The Brussels Post, 1893-12-1, Page 1Vol. 21. No. 20,
World's Fair.
T am sorry that I saw the white pity
during its last clays. I wish that my
only memory might have been of the
pomp of Juuo and all hoe bright hours
of Seminar weather, when, like lotus
floweee, the fairy domes floated soft
against the beakground of detect sky and
taznre avatar. I wish that I bad nob seen
the facades begin to crumble and the
deaorabiverpaper dolls on the Transpor-
tation Building peel off in long and
fluttering strips. I wish that I had not
watched the grime settle upon the once
radiant walls and been witness to the
havoc of final disruption. Overcome by
a brief mood of sentiment I wandered up
to Jackson Park for a farewell visit to
the plane that I had loved ea long and so
well, The day was sharp, the withered
loathe whirled through flee air, the lake
was sullen and gray and not even a sun.
beam sparkled. The Iunoh fiend had
scattered paper boxes and peanut shells
and fruit skins everywhere. There was
no spot uudeBecrated by his arumby
ways. Even the court of honor, serene,
silent, unconquerable, was freckled with
debris. Dignity, of which there has
never been any too mush, was totally
eaarifioed on that hast day and the beau-
tiful and already historic spot turned
into a thoroughfare for tramping hordes.
They blew horns, shouted, drank beer
anti were happy in the possession of that
vandal spirit of desearatinn which ant.
mates the present day. Quiet people
who lingered to dream were driven on•
ward and forced to join the throng.
Sentimental folke, of whom, thank God,
there are a few left, even in Chicago, who
captured some bridge from whence a
heavenly picture outspread itself, or
loitered near the fountain to .watch the
shadows of the "last day" settle upon
the pallid scene, were forced to oonress
before the afternoon was over that liberty
is no longer the universal heritage of the
people. It is given in broadest =mare
to the outlaw and the tough, but decent
citizens are helpless. To ask for protea•
tion against the pushing, jostling, yelling,
sacrilegious crowds was of less welt than
to demand redress of a cyclone. _
I am sorry that I ebail never see the
sunset again from the top of Manufac-
turers Building ; I am eorry that I shell
never watch Diana swing lightly on her
lifted dome of gold and point her arrow
at the changeful wind ; I am sorry that
I shall never hear the mellow bells of
twilight ring changes on the tunes of
long ago ; I am sorry that I shall never
patch the dip of the gondolier's oar, or
his pointed oraft steal softly through the
shadows where the white ewan sleeps ; I
am Berry that I shall never again watch
the rosy glow of the setting sun illumine
the snow-white domes and minarets of
the city of enchantment ; I am sorry
that I shall never see the myriad retlea•
tions in the penoefnl lagoon at nigbbfall,
nor watoh the blossoming of bon thonaand
lilies of light upon its hooka ; I am sorry
that I shall never more hoar the Moorish
call to prayer just as the golden orb of
day descends into the West ; I ain sorry
that for me no more shall the Arab loose
his mettlesome ahead and, , while the
earth trembles beneath those spurning
hoofs, let fly Ms slander lane° ; 1 am soy.
ry that the Soudanese baby shall never
arcade shake Ms beaded loins for me, nor
hie slender -limbed father reveal the
glories of his feathered crest ; I am sor-
ry that the donkey and the annuli .shall
E0 more transport my fanny to the ebreebe
of veritable Cairo, and that the dark•eyed
Egyptian boys have b000tne but haunt.
ing unemoties of the past. It will be long
before I forget those soft -Yoked orientate
I have learned to prize. It will be long
`before 1 than cease to reoali the silken
cushions of Damascus, whereon I sat and
smoked the sacred pipe of hospitable
friendship with the descendant of Ma.
hornet and listened to tales of landst these
mortal eyes shall never behold. Only in
dream shell the solemn gaze of• the Be,
denim women fall upon me, and only then
shall I watch the wild dance of the desert
by the light of the flaming torah. Ab,
any dear, say what you may, we are all
of us heart -broken to hid good-bye to the
('air and would slip back the months if
we could and begin the calendar again at.
May 1, 1892.
One wall of that puzzling one•story
structure on Sixtieth street bas been torn
away avid you can see a little of the
world that was hidden from the busy
street during Fair time.
There ie a grinning oroo•d of vielbort
about the gate not certain whether to go
in, It will cost them half a dollar.
