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WHOLE NUMBER, 1,327.
OAS OF PLEASURE.
We are all trying to get as much
out of life as possible. Work is essen-
tial to a Well -ordered existence, and so
is pleasure. The one freshens us for
the effort required by the other. So
it is that the season of " gaiety " finds
us all vraiting for it.
are haying pretty cos-
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Wines and everything
WOMEN must match or else the
general harmony is dis-
turbed. Therefore
too, must be properly clothed
from head to foot or else the
critical individual will make
remarks. '
It's our business ta clahe the
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men, and we have the proper goods to
do it with. Being a clothing house
exclusively-7we are in a better posi-
tion to fill your wants than most
places. We are the only house where
styles " up-to-date " can° be found.
.
MEN
JACKSON BROS.,
SPECIALISTS IN MASCULINE
CLOTHING, SEAFORTH.
THE GREAT SHOW AT THE
WINDY CITY.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1893.
{McLEAN BROS., Publishers.
$1.50 a Year in Advance.
. people, who had 'fondly hoped tied the Ex- present Confederation ? Would any of this do not have enough for themselves You
position authorities were planning a coup provinoes be satisfied to continue under the gave the Canadian -Pacific Railway one little
and would at the last moment defy Congress same term" as at present ? When I say the kick, and apparently you think it cost too
and make a stand for Sunday opening, province', I mean the people of the prov- much. If the Reformees had continued in
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These. friends of a Sunday fair now profess inoes, for we know from experience that if office and had done the same amount of
to believe that the directors will take some the matter were left to the tioliticians who
notion, before another week pages, in the
direction of throwing open the gateitton
Sunday. All things taken into considera-
tion, however, it is not probable that this
will come to pas". It is true that a majority
of the directors are in favot. of a Sunday
fair. It is also true, that a great deal of
outside pressure, especislly from the labor-
ing element, is being broug
them to throw open the gates
day of the week. But it is
that just as strong pressure i
direction is being exerted by
Sunday observance, and wit
CmcAno, May 12th, 1803.
The attendance at the World's Fair for
its first week has been larger than that at
the Centennial Exposition for the corre-
sponding days, though email in comparison
with what it undoubtedly will be when the
_exhibition w;ill be complete in all points,and
when the full -tide of summer and vacation
travel sets in. The official figures show an
average attendance of about 26,000 if the
great crowd at the opening exercises is left
od of &CCM:kilt ; of 43,600 if it is included.
The last few pleasant days have made it
possible to push the work forward more
rapidly, and it is said that more was accom-
plished on Saturday and Sunday than in a
whole week before. It is not probable that
the Fair will be a.bsoIutely complete for sev-
eral weeks to come ; some of the minor
buildings are unfinished, and there are very
large quantities of exhibits still to be put
in place, and much work to be done
about the grounds. But among reasonable
people there seems to be no disposition to-
ward fault-finding with the management on
thie account, is to be remembered, first,
that no expriition of the kind ever was, or,
in the nature of things, could be, absolutely
complete on its first day ; secondly, that the
spring has been stormy beyond record ; and,
lastly, that the Chicago Fair is not merely
larger than its predecessors, but so vast as
to he almost out of compariaon with them.
When one thinks of the one hundred and
twenty-four miles of aisles in the Exposi-
tion buildings one can well believe the cor-
respondents vela° agree in saying that, in-
complete as it now is, the orld's Fair to-
day offers immensely more o see and study
than any of its forerunners.
t to bear on
on the first
equally true
the opposite
the friends of
the neational
commission chary of o posing the will of
Congress in the matter, t re n
probable, by those in a posit%
that the present established o
will be set aside. -And still i
unexpected that is happenin
" TAXING IN " THE GRE N ONES.
" All is not gold that glitters " is a
homely old adage that loses none of its force
when applied to affairs in the Midway Plais-
snots. An Indiana youth who came here with
the sum of $20 in his pocket can bear testi-
mony to the truth of this, and the intory of
this particular fool and his parting with his
money is not without a moral to intending
visitors., The Midway Plaisance, as is pretty
well known, is a strip of land outside the
park on which are located what may be
called the " side shows " of the big Exposi-
tion—such as the " Street in Cairo," the
Austrian village, etc., etc. This stretch of
territory is full of queer buildings oddly -
costumed foreigners and dark -eyed, dusky
damsels from the Orient, and the effeot is
all very ; bewildering. Into this land of
wonders 'strolled the youth from Indiana.
In * moment he was in the grasp of a red-
fezed son of -the Orient who thrust a gor-
geous table cover under his nose with the
assurance that it was ver' rare, eemported
and only fifteen dollare." The youth hid-
tated—and was lost." The.vision.of the sen-
sation he would create when he returned to
Podunk was too much for him and he pur-
chased.
An hour later he submitted the handsome
cloth to a down -town dealer for inspection—
for on some account he had grown a trifle
suspicious of his bargain .
Mostly cotton, made in New York and
worth about $6 a dozen," was the verdict of
the expert and sure enough he showed the
trademark of the Gotham firm on the re-
verse side of the cloth.
And then the Podunk man realized that he
had lost $15 in cash, though he had gained
at least $115 in experience.
