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Rets to our farmere niwe are unfortunately WE DAILY “ rn } sexaion uf sone rehable data i “ 1 tay deus int dog 80. The vu . : a . “T) ~ able acl fF the Ontario Bureau of MCTOBER 13, 1887. Statistics Mi Archibald Blue, in a -s p epared statement, now In my Commerrial Union POSsess makes the value of everything pro ae laced on Ontario farms in 1886 to have been lure subsidized advocates of Commercial upon $160,000,000. Adding $140,000, ne OOo IL a provi s, W 1 must be Union. as well as those who are not sub- (oOo; ali the other pro ces, cl s ’ A mode estimate, we reach a total produc- | sidized, should read and ponder over the | v? mon of $800,000,000. As: |i onothy article on their pet * fad,” which that one hilf of these products were | nie e = : .-todew \ tie i tlittig < nimunity then w ill be found in unot ler portion - Uv Gay 8 ui iariitiig Gui v) th : ; ‘ surplus was disposed of as follows: | issue. They will find therein some plain ed oe ee ee : $150,000,000 | facts told in a plain way, and backed up Exp ried to Urveat riinin S22. 543.936 * : a Seen on Hn. with figures in proof of the assertions elsewnpnere,, . O78, 195 , > ° . - 39,713212} made. The situation is carefully consi- ton ket sumed @110 231.783 dered from every point of view, and the | Alt y an ay ximaite estimate, [conclusion arrived at is that Commercial | ee as 7 ‘ e the home . . clearly | ite that the Home) (ryion will benefit none but the Americans, x it nen ‘ urin 7g, iumberttiy ‘ . . sntile an ses is ivcomparably | Chese facts considered, it is no wonder that ‘ i farmers possess, while that] the most prominent and influential mem : 3 vernal if to He < 3 > . . , - ‘ nt 1 and % a ‘ e bad - ~~ bers of the Grit party, among whom wel 3 1 i afive of the reiative Vaille of : i ls in Statement a of our} May note the Hun. James Young (eXiracts tai shipments of the pro lucts of the farm from whose letters constitute the yreatel l 1ot the proaace ” of Canada includ- ; ‘ : ' : . ms ie 1880 a ee portion of the article to which we refer), ‘ iv ca , Pespe Ve '} since . : j i Stutes Great Pritain.| Hon. Mr. Laurier, Hon. Alexander Ma 3 3.177,72 3.79.3, 797 x ' . ’ 4 ata ’ nd a7 S660 | MEUTZIE, Hon. Mr. Edgar and others have Aodi : 4 (00) " no a <9; 3.6 *5 763 = failed to come out in favor of this latest 1X} j 8 776 292 239A vlzZ . . an 145 2 22 25'75)0, | American annexation scheme. Hou. M 15 512 533 30.419.146 | Mackenzie, in his place in Parliament in ‘ » ad : > an = 100.408 | 1869, is reported as saying :— 3 05,437.21 $208, 102,110 ** There was a minute of council, which I

During the last seven vears. therefore, |3&¥ When Iwas invitedto jointhe govern-

Britain took more agricultural products | meat which proposed a system of reciprocal tly trom the Dominion than the States} /¢gislation. If that had been carried into lid by nearly $100,000,000, This makes i¢ |p ’r#tion it would have been the most aisas rably clew thet it is ow principal | *ous poliey ever adopted, and, willing 7“ : eigu export, and its superiomty |? te every proper concessi E should b . anced by the fact that whilet the | nude to.the,t ‘united States in making a treaty, MI een . paratively no | Would a thousand times rather do without a f inet oe our American | treaty than chaage our laws in every year, as : tive compe itor not only jn]| Gictated by tae United States. t J in Our own ne market. Io The inajority of the people througnout v further light on this important os _ , reory Dominion records |2¢ Dominion entertain similar opinions at pie iyi yninion re ras : le of ou chief agricultura the present tile, . 8 to ea airy spectively during The Cleveland Leader, discussing — this ss . —" . =“ . pet theory of Commercial Union, arrives at ‘ . (Ht. By the fol] nino « »} ion *— Cattle & 724 - 34. 998 327 be Tollowipg Cencivsion :— it > oo a is a? “We would swamp their markets with to 1343 ;4i, | manufactured goods, and wire ont their Ciees 20,219 7,261.ci2 | Manutactures ln Many branches at one stroke. hsas Bud 1 722.579 fo save these industries they have adopted a s nis 3 S7u 694 776 . . . Whea = 24 Lcar ey | Protective tariff against even the mother Pass 25.52) 1 92-49} | country, Great Britain, which is their’ great Oa! nie 15,680 207,415} est source of revenue. The idea that they hehe 60 1 11.243) will give us better than they do Great Britain i ui 9 450 L330 131 ae i pi ’ ae St 87 Gu) loo 523{ Would be toolish to entertain. Great Britain ‘ens 377,03 1,739 917 | would not tolerate any such invidious distine- hi SJ7 S06 6Y.S34 tion.”

