the same think he is dead. Others again think
time, the Minister hoped the work he is keeping out of the way to be
whieh the Province will do in this talked about, and many think he is
respect will have a strong educational held somewhere for ransom. This,
feature, in the way of encouraging however, is extremely unlikely, as he
the Counties and Townships to -con- has been gone for three months. An-
struct more roads under their own other gentleman who was lost for
particular County and Township some time was the Prime Minister
schemes. -.of Canada. The first news from him
In pointing outhat the Province was that he had dinned with Lloyd
is relieving the counties of much of George and Queen Mary, and -spent
their present comity roadway pro- a pleasant time playing with their
grammes, the Hon. Mr. Biggs trust- kids. Personally I have little or no
ed this would not mean that any use for a gad -about -Premier. If I
county could feel that its work is was as sick as he - %is said to be I
being done for it, and that accord- would much ratherbeat home. I
ingly it could let up on its own have known some gad about farmers
systems. On the contrary, he hoped and when their farms were sold it
each c9tulty 'would appreciate - that did not pay the mortgage against
the Province is taking off its hinds them., In regard to gad about worn -
the most expensive portion of its en, I refuse to be drawn out, but this
proposed roadway construction, and is all foreign to my subject.
that, therefore, its hands will be free I think I mentioned in The Expositor
to go ahead' with the improvements some time ago that there was a 'great
of a much greater mileage than it deal of crime committed here with
had ever been before counted upon. no signs of improvement. Some say
With the more expensive of the roads it is the returned soldiers, but that is
being looked after in each county, false. I know a small percentage of
the county should come along and the crime is committed by returned
improve any where from 150 per men, but these were criminals before
cent. to 200 per cent. of the original they, left here. It is well known
mileage counted upon. This could that they passed through a great deal
be done, he felt, at no greater cost over there which would not have'"a
than the counties had planned - upon tendency to make men better, but
spending upon their original pro- those of them who had a home train -
gramme. Exactly the same thing lug of industry and morality will soon
should apply to township construe- return to normal conditions. In' fact
time For the counties, in enlarging they have done so already. Some
their present programme, would prominent clergymen from their pul-
necessarily have to take in many pits made the statement that our
roads now romin'g within the town.. heroes 'would come -emelt more spir-
ship jurisdiction. These roads, ie itual then when they went away. This
their' turn, being the most expensive word spiritual is terribly misplaced
of the roads "on the prammes of and abused and is sometimes used to
the township, and pass'
should, under countithdirrisdiction, General Sherman said about war was
f , as they bolster and cover up iniquity. What
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would mean that the townships pretty nearly correct. The auto
should be free .td spend exactly the bandits and burglars usually go in
same sum planned upon, but upon bunches of from three to five, the
a greater number of roads. The Rena former as a rule ride in stolen cars.
Mr. Biggs felt, ,if every county and They appear to have the nature of
township but call -gilt the spirit of wolves or dogs, wolves go in packs
the good roads policy, and if they and It' never heard of one lone dog
went ahead with their expenditures going out to destroy sheep. Then
upon the scale -now planned, it wotild there is the highwayman, a terrible
mean that within a very few years, ruffian, who holds his unsuspecting
the highways of Ontario would be victim up at the point of a revolver.
Something to be proud of. These usually go in pairs, while one
Referring to the suburban areas holds the gun the other picks the
the Minister pointed out that the pockets. A long legged Russian one
Government now purposes to pay 40 evening recently had his supper at a
per cent. on all work, whether con- Chinese eating house. Be refused to
struction or maintenance;, whereas pay for it, and when the Chinamen
the, present arrangement is that the requested him to pay the Russ kicked
Government should pay 20 per cent, a hole in the plate glass window.
of the cost of maintenance only. "We This was on the fashionable promen-
are outlining a progressive policy in ade of Yonge Street. Three Chinese
order that no road should go down sallied out after him shouting help!
the hill," the Minister continued, rob! no pay mealee, breakee gla.see!
