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Ran FE1tN VALLEY, VICTolira,,
Sept. 25th, 18$8,
.Comparisons are said to be odious,
but I have frequently compared this
colony with Ontario in order to ex-
press my meaning m ire clearly, and
ehall continue to do so in spite of the
old adage. Ontario's harvest will
now be gathered in, and the farmers
young and old, with their wives, pre-
sent or proppeetive, will be attending
Agricultural Fairs all over the
country; the newspapers will be filled
with prize lista, and politics for a
time will be left in the background.'
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But in Victoria it is different The
great annual `cup race' at Melbourne
is approaching and even the Centen-
nial Exhibition is held secondary to
that in the mind of the average Col-
onial. In short the people of Ontar-
io are a working, and the people of
Victoria, a sporting community.
Not that Colonials are unwilling to
work, they can work and do work,
but the shorter hours of labor, higher
wages, and all the year round climate,
make them less likely to take thought
for the morrow than their cousins in
Ontario. The spirit of gambling
and making haste to get rich which
has survived the days away back in
the fifties, when gold was picked up
by the hundred weight, may not be a
good thing for this colony, but it has
not made the people less kind or
agreeable. The constant work and
strict economy engendered by a se-
vere and capricious climate have de-
veloped traits of character other than
admirable io some of the good people
of Ontario. 1f, as grave philosophers
assert, everything sublunary is valued
according to the amount of labor in-
volved in getting it, we can under-
stand why the people of Ontario are
so closefisted at times; it is because
they have spentlives of unremitting
toil, and know how many dro,,s of
sweat every dollar they possess has
cost them, how many blizzards they
have had to face, and how many
scorching summer suns the y have
had to endure in gathering together
the little they call their own. But
be Otis es it may, I have seen more
..money collected in Victoria amomg
a score of working men for an injur-
ed companion than is often given in
a crowded Ontario church at the
close of an earnest charity sermon.
It may be as well to state right here
that the ERA is in no way respons-
ible for anything that may appearin
theseelettere, the space they occupy
having been paid for in advance at
rates slightly lower than those charg-
ed to writers on sundry church
tlifficultiee; therefore, for any persona
to get mad and burn down the Eta
office, would be a case of misdirected
energy, resulting only in the said
ERA being issued from a building of
greater architectural beauty.
Australians who .have heard so
much recently of that Imperial Fed-
eration Committee at Ottawa, and its
efforts to bring about reciprocity be-
tween these colonies and Canada,
must have been surprised at the op-
ening of the Centennial Eihibition to
find Cadada furnishing- the smallest
collection of exhibits at the fair.
Surely the I F C at Ottawa cannot
have much influence with the Do-
minion Goot, or the threet thousand
Canadians in this colony would not
have bad to blush at the meagre ex-
hibit made by their country.
Rev Principal Grant, of Kingston,
who is sojonrning in Australia for
the good of his health, delivered a
lecture in Melbourne a few weeks
ago, on the subject of Imperial Fed-
eration. He told his audience that
althongh the subject was a large one
the countries were also large. Can-
ada, he said, was bounded by three
oceans on three sides, and by the
watershed of the great continent of
North America on the fourth side.
•* ek That although Canada was
a large country, it did not attain its
present size at one leap, nor had it
yet done rowing, as large outlying
territories or provinces were still be-
ing added to the union, and New.
foundland was now negotiating to
join the Confederation, while the
Weft Indies would *probably soon
follow, first perhaps commercially,
then politically.
Imperial Federationists, or Union-
ists, as Prin. Grant prefers to call
them, are continually citing Italy,
Germany and the United States, as
example of successful confedera-
' tio, of semi-independent States un
der strong central governments; but
the greatest example of successful
federation, the Dominion of Canada,
is scarcely ever mentioned. The
three form er unions in days of mili-
tary enthusiasm, were formed by the
A
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federation. ofcontiguousStates, with
common interest and 'kindred peo-
plee. for the -purpose of resisting com-
'non oppressors or fraustrating; corn.
Weil ,foes. Canada, in a tine of
peace, was formed by the union of
scattered provinces, poor and sparely
Settled, having no interestin common
and separated from one another by
thousands of miles of trackless forest,
"illimitable wildernesses"and"eeas of
mountains,"' provinces which, ac
cording to the precedents of history,
should have been absorbed olie by
one into the great republic beside
them. The:provinces were not only
poor and widely scattered, but were
peopled by different races, speaking
different languages , and holding dif-
ferent creedss.: For year's afterthe
eonfedervtion was formed, iniigranta
frosts the older to the newer portions
of the country had to travel for days
through the territory of a rival na-
tion.. But Canadians have shown
that they arewilting to saoriflce much
for the•binding together of the differ-
ent parte. of their young country.
