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The Brussels Post, 1889-10-4, Page 1Volume 17. elgrave ball Show. The East Wnwaitosh Fall show was bald on the Agricultural grounds at Bel grave on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Tho rainy weather of the first day militated somewhat against the Fair, but novertliolees the various de. partmonts wore very well filled. On Wed- nesday things brightened up and a largo attendance was the result. The show of horses, oatlle, sheep and pigs wM good, The exhibitors of honey dealt out the bee product to all who hada 'sweet tooth.' Bepreeentatives of Tnio POST, Brussels, and the Times and Advance, of Wing - ham, were on the grounds. The officers of the Society are very courteous and the obliging Scoretary, Finlay Anderson, is evidently the right man in the right place. Tho following is the rain. LINT }Inness. — MEM Mao one. — Brood mare with foal by her side, A. Speir, A W Sloan ; horse foal, A Speir ; mare foal A W Sloan ; 2.year.old filly, A Speir, L' Olvar ' 2 -year-old gelding, Mrs `T' Forbes; year-old filly, A Carr, A W Sloan. Gzei.ovo Punpose.—Brood mare with foal by her side, D Taylor, T Millar ; horse `foal, Mrs T Forbes, T Miller; mare foal, D Taylor, I' Anderson ; 2 -year-old filly, J 8'1 Currie, J Nethery ; 2 -year-old gelding, Mrs T Forbes, M Harrison ; year-old Ii ly, F Anderson, J Henry Je Son ; year-old gelding, J Nethery, H Ross ; span agriculturalhorees, T H Tay- lor, jr. Osunwwcz.—Brood mare with foal by her side, J N Perdue, VS, I3 Ross; spring foal, J N Perdue, VS, T Bridges ; e:year- old filly, W Wylie, E A Chamberlain ; 2 - year -old gelding, J N Perdue, VS, John Taylor ; year-old filly, W Wylie ; year- old gelding, H Edwards, Geo Stewart ; buggy horse, D Geddes, 3.' Deans ; back horse, W J 1'enwick, J N Perdue, VS ; span carriage horses, Ino Soandrett, T Bridges ; brood mare, any class, J N Perdue ; team horses, any class, H Ross. CAT'm—Tnouovon Bum—Beet cow, T. Ross, G. Bawler ; year old heifer, T. II. Taylor jr. ; heifer calf, 3. Armour, T. H. Taylor. NATIVE as' Gn,u,e.--Best oow, T. Wil- kinson, T. Moss, A. Carr ; two.year-old heifer, 11. G. McGowan, T. Ross ; year- old heifer, R Ca,ley 1st and 2nd ; heifer calf, J. Armour, T. Ross ; pair 2 -year- old steers, T. Ross, C. Proctor & Sons ; pair 1.year.old steers, T. Ross, T. Wil- kinson ; pair steer calves, T. Wilkinson ; beeve, It. G. Moiowen, T. Ross ; yoke working oxen, T. Brydges, 11. G. MoGow- an ; best herd of cattle, nut less than 5 head, T. Ross. Either—L*,raxeran AND :rMEm emunts.— Aged ram, R. G. MoGowan ; Shearling ram, R. Coultes, H. Deacon ; ram lamb, 0. Proctor & Sons, H. Deacon; pair aged ewes having raised lambs in 1889, R. Coultes, H. Deacon ; pair ehearling ewes, R, Oonites, J. Henry 9 Son ; pair ewe lambs, R. Coultes, J. Henry .8 Son. Downs AND rum GnADEs.—Aged ram, T. Anderson, H. Ross ; ram lamb, T. Anderson, H. Ross ; pair aged ewes hav- ing raised lambs in 1889, H. Ross, T. An. Berson ;pair shoarling ewes, H. Rose, J. Coultes jr. ; pair owe lambs, T. Ander- son ; beet pen of sheep not less thanone ram and four ewes of any ago or breed, R. Coultes. Pxoe.—Lanz.—Brood sow, J Bone ; sow, age considered, Jno Geddes, Jno .Bone. Sow L.—Aged boar, 13 Edwards, II Deacon ; brood eow, J Armour, H 39d - wards ; boar littered'in '89, H Edwards, II Daimon ; sow Littered in '89, 1t G Mc- Gowan, J Armour ; pen of pigs, J Arm- our, PODLTer.—Geese, J Harrison, let and and ; turkeys, J Harrison, T Wilkinson ; doeke, W H MaOtacken, J Harrison ; Plymoth Rooks, J Harrison, W H Me- °recken ; Leghorn, J Proctor & Sons, J Harrison ; Spanish, J Harrison ; Ham - burgs, J Harrison, W H MoOraoken ; any variety, W H McCracken, 1st and 2nd. XMPLE0IENTS. --. Lumber wagon, John Brunsdon, 3 G Stewart ; buggy, Jno Bruuedon ; double carriage, J Brunsdon ; cutter, J Brunsdon ; plow, T H Ross, R M Robinson ; gang plow,. J G Stewart, T I1 Rose ; horse hay rake, J Johnston ; seed drill, J Johnston. Gnuxe.—White fall wheat, G Moffatt, J & J Anderson ; red fall wheat, R Mo' Gowan, W Scott ; spring wheat, J Har- rison ; barley, R McGowan, J Russell; white Date, W 3 Fenwick, J Nethery ; black oats, J Harrison ; peas, H Ed. wards, G Moffatt ; timothy, AI Earriuon, J Harrison. FROM AND FLownns.