The Brussels Post, 1897-9-17, Page 1Val Na, 10 BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1897
W. H. KERB, P'rOp,
A Trip to Carey, No. 2.
To the 1l4itor of Tun Pose:
Dunn Snl,—Ill my lost letter I wro
little about Chicago. After travel'
amend rho city all day, toward 11441it
wont to the hetulgt tare of Lha Chic
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g very complete letO at•1•augornout
the direction of passengers. Whoa
went to take our train there wore 8 or
trains backed side by side in the ya
and each fenced iu a separate divisi
A. gate 'cooper el the yard gate t
which train to take and men at the el
of the ear would direct as to which c
We took what is called the "flyer;'
runs 150 miles in 140 minutes, with
concha, so that is not a bed rate. L
Chicago at 0 p. m.
Illinois is a very Cue State, sligh
higher than Indiana. Here, 5s in all t
Western prairie Statee, corn is the gre
crop, It better in Made than
Iudiaha sail improves as you go W
till in the La Platte and Missouri v
loys, Nebraska, it is a splendid Grob.
10 o'clock wo crossed the Mississip
river. It is 1} miles wide hero mud fors
the boundary between Illinois and Iaw
Tho latter is the finest of any of 1]
States on the route. In appearance it
more like Western Ontario. Land sal
for $100 per acre.
After travelling all eight, we arrived
Council Bluffs at 10 a. m. Weduesda
Here the Missouri river divides Iowa an
Nebraska. Opposite Oouuoil Dluffs
Omaha. Tho former has m population o
30,000, while Omaha has 150,000, mud
uncioubbedly one of the finest of America
cities. It is the third largest stools marl
et in the U. S. and has some maguiflceu
buildings. While the Sky scrapers her
are but 12 or 14 stories high, they or
nicely arranged, so that a 14 dor
building is rarely seen alongside a 3 or
stray block. Its National Bank, Post
office, City Hall, University and busiues
blocks are very find in appearance.
railroad bridge across the Mimed her
has a single draw span of 520 feet and
cost $2,000,000. The streets aro all paved
and the business and maunfacuuringparts
are by themselves, so that the smoke does
not begrime the buildings or smother the
people hero as it does iu Chicago. It is
a quiet city and no person appears to be
in a hurry. We left on the U. P. at 4
p.rn.
Nebraska is very level. Its corn crop
is better than any of the other States,
that is in the Eastern part, but as you
travel West the laud becomes higher and
the deserted districts appear. Here
dozens of homes have been left, weeds
grow in the place of corn and it is very
desolate looking indeed.
Thursday morning we were climbing
the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
The grade was steep, so we did nob travel
so fast, and we reached Cheyenne at 10.45
A. m. This is a very pretty city and is
the State capital of Wyoming. Prom
here we had bwo engines to draw us over
Mt. Sherman, whioh is the highest poiub
we reached, and is 8,247 feet high. Of
0onree the road runs in a valley and these
fifor the snow stilres do not ltxremainesent lsa on mnanyalof
them. The grade from Cheyenne to
Sherman is heavy, 2,107 feet in 30 miles.
Here is the Ames monument, erected to
the memory of the Hon. Oakes Ames.
Two miles West we crossed the Dale
bridge, which is 850 feet long and is a
tremendous height. The river boueath
looks vary small indeed. We are now
passing through the Rocky Moun15i0s.
Laramie, 57 miles '1Veeb of Cheyenne, is
a Moe place—has the State University
and penitontaries and immense world
. shops of the U. P. road. Rawlings, 30
miles West, is the Continental divide, or
here the water flows East to the Missis-
sippi or West to rho Pacific, that is when
there is water to flow, but there does not
appear to have been any for several years,
for there seemed to be no vegetation, oven
weeds would hob grow. It is the most
desolate place I ever saw and I never
want to see anything as wild looking
again ; one cannot desoribo or imagine
what it 18 like, ib must be seen. At
Green River the U. P. have immense coal
mines. One ridge of about one mile long
was 511 on fire. A wall of fire 30 feet
high and a mile long was a wilco looking
sight, Here the mountain peaks bower
thousands of feet bidh and we passed
{ through miles of outtings in the solid rook
and through several tunnels and anew
Muds, The rook is a red granite end is
very pretty. In parts, too, the soil was
as red as red paint and the gravel is reds
It is undoubtedly caused by the cow -boyo
painting it that color so often. All Ibis
is in what is called the Great American
Desert, We travelled 1,000 miles ormore
and iu all that distance Due. sees nothing
but sand, sage brush and section hands.