: 74.12 a: Hites and skius 168 16 7385 The greater portion of the American VW 271,424 02 ;

: : sa tly wg | Press talk in the same strain, yet we have

These various statistics will, Itrust. fur- | C4n@dian politicians and newspapers _ sulli-

some reliable data upon | ciently “* patriotic” to help them alongvin Walch stimate the relative valae of their their work. ccts he surplus farm pro es . > > Dominion (only one-half the Our Inshore Fisheries, } iS3>), a8 We sAW ADOVEe, Was ~ to ¢ $150,000,000, and of this our home mar-| Tue mackerel lately taken off East Point ‘ > ye » use OupnU Lube! Li . : — ' 3 »’ | have nut been equalled in size and quality (Mew) Oo) } > * tureat rivain, $2? ia e ca nay Oe) is per cent.: and the United | fer the last forty years. A gentleman in- : s. &15.500,000, or 10 per cent. It|forms us that he was present the other} t from these facts thit |day when three were pickel out froin the 14s re i > present our larmers it ip of a salted and packed barre}, is dependent on a market which for twenty | and measured and weighed. Two measur- irs bas Oaly taken 10 per cent. of their -ur- | ed exactly eighteen_iuches in length by ten

See y 2 per cent of thetr tot ul annual ‘luches an brealth, and weighe i, the one

p inct l, and ti a the oo fits of comes - iS ibs. 3 oz . the other 3 Ibs. 2 OZ., the I nt t i irchase: tithir : — bon , Britis —e Ke ‘Cithird measured seventeen inches and “ BRenued taecir home an ritiso ma : j aay ape ee _— 7 *| weighed 3 lbs.. These were only taken out which toyetl absorbed S8 per cent.! . i

os prouiseuously from the barrel, ‘and are not

putit in a sentence, what would the be in

nogkat if they got & trifle more un ee 149. ooo | by any means the largest specimens caught cast, @ rses, $5,703,099 of bacicy, and | tis season, but we think all will admit $431,000 of sheep and lam s, and had to take | that they are very fine specimens of the

$6,-| finuy tribe nevertheless. While such fish heese | as these can be found along the coast, no can have any doubt about the great Therefore,

& bibLie ess on 3+, 998,000 Worth ot «¢ attle, 179,000 of breadstuits, and $8,035,000 of ¢ and butter one

THE HOME MARKET WASTED. value of our inshore fisheries.

out that the they should be protected against foreign

Mr Young pviats game argu- meut applies with greater force to our home poachers, nu matter what it costs to dw it. inarket The ene al decline, he BLS, of os Per Te Te ) British trade, which would be as certain | é mes A Bright Outlook. mnder Comercial Guloa as Chet the sun Ld

lines, would more or le

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ss injure our vce mm tee ins ae Tue latest statement of the s1ippiag linporting interests, the Pacitic ; ait; nd Lnterculonia! Railways, as well as leading | imports and exports of the Dominion cities aloug the St. Lawrence route, Attempts|is exeeedingly gratifying. During the

market. | fiscal year ended the 30th June last, ceusus of 188] there!the imports were $104,879,009, an in- Were at that tine 251,935 mechanics employed | 000, an increase over the previous year of turing alone, there was $165,312, - | $455, 000; the exports $89,985,000, an im- OUU of Capital invested, and the annual Pro- | crease of $4,735,000, and the duties collect- Suck oF our various Mdustries was given at! od amounted tu $22,414,000, an iucrénse of

have been tmnade to belittle vur home

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£409.675 0 0 According to the Secretary |

