Wingham Times, 1891-07-31, Page 4`it it WILLIAMSti the eeedsman to do, Witch otherwi
i he ought never . have intd. it will,
. therefore, prove irepossibie for the
dishonest dealer in seeds to make much
headwayin future if the farmer
are onlwie enough to be guided b
the infortnetien which the soedettte
DRUGGIST '!� P^i.I�^ T are able to furnish as to new variedf It, ! l and the promise of these.
' Tlie • work them the experiments;
station and the seedsmen will do re
A `T.O. N. W. TELEGRAPO CO. speetively, it would not be easy t
define with accuracy at present, bu
this much is clear -the seeds that are
introduced by the stations and give
out in small quantities by the sato
may be furnished in larger quantstie
by the seedamen,where theseare obtain
able, when the! demand for certai
varieties has been created. In an
event there will be Ito place for th
dishonest seed vendor unless th
firmers choose to remain ignorant o
the work that these stetions are doin
in the line of introducing and testin
new varieties of seeds, •
i DITORIAli TOTRS, Bohemian oats were sold some year
MR CISAxtxoN's Sabbath Observance ago, and also the reel Tryon winte
bill ways defeated in the Holm of Coxn- :wheat, at $10 per bushel, to be sow
by the farmers. The Bohemian oat
Mors by a vote of 08 to • 18. The 'we do not consider worth testing, an
ground taken against it was that it the red Lyon wheat which we. gro
was within the jurisdiction of the Pro.. this year, along with more than 6
vineial Legislatures to deal wt�t the other varieties is one of the leas
matter. promising of the acolineatized sorts
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farmer, tea the wok that it may .give
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FRIDAY. JULY 81, 1891.
1?Ian tIES fIgEeozna,'of Quebec, ' has.' vet ors of seeds are selling or trying
returned from his visit to Europe and to sell them at very high prices,to ask
the Continent. White away he was .if they hove been tested at the experi•,
decorated with the title of Count, end so testedntal stations. p they havehbeen
• and have proved themselves
is noweount Mercier. On bis,arrival valuable, the investment may then be
home, on Thursday last, heves given a a safe one; but if they have not, the
araiid reception. farmer can afford to wait.
The new and useful varieties of
THE Toronto News (Independent winter wheat which may be introauced
Conservative) says : If Hon Mr Dewd, into our province, will in the future
nes discharged every cleric in the be limited only by the effort put forth
Department of the Interior who is by our station here to secure and.
implicated in the. irregularities and grow these, to originate them. The
edamna May, continue to intro,
then discharged himself there would duce such varieties, but their facilites
be nothing of the department left' but for testing them are not equal to ours.
the stubs in the weary check books. The weakest point with ua at present
GENERAL BOOTH has started fora is the fact than the results which we
may get here are no equally applicable
tour round the world, and as be has a to all parts of the province capable of
presentmient that he will .not live to growing winter wheat, owing to diver -
return to his post in the ` British city of oil and climate ; but •we hope
tnRtYOpoIts, he has made his will die- to remedy this weakness exe lone by a
posing of his earth! affairs. He sends judicious system of distribution of
y seed. The results can be obtained
his eldest daughter to United States from the growers, and after compari-
and Canada, as he cannot now visit son they may be`used to guide us as
these countries. The leadership of to which varieties ewe be grown with
the Salvation Army will be retained the promise of the •most ° satisfactory
in the f amily,,.Bramwell Booth being results.
