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He can give you a choice of the best makes at fair prices. l 0 Dealer in Illill‘l? PIPE, and PIPE FITTINGS. Tires. Brien, Fenelon Falls. l I'li‘liemlrlenclon lr‘alls Gazette, Friday, 1 Nov. 9th,. 1900. TUPPER & (lo. “ SNOWED UNDER,” The general election on Wednesday ; Dominion felticonfident it Wouldâ€"in a splendid victory for Sir Wilfrid Lau- ricr, who may exclaim, in the words of Jean Baptiste Trudeau : “ Kebec she’s good‘ enough for me, Hurt-aw pour C'anadaw.” The Premier and all his eollcages were re-elected, while Sir Charles T'up- per, Foster, Montague, [-1th John Mac- donald, Caron, Nicholas Flood Davin, Dewdncy, and other prominent Con- servatives went down in the fight, but Sir Hibb t Tupper, Wallace and Has:- gart retai their seats. In Ontario 37 Liberals were elected and 51 Conserv- atives; but Quebec went almost solid 'for the Government, returning 57 Lib- erals and only 7 Conservatives. The Laurier Administration will have a majority of at least 50, and will remain in power as: long as it conducts the affairs of theDrominion as satisfactorily as it has hitherto done; Elections are still to be held in four constituencies. I l “iii intricate; The fears entertained by Liberals as to the result of the contest in North and South 3Victoria were. we are sorry to say, well grounded. In the south Dr. Vrooman got a majority of proved himself to be an excellent and Parliament, and who is personally very popular, but labors under the disadvan- tage of being a Roman Catholic, which is the sole cause of his defeat, In North Victoria Sam Hughes has been re-elected, but by a greatly reduced ma- jorit, and he. would have been beaten all to pieces ifhe had not gone to South Africa, successfully dodged Boer bullets and come home covered all over with glory. ~ Thelast time he was elected he got a majority of 251; on Wednesday his majority was 88 according to the following figures, which are incomplete and may not all be correct : NORTH VICTORIA MAJORITIES. Hughes. McKay. Fenelon Falls ...... 8 Cameron 26 Cambray ‘ Smithson’s Brown’s S. E. Ilflnke noun-I Burnt River j Coboconk(1). ... Kinmount ...... ' 3 Coboconk (2) . . . . Victoria Road . . . . . . ' Laxton ..‘. ... Hartley Lornevillc ...... 45 Kirkfield Balsover . . . . . . Woodville i ..... 29 Garden 32 Galway . . . . . . . --â€"45 lilinden Snowden , Stanhope 5 Anson and Hindon . . .. I Lutterworth i . . .. 17 _â€"_ 331 243 3 ...... 22 um Ginsu“? Ulw Wit-O) can... can can... (Slop-“U! Majority for Hughes, 88. There arelseveral polling-places yet to be heard from, but news come slowly from the back-country. President McKinley Re-elected. The Presidential election in the United States took place on Tuesday last, and the returns give McKinley 283 electoral votes and Bryan 164:. These figures may possibly be altered some- what, but are no doubt substantially correct. strengly in favor of Mr. McKinley, he also got a. majority in Nebraska, Bryan’s own State; Mend‘ay last to the volunteers on their return from South Africa was a' wonder- ful demonstration of enthusiasm, and it is said that never before in the history at one time. friends of the boys in khaki impatiently awaited the arrival of their train, and when it drew up at the station a tlllll’l" derous cheer arose, and the band of the Governor-General’s Body Guard struck up “ Horne, Sweet Home." front of the procession through the pub- c.rrscrl the hero of Phardcburg, B‘uglcr Willlams, who sounded the charge on that fateful day. The crowds in the streets in the cvcding were enormous, and gaiety as of carnival time was seen on every hand. sand persons in the procession and a hundred thousand on the streets, and as the returned soldiers marched on their way to the armoriesr they were greeted with one long roar of cheers, and a con- 'morning, and returned in the evening ’with fifty-two coarse sacks containing nearly fiifteen- thousand live frogs that I 'had been captured in the lower lakes 150 over Mr. George McHugh, who, New York and Illinois were _____._â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"- Tm; veteran‘s? rigidity The welcome given by Toronto on n f the city were so many flags to be seen A- crowd of relatives and At the ic streets, the men of the Queen's Own There were ten thou- tinuous wave of flags and handkerchiefs. And the boys deserved it all. _____.