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The Huron News-Record, 1895-02-06, Page 4e's I,>7 Tie Huron Nevus -Record 1.20 is Year. -.i1.00 to Adraaee „ WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY (lth,'1895 brie Qomumittee-.W. Kerr, Brgaliele; M. fiiray Seaford); E, Holmes, J'. Soo Qliut,on; Rev J. 8. Ffendertion, ffennetll; E. Austin, Exeter; E. Kibler, Zurloh, a T. C. Qrabaan, Win ghs,m. The oommitt also recommended that the next convent• be held in Hensall, and that the secreta bt authorized ¢o accept the offer of Mr Da General Secretary, to form looal orgaaiz tions. The report was adopted. R. R. 8allows, Goderich, was appoint as representative to the next Provinoi Convention, to be held. in London ne September. The retiring President introduced th President-eleot, D. B. Calbiolc, Goderie who referred to the hon'r of being in th position, and hoped for greater suooese i the coming yea: in Sunday S"hool work. A. conference on S. S. libraries was in troduoed by Rev J. W. Holmes, t/lintor who said that to the past the library ha been a great factor in church and 8. work, but the quality of books generall found in moat libraries now was not eno as to elevate the Christian character. Th book that eufeeblee the intellect and doe not compel the scholar to think, is not ti for the libraries in our Sunday So/Soo Considering the easy access to good readin in Mechanics' Institutes, church literatur etc., too muoh money was spent in S. S libraries. Mr Holmes' address touched o a very praotioal subject in connection wit the 8. 8., and the opinions he advance appeared to be el most the unanimous fee ing of the conveut ton. • Ono of the chaos:a we said that Mr Holmes remarks in regard to no necessity for a 6.8 library, plight apply to towns and village but would not apply to rural section where there ars nopublic o libraries. P Mr lions, Exeter, thought the best me were produced by the heavy and solid lit erature of former times. . Mr Tom, I.P.S, said one object in given children books was to keep them out of ba company, and to oultivate a taste for road frig, and starting from nursery tales wor up the heavier and more solid literature. Rev W. Smyth said. the great object. tc day is to deal with the practical, not s much the doctrinal, as years ago. Boy will love to the end." J. Washington thought there was ofte too much love, and not enough solid t build up the character the age demands. Jas. Scott said if there was danger of th children getting into bad company on th streets, so there was in the books they read Mrs A. W. Humphries of Parkhill, the taught a primary class of about Ility littl folks. The children were intensely inter ested, as she illustrated the lesson on th blackboard and with objects, in a simple yet thoroughly convincing mentor. Mr Humphries is evidently a specialist in th primary department of S. S. work. Sh came by Special request, to fill the place o Miss Brown, who was detained at home by sickness. Rev W. Smyth, Clinton, addressed the convention on "What the S. S. can learn from business men." One of the first things necessary to a successful business man is integrity and uprightness. It is impossible to engage t:uooessfully in S. 8. work, if these principles are not observed. The business man uses hie undivided energy for the furtherance of his business. In Jhristian life the same principles must be observed, too whole heart and energy must be in the work. Knowledge is necessary in business, especially at the present time; a teacher without a practical knowledge of God's word cannot hope to do efficient work in the 8.8. Close application is necessary in 8.5. work The successful business man' must have tact; how necessary it is in S.S. work for the teacher to have tact, to study the character of each scholar, and adapt the lesson is much as possible to their in- dividual requirements. By request, Mrs Humphries a4' ain ad- dressed the convention on primary work. Rev G. F. Balton aidressed the conven- tion on "Child nature, its characteristics and claims." Every child is born with the savage nature of its forefathers. What hild but loves nature in one form or an- other. The child's nature and character are pertnanently.formed before the age of ixteen years. The corner stones of a hill's character are, first, obedience. To bey is not obedienue; the disposition and leart of the child should go with the act to make it obedience. S000ud corner stone-- ruth. Keep the boy's eye on the truth all he