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The, Huron urcn N•ows Record
Yeees4I 2J la Advance.
WtednestfaY,,YnLy etith. 1lSlj9 V.
TRE BIR'l'1-I OF OUR
LIi?;1f,tI1'IGS.
•0S1'0a:StBLE GO.tLrRNMENT IN UPPER
CANADA.
'(iEr4El;RATING THE CENTENNIAL AN-
NIVERSARI OF THE EVENT—AN IN•
TERMING PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRA-
TION AT NIAGARA.ON TILE-LAKE—
LO1'Al. SENTIMENTS FROM PdE)IIER
\TAT.
0
Saturday 16th July the one
.b,xndr•odth anaivereery of the eeta
•bllsh meth of representatiVegovern-
ment in Upper ()envie wife appru-
prietelycelebrated at the pretty t,wn
ofNiagiwa-on•the•Ltke. The dernou-
stretiou wits attended by about 2,000
•persons:
The streets of the town were
.gaily decorated with bunting.
Near the wharf WAS a huge arch of
evergreens, bearing in the center a
lenge photograph of Sir Oliver
Mowat. I3eueath the photo hung
the motto :
Simcoe, 1792. Kirkpatrick, 1892.
On the opposite side were the
words ; "Empire and Liberty,"
"Welcome to Niagara, Upper U n-
ada's ancient capital." Tho court
house was feetooned with red, white
and blue hunting.. Over the en-
treuce were hung the coat of arms
and the verse:
Cauadians forever,
No foe shall dissever
Our glorious Dominion,
God bless us forever.
On one side of the entrance Was a
streamer with the words :
Johnston. Fort Niagara,
Prideaux. } 1759.
Ou the other side of the entrance
was another* streamer with the
words:
BROOK AND eteeDONNELL.
The lie oes'`of Upper Canada.
In food, of `court house was
another eve jerch, bearing on
one side t itt God Save the
Queen, and they,. We Fly
to Save.
AN HISTO-' L'BESUJIE.
On the nort ;II• bastion of the
old fort a platfo t had been erect-
ed' and the peo a gathered in front
of it. Lieuteu 't.Goyeruor Iiiik-
patrick opened •"cerelnouy by
reading the priip tion iesued by
Governor Simcoe o ;Tilly 16, 1792.
Before doing so he itipitornised the
events leading ep t4 the issue of the
proclamation as follo'tcs:
During the French regime in
anada the white population was
,-
.�8 widearea, and
�bover a I
was scattered ,
lotate.1 in places suitable for the
prosecution of trade rather than the
practice of agriculture.
Nest of Montreal the chief set.
tlements were at Cataraqui (now
Kingston), Niagara, Dotroit.,llichil
limackinac, and ou the Ohio, Illi-
nois and Mississippi rivers.
The nucleus of each settlement
was a fort, which served to protect
the French traders and their families
alike against Iudian savages and
English rivals.
The whole region above referred
to was known under the name of
"Canada," while the French
territory to the south of theOhio and
the west of the 11liseissippi was
called "Louisiana."
During the period from 1757 to'
1763 the Seven Years' War raged
in different parts of the world—
Europe, India, the West Indies and
the greater part of what is now the
United States and Canada east of
the Miisi.estppi, involving Great
Britain and France in a final
struggle for supremacy in North
America.
In 1759, the last year of George
II., Quebec surrendered to Admiral
Saunders and Gen. Townshend, and
in the same year Fort Niagara was
taken by Sir William Johnston. In
1760, the first year of George'1II.,
Moetreal surrendered to Gen. Am-
herst, and it was expressly stipulat•
ed in the articles of capitulation
that the settlements of Detroit and
Michillimackinac should be included
in the surrender.
In 1763, by the treaty of Paris,
the whole of Canada wag formally
ceded by France to Great Britain.
The territory covered by this cession
was never accurately defined, but it
included undoubtedly the whole of
the north region of the Ohio and
east of the Mississippi, besides the
great valley of the St. Lawrence.