They tee? to argue with the ticket seller
that if the whole Pair cost only that
wbsn it was running the' admission now
ought to be oonsiderably lest. But he
simply tells them they should have come
When the Fair was open if they wanted
to see it, And they wish they had,
Presently they pay the money and go in,
And they regret that, They wish they
hadn't.
One stays out of the Court of Honor as
long at passible. It is muob like the aot
described by the bointry paper when
"each wed every one of the friends step-
ped up to view the departed remains. "
But when you do compel yourself to go
yon are sorry—oorriee oven then you
would have been if you hadn't gone at
all chis part of the Pair never seemed
so stupendous, ao permanent 0,5 now,
Somehow the attacks of the men upon
the walla and outlines of what was once
our treasured pictnrs, the blows they
bestow upon it are so feeble. We wish
it might fade, quicker. Wo are rendered
even more blue than when we came by
the thought that time fair giant will be e
bong time dying,
Down along blip inland lake which in•
closes the Wooded island are a lot of
rushes and weeds. They aro very naeur•
e1—or were when the Fate was on. Just
now they are very dead and brown, and
are filled with a rattling, nupleasant
sound whenever the sparrows tomo to
Ibght upon them: Sunday newspapers
drift Wong on the water or oatalt by a
projecting root and slosh about there
withoub even the garbage non to prove
his appreciation of a good thing by tak-
jng teem in out of the wet, 11 is very
desolate, •
BRUSSELS,
Every roadway is a litter of rubble
there are heavy teams berrying her
and there, Tbo drivers seem trying
frighten away their own blues by malcin
still more unpletaeant the hour you ha
given to imprisonment. They turn 0
of their way, attempt to run ovor yo
shout "Look out, there 1" with mo
gusto than Faraway -&loses ever atoms)ed, Then they laugh while the tee
gallops half a block. It is considered
groat joke in these dive on the lea
ground, or the perk, or whatever it ma
be ended.
But the main grounds are possessed o
the gayety of a festival when compare
with the Midway. Your 50 cents admis
Won ticket to the grounds does not adm
you to the Midway. It ie a onrioa
thing that most visitors want to go there
They take one loop at the Fair—or ruin
used to be the Fair, and then they wan
something lively. So they try the Mid
way. And the guard stops them an
they find the things their motley wool
buy have grown peroepbibly smaller
So that makes a than still bluer. •
Blue as the mills you get in the morning
Blue as the pit of the sky,
Blue as the Monday that comes withon
warning,
Blue as Oilseed 10 cent indigo that is s
much bluer than dye,
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g d bulletin concerning the craps and
vs live stools of the Proviime has been termed
ub from the Ontario Bureau of Statiabioa,
u, surnmeriaed from Mures received from
rs over 400 correspondents tinder date of
b• November Oth, The following extracts
m are taken from it :—
a Orops in general,—The past soason's
it record is nob so suooesoful as nt one time
y 11 Wee hoped to be. Early in the season
heavy rebus interfered with sending and
f delayed the farmers in getting in the
d orope, and then, when well on towards
• maturity, the exeeseive hone and con.
it tinued drouth ripened the grain so quick-
a ly that it Demo out light. A plague of
grasshoppers, too, did great damage in
t all parts of the Province except the ex•
t treme East, enpeobally to oats and
turnips, while peas en[fered extensively
d in Western Ontario from bugs. Reter-
d ring to the several orope mdfviduully,
we have to report that fall wheat has
been a good Drop in nearly all parts of
the Provinoo where it was cultivated,
while spring wheat bee been as universal•
t ly almost unsuccessful. Barley has been
a light crop, but bright in color, except
o in a fow eastern °oneties, where rain in
harvest darkened it. Oats are a light
amp owing to the providence of rust and
the ravages of grasshoppers. Rye is very
little grown and has not proved a great
mi nese. fens are a fair Drop, but are
damaged by bugs in the western counties.
Two•rowed barley has been dropped with
singular unanimity all along theline, and
every county pronounced against it. Out
of several bnndred torrsspondeits less
than a dozen had a good word for it.
Corn has done as well as could be expect-
ed owing to the extreme drouth ; in the
southwest the ears are short, but the
grain has turned out above the average.
Corn for fodder is reported uneven ow-
ing t0 the variable rainfall. Beans did
only fairly well ; the earthen. is larger
than expected, but the yield le low.
Buckwheat in Lake Ontario counties bus
tinned out fair. Frost has done little or
no damage except in n few isolated oases.
The fall has been far more favorable then
the spring for the farmers of this
Province.
The dairy.—The three months of Aug•
ust, September and October have been
trying to the ohsese and butter industries.
