he plan of this work is unique and the conception original. There are biographies in abundance, but this appears to be the only Album on a national scale in this or any other country. Its title, The Canadian Album: Men of Canada, is suggestive of its plan and scope, but it might well have been called "The Canadian Biographical Album," for this it really is. The usefulness and desirability of such a work can be readily seen. By that large class of persons spoken of as "the public," it should be highly appreciated. On every hand it is felt that the sources of information concerning The Men of Canada are very limited. Those who are rightly classed among the leaders of thought and action in the towns, cities, townships, and counties of Canada, as well as in the provinces, and in the Dominion itself, are not so well known as is desirable or necessary. How often one's mind seeks information concerning an individual who has suddenly become conspicuous in church or state? Who is he? Where did he come from? How old is he? What are his antecedents? His age? His business or professional education? His past attainments and present standing? And, finally, his personal appearance?

EV. WM. COCHRANE, D.D., minister of Zion Presbyterian Church, Brantford, Ont., was born in Paisley, Scotland, February 9, 1831. His father was from Diary, Ayrshire, and the family sprung from the renowned seaman Thos. Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald, or Lord Cochrane. His mother was from Arran. He began his education at the age of four and continued until twelve, when he entered the publishing house of Murray & Stewart, and remained ten and a half years. He possessed indomitable energy and devoted his leisure hours to study. In his twenty-first year he entered Glasgow University, going from Paisley to attend classes at five a.m. In his twenty-third year, two gentlemen in Cincinnati, Ohio, offered him means to enter the ministry. Accepting the proposal, he entered Hanover College, Indiana, in 1854, and graduated with highest honours in 1857. Afterwards he studied theology, under Drs. Hodge and Alexander, at Princeton, N. J., and in 1859 was ordained as pastor in Jersey City. In 1862 he accepted the call to Brantford, where he has since remained, in spite of invitations to Boston, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Newburyport and other great cities. In 1874 he founded Brantford Ladies' College, of which he is governor and lecturer in philosophy. For fourteen years he was clerk of Paris presbytery; for twenty years he has been clerk of the Hamilton and London Synod, and for about the same period, convener of the Home Mission Committee. For twenty years he has been president or chairman of the Mechanics' Institute and Public Library. He has had his full share of honours. Hanover College gave him the degrees of M.A. and D.D. In 1869 he represented his church at the British Assemblies; in 1873 and 1882 he went as deputy to the North-West and British Columbia; in 1882 he was moderator of assembly, and in 1884 and 1889 delegate to the Pan-Presbyterian Alliances in Belfast and London. In addition to platform and press contributions he has published six volumes.

IGHT HON. SIR JOHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD. K.C.M.G., D.C.L., LL.D., was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on the 11th of January, 1815. He was the second son of Hugh Macdonald, Sutherlandshire, who emigrated to Canada when John was in his fifth year. The family first settled near Kingston, then moved to the Bay of Quinte, when John, being in his tenth year, was sent to the Royal grammar school at Kingston. When 16 years of age, he began the study of law in the office of George Mackenzie. One of his first efforts on the completion of his course was defending an unfortunate Pole, captured in the Rebellion of '37. His address brought him so prominently into notice that in 1844 he was elected for Kingston, his maiden speech being a reply to the Hon. Robert Baldwin. After this he was made Receiver-General, and, subsequently, Minister of Crown Lands. On the downfall of the Hincks-Morin administration, he became Attorney-General under Sir Allan McNab until its resignation, when Mr. George Brown was called upon to form a ministry. The Governor-General, however, refusing to dissolve the House, the old cabinet was recalled, with Sir John as leader of the Upper Canada division, and Sir George E. Cartier leader of the Lower Canada division. Then came the Sandfield Macdonald and Taché-Macdonald (John A.) administrations, followed by the "dead-lock" or "fatal balance of parties," that led to a coalition, when George Brown, Oliver Mowat and Wm. McDougall, representing the Reformers, entered the cabinet. In this movement Sir John displayed signal tact and rendered eminent service. From that period until the present (with the exception of the Mackenzie régime, from 1873 to 1878), Sir John has remained in power. Honors have fallen upon him in rapid succession. A knighthood marked the completion of Confederation. Then in 1879 he was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council, D.C.L. came from Oxford University in 1865, and LL.D. from Queen's, and D.C.L. from Toronto.

ON. WILFRED LAURIER, B.C.L., A.C., P.C., M.P., and leader of the Liberal party of the Dominion, was born November 24th, 1841, at St. Lin, L'Assomption, Quebec. He comes of an old and distinguished family. After finishing his literary studies at the College L'Assomption, he entered the law office of the Hon. R. Laflamme. He was called to the Bar of Lower Canada in 1865, having taken in the previous year the degree of B.C.L. at McGill University. In 1880 he was appointed Q.C. From an early age Mr. Laurier took a deep interest in public questions, and also gave his attention to literature and journalism. He was an earnest advocate of temperance, and delegate to the Dominion Prohibitory Convention of 1875. In 1871 he began public life by being elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec. He remained there until 1874, when he entered the House of Commons. At once on taking his seat his brilliant abilities and high character were acknowledged. When Mr. Mackenzie was called upon to form an administration, the portfolio of Inland Revenue was assigned him. Since that time Mr. Laurier has been one of the most prominent and highly respected members of the House. An unflinching supporter of the Opposition, under the Hon. Edward Blake as leader, whom he was unanimously called upon to succeed. Since that time his exceptional ability, gentlemanly conduct, and comprehensive grasp of public affairs, has secured for him, not only the admiration of the Liberal party, but the respect of the government now in power. As a speaker he appears as one who recognizes responsibility attaching to every word he utters. He speaks with a very pure French accent, and is a most effective debater. During the political campaign of 1891 his labors were most abundant and successful, especially in his own province where he changed the Government majority into a minority. Mr. Laurier was married to Miss Lafontaine May 13th, 1868.

IGHT REV. JOHN WALSH, Archbishop of Toronto, was born in the parish of Mooncoin, Kilkenny County, Ireland, May 23rd, 1830, and is descended from a very old and influential stock. He received his education at St. John's College, Waterford, and the Seminary of the Sulpicians, Montreal. He was ordained in 1854, when he was appointed to the Brock Mission, Lake Simcoe. In 1857 he was appointed to St. Mary's, Toronto, and soon after the consecration of Bishop Lynch in 1859, he was summoned to aid him as rector of St. Michael's Cathedral, which position he filled for about two years. After this he resumed his administration of St. Mary's as Parish Priest and Vicar-General of the diocese. Shortly after this, owing to the impaired health of the Bishop of Sandwich, it was found necessary to appoint a successor, accordingly the hierarchy of the ecclesiastical Province of Quebec unanimously nominated Vicar-General Walsh as bishop, which was ratified by the Holy See. The consecration of His Lordship took place November 10th, 1867, in St. Michael's Cathedral, Toronto, with great pomp and ceremony. In this exalted office he displayed administrative talent of the highest order. In 1863 he was removed from Sandwich to London and created Bishop of London in 1869. The new cathedral of that diocese may be termed the great work of his episcopate. His Lordship had long set his heart upon raising in God's honor a temple worthy the solemn and sublime rites of the Church of Christ, and the wish of his heart was realized fully, when, in June, 1885, the cathedral was solemnly dedicated. The cost of this splendid structure being somewhat over $140,000. In 1882 he visited Ireland, and, on his return to London, was tendered a reception, accompanied with a purse of $1,000, as a testimony of esteem. After the death of Archbishop Lynch, Bishop Walsh was made Archbishop of Toronto, which elevated office he still holds. He is held in high esteem by all classes, irrespective of creed.

ON. OLIVER MOWAT, Q.C., M.P.P., LL.D., Premier of Ontario, was born at Kingston, Ont., July 22nd, 1820. His father came from Caitheneshire, Scotland, to Canada in 1816. Mr. Mowat received his education in Kingston, having among his fellow pupils Sir John A. Macdonald and the late Hon. John Hillyard Cameron. He began law with Mr. John A. Macdonald, then practicing in Kingston. In the Rebellion of 1837 young Mowat joined the Royalists. After four years he removed to Toronto, and completed his studies under Robert E. Burns. In 1841 he was called to the Bar, and entered into partnership with Mr. Burns, and subsequently with Mr. Vaukonghuet. He soon acquired a large practice. On the dissolution of the firm of Mowat & Vaukonghuet, he was associated with the firms of Mowat, Ewart & Helliwell, and Mowat, Roaf & Davis. About this time Mr. Mowat began to take a lively interest in politics, and entered the Liberal ranks as a pronounced, though constitutional, Reformer. In 1856 he was created Q.C., and appointed to consolidate the General Statutes of Canada. He resigned this position in 1857, and was elected to the House of Assembly for South Ontario. In the brief administration of 1858 he was Provincial Secretary. In 1863 he was re-elected for South Ontario. He held the position of Postmaster-General under the Sandfield Macdonald-Dorion and Taché-Macdonald administrations. In 1864 he was appointed to the Bench, and for eight years adorned the position. In 1872 he re-entered public life, and became Premier of Ontario, and has been representative of North Oxford from that date to the present. He enjoys the confidence of Ontario as an able, patriotic statesman, and despite of the local Opposition and Dominion Government, maintains his large majority. The many measures of legislation he has carried and his victories before the Privy Council of England are known to all. In religion he is a Presbyterian.

