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0 FOR 0 That’s all I ask. I don't war 6 favoriteism shown me in any Way My stock, my work, my fit prices and my guarantee that c must suit or your money back, 111 e the business at the 0 Leading Tailmgo g - Estabiishment. THURSDAY, AUGUST IOsh. 183 JUbT PROSPERITY IN THE WEST Mr. William Lownsbrough talks about that Great Country. The Watchman-Warder Mr. William Lownsbrough the genial keeper of Her Majesty’s customs returned on Monday morning fromatriptoMani- toba and the territories. He was away three weeks. In a brief talk with a W atchman-Warder representative Mr. Lownsbrough said some interesting things about that part of our great Dominion whose resources and rapid development are attracting the attention of the world. Mr. Lownsbrough said: I went on the 18th of July by excursion train over the C.P.R. ‘Vhen we reached North Bay there were so many going that the train was made up in two sections to make plenty ,of room. We were very comfort- able; everything was convenient and there was plenty of good company. The run to Winnipeg was made between Tues- day and Thursday mornings. On the way I noticed that some villages that had been quite prosperous with lumber mills when I was up in ‘90 were almost deserted. The supply of raw material has disappeared. Port Arthur has gone back a good deal, but Fort William, to which the elevators were removed, has prospered to the same extent that its rival has decreased. Arriv- ed at Winnipeg I was powerfully struck with the vast development of that great city. It has gone ahead as it by magic in the last ten years. Everything is stir and activity. The merchants are hopeful and there is a general feeling of assured pros- perity among the people. When I was there great gangs of men were busy putt- ing down asphalt pavement. That city is an index of the whole region to which it is the gateway. The crops in the west are simply im- mense. Perhaps Ihave seen them in their two best years. There were wonderful crops in '90 when I was there before a'd now they are just as good. The difference is in the amount growing; Miles and miles in every direction that was unbroken prairie then are new thriving farms with magnificent crops of barley and wheat. Of course the harvest has not been reach- ed yet. The crop is about a week behind and there is a good deal of anxiety about early frosts in most sections. These have done harm in the past and there is danger this year, but the people are hoping for the 3 best. Near Manitou a hail-storm that ‘ passed over a week before I got there cut ‘ the grain down and I saw farmers plowing down the remnants of their hopes. I noticed between Napinka and Brandon the land seems lighter, and it was in that dis- trict that I saw the only rather poor crops in the whole country. SOME MARIPOSA PEOPLE. Down at the South Antler, right in the centre of the finest district in southern Manitoba, I came across the Burks who went out :1. few vears ago from MaripOsa. They have 2200 acres among them and hundreds of 2â€"ch8 ot their'wheat this year wil average thirty bushels to the acre. The)" have pmbpered wonderfully. But3 mu»: people do out, there. The Bay bovs froxn Oakwood have 70 ac] es of good wheat and hrrkwfik) acres more this year. Wm: \‘Jv'od Nam has done the same. “Johnnie’ Hooper is wnrrh $5000. Around Cal-man a: d Roland there are regular settle ments of pa 0pm from this county. 1 did not visit chase plaues, but, a man from there told me vhev are all prospering. The Swains, Webs‘ers, Svmnilwoods and others are there. A 'good many of them are bache- lors and are making their money alone. A man and a. boy can do as much work out, there as thzee men here. A double gang plow with six horses 0: a single gang with three horses and a boy to drive can turn over a lot. of prairie in a day. That iothe We) they ulmm Other work is done on the some some. If I can satisfy you that any suit I 3 make for you at $16 is worth more 3 money, I want you to trade here. That’s all I ask. I don’t want any G favoriteism shown me in any Way. 0 My stock, my work, my fit, my «in: “A mv guarantee that clothes 9 Open Evanings 131119 1m 3 IOQG®GO®0$GQQ- l‘ RETURNED FROM A THREE- WEEKS‘ TRIPâ€"~SPLENDID CROPS 0F WHEAT AND BARLEYâ€"PEOPLE ARE HOPEFULâ€"AN ELECTION NEARâ€"PEOPLE FROM VICTORIA PROSPERXNG. In reply to a question Mt. Lawma- Cor. Kent and Cambridge-sts. Than Anywhere " SPLENDID CROPS. must do brbugh said:' I, think not; at; least I did not hear a word of it. Things are better now now. A Government has ob- tained some alterations and competing lines under construction and in operation are putting an end to extortion in rates. A SUMMER RESORT . They have lake Killarney out there too. It is a beautiful body of water surrounded by wooded hills, and will be an immensely popular summer resort. It is 165 miles from Winnipeg. Already ‘ numerous cottages have been built and occupied. The government has built a new road around the lake and throughout the entire province people are looking to Killarney as the place to go for an outing. It is a prize in