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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1894-05-02, Page 4NM (i'Ril' R TJ Kc 2:Ar A.f4NI. TO84 rhe Huron Newer 000rd h-�.- $1,tiQ. a. Yuair-01.25 10 A4100,1141 111r. Martin, 1M1.. P, for"Winnipeg, ..... pointed the other night in the ,house WEDNESDAY, At4.Y 2nd, 1804. PORK AND OATS. Mr. McCarthy and his associates Mr. MMs, 'BVI;. Laurier and Sir Richard Ware been Abusing the government ill;'fooling the country uu agricultural protection. ' Mere is an evidence of that fooling. Iii 1878; when there was nu tariff on Oats, Canada imported 2,071.513 bush- els of that cereal; in 18)3, the importa- tion was only 44,201 bushels, and most of thqse for seed. The effect of shut- ting out over two million bushels of •'eats 'every farrner knows.—Shall we admit them again ?—Every thriller who 'Mut a blind partizan, says no! Take pork in the same way. In 1801, the pork imported amounted to $841,- 352. The government increased the duty. Last year only $377,892 worth came ,an, while the exports increased from $032,557 to $2,0$2,471. Nn won- der that a large deputation ,:f County Carleton fat mers waited opon the government asking that the pork duties be not reduced, and that they should be specific. The government have changed the duties back to speci- fic•—tiy listen to the people and take •t:eople'.. judgment. A PPI..i 1.S TO THE 1•A R,11 ERS. The Liberal politicans just now are very anxious to catch the farmer, and so they are loud -mouthed friends of his. The farmer in Canada is just as intelligent a citizen as Canada has, 'and sees his own interests every time. The mistake that these Liberal politicians make is in talking trash to the farmer, mistaking the farmer so to speak for a fool. For instance, when these'politicians hound the Dominion Government because they do not get reciprocity, the farmer knows that the Liberal politician is talking as it were through his hat—crying out for something which both parties have honestly tried to get and failed. And the farmer when he reads the speeches of •these men, puts it down in his judgement as political -ash, and be looks upon the men who talked it as either knaves or harmless imbeciles. Then again, when the Liberal politician tells the farmer that the Government are responsible for the low prices of farm produce that prevail, the farrner knows perfectly well that it is nonsense and rant. He knows that prices are down the world over, and that he is not suffering as badly as the farmers in other countries, and he could tell the Liberal politician very quickly off- hand what the true reasons are. He could tell him too' what is still more important, viz., that while the price of 'what the farmer has to sell has decreased much, the price of what the. farrner buys has decreased still more. He could tell him that manufactured goods have fallen in price much more considerably than farm products. Sugar, which sold at eight to ten pounds for the dollar, now sells at from twenty to twenty-five pounds for the dollar. Tea, coffee and other irnport- ed groceries have greatly fallen in price, though perhaps not to the same extent. Woollen and cotton fabrics are fully 314 per cent. cheaper than they were fifteen years ago. The like . statement is true of boots and shoes, readymade clothing and other artit:les of personal wear. Furniture, carpets, wagons and farm implements have fallen even more considerably in price. It is almost impossible to name a manufactured or imported article in common use which is not very mater- ially cheaper than it was in the closing years of the old tariff. • When cornered the Liberal politi- cian tries to show that the reduction has not been so great as in agricultu- ral products but their pretense is whol- ly unwarranted by the facts. It is per- haps not possible to make such a com- parison of prices as will show exactly what decline has taken place in faun products. In the following table we have given in the first column of figures the values put upon all articles of farm produce exported in the fiscal year 1893, in which it is possible to make a comparison ; and in the second column the values which should have been re- ceived had prices remained exactly as they were in 1878, In some articles quantities are not given, and compar- ison is impossible, hut the table is as full as it is possible to make it: - 1893. 1878. Horses $ 1,461,157 $ 1,187,462 Horned cattle7,715,083 4,164,580 Swine 1.46,090 107,418 Sheep 1,247,855 991,40() Eggs 868,007 8.3.3,665 Wool 228,311 298,961 Flax 121,080 2:17,903 Barley 944,355 1,203,981 Beans 355,682 292,892 Oats `2,55'•3, 910 2,082,301 Peas 2,578,082 2,799,763 Rye 39,243 35,768 Wheat 7,000,033 11,358,059 Hay 1,452,872 1,438,813 Heinp 7,330 2,994 Hops 48,244 31,950 Maple sugar50,151 81,236 Straw ... 