THE DAILY EXAMINER. . : : = FRIDAY, MAY 12, i898. An Experiment in Lambs. Epworth League Concert. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

THE DAILY EXAMINER.

MAY 12, 1893.

Fourth District of Queen's.

A Meertine of the Liberal Conservative electors of the Fourth District of Queen's County, was held at Orwell C we yester- day afternoon, for the purpose of nomin ing candidates to contest the district at hey forthcoming Frovincial election Alex- ander Martin, Esq., Valleyfield, and Angus A. McLean, Esq , Charlottetown, were the unanimous choice of the conven- tion, Both are men of ability, and each has had considerable parliamentary «Xp-t

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Still They Come.

Apvices from Quebec and Montre al are

2 ¢ . +} WN orth- to the effect that immigrants for the oF t

west and other sections of the Dominion continue to come in at al vely rate Be- tween the Ist and the 6th of > present month thirty-three families returpe : to

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St. Hyacinthe istrict from and on Monday iast d immigrante arrived at Mont-

States upwards of

seven hundre eee real over the Canadian Pacilic Railway. These immigrants were mostly Evg! id for the Northwest. They were clacs, the

ish, and

were bour all persons of a very desirable : majority of them being substantial ta: There were s in the

worse

with money aud effects. also

several wealthy English touris party, who were making # trip through the Northwest to British Columbia, and whvuse reports concerning the country will doubt- less be the cause of many more person§

coming into it.

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The Weather ia the States.

We have received the Weather and Crop bulletin of the New England Weather Service, for the week endingJMay 8. This bulletin is issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, in conjanction with the Massachusetts and Maine State Boards of Agriculture, and its corre- spondents are invariably of their reliability. The correspondents almost without exception report that the week has been cold and wet and that the season is backward. The amount of rain fall was from three the three southern states (excep Cod) and in Southern New Hampshire and Vermont. In Northern Vermont and New Hampshire and Southern Maine the amount was from one to two inches, and in Mastern Maine less than one-half-ineh. The reports from all the central and western indicate much damage to roads and fields by the rain, and to the trees and buildings by the high wind. The greatest damage

four inches over on Cape

to

was probably done in the river valleys or Western Massachusett, and Vermont and New Hampshire, where lands were submerged and bridges carried away. In the Eastern

counties, the rain not being so heavy, was a decided benefi*, especially on high Jand. It took out the frost, settled the fields and gave the grass s good start. In the three Southern States grass is starting well and new-eceded fields especia'ly look very well. Some plowing is being done and gardens and a few field crops planted. In the

North the frost is not wholly out of the)

ground, and there is st)ll c nsiderable snow in the woods. (Grass is just showing green, and stock has to be fed from the barn yet Very little work bas been done onthe ground. Reports$ from Maine indicate that the continued cold, wet weather has retarded farm work very much, but it has given the grass a good start and has served to hold the fruit buds in check, so there is mt much danger of damage by frost. There was a sharp frost throughout Eastern Mass- achusetts on the morning of the 8h, while farther North the ground froze to a consid- erable depth.

Personal.

Dr. J, A. Bruce, who graduated this spring from the New York Medical College, has$i fi. for California, where he intends to practice his profession. We wisi him success.

Professor Robertson is pere on business connected with the dairy industry. He epoke at Vernon River Bridge yesterday afternoon. There was a large audience.

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Tue Kerry Gow.—It was a return to old times to see the Grand Opera Houre jam full last night and Johan S. Murphy on the stage. The audience was large and it was enthusiastic, it came disposed to be pleased, it greeted the great Irish comedian with a ringing cheer, and it laughed and applauded and enjoyed itself, and it was good to be there. John S, Murphy has lo:t none of his old time vigor and comicality and ability to please, As Dan O'Hara, lat night, be was the seme simple-minded, witty, big hearted Irishman that he was on his first appearance in Toronto, years and years ago. He does not become stale. The general run of the scene is the same, but the witticisms are new, the songs are nes, and im every sense the presentation is delightful. —Ex

A’ the Lyceum Tuesday, May 16.

