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John 7' of Bros - 11 On get a ill sal ser can estate - moved e rented agali, of nt ten - lid of itor4 TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR. WHOTriE NUMBER, 1,424. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1895. McLE-AN BROS., $1.00 a Year in Advance. Spring Goods We have endeavored this season to obtain a line of goods exactly suited to your wants. The variety is ample, the styles new, the prices right. We think you will be interested by a look through our different departments. Our Hat Department Is full of all the latest, and most fashionable shapes—good for wear, good for looks, and good for every cent we ask for them, and more, too. Men's and BoyS' Fedoras, Men's Stiff Hats, Men's Crush Hats, Boys' Crush Hats. Don't fail to secure one of our great 25c Hats. • Ordered Clothing. We are the leaders in Ordered Clothing, always showing the largest assortment. One very prominent fea- ture of OUT new stock 's the elegance and beauty of our goo ,. We are not surpassed by any hou e in the trade for fine goods at reasonable prices. We invite your criticism, believing every fair comparison strengthens us in the estimation of judicious and careful - 1)uyers. Furnishing Department., an! With a full and varied line we are leaders. We carry the grade, the styles, the quantity. More than that, we add weight to .this assertion by stating that we are prepared to make you_prices that will not make you for- get us as a model money -saving estab- lishment. Boys' Clothing. We carry the celebrated "Sanford clothing, a line of Suits that cannot be equalled for durability, style, fit and make. A careful comparison always results in our favor. Drop in any time and .view our goods, as they are now displayed for your inspection. We are Leaders in Our Jackson- & Creig Clothiers, Furnishers and Hatters, SEAFORTH, - ONT:, WITH A RUSH. The public have swooped down on our stock of Spring Clothes and Fur- nishings, and the number of ordeis already placed with us for an outfit for Spring, demonstrates our superiority. We were expecting a rush, and were prepared for it, and, although the selections have been so numerous,: there is still a host to. choose from, with fresh ones arriving daily. Don't place your order till you see what we have in Suitings, Overcoat- ings, Trouserings, fancy Vestings, Hats, Caps, Shirts, Waterproof; Coats, Um- brellas, Colliers, Ties, Gloves, Hand- kerchiefs, &c. Waterproof Coats made to order at DILL & SPEARES, Seaforth. One Door South of Expositor Office Ailortgage Sale of Farm in the Township of Morris, County of Huron Under and by virtue of a power of sale contained In a certain mortgage made by one James Harrison to the vendors (and registered as number 4059) now in default and to he produced at time of sale. There \yin be offered for sale by public auction at the Com- • inercial Ilotel, Myth, on Thursday, the 18th day of April A.D., 11-95, at the Muir of I o'clock in theater. noon, all and singular, firstly- the north half of Lot No II, in the ith concession of the.township of Morris, containing 100 acres excepting- two acres used.for railway purpose q and secondly the east half of the south of Lot No.1, in the said 7th Danz:fission con- taining 50 acres. This desirable property is situated about 4i miles from Blth. About 85 acres are clear- ed and about one acre in orchard. A log dwelling with frame addition, also a frame barn and stables are upon the premises. The property will be offered subject to reqerve bid. TERMS.—Ten per cent. of the pu•rehase money will require to be paid at time of sale and the balance according to favorable terms and conditions to be then made known. For further particulars apply to BEATTY, BLACKSTOCK, NES BITT, CHADWICK &RIDDELL, 68 Wellington St. East. Toronto, Solicitors for Vendors. Dated at the City of Toronto this 11th day of March, 1895. 1424-3 • IN TI -IE §:rEEAAGE. Am Eventful Voyage Across the Atlantic In a Great Ocean Liner. [Special Correspondence.] LIVERPOOL, March 18.—Crossing the Atlantic in the dead of winter ns a steer- age passenger is no joke. I did it and am here in London recovering. Mind you, I don't say that wo steeragoites were treat- ed badly. On the contrary, we were treated very well, but no treatment, how- ever soothing, can counteract the effect produced upon one by tho rolling and toss- ing in frightful, haavy storms and the breathing of foul Of which must necessa- rily collect in the steerage because of the impossibility of opening up hatchways and portholes , during bad weather. I got aboard in the latter part of February and found, much to my surprise, that I was to have a great many roommates, so to speak. There were nearly 200 of us. Among us were a lot of English sailors, the crews of three sailing shins, who had just been paid off in New York: To these hardy fellows the taking of a steerage passage was a luxury—a sort of Pullman sea journey, with a Delmonican attachment. It was a sight to see them devouring the soft tack and fresh meat. I used to watch -and wonder, for I was hardly able to touch anything because of the closeness of' the air. I had many talks with them. They seemed to take to me, and they spun for my benefit unswallowable yarns