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Washington Letter.
'1711: CAI'1T)1.—CONTINt'Nn.
The next point of interest alter the
Supremo Court, is the Senate Ohambe',
which oecupiee the central portion of the
North wing of the Capitol, it in neither
us large nor as protentfoue a place as yeti
would expect tc sen, but very pretty, and
in the form of a half circle so that every
member is under the vigilant eye of the
Speaker. The Hall of Representatives on
the other aide of the Rotunda, ie some.
what larger though of a similiar doecrip•
tion to that of the Senate Chamber,
Those of course are the largest onolos.
tires in the Capitol, there being must.
one other rooms used for government
purposes. Another place of genera] in.
tercet is the National Statuary Hall in
whioll are statute froth the various states,
es gifts to the government of the illus•
tried dead. Indeed this hall is a little
bit of American history in stone. Here
ii, Roger Williams, the great promoter of
Civil and Raligiouu Liberty ; Gouerai
Nathaniel Green, famous in war and
pride of the Continental Army ; Jona-
than Trumball, true patriot of the Revel•
ution, long remembered by the term,
"Brother Jonathan ;" Roger Sherman,
whose busy brain was used In the draft-
iug of 000 of the most singular documents
of history, The Doolaration of Inilepen.
hence ; near bile is George Clinton, who
signed that famous document, and after-
wards was Vine President of the U. S. ;
Robert R. Livingston, who admiuietered
the oath to President who
; John
Winthrop, of sturdy Puritanic anoestory
and first Governor of Massachusetts ;
Samuel Adams, one of the earliest advo•
oases of American liberty ; Ethan Allen,
who captured Fort Ticonderoga in the
name of the Great Jehovah, and the
Continental Congress ; James A. Gar.
field, PIeaident of the U. S. These are
Pomo of the monuments that grace thie
marvellous Hell, where the slightest
whisper can be heard at great distances
owing to the perfect symmetry of the
dome almost equalling in this respect the
famous whispering gallery of St. Paula,
London.
TEE uiOTeIANIC OAI10EN.
Lsavieg the Capitol by the grand stair.
way and Architectural Terrace, our next
nearest point of intereet are the Botanic
Gardena. In the gardens is a beautiful
fountain 30 feet high, with nine outlets
and containing au illuminating appara•
tea of 12 lamps which when ignited by
electricity give a most pleasing aired in
lightandwater. The peouliar interest
centered in the gardens is the fact, that
to the pnblio there is au opportunity
given to pass, at almost any time during
the day, a fete hours pleasantly amidst
e. great variety of the earth's flora as the
conservatories abound with every pos
side variety, from every country of the
globe that has been visited by enterpris-
iug travellers. Here you see flourishing
different species of plants from the
South Sea Islands, heath Africa and
Australia, Ubina, Japan, East and West
M
Indies, exico, Brazil and many other
places, so teat, las in the Zoologioal Gar-
dens, Landau, •you see earth's flora in
an aimed natural element, the same is
witueseed here regarding the planta. The
palm tree group especially is iuteresbiug,
every epeciee growing ereet and straight,
which makes you think of the expression
of the Psalmist when he (laid "The
righteous shall flourish like the palm
tree." Oare bus been taken to arrange
and classify the varioue plants so they
belong to a given family or are frons a
certain (toiletry, that a stranger hes no
difficulty in being interested ab least, al-
though he may know but little of the
soieutilie value of the specimens before
hint, each tree and plant being labelled,
giving the name and order of the speciee.
Te the students especially are the conser-
vatories helpful, for here be sees the best
eupplemeut tie possibly can have to his
umool text -books. Only a few, however,
go to these planes for study, most go for
recreation, many with the idea of seeing
something new, more for the purpose of
saying they have been theta. It epeake,
b ieover, well ler the city of Washington
to have advanced so well along the hue of
being a place for the Union, and not
merely u city of individual enterprise,
and in this respect shows as favorably to
the United States es London does to
England, although theta are greater in-
ducements for the latter to become great-
er then the former in the respect of
which we are speaking, aa London really
is developing her 10800ra05 for the world,
while Washington is scarcely aiming at
anything quite so large yet.
TEE 10010E 11008E.
