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The Brussels Post, 1901-11-7, Page 4013,1 rtIO .e1S Vint THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 180. f3emunnAx will be King Edward's Birth- day. He will be 41 yearn et age, "Lang live the King 1" Leer Monday John Lee, of Higate, waft elected a° el, P. P. for Eaet Kept by eo. olamation as ouooeseor to the old and Well known Robert Ferguson, demand. Now let ue have West Huron. Tam Deka and Duobees of 'Rork have got safely book to Ragland and have ex- pressed themselves ee delighted with their long 1oar, On the home voyage the old Atlantic) did not behave any too well and the "Ophir" was bumped about non. adorably, ALREADr- a number of enquiries are being made by people in this eeotion rata, tive to the Provincial Winter Fair. It opens at Guelph on Monday, Deo. 9th, and will continue during the week, Single fare tickets, good to return, will be Netted and the indications are that this Fair will be the beet attended of the series. Addressee will be given on prao- tioal topioa, blook tests made in killing, dressing and weighing animals, &o, Guelph ie an attractive spot at any time bat this Fair adde largely to the mag- netic infloenoe to many. Those who at. tended a year ago e'ey it was a fret -close eduoator. books, game, p(((ain, company and let the parents and older brothers and dieter's stay dome e5oaetOnally themselvee, an example toaohes better than precept, In the reading line there ebo1,11d be 00 trou. hie in Betteeelo with our Free Library and yet there are °agree of heroes that hove Hover taken odeetetage of the Viet). did •opportuoitiee afforded: Now, ie a good time to make a °tart, Ariomaza oontingent of mounted sol- diers is to be dispatched to South Africa to aid in stamping out the raiding Boers. The latter appear to be more daring of late, are attacking the smaller detaob- meote of British soldiers on garrison duty and causing 'considerable annoyance as Well ae lose of lifeand property. Perhaps if the British officers have erred in the management of the war it has been in showing too muoh leniency and the Boers do not appear to appreciate this, rather oonetroiog it into a showing of the so called "albite feather." They can find no fault if the military authorities now pat on the eorewe and give them a little of their own medioioe. Many hundreds of lives have been taken and tboaeande of dollars spent efnae the war was eaid to be atan end and yet it dragsalong. There ie very little doubt but that some of the other nations are playing false to Great Britain in giving support to the Boers and some of the petty squabbles over party politics in the House of Parliament have added materially to the prolonging ot the straggle. It oan hardly be called war yet many lives are being sacrificed. John McMillan, ex,M. P., Pace - .se Away. John Molviillan, ex M, P, for South Heron, died at hie residence in the Town•hip of Hellen Tbureday morning. The anoonneement of Mr. MoMillau'e death was a severe ehook to the nom manicy; It had been known for a few days that be was ailing, but few outside of hie immediate family oirole snppoe..d hie Dane was so eerloae. An affeotion of the etomaoh wae the immediate canes of death. Ile was 77 yeare of age. He name to Canada from Scotland in 1848, settling on a farm in the Townebip of Hallett, in the eame neighborhood where be has ever eiaoe resided. Wben be oame to Heron there was little oleared land, and he settled in the bush and did hie full share towards converting the site of the dense foreete into fruitful farms. For several years he has been one of the moat extensive farmers and etookraieere in thie part of Canada. From hie first settlement be took a leading position, and has filled many poeitione al trust, municipally and otherwiee. He was Reeve for his own Township of Hullett for 15 years, and resigned that position to become a member of the 'Dominion Parliament. He fleet represented nted Oentre ter the f CBO nBtra0ti0n 0 and o 0 Hum,f the aonetituenoiea he sat for South Heron from 1887 until the general elec• tion of 1900, He was a man of great natural ability, and being industrious and ambitions he nob only accumulated e competency, but stored his mind with much awful general knowledge, so that, although be had few educational ad- vantages in hie youtb, he wae in the highest sense of the