EV. A. CARMAN, D.D., General Superintendent of the Methodist Church, was born at Iroquois, Township of Matilda, County of Dundas, Ontario, on June 27th, 1833, and was married to Mary Sisk, eldest daughter of James Sisk, on July 19th, 1860. His parents were Philip Carman, son of Captain Michael Carman, and Emeline Shaver, daughter of Colonel Peter Shaver, U. E. Loyalists. His great-grandparents came in with Sir Johnston's army after the revolutionary war, and settled in Matilda Township. Dr. Carman received his education at the Matilda Common School, the Dundas County Grammar School, and then at Victoria College, Cobourg, which he entered in 1851 and graduated in 1854. During his busy professional life he has occupied many important positions. From 1854 to 1857 he was head master of the Dundas County Grammar School; in 1857 and 1858 professor of mathematics in Belleville Seminary; from 1858 to 1874 he was principal of Belleville Seminary, president of Albert College, and chancellor of Albert University. From 1871 to 1883 he was Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada, and in 1883 was elected General Superintendent of the now united Methodist Church. He has also been principal of the Council of Public Instruction for Ontario; representative of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada; to the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States; and of the Methodist Church, to the same body. Dr. Carman is one of the most genial of ecclesiastics, and whether on the platform, in the presidential chair, in committee work, or in the pulpit, commands the full confidence and esteem of his brethren. The amount of work that he attends to is amazing, for since the death of the lamented Dr. Williams, his colleague, Dr. Carman has attended to the multifarious details of the former joint office. He is a powerful preacher, a writer of great force, but his distinguishing characteristic is probably, as a presiding officer and administrator, of ecclesiastical law.

IR DANIEL WILSON, LL.D., F.R.S.E., president of University College, Toronto, was born in the ancient metropolis of Scotland in 1816. After passing through the High School, he entered the university of his native city. At the age of twenty-one he betook himself to London to push his fortunes there. After a residence of several years, during which he relied for support chiefly on the rewards of literary work, he again turned his face northward and continued to wield the pen in Edinburgh. Sir Daniel was also then, and still is, distinguished by an ardent love for archæological studies; and naturally gravitated towards the society of antiquaries. Before his departure from Scotland three works proceeded from his pen--"Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time," "Oliver Cromwell and the Protectorate," and "The Archæology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland." This volume received the warmest praise from reviewers, both in Britain and America. In 1853 he was invited to accept the chair of History and English Literature in University College, Toronto. In 1862 his new work appeared--"Prehistoric Man; Researches into the Origin of Civilization in the Old and New World;" "Chatterton; A Biographical Study," was published in 1869; "Calitan, the Missing Link," appeared in 1873, and during the same year he republished a collection of poems entitled "Spring Flowers." In 1878 Sir Daniel issued his most recent work, "Reminiscences of Old Edinburgh." In addition to these works, he has contributed a number of articles, both to the eighth and ninth editions of the "Encyclopædia Britannica." Sir Daniel is connected with various public institutions in Toronto, such as the Boys' Home, the Newsboys' Home, and in the Young Men's Christian Association he has taken an active part, and was for some years its president. He is an earnest member of the Church of England and an ardent adherent of the Evangelical party, but his sympathies are too broad to be contained in any one church.

IGHT REV. A. SWEATMAN, D.D., D.C.L., Bishop of Toronto, was born at London, England, in November, 1834. He is a son of Dr. John Sweatman, of the Middlesex Hospital, London. He received his early education at the hands of private tutors. In 1855 he entered Christ's College, Cambridge, and obtained a scholarship the following year, and in 1859 graduated B.A., taking honors in mathematics. The same year he was ordained deacon in St. Paul's Cathedral, and in the following year was ordained priest at Chapel Royal, Whitehall, by the late Right Rev. Dr. Tait, then Bishop of London, and afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. For some years after this he held first--the Curacy of Holy Trinity, Islington, and then a mastership in the Proprietary School, at the same time officiating as curate of St. Stephen's, Canonbury. Mr. Sweatman proceeded M.A. in 1862, and in 1865 he was offered the position of head master in the Hellmuth Boys' College in Canada, which position he accepted and filled with great satisfaction for seven years. He then accepted a position in Upper Canada College as mathematical master, but in 1872 resigned this position to accept the rectorship of Grace Church, Brantford, where he ministered for two years, when he was again induced to assume charge of Hellmuth College. In 1875 he was appointed canon of the Cathedral at London, and shortly afterwards was created archdeacon of Brant, and rector in charge of St. Paul's, Woodstock. In 1879 he was chosen, by the almost unanimous vote of the Synod, to the vacant Bishopric of Toronto, which high and responsible office he still fills and adorns by his learning, his virtues, and his zeal. The capacity for administration in His Lordship as a teacher and a priest, finds fuller scope for its exercise in the episcopal seat, and is there revealed more fully, and there more brightly shine his intellectual gifts. Dr. Sweatman received his degree of D.D., jure dignitatis, from the University of Cambridge in 1879.

ON. JOHN H. HAGARTY, Chief Justice of Ontario, was born on September 17th, 1816, in Dublin, Ireland. His father was examiner of Her Majesty's Court of Prerogative for Ireland. After the careful training of a private school, he entered Trinity College, where he completed his education. He came to Toronto in 1834, entered the law office of the late George Duggan in 1835, and was called to the Bar in 1840. He at once began practice in Toronto, and in 1846 entered into partnership with the late John Crawford. His first apprentices at the Bar gave promise of a brilliant future, and he soon acquired a large and lucrative practice. In 1850 he was made Q.C. by the Baldwin administration. In 1856, a vacancy occurring on the Bench, he was offered the appointment, which he accepted. He was not less distinguished among his brother judges than he had been at the Bar, so that when, in 1868, a vacancy occurred in the Chief Justiceship of Common Pleas, he was elevated to that office. In his judgments Chief Justice Hagarty shows a wide knowledge of law, a thorough grasp of principles, and a fearlessness in the discharge of duty. They are all marked by careful thought and elaborate research. In addition to his high judicial abilities, his name is not unfamiliar to the lovers of belles lettres in connection with his poetical contributions from time to time. Indeed, it has been said, that in Chief Justice Hagarty "a good poet was sacrificed to the lawyer and the judge." With general literature he is also thoroughly familiar, and there is a thrill of literary fervor in his conversation when he meets with congenial spirits. Among the many eminent men who have given grace and dignity to the Bench in Canada, Chief Justice Hagarty occupies the very front rank. Apart from his eminent judicial abilities, he is held in the highest esteem by all classes in the Dominion, and in his position of Chief Justice he commands the confidence of the Bench and the Bar.

AVID LESLIE PHILIP, M.D., was born at Richmond, Que., on the 2nd of January 1841. He was educated at the High School, Vankleek Hill, and subsequently at McGill College, Montreal, where he graduated in 1863, obtaining first prize for thesis, and also in clinical medicine. His parents, on coming to Canada, settled in Richmond. On graduating he settled in Woodstock, in partnership with Dr. Torquand. He afterwards went to Plattsville where, for six years, he enjoyed a very large practice, and then removed to Brantford. On leaving Plattsville, the medical profession entertained him at dinner and presented him with a handsome case of surgical instruments. Dr. Philip has been for twelve years member of the Collegiate Institute board, and for three years, chairman. In 1884 he was elected vice-president of the Ontario Medical Association, and in 1885 representative to the Erie and Niagara division of the Ontario Medical Council, and again in 1890, without opposition, for a second term of five years. He is a member of Zion Presbyterian Church and of the board of management; also a member of various local societies.

