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The Brussels Post, 1892-2-5, Page 1pa.,,.. .. ... Volume 19 0, 4.0M010,41 011.10.0041;0,4,111010.10001 6,19,1 BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1892 Huron CountCouncil. that n , no!i 0 be taken. The metal grant. y of 42J nett to be maria to the lent and West • los Mai ions. flat the I y • • o ,f Witigeo 1) 113)33(1). ter d Snaie•fah a per inn of the comity g net be ❑ e iw1oguized. That the coney [(tinting he ewnrderl to Ir. G. Neoliu--(the ie 'forth Sun and Witigliam Timms were the only unless that tender- ed.) The eatery of the Treaeuror was in - (treated to $1,350 a year, while ho is handling the Sinking Puncls of this twenty, he provide soou,ity to the ex tent of $60,000, 'rhe Treasurer was in- structed to allow no member of the Coen - oil, or other persons, to know to whole 104, of m•,.' r' are made from county fund, In reference to the application from the several high Sano I Boards in the county for the proportionate coot of the maintenance of county pupils attend. ing the respective High schools, the con mittee reconnloudod that they are to be paid the following sums (less the fees re- ceived by them) Godorich, $828.87 ; Clin- ten, $760.60 ; Seaferth, $937.110. It was (heeded to offer the town of Godorich the sem of $10t, for the use of the water and the 0lcotric light furnish ed the county buildings. r0OIMer17 cualln'J'Tn1i. Several Minor replete were ordered to 111e comity buildings. The committee also reported ending the jail in first elan order. EDUCATION comtiT1'En. 'I'hs lirat meeting 01 the County e'en t- oil for 1802 was opeu01 et 13 (Nook on Tumidity of last weep, all the members present exoept Remo elltuning, of Olin. ton, who is still too fit to be out. Tho clerk culled for namivation8 f r the office of V 1rr10n, when John Tor. ra1100, 1108310 of Stanley, MMS imminat'4 by Henry Mooury and John Cox, and Wnl. Milne, Reeve of Grey, was nomin- ated by V. Rate and T. H. Taylor. Judge Toms was appointed to act with the clerk as scrutineers, and the hallo( being taken resulted in 2(1 votes for Mr, Torrance and 24 for bit'. Milne. Mr. Torrance was then (teetered (duly elected Ws! den and formally sworn in by Judge Toms. On assuming the chair Warden Torrance briefly bet earnestly thauked the Council for the honor clan him and promised his best efforts to the fellilnlent Of hie duties. The minutes of the last day of Oct, session were read and aannrmol. On motion of Messrs. K ty and Proud. foot the rules were emended by uniurgin_ the Education Committee from Six to seven members. On motion of Messrs M. Y. MoLeta and Kennedy. Thee. Kidd, Seafot'th ; k1. Plumstead, Clinton ; and le. Jordan, Gorier/oh, were appointed trustees for the respective Collegiate Institutes. Messrs. Proudfuot and Holt nominated Geo. Stints auditor for the 0urrent year, and Messrs, 13ea0om and Coleman nom. inated Richard Radcliffe for the position. The amendment (vas declared carried. The following were elected asthe amu• minim to strike needing committees for the year : Messrs. Beacom, Keine, Beek, Lilber, McPherson, Ratz and 111. Y. Alm Lean. On motion of Masers. Stewart and Brit. ton, Henry Litber and Wm. Lane were appointed on the board of 0rimin11 audit. Moved by Mr. Litber, seconded by M. Y. McLean that this Council desire to express its deep regret at the illness of one of our esteemed members, A R. Manning, reeve of Clinton, and we desire to express our hope for his speedy re- covery and that the clerk transmit.( copy of this motion to bin . Carried, On motion of Messrs. Beacom and M. Y. McLean, Messrs. Clarkson, 13. A., of Soaforth, and Baird, of Stanley, were appointed on Board of County examin- ers of school teachers for the current year On motion of M. Y. McLean and le. Andarsou a grant of $300 was made to be divided between the several duly organ. bred township and horticultural societies. The report of the jailor was read and tuns as follows :-10 prisoners incarcer. atoll at present—one female and 18 males three of the latter insane, one dangeeous. ly eo. Three of these prisoners are eom. edited for larceny, one for rape, three awaiting trial, and the remaining eleven are yew tents. The ages of these vagrants range from 56 to 85 years, three totally unlit to earn at living, but 111e remainder table to provide for themselves. The rest of the report relates to supplies and de- tails of the jail