Intercolonial and Trans -continental
railways have been built, canals and
tunnels have been and are being con-
structed, to overcome geographical
obstacles, mutual conceasions have
been granted to overcome differencr.s
of race and creed, and Franchise
bills and Gerrymander acte have
been devised to overcome the Grits:
°Almost, any Canadian should be
able to write a book entitled What I
know about Confederation, but the
contents of the book would depend
largely on whether its author were a
Grit ora Tory.
Tae federation of the British Em-
pire saps one,presents no greater dif•
ficulties than those presented to the
fathers of the Canadian Confedera-
tion; and if the latter have been sues
cessfully met, why not the former?
We see Bluenose and Jean Baptiste
meeting in ceuncil at Ottawa with
men from the shores of the great
lakes, the furherest parts of the new
Northwest, and the still more distant
regions beyond the Rocky mount-
ains; let us then aim for yet greater
things and see all Imperial Council
composed of representatives sent by
the sons and daughters of John Bull
from all corners of the world, a conn-
cil in which even his adopted chil-
dren on the banks of the St. Law-
rence and the Ganges will have a
voice. John Bull has been a good
father and has expended a vast
amount of money in protecting and
bringing up his family,.and since the
day when his eldest and most un-
grateful son Jonathan, ran away
from home, after giving the old man
a licking, has never asked an of the
others to repay a shilling of what it
cost to raise them. On the contrary,
he ,shits allowed them, as soon as they''
were old enongh to earn money, to
put it in their own pockets, spend it
or invest it as they wished; but at
the same time has ever been ready to
see them through their quarrels, and
has even gone so far on several occa-
sions as to become security for their
debts. John Bull having done
all this for his children, naturally
does not wish them to desert him and
is therefore willing to give them a
voice in the management of hie ex-
tensive business, provided that they
invest their all with him, and become
junior partners is the new firm of
John Bull & Co.
This all sounds very plausible,
growls another, but some of us look
at the question from a different stand-
point. In the first place, the success
of the Dominion has notbeen so
great as you wish us to believe,
what with excessive taxation, largely
increased, expenditure, rapidly ac-
cumulating debts, people leaving the
country by thousands, discontented
threats of secession, and even open
rebellion among those who remain,
Canada is not such a `blessed and
hopeful phenomenon' after all. John
Bull will scarcely be able to persuade
Canadians to agree to any further
federation schemes until they see
their way through what they have al-
ready undertaken. Nor will his
children in the Antipodes be any
more likelyto agree to Imperial Fed-
eration, hey already lcok to broth-
er Jonathaen oftener than to John
Bull for an example to follow; and as
soon as sectional differences among
themselves are settled this feeling
will become much stronger. John
Bull's children have inherited con-
siderable of their father's disposition
and are not likely to let sentiment
stand in the way of self-interest.
They know that the position of jun-
ior partner is a very important one,
that the business is always carried en
according to the ideas ofthe head of
the firm. They know too that John
,Bull's ideas are not their ideas. and
have also heard that his business is
not so safe as it once was, that rival
houses have been getting the start of
him, that he has become surety for
strangers, and in many ways incur-
red grave responsibilities which his
children are not willing to help him
carry; therefore they decline with
thanks the offered partnership.
Thus politcians and .would be
statesmen wrangle; meanwhile the
moderate man quietly eats his bread
and butter, content that the old flag
still floats over every wave and Brit-
ish sailors still get drunk in every
seaport of the world. A. C.
CLINTON, ONT., NOVEMBER 0, 1888.
Goderich Township.
Mr W: Elliott,. of Porter's Hill,
leaves to -day for the Chicago Fair,
taking with him his pair of stallions.
Mr Willie and Miss Emma Jowett
have, returned from Manitoba and
look benefitted by their trip, They
think of returning in the spring to
stay on their father's farm there.
Fiera NEW House.—Thio weeklMr
Isaac Rapson, of the base line, moved
into his new brick house,and has now
not only a comfortable residence, but
one that is a decided ornament to the
place, Messrs Cooper & Swaffield,
Clinton, were, the contractor*, the
brickwork being done by Mr R.
