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The Huron Expositor, 1894-11-16, Page 11894. 1th leit with several endid adding new - took at pres- w prices will f the season knd bonnets. igures.- We- [etY of Silk materials, Fancy k finished mported, still nicely a and price. , Plain,roade. all elegant. Mantles orth con - Also sev- ths at, a select from... Fur Capes, lars, Muffs,. Underwear, two par.. btra Qual- which are . ever be- rate price -and t as full" and Gloves, Children's. titting yarns„ 1e value— loves and • will kititifai range - Black Cash - c. Fancy De- ck Cheviots of Coloreet- tunas - ,ra heavy the thing Lay wear. ethe best • Men's over aa and Boys ear, Jr.e., aFauf, "in, Day, ar- - week. Mr-. this summer- trus- we engaged a of Miss Turn- Thomas- rty's farm ore. • of 7 years. Mg.—The box ireonage, on, was well at- - [res thorough - .—Mr. Allele s of Htillett, ted a. severe - sags. What distressing is i• also in very thia viciniVy- fiany farmers They are only lerance society khont twenty , meeting will' weinber 16th. the Bible So - Friday even - Is at Corbett. was present, dress. Rev. f. Chant gave Jenning was as chairman Laurie, Treas- , Secretary. Young- and tee for next ood, showing: spread, of the Miss A. Pat - friends here - SO)) returned eIder & Con - for ship - mill to the Mght the logs reit last year- - t eamboat is ie getting number of Sault Ste the lumber . McAdams erett, on the int ail. —All de for a tea Hallowe'en a. few gates was 'held thie week. a.zel a good .twf(nsl, wha iet time, will e ...Juane farmLi - SeneraI • stock to Sill soon take aV intends. L. s on a desert allon jar of ,-fieutliy. They jar, also ari other veesel. '!tual t TWTENTY-SEVENTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,405, SE.A.:FORT4, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1894. IVE;;LE-AN BROS1PubiiisherS. I $1.50 a Year in Advance. You Can Get More of an idea from° Five Minutes Inspection Of our line of Men's and Boys' Over- coats and Suits, than in an hour any other way. -We'll explain to yon why it ia that the Frieze Overcoat we are selling at $S is thk grandest value ever shown in the trade. It is easy to sell them, because it's plainly evident at a glance that they are worth more than we are asking for them. We have a better line at $10 than many houses ask $12 f-ir, because they don't manu- facture them. We do, and that's why you're getting such good values. Boys' Overcoats and Suits were never so low in price as -this season. You 4n effect a saving by buying from us. We are determined to let you know what good Clothing iS. We are leaders in OUT line. Ordered Clothing: t This department is ver ready to give you the best choice L f goods in all lines, and at the most reasonable prices. At $14 we show a grand line of Beaver Overcoatings in all colors. At $18 we show a line of Scotch Tweed Suitings formerly sold at $22. At $20 we show the finest line of Black Worsted Suitings obtainable at this price. At $4, Men's Worsted Trousers—a big bargain. lt ccists you nothing to come and.3ee the goods, and you'll know how you can save money by buying here. We are Leaders in Our Line. UNDERWEAR. If you could bay a -suit of Under- wear worth $1 for 50e, do you think you would hesitate about- it 'I Well, we are selling a line at this price that will astonish you—only 50c a suit. We have all kinds of good Underwear, but none of the bad, in all sizes. Hand Coverings. - For durability and perfect fit, wear Perrin's Gloves. We are agents for Seaforth. Jackson & Creig, THE LEAPING CLOTHIERS AND FURRIERS, SEAFORTH. IN A CHINESE MARKET. [Special Correspondence.] CHEPU, China, Oct. 17.-1 have a friend whose olfactory nerves are so sen- sitive that be can taste, smell and scent things afar off like a hound or a deer. He says that every race and nationality has its own distinct scent, which runs through all its houses, institutions and belongings; that the higher the race the finer and naora delicate its scent, and that of all the types of mankind tho Mongolian has the most pungent and repugnant emanation. I am pot blessed with such wonderful supersen- sitiveness, but I can bear him out in re- gard to Chinese markets. They are with- out exception the most malodorous affairs on earth, the city of Cologne, with its 40 distinct stinks, not excepted. In the chol- era or plague season the market is always a center of contagion. Even the luckless rats who compete with- two legged rivals for a scanty living C03130 out and die from utter inability to stand the awful fumes and vapors of the place. The First Principles. The principles of a Chinese market are very simple. First, it should be located.in said to be very pleasant, as is also the flesh the oldest, foulest and most densely popu- of its cousins, the fox and wolf. lated district in the city. Second, it Bats Are Not Popular. motets or opch reedwork ateout aeroot. in diameter and four inches deep. These are given away by the dealers to those who buy 1arge131 To small purchasers they are sold for pne-tenth of a cent, just about their cost. A European or American is struck first by the apparent smallness of the purchases made in Chinese markets. John China- man uses afeimal foods and fine vegetables as relishes and not as a food by themselves-. Where thelAmerican housekeepWwould buy a pound of pork, ham or bacon, the Celestial tikes two or four ounces. A sin- gle toroatq' does duty efor a quart, and a gill of oysters'end clams each no larger than a bean is an abundant supply for a family of five or six. For this reason in,Chinese markets things are cut up and divided into ridicalously mall pieces. A half pound chicken will be split' in two, the breast, head, neck, limbs, carcass _and intestines separated, and each fragment marked with a price card. If the whole