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<M t^^ ^-•' /â- - â-  "JU < JTksIj^rtun ^iriratta. '• TRUTH BEFORE FAVOR." â€" " PRINCIPLEb NOT MEN.' VOL. XVn, NO. 861 Fleslierton, Ont., Tlriursday, Septennber 16, 18Q7 W. H. THURSTON. ^""'XA EIETOR a ^^ l^odding "^resentG..., ^ Tlie soli'cfioii of a wedding preaent iH often a ditticult task, but all that will \w iivercDUie when you examiue our hirge aiid extensive Htt)ck. Hei-e you will find evervthing that is usually kept in an up- to-date Jewellery Store. June is a month o{ weddings and we are prepared for it with a bejiutiful display of Wedding Gifts. Purchasers will find our prices vei-y low. Every- body is going to make their selection at W. A. ARHSTRONG'S Jawctlar and Optician Flesherton, OaUrlo F. T. HILL & CO. T/farkdaie Ontario .•utran :<> Special Lines Special Qualities Special Prices Our list this w/eek is made up of goods required every day in almost every home. All Nevur Goodls made doubly attractive by the prices. A glance will convince you these values are all right. AQ Ladies' Shirt Waists, all new g" . . "O PHI terns, latest styles, earliei- in the soasou would bo lod.", pretty colors and ho worth 75c. You may have your clioiuu for. 0/~V Gent's Silk Knot Ties, v.iiious c(,liirs and patters, usual Ov-' price !iOo. You uiuy have your clioice for ryO Ladies' Tsni O'Shanters, the newest styles and best f ^ qualities t<j bo had, a perfect assortment, the lot is miulo up of tliree lines in various colors, 25o, 60o ^F^ Gent's Fancy Shirts, Cuffs to nialch, ctdors guaranteed Oc/ fast, n-at patterns, worth regularly $1.25. You may have your choice for ... , 1 r\ Only Leatherette Wall Pockets, no two alike, good size -Lv^' and very pretty. You ui ly have yur choice for OQQ Spools Linen Thread, 100 yards each, quality guar- ^OO niiteed. While they're here you may have 4 for . . . Pairs Flannelette Blankets, larfjo bizo, would be good value at $1. We're selling .thoni per pair Damask Tublo Covers, two lines, lars;o size, fringed, new (.latterns and very pretty, each %\ to Ladies' Feather Ruffs, everything that is now and pretty is included in our assortment, each 20c to $ A Letter From I ondon 24 10 36 Our customers say it's the C/^i^ Spools Ci.tton Thread. \J\J\J ijtst they're ever u.sed. Price same as before 2 for Q^ Gents New Style Hats, five different shapes. If you OO want something up-to-date do not fail to see them, price« from OOo to %^ Wo have the best 5c BROOM in Canada 40 15 55 75 15 10 75 1 40 50 5 2 GO Next week's advertisement will be of special interest to the ladies. In the meantime we are marking off and placing in stock new Dress Goods, new Trimmings, new German-made Mantles, New Gloves and FTosiery, new Millinery, Etc. Our stock for the coming season will be the best selected, the completcst and the cheapest ever shown in Markdale. ^. ^. Ml^'h cf (SO School Inspector N. W. Catrpbell, who has been " doing " England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Belgium this aummer, writes us a private letter from London, much of which, however, is of public interest, and this we take the liberty of reproducing. Mr. Campbell writes : London is so vast, so immonse, such a world in itself, that it is mipossible to give hut a few stray notes on some of the more prominent features which are distinctively Limdonese. Whereto bfgin is itself a matter of some difficulty. A few notes on its size, population, etc., will help, if grasped, to place the rest in in bolder relief and thup make it easier for the imagination. There are several Loiidons known to the world. There is timt, the London within the Registrar-General'M Table of Mortality, with] an area of ll(i| square miles and population in 1891 »f4 211.056 sou's. Secondly, the London known as the County of London, under the ad- minstralion of the Co. Council, the London School Board District and the Metropolitan Parliament BoicuuIih. The limits of these three are coturinuious and embrace an area of 118 stjuuru miles with a population of 4,2:11, 4:^1 in 1891 Then there is the " Greater Londiin " un- der the Metropoliton Police, having an area of 684 square miles and a );iipulatiun of 5,033,3^2. This vast aggregation is reprctentod in parlianmnt by 62 incnibcrs, one .'f whom is returnu<l by the Londitii University and in the Co. Council by 118 members. Another way to gr.np some- thing of its inunense si/.e is to considur what is contained in it in the shape of places of interest. Foremost amuni; these are thu following, a few only of the chiefs being counted : Arts and Picture galleries, 20 ; museums, 21 ; noted public buildings, exclusive of churches, 40 ; theatres, 37 ; music halls 2U7, huspitalH 31, markets 13, halls for onterlainnieiit-, concerts, etc., about 30 ; and churches or catherdrals almost in every block in the the city. The "Public Hou.so " is. how- ever, of most frequent occurrence, some limes li.