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Dnndas & Flavelle Brothers, Dealers in Dry Goods, Clothing, Millinei'y “JUST OPENED. THOMAS noasou. . , . IRON FOUNDER&MAGHINIST. llev Boot & Shoe Store milevmn 3 book block. MAXUFACTURER OF Having purchased the manufacturing business of Ma. Hesuv Fumes, and added AGRICULTURAL a complete assortment of IMIEMENTS. All Kinds of Ready-Made Foot Wear, Engine and Millwopk I am now prepared to give entire satisfaction. My ready-made lines are EDUGHT OF THE BEST FIRMS IN THE DOMINION. and will be sold at (he very lowest living profils. Remember,â€"â€"One Price to all. AND REPAIRS OF ALL KINDS PROMPTLY ATTENDED T0. -' I invite especial attention to my stoek of to Order. BOOTS AND SHOES 01" MY OWN MAKE, Horse Powers, Simw Cutters, or which [ will keep a full line always on hand, and guarantee satisfaction. None .2 and 3795711720 GangPloug/zs‘ but first-class workmen employed. and a good variety of Geller“! Repairing Done at All Times With Neatness and Despatch. Purpqsg Plough, A good as- W Remember the pluceâ€"Xewman’s Brick Block. sortflzelzz 0/ Spring-.l‘oot/z Hay- G'. DI. PEAIiCE. rows, Steel Harrows, Iron Harrow: zma’ lVooa’ H arrows ALL OF WHICH “’ILL BE SOLD AT LOIV PRICES TO MEET THE TIMES. W The highest cash price paid for wrought or scrap iron delivered at the TO FARMERS. \ foundry. . THOMAS ROBSON. I beg to inform my customers, and farmers generally, Fenelon MISIOM. _ that I have become Agent for the Farm Implements m Manufactured by Peter Hamilton, Peter-borough. The Fcnelon Falls Gazette. Ilis Implements are allowed to be the best adapted for the back country. His perfect knowledge of how they should Frld'y' c Ober 39th, ' be constructed has gained lnnumerahle Testimonies for Wyman on Annexation. him all over the back country. . I am erecting a, large Mr. R W. Glen, once of Bowmm implement shed, WlllCll Wlll be finished and filled w1th all vine, one, now of Brooklyn, U. S.,aud -‘ »" 1 f VIanh. I would there .Mr. Erastus \Yiinnn llnveaureat friend- L‘mds Of Implements by the lot 1 O 1 Ship for each other and agraec on most fore ask you to Place no Order for Anything you may qucsfions, but hold di,,,,,u,,.ic,,uy 0p. Fenelou Falls, April 7th, 1891. ' _ Binder Twine at, 100_ er 1b” posite opinions rewarding the annexation- want "nil! you see Them p ’ of Canada to this United States. Mr... equal to anything in the market. Thanking you for past Glcntmuks itbod, advisable and pm favours sible;. Mr. Wnnnn doubts its admsahil- ’ 'ity, and does not believe that it can by- :my possibility be brought about while public sentiment in Canada remains as it now is. About a month ago one. of the Brooklyn Eagle's reporters inter- viewedoM-r. Wiman in his ofiice on Broadway, New York, and took his views 0n the question, which were pub- lished in a little pamphlet,‘oneof which Yours Respectfully, 3933???“ HEARD. Mil ineryl Mi nary! Mi inryl WWW for the whole, butgive a couple of the. strongest paragraphs : .- “ Possibly annexation may be accom- plished within the next century, possibly it may resule'xl'nOm-pressure, perhaps eventually. from the persuasiveucss of a Liberal: commercial policy known as reciprocity, but. that. annexation will comein our..~life time by either‘ policy isi most unlikely. Think a minute of the impossibility of annexation when you realize that Canada comprises 40 per cent. of the Britishiempire. Dalton _l\IcCantliy,~ one of the few independent conservative thinkers of Canada, a most- sincere and able man, says that Great Britain by the loss of Canada .would become. a .sccond-rato power. To con- lempla‘tesuch a possibility Would till the average Britain with consternation and horror. There are those that-be. lieve that the throne of England and all her time honored institutions would totter and fall if republican institutions were to spread suddenly over nearly cue half.of horn-territory. There are still Grand stock of Winter Milli'ir'iery justropened; embracing. ALL THE LATEST STYLES. WW Goods Class. Prices to Suit" A11: CALL AND SELECT YOUR HEAD ATTIRE.. 