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Ontario : Ci-op Prospects. .READY-T0- ' V . . M O 3 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQ 3 GEORGE VIC KERS tof+o++o+++++o++1 .- MAGNIFICENT RIBBONS Fox ....NECKWEAR.... %uIttnu,mv sluts Ribbens, Rtbbons, ev_ery:thing` ie Itibbohs/. This `Vis certainly a Ribbon yam `Ribbons for the%Ha%'ir, Ribbon; fof Neckwear, Ribbens for the Dress. Every.ludy knows and appreciates the cherm and beauty a bow or tie of tibpon adds to the dress. We have a beautiful range of imported Ribbons. u quuuruoay to unpkr-ov-e the grade. and. I` 0:` ygrge` gumbo: , laboreg. 1 chiey- , qiian.` are. mtg"-a."zo3i. Beautifinl Shotllihbons, in 15 cqmbinations of colors . . . . . . . Haixdsome Moi:- Ribbons; the-wanted widths, all shades. Plain Taffeta` and Duchess Ribbons, all shades, 12c to. . . I. . SUCCESSOR T0 TFRAWLEY 6 DEVLIN. .Frawle)? Block, Between the Bank of Commerce and Barrievfieuse. ` Phone 169. ...SALE... it was stated, _was favorable conditions. been considerably. less this year than inst. Ls in April were very an;-`J 82-1)- L__L LI. , WEARS These are the goods in demand. We invite Inspection. . "Again this year. as for the last four or five years, hundreds and _ `thousands of farmers from the Middle States are moving into -the Canadian West. -11 anything. the` "movement -has opened earlier this: spring `than ,- usual. During `theg vmonI:h.o,;-Febrlrary. 920 tickets were] sold -frqm points on the Atohison.` `Topeka _& Santa Fee Railway system to Westemecanada via Minneapolis n.n`(lASt.' Raul. The little town of. Norton. `Kansas. which has only 600 people, eent_70 of bhem into Mani- tqbaa tang, the :03-nadian Territories last These farmers are leav- ing {and '.t_h aft is now: worth $50: to. `$100?-an"aere,. and was secured by i -,thoI;n_'.orp`m,ol.fh1n-g_ only_ a stew {yearn " ` aging , .'Ifhey~;are moving" 'to,Westegm ..Canadb;. im_)t;__:-l$eoaue_el~- =t'hey' _are_ dis- biz war snrrnmns neon THE UNITED 8'1'A'1'E3 MIGRA'1'E To run CANADIAN _ WEST. _ I `Rev. E.` D. Cameron praohed - 9. John Knox sermon on Sunday morn- ing to mark the 400th;annivvorsar.y of the -birth of that diatinzguished diving. Mr. Cameron chose`-for his Ite`a't' who ..awor.d_s"The;e~ was, a _man sent; from God," and .d-welt `upon `the 1if_e, work and influence Wot gthge great reformer. . 1 The St. Paul Farmer. 21 _lea;d-iug agri-cultural. paper in Minnesota, says irn.a recent issue: uA..-~_ L-- Apples fresh from the tree should ,never be eaten without being wash- `od, as `they are in -a `good position to collect the dust and the germs of the air. ___Q `..._.- if a..'tab1espo-onful of sugar is `add- \ed tofthe basting water of roast `beef. Ithe"flavor and color of the `meat and gravy will be improved. A I , A - v- ----A-nous; |AV\A QQLL-IO ; 4To make "tough - beef or chicken tender. put a tablespoonful of cider vinegar in 'the boiling pot or roast- ing pan. ` ~ ' ~v.-...-`: vvuuvnn weet cream fresh from the dairy is an excellent remedy for a chafcd qr sunburned skin.- When washing -clothes try using three -tablespoonfuls of kerosene in the boiling water. . cu :- "- -.-....L __.--,,, ,--_. ._ _-J wav- Anotht; iylasant sauoe is made by voombiuing dates with appleg. _...