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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton New Era, 1895-07-19, Page 4h 19. 1595 cycles taper tkan ever the; aoaaon ° is new adveeeing we will ve geed ;cash.buyers a decided edvan- in the prop of Wheels. It will pay yon to Call and Bee us. ing ,alt •your rep twiringi to us: EMERSON, Clinton NOR Store in Smith Block., IOW gktvattOewlent 'Straw'Hat' -Est. J. Hodgenis Zavtpring Allan & Wilson 7o11ts who save -.Est. J. Iiodgeas This Space -W. L. Ouimette BakingPowder-J. E. Hovey Toreiito Excursion -W. Jackson ;Rome heft -Gilroy & Wiseman August Fashions -Cooper & Co 'I}argain Days -Beesley & Co INTO tri SART STIARIE BY STEAMSHIPS • QAR1lIONA or CAMBRLA fat chills Single -$8.70. 2nd olass, $5.20 1st class return -$14 70. ,For rates Co Sarnia, Windoor, Kincardine, Bruce .,Mines and other poi pte, eenquire from the under. )STEAMER "ADRIATIC" is now running between Windsor and Fort William. Low Excursion rates. The beat accommodation. ,Full particulars from the C.P.R. Agt. A. T. COOPER, Clinton. (51xntan faiv gra FRIDA JULY 19, 1895. THE SCOOL QUESTION The quest n of remedial legislation as red a critical stage, and one is likely to cause trouble before it Is settled. Mr Angers has retired from the Cabinet, because he does not agree - jri.th his leader on the school question, *nd has no confidence that he will carry .lout what he has promised. Messrs. AOuimet- and ---Caron. reconsidered„their. Tesignations, and remain in the minis- try. The government has explicitly pledg- -Ed itself to the introduction of remedial legislation of some sort, in case Mani- IIIIK toba refuses to take action; and there 4'?'Jean be little or no doubt whatever but that Manitoba' Will take no action. It 38 evident that the promise of Mr Bow- aell to introduce remedial legislation 'next January, is one that will be diffi- cult to carry out, and the impression prevails that the government has plac- ed: itself in a bole. Even many of its ardent supporters and friends are con- demning it in unmeasured terms. The Toronto World, whose editor is one of the governmentsupporters in the house says:- ” There will be such an uprising .against the Bowell cabinet that, while th mayem their pledges to in- iot ce-theiathey will be defeated \; by Conservative votes when they et- -tempt to carry it. ' The Orangemen, at nearly all their gatherings on the 12th, spoke strongly against the government, and condemn- - ed Mackenzie Bowell in the most em- phatic way. "Don," the Conservative .editor of Saturday Night, speaks hie mind as follows;- • "The people are not simply the play- rthings bf Mackenzie Bowell, and, hard ..as it may be, if he has pledged his Cab- inet to Remedial Legislation and a fut- • ure session, he has sold goods that he ••.•cannot deliver, and he is a recreant to the trust that the people of Ontario placed in him and is a public person -who must be wiped off the elate, and • nothing can save him, not only from .defeat, but from obloquy, from shame, ""e nom the most dreadful of all the end- • ngs to which human life may tend, to 1 e buried with the contempt of his fel- ow citizens." Mr Tarts, the member for L'Islet, is c'credited with the following expression ,Of opinion:- " Well, as the Conservatives have ;;got themselves into the hole, we are .not going to be such fools as to show a • them how to get out, but when I say that were we placed in power, we -would grapple with it immediately and ttle it in a manner satisfactory to all, can that we have positively prepar- ourselves for such a contingency, shouldwe be placed in power I am e our plan would succeed. I say , realizing what I am talking about, . knowing full well all about the s of which I speak." e do not know what planMr Tarte inview, but the only solution of difficulty that will be acceptable to lie majority of the people of Ontario, `"Will be to leave the matter entirely in :the hands of Manitoba. The Conservative press is twitting , ••Mr Laurier with cowardice because he Ands not expressed an opinion on the matter, and Mr Foster made the same charge in the house. Mr Laurier is no coward, and no one knows it better 'than Mr Poster, but we think that he 4iia8 ;OboWn discretion' in keeping hili 4tIOntlt eloeed, Thi Morals were not responsible for the Remedial order, and it is no part of their duty,to help the Government out of its dilemma. It is assumed that. Mr Laurier, by rea- son of pis nationality,wouldbe in sym- gathy with the