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THE_HURON EXPOSITOR.
NEW ADVERTISEM-ENTS.
Pr The figure between the parenthesis after
saehline denotes the page of the paper on which
he advertisement wil be found.
Union Forever—E. Maws'. (1)
Fall and Winter Millinery—Hoffman & Co. (1)
Wanted—George Quinn. (5)
Oats, Oath, Oats—Walter Thompson. (5)
Female Teacher Wanted—Simon Forsythe. (5)
Estray Heifer—Duncan Stewart. (6)
Already—E. McFaul. (8) . .
Book Lost—Thomas Daly. (8)
New Fall Goods—James Pickard. (8)
The 33rd Battalion Band—Jas. A. Anderson. (8)
A Cheap Farm—Adam Scott. (5)
if It's Dry Goods You Want—E. MeFaul. (6)
To Farmers—Hood & Robertson. (8)
1,4nroit txproitor.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Sept. 16, 1887.
the prisons of, Europe. The work of
Howard robbed the prisons of some of
their greatest lhorrors and made them
less like tht abodes of beasts thanh they
ihad been. The people who ate always
ready to copy outward forms rether than
search the inward meaning of things,
carried this reform in subseqnent revi-
vals of its power to ridiculous lengths,
bringing aboutin England a spandalous
state of affairs in the pampering of vil-
liana, which Carlyle so fiercely de-
-nounced in his Latter Day Pamphlets,
and which --- Dickens satirized in de-
Conarnercial Union.
Arrangements haves now been com-
pleted for the holding of a mass meeting
of the peeple of Huron for the considera-
tion of the great and important question
of Commercial Union. The meeting
will be held at Clinton, on Tuesday,
27th September, commencing atl o'clock,
sharp. Addresses will be delivered by
Professor Goldwin Smith, of Toronto;
Mr. Valancey E. Fuller, of Hamilton,
President of the Central Farmers' In-
stitute; Mr. Thomas Shaw, of Hamil-
ton, Secretary of the Central Farmers'
Institute, and others. Any one wish-
ing to speak in opposition to Com-
mercial Union will be allowed an oppor-
tunity to do so. Arrangements have
also been made for reduced railway
fares.
We need scercely say we hope this
meeting will be largely attended. It
should be the largest meeting ever held
in the County of Huron. The question
of Commercial Union affects the future
well being of this country more than
any other which has been before the
people since Confederation. It is all
nonsense for people to Eay that this
agitation will prove fruitless, and that
we will continue oil, without change.
The agitation for Commercial Union has
now gone too far to be let dro-p. The
subject has seized a firm hold eipon the
public mind and there will be an im-
portant commercial or constitutional
change of some kind in the near' future.
If it be not Commercial Union it may
be something more radical. We, in
common with thousands of others,
believe that Continental Free Trade, or
Commercial Union would be the most
advantageous and beneficial. That, at
any rate is the change• now proposed,
and it behoves every man, and woman
too, who has the future well-being of
their country at heart, to become in-
terested in the question and enquire in-
to its merits. The mass meeting on the
27th is designed to afford an opportunity
for the imparting of this information,
as well as to receive an expression of
opinion. Let there, therefote, be a
grand rally on the 27th of this month at
Clinton.. The gentlemen chosen to
speak are thoroughly conversant with
the subjeet, and no matter what the
private opinions of individuals may be,
they cannot fail to gain some informa-
tion that will repay them for the trouble
of attending.
Prisons and Crime.
The Prison Congress now in session in
Toronto is made up of representative
men from all parts of America, who,
either as Wardens,- chaplains, commis-
sioners or otherwise, are officially- con-
nected with penal institutions and those
who take an interest in penology, the
science of dealing with criminals. The
members of this Congress have before
them some of the most important ques-
tions with which public men in.this age
have to deal. For, it is unfortunately
true that the phenomenon of the "crim-
inal classes, " which- is centuries olclnin
Europe exists now in the United States
and is becoming a fact in Canada and
other young countries, proving that the
increase of weaith and the progress of
civilised life are accompaniedevery where
by the division of the community into
two classes—law-observers and law-
breakers. The "criminal class" being
a fact, the penologists undertake the
task of searching out how this class
arises and what are the principles under
which, in the interest of justice and
humanity, it should be dealt with.
Every science, every movement, has its
enthusiasts, but probably no other re-
form takes such complete possession of
those who advocate it as that in relation
to our prisons. However this may be
accounted for it is undoubtedly the fact,
as witness the 'strength in which the
delegates have turned eut and the
earnestness which characterises the dis-
cussions.
A word about the Congress before
dealing with the movement. The Presi-
dent is Rutherford B. Hays, ex -President
of the United States, and among the
members are some of the leaders of phil-
anthropic thought in America and the
chief officials of the great prisons bf the
United States and Canada. The dele-
gates were weloorned officially by the
Lieutenant -Governor and Bon. G. W.
