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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1883..
IMcDEAN BROS., Publinhers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
England's
33.Y
While tra
often fell in
Salvation Ar
opportumtie
methods, an
with their o
pose to give
wonderful
Pe ouliar Institutions.
NEW ENGrLANDEU.
elliag about England I
ith detachments of the
y. I had many excellent
for looking into their
fon becoming acquainted
anieatione I do not pro -
a detailed account of this
oldiery. SD much has of
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late been wr tten about them that most
readers are ecoratug weary cf the sight
(if their na it, end.would be sure to
turn from a y paragraph headed with
it. I first fed in with the cohorts of
the Salved° Artny at the old city of
Chester, so e twenty miles away from
Liverpool. , hi n is a most quiet place.
Talking with-hboots" at my hotel about
the recreati4e resources of Chester, he
said there 413 n� theatre or any other
place of pub it atausement in the city,
1
and that the only thing in the way of -
amusements to be found. in the city at
that time was the Salvation Army.
This was rather i an irreverent way of
putting it. T ha. not long to wait for
an opportun ty a seeing something of
the army.
hubbub in t
rushed to th
cordant sounds of vocal and instru-
raental "magic" filled the air; the rank
e idalvatioa Army, with a
joule spectators, filled the
. here were posters out
for a gran ha lelujah, blood a.nd.'fire
evening meeting, and the daylight par-
ade was an advertisement of it. It
reminded me a little' of the morning
parade of the °kens which was to give
an evening sow i or the gaud entree
into some quiet town of the Menagerie
whieh was • te unhage all its manifold
attractions under the shadow of canvas
when the evening should come around.
In the evening I went to the great Sal-
ved= Army meeting. It was held in
the largest hall in Chester. This hall
was a great Shell of a bu•ildlog, that had
been erected. for • some seculanpurpose,
for which it was no longer wanted, and
it had been seized upon by the army for
the reason thavii afforded large seating
capacity at a ver cheap rent. In all
the towns and ci les which are by the
Salvation Army esieged it lays hold of
the handieet aeacimmod ations of this
class, without the elightest regard to
the associations ;which cluster around
the baildings thus utilized. In fact the
army rather like to take up with quar-
ters that have been occu.pied by shows,
amuses, theatre companies, and the
like, since it believes that the crowds
that have been in the habit of thronging
them for play my be easily led to come
tothem to pray The meeting was order-
ly, but very enthusiastic. The speakers,
male and female, were apparently deep-
ly in earneat. The exercises consisted
of singing, speaking and praying, spon-
taneously intermixed. There was not a
moment's pause in the flow of gospel,
exercises during the three hours of the
meeting, and no thoughtful person
could help respecting the workers and
their methods, for an unmistakable air
of sincerity was constantly prortainent.
I need not describe these Salvation
Army meetinga m.ore in detail, since in
most eoints they bear a wonderful re-
semblance to the prayer and praise
meetings of our New England Metho-
dista, a ela,ss of imeetings with which
many of my reader's are familiar.
I next fell in with the strong regi-
ments of the Salvation Army in the
mighty city of Ilfondon. Elere I woUld
pause, as I travelled its long, densely
erowded streets to listen awhile to the
songs 9,nd exhortations of these earnest
street workers. A vacant lot, an open
- square, any wayside chance to hold a
street meeting, would be quickly • util-
ized by them. ,I have often seen the
marching ranka of a detachment of the
army suddenly halted 41 a spot' in the
heart of London,- where a' religious
meeting had probably never before been
held, and where none but such out-
door, rough and ready workers tre these
would ever think of holding such a
'meeting. The leader would fall upon
his, knees upon, the dusty and hard
pavement,and (lifer up a fervent prayer.
Then the little Moody and Sankey -like
singing books would fly open, and songs
el worship and praise would be sung
with the most intense earnestness.
After the song would come the exhor-
tation, given with a fervor and a power
of the lunge that would hush the noise
aroind or rise above it, and enchain the
attention of the most indifferent casual
listener These short services ended,the
little army "weluld strike its tents," fall
into line and march on to other
fields. 1
I again lingered, to observe the me-
thodg of this wonderful army in the
-heart of the manufacturing districts of
England. At Keighley, near Haworth,
in Yorkshire (the home of the Brontes),
as I sat writing in the coffee room of
my inn, I heard an unusual noise in the
street under roh window. Word rea.ch-
ed me that the Salvatioia Army was
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omit heard an unusual
e streets. in the. inn
do rs and windows. Dis-
and file of
rush of en
narrow stree
from 12 or 15 to 80 or so, mainly work-
ers in' tihe vast machine shops and
woollen factories in that vicinity. May
of these! persope "fad been persistent
patrons jpf the beer houses, and now
clothed in clean and comfortable gar-
ments, and with facee lighted up with
an interest in all naatters relative to
their noise departure, they are for the
first tircie in their lives taking part in a
religioue demonstration. The -Motley
throng 4f marebers halted in a little
schiare in front of the inn. They group-
ed around their officers, male and fe-
male Captains and Lieutenants, and
forming the centre of a dense gathering
of the populace, hushed the 'strains of
their matley band of players, and lifted
their vaices in song-, prayer and praise.