—Golden Russet, Jno Fdle, T Wilkinson ; Baldwin, R Gurley, Jno Fells ; Famuense, Jno Feiss, T Wilkinson ; R I Greeninge, M Har- neon, T Wilkinson ; Northern Spy, Ino Feils,.R Curley ; Colverts, Jno Geddes, M Harrison ; Tolman Sweets, It G .Mo - Gowan ; fall pears, 2? Wilkinson ; winter, pears, Jno Ooultes, M Harrison ; grapes, It G McGowan ; collection of fruit, Thos Wilkinson, Jno 'olla ; bouquet flowers, Chas Proctor & Sons, J Harrison ; flower in pot, A Peootor,Thee Wilkinson ; col- lection house plants, 0 Prootor & Sone, J Harrison. MANDt'AOTonee, — Home made cloth, Mies M Pollock ; flannel, Miss M Pollock; union flannel, J Owens, Miss M Pollook; blankets, Mies M Pollook,.let and 2nd coarse boots, L Barmen; fine boots, L Pearon; wine, J Owens,'.A. Prootor. Roo18 AND VEGNTAOLEe. --- Potatoes, D Geddes, R Stonehouse ; oabbte e, W H Mearaokon, G Sowlar ; caull ower, W 81 McCracken ; beets, T Beilby, W i f McCracken ; mangled wdrtzele, W H McCeaokon, G Sowlar ; swede turnips, J Bone, J Geddes ; field Garrote, W 11 Mo. Craokeny D fGoddes; early horn oarrote, W 1d MoCrrcken, 3. Carr ; send onions, W H McCracken, let and 2nd ; any kind 0f xlniou, ;;4. Garr ; Indian corn, R G IvIcGowan, G Sowlar ; water melon,. W 11 MtCraoken, J Bone; mnek melon, W II Modraokee; pumpkins, W 11 Me. Craoken, 1st and 2nd ; equesb, W II Me- Craoken, 1st and 2nd ; citron, 11 Wight. man, W I3 McCracken ; tomatoes, J & .1 Anderson, D Geddes, Dsenx Pnoeuez.eeStilt bttttrr, it Oair, Mies M Polleoit; smolt butter,, hi Earle. • BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCT, 4, 1889, eon, Jno Taylor ; basket of butter, Gibe, lir J Fenwick, A Proctor ; basket of but- ter, 25 Ibe, Jno Coultes ; homo•mado bread, A Carr, IC Edwards; comb honey, W J Martin, II Wightmau ; maple sugar, Jno Taylor let and 2nd ; maple syrup, Jno Taylor, A Proctor; oat colts, AProc. tor, J Bone; home.mado cheese, T An - demon, A Carr. LADIES' Wont,—Crochet worst, Mies McClelland; bead tvorlt, Mies MaOelland; fancy knitting, Miss McClelland, Mrs Mo. Lennan; patch quilt, J Baines, Miss M Pollok; linen shirt, Miss MoOlelland ; braiding, Mies MoClelland, T Brydges; woolen stockings, W 11 McCracken let and 2nd ; sooks, VV H Ma0reokeu, Jno Campbell ; woolen gloves, Geo Moffatt, W H McCracken ; woolen mitts, Goo Moffatt, Miss M Pollock ; log cabin quilt, Mies McClelland let and 205; knitted quilt, Mrs McLennan lstand 2nd ; patch. ed quilt, Miss M Pollook, W 13 Ma. Oracken ; rag mat, a Proctor, F Baines; Berlin wool work raised, Miss McClelland; Berlin wool work, fiat, Miss McClelland, Mrs Godfrey ; sofa pillow, Jno Bone, Juo Fells; arrissne work, Mrs Godfrey; cot- ton stocking, Miss M Pollock ; card work, A Proctor, 0 Proctor & Sons; loather work, Mre Godfrey, W 13 McCracken ; pencil drawing, R J Mussell, Miss Mc- Clelland; hair flowers, Miss McClelland; embroidery on silk, Miss McClelland; ombroidery on linen, T Brydges, Miss McClelland; lace work, Miee McClelland, Mrs. Godfrey; twine lace, Mies McClel- land ; rag carpet, T Anderson, A Proc. tor ; collection ladies work, bliss Ilo. Clelland ; tidy highly r000mmauded, "Mrs McLennan. Best soleotions of musio on organ, Mrs Jno Coultes, jun., of Morris ; Miss Lily 1Saako, of Blyth. Best selection on violin, Duncan An- derson, East Wawanosh ; Alex Stewart, Mortis, Best song, J Lawrence, Belgrave ; Semi Welsh, East Wawanosb. S0DGEs, Horses, T S Brandon, Robb Scott and Jap Johnston. Cattle, Jas Fergnson, Grey ; Jno Lis- ton, Turnberry and Thos Oorbert. Sheep and pigs, Jno Cumming, Lonct- esboro' : Wm Snell, Clinton. Roots, vegetables and grain, Thomas Davidson, Grey ; Jas. Rose, West Waw- anosb and Jno hToMfllei, Blyth. Fruit, dairyproduop and manufactures, Jno Anderson, Belgrave ; W Sloan, MD, Blyth, and Geo Moffatt, Turnberry. Ladies' work, Miss AllieH Walsh, Mise Pintoul and Miss Louisa 5 Perdue. Poultry, II Elliott, Wingbam. Implements, 11 Davis, Wingbam, Chas. Wheeler, Morris. totrenuarral rel ls,.,. Incendiaries are causing terror in Charleston, S. 0. Over $700,000 of Louisiana State lands have disappeared. William O'Brien, M.P., is writing an Irish political novel. The Are at Butte, Montana, caused a loss of 81,000,000. Three hundred miners are starving in the Upper Yukon, Alaska. Fifty people were killed or injured in a railway collision in Italy. It is estimated that 8500,000 damage has been done by the great etorm it Mexico., The city of Coble, Mexico, has bene inundated and hundreds of families aro homeless. Gold.bearing quartz is said to have been discovered in the province of Can- ton, China. Au explosion in a Prussian colliery killed ten mon and injured many others, some fatally. 