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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1889-11-15, Page 1•.: ad buyert; vadat into Stock _ • boards et se of the ices in the . us, when Straight - ham like usarlde of sell; Shawls, id lace 5s- Oyer; e urned c merits, - Itest day ✓ -store as -- • firae and you will Gaon. Atom for passed., over one meetly ✓ statute ofthee • duri*e. :lecembir _they' wever; bjch the nest. grief by - • a darn:, rustained. nit peel -- 7S or of& settle the - .00 acpart share of hich the - et doubly to meet - 1, at e Acts. gtg, under r, is new ad if tho- le, returil er by a- ot be the en under luntry and doi. leets the al. Four rere first ,erke in - :nn who osd when dreds of m, as the be party Urnishing" k officers, k.r• e now have out, in- to use it A basis of the list e polling ity is at Tory ' living , No Ices ie voters, ist were, found to Were not and sup - ;o° strike t it "will Oad when • inade. e revision itched by t to each, Ired dol - of cases the mat- t will be best- -As the poiling h all, or as, as far result of ied novr, 3 revising' r. VV. F. rvis over on" case, ✓ bigWy. ind satis- stagonist. le a few hat there the police ice inter- s -promin- sientatien mod, the.. lointed is duties, 4 ;NI .1 Fit • 24 TWENTY-SECOND YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER1,143. Cheap cash Store • • 41 -HOFFMAN & Op.., OTTP„ CHEAP S All iinds'of Goods STILL GOING ON. • Sales for Cash Only. —AT THE— - - 0.heap Gash Store HOFFMAN .4 CO, CARDNO'S BLOCK, SEAFORTH. 40H1•1' WARD, SEAFORTH, DEALER IN Harness) Saddles, Trunk Valises, and ALL AT NEW PRICES. BLANKETS, HORSE FUANI-SHMIG-§, WHIP.4, BELLS, Sze. A complete stock to meet the wants of the trade. Call and examine my stock'- and get prices before purchasing elsewhere. No trouble to show goods. 114242 JOHN WARD. • • _ SEAFORTHs FRIDAY NOVEMBER 15, THE WANTS AND WOES -1 the public. My own experience is that OF THE TEACHER.' ' 1' • The followingipaper was reed by Mr: Charles Clarkson; B. A.,of the -See- forth Collegiate. Institute, beforg the East Huron Teachers' Association at its last meeting: _ • To brood constantly'over one's 'real or fancied ailments is a symptom of dis- ease, a sure sign:of a.niorbid condition of mind; - to be forever dwelling- on one's troubles and difficulties' and vexa• tions and disappointments is not an in- dex of perfect health, but Of mental dys- pepsia. The thoroughly -eupeptic man does not remember that he has a stem - acts, (except at mealtimes.) My'purpose - in choosing this eubject is not to excite ,that sickly, whining discontent..that does not -know what it wants, and con- stantly harborsthe gloomy 'suspicion that the whole World has formed a con- spiracy to do vit wrong. I had much rather help to "cleanse the bosom of this perilous stuff" and remove from any diseased mind. the hallucination that it is persecuted. • and- down trodden by its fellow man. I had rattier look Upon my fellow men with Tennyson as - "Men the workers, men my brothers, ever ;;e143- ing something new. That Which they hav done but earnest of that - which they shall Ldo." " Contentment with Godlineu is great. gain," and above all things a teacher needs contentment, cheerful courage to do his work, a healthy mind in a sound' body, and that comprehensible. sym- pathy,and liberal horizon which alone will enable him t� make the best of the environment in which it has pleased God to place But there is a nobleliscontent that I love to provoke in , young and generous minds. It is the property of every. brave and useful man; it is one of the hereditary_ possessions of the Anglo- Saxon raceiN" the race that knows no fear ;" it is written indelibly On the darkest and the brightest pages of our national history; There is no special virtue, no commendable meekness, in. avoiding a careful examination - of our Wants and Woes, because we are afraid to look them in the face; and then either bear them with patience if ,we can find no remedy, or bid them resolute defiance if we can. Laziness and cowardice may prophesy . smooth things and counsel submission and compromise; but energy and courage mOre often lead to that no- ble discontent, the heritage- of our race, which ends by making thinge better than it found them. If I could succeed in stirringup that kindof discontent among the teachers of thisprosperous county I should feel satisfied that I had net spoken in vain. , • • t Now the first Woe of the Teacher is Isolation. He has plenty of company, -but little eociety. From the very , na- ture of his work among children the teacher is mit offirom the society -of his fellow workers -which all men love. He is daily called upon to make large draughts upon his patience, energy and sympathy, without much opportunity