The Brussels Post, 1902-10-30, Page 1Vol. Vii, No. 16'
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THLJRSDA.Y, OCTOBER. 30, 1902.
New Ad art samei v i e,s t .
Gleaning time—Sas. Pox.
Esta for eyes—Mrs, Flatpher.
Poultry wanted—J, W. F.ogal,
Clearing Bale—L C. Riaharda,
filhoee for Fall—Downing Broe.
Anotlon aisle—John MoFadden.
Pennpline-Wilton & Turnbull,
Exea0o01 eale—Wm, Graham.
Servant wanted—Mrs. Sinclair.
Auatlon sale --0, Querrengeeeer.
Wood cutters wanted—S. l3grke.
More new goods—Moliinpon & 00.
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FATAL A°awENT,—James Perrin, of
Listowel, eldest brother of B. Perrin,
Berlin, met with an aooident which
proved fatal on Saturday night, He had
been in Berlin on business and front
there drove to Roseville to see hie brothers.
Arriving about 7.80 o'clock at John
Perrin's, he took a lantern to see to put
his horse in p box. stall A few minutes
later, members of 'the family went out to
assist him. They found the, stable in
darkness, and Mr. Perrin lying behind
the horse, unconscious. He never re.
'covered oonoaionenees, dying at 11.40
o'olook Sunday night, He leaves a wife
and family,, Ooe sou lives in Chicago,
another in Philadelphia; a married
oss
Your Eye
for just a minute. We'll
El 'We've Got
be brief.
see our
UNDERW EAR for -Fall
n and Winter.
a .PRICES -61.00 TO
0, $6.00 PER SUIT.
Be sure and
range of
S1a
Ease For
l
Eyes.
Seeinu requires a
uscu strain only
from those with
� ) perfect eyes. i
iLhy perfectin1+sidht we
remove
4 all struin,then
fatigue and heaviness
over the eyes disep-
M-� pear.
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Mrs. T. Fletcher
5cseaari£_c and
Graduate Optician.
BRUSSELS
For 30 Days'
For Cash
daughter in Modigine Hat, and one boy
el home, 'R'eare ago he wee deputy for
Sheriff Davidagn, and had lived many
years in T3eriin, The funeral service
took place in jiietowel on Thursday. Se
parried 86,000 aooidentineuranoe on hie
lira
ASV r(txe ter •
R. Bleak attended the funeral of a
brother in Elora last weak.
Rev. W. Mahood, of Dakota, is the
guest of frieuds in the village,
S, B. MoKelvie was in Toronto on
business several daye of this week.
Rey, Dr. Tolling, of .Toronto,:occupied
the pulpit in the Presbyterian oburoh on
Sunday.. •
A. Hemphill and W, MoNeil, of
Walkerton, vetted at the former'e home
on Sunday.
The young men of the village held their
annual assembly In the Town Hall on
Wednesday evening.
A meeting of those in favor of Prohi•
bition was held in the Presbyterian
obnroii'Tuesday evening.
W. Franck ehippod a carload of lambs
on Friday of last week and a oar of hogs
on Monday from this station,
Rev. 0. P.. Wella, B., . , of Ethel,
preached a Mieaionary- sermon' in the
Methodist oharoh Sunday evenin'g..
:OV ra l Eon.
81.00 will get Tun PoaT until the aloee
of 1903 or 15 a will pay for it for the bal.
and of this year.
Last Sabbath afternoon W. H. Kerr, of
Tun FOOT took the service in the Metho.
diet church here.
The stable at D-nff'a manse baa been
moved and is being fitted hp for the con.
venience of the pastor's horse and oow.
On Deo 3rd a public meeting in eon.
vection with East Huron Farmers' Ineti•
tate will be held in the A. 0. U. W. Hall
here. Mr. Elliott, of Galt ; Mise Mad•
dook, of Gaelpb, and Geo. Mardle, of
Seaforth, are announced ae the epeakere.