Bopy Founp.-—The body of Henry Trows- dale, whos0 mysteriously disappearod from Summerside lest January, was washed ashore at Miscouche yesterday, where it was discov- ered by Mr. Alfred McWilliams, The body was considerably disfigured It was, however, identified by the clothing, the color of the hair and evome articles found on the person. An inquest was held and a verdict was re. turned to the effect that ‘fin the opinion of the jury the deceased came to his death from exposure toths severity of the weather or drowning.”

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(St. John Sun.)

The farmers of the Maritime Provinces believe that the McKinley duty on lambs has done great harm to our sheep trade. There is no doubt that we have lust a mar- ket which was found convenient and some- times profitable, Nor is there ary certainty that the duty will be removed or reduced even by a Democratic congress. Som: four or five years ago Professor Shaw, of the Guelph farm, was in eastera Canada and tried to persuads the farmers here not sell their lambs ihe first year, but to them all winter and shyp them tre vu x year to England. He sai! thatin thos the farmer wou'd g*t more for his | in

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while he would seil eta g~djre ri-lcoarse feed. Professor Shaw covld '

have enforced his teachirg in a better 7°y

than he adopted. EL. ru biecd a nonben

of lambs [rum Prince Edwar' !ts'and farm ers at current prices, carried heua thou sand miles or more west io Guelp', fed them all wiuter, traasported the bes! ones to Montreal for shipment tu Zugiand, sent the balance back to Prince Edward Island and sold them at current raies. Tue wiole transaction was profitable to the Guelph farm, the profiton the English ehipmen' being reported at 150 per cent. It ought to be much more profitable to P. KE. Island or New Brunswick farmers to feed the lambs at home, saving freight and making a home market for their produce, than to allow a farmer in western Ontario to gather jin the chief gains. The Prince Edward Island lambs sold to Mr. Shaw at $1.50 in | the fall were sold by him the next year in England at nearly $12 each, and gave the farm besides a valuable fleece. The Guelph professor has tried to make it clear that the | fine prices he gets in England are net dee tu the fact that Oxtario sheep are better by nature than those of the lower provinces, for he declared at the time he made his sale that the Prince Edward Island stock was |the most profitable he ever handled. He | has tried to enforce the doctrine that the cost of transportion is not a bar to the busi- tiess, and that the near market is not of necessity the most profitable market. The farmers will be told over and over again ‘that they are ruined because they cannot sell lambs for $1 50 to $2 each in the United (States, but it will not hurt them to look into the argument made by Professor Shaw and supported by several years of experi- ment. Last year the people of Canada sent to the United States 290,000 sheep and lambs. According to the customs returns the price received averaged $370. New srunswick shipments averaged about $3, and those of Prince Edward Island some $235. To the British market less than 33,000 sheep— possibly all m re than a year olid—were sent, but the recerded price at the port of shipment was almost exactly $9 per head.

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(Montreal Herald. )

J. E. Story, farm foreman at the Oatario Experimental Farm, Guelph, is in the city. He was seen at the stock yards by the Herald representative, to whom he gave an interesting interview. He is here with a shipment of 100 lambs that leave by the Mongolian on Wednesday morning.

In answer to questions put to him he kindly gave the following information that | will be of interest to farmers in particular.

For the last three yea’s the authorities of the Experimental farm heve been sending ].u.bs to England in order to ascertain if it were possibls to open up a market there for Canadian lambs in view of the duty levied by the United States In 1891 and 1892 jthe experiments proved must successful. | The lambs were purchased early in the fall jata very low price, and were sborn in ;October. They were then carefully fed through the winter, and by ths time navi- | gation cpened weighed in the neighborhood }of 130 pounds. The 1891 shipment were bred in the Ottawa valley, and last year’s ‘ia Prince Edward [sland. Last year’s ship- |ment were taken from about 760, which were bought at Montague, P. E. I, for ;about $150 each. Freight was paid to Guelph, they were kept through the winter, having teen shorn in Ostober, and after LOU had been selected for shipmeut, the re msinder were returned to Montague, and sold at a profi Those sent to England s 1d «t 47 shillings and 6 pence a head, a return of nearly 159 per cent. profit.

