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SITUATED IN THE CENTRE OF A 3iTOTE3D FOI^ HER MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE, AND FOR THE PROGRESSIVE CUaRACTBR OF HER PEOPLE. i' 'A I— I III Eh O O M H H M Eh 5^ Eh O ll o ^preface. ii o o M H H M J^ ^^HE following necessarily condensed sketcl. of Brantford, and the f 11^ characteristics of that section of Ontario in which it lies, was ^ prepared by direction of the City Council and Board of Trade, and compiled by Mr. William Watt, jr., the Secretary of the latter Board, and we certify to its general correctness, and the careful collocation of its facts. Detailed statistics in any particular line, or any further infw-mation will be cheerfully supplied on application to the Secretary of the Board of Trade, or to either of the undersigned. (Signed), CHARLES B. HEYD, Mayor of Brantford. (Signed), GEORGE H. WILKES, President Board of Trade. (Signed), JAMES KERR OSBORNE, Chairman Com. on Colonial Exhibition. Press of WATT & SHENSTOF, BRANTFORD, CANADA. 1886. ©it^ ©fficIafA, 1SS6. Mayor— Clifu-los B. Heyd ; Ai.dermrv — .Tohii Brown, Arthur K. Bunnell, A. Haniuj^'tou, Wni. T. Harris, M.D., S. Hewitt, Thos. Potts, 8, G. Read, B. H. Rothwell, Win. Sloan, Adam Spence, J. R. Vanfleet, Win. Whitakei-, .S. Wliitakcr, W. T. Wickliam and George W. Williams. City Clerk -J as. Woodyatt ; Trkasurkr — James Wilkes ; Solici- tors — Hardy, vV^ilkes it Jones; Police Macjistrate— James Weyms ; Chief of Police John J. Vau^^han ; Chief Engineer Fire Brigade — John McCann. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE BOARD. D. Leslie Philip M.D., Chairman ; H. B. Leemini^, Thos. Woodyatt, Jas. W. Di^rby, M.D., H. MeK. Wilson, Q.C, J. K. Oslwrne, Joseph Quinlan. C. L. Daniel, Secretary. PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD. E. Grirtin, M. D., Chairman ; Wm. Grant, Thos. McLean, S. M. Thomson, John Elliott, J. S. Hamilton, Thos. Elliott, A. P. Tipson, Jos, Elliott, R. Ballantyne. E. D. Passmore, Secretary. SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD. Rev. J. E. Criniou, Chairman ; Arthur Savage, Joseph Quinlan, Wm. Fleming, Andrew Nelson, M. Quinlivan, P. Haffie, Andrew Quin- lan, W. D. Cantillon, John Ryan, Secretary. FREE LIBRARY BOARD. Rev. Wm. Cochrane, D.D., Chairman ; Rev. P. Lennon, Rev. Canon Mackenzie, M. J. Kelly, M. D., LL.B., Inspector Public Schools, Wm. Watt, Jas. Woodyatt, Lt.-Col. Chas. S. Jones, D. Hawkins. Jas, Horning, Secretary. JOHN H. STRATFORD HOSPITAL. Governors — John H. Stratford, President ; Jas. W. Digby, M.D., Mayor Heyd, Aid. W. T. Harris, M. D,, Aid. A, K. Bunnell, D, Burt, Warden of the County, Allen Cleghorn, Secretary, r (Svo^erame^t ©fficiaPx*>. Representative in the Dominion House of Commons, Wm, Paterson, M.P. ; Representative in the Legislature of Ontario, Hon, A, S, Hardy, Q,C. ; County Judge, Stephen J. Jones ; Sheriff*, Wm, J, Scarfe ; Regis- trar, Thos. S. Sheiiston ; County Attorney and Clerk of the Peace, G. R. VanNorman, Q. C. ; Clerk of the Crown, W. Rubidge ; Inspector of Schools, M. J. Kelly, M. D., LL, B. ; Postmaster, A. D. Clement ; Collec- tor of Customs, H. B, Leeming ; Collector of Inland Re^ enue, John Spence, rthur K. )s. Potts, Vanfleet, Williania. ; SoLlCl- Weyms ; KIOADE — Voodyatt, B, Joseph ONTARIO, CANADA. m, S. M. pson, Jos. Quinlan, rew Quin- ev. Canon )ols, Wm. . Horning, ;by, M.D., D. Burt, . Paterson, S. Hardy, rfe; Regis- Bace, G. R. ispector of nt ; CoUec- ihu Spence. ^'Kc Garden of (Ontario. Though boasting no baronial halls, Nor ivy-crested towers ; What past can match thy glorious youth, Fair Canada of ours. — Edgar. iIND reader, take, if at hand, a map of North America, and follow the coui-se of tlie mighty St. Ljiwrence from the ocean, until it merges in the greatest system of fresh water lakes the world can produce ;— or, commencing at New York, or .-ny other of the northern ports, trace the iron band of conmierce, as it stretches toward the setting sun to tap the fertile valleys of the fruitful „ .... Either course will bring tef ore the eye the peninsula lying between Lakes Ontario, Erie and Huron-a portion of the Canadian Dominion, and the garden of its premier province, Ontario. Here we would locate you for a moment, and seek to make you familiar with its characteristics, its government, its prospects, and its people. Jutting down into the United States, on the same parallel as Boston, and on the same isothermal as New York, it lies further to the south, and enjoys a more genial and equable climate than is tlie prevailing impression mmtmumm CITY OP HHANTFOHD, CANADA. ft H < w h" W W P5 H cc p^ o w o o !> in regard to Canadu. Possessing a fruitful soil, fertile and well watered, the heat of summer softened and the rigors of winter mitigated by the vicinity of the great Lakes, few spots of earth otter more fa\orable con- ditions to the husl)andman, or more sul)stantial advantages for a life of comfort, health and iiuU^pendence, condjined with honest industry. No finer situation for grain, garden, fruit or catth- farms can be found than in the district in which Brantford is located. With the po.ssession of all tho.se characteri.stics which best plea.se the agriculturist, there is also much that is beautiful by way f)f natural .scenery. With every variety of soil every variety of crop is possible, and all branches of agriculture flourish. At Bow Park, witliin three miles of Brantford, on a thousand acres of the finest pasture land, surrour:led by the winding Cirand Kiver, is to be found one of the best and largest herds of sliortliorns in the world. The com- fortable homesteads, the ample barns, the protitable oix-hai'ds and well-kept farms which dot every townshij), occupied and owned by those who com- menced life with nothing but })rave hea-'ts and stout liands, bear witness to propitious surroundings. The summer sea.son with skies of Italian beauty, and radiant, temperate sunshine, refreslied by copious showers, lasts from the beginning of May till the end of Septendjer. Wheat, bar- ley, corn and maize are staple crops, and apples, peaches, plums, water melons, tomatoes, grapes, and all tlie standard English fruits and vegeta- bles grow in abundar.ce and ripen to perfection. The winters, too, ai-e milil, oarely covering three months, wnile extremes of temperature are unubual. The winter days are bright and plea.sant, and niucii longer than in Britain. And the Canadian autumn is celebrj)*^ d. denial warmth and peasant nights, the sun shining in soft and mellow radiance through the faint pui-ple mist, while the forest and the hnuUcape take on that brilliancy of color — that flashing in crimson, pink, yellow, grten and gold — which charms the eye and gratifies and enriches the fancy. It is a climate, indeed, which, as the months go by, bestows not only all the bless- ings of liealtli upon man, but is ;.>? productive of typical beauty in woman. It corresponds in summer to that oi northern Italy or southern France, wliile the winter closely resembles that of Roumania or Hungary. And the land we live in is " home " to tlie native of Great Britain as far as his associations and surroundings are concerned. It is within easy reach of the great American cities, half way between New York and Chicago, and but ten days from the " old country," — a mere holiday trip for the pushing Canadian, who has kept his eyes open and his brain cool for a few years. It is pre-eminently a land of free institutions — free land, free schools, free churches, and a free vote. There is no re.striction in the sale of land. Good farms can be obtained in the vicinity of Brantford for CITY OF UHANTFOUD, CANADA. from $30 {M) to !?yO (£18) per acre, or rented at from 62.50 to .$4.00 per acre. Every city, town and township manages its own local affairs by representatives elected by the ratepayers under the provisions of ^he Muni- cipal 'Institutions Act. Every young man earning wages, and every fa.