It is a terrible country. At American
Falls we crossed the Snake river. at
fails 75 feet and is a magnificent sight, as
we oroased right near the Falls. One
thing that I took a partfaular fancy to
was MA formation of the mountains near
Waleoa. Wave after wave of rook
ridges 1,000 feet high rum for miles back.
The ridges have a striking resemblance to
water waves and the upper point is often
40 or 50 feet farther out than the base.
The railroad eons through a canyon and
is very winding, eometirnes right under
these rooky projeolious,
We arrived at Shoshone about 8 o'oloak
on Friday morning. The laud here is
Muth broken With lava and uulsss it can
be irrigated is useless. From hero we fe
went 20 miles to Toponis, to See my pi
brother Jotsn and family. We found th
them all well and pleased with the corm- sp
try, They have a pleasant place. After fl b
spending a day with them eve returned to be
Shoshone and took a branch road to Bel. alt
limit, where bhsro aro groat silver and bit
gold minas, One mine here has paid over lou
$2,000,000. From here we book a
wagon Tb
aid went 25 miles to Clayey, and from nut
Cathy wo walked 12 miles to the raaoli, 88
Where we arrived at 4 o'clock on Sunday, tiro
hungry and tired. Our camp is right pis
among the mountains and some peaks We.
hero are 12,000 feet high, Theta are all tak
eoete of OueiOsities here, hot bpringe, rat, ea
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25 to 35 hundred is au average band.
I will aloes this letter and may in the
future write something of this country
after I am bettor acquainted wibh its
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WHITNEY AT CLINTON.
Ono of the best of the series of meetings
which Mr. Whitney, the Conservative
]ceder, line held during his present tour
was that Thursday evening, Sept. gbh, at
Clinton. A large number of farmers
from the surrounding distriob were pre.
sent and helped to fill the Town Hall,
in which buikling the mooting took place.
Dlr. Whitney, accompanied by X. W. St.
John, M. P. P., who ammo specially from
Toronto, arrived by train from Stratford
se 7 o'clook, mud were mot at the station
by a considerable concourse of citizens
and a brass banal, Among the prominent
Conservatives who personally welcomed
the speakers were :—Diosers. H. Either,
the Conservative candidate for South
Huron ; Coo. D. MoTaggarb, A. M. Todd,
Dr. T. C. Bruce, john Decant, A. T.
Cooper Thomas Iays and D. Cantelnn,
of Clinton ; B. B. Gunn, Seaforth ; Dr.
Holmes, Goderieh ; E. L. Dickinson,
Windham ; H. Mooney, Conservative
candidate for East Huron ; Major Joseph
Beck, Conservative candidate for West
Heron ; R. McLean, Goslsrieit ; Rev. J.
IIodgine, R. 0. Cheswright, Seaforth, and
T. T. Lawrence, Goderich. The party
was driven through the streets, headed by
the band, and after supper were escorted
to: the Town Hall, where the speaking
began about 8:30. The chair was occupied
by John Cox, Warden of the County of
Huron, and on the platform wibh him
ware the gentlemen already mentioned as
having met the party at the station, to.
gether with a number of clergymen from
the town and surrounding districts. The
Chairman simply introduced the speakers
of the eveuing.
an011 memos.
Major Joseph Bock, Conservative aaudi•
date for West Huron, was first called on,
He said that in the County of Hurou they
would be ready whenever Premier Hardy
might bring on the elections, and he ex:
limbed three members to go from this
county to support the Government Mr.
Whitney would form after the contest.
Me, Either. candidate for South Huron,
also made a few remarks. He referred bo
slurs which, he said, had appeared in The
Globe regarding Mr. Whitney and Mr.
St. John. Ile asked the audience to
listen carefully to those gentlemen, when
they would be convinced that Mr, Hardy's
deprecatory remarks were utterly false.
H. Mooney, candidate for East Huron,
was the last of the lately nominated
candidates to speak, and he simply es.
pressed his gratification ab being present.
J. W. Sb. John was then called on and
was received with applause. He paid a
pleasing compliment to the ladies, and he
said that the interest they showed in the
election was au augury of victory for Me.
