The Huron Expositor, 1898-08-26, Page 1es- are.
THIRTIETH YEAR.
. St/TOLE NUMBER, 1,602.
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CLOTHING STORES
Seaforth and Hensall.
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Lot&
ants,
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price.
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Cash
Store.
t friends. -Mr.
ere last weelOvisit-
er friends, has re-
Ific4s, of London,
nutel Ifnmestort.-
of the jate Robert
Wedireiday, after
cattle US the
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_ On Futurity Sale 1 -.)ay, Saturday, August 27th, 1898
that is this week's Saturday, -both- these stores will o r
futurity prices, which, being interpreted, means the low st
prices offered in clothing in this section.- Again, remember
the date, August. 27th, 1898. Conditions govermfig sale, no,
goods on approval -it's a cash day, and any goods proving
wrong sizes, etc., are exchangeable at same prices after sale.
The prices are as stated in last week's paper; viz.: .
Lot 1. -Will be 20 Men's Stilts, upon which we put a
Futurity ot $3.95 for each suit.
Lot 2. -Will be 15- Men's Suits, all wool, light and
and dark -colors,. double and single breasted, and our Futurity
price will be *4.40. All sizAs.
Lot 3 -Sixteen fine Tweed. and Black Worsted Suits,
sizes 34 to 42, Futurity price -$6.10.
Lot 4 -Ten of the best Ilead-for-wear Men's Suits we
have in stock,we put at the Futurity price,' $8.90..
Lot 5. -Twelve black Worsted Suits, cut -a -way oats,
with stripe trouse:s If preferred, our Futurity price w be
$9.75.
Lot 6. -Twenty pairs good heavy hair line Stripe Pants
our Futurity price will be 85c.
Lot 7. -,r -Twenty pairs prey Etripe, all wool, Futurity
price of nine 95c..
Lot 8. --Sixteen pairs fine all wool Trousers, Futurity
price $1. -
° Lot 9.: --About 38 pairs Pants, the _ cloth is double'
twisted in wap -and filling,great wearers,Futurity price $1.65.
Lot 10. -About 15 Odd Coats, men's, Futurity price
$2.65. These are all wool coats and all sizes.
Lot 11.-A pile of Odd Vests, our own make, all sizes,
prices will range from- 65c to $1.50.
Lot 12. -Boys' 'Suits, a few sizes of each line, $1.50
suits at 1.00, in small/sizes • 2.00 suits at 1.40, 3.00 suits at
2.00, 4.00 suits at 2.65, 4.50 suits at 3.10, 6.00 spits at -4.10.
- Lot 13. -Our own make of Boys' Knee Pants, regular
prices 50c, 65c and 75c, Futurity prices 350, 450 and 50c.
Lot 14.-A special in Raincoats at $5.55, sewn seams,
and we give Or own guarantee for it. .
Lot 15. ---Two half cases of Underclothing, twhich we
bought from Ithe Beattie stock in Hensall, we will give a
special Falai* price on these two lines, viz, : 90c and
$1.15 a suit.? These are heavy winter goods, all wool and the
circumstances are such as enable us to make these goods
especial ,value. It is not a whit too early to buy these goods,
as the,price makes the purchase a wise one.
• Lot 16. ---Comprises Cotton Hosiery, colored and lack.
Line 1, black, 3 pairs for 25c, 2, colored, 3 pairs for 25c,
line 3, 5 pairs fbr 25c.
Lot 17.--/A few dozen of night robes at 500 and 75 ach
Lot 18.---Tbe balanc3 of our light weight Flannelette
Shirts at 6 for $1.
Lot 19.---A. table of Ties, choice 15c, another lot at 25c.
Lot 20---A lot of Men's Fine Straw Hats at 35c.
Lot 21. --Twelve dozen turn down Linen Collars, 3 for
25c.. All sizes..
Ldt 22. --Three dozen Black Fedora Hats In new shapes,.
-FuturitY price 750. f •
Lot 23: --Special Men's Braces 15c a pair. •
Lot 24. --Three Linen Handkerchiefs at 25c. This is
:Futurity price.
Lot 25.1-A counter full of Shirts, colored fancy, at 50c.
All sizes. -
.1eacr.lt and Mr. Rob-
•
n3illers, attended
1 last week.. -,--Wm. 2
°ad ef live stock
e1. -Miss Norah
ug friends in, town+
ia delegate front
of Oddfellows, at
dor bas;- ball teara
Raelz .
begun 'his school
the season. -Rev..
oubleci with a sore
A1ia13, 0. PR.
n on a visit to hie -
rews and family,of
are: visitingdown
rent to: Toronto on
's„ 11. 8. Smith &
id of maple floor-
rday--Mrs. J. R.
ating her mother '
rarice convention4
ite votei was had
Ilere on Monday
Dane and lthVIe
a visiting friends:.