4 bogus medical college in New Hamp- shire has been selling diplomas at from 800 to 8800 each. Cretan Ohristiansare fleeing to the mountains, and the Turks are confiscat- ing their property. Riohard Robillard, a Minneapolis on. gineer, claims to have solved the problem of perpetual motion. Three young ladies of Morels, Mexico, who lost a fortune at the gaming table, have committed suicide. A train rolled oder a bank near Stutt- gart, Germany, Tdeeday, killing several and injuring many people. Six thousand Catholics at Munich have adopted resolutions favoring restoration of the Pope's temporal power. Cambria village, California, was destroyed by fire on Monday. Loss, 8125,000 ; insurance, 812,000. The Queen will be unable to go to Dab. lin in the spring. The Prince of Wales will be asked to open the Art museum. Rev. Frederick McLeod, formerly of Central Economy, N. S., has been ar- rested in Cimino on a charge of bigamy. The State workmen in the stricken Johnstown district, have quit work for good, and 1,000 men were paid off Tues. day. Some of the Democrats in the Fourth District of Itlassadhueetts are working for the nomination of John L. Sullivan for Congress. A smallpox patient hae been discover- ed in Chicago who travelled from New 'York to that city while suffering from that disease. The New York Times says the Grand Army of the Republic has undertaken the completion of the Grant monument at River -side Park. Experiments by a Parisian scientist have proved that daylight entirely miasma in the waters of the Meditterrauoan at a depth of 1,518 foot. A riot000urted at a T-Iungarian christening at Allport, Pa., Monday, during which one man was killed and several were injured. The United Statss.'Treasury Depart. mont has decided that bonnie imported from Canada and intended for use in a 0ireue andrnonagei'ieare not maitre from duty. In the whole Republic of France. there were only 882,000 births last year, and the number is diminishing at the tato of about d0,000 a year, The Dieince tleurte, however, aro kept busy. Titers 'were 4,708 deeteea granted in 1888 as &gaited 2,050 in the pi:0,1M s year. A Visit to Kingston Pelli;- telltial"y. Dit.tu Stn,—Thinking that a few linos from one who has always taken a dose interest in your widely oiroulated paper as well as in the flourishing town in whiob it is published would be of interest, I take this opportunity of gluing the readers of Tee PoeT the bene0b of my visit to that famous old prleou so famil• iarly known to almost every school boy in Canada, Oa the 1411, hist., in company with several other, I boarded the palace steam - or "Hero" et Deearonto, whioh is situated on the beautiful Bay of Quints, Hastings County. In a few minutes we were steaming away from the dock and leav- ing the busy town, with its many fac- tories, as well as the extensive lumber yards, in the distance. It was 8 a. m., and, alter a most delightful sail up tee Bay, we reaehed the picturesque town of Piotou, We were reminded of a beanti. ful landscape on canvas, and a subjoat that any artist might envy. But we were nob permitted to remain here long. and in a short time we were in sight of Glenna, or better known hero es the "Lake on tho Mountain," there being a large lake on tbo top of a steep hill, some 80 feet above the level of the Bay. It is regarded as a natural curiosity, About an hour later we pass into Big Bay, and the villages of Conway, Bath, etc., are reached, when, in the distance, smoke can be seen rising above us, and we get a faint glimpse of the old Limo Stone City. Die now 2:30 p. m. Some time before wo reach the city, however, the gray stone walls of the penitentiary are plain. ly visable from the upper dock of our vessel. The old prison that was erected in 1815 is on the water front, nearly a toile from the city proper, and from a distance resembles au Eastern city, sur- rounded by high stone walls, and, to- gether with its massive dome in the centre, strikingly inproesee the visitor of Jerusalem, the