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PAPER. SPRING: TIME Is close to hand and your attention is called to the large stock of American Wall Paper, New Patterns, JUST RECEIVED. ME, NEADS, Drugs amd Hools, ‘ ' Atwood, Omt. Town ‘alk. _ 1 HE first “newspaper advertisament came out in the Loncon Times in 1648. Venus is at present the morning star and shines with a degree of steady bril- liancy very seldom observable. Tire Queen, who was an only child, has to-day titty living deseendents— enildren, grand children ‘and great grand children. Wu tLe wiping up the floor before put- ting the carpet down, sprinkle it all over with salt, while damp; this will | greatly prevent moths. Tue Elma Agricultural Society will hold their spring falr at Newry instead of Atwood, owing largely to the unfit condition ot their show grounds which ave been plowed reeently. Tire Mitchell Recorder ‘seems rather personal when it refers to its contem- porary as “the male woman, the washed out and drenehed out tlippity flighty spinster who runs the Advocate. MAPLE sap has been sig well for the past three weeks. ko some magnanimous hearted ead will invite us to participate in the “sugaring off” process in the bush some afternoon. AN eminent German has been count- ing the number of hairs inhuman heads of different colors. In a blonde one he found 140,400, ina brown 109,440, in a biack 102 $62, and in a red one 88, 740. “ITAVE you lost your senses?” ex- claimed an anxious | mother to her err- ing son. “Oh, ro,” coolly replied the ‘lad, “not yet, mother, the enumerators have not yet been around to take them Mr. McKINLey has taxed pretty nearly everything, but in the kindness of his heart he allowed the grippe to come in free. It isabout the only thing nowadays which is within She pennies all.— New York Herald. Tue Canadian Pacific iifeay bes made arrangements with the New Y Sort Central which it gains vile 8 “New York, by way of Brockville and over ie late Rome, Watertown & Og- densburg Railway. It is supposed that a bridge will be erected over the St. Lawrence at Brockville to facilitate traffic. THE most interesting topic in Wood- stock during this dull spring is the re- moval of Messrs. O'Beirne & Abraham of The Standard to Stratford, where they have purchased The Beacon. The last issue of the Standard appeared last Tuesday. The plant is to be*taken away andthe daily and weekly ‘lists trans- ferred to The Sentinel-Review, which pers there the struggle against fate in a restricted field. Messrs. O’Beirne & Abraham are rains “paper there. They will nodonbdt bring | eff: the Beacon back to its olti-time infiu- ence and prosperity. SEEDING is general in Manitoba. Mr. CAMPBELL, as aewehige Co., was in the village last w' Wo. Mansiac4s ne new paint _w “quite nttractivé an nd business ‘Tike ‘He anticipates a big season’s work A GENIUs has been victimizing west- ern Ontario farmers by guaranteeing to sendthem one hundred articles for household use fer thirty cents. On re- ceipt of the money he sénds them—half “a paper of pins. FALL WHEAT.—The weather has been generally favorable for the fall wheat, and all reports speak hopefully -| of its condition at present, One or two nights-haye been experienced that were unfavorable, but so farno particular damage has ‘been done. ‘The late rains will have a decidedly good effect on the grain. ATwoop Damy.—<Atwood is to have adairy service. Jos. Priest has made arrangements to run a dairy wagon through the village every morning on Monday, Tuesday, W ednesday, Thurs- day, Friday, and morning and evening onSaturday. This is a new venture here and one that will meet with much approval by all of our citizens. We hope that Mr. Priest will meet witha liberal patronage. Tne auction sale of Jos. MeKoy’s stock, vehicles, and household furniture went off with a bang. The prices for the stock were high, while many house- hold articles were sold at an advance of heir first cost. The receipts of the sitie netted something oyer 8600, which is 3100 more than Mr. McKoy expected to realize. The house and lot were put up, but were not disposed of, the bidding reaching only S700. This sale did credit to the auctioneer, Alex. Morrison, who is conceded to be one of the best ham- mer-wielders in the county. Mr. Me- Koy intends leaving for British Colum- bia in a few weeks. AmonG the bits now before the On- tario Legislature is one to amend the “Noxions Weeds Act,” and one of its provisions provides that “Any person who knowingly sows any w heat or other grain infected by smut, without first de stroying the germs of disease, shall up- on conviction, be liable to a_ fine of not less than 85 nor more than $20.” There is hardly an enaetment onthe Statute Book that is more openly violated than the one relating. to the spread of nox- ious weeds. ’athmasters and others have their attention called to it every year, but thatis about all the good it does, for little or no ate is made to enforte its provisions. Go through this countrym the summer, and Canada thisties and other weeds will be found in abundance. It is not much use amending the Jaw, unless some effort is made to enforce it. It proper enforce- ment would do a great amount of good. APRIL Foot CiesTNUTs.