-mer's son, living on the farm, possesses the franchise, and lias an equal vote with the wealthiest, not only in municipal affairs, but in the wider Held of Provincial and Dominion politics. And these privileges are ac- companied by all the personal protection and safety which a British .system of jurisprudence can ensure. II I -.c>.^^^^^^^--^— JOHN H. STRATFORD HOSPITAL. COURT HOUSE. IT f njescriptive. jy "Thou darling town of ours." • — EJHERSON. E DO not introduce Brantfoud to the reader as a great metro- politan city. It is ratlier a quiet commercial and manufacturing town, and contains something over tv/elve thousand inhabitants. It is the county seat and situated in tlie centre of Brant county, which is about twenty miles square, with a population ap- proaching forty thousand. It is distant from the western point of Lake Ontario, twenty-iive miles — from Lake Erie, thirty miles, and from Buffalo and Niagara Falls, eighty miles. Nestling on the bluff which skirts the north bank of the beautiful and meandering Grand River, it possesses line views over the large extent of country which forms its valley. The appearance of *he city itself strikes the eye of the stranger attract- ively. The public buildings, business houses, and residences are largely built of the fine white brick which is peculiar to the locality, being manu- factured adjacent to the city, while the residence streets are of good width and generally boulevarded, and well adorned with shade trees. The two or three small parks which it possesses are also kept in lawn, walks, shade trees, and flower beds, — Victoria Square, upon which faces the Court House, four fine churches, and two substantial Bank buildings, being espe- cially attractive during the summer months. Much taste is also displayed in the style and architectural beauty of private dwellings, as in the appear- ance of the well-trimmed lawns and gardens which surround them. The city is Ij^lited throughout with gas and electric light, has a fine system of v/ater works (on the Holly plan), an efficient fire department, an extensive telephone system, and all tlie modern improvements which American cities are not slow to adopt. Pfofessor Graham Bell, the inventor of the tele- ,t nietro- acturing abitants, b county, Ition ap- ern point liles, and ufF which River, it ts valley. r attract- 'e largely iig manu- )od width The two ks, shade he Court eing espe- displayed le appear- em. Tlie system of extensive can cities : the tele- BRANTFORD POST-OFFICE. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. n phone, it might be mentioned, was for some years, a resident, and here it was »vhere he made his first experiments and developed the now world" wide telephone. From this circumstance, Brantford is very frequently styled " The Telephone City." It is rated at about four million dollars for real pi'operty tuid personalty, the taxes from year to year being about a cent and a-half on the dollar of assessed value. A noted market for all the rich surrounding agricultural district, it is the centre for not a few wholesale houses in different lines ; while as a manufac- turing town, especially in agricultural implements, its business covers a much wider and more extended field than any other place, even of much larger size. In addition to the output of the large railway machine works, its engines, agricultural and other, its sawmills, its binders and reapers, its plows, drills, seeders, sulky rakes, cultivators, threshing machines, stoves, stoneware, starch, tine leathers, soaps, varnish, flour, vinegar, cigars, confectionery, carriages, cutters, spring beds, blankets, cotton, wincey, and other manufactured products find a profitable market, not only at home, but in distant fields. Among leading industries requiring for the most part skilled labor, are Binder and Mower works, emploj-ing 260 men ; Engine Works, employing 200 men ; Agricultural Implement works (drills, cultivators, spring tooth harrows, sulky rakes, etc.,) employing over 100 men ; Stove Works, employing 150 men ; Plow Works, employing 50 men ; Refrigerator, Fanning Mill and Apiarian Supply Factory, requiring 25 men ; Threshing Machine Factory, a new industry, employing 20 men, and doing a business of $10,000 the first year, which will be increased to $20,000 this year ; One Flour Mill, which turns out 40,000 barrels, valued at $200,000 annually ; Starch Factory, with an output of $130,000 worth per annum, it being one of two in Canada ; Biscuit and Confectionery Works, witli an output of $225,000 per annum ; Stoneware Works, manufacturing $20,000 worth of a superior class of ware, annually ; Soap Works, one of the largest in Canada, with a capacity of 1,000 boxes a week, and finding a market in every province of the Dominion ; A Vinegar Factory, with an output of 100,000 gallons of malted vinegars, per annum ; A Cotton Mill, with 10,000 spindles, and an output of 3,000,000 yards per annum ; a Wincey Factory, almost as extensive ; and a Blanket Fac- tory, with products of a finer quality than any other in the country. These manufactories are old and well established, carried on by solid and sub- stantial men, who have grown up with the country and understa'id its requirements thoroughly. The shipping facilities are also of the best, thq city being on one of the through lines, and having short connections with others, north and south, and direct communication with all the local lines tapping the outlying districts. Its monied interests are cared for by four CITY OF BRANTFORD, CANADA. 13 of the permanent chartered Banks of the country and two successful Loan institutions managed by local capital, while its co nraercial interests are watched over by an active Board of Trade with about a hundred members. The Press is represented by three daily and three weekly newspapers, which furnish the latest telegraphic and general news, and devote as well much attention to local events and matters of current public interest. The Public Buildings, views of a number of which will be found in this pamphlet, are of the substantial order, and well suited to their require- ments. The Court House and County buildings occupy a square opposite Victoria Park, and cost $50,000. The Government Post-Office, Customs, and Inland Revenue is a solid structure costing another $50,000. The City buildings comprise the Market, City Hall and municipal offices, in the centre of Market square, and the Police Station and Fire Department in a separate building in another quarter. The Y. M. C. A. building, of fine architectural proportions, containing stores, lecture hall, reading room, parlors, &c., cost $20,000. The John H. Stratford Hospital, a handsome structure standing on a plateau overlooking the city, with first-class accom- modation for fifty patients, and where the physicians of the city give their services gratuitously to those unable to afford medical attendance, was donated to the city, together with the seven acres on which it stands, by the gentleman whose name it bears, at a cost of $25,000. Stratford's Opera House is most complete and handsome in all its appointments, seat- ing an audience of a thousand. The Widows' Home and the Orphans' Home are charitable institutions, sustained by private liberality. Lome Bridge, across the Grand river, may also be mentioned. It is a wrought iron Whipple truss bridge 204 feet long and 34 feet wide, the roadway being covered with Nicholson pavement. It wa? built in the year 1878, and cost $45,000. r^ if LA ^s.