"Too many roads have been built A north of Ireland policeman, with a
in. Ontario, and have then been left Scotch accent,. took up the chase.
to wear out. I cannot emphasize The bear tore down a side street
too strongly the fact that you must with the four in hot pursuit. ' The
pay attention to maintenance." The cop shouted on him to halt but the
Department of Public Works, he con- other ran all the faster. The police-
tinued, has no desire to be meair or man fired his revolver in the air but
rash, but he wanted to throw out the without effect. He then fired. at the
warning that in any district *here fleeing one's legs wounding him in
proper attention is not paid to main- the ankle, which brought him to time.
tenance, the Government will step in -A young scamp coming down Adelaide
and cancel its percentage contribu- Street on S stolen wheel dropped his
tions' s In order to check up each wheel at the curb and snatched the
district, a staff of expert engineers purse off a girl's wrist. It contained
will be employed constantly to see her week's wages and he made his
whether or not maintenance is 'get- escape. About the meanest skunk
ting its due share of attention, and of all appeared- in the east end. A
if it should be found that a district woman with her little girl took a
is overlooking that feature of road near cut across a sehool yard to do
work,- then grants will be stopped. some shopping, where she was, accost -
He hoped, however, that the Gov- ed- by a rascal, who requested her
ernment would 'not have to discrim- money. She refused when he grappl-
Mate against a single county Or ed with her and reached down and
township for this reason. took four dollars from her stocking.
Mr. Biggs told the township re- She said he was tall and well dress-
presentatives that it was a new de- ed. He made his escape. Two young
parture for the Government to help toughs net an aged Jew, who is re -
out the townships to the extent of puted to be wealthy, on Terauly
20 per cent., but he recognized that Street. They went through his pock -
trunk roads lose much of their eta and, found six cents. The old son
usefulness if they are not supported of Abraham knew better than to
by .feeders. , In order to encourage carry much money around the streets
townships still more, he repeated a
statement made some time ago by
the Government, instead of paying
the present 25 per cent. of the salar-
ies of township engineers, up to
$600, he would pay 40 per cent, of
their full salaries, no matter what
the amount. An effort would also
be made to give the township stan-
dardized ideas on road construction
and maintenance. Special considera-
tion, he explained, would be given to
municipalities with less than 1,500 of
a population through which any -Pro-
vincial highway might pass. In order
to help these municipalities, the Gov-
ernment would build their roadway
for them, as he felt that unless smite -
thing like this were done, it would
result in a large number of poor strips
of roads in the centre of the Provincial
systems. Many of these small centres
he stated, are in a poor financial con-
dition, and if left to construct their
own roadway for the full length of
their extended municipal boundaries,
they would probably be unable to do
the work promptly or well.
Another type of consideration
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far at least as the two larger Protest-
ant denominations are concerned,
there is an informal but very well
observed regulation that no new
grants are to be made except where
people would really be deprived of
church priviliges. If there is a
church of another denomination con-
venient, no grant will be made. _
HOLY NAME SOCIETY of Perhaps the most serious aspect
the whole situation is to be seen
in those places where no grant is
Consisting of seriously asked for and when the cost
Comic Irish Songs and Readings by of maintenance is not too excessive,
Local Talent, but where there is, nevertheless, obvi-
also ously an oved-churching that is re -
that noted Singer and Entertainer
suiting in the strangulation of Christ -
MR. PEGNANENT OF STRATFORD
ian ause life. This is the most serious
and a play meet,
becit is the most difficult to
rt"THAT RASCAL PAT" , Church courts are not able to AC -
Full of Irish wit and humor. Come
and enjoy a good laugh.
GOD SAVE THE KING
Doors open 7.30 Concert at 8.15
T. .McCANN, President.
Wm. STAPLETON, Treas.
who comes round whinning and lying
and succeeds in borrowing money
which he never pays or never intend-
ed to pay from the start. The Rev.
Talmage, in one of his sermons, class-
ed the dead beat as a three fold rob-
ber. He robbed the merchant of his
goods, robbed him of the time of his
clerk and robbed him of the time of
his bookkeeper. In my next some time'
in the future with your permission, I
will give an opinion of the different
foreign elements as I have found
them. --j. J. I.