birdwas worth 8 cents originally, the parts wilt be so marked as to aggregatel) cents. Pigeons and squabs are similarly quartered. Even quail, snipe and sparrow undergo the Same process of drgestion. Popular Food. The 170st popular food 18 pork. You tan buy Mr. Piggy in every imaginable condition. If you are going to give a great babquet, you can secure a100 pound- er alive,: ge lies on his back or side, with his four. legs tied securely together. When sold, a stout bamboo pole' is thrust between the legs of the right and lilt side and is liaised with its squealing freight to the shoulders of two coolies, who walk off with it` to the customers residence. Small pigs are inserted into a long cylindrical basket, just narrow enough to force the four legs of the occupant close against its body. A thick piece of rattan serves as a handle and enables a buyer to handle the basket and pig the same as a stout valise. You can buy pigs of any size roasted whole or get them alive and have them roasted to order. The cooking Is done with a slow lire containing considerable smoke and lasts from 6 to 24 hours, according to the size of the animal. It is basted some duriag the operation and is also flavored with a rich aromatic sauce, similar to Worcestershire, but not so pungent and burning. The roast pig is also cut up in- to fragments, which are sold separately and which in turn may be cut so as to al- low a patron to buy a single cent's worth. Every portion of the porcine anatomy used at home Is used in the Middle Kingdom. In addition to that our pigtailed cousins use the brain, which they consider a great delicacy-, the lights, the ears and tail, the latter of which they fry, eweeten and call a confection. They also wash, split and scrub the large intestine until it resembles a huge thick white flannel ribbon.' • . You can buy boiled pork, dried pork, smoked pork, pickled pork and soused pork. You can buy pigskin, which has beep treated in some mysterious Mongo- lian way, and converted into a sweetish, grayish, white, hard, crisp and brittle sweetraeat that suggests sugared popcorn. There are sausages in which the lean and f,at appear _ in separate pieces as large as dice. There are brawn 'and blood pudding, pigs' collops and trotters. Beef Is Tabooed. The ox used as food by the na- tives of tropical China. It is the beast of burden and all work. It plows and bar- n -s, treads grain and moves the irriga- tion b-uckets. It is the motor of the It does any and all sorts of toil. These, thinks the heathen Chinee, should safe- guard it from the slaughter house. Be - Sides this Buddhism exerts a tremendous Oilent power on Mongolian conduct, and under the strict teachings of that faith all flesh is interdicted, and bovine flesh espe- pially so. The prejudice is so strong that the Chinese servants of Europeans who have spent years in service evince as ranch repugnance to.beef after a decade of fa- miliarity with its use as the zealops priest of a country temple. The sheep and lamb, gat and kid deer and antelope occasionally find theirway to the butcher's counter, and especially in the treaty ports, where there are European communities, and those cities which con- tain numbersof Chinese who -have pros- pered abroad and returned to enjoy their success in their own land. The dog is a dainty and is eaten by only the wealthy. It is of a particular kind and must be rice fattened before it is ready for use. It iS is never should have no drains, sewers, culverts or cesspools. All drainage should run into the thoroughfare or soak into the ground. Third, the walks and aegis should be of porous brieke or permleable earth, so as tq absorb any and all liquids liable to decay. Fourth, the stall and buildings should be as old and rotten as possible. Fifth, noth- ing in the neighborhood should be washed, cleaned, repaired or improved. At the end of a hundred years under these auspices a market assumes characteristics unknown to Christendom. At the end of 10 or 20 years it requires no hand- bill nor signboard. It can be distinctly smelled a half mile away in any and every direction. Starving curs prick up their ears when 60 squares distant and break into a run for its redolent avenues. A Chinese market opens early and does most of its business long before breakfast tine. There are no ice and no cool store; rooms. In the hot climate perishable good§ must be sold quickly, if they are to be eaten or if the dealer is to make any profit. The customers are out as early as the shopkeepers and often struggle and fight for their goods before they are un - INSIDE THE MARKET. packed and exposed for sale Most of the purchases are carried away wrapped in a coarse brown paper similar to our straw VaPer. Many are talcen off in neat little to suspend him. Shortly afterwards he mortgaged his property and went to Cali- fornia for a year, during which time noth- ing was heard of him. On his return he persuaded his wife to dispose of the proper- ty. She consented, but he took all the. money and departed forparts unknown, on October 25th, and has not been heard from since. Phair is a son of Detective Harry Phair, who was shot a couple of years ago while arresting two burglars in London. A. young lady, whose parents reside in Lon -- don, is supposed to have gone with him. - Travelers' tales to the contrary not- withstanding, pussy is not utilized as a food in the fax east. Her meat and, in fact, the meat of all the cat family from the tiger and cheetah down is rank and nauseating. In this regard grimalkin' is an infinity below man's friend, the dog. Though tabby goes free, the great cats do not. The tiger, cheetah, leopard and pan- ther,have a high value in Chinese medi- cine and are always in demand. From them, and especially from the tiger, IS made the "three essence