The Brussels Post, 1885-1-16, Page 10
VOL. XII.
Grey 13ranah ,tgrieul1nrel ;l4elety.
The annual meeting of the fire
Branch Agricultural Society wall hof
in the Council Chemher, 13rnssols, n
Thursday al'terionn nf hast week
Tho President, James F'orgnron, ne
cupied the chair,
Tho annual report was rear] by til
Secretary lhowiug the receipts so
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JAN. 16, 1885.
NO. 28,
iiOt•11: PARLIAMENT. COMMUNICATION ala • 1st l tidily to each mo0111, 11
3' Thoregnl01 titeeliig of the above the. P,tleed heard.
Town Hall.
c1 Ludy assembled in lila Connell 1'1111)11- 1) 1 1
t 1
1 her on Weduesdny evening, the Speak -0(41 your . . 104' e1 would. almost in -
1 kr from your remar11 1'n last week's issue
01' 111 1110 chitil', After n few prohm- I that you endorsed the actions and general -_-_
Merles the speech fr.en the throne 1)laIlIlgo101ifll 111 44414' 1114 41 ]inard during Everybody 0011= ' 1
is Cna:.T. osx ,trnuul
was read. Itis las fnllutvs : --' th0 pant, f tem r.ur,• 440 eensibin Mau hero. Those wile 1100 tun stingy
flenldrnlrrr a' , _. L t Tl • 1 f I = Ll t •1 to
'u �ary L coir uvn, Beard when 11000 ,sc '
The Board then adjourned.
he valuation, A, .i . Shuttleworth, as-
sistant Superintendent of the experi-
mental department on -1. Artricul-
turel chemtstry applied on the farm.
2. Brnefte to be gained by 1a Gartner's
son °rem attelldence at an .1grioul-
i1 College, 11. Seleotione in breed-
ing, `There will be a number of short
O J the 1foek 14rlientent of Ilr)s- Sac1 t f l 1 'ribs burrow their neil,bburs,
✓ ae10 :
the past year to be $440.18 and the
expenditure $9.41.01, leaving a bal-
ance of $5.17,
It Was moved by \V. TI, bfcCraek•
en, seconded by Duncan MoLattehlin
that the report be adopted. Carried.
The election of 0-1110611i wile then
proceeded with and remitted as fol
lows :-Jaines Ferguson, Pres. ;Alex,
Stewart, Vice -Pres.; A. Gardner,
Wm. Smith, W. H. McCracken, A.
K. Robertson, Moe, 11icLanohlin, R.
Brown, Duncan NOLanchlin, Jno.
Hislop, and Alex. Forsyth, Directors
A. Stilleben and F. S. Scott, Audi-
tors. Danl. Stewart, Sec,-`Croas,
EAST WAWANOsn0
The annual meeting of the mein
hers of the E Wawnnosh Agricultural
Society was held in Belgrave on the
Oth inst. The following adore were
elected ;-President, John Robertson ;
Vice President, Charles Proctor;
Directors, Robert Reilly, Robert Cur-
rie, James Owens, Richard Stone,
house, Alfred Carr, Hugh Rose,
.David Geddes, Thomas Wiikineon-
and Adam Halliday : Secretary, Fin.
lay Anderson ; Treasurer, Charles
McClelland ; Auditors, A. Taylor, and
Hobert Armstrong. It was resolved
That a meeting be held on 11'hursdny,
22nd inst. at 2 o'clock pan. for the
purpose of taking into consideration
the advisability of starting a cheese
or butter faotorym Belgrave. Farmers,
cheese and butter manufactures are
requested to attend,
Allow 1no at the outset to cungatulato
you and tho ti„vm'4nleut to which w,1 owe
ellogiunne on the geminal prosperity that
has been enjoyed throughout the Dominion
daring the past year and to sxpres 1110
gratitude ]010]011 too all fool, that w0 1111,00
boon preserved from the thee toned inva-
sion of that dreaded epidemic, cholera, and
that, while other nations have been Packed
by internal tumults, pence has prevailed
within our borders.