term a remarkably well-edoeated man. He bad a thorough, practical aagoaintanoe with hie own oc- cupation, and took delight in imparting his knowledge to others. Hie power and gifts as an eloquent and fluent platform speaker brought him into prominence the Proviaoe over, and there are few counties or 000etitaeooiee that hie voice has not been heard in, either on the politico.] platform or at Farmere' Institute meet. inge, in both of which capacities hie ser• vioee have been in great demand and bane been unsparingly given. He will be mulch mieeed in the community where be has long been a promineutfgure, and it is with feelings of the sincerest sorrow that the annonooement of hie death was reoeived. He leaves a widow, two eons and one daughter. The fnoeral took plane on Saturday afternoon, interment being made at Conetanoe. There was a large attendance. We notice that a delegation of big and little politicians recently visited St. Joeeph, au the shores of Lake Enron, with the intent of the expenditure of money for harbor or dock purposes. St. Joseph's needs a harbor ae badly ae a goose requires side pockets and anyeaoh expenditure is just that much money thrown away ae far ae serving the pub- lio. A harbor is not required there nor is their any probability of it ever being used if it were there. Surely there has been money enough squandered by both political parties in the past in break- waters, , at re cooks harbors, &o., without oon- tinning this nonee¢etoa1 work any longer. No person oan objeot to legit', mate expenditure in neoeeeary poblio works but why members do not protest against the misuse of monies that should be applied to other purposes we fail to make oub. If "wilful waste makes woeful want" then it is about time that some. body celled a halt and Toe POST for one says someone should be broughtebarply to time if this kind of work is continued. We o nld mention eo called harbors on which tboaaande of dollars were spent and they ate in worse shape to•day than 10 years ago end do not nor never did even begin to pay a tithe of the interest on the money foolishly spent nor serve any practical purpose. The aonatituen• Mee bordering on our lakes get a great deal more than their share in fairness to other constituencies from the powers that be. A GREAT deal hoe been eaid and written regarding the running at large of young- sters on the poblio streets and the negleot of parents or guardians to keep them at home bae.often been commented upon. The evil still exists and in Brneeele ae well as many larger places no emelt amount Of evil is done and annoyance mused by it to say nothing of the detri. mented influence to the boys who should be at home instead of chasing about the town or 0oogregating is the studying out of mime new discovered miechief. While decided objection is taken to the curfew bell it le not improbable that lasting good would resat' if by 9 p. m. the streets were oleared of alt young people under 10 years of age. In Plymouth, Penneyl. amnia, they bane a curfew law which re. striate children np to 16 years to 9 p. m, andthose up to 18 years to10 &olook. Arrest and the imposition of a fine follow anima the party or parties are auoompan• ied by an adult member of the family. They go !nether in Plymouth and regul- ate the age of attendants at public balls and etate that they must close at 1 a. m, A. Beene° fee of $5,00 ie imposed, One way of keeping the children off the etreets is to make the home attrBotive with MOOSE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. A NEWSY LETTER FROM A GREYITE. To the Editor of THE Poem Duan Sxa,—Having now been a resi- dent of this far away part of the country (seventeen hundred miles from Brussels) for between three and four months, I thought a few linea to Tat Poem might be interesting to some of your readers. There are qaite a number of families living here wbo hail from Huron and many from the Township of Grey, to whom Tam Poa2 is a welcome weekly visitor. Indeed THE PosT ie well to the front on amount of the variety and re liability of its news. The farmers here waited long for a railway. At last the O. P. R. favored them with a branch line and trains com- menced to run last Fall. Some new towns have sprung rip and old ones revived. Our nearest town ie Aroola, at the terminne of the railway line, one hundred and forty miles Southwest of