liquor," which corresponds chemically and physiological- ly with our beef, iron and wine. , The liver, heart, tongue and kidneys are be- lieved to be specifics for various ailments, and even the flesh is esteemed from a ther- apeutic point of view. The rat and mouse occupy a peculiar position in the oriental cuisine. Their meat is said to be quite pleasant, resembling rabbit and squirrel. They are not popular as food, however, but merely as medicine. The Chinese world believes them to be the best if not the only hair reviver and hair tonic extant. For pre -mature grayness, for dryness and brittleness, for dandruff and scalp eruptions tho great treatment is a rat diet. In discussing this one day a Cantonese gentleman who had studied in Yale college and was extremely well informed assured me that all three of his wives had been threatened with premature baldness and only found a cure in the ro- dents named. Monkey is unpopular and is used by in- valids and convalescents. Young alliga- tor is a luxury and is said to resemble frog. The tail is the part most in de- mand. Frogs are liked ,universally and are found in every market. They are snuffler and thinner than those at home, but are, it may be, a trifle more delicate and savory. Though the frog and croco- dile aro eaten, the other twa members of the reptile family--tho turtle and snake— aro net. The entire fish world is put -un- der tribute, from the bulky shark and sawfls-h to the humble whelk, conch and sea anemone. Of the lower orders of life several water beetles, slugs, worms and blind worms aro employed as food. R. S. NORTON. • —Thomas Phair, of London West, for- merly of the post office department, has de- erted his wife and two young children. Phair took to drink and became so bad that NOTES AND COMMENT. Fashions, Facts and an Most Attractive Women For Wives. [Special Correspondence.] - NEW YORK, Nov. 13.7 -Cornflower blue, or "bluet," is the latest fad in colors. It 18 an indefinable shade, neither blue nor purple, but a mixture of the two. It makes every woman over 18 look sallow, but all those who aspire to be up to the times have a touch of it somewhere about them. There are "donkey's ears" of bluette velvet for the neck, rosettes to brighten up a black hat and great bows to finish off the tip of a patent leather slipper. Veils of this new color are among the latest novelties, and several enterpris- ing glovemakers have redyed old gloves and are advertising a Parisian novelty which Paris probably never saw. With all due regard to fashion a woman should be confident of the peachy bee of her com- plexion before she adopts this latest wrin- kle. There is a modest fortune for the wom- an who invents ' some convenient and sightly arrn covering to be worn with the tailor made suit,. The suit consists of skirt, sleevelessvest and coat, leaving the arms with one less covering than customary. Some ingenious women have converted wornout stocking legs into arm cover- ings. Mrs. John Jacob Astor is to have a ten- nis court worth $160,000. She is an en- thusiastic player of tennis. Her husband recently purcbased several lots in the rear of his new home on Fifth avenue. These are to be converted into a tennis court where Mrs. Astor can practice during the winter months. The uses of Japanese paper for interior decorations are many. One is to make it answer as a jardiniere by winding it around a common flowerpot and pulling it out full like a fan around the top. Around .the center is tied a broad satin ribbon, with a huge bow in front. For lamp shades nothing can be prettier. It is tough and durable and keeps its freshness quite as long as light colored silks. Palmer Cox is responsible for the pres- ent brownie style of decoration. The hand- somest new pocketbooks and cardcases have these unique little figures as orna- mentation instead of the conventional scrolls of silver. Some very elegant fans are entirely covered with hand embroider- ed brownies in the most amusing atti- tudes. In a car filled with women the other day ten were dressed in garments heavy enough for midwinter, four were season- ably clad, while the remaining six would have been comfortable on a warm day in August. For some reason tie average wom- an regards the coats' as needless ex- pense. One of the intellectual fads this winter will be "WO -es of the day classes." Miss Georgina Roberts, an English woman, will conduct them. Among the names al- ready enrolled as members are Mrs. F. W. Vanderbilt, Mrs; Burke Roche, Mrs. H. McK. Twombly and Mrs. William Post. Some of the subjects discussed will be the English political situation, men and measures in Germany, hypnotism considered in the light of recent investi- gations, new books and the men and wom- en who have written them, the woman question, a romance in economics or the Egypt of today, French politics and the London season. LAURA OLIVIA BOOTHE. Of Interest to Pig Raisers. DEAR EDITOR.—When shipping live hogs, the fact of farmers and drovers overfeeding hogs to such an extent before selling or shipping is getting beyond all endurance, as it is shnply knocking the Canadian packers' export trade to pieces in favor of other countries. This idea of the drover and farmer of stuffing so much into the hog before selling is a short-sighted policy, and must lead to loss to those feeding, either directly or in- directly, for now that Canadian" meats have a prominent place on the European mar- kets, why is it not to the interest of every producer in this country to help to hold it, and encourage instead of trying to kill it? Take hogs to -day as an example. They cannot be bought low enough for export on account of this heavy feeding, which causes a shrinkage in killing of 25 to 2,8 per cent., where other countries figure on 20 per cent. loss between live and dressed