The Huron Expositor, 1890-07-04, Page 4NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
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Where I Trade—Wm. Pickard. (5)
Summer Races at Listowel. (8)
Servant Girl Wanted—Mrs. S. T. Holmes. (8)
Paris Green—I. Y. Fear. (6)
Teacher Wanted—A. W. Sloan. (5)
A Free Trip to Europe --Tho Canadian Queen.(8)
House for Sale—Dr. lifsickid. (6)
Notice of Dissolution—idackid 4k Bethune. (6)
Notice—Robert Turner. (6)
pitton txpositer.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, July 4, 1890.
The Member for East Huron.
The farmers of Ontario are entitled to
ask the Mowat Government for in-
creased representation in the Cabinet.
In the re -organization of the Ministry,
made necessary by the retirement of
Hon. A. M. Ross and the regretted de-
feat of Messrs. Gibson and Drury, the
interests of the agricultural classes, who
are the mainstay of Mr. Mowat's Gov-
ernment, are much too important to be
overlooked. The Minister of Agricul-
ture must of necessity be a 'praetical
farmer and there is nothing in the
duties pertaining to the offices of the
Provincial Treasurer and Provincial Sec-
retary which makes it essential that
they should be performed by members
of the legal profession, that profession,
which, whatever may be said for or
against it, is certainly not hindered by
modesty from seeking after a full share
of the honors and emoluments of politi-
cal life. The farmers of the Province,
both in numbers and importance, far
outstrip any other class, and indeed all
others combined, yet the retirement of
Mr. Drury will leave the Mowat Gov-
ernment without a single representative
of the farming interest. THE EXPOSITOR
takes the liberty of pointing out :to
Mr. Mowat that in one of his 'supporters
from the banner County of Huron he can
find a man well qualified for a cabinet
position, and one who, moreover, as a
working farmee will fitly represent his
feltow-farmers of Ontario. Mr. Thomas
Gibsonswas,at the late election,returned
for the sixth consecutive time to repre-
sent his present constituency, and his
constituents, by giving him the largest
majority he ever received, 'showed the
. strength of their confidence in Ms in-
tegrity and their appreciation of his
faithfulness in the discharge of his par-
liamentary duties. Mr. Gibson's knowl-
edge of municipal and parliamentary
affairs is surpassed by few, if any, of
his fellow -members, and those who are
in a position to know, say Me advice
and counsel carry the very greatest
weight in ell matters of party or public
interest. He has long been a member
of Some of the most important commit-
tees of the House, and after all it is in
the committees and not on the floor of
.the House itself that the greatest work
is done. Though not an eloquent, he
is a plain and forcible speaker, and
eminently capable of making a straight
forward statement of facts and figures.
As either Treasurer cir Minister of Agri-
culture, we are confident Mr. Gibson's
appointment would be more than satis-
factory to the people of the Western
se dim of the Province, and would be a
fitting climax to his long and honorable
career. Mr. Mowat cannot do better
than -take THE EXPOSITOR'S advice and
gi ve Mr. Gibson a seat in his cabinet.
salary instead of by fees as
now. Public sentiment is now
making itself felt along these lines, and
Mr. Mowat will be wise if he heeds it.
This was one of the moat difficult ques-
tions which the supporters of the Gov-
ernment had to face at the last election,
and few were. able to justify it. The
proposition of Mr. Meredith to place the
appointment of these officers at the dis-
posal of County Councils was not re-
ceived with favor by the people, but the
other part of his plank, to pay them by
salary and return the surplus feria to
the municipalities was a catching card,
and if the last half had been detached
from the first it would have caught many
votes which went in support of Mr.
Mowat's candidates. It would be wis-
dom, therefore, for Mr. Mowat to heed
this warning note end comply with this
demand from the public as soon- as
possible.
It is quite true that the Dominion
Government have a great many more
officers who are in receipt of much larger
revenues than any under Provincial con-
trol, and who perhaps do not do even as
much to earn their money, and conse-
quently there is even greater need for a
change in the Dominion than in the Pro-.
vince. But the wrong -doing of the Do-
minion Government will not excuse the
wrong doing of the Provincial. Let Mr.
