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Clinton, August 21st, 190 4.
A Visit to the ®Id Church in which
I first Preached 44 years ago.
Shanley, Aug. 33rd
To the Editor of The News -Record :
1)ear 1.11il0r,—.\ few items con-
cerning our outing may be of interest
to surto of your readers. \\'e had an
enjoyable sail down the beautiful St.
Lawrence to the town of Cornwall,
through this celebrated Long Sault
Rapids, where r:e landed ,na Saturday
after lea% in;; home and spent' the
Sunday at lioutinette, a small vill-
age, which was the head of toy first
circuit 11 years ago. It was their
quarterly sort, rte and 1 was requested
to preach, Memories of the past
crawled time, nm as I looked back.
Exactly that day in that same church
(now altered and modernized) It
years before, I attended a similar
service. Rut how changed the con-
gregation. At that time the circuit
embraced some dorsa preaching plac-
es and nearly all represented at said
meeting. Now Mou1inetle is one of
titre independent fields and only SOI11P
half Boren who remembered the then
1; 'y -prem ;ter. The Cornwall canal,
with its massive and beautiful lock
arrangements, brilliant electric lights
a: ti numerous pa!,siiii4 vessels, pre*.
e:,ts as interesting picture. The fol-
lowing Sunday and few Clays were
s:.ent a' tultsville, a neat and pros -
porous viiltt e about iwvetve utiles far-
ther up the river. Here it was my
nt ivile'we to c•'.vulttet a service in the
rt.'trc•h which was dedicated 11 years
before and Where I had the honor of
to•ganizing the first Methodist S• S.
Here we were most hospitably enter-
tained at the 11uue of Mrs. N. Mor -
:;an, ;ut old and valued friend, whose
d:vtghter is the wife of the Rev. Dr.
Service of our China Mission. Visited
the old Hickey home where for a
year and at half I boarded, and in the
vicinity of what was then the home
of the lion. J. 1'. Whitney, whose
mother was a worthy member of Our
church. In visiting some of the pla-
c•,-; so familiar many years ago I was
rot a little surprised to learn that
e.:r townsman. Air. W. W. Farran,had
ata• t:ortncction with a point 1 had so
mien passed. "harran's Point" and
that his good lady was related to
some of my intonate acquaintances.
Our next move was to Iroquois, tt'hi-
t!: was the head of my second eir-
ca:it, 13 years ago. Wonderful are the
in•provenu'nts around this place since
last 1 saw it, kind but few now liv-
ing who were ihcu in the midst of
,active life. On the 17th it was my
pt ivilege to participate in the "Bar-
bara Heck Memorial Service" at the
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old "Blue Church." This is a me-
morable spot' in the history of early
Methodism in Canada. The church
is a small frame, 18x30 with a 'tiny
spire. conspicuous from. the river,
about :31 !Hiles above Prescott. Ilere'
lie the remains of Paul and llarbara
:1lec•k who died in 1795 and 1801 're-
t spee titely. The occasion was to
I commemorate the centenary, of Bar-
! tiara's death and take steps towards
4 the Greet ion of a memorial hall in
which the Presbyterians and the
tMet Midis ts are united. The gather-
) ing was convened in a beautiful grove
I
under the direction of. Ret. 1). Win-
, ter. presidcii1 of the Montreal Con-
ference and addresses were delivered
by the Revs. 11m. McDonagh, Philia,
Brown (Presbyterian) J. D.• Rew M.-
P.,
1.P., the Mayor of Prescott, the writ-
er anti others.. We are -now at Shan-
ley which was formerly an appoint-
ment ,nt my second circuit, now the
head of another, where we' ar'e'spend-
int; a few days ere we start for home
which we purpose doing on- •;Monday
next. .
J. GREENE.
1
Ontario Crap Reports.
The total yield is. 4,165,735 hushe1s,•
as against 4,650,70:7 in 1903.
Barley—Tots crop shows an iziereast
of sixty-three thousand acres, the es-
titrated _yield being,32.5 bushels; per
acre as against 34.3' in 1903; and is
5.6- 'above . thc average. -The total
• yield is. 25,136, 635: bushels and 21,-
378,817 in 190:3..• -
. Oats—An inerease of sixteen thous-
and acres is shown for.' oats. The es-•
titrated yield this year is' 38.3 bush-
els per acre as ,against 11.6. in- 1903•
and is 3.7. above the. average. The fe-
tal yield' is 101;459',161 bushels; as
against 109,871,053.in. 1903.
