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111101.011AN BROS. Publishers. ,
• $1.50 a Year, in, Advance.
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Winter Goods
Tf!E
ash Store
Store
Cheap
sfeee__,
KO.F.FMiAN &
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New Dress Trimmings,
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New Dress Buttons
New Flannels,
New Mantle 0..loths,
ew-trister Cloths,
• New ckets,_
New .Frillingsli
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;New Ribbons,
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New Gloves, Ste.
Alm all kinds of New Millinery.
The Exeter ShONV,
The annual show of the Stephen and
Usborne Agricultural Society was held
at Exeter on Monday and Tuesday last
The Proverbial good luck which our Ex-
eter friends had enjoyed for many years
in the matter of weather? semi to have
deserted them. The first break was
mid last year, when there was a heavy
„
• and Olontindouselown pour of rain both
days. -'Thie year nature was more fa-
vorable,. but the weather was far from
agreeable: The first day was, very.wet, .
'and as a consequence the indoor display
was somewhat light. -. The second. day
bid fair to be a second -edition- of the
first, t but in the forenoon it 'cleared off,
and although- it was intensely cold -dur-
ing
stea
sten
overhead. ;As weather is an alliim-
por . 4 factor in the success of a shim,
Exeter,
.which had justly become re-
nowned for its good'shows; was scarcely
,up t� its former standard, although on
the second day there was a very *good"
croWd of people and some exceltentstock
she
T
•read
a ve
Grain, fruit and dairy products were
fully rip to the standard. In the ladies'
department, while there were many very
handsome and usefnl articles shown, the
exhibit, .on the whole, was light to what
it frequently has been. The fine telts'
department also contained several speci-
mens of merit. The Exeter merchants
diclinot do so well as usual. On Many
former occasions their handsome die -
plats of goodi of various kinds filled -up.
and adorned many cogners that _would
have been otherwise biro and did•much
to improve the appearitne of the in.
te4or of the hall, They , should not
wary in well doing. --ii In this --conneo.
tion we may mention the very. band
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softie, well,arranged'and comprehensive
die lay of stoves and other articles in
th r line by Messrs, Bissett Brothers,
There Wits a very good show Of roots
an VegetableS,"the potatoes being asPenhale. Pair sheerlings, GeoPenbale,.
fin as any shown this season. *- There ' Pair ewe lambs,: 1st, 2n4 and 3rd,' Geo,
was also, as utua at Exeter,a very nice Penhale;
showof vehiclee of various kinds', nearly Stheersit"tes Dowels.' - Aged Rain,
alliof which were highly creditable t9 H. ' 'A. Switzer, William -Cooper.
the manufacturers. -' ' - Ram shearling, John Dunkin,.
-.
On the field, while the show was not 2nd and 3rd, Wm. Cooper. Ram litmli
so large as in many *former years, there • H. At Switzer; Jas. Cooper, Jain Dun
wasstill a good show. The horse ring, kin. -Pair . ewes, ; ist and 2nd,john
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as sual, attracted the Most interest. Dunkin Jas. Cooper. Pair shearlings, .
'T -show in homy horses, in all classes, lst and 2nd, John Dunkin, H.A.' Switz -
wail good and there were some as fine 'erk Pair ewe lambs, Alin Dunkin, Wm.
animals as could be found 'in Canada. CpopereJohn Sweet.
Tizie show.of carriage and driving, horses - ANY OTHER BREED THAN TBE ABOVE.
in ',vehicles was rather indifferent both --Pair ewes, lst and 2nd, Jas., Pickard;
as :regards '. quality and numbers, and Pair shearling ewes, Jes. Pickard. Pair.
wig not nearly up to the Exeter:stand- ewe lambs; James , Pickard. e Peirfat
arlie This falling. off, howivee, was ewes Geo. Penhale, Wm. Cooper. .
made up by the -young animals in these . Pios:e-. Large or Medium. - Aged
eleisses, and in a year or two more, judg- boar, P. DeCoursey; Boar littered in
ing .from the youngsters, there should 188E4 lst and 2nd.,,T. DeCoursey. Aged
ncit be -any lack in that district.of first- sow, P. •Decouriey. • Sow littered in
class carriage and driving _hems. There 1888, JOseph Bawden, P. -DeCourses.
was not a . large •show of. cattle, but _ SUFFOLHS:-Aged• boar, John Leon- .
th aisle the fere were mostly good. hardt 1st and -2nd. Boar littered in
The fine herds of Mr. Thos. Russell; and 1888, lst and 2nd, John Leonhardt.
Messrs. Smith would ,adorn any Show Aged sow, lst and 2nd,John Leonhardt
ring. These latfer gentlemenare new So' littered in 1888, • lat and 2nd, John
competitors in in the local show Leonhardt. .• ' -
arena, and they have a very BAnKserfezee-Aged boar, P. DeCour-
creditabie herd. The show in . sheep sey, R. Detbridge. Boar littered, in
was very light; the -Leicesters and 1888, P. DeCoursey, ,R. D,elbrielge.
S 'repshiredown's taking the lead and in Aged SOW, Rip Delbridge. Sow littered
ese classes there were many- gocid in 1888„, 1st and 2nd, R. Delbridge. .
e day, making it •a punishment in -
of a pleasure for any person to
around the grounds, it was dry
Coward. Agriculturalteam, Jas. Craw-
fordeJas. Hackney, John McGregor.
CARRIAGE HORSES. -Foal, W. B. Bag -
sham. Filly or Gelding, t year old, S.
