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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1902-08-21, Page 21'11/ala91=89000099eo01110G 9cOGOO=2=2:o.c THE GROWING POPULARITY it OF THE FARMERS' INSTITUTE. 1Na1/aaaaN00000Cx009000009e0009aCSOGOSSVMS 00=4 in ''new of the great nu•rrgx of Ltwe 111110.1 r+1'a nt Present the Farmer's lnslittitr. :1s a mrnns of Education in ftnl,1+lu, the I1n Minion Department of Agriculture bas endeavored 1,1 e,,-oerntu with the various local depO 11111nte la establishing nod improving similar systems in their respe'livn pro- vinces. Trainee speakers have been sent to nanixt In the work in 'oho Provinces, and the hent nvnifnhie Ston le these provinces have been pressed Into service, not only In the Lutere>t mautfestl i in the meet- ing.: wan great. Toe ettotettnets throughout wok gaud, fully 2,(109 people being brought in contact with the 180188ers, who W8rv• 1101 slow 10 take advantage of every opportl- 11y to impart lessons of prig. ticttl rake. Already the- influence of tide pnhlic dlseeseloli of ngrlenitur81 questono (s shown in en lner'as"l - interest in everything which neskes for the adv'nneemmlt of the calling. The demand for pure bred stork for 'heir own 3'ro)Inee, but in oiler' breeding purposed, syhlch has more ae well. By sending aide and ob- than doubled during the Will year, tenant, men from ane province to may be ellyd as 000 bnstanee of a nndther In this way, we hope to benefit already derived from the Ito got together a thoroughly capable 1111tutes. IL may also be shown flint (serge of institute ',yellers, fawil- to udraneemenl Zine taken place tar with the agricultural sitnati08 0Iong other lbws. 9`hr p,"0(111 Fell 1140 and requirements (n all parte of Canada. Prot E., J. McMillen, of Char- k$ttetown, 1'. F;. 1., superintendent of Farmers' Dlstitutes, ete., tuts prepared A Sketch of (be Work already accomplished In Prince Ed- ward Island which may be of in - tamest and benefit to thou' inter - Meted In agricultural educat(on in either province'. According to Prof. McMilian : 'The organization of Farmers' ln- atitutes let Prince Edward lalnnd WWI heat 'undertaken in June, 1901. At that tomo the Hon. Benjamin Regent; Commissioner of 1410cul• Cite, asalatel by rte writer and two experienced Institute worker`(, supplied by the Department of Ag- rlculturo at Ottawa, 1101,1 meetings et farmers in the d(ffor'nt sections of the Province, for the purpose of dlacusaing the advantages of the lust}lute eyetnm. AN a remit or )Mose meetings, HI, organization of twenty lnetitutes was completed before the end of the year. The Farmers' Institute nyslem of Prince Edward Island to twofold In tta alms. It seeks to combine the ed- ucational features of the Ontario system with the faellttir11 for dealing inn live stock afforded by the old Ag- rlaelturat eoctetles' plan. Eitel! or- 001-118, •: just .11 11111 time, as the gaaleatlon le a 'Farmers' lnslttutedairying 11110ese 1100 not been Wed Agricultural Society combined. growing mush of late, and 1 feel sure A Government grant of 1130 Is paid that we may hate a rrvhal of thief Annually to each society, which has Industry whoever he haw gone. at least 50 members enrolled, and Mr. Drummond, tom, has siren es - collects $40 per year In memberahlp ce1(8n1 satisflIllln. The people tyre teat. A sum amounting to $1,0110 watt very fa)orubly Inlpr(Nsed with his eupended in this way last year. The work in list, etoek, and in other total membership up 10 December I linea. we sloop like to have both 81st, 1901, was 1,624, and the 1 gent lcaru ngot. The lulpreeeions •Monet subscribed In fees was 119(1.