Government's course, but this does not follow. He has al- ways been an advocate of Provincial rights, and we would not be at all sur- prised to see him maintain this position still. At any rate he believes there should be no coercion, and does not hesitate to say eo. - DEMORALIZING It seems that no matterjwhat revela- tlori of wrong -doing by our rulers ie made, people accept it as unconcerned- ly its if it were all right. The older yet true statement that"Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people," seems to be entirely ig- nored. Money may be taken improper- ly from the public treasury for bridge contracts, or in excessive and unwar- ranted expenditure, but still people raise little or no objection. An unne- cessary and unwarranted addition to the public debt of a million or two of dollars, causes not the slightest con- cern. So long as "the party" does it it is regarded as all right by people who would not personally do a wrong. Ca- nada, unfortunately, has drifted a long way on t'ne road to moral decrepitude, when it can tolerate dishonesty in any public man, and unless people awake from their indifference, and govern themselves and their franchise by the principles of honor, there are dark days in store yet. The following, from the Canada Farmer's Sim, is to the point: "If we have dishonest ministers at Ottawa, have we faithful ministers in our pulpits? Do our clergymen con- demn wrong -doing in high places, or do they fear to tell the truth lest they of- fend some liberal church members who are adherents of the party condemned? If a fountain is impure, can a stream running therefrom be clean ? If fa- thers vote for unprincipled politicians, can they expect their children to be- lieve they are men of principle them- selves? These are questions that cannot be lishtly laid aside by honest men. They are ideas that must be considered. The story of the Bible is that God has never failed to destroy the nations that have disowned him. Our people cannot pros- per if they refuse to do the will of God, which, in the matter of government, has been indicated too plainly to be misunderstood." _. Some -of the menrberaat Ottawa ap- parently speak by conviction by vote by party. In England if a Minister of theCrown differs from his colleagues on any vital question of policy, he is supposed to resign. In Canada it seems that a man may hold what views be likes, and still remain in the Cabinet. No parliament in Canada has ever yet held a sixth session, and should one be held next January, to introduce re- medial legislation, it will mean to the Canadian taxpayer an expenditure of at least $500,000, and perhaps more. Dr Macdonald, M. P. for North Hur- on was, on Saturday,presented with a silver -handled umbrella in Ottawa by his fellow -Liberals, among whom he is very popular. The doctor is popular because of his unquestioned ability, and activity in the interest of pure and honest Government, and will be re-elec- ted in his constituency by a larger ma- jority' than before. If the B. N. A. Act is a finality, and can never be amended, then a serious Mistake has been made. The constitu- tion of the United States, if we mistake not, is subject to conditional amend- ment, and it would be well if ours had some such proviso. The time will cer- tainly come when the people will want to abolish the Senate, but they cannot do it, unfortunately, under the present constitution, The Christian Endeavor Convention in Boston, has been an unqualified suc- cess, and shows the growth and expan- sion of this movement. The junior membership of the organization now totals 500,000 members. There are more than 8,000 local societies in the United States; more than 300 in Canada, and 200 in other lands, the members doing a grand work. But there is just a pos- sibility of the Convention business be- ing overdone. Not a few only are of opinion that church work is drifting fast into "conventions" instead of more practical efforts to reach the submerged massess. The English Elections have resulted largely in favor of the new government and it is predicted that it will have a majority of 90 in the house. Amon the defeated are Sir Wm.Harcourt and Ex -postmaster General Morley. H. M. Stanley is one of theelectedcandidates. Among causes of the defeat may be included the withdrawal from public life of Mr Gladstone, thd' accession of LordRoseberry to the leadership, with his lack of seriousness and his devotion to turf gambling; the question of Irish Home Rule, caused