about all the lands,,or, to be more correct, about all the waters of -the world. They had the most intimate acquaintance with long dis- tances of any class of travelers I have ever met. From the easy way in which they spoke of being now in London or Liver- pool, now in Calcutta, or now in New York or San Francisco, listener unac- quainted with the names of these places would imagine that it was possible to dine in one of them and sup in the other on the same day. One of them especially was a most in- teresting character. His name was Myles Hand, and he hailed from Liverpool. He had followed the sea for 20 years and know of hardly anything save ports, the ways of sails, winds and waters, grogshops and how to sing and dance. He was the ideal English sailor, the type that Marryat ini- mortalized. In person he was ,litho and wiry of frame, good looking of lace and bad blue, well opened eyes. The eybs of sailors are always well opened. 'The look- ing out and the continual watching causes this. When we we're four days out, V got up a concert and put Myles' name first on the programme. Tho writing of this pro- gramme was a great bother to mo because of the rolling of the ship. , When it was finished, Myles got some mustard in lieu of mucilage from the steward and plaster- ed it up. Then ho stood off and looked at his own namendmirit3gly. I had put him down for a baritone solo. Toward the end of the voyage, when the men -were somewhat over their sickness and beginning to be able to get about, I questioned several of thorn as to the reason "MAN OVERBOARD!" for their leaving .America. The answer that almost all of them gave mo was food for a great deal of reflection. It was this: That America was no fit -place for a work - all to live in; that Its vaunted and much talked of freedom was a lie; that when laboring men were struggling• for the -right to live they were shot and crushed down by the military with more merciless- ness and for less provocation than they would be under the most despotic. and ruthless government in Europe. This was the substance of what they said. I am sorry if any of the readers of this letter will take offense at what I have just writ- ten. If they do, I can only say that be- fdre I left New York the editor asked me to find out why tho steerage passengers were leaving the country, and I am mere- ly the reporter of a fact. Of course it Is only just to say that two or three of the Irishmen were only going over on a visit for. a month or so to Ireland. When I talked to them, they told me that they liked America, but that -it Wasn't any- thing hear so good a place to live in as it was some years back. The first day we wore out a -steerage passenger committed suicide by jumping overboard. He was an Irishman born in Tyrone, and his name was Patterson. Ho was booked right through from Chicago taLondon, and from what I .could gather had belonged at one time to the queen life guards. Ho was an intelligent, fine looking man. Not a minute bolero he eohiniitted the act I was talking to him on deck. We walked together from aft, toward the hatchway of the steerage. Ar- riving there, I climbed ;down the stairs, while he turned to walk over to the rail en the port side. 1 had hardly got to the bottom of the stairs when I heard tho cry on deck, "Man overboard!" 1:p I rushed again, and I saw a fur cap and greatcoat' lying near the. rail. At once I knew it was the lnan I bad been taLking to. By the time things were ready to lower a boat we were ten miles at least from the place where the man had jumped Overboard; also there was it great danger of tho boat itself swamping. .As a last resort we steamed slowly back with a man aloft on tho lookout, anti then -We went back to our course. From the standpoint of a student of human nature the trip was full of profit, but I was glad when we came in sight of the coast of Ireland. The steerage may be all right in the sunnper thno, but in the winter it is a hard experience. I'd sooner go before the mast, where a man ean get a square chance at the good, strong air. Of tho two hnrdships this one is tho lesser—that is, if a man be used to ocean traveling. • B &UT KENNEDY. THE POET RANCHMAN. Larry Chittenden and His Home Down by the Rio Grande. _ [Special Correspondence.] ANSON, Tex., March 25. --His legal name is William Lawrence Chittenden, but his friends call him familiarly Larry. He is 33 years of age and has brushed up against the world, but he has not been spoiled in the least by such contact. His birthplace is the beautiful mountain town of Mont - plain N. J. Rather early in life he went Into the mercantile business, but he found after awhile that he was not fitted for it, and like a rational belog he quit it. One summer, just for a sort of diversion, he played at being book agent, and in the course of his peregrinations he managed to' accumulate $500. Through tfse generosi- ty of a rich uncle Larry came into posses- sion in 1887 of a large ranch situated near this town, where he now resides in bach- elor comfort. He goes north nearly every summer for two or three months and oc- casionally makes a trip to Europe. His ranch is six miles one way by four the other,1 which gives an immense grazing area for his large herd of high grade Poled Angus, Hereford and native cattle, not to mention l between 200 and 300 head pf horses and inples. About 200 acres of this tract are under cultivation. All these years Larry has been wooing the muses, • ','• .4...... - ..