THE REACTION AGAINST
CONSCRIPTION
Any signs of the direction in which
the mind of youth is turning are
worth" noting. At the Cambridge
University Union debate on Tuesday
night a motion against the adoption
of any system of compulsory service
Nas carried by 114 votes to 47. Be-
fore the war, when Lord Roberts's
compulsory -service agitation was at
its height, such -a motion would al-
most certainly have been defeated by
a large majority either at Cambridge
or Oxford. It is often thoughtlessly
said that the war was a vindication
of that agitation. Evidently, in, the
minds of a typical assembly of edu-
cated young Englishmen, most of
whom served as officers in the war,
it was the opposite. The demonstra-
tion should surprise nobody. There
was never during the war the same
proportion of support for conscription
among soldiers serving abroad that
'there was among civilian -politioiel*
in England. The Australian troops,
when polled in France, voted against
conscription in. Australia. At the
time when tribunals of elderly civil-
ians at home were baiting conscienti-
ous and unconscientious objectors a-
like, sometimes with a show. of doing
it out of regard for "our fellows in
the trenches," "our fellows in the
trenches" were quite free from any
desire to depend for any fraction of
their safety upon some pressed man
who thought it wicked to fight, or
upon one who feared it so much as
to go to the trouble of pretending to
think it wicked. A great deal—not
all, but a great deal—of the support
given to conscription at all times has
been due to the longing of some people
to inflict its hardships upon others.
Such support, like the hustling of
the Quakers and other recusants dur-
ing the war, is really penal in spirit.
not military. The purely military
veluation of conscription has' always
been less enthusiastic, and its valua-
tion by veterans of the late war is
low indeed, Whatever the other ar-
guments in its favor, it brought new.
dangers into the trench life of pro-
fessional or volunteer soldiers, and
it lowered the military value of anet
given number of troops and. tended
to 'disturb calculations based upon
that number. It is eloquent of the
drift of informed opinion that in. a
debate among men of more than
average intelligence who have, in
the main, been subalterns in the war,
conscription should be condemned by
a mejseity of more than two to one.
In any' other assembly of the kind
it wieuld probably have the same
fate:—Manchester Guardian.
WHERE IS THE REMEDY
To the :Editor of The Expositor:—
It is not sufficient to point out "a
serious situation" even in the organiz-
ation of the church of Jesus Christ.
One who does so is under obligation
at once to show the way unto bet-
ter things.
A number of the smaller churches
have for a considerable time been re-
ceiving help from mission funds, a
few of then for many years.* These
present a very real difficutly. Our
splendid Anglo-Saxon civilization 'is
under present conditions. These men 1 built up on the solid foundation of
were arrested and gave as an excuse custom; and most people recognize
that he had lots . of money and they
had not. Their Socialist proclivities
came into play early, they being only
sixteen. The only humor in it was
that the aged Hebrew put up a dandy
fight to save his six cents. Thieves
of that age are now sometimes sen-
tenced to short terms .of imprison-
ment and a few spankings. Their
hands are brought up above their
heads and fastened to something, then
a portion of their clothing is removed
and a strap resembling a teacher's is
applied, the reader, can guess the
rest.
While some blame the soldiers as
Is have said, others again lay the
blame on the foreigners, which is
also very unfair. But there is one
thing, however, which I think can be
safely said. That is that nearly all
the criminals have been hatched out
in the towns and cities of, America
and Europe. This looks well for the
rural places. But there are some
found in country place's who are no to avoid any change would apply for
better than criminals. The fellow -help from the mission funds; but, so
the real worth of possession. These
charges began to receive help when
the whole Christian sentiment toward
such things was different, when, in-
deed, it was thought a fit and proper
thing for a denomination to establish
and Maintain itself regardless of
other conditions. The hope is that
these congregations, wherever it is in
any way possible, will undertake of
themselves to remedy the situation.
The growing sentiment of the day and
their own self-respect ought to urge
them to do this. It may come to the
pout where those in control of mis-
sion funds will be obliged to bring
some pressure to bear in order to
exifedite matters.
On account of declining population
in the rural districts and in most
villages and small towns, and. also
because of the ever increasing cost
of maintaining churches many con-
gregations are now feeling a very
acute financial strain. Some in order
James Hamilton, of Goderieh, led in
an impressive. prayer. Rev. F. H.
Larkin, D.D., addressed the newly
inducted minister briefly but ably;
Rev, J. E. Hogg, of Clinton, address-
ed the congregation. He pointed out
clearly their obligation as co-workers
with the minister in the Christian
cause. The unit of completeness was
added when the Rev. D. Carswell,
former pastor, extended a -welcome
to Rev. J. A. Ferguson, Mrs. Fergu-
son and family in their new field of
labor as his successor. Mr. Thomas
Dodds, representative elder, and Rev.