management. The usual grant of $300 was made, to 110 divided up among the duly organized township and hortioultnral 80aietie0, The County Engineer was Colborne, and report at Juno meeting. A resolution, to raise 40,000 for a douse of Refuge, moved by Mr. Proudfoot, and mended by Mr. McIntosh, was referred to the Exetutivo Committee, but lost on a divixion afterwards. The Connell ap- pointed It Radcliffe county auditor, and the Warden appointed J. 0. Morrison, of Maliiltop, second auditor. Messrs. Betz, Keine, Mooney, Milne and Eilber were appointed to confer with the Ontario Drainage Commission, and sugge81 what improvements to the drainage laws they think necessary. q .m.•tion that two reeves prom (north of the Huron road visit all the townships south of ti at total, and that two reeves from tbo south do the same towards the north, for the purpose of examining these towuships, and to give evideloe before the Oqulbliztttion Committee at the Juno for the purpose f better guid- ance o 0 ,( g P P once in equalizing bio rolls, was defeat. ed. Moved by Mr. Milne, seconded by Mr. Itatz, that in the opinion of this Conned the tendency of aohool legislation has 'been to build up Hight Schools and Col- legiate Inetitubee, to the detriment of the Publio Salmis, and that no public money should bo expended for school purposes, except for common sobools, and we re0om0end that such legislation be oriented as will make tine common schools as eIfodent as poesible, In reference to a foot•bridgo %eked for at Wingham, a 0ommitt88 was appointed to confer with the Solicitor to see if the bounty was responsible for it, and if eo, the bridge to be put on the list of county bridges. At the October meeting tic Treasurer asked fur an increase of salary( whioh was referred to a special oommttte0 to invostigeto and report upon. rids cunt- mit1ee found that in proportion to other oounbios, the eatery 0( Dr. Holmes was low, and reoommeedod that it bo in. m'eaesed to $1,500, providing he find ad. ditional security, A good deal of time was taken up in 410011seing this mattes.' ; a motion to malts the salary $1,200, same es hitherto, wa8 lost, and an amendment to malty the salary 41,050—while he is handling the sinking fund of the county —Was peened. 1111r0100 01 Benin 00115111311011. The o0minittoe recommended that the Council co-operate with other Commits in regard to space for /settle on chipboard. That no action bo 1331ten in reformats to the petition caking the emendmont of the Wilding school laws, which permits the bentonite of union high and public eohool boards. That no eaten be taken in re- feron8o to the Torrent system of land transfer. Intone or EXECUTIVE 003(3300TE11. The eommittte recommended that the unmet grant of $10 be made to Prisoners Art Association, In reference to a mo- tion that $8,000 be appropriated for a Edemof Befuge, it Wag recommended Recommended that toe reports of the School Iuepectors be printed in the min- ute, and that 500 copses be also primed in pamphlet form. in reference to the request of Inspector Robb bleat one gold and two silver medals be provided for each inspectorate, to be awarded to pupils at the public school leaving, it was decided that no action be taken. The request of the 1n0p8utors to visit same of their 001300ls twice the first half of the year, so as to give more time to tVtil t011.the Model Scheele during the !mooed half was granted on condition that male La grippe is still busy in the locality. school be visited at least twine during the Mrs. and hiss Sage are engaged to ga. year. It was decided to petition the to the Foresters' Concert et Ethel on Minister of Education to make Zurich a Friday evening of next week and furnish centre for the holding of high school en. mu'ie on the glasses and bottles. tri,110e examinations and to be in eon- Knox 0nplt011 0oNeitE0AT1ON, BaussELs. /mutton with G3dericli 13ig11 school. G. Mr. Forrest made an appropriate reply Connor was appointed county student at expressing his thanks for the kindness the Guelph Agriaultaral College, he hay. shown him and wishing Knox oongrega lug made application the previous year. tion and pastor abundant prosperity. 11 Was reeoumuended that no largo a. Mien Rourus.—The Milk routes of the mounts be this year expended for 0011001 Wal Lon IL/ion Cheese and Butter 1'an. purposes except for common schools, also tory will be let on Tuesday, Feb. 16th that seat legish,tiou be enacted its will 1892, at the Hour of one o'clock p. m., in make them as efli0ie111 as poesible. Air. Weiss' hall, Walton. Parties wish- ing to draw Ai11 govoru themselves aceor• (tingly. LEWIS 010130003.1, Presideub. 