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BIG AGRICULTURAL MEETING:

In the Opera House Yesterday Afternoon.

Instructive Addresses by Hon. Mr. Fisher and Prof. Saunders.

Tue meeting in the Opera House yester- day afternoon was very well attended, and the interesting and instructive addresses delivered by Hon Mr. Fisher, Minister of Agriculture, aod Professor Saunders, of the Experiments! Farm, Ottawa, were listened to with the closest attention. Hon. David Laird presided, and after explaining the otyect for which the meeting was called, introduced the Minister of Agricul- ture.

Hon. Mr. Fisher aaid he feit for some time past that hi position as Minister of Agriculture invelved a very serious res- poosibility on his part. People now ex- pect a great deal more from a person occupying his position than was formerly the case. It is therefore very necessary sod proper that a Minister of Agriculture should know something about the busi ness of the farmers with whom he is called upon to deal, and there is no doubt that it was because he is a farmer that he is

now Minister of Agriculture. When Hon.

Mr. Laurier was choosing the members

of Jhis cabinet he tried to get men suited to the several positions they would be re- quir.d tooceupy. He therefore tried to get a farmer to fill the position of Minister of Agriculture, and he, Mr. Fisher, was proud that he, had been selected tooccupy his present position. Canadaisan Agri- cultural country, and, especially in this province, the interests of the farmers are predominant. He felt thatin addressing them he wae doing work for the business men the traders and the professional men as well as for the agriculturist. It has long been the habit of many to believe that farming was a lower employment than commerce and the various professions; but to-day, he ventured to say, that there ja no industry in this country that’ re- quires half as much brain work and iutellectual activity as that of the success- ful farmer. This may startle some people in a c'ty audience; but looking at the way we now have to use our best brains he

telt satisfied in saying that if there is a

young man in the community

who shows a little capacity or is a little emarter than his cowpetitor at school he can safely turn his attention to the farm for the use of his best brain

wer. Formerly we bad to battle with the forest. We had to be, more or less, jamber men and bard laborers in general, but to-day, with our fields cultivated and with the extensive manufacturing indus- tries which the dairy requires on the farm, we can use our brain instead of doing the heavy work of the farm just alluded to.

Under these circumstances agriculture is

@ pursuit that our young meu can all enter

into. Thev can stay at home and make a

auccessful jivelihood in our own commun-

ity and build up our industries instead of going to a foreign country. This is one of the reasons why the attention of the pecple of this country is so largely turned to the improvement of our farming industry, and he was glad to know that they had in this

Island so largely taken up dairy farming.