•••'"- ,/ ' J.- `,." ••-.% ,, , • -•%3' % .4.0 4...- -*, 'ii4 '. • .e• -1P% 4 A • --.! /., . v a- nene .- e. e ise • 7. j%) 4 I '' ',-. - • -,.. .%Y/ -'' • x V::. .7 4;•?,;:iii,..,, / ...."..- *v• '' ee' • --*ILLIAM L. CIIITTENDEN.. and it must be said he is getting on very intimate terms with them indeed. Dur- ing the long winter evenings, sheltered against the fierce blasts of the raging norther, he sits cozily in his den, sur- rounded by his books and pictures and curios and trophies of the chase, and works out into metrical form his dainty fancies and virile thoughts. Texas people of all classes aro very fond of Chittenden. He is frank, jdvial, whole souled and sympathet- ic, and those are tho qualities that "go" in Texas "down by the Rio Grande." At social functions in tho larger towns, at cowboy tourneys, on hunting expedi- tions, everywhere, he is in demand. Ile can sing a song, tell a good story, recite a pathetic dialect poem and if necessary play the role of a carpet knight with equal gra5e and facility. He is in love with -all out of door_activities, and exposure to the ardent southern sun has given his face a healthy bronze tint' that is the envy of many of his palefaced confreres of the north. Chittonden has a romantic side that is positiecly refreshing. fle has had a num- ber of cterious adventure's and exploits which he is fond of relating le his quiet, unassuming way. In the summer of 1801, at Spring Lake, N. J., at the risk of his own life, he rescued two Now York young women from drowning. Other similar stories are told. of his good deeds and gal- lantries. But it is as a poet that I wish to speak more definitely of Larry Chitten- den. HIS "Ranch Verses," -published about two -years ago, bas passed through two editions, and a third edition, reideed and enlarged, has just come from the press. This represents a remarkable Sale for a first book of poems and indicates that his work touches a populat chord. Critics at home and abroad have with one accord given him the Most flattering notices. The Review of Reviews says: "The ballads and character sketches have the genuine ring. They are worthy of a place beside these of Riley, Field, Rarte and-Millor." The distinguishing thing about Chitten- den's poems is atmosphere. Ho is not ar- chaic or profound or tediously sentimen- tal. On the other hand, he is simple and direct and magnetic, After reading a few pages in his latest work, you siay to your- self here is an unaffected soul; here is a man who has felt and seen life as the av- erage man feels and sees it. You do not expect any fairy filigree of setting to his natural outflow of fancy. no.fereed witch- eries of phrase, no cloying sweetness of jingle. And, as I say, he provides the at- mosphere 'always, whether be is exalting the virtues of his old friend, "The Majah Green," describing the beauties of "The Maine Coast," praising "The California Girl" or penning a rhapsody "To a Dallas Lady." Here and there ther poet voices a little homely philosophy, in quaint guise, as where he says: There's no harm in trying; do the best that you can— Give up useless sighing and fight like a man. Aim high and strike hard, leave nailing to chance. Don't skulk in the rear; just ride in advance. Mr. Chittenden seemaPto be "at home" in all the best known forms of versifica- tion. A rondeau of his called "Ye Friend- ly Books" is one of the very best of its class I ever ran. across. He has attempted a few sonnets, one of which, "Tonight," is a finished bit of mosaic werk. I am constrained to quote it, for all true lovers of poetry are always glad, to read a good -sonnet: The twilight's laces fringe the sea, While far beyond yon mountain's crest The lingering, lonely sun seeks rest. .And. life seems lost in reverie! ' No sound from woodland, shore or lea, Savo from yon airy sea bird's nest, Where fledgelings greet 'a mother guest Returned from wanderings wild and free. Dark spectral angers clasp the land .And daylight smiles her last goodby, While far beyond the reverent strand, The vanquished hosts of evening fly, As night's victorious, restful hand_ Flings jeweled bannera o'er the Sky. His poems cover a wide range of themes and their treatment is varied and -versa- tile. I should not say that Larry Chitten- den has reached the high water mark of his genius, for he is still noting. But a world of promise is locked tip in his brain, and ho is leading just the rugged, natural sort of life to strengthen and develop it. LEON MEAD. • . • —Mr. ;Jesse Gilesbarn, north of Paisley, was totally destroyed by fire on Monday - night, lasthveek. Mr. Giles, with his teams, are away working at McArthur's woods at Aderdoar, and Mrs. Giles was alone on the place.