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The Brussels Post, 1893-8-18, Page 5AUG. 18, 1893 THE BRUSSELS POST DISTRICT NEWS. 1E3elaix ave. Thorne E. Nixon, formerly of Bel - grave, was expooted to spend the 12th of July among his frigods and Oninge brethren here, but he failed to appear. On the night of the 10th Mr, Nixon stop. ped; at the Union hotel, Stokee Bay, on his way, when unfortunately the hotel took fire and he amongst several others bad a narrow eeoape for their lives. Mr, Nixon grabbed hie clothes, ashe thought, in the dark and when he got out he had only an overcoat. He was the loser of his body coat, containing $70, and a vest with a good watch, and left with only $2.00 to continue his trip, but he vis- ioned to return to the boat and spend bis 12th of July on the lake as he has done for the past three years. Wal tool. Mr. Kerr, of McKillop; has been engag- ed as teacher of our school and will Dom. menie hie duties next Monday. He comes well recommended. James Turnbull, Robert MoDoel, Geo, Beirnoe and William Shortreed left Brae. eels last 'Priestley on the 60 day excursion to Manitoba. It is said eeveral others will also go to help gather in the harvest. Big wages are being paid. LAWN SooiAL.—A lawn social will be held at Edward Drisooll's, Loadbury, on Monday evening, 21st inst., under the anspioee of the Womens' Guild of St. George's church, Walton. The Brussels Brass Band ; Mrs, and the Misses Sage, with their musioal glasses, bottles, belle, and other instruments ; Prof. Hawkiue and others are expected to take part, EEenfr vat. Mrs. John Oaeouden is under the deo. tor's Dare. W. P. Fraser, of Stratford, Sundayed with friends here. A number of the farmers have loot considerable fences by fires. Jas. Gane and Mies Gertie Watts, who wrote at the recent examination, have each been awarded Second class oertifi. cane. 0pm-eIt is with sorrow we have to re. eord the death of Mrs. Joe. Gass which took place on Wednesday of this week. She was taken ill a week ago last Sunday and despite all medical skill she succumb ed after much suffering. She was a woman who will be greatly mined in thie community, being always ready and willing to lend a helping hand in time of need. She leaves a husband and four of a family (two sons and two daughters) who were with her during her illness ex• ceptiug Joseph who is in Manitoulin Island. Mr. Gass and family have the sympathy of the neighborhood in their sad affliction. errev. Mies Hannah Ball is visiting in To • ronto. Miss Gassie Smith is visiting in Clinton. Ed. Hill was away at St. Marys last Sunday. Duncan McDonald and Jacob Kreuter have been appointed tax colleotors for 1893. There will bo a move suhoolward next Monday at the re opening after the holi- days. Charlie MoQuarrie has gone on a trip to Manitoba. He left on Tuesday of this week. The Township rate for 1898 will be 2 milia ; Co. rate 24/10 mills and School rate 8/10 of a mill. 18 mores of oats were cut in less than a dsy on the farm of B. Lang, con. 5, by a leaseey-Harris binder. Mee. Hector MoQuarrie and Stella were visiting Mrs. ereQuarrie's parents in Kinloss for the past week. Mies Bella McMillan, of Hamilton, is enjoying a holiday visit at Thos. Strad. an's. Miss MoMillau is an attendant in the asylum in that city. Dan. Mollaughton, Brueeole, wird Woe awarded the contract of building the Betz bridge, over the Maitland, on eon. 12, Inas sold out to R. Lang, of Ethel, who will do the work. We congratulate Mies Ellen Turnbull and her brother Wm. in seourieg 2nd class certificates. We are also pleased to nether that Charlie Sillere has also been awarded a 3rd class certificate. Suocodoeuo.--J. M. Robertson was among the enooesaful candidates at the recent' Teachers' examination obtaining a Second Class certificate. He is a graduate of Listowel High school where be received a thorough course in English Science and Mathematics. J. M. die. tinguiehed himself in Mathematics at school and took a very high standing at the tical departmental examination. He was much respected by both teachers and pupils for hie genial diepoeition and high moral character.- As he is a hard work- ing student we predict for him a brilliant future. FALSE AND SLANnnnous.