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The Huron Expositor, 1894-04-13, Page 16, 1894. IL 6th 1894. /ARMEN!' I) OPEN ESS. OK IS AttracOve - Goo -as, viz : &ND BONNETS ES MIMMINGS UMINGS OODS :S OLS [TRIALS LES - ES ES YNS, RY ES NES ITAINS. ar goods RIGHT IN LIMED. McFatti ,%TH, 6. He remained in 4 few years, until a ropey set in, which bore hist severe M- aude, waiting and mt left us, Ay feet, = )ereft. 1.1Ws. ws, heal. ce from his father's afternoon, and was ing the very high he'd. The parents epathy of the whole r irreparable loss. -The Misses Carno- ives here. -Mr. and 'n poor heart -IL -Mr. p with the grippe -- in connectien with otdiIer increasing- in itsgs are well attends erest istaket iet the ion, of Patrons of nting with success. aken in it, and as see no chance (If :tuber of members, ;air sapplies to the only course they eesdav last week .11.0 is moving from heel concession, to ad, held a very suc- s a large crowd, and except the horses,. Anve sold from $29 a $30 to $44. Pigs other things were followine Thursday [of the °3rd conccs- a clearing eale, as Lfarim AISO, ainGUAtillg all old. as high as $92, ;thing was cleared endes the hammer McCloy, who is nt by his excellent ry sale he handles iccessful. Kelly-, mother of -9th concession of he better land on -ter a short illness. he good age of 81 k of her husband isd resided with her deservedly respect- -, being a worthy d kind neighbor. r Mr, Kelly, who :severely afflicted. died, leaving him tr and four small a mother ie taken ':with his babes," more sad, during snothen and when 'sick. Mr. Kelly, tieighborhood, and t_ting hi the hour )d. ee Karcher and with their parents ha Heist purchas- le last week. We L more have been -Mr. Jonas Hait- i; sister Mrs. Mot - on business.- . ng the stonework use, which he in - =tier. -M r. ohn rick and lumber ence in the _Aril- r.sda,y, March 29th, ,,s„ Joseph Willett, kphen, at the age The funeral took o to the Lutheran d hy huge num- ' Huron's pioneers 3rd inst., in the (41se. Deceased fir some time, hut lately, when elle (Impelled to take t until death re- v,,s The funeral e the Exeter ceme- oion, 3rd inst., a led 'A the reei- witness the t (laughter, Miss Schroeder, of the The ceremony :S. Krupp. The iv esteemed, and n wishing them. ey through life. -ono ---hhhnoo-h-h,.- am. TWENTY-kiVENTH YEAR. WHOLE 1•TITMBER, 1,374. - SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1894. MCLE.AN BROS., Publishers. it1.50 a Year in Advance. ORDERED - CLOTHING. jet .A.ctivi',y reigns, in. 'our Ordered Clothing Department not simply be- cause it is the season of the year when every one,is deciding an a new Suit cr Overcoat, but because of the Char- acter and style of zoods we are this season showing. With the mozt,select goods—the very i'ewest—prices have never been so low. , Our Black Worsted Suits at $22 have won us many friends ; it is not approached for value. You can settle the question af value by seeing the goods. Tweed Suitings, $15 to $22, in all the new colors and patterns. Overcoatings in all the latest fabrics. There's an air of common sense, as well as beauty, Timund thimany goad things we have here far your selec- tion. SPRING HEADGEAR. The lai-Jesb American shapes in Soft and Stiff Hats, have been placed- in stock, and t they be the correct thin°. for tile season's wear. We are healquartes for the latest novelties . in Hats and Caps. „Jackson & Creig The Progressive Clothiers, SEAFORTH, himemme tions to obviate " skull-druggery and soon- erism," but all was futile, for this vast an.d valfiable country was gobbled up by United States DeputY Marshals and " sooners," who were backed up by land speculators, syndi- cetes and. wealthy business men, rendering it iinpossible for a bona -fide settler upon. a lot or claim to make any headway. • " SAW epportunities for making money on the strife." continued McCassy, " but on the contrarY, my funds were rapid- ly diminishing I 1could not resist the desire:0o assist- many suffering women with financial aid, and when I saw -that I would Soon be as poor as the poorest boomer if I stayed, another week. 1 de- termined -to leave for -Chicago to take in the World's Fair." " What did you do there," was asked. . " I 'entered the -business Of buying and selling railroad tickets," answered • Mc- Ca,ssy. " It was a good business, too, and in a few days I. cleared $200 above my ex- penses.- After seeing the Fair I went to Topeka, Kansas, where the State Fair wan ill progress. I sold some jewelry at the Fair and made up -a, book on the races, by which I cleaned up nearly $500. I then visited my brother, Dr. J. H. McCassy, who is superintendent of -the State Asylum for the Insane: I remained in Kansas three weeks, .and added a few more hundred dol- lars to my store." • Leaving Kansas, McCassy went to Port- laod, Oregon, where hp established -an agency for the sale of watches and jewelry, giving employment to three agents. - ` I was in Portland only three weeks," resumed he, " and I cleared. over $500 on my venture. tCok orders for Iny firm, the -profits- of whieh are credited to my ac- count the same ai if the money went direct- ly into my own possession. This brought my earnings to nearly $1,500 above my ex- nses within three months after leaving incirmati." •McCa,ssy traYeled through Washington and Oregon, selling jewelry and- doing any- thing by which be could increase his capi- tal, having in view the one idea. of -making up the required -sum of $5,000, without thinking of anything else. This once ob- tained, future trayeling would piove corn - partitively eatiy. "Iecame to this city a short time ago," resumed IVIeCtutsy, " and have already earn- ed nearly $300 by selling my jewelry and in disposing of correspondence. I have now, on deposit $1,800 towards my $5,000 and. so far have paid. all my expenses. I am con- fident that I will•win my wager, but I have discovered, that I inust hustle about lively. 