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The Huron Expositor, 1897-07-30, Page 44 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. idr The flgu-e between the parenthesis, after each one, denotes thepage of the 'paper on which the advertisement will be. found, What People Desire—Greig & Mac-donald (1) The Wind Up—Hodgena Bros (8) Great Snap----MoKinuori & 0?. (5) Teacher Wanted—Robert Allan (6) Fenn for Sala --John 31cQueen (6) For Sale—John Shepherd •(5) Netieetocontsaotora--J. T. Cairns (5) Farm for Sale in Algoma—Alex.. Mustard (5) Village Property for Sale—Alen. Mustard (5) Midsummer Sale—R. Willis (6) Big-Reductions—W. W. Hoffman (8) Something New l2j—J. P. Henderson (8) For Sale --Thomas Gibson. Jr. (8) Something Good --W.. H. Willis (8) tile Noon fExpaoxxax. SEAFORTH,- FRIDAY, July 30th, 1897 More Wealth For Canada. The gold mining fever has broken out in a new spot. The great Roseland and Rat Portage mining districts have had their day in so far as public excitement is con- cerned, and the far off Klondike is the Eldorado to which all eyes are now turned. - The papers ale -full of it, every person is talking about it, and boomstersare already shouting for the Government to open out an avenue for traffic and trade between alder Canada and the far offYukon, This must be done at once, no matter what the ex- pense, so those people say. Companies have already been formed, and shares in imaginary companies are being sold to those who are foolish enough to purchase. It may be interesting to know where this diatriet is, of which we hear so much, and which has so rapidly sprung into notoriety. Wet May state first, however, that - the oc- casion for all this excitement was tl a re- turn, a few days ago, of forty or fifty miners from the new Klondike camp, on the Yukon river, near the Alaakan boarder, on the Canadian aide. These parties arrived at Seattle, United States, and the tales they told of the fabulous wealth of the district they had left fairly set the heather on fire, not only in the United States, but all over Canada, and even in England. But these miners not only told stories of the fabulous wealth of. the Yukon country, but they demonstrated the truth of what they said by the immense amount of wealth they had with them, showing that the -country is as rich as they say it is. Each man of the party had from five thousand to fifty thousand dollars worth of the precious metal, which they intended to convert into coin of the realm. This country of immense wealth is not very easy of access, and is not a paradise to live in. After a journey of about three thousand miles by rail, steamer and on foot, the adventurous gold hunter has to travel about six hundred miles over a snow covered trail, and carry his grub stake, and his tools on his back. The most dangerous part of the trip is in crossing the Chilcut Pass, apparently the only opening in a mountain range whose peaks reach an average altitude of 10,000 feet. The pass is about 4,000 feet high. The new gold fields are along what is known as Bonanza Creek. Each claim extends five hundred feet along the bottom of the creek, .the width -being governed by the space between the hills— the epaee ills—the'spaee averages about six hundred feet. The: new mines are not like those of British Columbia and Northern Ontario, where the gold is found in veins, The Yukon gold is found in placers. The gold is thus . mixed with other detritus in the beds of the streams. One difficulty, of course, is the extreme cold, the frozen conglomeration be- ing something like concrete. In winter the thermometer registers from 60 to 80 degrees bellow zero, and, as a rule, there are only about two months of summer. It is not, therefore, a very inviting spot, and any per- son who braves the difficulties - and dangers earns a fortune. It will be there, however, as it is in all such places, the prizes will be few and the blanks many. The successes will be heard of and exagerated, but the poor fellows who die from exposure and hunger by the way, or with broken hearts because of disappointment and failure, will - not he heard of. There is no doubt, however, but this is a riwh territory, and its discovery will add much to the mineral wealth of Canada, but, there is no necessity for people going crazy over it. It will be the same as all other mining districts the world o'Fer. When the excitement caused by the discovery dies out, business will settle down to a business basis/and mining will be carried on in a business manner the same as any other legitimate enterprise. It is well, therefore, for the Government to take all necessary precautions to