To reach the White House, or more
properly, the Executive Ai:ansion, from
the Capitol, you oan either take the
street tars, which are constantly running
batueen them, Or what is butter still,
walk, if you want to got the worth of
your tint.. Finding yourself on Penn-
sylvania avenue you are lost in admire,
tion of the street, and you begin to think
It you have ever aeon anything like it be•
fore. In the Strand Regents ou Oxford,
London ; Princess, Edinburgh ; 00 Graf.
ton, Dublin, and you are sure to come to
the oauolueaon that this lar surpass,,
anything you have ever seen before. The
honose ate not better nor the shops and
phew of business morn elaborate than
you have seen in many cities, but as a
highway, a piece foe travelling or driving,
111 the midst of a oily—this is in advance
of everything you have aeeu. It is quite
a 801nrn011 thing to nee eked ears, omni -
busses, vehicle, of every description, men
and women on bioyalee,{boys on rollere
going at the same time with perfect case
and freedom, and whet is the seoret ?
Lots of room, road as smooth as a table
and Ilept as clear as a elcating rink, mem
elatioued at Intervale all along the avenue
to keep it dean. Looking at this street
Morn the Oepitol is is like a magnificent
park drive, an the trees, when in leaf,
colnpaeloly shut Out the bolted giving bhe
street a most vefreehing appearance.
Atud at night time, when the lamps on
either side of the street appearing like
linos of fire varying as tlnoy gather in
cluster, till they reach the Capitol with
its white marble and megnifioout greet -
nese, so out of pronartiou with every
thing oleo and fully in view in the evert•
iug, even at it l01 0 llietanee-1 doubt
whether there is a place in the world
that gives a bolter street view, either in
the duty time or at night, then Peunsyl•
vlinia avenue..
lIaving satiefierl ourselves about Penn.
sytvenia avenue we start for the Official
residence of the President of the U. S.
The mansion is open on week days, un -
lose a state ceremony be pending from 10
a, in. to 2 p. in. The east room which
opens to the public is 80 by 40 ft. and 22
ft. high, decorated in Greek etyle, and
very superbly upholstered, everything
being of the very best quality. Tho room
is nonepicunue in its want of furniture,
which is really a necessity, as it is used
as the promenade hall during entertain•
moots. In the evening it must present a
very fine appearance when lit up an the
number and proportion of the dazzling
points, surrounded by out glass, would
show,
A PUBLIC RECEPTION AT 011E 1111015 ROUSE.
A public reception at the White House
is quite an event to the received but it
must be a tiresome ordeal for the Presi•
dent and his wife, and those in waiting,
as some times as many as a thousand
portions are introduced. The occasion of
our visit was in every rospeob a memor•
able one es the Ecumenioal Conference
were being received by Mr. and Mrs.
Harrison. Visitors, of course, were not
excluded who were fortunate enough to
be there ab the time of the reception.
The first thing you notioe ns you enter
by the south door on an Occasion of this
sort is the "At Florae" atmosphere every
where around, no liveries waiters and
ushers but plain persons like yourselves
to receive, the only ceremony being to
show your invitation card and if. en 1111.
invited guest, the fact of your being with
one who has been invited is enough.
Of nouree there is a truth, how could it
be otherwise when about a thousand per.
sous are puebing their way in a continu-
ous stream toward the East Room which
when reached you find large and inviting.
This room is soon filled, then, there beiug
a few moments before the reception pro-
per, you elbow your way among the
crowd, knowing but few yet seeing many.
Yon seem to know, however, some of the
paintings that hang upon the wall—they
have been hanging in history's gallery for
some time and the world has become
fanlhier with them. Such names as
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln,
Mrs. Washington and Thomas Jefferson,
whose portraits are here are always in-
teresting.