• Rye—Rye shows' a 'reduc'tion of forte
ty-nine thousand ••acres. • ,The eatimat-
eti yield this •year is •16.1 .buttliels per
acre as- against 16.6 i.n • 1903'and iS
slightly below ..the 'average. The 'total.
in I90•1 is 2,099,916 bushels '•as••
against `3„970,760 •
Peas --This.' crop shows. a ]'eduction. •
of sixty-seven•,thousand•acnes. The •
1 estimated -yield is,21;2. bushels :per
•acre as against 21,9 .1a-1903 .. and. ;is
i.a bushels above the. average. . The
total yield is 7,177,786 bushels; as:
against. 8,934,650 iii 1903.
• Beans --Reduced• by ::two: thousantt-
acres. The estimated yield in • t901
191 as against. 18.1 bushels ices aere
• itt '19113'and is .2.0- bushels above ;the,.
average.. The • total yield . is. 9.86,8613.
bushels' as against .978,216.1n. 19(13.
Ilay and clover—This crop •'shows'an
increase.of one.hundred and forty-two
thousand acres,. The estimated: •yield:
is •1.81) tons per acre as against 1.58
in 1903 and is •37 tons ab to .-yea,
. ,.1. o a • .yield: -'is. 5,250,189:
tons compared with :1,33.6,562 !int 1.903:
The areas in ..other crops are as fat
loo's : Corn (for husking)..,339;682.ac-
res,• :Corn (for silo) 193,'115;; buck-.
wheat 10.0,608, • potatoes• 133;1.19; mazz-
gels 71,341, carrots 6,639; turnips 133-
207( rape 49,2'19, haps 2,252,' flax
313, tobacco .3,003, orchards' and' gar
dens •309;4.95, \•ineyai:cis 11,357,-. and.
pasture 3,183,973. • • . . • •
The estimated. crop of. apples frUfti
7,103,566 trees of -bearing • age is 43;-.,
503,671 bushels, •or .6.12 bushels -.per
tree, . being a^ slight decrease front
1903.
Lire stock figure; sho.w' 655,555'hbt•-
ses as compared with 639,581 in•1903., .
• Cattle • number 2,7713,104. -as • 'against
• 2.671,61 in 1903: Slieep,dtopp'ed• '.to ..
4%
.1,455,182 from 1,67211, :enumerated
in 1903.• There .are 1;927.,948 swine, a .
.small dexcregse •from 1403. Poultry
t-.
In Clic rear ending.,Jurte 30th fain .,.
ers of Ontar_i0 have solti of slaughter-
ed 62,310 horses, • 730,212 cattle, 68,7,
141 sheep, 2,240,083 ,switle and 3,037,.
359 poultry.' .
The wool clip is 9,972,012' pattrids •
and farmers possess .201,064. colottiet, •
of : hees.
The estimates of the Ontario crops
on August
1st, compiled by the. On-
tario Department of Agriculture,show_
a falling off in the ,total yield of
wheat of 7,894,975 bushels as com-
pared with last year. There is a de-
crease of over 5,000,000 bushels in
rats and a decrease of 870,81.1 bush-
els in rye. The Yield of barley shows
an increase of 757,818 bushels. "There
is an immense• increase in hay and
clover, tree total yield being estimat-
ed at 5,259,189 tons, as compared
with 4,336,582 tons in 19333. The of-
ficial summary of the detailed state-
ment which will appear in the 1)0110-
tins is as follows :
Fall wheat—This year shows a fur-
ther reduction of sixty thousand acr-
es. The estimatedyieitl .this year .is
16,2 bushels per acre, as against 25.9
in 19113,. and is 1.3 bushels below the
average of the past twenty-two yea-
rs. The total yield is 0,827,760 bush-
els as against 17,212;763 in 1903. The
arca of fall wheat ploughed up totall-
ed 18!6,274 acres or nearly 24 per
cent. of the area sown.
Spring wheat—There is a decrease
this year of twenty-three thousand
acres. The estimated ''' is 18.5
bushels per acre as '. [8.7 -in
1903 and is 2,7 aho he average.