It is not probable, however, that this sort
of thing will be kept up to any great extent,
for the Exposition authorities have shown a
comnsendable tendency to check every
spedes of extortion and dishonesty. While
the Midway Plaieance people are without
the Fsir grounds, they are still under the
control of the Columbian officials and will
be brought up with a round turn whenever
occasion requires it.
ot considered
on to know,
rder of things
ii always the
sometimes represent the people, but who of-
tener misrepresent them, they would
readily make such compromises one with
another, as would satisfy themselves. It
was in that way that Confederation was ac-
oomplithed. That,fio waver, was giving un -
!der the monarchical system, given the peo-
pie an opportunity of expressing their opi-
nion as to the merits of Confederation,
would have been equivalent to the abdication
of monarchical functions, and, though we
may be ruled gently, the monarchy is not
prepared to abdicate. A Canadian inde-
pendence would be erected on the lines of
Republicanism, and there is no Repub-
licanism, where the ,people are not per-
mitted an opportunity of expressing their
opinions at the ballot box upon all vital
questions of government, and what could be
more vital than the question of terms ?
Would Manitoba consent to re-enter the
union unless the claim of the Catholic
Church with respect to Separate Schools in
that province were withdrawn ? Would
Quebec re-enter the union unless it were
given even more power than it now possesses,
or unless, indeed the clairoti of the church
with respect to 'Manitoba schools %Were re-
cognized as justifiable and, placed beyond
the peradventure of doubt ? Yet an ami-
cable and univermilly satisfactory readjust-
ment of these and other troublee too num-
erous to mention would beabsolutely nec-
essary tO prevent ohaos the moment Eng-
land outs the painter.
Were Canada * Confederation of Prov-
inces distant a thousand miles or more from
the United States, the necessity of self-re-
liance and of union amongst ourselves would
compel a compromise and a cohesion that,
to the individual provinces is not necessary
where, as is the case, eso'h province is as
naturally an extension of that part of the
United States which it adjoins, as the hu-
man fingers are extensions of the hand. To
give point to this comparison, consider Man-
itoba. which everyone knows is more natur-
ally connected with the Northwestern States
than with any other part of Canada. While'
political union with the States is easily ob-
tainable by her, she would feel under no
legal or moral obligation to become re -united
politically to Quebec. On the contrary, the
school agitation in the Northwest makes it
tolerably certain that she would infinitely
prefer making some sacrifices to get rid of
the sohool trouble which the Parliament of
Canada, at the instance of Quebec, forced
upon her. Any attempt at independence
would result in anerohy, while, with a
friendly understanding between England,
the United Stetes andi Canada, England, as
the power in whom the title of the Domin-
ion is vested, could consent to such an ar-
rangement .ae would Make the different
provinces Stades of th'e Union.
Yours truly,
T. M. WHITE.
THE GROUNDS TO BE OPENED ON SUNDAY.
At a meeting of the local directors it was
decided . by -a vote of 22 to 7 to have the
gates to the Park open on Sunday, and to
charge an admission fee of 25 cents, being
half the price of an ordinary day. The
doors of all the exhibition buildings will, it
is said, be kept closed. This decision was
arrived at on the advice of the Board Solici-
tor that it would be a compliance with the
letter of the restrictions of Congress, al-
though a violation of the spirit of these regu-
lations.
OBIEVANCES BEING IIEMEDIED.
The chief news events of the week at the
Fair have been the opening of the French
art display, which fie universally admitted to
be admirably representative ; a partial elec-
tric displitY on Monday night, and the dis-
cussion, of the Sunday opening questiorn
which we speak of below. Some slight dis-
sensions such as are insep_arable from so
great and complex an executive aarninistra-
tioa—like that in which Mr. Theodore
Thomas has figured, and that in the Wo-
nian'aBoard, which was promptly and teat -
fully repressed by Mrs. Palmer—have been
unduly magnified by the press, includiug
that of Chicago. Of much graver import-
ance were the allegations of extortion and
unreasonable restrictions' within the grounds
- —allegations not without ceuse, but the
causes of which appear to have beenprompt-
ly and efficiently dealinwith by the manage-
ment. One of the Directors is quoted by a
Chicago paper as having said that, on a tour
of inspection, at one restaurant, after pay-
ing thrice the vain° of his order, he Wile
called upon to pay for the plate upon which
he ate it ; that even the best restaurants
had no prices on their bills of fare, and that
the guests were at the mercy of the waiters.
Complaints were also made that no seats
ivere provided on the grounds for visitors ;
end, by 'makers, that it was unreasonable
to forbid smoking out-of-doors. Every one
of these complaints. has been investigated
and action taken ; reetaurante have been
ordered te provide printed price lists and to
treat their guests fairly ; seats for eight
thousand people have been put in place ;
smoking has been permitted with proper res
straints. We quote these details for the
purpose of showing that, so far as now MID
be judged, the managers of the Fair recog-
nize the fact that its success and the honor
of Chicago, and, in a way, of the country,
depend on the fair, courteous and reason-
able treatment of visitors, and that the'De-
rectors are doing all in their power to re-
press extortion and nuisances. In truth,
there is now every indication that if a fair
visitor comes to Chicago and submits to ex-
tortion, it will be hie own fault. If he
doesn't.care to pay lintel pricee, he can se-
cure in a 'private helm a room at one-third
or one-fourth the rate charged by the Chi-
cago inn -keeper. Of course this may not be
stylish and ail that sort of thing, but what
of style in 'a matter of this sort ? The
stories therefore that it will require $15 or
$20 a day far one person properly to see the
World's Fair are all rubbish.
(MOUE ON SUNDAY.
We are glad to record the fact that the
World's Fair was dosed on the &et Sunday.
