Hobson, John I.

Death of a Good Man.
The many friends and associates of Mr. John I. Hobson, of Guelph, were very much affected at his sudden death last Friday evening, after two or three days illness. He was one of the best-known and most highly-respected citizens of Guelph and was prominent throughout the province in agricultural and financial circles. Mr. Hobson has been one of the chief promoters of the Provincial Fat Stock Show, and has always been interested in agriculture. He was sixty-five years of age and a brother of Mr. Joseph Hobson, chief engineer of the Grand Trunk. He leaves a widow and an only child, Mrs. Jones, wife of Mr. A. F. H. Jones, Manager Traders Bank, Guelph. Speaking of him in a very feeling article in the Guelph Mercury last Saturday, Dr. James Mills, of the Ontario Agricultural College, pays this tribute:- He never was considered what we speak of as a popular candidate for office; he was too straightforward and outspoken for that. He did not possess the popular arts and devices, but he possessed sterling ability, honesty, fidelity, and courage; and his fellow-citizens showed their appreciation of those qualities by electing him and continuing to elect him to so many high and responsible positions.