- About twelve o'clock at night she was awakened by the barking of the dog, and saw the reflection from the fire. Think- ing it was the house, she hastily prepared to remove the children, when some of the neighbors came and told her that the barn was burning. Seven cows, a bull a couple , of -thoroughbred hogs, sheep, binder, indeed ,talmostreverything but the horses employed in the woods was burnt. The cause of the , fire is unknown. • House of Refuge On Monday, 12th inst., the House of Re- fuge Committee met at Clinton. There were presentH. Eilbeie of Stephen ; A. MeEwan, -Hay; P. Holt, Goderich ; A. McDonald, [Hullett, and W. H. Kerr, of Brussels. Messrs. Mci\lurchie, of Clinton, and Cook, of Howick, were absent, the former through [ illness. Twelve tenders for the building of a bank barn were opened, ranging from $1,330 to $321. A. McBeth, of Sta,nley,Was awarded the Contract at the last mentioned figure. The barn will be 36x50 feet and is to be sided with dressed pine and paiuted. The Committee visited the Industrial Faam and selected the site for barn. They alao rented the farm for the season to Mr. Phnin steel, Clinton, for the sum of 850, he to leave 30 acres plowed next October and also to attend to any necessary fencing to ensure safety to his cite. Messrs. Eilber and McEwan were appointed a sub-oommittee to purchase a pump and wind Mill and have the same placed.in position. It was decided to ask for applications for the various offices to be filled in connection with the House of Refuge, which will be dealt with by the June session of the County Council. The Committee will meet again about the 9th of April when Government Inspector Chamber- lain, of Toronto, and Architect Fowler, of Woodstock', will also attend. At that meeting the rules and regulations to govern the House, and the duties of the officers will be outlined, after which they will be printed for distribution among the County Coun- cillors and will come up for revision or ratification at the Comity Council. Con-, tractor Cooper has the excavatinet'done for the House of Refuge and has the brick and. stone and a goodly portion of the timber on [ the ground ready to commence operations as soon as the season opens up. • Farmers and Free Trade. DEAR Expo.srron,—Your readers are all well aware theta am e protectionist for the fanners; [but they themselves are free trad- ers and Tories of the deepest dye, as far as methods go. For • the last twenty years hogshave heen a higher price during the months from May to October than from. Oc- tober to February, but the farmers are so Obstinate in their ways, and so bent on low iirices that they will only have their pork to sell when eheap and' when it costs most to produce it. They want cheap living for poor people. Then they will form societies to reduce pripes of binding twine, sugar, to- bacco, wheat,cattle,lambs and horses, every- thing m fact except whisky and beer. I claim this is too much free trade. I have been advocating protection for the cow and her -products for twenty years, yet this county has fewer cows now than it had twenty years ago, hence the cry of hard times and farmers making assignments and ;being sold out. I defy Toy person to show me a man in this county hard up who has ,kept from ten to a dozen cows during the last ten years. I can count up in a single locality twenty farmers who will not average three cows to the hundred acres. Now, they tell me I advocated making butter in winter, and it ie only woith 12 or 13 cents a pound, and that will not pay the cost of pro- duction. Those who patronize creameries .are getting.18?,- Cents all winter, clear of ex- pense. Yet farmers in this county will not combite to protect themselves in producing the butter that will bring the highest price. They laim their butter is better than the creamery, yet for the sake of free trade they sell it ,cheaper. The quality of creamery butter is only medium, just what is wanted, while farmers' butter is good, better and best, and the trouble is to bonget.a ton weight of any of these qualities. Creamery butter to -day, he pound rolls is worth 22 cents in Toronto. [ -The farmers, however, would rather have free trade, make their own but- ter, and sell it for 12 cents -at home. Patrons Will send their money to Toronto for orders ef 8100 worth af goods, sugar and tobacco, and then expect the towns and villages near home to pay them Toronto prices for their butter, pork, hay and wood and leave them no money to buy these things with, if they can help it. I claim protection for the towns and villages of this county. Let the Patrons unite and combine to sell every thing on the farm byWay of. the cow and pig, send their products away from home but keep the money as near home as possible by changing the products on the farm into pork, beef, butter and cheese. ' Then, when a farmer would go to market he would bring ,home $100 or $200 or more at once.- By the present method of free trade of selling hay and oats he only brings home from $6 to $20 and one half his time is spent in team- ing town. A hotel keeper in Sarnia told me a short time ago that the farmers must make money fast, for in that locality they only spenathree days in the week on the farm and three in town. He said no other busi- ness eoald stand such waste of time. I ad- vocate more protection on the farm in this county. I am not so interested in others. This poupteg is sure to become a waste if all the valuable time, hay, Oats and other grains are taken off the farms and driven to the towns. JOHN C. MORRION. • Canada, Galt- has purchased a new fire brigade team for 8250. --Isaac Groff, of thnira,shipped a carload of bUfls from Lucknow station a few days ago. —About three hundred --Swed es will shortly come to Canada to settle in the Northwest. .