weight. This simplybars this country out of the export trade, and reduces the net price to the far- mers to cent lower than hogs are really worth, for the packer has to try and buy in proportion to the amount of feed in a log, which feed is entirely a waste to the far- mer, drover and packer, and amounts to many thousand dollars in a year. We, for one packing firm, will give of a cent more, which is about 50 cents per hog, for those shrinking 20 per cent. and under than for those being 'overfed before mar- keted. This overfeeding process is ridiculous, and all fair -thinking men should put their foot on it, and stop it, as it is not of any profit to the farmer, drover or packer, but a loss indirectly to all in the trade, because if bogs are full of feed the price is less in propor- tion, for they to -day would bring $4.60, if empty, where now, as they are coming full, they are only worth $4.25, live weight. These facts, if they are continued, will force the packers into docking 5 to 7 per cent. on live weight, for this feeding process is an extreme injustice, and does nobody concern- ed any good. T. LAWRY & So. HAMILTON, November 7th. • New Ontario. DEAR Sim—I am the Postmaster et Crom- well, Manitoba. A good many people in our neighborhood had read. some of the set- tlers' letters from Algoma, which have ap- peared in the press during the last year or so. And I, and a gentleman named James Higgins, a farmer, also living near Crom- well, were appointed a delegation to visit Algoma and report. We went there, and I and my friend have spent about two weeks going round amongst the farmers, north, west and east of the town of Sault Ste Marie, and also on St. Joseph's Island. We have been on a good many farms, and inter- viewed a good many settlers, and travelled over a good deal of the country, and the conclusion we have come to is that it is a Idea About the country in which a man can start -with very little capital. There is a good home mar- ket for all that a farmer can raise; and ex- hibits of grain and roots which we have seen cannot be beaten anywhere. I am taking a few samples of grain back with me to Manitoba. and will be glad to show them to anyone who calls upon me. Algoma is going to be a great dairying and stock -rais- ing country; to -day (November 8th) the grass and clover is as grees and luxuriant as it is in other countries in the early summer. It is the best watered country one can agine—streams and springs everywhere. I and my friend ihave been treated very kind- ly by the settlers on whom we have called in Algoma, and we have obtained a large amount of information, which we shall be glad to impart to anyone who calls on es, or writes us, enclosing a stamp for reply. Algoma is going to be a great fruit coun- try in a few years. We saw splendid ,samples of apples of different kinds. One prominent farmer on whom we called was Henry Knight. He is President of the Central Algoma Farmers' Institute, and lives about three miles northwest of the Sault. Strangers going to Algoma should see his farm and the farms in the neighbor- hood. It is true that Algoma has a rough appearance, and lots of people have the idea that the country is rocky and unfit for agriculture, but though it is rocky in one sense, it does not interfere with farming. The rock is all in ridges or "bluffs," i. e., if there is any rock on amen's farm, it is al- together in one place, and you can plough right up to the edge of it. My impression of Algoma is that on every quarter section or 160 acres of land, there would be enough good land, i. e., land free of rock or stone, to make a comfortable farm. Of course, some farms will have more "bluff" on than others but, at the worst, a man would only have .4o or -30 acres of bluff—but a large part of,the country is entirely free from even this bluff. 1 and my friend have seen thousands of acres of land in Algoma en- tirely free; from rock or stone. But, speak- ing of tibia "bluff," it has one advantage, which a person living in Manitoba or the North West Territories would appieciate, i. e., it is covered with timber, and serves as a natural wind -break. I write this letter from Sault Ste Marie on my way home. I have had pleasure in looking over the new Ship ca.nal just fin- ished in this town, and the immense Water- power canal just completed. This last named canal has been sold by the town to an American syndicate, who are going to put up the largest paper mills on the con- tinent, and other factories, and they are putting water works and electric light into the town—all to be run by this waterpower. The power is unlimited, having Lake Super- ior for a mill-dain. There is every appear- ance that the Canadian Sault will within the next two or three years become a great manufacturing centre. The syndicate I have mentioned stipulate to expend $250,000 in one year, and $1,000,000 inside of three years in buildings and other works, so times will be very lively in this neighborhood. My friend has igone out to see the Goulais Bay district whiph lies 25 or 30 miles north- west of the Sault, and about which we read a great deal in the papers. On his return I will get him to tell your readers something about that part of the country. am glad to learn that a second edition of "Algoma Farmers Testify" is now in the press, and will be issued within the next two or three weeks. It will give a large amount of lamination about the dis- trict generally, and after the 15th of Novem- ber copies can be obtained by anyone who sends stamps for return postage either from the compiler, Dr. Fred Rogers, barrister, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario ; the Department of Agriculture, Toronto • Crown Lands De- partment, Toronto; or 'P. Byrne, Ontario Government Agene 19 Brunswick street, Liverpool, England'. I