The Huron Expositor, 1886-09-24, Page 1theta %paper we
Wrganized
ra(ie. -The eau
y. necessities
at be aegiectecl.
At a change int
try. Thia teatiee-.
trade, is evaet
eau -left unturae'
neglected in s_
gods as- will
desirable; aaet
buyers.We
calm -ten ta re
-
(ter store we
t inside of our
6 azul Prices to.
It is rtat [ oar
t as we -are
• we are thie
eittiet the stores,
'tin from speak: -
aux large, beau-
, of everything
eartments. In
IV(' a benefit, it
hoald see oat
should com'h�ucla
be eon-
lt your white,
be caninced
,-hile, we must
is 'here—in this
not think that
-tiat we are try-
ae well beaten
re evhere every-
vthing is good,
4ish, and. where
waiald especial-
- at present to
.Dress Goods in
a great variety
Our splendid
end UIsterings,
match ; new
Plushes,
; of the
a will be rea#ly
Le week, sa we
exiar Millinery
'AND SATUR-
ind 25th. We"
ening
on Mau-
✓ days), for the
5 friends in the
invited.
GrAUL
a-lijiinery Man,.
eterian church.
rst dance (Atha
Vanorman in.
„ latie taste It
area when- corn -
mg ladies are-
aatined to bed
ler .of our via
. Taranto exhi-
! of Deloraine,.
tives in Wawa-
spring.—Mrs„
Eillshurg to &t-
er neice Mrs.
P.
number from.
ige of the cheap
,nday to visit
al there.—The
a made at the
:en sold for 10
far the superior
ufactured here.
iency of the
b failed to hold
Monday even-
. eansequently
eaday evening,
taaketi(e)on be
deasant affairs.
Iast two happy
'Mr. -George A.
erreti in, No. 6,.
5 -
- James Hogg
• McKillop,
have received
ng that their
appreciated.—
McKillop, has
of the Walton
-Mr. D. John
-
en, intends tee
efession at the
ke a course in
has been More
d as a teacher ;
in his adopted
1
I
osh.
(;-corge Coates
_stolen by some
set his dog on
do cr to lealte
,his Nag had no
tairsue. The
Or iireprisoned.
II riableil- was
,ers club and a
titttralay after"
ie former. The
ed, considerirea
a never played
[a. la boys mega
aings
to spare.
to abauntifa
r
insame lessea
time was speat-
they may have
k in the catalog
Mr. Pa Taldar
ctorily to all.
t..tiekhouse has
ae almost cora-
ilasons will be -
lair
ere visiting the
turned to their
iithesetts -Miss
era, is the guest
Clara kVaish'
Wise, of Beni'jll"
vieited her
*Eielc.- -Mr. J01111
if off the liet of
himself. Miss
h=1:tre retUrEteCt
Union
`J(Patinue under
id pastor. Ree
,,ternenced an
outdo of weeks -
NINETEENTH YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER 980.
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EAFORTFI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBgR 24,1886.
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.GLEAN BROS. Publishers.
' $1.50 a Year, in Advance.
13-1"---LNV" WO_ 11
—OF THE—
Town of Seaforth,
PC317t 1886_
ABY LAW to raise by way of loan, the sum
of five thousaed five hundred dollars for
the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
Whereas, the High School Board of the ToWn
at Sdaforth has made application to' the Muni-
cipal Council of thersaid Town of Seatorth, in the
county of Huron, (lir the sum of five thousand
ffte hundatai dollars, for the purpose_of erecting
an.addition to the said High School, and fur-
nishing the sante.
And, whereas, the said counail has resolved to
raise the said SUM of money for the purposes
1 f °i.
Arne CISa, ‘1 ereas, it .will require the sum of one
hundred and sixty seven del:Lars and fifty cents
to be raised annually by special rate for the pa N' -
meat of the said debt, as hereinafter mentioned.
And, a tierces, it will require the sum of two
hundred and seventy five dollars to be raised
annually by special rate, for the payment of the
said interest, as 'also hereinafter mentioned.
And, whereas, the amount of the whole rate -i,
able property of the said Corporation, irrespec-'
tive of at income in the nattire of tolls,interesta,
dividend" rents. or tees from said property, and
also irrespective of any income to be derived
from the temporary investment of the sinking,
fund, or any part thereof according to the last
revised assessment roll of the said Corporation
being ter the year one thousand eight hundred
and eighty six, is the suer: of five hundred and
seventy one thousand three hundred. and thirty
five dollars.
And, whereas, the existing debt of the said
Corporation is as follows : Six thousand dollars
borrowed under the authority of By Law No. 3
A, of the said Town of 'Seatorth, and interest -
thereon at seven per cent per annum, payable
half yearly from the first day of July, A.D., 1886.
and, elet'en thousand dollars borrowed under the
authority of By Law No. C A, of the said Totill of
Seaforth, and interest thereon at the rate of six
per cent per annum payable half yearlY from the
fifteenth day of April, A. D., 1886, also tve thou-
sand dollars borrowed under the authority of By
Law No. 24 B, of the said Town of Seaforth, and
interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per
*flaunt, payable half yearly from the first day of
August, A.D., 1886,and there is nothing in arrear
either for principal or interest.
And, whereas, it is made nedessary to appoint
the time and piace for taking the votes of the
duly qualified eiectors,ane for appointing deputy
returning officers to take the votes of the said
electors at the meeting. '
Be it therefore ,enacted by the Municipal
Council of the Town of Seaforth.
I. That it shall be lawful for the Mayor of the
said Coipora.tion to raise by way of Ili= froin any
person or persons, body or bodies corporate, who
may be willing to advance the same upon the
credit of the debentures herei'n'after mentioned,
a sum of money not exceeding in the whole the
sum of five thousand five hundred dollars, and
cause the wee to be paid into the'ynands of the
Treasurer of the said Town, ter the purpose, and
with the object ahove recited.