Wo have abundant 0000e 201' congratuln.
tion also in who extension of our territory
in the West and the Northwest, available
for cultivation and settlement and in the
rapid and satisfactory propels made in the
building of our Groat National highway
' and tho generally satisfactory condition of
nnr domestic affairs.
It will not be expected that in the MU -
VOW limits of my speech, I can foreshadow
the Policy of tho Government during tho
session upon which we have entered, but a
few of the loading measures to come before
you will he enumerated.
Your attention will be called to Peti-
tion or Bill to bo laid before the Imperial
Government of England touching upon our
relatiene with the mother country, and set-
ting forth that while we are proud to be
ranked is one of the colonies of Great
Britain, we yet think the time has comp
when a more independent policy will prove
acceptable to the people of Canada, and
I trust that whale the weighty considera-
tion of this treasure receive your gravest
attentions that patriotism and love for the
greater federation will temper your judg.
me»t and enable ,you to arrive et just and
loyal conclusions.
Bills will come before you the objects of
which shortly stated will bo new legislation
and the amending of existing statues re-
garding -4, The National Currency. 2.
The office of Minister of Education, 3, The
abolition of the Senate. 4. The electoral
System. 5, The abolition of Go. Councils.
0. The protection of native industries. 7.
The sale of intoxicating liquors, 8. The
election of judicial of sere. 3. The jury
system. 10. The extension of the Canad-
ian Pacific 1?•ailway from Elora to Gnde-
rich. 11, The regulation of euow and wire
fences. 12. The exemptions from taxation,
13. The extension of the franchise, 14.
The abolition of capital punishment, 15.
Tho prevention of contagious diseases.
Various othoi measures found necessary
for abs amendment of existit-g laws will al-
so be submitted for your approval.
Tho estimates will be laid before you at
au early day, they have been prepared with
as much regard to economy as is compat.
ible with the efficiency of thepublio service.
I have directed that the public accounts
of the pest financial year shall bo laid bo.
foreyou,
W.11. Kerr moved the passing oi'
the Address aid it was seconded by
J. J. Denman in a neat speech. The
following members of the Govern-
ment then spoke ou tho Speech :-
Hon.: Memborsfor Suffolk, Glengarry,
Sunshine, Halton, and Peel, followed
7E31 -Ise -vase.
Tho Ball Jubilee Singers sing in
the Methodist Church next Saturday
night'.
Rev, A. Y. Hartley has been appoint-
ed as a delegate to attend the meet.
ing of the Dominion Alliance in Tor-
onto this month.
A $50 cote, belonging to Win. Wil
son, hong herself while trying to feed
through a loose board in the barn
and when found was stone deed.
J. Peterson, of the Royal, was taxed
$20 by Inspector Miller for lcoepiug
"open liar" on lnnnicipal ¢leaden day,
D. Dewar, n Scott Act refugee from
Halton, is said to be skulking in the
wilds of Morris, "Waiting till the
clouds roll by."
At the annual meeting of the Blue.
vale Cheese) Factory held last week,
the President in a short address con-
gratulated the 160 patrons and share.
holders present on the excellent show-
ing made by 111e fnotory for the year
lIotwitlletending 111e dryness of t110
seeeo 1, the 101)41 make had but slight-
ly decreased, while the patrons had
risen from 186 111 1883 to 150 1i 1884.
The season's make was but a fraction
short of 09 tons nf firet•alaes cheese.
Tho sales wore effected at better prices
than ever before since the establish.
141011 of the citatory, six yeals ago,
the average price being -a fraction over
110. The total amount of money
distributed lit this community by
means of thie industry was $25,000.
The old hoard of directors Pres., Soc.,
Trees., Auditors, 1Ca, were re-elected
by acclamation.
Walton.
The mortgage sale aunouneed for
Jan. 20th has been pos-poned until
Feb. 4111, at the eawe time and place.
The annual meeting of the Walton
Union Cheese and Butter faotory was
held in Biomes' hall, on Thursday of
lest week. Jonathan Moore, presi-
(lent, took the chair and after a few
preliminary remarks oalled upon tho
auditors to report, wvhfu1 they did as
j'ollows:-Amount of mills reooived for
year, 1,527,025 lbs., making 144,108
lbs. of cheese, an average of 10,90 lbs.
of milk to a pound of choose, for
whiell was received $15,094.3.0. Tho
average price per 1b. for sales wag 10.
