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CLINTON, ONT., MAY 24, 1889.
ROBERT HQLMES Publisher.
1 61.00 a year In acivauec,
Wingham.
Eeere rAINivaNT.-On the 14th of
Jane anentertainment will be given
in the Methodist church, at which
the whole life of Christ will be shown
by dissolving views.
BASE BALL.- On Thursday of last
week a base ball match was played
between Gerrie and Wingham, result-
ing in a victory for the former by
three runs.
LEAVING. -Mr Geo. McKay wishes
to sell hie house, which is one of the
prettiest in town, and several town
lots, as he is going to the Northwest,
whereby Wingham will lose a good
citizen and councillor.
GOING West -Mr J. J. Anderson,
lumber and stave manufacturer, has,
after looking over the Province of
Manitoba, accompanied by Mr N.
Attwood, of the C. P. R., purchased
four sections of land from the C.P.R.
in tp. 4, rg. 27, at $4 87 per acre,
near Melita. The Winnipeg Free
Press says :-He is returning to On-
tario to close out there, and will
come out with his whole family, in•
eluding several grown up sons.
CASUALTIES,e-Mr H. Kerr got his
hand pretty badly. bruised .between
some timbers in Bell's Furniture Fac-`
tory, on Friday last. Mr A. Nichols
has hada pretty bad hand for the
past week or two, which originated
in the sting of a mosquito. Mr J.
Drummond's horse ran away the
other day, and threw, him out, but,
besides using the buggy rather rough-
ly, did no further damage. Mr Rob-
inson had two teeth extracted, the
other day, one decayed, the other per-
fectly sound ; the decayed one was in
a prominent place, and he had the
soundone extracted in order to fill
the vacant spot of the former.
DROWNED. -Quite a gloom was
cast over town on Sunday last, owing
to a sad catastrophe, which hastened
one of our young citizens from time
into eternity. The victim was Arthur
Long, in the employ of Mr Suther-
land. He, in company with others,
went down the river to bathe, but
getting into a certain hole, where
there is a rapid under -current (which,
by the way, "is the identical spot
where so many have lost their lives)
he sank. When rescued, although
not dead, he passed away in a few
minutes. Elis bereaved parents have
our sincerest sympathy, especially as
last summer they were bereaved of a
grown up daughter. very suddenly.
The deceased boy was nineteen years
and eleven months old.
WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.=
Why _the new by-law regarding our
many ;bosses' that roam the streets.
yards • and gardens' is not enforced ?
Why the beautiful water privilege in
Lower Town is not utilized ? Why
there should be any idlers in Wing -
ham when work is plenty? When
do the town authorities intend to
repair some very bad sidewalks?
Why . flour should remain so high,
when wheat has taken a considerable
fall ? How do the Wingham boys
feel over their defeat of Thursday.
Why, if a little place like Teeswater
can support three mills, cannot Clin-
ton and Wingham do the same? Why
the Chief of Police at Hamilton
should get sixteen hundred dollars•
per annum more than Chief Petty-
iece or Tedford? Why Clintenians
aveJet their Joint stock urniture
factory scheme die in its infancy/..
Whether the sad catastrophe of Sun-
day last will keep the boys from that
dangerous spot in the river? And
lastly, can Paradise be more beauti-
ful than is nature, arrayed as she now
is in' her virginal beauty I
NOTES. -A lacrosse match will he
played to -day (Friday) between Clin-
tonians and Winghamites,, Straw-
berries have been plentiful for the
past two .weeks. Tuesdayst the 28th
inst., is Revision %ourt at Wingham,
with a large amount of business to
transact, Rev Mr Short preached in
the Methodist church on Sunday
evening. Mrs Proctor, of Belgrave,
has been visiting her sister, Mrs Mc -
Gould, and, by the way, we notice
she had with her a fine young daugh-
ter, five weeks of age. The S. A.
Lieutenant left for her new station,
Guelph, on Monday morning. To-
day, the 24th, the Goderich lacrosse
juniors play a match with the Wing -
ham juniors. On Friday evening
last some Italians furnished music for
a ball in the Caledonian Hall, Mr
Brenam has rented Mr Chapman's
(sr.) tannery ; Mr Chapman has gone
to Detroit. The new roller flour mill
of;Lucknow was completely burned
last Saturday; loss heavy; noinsur-
ance. The Wingham' base ball club
played and defeated the Teeswater
boys, by nineteen to nine, last Fri-
day. At the age of sixty-three, M.
M., you must take more care of your-
self, or you will be laid up worse next
time,
Wistone I DrSTRICT.-The annual
meeting of the Wingham District of
the Methodist Church was held in
Wingham on Tuesday, May the 21st,
at 2 p. m. Bevs. A. E. Smith was
chosen Secretary, and W. W.Sparling,
assistant. The usual ministerial ex-
amination of character was satisfac-
torily gone through with. No defec-
tions reported. Bro. A. McKibben,
a probaitoner, was examined as to
his studies, course of reading, etc,,
and was recommended by the District
to be permitted to go to college.