by the int©rcine diferencesamongIrishmen themselves; andthesuccessftil revival for the mom- ent of tho'beer and ,Bible cry and coal- ,Ation. TIM 'CLINTON NEW ERA The Crops In Huron (By The TrawelUng Reporter of the Globe.) • I have travelled over a goodly portion of the County of Huron to*day, and am com- pelled to report that the condition of affaire is decidedly nneatisfaotory. There is much variation in the several different townships; here and there are small portions in which the condition of the crops is equal to any I have seen in Perth or Oxford, but these unfortunately are the exception, and taking the county from one end to the other the oat look is not good. Taking Goderich as my first starting point. I found that in the immediate vicinity north, south and east the,drouth hadoeen severely felt. But south of the township of Goderioh, that is in the southern section of the county, there was mnoh improvement. I had the good fortune to meet four or five gentlemen who had just returned from a driving tour of some 45 miles round the • neighboring townships, which they had taken for the express purpose of ascertaining what the prospects were, and their report may be taken as an accurate and well-oonsidered statement. Of coarse, they varied slightly in detail, but I will give the etatements of two as a fair summary of the whole. A RELIABLE STATEMENT The first gives it as his opinion that fall wheat will yield from 60 to 65 per cent. of an average crop, spring wheat not more than a third; barley and oats the same; peas are good; bay scarcely a third of an average; corn will be a fair orop, and roote as far as can be judged at present, will be good. As to fruit he found apples almoet a complete failure, and other varieties poor, and in occasional fair. Another of the party believes that in a few instances fall wheat may yield 85per cent. of an average crop, but in the main will yield only 60 per pent; ppring wheat what there is of it, will be paler; barley scarce half a Drop, and' oats lees. In fact, in not a few instances the oat crop will not be worth cutting. Hay, he says will not go over a quarter of an average Drop, and the quality is very in- ferior. The whole party agree that the pastures are in a terrible oondition, and it is difficult to say what the farmers are go- ing to do for feed this winter. As I have said, the section just north of the town of Goderioh appears to have suffered moat, and my own observation fully bears out the following terse description of affairs in the township of Ashfield, as sent in by a corres- pondent of The Huron Signal yesterday from Port Albert. He says: -"Gloomy, very gloomy indeed, are the crop prospects here; not a pleasant looking farmer within miles of this village to -day. Fall wheat, of which there is very little sown, providing it escapes rust, will be an average crop; spring wheat poor; barley aselese; oats about six inches in height, beading out, peas plenty of straw, but should the present drouth continue two weeks longer, or even less, the grain won't be as big as a duck shot. Hay, "Ask not the Ashfield farmer about his hay; he hasn't got any,' A FRUIT GROWER'S REPORT. I also had a talk with an extensive fruit grower in Goderich as to the outlook in hie particular line. The importance of the fruit crop in this country may be under- stood when .I mention that a fall crop of apples means" a' infllioti bareels; and 'the revenue to the county:in the manufacture of barrels and in labor is in the neighbor- hood of $100,000. My informant told me that this year apples are a very, poor crop, many varieties being complete failure. Plums are scarcely fair, but the small fruit harvest has been ani is good. With such a condition of affairs as this is, is it to be wondered at that the whole country side is praying for rain? Their only hope now is for a good wet fall, and if this is in store for them it will at least help the cattle through if nothing else. Incidentally, in passing through the country there art other evidences of the phenomenal dryness apparent. Bush fires for instance, are raging in various parts, though at present they have not become serious enough to cause alarm, and the Maitland River, entering the lake at God- erich, is so shallow that it can be waded through at almost any point, whereas in its nomal condition it is quite a respeotnble stream. THE FAIR FARM. Leaving Goderich I doubled back to Clin- ton before striking north to Wingham, and I was glad I did, for it gave