~....v ---- -..1:t:vuxu|LA-5 ouuuc. Try dusting withka damp cloth and .foU.0w it .up with a dry one. L___L1 __. 7\rL_;'Vr\IO N"l`1<>`Tfr;shen salt fish soak _it a few hours in sour] milk. : _.-__ -.- -.-we--_ nnnnnnaa ' A few figs added to stewed apples} make an appetizing sauce. II`\_'... _l__..L',, ** '- The merchants and residentaeof the] Sixth Ward complain sorely of the inettioienoy of. `the street watering servioo. Onoea day for the sprink- lot is wholly` inadequate. and only when the heavens weep been any-_ thing like full satisfaction the `obi- tainod. V . ` `V Whipped cream adds much to .'the flavor of coffee. Mm; will c1e.;:_a_n;1 br:,r11ten oil- cloth. `Housekeepa-s` Hints. Coming to Canada. Th`ere s" hp let-up in the enthusiasm of our great Ready.-to-wear Sale. Big reductions in LADIES? sax WAISTS mums sxmrs % MEN'S suns MEN'S RAIN cons BOYS SUITS V no C\OtBI` \l\Il'lI|J 5 LADIES RAIN cons V. :d;iz;:g.To ;};:'death of {be late Mr. Pirie, the sale of work in `con- nection withthe L. A. of the_;. res-T byterian church has been poet-,p6na.d' .1mtilIFriday. Jun 2nd, from 4 to '8 `pm. in the church basement. Re.- '1'1feshments served. Admission 10_o. v `.0 "There is no doubt that these--mv settlers will `do well. Pr-ucticall)' all of -the farmers in W(-stern Canada who have come from the Statiare doing well. M+.1.V `W making -their fortunes. With who/:16 a -dollar a bushel -and `land M from five to ten dollars a-.1 acre tint will produce `20 to 40 busllcls ox wlm! per ncre.'it is not` difficult to understand how lthese feopl.` will 3gt rich quick in '1 he best we.`-53, M of `the "phrase." `:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA "" ""4" U] \ILll~.. uuuxy-,n.a~ ies. and "that about five minim 'a1"`e-3 Of Government land has bega homesteaded yea riy. 1:!!!` . If you question the thousands ofpeopje who` are :`.'.)w pawn: through the/St. Paul gateway on their way to their new homes L1 Western Canada, they will tell you that they are going into C.-mld; simply because they.c:u1 still get `cheap and `fertile lands. So great has been `the delma-nd for the mm; ous hhrd wheat lands in Wes:~rrn Gzmada during the pus few ymrsl that -it'is a that that the Can:1;1i:1:1 Pacific land department at Winni- `peg `has sold about five m.`llloa acres, In addition `to these sales lt must be remembered that there ha : , lbeeulll large sales by other compan- non mu.-I .51.-.. - r . . . . . ..40c .......25c . . . . . . .35c .7--- ...-a.-.v-.v- uaau vsutuwhvsn A start `has been `made in over- `hauling the `general waiting-room of the old station Ito make -space` for Ithe divisional officers. `Tickets are `:nowJbein'g sold frvom"thVo wicket of ladies `E00111. 5 4*` woquv uInIOO\"-' OVVIJCO .Mcsrs. C. W. Pouoher`an.d M. B1"own have obmmenoed operations on a -double nstore struo-ture `near. the farmer's shop. Essa. St. The building has cement foundations and will be brick faoed._ A `A vw uvna an TQCZC Odd }I VICE?! '1 Mr`. Claus. Howard sails on'Frid-ay for England, per 8.8. Virginian. The illness of her sister called .A Mrs. Thos. Bradford to Meaford. last week. . . Dr. Evans, of Stroud. has purch- ased Mayor Ross` property` on Wil- liam St. It_is understood that the. same will be ronteid. Mr.` Geo. Wil- son engineered the transfer. -..- .......