The Huron News-Record, 1889-12-25, Page 4,
tiron News -Record who. the other day, when addrees-
1 ing the intelligeut yeomen of Ox
$1.50 a•Year--01.20lu Advance. I ford gave a lugubrious picture of
't • i our couutry aud declared that this
s...._ -
era: The man dyed OW ItO ili4tC0 to his hes/toss i picture could only be brighteued
wire epode leintein adeertietali than he dues 01
rot.-- E. T. erswasT, the mittionaire merchant
1 Eno York.
W.stlitesthty. Dee.. 25th
" by means of uurestricted recipro-
city " with the neighboriug States.
Whatever feeling may have Iui
i mated Sir Richard in recuminend-
18S9 iug his panacea, practically his
-1 teachiugs are as false asSatan-felse
to the manhood of our people -
false t� their patriotism -false to
the material resources aud oppor-
tunities of our country -false to the
noblest traditions, aspirations, prac-
tical progress and exalted destiny
which animate and await this Dom-
inion if we be but true to ourselves
and listen not to the harsh grumbl-
lugs of a Cartwright or the seductive
strains of more mellifluous traitors.
We shall make no apology for
transferring the following tabulated
aud official figures from the columns
of the Empire. They contain ern.
iaently significent comparisons, giv-
ing irrefragable proof that the num
erically largest class of people in
Outario-thefartners-are nearly
fifty per cent better of than their
brethren iu the United States.
The tables have been carefully
compile' from the annual reports
of the Departmeut of Agriculture at
Washington, and of our own Bureau
of Industries. They show at a glance
the selling value per acre of the
most important crops in Ontario as
compared with .nine of the great
agricultural states in the neighbor-
ing republic, and cannot be made too
widely known in the interede qf our
Province. The first table gives the
average yield and value per acre for
six years of eight of the moat im-
portaut crops of Ontario, as coin -
pared with the states of New York,
Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Wis-
consin., Ohio, Iowa, Indiana and
Illinois. It may be noted, as ex-
plaining the great disparity in the
yield of corn', that while the Wash.
ington bureau gives the figures for
shelled corn, our own bureau gives
corn in the cob, but the prices
being on the sante basis, the com-
parison of value is accurate :
25th:IDECEMBER, 1889.
Itere's C,hristmas, Merry Christmas,reotne again
When Heaven stoop.' to wish good will to men,
Let now the tongues of hate be hushed and duinli.
o again the Christmas angels are come.
The Christmas bells will chime
to -Jay end ht•ing joy aud merriment,
Rws-liEcoup hopes, into every
household. Surely there is a secret
charm to this festival. From the
time of the oh! Yule -tide feasts
which were celebrated by our old
Teutuu ancestors, on this day, who
Iseet' the feast, irrespective of any •
cen-asetion with the birth of Christ,
until thissgear of Grace, 1889, there
have alwayasheen the dearest and
most cherished associations there-'
with.
Ch elan sectaries e sought
at the traditions of theniis-
., ianta Clans, the holly, 'this.
Cloisouns tree and other semi-
si associations with the celebra-
tion of this day, but the heman has
pito ohel, null the day is cunseurat-
ed in good cheerfof every form, and
the old puritan fallacy that pleasure
ls ;'.:1 because it is pleasant has
been sompletely routed.
Tho world does not outgrow
slloistnias. It cannot. To do so
ioest outgrow humanity itself.
he cherished so lung as goo I
..isk nger their evil, the glory of
light than darkness.
• 0 ye of little faith, be of good
rheas. fu the midst of all your
trooLles celebrate a joyous Christ-
mas. It is the commemoration of
the holy morn that greets us after
ghs longest night. It reminds us of
ths sudyiug hope, that life and
light are eternal. As the lougest
oig;C: !tie now past may the length -
es -0 4.syq end increase of light be
kepi, t.ace with by increased ptos7
perily and happiness to the readers
of Tu'. NEWS-11E011D until renewed
at the recurrende of this fes -
MO. Peace, god
a merry Christmas to all.