time, he will soon know the difference etween the true and false. Third corner tone—love. The plant of love will grow wo ways—self-love or self-sacrifice—which ver way it is trained. The address was much appreciated by the audience. In spite of the storm ant partial block - de of the roads, the attendance was good, nd the convention a great success. W. tbl, UG ee ton ry y) a• ed al xt e et n 1, 8. V h e e g e, n h d 1- 9, e ft n a k • 0 e n 0 e e n e Mrs e She County Sabbath Mlehtool Associa- tion. The 23rd annual euuveution of the Sab- bath bobuol aesou(dtiou of the twenty was bald in Knox church, (indertuh, Oki Monday and Tuesday last. O.viog to the railroads being blocked the exam t (lid nut know what to do, ,cid ulvut•ng n Mr. SuutL'a of- fice, Charon, on Muunay inurniug, they ouuuellud the jot buuu a id re -considered ti air determination (u: the reclaim of out- side delegatee) no less than four trines, fi- nally gulag to Goderich to time to hold an eseurng session uu Monthly, the president, Mr. Jautes Scott, in the ebal,. Thecouveu• Sion was opened with pre' er by Rev. J. A. Anderson, after whish worda of welc:me were given by Rev. Jueuph Edge and Mr. R. R. Saliuws, Goierleh, and replied to by Rev. Mr. Smythe and Mayor Holmes, of Clinton. The worda of welcome and the replies were practical and appreciated by the delegates pretext. Mr. Alfred Day, Provincial S. s. Secreta- ry, gave an a(l(Ire3e on "The Sunday School Teacher's Sixth sense." He refer- red, at first, to the eniowmem by the Gree- ter of five senses, by which we ,;wined per- copttou of our material enviroumeut. He stated that the sixth sense, by which we apprehended the spiritual and intellectual factors we were madoiug for God and s, - oietY. wet, ecul unrNe1He JL„ wens( etas liowev w et, a. this time, (.wslaur ilio emit of rthe N. S. teschor front the as he at first 113LtnUe,I, but woUld ranter dwell • upon ono principal ct effective teaching, whiult m,ght be designated the sixth sense: preparation, adaptation, co-operation, in- terrogation and application, night fitly be considered analagous in the intellectual and spiritual realm to the physical senses by which we become cognizant of the materiel world, and the law of illustration he would designate as the sixth sense. The soul of a child is a walled and fortified city which cannot be reached except by the avenues God himself has appointed, the keys to which must be possessed by the teacher who would gain access to the heart and life of the scholar. Reference had already been made to the five special senses, which, how- ever, were not all equally rensitive and alert, the eye and the ear being more easily accessible than the other three for the teacher's purpose, and of these two the eye and the ear,• stand in much the same rela • tionship ata an express and freight train ; indeed the nerve conveying the special sense of sight was forty times as large as any of the other nerves of special sense, and the impression made through this me- dium is correspoudingly more vivid and abiding. ing. It follows then that for effective teaching within the limit of the Sabbath hour we should use as largely as may be the faculty which, though emph..sized in the child, was common in some degree to all, for we are all eye -minded people. In proof of this he instanced the case of old Jacob, whose sight of the waggons Joseph ha:i sent convinced him of hie sod's exist- ence, when the testimony of the brother's was doubted He referred also to the con- crete illustrative character of the Judaic ritual and of the teachinga of Christ. Re- ferring to the concrete incarnation of truth we teach in our own lives, he illustrated by a tender loving boy who, going home from school on the occasion of the lesson of the " excellent woman" said, as he embraced his mother in tenderest affection, " We have been reading about you to -day, mo- ther." After establishing the proposition as to the value of concrete teaching, be drew the following practical deductions — 1. ,-f'the teacher is teaching through ear- „ ,Atte and the boy is teaching through eye - gate the teacher will suffer defeat every time, for the eye being captured the ear would be closed involuntarily. We could not ear one thing and see another any more than we could ride two horses going in op- posite directions at the same time. 2. The teacher's eye must engage the eyes of pu- pils, and for this purpose must bo emanci- pated from the slavery of lesson helps, class and even the memorizing of the lesson text would greatly advantage the teacher. 