â€".â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" “rile r... Industry: The-hind legs of bull-frogs are con- sidered such a delicacy by the majority of Americans, as well as by many Can- adians, that quite a number of persons make good livinth by pursuing and r capturing the batl‘achians', while “frog ,farms " have been established in many localities, and are rapidly increasing in number. For the past ten or twelve years the business of frog catching has been followed in this vicinity by Messrs. Enoch and David Merriam of Harwood. 'l and two of their brothers are engaged in the same industry in other waters. This season’s catch appears to have been a gond one, for on Friday last the steamer Krtwmflrw left the Falls in the and the creeks and marshes along their borders. (As the Kawartha is only .cha-rtered to fearry twenty passengers, 5 it is suggested that her owner may be liable to prosecution for having trans ported so many thousands.) The frogs, which were kicking and creaking at a great rate, were taken: to the Merriam B'ros.’campvuear the Summer House, on the shore of Cameron Lake, where they were killed and the eatable parts skinned, slightly salted and packed in barrels for transportation to: the Amer- ican market. It was formerly customary to throw away all. but the hind legs, the middle, and the loins are‘eaten with the hind legs. It is estimated that the ~ not much less than half a ton, but many other thousands were caught during Ute season, which commenced about the lat of May and is now nearly over. The sport -â€"or, rather, the businessâ€"of frog catching is followed at night (and the ' darker the night, the better) by means of jack-lights, which appear to so fas- cinate them that they lose all consider- ation for their personal safety and allow themselves to be taken by hand. Only the big, bellowing, “ berrer'-go-’round ” bull-frogs are captured, the nice little “ Canadian nightingales ” being left to charm with their ,noeturnal melodies the ears of all who have the good fortune to live near their haunts. We read, somewhere, that frogs, unlike buffaloes and the great majority of animals and birds, can never be exterminated, as they breed in the deepest recesses of swamps and fees, to the frontiers ofwhieh they do not come until they attain a considerable size. There dwells in our memory a little “poem ” of two verses which we think appeared in the G-tzcltc three or four years ago, but it is so ap- propriate to the present subject that we venture to give it again. Here it is. Of all the funny things that live In woodland, marsh or bog, That fly the air or swim the deep, The funniest is the frog. The frog, the seientificest 0f nature's handiwork, The frog, that neither walks nor runs, But goes it with a jerk. You see him sitting on a log Above the vasty deep. You feel inclined to say : “ Old chap, Just look before you leap.” You raise your caneto hit him on His ugly-looking mug; But, e’cr you get it half way up, Adown he goes, kerchug! Unless you have a jack-light. who comes to the Falls, as he measures has a brother the same height at Har- sclvos reaching for frogs, the Falls on Wednesday. all the way from Parry Harbor to cast a good G'rit vote at the Bethe] polling- place for George Mellugh and the’ Lnu-ri'cr Administration. but the frogs are now out in “two about capable representative of the riding in. iedi‘blc portionsof the In 000 will weigh , Mr. Enoch Merriam is the tallest man 6 feet 5 inches, and we are told that he wood. Perhaps they elongated them- I ). \Wl Personals. Lieut-Ccl.» Sam Hughes was at the and Falls on Wednesday. Miss Maud Slater returned home from: Toronto on. Wednesday. Mr. John iiIcchyn of Lindsay was‘ at the Falls on Tuesday. *Mr. Herbert Nevisou is home front the business college at Toronto. Miss Sadler of Lindsay is visiting at Mr.