- rt >^^ f) XH]^ niAIIiniOTH Wtiie and S)tirtt Hoit^e^ 119 /ND 121 DALHOUSIE STREET, BRANTFORD. • CANADA. SOLE aOENTS-FOR CANaoa FOR THE PFLEE ISLAND VINEYARDS, Catawba Wines " AYALA k CO., Chateau d' Ay, Ay, Champagnes J. H. HENKES, Delftshaven, Holland Gin •D. G. ROSS, Dingwall, Ben Wy vis Scotch Whiskey WM. YOUNGER k CO., Edinburgh, Scotch Ale A. MATIGNON k CO., Cognac, Brandies R. VAN ZELLER, Oporto Port Wines H. THOMSON k CO., Newry, Irish Whiskey SANCHEZ, ROMATE, HERMANOS, Xerez, Sherries HAN APPIER k Co., Bordeaux, , Clarets WM. EDMONDS,J^r.,&Co., Liverpool, Bottlers Bass's Ale, Guiness's Stout Full Lines of above Brands always in Stock and Orders Solicited for Direct Shipment. ?tltt ISLAND WIN^S Comprising our Brands : Dry Catawba, Sweet Catawba, Isabella, Claret, St. Emilion, and our Sacramental Wine, St. Augustine, of the Vintages of 1882 and 1883 are now ready for shipment either from the Vineyards on Pelee Island or our Warehouses at Brantford. Catalogues on ' A.ppUcatiou, BRANTFORD, CANADA IH 11 v-v:^5i^''^: — FOB — Re^edi c ;, SURE curTfor dvspepsm. T+ ifi a Purely Vegetable, Arom Itisafu tive Tonic. , ^ «=f powerful Medicine m tn« f, 11,1 imw prmcipal Hotels in BBANTFOBD, CANADA O] ai E t J^storical. Medicine in th« m take it with It gives to the strength, and to 3gin now. ters ncipal Hotels in ORD, CANADA The red man's face is turned Toward another hunting ground ; ' For where the council fire has burned, And o'er the sleeping warrior's mound. Another fire is kindled now : Its light is on the wliite man's brow ! — Whittiek. RANTFORD derives its name from Brant, the celeb* ^.ed Indian Chief, whose name and memory, as a staunch and laithful ally of England, is to be perpetuated by a memorial, now in thg hands of Mr. Percy G. Wood, a sculptor in London, and to be erected upon Brantford's central square before the close of the present year. The memorial, a representation of which is shown on cover of this pamphlet, is handsome and unique in design, the figures and emblems being all illustrative of Indian symbolism, the statue of Brant surmounting the whole. It will cost froia sixteen to twenty thous- and dollars, principally borne by the Six Nation Indians, the Government, and the City of Brantford. A mile and a half distant is the little Mohawk church, the oldest in Ontario, erected by the Six Nations in 1786, and in its churchyard repose the remains of the great Mohawk chieftain. In fconnection with the church is preserved a handsome communion service )f beaten silver presented to the Six Nations by Queen Anne, and brought vith them when, after the Revoluti6nary war, they deserted their old lunting grounds, to locate in the then untracked forests of the "West as England's faithful allies. Close by is the Institution and farm for the ducation of Indian boys and girls, and their instruction in farming and landicraft, maintained by the New England Company. Tins Institution ■WUMB IPS! 11: IG (ITV OF BRAXTFORD, CANADA. has been in operation for many years, and has clone much for the iv prove- ment and christianizing of the Indian, as has all the work of this ancient Company, which conuuenced its beneficent labors upon this continent as far back as the year 1649, and whose history would make an interesting and instructive page in itself. When tlie Six Nation Indians under Brant's leadership came to Canada, a grant of land was ceded to theia by the Crown, consisting of a strip six miles wide on each side of the Grand river. Most of this valuable territory has at different times been surren- dered by the Chiefs, the Six Nations lieing now principally located upon their Reserve, a splendid tract of some 44,000 acres, comprising the Town- ship of Tuscarora, in Brant County, some nine miles distant from the city. It was on April > 19th, 1830, that the town plot of Brantford was sur- rendered by the Indians. It was immediately surveyed and sold by auction at an upset price of £10 per lot. About 1840 the Grand River Naviga- tion Company was chartered, and canals and locks were built, which made the river navigable to Brantford. And to its thus being made the liead of navigation was it indebted for its early growth. With the" era of rail- ways, which commenced in the fifties, the first road reaching here in 1853, the water system was gradually superseded and relegated to disuse, except for the very valuable water power it furnishes to mills and factories. In 1847, with a population of two thousand, Brantford reached the dignity of an incorporated town, and grew gradually with the development of the district in wealth and enterprise, until in 1877 it possessed a popu- lation of 10,000 and became incorporated as a city. Since that date an additional two thousand has been added to its enumeration, and it now ranks sixth in population among the cities of Ontario. As an indication of its entei'prise, the city has at different times contributed $700,000 to various lines of railway to secure abundant and complete shipping facilities. ol ti ai cl the in prove- this ancient continent as ,n interesting fidians undei' kI to theia by of the Grand been surren- located upon ing the Town- from the city. tford was sur- ;old by auction River Naviga- It, which made made the head the* era of rail- ig here in 1853, ) disuse, except factories. [rd reached the he development jssessed a popu- je that date an ;ion, and it now Ls an indication buted $700,000 uplete shipping eupicus Her guiltless glory just Bi-ittania draws, From pure religion and impartial laws. — TlCKKLL. 40T only the cities, Init tlie rural districts of Ontario, are Mt-ll '^ studded with churches, many of them capacious and elegant. No denomination has the preference, iu the alisenco of any ^^^. State churcli, all being suppo-ted by the voluntaiy contrilju- ^'^^^ tions of tlie members. The ministry . s a class are highly Q^ educated, and thoroughly equipped for the work to which they are called. Brantford has no lack of suitable and attractive temples of worship, possessing not only architectural beauty, but luuidsomely fitted up, well attended, and freely supported. One would be hard to satisfy, religiously, if unable to make a choice. Of the eighteen churches, four are Methodist, four Baptist, two Presbyterian, two Episcopal, one Roman Catholic, one Congregational, one Plymouth Brethren, one Independent, one B. M. Episcopal (colored), and one Salvation Army Ban-acks. Of these, St. Basil's (R. C.) Brant Avenue (Methodist), Zion ^^Presbyteriau), and Grace (Episcopal) ii.re worthy of special mention as fine churches, ac- commodating a large body of worshippers, and possessing laj-ge and expen- sive organs to accompany the service of song. All of Brantford's churches, however, are above the average, and their pulpits occupied by able pastors, some of whom are recognized not only at home, but al)road, as theologians of foremost rank. The Young Men's Christian Association also performs a noble religious work in its own sphere. It is an institution of twenty- live years standing, the beautiful building in which it has its home being largely due to the liberality of Mr. ^. Cockshutt. f\ I !l t 1 W I?; Educational. ' Children, like tender osiers, take the bow, .