'bp (10 McCassy will eeinaln here until May 1.st or thereabouts, when he will leave for Hon- olulu. He has not the slightest idea what he will do there during his stay of twenty days, but that he will speculate in jewelry is certain. He will then go to Samoa, where he will visit Robert Louis Stevenson, and after a brief stay at Apia he will taCkle Sia,m, It is his purpose then to go to Auckland, and thence to Sidney and other cities of Australia, remaining long enough in each place to turn an honest penny. After leav- ing Australia- McCassy goes to Calcutta, and thence to Zanzibar, .Egypt, Jerusalem, Jaffa and.Constantinople. Each leading city in Europe • will be visited in turn, and the schedule time adhered to so as to allow the traveler to reach home no later than noon on March 8th,- 1895. " While my primary object," said Mc- Cassy, " is to win my- wager of $5,000 I have another purpose in view. will col- lect valuable material concerning the people and la,nds visited by me, and, I pre- sume, write a book detailing my experi- ences and the facts I have 'collected. My intention is to deliver lectures on my re- turn home, but this is subject to future de- velopments." is, A SUBOlg-' BOY'S UNIQUE UN- . DERTAKING. RE IS TO GO AAIDEND THE WORLD IN EIOIITEEF A.101s7THS iND MAKE $5,000 OR HE WILL FORFEIT 45,000. KAN Fereaeciseo, California, 1_ March 27th, 1894. J. Men ExAstroo,-I enclose yet an inter- view I had With a. representative of the San Francisco Obrinicle, • California., a leading journal, whidh gives a short Sketch of ony journey arouod the world. Part of my ob- ject is to dertionstrate that there is still plenty openings for people to make a good. living if thfsy only try. I was born and raised iiithe County of Huron, Ontario, THE EXPOSITOR being the first paper I re- member rea4ng. I was well known through Huron, Iiruca and Grey counties, as the " Boy Dtoveie" Mr.' Thomas Govenlock, of McKillop, and myself often met at Buffale. My father and mother still reside at Bel- erave Ontario. Am Satisfied your readers are pleased 14 hear of the progress made by young Canadians in foreign lands. With your permiSsion, I shall take plea,sure in sending yowl), letter occasionally. I may alsO state that Dr. Bethune, of your town, Ienows well, and used to take an interest giving us boys good advice. He wM be iileased to learn that Dr. E. G. McCassir is ',,Surgeon for Detroit Standard AecidentJnkinrance Company, he being sta- tioned :at Oincimiati, Ohio. Dr. J. H. Mc- eassy is S4erintendent of the State Asylum for the Ins4me at Topeka, Kansas. T. C. Mceassy, Nr. 5., is located at Concordia, Kansas. v. J. McCasay and myself are in- terested tokkether in manufacturing in CM- einnati3OhiO, but I am -now giving my `atten- tion to new4aper work. Al!, mission around the world considered important frein the fact of a gokat army of idle people march- ing on toSWashington, D. C., the seat of (1.overnine4t, to demand relief, claiming they cannot makie a living under present coodi- t ions. Yours very truly, Mowat Government, eud .of the progress made duriog the period in which he has been a member of the House. Hon. A. S. Hardy, replying to the same toast) expressed the pleasure he felt in his first visit to Brussels, Hs praised Mr. Gib - son's devotion to the interests of his con- stituents, and then turned to a discussion of the principles of Liberalism as shown m the 'history of the mother conntry and of Canada. Tbe great leaders of Liberalism during the past century were referred to, And their life work shown to be the broad- ening of the libertiee and the bettering of • . the condition of the people, Mr. Hardy spoke of the over -government cry, and showed that it could not well be applied to• Ontario, whiah, with greater population than Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Mani- toba, British Cofumbia and Prince Edward island, maintained e Legislature that :cost nothing like the amount proportionately that -the Legislatures of these Provinces cost. During the evening the Young Liberal Glee Club contributed several songs that added greatly. to the success of the gatlie ering, The Wheat Product of the World. The statement of Mr. Van Horne, Presi- dent of the Canadian Pacific Railway, that within the next eighteen months wheat is likely to reach two dollars a bushel, is at- tracting much attention. Mr. Van. Horne Vouchsafed this information to the ' Editor of the Toronto Saturday -night, and prefaced his opinion by the remark : " You fellows write very sagely on the price of wheat, and yet I never met one of you who knows enough about it to really make your opinion worth much." Having thus established the ignorance of Canadian Journalists regarding the subject, the railway magnate proceeded to say : " Of course. it is difficult to get any accurate statietics, but so far as I have been able to find out, after a careful scrutjny of everything that is provided in a ntatiste. cal way, the world's product of wheat is be- tween twenty-three and twenty-four hund- red million bTushels per annum. J. P. McCesso., The folkieving is the interview referred to above by Mr. MeCassy, and which we cut from the f4.at. Francisco Chronicle, of Meech 27, and wct hope the readers of THE EXPOS- rrov. will bear from him frequently during his trip : Among 1 the recent arrivals at the Russ House thbi‘e is none probably who has so odd a miseion as J. P. McCassy, of Cincin- nati. Mei ,McCassy is now on his way aronnd the world, havine made a weger with sevetal merchants a Cincinnati thet coulV encircle the globe M eighteen moeths and make $5,000 over end. above his expenses oi• forfeit $5,000. Mr. MOCassy is a member of the firm of McCes.ssy Brothers, at the corner of Main and Second, streets, Cincinnati. He is also well blown as a newspaper man of that city, being, special correspond.ent of the Cin- cinnati Whittle and of the Theatrical Rec- ord, of Indianapolis, owned and controlled by the Interstate Press Association of t Daring,la,st summei he conceived. the idea of making a circuit of the Globe within a stipulated time and also of making money en route. In conversation with some fellow merchants the statement was made that no Man could make the trip in eighteen months anti in the same time earn $5,000 in exhess of his expenditures. McCassy had sufficient eonfidence in himself to take a, contrary view, and he enforced it ;by offering to wwer $5,000 that he could do it M the time and. under the conditions named. The wa.