Bros. W. Mills and J. Charlton were
reported as being unfit for our active
work, owing to ill -health. Rev. M.
Swann asked for a superannuated re-
lation, after serving the Church faith-
fully for 39 years. Revs. Paul and
Kernere being continued on the list
of superannuate". The circuit sched-
ules were presented, and, though the
District has lost heavily by removals,
&c., there is an increase in member-
ship of 81. All the funds of the cir-
cul's have been generously supported,
and very slight deficiencies in min-
isterial support were repotted. The
following were honored by appoint-
ment to the following Committees :
-Stationing Committee, Rev. D.
Rogers ; Missionary Committee, N,
A. Young.
Morris.
ENTERTALCMENT.-The I. O. G.T.
have made arrangements for free
concert and entertainment to be held
in the Foresters' Hall, Belgrave, on
the 27th inst. They are trying to
make arrangements for a base ball
match between St. Helens club and
Belgrave on the same afternoon.
Come one, come all.
MARRIAGE. -One of those events
which cause every lady except old
maids to smile occurred at the resi-
dence of Mr Wm. Clarke, of the 6th
line of Morris, whenhis son Moses, a
promising young man, was united in
matrimony to Miss Annie Gibson, of
Chicago, formerly of Morris, Rev Mr
Cluff, of Brussels, performing the
ceremony. The bride was assisted by
Miss Mary Jane Clarke, of Morris,
and the groom. by Mr J. White, of
California, formerly of Milwaukee.
We believe it is Mr Clarke's intention
to start business with his uncle in
Chicago in a couple or three months.
While your correspondent wishes him
every success in .life, yet we do not
like to see such valuable young men
leaving our country for Uncle Sam's
domains.
DEAR Sri, -Seeing in your issue of
last week a piece taken from the Ex-
positor written by the pen of a Morris
correspondent, stating that about
three years ago a young man by the
name of Henry Clarke left home and
went to Chicago, where he engaged
as book-keeper for a lumber merchant.
Re says all went well for some time,
letters being received regularly. In
his last letter he signified his inten-
tion of removing to sows- -*her part
of the States, and that he would write
as soon as he got settled. Weeks and
months of anxious waiting passed,
and no word was received until near-
ly a year had passed without any
letter from him. Word had been re-
ceived from his boarding house that
he left one morning, it was thought
for a walk, and never came back, and
it was thought that he had met with
foul play. Where the Morris corres-
pondent got hold of such informa-
tion no one can 'tell, for it is en-
tirely without a foundation, and only
idle gossip. Word has not been heard
of him for some time, but the state-
ment that word has been received
from his boarding house concerning
his disappearance is wrong altogether,
as none of his friends have ever re-
ceived any such letter. The Morris
correspondent should know whether
it is gossip or facts he is sending for
publication. ONE WHO KNOWS.
Iiinbu n
°Mr George Black is now improving
and we hope ere long to see him up
and round again in his usual good
health.
Rev Mr Musgrave preached a ser-
mon in the Temperance Hall, last
Sunday evening, teeming with good
advice to the rising generation.
Masons are rapidly rushing the
stone foundations of the barns of
Messrs Geo. Stephenson and John
McMillan, M. P., to completion.
Messrs J. R. Murray and John
Fowler measured grass on the farm
of Mr David Millson 3 feet, 6 inches
in len th. Mr Millson is a good fartn-
eran eps his land in prime con-
dition. __.
Mr John Hawthorne and Miss
Grace McMichael were united in the
bonds • of holy matrimony, on Wed-
nesday of last week. They started
this week for their home in California,
via Winnipeg and British Columbia.
May prosperity, happiness and suc-
cess attend them through life.
Hill's
NOTES. -Messrs Joseph Hudson
and Charles Tayldr paid a visit last
week to friends in Michigan, and . re-
turned on Saturday. Mr Wm Hood,
of Paisley, was visiting friends here
last week. Mr Warren Dignan is
erecting a new brick house this sum-
mer, and has the foundation already
built. Mr; John Jarrett moves
to his other faxen on the Town line
next week. Mr Thomas Parsons, of
Stanley, was united in the bonds of
holy matrimony to Miss Craig, of
Tuckersmith, on Wednesday May
15th, a large concourse being present
on the occasion.
ITrirnberry.