Howard.
Mr Gabriel Elliott has purchased
the farm of lir Jacob Sbep)?iard, of
the Bayfield Line. Ile paid some-
where in the neighborhood of $6400 ;
it is a splendid farm, cQneiating of
about 109 acres and is well situated.
"Gabe" knows a good farm when he
sees it and doesn't hesitate for a few
dollars. Mr Sheppard intends going
to Petrolia to hie farm there.
DIED.—On Thursday afternoon of
last week William McCullough parsed
over to the majority,after a few weeks
illness. He had been bothered with
diarrhoea- for some:time, which deve-
loped into ulceration of the bowels,
with probably a slight touch of ty-
phoid fever. The deceased was a
hard working, honest going man who
wronged no one. He had been em-
ployed with the Vanstone family, and
latterly with Mes+re Stewart & Lo-
wick for a number of years, and was
very highly spoken of by them on
account of hie reliability. Mrs Mc-
Cullough and seven children are left
to regret the loss of a good husband
and kind father. — Brussels Post.
Deceased is a brother of Mr Robert
cCullough, Huron Road, Goderich
Township.
•1.
Exeter.
Mise Louisa Pollard, of Leadbury,
is at present visiting relatives in and
around this place.
Messrs Wm Balk will & Son chipped
three car loads of fat cattle to the
Windsor distillery, on Thursday last.
Messrs Wm, Morrison, T. W.
Hamlin, F. Westcott and D. Johns,
our worthy post master,left this place
on Friday morning last,for Muskoka,
on a shooting expedition. The peo-
ple of Exeter can rely on seeing a
large amount of game on their return,
as they arks all crack shots.
Colborne.
Mr Wm. Blake has a very, painful
thumb, caused by an unlocated
splinter.
It was a false rumor saying Mr F.
Breckow had sold his farm, at any
rate he knows nothing about it.
Quilting bees are the order of the
day. Cold weather is coming on and--
ahem,
nd—ahem, yet I pine away in single bless-
edness.
Our worthy pedagogue, Mr J. Mc-
Leod, has seriously hurt his knee,
whichwill it is feared incapacitate
him from his arduous duties for
a while.
Mr B. W. Forster purchased a fine
bay team at T. Elliott's auction sale
held near Smith's Hill. Mr Forster
has also purchased a saw mill and
eugiee, and is shortly going to make
a bee to draw them here from
Hensel].
Westfield.
Mrs Stackhouse is at Wolverton
visiting her mother.
Dr Wm. Shorts, of Michigan, was
home visiting his mother a few days
this week.
Professor E. Tindall, the elecution-
ist, has been visiting at his uncle
Carr's a few days this week.
Mr Lawrence, the noted music
teacher, organized a class here a few
nights ago. He got twenty-seven
members to start with.
Mr Wallace Jackson had the mis-
fortune to fall over the daebboard of
a buggy, and got his head severely
cut He is under the doetor'e care
at present
Mr J. H. 'McClinton's new brick
house is completed and is one of the
finest buildings on the line. For a
finishing touch he has put a new
Dominion organ into it,
Mr Fred Toll, who has bad J. Mc-
Shannock's farm rented, is going to
have a sale on the 15th inst. He
intends going to Uncle Sam's domains
to build a home for himself there.
The small boy was around on Hal-
lowe'en but did no great mischief.
Mr C. Elsley's plow was hung up in
a neighbor's tree, where it remained
over Sunday. Boys don't always
pile onto one man, give him a rest
and try some one else.
People say that Mr James Gledhill
has sold his valuable farm for the
low sum of $6000, the farm contains
,100 acres of good land. The pur-
chaser is a young Englishman by
name Steward, who recently became
possessed of a fortune.
A certain young man within gun-
shot of Bethel church,makea frequent
visits to Hullett on Sunday, inspect-
ing thoro' bred stock. Whether he
is after cattle, sheep, etc., a better
half or some other useful but un-
ornamental truck 'tis hard for us to
sae.
A little bird whispered to methat
there will be a wedding on the Mait-
land con. and perhaps two shortly,
but I am no fisher to -look into other.
people's business and butt my head
against a wall. Then I fell to rumi-
nating .why.I had not been married,
and looking back the last quarter of -
a century I was surprised at the ups
and downs one encounters in that
period; the remarkable prevalence of
downs is striking,for instance :—I was
strolling by an orchard owned by a
red headed Scotchman.and observing
some ripe fruit my mouth watered,
and having found a hole under the
fence was creeping through when—
"Hoot mun, Sandy, whar be gang?"