that great prairie land. AMERICAN HORSES 1 I saw at one point two large herds of 'borses. They had been brought over from Manitoba by American dealers and ‘were being bought. at good prices. They were a good stamp of the Percheron breed. They brought from $90 to $130. Seventy of those I saw had been picked from a herd of 7,000 animals. An Ontario dealer told me that he was offered a half interest in this herd at $40 a head, but refused to take it. There is a duty of 20 per cent on horses. THE TUMBLING MUSTARD The cultivation of the land in the west is an easy matter to begin with, but it will not always be so. In fact it already has its problems. Noxious weeds abound after a few years. \Vhen I was there farmers were busy backsetting the land they had broken and working in their summer-fallows. After the sod has been broken agreat crop of weeds spring up, and after being plowed down in back- setting make a good dressing of manure. That does not end them however. 80 bad have they become that the government has had to pass strict legislation regard- ing the cutting of weeds. Inspectors are appointed, and if a firmer leaves weeds growing in his fields these men notify him to cut them, and if he does not they are‘ cut at his expense. Municipalities have the power to send men onto any farm to cut weeds and charge up the cost in the farmer’s taxes. The tumbling mustard is the worst enemy. It grows several feet high and then the heavy branches droop and break off. These go spinning across the country before the wind in great balls scattering seed as they go. MIXED FARMING Farmers are going into mixed farming gradually. They have not had the out- buildings to do it on a large scale, but now there are some fine herds and the dairy industry is springing up. Premier Green- way has the best catttle in the country at his farm near Crystal C ty. He does not exhibit atthe fair-i any more for it was scarcely giving ordinary exhibitors a chance. I saw an 18-months animal from his stables that was better than any I ever saw here. By. the way they will have an election up there shortly and the prospects are that Greenway will be sustained. REFLECTIONS Iwould not advise a man to move up there and buy land at once unless he has friends to advise him as to a situation, for it pays to look about for a year at least. Any young man who wants to farm certainly ought to go to the west. When I saw the great prosperity and advance. ment of that country I thoroughly re- gretted not buying land there when I was up in '90. but there is a great future for the people that are now going in. is a favorite; Mr. Hamilton of our own town makes a. good many sales and sells a wagon that gives complete satisfaction. A wagon sells for from $50 to $55 without. abox. ABOUT IMPLEMENTS The country is opening so fast that there is a great demand for agricultural implements and carriages. I found that no other seeder in the west is so papular as Sylvester's. It sells everywhere, and suits the soil up there perfectly. All the Svlvester implements are very popular. Agood many wagons come in from the States: but several Ontario firms have good markets there. Spaight of Markham 'Fflendshlp lhlurunce. That there may be such a thing as car- rying insurance too far is indicated by the case of Mr. Muicahy and Mr. Mulhooly, two Irish gentlemen. Though they were known to be great friends. they were one day observed to pass each other in the street without a greeting. - “Why, Mulcahy,” a friend asked in as- tonishment, “hgve you and Mulhooly quarreled ?” “That we have not!” said Mr. Mul- cahy, with earnestness. “There summed to be a coolness between you when you passed just now.” “Thnt’s the insurance of our friend- ship.” “I don’t understand.” “\Vhoy. thin. it's this way: Mulhooly and I are that devoted to wan another that we can’t bear the idea of a quarrel. and as we are both moighty quick temper- ed we’ve resolved not to shpake to wan another at alll"-â€"London Tit-Bits. Could Not Fool Glad-tone. “The keenness of Gladstone's collecting eye. even in old age,” The Athenaeum says. “may be inferred from the story told us by a bookseller in Brighton. On one of his last visits Mr. Gladstone paid a visit to our informant and took up a nice book in an old French binding. ‘VVhat’s this?’ he said. “ ‘Oh. it's a book from the library of Catherine de Medici.’ “ ‘But there’s no flour de lis in the top lozenge,’ retdrted Mr. Gladstone without a second glance at it.” A Lightning Flush. By means: of a photograph made with a vibrating lens scientists have calculated the time of a lightning flash. It comes out one-nineteenth of a second. The cal- culation is based upon the multiple image in the photograph and the rate'of vi- bration of the lens. The time applies, of course, only to the particular flash that was photographed. The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world‘is to be in reality what we would appear to be. and it we observe we shall find that all human vir- tures increase and strengthen .hemselves by the practice and experience of them.- flan-2'91. - ‘ ' iHE WATCHMAN-WARDER: LINDSAY. 