IL That it shall' , be lawful for the said Ma'yor
to cause any number of debentures to be made
for such sums of Monet- as may be required, not
less than one hundred "Elollars each, and_not ex-
ceeding in the aagregate the'sum of five thou-
sand five hundred dollars, and that the said de-
bentures shall be sealed with the seal of the said
CorpOration, and sighed by the Mayor and the
Treasurer thereof.
IlL That the said debentures shall bear in -
terest at and after the 'rate of five per cent per
aninitil front the day mentioned in the By Law,
to take effect which interest shall be payable
on the first days of June and December in each
and every year at the office of the said Treasurer.
IV. That the said debentures shall be Made
payable in twenty s ears at furthest from the day
herein mentioned for this By Law to take effect,
at theasifice of the treasurer of the said Corpor-
ation, and shall have attached' to them coupons
for the payment of interest.
V. That for the purpese of forming a sinking
fund for the payment of the said debentures an
equal annual sum of one hundred and_sixty seven
dollars and fifty cents shall in addition to all
other rates be raised levied and collected by
special rate upon the rateable property in the
said Corporattlin during the continuance of the
said debentures, or any of them ; arid for the
purpose of paying the interest of the said deben-
tures, an equal .a-mstat sum of two hundred and
seventy five dollars shall in addition to all other
rates be raised, levied and collected by special
rate upon all the rateable property in the said
Corporation during the continuance of the said
debentures, or any of them.
VI. That this By Law shall come into operation.
and. take effeet on the First day of Deeeinber, A.
1b86.
VII. That the votes of the electors pf the said
Municipality shall be taker & on this By Law on
Monday, the 18th dtt)-- of October, A. D., 1886,
commencing at the hour of nine o'clock in the
morning, and front thence continued till the
hour of five o'clock in the afternoon, at the fol-
lowing places: For Polling Sub -division No. 1
at E. Cash's tore;SFor Polling Sub -division No.
2 at Wm. Campbell's Score; For Polling Subs'
divisiorallo. 3 at the Town ; and that Ed-
ward Cash shall be Deputy Returning officer for
Polling Sub -division No. 1, S. Stark shall be
Deputy Returning officer for Polling Sub -division
No. 2, and William Elliott shall be Deputy Re-
turning officer for Polling Sub division NO. 3.
VIII. That the Clerk of the said Municipal
Corporation of the Town of Seaforth, shall at the
hour of twelve o'clock noon, on Tuesday the
nineteenth day of Ootober, A. D. 1886, at the
Town Han in the said -own of Saaforth, sum up
the rotes given for an against the By Law.
IX. That the Mayor of the said Municipal Cor-
peratien shall attend at the Council Room in the
said Town on Friday, the 15th day of October
A. Dt. 1888, at the hour of eight o'clock in the
evening, for the purpose of appointingapersons
to attend at the various polling places aforesaid,
arid the final summoning up of the Yates by the ,
Clerk, reapectively on behalf of persons interest-
ed in and promoting or opposing the passage of
this By Law respectively
NOTICE.
--
The above is a true soppy of a By Law which
has been taken into Consideration by the Muni-
cipal Council (4. the Tofin of Seaforth, and which,
wilt be finally I pasaed by the said Council in the
event of the aireeat of the electors being obtained
thereto after one amath from the firstamblieft-
tion of said IAaa in the newspaper called the
limos Exeosfrentithe date of which first publica-
tion was Friday the 24th day of September A. D.
18s6, and that at the hour, day and places: men-
tioned therein fixed for taking the votes of the
Electors the polls will be held.
WM, ELLIOTT, Town Clerk!
980-4
SPECIAL NOTICE
TO CUSTOMERS.
•
Any person who purchased a Watch., Clock or
piece of jewelry, and had the same guarantedd
Or Watch repaired arid guaranteed by C..
PANE% jeweller, will still find the guarantee
treed by railing at
PAPST'S jewelry; Store,
No. I _Campbell's Block Main-st, 04th,
Where can be seen a fine 'assortment of Watches,
Clocks, Jeu4:1.ry, .xe-. All respectfully invited, to
-tome and ingpect stOck of Pa.pst's Jewelry store.
Ettoertnthenber the spot- -No. Campbell's Bloek,
sea
979-tf
TAXPAYERS ATTENTION!
The Municipal Taxes of the Town of Seaforth
are payable at theirreasurer's Office on the 14th
01 December next. Three per cent will be allow-
ed off On all Taxes paid during September a two
per ceat allowed during. October, and 'five laser
cent will be added to all taxes remaining unpaid
OR the 14th of December and collected therewith.
P.Luorr, Town Cler1(. Seaforth, Sep-
tember 11th, 1886. 979-2
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, so
The ennoniteg 'f Southern
Manitoba ,
A - ram Fra -1 PROSPEROUS AND CO & TE .ir.E1) .
PE( PLE.
Nivettvieta, Mat itolne, August °:(), 1886.
DEAR EDITOR,—Niverv Ile is A station
on the Canada Pacific Ilia lroad, 2: miles
froin \V anipeg. It is -a 4u Ygestive i ante.
Why, Niyer and why :v!le are let ends
that appear to puzzle the oldest i habi-
tants. One local historian assurek me
that it N -as maned -after aj distinguished
prelate, but heaves unable to voucl for
the theory. t nether '1'at the p oper
name was Neverville ml recogniti n of
its inability to arrive at the dinieiisions
and importance of a town' but ti er '; is a
lack of historical data. There a 6 no
archives, nothing to eai, fy the hi tori-•
cal hunter that it has inhric -than a local
habitation and a name.
NIVERVIL;LE
howevet, is 'not -P,c•king Many of hose
qualities amongst her inhabita As that
it
would be no discredit , larger a d more
,
pretentious burgs. Its only ot a is
clean and home -like ; ropritor, Mr.
