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The Huron Expositor, 1890-02-28, Page 1trARY 21, 1890. FcFau18 ',ING SALE --FOR-- reeks Only! arse of a few wee - shelves and counters ith new and season. >r the. Spring Trade, to make. roona for 'epare • our stock for btson, we will sell for - eeks the balance of otcic at saie Cost cFAUL, .FORTH. dr, and Mrs. Shorts, eig back next week.— report that Miss Rogers list this weeke She is relapse of the influenza. L her around soon. --A of the Good Tempters Wednesday night to ,mrne for . an entertain- ve on the 24th of Feb- Tinglaarn A Court of the Lade - f Foresters we's fanned night with 27 members, 'he Court was organized of London. The fol- Ltficers for the present. Yetes, P. C. R.- W. R.; Rev. Mr. R.; W. T. A. Mills, F.C.; A. J. Hutton, R. S. -' D. r.; J, Pheasant, J. W.; ; R. Dreaver, J. B.; 11. .C.R. Llectric light wa.s lit on. for the first time. t ons the street, and it t up- two more, There Le different shops. —The- n beheld here on.Taes- stonee are being laid or the new town hall, le between President. Tice President S. Kent e curling rink on Tiles - side. The result teas Vice Kent. Harriston r here on Friday first. grocer, has sold Out to - Morris, who is giv- ind gets possession on in Marcia—John An - lar teacher, of Lowet. p school Oil Moriclay L account of. sickness he death of has .sister. irich, s. Hauch left for Cleve: - Monday on business, eway all this week.— left a few days ago lichigan, where she In- a dressuntking.—Ress. ed in the E-eangelicalt clay evening to a good Vedneaday being Ash .e was service in the .—Division court was- rn hall en Wednesday Lber of cases were ex- irsesie presided.—Mr.J. igen., was the guest of —Mr. Ka,stner was the, Ler-in-law, Mr.E, Mur - has been visiting his t other friends. —John dichigart last Monday, son intend to start a, r.Brush, horse trainer, t• in the village a few had his horses well crowd attended. rawanosh. lmost every person he een laid up with an ;,_ your correspondent See-eral I deaths have a• its effects, arriOng Robert A. Taylor, bert Taylor. He wee aith an !attack of la ied to inflammation of aieugh everything in hie was done he rapid - died on Wednesday rt was leaded on Fri- annetery. The fune- largest in this locality towed the esteem in by all who knew him.. he sympathy of the- n their fsad1 bereavehn Anderson left 00 ; friends in the vicin- a—Mr.• Lemon, Of tnt visiting his friends eion.—Archie Morri- Belgrave, is working ton cutting cordwood, , who has been at the yth for -tile past few eirned home.—Aty coutest is on the - Laid on the last Diet , eaptai4s are doing :e it a success.—Mr- he was irtjured Seine titling on hie leg, is red to et out once W1101.1E1 NUMBER, 1,159. TWENTY-SECOND YEAR. SEAFORTH FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1890. { . ' MoLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. Just to Hand —AT THE— Cheap Cash Store —OF— HOFFMAN & CO. New Spring Jackets, New Prints, New Shirtings, New Cottons, New Corsets. The abpve are all extra value. • CALL AND SEE' THEM AT THE Cheap • Cash Store -----OF--- HOFFMAN IL CO • CARDNO'S BLOCK, 1 SEA F 0 RT H. SCIENCE Has Conquered And made it possible to Restore Defec tive Eye Sight to Normal Vision. J. S. Roberts Is happy to announce that he has secured Patent Dioptric Eye Metre, which will enable him to fit all defects of vision ASTIGMATISM, HYPERMETROPIA, MYOPIA, PRESBYOPIA, OR ANY COMPOUND" DEFECT. FROM THE SUNNY SOUTH. MiciaiouRms, Florida, February 14th, 1890. DEAR EXPOSITOR,. -- Yours of:the fourth instis to hand in reference to the short letterI sent to myesteemed friend Mr. J. C. Laidlaw, and had I thought for a moment thatwould appear in the columns, of the EXPOSITOR, I would have entered into details more fully. Now,at your. request, I may say that it affords me very great pleasure to give the aeaders of your valuable paper a short description of this beautiful balmy clime, known as the Indian River section of Florida. In the first place then, let me tell you where and what the Indian River is. It is on the eastern coast of Florida, and though it goes by the name of a river, it is not a river at all but a salt water sound, in some places several miles in width, and about one hundred and fifty miles long. It is therefore simply a part of the ocean itself. lts fishes are salt water fishes and a considerable portion of its bright, clear bottom, is bedded with aystere. It is a sheet of pure tide water, clear and transparent, resem- bling a lake more than a river but not as saline in its character as the ocean, owing to the number of fresh water streams which empty into it at various points along its couree. Along- its shores are a great many bays'points, harbors, islands and coves. On the east side of the Indian River is a long, narrow peninsula varying in width from a few hundred feet up to a mile or more, and beyond this rolls the broad Atlantic, with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, running along the edge of the peninsula only a few miles distant} The shores of the river rise at an-- angle of from twenty, to twenty-five