preserve art well as possible the benefits of the discoveries for the per ple of this country, and for this purpose to have a sufficient customs force on hand to collect customs dues from all products going into the country from other, countries, and also to collect tribute from all gold discov- ered, se that the country which owns the wealth may have some of the benefits and profits. Further than this, it would not be safe for them to go at the present time. Let us wait to see how the business pans out be- fore we incur any material expenditue in road making and that sort of thing. If it pa likely to pay to open out the country and make roads to it, well and good, but ,let us be sure that it will pay before we incur any expenditure of this kind. The boomsters, as a rule, are not reliable authority on mat- ters of this kind. Results are more re- liable, and our Government should await results before they incurs any large expen- diture.. That Piggery. Those of our readers who have perused the reports of the speeches of Mr. Whitney and his colleagues while on their stumping tour through this Province, will have no- ticed that they fry to make a good deal of capital out of a piggery that had been erect- edly the direction of the Provincial Gov: ernment near Toronto. It was stated that i a: leery fine piggery had been erected_ at a very large cost and that only one pig was being fed in this very palatial piggery, and this was given as an example of'the very extravagant manner in which the affairs of the Province are being conducted by the Government and their officials. In this as in so many other cases, in order to make out a case against the Government, the Opposi$ tion orators and papers only tell half the truth, and when the other half is told, an entirely different coloring is given to the traneaction, and their case is spoiled. The following are the facts in connection with this now celebrated piggery business, and our readers can easily judge for themselves' as to whether the Government are deserving of blame or praise for their share in the matter : - The Toronto Asylum, Central Prison .and Mercer Reformatory, all Government insti- tutions, originally had piggeries attached t o thein to consume the refuse from the kitch- en. The city eouneil passed an ordinance, abolishing all piggeries within the 'city limits; and as*the refuse at the time could not be sold, it *as buried on the institution premises to get rid of it. Finally, a plan was devised to build a piggery outside the city limits to consume the refuse from all three institutions ; and to this end an acre of land was bought at the mouth of the Humber river, adjoining the city limits, at a coat of $1,000, and the piggery • lwas erected at a cost of $1,527.67, making a total cost of $2,527.67. At the close of the financial year, 1895, the piggery: had been only a few months in operation, and the re. cult was a profit of nearly $400, after pay- ing the institutions some $200 fur he refuse taken from them. In the finant al year, 1896, the piggery was running at it profit of about $2,000 a year,after paying all charges, when hog cholera, by the purchase of some infected pigs in the Toronto market, was introduced into the piggery, and the whole herd had to be destroyed, together with the pens and a large portion of the building. The destruction was directed by Professor Smith, of the Provincial Veterinary Col- lege ; and it is by his direction the piggery has not yet beenrestockedafter being re- built, the disease having not yet altogether disappeared from the country. Besides the piggery,a house was built for the caretaker, costing 131,200, laying severs for drainage, sinking dells, laying water pipes and erect- ing wind mill for pumping water,,cost $500; making the total cost of land and buildings 4227.67. - Mr. Warner, the man in charge A the piggery, is working at the Central Prison until such time as 'it is safe to re- stock the piggery. • Now, if on an investment of $4,000,a net profit of $2,000 a=year can be made, it seems to us that the invesement is a very proper and profitable one, and one which should be commended andnotcensured. • • • • They Won't Publish This. The &twoe Reformer has recently bee publishing some very severe stricture of the Dominion government. Thee strictures have been copied With very grea gusto by the Conser'ative papers. It i not our object just now ,to discuss wha the Reformer says about the Dominion Gov ernment. We think its strictures are un- duly severe, and that the Reformer has become restive too soon. It should have greater patience and more - confidence in its friends. But, be that