1t. li. F100140021, Seo'e1ary. Co, L. 0. L.—Loyal Orange Comity Meeting of No,th Huron met in the Orange Hall here on Tn00clay of this week, W. C. A'1. Clegg, of Gerrie, presiding. After routine bust. nese had been gone through with the following office bearers were elected for the year 1892 :— Bro. John Mooney, Co. Master; John Davis, D. Co. Mester ; " John Wilford, Chaplain ; " W. 1. Perkins, Go. Rec•Seo. ; " Thos. Stewart, 0o. Fin -Soo. ; " Wm. McGill, Co. Treasurer ; " G. Walker, Co. Dr. Ceremonies ; " McManus and Cornyn, Go. Leo. The County procession for North Huron will be held et Blyth ou the 12tH of next July, There was reported an iuorease of 01 members in the Coliuby and 18 deaths. Lodge closed in due form. ADDIuos- AND PnnsENTAT1ON,—On Toes day evening of this week a number of the members of Knox church oongeegatio•l, 1russels, drove out to the manse whim G. e1.. Deadrnan road the following ad- dress anti presented Rev. Air. Forrest with 420.00 .Peu. Mr. 2013,101. OM, Alma the Insp0etnl• 1tnOwe the tet0111 .4 anility of Gum in the enmity, nntl 0o11,) ('1310 them many (leant hien. Soaforth, Clinton and Whighanl have very prosperous sclrwi0. The average thee of serve() in the Soaforth 80ho01 is eight and a half years, the highest le the Pi/Defeo, Wingham has the best pnhlla school building ie the mem. ty. The staff of Clinton Pablio Seim) are all Normal Scheel toateher0 but one. A lot of interesting statietiue aro also embodied in Mr, Robb's report, which we shall try to find room for later on, 1N0(13(rn0 T0)1's 0Elmn'r, Condensers, OIr, Tom's report ie as follutve sonools at least twine during the year. In the 0major• ity good work 18 being clone, There are 100 school houses(] in west Huron, 85 brink, 2 cone, 03 "frame and 1 log. There were ()Heroes planted Inst year. `l5 motions 11 ive not yob made their anneal report for 1891. The parsons of school age in the riding are 10,387 ; number who attend 8,113; average at te0danc0 4,511; it percentage of 661 of the pupi's enrolled, Only 8 seho010 did nut tante the pretnution and re :lave examinnl.iun0. 37 tea0118re held public examinations, and 00 held none. 104 pupils were sucoessful at the last Ilig11 Sohool Entrance Examination. '1)110 total number of 8ahool depart. menta is 190 ; 65 mels teachers are en. gaged at an average salary $409, and 81 female teachers at an avereg0 of $273. Two hold first, 47 second, end 77 third class certificates, 58 of the 126 teachers were changed during the year. Th,. ,sport also embraces a lot of figures, comments and exp,lanations beat must be omitted for want of 13111400. 3:isazctBetus, 110411 ANII t0TO(3E C010)1ITTEE. A grant of $3,000 for boundary line purposes wee made. A pew wooden briage to be built over the Aux Sable be. (ween Stephen and AleGilrivary. The Calder belittle on north gravel road, ALOKillop, to be assumed ey the county. The tender of Mr. Hardy for Crediton bridge, 4580 ; and the one for bridge on Hey and Stephen b.undaty, $200 ; were ltuuepted, Tender of R. Lung, $011, for Day's bridge, Wroxeter, was accepted. No grant was made towards the erection of a foot bridge ou the site of Graham's old bridge, \Viugham. 'The road cum• 0110010(1 rs travelling expenses in the year 18111 were 4200. 130013 A811 13011)0E 1401,00001118 1311110111'. The report of Mr. Ansley covered a lot of items of work that had been drone in di1erene parts of the 00antye with the cost of same, of no general interest to the public and for thus reason is omitted. mang'r or 1401)1010(0 BM. The report of Mr. Robb covered 15 pages of foolscap, dealing in detail with the various mania oomhng under his control, but wait of space compels us to 010191y summarize the report. Ile visited every Sohool in hie inspeatorete 01108 during oath half year, ape ttieg half e day in ua0h'department of the 0011001. Ile thought it would be better if they mead spend more time wit13 the Modelites, so as to become bettor ec- qu13utt0d with the future teachers, and also 10 give them all the aseistauc0 possible. There are 83 rural and village schools in the inspectorate, stn to iu6 98 teachers -011 melee and 36 females— of which there were 55 changes during the year. The avenge length of ser- vice of a teacher In