The Huron Expositor, 1891-01-30, Page 4New Carpets.
It wits our intention to go out of Car-
pets and Oil Cloths, hitt we had such a
tempting offer for a fet of very choice
patterns, that we bought a number of
pieces for the early spring trade. These
will be lurid cheap. You should see the
patterns and hear the prices, and make
your selections early.
,Edward
SEAFORTH.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
12l The INgure between, the parenthesis affer
each line denotes the page of the paper on which
the advertisement will be found.
Proud, Yes, Proud—I. V. Fear. (6)
Buil for Servicer -Michael Purcell. (5)
New Carpets—Edward McFaul. (4)
,New Goods—Edward McFaul. (8)
vEstate Late D. Walker—F. Holniested. (5)
Durham Bull for Service—J. Fowler. (6)
Dog Lost—Robert Garrow. (5)
Child for Adoption—W. C. T. 1J. (8)
Precentor IWanted—George Hart. (5)
Meeting of Patrons—James Murray. (5)
The Last of the Series—St. Thotnas' Guild. (8)
Cheap Feed—A. W. Ogilvie & Co. (8)
Liquor Business for Sale—W. Killoran (5) ,
Skating Caimival Next Friday Night+ (8)
Appointed Agent—W. 0. Duff. (8)
Wide Awalce—D. Lothrop & Co. (8) I
Popular Grocery—Estate H. Robb. (8)
Card of Thanks—Coad, Rannie & Young. (8)
Boys' Suits—Edward McFaul. (5)
Stock -taking Sale—Wm. Pickard. (5)
Onto (5xpooitor.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Jan. 30, 1891
Reform Meeting.
We again remind our readers of the
Reform Convention for South Huron, as
constituted for Dominion purposes, to
be held at Brucefield, on Tae3day next.
The hour for meeting we omitted to
Mention last week. The Convention
will opea at 11 o'clock a. m. We may
also Mention that South Huron is com-
ported af the following municipalities :
Seaforth, Tuckeramith, H ay, Stanley,
Bayfield, Hallett and McKillop. We
hope to see a large meeting and every
municipality well represented. Regular
constituted delegates Will not be re-
quired, but all in sympathy with the
Liberal cause will be made cordially
welcorae.
The Elections.
The Globe still holds to the opinion
thatSir John Macdonald contemplates
an early election,and, in fact, states
that he is endeavoring to get the ,,Gover.
riot -General's consent to a dissolution,
which Lord Stenley is unwilling to give.
We may well believe that 011 the question
of an immediate dissolution, Sir John
and his colleagues are between the devil
and the deep sea.On the one hand is
the desire to snatch a verdict from the
people before the full effects of the Mc-
Kinley tariff begin to be felt, and the
fear of the tremendous exposures of cor-
ruption which the next session is sure to
see in the ventilation of the McGreevy
and other scandals; and on the other
hand is the unwillingneas to be de-
prived of whatever advantages a fresh
gerrymander would confer and the re-
ludo:ice to lose a whole year's team) of
life, Of course the one idea,of the Gov-
ernment is to make their appeal at the
time best suited to their purpose, any
coneiderationa of public policy or ad-
vantage being entirely ignored. If an
election should be brought 011 at once, it
would have to be held on voters' lists
two years old. All the young rrien who
have come of age since the last revision
would be disfranchised, iand all the
changes caused by deaths and removals
would remain unrectified. It would be
an outrage to appeal on such a list, alto-
gether irrespective of party advantage,
as large numbers on both sides would be
deprived of their votee.
In any case, whether the elections are
to be held now or later on, it is the duty
of Reformers to be ready. Let all need-
ful organization be completed, let the
ranks be closed up, and Liberals can
await the signal for the conflict not only
with enthusiasm, but with confidence
and hope.
How to Raise a Revenue.
The opponents of Unrestricted Reel-
proeitg lay great stress upon the loss of
revenue argument, and labor hard to
mitlfe it appear that Free Trade with
,the United States wouldland us in either
direct taxation or bankruptcy. Of all
the objections brought against Unre-
stricted Reciprocity this one is surely
the weakest, As Sir Robert Peel said,
give me a prosperous people and I will
have no trouble in raising a revenue,"
and if the freeing of our trade relations
with our friends to the south will result
in a revival of national prosperity—as
assuredly it will—the question of how
to raise a revenue is one that will give
little trouble to the financiers of the
Liberal party.
The receipts from import duties will,
of course, be lessened by the amount
now levied upon goods coming from
the United States, and possibly a por-
tion of the import trade from Great
Britain and other countries might be
tra.naferred to the States, in which mute
the revenue would be so much the poor-
er. iGranting all this, and that some
-meats will need to be devised to supply
the deficiency, what have we to suggest?