Whitney. He expressed the option that
),people all over this Province should vote,
trrespectiveof party, on the great quos.
tions affecting Ontario. We all should
have faith in our present status as a Pro-
vince, and be our possibilities for the
future ; we should have faith in our great
mineral rishneee, in our great water
stretches and in the honor,houesty, thrift
and ability of our people, made up as they
largely were of the Anglo.Saxon race.
We should never falter in our love of
country and in fealty to the old flag.
Then the question rose, had our oonubry
progressed'as she should have done under
the Mowat -Hardy -Ross Government ?
He proposed, be said, to discuss some of
the features of the present Government's
attitude as trustees of the Province. One
of the most prominent of these features
was the autooratio manner in which they
regarded bhe thing, believing that they
owned the country. Another character.
isbie was the extravagant management of
the ftuanoes. This charge of extravagance
was what Mr. St. John chiefly gave his
attention t0. The members of the Gov-
ernmeut were saying ou the platforms
that Mr. Whitney and his colleagues
dealt in charges which involved but small
amounts. Mr. St. John denied that this
was so, but he said that, comparatively,
the amounts Vancoled in the Province
were small. Mr. S6, John contended that
the Sauclfleld Macciotald surplus had
been wasted, that a largo debt had been
rolled up and the timber resources of the
Province to the value of uoarly twenty-
eight
miliiou dollars had been exhausted,
After going over a largo number of flying,
which he adduced to prove the charge of
wasbefnlness on the part of the Govern-
ment, Mr. St. Jolin directed his attention
to the Agrioultm'al College, He de•
nonneed the manner in which this insti-
tution was managed, saying that it was
calculated to Show the pupils ]tow not to
condttet a farm at a profit. Mr. 81. John
said that last year et the departmental
examinations the students were charged
$7,000 more than the expense, Thie, he
said, was a direct tax against the people.
Ho contended that the Central Prison in-
dustries wars anther great cause of ex.
trievagance, and money was sunk there no
amount of wbieh could ever be got at.
xnli Iinrnna11 51001650.
IVIr, St, John then went into a fall de.
Ice of his statements in regard to the
gory on the Humber i?ivor. He said
a t would bo shown that the honey
sub on this institution was an nnjusti.
a to expendittro, and that it could not
found in the public a000n:As. He said
at ho lied formerly macro the statement
at the piggery tree one huodrod feet
g. Ho had gone out to it at 0 o'olnok
ureday morning and measured it to
loo sure aid it was 116 foot long and
foot wicfo, Ib had conorete flooring
ughout, aid bwo Wells, one for the
s and ono for the caretaker, There
s a beautiful residence fee the 0aro-
er, bullb ab rho cosh of $1,200, and the
ear received 3500 a year ; all this
for feedbag one pig, Whon he was first
told all of this he could not believe ib ; 1o0
was told of it by a Liberal wllo was
ashamed of the Oovorument's exbrava.
ganoo. After hearing about lb he visited
the iusbibubion, IIo found in charge of
it a marl named Warner, who had been a
candidate
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a position. Mr, Werner
absent: pt.
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hie boyshowed hint the e ono pig which
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was the oaaupnnt of the institution 13y
bhe-by,tMr. bb, John said, the pig was
Still titers, and waft very lean and
ecrawny. warner slid nob even keep him
fat, although he had boon fourteen menthe
feeding him. After visiting the piggery
he watt to see Zion. John Drydeu abanb
R. to wltont he said that he could not find
the cost of the institution in the public
accounts. Mr, Dryden said he did not
know anything about the toolbar. Mr.
St. John than went to Deputy Minister
James, who sent hint to see 112r, Davis,
bbo Provivaial Secretary. Mr. Davis NILS
nob in, but he saw an assistant, who re-
ferred him to Inspector Christie, who ro-
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all those persons he had gone Mellon
ing able to get any information. Mr
John said that he had, whenever he
spoken of this institution from the
form, told his audience that there
some time previously beau 275 hog
this piggery, but all Save this OLIO
died of cholera. The surroundings of
piggery formed a miasmatic pool
there was no drainage, so the place
fatal to hog life, and the pigs had de
in self-defence that they must die.