Ross on . behalf of the Province
and by Me'iyier Howland on behalf of the
city. It is worthy of note that this is
conceded to be the largest and most
thoroughly- representative of all the
gatherings the Congress has held.
As to the movement, it is simply a
continuation, in the light of our higher
develppment, of the work which the
greatJohnHoward inaugurated arnong
scribing the later experience,' of Uriah
Heep and the Schoolmastet. There
has of late years been a revival of
humanity and common -sense in con-
nection with the treatment of criminals,
which searches, lower down even than
John Howard went and aims not merely
to prevent unnecessary brutality in the
treatment of prisoners, but to use those
whom the law finds it necessary to check
so as towarn others against crime, and
wherever possible, to restore to citizen-
ship those who, through violations of the
law, have forfeited their liberties. Of
this spirit the 'Prison Congress is the
_e
highest embodiment on this continent,
and the work it has already done in
spreading a knowledge of enlightened
methods has led to a beneficent revolu-
tion in some of the greatest penal insti-
tutions of the country.
The status of the criminal is being
more clearly Understood. It i
recognised tha Ws rights are fo
society, not t any individual mem-
bers of it, a ch as prison wardens,
commissioners, or ethers. laevenge is
a feeling of which society as a
whole is incapable, it is a feeling which
has no part ia the idea of government.
Revenge, therefore, canuot justly be
wreaked upon any prisoner, however
heinous his offence. It is the 'right and
interest of society, however, to protect
its members against infringements upon
their rights and liberties, and if, to ac-
complish this, it finds it necessary to
confine an offender and punish him, it
may do so without violating the law of
natural justice!. In this views our pres-
ent system of dealing with criminals is
illogical and unjust, and no man can in-
quire into the results of it without com-
ing to the conclusion that it is far worse
than ineffective. Instead of preventing
crime it actually fosters it; instead of re-
claiming men it hardens them in vice;
instead of promoting a good understand-
ing between the law-breeking and the law-
abiding classes, it fixes a gulf between
them which can be cthssed only from
the good to the evil side. For proof of
this it is only necessary to consider the
fate of boys sent to an ordinary' county
gaol in Ontarie. Often these lads, con-
victed of some petty crime perhaps, are
sent into the same gaol and the same
corridor as hardened criminals. They
go in feeling that they have dropped out
of the world, and that they would en-
dure -anything, sacrifice anything, to get
back. But after an hour's o.ssociation
with his,new eompanions the lad finds
that he has only broken through a partie
tion into another world with its ambi-
tions, loves and hopes, its rules of con-
duct, ideas of virtee and admiration of
qualities held to be geed, wonderfully
like those of the world of virtue. The
world he has left repels him, the one he
has entered attracts. What hope of re-
claiming a lad thus situated and thus
treated? .
The greatest measure proposed as a
means of effecting a genuine reform is
what is known as the indeterminate,sen-
tence. The prisoner under this system,
is simply sent to be incarcerateds the
length of hi ,J term depending wholly
upon himself. He literally , works out
his own salvation. As he allows a de-
termination ti antagonize society and to
use his privileges to injure others, those
privileges are taken from him. When
he learns that he must obey, tha treat-
ment changes,. As he shows himself
able to use them Ms rights are restored,
until at length he stands before the
world a free man and a citizen swain.
The only arguments in favor of the
present system of sending men to gaol
for fixed terms seem to be the old i .old
arguments, which have been used th de-
fend every wrong sincethe world began
—custom prejudice, and the diffieulty
of bringing about a change. The inde-
terminate sentence is already in uhe in
some of the most enlightened communi-
ties in Europe and- the United States,
and the results are most gratifying. The
system saves !money, and what is really
-vastly more important, though this is de-
nied in praCtice in a hundred human
laws, it saves men.
being
feit to
tion of these cereals and expect to
support the measured expenditures de-
manded by the present day. Farmers
;must recognize that the purchasing
power of our cities, towns and villages
is different to -day to what it was ten
years ago. They must recognize that
the pripe of barley and wheat averages'
below 4what will allow it to be depended
on in this section as their main dePend-
ence. They should turn their attention
more to production of eggs, butter,
chickens vegetables, fruits, etc., for
which they would get a ready and pro-
fitable market. •
r
What He Thinks About It.
Mr. Erastus Wiman, the great apostle
eries
ater-
Fri-
of Commercial Union, concluded a
of very successful meetings at
loo, in the Province of Quebec, o
day last. In conversation with a re-
porter of the Montreal Witness he said:
"Having concluded a tour extending
from Essex County, in Ontario, to
Shefford County, in Quebec, I have no
hesitation in saying that it would be
impossible to have had meetings more
eptirely satisfactory than those which
have been held. The number of persons
addressed will fall not far s,hprt of 15,-
000, and of this large number it is quite
safe to say not 500 were unconvinced of
the advantage which Commercial J.Jnion
with the United States offers to Canada.
The meetings at West Durham, Napa -
nee, and especially at Picton, were of a
character so highly representative and
influential,so enthusiastic and unanimous,
that it would be impossible to conceive
of results more satisfactory than these
deep -seat -
t.
ther local -
r of nearly
Ciood Advice.