20,050 38,815 Tobacco leaf.... 1,943 731 $26,939,034 $28,109,310 A simple calculation will show that the decline in values of such articles as are exported has been about four per cent. in fifteen years. If prices had re- mained unchanged in any particular the articles named, imported in the fiscal year 1893, would have been vain ed $28,109;810 instead of the $26,039.,031, at which they were actually valued. .As farmers have to a considerable ex- tent changed their system by raising rncii•e stock and less grain, they have by their own efforts ire proved th ei r posi- tion ; and as the home markethas increas- ed more targelythan the foreign market; and that is the fanners most yaluahle market, circurnstances have aided them. But apart Prom that, it is cer- tain that articles the farmer buys fallen in price to a meth greater extent than have those articles which the farmer haste to sel 1. of Cotmmrions to the financial record of the Province o) Manitoba under Grit rule as a model one. He must surely have concluded that the mem- bers of the house were ignorant of the facts. 'take the question of the debt of Manitoba. Mr. 0veenway's Goveru- rnent went into power on January 16, 1888. On the 30th June, of the sante year, the net debt was $740,065.16. At the end of 1892 that net debt had Increased to $1,424,771.23; ur in other words the net debt of the province under Mr. Greenway, with scarcely a dollar's worth of improvement to show for it, had doubled in about four, years. Yet one of the cries of Mr. Greenway and his friends was that they wished to get to power to stop the increase of the debt. Now take the question of expend- iture. The expenditure in 1888 was $956,371.68. In 1802, that expenditure had grown $1,192,169.28, or au increase in four years of $235,708, or over 25 per cent. Now, take the last four years of the Dominion Government and compare the Dominion Conservative record wit h the Grit record that Mr. Martin, said he was proud of. In the past four years the expenditure has been kept station- ery, and the debt has only increased about three million dollars, or less than 14 per cent. in the whole four years. For pure downright hypocrisy and mis- representation commend us to your Grit purist and economist, THE RECIPROCI7'Y QUESTION. The Montreal Star is an independent journal with pretty strong leanings against the Dominion Government. lthas been very strongly against the Government recently upon a number of matters. Itcannot be said therefore to be biased against the Liberals. Indeed they have recently been quoting it in the House of Commons against the Conservative party. The Star has been lately writing upon the subject of reciprocity; and its views are so common sense and Cana- dian like that we quote them below. Every reasonable man in Canada knows in his heart that what the Star Says upon the subject ie correct: "Their return to the old charge, that the Government has not been sufficient- ly earnest .in its efforts to secure reci- procity will he disquieting through- out the 'country. It means that they, the Liberals, would have been more earnest ; and, in this case, more earn- estness whould be hard to distinguish from the assuming of and abject and undignified attitude. We ,want reci- procity as a people, provided it is se- cured on a paying basis, provided it does not nullify ot.r• efforts to,build up a distinctly Canadian industrial life, and provided it does not. attempt to cut British connection. But we do not want it on any .other terms ; and no one has any 1•ea1 belief that in the present temper of the American people we can get it within these conditions. The Government sent a representative to Washington when Congress began its consideration of the tariff, who, the Premier tells us, was commissioned to ascertain "whether it was the desire of the United States Government, or of the •committee then having charge of the tariff in the House of Represen- tatives, to enter into negotiations with the Government of Canada on the subject of tariff concessions on either side of the line, and with a view of ascertaining whether information was desired with regard to the trade of Canada, or whether it was desired that it should be a communication for the purpose of receiving information from the American Government." The "impression derived" from the visit was that communication between the two governments as to tariff conces- sions was undesirable ; that any reci- procity negotiations should be brought about formally through the medium of ambassadors ; and that the tariff when in course • of construction "was Nein made for the United States and the United States only." "What could the Liberals have done further that Canada • would not have been ashamed of? The last formal offer of re' iprocity was met by a de- mand for discrimination against Great Britain. This formal advance was