mention this last address, in -case this letter', as I trust it Will, may be recopied or noticed by some Old Country papers, as I am an Englishman myself and would like pepple there to know something about Algoma and the great in- ducements it offers to settlers. Yours faithfully, GEORGE HOWARD. • • three lakes. Beyond Glravenhurst there is another tract of country of the sante extent, in which game abounds. And notwith- standing the hundreds killed.in season awl the hundreds killed out of season by wolves, there are many who assert that the number of deer is actually increasing. On this point a Gravenhurst paper re- marks: "Enough hunters and dogs are in the woods to completely exterminate the deer in one season. No such catastrophe is Jeered, however, for a majority of the portsmen couldn't shoot a deer unless it were tied to a tree, while enough wet gre- oceries are included in the camp stores to render the nerves of some too unsteady for drawing a bead on the game." [NOTE.—Quite a number of Huron sports- men visit these hunting grounds every year, but the returns they bring home, as a rule, show that they do not belong to the class described above neither as to their accura- cy of aim nor their diligence in dealing with "camp stores."—Ea.] • Canada. There was good sleighing in Winnipeg on Friday last, the first of the season. —Lewis Wigle, ex -M. P., has sold his tobacco crop for $20,000 in Montreal. —A largecoasignment of Manitoba but- ter has been sold in Orangeville. —The medical men of Kent are about to organize a counter medical association. —Dr. Charles S. Duncombe, of Chicago, formerly of St. Thomas died Saturday. —The Hamilton chrysanthemum show was not a success financially, though it paid expenses. —Archie Campbell, a Cypress River, Man- itoba farmer, was kicked to death by a horse on Wedneaday, last week. — The use of Knox church, Galt, has been granted for Mrs. Mountford's oriental lec- tures. —The Rev. Father Chiniquy is better but it is not expected that he will be able to re- sume active work. — Rev. J. D. Edgar, M. A., has been in- ducted to the charge of the Presbyterian congregation at Cayuga. —Alfred Thomas has sold his 25 acre farm in Aldboro, to R. C. Hawkey, of Walk- erville, for $1,150. —Robert Mathews, of Warwick, picked ripe strawberries in his garden last week, but he won't pick any this week. —A worthy couple residing on Princess avenue, London, are the parents of no fewer than seventeen children. —Hamilton has sent a delegation to Tor- onto to urge D. L. Moody to visit their city. —Sheriff Ferguson, of Kingston, is 91 years of age, and sa.ys he feels as well as he did twenty years ago. —A movement is an foot among the Ham- ilton retail grocers to have early closing on Saturday nights. —Guelph's five miles of new granolithic sidewalk are nearly completed. Not bad for one season's work. —The old Presbyterian church property in Paris has been sold. to Mr. George R. Crawford, for $855. —Nine more Hamilton cigar dealers have been committed for trial for having gamb- ling machines in the shape of slots on their premises. —J. H. Dolmage, the Northwest post- master who suicided, was at one time a resi- dent of Walkerton, being the first station agent there. —Scores of photographs of Victoria Park, London, were obtained Saturday morning, after the snow fall. The scene was a beau- tiful one. —F. R. Ball, Q. C. of Woodstock, fell on Friday from a veranda, fourteen feet dis- tance, to the ground, and was seriously in- jured. - —Mr. Joseph Martin's grain elevator at Portage la Prairie was burned Saturday. Loss $7,000, partially insured. .About 4,000 bushels of wheat were burned. —Many new.buildings are going up among the Thousand Islands, and it is noticea.ble that the class of cottages superior to what has been built heretofore. . —Montreal society people are greatly agi- tated to know why Lord Aberdeen has de- clined the invitation eo attend the annual ball of the St. Andrew's Society of Montreal. —Miss Ida Fletcher, of Lambeth, has a charm of nearly 3,000 buttons, all of differ- ent patterns, which she has collected from many parts of Britain and the United States. —Rey. James Black slipped and fell down the steps of St. Paul's church, Hamilton, the other bight, receiving a cut on the face. Though badly shaken -up, he was able, with assistance, to walk home. —George Earle, a well-known citizen of Winnipeg, has been found guilty at the As- size Come', of committing a criminal assault on an Icelandic servant girl. Sentence was deferred. a -Mr. Levi Soper of Bickford, near Sarnia, shot a chicken hawk the other day that measured from tip to tip of wing 3 feet, 6 fineecth.es, and from tip of bill to tip of tail 2 —The Orangemen of Lueknow intend having an entertainment and supper on December Oth, and it is expected that Lieutent-Governor Kirkpatrick, Clark Wal- lace and E. F. Clarke, of Toronto, will be present. --e-The adjourned case of David 'Williams, charged- with selling liquor to Indians dur- ing the Oneida fair, was tried the other day. Williams pleaded guilty to the charge, and was fined $40 and costs, amounting in all to $50.10. What Dairying Will Do. The value of the cheese Output for the County of Oxford last year represented over $60 for each family in the county. Siracoe, Essex, Kent, Middlesex and Grey are the great hog -producing counties. Combined, these five held 232,000 of the million porkers counted •in Ontario in 1893. Grey, Huron Brace and ,Simcoe are the great wool producing counties of the Pro- vince. . The output of thesee four districts was nearly one-fourth that of) all Ontario in 1893 and amounted to 240,000 fleeces. Farm land in Oxford commands a higher rental than in any other county in Ontario save Wentworth. And Oxford's high stand- ing in this respect is without doubt due to her pre-eminence as a cheese centre else- where referred to. Oxford is the first among Ontario counties in the production of factory cheese. The output for that county in 1893 amounted to 6,725,000 pounds, or nearly a million pounds in advance of any other county in the province. Hastings came second with 5,761,000 pounds. 