A. letter from Dr. Armstrong, formerly
of Walton, says, that after staying
awhile in the hospitals of New York be
exiled for Liverpool, thence on to Lon-
don, after which he proceeded to Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, but after a short
stay he returned to London ae ha flode
this oity the most suitable in which to
ooutione his desired epeeist! work. There
are literally soores of hospital: here of
various kinds available for dootore to
pursue and extend their proteeeional
studies and 'abundance of material in a
population of ei million. On Saturdays
and Sundays one has time to see the
many places and objects of interest ancndt
would take months to see the various,
plane nod scenes we read of so much in
Euglieh and Scottish history. Theold
pity of Edinburgh; the modern Athens,
is the most beautiful, with its scenery
and surroundings, in the land. A few of
the plume he has visited are : Edinburgh
Castle, John Root's horse, and boarded
a few days iu the bonne in which Sir
Walter Stood lived with his mother,
Windsor Palace and Castle, the famous:
old Eton College, Stoke Pages where
Gray wrote the Elegy in a country
churchyard and where he now lies, City
road chapel, where John Wesley used to
preaoh, Weetminieter Abbey, St. Paul's
Royal Muse
nm, the R q nm, Booking.
ham palace and the Mausoleum where
the late Queen Victoria and her husband
now lie. The greatest preacher in the
pity seems to be Rev. Joseph Parker,
Congregational, at present
sedated by
Poultry \Vauleil
10,000 Turkeys and Geese wanted
and 5,000 Dooke and Young Ohiakena,
for which the higbeet aaeb pride will be
paid: For partionlare as to price and
date of delivery apply 1Y to • '
J. W. FOGAL,
ETHEL,
AGENT P011 PALMERSTON
PORK PACKING Co.
Great Clearing She
Eutrumrzcss
And everything to be found in a First olaae
Harness afore,
We offer at Greatly Roduaed Prioee all our large stook of Harness, Robee,
Blanketo, Trnake, Satobele, &a., beginning Nov. let and eontinaing to the and of the
month. The Team Harness is all our own make and le composed of the beet of
Auk and workmanehip, and are fully guaranteed by us. ,Note the prieeo :-
Team Harness, all complete '$80 00
Single Earned, niokle silver, from 6 50 up
Blind Teem Bridles, heavy and strove, regular s/5, reduced to 4 25
Open Team Bridles, regulanpriae $4.50, reduced';to• '` ti.,: 3 76
Team Collate, leather or cloth faced, regular $5, reduced to 4 25
Everything else in the Harness line equally dheep.
Kindly remember the terms for Rtedueed Prices are cash and
for 80 days only, For those wishing to buy on time we are quite
willing to oblige them at regular priees.
Repairs in Harness, Boots, Shoes, t&c.
Is A 0. RICHRD
�.
Rev, J. Campbell Morgan, Moody'e sue.
oessor, Soothe are turned away froth the
door every service as they are, crowded
out,
?V,Ia1Fje.wortla, •
The root crop ie being transferred from
the field to the root house,
Mrs, (Dr.) Armstrong woe visiting her
eider, Mrs. 0. R. Leppard,
Mre. Geo, f grtongave a tea, party to.a
large number of little :girl)) on Saturday.
Promotion examivatro0e were held in
the echoed on Thursday and Friday of
last week, ,
Quite•a number of f rmere are taking
apples to Wroxeter and brlogiug home
apple bolter.
J. E. Hunter has been officially appoint,
ed to the paetorate, of the Ibiethodiet
obgrob.of'Trowbridge oironit for the bal-
ance of this Conference year.
The Bible Sooiety meeting, which was
to be held in the Presbyterian ohuroh,
was held in the Methodist ohnrob on
Wednesday night last, The speaker of
the evening was Rev. Mr, Millar, of Ash-
field, who delivered an ableaddress on
the orgin'and growth of the Bible Society
in the British Empire. The Preeidept
Gao. Spence °coupled the chair. The, old
staff of direotore'and oolleators were re-
elected and the following officious : Pres„
Geo, Spence ; Secretary, Wm. Murray ;
Treas., J. G. Mitchell. Suitable mneio
wee rendered bye union choir under the
leadership of George Brown of the ' Pres
byteriau ahmah.
Jam ewto wnt •
A wedding ie on the tapir: in this local.
ity and possibly more than one.
The balance of 1902 free to all new
aubroribers of THE POST for 1903.
Shooting match for turkeys, geese and
duolee at MoEwen'e hotel .on Thursday
of this week,
Geo. Eokmier has eat out an evergreen
hedge at hie residence. He is determined
to have a neat place.
County Engineer Ansley has been noti-
fied ae to some repairs to the fence, lead.
ing.to the bridge here on the Southerly
end.
Frank Smith moved from Wroxeter to
hie newly purchased farm 2i miles South
of Brussels. His old friends- in this
locality wish him snoonea.
Owing to the heavy rain of last Sunday
evening Rev. R. Paul, of Brudeeld, failed
to pat in an appearance at Victoria Hall.
After waiting for about an hour, Jae. Cott
eondnoted a'aborteervioe.