a 880ttun is two yours. The oontiuual change of timely. ere i0 the (vara( evil of Our school Byte ten. The emend evil is irregularity of attondanoo. The names enrolled 111 the rural schools were 5981, the average attendance was but 8089. In peroeut. age of attendance in rural sonoole, Tuekarsanith stands first and Grey se. mince Tn villages, Wroxeter etande first, with an attendance of 68 per cent. 35 toaohoro;havo 2nd class certificates ; 54 thirds ; 84 have attended the Norma'. Next to Middlesex, Huron has the ;,greatest number of te,wlners holding seconds. The discipline and order iu the e0hool0 are very good. Only about half the schools hold Publio examine tion,, which is poor polioy on the part 0t a (913oher, (uud 00ntrary to law. In rural schools the average salary of a male tweeter is $888, of te €0inale, 4285. Huttotb pays its male toaohers the highest average, *485, and Tutu - berry the lowest, $378, le female 10330ber0 Tuakeromtbh pays the highest average, end Turnberry the lowest. There is uo school 111 Turnberry iu oherge of a female, but one has a foe male nomistnnb, FeW 0011001 emotions have made any arrangetneuts for the payment of 0alares quarterly, which le a great hardship ;, if there is not inn. 11ey on hand to de this the 1r«01800 should borrow. About ten school sea 1ion0 pet( their Secrettery.Treaoarer all should do so, and he should look after his work properly. There were 595 trees planted last year, No, 4, Tucker - smith, planting 00 ; this school protnisos to be the neatoet in the township. The Clinton Model Sohool is doing excellent work in. training Leather's, under the management of Mr, Lough, as (vas also the 00,10rich sobool Huron's Model Sohoolo ate eecond to none in the Pro- vin00. 11 would be better if lreeteee selooted teachers frotn our own Model feett0olec in preference to taking eutsid• Deo legatee .3)411 BEOruoO, It is with grant pleasure that tve, as representatives of linox ohnroh, Brussels, visit you tn. day. As a cungregatiou we are deeply indebted to you for your very efficient service rendered us as Moderator, WO are conscious of the feetbfulness with h tubi h 0 this work has been performed by You. Time of us who have been in oommuni• cation with you during the seventeen months in which yon have from time to time pressured supplies for Knox church pulpit, realize thin it has involved con- siderable toll end anxiety, besides the expense in connection with the corre0- pond000e. We do nob 1)0eib1310 in saying' that you have a000mpliehed this work agreeably and eltbisfaotorily. We believe that it has been done conscientiously and that you have labored for the good of the oongregetioa in endeavoring to send those who would be acceptable to them. We desire to manse this public announ0emenb of your 9erviues and Our eppreOiation and gratitude for the some. We would do this not in word only but In deed, and therefore request Mutt you aeoepb 11110 enolosnte also, nob as compensation for your labors but 130 an evidence that we are not unmindful of them. May yon over allow yourself approved of God, a workmen that needeth not to be ashamed, having great boldness in the faith 1)111011 is fn Oliriat Jesus. May the L'ather's blessing rest upon you and your family and prosper yon, is the prayer of OJtuaotr Nomas. --The 880ramentaf 80rvice in commotion 33131111 Walton cir- ouit,washeld in the Methodist chants last Sabbath. Rev. W. Ottovell tool( for hie text 1st CV. 11 olrap. 27 Vertu. "Where. fore whosoever shell eat this bread end drink tllie cup, of the Lord unwortihly, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord," The WV. gentleman explain. ed let, The nature of a sacrament; end, Who are the unworthy ; Bed, Who ere worthy, and in the last platen tboabsolute ne0a0eity of 0,11.,-Cheistains attending to this duty, throwing stress on the 24, 25 end 26 verses of the 80.1110 oltaptee. The discourse was listened to with narked' attention by the largo eouggregation and t11oegh there was a formal dfaminsal vary few went nearly all staying to teem part in the love feast and sacramental 40 13100. On the following day (Fob. 1st) the Quarterly Otiloial Board mot when a considerable amount of bnoitless wee done in the interest of the 81(03111, The linanudal returns were very satishaotery. A resolution 144100MI1(•11,,,,atniin00ely in- viting Rev, W. OttOwo;( to remain a third vest'. 