- I iterate) by these meeting' tug been SO. The recelpts of the Ine111 utee i very favorable, an II au) confident from all sources amounted to nearly I that the institute% here 11010 been jM000. This money was expended In I much etrengthenrd a11 a result. That the purchase of pure bred stock, and the e'osc of the present year will to defraying the expenses of lee- witness a considerable growth in tate 'tuners, Thirty-three meetings, eh(ef- I inelltute system Is already assured. ly for purposes of organisation, were SIx DPW organise tions have been held during the first year. At '11P'cotnpktel thus for this year, and It be luning of the present year a re- i is probllble Hutt nlore will be actd- galar ;arise of institute meetings ed before It closes. with 111 ((t- wee (rwas arraogeel and carried out ((0111-' creasing membership and n (hely oesstully. Several speakers were 1'm- 1101,1-801 mnnitrste11 in the work by preyed, and various agrk't Iteral top- Ito members, lite Farmers' institute Ws were brought up for discnsslon, system should become a factor in the etllef among which were, dairying, Iprogiete of AgrleulWte In tide bag -raising and ehleken-,'altering, Ag { Pros(nor."--i". W, IIodson, Live Stock all. of these are II l'ouiaik,et,ner, tide and are 1'1x(01)0 that more r,hl- - eatlonal meetings should b1' held,' ' Daring the month of July a series of mtd'uninu'r !18111'es were giOPII before the Indtitntes by Prof. }t. IL Dean and Mr, D. Drummond, repre-- smiting the Dominion Department of Agrlculture, besides several 1001(1 speakers. With one or two ex- ceptions whore the ndvertieleg fail- ed. they were a grand etweese. The farmers turned out well and mani- fested n deep al moot, lit the meet- ings. Twenty -Revel institutes wens visited, and an afternoon and e0e11• ing meeting held at (Veil. Tito ever- e age 11 1PI1da11CP at the afternoon meetings was between 31) and 60, in some hoteliers here warm over 100 31 .vas corn 111101 -"Woe ove' It. V.: e" comment on 3.'a n111. 1(11P up, Lord-- ' 11''8 e lender of the people, uttered j so:opt 0e prnyl r, loth nt 11101 1J"` iesteem''nt and end of encl./ omen 'y. Thug all the Juurneya wart) wwetifiet by devotion. They WPM nary '1) n ,le1o'0N' (ouutt'y hal mewl:111,1 toward ae 811e11)V's teem - try, ev't Ib 4r drpendrn a 011 11(1011 Clod (or tln'e1'4e 0'111 0:11,I'y. as Wel 11:11-et104 111(1 01111x)1'. :1(}. Return, 0, Lord—These were the words spoken by 11oms+ nt the moment the (11!,olone halted to plteh the tents finless the n1k rested 11th them, 11'1 the cloud of glory with (t,', they coni,( nether Mtn, 1.P1/t t:or lotn- fori, Moots p'uye 1 for tweet 11s abroad and peace at house. {TACTICAL Si-RVEV. The j011 11.80 tree on their way to the ''promise'( bond." It w•al to be It 111 011 of liberty In contrast to the Lund of Loudest. front 'whence they hod 00100. GOWN pr'i'me wits to bo oprr'lully ouu0111 theta and this was HIP erown•t; glory of the hand. A free g ft—Nn equivalent wee given for Nm.'h a 100114rrtnl tuhrrl- three. From it most (wtm'flating and gtdecons state of bandit go thoy were to come into los1eseioa of this "Gott - MIS 111001. Melee gu'eeince—lird's gutdnnee wadi detindtely given, in n pillar of 110ud by day and of fire by night. When the clom1 wag taken up from off the tnhe•11are1P they journeyed, and in the piece were It abode there they [itched their touts, Moses ens' to their, in tart, In the place of (hod. A00'118nnre and protection. The out- ward and visible signet of there pres- et1re Hila them with eonfidmice, 1111(1 'raised eon(ns100 and dianm; among their etemles. J?ntnrget. 'loses Would Iwtrn Hobab share In their bee singe. Those who gee rho f» lets there Is In Ilod nod who are enlarged h reeelving of the H11 Ill • are tuition* to have other11 sharers t1Jth them. The•, could be blessings to retell other. It is by leveeing etchers th':+t we nee blest. Departure from Sinai. 11^re there Mid heed wpaderfui outward need- ioetatluns lot Oxen preseore, end Modes had received the law on two tablet; of stone. It was a very meted Wee. along their jounecys. Here God ad m0n111.11el Me first lmlignrttlon agalest them 111111 showed wonderful pity nn(1 o•onapaentoII tltrougtt the (0tereosslon of '.Hose'e it woe natu- ral that than shnnld be Inclined to there there, but this was not therm 'twit\. 