A letter hoe been received froth 'Soot;'
land from Mre. W. Forsyth ' stating that
she and her brother, Chas. Dow, had ar.
rived home safely after a pleasant voyage
from New York. They enjoyed their
visit very mach and were quite taken
with life in Canada.
Saturday evening of next week, Nov.
8th, at 7 o'olook, a meeting of all inter
ested in the Prohibition campaign will
be held in Victoria Hall, when plane will
be laid for the work in adjoining polling
eab divisions of both Grey and Morrie.
There should be a good attendance,
At the. Prohibition Coovention held at
Brussels last week Tboe. Straoban was
appointed to see after the organization of
the Northern part of' Grey and Joseph
Smillie to do similar work in Morrie.
Suppose a joint meeting will likely be
held bare for the two adjoining places in
the near future.
(a rev. -
Miee E. Buttery is visiting this: week
at Lietowel.
Robert Doherty spent Sunday with
friends in Logan,
Mise Ameliali
& ahel's friends areP leas
ed to see her round again.
Wm. Buttery, Sr., was visiting old
friends in Monktoc this week.
Mien McDonald, of Jamestown, is vie
iting at. Robrrt 0oott'e, 12th con.
Some of our residents had to call on
the administers of law to settle a little
squabble.
Miee Blaeketook, of Opilingwood, who
has been vieitiug her uncle, Jno. McNair;
14th eon., bee returned to her home.
Soo. and Mre, Whitfield havemoved to
their home in Ethel from the 12th' eon.,
where they have resided for many years.
The people of Union oharoh spent
Thursday evening of last week at the
Parsonage at Ethel. Everybody reports
a good time.
We are pleaead to state that Mies
Jennie McNabb, 14th eon., is improving
in health and her many friends hope she
will Boon be fullp restored.
Fred Bryane has been engaged to teach
in the Olegg aohaol hoose in Morristown•
ehip for 1902. He is at present attending
the Modeleohool: Mr. Bryana will
receive $860.
Mre. D. MoLanehlin and Jho. B,, are
at Toronto this weak where Mre, Ma•
Lanohlin is having an operation par.
formed for the removal of a oataraot
from her eyes.
Judge Edward Elliott is seriously ill
at his reeidenoe, 400 Dufferin avenue,
London, suffering from paralysis. The
Judge attended a meeting of a Board of
Arbitrators at Perth on Saturday, when
he was overtaken by paralysis, thought to
be due to congestion of tho opine, brought
on probably by a oold. Judge Elliott will
be confined to hie house for some time,
but it io not,thooght that his eioknese
will prove eet•ioue. Judge Elliott is a
brother to Meg. Jno: Cardiff, 8th oon.
CnxT.-The taper'of life was extinguish.
ed.on Thursday of .last week in aonneotion
with the -mortalexietenoe of Jemima
Shi'ele, beloved wife of George Hart, lot
8, Con. 14, Elmo township. She was
the second daughter of George Bhiele, a
well known old resident of Gray town -
'ship, and wee married nearly 4s yeare.
Deceased had been ill minae the let of
last June and confined to her bed for 14
weeks, Long trouble was the dna of
death. The funeral took plaoe on Sat.
nrday 'nftereoon to Brussels Cemetery,
Rev. D. B; Molae, of Cranbrook, con.
titrated an appropriate eervioe. hire. Hart
tvae 28 yenta 6 months and 12 days old
and enjoyed the good opinions of a large
aitole of friends who greatly regret her
early demise and einoorly eynipatbise
with the bereaved.
Organization meetings in gonnaOtion
with the Prohibition oalnpaiga wi'dl be
held in Grey as follows ;---Bethel oburob,
10th con., Wednesday Nov. 5th ; Tam
bull's sobool house, 15th con„ Thursday,
Nov, Oth ; Union ehurob,. 12th' eon., on
Priday N.ov, 7th, All the meetings will
begin at 7 0, sloop and e. rally of alt with
feel an interest in the cause is cordially
asked for. Ou the'Northeriy part of the
townebip a cerise of meetings will oleo be
held the egme week oommenoing in
Shine's aohaol house on Wednesday even
tog ; Dalee'e school brume Thursday
evening ( Molesworth, Friday evening
and Jamestown Saturday evening, begin•
et 7 o'olook, Ae the time ie short between
now and voting day there ie no room for
delay..
til o r• rt s.
The sample of applee"thie year is poor.
We wonder bow many saw'tbe eoiipse 7
Anotioe sales are booming. Prioee rale
high.