-u-o uuw:In`vLLUL tug. The church wardens ol`_ St. Ge_ofge'a with kindly sympathy had the bell "of the church tolled on Sunday afa ternoon during the funeral 013- the late Mr. Jas. P-iriye. Rev. A. H. Ra.nt'on will takeboth `servioesin Burton Avenue Methodist Church next Sunday. the occasion of the amnual thwnk-offering; . 'I`}\a nhn-nah ..n....I....... -0 G]. n..,;, - _ The Epworth League of the Math- odist church will be addressedwnext Monday eveningby Miss Elma Sug- ley. deaooness._ of Toronto. `I"AA_ A 1'1 I\ 1' - . w ~ u u u A II 5119- `. In the absence of Mrs. Marsh'a.l1. who is `visitilng in Cleveland, Miss Ch-arlton was org-amist {in Sunday `in the.Methodist tshuxjch. W _Allz'1'11:iuz.1.l<.a. Band is open Vfdr engage ments. The members. with'stc.ady. npraqtice, have. attained a high dev- gree of proficiency. ,,_,_ . VP]...-. I`).-.....2n 3" \r. -ta; I-ll-All LIV. +3"l"1'1e Barrie .688 "00. .its mains on_ Bradford 'la.'ndale will shortly jen. _ury of better` light. T. 1-1.... -L..-__- 1- -- Contractor Brunton has been ex- pecting the government `dredge from Beaverton ii: donuectviou. w.th the new wharf. ' , , , -_---v ..- v\J\I5 on vuv 1aUDPu At St. George`: `Church on Sunxdayl evening `the Rector proiafched ' a A meem.-` orial sermon, on the late `Henryl A Martini. ---.r -v -vv------ `-'.7' . Mr. C. W. Pouoher was in Toronto, for a couple of days 'tkiis week. Iuncidentally ihe took -in the- races. A} Q! I ,,,, .....l-- 1'" -- ,'1ir.1T.sE;;;:;'d Mrs; shear took] advantage of Victoria_ Dayto v,;sit :'r~';eIni;ls in.Brudford. I ` l\_. `N...'_I uoav 531.5555} I-l|LlUo ""3. "\7v. Whyte, of the =0`. P. R.. passed through here last Thursday on his way to North Bay. 'II'-.. I` 117` r: -,, --..--, c--av uuav Mrs. Baa: Litabiii-llan and Tohildfen are spending the week in.Locust Hill and Toronto. `ll . 1'.` 11:` ...--~ 0.5. `J; u.\lL\II Bu 2 `#65 Friday Mrs. Kindfd and -chi!`-N -dren left for Liverpool, They will sail by the Allan Line. `I `KT II?` vvp .- aav-J a Mr. James Archer and Mr. David- son are building new residences `on Willia_m St. ' V ' .-.---- -vov oavzlvt Miss Bailey-, of Toronto, {satay- `in; a few days with Mrs. MoLe;.1- nan. Essa street. - 1..v____ 1-` - - _ - . .. ".(_:;`:1'toher.-'ao.oompanie(Vl by her- father. was in Hamilton for Vio- 'toria Day. ` `ll - -r-..--- A - - -- - -o--non who _ ns. (Reuv:r.) Murp'hy has returneel after an extended visit in '1Toront"o and Port Hope. Ifinn Y')-!I4_ D "` .-w_o--v The corporation is busy repairing `the water drain on Essa and_Gowan streets. ----tvxu Mrs. John B2-unison" and Mater- laorne spent Sunday witlxfriends in Stroud. ' ` ` Quite a number of local Tsp`or.ts were present -opening day at the Woodbine. * ` V1713-9's Tana N95: is on Ia. visit to` her sister. Mrs. \Vm.V Robertson,` Knock. - ` * ' ' 7 LEA: Nellie _Ste3gle `is _h6Iida'ying ' in Toronto. . A -' T The new` station may open now an; , \ most any day If." 1.]... f'I,,.,I-,,, c_ 110 `with friends: in Toronto. ,-.i&;'.'w:1.:>l1:`l.1wI.Ianley is this `week in` the_ Qqeen City. V A V Mrs. Pearce spent the holiday Il_> 111,- "--' - Mr. Cummihg is `in Toronto` -.week_.. Tivacm. pay se.va+e;r.n :....ov.m.-Anu %% Sermon`:--D%enth and Funeral of `fa Respected Citi- zen--Social Doings. A enjoy til}: 1ux- I 1 1s extend.-mg St., and Al- this I on `_,___..=...