degrees, extending back from three to five miles to the prairies on the St. John's river. In many places the shores rise abruptly several feet above the water, and the country has the appearance of an end- less park, with here and there a ham- mock of magnificent Live Oak, Hickory, Red Bay and Palmetto, with an almost impenetrable undergrowth of Ironwood, Wild Olive, • Myrtle and Vines. No more charming picture can be imagined than the palmettos, with their long fan shaped leaves lining the banks of the river, and gently swaying to the morn- ing 'breeze, while the oaks lift their proud heads far above, a huge mass of living green leaves elaborately festooned with pendant masaes of gray 'moss, a back ground of Orange trees, the golden fruit contrasting so charmingly with the -deep green foliage, and the fore ground, the magnificent Indian river sparkling in the first rays of the morning sun, while the waves dash a regular mono- tone against its shores. It is a lovely picture, fresh from the hands of "The Greatest of all Artists," and in the lan- guage of Talmage one might very appro- priately say, let artists stand back when The Almighty " stretches his canvas ! A few days ago I took an early morn- ing trip of a few miles down the river and return. I boarded the steamer while the city people were still in their slumber, and ere the Indian River sun had merged from beneath his coverlet, the horizon. Jug at dawn the waters were of an ashen gray hue, but very soon a great change took place. The sky beyond the waiters, far away over the briny deep, behind the verdant wall of the peninsula was tating on colors indescribable. • Tints Of the most beautiful and delicate shades, announced the rising of the sun, and in a very few minutes the easlern sky was a blaze of sunlight, and across the waters could be seen his golden path- way. Then came the river scenery, so varied that it could not very well be described. The air was balmy, temper- ature about .seventy-five and the water so smooth i that the river looked like one great mirror as far as the eye could see. Here and there on its eurface were large numbers of water fowl, fish were jumping several feet out of the water as if to welcome the warm sunbeams; sail- boats were becalmed, waiting for a breeze to carry them along, and on either side were thrifty settlements and vil- lages with their piers stretching out into the water. The Indian River. is the great road- way!.., :We have no gravel roads here ,itilee the MOM, London Or Huron, no fine driving horses or carriages, but plenty of tow boats, sail boats, schoon- ers and a few steamers. The people here go to and from their business in' boats— they go visiting in boats—and go to church in boats. Melbourne, where I make my headquarters, is finely situated on a bluff overlooking the river and com mends a fine view for miles. It is com- paratively a new place, and was named by its first merchant, who was a resi- dent at one time of Melbourne, Aus- tralia, but after having travelled around the globe, finally settled here, and has made for himself a splendid home and business. There are several stores, ho- tels, a school, churches, telegraph of- fice and daily mail. Splendid drinking water is 'obtained at a depth of only a few feet, and there are also several artesian -veells for irrigation purposes. A number of fa.milies from different States in the Union and other countries have undertaken to make Melbourne with its cottages, gardens and groves, a specially attractive winter resort. So- cially, they are a friendly lot of people: Those who have never visited this part 6f Florida may imagine that the coun- try being newly settled, the people who live here are something after the style of the " Forty-Niners " of california fame, but that is not the case. . Though this regime is new in the way of develop- ment, the growth has been unlike those of other States. _The towns have sprung into existence,Minerva like, with the completeness of an older organiza- tion. The citizens here are cosmopoli- tan. They come from all parts of the world, and are people of intelligence, refinement and energy. The new comer receives a cordial welcome, and is not isolated for months. If he is made of astigmatism is due to irregular shape of eye, and is usually congenital. Many school children with this defect are called stupid, but with pro- perly fitted glasses they may become the bright* est of scholars. This is qllite a common and dangerous defect.—Hypermetropia is a malform- ation which keeps the ciliary muscle in constant use, whereas in a normal eye it is at rest when looking at A distance. This defect if neKlected may result in nervous depression and pain, and even prOstration.—Myopia is a diseased condition of the eye, which should be very carefully fitted to prevent an increase of the defect, and perhapa ultimate blindness.