03 BEST MARKET IN ONTARIO Victoria County Cheese Sells for 10 38c. Per Pound. BUYERS ARB OUT AFTER THE, RIGHT KIND OF CHEESEâ€"Elsa I‘EEN FAC- A sensational meeting of the Victoria 11 County Cheese Board was held in the ‘ council chamber on Monday last. It was sensational from the fact that the buyers were all out for cheese, and stood ready to secure it at any ”price. The result was “a lively time when the bidding commenced. and the price realized is away ahead of any board in the province this season. Buyers and salesmen mutually agree that the price is a good one, and is not war- ranted by the Liverpool cables. That makes no difference to the salesmen, how- ever. and if they are fortunate for once in getting perhaps just a little more than their goods are really worth, it will in a small way make up for times when the shoe was 'on the other foot. There is a point or two that the Watchman-Warder would impress upon the salesmen, makers and patrons as well. The cheese has been purchased as first-class goods, and every effort should be put forth to see that nothing is left undone in the curing pro- Cess in order that it may be marketed as such. Every factory should have a supplv of ice, in 0rd er to regulate the temperature of the curing rooms during the hot months. To those factories which are minus ice. we would strongly advise the adoption of artificial means in the way of hanging up heavy cloths that have been dipped in cold spring water and kept moist therewith. A little care and a little extra effort before inspection may mean dollars in the patrons pocket. It must not be forgotten that the price is a “tip-topper,” but if the market should “slump” then a mighty close in- sp'mtion would be sure to follow, and what is known as the “bad market flavor" may be detected. Mr. Rollins, a real, live buyer, in course of conversation condemn- ed the prevailing practice in this section of drawing whey home in milk cans. He states that this is a dangerous 'practice and liable to cause a faulty flavor at any time that the greatest care is not observed in cleaning the cans. No cheese-maker can remedy this evil. and any objection- able flavor means ”ruin in the British market. The buyers present were Messrs. Rollins and Whitton, Belleville, Fitzgerald 0t Peterboro, and Flavelle of Linden. Thetollowing factories were represented: btar ......................... 122 SENSATIONAL BI DDI NG. 0n invitation of President Robertson the bidding was commenced with an offer of 93c by Mr. Whitton. Fitzgerald went an eighth better, and Mr. Flavelle raised to the half. Rollins came up with 92c, which Fitzgerald raised to 92¢. Whitton made it a 16th harder. and Flavelle followed with 95c. when Whitton thought he had the call with 10c straight. But such was not to be, for Fitzgerald took up the ruun' ing with an ofier of 10 3-160. Rollins placed it at 1030 and was followed by Fitz- gerald with 10 5-16c. and Mr. Rollins cap- tured the race with an offer of 103C, and secured Star, Cameron, Duneford, North Ops, Pine Grove and Bobcaygeon. For second selections Fltzgerald bid 10c flat, which Mr. Flavelle incremed a chh, Fitzgerald responded With another 16th, and Rollins made it 10 3-16c. Fitzgerald went. to the i and Whitton raised him a. 16th, when Fitzgerald secured the call at 1030 and got Maripoea. Cambray, Fenelon Falls, N oth Verulum and Reaboro factor- nos. Whitton then bid lOfic, and took Maple Leaf, Red Rock and Omemee. Mr. Fluvelle then cleared the board at; 102:0, securing Little Britain, Palestine. Minden and J anebville- On motion the board adjourned for three weeks, to meet on Monday, Aug. 28th. A Song of Prunes. Throughout the drift of centuries, since first the world was young, The hard: have turned their lyre: up end cleared their throats and sung- Ghd songs of fruits and flowers, of the orchard and the field, And puffed up nearly everything the soil has deigned to yield, L ____.L1- servant tunes Elia lyre to the topmost pitch and sings a song of prunes. Oh, prunes! though thou art fit to grace the ban- quet of a king, Yet dost thou to the low1y board of humble peas- ants bring Thy pulpy fatness full of joy and flavors rich and deepâ€"- Qh, is there aught on earth so rare and yet 50 good andâ€"cheap! And could I twang a thousand harps through cen- turies of Juncs, My one and all triumphant theme would be a song of prunes. But, oh. the hidebound, sorry prune, with visage pinched and lean. We meet in" boarding house resorts in not the sort 1 mean! Give me instead the pufl'y prune. inflated with its juice. That makes strawberrica md the like to me of little use, ' ' ' For did I own I. thousand mouths and twice as many spoons, I’d still employ them, every one, to get my fill of prune-2 Q TORIES BOARD 1800 BOXES. btaruu... .................. 122- Lomeville . . . .. .............. -- Cameron .................... 87 Dunsford ................ .120 Mariposa .......... . ......... 80 Derryville ................. - Cambray .................... 69 Janetville ................... 6'0 Omemee .................... 17:5 Fenelon Falls ........ . ..... 