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B + Yr-1,•ali Sli0 VY
Young. Potato onions, J Stafford, Ii
Laidlaws White field, deans,, Jas Parr,
ld c 3v81dy, Q a, J11 tiohtnond, Jag!
Barr; Citrgpa, P Willows, W au.
Crackers. Watermelons, T'flamiatont
W R. NoCraplten..• Cabbage, Drum-
head, J Stafford, R Sellars. Red pick-
lir Bab taffo d, H Mla racken, John
g
Hinckley. Any other kind, W H AM.
Craokerl, 1 and 2. Cauliflower, J Staf-
ford, 1t Sellars.
M/ituFACTuuEs—Home spun full cloth,
Geo Nott, Jae Pollock. Home made all
wool flannel, Jas Pollock, T Andersota.
Union flangal, G Nott, A Proctor. All
wool blankets, home made, J Plolock,
,
Z Anderson. Blankets, union, not
G COWS011. Horse blan_rete,
home spun, T Hamilton. Coverlet,
home et?un, T Airderson, RB Laidlaw.
Rag mat, Mrs McBride, G'Not>:. Yalu
gnat, A Proctor, J Jaokson. Rag car-
pet, Geo Nott, A Proctor. Stoolcing
yarn, home
Coarse boots, J Sherritt, Hand made
gent's boots, J Sherritt, Set double
harness, H Dennis, J '1' Carter. Set
angle harness, H Dennis, J T Carter.
Leather, 3 'GVettlauffer.
LADIES' \WuKK.—Arrasene work, Geo
Nott, C Campbell. Rick rack, Miss
Match, Mrs 1) Carder. Pillow and
sheet sham,,, Miss Molllicia el, J Sym-
ington. Patch quilt, Geo Nott, W 11
McCracken. White quilted quilt, Jas
Pollock, Knitted counterpane, G Nott,
airs D Stewart. Counterpane, crochet
work, J Symington, Mrs D Stewart.
Gent's white shirt, hand Made, 0 Nott
T Hamilton. Flannel shirt, band
mod°` T Hamilton, ,G Nott. Woollen
stockings, hand made, G Nott, T Ham-
ilton. Woollen atoakinga, machine
made, Mrs Forsyth and Knudson.
Y
Socks, home spun, Geo Nott, 1 and 2.
Gauntlet mita, Jas Polloek, A Jones.,
Mite, J Symiugton, G Moffatt. Fancy
knitting, Mies McMichael 1 and2. Ber-
lin wool work, fiat, J Symington, W 0
Jones. Embroidery, Mra D Stewart,
miss McMichael. French embroidery,
Mrs Carder, (J Campbell. Braiding on
cotton, (x Nott, T Hamilton, Braidingfull
on wool, J Symington, G Nott. Sofa
cuahfon, Miss Mutch,T Hamilton. Col
lection of ladies' work, Miss Mutch, J
Symington, Mrs C Hamilton. Gent's
slippers, 0 Campbell. Darned net, 0
Nott, Miss Match. Crochet work, mo-
dern, Geo Nott, Jas Potter. Macrame
work, J Symington, G Young.Point
lane, Miss McKinnon, J Symington.
Flouitou lace, J Symington, Mrs 0
Ilatnilton. Ribbon work, J Symington,
C Campbell. Chinelle work, 0 Nott, C
Campbell. Outline embroidery, Mrs
Carder, Geo Nott. Crochet work in
wool, C Campbell, Miss Jones. Crazy000.00.
work, Miss Carder, Miss Muteh. Cre
el work, W U Jones, G Nott. Embroi-
dory on silk, 0 Nott, Mrs D Stewart.
Java canvas work, W 0 Jones, Miss
McMichael. Home made straw hat, A
Cary. Plain sewing by girl ponder 14,
Hamilton, R Laidlaw. latches on
gout's pants, by girl not over 14, T
Hamilton, A Carr. Darn on sooke, by
girl not over 14, T Hamilton, Nettie
lcMich el, nderson. IJ11Symington. leather oiSa Sampler
work, W 0 Jones, J Symington. Ker.-
sington embroidery, Mrs Carder, Miss
McMichael. Crochet with novelty braid,
Miss Mutch, 3 Symington.
FINE Alas. --Collection oil painting,
Mrs C Campbell, Dr Carder. Water
color painting, Mrs CCampbell 1 and2.
