Ross Gazette 26th February 1914 - Page 7
Ross Gazette 26th February 1914 - Page 7
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| Date | 26/02/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 26th February 1914 |
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NY , LIMITED , December 31st , 1913 . have the greatest satis- to .funds . of the entire staff , who pany as an expression of MOULLIN , one of the lad to join with the col- having been spared to in the commercial world . the Company's Consult- 1,350 after providing for 340,690 9s . 1d . , being an 1.226 0s . 4d . , which is The number of Policies the sum of £ 2,331,261 104,066 6s . 9d . xere granted during the me . The total Premiums ncrease of £ 2,481 15s . 1d . -Accident , and Employers ' g with Bonuses and out- ams previously paid , make 14s . 5d . , which show an ds , with Capital paid up , MES ROLL , Chairman . pod business men liberal ent , Mr. J. Sutcliffe , 4 , hire Teachers . FURTHER TROUBLE . on Friday that there was ity of the Herefordshire eing renewed . re the education authority ors main point - a scale of matic increases as follows : Masters . to £ 120 to £ 130 Mistresses £ 90 to £ 110 € 90 to £ 115 to £ 150 ... £ 110 to £ 130 to £ 200 ... £ 130 d upon after consultation Decie , chairman of the and Mr. Thomas , standing ational Union of Teachers . r concessions favourable to , been granted , but a serious The teachers show a ismissal of those teachers The whole ce of strikers . sen . en placed by the sub - com- education authority before the National Union of in London on Friday night . holls , the representative at esent . The salaries com- 1 education authority met e ratepayers in some dis . d at the prospective in- others the port of the teachers Trouble arises ement of imported teachers is understood , have been appointments . MINOR POINTS . ne or two minor points to re a final settlement can re was a lengthy meeting inittee on Saturday , when wn up . and this will he cial meeting of the Educa- Wednesday next . Follow- 1.be a special meeting of il , when it is hoped the is neace will be taken . schools closed . The adon- alaries , which is agreeable removed the chief har to a secrecy is observed in re- t which was drafted on s safe to assume that it e adoption of the scale of on , and possibly the re- s . teachers now on strike , s there are several mem- THE ROSS GIRLS . noon , at the close of school . assembled in the infants ' rtake of a substantial tea monse of Mr. F. S. Collins . Ross Managers , in accord- mise of the previous week . waited upon at the tables the department and a fo S : Collins and Miss Collins Following the tea an given to the children . were allowed to be pre- le to give a detailed ac- k place . that the hors , before Friday were again handed hool still remains closed , e of publication , no infor- en it will be opened has PMENTS IN THE BOYS ' ARTMENT . lonments occurred in the the last week - end . On Mr. D'Alton , one of the by the Education Authori- of the former teachers , was given a characteris- ny of the hors , who had e was leaving . On Mon- Edwards was faced with S. Collins , who was pre- ance locally , but without ing some 79 boys without of the school , endeavour- day , Mr. Edwards himself on Tuesday . Miss Panl , ed to take some of the bol where she has been n closed through epidemic . ' s Best Friend . " WICK'S POWDER . WO RESCUERS . FFOCATED IN PIT . uffocated by foul air at Colliery , Tredegar ( Mon g to the Tredegar Iron on Saturday . It is be- into difficulties and the ing to rescue him . They 6. the under - manager overman ; and . William s they did not leave the search was made , and a n at the entrance to s was full of foul air . A breathing apparatus , and found the three men ing together face down- ufflers wrapped round gh they had entered the danger , presumably to Colman Debenham . Picture Framing Of every kind done on the Premises at the Lowest Prices . 200 PATTERNS OF MOULDINGS to select from . Special attention given to the Repairing of Old Frames . A large assortment of inexpensive PRINTS , PHOTOGRAVURES , and ORIGINAL WATER - COLOURS always in stock . Gloucester - road ( opposite G.P.O. ) , SPRING SALMON . A DAY'S SPORT . ON THE WYE .. [ From the BIRMINGHAM POST . ] The fish that ascend our British salmon ROSS - ON - WYE becomes necessary to adopt strenuous fight ing tactics . Gathering a foot now , a yard then , the sportsman recovers his line , and gets nearer to his fish , bending the rod and straining the tackle well - nigh to breaking point . At last the salmon is under control . John Jones measuring the prize with his rivers in the early months of the year appeal vees . " Mawr , mawr very large , indeed ! " he cries ; adding , " Twenty pounds - thirty more strongly to the heart the angle than pounds forty pounds , in my deed . " He ob- do their congeners of autumn incursion , and trudes his gaff makes a thrust at the fish for several reasons , sentimental and prosaic . ( on somewhat totty legs ) , grazes its side , and Their advent is welcomed because it inaugur- severs the gut . Away goes the salmon ex- ates the fly - fishing season , or consummates hibiting contumelious tail the monster ! The that of the waning grayling , and also because rest is silence . these pioneers are somewhat less daedalian than the members of the rear - guard . One must not attach too much importance to the theoretic craft , cunning , artfulness , or intelligence