These street marches and street prayer
meetings are mainly advertising mpve-
intents, which point the crowd and • lead
the way to great in -door evening' raeet-
ings, nightly held at Keighley, in the
great hell controlled by the Army.
There is this mark of peCulierity
about a 1 the movements and methods
of England's Salvation Army: As writ.
Lt and. described they seem ols-
ble, even a,bsurd, to rnost intel-
mericans. Seen by any thought-
ligent American they win his
his confidence. To understand
and appreciate the work and ways pf
this organization, one must see the
ten abo
jectiona
ligent A
ful, int
respect,
comalg, Ali in the hotel, from boots to
"Miss," the landlady, dropped their
work and rushed oat. The regiment.
went marching by in in the moat formal
array; every msin„. women and child in
the procession Wearing a serious, deter-
mined expression—an air that meant
baldness, though there were features of
that processioni that would seem rich- ,
(mimes when deecribed. At the head
marched a resolute looking man of the
working class in a „simple Salvation
Array uniform. -Near him walked his
etaudead-hearer, carrying the colors. of
the Army. Nett came: a band of Music,
made up of twenty or thirty • inetru-
merita, of one kind, and all grinding:
out tanea of the most miscellaneous char-
acter. The instruments. were a cheap
sipeoies of encordeons. Each musician
piayed ita. he pleased, the only object
being to keep. the accordeons going, and.
to make as much: noise with them as
possible, In the. ranks of the Keighley
Salvation: Regiment were men and wo-
meu, boys and giela in ages ranging
Army i
enemy
I soon
the citi
motion, at work, and see the
pon which its guns are levelled.
iscovered,as I travelled threugh
s and ruralalistricts of E °gland,
among her artisans and agricultural
laborers, that we have in the United
States no classes like them. Long
years of serf -like labor, besotting habits
of beer- rinking, the patronising of de -
gradin and stupid classes of amuse-
ments, poverty, ignorance and hope-
lessness, have Sunken, them into a
slough 6f misery and death -in -life from
which the startling summons of the
vigorouS, practical, irresistible Salva-
tion Arry can alone rouse them and
lead th m out into a better life. As. I
wandered through these English mann-
facturiog districts noting the abject and
hopelet,s condition of the great bulk of
the ope
that t
manufa
fine raechineryfor the making of fabnes,
turned but by the weary hands of these
poor atitihans, ought somehow to insure
them ore peritonal comfort— more of
the goo
hall m
Keigh!
much t
tended
speake
vigoron
tures o
acter possible, while there was ever in
attendance a crowd only limited by the
capacity of the hall.
I have no intention of presenting may
full Salvation Army statistics. They
have already been widely circulated by
the press. General Booth is to -day fall
of his Ilium for future campaigns, al4
,Exeter Hall, before an audience of ve
thousand. persons, helas just declared,
that his army holds itself, responsible
for the salvation of the whole world,'
He has working to -day in London alonel
thirty-two corps,with a Sunday evening
attendence of over 34,000 persons,. an
Ire is at this moment planning to sen
his officers to India, to Australia,to the
Cape, o Sweden; in fact to send the
every here.
C. B. T.
South-western. The population is a
mixture of English, Americans, Cana-
dians, Scotch; Irish, Norwegians and
German Jews besides a few • cqlored
people thrown in.
Da,kota-is the best kind of country for
-farmers. • The soil is rich and very pro-
ductive, and as railroads are being built
in every ,direction through the tereitory,
there will Boon be no more diffionity ia
getting to a market, than there ih now
in the county of Huron. Dakota is not
a second edition of Iceland bt- any
means. During the summer the days
are very warm,but the evenings delight-
fully cool, and grow cooler as thenight
passe& Then in the winter the air is
so Ary arid bracing that the most ex-
treme cold has no other effect Uwe to
exhilarate a person to a wonderful
degree. The far famed Prairie blizzards
are not of very frequent occurrence, but
when they come down in full force, even
the greatest Dakota "boomer" will ad-
mit.that they are "terrors." I Iniagine
the mercury at from 400 to 55 0 below
zero, and a wind, blowing which shakes
the houses to their foundations, the air
hall of exceediiigly fine snow and no Bun
shining. These blizzards are the only
drawbacks to Dakota, and they so sel-
dom make their appearance that they
should deter no one from coming
: -
The Legislature makes large annual
appropriations fpr the purpose of • grad-
ing and improvieg public highways,
which promise in course of a few years
to become almost as good and firm as
the raa.cadarnized roads of the east.