The present shipment weighed abdout 85 p-unds each wh mn puchased. Thy were nd the wool scld at the They now aver- syed 1374 pounds ech, and from present appearaices, an e6a better result. than last year and the year before may be antici- pated. The experiments so far in both cases have been more than successful, and amply prove that it will pay the farmer much better to keep his lambs through the wiuter and then ship them to England, than to sl! them in the United States ani have to pay a duty on them.

Professor Shaw, of the Experimental Farm, deserves great credit for the careful way in which be bas thought {out all the deteils and the successful issue to which he has bruught the experiment. The Ontario Minister of Agriculture. the Hon John D:yden, is also deserving of credit for his share in the experimental shipments.

Mr. Story pirticularly mentioned that great care should be exercised in loading live stock. His shipment of lambs had not been over-crowded, aud he personally had fed them at regular times when on the way down, Asa result, when seen by the Her- ald, they appeared after their long j urney just as fresh as though they were im their own tield

Another advantage of shearing in the fall was, Mr. Story says, that each space would hold two more sheep than if they had long wool. The result of this shipment will be awaited with interest, The reault of the twe last shipments proves pretty conclu- sively that farmers have a better market fer their lambs in England than in the United States,

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rate «f 635 cents «a fl ece

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Tue Markets.—The market to-day was well attended, with but little change in prices. Inside, eggs, in fair suppiy, were seling at from 11 to 12 cents per dozen; butter (fresh) 1d at frm 20 te 22 cents per lb; butter (ub) at from 10 to 20 cants per lb. Fowl were rather

pair. Outside. hay, in small supply, was selling at from 70 to 75 cents per cwt ; oat 9 rather scarce, sold at from 35 to 36 cents per bushel ; potatoes, in fairly good supply, sold a’ from 38 to 40 cents per bush-l; herring, fresh, were ia plentiful supply, sud sold at from 7 to8cents perdoz A few lots of lobsters were on sale, and w-re selling at 3, 4 and 5 cents each according to size.

scarce end acid at from 50 to 55 cents mr;

Tue closing concert of the Epworth League series, given in the basement of the Firat Methodist Church iast evening, was & very enjoyable :ffsir. The programme prepared for the occasion was capital, and was about the right length. ‘The parlor quartette— M.ssrs. Vinnicombe, Arsenault, Newson and Hitl—made their first appear-

ance. ‘ih. y gave two eaquisite selections, both of -wh.ch were deservedly encored. Vhe renditin of Sreiner’s ‘Andante Re- ligiosu” was especi:ily praiseworthy. The vocalists acquttca themselves well. Mes. KRovme and Mr. Raj} mond sustained

heir reputations, and Mes Earl) and Mr. iii], who appeared for the first time, made very g«d inpression. Misa Earle the porse sor of » sweet, fi-xible ruice, aud Mr fH ll prssesses a good varitone voice. Mr Visnicumbe’s perform. ou the violin were excellent, as his verforma:ces Usual y ure, and he was rapt- irousiy encored. The reading, from Robert L nis Stevenson, by Judge Fitzzerald held he undivided attention of the audience luring its rendition; and Mr. Full gave a reading ex-mplifying the desirability of bumili’y as illustrated by the experience of the Very Rev Qoacko Strong. The choir, under the direction of Mr. Earle, gave seleciicns from Randegger and Meyerbeer in good form, the ‘‘Il Crociato in Egetto” being especially wi li rendered. Miss Hill and Mr, Earle were the accompanista. The platform was tastefully decorated with foliage plants aud flowers. At the con- clusion of the programme Rev. Mr. Brewer, on beh lf cf the League, thanked the per- formers for their kiud assis'ance, and ex- pressed the regret thst the convert was given so late in the season, as he had no doubt that had it been given earlier the basement would have been crowded.

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_ OOO The Bonavista Arrives

The steamer Bonavista arrived here from Montreal at 7 o’elcck this morning. During the winter the steamer has been thoroughly overhauled, having been in the dry dock at Montreal for several mvnths. [nteriorly and exteriorly the ship has received lavish attention at the hinds of the decorator. In the matter of decoration her saloon has re- ceived special attention. The woodwork has been beautifully psinted in several bright, rich colors, which lend a pleasing charm to this very important of important apartments of passenger steamers. Her smoking room has also been renovated, and here one can enj»y to his heart’s content that panacea which is guaranteed to soothe all masculine woes.