as it may, we make a quotation from the Reformer which we ven- ture to predict will not be made by any of those journals which placed so much stress upon its opinions relating to Dominion matters. Anyway, we respectfully invite their attention to the following, which we take from the columna of the Reformer. It says : The Reformer looks back on the quarter of a century of Mowat's ruling of the po- litical forces with pride and it earnestly hopes for a continuance of honest govern- ment under Mr. Hardy, If, as it is true, the Reformer d6eh not approve of the lavish expenditure of_the Dominion Government in the small towns of Nova Scotia, etc., in order that the seats of ministers be made more secure and if, as is also true, the Re- former objects to -the rash, if not corrupt, Drummond Counties Railway deal, that is no reason why we should desire to throw overboard the government of an able and clean man, as we claim Mr.-Hardy's govern- ment to be, for a scratch team of very com- mon and "untried men who are changing their tactics " once again " in the hope that they may win. A few years ago it was on the cry of Catholic wrongs that they sought to win, but the good sense of the Catholic people prevailed and then the Tories com- menced to abuse those on whom they had but yesterday been shedding crocodile tears. From bad to worse till they brought, in the P. P. A. with its hates and Fsecret oaths of intolerance against a people who had done no wrong and who were, and are, amongst the best of the community. The campaign of hatred and ill will waafought out with the' principles of equality triumphant and now we find Mr. Whitney and his brigade, studiously avoiding any offensive reference to the Catholic church, the Catholic schools or the Catholic people. The Reform party stood by the Catholic people because the Tory cry was a mean cry and because the P. P. A. was an unneighborly and unman- ly institution, and the Reform party would do just the name if any wrong was being perpetrated on the Protestants of Quebec. There is a good government in Ontario to fight for and the people of this province *ere never called on to fight with more de- votion for the continuance of the regime of cleanness and ability than at this moment, and we know that they will respond with the zeal that fired them in termer contests when the Dominion forces were unsuccess- fully thrown against the provincial ram- parts. Let the province hold fast to that which is good. n s e t f THE .ON EXPOSITOR trained professional journalist he should have avoided this rock. In . successful journalism, the individual is never exalted at the expense of the journal ; the individ- ual should always be ept in the rear and the journal in the front. °Mr. Whitney, the leader of the Ontario Con- servatives,seems determined to have none on his side of the Howie in the next parliament who are not thest•aightgoods. In the :pres- ent .parliament Prince Edward countytr was represented by an old time Conservative, but who was elected as a . Patron. The Conservatives, however, threw Mr. Cavan overboard and nominated a straight Con- servative. In the present parliament North Hastings is represented by Mr. Hagerty, a Conservative who was elected as an Inde- pendent. Mr. Whitney attended the con- vention there the other day and Mr,.Hagarty only got five votes, and a straight true blue party man was taken out. M r.'W hitney is, evidently, as firm a believer in straight party candidates as he is in straight party government. The Montreal Semler says that the con - census cf opinion ini: Quebe t'rovince favors the putting of a Minister'of Education at the head of the schools, which will rlo doubt be done before long. While this is the case in Quebec, a section of our ' poli- ticians in this Proi ince are agitating for the removal of the Minister of Education, who is responsible to the people, and for the placing of the oaintrol of our educational affairs into the hand• of a board selected by the authorities of oronto .Uni-versity the high school mastersnd the public- $Shool teachers, a body that will be entirely inde- pendent of the people. A correspondent iii Saturday's Mail asks " Who will give us he results of experience as to the best way o making the holidays a time of good fun, an yet of true develop- ment for the childre4 ?" We have it right here. Send them to Bayfield or Grand Bend, Huron's healt ful and beautiful sum- mer resorts. Either place is a paradise for children as well as fo their parents, and ' they could not het being healthy and happy there. The Mail and Empire has been publishing a lot of nonsense latel , trying to righten