OBERT HENRY, of the firm of A. Watts & Co., Brantford, was born on the 30th of November, 1845, in Perthshire, Scotland, from whence his parents came in 1854, and settled in Brantford. He was educated at the Brantford schools. Beginning business life early he has, by indomitable energy, raised himself to a prominent position in the mercantile world. He was married on the 16th of December, 1879, to Carrie, daughter of the late Mr. Anthony Philip, of Vankleek Hill. Mr. Henry has been president of the South Brant Agricultural Society, of St. Andrews Society, of the South Brant Conservative Association, and is a director of the Brantford Young Ladies' College and vice-president of the board. In religion he is Presbyterian, and member of the board of management of Zion Church. In 1878 and 1879 he was mayor of Brantford, and again elected in 1887. In politics he is conservative and at election time does yeoman work for his party. There is no man held in higher esteem by all classes in the community, or one who is more devoted to the interests of his adopted city.

UGH ROBERTSON, M.D., Professor of Anatomy, Trinity Medical college, was born in Thorold, County of Welland, Ont. His parents were John and Jean Taylor Robertson, natives of Scotland. The family are descendants of the Robertsons who acquired Orkney and other lands in Nairnshire (1450 A.D.), and also possessed the estate of Struan in Perthshire. He entered Victoria Medical College in 1867. In 1870 he graduated from Toronto University with honors, and was licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He then went to Europe, studied in St. Thomas' Hospital, London, and received the degree of M.R.C.S., England. In 1872 he began practice in Toronto and was elected professor of anatomy in Trinity University, and in 1874 examiner of anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1879 he was elected treasurer of Trinity Medical College, and in 1887 its representative on the senate of the University of Toronto. In 1880 he was chosen as medical director of the Canadian Mutual Life Association, and in 1888 a director of the British America Assurance Co. Dr. Robertson is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

MERSON COATSWORTH, Jr., M.P., LL.B., barrister, Toronto, was born in that city March 9th, 1854. He was educated at the public schools, and studied privately for matriculation into the Law Society. Afterwards he attended Osgoode Hall, and graduated in law in Toronto University in 1886. His father, now City Commissioner of Toronto, was a builder, which trade his son also followed until 1873, when, on his father accepting his present office, he, his brother and cousin continued the business until 1875, when the firm dissolved. Mr. Coatsworth began the study of law in 1875 with Mr. (now Justice) Rose, and completed his course in 1879, when he entered the firm of Rose, Macdonald, Merritt & Coatsworth. This firm continued until 1883, when Mr. Rose was made Judge. Mr. Coatsworth then practiced alone, and afterwards entered into partnership with Frank E. Hodgins. Subsequently Walter A. Geddes was added, and it is now known as Coatsworth, Hodgins & Co. The firm has now a high standing. Mr. Coatsworth was married September 9th, 1883, to Helen, daughter of John Robertson, of De Cew Falls. He was elected M.P. for East Toronto in 1891.

ILLOUGHBY STAPLES BREWSTER, barrister at law, was born on the 9th of July, 1860, in Haldimand, county of Northumberland, and was married on the 16th of August, 1887, to Mary L. Horning, daughter of James Horning, librarian, Brantford Public Library. He was educated at Cobourg Collegiate Institute, and finished his art course at Victoria College, where he took his degree in 1882. He took several honors, such as gold medals in classics and Prince of Wales' silver medal. In his early years he was brought up on a farm and during his attendance at college worked on the farm during vacation. Subsequently he studied law in the office of Fitch & Lees, Brantford, and on the completion of his law course, entered into partnership with B. F. Fitch, where he remained until the latter's death. Since then he has practiced alone. Mr. Brewster is a member of the Brant Avenue Methodist Church; also of the quarterly board. He is at present a member of the public school board in the city of Brantford.

AMES HARLEY was born on the 15th of August, 1850, in the township of Burford, county of Brant, and was married on the 2nd of November, 1881, to Miss Annie C. Manson, of Port Hope, Ont. He received his education at the Brantford Collegiate Institute. In his early days he worked on his father's farm, in the township of Burford, until his preparation for professional life in January, 1874. He was called to the bar in February, 1881, and has built up an extensive and lucrative practice in connection with the firm of Harley & Sweet. Mr. Harley is a member of the Colborne Street Methodist Church and recording steward. He was alderman for the city from 1887 to 1889; a governor of the John H. Stratford Hospital for 1888 and 1889, and is at present a member of the Brantford Collegiate Institute board. Mr. Harley is held in the greatest respect by all who know him in professional life, as a man of the strictest integrity, a wise counsellor, and an able advocate. He is one of the few men who possess the confidence of all parties.

EORGE GORDON MILLS, B.A., barrister, Toronto, was born on 30th of August, 1850, and was married in England in 1882 to Kitty, daughter of T. O. Jones, Esq., of South Australia. Mr. Mills is of Irish parentage. His father, who died in 1876, was a man of great integrity and force of character. His mother (still living) is noted for gentleness and piety. He lived with the family on a farm near Bond Head until twenty years of age. He then entered Brantford Collegiate Institute under the principalship of his brother James, now of the Guelph Agricultural College. Here he took several first prizes, and in 1874 matriculated in Victoria with highest honors and two first scholarships. He taught in Brantford Institute 1875-1876, then returned to college and graduated B.A. in 1878. Mr. Mills then studied law, was called to the Toronto Bar and removed to Winnipeg, where he soon gained distinction as an equity practitioner. In 1887 he was appointed Deputy Attorney-General for Manitoba, and returning to Toronto in 1889, entered into partnership with his brother. In religion Mr. Mills is a Methodist and actively engaged in church work.

LEXANDER MILLS, brother of G. G. Mills, was born on 2nd of January, 1856, and was married in 1888 to Minnie, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Shaw. His early years were also spent on the farm until he went to Brantford in 1876 and studied under his brother James, taking the general proficiency scholarship. He studied law with Mr. Fitch, of Brantford, in 1878-1882, and finished under W. A. Foster, Q.C., in Toronto, having taken two first scholarships. In 1884 he was medalist and called to the Bar with honors. Mr. Mills began practice alone in Toronto, and afterwards entered the firm of Mills, Heighington & Urquhart, and finally, in 1889, associated with his brother George, under the style of Mills & Mills, and the firm have already established a large practice. Mr. Mills, like his brother, is engaged in mission work, and holds important offices in connection with the Metropolitan Church, Toronto.

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EV. ABRAM LEONARD GEE, Ph.B., is the youngest son of Captain John Gee, of U.E. Loyalist descent. He was born in the Township of Gainsboro, Lincoln County, Ontario on the 31st of March, 1854, and was married to Martha A., only daughter of M. Parker, Esq., Basingstoke, Ont., on the 12th of March, 1878. Mr. Gee had the advantage of an excellent common school education, and, in addition, took up Latin, physics and the higher branches of mathematics. At the age of eighteen he obtained a third-class certificate, under which he taught two years. At nineteen years of age he made profession of his faith in Christ, and was received on trial as a travelling preacher by the Niagara Conference of the M.E. Church in 1874, having then just passed his twentieth birthday. During his ministry Mr. Gee has labored in Brant, Saltfleet, Beverly, St. Davids, Welland, Brantford, Smithville and Jerseyville, where he is now stationed, remaining in each place, since his ordination in 1878, the full term of three years. While stationed at Brantford, Mr. Gee carried on evangelistic work, which resulted, under the blessing of God, in over 600 converts in and around the city. He called together the first committee and started the subscription list for the erection of the Colborne Street Methodist Church, and was chairman of the first board of trustees. In 1884 Mr. Gee matriculated as a student of philosophy in the Illinois Wesleyan University, and while engaged in regular pastoral work pursued higher studies in Latin, mathematics, history, political science, natural philosophy and science, and having passed satisfactorily the examinations, the degree of Bachelor was conferred upon him in 1889. As a faithful pastor and a loyal son of the Methodist Church, he is deservedly held in the highest esteem by his brethren. His studious habits and indomitable perseverance give promise of much in the future. He is popular among the people on the circuits he has travelled and takes high rank as a preacher.

ONALD EWEN CAMERON, Deputy Provincial Treasurer, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Ont., was born at Beaverton, Ontario County, November 12th, 1851. His grandfather, Donald Cameron, emigrated from Inverness, Scotland, in 1823, when the father of our sketch, Ewen Cameron, was but six years old, and settled in Glengarry. In 1825 he moved west and settles in Thorah township, Ontario County, near the present village of Beaverton. Mr. Cameron was educated in the public schools of his native county and left home at the age of fifteen to engage in commercial pursuits. In 1869 he entered the Bank of Toronto and served successively in its branches at Barrie, Toronto, and Montreal. In 1875 he became manager of the Exchange Bank of Canada at Parkhill, remaining with that bank until 1878, when he started a private banking institution at Lucknow, County of Bruce. This he carried on until May, 1888, when he received the appointment which he now holds in the Legislature of Ontario. His appointment to his present position is entirely due to his acknowledged fitness and ability and not for any political services rendered his party. Mr. Cameron is one of the most fluent, forcible and convincing speakers among the Liberal young men who take an active part in election campaigns. He is one of the founders of the Young Men's Liberal Club of Toronto, and takes an active part in all that appertains to the social and political advancement, not only of Toronto, but of the Province of Ontario. He is well known as a successful lecturer on the temperance question and other popular Canadian topics. Mr. Cameron also takes an active interest in musical matters, and is at present President of the Haslam Vocal Society, of Toronto. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and also belongs to the Masonic brotherhood. In 1885 he married Mary Elizabeth Whitely, daughter of Robert J. Whitely, of Lucknow, Bruce County, Ontario.