There is a good deal to be said, and a good
deal has been said, on both sides of the
(Lusatian whether the Fair should be kept
°nen on Sunday ; but that is no longer the
question. The managers of the Fair have
accepted, from the people of the -United
States two millions and a half of dollars on
the condition thd the Fair shall be closed.
The acceptance of this money on this con-
dition constitutes a contract, both in morals
and in law. For them np retain the money
and open the Fair would be a palpable
brea.eh of faith. It could hardly be distin-
guished morally from the arime of obtaining
money on false pretences. If the managers
wish to open the Fair on Sunday, they must
return the money to the nation. The fact
that the gates were dosed last Sunday was
a bitter dieappointment to a great many
Independence Not Feasible.
DEA,R EXPOSITOR,—Some time since a
highly respected and prominent resident of
the old county of Huron voluntarily ac-
knowledged to me that the annexationist'
have a case without a flaw, backed up by
arguments that are unanswerable," but, ' he
added, I could not, as a native of Scot-
land, and as a British subject, who is proud
of the ' old flag,' fall in with the movement.
I would, however, support Canadian Indet
pendence,"
As the gentleman is a regular reader of
THE EXPOSITOR, and as I know that many
other people of Huron comity entertain
similar views, kindly allow me a short space
to criticise in a friendly way- his attitude.
All honor, say I, to him and all they who
glory in the " old flag." Pride, in the glory
and greatness of England is 'pardonable.
But England's history and glory are as much
the history and glory of the American peo-
ple as of Canadians. Gontinental Unionists,
however, claim that England's connection
with this colony, instead of adding. to the
glory of the " old flag " is an ever sucrose-
ing danger to her and likely to lead her,
into trouble eventually. She has had no
troubles with the United States that have
not been due to our calls upon her for as-
sistance in matters with which she has no
interest other than that of a mother coun-
try. " It would be obviously to her advan-
tage to be rid of this responsibility, and af-
ter we separate from her it oan be of no
moment to her what we do so long as we re-
frain from interference With affairs beyond
the continent of which we form a part.
Logically, therefore, if annexation to the
United States lessens the glory' of England,
equally must that 'glory be diminished by
separation of any, kind.
But a little reflection will convince the
gentleman in question as well as others who
share his views, that banadisn independence
is a legal or legislative impossibility. As
premises to this argument it may be neces-
sary to remind your readers that the Con-
federation of the venous British North
American provinces Was not the work of
the Canadian people. It was . a scheme of
the Canadian legislators, suggested as an ex-
pedient to prevent annexation at a time
when union with the States was undesirable
and at a time wisp even about half the States
were seeking donnien. The scheme was
crystalized into Ia4w by the Parliament of
Great Britain without the consent of the
people of Canada; Had the people them-
selves and not their legislators been con-
sulted, it is quite safe to say that the con-
sent of Ontario could never have been ob-
tained to ouch an arrangement is makes the
Province of Quebec practically the dictator
of the Dominion, anti. makes this province
the milch cow and burden bearer of Con-
federation. Should a party favorable to
the Independence of -Canada accede to
rower, they would be met with this difficul-
ty at the outset. ' To a considerable extent,
at least, it is the discontent in Ontario with
the present inequitable arrangement that
supports any demand there may be for in-
dependence, Independence is wanted in
order that Ontario may obtain a better
show in some new arrangement. I
would like to ask my friend if On-
tario ' would allow any provisional gov-
ernment that might be pleated in office, pend-
ing our erection into an independent nation,
to reimpose upon her the oonditions of the
Toter/To, May9, 1893.
work the way they were oarrying it on,
without letting the contract then you most
undoubtedly would have good reasons for
complaint. Thanking the Exeosnrou for
past favors, with hopes for the future,
I remain, Yours Truly.
AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.
MORRIS, May 18, 1893.
The Patrons of Industry.
(From The Montreal Star.)
On the teetimony of the leaders of the
Canadian farmers' movement, which has
taken form under the title " Patrons of
Industry," it is learned that the objects of
the Association are almost wholly political.
The oc-operative store -keeping system,
which has attracted so muchilostile criti-
cism, is regarded by the Patroas—at least
in their public utterances—se a ePurely sec-
ondary matter, the adoption of which is
whollY optional with the members. The
pledge of politics' independence, however,
bangs by no means at so lax a -tension. It
is put forth as the real raison d'etre of the
organization ; and the country is given to
understand that the Petrone will feel that
they have failed of their purpose if they do
not succeed in making the farmer vote,"
a keenly felt factor in national polities. At
present it is their belief that the tariff taxes
them inordinately ; and it would be very
hard to persuade them to the contrary when
they have so many flagrant oases of special
class taxation ready at their hand by way of
proof.
Though the moveinent is exclusively a
farmers' rising, there is no reason why the
rest of the community should view it with
anything but friendly feelings. At the out-
set, it must be remembered that the farmers
are net asking for an increase of duties. It
is not the object of their movement to in-
crease the price- of the food of the people,
or, in any other way, to taise the 'cost, of
living. They desire, not to tax others
more, but simply to pay less taxes them-
selves. Then the farmers are the great con-
suming class of the country, so far as manu-
factured gdods are concerned ; and, if wieely
led, they will fight the battle of the consum-
ers as a whole. It is in the intermit of every
man who purchases clothing, .furniture,
outlery, wall paper, tools, or any of the or-
dinary neeessities of life, that the cost of
them be lowered, provided this is done
without cutting off his own means of liveli-
hood. Let tariff reduction stop short of the
point at which it would ruin the industry
from whioh any given mechanic gains his
living, and it is all in his favor even on the
very article he is engaged in manufacturing ;
for his wages are generally fixed, not by the
wealth of his employers, but by the inter-
national competition in his line of labor.