T. W. Graven, is hospita le an nter-
taming. The town conga ases 1 ss than
twenta buildings, includi g the ra lway
buildings, but small as it is, lar, e uan-
tities of grain are shipel by'.ii from
Nitervi le: A local iiidustry ba has
been carried on to some exte t 's the
exportation of pressed hair, cut roar the
excellent hay lands for which hi 4 dis-
trict is,famous. This ind stry h it lately
been de eloprnent by M r. Chu ch, who
is :now negotiating I with I a I, 'innipeg
firm to ut up 'large qu eitities - 'mmedi-
v
ately if 'atisfactory arr ifigemen s can be
made. Ii
Therd has been a staticling
ing c m laint
against the east side, , speoial13 in this
locality that it is ' too wet: ertainly
,
there i much wet land. but his year
has proved tan excepti -n. , Th system
of dna" age contemplated, and a hieh has
been p rtly adopted, iwill i do much tO
carry • ff the suIrplus teeter, ler t it is a
serious ;istake to drain this s ctioh in
the ext naive meaner first propo
ADVANTAGE OF 'IsIARSH.E..
It ha been ,found from eXperi nce that
large in ishesIin tae vicinity of ood land
are a benefit, rettef-an evil, e pedially
during nusuallet; dry stimmer . •Theya
produc precipitation and local rainfall,
which N CUM ilOt Occur if the sw nips or
marshe were notepreseat - Sec .is now
the bell f amangst those , who h ve paid
much a tentioneta this! atter. But, I
mist b ase moralizing' and pr ceed to
fulfil th- object of' thie.1 t er, nd that
is to gi e your readers a1 ( escr ption of
LI E AMONG THE I N 'ONI ES.
A bu gy drive from t re quie village
of Nive ville to the cluster f M nnonite
villages a few reales td .tjhd, eas will be
found nder favorable: Icircun stances,'
pleasan and interestinite uc a drive
your cirrespondent took yes ;rday in
compel] with Mr. Craie , rop 'eta"' of
,the Ni erville hotel. A fiie s °ening
and a raarie 'road, '',clazi am iss any -
'where,' - are flattering oonditi. ns, and
away w went to the ern its settle,
merit, 'here
fir fro n the maddening crowcls ign d,le.strife
Their s ber wishes never I earned to ray,
Along th • cool, sequ stered vale of life
They k pt the nois gess lienor of thei way:" —
Six flea east from ivervil e1it the
first M inaonite village of Oaten ick.. It
compri es about 6, dozen rous s, these
quaint cata.gese with high that hed roof
and ole: D. white -wished , e ails flanked
by stac s of grain and lay, w th here
and th:re-in froaa: a a dsom garden
blootni g with variegated Howe , show-
ing tas ic and Cultivation.
Two iles further on. i the village of
Kronst I, prefenthie a simile, Appear-
ance of neatness i, , ,eih Louses nd sure
round ,,
i gs that as to be ob erved in
even-
ness an thoroughness 1!)f thatch d roof,
Osterw ck. Taeta_ was h sae e the sa e snowy evhitene s of lig gable
and fro t, with here and titer: a, door
paintet *blue and Someti es! pin , Which
gave a, elief to the picture.;
A CURIOSITY. i
After leaving Shoentr le ano
lege two miles fPrther n, Mr
said he would be able there to
quite a„ curiositet-ea flowing
was struck four or fivei ails ag
had since expanded into a, lar
Coming to this 'spring we found
her vii -
Craven
hovv .inc
ell that
, arid it
e; pond.
it to be
quite le reservoirefenced" arou d with
high p okets, only-. a few feet rom 'the
oerkso i). The
ped, its
25 feet,
, with a
t. The
a bluish
winter.
ascend -
many of
ollapse. •
again attach theaiselves o pieces
s and weeds on the -bet om, giv-
debris the appearance o coral in
its first stages of formatioh. arom the
outlet of this pond I'took a gl Iss of the
water. It is hard, but taere.a e no all-
aui indications, and it seemed o be just
the kind of water that would cause, in
tithe, petrifaction of any veg table or
animal substance which it coy -red., . In -
that spring MreDoerkson ha a power
. ow_ account.
rly apaed-, I
ter sp uted up -
Wing that its
dista cc away,
, high r groand
n th district.
s sur ounclings
eprii g is well
e: tray ller who
-
• ; At Shoentrai
kirk ?Tips, who
- and scrtbe of
11 Here
ribr was
e houses
are more
'elite the
an the
the roof.