"Back again," said Sandy.
Stanley.
REMOVED.—Mr Peter McGregor is
removing the barn on his 50 acre lot
to his barns nearer Brucefield, Mr
Peter Campbell bas the job.
MISSIONARY. — On Wednesday
afternoon of last week a num)'sr of
the young ladies belonging to the
School Section No. 1 Sabbath School
met at the residence of Miss Annie
Ross, and quilted in good style a
patchwork" quilt, for the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society. We
would say to others, go and do like-
wise.
COUNCIL,—The council met on
Saturday according to notice. Mem-
bers all present with the Reeve in the
chair. Minutes of previous meeting
read and signed. The following
motions were passed :—That the col-
lector's bond be accepted; that James
Armstrong be paid ten dollars for
coffin and one dollar for shirt for
Wm. Berwick; that Thomas Johns-
ton be paid two dollars for digging
grave for Wm. Berwick ; that J. J.
McKenna be paid twelve dollars for
surveyieg and locating roadway be-
tween lot 6,con. 13 and lot 20,L R E;
that all gravel accounts and other
bills be sent in to the council before
the 75th day of December next. The
collector was instructed +� have all
taxes possible in by the 15th day of
Decsmber, as ttie township accounts
have to be made out at tbet date r.^. -
cording to statute. The ccunc:l then
adjourned to mt t again on the lith
day of Dr :ember next, at ten o'cic :k
a. M. 0E0, STEWART, Cleric.
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Tuekersmitli.
COUNOIL MEETING.—The council
met at Brucefleld, on Thursday, and
ordered the payment of the contracts
let by tender as well as a long list of
other smaller aceounte, gravel for
repair of roads, repairs to cuiverts,etc.
As theae and all other payments are
now required by statute to be printed
and circulated before the- annnal
meeting, it is not thought necessary
to publish at the present time more
than the following :—Account of H.
B. Proudtoot, engineer, for services
under the Ditches and Watercourses
Act, under requisition of R. Mellis,
$6, under requisition of Wm Fortune,
$9.75. The following sums were
voted by way of assistance to the
parties named :—N. Price, $15 ; Mrs
Calaghan, $5 ; Mrs Comber, $10; ; Mrs
Curtis, $6. The council adjourned
to meet at the call of the Reeve.
SAMUEL SMILLIE, Clerk.
Summerhill.
Mr Josh Hill wears a pleasant
smile,the reason being another bloo-tf=
ing boy.
Mr 'Geo. Tyner and wife, of Bel-
grave,are now living a ith Mrs Tyner's
father, Mr C. Lovett, sr. Mr .Tyner
is still in a critical condition.
Mr John Johnson gave the young
folk a spree on Thursday night of
last week. The boys were a little
disappointed at the non-appearance
of the violinist, which was a great
drawback to the proceedings.
--.e- —
West Wawanosh.
CouNcir..--A regularmeeting was
held on Salurday Oct. 20th. Mem-
bers all present. A petition from A.
Robinson and • others. asking for a
bonus towards wire fence built by
Jas. Woods; a grant of 10 cents a
rod was given. The school arbitra-
tion reported the formation of a new
section in Ashfie:d, partly composed
of N S 5 No 1, Wawanosh. The
clerk was instructed to prepare a by-
law confirming the award, and on
motion the municipalitie's share of
'the cost of arbitration, viz. $10, was
ordered to be paid. T. I1cKay pre-
sented bills for attendance on James
Barran and a Mr Taylor, both in,
poor circumstance. The sum of $12
was paid. The treasurer's report for
September was read, it showed bal-
ance receipts amounting to $163.08,
and expenditure $60.43, leaving a
balance on hand of $102.65. About
forty accounts for gravel, jobs, etc.,
were presented and checks given for
same. A communication from Mr
Cameron, township solicitor, was
read. The whole matter of the gra-
vel dispute between Alex Ross and
the council was discussed at length.
After considerable discussion it was
moved and seconded that acting -on
the hdvice of Mr Cameron, the mat-
ter of compensation to Alex Rose for
alleged damage to property, be re=
ferredt o the same arbitrators- for re-
consideration, and for a new award,
and that the Reeve and the Clerk
be duly empowered to sign a docu-
ment in accordance with the motion.