3. We must, therefore, illustrate our leason--let windows into it, which will connect the truth with something the child already knows, and is most intensely interested in, whether personal or local event, or nature, or story. Illustrations are various, accord- ing to the age, eau., of scholars, i.e., 0 -Ti- bia objects preferable to little chi' .,u ; pictures which recall objects to moi•, of it - termediate schoola; word pictures will in. - press tier he on mind better than any bald statement of tl,e truth. 4. Illustrations should always be of objects most familiar. if the child sees the object a hundred times in a day the truth will likely come back a hundred times. This was Chriet'e method, he using the sparrow, lily, sowing, shep- herd, hen, &c. 5. Illustration, if on black board or pad, should be done in presence of schools. In closing he said the highest va- lue would accrue from the scholars being in possession of a pad and jotting down with their own hand, if nothing more, the points in a sentence the teacher makes. The pencil will not move without brain di- rection, whilst the tongue will wag for hours, repeating litanies, creeds and golden texts without the eoneciousness of the brain, and whilst the brain directs the pencil it is impressing a duplicate copy on the delicate fibre of the memory. The address was full of bright thoughts and was an inspiration to the large congregation present. Messrs. G. Swallow, Clinton, J. P. RoFF, Exeter, and A. J. Conrtioe, Holmeeville, the visiting committee appointed to assist the different schools of the county, report- ed having visited the various schools in their district with good re•ults. Mr. D. Tiplady, Clinton, representative to the Provincial Association, reported ha. - ibe attended the last convention at Belle- ville, remarking that the funds given to the Provincial Association were being used to good effect in mission work in the northern parts of the Province. The amount for- warded by the County of Huron Associa- tion last year was fifty dollars. An example of intermediate class teaol - ng, with class, was given by bliss Wilson Goderich. The leason taught was that for Sunday, Feb. 8, The transfiguration, given in a practical manner, and the ready and intelligent answers given by the scholars, showing their previous good training in bible truth. Mrs. IInmpbriee, of Parkhill, gave an in- teresting address to the children, illustrat- ing her addresa with simple pictures on the blackboard, which were easily understood and mucb appreciated by the cbildren. A mass meeting of the children was held at 10.45, addressed by Mr. Day n hie usual happy style, interesting the little folks with simple anecd3tes, each illustrating great truths in such a way that the children could not fail to understand. The general committee nominated the following as officers for the current year : — Pres., D. B. Calbick, Goderich; Vioe-Presi- dents, J. P. Ross, Exeter; Geo. Swallow, Clinton, J. 8. McKinnon, Blyth; W. Elder, Hensall; Minute Secretary, I. Taylor, Cling ton; Cor. Secy.. J. C. Stoneman, Hensall; Treas., J. C. Stevenson, Clinton. Execu- j in c s c 0 1 b s t e a a About Christian Rows. Editor Sens -Record. DitAR SIR,—Your readers Noticed that n paper was publishing letters re spe•cting certain church matters in town, and we are pleased to see your attitude in regard to such acourse—viz "We have received a letter in reply to several which appeared in the New Era the other week. We cannot see that any public good will he served by discussing Christian rows in these columns and must decline space to all alike." If there are real difficulties they n13ty be properly settled by the Church courts and in a constitutional way, hut never in a newspa per. And when settled aggrieved parties should not have the use of the type to abuse all and sundry who differ fr'otn them. Some papers might think they could gain a little li()nubility or sell a1 few extra copies, nt it is a cheap nnd unenviable popular- ity. What might be of interest to it few in town or neighborhood can be of no service tc) the hundreds outside who read your paper, and such items should not be bandied all over the countr y. A READER. Goderich Township. The mention in THE NEws-REcoltn Inst week about Mr. E. \Vise's lamb was true as fan' as it went, but the poor animal was likely four weeks in the well instead of fiteen days. At any rate the lamb. was missing that long. Mr. Wise lost a goose also and fn passing the well one day heard it squaking. The well was 70 feet deep incl there was a small opening at the top. The goose was found in the well resting on a board, and below it the lamb. Both were removed by means of a rope and walked off as though nothing serious had happened. Stanley. I noticed in the Clinton (frit sheet a short time sines whnt is considered a reflection on the medical at,tendn.nt of the late Mr. McIver. 