—Some person, signing himself A Farmer, has beau giv- ing his opinion in Tun Pose of steel ranges and the people who purchased them, in a manner that calla forth a reply. In the first place the range is manufactured at Toronto, where 50 men are employed in the factory, and is eon - sequently not an "American" range as stated. The prices are $64 Dash, or $69 on time, not $74 as Mr. Partner says, and I dout believe the Hamilton range, eold at Clinton, or any other range equally as gbod, made of wrought iron, and accent. puttied by the necessary vessels Dail be bought for the same money, to say nth. ing about $25 lees that tiris oracle balite about. I am one of 20 or 30 farmers in Grey who parohaeed a range and in justice to the 'salesmen meet say that what they said has been borne out atter a month's use. Perhaps Mr. Fanner had better keep his advice until he's ask- ed for it warning the puhlio about sharp - ere as we may know as much about at. tending to our bueinres as he does. IE the Range. Co. Ptak him to chow wherein they ehould be compared to "hutnbuge" and "swindles" he may get rid of a portion of his cash by the too free use of hie tongue and pen and he may pay "dour. ly for hie foolishness.' The slur about the altering of figures on 111e notes is un• oohed for as on the printed forms I saw the $69.00 is printed in both lettere and figures so that it world be impossible to alter it. The Range Oo is nothing to me but I speak of mon as I find thein and believe in fair play, lime enquired when in Brussels abont the agents of the range and heard good reports of them. ' Mosinee. Ethel., School raopens next Monday, Lawrence Dobson of en a ere his fine 100 f acre ft ern for eitle. Samuel Chambers hes sold hie farm to n gentleman neer Benefield. The job of repc.iring the Preebyteriau church was let to W. Fogel. J. Coheres wagon ebop ie being moved this week, Wellington Fagot is doing the work, Jno. Gill jr., J. MoCurdy and John Boyd left Dthel on Tuesday for a visit to Manitoba. Samuel Amos was elected representa- tive to the District mooting of the Meth- odist ohuroh. The sides and roof are now on Jaynes Lindsay's new barn and it ie being utilized for storing this season's orop. A neat and ornamental picket fence has been put up in front of the Methodist north. Jno Cober did the work. Ci anbroolc. The flax mill is at work and is pushing things ahead at a lively rate. D. Zimmer was fined $20 and coats for violabiug the Crook'e Act by selling liquor on Sunday. Lore Re,mr.—Geo. Gramm & Bro, have bad their limo kiln rebuilt and now: have a kill of new lime ready for purobasers. DEAR Deremn.—In year account of the foot•bail match which took place at Brussels on the 9111, you credit Cron - brook with one goal only which ehould be two and at the end of the second goal there was left seven minutes to play but Wingham having enough of football left the field. The Wingham boys made a great fuss about Cranbrook having all outsiders to play in their places but al- though it is tree we had three or four as. sistante the majority of the club were from the "Plot." CAPT. or Cnonnaoox, F. B. C. Listowel. Flax is Doming in to Living- stou's mills. The crop this year is a heavy une. Brink laying was commenced on the Rolls' block, corner of Main and Mill streets, last week. Bert. Hutchinson arrived home from Winnipeg a few days ago. He has re- turned to study dentistry. J. E. Terhune went to Niagara to attend the GrandLodge L 0. 0. F. as delegate from Listowel lodge. The Listowel Piano Co. intend making a presentable exhibit of pianos at the Toronto and London Exhibitions next month. The appointment of Frannie Welling- ton Hay, Listowel, to be clerk of the sixth Division Court of Perth, in plane of W. S. Hay, resigned, is announced. Bark ie being delivered in large quan- tities at the Breithaupt Leather Co.'s tannery in town. From $50 to $100 are being paid out daily to the farmers for bark, which is unusually plentiful this year, owing to the storm early in the Spring which blew down so much timber. Melville Downey returned home from Port Arthur last week, having been laid off from his employment ae brakoeman by a slight accident. His heel was caught by a wheel and squeezed pretty severely, he having a very narrow escape from losiug the foot. He was in the em- ploy of the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western road. loons. Mies L. Milne, of Ethel, ie visiting at Thos. Maunders'. Harold Stewart, of Toronto, ie assist- ing hie unole, C. Ritchie, in the harvest field. He ie developing into quite a farmer, Last Tuesday Jno. Bird, in his 04th year, and Jno. Sharp, aged 15 years, 'pulled, tied and shocked abalf aore and 10 rode of flax, on Mr. Bird's farm, from 10 a. mato 0 p. m. Mr. Bird thinks any two who can beat that will be hustlers. DEM.