---J _v`u_raaa1.IuL_agp 5|; 415 U` P%"3!1,.U.1?+*< `h..::{ ="'.'-u;1 * 5: her*difvu,#,A .._v-- ...-v u; was: I-UVV'i` vuuuuu. 3.110 U th Jam`ex_s Bay Railway whereby the company undertakes to run its main -line though this town in return foaf a bpnns of $80,000 and the right: of way through the municipal pro`-' potty an. the- fake 1ront._ This iswex,-0 pooled to settle the` '1q,ueationvt'o *wh%~'ahv side; bake" c7ouo1;xoi1iii:`i1't`Ii7 James Bay; Railway will mm. ;N9yf `that - __t.h}' town: ; 1;a's1'.;%deixiitely_%`; ;P`?Pll%;l :1!y 0llit9t#3l0 .911!94l,,A bx. i wows 1u'rrr'fE'n"I{3'iFnuunw wrrn V ungns aumxnwvz. 1 I Ori1lia.;. May '1-8..-'-:5-l`11e raK4`..e'p,aye`rs_ to-day rait~ifid gthe 9.-greament on-4 terod intovby `the Town Council and .71-rvurnn I).-`V-' `I1.->!|------. WILL mm THROUGH % 0RlLLlA. % wreath, B. of L. E.; wreath. B.` of L. F.. No. 67. Toronto; harp. B. of R. R. T.; sickle of roses and our nations, Mrs. MacLe.nnvan and `fam- ily; _flora.l design of C. E.." the Y. P. 8.0,. E.. of.Alla.n.dail'e; cross. Mr. and Mrs. Bundy; sheaf, Mr.,Fred Ellis; spray, Mr. ' Fred Ad.-ams: spray, Mr. and Mr. Wm. `Taylor: crown. O. -R. 0.; open Bible.` Messrs. Geo. anvdi Jas. "Mc- Millan: anchor, Mr. .and_ Mrs. A. Taylor: wreath. Allandiale Presbyter.-i in church; spray. Mr. -and Mrs. J. `Little: `spray, Nurse` Robertson; spray of tulips Mr. `Geo. Willmott: xcresoent. Mr; d Mrs. A. .Hopk-ins; Mr`. Pirie's father and mother. ;who 7reside in Stratford. as well as his Harkness. of; Chicago. sistersrand brothers, were here for the funeral. exeeptone sister. "Mrs. vlu a.uu>ru.|.uuaI.U LLAUIIULS wart: UHOSUII as pal!-be'arers to re` 'esenttthe dif- ferent societies. Th: were: Messrs. John Paton and W. . :0-ampbell. of the: B. of L. E.: -G . McMi~lVlu.n. of B. of L. F. No. 442, lbert Ridden, of the B. of R. R.` TL; T. Dunn . of No. 67 B. of _L. F.. T/oronto. "Va.-nsd K. MoLenna.n. of the 0.R.C. Among thsmany floral tributes which evi- denced silent but expressive sym- pathy were, Gates Ajar. . the B. or L. F.; crown, Mrs. Pirie; --._.._LL' Y! _n ..--.-.-_ .. rvoaw uuvnocsnlvn vv gnu cauvv svuu at friend. On Sunday afternoon `the funeral took place from his late home on` Essa St. The remains were taken to the Presbyterian church, where the Rev. H. D. Cameron conducted a _short service. The church was lite erally crowded to the doors, and hundreds were unable to obtain en- trance. After the service the cor- tege re-formed for` Union Cemetery. Old andintimate friends were chosen v-v - vvo-nvur ow--vi Uziliandvalev mouvrnsvrthe loss of am- other of her adopted sons by the death of Mr. James Pirie. which oc-. curred at an early hour on Friday, `morning. .Two weeks ago last Mon-' day Mr. Pirie responded to Ibis last call to duty on the lline upon which he had spent 15 years `of his life. Born in. St:-at.".ord 32 years -ago. he entered the service of the G. T. R. at the age of 17;.passing through _the various `grades until he finaldy reached, at an unusually" early age. -the; responsible position of engineer. He was one of the trustees and "an active member of the Presbyterian church. Inthat capacity demands were constantly made upon him. but he was ever ready. to advance the "interests of his church, or i-.1 fact any `other oigraszizntion with which he was connected, Possessinge the entire cc`':_r.