Crayon drawing, J Symington, Mrs Dr
Carder. Paint+lig on pottery, Mrs Car-
der, Campbell. Pencil drawing by
boy or girl under 16, C Campbell, Mrs
;J Stitt, Hand painting on Bilk, satin or
plush, Jas Pollock, Mrs Dr Carder.
PL.tx•rs AND F,.owr:as.-Collection of
foliage plants, Jas Harrison. Gerald-
g
tin's in bloom, J Pollock, 3 Harrison.
Fuchsias in blo,n, J Harrison, Hung.
+rig - basket, GoMcGowan, G Collison.
Pieplay of plants, J Harrison. Table
bouquet, Miss Jones, Thos Anderson,
Hand bouquet, A Proctor, J Harrison.
l
Floret design, Miss Mitch, J Harrison
Collectionraham.of dahlias, T Anderson,, A
Graham'. Col]ectiuu of pansies, A
Proctor, A Carr.
SI'F•CIAr. Coalrrrtr 'lox.—Lady driver,
Miss Fisher, Auburn •; Miss Dickson,
McKillop. Ludy rider, IVliss ]?isher.
Bag 1))13o1.)ie oompetition, D McKdv, Kin.
tail; McKay Kintail; 1) McKen-
zle, Dancing Highland fling, Miss Mc -modest
Gregor, F Frazer. Organ competition,
Miss haake, Mrs Wilson. Specimen of
by pupils under 10, Amy Shel-
by, I{at° Little, N Cumin".
Jcoees,
Llotrr Houses.—Jno. Govier, Hallett;
U, McFadden, Grey; A. Forbes, Sea-
forth.
Heavy IIoiteEe.—J. W. Cook, V. S.
Dungannon nno; Ano. Scarlett, McKillop;
Ios._
Wawanoh�r .Anderson, Eass. tt\VEvat
noble; IJowlett; Morris' Garlov Jno.
C.tTrLE.—W. Yours
Skelton, Morris; I. Fisher, Goderich,
7as,rCaldnweil, ;\Innchesteballl, Clinton;
Scott:
PouLTnt.—Dr, Young, Londesboro;
T. Carling, Clinton. •
LARIEs' Woex.—Miss Curs-li,l;;ham,
Colborne; Misa MCC Aland, Pelgrave;
Miss Taylor, Mortis.
FEL•TT.—,John Stcwarb, I enmaler
` �os gollaw 1,, Clinton,
$4,242.88, twenty-first $10,485.76,
: twenty-seCqud $2A,971.52, twenty.
third y�41,943.44, xtvoptg•fourth
$8,3,816.081 twenty -filth $107,772.•
16; tw.enty.sixth $335,544.33, toren-
tyseeantlt $671,080.64, twenty-
eighth $1,342,177.28, twenty-ninth
$2,684,254,56, thirtieth $5,368,.
709.12, thirty-first $10,738,418.24.
thirtysecot:d $24,474,836.48, thirty-
third $42,949,672.96, tl;irtyfourth
$$5,899,3.45.92, thirty-fifth $171,•
798,691.84, thirty-sixth $343,597,-
383.68 ; total Baldry for three years,
$677,194,767.35.
This is, we suppose, a modern
companion of the old story where A
Hungarian King bankrupted him-
self by paying (1) a blacksmith for
Put" is 32 nails ill the shoes of
a horse at the rate of a penny for
the first nail,two for the second
etc., and suggests also the compute.
tiou which shows that a grain of
barley to the first square of a chess.
board, two
,grains to the second
Square, and so on through the 64
squares, will give a final aggregate
exceeding the whole barley crop of
the world through an indefinite
period. Such facts,howuver, always
strike one with wonder the first
time they are brought before the
Infnd,
•
HARP 911. VANVOUVj
New. Westminster Truth.
A man who Wished to via
eh t I'd u1 the Pacific ocean pure
PI
a railttay tlCicct ill take, o
Aug, 4, and, by Tuistalte, bo
the train for Port Arthur
traveled twenty wiles in this 1
tion and was put bit' on the pi
He returned on tout to the
from where Ile came. The
day he boarded another train
was taken twelve miles mouthy
there he was put off again,
next day he got into a railwa
rlage on the right track, and
yoked by his oti't] mistakes he t
like a trooper, A clergyman
was resent interposed byest
p p
"Young ensu, do yon know s
you are going?"
" I'm blanked if I do," salt
Young mon.