G BICULTURAL COMPA 1?1.
S 0 N S
Dise•Intent is sa feeling -which
mete so 10iS permeates all communi-
ties, all classes of the various com-
munities and every Ilunian unit of
both. We shall concede that dis-
. content is the germ .uf progress,
While so doing we must qualify
the me tning we attach to- the term.
We do not menu the discontent
aha takes possession of certain
pero.48 and poisons their minds so
as -to cause them to think thatevery-
thing that is is wrong -that the
existence of certain conditions is
wrong simply end only because
rose conditions do exist.
. The original injunction that man
aro his bread by the sweat
of his brow or of his brain has been
.entailad upon us and we must corn -
t IY
But there may be legititnato dis-
content or rebellion on the part of
some of us who think we have
rathi tore thau onr proper share
..-cf bur 'Ins to bear.
Tliot, we do not realize from our
bshoi euffi.cieut compensation for
the tabor we perform.
•To endeavor to better our con -
the outcome of a legitimaet
diaconLu t.
Tu grumble at our environments
and laid our hands while mutter -
".14) world owes us a living,
why then ghould we strive to hotter
thio" ia illegitimate discontent.
Doubtless all of us have at some
'time or other found ourselves
gri,tal.:tilg at the fates which have
placed Its in financial straits that
have required es to strain every
1,,1 1" keep the pot a boiling"
and to render to our follow citizens
;1 71.1•01 is their -4.
lint grumbling never does any
tool, ,vhile philosophical discon-
tent eaisple,d with hope and backed
by energy generally loads us ont of
willerness of despair.
IV) Lave professional politic41
gt in1.0 9 wilflo endeavor to fan.
>roper •I;scontsel, into it perfect
(grumbling that would con-
e ettergitet of our people and
the dupes of misused or
• opportunitiee.°. Such a
ss is Sir Richard:Cartwright,
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Ily taking au average of six years
the effect of exceptional seasons is
removed from the calculation, and
the nine states in quesliou may
fairly rept-es:tut the general, condi-
tion of the United States with
similar products to our own. The
figovos, it will bo seen, show as great
advantage to Oiluio faellloefi as to
each of these crops over every one
of the nine states in tho very prac-
tical shape of the reiurn from au
acre iu money value.
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return in six years for one acre of
each of the eight crops is shown in
it cembined sum, with the average
value per acre for the term ;
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tho value in Ontario of the proiliict
per acre is greater then in any ono
of these states. .4%., simple calculation
further shows that the average value
per acre for these nine typical states
eumbined ia only $12.35 against
$18 for Ontario. That shows that
theO•utatio value is more than that of
the average of the nine states by 45.-
75 per cent.
To pin the result of thee° figures
iu a practical shape, shutving what
would be the superior advantage oh
Wined by an Ontario farmer culti-
vatjug ti moderately sized farm, teu
acres of each of the crops named
would iu the six year period give
the farmer in Ontario -
02,861 40 more than the Indian farmer.
2,814 61 " Illinois "
3,679 20 " •4' Iowa
2,18880 " " Ohio
2,003 40 " WIseoliain "
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Michigan "
" New York "
3,331 80
2,196 00
1,105 20
3,214 20
The above figures can easily be
verified ; their correctuesa is bo-
som(' question. And they prove
that the brilliant pictures that
Canadian grumblers and traitors are
in the habit of painting for the bene-
fit of Canadirtu farmers are about as
likely to materialize as the rainbow
to the foolish youth who deludes
himself into .the belief that if he
will only pursue it he can at least
grasp the pendant end of it. The
glamor of distance often lends a•
deceptive enchantment to the view.
Wo have annihilated the distance
between the condition of the Ameri-
can and Canadian fanner, preserved
the 'solid substance of that condi-
tion in figures and placed them iu
the hands of our readers. They
will surely be able to see the decep-
tion that commercial unionists are
endeavoring to practice upon thein.