. gm T. , ** | $3,000,090 over the sum cullected the pre- ta Wisufsectarers AsSociation, the anata

oatpatis now ne tt leas than $500,000.000 | vious year, These figures, i dicative of tud the wages psid ont something ike | ve commercial and financial progress which $60,000,000. The numbers employed have }Canada is making under the Liberal-Con- been very large ly increased since | Servative Administration, should be care- ISHL.. Taken altogether, these different fully noted by those Grit El] Mahdi’s who

have for years past been preaching the false

Classes emourace a large poi tion xf our consum- ing population, und thé y are out farmers’ b st | doctrine of ** blue ruin,’ ’ ete. custome 8, because they are found at their wh coors, Saving the cost carriage, Baptist Quarterly Meeting. nel they buy largely of i utter, eggs ce 7 } r ie pee } — as h om y i * ee be te ate oe ? At the quarterly meeting of the Baptists of which are scarcely of any value for expt’ P. i. Isiand bed ou the 12th inst., in the i _? Rigs c would be the | Baptist chureh at Souris, theré were five i ate I what { Shoamnatubil ide | sini nisters of that denomination present, viz. : t twady 10" J. a Skinner, of Bede que, A. A, a! L ave s, of North River, Mr. Harris, Mr. ; > ; a ey buker and Mr. Bishop. P ee e a ay fae meetipz was called to order by I. J. » =’ P&T | Skinner, Pres t, who gave a verbul ac ts veh rased | count of the being done in his ¢hurch, . $ in ve : . i ve the uumoer bap zed and brought into the ** | church during he last three mouths. He was << Mr Y followed by a similar report from each pastor or , vat f age present 7, ea i ae Rev. Mr. Baker then read a very able paper it om lai point of view i

lon ** How the inasses are to be reached by the Gospel.” The next paper read was one by Rev. Mr. Lavers on ‘ Pastoral Work.” ‘Lhose present were much impressed with the ideas svt forth in this paper, and regret was expressed that more were not present to hear ; This wes foliowed by a paper on ‘The ved yester- | Best Method of Promoting Revivals,” by Deacon Scott, Deacon Scott held that prayer

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‘ } Wwiovnnd *ou the

floor by her so luster Clark Gamble, the | is the first and best means that should be re- muly gecupant ol toe house with her at the | surted to in order to bring about a revival,and time, Mr. Gamble havi ivy pone ti town on! that prayer should be followed by faith in the bu ies itenDil to go up. country yester- attalu ibleness of the blessing, The Church

Ly morning I tle boy, thinking that [should pray for its Minister and there shouid

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residenee | be co-operation with him. The Pestor’s duty ener, M. 1 -, dud tuformed

f Mr EC. was then referred to at some length, Mr, Mrs. Baker. Thaé lady, of whom the dece: i8- | Scott held that su long as the Church slum- od wie « great friend, immed ate ly ‘went to the! bers there is litule hope for the conversion of house aud did all ip her power to res tora Mra, | sipuers.

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Gamble Jo the mesniime Dr.” Hanibgion Rev. Mr. Harris then read a piper on “The hal been telep! joued for, and when be arriv ed } Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper,’ which ‘ was pronounced ber life extingt. an e gt ief of Mr. | well received,

Gambie'and his son is ind bable; the sad | In the evening the proceedings were com- them. The de- | menced by Rev. Mr. Bishop, who read a very

» endeared herself to all | interestmmg paper. ntact, and she will| This was foilowed by a sermon from the y her triend,---Vietoria) Rev. Mr. Whitman, of Chrlottetown—text : * -brews, 12 ¢ ap 2nd verse. This discourse ‘ ter of Mrs. E. H, | Was both insu: active and eloquent, After it NV ‘{, of Summerside, who, as, weil as Mr, | Came a report submitted by Mr. Baker which,

e Giimblé; has. the sympathy of‘allin the r{afcer some discussion, was adopted. The.

bore Weiments next quaiterly meeting is to take place at c+ em pina Uigg ®n ihe 2 th of December. » tinetioers Of the Summerside steam fire’ After a vote of thanks to the friends at

eninge pany have recently been sup laou Souris, and singing aad Ppayer,. the weoeting , W Hea auw helarvte aan WWOAGAUT FULL = ol facteda

EXAMINER, WDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE

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ixhibits.

Until Sunday, the 2nd October, the weather we had experienced in Assinabvia

was, if anything, rather too warm in the ‘day. inthe night only cool enough to be pod esenssenrnt tut a high cold wind from the

| North-west

i _- swept over the prairie on Sun-

day: and since then nights have been frosty, the “ys, however, contimue to be very tine indeed, though not quite so warm,

Ou Lue day following the Exhibition at Grenfel, (luesday Oct. 4) [ was driven over the proirie by my hospitable friend,

Mr. Coles, to the town vf Wolseiy—a_ dis- tance of sixteen miles, The praire I found still rolling—-nothing flat aboucit. Clumps of poplar bushes — called ** bluffs ”——-re- lieved the sameness of the short brownish gray prairie grass; and a dried up lakelet or **siue,”’ (slough) here and there, made the prairie trail winding, and to some extent picturesque. Much of the soil we passed over Was light and gravelly, and apparently not so fertile as that which we had seen elsewhere, but Mr. Coles assured me that cultivation and mvisture only were needed to make it produce wheat in abupdance and perfection. Mr. Coles, like nearly every asthinn we have seen, has suffered losses and disappointments, but has still full contidence in the agricultural capabilities of this part of our country.