1VIthoit care, They were Just to follow wtere Ills preeeltre went. They neral hive 00 aovlous care about Journerbsg or resting. All of their Ilee111 111111 been anti/dented and pro- vide -1 for: "In Ills love arid in file pity He redeemed and carried them." How safe they were when ender the 'loud and to the glory of His pres- ence. • Acknowledge ((011'e (10'0('110". "Reye np, horst, and lot Thine eemiee he Neat tered. Return, 0 Lord, nolo the many thoneanlg of Israel." Thew* words were reminder", to the children of Iornrl of (lal'e pres"uce. We need to see bnek of the outward end (ble mtulfeetntiene which are e'on- leetrd with the dleeipline or our lives, n0 'we Journey toward their clews that there 1e it loving holavenly Father who le ordering all 1(tittgs for our good and Jlts glom'. The nrkrohvtndgment qj Hltu no In all, end thorough all, prepares the way for greeter manlfeetatlone of Hie easing power and glory unto RIo epos pie. Benjamin Winget. The Fully of Rich Foote. 1'(1•(1 foot who gave a 00gtly j. banquet to a monkey at Newport the oilier day and Lound a number of other rich fools. (Ike himself, to join with him ib the "sport," made as large :ontribution as he was probably able to make to the feel- ing of bttternees and hostility per- vading 'the , ranks of certain ele- ments of our popnlatlon, who see In such exhibitions of extraVagatlit and wasteful folly another irritat- ing lllnstratlon of the heartlresuers and indifference of the rich for the hardships and eufferloge of the poor; another example .of the in- juotice of the social and Lnduetrlal system which londe wealth upon incapable and unworthy men, to throw away upon plottkeys while nluttttn.lee of bard and faithful workers find It difficult to earn eumlgh to keep the "wolf away from their doors." Itetteotdng in this line has Its weakness'', but banquets to monkeys are without 0xcuee in h land where a thousand real needs for the help that money gives are appealing to every man who baa the care to hear them.— I.eslle'e 'Weekly. people prreehl. The illustrated 10e. tureson (Miry ratter', tvhieh form- ed the chief realm, of telesis meet- ings writ entirely new to our farm- ers and were tors, well receioe(1. The nest'ag(' ellendnnee at tits even- ing meeting' was fully 1(kl. In thea., too. a marked Intoned was taken, and e'r'e Discussion Indulged In, until in many tesla noes It oras 11 o'clock before the meet- ins (•0111)1 be Lruugl1 to a close. Prof. Dean, no watt expected, has Bonn 81' e (I,'nt work. It seems to um that wP are very fortunate inseourl)g his Stugday School INTERNATIUNAtt !A MON I(0. V11 AUGUST 17.1802. Journeying Toward Canaan—\nrx. -ICI: 1113 and :ril31, Commentary. -11. Twentieth day, Ste.—The children of Israel proba- bly reached Sinal on the first day of the third month 0(10. xis, it, and left It on the twentieth tiny of the second month, thus making their May eleven months and tweet's days. The cloud—The pillar, or col- umn, which appeared ae a cloud by day and a fire by night, wax the symbol of the divine presence. 11 was the 8heklnah, or divine da•ell- lag plocu, and wae,Mtheeon tInuit I H11111 01 the presence and protection of receive the same blessing,' width God Mid prondaed to Iera81, provided he accompanied them In the spine way. —Clarke. flood concerning Israel— The imine 10rael le taken In a gen- eral Rens,' to signify the followers of God. God hue spoken good of and good to them. They were to IA' tem- porality and spiritually bleesed. 60. I Will not go—This relneal must he imputed to affection to hie native air and soil, which was not oyer - powered, ae It ought to have been, ha n believing regard to the pro - 11110)' of Clod, 1(1)11 n value for coven- ant b}eesings. :11. Lease (1/01 11ot—"11 lit likely that Hobab clanged his Mind, even if he (1Id go hack to Median. lie irately returnee ngnin to Israel, ae scrip- tures show that his posterity dwelt among tho Israelites to Canaan.' J11.1,14144 1, 16; Iv, 11, and I. Sam. xv, 6. The earnest Importunity of Moses to tlpd, goitre the attendance of this mn.n, &M. Out of Sinal—The recision When he enjoyed the benefit of the fol the long delay of Sinai is np- directing 0(011(1, loot surprised many. parent. The people left i'Igypt a Instead of eyes—What a man can - stere ordwd of fugitive slaves, with r;ot do for hinngelf, God w-111 do In the •Illy the rudiments of national or- way of PDeeito merry. He could