Seaforth, is the,
• number
r laborer's excur--
on the 16th
1" was an attrac-
it waslo-
-A
'couple of
cality at present.
Maisrs. Peter
". 0. Hazlewood„.
burn have had
✓ places this sea -
From Vvraterlp.-
%Inca soma:Frus-
ay night last..-
.12nd line, Turn -
# Ilene, was- mid -
hi paralysis last
mkde Much ad-
Ve-, regret to re-'
a of Mr. Arthur
since spring.-
ved and widened
RemphilI blocks
GRE I G & MACDONALD, ,
cmicyriaimits
On the wrong »side of the &I:ea, in the Strong Block.
• I I
HENSALL STORi.
We are carrying on in Hensall the business purchased
from F. R. Beattif. We have also greatly increased the
stock, 'so that the same values are obtainable as at our Sea -
forth establishment. Any value hunters in and about Hen-
sall can make a saving by buying from us.
GRE I G 84 ,MACDONALD,
Successors to F. R. Beattie.
On the same side of the street.
SEAFORTII, FRIDAY, ATJGUST 26, 1
A TRAVELLER'S OBSER-
VATION.
The following letter was written by Mr.
Robert M. Dickson to hie father' Mr. Rob-
ert Dickson, of Detroit, both oldHuronites,
and has been forwarded to us for publica-
tion. We shall be pleased to hear from Mr.
Dickson again and would like to have his
impressions of Washington territory where
he is now residing. -ED.
PORT ANGELOS, WASHINGTON,
, July, 1898
MY FATHER : Yon will perhaps think
me somewhat tardy in writing, but haying
written home several times since tearing
Detroit., I thought it as well to wait a little
before writing, sons to be able to igive , you
some idea of this far western country and
its prospects and possibilities; besides, I
have for the past week been out helping
Alex. to out some hay on his farm situated
about 8 miles frem here, and which, as yet,
is only a small clearing in the midst of a
dark, dense woods whose shady roc:eases
afford a shelter not only to the timid deer,
but also a " prowling place "for the more
ferocious bear, and mountain lion,or cougar,
which frequent the woods in considerable
numbers, and returning only yesterday to
town, this is the first opportunity I leave
had of writing you.
It was my intention to give you a sort of
descriptive account of my trir from its- be-
ginning, but as you have already journied
far into the west yourself, there is little
that I can relate in connectiou. with the
first half of my trip that has not already
come under your own observation. How-
ever, of that, portion of the route over
which yob have yourself travelled, I will
say but little, referring only briefly to moms
general featureleef the country which ordin-
arily impress themselverrupon the mind of
the passing traveller. Leaving Detroit tesei
you will remember on June 27th at midr
night, we arrived in Toronto next.; morning
at 8.30, leaning from London eastward in
the early hours of thq mormrig, caught
glimpses. of the country, Iwhich seemed to be
looking its best, with fin fields of hay and
grain and its many beautiful orchards and
woods. After a walk ar und the city for
an hour or so, I left un le and called on
some friends before retuning to the depot.
We left Toronto at no�n on Tuesday with
a train of ten or tweivel coacher, it being
." Farmer Excursion Da," and on going
through the train I met ivith a number of
old acquaintances fron Huron county,
aitiong whom were Mrs.I Neil MoLauchlin
and Mrs. Forbes, from B ussels, also Lieut.
Governor Cameron and Miss Grace, from
Goderich, who were en r ute to Regina.
For many miles after 1 aving Toronto, we
passed through a beautif 1 tract of country,
but gradually the soil b came lighten and
leas feetile though per ape more pictur-
esque, and as we passed Peterborough and
Sherbert lake and vicinit , the scenery was
very pretty and conti ned so until we
reached Smith'e Falls, wen the land again
appeared more fertile, and passing through
a finaarming country e.4 reached Carleton
Place at sunset. After n hour's delay, we
I
main line of the C. P. R. and following the
CrtraWil valley for some distance, we could
set out in a northwesterl direction over the
see a fine sectipn of coun ry, but we soon
settled down for our fir t night's rest on
board a comfortable tourist car, and next
morning at daybreak rea hed North Bay, a
town with about a popul tion of 3,000, and
situated on the shores f Lake Nipiesing.
From here to the rugged rocks that form
the northeastern shores of Lake Superior,
the country is covered with innumerable
little streams and pr tty lakes, whose
mirror-like waters rate t back the dark
green foliage of the fores -clad hills around.