In the first place, when an equilibrium
between receipts and expenditure is
wanting, it is not only the receipts that
TH
have to be scrutinized, and if possibe
increased. The most natural thing 10
the world is to overhaul the exPensee
and see if substantial reductions cannot
be made there.. The present system of
hennaing railways—at least in the older
Provinces—might very well come to an
end. It serves to cover, oftener than
not, a wholesale bribe to the constitut
ency or conetituencies through which
the railway passes or is to pass, and the
-abolition of this system would relieve
the treasnry of the burden of finding
millions of dollars every year. There is
a host of officials who draw their pay
withadmirable regularity,but who do
very little else, and their numbers
might be vigorously thinned with good
results to the treasury and with no evil
effects upon the national service. The
Senate, too, might do the country an ex-
ceedingly economical turn by voting
itself out of existence, and Rideau Hall
itself could save good money to the
country by refraining from those out-
bursts of extravagance which seem in-
separable from monarchical representa-
tion, hut which are far from necessary
to a democratic people. Then our pres-
ent Provincial subsidy system is essen-
tially a wrong one. As a temporary
expedient to pave the way for Confeder-
ation, it had its success and should snow
give way to something better. By sup-
plying the various Legislatures with
moneys they have not themselves *col-
lected from the people, the subsidy sys-
tem remeves a strong guarantee for their
proper expenditure, while at the same
time it offers a perpetual temptation to
an impecunious or extravagant Province
to organize raids on the Federal Treas-
ury in the hope of getting better terns.
It is incumbent on those who make
this objection'to show that the present
sources of revenue are utilized to their
fullest extent. This can hardly be said
to be the case with the Dominion
lands,. where the expenses of conducting
the Department are nearly a hundred
thousand dollars more per year than the
receipts, or even more notably, with the
Dominion timber limits, where a single
berth given to a Government supporter
for $500 is turned out to the next pur-
chaser for $200,000: .
But why should we not take a leaf out
of John Bull's book in the way of ' pro-
viding a revenue? England has enor-
mous expenditures to Meet piled up by
past wars, and the cost of the largest
navy and most costly army in the
world ; she has the care and expense of
a World-wide empire on her shouldeei ;
and - yet with the nearest approach to
absolute Free Trade the world has ever
seen, she manages to pay her way hand-
somely every- year, and generally has
a little to carry forward. The national
income of Great Britain is about $455,-
000,000 a year. Of this amount the
excise contributes $126,000,000 ; cus-
toms duties on intoxicants, $26,000,000,
and tax on tobacco, $46,000,000, in all
nearly $200,000,000, or a little short of
one-half the entire revenue. In Canada,
out of an annual revenue of $39,000,000,
we call upon the ,excise department for
only $7,000,000e add to this customa.
duties on spirits, wine and tobacco $2,-
500,000, and _eve have a total of $9,500,-
000, or lees than a quarter of the whole
revenue. No one will deny that liquor
and tobacco are excellent objects of
taxation, and while 'in Canada they are
certainly bearing a fairer share of the
.public burden new than they have done
in the paet, there is still room for wide
expansion, and we venture to predict
that the financier of the future will work
with a freer hand in the matter of tax
ing liquor and tobacco than his prede-
, _
cement have done.
In short, on even a cursory examin-
atioie of the question, it is evident that
the fair and necessary expenses of the
country could be met without having
resort to direct taxation—that bogy
which Conservative journals are just
now holding up to frighten the people,
and especially the farmers, of Canada
into voting for their continued exclusion
from their natural markets. We do not
believethat the farmers are afraid of
direct taxation. It is as plain as the stun
at noon -day that the present corruOt
and extravagant expenditure of public
moneys would not for an instant be
tolerated were those moneys collected by
direct visitation, of the tax -gatherer,
instead of being conjured out of the
pockets of the tax -payers by a system
which for every dollar it takes for the
Government takes five, and hands them
over tott few manufacturers who are
licensed to live upon the plunder of the
many..
TuasE great Toronto papers, the Mail
and the Empire, are quarreling about
the circulation of their respective jour-
nals. The...Vail says it has the largest
cire,ulation, and the Empire says it has,
In eider to settle the matter the Mail
proposes to submit its books, lists, etc.,
to a committee, one member of which
will be selected by the manager of each
journal, and the third by these two;
the investigation to be made under oath
and the verdict published. The Em-
pire publisher refuses to agree to this,
while the Mail replies to the effect that
if allowed to do so it will prove from
the Empire's own booke and employees
that the circulation of the Empire does
not exceecheight thousand, or one-third
that of the Mail, and if it fails to do
this it will forfeit one thousand dollars
=hi
I I
to be d voted in laid of any charitable
object $e publisher of the Empire may
select. tthiis ,he matter stands. Wei
would respectfully suggest to those twO
great journalists that such quarreling
about each other'e private affairs in the
fisee of the publimis a picayune busineks
arid each s is usually indulged in by
only small, obscure, country paper, and
very seldom even by them. It looks
-very much as ifj neither of them has
the circulation laimed, and if they
leave the Matter to the discernment of
the public it will1 soonjbe settled more
setiefactlorily than jou nalistie quarrel-
ing iand abuse will settle it.