The farmers can only menace the great mass
of townspeople in the course of their agita-
tion by insanely refusing to allow the neces-
sary revenue of the country to be collected
on a system that, at the same time, protects
the industries of the people ; and, "herald
they do this, the greater damage would re-
coil upon themselves, for, with the decima-
tion of the towns and cities, their own beit
market would disappear.
And this argument works just as well the
other way round. If the farmers are not
prosperous, there is no one to buy the out
put of the factories, and, as a consequence,
city life is paralyzed. " :reads and Get
Rich " is an old saying ; but if the means
of trade are dried up at the source—the
ability to purchase—it may well be read
"haggle and get poor." No one is particular-
ly astounded that manufacturers do not
flock to the Government during the present
tariff enquiry, and demand a reduction of the
duties. But if they were far sighted, they
might well do so ; for an impoverished con-
suming class will very soon begin to atop
their looms and silence their forging ham-
mers, one by one. Over -taxation of their
constituency will be as fatal to them as un-
der -protection of their product.
The Patrons show their wisdom in not
making their co-operative store system the
sheet anchor of the society. Ai one of their
officers pointed out the other day, it is not
the country store keeper who is getting rich
at their expense. He is very often as hard
worked and as hard pressed as the farmer ;
and in the long run our people will find the
natural laws of competition, supply and de-
mand to be better distributors than any
socialistic device, large or small. The field
in which any organized effort to help the
farmers—in this time at least—must do its
beat work, is that of politics. Some Minis-
terisl journals are very fond of advising
them these -times to build good roads,
to try many iinproved kieds of farming, to
paint their fences and to stop. keep.ing dogs.
But the smell of the herring is plain to all.
They are exceedingly anxiousthat the farmer
shall not make it awkward for their party
by demanding lower taxation and better
foreign trade facilities at the hands of Per -
Bement. It would be politically safe for
them to send out a royal commission to in-
vestigate the great question as to whether
or not the cow should be milked from the
right side or the left ; and there is no doubt
that a couple af lawyers, a brace of politioi•
ans and a political farmer could collect
some very valuable hints for the farmers'
wives on this point. Bat when the farmer
wakes up to the necessity of real reform of
the tariff, they see political peril in the de-
mand, and begin, with one cement, to try
and attract hie attention to something else.
But the steady growth of such purely po-
litical movements as the Patrons of Indus-
try show that they have not been drawn off
the scent as yet by even the most malodor-
ous -herring ; and they have but to push
ahead to win not only the willing ear of the
touring Ministers, but the ready obedience
of Parliament. This country is always
ruled by that vote which is best orgenized
and which knows best what it wsnts.
Mr. Elliott's,Letter.
DEAR Ex.rosyron.,---A letter appeared' in
your columns on April 1tth over the signa-
ture of Wm. Elliott, on free- corn and ex-
hausted farms, and( if I may presume to
trespass a little more on your space I would
make a short replY to mad letter, Mr.
Elliott starts out hy telliug us that the ad-
mission of free coen would be one of the
greatest boons that could be conferred *on
the Canadian farmer. Now,if his statement
is correct, it certainly would be a National
calamity to be Without corn. A person
reading. his letter would almost come to the
conclusion that he did not know we have
plenty of cheep feed ; that be was not aware
that this country -produces a bountiful crop
of all kinds of coaree grain and so cheap too
that the farmer realises very little profit on
the production of it. Peas, barley and oats
make very good feed, and I think it will
soon be generally admitted that one bushel
of two rowed barley has as much nutrition
for feeding purposes as one and a half of the
six rowed. 'Then seeing that we are blessed
with ta plentiful supply of cheap food for
man atid beast from wheat down, it is very
difficult if not impossible to find where either
the boon or the calamity come in. Again,he
nye "the system of farming which has pre-
vailed In Ontario since its settlement hes
tended ' to exhaust the soil. An immenee
amount of grain and animals have been sold
off the farms, but nothing of any account has
been added to the soil from outside sources
except a very limited amount of salt and
gypsum." Mr. Elliott appears to think the
farms in Ontario are getting exhausted and
run down and by importing foreign corn their
fertility would be improved. Surely he
does not imagine that the corn would do
that, for the cobs and stelke would have to
be Imported too before any preoeptible im-
provement could be made. He says an im-
mense amount of grain and animals goes off
the farms ; quite true, but the barn -yard
manure does not go with them. On each
farm of 100 acres of improved land in Onto,-
rio,there are from fifteen to twenty-five head
of cattle, besides horses, reheep and pigs
making manure out of tons id hay and straw
with grain and generally a big straw stack
to be worked in too; which mekes busy and
tiresome 'work for two men with two
wagons for several days putting that man-
ure ion the land. That, Mr. Elliott, is what
keeps up the fertility of the soil and does
not let it get exhausted. And if you had
driven around through the surrounding
townships in some of the past seasons when
the crops were growing, I think you would
see as heavy and as good looking crops as
you saw forty years ago. Of course all
farmers do not have thirty-five or forty
bushels of wheat to the acre, neither do
they where they grow the free corn, and if
you would go through some of the different
townships and see some of the export cattle
about finished and ready for market; I fancy
you would say they were good animals, fed
on our own cheap grain, raised in our own
country and too cheap to sell if all were pre-
pared to feed it, from the oats up to the
wheat. Yon saw on your trip to Niagara
crops that appeared to range front oue-half
to two-thirds of what you considered s fair
crop ; most likely you were right in your
opinion, but you must remember that cir-
cumstances alter &Wei, for parhaps that
section of country got too much rain in
spring or too much dry weather in summer,
and if you had continued your trip through
the states of Maine and Vermont, you would
see farms exhausted and run down and most
likely deserted right where they grow the
free corn. You tell ne that you have no ex-
perience in oropping in rotation, and you
can rest assured that the farms would get
exhausted if not worked after that manner.