Soon, however, the same door opens
through which you entered the East
Room, and now everybody gets ready,
it he oant push, to keep others from
pusbiug him out of his plane. New the
living ohm= begins to move, very slow-
ly, indeed, as the President is shaking
hands somewhere else and as fast as be
shakes you move. You dont get tired,
however, for there is a novelty in being
in tush a crowd and then you are going
to be introduced, not to royalty in the
strict sense of the word, but to noble
manhood reigning over 00,000,000 of
people, the first man in the United
States, the choice of the people and cer-
tainly the more you hear of President
Harrison the more you admire the
people in their choice. The Marine
band is in attendance and as the dele-
gates march through the corridors to
where the President and Mrs. Harrison
are reosiving they strike up "Onward
Christian eoldiere' to the familiar air
known to all. Such a strain as that at
such a time was inspiring for iu that
company there were Christian soldiers
Mein every natiou under heaven. From
China and Japan, Australia, New &E-
land and Fegee, Africa and the 'elands
of the sea, Italy, I''rauoe, Germany, North
and South America, Canada and New-
foundland, and they are moving to greet
a Ohriutian soldier, for General Harrison,
President though he be, has magnified
his oiled in not forgetting to perform
many Christian duties in conneobiou
therewith. On this occasion the Presi-
dent received the delegates in the much
talked of Blue Room which adjoins the
family parlor called the Green Room,
the lied, the Blue and Green rooms ell
beteg in the same line. Thus after pass-
ing through the private parlor you give
your name to the official In waiting who
calls it out load enough for ell to Hear.
Palmingthis official the individual in-
troducing fleet shakes hands (ou this o0 -
nasion it was Bishop Hurst) and then in-
troduces you to the President and Mrs.
Harrison, This is done in the Blue
room, passing through whioll you find
yourself in the Green room where
portraits of Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Polk mad
Mrs. Hayes, wives of formai' Presidents,
are to be seen. That of Mrs. Hayes is
especially noticeable, being life size and a
true picture of the noble woman who
banished wine from the tattle of the
White Rouse, By this time you are
bank to where you started, viz. the East
room when you now have more leisure
and room to bettor view the mansion.
The baud ie still playing aid those who
remain are rewarded by hearing such
pieces as : "Toiling on," 'Saviour more
than life to me," 'One sweetly solemn
thought," "To be there," "By and by we
011a1t meet !dim," "Yield not to tempta-
tion," "Jesus Lover of my coal,"
"Whiter than snow," and "The old old
story," played in such a way and by
such skilled musicians as seldom falls to
one's good fottnne. 'There were about
fifty performer 011 as many instrumoute
under the skilful direction of an evident
master, A visit to the Executive Mon-
ition under such eibonmstences oaunob
(teeny be forgotten, J. S. 0.
•
The Gilpin brotllore have sold tbeir
100 acre farm, lot 7 concession 5 ltowiek,
to Andrew Doig of the 3rd concession for
$4,000, lots, Doig tapes possession on
January 1st.
The llowiolt Oonneil is issuing new
debentures to retire the old ones iesned.
when the bonus was granted to the old
Toronto, Grey et Bruce Railway Co.,
many yeare ago, The new debentures
are for $0,500 and extend over a parted of
twenty years.
ONTARIO,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1891
IHE MAN FOR, THE
MINIS r RY.
(111. 1110 11, PAM.)
The man Bent meet have bath in the
message, in the divinity of the word, in
ite power to arrest bile rebel heart, that
it is a remedy for all man's moral ills
and that it will lead bo pardon, peace,
holiness and heaven. Confidence In the
truth becomes an inspiration ; gives
spirib, energy and deep longing for suc-
cess. Then man's faith should become
strong when yon consider the A1mi;lhty's
purpose 1n eondiegsaob amessage, name -
y to chase away man's morel darknes+,
to bring him from the bondage of sin in-
to the liberty of His own dear children
and to the inheritance above where is
lous and joy and peace. Oh what a per•
pose, worthy of our infinite Father 1 But
the results of such a mea -age
are overwhelming to contemplate. The
words welcomed, embraced, reoaived,
means life, an eternal home, unending
pleasure—"Li Thy presence is ful1110n8 of
joy, at Thy right hand are pleasures for
ever more." But the message rejected
means darkness, tnisery, pain, woe,
death ever'lanting– "For the tempest will
roll on for ever and ever." Now this
true message, sent by the everlastieg
God, sent for the benefit of menkinrd and
for the glory of Hie own name, should be
carried with uttnost confidence. He
ebould be a man who aims at success.
Men may differ widely as to the meaning
of the word success, A man may be a
grand suocess in life who is honest, up-
tight, industrious and makes a good
living for himself and family and noth-
ing more. With some the man is a suc-
cess who accumulates wealth, piles up
money and dies a millionaire, but in
many oases such a man, viewed in the
light of two worlds, Mt an utter failure.
