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erful force pump, worked by steam, with l afraid for my little. boy, who had been 250 feet of hose; and, as the works and g bitten by pup's father. The dog was l FARMERS “'AXTING l the skating rink are 1,100 feet. apart, l Gilli? UVERCUATS l order to clear them out before Spring: $6.00 Overcoats for $3.00. $8.50 Over-coats for $4.00. $10.00 Overcoats for $5.00. $12.00 Overcoats for $6.00. Also about 60 pairs of Men’s heavy Pants, were $1.50 and $2, for $1 and 81.25. THESE ARE SHAPS. W. BURGQYNE. THE RED STORE. Seasonable Goods. Gent's and Ladies’ Hockey Skates, Boker’s and the Starr. The Acme Spring Skates. (ii‘eening‘s Steel Wire Cow Chains. Racer and Maple Leaf Cross-cut Saws. Toronto Blade Cross-cut Saws, 5:} feet, at $2.50 each, a first-class article. Oak antl Hickory Axeâ€"handles. "‘“Ambricati and Canadian Axes, from 500. up. Stoves, Cooking and Parlor. Prices lowest in the County. Cash for Hides and Skins. JOSEPH srncrar. condoms HEARD. 1N AT WM. CAM?BELL’S. HARNESS ‘ If you want first-class single or double l l l light or heavy Harness or anything in that line call at NEVISON’S trawl THE NERVES AND BRING v. .,. . 1t , , L -; a I i All / ,f’: L . stoop , grocery and Wm. (htmpbcll's dry goods store. TRUHKS AND VALISE'S kept in stock as usual. and also a. good i assortment of fly nets and buggy dustch at low prices. W Try a bottle of llurris's celebrated harness polish. It is a new thing and you will he sure to like it. i . l | l ilpl d: \_y AWE: I t Agent for Pianos and Organs Penelon Falls, Slay 2v|tlt,1396.â€"-l4-ly masons"? DRUCGIST. FENELUN FALLS. Boys' and Men‘s Overcoats at half price in, 3. ‘ _ ‘- :3 ' 5 new harness shop. between J. McFarland s . A GOOD mi age Ct at OR Poi Pu pa WOULD D0 “’ELL T0 Inspect Robson's Stock. For quality and price can’t be beat. Dealer in coal and iron. Highest price for scrap iron, b ‘nss and copper. Tins. lioness. i'l‘lic Ileneloiillallswllazctte. Friday, February 10th, 1899; The Ontario Legislature. .4 The second session of the Ontario Legislature opened on Thnrslay. and in view of the fact that the prelimina- ricshad been disposed of in the August session, anticipation was high in the hope that both sides now mean business. The Government- programme, as lore- shadowed in the Speech from the Throne, was concise and business-like, though it does not propose any start- ling legislature. It is disappointing, however, after all the noise that has been made by the Opposition leader and his followers on the public platform and in newspaper interviews, to find the Opposition, strengthened as it is in numbers and debating power, as entire- ly without a policy as it has been in the past, except that of aimless and pur- pose-less criticism. There is not even anything new in the line of criticism, but simply the hoary old charges of in- capacity, cxtravagance and corruption. With no further evidence in support of these charges, and with no alternative policy to offer, the outlook for the Op- position would not appear to-bc' very much brighter than it was during the last quarter of a century. Light is Breaking In Upon Them. It is an unusual experience to find Opposition papers giving prominence to news items that intimated in any Way prosperity and progress in the country. Particularly is this the case with regard to immigration; for, in the first place, the mismanagement and complete fail- ure of this important work was one of the great blots on the record of the old administration. and, in the second place, its present success reflects the greatest credit upon the MiniSter of the Interior and his Department, and it is heresy of the blackest kind to utter one word in commendation of either. Still the fact remains, and it is even chronicled in some of the less prejudiced Opposition journals; that, according to Imperial emigration statistics, Canada is the only country that has received an increase of British settlers over the previous year, and that increase is not inconsid- erable. The total exodus of English, Scotch and Irish in 1898 was 140,630 as against 140,460 in the Pl'CVIOlli year. ltll' thus” Canada received 17,605 as l against 1'5 571 in 1897. while every gother part of the globe showed a dc- crense of from 1 to 15 per cent. There is every indication that this is but the commencement of a remarkable turn in the direction of emigration from the mother land, and put. forward by the (Zlovcrntnent, hund- reds of thousands of Britishers will turn their faces westward. ;home,~ in the hospitable and fertile ' pit)! inces of the great Dominion. Now that these facts are finding their way 1 l papers, it i~ reasonable to hope, if Only for their owu reputation for common sense and veracity. that a change will ’ come orer the spirit of the editorial col- umns also. __ _. . .-. _ _ The Hose. _.