At the Wiman meeting held at Pito,
,
in the County of Prince Edward, n
Thursday of last week, Mr. Rathbu
of Deseronto, the well-knoWn miller
and manufacturer, a shrewd observer
of the signs of the tines, in the course
of his speech, said :
To speak plainly, he thought the
farmers of Ontario had not been true to
themselves during the last ten years, or
they would bave done better. Customs
and modes of living had changed in
such a way as to entail easured ex-
penditure by farmers, yet farmers had
held too much to the prod ction of bar-
ley and wheat, the pro tab e production
of which had passed to th ri and nev-er
sections. It was imposs ble for the
farmers of this part of Can da to devote
so largely of their acres to the produc-
gatherings showed, as to the
ed popularity of the rnoveme
"Invitations to speak in
ities in Canada, to the numb
fifty, have had to be declined, showing
an interest widespread and practically
as pronounced as that indicated by the
meetings already held. I return to
New York to .night, after having spent
most of my vacation in a very pleasant
manner, having made numerous ac-
quaintances and being thoroughly con-
vinced that there is no cause so popular
in Canada to -day as Coniimercial Union."
The report of the Waterloo meeting
in this same paper says '
"Hearty applause greeted Mr. Wi-
man as he stepped forward to speak.
His sturdy business -like Appearance
seemed to make a favorable impression
on the assembly. Laying his hat on
the table with a brisk gesture, and but-
toning up his coat with a determined
manner, to use an apt expression he
"sailed in." He said "Ladies and
gentlemen, I appear before you as a
Canadian of twenty-five yeas' residence
in NewYork, who has not parted with
his nationality, who has hoped, some
day, sometime, or in some way, _to do
his native country a service'
Union is proved not to have any founda-
tion in fact.
ffmmimigigimMINIMNIMMM=
A STRIKING instance of the adroitness
with which the organs of the Dominion
Government can turn themselves outside
iii when it is necessary for them to do
se in the interests of those whose service
they are in, is furnished by the Hamilton
Spectator, one of the most subservient
as well as one of the best paid. A few
days age that journal published an edi-
e
tonal article in Which it declared that
the construction of the Red River Val-
ley railway wa,s a, violation of the con-
stitution and of the pledged faith of
Canada to the Canadian Pacific railway.
It said "the British' North American
Act, so far from empowering the Legisla-
ture of Manitobatocharter the Red
River Valley railway specially forbids it.
to do -so." On February 12, 1881, in
advocating the choirter to the syndicate
the same paper said : "The right of
granting railway !charters within the
territory of Manitoba and up to the
boundary line of the Province is vested
in the Legislature of Manitoba, and the
Dominion Government have no power
to interfere with that right, either
through a bargaihewith the Pacific syn-
dicate or in any other way. The M ini-
tobe: Legislature May grant charters fOr
4 thousand railways from Winnipeg to
the Canadian bouiadary if it pleases, So
long as the linee are within Manitoba
territory."
.A New Phase.
,
The Manitoba Railway ernbroglio has
assumed a new phase. Until now the
Dominion Government have not in any
way openly opposed the construction of
the Red River Valley- Railway, the op-
position road to the Caneda Pacific,
being built to the boundary by the
Manitoba Government, exCept to dis-
allow the charter. All the barriers put
in the way of the construCtion of this
road, were reared by the Canada Pacific
Company. Its proceedings, however,
were pot likely to succeed in the courts,
and now the Dominion Gov rnment step
in and aid the Company in its efforts to
" check Manitoba." A few days ago an
application was made in the courts at
Winnipeg, at the instance of the Domin-
ion Minister of Justice, for an injunction
to restrain the Provincial Government
and contractors of the Provincial road,
from building it through lands belonging
to the Dominion of Canada. This action
on the part of the Dominion Government
has greatly incensed the Manitoba peo-
ple. Howeventhey are proceeding with
the construction of the new road, and
the only difficulty seems to be the trouble
to get funds The Manitoba Govern-
ment still proclaim their determination
to build and run the road, ne matter
how many injunctions the Government
or the Company may get against them.
-Either party must back down, but
which it will be, time alone will tell.
Both have already gone too far to make
a very graceful turn. The Province has
right on its side at anyrate, and if it
backs down now it will deserve to re-
main under the iron heel of monopoly for
all time to come, or at least during the
life of the present generation. I
SEPTEMBER 16 1887.
taken back to Sanderson's, but he re-
fused to take possession �f him again.
Good pasture was secured for the ani-
mal and a suit entered for the return of
the purchase money. After a patient
hearing of the evidence the jury gave a
decision in favor of the defendant.
There was some pretty hard swearing.
A gentleman, who was at the court says
he heard a man swear that he did net
get a letter frona a certain lawyer, and
says that he lainself carried a letter
which was froth the said lawyer, from
the post office td the man and heard him
read. it. That Th the way to win a case,
but won't Old Nick reyaice when that
man's days are numbered.