MISIONP•11.,
THE PEOPLES PTJA TFOR.1f,
. Last week at a largely attended
meeting in London, %1r. Meredith,
in a remarkable lucid, if lengthy,
speech outlined the well known
views of the Ontario Opposition in
Provincial matters. The grits say
there is nothing new in Meredith's
speech. There is evidently some-
thing 'tt.ue in it to them, wilether
now or not. lint there •is nothing
new in it to Conservatives. People
have found fault with
and just principles deduced from
the Bible because there is' nothing
new in them. All wise and tiue
principles have boeu entertained a
thousand- trines. ?4[r. Meredith's
platform hos been entertained a
thousand times. Mr. Meredith's
platform has been voiced time and
again by the Conservatives of
Ontario. He has merely re-eehoed
views that have assumed form and
shape in the miuds of the thought-
ful people of the Province. lie
has asked thein to he true to those
views at the pulls. The Couseava,
tive platform has always been well
understood among Couservo.tives.
Mr, Meredith has merely voieed the
well understood wishes of the peo-
ple.
His remarks may be condensed as
follows.
Abolition of tax exemptione.
A secs, ballot to put an end iu
intimidation and bribery,
on-partisait mauageineet of thu
Education Department.
Attention to the improventont of
the condition uf the workingman,
Ballot for Separate School elec-
tors, as now enjoyed by Public
School electors.
A policy of wisely
our timber resources,
drawing on them as an
ment to extravagance.
In the interests of Roman Catho-
lics and Protestants alike, obnoxious
amendments to the Separate School
Act must be repealed.
A reversal of the centralizing
policy, which grasps power and
patronage for the government at
the expense of municipal and local
authorities.
Removing the licensing system
from partisan control bud putting
an end to the ;scandals that have
arisen under the present system.
The machinery of our schools and
funds of our province most not be
titled in furthoriug the design of
establishing a Frond) nationality on
this continent.
'rho assertion of the principle
that secular education is the duty of
the state, and that in ali schools to
which public moneys are granted
the state met insist on retaining
control, while not•seekiag to inter-
fere with religious teaching.
English is to be insisted on as the
language of our sehools, and any re-
laxation of this rule to bo under-
stood ite only for the purpose of
bridging over a temporary difficulty:
while hi•liugual hooks must he
opposed as intended to perpetuate
the present trouble.
•
conservi
insteat of
entourage -
WHEAT IN IEA/T0111,
What is quoted to (lay ; Trelim 114. Oren -
fell, Regina, 60o.; Emerson, 61e.; White-
wood,Indian llead,Monsejaw,62e.; Domin-
ion City, Wapella, 63e.; Cypress, Glen:
horn, Killarney, 61e.; Holland, Carman,
Gretna, Molen, at, lloksevain,
Delorsine, Plum Coulee, Viialen,Elkhorn,
65o.; Holmfield, Monsomin, Brandon,
Alexander, Griswold, Onk Lake, Keninay,
63e.; Therribill, Po`rtage, Iliir'nside, Mr-
eirogor, 70e; High Blf, 71,•.; C.rtui 1v•
72e.; C,ystal City, 7:',0.; Pilot Momid,
Douglas, 700,
's
EDITORIAL NOTES.
()wing to a scare in Gernony
over trichinous and other forms of
diseased American pork,the autiy.
ties there, sometime ago, prohibited
its ilripOrttal014. Sinee Iheu horse
meat has been greatly utilized.
And recently the relatives of per-
sons who have unaccountably dis-
appeared bey° grown suspicious that
cannibalism is practiced to a con-
siderable oxteut, it even huiug
claimed that, a meat baker was In
the habit of serving gruesome food
of his own species.