Keep an eye on your' gate on Friday
evening of tbie week,
A. T. Cole and J. 13, Hall are drawing
baled hay to Brueeele,
The land is very wet and is kept so by
an almost oontinnal rain.
Miee Jessie Cole goes•to Wingham'this
week where she has a eitpation.
F. Ma0otoheon, 6th line, ie quite poor-
ly but eome better than he was.
Miee Janet Hood, of Bluevale, is visit.
ing her parents on the nth line.
Apple crop Moog with mangolde, tun
nips and potatoes makes a lot of work,
Rev. Mr. Coupland, of Auburn, preaoh•
ed at Sunshine on Sunday of this week.
15 Dente gets Tun Poen for balanoe of
1902 or $1.00 will secure itfrom now to
the end of 1903.
Voters' List Court at the hall on Toes.
day of this week. The Liberate added 9
or 10 names and struck off 6.
Owing to the bad weather and dark
nights the meetings at Sunshine have not
been very largely attended.
Frank and Jno. DeWolfe have returned
from an extended visit with relatives in
Bowmanville and Peterboro' locality. •.
Mrs. Swift, who has been visiting her
sister, Mre. T. Roden, returned to her
home near Stratford on Saturday of lest
week.
Farmers are very busy now with the
root crop, Sugar beet harvest is on and a
oar of beets will be shipped to Berlin
from Brussels.
Mre. Parkinson and daughter, Lena,
of Leeds, England, are on a visit to
Joseph and Mre. Stubbs, 4th line. Mre,
Perkiness::: is a neioe. '
Miee Jamieson baa' been re-engaged ae
teacher in Anderson's eohool, Srd line,
for next year at an advance in salary,
We wieh her snooese.
A wedding took place on the 6th nue
on Tuesday evening of last week, one on
the 6th line on Wednesday evening and
one on the 3rd line on Wednesday of this
week. Meet be oatabing.
Walter Yaill and family have moved
into their new reeidenoe. It ie a corn•
fortable, home like building where we
hope they will enjoy many happy, pros.
parous years. The old log house stood
the storms of mauy a Winter.
Rev. J.E. Hunter has been appointed
to take charge of Trowbridge oirouit for
the balanoe of tbie Conference year owing
to the decease of Rev. Robert Phillipe.
Mre. Phillipa will continua to occupy tha
Parsonage until next Summer.
M. Black, teacher in. S. 8. No. 8 10 en-
gaged for 1903 at a salary of $365. Not
many teachers stop as long in one
eohool section ae Mr. Blank, A new
teaoher could not have been engaged for
any lees salary and in most oases a high.
er Dna.
300 Pon o Soases.— it
N q W. C. Wilson, 5th
Hue,has received a prize of 10.00 from
the ennie Seed Co., Toroto, for grow-
ing a Mammoth Green equaeh weighing
at least 300 poonde. Mr. Wilson has
shipped thie giant production to Mr.
Rennie, Toronto. Judging by the size of
the packing box he took home to ship
the squash in it was no baby. Anything
W. 0. undertakes to do he does it in No.
1 style and this 800 pound squash is only
one more proof of tbie statement.
Sanom, REPORT.—The following ie the
etandingof 8. S. No. 4, for the month of
October :—V Olaae—Priscilla Manning
50. Sr. IV—Emma Jackson 69, Olive
McMurray 45, Lorne Nichol, 011ie
Walker. Promoted from Sr. 3rd to Jr.
4th. Total 810—Cora Speir 566, Hannah
Jaakeon 531, Jennie Robb 483, Torn Dark
482; Jr. 3r6.—Audrew Boyd 313, Gracie
Robb 281, Retie Manning 220, Willie L.
MoOotoheon 192, Ben Walker 182. Pro
moted from Sr. Sod to Jr. 3rd. Total
635—George Jordan 395, Willie J. Mo.
Cutoheon 330,Jno. air 319 Promoted
ed
P
from Jr. to r. 2nd. Total 8 —Leslie
8 36
Thrall 349. Jr. 2nd—Annie Dark, Part
II—John Jordan, Boy Thaell. Martha
MoOutoheon. Sr. Part I—Eliza Burke.