You tell us also that the best way to restore
the lost fertility of the moil is to feed more
stock and make more butter and cheese ;
that is a good advice but the farmers are
acting on it greedy, for every new year
adds more men to the business and you can
see the cheese and butter factories all over
the country. It would not do for us to de-
pend on American cotn, for some years they
about ten days; ago to carry out his pledge
and wipe out his indebtedness. Since his
return he has paid off hundreds of dollars
that were many years ago "out -Jawed," and
which the owners of had long since given up
as lost. Mr. Dyatt is a member of the Col-
orado Legislature.
—The Toronto delegates to the Women s
Congress at Chicago left for that city Friday
afternoon. There were 39 in the party.
—There is an expert gang of thieves oper-
ating just now in Toronto. Sunday even-
ing seems to be their favorite time for sneak
thieving.
—Mr. Lowe,:Deputy Minieter of A.grionl-
ture, says there is no probability of an im-
mediate relaxation of the cattle embargo in
Great Britain.
—Early last Sunday morning, Col,-Sert
geant Alex. Kiy, an old British veteran,
familiarly known as " The Hero of Janata -
bad," died at his residence in Toronto.
—During the past winter there has been a
great mortality among bees, throughout
Lambton county many large apiaries have
been almost swept away.
—Grace church, Brantford, will have a
new and handsome tower. Eight citizens
have already conttibuted $250 each. The
tower and chimes will cost $5,000.
—Cheese factories in the neighborhood of
Galt oomplsin of a shortage of milk receiv-
ed. Cows coming in late and want of good
pasture are the reported causes.
—Mr. Joseph Chambers, of Dawn Mills,
Lambton county who is one hundred and
mix yeare old, aft recently for St Joseph,
Nebraska, to visit his sons in that ay.
—The prisoners John Burke and Thomas
Wilson, who shot' constable Phair of Lon-
don, were taken from the London jail to the
Kingston penitentiary last week. ,
—'Three. Germans reached Winnipeg on
Wednesday hot week from New York, hav-
ing walked the entire distance in 37 days.
They were 56, 40 and 20 years old.
—Mr. W. M. Giffin, representing the
nursery establishment of A. W. Graham,
St. Thomas, last week delivered in Sarnia
alone 800 trees,
—Sixteen lots were offered for sale for
taxes in 'St. Thomas on Thursday and all
but two were sold for enough to pay the
taxes against them.
—The remains of the mining girl. Miss
Kate Beatty, of Parkhill, were found float-
ing en the river Friday, 100 yards frotn the
railroad bridge, where it was supposed she
drowned herself.
—The Highlanders of Toronto, turned out
381 strong the other night in all the glory of
their abbreviated skirts for the first time
this year. The, regiment is arranging to
visit Hamilton Queen's Birthday.
—The Beatty lino of boats from Sarnia to
Duluth began running this week, the Mon-
arch left Sarnia on Tuesday and the Empire
on Friday. There are 175 electric lights on
each boat.
—A boy named Robert McLaren was
. severely shocked on an electric car in Sarnia
the other day. He was unconscious for
nearly an hour. How the accident happen-
ed is a mystery.
—Dr. Edwards, of Grand Rapids Michi-
gan, formerly of London, has made his
fourth matrimonial venture. This time his
bride is Margaret Edwards, of Sand Beach,
Michigan. They were married at Sarnia.
—Montreal at present pays $124.1 a
year for each arc light ; Toronto pays 8.-
59 per light e Kingston, $81 • Ottaw , $80 ;
Chicago, $16;0 ; Quebec $10 ; Stratford,
$49,50, Stratford is only lighted till mid-
night.
—Mr. Walter McMillan was the first
farmer in the vicinity of Harriston to re-
port seeding finished. Walter is a good
farmer, an eatly riser, a great pusher and,
what is better chan all, a genuine sound
Grit.
—Edward Stinchcombe, a popular young
man of London West, died the other day,
aged 18. A fall about eighteen months ago
caused hemorrhage of the lungs, which de-
veloped into consumption from whieh he
died.
—Accordieg to the Toronto Observatory
report for April the temperature of that
month in Ontario was below the average
for 53 years and the rainfall was a foot
more than the average, with considerable
snow thrown :in.
—Mr. Devid Richmond has purchased the
Riley farm, 100 acres, in the township of
Moore near Sarnia. The price paid, we
unders'tand, was $2,700, a very low figure
considering the quality of the land and the
isnprovemente on the farm.
Mr. Wm. Sullivan, a traveler tor an
English carpet warehonse, was suddenly
struck blind on Tuesday at Hamilton. Mr.