Minister Colby last week was re-
elected for Stanstead, Quebec by a
majority of about 1100. His form-
er majority was 434. The constit-
uency is one of the few Protestant
ones in Quebec, and the result very
forcibly endorses Mr. Colby's posi-
tion among the 1$8, Quebec Pro-
testants are supposed to be the moat
aggrieved by the non interfisrence of
the Dominion Parliament in the
Jesuit business, yetsat the very first
opportunity they endorse it. There
aro 10,337 Protestants in Stanstead
aud 5,219 Roman Catholics.
Some of our readers are under
the impression 'that there is an
anachronism in Fahey West's letter
iu our issue of Dacr. 4th, relative
to the Gunpowder Plot. The alleg-
ed erroris that Father \Vest makes
Lord Durleigh the chief adviser uf
James I, whereas Lord :Burleigh
died before James ascended the
throne. But Father Wgst does uot
couple Lord -Burleigh wit}1 the
matter tit all. In every instance he
mentions Sir Robert Cecil., or Lord
Cecil, who was the second son of
William Cecil, Lord Burleigh who
died in 1598 or five years before
the advent 01 Jamea to the throne.
Sir Robert Cecil, as Fr. West says,
wai James' chief adviser and died
11.1 1612.. Fr..West is quite correct
in this. •
The Globe is harking beck. In
order to make itself 'safe with Qat-
bee ansi at the saute time remove
the impression that Mr. Mowat had
any -hand iu the supposed. intention
of that Province to take an extra
quantity of milk from the Ontario
cow,the Globe has eaten all its harsh
words in by -gone days charging the
Dominion Government with undue
COTICIIS13i008, 111 a financial way, to
Quebec. The other day that j ou ru al
said : "By a °artful examination
of the entire expenditures in and
subsidies to all Provinces:since Con-
federation we ascertained nut long
ago that Quebec has received loos
Dominion 1001103' per head• of her
population than 1111y Province
ex -
0 Now Bruuswick, A great
urseti, el-its:moist:A to .the effect that
Quebse makes a milch cow of
Ontario have been publ,islied, but
the trath appears to bo our shrewd
Ontario, people, by C1Utiiilll'.113, CUM-
plaining that they are vietimised
in danger of it, have actually sue-
eeeded in getting about their shale
of Dsoriniou money, together with
the satisfaetion uf feeling martyt-
ed."
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
IVerr;..b t to be dryfinetty understood that 0, do
net held nurssires rosponihte Int the opinions
Expressed bp Corresimndents.- Eo. bittas.itn-
ciMm
Ed dor Now.-Re.cord.
DEAR Sia, --1 cannot just lay my
hand on a recent issue of your paper
gherein you forcefully object to a
church system or those who attempt
that system interfering in matters
political or civil. Why do you not
logically carry out your views by
condemning the reprobate system of
politicians interfering with the
sacred calling of ministers of the
Gospel by assuming their livery, at
least occupying their pulpits, 'topaz.
ently for revenue or political purr
posuo. IT 11 18 wrong for representa,
tives of the church to take the
stump or political platform, is it not
mote offensive for lay politicians to
take tho pulpit? We come into
contact with this class in politics
and 'business and we know that they
are of the earth very earthy, and yet
they assume to he inspired of God to
bo his special servants to invoke'
the spirit of God in his tomple,
suppose you have sat under the
ministrations of these inspire,/
neophytes, if o, have you not won•
tiered bow uch men could so im-
piously talc the natno of their Clod
in vain, anfl other license incidental
to their o cupancy of a position
which rig tinily belongs only to
those whose skirts are free from the
tricks of trade and politics. Be fair,
Mr. Editor, and denounce the world-
ly interlopers upon a sacred calling,
as well as the priestly interlopers in
eiv:1 twitters.
Noire,
P'Afli PLAY.
ADJOURNED INQUEST.
Regarding the death of the late 11.
J. Whitely. Resumed, Tuesday
afternoon and continued until near
midnight, when it was further post-
poned until Monday, Deer 30 at 2.30
p. tn., when it is thought the report
of Prof. Ellis on the analysis ot the
parts submitted to him will be made.