—Mr. Robert Coats, of Clinton, has
rented his farms on the 9th and 10th
concessions of Goderich township, to
Mr. J. Vanvalkenburg, for a term of six
years at $400 a year. The farms con-
tain 80 acres each.
—Mr. R. Johnstone, a merchant of
the village of Newburg, and at one time
a farmer and drover in the township of
Morris, died very suddenly recently of
inflammation of the bowels. The re-
mains were interred in 13luevale.
—One day last week a team of mares
—mother and daughter—belonging to
Mr. J. McCool, of Hullett, were weigh-
ed at Clinton, and brought down the
scales at 1,710 and 1,720 lbs respectively.
He had sold them to Mr. John Mooney.
—On Moaday of last week Mr. George
Williamson, 2nd concession Howick,
fell from a scaffold in Mr. John Wal -
lace's barn, severely hurting himself.
The lower part of his body and legs are
paralyzed. His recovery is doubtful.
—Mr. A. Deadrnan of Brussels, pur-
chased the thoro-bred Jersey cow " Cre-
melia, " at Mr. Fuller's Auction Sale
last week, paying for her the sum of
$215. Mr. headman now has three very
fine animals of this breed.
—Mr. Robert Martin of the London
Road,. near Clinton, has never yet found
any triack of the valuable young mare
Which was stolen from him a few weeks
ago, although he has made a diligent
search and offers a reward of $50.
—Mr. Evans, of Exeter, who had the
misfortune to fall from a scaffold while
working on the town hall a few weeks
ago, is able with the assistance of a pair
of crutches to be around again, and will
be able in a few weeks to assume the
duties of his vocation.
—Harry Knapp, a young Wingham
barber, has eloped with a -"sweet six-
teen," Miss A. Halstead, who eluded
her father's watchful eye by pretending
to go to Sunday school. They tried
once before to get away, but failed.
This time they reached Buffalo in safety.
—Mrs. B. S. Cook, of Fordwich, is in
a very critical condition at present. Her
sickness was brought on by a fright she
received from some parties who were
prowling around her house. After help-
ing themselves to a bag , of oats, the
burglars took their departure.
—The voters' lists of the town of
Goderich contain 1115 names of which
712 are entitled to vote at municipal
elections and elections of the Legislative
Assembly. Three hundred and ninteen
are entitled to vote at municipal elec-
tions only. And 81 at elections to the
legislature only.
—The Goderich Caledonian Society a
few days ago presented .11.1r. J. D. Stew-
art, of Hamilton with a handsome gold
ring in acknowledgement of his services
in conducting their cceledonian games.
The receipts of the last games held
there amounted to $844 SO, and the ex-
penses to $763.09, leaving a balance in
the hands of the treasurer of $81.71.
News of the Week.
O'BRIEN ARRESTED. —Mr. O'Brien has
been arrested at Dublin.
'THE MEDICAL CONGRESS. —The Inter-
national Medical Congress will be held
next year in Berlin.
DENIED. —Turkey -denies having con-
sented to Russian intervention in Bul-
garian affairs. !
A GIFT -TO THE POPE.—The Queen has
serat the Pope a gift of a chamber organ
of exquisite workmanship.
DISASTRIOUS STORMS.—Heavy rain
and hailstones have dope much damage
in Scotland and the North of England.
MOB LAW. —One soldier at Trapani,
Italy, was forced by an anti -disinfection
mob to drink carbolic acid, and two
others were killed because they refused.
GENERAL BULLER RESIGNS.—General
Buller has resigned his post in Ireland
and will return to the War Office. He
insists that the Government appoint his
Successor without delay.
AN EDITOR IN TROUBLE.—Mr. HaY-
den, editor of the Westmeath Examiner,
has been senteneed to three months' im-
prisonment for obstructing the police
during_ a recent eviction.
A VISIT TO ENGLAND. —It is stated,
that Sir John Macdonald will probably
visit England this fall to confer with
the Imperial authorities on the fune
tions of the proposed Fisheries Commis-
. •
sion.
To BE - DECLARED VOID. —It is semi-
officially stated in St. Petersburg that
Russia is detenhined, unless Prince Fer-
dinand departs from Bulgaria; to declare
the Berlin Treaty void.
A DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION.—By a
naphtha explosien on a schooner at Bos-
ton the other Inorning two men were
burned to death, and a bridge and wharf
.destroyed. .
STRANGLED BY.ARABS.—Carl Schmidt,
a French artillery officer commanding'
'the French miseien to Mequinez, fell
behind the main body of his command
and was attacked by Arabs who strang-
led and then beheaded him.