—Last Friday night Clare, eldest eon of Walter Bolden, Boundary, died. He fought bravely against a bad attaok of inflammation of the bowels but •the best care and medioal attendance proved un- availing. He was a bright boy of 9 years and his parents are deeply sympathised with in their bereavement. The funeral took place on Sunday. On Friday, Aug. 4th, a book agent, named Roach, drove into the yard of Jas. Kerney, North half lot 15, con. 5, and tied his horse near the barn. The family were at dinner at the time and the dog objected to Mr. Roaoh entering the house and when he attempted to do so bit Trim. Mr. Roach was allowed to lie down for a few hours and was given his dinner and bad his horse fed, the Kerney's express, ing regret that the man had been inter- fered with. Roach tried to get law and when that failed he drove to Mr. Kor- ney'e, armed witha revolver, to shoot the dog but the family objected ae the canine is not omen and was never known to bite anybody before but at the same time he is it firet•alass watch dog. Mr. Kerney warns peddlare, book agents, tremoe, rte. to keep off his premises or abide by the consequences ae more than he are pester- ed by these travelling gentry. ' Vine ht:am. The new St. Paul's church, in town, will be opened ou the first Sunday in October. Joseph Vanstone and family, of Kin• oardine, became residents of Wingham last week. Rev. W. 11. Jamieson, Ph. D., of Blenheim, 000npied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church last Sunday. Mr, Coombs, who has been employed in O. E. 'Williams' drug store for some tune, baa removed with hie family to his farm near Jamestown. At the town Council the rate of tax. Mien for the preeent year was fixed at twenty -ono mills •era the dollar. Last year it was twenty-two mills. Robb. Allan was at Niagara Palle at- tending the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfollows, as representative from Maitland Lodge, No. 119. The NI. E. Grand Z. of the Grand Royal Arch Masons of Canada, Comp. J. E. Harding, Q. C., has been pleased to appoint 3.'A. Morton, of this town, a grand steward, Alex. Orr has traded his pt'bperty in town with Wm. Dane, of Gorrie, for a hotel in that village. Mr. Orr will take possessiei'of iiia Corrie property on the 1211s of September. The contract for the erection of the Agricultural Hall for the Turnborry Agri- cultural Society has been awarded to W. Walsh, of town, The building ie to cont 6400, and to be oompleted by the 5111 of September next, Dr. Boas, who bee been taking Pr. Moldrum'e praotioe during the latter's aha n¢at e e o e New York, loft town laet week r for Winnipeg, baying received en on pointment on the etuff of the Cit} 110.. pital. Dr. Meldrum will ratter, to towel ill it week or so, Mies Owens, of Toronto, is the guest of Mies Sophie Symonds at present. On Saturday Mrs. James Ooloton was called away to Stratford to see her daughter Katie who is lying eerionsly ill et her sister's, Mee. P. Moore, of that city. At our last Council meeting the rate of taxation for this year has been put at 18 mills on the $ at the same tints John Bell was re appointed as tax collector for 1893. On Sunday Rev. Mr, Eason, a French Canadian, °coupled the pulpit of the Methodist church both morning and evening, preaching to largo congrega- tions. On Monday evening the same gentleman lectured in the Methodist .hutch as to his reosone for leaving the Roman catholic church, also what he wont through while doing missionary work for eight yens among the Oka Indiana. The church was crowded to the doors. The leoture was very interest- ing and was attentively listened to. A silver oollection was taken up at the door. Blyth was quite astir on Thursday of last week when it became definitely known that the Hon. J. O. Patterson, M. P., Minister of Militia and Defence, would pay a short and informal visit to the town. Looal oommittees were soon at work. Mr. Patterson, who was ac- companied by J. Beck, president of the aeeaciation, was received at the Com- meroinl hotel by a large number of the Ooneervativee of the town and the town- ships. Upon being escorted to the balcony of the hotel a very neat serenade of maeio was tendered by the town band, under the competent leadership of S. Gidley. Speechee were made byllHon. Mr. Patterson, J. Carter, J. H. Tanner, J. Taylor and P. 'Kelly. T. W. Scott read and presented the following address to Hon. J. C. Patterson ;— Hon. J. O. Patterson, llfinister of Militia and Defence, Dem Sm; We, the Liberal Conserva- tives of thisportion of the west riding of Huron and the village of Blyth, have great pleasure in weloomingyou to this locality upon this your first visit. We begto assure you that we hailed with satisfaotian your victory in the recent election in redeeming the west riding of Huron. The people of this oonstittnency highly appreciate your successful efforts in putting into operation those long felt and needful improvements which, when completed, will be of great public service. We highly approve of the capable admin. fstration