1 have gone to the trouble to secure every detail and have learned that the deceased for years anffered from heart trouble and that this was actually the cause of death. There is nothing to he gained in these wily correspondents slander - g the dead and the living. tlederlob, Bgbaorlberr Waisted to Thu Neweabcoau ern uisIellto asW. r alio is Swvethe awe maul Ariutt moist*. A.11 the officers living in this neigh- borhood attended the 83rd Battalion annual dinner in Clinton on Friday evening. A number of men have been engaged the past ten days gathering ice. The crop is first clr1ss, being solid and trans- pareniti, and free from impurities. The town Council net on Friday evening and transacted considerable business. Armytj•ong, the dry -goods man, has made a door way into,the next store, so that inifilture one entrance will ad- mit to both. The second daughter of Mr. T. J. Videan has been seriously ill the past week: There will he a tea -meeting at the English church, Port Albert, to -mor- row, Thursday, evening. Mr. John Robertson, of Toronto, when in town on Friday was shown round the town by a slumber of prom- inent treasons. Mr. L. Kennedy, of Clinton, was in the circular town last Wednesday. Mr. C. E. Tanner, of Blyth, was in town last week. Mr. L. Miller, of Clinton, was in God- erich last Wednesday. Mr. Jno. Mclvor, bf Wiarton, was in town on Saturday. Mr. H. E Hodgens, of Clinton,was as in the county tuwu last week. A surprise party of 24 of our citizens made tor Colborne township on Friday evening, and after a pleasant drive stormed the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Hunter when an excellent, recep- tion was met with. Soon after the party was unhorsed and unfurred, pro- gressive euchre was introduced, at which pastime a couple of hours were pleasantly passed. As soon as the prizes had been presented, asumptuous supper was spread, and thoroughly en- joyed by the Goderich party after the cool drive from town. The meal was followed by a dance, an excellent vio- linist c mtrihuting the music. When old father time showed that an hour of another day had wanel preparations fr)r tate return journey were made, and after an hours drive in the face of a hitter westerly breeze the circular town was reached. All present speak in !the highest terms of the kindly hostess and her pleasant better half, and express the wish that they may long live to enjoy this world's happi- ness. On Friday evening the Palace Skat ing Rink was the scene of a carnival, and it being the first of the season there was a large attendance, and many charming costumes. The ice was in excellent condition, and the arrangements for awarding the prizes perfect. The band was present and played a choice selection, and the whole evening's programme was carri- ed out without a hitch. There was holy communion at St. George's on Sunday warning. Regular meeting of Maitland lodge No. 33, A. F. and A. M., next Tuesday evening. Regular meeting of Huron Encamp- ment No. 28, I. O. O. F., next Monday evening. On Tuesday evening the Grand First Principal of Royal Arch Masons officially visited Huron Chapter, No. 38. Two candidates were exalted, and the usual Royal Arch business was transacted. Before closing the Corn- panion,Jno. Ross Robertson, addressed the members at considerable length on historical matters connected with the craft, his fund of information being most extensive. After closing the chapter the companions partook of sup- per, and an hour was spent, in song and the discussion of matters connect- ed with the craft. Before separating District Superintendent, C. A.lEiuull)er, proposed the health of the Grand First, Principal in appropriate terms, Com- panion Robertson responding with the result of a journey to the old land in quest of material for Canadian Masonic History. Prof. Aiken gave an entertainment in the Grand last week that was not as largely attended as its merits demand- ed, the panorama and explanations be- ing excellent. The journey through South Africa alone was well worth the admission