But the prop'. of the pudding is in the
eating, so come and try Dakota with its
clear bracing atmosphere and fruitfal
soil. There ie room for all.—Yours
truly,—SEAFORTHITE.
relives, I could not but think
e vast products of beautiful
ctures in the way of fabrice,and
things of life. The evening
etings of the Salvation Army 'at
y and vicinity, were of pretty
e same character as those I at -
at Chester. Here, as there, the
s were full of ardor, the singing
s and earnest, and all the fee.
themeeting of the liveliest char-
Canada.
The Central Prison now contains
328 convicts.
—There are 159 women confined in
the Mercer Reformatory in Toronto at
present.
—The 12th of March is the date fixed
for the retunn to Otteiva of R. H.
Princess Louise.
— The Hon. Dr. Schultz has not re-
covered sufficiently to be able to occupy
his seat in the Senate.
—Mr. Owen Hitchcox, Perin with
his ticket 6,891, drew an even hundred
dollars at the Lendon lottery.
— An Ottawa grocer has been fined
$20 for treating his friends to whisky
down in the cellar.
—Jas. Cowan, Esq.; of Clochmohr,
will hold his annual sale of pure-bred
short -horn stock on Thursday, 15th
March.
—A colored man named Iturman,had
his arra sawn off by a circular saw at
Smith's wood yard in Hamilton Satur-
day evening. °
—A few days ago an infant a few
days old and of decidedly 'diminutive
proportions, wee found on the doorstep
of an estimableoitizen of Thorndale.
—The Wonaan's ChristiauAssociatio
of Toronto is doing excellent work. Th
home on Duke street is a marvel o
comfort and cleanliness. ,
—The County Council of 1Wel1ington
has refused to vote 81,000 tollre Provin-
cial Exhibition, to be held this year in
tario, 42; Quebec, 20 ;Nova S
Guelph.
—The storm predicted by Professor New Brunswick, 6; Prince
Wiggins of Ottawa, did not put in an Island, 4; Manitoba, 3; Britis
appearance on Friday the 9th. The bia, 3.
day showed . remarkably fine winter —The representative of the
weather. Valley in the Commons and Sex
neA. Montreal manufacturer a few shortly wait on the Governm
days ago received an order for several ask for an appropriation to cp
sets of harness from Long -King Sing. the construction of a large ea
China a thcusand miles inland ,from necting the waters of the Georg
Sharghai. with the Atlantic sea board, vi
--A down freight train thatleft Shan- and SteLawrenceriver.
nonville at 5:30 Saturday afternoon - A lady living in St. Ca
when about one mile from Tyendinaga who is about 90 years of age,
station got twepty-one cars off the track, received a legacy from the 01
several of the ears beiug smashed. of $10,000. Happily, says th
-Wm. Welsh, of Oakville, for a vio- she is able to enjoy her good
lation of the Scott Act, ha.s been sen- being in the best of health and
without the option of a fine, this being as a bee in June.
—The Algoma Pioneer sta
tenced to two monthshimprisonment
the third time he has been convicted. the oldest inhabitant reale
—The Rev. Mr. Straith, recently of such depth of snow as exist
Paisley, has received id call from the woods this winter. ddush w
united congregations of Shelburne and but impossible, as the depth
Prinarose, in the Toronto Presbytery. completely buries the largest t.
—Mr. Bailey Harrison of Tileonburg, out, down.
JOhnson, a wealthy f
A salary of $1,000 is offered.
has issued a challenge to metal the Southwold, near Fingal, owns
well-known champion setter,: London, white mild -eyed 'steer weighi
against any dog in the world for from lbs., and standing fully nine 9 f
$200 to $1,000 a side. Mr. Johnson is very fond of hi
—Hon. JET:leS S. Macdonidd,menaher and rather than part with him
of the Legielative Council of Nova fused some liberal offers.
Scotia, has been disqualified, and forced --The blocked -up roads caus
to vacate his seat in the Council, he hate a famine in oats in London.
ing become bankrupt., brought in Saturday by a Lob
—The Galt churcheg have'petitioned was collared, the buyers co
the town c,ouncil to be allowed the use half a mile out on Talbot stree
of the town bell on Sabbath, promising the sleigh arrrived on the mer
to pay all expenses connected with the as many buyers as bags on it.
ringing thereof. it was bought at $1.20 per 100
Fargo, —D akot a.