As we neared the shores of Lake Superior
towards evening it was ery cold, and from
the quiet sylvan -like be uty of the little
lakes and hills we passe -suddenly into the
midst of mighty rocks and deep , ravines,
down whoee steep desists t rushed some tor-
rent stream. The scene y at this point is
very fine, and donningmy overcoat and
cap, I stepped out on th platform, and al-
though i was very cold
the abso btv; interest
scenery. e passed t
tunnel around the bas
cliffs, across ravines and
bridges, following a ser
we reached a point sem
Nepigon, and just atani
in hill view of Lake Su
cold waters glowed he t
setting sun, and olingi
great red cliff that ove
high above the waters
round the rook, and sw
swept on some.distane'
Bay, as if afraid
tempestuous shores,
We reached Port Ar
following morning, an
few minutes later,
slumbers only for a, f
passed these places,I a
them. The country n
limn for many miles se
human habitation, at
capable of rewarding
industry, but its impo
be but the indication
wealth, as we would
much of the Almight
together devoid of us
became much prettie
was -presented as we
of pretty lakes which
for so Many miles fro
down towards the hea
ior. We arrived at
day afternoon ate 3 o
10 minutes. A good
the depot, but in tak
I could net Fee any o
Rat Portage is pre tily situated on the
margin of the lake, ind along ;with Kee-
watin, &little farthe on, has fine water
privileges. From h re to Winnipeg ' the
The 0. P. R. Harvest Excursion to the North
'west, Aukust 30th and September 13th, 1898
Return tickets, $28.
R. J Macdonald, C. P. R. Agent, Seaforth
I scarcely felt it in
f` the surrounding
rough tunnel after
of perpendicular
over viaducts and
entine course until
few miles beyound
set, came suddenly
erior, whose clear,
e ruddy light of the
g to the side of a
hangs the lake, and
(Sur trein curved
rving to the right,
back from Thunder
venture near • its
bur about three the
Fort William some
ut rousing from my
w moments as we
not able to demaribe
rth from Fort Wil-
ms almost unfit for
least apparently in -
he exercise of human
erished surface may
of its subterranean
fain believe that so
haereation is not al --
and value. As we
neared the Lake of the Woods the country
and some fine scenery
eased along the chain
stretch their waters
the Winnipeg river
waters of Lake Super.
Eat Portage on Thurs.
clock, remaining oply
many people were at
og a walk r around I
our friends.
Garry entrance, which still stands as a
monument to the treachery and atrocity of
Louie Riot, whose a villainous participation'
in the cold-blooded murder of Thomas
Scott was afterwards punished upon the
scaffold at Regina. While in the city I
called. on Dr. Kneehtel and the' Bausleugh
family, formerly -of Brussels, but did not
see Mrs. Wilson, as they are now, living in
the country, and the roads were so muddy
that I did not venture out. I was at Uncle
William Grant's rhortly before leaving Win-
nipeg, and of course stayed at Uncle John
R. Grant's while in the city. He is look-
ing very well and is always busy, being the
Provincial manager of the Federal Life As-
surance Company, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Aunt met me at the depot on our arrival,
and is looking remarkably well. Leaving
there on Saturday evening, July 2ael,I oame
west as far as Brandon, where I spent Sun-
day.
. just before leaving Winnipeg depot,
Uncle John Grant gave me an introduction
to Rev. Dr. Bairdnof Manitoba College, who
was coming to Brandon to preaoh the fol-
lowing day: We had a pleasant conversa-
tion on the way and Sunday morning I
heard him' preach. He seemed a fine man,
and in conversatian I learned that a number
of his friends in the east are acquaintances
of mine, among whom are a, number of St.
Marys people, where he formerly lived, and
also Mrs. (Dr.) Service, of Detroit, with;
whom he said he was well acquainted.
While in Brandon I met Miss Greinaformer.
ly of Brussels, and aleo Nelson Currie and
wife, with whomi had tea. I did not see
John E. Smith, as he had the previous day
gone east to Ontario. I was speaking with
Mrs. Smith over the telephone, and she
wanted to send a rig outfor me, but I had
made an engagement to go out to,
the experimental farm and had not
time to go to beth places. She was
asking very kindly far you and mother, and
wanted me to stay ovef for a *day and see
their stock farm some 15 miles out from
Brandon. Brandon is beautifully .• situated
on the southern bank of the Assiniboia
river, and, as you will remember, is sur-
rounded by a fihe rolling ' prairie. When I
went to Brodon I thought perhaps Mr.
Smith wouldrdrive me over to Griswold, so
that I could see the Chisholms and then take
the train there, but as he wile not home I
did not get to Griswold. Joining uncle- at
Brandon on Sunday at midnight, we con-
tinued westward, passing Whitewood about
four in the morning, and crossing a splendid
tract of prairie in the neighborhood of Indian.