—Presbyopia is a loss of nor commodation in the eye, whicqi may cause catar- act unless corrected by artificial aid. • Frequently nervous or sick headaches, and alecrserious illness, are brought on by one or - more of the above defects. Remember, n� 3harge for testing your eyes. J.S.ROBERTS, Chemist & Druggif CARDNO'S BLOCK, SEAFORTII, I • Joke on Pat. A certain humorous canon of the PrO- testant Church of Ireland was driving in a car elose to the Lakes of Killarney; where echoes are repeated in some places as many -as eighteen times. - Addressing the driver, he aid," Do you_know,Pat, that there are none but 'Protestant echoes here !" " No, sorr, I river h'ard it ;-and I don't believe, it either.'" Well you shall see presently," said the cano4 Arriving at a favorable spot, the canon called out, beginning softly, and raising . his voice as he came to the last words, "Do you believe in Pio Nono ?" Echo answered, "No, no—no, no—no, no— ne, no." Pat, though a zealous Catholic was delighted at the joke,, and said, '`Bedad, when I drive one of the real clergy here, won't I have sport out of him!" the right material, he rises—if not, he sinks. They have their library and social clubs here, and a Young People's Christian -Endeavor Society, which is in a flourishing condition. The raising of oranges and pine ap- ples is the main industry here. The orange belt ite from one to three miles in width, and is along the margin of.the river, but the most desirable places on the river frout are held at very high figures. Further back into the country, the land is cheaper, but generally of a poorer quality, requiring a good deal of fertilizing and irrigation. The Indian River country has long been celebrated for its oranges which have the reputa- tion of being the finest in the world and command higher prices than those from any other part of Florida. There are some magnificent groves at different points along the river, and thousands of young trees are being planted every season by men from St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia'and other American cities, also from. Mon- treal in Canada. There are also several large plantations of pine apples, and , • —The farms mentioned as, follows are all in the vicinity of Carlingford. Mr. Hugh Thompson has sold his farm, 1ia0 acres, to Mr. Wm. Stewart,for Seven years ago he gave ;$9;500 for it.— Mr. T. W. Turner has, sold 50 acres fpr $2,400. Eight years agolieegave $2,900 for it.—Mr. John Miller has sold his farm to Mr. Wm. Harper, price $5,000. —Mr. Robert Calydon offers his farm for $6,00J, a splendid farm; bank barn, and a beautiful brick house, elate roof. —Twa aged men, both old residents of Listowel, died last w,eek. They were George Fleet and John Campbell. Tbe latter was well-known in the neighbOr- hood, having resided for aome time et both Molesworth and Trowbridge before coming to Listowel. He was born in the county Antrim, Ireland, in 1808. In April, 1837 at Belfast he joined the 48th regiment Infantry and served for five years. He came out to Canada 41 Years age- Ala wife and eight children survive him.. Mr. Fleet came to Listo- wel fro -lei Woolwich township some ten years ago. He also leaves a family of nine. —The Stratford Beacon is informed that during the past season of 1889 Mr. John Arbogast, one of tfie patrons of the Black Creek cheese factory in Dow- nie, sent to the factory 48,861 pounds of milk, this being the product of seven cows, for which he received the snug sum Of $366.24, which makes an average of $52.32 per cow. In addition to this he had the milk for feeding calves be- fore the factory began and for making butter after the factory closed. t This kind of dairying pays, and if more far- mers would be induced to feed ,cows as Mr. Arbogast does, thus producing the ,geatest quantity of milk frcm the best possible cow, and. knocking two or three cents per quart off the cost of pro- • duction, we would hear less about hard times from the farmer. 2 garden that measured 200 feet around. This is rather hard to swallow. His facile description of the lumbering and fishing industries of the country, though rather highly colored, is not far from being correct. Then he .comes to the minerals, when he says, "Some claims are very promising, and nearly all are paying back money invested." It would be very interesting, to me at least, to know how they are doing it. I believe that I .have been in this -.country a good deal longer than Mr. Robinson has, and I believe that I am better acquainted with its resources than he is, aud I know for a positive fact that there are very few mining claims in 13ritish Columbia to -day that are paying back money in- vested. Placer mining is comparatively worked out, there are only a few claims in the different mining camps that are paying working expenses. With re- gard to the quartz mines, they are still undeveloped. As yet there is not a mine in the country that is in a position to Pay at present. There is a good deal of attention being directed towards quartz mining at present,and there have more being planted every year. The 1 been a number of mines discovered that land here is capable of producing tropi- cal fruits in profusion. Besides the orange and pine apple, • can be grown successfully, lemons, litnes, grape fruit, ,custard apples, guavas, bananas,. figs, dates, eec. Everywhere the climate