hada choice of death among cholera,
fever and malaria, and they those oho
as the easiest way out of the difficu
On the platform he had estimated t
the institution had cost $35,000, but
said he did not know, and was going
try and find out. Hon. E. J. Da
when speaking in Paris in the latter p
of June, had quoted Mr. Sb. John's
mate, and then said that the cost of
institution was only $2,000, Mr. Da
was then asked what could be 'done w
a man like Mr. S6. John, who would
aggerate as he had done. Mr. St. J
continuing, said that he had gone di
to Mr. Davis and told him that he w
going that clay to Feuelon Falls, a
would read to his audience any etatem
Mr. Davis might give him. After o
siderable hesitation, Dir. Davis had th
admitted that he had no statement, a
ho also admitted he did not include in
$2,000 the cost of the asphalt parents
nor the two wells, nor the pumps n
drains, nor the private residence, nor
tanks. 1Ves ib honest, then, Mr. 8
John cried, for Mr. Davis to h
challenged his statement under these
oumstanaes, and when his own. knowled
was so deficient ? Mr. St. John then as
ed Mr. Davis fora statement of the e
penditure on the piggery. This was
July 1st. Mr. Davis replied that
would let him have it in a few days. DZ
St, John wrote to the Minister on An
nob 10th, asking for details. On Augu
18th he got an answer, telling him bb
Mr. Davis had been away from bore
but had given illSb1•uetions to Mr. Noe°
who tvoula bays the stetomoub ready in
few days, On September 1st, not Slavin
received any statement, he wrote again
and ou September 3rd he gob a gatemen
It was the day that Mr. Davis spoke a
Markham. For eight weeks and tw
days he had tried bo gob the statement
and he had waited while Mr. Noxon wa
fixing i6 up, to make it as small as possi
ble. Even as it was Mr, St. Joh
oballengsd it es imperfect. The state
meet was to the effect that the institutio
had cost 2 .
7 0 0 Mr. t.
S John said
$ , the
the statement that the building bad been
burned down was faleo. The flooring had
been talseu out and burned. In Mc
Noxon's report it was stated that with
the plank $poring rats infested the
piggery and destroyed some of the young
pigs. Mr. St. John asked his audience
what they thought of a caretaker with
$500 a year salary and a free house who
did nob know how to keep rats off a snok-
iug pig.
HURON WHITE RI880NERS,
ORGANIZATION MEIeTTNG OF THE
W. 0, T. U. OF TIEE COUNTY
01' HIUIRON,
Acol
convention to or a tiz the SV
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1 ease Union of Huron.
Comity was hold in the Temperance
Hall, Winghat, at 10 a. in. on rho 0th
inst. After devotional exercises condpct-
ecl by Dirs. Biddlocomb, of C:liutou, Miss
11. M. Fisher, who was appointed ;Prod.
dent of Huron county last December
by the Proviueiel snb•exeoutivs, briefly
stated the object of the meeting and the
benefits of organization, W. 0. T. U.
work 111 the county had beau seriously
retarded for the lack of the chain of
sympathy and co.opsrabion found in W.
0. T. U. minty organizations, They
were met for the first time to form a
ohaiu of living Christian women, binding
each closer to one another, whose motto
is "For God and home and native laud."
The object shall be to strengthen the
local unions and assist them iu carrying
out the plans of the proviuoial union, and
to arouse the women of the ootnby to an
organized effort for the banishment of the
liquor braille, A secretary pin tent arms
elected and tellers appointed. The
chair was declared vacant, and the Meet -
ion of officers by ballot resulted as fol-
lows :—President, Miss If. M. Fisher ;
Cor, -Seo., Mrs. Gillespie, Winghaen ;
Reo.-Seo., Mrs. D. McGillicuddy, Gods -
rich ; Treasurer, Mrs. Biddlocomb,
Clinton ; Vice -President, Mrs. McGilli.
cuddy ; Auditor, Mrs. Stewart, Seaforth.
On motion it was resolved that the
convention proceed to organize the eosin -
by, which was represented by the follow-
ing delegates : Mrs. D. McGillicuddy,
Mrs. Stoddart, Godsrich ; Mrs. Biddle -
comb, Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Crich, Clinton ;
Mrs, Smyth, Seaforth; Nita. E. Paulin,
Mrs. J, Ritchie, Miss K. M. Fisher,
Wiugham. Visitors : Mrs. Reed, Tees -
water ; Miss Smyth, (teacher), Seaforth ;
Mrs. Iiscox, Mrs, Smith, Mrs. Arm-
strong, Lucknow ; Mrs. Granb, Paisley.