lave 'ganIsatldn, and the dlmeat relig'i- directed them to the fountains and ecus ldea11. But the Inhered! had et- to the places of fuel, but Hobob fasted an immense (lunge. They maid do tan., 'herefore le( him he ba4 now become an organizer} employed. Let 1}obab know for people, with laws, a constitution Lia encouragement that, while he 10 or covenant, a priesthood, a re- serving others an the way 3 God's Wows rhinal and houso of wor- prosldenee, he is securing Iiia ()W11 ship, and with a political and tail- hest Iltereets. On these ground Ho- ttary organization. bah should be inoilrrl and for this 16-28. In these verses we have reason he should go• an account of the order In which 33, The Nil me Will we du—"Those the lsraelitee marched, together who stjnre with God's Is01111 In their with a statement regarding Inhere end haat hips, s'm11 ahnre the taking doiwn and putting up of with them In thrill comforts and hon - the tabernacle OrP.f 28. Mores said—.although this In- 33. Mount of the Lord—Slnnl:called 'Ration is placed between the set- the mount of the Lord bemuse here Ong out and the march Itgel, yet it the Lord heel dl0pIlyed his power, '(oust have preceded the departure. and sewn the people lite lbw. Threat Jgobab—There are several opinions days Journey—By 11,1, we are not regarding this p000)n- It s•ens likely to understand 111 unbroken mare:), of that Hobab was the sane ae ,let Imo. lite entire people 1111 1-1 reventy-two Compare Ex. til. 1 and Judges iv. 11, houro with' no halt, tett tlmt this ark 1lagacl—Thr same as Reuel. I will tuns borne steadily 1'a during this give It you—Tide promise was mark' period before It enure to a perme- to Abraham (oma. 011. 7, 111. 111, Wt. nest Mopping pier. --Steele, Ark of 8), and repeated to Moses. Ex. 111. S. the covenant --So celled ba,anse it Thus was the twitter entangled he- contnlned the covenant of the law yand n, doubt. Moses was not mak- —the two Vitale. of :done on which fog this journey on any uncertainty. Gal had written the ten ('0mmand- Come thou with un—Monro urged him Ilam'. Went before then—Tim ark to remain In compute, with them, was carried separately from the both for his own benefit in a reds- rest of the xnered furniture, h1 ed - bun point of view, and for the ter- ranee of the column, wrapped In Its sloe he mild render them, In his meant. blue eoveritrg, at once enob- kaowle'dge of the wilderness. Ifo the' �mt of veneration awl a symbol of loud—Emu Hobab, the Arab, ac- Jelovnh"e re carnet and hie sep- wrding to Nle opinion of !Idoses, might arsteneae from sinners, Strain and w nlnAMr14IW$0000V✓ 09000.rYw_ e HOW TICKLEFOOT, TEXAS, GOT ITS ODD NAME. +SO90s0900s0909029v990e9 :190000090N0a90i9tl Many yeero ago 1 heard of T,rkIe- foot, a em1111 pllhl0fEer sitimt'd In the east come, or (bines county. llln'lag etyma limber Ma 1 to look id- ler out tr'or there l t (sited the piece, None of the reside11 (11i'm)n's neat' the p(rsloffioo (maid gate (111' tuty In- larm'rtlon until mfr it cltyre Nuuu' 31 years of ago, who had 111 early dnya itvo:1 around that vicinity, and' he related to me the 1(111owing story: 1111n,v y0nre 0go 111,ro Ilvet In the vielelty of Tleklefoot n twin of uild'll• lige, '011*) 01110; here a 0aranger from whence no one knew, 111' ryas very noncoutmunlewlhe 114oul ids early history. Being pleas'1(t end agree- ahfe 111 manner and speed], los stela wo,1 the conflh'ure of his nelgl,buru.' There were, at the time 11e tette'.(' there, several good -1001( i; whlow's 1 who were in goo:' cireumsl.uncete The newcomer t o11g,ht 11 N1)11111 11101'" Of 1 11 11(1 and prepared to Cann. Dar- ing the time he 011 N. lixiog up Ilia plaoe hr 0emmenced to pay mark's' ntte;ltlon to one o1 1111 e'1,81)00, and after a 11ftort courtship they were married. For more than a. year their marria•'l life appeared to be 0 Happy oar 111 lar as 118 nelglhors could see. Shortly atter this period the wife Wil N Wound Dead In lied. There ens no sign of vdolewC(' and the neighbors and Irleuds who came to the funeral supposed that the wife had (1Ird of Itetirt dlneaac. After she n'e'e buried her husband administered 