88 cents and the patrons average price
was 8,38 Dente per ib. On motion
the report was adopted. The Pros.
idont then vacated the chair and Lout
is McDonald took it after which
the following direetors were gloat
ed :-M. Morrison, Tri. Ryan, Jona,
than Moore, Jno, Stafford and Geo,
Forrest. The meeting broke. up with
thanks to the old Board. Z. A. Leech
line been re•engaged as cheese master.
by members of the Opposition from
tho hon. members for Norfolk, James-
town, Seaforth, Walton, and Perth.
The address was carried by a majori-
ty of four Committees were then
drafted. A. Hislop and P. Scott were
elected all seats with the Opposition
and J. U. Mcli min tools his place with
tho Government. The Bill to bo
brought before The ITouse at next see -
slim will he the "Independence of
Canada.,'
Gra•eo'.
Revival services are in progress at
Whitfield's church, under the direc-
tion of Rev. R. Paul, of Ethel.
The municipal elections being over
things are settliug down, once More,
to their wonted stale of dullness.
George McKay, lot 34, con. 15,
had his residence destroyed by fire
on Friday night 1)4(1. 0111144 unknown.
The mall'illlouial fever still lingel'e
in the vioinity and there aro yet sev-
eral victims which we fear are very
seriously affected.
PaowISAN's ilils)t'rreo.--The annual
Meeting of Um (3153' Plowman's As-
soofatiou will be .held at Crapbrook
on Thursday eveeiug, Jars. 2214. A
large atteud11nc0 is desirable, as buss.
nos of impoetanCe will noire before
the meeting,
Grey Council will Meet, as poi
statute, ou ]Monday of next week. All
the old members will have Beate ab
the I3oard except Jno., Hislop. Mr,
Hislop le an old and . valued servant
of the township having spent over 20
yearn ill Connection with mi1111aipal
mutton) and richly deserves some re-
cognition at the hands of the electors
of Gtey.
Meeting of Toronto Aldermen and
Railwaymen considered a proposition
to construct a subway at the .King-
sll'ret West railway crossing,
are amain artily 11»1I1311 matters to 6o re -
forted to in his l,.,a,rur,•, it shows gloat
want 02 ability in tie• neat'il when 0o
member of it can aur a:, Seen -dory, Then
in cn.ploying the .;:au„ individual as Re.
turning Meer at school eleeti)14, when the
Vete is an open vete and by the vntu itself
shows, as last election, rather antagonistic
to the teacher himself Ile: would he droll-.
ing his day's tray a) school, at about 02.50,
and as returning 00.,4'1', probably 1,4 Marc.
Away with such management. lo it not
x110(11 t]n1e 1110 "1'10g" was broken ? if
the present Board carries en 80,11 a 001.1.00e
for'8i5 we will elcsin cut two inure of the
family ring, Yours, 400.,
A PAm4N7'.
Brussels, s, Ja11. 13th, 1,485.
BRUSSELS PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Tho following is the standing of
pupils for the seuier department of
who Brussels Public School, as ascer-
tained by a riuc'nt written 0xatnin4-
tion.
t3
41
8
01.-
0i PBi: �r ', 3 . o l0 o. 7O 14 a0i 0-
70' 1543 1', 73 70, f C )' 1-101 611
At Shaw, 75 65,76 50 6) 164'4')' 1115 007
10 MoLa.,oblin 7.5j?3,435. ,. that 11)' 114011.04
D Dnp 70;1 rt 4363734',):1''•0''71 470
Thos line ]:.tel, , 00;..,.'i, 70 047047)40.10,30 474
112 51em0. n 11'3 13 i 1- d 1175 8501.7 1 41 457
J Slowo,t, '7527] 61;21 (,14597440 455
.7IIutgo? '10,,,1 G. 57'71. • Tt)0:e sal
II 0108odze au, 0,1...'4 <. (3'7154 10'2; 412
Herr, !, 1.. 1) 4:4874, 8) 811,..123,40 518
lutorsnodlato 4511 Class,
G Rogers,
R Wynn,
Thos W)lson,
J MoNarguton,
Dr CornSr,
A Young,
It ROSS,
Jas. 'Thomson.