Hearn, James Hudson. - Stallion, .1:
year old, • 'W. B. McLean. Single.
Carriage Horse; Thos. Bissett, James
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• Customers •can be *accommodated a
once with eny hing in the Millinery
Line. Inspect° solleited at the
Oheap Oash Store-
KOFF & CO.
QARDITO'S. BLOM,
SEA F 0 RT H
• -r-The Women's Christian. Teinper-
anee Union of the county of . Bruce
held -its annuli convention in the.
Presbyterian eh rote Tara, on Septem-
berii 26th, at 10. 0 a. m., Mrs. Richards,
• president in the chair. In the evening
> e public entertainment was held in the
Presbyterian chinch;
-A disgraceful seene-was enacted on
Monday, at the r opening lecture at Trin-
ity Medical College, Toronto, the meet-
ing being breught to an abrupt conclu-
sion by the conduct of three drunken
students aided and encouraged by
others. 'The faculty afterwards met,
and decided. to expel the three students
referred to. i
-E. J. Creasy, a young Englishman
employed on the farm of Mr. Ephraim
Monk, of South Norwich,eveas engaged
coon hnnting with some neighboring
- -.. young men when he fell a distance of 40
feet from a tree he had climbed. ' After
lying for some n minutes in a state of
t
insensibility, h recovered sufficiently to
wale home with the assistance of his
companions,-btit died the following day
after great suffering. ,
-A terrible ' accident occurred' with a
, threshing machine near Walsingham
Centre, Norfolk county, on Thursday of
hist week. .1,4, nia‘ mina Edward
Chainbers' iya feeding. • The carriers
having stopped,he went 'back to start
them, and in turnieg stepped into the
. cylinder, when his leg was torn off above
the knee. A doctorwas called, but the
• poor man died after four hours of intense
agony.
=The' "Druinbo show was held on •
•
•e exhibit in the hall, as .we have al-
saidiWai lightbut still there was
y fair show in many dePattments.
Loadman,
,
Roanpran's.4-Brood mare, Jas. Oke,
Alex. Buckinghatre-Jemes Oke. .Foal, •
Wm. Page, Alex. Buckingham, Geo."
Penhalee Three -year -Old filly or geld-
ing, John Sparrow, James Gould, Wm.
Rollins. Tvio-year-old filly or -gelding,
W. B. McLean, Alex. Ingram, Alex.
Buckingham. One -year-old filly or
gelding, S. Sanders, Samuel Pym, Alex,
Buchanan. Teain Of Roadsters, T.Skine
ner, Thos. Bissett,. L. .Hunter. Single
Roadster, Thos. Bissett„. John McNiven,
Jelin Colwell. •Saddle* 'horse Robeet
Creary,:W.J. Carling. Pair Roadsters,
Thomas Bissett T. Skinner. Sinkle
Roadster, Thos.- Bissett, John Snell. '
Caama.-Durhean.=--CoNY, lst, 2nd
and ard Thos. Russell. Two-year-old
heifer; H. & W. D. Smith.' One-year-
heifetJohn Hooper, H. & W.D.,Smithe
Heifer calf, if. & W. D. Smith, L. Hun,
ter.. Bull calf; Thos. Russell, H. -4k W.
D. Smith. Herd, Thos. Russell, 11;• &
W. . „
GRAp11.-Cow, aas..- Pickard, John
Hooper, L. Innter. Two-year-old
heifer; lst and 2nd John Haoper, 3rd
Jarees Pickard. One -year -ad heifer;
lst and 2nd -Wm. Westdott 3rd John
Hooper. Heifer calf, 1st and 2nd Alex-
ander Ingraham, 3rd 'Jetties. Pickard:
Pair two-year-old steers, John Hodper,
Thos. gewkins;- John Willis (Usborne,)
Pair one-yesse-old'steers, John ;Hooper,
Thomas Hawkins. Fat ox or steer, Vnt
and,2nd Richard Davis, Fat cow, Snell
13rothers, Davis, Thus, Shay..
ton, Fat heifer,' let and 2n4 Richard
Davis, 3rd E. Williams, Herd shipphig
steers,'110 and 2nd Richard Davis, .
Jneitit.-Cow, G, Seawall; Two-
yearold %heifer, G. Sainwell. Helfer
calf, G. Sainwell.
Snan-Aeicester-ltem lamb, Geo,
Penhale. Pair ewes,lst,2nd and'ard,Geo.
Wagner; John Allison, R. .KeddY, :
Seedling apples, John . Copeland.; Wm.
Jackell.: Swage -,Pornme \Geits, 'John
Allison,. John Copel nd. American
Golden "Russets, Jame
Golden Russets, Alex
Cayuga- Red I Streak,:
Maiden* Blush, S. RU
Ford.: English
nder Buchanan.
R. .Glaeic.1 .
dle.•
PEARS. -Winter pea • John T. West
cott, James Pickard. : Fall peel's; Dr.
Lutz.. :Flemish Beauty, John. New-
t
combe, Thomas Broc . Duchess of
-Angouleme, Thomas Cudmore, . S. -
Rundle, - Clapp's Favsrite, R. Spicer.
Sheldont Alex. MOE en, John New-
combe. . - -Louis Bonn Jersey, Wm.'
Sweet, John Newcomb
. .
Rem:ie.-Plate of 10'
Snell. . .