1Ie Item/nail hie oinoero tit lake and Saki 1131 118 11.11504110 felt himself to bo in the hatie0 of the dtetioling eom• mitten. The following resolution W338 oar, ted with it standing vote :—shoved by Matthew Morrison, seconded b,y James Horsey that whereas Bro. 3, 4, Parish 1)138 oamo to the conclusion to remove to M1nitobit, We, se - members of the (lvmat'terly 0100111 Board of Walton cir- cuit, in session ane -tabled are desirous of giving expression of our high appreciation of 111e duvalnable 0er1•ices so cheerfully rendered by Bro. Peirsh while a resident of this oirouit. slaving been a monitor of this Board for a goodly number of years, we 110110 found iu him a wise and able councillor. As a loom pre0oher he was a1 vay. prompt to meet his appoint. menta. The forcible and earnest enabler in which he has presented the Truth has mane him vary aceepbablewitlh the people, 10 short he was Over ready to engage in every good word and work, While sorry to Ione him we can ohssr• folly moo/emend hlm 10 the people anmugst wheal his lot may be net, be. fleeing they will be receivers to the ex- tent of our loss. We pray that the Great Heal of the church will follow with Hie blessing our dear brother, his amiable partner in life and their interesting family to their new home and that temporal and spiritual prosperity may be theirs to enjoy and that 009,117 when the samba of time iu the hour glass of life is run that ail may be brougbt to that pe(nament borne where parting ie uu known. Mrs. Wm. Hockey and son, of Crediton, are visiting at Marsden Smith's. Several members of Thos. AloLanoh. lin's family have been seriously ill with la grippe. Thos. eicLauohlin's sale of high grade stools takes place on Friday afternoon of this week. Mrs. Richard Hunter, of Elimville, Ilsborn0 township, was visiting her brother, C. Bowerman, a few days 111is week. Miss Mary Rito11i0 left Brussels on Saturday last for Milverton, Perth Co., on a week's visit to her sister, Miss Jean Ritchie, who is teaching in that village. Chas. P. Bishop, son ,rf Win. Bishop, formerly of Grey township, is teaching in one of the departments of the Lino. wel High School. Mr. Bishop is a good student. Michael Fox, a former resident of the 1041 eon., has been lying al death's door et Atwood during the past week. Ile and Aire. Fox removed to that village a short (fele ago. The farm owned by James 8011111, Mnntred, on the 6th cot., has been rented by John Oliver. We wonder iE be has any notion of arranging a treaty of Reciprocity with the 8rd eon ? (tjuiotin Mulilain huts leaved the Wm. Elliot farm near Ethel for a term of years and will remove thither next Spring. We are sorry to lose him from this locality bet wish him 080eeee. Last Saturday evening Wm. the 12 year old son of 1. Blake, 14th col., fell from a sleigh on which he was riding and broke his left arm neer the elbow. Tho injured member was soon attended to and the boy is getting along well. Last Sabra/day Miss Maggie, daughter of Duncan Taylor, went to Toronto to lathe a course at the Conservatory of Music, Miss Taylor is possessed of a good voice and ten aptitude for Metro. mental music so we expect she will make good use of this opportunity. FATAL AcoIDENr.—On Thursday after- noon of last ween as John and Thomas, sons of Peter Watson, lot 8, con, 16, were engaged 01)0991314 in their feather's bush, the elm tree they were felling struck a birch near by and knocked off n big limb. Both men ran to avoid the falling branches but John was aanght 130 he teas 0(008104 a pile of brush by the limb which (vas about 8 or D suchen through, and had his lett leg broken be- tween the knee and ankle. A horse and nutter was secured and the injured man conveyed to the house when a physician was sent for and the broken bones set. After suffering considerable pain he got to sleep abort midnight and never was fully aroused afterwards, lying in an al. most unconscious state until Saturday, about 4 p, m., when he died. The de. coated was a stout, hearty men weighing about 200 pounds and was 21 years, 0 months and 13 days on. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. D. Forroec, of Walton, officiating. The relatives of the deomaeod are deeply sympathised within their sudden bereave meet. 0131oUA%x.