1 About Deer Etunters. (By a Parry Bound Hunter_) The deer hunting season is now in full swing. Reports from the camps -this fall go to shim that the game is far more plentiful than it was a few years ago—that is, before the law limited the number of deer that a hunter is allowed to kill. Bear is plentiful, as well as deer, throughout the Parry Sound,. Muskoka and Haliburton districts. This is partly t� be accounted for by the drought and bush fires to the, northward. As long as the game la,sts, so long will the hunters spend their money amongst the settlers, and no longer. This -the settlers in some town- ships have discovered to their sorrow, and their neighbors are profiting by the experi- ence. No one but those thoroughly conversant with all the facts can form an estimate of the great amount of money left by Canadian and °United States sportsmen with the set- tlers every fall. One gentleman, a Mr. Smith, of Lockport, New York, has spent over $8,000 during the past ten years on his hunting trips to Lake Joseph. The Wiman party have also spent thousands in the same way. There are rriany others who might be mentioned, who, while not spending quite so lanishly, perhaps, have at the same time left large amounts in the country every fall, and who are doing the same to -day. The hunting season, therefore, gives employment at good wages to many settlers just at the time of year when they have the least to do. To give an illustration of the slaughter that goes on during the hunting season, it may be stated that from the country to the west of Lake Joseph and Muskoka 45 deer were taken in , one day last fall by the steamer Kenosha for shipment south. On another day over 100 were sent to Muskoka for him as dead, and gladdened her heart by the news that he was doing well and intend- ed to come home next spring. ---Mrs. 'Rutledge, of Fort William, com- mitted suicide on Thursday of last week, by throwing herself under the Canadian Pacific Railway train. Death was instan- taneous. She was married only a few weeks to Mr. Rutledge, of Rutledge & Ham- mond. —The "pool" brokerage firm of George M. Irwin & Company, of Pittsburg, owed depositors about $800,000 when it failed. Several persons in Brantford and vicinity had been led by the seductive circulars sent out by the Company to invest money in th—einT. he wheat -mixing protests of eastern Boards of Trade has worked up the Winni- peg grain men to fever heat. Secretary Bell, of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, has gone to Ottawa, to lay before the Govern- ment the local wheat 'dealers' side of the eontroversy. —The Chatham Waterworke Company have offered to sell out to the town for $132- 000, and the people will vote on the qtes- tion in a few weeks. The concern has never paid the company, whose resources have been expended in tbe search for a water supply. —At Birtle, Manitoba, the other night, William Bole and Thomas Webster, two well-known young farmers, attended a dance. They quarrelled over a g,irl, and a vicious fight ensued. Bole was terribly ,beaten and. died next day, never regaining consciousness. Webster is in jail, —Mr. Moody, the great evangelist, ad- dressed a meeting of 5,000 men in Massey Hall, Toronto, last Sabbath night, the building being crowded. Admission was by ticket. Special attention was devoted to secure the attendance of students and com- mercial travellers. —On Wednesday night last week, Mr. William Lemon, reeve of Sydenham town- ship, and warden of thdCaunty of Grey, died at his residence, Balaclava, "aged -52 years. The deceased was a prominent Liberal, and at the time of his death was vice-president of the North Grey Reform Association. —Willie Enright, a ten -year-old boy, was killed while playing with some other boys on the railway ,track at the foot of Brock street, Toronto, on Satut day afternoon, by falling under a moving car. His father was killed. in a similar manner at the same place few years ago. —On November 9th, 1841, Mr. Thomas Sampey and Miss Ann Dillon were united in marriage in Rosscornmon, Ireland, and on Friday last celebrated the 53rd anni- versary of their wedding at St. Thomas, Ontitrio. They received many congratulations —The other day Mrs. Chambers, of Paris, went out to get some water at the back of her husband's barber shop, on Grand Rivet street, when the whole of the platform gave way, precipitating Mrs. Chambers to the ground below, a distance of 18 feet. She badly shaken and bruised but will soon saulblhome wbbeea— ohn I. Lang, Royal Engineer, has at Lakeside, 'Oxford county," for a few days, after nearly three years' stay in Africa. His time was spent there in sur- veying the gold coast. He and some of the natives travelled 400 miles inland through swamps and jimgles. He reports the heat rather oppressive near the equator. —Mr. Robert Adams, of BennMgton, has quite a curiosity, which he found in the, stomach of a beef he killed some time ago. It is a ball composed of hair, which is as hard and compact as a baseball, and about as big. The animal licking itself in the spring when the hair is loose and swallow- . ing it, is supposed to have been the cause, —Mr. Fraser, of Toronto, who was com- missioned by the Government to bore for oil in the Athabasca district, says his men have bored through the shale 1,000 feet. The indications, he says, are that there is an abundance of oil in the region, although he bad not struck the stream at the point he was boring. —The provincial