of any finny folk . The truth is that all fishes are gifted with most acute though limited , powers of vision , particu- larly in a forward and upward direction . One very much doubts the ability of salmon to discriminate various colours and shades of colour with anything approaching to the nicety of human eyes and of the confector of flies . As for their subtlety - well , to proceed . A spring salmon does not usually in his play ( at the end of a rod and line , and in his efforts to escape ) make for rocks or for river hed , as he learns to do after some so- journing in the stream . This is noteworthy , for one would suppose that , the instinct which prompts the fish in summer and autumn would equally operate in spring . It is not that he becomes wiser and more wary with age and experience , for the old fish that has grown massive and ponderous by returning regularly to his favourite ( and pro- bably natal ) water will forget in February and in March those tactics he had practised successfully in September . Your spring salmon will not incontinently , as a rule , sink sulkily to the bottom of the river , or rush at once to the nearest boulder when feeling the steel , and smash your cast or your line , but , forgetting these manoeuvres of the year past , will play honestly and stoutly in open water in the most sportsmanlike manner . He will not go out of his way to seek the jagged stones , though if they stare him invitingly in the face , why , small blame to him if he take advantage being so permitted by the man behind the rod - of them to compass an open rupture . A LOST FISH . Let us proceed to the consideration of an actual day's fly - fishing in February for spring salmon on a great and glorious river in that part of Britain where the natives speak Eng- lish with a Cambrian , or Welsh with an English , accent - on Vaga , the River Wye , in short . The water is " right . " The ex- nert attendant savs so , and his word is , per- force , law . He selects a gandy fly - a glitter- ing confection of many colours , felicitously known as Thunder and Lightning . " leads to the pool , indicates the locality of some thing exceedingly fine and large , and snheid- ing into the grass and the solace of a pipeful of evil - smelling shag . with his shining gaff handy to his brown fist , proceeds to umpire , as it were . The angler makes a tentative cast close in shore , pays out line , throws further and further . downwards and ontwards , and covers the major part of the profound , deep , dark lakelet . Wading deeply , and advanc ing till the cold current surges up to his waist , still he casts and casts . Recumbent in oozy verdure , John Jones , the mentor , says nothing , but like the mythical parrot , probably thinks a lot . Presently he mut- ters , Fyther down , Svr ; under the perth- few paces , and hurls his tempestuous lure be- neath the bush . and cries , " Ah - h - h ! " that is , bush . " The angler steps forward a Flounce ! Splash ! There he is ! " The angler exercises a gently swift motion of the wrist , the line is taut , the rod curves , and the reel sings . John Jones THE ROSS GAZETTE THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 26 , 1914 . AGRICULTURAL NOTES . BY A PRACTICAL FARMER CANADIAN NOTES . THE SERUM TREATMENT . Those pig - breeders and dealers who have been reating their hopes for a great revival in pig - keeping on the treatment of swine fever by means of a serum or vaccine will not find much encouragement in the report on the subject just issued by the Depart . should be sown in the spring following the inquiry is not yet in sight , but it is feared that mental Committee on Swine Fever , which , of course , is a quite impartial body . The re- sults of their investigations into the use of serum treatment are " that no satisfactory evidence was obtained to show that effective immunisation by artificial methods can safely be employed , except in conjunction with isolation and restriction on movement . " Particulare are given of the experimental work in Holland , Hungary , and the United States , and the inquiries made in those countries have led the committee to the opinion that ( a ) inoculation with serum alone affords too brief immunity to be of practical value ; ( b ) every known method of vaccina- tion or simultaneous inoculation with serum and virus exposes the inoculated animal to risk and renders it infective to others ; ( c ) existing methode of inoculation do not pro- fever , though they might be serviceably em- ployed in connection with a policy of con- trol ; ( d ) further experiment is necessary with a view to finding a form of vaccination which will give active immunity to the in oculated animal without risk of further loss and dissemination of the disease . mise assistance in the eradication of swine The suc FOREIGN MEAT AS HOME GROWN . There is undoubtedly a good deal of misre- presentation in the sale of meat , and the This is one of the many victories notched British grazer and the consumer alike are in- to the enemy's score : one of the fish - im - terested in attempting to check it . measurably large , of course to which . con- fusion and not good health is drunk , for , ac- cording to John Jones , you must wet even a lost salmon . " Better luck next time ! " Now for the obverse , after dismissing the dreadful reverse . cessful prosecution by the Board of Agricul ture of a Smithfield butcher for selling chilled Argentine beef as " Scotch " has , therefore , given a good deal of satisfaction . Repeated efforts have been made to force the hands of the authorities with a view to preventing fraudulent substitution by compulsory label . KILLED BY A FLUKE . ling , marketing , or registration . But the Later in the day , and with a halo of to- question has been deemed too complicated for bacco smoke trailing behind her , a punt floats solution by legislation , and it has been con easily down stream a mile or more , travers - tended that the existing law is sufficient to ing typical bends of a singularly vagarious river . The next pool is reached . John Jones ties on a It is to be hoped , however , that the case re- deal with the case where wilful deception can be proved . But easier means for the detec- unfair Jock Scott . " Before long tion and proof of trading are un- a riparian drama somewhat similar to the doubtedly needed . foregoing , as regards its inception , is enact- ed . Again there is suddenly created a minia - ferred to , in which the defendant was fined temporary maelstrom . Something £ 20 and costs , will have a salutary effect in ture strong and heavy is hooked - a log - like levia- discouraging the permission of laxity fraud in the labelling of meat exposed in markets or shops . Let us hape it is also a sign that the Board of Agriculture are not neglectful of their duties in looking after the interests of the - home producer . A than . which tears out the line to the last few turns of the reel . A great fish - surely a Goliath leaps violently and high . very porpoise ! " exclaims the rodman . big as an eidion ( bullock ) , ach - y - fi ! " cries John Jones . " As PRIZES FOR WOOL . or I should like to call the attention of flock- masters to an item in the prize list issued by the Royal Agricultural Society in anticipation and rush of this leviathan . There is a great It is necessary to check the furious plunge fight . The angler steps from the punt into shallowish water , and follows his prey , play- ing it " for all he is worth " -if , indeed , the of their show at Shrewsbury , from June 30th fish plays not him - splashing through the water and stumbling over boulders . It is a kind of aquatic steeplechase , with a good deal of Pull devil , pull baker . " At last the fish is got close to hand , ap- " Da iawn , Syr pears to be weakening .. well done ! " cries John Jones as , entering the water , he approaches the salmon with the gaff . Alas ! there is many a ' slip- Suddenly , whilst one aching arm still sustains the rod on high , as the other reels in , the pliant , well - balanced tool springs straight again , and the fly dangles useless in the air . The hold has broken , or torn away . Horror ! agony ! But iust in the nick of time John Jones pokes forward the shining steel and thrusts it deeply into the gleaming side of the astonished and beaten fish . Saved ! Oh . good and brave Jones of the dark skin ! What a noble sixteen - pounder ! Not so deep as a bullock nor so wide as a porpoise , after all , but ' twill suffice . Thus victory is snatched at a moment of impending defeat . and a good , fresh - run spring salmon is killed by a fluke . The water is agitated , and a furrow is ploughed upwards as though there had passed a steam launch , as something strong and bulky seizes the fly and tears out the line . Our fisherman is fast in a rare good fish . and is in for a strenuous tussle . counsels care and courage , line and butt . suavity and determined resistance , all in one hurried breath . But Saxon coolness counts . for more than Celtic fire . The angler plays his fish with a due admixture of tact and valour . Just as John Jones shouts , Gwnewch iddo edeg - make him run - let him go , mister ! " the artist lowers his point to a sudden , furious salutation , and allows line to go clicking out . Whirr - r - r ! whizz - z - z ! Up the pool dashes the quarry , the line scattering the spray like the cut - water of a yacht . So far , so good . Up stream is well , and though much line is out the salmon is fairly well under control . But when the fish faces about and darts . downwards towards the rocks and the rapids -the whole volume and velocity of the river being added to his vigour and impetus - it Cadbury's B milk Chocolate taste the Cream . " to July 4th next . This is an offer of prizes to the value of £ 76 which will be given for wool of the following descriptions : Oxford Down , Shropshire , Southdown , Hampshire Down , Ryeland , Leicester , Border Leicester , Wens- leydale , Blue - faced , Kent or Romney Marsh , Cotswold , Dartmoor , Welsh Mountain ; £ 30 will also be given in five Exmoor Horn , and classes for wool from cross - bred sheep , viz .: ( 1 ) First cross between two distinct breeds of short wool ; ( 2 ) first cross between two distinct breeds of long wool ; ( 3 ) first cross of long and short wool ; ( 4 ) first cross of pure - bred sheep , of which one must be mountain or moorland ; ( 5 ) primitive British - bred sheep or first cross from them . THIEVES ON TUBE RAILWAYS . Attention is called by the railway authori- ties to the fact that the underground railways of London are at present infested by gangs of expert pickpockets engaged in the systematic robbery of travellers . This is especially the ease with the " Tubes , " where the lift system lends excellent cover to the depredations . The culprits mix with the throngs entering , or emerging from the elevators at busy periods of the