011 ler separate estate and acquired the property test ale owned before herr marriage to him. In the course of els noodle' he mnr- rled again. Ills 'e,eond wife wag nl- so a widow with eon0lderable pro - 9001y. After about 16 months of marred life the Rtcund wife watt fou,11(1 dead in bed without any symp- toms of violence. The p113s101 11 who practiced near by, was called to make an examination of the corpse, and after viewing the remains gave 11 ns ids opinion that the woman died of heart failure. Berth the friends of the man and the dead wo- man, after the burial of the second wife, became Y110pla1louo and avoided Itis 'dace. Nome 0f his neighbors called upon hint for a long time; and when the time for mourning had poised and the twice widower fn three years attempted to pity court 10 another widow Ma altentlone were, received coldly. He wag also REARING THE OUILLOTEIN. How the Rork Was Viewed by Victor liege. 13reard Viktor Hugo give a des- cription of t'he rearinte of a gulllo- tine tltalt he witnessed under the dir8 PC, ion 01 Sultan, in the mean looking red house. T118 nlanaeled prison(, more dead their alive, mounted thir- teen gtepw of the scaffold, or nae, rather, hauler] up by Ban'an'a wage - tants. (+angora's Intlher--an erocu- tLoer out from (Melee, bet from hereditary oornpolsory duty—be- headed Imola XVI. The executioner, whom Viotor Hugo saw, "A tinlor- olte, unhappy ereature," who re- Mimleei the poet of "1011 unhealthy jackal,' agglatedt (ibm. What came home most strongly to Vlohrr Hugo's mind was 131* fo'llow(neg reflection,: "What right late Noc}ety to delegate to any" human oretture a task la ful- filling w)htch he becomes barter 'than. the crlmjmal h0 exeeuttee 3 When' one considers 'thee eamplex motives oS many a murderer, and the effocte on lis moral nature of violent paa- alotq One cannot hold ham iso vile as the wretch who odolly cults off his head for wvagoa, and, when, he hes done the ,o1), goes to eat a meat, I taw Menem descend tills - teen sierra from the scafffold on, the Place Hl. Jacques, return to t'he red house to order a beef steak and tried potatoes for dela breakfast, and them signal from a window to brig aides to take the decapitate) body to t'he turnip field for burial. He lived, yet wee dead, for moral sense had long died out of him. The publican noticed that he ate with better ap- petite after than before (tot exeait- thon. He getter/111y dined with po- llee agents, at the rel house, ow the eve 01 executions."—Perla tor. Ieon- don Newa xhnnne"I lo the young Indies In the Net Gement, (bu:de't 1(111 Third. Shortly after these experiences In attempting to got a third wife lie disappeared from the settlement and returned In (Ibon( three months with n beg buxom woman:. whom he piaim- nt nY his wife. They did not live so happily together as he and ltle pre- viove wives lied done, and stories were frequently circulated In the settlement that they had serious tela l'i')l0, 01/0, nlgltt about 2 o'clock the third wife of the 1110.0 awoke her nearest heIghbor, who lived about it mill dist/tot, and when ad- mitted to 1)1e house, her hair was disheveled and gambrels torn, and else Imre a wild, scared look on her face. After being quieted down and asked to 0xplalu her unnatural ap- pearance and looks, site stat- ed than her husband had of late frequently attempted to tickle her to death, WW1 Inst night had al- most succeeded. She further KA that she believed that 11111 two prevlons white had been tickled to death. When asked to explain site told the following: Her husband was very devoted and kind for a year after their mar - nage, but after that Logan to grow cross, Auld would fled fault with eserything elle dad nrouu(1 the hone', 11)1(1 within the Inst two week' after retiring he would Catnmes(( to Tickle Her. H • continued this nearly every night until she became so nervous that she w''uld laugh If he would point Isis finger at her, and that night eh went, to hal whoa, him, tired 0111, and wap soon asleep. Aleut 11 ,,''dock site awoke and flute) herself tied down In bed and her husband sitting at the foot of the bed tickling