Later in the salve year, 1763,
_II George III. by royal proclamation
created the "government of Quebec,"
with an area and boundaries almost
t coincident "rith those of • the pro -
nee of Quebec to day. In 1764
General Murray was by royal com-
mission appointed the first civil
governor of the new "colony,"
In 1774 the Quebec act, passed by
the British parliament, enlarged the
province of Quebec by including in
it all the territory ceded under the
treaty of Paris, 1763. Besides the
existing province of Quebec and
Ontario it comprised' the states of
Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Wisconsin and part of Minnesota.
By the treaty of Paris, 1783, all
•
these states were separated -ilrotn
Quebec, wblelt was confined to, the
tlo.rtit bank of lisle r6t. Lawrence
westward of the intersection of the
forty fifth parallel of latitude, and
wore included is the United . States
of America, the independence of
which was by the saute treaty fully
acknowledged.
The Quete u act of 1774 created a
legislative council made up of mem-
here appointed by the crown "to
ordain regulations for the future
welfare and good government of the
province." 13y 1791 the influence
of English.i peaking . settlers from
the neighboring self-governing states
had wade apparent the unsuitability
of this legislative machinery, and in
Unit year the constitutional act was
passed by theBritislt parliament,
Creating a iegislative assembly and
council fur each of the two provinces
of Upper and Lower Canada, into
which ' Quebec WAS about to be
divided by order of the king-tn-
co u uu11.
Ou August 24, 1791, two such
orders were passed. The former
fixed the line of division between,
Upper and Lower Canada as it has
been throughout the whole of the
century; the latter ordcred•the issu-
ing of a warrant authoriztng the
governor of Quebec to fix a day for
the aet to go into operation.
Lieutenant • Governor Alured
Clark in the absence of the governor,
L tell Dorchester, proclaimed Dec.
26, 1791, as the day when the divis-
ion of Quebec into • Upper and
Lower Canada Should take. effect.
Mr. Clark was appointed the first
lieutenant -governor of Lower Can,
ads, and on May 7, 1799, he issued
at Quebec, the proclamation dividing
that province into electoral districts
for its first parliament.
Col. John Graves Simcoe was ap-
pointed the first lieutenant-governer
of Upper Canada. At Kingston on
July 16, 1793, the centennial an•
uiverset•y of which we have wet this
day to commemorate, he issued the
proclamation dividing the new pro-
vince into electoral districts for the
Flection of the first parliumeut of
Upper Canada.
That first Parliament met here at
Niagara, then Newark, on the lith
of September, but it has been deems
ed expedient to commemorate the
issue of the proclamation rather
than the assembling of the parlia-
ment, because the former may fairly
he regarded as, from a constitutional
point of view, the more, fuudain ectal
event of the two.
GOVERNOR SIMCOE'S PROCLAMATION.
"J /Graves Simcoe.
"George the Third, by the grace of
Go 1, of Great I3ritain, Trance, and
and Ireland,d, Krme, Defender
of the
Faith, and so forth, etc., etc. To all
our loving subjects, whom- thesi,
presents concern :
"Whereas in pursuance of an net
of Parliament, lately made and pro•
vided, passed in the thirty.first year
of our reign, and of authority by us
given for that purpose, our: late pro•
vince of Quebec is becoming divided
into the two provinces of Upper
Canada and Lower Canada, and our
lieutenant -governor of the said pros
vince of Upper Canada, by power
from from us derived, is authorized
in the absence of our right trusty
and well -beloved Guy, Lord Dor.
chester, captain -general and gover•
nor -in -chief of our said province of
Upper Canada, to divide the said
province of Upper Canada into dis•
tricts, counties, circles, or towns and
townships for the purpose of effect-
uating the intent of the said act of
parliament, and to declare and ap-
point the number of representatives
to be chosen by each, to serve in tho
assembly of the said province :
Know ye, therefore, that our trusty
and well -beloved John Graves Sim-
coe, Esq., our lieutenant -governor of
our said province of Upper Canada,
in the absence of the said gover-in-
chief, hath and by this our proclawa•
tion doth divide the said province of
Upper Canada into counties, and
hath and doth appoint and declare
the number of representatives of
them and each of them to be as
hereinafter limited, named, declared,
and appointed."