me the op- portunity to visit the farm of Mr. James Fair, and that visit has been the bright spot in my day's peregrinations. Mr Fair is known far and wide not only as the sen- ior proprietor of the mills in the busy town of Clinton, bat also as a model, up-to-date farmer, his domain extending over 250 scree of some of the finest rolling land one would wish to see, and walking through hie well - kept fields one could scarcely realize that the general condition of the crops through the country was as I have described it. For instance, he pointed out to me a sixteen - acre field from which last week he carried 30 loads of hay, whereas a load an acre is considered exceptionally good this season, and in too many oases a load to every five or six aures ie all that has been got, and I did hear of one instance, though it was unique, where a single load was the yield of thirteen sores. Of other crops on the Fair I noted some splendid fall wheat,fairly long in the straw and well filled out, to which the sickle will be put next week, and more than one field of barley we passed, which was equal to anything that could be desired strong, and healthy. It will be ready to harvest next weeek. Spring wheat looked well and was heading out satisfactorily, and pearl are as good as the best, As a sub. etitate for hay as cattle feed, Mr Fair has several acres sown with peas and oats mix- ed, which will be out green and stacked. Oats on this farm were variable, some be- ing very good and others quite short in the straw, almost too abort to harvest with the binders. Church (Mmes. • The members of the Presbyterian choir pplcniced atl3ayfleld,. Wednesday. Capt. McLeod, of the Salvation Ar- dayymy,, is Juunderly28orders to farewell on Sun- - The Epworth League of Ontario St• church has issued a neat program of topics for the -ensuing six months. Rev M. O.Rumball, of Morden, Man., brother-in-law of Jas. A. Ford, has been elected moderator of Rock Lake Presbytery. Rev MrCrai and family, of Petrolea, formerly of Clinton, took up their abode at Oourtright last week, for the next six weeks. Rev Tae. Walker, of K.ippen, was in town on Monday. He was on his way to his former home in North Cayuga, where he purposed spending a short holiday. A meeting will be held this (Friday) evening, of the joint quarterly and trustee boards of the Rattenbury St. Methodist Church to consider the erec- tion of a new church, or repairs to the present building The following representatives to the Quarterly Board of Rattenbury Street Methodist Church, were elected on Wednesday :-Messrs. Fowler, Bean, Beesley, Turner, McMath, Rumball and Manning, Rev G. F. Salton, of the Central Methodist Church, Stratford, was in town on Monday, en route to Goderich by wheel. Mr Salton left Stratford at the same time as the early freight train did, and reached Clinton at the same time as it did. The Rev. F. A. Cassidy, a returned missionary from Japan, has consented to give an address in connection with the E.L.of C.E. of Rattenbury Street Methodist Church, on Monday evening next. He will take as his subject "The manners and dustoms of thetapanese." illustrated with native artidles. Mr Cassidy will appear in Japanese cos- tume. The society extends, through these columns, a cordial invitation to missionary enthusiasts of other deno- minations. No admission fee. No col- lection, The Petrolea Ad vertizer of last week says: A large number of the Methodist people of the town met in their church on Thursday evening for the purpose of extending a welcome to Rev. Wm. Smyth, their newly appointed pastor, and his family. The chair was taken at 8.30 by Mr R. F. Webb, who explain- ed the object of the meeting in a few words. he congregation then joined in the singing of a hymn, after which Rev. Mr Kelly led in prayer. Short addresses were then given by the res- ident ministers, interspersed by music. The event of the evening was the add- ress by the Rev Mr Smyth, who ex- pressed himsalf as being highly grati- fied at the manner in which he had been received, and urged the congrega- tion to do all in their power to help him. He closed by saying he hoped the blessing of God would rest upon both pastor and people." THE EXPLANATION It may be asked why such a difference was found in this one farm to those around. The secret is that Mrr''air has cared for his land ooneiatently season by season, treating it generously with manure and thereby stor- ing up a supply of nourishments which has stood it in good ateed in time