He lives only for himself. No widow
moves his sympathy, no orphan child
excites his pity, no distress 0t111s forth
his help and he dies as he lived, and to
us such a life is an entire failure. With
others euucese is to obtain a first -plass
eduoation, rise to the highest social pont-
tion, be honored by the great and noble
and leave your name on the page of
history. But the Lord is forliaken, His
name is dishonored, His truth is die.
regarded, the soul and all its interest is
neglected and the whole life is a failure.
What a m.urvellous mistake of the idea of
success i But what is success in the
ministry ? A number of answers may be
given to this question and yet only one
that oan be satisfactory. It may be said
the men is a encoese who is a leader in
the ohuroh and men exclaim what a
brilliant career 1 Is such a life a suc-
cess ? Now success is not in drawing the
multitude so as to fill the ohuroh, in
pleasing the animas and fastidious, in
delivering eloquent orations, but in
whining souls to Christ, in feeding the
hungry with bread from heaven and
leading the °burgh up into the higher
life, the fullness of salvation. Here it
may be asked should every minister
be a success in soul saving? We have
but one answer to give. Yes 1 If the
Lord has palled the man by His spirit,
qualified him for the work and sent hen
into the field He never intended him to
be it failure and the man who is nob a
success in soul winning should stop and
ask himself why ? Whab is the cause ?
Wherein is the hinderance ? It is not in
God, not iu the truth, then where ? Is it
in the preacher ? In the heart ? In the
life ? In the mods of presenting the
truth ? Every man should be propor-
tionatelysuccessful, that is according to
the talents given, the opportunities af-
forded and the advantages by which he
is surrounded. Now if every man in the
ministry would on bis 'knees before God
ask these questions : Am I a snooess In
my work and if not, why not ? The time
would soon come when the ohuroh world
be all ablaze with revival glory. May the
Lord send it. He should be a pastor.
Many men ars great and eloquent preach -
ors and co pastors, or so only in name,
and such men are comparative failures.
This is a field for learning bhtbt no one
eau afford to overlook ;and that no wise
eau will neglect. In the pastoral work
the minister gets to know his people—
we do not mean their names—to know
their dOltbts and fears, their trials and
temptations, to understand their sorrows
and beaetments, and is thereby better
prepared to administer comfort and con-
solation and where needed to give in-
struction and reproof. But along this
line good can be and is done, which oan
be done in no other way. Here bo comes
in oontaot with the penitent soul, the
man longing to bo saved mud who is in
need of help. 01 how delightfcl to point
him to the Saviour, the Lamb for sinners
slain 1 While engaged in this work he
finds the mon who is growing cold and
indifferenb, who must be stirred np and
admonished, In thisworlc ho mess 111e0
and women who are true, warm, loyal to
God, truth, right, who burn with intense
desire for the advancement of the Re-
deemer's kingdom in the world and from
sash the pastor obtains inspiration. In
this part of his work Ile comes in ,lose
oontaot with persons who are unsaved
and learns frau them their doubts, fears,
lillloulties in the way Of their becoming
Christians, from many the objections to
a roligious life, and as a aonselluenoe will
be bettor prepared to help them to seek
the Lord and find peace through be.
liming. Ili this deportment of minis-
teriel labor he will find many opportmni.
ties for studying human nature, a very
important part of a minister's education,
abed withonb It his usofutness will be
mauls nfromuaoribed, Tilenl Ile should
visit the 8101, the poor, all for whom
Christ died and who aro within the
range of his power. Once mors, he
Must not forget or overlook the children.
Tho Master's example ie every way
worthy of imitation. He oellod the little
otos to Him, took them in Has arms end
blest them. The pastor can win their
affe0ttlis, do than good, and in many
noses tinct a way to the boast of the
parents. Be attentive, tender, kihd,
loving to the ehildtc'en, and you will win
many for the Saviour. In closing this
paper, a word on !tow this work (should
be done, Fb should be done promptly,
earnestly and faithfully that the
word, bathed in the Saviour's blood, may
go buruhlg into the sinner's heart and
bring him a penitent to the feet of Jesue,
"Cry aloud, spare not, lift up the voice
like a trumpet and not Winn to declare
the whole atm del of God."