Under this proclamation the
province was divided into nineteen
counties, of each of Which the
boundaries are accurately given.
The number of representatives to
be elected to the legislative assembly
Was fixed by the proclamation at
sixteen, distributed among the
counties as follows :
Glengarry 2
Stormont 1
Dundas 1
Grenville 1
Leeds and Frontenac 1
Ontario and Addington. 1
Prince) Edward 1
Lennox, Hastings, Northumberland....1
Durham, York and Lincoln (1st riding)..1
Lincoln (second riding) 1
Lincoln (third riling)- 1
Lincoln (fourth riding` and Norfolk 1
Suffolk and Essex ,...1
Kent
fervent patrioticw, were delivered
by Sir Oliver Mowat, D. Ferguson,
ex•M, P. for Welland) CO, ],)eusson
Dr, Oronhyeteltha and_ Sberiff Me,
"Kellar,
The premiers address was a par,
tioularly .earnest and loyal one. Ile
paesiouately protested against any
policy which tends towards annexa-
tion to the United States. ile con
eluded in the following vigorous
and, patriotic style : "There is
something of' a Canadian spirit in
every ono of the provinces,• end
there is reasen for the hope that
the Canudiun epirit will be con-
stantly growing stronger in them
all. Meanwhile, our great North-
west is. lreit,g occupied by immi
grants to it from the other provinces
of the Dominion, and by those im-
migrants front Europe who, for
whatever reasons, prefer Canada to
the United States. But outside of
the constitution the strougest ties
which upto this moment bind the
provinces together is their ooutmou
British connection, their cowrnou
history as British colonists, the
common status of their people as
British subjects, and their oomwuu
allegiance to our noble Queen, who
has lived long enough and well
ouough to obtain the respect and
adniiraiion of all the civilized nit -
Huns of the world. These elements
of unity are valuable helps for Duo
day consolidating the province into
a nation, but they aro not sufficient
for this purpose yet. If any of us
desire Canada to become in time au
independent nation ; if any of us
are for Canada first ; if we prefer
our own institutions to talose of
other people ; if we prefer, as runny
of us do, the character and the sen-
timents and the ways of our own
peoielo to those (deny other people ;
if we do not wish that as a political
organization our dear Canada should
be nnuihilatod ; if we do not wish
to be ourselves a party to its receiving
its death blow ea a nation—our pro-
per course is plain, the 000re13 of ue
all. Conservatives and Reformers
alike. It is to cherish our own in-
stitutions ; to foster the ,affections of
our people towerds the fatherisud;
to streugthou their appreciation of
the greatness and the glories of the
empire, to stimulate their interest
in its grand history in the cause of
freedom and civilization ; and to
give now and always to the I)omin-
iull and tho provinces the beet at!-, probably pine to leave home latter in the
lay. It was in the month of Uctnber, and
ministration Of public affairs that is i was timed eo reach that town at 10 o'clock
practicable by our best statesmen in the fore:tone. The letter said that a
and best public men, whoever these carriage would be in waiting fur sae to
may be. Some point to the Mc
Iiiuley act as a reason. why Cana-
dians should traveler their country
to the United States, and atateeinen
and toliticiaus in that country are
said to have been advised to adopt a
policy of peaceful but vigorous
g.