is warm enough for vigorous winter growth, the grass is always greeta flowers bloom every month of the year, and the vege- tables are from four to six weeks earlier than in many other parts of the State. I picked from a garden here in January some fine ripe strawberries, and we are having right along every day fresh from the garden, peas, beans, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, radishes, ao. The inhabitants here, winter and summer, live much of their time in the open air ; the houses in many cases are not plastered or papered. The verandahs are wide for promenading or sitting in chairs, and the doers and windows are thrown open that the sea •breeze may penetrate every nook and corner. There are many pleasant excursions up and down the river by day or night,and the ladies as well as the gentlemen take a hand at fishing and enjoy the excitement very much, especially when a line is darting to and fro with a twenty or thirty. pound fish on the end of it. The river is alive with mullet, bass, cavalle, sea - trout, pompano, and many other varie- ties of the finny tribe. Those who are foled of the gun need not go far for game, for right in this vicinity can be found any amount of waterfowl, alligators, deer and bear, with an occasional wild cat and panther. I have not space to say much about' the healthfulness --aif this, section, but would briefly stat&that a case of sick- ness among the residents is a rare thing. This is no place for \ a physician who aims at a large practice. He could make a good living, however, at the practice of cultivating 'pine apples and allow the medical part to copie in as 'a side show. The ocean is no doubt the great source of health, for the nearer •one gets to its shores the more perfect --becomes the climate. There are good facilities here for surf -bathing, and the sea -beach is the scene of activity every day; bathing, shell -hunting, shooting, walking and running upon its ,shell - lined shores. There are quite a number of invalids from the colder climes who are suffering from catarrh-, lung disease, rheumatism and other maladies, and a 'steady temperatpre of from 65 to 80 or 85 permits a loose and free out -door life quite indispensable to recovery as well as a continual possessionof health. This description *of the Indian River country is as I have found it, and I would say in conclusion that its roman- tic scenery, its hunting, fishing, boating ani bathing, its delightful winter cli- mate, all combine to make it the Mecca of the visitor • whether he comes for health or pleasure. Yours very respectfully, EDWARD MCFAUL, , Melbourne, Florida. The Other Side of the Picture. DEAR EXPOSITOR. —In the last num- ber of your valuable paper which I re- ceived was. a communication from Ransover to the Goderich Signal, signed Richard T. Robinson. I think there are several statements in Mr. Robinson's letter that, to say the least, are ,very misleading and it is for the purpose of correcting those misstatements that I am at present writing. I do not wish to prevent people from • coming to this country to settle. What I wish to pre- vent is, people coming here under the misapprehension that the country is a great deal better than it is. I do not know whether Mr. Robinson is in the real estate business or not, but I should judge from his flowery description of the country that he is interested in getting a large influx of immigration into the country. At any rate, he starts out by saying what this country needs is far- mers; that nearly all our food is im- ported and that the few farmers that are here are all doing well. Now, a person would naturally infer that this was a bonanza country- to farm in and that the old timers had not been smart enough to find it, out. But we do not need to have quite as much import-, ed as Mr. Robinson states, and on the other hand all the farmers are not doing well. I know of farmers both in the upper country and on Vancouver Island that are not making a living on their farms; instead of the farms.I keeping them they are keeping the farms. The fault I believe lies in the poorness of the soil and a want of knowing how to cul- tivate it. •° Mr. Robinson's admiration for the berry crop reminds me of a letter that a man wrote from Westminster in early days to a friend in the east. He said that a person could live all the year round on berries in this country. Mr. Robinson seems to be lost in admira- tion of the timber, 300 feet high, and the little stump in the corner of his kindness, gave him a glass of gin to in- treal, of the firm of Drummond, McCaul are believed to be rich, and when they get the proper machinery erected for re- ducing the rock and saving the gold, I have no doubt some of them will pay. well. I have another remark to make and then I am done with Mr. Robinson. He predicts, " in a few years, a number of people flocking," as -he calls it, "from the East, and not a few from over the border." I am sorry to say that at present and for a loeg time past, the flocking has been the, other way over the said border. Two-thirds of the people over the Canadian Pacific rail- way