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The Huron Expositor, 1886-09-03, Page 1a 71 188e. !TIEj e that linen this enit the failvifl and he humming U's Papillon Dry louse. For some turning thing& &e. They are and apeedily motion. .It fa, -ayes, altogether sting lot ;of bar- iay by day as ttle is not only pro - t atready there ew Goods being amaze and w shrewd buyers. White Quilte. NvGald. .r12.t, would t if sit $1, r = ;.)%rMina NOW teie for them, you have here ofrereel in Sea - ! rice: to get one. - L soare inches of - quilt itt On - L, ONT. Meikle - et Saturday._ aturda.y last to ItteLeau has -Misa Walton, riends here. --t home on Fri- rf a few weeks harks Birney, target with a o examine it, ing hia temple et weather has- mtehh, as a re just about apple buyera , but the far - eel with some -.a to their not year, perhapse would prove ad to have or - r has returned lialskirk paid tueday last.— ;. I e1ens,, is ; Presbyterian Theres braing., . top does nal yield in this to the dry had service, satebatli ktat. n :expected.— ret week and Id colintr-y.— hree that died enda going, to when it opened last: c a • 'visit on e is away to McLeod has has been 27 Judge Deyle ,st Saturday, swarth case (Test —John 'Ott the River d,he expects Deka. village •has te of a large - • come here noiee and enjoy a few ig anti hunt- etes of Lake whom we- Innie, Mamie - 'Jennie and trait, Michi- V heeler and isouri ; Miss rate, of Mot- ile m ere, of Nirand irm of Prs-tt ity Michia eking their °tel. They ti time, and , and Mrs. their Wants hetel very swri. • blesh- eee nee, while te at a fash- het" e"Tha-t and atyft'i ie my lets - lady, though she the insult; igo a friend h about inY, anitery. I hoinan, hat the hest t. not tarot that you et. I hear of ai *NINETEENTH YEA WHOLE NUMBER 9 7. - ONE OF THE GREAT QUESTIONS -bider consideration b'y heads of families at the present time, is the Boot and Shp QUM ST'IOI\T_ , There is no other item of expendi are that is so constant and so expensiv as Boots and Shoes. In large families. there seems to be a constant need of a' pair of Boots, Shoes or Slipp rs Of some kind. At the present time, in many families, there is fuee.d of B ots and Shoes By the Dozen Pal. s And the natural enquiry 18, " Wh re hail we buy -our ..Boots.& Sho MP .; this season?" What store in Seafo th is moat likely to have the most 1*, ul goods? the best shapes, the great st variety, and the lowestetprices ? 4 'GEO. GOOD, The Great Boot & Shoe Deal r, MAIN StREET, SEAFORTH, L now zonstantly receiving and open up his Mammoth stock of Fall and Wi to Baas and Shoes. The leading f c- tories in the Dbminion are represent d in our stock this season, promine at amongst which is the EAGLE BRAND • , Of Boots and Shoes, every pair of` whi h is warranted. If they rip or give wa in any particular, eXcept by regal wear, WE .WILL REPAIR EVER PAIR !FREE OF CHARGE. Remember the Eagle Brand f Boots and Shoes, the best in Canada. Hats and Caps in the latest styl and lowest prices. Geo. Good. JUST. OPENED OU —AT THE— ieap _Ca s h Store SHIORT1-3_ Dress Goods, Prints,' Corsets, Bustles, Buttons, Mantle Ornaments, Silk Glove, Dress itiuslins; Gingham, , Hoop Skirts, Parasols, Dress Clasps, Mantle Silks, Cotton Hose, —AND A GREAT MANY- 1\TM-GCT G-0011:18 too numerous to mention, Call and see hem, at the Cheap Cash Store — - mah d%Company, Cardno's Block, Seaforth. MUSINGS BY tiaE WAY: SEAtiORTH, NIAGARA FALLS AND GRIMSBY CAMP. DEAR EXPOSITOR,L-- DOiritg to vary the monotony of everydayllife'resolv- ed to take in '1 the cheap excursion to Niagara Falls and Grinisby Camp( round on Saturday, August 21st. You have already given the main features of the excursion itself, and if I- taltn, up the thread where you let it drop, a 'few Ob- servations on matters and things at the above-named points, may, pm haps, not be entirely devoid of interest to your read- ers. Our tickets were good to 8isspen- sion Bridge, and on arriving at that point we were dumped from the cars and left to our own resources to disport ourselves as inclination and fancy might dictate.. This seems to be the, business part of the village or town Of -Clifton. It is situated at the head of -the failious whirlpool rapid, _which extend for a mile or moke down the 'rive', and it is at this point where all the railway traf- fic across the river is done. There are several good stores, a number of hotels, and some neat private. residences. But it isnotby any means an inviting stop- ping place for the tourist, being t hot, dusty and dirty. The Falls are situated about two miles further up- the river. This being their objective point, after looking around and taking their bearings most of the excursionists made a bee line for the falls. There