The Bye Elections.
Four bye elections toOk piece on Fri --
day last in the followiug constituencies':
North Perth, North and South Norfolk
and East Durham. la the three Oret
named constituencies the vacancies Were
carried by the election ceurts, and -in the
last by the death of Mr Freeman, the
flitting member. In e ch conetituency
the electors confirmed t eir, decision of
last June and returned supporters of 'the
Mowat Government, except North
,Perth, where, the latei member, Dr.
Ahrens, was defeated, and the new man,
Mr. Magwoodi triected. In North Nor-
folk the ReforM Candidate, Mr. Carpen-
ter, was electedlby a majority of 232,
MrFreeman, Iin June last, having got a
maiority of 307. In South Norfolk, the
Reform candidate, Mr. Charlton, Was
elected by a mitjority of 97, his majoOty
in June -being 65. In East Durhain,
where Mr. Campbell,. an Equal Righter,
was opposed.by'Mr. Collins; a straight-
out Cooservative, Mr. Campbell was re -
elected' by 68,
a minority of
sentiment see
other direetio
was elected b
Hess, the Con
Fri' ay, Mr.
tiveIwas elect
The change w
ties, The fell
the votes cast
both Jlections
while in June last he had
lily 8. In North Perth
s to have changed in the
In June, Dr) Ahrens
a minority of 92 over Mr.
ervative candidate. On
agwoode the Conserve-
d by a majority of 51.
a in the. rural inunicipali-
wing is a staternent, of
in this constituency fst
9
1391. 180.
Ee ty;
-444
Stratford , 22 ) .. • 77
North Easthope..... 336 , .. 331
Ellice , 67 27
Elma 74 12
Wallace 169 .. 133
Morning -ton 48 11 • ..
Listowel ..
Milverton
1216
9
-
Total majority...: 51 92
Me, George, member elect for NOrth
Brim% and Mr. Stinson, member eleet
for Hamilton, both Conservatives, have
been unseated and new elections ordered
to be held.
shamenresemennieem
HON. MR. CHAPLEAU, S member cf
the Dominion Government, paid 'a high
compliment to the Educational system
of, Ontario, in I a lecture delivered by
him last week in Kingston, on " Educa-
tion."He referred to Ontario's publi
school system 4s one of the finest in t e
world and regretted that in Quebec,
'where:;children attended in as great
numbirs as in the other provinces, in-
dustrial, commercial and practical edu-
cation'. Was neglected and clasaical
knOwledge encouraged, '
News Of the Week.
t!E aideGE.—Fisherinen are crossing
the Zdyder Zee on the ice, a feat that
has uht before been accomplished since
1740. t, • ,
Tu E INSUPPRESSIBLE S PPRESSED . —
The insuppreieible. the newspaper start-
ed in Dublimas a rival to United Ire-
landhas stopped publication.
'A \DISTRESSED l'EOFLE.-,—Thirty two
counties in the west part of Nebraska
mein sore distress, and an appeallis be-
ing Made to Congress on 1behalf 'of the
suffering people.
ANITIPATHY TO CHINESE.—Tilere is
strong. anti-chinese movement in some of
the towns in Oregon, and , the Chinese
are being driven away, in some cases
with great violence.
INSA;NE Furth POKER PLA
Joseph Kling, a young lawyer of St.
Paul, -,Minnesota, has become a Ihopeless
lunatic through poker playing. t
Shane-LNG...a-There is Widespread dis-
tress in Connemara, Ireland, and men,
women and children, are on the verge of
starvation. -
COLD 'WEATHER IN 1AFR1CA.—The
severe weather continues in the north-
ern part of Africa; and the Arabs of the
mountain tribes are nuffering greatly
fromicoid and famine.
DYNAMITERS, REVIVING.—The British
authorities have been advised if renew-
ech activity in the ranks of the dyna-
mite Party in 'America, ,who are said
te be activkily preparing to resume opera-
tit3nao.
NMoRE Catuten LOTTERIES, —Arch-
bistiop Ireland, of St. Paul, Minnesote,
has issued a letter, forbidding the ern-
ployment of 'lotteries and simil r
schemes for the raising of money f r
church purposes.
EUROPEAN WEATHER.—In the wstehi
portion off Europe a thaw has set in, and
the rivers are full of broken ice. In
Russia and Trirkey More snow has fallen,
the cold being still intense.
rV1ORE OF THE BEA UTIFUL. —New
York has had another big snow storm
which played havoc with electric wires
causing much destruction of property an
generally hainpering traffic.
RAILWAY COLLIS1ON.—In collieion
betWeen trains on the Northern Pacific
railway,Sunday afternoon, H. H. Lord,
of -Devil's Lake, North Dakota, was
killed and eight persons were badly in-
jured.