of teplenishing his store by contact with his equals or his superiors. _In the bus- tle and activity of many occupations men and women receive active stimula- tion from the aympathy of numbers; they'gather comfort and animation and courage and cheerfulness from their comrades. But in one sense the teacher "is out of humanity's reach, He must finish his journey alone. Scaecely hear/ the svieet music of speech, And grow, tired with the sound of hiii\own." Only a few times in a year canhe hope to have appreciative eyes looking at his im- perishable work, or to heat a sympa- thetic voice saying, "Well doneithou art in thy duty beroutof it who may r, For, the visits of principals; fellow-teaders, or Inspectors. are events of rare occur- rence, and these arenearly all the vial - tore that ever - brighten the echool-room by their presence and their words of good cheer. It is this isolation, this absence of ac- tive sympathy, for which every vigor - mix - mind hungers, that sends many a clever young teacher out of the school room into the marts of business, the of- fice of the lawyer,or ,the doctor, the i agent, or of the nsurance or railway company. There is generally some* thing in the bustle and activity of a crowd that supports itself. We may note, as the result of our own aservations," (1) that not more than one teacher in a thousand who leave the school room ever. returns to it, and that OHO is not gen- erally the finest specimen; (2) that the marked improvement in the physical health and animal spirits of those who have left the work of teaching is con- spicuou.. It is simply a plain fact that they grow rosier and fatter and live easier lives, notwithstanding the longer hours of work, the fewer holidays,:ancl the supposed excitements and worries and cares of business. , This is the first woe,' Are there any appropriateycounter-checks for this men- tal solitudff of the teacher who spends his strength-amoog young children .and associates chiefly with immature -minds ? Is there any antidote for slow poison, any balm for this Wirt, any medicine for a mind -crying Continually, Solo, solo, solo? - rthink I can mention several. 1st, —The monthly meeting of the township or town association of teach- ers, at which free discussion by every member is the rule. It must be a for- saken corner ol the educational field where five progressive teachers cannot be found to lay the corner stone of such a pleasant and profitable gathering. Five active members can loon attract twenty more to their fold, and render one another the most valuable service, both professional and social. One or two earnest men and women can easily , plan a course of systematic institute work On the lines laid clown -by the De- partment forzprofessional reading. And the sympathy -and intelligence and as- sistance of the educated men in the dis- trict can eaaily be enlisted in the work, anda great amount, of good can be ac - no nunister or doctor orbanker or other educated person has ever refused to take the trouble of 'preparing and de- livering a short address when I have re- , 'pectin -Hy invited his assistanpe. Well conducted,: meetings. of this kind will raise the teacher in public esteem and they will send beck all the teachers full of senthusiaim to their lonely work, and as jolly as a lot -of ,giants filled with new wine. 2nd, Educational Journals. It is the apparent narrowness of the horizon that produces :this .feeling of solitude, the mental cramp and weariness. Now in reality the teachers of this province are an amity $,000 or 9,000 strong, and the teachers of this continent are a host numbering neatly 400,00t7. - Why should any soldier feel lonely in such a goodly company? True, We cannot often see one another's faces nor hear the tones of one another:s voices; but through the Medium of. theprofessienal journals we canp drinkr at the running stream of thought and °atoll the whispers of sym- Pathy for which every heart naturally hungers. = • . - The greatest journars of the kind in the world are published in our language 04 on thiscontinent ; We have -several respectable papers devoted to education in Canada. - -Five dollars a year talus will place every teaoher in the great, Vigerous, healthy ,stream of educational, thought and fill hini with HIM ideas of thegrandeur and dignity of his every day mark. It is impossible to bathe regularly in this stream and not feel the heating of its waters. There is growth and development in • the very Contact of intellect, especially when reinforced by personal and professional interest. Foi iny own part I would rather weir an old coat and a last year's hat than be out of from communication with the great army of teachers, whose officers and regiments- reach from Nova Scotia to California. Such - papers as The Amerion - Teacher, The New York School Journal, The Boston Journal of Education, The Educational - Times, The Pennsylvania School Journal and our own Educational Journal and Edu- ,eational Monthly are any of them worth ten times the price of subscrip- tion to any teacher who has a concep- tion Of. the magnitude of the work and the vast importance of education to the human race. For my Part, I would rather be the hiuriblest soldier -in this noble "army of nate men and women battling with the ignorance of two great nations, than be the. proprietor of the largest distillery in America. And I find rest and corn- forkind relaxation in the professional joiirnele that tell of the labors and the triumphs of the educational battalions who are every year *inning Victories in "Regions Caesar never knew, .None in- vincible as they." These journals lift us from the narrow sensible .horizon of the lonely school room to the great re - Venal -horizon 44 the civilized world; they Cost very little and are worth very imuch: - .3rd,--Eiferiments in new methods of teaching; and careful scientific study of child -development. This' is what :Da- vid Page called "Scheming." An ac- tive, intelligent interest in the work it- e1f will relieve as nothing else Can the ruonatony and „ tedium of the school room. room. "The proper study of mankind' is man ;" there is no other study io-fas- ,oin&ting. Psychology, or the etudy CI mind - growth is the most' . and the moat humanizing study in the world, and there is no bet- ter field for the study of human nature than the school room, Especially is this true for those wit° are so ',happy as to be in charge of the very youngest pupils. Here we find the rudimentary Ipewilre course of tapid. development And can study as nowhere else the phen- omena of the senses ' and the intellect. Any one who has gained a slight so. q uamtence with the principles Of psy- chology -.will find perennial interest in studying , the development of the len- page faculty and particularly, and per- haps most interesting of to the in- telligent observer, the evolution of that remarkable native power generally call- ed "lhe Association of Ideas."! Any teacher who devotes a little attention to; the laws of memory and the Jaws of thought and then,eets to work to. make practical_ applications to these laws in his every' day Work will certainly find' the alleged :monotony of the teacher's work very Much reduced. If his studies lead him to:sievise new methods of pre- senting his 'abject., fresh and original applications of. the. aecertained. princi- ples of teaching and learning he will, like every other scientific- man, forget the labor and drudgery in the delight he experiences in performing 'successful experiments. He Will find' with the peep that ," Labor is bliss with a thought like this: . Toll is his best repose." • c (To be continued. next week.) • Depreciation in 'Italue.of Farm Lands. To die Editor of THE HURON EXPOSITOR: *DEAit was much pleased with your article in last week's EXPOSITOR c9ticiging a scurrilous and untrue state- ment made by the Toronto Empire to the effect that Grit newspapers were fouling their own nest by stating that Ontario farms had depreciated in value," &o., , The writer has *opportunity of know- ing practically as to the reduction in value, and also as t� the peesent finan- cial condition of the farming community, and I have no hesitation in saying that theteductien in the value of farm lands in the Province of Ontario 'during the last eight years' will net average less . than 20 to 30 per : cent. Some sections of the -Province have suffered more severely than others, but taking the whole Province I am satisfied_ that 25 per cent. is rather under. than over the average. Farms that sold from 1875 to 1882 from $50 to $70 per acre cannot be IMitheterial AssOciation. The Ministerial Association, of south Huron, met in the James Street Metho- dist church,' Exeter, on idonday 4th- , lust, There Was a good attendance of members. The •Rev. Mr. Stealer, of Crediton, Rev, Mr. Haugh, of 'Stephen, and Rev. Mr„ DOWD, Elimville, were - added' to the membership. The subject for discussion was "The Organk Union of Christian Churcliet." Bev. Mr. Clement read a paper -setting forth the advantages that would result from such union. These he specified to be: (1) The expenses of preaching the gospel in our own land would be greatly curtailed and &ore could therefore be done for heathen lands. (2) the effeet of an outwardly united church on the world, would be good. (3) It would • - take away one of the popular arguments used by Sceptics against chrietianity. (4) It would deliver many from a bias in _interpreting Scripture. (5) The Spirit- ual 'unity of the church could be