" Let me tell you," said his 1
outs. If I may judge by
"
language, you are ou the w.
hell,"
"'1'iekcta !" shouted the t ytdi
Ina flutter the young man 8051
his pockets, but did not tier.
ticket. r
„ r „
Where are you going to ? 1
the conductor.
Pointing „
to the clergyman
passenger answered : " He say
going to hell."
" All right," said the conch
"" g
1 hirty tivo•fifty—get off at
COuyer,"
And there he is half incliu
believe that his reverence
propltat.
SNIMVOIIM�s in
t -s,-••--,--
THE ,, PRIZE LIST-
1 I•IEAV I aeuufT 1{EOISRE1tED SIAL
L1uNa.-'2•- old, Robert Alolluwell. B
Mason. 1.-r old, W A Cumming, H
t
Roes. 4polte oaled in '89, J P Fisher.
Pu'i OBE STALLIONS. --2-yr
old, 11 G McGo an, T 73ielby. 1 -yr
! old, Tae Riddell.
RaALBT191n STALrao :.--2.-yr old, R B
Laidlaw. 1 -yr old, ' 1) 4hutrttterlain.
Hoasl.s HEAVY DK uuur. — Team of
mares or geldings, F Young, A Mor-
riaun, T Hamilt• i. 2.yr oldgelding,known,
Jas Re :. , ,, eo Dale. 2 -yr old filly,
Jae ynolds, W 1'' Young. Year old
filly, A Garr, R Reid. Marc foal, Geo
Dale, `Jas Reynolds. Horse foal, Df
McQuillan, Thos Cole.
GENERAL Potiraar.—Team, Jas Rey-
nolds, J McLean. Brood mare, T Pat-
ton, W King, 2 -yr old gelding. Gecrge
Kirkby, Jas McLean. '2.yr old filly, R
dae Potter,'eo
Kende Jas 1\VKing, Year old
T Anderson.
1totnaTrae.—+pan, W Allan, Beatty
Bros, A McMurchie& Co. Brood mare,
P Scott, '1' Strachan. 1V A Cumin
JH inpbell•
2 yold ge ldii,g`V Perdue,
yrY y• y•
Year old gelding, R Milne, H Edwards.
Year old filly, T Strachan, A T McDon
eid. Foal, T Straohan,W Cunningham,
0SKirby.le Foal, special e & tro`W1J
Dickson.Snudlo horse, Beattie Bros,
J Perdue, Sweepstakes, J Reynolds.
CATTLE Teonont> D DUItnALtS.--Milch
cow, '2 Ross, Snell Bros, 2.yr old
heifer, Snell Bros, 1 And 2 Year old
heifer, Jus Webster, Snell Bros.
Heifer calf, Jn Armour, N McDonald.
Bull calf, J Braithwaite, Snell Bros.
1•. --Yoke working oxen,
GLADE owaL ,
R G McGowan, R B Laidlaw, Mitch
cow, T Ross, Jas Braithwaite. 2 -yr
old heifer, J Webster, R G McGowan.
Yew; old heifer, R Corley 1 and 2,
Heifer calf, J Armour, T Rosa. Steer
calf, Jas Shobbrook. 2 -yr old steer, N
McDonald 1 and 2. Year old steer, T
Ross 1 and 2. Fat ox or steer, T Ross,
N MCDOIIald. Fat cow or heifer, T
Ross, R G McGowan. Herd, '1' Ross,
N McDonald.
Snsae AND rune—The judges in all
the sheep and pig classes had so mark-
ed
listutterly im•
P ossheir tooks that it translate the was
GRAIN.—Red fall wheat, W 0 Jon -s,
R Laidlaw. White fall wheat, G Mof•
fatt, R' Laidlaw. Spring wheat, J
Cuming, 3 Harrison. Wheat, any kind,
R McGowan. 6 -rowed barley, T Haw•
ilton, R McGowan. 2 rowed barley, G
Moffatt, R Errant. Large white oats,
t , Hamilton. Smallatt.- Black white
Harrison, Hamilton,
oats, R G McGowan, N_Ctrmfng. Sutdll
peas, It Johnson, 2 Hamilton. Large
fate. Timothy
pseas,Laidlaw, , Moffatt.
Kelly & Son. Flax seed, R Laidlaw, R
B Laidlaw, R 0 McGowan.
PooLTnY.-Turkeys, James Harrison.