Gneree, Em -Pia
Joseph •Diller. John Si
of Hartford ' Prolific,
" Plate of Coneord, Dr.
derson. _Plate of Rog
. .
4. •
Lombard, •Jaines
A.: S
'Bale
Ex
McD
Rev.
Rev.
ing,
work
e ' of. Delaware, -
allacombe._ Plate
John Anderson:
,Lutz, John Au-
ra No. 19,, M.:
• Eamett. • Plate of Rogers- N� 4, John
Anderson. Plate of any other variety,
Jos. Diller. Plate of Crabs any variety,
P. J. Spackmen, S. Hogarth. ' Plate
late Crawford peaches, Andrew. Jehn-
sten. Plate Royal George peaches, An-
drew Johnston. Plat of any ether va-
riety, Joseph
of canned feuit, John'
-Wm. Sweet. -
VEGETABLES. -Earl
James Snell, A. Hod
Hebron, James Snell;
Rose Potatoes, Phili
Airth, Early Verrno
Snowflake, James
BroWnell's - Beauty,
Any other varietY,
FoUand, • Winter cab
combo, Jae, Sweet,. Blood_beets-, Thos. •
Snell, Wm, Dearing, Long mangolde,
• John Horton, Jas. Sziell, Globe man.
golde,,D, Kamm, Jas, Pickard, Swami
turnips, D, Winner, Wm, Balkwill.
Early.hornoarrots, net known, A. Mc-
Pherson, Long orange or red carrots,
Jae, Loadma John Smalacombe.
Bret
Ewe
Ju
thfo
Pete
Mrs.
and
&c.
Exet
• Hes
spea
Frai
Cam
w.
• Best collection .
Wilkes (Usbotne)
:Win
gen,
• She •
Eins
Darl n
Jas.IH
Mr. fR
Rose Potatoes,
ert. Beauty.. of
E. Bissitt. Late
Asidrew, Jamess
t, Thos.- Brock.
nell, 'Creech.
-Wm.' Campbell.
'as., Snell, Wm,
• age John New-
animelS, Mr. Penhale sweeping the Pouvray.-By an over -sight we oyer-
foi6ner and the Messrs. Cooper and Mr ; Ieoked the poultry and will publiskthe
Dunkin pretty eyenly dividing the hon. list next week: - •
ore in the latter class. There were 00 IMPLEMENTS. Patent axle wagon
`Seuthdowns shown. There was a very Jas. Down. Top buggy, lst ' and 2nd,
superior lot of Inge but the competition I. Handford. Portland cutter, Colyille
was not keen, the honors being shared & Beverley, Jas. Down. Piauh-box
eincipally by Mr. Leonhardt, of Me- cutter, Isaac Handford, -Down. Set
'lop Mr. DeCoursey, of Hibbert and of heavy bob•pleighs; Jas. Down; . Wm.:
McLeod. Iron beam plow, lst and 2nd,
W. H. Verity & Sons, Wooden plow,
W. H. Verity & - Sons. Hem
'shoes, -1st • and '2nd, I. Handford,
Horse hoes, W. H. 'Verity & Sons.
Sulky `:plow, let and 2nd W. H. Verity
*43c Sons. Two -horse cultivator, lit and
2nd, J. W. Smith. Gang plow, W. H.
Verity &- Sons, Patterson Bros. Pair
iron harrows, S. Buckingham.% Roller,
W. H. Verity &Sons. Horse hay rake,
• Geo. A, Massie, J. W. Smith. Binder,
Patterson Bros., Massie Manufacturing
Company. - Single ' mower, Massey
Manufacturing Company, Patterson
Bros. Grain seed -drill, J. W. Smith,
Patterson Bros. Best pump, Swallow
Bros. . ° • ,
GRAIN AND SEEDS.-rau-wneav winte
R. Pringle, Andrew Johnston, S.
Peart.. Red fall wheat, Joseph Hudson,
L. Hunter,' A. E. Brethour. Any -
other variety, S., Pettit, S. Rundle.
Six rowed barley, Joseph Diller James
Gould, Legge oats, A. Johnston, A.
Brethour. Common oats, R. McAllis-
ter, R. Hodgert. Black oats, A.
Brethour, Joseph Hudson. Large 'peas,
W. Dearing, E. McAllister. Small
peas, Wm. Xampbell, R. Hodgert:
Timothy seed, R. Hodgert, A. john -
stem Flax seed, James Snell, R. Hod-
gert. Merchant's flour, James Pickard.
Beans, James Loadman, Thomas Roe.
Clover seed, Alex. Ingram, S. Peart.
White Belgian carrot
Sas, Piokard. India
Thos. Welch. .Wate
Johnston, Musk me
eton. Cauliflower h
ston, Barnwell.
Nott, Wm. Dearing.
onions, Geo. Nott
, Wm, Balkwill,
corn, not known,
• inelons, Andrew
ons,Andrew John.
ads, Andrew John -
ed onions, George
White or yellow
m. Dearing. Peck
of tomatoes, Jas. Do n, Andrew John -
Sten. 'Celery, Jas. Creech, Wm. rol-
land. Citrons; A.
will. Parsnips, Sa
1:1avrden. Sweet °or
ethourr Wm:Balk-
uel Martin, Joseph
Jai. Sweet, L.
'Andrews. Nantes c rrot, John Small
cembe, Wm: Folland. Squash,
An-
drew Johnston, Dr. Lutz. Pumpkin,
John DeIbridge, This. Snell.
iteer, A. Brethour, ' Jos. Hudson.