EV. CHARLES LEYCESTER INGLES, M.A., was born at Drummondville, Ont., April 20th, 1856. His father was the late Rev. Charles L. Ingles, M.A., of Stamford, and his mother, a daughter of General John Muncey, of the British army. Mr. Ingles is the fifth generation of Church of England clergymen, dating back beyond the Head Mastership of Rugby, which was held by his great grandfather. He was educated at Trinity College School at Port Hope, and Trinity University, Toronto, graduating with honors in 1877. In 1885 he received the degree of M.A., and on the 21st of September, 1879, was ordained deacon and appointed to St. Mark's, Parkdale. On the 26th of the September, 1880, he was ordained to the priesthood of the Anglican Church in Canada, and has been pastor of St. Mark's ever since. The parish having become too large, in 1887 another parish was formed as the parish of the Church of the Epiphany. Mr. Ingles is a member of the United Workmen. He was married on the 6th of June, 1882, to Frances Helen, adopted daughter of James Young, of Toronto.

HARLES V. SNELGROVE, L.D.S., practicing Dental Surgeon, Toronto, Ont., was born on the 14th of February, 1859, at Ingersoll, County of Oxford, Ont. He is a son of Abram Snelgrove, contractor, of the same place. He was married on the 27th of October, 1887, to Isabella Sinclair, daughter of John Sinclair, merchant, Toronto. Mr. Snelgrove was educated in the public schools of Ingersoll, and in 1877 entered the office of Mr. Charles Kennedy, Ingersoll, where he began the study of dental surgery. In 1881 he entered the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, where he completed his course and graduated in 1884. He has given several clinics at the meetings of the Ontario Dental Society, and takes an active part in the affairs of the conventions held in Ontario and elsewhere. Mr. Snelgrove is very highly esteemed by his fellow dentists, and is one of Toronto's enterprising young men in the highest sense of the word. He is at present vice-president of the Ontario Dental Society and a member of Knox Presbyterian Church. He has a growing practice and enjoys the confidence of a large circle of friends.

EORGE L. HALL, Dentist, Toronto, Ont., was born on the 19th of August, 1858, in Uxbridge, Ont. He was married on the 17th of February, 1885, to the only daughter of the late Charles Sherriff, Esq., Brussels. His father is Henry Ball, Esq., Brussels. Dr. Ball received his education at the Georgetown Academy, with a view to entering the ministry; but after being received as a candidate, was obliged, on account of ill-health, to change his intentions. In 1879 he entered the office of Dr. Watson to study dentistry, and after the regular examinations of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto, graduated in 1884, being one of four to carry off honors presented by the faculty. After practicing with eminent success four years in Seaforth, he removed to Toronto, where he is building up a large and select practice. Dr. Ball is a member of the Methodist Church, and takes an active part in Sabbath School and other church work. He is at the present time a local preacher, trustee and Bible class teacher. A man of sterling character; he has won the confidence and enjoys the respect of a large number of friends. Such men leave their impress on the world.

EV. EBENEZER B. LANCELEY, pastor of Colborne Street Methodist Church, London, Ont., was born at Cobourg, September 18th, 1857, and was married October 15th, 1884, to Alice, daughter of the late Oscar Munroe, of the township of London. He was the youngest of eleven children, his father and mother coming from England in 1854. He removed with his parents from Cobourg to Hamilton in 1868, and after attending the public schools in these places, entered the Wesleyan Theological College and McGill University, Montreal. For a time after leaving the public school he was in mercantile life. At the age of 19 he was commended by the Quarterly Board of the Centenary Church, Hamilton, for the ministry, and in June, 1877, was appointed to the Stoney Creek circuit. He was ordained in 1882 at Woodstock, and appointed assistant to Dr. Williams, the President of the Conference. Thence he served Strathroy one year, London West three years, Forest one year, and Colborne Street, London, three years. At the London Conference of 1890 Mr. Lanceley was journal secretary.

M. FREDERICK WALKER, M.A., LL.B., Q.C., Hamilton, Ont., was born on the 28th of December, 1845, in the township of Clinton, County of Lincoln. He received his primary education at Beamsville Grammar School, and graduated at Toronto University in 1867, taking also M.A. in 1869, and LL.B. (and medalist) in 1874. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in December, 1871, and at once entered into partnership with the present Hon. Mr. Justice Burton, and was subsequently created Q.C. by Dominion appointment in December, 1889. Mr. Walker continued in his partnership with Mr. Burton until the latter's elevation to the Bench of the Court of Appeal in Ontario. He is at present head member of the firm of Walker, Scott & Lees, Hamilton. Mr. Walker occupies a distinguished position in the legal profession, and his firm enjoys a large practice in the city and surrounding country. He was selected as Examiner in Law by the Senate of the University of Toronto, and held that honorable position for the period of four consecutive years, that being the longest term allowed by law for the same person to hold the office. This speaks volumes for his legal ability.

LFRED BENNISON ATHERTON, B.A., M.D.; L.R.C.P. & S., Edinburgh, was born January 22nd, 1843, at Queensbury, York County, New Brunswick. His parents were John and Charlotte Perley Atherton, both of whose forefathers came from New England to New Brunswick about 1760, and were of Puritan stock. He received the degree of B.A. at the University of New Brunswick in 1862, and subsequently studied medicine at Harvard, Boston, where he graduated in 1866. After a further course of study in Edinburgh, he received the diplomas of the Royal Colleges there in 1867. He began practice in Fredericton in 1867, and remained there till 1884, when, after a visit to the hospitals of London, Eng., he removed to Toronto. He was a member of the senate of the University of New Brunswick from 1867 to 1884, and a member of the medical council of New Brunswick from 1881 to 1884. He also has held the positions of vice-president of the Canadian Medical Association and president of the Toronto Medical Society. He is now lecturer on the principles of surgery at the Women's Medical College, Toronto, and surgeon to St. John's Hospital for Women.

ETER H. COX, retired captain and mayor of Paris, "Claremont" Paris, Ont., was born on the 11th of November, 1852, at Chatham, Kent County, England, his parents, however, resided in Dorsetshire, where he calls home. Captain Cox was educated at King's College, Sherbourne, Dorsetshire, England, and afterwards came to this country in the spring of 1869, where he worked for a time as a farm pupil, and afterwards settled on a farm two miles south of Paris. In the year 1880 he retired from active agricultural pursuits and settled in the town where he has resided ever since. During recent years he has not engaged in any business, but has devoted considerable time to the interests of the town, filling numerous offices of importance. He was married on the 17th of November, 1875, to Annie Salina, youngest daughter of Captain James B. Harris, late of Her Majesty's 24th Regiment. Coming from a military race, his father being Colonel of Her Majesty's 56th Foot, Captain Cox having passed his military examinations, joined the volunteer forces of Canada in 1871. He commanded the Paris Company for eight years, and retired with rank in 1882. In politics Captain Cox is a Liberal-Conservative, and is president of the Conservative Association for the South Riding of Brant. He is also secretary of the Paris Board of Trade, and of the Masonic fraternity, offices which he has held for some years, and he is a Past Master of the latter. He has been connected with various local athletic associations. Capt. Cox is a member of the Anglican Church, warden of St. James Church, Paris, and delegate to the Synod of Huron. In the Dominion general elections of 1891 he received the unanimous nomination of the Conservative Convention to contest the Riding of South Brant with Wm. Patterson, M.P., but was defeated after a gallant fight. He has rendered such service to the town of Paris that he is held in the highest esteem by the residents of this important and picturesque town.