Far o is a town about the size of Sea -
forth, situated on the west bank- of the
Red 'er of the North, and directly
opposite Moorhead, Minnesota, • The
two cities are at present connected by
the Ndrthern Pacific railroad bridge and
a small Pontoon bridge. The two eities
are preparing to build a new wagon and
foot beidge the corning season, to cost
26,0001dollars. The Northern Pacific
Railway are also about to begin a hew
iron bridge.
The city is lighted by electric light
supplied Mainly from a tower 180 feet
high, situated as near the centre of the
city es possible, and still illumin-
ate the principal streets, which are
Broadway and Front streets. In ad-
dition to this central light there are
numerous private lamps placed evitr
doorways of business houses. A great
many of the principal atores and whole-
sale houses use this beautiful light. The
sidewalks are very poor and being lower
than the roads in a great many places
I are covered with mud in the spring, and
' during rain weather.
Fargo is the terminus of the Dakota
and Minnesota divisions of the Northern
Pacific railway, and here are situated
the steel rail cutting and the repairing
shops of the company. • The yard runs
parallel with Front street for some dist
tance and crosses Broadway near its
junction with Front.
_The principal industries here are the
oar- wheel. and iron works, and the
Roller flouring mills. To these is spoia
to be added a paper mill. There are
three daily papers, two morning and
one evening, besides several weeklies.
One or two of these weeklies are pithltsh-
ed in the Norwegian, language for the
:benefit of 'the people of that nationality
living inDakota,of whom there are e great
number. There are a great many
telephones in use in the city, and: we
have connection with Moorhead Ity the
same means. The Red River cif the
north pupi,liee the city with water which ,
is drawn through an excellent system
of waterworks. There are three large
hotels, the Sherman house, Head -
Quarters and Continental. The latter
is painted outside 'With alternate atripes
of red and white, and presents rather a
striking appearance. The proprietor of
this fancy hostelry also wears p, red
necktie, which is rather unbecomtng his
florid complexion. The railroads are
the Northern Pacific, the St. Paul Min-
neapolis and Manitoba, and Farg,o and
•
when found an hour afterwardt • was
still standing in the snow 'With tae axe
reliting under his arm.
—Mr. Jos. Bauers, of Salem, ei,ho is
a good Catholic, and prides himself upon
upwards, of a hundred years ago, A
few years since the deceased was al-
most totally blind, but of late he re-
- •
eeived his second sight and was able to
travel for several Miles onloot, up to
the strict observance of the rule e of this lyithin a few weeks of his death.
church, boasts the possession el a re- —The Peel Cheese a,nd Butter Com-
triener, which is so well trained that he pany manufectured last season 648,87.5
won't eat meat on Friday. G-ood dog
that.
—It is said that the Minister el Cus-
toms has decided to remit the duties on
the 30,000 hushele of wheat destroyed
by the recent burning of Davies' brewery,
preeedent having been established in
the case of the Hon. John Carliug.
—Mr. Peter McCann, of Esehesing,
county of Halton, one of the oldest resi-
dents in that part of the couiatry,died last
week at e good old age. For over 5
he lived On the same farm.
formed his settlement duties on
now Main street, Acton.
—Hon. Capt. E. White, of St. Johns,
Newfoundland, has just retire from
the sealing business with an ample
fortune. During the twelveyear of his
operations the steamers under h s com-
mand captured an average of 25,000
young seals annually,valued at $7 0,000.
—On Saturday evening J. Go Id, an
old track servant, aged 65, was alking
over the Smith -Creek Bridge, three
miles weet of Paris, on the G derich
branch of the Grand Trunk, w he
was overtaken by a freight
instantly killed.
—Geary Bros., of London to
have now on their farm, 5th con
a herd of 103 thoroughbred bla,c
cattle, recently imported. Of th
ber 60 are belle, and the rest co
heifets. It is the intention to
bulls to Chicago in the spring.
—Several of theSt.Thomas loc
taliste are forming a joint stock c
for the manufacture of bronze
ments. It is claimed by the pr
that these monuments will be
able as marble, and can be man
ed. much cheaper.
—The Brant -avenue M thodist
Church, Brantford, have unanimously
and officially expressed a desi
the Rev. Manly Benson should
another year with them. Mr.
two years' work in Brantford is
ing creditto his usefulness.