„,,eer • was accepted, and with only $300 in his pocket AlcCassy left Cincinnati on his jour- ney on September 8, 1893. . I was first attracted to the Cherokee strip," said Mr. McCassy to a Chronicle re- liament, to which Mr. Charles Hyman, presentative last night._ "I thought a few M. P., replied in a powerful speech on the weeks' residence on the stiip would be trade question. He discussed the new tariff profitable to me, and for that reason I went at eonsiderable length, and pointed out that there with the boomers. I was miserably it had done little or nothing toward modify - deceived, however. As far as the eye could ing the National Policy. The corruption reach it -was shocking to behold the hand -to- accompanying and the increased expenditure hend conflict for supremacy. Clubs, knives, resolting from protectionist taxation were guns and pistols were in constant requisition. strongly condemned. Mans of six to twelve would sweep down " oung Liberalism" was responded to upon. an honest settler and drive him off at by Mr. Archibald Hyslop, of Grey, and. the point of a, revolver like a -clog. It was President Pedley, of Toronte. Mr. Peaky wonderful what privations of food, drink stpoke especially of the benefits of organiz- - and shelter some women among the boomers ation among young men, and of the inter - endured M order to hold down a lot or claim. change of °views at ,such gatherings. He it v-; disgusting to observe men oppressing urged his hearers to prepare for the local :Le ta” sex and driving them from their lots electionaoaind do everything possible to rin(1 00- :A. It WaS almost criminal on the again return the Mowat Government to eart of the Government not to have had. power. wells provided at various points to supply Mr. Gibson, who represented East Huron water for the multitude. The sufferings of in the Legislature before many of those these poor people were intense." present were born, was accorded a most en- which their fifty-two years' membership was for more than two convictions. 3o were M MeCassy stated further that the Gov- . thusiastie welcome. He spoke of the hon- referred to in affectionately -eulogistic terms, Canadians, seven English, five Americans, ernment calculated bY new rules sed regula- esty and fairness of the administration of the they having been prominent and active four Irish, three Scotch, one Frenchman and e • The Conservative Candidate. To THE EDITOR OF THE EXPOSITOR. - DEAR Siness.1 noticed. an article in the Sea - forth Sun last week, which was eupposed to be a reply to a letter I wrote, and which appeared in Tins EXPOSITOR of March 30th. The Sun does not attempt to confute one atatement I made in the letter, but flies off and. accuses Mr. M. Y. McLean of being the author and writer of that article. Now, in justice to Mr. McLean, I must say he had nothing to do with it, neither had any other man that is, or ever has been a sup- porter of Sir Oliver, and nothing but the welfare of the Conservative party prompted me to write it. The Sim winds up by calle ing on President Torrance, to call a conven- tion, and says Me. Weismiller is still to the fore. In conclusion will just say., I have no desire for public notoriety, but if Mr. Torrance should see fit to call a convention, I think I can convince even the Sun, that I am a Conservative. If, however, the con- Nention has pinned their faith to this Mr. Weis -miller, I am sorry, for after carefully considering his political pedigree I cannot retract anything I said in my last letter, but &mild add to it. workeliS the church through all those . years. t Mr. and Mrs. Butt were also , pre.- sented with gifts. Mrs. Butt received a haxidsomely-orna,mented and engraved gold - headed ebony , cane, and Mrs. Butt a pair of elegant gold -rimmed. spectacles. The aged couple are hale - and hearty, and. still take au ective part in the affairs of the Mc- Cain' Street Church. Mr. Butt has always been a hiyol and consistent Reformer. sr -A Collingwood citizen who wrote " All is well," on the xnargin of a newspaper which he sent . by mail has been fined $10 and costs. A yonng lady in the same town -who scribbled a few words on a, paper has been fined a similar antotmt. -A peculiar accident happened one mite east of Shedden, on Monday, 2nd inst., to Joseph Ball. He was attending a horse in his stall, when he was squeezed violently against the side Of the stall and his • collar- bone fractured. -The total registrations for March at the Inunigration Hall, Winnipeg, were 410-302 from. Europe and the eastern Provinces, and 108 from the United "States, distributed as follows : Manitoba, 264 ; Territories, 141 ; British Columbia, 5. -Mr. Richard McMahon, the first keeper and manager of the Waterloti county Poor- house, died io Berlin recentl*. He retired from the position about 12 years ago, and since then has devoted his time to fruit cul- ture. • Now, if the editors of . Ontario are as ig- norant of the question of the world's wheat supply as Mr. Van Horne charges, it is rather strange. The press of the Province, together with the farmers, has been kept thoroughly posted upon this very point by the Ontario Bureau of Industrie; which is in connection with the Department presided over by Hon. John Dryden, Minister. of Ag- riculture. The statistics for 1893 have not yet been completed, but nearly year ago the Agriculturists of this Province, and all the newspapers., were Presented with the following estimate of the yield of the -vari- ous wheat -growing countries of the weed j for 1892,, as well as a comparison of the yields. for each of the two years immediately preceding : ; , Europe. -France, 300,000,000 bushels ; Russia -Poland, 247,000,000 Italy, 112,- 000,000 ; Spain, 65,000,000 • Hungary, 136,- 500,000 ; Austria, 51,650,000 ; Germany, 102,000,000 ; .United'Kingclom, 65,000,000 ; Turkey -in -Europe, 39,720,000 • Roumania, 58,400,000 ; Bulgaria, 51,000,000 ; Belgium, 23,700,000 ; Portugal, 6.100,000 ; Holland, 5,600,000 ; Greece 3,970,000 ; Denmark, 3,400,000 ; Servia, '11,350,000 ; Swedeu and Norway,- 3,970,000 ; Switzerland, 8,500,000. Total for Europe, 1,293,860,000 bushels. 