Geese, J Harrison, B Mason. Rouen
ducks, Jas Pollook, W H McCracken,
Any other hind of ducks, B Mason. W
H McCracken. Brown Legborns, J
Harrison. Light Leghorns, W II Mc-
Cracken, 3 Harrison. Black Spanish,
3 Harrison, \V H McCracken. Light
Brahman, l Garvin, W H McCracken.
Homburgs, J Harrison, W H MoCrack-
en. Dorkings, J Harrison 1 and 2.
Blank breasted red game, J Harrison,
11 McCracken. Buff Cochius, W H
IcCracken. Partridge Couhins, W II
McCracken 1 and 2. J3antama, W H
UoCrasken. Polanda; %i . Mason, J
Lawson. Plymouth Rocks, J Harrison,
W H McCracken. Collection of pigeons,.
p t;
W Il Alsorackon. Collection of fowls;
J Harrison, W' II McCracken.
Brmsdon, iMcNalrl ber Pairbobslei ltii
Slater & Sims. Iron beam sod plow.
Geo Love, Leavy & Sons. Irou beam
gen'I purpose, Leavy & Sone, G Love.
Gall„ plow, Gillis & Martin, JBrims-
don. Iron harrows, Slater & Sims, H
McQuarrie. Single buggy, open, Slater
& Sims. Single buggy, covered, John
13runsdon,' J Leslie. Double buggy,
covereed, Jn Brunedun, Slater &Sims.. Brsclon. ut-
ter, Dou Slates dyi' open , 3 Set rhorse sCoes
from hammer, Roberta &Jefferson,
Slater & SIMS. Wooden pump, P Wil-
lows. Stove and furniture, U Hamil-
ton. Fanning mill, McMurchio & Co.
Land roller, Slater & Sims. Scuili.er,
Leavy & Sons, 0 Love & Co. Reaper,
knife grinder, etc., 3 Ross,
DAuar.—Tubcreamerybutter, GNott,
3 Mcllroy. Tub butter, not less than
b4atter, 0 McGowan, aslb Barr. Tub
butter, not less than 50 lbs., Jas Barr.
Io lb ., in rollnor orpri ts, ee,Barr,Miss
Y ss
than 50 lbs,, G Young 1 and 2. Dairy
cheese, J McIlroy, 'P Sand@rsou. 17x-
reacted honey, H Mcf�naerie, W J Mar-
tin. Honey in comb, Dr Sloan, It
Mutch. Baker's bread, B Chamber-
lain. Home trade bread, A Carr, .7
Pollock. Plain tea biscuits, R Mason,
A Proctor. Maple syrup, A_ I'roetor, R
0011nsoi, Maple sugar, R aidlaw, G
Jackaen. Col, canned fruit, W H Me•
Cracken. Grape wine, G Yonne, Miss
Match. Tomato catsup, M McQuarrie,
R Johnson. Mixed pickles, R Match,
bliss Mulch. Any other pickles, 13
:1lutelt, Miss Mutch.
Fem.—Pour varietics'winterapples,
W 0 Jones. Four varieties fall apples,
\\T 0 Jones. Baldwins, 'tV a Jones, 0
Cannpbell. Northern Spy, W Laidlaw,
Jobn Johnston. Rhode Island Green-
Ings, VtO Jones, C Campbell. Ribston
Peppin, C Campbell. •Golrlen Russet,
C Campbell, IV 0 Jones. Roxboro Rus-
set, 0 Campbell. Bin Davie, \V 0
Jeune. Tlnlman fiweet,l1r0 McGowan
Maidetl Blush, C Cnlnpbell. Snovr, R
Johnston, bit Svinington. Calvert,
W 0 Jones. •'tlesaudcr, 11 Johnston.
20 oz. Fipple, v Campbell, \V 0 Jones.
Any other variety, W 0 Jonea, CCamp-
bell. Collection of apples, W 0 J°ere.