\nd as tliey first are fashioned, always grow. — Dryden. i^HE Educational system of Ont;>rio is admitted to be one of the best in existence, and under its ripening iiiHuence a thorough educa- tion is open to every youth wh(> seeks its advantages. Although Toronto, the capital of the Province, 60 miles distant, is the seat of the Provincial University and the great educational centre, Tirantford still occupies a foremost place for the intellectual advantages Avhicli it offers. The public schools comprise a very complete Central School, with buildings and grounds covering four acres ; three extensive Wai-d Schools, and a Roman Catholic Separate School. The^e are over two thousand pupils in attendanct? under the care of a Principal and staff of 34 teachei's. Their cost is }|piG,000 per annum, the municipality con- tributing $13,000 and the Legislature .i?3,000. Tliere ave also seventy rural schools throughout the County, most of them connnodious brick school houses, well eijuipped even to good libraries and .uuseums. All these public scliools are under the supervision of a thoroughly competent Inspector, and under the direction of Boards of School Trustees elected annually by the ratepayers. The Collegiate Institute, the link betv -ien the Public and High School and the University, is furnished with every requirement for higlier education, has 290 students in attendance, many of them coming from a distance, and is presided over by a Rector and seven masters. The fees are $16 per annum, the municipality in addition contributing $5,000 and the Legislature $2,000 towards its support. The Institute carries the student well into the second year of the University •course. It may be said with confidence, and it is a matter for honest pride, that m no city where tlie English language is spoken, are superior m I' It' h I YOUNG LADIES' COLLEGE . CENTRAL SCHOOL. CITT OF BRANTFORD, CANADA. 21 advantages for the groundwork of a general education afforded, than in Brantford's public schools and Cbll?giate Institute. The Brantford Young Ladies' College for the higher education of young women and their instruction in music and the fine arts, takes a first rank. It is under the supervision of the General Assembly of tlie Pres- "byterian Church in Canada, though undenominational in its teachings, being largely a local enterprise, and governed by a Board of Directors selected by the shareholders. Tlie College is a well designed structure, pleasantly located, and surrounded by beautiful <5i*ounds, and accommo- dates from eighty to ninety young ladies. It is in charge of a resident Principal and several governesses, and enjoys the services of thj best mas- ters in literature, music and art. It passes a class every year in the Uni- versity local examinations for women. The Governor-General anixually contributes a silver medal for general proficiency. Ihe inscription stone was laid by the Countess of Dufferin in 1874. In 1880, the Governor- General's medal was presented personally by the Princess Louise. The city also possesses a Free Libraiy and Reading Room, where all the generally read literary publications and newspapers are on tile, and containing over 5,900 volumes of standard works and reference books. This is at all times open to residents under proper regulations, while during the winter months evening classes in English, book-keeping and drawing are maintained for the benefit of those whose vocations pi-event them from devoting other hours to seif-improvement. The Ontario Institution for the Education of the Blind occupies a commanding site overlooking the city, and is sui-iouiuled by eighty .seven acj'es of ground, devoted to recreation and to farm and garden purposes. The main building is massive and commodious, 300 feet long, and 297 feet from front to rear. The cost of site, buildings, Principal's residence, &c., was $2L'0,000, while the annual cost of maintenance is !i?32,000. The staff includes Principal, Bursar, Matron, and seventeen teachers and instruct- or.;. The average attendance is 140 pupils, 75 males and 65 females. Board and education are free to all young persons between the age of seven and twenty-one, residents of the Province of Ontario, who by reason of blindness or impaired vision are incapable of receiving education in the public schools. Pupils pass through a regular course of literaiy instruc- tion, and according tc their requirements or abilities are instructed in tlie organ, piano, violin and theory of music — in pianoforte tuning and chair and basket making (for males), and in the use of the sewing and knitting machine, in hand sewing ^nd knitting, in crochet and bead woik (for females). ■■ ^ssociatiGns and Qocieties. Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all. -Pope. -^1^J]|RANTF0RD overflows with Societies, Unions and Clubs of dif- 'i^m^Jf)^ ■ ferent kinds. For defence— for benefit — for cliarity— for pleas- ■^^S' ^^^ — ^^^' conipanionsliip— for athletic sport — for business, it has ^"•Q^.^;' its full share. The Dufleriu Rifles of Canada, one of the finest volunteer regiments in the service, have their headij^uarters here. The badge and device of the regiment Is the crest of the Earl of Dufleriu, with his lordship's motto, ficr lu.s rerhis. Jt was mus- tered into service in 1866, and is in a high state of othcieiu-y. The ofli- cers' (juarters and club rooms arc fltted up tastefully and luxuriously witli every comfort and con\enience. The Agricultural Society, composed of farmers and citizens, own substantial brick exhibition buildings and nine- teen acres of grounds, with a splendid half jnile driving park. The Society holds veiy successful fairs annually in the fall ■£ the year. Recreation Park, comprising eight aci-es, with grandstand, cinder path, le\el sod, and toboggan slir'-". is devoted, to atliletic sports. The Lacrosse Club, tlie Crolf Club, the Rase Ball. Curling, Skating an'' Tobogganing Clubs, the Roller Rink, Cricket and Tennis, all have tlieir separate organizations and enthusiastic supporters. Of the secret societies tiici'o are two Masonic lodges and a Chapter, two lodges of Odd Fellows, with Encampment, two lodges of Ancient Foresters with a juvenile Court and a lodge of Shep- herds, two Courts of the Canadian Order of Foresters, a lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, three As.sendjlies of the Kniglits of Labor, ^wo Orange lodges, a lodge of Orange Young Britons and Hackett CITY OF BRAXTPORD, CAXADA. 23 True Blues, a Council of the Royal Arcanum, and divisions of the Sons of Temperance. There are literary societies in connection with several of the churches, Grand Trunk Railway Literary Society and Library, Colle- giate Institute Literary Society, and Chatauqua Circle. The Farringdon and Lansdowne Debating Societies are flourishing institutions, the debates being conducted in Parliamentary form. The Women's Christian Tem- perance Union, and the Young Ladies' Auxilliary (in connection with the Y. M. C. A.), liave their special work. The St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association are associated with the Catholic Churcl?. National Societies are represented by the St. Andrew's, St. George's and Caledonian Societies, the first named of which lias been in existence for thirty-six years. Cjeneral K^bservations. It is success that colours all in life. — Thomson. (^fffe^ T WOULD ue impossible in this short sketch of Brantfortl and m ( ( I i 1 i I t 1 1 J our business houses may be gathered its surroundings, to give full statistics, or enter at any length upon a desci'iptiou of the conditions and industries upon which our prosperity rests. Several of our commercial and manufac- turing enterprises speak for themselves in the advertisements wliieli appear in this pamphlet, and from which the status of We live in a district where a man of a pushing turn, endowed with fair abilities and good mental equipment, and always ol good habits, is sure to succeed. Ontario has passed tliat stage when a man of intemperate habits or a loose liver can expect or hope to push his fortune witli auv great success, whatever liis ability. Yet tlie (!ase with which a young man, say in agriculture, can obtain employment, can rent a fai-m, can purchase on easy terms, can earn for himself a good living and a respected place in society, has been demonstrated again aiid again. To the good mechanic, also, openings are not scarce in a place where upwards of a thousand skilled artisans, in different branches of manufacturing industry, are employed. Lighter work for factory hands and girls is afforded in the cotton and wincey mills, canning, confection- ei-y and other factories. To capitalists, money always brings good returns, if care is taken in its investment. To practical men with some capital there are openings liere in the manufacturing line for several new indus- tries, wliere success would be undoubted, and to wliich a helping liand would be extended. Afuong these are malleable iron works, cordage and CITY OF BRANTFORD, CANADA. 