its readers by telling hem that O tario is to be robbed by the ominion Gov rnpient for the benefit of the other Province . ' ,Here is a sample : " To -day the Federal overn- ment is pledged- to give 31 350,000 to Nova Scotia as a rewa d for re-electing the Local Liberal Ad- ministration. Today' the Federal dminis- tration is pledged to give more to . Quebec because it elected Mr Marchand. To -day the Federal Administration is utt er en- gagemdnt to add to the revenue of Prince Edward Island because it has returned Mr. Peters." Those who place confidence in the Mail will, perhaps, be surprised tor.learn that no such pledges have ever been spoken of by any person except the :Mail itself, of whose imagination they are a pure fiigment. e Huron Notes. . - —A. R. Smith, of Brussels, bas gone on a t: trip to Manitoba for the benefit of hie - health. - -Mr. Thomas Yellow, . of Exeter, has just returnedfrom a two months' visit to the old country. —The Commercial I hotel, Clinton, has been disposed of under mortgage to Mr. Shrink, of Stratford, for 32,712. -For the half-year! ending June 30th, there were recorded with W. Coats, clerk of Clinton, 27 births, 14 marriages, and 15 deaths. —In the village of Bayfield there are 220 voters—in'part one, 149 ; in part two, 49 ; in part three, 22, and 41 jurors. The lists have been printed. —The Goderieh township voters' `list is out. It shows 878 voters—in part one, 665 ; part two, 168 ; part three, 45', and 448 entitled .to serve asurors. —The sum of $30) will be spent on im- provements in the manse of the Ontario street Methodist church, Clinton, and $700 has been allotted for the purchase of a pipe organ. —The return of vital statistics made by Town Clerk Mitchell, of Goderich, for She `six months ending June 30, shows 32 births, 14 marriages and 39 deaths during that time. —Little Johnnie Farquharson, of , Grey, had the misfortune to fall while plain g on Satprday, 17th inst., and breaking his leg. This is the third time he has brokenhis leg besides breaking his arm once in four years. —For the half year ending June. 30th, there were recorded with James Campbell, registrar of Huilett township, 27 births, 10 marriagea,'and 14 deaths ; of the latter, fou_ r of the persons were over eighty years of age. _ —During the storm on Tuesday of last week, lightning killed one of the best horses belonging to James Reynolds, Htillett. It was standing by_ a wire . fence when the bolt struck it on the head, and it dropped over without a struggle. , ---During the severe 'thunder storm on Monday of last week, a horse belonging to Mr. George Mawhinney, of Crediton, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. His barn was also struck and it had a nar- row escape from being burned. —Charles W. Higgins, brother of Mrs. Job Cooper, of Clinton, died suddenly at Rat Portage, on. Saturday, 17th inst. He was the youngest son of the late . W. Hig- gins, and had been employed on the rail- road. --bir. Henry Morrish, of Benmiller, and Miss Nettie McClinton, of Westfield, were united in marriage on the 14511 inst. The ceremony " was performed by Rev. Mr. Cosens, of Auburn, assisted by Rev. A. Tiffin, of Walton. About 135 guests were present. - -Mr. Albert Ford, of Exeter, met with a very painful accident the other day. He was sharpening a piece of wood with an axe when by some means the axe came in contact with his hand and nearly severed the index finger. It required several stitches to close the wound. —On the 8th of July, Thomas Turnbull, of Manitou, Manitoba, son of Andrew Turn- bull, 16th concession, Grey, was united in marriage to Miss Teethe Tait., cf Winnipeg. Miss Nellie Turnbull, sister of the groom, attended the wedding. Mr. Turnbull has been in Manitoba for the past six ears. —The many friends of Mrs. Humphrey Snell, of Huilett, will hear with very deep regret that she is confined to her bed and is daily growing weaker. For years she has been a great sufferer from face cancer, and it got, much worse lately, in fact so much so that there is no possible chance of her recovery. —A letter from W. Cudmore, jr., of Kip - pen, who is in the old country, says that the promise of the hay crop in the old coun- try is good, and the demand for Canadian . hay would likely be light ; he also states that Canadian oats do not look well against English oats, the former being much brighter. —A short time ago we made mention of a big Sunday's work which Rev. T. W. Cosena, of Pordwioh, had accomplished, and this week the BrusselzPost has a record for the same Sabbath )which it thinks leaves Mr. Omens in the shade. The Post rays : Rev. R. Paul, who was 70 last May, drove 