better developed. The Rev. Mr. Acheson, of- Kippen, read a paper showing the dif- ficulties in the way of union. These he pointed out to be connected with church Polity, Liturgy and Doctrine. A Very interesting discussion followed in Which the members set forth their opinions u - to whether these difficulties were in- surmountable — the association bein_g somewhat divided in their views. It was acknowledged by all that most of the differences separating christians were theoretical, more than practical, and that these would be best removed by the gradual process of mutualater knowIedgment and christiau courterdee, and that „it was a caricature on union for any denomination to propose it, while withholding these. The next meeting was appointed to be held on _ the first Monday of December, in Carinel Church, Hensall, at 10:30 a. ne; at which Rev. Mr. Penhall is appointed to read a paper on " The.Honesty of the Bible in its Biographical Statements ; " And the Rev. J. Wilson, one on Cor- inthians, 15,29. The Rev. Mr. Staebler was asked to prepare for a future meet - lag, a criticism of Canon Taylor's pardphlet, "The great Mission Failure." The membersofthe association parted, feeling 'that one of the best ways of promoting Christian organic union, was by such meetings and conversations as 'thy had just engaged in. —Two pagan Indian - women were baptized in the Church of England on Walpole Island, county of Haldimand by Rev. J. Jacobs, the other day. One was christened Mary and the other Martha. The women are sisters, and • were forrnerIytwives of the late well- known Indian brave "Kicknosowag." The baptism of the two women, whose ages were 50 and 00, was witnessed by a large cougregation, and the ceremony was most irpressive. acre, and a very limited -number can be disposed of , even at so greatly reduced prices, as -there are hundreds of farms for sale in every county, and no buyer. Huron is no exception to the general rule, but the section, that have prat'. bly suffered the worst are Bruce, the western part of Wellington, `the front of Hastings,,,Lennox, Addington and Prince Edward Counties. And the sec- tions that have suffered the least are Elgin, Kent, Essex and Lambton, spec- ialcauses to some extent producing the contrary results in the localities named, but even the favored south western sec- tion of the Province that -has retained its value the' longest has given way,, and the reduction there is now 15 to 2.0 per cent. also. Many of the best barley farms on the Bay. of Quinte district,that could not`be bought six or eight years ago at less than 0 to $70 per acre, can not be sold to -day at $40. i You say 'you are not prepared 'to say that it is the &tidal policy of this Dominion Government that ia= entirely responsible for this state of things.' Neither am I partizan enough to take this position. - The exodus from this Province to Manitoba, the, Northwest . Territories, British Columbia, • and the -,Northwestern Territeriee of the United States, has contributed ite share by les, sening the demand for Ontario improved farms, while the low prices of wheat ,and barley for some years have also had something to do with the general break down, but I have no hesitation in say.. ing that the fiscal policy ofthe Govern.: ment, by imposing the terribly optima. . sive indirect tax which they have done on the farmers of this country under the so-called "National Policy," has been one of the largest, if not the largest fac- tor in producing the present, state of things. . Now, Mr. Editor, what is the rem- edy? We seein to have .exhausted our resources in endeavors to induce a class of immigrants to come to this coun- try who are able to purchase our im- proved farms. The Dominion and On- tario Governments have gent some millions of dollars in that direction; and the result, so far as the class named- are concerned is almost nil. We are yearly becoming Worse; the depression in trade that used to be with us every five or ten years is now continual except in a few favored spots that are directly -benefitted by the high tariff at the ex- pense of the farmers the backbone of s • the country, and it is not the farmers alone who suffer., The majority of the thriving country towns 10 or 15 years ago are nearly all at a standstill' and maim of them on the downhill road. Outside' the cities there are not more than 15 or 20 towns in the .whole vince where either business . or residen- tial property can be readily sold at more than 50 to 75 per cent of its cost, and in many of them property can not be sold at any price, and in some of the smaller cities it is doubtful whether- the figures named could be obtained. We have a magnificent country, and almost unlim- ited territory, but we want population and capital: We have been depending largely in the past on the agriculturists, the farmersofthe country, to create business and build up our towns and cities, the lumber trade being the only fairly developed and money -producing industry outside Of agriculture that We have had to depend upon, but we have placed imposition after _imposition •upon . the former until we , have nearly exacted the Iasi pound of flesh, and still many of them hug their political prejudices and shout for the N. P. We have untold wealth in our Minerarresourcee but it is undeveloped. In iron alone we have enough of the best of raw material to employ thous- ands of men and millions upon mil- lions of capital, but it Is undeveloped, . and the ambitinn of our local capital- ists does not teem to run that way, ,and they are probably wise, as the field istoo limited -under existing cir- cumstances. What we want then is free trade si ith the Republic to the South of us. No , annexation but sim- ply the privilege of trading freely with them and they with us. As a Canad- • ian I am not too proud to welcome capital or population from any .conntry, and I believe that if we had free trade with The. 'United States, or even a treaty as favorable as previous to 1866, (Continental free trade preferable if it could be obtained), we would have a large amount of American capital come iuto this country. ahnost immediately, ,'and population always lone we capital and enterprise. Farms would go up again in a short time, our country tows would prosper, our cities would become great commercial and manufae- turing centres andininanufactureis would prosper, having , the larger field, on which to develop their enterprise.- And farmers would prosper under the stimu- lus of better prices and larger homee consumption as well as reduced tax- ation. 131.1t some -say "we cannot' get Red. procity of trade." '" The Americana do not want it, Acc." Well, some of them do not; but the trend of public opinion in -the, 'United States seems to be large- ly in that •directicin, and the result of the late State elections are anything, but discouraging., -If the Empire and other subsidized Organs of the Domin- ion Governthent, who are bound hand • and foot by the subsidised manufactur- ers of the country—and wedded to the National Policy, are to have their .own way for all time, we will not get Re- ciprocity but they are ° in the hands of _the electorate of the country... If. the farmers of the country will only study their own interests, and the interests of their country, and go to the polls Grit and Tory alike, determined that they will have liberty, and pledge every can- didate, be he Grit or Tory, t� do what in him. lies to obtain such a measure the powers that be must succumb. Let us consider our personal interests' and the interests of Canada first, making our political prejudices a :secondary with singing, etc. 1889 to ani Government the Contineetal Free Trade;P measure to it , that ,e honor, . LOYA November 12th, 1882. will. give us the nearest ‘, 'got with Cana Silas. Cook, of - - has disposed of his farm neighbor for $3,000. ANADIAN. Dorchester, acres to a —E. O. Flynn for.. -4 oiptiketer of a cen. Wry Provincial !land yor in the -county of Essex, ie deed —Six Hastings far fined $15 and costs fer sold to cheese factories: —During the month - ear loads of wheat Were have been rating milk ctober, sixty 'viva at Ayr station for Greenfield mi —Extensive -operatiohli*re- to be com- menced in Gaspe, Quebikt,r.for develop- ing the petroleum resoutglis of that dis- trict. • r's —Andrew C. Druninecfeh-o is wanted in Kansas City on a ch- te of robbing his uncle of $58,000 was ronto last Saturday nig, —Mx. M. J. Gallag luis secured a contract a tunnel drain through Romney, Kent cciunty;:.,.., —Sentences of five . ment have been impos clerk, in the. Ottawa d money from letters. —Mr. R. Sperling, Thessalon Public Moo ineted as a Third s the Legislature for —A, St. Marys la accidentally discharge rested T . Strathro , - . constructing sp.tewnsiiip ,of • , ere' imprison- ' three mail et for stealing cipal of the s been nom- andidate for goms. ed Smith, A gnu, the other day. The shot passinwthrtrugh his foot O&M IMPIOUS injury. —The other day a ear was shipped from Buffalo market. This meat of these aninusls that section of -Algom =George Matheson - on the 4th Wet., Aged months. He pi ge the pod will of all who —William Marshall". , may be said to have passed the bounds of old age, and yet are in full possession of their faculties and able yet to enjoy their lives, 'Their wide circle of friends will most heartily wish that years may yet be thei7a —Rev. r. Birks is Meeting with encouraging success in his canvass for subscription for a new Methodist par- sonage at Ai!ea Craig. He