's read, J. H. Northcott.
Painting on satin, Allan
na d. Kensington Painting, Mrs.
e. Painting on moleskin, Mrs;
le. Milking stool, hand paint -
avid Milk. - Berlin wool raised
A. Johnston.' Darned! net A.
ur. Tufted quilt, Duncan Me-
. Crazy quilt, R. ' -
GES.-Mannfactures.-Robt. Bon;
Hensel'; Richard Gidley said -
F ayne, Exeter. Ladies' Work. -
°cal, Crediton. -Mrs. Crocker
liss Gidleyi Exeter., Grain, Seeds,
•H Levitt and - Donald McInnes,
r
W. J. McRoberts,
y Horses. -David- ftyde, Shake -
e; G. 'Airlock; Crediton ; George
Le, Downie. Light Horses. -A. M.
bell and John Torrance, Stanley;
• Whitens, Milverton: Cattle.--
Pridham, Fullerton; R. S. Rob-
Iderdon ; Win.Rogers, Blanshard.
And Pigs. - Duncan' McLaren,
ert James Petty, Hensall ;, James
Xmplements.-:-
Offa ; W.- V.Venfzel,Crediton ;
toinsoneWinchelsea.
Wednesday last weeki It is reporte Mr. Delbridge, of Stephen. Exeter is a
that as an exhibition it was scarcely
a a matter of course, &large and Rod'
grat spot for chickens and there was,
.ealnd Wier= years, but an incident
occurred whichcaused wild excitement display of 'fowls, although the prizes
in the crowd for a time. During the were not distributed between very many
- exhibition a 'bull which had been ex- breeders. In implements, also, there
s a goad displav.
hibited, but which was tied to a wee,
broke loose and rushed at a mai who
was standing between it and a horse,
which was s 'ruling close at hand. The a
bull caught t man and tossed him Up, P either of Manitoba, was in attendance
in the air, fortunately not injuring him a d he would have been there on the
teeny extent, then rushed at the horse, s cond day also but he WAS called home
goring it -so as to disembovrel it, and ,
b telegrsm and left on Tuesday morn-
.
killing it almost instantly.. ing,expecting to treach Winnipeg on
-On Saturday morning, 22nd ult.,.or
may. On Cuesdar also, Mr. James
when Mr. Wm. Brydon, Blair Road, Trow,• M. P. for South Perth, and the
near Galt, went up .the lane to his barn, Liberal Parliataentary whip, was around
which stands little way off the road, the grounds, and seemed to take a live- ,
to lx interest in the proceedings .and made ,
he was surpri ed to see the barbed wire
fence on each side of the lane, dose h inself agreeable to his constituents'
the gate at the barn, torn the,
some of aid others. 4Our old friend Bishop, the
the posts broken off close to the ground g nial M. T. P. for South Huron, is no.
and the herbed wire all twisted up. He _
s ranger in Exeter, and on this occasion,
ht - some team had run AS on almost all other public occasiona.
in this riding, he was doing his best to
heti -through- the fence,
•
_ make every person happy as he always -
the
own horses by some
. • seems to be himself. The following is
lie the mischief, but inves
The show was specially honored this
ar by the politicians. .0n. the first
of the show Mr. Thomas Greenway,
• at first thou
- Away and sin
• and then tha
Means- had do
tigation showed ,both of the suppositions• lie
• wrong and that the real facts were that PRIZE LIST.
SOMe fifteen oung and valuable eolfs
belonging to Mr. J: C. Dietrich, Rose- IMPORTED HEAVY DRAUGHT HORSES.
IA117 had been chased. into the lane and - -Brood mare, Innis & McInnis, Geo.
in their terror had rushed at the wire badman, S. Smillie. Foal, Jas. Load:
man, S. Smillie, Innis & McInnis. Filly,
fente On bot sides, breaking it down.
as a 4.years old, John Sparrow, David Me-
ade search y 1 . B don showed him tPloY, 2nd and 3rd.
- That was by no means the worst,
. . a fine sorrel colt lying in a fence corner ! CANADIAN DRAIIG4T HORSES. -Brood
unable to get up_ and apparently bleed- are, Robt. McDonald, John Brock, S.
ing to death. Mr. Brydon. at once ran ampbell. Foal, Wm. Essery, Henrr
to Mr. Diet ch'e and gave the alarm,Collins, S. Campbell. Filly or Gelding;
years old, John Hopkins, And. Archi,
Mr. Dietrichtelephoned to the veterm- 3
- eery surgeon and then with .his men bad. Filly or Gelding 2 years -old, G.
hurried to the scene of the smash. The M. Shoultz, Wm. Essery, John gawk_ .
,ns. Filly or Gelding, 1 year old, B.
Hawk -
sight which greeted them was almost
rile, W. McGuire, Stallion, 1 year
- horrifying. Of the fifteen young and
valuable a imals, ten were found all Id, -S. McCoy. Draught teem- F..
Geo. Speiran, Gavin team,
1
., . more or less injured, while two of the Coleman, Geo,
draught team, 'I. Bowerman.
ten 'were literally torn to pieces about ' Imported
the chest, great patches of skin hanging ' GENERAL PURPOSE HORSES. -Brood
down, the mueles of the chest and side mare, Wm. .Cornish, Alex. Maw=
,all cut and torn and deep gashed made Wm. Essery. Foal, . Wm. ' Taylor, R.