THE POOR OF HAMBURG. — Four
theusand unemployed people of Ham-
bueg, Germany, helda meeting on Mon-
day Vo consider matters looking to an
ameltoration of their condition. It was
resolhed to send a petition to the senate
asking that landlords be prohibited on
next, quarter from evicting tenatats un -
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JANUARY 30 1891.
able to pay their rents, also asking that ing which isnot straight but spirahheind-
five mars be advanced to destitute
workingmen from the state funds'andl
that poor children in public schools re -1
calve a hot meal daily.
, A SUGAR WAIT.—Twenty thousand
tens ot Java sugar, owned by Claus
Spreckles, is lying in the bonded ware
-
louse at San Francisco, where it will be
held until April 1, to enable it to be en-
tered free of duty.
BURNS' GRANDDAUGHTER.—Mrs.John
Thompson, granddaughter of the poet
Burns, has just died in Glsegow. Her
husband is a spirit merchant. The de-
ceased's'rnaiden name was Jean Armour.
She was e daughter of lElizabeth, the
daughter' of Burns. •
A SUNpAY EVENING FIGHT. —Ou Sun-
day evening a number Of artillerymen
at Weymouth, England, became invol-
ed in a fight with civilians, and the sole
diers to the number of ova r 70 drew
their sword bayonets and charged on
the citizens, woundiog several. For
some time they refused to obey the call
to return to the barraCkle The men
will be courtenantialled.
A NOVEL 'SURGICAL
A surgeon of, Decatur, II
completed a novel sur
Re removed Part of four
and inserted, them in the nose of a youeg
lady, forming a bridge for the nose.
The bones of the nose were decayed and
were removed.
DIED UNDER THE LyMPlf. —Charles
Henry Luders, the yoong poet, whose
nethie has figured frequently in the lead
ing magazines of this country, died on
the 21st inst in the hospRtal of Philadel-
phia, *here he was undergoing special
treatmentofthe Koch lyna ph. M r. Luders
was 33 years old. A yeer ago he felt a
victim to la grippe, ana that disease left
him with symptom of consumption.
ADVANCE ON CIGATS.—The cigar
manufacturers of Chicago have decided
to advance prices 10 per cent. on Febru-
ary 1st. The action is due to the Mc-
Kinley tariff.
COLORED LAWYERS. —Colored lawyers,
for the first time in the state's history,
argued before the Maryland Court of
Appeal, at Baltimore the other day.
LABOR ThOUBLES. —Laborers on the
Government relief works at Hare Island
and Skihbereen, Ireland, struck for an
increase of wages, and the Government
now threaten to stop the works.
SENiENCED ITIo FIVE YEARS.—Stephen
F. Sherman, 1 ead of the late firm of
& Co., in Buffalo, who
ago convicted of grand
nection with some grain
sentenced to five years at
ulettrn prison.
DEATH OF A ROYAL HEIR.—Prince
Baudouin Leopold Philippe Marie
Charles Anteine Joseph Louis, son of
the Count of Flandern, the brother of
1King Leopold, and heir to the throne of
Belgium, is dead. He was born in Brus-
sels in 1869.
Dowte ON THE JEWS.—Jews entering
Moscow without permits are to he arrest-
ed as vagabonds, and thee° found in the
eity without passports are to' be ex-
pelled. This harshness is said to be due
to the recent Mansion House meeting in
London, but it is not likely that any
such excuse was wanted.
TRIAL TRIP OF THE EMPRESS OF INDIA.
—A trial trip of the new screw steamer,
Empress ofItidia, made at Barrow,
England, where she was built, proved
very satisfactory, the steamer attaining
a speed of 191 knots per hour. She sub-
sequently sailed for Liverpool. The
Empress of India is owned by the Cana-
dian Pacific Railway Company, and is
to be employed in the service between
Vancouver and Japan.
6 GASPED THE MINERS AS THEY FELL."
—The fan -house of the coal mine, near
Evanston, Wyoming, was burned on
Friday afternoon. This destroyed the
means of supplying fresh air to the 200
men working beneath the surface. The
rush of frantic, men. was something aw-
ful. Until well into the main entrance
and only exit, they grew weaker at each
step, gasping for breath. It is thought
all escaped. se •
INJECTIONS OF GOATS' BLOOD.—Drii.
Berlin and Picq, of the Nantes faculty,
Paris, recently injected 15 grains of
goats' blood into the muscular tissue of
,the thighs of two patients suffering from
tuberculosis, and they assert that cures
can be wrought by renewing such injec-
tions every 10 days.
A SPENDTHRIFT.—Frank Ebret, son
of the New York millionaire brewer,
confessed in a Waihington oourt that he
spent $40,000 in gambling in one week
recently. He did not mind that, but he
objected strongly to a strange woman
running away with $4,000 worth of dia-
monds that he had given to her. The
magistrate, before whom he caused the
women to be brought, discharged her,
and wallowed her to retain the jewelry.
These revelations afford one more illus-
tration of how soon a feel and his money
may be parted.