Our winter wheats this year Lave
designated as successor to the . com• done well. There is little or no trace
wander -in chief. Whether he possesses of rust upon any of the varieties, and
the ter narkable executive ability of they are filling very much to 'our.
his father remains to be seen. satisfaction. We ,are quite hopeful
• that some of the newer varieties will
S.ux»AY last was the first Sunday prove valuable. A bulletin giving full.
since the passing of the Toronto city and accurate information? regarding
bylaw imposing a penalty on any the results will be ready for publica*
person who "shall in any public park, tion before the middle of August.
garden, or place for exhibition in the ,Yours, etc,
THOMAS SHAW.
city, publicly preach, lecture or. de. Qat Age College, Guelph, July 24,
elaim," and 25,000 citizens assembled
iia the Queen's park to see how the St. Helens.
be -law would be observed. Consider- Iu last. week's issue of the Clinton
able rioting took place. Three men New .Erse we noticed an emote written
were arrested for throwing stones,andiy a Winghamite and (oda% presume)
one for mal.tcipCi in thinjury to property, a ball -player, TIMES of
the account
The Mayor was escorted out of the given s of tits convert at
Clinton on )ully lst, for the silver cup,.
park by a jeering crowd of thousands. which accent had nothing in it relat-
. tleast 60,000 visited the park during ing to the Wingham `club whatever,
the day but nothing serious happened. Now,we tip not wish to occupy vale-
"gaseous" person, who attempts to
Frauds in Seed. Grain, snake light of the Clintgn and Mitchell
The following letter from Prof •teams, RS well as the St Helens team,
Shaw, of the Ontario Aarienitual Cole aid give the Wingham team great
lege, is opportune : praise ; but we will givea short ace
Shit,—Thousands of dollars have count of what we know of the Wing-,
been lost by the farmers of Canada in ham team. Wingham and St Helens
the fronds that have been practised have now played two matches, Pt
upon them by the travelling vendors Helens winning the first and Wingham
,of seed grains. The memory of the the latter, and both played onthe
gigantic Bohemian oat and red Lyon Wingliem grounds, as the Wingham
wheat swindles are fresh in our winds; team bad not "grit" enough to play the
and these are only two of the many return the first time. Now, the
frauds that have been practised open correspondent makes use of the follow -
the farmers in this line. The necessity ing expressions : "It takes the Wing,
for purohasing,seed grain frim • this ham team to do it." Well how do
class is now forever gone, if indeed it they do it e St Helens first sent a
ever existed, as our experimental challenge to 'Wingham and received
stations can now more effectually pro, an insulting reply to the effect that
tett the farmer from these frauds they Wished to play with a team that
than any legislation that ran be enact. could piny, however, they ' did con-
ed relating to them, sent to play and the result was that
Henceforth theexperinnental atetione W inghant was defeated by 6 runs and
land the seedmen will be able to supply ati innings by "the team that could
tihe farmers with everything that is not play" and that is not the
likely to prove useful in `the line of worst. When the match was over,
improving varieties of seed grain, or there were not men enough in the.
linked of any kind of seeds that they Wirighatnn club to give the St !Helens' o
may desire to sow or plant. There boys their suppers. Is that the way a
can and should be the moat cordial ea. the Wingbann boys do he When the a
operation between the experimental l latter game was played, which proved t
stations and the SPedatt'ien, as the ;La victory for Wingham, the St Helens d
existence of the former may pi ove'boys foga a little better. They got r
,lalpfui to the latter as well as the, their supper, but;after the match was o
able space in dictating to , such a
over all the Wingham team disappear.
ed, but rine or two, whei told the St
lieleus boys where they wound got
their supper. That is the way they
do it, els I Now, let the Winobatn
boys come down and play the return
match at St Helens and if the boys
don't •stay with thent right through
and treat theca like men and; give
theta a better welcome titan that,then
we ary "gaits," 13oeides, ,the boys
will.give their a quiet game and the
spectators will not be disgusted with
the crazy bowlines that disgusted them
at Wingham, We are sorry, Mer
Editor, to have exposed the Wingham
team time, but as'this personage who
Writes to the Clinton paper some very
anions to take up the ciedgels we rd by Mr Uinnens, seconded by Mr
Also, that be had let a job of repairing
10 rods of the Illine to John Mp1wet
At 80 cents per rod. Also, let jol. o
gravelling 30 rods. on 10th side dine
sou 5, to Thos Anderson, at 59 cent
per rod. 1Ylr'Iatris reported having
letjob of repairing 13 line opposit
lots 30 and 81, con 1, to John .$lack
at $7 ; job completed, and recommen
payp'ent. The clerk reported that. n
answer had been received from County
Clerk in respect to agreement • shoo .