Wessels 3eiieol award.
The regular meeting of Brussels School
Board met in the Council Chamber on
Friday evening Deoember 411, 1891.
Alt the members present.
The minutes of last meeting were read,
approved and signed.
Moved by H. Dennis, seconded by T,
Farrow that the accounts of 13. Gerry
43 cents and H. Bateman $2.25 he paid.
Carried.
Moved by T. Fletcher, seconded by W.
B. Dickson that Mid Jennie Oraigmill
be engaged es first assistant teacher of
Brussels Public School for 1802 and in
the event of her non-aoceptanee:that Miss
Ooldridge be engaged, then following,
Miss Braden or alms Keith. Salary in
any ogee to be $300,00 par annum, Car-
ried.
The meeting then adjourned.
Brussels Council.
The regularmeeting of the village
Connell was held on Monday evening.
Present the Reeve and Councillors Mc-
Intosh, Ament and Ross.
The minutes of last meeting read and
passed.
The following accounts were preeenb-
ed:—
Mrs. J. Blasbill, charity 0 4 00
L. McDonald & Oo, street Imp284 44
A. M. McKay & Co, " " 32 50
Jno. Wynn, " , 80
J. 0. Halliday, 18 87
10 35
" 3 05
1 00
5 00
1
14 0050
14 00
Amens Bros,
Neil Milloy, '
Smith & Gibson,
E. W. Meleom, Fire Dept
Wm. Demes, " "
Mrs. Wallace, runt
Mre, Williams "
Mrs, Williams, charity 1 75
Moved by J. M. McIntosh seconded by
R. K. Rose that tine above accounts be
paid. Carried.
By-law No. 3,1891 fixing polling places
for municipal election 1892 was read
three firms and passed. Nomination
will be held at Town Hall, at 12 o'clook
(noon) on Monday, Deo, 28th, and the
election, if necessary, a week later. Pol-
ling places J. 7. Gilpfn's office, with Ron-
ald McNaughton as Deputy Returning
ol.Iioer and No. 2, at Council Chamber,
with Wm. Aldridge as Deputy Returning
Officer,
R. King, of Bluevale, objected to being
assessed $100 for personal property which
he says belonged to Hartley Brod. Com.
munioatiou filed.
A consmunfcataon was read from W.
R. Wilson asking for a rebate on his
taxes. Left over for further consider-
ation.
D. Hayden addressed the Coancil re-
lative to a mistake in the assessment of
some lots in 1888. Laid over.
D. Maxwell asked rebate for dog killed.
Laid over.
Oouncil then adjourned to meet on the
15th inst.
IN ot•tlaweect Notes.
Work on the South-western and other
railroads in this county has been stopped
for the season on account of the frost.
Rev. Mr. Jacques, Methodist minister
at Oalgary, has been fined $1 and costs
for calling a Odgers, woman a sow and a
blaoltgaard.
Westerlund, who beheaded his two•
year•old boy near Whitewood a few weeks
ago, was tried at the last sitting of the
Supremo Court in that town, D. L.
Scott, Q. 0., appeared in hie defence and
succeeded in establishing tho plea, of in-
sanity, the jury returning a verdict ac-
cordingly. The prisoner was, by order
of the judge, brought back to Regina
jail to await the pleasure of the Lieuten-
ant -Governor.
Bulletin No. 11 on crops and live stock
in Manitoba during the past season issued
by Manitoba Departmenb of Agriculture
and Immigration, is a gratifying one,
showing that in Manitoba the wheat
yield i$ over 23,000 bushels. Counting
in the territories, the aggregate will not
be much below 30,000,000 bushels of wheat
for the Canadian. Northwest. The esti-
mated yield of wheat for Manitoba is
23,191,599 bush., against 14,805,789 last
year, an estimated average per acre 25.3
bushels, as compared with 21.1 bushels
last year. The bulletin says the wheat
crop Inas undoubtedly suffered from frost
bo a considerable extent, but just how
much it is impossible at present to deter.
mine. Some correspondents estimate
the damage in their localities as low as
two per cent., but in the nggregabs there
will be, as near as net be determined
from report,, 40 per cerate all the way
from No. 1 bard to ahieken feed.