95 North Verulam........... .121 Minden ..................... . 26 North Ops .................. 75 Pine Grove ...... .. . ........ 50 Lomeville . . . .. .............. -- Cameron .................... 87 Dunsford ................ .120 Mariposa .......... . ......... 80 Derryville ................. - Cambray .................... 69 Janetville ................... 6'0 Omemee .................... 17:5 Fenelon Falls ........ . ..... 95 North Verulam........... .121 Minden ..................... . 26 North Ops .................. 75 Pine Grove ...... .. ......... 50 Reaboro ..................... 134 Bobcaygeon..... ............ 161 MapleLeaf ............ .....140 Palestine ................. 80 Red Rock ................. Little Britain ............. MERRY MOMENTS. ,u‘... w- a--- ’I crave atiéntion while your humble 1,795 162 45 Took the Sign: on the Water Pail- Literally and Kept Warm. “We see lots of strange things,” said the talkative hotel clerk. "but one of the strangest that ever happene] along this xx ay came in one day last Marchâ€"an old man with a carpetbag and an old um- brella, who “anted to know it this was a tavern. I assured him it was, and he said be guessed he would hang up with us a bit if we didn’t mind. He looked so green and innocent that I congratulated myself that the house used electricity for lighting purposes and that there was no gas for him to blow} out. “Lhanded him over to a bellboy, with instructions to see him safely to his room and to careflely explain all the mysteries of a moderh hotel. It wasn’t two hours before a chambermaid sent down word that the old man was gathering up all thefire buckets on the floor and burning them up in the grate in his room. “1 charged up to his room to find out what he meant by such conduct. I found him in his room calmly smashing up the buckets by bringing his No. 14 cowhide boots down upon them. The buckets were some that we had placed in the balls 3 number of years ago to be used in case of fire. But as we had lately placed fire hydrants on every floor. with reels of hose at every point, we had allowed the buckets to go into disuse. “ ‘Soe here!’ I yelled as I took in the situation. ‘XVhat in the name of heaven do you mean by burning up those buck. - 7v 7 I etS?’ I . I “ ‘W’hy,’ answered the Innocent old codger as he picked up one of the buck- ets, ‘doesn’t it say right ,l’Jere on them, “To be used for fire only! Graphite, of wmcn xeaa pencus are made. was first discovered in Siberia in 1842, where on. mine has since- 1858 yielded 33,000 hundredweight of graphite. “1 wilted and told him to so ahead- They were not worth much. anyway, and I was afraid it I didn’t allow him t0 80 ahead, that he might break out at some other spot that would cost us more.”â€" etroit Free Press. A British antiquarian has discovergd that Shakclpurc‘wu 9! We!!! duct“ of GENTS’ FURNISHINGS, HATS AND CAPS was offercdior and after, some lively bidding was secured at 60 (gen now being removed to his New Store, Two Doors the Benson House, and on Saturday next a big sale ofac ' Assisi. take place, as the goods must be cleared out at cnceto‘ H5 M way for fall stock. We are so busy markinor off goods . . 2’ sunph ndingi we have not time to make out a price list this week. “him The One Pmce King Clothier VERDANT, 'BUT' OBEDIENT. At'Public Auction on Thursday last, the The goods are all this season’s make, The goo; m’our pr as her “rpxct‘ B8!) IS Lindsay’s King Clothier. . . . .PURCHASED Between Madagascar and the coast of India there are about 16.000 islands, only 600 of which are inhabited, but most of which are capable at supporting a popu- lation. He‘ld. “Did you ever laugh until you cried. Tommy?" “Yes. only this morning.” “What at?” “Well. pa stepped on a tack, and I laughed. Then pa caught me laughing, and I cried.” Siam has a population variously esti- mated from 7.000.000 to 10.000.000, but the true figures are probably about 8.000.000. Its area. which approximates 250,000 square miles. or nearly the size or Texas. could easily support 40,000,000. For instance. the conventional farmer of the humorous In”: 1119. upon entering his room at a New “ "3; hotel. starts vio- lently. The gas war in New York profoundly afiects many relations of life. sign.” he falter iness. The bellbn.‘ “N0: gas 1. that we don't Journal. TO THE DEARâ€"A rich ladv. cured f hér Deafness and Nniaes in the He -d “y D Nichnlson‘s ,Artifical Ear Drama, has sen? £ 1,000 to his Institmm so that deaf rumpl- unable to procure the Ear Drums ma ha ve them free. Apply to Department. AIDE The Institute. momma“! Gunne: abnrv, A Poinier. Little Willieâ€"I guess sister Grace won’t want to go ridin on your tandem much longer. Mr. Simperlingâ€"Why? Little Willieâ€"They was a teller with a nottomobile here last night and I heard her say today that she thought: the horse- less carnage had come to staysâ€"Chicago Times-Herald. Chen 9 Gun. dump in New York my more."â€"Dctroit w Out the Gas’ sing much uneas- 2 Doors East Benson The Careful Worker «as 3 doors wast of 1’05‘ with the b6! 0‘ ‘P‘ i315 at his di- produoe mo“ Pd the human ”(I-hip: 91115 9 aretchii cf