-, • -a-At a meeting in Montreal it was decided to 'perry out the proposal for an internation- al exposition this year. . —The Montreal Presbytery at its last meeting discussed the -manner in which Sun- day is observed by French-Canadians. [—Mr. A. Cameron, who has spent the winter with friends in Lucknow and vicinity, (left for his home in Alaska a few days ago. t --Mrs. Sarah Henry, of Virden,Manitoba, is charged with having set fire to her dwel- ling house with intent to defraud. —Premier Greenway has sufficiently re- covered from his recent illness to occupy his seat in the Legislature. —Two aged pioneers of lateen have lately passed away. On Friday, 15th inst., Mr. Michael Fox» died. at his home in Bidthilph., near Lucan, at the very old age of 98 years. His wife, with seven sons and three daugh- ters survives him. The other aged father was Mr. Thomas Atkinson who nas in the 92nd year of his age and for 60 years resided in the village of Lucane He was a native of Tipperary, Ireland, where he and the late Mr. Michael Fox were neighbors before coming to this country. He leaves three sons and two daughters. His wife died some time ago. — 1\17. Peter Allendorf, of Maryboro, has purchased Mr. Heckendon's farm on the 10th concession, same township, for:the sum of 84,500. . — Peter St. Dennis has bought the Young farm of 50 acres °lithe Middle road, near Tilbury, for $1,100 from the Canadian Loan Com pany. —Mr. Moses Devitt, of West Montrose, Waterloo county, has bought a fine farm of 117 acres, at the rate of $53 per acre, from Mr. Shantz. —The celebrated Max O'Rell -delivers his last lecture in Toronto Friday evening. He sails for Europe -on April 10th and_ in doing so retires fun platform life. —Engineer Alan ing, of Toronto, who was injured in the Weston accident, and who took a sudden change for the worse, is in a critical condition. —Miss Sarah Greiner, a young lady of Kingsville, became suddenly blind on Fri- day. She was reading when» her sight left her. —The organization of a Young Men's Christian Association in Paris is nearly com- pleted, and the expectations for a live hust- ling branch there are very large. —Wm. - Swarts, the Guelph smallpox patient, who has been confined to the iso- lated hospital for nearly two months, left last week for his home in Aylmer. —Wm. Kerr, one of the London Street Railway Company's employees, was the other day fined $5 for cruelty to animals. The horse he drove was lame. —The Hyams brothers, -Of Toronto, have been committed for trial, en the charge of murdering young Wells. It is supposed the motive of the crime was to secure his life in- surance. — A fat steer owned. by Mr. Wm. Broad - foot, of Nichol, near Fergus, and valued at $60, put its head through an opening in the stable and hanged itself. —John -Mitchell, of Merton has sold his celebrated colt, Jack Mitchell, for the handsome sum of six hundred dollars, to D. W. Campbell, Milton. —Several persons have been injuriously affected near Quebec city, by eating poison- ed oatmeal. One man died. It is not known how the poison got into the meal. —W. B. Clarke, a prisoner in the King- ston penitentiary hospital, professes to tell how the Donnelly tragedy in Biddulph was effected, with the names of the murderers, fourteen in all. —Mr. James S. Smith, of Maple Lodge, McGillivray township, ex -M. P. P. for the North riding of Middlesex, was recently stricken with paralysis, and his condition is serious. —Mary A. Townsend sued the town of Brampton at the assizes last week, for dam- ages caused by breaking her leg in a hole in the sidewalk. She secured $250. — A monster exhibition of colonial resour- ces will be opened in Agricultural- Hall, London, England, next July. General Booth, of the Salvation Army, will organize the exhibits of Canadian produce. —Mr. Christopher Coombs, many years ago aprominent figure in London and vi- cinity, died. on the 20th inst., in London township, at the age of 85 years. M r. Coombs -was a native of Dorset, Englund. — I). W. McDonald died in Montreal on Friday, as a rendt of an overdose of mor- phia, hypodermically injected. »ilIcDonald had an accident policy of $5,000 on his life in the Csnadian Insurance Company. [ —Mr. 8. H. Blake, Q. C., has received a letter from his brother, the Hon. Edward Blake, in Ireland,stating that he was suffer- ing from bronchitis, of which there was almost an epidemic there at present. . —While walking along the treet in Paris, Herbert Rigby was tripped in play by an- other boy, Harry McCabe. The boy Rigby sustained severe injuries, having his collae bone and [shoulder bone both broken. 