7.11E Noumn•Wuoe INUIT TRADE. --A.
Winnipeg paper says that the quantity
of fruit imported this year from Ontario
and California is far in excess of the
quantity brought in last year. The im•
portation of apples amounts to nearly
50,000 barrels, all of which Dame from
Ontario. The apples this year are moll
better in else end quality than for a few
seasons past, aucl owing 10 the abnndanb
crop the price is less, the retail quobataons
being from $3.20 to $3,50 per barrel,
The Winnipeg dealers state that the On-
tario stipples aro Improving their meth-
ods of packing, but there still is rooms for
improvement, partionlariy with respect
to emelt frnite, The impartation of
small fruite from the Niagara district
are increasing every year, and while there
will always be no 0001511 demand for
California fruits early in the season,
Ontario growers might derive a consider•
able proportiou of the AmoriObtt stuff out
of the market by paying more attention
to the selection of fruit and the peeking.
In the course of three or four years, when
the new orchards of Flritlsb Columbia
begin to bear, the I'aoifla province will
doubtless head off California to a great
extent in the and elaases.
('ILJU6S1in xl .N s' wet.
llrentford landlord, hero organized a
protective assnofatiuu.
The North Middlesex election protest
was dismiseed ab Lendol,
.1. 1L. Osborne will present Bradford
With a granite water fonntain.
David Deakor,one of Western Ontario's
oldest settlers, is dead, aged 90.
The Government has decided to plata,
a duty on Newfoundland lash and fish
one,
The Conearvatives of End I3ruoe have
nominated 10ir. Cargill as their candidate
for the coming eleotlon,
Kingston hospital has received $500
from the Marine Departrnent to be ex-
pended in oaring for sick sailors.
The members of the W. C. T. U. of
Barrie have deoided to place two of their
number in the field as candidates in the
sohool trustee election.
Mr. McCarter shipped from Walkerton
one hundred and ten spring calves and
five horses, to Mooeejave, N. W. T. The
shipment filled three ears.
Sarney Gibson, a well-known Guelph
butcher, is supposed to 11E133 left for the
States after borrowing about $2000 to pay
for lambs that he never bought.
Robert Blackley, a bachelor farmer in
comfortable oimumstanees,a living, near
Gu 1ph, committed suicide last Saturday
morning by taking paris green. He was
just recovering from a spree.
With ripe raspberries being gathered
at the roadsides near Wiarton and wild
strawberries in blossom on the 15th Nov.,
people are beginning to wonder really
what is coming over the Bruce penin•
sula,
Mr. Jamieson, 114. P. for South Lanark,
announces that be intends resigning his
seat in Pediment and accepting a judge.
ship. It is uuderetood that Rosamond
of Altnonte will be the Oooservative oan-
didate in the constituency. Mr, Jamie-
son has held his emit for the past nine
years.
John Heslop, the aged treasurer of
Anoastor Township, Cloudy Wentworth,
was brutally murdered in his house one
night in January last. Detectives have
been busy tracing the murderers ever
since, and have just made several arreste
of suspeoted oulprits and material
witnesses.
Mrs, John Kelly, of Klnkora, went out
to milk, leaving her seven-year-old
daughter, Bridget, in 111e house. On re-
turning the mother was horrified to find
her child dead with a roller towel twisted
round her nook. The child had baso In bhe
habit of ,wining from the towel, which
was suspended from a roller, and in turn-
ing round had allowed it to form into a
rope about her neck.
Saturday morning Frank, son of Jas.
Hood, 6th con, of Wa11a0e, aged 5e years,
was found lying in a lune insensible.
He had been driving a horse down the
lane and it is supposed he had struck the
animal with a switch, which was found
near him, and received a kick on the
head, fracturing the skull, a portion of
the brain °soaping. His recovery ie
doubtful.
The latest enumeration of the Boman
Catholic population in Canada planes the
total at 2, 223,424, The churches num-
ber 1,820 and the chapels 213. Thews are
12 seminaries, 29 classical colleges, 487
pension0ats and academies, 2,782 schools
for boys and girls, 148 hospitals and 105
religious communities. The clergy is
made up of 1 cardinal, 30 archbishops
and bishops, 2,808 priests and 405 (mole-
siaetioe.