day , and cleverly hustle their victims , who in the press only discover that they have been relieved of their valuables when the pickpockets have escaped . Many cases of the theft of watches , purses , and other articles have lately occurred , and the public are warned to keep a guard over their possessions when in the trains or lifts . DEATH OF LORD CANTERBURY , Viscount Canterbury has died , after a long illness , at The Old Hall , Seething , Norfolk . He was born in 1839 , and succeeded his father , the third Viscount , in 1877. Viscount Canter the development of white clover ; very orten there is apparently none at all in the unim- proved pasture . The explanation is that plants are usually present , but as they are ( FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT . ) very small and dwarfed by unfavourable con- ditions they are quite concealed from casual botice by a coarse growth of bent or other grass . MONTREAL , February 11th . Occasionally , however , it may happen that The whole Province has been stirred by the there are none of these small , suppressed melodramatic graft inquiry in the Provincial plants present , in which case the slag cannot House . It is the chief topic of conversation on exert its effect . Such a case is rare , but if the streets , and the papers are printing columns a little wild white clover seed giving the proceedings in detail . The end of the it does occur application of the manure ; 2lb . or 3lb . per before the inquiry is concluded the scandal will acre , would be sufficient , and to give it a have incioased in magnitude . While everyone chance of germination it should be sown regrets the unenviable notoriety the cabled reports fairly early , and the ground thoroughly har of the investigation are bound to give to the rowed before sowing , and well rolled afterwards . Provincial Legislature , there is also universal basic slag , if taken even in small quantities , feeling that it is much better to probe deep and may be highly injurious to stock ; it may , over and allowed to spread . The three members remove the corruption than to allow it to be glossed therefore , be observed that there is no dan- ger of special injury resulting from the con- nocused of having taken bribes for the passage of sumption of small quantities . It is , however , " dummy " Bill have resigned their seats in the advisable to wait until heavy shower has Legislature . After the provincial proceedings are washed most of the elag off the herbage ended , and if the accused members are found before turning stock into the pasture . guilty , criminal action will then be taken . Wool - buyers are often complaining that this important product is badly marketed . This competition aims to instruct farmers in the way of appealing more successfully to - buyers , and it is to be hoped that an exceptionally large number of sheep farmers will enter this year . Not all can win prizes , but those who fail may gain more than prizes if , as a result of the contest and of their inspection of the successful exhibits , they market their wool in better condition in future . Entries for these wool classes must be made by Saturday , May 30th , addressed to the Secretary , at 16 , Bedford - square , London , W.C. " HOME - GROWN AND IMPORTED FOODS . The importance of keeping a close watch upon the fluctuations of the market was well demonstrated by some experiments held under the auspices of the Irish Department of Agri- culture . These concerned the feeding of cattle and on grass indoors respectively , home- grown concentrated foods being compared with imported foods of a like description . In both cases the mixture of home - grown pro- ducts consisted of one part wheat meal , one and a - half part barley meal , and two parts ground oats , and that of imported foods of part decorticated cotton cake and two parts maize meal . one The cattle on grass gave slightly the better return on the home - grown foods , the average daily , gain being about lb. per head greater , and the cost of production per hundredweight live weight increase 4d . less than in the case of the cattle fed on imported foods . On the other hand , with the stall - fed cattle the posi- tions were reversed , the animals fed with im- ported stuffs giving 1-10lb . per head greater daily average gain , and a saving of 1s . Id . per hundredweight live weight increase in the cost of production . Allowing for the natural error in all experi- ments with live stock , the differences are so small , however , that the selling price of the bury married , in 1872 , Amye , only daughter home - grown and the purchase price of the im- ported foodstuffs must largely determine the of the late Hon . Frederick Walpole and sister selection of the concentrated rations that , will by his son , the Hon . Henry Frederick Wal- pole Manners - Sutton . of the present Earl of Orford . He drink wat give the most profitable return either on the The " Ross Gazette " Year Book , 1914 . Price 2d . A welcome companion in every home . - Advt . Nichols & Sons , BROOK Engineers and Machinists , Iron and Brass Founders , can Repair your Engines and Boilers , Chaff Cutters , Pulpers , Drills , Rolls , Ploughs , Mowing Machines , & c , & c Forging of every description . ROLLS FROM £ 5 . FOUNDRY , ROSS . The idea is sometimes entertained that BENGER'S FOOD is universally recommended by medical men . For use during illness and convalescence . For weakly infants and over- growing children . As a supplementary food in malnutrition , and for all cases of dyspepsia . and impaired digestion . BENGERS Food For INFANTS , INVALIDS and the AGED , is comforting when other foods cause pain . It is the most easily digested of all foods , but is not pre - digested . Benger's Food is sold by Chemists , etc perywhere . BENGER'S FOOD , Ltd. Manchester , Eng Branch Opices- NEW YORK ( U.S.A. ) g , William Street . SYDNEY NSW . ) 117 , Pit strert , Canadian Agenti - National Irug and Cherical Co. , Ltd. , 34 , St.Gabriel B. Montreal , and Branches throughout Cada 188 MARKETS . CORN . Ross , Thursday Small attendance . Eng- lish wheat is slightly dearer , with few sam- ples offering . Barley unchanged . Oats weaker . Wheat , white , 4s . to 4s . 