'America. - United. States, 516,000,000 ; Canada, 55,000,000. Total for Americae 571,000,000 -bushels. Other Countries. - India, 205,000,000 ; Algeria, 18,000,000 ; Egypt, 9,000,000 ; Anstralia, - 34,000,000 ; Chili Argentine Republic, etc., 53,000,000 ; Asia'Minor 33,000,000 ; Persia 21,000,000 ; Syria, 12,000,000 ; Tunis, 4,000,000. Total foo other countries, . 389,000,000. , Grand total, 2,253,860,000. So far as accuracy of statistics is concerned it will he seen that the figures supplied by the Ontario Govern- ment to its farmers are approximateiy close to those hazarded by Mr. Van Hohne. We admit that the prediction regarding wheat amounting to two dollars a bushel is eriginal with the big railway man. But he is a bold prophet who proclaims an increase of say 200 per cent. in the value of wheat within a Year and a half. A CONSERVATIVE. rAnity, April. 9th, 1894. The Banquet of the )3russels Young Liberals. . The Young Men's Liberal Club, , of Brus- sels, held a most successful banquet M the Town Hall, in that place, on Friday night last. There was a large attendance, includ- ing not a few local Conservatives, while among the guests from a distance were Hon. A. S. HardY ; Mr. Charles Hyman, M. P., London ; Mr. Thomas Gibson, M. P., and Mr. Frank Pedley, President of the Toronto Youitg Liberal Club. The chair WAS taken by President Ken- el,a11, and the vice -chair by Mr. G. F. Blair. The local clergymen, Revs. Messrs. Ross and Cobblediek, were toasted first and re- sponded felicitously. To the toast of the ladies, President Moore, of the Young Con- servative Club, responded, and vice-presi- dent Taylor and T. Farrow, ex -M. P. P., spoke to the toast of the Young Conservative Association. After these courtesy toasts came that of the Governor-Oenerals and Dominion Par- . -A book concern in Winnipeg that has . just received 100 copies of Mr. Stead's new book says that the duty under the new tariff was quite double what it wOuld have been under the old tariff. -Three little children : of George II. Townsend, of Guelph, were poisoned Satur- day evening by chewing the colored paper attached to a writing pad. Antidotes were given them, and they are recovering. -George B. Morris, hardware merchant, Guelph, is confined in the General Hospital. While dancing at a party theAother evening he broke the small bone of hAs ankle. He was not aware at the time so rrious an in- jury had been inflicted. • -G. C. Easton, lately manager of the Welland branch (A the Imperial bank, has been appointed manager of the Galt branch, to succeed John Cavers, whe resigns to de - vete his entire attention to dairying. -Samuel Cornell, a, respectable citizen of Lindsay for 25 years, was found dead Satur- daY fo.fternoon in his garden, where he had bee doing some work. Heart failure was 1 the ause. Mr. Cornell was presideneof the Bee Keepers' Association. A serious mistake has been discovered nnection with the recent civic elections. ontreal. It has been found that the rs' lists were not properly certified, and as result the elections may be declared void. -4-George Crozier, a well-to-do farmer of the Oxbow district, Manitoba, committed ide on Tuesda,y of last week by shooting self. He pulled the trigger with his the boll passing through his head.- He es ai wife and'six children. . David Goldie, John Goldie, G. E. Gol- and R. Neilson,of Ayr; and.Hugh McCul- panada. During 1893 losses by fire in Hamilton amounted to $102,653 22. - -Most Of the fall wheat in. the Belleville di -strict has been destroyed by frost. -Over 2,000 cars of cattle passed through St. Thomas, in bond,- in Mareh. - -Ten dollars was the fine hnposed on john Kirkpatrick, at Kingston, for using an old postage stamp. -Thomas Fraser, for the last ten years Principal of Owen Sound- public schools,died on Friday after a long illness. -The Canadian catch in Behring Sea dur- ing the years from 1885 to 1891 inclusive was 115,755 seals, valued at $1,256,497. -In the breach of promise suit of Steele vs. Campbell, et Cornwall, defendant settled by paying Miss Steele $750 and costs. -Mr. J. Clemens,near Boon,. is said to be the possessor of a calf which has five legs, the fifth one.being where its tail should be. -Mrs. McColl, one of the oldest pioneers of •the Scotch settlement, Aldboro, passed away a few days ago, at the ripe age of 96 le'-arsnuring the past session of the medioal faculty of McGill University there were 350 students, of whom 108 were from On- tario. -Mr. Cummings, a well known citizen of Oakville, is building a $10,000 music hall for that town, the corner stone of which was laid Thursday of last week. -Mrs. Thomas Balmer, sister of the late Hugh Fairgrieve, of North Dumfries, died at the Old * Ladies' Home, - in Galt, last week. -The worst blizzard of the winter and the biggest April snow storm for a decade prevailed in the Maritime Provinces Mon- day and Tuesday, with over a foot of snow in many places. -A stock company of farmers have • in c at VO one Indian. From , the jail 83 were dis- charged, viz., 53 men and boys and 30 women and girls. Twelve of tliese were convicted once, nine twice, and 62 several times. 