Committees on plan of work, resolutions
and finance were then appointed. Morn-
ing session closed with the noontide hour
of prayer, to meet again at 2 p. m.
Afternoon meeting opened with the
President in the ohair and Mrs. Grant
conducting devotional exercises. Re.
ports of loom unions were than read and
adopted on motion, During the after-
noon several excellent papers were read
by Mrs. Biddlecomb, Clinton, Mrs.
Ritchie and Mrs. Grant, followed by dis-
cussions on the various lines of work
presented
Mra. Reed, of Toeswater, then gave a
drill on parliamentary usage, showing
aha law and order by which publio meet.
lugs should be concluded. Question
drawer was then opened and replied to by
bhe county President. The executive
mot and appointed the following superin.
boudenbs of departments : parlor meet-
ings, Mrs, Paulin, Wingham ; work
among the lumbermen, Mrs Biddleoomb,
Clinton ; world among smilers and fisher-
men, Mrs. Holland, of Goderioh ; curfew
bell, Mrs. M. Y. McLean, Seaforth ; rail•
road work, Mrs. Orich, Clinton ; press
world, Mrs, D. McGillicuddy, Godetioh ;
evangelistic work, Mrs. (Rev.) Smyth,
Seaforth ; prison and police, Mre..Stod-
clam, Godorioh ; exhibitions and fairs,
Miss Tennis Pocock, wingham ; scientific
temperance instructions, Mrs. J. Ritchie,
Wiugitatt ; franchise legislation and
petitions, Mrs. (Rev) Bond, Seaforth ;
flower and delicacy mission, Mrs, Rigsby,
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and silver medal contest work, 'Mrs.
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Foul, Seafor6h ; unfermented wine, Mrs.
Young,Blyth. The convention then
adjourned to meet at 8 o'oloak, when a
public platform meeting was held, with
the President in the chair. The slits
audience did nob betoken a widespread
interest in the temperance reform upon
the part of Wingbamites, yet what was
lacking iu quantity woe made up iu
quality, as the audienoo was soledand
appreciative.
Tho meeting was opened by singing
"All hail the power 01 Jesus' name,"
when Rev. D. Petrie led in prayer The
address of weloorne on behalf of the
local union was given by Mrs, C. Gilles-
pie, in whioh she said as the home was
assigned bo woman as her kingdom, if
brae to her trust she could not live at
peace wall the great enemy of tbo hone
and the church, which is the saloon.
Mrs, W. Pringle was then called upon
for a solo, responding with the pabbebio
"Oen a boy forget his mother ?" Mayor
Morton extended greetings on behalf of
the town, Mrs. D. McGillioudcly, of
Gadorioh, responding, said she heartily
thanked the friends for their kind words
of welcome and to the homes that opened
their doors, whose hospitality bio Oslo.
gates somitah appretiabed, In conclusion
she said : As the result of this meeting
more than ever I trust wo shall be im•
pressed that this temperance world ie
God's work, and that Wo each have boon
called by Him into our different depart.
mentis of work, to be co-workers with
Hila in putting away from one people
that which has boon and is the greatest
bindrauce the Gospel has, and which is
the cause of so much suffering and sin
and misery let us seek the unity of
purpose in alt out tomperanoe organize -
thine, and for the guillsnoe of the Holy
Spirit.
Jae. D 1VIoMorran, of Luoknow, was
Mina introduced, and rsndeeed sweet
strains with the harmoica, triangle and
guitar, anal bo the delight of the boys he
played the "bonds." A silver medal con.
test was then conducted by Mrs, Reed, of
Toeswater.
!Throe judges, A. H. Musgrove, 1.
Paris and Miss L. MoKenzie, having been
previously appointed, Warded the medal
to contestant No, 4, Miss Auclry Jones,
of'1'soswaber, whioh ares presented on
behalf of the orgenizatimt by Dr, Me.
Donald, M. P., wibh a few suitable to -
marks. Dr. McDonald also made good
iso of his tithe while the judges Wows
deliberating, and hie address to the andi-
once was fall Of praobio5l and telling
truths, The doctor gives no mwertain
octad en the temperance gtt0stfon, of
tiniNOT =ATMS.