—To our knowledge none-of the Atwooditeés were made victims to April Fool day chest- nuts. The Advocate tells of how one of Mitchell's young merchants was caught in the trap. in-the— following manner: “W. IL. Willis had a letter dropped in his Bi on Wednesday, Papier tee him, immedistely home as s wife was ve . A minute later his coat tails were seen flying around the corners, but assoonas he had reach- ed the door, and was met by the happy sentls of the spouse, he found it was the first of April.” A Iamilton exchange relates the following amusing Fak that happened in th: at city en April Is “Yesterday the local coal and wood dealers each received an order written ina delicate feminine hand, and signed Mrs. M. F. Brown, ordering them to send supplies of coal and wood to 325 Bay street south ‘at eight o’clock this morning. <All except a or two of them took the bait. By twenty-one wagons, naavily gre with coal or wood, had toiled painfully up the steep street, and lingered aroundin the vicinity of ‘where 325 ought to be, and blocked up the thoroughfare. There is no number 325 on Bay street south. Two or three of the fuel dealers had jooked up the directory and ascertained that fact, and had not filled the order; but nearly all the coal and wood deal: ers in town were foole They would like to find out who the joker is who wanted the April fuel.” SEASONABLE THOUGHTs.-Providence has kindly favored Ontario with a grand winter. The swamps have been generally well froze and good for win- ter work, and but few farmers having wood who could not easily have secured a good supply of fuel foryhome use from their waste timber. There has been a good market for cordwood, logs and all forest products. There has ales been an excellent and profitable demand for all farm products generally a plenty of fodder for horses and cattle to winter upon and fall crops and meadows are looking well. As a result there isa good supply of barnyard manure for the iand. The winter has been free from epidemics, and men should be in heart for the spring work. Beef cattle, milch cows, grains of ail kinds, potatoes, etc., command excellent prices and the prospect for cheese is encouraging. We are now enjoying a beautiful spring, and all should improve every moment in making preparations to do more and better work on the farm, in the garden andin‘the dairy than ever before. If we, asa people,do our part well—con- form: ng to the ordinary and sensible rules in the government of ourselves and our families and the management’ of farms, business, etce.—Providence may be depended on to make this year one of excellent results to every one. In this sectlon there are excellent mar- ‘kets for almost everything and en- couragement to all members of a family to take pait in the effort to makea .;happy and presperous bome. Even boys and girls can give a helping hand by doing smail.chores, assisting in the wegetable n, and doing Lge to reduce store bills. There ample ecope for the efforts of all, and. all that o required is united and intelligent s to turn to ne bap sd the ad- ee wich, Providence as — A youna student of Woodstock Col- eae officiated in the Baptist church ray afternoon. ore,- -) preach in the Japtist church on Sunday next, at3 o'cloc IF you ” want beautiful wall paper, choice field and garden seeds, ete., call at Hacking’s drug store when in Listo- wel. His. change-of adyt.-appears this week, E Rey, C, HW. Ph -of—P. /Gotbore, will (D. V Tue Elma Cheese Co's factory com- mences operations on Tuesday, April 14th. ‘A directors’ meeting was held in sebrotsty Lochhead’s office on Monday afternoon. Weare sorry to learn that Nelson McBain lost néarly $100 in the Grand Central Hotel fire in Listowel Tuesday morning. Ile barely escaped with his life and shop clothes. THE promotion exams. are over and the small boy breathes freer. 2 Xe Smith, of No. 5, Elma, examined the Atwood youngsters, W lille Mr. Harding looked after the No. 5 pupils: Tux present winter is proving a very disastrous one for bee-keepers. We are safe in stating that not more than one- fourth of the colonies stored away in the fall will survive the winter. Ovn old friend, Wm. Spence, Clerk of Grey township, spent an hour with us Wednesday. Mr. Spence has been ~ timately acquainted with our vetera postmaster, Mr. Gordon, for over thirty years. WE are instructed to state that the Secretary-Treasurer of the Ontario Farner Flax Manufacturing Co, will pay 82 per ton overand above the 35 per ton already paid, making in all 87 per ton for last season’s crop. Ir would seem that in the past sea- son old winter got bewildered and lost his way. We hear that while in the Sunny South the weather was excep- tionally severe, in Iceland if was quite am and they’ had neither frost nor sno en August Canada