ntr 1, we
are again on the road for Barg hal, four
miles f irther on, which village we teach -
1 '
owner' door (a Mr. I
reservoir, or pond, is'-, o
al sh
longest diameter beink about
and it shortest aboua 2; fee
depth f water of at least 4 fe
water
- tinge,
Frani t
ing in
which
Others
of stic
ing the
clear as ecrysta
nd it does not f
e bottom of this
riads of air bu
ise to the surf kc
, with
'eezeii
ood ir
tales,
and
ed as- the, sky begins to cloud 'up and find le tae condition, progress and
threaten rain. ! . perty, of thee° Men ionites muelder coh-
• - • -.AMONG i THE 'VILLAGES. . gratulation .; Nearly a dozen years ago
AtBargthal the thresher was at Work, they located on tie bare plains of this
horses and oxen working together, and distriet, and conmenced to battle with
the olmud and log
old ho se- severed; graduall d
a e drove pp to witness this novelty—for many disadvantages.; They have per -
Ore does not often see th
power thresher noW-a-.days, to say nc th- shanties are gain(
ingo' miied poWereAs we appi-oaahed the dwellings, and th
threshing -party a swarm of round -head- denceeon the pert
ed, intelligent boys and girlsthe former tiers- to conform
.wearing the flat Atessian cips on ti eir adians in meny res
heads, and the latter with thetyp cal They make horn
1
handkerchief, suspended work with r dee farne yard ie musi
'Mid fork, and . took a. quict survey 'of- -the ,aristocratic 1
herse, buggy and occupants, -L The men pigeon. The ;Iva
at the' threiher worked awa.yasith e s ow they are incesSant
steady Stroke that was eloquent of plod- evening, -crossing
ding industry and perseverance. A ter we came in eight ,
a few 'inquiries by Mr. Craven, in his man who -was gu
best German, we are. direeted to the
house of Kaiser Taiff the warden of the,
that h even yeaturns it
When he well was rgjil
am inf rmed that the w
wards several feet, sh
eource must be long
and ev dently oh _much
than ia to be ifciuncf
Thong the ponii • and
are quite' primitive, this
worth of a visit by t
may come to tine: section
we pall our respects to
is the iterary authorit
the nit nicipalitet ef 11-1,eqeele
again t same neatness f ex
not heir ed in the hiteri r: T
and su rouadingth, so fa see
after t se style orthe Dutch, e
clean, -sanded concrete floor
comfortable -looking thetch on
Taking a few hotee Sho
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municipality. He is at home, hospit
and good-natured. After' aa intro
tion to Mr. Jacob Hebert, the ech
master, who is a most intelligent yo
man Warden Taiff talis us [through
buildi#gs and over his grounds, ga
us an opportunity to see Pratical_
dences of Mennonite skill and inclus
The warden has a taste for flowers,
is evidenced by a beautiful garde
front; his hause, and in one of
rooms, growing in a large fruit can;
a geranium that any Winnipeg I
might envyafor it was both linter
and healthy,the fragrance indicating
it was tended With care, and' that , e
flowret of Eden might grow peacef
there. Then the massive home-
iitarial-by of an oven.
and the system expl
Dutch oven is to Men
Canadian sto ,e is to
was; shown
hied, for
(mite what
the I Canac
frau. Then ve pass intothe sta
a eeparate, thoug,1 an adjoining bu
in, which you would hardly k
was a stable but for the fact that
see horses and cattle there, but ev
thing is clean and systematic. A Ii
further brings a into the barn port'on
and then upsta re into the granary, a
model of 'order and cleanlinese. ' T
we are shown by the warden the h
great hulks of Animatedlpork whiCh n
fall will be turned into hams and ba
and as we come to the sitting room
find the table !spread and the arom
fragrance of the inspiring coffee aw
jet; and the coffee pro -es to be made
isle
uc-
ol-
ng
his
ing
yi-
ry.
het
in
the
as
s.dy
ant
hat
cry
ily
ike
us
he
he
an
le, -
id -
Ow
on_
cry -
tie
I a
len
gs,
xt
n,
we
tic
it -
by
eskilful. hand. It is a favorite ta
drink with the Mennonite and. t ey
understand the art of its maaufactur to
de
t-
is
ed
ye
rat
C-
he
perfection.- At the, table set, alciegs
the warden,, hie aged mother, a sprig
1 1 ' old lady, netwithetanding that -sh
n - octogeeariain. The ,. tenderness
ween mother land son was eviden
nel, it was corroboratory of what I h
ften heard about' the Menponites t
hal duty with them is greatly revere
ed. The- warden's wife passed to
majority some tane ago. . 'He has •ei flit.
children—the aldest in quite_ a yet ng
man.' He sat at the same table, whille
his wife did the honors of the table.
A.nother of the sons, when only three
years old, eves ettacked with acute rhOu-
Matisin and crivipled in both legs below
the knees, so that he has no use:of his.
legs. A sprightly round-faced:. little
girl, nine or ten years of age, seems. to
be the little h� -peep of the family, tPos-
sessing-that shYaess so natural to i Men-,
noniteinhildren., she still seems to have
a vivacity .and ubiquity that might be
carried by the reporter of a great daily.
A sweet little missie, but she dodged
• every attempt to pat her on the head.
She was awaylike a bird, ad- again in
the middle of the company with a nim-
bleness that spoke of childlike happiness.
THE GRAIN CROP
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`a What is likely to be he -average
yield of wheat -this season ?" is the lead-
ing question which has vita. importance
attached to it: in this country. So far,
in this portion of the Proviicice the aver -e
age is from ten to fifteen bushels. Isay
'is,' beeause this result has been accom-
'plished. Just think of it, many of you
old-timers! Here, on thi Mennonite
Df Hespelei,
reshed, and
n the gran-
ary. It forms a strong con rest to the
frosted grain of last year, for while the
kernels of 'last year are 'small ad
shrunken, those of the present year are
. plump and golden. No. 1 hard certain-
ly,eand were - a small- bag of .this year's
product forwarded -to -Captain Clark, at
the 'Colonial, it would make up foil
what deficiencyi -there is in last yearai
• quality. , .
i The, oats I have seen so far are
ferior ; they did not fill in awing to
aiausual dryness, and the saline with
ley. The testimony among the. la
nonites is general that the 'wheat m
up in quality what it lackIi quan
end I hear of 'few complaint .
Unlike our ' Canadian farmers,
Mennonites appear • not to! neglect
cultivation of gardensvegetables.
find a thriving garden at every hoe.
both flowers and vegetables
Although, a dry season, ye
reached respectable dimensi
the remarkable fertility of
its powers of absorbing moisture even
where there is apParently none.