OPERATION. —
inois, has just
ical operation.
ribs of a cat
Sherman Bros
was some tim
larceny in co
deals, has bee
hard labor in
New York Letter.
(Regular Correspondence.)
Nitw Yorut, January 26th, 141.•
It is proposed to bold a great nationel
• exhibition of American art at Madison
Square Garden in 1892, and, if success.
ful, every three yeare thereafter.
-preliminary meeting of well known ar-
tists and others was held last week to
discuss the project and a mote formel
eeting for the purpose will be held
to -morrow. The idea as thus far met
with the . most hearty approval and at
the meeting to -morrow it is expected
that representatives will be present from
Of the leading Art Associations in the
country, including the National Acad-
emy of Fine Arts, thelAmerican Water
Color Society, the Society of American
Artists and the New York Water Color
Club. The want of se), national exhibit
tion of this sort has tOng been felt by
American artists and it is highly proba-
ble that they will gladly avail them-
selves of this opportunity. Madison
Square Garden, rebuilt as it is, will af-
ford a magnificent chance for display of
sculpture and large canvasses. The
fact that Mr. R. W. Gilder, the able ed-
itor oi the "Century," has been made
chairman of the committee in charge i is
proof that the project will be pushed
with vigor.
A MOUNTAIN RAILROAD.
A railroad has just been corripleted to
the top of Dunderburg Mountain, which
is situated on the banks of the Iludeon
a few miles from this city, and whieh is
eleven bemired feet in height. The
object is to make the mountain a
pleasure resort for pic-nics and excur-
sions from this city and for that pur-
pose a great hotel is being built on the
very summit, to which the cars will be
drawn up the steep incline by cable. The
trip to the top will not be all, however,
or there is also 'a railroad for desceed-
ing in, out and around the mountain for
a distance of a dozen miles, with a con-
stantly changing panorama to surprise
the passenger at every turn. At the
base of the mountain will be another
large hotel, convenient to both the rail-
road and the boats. The idea is to at-
tract excursionists by boat from this
city, and furnish them with ample means
for pleasure at the mountain.
A MAGNIFICENT WILDERNESS.
It is understood that the report of the
State Forestry Commission, which is to
he presented to the Legislature this
week, will recommend a state park in
the Adirondack wilderness to be two
Million acres in extent. Great interest
is taken in this matter both by residents
of this city and the people of the whole
state. The Adirondack wilderness, or
North Woods, which occupies a good
portion of the northern part of the
state contains the sources of the Hud -
eon River and a large number of other
rivers throughout the state. It is a
'magnificent domain of Nature almost
untouched by the hand of man for many
miles, and its preservation is nothing
'hort of an absolute necessity. In the
heart of this vast park are the Adiron-
dack Mountains,widle ecattered through
it are over a thouSands lakes. A por-
tion of it is owned by the state and the
rest should be taken without delay. The
bark -peeling vandals and lumbermen
should be driven out if necessary at the
point of the bkyonet.
VARIETY IN OPERA.
The lovers of mutic in its highest form
here have been agreeably surprised this
week by the announcement that, for a
time at, least, the Al etropolitan Opera
douse has decided to put aside German
opera and take up Italian and French.
The Metropolitan, which is admit-
ted to be one of the greatest institutions
of its kind in the world, has been almost
exClusively devoted to German opera
for the past seven years. The box of-
fice receipts show that this policy was
finaucially the beat, as the Italian and
French opera 4 which were tried„were very
unsuccessful. 'Mr. Abbey, the manager
of the Metropolitan, introduced. Italian
opera there some eight years ago, and,
it is said, lost a quarter of a million
dollars in one season. There are many
devoted Wagnerites who are now pre-
dicting that as much, if not more, will
be lost if the same experiment is tried
again. In spite of this, I believe that
most of our opera goers will like the
change aurl will welcome a season of
Italian and French music without mean-
ing to condemn the German variety in
the least.
THREE FEET OF IlMilANITY.
There arrived at the Barge office in
this city last week a bit of humanity
three feet high, forty years old, and
weighing 53 pounds. His name is Lukas
Gapalac and he came from Moravia on
the North German Lloyd steamer Eider.
The overcoat he wore measured two feet
in length, and eieven inches across the
shoulders, while the satchel he carried
weighed more than himself. The little
fellow's face is lined and wrinkled, and
his hands and feet are miniature. He is
not a dime musuem freak, however,. as
he has always supported himself by I
work. •After answering the usual list of
questions at the Barge Office he was al-
lowed to go. He said he Was going to
Elalletsville, Texas, to work on a stock
ranoh.
70,000 WOMEN LODGERS.
The question of appointing matrons
for police stations is receiving a great deal
of attention now, and much pressure is
being exerted upon the authorities to
accomplish this needed reform. The
fact that during the past year nearly
70000 women were compelled to take
refuge in the police stations as lodgers
is sufficient to show how important the
subject is. Those women were not
guilty of crime or misdemeanor yet they
were relegated to the sole care of men,
without being afforded the common
courtesies of decency. But even the
guilty ones are entitled to some consid-
eration, and it is simply disgraceful that
they are not attended by members of
their own sex. Separate lodging
houses are also being urgently advocated,
and if the agitation is kept up both re-
forms will no doubt soon be attained.