--A short time since, Joseph
of Kingsrnill, sold a cow to a
for the nice sum of $56.
eleven year-old, and gave mi
within nine days of the sale
amount of twelve pounds per d
amount of beef was 670 pounds,
—Mr. Mainwaring near
burg, has commenced ostrich
on a small scale, five birds at
They are reported healthy an
well, and are uow laying. Mr
waring is going to employ an i
to assist in the hatching process
.11
years
O per.
is
Is
trent and
nship,
ession,
Angus
nam-
e and
ip the
1 capi-
mpany
monu-
motors
s dur-
factur-
e that
remain
enson's
stand-
tevens,
utcher
he was
k until
to the
y. The
Harris•
arming
resent.
doing
Main-
cubator
•
—Mr. Lindsay Russel, Deputy Min-
ister of the Interior, met with
accident on Monday. While
his cutter capsized, and he was
violently to the ground. Whe
up it wee found that one of his
severely 'fractured. ,
—The uinety new members of the
Dominion Parliament are di tributed
among the Province« as folio s :—On-
otia, 12;
dward
Colum -
serious
•riving.
thrown
picked
egs was
V 9
110
00
—Mr. Reuben Sparks, of East Flom- —Some of the tall men at
boro, has juet completed a delivery of la Prairie are :—W. J. James,
barley at a Hamilton malt house, of 620 Roland Brown, 6 ft 4 in.; Ja
bushel, the product of 14 acres, price Donald 6 ft 4 in.; J. J. White,
63 (tenni per blishel.
—On Saturday two Walkerton lads
hung on a sleigh which brought them
ten miles out iato the country. In re-
turning they walked five miles before
they came across another sleigh which
con.veyed them back to town.
—Three hundied Boards of the
Canada Methodist church have re-
ported upon the basis of union up to
Tuesday. 277 fever the basis, and 23
voted against. The aggregate votes are,
for the hasis, 1,498 ; against, 565.
—Mr. Allan Grant, of Ottawa, lost a
fine team of horses during the month
of June last, in the Mattawa district.
The animals were fund last week alive
and well. They milat have lived on
boughs during the winter months,
—A young man named Dobson, of
Oxford, Cumberland county, Nova
Scotia, while chopping in the woods at
Little River, was struck by a piece of a
dead limb from a tree near that which
he was cutting down, and a sharp knot
penetrated his skull, killing him in-
stantly. Ile was alone at the time, and
Ottawa
ate will
nt and
mmence
al, con -
an Bay
Ottawa
herines,
as just
World
News,
fortune,
s bright
tbs. of milk ioto 64,520 lbs. of cheese;
which they sold at an average of 11*0
per lb. They paid their patrons for
milk $5,266.30 in cash and $193.69
worth in eheese. $579 was paid for
making the cheese, and $866.67 for
hauling milk to the factory.
—Mr. William White, foreman at
Messra. Taylor Bros.' paper mill, at
Todmorden, had a narrow escape the
other morning. He was examining the
steam engine when one of the steams
bales burst, scattering portions of metal
through Ulla building. , Mr. White
jumped through the window. He re-
ceived a bad cut on the hapd and one
arm was badfy scalded.
—A man named Sexsmith, supposed
to be from Mount Forest, Ontario, lost
hie life on Thursday of last week, while
working in it. Well on the farm of John
Barton, eix miles west of Wolseley, near
Regina, North-west Territory. At
ninety-four feet from the surface he
'strUck gas, end before a rope could be
lowered he became powerless owing to
the gas. His body has not yet been re -
,covered.
-Conduetor Thompson was the
means of saving a young lady's life at
-the Union etation, Toronto, the other
morning. Itappears the lady slipped
while attempting to board the Toronto,
Grey and Brace train, and fell between
the wheels as it was moving out. A
second later and the wheels would have
passed over her body. As it was, she
escaped with nothing worse than a fright.
—The arriv;a1 of very large number
of immigrante in Montreal during the
last few ,weeks has been commented on
variously by the city press. The ground
generally taken is that the Government
is to blame fOr allowing them to be
brought her at this time. With the
severe wea her just now prevailingrthe
arrival of h ndreds of immigrants means
the sending to England of adverse ree
ports as to our country and our climate.
—A merehant on Richmond street,
London, has been in the habit of send-
ing small deposits to one of the savings
banks by his office boy, who is only
about ten years old. It has been dis-
covered that for a week past the lad
has put the deposits, amounting to $6,
in his own pocket, and forged entries
in the pawl book, the initials of the
bank's accountant tieing cleverly imit-
ated.
—The London Advertiser tells of a
snow -bound passengenwho tired of wait-
ing for the Huron & Bruce, started for
the north with a horse and cutter.
His rig hal to be dug out three times,
and it took him two days and two nights
to perform' the trip. Hs had purchased
a railroad ticket, and applied to Super-
intendent :dlaivson, who endorsed it good
to go soutt4 on a future occasion.