dome resembling the Turkish mosque so conspicuous in every engraving of that old biblical city. Well, in a few minetes wo approach the prison, and we oan distinctly observe from the upper look of the vessel sentries or soldiers with uniform on and rifle in hand slowly peeing those massive walls, which, we afterward learned, are from 0 to 10 feet thick, built of square cut lime stone, and from 20 to 30 feet high. The buildings cover several acres of ground. After landing safely at the dock we took a stroll about the city, sight sexing, until weary, when we resolved to take a cab and drive to those buildings that had so aroused our curiosity, and, not being eatisfled with an external view, we were bent on visiting the interior. We made known our wishes to the outerguard, who ushered us into a room adjoining the main entrance to the prison, and we were requested to register our names and place of residence, as well ae pay 25e. entrance fee. A word or two about the entrance to this gloomy place of punishment and I will take you, in thought, through the different departments. After passing through the grand arch which leads into the portal or entry room you are face to face with one of the officers, whose duty it is to know your business, eto., as well as to open and shut the two great iron doors whioh open into the prison yard, one is for carriages and the other for persona on foot. As we watched him open and close those doors I could not help comparing them to the gates of hell, if there be gates, or the Bestils, of France. The terrible clanging that accompanies the closing of them throws a chill over you. He is very expert at it, too, judg. ing from the rapidity he opened and shut them, notwithstanding their huge di- mensions. Presently the Warden (I pre- sume he was one of them) beckons us to follow him, and in a moment the smaller gate is swung open and we passed through with breathless silence, because we were passing over the same threshold that so many hundreds, yes, thousands of guilty convicts have tremblingly passed over since 1845, some of whom never to see the outside of the walla. again. We walked slowly across the yard and are at onto mingling with the convicts, some of them having to work in the gardens, which' aro very pretty, and' the gravel walks are kept in apple-pie order, as in- deed everything in oonneotion with the prison is, a model of 'cleanliness and order. WO fleet entered themachine shop, in whioh are from 50 to 100 eon. victs busily engaged with such work as la usually done ID a machine shop, and, were it not for the peculiar dress of the workmen as well Ile the nnusnal number of bonen yon could not distinguish -it' from any other machine shop', The con- victs are dressed in a material reeemb. ling grain bags, (dirty, white), with half of the cap, half of the smock as well as onepantaloon of a darker shade, whiolt. make a ridiculous centred. Each snit is stamped "13. P., A. 2," (liingoton Penitentiary, Section A. cell 2) or as the ease may be, and the life prisoners are stamped between the two shoulder blades, MI the flesh, There is a guard to every 12 men eo that you can readily elm that ft is a paying institution when they can keep ti foreman over every 12 men. But here ie where the punishment comes in. The convicts are not allowed to speak to one another except about their work. This rale applies to all. We next entered the quarry, where about 50, or leas, then write busily Weak- ing quarry lime stone into gravel for city make or purposes of the kind, Thoy were sitting eaoh on a heap of gravel that they had broken, with a small hammer In their halide. Each wore a saddened Maintenance as if all hope . of rc aiming their liberty had boon abandoned One old man with pelid ehealte and feeble stands sat looking intently en 119 Strang. ere, ae mucin as to say "Won't you ex. tend a helping Band to us." Tho scene Medusa out beams, To the right of him sat a boy of memo eighteen years, the, only one in that eootn, breaking etene, 12x diff not seem to oemprehend his poei. tion. It was earl to witness old age aml youth together in that gloomy prison raying the penalty of perhaps a ins. Ment r At of passion, Or an hour' a folly. T1s ojlieore informed OR that these men had to break 5 bueheIs of stone per day or be punished, what