There was a good supply of milk during,
the earlier part of the summer, but the
dry weather since the middle of July
checked the flow to a considerable extent,
and many theme factories were forced to
close earlier than USW. In the St. Law-
rence and Ottawa counties the reports re.
garding ohesse•making were exceedingly
encouraging. Butter has improved in
price compared with previous years, and
the quality is somewhat better than
usual, a foot which some correspondents
attribute to the work of the travelling
dairies. The Durham grade cow is the
favorite animal ; Ayrshirss and Holsteins
Name next, end Jerseys .follow olosely.
d few correspondents stoutly aver that
the "waive" or "Canadian" is as good as,
any as a milker, and some assort that
the beet cow for the Ontario fanner is
not yet known.
Features and live stook.—Pastures were
reported in good condition in the St.
Lawrence and Obtawa group, and in a few
adjoining counties, bat in the remainder
of the Province drouth and, in many see -
tions, grasshoppers left the pastures bare
and uninviting. The ooneequenee is that
except in the eastern pert of the Provinoo
cattle will winter mush thiner than usual,
The scant pastures had to be supplanted
by hand feeding much earlier than usual.
Sheep and lannbe are unusually plentiful
in Eastern Ontario and are not scarce in
bbe west. Hogs are being rushed to
market ora rapid rate, and breeders have
been much encouraged with the results.
Many of these animals have been nicely
finished off with good wheat. Live stook
generally ere in good health and not a
single case of disease has been reported
by oorrespoudeuts.
Poultry.—Ao immense amount of oapi•
nal ie invested in fowl on Ontario farms,
yet the lack of clear information regard-
ing general management and profits is
very apparent in the reports of gorees-
pondeets. The annual profit on a hen
well oared for is placed at from 00o to $1.
One oorrespondett olaims that at pre•
veiling prices of wheat and eggs a bushel
of good wheat fed to hens should get $1
in eggs. As ordinarily handled, how•
ever, there is little or no profit in poultry.
Plymouth Rooks appear to be the favor.
tee, as combining layingand table
qualities. In Eastern Ontario the rats -
ng of dameetio birds does not appear to
be so prosperous as usual, and a disease,
said to be cholera, opened considerable
orges in the county of Prescott. Gen.
rally spealciug however, fowl bays been
n good aoudition all over the Province,i
and the immense number of grasshoppers
using the Bummer gave a supply of fav•
rite food.
Bees and honey.—Tho peospeots np to
he time the August bulletin was publish.
d were most encouraging for the apiary,
id the dry weather of the last fow
months has told against honey -making,
Threshing and marketing.—Threshing
was preatioelly completed when oorres,
ondents wrote, except in the more
astern counties of the St. Lawrence and
theme, group. Marketing was soarosiy
s forward as/ usual; Those who werein
position to hold back have done so, but
f course u eon/Adorable number have
ad to dispose of their grain at current
rises. More wheat will be fed to live
teak than for many years past. Barley
leo is being largely fed on the 1aem, and
large supply is in farmers' (lands in the
aloe Ontario connbiee. Oats are being
rdinartly handled, but peas have boon
old early and steadily.
Fall ploughing.—Owing to the fins open
weather fall plougbiog is wall ndvanoed.
The dry season rendered ploughing dbfii-
tilt on stiff olay, but on good loamy land
'ergo area has been gone over. In fact,
few correspondents report fall plough -
g dolnpletcd, and in several instances it
said that the land has been ploughed
whir) to Idll weeds,
Palen ballot.—At the height of harvest.
g 0smarobbet of field help Wee experience
ONTARIO,
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FRIDAY, DECEMBE
ed in many quarters, although 1
neighboring seotione a suffioienoyof lab
was reported. Later on, however,
supply was fully equal to the damnand, save in the vloinity of lumberin
operations, there hoe been plenty of as
stetanae for farm work, except in the oa
of donioetios, who oontinue oomparativ
by scarce, owing to the attractions of tow
life to the average glrb.
Meddles of live stook,—The followiu
gives the number of live stook on hon
on July 1st, 1892 and 1808:—Horses
1893, 085,187 ; 1892, 688,814. Steep
1808, 1,085;988 ; 1892, 1,850,473. Coati
1893, 2,057,882 ; 1892, 2,029,140. Pouitr
—1803, 7,114,430; 1892, 7,078,973.