charge, but in Goderich in- tellectual treats are evidently at a discount. Dr. Tennant, of Lucknow, ,was in town the past week. Mr. F. Kennedy, of Exeter, was in the county town on Saturday. Mr. Geo. Powell, of Blyth, was in Goderich on Wednesday. At the meeting of the Collegiate In- atitute Literary Society on Friday evening the first older of business was election of officers, result : --President, Mr. J. J. W. Simpson; 1st Vice, Mr. Benson Guest; 2nd Vice, Miss Lizzie Robertson; Secy., Mr. P. H. Tom; Treas., Mr. A. McDowell; Secy. of Com., Mr. C. Durnin; Editor, Mr. L. Williams; Councillors, Misses L. Moss and E. Marsden, and 111r. T. Long. The programme •.vis : Chorus by the. Glee Club; recitation, Miss E. Rhynes; instrumental solo, Miss M. Mitchell; solo, Miss N. Crabb; reading, Mr. itussell; solo, Miss B. Baine ; Notes on a1 trip up the Gem gian Bay, by Mists (lharlt•s, were read by Mr. Petcy Toni, Lhe writer suffering from a sore throat; solo, Mr. E. (•a)npaigne; recitation, ,'tiiss Seaman; question drawer, Principal Strang. Varna. GRAND CONCERT.—Victory Tent No. 49, K. O. T. M., will hold a grand concert in the town hall, Varna, on the evening of Wednesday, February 13th. The programme will consist of readings, recitations, songs and inutile. It is expected the members of Clinton and Senforth Tents will be present. Prof. T. A. Hawkins. comic, of Br ussels, has been engaged. He is highly recommended by the press and n large number of Ontario audiencea. The best local talent has been secured for the (scission and the concert will undoubtedly prove one of the hest of the season. The Taylor and Dowson String,Ba.nd has been engaged and will enliven the proceedings at seasonable intervals. The general public are invited. The chair will be taken at 8 p. tn. The number of licenses in Hamilton will be reduced to 63, thus knocking off t en. The aldermen have also de- cided that the Jhour for closing shall he 10 o'clock. ?SS,. ci.''''.4,a% Mr. J. W. Dykem.an St. George, Now Brunswick. After t h e Grip No Strength, No Ambition Hood's Sarsaparilla Cave Perfect Health. The following letter Is from a well-known merchant tailor of 8t. George, N. B.: " C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: "Gentlemen—I am glad to say that Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills have done me a great deal of good. I had a severe attack of the grip In the winter, and after getting over the fever I did not seem to gatherstrength, and 6had no ambition. Flood's Sarsaparilla proved to be just' what I needed. The results were very satisfactory, and 1 recommend this medicine to all who are afflicted with rheumatism or other o rs llti Curc Ba afflictions caused by poison and poor blood.a I always keep Hood's Sarsaparilla in my house and use it when I need a tonic. We also kee Hood's Pills on hand and think highly of them." J. W. Di -KAMAN, St. George, New Brunswick. Wood's Pills are purely vegetable, and do not purge, pain or gripe. Sold by all druggists. Morris. The newly elected members of the Municipal Council, viz: —H. Mooney, Reeve, Geo. Kirkby, Deputy Reeve, rind Thos. Code, Jas. Bowman and \Vru. Isbistet•, Councillors, met on Jan. 21st, 1895, pursuant to statute :tnd subscribed the necessary declarations of office and qualification. The Reeve occupied the chair. The minutes of last meeting for 1804 were read and passed. Moved by Win. Ishister, seconded by Jas. Bowman, that Win. Clark be re -appointed Clerk at at salary of $130—Carried. Moved by Thos. Code, seconded by Wm. Ishister that. Richard Johnston he re -appointed Auditor—Carried. The . Reeve then appointed Chas. McClelland second Auditer. Moved by Geo. Kirkby, seconded by Jas. Bowman, that John Watson be re -appointed Assessor at a salary of $80—Carried. Moved by Wta). Ishister, seconded by Thos. Code, that Geo. Hood, \V. J. Johnston and Thos. Laidlaw he appointed to acct along with the Reeve and Clerk as a Board of Health, also that Dr. Mr'Cash he appointed Medical Health Officer -- Carried. Moved by Thos. Code, second- ed by Geo. Kirkby, that the township printing for the current year be let by tender and that the clerk be instructed to submit a sketch of work to the ofii'c:es oflthe Post 3111(1 Herald, Brussels, and.the Standard office,Blyth—Carried. Moved by Wm. Ishister, seconded by Jas. Bowman, that the plans and specification for rebuilding Forbes' and ('lark's bridges, as prepared by Jno. Ainsley, be adopted, and that the clerk be instructed to advertise