WORD FROM Saes:inv.—A despatch
from St. Paul I de. Loanda, under date
September 9, states that Major Bartel -
lot, commander of the camp OD the Aru-
wimi, had sent advices to Leopoldsville
that he had received news from Henry
M. Stanley, dated July 12. Mr. Stan-
ley, was then ten days' march in the in-
terior and was still proceeding up the
Aruwimi, which he had found navigable
above the rapids. He had launched the
-steel whale boats and rafts. The mem-
bers of the expedition were in good
health, and prbvisions were easily pro-
cured at the large villages. The coun-
try • showed a ,graduel rise towards the
,high table lahds. A caravan of 480
men followed the expedition on the left
bank of the river and an advance guard
of 40 natives of Zanzibar, led by Lieu-
tenant Stairs, foraged for supplies. intr.
Stanley expected to arrive on July,22nd
at the Oeotre of the ivla.hodi district and
to reach : Wadelai by the middle of
August. The advance had been so
peacefully. accomplished that Mr. Stan-
ley had instrueted Major Bartellot that
he would shortly send him orders to
follow the expedition by the same route.
aseireesessamemeen
Another Objection Killed.
One of the favorite arguments used
by opponents of Commercial Union, to
frighten farmers, is to the, effect that
Commercial Union will kill the Cana-
dian cattle trade with England, be
•Canadian cattle would be sched-
uled, as American cattle now are; that
England would take this course because
Americanicattle liable to pleuro pneu-
monia could come freely into Canada.
Mr. Valancey E. Fuller, President of
the Central Farmers' Instithte, sets this
objeetion at rest in a recent letter to the
Mail in the following very summary
and satisfactory manner. He says:
Canada is not " scheduled " by Eng-
land, simply because no contagious ells
ease exists among her live stock, and we
do not allow bovine stock to be import-
ed into Canada from any country what-
ever until it has undergone a ninety
days', quarantine. Commercial Union
would not alter this in the least; we
would continue to quarantine against
all. That it is feasible, and that the
United States authorities could not
possibly object to it, is demonstrated by
the fact that certain States of the Union
have a ninety days' quarantine against
all cattle coming from an "affeeted
State," and the power to Place a
quarantine hgainst an affected State
rests with the Governor el each State.
When we had pleuro -pneumonia in our
Quebec quarantine the State of Kansas
quarantined all Canada. Thus another
imaginary objection to Commercial
HUron Notes.
Mr. Thos. Davidson, of the llth con-
cession of Grey, has.a hem which lays
eggs measurini 7 by 8 inches.
—Mr. Joseph Mallough, has been ap-
pointed collector of taxes for the town-
ship of Ashfield, instead of Mr. J.
Brown, who resigned.
—Mr. James Bissett, of Usborne,
having purchased a residence in Exeter,
will shortly retire from fanning and re-
move to Exeter to live. -
—Mr. Wm. Delbridge, of the Sth con-
cession of Usborne, has a raspberry bush
which is well loaded with matured fruit
for the second time this season.
—Mr. G. A. headman, of ,Brussels,
has taken a ton of honey to the Toronto
Exhibition to let the world sec what he
can do in his apiary.
—Mr. Jas Wilkinson, of the 4th con-
cession of Morris, lost a valuable mare
on Monday of last week. She dropped
dead ou the road while Mr. Wilkinson
was returning from Belgrave.
—Rev. G. R. Turk, pastor of the
North street 'Methodist church, Gode-
rich, has resigned his pastorate there,
and , has accepted a call from a Congre-
gational church in Atlanta, Georgia.
—John Vai1„ of Exeter, who has been
lying in Goderich jail for two weeks on
a charge of till tapping in that village,
Was found guilty on Monday last and
sentenced to two weeks longer in the
county jail. ,1
—The suit cif Fredrick Beck, of Clif-
ford, vs. Win. Sanderson, of Howick,
was tried before a jury at Gerrie last
week. The fseits of the case are: Last
May Sanderson sold Beek a horse which
it is said he warranted to be sound and
of a certain wee, but the next day it was
found that the animal was twice the age
guaranteed. The horse was immediately
unhitched and fed. The owner of the
horse becoming somewhat alarmed as to
the whereabouts of his property, at once
went to the neighbor's to whose house
the trunk was to have been taken, and
upon finding that Mr. Bell had not ar-
rived there he then set out in search of
his horse and buggy. They were traced
to near Hensall, then to Exeter, where
his property was secured, upon the pay-
ment of expenses.
—Mr. Rogerson, of Sunshine, in the
township of Morris, purposes to remove
his furniture and chair factory to the
village of Blyth, and would purchase
the saw mill and erect four brick houses
if the council would exempt him from
taxation for a term of years, or give him
a grant of $400, which amount would
partly pay for_the removal of the plant
from Sunshine. The matter is now
under the consideration of the. Blyth
council.
—On Tueeday of last week, John
Enoe, of the township of Hullett, was
up on a charge of horse stealing, be-
fore the. Mayor of Goderich. The ani-
mal belonged to Thomas McPhee, of
Celborne, from whom it was stolen and
prisoner traded it with Edward Million,
of the same township, about June 15th,
who afterwards sold it to Duncan Mc-
Dougal, on whose premises McPhee
found it. He has since been tried before
the County Judge, and was sentenced to
six months ill jail.