Mowat clear his skirts of blame in this
matter and then his supporters will be
free to conscientiously attack the evil
system in the Dominion and demand a
change. There is no disputing the fact
that the public at large are at length be-
coming tired of paying Government
favorites enormously large salaries for
doing little or nothing. The thing is
getting played out. Although it may
take longer to root out the evil in the
Dominion than in the Province, it has to
be done, hild that before very long, and
the political leader who takes the initia-
tive and sets the good example will
commend himself to the favor of moat of
the honest people of both parties, and
with the support of these he can afford
to set at defianee the dishonest and self-
seeking, to say nothing of the ordinary
barnacle. The country has a right to
pay liberally for services rendered, but
It has no right and should not be re-
quired to support a horde of pensioners
in affluent idleness. If there were less of
this sort of thing both in the Dominion
and the Province, and especially in the
former, there would be fewer of our
homesteads mortgaged and common peo-
ple could enjoy many comforts and
privileges which are now out of their
reach. There is not a public man or
member of Parliament who does not
know that what we say is true,. and yet
notwithstanding their great pretensions
at election times it is difficult to get any
one of them to act, as there are so many
who are striving for the flesh pots, and
nearly every one hopes that his turn
may come next. Remove the tempta-
tion as we propose, and salutary reforms
will soon follow in many directions.
The people have the matter in their
own hands, and we are glad to know
that they [are commencing to think and
talk,and action will soon fellow.
Appointment of Public Officers.
The following paragraph appeared in
the Toronto Globe a few days ago:
The Brantford Expceiter has this com-
ment on the Tory -protests against the
appointment of Hon. A. M. Ross as
County Court clerk of York :—" If there
is any cause for faultfinding it with
the system. Let it be declared that no
member of Dominion or Provincial Par-
liaments shall be eligible for any Govern-
ment office, and we think it quite pos-
sible The Expositer would not object.
It certainly would not object to any
proposal to abolish the fee system as the
method of paying airy public officer,
whether Dominion er Provincial. But,
until public sentiment has made itself
felt along these lines Mr. Mowat is not
blameable for appeinting ette of his late
associates: to public office, particularly
as the appointment is upon other
grounds unexoeptioueble."
This is one of the questionswhich Mr.
Mowat and his Government MUST face
and settle before another election. If
they do not they will lose the sapport of
not a few of their best supporters. This
practice of members of the Legislature
practically appointing themselves to
lucrative public positions is almost as-
suming the proportions of a scandal, and
bids fair, if not speedily checked, to
seriously interfere with the independ-
ence of the Legislature. We know,that
in the absence of a law forbidding these
appointments it is hard for the Govern-
ment to resist the clamorings of their
sapporters, but thereshould be
such a law. A law shoufd be passed,
and that at once, making Jt an offence
for any person who had been a member
of the Legislature accepting an office of
emolument from the Government until
at least three years had expired from the
*me he had ceased to be a member of
the Legislature. Such a law word be
very satisfactory to the public and
would frequently relieve the Government
from serious embarrassment.
Another question in the same catedory
which the Government must face and
the sooner the better, is the paying of
all public officers, such as Sheriffs,
Remietrars, Court Clarke, &c., by
THE HURON EiPOSITOR..
tars as to go England or any other
foreign country for an officer that our
country can supply equally well.
Canada should be kept for the Cana-
dians in the matter of such appoint-
ments, as much as possible.
What a Layman Thinks of the
Presbyterian General
Assegnbly.
(Written for THE ExPoirroz.)
Having enjoyed the privilege of at-
tending the recent meetings Of the Pres-
byterian General Assembly at Ottawa,
I thought perhaps the impressions of a
layman upon tie merits and proceedings
Iof the Reverend Fathers and Brethren
who constitute the highest Court of
this great religion body, might be of
interest to some of your readers. It is
not my intention to give anything like a
detailed report of the proceedings.
These have already been very fully re-
ported in the daily and church papers,
so that most of your readers will have
learned ere this of the business done. I
shall simply confine myself to a few
general outlines and give ouch impres-
sions of men and things as occur to a
casual but attentive observer.
As already hinted the Assembly held
its meetings in Ottawa, in Bank Street
Presbyterian Church. This is one of
the largest, most commodious and best
apportioned of the city churches. It
was admirably adapted for the meetings
of the Assembly. The audience room
was, of course; occupied by the mem-
bers in session, while the large and com-
modious Sabbath School rooms answered
admirably for offices, committee rooms,
etc. .
The Assembly was in session a week
and two days. In this, as in other
similar deliberative bodies, a good deal
of the real work is done in committee
and does not show on the surface. The
working members of the Assembly,
those whoare on committees, and who
attend closely to business, have not
much leisure time at their disposal, and
Assembly week is anything but 'a holi-
day for them. There were three ses-
sions each day. The first from half -past
nine to half -past twelvis ; the second
from two to half -past five, and the third
from half -past seven to ten. As most
of the committee work had to be done
out -side of these hours, many members
were hard at work from eight o'clock in
the morning until after ten at night,
with scarcely time enough at intervals
for meals. This being the case there
was little time for eight -seeing around
the city. Of course all the members
were not so closely occupied, but a good
many of them, including all the big
guns," were, so that it pays on such an
occasion not to be a "big gun."