Firat, because it is that branch of farming

which gives the greatest opportunity for

euccessful work. By engaging in it our ple to a large extent avoid the drudgery of the farm,sad if you feed the animals well and take their milk and convert it jato butter acd cheese you are engaging in @ process of manufacture Wuich will well vepay you for your enterprise and skil! jast as in the olden time. Those engagea jn other manufacturing operations were paid more high!y for their labor than those engaged in ordinary pursuits. Besides this, the farm is more highly improved and cultivated by the use of the additiona’ manure from stock. The butter and the cheese contain in a lees bulk more value than any other kind of farm produce. In the olden time the farmer sent away with every tou of taraips and bushel of oats a large proportion of the nutrition of the soil of his farm which was lost forever. But the man who enters inte the dairying industry is keeping at home a large proportion of tne richest portion of the aoil which he cultivates, and bis farm, instead of becoming poorer becomes richer, and he himself becomes a better man, a better farmer and a better citizen. Dairy- ing is, in fact, the highest developmen of agriculture, and this is another reason why he was glad to see that it is taking up so large a proportion of the attention of the people of this Province. You know that the farmer has very few opp rtunities of meeting his fellow citizens aod discussing with tnem the diff-rent Opinions in connection with hia business for the purpo-e of improving his methods, But he wished to impress the audience with the fact that the intere-ts of the farmers are mutual and that they cannot neglect their werk in any one department without in some measure injuring the whole community. By mutual coasulta- tion and frequent discus*ion they gain an immense advantage. Whereverthere is co- operation and a frequent interchange of ideas,the farming industry will be benefited. Having bad an opportunity of seeing something of this province, he found that the soil was very good and that the people have graud opportunities forsuccesefulagri- culture. Buti general the soil is rather sandy and lightand if they play tricks with it and deal with itcarlessly it is apt to get poor and run out. The result im such a case would be that in a few years the farmer would fiod himself minus hi- profits. The better way would be for the farmers of thie province to keep on hand good stock, colt instead of selling their potatoes and turnips they could then feed them to their animals, obtain an abundant supply of manure and keep up the fertility of their farm. Few farms can stand the criin of heavy cropping, and he felt gure that if our farmers should follow such a system they would soon have poorer crops and smaller profits, He therefore giad that they are adopting a system of dairy farming whice would give them larger profits than the old methods and aid them largely in keeping up the richness of the soil. He was a dairy farmer bimeself. Many years ago he found that the Eastern Townships obtained higher prices for their batter than those which raled anywhere else in Canada. A few years later he took up butter manufac- turing but found that the products of Western Ontario were beating thove of his section in the market. His neighborhood had greater advautages than anywhere else in this couctry for making a fine quality of butter, but they found that co-operation was necessary and that they would have to adopt the newest and best methods if they expected to hold their own in the market. He was glad to eay that in that

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to make the milk into cheese, but later in the season it is better to make it into but- ter. He was glad that the people of this Province are now, during autumn and winter, running a large number of butter factories. It is proper that cheese and butter making should go hand in hand. The cows which in the summer season produce milk which is made into cheese will later in the season produce milk which can profitably be made into butter. Farms cannot be made to pay if the win- ter is allowed to become a dead season during which neither cheese nor butter 1s made. In winter we can produce milk for butter at a good profit. It is important to dairy farming that you have a fair return of milk all the year round, that some of your cows will produce milk while others are resting, fur you cannot keepall of pour cows milking at the same time. Cows are but machines of a delicate nature, and if you don’t give them an abundance of food you cannot expect them to produce much milk. They must be kept warm and have enough foodto keep them io good condition and gcod health. It is only by ® superabundance of food and thorough provision for their comfort that they will give you sufficient milk to pay you for your trouble. He woud urg» them strongly to improve their stock. They bad a reputation for good horses aud beef cat tle but che demand for these animals i- now much less than formerly A good beef Shorthorn cow is not a good dairy cow. You want a good breed fur dairying purposes but don’t try to make milk out of a beef breed. He was glad to know

that some of the _ people have imported thoroughbred stock, such as Ayrshires, Guernseys and Jerseys.

But nothing can be more profitable thau a good dairying bull for the purpose of im

proving stock. If you put good food into a good animal you will have a profit- able return. This is not sa in the case of inferior aimals. Perhaps there is nothing more closely allied to dairying than hog- raising. This industry is one of the most profitable of many connected with the farm. Perhaps you will say that at the prices fur which pork is selling just pow this statement is pot correct. But even at present prices, the man who makes the best use of the materia! at hand, and par- ticularly of the whey from the dairy, can make pork-raising a success. There is no way inwhich the farm can be so well supplied with fertilizing material as from the raising of hogs. He ventured to say that a litthe money judicionsly spent in procuring a good breed of hogs and feed- ing them well on shorts, bran and pea meal, will give a larger quantity of good mauure ata lower price than anything else they can possibly purchase. He be- lieved that there is at present a good chance for improvement in prices. In Manitoba wheat has jumped from 40 to 60 cents per bushel. This means that in future the farmers of the Northwest will sell their wheat for exportation instead of feeding it to their hogs, and that our pork will consequently rise in price beyond what it has beeu for a year or two, as we shall pot have their competition in pork raising. Under these circumstances he could not too much enjoin on the farmers here the great importance ot supporting this industry. Before him he saw a large number of the commercial mena of the Island in whose bands was the trade of the Province, and he believed that during the present year about 20,000 boxes of cheese would be exported. In addition to that a large quantity of but