being no other means of locomotion, they had either to walk or take a cab. By far the larger member adapted the former coarse, and 'a long, hat, dusty walk they had. Your correspondent feeling that lne.could get lots of: walking at home, concluded to ride on- this oc- casion and iq 6,0mPany with others chartered -a -cab, which evas secured for the very moderate fee of 25 cents per head. The road skirts the bank of the Niagara river, with that mighty stream on the left and a row of neat private residences scattered along the right, ,TIEF ?tilt:11TV CATARACT.' On arriving at the Falls the first view one gets is somewhat disappointing, but the longer one looks at them the more at- tractive they become. It requires more than a curspry glance to enable one to take in all their grandeur and attractive- ness. They have to be viewed from so many different points in order to fully realize theirrgreateess 'and beauty. But it is not my intention here to even at- tempt a description of what has sur- prised and charmed hundreds of. thou- sands and attracted excursionists and tourists from all parts of the habitable globe. This has been done sofrequently and so ably that it -would be stiperfluus on my part even to attempt it. I shall content miiself by giving the Merest A- line of the topographical appearance nd surroundings, and .shall, confine' my4elft imainly to reflections of the situ tioul as they occurred to my mihd while ander- lig around. THE CANADIAN SIDE. ,. Althaugh nature - has done more for the Canadian than the American side of the Falls, it is not no the mast at: tractive, as in order to bring ot t _fully th,e -beauties of nature, The aid oi art is required and this aid has not y t been given on the Canadian side.' Every- thing is pretty much in 'its nettle 1 state,. and as a result the best and m st in- teresting views can be had ?n the American side -of,.` the. river and falls, and at considerably less expense- This efect, however, is about being reinedied s the Ontario Government are taking t le matter in hand, and intend establish - an International Perk the same es now exists on the American sidle. As matters, now stand all the vitntag points are held by private individuals I ad• as a result each vies with. the .otlher in. efforts to' bleed the unsmisjpecting sight -seer to the uttermost ext nt he will bear, This being the epee it is only those with the longest pirses who -can take advantage of the pnvilegeeoffered. The Government have purchased r ,are . pierchasing all the lends in medi- ately in front of the Falls and forming them into a park or publie rounds which will be placed ;at the disposal of the public. This has already been done by the Gotlrament of New York State, on the opposite side of the river. The egpense of this park will be a very large sum, in the neighbor- hood of three or four hui4dred thousand dollars. But it will -be ioney well and profitably spent. In et er to se are a proper view of the various points Of in- terest,- and access theretp, im rove - meats, such as eleaaters, electri rail- ways, &G., are necessary. The e are now furnished by private indiv duals, but at an exorbitant cost. So • s on as they are taken in charge by the G vern- merit, the cost can be very much liessen- ed, and the eight -seers will be corres- pondingly benefitted. AS an example of -this we may state that at an inclined railway on the Americeq side I tiding from the top of the bank to the e 0 ee of the river at the foot of the Fal s, the fare for each passenger is five een a; on -the Canadiareside, for a precisely simi- lar service on another read, the fee is .50 cents. The reason for this difference is that the one' is under G-overnrneat con- trel and is worked in the interest of the public; while the other is a private en- terprise, and is worked in the, inIterest of the ownersI. On the Amerihan side the Park is free to all comors, and pub- lic carriages owned by the Government are furnished, which will conveysight- seers to any point of attraction at a charge of frorn 10 cents to 25 ents. On the Canadian side admission fo the Park, such as it le; can °illy be reured upon the payment of 25 gents, and if a carriage is required it wil cost from one to two dollars. If, ther fore, the Canadian authorities will follov the example of the Americans they will con- fer a great boon upon the publi , and the expense will be more thanrethened to the people every year. : There is one other thing which it would be worth the while of our Gor- ertiment to take into considerationAs I have already said, in order to get the ee SEPTEMBER 3 1886. benefitof the falls, more than a flying visit is required.