`iidence of his fellow _mem- bers in the B. of'L. F.. he, at differ- ent times, occupied -every, position of trust inthelgift of that body. Elus- band. father and friend he" was everything those words represent. A `young wife and four small ehil-V dren are deprived of his prot.cc'ti-ug influences. but no estimate can be formed ofxthe number wh'o have lost Sons of7EuAgland and the" Orange- men. The brethren joined heartily in the hymns and responses. making the beautiful` Church of England service most impressive. Rev. Canon- Murphy. the Rector., preached a, forcible and timely sermon on "Rev-. erence," from Romans 13 ' and 7. {During the oftertory Dr. ~Arna1l i-sang :with` much expression "The |King of: Love My. `Shepherd Is." After the benediction `the National [Anthem was given. Each member f of the .S. O; E`. wore a white rose. v u. or-q-on -arr:-vvn-v ,- St. George's Church was crowded Sunday: morning. addition-al _seats having to be placed -along the aisle. on the occasion of the "annual oom- mcmoration otivictoria Day by the `G_._... -.E"l'___I_...I -_ LL-` 4\,_, , I ow-p can 1.-vvv c. vuvuva y awn may 1099 }Smaall: E. S..._Mrs. L. Pouoher: '1`. }Mrs. Kil-gout: 0rg.. Mrs. Berry: B. J. 0.. Mrs, Mocauslandi 0r.. Miss Brown: 8. W., Mrs. Clark; J. W.. Mrs. Smith: S. B.. Mrs. Fleetham; J. B.. Mrs. Dalton. ~ . L pany` will expropriate. 9. isitrip -of land 't_hirt_y feet; wide in order to 'easethe curve. The watertront_ is `b.e~ ing !orihbed_.__= Belowe the station the Aroadbediwill belowered as far as the _o'verhead `bridge; It. is understood that _the'new depot improvements in-. elude the placing of a fountain to the rear of the dining-hall within svxrrounding of green" sward. ` % `These are the officers of the Lad- `ies Companion Court. I. 0. F.: C. 1).. Mrs. Curtis: 0. 1%.. Mrs. Mal-. lory.; P_. O. R.._MZrs. Cannon: V. C. 1%.. Mrs. Geo.` Pouoher; R. 8. `Mrs. ,___In_ no in-,,_ r .----rut I_lfI I 1 Xl` [ _, A. IAyo{uwa'nttoBuyor Sell, aousor drop a postcard and 011l"l`8Dl`GO!ltlV_ ~ "7v}3""in"b:s"$:::' Its day `and `aim. we havo e to give care in De very. We screen; ovagailzuacreon. . .. n V ` Priqgs for Cash. tl\e Lewes} 0ur[%L1neof Builders Sunnlies is; V omplotu-`_ lrehh from the mines. II . _. 1.. I._`_, now Is THE `TIME, To GET YOUR sulpw IN To Mr. N. Dyment belongs the honorof winning the first race of the season `on the Canadian circuit with his splendid three`-year-old `Ton- gorder.` '1`ong.o.rder s performance Saturday stem 3 him_as a rare good one, a.ncd_'he wifl likely capture many-_ prizes-for `the orange and green before the _vyeor.is over.` V _. ( -_-_- ....,..t... .. Jvutvuu uu_Lu. And again--as evidence that Davy Jones is not quite so bad as he is piotured-o the` ten boxes` of gold that went down with the Alfonso XII. off the Canaries some years ago. nine -have been recovered. Davy keeps the 'tenth. -..-- me was ussv Llalldlilb ulgglllgs. voooasionally, when Davy Jones is in an amiable mood,` he. will release part of his `booty. but `he takes dare to clutch what remains more tight- vly `still. When La. Lutino. a cap- tured French frigate. `sank under the waves `of the Zuyder Zee. a little over a century _ago,.she took 830 bars of gold down with her, in ad- dition to much silver bulilio-n and 127,000. the pay of the troops in Holiaud. Within ;a year of her foundering. 