re- pulsed. Shall we he for ever offering a hand that is never taken ? The Li- berals will not gain the confidence of the country by professing that in this matter they would exceed the Con- servatives in limberness about the knees." .SCARED. The Liberal manufacturers—and there are a great many of them—have tried to help their party by declaring that they hail no objection to tariff re- form. Some of them went to the Ot- tawa convention and talked very loud- ly of what they could do, and what they wanted. The Government were glad to know that in the fifteen years the National Polley has been in force the industries of Canada had become so well established, and in pursuance of their promise to Parliament they in- vestigated the whole question of the tariff, and wherever they believed a re- duction could be made in the interests of the consumers, without doing in- justice to those who have invested their capital, they have made the reduction. Lo 1 then there was a noise. Suddenly every Liberal manufacturer or his friend rushed off to Ottawa to save himself, as he puts it, from ruin, And imtnediately the Grit press and the Grit politicians began to sympathize with them. The fact is, the Liberal manefacturerand the Liberal politician understand each other. The former knows that what the latter talks is bosh to catch votes. He remembers that in 4887, when a general election was on, the Grit party sent to every tnattyfucttrrer 9>ti 0anude,' a %tie eh'.. emir containing .one extract from a speech of the Ron. lir dward Blake say. ing ',manufacturers need not be afraid." The Liberal manufacturer, however, has discovered that Conservative Gov- ernments mean what they say, and so be is very much troubled in spirit bo;, cause the Government have brought down i,trch a tariff as will kill utono - lies like the biscuit combine which Mr. Paterson, Grit M. P. for South Brant, tDined. Let it be well understood, hat as one of the speakers in the recent debate put it, the Government is favorable to a manufacturing tariff in the sense that they wish to • en- courage industry, employ labour and keep Isere the people the farmer must feed. But they are not in favor of a manufacturers' tariff that means the encouragement of combines and the raising of prices beyond the rates which free competition will determine. Houle industry ! Horne markets! No combines! Tfrat is a good Canadian policy. LINKED AGAIN. Last session Mr. Tarte and Mr. McCarthy joined hands in a motion of censure of the Government. The one wished ,to condemn the goveriirn int because it had notdissall.-rwed the Man- itoba Srhndl F,ill, the other wished to t•nndentn the s:t:ire govcrninent because they had not peretnptor•i!y refused to have the quest ion even avfori cd to the courts for a de4'ision. Both, however, were sufficiently filled with a hatred of the government and a desire to destrhy it, to join hands even upon a question upon opposite sides of which they were extremists, if possible to hamper it and destroy its useful - 11088. It was a strange sight, and Many were the believers in Mr. McCarthy - who felt ashamed of the company he was keeping, and the tactics he was adopting, incl many there were who in conect;nence dropped him. This year Mr. McCarthy has once more done that which was pleasing in the sight of Tarte, and this is the way Mr. Tarte writes of 11Ir. McCarthy in his correspondence to the New York Sun:— "Mr. McCarthy has some views which I cannot adopt, but I appreciate hila because his labor must contribute to the downfall of the present govern- ment, whom we hate in common." Exactly so! Mr. McCarthy is appre- ciated because his attitude will contri- bute to the downfall of the present gov- ernment whom they—the noble pair, McCarthy and •Tarte —hate in common. What do these men think of this who believed in Mr. McCarthy when he said "He was still a Conservative and a true one." Isn't Mr. McCarthy now somewhat ashamed of the company he is in. His sympathizer and hater in .common of everything Conservative, the fire brand Mercierite. His applauders -=the Op- position factionists, who hounded Sir John Macdonald to his grave. His counseller, guide and coacher, Mr. Edward Ferrer, who prepared his notes for the platform, one moment, and the next one was engaged in plot- ting the destruction of Canada with her enemies abroad. It is a hatter of deepest regret to every lover of Canada, we feel sure, to see a man of the ability of Mr. Mc- Carthy for usefulness and good sur- rounded and guided by such a crowd, and all because of a pique upon his part against his old associates. LOGIC EX RA ORDINARY. There are some things which it would pay Laurier, Cartwright, Mills, Davies & Co., to let :Clone. One of these things is the large amount of money in the Savings Banks of Canada. Mr. Mills and Mr. Davies both told the House