has already obtained $1, and it is expected he will soon realize $1,500, the sum re- -John B; Fothergill, a young man who was recently a student at the To- ronto School of Medicine,died at Yuma, Colorado, on Saturday, He -left tbe city about a month ago to enter the office of an old friend in Yuma, but fell a victim to malarial fever. . —The Thanksgiving day sermons preached in'Ottawa by Rev. Mr. Here ridge and Rev. Dr, Ryokman were of a religio-political character, and the des- tiny of Canada among the nations of the earth was thetheme of each of the elo- quent divines. Cad•of sheep lon to the he first Ship - sr sent from tTavistock, ° years and 6 man and had new him. ugitive from justice, who escaped, rqn the county Constable at tiv_n?- months ago, has been rearrested at —Henry Cornwell'has situated one and a half gessville, county of '0 Pollard, for $6,500. t —It is reported that 'ernment will rebuild 4 outlet of the:Lake of the Winnipeg river, whichlj a couple of years ago. —Some of the yowl ford, arejoing too -,m their Own good, espe evenings when they by their orgies; —It is rumored th contemplating buildin mills at South River, is large quantity of neighborhood and with the river. , —Wages for work i Ottawa district are, $35 to $37 a month; while a number of helve gaged at $60. General ed 820 to $25. - . —Mr. Otto Klotz, - Topographical Service, turned to Ottawa from givesia very- favorable et Ounnst.rY aea 661a f" —A charitable insti Red Cross Hospital Home, the only one o ads, was opened at day last week, with in • ° —Rev. °Dr. Archibal Knox Church, St. Tho rontol, Monday last, of Truro, Nova Scotia hew of Sir AdamreG: Lieutenant -Governor, o —Miss Douglas, elde Douglas, Yarmonth C from A vehicle near Be day evening and had* two pieces. The acid by the horse running ndsor. sddtfrhoitmso faBlaramrrs. :Ontario gov- dam at the bode, on the.. &carried away men, of The& It7drinking for 117 on Sunday -rb' the public company are xteriaive pulp mai as there wood in that toy reach of Woods in the ..g,esoleorsio foro2m, _have beenen. as are offer - quired. he Dominion a has just re- Orip to Alaska, iccount of that 'ering opera- -called onvalee the t ind in Can- ,371rednes- 1,b1 scerem,on: ate pastor of # died in To - was a native I was a neP. I iwnhtoichhirbnoedtira. ted about ut seventeen inches —Mrs. Joip C. Fry of the 8th con- cession, Blenheim, was found dead in her buggy on Monday, last week. She left home for Plattsiille with her little daughter in apparently good health. When found she was lying prostrate with her head over the dashboard. She leaves a husband and four children, the eldest about !sixteen years. _ George De Ottawa Presbytery,", - call by the united- Drunibo and Prineeto sension of the Presby present the call. —John MeGregor,a London met with a se other day. While Victoria Park he got the machine, and in t Ing the.ground.broke• . _ —Mr. F. Cameron, - recently lost his pooke notes and bills to the It was found and rest by a lad named Allier the generous owner 9 , —Mr. -John Mantl Joseph Mantle of Til not been head_ of for come home on a visit. Alaska all thet tir0 supposed him. dead. - —Mr, Alex. McFar received the (Aber da nephew in California made from the stem was taken by , a t China to California - Carew in its rough sta —Mrs. Alfred Allworth,twife of ii Gosfield fernier,' saw the headlight of a locomotive 'coming down the track best thought she could cross over the tracktafely.4She was mittaken, and she was thrown boot 30 feet and WU badly injured. : —A young man named Sayetie a deaf mute residing in Aylmer, went ahooting Thanksgiving Day, and rested his gun on the ground with the muzzle upward, when by gime means the warn was discharged, the contents tearing ewer a portion of his ism -disfiguring him for .life. ' 1 —A wealth, y syndicafi has purchased the property known as Kaliabeka. Falls, in the Port Arthur district, for the pur- pose of establishing flouring mills sim- liar to those of Minneapolis, as well as - other maeufacturing enterprises, which - are to be run by water power obtained from the 411s. _ —Dr, R. D. Cowan, a former resident of Galt, has been elected -senator to rep- - resent the 19th District in the lst Senate of North Dakota. Dr. Cowan is a staunch Democrat and although the di:- triet is Republican the doctor was elect- ed by A large majority owing to his popu larity. - —Moser', Crossley and Hunter -re- adied $1,350 on leaving Kingston, but made the f lowing donations to institu- tions in th 00y : House of Industry,, $100; Gene aniospital, $100; Orphans Home,• POP ; W. C. T. U., , $100; HotelDieu,1$50; Y. M. C. A., $100; city poor relief, $100. —Messrs. 