1 Iiuechtel,
sr. A:,natrong,
33 Gerry,
A Smith,
L limiter,
Wm McCracken,
11 Armstrong,
.0'1 )wn,
65
70
06
50
40
46
80
le
38
70
31
378)08,0073(433315 84,,119;05 45 105
58 43"9;8.1 7)100'110 10 40 470
84;0) I r., 63 0 1,00'4]'42 80 447
lS 36 BO FE6
181105110 71 03i40'117 40 866
8927141' 40 70,49'10,14 36 850
16'404400 00 3140'0) :9 80 333
,40 28 0452'30111 11 107
20 25;30'85 (5141)...116 37 268
04 21 23-:70 00'24 5]'00 85 200
0121
20 20 10'2) 00 87 10 15 10
3114 65 87110 15 30
15;84 70 87110... 80
8.11 00 284 4
0 30
011!.........1.........
10 12
40 18
215
243
220
64
147
81
a dal; =aY�A d
51.3,1g1818 1-2
4)
Mina Turnbull, 09;55'80 60,681711411-0 4r 51) 5.1
70dcite 14a'twlok, 70;811:111 11150 75'68 04 3300 1•) 58 6.7
Janet hunter, 44'18 8089 •F4 481)
Samuel P ant, 73;50'62 03 32 41:50 25,1) 10 05 58 485
Mabel Jal:kaon, 4000,6013'001711.452) 255 478
Nellie 130 ins,_ 41',4'1!7057'417547',08216 473
Haotle nesters,51 71 03 37 47 70140 20 22 42 108
AC MoNaughten, 18 511,'... 43'73170;00 40 31 50 427
win 1litoil7o, 0 70.20 4(-864051 30 30 27 54 427
nittiea Burgess, 0)43501 ?l05'7;''�1 .l,°1065 408
Lon19 Jaek0on, 50 7.91.,, 304100'30 10 0:) 40 827
n Alexander, 10 41'40 07-22175'45 .-. 1•' 00 078
Prank 8 trotton, 4349 .,. 41;10'40 00202042 868
Maggio Stewart, 00 51-2x._ J4 07 01 2) 20 60 801
A rltomp: on, 35 0') 4 1) 81105i0) 30 10 40 0.11
33ressols School Board.
Tho regular meeting of the above
Board was held on January 18th,
1885.
Dr. Hutchinson and ]ire. J. R.
Smith havigg taken the declaration
of office took their scats 41t the board,
]All the members pee47nt except Jt
\Nilson.
Newel by W, 1t. Wilson, seconded
by F. S. Scott, that E. E. Wade be
chairman, Csrried.
Moved by F. S. Scott, seconded by
Di. Hutchinson, that the School
Board be divided into subcommittees
viz. -Property, Finance and Educe.
tion, and that the chairman appoint
these-cowmitt'c s. Carried.
Moved by Dr. Iltttchinson, second.
ad by F. S. Scott The!. the parents of
those children who did not comply
r
with the law (luring the year 1884 bo
notified by the Secretary, to attend
tho next meeting of this Board, aud
state the cause 0117,3' certain of their
01111(110n did not 01111111)1 .1001 its per
statute. Carried,
Moved by F. S. Scott, seconded by
W. 11. Wilson, that John Shaw be
Sec.•'Irees. of this Board] at a Kiln's(
of $30 per auunni Carried,
Moved by W. It. Wilson, ooconcled
by F. S. Scott, that James Oliver bo
caretaker at a salary of $00 per an-
num. Carried.
Moved by W, 13. Wilson, seconded
by F. S. Scott, that 11, Gorry's Be -
count of $19,74 be pail), Carried.
Moved by Do. lfntohinson, ,second-
od by W. 11. 'Wilson, flute we navel,•
tied in Tem Pose and by posters for
tenders to deliver at sollool house 56
'cords of green wood, 2 feet long ; ton -
dors received until 1st Friday in Feb-
ruary ; wood to bo delivered on or
before the lst of May. Carried.