The number of live stook sold or kills
during the year ending Juno 30th, 1892
and 1893, are oomputed as follows
Horses Cattle Sheep Hogs Plt'r
1893 47297 413,001 010237 970,306 0,017,00
1891 40,018 490,003 670,984 078,791 1,000,4
WEST HURON TEACHERS,
Crop: an4 Live Stock.
A pillar of blank smoke curled -.upward
in the grand plaza as the fleet locomo
Give drew up near the Macerlonnies loon -
Min, sine° the fair was opened. The
work of laying tracks morass the Court of
Honor is going on briskly and they will
be carried as far as Manufacturers Build.
ing. Visitors were few. Not many bad
the courage to face those clouds of dust
which were whirled aliout by the wind.
None of the aprinlcling oats have been
nd
used for the last three days, athe
gray dust lies thick and heavy on the
roadways when the wind is playing high
jinlcs with it. Coatings of dust cover the
casae in the buildings. Every exhibit is
Closed to visitors and many of them are
covered op. Still there are !persons who
still flourish. The chewing gum girl,
the candy girl and the girl who Bells
souvenirs of the Fair are doing a briefs
business among the few remaining visi.
tors. They will stay with the Fair as
long as visitors are attrnoted by the
glitter of their goods. Many of the
restaurants of the Wellington Catering
Co. have been closed and the visitor
wanders about now lookiug for some-
thing to eat.
Every wagon not needed down town
belonging to the American Express Co.
was sent for duty at the Pair. Wagons
rumbled over the roadways from 8 0'-
oloak in the morning until 0 p. m.
Workmen have begun to destroy the
fountains on each side of the efaoMon•
nie5 group, The Court of Honor looks
detained and the cold winds make it ach
chilly plane in whito linger.
Fruit was given away to visitors in the
Horticultural Building. Preparations
for the great ohrysanahemum show make
the Horticultural Building look es lively
as it did at the beginning et the Fair.
This is the only echo of the magnificence
of the vanishing white city.
30401113 AI9Ou'r T0301 LingCud8Nf8ss,
To the ]lditor of TEE 1 osm,
DEAti Enemon,—I think that "Fair
Ploy" struck the key note when he stated
in your columns last week that the bran -
notion between the buyer and seller of
lambs has heretofore been done in an
unbusinesslike manner and I, as a
farmer, feel that I am in duty bound to
support him in some of his views on this
question. Let us take a look at the deal
as it is generally made. The buyer
acmes along early in the season and en-
quires how many Iambs have you got or
likely to have for sale ? The farmer re,
plies, 20, The buyer promisee, often
without seeing the lambs, $4.00 per head
and pays $5 00 as earnest money. The
lambs are then the property of the buyer,
at the risk of the farmer for 6 months.
If bile buyer receives a moth of 22.00
per head on his shipment he puts it all in
hie own pocket bub if he is likely to lose
then the farmer must share with him.
Looking at the question from this stands
point itis certainly unfairto the farmer.
Yes, it is unfair and unbusiness -like and
it has been so foe the last 15 years but,
strange to say, the farmer never found it
out with now. What a terrible howling
there is about the lambs at the present
time. Buyer and seller join in the
chorus "Money lost 1 Money lost. 1"
What is to be done ? "114tir Play" Aug -
pets do not sell the lambs until they are
5 or 6 months old. So far so good, but
that is nob suffiuient to remedy the mat.
ter. I claim that the system of buying
and selling lambs as heretofore preatised
has and will always prove to be unsatis-
factory both to the buyer and seller, 7
/nether claim titan unless the present
systetn of buying early in the season at
so mueli per head is abolished there will
always be disnatisfaobion. Lambe should
never be bought until after they are taken
from the ewes, say about the 1st of Sep.
timber. They should then be graded in
classes 1,2 acid 3, and bought by the
pound sounding to quality and weight ab
time of shipping, For exempts let the
weight of the three grades bo 100, 90 and
80 pounds and the pries per pound be 4,
8'/ and 8ioente. If some such method
as the above were adopted there would be
some encouragement to beastend feed
for quality and more general satisfaotioo
in this important business, Thanking
you for so mach of your space 1 am,ours
Yeespeetfully,
Morris, Nov, 28,'03. 0. Mums.J. J. Crabbe (formerly of the St. Mary's
Argus), Dr. J. EI, Cotton, Fred. (toper
and W. J. Gage, of Toronto, and Stephen
Myers, of St. Mary's, have received 'a-
tom patent forming the Star Prinbiug
and Publishing Company of Toronto.