- :he the &she The poor animas were at- Pringle, Robt. Habkirk. Filly or Geld-
• tended to ari well as possible, and it is 'lig, 3 years old, Duncan McEwen, Jas.
likely all will recover entirely except_ Moir, R. McAllister. Filly or Gelding,
• the two, and strange to say it- so happens g years old, A. Brethour; R. McAllister,
one of theseis very valuable and thought Jelin McGregor. Filly or Gelding, 1
to he worehi$500, while the other is also ear old Hugh Morrie, 13. pile, Robt
a well bred colt. '
-DAIRY PRODUCE. Salted butter, A.
Brethour, R. R. Bell, James Cooper. Fresh -
butter, Jas. Cooper. lAndrew,-
Alex. Buchanan.
bitter in tub, priva
E. Williams, W. Jai
cheese, Thos. Roe.
Bagshaw, Thos. Ito
MANUFACTURES.
quilt, Geo. Ott, W
hanT
cult
on
Wee,
taken
displa
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theedo
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size,d
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The Winghana Show.
(From the Advance)
e annual exhibition of the Wing -
Horticultural and, *Turnberry Agri -
al Societies was held in Wingham
Tuesday and -Wednesday of last
k. The first day was, as. usual,.
p in getting into order the inside
.and awarding red and blue tick -
he judges. On Tuesday evening
rs of the spacious •hall were
open to the public, 'and. - a good
wd availed themselves of the
of examining the varione
ex ibite,
On the ground floor we found the pro.
the orchard, field and gard-en;
e ar Wes under the heading of
lici
y MI provisions." Their* die.
as v ry large, but confined mostly
les, pears and grapes. A plate of
of the Alexander variety and a
1 Duellers pears were particularl
4406 ,gatetsie: Mi..' was told that they
would leave at 7.30, so he went into the
main building to wait and watch. He
had not been there long before the door
was tried, brit no entrance touId be
effected that way, ; then first one Win- Klotz reports as very good, they having
dow after another was tried ,until one suffered very little by frost, -
was found that could be opened. A 'I. -Fourteen cars of tattle the first
man was just crawling through when consignment of six train loads, passed
through Winnipeg a few days ago for the
old country. The second train tofollow
immediately. • -
-Five hundred dollars was raised in
Hamilton last week, during the Salvation
Army services, towards sendinginission-
axles to India. • About a dozen soldiers• -
volunteered for the work,
--Robert Kelly, of Cherry Valley,
Prince Edward County, _claims a yield
on his farm of -'115 bushels of is
from *.
5I bushels sown. And this is a very
G. G. Mann, having 506 tieres under
crop. During last summer they put up '
600 ttins of bay. Mr. Klotz will be a
fortnight in Winnipeg, taking observa-
tions there. The crops in the West Mr.
34e; -r4rottker,
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Answer; "N
duce
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fi 1?"1
play 1
to sp]
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1 'te
large. Plums were coneplcuous by t e r
ab , en
and s
at.
be
Fifty :pounds salt
e,- Alex. Buchanan,
ken. Fac ory made
Private cheese, W.
,A, Dougall.
Woolen home made
. Cooper i Domes-
tic cloth, Andrew Johnston, IR. -Muir.
Flannel; R. Muir,l, Geo. Nott Pair
blanketa,:Andrew Solinaton, D. McEw-
en, ' Satinett, .1st and 2nd R. -Muir.
Woolen yarn, lst and 2nd R. Muir, Do-
nd Andw.•
meta° wool cottoi4 lst and:
Johnston: Factory made qui t, list and
2nd R.Muir. Factory tweed , Muir;
Geo. Factory flannel, A. Ingra-
ham. Geo. Nett. eatery blankets, 1st
_and- 2ed R. Muir. Set single. harness,
J. Treble, Jacob Taylor. Set double
harness, J, Treble, Jacob Tailor; Cured
ham, Jas. Thom. Copper ROrk, Bissett
Brothers. AssortMent tin work, Bis-
sett Brothers: Sewing machine, Geo.
"%Vickers. Organ, P. W. Karn. • Parlor
furniture, It L. Andrews. Set of bed,
room furniture, R. LAndrews. Panel
door, Dyer & Howard. Stuffed birds,
A,. Merhertion. -
s voice sounded in his
t: do You want- here ?"
thing.' • "Then you bet-
ter leave as quickly as possible," And
he left. -- •1
There were some parties inclined for
a little fan dering.the evening. Amen
was_ seenfgreng along the street leading
&horse by hi long rope; another ' man
Was on the horse. - The pobr animal was
led or rather pulled into the bar -room of
a hotel, but no damage was done.
There are always some drunken row-
dies on the streets during and after the
show. Wednesday night, some evil -dis-
posed person or persons took a stick of
stove -wood from the front of the office
of T. Holmes, Esq, -and used it as a
battering rim against the picket fence
in front of the residence of the proprie-
tor of the Advance, • Several .pickets
were broken and Sallie knocked eff and
carried aW14'. ,
e. Potatoes k cabbages,' carrots,
di like were 'a pleasure • to look
Oatcake, bread ands butter could
see but not touched, such as would
pt the palate of anyone. The canned
feriit looked excellent. The grains and
'seeds were not so fullyrepresented as
ha;th se societies, yet the quality made up
been the case at past` exhibitions by
ier the lack of quantity. On the second.
storey was to be found the oil paintings,
crayon drawings, photographs, painting
on pottery, plants and flowers, coverlets,
13eact work, fancy knitting,
ensiling, woolen goods, and too many
other classes and varieties of articles fpr
a in to remember. Just here we ini t
say that it would be much betterif the
business men of the tovvn come
out in stronger , numbers and _help to
vet up the walls with their goods.
ey would lose nothing by it and
would give a good appearance to the hall.
he Oil paintings. and crayon _drawings
ere not so numerous as heretofore.