Carried. Council then adjourned to
meet in the 'Hall on Saturday Nov.
19th at 10 o'clock.
R. K. MILLER, Clerk,
Sunshine.
Mr John Deforest, with his family,
has moved to Nassagaweya.
Mr T P Nugent,of Lucknow,form -
erly of Sunshine, is here on business
this week.
There is some talk of the mill and
factory of this place being moved to
the village of Southampton this fall.
Mr R J Webb, general klacksmith,
has given up his business here and
has moved to Brussels, where he will
still work at his trade.
A. number of the people from this
vicinity, attended the Orange cele-
bration at Belgrave on Monday last,
and were well pleased with the way
in which they were entertained.
Dungannon.
Quarterly meeting was held in the
Methodist church on Sunday morning
last.
We understaud that Mr Holland
intends opening out a furniture store
in the vacant store of Mr J M Rob-
erts.
°Rev Mr Vaughan preached in
Erskine church Sabbath morning,aud
in the Methodistehurch in the even-
ing.
Mr Hiscocks was up at Wingham
last week, attending the funeral of
his daughter-in-law, Mre Wm. His -
cocks,
Rev E Vaughn, and wife, after
visiting* friends and acquaintances
here, left qq, Tuesday morning for .a
trip to Toronto, where they will visit
some relatives before returningto
their home in Dakota. Qur est
wishes go with them.
It is with regret 'that we have to
announce the death of another pio-
neer in this vicinity. Mr R Wiggins,
after a brief illness, passed away on
Wednesday night. last.' The funeral
which was very largely attended,took
place on the following Friday at 2
o'clock. The family have the deep-
est sympathy of the community.
The Orange teameeting, which was
held Monday evening, was quite a
success although the weather was
not very favorable. Mr Jos. Mal -
lough, master of the Orange lodge,
occupied the chair; Revs Mr Carrie.
Cameron and Campbell. Dungannon,
and Rev Mr Hartley, Bluevale, ad-
dressed the audience, while the Dun-
gannon Methodist church choir gave
some excellent music, to the plea-
sure of those present.)
Hill's Green.
Mr Geo. Marshall, lately from Da-
kota, is now a resident of our village.
Owing to the dark nights and
muddy roads the Bible class here has
been discontinued for a few weeks.
Messrs Geo. Forest and Wm. Mc-
Allister have taken from Mr Neil
McGill the contract of cutting into
wood, logs, etc., the timber on fifteen
acres of land.
E`erenTe1NMtENr. — On Monday
evening, the 5th of November, In
etltertainment was given by the
Orangemen, of this place, in com-
memoration of events in connection
with the order. The gathering,though
not as large as expoo t'd owing to the
inclement weather, was fairly suc•
cesrfo1.
Holmesvtlle.
Mr W Lobb Bold his prize team for
a good figure to J R Holmes , who
shipped them to Manitoba on Tues-
day last.
The quarterly services of the
Methodist chnrch were held on Sab-
bath last, and were largely attended.
Rev J Caswell, of Fullerton, offr•
ciated.
T McCartney, son of Mr J Mc•
Cartney, dropped down in a fit while
backing his horses out of the church
shed on • Sabbath last.0 Medical
aid was at once summonsed, and he
is now somewhat improved though
symptoms of aberration still ;remain.
Mr Oliver Potter left here on Tues-
day last for Woodstock to attend a
wedding. He succeeded in reaching
bis destination,and returued on Wed-
nesday last accompanied by a lady
who merits the title of Mrs 0 Potter.
On the arrival of the happy couple
they were met with a large reception
at the residence of Mrs Holdesworth.
We wish the happy couple success in
sailing over life's ocean.
East Waivanosh.
Mr Thomas Duff, of the 10th con.,
intends selling his farm stock, etc,,
on Tuesday, Nov. 13th. e
Mr Jrmes Henry has returned from
his trip to Manitoba, he took, some
apples and did well with them.
Mies McGowan has resigned her
position as teacher in S. S. No. 13,
and also Miss Wightman, of Fordyce,
has done the same. .,
--Mr Thomas Coad, of the 12th con.,
sold his farm stock, implements, etc.!
on Tuesday,the 6th inst. He intends
giving up farming.
Mr Geo. Tyner having rented his
farm on the 9th con., has removed to
Goderich township to reside with his
father-in-law, Mr Lovett.