The first business was, of course, the
election of a Moderator. The choice
fell on Rev. Dr. Laing, of Dundee, and
subsequent proceedings proved the
selection to be a good one. Mr. Laing
makes an excellent presiding officer. He
is firm and decided in manner, but cour-
teous -to all, and no matter how excited
' others might be, he always kept cool.
The position is not, by any means, a
sinecure, for ministers, like others of
more common clay, are apt at times to
become obstreperous. It occasioually
occurs that half a dozen are on their
feet desiring to speak at the same time,
while some want to speak all the time.
Under such circumstances it is the duty
of the Moderator to preserve order and
decorum. Points of order are also con-
tinually raised, which must be decided
on the spur of the moment. Dr. Laing,
however, seemed to be well versed in
.church law, and generally gave his de-
cisions promptly, and rarely was there
any dissent. He hag an excellent voice
and good presenee, and when, in sten-
torian tones, he uttered the magic word
" ORDER, " everythingiat once became so
quiet that a pin might be heard drop in
any part of the church. He earned his
honor, however, as the position is a try-
ing one both on the mental and physical
man. The sessions are lengthy and fre-
quent and the Moderator has to be con-
tinually on the aldt, and we are sure he
must have been pretty well . worn out
when the Assembly closed.
The members,when gathered together,
form an exceedingly respectable and intel-
lectual looking body of men. There
were about two hundred representatives,
lay and clerical, although thelatter
largely predominated. The Assembly,
in point of debating ability, com-
paresvery favorably with any other
legislating body. There Were few long,
set speeches and little attempt at
oratorical effect. As a consequence each
speaker kept close to the subject and
tried to make as many points as possible.
In debating ability, the leading mem-
bers of the Assembly will compare very
favorably with the leading members of
the Dominion Parliament or Ontario
Legislature, with this in their favor,
that they were usually limited to time
and consequently said more in less time
than our politicians do, and said it
equally well. The rank and file, also,
seemed to be as ready of utterance and
as clear in expression as the average
politician. In fact the versatility and
readiness of all the speakers in express-
ing their sentiments on almost any sub-
ject' off -hand and on the spur of the
moment, was a matter of no little sur-
prise to the writer, who had formed the
idea that the average minister is good
only at a set discourse' the result of
careful preparation. Avisit to the
General Assembly will dispel this de-
lusion, however, as few public speak-
ers, either in the political or any other
arena, are more ready of utteranee than
the members of the Assembly proved
themselves. Of course, in the Assembly
as in all other similar Indliee, there are
a few who do a great deal,of talking and
manifest a disposition to do it all if they
had an opportunity; while there are
others who confine themselves to think-
ing and voting. -- But, although most of
the talking is done by the ministers and
by a few of the leading ones at that,
every attention is paid to a lay -brother
when he manifests a desire to be heard,
and perhaps the reason that a greater
number of the lay -members do not take
a more active part in the discussions is,
not because they are discouraged by the
clerics but Simply because the time is
exceedingly limited for the amount of
business to be done, and when the regu-
lar talkers get through there is really
no time for the others to express their
opiniqns. And this leads me to say
here that the time at the disposal of the
Assembly is entirely too limited to per-
mit of the many and varied subjects
that come up to be fully &cussed and
very carefully considered. Instead ef
ten days three weeks could be very
easily, and we believe profitably, .e -
IT is now officially announced that
General Sir Frederick Middleton has
resigned his position as Commander -in -
Chief of the Canadian military forces.