for tenders for rebuilding the same, plans and specifications to be seen at the Reeves office on and aftee the 4th Feb., tenders to he opened at the Town Hall on the 18th Feb. at one o'clock p. Carried. On application being made for bonus for building of wire fence it was Moved by Jas. Bowman, seconded by Win. Ishister, that no bonuses be granted for the building of wire fences in this Municipality during the present year—Carried. A petition was present- ed by Daniel Kelly and others asking to be withdrawn from S. S. No. 5, and attached to Union S. S. No. 3, Morris and East Wawanosh. Moved by Wn1. Ishister, seconded by las, Bowman, that said petition he laid over for future consideration—Carried. Accounts were presented as follows :-- John Mooney, C'ollector's salary, $85; A. McAllister', box drain across road allowance, $2; H. Hawthorn, placing post under Forbes' bridge, $1.50 ; Municipal world, election forms and poll.,• books, $7.20 ; Misses Exford, charity. $8; Jno. Hays, keeping county ward, $12.50; Jno Ainsley, plans and specification for Forbes' bridge, $10; P. ('antelon, keep of Fisher, $16 ; Dr. McNaughton, medicine for Fisher, $1.50 ; W. H. Kerr, balance on print- ing account, $1,5(1; W. Clark, nomina- tion expenses and posting financial statements, $5. Moved by Geo. Kirby, seconded by Jas. Bowman, that the foregoing accounts be paid—Carried. By-laws No. 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1805, were duly read and passed. The Council then adjourned to meet again on the 18th day of Feb. next. \V. CLARK, Clerk. Belgrave. The roam~ are getting in good shape again, after the worst storm we have had in years. The Tories who were represented at the court. of Revision by P. W. Scott (for East Wawanosh) had things nearly all their own way. Out of 52 appeals to add the Grits actually got 6 added, and 4 of these were admissions or pairs with the Tories. Out of 15 appeals to strike off they succeeded in getting two dead men and one living voter remov- er. East Wawanosh will do hotter in the coming election than in any previous one for the good, loyal Con- servative candidate, lion. J. C. Patter- son. W. McCartney, who has been em- ployed as P. O. Clerk since Oct. let, left, on Thursday. He will good avisit to his parents for a while. Elam Livingstone built a monster snow plow and broke the roads n couple of miles north, south east, and west from this place. Elam deserves to he patronized. While unloading wood at the station on Thursday a team belonging to David Cook became unmanageable and broke a whiffle -tree and the tongue of the . sleigh, and jumped through the railroad fence and almost got away, but did no further damage. The noise of the exhaust steam of the engine was the cause of the furore. Mrs. David Dunbar continues very poorly, also Mrs. F. Anderson. The infant daughter of Jno. L. Geddes continues very poorly. SOU A fine Sealette 1V..antle this Win- ter ? If so you can't afford to pass by: this Store ; the finest qualities of Seal.ettes, the rich= est linings and the best tle Maker in this place are all here. GILROY & WISEMAN. Ou r Spec/a/t/es are Seasonable. SYRUP OF TAR AND WILD CHERRY 250, The beet known cough remedy in this section. CREAM OF WITCH HAZEL for chapped hands. SOUTHERN RED PINE, our 15 ots, Cough Mixture. IRON BLOOD PiLLS. ltomenrber, we sell the largest package of Sulphur for 50 cls. obtainable in this section. 0 J.H. COMBS The Druggis19 CAS�I IS INGr K The up-to-date Grocery is TILE CASH GROCERY, Tell us your wants, and we will do the rest if your wants refer to Groceries. SATISFACTION_ is what we aim to give over Customers and by careful attention to their wants we hope to secure and merit a portion of the Public Patronage for the coming year. Bargain Day Prices, our Every Day Prices; EveryDay Bargain Day with us. FARMOGLE COOPER TAKEN AS CASH. O�J1 LE COOPER & CO. TIIE CASH GROCERY. Telephone No. 23. Stand 1 Door North of THE NEWS -RECORD Office. Sole Agents for the Celebrated Monsoon Tea. '1 rlSSIOCa rte• Londesboro. Thos. Carter left here last week with his family for St. Joseph, Mich., to join his son George. John Bell purchased a fine piano last 1v(ek from Doherty & Co., of Clinton, Miss Gertie Young, of Clinton, who has been staying with Mr:,. (Dr.) Young for the last two or three weeks, left for home on Saturday. 13. Lawrason expects to leave Londes- boro shortly, he does nut know where he will go. AMONG TIIE LODGES. ORANGE. —A number of the brethren from the local lodge attended the North Huron County Meeting in Winghnm yesterday. C. O. F.