coercion a» a sura means of getting
over Canadian objections to annexe,
tion. A policy of coercion by Mc-
Kinley acts and like paeans woiild
bo a policy of insults, as well as of
ury. Independently of all other
considerations, self-respect would
forbid our permitting such a policy
to bo successful. Coercion by such
moans is as little defensible on any
moral grounds as coercion by war
and conquest, I hope that the
leaders and thinkers of oer political
parties in the Teominion will find
means of neutralizing the evils of
any attempted coersio•n ; the evils
meanwhile would not be great as
compared with what was readily
borne for conscience sake by our
Canadian forefathers and predeces-
sors, and 1 know that their spirit is
not wanting in their sone.and suc-
cessors at the present day. No, I
.don't want annexation. I prefer
the ills I suffer to the ills annexa-
tion would involve. I love my
nation, the nation of our fathers,
and shall not willingly join any
nation which hates her. I love
Canada, and I want to perform my
part whatever it may be in main-
taining its existence as a distinct
political or national organization. I
-believe this to bo, on the whole an&
in the long run, the best thing fur
Canadians, and the beat thing for
the whole American continent. I
hope that when another century
has been added to the ago of Can-
ada it may still be Canada, and that
its second century shall, like its
first, be celebrated by Canadians,
unabsorbed --numerous, prosperous,
powerful and at peace. .For myself,
1 should prefer to die in that hope
than to die president of the United
States."
t..
Getttn,' loins 4g40.
Uettln' back to florae ages, after all the
strife--
The rettllu' and th't rearm' of the busy olty
fife,.
Gettig' btaok to bores agen—heart a beatin'
higb4
Greener grow the meadows rim' bluer grows
the sky ;
World seems all dressed up for it—walnut
tweet, an' -thou --
Car wheel, keep a'siugin' : ''Gettin' homy
agen 1"
Don't it Memo a feller' when he's travelli--'
h h l ]
t rens the laud
ate rnen t0 commit robbery, even In broad
daylight, and I had no doubt that 1 was
being driven to some appointed sprit when
their programme was Interfered with, It
met► ease for the polies, but 1 was by no
means green enough to take it to them.
The house of Laird, Williameou & Co.
would have stood to pay a thousand pounds
rather than have the public Informed
the press that there had been a
conspiracy to rub their "special math"
Wilde I made many iuquiries, I gave no -
That, thin
homeCowes out to meet
.hint so,
tetras him by the baud
to"" with the velriclu were strangers to
I yl•irpeth, and the whole plot was plain to
1110•g away. I asuortainod that the two
—Frank L, Btantor
L1�7 r t f �, 7, 1�t THIEF,
T 1 had intended to leave ou my return is
V U rl I�rJt��tritED U 1� A I H 1 E , ' no
ontlhc 111
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tl mine lttinon, till t e,vslt.
Tile night carne on dark and stormy, and
there were but few passengers from 111or-
Thehouse of Laird, Williamson at Co., leech. Four of us who got en were ushered
diamond merchants and wholesale and re- into the same compartment. There `ver.)
tail jewellers, of London, employed no two Oulu women ticketed to 1)uilcam, and
.travelling agents. 'Bite nearest approach to the third was a man About forty years old,
;t was what is called "a epeeialty lean.' of pleating undress and genteel appearauea.
In other words, he was an employee of the .As soon as eve fell into cuuvers hien he gave
house trusted almost ns touch as one of 1110 to understand that he lived at Beverley,
the partners, but tinder bunds so heavy it town about 100 miles down the line, and
that the house need not worry about him from curtain words let fall I gathered that
,f he did 001 turn np at the hour he was he was a prominent public official of the
d00. It happened very otter that titled place. I didn't exactly reply that I was in
peoples and those who bed grown rich in the dye line, but he probably inferred al
trade could not matte it'ceuveeieut to (:Dine much i irom what 1 8111,1. 1 was glad of his
to town to deal with the house pw•soually cuuspauy. He wus a fair titlker, well
for rare getus, while others were it: want I posted, and 1 enjoyed his society
of special designs for birthday gifts, The women got out at Durham and left
souvenirs, and the like. Such peoplestuted us alone. We passed Darlington ami were
their desire by letter, and the "specialty still the sole nucnpautts of thecoutpertucent.