River And Qu'Appelle, we steamed into Re-
gina at 8.15, where we remained for half an
hour. Near Indian Head is the Govern-
mental farm, the famous Bell farm, and the
estate of Lord Brassey, all of which can be
seen from the train. Regina has a popula-
tion I think, of about 2,000, and is the
capital of the Northwest Territories, the
home of the Lieutenant Governor, and the
headquarters of the mounted police. Leav-
ing Regina about 9 o'clock, we sped rapidly
over the prairie, and at 11 o'clock arrived
at Paque, the junction of St. Paul branch
with the main line, and a few miles farther
on pulled into Moosejaw, where we. remain-
ed forty minutes for lunch. From Moose -
jaw westward for a hundred miles' or more
the land seems v,ery weak, and in places
apparently almost barren and alkali is ap-
parent on every hand. The country here is,
absolutely treeless and contieues so until.
we reach ,the Cypress Hills, more than 200
miles west from Regina. Passing "Old
Wives Lakes," which are large - bodice of
water having no outlet, we could see many
old Buffalo trails, and in places along the
road the prairie is white with the bleached
bones of the " vanished bison" which not
so long age roamed over the Plains, in such
great herd, feeding on the short, tufty
Buffalo giver, which is the Only form of
vegetation to be aeon here for many miles.
country gradually
emerging from the
Ontario, I looked fo
open prairie, whic
ocean, stretched far
we neared the city
seemed very rich an
abundant rains of t
also very wet. We
Thursday evening,
crossing the Red ri
confluene,e with the
two long, sluggish
1 their waters within
The weather dur
Winnipeg was so v
of the oity, but I 3
With its general
street is certainly
ive in its width an
ing as it does the
which, until the c
tlement of the con
commercial highw
city ham some sple
points of historic i
visited being the
Johns and Kilda
comes more level,. and
tvoods and forests of
the first time on the
like the boundless
out to the henizon. As
f' Winnipeg the land
fertile, but with the
e_present season it is
arrived there at 6.30 on
the last day of June,
er a few rods from ite
Assiniboia, where therm
treams so quietly mingle
the city limits.
g most of m5 stay in
ry wet that I saw little
as favorably impressed
appearance. Its main
th unique and attract -
winding course, follow-
ld Hudeon Bay trail,,
mparatively recent set -
try, was one of the great
ye of that country. The
did buildings and also
tereet • among these I
autiful districts of St.
an, and the old Fort
Public chooI
-AND
nstItute
S pplies.
Collegiate
gooks 1
All the latest revise
editions, recommended
Education.
CALL AND SE
and authorized
y the Minister of
THEM.
ALEX. WI TER,
, drag store, C4th
Next door to J: S. Robert
of an hour each having be
Arthur and Brandon. Le
railway crosses the Colurn
the Selkirks, and a little
Rockies and Selkirke
force the Hear through
gorge, the railway cliogin
hundreds of feet above it.
Glazier House, one of th
spots in all the mountai
here is still over 4,000 fee
away is "Sir Danald," a
rising up for more think a
above the railway, while
within half an hour's walk
ier,an immense mountain
the left could be seen the
" which t
down the mountain side fo
into the _Valley beneath.
day evening we arrive
where we remained until n
from early morning until
our eyes on the varied spl
nificence of mountain s
Revelstoke on Wediteed
again crossed the Columbi
ethrough the "gold range"
we sped on towards the
some fine scenery all t
British Columbia until w
couver at noon on Dutra
July. Here we remained f
we boarded a beautiful ste
Victoria, where we arrived
same eveniag. The sail do n the straits of
Georgia was -delightful. Te day was per-
fect and the fine air of the acific was very
e shores of Van-
listinctly seen ;
the magnificent
Ma same in full
he king of the
hundred miles
away, towering far beyond the clouds, hie
fleecy sides bathed in the flood -light of the
afternoon sun:; and etandin
magnificence so high abov
appeared ae the great
Pacific. Towards' evening
Victoria we could see at th
Angelos the beautiful range
mountains, whose king line
heads were very beautiful i
We reached our destinati
Jul/ 8th, after a very inte
joyAle trip of nearly 4,000
Your affeetiona
n made at Port
eying Donald, the
ia to the base of
farther„down the
rowdieg together
a deep, narrow
to the slopes
At 3.30 we reach
most beautiful
s. The altitude
, and yet not far
naked pyeamid,
niile and a half
the right, and
is the great, glen.
f ice,and away to
agnificent
mble ifs waters
thousands of feet
t 5.30 on Tues.