- Two or three days could be spent here with profit. and pleasure. IThis, however, at, the present rates of respectable hotel fare would be an expensive undertaking: There are *oral hotels at the falls, but there are only two where people can stay with any degtee of comfort! or. safety. The first of these is .the Clifton House and the second the Prospect" House. Both of these are excellent hotels, but there are at bpth a great many etcetras which or- dinary people can very well do without, but I which go to swell the expense. The charges per day at these hotels range 'from $3.50 to $7, but these are merely- the avanfinal "harges as with extras, which are realty,.pensable, these charges are always largely in- , greaSed. As a conseqUence, it is only ,ftiose with very long purses who can afford to remain at the Falls long enough to get the full benefit of them. There are thousandsief common people who can enjet and apgreciate this great wonder of nature just as well as the lords and nabobs of the elinth, but wh-o are debarred the privilege by reason of exorbitant hotel charges. Now, what I advocate is this 1.1 That the Government. should estalilish a .hotel at a suitable point on their! new Park, where comfortable acr comModation could be famished at a reasonable rate. There is no reasou why_ such L ahotel _could not be made self- sustaining at $1.50 or $2 per day: Th \i8 would enable common people to avail themselves of the full benefits and beauties -of the Falls, as they could stay rightken thspotat a cost which would be wilthin their means, and the fact of the hotel being under Government con- trol would be a guarantee to all of as respe titbility, and safety. I make the sugg stion and don't charge anything for it. 4t any rate, when these contem- plated improvements are completed by our Government, the .Falls will become a more popular and pleasant, as, weli as cheaper public resort, than they are now. niE AMERICAN SIDE. Aside from the hotels and'a few prietate residences the Canadian town at the falldoes not amount to much. Commu- nicatibn with the American side is -ob- tained b'y means of a foot and carriage lsuspension bridge. The charge for A return ticket over this bridge is 25 cents for each person, and the same for each carriage. The revenue from this enter- prise imust amount to a considerable sun, as there is a continuous stream of ftaffic'back and forth. On the Ameri- ean side there is teuite a lively town ,of eome six or seven thousand inhabitants, and immediately 'adjoining the town is the International 'Park: over -looking the f 'ans. There are several lege- mills and other manufactories in this town, and 'all are run by water -power furnished from the river. • HOW SUNDAY IS OBSERVED. 1 Although ,comparative quiet reigned on the Canadian side all day Sunday, the very reverse was the case on the epposite shore. Early in the morning trains came into the town, and from each, one peat crowds of people emerged; and bearing 'their baskets, wended !their way to the Park. The grounds lof the Park are nicely laid- off and shaded by beautiful and stately trees.;,..gvery facility, such as tables, benchee, Sse., is provided for picnic parties, • and the -Whole pre- sents a most Inviting eppearance., On this day the park was crowded with pa eies who had evidently .come from tl e surrounding towns and cities to get a dey's -fresh air and rest. They seemed V be enoetly .work people. All had lo the grass sleeping; some were t leir rkets and hampers. Some were y ing f rnied in.family and social groups dis- ci ssing the contents of their baskets,. w tile others were, walking around and v'ewing the falls from the various points o interest. ' The cabs, refreshment b, oths and curiosity shops seemed tatlo a od business, but the most of the pElople ppeared to have their own pro- vii3ions and patronized the park wagons. These grounds. -ver crowded from early in the nliorning until late' at night, and a though there was the usnal week -day, bi stle. I did not observe any rowdy or o jectionable conduct on the part of any. % hole Ifamilies had ,turned out in full pi -nic array, And all seemed to have in vi w the one single object of , having a pl asan holiday. Whether or not any ci cums ance citn,justify the spending pf t e Sal»ath in -this way I m not now g.ing,to.discuse, but there were many in ti e 'crowds which I -met in the Park who biked as if they needed some fresh air, a d I have no doubt if they did not a ail themselves of this opportUnity they would not: get'what they so much reeuiree. And there are many more o jectiohable ways of spending the Sab- b th than was adopted by these people. On to ning my beak upon the Falls I turn- e.my fece towards TIIE GROISB CAM!' • GROUND, - ere a ver ee :di Ferent but Ito lea's in- te esting phase :of nature is presented. I rrived at the: C nip Ground on Mon: dajy eVening jitst after the celebrated Ai serican divines, Talmage and IV- Gmjbe, had left.