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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1905-09-07, Page 44 TO ADVERTISERS Notice of changes must be left at this office not later than Saturday noon. The copy for changes must be left not later than Monday evening. Casual advertisements accepted up to noon Wednesday of each week. ESTABLISHED 1872 THE WINGJIAM TIMES. H. B. ELLIOTT, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1905. NOTES AND COMMENTS. There are some four currency reforms that are urgent. First, the suppression of the 20 -cent piece; second, the de- struction of dirty and the issue of clean paper money; third, the abolition of the four -dollar bill, and tooth, the insurance of the circulation of sound Canadian silver, the circnlation of United States silver beteg reduced to an "irreducible minimum."—Montreal Wituess. THE BONNIE LAND. The Editor's Trip to the Land of the Heather, The Philadelphia Record • points out that the Hodson Bay Company is a very healthy Canadian inststution. Its $100 shares, of which there are 100,000, have receotly risen from $50 to $350 a share. This oldest trading corporation in existence has had a most interesting career. It was chartered in 1670, in the reign of Chas II , and with few reactions it has been making profits for nearly 300 years for its owners. Its chains of trad- ing houses now extend all over the north- ern portion of this hemisphere, and dur- ing the years it has paid over nearly $5,000,000 to the shareholders. During most of the history of the company its affairs have been managed with the highest ability. Trust mongers, says the Record, have never got hold of that cor- poration —Hamilton Times. CANADA'S POPULATION TIIE large etatne of the Duke of Wellington, whioh was uncovered in 185.3. Opposite these buildiugs is the General Post Office, a handsome edifice, the layiug the foundation of which, in 1861, was one of the last public acts of the Prince Consort. We walked over the North Bridge, whioh was founded in 1703, was Friday night, June 9th, finds the edi- widened iu 1876, and afterwards taken tor and his friend, Mr, Cochrane at down and rebuilt, and was opeued for Juniper Green, a small town a short traffio in 1897. From this bridge we distance from Edinburgh, where we get a magnificent view of the Calton find Mrs. Robert Lawson, a niece of Hill, the Firth of Forth and Arthur's Mr. Cochrane. We were given a hearty welcome by Mr, and Mrs. Lawson and in the neighborhood and at Edinburgh we spend several days. Juniper Green is a lovely little plane on a branch line of the Caledonian Railway, about four miles from Ediuburgh. Many of the professional and business men of Edin- burgh have their homes in this place so as to be away from the noise of the city. 1t is also a great centre for golf courses. Golf is the popular game in Scotland, and on all sides one can see the ladies and gentlemen either on their way to or from the courses. On Saturday morning, June 10th, a walk of over two miles brings us to the village of Slate - ford, where my friend, Mr. Cochrane spent his boyhood days. On the way from Juniper Green to Slateford, we pass the old cannel, whioh runs from Edinburgh to Glasgow. In the early days before the time of railways, over this route was the fastest way to travel between these two imporant cities of Scotland. The old cannel is not need much now, except in drawing garbage from the city. At Slateford we met Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, and both remembered Mr. Cochrane's people and Mr. Cochrane was well acquainted with Mr. Onnningham's older brothers. While here my old friend met an old schoolmate in the person of a Mrs. Fleming, who is now in her 83rd year. Many iuterestiug stories were toad of happenings in Scotland over seventy years ago, We visited the farm home, Gray's Mills, where Mr. Cochrane spent nearly twenty years before coming to Canada. The buildings were pretty much the same as when left by my friend over sixty years ago, though not in as good repair. The hoose and out- buildings are of stone and with care should last for ages. Here I met a man, with a family of boys, who is paying £200 for 70 acres of land. Can any of our Canadian farmers imagine themselves