-ilf a doiseu or more beinu within sight of one another. I have not by me at present the " beer statistics " of the city, but I judge the figures are a8timi»li- ingly large. The temperance sentiment has an uphill tight hero, for the averaus Loiid'in workiogman will not ou any ac- coutit be del fi^'^'d of his beer. No matttr what hi» wages, a tixed sum goes to his household expenses and thu bal- ance goes for beer. If wages hu increas- ed, then the beer bill, not tlio home com- forts I'f his family, is increased. It is this fact which makes tho work of the pbiliin'hropist so thankless and difficult. It is this that often prevents employers from doing more to improve tho cmidilions of employees. And who can blame them. A higher wage to tho woikingninii only moans more money out of the pocket of the employer and more in that of tho proprietor of some brilliantly illuminated saloon around the corner. It seems to me that the solution of the vcxtd labor question liiB in the abolition of tho ex- liilai-atijfj or inebriating? cup, but hi'W f;ir off that is yet, can only bo seen " riiiht on the spot." Very much educating is certainly needed before that golden age in the hi.itory of the world bo reached. But I have digressed. The number of miles of steam railways, tram, cable and electric rail cars under and abovo ground within the city limits, wou d surpiise you. Besides these, there is the uiiccas ing clatter of the iniinitabiB Limdon lunnibus These have their routes, stations and time tublesftbis last is U8u;il- ly carried by tho conductor inside his ha;) as fixed and dotinite as tho more jiretentious vehicles of smoother carriage. Not wilhstanJing tho drawbacks •)! omnibus riding, I prefer it to any of the others. Perhaps in another letttor I can give you some idea of London as it ap- pears from the top of an omnibus, for I have been over a lai-ge part of the city, "perched outside," the better to sob what is passing around. I shall therefuro leave the streets, triiftic, and such sights as accompany them for my next. Father Tliamos is perhaps the most important feature of tho oity, especially from a commercial point of view. A sail up and down from London Bridge will present animated scences, living pictures so to speak, long to be re- membered. From London Bridge to Greenwich, the seat of tlie great ob- servatory, both sides of the liver are literally crowded with steamers, ships, tugs, barges and boats of every descrip. tion, so that the pleasure b-at with its load of human freight has to wind in and out aiuon« them even as a purson elbows his way, now to the left, now right, through a crowd of pe<iple. Ta the left on the Middlesex side, are the extensive East India docks, and I know not how many others, cuttinij deeply into the bank for hundreds of yards. Fmm the river can be doen the forest of masts of vast nutnbers of ships loading or unloading the merchandise of the world. Only at Liverpool and Glasgow can an- other such sight be seen. On the Surrey side is a similiar sight. The Surrey Comniercial docks, the Canada dock, being one, seen to extend far in- land and are hundreds of square yards in area. All the way down to Green wich there does dot seem to be a cessation of activity or of city limits. Southwark, Deptford and Greenwich run into one another and are practically part of Lon- don. The trains also supply means of transit tho whcde way. From London Bridge up to Kow (iardens and Richmond the sight isequully variodand interesting. On the right are in sight some of the most faiiious buildings in London, and indeed of their kind in the world. To those who hare seen them they need only bo named