mall" Wits sent to take their order or matte Mr. Arnold, es be had given his name, had
a attic. bora sitting upnosite to me for an hour. tit
1 had served the house four years withe the train cleared U.nlingtou he yawned and
out loss and scarooly without adventure, saitl
when I wits started off for Morpoth, a town " I am sleepy, and yet .I can never get a.
in the north of England. The first had wink of sleep on the train. By the wary, I
received a letter from a wealthy and well. found a curious coin 011 the street at Mor-
knuwn .public mag living itt the suburbs petit to -day. Can you place it':'
of that town to the effect that his wife had He hada coin in his lingers as he stepped
broken a leg and was not able to be shout, over to lee. I leached out my hand to re-
but Want.d several special things in jewelry ceive it, when he seized me by the throat
as soots as they could be trade for pre- with both hands and had me on my bask in
Bents to friends. She would also look a second. I was no twitch for hint in
at sl>ute gems, particularly a diamond etrength. He gripped my throat so fiercely
necklace, but nothing cononou was want- that I had no power of resistance. Betiding
ed. Tho story was current that this gentle- over me, with his knee on my elect, he
man's daughter was soon to be mstrt'ied,and finally let up on his clutch and Bail :
it was anticipated that I would receive s. "Don't bo foolish, now: I know you,
very fair order. The value of the jewels and I'm after those diamonds ! If I can
packed up for me for that trip was sumo- get thetn without killing you all right ; if
thing like $7,000. From toy very first trip I can't I'll slit your we,tsand good and
1 had always travelled sate?a certain lash- deep 1"
ion—the fashion of a commercial traveller. "You—you mean to rob me 7' I gasped.
))any of the fraternity honestly believed "Certainly, and you'll show good sense
that. I was a genuine member. In mp grip by keeping quiet. Excuse ane, Lot I've. got
I carried about a doeeu entail bottles of to do this job shipshape and Bristol
dyes, anti it was supposed that I was tray- fashion."
tilling with that line. The jewelry case He drew a wicked linking knife and hell
was placed in the grip, and 1 left the affair it, in his teeth as he used les Lauds to tie
kuocltiitg about with such apparent care- Inc with seine stout curds taken from hie
lessness that 110 Due could entertain a 8115- pereel. He turned me over, took the pistol
pieion of its value front my bin pocket, cud tied sy seas be
There was only ono odd thing about the hind me. Then ho tied my ankles and
tette, front Morpeth, loud that was not rolled nue on my side. Why didn't l resist?
commented on until after my adventure. Simply because his clutch on my throat Mai
It mentioned day and date and hour when almost paralyzedene.
my arrival would bo expected, and I left "Now for the sparklers 1" he swirl, as he
London to bit, the exact time. Hid this tools down my bag, searched me for the.kev
matter been brought up beforehand we and opened it.
would have said that the gentleman was He laegheil as he broigltt out the
bottles of dye and tweed then, abide, and
he laughed again as he held up the jewel
case.
\ deuced hue lay nut, 'pon honor 1' he
chuckled, as he ii epeeted tiie eunteets.
"The house of Laird, \\'sllianisen a-. Co.,
eau•ries only the best. What's the each value,
may I ask"
"But you are a cool one !" I said in
rep
"Uly.nly fairly so—only fairly. I should
say .tii,000 wouldn't be far out of the way.
:l very pretty haul and no risk atteciditg
it."
He placed the jewel case in his pitted,
lighted a cigar, and pleasantly remarked :
"Take it easy, my boy. The next, Stop is
North Allerton. Ill about ten minutes I'll
be under the necessity of gagging you. five
minutes after cleat I hope eo leave the train,
You'll be diseovettd at Leeds and perhaps
sooner. The house really ought to stand
the loss, as it is no fault of yours. You
rather tumbled to the game at \Iorpotir,
ell 1"
I was so mad and my throat hurt me so
that I made no reply, and he was about to
Continue his remarks when the train sud-
denly slackened speed and a minute later
came to a standstill. \Ve had been ordered
to make a special stop at a small station to
let an up train tease. .