Graham's bridge. petition wa
laid before the cannon signed by Bob
Agar and seven other ratepayers, asks
ing that assistance be granted to
James .Lowry, who is sick and whose
fAtanily are in need of assistance. love
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Thauking,you, lir Editor, for your
valuable space. I reattain,..
Yours,
A ^Seneeiexog..
Beimore.
Mr R J Barton leas been away on
business in connection with. the Cana
dian Order of Foresters, lately,—Tile
June cheese of the factory here has
been sold by the salesman, .Mr D N
McDonald, to Mr A F McLaren, for
8e cents per pound, This is consider.
ed a good price. The, cheese was
delivered on Wednesday.—Harvesting
operations are •all the go now.—We
have to record this•week the death ` of
two of our citizens. One in the per-
son of Mr John Rohinson, and old and.
respected resident. He died on Thurs-
day and on Satnrday his remains were
interred in Morrison's graveyard, the
funeral being attended ay a large num-
ber of sympathizing friends. The
other was our much respected teach*
er'e gtandnnather, who just moved
into town a tew months ago and was
nicely settled when she became ill and
on Sunday she was relieved by the ar-
rival of death. Her remains were in-
terred in 'Morrison's graveyard on I
Tuesday.—On .Saturday, July 25th,
inhabitant's of this plum all seemed to
wend •their'way toWinghani, the ate
traction being the sale of the late' Mr
Lillico's two one -hundred -acre farms,
both of which are located near here.
Mr G Barton was the auetioneer and
judging from the prices, they were
well sold. The west hundred was
purchased by Mr John Marshall for
$2400, while the other was bought by
Me David Marshall for x3800.—Crops
are the best in this section thathas
been for years. The, hay was a little
light, the fall wheat is good ; most of
it is cut around here:—We are pleased
to see the good work Mr Robertson,
teacher, for Glenanaen Public school,
is doing. He sent out from pupils to
try the entrance and nut of these,three
passed, some of them receiving the
highest marks given on certain subjects
at Wingham. Now, this is good work,
and we venture to say that there are
few rural schools ' can come up to
this, and the trustees would be very
prudent td retain Mr Robertson, as
they wilt likely be some time • before
they get this equal.—Jas Mulvey is
around again, Ile hails from Mount
Forest High school. --Howard 'owy
er'
is home from Listowel. We hear. he
intends going out west soon;—Mr
Gray, of Winglz:tiro, is fixing u well at
Mrs Wilson's.—Mn Wm Merkley and
wife have ,fust returned from a lengthy
visit to, the vicinity of Shelburne and
Mt Forest.—John Hartley is busy
making up the books of the cheese
factory. ---Frey Brothers are well on to,,
ward .the middle of the second story of
Mr Fitch's house.—Mrs Latnonby is
almost recovered from her late illness.
Turnberry.
The council of the township of Turn -
berry tnet July 20th, 1891. Mem,
bees present --Win MoPherson,1 eeve;
Wm Oruiekshank, Deputy Reeve ;
John Diment and George Harris,
councillors. The reeve in the chair.