the punielameet consisted in he did not tell us. He said some of them can break the required amount of stone quite easily while ib took others "all their time." Of course I do not hesitate in stating that the majority of the convicts have a hard look in their faces, bub then there are many who could not beip but draw out your sympathy if there was a spark of' humanity in you. One man in the department just hinted et, pulled hie hat over his eyes as if to Bide identifloation. We passed through the oarpenter shop and tailor and shoe shop. The two lattes are in ono room with a raised platform down the centre, on which were several officers to watch the prisoners undertheir charge. While in these we weld see the dark, hard lines marked in many faces, as in other portions of the prison ; never. blteloss there were many bright and in- telligent fades to be seen, and who ap- peared above doing a criminal act. Oh, I thought to myself, there are many out- side of those walls who are blanker at heart than many of these poor fellows, The gong sounded over our Beads, and in an instant the nen were on their feet and threw off thole working &prone and made for the dining hall, which we next visited. It is a large square room, seat- ing aver 1,000, and in which all the con- viots (between 500 and 000) eat their meals. Long tables are set, extending from one side of the room to the other, 00 which are over 500 tits plates and the sante number of tin cups, whioh consti- tute the dishes for their supper. The cups are filled with the (4 pint), and they are allowed so much bread each, without butter, and that constitutes their even- ing refreshments. They didu't invite us to stay for tea, attd we didn't salt to stop. In the centre of the dining hall there are three high chairs erected ebove the table, on which are seated three officers of Her Majesty to keep order nue perfect silence at the tables. Not a word is allowed to be spoken while at the table as well as at work. Everything was in place and un- usually clean, although there was a rank smell of tin.. We visited this room about 5 p, m., just before tea time, and the caps were turned upside down, and everything was in readiness for the hungry prisonere as regards dishes, but how the poor crea- bares could make a square meat ou brown bread and tea, without sugar or milk, is a mystery to me, but could readily under. Amid why so many wore pale, dejected conatonaneee after learning what /they fared on, The kitchen adjoins the din- ing hall, and, of oourso, we took stook of all the kitchen utensils, which largely consisted of two or three large copper, circular boilers, capable of holding about 50 gallows each, in whioh their tea, soup, Moe was boiled. There were four or five convict cooks preparing tate tea, whioh pails.was dished out into twelve wooden pails, that one of our party mistook for swill There are two large church in these buildings, viz„ Church of England and Roman Catholic, The former has a grand pipe organ and the latter a cabinet organ. The ceilings in both are beauti- fully painted, similar to gonia of them in English cathedrals. Overs the windows in the English church were suitable Scriptural texts. The convicts meet in their respective churches Sunday morn- ing and evening. There is also a large library in oonneotion with the Peniten- tiary. Both churches have a good choir, made up of bad men of course. The women oonvicte are separated from the other sex in attending church, they oo. oupyiug an enclosed gallery, facing the minister, The.last place visited was the sleeping apartments, which to us ate. poured the most revolting in prison life. The bedrooms rise above oath other, five stories in height, forming a circular ; and each cell is about 2;) feet wide, or in other words by extending both elbows you may ouch either side of the walls. The bed consists of a bare mattress, fastened to the side of the wall when not in use, and when let down it fills the entire cell with the exception of about 2 feet at the foot. Bach prisoner is allowedas until 9 p.m. The windows of each bedroom are very small, with heavy iron gratings. Every oeil is numbered. The public is not ad- mitted to the asylum or women's depart- ment. However we had witnessed enough of Megaton Penitentiary to convince ns that it ie better, yes, muck better, to live honest, industrious lives, and not to for. get the good old proverb of Solomon, "A good name 15 rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor than silver and gold." After thanking the officer who em kindly escorted us through we. paased out the great door•arid once more breathed the free air of British liberty. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for your valuable space, I remain, Young faithfully, Deearonto, Sept 17. -R. 8. PELTON. Personal Paragraphs. J. W. Shattewas visiting at Blyth last week. , Miss Sinclair is away on a visit to Stratford. Mrs. B. Gerry is away to O1evoland on a pleasure trip. Miss Thompson, of Liman, fs visibing relatives in town. Miss Lizzie Jackson ie home from Toronto on a visit. Miss Pelton, of Atwood, was visiting Mrs, R. G. Wilson. Miss' Clara Thompson has taken a situation in Toronto, Herbte Cook is on the sick list this week, with pleurisy. Dirs. CAlbiek and Miss Ratcliffe spent last Sunday at Godoriob. Mra. Will, Ainley and Roy were away to Soaforth for a few days visiting, Barry Cormack arrived home on Thurs- day from St. Paul on a visit, Mrs. Spurt, of Toronto, is hero waiting on her daughter, Dire. G. 13, Howie. Moe. (Itay.) Devi(' Petrie returned homo lash week niter a 'short visit in Brunie, J. A. Morton, of 4Vioghttm, Was in town on Tlinrsday. Ifo was a judge at rho biteb Iltiron 1 aft, n James IS,endall and bride, of Toronto, were in Brussels and vicinity finis week spending part of their honeymoon. Mien E. kl. Kerr Ie home from an eight weeks' visit among old friends at Sarnia, Stratbroy, London and other planes,, George Fulton, of Harriston, was in town this week for a few days. He re- ports thinge going well in their town. Mr. Carvoth and wife, of Peterboro,' are visiting at W, II, IttsCraoken's, Mr, Carvetll is Mrs. Mo0reeken's brother. (Tilton llunter, who has been 111 for some time with a speoies of inflamma- tory rheumatism, is improvicg slowly. Mrs. Dark, of Godoriob, and Mrs, Hunt, of Clinton, were visiting Mrs, Harry Dennis and Mrs. Kirk this week. A telegram summoned Mrs. Ratcliffe to Bay City, Mich.. on Tuesday, as her daughter Mrs. E. Y. Tompkins, was not expeoted to live, Miss Barthel Alexander altived home last week from Essex Centre. IIer mother is much improved in health bat has net got bank to Ilrussele yet. Last Monday Stanley Anderson left for the Dental College, Toronto, where he will Durant) hie studies, Mrs. Anderson accompanied hint, They will return to Brussels next M,treb, all being well. P. W. O'Jirien, V.S., left on. Wedues. clay for Oniucey, Illinois. ile will likely go on to l5ansas. Mr. O'Brien is well up in his profeesion and will do well wherever he locates. Wo wish him sue - 00 W.e regret to abate that at the time of going to press there is very little hope of our little friend Allis Cormack recover. ing. The trouble is meningitis. She week. has beet a great sufferer for the past G. L. Ball, L. D. S„ and wife of Sea - forth, were in town last Sunday. Mr. Ball has purchased a prectioe in Toronto and will remove there about the middle of this month. Ho will retain his Sea - forth practice which will be in charge of B. B. Morris, a former 13russelite. Mr. Ball will also visit Seaforth monthly pro- fessionally. We wish him suaaes2 in the Queen city. Washington Letter. (Prom our llogular Oorrespondsut.) WesmxaTeN, Sopt., 27,'60, What faroes and tragedies are being continually enacted in the lobby of the Lower House of the National Legisle. tare. It is often said that the House, being a huge, unwieldly body, is in- capable of any business other than poli- tical, and all else finds place, if not at- tention, in the committee -rooms. The statement bears the essence of truth. And the committees ! They are made up, unless they aro Ways and Means or Appropriations, of the chairman and clerk. These two lemma at an early day "How not to do it," and the chairman, assisted by his clerk, gives his time to his own affairs. Apropoe of this inability to get down to deoisfvo work, and of the tragedies of the lobby wrought by the frequent in- justice of Congressional adjudication upon small claims, I remember a good story the late President Garfield was wont to relate. It was of an old woman who came to Washington with