Mr Thomas Irwin died last Saturs
day and was buried on Monday. He
leaves a wife and large family to
mourn his loss. He will be much
missed among theConservatives, as he
was a very staunch politician.
Mr Henry Edwards is erecting a
wood shed. He has been somewhat
unfortunate of late. On the evening
of Oct. 31st he had two of his gates
stolen by Hallowe'en thieves and has
only recovered one of them yet., If
the perpetrators of this daring robbery
are caught they will be severely dealt
with.
From reports quite a romantic
scene took place a Jew nights ago, on
what is known as the mill sideroad,
when a team sof horses ran away
with a few empty barrels, annihilat-
ing things in general and leaving
their breathless pursuers jogging
along in the rear. For further infor-
mation apply to those who were
there. Come all ye jolly prophets and
explain.
Mr A. L. Budge was rusticating on
the sixth a few days last week. He
attended the sixth line literary, and
took part in a debate on wealth and
education, which is most useful to
man; The speakers for education
were, Robert Wightman, A. L,Budge
and Chae. Wightman. For wealth,
Wm. Anderson, Basil Coultea and P.
W. Scott. From the arguments ad-
vanced by the speakers the judges
came to the conclusion that wealth is
the most useful. The new officers of
the society are—Pres, Basil Coultes;
Vice Pres, Henry Edwards; Sec P W
Scott; Asst Sec, L A Harrison; 'gess,
L Anderson; Committee --P if Scott,
Geo Coultes, Maggie Nicol, Hattie
Blue r and Elizabeth Edwards; door-
keeper, John Fells. The election of
officers will in future take place every
two months. For next Friday a con-
test in the literary line will take place.
BLYTH
A wedding in town this week.
Mr Jeff Elliott, of Exeter, is here
on business'.
Mr Will Davis has secured a situa-
tioq with Mr Hucketep.
Mr Steve Gray, who has been home
ill, is back at work again.
Mra Brown, mother of Mr A. V.
Brown, is visiting friends here.
Mr R. Forsyth has moved into the
house lately occupied by Mr John
Cololough.:
Mr W. Sloan has returned from
Muskoka, and' :reports having a fine
time there.
It is currently reported around that
a new barber shop will be opened out,
in a few days.
Dr Towle is the new doctor to town.
We trust he shall receive a good mea-
sure of patronage. .
The annual meeting of St. An
drew's church will be held on Thanks-
giving day, (Thursday next).
Great Scott !'s wonder what takes
George, of the Commercial, to the
north end ofthe town so otten.
A; new dossing bas been' laid- be-
tween the Central Hotel and Meaerre1
hardware store, and not before it was
needed.
Mesare Shane and fanner, Blyth''
well known and popular singers, are
to take part in the concert to be held
in Clinton, on Thanksgiving evening.
The revival services in the Metho-
dist church are being largely attend-
ed. Rev Mr Fisher, of Holmesville,
speaks this afternoon and evening at
2:30 and 7:30.
INSTALLATION.—At the last regular
meeting of the LO.G.T. the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
term: C T, G. B. Philips ; V C T,
Miss J. McQuarrie; Sec, A. H. Plum-
mer ; Tress, Mies McTavish ; M, R.
Clarke; Chap, W. Pollock ; I 0, Miss
L. Kaake ; Sent, H. S. Young ; S J I,
R. Somers:
Look out for the lecture and enter-
tainment on 'Thanksgiving night,
‘Nov. 15th. The young people of the
Methodist church have secured the
services cif 4. H. Manning, Esq., of
Clinton, who Will deliver his popular
lecture entitled "Alertsit to Wesimin•
ster Abbey." Mr Manning is one of
the ablest speakers in the Province,
and a very rare treat may be,expect
ed. There will , also be a choice se-
lection of music, given by able vocal -
lets, both before and after the lecture.
Chair to be taken at 8 o'clock ; silver
collection at the door. + '
In his sermon on S,ynday evening,
Rev; .Ai -McLean toQltesfor his text,
" These stones shall be;. for aomemori-
al,' Josh. 4, 7s And in closing refer-
red'
tes the twenty-second year of his
pastorate in Blyth having 'et6Sed.