are destined for points on the American side. If this is such a lovely country, why is this thus ? • I do not wish to be understood as trying toidiscourage people from coming to this country. On the contrary, I believe there are numberis in the East that would do well by coming here. In the first place a man that has expe- rience in the different ki ds of indus- tries that have been eneati ned here,and has the means to back him up, would be likely to do well. Again,j young men in the East who are not sitisfled there, and are both willing and lable to rough it in a new country, and , take hold of anything that comes aloieg, might do well ; and thirdly and lastly, as the ministers say, there are ypung women in the East, who are used to housekeep- ing, who might do well here. There is always a demand for girls to do general house work, and there is also another ,steady demand for girls in the matri- monial market. Hoping that I have not trespassed too much on your valu- able space, I remain, Yours truly, JOHN Lovit,-.N,an 'imo, B. C. Ganada. vigorate him, with the result that for six weeks the poor fellow has not drawn a sober breath. To day he is a victim of the traffic, has sold his houeehold effects to secure liquor, and is lost to the church. He says nothing can save him; men will have no confidence in him. —Mr. Donald McIntosh, one of East Williams' pioneer settlers, died at his residence there on the 17th instant. Deceased was born at Inverness, Scot- land, in 1817, and in company with his family emigrated to this neighborhood in 1831. His wife and family of six sur- vive him. —It is stated that the bulk of grain for sale by farmers in the Carberry dis- trict, Manitoba, has been marketed. The total amount received at the eleva- tors this season was about 340,000 bush- els, a little more than half as much as was brought in last year. —Squire Trerice's residence at Dres- den Bothwell County, valued at about $12,000, was burned Thursday evening last week. The fire originated in the furnace. There was nothing saved,even the clothing and jewellery beingburned. The building was partially insured. —The Manitoba Liberal of a late date says: no county or municipality of its size in the Dominion can show a better or a clearer sheet than can the munici- pality of Port Prairie. It is clear of debt, has $3,iI0 in the bank, and $1,000 of back taxes to collect. Its assessment is $1,800,000 "of the finest land to be found anywhere." —At Ottawa, on Saturday, Lady Stanley distributed the prizes awarded by the Ladies' Humane Society to child- ren for essays on the subject of "Cruelty to Animals. Mr. Brown, M. P., was present and delivered an address in which he spoke of the importance of inculcating the teaching to children of kindness to animals. —A fatal explosion occurred at Owen Sound Saturday afternoon in the build- ings of the Owen Sound Gas Company. They were making gas. Some escaped and took fire, blowing the whole north end of the building out, and killing a young Man named John Nelson. The building took fire, but the flames were speedily extinguished. —On Wednesday night, while an American' travelling physician from Pennsylvania, named H. E. J. Delion, w.as trying to cross the track at Glencoe ahead df a fast freight train to make the mixed express for London, he was struck and instantly killed. The remains will be -sent to his relatives in Michigan for interrnent. =One of Montreal's best known, wealthy and energetic business men in the person of Mr. Ernest Chanteloup died Friday. Mr. Chanteloup arrived in that city from France in 1838, and, although a poor, man, he became one of the most extensive brass founders in Canada, and employed at the time of his death 500 men. It is said that deceased was a millionaire. —The People's brick steam flouring mill at Meaford, wes burned down on Thursday last week. Loss upwards of $30,000. The fire engine did excellent service in saving the wharf Store house, which had about ten thousand bushels of grain stored, and the steamer "Favorite," which was lying a few rods from the mill, was saved with great difficulty. —The residence of Mr. John Liston, in Kingston, caught fire and was burned on Wednesday night last week. Four of the six children perished in the building, the agonized parents being able to save only one boy and their infant baby. Three years ago Mr. and Mrs. Liston's eldest daughter was burned to death by her dress catching fire from the stove. —The lumber shipments from the Miramichi river in 1889 were 110 mil- lions superficial feet, against 73 'millions in 1888, 68 millions in 1887, and 72 mil- lions in 1886. A Maritime exchange says that before 1884 the average ship- ments for seven years were above those of 1889, but last year makes a very fa- vorable showing as compared with the four years next preceding. —About the middle of this month one B. E. Sifton, a •County Division Court clerk and one of the wealthiest residents of St. Zohns, a village near London, disappeared. Last Saturday night his body was found in the Medway Creek, a mile or two from his own home. It is e wandered away in the from cold and. exposure. and the four Deputy- ownship have been un- ment of thes Master in A Class for the instruetion of men in cooking has been opened ;at the Mon- treal school of cookery. •1 —A Jewish wedding excited consider- able interest in Cornwall, ilast Sunday afternoon. Rev. Rabbi Friedlander, of Montreal, officiated. —A Portage la Prairie d vassing towns in British Coi dere for butter ,to be deli cents per pound. 