- William Jordan’s in Fcnelon. Mr. George H. llittleton left on Wed» esday afternoon for Kinmount to help- build Messrs. Puley &. Joy’s new miil. Capt. and Mrs. Howell returned to the Falls on Monday from attending: the Salvation Army anniversary at Tor- onto:- Mcssrs. Thos. Lane and Robert Cof- mer came from Midland, and: Messrs: Henry Smith and William Crosgrey came from Napanee, on Wednesday last to vote in the North Victoria election. Mr. and Mrs. William Fountain rc-- turned to the Falls from Victoria Harâ€"w bor on Tuesday. Mr. Fountain has- been there all summer, and Mrs. Founr tain joined him about three weeks ago; Mr John Kelly of Vrerulam was at He came Fenelon Council Proceedings. , Cameron, Oct. 29th, 1900‘. Council met at regular meeting, all the members present ;. minutes ofprevie ous tneeting read aud‘approved. On mo- tion of Messrs. Palmer and Webster; consideration of Alderman Lamb’s scheme of electric railways was left over for a future meeting. After hearing Mr. J. Hay’s communication re grantr for getting gravel from Sturgeon Lake; 1t was Moved by Mr. \Vebster, seconded by Mr. Parkin, That this council does not deem it advisable to make a grant for gravclling on con. 10 at lot 3, owing to lateness of season â€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Parkiu, seconded by Mr. Dewel, That we now instruct the township solicitor to take such action as he may think proper to enforce the plac- ing of a. crossing on con. 6“ at lot 6, on account of the railway authorities not» acceding to the council’s request to have“ the crossing put in.â€"â€"C'arried. Moved by Mr. Palmer, seconded by Mr. D‘ewel, That Taylor Parkin be commissioned to put in two-new culverts on the new road at lot I77.â€"-â€"C'arried'. Moved by Mr. Webster, seconded by Mr. Palmer. That C. Eiford be instruct- ed to- rebuild the culvert 'on the 2nd line between lots 15 and 16», con. 1, at onceâ€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Parkin,_ seconded by Mr. Webster, That John Byers be paid 83' for extra work on culvert v at lot 17, con. 8', said amount to be payment in ,full of all claims against this municipal-, -1ty.â€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Webster, seconded by Mr. Dowel, That J“. 1". Palmer be ap- pointed to try to arrange for a road for Franklyn D‘cwel.â€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Parkin, Seconded by Mr. Palmer, That the clerk write the Department of Crown Lands respecting road at lots 25 and 26, con. 2.â€"â€"-Car’d. Moved by Mr. Pat-kin, seconded by Mr. Webster, That Ops torinship be asked to pay the sum of 88.25, being one-half cost of three culverts put in on- J. J. Teevin’s beat, Ops and Fenelou boundary.-â€"-Carried. Moved by Mr. Par-kin, seconded by Mr. Palmer, That R. C. Webster be appointed commissioner to expend the sum of $24 on the 20d line, between lots 30 and 31, con. 2.-â€"â€"-Carried. . Moved by Mr. Palmer. seconded by Mr. Dowel, That this council confirm the payment to J Cunningham of $24 for fixing 2nd line between lots 30 and 31. con. 2'; also James Rae’s ordizr for $62. for building bridge on same 2nd line at con. 2. as the $50 granted did not com- plete the job.â€"-Carried. Moved by Mr. Palmer, seconded by Mr. Webster, That E. P. Smith be paid 750. for overcharge in roadwork, and- that the petition of the following for redress cannot be entertained. the amount of their roadwork being correct, namely, Messrs. Rogers, Byarn, Gerdori, and Mrs. Tompkins.â€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Palmer, seconded by Mr. Dowel, That the following bills be paid : E. English, 107 loads gravel, $5.35; Geo. Sackett, 43 leads gravel, $2.15; Wm. and Jas. Isaac, 102 loads gravel, $5.10; Jesse Christian. stump- ing on con. 3 at lot 18, $4.50; David West, fixing bridges on con. 4 at lots 22 and 23, $4; J. J. Teevin, for three culverts on Ops and Fenelon boundary, $16 50'; E. D. Hand. advertising voters’ lists court, $1.50; Jas. H. Thurston, opening con. 6, lot 27, $5; clerk, tele- v gram to W. R. Tiflin, 33c.; Thomas Thompson, culvert on con. 2. lot 1, $7; Wm. Chambers, cedar for culvert on 2nd line between lots 5 and 6, con. 3, $1.80 ; Watson James, 36 leads of gra~ '19!“ n:,:’.uu:.w -â€"â€"â€"â€" w'hr â€"<‘”\-A-<‘b~v_ a an. mm“. ..., r .m. 27.an :n. ~ 5»: 46'5111411‘ «. r‘ -_ ‘L ...w.“ s. .hiflfifi‘fihvv r on v » .» ‘;ex1’§v:zrfi?Wsfi’Mgg.zfi -‘ ' g . l , i ., . g. ; {‘9‘ id I‘M .34 l: .14 '5 ii I: it: 5 i .i J E r r r' 2 ,9,