Sullivan- lost the use of one eye some years
ago, as a result of a severe attack of typhoid
fever, - and the remaining eye had not been
strong for some time.
—W. H. Dunning, of Detroit, has on his
farm on the Malden road, a few miles from
Windsor, a flowing well which yields about
ten barrels a day of fine mineral water.
Mrs. Dunning, who was an invalid for ten
years, is said to have been cured by using
the water.
—Mr. W R. Lane, the evangelist, whose
last address at his Stratford meetings is
characterized by the press as " a noble
effort of an earnest mac " will spend a week
in Hamilton, Ottawa, biontreal and Quebec
before going to his home across the Atlantic.
looking band, dressed and armed as they
appear in their native lands. There were
some very fine specimens of their peculiar
weapans in the party, scimitars, spears,
shields, etc. They must have imbibed the
idea that this is a land of money, as one of
them when asked the price of his scimitar
cooly said 30 pounds sterling, or about $150.
—Twenty-five thousand tons of steel rails
will be shipped from Owen Sound this sea-
son for branches in the Northwest. The
first shipment of 15 car loads has.already
arrived, and was loaded on the steamship
Manitoba ; and each of the company's boats
is expected to carry two or three hundred
tons each trip during navigation.
—The death of George Elliott, formerly a
merchant of Guelph, is recorded. The de-
ceased died at the Arlington Hotel, Wash-
ington, D. C., on his way home from
Florida, where he had spent the winter.
He had occupied the positions of mayor of
Guelph, warden of the county, and presi-
dent of the Reform Association.
—Mr. John Ennis, an aged resident of
Ayr died last week in his filat year, and
was'interred in Sheffield cemetery, Beverly
township, where he haCresided for 51 years.
previous to his taking up residence in Ayr.
Mr. Ennis took an active part in the rebel-
lion of 1837-38, and: was well acquainted
with the leaders in Upper Canada. -
—The farm buildings and residence of
Mr. J. Brooke, near Barry's church, a few
miles from Guelph, were burned Thursday
night of last week. There were also about
1,M0 bushels of grain in the barn, which,
wiih 24 pigs, were destroyed by the fire.
T e household furniture was with much
di oulty saved. The origin of the fire re-
mains a mystery.
—Mr. W. G. Walton Hamilton, left on
Friday for England. intends visiting
Denmark to acquire farther information
on the subject of butter making, and in-
tends to bring back with him 150 head of
Jersey cattle for breeding purposes.
Tireety-iire of these he will keep himself,
and the others will be distributed amongst
Ontario creamery men.
—Early the other morning a young man
from Buffalo named Jones complained to
Chief McKinnon, of Hamilton, that the
evening before he had formed the acquaint-
ance of a flashily -dressed young lady who
took him out to see the city. After they
parted he found be had • parted with $35.
The Hamilton Times ILCIVieee all young men
as verdant as " Mr. Jones" not to go out at
night unless accompanied by their parents.
— The Harriston 'Tribune says : Fish
stories are now the order of the day. We
have been approached by several and have
actually been offered a share of the fish that
they had bought if - we would lie for th
but we will not. Mayor Yule and Ban
Gray went out one cold day. They fie
—" Awaited in Vain," the celebrated
painting by Mr. Ernest E. Thompson, of
'Toronto, whielt was to have been one of the
Canadian pictures in the World's Fair Art
Building, has been lost. The picture was
shipped on April 17th, and it has not yet
reached Chicago.
—Friday morning shortly after Arthur
Brooks had left his home in Palmerston,
Mrs. McDermott, the next door neighbor,
met Mrs. Brooks' 5 -year-old son, who said
his mother was killed. She was found im-
mediately after lying dead in the bedroom
persumably from heart failure.
—Mrs. Viokerman Fetch, of Burnt River,
came to Fenelon Falls by Saturday morning
train to get medicine for a disease of the
heart, with which she had been troubled
for three or four years, and immediate-
ly after dinner ehe suddenly fell forward
and expired almost instantly.
—About four months ago, while Miss
Maggie Dixon, the 16 -year-old daughter of
as was in the garden, a couple of young League in the City of Cleveland, Ohio. The
m,
er
ed
with , their mitts and overcoats on. he
banker fell into the river and the maiyor
fished him out, but he was no trout and
they came home in a pout.
— Latest returns from different parte of
the Northwest show that there are 2;034,920
bushels of wheat, 124,000 bushels of oats,
and 33,500 bushels of barley stored in the
interior, while the Canadian Pacific eleva-
tors at Fort William contain 'no less than
3,111,865 bushels. The movement is light,
only 15,000 bushels haviug been brought for-
ward last seek.
—Detroit and Windsor capitalists have a
scheme that will involve the expenditure of
several hundred thoussnd dollars in the lat-
ter city. The proposition is to buy all the
property on both sides of McDougall street,
from Sandwich street to the Tecumseh road,
tear down the old buildings, have the street
paved, run a street railroad down the cen-
ter, and have a row of trees planted on each
side of the railrosd.
—On Thursday, 4th inst. Miss Janet
Watson, daughter of Mr. RoLert McCosh,
of Huron township, near Kincardine, passed
peacefully away, after a prolonged illness,
the outcome of a severe attack of la grippe.
The deceased was a most lovable young wo-
man, popular with her companions and a
comfort and joy to her father's household.
Her death at the threshhold of womanhood,
being only 22 years of age, is a source of
great grief to all her acquaintances.