at, Revelstoke,
ext day, having
evening feasted
ndor and meg-
enery. Leaving
y evening, we
, and passing out
by Eagle Pas;
oast, witnessing
e way through
reached • Van -
ay, the 7th of
r an hour, when
mboat hound for
at 7 o'clock the
refreshing. On our right t
couver Island could be
away to the east and south
range of the Cascade enoun
view, with Mount Biker,
Cascade range, More than
In the evening we 'arrived at Medicine
Hat, a little town lying between lofty hills
and situated on the banks of the south Sas-
katchewan, a river of considerable size and
rapid current and which, I was told, is
navigable for more than 800 miles to Lake
Winnipeg. Here we remained for thirty
minutereduring which time I walked around
the little town, and returning to the depot,
saw a number of resident Indiape, among
whom were several large and powerful -leak-
ing old Indian chiefs, whoee tattered
blankets and saddened countenances told
too plainly of the bitter dieappoiritmerit
that was born of the last great struggle of
'85, when these former " Lords, " and guard-
ians of the prairies were finally subdued and
compelled to submit to the dominion and
lash of civil law, and looking at those sad
and Wrinkled faces, and remembering the
whitened bones of the Buffalo through
which I had so recently passed, I .1,could not
but experience some feelings of regret that
thetas two great races of the plains ehould
have been so ruthlessly driven from their
haunts and habits by the onward march of
modern civilization. Leaving Medicine Hat
at 8.30 on Monday evening, and -wising
through a fine ranching country, covered
with rich grasses, upon which thousands of
cettle, hems and sheep were feeding, we
readied Calgary next morning at 3 o'clock,
Calgary is the provincial capital of Alberta,
the centre of the ranching country and a
town of considerable size. After leaving
here,I again settled down to sleep,and when
two hours later I awoke, it was to look
with wonder and admiration and even awe
upon the mighty Rockies, whose foothills
our powerful engine had for some hours
been climbing, and whose initial range now
'rose immediately before ne, their perpen-
dicular columns towering up like giant sen-
tinels in the Morning twilight, and farther
on the great wall of the principal range
extending from north to south as far as the
eye could reach, their silvery peaks shooting
far into the sky, and a moment later shining
like burnished gold, as they caught the first
rays of the rising sun. Soon we enter the
"Gap"and follow the Bow river, whose
crystal waters at a distance look like a silver
thread, and glisten in the bright light of the
morning sun as they rush on down to the
prairie. We reach Canmore at 5.30, where
an additional engine was attached to our
train, to carry us up the steep grade to the
summit. Entering the, " observation" car,
which meals° attached here, and leaving
°sumer° at 6 o'clook, we began the ascent,
and half an hour later arrived at Banff,
where we remained only a few. minutes. It
is vertepretty around Banff,' and here is sit-
uated the famous Hot Spring r and Rocky
Mountain Park. A little later - we reach
Loggan, a beautiful place, near which there
are several lakes high up in the mountains.
At 9 o'clock we rein% the summit of the
Rockies, and from the oar, at an altitude of
5,300 feet above the sea,' looked out upon
the " great divide," a sparkling stream
which close at hand separates in two their
waters, flnwing in opposite directions, the
one westward to the Pacific and the other
east to Hudson Bay. Commencing the
down grade here, we passed through scenery
indescribable in its grandeur, and just at
noon our train pulled up at Donald, a
beautiful little town nestling in the shadow
of the " Selkirke," and Where the time
again goes back an hour, the other changes
ROBERT
there in all its
its fellows, it
uardian of the
as we neared
hack of Port
of the Olympic
of snow-capped
deed.
n Friday noon,
esting and m-
iles.
son,
M. DICKSON.
Winter What.
LEADING VARIETIES SUCCESS
1898 ON 191 ONTARI
One million wires of _w'
likely be sown in Ontari
next tared weeks. As the
a marked influence upon bo
and the quantity of the cro
very important that the ver
used4 An increase in yield
Winter wheat per acre mean
of one million bushels for
The average aenuaryield of
per acre in Ontario for the p
le about twenty-seven( per es
that of Great Britain and
about thirty -ane percent. hi
of any of the winter wheat
of the American Union. Th
tario should bete approach
the former rather than that
The average yield of winter
tario for the eight years end
Is 21.6 bushels per acre an
NJ
eighth year ending :Rh
bushels per acre. Hence
in average yield of winter ev
Ontario is moving in the rig
' The growing of this impor 'ant crop has
28.9 bushels, and Early Red Clawson, 28.7
bashele.
3. Dawson's Golden Chaff was the most
popular variety with the experimenters in
each of the past five years.
*4. In the co operative experiments for
1898, the Dawson's Golden Chaff and the
Early Genesee Giant came through the win-
ter the best, and the New Columbia the
poorest.
5. The Eirly Gen ee Giant, Dawson's
Golden Chaff and Nevi Columbia possessed
the strongest straw and the Poole and Inn
perial Amber the weakest straw in 1898.
6. In the co-operative experiments of
each of the past five years, the Dawson's
Golden Chaff was one of the least and the
Early Genesee Giant was one of the most
affected by rust.
- 7. In 1898 all varieties were practically
free from smut, which is nearly always the
case when no smut is sown with the wheat.
8. The Pride of Genesee and the Imperial
Amber produced the longest and the New
Columbia the shortest straw.
9. The New Columbia, Early Red Claw-
son and Dawson's Golden Chaff were the
first, and the Early Genesee Giant and
Pride of Genesee were the last to mature.
10. TheDawson's Golden Chaff and New
Columbia produced the plumpest and the
Poole the most shrunken grain.
The following leading varieties of winter
wheat will be distributed this year for co-
operative experiments :
Set 1. tDawson'se Golden Chaff, Early
Genesee iant and Early Red Clawson.