\\inter pears, W 0 Jones 1 and 2. Pae
pears, W 0 Jones. Tomatoes, W II
McCracken, I3 McQuarric. Grapes, J
lliachley, Jas Symington. Crabs, 138
Jackson, James Symington. Peaches,
Glenn Bros, Jas Symington,
I 110ors.—Early Rose potatoes, J Rit.h•
mond. Late Rose potatoes, G Mc;,mv•
noesTR Joh so.,�Jobe Sta ord. na ot tea :a pC,cl•
Ie tion f pot nae Cts Lt v 1, J0 Ste;
' , W
McCracken. Carden red ca:•rote, T
1?a"'iters, 11,7nh•�son. Swede ta::l'fi,
• 1 a:•r, Junes Hhobb'•ook. Gaidc-n'
}�»•o,luce, W II 111cC:aclree, E Ga:-vl; .�
13eeta, W 31MeCrackea land 2, Mast-
f,old wortze a, W II McCracl(en, R Set -$10.96,
lora. Pumpkins; J Richmond, W IJ
01. Red O Squashes, W H filaCrnck•
ea. Red onions, J Stafford, \V Ii 11c
Cracken. Yellow onions, J Stafford, G
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g j
if THE HURON REconn, will in future
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oder the title of fHE Hutton NEWS•
RECOI(U." •
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1Yeatern Ontario, is the .,eat Of considerable
nanufactluiu••, and the ceutru of the finest
gricultural section in Ontario,
The combined eh ciliation of TtieNe:w t.
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herefore, unsurpassed its au Advertising
nedium.
earitates of advertisin • liberal hurl
b '
arnished on application. 1
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ie charged full rates.
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JOB WORK.
We have one of the best appuiutad Job
)1}ieas west of Toro+ttu. Our facilities in
department enable us to do all kinds
of work -from a calling card to a mammoth
poster, in the host style known to thep
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Address
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Clinton. Ont
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NEWS r
CANADIAN NOTES.
—1 usttnttster Boucher tit Mon-
treal was found guilt • of stealing a
guilty 0
letter, rho property of the Fust-
master Cieueral,
—A few days ago a drunken man
jumped
or int ted orf the west -bound
express a raw wiles went af.Chatham,
when goin ata speed of fiftymiles
o g ' t
an hour. Ile escaped with a few
bruises.
—Thu CAM Pacific Railway's
earnings fur the week ending Sept
30, and for the corresponding week
of last year, were as follows : Sep -
Umber 1889, $443,000,00 ; Sept,,
1888, $3'39 b00.00. Increase x+114
'- ,-92
—Tho jury in rho case of '['1105.
Vineyer•d, charged with coutnlitting
criminal assault un Maggie McVey,
returned a verdict of guilty at Sand
w ]Ch last work, and the judge Ben-
tensed biro to five years in Ding=
King -
stop, The prisoner was considered
insane by..a majority of the jury.
-At Peterboro 11rs. lleyuolds,
a mature widow, sued a Mr.
Jantiesou of 72*years fur $30,000
damages for breach of promise of
tuai•riage, The details of the court-
shop, as e1totted by the evidence,
showed that lovers of the antique
type c.,n discount the gushiness of
•C
the youthful school. Verdict for
pla•lutifl' for $800:
—'Tile Brampton Banner says :
—Wednesday a sad accident befel
Johne Bell Sou of A r. Bell ofmidnight
Y ,'
thio town. Johnny drives the de-
livery wagon for Sutcliffe .& Sons.
g
Ile was cracking his whip when the
lush rebounded striking flim on the
y. cutting right,
eye into the ball andthe
destroying the sight. The saddest
of the accident is that his
parthad
other eye has been almost sightless,
and it is feared Ito may become coin-
pietely blind.
—Ute day last, week there were
gathered together- at a Preston, Out.,
hotel, a quartctto of old gentlemen
whose combined ages totalled 294
years. The patriarch of the four
was in his' 90th year, while the
juvenile member of the party was
but swept 66. Each nue was i0
apparently the best of health, and
seemed good fur many years yet,
the ouly sigu of infirmity being
that each gentleutan carried a cane.
— \I r. Phomas Workman, of
,
Frothinghatn Rc Workman, and for-
merly member for Montreal \Vest
in the House of Comtnong, died
last week at his residouce in
Montreal last week. Ile was Pro•
sitiellt of ➢tols°ns Bank and a Cllt'CC-
tor of several other institutions at
tho time of his death. Mr. Work-
than was one of Montreal's oldest
and best known citizens, He had
g
been snlf0rine from diabetes fur
some time during the past month,
and gradually passed away at tho
age of 76, having been horn at
Lisburn, in the north of Ireland, on
the 1 bath Jane, 1813. It is estinl:lt-
mater] tient the val'te of the property
he leaves trill be about a tnilliou
dollars.
—On Saturday afternoon Messrs.