Chatting with Ches. Durand, of Toren.
to, he casually remarked on the mild.
nems of the weather, and recalled a third
of December away back in the thirties.
Said be :— "It is fifby.four years ago to.
day since the rising of the North York
fanners, ander Wm. Lyon Mackenzie
and Samuel Leant, too place, and they
oommenoed to march on Toronto. It
sons remarkably warm weather. The
Michaelmas term for lawyers commenced
to sit also on that day, in the present old
Parliament buildings, and I was prat.
tieing law in Hamilton. I cane to To.
ronto on that Monday in a steamboat,
unaware of any rising or intention to
ries. I mention this to show hew ere-
tnarkably mild that season was.
The man who out his throat with a
jack knife at the residence of Henry
Traoksell, in South Easthope, last Fri.
day nignt, died at the Stratford hospital
on Tuesday morning. His identity was
not fully established until the same day
at noon, when Mrs. Thomas H. Wallace,
of Toronto, arrived at the hospital ani
identified the dead man uta her husband.
The story told by the bereaved wife was
that her husband wan a farm laborer in
the States, and to better their oondition
they oamo with their only daughter, a
little girl of 12 years, to Toronto, about
two weeks ago. An immigration agent
there sent the husband to a farmer
named McKay, near Princeton, Oxford
County, who wanted a man, but when be
arrived there 11e fondd that the position
had been tilled. Ho then started off in
the direction of Ayr,seekiug employment.
When be reached that plane the worry
over the pitiable condition of himself and
family in a strange country, without
money or employment or frlande, began
to tell upon his mined, and he exhibited
signs of insanity, Wandering on he
brought up at the South E:tethope farm•
or's, whore the tragedy recorded took
pleoe.
TEAelitnle Coavesvron.—The aminal
meeting of the Perth Touchers' Assents,.
Mon was held on Nov. 2011 and 27th in
the assembly hall of the Stratford Col.
legiiate Institute. Mr. Tanner, principal
of the Listowel High sohool and Pre,.
dent of the tlssociation, opened the see -
Mon by a brief address, in which be corn.
talented upon soma striking educational
Meta. rheic are IIOty in the Province
over 2,000 publio sohool towhees and
000,000 pupils, the expenditure under the
head of public schools reaching to about
$4,000,000, This is besides the ccl;og-
iate Institutes, model schools and univcr.
sides. Altogether over t,,000,000 is spent
in this provide amorally in various ways
open odumttion ; and it is now propoeofi
by some that the authoritios provide free
text books to the pupils, under the claim
that Buell would be a groat saving to the
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parents, since when a school room l+ enc:•
equipped, the beeke aro wore nut. For
want of space WO 0101101 give oven
eynopeis of the several interesting die
missions on educational topics, much to
our regret. The election of offiuere re•
silted in Mr. Nethercott, principal of the
Model sohool in Mitchell, to be preei•
dent ; and 1 is safe to predict that the
gravel will be vigorously wielded this
year. The other officers were :—Vioe-
President, Miss Walker; Secretary.
Treasurer, R. II, Cowie ; Executive
Committee, S. Martin, of St. Marys ; J.
R. Sawed, of Stratford ; Mr. Park, of
Logan, and Wilson Taylor, B. A., of
Stratford. Votes of thetics aver, passed
to Dr. Sangster, Rev, Mr. Hineke, Mr.
Sherwood and other speaker+; to the
Collegirte Inetitube Board for the use of
the assembly hall, and to the retiring
President, Vice President, and Secretary,
J. A. Tanner, Mise K. Richmond and S.
S„ Harding, respectively. The eubjeete
to be handled by Meads. Ratcliffe, Fol.
look aol Nethercott had to be laid over
fur Molt of time.
Miss Williams, who is suing Earl Rus-
sell for libel, claims £1.0,000 damages.
It is reported tied tiadoia will declare
a protectorate over the Corea peninsula.
A. Pioton man named Peter Demarest
has been frozen to deet!' near Alger,
Minh.
A wife murderer named Loppy was
executed by eleetrioity at Sing Sing
prison Monday.
Hathaway & Co., importers of met,
obandise at Boston, have failed. Lia•
bilitles $40,000.