Hy Wednesday morning rain began
g, which, no -doubt, materially
d; the outside show of horses,
, sheep, pigs _and poultry. How -
towards noon the. rain having
d to.fall, the town' -began to have
ppearance of being fairly well visit-
• flabkirk. St•allion, 1 year old, peorge
FINE ARTS, -Water color drawing,
let and 2nd, Allan McDonald. ,Painting
in oil, lst and 2nd David Mills; Pencil
sketch, Dr. Browning. Collection of
'Photographs, Joseph Senior. Hair-
dresser's work, Ed. Fish,
. Canada.
A Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion has been formed in Picton.
-A Montreal despatch says the great
peach combine has' proved a disastrous
failure. •- •
-Experiments with apple trees as far
north as Edmonton have been made suc-
cessfully. •
-The bounty paid to Canadian fish-
ermen for the season a 1887 Tounted
to $150,000,
-A factory has been started at 'Otte.
we, for the purpose of produeing paper
from sawdust, - -
-A crop of 1,000,000 bushels of buck.
wheat is expected in Prince Edward
County this year, -
-A telephone_ cable now connects
Point aux 'Pelee Island with, Point Pelee
on_Lake Erie. `
-A tailor/A' union has :been organized
in Peterboro', and will inelude male and
female workers,
• C
HORTICULTURAL Pnonnors-Apples-
Four_ varieties, winter apples, P. Mc-
Taggart, Robert McCord. Four va-
rieties fall apples', P. McTaggart, John
Allison. Best collection of apples, John,
Copeland, John Allison. , Rhode Island
Greenings; Thomas Cudinore, George
Lowe. 'Northern Spies, John T. . West-
cotte Geo. Lowe. Roxboro Russets,
'Joseph Hudson, . Robert McCerd.
Spitzenburgs, Thomas eudmore, Wm.
Jackell. ,Baldwins, Geo. Nett, John
Copf3lande Weetfield's Seek -no -Further,
Geo: Lowe; P. McTaggart. Snow
apples, Benjamin Case, Wm. Balkwill.
Fall Pippins, James Ford, John Allison.
Colverts, E. J. Spackman, John Cope-
land:" King Tomkins, Therm Cud -
more, James Ford. Alexander, B. V.
Elliott; Harry Collins. Canada Red,
James Snell, John Copeland. Swam',
James Airth, "John Allison. Ribston
Pippins B. V: Elliott, John Copeland. Nott, A. Johnston. Knitted •quilt H.
FLOWERS. -3 varieties of Verbenas; in
pt, John Smallacombe. Fuchsias in
-flower, 3 varfeties, H. Kerslake. Ger-
aniums, in- flower, a . Varieties, John
Smallabombe. Collection - (A.:flower,' in
1
pots, m. Snell. -
CUT LOWERS. :Asters, 6 varieties,
John Smallacombe. Pettimas,6 varieties,
single, John Smallacombe. Zennias, 6
varieties, John' Smallacombe. Out
Pansies, Alex. McEwen. Cul Dahlias,
.G.B_SAalitrzellw. ORK. ,.... Loaf' home-made
bread, R. Pringle, R. Bell, Alex. Buch-
anan. - Patched quilt hand :made, -Geo.'
Nott, -A. Johnsto
quilt, Geo. Nott,
Karn. Tatting,
Jas. Torn. CrOe
Philip Andrew, ,
ery in silk, velve
falli
affee
eattl
ever
c as
thea
the tillers of theseil and others.
ere were not many _ heavy draught
eon the grounds, giving the judges
work to do in this class; but those
n were superiorlstock.- The geper.
rpose ,classes , were also somewhat
ng in numbers, but were better re-
tswo of which were sired by is 2,000 feet long, and the harbor is con;
sidered ne of „the safest on the shores of
nted than the former, threesteams
fine horse Sampson. The carriage Lake Superior. • ,
s were not few in numbers , and `-The ladies of the Methodist church,
-also first-class in point of quality.,
farmers and other lovers of horses UXbridge, have agreed- to liquidate a
to have turned* their attention to . •
debt of 03'000 in three years.
ge and roadster horsei, as evidenc--
the large number of -colts compet-
Only one team of carriage horses;
Til
ors
1 ttl
Show
1 p
ek
res
om
hat
orts
er
fth� ver, was shown. Amongst the
re
-
d b
arri
P 4 -Last Monday a traction engine blew
in the neighborhood of :Huntsville in
about two weeks. Some weighed 300
ing. 1 pounds• -About thirty bears have been killed
hnwA
E"-'' year for peas too. .
- -Mulholland Brothers; hardware
merchants of long standing in, Winni-
peg, have assigned. Liabilities,$30,000;
assets, $20,000. They were dragged
down by a load? of bad debts carried'
since the "boom."
=A party of about hundred, in-
cluding several clergymen of all denom-
inations, accompanied Rev, Hudson
Taylor and his volunteers to the Union
Station,. 'Toronto, when starting for
China Tuesday evening last week.