The St, Mary's PublicsSobool Board
has appointed W. D. Spence, of that
town, Principal of the publlo eolith! at a
salary of $550, provided ha 0eaure8 a first -
Wine card/nate prior to the let of Jan.
next. Apparently the nominee of the
St. Mary's School Board oue not troubled
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The West Huron Teaahere' Association
met in the Model School, Goderioh, on
Nov. 24th, pursuant to the call of the
executive committee at 10 a. in.
Is the absence of the President, In•
apeotor Tom tools the chair and opened
the meeting.
Wm. Houatoo, 6f. A„ director of
Teachers' Institutes, being present, was
then introduced, and proceeded to discuss
Mathematics ander the following heads:
1, Meatal Aritbmebio ; 2, Notation and
Numeration ; 3, The four Elementary
Rules ; 4, Fractions ; 5, Ratio ; 6, Live!.
titian and Evolution, In Mr. Houston's
introduction of the subject be dealt with
the value of Arithmetic under threebeade.
It's practical and culture value and its
value as an introduction to other or
higher mathematics. (lettere was dealt
with under three heads : Practical skill,
knowledge, and oathebio. Mental Aritb.
metio was dealt with in a very practised
and instructive manner.
The disoaesion of tbie subject was
further oontinued by Inspector Tom,H, I.
Serene, 1. Delgaty. Inspector Robb, of
East Huron, who was present, also took
part in the dissuasion.
W. H. Johnston gave notice of a motion
in regard to substituting the P. S. Leav-
ing Exam. for the Entrance.
The association then adjourned to meet
again at 1.80 O. m.
TTERNOON aes5I0le.
The association met at 1.45 p. m. Mr.
Latta, president of the aseooiation, hay.
lug arrived, took the chair.
The minetes of the last session at
Exeter and the forenoon session was read
and adopted.
The following committees were then
appointed Resolution—W. H. John.
sten, Zee: Doi sty, Geo,. Baird, Misses
Burrows -and Mary Bleu ; Audit—S. J.
Boyd•and 3. .. Dempsey.
Mr. Johnston's resolution with reference
to the P. S. Leaving .Examination was
referred to the Resolution Committee, as
was also a resolution by Mr. Boyd,
S. 3. Latta then proceeded with the
subject of drawing, illustrating his re-
marks by blackboard exercises, This
proved very instructive, as Mr. Latta
showed himself thoroughly oonversait
with the snbjeob.
Mr. Houston then resumed the dis-
mission of Mathematics, dealing with ad.
dition and multiplication.
The roll was then celled and showed
teachers in attendance.
G. W. Holman then read a paper on
"Canada's Commercial Position in the
World," giving Canada's recourses of all
kinds and tables allowing our imports,
exports and other particulars with regard
to Canada's wealth aid closed by urging
teachers to teach the children to have
nonadenoe in their °wintry,
R. E. Brown then read a carefully pre-
pared paper on "Writing in Public
Schools." Movable headlines were re•
commended to be used—the ornamentae.
writing inbheEotraooeoopy books should
be abolished. H. I. Strang, B. A., Win.
Houston, M. A., and others continued
the disoussion.
The time of adjournment having ar-
rived the association adjourned to meet
ea 9 a. m. on Saturday. ,
EVENING.
In the evening an entertainment was
given.in the Collegiate Institute Hall,
consisting of music and a tectum by Wm.
Houston, M. A., on "Rsminiseenoes of
Eminent Canadians." The usual votes of
thanks closed a very successful entertain.
Ment.
aAT011DAT MO1NIN0 9IDBlXON.
The aesoaiatbon met at 9,15 a, tn. on
Saturday, Ivir. Letts in the chair.
W. H. Johnston oouduated devobioual
exeroisee.
The minutes of the Friday afternoon
session were reed and adopted,
Tho sleotion of offioers was the pro-
oeededrtvibh.
Messrs.an o and McLaughlin w ere
G w
appointed tellers.
The election resulted an follows :
President, J. T. Wron, Hensel' ; Vice -
President, Miss Burrows, Sbeppardton ;
Seo.Treare, G. W. Holman, Elimville.
Executive Committee :—T. A. Brown,
Exeter ; J. Delgaty, Oeotralia ; W. H.
Johnston, Hay ; Miss MoMath, Gods.
rich ; Mbes Wabaou, Blyth,
Mir. Houston then continued the sub.