It was agreed that: he regular meet-
ings of tho Board would be Hold on
\Vat, Nelson, the yuuig :.all. 111-
jur'ed 1n Deputy ltesvo 3lilul,'s miler
flouring 11111), i'• doing as well as could
ho
hext,pecte=] ward will pull through all
rig
Win, Milne 1.3 not going into the
ow -log bueiuu s this winter liicu he
diel other years as lie has a large
stock of lumber 0u hand nolo. The
still will he kept going for some time,
however, with cnstum sawing,
Geo. Dobson and Alex. Robertson,
pupils of our public school, passed
the entrance extuninatiou to the High
School at Seaforth. Tho first ineu•
tamed tools 445 marks, and the latter
800. 310 was the necessary pass
1n1Lrk,
The arrangement of our snail mat-
ter sides the alteration of the trains
does not give satisfaction as our let-
ters and impure from the west aro a1.
ways a day behind now. We hope
the spring will usher in a change up
ou the program.
The little son of Wm. Spence's,
who was badly frightened by a dog
some time ago and from the fright
became partially paralysed, is still
quite helpless, although the brave
little fellow makes every effort to help
himself. The trouble appears to he
in the spinal cord.
At the regular meeting of the Child-
ren's Temperance Union, held here,
Jan. 8th, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term ;-David
Tindall, President: Eliza A. Tindall,
1st V. P. ; Rebecca Spence, 2ud V. P. ;
Alex, Robertson. Sec.; Mary Lang,
Teas.; Alton Willis, Conductor;
Bertha Fogal, Assistant Conductor ;
Mies Carter, Chaplain ; Addle Milne,
S. S. ; -James Robertson, 0. S.
Managing C'lmmitLee :-E. H.Totnp-
kins, E. °ober, Isaac Lake,
HBrnt•on 4.Jotaultg" otsete.
Tho minty S. S. Association holds
its annual meeting at Seaforth, on
the 10111 enol 11th of Feb.
James Beamish, (of Beamish-
Matnes notoriety) did not live long to
eujoy his release from prison, (1s he
died on Mondry oveniug of last week.
An effort arcs 111840 to secure the re-
lease of hie sons just long enough for
them to attend the funeral, but it was
not granted.
E. Floody, of who Beo Hive News
Depot, Clinton, offered .$5 as a prem.
ium to the person gues6lug nearest the
number of beans iu 0 glass jar in his
establishment. There were 4,856
benne in the jar, and Mise Ella Coats
gained the prize by guessing 8,800.
Oyer 800 people guessed,
The regular meeting of the Huron
Medical Association took place at the
Grand Union, Clinton, on the 0th
inst., and was one of the most inter-
esting and successful meetings yet
held. There were present Die. Sloan,
Young, Taylor, (tnun, Elliott, Nichol,
Campbell, Williams and Worthing-
ton. It being the annual meeting,
el, oticu of officers for the ensuing
year resulted as follows :-President,
Dr. Tto3do', Goderioli ; Vico Pres„
Dr, (lien, \Vingham ; Sec Dr.
Worthington, Clinton. Some exceed
ingly iutereetiug uses were present•
ed for examination. Ono of a boy of
8 years, who lied onsiped diabetes,
and was reported to have imaged 24
pints of urine in 24 hours, Ono of
epithittune of the tongue. One of
fibrinous tlni0n of both shoulder joints
iu the s,.me pers0n. One of epilepsy,
with loss of ep00011, nod one of pleur-
itic effusiou, which had filled nearly
the whole of the right chest, but - re-
moved by absorption.
lineortaht to Formers.
A Farmers Institute will be held
in the Town Hall, Clinton, on Toe -
day and Wednesday, 20tH and 21st
January, when Prof. Mills, M. A.,
Presidont of the Outeri() Agricultural
College, will deliver addresses on
various subjects connected with the
theory and practice of improved hus-
bandry. J. Hayes Penton, M. A„
Professor of Geology and Natural
Ilistory will be prepared to give pa.
pets on any of the following subjects,
viz :•-1, The soil, its origin, forma-
tion and 01088166tjon, 2, Science in
cattle feeding, 8. Manures and the'r
pithy, 101110110aal papers from local
men (01 cognate subjects which will
be of much iuturest and profit to the
faring]); community.
eadaltr(lirtrl 1?d44•4W]t1.