EDWARD ARLINGTON.
6111111,
Seed Testing at the Central
Experimental Farm.
To the Editor of THE Huaos EXPOSITOR.:
DEAR SIR,—The past season has in
many localities been unfavorable -for the
perfect maturing' of grain. In some dis-
tricts frost has touched it, in others it
'has been injured by rain during harvest,
or from being stacked before fully dry,
thus causing it to spropt or heat, while
in other localities some varieties have
been shrivelled and partly blighted by
hot, drying winds. Under each and all
of these conditions cereals are apt to lose
a portion of their vitality, or to have it
so weakened as to produce, when sown,
a ppny growth. Seed grain, to bring
the best results, should have its germi-
nating power unimpaired, so that when
placed in the soil the young plants may
make a prompt and vigorous start. The
character of the crop is much influenced
by the quality of the seed, and for this
reason it is important that farmers
should ascertain whether the grain they
are holding for seed possesses the neces-
sary vitality. ' Provision has been made
by the Government whereby this can be
done without cost to the individual, and
any farmer in the Dominion who may
have any Varieties which he desires to
have tested, may obtain the information
he seeks by forwarding to the Central
Experimental Farm, at Ottawa, earnmes
of such grain or other agriculteral seeds.
A special testing house has been built
for this work, which affords ample capac-
ity. Samples may be sent free through
the mail, en ounce or two s sufficient
for the ptilrpose, and about two weeks
are required to complete a test Since
November, when the season opened for
this work, the vitality of more than
eleven hundred samples has been ascer-
tained, and it is hoped that all those
who desire to avail themselveis of the
provision offered will send in their Eam-
plea early, so that there may be time to
complete the work and supply the need-
ed information before seeding begins.
Wu. SAUNDERS,
Director Experimental Farm.
OrrAwit, January 16th, 1891.
—Another of the old Pioneers of the
township of Turnberry has gone to hie
long home. John ' Johnston died on
Tuesday 20th inst., at the ripe old age
of 88 years. He was born in Ferman-
agh, Ireland, and emigrated to this
country in the year 1861. He was one
of the oldest Orangemen in the Dominion
having joined that society when only 19
years of age, thus making him an
Orangeman of 72 years standing. He
leaves three sone—William, James and
Edward, and one daughter. Mrs. John
Johnston—all of whom are residing in
Turnberry excepting Edward, who is in
British Columbia. Mr. Johnston was a
quiet,inoffensiye man, never tookany
great interest in municipal or political
matters, And was highly respected by all
who knew him.
Huron Notes.
, John Campbell and Lauchtin damp -
bell, hotel keepers of Gerrie, were fined
$20 and costs, respectively, for selling
liquor on election day.
—On Friday morning of last week,
as Miti W. McGowan of Clinton, was on
his way to work, he had the misfortune
to slip down and break his leg.
—Mr. David Knight, of Morris, disi
pored of seven lambs to Mr. Joseph
Clegg, en Wednesday of last week,
which averaged .155 pounds in weight.-
. —Dan McIntosh, who etabbed young
Badour in Goderich on Christniait day
was sentenced on Saturday of last week
by Judge Toms,to six months' imprison-
ment with hard labor.
—iar. Chas. Morrow, formerly reeve
of Hallett, but now of Wheatland, Da-
trota, in a letter to a friend says that his
crops last year were largely a failure,
but he is still hopeful.
- —Mr. Robert Scott bas pure.hasedthe
house and lot in Cranbrook belonging to
Mr. Robert MeDonald, for $750. f Mr.
McDonald has rented the house in the
village belonging to Mr. Alexander
Hunter.e
iv.
Dr. Shaw, of Toronto, preach-
ed Mission services in the Methodist
church, Lucknow, both morning and
evening on , Sued y 18th inst. The
cb$
elleicit5.ions and subs riptions amounted
t
1—Mr. V. Cramp', Who has managed
the lime works at Cranbrook tor the
mast ten yearn, has leased the ; same • to
his sone, John and George, for a term of
years. As they have worked apt along
'at the business, and are fully acquainted
with it, they will no doubt do well.
—Mr. Forsythe, an employee of the
Big Mill, Goderich, had his thumb bad -
cut and bruised last week by coming in
contact with a grind stone. The thumb
Was caught in some way and before the
stone could be stopped the flesh was
ground off.
—Jahn Rogers, of Wingham, was
(resisting in taking out ice in that town:
one day last week, when he let al heavy
chunk fall on his left foot, breaking two
siia1l bones and badly injuring his
b g toe. He is now going around on
crutches.
aid
- Monday of last week, as Mr.