4 — Robert Field was taken from Guelph to Ottawa Friday, to stand his trial for steal- ing two geld watches, a diamond scarf pin and a gold ring from guests at the Russell and Windsor riotels in that city during the recent ice carnival. — Rev. James Ballantyne, of Ottawa, promises to become a famous curler. On Monday night last week he Won the club prize in the beginners' series offered by the Rideau Curling Club, by de- feating 13r. Ami. —The Chatham council has decided to im- pose a license fee of $65 to $75 on hawkers and peddlers. This is aimed at Italian fruit vendors,who spend the summer in town and peddle their fruit through the streets, to the detriment of the regular trade. . —The bronze well for the monument to be erected in Montreal to the memory of Sir John Macdonald, has been completed, and is ready to be shipped from London, England, on the first steamer after navi- gation is opened. —Mr. H. A. Massey, of Toronto, has of- fered to the board of management of Albert college $10,000 for the 'erection of an addi- tion to the existing college buildings, pro- vided a like sum be contributed by other friends of the institute. —Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Fairbairn and Mr. and Mrs. David Fairbairn, of West Gara- fraxa, left last week for Carnduff,Assiniboia, Northwest Territory, where they intend to locate. They took with them one car load of settlers' effects and horses. --Mr. Andrew Murdoch, of Lucknow, one of the best curlers in the province, now on a visit to Comiaock, Scotland, where he has carried off the principal prizes of the season, was beaten a couple of weeks ago by "the Dalpedder crack' by a score of 11 to 21. —A man known by the name of J. C. Coleman, supposed to be one of .the clever- est diamond. thieves in America, -was ar- rested at, St. Marys on Saturday,on a charge of trying to obtain diamonds from a Tor- onto dealer on false pretences. — MacWherrell is said to be the most un- ruly and -disobedient of the whole blank crowd in Kingston penitentiary. This is saying a good deal, an many of the inmates cense no end of trouble. hlacWherrell is sulky, morose and bad tempered. —At the Lambton assizes held last week, the forgery case against John Conn, on a charge of forging the name of Anthony Gil- roy; to notes on the Merchants' Bank at St. Trionlas, came up for the third time, and he was acquitted. At the two former trials the jury disagreed. —Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Henderson, who live near the village of Hepworth, bahe been arrested on the charge of maltreating their daughter, who is 13 years of age, by tying the child's hands, and suspending her from a beam, and then beating her with a black snake whip and a leather strap to which a buckle is attached. The present Mrs. Hen- dersda is the child's stepmother, and it ap- pears that when the first Mrs. Henderson died she willed some money to her child in trustuntilshe became of age. Should the child die before reaching 21 years the money was to go to Mr: Henderson. Dr. Camp- bell in giving his evidence stated that the child would not live a year under the treat- ment she was receiving. They have been sentenced to a fine of $50 each, and im- prisonment for three months. A light enough sentence surely. —A few days ago Mr. Thomas White, of the 3111 concession of Arran, Bruce county. cut 26 twelve foot saw logs out of one pine tree. That discounts the pineries of Sulli- van and Elderslie, and in a measure ap- proaches the famous pines of British Colum- bia as regards length. —The school population between 5 and. 21 years of age is claimed to be greater in Bruce county, than in any other county in Ontario. It is 17,468. Grey comes secondwith 17,248. Of the cities, Toronto stands first in this respect, containing 43,108, or about two fifths of the entire school population in Ontario cities. —There are in Bruce county 211teachers in townships and villages. 100 males, 102 females. The average salary paid male teachers is 8375, highest 8650. The average female teacher's salary is 8266. _ Both these are slightly below the average for the pre- vince,whieh averages 8383 for male and $272 for female teachers. —When the St. Patrick's supper at Wal- kerton on Monday night, 18th inst., was over, and everything safely locked -up, there was still on hand eleven or twelve bottles of Al Irish whisky. Before daylight it was all gone, some thirsty one in the meantime having broken id the door, and made away with it. —Joseph Moore, a well known resident of Galt, died Thursday, hest week. The de- ceased, who was an Englishman, was born. some 74 years ago, and emigrated to Can- ada about the year 1855, settling on a farm near Picton. He remained in ti -?at neighbor- hood for some years, removing to Galt in 1877, where he has since resided. —Alexander McLeod, only brother of the late W. C. McLeod, millionaire, and an old pioneer resident of Woodstock, died. last Friday night at the age of 90 years. He was born in the parish of Lairg, Sutherland - shire, Scotland, -but has resided in this country for 65 years. Deceased was un- married and. lived with his niece, Mrs. W. C. M cLeod: — The death took place on &Imlay at Eglington, Toronto, of Mr. Thomas W. An- derson, one of the beat known of the old members of the York Pioneer Society, of which he eves a vicespresident and anhighly respected -citizen:. He had been arrested for complicity in the rising of 1837-38, but effec- ted his escape before trial; He had attain- ed to a good old age. —Mr. Thomas Moffatt, barrister, of Lon- don, was married last Monday in Chatham. Together with his bride, Mr. Moffatt left on luesda,y on a trip to Cape Town, South Africa, which will extend over the greater part of a year. It is said that since Mr. J. H. Aitken lectured