the bottoms of bee feet. BilP attempted , to rise and (toruli not, and implored him to Itutve her, bat he continued his hell - MI work till site could stand It no longer. with almost superhuman effort sho beak' the bonds trite whirl she was tied and rushed out of the house. The next morning the whole set- t!' meat wee roused and went to the house to (bud it deserted. Tito man had fled. Although eearrh parties were e"nt cut lu every direction le was 11(101')' seem agnln. From tldk story arose 'the 'lama Tieklefoot post-otflee, OOT A DRINK FORA WINK. English Actor Was tlreatly Surprised at an American Custom. Percy Dlkrshall, an actor of e'on- sate4abte renown 1n England, was recently In this country on a pro- fessional tour, µ10d chanced to be thrown Nato a Pennsylvania town where the prohibition idea was pre- dom:mant. Dleljkiug the Idea of drink- Lng in his beh•ootn, ae It he were a halt -reformed drunkard stealing at unguarded opportunity, and finding that the proprietor of the hotel in whkll ho was staying would on no account allow how to take refresh- ment In the ordinary civilised way, Air. Marshall walked out into the street to ser if it really could be 1111' that there was n0 place where the absurd reetr:ctlon d1(1 not op- erate. In his walk he met a member of the company who had "been there be- fore." "I know tvttat you are look - Leg for," sold the old hand, slyly, "a whiskey and soda." Mr, Harsh/Al nodded. "Well," said the other, "it you go to that drug store at the oorner df the street and execute a very emphatic wink while you ask for a cocoa wine you will get u whis- key and soda of most excellent qual- ity anti dimensions." Mr. Marshall thought at first that a Joke was he- ing played upon him, but It was a hot day, and the thing was worth risking. and Into the drug stere be went. where fie followed his frlend's Instructions to the letter. Almost folding up one side of his face In the perforutanoe 01 a wink, he asked for thecoeoa wine, and was immedlntely rewardea for 11111 feat of contortion with one of the largest whiskey and 'rodeo he Imo ever tackled. Whleh Just shows that there tuna he a good deal 'of winking done by the authori- ties as weu.—Chicago Chroslcle. The bow that is always bent mask - ens or lrenks.—Spanleh proverb, Anxiety Too Much for Her. Health Broke Down, Was Pale and Exhausted—Restoration Came With the Use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. sit down the nerves In my lege world twitch, and I felt strange 110n11a- Vona in the joints. "When In this condition 1 heard of Dr, Chase's Nerve Food and be- gan to use It. It seemed to (help me from tine very fleet and gradually restored me to health and strength. To -day 1 feel as well as I ever did, and ;five the credit to this great presor:ptlon of Dr. Chnee." Mrs. John Miles, 233 Wellington street, Ottawa. Ont., whose husband to employed with Davidson & Week - ray, lumber dealers. states: "I was very weak, had no etrengttr or en- ergy, and suffered nearly all the time with headache, In fact 1 had • The case described In thls letter is similar to thousands In which Dr. Chase's Nerve Food 1s etrcoess- fully used. It Is one mora example of the marvellous upbullding effect of this great food cure. Mrs. George Campbe:l Upper Har- bor, 8t. John Comity, N. B.,'wrltes: "Last Yammer my system was com- pletely ran down, and I WA, pale, weak and eshausted. I had taken care of a tack friend for four months and lou of sleep, as well as the strain and anxiety, wan too much for me. Whey 1 would Ile down or • headache for three whole days Jua1 before beginning to use Dr. Uhase'8 Nerve Food. 1 was also troubled a great deal with shooting pales itemise the small of the back. Un- der 7o-der this treatment my health has been wonderfully 1 improved. The headaches are a thing pt the past, the iratne in my back are cured, and I feel strong and healthy. As an evidence of restored strength I may say that i ata now able to do all my housework without becoming ex- hausted," Dr. C'hase's Nerve Food, 50 cents n box, rix boxes for '52.50, at all dealers or F.dmanson, Bates a Oa., Totionto.