Mrs. Geddes were driving to Bel -
grave, they had the misfortune to be
upset. While turning off the road the
horse got frightened and ran away,
throwing out the occupants, who hap-
pily escaped with no serious intury. The
catter was badly smashed.
i—Mr. Robt Fitzsimons of Clinton has
disposed of his flour and feed business
in that town to Messram Joseph and
Thomas Clark, who have taken possess-
ion. They have been residents of Clin-
ton for some time, aid will no doubt re-
ceive a (air share of trade. Mr. Fitz-
siMons has not yet fully decided what
he will do. °
1—The team attached to the vehicle
cOntaining the mourners made a break
kir liberty in the cemetery at the funeral
o the late W. Hughes in Wingham on
Tuesday, 20th inst. The occupants
ere thrown out, Miss Armstrong hav-
ing her ankle sprained and Mr. King
receiving a slight cut on the head.
— One day last week the house of Mr.
Ci Avery, on the London road, Stanley,
nerrowly escaped destruction by fire.
In some way or other, the roof of the
k Lchen caught fire, and had evidently
been burning some time before it was
discovered, but with the help ofthe
neighbors it was put out. The plate
ad some of the rafters were destroyed,
aid the loss will be about $150.
—The Clinton New Era of last week
says : For some time a large white owl
ha been hovering around the farms on
tie Bayfield road, about half -a -mile
f pm town, and efforts to capture it
Were unsuccessful, until the other day,
hem Mr. W. Foster, a well known
s ortsman, succeeded in bringing it
d wn. It measured over five feet
a roes the wings, and will be stuffed:
—Messrs John Brandcin and Donald
Robertson, old residents of the immedi-
avicinity of 13elgrave but now farm:
ir4g in the North West, near Brandon,
a e at present enjoying a visit at Bel -
grave among old friends and relstions,
They have berth been succeseful in that
n w country, and speak in high terms of
itj. Mr. Brandomteaped 300 acres of
heat last year,yielding 10,000 bushels.
—Donald McKinnon, the survivor of
the double shooting tragedy at Gode-
rich, on January 15th, has been com-
mitted by Mayor Butler to stead his
trial at the next competent court of
jgrisdiction for the wilful murder of
Rachel McKinnon, his wife. The com-
=Wel was tirade on the strength of an
information against the accused sworn
out by Chief of Police Yule, of that
town.
sharp farmer came to Gerrie one
day a couple of weeks age with a load of
oats, which he sold. The buyer soon
had reason to suspect that there was
something wrong with the oats, and on
recleaning them found that they contain,
ed four pounds to the bushel of sand.
'Die seller was peomptly notified that
his trick had been diecovered, and was
requested to make amends for his folly.
This he was glad to do in order to pave
James Thom,
him_sAe 1 ffo
young
pmr oasrte enuattni oen. d
SOU of Mr. Wm. Thom, of St. Helens,
met with a sad and fatal accident hi the
woods •near Whitechurch on Friday
16th inst. He was engaged with others
sawing timber when a falling tree crush-
ed him beneath its weight, causing such
injuries as to result in his death on the
Monday following. He was a young
man about twenty years of age and
much respected by the whole neighbor-
hood. The family have the' sympathy
of all in their sad affliction.
—On Wednesday of last week as Mrs.
Watson, mother of Mr. Isaac Coates of
Goderich,while crossing between Nairn's
• and Colborne's stores in that town
was knocked down by a horse driven by
a lad named Foelker. One of the shafts
struck her just over the left eye and
close to the temple, with such force as
to cut a deep gash, rendering her in-•
-sensible. She was carried into Nairn's
store and medical help summand, but it
W&8 quite a time before she coald be
taken home. The boy says he did not
see her, and his horse being somewhat
spirited he was unable to stop.
—At the New Hamburg Poultry show
of last week, James Munroe, of Gode-
rich, showed seven pairs of fowls, win-
ning two first prizee and seven second
prizes, showing two pairs of Brown Red t
Game, takinglst and 2nd. First prize
cockerel scoring 95 pointe; 2nd prize
cockerel,941 ; 1st prize pullet, 95i; 2rad
prize pullet, 93-; light bra,hina coek,
93. These birds had to compete with
the strongest opposition, there being
over 1200 pairs_ of fowls on exhibition
coining from all over Canada and the.
United States.
--On Wednesday of last week whilehlr.
Thomas Richardson was employed saw-
ing lumber with his portable saw milt
on the 6th concession of Ashfield, his
eldest son Tom had his foot taken off at
the instep with the circular saw while
engaged as tailsawyer. Des. Case and
McKay, of Dungannon, were soon in at-
tendance and the young than is doing
as well es can be expected. The com-
munity sympathise with the family, as
Richardson is a pushing fellow and
carries on the business with himself
and his three sons who are all good
workers. ,
—Mrs. E. Stiles and Mrs. H. Garbutt,
of Wingham, were out for a drive on
Sunday afternoon, 18th inst., with a
broncho pony, and when near the boun-
dary of Turnberry and Culross Mr.