15 miles to Maine appointment where he preached at 10.30 then 4 miles to Ford. Editorial Notes and Comments. The provincial elections took place in Prince Edward Island on Thursday of last week. The Peters Government, Reform, was sustained by two to one,. there being. twenty Ministeriaiists and ten Opposition- . fists elected, with a prospect that the Minis-' terial majority will be materially increased. Ontario's turn comes next. • Mr. W. W. Bdchanan ban resigned his positions as general manager of the Royal Tempters of Temperance and editor of the Templar. These enterprises will miss Mr - Buchanan. Although THE EXPOSITOR has frequently had oe.casion to disapprove of the course of the Templar, we have no hesitation in saying that Mr. Buchanan is one of the most pungent writers and ablest and accomplished platform speakers in Can- ada, and we believe if he had been left to himself the Templar would, perhaps, have pursued a different course. Mr. Buchanan 4180 made the mistake of many other journalists, he was too aot to drag his per- 8onal quarrels and differences into the editorial columns of the journal he control- led. He laid too little store by the Temp- lar and too much by Mr. Buchanan. As a 1 lei& where he expounded the truth at 2.30 and 7 p. m., and afterwards travelled 16 miles to his &mite at Brussels, making a totel of 35 miles of a 'drive and three sea - vices. The reverend gentleman is evidently made of the same material as hie 'isrsus namesake. —Walter Carruthersia Wingham farmer, was assisting at a barn raising near hie house seven weeks ago,_when he fell 30 feet and injured his spine. Wednesday' after- noon of last week he was admitted to the Toronto General Hospital, suffering from paralysis in both legs; His oondition is very serious, and his reeovery 16 doubtful. —During the electricistorm on Monday of last week nearly all the telephones in Clin- ton were burn out ; the system was pram tically demoralized. The learn of Malcolm MoEwen, 2nd concession, Oaf Stanley, was struck by lightning and slightly damaged. The house of James VanEgmond, gravel road, Hullett, was struck and the chimney destroyed. quietly to the great beyond- early Wednes- day monting of last week, in the person of DonaldCameron. Deceased was in his 87th year, some forty of which were, spent in Bayfield, and was widely known and highly respected. He was a saddler by trade, an active politician in his younger days and. remarkably well informed on affairs of state. He WAS a Presbyterian of the " Old Kirk " type, refueing to consent. to the —At the residence of H. Cassidy, Dear - ham township, at 12 o'clock noon, on TU88- day, July 20, Mtn. Fannie Little, of Inger- soll, was united in the holy bonds of wed - look to 111. - B. Elliott, the enterprising editor of 'the Winghan Times. Miss Lan- caster, of Norwich, stipported the bride, 'and James Dawson, of Wingham did the honors for the groom, while Rev.E.'R. Hutt, of Ingers011, tied the knot which made the two one for life. After a sumpttious and elegant repast the happy couple took the train for their future home in Wingham. —The following property changes have recently taken place in Clinton : Mrs. •Andrews has disposed of her vacant lot on Mary street to Mr. Little, who owns the adjoining property ; the price is $200. Charles VVilson has. sold his frame house and quarter acre lot on Fulton street, at present occupied by Mr. Allen to J. Me- Clacherty for the sum- of Nan Mrs. An- drews has Purchased from J. Gibbings the house on Ontario street, at present occupied by Mr. Murray. She intends to make material improvements on it, prior to oc- cupying it herself. The price was 3550. —The death of Mrs.Hilyarewife of Charles Hilyanof Clinton,occurred on Wednesday of last week. Her death was quite unexpect- ed, as she was as well as usual until . five o'clock the previous Sunday afternoon,when she was suddenly stricken with apoplexy, which rendered her unconsciout, and thus she remained until she quietly and peaceful- ly passed away about 9 o'clock Tuesday night. She was born in Armagh, Ireland, and came to Canada when quite young, liv- ing for some years in Hamilton where she was married, and came from :Hamilton to Clinton when it nes quite a small village. —Mrs. Brown, widow of the late James Brown,passed away at the family residence, Bellevue Farm, Huron road, Hullett, on Wednesday evening, 21st inst.,at the ege of about 79 years. She had been in delicate health for some time, with dropsy and heart trouble and has been compelled to sit in the °air moat of the time, not being able to lie down • she w,as a very great suf- ferer, but bore it'all with