"\Vhut itt Tophet's name does this
mean ?" growled' the robber as 110 looked
from the window. "Special stop, is it ;' My
friend, I'm about to gag you. is
one
shout and 1'11 do for you with the knife 1"
He'd token a gag from his parcel when
ha got the cords. He was bending over
me with it in his hand when the guard
uncooked the door to admit two passengers
changing from an overcrowded one.
"He's a robber ! He's robbed me 1 Don't
let hint escape "' I shouted the instant the
door opened.
"Oat of the way—I'tn arntei,l—I'll do
murder 1" yelled the robber, as he made.a
break.
He would leave gotten off temporarily but
for an accident. As he went through the
door he caught his foot and felt heavily on
the platform, and the three men had
pluck enough to seize and disarm him. And
who do you suppose he proved'10 bo? No
other than that prince of criminals known
to Scotland Y r rd its "Duke Goff," and a
man then wanted in a dozen different
cities. He put up the job. The letter
paper, as was proved, was procered for hint
by a female servant in the house of Sir.
Blank, The two men with the carriage
were ruffians from Liverpool, who had hired
the rig at Gateshead and driven it to )Litt'
petit. Both were nabbed, and both peached
on the "Duke," and all three got lneav,,
sentences in prison.
WO
Charles Buck, a hired man
with W. Cordingly, Trafalgar, got
up and went to the stable. On his
way he passed by a a small building
used principally for a storehouse,
and where Mr. Cordingly heptparis
green for killing potato bugs. He
went into this house and mixed up
some of the poison and swallowed
it. Then he went thebto barn,
where be was fo a horrible
state. He was moved to the
house and Dr. Urquhart summoned
a,.aplied antidotes, but without
is effect, for on the same evening he
PATRIOTIC ORATORY. died.
After lunch between 2,000 and —Considerable damage was done
3,000 people gdthered at the beauti- to the barley crop in Scarboro town-
ful town park, where a gaily adorn• ship by the heavy rain storm of
ed platform was erected. Lieut.- Friday evening last. Telegraph
Governor Kirkpatrick presided, and wires were broken and posts
briefly introduced the speakers. split by the lightning near Scarboro
Addresses of varying degrees of elo• Junction and other points in the
quence, but all breathing a spirit of G. T. it , east of Toronto.
drive at once to the manor. The train was
on time to a minute, and I got off in coin -
piny with two travelling salesmen. I
found the carriage after a bit. There wets
two men on the box, and they at first
seemed to question that I was the tight
party. 'Their double probably arose ftuut
the fact that I was plainly dressed and was
in the company of tine salesmen. One of
,hasked vas the jewelry man Sir
theaif,t J
Blatnk was expecting, and I replied that I
wanted to see the gentleman whether ex-.
peated or not. They hesitated about driv-
ing off', but as no one else appeared we fi-
nally made a start.
I tell you honestly that I had no sooner
entered the carriage than I had queer feel-
ings. The outfit was too common to be
owned and publicly hied by such a ,pan as
Sir Blank, and the two, men didn't appear
at all like servants. I had never been in
Morpeth before, and was therefore ignorant
of the direction we ought to take or the
distance to be travelled. After getting
away from the depot a bit we turned to
the west, the horses going at a sharp trot
and the men holding conversation in low
tones. \Ve passed plenty of houses and
vehicles and pedestrians, and as we left the
town behind I looked ahead for sight of
Sir Blank's great house and well -!rept
grounds. Pet -haps the pair observed my
anxiety, for one of thorn turned and said :
"Its it. bit over five miles to the place,
sir."
That satisfied me only for a moment.