25 Ijinder twine factory, organ factory, sewing macliiues, and cotton thread, the two first named of which would receive cordial support. It scarcely needs to be mentioned that as a grain producer the west- ern section of Ontario excels the best of the grain growing States of the Union, both in yield and quality. Canada, too, is well known abroad as a large exporter of lumber, although the lumber era is entirely of the past in this section. But our exports cover a much broader field, than is the general conception in older countries. The^ last trade and navigation returns show, for instance, an export of twenty-five millions alone, under the head of animals and their produce. And a recapitulation of the items wJiich compose this sum cannot but be instructive, although the scope of tliis pamphlet does not permit of going at any length into statistics : ANIMALS A..'D THEIR PRODUCK. Horses • 11,978 :^1,.5.54,629 Horned cattle 143,003 7,377,777 Shoep, 33o,0i:- 1,261,071 Swine, l^e.VJ 7,283 Poultry, itc 175,471' Bones 59,202 cwt. 53,345 . Butter 7,330,788 lbs. 1,430,905 Cheese 79.655,367 " 8,265,240 Ego-s 1 1,542,703 doz, 1,830,632 Furs 1,626,426 Hides and skins 601,111 Bacon, 7,189,260 lbs. 630,614 Hams, 962,827 " 86,641 Beef, dead 542,209 " 34,517 Mutton 330,376 " 18 731 Pork 555,436 " 35,269 Wool 989,925 " 196,178 Other articles 201,260 $25,387,104 Twenty-five n'Uions of dollars is a pretty tidy sum to realize from the sale of animals and th^-r produce. The " produce " appears to consti- tute more than a moiety in value of the whole. Of the live animals ex- ported the horses and poultry went, as a rule, to the United States, the horned cattle, sheep and swine to Great Britain. Tlie dead meat went all to the Oid country, as well as most of the ten millions worth of cheese and ft o Ph W Ph M Ph O H O CITY OF nUANTFORD, CAXADA. 27 « O H P4 o H O butter. Eggs were bought by our neighbors to the south. So was wool, and many of tlie minor articles, sucli as bones, horns, hides, furs, which go to make up tlie total of $6,789,000 under this lieading shipped by the Dominion to the h-'^jates last year. Under' otlier lieads, also, we might give equally satisfactory Hgures, ih proof of the growth and extent of our trade and conuiierce. » Another characteristic of our people, and one which evidences the desire to emulate and exctjl, may be instanced in the active and well patronized associations connected with almost every branch of industry, and having for an oljject their success and j)rosperit3'. Not alone in Boards of Trade and in associations i-elating tn the manufacturing and commer- cial spheres, is this to be found, but also in the department of agriculture we note etiective efforts being made to improve and poi)ularize this the oldest of the handicrafts, ^^'^itllin the ])ast feAV years Farmers' Institutes liave been established in nearly every county, where the discussions and papers disseminate much valuable information and suggest improved methods in farming. (Jrain growing, stock raising, cattle feeding, per- manent pasturage, drainage, arboiicultui-e, and all other matters relating to profitable and successful farm inanageinent, are dealt with in practical and well prepared papers, followed by free discussion. The professors of the Provincial Agricultural College and Experimental Farm assist at many of these Institutes, and are able to give valuable and practical hints, which tend to the saving of labor and securing the best retuins. There may be and is much room for improvement in farming as carried on in Canada ; but by such institutes, us well as the circulation of information and other means now in Aogue, progress is being rapidly made. The rapid increase in the production and care bestowed upon the cultixation of fruit deserves a passing notice. The Fruit Growers' Asso- ciation, the annual report of Avhich nudces a volume of 150 pages, printed and ciiculated as a Govenimental blue book, materially assists in the encouragement of this prolitable 1)rancii of farming industry. Both large and small fruits, those for export and for domestic use, all receive a fair shai-e of attention and discussion, and the last, or seventeenth, report shows a marked increase in the acreage of oi'chard and garden. In 1880 the apple crop of Ontario was over eleven million bushels, of grapes four million pounds, and of other fruits .seven hundred thousand bushels. The expoi't of Ontario in 1881 of apples alone was about 350,000 barrels, valued at .^G50,000 ; anil the report says : " The progress of our fruit " growing industry is veiy gratifying. The climate of the Province — more " especially that portion of it encircled by the three great lakes — is admir- ■^^^^■fl 28 CITY OF BRAXTFORD, CANADA. HI " ably adapted fo:- the maturing of the finest qualities of fruits, and pos- " sessing the natural conditions for the production of fruit that has an " established reputation in foreign markets, the energy and intelligence of '* our people may be depended upon to uake the greatest possible use of " our spiendid opportunities." The Entomological Society, with a record of sixteen years, and whose reports are published in the same manner as the fruit growers', also occu- pies a most useful sphere in diffusing information as to the insects peculiar t > the country, and the habits and life histories of the difi'erent species, thus enabling the farmer to hinder the ravages and depredations of insect pests, although of late years there has, been little to record in the way of destruction caused by them. The Dairymen's and Fat Stock Associations also assist most materially tlie pursuit of th jse now very extensive branches of farming industry. An enlightened interest is in fact being taken in almost every branch of remunerative agriculture and ornamental gardening. The Hon .David A. Wells, an eminent American statesman, in an article whicli appeared in the " North American Review," bears the fol- lowing generous but just testimony to the capabilities of our soil and climate : " North of Lake« Erie and Ontario and the river St. Lawrence, east of Lakes Huron, south of the 45th parallel, and iaicluded mainly within the Dominion-province of Ontario, there is as fair a coii^ntry as exists on the North American continent, nearly as large in area as New York, Penn- sylvania and Ohio combined, and equal, if not superior, to these states in its agricultural capacity. It is the natural habitat on this continent of the combing wool sheep, without a full, cheap, and reliable supply of the Avool of wl.ich species the great worsted manufacturing interest of the country cannot prosper, or we should rather say, exist. It is the land wliere grows the finest barley, which the brewing interest of the United States must have, if it ever expects to rival Great Britain in its present annual export of over $11,000,000 of malt products. It raises and grazes the finest cattle, with qualities especially desirable to make good the deterioration of stock in other sections, and its climatic conditions, created by almost an encirclement of the great lakes, specially fit it to grow men. , Such a country is one of the greatest gifts of providence to the human race, better than bonanzas of silver and rivers whose sands contain gold." And the recent completion of the Canada Pacific Railway, that great highway which stretches from ocean to ocean through Canadian territory CITY OF BRANTFORD, CANADA. touching on its main or branch lines every point of importance, will give a new impetus and open fresh tields for the industry and manufacturing enterprise of Western Ontario. As the