in London numerous parties have signified their intention of visit- inogCsape Town and other South African pint. —The Platen Times of last week says : "A few days ago Mr. R. 13. Mastin, of this town, drove his mother, now in her 90th year, some eight miles to the home of her grandson, Mr. S. E. Mastin, and sat down .to dinner with four generations. After spending a pleasant afternoon she drove home the same evening without feeing any inconvenience therefrom. —It has been discovered. that Assessor Wm. Allan, at Hamilton, last year assessed property belonging to the Grand Trunk Railway Company on Ferguson avenue, in that city, at $2,800, when in previous years it had been assessed at $27,000. The change in the figure e makes the city lose 8484 in taxes on the property. It is supposed the assessor intended to fix the value at $28,- 000, but omitted a cypher. —The other day Chester Clendening, son ofinspector Clendening, of Walkerton, was sleigh riding down a hill, at the foot of which was 0. barbed wire fence. The sleigh did not stop at the usual niece this trip and Chester came with terrible force against the fence. The result was a terribly lacerated face. It required ten stitches to sew up .the wounds, and the lad will not be able to !leave the house for some time: — A complimentary banquet was tendered Dr. MeCrimmon of Underwood, on Friday night 15th inst. The occasion was his remov- al from that place to Ripley, where he has purchased the practice and residence of Dr, Smith. About 300 persons attended the banquet, where toast and speech and song, in Gaelic as well as English, flowed like a river as the hours swiftly passed. Piper McIntyre with the bagpipes added not a, little toithe festivities of the evening. —Regarding the Hendershott murder the Northern Advocate, of Barrie, says: "The whole case from beginning to end is a sad exhibition of moral degradation and» brutal- ized crime. It is to be hoped a check will be put Upon the increasing crimes of murder for money by the prompt execution of the sentence at the appointed time, and that the lionizing of the murderers by iness in- terviewers and others will be absolutely forbidden. — Mi. John Hobbs, a prominent farmer of the 3rd concession of West Nissouri, was driving a load of wood to Leaden on Satur- day, lfith inst.,°when the load upeet upon him., and he remained unconscious beneath the weed until the arrival of another team. He was taken to a house in the 'vicinity. It was found that five of his ribs were broken while one protruded through the lungs. There are small hopes of his re- covery. —COunty Constable Wm. Hunter, of Brantford, has been suspended by Judge Jonesiuntil the spring assizes, opening on AprW160, when it is understood that the ease iiI be looked into by that court. The charge on which he was suspended was mis- demeanor, and. the »whole matter rises out of a Norse deal, ha which the nephew of the constable was one of the parties, the other beinghene Doxtater, an Indian. —Nr. John Oldrieve, who rurs a saw mill ih Glencoe, met with a serious accident a fest) days ago. In shutting down the mill at neon, Mr. Oldrieve attempted to throw off a leelt from a revolving wheel, -when his right!arin was caught, and he was thrown comPletely over the shaft. Forturately by this time the machinery stopped, or he would doubtless have been fatally man- gled./ As it was he lost his arm, which had to be amputated. . —The condemned men, Welter and Hen- dershott, in jail at St. Thomas, who were much depressed for a few days after their sentence, have recovered their epirits to some extent. Norman McDonald, their counsel, will make a strong fight to have the ruling of Chief Justice Meredith, admit- ting the evidence of Mrs. McConnell, Mrs. French, and George Delacey on Hender- shot's talk about insurance, reversed, and his 'onviction quashed. 'he Presbyterians of Windsor are just now i considering the rebuilding of their chmich. It, is likely a much larger church thaziethe old one wili be erected, and the frontier city expects to be able to boast of haAng the finest church in Western On- tarie. The idea is to have a gymnasium, Milliard and pool room, drill hall and sev- eral,' other things, which are not -usually found in connection with a Presbyterian church. Rev. Mr. Tobnie, formerly of Brantford, is the minister in charge. —A wealthy Canadian lumberman has, it is said, decided to raft 20,000 feet of logs from the Georgia.n Bay to the Saginaw River to be manufactured, by reason of the better advantage of handling and disposing of the manufactured stock m the Saginaw market. —On Monday evening, hist week, Mr. Leonard Day, of Garafrana, saw an attack made upon his fine three year old» mare, which he was powerkss to prevent. The animal was turned out to water when one of the cows made a charge and ripped her open. Nearly two thirds of the iutestines dropped out of the drea-d fill wound. Of course the mare died immediately, together with the toll. Mr. Day summoned Mr. HoWie, V. S., and had the cow deherned. --Mr. Kreeger, of •Chesley, has been busy this winter making a new cutter. He made the cutter upstairs in his house, and when he had the rig finished it was found to be impossible to get the cutter out of the -door. It will now be necessary to reduce the size of the cutter or elee take down pert of the house. As a great deal of pains and much • fancy- work has been put on the cutter. Mr. 1 Kreuger is in a dilemma as to which course to take. – -- - • ---- Perth Items. Mr. W. White, of Hibbert, had his whole herd of -cattle dehorned one day hest we.