D. Carswell escorted Rem. J. A.
Ferguson to the door, where he was
introduced to the large assembly, af-
ter which the ladies of the congrega-
tion served lunch to all present.
complish very much of themselves. THE OLDEST INHABITANT AND
There are in all church courts men. THE WORST SNOWSTORM
of the most conservative tendencies, g
who actually delight in opposing all
change, and who can unfortunately
prevent all but the most minor
changes. This fact is obvious to all.
Hope for the future rests almost
entirely with the people themselves.
Ail efficient boards will, yield to the
demands of the people. This is the
very basis of democracy. Those men.
and women who invest their prayer
and their ccinsecrated effort and their
money in the cause of religion are
able to meet the situation and set it
right. Thoughtful, earnest men and
women, those who have invested their
7talents most fully, those who care
mot, are the ones who must lead
out into the new day. There are few
churches in which ten- per cent, of
the membership do not control the
future destiny of the congregation.
In many cases five per cent. hold the
future in their hands. It is for these
to act.
Those who see in the Canticle of
to -day the beginning of the greatest
nation, the world has ever known, and
who therefore feel that the Christian
church should put forth every ounce
of her strength in the place where it
will count for most that Canada may
be Christian, ought now to lead out
into the new day. Those who see in
the open doors throughout the world
to -day a challenge unparalleled in
the history of the Christian church,
and who know something of what can
be accomplished if the Christian.
church can enter in her full strength,
ought now to lead out into the new
day.
A man and a women, should not
marry unless both feel they can live
together happily, but many a man
and woman have married only to find
that they were incompatible one to
another. Some of these same peo-
ple, however, have found that for the
sake of some great gain the welfare
of their little child for example, they
could live together in spite of the
incompatibility; and not infrequently
the end has been peace and blessed-
ness. Viewed, then, from the worst
angle, there is no insurmountable
difficutly facing Protestant Christen-
dom to -day. - There is compelling
need. Let those who care most go
forward.
Amost hopeful sign of the day is
that not only in the Christian church
but outside it as well, there are
earnest men who care, and who are
prepared to undertake the great task.
The Christian church never in all its
history made. such an appeal to
earnest mer. as to -day; and also never
met such a response from such. Let
those who care most go forward.
Let me thank you again, Mr. Edi -
There is no getting ahead of the
oldest inhabitant when it comes to a
discussion of* winters of the past.
When confronted with statistics stat-
ing that there was greater depth of
snow on the ground Monday than at
any other time since the Blue Hill
Observatory records have been lept,.
dating back to 1886, he calls atten-
tion to a chapter on "Historic Storms
of New England," by Sidney Perley,,
reading in part as folteffis:
"In December, 1716, "snow fell to
the depth of five feet, rendering
traveling very difficult, and almost
impossible except on snowshoes, The
temperature through the Winter was
moderate, but the amount of snow
that fell that season has never been
equaled in New England and during
the three centuries of her history.
"Snow fell in considerable quanti-
ties several times dining the month of
January, and on February 6th, it lay
in drifts in some places twenty-five
feet deep, and in the woods a yard or
more on the level. Cotton Mather
said that the people were overwhelm-
ed with snow.
"During the storm enough snow
fell to bury the earth to the depth of
from ten to fifteen feet on the lovelt
and in some places for long distances
it was twenty-five feet deep. The
24th was Sunday, and the storm was
so fierce and the snow came in such
quantities that no religious meetings
were held throughout New England.
"Indians who were almost 100
years old said that they had never
heard their fathers tell of any storm
that equaled this.
"Many cattle were buried in the
snow, where they were smothered or
starved to death. Some were found
weeks after the snow had melted, yet
standing and with all the appearance
of life. The eyes of many were so
glazed with ice'that being near the
sea they wandered into the water and
were drowned. On the farms of one
gentleman upwards of 1,100 sheep .
were lost in the snow. Twenty-eight
days after the storm while the search
for them was still in progress, more
than a hundred were found huddled
together, apparently having found a
sheltered place on the lee side of a
drift, where they were slowly buried
as the storm raged on, being covered
with snow until they lay sixteen feet
beneath the surface.. Two of the
sheep were alive, having subsisted
during the four weeks at their en-
tombment by feeding on. the wool of
their companions. When rescued they
shed their fleeces, but the wool grew
again and they were brought hack to
a good degree of flesh. An instance
of a similar nature occurred the pres-
tor, for your great interest in this ent Winter (1890)-91) in Pennsylvan-
vital matter. Respectfully yours, la, where, during a snowstorm, three
W. E. M. Aitken. sheep were buried in a hollow twenty
feet deep under a Irift. After twelve
AN OPEN LETTER days had elapsed they were discovered
Varna Farmer's Club No. 1043, and shovelled out all being alive, They
had not a particle of wool on them,
Varna, Ont., Mar. 1st, 1920. hunger having driven them to eat it
Seaforth. Dear Sir:—An open let' proper care they were restored to their
- To the Editor, Huron Expositor
ter to James Keys, President of the usual condition.