1 —The telephone cable ilaid :by the Canadian Government between Pelee Island and Point Pelee earned 32 cents more than running expense i lad year. —The North Bruce, Saugliien and Port Elgin Agricultural Societie have amal- gamated for the coming erciar, and the spring show will be held i Port Elgin on April 13. —Frederick A. Walton Texas, boodler ho skippe with $35,000 of other peoPle's money, was arrested in St. John, wick, on Saturday night. —President Elliott, of 11 versity, has offered duplica library to Toronto Univers ty, and the University of Michigan has in any practicable way. —Misses Dunbar, of thrown from a cutter on square of that city on Sa aler is can- 'mbia for or- ered at 22 the Dallas, -to Canada New Bruns- arvard Uni- es from their proffered aid uelph, were the market urday by a runaway horse. Miss Dtinbar had an arm broken but her sister eseaped unhurt. issionary to been made Government enlarges hia a at Hamilton to some lithographs of the Lilly Clay Gaiety Company, and the Mayor order- ed the police to tear them own and call c:1 in those placed in show windows. ----The ice business in N w Brunswick is still booming. On one lake, neer St. Andrew's, three firms are actively en- gaged. One* of these exPects to store seven thousand tons per day. —A barn in the vicinit of Strathroy belonging to Mr. E. J. Whyte, was burned down Saturday / night. Mr. - Whyte lost his horses, hay, straw, fowl and all kinds of farm -implements. The fire is supposed to be the work of anrin- cendiary. ' , —At about 9.30 on Friday night Daniel Herald was frightfully mangled and instantly killed by a west -bound freighetrain near Cobourg. Mr. Herald was 60 years of age and a resident of Gore's Landing, where he carried on an extensive canoe building business. —The Rev. Mr. Kines says that their is no. city in Canada, of the size of King- ston where less temperance work is be- ing 'done than there. The rum traffic seems to be riding ahead With little op- position. Something mat be done to save the paople. The church is being invaded, and yet some people say, "The church should preach the Gospel and leave temperance matters alone." Mr. Kines told of a man who honestly began to serve God, was attentive to church duties, but who caught 'influenza, and on his recovery went to work to make a little money. A friend, in mistaken • —Rev. Dr. Sea ith, Corea from Canada, ha chief medical adviser to th at Cheefoo. This greatl opportunities for usefulnes —Objections were taken & Company. The ceremony was pre- formed by the Very Rev. Dean Car- michael, of Montreal., A large number of invited guests assembled at "The Cedars" to see the happy event. The groom's present to the bride was a neck- lace of pearls and diamonds. Mr. Cock- shutt gave a cheque for a large amount. The happy couple left for Virginia, and on March 8th,sail for an extended tour of Europe. —The Paisley Advocate celebrates US silver wedding, 25th anniversary, by coming out in an extra size, eight page sheet, beautifully printed on pink tint- ed paper. The present proprietor, Mr. Ainsley Megraw has been in possession eince 1885. He publishes a lively and interesting village 'paper and we hope he may make a fortune in the business many years before he is too old to en- joy a comfortable competence as the fruits of his labor. —The Liberal reception at Ottawa, on Saturday evening given by Mesdames McKenzie and Laurier, was more large- ly attended thaals Hon.Eclward and Mrs. Blake were present, as were Hon. Wilfrid and Madame Laurier, Hon. Alex and Mrs. MacKenzie, Hon. A. G. and Mrs. Jones and ' many other prominent Liberals. Music and conver- sation were the features of the evening, and in both the dual languages were im- partially honored. —Hon. William Cayley died on Sun- day last, at his residence in Toronto, in his 83rd year, after a long and useful public career. Hon. Mr. Cayley was born at St. Petersburg, Russia, and after studying law was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1834. He came to Canada a few years later, and entered Parliament in 1846, retiring in 1861. He afterwards became Provincial auditor' for Ontaras, and was registrar of the Surrogate Court for a time, giving up the latter office in 1883. —Last Friday morning Mrs. Steven • Wilcox, of Loch Lomond, New Bruns- wick, Was found geated in her sleigh, about h to deat left St. the ho throug post, with tie result as above stated. The injured arm had to be taken off midway between the elbow and shoul- der. • The leg was broken about midway between the knee and hip. it is expect- ed that the leg will heal and be all right again in due time. Mr. Baxter, who is a very exemplary and industrious young The other