Obituary.

James Kerr, Esq., of the township of Euphrasia, was born in Ireland in 1811 and emigrated to Canada with his father's family in 1832, settled in Chingaucousy township, where he resided fourteen years, removing to Euphrasia in 1846. Soon after coming to this township he began to identify himself with local public affairs, and in 1853 was elected to the township council. Next year he was elected to the Reeveship, which position he held for four consecutive years, and again for six years, commencing three years later, making ten years in all. Mr. Kerr was a prosperous farmer, and a man of intelligence, and one of the best specimens we have of self-made men--having begun life poor--whose abilities and steady application, earned himself and his family the advantages of all temporal comforts, and a reputation of which any man might be justly proud of. He died at his residence on Thursday, the 6th inst., after a few days of illness, at the ripe age of 74 years. His remains were followed to their last resting place by a very large concourse, and interred in Thornbury cemetery.