ter of the highest quality will also be ex- ported as the Island butter has proved to be of excellent quality. The demand for it is in proportion very large. These two products of the dairy are very important items in your exports. Yet they are recog- nized among those things which are called perishable food products, and which if not preserved in the condition in which they are first made deteriorate in quality to a very considerable extent, and when sent to the English market do not give usa good profit. Forthis reason our cousins in Australia have given the matter their care- fal attention. We have nor done so np to the present time and they have been getting the best of us. Australia is three or four times as far from England as we are and yet their trade in articles requiring cold storage isin @ much more satisfactory coudition than ours. They bave made ample provision for cold storage which we have not. The benefits conferred by cold storage are that perishable food producte stored ia achamber in the cars and on board vessels in which the temperature is kept down below a certain point and decay is absolutely arrested. Eggs five or six months old kept in this way are as good as those fresh laid. Butter kept for months in this way is as good as when first made.

Cheese can be Janded in England in as good condition as when just manufactured. Meats also have been taken out of cold storage in a condition absolutely fresh and good. By providing for this the Austra- lians have cut us out as we have been less active than we ought to have been. But he was glad to say that the Government of which he was a member are vow taking steps towards providing cold storage for the people of this country. He was making arrangements in his own department to accomplish this, But the Government

want the people of this country to heip themselves in this matter. They cannot expect the Government to do everything and they find that the business men as

well aa the farmers like to have a band in this business themselves. Under these circumstances he said that while the Government is prepared te do sometining to supply cold storage it behooves the busi- ness men and the farmer to aid them in

every way possible and to make the provi- sion for sold steongs in every way absolute- ly successful. Ifyou take things out of cold storage for a week in hot summer you might as well not have had them in it at all. It is therefore necessary to have a continuous system of cold storage from

the time it leaves the hand of the farmer until it reaches the consumer. It is intend

ed to nave refrigeratorcars on the railways

so that perishable article+fcan be carried to

the great centres of trade where coid

storage !warehouses are provided such

as in Montrea!, Halifax, Charlottetown and

other places. The cars can be loaded from

the warehouses and the ships containing

provisions for cold storage from the cars.

They propose to arrange with steamship

companies that they shall put cold storage

io their vessels to provide for the trade be-

tween Canada and Great Britain. This will

require a considerable expenditure but he

trusted that with the co-operation of the

people in erecting a cold storage ware-

house here the owners of vessels can bring

their ships here and load directly from _ that wa'ehouse, This is the only way to make it a snecess,

The Dominion of Canada is now running creameries both bere and in the North- west, and some months ago Prof. Robert- eon shipped to England some butter through the cold storage system and some in the ordinary way. On the former article he realized two cents per pound more than on the latter. You know the great amount of butter shipped from Canada every Year, and that if a protit of even } or I cent per pound could be realized by cold storage it would be of immense value to

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the arrangement was so satisfactory that gentlemen in Montreal have established two cold storage establishments for butter and cheese in that city, and have placed their cheese in them, even in the winter season. The magnitude of the cheese trade is shown by the fact that the last steamer to England hada full cargo of that article, late as itis in the season, This fact shows that the cold storage sys-] tem has repaid its promoters for their money which they expeaded upon it; and he wished to say that this Island wi!l reap the benefit of any expenditure made in that direction. He bed confidence enough in the people of this Proviace to believe that its merchants and farmers will be able to work out this idea and put the pecessary machinery in motion to make it a success. He need not say that the Gov- ernment of which he was a weimvucr wil acilitate every means used to carry out this much desired result, and tbat they will make the scheme now being carried out as perfect as possible. They are simply paying forthis out of your own money, and he believed that ia an Anglo-Saxon community like this, where the people are noted for their evergy, they are better able to manage their own affairs than any officials of the Government, no matter how anxious the latter may be to do the work for them. He did not think it necessary for him to pro- long his remarks. At meetings held in other parts of this Province he gave some hintstothefarmers as to their work on the farm, and pointed out the importance ot their frequently meeting together and interchang.og ideas with each other. (here are many things in connection with farming to-day which are quite different from those of former days, and it is per- haps necessary that we should be shaken up # little in reference to them. _It is for this reason and to ascertain how he might aid them in any possible wav, as_ well as to meet his friend and colleague—Hon. Mr. Davies—that he was here to-day. He would now close his remarks and will feel thankful if bis visit will be of any benefit to the people of this Province in enabling them to forward their dairying products to the great markets of the world. He be- lieved that the market is on the upward trend, and he looked forward with a great deal of confidence tothe future of our agr cultural operations. His hope is that they will be succeesful in every respect, and that they may result in the keeping of ihe young people of this country at home instead of their going to build up a foreign land. Should this desirable result be attained, our country will be im- meusely benefited and our people will be placed in much better circumstances. He would now say good bye, witha fervent desire that he weuld come back to visit the I-land Province at no distant day.