This course has, no doubt, been forced
upon Sir Frederick by the Government
in response to the very general demand
of public sentiment. It will be re-
membered that at the last session of
Parliament, Sir Frederick was found
guilty by a -committee of the House, on
his own evidence; of looting furs from a
half-breed fur dealer during the North-
west rebellion. Hie conduct was proved
to be mean and contemptible in the
the extreme and unworthy of 'any man
making the slightest pretensions to
honor. Had General Middleton been
an ordinary- man, instead of a blue-
blooded English officer, he would have
been dismissed on the spot and without
ceremony, and would not have been al-
lowed an opportunity to resign. It is
to be hoped that the Government befere
accepting hisresignation made sure of
securing from him the four thousand odd
dollars which the country is held bound
to pay the half-breed for the furs which
General Middleton took from him. If
they have failed to do this they have
been remiss in their duty, as the country
has no right to be at any loss on account
of the pilferings of one of its well-paid
officers. Mr. Middleton is not by any
means a poor man. He has been kr
years in receipt of a large salary fram
the Canadian Government; he got in
addition to this a very large sum
voted to him by Parliament at the close
of the rebellion, and in addition to this
he draws an annual pension of $3,000
from the English Government. This
being the case, it will be an everlasting
disgrace to the Government if they
permit the country to be saddled with
the cost of the looted fars. Now that a
vacancy has occurred in die voltuateer
force, we hope the claims of Canadians
will be recognized, and the position
rendered vacant by th,e retirement of
Sir Frederick, will be filled by one of
our own men. There are numbers of
men in the volunteer force who are as
capable of filling the position as any
English officer, and we hope the Gov-
ernment will not again perpetrate so
great an indignity on our own voltam
espied. This crush for time accounts
for the "back benches" being shut out
from the discussions, for, as already
stated, by the time the few leaders have
their say, there is no time left for the
others. The billeting system in vogue
with all church courts has a tendency to
shorten time. Members do not like to
trespass too much on the kindness of
their hosts and consequently adhere
closely to the schedule hours, whereas
by sitting an hour or two longer at night
a question might be got through with,
which if postponed and brought up
again on the following day takes twice
as long to settle. Besides this, many
members are billeted at considerable dis-
tances from the meetingplace and a good
deal of time is consumed in going to and
returning from meals which might,
otherwise, be devoted to business. The
billeting system also has another disad-
vantage. Members, instead of being
located together are scattered all over
the city, rarely more than two being to-
gether. As a result they do not get ac-
quainted with each other and have not
the opportunities of privately discussing
business that they would have if mem-
bers were located together at hotel or
other boarding places. But, for all
these disadvantages, the system still
keeps in great favor with the gentlemen
of the cloth, and we have no doubt but
a motion in Assembly to abolish it
would be snowed under by as large a
majority as Mr. Macdonell's amend-
ment to the temperance report was. —
The leading figures in the recent As-
sembly were, aside from the Modera-
tor, Roods. Professor -McLaren, Dr.
Cavan, Dr. Reid, Dr. Gregg and D. J.
Macdonnel, of Toronto; Principal
Grant, of Kingston; Dr. Burns, Pro-
fessor McKnight, Principal Forest, Dr.
Brude and Mr. Sedgwick, of the Mar-
atime Provinces, also Principal Mc-
Vicar, of Montreal. There were sev-
eral other good speakers and very clever
members of Assembly, but those named
seemed to take a leading part. Dr.
McLaren has, certainly, the best
balanced mind of them all. He is
careful, prolific in resources, diplomat-
ic, and good at smoothing oet tangles.
His good judgment and wise counsel
frequently overcome little unpleasant-
nesses which arise among the more im-
pulsive and which, but for some one
such as he, would almost certainly re -
'mit in difficulties which might cause
differences and schisms not only in the
Assembly but in the church as well.
His good offices in this direction were
particularly apparent in his mode of,
dealing with the report of the commit-
tee for the "Defence of Civil and Re-
ligious Rights." This report was evi-
dently framed for the express purpose
of committing the Assembly to the
platform of the Equal Rights Associa-
tion. Its discussion created a good
deal of feeling and excitement in the
Assembly, which, if allowed to pro-
ceed, would almost certainly have re-
sulted in a storm, as there were mem-
bers on both, sides ready for a fight.
Dr. McLaren, however, came to the
rescue in time and submitted an amend-
ment which, while not committing the
Assembly to any particular course,
seemed to satisfy the extremists and
brought peace and harmony all around
and was, of course, cerried unanimous-
ly. Dr. Cavan, prebably, comes next
to F'refessor McLaren. He is a power
In the Assembly, and while he is less
discreet than hie colleague, he wields a
great influence. He is, as a rule, a
clear and close reasoner, and his kindly,
genial manner does much to win him a
warm place in the hearts of his breth-
ren. He has his "fads ", however,
which he pursues with great diligence,
and which failing has a tendency to
lessen his otherwise great influence.
Dr. Reid and Dr. Gregg, are both men
of good ability and are both looked up
to as authorities on many questions.
Mr. Macdonell, the popular pastor of
St. Andrews Church, Toronto, is not a
logician. His greatest power, evidently,
lies in his personal magnetism. He is
a much better preacher than debate r
and his persuasive powers are greater
than his reasoning faculties. Principal
Grant is one of the most versatile and
ready members of the Assembly. He
is ready to discuss any subject- and
does it well. Although not so fluent
and pleasant a epeaker as some, he is a
close reasoner and is always broad and
charitable in his views. Dr. McVicar,
of Montreal, is a pleasant looking gen-
tleman. He does not speak so fre-
quently as some, but he is always
ready when required. He is evidently
a man of strong prejudices and in other
arenas has proved himself a fighter.
He is a fluent speaker, an d has a strong
Highland accent, which is more pleasant
than otherwise. There are a number
of first-class men who come from the
Maritime Provinces. The first on tbe
list we might mention is Dr. Burne.
He is an ex -Moderator, and is one of
the moat popular men in the Assembly.