The wonted swamp has disappeared
from this section. It ha
dried up so that horse an
he driven across' marshes
dinary summers are
Through the rank thatch g
dry swareps we drive, the g
h'e horses' ears, and yet t
dry as the upland prairie
tve speed at a rapid rate. ,
- PRUDENCE AND ISM-8TM%
; Everywhere on the be atiful wild
1 tne.adows you see evidences of Mennoni
prudence and industry, even the prairie
hay of this seaeon has be n cut, ured
and 'stacked, and here A
over yet. There are no p
Dominion earlier than this
year. If the same activity
served in other portions of
the fact is net only worth
but something to ;boast abo
The most enthnsiastic M
reserae, in themunicipality
this year's crop is already t
the golden grain is stored
the
ar-
en-
kes
ity,
the
the
ou
in profusion.
roots have
ns, showing
he soil and
completely
buggy may
which in or -
impassable.
ass of -these
ass reaching
e soil is as
cross which
gust is
rtions o
the pr
has beee ob-
he Province
proclaming,
t.
nitoban
3
not
the
sent
will
place to neat frame
res a decided tenq
f these plodding set -
o the ways of Can-
ects.
all it should be. Tire
'al with poultry from
rahma to the lordly
en are nevetk' idle ;
vorkers. The other
hrough a large field,
f a stout young wo-
ding a pair of horses
and a plow as ski fully as it could 'Ave
been done had a n been the cultivat-
or. They are not unveiled to work at
that, but, that st ut girl is strong and
healthy and she li es to take a turn at
the furrow. It was the best and
straightest plowin r that we had seen for
some miles. "How jocund did she
drive her team
enough from her t
woman of the pen
at the theught
work. Coertesy
conspicuous featu
There is nothing
like to refuse. T
try, -though Many
portion of Russia where the winter cli-
mate is perhaps n Haler than it is here,
yet the "mills not so productive as that
to be foundon the'r Manitoban homes,
but I am informed that •
WHEAT .ALWAYS BROUGHT A HIGHER
afield," was -evident
ughing face, though a
d would have fainted
f having to do such
and hespitality are
es with this people.
reasonable that they
ey all like the &sun -
of them came from a
1 RICE
in Russia' than i Manitoba. But the
disadvantages un's en which they labored
were much greate ; hence they all say
they would' not cxchange their 9w lot
for the old one. filch has been writ-
ten about the Men • onitee. Without un-
necessarily praiei ig them, the progress
they have made i largely due to their
own persevering ndustryi In spite of•
what many preju iced people may say ,
to t the coitrary,I the Mennonites are
good farmers. Tfhey are making the
prairie blossom asj the rose, and in tree
planting taey are oremost.
On Mr. Kleve 's farm,- a short dis-
tance from iven ille, there are numbers
of the
HEALTI IEST L IMBARDY POPLARS
;
that I haw yet seen in this latitude.
These, are quick - growers, and Mr.
Meyer is saowin f that he is ahead of
the times in selec mg this variety.
MIGHT HAVE EAD THE RIOT ACT.
The mayor -of iverville might have
read the- Riot Ac the other day when
MePhillips',partY of surveyors camped
etithin the town 1 mita, but the absence
of one of ' the rincipal citizens, who
Went to attend-th Liberal -Conservative
convention at th metropolis, and the
further absenceof many " numerous
citizens" left th t official- without an
audience, :but thre was a suppressed
feeling of indigna ion amongst a few of
the settlers ' whe they learned that a
highway 99 feet ide was being staked
out from Winn peg to Emerson. In
other words, th old trail is being
declared one,. of the great highways.
One or twee! su picious ,settlers shook
their heads and r marked that the local
elections werel so it to come off, and any
one who could vo e might "drag a chain
over that trail,' but nobody felt in-
clined to order off the road streighteners,
and a suspieion s erned to fasten itself
on the minds o two veteran farmers
that the Governn ent did not intend -to
allow da,magps. This deubt was, haw -
ever, remeekd N hen a careful reader
and subscriber to the Provincial Gazette
discovered an old capy of that perfunc-
tory .publication and found therein a
proclamation da ed in 1881, providing
for the way th ar itrate damages to the
landa invaded b the great highway.
The Province not rich, but by the
time the trail is s raightened it may be,
rich enough to ay, for the great dam -
nes which the gr at highway is going to
commit. ,
C nada.
—Professor Ba ale, of the Royal Mili-
tary College, Kin ston, is dead.
—The 18th of avember has been ap-
pointed Thanksg ving day for the Do-
minion.
—A farm on the 9th concession,
Blanshard, belon ing td Mr. Wm. Davis,
was recently sold for $6,400.
— .On her last tip to Port Arthur, the
Alberta carried ix cars of telegraph
- wire for the Cana a Pacific Railway line
in British Column
—A Galt firm said to be engaged on
a large order of pus th go to Cuba, and
is the second or t irdthat has been re-
ceived from that istant land.
—Part of the loronto asylum farm in
the west end of he city hes been sold
by tender for $4, 00 an acre; by the On-
tario Governmen
— A Partridge C▪ ochin hen belonging
to Mr. Eher Lew's, of Newrinuiket, has
hich measures'. 10-tx71
rence.
lackhall, for the past
much -respected fore-
stian Guaialian office,
Toronto.
on,
the well-known
to he the fastest horse
been badly injured
drunken driver.
produced an egg
inches in circtimf
—Mr. Charles.
sixteen years th
man. -of the Chr
died last week in
—Charlie Gib
trotter, supposed
in Manitoba, ha
and disabled by
—Mrs. Gordon, wife of a Philadelph-
t residing in Toronto,
lets, two girls and a
night.
g horse formerly owned
Galt, and first driven
by him, was sold a few
cage business man for
1,000.
rs, sr., for 46 years a
x county, died at his
r an Friday night, at
Mr. :Winters was born
nlisted at an early age.
Regiment, in. which. he
ssioned officer, was sent
Ian, but at prese
gave. birth to tri
ooy, last Sunday
—A bay trotti
by Dr. Lpndy, o
in single harness
days ago to a Ch
the snug emu' of
—Joseph Win
resident of Ess
home in Winds
the age of 71.
in'E,ngland and
In 1838 the 85th
was a nonecomm
th iCanada th participate in the patriot
wer. The 'regiment was quartered at
Athherstburg and Sandwich. In the
spting of 1839 Mr. Winters bought his
discharge and settled in Sandwich,
where he lived until a few years ago,
when he moved to Windsor.