—The Granton Farmers' Club met on
Monday evening of last week. In the
absence of the president, Mr. Thos.
-tiraser, of Ste,nley, was appointed chair-
man. Mr. C. Avery read a paper on
green manuring for which he was voted
the united thanks of the club. After a
good deal of argument in favor of various
kinds of green crop to be plowed down',
the chairman decided that clover was
the most profitable. The club adjourn-
ed to meet again on the first Monday in
October, when Mr. Thos. Fraser will
either read a paper or make a speech on
Commercial Union.
—A county convention of the temper-
ance people of Huron, will be held at
Clinton, on Tuesday, September 20, for
the purpose of re -organizing the Scott
Act Association for the campaign against
the repeal m.ovenaent. Every friend of
prohibition itt the county is cordially in-
vited to be present. The convention
will be held in the Rattenbury St.
Methodist church, and will commence
at 10.30 o'clock a. in. In the evening,
commencing at eight o'clock, there will
be a public meeting in the town hall to
be addressed by the Rev. John Smith,
of Toronto.
—On Wednesday afternoot of last
week, an accident attended with serious
results happened at Bayfield. A cover-
ed rig stood in front of one of the hotels,
and the wind caused the sides to flap,
which frightened a horse driven by Mr.
Chas. Middleton. It wheeled sharp
around,. upsetting the buggy and throw-
ing Mr. Middleton out, who, hanging on
to the lines had his leg broken above the
knee. The fracture was a bad one, and
took some time to set. Mrs. Middleton
had been in the rig with him but a• few
minutes before, otherwise the accident
might have been even more serious than
it was.
—The Exeter Times says: The thresh-
ing machine is telling more than one
tale this year. In the first place it
reveals the fact that all kinds of grain
are exceptionally light; and, secondly,
that the self -binder is encouraging the
growth of thistles. Where sheaves are
bound with twine, there the thistle
abounds to a greater extent than where
the grain is hand bound. Now that the
binder is about to come into general use
it is to be hoped that prompt steps will
be taken to remedy this evil before the
country is completely over -run with that
worst of all pests with which the farmer
has to contend,. viz., the Canada thistle.
—There are 925 duly qualified voters
in the township -of Morris this year. Of
these 847 can vote at both Municipal
elections and elections to the Legislative
Assembly ; 56 at municipal elections
only,and 22 at Provincial elections only.
There are 45 female voters, and 420 per-
sons who are competent to serve as
jurors.
—Many friends will regret to hear of
the death of Mrs. Margaret Foley, of
Usborne township, which took place at
the residence of Mr. Thos. Russell, her
son-in-law, on Monday afternoon of last
week. Deceased was in her 75th year,
an old and highly esteemed resident,
being much respected by all who knew
her.
—In the matter of the conveyance of
mails from Gerrie to Seaforth over
which' there has been some dispute, Wm.
Biernes, whose tender was the lowest,
has circulated petitions, we understand,
in which the persons signing them certi-
• fy as to the reliability of himself and
sureties in fulfilling the contract: The
. petitions have been forwarded to the
Postmaster General..
—Says the Blyth Standard: We have
ascertained from , authentic authority
that during the year ending :31st Decem-
ber, 1886, there were shipped from the
depot here 6,132 tons, or 511 carloads of
salt, manufactured at the Blyth salt
works. The local -sales to fanners and
others were also large. NVe question if
any salt works in the county can give
such a good showing.
—One evening la.week as the Brus-
sels town Band was parading Main
street, a horse belonging to Thos. Car-
diff became restive. Thos. Newsome
took the animal by the bridle to hold it
when it reared and. struck him in the
face with one of its front feet inflicting a
nasty bruise on his right cheek. It was
a miracle that he was not more seriously
injured as he was thrown on the ground. ship of Grey, a few days ago and set
—The following is a statement of the fire in eight or ten different place's near
amounts scene of the largest tax -payers the roadside within a distance of three
in Clinton will be called upon to pay miles. The first was in a pile of rails,
this year: Jas. Fair, $348.20; M. Me- worth over thirty dollars, then some
Taggart, $74; Ferran, Macpherson & sticks of square timber were fired. The
Hovey, $170 • R. Irwin, $161 : w. rascal was seen at this and the fire was
Doherty & Co., $110 ; S. Davis, $107 ; put out before the thither was much the
Molsons Bank, $106 ; Estate John Hod- worse. All the fires were set in or near
gens, $121 ; 1). A. Forrester, $101 ; la. piles of wood, -logs on rails so that he
r. Racey, $102 ; J. Chidley, $104 ; evidently meant mischief. A rifle in
Grand Trunk Railway, $141. the vicinity, which is a sure shot at nine
—T h e Goderiah Star of last week . hundred yards was procured, but -as he
says :. Chrystal & Black, the boiler moved alone at a rapid pace and was
makers, are making things hum. We not noticed by some until their attention
noticed a fifty horse power steel boiler was attracted by the smoke he got out
passing down to the International Salt of range, perhaps none too soon for his
Works, which they had just finished for own safety.