of Commons this year that they were sick and tired of bearing of these deposits. No doubt, since they present an effectual bar to their political ad- vancement. How ridiculous these men make themselves is plainly demonstrat- ed by their statement that "the large size of these deposits was evidence of ruin." Funny fellows these ! When Sir Richard was in power in 1877, he said : "These Savings Banks Deposits ($2,600,000) are especially valuable as an evidence of prosperity." And now lie and his friends say "These Savings Banks Deposits ($22,600,000) are an evidence of ruin ! Mr. Mills has been taking some palm to look into the question. Let us refer to hon particularly. He says it means that there is a "total want of oppor- tunities for good investment." Let us see of what kind the Deposits are—Mr. Mills' theory is defective in this, that the bulk of the depositors in the Post Office Saving Bftnk is made up for farmers and artisans, represent- ing small sums. An analysis of the deposits during the year 1892 shows that 512,891 of the deposits were from $1 up to $10; 25,141 deposits• were of sums from $11 to $20, and 36,457 depo- sits were of rums from $21 up to $50. The average deposits were $47 52, and the average to each depositor was $201 24. This disposes of the objection of Mr. Mills. Now, taking the opinion:of Sir Richard Cartwright as to the deposits being properly regarded as a sign of national prosperity, what do we find ? In the year in which he made that acknowledgment in his budget speech, the number of deposits in the savings banks were 36,126, representing a total sum of $2,639,937. It had fallen from $3,096,500 in 1872, the last year of the previous Liberal -Conservative regime. In 1879, the first year in which the Conservative Government rettu•ned to power, however, the deposits recover- ed to the amount of $13,105,190 and from, that period to the present the loafringla have steadily grown as follows .;— Tear, T'l deposit. Average anti. 1880 $ 3,94069 11 ....$12J1 80 1881...... 6,208,220 77 156 75 1882 0,478,001 53 184 08 1888 11, 976,237 81 190 13 1.881 13, 215,552 64 108 63 1885 15,090,54.0 31.......... 205 81 1886 17,159,372 09 212 18 1887...... 10,497,750 15 210 26 1888 20,689,032 82 203 41 1880 23,071,422 57 203 41 1891) 21,990,058 40 195 78 1801 21, 738,648 09 195 44 1892 22,'208, 401 65 2012,1 the fact is that this constaut amount rising of the amount of the savings of the people is a nightmare to the Grit party. No wonder• they are sick and tired of it. A 0EN-UTNE .GRIEVANCE, The Montreal Herald has at Last found a genuine grievance against the now tariff. • It points out that the duty upon school slates has been very great; ly reduced, but that the duties upon roofing slates are still kept high, the former being put at 20 per cent. and the latter at 30 per cent. At this the Herald growls greatly. `Vehevegreat pleasure in informing the Herald that the above is just in the line of the Con- servative policy. School slates are used by the boys and Os Is of every family in the coun- try. They are used by limey boys and girls whose parents are exceedingly poor. They are used by the children of every farmer in the country. Roof- ing slate is the roof material of the wealthier class. It is used by wealthy institutions; by the buildings of corpora- tions and spun the houses of these who cars afford to pay well to tiro re- venue and who ought to be made pay to it well, Next, Mr. Herald 1 3- 1. CURRENT TOPICS. Mr. Campbell, the Liberal M. P. for Kent County, • Ontario, spoke the other day in the House, and demanded that the duty he taken off wheat. It is needless to soy that Mr. Campbell is not a farmer, but a miller, and would be glad to get American wheat to grind. This is what the Brandon "Mail' thinks of that little sci ap at the Russell House, Ottawa, some -weeks ago. Some are endeavoring to create Fa sickly sympathy for Joe Martin because of Hugh Sutherland's attack on him at Ottawa, but it is a good fleecing he de- served. He is one of those bullying, thick -hided men • who care nothing for the feelings of others, hut want to force their way by brute force. At every meeting in the Daly -Martin con- test in Selkirk in 1891 he was on for fight whenever crossed, but always selected as subjects for attack, men between 8 and 15 and 75 and 85 years of age. From every quarter, except from the mouths of the leading Grit politicians, Canada is being praised for her pros- perity. The latest testimony is "R. G. Dunn & Co.'s Weekly Review," which says of the financial condition of Canada : "In view of the extraordinary disturb- ance of business in this country during the past year, it is remarkable and highly creditable that the business of the Dominion, • separated from this country only by an unaginary line or narrow waters has been so little affect- ed," Corning from a United States finan- cial sheet this is cheering to all Cana- dians, except to Cartwright & Co. To them it is gall and wormwood. John McMillan, M. P., poses as the friend of the farmer. The outer clay in Parliament he wanted the duty taken off wheat and flour, giving as his reason that the poor man would get cheaper bread. Will John kindly tell ns how this will help the farmer ? It is on a par with Sir Richard's line of logic. He says to the Government, "You have reduced the price of agri- cultural produce 'and hence should he defeated," and in. the next breath he says, "the Opposition policy is to make this a cheap country to live in." Logical John ! Wise Richard! 