I ---Ste Andrew's congregation, Kings-
ton, has appointed a committee to coin
sider the erection of a new church at 4
cost of $30,000-ot $40,000.
'-Among the Londoners who secured
prizes at tbe Sarnia Caledonian. games
the ether day were John Rattray, John
Campbell, Kate Campbell, Alice Corden,
Kate Ash and Lydia Anderson.
ii—Keepee Dickinson, of the Kingston
lunatic asyium, was attacked by an hie
mate the ther day, receiving injuries
w ich will lay him off duty for some
tierr_e.m
Carole, whose husband was
biirned th ci
the tonc'wtwniii
eath in the cells of the Corn-
ell, has taken action against
her
loss. recovery of compen-
saltion for h
I---James Caskey, of.the 11th' conces-
sion, Kincardine, it is said, has three
Years' wheet crops in his barn. Holding
g am n in that manner is a losing specula-
tiOn. i
1—The Iiidustrial Exhibition at To -
rant° closed on Friday last. It is pro -
'enlaced the greatest success of any fear
yet held in Canada. The total gate re-
ceipts were $4!0,914, as compared with
04,120 last year. ' r i - •
1—Wm; Jones,, tinsmith,. 23 years of
a$e, fell off Yonge street wharf, Toron-
to-, into t e bay Saturday afternoon and
was dro vied. He -was leaning on his
cane, wh cii broke and he tumbled into
i
the wate .
i—The ender ifor the masonry on the
new laarl ament buildings to be erected
in the Q een's Park, Toronto, has been
aarar ed, and the excavation will prob-
ably be c rame•need in about ten days.
. —Hen rable ; Alexander MacKenzie
was a pa s nger by the steamship Van-
e ever, hich arrived at Quebec on Sun -
d y. aB the same steamer dame Sir D.
LI Macp icrson, his wife .and six ser-
vants. ,
,-.Dr. athan Tupper, collector of
cestoms at Amherst, Nova Scotia, and
last survi ing ;brother of Sir Charles
Tupper, d ed On the 10th inst. Dr.
Tepper haji been ill for some time. He
was abenit 58 years of age.
1—Mis.1ogin, of Lindsay, put up at
the Revile •House, Toronto, on Saturday
ntglit and blew out the gas. The night
pOrter about maleight smelt gas issuing
learn her room and ucceeded in rousing
her before any serio s result ensued. --
-A public n eeti a held at liverton
recently appoin ed a committee to Con -
far with the Capadian Pacific Railway
aathorit es with' the object of securing
an exten; in of the Toronto, Grey and
laruce b anch friom Teeswater to Tiver-
ten and nverhuron. •
' —The barn, shed and granary of
Wm. R binson, 'a farmer, living five
miles, fr nli Alvinston, were struck by
lightnin and burned last Sunday thorn -
nig, ,also the cantehts, consisting of 300
beshels f Ilastlear's wheat and all this
year's crori.
—Authority is given "The Horse
B eedere' Association of the County of
a elland,": to increase the capital stock
from $30Q0 to $7,000, also "The Oil
Exchhn e iFinaecial Association -of Pe-
teolea," o increase stock from $150,000
ti $300,00. ' i
11—The Indian Department has com-
menced paymeat of the annual treaty
Money 1o the various Indian tribes
through ut Manitoba and the North -
wast. The amount paid to Indians
directly in money last year amounted to
$ 70,0,
0e.
_1hCanada Gazette contains notice
of the intention of Susan Manton to ap-
ply for ivorce from her husband on the
gtound hat he has deserted her, has ob-
teined a divorce from her in the United
States nd has there married another
Woman.
1—A y ung immigrant was arrested at
ay station at South Quebec and
tiiae rail
sebsequ ntly fined $5 and costs by Mr.
Bernier,' J. P., for singing "God Save
the Queen,' the policeman who made the
arrest fancying the defendant was sing -
mpg an immoral song. ,
—Some little girls While playing near
the Grand Trunk Railway at Whitby, a
Ow days ago, found a parcel, and on
opening it turned out about $75 in
American currency. i They are having
al good time since spending their big
fiad.
—George Thompson the well-known
stock -breeder of Bright, reports a sad-
den increase in his herd of Durharns. "ta
young cowl the other day gave birth to
no fewer than three calves, one male and
two females. All are fine, healthy, and
fairly good-sized calves.
—Mr. 1Ingh Sutherland says work on
the Hudson's Bay Railway will be com-
menced immediately. The city of Win-
nipeg -will probablya be asked for a
bonus of helf, a million dollars on con-
dition that the head offices and work-,,
shops are located there.
--One day lately MI-. David Hostett.
ler, of Wilmot, fell off a cherry tree, a
distance of some 12 feet. He struck on
his right shoulder joint and was unable
to use his arm afterwards. He is, how-
ever, improving under the care of Dra
Schmidt.
--Following are , the ..Grand Trunk
1!,aila ay traffic returns for the week
ending September 4th: Passenger train
eatnings, 1886, $144,444; 1885, 8121,-
/43. Freight train earnings, 1886,
222,56l; 1885, $190, 540. Total, 1886,
367,003; , 1885, $312,283. Increase,
14886, $54,722.
1 —Among the excursionists from Owen
8ound to Toronto on Tuesday last week
*as a young man and his girl and a lady
friend of the latter with a baby. At
Orangeville the train stopped for a few
minutes, and the swain and girl alighted
and began promenading the platform,
the young man obliging his girl's friend
by taking the baby out to give it an air-
ing. The pair had reached the end of
the platform when the train suddenly
started eutebefore they could get aboard
and they were left in charge of the
baby. The baby is reported to have be-
haved Well, however, -and the pair took
the afternoon train and in due time
track and his companion upon the other,
both' miraculously escaping injury. The
remains of the horse were left about
four car ler gths down the track.