1d .; wheat , red . , 4s . to 4s . 1d .; barley , malting , 268. to 84s .; barley , grinding , 22s , to 23s . 6d . ; oats , white , 20s . to 24s .; oats , black , 198. to 228 .; peas , 4s . 1d . to 4s . 2d .; beans , 4s . 1d . to 4s . 2d .; hay , 45s . to 55s .; straw , 45s . clover , 47s . 6d . to 55s . pastures or in the sheds . Any hard - and - fast method of feeding is bound , therefore , to be less profitable than a dietary adapted to the market . London , Monday . At Mark Lane a good attendance , and a better trade passing at advanced rates . English wheats held for full prices , whites , 388. to 35s . 6d , and reds , 82s . 6d . to 35s . Foreign qualities 3d . to 6d . London Households 26s . Bd . ex mill . Maize , over last prices . Flour fully maintained , 8d . to 6d . dearer . Barley quietly steady . Oats in better demand and higher prices . Beans and peas quiet . SPECIAL Offals tend easier . RMERS UNION EPORT . ( This is a Farmer's report for Farmers , etc. , and records the actual impressions and ex periences of Farmers in the several De partments of Hereford Market . ) FIRE HORSES ' TREAT . It is a relief to turn from the lengthy reports of the graft charges to the account of a gift to the horses of the Montreal Fire Brigade . Through the kindness of a lover of the horses , each horse in the department is to receive a big rosy apple . The donor of the apples prefers to remain unknown . He , however , volunteered the informa- tion that his life would have been lost in one of the recent fires , but for the quickness of the fire horses in getting to the soone . The unusual request was promptly complied with and each gallant steed was presented with the biggest apple the firemen could find in the market . Hereford , Wednesday . The market to - day was well attended , and trade was brisk throughout . CATTLE . The case of Geralamo Fatsari , the Italian who was recently liberated from St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary , after serving five years of a fifteen year sentence for a crime of which he was inno- cent , has been brought to the attention of the House at Ottawa . When pardoned the man was penniless and ill , and among strangers . He was taken care of by the lawyer who had defended him at the original trial , and who had been instru- mental in convincing the authorities of his inno- cence . The Honourable Mr. Lemieux , who brought the matter up , claimed that the Government should make some compensation for the injury that had been done the man . The Hon . Mr. Doherty , Minister of Justice , spoke sympatheti- cally in regard to the case . Mr. Doherty pointed out that since the miscarriage of justice had occurred in Quebeo Province , that Province should do something to recompense Fatsari for the injury he had received at the hands of justice . A • " BIG " JACK FROM THE NORTH . Among the throng of well - dressed men and women in the roten la of the Windsor Hotel here , the figure of " Big Jack Macdonald who has come down from the Yukon to take a look at Montreal , after having been up in the gold country for 16 years , stands out from all others . Originally from Glengarry , " Big " Jack joined the great rush to the Klondyke in 1897 , and has been up North ever since . He has camped on spots where millions in gold were afterwards taken out , has owned mines of his own , has been in the transport business , has won laurels in the great northern dog race and is a real figure from a Jack London or Robert Bervice story . " I got kind of lonesome to see the East again , " said Mr. MacDonald in an interview . New Year is the time we think of old associa tions and to - morrow I will be back in Glengarry among many old school chums . " Hard times did not drive me down , for this is one of the busiest winters the Yukon has seen . SHAWS COCOA THE VERY BEST TRADE Pure Soluble COCOA REGISTERED MARK SHAW BROTHERS , LONDON . LIVERPOOL & BRISTOL FACSIMILE OF TIN FACSIMILE OF TIN ld 412 PER 4 lb.TIN ! AGENTS EVERYWHERE THE INDIA AND CHINA TEA COMPANY , GROCERS AND PROVISION MERCHANTS ; WINE SPIRITS , AND BEER DEALERS . Local Branch - 33 , HIGH STREET , ROSS . Orders sent by Post receive special attention . ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF HALF - A - CENTURY , Alton Court Brewery Co. ROSS , ( LIMITED ) BREWERS , MALTSTERS , AND MINERAL WATER MANUFACTURERS . FAMILY ALES AND STOUT BREWED FROM LOCAL BARLEY MALT AND HOPS . Retailed Price List on application . I came down the famous White Pass and Yukon route from Dawson . As things go here in the East you would consider this expensive travel , for it runs to $ 150 for a 330 mile journey . It is a four - horse stage line carrying passengers , mail and watering moderately : wh the others , after express , and takes five to six days for the trip , THE WEEKS GARDENING . their flowers fade , must be taken out of the with relays of fresh horses every 20 miles . You water and potted in any light soil , and stop at road houses for the night with meals at Lilac bushes which have not done well in similarly treated . If the leaves die down it $ 1.50 to $ 5.00 a throw and beds extra . will not matter . recent years may be improved , by root - prun- the garden borders , where in time they will In May plant all out in " It's good to see the East again , but when be back to the old spot . " navigation opens in June on the Yukon River I'lling , which will often induce the bushes to recover , though it is not likely that they flower . Where a lot of sucker shoots have will give the best results again LIVELY AT NINETY - ONE . Montreal's " livest " nonogenarian celebrated his 91st birthday at his home at 17 , St. Luke- street , in the person of Fred Jones . When about to be interviewed , Mr. Jones jumped up out of his chair like a boy , and later on , when asked for a photograph , went off upstairs after it with no trace of stiffness . Mr. Jones came to Canada in 1842 , on the Bailing vessel Robert Bruce , out of Bristol , which took a month to accomplish the voyage . A native of Hereford , England , where he was born February 4th , 1823 , Mr. Jones still retains a typical English speech , and is just as fond of his There was a larger supply of store cattle , mother - country , which he has visited several times which sold off very well . since his sojourn in Canada , as when he first left BEEF . A moderate supply of beef , for which trade was again very firm , best beef making from 40s . to 42a . per cwt . , live weight . Best teg mutton , 9d . to 10d . per lb. ties , 6d . to 7 d . per lb. Fat calves , 10d . to 11d . per lb. SHEEP . Moderate supply , store sheep very dear . Fat sheep much better trade . Best leg mutton , 9d . to 10d . per lb. Wether mutton , 8d . to 9d . per lb. Other qualities , 7d . to 8 d . per lb. PIGS . A good supply . Stores very dear . Porks and bacons in good demand . Porks , 7d . to 8d . per lb. Small bacons , 6d . to 7d . per lb. Heavyweight bacons , 5d . to 6d . per lb. CORN . her . grown from the base , they must be cut out so as to leave the bushes nice , and open . It is also a good plan to thin out some of the thin , inside shoods , in order that all vigour may go to the perfecting of the buds on the principal branches . Mild weather causes the grass on lawns to grow rapidly , and if left until spring , not only is the appearance bad , but the work is doubly hard to carry out , and the mowing machine is certainly not improved in this way . It is better to attend to the matter now , choosing a mild day when the ground is not too wet for the purpose . If the edges are also trimmed , quite a neat appearance will be the result , and the work will probably not require repeating for another month . The mowing machine should receive its annual overhauling " The In sowing auricula seed use well - drained pots and the ordinary potting soil of loam , leaf - soil , and sand , with some charcoal added the pots to a cool greenhouse or a frame , to prevent sourness . Sow thinly , and remove covering each pot with a sheet of glass plants are quite hardy , so that coddling is to be avoided always . The auricula germinates very irregularly , and therefore the seedlings should be transferred to boxes as they be come ready , without disturbing the soil of the seed pots more than can be helped . Owing to the disease affecting hollyhocke for many years past , the method of propaga ting them by cuttings has almost died out . The best way to ensure a good display of Rowers is to treat the plants as biennials , sow the seeds in September , and winter the young plants in a clean cold . pit . By this means a Old pansy plants which have resumed good display of early flowers may be obtained . growths should now have their decaying parts . But good results may also be had by sowing and long , weakly shoots removed . The sur- now and placing the pans or boxes over gentle now . AN EARTHLY PARADISE , The manufacture , sale and importation of cigarettes in Canada will be absolutely prohibited , if Mr. Andrew Broder , M.P. for Dundas , has his way . He has given notice of a resolution to this effect in the House of Commons , Ottawa , and face of the ground should be stirred , and bottom - heat . As soon as the seedlings are .. if it passes , a Bill , based upon it , will be brought thriving shoots pegged down at equal dis- large enough to handle , they should be potted in . This procedure is necessary , inasmuch as the tances apart in such manner as only to expose into 3in . pots and grown in a pit with a tem- revenues are affected . Mr. Broder was urged by a number of women's organisations to bring in the measure by reason of the abnormal increase in the consumption of cigarettes , and the contention that they are menace to the health of the consumers . What with Ontario gone " dry , " the gay cabarete closed in Montreal and the abolition of cigarettes , Canada will soon be an earthly paradise . Then will the common greeting among men and women alike be not " Is my hat on straight ? " but " Is my halo on straight ? " WOMEN POLICE . . two or three inches of their ends . Pansy seed perature of 60deg . and quite near the roof glass . may , if desired , be sown now in the open ground . The seedlings will probably need to be transferred to a somewhat shadier place when large enough . 