One of the causes of the settler’s loss is often seen in the gentle ‘* gopher,” a little animal, something like our squirrel. We saw several gophers as we travelled along. They destroyed large quantities of wheat last year, and are considered a great pest.

In some districts a premium has been set’

upon their tails. Hundreds of gopher’s ‘ails were exhibited at the Grenfel and Wol- sely Shows, and it is quite evident that the people have made up their minds that the gopher must go.

The Exhibition at Wolsely proved tu be as successful as any we had attcknded. Agri’ cultural produce of almost every kind was shewn; and nothing was shown which was not in the highest degree creditable tothe yeung community of which it is the centre.

As at Grenfell, and all along the line,

the visiting newspaper men were treat- ed to a banquet in the evening.

THE BELL FARM.

From Wolsely we passed on (by train) to Indian Head. Indian Head is a small town situate in the midst of the Bell Farm. To walk around this nice little farm «me would have to travel forty miles, there were in it sixty-four thousand acres of Jand, but the site of Indian Head has been taken out of the middle of it ; and with roads, etc., the area now for cultivation is only about and a half thousand acres.

This little patch is under the manage- ment and superintending care of Major Bell. The Major kindly accompanied us over a corner of it, We found it, for the most part, gently undulating, with here and there a gully and here and there a pond or lakelet. Stacks of grain met the view on every hand. We passed a plough- ed field a mile square, black and dusty like the remains ofa last years hot-bed—and came to where a number of men were en- gaged threshing with a steam thresher. Most of the men employed in threshing were Indians. I counted twelve Indians

fitty-three

busily engayed in pitching sheaves, cutting |

bands, removing straw, ete. There were two band cutters and men to pass the sheaves tu them. Theman who ted the machine had as much as ever he could do

tu keep the speed down, while a man at the |

tail of the machine witn a pair of horses was busily engaged in drawing the straw out of the way. The cleaned grain was passed up an elevator to the top of a large round bin, capable of holding «a thousand bushels, and fell into it in a steady stream like that which falls into the hopper of a great mill—only much larger in volume. he Major informed us that there were seven of these combined threshing and fanning machines on the farm and that each is driven by an engine of about twelve horse power. ‘Lhe fuel used is straw —only that and nothing more.

There are on the Bell Farm. fift:-four self-bincers. Sixty or sev nty men are con- stantly employed on it—under the superin- tendance of four or five foremen—and- in busy times the number runs upto one hun- dred and fifty or sixty. Of the transient laborers a very large proportion are Assini- buine Indians. Major Bell says that they are good cénscientious workers. He pays them a dollar a day ; and they give hin satisfaction.

At the central station on the farm there is a large round horse stable, with stalls for thirty-eight horses. A wind-mill is used to draw the water aud crush the grain for them.

The Major has adopted a very complete’

syscem of buok-keeping, which he explained tous. He says that the labor to grow a bushel of wheat on the Bell Farm costs abdut eight cents, and that the total cost of wheat production this year will be about twenty-five cents.

He .expects to sel], furthwith, fram 100,000 te 125,000 bushels of hard, No, 1 wheat. Bur the crop of the present season is the best be has had.

THE INDIAN BXHIRIT.

The Assinniboines have a large reserve near Indian Head. Under the supervision of Mr. Grant, their counsellor and friend, they placed on exhibition a large number of grains, roots and vegetables of first-rate quality. As at Broadview, the Indian exhib.t was scarcely, if at all, inferior to that of the white man. Splendid wheat, oats, barley, potatoes, turnips, etc., were shown by them ; and as they steod locking

on, it was éasy to see that they were well satisfied with the results of theiz-;work.

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noss,” “Chief Jack,” .* Li ris Welt,” ' > We-aga-shaw,” or the man that comes — first —** Arrowhead,” ete.

The Indians in this vicinity seem to be intelligent and pregressive. Their white ueighbors are ready to admit that they we exceedingly honest and very friendly. Chey will do alinost anything for money.