„: T le.y had both preached th previous ,Sabb th, and although I did not see or hearteit er of the divines,II did encounter some of the crowds people who had" flocked to hear theita The camping grounds are situated on the banks of Lake Ontario, about two miles east of the village of Grimsby. Thereis a temporary way station within about five mieutes walk of the grounds, -which lie to the north of the railway. The one en ranee to the grounds on the lancl_side is 'lauded by.a tura-stile' for faot-pies- se gers and a gate -way fore vehicles. T3 fore admittance is permitted a ticket ha. to 'be purchased at the office which giii-es one the freedom of the gronnds. The costl of this tiCket is 15 cents per da, or Si for the season. The grounds ,coinprise 100 acres, but only about 25 ac es are used at the present time. This is a beaatiful pine grove; over -looking 4 the lake, and lightful and In The Camp, under the aus nomination, at composed of J. denomination. ders is to este summer resor't, where ministers and members of th Methodist body, partic- ula.rly,may h ve a cheap and healthful place to speni the heated term with Weir families, indayhere the benefits of healthful air nd"---good and congenial society can be wocured without the at- tendant objectionable festivities and amusements which are too often associ- ated with ordinary fashionable summer resorts. They aim at improving» the physical, while the moral is also well guarded. The idea is a good one, and we are glad to know:the scheme is proving successful. The company have two hotels for the aecommodation of tran- sient visitors.. In both of these there is room for improvement without there beingnecessarily any iecrease in the fare. They also ;Hive a store for the ac- commodation of cottagers. The hotels and the store, although owned by the company, are leased to and run by a private individual. They have also erected a substantial pier, at which ordinarily sized passenger boats ean land, and the event of each day seems to be the arrival and 'departure of a regular passenger boat from Toronto: There are a great number of summer _cottages, and many very peat ones. These are mostly- owned by private individ- uals, who . occupy , them during the summer holiday season. They 'pur- chase the lets from the company and erect the cottages on them. In this way they can live as cheaply as they could do at home, and I have all the benefits and advantages of a rural summer resort. The children roll round in the sand, bathe, boat and lay up a store of health for the remainder of the season, while the elders rest and recuperate, and thus, while they have all the benefits of coun- try retirement, they enjoy many of the advantages of city life and society. There i& a beautiful beach and excellent boating and 'bathing, and both seem to be largely' taken advantage of and en- joyed.- ; And while the physical is being built alt and stteegthened, the mental and spiriteal are net neglected. During the seasoa there are frequent literary and Musical enter a.inments, and in ad- dition to Divine se vice three times each Sabbath, there a e religious meetings 'each week -night e% ening. These meet- ings are conducted usually by some of the clergymen 'wile visit the Camp or who with their families are temporarily -domiciled „there. The place has a most, decided Methodistieal air, and- about every fourth male edult one meets seems to be a clergyman of- the Methodist church. It is none theworse of this, however, and a visitor cannot fail to be struck with the evident social and friendly feelingtehich pee wades the place., is cert4inly a mbst de-; althful'epot. I believe, is conducted ices of the Methodist de - d ie owned by a company ceding members of that The object of the foun- lish a healthy, and cheap As already intimated, the Sabbath pre- vious to my arrival there, was the big day of the season. The expeeted presence of 'Talmage and McCabe was extensively advertised and cheap excursions- on the previous day were, run froth all- parts. As a. reeult there was an immense crowd of people, some say ton thous- and, assembled. This, in apiece with accommodation for probably one third that number, created' a perfect jam. Many hed4o sleep on beeches and where ever they could get a resting place and many cpuld not get, to sleep at all. The excitement and. turmoil necessarily in- cident tie an occasion of this kind, under such cirCumstances„ can be more. easily imagined than. described. Now, the point I 'want to get in here is this Would the evil resulting from all this ..excitement and turmoil and crushing on he