of the important department over which you preside, and the several commendable improvements made in the militia force, believing that through your able efforts the militia and defence of this country will be brought to a stale of etTi• annoy eminently ratisfaotory to the peo• plc of Canada. We are gratified to know that the present Administration, of which you are a honored member, is carrying out the policy inaugurated by our late and honored chieftain, the Bight Honorable Sir John A. Macdonald. We heartily endorse the course pursued by the present Government upon the tariff and trade questions of this country, and are certain that the great public im- provements that hove been established through the statesmanship of the Con- servative Administration commend them- selves not only to the people of Canada, bub also to the people of the mother land, that the future destiny of this country is safe in the hands of the present Admin- istration and the Conservative party. We can aeeure you that 950 00100 the opinion of a great majority of the people of this riding when we say that it is to their interests, as well as that of the country et large, that you may be long spared to represent them in the Parlia- ment of Canada and as a minister of the crown. Signed on behalf of the local Conservative aesoolation. JosN BELL, JOHN Wn'.ronn, Secretory. Pres, local Oen. Aes'n. • At the beginning of this year there were 1,168 submarine cables in existence, of which 880 belonged to different do- minions and 288 to private companies. The former possessed a length of 16,652 miles, and the latter had a length of 144,- 788 miles, thus the total length was 161,- 895 miles. HARVEST ESCVRSIONB From all Stations in Ontario, Return • 311125 to ESTEVAN EELORAINE 1'It 2 8 O Ot MOOSoMIN WWW BINSCARTH RESTON REGINA Y ISiTONW }.3U4 • CALGARY PRINALBEIRT } $35.00. EDMONTON $40.00. To Leave all Points in the Province of Ontario,. On 101. 15, return until 001`. 15 AU0.82, tt't 00'1'.22 SEPT. 5, " « NOV'. 5 Parties tiekobing from other points should arrange to arrive at 'Parente In fame to con- uoet With tbo 100 p' m, brain on (above, dates. Por particulars apply to 1, T. PEEPER, Agent, Brassele. 'er"'� vw , h,. ore Ni i." �,::.. IFtrnif � 2� �:!fiY �'Y, +��,'` a y' fl'FR ii r:I' EVERYTHING As certain Rumors have reached our ears in. regard to our Stock not being new, but of the Bankrupt Class, we wish to, here and now, state that such rumors are unfounded and false, and that our EN IRE STOOK IS 1\1:W And bought for Cash in the Best Markets of the Dominion, consequently we are able to sell our Bright, New, Reliable Goods at prices that Astonishes the Community. Below we Quote a Few Startlers : Good Bleached Cotton at 5o. per yard. Good Gray Cotton at 4c. per yard. Heavy Gray Cotton, worth 8.1c, for 7c per yard. Heavy Ticking at 90 per yard. Fine Linen Towelling at 5c per yard. •All Wool Tweed, worth 50c, at 850 per yard. Men's Linen Collars at 10c each (any style.) Men's Nobby 'Ties, 2 for 25c. All Wool Blankets at 50e per lb. Cashmere Hose, all sizes, at 15c per pair. 2,000 yards Ribbon (all colors) at 4c per yard. Good. Pins at lo. a paper. 40 inch Black Cashmere at 20e per yard. Black Cashmere, worth 70c, at 50e per yard. All Wool Henrietta (black and colors) at 253 a yd. 50 inch NIeltons at 20c per yard. Good Table Linen at 19c per yard. Pure Linen Table Napkins at 75c per doz. Skirt Lining at 6e per yard. Waist Lining at 10c per yard. Our Prices Always Bring' Crowds. HE tl©B e MAO; OK DRY GOODS CO. Garfield l-Iouee, Braseels. LAUD E., and the world laughs with you ; WEEP, and you weep alone. DRESS WELL, and hundreds greet you ; - LOOK SHABBY, and your credit's gone. Everybody who buys our goods is pleased. If people weep over bad purchases it is be- cause they failed to heed the advice of our advertisement. CLEARIG SALE P08 30 BAYSL Fall Goods are arriving and we want to hustle off the balance of our Summer stock. Consequently we have special bargains for you in Stylish Tweeds, Handsome Straw and Felt Hats, Waterproofs, White and Colored Shirts, Underwear, Socks, Neat Neckwear, Stc,, while this sale continues. Satisfaction Guaranteed. in all our Work. Cloth Cut Free of Charge if Purchas- ed from us. The Value of a Dollar is generally put down at 100 Cents but those who patronize our Clearing Sale may secure Bargains and feel assured they are getting the value of 200 CENTS FOR $1. Everything a Gent requires in the Clothing Line kept by us except Boots. Remember the next 30 days for Genuine Bar- gains in all the lines carried by Do C. R Fashionable Tailor and Outfitter, It won't cost you a cent to call and get our prices and see the goods. BRUSSELS