OBERT PEEL ECHLIN, M.A., barrister, solicitor, etc., Toronto, was born on the 29th August, 1856, in Dundas, County of Wentworth, Ont. His father was James Echlin, Echlinville, County Down, Ireland. The Echlins are an old family, tracing their ancestry back to the 13th century. His mother was Jane Robertson, who came of a well-known family in Glasgow, Scotland. Mr. Echlin received his education at Cobourg Collegiate Institute and Victoria University, where he graduated as B.A. in 1878, obtaining the Prince of Wales silver medal for general proficiency. Three years later he received the degree of M.A. While an undergraduate he taught two years as assistant master in the Brantford Collegiate Institute, and after graduation held the position of headmaster in the Caledonia High School. At college he was a general favorite with all his fellow students, who elected him by acclamation, in his final year at college as president of the Literary Society of Victoria University. In September 1880, Mr Echlin entered the law office of Messrs. McClive, Gilleland & Pattison, St. Catherines and two years later the office of Messrs. Blake, Kerr, Lash & Cassels, Toronto. He was called to the Bar in the Easter term of 1883, and shortly afterwards commenced the practice of his profession in Toronto. While courteous to all, he is a man of aggressive nature. In professional contests he is neither disposed to grant nor accept favours. His recognized abilities and exceptional capacity for work must place him ere long in the front rank of his profession, and probably lead ultimately to the Bench, which is the desired goal of the legal profession. Mr. Echlin is a member of the Ontario Reform Club and Young Men's Liberal Club, and an office holder in the Reform Association, Toronto. In politics he is an advanced Liberal. He is an enthusiastic Free Mason and a member of St Andrew's Lodge No. 16 G.R.C., the mother lodge of the Right Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald and other prominent Canadians.

HOMAS MILLMAN, M.D., M.R.C.S., England; L.R.C.P., Edinburgh; F.O.S., London, Eng., etc., was born near Woodstock, Ont., on the 14th February, 1850, his father being Thos. Millman, of Devonshire, Eng., and his mother Maria Taylor, of Norfolk, Eng. Dr. Millman was educated in the Woodstock Grammar School until 1869, when he entered Trinity Medical College, Toronto, where he graduated in 1873. He then received the appointment as assistant surgeon to the British North American Boundary Commission of 1873-75. He then went to Europe and spent two years in London and Edinburgh, passing the examination for membership in the Royal College of Surgeons, England, and became a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. He was also appointed Resident Accoucheur of St. Thomas' Hospital, London, and was elected a Fellow of the Obstetrical Society, London. Returning to Canada he began practice in Woodstock, and in 1879 received the appointment of assistant physician at the Asylum for the Insane, London, Ont. In 1885 he was appointed assistant medical superintendent of the Asylum for the Insane, Kingston, Ont., which position he resigned in 1889, having decided to remove to Toronto and resume general practice. On his removal from the London to the Kingston Asylum, he was presented with a handsome gold watch by the officers and employees of the former institution, and on leaving Kingston was presented with a fine microscope. He has devoted considerable time to botany and has a fine collection of the Canadian flora. Dr. Millman is a member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Toronto, and holds the office of church warden. He is a Mason of fifteen years' standing and a Past Master of the Order. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, and for eight years has been Supreme Physician of the Order, a position of great responsibility as well as honor. Dr. Millman married, in 1881, Helen D. Craig, daughter of John Craig, Edinburgh, Scotland.

ILLIAM FOSTER COCKSHUTT, Brantford, Ontario, was born October 17th, 1855, at Brantford. He was educated at private schools, the Brantford Collegiate Institute, and at Galt Collegiate Institute. He left school at the age of sixteen and commenced business with his father, I. Cockshutt. After four years he went to England to complete his business education,--first to West Hartlepool with Messrs. Thos. Furness & Co., provision merchants and steamship owners, and then to London; and Messrs. Peek Bros. & Co., wholesale tea and spice merchants, he received instructions in that branch of trade. After remaining in London a few months he came back to Canada and took the management of a branch of his father's business until 1882, when he commenced business for himself. He has now an extensive business in groceries and provisions, and also in hardware. For many years Mr. Cockshutt was a member of the Farringdon Church, and an acceptable preacher among them, but latterly he has been an adherent of Grace Episcopalian Church, Brantford. He has taken great interest in the Farringdon Debating Society, being one of the charter members of the re-organized society, and for two years its president. In 1887 he was the Conservative candidate to contest the riding of South Brant with Wm. Patterson, M.P., but after an able campaign was defeated. He was president of the Brantford Board of Trade in 1888. For about three years he was president of the Cockshutt Plow Co., from which he retired in 1889. He is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade, and is well and favorably known to the business community of that city and also of Montreal. Mr. Cockshutt visits Europe once a year, and enjoys the full confidence of many of the great mercantile houses in the United Kingdom. He has been a great traveller, having crossed the Atlantic twenty-four times, the continent four times, and made a complete tour of Cuba, Mexico, United States and Canada.

LBERT OGDEN, barrister and solicitor, Toronto, was born 29th September, 1847, in the township of Toronto, County of Peel, Ont. His parents were William J. Ogden, officer in the York County Militia, and Rebecca Ogden. His father's family can be traced back to the time of Charles II., and one of his ancestors received recognition and coat armor for services rendered the king. He was educated at the public schools, a commercial college, and the Toronto Collegiate Institute. In 1871 he entered the law office of Cameron, McMichael and Hoskin, was called to the Bar in 1876, and became junior member of the firm. On the elevation of Mr. Cameron to the Bench in 1878, the firm became McMichael, Hoskin & Ogden. In 1889 Messrs. Hoskin and Ogden formed their present partnership. He is a member, and the chief official for many years, of Queen Street Methodist Church, also a member of the I.O.O.F., being a Past Master of his lodge, and is a member of the Sons of England Society and other organizations. In politics he is a Liberal. On the 20th December, 1877, he was married to Mary, daughter of Edward Leadlay, merchant, of Toronto.

ILLIAM CASE ADAMS, L.D.S., practicing Dental Surgeon, Toronto, Ont., was born on the 18th of October, 1823, at Lundy's Lane, Niagara, and is the son of the late Rev. Ezra Adams, Methodist minister. In 1857 he married Matilda Osman, daughter of John Osman, Esq., of Seneca Falls, N.Y., by whom he has one daughter. Dr. Adams' education was carried on under difficulties, his father being an itinerant minister. At an early age he was left to make his own living. When only sixteen he left home and commenced working at the carpenter's trade, and soon earned enough money to attend school; he afterwards taught school, and finally attended Victoria College and was studying medicine, when he was advised by a dentist to turn his attention to dentistry. He took the advice and studied under the direction of an English practitioner. In 1852 he began practice and settled in Toronto in 1854. He is now the oldest practicing dental surgeon in the city. Dr. Adams is a member of the Methodist Church, and has been class leader for many years. He is also a member of the Masonic Order, and is Past Chaplain in the Royal Arcanum Lodge, Toronto.

HE HON. EDWARD BLAKE, Q.C., eldest son of William Hume Blake, was born at Bear Creek, county of Middlesex, on the 13th October, 1833. When Edward was a few months old his father removed to Toronto. As a lad he gave evidence of great mental powers. He was an omnivorous reader, had unusual capacity for assimilation, and an excellent memory. He was a successful competitor for the Governor-General's prize, and subsequently entered the Toronto University. He was admitted as attorney in 1856, and the following Michaelmas term was called to the bar. He carried on business for some time alone, and then entered into partnership with Mr. Stephen Waule Jarvis. Thereafter, the name of the firm many times changed. In 1858 he married Margaret, daughter of the late Bishop Cronyn, of Huron. Ever since 1867 the Reform party recognized what a gain it would be to add Edward Blake's ability and high character to its ranks. After much earnest solicitation he consented to their request and was elected to the House of Commons for West Durham. In December, 1869, he became leader of the Provincial opposition. In the Ontario elections of 1871 John Sandfield McDonald's Government lost many supporters. On the assembling of the Legislature, Mr. McKenzie moved a want of confidence and Mr. Blake supported the motion. The ministry being overthrown, Mr. Blake was called to form a government, a task which he accepted against his inclination. In the autumn he resigned his leadership to take his seat in the House of Commons. On the downfall of Sir John A. Macdonald's administration, Mr. Blake entered Mr. McKenzie's cabinet, without portfolio, but resigned on the following February. In 1875 he accepted office again as Minister of Justice. In 1877 he resigned this office and became president of the council. Shortly after the downfall of the administration, he was chosen leader of the Opposition in place of Mr. McKenzie, and was succeeded by Mr. Laurier.