paying $1,000 a year rent for 70 acres of land. For myself I could not under- stand how the man could make both ends meet in paying such a large rent. True, the place was near Edinburgh, but this man did not appear to do any- thing in the way of market -gardening. I strongly advised him to inove to our good Canadian West, where, in a few years ho would have a good farm home for himself and homes for his family of boys. The section between Edinburgh and Juniper Green was once famous for its snuff mills, but the snuff custom is fast dying out in the Old Land and the suuff mill is passing out of existence and is being replaced by grist mills and paper mills. We visited one of the old snuff mills and it was very interesting to watch the different processes through which the tobacco passes before it is turned into the finished article of snuff. Sunday, June llth we attended the old parish Kirk at Colinton, where Mr. Cochrane attended service for many years. The old church was built in 1771 and the exterior looks now as it did seventy years ago, but the interior has been entirely remodelled. The natural increase of population in Canada in the twelve months of the last census year was at the rate of 12.70 per 1000, the rate of births having been 27.82 ani of deaths 15.12. Computed at the same rate, and adding the number o immigrants, the population on July 1 of each year should be as follows (popula- tion April 1, 1901, 5.371,315): "Population July 1, 1901, 5,413.370; natural increase in twelve months, 68-, 750; immigration in twelve months, 67,380. "Population July 1, 1902, 5.549,500; natural increase in twelve months, 73,- 478; immigration in twelve months, 128,364. "Population July 1, 1903, 5,748,342; natural increase in twelve mouths, 73,- 004; immigration in 130,331. "Population July 1, 1904, 5,951,677; natural increase in twelve months 75, - in twelve months, twelve months, 587; immigration 146,266. "Population July 1, 1905, 6,173,530. "Increase in population since the cen- sus of 1901, 802,215." NEWS NOTe.S. Deputy Minister Campbell says he is going to advocate the entire abolition of statute labor in Ontario. Hou. Mr. Matheson is going to Eng- land in connection with the financing of the Temiskaming Railway. Mr. Walter Scott has been called on by Lieutenant -Governor Forget to form a Proviucial Government in Saskatche- wan. As a result of the establishment of two new Provinces in the Northwest the mounted police force will be gradually reduced. Mr. James Claucy has been appointed Provincial Auditor, succeeding Mr. C.H. Sproule, who becomes Assistant Treas- urer in place of Mr. W. N. Anderson, resigned. vers Seat. After passing over the bridge we see the large office building of "The Scotsman," Edinburgh's only morniag paper. This handsome building has just been completed at a cost of, includ- ing site, about £300,000. We called at the office and found the editor of the "Weekly Scotsman" who showed us every kindness. In our further rounds we pass over the South Bridge, built in 1785 upon twenty arches, and from here we get a glimpse of the Cowgate, stretching westerly to George IV. Bridge and easterly to Holyrood. It is uow one of the least reputable parts of the city and in passing along we could see many evidences of poverty and mis- ery and many scenes that could not be described iu a newspaper article. Some of our Canadian cities may have their bad sections, but we have never yet seen anything to be compared to this section of Edinburgh. In the time of James III this was a most aristocratic quarter. The older part of the University build- ings are in the South Bridge. Edin- burgh University dates from 1582, but the Town Council had been moving in the matter for more than twenty years before, and obtained from Queen Mary a grant of the ruins of the Kirk -o' -Field, in which Darnley was murdered. The first college stood on this site and were erected at various periods from 1789 to 1834. We pass the old Greyfairs Church. with its churchyard containing the graves of Allan Ramsay, and other prominent leen. The McEwan Hall, built at a coat of about £112,000 by Wil- liam McEwan, Iate M.P. for the Central Division of Edinburgh. In this hall all the high-class concerts are given. The new Medical