Mr. Joseph Kidd. They have another —One morning last week while, a num-
ber of young cattle were being weighed
on the market scales at Clinton, a young
steer that was bound to have his liberty,
leaped over the fence between Mr. Fer-
ran's and the cattle -yard, and ran
Ferran were at breakfast upstairs, and
wondered whatever had happened when
they heard the commotion dosvnstairs.
—The Clinton New Era of last week
says: It came up at the council meeting
on Monday evening last that a woma11 in
town is suffering very badly with an in-
curable disease, brought on by an hails-
cretion, and was stopping at a place
where her presence was very undesirable.
In fact her condition was so deplorably
bad that no one wanted to have any-
thing whatever to do with her, it being
necessary to move her bed with pitch-
forks. It so happens that she has no
claims on the charity of this town, other
than the fact that she happened to be
here when her ailment developed, and
rendered her helpless. What to rie
with her was the question. She could
not be sent to jail, as no person in her
condition would be received there; no
one in town would accommodate her, as
she is a very undesirable oubject, and it
was finally decided to correspond with
some Home for Incurables in Toronte
and see if admittance could be secureei
for her there. But on application it was
found that the Toronto institution is
already full, and no room can be made
for her at present, and the town council
have had to make temporary arrange-
ments for her keep.
—"Bell," the versatile lady correspoie
dent of the Brussels Post from Morale
gets off the following which is good in
its way: "We have been threshing this
week, and it is a little break in the
monotonous routine of our every day
life. Some thresh with horses, some
with steam. It is a very simple thing .
to learn. One man stands on a machine
like a wheel, which goes round when
the horses do. He must have a good
whip and be a good whistler. Then the
machine in the barn needs a feeder. One
of the threshers does this. The way i
you can tell him is by a lovely smile he
wears all - the time, and his very dirty
face. One of therp told me he washed
nearly every day. The men in the mow
throw out the sheaves on the table—it
has no cloth—and the feeder puts it in
the machine. The straw goes to the
straw stack. I did not get there, hove,
ever. In the granary we began to talk
ebout Timothy Blunderhead, some who
I. id not seen his letter in The EXPOSITOR
hl not know but he was as bad as they
made out he was. Now, I have this to
soy to Tim., you are a very nice fellow,
'lett mind your own affairs, -you must be
able to back up what you say. Please
tell me, when does a young lady become
an old maid? How do you know the
young ladies in Walton have attained
that age? Who made you a judge?
—On Saturday evening last as a Mor-
ris fernier was returning home' from
Wingham, after having imbibed very
freely during the day, he came very
nearly being struck by the late train
from Palmerston as he was crossing the
track -on the Bluevale road. In fact the
front part of the engine struck the back
part of the wagon box, thus causing the
wagon to somewhat shift its position on
the road. Fortunately, however, no
damage was done, but it was a close
call for the farmer. It had one good
effect, however,. as the fright entirely
sobered up the agriculturist and he went
on his homeward way -rejoicing, and no
doubt glad that he came off as well as he
did.
—Mr. John Donley, one of the pio-
neer resident e of the township of
Howick, died on Wednesday of last
week after a very brief illness. He had
been in the enjoyment of his usual good
health until the previous Saturday even-
ing when he complained of not feeling
very well. Nothing serious was feared
until Tuesday night when he grew
suddenly worse and died about five
o'clock Wednesday morning. He was
about 61 years of age and settled in
Howick in 1854. He was a native of
Ireland, belonged to the Methodist
Church, and was a Conservative in
politics. He was universally esteemed
for his many excellent qualities. He
leaves a wife, three sons and four
daughters in comfortable circumstances.
--Some heattless wretch, about six
feet high, with. a dark suit on, passed
along one of the concessions in the town -
in the shop ready for shipment to .J. B.
Foster, Zurich. They are gaining a
reputation for good work and fair deal-
ing, which always leads to success.
—One day last week Archibald Bell,
an employee of Mr, D. Christie, farmer "liakety-briedle" into the kitchenewhich
opened level with the ground. The ser-
vant was engaged there at the time, and
was naturally very much alarmed at the
unusual intrusion. The bovine ran
around the room tfollowed by one who
was doing his best to get it out, and
�f Hibbert, procured the loan of a horse
to take his trunk to a neighbor's. In-
stead of doing this he and a friend drove
to Exeter, via Hensel], tied the animal
in the shed of the Exeter Hotel and
took the train going south. The pro-
prietor of the hotel not knowing the after some manmuvering succeeded,very
circumstances of the affair nor when the much to his own and the girl's relief.
party who tied the horse in the shed It was a wonder the stove wao not
might take the animal away, it was al- knocked over, as the animal passed un -
lowed to stand till morning, when it was
VIBIEB 16
A 'Huronite in Wisconsin.