--Tho following notice re. Ears to a eioter•in-late of Thos. Stokos,o4 this township t—There wta8 a scene at the beautiful horns of Charles le, Stokes, on Oakwood boule- vard, Chicago, on the efteenoou of Jan, 3rd, that would bring moisture to the eyes of the moat stoically inclined, It had boon transformed in a few boort from a hones of joyousness to 0110 of mourning, In the reception room, the atmosphere of which wee heavily laden with the perfume of white roses and calla lilies, lay all that was earthly of Mrs. Stokos,tho beloved wife and mother. Her fan, teat hgh1el with te smile 00: and as to make it %egoiist. The 33171101. ed linsband and his thee noble boys were around around the heed of the heavily draped coffin. Belevmon the hoart•reaoh• ing service of 1110 .13pisoopal ahnr111 and the beautifully appropriate singing of Mrs. Philip Gmtz, the scores of 110111'001'8 that sat do the adjacent rooms were readily moved bo boars, mora easily, per haps, booanse the fnnndetion had been softened by the circumstances which at- tended the death of thio lovely woman. The dark angel Won her or her family 110 warning of its grins visit, At cloven twenty New Year's eve she wee alive and ally es was her wont. Five m100109 letee s118 bad joined the silent majority, and the heart -strings of the devoted husband and loving, yes, doting, children were pulled asunder. Among thous at the funeral were : S, 1'3 Millar and Number 80. family, of Findlay, Ohio 1 Joseph Poor. suit, they preferred it. The resolution man and wife, of ('ineinneeI ; (1, [r, wan passed to rsmeve the shed. It was Smith, of Indianapolis ; Il. ',help Gm' (moved by Jas, 11000811, secrnele,l by Pater mully, tlr, Lord, J. f3, Robbins and wife, Cantelnn. That wee it medium.) to m - it 0, IIeikes, C. 1I. Sieg, 1'111119 Goetz commodato Air, Miller and white the and numerous ethers well known to the Board passed it, stili they claimed the bievelo world, The bereaved husband abed wee not erected over the remains ae hue been the recipient of many telegrams any ale eat see by 11r. 111illee's latter. and letters of eympothy, for to have The Board thee tacitly uekuowledged it known Fredetio. N. Stokes was to hold Ives wrong to put up a shod and thus her in the highest poseible e4100m. went againet lhomsedve0, though the sup- posed wrong uonld not be proven until iVionsries. the lots had been dug. Thos. Wilkinson and I oarried the r08010110n. Air, hillier wa0 in the field at. work, Mr, Willsineon went to bim and I wont into the hoeso, Mr0. Alfllor dntreen0ed bile shed matter by asking if 1 thought the trustees would talcs down the shed? I replied that I thought they would. She said if they would she would give me $2O to defray expenses. I have sieee thought they had SWIM idea of the resolutiou before it was read by the Secretary that moreiug. That $20 was not binding in any sense on the nation of the trustees, if they allose to take down the shed all right, if not it was to be r. turned, that I wade plain to the Board at a subsequent meet• ing. The idea. of the Board when (000' 1111)00 was passed wee to move the shed bodily and not take it to pieces and at meeting of the Board, hel,t on Oct. 28111. a committee we+ appointed to see if they could get land to pot the abed on because objections were made to its being put on the other side of 1110 church and it was not a very good place either. The eom• mlate0 failed to get the land. Meanwhile a petition was sent in against the re- moval of the shed until the lets had been dug, and at a meeting of the Board held ten days afterwards this petition was road. Now the position of these patient men was anything but enviable, they wished to aoaommodats Mr. Miller by removing the shed although that action would condetnn theteselve0 ; to takeaway the shed would be to go in the face of a large share of the church members, the result wee that two brethren resigned,but I am free to say it was because they did not wish any further trouble. Mr. Mil- ler was informed of the difficulty and the Board decided to leave the matter as it was for the present, still intending to re- move the shed if the way opened up. As the aforesaid resolution speoified no time when the silted woul3 be removed and es they purposed to remove it bodily when it was 1110410d se the (natter stood until Deo. 20th, 1891, when Mrs. lfiller got the money. She could have had it 0001.10r if the had wished it end had 1 been well would have had it. On 28th Dec. Mr. Mann was toariug down the shed, hired to do it by Mrs. Miller and encouraged by the statement that nil. len •vuuld stand between him and the law. Now that rosolutiod conferred no power on any one, save the trustees, to remove that shed, therefore Mrs. Miller exceeded her right in baying it torn down and the promise of protection to Mr. Munn was orally an acknowledgement that snob a course was wrong. The Board very properly arrested Mr. Mann for taking the slued down. He was re• saonsible for his own action. 