ploughing .match, under the auspices of the Agriculture and Arts Association of Ontario and East York Plough- men's .Association took place on Thursday lastweek at Milliken's Corners, York county,. His Honour Lieutenant -Governor Kirk- patrick and an enormous crowd of farmers were present. —The trotting stallion,' Harry Wilkes, was sold at Toronto on Saturday, for $870. The purchaser was Mr. Abner Nelson, of the Rossin House who immediately sold the horse to a 'Detroit buyer for $950. Harry Wilkes cost the New Brunswick Gov- ernment over $20,000. The horse was sold for debt. —Mr. Edward Gabers valuable Lavrick setter, Blucher, was poisoned at Walkerton recently. The dog was inverted by Judge Chadwick, of Guelph, and given to Mr. George Hess, ex -M, P., of Stratford. By him it was presented to Mr. Gabel, and it and the one owned by the Judge were the only two of the kind in Canada. Mr. Gabel lately refused $185 for him. —Mr. W. Naismith, of Bracebridge, ship- ped his 295 pound squash to Mr. Wm. Rennie the Toronto seedsmaet Mr. Rennie has had a prize of $15 hanging before the Ontario farmers for the largest squash grown from seed supplied by himself. Muskoka has upheld its reputation as the country for roots and vegetables and Mr. Naismith is now the possessor of the coveted prize. —Mr. Stair, manager of the Toronto Academy of Music, was committed for trial Friday, by the police magistrate, on the charge of having immoral and indecent post- ers exposed in the streete. It is understood the case will be tested. -Grace Hugo, a Canadian girl, was mar- ried on Friday, in the Cleveland, Ohio, jail, to James N. Bray, the young son of an Ifseglish army officer, who had betra,yed her. Bray is sentenced to a term in the peniten- tiary for fraud. —In the Ottawa police court on Friday, Frank Nelson, of the Department of In- terior, was fined $1 and costs for scalding a cow that had trespassed on his grounds. The case was prosecuted by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. —Mrs. J. C. Hagen, of Berlin, who is at present in the Galt hospital, underwent an operation at that institution the other day, for the removal of a tumor, which weighed 56 pounds. Mrs. Hagen stood the opera- tion very well, and the prospects of her re- covery are good. —George Elliott, formerly of Thedford, left there some years ago and went to the United States, and engaged in a railroad life. Nothing being heard of him for years, he was supposed to be dead, but it seems he went to the Isthmus of Panama, where he was taken down with fever, and lay at the point of death for a long time. After he recovered he went to San Francisco, and got a good situation in the railway yard there, and a short time ago wrote a letter home to his aged mother in Widder, Lambton county, relating all his wander - it was necessary for the postal authorities safe place for a man to locate in, and it is a wharf by the two steamers plying on the ings during the long yeare she had. mourned Perth Iteiris. Word has been received from Bally- garvley, Ireland, of the (ileath of Mary, daughter of Mr. James Neeley, fornierlv of Woodham. This sad intelligence has east a gloom over the whole village,for little Mary was a great favorite with alb —The Listowel Banner has been present- ed by Mr. John McMillan with the largest winter radish on record. , It is fourteen inches long and weigh3 five pounds. This will be the record braker nntil some one brings in a bigger radish. , —The Muskoka hunting party, that went from Mitchell, all returned last week. They had a splendid time, and sent home twelve deer. How many more they shot will not be recorded, as twelve was the number the law allowed them. They lost one of their finest dogs in the woods. —Two weeks ago Mr. Wm. Sykes, of Logan, captured a whole family of sables, five in all. As this animall. is becoming almost extinct, the skins are Valuable. Mr. Sykes took them to Stratfard, and sold them to Messrs. McPherson McWhinney, realizing for the five, $35. 1 —The Lutheran coiagregatiOn of Welles- ley, sent a call to Rev. D. Loaner, of Kew- anee, Illinois, who accepted and will take charge of the parish on the 25th of this month, when he will preach for the first time in his new field. Rev. Mr. Landsky, of Logan, will also officiate. —While Mrs. Hosago, of St. Marys, was driving in that town the other evening, the front coupling bolt of the buggy came out, which separated the front wheel and axle from the body of the vehicle, and Mrs. Efosago was thrown over the dashboard and Sustained pretty severe injuries to the throat and neck. —Miss Marion Goodale, of Milverton, has been engaged as teacher in School Section No. 1, Woods' school, Mornington, for the coming year. Mr. John Woods, the present - teacher; has been appointed as successor to Mr. Fred Ward, at an increase a salary, in. School Section No, 12, Elma. —The sportsmen of Wartbiirg had a. grand shooting match on Monday, 5th inst. Mr. George Baumbach and Mr. Schen- ber were chosen captains. Bauniliach's men made the most points and the 'losing side gave the supper at points, hotel. Later in the evening a grand ball Was held in Brunner's hall, which finished that day and reached over -into the next one. —Mr. Charles Wilson, of Listowel, died few days ago at San Diego, California. E - had been in -poor health for some time, and left for California some three weeks previ- ously, with his fathenin-law, Mr. Wm. Dunn, to try the virtues of the climate of the Pacific coast. The fatigue a the jour- ney had evidently proved too much for him, as he succumbed. shortly after reaching his destination. He was 30 years of age. —Mr. T. H. Race, of the IVIitchell Recor- der, was called for examination en Tues- day, last week,in the action brought against him for alleged violation of the Ontario