People in the -icinity exonerate the en-
gine driver fro.n all blame.;
—A delegatien of Guelph Salvation -
jets visited Berlin on Sunday last, and
on going into the stable to get out their
horses, when eeady to return, the door
was fastened an the outside and they
were imprisoned. They pleaded to be
liberated, but in vain, and were obliged
to remain in the stable over night. The
huts were also taken off the a hecle of
their conveyance and the concern taken
to pieces.
—Mr. James Cochrane, Of Derby, .
near Owen Sound, has taken out a pa-.
tent for an i iproved dovetail wagon
li
and sleigh box which for simplicity and
durabilfty is grand improvement on
the old style box. The box can be taken
apart and put on and aff a wagon by any
[boy. This improvement can be put on
lany wagon or I sleigh at a trifling cost,.
'and only need to be seen by farmera to
be appreciated..
—Mr. Reit Robertson, who has -for
some time bee staying with his brother,
Mr. Alex. Robertson, 4th line Blanshard,
left for bis home in the Northwest, near
Prince Albert, a few days ago, taking
with hien a earload of valuable stock.
He has about 80 stieepe of which a eamm.
ber are thoroughbeeds-Leicesters, South -
reached Toronto and safely transferred '
their: burden to its mother's arms.
—A s ries of revival services are being
conduct d in the Methodiet church at
Mars, ta. cOillivray. Addresses of great ,
power rid impressiveness, are said to
have be n given at these meetings by
Miss Df isdale, of Belle Ewart.
—Th famous high wire !athletes and
trapeze performers, the 1\l'ountfords,
have be n secured to give exhibitions at
the We tern Fair, London i They will
perform ' in front of the grand stand in
the hor; e ring each afternoen and even-
ing het-een the racing events and fire-
works ,isplay.
— at Saturday a boy in Ashburn -
ham was playing with a dynamite cap -
sole, i N4en it -exploded, striking him on
the right arm and right eye. A small
piece of
but the,
is fe4.,re
of it;
—Al
in the
Mone
flesh was torn from the arm,
eye is in a critical condition. It
that the lad will lose the sight
. •
veryman in Montreal says -that
matter of cruelty to animals
1 takes the palm, ale never
saw f3Lle I cruelty, nor such indifference
to it, as he has ewitnessed ,in that city.
"The an who ill-uses a climb animal,,
'
he justl exclaimed, " desetves the whip
himself "
Idowns, ShropdoWns, Cotswolds, and
— Th death occurred On Tuesday, 'others, also two very valuable thorough -
14th n t.at Paris, of Mrs; John Smith, bred Durham bulls, and a heifer of the
one 'of die oldest settlers of Brant isame breed.
county:, Deceased came to this country I —While Mr. Alfred Povvie and his
some 51 years ago, and,wae 79 years and !'sen and danaliter, aged 17 and 14, re-
5gennleornosan
tl s wolodm. She was a Whole-souled, ispeetively, were towing from the Beach
to Hamilton Ilhursday a very heavy sea
—To mas Applegate, e Hamilton struck the boat and capsized her All
hackm n, was drivrng up Hess .street ithree are first-class swimmers, and they
when ti e road suddenly eaved in, pre- managed to cling to the upturned boat
cipitati • g one of his horses completely I till rescued. They hadbeen battling
into th ,sewer, some twelve or fourteen , with the waves for nearly three
feet below. The occupant -of the hack, of an hour brore their condition was
a gent emgirl,' cl mbered out, and the fire depart- a
an, three ladiesand a ttle i linoticed.
ment e' tricated the horse from thehole,
—TO, other night a dating burglary
was co mitted on the premises of Mr.
V. Vanderburg, near Stafferdville, 'Bay -
ham to viiship. After usijig chloroform
eves took a vest c ntainbeg $22
Id watch from S. 43irdsail, who
eping in the housle, and vest
•
the th
and a
was sl
.
from under the pillow of Mr. Vander -
burg, c' ntaining a watch aad $55.
Malcolm McCannel, of Elders -
lie, Br cc county, having ' offered a re-
ward o $100, the township council has
supple , ented it by $200, niaking the re-
ward o fered $300, for inf rmation that
will lead to the arrest and ' conviction of
the a
'rty or parties who recently
entere the premises Of Mr-. Mc-
Cannel and destroyed his property.
--Bur glars .entered the Methodist
parson 'ge at Dunnville early Sunday
mornin , and carried off $200 worth of
silverWare inctuding a silver tea service
present d by the'Methodists of Guelph
to thc
with
lKifeteinling
trace o
—A
8
11tratis pale
of bees
the b
terrifie
and A
with
lreunderry•
—It
Cticanhadasibeen decided -upon, and' bbe ,part
of thej road from Lachine to Granby,
will be built this fall. The
of the section running through
to New Brunswick will shortly
itted to the Government, and if
d of construction will probably
n next spring.
s. Titus, of Parkdale, formerly
ucy Freeman, of ,Whitby, was
paired at the Industrial at Tor -
Tuesday last week. She was
n the competition of lady eques-
trians ;vhen' her horse became suddenly
frighte red and reared backwards, falling
across Mrs. Titus' person. Her collar
hone as broken and she was badly
shaken up generally. I
. —It is asserted that two Ottawa real
estate a ateagents, whose names are with-
heldminist
whose
with t
ments
busine
tainecain this way apalikely to be called
in que don before thecourts. .
—Ms. Williams, of 11Ieaford, an old
lady,
To
from‘.is rinin
keeper showed her to the room that she
was to occupy, and bade her good -night.