christian resigna- tion. Born in Montreal, she removed with her parents to New York state, when only aix years old. Here she married her de- ceased husband, and with him removed to Hullett nearly fifty.years ago. —Word was received at Clinton on Tues- day of lea week that Joseph W. Riter, of Sault Ste Marie, and formerly of Clinton, had been found dead in bed, the presump- tion being that he had been dead for a day or two. Mr. Riter was well known in Clinton, having been for some years in the liquor business, and ' was a good-hearted, genial fellow, who had many friends, par- ticularly' generous to those who found it necessary to solicit assistance. He was only 34 years of age, and leaves a wife and two chilaren. He carried an insurance of 32,000 on lie life, and had considerable protarty in Manitoba, in addition to his personal property. —An amusing incident occurred in the attenbury street church, Clinton, on a recent Sunday. While the minister was eking the usual announcements, one of the aithful who is noted -for his hearty respon- es, caused a amile to spread Over many aces by a, response that came at a moment lien no one expected it. " Our quarterly ervices will he held two weeks from to - ay," 'aid the pastor.. " Praise the Lord," esponded this good brother. " Instead of he usual lovefeast at ten °Week," continu- the preacher, "our service will commence t 11 o'clock, and we'll not have any. ser - on." " Praise the Lord " was again the ery hearty response, and it was a minute efore the minister recovered himself. —The custom's returns for the port of oderioh, which includes the outports of linton, Kincardine, Seaforth and Wing - am, for the year ending June 30th, 1897, ow that free goods valued at 3146,123, d dutiable valued at 392,579, were enter - for consumption, and that the duty col- eted was 325,459.01. The value of goods ported during the same period was $600,- 3, of which $462,647 was to the Brieish les and the balance, 3138,256,. to the nieed States and other (soutanes, the eater portion going to our neighbors over e line. The exports to Great Britain were °ducts of the forest, 35,500 ; animals and cts, $204,040, and manufactures, $50,147. —Early Tuesday morning of last week, e broke out in Bradford's blacksmith op, Saltford, and the flemes quickly read to Goldthorpe's• general store ad- ining, and Mr. Goldthorpe and family had tile mere than time enough to leave their 01118 in their nightclothes. The flames read too quickly to allow the saving of y quantity of the store stock or the usehold effects, and both buildings and ntents were a total loss. The hose cart the Goderich fire department turned out, t did net go over, as their efforts Would Ve been useless. Mr. Goldthorpe's in - ranee was $2,100 in the Perth Mutual, d Mr. Bradford bad 3200 in the same mpany on his itock in the blacksmith ed a sh an ed le ex 90 Is TJ th pr th du fir sh sp jo lit TO sp ho co of bu SU an co sh • Hills Green. HAPPENINGS. —Rev. Orland Gram and wife, of Mound City, South Dakota, are at present visiting friends in- this vicinity. It is seven years since Mr. Gram left these parts, and he no doubt notes many changes during that time.—The centre part of Mr. Robert Love's barn was struck and splin- tered by lightning last week. Had it been any other part it would in all probability have ignited it, as both sides of the barn contained bay. As it was there was a very perceptible odor of sulphur around for a time.—Mr. and Mrs. James Delgatty, of Centralia were the guests _of Mr. Thomas Parlmer, 'Parr line, Sunday last.—Mr. Rob- ert Stephenson, Parr line, is engaged' in erecting a neat driving shed.—Mrs. James Jarrett had her house (raised on Saturday last, and intends having a stone founda- tion placed under it.—Mr. Andrew Young and daughter, of Seaforth, and Miss E. Richmond, of Princeton Kentucky, were the guests of Mrs. Hugh Loye, Sunday.- -Mr. and Mrs, MeLarty and family, of London, are visiting Mt. John Cochrane, ar., and other•fnends.—Miss Maggie Mc- Allister is visiting in Winghs,m and God- erich.—Quarterlyr meeting services in con- nection with the', Kippen circuit will be held in the Methodist ehurch of this place Sebbath next. Rev. 0. Gram is expected t- a prow:h.—Rev. S. Acheson preached a sermon appropriate to ike harvest season Sabbath Lista—Mr. George Troyer cut his holidays short and retailed to Aylmer on Tuesday in response tol a telegram.—Mr. August Ehnen corner &inch road and Parr line, has just completed 'pm of the finest barns in Huron county. ' It is 70x50 feet, with stone foundation, and is alike credit- able to the efficient contractor, Mr. Sam. Deitz, and the enterprising owner.