1115 know- ledge that Mrs. Midler employed him name sweater 1)15 arra-t but the Board had 110 desire t0 arrest e, woman. The clay of the arrest, Jan. 811), Mr. Miller tuns notified to be nresenl at the digging but he failed to aolne, The digging was very thoroughly clone and proved thee the ground had never been disturbed be- fore and therefore there were no remains in the lots whiehbad been for six months persistently claimed to be the resting place of the children and twice enclosed with poste and wire. A little head stone when they were buried would have settled the matter of their resting place beyond a doubt, , Mr. Munn pleaded aunty in a straightforward manner, the 13013rd did not desira (1071)104 more than the replaaiO4 of the shed and so it was made a summery case of $20 and coats, which, as Air, Miller Bays, was paid by hits. The man who lodged the informa- tion did his duty as a trustee in thereby protecting the property he in pan oon- trolled and the same man, J0.0. Rnsssll, showed a good spirit by moving the o rano• lutiuu to (nave rue abed and thee ao- oomnlodate Mr. Miller, and though he moved the resolution he would have been unworthy of his trust lead he allowed perms, who had, not the slightest right to tear down the shed. Since the arrest and digging another lawyer's lebter was not but the Camerons had the slimmest Holt ou the matter possible, It was the weakest thing in that line I ever saw and evidently written for the fee. Summary —(a) No objection made by Mr. Miller when the shed was erected in Deo. 1890. (b) Use of shed largely prevented by the poste and wire placed there in Juue 1891. (a) Delegation to Mr. Miller in reference to digging, (d) Trustees offer to Mr. Miller of choice of lot elsewhere or re- moval of shed if remains were found. (e) Mr. Miller consented to dig and tep• pointed the Mine, (1) Mr. Miller came at time appointed, his wife with him, re- fused to dig and threatened prosecution of those who did. (g)) Lawyer's letter 10 Mr. Miller re the obstruotiou, (h) Ob- struction removed by instigation of Board. (1) Lawyer's letter to Board re the shed. (1) Resolution of amoomuloda- tion to Atr, Miller, this in interest of pOaoe and against themselves. (Is) Peti- tion against removing it, (1) Shed torn dowel, Menne arrested toe it, diggingof which Mr, Miller wee notified) showed n0 rennins were deposited there. (m) The arrested fined teed shed re erected. Now, Ivir. Lditor, oonsidering the offer node by the trustees and their power to dig in spite of any legal hljuuation, I think the public will easily see the Board was more than lenient and for their 10010110y they received not a little anuo,yenc0. A little coalmen sense in consenting 10 dig would have settled the matter and saved all the trouble, gossip and anxiety that ensued. Yours tem, T. 15. Dna Harry MoArter, of IIarriston, was home last Sunday, fot a short visit. The Misses Sherrie have been quite ill with intlnnmatiOn of the lungs during 111e past week. Jas. Bowman and family have been laid up with le grippe. John Spoir was also on the seal( list Allan Cochrane, who is eng1300d on the Wingharn Tithes staff, was home last week on the slok list. Min Jennie McArter, who has been ill with inflammation of the lungs, is gradu- ally improving in health. Denerr.--The debate at Anderson's Sohool house, of which notice appeared in Inst issue, Dame off on Tuesday night, On account of the inclemency of the weather the attendance was small but the debaters were ell there and four of them were ready to contend for their respective sides. Messrs. Bowman and Brydon upheld the affirmative and Messrs. Bleak and Rose pulled it, down again by majority of one p lint. The decision 1)ae given by Mr. Cochrane who acted as chairman. There 1s some talk of getting np a union debate between Grey township and Morris. The inter• este of Morris will no doubt be safe in the bands of Mr, Brydon wbo leads on our side. (100054 Dneee.