EORGE KENNEDY, M.A., LL.D., barrister-at-law, Crown Lands Department, Toronto, Ont., was born at Bytown (now the city of Ottawa) on March 1st, 1838. He was educated at Carleton County Model School, Aylmer Academy, Ottawa Grammar School, and University College, Toronto. He matriculated in Toronto University in 1853, took first classical scholarship, and held first-class honors in classics, mathematics, metaphysics and ethics, logic, rhetoric, modern languages, history and English literature. He was also gold medalist in metaphysics and ethics. He graduated B.A. in 1857, M.A. in 1860, LL.B. in 1864, and LL.D. in 1877. He became head master of Grenville County Grammar School in 1859, and second master of Ottawa Grammar School in 1860 and 1861, where he also had a the same time charge of the branch Meteorological Observatory. Mr. Kennedy then studied law in the office of Messrs. Crooks, Kingsmill & Cattanach, Toronto, and entered at Osgoode Hall in 1862, and was called to the Bar in 1865. After practicing in Ottawa from 1865 until 1872, he accepted the position of law clerk to the Crown Lands Department of Ontario. He has been connected with Toronto University College Literary Society (of which he was one of the original members), and the Ottawa Literary and Scientific Society, of which he is a life member. He has been vice-president of the Canadian Institute, and is editor of "The Transactions." He has also been secretary of the Toronto St. Andrew's Society from the year 1885 to the present time, and has written a history of its first fifty years, from 1836-86. On June 6th, 1883, he was married to Sarah, daughter of the late Henry Jackson. He was brought up in the Presbyterian faith, and attends the Bloor Street Presbyterian Church, Toronto, but is a Unitarian in belief. Men of Mr. Kennedy's attainments are bright examples of the success possible to be secured by persevering effort, long before the prime of life is reached.

LEXANDER YOUNG SCOTT, B.A., M.D., Professor of Practical Biology in Trinity Medical College, Toronto, was born on October 12th, 1859, in Chesterfield, County of Oxford, Ont. His father was Alexander Scott, merchant there. On the 6th of August, 1889, Dr. Scott was married to Margaret S. Ritchie, daughter of Hugh Ritchie, formerly of Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland. He began his preliminary education in the Stratford public schools. From 1878 to 1882 he attended Toronto University, where he graduated with the highest honors. After graduating in 1882, he was appointed to the position of Science Master in Upper Canada College, and while engaged teaching there, he entered Trinity Medical College, and graduated in medicine in 1887 with first-class honors. In 1891 he was appointed Dean and Lecturer on Chemistry and Botany in the Ontario College of Pharmacy, and in the same year was elected manager of Deer Park Presbyterian Church. Dr. Scott is also a member of the Royal Arcanum. He was an officer in the North-West Rebellion of 1885 and took part in the engagements of General Middleton's column at Fish Creek and Batoche.

EV. JOHN G. SHEARER, B.A., pastor of Erskine Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Ont., was born in Blandford, Oxford, on the 9th of August, 1859, and was married to Miss Lizzie Johnston, of Burford, Ont., on the 8th of August, 1883. Mr. Shearer was educated at Ratho public school, Weston High School, Brantford Collegiate Institute and Toronto University, where he graduated as B.A. in June, 1889, with high honors in mental and moral science, civil polity and logic. He graduated in theology from Knox College, Toronto, in 1888, having taken several prizes and scholarships. Mr. Shearer left the farm at seventeen, and having obtained a second-class certificate at eighteen, began teaching school. In 1879, and again in 1887, in pursuit of better health, he spent some months in Europe. He was converted in 1883 and began his ministry at Onondaga, Brant County. Subsequently his labors were much blessed in missions at Fort William, Algoma, and in St. John's Ward, Toronto. Mr. Shearer was called to Caledonia immediately on completing his theological studies, and was ordained and inducted on June 5th, 1888. He was unanimously called to Hamilton in January, 1891.

ROF. GOLDWIN SMITH, M.A., LL.D. and D.C.L., Toronto, was born on 13th of August, 1823, at Reading, England, where his father had been for some time a practicing physician. Like so many other distinguished Englishmen, he received his early education at Eton, which school was soon to receive added honors by his brilliant university course at Oxford. He first entered as an undergraduate of Christ Church, but on being elected to a demyship in Magdalen he completed his course in that college. Two years after graduation, he was offered and accepted a fellowship of University College, of which institution he became tutor. In 1840 he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, but minds like his seldom find in the law a permanent attraction, and Mr. Smith was won to life-long service to literature. In 1858 he was elected professor of modern history at Oxford. When he visited America in 1864 he received from the Brown University the degree of LL.D. From his own university at Oxford he subsequently had conferred upon him the degree of D.C.L. He staunchly advocated the abolition of slavery, and warmly sympathized with the North during the Civil war. Four years after his first arrival in America he was appointed lecturer in English and constitutional history in Cornell University at Ithaca, N.Y., and this office he still holds, although for the past twelve years he has been a resident of Toronto. In 1872 he was appointed a member of the Senate of Toronto University, was elected the representative of the public school teachers on the council of public instruction, and for two years president of the Provincial Teachers' Association. Since coming to Canada, Mr. Smith has devoted his time and genius to a furtherance of all projects that can advance the people, intellectually, socially, and morally. He established The Bystander, and took part in establishing The Week. In 1875 he married the widow of the late Wm. Boulton, of Toronto. As a master of style, he has no superior.

DWARD HARTLEY DEWART, D.D., editor of the Christian Guardian, Toronto, was born in county Cavan, Ireland, in 1828, and was married June 25th, 1856, to Miss Matilda Hunt, of Hamilton. When he was six years old, he came with his parents to Canada, the family settling in Peterboro county, Ontario. Educational advantages at that time were few, but young Dewart was a persistent student. In 1847 he became a student of the Normal School, and afterwards taught school, and, in coming back for another session, assisted the professors in teaching. In 1851 he was called to the ministry of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, of which he had been a member since 1843. His ministerial labors commenced in St. Thomas circuit, he then travelled for one year each in Port Hope and Thorold circuits. On the completion of his probation he was stationed in Dundas, then in 1856 as superintendent of St. Andrew's circuit on the Ottawa River, then on the Odelltown circuit, and in 1860 in Montreal West. Owing to enfeebled health, resulting from overwork, he was compelled to retire for nearly a year. Restored to health, he was for three years superintendent of the St. John's circuit, and afterwards stationed at Collingwood, Toronto, and Ingersoll. In 1869 he was elected editor of the Christian Guardian, a position which he has filled for over twenty-one years with marked ability. At the late General Conference he was re-elected for another term. In 1873 Dr. Dewart was a delegate to the English Wesleyan Conference, and in 1881 to the Ecumenical Methodist Conference held in London, England. He was president of the Toronto Conference in 1883, and of the Canadian Press Association in 1889, and a delegate to the Methodist Ecumenical Conference of 1891. Notwithstanding the large amount of church work and editorial duties devolving upon him, he has done a good deal of enduring work with his pen, in prose and verse. He is a vigorous writer, a powerful debater, and an able preacher.

TEPHEN FRANKLIN LAZIER, Q.C., Hamilton, Ont., was born in Picton, Prince Edward County, Ont., on the 1st of July, 1841, and is descended from a U.E. Loyalist. He was married on the 22nd August, 1871 to Alice Maud Mary, eldest daughter of Joseph Lister, Hamilton. He was educated at the public and private schools, and entered Victoria College when 14 years of age, and graduated B.A. at 18. Afterwards he obtained the degrees of LL.B. and M.A. He entered the profession of law at 18, became attorney at 21, and barrister at 22. In 1890 he was appointed Q.C. by both the Ontario and Dominion Governments. Mr. Lazier has been leader and trustee in the Centenary Methodist Church, Hamilton, and member of two General Conferences. He is Past Master of Temple Lodge of A.F. and A. Masons, has been trustee and chairman of the Board of Education, is a director of the Y.M.C.A., director of the Grimsby Park Association, and president of the Hamilton Bible Society. In all good works Mr. Lazier occupies a foremost place, and he is extending his influence as the years go by.

EV. RICHARD HARRISON, M.A., rector of St. Matthias Church, Toronto, was born in that city February 25th, 1842. His father was Richard Harrison, formerly of Skegarvey, County of Monaghan, Ireland. He was educated at Trinity University, where he graduated in 1861, taking high class honors, in classics and mathematics. He received the degree of M.A. in 1864, was ordained deacon in the Church of England in 1865, and priest in 1866. In 1867 he was appointed assistant curate at St. George's, Toronto, and in 1867 went to England, and became assistant curate of the Anglican Church at Stratton, St. Margaret's. Returning to Canada in 1868, he became missionary successively at Beverley, Woodbridge and Vaughan, where he remained five years. In 1873 he came to Toronto and took charge of the mission parish of St. Matthias--since the "mother" of several churches. In 1877 he was delegate to the Provincial Synod at Montreal. Mr. Harrison was married to Cealia Maria, daughter of William Leslie, of Puslinch, Ont., in 1870. He wrote "The British Catholic Church" and other tractates.

