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leave their orders with the subscriber, or at Harvies’ Bookstore.

DAVID BETHUNE, Lotchford Square.

Dec. 15, 1879—tf pat

QUEEN INSURANCE OO'Y, OF ENGLAND.

CAPITAL, . . TWO MILLIONS STERLING,

NSURANCE effected on all kinds of Build- Merchandise and Produce. Also, on Vessels on the stocks.

Special rates for is lated residences.

Losses settled promptly.

GEORGE MACLEOD (Union Bank), Agent for Prince Edward Island June, 1877—

No. 35 Water St.,

Charlottetown.

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INSURANCE CO.

Subscribed Capital, $9,733,332.00 Paid up Capital, - 1,216,666.00

CHIEF OFFICES—Edinburgh, 64 Princess Street ; London, 6! Threadneedle Street.

Nine-Tenths of the Profits of the Life Assur- ance Business are divided every Five Years. The Tables of Rates are moderate.

Fire Insurances effected on nearly every deseription of Property, at the LOWEST RATES of Premium. corresponding to the nature of the risk.

Lossgs settled with promptitude and liber-

ality. , G. W. DEBLOIs,

General Agent.

Dec, 14.

BRITISH AMERICA Assurance Company.

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FIRE AND MARINE. Cash Capital & Assets . $1,176 491.40,

INCORPORATED 1833. Head Office, - Toronto, Out.

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PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF LOSSES. HORACE HASZARD, Agent,

: Office, South Side Queen Square. July 10, 1879.

Hewson, MeVougall & Seaman

EG leave to acknowledge thanks to the

public generally for the very liberal pat ronage extended t) them since commencing business, and intimate that they have on hand alarge and select stock of material for the manufacture of Sleighs, etc. They have re- cently received photos of all the latest prize sleighs of the Ottawa Exhibition. Parties re- quiring new sleighs would do well to call at their factory and examine before ordering elsewhere.

They keep on hand and make to order Top Bugvies, Phaetons, the famous Dexter Spring Wagons, and carriages of every description. Repairing of all kinds done with neatness and despatch, and warranted to give satisfaction to those who favor them with a call, at prices to suit the times.

N. B.—Parties baving their Sleighs repaired and painted would do well to leave them at ence in order to have them in time for the first snow.

8% Wagons stored at moderate charges. Parties having their wagons repaired and — in the spring will have them stored

ee of charge for the winter.

Ch’town, Oct 27th, 1879.

CHARLOTTETOWN,

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S380,000. J.B. Macdonald,

Queen Street,

Has in stock Thirty Thousand Dollars worth of Staple and Fancy .

Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots & Shoes, &c.,

The whole of which must be sold during the Fall‘and Winter Season. ;

SPECIAL ATTENTION 1S BIREGTED TO THE

STOCK OF MENS AND BOYS CLOTHING,

In Ulsters, Overcoats, Jackets, Pants & Vests, Worsted Saits, Linders and Drawers, Cloth and Fur Caps, &c,

Everyone can be suited in Prices, Styles and Quality. fail to visit this Store when purchasing your requirements.

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Queen Street, Charlottetown, Nov. 18, 1879.

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RITISH WAREHOUSE.

As W. & A. BROWN are about making a change in their ‘Firm they are now selling their Large Stock of $

FALL & WINTER GOODS,

At prices that defy competition.

New (@loths, New Tweeds, New Dress Goods, New Clouds, New Velveieens,

New Mantles, New Friilings, New Uisters, Rew Cottons, New Flannels,

And a large line of Woollen Goods, of every description, all of which they intend to close out within the next five months. This is a bona fide sale. Come one, come all, and see;;for your-

selves.

W. & A. BROWN.

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MINCE MEAT.

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BEER & GOFP'S.

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COAL. COAL.

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F. S. HANFORD. | BBs Ch’town, Dec. 15, 1879—~6i Bian

J. Fe. FOSTER, @RNE HIGH Moncton, N. &.,

THE ANALYTICAL SANITARY INSTITUTION, REPRERSENTING IX THE MARITIME PROVINCES

54, Holborn-viaduct, E. C., London, Aug. 18, Ontario, Chicago and Western

1879, report on the ‘‘ Lorne Highland ‘Vhis- key ” of Messrs. Greenlees Brothers:— Millers and Shippers, ene ETE sine

‘‘We have visited the bottling stores of Messrs. Greenlees Brothers, at Gresham- buildings, London, and have selected from the vats, samples of their Lorne Highland Whis- | key, and have subjected them to careful ex- ‘amination and analysis. The samples were

pale, showing their freedom from added color- FLOU R. Vi FA a G RA N 3 ing matter, very fragrant, mellow and of

oe pleasant flavor ; in fact, they possessed all the Seeds and Provisions.

‘characteristics of pure and well-matured | Scotch Whiskey of the first qualtiy.” Artuur Hitt, Hassatt, M. D. Orro Heuner, F.C. 58., F. TC.