Set 2. Dawson's Golden Chaff, Imperial
Amber and Golden Drop.
Set 3. Damien's Golden Chaff, Bearded
Winter Fife and Stewart's Champion.
Any person 'wishing to conduct a zareful
experiment with one of these sets should ap-
ply to the Experimentalist, Agricultural
College, Guelph, for the desired set and one-
half pound of each variety, together with
inatructions for testing and the blank form
on which toneport will be furnished free of
cost to his address. The supply of some of
the varieties is'limited, but we will be en-
abled to furnish a large number with this
seed before the supply is exhausted.
A bulletin giving the results of 92 varie-
ties of winter wheat grown in the experi-
mental department of the „Ontario Agricul-
tural College is now in the printer's hands
and will be mailed from the Department of
Agriculture, Toronto, as soon as printed,
• C. A. ZAVITZ,
Experimentalist.
Agriceltural College,
Guelph, August20th, 1898.
•
ULLY TESTED IN
FARMS.
ter wheat will
withithin the
riety sown hair
h the quality
produced, it is
best kinds be
one bushel of
a total increase
the province.
winter wheat
st fifteen years
t. lower their
Ireland, and
her than that
rowing states
aim of On -
the record of
of the littter.
wheat in On -
ng with\ 1898
that fog the
890 was 18.5
the change.
eat per aore in
t direction.
received a good deal of atten
perimental department of th
cutural College within the p
Varieties obtained from the
England, Germany, France
being carefully tested along
cured from tbe wheat grow
Canada. After the varlet
carefully tested in the exper
the college in meth of the
leading kinds are selected f
experimentei throughout 0
bora found that the varieti
given the hest average result
inents conducted at the coll
year' in succession have near
good satisfaction on the
province.
Seven varieties of winte
sent out for co•operative exp
autumn of 1897. These we
three sets, with three varieti
the Dawson's Golden Chaff b
the sets as a basis by whioh •
all the varieties could be compared with one
another. We have receive
satisfactory reports of caref
winter wheat experiments fo
The following table gives t
yield of straw and grain pe
varieties of winter wheat tes
191 farms :
Straw per acre.
(tons.)
Dawson's Golden
Chaff. ; 1.8
Imperial Amber1.9
Eerly Genesee
Giant .. 1.7
New Columbia..e. 1.6
Early Red Clawson 1.7
Pride of Genessee. 1.5
Poole 1.5
This table should be of gre
wheat growers of Ontario, a
the 191 good reports are in
summary. Much credit is d
ful experimenters who send
of the tests made on their fa
ion in the ex -
Ontario Agri -
et ten years.
nited States,
nd Russia are
with those se
ng sections of
es have been
mental plots at
ve years, the
Ir co-operative
tario. It has
e which have
in the experi-
ge for a few
always given
arms ot the
wheat were
rimente in the
e divided into
s in each set,
.ing used in all
he results of
191 full and
lly conducted
1898.
e comparative
acre of the
d in 1898 on
'rain per acre.
eighed bush.)
CONCLUSIONS.
1. In the average yield of
per acre, the Dawson's Gold
highest among 11 varieties t
tario in the year 1893, among
eiteh,of the years 1894, 1895
among 7 varieties in each of t
and 1898.
2. Three of the varieties of
have been tested over Ontari
in succession, with the foll
yields of grain per acre: D
Chaff, 32.0 bushels ; Early
1'30.6
29.3
221
Canada
-General Hutton, the new commander of
the military forces in Canada, has arrived
in this country.
-It is reported that an English syndi-
cate is negotiating for the purchase of three
of Berlin's largest furniture factorks.
-H. R. Carter, druggist, of Pioton, died
last week from the effects of an overdose of
niorphine, which he took to induce sleep. -
-Rev. Principal Caven, of Knox Col-
lege, Toronto, has returned from Germany,
where he Spent the summer. He looks much
the better for his vacation trip.
-Returns compiled by Mr. Geo. Johneon
show that there are, in Canada, 559 cream-
eries, 2,556 cheese factories, and 203 fac-
tories producing both butter and cheese. -
-The mother of Mr. Gilbert Glass, of
London, died at Bridgeport on August 13th,
at the advanced age of 93 years. .Deceased
came to this country 70 years ago.
-Friday afternoon, at Deseronto, Capt.
Nelson Hudgins, while putting in a new
spar on his yacht, the Ariadne, drppped
dead of heart failure. His home was at
South Bay.
-Mrs. Tomlinson, a patient in the Lon-
don Asylum who attempted suicide on
Thursday of last week, by setting herself on
fire, died on Friday night, as a result of her
injuries. .
-Martin and Harry Byers, agents of the
Deering /Harvester Company, were held up
by two meneWednesday night of last week,
on the Richthond road, about three miles
from Otte h, and robbed, at the point of a
/.
revolver.