Asbury and Porter, of the bank of
Montreal, Sit. Miry's, took 0 bore
hai11( rile to Stretford. Mr. Asbury•
returned and arrived home safe and
uninterrupted. Not so, however,
l ,
with \i r. Porter. \Vhen within
about fuer miles of St Mary's he
was brought to a halt by some per
son stopping his horse, and detmaud•
ing hits to unload, Mr. Porter
thinking this rather impertinent de-
elined to (lo so and teas fired upon
by the highwayman, the ball piers•
firth hors chi jd, and
brineaking hat.
6
Mr. Porter suddenly came to the
ground. The horse was boarded
°
r. r- h•ie!: and started for home on
the double quick. The saddle was
forme} at tho scene of disturbance
next morning, ami Mr, l'oi'ter
shows the mien on his clothes and
the holes in his hat,
,
AGED A HUNDRED AD
ONE.
AN IRISH CENTENARIAN IN n
TON-IIIS ONE REGRET, THAT
HE UAS NO LEARNING.
Oue of the oldest then, if nt
oldest man, ill Boston to -d
James Tunny of No. Li
Park sheet. If he lives a
mouths longer he will have p
the 102nd milestone ill the jot
of life. Ile was 101 years old
mouths ago. For over 40 of
has boon a resident of Boston;
for about 60 years he has be
citizen of the United Stated.
caws to this country, as he say,
self', when he was "a young
about 40 years of age." Ili
]torn in Ballyshannon, Irelan
1787, of peasants. Hia father
young, and his mother was no
enough at her death to recur(
g
fame for longevity. His aunt,
ever, lived to a very old age—
old, he didu't know but ho re
bers well that when she was
nue hundred years enrage, abs
ed three, utiles with a lighted
die over a rough country ro
attend t13mass Ill the 1
chapel. In 1831 Mr. Tunny le
Ireland for the new world. `
niver A scholard, ire said sadly
reporter, "an Inc wem'ry foils
oulil times but 1 woind
th' day I kim to Atneriky.
ouly known,"h0 wont on
quaint pathos, "that I'd live t(
age,'I'd ha' had I'arniu' t(
Nawthin' kin be done Widout
cation." Mr. 'Tunny is.
enough of his old age, but
ill speaking of his Seita
attainments. The fact is, lie
read and write very well once
he bats forgotten now, ho says
to do either ; but Margaret, his
t
says that up to only a few m
ago. 115 road his Bible every d.
When Mr. Tunny carne t'
country he started in busiuet
pedlar, and he never did mn
anyother kind of work. I -
nothing
due little or since th
except what household labot• h
formed ill the way of sawlog
r
otc. When nethwar broke o
made en earnest effort to of
Union forces, but he says ti
authorities refused to accept b
the ground that h0 was to
tIo says that his memory is all
but he has an old- neighbo
years of age, who visite him
day, and those two veterans Al'
t0 exchange rulllilll3Cences of c
g
that took place wheu young 2
ca wits in the laud of to bo
was a broth of a b'y," iiesaid ;
duy, " %Ohio tho Friuch land
Oil'elaild in '98,An' I i'etnitn li
tltrublu9 tointos o' thin days.
Oi can't toll thim t' yer, 0
till thins t' yet'!" IIo 1135111
wife over fifty years ago, an
have lived in the seine hour
since. Ono boy was born to
but he died ninny years ago.
. ._ _.-�_. _,_.
When the hair shows sig
falling begin at once to use
(lair Vigor. This preps
strengthens the scalp, promot
growth of new heir, restore
natural color to gray and fade.
8' Y
and renders it soft, pliant, and
—At the tCingston a8912e
Beeman, of Kemptvill,oa grad
rho 1Zoyul College, teas eh»rg
Mr. nonacid, of that vil(aigo,
having seduced n near r0 hit
itis and at the trill the dock
found guilty and mulcted to
tent of $200 and costs.
—--
—Eighteen thousand shoe
been imported from Oregon
John Lister Kay's farms
Northwest.
The Huron News -Record
41.80 a Year -81.28 N. Advance.
—,y -
1:e' The man does not do juxti.e. to his b,esinetcT
s/1.4 sg,ek,ls less in adtertisi.,t plan he duet in
^tint. -A. T. STBWAR;r, the ,nilvtiunair.• merchant
,f New Turk.
WedilesdaY, Oct. 16111 1889
•—_
THE CATTLE CROP.