—There is a mighty hunter in Luther,
named Gourley, and all manner of Wild
beasts have fallen victims to his prowess.
His latest was a lynx shot last week, a sup-
erb specimen measuring five and one-half
feet, and standing all ef three feet high.
The animal would be an ugly chap to meet
in the swamp. It is distinct from the wild
cat in having a stump tail, and its body be-
ing marked with black stripes like
tiger.
—A five-year-old daughter of Hector Pat-
terson, of Dawn township, county of Lamb -
ton, enticed her sister, who is two years old,
to a secluded place, and persuaded her to
lay her hand on a block, when she immedi-
ately out off the first three fingers of ber
baby sister's right hand, After this had
been done the severed fingers were buried
in the ground. Before the children reached
home the youngest had nearly bled to
death.
—Charles Wilworth, 19 years of age,from
Canada wine was in charge of the elevator
at the ilotel Vincent, Saginaw, Michigan,
met with a fatal accident on Saturday morn-
ing. The governing cable in the elevator
broke, and the cage ascended rapidly to the
roof. Young Wilworth tried to escape at
the second landing, but was caught between
thafloor of the cage and the side of the
shaft. In this position he was dragged to
the sixth floor. When extricated he was
dead, and nearly every bone in his body was
broken.
—A Sarnia dispatch says : Sarnia customs
authorities are after the smugglers. Special
customs officer McCleary, of Toronto, is
working atnong the smugglers at Sarnia.
The authorities are of opinion that there of plumb and gave way, lettmg down over
has been a good deal of smuggling going on six hundred tons of ice through two floors.
between Sarnia and Port Huron for a while The roof fell in and the sides of the building
back, and it is understood that the authori- were spread out. When erected the build -
ties are making it warm for some of the ing was considered a model of perfection in
leading merchants and bankers in Sarnia, design and construction. The whole weight
also that a prominent manager of of the ice was supported independent of the
a loan company was taxed $100 for goods walls, and had been inspected by many gen-
worth about $35, also a druggist was taxed tlemen requiring cold storage room, and
for a similar amount. pronounced very good, The defective pil-
-Last Sabbath, May 14th, was the young lar had been noticed, and had it held up till
people's day in the Methodist churches all the next morning operations would have
over the world. It was the fourth anniver- been begun to replace it,
—A somewhat uensational affair took
place in MiWhell on Sunday evening, 6th
inst. A certain widower of the south ward
was paying his addreeses to an eighteen
year old dsughter of a north ward fmnily.
The girl protested against the attentions,
but her parents insisted on her marrying
the wido war. The marriage was arranged
for Tuesday, of last week, in spite of the
girl's protests, and on, Sunday evening the
blooming widower went to pay his addres-
ses to his resenting bride -in -prospective,
when the latter left the house and started.
for a sister's in Logan, She was followed
by her father, whose orders to return shei-
refused to obey, and shameful to relate she
was knocked down and heartlessly abused.
by a brutal parent, whose natural duty it
was to protect her. The girl refused to
return to her home and has since engaged
in the household of& friendly neighbor.
Canada.
There is a house famine in Brantford,
which oity is enjoying great prosperity.
7--A number of lady riders have joined
thd Brantford bicycle club.
—The dressmaking establishments of To-
ronto exceed 500 in number and there are
250 tailor shops.
—The congregation of St. Peter's Church,
Berlin, has ordered a water -motor to pump
the organ.
—The Rev. Mx. Pitblado entered the pas-
torate of Westminster Presbyterian church,
Winnipeg, last Sunday.
—In ten days the London dog catcher
gathered in with his net 117 dogs, about 30
of which were destroyed.
—Some 16 or 17 yesrs ago Mr. Hugh
Dyatt was engaged in the manufacture of
brick in Lucknow, and, like hundreds of
others in Canada met with many reverses
in business and left for the Western States
heavily in debt. His creditors were numer-
ous and the amount necessary to satisfy
their claims reached into the thousands.
For many years past he has been in Lead-
ville, Colorado, engaged in mining, and hav-
ing met with success, returned to Lueknow
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and gentlemen, a complete bath room, a
smoking room and a state room. The
latter is completely shut off from the rest
of the car. The car is fitted for electric
light.
—Mrs. McLaren, who lives in London
township, opposite Springbank, pessed her
103rd birthday on Saturday last. The old
lady is in comparatively good health, and is,
perhaps, the oldest inhabitant of Western
Ontario.
—Mr. Reuben Downey, of Stirton, Wel-
lington county, had a very severe experi-
ence with a vicious horse recently. The
animal turned on Mr. Downey's son, who
was working him on the farm, and the
father seeing the condition of the boy went
to his rescue and beoame a victim of the
brute himself. Tbe horse.got him downnind
for a time he was in imminent danger, but
through the efforts of the two the horse was
soon eubdued. Not, however, until after
Mr. Downey had been hurt. One of his
arms will be powerless for some time. They
had a very narrow moape with their lives.
—Mr. Wm. Rushton, of Cypress River,
Manitoba, who, according to a number of
the medical fraternity, has been suffering
intense pain for a year and a half from liver
complaint, heart disease, eto., was greatly
relieved on Monday, the 8th inst., by dis-
charging from bis stomach a live frog,which
he has every reason to believe has been ao-
journing there since the harvest of 1892,
when he drank from a tank while threshing
on the farm of Messrs. James and David
StewartmearCypressRiver. Mr.Rushtonhas
been ill ever since,and suffered terrible pain.