School adjoins the hall. The architecture is Early Italian, and the building cost about £200,000. The Edinburgh Fire Station is a veru hand- some building and cost in the neighbor- hood of £33,000. We did not take time to visit the King's park, which is over five miles in circumference. Edinburgh, the Scottish capital is one of the finest places I ever visited, and had ttme permitted I would have spent several days longer in this beautiful place. The first sight of the large Wav- erly station made me wander where 1 was at. It is a very large place and the main part of the building is an "island" and is entirely surrounded by business places. The width of the building is 285 feet. Over the station is the Waver- ly station hotel, one of the finest build- ings in the city and can accommodate over 300 guests. There is no cultivated taste which cannot be gratified in Edin. burgh. Here the antiquary, the hietor- ian, the moralist, the scientist, the painter, the poet, have all manifold at- tractions. The powers of man and of Nature are here seen conjoined in pro- ducing an effect unrivalled in the world. The earliest record of the city is in 854. When David I. founded the Abbey of Holyrood in 1128 he gave the monks the privilege of building the burgh of Canonsbetrgh, now known as Cannon - gate. At thea time Cannongate was al - You know the medicine that together independent of the capital, hay = .ru*kCS pure, rich blood— fug a market cross, a tolbooth, and a • Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Your . municipality of its own. A Parliament . - mother, grandmother, all your ' was held in Edinburgh in 1215, and in folks, used it. They trusted 1456 the meetings became regular. The Sar:paria tieh monarchs to make Edinburgh their • strength of the castle oansing the Scot- Isnncipal abode and seat of government. it. Their doctors trusted k. Edintii rg is inseparably associated with the history of the beantifal but union. WINGI[AI TIMES SEPTEMBER 7, 1905, I4MOUS PEOPLE BY FANNIE M.LOTHROp The Princess street gardens in Edin- burgh is the most beautiful place I ever visited and here is to be seen growing almost every known flower and shrub. Opposite from the gardens is along piece of Princes street and here is a row of the finest buildings and shops that are to be seen in Edinburgh. Iii the garden is to be seen the large monument erected to the memory of Sir Walter Scott. Here a. so aremonuments toth memory of Robert Barns, Dr. Livingstone, Allan Romeay and many others. At the cor- ner of Princes street and the Lothian road are SL Cnthbe rte Parish Church, and St. John's Episcopical Church, the incumbent of which for many years was Dean Ramsay, whose "Reminiscen- ces of Scottish Life and Character" have secured a place unique in literature. The places of most interest to me in Edinburgh were Holyrood Palace and the Castle. Holyrood owes its chief in- terest to the tragic episodes connected with Mary Queen of Scots. The struc- ture itself is composed of old and new parts, the oldest dating back to the fifteenth century, the newest to last century. Immediately opposite the Cannongate, which owing to its prox- iminty to Holyrood, became in early times, the "Court Quarter," and many of the gallant men and beautiful women who resided there have had their names indelibly inscribed on the pages of Scot- tish history. In those days the publica- tion of "Satires" was of frequent occur- rence, and from one on "Court Ladies" we learn that "The lasses o' the Cannongate, Oh, they aro wonderous nice, They winna gie a single kiss But fora double price." The Cannongate continued to flourish from Queen Mary's time until the Union in 1707, when the removal of the Court to London enticed away the nobility and aristocracy. Of the Abbey founded by David I, the chapel alone remains, and even this was ruined at the Revolution. Within its walls, however, James IV. received the Sword of State from the Legite of Pope Julius II, Queen Mary and Darnley were married and Charles I. was clowned. In the palace only a few apartments are shown. Lord Darnley's room is a place of much fn- terestr Queen Mary's bed -chamber con- tains the bed on which she slept. The pasture gallery of the palace was the scene of gay balls and