—Mr. William Hill, the venerable founder of, and after whom our village Was named, leeves this week for the hornet of his daughter, Mrs. Smillie, Essex county, where he in- tends in future to reside.—Mr. George Lo- gan is making some improvements on Mr. St. Jos4h. Bisonette, Min - Lena Deeomy and Mr. J. Corriveau, left last week for St Anne de Beatpre, QUebec. They are expected home by, the end of this week. ---Harry Charrette, of.113adaxe, Michigan, is 'here visiting old friends.— Mrs. Frank Grenville and Miss Annie Aubiu, who haverheen visiting here (hiring a few weeks, will return this week to their home in Southampton. 22nd, a party of four young men undertook to pilot thefishing smack] "Golden Fleece" to Grand Bend, intending to combine busi- ness with pleasure. A slight wind from the south west was blowing which soon fresh- ened to a stiff breeze. After much beating about, with the wind Iblowing ahnost straight ahead, the party reached their des- tination. There -being rig harbor to run into and tie up, the anchor was cast about 100 yards from shore and title boys proceed - brought with them. Bus nese being con- cluded, supper was pa taken of and the boys turned their steps to shore and the boat, happy at the prospect of a fine sail before a stiff breeze. But alas ! the breeze was all too fair and stiff, for during their absence the boat had dragged her anchor and on their return her stern was. pounding the sand not ten feet from the shore. An iron pin holding the rudder was broken and the rudder itself was gonn There was now nothing to be done but to h ul her high and dry out of the reach of the waves an& wait for more favorable weather. This was done with the help of a doze men and a team of horses. Our boys walked back to the Woodbine, their ardor or sailing much cooled. Next morning a ew rudder pin was put in and the boat ifted on rollers ready to start at the earli t opportunity. The sea was still heavy a d the wind high from the south west. T wards evening - the wind calmed down c nsiderably and the boat was, not withou much difficulty and wetting of male attire,1 unched into the lake. But here again the oys were doom- ed to disappointment for no amount of shov- ing.or hammering could i duce the ceare board to go down, ' the sp ce in which 'it works having become filled with sand while the boat was being haute on the beach. Night came and still the ce tre board would not go down, so it was d cided to anchor out about 75 rods and wai till next morn- ing. Again another disap intment was in store for the boys. Dunn the night the' wind shifted to the north west and blew a gale. The boat broke her chain and • at 5 a.. m., when the boys wal ed to the beach she was on the shore, the waves washing over her, her jib -boom and udder gone and herself fast breaking to pie es. One glance at her told them that this w the end of the Golden Fleece. They we t back to the Woodbine, hired a horse a d ri and took the less romantic but surer way ome. . Dashwocl. OUR MAIL ARRANGEMEN s.—A good deal of dissatisfaction exists here on account of recent mail changes which have been made. Heretofore, Dashwood has had a daily mail from Exeter and also a daily mail from Parkhill. Exeter is only about six miles distant from here, while Parkhill is double that distance. The carrier of the mail to - Exeter supplied Sarepta and Hay post offices, while the Parkhill rrier supplied Mount Carmel and other laces on that route. The Exeter mail h been discon- tinued and a new contract as been 'Tiede for the Parkhill route, so t at hereafter, all mail matter for this place ill have to come by %Fey of Parkhill. This ill cause Much inconvenience to the basin ss men of this place, as it will take three aye for a letter to get to London or other o tside points and to secure a reply, whereas hen the mail to Exeter was in o eration one day wail auffi- -cient for this. here is tio doubt but the importance of this village and the large business being done here, entitle it to better mail accommodation ban it will now. receive. What the post o ce department should do is to run a mail ,wice a day be- tween Exeter and Dashwood, and transfer the Parkhill route to Shipka instead of to Dashwood, thus giving S ipka and tbe offices served from that rou a direct daily mail. An arrangement of t is kind would cost very little more, if any, than the pres- ent one and the people woul be very much better served. This is what the people here should agitate for and they ould not rest content until they get it. IMPROVEhIENTS.