—Last December a patty of Kipston-
ians drove to a tea•meeting at Parrot's
Bay, and near their destination an up-
set occurred in consequence of the bad
condition of the road. Several of the
occupants of :the vehicle were injured,
Miss Sabhie Clark seriously. The
matter was lard before the Earnest -
town Council, and they have jtist decid-
ed to givei $325 in settlement of the
case
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6 it 5 in;
Freeman White, 6 ft 5tin. Sheriff
Setter, 6 ft. 3i in., Sergeant Corrigal,
6• ft, 5 in.; James Barr, 6 ft. 71- in.; WI
Miller, 6 ft. 2 in.; Wm Burns, 6 ft,
9 in.
—When Mrs. James Beattie, Sr., of
--Thorpville, set fire to her clothing the
other day, her son Peter, who watt
unwell and lying in bed at time
rushed to her rescue, and in seving her
was badly burned about the hands and
face, and will, suffer seriously from the
injaries thus caused.
—The Ontario Poultry Association
held 'an exhibition in Toronto tat week.
The attendance of visitors w larg .
In the evening the rooms we
attractive by the electric 1
-when theeewere first lighted
seemed quite astonished and in
cackling than was ever heard
convention before.
—Mr. John McPhail, who died in
Glenelg, county of Grey, two eeks ago,
e m e
ght, and
he birde
ade more
at a heri
was one of the oldest reside
township, and a native of Mu
shire, Scotland, where he
hee,Ote
ts of the
, Argyll,
as born
ihere by industry achieved a very valu-
able property. Mr. Riddle was a very
aPright man in his dealings and had
many warm, sincere ftiends. He was
three times married and leaves three
Sons and one daughter. The remains
Were buried in Kirkwall cemetery.
—A detachment of the Salvation
Army in London, consisting of about
twenty soldiers, principally women,
Made a sudden and determined attack
6n the jail the otlaerdayataking Turnkey
Kelly completely by surpriee. After
holding a service for the benefit of the
female prisoners, they peacefully retir-
ed, leaving him once again in quiet
possession. It is understood they in-
tend visiting that institution weekly
hereafter.
--e-One day lately a little boy, -son of hundred and fifty bodies have been
stolen from neighboring graveyards
during the winter and brought into the
city, and one half sent to the States for
medical schools there.
—A car loaded with sheep was over-
turned in the Grand Trunk yard, at
Montreal the other day, and dragged
along until it was embedded in the
snow. When dug out the sheep were
all dead. Poor things.
—County of Essex,- has the best
sleighing this winter ever experienced.
Usually the greatest fall of snow is
from three to four inches but this
season there is abundance, which gives
an excellent chance to handle timber,
lumber, wood, dm. The amount of
lumbering done this season exceeds any
previous .year.
—Some singalar streaks of luck crop
out from time to time in connection
with the London lottery drawing. Mr.
M. De Dawson, the agent of the Baz-
aar,, ou his travels in New Brunswick,
stopped over at the village of Bathurst,
when he pursuaded an old friend of his
to invest in three books, total $150.
'The gentleman seenaed quite careless
about disposing of any of his 75 tickets.
IlappeniPg to he in the post office ciao
daift, the post mistress, - Miss Ellen
Waitaan elderly maiden lad, and he
got talking on the subject of lotteries,
and the London Gift Enterprise .was
discussed. The lady's • curiosity was
aroused, she examined the books over,
and picked upon 25,652, the two latter
figures corresponding, it is supposed,
o with her age. The Bathurst gentle-
man has his 74 tickets still on hand,
not one of them capturing even a V,
while Miss Waitts' ticket collared a
8501:-0OngAine
prize.ancholy event which cost a
y
man his life transpired in the
township of Lindsay, in the Bruce
peninsula, about a week ago, The
property and income in each is as fol young man whose name was Dunham,
lows: York, $32,767,i5; Huron, $31,-
left Lion's Head, on Thursday evening,
808,597 ; Oxford $26,083,045. Oxford
to walk to his home in- Lindsay, about
.
is the richest in proportion to its popu-
20 milesOn Fridae morning he was
lation and acreage. Its area i 485,609 found leaning against a fence, about 100
s
acres, and its population, according to yards from the residence of his brother,
frozen At life apparently having been
last census, 50,093 souls. York has an
extinct
area of 578:230 acres, and a population for some hours. Tracks were
of 66,619 inhabitants, Huron, 824 614 discovered where he had evidently been
,
acres and 76,970 inhabitants. The kicking his feet against trees in the vain
wealth ofOxford according to population, endeavor to induce a circulation to
is $520.69 per head; of York,$491.21 per restore warmth to the almost frozen
bead. and benumbed members, but overcome
—An exciting scene was witnessed on with fatigue from his long tramp throngh
t
a street in London the other day. An the deep snow, and intense ccdd, the
grim monster of death stole upon him
old man and woman were walking along.