sent more cheese to England than any other coun- try in the world. Of the total import in England in that month (888,249 cheese), Canada supplied 174,151, the United States 148,866, and other coun- tries 35,238, Tne Beeton World remarks:—The number of needles that will manage to hide themselves in the family pincush- ion in a year is astonishing, and an oe- easional turning inside-out of that article will surprise and repay the care- ful housewife. Time wet weather of the past few days has made the snow disappear and giyen a om lus of mud, The frostis getting well outof the ground and with the present favorable weather farmers will be able to commence spring work withira week, “MANY are taking advantage of the big raise in prices and teaming out their surplus produce, It loaks—as-4f Canada’s Grand Gld Man was returning good for evil, so far as Huron is con- eerned.”—Brusseis Post. The same may also be said of Perth county. Tif Crnsus.——Arrangements for taking the census are well under way. The chief officers have been appointed and theenumerators are pretty general- ly selected. The chief oflicers number fourteen. There is & commissioner for each ceunty, and there will be about 3,000 enumerators. ‘These oflicers do the uctual work, going from house to house and taking theinformation. The taking of the census commenced throughout the Dominion on Monday morning, April 6th. It is the be? fixed for that work throughout the British -|Empire. Of course, the enumeratorrs and their superiors, who will transfer the information to Ottawa, are all sworn to seereey, so that it will be mere stupidity to withhold information. ‘The first census of »Canada was taken in 1663 and the popmiation was then 2500. Jn 1671 the population of Acadia, 441. Jn 1841 the tirst regular census was tak- en, showing Lower Canada 625,000, U per Canada 452,688. In 1851 the figures were 800,261 for Lower Canada, 95,2000 Upper Canada; Nova Scotia 276 Bd4; New Brunswick 193,800. In 1861 the figures were: Upper ‘Canada 1,111,566; Lower Canada 1,396,001; Nova Seotia 339,857; New Brunsw ick 252,047; Prince H dward Island 80,858; British Columbia 3,024. In 1881. the figures were: Quebec 1 359,027; Ontario 1,923,228; Nova Scotia 440 Diz; New Brunswick 321,233; Prince Edward Island 108,891; British Colum- bia 49,459; Manitoba 65,954; and North- west Territories 56,449. These were the official figures w ith the exception of Manitoba, where the census was taken in 1886, showing @ population of 108,640. Following is the general character of the questions to be put:—Schedule 1— A description of the residence; the names, sexes and ages of the occu — of the house; their relation to the h of the family; place of their own birth, and of the parents’ birth; religion; pro- fession, occupation or trade; whether employer or wage-earner; if wage-earn- er the name of employer; whether un- employed a week preceding the census; it employer, the average number of hands employed during the year; ability toread or write; whether deaf and dumb; or of unsound mind. Schedule 2 calls for the names of those who died during the preceding year, with other information concerning them; also facts and statistics regarding public institu- tions. Schedule 3—Information about real estate, orchard products; nurseries, vine yards, and market gardens. Sche- dule 4—returns of farm products. Schedule 5—live stock, animal products home made fabrics, ete. Schedule 6— industrial establishments. Schedule 7 oducts of the forest. Schedule 8— shippin and mining. _ Questions relat- ing to all these varied interests will have to.be asked and answered. CRADIES. SHANNON.—In Elma, on the 7th inst, the wife of Mr. Wm. Shannon, of :a - daughter (still born.) Prints, CROCERIES, STRAW AND FELT HATS, Boots and Shoes, &c. See Our Prices before you buy. | Want Butter, Potatoes and Dried Nieat. Highest Price always paid. JAS. IRWIN. Prints. Large Stock! Choice Patterns! See our 10c. line, equal in quality of fae and patterns to the usual 12c. lines. General Dry Goods, ) Wi large and complete stock o SILvERWARE to be Z PROTEST ACAINST HICH PRICES And having bought our Spring Goods before the advance we are enabled to Sell at the Lowest Possible Figures. NEW SPRING GOODS Viz., Prints, Sateens, Shirting, Shaker Flannels, White and Gr ay Cottons, &c., &e. In Ladies’ and Children’s Dress : N (Ve Tas materials, Fancy Muslins, Embroid~ eries, Laces, Hosiery and Gloves. An Elegant Range in Men’s and Boys’ Top Shirts, Ties, Braces, Collars and Cuffs. I might exhaust columns of space enumerating the as- ead | sortment of New Goods, but the best proof that_we can give you as to our ability to give Prices Away Down is to invite personal inspection. Come Early if you want the Pick of the Choicest Lines. We have always on hand a F Ready-Made Clothing Boots and Shoes and General Groceries: © J. L. MADER. rr. S.—We have just reecived another shipment of Given Away to Cash Customers. ‘Those who have no Tickets may secure them on ap ~plicution.