The following are some of the Ieading | brands of Flour ce sale wholesale, in car-load-

arety 7 96 baster,” | Sole Proprietors, GREENLEss BROTHERS, wee ee oat ~ Rs Pastry,” 'Gresham-buildings, London ; Distilleries, “Beaver Mills,” ‘‘Red XXX,” ‘‘ Amber,” er eh

&e., &e. alo rar The above choice brands of flour, with many | MESSRS. OWEN CONNOLLY & CO.,

: : Charlottetown, P.E.I. others, can be obtained at all the leading Nov. 26, 1879.—6m

Flour Houses in the Maritime Provinces. | ; pase Samples of all kinds of Seed Grains, and other ear ain every village and

goods will be sent to any address on applica- | township of P. E, Island not yet oequ- tion free of charge. pied, ONE ACTIVE, intelligent Lady or Gentle-

Ask for quotations by telegraph in man can obtain a most respectable and very “Cipher,” which will be supplied to all eor- profitable engagement. Address, with full

respondents on application. particulars, D. DOWNIE & CO., Nov. 25, 1879—ly name. Box 1964, Montreal

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Tae Datny EXAMINER.

DECEMBER 30 1879.

The Local Delegates to Canada.

(From the Dumfries Courier.)

On Monday evening last Mr. Themas Irving, of Bowness-on-Solway, who was one of the delegates sclected to visit Cana- da, reperted to a meeting held in the schoolroom at Bowness the results of his journey. The schoolroom was erowded,

Mr. Irving said the Canadian Government assisted him and his colleagues in their ex- amination of the country, but did not bias him or any of them in any way as te their choice of particular districts for examina- tion. He visited principally the eastern and western portions of the province of Ontario, attending in his progress through the country several agricultural shows, such as the Dominion Show at Ottawa, where not only the best horses, cattle, and roots are exhibited, but also specimens of the produce of the whole ef Canada, mineral manufactures, and everything. Nobody that has not seen Canadian fruits can form any idea of what they are like, roots are everything that can be desired, and agricul- tural implements may be described in similar terms, but lighter than those in England. Horses are not particularly grand, except with regard to their action, and they are the best movers he ever saw in his life. Shorthorns are as good as in England. Cattle,as a whole, are not so good, more attention having been paid to cropping. They include Herefords, Devons, Ayrshires, Galloways, and polled Angus. The favor- ite class of stock is the cross between a Canadian cow and a sherthorn or Hereford bull. Sheep were equally as good as in this country. The farmers are not so good as in England, considered as a class. ost of them were net brought up to farming. But they have done wonders in their day. They love their country, many of them who come to this country, as it were home, to spend the end of their lives, after making their fortunes, returning to the land of their adoption, having failed to find their friends or acquaintances as they had ex- pected, -or not liking our humid climate with its heavy atmosphere. He. had not seen Manitoba, which he had no doubt, was a fine country for people who ean live outside the pale of civilization with its advantages and comferts, and undertake to “‘reugh it” fora time. He much pre- ferred Ontario, as it was a country some- thing like our own, the people being as far forward in civilization as they were here in Bowness, if not more so. (Laughter.) Better pay alittle more fora farm in On- tario, than be driven 1,500 or 2,000 miles further back, where he was afraid water, wood and good roads were scarce. Manitoba would in time become a good country, but he advised men with families especially to settle rather in Ontarie at present. The school system in Ontario

world. Reads in Ontario were generally good, especially the gravel roads, climate was hotter in summer and colder in winter than in England, the extremes, owing to purer atmosphere in beth seasons, scarcely being so unpleasant ; society was quite as good ; and sport was to be had in abun- dance. He sawsome magnificent farms during his journey. The best soil he saw was near London, a sandy loam, the price being from £10 to £20 per acre. He saw land that let for £1 an acre nowhere else in Ontario. Of the numerous counties he visited he preferred Kent and Huron. In the county of Wellington, near Guelph, he saw the finest crops of turnips. The result of his examination of the eastern and west- ern portions of Canada was that he pre- ferred the western, land selling at from £6 to £18 an acre. A nice farm could be got in the eastern townships with a judicious selection and at a moderate price in com- parison with the farms of the western. In answering questions proposed to him by those who delegated him to visit Canada, he ran over a number of the facts al ready given. The average size of farms in Ontario and Quebec was 100 to 200 acres, price from' £4 to £18, rent about 10s per acre, and cost ef stocking from £300 to £400 ; taxes were light, there being only the school tax ; farm buildings were mostly of wood ; money could be bor- rowed at from 7 to 10 per cent. ; and car- riage by rail was cheap and the province was fairly welllintersected by railways,while new ones were in course of censtruction. Farms of 200 acres could support 10 or 12 cows, 15 or 20 young cattle, 30 to 40 sheep, 4 working horses and a pair of builocks. The value of cows at a farm was £5 103 ; horses, £20 to £35 ; sheep from 12sto 40s. There was no rotation of crops followed. The wages of blacksmiths, joiners and coopers were from 4s to 6s a day, and of husband- men and laborers from 12 to 20 dollars a month with board. One of the implements used was the gang plough, on wheels, cut- ting three furrows at once. He fancied, though he learned nothing definite on the subject, that farms made 10 per cent. on capital. Laborers.ive mostly in farm houses, some in cottages, the latter being the ex- ception.’ One of the curious things he saw, it may be mentioned, was a machine for hatching eggs by electricity at the London Show, :

was perhaps the mest perfect in the whole’

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Washington Letter.