Hon. Mr. Laird, in introducing Pro- fessor Saunders, who was the neXt speak er, referred to the importance of cold storage and the benefit its introduction would be to the farmer and the shipper. He spoke also of the important character of the utterances of the Minister of Agri- culture, and intimated that if we wish to keep up with the times the suggestions he made should be acted upon. Referring to agriculture he pointed out that it was now a science as well as an art, and spoke of the value tothe agriculturists of the experimental farms established by the late Federal Government. The establishment of these farms was certainly a move in the right direction, as they had been of great benefit to the agriculturists of the Domin- ion. Now that we have these farms aad have to pay for them we should get al! the benefit possible out of them. All that is required is toask for informativn and it will be given. If we are going to compete with other countries we shouid take advan- tage of every source of information avail- avle. At tbe Experimental Farm experi- ments of various kinds were conducted, and the results published in the official reports. The results of thece experiments were of much importance to agriculturists generally, and farmers should become acquainted with their character in order to be better. able to compete with the farmers of other countries. There was with us to- iay Professor Saunders, the chief of the Experimental Farm at @ttawa, who would next address the meeting, and whom he had much pleasure in introducing.

Professor Saunders, on coming forward, pointed out that Canada was the first country on the continent to establish ex- perimental farms, and showed that their institution in Canada led to the passage of the Hatch Bill which provided for the es- tablishment of similar institutions in the United States. The Experimental Farme, he next pointed out, had been of much benefit to the people of Canada, and the money expended in connection with them was money wellepent. If the farmers alone had to pay the cost of the Experi- mental Farm it would not amount to more than ten cents a head, and when the value of the information they afford to the farmer is considered surely no fafmer ~hould object to this. The progress that has been made in dairying would perhaps never have been made were it not for the establishment of these farms. Their establishment lel to the engagement of Professor Robertson and his admirable work in Prince Edward Island. The geographical position of the Island Province is most favorable for dairying. All through Canada great strides have been made i~ dairying, and there is a great struggle for the British market. The most should be made of every advan- tage possessed. He was giad that the peo- ple of this province.realized thie, and are taking advantage of their ofportunities. Trained men are necessary to get a uni- form result in dairying. In Ontario schools have been established for training men for this work, and this insures uni- formity and good quality in what they make. Quebec and Manitoba have each started dairying schools, and while Nova Scotia and the other Maritime Provinces bave not yet made a move in this direction there is training going on in the dairy sta- tions and young men are being fitted for the work. The Minister of Agriculture referred to the importance of dairying and the retention of the best elements in the soil, pointing out the benefit of stock on the farm and the thus returning of the fer- tilizing elements ofthe soil. This was also a direct benefit from dairying. In the northwest there is what is known as a nuisance ground. It is located outside the cities, and is for the reception of manure, etc. There the _ soil is 0 rich that they can afford todo this; but bere the manure must be preserved to the soil. Ifyou desire to milk cows nine months you must piovide succulent food. You have here great facilities for growing roots, While turnips are good they are apt ‘0, ive the milk a bad flavor. At Ottava we find that large white carrots are choice feed for stock. They yield from 28 to 32 tons tothe acre. You could not do better with turnips, and, besides,carrots give no objectionable flavor to the milk, He believed that their cultivation would meet with success here. He noticed an increase in the growth of Indian corn in this province. This is a most excellent feed. The Dent varieties are not suited to this climate, as it is too cold. He would recommend smaller varieties. He ob