of need. I would not have it understood that there are no ether farms as good as this. Doubt. lessthere are many, but it mnet bo that there are too many farm of another plass in which the farmers are content to take'all they can ont of their land and ne- glect to feed, it that it may continue rich and fertile. On leaving Clinton an hour or so before sundown we encountered rain, for although it has looked lowering and threat- ening rain all over to -day, the probabilities of the morning, "Local showers in north- ern portions"has so far been decidedly local. Midway between Clinton and Wingham I stayed a few minntes for a chat with a Bel. grave farmer, and found him in fairly good spirits. His hay, he eaid,wae about a third Of a crop, barley good, nate fair, spring wneet he had none, fall wheat fair, but Concluded if rain *111 keep up a couple of dayri itorill doable the orop. NEWS NOTES Mr Hugh Cameron, of Pembroke, wee ' killed by lightning. - J. J. Lembke of Walkerton, was arrested on a charge of setting fire to hie boot and shoe store. Rev J. ILMoMillen, ofVenoonver, has ac- cepted the call to S. Andrew's Presbyter- ian Church, Lindsay, Rev. Dr Wild has taken leave of the First CongregationalChuroh,London, which is now without a minister. Manitoba Patrons and Prohibitionists have passed a motion in favor of the imme- diate enfranchisement of women. Captain John Saunders, of Kiugeton, one of the most expert navigators in Ontario, was aooidentiy drowned at Ogdensburg. Without any known reason for the ad - Chas. A. Kimball, a New York broker, Com- mitted suicide by turning on the gas in his 1 room. A four-year old boy' named Paulson was run over by an electric oar in Winnipeg on Saturday and died a few hours'after of hie injuries. W. H. Collier, a prominent oitizen of St. Catharines and a prominent Liberal, died at hie family residence on Monday aged 77 years. A terrible cyclone struck New York and vioinity on Saturday afternoon, killing several persons, and wrecking a large amount of property. The adverse criticism passed on the Guelph Agricultural College some months ago, has done much good, for the institut- ion has excelled itself this year. Rev. Dr, MoAnally of St. Louis, senior editor of the Christian Advocate, and one of the most prominent men in the southern Methodist Church, is dead, aged 78 years. William Brosseau, the accomplice of Mrs Nellie Pope in the murder of Dr. Horace N. Pope in Detroit last February, was sent- enced to twenty-five years' imprison- ment. Lady Aberdeen oocopied a seat on the floor of the Dominion House of Commons Tuesday, during the debate on Mr. Dalton McCarthy's resolution regarding Manitoba schools. While Mr John McKenzie was harrow- ing near Rondeau,lightning struck himself and horse,killing the latter instantly. The man was pinked up unconscious, but will recover. Mr. Albert E. Wallace of Patillo, a re- cent graduate of the Canada Business Col- lege, Chatham, has accepted the position of Ledger -keeper with the Karn Organ Co., of Woodstock. Four swarms of bees have taken possess- ion of the Methodist church in East San Jose, Cal., and it is estimated that there are over 300 pounds of honey between the outer and inner walls. Dairymen have given up the establish- ment of a cheese market in Stratford as a forlorn hope The third attempt to start the market was made on Friday, but only one buyer and four sellers attended. A 7 -year-old son of Joseph Farrongh, of Maidstone, was fatally gored by a cow on Friday evening. A wound six inches in lengtb was made in the abdomen. The child died Saturday morning. REMINISCENCES. To the Editor of (he•Olinton-New Era.-- -- DEAR SIR -The other day I thought I would drive out and see the House of Refuge, and select the place that I may occupy when I am old and infirm, and unable to take care of myself, that is provided they would have compassion on me when that takes place, and so, vrhen I arrived on the spot, I thought I would like the southwest corner of the upper story, as it overlooked my old home. Climbing up the stately pile and making my way to the coveted place, I sat down to take a survey, and oh. what a magnificent view spread out before me. Why there was our old home, just as it was when I was a boy; when Joe, and me, and -Eoe Wheatley, and Dan Urquhart, George Knox, and Johnnie Cook, as bare -legged and tow- sy-headed boys, used to play hide and seek around the old straw -stack, and hunco on the road, when we used to chase each other even down as far