a claim dating back to the Revolution. The amount asked For was too small to tempt the lobby, and she followed it up herself. But years passed, and years with her were few and precious. Some- times the bill passed the House to be lost in the Senate. The little old lady followed the moasnre from Senate to House, from House to Senate. Sitting in one place, in either gallery, with her knitting in hand, she watched and wait- ed patiently cession after session, and waited in vain. One day Garfield caught at his advantage. The fatal objector was, for a wonder, absent. Gen. Gar. field in a lull of so-called proceedings brought up the bill of the little old lady, and in five minutes passed it to a law, He sent to page to his friend and client with the joyful tidings. Sbo dropped her knitting and fainted. They carried her tenderly to the committee -room of the District of Columbia and labored long to restore her to conseioueness. Bat the poor old soul, shocked beyond bearing by the good news, bad winged its High to abribnnal, where, let us hope, lobby- ists obbyists and Congressmen are alike un- known. Tsui Ying, the new Chinese minieter to the U.S., with his shite arrived in Washington Wednesday night. There were twenty-five in the party, inolnding the minister's wife and eon, a boy, twelve years old ; two maids in waiting upon the ladies, and Mr, Lee, . chief in. 'tsrpreter. The new Minister ie rather thickset with the features peculiar to his race. Hie wife is petite and quite pretty for a Chinese woman. She wore a gown of blue silk and her head was ornamented with beade. The Minister has never been abroad before, but has been connected with a college in Pekin. Chinese luggage looks queer in an American hotel, and the mein entrance to the Arlington, littered with boxes, baskets and packages, covered with straw and marked with red hieroglyphics preeeutod an unusual appearance at 10 o'alook at night. In ail, the legation. brought 127 pieces of baggage. The boxes or trunks were stamped in French, English and Chinese. All of the servants had baskets covered over with something Iooking more like fishing nate than any. thing else while the packages wets cover• ed with straw. In the lot were two bundles of large Oriental shade um- brellas. Two Chinamen, one holding a pieoe of paper with black Chinese letters . . on it, kept count to see that none of their luggage was lost or misplaced. None of the Chinese on the lower door spoke Iiinglisli, and there was soma little trouble in getting them all roomed. But ,natters wore seen straightened out under the direction of Lee, one of the attaches, a young, slim Chinaman, who woara glass, es, Looks like a student and talks Eng" fish very well, itis toe had that Washington's ttvo sots of early October gnosis should mitts earth other a preeenos here.. Thoy will of oven have a chance to say "How d'ye Number 12. do ?" and "Good-bye ?" The All Ameri. efts delegates will get together on the 2nd of October only to be started on their long jaunt over the whale 00uutry in a Pullman Parlor Car the next day. The - 3.nights Templar will begin coming to - town, twenty to fifty thousand strong for the groat conclave soon after the All Americas delegatoe quit it. It would be an interesting thing for our visitors from abroad to see what a repreeentative class of citizens aro gathered into the -great' benevolent fraternities in this country and what perfect freedom our people en- joy to band themselves together in secret saofeties without a shadow of suspicion of their loyalty to the government. Was there ever a time before in the history of the H. S. government, when a bureau chief's office, worth $5,000, went begging as the pension oommissionerebip had done since Corporal Tanner was lift- ed out afit? .Tile Stallion Raee. (Loudon free Press.) Tontine, the bay stallion from Clinton, is still the king of the turf—that is as far as Western Ontario is concerned. IIe won that title some years ago and main- tained it in gallant style on the Queen's Park track, London, Saturday afternoon by beating Moorelight, O'Neil d: Verge - son's black Kentucky bred colt—who has attracted so much attention among breeders of trotting horses in this dia. trlot lately—as well ae the 88,000 puree and a "heel" of outside money for his owner. Tho trot