Tne past year had been one of the
most successful of all, and in some
respects ..the most successful. The
total number on the roll is 285,; dur-
ing the year three had died, and sev-
enteen had removed from the congre-
gation ; nine members had joined by
certificate, and forty-one peiwons for
the first time. Of these,laet, neatly
all were young people, and the pastor
expressed his gratitude to-. God, for
the interest they had manifested in
the work of the church, and for the
measure of prosperity vouchsafed to
the congregation as a whole.
11tOnInvr HOnLEUVraplislhgr
t *1.L0 a year in sdvanoe.
Hensall
Mr Arnold, of Ailsa Craig, is in
rtowis visiting friends
Master Fred Smallacombe had the
misfortune to get hie hand badly cut
while operating the jointer at thee
'cooperage.
Mr W R Hodgins bas sold hie ho-
stel, on the west of the railway,' to Mr
R McIntyre, who will in future be
found there. Mr McIntyre is well:
and favorably known, and will com-
mand a share of patronage.
• Rev A Mc$ibbon,of Bluevale. o�
copied the Methodis•tpulpit on Sun-
day last. The pastor, Rev J S Cook,
was preaclbing•Missionary sermons in '
rittevale. • In. the evening Mr Hilt-
iard,; of Qlintop; preached to as , at
to iv t4 not• are a di o c
qt e, Ppg1e• . 1 g u e c,,
cgiving a sermon that was quite ac-
eptable..
TOWN: COUNCIL.
The lreggg�lt}r meeting of council was
held on Monday evening, the Reeve
in rho chair, ``
' `Mr J. 0: Stevenson asked permis-
sion to put in a drain to connect with
the one at Huron St. and the matter
was referred tofhe Street Committee.
A letter; was received from Prot.
Boyce of the Ontario Board of Health,
recommending. the vaccination of, all
persons who'had not been vaccinated
The Finance Committee recom-
mended pigment of the following ac-
counte :—S Pratt, salary, $18.75; Ii
Tewaley, charity, $3.59 ; G Rentgen,
work, $134.69; W Coats, salary, etc..
$58 ; 5 Davis, $1L80 ; J Miller, street
watering, etc., $32 75 : Arthur Cook,
$2.50 ; P Towers, charity, $10 ; W
W Farran, insurance, $46; McKinnon
& McMillan, lumbel0054.80; G.
Tedford, salary,etc., $'h?6.07;_Whitelly
& Todd, $0.75; hall receipts for Oct.,
$45; weigh scales, $20.80.
The Street Committee recommend-
ed a little further. work.
On the reading of the Free Library
bylaw Councillor Jackson took s:
strong stand against the by-law pass-
ing, and an acrimonious discussion)
ensued, in w
e d e, which tne
Reeve eveand De-
puty took an active part. For a few
minutes'Iilattere were decidedly warm,
but when hostilities ceased all the
members. were as good friends as ever,
a comprowi4•l :being effected by the
following, r.::olution : — Moved by
Cor ci for Manning, sec. by Councis-
loi*s ,°;,: er, tf at the by-law be not
rcae a ONO: tine; but that a grant
be made tote Institute in this pre-
Sent:Tear elinal to $100 and that the
bat ee;`,.be paid in December.
The by.-lafih_-_committee were in-
structed to prepare a by-law to pro-
vide for the holding of the nomina-
tions for the whole town at the same
time and place, viz_., at the town hall,
'noel tlie'ii''o%irls of 10 to 11 a. in,
Messrs McMurchie, Manning, Fos-
ter, Jackson and Walker • were ap-
pointed a committee to make some
enquiries concerning the cost of light-
ing the streets'' by electricity, andto
report at the next meeting.
Londesboro.
Positively .1.1000 worth of New Furniture
to be sold at Londesboro; Saturday After-
noon, Nov. lOth, also, Stoves, Tinware and
Cutlery, Sale to be continued on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of the following
week,
Mr E. Huber left here last week to
take up his residence in Berlin, for
the winter at least. He has not yet
decided what he will do in the future.
The many friends of Mrs.Hannah
Coekerline will be sorry to hear of
her death,which occurred at her son's,
•George Cockerline, on the 8th ton. gf
Hullett, on the 25th of October.. She
was one of the eldest settlers in these
parts, coming to Canada in 1853, and
residing in these parts nearly all that
time. She has been a consistent
member of the Methodist church for
the last 35 years. She was 88 years
of age at the time of her death. She
had eight children, five of whom sur-
vive her, and she leaves 49 grand.
children and 59 great-grandchildren.
Her remains were interred in the
Londesboro cemetery, on .the 27th of
October.