presents were very costly. man and highly esteemed by those who know him is a son of Mrs.. Hugh Baxter, of Blenheitn township. —The first Manitoba colonist train of the season of 1890 left the Union depot, Toronto last Tuesday night. Seventy- five et '80 Ontario farmers, with their wives and families, made up the party. The emigrants will settle chiefly in the vicinity of Brandon and Calgary. A train consisting of nine (Ars of etock, draft horses and cattle, seeds and house- hold effects follcwed. —One evening lately a public debate was held at Blair Waterloo county, on the question, " Resolved that Farming' offers greater inducements to young men than any other profession' or occu- pation. " There were three debaters from Waterloo and three from North Dumfries. Waterloo township, with Messrs. George Copeland, F. Moss, and Anson Groh, selected the affirmative side of the question; and North Dum- • fries, with lelessrs. John D. Moore, James Wallace and R. Rennelson, the negative. Mr. Allan Bowman occupied the chair. The ability of the speakers enabled them to deal with the question on its merits and thoToughly exhaust the argument, and the audience fre- quently expressed. its applause at a tell- ing argument or ready rejoinder. t In summing up, the chairman decided that the arguments advanced were soundest on the negative side, and accordingly gave his verdict in favor of leaving the farm." So much interest was taken in this, debate that it was urged that a public debate on the "corn duty" should be held at Preston at an early do*. surmised that storm and died —The Reeve Reeves of York Seated by a jud Chambera at Osgoode Hall.' It was found,afterthe charter incorporating the village of Chester had been geanted,that there were not a sufficient -number of people in the village to warrant incor- poration, and the Act of Incorpation was set aside. —A man was found dead last Friday near Princeton. At the post-mortem examinatien; twa -bullets, one having entered from the nape ottlee neck and the ot er fronAehind the left ear, were rig from 'Fred Carpenter, baker, to drive ji his mother aceosse the river. Instead of driving hie Mother he got his brother Charley and another fellow and drove to a dance that was announced to take place near,Summerstown. Not return- ing on Monday Mr. Carpenter set out in search of bis horse and rig, and dis- covered the animal in a farmer's barn with a broken leg. . The buffalo robe that Mr. Carpenter loaned Dupuis had been traded off and the whip was gone. near Waterdown fer a time, but was This is a nice way to pay a men back for I turned adrift. Charles Stock, of Water- favours shown. down, picked him up on the road on —On Thursday 13th inst., James Wednesday and kept him for a few Baxter, a young man in the employ of days. The lad has no relatives in this Mrs. Thomas Wall, near Platteville, met country. His widowed mother lives in with an accident whereby he lost au arm London. England. and also had a leg broken. It appears —A fashionable wedding took place he had bitched a single horse,which was at Brantford Thursday afternoon last supposed to be very trustworthy, to a week when Miss Lillie Foster Cockshutt, double wagan in order to draw the daughter of Mr. Ignatius Cockshutt, wagon to the barn door and that he one of Brantford's oldest and most walked by the animal, holding up one representative citizens, was married to end of the neckyoke himself. The beast Mr. George Edward Drummond, Mon- took fright and running through a gate if a mile from her home, frozen .On Thursday afternoon she John to drive home. Finding se unable to drag the sleigh the heavy drift, she loosed it from the shafts and climbed back into the sleigh. Next morning her husband found -the horse standing in front of the barn, and on proceeding down the road came upon his wife frozen stiff. De- ceased was 67 years/ of age. —Laet Saturday morning in Hamilton Mrs.George Evans, of 175 King William street, had occasion to call for a moment at a grocer's shop. Leaving the baby in its carriage for a moment on the side- walk, Mrs. Evans entered the store, but hardly had she done so wben a gust of wind blew the perambulator over and under the feet of a horse which was tied to a post near by. The frightened animal commenced to rear and plunge at the baby carriage, which frightened him beyond control, and the unfortunate baby was trodden under the iron heels and mangled almost to death. —An interesting case came up before Mayor Watson, of Sarnia, on Saturday. Zera Semon, so well known to the public as the successful proprietor of a sort of variety show and lottery enterprize, was charged with transgress- ing the Lottery Act. From the evidence it appears that each purchaser of tickets received an envelope for every ticket, many of which contained blanks, while some contained numbers entitling their purehasers to prizes. J. P. Bucks, crown attorney, conducted the prosecu- tion, and C. M: Garvey appeared for the defence. Zera was fined $20 and costa, amounting to $47. —We learn from the Ayr Recorder of last week that Mr. John B. Hall, of Garrison, Montana, formerly