CRors.=There never was a better
prospect for a bountiful harvest than
presents itself .this year. Fall wheat
is simply A 1, while tipring grains
have taken root quickly and are now
covering the ground. The most per-
sistent fault-finder and chronicgrum-
bler in the community has to admit
that for once the season bas been al-
most perfect. And now he says that
if cut -worm, weavel, blight, rust,
midge, Hessian fly, hail -storms, frost,
hurricanes or some other dire calam-
ity does not overtake the farmer, he
may, if prices are good, manage to
squeeze through another year without
the help of the sheriff.
NOTES. -The season of barn raising
has now fairly arrived, having been
ushered in by the raising of a shed on
the farm of Mr John Robinson. Miss
Annie Mitchell, who has been spend-
ing the past year in Michigan, has
returned home. Miss Lizzie Kennedy,
of Zetland, left for Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich.,a few days ago. Mr Wm.Gray
was taken suddenly sick with a severe
attack df inflammation, last Friday
evening, and for a few days was in a
critical condition, but we are pleased
to be able to state that he is on a fair
way to recovery. Inspector Malloch"
has been visiting the schools in this
township this week. The Elliott
Bros., who already have one of the
most extensive brick and tile manu-
facturing establishments in the coun-
ty, have been still farther increasing
their facilities by erecting another
shed for drying till. Mrs Wm. Net-
terfield, jr., who has been stopping in,
Lower Wingham for some time, left
for Montana, last week.
Seaforth
Rev Mr Edge, of Clinton, very ac
ceptably occupied the pulpit of the,
Methodist church, here, last Sunday.
He preached in the interests ofeduce-
tion.
A football match, Seaforth vs. Ber-
lin, was played at the latter place,on
Saturday last, which resul'ed in Sea -
forth being defeated by two goals to
one.
The ratepayers have shown them-
selves in favor of good light for our
town, and ere long we may expect
men busily engaged erecting poles
and wires for the electric light. On
Monday last `the by-law concerning
the electric light was voted on and
carried by a majority of M.
Miss Annie Lyon, who was popular
among many of the young people of
town, and who had been confined to
the house during a long spell of ill-
ness, was called to her long home on
Thursday morning last. The funeral,
which was very largely attended,took
place on Saturday morning_ to the
railway station, -the remains being
conveyed from thence to Paris for in-
terment. •
The dry . goods establishment of
Messrs Duncan & Duncan' had a nar-
row escape from a serious conflagra-
tion, on Saturday evening last. A
lamp having been lighted, and left
in a place near the grocery depart-
ment, where the lamps are kept when
not in use, exploded, and in a twink-
ling the place was in a blaze, but the
fire was not allowed to make much
headway, owing to the proper appli-
cations necessary at such: times being
quickly made.
The Queen's Birthday will as usual
be observed here as a holiday, and no
doubt ere this the most of the citizens
have their minds made up as to how
they will spend the day. Some will
picnic at Bayfield, others will take
advantage of the cheap railway rates
and visit their friends in other places,
sad those who stay in town will have
the opportunity of witnessing the
football match, Seaforth vs. Galt, and
lacrosse match, Seaforth vs. Goderich,
at the recreation grounds, in the
morning, and lovers 'offast horses the
races in the afternoon, on Fairview
Park.
The great rising man of this age
Mr J. B. Watson, of St. Marys, de-
livered his third lecture in Cardno's
Hall, on Friday, the 17th inst,, on
" Pluck, Patience and Perseverance.'
There was not the usual crowd that
attended his former lectures, which
may be accounted for by the short
notice given and also a public meet-
ing of the ratepayers in the Town
Hall to discuss the electric light
question. ' Those, however, who were
fortunate to be present. enjoyed a
literary treat beyond their most san-
guine expectations. His lecture was
peculiarly fitted for the times as it
steered clear of the quicksands of con-
troversy, having a freshness, a power
and apparent sincerity in the
way in which he seems to drive.
every nail home. There is no deny-
ing the fact that Mr Watson is a born
orator. As a popular platform speak-
er he has few rivals, and broadly
speaking we might affirm no superiors
on this side of the Atlantic. •Mr
Watson has in -his aver. a .appy
combination of personal advantages,
logical acuteness, precise analysis, a
• poetic and dramatic gift with visible
flashes of wit and humor, an inex-
haustible store of reminiscences and
touching anecdotes, which he most
forcibly applies to his subject, Pluck,
Patience and Perseverance, and have
ing withal a fine clear mastery of the
English language. His modest and
unassuming way of introducing leen
of literary talent and genius of'dif Br-
ent nationalities was truly electrify-
ing, showing very clearly our greatest
men of fame and inventions were not
rocked in the cradle of luxury, and
were not of that class that bad their
heads squeezed by boards and band-
ages,into strange and fantastic models
of scientific [monstrosity, wbg have
not made philosophical flatheads of
themselves for some pecuniary gain,
Mr Watson himself being a living
example being left a poor orphan at
eight years of age. It requires no
great stretch of the imagination to
prophecy that Mr Watson, the self-
educated blacksmith,°will.'be in the
near future the compeer of Canon
Wilberforce, Spurgeon or Talmage, as
it is his desire to enter the ministry
when he goes through ;the necessary
training. Rev ,Mr Howell moved a
vote of thanks, complimenting the
lecturer in the most flattering way,
which was seconded by Mr Thomas
Kidd, carried by great eclat, and
gratefully responded to by the lec-
turer.
ec-torer.