43 of these, or over one-half, were in fee drunkenness. . --LD. E. Canieron, 'Deputy Provincial Treasurer until a couple of weeks ago was leader of' the Carlton Street Methodist church choir, Toronto. . The officials of the church dismissed him withoot notice, on the plea, that in making the service run all to music he had injured the church and alienated the esteem of many influential members. -Daniel H. Macdonald, of Owen Sound, who created excitement by walking out in ordinary attire on Calverley's Niagara wire, has arrived in Toronto and has put himself under the management of J. C. Conner, who first introduced Calverley to the public. Macdonald will -be a prominent perform- er before the Hanlon's Point crowds this summer.. s -About two years ago Mrs. Wm. Fowler, of"Brighton township, while eatiaig " , dinner," swallowed a hard substance which has sincegiven her a great deal of trouble. She has had severe fits of cough- ing. During one of these paroxysmashe coughed up a bone in the shape of a, crescent, which measured one inch in length and three-eighths of an inch in breadth and thickness. Since then Mrs. Fowler has felt great relief. -The recently organized Humane Society in Guelph, has connnenced active oper- ations. Already several prosecutions for cruelty to animals have been conducted, most of them successfully. The Society has taken temporary charge of one neglected child at the solicitation of its mother. Temporary homes are being sought for in order that the work of reclaiming innocent children from the influences of vice and ill- treatment, may uninterruptedly go on. -There is trouble in ma St. PauPs Anglican Church, Woodstock. Some special music was prepared for Easter Sunday, but four male chair members did not turn up. It was learned that three a them had as- sisted at the Catholic church, and the fourth at the Methodist. The rector, Rev. F. Baldwin, was displeased and recommended the suspension of the trio who sang for the Catholics. Some members resented this and threaten to leave the church. sui hi toe, lea die loch, of Galt, are seeking incorporation as the Goldie Milling Gompany, (limited,) wit $1 ,000. headquarters at Ayr, and a capital of The entire- number of Indians in the Do ninion is 99,717, and the number of pasjgls attending the different schoels is 7,61)9: In Manitoba the number is 9,337, of which 44927 are Protestants, 1,527 are Roinan Catholics and 3,083 Pagans. JL --The tosvnship of Whitby is being sued by the Dominion Bank on promissory notes ttoi,he amount of $5,830, 'arising out of the j disappearance of John F. Moore, late trees- riirer. Hon: Mr. Dryden's name is on Moore's ' bonds as surety for $3,000. e -The oldest Orangeman now living in Canada is John Brown, a member of L. 0. L, 'No.:151, Richmond, county of Carletou. Mri. Brown is 90 years old, and has been in the order 74 years. He bas never missed a 12th -of -July parade. ---Thomas O'NeilPs .house, at Merriton, was burned to the ground on Sunday morn- ing. Mrs. O'Neill and six children were sleeping, and were badly burned before they erieeped.. The mother and four children are in the hespital, and one 13 -year-old girl is mot expected to live. commenced building the warehouse at Me - rose Station, Middlesex county, for the Doneld. in Waterloo town, whose father was at one time worth $40,000,000 and owned purpose of shipping their produce from that point. 1.,500 sla.ves. When the civil war mine he Mr. McClung. He was met by Mrs. Sar- woolen stocking. Owing to the depth and gent, who recognized him by a, prearranged extent of the burn blood poisoning Niss signal, and she conducted him to the house feared, but happily that danger is`now past. of a friend of hers who lives in the village. 1 -Mr. W. A. Adams and family, of Atom - After supper the lovers thus brought togeth- I top, narrowly escaped asphyxiation from' er began to talk business, but although the coal ga,s a few nights ago. A lid partly out question was argued pro and con fersinto the night and resumed early on Saturday morn- ing, is was 2 o'clock p. m. before the bar- gain -was closed. _A minister and a license were straightway sent for and at 3 o'clock ()lithe same afternoon Rev. R. W. Balkh pronounced them man and wife. -W. J.McFaul, son of Mr.H.A. McFaul, of Hillier, Prince Edward county, was cut- ting saw -legs, on his place in Araeliasburgh a few days ago, when he struck a file about a foot long, which was embedded in the timber. How it got there in that shape is ts mystery. Not far from that place in the same woods Mr. McFaul found a sum of money. The money had been placed in 'euite a large tree. The top of the tree be- ing dead ib was decided best to cut it into fuel. When splitting the first length a package was exposed to view. A bole had been bored in the tree about six inches deep with an inch and a half auger, -and the money placed therein. The hole had been completely covered by a growth of wood and bark. The contents of the Vackage was as follows : One $10 bill, one fl one 50c. piece, two 25c. pieces, one 10c., piece and two 5c. pieces. The money had been well preserved and was all good. --The death of a little boy occurred last week near Owen Sound, under the most dis- tressing' circumstances. Willie, the 5 -year- old son of Mr. Gottfried Belich, strayed away from his home on the 5th concession of Sullivan, en Weduesem,y forenoon. He and two younger brothers went to the ad- joining - bush shortly before noon. The younger ones returned. home about 1 o'clock. Willie, it seems, thought the younger ones were on the wrong road and started home another, way. After waiting a few minutes his father started out to search, but, not succeeding, the enttie neighborhood US arouse& .All that night the cotmiry was scoured, but without success. Late in the afternoon next day the body of the little fellow Was found in a field 11 mike from home. He had toddled en and on until, ex- hausted,j he fell, where death overtook him. The event has cast a sadness over the entire community. -Th0 big convention of hotelmen held in Toronto -last week was one ef the most im- portant tneetings in the history of the liquor trade of•Ontario. More than 500 delegates were present, and deep interest was shown in the plans outlined b the committee to offset the effect of the p ebiscrte vote. The convention was organized under the name of century - and the eighteenth century the the License Holders' Protective Association of Ontario. In the main theby-laws are de- vised to protect the interests of license hold- ers throughout the Province in the same way as bther associations have protected themselves, such as the P. P. A. for ex- ample. Every member will be required to take an oath to abide by the rules of the as- sociation and. to vote only for those mem- -Strick Duffield, of Ers,mosa, shot a very large golden eagle the other