Mr. St. John touched ou other matters,
He adduced the suoeession duties nab ns a
proof that the Government was coming to
the end of its tether in the natter of
money and would soon have to impose
direct taxation. He closed by saying
that the monetary condition of the coon.
try was such that only. a change of Gov
eminent would give the people hope of
relief.
AM. 3NITN16Y.
Mr. Whitney was received with sheers
when he lose to speak, and was presented
with a bouquob. He went into a ooneid-
or5tion of tete Provincial flnatoos and of
the question of eauoation very fully,
arguing that the Government had wasted
in the most flagrant and iuexousable
manner the money and resouroes of the
people of the country, He argued for the
creation of an office and the appointment
of a man bo fill it similar to the office of
Auditor -General at Ottawa. He promis•
ed if Ito were reamed to power to give a
larger share of educational advantages to
the Publics Saboois than they possess at
peasant. 13e desired to see greater
facilities for obtaining insbsuabiou placed
in the way of the poor man's obildeen,
who began and finished their education in
Common Schools, He would also ap•
point a Consultation Boaed to advise and
assist the Minister, and would one the
University looso from political control
and domination. The Iingledus deal,
the license policy and the management of
the Agricultural Deparbmsttb were arid.
sized very severely, and Mr. Whitney
closed by aondetnming Premier hardy for
hie Nome Judges ao6, hie speooh to the
electors of Owen Sound and his breabment
of Mr, Conmeo's resignation. He asked
for their assistance in his efforts bo purge
the public life of the Province of 'dis-
honesty and inefficiency.
The meeting oloeod with Aeon for the
Queen and Mr, Whitney,
The Winnipeg Tribune announces that
a big grain dsnIere' combine hoe been
formed to control the wheat amp and
defraud the Western fat:merS,
which he Iran been a lifelong advocate,
Dirs. Iliscox, of Ceeswater, and Mrs.
Stewart, of Seaforth, each slang solos in
excellent style. The efficient service of
Miss Carrie Fisher, piauist, was rancor
approeiated.
A vote of thanks was tendered the
singers, n are musfeia
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the ma
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and all �the friends C a nVIIU contributed utad
to
the snooess of the comity organization.
The white ribboners then farmed a semi-
circle, joining bands, and sang "God be
with you till wo meet again," in which
the audience joined. Roy. J. Ilamilton
closed the meeting with prayer.
Diiss K, D2, Fisher, comity President,
and Mss. McGillicuddy, county record.
ing secretary, were appointed to attend
the Provincial convention to be held at
Brantford on October 12111, 13th and
14th, also the Dominion, at Toronto.
The unions throughout the county
were recommended to open a plebiscite
fund, and to cooperate with other
churches and temperance societies to be
ready for the plebiscite campaign, The
Demorest medal contests, public lectnres,
and distribution of literature were also
recommended.
A NEW WORLD'S WONDER.
The INuutintttiOJt Of liingtn•a Falls
And Whirlpool.
Errand Trunk L'rey:ming For The Formal
Opening 00 The New Steel
Arch Di'l,tge.
At the present time the eyes of the
whole world are directed towards Canada.
The remarkable successes which have at-
tended the visit to England of Sir Wil-
frid Laurier, the Premier of the Do.
minion and the rennuciation by Great
Britain of impoxtaut commercial treaties
with such powerful neighbors as Ger-
many and Belgium in order to meeb the
overtures of the colony, hare caused the
politicians of the old world to regard with
a novelty of interest that portion of the
new world which Voltaire 0noe gibed
at as "a few acres of snow and ice." Nor
has the interest been confined to coun-
briee of the old world, the people of the
republic to the south having been startled
by the announcement of the disoovery of
large quantities of gold within the Con-
fines of the Dominion.
Scientists and members of the learned
professions have flocked to tbo oonntry to
hold their anutlet conventions, and ex-
amine for themselves its resources.
Among the many corporations which
have done much to retain the interest
blurs aroused, the Grand Trunk Railway
System, under its new and energetic
management, takes a foremosb puce.