THE DEMOCRATIC BLUNDER IN MAINE—PRBSI- DENTIAL TALK,

Wasuineron, D. U., Dec. 22, ’79.

Tue excitement in political circles from the counting-out business in, Maine still continues, and many Greenbackers and Democrats now eondemn the course of their friends there as at least injudicious, and likely to proveke retaliation, and a reaction in public epinion that will do much harm, The Republicans are much excited, and some of them threaten that their Maine brethren will have their rights if they have to fight for them. It is probable, however, that the difficulties will be settled peace- ably, and that if wrongs have been done they will be righted by the action of the courts. All the Maine members are called home to take council on the situation, and the theory of many is that the Republicans who were returned by the local canvassers as elected, and who compose _ the large ma- jority of the Legislature, will organize and demand recognition.

The holiday vacation has caused a re- newal of the Presidential talk, and I notice that the discussion of candidates has asaumed a bitterness it has not had be- fore. Many Democrats are outspoken and bitter in their assaults upon Tilden, while others abuse Bayard ‘‘ for trying to take the hard money thunder away from the Re- publicans,” ss they say. On the Repub- lican side the bitterness is equally apparent; especially between the friends of Grant and Sherman. It is now apparent te every_one that General Grant is now figuring for the nomination, and Repub- licans are making bold to say that the “‘ re- ception business is managed to that end.” As Secretary Sherman never has denied or concealed his candidacy, his friends here are greatly gratified at the ‘‘ methods thus adopted to promote the Grant boom.” The preliminary canvass on beth sides now bids fair to be acrimonious and lively.

The amount of business completed by the session, or part of a session, just closed, may be comprised in the remark of a mem- ber, that they introduced thousands of bills to please everybedy, and they passed none to displease anybody, and then went home because they had exhausted the effort to avoid running foul of snags. Nothing could be truer. The political de bates, illustrated by the Veorhus resolu- tion about the negro exodus, showed that but little was required to cause an animat- ed wrangle in the Senate, and after Con- gress re-convenes, it looks as though the tight could not be long postponed.

Most of the members of Congress, and many members of the administration have gone home for the holidays, and many more will go ; nevertheless, it will be very lively here, and, society will continue to monopolise attention even after Congress convenes,

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The Hounchelé,.

Satty Lunn.—Six eggs, three cups of flonr, one each of milk, yeast, sugar, and butter. When wanted for supper, mix at noon; when for breakfast, omit the sugar.

Scotca Stew—Four pounds of lean beef passed through a sausage will, one onion chopped fine, half a teaspoonful of salt, pepper to taste. Place ina covered vessel with one teacup Of boiling water. Let stew siowly three or four hours. Just before taking it off the fire, stir ina lump of butter the size of an egg.

Srurrep or Dresstp Ham.—Mix one quart of grated light bread with a teaspoon- ful each of mace, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, salt, thyme, sweet basil, fat meat, and parsley chopped fine, a little butter and brandy to soften dressing; boil and skin a nice ham, make incisions about an inch apart as deep as possible, and stuff with the above mixture; spread the yolk of an egg over the top, and then grate bread crumbs thickly over it; bake until brown; very nice.

Baxep Pic.—Take a pig about six weeks old, nicely prepared, sccre in squares, and rub lard all over it ; make a dressing of two quarts of cornmeal salted as if for bread, and mix to a stiff bread with boiling water ; make into pans and bake. After this is baked brown, break it up, and add to it one-fourth pound of butter, pepper to taste, and thyme. Pill the pig till plump, sew it up, and place it on its knees in the pan, which fill with as much water as will cook it. Baste it very frequently with the gravy, also two red pepper pods. Turn while baking same as turkey, and continue to baste till done.

Mince Meat.—One pound of suet chop- ped fine ; one pound of beef chopped fine; one pound of raisins stoned ; one pound of currants ; half a pound of citron eut small and thin; two pounds of seur apples chopped fine ; two quarts of sweet meat and Iucho pickle syrup ; one pint of thin boiled cider ; cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg to the taste. Mix well together; if not sufficiently sweet add brown sugar. Keep in a cold place ins close covered stone jar. The mince meat is baked in past-lined plates with an upper crust. Many bakea large numbor of ples and keep them for weeks, heating them as they are required ; but it is better te keep the meat in a stone crock, and bake no more than will be wanted for two or three days. They are eaten warm.

A Sprenpip Assorrmant of all kinds of Jewelry for Christmas presents, at E. W,

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