came off under the brightest of September skies, on a track that was in superb condition and before a crowd of about 800 turfman and lovers of horseflesh. A large delegation name down from the northern counties, and bhey at once adopted the Clinton horse as their favorite, while the local sports divided their opinions and put up their money between the two. A large amount of money changed hands on the ieeult, but not as mush by one.third as if the victory bad been on the other side. Be- fore the rase -clay odds of 8 to 1. were easily obtained on Tontine, and alarge pot of money was put up at that figure, but on Saturday, when horsomeu had an opportunity to see the two horses spurt- ing ; the odds were quickly reduced. Although the big horse was in exoell- ant condition, while the colt, which had only been in training for a short time, was not able to plots up his customary speed, many of his admirers feared that his rivet would chow the best staying powers. After the second heat old-time turfman were almost confident that the veteran was defeated, although he had taken the first two heats, and they were particularly satisfied in this opinion when they observed the old reliable Billy Penman, the Detroit trainer, behind the London stallion. The time madewas not nearlyeae fast as had been expeoted, as both owners claimed records in the forties for their horses. The judges were Messrs. T. D. Hodgins, of London; John Diamond, of Orkney, and Peter McGre- gor, of Brucedeld. A1d. Henry Dreaney anted ae starter. The first heat was a miserable one, and all the onlookers were more than sur- prised at the slow time made and the ease with whioh Moorelight teas defeated. Tontine drew the pole, and his driver, Johnston, pushed him to the front just after the animals bad been given the "go." The heat was never in doubt from that moment, and the bay passed under the wire a wiener by a couple of open lengths in 3.01. The second' heat was a very pretty one. The judges seemed to be a libtle inclined towards Beacom's horse, and gave him She advantage of the start by half a length. This he quickly inoreased to three or four lengths, when Moorelight broke at the head of the quarter stretch and maintained it until the three-quarter was reached, when the little horse com- menced to creep up inch by inch. Both were trotting magnificently. At the head of the final stretch Tontine lost his fest for a minute, but Johnston quickly recovered him. Penman was taking every advantage, and ina jiffy had his noble little animal at his opponents flank. The excitement became intense, and the backers of each yelled words of encouragement to the drivers of their favorites. Both were going at a forty pace, and when the grand stand was reached it appeared that the black was going to win. Both were pressed hard but Tontine went ander the wire the winner by a neck. It was then that the bankers of Ton- tine began to fear that they bad placed their money on the wrong horse, and those of Moorelight were correepondingly hopeful. "If Moorelf'ht wine this heat the race is hie," said 10110 knowing ones. Johnston persisted in endeavoring to get the advantage of the start, and it was not until the judges had signified their in- tention of making them go together that he desisted. This heat wee a worse one than the first, and was easily taken by Tontine, who maintained the load through. out. Following 10 the summary Matched stallion stake, nurse, 31,000-9600 aside; best three in five. John Beddow's b. h. Tontine, 1027, Ohaton O'Nei] & Ferguson's 01.h. elooreilght, 1 1 1 0697, Lennon 2 0 2 Tame Quatter. Etot. line, l irat heat....... 454 .1.24 - 8,01 Second heat 430 ee 2.67 Third heat 42 .106 2661 It is said that Gen. Dixwel, the wealthy Boston enthusiast, contemplates endowing a ohair in Harvard for the ad- vancomenb of baseball. Ono of the team of horses raexntly put - chased by .Jelin Sheridan, of Toronto, from Dr, Rutledge, of Lambeth, fell the other day tee Woodbine,treek and broke Oa neck, Wm. II. Eggeon, of Toronto, who loft a 810 forfeit at Gillnian's in Detroit, to swim a match with Walter G. Campbell, the Niagara swiatmer, lost his moneyy Monday, failing to put up the 340 ad- ditional decided upon for the Mee, Campbell how oltailongos the State to fdontoe backhimeoif with l0100 or 859e0.