ere he could reach the warm fireside
the former evidently having imbibed
once or twice -too often. Attention was which was so near. The young man
all at once directed to them, owing to was a temperate and industrious person,
and those who were acquainted with
the half frantic actions of the old wo-
him say they never knew him to use
man. She had grasped him around the
intoxicating liquors.
body, and was clutching desperately at
graeeful young lady skater here this
evening." • rBut still," replied the indi-
vidual, "I cannot accept." "You are
too modest, Miss, may I ask why you
cannot ?" "Because—I am not a young
lady," blurted out the youth. for such it
was "I am a boy." The official almost
wilted., but recovering himself said,
"Well, before I award. another prize I
will satisfy myself that all the girls are
not boys.
—The Royal Opera House in Toronto
was burned to rilins on Thursday mor-
ning last week.
—The largest hog of the season was
sold on the London market a few days
ago. It weighed 561 pounds, and. sold
at $7.50 per cwt.
—It is stated in Montreal, that one
Mr. J. Knox, of Hyde Park, was visit-
ing at a friend's in London township.
The boys were watering the horses,
and having rather a long hold on the
halter -strap, the horse kicked up, strik-
ing the boy on the head. A doctoh was
called, and on his arrival found the
child had nearly bled to death. The
caulk of the horse's shoe had broken
through the skull, and several pieces of
bone had to be removed. The child is
still living and hopes are entertained' of
his recovery.
—Although hampered with all kinds
of difficulties, the Vigilance Association
formed in Quebec last year in the in-
terest of the temperance cause bee been
doing good work. For instance, it has
succeeded in reducing the number of
licensed taverns in the adjoining muni-
cipalities of St. Sauveur to nine last
year from forty-two in the previous
,year. The plan of action which it has
mapped out for itself daring the current
year seems very likely to give the rum -
sellers a hard. time of it; and to ntill
farther decrease their excessive num-
bers, every other house in some streete
being a hotel or a restaurant.
—A pastoral letter from Bishop Du-
hamel was read in all the churches of
the Ottawa Diocese on Sunday'last, 111
which His Lordship, after warning his
flock against immoral and pernicious
literature, denounces in vigorous lan-
guage those Catholic and non-Catholic
editors who preach revolt against eccles-
iastical and civil authority. He is
particularly severe on the editors wh
in a scurrilous manner hold up promi-
nent ecclesiastical persons to conitempt.
The whole letter is looked upon as a
complete vibdication of Archbishop
Lynch from the Mail's attacks.
—The richeet counties in Ontario are
York, Huron and Oxford. The total
equalized value of real and .personal
—While Miss Jennie E. Decker, of his coat tails, from which clouds of
Elmira, New York, with a party of smoke were seen issuing. A couple of
friends was viewing the ice scenery be- passers-by interposed, removed his coat
low Niagara Falls, on the Canada side,
a large; icicle dropped from the hank
abeve and struck her on the collar -bone
breaking it in two places. Had the ice
struck the young lady either on the
shoulder or head the consequence might
have proved mach more serious.
—The St.A.ndrew's society at Ottawa
have become possessed cf the lottery
mania. They have started onein which
7,251 prizes are to be awarded, amount-
ing in all to $160,000. A hundred and
fifty thousand tickets are to be sold at$2
apiece. The pries will be as follows:
Three $10,000 each, fifty $1,000 each,
two hundred$100 each, a thousand 520
each, tyre thonsand $10 each, and four
thousand. $5 each.
—Accerding to the report of the
Commissioner of Agriculture for the
fProvinc1
e o Quebec, there are 280 cheese
factories, 47 butter factories, and 28
cheese and butter factories, counted at
present in operation in the province,
being an increase of 155 establishments
during the year. These have the effect
of augmenting the product of milk, and
consequently have caused greater at-
tention to be paid to grazing lands.
--The new Presbyterian Church of
St. Thomas was last Sunday fen -malty
opened and dedicated, when earnest and
appropriate sermons were preached
morning and afternoon by Rev. Dr.
Cochrane, of Brantford, and Rev. Pro-
fessor McLaren, of Knox College,Toron-
to. The audiences filled the spacious
church to overflowing, and the 'collec-
tions ameunted. to nearly $400. The
church is one of the largest and finest
specimen e of architecture in Western
Ontario, and is an ornament to the city.
—A foolhardy individual, animated
by something stronger than water,
turned his team of horses on the line of
the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Rail-
way, at Elora, the other day, dashed
past the engine and train at hill gallop,
and drove Fergasward at 2.40 speed.