3;00]100111 111 threnteuod Wi111 1111 111
1111,10.14011.
Sunday was Sir John 11ned:,nnhl'a
70th birthday.
S. Notdou, M. 1' P, of St. Catb-
alines, was married on Wednesday to
Miss L. Chishelul, of that city.
No horse bred outside of the Un-
ited Kingdom will be permitted to
contend for the Quoen'e Mate In Eng-
land.
Louts ICeucher, of Guelph, fell into
a vat of het liquor at Hollingors
Hanover tannery and wile severely
burned.
The vote on the question of annex-
ation to the city was carried un the
5th inc.tin Parkdale by a majority of
seventy-six.
A Niagara Falls hotel -keeper is re-
ported to have come into a fortune
of thirty thousand dollars by the
death of a brother in Colorado.
The election in Sanbury county, N.
B., on Friday for the vacant seat in
the Etouse of Assembly was won by
Glasier(a Government supporter).
The two Canadians who were ac-
cused of complicity in smuggling but-
ter and other articles into Buffalo on
Christmas eve were discharged on
Saturday.
Gee. D. Hawley, ex-111.PP.. and
W. T. R. Preston, Secretary of the
Central .Reform Association, were in-
jured in a carraige accident Monday
evening.
Partial returns from different towns
in &sex eountyincdioate that the ma-
jority against the removal of the gaol
mid court house from Sandwich will
reach 2,500.
E. W. Johnston, the well-known
o.thelete, stepped into a hole in the
sidewalk and dislocated his ankle.
This will of course prevent his going
South with D. C. Ross.
A Winnipeg telegram says : Coal
from Crowfoot Crossing, tested on
Saturday at the Canadian Pacific
Railway' yards, proved far more sue-
cessfal than was at first expeotod.
Alf. Balser and a party of L3ami1-
tou sports had a good day's heating
aL Carlisle on New Year's day. They
succeeded in bagging twelve hares,
which is considered a pretty fair day's
shooting.
A.t a nieetiug held In Ingersoll on
TllursdLty last a polo club wile form-
ed, under the name of the Ingersoll
Polo Club, with the following officers:
-W. C. Neon, president ; George
i3.
White, vice-presiclont ; J.T. Chris -
(011, 01000011•,• treasurer ; manage-
ment committee, 3. 0. Matheson, C.
W. Saunders, Cl. Sherman, 11. Ma-
lone, and R. blcCaron.
In regard to the recent decision of
the Hamilton magistrate, Oxley vs.
two members of the Salvation Army,
itis necessary to state that the ovi-
denee was as follows :-That the pre-
soeutor stood in the centre of the
side (four -foot) walk, oousognontly
jostled ta1aiuet the defendants and
others in the army ranks as they
marched along. From the facts as
shown in evidence the .Magistrate dis-
missed the ease against the defendants
aid fined the prosecutor.
A shooting match took plane in
Wardsville on Monday last for au
0y8ter slipper, Mo ssr's, (lady and Wil-
son, the respective proprietors of the
two huteie in the vi111aga, being the
captains, Nine picked marksmen
were chosen on each sidle. The Cady
men, after LL ke0ulyeoutosted firing,
succeeded in defeating their oppon-
ents by 24 points, the Bore etonding
200 to 283 out of a possible of 285.
The supper was, therefore, held at
Clay's, the Victoria Rouse, on Tues-
day night. After the cloth had 140011
removed, and whilst in the midst of
the festivities, James Wells suddenly
dropped dead in his chair while play-
ing the tamborino for the entertain-
ment oftbe company. Deceased was
aboutforty.o1ght years of age, and
had only resided in'the village a short
time, where ho had purobased proper-
ty, and was universally rospeotod.
Heart disease is 00pposek to Have
been the cause of hie death,