__._ within the next few‘ and find : r inner kitchen to prepare dinner. and, upon going into the back kitchen I met j into the news columns of Oppositiou‘ ' the village's 850 feet of hose and the i had straightened the barrel. l l l l l l l l i I l l l l l I t company's 2250 feet just cover the dis- tanee. On Saturday night preparations to flood the rink by means of th: pump feuCe to the woodpile. :3 gun up with me in the butcher's sleigh. were made, and it was then discovered that more of the lengths of village hesc Wife so badly frozen that it took two hours“ hard work to get. water through v them ; but it was done at last, and the l l l rink was thorougly and effectually flood- ed. If a fire had broken out that night it would have gained such headway be- fore the hose could have been rendered serviceable that a whole block of build- logs might have been destroyed, and it is clearly the duty of the village author- ities to see that such a state of things does not continue. As everybody knows, hose, after being used, should be drained, and in winter thoroughly dried, before it is coiled up and put away; and that the only way it can be effectually drained is to suspend it by one end in some building high enough for the purpose. We have no such building available in the Falls with the exception of the belfry, which atprcscnt consists chirfly of legs and head, and the reeve suggests that it be boarded in, anchored with stones, with hooks and pulleys to hoist the hose and a stove to dry it in cold weather. The suggestion is so good a- one that it ought to be acted upon at the next meeting of the council, as there is urg- ent need for immediate action, and the expense will be very trifling. The Dog Case. As briefly noted in last week’s Gazette, the inquiry into the shooting of Mr. M. W. Brandon's collie dog by Mr. llugh McDougall, on the 19th of J-.-tnu.-trv,.was resumed before Col. Dmcon in Jordan's hall on the Isl; inst; 311'. O'Leary, Q. C, appearing for the complainant and .‘dr. Steers for the dolendant.. The following witnesses appeared and were sworn, and we have condensed their evidence into. the narrowest li.mits.. S. Nevison, constable, said: I went to the defendant's on the 20th with a Warrant, accompanied: by complainant, who fun-ud‘ the body of. the den, which had beenshot about four rods from. the house and dragged to a woodpile. M. W. Brandon. corroborated Con- stable chison's evidence. and said :; I valued my dog at $25, but would not have sold it foi' $50, and. would give $25 cash for its brother, the same age, owned by Mr. R. W. Neil of Verulam, if he would sell it at that price. 'I never had a complaint from anyone about the-dog. which was of" a kindly disposition and hardly ever went away from home. Had not been on good terms with. Mr. Mchugall for' two years. George Jcfl’rey said : I knew the dog, which was a good-looking collie, and never saw any harm about it. I have a collie of my own, and would as soon lose one of my best come as the dog, and I have cows worth $40 each. Henry Austin said; I knew the dog that was shot,.and it had the appear- ance of being a first-class collie. $25 is asked in Toronto for such dogs, and, judging, from its looks, I would not have taken $25 for it if I had owned it. Thomas Roberts said :. I have seen the dog frequently. It was a fine look- ing one, of a good disposition as far as I knew, and I have never heard. of it doing any harm, but I decline to put any value'upon it. For the defence. James Stevens said : I knew the pup, owned its grandmother and sold her for 82, but will not put any value on the one that was killed. I own one that I got for nothing, and think .it is better than Brandon’s. C. W. Moore said : I knew the pup's father (which was owned by .11 r. Bran- don}. The old do! was sly. and she appeared to take after him, but had never tried to do me any harm. Hugh McDougall said: On the 19th ‘ of Januaryl and my little boy Were the only two of the family at home. During the lorenoon, while my boy was . . ; at school, I went down town for s~me years. thanks to the systematic efforts ' meat, and on my way back called at my Office for a gun. as it was getting rn:~ty. On reaching home, I lit a fire in the the dog, which faced mo and growled, but ran away when I threw a stick at it. The dog had pulled over a barrel that contained some pork, chickens and venison, all frozen so hard that the deg could not pull them out. I Set the barrel up again and soon afterwards put on an old frieze coat that was hang- ? ing in the hall and went to the barn to feed my horses, which only took a few minutes. When I returned to the house, Exactly how much hose the village 5 “"3 dog. Wl‘lCl‘ "35 “2‘13 in “"3 bac" owus we do not know, but there are two reels, one of which holds 500 feet and the other 350 feet, and there is ‘5 ‘ ” some inan that is kept loosely coiled up. ' .