The work undertaken in Connection with
the substitution of a modern structure
for the old Victoria tubular bridge over
the St. Lawrence has exalted the utmost
lateral: among civil eugineers the world
over, while the completion of the Grand
Trunk new single arch steel bridge over
the Niagara River, which replaces the
historic Suspension Budge, is the talk of
railway officials from one end of the con-
tinent to the other. That the latter
structure, which, at the time of its enc.
tion in 1855 wos considered—aud jnstly—
a marvel of engineering skill, should have
been entirely replaced upon exactly the
same epee without an interruption of even
five minutes to the constant stream of
traffic which passes over it, ib is without
doubt a remarkable tribute to the advan-
ces which have been made by the engi•
nsarin
g profession. vi
thi
u the las
t uarte •
q e
of a century. The new bridge is a single
steel arab of 550 feet in length, supple.
menbed by a tressed span at either end,
of 115 feet in length, so that with the ap-
proaches, its total length is a little more
than 1100 feet, while the railway tracks
are 250 feet acove the water. It has two
decks or floors, bbe upper being used for
railway purposes exolnsively while the
lower contains a wide central carriage
way, double eleebrie oat• braoks, and pass-
age way for pedeetrians.
Beautiful as it is in appearance, the
bridge fs of emu:mous strength, it having
bean designed to carry on each railway
track a load of two locomotives with four
pairs of drivers each and 40,000 pounds
ou each pair, followed by a train of 8,500
pounds per running foot, while ou the
lower deck is designed to parry a live load
of 8,000 pounds per running foot. In a
word, it will sustain a weight of over six
Melee the sustaining oapacity of the old
bridge.
The opening celsbrabions in connection
with this great engineering feat will take
place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
September 23rd, 24th, and 25111, and the
managemenb of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way system has determined bo give a car-
nival at the Falls which will long be talk-
ed of by those who take advantage of the
remarkably low rates which are being put
in force for this occasion.
This oarnivel, whioh will be held for
the whole three days, September 28rd,
24th, and 251h, will consist of open air
variety entertainments from two large
elevated platforms, one of which will be
on rho Amerioan, and the other on the
Canadian side of the river, open air dim-
ing to the strains of the best bands ob-
tainable in the country, old English
sports, climbing the greasy pole, saolc race
and ogg races, oto,, for which cash prizes
will be offered ; and on Thursday evening
a maguifioent illumination of the Falls
and Whirlpool rapids will take place, hes
ing the fleet limo this gigantic enterprise
has boon undertaken, On Friday and
Saturday evenings an elaborate display of
fireworks Stern the now bridge will be
given, and will he without doubt the
grandest display ever witnessed with
possibly the exception of that given at
e World's Fair ab Chicago. The
illuminations and llreworlts are under the
personal direction of .Henry J. Pain, the
eading pyrotechnic conbraotor of the
world.
"rho artists who have boot engaged for
the variety suterteinineut ate all well
known, and four of the moat famous mili.
bitty betide in American have been on.
gaged ec ty'ive concerts in the afternoon
and evening Of each day. burin g the
three days' carnival the Mail. i will be
open for the free passage of the public to
and fro as they please,
To those who have never visited that
greatest of nature's many marvels--
Niagara—the extremely low rates which
are being al,
fromevery
point
on their
lines by ti
the Grand
Trunk system. ora should
d
prove a tern t
atlo toostrong P n ton to
nbe re•
slated while to those who have visited the
great £ally by day, the prospect of seeing
them one blaze of oiectricity and colored
light will appeal, without doubt, success -
f ally.—Moto areal Herald.
People We Know..
Mrs. Pearson is quite poorly.
Ibbs. Mooney, Mill street, ]s all.
Walter Lowry visited London for a few
days.
Hilton Hunter is bothered with rbenen-
atietn.
Mrs. Waddell is visiting Urn. Will.
Ainley.
Lew. Jackson was in Torouto over
Snndey.
Mies Lottie Jones is borne from a visit
to Westfield.
Jas. B. Stretton and wife were holiday.
Mg at London.
Mimi Frank Pelton is visiting friends
at Liman this week.
11Ire. Anderson, Elizabeth street, has
been on the sick Ilat.
Jae, Kelly and wife spent a few days
in Seaforth this week.
Co. Councillor Miller, of Wroxeter,
was in town on Tuesday.
H. R. Brewer and Miss Naomi
Williams Sundayed in Seaforth,
Last week T. Thomson took a holiday
and enjoyed himself at Toronto.
Miss Mary, daughter of 1. T. Ross, 11as
been quite ill during the past week.