-John eeman, of Chatham attempted
to jump from a train three miles east of
Windsor, last Friday night, and was badly
injured in his head and one hand. He was
taken to -Hotel Dieu, and the hand was am-
putated. He will recover.
-Mabel Pollitt, aged 10, of Kingston,
arose from her bad the other night, while in
a somnambulistic condition and walked -out
of a window. She alighted on a canvas
tent 20 feet below and escaped serious in-
jury.
-Markham was visited by a furious
,storm on Sunday- Rain fel.' heavily for fi ve
home. Hail fell is big as robin's eggs, and
the thunder roared continuously for an
hour. Several buildings were struck by
lightning, and the' bridge south of the vil-
lage was swept away.
28.2
27.5
26.9
25.5
24-6
t value to the
none except
luded in the
e to the care -
the reports
s.
winter wheat
n. Chaff stood
ted over On -
9 varieties in
nd 1896, and
O years 1897
winter wheat
for five years
wing average
Wimp's Golden
enesee Giant,
-Saturdey night burglans entered the
house of J. Cochrane, Berlin, and stole a
gold Watch, some money, and other jewelry
and silverware. The marauders were at
work when Mr. Cothran° came home, but
they made their escape.
-Oa Friday, Mims Emma Gower, of Mono
Center, had the misfortune to break her leg
while learning to ride a bicycle at that,
place. The fracture is an unusually bad.
one, and the attending physician at first
thought that the limb would have t� .pe am-
putated.
-The barn and contents, consisting of a
large crop of hay and grain, belonging to
Mr. Andrew V. Price, of the township of
Camden, county of Addington, took fire
from it spark from an engine engaged he
threshing, the other day, and was complete-
ly destroyed. The machine was saved. The
premises were partially insured.
-William Jeffery, a Grand Trunk Rail=
way switchman, was killed at Windsor on
Friday. He was in the act of coupling cars
near the Windsor roundhouse, and was run-
ning in front -with his hand on the coupling
link, when his foot caught in a tie and he
fell. The oar passed over him, cutting both
legs off and mangling hie body terribly.
-Alex. Crepin was killed on Thursday of
last week, in Booth's lumber yard, at Otta-
wa, where he was employed. A tem he
was driving became unmanageable, and, to
avoid injury, he jumped from the wagon.
The heavily loaded vehicle passed over his
head, broke his neck, and killed him in-
,
stantly.
-Word has been received at London, of
the death. of Privates Nicholas Hopkins,
Albert Hamm and Charles Donohue. All
three were: well known in London, and,
after leaving that city, joined the nine-
teenth regiment at Fort Brady, Michigan.
All went tot_Cuba and died on the battle-
field.
-W. 11. Pambrum, manager of the Bank
of Henbane, in Winnipeg, has disappeered,
leaning n� trace of his whereaboate. He
arrived in New York from Ehgland, on
June 4th, and forwarded his baggage, which
arrived all right, but he himself did not ar-
rive at the time specified in his letter. ib
is understood that the disappearance is en -
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whatever to warrant it. His business affairs
are in good shape, and his home rehttions
most happy. He carried a large amount of
insurance on his life, but no sedan can be
taken until something definite is learned of
what happened to him. In the meantime
his wife and family are suffering the most
intense suspense" on 'account of having no
trace of him. -
-Edward, the four year old on of Bruce
Howe, a fisherman of Port Bruce, was
drowned on Friday night. He was on the
pier with his father, who was engaged in
fishing. The lad was sent home, and an
hour.afterwarde hiei dead body was found in
the water. He had evidently fallen in -while
stepping from one pile to another.
--Mr. Charles Raymond, of the Hamilton
Herald reporting -staff, paid a visit to his
family at Guelph-, on Sunday, and ,on Mon-
day morning he had the painful experience
of eeeing his seven year old son, Artbur,
shot in the body. The boy in some „way
had got hold of a revolver, and was flourish-
ing it about when it went off, and the bullet
entered his body, near the stomach.
-The Department of Interior at Ottawa
has been advised that a deputation of Aus-
tralian settlers, from Yankton, South Da-
kota, has returned from an inspection of the
district around Prince Albert, and are de-
lighted with the country. They were sent
out by a community of 1,000 people, land
these people,1 they say, will sell out their
farms.
-Michael McKnight, of Donboyne, had a
narrow- eeeape on Wednesday, 17th inst.,
from being killed. He was ploughing on
his farm, when a thunderstorm arose. He
had just fixed the traces, when the light-
ning struck both horses, killing them in-
stantly. Mr. McKnight, who was only six
feet from the animal; was staggered by the
shook.
--The body of George Bennett, who mys-
teriously disappeared Tuesday night of limb
week, was dound in the Port Stanley harbor
on Saturday morning. Bennett bad been
employed as night watchman on the steamer
Flora, which plies between Port Stanley and
Cleveland. It is supposed he either stum-
bled and fell overboard or met with foul
play, while the boat was tied up at the
Port.