Brandon, and where now stands a flour iebing town one year ago there was nothing bat the bare, barren prairie to be seen. Arcola is abo ¢t half as large as Broeeale and every business ie well represented. The local paper, The Mooee Mountain Star, says:—"Tbere are thirty. five business plaoee in town," but still there are some things wanting as there is neither bank, obnroh nor school, but these will be built by and bye. The Presbyterians and Methodists hold eervioe in a small hall above a furniture More, There are two hotels ready and aeking for a Hoene° to sell wbat the people would be better without, but the majority seem determined to have it regerdlees of non• eegnenoee. Oae great drawback ie mail service only nese a week. No doubt that will Boon be remedied as a change ie promised is a few weeks. In the meantime it is carried by stage from Mooeomin and arrives on Saturday afternoon. A whole week's mail coming at once taxee the energy of the peatmaeter—Daagald Stra- oban—mud hie two daughters, for two or three hours, sorting and delivering, and some people getting ae much as they cam oarry in their arms ; but although there le s0 moll mail and so little time to attend to it there is rarely a mistake made. Taking all things into consideration the new town, the railroad and the great wheat atop, this is the year of yearn for the farmers here. There may have been as good orope some yeare before, bnt thie year there was so much more_land ander oolbleation—lees than ours hundred mores of wheat would be called smallfarming. Notwithstanding the thousands of men who name West on the exoureiOee, labor ere to assist in taking off the harvest were very eoame. Many of the ecour- sionista knew little or nothing about farm work, still they asked extravagant wagee. About forty dollars per month hoe been the ruling figure. Farmers have to work very hard in harvest, ea much to do and eoehort time to do it. Think of two men cutting, ebookiog and stacking between two and three hundred aoree. The threshing is going on rapidly now and turning out, same eay forty and others thirty bushel° per acre. One thing oar - bath there ie a great crop of wheat ; one Beare very little spoken of any other kind of grain only wheat, the other orope, al. though good, ore not mnoh mentioned. 'there are Como great thrashing meohinee hese, self-feedeee and eelaetaokere—the chaff and straw ie blown throaglr'a b$1fJ.i OT Lots of S►oo= to Matto it Boom! ITHKENT WLNCJIA n Arrived this week t. froi�il the Manufacturer—New Idpme,lad spans for Ladies' Skirts in 131ae1c and Navy Blue. These are the proper: goods, Also Black and Navy Blue Berges for Ladies' Tailor-lnade Suits. A first- class Dressmaker to make them up, Arrived this week another lot of Men's Fur Overcoats in Calf, Coon and Wallaby, Ladies' Astrachan Man- tles, Fur Collarettes, Caps, Men's Fur Caps in Abund- ance. Our Furs are all .new --no old stock or old. styles. Those new Capes from New York are selling. Take another look at our Youths' Odd Vests, 25c ; Black and Navy Overalls at 50c per pair ; Men's Suits and Overcoats from $5.00 up. Remember we have the assortment—can fit aboy 3 years old to the largest mall, A. R. Smith, 9 Wingham. "Wingham's Gents' Furnisher." funnel and goes out like a idiot from a gun. They speak of threshing three thousand bushels a day. About the middle of September there were two weeks of rather disagreeable weatber, but since then it hoc been ex. tremely fine, and to -day, Ootober 22ad, is very warm, like our Indian Summer days. I would advise all who can make it convenient to speed a month or two here seeing the country in Summer. OE course wherever a man's borne is, gener ally speaking, that to him ie the beat part of the country, and my home not being bare I am not biased to any partionlar part, but, having seen a little of the country ioolndiog the far-famed Carberry and Portage Plaine, alter all I mast eay, eo far ae my judgment goes, the Arcola plains are the most beautiful uniform tract of farmingland that Ibave eeen anywhere. What a splendid baokground is Mooee Mountain—the home of the moose—etretohiog along the North side of the plains from East to went, thirty mileein length by twelve or fifteen wide and tieing to the height of three or four hundred feet above the plain. The rail way rune parallel with the mountain fonr or five miles to the