Miss Minnie Israel, of Seaforth, was
visiting Miss Ells Ainley last week,
Mrs, T. Thomson and Muir were boli-
daying with relatives at Kincardine.
Miss Ella Code left this week for Cadil-
lac, Mich., where she tarn visit with her
sister.
Mrs, A. Konig, Lottie and Earl are
malting a holiday visit with relatives in
Mitchell.
Miss L. Oliver and Miss Pauline Mo•
Ewen, of Winnipeg, arrived in town on
Monday night.
Mise Beatrice Asbury and Miss Mitch-
ell, of Atwood, were visiting in Brussels
this week.
Miss Bolla MoBain bas taken a posi-
tion in a tailoring establishment at
.Brampton.
Mee. MoViear and son, of Nevada, U.
S., are the guests of Mrs. Sinclair, Prin-
cess street.
Miss Sadie Mooney, of Port Huron, is
visiting relatives and friends is Brussels
and locality.
Mrs. Kalbdeieob, Atwood, and Mrs.
Pequegnot, Brantford, are guests at
"Fairmount,"
Rev. R. W. Knowles wheeled to Han-
over on Monday and spent a few days
with 014 friends.
G. A. Hood and wife, of Kincardine,
were visiting is Morris and Brussels due.
ing the past week.
F. Price, of Toronto, was visiting et A.
Hunter's. Mise P,illa Hunter returned.
with him for a visit.
J. Belden, Mrs. (Dr.) Eneohtel and
]Hiss Moore spent Sunday in Clinton
with old time friends.
Mrs. T. Hayoroft and Willie, who have
been visiting at Hamilton for several
weeks, have returned to Brussels.
Jno. Ferguson McCrae, of Roseland,
WAS in town for a few days while on his
way from Montreal to th ew est.
Rev. R. Paul and wife arrived home
from their vacation of three or four
weeks at Orangeville lest Friday.
W. G. Collins was home from Barrie
for a few days. He had been overwork.
ing and took a day or two to rest.
Misses Ellen and bebeaoa Hewitt are
home on a visit. They have accepted
positions in Hespeler woolen factory.
Rev. Geo. McKay returned to Kansas
this week, carrying with him the good
wishes of a large oirole of friends for his
future success.
W. Grower was at Owen Sound last
week. He went • to umpire a game of
baseball. "Billy" knows the ropes with
the best of them.
Rev. F. Ryan and wife, formerly of
Brussels, were calling on old friends last
wools. Rev. Mr. Ryan was inonmbeit in
St. John's church here for several years.
Mrs. Walter Jackson will make a holi-
day visit with her daughter, Mrs. H. E.
Maddock, at Newmarket. Master Pray
Lsppard will accompany her to Toronto.
E. B. Creighton, who went into the
employ ' of the M, 0.11, at St. Thomas
last week, bee been promoted already to
a position at Hamilton and went to it on
Wednesday. He's a good man and we
wish him farther success.
Among the visitors to Loudon this'
week are Jno. Beattie, JOo. Walker, C.
Zilliax, E. 0. Dunford, Jas. Thomson,
S. Shine, A. Hunter, Robt. Thomson,
Kiss Mary Ferguson, Miss Hollies, Mrs.
Milloy and Miss Christina Milloy.
ADDITIONAL LOC.I,X, NEWS,
Some youths in Brussels South fenced
in a neighbor's cow last Sabbath. It was
not a kindly act to either the owner or
animal,
Tum Ladies' Anxiliary of St. John's
ebnroh enjoyed a pleasant outing at John
Cardiff's, Gray township, Tuesday after.
noon.
Lis,e Saturday forenoon a horse driven
by Mrea Wolf, of Grey, accompanied by
her mother, took fright at two bioyoltets
North of Bruseels and ran away. The
buggy was upset opposite D. T'rain's and
the ladles quioIsIy precipitated to the
ground. Mrs. Wolf WOO considerably
bruised, The buggy was badly wreaked.
J. H, McNaughton, dental student, of
Mitoheli,•ie here far a.visit of a fete days.
will go to Philadelphia this Fall and
take a term in the best American College
erpeoting to graduate noxi Spring. .Ion
will afterward template his ooureo in
Ontario by attending oeesfon at Toronto,
Jno. deserves groat oradfb for his pluck
and anecoss. Misty a young fellow would
de well to copy osis example,