BARRON, Wisconsin, Sept. 4th, 1887,
DEAR ExPosrron. — Having many
friends in the county of Huron that
want to know about this part of the
country, will you kindly allow me space -
through your widely circulated paper to
give an answer to all. .
BARRON COUNTY,
Named in honor of a former able and
distinguished citizen of Wisconsin, the
late Hen. Henry D. Barron, of St. Croix
Falls, Polk county, is situated in the
north-western part of the State, and is
bounded on the north by Washburn, on
the east by Chippewa, on the south by
Chippewa and Dunn, and on the west by
Polk counties. In area it is thirty miles
square, containing twenty-five govern-
ment townships, or 900 square miles,and
a population of at least 15,000. - For
local government it is divided into four-
teen town organizations, and contains in
addition one city, that -of Cumberland.
Of railroads the county has three, the
North Wisconsin, the Chippewa Falls
and. Northern, and the Minneapolis,
Sault Ste Marie and .Atlantic, the first
two being a part of the great Omaha
system. The traffic over the North
Wisconsie, traversing as it does nearly
150 miles, the wonderful pine forests of
Northern Wisconsin, and lined with
thriving villages -containing mammoth
saw -mills, and not least, connecting the
marvelous cities of St. Paul and Minne-
apolis with the busy and growing lake
ports of Duluth, Superior, Bayfield,
Washburn and Ashland, is simply im-
mense. The business over the Chippewa
Falls and Northern, though not approach-
ing that of the North Wisconsin, is large
and remunerative to the company. Of
the Minneapolis, Sault Ste Marie and
Atlantic railway, we shall have more to
say later on. Of villages, large and
small, we venture the assertion that
Barron contains, in proportion to its
population, more than double the num-
ber of any other county in the State.
These places, with an estimate of their
population, are as follows: City of Coniberland, 1,600; Rice Lake, 1,20; Bar-
ron, 700; Chetek, 500; Barranett, 300 ;
Turtle Lake, 250; Cameron, 200 • Per
ley, 150 • Prairie Farm, 150; denten,
100; Hiliidaie, 150 ; Sprague, 150;
Sumner, 100. Owing to the division of
business which so Many places occasion;
none of them will for years be cities of
large population or importance. How
long the business of the country will he
divided among so many points, will
greatly depend upon the pluck and
enterpriseen.o
fh
tofe their respective bUtime,88
m
NATURAL RESOURCE•4
of Barron county a volume might be
written,and the meagre statement which
an article of this kind may contain, can
afford but an inadequate idea of the
lavishness with which nature has strewed
her_pathway with the good things for !
those whom kind fortune shall direct
hitherward. Of first importance to
the emigrant seeking a farm, LI
the character of the soiI. Barr=
County offers him one of wonder-
ful fertility. It is conceded by all who
know, that there is not a County in the
htate which contains a smaller percent-
age of waste land than does Barren
County. In general, the soil is a rich
alarvium and its fertility is attested by
the production of such crops as 60
buehels per acre of oats, 30 bushels per
acre of wheat and three tons per acre of
tame grass. Potatoes, beets, carrets,
turnips, onions, and indeed all siege -
tables grow to a wonderful size. Pro-
ductive as is the soil, of wheat, oats,
rye, barley, corn, and vegetates of
every kind, it is peculiarly adapted t°
grass raising. Tame grasses seem al-
most to grow spontaneously, and the re-
mark is sometimes heard that a timet's!
seed once dropped is never gotten rim
of. Small fruit, such as plums, black-
berries, raspberries, and strawberries,
are native rued grow in abundance. The
farmer here is a king. The markets for
his products are never glutted, and the
prices which he realizes are much above
those paid in older portions of the State.
comfortably close to it. Mr. and Mrs. In the midst of 8. lumbering region, the
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• two hundred to three
wi 11. the advantage -elle
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sbYlass
;vested from them f
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for ovo hundred miles
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wmi
ste. Marie and Atlantic
-to the north of us, and
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sttorfutelandsiron.terkttrsin
of a
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wealth3 xela ni i8eth' 'tc11 ii:efforsidse our I fetal -ab:lePinalai : Icere:a'
Bconty
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ron
roses and grains a
bis labors. Long befor
lihaerde ' salwen efvoern be hiin, 1, forean
cersinsteldriesfell
thecreowpinghawhic
harvest. Although t
yielded billions "of fee
much still remains, but
of thousands of acres o
wood lands, as fine as
that we desire to call e
In fixing their market
demand operate here
where,atmreal yn °n dthin- itaY.1 pthric
peracre. In the very
, ands will be worth fro
acre, nade so by the
which the extra.ordin
our county are certa'
thechiaracotexcelterofteao
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and Sheboygan countie
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lauds such are yet obt
able prices, we add re
sale in the county,
bought on easy terms
other item of interes
inmgentilnona.11 Iiisulikes:eeti
where labor may be ol
or six months of th
county no man need b
year, so constant is
labor.v:Threean-araebruoilftd. alhc e
i t, al
wells of convenient de
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general advantages
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