LedofMathematics, sleeting with division
nd fractions. Much profitable dieous
sloe was evolted by Mr,, Houston in the
treatment of the subject of Mathernatios
throughout the session of the assooiatioo,
and it is hoped much good will result
therefrom.
The time of adjournment having ar-
rived the aesooiation adjourned to meet
in the afternoon at 1.80.
AVTE1100001 SESSION.
The assoaiatiou met as per adjourn.
menti.
Inspector Tom took up "Tune Tables
in Ungraded Schools," and dealt with
the week for these schools fully. Mr.
Tom urged diet the theater ehottid keep
the oopy boobs iu bin sleek and examine
frequently. Friday afternoon entertain -
mean wore teeommsnded. Several
leenher3 disoussad the queetiou farther.
1, 1893
The Auditor's report wee then pre.
seated, and, on motion of 0. Sheppard,
s000ncled by R. E, Brown, the report was
adopted, and the janitors ordered to be
paid the usual thee.
The Beeolution oommitboo then re-
ported, cud, on motion of Inspector Tont,
the reporb was balcon up clause by obtuse.
The report of the committee as amended
was adopted es follows :-
1. That the lntraitoe Examiners be
satisfied with one copy of the ornamental
worts in the Dopy book, No. 5.
2. That this association views with
alarm the proposition of the Education
Department to substitute the Public
School Leaving Examination for the
Entrance Examination to the High
School, and would recommend that the
Entrance) Examination and Public
School Leaving be left as they are at
present.
3, In view of the benefits received by
tbo members of this aseooiation, and that
the funds in the aseooiation treasury are
rapidly decreasing, therefore, we, your
committee reoommed that the annual
fees of male members will be 50 cents
and of female members 25e.
H.L Strang, B. A., and Inspector
Tom, then took up the questions in the
question drawer. Several interesting and
instruobive answers were given.
ldr, Strang then proceeded with his
subject ',Infinitives and Participles" and
in the short time at his disposal gave
some very practical and valuable hints
on this subject which were highly appre-
ciated by the teaohers. Being a master
of English, Principal Strang is al ways at
home when discussing anything pedalo-
ing to this as in other branches of his
work, and hie remarks are abwaya eager-
ly listened to and highly valued.
After passing a vote of thanks to the
trustees of the Goderioh Model School,
for the neo of their Model saboot, the as-
sociation adjourned to meet at the call
of the Executive.
GEO. W. HOLMAN,
Seo.-Treas.
Grey Council Meeting.
Council met at the Town Hall, Nov.
24th, 1893, pursuant to adjournment,
members all present, the Reeve in the
chair. Minutes of last meeting were read
and passed. Application of Robert Dil-
worth for ditch on side road 5, opposite
lots 25 and 20, con. 7. Mr. Milne to at-
tend to the matter. Henry Cox applied
to have certain repairs to the ditch or
drain on lot 29, con. 11, carried out and
completed, the owner and tenant having
failed to do the work after having receiv-
ed thirty days notice. Moved by James
Turnball, seconded by Walter Oliver that
the Clerk beinstrgoted to notify tbeEn-
gineer to go and examine said ditch or
drain and report to. the Council. Car-
ried. Petition of George Oxteby and 25
others praying for aid to Samuel Shine,
an indigent, having only oue arm and
being in poor health is unable to support
his family. It was moved by Walter
Oliver, seconded by A. C. Dames that
the sum of $8.00 per month be granted,
the sum to be paid monthly until further
notion. Carried. By -hew No. 48, to ap.
point polling places and Deputy Return-
ing Officers for 1894, was road over three
times and passed. The following ac-
counts were presented, viz.:—George
Welsh, gravel, $2.10 ; Alex. Thompson,
gravel, $7.90 ; Wm. McKelvey, digging
award ditch at lot 4, con. 2, 215.75 ;
Wm. Cools, digging award ditch at lot 4,
con. 2, 210.45 ; Jobn Lowe, culvert at lot
10, con. 6, and 2 loads of gravel for on" -
vert at lob 12, eon, 6, 26.25 ; Rebb. Rae,
repairing White's bridge, $8.40 ; James
Jackson, culvert at lot 7, con, 4, and
repairing two culverts at lot 11, con. 4,
$16 00 ; Abram Cook, cleaning out award
ditch at lot 2, con. 8, $11.70 ; C. Switzer,
culvert on side road 2, son. 12, $8.50 ;
P. McIntosh, levelling side of ditch and
grading at lot 16, con. 15, $8.50 ; Chas.