Blyth.
LEAv INo.-Mr G. B. Phillips left
on Wednesday morning for Toronto,
on his way to Bracebridge, where he
has secured a situation in the post
office. George served the public
faithfully while in Blyth post office,
and we are sure we express the sent.
ment of the majority of those who
know him, when we wish him as
good success as he had whilst here,
and much better health.
GOOD TEMPLARS-On Friday night
the Good Templars held their regu-
lar meeting, and again initiated two
new candidates. After business, the
Lodge was treated, by some of the
sisters, to some very choice music.
The Lodge intends visiting Belgrave
Lodge on the night of the 27th, and
Maitland Lodge on the 31st. It was
resolved that the meeting this week
be on Wednesday night, so as not to
interfere with the Methodist testi-
Mrs Anne Coulter has in her pos-
session the subscription list used when
the Methodist church was first built
here. The listis dated A. D., 1870,
. and is headed by an agreement on
the part of the sigrers to pay the
'sum set opposite their names, on con-
dition that a Wesleyan Methodist
I church be built in Blyth, and is start-
ed by Thomas Holmes and Thoma
Coulter, with subscribtions of $50
each. The church was built the fol-
lowing year, 1871.
MECHANICS' fl STITUTE.-We aa-
destand that the directors of the Me-
chanics' Institute have not succeeded
so far in getting enough together to
transact business. Now, gentlemen,
we would like to see you have some
snap about you, and, attend to this
affair, as we are too poor to buy as
many books as we want to read, and
while the Institute lasts we can, for
the small sum of one dollar, get the
reading of as many as six books each
month during the year. Gents, to
work.
PERSONAL. -Rev Mr Thomas is to
preach his farewell sermon next Sun-
day morning. D. B. McKinnon was
in Wingham on Thursday. C. W.
Saunders, of London, was in town on
Thursday. A. G. Fleming, of Ham-
ilton; was in town this week. Lawyer.
Johnston is in London this week
again ; we wonder what takes T. F.
there so often. Mr George Irons is
back in town again. P. Kelly has
been to Ottawa again. W. Scott was
in London this week. • F. Johnston,
of Goderich, is in town this week.
Rev Mr Thomas went south Wednes-
day morning.
SCHOOL MATTERS.The „public
mind is still much agitated over the
school question. Councillor John
cannot bear of the children having to
walk all the way down the hill, and
the chairman says he cannot see the
point ip John's argument, as it -seems
to be Just as far up the hill as it is
down it, and there is not more than
15 or 20 per cent of the children who
live "up the hill." The trustees
have (Melded to lay the whole matter
before the Minister of Education, and
until they receive advice from him
matters are at a standstill. We will
need two new lady teachers, one
about the 1st of June, and another
midsummer holidays,
GRAND LODGE OF L O. G. T. -On
Monday next Mr Metcalf, D. C. T,,
leaves for Chicago, to attend the
Right Grand Lodge of the LO.G.T.
Mr Metcalf, in company with E.
Storr, of Ottawa, G. H. Flagg, of
Mitchell, and, J. B. Hay, of Toronto,
go as the representatives of the Grand
lodge of Canada. Some ides( of the
importance of this meeting may be
gained from the following clipping
from Wednesday's Globe :-" W. W.
Turnbull, of Glasgow, Scotland, R,
W.G.T. of the I.C.G.T., will arrive
in Toronto to -night. He is on his
way to attend the session of the Right
Grand Lodge, to be held in Chicago,
commencing nest,_ Tueaday.__Repre-.
sentatives are expected to attend the
session from India,QPlustralia, South
Africa, Great Britain, Norway, Swe-
den, Denmark, Germany, from every
State in the.Union, and from every
Province in the Dominion."
NOTES. -A little child of Michael
Boyd's got its band badly cut the
other day ; a boy was sawing wood,
and the little thing playing around
him accidentally. placed its hand un-
der the saw. As. Mr Davis was dig-
ging out one of the tanks on Satur-
day night, a large part of the side
caved in on him, severely injuring
his leg ; under the care or a- doctor
he has so far recovered as to be able
to hobble around town with a stick.
Mr Joseph Tamed bas been very sick,
but under medical care he is slowly
improving. J. R. Forsyth has been
laid up, but is rapidly improving.