The minutes cf last meeting were read,
agproved and signed, The reeve ' re.
ported that he had let a job of covers
ing culvert aver Government drain on
6th 13oneession line to Win, Wright, at,
$2 ; job finished, and recommended
payment. Also that the bridge ,in-
spector, John ,Ainsley, had repe)rted to
him in writing that the contractor fair
Eadie's bridge had completed his
work according to contract, and recons.
mended payment in full of contract
price. The deputy reeve reported that
the job on Winghatn boundary was
completed and recommended payment
of this township's share of the work
which amounts to $34.12, Mr Die
anent reported that job of gravelling
n Morris boundary was; completed
nd recommended that this township's+
hare of work bo paid,which ,
o $20. Also, that he had let a, jobof
i in loge atJ
ansa outof
#i8 east, rev
l3 gel.te
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oad to II Hayden, at . $2.50 '; job, to
ompleted, and recommended payment. IA
Harris, that the suns of $8 be granted
for medicine and ' immediate wants,
but this,counol does not consider biers
entitled to assistance from this muni-
cipality; as he has not been a resident
Or ratepayer here, but has been n
residentd
an ratepayer in Wawatzosh
for a great many years abed should
apply to them for assistance --parried.
Moved by Diment, seconded by Mr
Harris, that the Reeve and Treasurer
make arrangements for money to pay
off railway debentures failing due this
year• -Carried. Moved by Mr Harris;
seconded by Mr Diment, that the
clerk be authorized to enter on •the
assessment roll for the current year
the property of the late Win itiooney
in the name of Wm Cruickshank, one
of the executors of the estate, the said
assessment having been made by th
assessor in blotter roll, but not copie
into assessment ro11-a-(7arried, Th
Treasurer held before the council hi
lealf-yearly statement of the finance
of the totensbip. Moved by Mr Ido
ris, seconded by Mr Oruickshank,tha
the report be adopted—Carried. Mov
ed by Mr Harris, seconded by Mr Di
mens, that the accounts for gravel from
Jobn Bingler aud.Richard McMichael
bo laid over for further consideration
Carried. The following accounts
were passed and orders on Treasurer
issued ; For gravel Geo Pocock,
$2,80`; Samuel Anderson, $1,15; Gil,
bert Fergie, $2:10;; Geo Bremuer,$4;
Wm Jobb, $6.75'; Robt Agar, $3,85
F Patterson, $1.70. .k'or gravel a.
davit% es—Thos Henderson, ' $2.45 ;
Mrs.Moore, $8; John Mosgrove, $4;.
John Hastings, $2, repairs to road ;,
Alex Kelly, $1,75, road work; Wilson
Bros, ,$9.22, lumber ; Geo McKenzie,
$34.12, Wingham boundary; L Hard
9$' 600, Eadie's bridge;,. Mrs Eadie $
rent of council mom; Isaac '
$20, Morris bouridhry Wm Wrigh
$2, covering culvert ; John Black, $
repairing B line ; H Raycion, $2.5
repairing east' gravel road;clearity—J
.cowry, $8; Wm Anderson, $5; W
Duncan, $3 ; R Srigley, $8, Th
coned inspected approaches to Eadie
bridge as finished by contraetore and
ordered further work'to be ., done to
complete contract, and also granted an
extension.crf two weeks time for com-
pleting the work. Moved Moved by Mr
Cruickshank, seconded by Mr; Harris,
that this council do now adjourn to
met in .Saults' hall, Sluevale, on
Monday, August 24th, 1891.
AMON MOOR
STOCK -TAXING SALE.
the o August v
On h � ! A. si st i o start stook
taking and in order to reduce our Stools
to the lowest possible point before thtrt
day, we have decided to give bargains, to
all who come for thein.
It is for our friends, aud. the public at
largo, to say !how far our intentions aro
carried out. We are prepared to do our
part, Will you do your part ?
Bargains in General Dry Goods,
Bargains in Dress Goods. ,
Bargains in Prints and Mnslins.
Bargains in Hats, Shirts, Collars and
Ties.
Bargains hi Ordered Suits.A,
Bargains in Boots, Shoes and Slippers.
Tons of sugars and teas, that must..
plebse every taste.
GORDON & 1VIcINTY'RE,
The Big Brown Anchor.
e Woods read a report of cases of erysip.
d elas in children, whist were,• rather
e unique in Character. A vote of thanks
s was tendered Drs !toss and McKenzie
a for their valuable assistance at: the
Har meeting, and they were made honorary
t members of the Association, The fol-
- 1lowing resolution was passed by the
association regardine the removal of
Dr Sloan, of Blyth; from our midst.