Sabbath day, be eounterbalanced by, e good effected by the eloquent ad- dresses of Messrs. Talmage and McCabe? I do not believe it would: This gather- ing was sanctioned iand patronized by hundreds of clergymen and other good men who would betl-lighily offended if they were designated other than devout Christians, and still there was ten times more Sabbath desecration here than there was at the International Park at Niagara -Falls, where men with their families Came to- spend the day quietly and peadeably under the ehady treee, and inhale_ the fresh and invigor- ating breezes from the rushing waters of the great Niagara,. I do not know that either proceeding is a. work of necessity or mercy, but I think, the latter comes the nearer. of the two. It may be a very good .and proper' thing to hear the great 'divines of this and other countries, but; the hearing of them should be done de- cently and in order, and it is no de- cent thing tri- make eeligion a cloak for Sabbath desecratione nor ehould the preaching of the glorious Gospel be made .an excuse for advertising a summer holi- day, resort, even if it be conducted under eherch auspices and by very good I meaning men. With your permission, Mr. 'Editor, Imay extend my observa- tions on a future occasion, but as this letter has greatly exceeded the bounds marked Put for it atthe commencement, I must close for 'the present. Yours, L. M. • —When Rev. Mr. McDougall was in Kingston with his Northwest Indians, he was told about the holding up and robbery of the Edmonton stage, and i said:-"oAre they., trying that dodge now? Well, I guess iI coul just tell where the thing occurred. I now every crook in the road. I have traveled over it many a day • in fact I laid the trail out.- Then he went on to say that there should be an Indiait detective force in connection with the Mounted Police corps. The Indians are better than white men at tracking criminals. "I know Indians," he said, "who have been trained so accurately th t if taken to the spot where a crime wa commit- ted, they will start offend neer let up until the criminals are tree ed down. Men who hold up stages hould be CLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year; in Advance, banged. Do you know that during the: years I have traveled . I have alway carried arms not 1?eeause, feare Indians, but because I felt that som day I would come - across just such fell lows as are now attacking the stages' Cana a. The Kennedy friily will hold 4, series of concerts in T route next week,, —Mr. Wm. Rogers, Ravenswood, haS just sold seventeen st ers, for which he rece ved $1,000. tlgin Scott Act Association has de;- etided to support only prohibitionists foe legislative honors. ' --tottawa lumberme 1 are already ein gaging men to go to the shanties next winter. —Mr. A. J. Thomp on, recently sold an 80 acre farm in ast Nissouri for $5,000. —The Department Of Customs has been the reeipient of $100, " conscience money," from St. Gail arines. —Mr. Merrill's sh e shop in New Hamburg, was burgl rized the other night to the extent of ,t40 worth of fine goods. - —Peterboro flour is being shipped t Britain. A Glasgow rm describes i is being the whitest a d best ilour tha.t comes from Canada., ---It is rumored th Paoific Railway will se for carrying the mails and Halifax. —Mr. Joseph Logien' township, was destroy arY fire the other night urance 8800. —Messrs. A. Harris t the Canadian 'tire the contract between England barn, Blanshard d by aai, incencli- • LosS above in- / Son & Co.,' of Brentford, have stopped workin their shops for three weeks, for machinery and other rePairs. - —A 21-ponnd ma.skinouge 'was caugh the other clay in the Ottaw river nea Pembroke. It measured 4 inches i length and 17 in circumference, —The Presbyterians of Shaftesbury locally known as Little Current, Maui toulin, Algoma, have erected a comfort al* and commodious place of worship —About, 290 Gernia.n and Scandina vian immigrants arrived in Toronto': on Friday. Most of them went through to the Western States. —The total -value of the imports into and exports from the Dominion during july were respectively' $8,787,478 and $9,539,901. The duty c Ilected amount- ed to $1,845,924. —Jas. Doyle, a drayi an, was thrown from hie dray. on Wedn sday last week, while turning in front f the American house at Essex Centre, nd died 24 hours afterwards. —A satchel containiqg a large num- ber of opened lettersdevidently stolen flrom the Winnipeg postoffice, has been found in a ,deeerted blinding in Fort Rouge. - —Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Cassidy, Rev. Me. Saunby, and Miii Aggie Winte- mute, missionaries to !Japan, left St. Thomas, Thuesday, 26th ult., on their long journey., ' —Mr. W. p. Page, 4 