a-half bushels to the acre are ample. The use of too much seed in any cereal is wasteful, and it is harmful in regard to corn. Seed corn three feet apart, and individual plants six or eight’ inches apart in the rows. This gives the sun and air a chance to form the elements so nutri- tive tothe animal. A half bushel of corn 1s as much as should be sown On an acre f land. Prof. Saunders then called at- tention to what is known as the Austrian- brome grass, which, wherever tested, is giving most satisfactory results, and is earlier than the other varieties. Farmers can have a sample by sending to the Experimental Farm. In the Northwest the average yield of this grass is two and a half tone, and in some cases three tons, to the acre, and a farmer there said it was superior to timothy. Associated with your dairying there should be an increase in the stock and swine industries. He was pleas ed to see the increase in the fruit industry. When he was here seven years ago he saw a few varieties, but not the leading com- mercial varieties now to be seen and which are of such excellent quality. He hoped they would go on still further,and increase and adyance along this line. There are some orcbards, however, which would be better if they never had been planted. The trees have been neglected and they are consequently stunted and the farmer thinks that the Island is not. adapted for fruit- growing. But the Island is adapted for fruit-growing, and excellent prices could be commanded for I<land-grown strawberries in the Boston market. The season here is late, anb they could be placed in Boston at atime of the year when they wonld be a Juxury. New Brunswick is doing something in this Jinein a quiet way and he thought a word to the wise shou'd be sufficient. He was glad to have the opportunity of visiting the Island and meeting its people, and he hoped it would not be long before he would be able to come again. It was ten vears since the Experimental Farm was instituted and for eight years they have been carrying on experiments in the interests of the farmers of the Dominion. They had been experi- menting in seeds and stock, fruit trees and timber trees, and a vast dumber of subjects all of which must in time inure to the suc- cess of the agricultural iedustry in Can- ada.

The following questions were then asked and answered by the Hon. Mr. Fisher and Professor Saunders.

Mr. Chas. Palmer asked how it is that the Island fed pork could not compete with American fed pork? Was itdue to the kind of feed employed? He under stood corn was largely used for feeding in the United States. ‘

Prof. Saunders in reply stated that the corn-fed pork of the United States com-— mands from one to two cents less in Eng- land than the pork raised in Canada and fed on mixed food, so farmers do not re- quire to raise corn to feed pork. Any kind of grain will serve. the purpose, of course varying the character of the cereal. Hogs will consume 4 Ibs of grain for every 1 Ib of live weight they put on while the animal is in growing condition, that is between 150 and 209 lbstive weight, and this weight is as far as farmers ought to go ia pork raising. It will not pay to go beyond this. Besides young pork com- mands the very highest price. The cross ot a large York with a Berkshire is good, but the Tamworth crossed with the Berk- shire produces excellent results. The Professor instanced-some experiments now in progress at the Experimental Farm with respect to pork raising and feeding. He expected to find that the pigs fed on oats had a better distribution of lean and fat.

Mr. Palmer—Would the same manure do for white carrots, advocated for feeding to cattle instead of turnips by you (Prof. Saunders), as used for other roots ? Would the white carrots not require a finer or better fertilizer ?

Prof. Saunders—We do not find that so in our experience. White carrots would not require a better fertilizer than either tnrnips or a.

Mr. F.H. Horne—What is the best mode of sowing graia, with drill or broad~ cast ?

Prof. Saunders—We always use the drill at the Experimental Farms. It is the better way and the results are greater; besides a saving in seed is effected.