morning. The eagle had been hovering around the carcase of a heifer for some days, but eluded every attempt to get within range. Monday morn- ing Mr. Duffield discovered the bird in a tree and succeeded in bringing it down. It was a fine specimen, weighing fourteen pounds and measuring 7 feet 9 inches from tip to tip. Mr. Duffield has -planed- it in the hands of a local taxidermist for treatment. -Mr. George Sleeman, of Guelph, has secured another valuable addition to his magnificent collection of coins. It is a pattern Hawaii silyer dollar cast during the brief reign of Queen Lil: The coin bears the date 1891, and is beautifully mounted and finished, the head of Queen Lil. being particularly well executed. There were only fifty of these coins struck' off and the dies have since been destroyed, a fact that renders the few in existence particularly valuable. e --Rev. John McEwan Normal Secretary of the Sabbath School Association of On- tario, conducted a most successful Normal Institute in the Central Presbyterian church, in Galt, on Monday and Tuesday, of last week. The attendance was fair at. the afternoon sessions and very large in the evenings. The topics, chosen by Mr. Mc - Ewan, were of great interest to all Sabbath School workers,' and such interest was mani- fested that it was suggested that work of a, similar character be continued locally. -John Brow, the popular old Scotch en- gineer now running between Elmira and Galt, is one of the oldest on the continent. Mr. Brow was born in Dumfriesshire, Scot- land, and came be this country when a lid. He learned his business on the Michigan Central, and for years ran on that line- be- tween Detroit and Marche', near Chicago, after which he went on the Grand Trunk Railway, and has run on nearly every line in Western Onterio, having, on Monday last, been 31 years an engineer on the Grand Trunk Railway. -J. H. Carson secretaay-of the Quebec Provincial branch' of the Dominion Prohi- bition Alliance writes to Mayor Kennedy, of Toronto, thal he was instructed =by the Alliance to convey the congratulations of the temperance men of Montreal and the Province Of Quebec to him for his dignified. action in refusing to extend. a welcoxne to the liquor men meeting in Toronto, and adds, " Your action was such as to command the gratitude pf every- one in our Dominion. who recognises in the liquor traffic the deadly enemy of 'all that goes to make our country great and good." - -The Galt Reporter of last week says : The four Misses Wallace,. daughters of our former townsmen, Robert, James and George Wallace, spent their Easter holidays with their aunt, Mrs. Adam Robertson, enjoying themselves thoroughly with their cousins in the Royal City. As mementos of the past, they had. the pleasure of drinking tea out of china purchased from Mr. Coleman- of Divi- des, in 1835, and using silvet teaspoons which were engraved about the same time by the late Mr. George Lee, then. of Galt, - relics of the time of blazed 'paths through the bush. 1-s, The steamer Barcelonia, from Liverpool, via St., Johns, arrived from Halifax Satur-- day night. While entering the narrows in a blinding snow storm the vessel's steering gear broke, and she nearly went on the rocks. Fortunately she backed off without injury. •- -Two residents of Niagara Falls are missing, Frank Archer and Thomas Silence. They disappeared at the same time. No cause can be ascribed for Silence's disap- pearance. Archer, it is thought, is heavily in debt. Both men are married and. leave wives behind them. --e-An old building in Galt, torn down last week, to make room for -the erection of a nesh block, was built by Mr, Lapierre, father of Mr. Louis Lapierre, of Paris Plains, and occupied by him as a cooper shop about 1832. Galt was then very young in years and stature. - -Mrs..Mary ilarvie, widow of the late David Harvie, of Beverly, has taken up her residepce in Galt She is now in her 98th year, having come to this country in 1799, landing in New York about the year 1800i Although not well for some months, she yet retaihs much of her strength, and bids fair to reach her 100th year. . -The tug Ainslie became frozen in four miles from Tobernioray. Eight of her crew ventured to reach land by walking on the ice and succeeded in getting to Wiorton after muck hardship. The remainder of the crew on the Ainslie had only a horse left for food, and they killed and ate it until rescue came. .-Mrs. J. W. James; of Hamilton, died Thursday afternoon last week, in her 67th year, after a brief illness. Less than a month agoi dedeased and her husband cele- brated their golden wedding. She was . a native of London, England, and came to Hamilton many years ago. Three daughters and one son survive her. *-There is a destitute old man named Mc - of position ma the coal stove was the cause of the trouble. The service of a physician was necessary in the case of Mrs. Adams, who was very sick for several hours aft-er being restored to consciousness. -Miss Anglin, of Kingston, who was en- gaged as fifth teacher in the St. Marys Col- legiate Institute, arrived in that town int Monday morning, last week, taught in the afternoon and left the town on Tuesday moitning, resigning on. account of unwilling- ness to undertake the duties which would be required of her. -The Elmbank chentie fa,etery Eine is getting ready for another season's work. The factory is made up of 39 patrons, and during the summer months the milk is all ire the vats by seven o'clock a. in. Seventeen of the patrons were paid the handsome sum of $10,570 last season, or an average of nearly $625. -Dr. McClure, for a number of years medical superintendent of the Montreal General Hospital, and -during the past five years medical missionary in Ronan, China, will return to Canada during the early part of the coming summer. During his residence in China he married a Canadian young lady, living in China. Dr. McClure was a teacher in the St. Mary's Collegiate Institute a few years ago. The First QUestion Heaven - God. fills the earth and the' heavens with grandmothers ; we must some day go up and thank - these dear