bicycle rider, arrived in Toronto the other day having completed a ,ride of 4,325 miles, from Phila elphia ;via Bar. Harbor, Maine, to M1 treal and Quebec. ' _ —General Buller, the eommissioner, sent by Lord Salisbury to Ireland, was - at one time iquentered. in London, On- tario. He was then a lieutenant in the 60th Rifles. I , , —A number of horses are reported sick in different parts of CaradPc with paralysis and inflammation, owing, it is ,supposed, to the scarcity of water. The dumb brutes drink in mud holes' and in swamps. H , —The German Union Cheese, Menu fa.cturihg Conipany, of New Hamburg, sold their July cheese to Robinson & Clark, London, for 9 3-8 cents' per lb. This is the highest price paid to any factoryeduringi the season. 1 11 land, -putting up new machinery. --Seventy-six out of eighty candidates were plucked at the Windsor High School Examination, and at Simcoe only four passed out of seventy-five. Similar results are reported from many other localities. price paid for these cattle at four cents per _pound (which is considered very low) the amount of money left in the vicinity of Elora for live beef would be about $160,000. —A young man named J. Ruth-, from Renfrew, jumped_ upon a Canada Pacific Railway freight and rode some distance. In jumPing off at Packenham he fell and had both legs cut' off. The conductor was dismissed in consequenoe, .1,—Andrew McDonald, one of Fore- pangh's employees, for indecently as- saulting a seven year old girl named Jeesie Peebles, at Toronto,, Thursday night, was Friday morning qent to the Central Prison for 18 months. —Mr. Donald Campbell, of McNabb township, Renfrew, whileusing a horse rake, was thrown from hs seat, and a prong of the rake catching his ear tore that organ ,out by the roots. At last ac- coupts he was recovering. —Mr. E. Zavitz, of 'Strathroy, has a blackberry sprout of this year's growth which produced 75 blossoms and the same number of berries. Some 49 of the berries have already ripened and the remainder are yet green, -,HMr, Wm. Moore, lot 31, 2nd, con- cession, Esquesing, had one of his horses ehot on the 14th of August by some porson whio was erespassing on his farm. t__ner. ogr ver bullet was found be- neath the skull. The animal was valued at $100: —The steamer " Ulunda " sailed from Halifax for London on the th ult. Her cargo was valued at $114 000, and consisted -of 17,819 cases of lobsters, 13,905 bushels of peas, 7,267 bnshets of wheat, 29 tons of coal and tup tons of miscellaneous packages, --o-Albert Gallatin Dewey died at Que- bec on Thursday, aged 81 yeers. He was the pioneer of the shoddy business. in America, and for 50 years visited nearly every, woollen mill in New Ena- 7--The Edrminton and Calgaryi stage, wit A two passengers, due at Calgary at p. m. on Monday last week was "held p " eighteen miles out by two masked' men,- who took $400 and the registered etters. 4 1 --The Union Moulders of Hamilton, held a very successful picnic at Dun- durn Park on Saturday. After paying all expenses a lealande of $900 wap clear- ed. This will be placed in thei union stock fund. . —Dr. Thornton, of Stony Cree , near Hamilton, a skilful physician an 1 high- ly esteemed citizen, _died on the 26th alt., after three weeks' illness. Deceas- ed was one of the staunchest Reformers in the county. , ' —The passengers on a lake steamer near Toronto the other day were amus- ed . by the sight of a big bird Flailing about on a piece of plank, from which coign of vantage he occasionally dived after a fish. ts-The craze for descending waterfalls in barrels has struck Ottawa. A young man there promises to g6 over thaChau- diere Falls in'a barrel on--Mondaji next if anyone will give-- him $100 for doing so '=-The Young Men's Christianf Asso- ciation of Toronto is making artange- ments for the holding of prayer and goSpel meetings at the Volueteer camp at Niagara, and at the IndrAtrial Exhi- bition grounds, next month. —The first shipment of fresh Caqadian fruit foe the Colonial and Indian Exhibi- tion was sent by the steamship Vancou- ver on Thursday last week. It consist- ed of fifty boxes, the samples selected being grown in the Belleville district. _ • -2-Charles Thede, of Saugeen, has lately been roped in for $240 bY the Wheat sivindlers whorWere operating in Bruce county, and ,who have been ex- posed by every local newspaper in the county. The slimy bait will always at- tract some tender heads: - —English and all -other licentiates will hereafter have to pass the examinations required by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons before they can practise in the Province, and not as heretofore demand registration without it. —Detective Otis, of Detroit, and his wife had a narrow escape at Kingston