802 the soon as the Preparatione for 8 first crop of broad beans may now be made by sowing seed in & warm , sunny spot when the condition of the soil and weather is favourable . Sow in Old roots of ceannas which have been stored drills 2ft . asunder and 3ft . deep . Another since the autumn should be cut up into small sowing of the same sort may be made a little pieces , and potted up in sizes just sufficient later for a successional erop to contain the roots . Any warm house , or a hotbed , will do to start them into fresh The parsnip crop occupies the ground growth , and when the weather gets suffi- A quiet market , with prices practically un- ciently mild they may be hardened off and longer than any other garden root , and loves & deep , moist soil , so for this reason placed in a cold frame , where they will make lowest - lying corner of the kitchen garden is changed . fine plants for putting out in the flower gar- utilised , and the seed sown as Oats , per 40lbs . , 2s . 6d . to Ss . Malting bar- Wheat , per 62lbs .. 3s . 11d . to 4s . Old . The policeman's lot may not be a happy one , den at the beginning of June . A stock may soil can be worked . Or small breadtha can ley , per 56lbs . , 3s . to 4s . Grinding barley , but there are some who wish its miseries shared also be grown for flowering in pots . Those be sown at intervals until the end of May , and then a sufficient quantity sown to fur- per 56lbs . , 38. to 3a . 6d . Beans , per 65lbs . , by the ladies . As a result , Montreal may have with single crowns may be flowered in 6in . 4s . to 4s . 2d . women police officers or lady detectives , if that pots ; but plants with several crowns will re- nish the winter's requirements . Whilst the is the title conferred upon the proposed new quire larger pots . HAY TRADE . parsnip delights in a deeply - dug soil it is well to guard against the mistake of infer Quotations are for good quality in stack , class of officers . A deputation of the leading Begonias oan now be started from tubers ring that a rich soil is naturally the most members of women's and charitable organisations seller to deliver on rail Best hay , 50s . to 55s . per ton . Second has waited on the Board of Control , and laid a by packing them in a box of damp fibre , their suitable ; true , a poor soil , no matter how topp just level with the surface . Support the deep , will not grow first - class parsnips , but quality , 45s . to 50s , per ton . Clovers , 50s . petition before them . It was pointed out that the lady officers would box over hotwater pipes by means of a couple an over - rich soil produces coarse roots . to 55s . per ton . Wheat straw . 456. per ton . not usurp the authority or place of the present of bricks . The fibre must never be allowed to constables . Their province would be almost anget dry , but it must not be very wet , or the In the early spring the roots of parsnips tirely with the girls and young women , their tubers will decay . If they are lightly sprayed work being preventative rather than punitive , onge or twice a day the moisture will soften which are still in the ground should be lifted as soon as their tops show the slightest sign MAYONNAISE SAUCE . - Put the raw yolks of The women police would patrol the streets , keep the skin and enable the buds to break more of activity , and stored in as cool a place as been issued by the Board of Agriculture , two eggs into a basin . Add to them about half ing a sharp lookout for girls who were in danger . readily . can be found ; a covering of soil or , better basie slag does not act on the grasses of a a teaspoonful of salt , a quarter of a teaspoonful It was suggested , too , that there was a wide Then they should be carefully lifted out . still , sand will protect them from the weather . pasture directly , but indirectly , by first en- of pepper , and made mustard . Now add slowly , felde for women officers around the " stations couraging a strong growth of white clover a few drops at a time , about half a pint of salad and wharves field that the present social with any fibre adhering to the roots , and transferred to small pots filled with eandy and leguminous plants , which in their turn oil . Stir it one way with a wooden spoon . workers who had no legal status could not fill . Tomato seedlings quickly become drawn and loam and leaf - mould . When very thick , thinning with a little vinegar In an unheated house weakened if allowed to remain in the seed pot enrich and improve the soil in different ways . This growth of white . sauce . an excellent flavour . The the best thing to do with them is to sink them very long , therefore pot them off as soon as clover is most gives the amount of vinegar used depends greatly on the to their rims in boxes of fibre . and to cover they have formed a true leaf . Give each plant readily brought about when the pasture is in the boxes with glass in the afternoon while a 3 - in . pot , and place them so that the soil a poor , unimproved condition , as then the taste of those who are to partake of it , and also the house is still fairly warm . clover has room to develop , and meets with if the sauce is required very thick or otherwise . comparatively little competition . " ANGELA ON HORSEBACK . " Také twelve oysters , twelve thin pieces of bacon , twelve BASIC