Nothing very much different from
evidence adduced at the magistrates
inquiry was brought out. •
Dr. Worthington produced his
hooka which failed to show any
entry of sale of arsenic to Miss Johns.
ton an stated by her.
A Gorrell testified that, he had
bought strychnine at Worthington's
without signing for it.
Miss Upshall corroborated Mist;
Johneton'a statement that the latter
had told witness on the Sunday
before Whitely's death that Mrs.
Edwards lied even him arsenic in
his porridge,
Mrs. Quaid testified to making the
soup supposed to have contained
poison, but Mrs. Edwards prepared
it. What witness took ot it made
her vomit. Wanted to have the
'ehickos analysed, but Mrs. Edwards
said she had thrown it out, and
afterwards said she had burned it
lest it might poison the dog or hens.
Told Dr. Reeve about the supposed
poisoning and he said that the tin
off the dish or silver off the spoon
would not account for the sickness.
Upon inquiry Mrs. Edwards told the
Doctor that there was some sugar of
lead and chromate of potash, in
the house but the Doctor said
this would not cause the ,sickness.
Could not say that she : thought
her brother was poisoned, but
could not account l'or his sick-
ness. No Doctor ever told her that
her brother was poisoned.
Dr. Reeve,the attending physician,
said he was called on in March, 1838,
by Whitely. lfe was complaining of
pains in the stomach and right hide,
had been vomiting and was nauseat-
ing most of the time. The skin was.
yellow and showed signs of jaundice.
Had him uncovered and examined
him Carefully, and found enlarge-
ment of liver and indications ot an
abcess. Prescribed for him and did
not see him again until the Ist of
April. He was then very much
worse. He had an intenae head-
ache, bad cough and constant vomit-
ing. Ile came to see nie again April
,Ith. On that occasion the symptoms
were about the same, lie asked
me particularly what was the nutter.
1 told him he had congestion of the
liver. He was not tender on
pressure this time over the liver and
other places. . He was so weak that
told him not to come out again. I
went. to see hint next day. Ile was.
in bed and not able to' get up. The
symptoms were about the sarne. On
a visit about the lOth, during the
night, I found he had taken sudden-
ly. worse. I heard that he had been
vomiting several hours, • and was
quite prostrated and pulse very
weak. 1 inquired from Mr. Whitely
what he had eaten, and was told the
he had taken chicken soup as cl
scribed by Mrs. Quaid. I call
him aside to inquire full jj
titulars about the preparation f the
soup, as 1 was discourageto find
my patient in that state after the
improvement. Mr. Whitely explain-
ed that the spoon usecl was the cause
of the trouble. I -rather questioned
that, and asked to be shown the
spoon. I was not satisfied with that
theory, and thought I wailld ask
Mrs. Edwards something more. I
did so, and she handed me a stnall
paper of sugar of lead and a prepare.
(ion of' potash. 1 questioned her
about any other preparation, and
she told me I might look around the
house. 1 did so, and found 'nothing.
1 bad not the slightest suspicion of
any 01 iminal inte.nt, but thought
that by mere inadvertence my
patient had got worse. I had ques-
tioned Airs, Edwards about the re-
mains of the soup. , She said she
had burned it. I could not get a
specimen. From this Lime Mr.
Whitely never rallied. The enlarge-
ment of the liver disappeared, and it
became about half the usual size.
The symptoms of the people who
were sick after taking the soup
might be produced by small quanti-
ties of arsenio. Dr. Appleton was
with me at the consultation. The
brain troublelwould not bo caused by
arsenic. The Doctor then submitted
his post-mortem.
Mrs. Richard Johnston said -1 re-
ceived a note from Dr. Reeve on
Nov. 24. which was produced, asking
me to esall. I went to see him
Sunday evening. Ito said he had
been thinking this over and that he
was pins to swear that he had died
of natural causes. The only way
Minnie Johnston could got out of
goiug to prison for life was to say
that she knew nothing about it. I
answered that she had told W.