Booth. The mountain is the great renahiug and feeding ground for the cattle and horsee Winter and Summer, plenty of pasture, water and brushwood for shelter. Wild duck's, geese, turkeys and prairie chickens are --in- abundance for the sportsmen: But no pen deeoription oan do jaetioe to either the Aroola Plaine or Mooee Moun• tain. .How delightful on a warm, sultry day in Summer to take a drive to the Mountain (which oan be reached from town in half an hoar) and while there to inhale the pooling breeze, perfumed with the-fragrenoe of the wild rose and the beautiful bine-bell, and to gather delicious berries of every kind. Since doming here, we had a drive of fourteen miles to the Indian Reserve, looated on the Southeastern part of the mountain. Oa the way we were joined by a lady friend, Mre. Modrae, who anted ae our guide. Mre. MoOree ie a good friend to the Indiana and from her we got mnoh information about the "keit men's" ways. In due time we reached the Mieeion home, Rev. Mr. Dodds has been Missionary to the Indiana for six years and is doing a (joist, good work. Piece are about two hundred of them living here. They attend religiose ser• vice verywell and keepthe Sabbath fairly good. They live in their "tepees" in Summer, • attend to (bele orope and flab in the lakes. They have 100 aoree of good wheat this year. Their Chief, White Bear, died more than a year ago and is buried by the side of the trail. There are three graves, enoloeed by a rude lenge. It ie their custom to cover the graves with a white sheet but me a somata mark of honor to the memory of their Chief, instead of a plain sheet, his is oovered with a nine patohwork quilt. Tbey have no Chief now except their euetemoommeme While working'witit a grindetone at thedtrelford mill ]3uildittg Do's works D. W. Bridgeford bud the (bomb of hie left band l,adll' lacerated. WM. Gorden, a lad working at the Dolton woollen Mill, Stretford, had )fie right arm (caught in a maolrine the other day. The arm was torn below the elbow, the wognd regnitingeeveral etitobee, Daring sa heavy a wiudetorm a ltbge straw shed on the farm of John Raeeell, et Downie, War Avonton, wan blown down and two head of Cattle were killed in the wreck. The building wee a gab., etantial frame etrnotare and bad been put on brick foundation a few weeks ago. The building was badly wreeked and blown alear off the foundation, BAPT/ST CQNVENTIQN, The annual eoevention of Baptiste for Ontario and Quebec was held in Brant, ford,. The different reports p'reeented showed 1t to be a profitable year, the membership in obnroh and eoheel, having increased, ae well as finances. From the report of the Publication Board, there was a profit last year, as againet a lose theprevione one, and a redaction in the lose in the book room department.. Taken altogether there was a credit bal. auoe of over 91,041 on the year's aper. aliens, with a total outstanding liability on both departments of 989. The Board further reported that they had declared a dividend of $1,000, distributed .among the benefiolariee ae follows : —Superan- nuated ministers' fund, 9250 ; foreign missions, $875; home mieeione, $300 ; Manitoba and Northwest missions, $75. Daring the. year there were 2,064 bop - Bemis, a net gain over losses of 572, leav ing the preeent membership of the con- vention 42,975, the baptisms numbering one to emote twenty members. The Grand Ligne Mission has the greatest number of baptieme in proportion to membership. During the year 882 were removed from the rolls by erasion, and 92 were molested, 14 ordinations took plane, and 20 minietere retired, Tee total amount contributed by the people for home and foreign work was $391,468, an average of $9.45 per member. Of this 9826,747 was for home, and $68,360 for foreign work. The report of the Sabbath school board woe most satiefea- tory; The membership in 1901 was 36, 961, ae compared with 84,570 in 1900 1 the average attendanoe was 25,529, ae oompared with 24,144 in 1900 ; the nom• bar of officers end teaohere was 4,491, ae oompared with 4,134 in , 1900 ; 1,192 scholars joined the °hutch, ae oompared. with 1,154 in 1900 ; the total oolleotione were $22,768, ae oompared with $21,589 in 1900 ; the contributions to borne min eione were $1,521.65, ee oompared with $1,527.32 in 1900 ; oolleotione for foreign mieeione, $1,627-14, ae" compared with. $1,610.98 in 