magnificent fertile stretches of Manitoba and tlie great Northwest are gradually settled, new markets with multiplied advantages and a greater volume of trade will naturally be found for the permanently established and well situated industries of this section of the Dominion. What the New England States have been foi' so long to the rest of tlie Union, as the centre of its conmiercial, manu- facturing and intellectual life, such must Ontario be to the rest of the Dominion in the expansion and progress now in process of develoj)meiit, if she guards well the advantages she now enjoys, and fails not to seize the golden opportunity witliin her grasp. As time populates our illimit- able prairies, and carves out new provinces from tlie fertile as well as virgin soil, it will open up, as far as iiuman eye can see, boundless possibil- ities for the future of what is now Canada's natural centre, the seat and nucleus of its industrial and commercial industries. To return to the point where we strayed afield, and to illustrate how wide are the avenvies to success and preferment in a free and prosperous country, we take the liberty of referring briefly to the careei- of the two gentlemen who represent Brantford in the highest positions of honor in the gift of the people, in the Parliaments of the Dominion and of the Province of Ontario respectively. The Hon. Arthur S. Hardy was born on a farm in Brant County in the year 1837. Receiving such an education as the schools of the county and city afforded, he adopted the legal profession, and after the usual term of study, was called to the bar in the year 1865. An eloquent platform speaker, a clever lawyer, and devoted to the interests of his clients, lie worked his way up rapidly in his profession. Having achieved a leading place in his chosen lield, public position was open to him, and in April, 1873, he was elected to the Legislature of Ontario, whicli he has repre- sented corxtinuously since. Shortly after he was irade a Queen's Counsel, and elected a Bencher of tlie Law Society. After serving four years in the ranks, he was called to the Cabinet of the Province, being appointed Provincial Secretary in 1877. He has held this position for the past nine years, the department over which he presides including that of Registrar General and Inmiigration, the administration of Asylums, Prisons and Public Charities, liquor licenses, and criminal justice accounts. Wm. Paterson, M. P., representing the eity in the House of Com- mons of Canada, is also a native born Canadian of Scotch descent, and was born in 1839. His parents died while he was yet very young, and in II 2^ H "-A I— I o* X! I I! 'ill 25 ^ w 1 M ■05 llii fli H W BV ' i^^HI « ^■'■"^ iffn^H X < »pH "Trrr^^HH <^ CITY OP HHANTKOHI), < ANA HA. 31 4'arly life he connnciiced ;it tlie foot of th«' UuUler as a clerk in a general store in this city. Jle launched out for himself as a umnufocturer of biscuit and confectionery early in the sixties. He was elected as a mein- l)er of the Town Council in 186H, sat as lleeve for the next three years and in 1H72 was elected Mayor. The same year he was elected to the House of Commons as the Liberal candidate for the constituency, his <){>])onent being tlie Finance Minister of the Dominion. He has held tlie scat ever since, and while doing a business of a (juarterof a million dollars annually, gives a most zealous attention to his Parliamentary duties, is one of tins most elocjuent and popular advocates of the principles, he up- holds, and as an autliority on commercial subjects has few peers in public life. In the ever^ of a change of Government the member for South Brant would almost Cv-i i-ainly be called to a seat in the Dominion Cabinet. And the experience of " our members " is not at all a novei one. It •■])plies e(iually, if not to tlie same extent, to many who lacked the backing of wealth and influence, but whose native pluck and ability enabled them to overcome difficulties which would have been found insunnountable in older and more conservative countrier richest blessings, and science her latest researches, assuring prosi)erity and success to those who make persever- ance their bo.som friend, experience t'leir wi.se counsellor, caution their elder brother, and hope their guardian genius. o GO I— ' CJ f— * P pi po r— ' pi pi w CO CD )— • o CO I,ABQK-SAVING ^HARYE:STING* MACHIN^RY.!^ P o GO ;^ pi P pi S pi Pu n1 W PC CO o PC CO RANTFORD boasts tho largest manufacturing ostablighment ill f/iumclft, devotod oxclusivoly to tho proauction of Grain ^ and Urass-cutting Machinory. A. HARRIS, SON & 00. ^^ (Limitod), ia p joint-s'ock Company, with a paid up capital y^f^. of half a million of dollars. They have most oxtcm ■ v (■ r.\ctorie8, ^^ comprising found. y, smith, machino, wood working, puint and pattern shopa— emplojing about tlireo hundred workmen — and equipped with all the mo&t modern machinery, for which this continent iq noted. Their output ia very largo, agrcgating 4,000 to 6,000 machines annually ; their daily turn-out, when working full, being 28 machines, or about one every twenty minutes. The name of this enterprising firm is as a household word all over the Dominion, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and there is not a County where, in summer time, the click of thoir machines is not heard. Not only at home, but abroad also, are Drantford machines known and appre- ciated. Large numbers are sold annually in South America, and sample parcels have found buyers in Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Germany, Austria and Turkey. While Mowing and Reaping Machines are largely built by this Com- pany, and are produced in every style, front or rear cut, and for one or two horses, their energies are chiefly devoted to their "New Brantford Light Steel Binder," a machine that has gaii.ed a most enviable reputation for itself and its matcers, and won laurels in many competitions. This Binder \n built largely of steel and malleable iron, and is a model of dura- bility and efliciency, and at the same time of artistic neatness and beauty. It embraces many new and novel foa'.urerf, which render it exceedingly popular, and it enjoys a very large sale. Space does not permit of a more extended notice ; but full particulars can be obtained from the Company, who are always ready to answer every inquiry, and who are possessed of ample facilities for the execution of all orders, large pr small. Address thi"i : , A. HAERIS, SON & CO. (Lt'd), Brantford, Canada. If! HAVE HAD MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN AN EXPORT TRADE OF Oaw Milto. Sa^nr Mill MacMsiersr* Wood Worfcinc Maclftliiery, ]Ssig£sies and Clrlst Mllla. Nine of our Saw Mills were used in building the Canada Pacific Railway across the Continent, beiiig moved along as work progressed. WateFous Engine W@pKs GsmpsFiY, BRANTPORD, CANADA. •iS74' iN try, Mlllii. ly across the ipa^Y, // was our intention to Exhibit our representative Sazv Mill at the COLONIAL EXHIBITION.-^..-//, .,,./;,// complement of men ive are much behind our orders—and the Mill made for this Exhibition had to be shipped to fill a peremptory order from ^^ British India!' Our Foreign and Home Trade has been such that we have been enabled, during tJie last four years of depression, to keep on our full force of men, extending rather than curtailing. FtUl line of Circulars sent on application. THE WATEROUS ENGINE WORKS CO, BRANTFORD. OANAt.