1 Gilmour & Chalmers, bakers of London South, have lost a horse valued at $300. The cause of death is attributed to a manure heap near the stable, the stench of which caused ' the horse's sickness. A stench that would kill &horse ought to be reasona- bly supposed to be a little dangerous to human beings and should be removed. —Alfred Winscom of Windsor,i charged with criminally assaulting his adopted daughter, made a confession acknowledging the truth of the girl's testimony', and Magistrate Bartlett committed him to jail to stand his triel. The offence comes under the Charlton "Act. I —Fully forty' thousand spectators witnessed review at T Among the were Major - ton*, Sit Adolphe . Caron and 'Lieut. Colonel Otter, D.A.G. 'The weather was fine, and the affair passed off very successfu11y.1 —Mr. Murdock McKee, of Armow, near Kincardine, Wait accidentally killed the Other day by falling on a fork handle, while threshing in his barn. In jumping from one of the beams in the mow, he alighted on the fork handle t• McLEAN BROS. Publishers., 1)1.50 a Year, iiAdvance. Bishop's text had been 1, No doubt if any member of the congregation had been asked he could have immedietely responded chapter and verse, It was only discovered by asking a stranger wholiad not yet learnt that it was not the correct thing -to, listen to •-the sermon, —A monster raft consiseng of 550,- 000 feet of timber, owned by Mr. J. B. Grier, of Ottawa was recently shipped from that city 'to Kingston, the - Rideau canal. 1The raft was princielly composed of hemlock, and will be iRed in the construction of the dry dock be- ing built at Kingston. The trip occupi- ed five weeks' time, and the raft wasthe largest that' ever went through the canal. sham fight and military ronto on Thanksgiving day. ilitary dignitaries present General Sir Fred Middle ibald 'the ex - OVA Scotia. eughter of A; e, was thrown ,Ont last. Sun- ' 'g broken in was caused r, from the emi given a regations of d an early ill be held to teal student,in ,accident the 0 a bicycle in parated from ook of strik. riot. ort Burwell, ok containing nt Of $1,200. to the owner ie, for which .him $1. ion of Mr. who- had after swalloWing the fatal dose, which en - years, has alio acid. was pronounced by the doctor tobe —Dr. •Lti House' of I annual repo County Cou tion 56 time The Watetloo county annual Sabbath School Convention was held in Ayr last week. It wits well -attended andproved both interesting and instructive. A-mong the prominent speakers were Rev. A. Jackson, Galt, Rev. J. Thompion, Ayr _and Mr. A. Day, Toronto. R,ev. J. S. Hardie of Ayr • was elected President and 14v. 3. E. Howell, Berlin, Vice - President. I :—Mr. Joseph Marshall, a farmer liv- ing south of . Crystal City, Manitoba, feeling unwell, took a large dose of what he supposed was epsom salts. Instantly he began to Suffer violent pains and Dr. Riddell WM sent for, but before he reached the house the unfortunate man was dead, laving lived but ten minutes -had beep in his relatives • ref Tilsonburg gift from his alking stick a plant which erchaut from presented to —The residence Adam Misener, of on Monday night ha very happy.$11,therine" the number of nearly. to celetrate Mre. Mi_ day. , The assembleg the nature of a surto the tables were spree repeat dispose&ef, th ed to Mrs. Misener a presents with :earne and wishes for cont - passed a few ileum complished both for the teachers and . sold now for more than $30 to $50 per consideration and give a loyal support mg year, so tilat - • •• • on, surgeon of the Elgin dustry, has -prepared this t for presentation to the cil. He visited the institu put up 361 prescriptions. —A, Sarnia shopkeeper invented a novel method of advertising the fact that a political Meeting was to 'be held Friday night. A tremendous turkey, which was suspended in front -of the store, was labeled as follows: "This is Oliver Mowat's turkey; go and hear • him speak tonight." The meeting was attended by an enormous crowd, - whether due to the grocer's unique ad- vertisment remains a question. —A I3elleville bookseller was convert- ed Hunter and Crossley's meeting, says a Kingston paper, and them he had a fight as to his attitude regardingcards, He had a stook of them, thirty dollars' worth, and reasoned "can I as a Chris- tian sell them ?" The devil staid yea, conscience said no, Conscience W AS victorious -and the cards were burned. The next day the bookseller sold more, bibles than he had ever before, —Mise Nora Clench states her -inten- tion of visiting the United States after a short stay at tome.