1% Dress and Mantle making done to order. Alia/ore g'mrrzm/eed. Eggs-taken in exchange. Mrs. R. MCDOUGALL', Two doors North of the Past-office- Fnolon Falls, Oct. 22nd, 1891. . 51:5 5 I , seeâ€"D FITS; WELL MA DEL. NICE PATTERNS. VERY CHEAP. Call and see themat CLARK & SON’S. A LEX. NICO RE, SUGGESSGB TO B”. J.‘ FROST. WOWOOOOMW Watches, Clocks. tiewellery. WWW MEANING WATCHES A SPEGIALTY. orrosxrr. THE POST-OFFICEFENELON FALLS. M? No: wirth to keep Silverware, I will sell wfiat I has a! grele reduced firzkes. Com amigqu Belgiumâ€"A. M. world will be best maintained by having so large a portion of Great Britain’s dominion on the continent of North America, exposed at ull.timesvns it:is to lways on her good behavior if 40 per cent. of her empire could be conquered in a week. Om the other hand the United States are-equally on their good behavior if. the. whole northern border northern lake cities are exposed to at- tack. “The people who talk glibly of an- nexation hardly evor think how utterly. inadequate arc the constitutional-means to. achieve..it.. Herctofore the United States have gained territory by two means only, revolution. and war. in the Louisiana,. Flurida,. cud :Aluska have all been purchased, and by the purchase enormous areas have been added. Tex. as was conquered, but..ncithcr by. pur- chase nor by conquest .can Canada be secured. War with Great. Britain for the possession of Canada would be. the. most disastrous event that could happen- to the United States, and for which there would be not the slightest justifi- cation... As. for purchase, it is not to be. thought cf,.for Great Britain would sac- tl'ific'e anything in the world but. her honor, anything in the world rather than sell a foot of her territory against the wish of her people. A revolution in Canada would be a necessary antecedent to annexation, and revolution implies a political discontent, which in Canada in entirely absent. They may be political- ly discontent for the moment with the party in power, but the remedy of.» changcisin their own hands, god the. 4 we have received. We haVe not room. others who believe that the peaceofthe. ‘tapture by. the United States“ She. is. of4,000 miles-and all the magnificent. first instance, and purchase in the second. .unusnalâ€"we may almost any extraordi- ' I? remedy will be quickly availed of when ed can approach him without receiving elections occur. In view ol the consti- evident tokens of recognition. One day tutional dificulties, in the absence of when he was standing opposite Mr. political discontent, how on earth annex- l Ezlis's nlficc and a strong wind Was blow- aiion is ever to be brought about in our in: in his face, he deliberately walkol days seems to me dificult to ccmpre out into the street, turned carefully heud." around so as not to upset the out to which he was harnessed, and then “‘1 k- ed back to where he had been left. with his front feet on exactly the same. sp m. _ but with the wind beaiul hi'u. ‘Ju . another occasion he. was li-l‘t slau'Tx‘I: :it the railway platform, at the east on 1 ofthe station; and when the train iron . the north cune- iu and the engine stop» ped right opposite him. he gently turnel '1 around. pissed behind the station :I'lll‘. drew up at the West end. We might - give many other instances of his intelli- gence; but the above are sufficient in l i are as striking as any We have h-‘urd‘.=. Billy is a filt‘ lat-:2 .lark bty horse, :1 . very fast trmter :ml as gentle as a lamb - â€"except. to files and boys that. spit at . him.- Mr. Ellis has several times been offered a big pricc- for .him, but it is : halrdly necessary to say that he is i't for. .