--e--klr. Roger W. Roberts' has been .ap- pointed organist of the Congregational church, Stratford. —Mr. W. B. Fotheringbam,of Woodham, is away with a ear load of horses for the English market. --An effort is being made to organize a brass band in Mitchell. The town has been without one for three years. —The Sons of England Benevolent So- ciety is rapidly increasing its membership in Mitchell. —Mr. A. Wright and family, of Hibbert, have now got settled on Eden farm, Logan, for good. ; —Downie council has let the contract for two steel bridges, one of 80 feet span and the other of 35 feet, at 8875, and. $375 re- spectively. . —Mr. Arthur McCaffrey, proprietor of the McCaffrey House, Detroit, Miehigan, formerly of Ellice, is visiting former friends in and around Stratford. — Rev. Mr. Penton, of Stratford, preach- ed able and appropriate serinons in the At- wood inst.;odPsbyterian church on Sabbath, r —Mr. C. Switzer, of the 3rd line of 131an- shard, is an extensive hog raiser. He has 40 hogs now fattening; and is raising a hog pen 62 by 25 feet, —Mr. James Sellers, an old and respected settler of Miteheil, leaves for Iowa this week, where he intends to make his future home. —Mr. Wm. Wood, of Trake, died on Wednesday, tith inst., in the 63rd year of his age. He leaves a widow and family [of seven children. —John Sim, engineer of the Kurtzville saw mill, had a close call the -other day. His clothes became entangled in Boned of the machinery and were torn completely off. —.Mr. ‘Vm. Hieks, of Mitchell, has re- turned from the old country, where hank - livered a shipment of horses. He was only a week on the water during his return trip. —Mr. Sykes has sold his farm, in Logan township, known as the Prindeville farm, to Mr. Baines, of Carberry, Manitoba, for the sum ot $4,800. —Mr. James Beatty, of Kirkton, has purchased a fine young driving horee. He is a Wilkes and hnported from Uncle Sam's domains, being a full brother of Dim More. . —Mr. Arnold, of Listowel, shipped from that station, the other day, seven carloads of wood ashes to the American market. They are ashes he gathered up during the winter in the neighborhood of Listowel. —Rev. A. H. Drumm, of Av.-onto/Os giv- ing a series of sermons on the Ten Com- mandments, or the Ten Words. The ells- cioitueeraeesstianrg.every thoughtfal, practical and i —The farmers on the 3rd line of Man - shard are selling their cattle for the May market to local shippers at -84.12i to $4.25 per cwt., a much higher figure than a year ago. —A reading -room has been opened at Kintore, under the auspines of the King's Daughters. This is a most praiseworthy move, and deserves the patronage of the whole community. —Quite a number of Logan farmers are buying hay and seed grain, the frost, drought and grasshoppers of last summer having made these very necessary commodi- ties scarce. —Messrs. Jeremiah Regan, in, James T. Uniac, and P. Nicholson, wife and family, - all of Logan, left for Manitoba on Wednes- day, last week, with a view of permanently settling in that Province. — —Miss Lily Hicks of Mitchell, who spent the winter with her sister, Mrs: ( v».) Kirkby, of Collingwocal, is home again, and her many admirers are pleased to gee her looking do well. . — Dr. A. -Sommer, for many years pastor of the Lutheran church, Listowel, died on March 3rd, in Servals, Oregon. The cause of death was inflammation of the lungs. He W&8 55 years of age. —Mr. James Smith, of the Royal Tem- plars' lodge, preaehed to a large audience in Grosch's Hall, Milverton, on Sunday after- noon, 17th inst., and in the Evangelical church in the evening. —The "At Home" given in the Metho- dist drarch, Mitchell, by the Ladies' Aid Society, on Tuesday evening, last week, was a very pleasant affair, but not very largely attended. About $16 were realized. —Wm. Monroe, of Russeldak, occupied the pulpit at Mount Pleasant on Sunday evening, 17th inst., and preached a very instructive and impressive sermon from the words, ' Who is my neighbor 9" —The twenty-seventh annual convention of the county of Perth Sunday school associ- ation will be held in the Methodist church, Listowel, on Monday and Tuesday, April 8th and 9th. —A double wedding took place the other day at the residence of Mr. John Walter, in Wallace, when his daughters. Mary anti Barbara, were united in wedlock to Mr. plaerekti‘BeTler and Mr. Nicholas Krotz re- -Mrs. and Miss Washburn, of Kirkton, T had a runaway the other day. heir horse was frightened by the sound of a falling tree. The cutter was smashed to pieces, but tloceupants eseaped with one or two bruises. —Mr. George Rundle, who has been sup- erintendent of Zion Sabbath school, Mit- chell Roa-d, for the past fifteen years, was the other evening presented with an ad- dress accompanied by a very beautiful easy chair, by the teachers and scholars of the school They, with their friends, number- ing nearly one hundred, took possession of his fine . home and spent a very pleasant time.