The French Government has decided
to give a royal funeral to the late Dom
Pedro, ex -Emperor of Brazil.
A sensation hes been caused at Peoria,
Ili., by the discovery that a Chineeelaun-
dryman there is efll,ebed with leprosy.
A heavy gale prevailed in England and
France Monday night. One crew of 24
has been drowned, and many other cas-
ualties are feared.
Prince Albert Victor will be married to
Princess Victoria Mary on 1'Larch 10th,
the 28th anniversary of the wedding of
the Prince and Princess of Wales,
EdnaOolitbo, a 13 -year-old girl, was
frightfully crushed through being caught
in an elevator at Detroit on Monday.
After being mangled her body dropped
45 feet to a basement.
The intense heat of the electric are has
been tried in Sweden for blasting. A
deep hole is drilled in the rook, an d a
Jablocbkoff candle is inserted and the
current turned on. The intense heat
causes the rock to swell at that point,
and the internal strains oraok the whole
rock. Holes are best drilled into the
solid parts, not, as io blasting, in the
seams and soft places.
PBUSI LAL L',Rlt#lIR-1PHS.
J. Gordan, of Lackeow, ha visiting in
town,
Tkoe. Hall is laid up again at bis
home.
Freddie Gilpin is on the sick List with
a throat effe0tion.
0. E. Turnbull, of Galt, was home
this week for a holiday visit.
Mrs. John G. Skene and May were
visiting old friends at Stratford last
weal(
J. Y. S. Kirk and Alex. Strachan were
at Goderich this week doing duty as
jurymen.
Mrs. J. M. O'Connor is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Had, at the rectory,
Southam ptou.
Rev, 1. B. Waliwin, wife and daughter,
of Bluevale, were visiting at the Metho-
dist parsonage this week.
Mrs. Harry Town and children, of
Winnipeg, are visiting her parents and
old friends in Brussels, Mrs, Town is
daughter of Samuel Crawford.
Everybody will be glad to hear that
.Dr. Holmes is getting along splendidly
and will now be able to attend to his
practice once more. He has had a long
,lege of it.
The Durham Review says :—Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Stewart, of the Peoples' Mill,
left for Woodstock on Tuesday morning
to attend the funeral of Mr. Stewart's
brother, who dled there last Monday
morning.
Mrs, W. MoLeod and son, of Oypress
River, Man., are here for a of
visit
with Jas. Sally and wife. It is several
years slime Mrs. McLeod was married
and- went west. She is a daughter of
Mr. Kelly.
J.T. and Mrs. Pepper are away at
Toronto. Mr. Pepper is one of the
examinee for the Ontario College of
Pharmacy and is now putting the ate•
dents through their course on Materia
Medina.
David Shiel, of Galt, has accepted a
situation as traveller for Warnock lO Co.
of that town, rendered vacant by the
death of A. Kennedy. Wo congratulate
Mr. Spiel on his appointment and feel
assured be will succeed.
Geo. Mellny, formerly of Brussels, who
has been for several years devoted to the
Y. M. 0, A. week is doing mission work
for the Presbyterian church and will soon
be a full fledged Presbyterian minister.
Mr. Molhay's home is in Oonoordie Kan-
sas.
Robb. Ross, who hes been at New West-
minster, 13. 0„ for the past eight or ten
months, arrived hone lash Wednesday
evening. He reports trade on the dull
side there and is of the mention that
tradesmen 0013 do as well here, if not
bettor, all things considered.
On November 14th John humble, a
half brother of Mrs. J, R, Grant, of
Winnipeg, and a brottj,h-oet' of Mrs. J. W.
Spiel, of Toronto, waft lolled between two
oars at Wichita, Sadeaa, while aseletiug
at loading oars ab his brother George's
elevator. HIo was unmarried.
The Seaforth Expositor adminfeters
taffy to a well known townsman after the
following fashion :—W, IL. Mcfh'aoken,
the celebrated prize winner of Brussels,
was au town on Thursday. Mac. is a
hustler and it buena to agree with hien,
as lie appears alubosb as fresh, young
and good looking as he was twenty yore
ago. 1I0 le now one of the pioneer resi-
dents of Brussels and ranks among Ole
olcleet beeinose men fb the county,