Electors' Act. Acting en the advice of his counsel, Mr. Thompson, of Mitchell, who bolds that it is optional on Mr. Race's part whether or not he submits to examination in a case of this kind, Mr. Race refused to answer the questions put to him. —The St. Marys Chinese lauUdryman, Charles Louie, has been robbed of $50, his savings since starting business in that:town in August last. Together with two com- rades, Charlie attended Sunday school in the afternoon, and during their absence, some person or persons entered. the lsem- dry by the rear .aud stole the money which bad been left hidden under the bed. It is too bad. „ —Mrs. James Dickson, sr., of Atwood, met twith a peculiar mishap the other morn- ing. Upon rising idle yawned whir consid- erable extension, as people generally, do, but to her great consternation she could not close her mouth afterwards, and upon ascer- taining the reason it was found that she had dislocated her jaw on both sides, and a doc- tor had to be called in to set the Member right again, which he succeeded, in doing after some little difficulty. —Conductor Leighton, of the Sandwich, Windsor and .Amherstburg Railway, fortun- ately went home early Thursday night, last week. When he opened the door of his house, he was almost overcome with the smell of coal gas. After opening the doors and windows he found that both his wife and child were unconscious. It took some time to bring thein to, but next morning they were out of danger. —The travelling dairy is at the present date laboring under the auspices of the Far- m rs' Institute of the riding of West Elgin. During the summer the counties of Halton, Peel and York, parts of the counties of Wentworth and Brant, and the counties of Essex and Kent, have been successively traversed, and the meetings have, generally speaking, shown an intense interest in the dairy work. —Three human skeletons were found re- cently by parties digging sand on the farm of Mr. V. Faulds, at Pratt's Siding, Mid- dlesex county. Judging from the shape of the jaws and skulls, they are thought to be the remains of Indians. The skulls were very firm. In the jaws of one, which was much the largest, were found sixteen pearly teeth, while in the jaws of eacli of the others were found ten teeth of great firmness. —It is rumored that a farmer in Luther, Wellington county, took an orphan boy from the Old Country out of one of the Boys' Homes in Canada. The lad disappeared a few months ago, and it is said that the far - User, on being questioned as to where he went, evaded giving straight or definite answers. It is said, further, that recently portions of a head and hand were found in the remains of a log -heap that was burned in Luther, and suspicions are entertained that the head and hand are portions of the missing boy. —An Amulree correspondent says "This village is not behind the times in many ways. Every place is increasing in population and so is Amulreee and there is no doubt but that it will soon be incorpor- ated. Mr. Kalbfleisch received, lastweek, into his home a little stranger, who will help to prepetuate his name. Mr. Christian Yost, the villares landlord, is being floubly doubly ed by congratulated cause he has been blessed, his family having been incre the arrival of two girls. —The Mitchell Recorder says Mrs. (Dr.) Dunmore, of Stratford, and Miss Holmes, of Clinton, spent a few days in town during the past week. The two ladies waited on the public school board to see what chance there would be of opening a, kindergarten department in connection with the school, as Miss Holmes is a mialified kindergarten instructor. They else can- vassed the town to learn what chance* there would be for opening a private kindergar- ten. There is not the remotest chance of the school board moving in the matter." —There will be a flitting about the end of this month of about twenty people from Stratford and vicinity to Los Angeles and Ontario, California. ' Messrs. Amble 4. and William J. Hamilton, late of Woodstock, will take out their fa-milies Enid go heti!) busi- ness in the West. Mrs. F. Campbell, of Mitchell, will go out on a visit. Miss Gourley, of Stratford, and Mise Gourley, of Brantford, will be in the party, and it is their intention to remain. Among the others who are going are Mies Caniphell, of Seaforth ; Miss IMaggie McDonald, of Strat- ford; Miss Pyke, of Shakespeare, and Mr. Williams, son of Rev. Dr. Williams, of Mitchell. —The subject of Mr. Barnett's " Talk" in the lecture room of the ierand Trunk Railway institute, Stratford, on Tuesday evening, laet week, was 'Canals." This being the opening talk of the season he be- gan- by referring very pleasantly i to the closing talk of last season, when the beau- ties of spring were to be seen, and the time approaching when we should find osir pleas- ure in delightful walks and our recreation in invigorating athletics. But now the short- ening days, the falling leaves, and the crisp air remind us the season is at hand,which is favorable to study aisd the acquieition of knowledge of various kinds, Mr. Barnett's. " talk " was exceedingly interesting and full of information. —Mr. and Mrs. John Gatsehene, from Cavalier, North Dakota, recently arrived back at their old home at Hasson, where they intend to spend a couple of months visiting relatives and friends. They look very hearty and healthy. They left Ilesson for Dakota in 1885 with their family. and speak very highly - of the country. There has been a good harvest in North Dakota this year. Mr- Gatschene has nearly 4,000 bushels on his homestead of 160 acres. The market prices are fair. Wheat is from 40. cents up, according to quality, oats 22 to 23. cents per bushel. Mr. J. Gatschene was last year nominated for reeve, and car- ried the election over his opponent by one vote.