Dr. Crawley, one of the found-
ers of Acadia College Nova Scotia, died
at Wolfeville the ether day, He ° was
90 years of age, and probably efie -old- -
est Baptist clergyman ehecoulitrye-
-Rev. D. Savage concluded his ser-
vices at Regina ou. Friday evening,
there having been large congregations in
Knox church -every night during the
Week. He commenced on Sunday a
campaign at Qa'Appelle.
-Edward Chambers, who lived near
Walsingham Centre, slipped and fell in
a threshing machine, his legs aiming
into the cylinder, which brake the ma.
chine, `His legs were fearfullrmangled
and he died in a few hours after, .
-On Sunday afternoon -six _rung
Inds from the village of 'Brighton,.
Ontario, set sal from the dock
In a oral sail boat to visit the Murray' .
Canal, On their return. the boat was
capsized, and two of the boys drowned,
-In his sermon at Kingston recent
Sunday, Rev. Mr. Spalding, in alluding
to his late visit to Winnipeg, said that
whenever a cent piece was found on the
collection plate there it was. hinted that
a person from Ontario had been in the
congregation.
-.Counterfeit twenty five cent pieces
of 1888 issue are said to be circulating
in St Thotnas. -
-The revised assessment roll places
the Value of taxable property ireLondon
at $13,326;165. '
-Wholesale' dealers in New Bruns-
wick emnplain.that they einnot,get flour
from the West fast enough to meet the
demand, the supply being very short.
• -The value of :bilk in 'circulation in
Canada on August 31st was $16,388,000;
excess of specie and guaranteed deben-
tures, $l,909,722; excess of unguaran-
teed. debentures, $1,958,981.• -
-iFeThe Dominion Government is build-
ing a telegraph cable from Wolfe Island
to Howe Island, Lake Ontario. •
JITenders are being asked for the
construction of an iron truss _bridge
over the Ottawa river, to connect Otta-
wa city with Hull.
---The town of Barrie is inoreasing its
electric lights from 17 to 25. It is pro -
poised to annex the village of 'Allendale
to Barrie,. - • -
-Rev. i A 'Fisher English Church
A.
clergyman, has been placed in charge of
the Ayr id Drumbe rhissiOn.
-Twee men were burned to death at
the burning of a hotel in Port Arthur,
Friday morning, .
ee:-Ontario's barley product this year
amounts to 21,000,000 bushels, of which
12,000, will be available for export.
. -The new breakwater at Port Arthur
.--41 convention of Latter Day Sainte
was held in London last week and was
brought to ,a close on Saturday. On
Sunday a sacramental service was held,
and afterwards a time was spent in
prayer and testimony. • There was, a
large congregation present. .
• -Geo... M. Pullman, of palace car
fame is erecting himself a granite palace
home on one of the Thousand Islands in
the St. Lawrence. The money has gen-
erously been contributed by -citizens of
the United Stateein small sums, polled -
ed by porters,
, R. Glanville, Raised
Bissett Bros, D. W.
eo. Nott, Win. Sweet,
et work, Jas.' Tom,
os, Hudson. Embroid-
or 'satin, A. Brethour.
Embroidery in worsted; Geo. . Nett, A.
Jelinston. Braiding, Hogarth, Geo,
Nott; A.. Johnston. ancy knitting,
• Jas. Toni, Geo. Nott Jos. Hudson.
Two pair woolen socks, Geo. Nott, A.
Johnston. Two pair woolen stockings,
Geo. Nott, A. Johnston. Two pair
woolen mits, Jas;'Torctiiileo. Nott. Two
-pair woolen gloVes, Jas. Tom, R. Mc-
Allister.- Weitl- flowers, Geo. Nett.
Wax fruit, Geo. Nett. Honey in comb
S. Hogarth.
Hogarth, A. J
Jas. Tom, A. J
work, Geo. N
Feather flowers
Alex. McEwen,
ed mats, John
Jas. Cooper.
McEwen' Gen
home made, S.
Geo. Nott. CO11
John Willis, j.
Rag carpet, Joh
A. Brethour.
oney Jar, S. J.
heston. Lace .Work,
hnsten. -Berlin .Wool
tt, Dancan. McEwen.
Geo. Nett work,
W. Swinerton. Hook-
. W.esteotte Geo. Nett,
Hair - flowers,. Duncan
i shirt,. plain breast,
ogarth, Johnston;
ction homemade Wines;
s. Tom, , A. Johnston.
Horton, JOhriFrayne,
og cabin' quilt, . G.
• • ' .
-;
'owl ters were scene* beautiful young uo on the wbitby•fair: groun 9; Two
slims% and this Class seemed to &Wien men and a boy 'were badly scalded. The
onsiderahle attention. Only one team boy boss since died. .
ompeted, but for, single 'roadsters four
no ered to the -call. Both the prize . -A ear load of silver ore, valued at
in ers were 'sired by Ridgewood. ' To $75;000; was 'shipped at Port Arthur ,a
few days ago. - Its destination was New -
the all of saddle. horses three entered. burg, New Jersey.
the ing; When all Were loing_at top, -The game- laws are altered now so
speedone of them (ridden by Tommy that qu il shooting will not commence
Sma 1) bolted, knocking dbwn several . till thert5th of. Ootober . instead of the
chil ren„ but doing them no -damage be. - lat.- ' Shootisti take notice. '
Y6n a slight shaking up afid a great —James H.Ovve, of Caradoc, has pit.-
,
scar , - ' chased' the Hull farm of seventy acres
T e cattle exhibit was very fair. Mk. on the lst concession of said township,
-Rev. D. V. Lucas, M. A., a promi-
nent minister of the Methodist church he
this country, who has been for two years
in Australia, engaged in a Local Option
wirepaign,with _Messrs. White and Irish,
began an eight weeks' campaign in
Toronto last Sabbath.