revels with which Prince Charles for a fow weeks in 1745 celebrates: his return to the home of his fathers and it is still used for the elec- tion of the representative Peers. Once Your doctor trusts it. Thenlunate Mary Queen of Scots, and Sir a year Holyrood wakes np, at the com- trust k yourself. Thera 1s Walter 8rott may ire said to be a part os+ I ing of the Lord High Commissioner in health and strength la it. I Ediinb:irght for, go where yen like in the y For the rest of the time it sleeps yte t rap trees ,,,,N,,, cite, there is siwayd something that with its memories. Ar"'"asr•mmIll M• 1*" iia" """•'. calls flim to rebietubf f$nre. The popes The Castle is the most conspicuous a..11s sired tisk,' !!! N . r• N. NAS' Its ttlase, II. x lation of the city is t 16,837. Near the . feature in Edinburgh, Its origin is net A a/ • aster• r. o. ATili an. ,►nse...�+. 1.41' w x railway" station. ire w» a number of eery known, but some place it as far back as a i.t.r�..rlt....+a for �••� large buildfults, The old Register. 989 B.C. No doubt the rock on Which R ichBlood House, for the prresertation of pnblio re* it stands mast have been inhabited and cords weft built between 1772.1822 and fortified at a very early date. The MIMI the new one waft erected between 1857- entrance to the Castle is by a drawbridge Nw � 60. 1t1 froatt di $1:1104 bnlldinK etandr a star the old moat, and through the stew Photograph by Herman. 2ontre.t.• 'tORDi MOUNT S'rEPH.EN The Career of a Gr, at Canadian The greatest philanthropist of Canada is Lord Mount Stephen; the greatest benefactor of the United States is Andrew Carnegie—both men who came to the new world as poor boys from the east of Scotland, have made great fortunes and have spread with lavish hand their accumulated wealth. When George Stephen, the son of a poor carpenter in the small Scotch village of Dufftown was born in 1829, the outlook for a great success seemed surely dim and improbable. When, after completing the course at the little parish school he undertook to earn his living as herd -boy on the minister's farm in the glen, no vision came to him of the time when he would be known as a Lord, high in the councils of State, the friend of the King and the bene- factor of his people. Then came an uncontrollable desire to see the larger world, and as an apprentice in the drapery trade he went to Aberdeen, and later to Glasgow and London. In 1850 he left England for Canada, where he engaged in the woolen business, and in a fow years was well on the high road to prosperity. In Canada he found his cousin, Donald Smith, later Lord Stratlicona, and the two Highlanders who had played together as boys, joined issues, and soon, like the meeting of two brooks, their united efforts flowed in one channel. Both were directors in the Bank of Montreal, both are interested in railways, and both have achieved fame as philanthropists, statesmen, art connoisseurs and in diplomatic circles. In 1875 Lord Mount Stephen joined a syndicate for purchasing the bonds of the Dutch stockholders of the St. Paul and Pa- cific Railroad, which, when completed, controlled the Northwest of Canada. When British Columbia entered the Dominion it was with the under- standing that the Government would build a railroad across the continent. The Government failed sadly inits plans; in 1880. one year before the en- tire road should have been ready, only 700 of its nearly 3,000 miles were com- pleted. Chaos prevailed and collapse was imminent. Then Lords Mount Stephen and Strathcona came forward and for a subsidy of $25,000,000, full title to the section already built, and a land grant of twenty-five million acres—a territory as large as Ireland and Wales—they promised to join the two oceans within eleven years. They accomplished the task in five. Lord Mount Stephen was made a baronet in 188G and five years later was raised to the peerage with his present title, which was taken from a mountain near the railroad that his energy and enterprise helped to create. intered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, to the year 1905, by W. C. nick, at the Department of Agriculture. battlement gateway, representing a former outer port. The Citadel, the highest part of the rock is 400 feet above sea level. The Citadel contains every- thing of interest in the Castle, including Mous Meg, a famous piece ot ordnance used in the siege of Dumbarton in 1489. Here may be seen the ancient crown of Scotland, with the Sceptre, Sword of State, eto. Adjoining this is a email compartment known as Queen Mary's Room, where she gave birth to the child who afterwards became James VI of Scotland and First of England. Here we also see St. Margaret's Chapel, a little Norman structure which dates back to the eleventh century and is the smallest church in Britain. We also visited the Ancient Parliament House and the Argyll Tower.