Mr Joseph Combe's niece, late of
Manitoba, is laid up with chronic
pleurisy, but is recovering, The
Methodist choir has received two ad-
ditions to their number lately, in the
persons of Misses 'F. J. Floody and
M. Pentland. There was a meeting
of the directors of the union cemetery,
in the Temperance Hall, on Monday
night. The Public School Inspector
waa'in town the other evening. And
now the question is whether he id
going to be a shepherd or a hunter. A
large party drove over to an assembly
in Brussels Thursday night. Master
Shibley, of the Mammoth, is laid up
with a bad cold, said to have been
contracted whilst out fishing after
night. Mr Irwin is having his house
repainted. There was service in the
Roman Catholic church, last Sunday.
There was a party at the residence of
Rev Mr Thomas, on Thursday night.
Croderlcb Township.
Mr Trick is putting in the necessary
machinery for a circular saw at his
mill, on the Bayfield road, and ex-
pects to put in-ashingle mill later on.
On Sunday last while Mrs S. Mer-
rell was getting out of her buggy at
church, on the Maitland concession,
her foot caught and she was thrown
forward on her head. She was pretty
badly bruised, but received no other
injury.
The Rev Jas. W. Hodgins, rector
of Bayfield, will officiate on Sunday,
26th inst.; in St. Stephen's church,
Huron Road, Goderich township at
10.30 a. m., St. James church, Mid-
dleton, at 5 p. m., and St. John's
church,Holmesville,at 2.30 p.m. The
Rev Geo.W,Racey will take his place
at,f3ayfield.
Auburn.
(Mended for Iasi wook)
NOTES. -Thos. Anderson is erect-
ing a fine new dwelling for himself.
Robt. A. Downs, of Clinton, is now
an employee of of
tailoring es-
tablishment. A. Knight has begun
preparations for a new dwelling house
to take the place of bis old one. Miss
McMillan, of Scotland, is the guest of
her brother, the Rev A. McMillan.
LAYING THE CORNER STONE. -
The corner stone of the netv Metho-
dist church will be laid on Friday,
24th inst., by H. Massey, Esq., of
Toronto, President of the Massey
Manufacturing Co. Another stone
will be laid at the same time by Mrs
Anne Coulter, of Blyth, who is an
old and honored member of the
church here. The President of the
Blyth.
Guelph Conference, Rev. Geo. Rich-
ardson, of Goderich, will deliver the
usual oration. Short addresses are
expected frem the following gentle-
men :-Revs Messrs,•John Scott, M.
A., Wingham; J. S. Fisher, Holmes,
ville; James Livingstone and Joseph
Edge, Clinton; D. Rogers, Londes-
boro; Wm. Torrance, Walton; Robt.
Godfrey, Belgrave; R. Isaacs, Auburn;
A. McLean and M. Thomas, Blyth.
The town brass band, under the tem•
porary leadership of Mr Huckstep,
will enliven the occasion with suit-
able music. The ladies of the church,
ever ready to improve the occasion,
have decided to hold.a sort of tea
meeting in the evening, int be vacant
store owned by Mr P.Kelly, the used
of which he has kindly given them
gratis. After the tea there will be a
• platform meeting in Industry Hall ;
the choir of the church has been
hard at work preparing music for the`
occasion. The trowels to be use on
the occasion have been on exhibition
in Mr Metcalf's window since Satur-
day night; They are fine specimens
of the silversmith's art, and the man
who did the engraving was 'no slouch.'
The larger of the two is about.J,y£elve
inches long complete, the blade being
over seven in, hes in length and four
inches in width, and has the follow-
ing inscription: " Presented to H. A.
Massey, Esq., oh the occasion of his
laying the cornerstone of the Metho-
dist church,Blyth; on May 24th,1889."
The smaller trowel is 8f inches long,
the blade being' 4} inches long and
three inches wide, and is inscribed as
follows : " Presented to Mrs Anne
Coulter, on the occasion of her laying
the corner stone of the Methodist
church, Blyth, on May 24th, 1889."
Both "trowels, are of solid sterling
silver,tgith black ebony handles, and
are enclosed in Russian leather cases
lined with blue silk. The order was
given to Mr Metcalf, who had them
made by Messrs P, W. Ellis & Co.,
of Toronto. The price is $30,
• Hullett.
NorEs,-Mr H. Livermore, of the
Rogsback Lime Kiln, delivered over
400 bushels of lime, on Monday last,
The Creamery has started operations
for the season. Mr S. Millen and
wife, who have been at Kingston for
a couple of months, returned this
week ; they were accompanied by
their daughter, Mra Ashley, who had
the misfortune to lose her husband a
short •time ago.