We, the .members of the Huron Medi•.
cal Association, take this opportunity
of expressing the high esteem in'which
Dr W Sloan, of Blyth, was held by.
this Association, he having been a
resident of the county for many years,
and one of the most active members
of the society. And also of express-
ed fug our regret at his remoevel from our
midst, We also•axtend to him ohr
best wishes for his future success.
Listowel.
The Rev 1 Campbell,pastor of Knox
y, t church, has had the full honorary de.
1, I gree of A M, .Pb D, conferred on hint
Farrarfd 1 by the Faculty of the National Uni-
t,j versity of' Chicago; Iiliuois.—Over
7, I $50,000 worth of &hoose was sold at
0, `the last lair here.--Thnrsday,the 13th,
as 1 of August, has been • fixed as our civic
to F holiday. "rhe Falls appceara.tit be the
e I place where most of our people will go,
's • as there is an excursion there that
day- A meeting of the shareholders
of the Listowel Furniture Company
will be held in the town Ball, oteTues.
day evening,4th August, fpr sanction,
ing bylaws passed by the provisional
board/ and fcr the election of a new
board of Directors and the transaction
of other 'business.—Mr 3 H Hacking,
of the Winnipeg Free Press, anct one
of the first proprietors of the Benner,
h of this town, was iu town visiting
friends Lately. -.-Mr W J Howe
gone to Kincardine to fill a position
at his trade, and has been engaged as ,
leader of the Kincardine band.
JOHN I3tateess, Clerk.
Mrs W E Burgess, of Detroit, wit
Miss Josie Burgess is calling on old
friends fin this regime—The farmers
are busy and sailing over the plenteous
harvest, but alas 1 the laborers are
not plenty.—Miss Sarah Marshall, of
Part Huron, Michigan, is visiting. at
Mr F G Elliott's.—Mrs Robert Wet.
son, of Ayr, and Master Jimmy Mc.
Nettie, of Toronto, are spending their
vacation at Mr F G Elliott's.
Huron Medical 'Association,
The quarterly meeting of the Hur-
on,Medical Association was held in
the Y M 0 A building, Seaforth, last
week, There were about thirty mem-
bars in attendance. Drs Ross and Mc
Kenzie, of Toronto, were also present
The following very interesting pro
gr ohne was represented ; Dr Me -
Laughlin read a paper on Sciatica.
Dr McKenzie, of Torpnto, wbo is a
specialist on Orthopedic surgery, took
up the general treatment of club .foot,
spinal curvature and lip joint disease,
illustrating hie method's of treatment
on the eases presented at the associa-
tion. Dr Taylor showed a case, the
diagnosis of which was obscure, Dr
Gunn showed some pathological spec* of stone, &o. '"Dr Ross, of Toe
ronto, described the operation of
hysterectomy and showed several spec.
imens of tumor. He also described
the operation for intestinal ailitstomoe
shoving specimens from the in-
testines of dogs operated on. Dr
Milne showed a Mase of multiples neuro.
etis, arias being :chiefly affected. Dr
Holmes had a case of acute polio
myeleties, the disease being confined
one arnr. Dr Gunn had a ease of
mor of the brain. Dr Amos showed
ease of rheumatoid arfhretis, Dr i
Brussels.