SLAG AND WHITE CLOVER . In ordinary manuring the most economical system is to give repeated applications of comparatively small quantities rather than large dressings at one particular time ; the case of slag applied to grass land , however , is usually different . As is pointed out in a leaflet on the subject which has just The aim PRACTICAL RECIPES . should therefore be to get the maximum rounds of growth of white clover at once , and it is ad iuice . fried bread , cayenne , a little lemon- NAATS HEARSON ONTARIO in the land of golden CANADA virgin opportunities , for what British farmers pay in rent . A week from Liverpool Dairying cattle raising , fruit market Grand housands of acres in peaches Ideal social Government guarantees bands and domestics situations . Good wages natural resources await Investors Weite B. REID , Outario Government Agent , Strand , London arrell LIFE'S TRIVIALITIES . Fine , dust - like seed is easily wasted when sown . It is often buried with soil , with the result that it is impossible for the growth to come through the soil , owing to its reserve of vitality and food supply being so small . Very fine seeds are better not covered with soil at all , but simply kept dark and moist until they have germinated , gradually inuring them to more air and light as they progress . It in . a good plan to divide the seed into two lots , and make two distinct sowings , under alightly different conditions , so that if the first fails there are still plenty of seedlings to fall back on . 4 Sluge arely do any damage to plants in Beard and trim each oyster , then put visable to try a comparatively large dressing them and their liquor into a saucepan , bring of slag ( say , from Tewt . to 10ewt . per acre , them to the boil , and then strain them . Cut the according to quality ) at the outset , rather alices of bacon very thin about 2in . long by than a moderate quantity with the intention in . wide . Place an oyster on each piece of of repeating the dressing in two or three bacon , sprinkle on it a little cayenne and lemon- Surprise is frequently expressed at iuice , then roll it up in the bacon . Lay the roll on a small pound of fried bread , put on a bak ing - tin in a quick oven , and cook till the bacon is a nice pale - brown colour . Then serve very bot STUFFED POTATOES . - Wash and bake two or more large potatoes in their " jackets . " Try them with skewer . If soft , cut off the top of each , scoop out all the inside with a teaspoon . Mash the potato you have scooped out , add to Tiny mica flakes have built up the Matter- each tablespoonful half a tablespoonful of horn , and the minute acts of life , after all , by frames which are placed on a thick layer of chopped tongue , half a teaspoonful of chopped their multiplicity , make life to be what it is . ahes , made very firm , and also surrounded paraley , piece of butter the size of a walnut , Sand is heavy , " says this wise Book of Pro- by ashes firmed by constant treading . The and a good dust of pepper and salt . If liked , verbs . The aggregation of the minutest grains , frames in a frame - yard , where ashes in a one well - beaten egg may be added also . Now singly so light that they would not affect the thick layer cover the ground . are practically carefully refill the skins Rebake till very hot . most delicate balance , weighs upon us with free from lugs , but wher add frames are weight den the sluge CHRAM SALAD DRESSING . - A cream salad life . " them . dressing that is most delicious calls for the yolks of two hard - boiled eggs worked to a paste , using a wooden spoon and moistening with the yolk of an egg beaten smooth ; add at the same time salt and pepper , then tablespoonful of The " Ross Gazette " Year Book , 1914. be thrown away althou melted butter , a gill of thick cream , and two Price 2d . A welcome companion in every culture next season . Ke tablespoonfuls of vinegar . - Mark Lane Espress been forced growing stead INCUBATOR for 5 / - a year ! A 60 - Egg Hearson costs 25 86 complete and carriage paid , and will hatch every fer tile egg for upwards of 25 years , therefore the initial outlay works out at less than 5 / - per annum ; thus it is the poultry rearer's most profitable investment . May we send you a free copy of " The Prob lem Solved , " which is published at 1- Proprietors : SPRATT'S PATENT LTD .. 24-25 , Fenchurch St. , London , E.C. Serve . heavy , as frost , and deep almost as placed on horders in th : The mystic significance of the trivialities will soon attack the pla of life is that in them we largely make destiny , that in them we wholly make character . home . - Advt . Bulbs which have bee grown in bov ! rlass . reaches nearly to the seed leaves . Shade for a time , and then grow on close to the glass in the greenhouse . THE WEEK'S WORK . Repot aspidistras .. Prune and nail up yellow jasmine . Thin out crowded shrubberies . Sow sweet peas on dry , sheltered borders . Plant out delphiniums in well - dug borders . Bow dwarf beans in pots . Sow celery in boxes on a hotbed . Prick off onions sown a month ago . Plant autumn - fruiting raspberries . Complete putting in currant and gooseberry cuttings . HIGH - CLASS NOTE PAPERS at lowest prices . d in pote or Largest and choicest stock in the district to ater need not select from at the " Gazette " Office . - Advt . s for similar THE LATEST NOVELS may be obtained from a cpol house , the " Gazette " Office . - Advt . je which have |