Jr. Part I—Harry MoOutoheon, Willie
Thaell, Sammy Burke. 8. B. Limon,
Teacher,
MATRItiONIAL. — At five o'alook, on
Wednesday, October 22nd, a very
pretty wedding took plane at "Spruce
Avenue Farm," Morrie, the reeidenoe of
Adam and Mre, Halliday, when their
daughter Mies Christian, was married to
Thomas Walker, of .$ruaeele. The
ceremony wag performed by Rev. John
Hestia, of Belgrave. The house being
nttractivoly deaorabed for the 000asion
with plants and Autumn leaves, The
bride- was given away by her father and
looked very sweet and graoeful in an ex•
quieite gown of white organdie, trimmed
with insertion and fine rnohinge of ohif•
fon with the customary veil and orange
blossoms, She carried a shower boquet
of white roses and asparagaa fern. Miae
Florence Young made a pretty little
flower girl in a dainty white muslin gown
and carried piuk,oarnations. The wed•
ding march from Lohengrin was played
by Mise Teeeie Halliday. After the oore-
mony, a reception was held and following
the usual oongratnlatioae, an excellent
sapper was served in the dilOing.room
where the decoration were pink and whits.
The bride's travelling dress woe a tailor..
made snit of navy blue abeviot with a
blouse of pale green silk and black velvet
hat. The large number of beautiful and
useful gifts testified to the popularity of
the young people, Among the guests from
A distance were Mles Walker, J. and Mre.
Welker, Alex, Walker, Dr. and Mr, Ma
Kelvey, Mies Sara MoDaucblin, Jno. B.
Motamobllu, 13rnseole ; the Mime
Livingetoe, Blyth ,• R. and Mrs. Young
and Mise Plorvuoe Young, Jack and Aire,
Young, Misses Mond and Nellie Salluwe,
W. Sallow°, Colborne ; Miee Hayden, Mr.
Hayden, Mies' Hyndrnan, Mr. Hyndman,
Newbridge ; Mrs. and Mies Roberteon,
Toronto ; Jno. and Mrs. Fraser, Bayne/id ;
Miss Mary Claff, Clinton ; Alan MoLean,
Harriston, The happy couple have taken
np residence in Bruesole with many good
wiehee for their future 'happinee,, and
prosperity, Tens Poer throws as L' liter
ial slipper after them.
Eltlrol.
J. W. Fogel ie ready for basineea in
the purchase of any quantity of fowl for
the f,'almereton factory. See hie advt.
Rev. Mr. Wells will addreee a Bible
Sooiety meeting at Oranbrook neat Sab-
bath evening at 7 o'clock along with Rev.
D. B, McRae.
We weloome Joo. and Mre. Whitfield,
well known residents/ of the 12th con. far
many years, ae oitizeoa of Ethel, and we
tract they will find themselves very much
at home here.
Next Monday evening the organization
meeting In aonneotion with the Referen.
dam campaign for Ethel polling eab•
division will be held here, oommenoing at
7 o'olook, All friends of the cause are
invited.
Wedoeedny evening Robert Ritchie, of
Elma,and Miee Eleanor Fletober were
united in marriage, at the home of the
bride, by Revels. Messrs. Wella and
Curry. Some of the boys arranged for a
oharivari but it was not a very vigorous
one.
Mrs. Jno. Cober, of Rrusaele,.and Alex.
Cameron, of Listowel, were here on
Wednesday attending the marriage of
Mr. Ritohie and Miee Fletcher. Many
good wishes are expreeeed for the future
welfare of the happy couple.
Thursday evening of last week the
members of the Union ohnrob co0grega•
tion 'spent a very pleasant evening at the
Parsonage in music, reoitation, ohat,
games, refreehmruts, &o. The attention
paid to soma of the buggies by meddle.
eamo partite was neither outs nor clever.
People often get themeelvee into trouble
by neglecting to mind their own business.
Quarterly communion cervica will be
held in the Methodiotoharah next Sat).
bath morning, the pastor in charge. In
the evening -the annual Bible Sooiety
meeting will be hold. Addressee are ex•
peoted from G. F. Blair and W. H. Herr,
of Bromide, The oliair will be occupied
by Robb. McKay. Speoial music will be
rendered by the choir and oolleation taken,
Crean brook.
Miee Lizzie McRae is visiting her sister
at Listowel.
The trustees are advertising for a
teacher for the 2nd department of the
public eohool.
THE Poem from now to end of 1903 for
the email sum of of1
$ 00. 16a will get
it for the balanoe of 1902.
The neral • service in the Methodist
church will be withdrawn next Sabbath
afternoon owing to the quarterly Com-
munion eervioe at Brussels.
The trustees of our school have re.
engaged Miee Liazie Calder at an iuoreae.
ed eatery for the next year. She is a
good teaoher and we ere pleased to know
that the a d
engagement
has been made.
.