old souls. Surely, God will let us go up and tell them of the results of their influence. Among our -first ques- tions in Heaven will be, "Where is grand- mother ?" They will point her out, for we - would hardly know her even if ive had seen her on earth, BO bent over with years once, and now so straight ; so dim of eye through the blinding of tears, and now her eye as clear as Heaven ; so full of athea and pains once, and now so agile with celestial health, ; and wrinkles blooming into carnation roses, and her step like the roe on the mountains. Yes I must nee her, my grandmother on my fail:ex.'s side, Mary McCoy, descendant of the Scotch. When I first -spoke tO an midi, ence in Glasgow, Scotland, and felt some- what diffident, being a stranger, I began by telling them nty grand/Other wait a ecotch woman, and. there went up a shout of wel- come whieh made me feel as easy as I do here sitting in my chair writing. You Must see those_ women of the early nineteenth answer of whose prayers is in your welfare to -day, God bless all the aged women up and down the land ! Morning, noon and night let us thank God for our mothers and grand- mothers. -Talmage. • Summer BoarsL I recall a receptacle for summer boarders, bers of the Legislature who will protect the where there was a. lack of sophistieation interests of the liquor trade, The rules of quite worthy. The bed, high enough to the association provide that the members make a step -ladder a convenience, was shall only vote for those who serve their in- affluent with. that endoviment of feathers terests, end that members must swear by which makes an Adgast slumberer feel that the rule's. a tramp's Idank is preferable. This chance lost everything, his land was confiscated by -Richard Talb, a well known resident of Cobden, has been left a fortune of $200,000 the Government and he was made a beggar. by a deceased bachelor uncle in Cornwall. The old. man iS over 70 years of age. He is He will soon start for England to claim his a Scotchinan by birth. wealth. ' -The other day a Waterloo man named -Rev. A. Dowsley, (Presbyterian,) of Nowack was complainant in a caie against Campbellford, and formerly a missionary in one Sta,ckowack, another Polish gentleman, China and India, died of heart disea.se on esihom he charged with having taken him Thursdey night of last week, aged 50. A aeross his knee and spanking him in a hotel. widow and four children are left. Stackowack admitted the hoft impeachment -Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Butt, of Univer- ! and was fined $5, including costs, for having administered the chastisement to his fellow - countryman.' sity street, who have been residents of To- ronto since 1832, celebrated the fiftieth an- niversary of their wedding day on the 29th March, At the prayer meeting on the pre- vious evening, in the New Richmond Meth- odist church, McCaul street, Mr. and Mrs. Butt were the recipients of an address, in -There were discharged from the Central Prison, Toronto, according to the report of the secretary of the Prisoner's Aid Associa- tion, 59 men. Of these 36 were for first conviction 14 for second conviction, and 9 • * for repose came after a dai of meals which 1 Perth Items. mocked the most modest esires, The grim Dr. Mathieson, of St. Marys, is recover- hostess noted the reluctan.ce to touch the 1, ing fronk a severe attack of inflammation. grim pellets which were intioduced as bis- --The FinanCial result of Conductor Snid- cuit, and marked much other denial of the • er's lecture in St Marys, nets the Epworth same Bort. At last she abruptly broke` the League ,$35'. silence : " I'm real sorry we killed the old. ! ,roosti. last week. He would have made A oeautiful 4 bile ' fel. you,--" Then, in. a plain- -Mr Matthew Miller, of Gowrie, who fell frQIII a. scaffold and dislocated his .. shoulder, besides receiving other severe in- tive -way, s ie as e , in ere II0 .11I1 I k d " A. 't th tl ' ' you can think- of in the way of victuals?" . 1 juries, is able to be out again. -Messrs. Fred Thompson ' and Prank . timorously called her attention to an group Lee, formerly pupils of Mitchell High ' a sPring chiekens near us. " What I eat . them things ? Well, I never ! .0f course School,:passed the primary examination at . McGilU Medical College, Montreal, last , I" kill you some if you'd like 'em. ra as week. 1 I soon eat chip-bir.ds !" No shadow of ai! l ' 'cure it was evident had ever crossed -Mr. J. C. McLagan, jr. and Miss Haze epi , those elovered fields. I was the first that McLagen, son and dauglher of the pro- had ever " burst " into that " silent ses, 'of prietor of the Vancouver, British Columbia, ' Woi4d, are visiting at their grandfather's in : chicken possibilities. The censoling -Power : of spring chicken is well understood, and Logan. ' for one bright hour the feather bed that -Messrs. W. A. Maclean, of St. Marys, yaWned to receive me a few hours later was and J; A. Bothwell, of Motherwell, have been sUccessful M pusing the first yew, s , forgotten. -Spectator. o examination at the Royal College of Dental 1 __T. Surgeons of Ontario. Ou. Ay. A clerical gentleman, formerly settled in -Mr. Archie McPhail, of Ottawa, is ' the far north of Scotland, had occasion to visiting his sister Mrs. John McGillawee, at Donegal. Tile old gentleman is in his speak to the ferryman over a somewhat ninety:seeond year, and is as smart as a dangerous bit of sea of his habits .M respect , of a two -free use of whisky. In the course cricket. of their talk he said, " But, Donald, do you -Mr. 13. Farrow, late of Mitchell, has bought out the livery business of Messrs. not think now that you would be better J. & B., Forbes, of Stratford. The Forbes , without it altogether especially as you haves Brothers had a splendid livery business on , to be out so often when the sea -is rough 10 " Well, I dinna ken • but Mr. M., will you the Main street of Stratford. in mit_ no' be sometimes taking .s, dram yourser r. -Death has been unusually busy chell end neighborhood within the past few " Oh yes," said the minister, " I do OCCAL• SiOnallY ! But, Donald, I