‘ 9n 8. m. .. _...... ... Somerville Council Proceedings. Burnt River, October 3rd, 1891. Council met thls day pursuant to ad- jourument ; all the members present and the room in the chair. Minutes oflnst meeting read and approved. Moved by Mr. Purdue, Seconded by Mr. Morrison, 'l‘hnt Bylaw No. . a by-lnw to levy township, county and school rates, and also special rates to provide for interest and sinking fund for debentures, be now read and passed. ~â€"â€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Purdue, seconded by Mr. Romney, That the following acr. counts against the municipality be paid â€"Contractors, for building bridge at Mitchell's, 3300; H. Doughty, balance» of salary, Sidâ€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Rumucy, seconded by Mr. Purdue, 'l‘lmt By-law N6. .-u by-law to provide fun the expenditure of monies on the public roads, be now read and passed:‘â€"Carricd. Moved by Mr. Purdue, seconded bv Mr. Romney, That the council new ad- journ, to lllet't again on the 17th of 0c. whenâ€"Carried. ” Music Hath Charms.” , We' have known-for many aelunnyrar. .- that not only snakes but various kin'd's‘: of animals were “moved by concourse - of Sweet sounds,"'as Shakespeare puts . it; but we were-“unaware until quite : lately thatlrnts and chipmunks. are sus- - coptible to the charms of music. 'l‘wo . or three Sundays ago Mr. John A. Ellis . was followed from his house to the burn : byhisilillch-boy who had his mouth. . organ with him; and after a while Mi. . Ellis took the; instrument. sat down out- . side the barn, and 'struckmxp f‘ 1101110,. , Sulcct llmne.” lichud only-:pleycd-a u few inirsuawthen- -a chipmunk suddenly appeared from somewhere and sat up n to listen; :1 minute later a rat came - from under the barn ; then another chip- inunkrcame, and, finally, two more rats. . As. hing as the. music. continued .thc -, strange audience-zippered entranced, cx- .- cept- that-vtho chipmunks. occasionally ' gave a frisk that might have turned-into . a dance if‘thc tune had been livelier; ; but when Mr. Ellis suddenly snatched 1 up a stone. and threw it at thcm,.t1mu_. diehppearcdlik‘t’ru fitlill.‘ lIc‘ says they - were all within a few :fect of h inn-and *3 in' such a position that if he had had its. gun (and the day hadn't been Sumla_v,) . he could have taken the whole lot at; One shot; and it was certainly exasper- ating to have five of his mortal enemies é illusimpudently stare- him in the. and then get-away with whole skins. We suggested to Mr. Ellis that, as they- ' appeared unable to leave as long as the - music continued, he might. have kept them .untilitlrey-hnd starved .to death ; .; but he would have starved .firstpas-tho ‘ chipmunks had their cheek- pouchcs . cramm :d .full‘ol'grain, and, in a case of ‘ emergency, might have. shared it with . their fellow deprc.dators,--thc rate... me- ‘ THE ORANGE Smuroxs.--Dbn't for-2 'get that a sermon to Orangemcn will be.- preached in the Elixlish church in tho.- forenoon. and in the Presbyterian church . in theevonin‘g, on Sunday nextu. , To an Assaran.â€"A bulb] of 'crc - from the Galway gold mine was sent to . Toronto last Tuesday to boassayed by Professor .Ha‘yes. Mr. Ge‘orrc Martin. was at thenmine that-day, and brought . back tua'ho Fails asuinil salnplo of ore - that certainly has a .Very promising. up .1 penrancc; but whether the yellow metal I in it is gold or not remains to bc provcn.~ Hannow .E'BN.â€"The evening of to- . morrow,.the last day of October, will be - Hallow brain-and the village boys, .will . no doubt celebrate. it.in thc- usual-man- ner.- It' Would be useless: to ask them . not.to do so, and no one will mind a few - harmless tricks; but. it. is. to be. hoped 5 that they will donothing. that willeutail t loss oreerious. inconvenience upon any , person. PETROLEUM In Noam .VlO'l‘ORlA.â€"-. . The Wardcr s.lys-:â€"â€"" While dinning a well on-thc farm of George McFarlana - in Ba‘ddow district, Somervillc township, near Coboconk, a pronounced quantity, of. petroleum .was. found. The vciu seemed strong and the substance was very crude. and thick, yet on exposure - to heahbccame liquid... The seam was- only twenty feet deep, and was near the - surface-of the rock. Great interest is. manifested in the “ find," us it is.dccm-- od certain much more exists where the .: sample came from.. A BIG FAT [loanâ€"TheMinden Echo , says: .