Roza", plank, and repairing side road 1,
odn. 10, 70 cents ; Marshall Harrison,
digging award ditch at lob 25, eon. 14,
243.09 ; Geo. Speirao, ditching end
drawingravel to lot 28, oon. 14, $2.00 ;
Andrew MoNichol, ditching and repair-
ing oulverb on side road cone. 13 and 14,
Engineers' Award, $54.09 ; Daniel
Nathan, ditching on boundary of Grey
and Pima, oon. 17, $5.00 ; Chas. Brough-
ton, ditobing on boundary of Grey and
Elms, Engineers' Award at lob 85, oon,
18, $2.40 ; Wm. Pattorson, aesisbing
Engineer on survey of Government drain
No. 2, sou. 17, 86.00 ; Neil MoTaggarb,
assistbng Engineer on survey of Govern-
ment drain No, 2. oon. 17, $6.00 ; Tees-
dale Whitfield, cleaning out ditch at lot
23, oon, 18, $8,50 ; Henry Moklaugbt,
grave!, $6.90 ; Wm, Mitchell, gravel,
$16,92 ; Daniel Oooper, gravel, $27.60 ;
Robert Bowen, inspecting Silver Corner's
drain, $18.00 ; John McNeil, culvert at
lot 20, oon. 13, $17,00 ; A. F. Miller,
keeping Maggie Nichol in Toronto Hoa i-
tal 36 days, at 40 tents per day, 814.40 •
Peter Sinclair, attending to Board of
Health bneiness, $10.00 ; Thee, David-
son, gravel, 28.40 ; Win, Cools, digging
Award ditch and dnlverb at bot 4, oon, 2,
$11.00 ; John Howard, assisting Engineer
on survey of Government drain No. 2,
ton. 17, $4.50 ; Enoch Clark, assisting
Engineer on survey of Government drain
210. 2, oon. 17, $8,00 ; Aron, Cleric,
aseisting Engineer ou survey of Govan.
mint drain No. 2, eon. 17, 88.00 ; James
Oakley, gravel. $2.50 ; James Oathill,
cleaning Governtnout drain No, 1, at lots
15, 16, 17 and 18, con. 15, $50,42 ,• Wm.
0, Stebse, spikes for culverts, $8.9D; A.
Douglas, Underdrain across side road 2,
ooh, 19, $0,00 ; Robert Dilworth, gravel,
826.26 • John Ansley, plane and
speoifications for two bridges, 224.00;
James Mitchell, repairing appeoaab to
bridge on side road 1, eon. 12, $1.00 ;
nal, Lang, part payment on bridge
contract at lot 4, ton, 12, $226.00 ; Mrs,
Brown, gravel, $12.48 ; ;Phos. Bothwell,
i 11011 os/ side rend 1, oon, 12, 218.60 ;
Robb. Kerr, digging ditch at lots 80 and
81, can, 10, 287.50 ; Thos. Bothwell,
ditch on side road 2, con. 10, end spikes,
$1,60 ; Alex. Smith, ditch on boundary
of Waite° and Grey, Grey share $11,50 ;
ltobt. Congo, cleaning award ditch pa
lido road 6, eon. 11, 29,001 Won,
W. H. KE R R, Prop,
Moi£alvey, gravel, 21.56 ; W. H. Kerr,
part payment printing gontraot, $10.00 ;
F. Miller, ditch on road at lot 21, on, 4,
226.00 ; Jas, Pearson, ditch in front of
let 20, con. 4, $11.50 ; John McCartney,
ditch in front of lot 19, con. 4, $12.50 ;
S. J. Nichol, rag bolts, $3.21 ; John
Hammed, spikes, 75 °ebe ; Isaae.
Matthews, gravel, $1.80 ; Jae, Elliott, 1s/•
planking bridge at tote 61. and 62, con. 1,
$4.00 ; Wm, efoNeelands, filling up hole
in road at boundary of Grey and Elms,
$1.00. Moved by Walter Oliver, seconded
by A. C. Dames that the foregoing
atoounto be paid. Carried, The Council
then adjourned to meet again in the
Town Hall on Friday, the 15th day of
December, Wnr, Senses, Clerk.
L'1liIitt 11 011113104.
Service of song in the Methodist
church next Sunday evening.
Knox church Sabbath school purpose
holding their animal entertainment an
Thursday, Dec. 20th.
"On Earth Peace" is the name of a
Christmas service being prepared by
Melville church Sunday school,
A lecture on "John Calvbn" will he
given in Melville church on the evening
of Xmas day, by Rev. John Ross, B. A,
Watch for future notices.