55,000 ha_d_ been neioov-4 oped: fifty years or more later she gave" up another 50,000. but on the restof her hoard-she was in`- sured for in round 1,000,000--she still keeps a. jealous hold. -;\..a .....-e_ -- A - - ..-..,.. nuuau uuv_y HGVU uru.[.e(1. . In a caveln `the Auckland Islands may still be recovered all the gold that the good ship General Grant was carrying when she started in 1866 on her voyage from Mel- bourne Ito London. with a passenger list of miners, returning with their riches from the Ballarat diggings. Onnaslnnnllu who... 11...... 1---- uuvul. uus. supmarme hoard; there is no doubt of its existence. `for coi'ns,are constantly being washed up` by the tide as tantalizing evi- dence of `the richness of `the coffers from "which they "have drifted. Tn n '....-... r.. .:_n_. A If anyone seeks for treasure .ne-ar- er home. it is` to be rou-nd not many milns `from the Lizard. in Gornwall, where they say, a Spanish .,';-ulleotn Iwith $17,000,000 in her hold lies bur- ied `under the sands and rocks where .the riqhly-fre-ighted vessel was battered to pieces by the fierce Atlantic _waves. although many companies have tried in vai:n_-to re- cover this. submarine hoard. there {g nn dnsakh .-.9 :1... A- iNot many years after the Hussar disappeared under the water ofean American river, the `sloop-of-war . De Braak went to the bottom in a gale off the Delaware Capes, tak- ing _with "her, a rich spoil of two captured Spanish galleonsi `laden with gold and gems of fabulous value, Governments and privateine vdividuals have vied wi-th each other for .0. century in the chase of these treasures; but they still remain as seductive and elusive a lure as when, Davy first laid greedy hands on them. ' i REAL ESTATE AGENTS . Manic -...'.4. 4.- n___ __ a_uu , ,-_,_--,,-_- ....,.,...-.. vv_.|.|U|l auv 1'04: UK! a rock and sank in seventy feet of water. less -than one hundred yards from the shore of the East River. For more -than it hundred yeazfs one attempt after another `has been made to snatch, rm; treasure from the deep, but-so far not even the- locker lias-_ been found. `V n V. _- ----w_-v- -VVW '_ g _ `Nopne-"has; ever `found the San , Pedro, -the_-fiye-decked `Spanish gai- leon, which sank. in the Margarita ; "clrannel off" the -Central American ;~u-ntoldf,-millions` in ..gold and `ewels to the bottom of the sea. here were "two iohests which held more then 6,000,000 in _ dovubloons: there were igoldimages and precious stones almost beyond -number. placed on board for safety, from `oatholio of treasure/co pay off"the igarrisons and Spanish warships along the Am- erican coast. In all. the'treasurep of -thesan Pedro `were valued at 13.500,000. Syndicate after syndi- cate was formed to rescue these riches from Davy Jones` clutch; for- tunes were squandered an thesearch. Many lives were sacrificed in the chase. but all to no purpose. Davy is still gloating over his doubloons, and golden images as he gloate first nearly a century ago. Then there is the Hussar, an Eng- lish man-of-.war, which sailedaway to the west in_1780. laden with gold to pay British soldiers and sailors. 