Broncho took fright at something and
ran into the fence. The ladies either
jumped out or were thrown out, Mrs.
Stiles receiving a kick on the shoulder -
blade from the pony, causing a very
severe bruise. Luckily no bones were
broken. All were brought home by
friends in the vicinity.
—The annual meeting of the West
Huron Agricultural Society was held
in the town hall, Goderich, on Wednes-
day, 21st inst.,and was largely attended.
After the auditors' report and other
statements had been made, the follow-
ing officers were elected: President,
John Aikenhead ; first vice-president,
D. A. Purvis ; aecond vice-president,
-James Connolly; treasurer, Harry Wat-
son; secretary, James Mitchell. Direc-
tors, Wm. Bawden, Robert Medd, Jas.
Snell, George Pugsley, Hugh Girvin,
Robert Dickson, Isaac Fisher, J. E.
Tom, A. A. Young.
—We are sorry to chronicle the death.
of Mr. David Stewart, one of the oldest
settlers of Ashfield. Mr. Stewart had
been ailing for over a year, and although
suffering greatly he bore it patiently to
the last. If ever there was -a true
christian in Ashfield David Stewart
was one. He was an elder in the Pres-
byterian church for a great many years.
He was calm, pleasant,tcharitable, tem-
perate in all his habits, and a grand.
man in every way. Mr. Stewart was
in his 74th year. His remains were in-
terred in the Kintail cemetery on Fri-
day, the 16th inst.
—At the conclusion of the evidence at
the inquest on the body of Rachel Mc-
Kinnon, the woman who was shot re-
cently in Goderich, supposedly by her
husband, Donald McKinnoe, the jury
returned the following verdict
"That Rachel McKinnon came to her
death, in the town of Goderich, by
means of a pistol shot wound inflicted
on Thursday, January 15th, 1891, about
the hour of noon, by some person or
persons to ue, the jury., unknown."
The verdict was received without any
demonetration on the part of the large
number of spectators present. An in-
formation has been sworn out by Chief
Yale against Donald McKinnon, who is
at present in jail, charging him with
being the perpetrator of the crime, and
the case being heard before a magistrate.
McKinnon was committed to stand his
trial.
—On the afternoon of the 8th inst.,
a post-mortem examination of the body
of a young lad named Peter O'Sullivan,
son of Mr. Jan O'Sullivan, of McKil
lop, waerheld ley Drs, Campbell, Beth-
uneiand Smith, of Seaforth, at the re
questof Mr. O'Sullivan, who has broad -
mind -ed viewe in reference to these mat-
ters. It had been an interesting anct
somewhat puzzling ease. The boy has
been several years sick, but has been
three times operated upon, and twice
before the Huron Medical Association,
and Mr. O'Sullivan thought that the
doctors ought to have a chance of ex-
amining the body and seeing for them-
• selves what the disease was. It turned
out to be exactly what the doctors said
it was, consumption attacking the
glands of the bowels and finally the
lungs, and all the internal organs, pro-
ducing dropsy of the abdomen, and
death. He was thirteen years of age at
the time of his death.
Corlstance.
NOTES.—The Presbyterians of this
place will hold their annual social in the
Temperance hall, on the evening of
Tuesday, February 3rd. The pro-
gramme will consist of music, recita-
tions, &c., and addresses will be deliver-
ed by Rev. Messrs. Musgiave and Ram-
say.—The members of Constance Lodge,
Independent Order of Good Ternplars,
paid a fraternal visit to their brethren
in Seaforth, on Wednesday evening of
this week, and report having ispent
,pleasant evening.—Mr. James William',
of Seaforth, has sold his property here
to a business man, who intends to start
grain chopping and acider mill.
ANOTHER OLD HURON PIONEER GONE.
—Mr. George Stanley, of Kinburn, who
died at the age of 82 years, on Fri-
day 15th instowas truly a pioneer of the
Huron tract, having been a resident of
it for 55 years, He Was born in Water-
ford, Irelandgand emigrated to Cansda
in 1832. Shortly after his arrival ia
Toronto he was married to his wife, who
survives him, and together they made
their way on foot to Goderich, their
worldly possessions being all tied up in
a handkerchief. Goderich at that time
had more of an existence in name than
in reality, being almost entirety an un-
disturbed forest. After a four years'
residence in Goderich, he came out into
Goderich township, and settled on lot
30, llth concession, being among the
first settlers in the township. There he
resided for over 40 years. In early life
he became closely identified with the
Methodist church, and was regarded as
one of its influential members, being v.
class leader for years, and also occupy-
ing other influential ,positionsa—When
he sold his farm, twelve years ago, with
the intention of retiriog from active em-
ployment, general regret was expressed
at his proposed removal, because he was
-held in universal esteem. He then went
to Kinburn to reside, and remained there
till his death. He always enjoyed the
best of health, being ill but a short time
before his death. He leaves a wife and.
family of six sons and three daughterft--
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