Next Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock, a
public meeting will be held for the pot.•
ling sob division in aonneotion with the
preparation necessary for the Prohibition
oar ai n. The hearty
co operation n o[
all interested is asked
and looked for.
Keep the evening clear.
Next Sabbath evening the annual Bible
Sooiety meeting will be held io the Pres:.
byterian church here commencing at 7
o'olook. Addressees will be given by Rev.
D. B. McRae and Ray. 0. P. Wells, B.
D., music by the oboir. Oolleotion in aid
of Sooiety. A good tarn out expected.
Anniversary eerynon in the Methodist
church here on Sabbath Nov. 9113, Tun.
day evening following, the lltb, a Tea
meeting will be held. ' After supper a
musical and literary program will be
rendered. Addressees are expected from
Ray. D. B. MoRae, Rev. 0. P. Wella, B.
D., and Rev. T. W. (keens,
The Sherburn, (Min.) Advance of 001,
17th, eaye of a former resident of
this locality •— "The members of
the Baptiet Church had a bneineee
meeting on Monday evening to ar-
range for the services of Rev. Curry for
another year. The plane of the gather.
ing were ehaeeesful. Mr. Curry ie a
splendid fellow and a most devout minis.
ter and every citizen of the town ie glad
that he is to remain for at leant another
year."
(Srocterio1e,
GOisRrce Boys ON A "Tont".—Last
Tuesday's] London Advertiser eaye ;-0.
F. Carey, of Godorioh, father of one of
the boys who ran away from that town
last week, is in the oity today in search
of hie eon and the latter's companion.
Ha hon traded the boyo through Clinton,
Mibobell and Stratford, to a point a few
miles from this oity, where the boys
abandoned their livery rig. Mr. Carey
found that the boys bad stopped at tha
house of a farmer named Ridley, five
milee thie aide of Stratford, where they
had a meal. Ile learned nothing further
of them until, on resulting London, he.
met Constable Oannom. The latter made
some inquiries among the •farmar: and
butobers on the market and found that a
horde and rig had been abandoned on Fri.
day night last by two boys answering the
deaoription of the misting lads, on Oxford
:treat, North of the asylum. Mr. Carey
and the constable went to the apt and
found that the boys bad been Been on
Friday evening by a member of Wm.
Webeber'e faintly, a farmer, living on
Oxford street. The boys unhitched their
horse, threw the harness in the buggy
and then went away. The horse was left
to graze on the roadside till Sunday, when
Mr. Webster, in the presence of aevore'
neighbors, took it and the buggy to hie
own farm, Mr. Carey found that while
W. H.KERR, Prop,
the buggy answered the description of
that obtained by the boye from the Gode•
rich` livery, the animal did not, .The
livery eteed was a rat.tailed bay mare,
but the one abandoned by the boys was a
dark bay horse, and an inferior animal to
that 0.3gared by the boys. They had evi,
dently made a trade, and perhaps got some
money to boot. They bad no Lunde when
they left Godorioh. Mr. Esrey le an in'
noranca agent, and ae such often sent hie
GOO to the livery for a horse and vehicle.
It was therefore oaey for, the lad to obtain
the outfit, A, M, Todd, father of young
Carey'e companion, is one of the propria,
tore of the Godorioh Star. Mr. Carey,
who le staying at the City Hotel, would
be deeply grateful for any further inform-
ation of the runaway lads.
Dutnfrieshire, Ruthwell and
the Cross.
To the Editor of THE Poem
DISH SIR,—Oar pleasant sojourn in
this old land is fast drawing to a close
and our thonghte are turning homeward
in the direction of the setting enn. Lon
yeare ago many noble men and women
left Damfrieehire for the great new laud
and who oan estimate their share in Os
development of the Great Canada of th
201(3 amatory 7 The weather here has no
been favorable for harvesting. As I writ
on the 21st Sept., the grain is nearly al
standing out in the fields yet notwith
standing the rains and the Summer being
oold and backward the crops are fairly
good. Oats and barley are the staples and
very little wheat ie grown in this part of
Scotland. Bente here are very high, my
nephew, where we are now, pays close
on $2,000 rent, besides about $1,400 in
wages. Servants are better paid than
they used to be, but were I a servant I
world prefer to be one in Canada. Round
here the country is not unlike Canada.
The roads are good and many Dice belts
of bash vary the monotony. Iu olden
times the kirk session ruled with a rod of
iron, and anyone swearing ou the street
goo 24 hours in the loek.op, Any inlander
or untruth got still a worse punishment
and Sabbath breaking woe next to mor -
der. Anyone foopd in the tavern after
ten at night was liable to oeneare by the
kirk, and woe to the witohes of those daye.