have been think - months. - From January lst to A ril 1st, in seriously about the dram-driaing, and r tell you what I will do. If you will promise to. give it up altogether, I will." " A well " replied Donald, " it is very Mr. Stoneman, undertaker, attend& to no fewer than 22 funerab3. -The proceeds of Mrs. John Strathdee's Sale in Downie, on March 22nd, were $1,800, kin of you, I'm sure ; but if I would give and articles sold fairly well, hogs with pigs you a promise I am feared that I wtidna be able to keep it ; and you seei nucht be a long, while afore I wad be seein' you, and I wad be so sorry to think that you wadna be gettin' your dram, while I was talein' mine." A Wide Awake Boy. Bev. Dr. Kielstone, a Scotch clergyman„ promised his son, six years of age, a few apples from the garden as soon as they were ripe, on eondition that the boy would let them alone when they were green. His father, when the apples were ripe, gave his expectant son four of them. He looked very muth disappointed, and replied t " You promised me a few apples." His father -A few days ago, says the Port Hope Watchman, a well-known lawyer dropped into a store in that town and left $364 and some papers on a shelf. He walked away and returned in a few' minuteS to get his property, but it had mysteriously disap- peared. In the meantime a young man -had called at the shop and left a pair of boots in for a short time. He returned and took his parcel away and went hoMe. He was about leaving for Lindsay on the mixed train and was putting on his new boots when he found that something was wrong. He investi- gated and pulled out $64 and the lawyer's papers. He started for the police station and on his way down he met Chief Douglas, who was on his way to telegraph orders to Lindsay for the young man's arrest on a charge of larceny. The papers and $64 were recovered all right, but $300 has disap- peared 'and. people cannot understand it. -An event of romantic interest to the villagers of Hillsburg, Wellington county, occurred quite recently, in the .marriage of Mr. Alexander McClung, to Mrs. A. J. Sar- gent, after a few hours' acquaintance. Mr. McClung is a farmer from Glenelg township, and tiring of bachelor's life, he looked about him for a wife. Mrs. Sargent, a widowed bldy, who was living as a domestic -with a smer near Hillsburg, was recoramended to him as the person suitable. Acting on the advice of a friend, Mr.McClung wrote to her stating his situation and asking that she appoint a day and. a place of meeting for the transaction of business. Promptly by return mail he received his answer which. informed him that she was willing tO meet him in Hillsburg onMarch 15, and according- ly on that evening when the train steamed into the peaceful village it carried With it bringing $30 to $32, cows $30 to $40, and horses $38 to $70. -Mr. Joseph Hanna, of the 8th conces- sion of Elma, was not a little eurprised one morning last week, while pitching hey down from the mow, to find five big, lusty - looking tramps snugly covered up in the MOW. -William N. Ford, vrho was deputy colleetor of customs at St. Marys, in 1891, and who disappeared, leaving a shortage of $1,400, was arrested in Detroit, the other day,:and consented to come across the river without extradition. -Rev. Mr. Tailing,- of London, vrill preach special sermons in Knox Church, Mitchell, on Sunday, the 15th inst., under said, " Well, ha-ve I not given them to the auspices of the Christian Endeavor So- you?" " No, said. the boy, " you always ciety. On Monday evening, April 16th, he tell us to try everything by the Bible. Now will deliver a lecturein the same church on the Bible tells us about NOSES ark, where- in few --that is eight -souls were saved by water. You have given nit only four ap- pies." The father smiled and gave the boy what the Bible counted few -eight apples. Character. Many people seem to forgetthat charae- ter grows - that it is not something to put on readY:made with womanhood or man- hood ; but day by day, here a little and there a little, it grows with the growth, and strengthens with the strength, until, good -or bad, it becomes almost a coat of mail. Look if at a man of business -prompt, reliable, conscientious, yet clear-headed and ener- getie. When do you suppose he developed. all thcise admirable qualities ? When he was a boy ? Let us see how a boy of ten years gets up in the morning, works, plays-, studies, and we will tell- you just what kind of a, man he will make. The boy that is late " The Bible and how to read it.' -On Monday, last week, while going out of the door of Mr. Andrew Buehanan's house, in Ebna, Miss Elizabeth Little, of the leth line, tripped and fell from the door- way to the ground, a distance of a couple of feet. A doctor was at once called. and found her collar bone badly shattered, as well as some ribs injured. -Mrs. Couch, who died a few days ago in Mitchell, at the residence of her daugh,- ter, Mrs. A. Babb, had been a resident of that place fer forty years, and was in her 78th year. She was the mother of fifteen children in all, eight of esrhich are now liv- ing, six sons and two daughters. One of the aons is a minister in the Methodist Church at Lion's Head, one lives at St. Thomas, other two near Ingersoll, one at Clinton and one, the youngest, in Mitehell. -On Friday, tWo weeks ago John, the eight year old son of Mr. Robert Hawke, at breakfast, late at school, stands a, poor 1 at Lang's saw mill, near Atwood, met with chance to be a proinpt man. The boy who a most frightful accident. While playing neglects his duties, be they ever so sznall„ in the mill he Stepped into a, pool of boiling and then excuses himself b sayin,g, " I for - water 'at steam heat, which was escaping from the boiler, and had a layer of saw dust floating on the top. One leg up to the knee was most terribly scalded, and what made the scald worse was the fact that he wore a got ; I didn't think !" never be a re- liable man ; and the boy who finds plea -sure in the suffering of weaker things will never be a noble, generous, kind man -a gentle. man."---Chnstian Helper. • 4