>A ESTABLISHED, 1844. Brantfoi^d Ontario. Ganada. manufacti'beus of (sl^tricuJturat Jiit|itefiients< Q .'HIS well-known buslm-ss was estal)lishod in 1807 l»y Mr. J, O ^ Wisner, the senior nioinbef of the present firm. • In 1881 the firm of J. O. Wisner, Son it Co. was formed, and since tiiat date the progress of the business has been rapid. Tl r m .''facturing facilities were more than doubled, and every year's busi,;c.Sc ^^.tmo, has been an increase over that of its predecessor. The firi;i employ' over 100 men all the year at the factory, besides giving employment to 12 or 15 CTcneral Agents, and some 800 Local Agents, who sell their goods throughout all Canada, extending as it does from the Atlantic to tlip Pacific Ocean. The output of the firm last yoar was as follows : Grain Drills mid Broadcast t^icodcrs, 2,000 Centevmial Horso Rakes , .^v,. * 1,300 Spring Tooth Cultivators, '. . 1,000 Hay Tedders (1st year), 100 Representing an aggregate of $225,000, ,,^3 ;.;:::>■. The Implements made by J. O. AVisner, Soi; c 0., are the best of their kind in the would, and have an established reputation in America. The fdcilities of the firm enable them to give prompt attention to all orders whether for home trade or for exportation and they can be relied on to faithfully carry out any contracts made. The principal machines made by them are mentioned on the follow- ing page, but in order to obtain full particulars eend for descriptive catalogue, and examine their fine exhibit at the Inaian and Colonial Exhibition, London England. J. O. WISNEK, SON & CO., BRANTFORD, CANADA $ci., Ir. J. O \ the lirni progress ivcre more rease over year at the , and some extending of the firm 2,000 1,300 1,000 100 le best of America. ion to all relied on le follow- escriptive Colonial 0., ANADA So O. WISNEB, S©M Ss €< jianufactdbehs of -^S^RIGUIrTURSIx IMPIxEMEHTS.«^- d • ^ ■ §3 o p. p (0 CO TIjo fuUowing Implements arc maOc by ub aud are the best of their iiud now in the Market, viz. : fellNGLE GRAIN DRILL, SINGLE RR'>ADCAST .SEEDER, DRILL A::D seeder COMlilNED (hkk cut). CilNTENNIAL SULKY HAY RAKE, HAY TEDDER, SPRING TOOTH CULTIVATOR ^^ Examine our Exhibit at the Colonial and Indian '^Bl Exhibition. W. B. GsQl^sI^ylfe ^ Q©. vj' HIS Firm is located in a spacious brick building, five stories high by ^J one hundred and thirty-two feet dect) and fifty feet front, occupying a commanding position immediately opposite the Market Square. The business was established on the present site in i832, and is therefore the oldest in (he city, and in addition to a large and increaping city trade, this establishment enjoys tha confidence and custom of u large number of the well-to-do yeomanry of the county. They ueal in a very general variety of goods, one half of the premises being devoted to Staple and Fancy Groceries, and the other to Cutlery, Shelf and Heavy Hardware, while a Grain Warehouse, with a capacity of 25,000 bushels gives an opportunity for a lively trade in Cereals. Most of their leading lines are direct importations, Mr. W. F. Cock- shutt visiting the European Markets every year to make selections. The firm are honorable, pushing, enterprising and desirous of doing an increasing trade, they respectfully solicit further patronage, and promise careful aud prompt attention to all. Address, EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, BRANTFORD, CANADA. -J,M BST-A-BrjISHBr), l.S32.§<5i^— — DEALERS IN — Foreign and Domestic Dry Sodds, <5ARPEypS AMD KURMISHIMGS. DRESS AND MANTLE MAKING DONE IN FIRST- 'CLASS STYLE. ©oP6orne ^U^^eX^ SSranff*orc|. COCKSHUn PLOW CO. '*^^X2isA:xtjo^.<^*- (^^ RE THE Manufactui'ers of the largest and most extensive line of (TM Riding and Walking Plows, Gang Plows and Root ■'■^^- >^^ Cultivators in the Dominion of Canada, and are exhibiting at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, England. Their manu- factory was established in the year 1877, in the City of Brantford, Ontario, Canada, by James G. Cockshutt, who has been Inventor and Patentee of many valuable patterns of Plows. The latest of which is sliown 'n their new " J. G. C." Riding Plow as pei- cut below, a new de- parture involving the king-bolt principle. J. C^. C.** RIDING PI BRRNTFDRD, - HRNKBR, Represents the principal Great Steamship Companies crossing the ATLANTIC OCEAN. Read the list : White Star, Cunard, Allan, North German Lloyd, Anchor, National, Dominion, Beaver ; also Atlas Line S S. Co. to Jamaica. Is also Agent for Cooks Tours and Eitcursions. City Agent Grand Trunk R. R. ; Manager and Proprietor of the Opera House. UNNELL at BUS€H, MANUFACTURERS OP We manufacture the celebrated " Ontario,/ " B. B.'' " Cameo," and " Gem " Brands. Orders by Mail Promptly Attended to» Samples and Prices on Application. SEE THE^EXHTBTT OF CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHS VU(m THE STUDIO OF BRaNTFORD, CaNiVDa. Pictures sent us by Mail to Copy or Enlarge, ivill be Satisfactorily Made. 1^" Cuts in tjiis Paraplilet are froiu Photographs made by us. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE * HEAD OFFICE. PAID-UP CAPITAL, RBSKBVE FUND, Hon. WAT. McM ASTER, ' President. TORONTO. $6,000,000 12,100.000 W. N. ANDERSON, • Gen. Manager. Commercial Credits issuerl for use in Europe, the East or West Indies, China, Japan and South America. Sterling and American Exchange bought and sold. Collections made on the most favorable terms. Interest allowed on deposits. ivin. ROBISKXS* nranagrer. Agents in London, Eng., the Bank of Scotland. BBANTFOBD BRANCH XSi G) ^Nt.of-'- 50 >• CO o z CO li 3 BRANTFORD S (0 O o CO OtOmt WATT & SONS, AMD -^^Wftofesafe ^®fe^^ BRANTFORD, CANADA. S FROM be us. "^^ 16,000,000 12,100.000 RSON, Manager. China, Japan CoUeotions inagrer, iD BRANCH 50 >< >^t5 to ■^ • o P rz rtb >* 1 '^Q Dd !^ (P c- H ^ w 1 3 o 6:) (3 CO !■ WM. WATT. Jr. R. S. SHENSTON ®^.. . •^sphe |?xp©sife©p.^ ^P^UE leading newspaper of Brantford and Brant County was established tP in the year 1852. It publishes Daily and Weekly Editions, the former being a four page, 28 column, and the latter an eight page, 66 column paper. It is the only exponent of Liberal principles in a pro- nounced Liberal constituency, enjoys a circulation far exceeding all com- petitors, and has been a welcome visitor in many homes continuously since its inception over thirty-three years ago. While general and political news receive full attention, it devotes special care and much space to matters of strictly local interest. The largest, the brightest,' the newsiest and the generally recognized medium in thid district for liberal views and intel- ligent thought Daily, $5.00 per annum ; Weekly, $1.50 per annum. Advertising rates moderate. Circulation, Daily, 960; Weekly, 3,150. In connection with the newspaper, one of the best equipped printing and book publishing offices in the Province. Newest styles of type, best presses, fine material and good workmanship. This pamphlet is from the Expositor Job Room. Watt! ^ Shei^gben, E^peppietovg. Brantford, Canada. FarringdDn DBtiatLng Sncietyi MONG the Literary Institutions of the City, Farrinqdon Debating Society claims a passing notice. Founded in the year 1851 in connection with Farringdon Church, and embracing among its first mem- bers, William Faterson, Esq , present M. F. for South Brant, H. B. Leem- ing, H. M. Customs, Thomas Brooks, Esq., Reeve of Brantford Township, and other leading men, it has won for itself by long and persevering efforts its present lofty position among the leading societies of our country. Its meetings are held weekly, conducted in parliamentary form, and have for their object literary culture, the art of public speaking, and the attainment of an enlightened and liberal view of public questions. The present President is W. S. Brewster, B. A., and Secretary, T. Harrt Jones, B. Ap. S. « FITCH & BREWSTER, Solicitors for Royal Loan and Savings Company, Batik of Montteal, &c. Proper attention given to foreign oommisBionB and other bosinesB for all parts of Ontario O^QB in the Commernial Buildings, Brantford, Canada, B. P. Fitch, M. A, W. S. Bbbwstbb, B. a t Epilisl^ Mn^emea SlaPQl^ G©. (limitkd), MANUFACTURERS OP km * and * Rice + StarGti, BRANTFORDj CANADA. SP/IC/AL QUOTATIONS FOR EXPORT BUSINESS. tfS" COZ%Z%SSFQ^TJ3£31TCS SOX^ZCI'PSC'^^ ^.4. -..