He is the very picture. of good nature
and geniality. He is an eloquent,
fluent and witty speaker and could stir
up a promiscuous audience about as
quickly as any one. Next to him comes
Professor McKnight. Re is evidently
quiet man and does not speak
but when he does he is sure of s
earing. In appearance and man -
JULY 41- 1890.
people appeared to think that if euch an
officer were appointed for the Western
section of the Committee and no similar
appointment was made for the Eastern
section it would have the result of keep-
ing the two sections farther asunder in-
stead of bringing about desired unifica-
tion. The difficulty was solved by the
Committee recommending the appoint-
ment of Rev. Dr. Morton, who is now
a missionary in Trinidad. This gentle-
man is a native of Nova Scotia, and is
very acceptable to the people of the
Lower Provinces. It is hoped that if he
accepts the position he will very shortly
assume the oversight of the work of
both the western and eastern sections of
the Committee, and in this way bring
about the unification of the two branches
so much desired. Further than this re-
commendation, however, nothing defin-
ite was done and the whole matter will
come up at the next General Assembly
for final ratification.
The deceased wife's sister question got
another airing, and the matter was left
just about in the same position that it
was by former Assemblies.
The temperance question ereated
quite a brisk discussion. The Commit-
tee in their report reaffirmed and em-
phasized the deliverance of the Assem-
bly of last year on this question. The
clause which gave umbrage to some
members was that declaring that the
traffic in intoxicating liquore is sinful
and contrary to Biblical teachings. Mr.
Macelonnell, Dr. Grant and others hold
that while intemperance is an evil, the
traffic in intoxicating beverages is not
sinful. They fought hard to have this
clause in the report expunged or chang-
ed, but they were beaten every time by
overwhelming majorities, thus showing
that the General Assembly, as a whole,
is sound on the temperance question.
These, with the Equal Rights ques-
tion, already alluded to, while not by
any means in themselves the most impor-
tant questions dealt with by the Assem-
bly, were yet the ones which created
the keenest interest and the most ex-
citing discussions.
The people of Ottawa seemed to take
the deepest interest in the proceedings
and each evening the church was crowd-
ed by listeners. The attendance, which
was very full throughout most of the
sessions, considerably diminished to-
wards the close, many delegates having
left for their homes by Wednesday of
the second week, so that the last two
days proceedings were participated in
largely by the regular working mem-
bers only, although even in these two
days a vast amount of important busi-
ness was got through with, and I am
sure that those who stuck to work so
assiduously until the close must have
been pretty well worn out both physical-
ly and mentally.
V
often
good
ner f .peaking he is not unlike the
Premier of Ontario, and although by
no means an orator he makes his points
very much after the fashion of "On-
tario's Grand Old Man." There are
several other members of the Assembly
who are almost equally worthy of notice
with those above referred to, but space
must forbid fur It.r particularizing in
this direction. Mace it to say that the
great Presbyterian Church of Canada
has noreason to be ashamed of her re-
presentative men as shown in the Gen-
eral Assembly. They will compare
most 'favorably is every respect with
those in any other walk of Me, and her
clergy will take rank, in point of ability
with the best and ablest men which the
country possesses.
I would like to make some reference
to the various subjects diseuesed,
but my remarks have already for ex-
ceeded the bounds I laid out for myself
at the commencement. Among the
most burning questions were the ap-
pointment of a paid Seeretary for the
Foreign Mission Committee. Hitherto
the clerical work of this Committee has
largely devolved npon the Convener and
the Secretary who gave their services
gratuitously, but now the foreign mis-
sion work of the church has- assumed
such proportions that the work devolv-
ing upon these officials is so great that
they can not longer attend to it and
to their own duties also; and do both
justice. All seemed agreed as to the
need for such an officer, but the Eastern
Huron Notes.
Mr. Alex. Ross, of Bayfield,
Miss Grantham, of Granton, left
week for Saltcoates, Manitoba.
— Mr. W. Clark and family,of Morris,
left on Tuesday of last week for the
Northwest. They will settle near
Regina.
—Mr J A. Hyslop, of Goderich, has
been awarded $3,750 for injuries sus-
tained by him at the St. George railway
accident, subject to question of lia-
bility. -
— Rev. W. K. Shortt, pastor of lhe
Congregaional church, Wingham, is
about leaving that town. He goes to
Magog, Quebec, to take charge of the
Methodist church of that place.
—U. S. Consul Chilton will estab-
lish branches of his consular agency at
Clinton and Wingham. This will be a
great convenience, especially to cattle
shippers.
—Jno. Robertson. 9th concession of
Grey, has gone to Hannibal, Montana,
where he hopes the change of air will
benefit his health, whidh has been some-
what impaired of late.
— On Monday morning of last week
Mr. Murdock McGregor, of Blyth, re-
ceived a severe sunstroke while working
in his garden'from the effects of which
he died on thefollowing Wednesday.