IVIiitely, the brother of deceased,
nil she could not get out of it now.
The Doctor said it did not matter if
the told a thousand, if she dill not
swear to it. Ile told me that he
had suspi •ion of poison, and that this
case puzzled him. His medicine did
not seem to do him any good. He
asked me if Minnie Johnston had
any friends far away, and I answered
no. Ile then asked trt if she had
any mc ,. I answered that she
Inuf a tittle. Ile inquired if the
livery stable in town was hers, and I
answered yes. On Saturday, before
the trial, I called on Dr. Reeve and
told him all Minnie ,Johnston had
told Inc about the death of 1Vhitely.
The first time I calk(' on Dr. Reeve
it was voluntary. In speaking of
money matters 1 understood the
Doctor to speak about money for the
d. tenets of ?Tier& ,lohnston in 0880
she had to defend her actions.
. Robinson 85141 -1(1 April or
May lest I was in my field when the
Doctor Ives ',arising after a visit to
Mr. MO1 Icy. 1 asked after the
patient, and he sail be woul I 1.e
,"all tiyht if they did not poison
hien."
11. Combe, druggist, sail that a
record ot ail pnitons sold had been
kelt in a book, which was pi.o,luced.
tin the 16th of October, 1Ss6, L140
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-record shows a quantity of Skye
nine was 6014 toJatues Whitely,
deceased, but no trace coul
found of arsenic being sold. Ile
itso.orwsutIdegnitve; otweuentst.y grains of arsenic
Ben. Webb, who had charge of the
body, testified to being present at
the post-mortem. Mr. James Reith
gay, somewhat sienilar evidence.
Alfred S. Ball, of Woodstock,
watched the interests of the defence
and before the adjournment asked
that Mrs. Edwards be brought from
the Ornierich gaol as a witness. 'l'he
jury, alter consultation, decided to
eall Dre, MeDonagii, of Toronto ;
Whitely, of Ooderich, and Appleton,
of Clinton, to get some medical evi-
dence.
The inquest was then adjourned to
Door 30.
MODEL EXAMINATIONS.
The County Board of Examiners,
consisting of Inspectors Totn and
Malloch, and Alesare. Balls, of the
Goderich High School, and Turnbull,
of the Clinton Collegiate institute,
with P. Adamson, Esq., secretary,
met in Clinton Monday and reported ,
the following as passel students who
will be entitled to third class pro.
fessioual certificates as teacher,';
GODNRIOH. WANTON.
Addison, Emily .719 Black, Jane. 051
Carey, May 569 Careill, Jon. 661
Cook, Minnie619 Dickson, Be11691
Craigie, Mary672 Fraser, Jen. 698
Dalton, Bridget621 Fulton, Nell 633
Finlay, Lizzie735 Fiudlaler, M.692
Goyenleck, Jean667 Grey, Nellie, 708
Hawkine,F.Tena632 Kelly, Neils,. 544
HanailtomMag'ie669 Martin, 01-628
Jones,E.Martha681 Murch, Ida...693
McMath, Ellen.660 McKenzie, J.637
McLean, Lily685 McLean, Mag691
O'Leary, Louise676 Paulin,Nellie662
O'Brien, Maggie,674 Pollock, A...671
Pollock, Sarah618 Simpson, A.604
Stafford, Sara646 sTurnoth, M...648
Watson, Eleanor669 Beatty, Robt.603
Watson, Marion.694 Bell, Daniel.612
Bloolnfield1Geo.653 Dodds, Jas....660
Caesar, Charles.559 llogg,John...699
Downing, John663 Ingram, Jas.720
Durnin, Charlee.579 Jones, Cicero564
Elliott, liector552 Keiiam, Eld.t.,54
Fraser,- Challes603 Mathew, Is'c.614
Hays, N. Robt661 McLeod,Alex569
McCluskey, Wm648 McDonald, J 556,
McLaughlin, T637 Sloan, Win...029
McKay, Alex668 Walker, Day.637
McDonald, Jas. 60&
Nobb, Chris 553
Paterson, Thos1115
Smith, Wm .694.