—The Local Court intend having an oyster supper about the last of this month. Efforts will be Made to have the H. C. R. present. No pains are being spared to make this a success. S. O. E.—There was a good attend- ance of the members at the regular sleeting on Friday night. Dr. Agnew was elected Lodge Surgeon in place of. the late Dr. Young. The President gave his decision in the literary contest lust closed which was in favor of Bro. John E. Taylor's side by 20 points. It was decided to start another at our next regular meeting, the sante cap- tains, Bros. Taylor and T. Cole, to act again. 1. O. G. T.—At the regular meeting held on the 20th Jan. the following letter of thanks in answer to a letter of condolence sent to sisters Mary and Aggie Scott at the death of their mother•: - -To the officers and members of North Star Lodge, No. 317, I. O. G. T., allow us to tender you our sincere thanks for your kind and sympathiz- ing expressions Of condolence which you have extended to us itt our sorrow. We highly appreciate your kindly words and the feelings of true sytn- pathy which were so manifest.—MARY AND AGGIR SCOTT. At the same meet- ing the officers for the current quarter were elected, viz : --C. T., Wm. Long- man; V. T., Lou Ouimette; (`hap., A. McGregor; R. S., Walter N. Cunning- ham; A. S., Alvin Brogden; F. S„ Roht.. Reid; T., Eva Mogridge; M., • John H. Strohl �rhok, 1). M., Hannah Riddell; 0., Bella Cunningham; S., Frank Longman; S. J. T., Aggie Riddell; organist, Maud Mogridge; P. C'. T„ Addie Crisp. The literary con- test that has been carried on during the last quarter resulted in favor of Bro. Wrn. Longman's side by 100 points. The Demorest Medal contest in the hall last Thursday evening was it success, Messrs. G. M. Kilty and J. H. Lowery, of Sutnrnerhill, and .John McFadyen acted as judges, They gave their decision in favor of Miss Addie Crisp. It is intended to hold another about the 1st of March. The next meeting of District Lodge, No. 24, will he held in Blyth on Friday, 15th Inst, Another electric railway is now pro- posed, from Hamilton to Burlington. R• West Wawanosh. Miss Daisy Hickingbottom has re- ., turned from visiting her grandmother, Mrs. J. Radcliffe. Miss E. Scrimgeour, of Beaverton. is at at present visiting friends in Kin- cardine. Mr. James Stonehouse, of Belgrave, is spending it few days visiting friends in the vicinity of Pleasant Valley. Mrs. J. Moss, Sr., has returned home from Lucknow, where she has been attending to her daughter Emmet w'ho has been seriously illjwith inflammation of the lungs. \Ve are glad to learn of her recovery. Mr. E. Phillips, of White Church, was visiting friends at Pleasant Val- ley. Doc. Medd, the Dungannon Vet, was storm -stead in Beaverton last week, while attending to business per- taining to his profession. The sever- ity of the storm and the condition of the roads can well he imagined when Jack was detained. Fenger' Bros. disposed of a, span of fine horses last week. The above nam- ed gentlemen are noted for raising good horses. Mr. Joseph Medd and his particular chum, John Hellary, spent Sunday last in Beavertctltj. They both report an excellent time. Blyth. Mrs. Poulton is indisposed at present. Her many friends wish for her speedy recovery. Mr. \Vin. and Miss Cash were visit- ing friends in Rrrtssels on Monday, Miss Ethelindat Watson is visiting friends in Stratford for a few days. The Kickapoo Medicine Company have not put in their appearance as yet. They were billed fur last week. They must have got snowed up. Quarterly meeting was held in the Methodist church on Sunday. Holy Communion was administered in Trinity church on Sunday morning. On Sunday next anniversary services will he held in St. Andr'ew's Presbyter- ian church, Rev. Dr. Battishy, of Chatham, will preach morning and even ing. I[etfron Bros., butchers, have moved into their new stand, which they purchased last week. Mr. Clark, butcher, has moved into Tom Jones' old butcher stand on Dinsley street. Petitions are in circulation for to get .,, (1 chartered hank in this town, which is• badly needed. i ;On Monday evening our town fathers rnet in industry hall for their regular monthly routine of business. At a special meeting of our Council Mr. Elder, of the firm of Anderson & Eloer, was appointed treasurer of this municipality. Maniton prohibitionists have decid- ed to place an independent Commons candidate in the field for Lisgar.