-The yacht Sunbeam, hi& wont
down with five men, near Brockville,Te-
cently. has been grappled in a depth of
90,:feet and towed ashore, but none of
the bodies were clinging to her. Diver
Jelly, of Ogdensburg,refuses to go down
at the place where the yacht was found.
Jas... -Elliott; of Turnberry,- showed a herd
ofHolsteins, Which were admired by all.
Mr. P. Genimill, of Turnberry, shieVed
a Holstein cow and twin calves,. This
breed of cattle promises to become very
popular in this section. They appear to
be both fine milkers and splendid' for
They are also very docile and. like
petted, The Durban's and grades
worthily represented.
6 show of Sheep was no very large,
ease excellent specimens were to be
seen Leicestere and Southdowns pre-
dominated. • • • - .
Pigs, likewise,- were poorly represent-
ed so far- as numbers were concerned.
;But whit was lost in.this respect was of.
beef
bein
wer
but
.sma
"the
One.
,of
• fine
so g
the
ing
sati
tics
eve
I account, as the quality shown was
est money can huye
e poultry exhibit was an extensive
Turkeys'ducks, geese and hens
ery variety were there, and some
pecimens.could be'iseen.
together this year's show was not
eat a success as in former years, yet
ttendance on both clays, consider -
he unfavorable weather, was very
factory,4 '
• NOTES. -
ere was a side-show at the exhibi-
which was well patronized. In the
ing. the caretaker' of. the -show
gro nds, when ready to close up, went
to he managers Of the Pinch and Jrnil
, bus nese and asked them what time they
• wo Id be ready go, as he wanted to well tinder the - efficient Indian ..agent, callixi to the Senate 01
-Ten thousand people visited the
Provincial Exhibition at Truro,. Nova
Scotia, Thursday, last week. The show
of sheep, swine and horses and -thor-
oughbred cattle was the finest ever
made in Nova Scotia, and evidences the
immense progress during the past few
years in Nova Scotia stock raising. _
-Thos. Winslow, of-Ottewa, met a
fearful death at the Exhibition grounds
list week. E� held on to the rope run-
ning around Professor Williams' balloon
and was -carried skyward 1,000 feet,
when his grasp relaxed and he tell to
the ground. He was dashed to piecen
and his body was unrecognizable.
-The Bay of Quint) Canningractory
is doing an immense trade this season,
in four days recently 47,72g cans of corn
were packed, and in one cUky later 15,-
100 cans of corn besides quantities of
tomatoes. Over 10,000 bushels of corn
in the ear have been delivered at thin
'Canning factory this season.
for 64,000. .
-7A number of Icelanders have arriv-
ed at Winnipeg within the past few
'weeks. All intend to become settlers
of the province. " *
° -lien. Edward Blake has presented
Toronto:University with $2,500 for the
'encouragement ofthe study of political
science
i
-
• -Delegates legates froniethe various Boards
Of Tra e throughout the Dominion met
in Toronto Monday, and fixed the grain
standards for the coming. year.
I -There . is :a great deal of typhoid
fever in Peel, especially round Drayton,
and Melt. Boyle, the -well known boun-
tY13ridge builder is very low. .____'
I -The new assessment of Toronto
shows an increase of nearly $15,000,000,
bringing the total up. to $113,000,000,
• and of111,081 !lathe population, making
Over 150,000.
-Attie Hare, eldest son of Mayor
Hare, of Tilsonburg, was badly burned
about the face - by the explosion ' of
powder.flask the other .day. Careless -
nests, •- :' : •
-Oto J. Klotz, astronomer for the
Department of the Interior,. returned
from the west to Winnipeg a few days
ago. He has been observing at Edmon-
dn arat Onion Lake, neer Fort Pitt
At his last station he svas'amongst the
Indians who took part in. the Frog Lake
Massacre. These Indians are now doing
-The Hon. Oliver Mowat was one of
the visitors at Tavistock fall fair. The
hon. gentleman seemed to take a deep
interest in the exhibits, dividing his at -
tendon largely between the horses and
cattle, though. hardly anything escaped
his attention. The weather was de-
lightful.
-In March last, in Toronto, Mrs,
Ann Caul:obeli slipped" on the me and
fell, breaking her wrist and arm, and
has since been incapacitated -from work
and deprived of -a means of She
brought suit in the Assize Coat to re-
cover $1,500, and recovered a verdict of
• $200.
-A few weeks ago two men calling
themselves p. W. Williams and George
happell engaged a room at 128 Ade -
1 ide street west Toronto, and adver-
tised for twenty young ladies to join a
theatrical troupe. A great many young
ladies paid $2 each, for the privilege of
having their names.put in a big book,
and when the swindlers had got BRA of
money in their hands they skipped.
-Hon. James Gibb Ross, the well-
known lumber merchant, died at his
home in Quebec, on Monday evening,
aged 69. Mr. Boas was a native of
Scotland, but tame to Canada _while a
young man and engaged in the timber
;;ebsteh
:
an
d1878,
Htuenwticacseps rs ef staidecuotdoidf attebe Qf
bank and a director of the Guarantee
Company of North America. Mr;R°5
Commons in 1873 d 187,8, and was
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