•
SLIGHT FALLING OFF IN WESTERN
STATES -AN INCREASE IN
DAKOT:V,
The Far wter'd Re'v'iew in this
week's issue :—
"Relative to the present supply
of cattle, as eonlpared with that of
last year, the reports of ',opt eor.t•es
Ondonts shote 0 !ailing oil' of 9 to
pa
5 per ten: in llliuoiq, Indiana,
Ohio, Kentucky,. Kansas, Nebraska,
Michigan, and Minnesota. In
'Missouri, Iowa, and Wiscousin the
number is about the same as lasty'
year. Dakota shows an increase of
4 per cent. The condition of cattle
is very good as a general rule.
The proportionof correspondents
reporting only "fair condition is
about 10 por cent in Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, and ICan9a9; ill
Nebraska 7 per cent ; in Dakota 15
per cent in Ohio andwriting
1; Misaouri,
Iowa 18 per cent ; in Michigan 30
per cent ; in' Wisconsin 34 per
p
teat, and in Minnesota 37 por cent
In the State last inentiouod four
counties report "condition .poor..'
Most of the cattle are grass-fed, and'
Dodge County, Nebraska,. reports
the condition so good that but few
animals grain, tvillarger
tleinfed
p' I lorsi0 will
shipped from tho ranges direct.
In malty counties ^ ill Illinois A
goodly proportion of the best cattle
have already been marketed, the
present supply consisting of young
animals, and tunny calves are being
slaughtered for (seal. In parts of
Missouri,Minnesota; Michigan
s g ,
Wisconsin and Dakota, cattle are
thin on account of short pasturage.
A good many farmers in the North-
West have begun to feud, but the
abort crop of hay in many loeali'
ties will send a �+•ood many animals
to market. IU Kearney and a few
other localities in Kansas the
reverse is true, and fanners aro
holding cattle to consume the
surplus feed. Wo summarize ns
follows the reports of our corres-
pondouta relative to rho, supply of
cattle as compared with last year :—
Illinois, 97 per cent ; Ohio, 96 per
tent ; Kentucky, 95 pet' cent ;
Missouri, 100 for cont : Iowa 100
1 r
per cent ; Kansas, 98 per cent ;
Nebraska, 09 per cent Michigan,
Fj g ,
9v pci Gout ; Wisconsin, 100 por
rent ; Minnesota - U por cent •
1) ikota, 104 per cont ; Iurliann, '
99 per cent,"
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— •---------•-•---
GLEAT AGGREGATES FROM
J
DOUBLING SMALL
AMOUNTS.
•filo delusive roslil of multiply-
@ l l Y
ing by two, or doubling numbers
several titles, is very well illustra-
ted in the following story, which•a
Western newspaper man has yet
going the rounds i— •
g Ag merchant employed a clerk,
tubo lrantnrl t}ut place, prineipn!ly
to ]cath rho busier sst ",ol:u' being
, Y n
no object" At the suggestion of
this industrious seeker after Know-
]et]ge and contemner of worldly
oods the merchant willing) con-
sgented 10 fix the salaryat 1 cent
for the first luunth, 2 Cents for. 1110
second month, 4 cents for the
third, 8 cents for the fourth, and
so on for three years. Nelle is the
"acconut," as fibured out by the
bool(1(eeper, which we way wolf
believe "staggered" the inerehant :
First month .01, seem' month .02,g
third .0-1 fourth ,08 fifth .16,sixth
.32,seventh .64 Bei eighth $1.2R
g '
ninth $2.56, tenth $5.12, eleventh
t, twelfth, ,$20.48, thirteenth
fourteenth $81.92, fifteenth
$163,84, sixteenth $327,68, seven-
to°ntI , G55,36
4 ,eighteenth $1,. a
72, neneteenth $2,621.44, twentieth
—Collector Allen, of Fort Mc.
Loed, N. W. T., reports to the do-
pertinent that he has seized a herd
of cattle, numbering 325 head, bo-
longing to J. i1. Conrad & 011
longingCo,'Jas
the ground that the animals had
been10.2
smuggled into CuuAda. This
is the third time this firm bas been
in trouble with the customs anther]
ties.
it the
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next
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FOR OUR STORY -READERS.
JOB 1IENKINS'S CLAIM. -
'Lost? I lust everythiu'—every-
thiu'_-clung u' the wall.'
He was our driver. He drove ua
11.1 an old tattered carry -till about the
Bandy roads of Norfolk, Virginia..
He was quit as tattered as the carry-
all, and quite es tui tory ; so forlorn•
that the old nag he drove and the
carry -all and he seemed to bo all of
one pisco.