<*> V, tl. W.PETRIE, BRANTFORD, - CANADA. •AND- '<^'/ '>'l^ ^ rm^ GENERALMACHINE DEALER. ^B^ Send for Descriptiue Catalogue of Portablo Farm Engines. Engines, Boilers, Lathes, Planers, Water Wheels, Chopping Stones, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, Belting, «tc. Ya'd, Storehouse and Shipping Depot : x OPP. G. T. R. STATION. Office and Works : DALHOUSIE ST., BRANTFORD, ONT. Established, I876-. I G©. 'Gh, NADA. \T zinrm, IE. ANADA. EALER. \oguB of ig Stones, rks : ID, ONT. ( 'nrpcts, Oil Cloth, Mjittiiipf, Ctirtuins. SPECIAL : Ml.ick tt Colored Silks, .Satins, V'^elvets, Brocades. Manufactured on the Premises, COSTUMES, ManfPe.^, MiPfinery. William Grant, DIRECT IMPORTER Walking Sticks, Umbrellas, Cjiipct Bags, Valiges. OK Fine Wool Dress Fabrics, French Cashin'os Cloves, Hosiery, Luces, Ribbons, Corsets, Scarfs. Bpifeish ^ F©peigi^ DRY GOODS. Gentlemen's Furnishings, &o. MANt'PACTUREB OF Jerseys, ShaAvls, Trav'ling Wraps Parasols, Fans, Bags, AVaterproof Cloaks. Millinery, * iantles, COSTUMES. I\eacl^-mac!e and Oustom CLOTniasro-, SHIRTS, COLLARS, Ac, .fee. Cottons, Linens, Sheetings, Dania'ks, Napery Cretones. COLBORNE STREET, BRANTFORD. - CANADA. FAMILY MOURNING SPECIAL: Fine Custom Tailoring. Shirtsnf all kinds niade i<> Alcjisuie. Collars and Curt's made to Measure. Constantly in Stock Fine Underwear in Silk. Cashmere, Merino, Balbriggan, Iamb's Wool. Gloves In Kid, Dog, Napa, Buck and Lisle. Handkerchiefs, Braces, Scarfs, Bows, Socks, in Endless Variety. Lawn Tenis, Cricketing, Boating, Bathing Sutits. Hats in Felt, Silk and Tweed, Pith Helmets, Caps in Cloth, Silk &, Lustre. I i i Groceirst — AND — FroprietoFs of ttie Brantford Soap Works, BF^A|SITFOF(D, - ©AJ^ADA, ALFRED WATTS. ROBERT HENRY James EfiFiilih, ^©n ^ Gs., Importers and Wholesale Dealers in BI^ITISH AND MEIjICAN SjlDDLERY HARDWARE, — AND JOBDEIiS IN — TRUNKS, TRAVELLING BAGS AND SADDLERY, BEANTFORD, - CANADA. S. K. BJKOXSOK, nyCercKant c« Tailor ^ and ^ ilmporter, COLBORNE STREET. BRANTFORD. }. forks, RT HENRY .8., )WARE, NADA. )orter, ). BRANTFORD, CANADA, Xjead. 1x1 tTa.& 3bw£a,».'afactvLxe of, IRON STA BLE F ITTINGS. Special Attention given to and Liberal Diaeounts allowed for foreign Orders. SEND FOR OUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST. o ® Z I- Oh C3 Cv3 Pii ss. s- lUADE ONI^Y BY < m THE B. G. TISDALE CO., Brantford, Ca&aila« and Stisl'alOy If, 7. This Box teaobes yonng stock no bad habits, and con-eot these habits in aged horses. Ooazes dainty eaters, and is a gt&aX oonditionerv and economizer— quarter less oats being necessary. Horsemen say that this Box is perfeot, and they cannot aiJord to be with- oat it. Price — The Gast-iron Box (smooth castings) japaxmed, II3.00. We are prepared to fornish the above Box enameled or galvanized, at an extra ohuRQ^this, however, we consider unnecessary. Price — The Galvanized Iron Travel- ling Box for Race or Exhibition Horses and Car use, #3.00. This Box Pays for itself Every Few Months. pMli i^-'l ■.: 11 EVj " f §. W. Bi?efe^©UF ^ Gs., IMPORTERS OF ILvC-^aiTTXjSS, dee. WE SHOW A FULL ASSORTMENT IN Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats and Bonnets, Ladies and ^ Children's Cloaks. Dolmans, &c., Gloves, Hosiery, Laces, Ribbons, &c., Table Linen, Table Napkins, Towels, &c ^.._.L, ^Jen's and woif's j^eadg-made ai]d ^ndened rf^lothii^g. CaRPBTS, FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, &c. •.^M H. We BRETHOUR & GO. BRANTFORD, CANADA ^ 1 Bwrs s^o^B ko:kks, BRANTFORD, CANADA, X TTT'XULJIJL'M. BX30IC, ■•? • MANUFACTURER OP 'fr'rf. ' 'U:''J S6©TOS, RaFiges^ §®fe flip FuraaGes, ■1 "V HOLIxOWWSRE, ^(5. .:.C;,s'j Unsurpassed facilities for producing goods of Fine Finish, Beautiful Design and Unquestionable Working Qualities. One of the largest and most complete lines of Cooking and Heating Apparatus made in Canada. WlLLiaM BUCK. BRaNTFORD, caN^Da. Hfte S^raqffor<\ ^fone(j:>are ©^V^orlCA. I aery, lies and lery, f^lothi^g. ■M €0., to, ^1 Beautiful largest >atus ( i HB year 1849 witnessed the establishment of the Brantford Stoneware Works, an industry that has fioxurished until now it is the largest and most importanli Stone- ware mannfactory in the Dominion of Canada. Though twice baptized with fire, yet Phoenix-like, the factory has risen from the ashes, each time mere extensive, hand- somer and more perfect in appointment. The works are built of white brick, and are 90 X 120 feet on the ground, two stories in height. In the production of the great variety of articles manufactured, Mb. Weldino employs only the best mechanical skill, having in his employ potters who have been a life-time at the business, and who have acquired a skill that is artistic and even mar- vellous. The clay used is procured from South Amboy. New Jersey, and is the best in the world for the purpose, oombini jg as it does, the superior qualities of durability, pliability and admittmg of great perfection in the matter of finish. Numberless articles used in culinary and other household operations, from the plain milk-pan or butter- crock to a kettle or stew-pan, having a glazing absolutely impervious to the action of heat ; as well as scores of useful and f ansy articles including bracket flower-stands, hanging bas- kets, lawn Vises, umbrella stands, fruit jars, water-pails, etc., etc., are manufactured and turned out i.. a tasteful and durable shape. Thirteen skilled hands are employed and about 360 tons of clay are annually used. In this brief sketch it is impossible to give a proper idea of the importance of this industry, and the high grade of excellence to which the wares manufactured by Mr. Welding have attained. Price Lists and any information will be cheerfully furnished on application to '*''' ',■ :,\:%r'm''"' "^' e. welding-, ' «i Brantford, Canada. ©r^e S^raQil ©enfraP IsarjeL oKgenoij. W R. S. G. READ, the proprietor of the ahove agency, was bom in I y I Brantford in the year 1848. His father taught the first school in ^ N^^" the then village of Brantford. Mr. Read began business as a real estate agent in the city in the year 1870. For the first two or three years the transactions were small, as the people were not then educated to doing business through an agency for the purchase and sale of real estate. But by industry, perseverance, close ap- plication to business, and having a practical knowledge of real estate values and always very accurate, confidence in the agency was rapidly increased, sales were speedily made, and Mr. Read's clients thoroughly satisfied with the treatment received. The business has therefore steadily increased every year over the preceding one, until now it is by far the largest and most im- portant of its kind in this section of the country and one of the largest in the province. A full and complete list of choice farms and city properties and business chances of all kinds is published monthly, and will be sent free to all parts of the world on application to Mr. Read. In 1881 Mr. Bead was elected by acclamation for the Queen's Ward as Alderman, and each year since has been returned at the head of the poll. The Queen's Ward is inhabited by merchants, lawyers, doctors, clergymen, capitalists, and the best class of citizens. Thus it will be seen that he has the entire confidence of his citizens. The proper address of Mr. Read is, S. &. RERC, Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer, Brantford, Canada £S» ii ;l| Agency. mcy, was born in the first school in 3 city in the year were small, as the an agency for the iverance, close ap- real estate values rapidly increased, hly satisfied with ily increased every ?e8t and most im- f the largest in the ity properties and ill be sent free to Queen's Ward as > head of the poll. ctors, clergymen, seen that he has I Mr. Read is, ^fft/oni, Canada I iii: ;. • it- ri". ■ : I J;; I l?f| i'f I;: If fj ;«!^r^A u