ORMAN BETHUNE, M.D., M.R.C.S., London, and F.R.C.S., Edinburgh, practicing physician, Toronto, was born August 13th, 1822, at Moose Factory, Hudson's Bay. In 1851 he married Janet Nicolson, of Edinburgh, Scotland. His eldest son was drowned by the foundering of the State of Florida in 1884. His youngest son is in the ministry of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Bethune was educated by his uncle, the Rev. Alexander N. Bethune, rector of Cobourg, and latterly Bishop of Toronto, in Cobourg, and at Upper Canada College. In 1842 he entered King's College, now Toronto University, and graduated in 1845. He then attended King's College Medical School, and in 1846 went to England and studied at King's College and Guy's Hospital. In 1848 he received the diploma of M.R.C.S., London, and in 1850 the degree of M.D. from Edinburgh. He then returned to Canada, and has been a teacher in Toronto School of Medicine and Victoria College, and is the sole survivor of the original members of the faculty of Trinity Medical School. Dr. Bethune is a member of the Presbyterian Church and a Royal Arch Mason.

EV. CHENEY BURDETT, superannuated Methodist minister of Ridgetown, Ont., was born on May 1st, 1826, in England. He lost his parents in very early life, and was left entirely to his own unaided exertions, not only to gain a livelihood, but to procure his education. Notwithstanding, however, all these drawbacks, by diligence, perseverance, and force of character, he acquired solid attainments in the departments of science, theology, ecclesiastical history, and other departments of study. During the thirty-three years of his active ministry he was the stationed superintendent of eighteen different circuits. Mr. Burdett is an exceedingly forcible speaker, and has been unusually successful in revival services, and in the great camp meetings of former years in Canada. He was married on May 2nd, 1852, to Nancy Rouse, who died in 1881, leaving four children, one of whom is Mrs. Dr. Brien, of the County of Essex, and afterwards was married to Mrs. Emily McTavish, on November 14th, 1882. Men of Mr. Burdett's stamp have done much to mould the moral and religious life of this country.

EV. JOHN KAY, pastor of Wellington Street Methodist Church, Brantford, was born in Napanee, Ont., on the 20th May, 1838. His father was from Ireland and his mother a native of England. His father studied for some years in preparation for the ministry, but did not complete his course. He was an excellent public speaker. He followed the lumber business in the village of Newburgh, where young Kay received the rudiments of his education. When he had scarcely reached his fourteenth year, his father died, leaving a widow and three children, of whom the subject of our sketch was the oldest. The family shortly afterwards left Newburgh and settled in Camborne, in the vicinity of Cobourg. Here he consecrated himself to the church and became a local preacher, prosecuting, while still engaged in other business, his studies in preparation for the ministry. In 1862 he was received into the Conference and was appointed to assist the Rev. S. B. Gundy in St. Mary's. He made satisfactory progress in his literary curriculum, taking also a course in philosophy and theology under the late Rev. Wm. McClure. Mr. Kay has, since his ordination, been stationed in Ingersoll (twice), Milton, Waterdown, Tilsonburg, London, Waterford, Thorold, Hamilton and Brantford, where he has entered upon his third year. He has occupied important positions, such as secretary of the Conference, chairman of Districts, was representative to the General Conference in Toronto in 1886, in Montreal in 1890, and president of the Niagara Conference in 1890. He has always been a strong friend of the temperance movement, and has been a member of the Sons of Temperance, the Good Templars and Royal Templars. In theology he is progressive, yet conservative. In 1871 he published an interesting biography of his father-in-law, the Rev. W. Gundy, and has on several occasions contributed to periodical literature. He also takes a lively interest in educational matters, and in everything pertaining to the welfare of his native land.

EV. B. F. AUSTIN, M.A., B.D., Principal of Alma Ladies' College, St. Thomas, was born on September 21, 1850, in the township of Brighton, County of Northumberland, and was married on the 16th June, 1881, to Miss Frances Amanda Connell. Mr. Austin was educated at Albert University, Belleville, having his preparatory training at the Brighton grammar and common schools. At the age of sixteen he began teaching in the township of Brighton, where he remained three and a half years. In 1871 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church, and was ordained in 1877. During his attendance at the university, he edited the Temperance Union, and in vacation time lectured and organized lodges. He graduated B.A. in 1877 and B.D. in 1881, preached a year in the Brighton circuit, a year in Frankford circuit, one year each in Cobourg and Ottawa, three years in Prescott, and then went to the Metropolitan Church in Ottawa, from which, after a three months pastorate, he was taken to his present position in Alma College. Since that date (1881), he has, with singular ability and success, promoted the interests of this important institution. Mr. Austin has been busy with his pen for many years. In 1879 he published a volume of sermons by various ministers, under the title of "The M. E. Pulpit," the profits being given for mission purposes. In 1880 he published a small volume, entitled "Sins of the Times;" in 1884, "The Gospel to the Poor vs. Pew Rents;" in 1889, a pamphlet on "The Jesuits," which has already run through four editions; and in the same year he edited a handsome volume, entitled "Woman: Her Character, Culture and Calling." Mr. Austin is much sought after for the platform and pulpit, and renders valuable service to churches of his own and other denominations. He is a strong advocate of union between the Evangelical churches, and a prominent member of the Equal Rights Party, in its efforts to spread sound Protestant doctrines and thwart Romish aggression.

EV. WM. BRIGGS, D.D., who has recently been unanimously elected for the fourth time as Book Steward of the Methodist Church, is a native of the Emerald Isle. His parents were members of the Wesleyan Church. When about six years old he was taken to Liverpool, where he received his early education, being for some time under the training of the celebrated Dean Howson. His diligence as a student gave promise of great usefulness in the future. In early boyhood he professed the faith of his parents and soon began to exercise his gifts. Eventually his name appeared on the local preachers' list in the Liverpool circuit. In 1859 he was called to the ministry, and introduced to the Wesleyan Conference in Canada by the president, the late Rev. Dr. Stinson. Commencing his ministry in the province of Quebec he came westward to such important centres as Montreal, Belleville, Cobourg, Toronto, London, and Hamilton, in some of which he was stationed more than one term. He has also been chairman of districts and president of the Toronto Conference. Dr. Briggs' early business training has been of immense benefit to him in his present position. Under his management the book room has become the largest publishing house in the Dominion. For well nigh half a century its head quarters were in King street, Toronto, until increasing business demanded greater space. Now Wesley buildings is one of the attractions of the Queen City of the West. In addition to his business engagements, Dr. Briggs preaches nearly every Sabbath in some part of Canada, and his pulpit ministrations, fresh and vigorous, are eagerly sought after. He is a man always ready to help in every good cause, who has the courage of his convictions, and is respected for his manly independence. Rarely do we find combined in one man such power to grasp the details of a large business, and at the same time, a pulpit eloquence which thrills the large audiences that constantly greet him.

IR WILLIAM PEARCE HOWLAND, C.B., K.C.M.G., Toronto, is of English descent, his American progenitor being one John Howland, a Quaker, who emigrated with the band of pilgrims who landed on "the bleak New England shores" in 1620. He is a native of Duchess county, New York, and was born in the town of Paulings 29th of May, 1811. He was educated at the Kinderhook Academy, and came to Canada in 1830, settling in the township of Toronto and engaging in business in partnership with his brother. In 1840 he purchased the Lambton Mills, and soon after engaged in the wholesale grocery trade in Toronto. He is now extensively engaged in the milling business at several points in the province. Sir William has been an influential member of the Toronto Board of Trade, and its president for several years. He is also president of the Ontario Bank, the Anchor Marine Insurance Company, the London and Canadian Loan and Agency Company, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the Confederation Life Association of Canada. He was a member of the executive council, July 1st, 1867, was sworn in one of the Privy Council and became Minister of Inland Revenue, holding that position until July, 1868, when he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. From 1857 to 1868 he represented the constituency of West York. He has at different times been minister of finance, receiver-general, postmaster-general, a member of the Privy Council, a commissioner to visit Washington, and to the London Conference 1866-67, and in 1873 filled the position of Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. Her Majesty created him C.B. in July, 1867, and in May, 1879, conferred upon him the order of Knighthood. Sir William has been twice married, first in 1843 to Mrs. Webb, who died in 1859; again in 1866 to the widow of the late Captain Hunt. He is modest and unassuming in disposition, honorable in the highest sense, and possessing the instincts of a true gentleman.