—Mr. M. J. White, editor of the
Exeter Times, was married the other
night to Miss M. Helena Clark, daugh-
ter of Mr. N. J. Clark, of Butte City,
California, and will bring his bride to
Ontario.
—While Mr. Geo. Grant, of Bruce -
field, was returning from Seaforth ,one
day last week his horse became unman-
ageable and ran away, throwing Mr.
Grant out. Happily he received no in-
juries.
—Rev. Mr. Clement, for the paat two
years pastor of the James Street Metho-
dist church, Exeter, preached his fare-
well sermon on Sunday evening last.
Mr. Clement has been stationed at
Petrolia.
—Thos. Pepper, 9th concession of
Grey, has two cows that average 52 lbs.
of milk per day. Last week Mrs. Pep-
per made 28 pounds of butter from the
milk of these cows. This is a good
record and will not be easily beaten.
—Mrs. Joseph Robb, of the lot con-
cession of Morris, was severely bitten on
the hand by a dog belonging to her
father-in-law, Henry Robb. The sav-
age brute caught her hand as she was
crossing the lane and would scarcely let
go his hold. They shot the dog.
—A very sudden death took place on
Tuesday of last week. A young man
named Wm. Addison, son of Robt. ,Ad-
dison, of near St. Helens, while going
about his accustomed duties took sud-
denly ill, and expired within a. short
time after being rroved to the
„ —On Thursaay of last week, Mr.
John Rendle, butcher, of Exciter, met
with a painful accident. He had re-
paired to the slaughter house for the
purpose of killing a beef, and when in
the act of eutting its throat the animal
Made a sudden jerk, and ceased the
knife to cut a severe gash in his
thumb.
—Mr. James Duffield, of Winghant,
received a telegram on Monday evening
of last week announcing the death of his
brother, Jahn Duffield, of North Glan-
ford. He was driving %steam of spirited_
horses when the brutes became unman-
ageable and bolted. Mr, Duffield
was thrown from the rig and instantly
killed.
—On Wednesday of last week Mr.
Alex. Duncan, merchant at Farquhar,
drove to Exeter station for the purpose
of taking home with him a load of goods
which was composed of boxes and bar -
tele, After getting his load he left for
home' and when driving through the
northend of the village the horse took
fright and ran away, throwing Mr.
Duncan out. He hung to the lines and
wag dragged a considerable distance be -
and
last
fore he let go his hold and when picked
up it was found that one of his ears was
nearly torn off and his face considerably
scratched. Medical aid was sent for
and the wounds dressed. He wasbadly
ehaken up.
—On Monday morning of last week as
Mr. John Inglis, of Wingham, was at
work in the woollen mill in that town, he
by some means, got the end of the third
finger °kills left hand caught in the ma-
chinery and immediately taken off. It
was not a very pleasant birthday pres-
ent, asthe old gentleman was exactly 76
years of age that day.
—At a meeting of the Goderich Board
of Trade held Monday evening of last
week, a resolution was passed favoring
the holding of a summer carnival in
Goderich some time in August, and a
committee was appointed to canvass for
a guarantee fund. If sufficient encour-
agement is given in this way the arrange-
ments will be proceeded with.
—While a horse belonging toMr.
John Gillespie, of Exeter, was being
driven into the archway at the Central
Hotel in that town it sank about four a rig, he being dressed as a clown and
feet into the sewer, which has been -put was looked on as such, and he acted it
well. Williams and Son, canine
builders were engaged in making wheels.
The old gentleman worked so hard
some of the citizens thought he would
sandpaper his wheel all away, but Hugh
knows how to build a wheel if he does
say so himself. H. Dennis,harness maker,
with hander, at work, had a display of
harness, *links, Ivalisea, etc., all of
which were well exhibited. Some
of the citizens thought Harry had
forgotten his cricket bat. John Grewar
was represented by his baker cart and
Ms young sons with Horace Grimly
hats. John, you know, is a democrat,
though he kicks sometimes if things are
not as he wishes. Thomas Fletcher,
jeweller and express and telegraph
agent, was on hand in person, but he
had not the electricity with him.
Tom is always there when wanted.
Ewan and Walker, blacksmiths and
carriage builders, had a fine display.
Their hands were at work at all the
different branches of their business.
Wm. Blashill, butcher, had a good dis-
play of meats, and was represented by
his son. J. C. Richards, harness
maker, had a fine display of his goods,
which he showed off'. in good style.