The train was held until he got to the
first sideline where he turned off, and
people still wonder how he reached that
spot without serious accident, for his
horses jumped several culverts on their
way. "Fools for luck."
—An old and well-known resident of
Beverly township, died on Friday, 2nd
inst., from an attack of inflammation of
thelungs. From Roxboroughshirti,Scot-
land, Mr. Riddle emigrated to Canada
about fifty years ago and took up land
in the 10th concession of Beverly, and
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and extinguished the fire in the snow.
It was ascertained that he had removed
his pipe, still lighted, from his mouth
and placed it in the pocket in the tail of
his coat, where the flames originated.
—The Russian refugees appear to be
of little benefit to the country, and are
an increase of the population we could
very well do without. Reports from
several quarters say that the Russian
snow flea has appeared in Canada, and
it is said to have been brought into the
country by Russian refugees. This in-
sect is almost white, and when cold is
quiet. When, however, the individual
who has been unhappy enough to get
one of these fleas upon him, goes into
the house and sits down by the fire,the
savage little creature begins to bite.in a
most aggravating manner. There is not
'much variety among fleas, and less
among their bites. It is also a, well
knows fact that thebite is all the same
whether you call the animal pulex irri-
tans, or simply a flea.
—A. short time before Christmas a
young girl living on York street,London,
while drinking from a water -works tap
felt something pass down her throat.
She could not imagine what it was, but
in the course of a day•or two began to
experience great pin, and medical aid
had to be summoned. The doctor de-
cided that she had swallowed a fish or
something of the kind,which had passed
through the pipes from the reservoir,
ad treated the patient accordingly.
Under this treatment in the course of a
few days she recovered so far as to be
able to go about as usual without ex-
periencing any trouble. This continued
until Tuesday last week, when she
threw up a hzzard, almost four inches
long. She has now completely recover-
ed, and is quite ready to laugh at the
unpleasant experience through which
she has passed.,
—At a Toronto carnival the other
night, prizes were to be awarded for ex-
cellence in skating. Just before the
carnival ended one of the managers
approached a skater in costume, and
said: "If you will step up stairs
you will find a, handsome pair
of silver plated skates waiting
for you as the beat young lady
skitter on the rink." "Thank you,"said
the person addressed,somewhat flabber-
gasted, "but there is ene difficulty in
the way of accepting your award."
"What difficulty can there be? I sin
satisfied you are the nest and most
The Freaks of Fortune's Wheel.
It now turns out that it was not the
Ballyduff postmaster who drew the
$15,000 prize at the London lottery, but
a young farmer in Bethany, Durham
county. The lucky ticket was credited
to the postmaster, bat had been sold
by -him to the farmer. The fortunate
man, David Porter, the winner of the
$15,000 prize, is a farmer's son, about
twenty years of age. He invested in
only the one ticket. The family are in
moderate circumstances.
During the progress of the drawing at
the Grand Opera Horne, two gentlemen
might haVe been observed from early
Morning until late at night occupying
front seats with bpen books before them,
industriously comparing the figures an-
nounced with those shown in their
books. Many were the surmises as to
who the gentlemen were, and it tran-
spires they were a Mr. Nelles and a
Mr. Hoskins, appointed by ticket -hold-
ers in Burford and vicinity, to look
after their interests during the pregress
of the drawing. It is said that during
their long and vigilant watch they had
not the satisfaction of recognizing a single
number corresponding with the tickets
they had ill charge. One of the gentle-
men said he had a strong notion to take
to the woods, as they :Scarcely dared go
back to Burford.
A ticket held . by an old lady on
Waterloo street, London, who does
washing, drew a $500 prize. She says
she is going to buy a lot. Paying rent
isn't in ber line any more.
—The annual meeting of SonthHuron
County Loya; Orange Lodge, was held
in Exeter on Tueeday last. The differ-
ent lodges were well represented. The
reports from the district lodges showed
the order to be on the increase. The
financial condition of the county lodges
was found to be very satisfactory, there
being one hundred and ten dollars in
the treasury after paying all demands.
It was decided to hold the next County
meeting in Exeter. The annualCounty
procession will he held in Seaforth. A
vote of thanks was tendered Bre F. W.
Johnstone, the retiring County Master,
for the able and efficient manner in
which he discharged the duties of that
office during the paid three years. The
following are the officers elected for the
ensuing year: W. C. M., Bro. es .. ire
D. C. M., Bro. Garrett; C. C., :roe
Connors; C. T., Bro. Munaey ; C. Sec.,
Bro. Floody ; C. D. of C. Bro. Dagg ;
C. L., Bro. Elliott.
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