Next Sunday morning Rev. Mr. Cob-
blediolt will tape "Jehovah Tsidkenu" as
his subject in connection with his series
on the Covenant names of God.
Public Thanksgiving services were
held in Melville, St. John's and Knox
oburcheson Thursday forenoon of last
week. Owing to the disagreeable
weather the auslienoes were small. Ap-
propriate eintoarsos were preached by
the three pastors.
The Seaforth Expositor of last week
says :—The President of tbs County
Union of Christian Endeavor Societies,
Rev. G. H. Cobblediok, of Brussels, ad- .t,
dressed a union meeting of the Christian
Endeavor Soobety and Epworth League
in the basement of the Presbyterian
church on Tuesday evening, There was
quite a large turn out, oonsideriug the
stormy weather, the basement being well
filled. Mr. Cobbiediolt gave a most in.
tonging and practicaladdress, abound-
ing with good points, which was listened
to with close attention and much enjoy.
ed. Rev. Dr. McDonald fulfilled the
duties of chairman in his usual happy
manner, and mesio was furnished by the
Endeavor choir. Seaforth will be glad
to hear from Mr. Cabblediok again. Rev.
Neil Shaw also gave a short address. At
the close a hearty vote of thanks was
given to the speakers.
SEL•Dsstw—CommandanbBooth, the
the Commissioner of the Salvation Army
for Canada and Newfoundland, has fixed
the date of the annual Self•denial for
Nov. 2501 to Deo. 2113. The proceeds/ of
the Self-denial effort in Canada and
other oountrios is a remarkable testimony
of the Army's progress and development.
During this week every member of the
Salvation Army, from the Oommiseioner
to the taloat remit, along with thousands
of Army friends, abstain from all luxur.
les and, indeed, a great many of the nec-
essaries of life in order that they may be
able during this week to contribute more
liberally bo the various operations and in-
stitutions of the Salvation Army. If
imitation is the sincerest forth offiattery,
then the Salvationists have good reason
to be proud of their suttees in this
direotiou, as the London Missionary
Society, Methodists, Primitive Metho-
dists, and English Presbyterian Assem-
bly and the American Episcopal Board
of Foreign Missions have now ail got
their weeks of Self•denial. The Sal-
vation Army's Se'f•denial effort in
Canada in 1888 produoed $2,828.08; 1889
produoed $5,903.16 ; 1801 produced $12,-
257,18, and last year the steady improve-
ment continued and produced the mag-
nificent total of $14,080.85. This year, as
the needs are still greater an extra effort
is being put forth and the Commissioner
fully expects a substantial increase.
GeuereaU feTewwa.
India has 180 cotton mills.
London has 18,270 polisemeo.
France has 182,000 ooal miners.
Paris is the richest municipality.
Japan has 22,000 cotton operatives.
The United States has 8,000 banks.
Bengal has three harvests every year.
The German navy employs 20,000 me».
One dwelling in Scotland Dost $5,000,•
000,
Agrioulture employs 280,000,000 pec•
ple.
The bricklayers international conven-
tion will be held in Omaha in Jan. nest.
Scotland has a bank operated by rail-
road employees. It has $1,750,000 on
deposit.
In eighteen of the free American Sates
ten hours is a legal workday for children.
Brotherhood trainmen pay out $51,000
per month in death and disability claims.
The Workman, St, John's excellent
tenor weekly, has oommeuoed its second
year.
Prune piokers in California get 75 cents
a day and board ; bop pickers $1 per
100 pouads.
Union printers are securing thousands
Of signatures to a petition for a Govern-
ment telegraph.
The Austrian Government is about to
grant universe' suffrage as demanded by •
the Socialists.
Delegates representing 100,000 workers
reoeutly mat at Young, N. 5, W., to
dooide upon independent political notion.
Servants in China r000ive from 130
cents to $1 a month wages and boned.
Carpenters, masons, brtoldayere, etc.,
are glad to get $4 a month and feed
tltemsolvee,
The Ciliuese in California have n
ohanee to go to a warmer climate. They
are offered $25 a head in British Guiana
to hoe sugar 00110 and dig geld. The
colony only wants 5,000 of them.
A Paris shop girlordinarily begins et
a salary of $6 to $8 a month, Besides
she invariably lutea commission ou her
ealee, varying ftoni i to 1 per cent„ as -
willing 00 hoe suasion. Many receive
es high ns $80 a month in salary and
make much more in oomminebon,