—Last Sunday Mre. Matthew Wilson, 2nd eon„ died very suddenly and unexpectedly, leaving a little babe a few weeks old. She was able to be about the house and was improving very satisfactorily when the bursting of a blood vessel at her heart caused almost inetantdeatll, tl'Irs. Wilson was 8dangu- ter of Thomas Stokes, of Grey township, and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew her. She was united in mtrrimee to her now bereft partner in Jane 1880. Her unlooked for demise, at the early age of 29 years, 10 months and 7 days, is a source of great sorrow to bar relatives and friends. There is a peauliarty sad history about 11(4. Wilson's fami.y of late. On 7annary 1st 1891 his mother died at the age of 68. The 11th of the same months saw the demise of his father and on the 23rd his little two•yoar•old son passed away, Few persons are so placed in the Menem, of alliietiou and the sincere sympathy of the entire 0ohnmlin ity is with the bereavel families. The funeral of Mrs. Wilson tools place on Tnesrb,y afternoon, Rev. W. T. Cluff, of Brussels, oonduating the service. Ten SUED.—Mr. Lctitor,—I»a0mnah as two items about that sheet have ap- peared in your ve,lu31ble paper and the whole story has nob yet been told, I ask for space to tell the public the facts as I believe they aro in relation to this matter, I do this witbo'lt request, simply to tett the feats. I will go back to Nov. 26th, 1890, when a meeting was held at which the trustees decided to erect an extension of the abed to meet the increase of the oougregation. The resolution to build they Denied out in the following Deo. No objection was mode at this time as to graves being esposed by said shed exten- sion and I am informed thee at the time of fencing the graveyard all portions hay ing graves therein were to come and claim thoirlots end that the public were duly, notified throngh the autumns of your paper. blr. Miller, I believe, was present on this occasion but did not claim the lots whore his children were buried. The shed was erected as stated in Deo. 1890, and there wee no objection until early in Jane 1801, that 1s six months after the Braaten, there ate ob- struction of four posts and wire was placed in the shed and a nobles threaten. ing prooeouticn of any person daring to remove it. Then at a meeting of the trustees held June 10112, 1891, I hod a committee appointed t wait on Afr. lfiller in A touch the obstruotiou. Tho 0Olnmit100 ea w him and asked his consent to dig (they had power to dig without his consent) and he consented to dig end set the time himself, whi0)3 was t o'oloak the follow, ing day, that ie about the 12th of June, At the time 11e himself appointed he came, ac0otnpanied by his wile, end lo, he refused to dig and forbad the trustees digging. He had no power to forbid ib but the trustees apparently did not Isom this. Then the obstruction was removed and so matters stood when I (same on the scene, Now it is dee the tr001505 to say they offered Mr, Miller, generously and fairly, ae follows t --IE on digging re. mains were found they would remove rho eked or they would give Mr. Miller his choice of a lot in the burial ground to re bury the remains without expense to bim. His refesal to dig after consenting set there offer aside. i'o mutters wont on until a letter wits sent fr0111 Cameral 11 Bolt, of Godoriob, To state the whole 0ontents tvontd make this letter too long, bat the essence of it was as follows ; The ohildr011 were buried some 25 years ago, The shod extension eepoeed the resting plate to the tramp of cattle, tee, They, these eminent lawyers, 1heng1t Mr. Mil. ler had a right to oomplai0, very goner• ously (1) The lawyers depreciated the Not of being compelled to take action against the church (thanks gentlemen) but mines the shed teas removed in ten days procsWdings world be enacted, Thee i0 the atheneum of the letter excepting the 01000111001 of transferring the land from the ratan who took it up to the man who deeded it to the Methodist church. Now of course the letter wee quite pre- su ptuotia for the tru81800 controlled the property, and so 1: advised the 1eard t0 treat the letter with silent contempt and dig, but it looked to them like a law suit and they wore mud aro 9eaoable mon so at a meeting hold 003. 26th,whiob Mayor Goldie of Guelph is eery ill. is where Mr. Millercommune with his Bread nolle at 10 dente a loaf in Hamif. letter, the Board passed the resolution to ton. move the shed, if there wore en easier The correct majority for Atr. (lender. Its), of settling the matter than by a law sou in Nalfon is 488,