- A large number of Scotch soldiers have their quarters in the old castle and here have drills daily, but we were unfortunate in not visiting the castle at the hoar for drill. Maple Leafs Won Game. The St. Marys lacrosse team played off the second game in the junior series with the Maple Leafs on the town park on Wednesday afternoon of last week and lost by three goale to two. Wing - ham having won at St. Marys by seven to two, this leaves Wingham the victors on the ground by six goals. A special train brought the outside club here, ac- companied by a few supporters. The game was very interesting from start to finish, from a spectator's standpoint, be- ing free from roughness and fast and ex- citing. A feature which amused the crowd very much was the peculiar tactics adopted by Lancaster, of St. Marys, in checking Cody. He followed Cody around like a collie after his master, and it practically resulted in the game being played with ten men a side. St. Marys got the first goal on a nice shot in the first quarter. Wingham evened up before half time and got another in the third quarter, both teams scoring in the last qnarter. A11 the players put np a good game, but if the St. Marys goal keeper had played an ordinary game the score would have been much larger for the Wingham team. The referee, Mr. Lambert, of Mount Forest, as usual, was very im- partial. Mt Forest has won from the Hanover team and this brings Wingham to play home and home games with Mt Forest, The first game of this series will be played in Wingham on Friday afternoon of this week. The local boys want to win from the visitors and our townspeople should turn out and help cheer the boys to victory. The game is called for 3 p.tn. sharp, and the Citizen's Band will tarnish Music during the afternoon. Dr. Butler, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, 870 Queen's Avenue, Loudon, 8rd doer East St. Andrew'. Church. Glasses supplied, vmrwr►t ► E HERE ARE tSome Sarains For You p.TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM. ..4 0.p.N.Dress Goods to be cleared out:—Black, all -wool ., ot Serges, 54 inches wide, at 6oc, 85c and $1.00 per yard. C All wool Serges, brown, green, blue and black, for 25c per 1 C yard, regular 35. Lustres, Cashmeres, etc., at less than i C cost. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Sept. 5,—Total receipts at the city cattle market were fair to -day, with a good run of cattle and sheep, but a light ran of hogs. Deliveries were 80 cars, with 1,258 head of cattle,1482 sheep and lambs, 200 hogs and 128 calves. Trade was slow. The general quality of the cattle offering was poor, with quite a large portion of light, rough stockers and the common butcher class. The good and choice butcher's cattle were very scarce. e rce. The demand a d w as good for the best butchers, and there was no easing off in prices for this class, h cattle were h her butcher a but the rougher easier, and the ordinary to fair butcher cattle suffered from the general slowness of the market, caused by the too plenti- ftel supply of the poorer qualities. The best butcher cattle prices were from $4 to $4.25; medium and fair cattle, $3.76 $3.90; common cattle down to $2 for canners. The export trade was very quiet, with very few of the right )rind available. A good many light exporters were bought for feeding. There is a fair demand for good stock- ers and feeders at from $3.50 to $3.80. The sheep and lamb market is steady, with a good demand for the local trade. The bog market is weak and three - eights lower than last week. The following are the quotations: Exporters' cattle— Per 100 lbs. heavy $4 25 $4 75 Light 4 00 4 25 Bulls 3 50 3 75 do„ light 2 75 3 00 Feeders— light, 800 pounds and up- wards 3 00 Stockers 3 00 900 lbs 200 Butchers'— Choice 3 75 Medium 3 50 Picked 4 00 Bulls 1 75 Rough 2 00 Light stock bulls 2 00 Milk cows 30 00 Hogs— Best . 