South .Huron Board of Agriculture.
"The carriers of the mails, who were
It has been reported to us that at in that period called 'post boys' were
a meeting of the Varna Branch of the greatly hindered in the performance of
Board of Agriculture held in the their duties by the deep snow. Leading
Varna town hall, you stated that the out from Boston there were three poet
Board of Agriculture was of greater roads, and as late as March 4 thre was
benefit to the farmers of Ontario than no traveling the ways were still mm -
was the
heUthas
F. 0.
0. yNouow hold adihPre
Mr,
we easrie- passable and the mail was not expected
though it was then a week lateMarch
deonuc would
ooufidthneo tk
Boardmaesuch
ata
for South 25, the 'post' was travelling on snow-
y.
shoes, the carrier between Salem, Mas.
without first weighing your words and Portsmouth, N.H,, being nine days
and particularly so in a public meet- in making his trip to Portsmouth and
ing, unless you were prepared to back eight days in returning, the two towns
it up with facts. So, we herewith being about forty miles apart In the,
give you the opportunity and we woods he found the snow five feet deep
challenge you to debate with our and in places it measured from 'six to
Secretary, Frank Welsh, the relative fourteen feet
merits of the two institutions, the "Many a one story house was entire -
subject being, "Resolved that the ly covered by the snow, and even the
Beard of Agriculture is of greater chimneys in some instances could not
benefit to the farmers of Ontario than, be seen. Paths were dug under the snow -
is the U. F. 0.," affirmative, James from house to barn, toenable the farm -
Keys; negative, F. Welsh. If you ers to care for their animals, and tun -
accept this challenge you can make nels also led from house to house a -
all arrangements with any of the fol- mong the neighbors if not too far a'-
lowing officers:—President, J o h n part. Snowshoes were ,of course,
Rathwell; Vice -President, Alex, MC- brought into requisition, and many
Connell; Directors,' And. Keys (asses- trips were made by their aid. Step-
sor); Mont. Elliott (Reeve); Alex, ping out of chamber -window some of
Mitchell,auftheoJoBohnraerpd.—Frank
edvrelsonhb. e- the people ventured over the hills of
h
INDUCTION;E RVICES AT
..e
WINTHROP
The Rev. J. A. Ferguson, B.A., of
Norval, was inducted into the pastoral their neighbors. Among the inhabit -
charges of Duff's church, McKillop, . ants of Medford, MASS., WAS a widow
and Caven Churchy] Winthrop,
4'1— the I with several children, who 'lived in
latter place on Thursdaafternoon,
March
Thein4th.making d e thel igh t tulburied that it could not he found for
occawsitthea; a one -storey house was so deeply
,splendid success. In the absence of en issuing from a snow bank, and
several days. At length smoke was
the Rev. James Foote, of 'Exeter, the se
Rev, F. H. Larkin, D.D, of Seafit, by that means its location was ae-
rth, 1 certained. The neighbors eame with
f
preached an eloquent soul stirring
. .
shovels, and made a passage to *
sermon, choosing the fitting text I
'-
John 5:4, And this is the VictorY gain admission. red and
window, through whielk they could
that overeometh the world, even our ,
found that the iittall stock
,burn, moderator of Huron Presbyteryhad burned s *tare to
faith." The Rev. R. J. Ross, of Au- of fuel was
presided. Rev. S. McLean, of Eg- keep her little!:* t that she
Z”.. ,
from suffering'suffering'Mondville, moderator of the session, with the cold, was but one 'of
narrated the steps toward the call. 1 many incidents t occurred of a
After the induction ceremonies, Rev. similar nature." -
snow.
"In the thinly settled portions of like
eountry great privation and distress
were caused by the imprisonment of
many families, and the -discontinu-
ance' of their communication with
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