POSSIBLE CHANGE, -Some time ago
Mr Braithwaite, Clerk of the town-
ship, expressed a desire for the'coun-•
cil to engage anew clerk, as he wished
to be relieved. of the dutiesthat he
has performed. with such faithfulness
for so`many years. The' council had
no desire to release him, and so ex-
pressed itself, but we understand that
Mr Braithwaite bas decided to retire,
and at early date the council will be
asked to appoint a successor,, Who
it will be is, of course,apyet unknown,
but to find one who can perform the
duties as systematically and methodi-
cally as the present clerk will be a
difficult task.
IMPROVEMENTS.- Barn improve-
•ments seem to be the order of the day
in this township. On Tuesday week
�VftGeo. Scales,of the 9th -con., raised
a barn 40x60, (stone foundation) and
on Tuesday last Mr Henry Adams, of
the same line raised his new barn;
both of these werebuiltby Mr Mains.
Mr W. McCool, of the 8th, has split
his buildings,and added 20 feet there-
to, with stone foundation, Mr H.
Junor, of Clinton, doing the stone-
work, and Mr Riley the framework.
Mr Junor has also the contract for a
stone foundation to Mr Thos. Fair•
service's barn ; and the same to Mr
John Farquhar's.. Mr W. T3, Far-
quhar,of the 8th con,,intends to build
a new barn next year. The stone-
work for Mr W. Snell's new barn, on
the gravel,is completed,and'the frame-
work will be raised in a few days.
Mr Re -Haywood -1e- building a fine
brick house for Mr James Ctildwell,
on the 11th.
Nipper).
NOTES. -The Sabbath School con•
vention, held here on Thurday of last
week, was a decided success. A
number of the pedagogues from this
vicinity attended the Teachers' con-
ventions at Exeter and Clinton, this
week, Mrs Wm. Blair, who has been
visiting friends in this vicinity, for
"the past few weeks, left on Wednes-
day'norning for California, via Si.
Louis. We are pleased to see Mrs
Acheson, who has been confined to
the house for several weeks, able to
be out again. Mrs H. Johns, of
Elimville, is spending a few days at
her old home ; her many friends are
pleased to see her smiling face again.
Will Ivison is home from Toronto for
a short holiday ; he looks rather thin
after hard study. Mrs W. Blair is at
present visiting her daughter, Mrs R.
McAllister, of Fairgrove, Mich. Mrs
McAllister's many friends will be
pleased to hear that her health is im-
proving, We notice paper hangers
at work in our town, Mr Schafer hav-
ing no less than three employed ; he
is one of the " go-ahead" men, always
making improvements.
Sinumerliill•
Intended for Ira week
Mrs S. Lowery has been laid up for
the past few days as the result of a
sprain. We hope to see her out again,
soon.
MAY -DAY PICNIC• - The young
people of this vicinity intend holding
a May -day festival, on the farm of Mr
Robt. Thompson, 16th con. Goderich
township, on May 24th. All are in-
vited to come and bring their baskets.
Mr Geo. Tyner went to Toronto a
few days ago, to try if the doctors
there could do anything for, him, but
returned with no better encourage-
ment than usual, He was accom-
panied 14y Mr C. Lovett, ,jr., his
brother-in-law, and while in the city
they put up at the hotel of Mr J. Mc-
Cutcheon, an old Clintoeian.
lIolmesville.
Mrs W. G. Wells, from Mitchell;
is spending a few days here among
friends.
Mrs Enticknap has taken her de-
parture from our village, and is now
under the protectorate of Mr George
Graham.
Dame rumor says a wedding will
shortly take place near this place.
This is no guy affair, for the reason
that the indications are not col(e)d.
A number of our citizens are in-
tending to participate in the benefits
of the joint stock creamery, now be-
ing formed. Mr Herbison, the noted
butter maker, conducts the business
this summer.
One day last week a stalk of barley
fully headed out, was picked on the
farm of Mi John Yeo. The stalk
measures not less than two feet in
length. This is certainly an unus-
ually rapid growth for the 18th of
May.
East Wawanosh.
Mr James Robinson, station master
at Paisley, is visiting at Walter
Nicbol's.
Wm. Whitman and Basil Coultes.
were home on Sunday last. They
are working in Wingham.
Mr James Rath is away at present
visiting friends and relatives in and
around Dorchester, near London.
Messrs P. M. Scott, M. H. Har-
-risen and Johu E. Fells have pro-
cured croquet seta and as they both
have fine lawns we suppose croquet
will be all the go now:
A P. L. S. was surveying a disput-
ed line on Wednesday, between Wm.
and Richard Stonehouse. The land
gained by the lucky person•$ost him
at the rate of 8100 per acre ; pretty
dear farm land that.
A game of base ball has been ar-
ranged between the grits and tories
in the Cameronian club, for next
Saturday afternoon. As the sides
are very evenly matched the game
will be an interesting one.
