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farm for our best talent. One thousand dol- 

 lars in a city is soon used up in house rent, 

 vegetable and fruit bills, and many other 

 thing's which the farmer has without buying 

 and which he often forgets to count Besides, 

 in a public position a man is only engaged 

 while young and strong, but as soon as he 

 reaches the declining days of life and loses his 

 position, he cannot easily secure another." 



Civic Improvement. — Owing to the en- 

 terprise of our esteemed experimenter at 

 Walkerton, Mr. A. E. Sherrington, a fine 

 Horticultural Society has been organized at 

 this town. 



The first public meeting was held in the 

 Opera House on March 13th, when the 

 Mayor occupied the chair and the Walker- 

 ton orchestra provided delightful music. 

 The speakers of the evening were Mr. T. H. 

 Race, of Mitchell, and Mr. L. Woolverton, 

 of Grimsby. The former gave a most de- 

 lightful and inspiring address upon the in- 

 fluence of flowers upon the life and charac- 



ter, and the latter spoke on landscape art as 

 applied to home and school grounds. The 

 interest was most intense from first to last, 

 and the Society hopes to stir up the town 

 to special work in civic improvement. 



At the close of the meeting a practical 

 turn was given to the work of this Society 

 by a proposal that lady directors should be 

 added, to whom especially should be com- 

 mitted the planning of work for the im- 

 provement of the town. A beautiful bend 

 in the Saugeen river, near the town, was 

 mentioned as already provided by nature 

 with most attractive features, only needing 

 a certain amount of care in the laying out 

 and planting to make it a most attractive 

 feature. 



The school grounds had already been 

 decorated, but much work remains to be 

 done for improvement of the streets and 

 other portions of the town. Walkerton is 

 already a beautiful place, nestling as it does 

 among the hills, with its parts diversified 

 by the Saugeen river, and the ladies, every- 



FiG. 2268. A Meeting of Gardeners and Fruit Growers at Our Walkerton Fruit^Station. 