I-tullett.
CREAMERY.—The annual meeting
of the Hullett Butter and Creamery
Manufacturing Company will be held
at Londesboro, on the 20th inst,
DATE CrIANCED.—The auction sale
advertised to take place on the Emer-
son farm, on the 2nd con. of ffullett,
will be held on the 20th inst,, inetead
of the 2Gth as previously advertised.
Sale Register.
Farm stock of Mr lit Cooler, lot 2..
9th con.Goderich Township on Monday
Nov. 12th. T. M. Carling, Auct.
Mortgage sale of lot 13, lake road.
east, Stanley, at Swarts' Hotel, Bay-
field, on the 17th Nov. T M Carling,
Anat., Manning & Scott, Vendor's Sol -
icitors.
Mortgage sale of part of lot 8, lake
road east,.Stanley, and lot 7, Range ,K,
Stanley, at Swart.' Hotel, Bayfield, on
the 17th of Nov. T M Carling, Auct.,
Manning & Scott,Vendor's Solicitors.
Farm Stock,.etc., of Mr. George T.
Emerson, lot 21, con. 2nd, Hullett, on
Tuesday, Nov.; 20th. James Ifowson
and Thos. Brown„auctioneers.
Seaforth.
Mr A Forbes has ,dispoeed of his
dray business to Mr•Geo. Murray.
Quarterly services,,'t endneted by
the pastor, were held in the Metho-
dist church last Sunday.
The Fisk {jubilee singers will ap-
pear here on the 22nd, under the
auspices of the Y'M 0 A.
The Band of the Household Troops
of the Solvation Army,from England,
w111 visit Seaforth on the 16th of this
month.
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist
church are making preparations for
their annual Harvest Home, which is
to be held on Thanksgiving day.
Dr Moffat, agent of the Canada
Tract and Book Society, lectured on
Chinese Gordon in behalf of the
Society in the. Egmondville Presby
terian Church, on Tuesday evening
last.
CAPTURED AT LAST.—Last week
worth was received here that the man
who fired Mr D D Wilson's barn
about a year ago has been captured
at Oakville. Constable Lee accord-
ingly proceeded to that town and
brought the prisoner here on Friday.
On appearing before the magistrate
he pleaded !guilty the offence, and
was therefor sent up for trial. It ap-
pears
-
pears that at the time of the fire
Hawse, as that is the man's name,was
engaged as hostler in one of the ho-
tels in town. While drinking et an
hotel in Oakville last week, he was
overheardjto say that he had set fire
to a barn between Seaforth and Har-
purhey, which led to his arrjest.
BUTTER,
To the Lt'ilitoi' of the Clintola Nety Ria
' Mn, En1r'or,—Would you kindly
inform me how it is that the price of
butter is BO much higher here than in
Wingliiim; Lucknow,Seaforth, Exeter
and other places. I understand that
some grocery men go to Seaforth for
butter to retail here. I read in meat
all the papers that factory butter
sold at twenty cents, which meas+
sixteen cents to toe farmer, which I
think is a good price, but on enquir-
ing of the storekeepers here they.tell
me that it would insult the farmers
around here to offer them lees than
eighteen cents at the present tilrie,ancl
that ton for "very strong” butter
made in the summer and which can-
not but be so, on account of the way
most of it is kept. I want to pay all
it is worth but think from the quality
that is offered at the stores about ten
cents is all that it is worth. Perhaps
some storekeeper who is paying these
pricee can explain 'the matter.
1 remain, yours truly,
MECHANIC.
�.-•
Our townspeople eertainly cannot
complain that they have not had
variety enough' in the show line
lately. Five troupes in a9 many
weeke is not a bad record. : ,
QUITE A DirrFRENelli—ty-
acre field on the Ransford far idh
received the best of attention , and
treatment, only yielded 900 buiihels
of fall wheat this year The same
field hue on several occasions yielded
two thoueand bushels, and once went
as high as two thousand two hundred.
In a very short time people will bo
thinking of Christmas souvenirs to send
to friends all over the world. Canada
is going to furnish one of the most
superb Christmas souvenirs ever seen on
this Cotatinent. The Montreal Daily
Star is getting out a Christmasnumber
at enormone oxpcnso that will bo far
and away ahead of any' '.previous effort
It will be a grand paper to send to friends
in other lands. Tho publishers have
already spent no twenty thousand
dollars in its plc ietion,
m