1,000,000 aboard when she ran on .. ......1_ ._...n ..,,,u -coast ninetygtwo years ago. carrying. churches: and `there were millions, It issaid the Hussar had nearly a ` When Davy T~Jone` oo gets "t`rea-L` sures of gold.aa_.tel_;y into his locker he guards them. `says London "_1`it-` Bits.` m'o_re~jealoualy than Lany mere ly human miaer. ' `T- __- VI.-- -_.___ ___L .D_,,,,.I .1`! II, an, s;.. `HIE xomm A Coal 1 Mr. W-m. *'i`ayior." fiorist. .- Had. _t he confract of bni_1ding,'a_,bed ;o Vtyropioal pla.-nta on"Q1e 8.8. Saronia .__at `Oollingwood, mlqfpd -his; wa_1_'k_ xlngt-I `week. j_;-yeI.'_,al,_"l"1;_a`a' _ _'-..-v- J -qua. Do _ The sowing or spring graijn avrag-V `ed a` week or, two -earlier than usual. and the catch was gene`:-any Cllof V oesmf11I_ `Allandale -and Barrio `tried their} Btye-ngth _and skill in a 'riend.ly` :g`.amc'of tootbail Last Thursday oven-` ing on lthe grou.nda of the former. _ A spirited contest -resulted. *13_arr'.o. _aoor'.irg the only `goal in`a=mix-up; `thin: _1{o11'owod a." foul near the `Allan-` ;de1'.m._:eI 1in;._-Ab-.:!.`.~t- .t,:.-;-4'3,-- haue; raid 906918 .{3!l.0.i*?8'~d' th[m,u_tc,h. .; MI`. .11 VII 1: -.L.'.--I_ 1..-.;;_;_-p voesaful, ,_ __.. I-.. .... .u._vu,uLus an Vusulu. Scarcity or straw and corn was a drawback in feeding last wintar. The abundance of hay partially made up for it. and oats "and ,-wheat were largely fed. As a result supplies are rather short". and more farmers are grazing their `own state]: atlgan in former years. um- --_-- ,A - V - , ..--_-.,. All classes of live stock have come through the winter well._ Cattle are described as lean. but hearty. hors- es likewise. They are now picking- up on grass. after a somewhat` slim fare through the winter. Ewies have been prolific. and -lambs _ are remankgblyv strong. Swine do_ not seem to be as plenjtiful as `insual, nan Ie4u=I-;. `.43 -L-- A considerable number of q plum trees have been winter-killed. and some peach and other fruit trees. but not nearly as many as last year; Apples are not likely to be a heavy crop. Much damage to young fruit trees is being done }by eld mice. which infegt evexfy .o>ount-5'. All .I _ / gvegetat-ion in ficld and forest was hardly as far advanced as usual on May 1_0. `on account of April being a backward month. There has been. -a rapied -growth of blade and leaf, in May. however. The rye crop is reported to- be in good oo'ndition`."and the present `in- dications are that there will be a full crop of clover.` The general re- port is that new fields are par- `ticuhirly strong. the catch -last year having been most successful. Fall wheat. sown under and there has winter-killing The cold winds trying to exposed fields. but the crop has picked npewonderfully since. The `disappearance (if `the. Hessian fly is one of the most gratifying features. The outlook for the grain crop in Ontario is most promising. accondr ing to a report issued by the De partment of Agriculture. based on oonditions prevailing on May 10. Live -stock also is reported to be doing .well, and altogether the pro- spects are -tnhat the present year rwtill be a prosperous one for On.- tario farmers. vvyav vvauuu--"u..u LUU Lbllogllo T. 3. `track betweqn Altar`:-V `;7Q.a1`o.ax;d- Barrie is being; raised `cons-L 9;; l'1l"n"iI|n unlun`- ;.`.1>.r..aI. ~..=.*...._-._m--m- V 1d`?b.!y it`'lixIivY th"f3ra.'d:.7.'A:F-2..