Cardiff Brothers, agents of the Massey
Manufacturing Company, were on hand
with a binder, mower and hay rake all
at v- rk. Benjamin Gerry, hardware
merot snt, had two fine rigs displaying
his el ares, but Ben. was not there him-
self. He was represented by his assis-
tants. Turnbull and Baliantine, tin-
smiths, were on hand with their stair
hard at work at their trade. Some
thought Joe should have had his gun
and hound along as well. King and
Hartley, flour and feed merchants, had
a display of their wares. Wm. Rod-
dick, was on hand at his post on time,
a thing some thought unusual,
yet Billy gets there if left alone
all the same, and does good
work. Silas Jackson, general black-
smith and horse shoer, was on hand
with a good rig, but he was in the
donkey line to -day. Mr. D. Fraine's
donkey was being shod by his assistants,
D. Wilson and A. Bird, but Mr. Jack
did not seem to like the manner Dyke
handled his feet, he preferring to handle
them himself. Ferguson and Gibson,
tinsmiths, are a new firm and had a
fine display of their geode. John
Thomson and his bake wagon was on
hand with his able bodied assistant,
John DeWolf, busy baking, but John
seemed to think it was hard on his
knees. R. Leatherdade, furniture
dealer, had three riga exhibiting his
wares and his men at work. The dis-
play was very fine. J. D. Ronald,
had three very fine steam fire
engines all complete in the prooession
and gave a fine test of two of them.
One of them is a fine double engine
which he has just sold to Portage Le
Prairie, Manitoba. It is a very fine
engine, but the Ronald engines are all
that. He never makes a bad one, and
deserves to get more orders. Scarff &
Ferguson were represented by their
agents, George .ffalliday and John
Ferguson, and had a very fine rig. It
was a good display, but the boys are
fond of the ladies you know, and as
usual they had one or two with them.
A. R. Smith, the bachelor, who sells
cheap goods, was on hand with two
rigs, exhibiting his wares, and also
with two pipers to supply the music.
John Good, grocer, was advertising his
bankrupt stock at low figures. John
Hewitt, barber, was hard at work as
John always is. The Maccabee. Lodge
was out mounted on horse back and
looked well. Sherriit, Shaw and Sin-
clair, marsh,alled the procession and did
it well, though some of the citizens
thought they make better foot soldiers
than cavalry ones.
The foot -ball game between the
Ironsides, of Bluevale, and the Brus-
sels team, resulted in a draw, neither
of them scoring a goal. The baseball
match between Exeter and Brussels,
was won by Brussels, with a, score of
to 2. The following are prize winners
in the athletic sports :—One hundred
yard race, R. Eckhart, J. McBain.
Four hundred yard race, A. Gerry, C.
Wynn. Two hundred yard race, T.
N. Little, R. Faltand. Hurdle race,
R. Eckhart, T. N. Little. Throwing
base ball, C. McDonald, D. Rose and
N. Gerry even for second. The base
ball match between Brussels and Tees -
water was stopped by rain just as they
had got started. This ended the day's
proceedings. The time was enjoyably
spent by all present, and the crowd fully
numbered three thousand. All did
their duty to make the day a suc-
cess, unless a few -mean Routed individ-
uals who care for nothing but the -
selves, and citizens should remmiar
those that lent a helping hand to boom
the town and remember that those that
help the town help themselves,
house.
proprietors of the Brussels Sash, Door
and Furniture Factory, had four rigs
exhibiting their different wares and the
staff was at work on the different rigs.
Ross Bros., our leading—clothing store,
had a rig exhibiting their wares with
their hands at work. Bell & Harris had
a display of pumps; this is a new firm
in town and deserves the support of the
people. Jas. McIntosh, general black-
smith, with assistants, were at work in
another rig; this is also a new business
man formerly with D. Ewan. Roberts &
Plum, blaelestniths and herse-shoere, had
a horse on their rig and were engaged
shoeing him. Ament Bros., saw mil-
lers and, coopers, had two rigs, one with.
the coopers at work, the other a yoke ef
oxen with a saw log; they are first-
class business men. P. Scott, general
blacksmith and horse-shoer, one of the
oldest in town in this business, and
who does the leading business in
his line, had- a horse on his rig
shoeing it, assisted by Ms hands.
H. L. Jackson, jeweller, was represent-
ed by Whitty Young, with his goat in
in the west side of Main street, owing to
the heavy rain during the night which
made the ground soft. It took some
time to extricate the animal from its un-
comfortable position. Mr. Gillespie
says the horse is badly hurt.
—While Mr. Hicks, of Centralia, was
teaming gravel for road purposes the
other day, hie horses took fright from
some unaccountable circumstance and
ran away. Mr. Hicks in an attempt to
secure the lines was thrown over upon
the tongue of the wagon, and from there
under the horses feet. Besides receiving
a severe shaking up he sustained a frac-
ture of two of his ribs. The marvel is
he was not killed.