1 The farmer knows'yon`both as lookers after the loaves and fishes. Colonel O'Brien is Mr. Dalton Mc- Carthy's chief and only lieutenant. How independent the Colonel is may been seen by his recent conduct. It is usual for members when they go away from the city to get a pair. That is they agree with some opponent that he will not in their absence vote on any question that comes up Of a party nature. Col. O'Brien the other day got the chief (frit whip to pair him for absence against the Government. That put into other language means that no matter what question came up during his absence he wanted his vote to kill one Conservative vote. It did not matter to him at all what the ques tion was or what the arguments were upon it. The Colonel is indeed an Independent of whom the Grit party may 1>e proud. But what do Conserva- tives think who looked upon hint as 0 Conservative "who differed from his party upon some matters but was still a Conservative at heart." The latest charge against Mr. Weise - miller, the popular Conservative candi- date for South Huron in the Local, is that he has been reading the Globe newspaper and should not be trusted. If Mr. Weisemiller reads the Globe the assertion is in his favor. The late Sir John Macdonald always read the Globe, but he did not stop there. Like Mr. Weisemiller, he read ALL the lead- ing papers. So does Sir John Thorhp- son, Mr. Laurier, Sir Oliver Mowat, Mr. Meredith, and even the Grit candi- date for South Huron. Public men must grasp current events and meet the charges of opponentsand they condo so at least more intelligently by read- ing the newspapers. THE Nnws-Rtt- coxn would regret to learn that Mr. Weisemiller did not read them all. Reading the G obe places him in a bettor position to win South Huron, and he is the one man that bids fair to emerge from the coming battle with victory inscribed in large letters on the Conservative banner. 4Umost every 'description and., kind of Carpets from; .2+0, Hemp to the t.nestMo .uette and Brussels kept at thisstore. CE CURTf\JN in Cream and White from 35c. per pair to $8. Floor -oil Cloths, Linoleums, Crumb Cloths, Rugs, Mats, Portiers, Window Shades, Curtain Poles, all at the very lowest prices. --o— GILROY & WISEMAN. The Central DrugStore. J. H. COWBE, CHEMIST ` AND DRHCDIST. - - SEASONABLE GOODS. - - CARBONATE OF COI�PER for Spraying Trees, destroys all Insects and Fungus Growth, Black Spots on Apples, etc. HELLEBORE AND PARIS GREEN. TAYLOR'S AND SELLEY'S PERFf7MES at CO. T PRICE We are special agents for PARKE, DAVIS & CO., and carry a large assort. tient of PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS. N. B.—We carry the largest stock in the County of Huron. By the way, has any one heard re- cently of a policy called "Unrestricted Reciprocity?" In the opinion of its friends it was the hope of Canada ; but those same friends have permitted it to go "Where the woodbine twineth." How fickle' is roan—especially the Grit politician man The Gritty Ottawa Free Press says : —The Ontario government's proposal to bonus the pig iron business should he opposed, and if possible, defeated in the legislature, no matter whether its defeat involves the overthrow of the Ministry or not. There is no. More excuse, for granting of "out -door re- lief" from the Public treasury to makers of pig iripn than there is for granting 0 bounty of so much per bushel upon potatoes or wheat raised by farmers. Mr. Charlton is a member of the Canadian Parliament, but his business interests are in the American Union. He has his mills at Tonawanda, and his office in New York city. Where Mr. Charlton's business are there is his hear t also, and so in the course of two or" three speeches in Parliament Mr. Charlton has mentioned the United States something like 125 times. Mr. Charlton may very fairly be call- ed the member for North Norfolk via. Tonawanda. E. J. Pearson, county secretary of Oxford Patrons of Industry, writes to the Farmer's Sun that Mr. Horsman, the Patron candidate in North Oxford, "is becoming more popular every day, and before the close of the present month a dandy Patron team will can- ter through the riding in such