Tbe Bonavista officers are: Captain D. C. Fraser; First Officer, J. B. Patoine; Second Officer, McGregor Fraser; First Engineer, Jas. Drysdale; Second Engineer, W.C. Bell; Sctewar:, J. Renkin; Stewardess, Mrs. Harrington.

The Bonavista had a general cargo and the following cabin passeugers : Mr, Whit- lock, —~D. W. Austin, Mr. Buchanan, besides fifteen steerage passengers, She will likely sail this evening for St. John, Nfid., via North Sydney, with a full cargo4 consisting of pork, oats, leather, hay, ete., 78 head of cattle and 100 sheep shipped by Joseph Wise, and 3 horses by Benjamin Rogers Her passengers from this port are; Wm. Boyle, George Coombs, G. P. Grady, Joseph Wise and Paul McPhee.

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ACCIDENT AT MONCTON. A Ghild’s ‘Terrible Death,

Moncton, May 12.

A young child of Joseph Bedford, of the I. C. R. shops, met with a sad and fatal accident yesterday, The little one upset a can containing # quantity of parsfine oil, and while its mother was preparing to wipe up the fluid the child gota burning stick from the stove and set fire to the oil on the floor and also to its clothing which was saturated with oil. The child was badly burned about the tace and hands, and lingered in terrible agony until the afternoon, when it died.

Father and Daughter Milled.

: SPRINGFIELD, May 12.

William” @. Butterworth, aged 70, has committed suicide by shooting himself through the head with rifle. His daughter Emma, aged 23, while trying to prevent her father trom doing the rash - act, received the bullet in her brain after it re through his head, aud died soon after. Insanity is supposed to have been the cause of the rash act.

Fireman Killed. + MontTREAL, May 12. During a fire laet night at the Royal Water. proof Co's. establishment, at which $10,000 damage was done, a stone fell from the build- ing and killed John Rourke, a fireman.

Expropriation of Land.

Orrawa, May 12. An order-in-council has been passed auth- orizing the expropriation of certain land at Halifax for increased siding and freight shed accommodation.

Movements of the Ministers.

Orrawa, May Hon. Mr. Bowell goes to St. John next Wednesday, and thence Hon. Mr. SFoster and he proceed to Halifax and New Glasgow.

Lord Aberdeen Appointed.

Lonpon, May 12, It is officially stated that Earl Aberdcen has b+en appointed (tovernor-General of Can- ada.

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General Telegraphic News.

Toronto, May 10,--The eourt of appeal to-day dismissed the appeal of the Grand Trunk Railway from judgment in favor of the plaintiff m-the’ case of one Beaver agaiast the road. Beaver was put off the train for not producing a ticket which he said he bought, but had lost. According to yesterday's decision, the conductor his no right to put a passenger cff the train for failing to:show his ticket.

Wueetine, W. Va., May 10.—George Williams, a brakeman on the West Vir- ginia and Pittsburg Railroad, has been arrested, charged with wrecking a train some days ago by which several were killed and injured. His wife, with whom he had quarrelled, was on the train, and he had made threats that he would wreck it to get even with her, He was slightly injured in the disaster, _

Newsurgyport, Ma reme Court to-da arren S. Dearborn, who with Oscar B. Hubbell was charged with burning a dwelling in West Newbury in which James L. Addison and his son perished, was to-day found guilty of arson, and sentenced to life imprisonmeat. Hub- bell, who turned state evidence, goes free. Dearborn was much effected by the sen- tence.

Port ArrHurR, May 10 —There died yesterday at the Fort William mission, of hung disease, the chief ot the Jesuit order at that place, the Rev. Father Hebert. He had lived there working among the Indians for many years.

New York, May 10.—The British squad- ron weighed anchor at 1145 to-day and slowly steamed down between two lines of warships in the Hudson and proceeded to

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