-A sad accident marred the •ending of
pleasant day spent by Niagara Falls' fire-
men, at Brantford, on Wednesday of hist
week, John Hallett, one of their number,
falling frora the train, near Welland, and
being killed. The train was a specked, on
the T., 11. and B., returning about anid-
night, and the deceased had evidently fallen
asleep on the steps. He was dead when
found.
-Bail is not yet fortheonting for W. 11.
Ponto-n, the young man Ammitted for trial
in connection with the Napanee bank rob-
bery. The friende of the prisoner are mak-
ing strenuous efforts to have the amount of
the bail, $10,000, reduced, but Magistrate
Daley has so for not consented to do so. It
is probable that . the seriousness of the
charge will make it imperative to keep the
bail at that figure, whether Ponton is able -
to secure bondsmen or not. -Since the
above was in type, Penton has got bail and
is now at liberty.
-United States Immigrant Inspector /
Petit, of Port Huron, is gaining quite a
reputation upon his vigilance in preventing
Canadian laborers from going to the United
Stites and working during the harvest, in.
tending aftravards to return to their for- .
mer homes-Ileother day he turnedbeck'
26 men who whidliad tickets purchased over
the'Grand Trunk to North Dakota points,.
refusingthem entrance on the grounds that
they were violating the alien labor law.
-Mr. James Huteheon, eity engineer, of
Guelph, met with a serious accident on Fri;
day afternoon, about 2:30 o'clock. He wart
up some fifty feet in the old rolling mills to
superintend the fixing of a block and teekle
to take down railroad rails. He crawled
along the timbere, and, on standing up, put
hie hand out and laid hold of a board, which
gave way, and he fell to the floor below,
alighting on his back. He was immediate-
ly taken to,the general hoepital. He was
quite conscious, and no bones are brokena
-Mr. Wm. a Wiekstead died at Ottews.
on Wednesday morning of last week, in his
99th year. He was born at Liverpool on
Deceember 21st, 1799. When confederation
took plaee he was an old man, being then in
his 68th sear. Mr. Wickstead was called
to the barof Lower Canada in 1832: He
was appointed law clerk in the House of
Commons in 1867, and held the position till
1887, being then 88 years of age, Mr.
Wickstelid was mimed a Queen's co.uneel
1854 by Lcird Elgin.
-While enge,ged in coupling the rubber
ends of an air brake on Wednesday night of
last week, John W ' illiams an oiler on the
Grand Trunk Railway at,London, had bis -
head badly crushed by the two cars coming
together at a moment when he had his heed
between the platform, at a point lacking
sufficient, room. When the unfortunate men
was removed he was bleeding from both
ears,andwas badly hurt,
-C. Ferrie, manager of the Hamilton.
Provident Loan Alsociation, has returned.
to. Winnipeg, after driving for a month
through the Manitoba wheat fields, ,d1r,
Ferric says the prospects are grand- in all
directions, Mr. Joseph MOM, & leading im-
plement man, has repented from a trip se
far west as Regina, to inspect the progress
of the harvest Mr. Maw states that from
Winnipeg to Brandon the crop is a heavy
one; midway between Brandon and Alex-
ander it starts to get light From Griswold
west to Virden there is a medium crop,.
Around Virden and Fleming the grain la
fair, and from there on it is light to weseet
dlerenfell. Around Wolseley and Sintaluta
prospects are muoh bettert and Indian Head
and Qu'Appelle districes have splendid'
crops. - At drargonie there is about half a -
crap, and at Regina the erop is a good one,
and it continues heavy to Moosejaw. West
of Brandon to Regina the harvest is a week
later then east of Brandon ; west of Regina.
to Moosejaw it is two weeks later.
-Patrick J. Hollers, of Ottawa, who for
the past five years, has been a cripple, en -
turned home Saturday, from St. -Anne ele.-
Beaupre practically cured; . Ten days ago
he went St. Anne. . He was then unable.
to walk, having to drag his feet, with the
aid of two crutches. Saturday, howevezt.
he was able to plant both feet firmly on tire'
ground, and had nothing to aid him but a
cane. Moreover, he is able to kneel down,
a thing which, since he was crippled, he -
was never able .to do. Holmes says that
three days after he. had arrived in St.
Anne's he was praying in the church. .Ife
felt strength grad, ually coining to him and.
'made an attempt to rise to his feet, without
the aid of his crutches. He succeeded. He
also made an attempt to kneel down, and in
this also he was suceestiful. Feeling 0012fi-
dent then that he had been practically
-
cured, he left his crutches on the tater or
St. Anne, and for the remaining seven -
days he was at the shrine he weld get -
around with the aid of a cane alone. He i*
sure that he will in a short time be perfect-
ly cured and able to go about even without
the cane's aid. Before becoming a ez'pp1e,
Holmes was a trainman on the Csnadian
tirely inexplicable, as there svaa nothing Pacific Railway, ,
asr,