6 75 Lights 6 75 Sheep— Export 400 Bucks__ , .. 300 Spring Lambs. 5 25 Calves, each 2 00 A big stock of Prints, from 8c to 14c per yard, wide, mercerised effects, in the fashionable swell check for I Shirt Waist Suits. 4 A job lot of Lawns, 42 and 45 inches wide, very specialfrom roc to 25. Fine India Lawns for blouses, 3 P. prettyy muslins for dresses and blouses, special price 7c. ► Fancy Muslins worth toe, for 6c per yard. Handsome EWhite Figured Madras for Blouses and Shirt Waist Suits. 0.44 C Embroideries, very cheap— to inches wide, 12%c. 3 € Insertion for Ioc, etc. These goods are selling at half I. price. 4 C Ducks, plain and figured, fast colors and .3 C very durable Heavyor shirting or skirting. 4 A beautiful assortment of Ladies' White Under- 3 wear at very reasonable prices. . Best D Sc A Corsets, worth 1.00 for 8 c, and 75c 4 a $ 5 r 1 for 6oc. 3 Counterpanes, worth $I.00 for 75c; larger ones for ' $ I.50—reduced price. 3 40 3 50 2 50 4'10 3 75 450 2 25 3 00 2 25 5000 4 15 3 40 600 1000 WINGHAM MARKET REPORTS Wingham, Sept. Gth, 1905 Flour per 100 lbs 2 GO to 300 Fall Wheat 0 85 to 0 90 Spring Wheat 0 85 to 0 90 Oats 0 38 to 0 40 Barley 0 45 to 0 48 Peas 0 55 to 0 G0 Buckwheat ... 0 55 to 0 55 Butter ...... ........ 0 18 to 0 18 Eggs per don 0 17 to 0 17 Wood per cord 250 to 3 00 Hay , per ton 600 to 700 Potatoes, per bushel 0 40 to 0 40 Tallow per lb .... 004 to 005 Lard ,... . 014 to 0 14 Dried Wool Apples per lb 0 03 to 0 0 26 to 0 26 Lite Hogs, per owt 6 GO to 6 GO Lace Curtains from 35c per pair up. A special I line, at $1.25 and another at $2.00 per pair. 3 Nice wide Turkish Ching. for comfort for 15c. 1 Come in and see these goods and you will be glad 3 4 you come. Produce Taken As Usual. T. A. MILLS. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIl AA AAA,vAAAA,v4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA1 1 Couches and Parlor Suits In Conches and Parlor Snits our stook is strictly up-to-d.tte— that isj why we have sold so many lately. We have a number left yet to ()hoose from. They are excellent value. Our Sideboards are the best. Our Mattresses and Springs are great sellers. Don't fail to get prices on all kinds of Furniture. Window Shades and Curtain poles. WALKER BROS. & BUTTON WINGHAM. Undertaking promptly and carefully attended to. AMMAAAAA AN,A *AAA AAA WVWVVWVWWVWWW /N� WyV1p. SCHOOL SUPPLIES FREE. R. KNOX, Jeweler and Stationer, will giro Sohool Supplies " free " to all purchasers of Sohool Books+ during September, according to purchase. On $10.00 purchase, 750 worth of School Supplies, free. On 800 " 60o " " " On 5.00 " 40c On 3.50 " 26c On 2.00 " 15c „ „ 11 (, " „ A large stock of everything in Sohool Booke, School Supplies and Stationery to choose from. Don't forget that Knox sells THE BEST Sohool Supplies and Stationery at lowest prices. Jewelry, Optical and Watch Repairing. .A. full line of Watches, Clocks, Rings, Chains, Lockets, Brooches, Silverware, etc. Eyes tested free. My long experience insures you of a proper fit. Prices right. Watoh Repairing promptly attended to. All work done on shortest notice. Satisfaction guaranteed. $50 reward for any watch I cannot repair. R. KNOX Expert Watoh Repairer, Jeweler and Stationer. WINGHAM, ONT. C. J. MAGUIRE ACCOUNTANT, REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE AND LOAN AGENT Accounts Rents and Notes Collected. Con. Veyanoing done. OFFICE—In Vanstone Block. Open Saturday nights from 7 to 9 o'clock. PROPERTY FOR SALE Wm N tte ae1d, cont the 6112 acrethe land On the premlaes is a good brick house and frame kitchen with hard and soft water. Also a bora and stable; good bearing orchard and garden, suitable for market gardening, ,'or terms and particulars apply to Ahalt mile west of cemetery, alla=ver ' 7, 1►tngham P.O. WINGHAM Machine Shop Hating purchased the a'.>ave boatmen, I am now prepared to attend to the wants of the public) in all kinds of Machinery Repairing, Steam Pitt ing, etc. W. Si ESTES MACHINIST« ettooealwr to W. Q. Paton, 1