The more 1 looked at the teen and the
closer I scanned the outfitthe' stronger
grew may suspicions that something was
amiss. fliree miles to the west of Mor-
peth is a hill from whttih one can survey
the country for miles around. As we reach-
ed the crest of this hill • I saw only small
farms and plain farmhouses before ane. If
Sir Blank's mansion was on that road it
was beyond my vision and still a good ten
miles away.
"See here!" I called as we began to de-
scend the hill. "I think there is a mistake.
I think I have got Sir Blank mixed up with
Sir Dash. Is it Sir Blank who is financial-
ly interested itt a great cotton factory at
1\Janchester?"
"He may be, but 1 dunno,'' said the :pan
who was driving as be pulled up his horses.
"If he isn't it won't do me any good to
see him. You see" (getting out. some of the
bottles), "I wanted to show hint corse of
these new dyes for fruits."
"Is that your line, sir?"
"Yes. Here are ten new colors jest out.
I am sorry fur my blunder, but I ani will-
ing—"
Then you travels with dyes, does you ?"
gruffly demanded the other.
"As you see."
"Then mot thkialtegdy blazes does yet/
get into this turnout for ?"
"To see Sir Blank, of course. I got it
into my head that—"
"Oh, blow your'ead and your 'eels too 1
Jim, turn habout hand drive the bloomin'
hass hack to town 1"
"I'11 be shot if I does 1" replied .Jim.
"He can gee right hout 'ere hand take
'isself back on 'is hown blasted legs, blast
'im 1"
"Sorry for the mistake and here's some-
thing to drink my health." I said, as I
tossed him a coin and descended from the
vehicle and w lked hurriedly away.
yea h d town I went to a hotel.
fte , 0
When I o minutes I had learned that
Sir Blat lived north of the town, and
only a n I
Inside c ,"way. Likewise that there had
been no .sretlent to his wife. Furtter,that
the gentleman and his wife had been in
Scotland for several weeks. It did not
take me long to figure it out to my perfect
satisfaction. It was a put-up job to rob
the house through me, and it had been put
up with the aid of some one at Sir Blank's
house. The letter had his monogram
stamped on the corner, and the paper must
have been token from his library. The
writing :shi.we 1 a fair business hand, and
had not attracted remark. The country to
the west of the hill where I had left the
•arrieg' afforded uppr'rtunitios for desper-
Indusstries Requiring Eggs.
The industries in which eggs ate now sin
ployed comprise an important and widely
divergent range—calico printing, phcto-
graphy, gilding, clarifying various liquors,
bookbindutg etc. A large business, ac-
cording to Bradstreet, has sprung an in the
preparation of photographic paper with
salted albumen, and one establislimet:l
alone is said to have' used more then two
million eggs in six months for this purpose.
Many attempts have been made to find a
vegetable or animal substitute ft r alb imen,
but in vain ; thus, a prize of large amount,
offered thirty years ago by an English soci-
ety, for the discovery of a material or pro-
cess of replacing albumen in calico printieg,
still remains untaken. Nor are the yolks
used in manufacturing, wholly wasted the
Y
also are employed in the arts,andmanu-
facturer
a in Vienna some time since com-
menced the business, on a commercial
scale, of solidifying then`, thus adapting
them to 'easy conveyance and convenient
use.
German liorseshosing.
Ill Germany, the smith, when finishing •t
Shoe, punches a hole in the two ends, and
when the shoo is cold he taps in a screw
thread and screws into the thread, whet' on
the horse's foot, a sharp pointed stud of an
inch in length ; and with shoos thus fitted
horses can travel securely over the moors'
possible road, and have never been known
to slip ; and draught horses are shod in the
same way
MA'1'ULDA C1LOVELI. $ SLAYER
D'I, "0ft1;AJl" ARItALGN1:A 13g now
STI I:IST CGL'1ff —TIIIf Yttl&ONEIt
As COOL AS I:V5R,
Thnamas Neill was arraigned be.
rote Sir John Bridge, in the Bow
atreet Police Court, London, last
week, on the charge of hating wur-
dor. d Matilda Clover by aduiiuis-
teringatrytlrniue to her. The court
roost WAS ct'Gwded,and it number of
extra policemen wet on duly.