- Her opinion of Germans during s five years' stay among them is that they are very gooa-nearted, Miss Clench does not know if she will be equal to professional life. It may be interesting. to some persons to know that her violin is "Venere, made in , 1710. —The Kingston Whig say.: The other evening a lady entertained friends. It was suggested that dancing should be enjoyed. Only one person present could play the proper music, and , he a young man, converted at Crossley. and and Hunter's meetings. The young man promptly declined the request to -play and the ladies gathered around him and used their best endeavors to indium him to preside at the piano while they danc- ed. He fought hard against the admir- ers and won. In speaking of the matter' to a friend be said he found it a diffi- cult matter to resist the pleadings of the ladies. —The trial of six of the 'crew of the steamer Baltic took place -at Owen Sound last week. All the six were found guilty of aggravated assault. Two were sentenced to one year in Cen- tral Prison,the other four to six months. It will be remembered the assault was committed on a lad named Hambly, one of the crew. He was tarred and feather- ed and tormented until to escape be jumped 'Overboard and was drowned, , The sentence is a very light one °Masi& ering the cruelty of the assault and the fatal results attending it. - —An accident Which will probably ,prove fatal happened to a young lad on the farm of David Pallister, East Zorra, on Saturday. A spark from a threshing nfachine ignited a straw stack near the barn. The horses were turned Out, and after a little hard Work a serious fire was averted. In returning the horses to the . barn, however, one of them, no doubt dazed by the fire, became unmanageable and kicked the young fellow squarely in the head, inflicting a terrible cut, from which it is feared he may never recover, —Mr.Rhody Armitage,of Woodstock, was the 'other day married to Miss Sarah J. Armitage, eldest daughter of Mrs. L. Fox, of Lucan. Rev. W. 3, Armitage, of St. Catharines, the bride's brother, preformed the ceremony, as- sisted by Rev. John Downie. Miss . Pashley, of Forest, was bridesmaids,. while Mr. Jas. Armitage, of Biddtilph, acted as best man. Among the numer- ous presents was a hanging lamp pre - Rented by the teachers of the Holy Trinity school, where the bride had act- ed for some time as organist, —Miss MarrAnn Hare, an inmate Of the lunatic asylam, Toronto, was on Tuesday last week killed by another in- mate of the same institution named Flora McLeod. The instrument used by the latter was apiece of a night pal. The deceased, whciiwfts about 44 years of age was born and brought up in Prince Edward county Where she was noted for her great beauty. She be- came subject to epileptic fits and was in- sane for 11 years before being sent to the asylum, where she has been an in- mate for the last four years, —The premier of Quebec attended the great Catholic Centenary commenced in .Baltimore list Sunday. A Baltimore despatch says: Amongthe most promi- nent delegates to the Catholic Congress is non. Honore Mercier, Prime Minister of Quebec. He is looked upon as one of the brightest intellects in Canada, "le there any truth in the talk that it ifs the dream of the French Canadians to estab- lish a French Government on the banks of the St. Lawrence ?" was asked. "Oh that's nonsense," he said ; "no one ever The only diseases Of an acute nature ment ever Govern - during the year were ordinary colds or dle street, Woodstock, Friday evening. thought of having the French Govern - diarrhoea: . There were no births dur- W—hile Mrs. Robt. Kerr, oungwoman A daring burglary occurred on Rid - _Beverly, was iwnegatkhe:myinedaer4a.nd.s.even deaths occurred. of 19, Mrs. „ Of_thTehe6L5eepedresnon: forahe280 t arehe was alone in the use, a men n - friends to dnvoewr t cared dm s -ellInende of walked boldly in and ordering Mrs. eve tY, assembled r s 80th birth - as entirely in eNparty. After and a* bountiful piny present= er of valuable angratulations life, and then I enjoyment, • isiner is in his orthy couple not one of them could tell what the ture, icseretauvolver and threatening to shoot her if tnKerr to the s. kitchen -at the point of a re- ift 0,:isn iiciowr nayi Dfgbolre statement:t hchurchein preacher ntht 0Aeistttriganit a she made any noise or left the spot' she book write thepreached (i t on was in, he proceeded to rifle the house. in whichthev theest r sermonytand to waswri pre -;r1 He soon returned without money, how. Thanksgiving Day Bishop Baldwin ever, and demanded Mrs. Kerr's purse, preached end left the church without which, fortunately, only contained some making -the necessary entry. There small change, He then coolly went to were six clergymen left in the vestry, the pantry and helped himself to a and when one of them went to remedy , square meal before taking leave. When the omission he forgot the text. He in- i Mr. Kerr returned home he found his quired of his five reverend brethren and.; wife quite prostrated by the adven- , - a