Mr. Herbert Beer, at the request of a farmer in the meeting, asked what is the best way to feed oats to pigs?

Hon. Mr. Fisher—Tbe oats should be ground and soaked in cold water.

Mr. C.C. Gardiner said there was a very superior strain of milking Shorthorn cows in England, and wanted to know if the Minister considerei the Shorthorn a good milking cow ?

Hon. Mr. Fisher agreed with Mr. Gar- diner that there was au excellent milkiag strain of Shorthorn, and stated where they were in the old country, and that some, -he thought bad beeu brought to Canada but the Shorthorns in Canada were mostly beef cattle. The Avrshires, Gueroseys and Jerseys, he thought were adapted for ilking pur- poses in Canada, while the Shorthorns were superior for beef. It would take more feed to produce a pound of butter from a Shorthorn than the other breeds he named. He further stated that on his own farm he kept the Guernsey breed.

Mr. James G. McCallum, Brackley Point, asked if Indian corn was preferable to oats, vetches, etc., as green feed.

Prof. Saunders—-If Indian corn be fed before it is matured it is a poor feed, not equal to oats, vetches or wheat when just heading out. This mixture cut while green is better feed for cattle than corn cut early in the seacon.

Dr. McLeod desired to know what the Experimental Farms were doing in the way of improving the potatoes and obtain- ing the best variety not only for eating bat also for seed. He stated that while tak ing luncheon on the C. P. R., while travel- ing from Montreal, he was served with a potato which could not be termed any- thing but villainous. There is a potato grown on this Island, continued the Dos- tor, as old asmyeelf—the Mclnotyre—a most excellent variety.

Professor Saunders said he was greatly interested in the McIntyre potato, and. on the occasion of bis first visit to the Island he had made enquiries regarding it. In this Island it appears the largest potatoes are selected for seed, while in other parts of Canada the smaljest are taken. Perhaps to the former is due the longevity of the McIntyre potato here. He did not think the McIntyre a very excellent potato, how- ever. The eyes were too deep and there was considerable waste in using for table purpores. He knew of an equally good if not better quality of potato with the eyes not nearly so deep. Regarding tha experi- ments carried on at the experimental farm the results of such could be found in the published reports. He regretted that he could not call to mind just now what these were, but dvised the farmers to coasult the reports and they would learn ofa better and more profitable potato than the McIntyre,

Mr. Walter Simpson asked respecting crimson clover and Holetein cows. Hon. Mr. Fisher replied to the latter

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Prof. Saunders in answering Mr. Simp- son respecting crimson clover said that it was an annas! plant and when sown early | makes @ good crop, but in this country it ; does not yield # suffisient weight of fodder when compartd with the large Red clover and Mammoth Red clover. He considered the crimson clover was better adapted to warmer countr:es than ours,

This concluded the asking and answer- ing of questions, and then His Worship Mayor Dawson arose and proposed a vote of thanks tothe Hon. Mr, Fisher and Professor Saunders for the able, instruct- ive and highly interesting addiesses deliv- ered by those gentlemen.

Dr. J. T. Jenkins seconded the motion, which was supported by Mr. Jaz. G. Mc- Callum and enthusiastically and unani-- mously carried.

Mr. Laird, chairman, then conveyed the thanks of the meetin, to the two speakers, which Mr. Fisher acknowledged.

The meeting then adjourned.

NOTES AND COMMENTS,

—The British market was all the talk at Hon. Mr, Fisher’s meeting yesterday. Only Mr. Saunders thought that our late strawberries might, with advantage, be put upon the Boston market.

—In the United States, sound money and restored credit, high protection and renewed prosperity are involved in the decisive triumph of the Republican party which we chronicle to-day.

—Professor Saunders says that actual experiment has proved that four to four and a half pounds of oats will make one ‘pound of pork when fed judiciously to a growing hog. Let us see: that would give a cent a pound, or 34 to 38 cents a bushé for ouroats, according to their weight: Better to feed oats to pigs, even at the pres n‘* low prices of pork, than se] it to dealers in oats for what they are able to give.