Neill looked well and his face ie•
traycd no sign of anxiety or trouble.
Hu asked to be furnislted with a'nit-
it g materials, and when they were
riven him lie made copious notes of
the proceedings. C. F. Gill op,
prayed on i•t•bal1 of the treasury.
hie said 1,e would prove the circum-
stances under which Matilda Clover
was murdered and that the prisoner
be committed. 'Mr. Gill added that
lie would have to refer to the
deaths of three other girls who
were killed in a manner precisely
similar to the Clover girl. The
court granted Mt t: GiII's request And
the prisoner wee remanded.
THE COW A1'E AN UM-
BRELLA. •
The 'Wolcott correspondent of the
New York Su,e writes : Charles
Chapman, a farmer living between
Iced Creek and Fair Haven, about,
nine miles from this village, recent-
ly discovered a large Holstein cow
belonging to him in the act of de-
vouring the entire family wardrobe.
When found the cow had broken
from the pasture lot and appeared
ou the porch, where the clothing
had been spread out to dry. She
had already eaten a pair of trousers,
a vest, a cardigan jacket, two silk
handkerchiefs, a pair of ladies'
walking shoes, auci the leg of a rub-
ber boot. This was by no means
her first equates meal, but for once
she appeared distressed and Vet•
eriparian Lester 1). Se)tnour, of
Wolcott, was summoned He gave
het' some soothing dro1,S in a bran
mash and went his wily, bill t),o
cow eoutiuoed ill. Finally last
Sunday he was again summoned,
and this time he discovered a hard
lump ill the anitntts'tt left flank above
the wall of the stomach. Inserting
a probe, the steel clicked againet a
metallic substance within. Open-
ing the wound, a psir of pinchers
were inserted, and from the cow's
stomach was withdrawn an umbrella
rib twenty-one inches long from tip
to hinge, and thence nine inches to
the point where it had joined the
handle. Messy bud eaten the
family umbrella and apparently
digested all the ribs but one.. She
is now chewing her cud regularly
and keeping hor weather eye out
Lir more wearing apparel.
•
—A sad death by barning took
place in Brantford yesterday morn-
ing. Miss Mary McMnlleu, of St.
George, was staying with her sister,
Mrs. Quinlan,in order to nurse her,
and at five o'clock in the morning
she got up at the request of the
mother to get a little child in the
room a drink of water. She either
fall with the lamp or else it explod-
ed.' Her nightdress was set on
fire and she rushed oat into the
street. A neighbor finally threw a
blanket around hor. Sete had how-
ever sustained such soceere injuries
that she died in two or three hours.
The house caught fire but the flames
were subdued. Doeeased was
twenty sears of age.
—Michael Burns, who has the
repistation of being a quiet, iu-
off:isnsive man, was found in his
house on Dublin street Guelph, by
Mr. George Bruce, a neighbor, ly-
ing on his bed with his little child
beside him, his throaty horribly gash-
ed. The blood formed a pool on
the bed and all arotand where he
lay. A razor was found on the bed
beside him. Assistance was at once
sntrtmoned,and the man, who was
still alive, was reme+ved to the hos.
pital. Be watt apparently nnder
the strain of intense 'mental excite. -
meta, approaching insanity. That
morning be had aquarrel with his
wife, whom he beat over the head
with a rolling piss until she was in.
sensible.
Don't be discouraged about that eczema
till you have given Ayer's Sarsaparilla a
persistent trial. Six bottles of this
medicine cured the complaigt for Geo.
S. Thomas, of /Lea, Ohio, when all o'.her
remedies failed to afford any relief.
CAUTION.
PLUG OF TiE
jTLijTtIe Navil
IS NIAF.KED
IN BRONZE LETTERS.
NONE OTHER GENUINE.
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