as Pig and Whistle. And then I thought of the big boys, Jack Moore, Ned Ste- phenson, George Moore, Jack Burns, and how they are all scattered here and there, some in the States,some in Man- itoba, some in the northwest, and some gone to their long home. And then it occurred to me that just where I sat, and down by the river, and all around here, is where Joe and I used to look for the cows when it was all bush, and hunt for them on the flats, and down at Cook's mill, and when we got there it would be some one else's cow. And then right here, at the south-east cor- ner is our old topfield, and over at that little beech tree iwhere the path start- ed that led to the railroad, and which path we used to take when we went to 'Elizabeth," and when we used to take father's and the men's dinner, when they were working at the "far" or "near" bridge. And then my thoughts took a turn down the London road. - Where are all the old neighbors? Just across the road from our house was John Pollock's, and the next farm was Moore's, and the next Dodsworth's,and so my eye wandered away down to Brucefield, and then came up the other side of the road, till I got to our old homestead, and in all that distance Mr John Stevens was the only one of the old settlers who remained. And of the younger generation, what of them ?- In some cases the sons occupy the the honored places of their fathers, but the majority of farms are tilled by new faces, and the bore -footed, towsy- headed boys (and we can't very well forget the girls) have become men and women, and are taking their places in the front ranks in the battle of life. - Why some of us have grown grey, and are beginning to think of laying the armour by, and letting our children take our place. And so the endless procession goes by, and time, which knows no distinction between race, creed or color, passes swiftly over the earth's surface, and, prepared or unpre- pared, he claims his victims, and we cannot say him nay. While these thoughts were passing through my mind I asked myself the question, "Johnnie," how is it with you? Have you got the wedding garment on? have you heard the still, small voice calling you to that heavenly home where you will not have to part with mother and father -revered names - brother, and sister, and friends, but where we shall be forever with the Lord? And oh, I was glad I could say I had found Hini, the friend who sticketh closer than a brother. And how was it with -- Oh„ I can't name them, but there are some names as dear to me as life, and who, I fear, have not listened to the still small voice which calls to a better home, and I cannot close this without Baying "Seek Him while, He may be found, call upon Him while He is near." JOrerttlti. ..A& • Auiut Fashion The steamer Cibola, which was burned at Lewiston early Monday morning, is ashore at Youngstown, some miles below. The vessel is completely gutted. William 13amond;aid—third' engineer;" was burned to death in the foredastle. Charles Whitlow, a prominent citizen of Paris, died at his residence at 1 o'clock Sunday, after an illness of about three months. For nearly half a century Mr. Whitlaw had been one of the most active business men in that section, Capt. P. Lamothe, of Alton, Ill., has just commenced proceedings to recover six thousand acres of land in Ontario, which it is claimed will revert to him in 1897 on the expiry of a ninty-nine years' lease. The city of London is located on part of the land. It is particularly unfortunate that the steamship Mexico, with the Dominion Gov- ernment's cargo of batter on board should have been wrecked. A complete experience was required to prove that the Government had no business embarking in the butter bnsinese, The Pennsylvania Legislature has just passed a bill to compel able children to support their parents, when the latter are unable to work. That such an act should be thoughtlneceesary is a striking comment- ary on our civilization. Yet we Bend mis- sionaries to Japan. By a collision on Saturday afternoon on the Kingston road, between a city of To- ronto electric car and a Soarboro' elect- ric oar, James Stewart, aged eleven, and FrankTowneendt aged thirteen, received in- juries from which they died a few boars afterwards. One car was filled with child- ren on the way to an excursion and many were injured. The theory that two of the children of Mr. and Mrs. B. F.Pietzel of Philadelphia, were murdered in Toronto, presumably by Harman W. Mudgett, alias H. H. Holmes, an