At 7.3 on Saturday morning she was
found 1ea.d in bed, having been suffocat-
ed by as. She had evidently arieen in
the ni ht -time and turned the gas on.
ate Mrs. Cooley, end engraved
he presentation plate to Miss
. They' obtained . entrance by
a back window. There is no
the thieves.
ew days ago as* Mr., Glenn, of the
cession of Chatham township,
wing in one of his fields, a swarm
alighted upon his head and upon
cks of the horses. The horses,
, ran wildly through the fields,
r. Glenn escaped to the house
is terrible head-dress. He was
adly stung, and hes since been
edical treatment. '
is stated thet the route of the
n Pacific shot line to the Atlan-
Quebe
plans
Maine
be sub
approv
be beg
—M
Miss
badly
onto, o
riding
present, have been guilty of ad -
ring drugs to property owners
businesS they desired to secure
e view, of making them sign docu-
authorizing agents to transact
s for them. Some signetures ob-
ut up at a hotel on Bay street,
ijo, on Friday night, on her return
lagara Falls, where she bad been
her son-in-law. The house-
-,-M,. S. Hutton, of Teeswater, met
with serious accident last week.
While driving along the gravel road
south f the village his team ran away,
the ca riage was overturned, Mr. Hut -
ton's s oulder was dislocated and Mrs.
Hutto 'badly hurt. The horses were
caugh on entering the village, and put
under
one ha
—B
driver
attem
—Early Saturday morning the large
gents' furnishing store of T. Jareieson, ,
Toronto, was burglarized. The cracks
men forted open the safe and se-:;
cured' betwe n I $400 and $500 in i
cash and th n made a large selec-ai
tion &cirri th stock. It is supposed. I
they secured altogether in cash and I
stock between!$2;000 and $3,000. There I
is supposed t beia policeman constant- i
ly at this corner and also a night watch. I
- —The aaiagara, Falls Review was the:?
other day sheWn a well-preserved dodger :
E: bearing' date May 22nd, 1826. It con-,
'
tamed the aniouneement that Ziba Gay.:
had Opened a nail factory at Niagara,
Falls for the rutting of nails from hoop;
iron for merchants ail( others and asked:
for their pate nage. his was the first
nail factory il Canada 'and was located,
on the site.be ween t grist mill and,
carding facto ,y burned down some years:
ago, and kno*n as the late T. C. Street's
, mills. ,
—Mr. McCormack, sub collector of: ..,
customs for Pelee Island in Lake Erie
visited Ottaw recently to consult witla
the Minister f Customs on the subject! -
of illegal fish ng on the coast of Lake
Erie by American vessels. i It appears;
that such fishat is extensively caeried:
iti
i qn and that t e law of clearing and Tea
porting is vialated by the in -eaters of
these vessels. The subject is engaging;
the attention of the Department with ae,
view of enacting distinct regulations to;
remedy the difficulty. ,.
,—A case was settled in the Chatham;. -
police court, the other day which Mama
trates the aecessity of truthfulness as a'
business principle. A farmer named;
Jos. Thorp had sold a quantity of oatea
to Z. J. Pat rson, representing them to',
be of last sea onai growth. They were!
not, and feed ng them led to the death;
of a,valuable horse. Action for obtaina
ing money ender false pretences was;
begun at once and on Friday the papees
in the case were returned, the ;matter!
having been settled by defentilant payingl
the price of the horse, $125, and cost of
.
proceedings. ,
- —The last Provincial Teachers' Con -i
vention appointed a committee to waiti
upon the Minister of Education after Oita
return, to call his attention to the oba
jectiona.ble tracter of the papers set'
for second ane third class examinations;
and for admiision to High Schools. The'
oommittee, which is a thoroughly repre-i
sentative one,I is composed of principals!
Mcalurchy, of Toronto ; Henderson,,of!
St. Catharin s ; McBricte, of Stratford.;
Wetherell, f Strathieoy ; Embree, of I
Whitby, an Head Masters Strang, of:
Goderich, Di kson, of Newmarket, and
Fessenden, of!Napanee.
—The folio, ing remarks were heard..
on the street in Toronto at the close of!
the Exhibition on Friday: "I was I
.ohly in the Exhibition two hours and!
can say nothlleg about it,", said a wellei
known lawy r who had just returrieda
from Englan . " Well," said a fellow-.
citizen, "I w s in Philadelphia duringi
the Centerini I and never went inside
the grounds.' "That's good," said the,
first speaker, " but I can beat that even'
for I have listed in this city for twenty,
,years and have :never yet been over to
the Island." "And I," said another, :
"was born in Toronto forty years ago:
and have ne* seen the Falls, ' -"And-
I," added a feurth, "lived opposite the,
the Normal Sahool for five years without'
entering it." .
-e-The Tor nto correspondent of the'
Montreal Wi ness says: That the Rev.
Dr. John Pots has accepted 'the position'
he care of Mr. Whystock, V. S., of General ecretary of the' Education
ing a bad cut on his leg. Society willj be a blessing to the Do-
n. Douglas, a 16 year old lad, minion at lar e, in so far as his talents -
of a delivery wagon in Brantford, will find a wider sphere than in the reg -
ted to cross the Grand Trunk I ular pastorate. He will be heard in
Railw, y track in Westi Brantford in pulpits from 'the Atlantic to the Pacific.
froat of a gravel train that was backing , His influence will give a new impetus to
down the track towards the town. He'l the educational movements of the
wag accompanied by another boy, and Methodist chirech. Not only will lie be
they Nt ere undoubtedly less careful than I charged with the giving effect to the cola,
they should have been, and in less time federation scheme here in Toronto, hut
than it takes to tell it, the horse was the various educational institutions- in
cut. '140 mincemeat, and the wagon the different Conferences will be
shatte ed. into matchv.tood. Young -strengthened financially and otherwise
with his- infleence.
Dougis was thrown on one side of the
a
ter`