Have you seen the window fall of babies, black and white, at Wat- son's Drug Store ?

T. J. Morris is opening a crockery and glass store on Saturday night, and hopes to see all his old friends and also any new ones who may want first-class china or glass. Two doors below corner store.

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‘GREAT REPUBLIGAN VICTORY

A Clean Sweep for McKinley.

Congress in Hands of the Republicans.

New York, Noy. 4.

The result of the elections of yesterday is a landslide to the Republicans. McKin- ley and Hobart have swept the country from end tcend, and are elected by a tremendous majority of the popular vote, and will have a majority of 75 and perhaps 100 in the Electoral College. Not only have the Republicans carried the entire North, but they have also carried the Middle-Western States, which were the great fields of battle, and carried them by enormous majorities. More than that, they bave smashed the hitherto rock- ribbed Solid South, and captared the Demecratic strougholds of Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, while they came very near also carrying Tennessee and Old Virginia. It is the greatest victory since Grant defeated Greeley in 1872.

Not cnly have the Republicans captured the Presidency, but at the hour of tele- graphing it looks.as if they had also car- ried the next congress by a large majority and enough state legislatures to regain control of the senate, thus getting complete contro! of the Government.

New York. retains its proud title of “Empire State” by giving McKinley 309,000 majority, Pennsylvania closely tollowing with 275,000. Then there isa keen race between Ohio, Illinois ant Massachusetis as to which gives the largest majority, ranging from 100,000 to 150,000.

New York City, with its normal 60,000 Democratic majority, gives the Republic- ans 2@,000 majority for the first time in its history. The most sweeping vote cf all is that of the Southern States, which have joined the Republican column.

The Republicans are delirious with joy, while the Democrats are dumfounded.

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UNITED IN DEATH.

AN IRISH BISHOP AND HIS WIFE BOTH DIE WITHIN AN HOUR.

Loxpon, Nov. 4.

The Right Rev. Frederick Richard Wynne, Bishop of Killaloe, dropped dead on the street in Dublin yesterday. He was within afew rods of his residence when he expired.

A despatch from Dublin to the Central News says that Mrs. Wyune, wife of the B-+hop, was found dead in her bed an hour after her basband’s death.

Fatal Fire in Montreal.

Mownrreat, Nov. 4. A fire broke out last evening in a house occupied by Thomas Hazelwoo! and his family. Before all the inmates could be removed, three of the children, aged 8, 12 and 14 years, were burned to to death.

Johnson’s Baking Pow der gives fullest satisfaction 25¢ a pound. Johnson & Johnson,

$1,000 wort of Readyma-te Clothing, in Ulsters, Suits and Pants. [hese zoods are made up from our own cluth and will be sold at cost to clear, in sizes from 34 io 44, breast measure. We invite inspection. The goode must be sold as we cannot spare the room for them. They will be open today.—John Macleod & Co.

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GREAT CHEAP SALE BULBS

We offer our whole stock of choice named

HYACINTHS & TULIPS

CROCUS, NARCISSUS, FREESIAS,

BERMUDA EASTER LILIES CHINESE SACRED UILIES

at a discount of

33 1-3 Per Cent Off

our Bulb Catalogue prices. We are busy opening up our magnificent stock of FANCY GOODS, &c., for the holiday trade, and besides we want the room the bulbs occupy for other goods, so come quick if you wish to take advantage of this big offer,

Geo. Carter & Co.

Dealer in Seeds, Bulbs, Fancy Goods, &c., &c.

WANTED.

By the Board of School Trustees of Ch’town, about the Ist of Jan. next, a Vice Principal for Queen Square School. Apply to the undersigned on or before E. STEWART,

50 Ulsters at Reefers at $5.75, $4. half price.

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Reefers,

Reefers,

Reefers. Overcoats,

Overcoats,

Overcoats. Ulstere, Ulsters, Ulsters.

$2.90, $3.

$3.95. 150 53.50, Ovcresats a

Jas. Paton & Co,

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