on Wednesday night. Being unable -to sleep he purchased some chloral at a druggists, 'but was given strychnine by mistake, so he said, but he has since disappeared, leaving his wife without either money or friends. —The firm of Stock & Armstrong, merchants, Tavistoek, have dissolved partnership. Mr. Armstrong retires to engage in a similar occupation in Cassel. His kind disposition and many scholas- tic abilities have won for him many friends, who will be sorry to hear of his departure. —Some years ago $40,000 in $10 bills was stolen from the Montreal Consoli- dated Bank • They were not recovered, the bank failing a few years afterwards. The bills are now being passed in Cali- fornia. The Montreal Chief of Police has received a telegram from San Fran- cisco, asking'i! these/bills were valid. —Chief John Smoke Johnson died at his residence on the reserve below Brant- • ford, on Wednesday last week:, De- ceased' was' 94 years of age, and was the oldest Indian of the Mohawk tribe. He foughtin the American war of 1812, and" knew the great warrior Chief Joseph Brant —The other day a little daughter of Mr. J. Kelly, of Haysville; seeured possession of a package of Aniline dye, and proceeded to make a lunch of it. How much of -the poison it succeeded in devouring will never be knOwn, but it is safely over its bad effects. Another warning for those who are careless with poisonous stuffs. —Miss Jennie E. Smith, of Guelph, died .-at Grimsby Park on Wednesday last week. She had been down at the. park 'for the summer, and while on a trip across the lake to Toronto contract- ed a severe cold, which settled on her lungs, Miss Smith had taught in the Guelph Public Schools for six years, and had many friends in that city. —The wife of John Ross Robertson, of the Toronto Telegram, died at the Windsor hotel, Montreal, Thursday last week. The deceased lady was return- ing home at the end of the preceding week; from the seaside, when she was take it ill on the train before reaching Montreal. She died from inflammation of the bowels. Mr. Robertson, who is in England, has been cabled for. • —Dpring the last few months, says the Winnipeg Free Press, a new indus- try that promises to grow to large pro- portions has sprung up—thateof ship- ping hogs to eastern points. The other day nine cars, seven for Toronto- and two for Ingersoll, left the city. The hogs which were gathered up from far- mers all over the Provinee command good prices in the eastern markets. ---While T. Little, of Moore township, Lambton county, was engaged digging a well he found, six feet below the surface, he bones of what are believed to be a mastoodn. The tusks are in a perfect tate of preservatian, also the skull and complete set of teeth in the upper jaw, he teeth being perfect. The tusks are leh., feet long„ and -weigh about 60 pounds a • —Miss Lena Mackenzie, of Kincar- me, Ont., was married at San Francis - o, a few days ago, to Mr. R. N. Mc- ennan, of that eity, The officiating lergymaa was Rev. R. Mackenzie ,D. D. The wedding was private. On the --Derin4 the year between July 1, t 1885, and the same date in 1886 about 2,000 tons of stock left Elora by the two railways. The etock was nearly all beef, a and the greater part of it for export. t The Grand Trunk Railway shipped the 4 largest amount; namely, 1,348 tons • e the balance was shipped over the Canada . Pacific Railway The number of head d of cattle shipped over each railway was c 6,042 over the Grand Trunk, and about L 750 over the the Canada Pacific, or c nearly 6,800 in all. Taking the average —_a iillowing day, when the 'marriage He'..- ttarne pubac, friends sent to the home tof the young' couple handsome and useful resents. 'Mr. and Mrs. McLennan left c ' Ili, a0 the coast. 's 11 —Messrs. McKehnie & Bertram, of visit to interesting placeS > e e Dundas, are buildi • g an iron planer pt unusual size. It vill weigh not le than 30,000 pa u n is and habe xb especially designed to do the planing of large pumping engitee and other heavy work. It is being built to the order of the Osborne-Killey colipany 'of Hamil- ton, and will probabtylhave reireater cee pacity between the uprights than any ' inmilar machine in Cantela. .1 —On the evening of the civic holid y in Pembroke same silly young men 4 • he town indulged in a procession of the ithu ;almpian sort, which created inueh ni a q nsement among the onlookers who rowded the streets to look at it. Tho : mall boys of the town had a similar pr 1- - rocession was a burlesque of the Sett t ation Army's parades, a barrel being_ u bs titu te d foe a :drum, and old tin panis,f ettles, etc., being the accompanyi gli riusical instruments. A little later t I. ii ession of their Own, in haitation of the ‚others. ; --(--At