1900 1 collections for Grand Ligne, 91,222 05, ae oompared With $1,- 091.08 in 1900 ; oolleotione for Manitoba and Northweet mieeione, $778 46, ae oom- pared with $663.77 in 1900. The amount expended for 'eohool purposes totalled $14,914 in 1901, as oompared with $14,• 815 in 1900. Io the last 88 years the membership on the Baptist missions has increased from 125,000 to 4,500,000. Mission work in India,f now shows 10 mission stations, 26 missionaries, assist- ed by 9 ordained and 70 encircle -Med preachers. There are 36 native ohnrchee with a membership of 4,176. The next convention will probably be held in Montreal. kind.he,rted Missionary to whom they are ve'y muoh attached., 8'eom the Mission house we all drove to "The' of . ie Heart." It is a planerenownand i quite a resort far visitors. It is n shape like the heart of an ox and hence the naive. It ie a natural pyramid, eloping gently up toa point, tieing to a height of 200 feet or more. Alter partakiug of a good lunch at the base we ascended to the top and had a magnifioeet, view in every direction. On the one hand there was lake, wood and mountain and on the other the far -rolling prairie dotted over with farm hou,ee and prosperous towns. The only other thing of intere•t is three graves on the top, One of them ie sup nosed to nontain the body of a surveyor who died there and now mate side by side with two Indiana, and, until destroyed by fire lately, the Indiana kept the graves decorated with flags. - All visitors to this part of the country should not forget to go and see "The Heart " Another plane of interest on the Reserve is 'White Sear lake, so called after the Chief of that. name. It ie found away in the solitude of the mountain, enclosed with high hills, covered with a dense forest of poplar and white birch. The lake covers about ten thousand agree and although there wee only a slight wind the waves rolled high, laving the pebbly beach as it has dome for ages past. Tbie is the exclusive fishing ground for the red man on the Reserve. Mr. Dodds has a row boat which he launched and invitedtie to have a sail which we readily mocepted. He manned the oare and we glided over the wavee for two miles or more and were brought safe to land again. Fu,ther on inthe mountain is Fish Lake, a good deal larger than the one we visited, but am told that the water ie muddy end the surroundings not nearly eo picturesque, only it oan boast of having a hotel while at White Bear lake there is only a comfortable lodge owned by Mr. Dodds. We have enjoyed our vieit here very moth and will retain pleasant memories of the many kind friends we have met and the places of interest visited. JAMESStuELra. Arcola, not: 26112, 1901. Several cherry Grove school children are laid up with the mumps and others with diphtheria. "AR/allow Connell met at Gowanetown. John Nelson was appointed oolleotor of this year. rates tax h in $t. Mat The Baptist oharoe will y hold their anniversary services on the 10th ot November. Rev. H. E. Morton, of Toronto, superintendent of Home Mid. Mona, will be the speaker for the day. During the past two weeks a strange animal has been seen in the vioiuity of John Hioz'ebush in North West Logan, and has terrified the eohool children to such an extent that they are afraid to g•r to eohool. Several hunting parties have been organized bat so far without emcees. It seems to be a large lynx. MIRO ,oq't Scold Your boys and girls because their shoes don't stand the strain. Maybe they were not good ones. Inspect our line of school boots and shoes. Made to stand the wear and tear—good, stout leather, flexible soles, strongly stitched, good appearance. Moderate in price. . Lasting quality. Here are a few of our many convincing prices.— Ohildren'e.... 50o to 91,00 Girle'.,,, 600 to $1 26 Boys'.... 