Smith, Albert...617
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Mr. C. Wightinan has returned
'from INfichigau.
Mr. M. Godfrey is home tor the,
Christmas holidays.
Mr. G. McGregor ratio neti ft .on
Owen Souud on Friday.
Misses Christie aud Mina Tucker
have returned from Detroit to speud
Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. • A. Grisdale, of
Petrolea, are spending Christmas at
Air. E. Littlefair's.
A tea meeting in eunnection with
the Methodist church will bo hold
this (\Veduesday) evening.
Tbe examination at No. 5, Morris,
on Friday was vcry poorly attended
owing to the 1).141 t Ite of the
weatly..r.
II. A. AleCuil, M. 1). of George-,
t -awn who J 101.11 1101ithlying {yr a,
Shutt time ili [hid viiitiv, reatreed
honio"last sveck,
Mitts 11411013y 's school 0111c11.3i11-
went, /Al 310;i1 /y ovoning ;vas ;4
gratia ucross twesvit,Itslanling 11114
tin1.144.4.411t NVO.1.1.1101'.
31r, J. 'riven has Irsen selling off
his stuck uf dry•goods etc 14 auction
the pastifew evenings, 31r. C. Hamil-
ton of IJIyth wielding I110 118111111n1.
Mr. '1'. inteeds leaving 0111' ti ti1gi
shortly, he will be greatly missed
as lie gained 1113113' warm friends
during his stay amongst 1.11.
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MARKET REPORTS.
(Corrected every afternoon.)
(MINTON'
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Flour $4 50 to 5 00
Fall Wheat 0 78 to 0 82
Spring Wheat 0 78 to 0 82
Barley C 80 to 0 40
Oats '0 28 to 0 26
Peas . 0 55 to 0 55
Apples,(winter)per bbl 1 50 to 11 00
Potatoes ...... . ..... ....... 0 40 to 0 50
Butter .. 0 15 to 0 18
Eggs 1317 to 0 18
Hay 5 00 to 7 00
Cordwood 3 00 to 4 00
Beef .. 0 00 to 0 00
Wool 0 00 to 0 00
Pork 6 50 to 0 00
Teuesse STIMET 141.1111.1E1'.
\Vilest, white, vett anti mining, 80c to
85c ; whvat, goose, 65c to 70c. Oats, 32c
to 333/4...,retss, 58e to 6-13/44% Barley, 39c
to 5044. I319t4444., store packed, 11r, to
dairy, 170. to 18r.; on.aoftry, 22.; to 24r.
rat. hog, $4.:r0 to 1;41.75,
NIAltEET,
195 l° good to CI 11(1' is'.3 75 $1 25
Export, hulls and oxen3 50 3 75
11)15' ti 3 623/4
Butchet lIlIlIl 3 00 :3 '25
Mitchum' common k eows2 50 2 75
Stockers, gond henvy . 3 25 3 50
Sttwkerg, light 2 50 00
MET1401T'LI1'E STOOti MARRIIT.
Good steers, well fatted,
950 to 1,100 lbs. $3 40 $3 75
Fat cowa,heifers and light
steers • 2 75 3 00
Light thin cows, heifers,
stage and bulls . 1 75 2 30
Stockers 2 00 2 40
Bulls 2 50 2 00
Fancy steers, 1,:i00 to
1,600 lbs . nominal.
Extra graded steers, 1,30)
to 1,45n 1bs 3 90 4 00
Choice ateers, fat, 1,100
to 1,3u0 lbs . 3 50 3 75
'logs 3 60 3 80
Sheep and lambs, mixed 3 60 3 80
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