-\v the Chemical “'Hrks there is u p0W-. kitchen, flew at me and tore my coat. l | l l l bound and a Scotch terrier. “N‘l'tt away.. l furnished I delivered at the fortnightly meetings of the Saltfleet women's institute of a high I l i l l l l l l i l l "â€"‘w l l l l l l l l l not at the meat the second time. as I llo ran a short, distance and then fell. and I dragged him through an opening in the l. brouuht the- I didn't kn-w whoso dog it was at the time, as I had never seen it around my house before. My own thus. an old. 1 have not Spoken with Brandon for two years. The magistrate reserved judgment, . . . . . , which was given in Ltndsav on '1 ucsdnyr of this week, in lover of defendant- Farmers’ Institutes. We have received from the Provincial Department of Agriculture the report of Mr. F. W. Hudson, Superintendent of" Farmers' Institutes, for the year 1897‘ 8, :1 document of 500 pages embodying. a vast amountof intelligence in relation- to farming matters of a scientific and practical nature. The institutes ap- pear to be growing in popularity, as tho- tnombership shows an increase of front 15,707 to “3,351 during the twelveâ€" inonth. The number of meetings was 658. the number of addresses delivered was 3 270. and the aggregate attendance 120,004. Excursions to-tho Agricul- tural College at Guelph were conducted‘ by' many of the local institutes. which were participated in by fully 30.000. people. A women’s institute has been: organized in Saltllcet 'l‘otvnship, Went- worth County, the membership of which is 80, an example which it is hoped may be emulated in other neighborhoods and lead to the establishment of an or- ganization for the benefit of liirnmrs" wich on much the same principle as the larmers' institutes. Addresses were order on domestic economy, hygiene, literature etc. The report contains a. selection of the numerous papers given at the farmers’ institute gatherings, covering a very extensive range of sub-- jccts. Every phase of farm work and production receives due attention and is. ably handled by men whose» practical' experience or scientific attainments and' prmninence in the world of research renders their uttcrancesol' value. In a list so extensive it seems invidious to- p:ll‘llt3|1lill‘l7.t3, as many able contributors. must. be left unnoticed, but among the specialists are represented W '1‘. Ma- conn, who trcatslf the cross-breeding: and hybridizing of' plants ;- G'. E. Day, whose subject is “ Making plant food available"; H. [1. Dean, 'I‘..C. Regers: and’ A. If". McDarcn. who deal with- dairy topics; J. E. Orr, who contrib- utes a practical paper. on orchard spray- ing; J. E Meyer, poultry specialist;. R. I“. Holtcrmann, an authority on bees; John-A. Craig, who writes on “Judgâ€" ins,r sheep"; and C. W. L'llflll, whose most interesting paper on the birds of' Ontario is accompanied by 32illustra- tions. copiously illustrated in a manner which considerably aids the comprehension of' the reader when technical matters are- treatcd of. The great strides which. have been made of late years in apply- ing scientific principles to agriculture, have greatly hcttcrcd the position of the farmer. The farmers' institute has done much to familiarize. its members with the latest results of expert investi- gations, and a considerable proportion of this volume is devoted to comproâ€" hensive reports of reocnt European and‘ American experiments. In particular the operations carried on at the numer- ous agricultural experiment stations in: the United States offer great value to the Canadian agricultur- ist. Many of the details given in‘this volume of experiments carried on with a view to secure economy in Illl'. feeding [ol'livc stock, to test the qualities of l mannrcs. or to. determine the beet and l most productive varieties of sn-vd, will l he found full of suggestion to the farin- for, and if carefully cmiritlt'i'ed (.‘titlblc Ehim to eff-ct important economies in l farm lnclll‘ttl~i an l prooesnw. In thus enablin: the Canadian producer to keep abreast of the times and pl icing the ro- s-ult ofthc lll\'t‘.~fll',_’.'ltiltll of the world’s practical scientists at his di-p-isil, the farmers luriltllt': is fulfiding iti object and deserves the hearty support. and Co-npu'ation of all interested in the pimperity of the country. A Strong Editorial Group. The [’I‘NI/y/Irrilnt [Zr-view does not: lose in vigor and ability with its grow- ing age. The oldest Presbyterian jour- nal in Upper Canada, it maintains its lead in enterprise and usefulness to the church it sit well servei. Its announce- ;ment for 1899 just issued given some idea. of what it has in store for its read- ‘- era. The method adopted is a radical - (The coat Was producwl, bally tom 3! V‘ departrc front that folluwc'd by its con- the pocket.) 1 then put a li.:ht champ in my gun and shot the do; which was: about five feet f * tc-nim arieu. In ad: tion to the rsgu- l . "7‘ ' dished states, Many of the other articles are- conclmions of'