70a to $1,50 t andhoes We Repair Rehberg, Boole Shows. llamas Fall stook of Rnbea, Blankets, Wool Roge, qs Department Trunks and Valisee. Our Harness takee• the AWa'r Pp lead for durability and the prime are rfgbt. Repairs in IIarness and Collars. i, CRichards. Hicks' Forecast for November. NOY. 7, 1901 Fur November a Venus period of die- turbanoe is central on the 20th, and that its perturbing influence extends from near the fret of the month . into Deoem. bor. Bat for this fact, there are few astronomical reasons why November should not be oomparatively a placid month. The stare in connection with Friday and Saturday, the let and 2nd, i¢dioate that a reaotionary disturbance will be central on those dates, causing a rise in temperature, rotate falling barometerer squalls of rain and scattering etorme and a q and snow from about the let to the 3rd. A sharp, sudden rise of the barometer and change to oolder will follow Diose after these dieturbanoee, but ae sudden change back to storm conditions will dome about the 6th in. Western extremes, The regular valoan etorm period begins on the 6th, le oentral on the 7th and extends to the 10th, hence a marked rise of temperature. About the 6th to the 10th etorme of wind, rain and snow will maketheir transit from Weat to East aoroae the country. Low barometer and rainand avow will be natural about the llth to the 14th, . The Vulcan storm period extends from the 16th to the 20112. Some of the most decided etorme of the month may be expected from about the 1711 to the 21st,. These etorme will reach a crisis on and touching the 20th," rain, wind and thunder being followed in many motions within a few bonre by North. westerly galea, driving snow and change to freezing. Note this prediction and heed it, or suffer dieoomfort and lose in all regions to the Northward. Danger may be apprehended at this time over all the Northern lakes and on the North Atlantic seas, The freezing weather following the last storm will react to wanner from the 23rd to the 20112. Ldok fur many more storms, largely of a blizzardoae character,, not more than 48 hours before or after eundowo on the 25th, followed rapidly by a great rise of the barometer and a rushing cold wave that will be telt far . to the South. A regular Valium storm period, reinforoed by Meronry, Venue and Jupiter periods,' ie central on the last day of November. This menus that marked Autumnal etorme will be brewing, if not already in progreee, ee the month • goes onb, The (climax of thie period will most likely fall in the opening days of December, bat the fleet stages will be a'tended by very low barometer and °hanged to muoh warmer, followed at drat by general and heavy rains. Later the rain will turn to a general and destructive eleet, and thie in turn to a teal snow storm and blizzard over Northern parte of tbe country. 8, S. Cooper hi rushing work at the im. provemente to Ontario ob. ohnrab, Clinton. The float in the auditorium le laid and thegallery across the rear ie now being attended to. In the lecture room several Maim rooms are built and on the outside D. Prior le on the steeple part, The church will be more oommodioue and molt improved in appearance. The popular paster, Rev, Dr, Gifford, paused hie 58rd •mileetone:'on Wednesday of last week, He looke to be good toe 53 morn, For 30 Days, commencing on t . MONDAY, NOV, 4th, we will conduct an OPENING SALE in our. New Store at Greatly Reduced Prices to . make room for New Goods. 'Biz Bargain is gill be Offered. rt Butter and Eggs taken at Highest Cash Price, W. N. HUMPHRIES & SON, .A LTION amps Lamps We will have in this week a DIRECT IMPOBTA. TION OF LAMPS that will eclipse anything,ever shown here. Buying direct from the manufac- turers we can sell these goods at the same price we formerly paid for the same class and fully as low as Most dealers can buy for now. Be sure you see them before you buy. Bee our new FENCE' MACHINE. . With it you can build just the kind of Fence you need and save the big profit to the factory or agent. Call and see it operated at our store.' It is the BEST FENCE money can buy. MMcKay ik Co. • ANI � BRUSSELS. • T H E LIo ■ ORAN D Boys' Sdiloul C1o1hill areammINIEM Once a Customer, Always a Customer. RESS the boys so they can go out and enjoy the glorious air. Dress them so they will not be afraid to roll and tumble all over the, ground. We haveclothes. made on purpose for these busters -won't show dirt, won't look shabby in a week's wear, and will always stand the rough and tumble wear of the lively boy. Pants have double knees and double seats, lined with heavy white cotton, sewed with linen thread, seams double sewn and. taped, buttons put on to stop on ; all this you get when you ask for the "Lion" Brand of Boys' Clothing. The cut and make of these suits are not equalled by anything on the market. We are sole agents for this Famous snake. Da Ca ROSS., CLOTHIER AND FURNISHER, B± USS U S. 1, -