the Police -Court iii Toronto .the. ether day, Sam Sing, a Chinese laundry-. Ynian, refused to be sworn on a saucer,; the usual method of taking a Chinaman si oath, saying, "I believe in God, and I doanot tell the truth He will punis ihe.'"' He told the story of the robbery, and Colonel Denison sent the prisoneui to the Penitentiary, O'Brien for three 1. nears and a half, and Jarvis for three I goes to Sunday echo 1 efears. Sam Sing said he was a Presb -I terian, and that he regular I . —As Mr. Samuel Horner, of Clarei near Pembroke, one day lately wais e! talking near a lake close :to his place he. on, I si. ddenly met four bears emning towards I hisr4 Having his rifle with him, Mrt f ; otirer was delighted with the opporl- t mity which presented itself, and imt I . ediately set abut improving it by f king aim with his repeater and ins I s antly dropping the first, second and i t ird. We suppose he let the fourth ge I order to preserve the seed alive. Thi I certainly an extraordinary feat, con si ering that Mr. Horner is now in hi I 74th 1vi year.r . E . , Gregory, druggist, Lindsay, has a small box filled with a chunk o stuff that looks like a piece of cast -He ' soap a trifle under the weather. . The ' si bstarice is gum . benzOin, and fne mi ored f te of the cargo of a Dutch galleon los ofthe gape of Good Hope about 1623. T le locality -of the wreck was located, , and during last year the cargo was fished u . nothing the worse for its 263 years i of soakage at the bottom ef the ocean. The quality of the article is pronounced superior to that produced at the present day. The lite stock news of the day is thint Professor Brown, of the Ontario E. perimental Farm, has received a let - tet from Her Majesty's Farm Steward, m IN dsor Castle, asking if he will part ev'th the Hereford bull, " Conqueror" 75l0, that he purchased from the Royal he d in 1884 for $2,500. This is very co aplimentary certainly—as much to Calnada as to the judgment in selection ani it implies that nothing better can be got in England. The animal, is only foi r years old, and is simply one of the m at perfect of his kind, being a full son of the "Lord Wilton " 4740 that sold las year for $19,000 when 11 years old. a The evangelistic services, for three we ks past conducted in the Kincardine iti thodist church, by Revs. Crossley an Hunter, have grown.in interest, and much good has been accomplished. A ,very large number of young people as we'l as middle-aged and those having whitened hair, have taken a 'stand for the right, and have publicly announced their conversion. The services on Sun- day last were largely attended, and ea eveeing the body of the church has 'ben filled. A large number pf the count y people have been present,' some coming a distance of twelve and fourteen miles. There certainly is a wonderful revived reli ion in progress. Last Saturday witnessed the corn - pie on of the slaughter of Mr. Andrew All n's herd of cattle, in quarantine at Que tee. The eettle cremated have been 30 ieiong.ing to Mr. Allan, and 57 to Mr. McCrae, of (;nelo. Although itis still believed that there is no danger of the iisease spreadieg, additional pfecen- tion have been ordered, by the Govern- , men , and the country around the sta- tibn for a distance of 400 yards has been decl red quarantine. Farmers in this neig aborhood are prohibited from mov- ing heir cattle under a penalty of '$400 and terfeiture of right to indemnity in case of an outbreak. , ----"everal good sale§ of horses were mad in West Zorra, during this sum- mer. Mr. James Amos, some time ago, sold two and a three year old -filly to a gent eman from Michigan for- breeding purp sea, price $180 each. Mr. A. Mar ay sold to Dr. Rankin, Tavistock, a in three year old driving mare, sired by ' Combination," for $200. Mr. Jas. I f Gree sold. a horse to an American buyer 1 at $l /5. Mr. Hector Munro sold one at 1, - $190. Mr. Kirk sold a twol year old. ' I filly o Mr. Arno e at $150. While the abov -mentioned parties, as well as other,: not mentioned, have been dis- posin of and exporting some . of their Burpl is stock, some of the more enter - prism g men in our midst have been im- ' porti g and making most vatuable ae- quisi ions to their equine herds. Mr. Edw.. rd Dingman imported from Scot- land couple of very fine young stallions, one wo awl the other one year old. - Mr.'alter Meadows, Maplewood, also brou ht out a very fine three year old heav3 draught stallion, but had the ms - forth e to lose a still finer and more value, le animal on the way. Captain McK y, Harrington, has secured three or fo r excellent young mares from Scot- land quite recently. So, apparently, many, of our farmers are alive to the im- portance of breeding good horses.