of the Jedburgh mills at Ayr, accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Lang, has been visiting the scenes of his boyhood at Ayr. Mr. Hall was one of the "Ayr boyee some forty years ago, He remembers well the old companions of former days and while he speaks in his jolly way of things which happened in those days there is a sadness connected with it caused by the fact that many connected with the events have passed over to the silent majority. Mr. Hall looks well and hearty. —Amongst the articles exported to the United States from the district of Sherbrooke, Quebec for the -quarter ending 31st December last,were 19,821 tons asbestos, valued at $137,413; 288 cords hemlock bark, $1.350; spruce gum to the value of $1,145; upwards of $4,800 worth of raw hides; 20 general purpose horses,worth $1,730; more than $22,300 of lambs; 27,050 bushels lime entered at $5,632; lumber, clieffy spruce, to the value of $160;231; and 574.000 lbs., ,chemical pulp, worth $14,350. The total was $361,013, as against $226,437 for the like period of El8a-838to. Cornwall, borrowed a horse and n Saturday Armes Dupuis, of found gold pi and o finger blood s but that he has been murdeaed. • —James Smith, a lad from the Shaftesbury Home', 'England, was sent to jail in Hamilton for ten days on Saturday because he had nowhere else to go. •He had been working fpr a farmer his brain. In his mouth was a te with two -teeth on the right on the left upper side. On his an 18 karat gold ring with a e in it. There is no doubt Perth Items. —There are a few cases of diphtheria in Listowel. 1 --Mr. Miller Elliott and sister left Mitchell last week for Wisconsin. —There are 220 students attending Stratford Collegiate Institute —D. Chalmers', ofPoole, is busy get- ting out timber for a new cheese factory and press room. —The ladies of Trinity church, Mit- chell, realized $80, clear receipts) from a novelty fair held last week. —Mr. Wm. Nesbitt` has the contract for seven barns in the vicinity of At- wood. Farmers in that district must be prospering. —Mr.- W. J. Rothwell, late of the Listowel Standard, has gone to Denver, Colorado, where he purposes renutining for several months. —Mr. Robert Colgan, of Thorold, late of Fullerton, has sold his farm on the 9th concession, containing' 107 acres, to Mr. James Phipps, for $6,300. —Revival meetings are being held in the Methodist ohurch at Donegal. Mr. Reid, evangelist, and the pastor, Mr. Rogers, have been in charge. —Mr. Garting, sr., of the Milverton House, has been indisposed for several weeks, his troubleL having arisen out of an attack of la grippe, which settled in his leg. —Mr. John Ridge has 'bought the hope and lot of Mr, John Gettler, jr., at Fullerton village, price $437. • Mr. Gettler is going to the Nippissing Dis- trict to seek employment in the se.wmill business. —Mr. T. Ballantyne,1M. P. P., was invited to attend the Convention of the Dominion Dairymen's Association at Ottawa last week, and gave a good ad- dress on " Markets and Marketing." —Wm. Ferguson, aged 84 years, one of Mornington earliest residents, died on Friday, 14th inst. He was an esteem- ed member of Milverten Presbyterian 'church, and an intelligent and honor- able man. —Mr. Robert McLaren met with a bad accident while driving to Mitchell Sunday afternoon. Hie horses became "unmanageabla and ran away, upsetting and wrecking the buggy. Mr. McLaren received some bad bruise3. —Kate Wenzel, was removed on Mon- day of last week from Listowel to the asylum at London. She was a servant in Listowel some time ago, was seduced by a young man, and her troubles ended, in unbalancing her mind. —The Equal Rights Association, of Mitchell, have been holding public meetings this week at Carlingford, Ful- lerton and other places. The speakers were Rev. Messre. Tully, Nugent, Tay- lor and Mills and Mr. F. H. Thompson. —Henry Kerg, of Monkton, is going out to work in the Salvation Army hortly. The Atwood Bee says: Henry ts a good blackimith, and we think he could do more good with the hammer than he can with his tongue in the Army. , However we wish him every success in the good work. —Wm. Shannon, concession 8, Elms, had the misfortune to lose a valuable horse recently. While tied to a post the team took fright, broke loose and ran away, striking against a rail fence along the roadside, a rail piercing the breast of one of the horses caused death lit a few minutes. The animal was valued at $150. —The Listowel Banner of last week says: Mr. T. L, Hamilton, of Scott's bank, left town on Monday for Buffalo, where he was on Tuesday united in mar- riage to Miss Ferguson, only daughter of Mr. Robert Ferguson, -former proprie- tor of the Banner, and brought his bride home on Wednesday. —A meeting of Good Templars for the county of Perth was held in Mitchell on Thursday afternoon of last week. The following lodges were repreeented • Stratford, Sebringville, Fullerton Mit- chell, Atwood, Carlingford, P:ethel, Shakespeare, Trowbridge, and Seaforth in the county of Huron. There was a very large attendance and some good ad - way, caught the young man against a dresses were delivered.