9 of them were put to death on the 3rd
day of April, 1659. Bet long ago the
Durnfriee people have risen to a higher
and better life. The town is beautifully
situated on left bank of the Nith. and baa
a magnificent railway station, oleo a good
market for both stock and grain, Here to
ars found some of the Most palatial rani•
dances of the world and to this partioalar
epot some of the moat swell resort, On
the opposite side of the river ie Maxwel.
ton ; it is a pretty place. Barna said,
"Maxwelton Braes are bonny," and there
is a halo surrounding every immortal
touch of Barns. A visit to these interest-
ing and historic towns is a rare treat.: 17
miles from here ie the neat little tnwn of
Annan, the birthplace of Edward Irving,
the celebrated t d pulpit orator. It was here
he and Thomas Oarlyle attended school
together and the friendship then bagels
continued nuto death. T. Carlyle said,
"He ie the true -t and manliest man I
ever met, or ever expect to meet." Dr.
Chalmers, speaking of Irving after bis
death, said, "In him the virtue of the old
Roman was united to the faith of the
Christian." Now we coma to the home
of my late brother, midway between
Aunan and Dumfries, the parish of Rath -
wall, on the ehoree of the Solway. The
first thing that elaime attention here is
the Brow well, where Burne spent a few
of hie last weary days. It ie a small
mineral spring
faced round with hewn
P g
atone and there is a small frame shad
beside it for the convenience of vieitore.
I question if if would be heard of now,
only for Burns having drauk of its waters
over one hundred years ago. Io thin
parish Rev. Dr. Duncan was minister for
43 yeare prior to the Disruption. Than
going out from manse and ohuroh for
conscience sake, the whole congregation
went with him except 3 families and the
let sermon preached after that was by
Dr. a`
Hor tloue Bonar, on the barehill.
ill
side. to between two and three thousand
people. Dr. Dunoan was a most remark.
able man, and a man greatly beloved, bay.
ing ideas far in advance of his time. He
was the author of the great Savings Bank
institutions throughout the world to day.
The first was opened by him in the pariah
of Bothwell in 1810. He published an
elaborate pamphlet setting for the great
advantages of the system, finally going np
to London to assist in passing a bill for
the regulation and protection of the same.
He was also a geologist, being at the firat to
g g g
discover in the "old red nand atone," the
footprints of certain animals. After an
investigation by Dr. Buckland, of Oxford,
he wrote to Dr. Dunoan, saying, "I look
upon your discovery as one of the most
important that has ever been made in
geology, and it ie a discovery that will
forever connect your name with the pro•
greee of this science." I was not a little
surprised to hear of a atone prose in Rath.
well pariah Presbyterian Churoh, and at
my first opportunity, I exarnined it care.
fully. It stands in a place prepared for
it right in the body of the church. It is
17 feet 6 inches in height, about two feet
broad at the base, and a little over one
foot through, tapering a little to the top
with a arose stone about 3 feet in length.
I'leatn that it is no less than tivelve nen.
Curies old, It stood in the church until
1642, when the General Assembly of that
year ordered it to be destroyed. It was
a000rdingly thrown down and practically
destroyed, until 1828, when Dr. Duncan
gathered up the fragments and planed
them together with remarkable skill and
emoted it in the manes garden. He was
able to appreciate the value of it ae a
memorial of the earliest Christianity in
the British Isles, In 1840, J. Kombia,
of the British Maaeum, gave the first
rendering of the writing on the cross.
Two years later the same soholarpublieh•
ed a translation of the complete poem,
"The Holy Rood" themanueoript of whioh
had been found by accident in the Mon.
eatery Verulli, in Piedmonb. He found
that the parchment and the Rathwell
atone had handed down the same poem
9
e
and that they contained between them
the earliest extant specimens of our Eng.
lieu literature, The scenes from the life
of cur Lord, which are carved upon the
broader of the pillar speak to us now with
the same voice. ae they did to our fathers
more than 1,000 years ago: It is some-
thing like 1200 years mime thie splendid
monument of Obrietian art firstpassed
from the hande of the great but mtkuown
artist, The curiosity the grope excited
and the fame of Dr, Dungan brought
nanny illustrious men from far and near
to the Bothwell manse, antiquarians,
philoeophere, theologians and 'geologists.