—Word was received the other day
that a man named Morrison, working at
one of the logging camps north of Bute
Inlet, was gored by an ox a few days
ago, and was not expected to live. He
was at work on a log at the time, when
it rolled against a team of oxen, one of
which gored the unfortunate man in the
stomach. He was a young man, and
had only arrived in the country a few
days ago from Goderich, Ontario, where
his family reside.
—Mr. W. Sproul, of Dungannon, had
a narrow escape on Saturday evening,
21st ult. He and his wife were at the
cemetery and were about to come away
when Mr. Sproul took hold of the lines
calming the horse to start. He was
dragged off his feet and under the buggy.
Seeing - he was about to be dashed
against a tombstone he let go of the
lines, the buggy passing over his body,
but not injuring him much. The
horse upset the buggy but did not do
any damage.
—We have this week to mention the
death of Mrs. Isaac Handford, of Exe-
ter, from consumption. The sad and
melancholy event occurred on Monday,
23rd ult., at the early lige of 33 years
and 5 months. Deceased has been ail-
ing for over a year past and was a great
sufferer during that time, and her death
was not in any way unexpected. She
was a very amiable lady and was much
respected by all. She was a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Broderick of the
township of Hay, arkl was widely
known throughout that township. She
leaves behind to mourn her loss, a sor-
rowing husband and a family of six
children, the oldest being about twelve
and the youngest about three years.
—A man who came to Exeter on
Wednesday of last -week with the Clin-
ton base ball club jumped from one of
the first storey windows of the Central
Hotel, Exeter, a distance of nearly
twenty feet, about 6.30 o'clock the same
evening. After he dropped he did not
epeak for a few seconds, and then com-
menced walking around, as though he
was not injured badly. He was under
the influence of whisky or some other
alcoholic stimulant at the time and had
been so all the afternoon. He is 'em-
ployed in the organ factory in that town
and had been drinking heavily for the
past week. The reason for his rash act
is unknown.
—The "stern hand of death" has
reached one of the oldest and most re-
spected residents of Hullett, in the per.
on of Mr. W. Morris, of the 10th con-
cession, who died on Thursday, 26th
ult. at the age of 72 years. Deceased
was born in Devonshire, and settled in
Hullett nearly 40 years ago; as quiet,
unostentatious man, he enjoyed the
warm esteem and confidence of all. He
had been ailing during the past winter.
Originally and for years a member of the
Baptist denomination, he has latterly
been a member of the Methodist church
owing to its convenience to his home.
He leaves a wife and seven children to
_mourn his demise -4 sons and 3 daugh-
ters; of the latter, one is married, Mrs.
Anderson, she residing in St. Paul,
Minnesota,.
Dominion Day at Brussels.
(From our own Correspondent.)
The citizens of Brussels celebrated the
natal day of our fair Dominion this year
in Royal style. They proved that what-
ever their descent, whdther English,
Irish, German or Scotch, or whatever
their political creed, that they are true
Canadians and revere our birthday. The
town was decorated with evergreens on
both sides of the street from the bridge
to the town hall. There were some very
fine arches, one at the bridge and one at
Howe & Cos. woollen manufactory, and
one at the town hall. Early in the
morning the people from the surround-
ing country began to flock to town, and
before long the crowd was larger than
was ever before seen in Brussels, but by
the time the games commenced in the
park it outdid all expectatioke.
The first thing on the programme was
the trade procession which commenced
at ten o'clock, and in which the different
trades and businesses of the town were
fully represented. It started from the
park and went over John, Hawk, Eliza-
beth, William and Turnberry streets,
ensiling at the town hall. The following
is a description of the different trades
exhibited: The procession was headed
by the Brussels Band,which was a credit
to themselves and the town. Then came
a carriage containing a young lady repre-
genting the Queen, in the person of Miss
Kate Cormack,escorted by a detachment
of volunteers as an escort. This was
followed by another carriage containing
young ladies dressed in the costume of
the different provincee of the Dominion
and carrying banners of their respective
province. Then followed a carriage
with the :town fathers and Mia's.
This was followed by the trades proces-
sion, the following persons taking part
therein: Smith, Maloolm & Gibson,
Blyth,
LOCAL BRIEPS.—Mille Mary Me-
Quarrie, of this place, left for Chicago
this week.—The public school here
closes for the summer holidays to -day.
—Mr. Joseph Tamin, Jr., has purchased
the property ha this village belonging to
Donald Calder for $500.—The young
people's societies of the Presbyterian,
Methodist and English churches here
held a union pic-nic at Goderich on
Dominion Day.—Mr. Henry Kelly, of
Hullett, has purchased the butchering
business of Mr. Thos. Jones of Ws
place.—On account of the body of St.
Andrews qieurch being painted seovico
will be held in the basement next Son -
day. --Rev. A. W. Tenge, late pastor of
the Methodist Church here, fiesched
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