The rattle of the milkman's wagon
is now heard on the roads in the early
morning. Mr Chas. Johnston, who
was confined to his bed for a few
weeks with an'atr-cess on his leg is
now convalescent and on a fair way
to recovery but he still looks very
delicate and weak.
Leeburn.
PERSONALS, -Miss Lizzie Tewsley
was the guest of her aunt, Mrs James
Horton,this week. Dr W.H.Clutton,
who is now following his profession.
at Edgar,' spent a few days with
friends and relatives here, laseweek.
G. H. Clutton, from near Parkdale,
also spent Sunday with his parents
here both look well and were warmly
received by many friends here.
PIc\IC.-Next Friday, 3'lst inst„ a
picnic will be hell at;'Point Farm,for
the benefit of the Sabbath School aid
several day schools of Colborne and
Ashfield. We understand that boat-
ing will be among the many amuse-
ments of that day. A big crowd is
expected and a good time anticipated.
IMPROVED. -Mr John Chisholm is
having his house greatly improved.
Already it has been raised between
two and three feet and a neat founda-
tion put -under-il -- We-undirrataind-rt-
is to be shortly sided with brick, Mr
Cumming has taken the job of' doing
the carpentering.
Colborne.
Mr George Levy took a trip to
tiitchell on Monday last.
Mr N. Baer attended the district
meeting, at 'Jensall, on Wednesday.
Mr. ohn'Baer, sr,, has made his
semi-sib/mai visit to his relations in
this section.
Mr B. W. Forster says he cannot
get logs to the mill fast enough to
fill the demand for lumber.
Mr' E. H. Waites, of Eaet Saginaw,
and Mr W. Forster. of Hamilton, are
visiting at Mr B. W. Forster's.
Ashfield.
NOTES, -Mr Isaac Andrews is
making preparations for building a
new house this summer. Mr James
Ritchie has bought Mr Robert Hunt-
er's house and has 'removed to his
farm on the 12 concession.
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KILLED BY A COLT. -On Wednes-
day the eldest son of John McKinnon,
a farmer living near town, while lead-
ing a yearling colt, about half a mile
from home got entangled in the halt-
er rein'and was dragged about 40 rods,
when the colt got clear, but nor before
he had trampled the life out of the
boy. He was found shortly afterwards
by a farmer passing on the road. His
skull was smashed in several places,
death being almost instantattenus.
He was 14 years of age.
Tuckersmith.
THE SCHOOL BOARD. -The vote
on the township school board ques-
tion, on Wednesday, resulted in the
carrying of the by-law. This means
that at end of the year the township
board will be replaced by boards of
trustees for each school section.
DEATH. - Mrs Walker, wife Of
Mr David Walker, ex -Reeve, who
has been ailing for 'some time, died
last week, and her remains were in-
terred in Egmondville cemetery,
Iliaruoch.
Norms.- Quite a sensation was
caused at Mr Livingstone's saw -mill,
a few days ago,when ono of the steam
pipes was accidentally broken by a
stick of timber falling on it ; no one
was injured, The venerable old couple
on the corner have put on the garb of
former years. Rev Mr Campbell,late
of Montreal, occupied the pulpit in
Calvin church for the last two Sun-
days. Miss Christy Robertson is now
able to drive out, but is still quite un-
well. Miss Maggie Robertson has
gone to the Hub,where she has found
employment. Mr Chas. Johnston,
who has been very unwell, from rea-
son of an abscess, is again capable of
enjoying his favorite pastime, fishing.
Additional Local News,
Several matters are unavoidably
held over until next week.
Revs A. Stewart and J. Liviugatone
exchange pulpits•next Sabbath morn-
tn Ir James Ross, Albert street, is
laid up with a severe attack of in-
flammation of the bowels.
DISTRICT MEETING, - The May
District Meetit.gof' the Goderich Dis-
trict was held at Rendall, on Tuesday
and Wednesday. We expected to
givea detailed repott of the proceed-
ings, but cannot o so till next week.
Rev Mr Howell was elected to the
Stationing Committee.
TEACHERS' AeSOcIATION. - The
regular meeting of the East Huron
Teachers' Iustitute was held in the
Collegiate Institute, Clinton, on' Wed-
nesday and Thursday, a full report of
whose proceedings will be giyen neat
week. The entertainment on Wed-
nesday evening was largely attended,
and, was very interesting, the 'class
singing, drill :tnd tableau:, being par-
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Syizf1D1Q:t',`iJ
The Canati ,'.. `.:,r T`i : ' i� fr(:•
seemly call - r,.•,, t ;, •,,t ? , I:au.i.