Dr. MoCharles, of Cypress River was the
only medical man who attributed' this pain
to an obstruation in the stomach. Mr.
bRoutsthleto. n's pet has assumed a more healthy
color since his release, and is kept in a glass
—Wm. Bell, a prominent settler of Ed-
monton district, Northwest Territory, has
been arrested on an indictment for man-
slaughter. Some two months sgo two
Swedes arrived in the district from Idinne-
sots. Two days after their arrival one of
them wail found murdered. Suspicion rest-
ed on his companion, Ole Miokleson, who
had disappeared. A posse of settlers was
organized for the capture of the suspect, and
several members of the Legislature residing
at Edmonton took the responsibility upon
themselves of offering a reward of $200 for
his capture. Wm. -Bell, one of the pongee
came upon the inspect some miles out of,
town, and called upon him to surrender.'
Mickleson refused and opened fire, and Bell
shot the fugitive through, the head. Bell
applied to the Legislature for the reward,
but that body refused to grent it. He then
applied to the Department of Justice at Ot-
tawa. That department made an investiga-
tion, with the result that the reward given
Bell was an indictment for manslaughter, on
which he will be tried in a few daye.
—A wagon tqp of 1,100 miles in the
spring of the y r is not an over pleasant
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experience, so Mr and Mrs. John filoPher-
son say. They arrived in Windsor the
other day in a four -wheeled canvas caravan,
and had driven all the way from Wyau-
dotte, Kansas. Their vehicle was "stained
with the variation of each soil' between
IchIIIISS and Ontario. The mustang ponies
attached to the rig, though hardy littie
beasts, showed signs of that " tired feeling"
which it not to be wondered at after a con-
tinuous trip of nine weeks' duration. The
MoPhersons formerly lived near Tilsonhurg,
Ontario. They left for Kansas, along with
thousands of other Canadians, but did not
make things go, and took this unusual
means to return te their old home. They
were often delayed by storm and oftener
by well -intending persons directinF them
wrongly. At night they slept in the
woods, their mustangs tethered and their
faithful dog on guard, Their worst experi-
ence on the whole trip was a cyclonic one,
and Ypsilanti Michigan, was the scene. It
looked as if a 'Kansas cyclone had followed
them almost to the borders of Uncle Samts
domains to give them II. helping hand out.
Considerable damage was done to their out-
fit by this cyclone but after repairs, they
continued on their way. Mr: McPherson
intends settling somewhere in Middlesex.
Perth Items.
Miss Phelps, of St. Catharines, was the
guest of Mrs. Flagg, in Mitchell, foe a -few
days last week, and on Sunday evening she
gave an address on temperance to a crowded
audience in the town hall.
--A Stratford barber, who is a member
of the fire brigade was cutting a lady's hair
Friday, when the'flre *herrn sounded, He
dropped his shears and scooted to the post
of duty, returning after the fire was quench-
ed to finish thatair cutting.
—While Miss Effie May, of St. Marys,vras
in the sot of opening a bottle of ammonia,
part of its contents burst forth into her face
and eyes completely blinding her. Though
extremefy painful no permanent injury to
the sight is anticipsted.
—A runaway accident occurred on Satur-
day morning, on the Market Square, Striae,
ford, resulting in severe injuries to Mr.
Frederick Sruspe, of Ellice. Acoompanied
by his daughter he was driving to the mar-
ket, when his horse took fright and wheeled
around suddenly, upsetting the buggy,
throwing Mr. Kruspe and his daughter on
their heads in the paved _gutter in front of
the market ,,building. The buggy turned
over on them and they were dragged scene
distance. de. Krnspe had two riles broken
and hie shoulder and face badly bruised.
Mies Krnspe escaped injury.
—The other evening, about 6,30 o'clock,
in St. Marys, the new refrigerator building„
erected by Mr. J. D. Moore, was completely
wrecked. A defective pillar in the base-
men t gred ually leaned over until it was out
Engineer B. Dixon, G. T. R., of St. Thom- eery of the organisation of the pwor
friends dressed up in disguise, and for a joke
frightened her. She never recovered from
the shook, and at latest accounts was lying
at the point of death.
—The Sarnia Observer of last week says :
The tunnel dation looked like a section of
Jackson Park or some ethnological show on
Wednesday. A train of 18 cars loaded with
immigrants from nearly every part of
Europe arrived early in the evening who
were scattered all about the place looking
after baggage and changing oars. About
midnight a car load of Indians from the
West arrived dressed in the native cos-
tumes and armed and equipped in true In-
dian style. About an hour later a train of
six oars, loaded with Arabs, Bedouins and
Syrians, arrived from the east on their way
to Chicago. They were a swarthy, flerce
League has now 10,112 senior chapters and
1,600 junior ones, a total of 11,712. Its
membership oaunot be less than 600,000:
The good work has spread and chapters
have been organized in all foreign countries
where Methodism has planted her 111110110Ilfh
The topic for anniversary day was " The
descent of the Holy Spirit upon our young
people."
—The Canadian P&CifiC has just complet-
ed a eleeping-car at the car shops at Mon-
treal, which is said to have cost $30,000.
The car is named Bombay, and is finished
outside in Honduras mahogany. It has 12
sections, the interior woodwork being of
carved white mahogany, and the seats cov-
ered with plush of sa,ge green color, the
whole style being that of the Spanish Ren-
aissance. There are toilet rooms for ladies
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