Ile was a taciturn man, with a
sandy hoard. They tuld us he was
a specimen Uf genuine 'white trash.'
IIe never ktie w where ally out: lived
0r when tate trains went. ile never
know anything about distances. He
never know where any public build--
ing was to be found, llr, beiugo
found, what any large public build-
ing was. Ile was in douse ignor-
ance about anything nod everything
do Nut folk, nuc) his tided was a
blauk about all clatters uutside. Ile
was always at the station waiting.
Sumelitnes he mall'• his way about
with a trunk or a vi'itur, and seem-
ed to luso himself ill the i'•w (amb-
ling streets, and fit.d hi iiself twilit •
at the station with Mortified sur •
prise,
A. slouchy, poverty•tt•uitl, thin -
faced, hullow••chestt•d speci o`
white trash ! Yet Irutu the first 1
pitied and employed him. Ile rare-
ly opened his cavernous mouth. He
never looker] at you when lie ?llrek,t:•.
But occasionally, 5d if his mis-
fortunes had welled up ill his hostile
and demanded expression in spite
of himself, he would look orf in the
distance drenruily, pull hare] on the
reins, and exclaim, load enough fur
the rear seat in rite eld awry -all lo•
brute
`Lost? I lust everythiu' .-uvt•ry-
thin' I lied—along 0' the'0ah,'
I pitied hint awl sympathized
with hint, and gradually, as he re-
peated this singular expression (tuna
time to time, 1 became excuetlingty-
cdrious to Letitia what and how touch
he had lost ; for 1, too, had lost a
great dual on account of the tear.
Here was a poor sull'erer, I thought,
who had lost all in that war which;
bad d• rived me of a brother nuci a..
part of my fortune. By every de-
vice I could think of 1 tried to die --
cover what and how he had lust his.
all, but upon this sad topic, beyond
the expression already quoted, ho•
was mate. I 0111y recall ono other
instance of his speaking while my
children and 1 drove about with
him that summer. One of the chil-
dron cried, '01i, dear, I've forgotten
to briug toy haudleerchief 1'
`Haiu't ye got shoe -eves?' he ask-
ed, as if of the old Horse in front of
hien. Imagine our laughter
Beyond this lie never spoke while
driving, nor would he tell me of
hie losses. lin was duinb. He had.
lost everything. What I had suf-
fered was a bagatelle. Housos,land,
children, parents, relations, money
—everythingI I glanced at his long
hatchet face from my back seat with
the children. He was still a rather
young mau, I thought, to have hod
much to lose in war times, twenty-
five years ago. Really lie, did not'•
appear to bo over forty on close ex-
amination. Dirt had grimed into
the wrinkles of his fuse and added
to his age. Perhaps he alluded to
his parents and their losses ; perhaps
he had reference .to the 'lost cause ''
ill general, or to some one else''e
losses—a friend near and dear to•
hint. At the time I was never en-
lightened. His doleful aspect, his
silence, his poverty ; the fact, which
I know, that even the old horse and
carry -all were not his ; that nothing.
seemed to be hie; that ho did seem
very forlorn and fliendless—I pitied
hint, and, as I say, I wits full of
curiosity to learn hoar he had come
to meet wi'tlt such dire misfortune
`along o'-tho Walt.'
Ono day I happened to sue him
going by our hotel ou foot. I hur-
ried out into the street without bun -
not or shawl.
'i[eukins,' I gasped, 'tell nie howl
(lit] you conte to lose everything ?'
He leaned for a moment against
the fence and closed his oyes. I
saw hie Adam's apple rise and fall
ill marked embarrassment. Proud,
modest, diffident Honk ins !
'Perhaps it was rude my asking,;
I said ; but I am so anxious to
know! I too lost by the war. Per-
haps, too, I can aid you.'
']lid you un lose along 0' the
wah?' he asked, dazedly, as if
dreaming.
'l
e
s
,'
'1e didn't go an' lose uvorythin',
did yo, melon? Every blessed thing
y' had un earth to oucet ? Cum now;
I reck'u y' had sutnpen loft 1'
His glance was so appealing that
I felt that somehow hero was one of
those wrecke of humanity cast up
by no common and ordinary wavo
of fate. 100ujulad up in my mind
the nature of the awful calamity
which had destroyed his family, his
home, ilia all, at one fell blow. I
could only think of one victim in
the world's history who had mot
with a similar catastrophe. It oc-
curred to rno to ask him, 'Can your
name bo Job ?'
'Yes,
a