“ Mr. R..C. Garrett, our ponder- . ouscitizec, killed a .pig last week that . was 11.months oldpaad broughtidown. the scale at. 359,.ilbs. for ‘bccnn. He : bony“. iLwhen about 4 “month old for ' fiend. fed .it. 84 .worth of shorts, 83.: worth of .with a little dish water, , and fecls.qu,ite eluted at. the. cheapest: . 6£.-hini.pcrls-.., We give the formula of hisiflesh producing recipe as we have ~ no. doubt other: would like to succeed z outbound! lines.", What we want is the formula by which the pig wu per- «. needed to live so long and grow. so Ink. on no. little food... Burnt River, October 17th. 1891. The council met pursuant to adjourn- ment ; all the members present and the reevc in the chair. Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. Moved by- Mr. Purdue, seconded by. Mr. Morrison, That William 'l‘iplinu be appointed collector for the year 1891, at a salary of fifty dollars, and that the Security offered be zlccepted.'â€"Curried. , Moved bwar. Rumney, seconded by- MrivMo‘rrisou, That. Byâ€"law No. ,â€".ua by-law to «appoint a collectonand ito fie. his salary, and also to provide‘for tuki'n'g. security for the proper performance of. his duties, be uo.w.read -aud passed. . Carried... Moved by Mr’. Perdue, seconded by Mr. Craig, That By-law Nor , a by-law to provide for the .holdinzg-ofthe - annual.municipaLelection, be- now read and passedâ€"Carried. V Moved by Mr. Craig, seconded by Mr.. Pcrduc, That. the: followinglmcu- counts be paid 5-â€"--S'a'm Eli-rhea printing and advertising, $18; A. Ateh-ison, 100 pounds flour for H. Braclburn,=$2 .65.;- Juhu . Wilson, building approach to bridge and "extra, $80; Fred. Rattle, building north approach to bridge and compensation. for .laud .talien .t'or .rond,. $25.1â€"Cnrrie'd .'. Moved by Mr. Morrisbnvseconde’dby» Mr. Craig, That Messrs. Ruinncymnd Perdue examine the road north of Co‘- boconk and have the same put in proper repair and report to this. council at next meetingâ€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Craig, seconded by Mr. Rumney, That the council now ad- journ, to meet again on the 15th day of December nextâ€"Curried. -“'Bi.ly.” i Just after dinner on, Friday last Mr. John A...Ell.'l3jlcd’ 'his‘ well-khown driv- ing-hares Billy to the trough to have a drink before coming to the...villagc.v A thirsty cow that. hadboenwaiting for. some water to bopumped' tried to crowd in first, an,d..’l3.lll.y, by way of teaching her manners, made a nip, at. her. _ The. cow couldn‘t bite, -but- she could lllOka‘,‘ so she struck at Billy with onc of her horns, the sharp up-turned point of which entered his mouth and cut a gash fully two inches-longr in tho-roof, which bled .30 proquer that. M‘h. Ellis .was frightened. Instantly jumping into the cart to which the horse was attached, he started full speed for Dr. Mason's, at the Falls, 9. distance: of. :lbout- a .mile, and as he. went .up the main street at. u 2. 40 unit, shouts of “ What's the mat- ter,\\'ith'Billy ? " came. from all who saw the blood streaming from the animal's mouth. The. doctor was at home and atoucc attended to the wound, which fortunately proved not.ut.all serious. If Billy were to die or anything. sari... one were to happen to him, general. re- gret would be. felt in this. community, for he is. known to everybody and .liked by-nll who. know him on account of his “rye-intelligence. For a horse that. has.ouly had what may be called a com- mon school education, we doubt whether his equal stands within a hundreds miles of him '; and if he had fallen when young into the hands cl'a profussional trainer, he wuuld by .this .time. have been able. to perform as. teeny. tricks and da‘acc- the cimussion. circle as. well. as. .the. most. accomplished hone-ever owned by.,Bn'- num, Forcpaugh or any othctzeelmmm Let a stranger call him by. name. as. he stands by the oddest-album! he. will give him a look which plainly says: ‘.‘Hel- loal who told you my name wacBllly l" and co perscagith whom he is acquaint- I}.