to recall their massive grandeur and magnificence ; to those who have not seen them no descriptimi can give a fitting picture of their ap- pearance. Among them the Houses of Parliament and the new National An Gallery are most easily seen â€" many others as the Mansion House, Somerset House, St. Paul's, Westminister Abbey and Wliitoball are farther back froiii tho river and only the roofs of some of them can lie seen from the level of tho river. From this point of view also can best be seen the famous Tlinmes Era- bankment "hero many a tragic scene may be witnessed. The Ginbankmenl lias its history often written in blood, :ind one has only to stroll through about midnight or early morning to get ijlimpses of the sadness and sorrow of broken lives, often ended hero in the cool waters of tho Thuines. N. W. Campbell. Sunday at home. He was accompanied by Mr. C. Mitchell of the same place. Mr. Goo. Rutherford, of Shelbume, was in town last Saturday. Mr. Allan Patterson, of Owen Sound, spent a day or so in this community last week. We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Wm. McDonald still continues in very ill health. â-  I *9 * I â-  ' Town Line A and B Frum our awe-i Correspondeni Miss Emily L. Brodie spent most of last week visiting at her brother Epbraim's, Meaford Road. Mr. J. M. Davis was in Toronto lost week attending a meeting of the Grand Patron Executive. Mr. Geo. Hutchinson and daughter Carrie took in the Toronto exhibition last week. Mr. Aaron Wyville of Markdale spent Sunday with his brother, Hany. Mr. Geo. Richardson is taking in the Owen S<jund Exhibition this week. A threshing accident which cost Hugh McGann his riuht had occurred at Grawlinan's farm, on the 6th of Sullivan, this morning. McGann was feeling to find out if the cylinder shaft had become heated when the hand was rsuiiht and terribly lacerated. The hand had to bff amputated diagonally from the wiiat to the thumb, the thumb being left on. The operat ion was porfwrmed by Dr. Orton, assisted by Dr. Oldham. â€" Cfastsworth- Baun er. Fall Fairs Central, Guelph- Sept. 15-16. Northern, Walk orton, Sept. 15-16. East Grey, Floshertonâ€" Sept. 16 17. G. Northern, Colliiigwoodâ€" Sept. 21-24. Si. Vincent, Meaf'>r»lâ€" Sept. 30 to Got 1, Proton, Dundalk â€" Sept 23-24. South Grey, Durhamâ€" Sopt 28 29. Dufferin Central, Shelbumeâ€" Sept. 28-29 f OR SAI^S Pru-evllle From our mm Correspondent A hnrvest home serricu will be hold in the Melhodist church next Sunday, The church will be suitably decorated for tho occasion. Mr. William Marshall is busy taking out tin;ber to replace tho barn which was destroyed by tire last f.-iU. The rain Inst Friday evening and Uonday morning put a danqior on har- vesting operations for a short time. Tho thresher is on tho warpath again and is makini: the dust and vrain iiy in right good shape. Ali eatly good reports have reached us regardiog the yield for this year. Mr. M. Mclntyre, V. S., informed us that he has 2C0 bushels of oats from 3J acres. Talkiuu about good crops reminds us that Mr. .J no. McRao has the front of his shop adorned with a corn stalk 12 feet long. How is that for high ? Mr. Joeoph Aussem mot with an accident last week which at first did not seem serious, but has since caused him a i(reat deal of pain and uneasiness. As he was watering hi« horses at a spring he had occasion to jump quickly to one side and in doing so struck his thigh with groat force against the end of a slick, ruptuiing a bio >d vessel. Mr. R. T. Grier, of Dundalk, spent Atinanltv otshinRlBs for rala at mv mill, 1nt:iH, oiiii. H, Arti-niiisia. Also Bhinglosnut on' iihare«, would oxctiatiKe a «i>«n of horseB tor bhinglo liuiber. J. HICKLING, Maxwell 1*. O. Solicitors for "Canada, an Fiicvrlopndift of the Country," in flvo royal quBito volumes. No (Inlivnrins. CotninlBsion paiil weekly. A canvasser ro- poris his tli-B*, wouk making over sevoiity dollars proflt. TH K LINSCOTT COMPANY, Toronto. I^a,rm. for Sale Farm for aalnolinap. 91 anreR, well wntornd 2J iii'loB east of tliiB villaKO, known at tlio Fan wick farm. Apply to M. Blohardson, assiKUoe !Proctor . The Tailor Will Rupply you with a nobby suit for fall. Work- manship and fit guaran- teed. Standâ€" In Clayton's Brick Block, Flesherton. ^Proctor The Tailor â- ^ t.'J