In 1887 under the superintendence of the
parish minister, Rev. 111eFarlan, with the
consent of all parties the prose was trans-
ferred from the manse garden and set up
in the Church within a few feet of where
it originally stood, and hare it is likely to
stand for all time tq Dome, not ae au ob.
jeot of worship, but as a scored memorial
of the peat. Mr. Denwiddy, the parish
minister, io responsible for the foregoing
remarks on the Cross, and he is the res•
peoted Shepherd of Rothwell :
"Shepherd show me how to go
O'er the hill side steep ;
How to gather, how to sow,
How to feed thy sheep.
I will listen for thy voice,
Lest my footsteps stray,
I will follow and rejoice,
A11 the rugged way."
Respectfully yours,
Jamie SsnELIE.
Bothwell, Dumfrieshire, Scot„ Oot. 14'02.
Tliat Bicycle Accident.
To the Editor of THE Poem
DEAR Sxn,—I notice in the report of the
McKillop Council meeting in last week's
ieeue of your paper, a few statements iu
regard to the bicycle accident at Grieve's
bridge on Sept. 1st, which I wish to oor•
rent. The Clerk of McKillop has been, I
think, a little sarcastic in his remarks
conoerning earns. He Bays :—"The asci•
dant was caused by the carelessness of
the riders in going too fast." This is
absolutely false. The aooident was due
to the thoughtlessness or negligence of
those -repairing the bridge in not placing a
proper danger signal at the barrier, which
could not be seen until close upon 0.
Again, the construction of barrier was
such as to increase, rather than decrease
the danger to vehicles in the case of say
person who drove a horse that was at all
fractions. It consisted of two planks,
an end of eaoh resting in the guard rails
and the other on the ground and the cross
was unguarded, being so low that when
Mr. Fulton's wheel struck a in the centre,
the machine jumped the barrier and
threw him upon hie head. Mr. Murray
wan not the only one to receive bumps
and braises and have a narrow escape
and if we had been riding carelessly we
should undoubtedly have had our necks
broken. In fact 0 was only caution and
a lucky jump that saved me from a much
worse bumping than what I got. Then
Mr. Morrison says others saw the barrier
on the same night. Mr. Murray saw it
when he struck 0. Then two young men
driving to Seaforth saw it—when their
horse ran into it and only by good man-
agement were the drivers saved from oar•
ions injury. I think the new By-law, as
proposed, will keep the township busy
with law suits, as every man who refuses
the proper right of way to a wheelman
shall have v to" utup" a
as well h
P
as the of-
fending bicyclists. Out of every 10 who
drive vehicles yon will find about 2 who
are gentlemanly enough to give a cyclist
the share of the road which legally be-
long a to him
If such were not the case
there
would be less
complaiuGa of the
"ditching act" being done. A wheelman
has his rights on the highway as well as
the man who drives a vehicle, but few
seem to recognize 0 and because he rides
a wheel, he must take the ditch or get by
the best way be can. In this °ass the
"three foot" question would be a tickler.
There aro always two ways of looking at
a story and the cyclists' side is quite ae
woeful as the "other fellows." If tho
Clerk and Council of MoKiliop want to
know full particulars of the accident I
can tell them perhaps more than Mr.
Murray can. There are laws, certainly,
governing the speed of vehioles,
et0., and I think there are aieo laws re-
garding the planing of proper danger eig-
nale on obstructed and impassable high-
ways. The Grieve's bridge, at the best
of times is a bad spot, and in the condi-
tion in which it was on Sept. lit, it was
a veritable deathtrap. Leave the blame
wbere it is due. Thanking you, Mr.
Editor, for the space in your valuable
paper, I am, Yours oto.,
HARRY MOCRAPo.
Seaforth, Oct. 271h, 1902.
WE oongratnlate our American Corwin,
President Roosevelt, on the celebration
of hie 44th birthday last Monday and
wish him many happy returns of the day,
He's no figure head.
M *
NuRTH PERTH for the Local Legis-
lature is vaoant, Jno. 0, Monteith, tho
Conservative candidate, gives np lee seat
each party will pay their own costs and e
new election will be ordered, Mr, Mon-
teith bad 1 of a majority so a lively
hustle will be made in the next campaign.
Jot). Brown, of Stretford, was the Liber-
al candidate.
Tun Voters list for the Referendum
will be that of 1901 instead of 1902 ae 0 0
stated last weak. Every parson wh, on
name appears) in Part 1 of that liet w loo
bus been a oontinnoua resident of I1,
Province from the time of the last Pt„•
vinotal election until Deo. 4, 1902,
will be entitled to vote. People must vote
where their names appear on the list
whether in their present mnnialpality or
not,