{t did not take a very strong appeal to their cupidity to induce them to give, tor the special benetit of the pressmen, an exhibition of their war dance —Ohe-te-wa- ke-chipi. They marched upon the Exhibition ground in the scanty but (antastic costumes of savagery, their faces painted yellow and vermillion, their hair crupped in front, and standing out like yuilis upon the fretful porcupine and wiorned behind with feathers and fox tails, bright with fresh dyes. Some of them wore pants. The bere legs of the others were colored with green or yellow. All wore fantastic budices of various kinds and colors; and each was partly enveloped in his blanket. A large drum of buffalo hide was beaten by the leading braves.

As soon as they reached the spot at which the dance was to take place, five of them squatted upon the prairie ; the rest, tu the number of sixteen ortwenty, furmed a half circle near by, and a numberof elderly Indians and squaws sat in front to wat h the proceedings and cheer the dancers with their voices. When all were ready, a loud tom tum was beaten upon the drum, and the five drummers droned and sang to their wild accompaniment. Then the dancers began the dance, circling round the musi- cians with a peculiar kind of double jig. raising a lot of dust, shouting and posturing as they danced, becoming quite excited as the dance went ou. This was c mtinued for sume time, the dancers pausing at in tervals to take breath and receive the ap- plause of the spectators. It was a grotes- que sight; and a goodly sum was collected when the hat went round. After it was all over the money reeeived was _cazefully | divided—some of the old Indiaus and | squaws partaking with evident satisfaction to themselves.

A very pieasing and cheering feature oi the Exhibition was an exhibit from the Indian School, under Father Hugenot, at Fort QwAppelle. The collection of veget- ables produced by the Indian boys unde: Father Huzenot’s care was really very fine. One of “the cabbages. weighed — thirty-tw: pounds, another twenty-nine and a lil pounds. Potatoes were shown which weighed from two to two and a half pounds ,each. There were good samples of sweet corn and many other things showing what the country is capable of producing and what the Indian boys could do.

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THE WHITE MAN'S EXHIBIT

was the largest and one of the best I have seen in Assiniboia. IL counted forty-nine exhibits of wheat; and there was a guud show of barley, oats and vegetables. One feature of the show at Indian Head might well be imitated down east. A beautitu prize (sliver cap) was awarded to the far- mer who had the best exhibits, in horses. cattle, sheep, pigs, grain and dairy produce —the best “all round” farmer in the /Heighborheod ; and if he won for two (o three) years in succession, it became hir own personal property. The cup (suitably inscribed) cust $100, and was purchased and given by the villagers of Indian Head. L.. C.

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BROWN’S BLOCK.

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GHEY FLANNELS AND FLEEGY COTTONS.

Ch’town, Oct. 1

MEETING OF CITIZENS.

A MEETING of all persons interosted in THR QURE* SQUAKE GARDENS wili be bel? at the LEGISLAtIVE LIBRARY, — Provincial uilding. ( harlottetown, on FRIDAY nex, the i4:b instant, at the hour of % o’ciock. ». m., for he pur,o e of taki @ +lep-to pay off the aebt inerrred ia connection therm wi h. All persons (both n ale and female), taking on intere t in this very laudable undertaking are e#periaily-nrved to atiend. ale

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ARGEST EXHIBITION

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IY Us000S and Clothing

IN THE CITY.

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We Take First Prize for Cheapest and Best Goods.

O'R STOCK 153 NOW COMPLETE.

See our Wonder al Bargains in DR“SS G ODS,

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‘. ‘6 6 FUR GOODs,

“ ‘“ “ CLO THS OF ALL KINDS, ‘6 “6 "

IN EVERYTHING, ; a |, ae

JAMES PATON & CO’S,

Successors to W. A. WERKS & CO, MARK &T SQUARE

h'town, Oct. 4, 1887.--dy & wky

NEW FALL &68B8

NOW OP AN.

MACDONALD,

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J. BB.

Every department full of the Newest Goods, Everythiag New in Ladies’ Dress Goods. Everything New in Ladies’ Jackets.

New in Ladies’ Hats and Trim-

Everything inines,

Tremendous Stock of Ready-made Clothing,

Every Inducement to Cash Buyers. Goods Bought Right. Oar Prices will be found Low.

J. B. MACDONALD,

Ch'tewn, Sept. 26, &87—dy_ wy—pat

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*RXUEBITION WEEK

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LONDON HOUSE.

Our Exhibition of Fall and Winter Goods

this year is large and attractive.

20° & STH WART SUCCESSORS TO

GEO, DAVIES & CO.

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Ch'town, Oct. 3,

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UPENING AND TO ARRIVE

ENGLISH AND CANADIAN

UnY GOODS & CLOTH

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BOTTOM PRICES.

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