—There ar few places in this part of the country th t are making more substantial progress th n this village of Dashwood. Every string r who visits the place is struck by its nia t, prosperous and active appearauce, a d the numerous new buildings being erect Among these, is a handsome new school house which, when completed, will be a or dit to the vil- lage and a standing monient to the intelli- gence and enterprise of the people. It is beautifully situated in a con enient part of the village, on large grounds comenan g a splendid view of the surrounding cou ry, and surrounded by a nea fence. The building is of brick with sto e facings and It is two store's and will ha e four large, airy, bright class rooms, b sides .a large hallway both downstairs and pstaira ; also apacidus and Comfortable .lay room for use of the children on wet r cold days: The bunding will be heated lir hot air, and ample provision is being mad for suitable ventilation, a most important consideration in a school. It will -also be provided with the most modern desks and seats and all other necessary equipments or the most modern kind. Mr. Henry illert has the contract and he is rushing th work to have the building ready for occu ancy at the close of the holidays. Next t9,, the new school house in Brussels it wi he the beat school building in the county for its size. The people of Dashwood -are thud of their new school building and th y have good reason to be.—Another fin building in course of erection is the new hotel, being erected by Mr. Moser. This rs a two story building of brick, and will be fitted up with every modern convenience for the comfort and accommodation of the t evening pub- lic. The rooms will be large nd airy, and there will be ample accommo ation for both the local and commercial trad It is being erected on the site of the ld hotel, and when completed will be one of the most "doinplete and comfortable ho tleriee in the county. The Meesrs. Hoff an, of this place, have the centred and hey are mak- ing a first-class job, as th y always do. Several private residences h ve also been erected within the past year, o that alto- gether Dashwood is progressive and pros- —Some twenty Stratfordites are camping at Port Albert, on the shores of lake Huron. —Charles Keeso, of Milverton, has been engaged as foreman of the &Wood flax mill for the present seaaon. JULY 30, 189 .•"T1EI . • ..PEOPLE$ SY STO . PLACE RGAIN JULY oR ITT—TM aM001\TTIFEE FOR DISPOSING OF ALL CLASSES OF S MMEll DELAINES CHALLIES GRENADINES MUSLINS ORGANDIES ZEPHYRS GINGHAM PRINTS SHIRT WAISTS EMBROIDERIES LACES PARASOLS SAILOR HATS UNDERWEAR HOSIERY IT DRY GOODS COMPANY, Seaforth's Greatest Cash Dry Goods Store. .:::::: ed r 10 1 :111:1ingjigh a:1 1 :11 e: yWv mtl 1 .11 n :el .1 i merry ou 4 1-4ii 6;1 froaecx takadwb st,j ni Impel:180Y: :till, il liuiv°OrRitol 11 1 et e:e :el. ' -family ore visiti linvey.. Mr. Ho se there is work itpwilehilseelYbdf,btrroeearmeenptesdit%h::::::::c°,:l 'Clifford on Fridal alto!). and M -Scott liMoPrisitiPhyfiealah'ito.olld p°'ur?.' . :1w:toe eilri :Eel I a` a at h2dIee a:awl:11;i lie e to get their ehee BREEZY' NOTR den, and Mris, Attests of Vire. 3Irs. George Ru turned home fro -fathers Mr. J. weather, the gar vities of Trinity grand succese, , -forth to make it -and eloubtkes It win be Clint° number from th music by Bayfiel gramme of vocal local and foreign _guests this week FRIEND ArIE (angel of death neighborhood th day last an old. of the township to his reward, months. De years of a gene of Thomas, Dav npected citizens townships, and Tuesday, AIM Halle, of Elimv -ceased bad been tbe cause 'the age of 61 eiesday was 1st* -of the oomrnuni plane on Tilesda thorn, wife of ship of Stelae severe ataxic of which the die Itobert Leath inusband and mourn an irrep highly reined 'largely attende ENGINES VOR Massey ; one 12 second-hand Stet rebUilt, and _good' wilt be sold on real We make a cow Presses of any tinproved design. work promptly I Bated. Romer e -quantities of hi well as grain 1 unable to cut. - is the guest of Hay.—Miss W \aTtottent Ludt ion go nthieelo, 'gate, and repo; success in very ,ed home from burg, Tavistoc here during th .Pope was in 1 eanitnraonditmlinnie.nafanoyitscearedraorafili vering their ity affords. -1 :Urquhart are -spending a fee ,eMWarefr. Can't in idDASFV1orsiLrea.- last week visit Mrs. MoDone BLeunkgeLlisao IrTILhe:C,OilnenVdfav jur 6:11g ii n:15 the MisSeil lie load of home BEeallereattaarnit been spentlin ing to the cot Chit: ibizr,owthaseri,11 Baden, spent at Zurich, bu -order to atte emanation, a lier duties as Weir and f for their nev -number of -depot to tee happiness an of labor. 1 'family will t large tinale Iteid, of Sta. 1.11der, who sister, who akshilant, of