This rises frcnr
population as coin;•;.+:°t' .rift\ its asst•
extent ot,terr:tr:r,, ti r'.9 ', g only
,about 200,000'i� l ,,};i twits in r coun•
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tryofmorethand ;.;),).nasi„miiei,.
Should any t ru ria. t'.,•,;re are
not more setter;'Pale, :Le an•!tner
is, We did not kna•,v t.ha' sw(Yh c, land
existed. Even nosS it is 1aard to be-
lieve that places tee degre'est higher
in.latitude, c)i:r he tvttrnter than .those
so much•fertlrr..ftorss the North Pete.
Nevertheless it • a f• et that the
North West, • fro,,, 1t,i�in..e to the -
Rockies, has e ,r, : !c eli••.•we than .
Texas, Tennis”, .. r t'irginin. :"gin
exceptions cs.n }, !apt u , .. i,crtzin-
ing to the cliiest(•. -.e e, reef heat
is not depressing, are' il, (.ir!trr cold
is too genial h rey,.ire ftenling cat-
tle, horses and sheet,.
AL an agrtcrlters !lr�,n•; wo saw •
corn, oats, wheat t: n,3 s'ehetr.bles of
the best quality \C}t,'at exhibited
grew 31 bushels to at) acre and weigh-
ed 67• pounds to the. buai,el, The
oats grew 56 bushes set acre, weigh-
ing 48 pounds a bushel, TLc turnips
were the largest we had ever seen,.
and excellent in flavor. The horses •
exhibited every variety from the lit-
tle buckin Cayouse to the noble Per-
cheron, Cattle are larger there than .
in Old Canada. Thomas Tweed, M.
P. P., speaking of o _e cow e-r-hibited
said, "That creature ehuu,d be called
en elephant rather than a cow."
Sheep, pigs and fowl wcr,' also first
class.
The North ,heat is art„ el Illy grate-
ful to sheep. Perhaps there is no
form of stock re icing which gives so
satisfactory 'returns as this;. Their
increase is uupreeedertted)y rapid.,
and the sale quick, at gond prices.
Some in the vicinity of Jlople Creek
own more than a thousand sheep.
It 18 scarcely necessary to further
refer to the,cat. i ulitier of. the soil,
but we may not pas -3 cQ' the climate,
without repeating stint all said when
asked how they liko.t it. "it is eo
easy to. breathe'' We a,,,re always
conscious of breath leg nits(• easily
than elsewhere Consurription may
be there, but we nesse nit or heard
of a case.' Ws k',ow•of ni,lrawback.
After residing stent a year in Assini-
boia, we unhesitatingly say, we be-
lieve the soil and climate as near
faultless ae is in the world,
As to the attractiveue,4,t of scenery,
it will depend largely en the sub;ec.
tive status of the seer. One interest-
ed in agriculture., will gaze upon the
rolling prairie and foreshadow golden
grain, lowing herds, a well-filled
purse, and he will be happy. A bot-
anist would follow a buffalo trail, and .
glow all over at beholding the floral
beauty bordering the path. An or-
nithologist'would soon grow rich in
presence of such rare specimens. The
proud imperial swell, the s,•rious pel-
ican, the wild geese and ducks, the
'whistling curlew, the, saucy ring -
neck plover, the Manitoba Lark, a
bird- of the sweetest song we ever
heard, the • magpie and turtle -dove.
A zoologist would find deer, antel-
opes, goats gitli wool on them, sheep
clothed in hair, cayotes, badgers rab-
bits, wolves and gophers. He would
also find bears, wild cats, lynxes, and
pumas, or California lions. An Ich-
thyologist would be bewildered at
the vartety and multitude of fish,
which are so abundant that some say
a person might walk across a river
on the backs of the fish. A Mineral-
ogist would find gypautn, .eoal, gas,
iron, silver, copper and gold. A
lumberman would find pine, poplar,
cyprus and spruce, with lakes and
rivers to suit the drives, and serve as
mortors for manufactures. C.
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titularly good,
EXCURSION TO MA v i Co11 s.
cial excursion will leave here
4th' of June, for all parts of
toba. The fare is 828 for resu
et, good for 40 'days, W. J
town agent, Grand Trunk railway,
has already booked and r
berths for quite e party. A
application should be made to
for information. Baggage c
through to any point. Arran
have been made for this party
berths all in ono car, • and intending
excursionists should be booked •
once, to avoid disappointment
way of accommodation.
BOTH LAW AND COLrItriEY,-
who drive do not seem to and
that the law gives the right of
the pedestrian. A man. or
who is crossing the street at a
crossing is not obliged to look
the person who is driving the
but the person driving.s to take
not to jostle or iaconimude a •
walking. That is taw and c
courtsey as well. Heir
we see teams draw up rat, a C
and pedestrians 1n,t 1,: to p,ti <
them.
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