style as will make a deeded impression upon the minds of the free and independent electors. it is ' a noticeable feature that Sir Oliver's supporters are mainly composed of the aged veterans who were engaged in the battles of the party long years ago and who repre- sent the ideas of the past rather than those of the present day." This is bow the Toronto Globe de-• scribes the independent member, Mr, McCarthy :—"For three hours he con- tinued to pour hot shot into the Govern- ment's fiscal policy. His points were emphasized by the appreciative ap- plause of the Opposition members." Exactly so 1 Mr. McCarthy at every turn for the past year has been cheered by the Opposition. Does the country want any better evidence that Mr. Mc- Carthy has thrown in his lot with the Opposition ? And this is the man who says he reveres the memory of Sir John Mac- donald 1 Now talking for the applause of a gang of political adventurers that hounded that statesman to his grave 1 1 Mr. McCarthy const indeed be proud of their cheers. The latest United States Banking Circular says:—"Perhaps the most in- fluential cause of tree prevailing dull- ness conies from the condition of legis- lation in Congress." "The financial resources centering in Wall street are kept in suspense, plans for new enterprises have to be pigeon- holed until these legislative triflers are through with their exhibition of fac- tional feeling and fencing, and manu- facturers and merchants ate kept on the gridiron of doubt waiting for they know not what." How different in Canaada1l In three short weeks our tariff has been prac- tically settled by a business Govern= ment i'n spite of the Opposition triflers and kickers, and business goes on as usual. The bad packing of Canadian apples is said to be militating against their . popularity in England. Mr. Down, the Government agent at Bristol, re- ports that to prevent Canadian goods from sinking into disrepute, it is nee essary that they should be honestly packed. Too many people put large and good fruit in the ends of the bar- rel, and small and inferiorin the middle. The trader sees the whole lot, and after he has been disappointed once or twice comes to look with misgiving on all shipment's from the source of his annoyance. On the continent of Europe they do better, and are profit- ing thereby. In packing apples, as in other things, honest', is the best pol• icy. The Toronto Star has an admirable cartoon of Mr. McCarthy, M. P., who abused the Government's fiscal policy and then ran away before the vote was taken, though three hours wait was all he would have had to make. The car- toon ,represents Mr. McCarthy in full flight while the chalk marks upon the door of Parliament made by him call- ing for tariff reform are very plain. The reason why Mr. McCarthy did not vote was well told by a gentleman who knows Mr. McCarthy's mind pretty well. "You see Mr. McCarthy thought if he voted with the Grits he could not catch any Conservatives in the country, while he was so mixed in his conten- tions that any resolution he might have tried to move for himself and Coh O'Brien would have been laughed at," Evidently the man from North Sim- coe finds statemanship troublesome, West 'W awanosh. Seeding is nearly all done around her now. S. Medd being the first to finish. Mr. Roht. Plunkett, of Ebenezer, is engaged at present surveying the Alps. We expect him back soon. Mr. DuiIlex passed through this vicinity on his annual trip. Mr. and Mrs. Mills, of Crawfootpoint, spent Sunday visiting at H. G. Taylor's, of Beaverton. The Deacon was seen taking a pleas- ure ride on his faithful steed last week at such a speed that it took him all day to get there. Mr. E. Collingh, of Castle Grove, has engaged with Mr. R. Medd for the summer months. J. Taylor takes his annual trip in the direction of Clinton; girls must he get- ting scarce, or Jerry would not go so far from home. Mr. Robert Jones was visiting at Mr. Helwig's, of Auburn, once already. Mr. Stafford is no the sick list ab present. We hope to hear of his speedy recovery soon. Ben Hamilton, of Bloomington, was the guest of Mr. McArthers, of Dnn- gannon. Mr. Washington, of Goderich, spent a few days visiting at his son's at Pleasant Valley. The lost Charlie Ross has taken his departure from Beaverton for parts unknown. Mr, S. Bruce is spending a few wee visiting under the parental roof. Miss Windmill spent a week visiting at Mr. Alex. Scrirnungeour's,of Beaver- ton. Mr. James Boyle has his hat nn the back of his head and wears a broad smile; it is a boy. J. Bruce is employed with J. Mills for the sntnmer months to look after the garden. Reports from various points indicate that the poach crop in the Western peninsula will be unusually abundant this year. The trees in many orchards :teein blossom, which bas not happen- ed so early for fifty years.