A lawn party was • held on the
tbeautiful grounds of Dr Graham, on
Thursday evening of last week.—The
Dominion Day celebration committee
bad a surplus of $60 after paying all
expenses,which has been placed in the
bank for a future occasion. ---Dost.
master Farrow isthaving the buildinn
' formerly used as a :Hour and feed
store by Hartley Bros, north of
. I3eattie's new livery 'barp,put in shape
, for the postoffice, as it is said he in-
tends removing the office from its
present site.—A select degree has been
orgrnized in connection nvitll the Royal
.Templars' Lodge here, with the follow-
ing dicers : Alex Wilson, S 0; Geo
Rogers, P C ; W H Maunders,Prelate;
Mrs A Wilson, 13 $ ; phos Maunders,
13 T*; Thos D MVioLauchlit}, Steward;
Mra A llcGuire,Tyler; Dr McNaught
ton, Medical Exanniner.—,The proprie-
tors of the Queen's and American
hotels contributed ,$'20 each to the
Licence Fund for vierlating the
terms of the Crooks' Act by having
more than eve 'bar in operation on
July 18th.
A cleverlraise
y d two dollar hill is
circulation. The alteration,how.
ever, can be readily detected if a per,
son tidies tithe to look at,the bill. The
Government legal bill reads, oThe
Domitzioin of Canada will pixy to bear-
er two dollars" is altered by means of
peen and ink to read "The Dominion of
()amide will pay to bearer ten dollars."
Beigravt
The garden party !rel
�t"etentlrett's on Tltttrsd
last week was a. g
Speeches were delivered
Hughes and Iheey,
were served in abu
seemed to enjoy tberiisell
About $80 were realize
go to Trinity church
don't the Queen's Own fi
get up a 'snatch with t
„get up
The boys should
of mettle they are made
Kerr, of Brussels, coup
of the Methodist chum
lust, --.Rev J W Brander
his field of labor ---!'lone
short time spent with 1
vicinity..
Gorrxe•
Mr 1=1 Perkins has be
postmaster in sncoessio
11 J Besanson. Mr
every way qualified to he
—Messrs .Alen; Strotig
are shipping horses to M
T G $bearer, of ' near th
.taken unto himself a wit'
son of Miss' Ellen J
Congratulatious, -- Sohn
attempted, to burn the mi
its this place, a few night
ily 'the tire was disoovere
guished before it had
headway.
La▪ ngsicte.
(Intended for last 1
The hay industry is al
ed,—Preparations are b
the harvesting of the fall
is a very fair"crop,the o
that it is out rooted.--Tt
ttre.excellent.... The root
well since the recent
• Joseph Tiffin is indespos
—Mr Treleaven attends
of his brother' at Tara, 1t
Myth,
Mr l3 Buie, of ,Mon
(college, is spending
with his parents here,-
nic of the Presbyterian
Sabbath Schools was h
grove on Wednesday Ias
and holidayed last wee
holiday will be on the
•Iteiorr;s.
Mrs .Catherine Tune
of the late John Smit
concession, died on Toe
the age of 69 years;
lady leaves two sons..
were enterred•in the Bit
on Wednesday.
East Wawa
Mrs Daniel I4IcGowai
Manitoba, died at the,
.sister, Mrs• Walter
Tuesday of last week,
She had undergone an
a year ago, but of no
.. Theo Orartg
ANNUAL SESSION' Or • riTh
ANn BLACK der
• Ti:IrrGS TON, Jeely, 29
session of the Grand 0
British America Convey
day. Mvox CIarke, ofT
. Mayor Drennan, E l
master), aid James M
tary of the local recep
delivered - addresses.
P, of l3allykillbeg, was
honors. The grand
aiieual.address said th
question in Manitoba
. settlement, and corrin
being established. T
primary°•iodges in the
increase of 30. 'In t
warrants had been
order never was mo
• prosperous, Many lo
Ing the benefits of the
act.
The Grand Black
tisk North America is
' GFrattd Master W J ,
ronto, presenthd:bis r
account of the worts of
trig the past year.' T
attendance of delegate
On Saturday, 18th
leading, , a well toedo,'
22nd con Stephen, veto
ing from the results o
ing oh the ;Let hist, w
wintery of his baric" h
rafters, with life tlti
July ,1 Mr lading sp
the Grand Trunk Ben
home in the evening ti
his
.S
•Carl Bri
bull had strayed inti
field, and requested I/
take it out, Mr ,ladi
his bull home, and, go