insurance swindler, proves to have been only too well founded, the remains of the children being found on Monday, in the cellar of No. 16 St.Vincent street, where they had been put to death last October. Holmes who is in jail in Philadelphia, will no doubt be extradited and tried for the crime. The celebration of the twelfth through- out Ontario was held with great enthusiasm. There were monster demonstrations at Ot- tawa, kielleville,1 London, Collingwood, St, Catharines, and Seaforth. At Ottawa Grand Master N. Clarke Wallace, who was one of the apeakers of the day, stated that he was opposed to any attempt to coerce Manitoba in reference to the school ques- tion, and added that if the law allowed it he would favor the abolition of sectarian schools throughout the Dominion. The largest demonstration of Orangemen ever seen in the Province of British Columbia was held in Victoria on the Twelfth. Lodges of the A. P. A. helped to Swell the ranks of the procession. Many speeches were delivered, in all of whioh Federal in- terference with the Manitoba eohool system was denounced. Tuckersmith. PERSONAL. -Reeve Shepherd, who has never been in the old country, left on Tuesday on a visit thereto, taking with him a cargo of cattle and sheep. - He took six cars of cattle and one of sheep. DATE OF GENERAL ELECTION. When is it to be? This question is dis- turbing the souls of politicians. In dew of the material alteration in the commercial policy of the country which' would be in- volved in a ohange of government it is a matter which concerns the general public. Meanwhile the aching corns of the populace ory for a remedy, and the government give no heed to the demand. Look hotel don't Buffer this neglect to delay the use of means open to all, and which removes the moat painful and obstinate' corns in two days. Painless, sere toting Corn etre. Pntnam's Painless, Corn ,Plxtraotor. 410, Sheet Free Delineator August 15c,$1 a yr .0* ** AUGUST PATTERNS lOc to 85c each The Clinton Agency for ButtericksPatterns has been entrusted to Coo per'sBook store CLINTON BORN_ SHARPE.-In Hallett, on the 10th inst., the wife of MrW. J. Sharpe, of a daughter, ROBERTSON. -In Blyth on the 17th inst., the wife of Mr Wm Robertson of a daugh- ter. SWASsoN-Id Goderich on the 12th inst. the wife of M. C. Swe,geon, of a son. BRANDON. -In Orton�,a6..on June 27th, the wife of Rey. W. J. Brandon, formerly of Brussels, of a daughter. SCLLIVAN.-In Wingham, on the 9111 inst., the wife of Mr Geo. Sullivan, of a daughter. TowN.-In Wingham, on the 9111 inst., the wife of Mr Geo. Town, of a daughter. NETTERFIcnD.-In Wingham, on the 10th inst., the wife of Mr James Netterfleld, of a daughter. MARRIED 000x -CHURCHILL -At the Manse, Bay- field, on the 17th inst., by RevW. Graham, M: David Clok, to Miss Annie E. Church- ill, both of Goderioh Township. Ross-McGnsoon,-At the residence of the bride's father, Taokeremith, on the 10th inst, by Rev J. S. Henderson, Mr Jas. H. Ross, of Stanley, to Miss Grace, dangh- eriof Mr John MoGregor, of Taokeremith. WILsoN-WILLrAMs.-At the residence of of the bride's father, on the 10th inst., Al- bert J. Wilson, formerly of Seaforth, to Miss Mamie H., daughter of Mr E. S. Williams, of Detroit. WILBY—LANGDALE.—In Vancouver, on June 5111, by Rev. G. W. Baer, Mr George Wilby, to Mies M. E. Langdale, formerly of Brussels, all of Vancouver, B, C. WHITELEY—HENNINGS.—At the residence of the bride's father, Goderich, on the 17th inst., by the Rev II. Irvine, Mr Jame! Whiteley, to Mies Annie, 'daughter of Mr Wm. Hennings, all of Goderich. Brans-Sraouts-At the Manse, Goder- ich, on Wednesday July 10th, by Rev. Jas. A. Anderson, B.A., William John Black, of Aehfleld, to Margaret Sproule, of West Wa- wanosh. DIED. Hoopes. -In Exeter, on the 9th inst., John Hooper, aged 78 years and 9 months. MACDONALD.-In Zetland, on the 8th inst., Nellie, daughter of Mr David S. Macdon- ald, aged 27 years and four months. Jormsxos.-In Turnberry, on the 17th inst., Catharine, relict of the late John Johnston, aged 89 years. WuLsots-In Goderich, on Friday, July 12th, Joseph Wilson, aged 65 years and 7 months. tear Advcrtionnento. PIGS IMPOUNDED. Impounded at Clinton, two Berkshire sows. If not previously redeemed they will be sold by auction fon SATURDAY, JULY 27th, at 1 p. in. F. FOLLAND, Poundkeepor. r . Excursion . --141411 —TO— TORONTO Friday, Aug. 2. FARE $2.25 Good to go by any train on day of issue and return up to the evening of Aug. G W. JACKSON. TOWN AGT. G. T. tat CLINTON.