HARLES O'REILLY, M.D., C.M., (McGill College), Medical Superintendent of Toronto General Hospital, was born in Hamilton, Ont., 19th of June, 1846. He is the eldest son of the late Gerald O'Reilly, M.D., L.R.C.S.I., of Ballinlough, County Meath, Ireland, and a descendant of the ancient family of Brefney O'Reilly, A.D. 611. Dr. O'Reilly was educated in Hamilton at private schools, and, in 1863, matriculated at McGill, where he passed through the regular curriculum of four years for the degree of Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery. As he was not of age when he finished he did not receive his diploma until he attained his majority, when he was unanimously appointed Resident Physician of the Hamilton City Hospital. He held this position from 1867 to 1876, when he removed to Toronto. In 1868 he was gazetted Assistant Surgeon of the 13th Battalion, Hamilton, and in 1870 was elected secretary and treasurer of the Hamilton Medical and Surgical Society, the duties of which office he performed for years. His recognised medical skill and experience in hospital management then led to his appointment as Medical Superintendent of the Toronto General Hospital. On leaving his native city, Dr. O'Reilly was the recipient of many flattering testimonials. During his connection with the Toronto Hospital many important additions have been made. He is now Clinical Examiner in Surgery for both the Medical Council of Ontario and the University of Toronto, and is also Examiner in Surgery of Trinity. In 1890 he received the honorary ad cundem degree of M.D. from Trinity University in recognition of his services on behalf of practical medical education. In 1876 he was married to Sophia, youngest daughter of the late George Rolph, barrister, Dundas, and niece of Hon. John Rolph, M.D., Toronto. Dr. O'Reilly has three brothers--Dr. Gerald O'Reilly, of Fergus, Dr. E. B. O'Reilly, of Hamilton, and Mr. H. H. O'Reilly, agent of the Bank of Hamilton, Owen Sound.

M. THEOPHILUS STUART, M.D., practicing physician, Toronto, Ont., son of the late Rev. James Stuart, Presbyterian clergyman, was born on the 13th of May, 1853, at Markham, Ontario. Dr. Stuart was educated at the Brantford Collegiate Institute and Upper Canada College, and in 1873 entered Trinity Medical College, where he graduated with honors in 1877. At the same time he took the Starr gold medal, the University gold medal in Toronto University, and the University gold medal in Trinity University, and also stood highest in his class for the faculty gold medal in the latter University. In 1879 he made a lengthened visit to Europe and studied in the hospitals of Dublin, Edinburgh and London. For some years past he has spent several months each summer in the hospitals and post graduate medical schools in New York, devoting special attention to diseases of the skin and the kidneys. Immediately after graduation, Dr. Stuart was appointed Professor of Practical Chemistry in Trinity Medical College, Toronto, and is now Associate Professor of General Chemistry. In 1878 he was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Ontario, and in 1879 was appointed Professor of Chemistry, which professorship he still holds. Dr. Stuart took a certificate from the Toronto Military School under Colonel Denison, and still takes a deep interest in military affairs. In his youth he was an adherent of Zion Presbyterian Church, Brantford, (Rev. Dr. Cochrane's) and is now a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Toronto. He is married to Margaret B. Gibson, daughter of the late Rev. Hamilton Gibson, Presbyterian clergyman. His brother, the late Rev. J. L. Stuart, of Trenton, Ontario, (who died in the Southern States), was celebrated for his literary and poetical productions, and his surviving brother, Rev. J. G. Stuart, is now the successful minister of St. Mark's Presbyterian Church in Toronto.

ICHARD CADDICK, solicitor and attorney-at-law, Toronto, was born 23rd November, 1833, at Westbromwich, Eng. His father was Richard Caddick, coal master and corn merchant there. He was married February 13th, 1869, to Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Howe, Norfolk, Eng. Mr. Caddick was educated at Mackworth College, Derbyshire, and Sheffield Wesleyan College, Eng. In 1859 he began study of law with his uncle, Elisha Caddick, of Westbromwich, and afterwards studied with the great Joshua Williams in London, and was admitted as a member of the Law Society of England in 1856. He was commissioner and guardian of the poor of the Union in his native town, and for years carried on a large practice. In 1868, on account of ill-health, he came to Canada, and in 1870 entered the law office of Blake, Kerr & Cassels, Toronto, and was admitted to practice in 1872. Mr. Caddick is a member of the Methodist Church, and takes an active part in denominational matters, having filled many important offices. He has been for many years an indefatigable worker in the Sons of England Benevolent Society, and was elected in 1879 Supreme Grand President.

TEPHEN MOFFATT HAY, M.D., practicing physician, of Toronto, Ont., was born on the 1st of October, 1857, in Wellington County, Ont., and is the son of the late Robert Hay, of Maryboro. In 1887 he was married to Carrie Ogden, daughter of Dr. W. W. Ogden, professor in the University of Toronto, whose biography appears elsewhere in these pages. Dr. Hay was educated at Listowel, Guelph and St. Catharines Collegiate Institutes. In 1881 he entered the Toronto School of Medicine and graduated in 1885 from Victoria University. He then went to Europe and studied in the hospitals of Edinburgh and London, receiving the degree of L.S.A. from London, Eng. After this he returned to Toronto and began the practice of his profession. Although still a young man, he has gained the confidence of the medical profession to a very large extent, and has reached his present position by well recognized ability and indomitable effort. Dr. Hay is a member of Queen Street Methodist Church, Toronto, a member of the official board of that congregation, and takes an active interest in all good works connected with his church. He is also a member of various fraternal societies.

OHN HAGUE, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, England, was born at Rotherham, Yorkshire, in 1829, where he was educated at the Grammar School, and engaged some years in a local bank. Mr Hague helped to start the Sheffield Free Press, for which he wrote many editorials. At the age of twenty-two he left business in order to prepare for Oxford, and read two years with Dr. Moorehouse, now Bishop of Manchester. He won a scholarship, but being beyond the statutory age, he went back to business as sub-manager of a private bank near Wolverhampton. He has been delegate to Ruri-Decimal Conferences and Diocesan Synods of the Church of England, and has ever been an enthusiastic supporter of social reforms, universal education, and all efforts to ameliorate the lot of the poor. He came to Canada in 1871, and since then has contributed largely to the press of the Dominion on finance and social topics, and is the author of well-known pamphlets. Mr. Hague founded the Philharmonic Society and the Order of Foresters in Toronto, of which he was many years the moving spirit.

OSEPH HARGROVE, Hamilton, Ont., was born December 24th, 1830, near Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland. He was educated at Maryborough and worked with his father sixteen years on the farm. He then joined the British army, enlisting in the Third or Prince of Wales Royal Dragoon Guards, where he remained four years and one-half. Having purchased his discharge, he married Mary, daughter of the late William Mills, County Carlow, Ireland, and grand-daughter of the late John Millbank, of Tuolle, County Carlow. He then entered the wholesale shipping house of Kennedy, Sholes & Co., and, after two years, took the management of the shipping department of William Graham & Co., Manchester, Eng. After remaining in this position five years, he came to Hamilton in 1863, and has remained there ever since, having been for the past five years manager of the Singer Manufacturing Company in that city. Mr. Hargrove was brought up an Anglican, but is now a Methodist. He is a member of the Masonic body, is a Royal Arch Mason and Knight Templar, and in politics is an active Conservative.

HOMAS HENDERSON, L.D.S., D.D.S., Toronto, Ont., was born on February 27th, 1853, in York County, Ontario, and is the fourth son of Robert and Frances Watson Henderson. When two years old he moved with his parents to a farm in Artemesia Township, County Grey, where he spent his youthful days. Dr. Henderson received his education in the public schools and Collegiate Institutes of Ontario. At the early age of eighteen he began teaching, and taught for nine years, during a portion of which time he was the successful head master of Alliston public school. In 1881 he entered the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, and graduated with honors in March, 1883, receiving the college gold medal for theory and practical work. The degree of L.D.S. was also given him, and in 1889 the degree of D.D.S. was conferred upon him by Toronto University. Dr. Henderson is a member of Sherbourne Street Methodist Church, a member of the I.O.O.F., the Society of Foresters, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and other societies. With his professional attainments, it may be taken for granted that he has a large practice.

HOMAS VERNON GEARING, Toronto, was born January 17th, 1853, at Llangadock, Caermarthanshire, South Wales. He was educated in the National schools of England, and began life as a telegraph operator in the Great Western Railway. In 1870 his uncle, Joseph Gearing, contractor, Toronto, when on a visit to England persuaded him of the great advantages offered young men in Canada, to which he came in 1871, and entered his uncle's employment as a carpenter. In 1880 he began as a builder and contractor, and has built many of the finest blocks and dwellings in Toronto, among which may be mentioned the Medical Hall on Bay street. Mr. Gearing is a member of the Anglican Church. He also belongs to the Masonic brotherhood, is Past Grand Master of the Canadian Order of Odd Fellows, member of the Select Knights of the A.O.U.W., of the Sons of England Society, and other organizations. In politics he is a Conservative. In May, 1887, he married Miss Mary Frances Dowzard, of Toronto. He stands high in his line of business.

ILLIAM MAGILL, Toronto, Ont., was born in Dublin, Ireland, on the 8th of February, 1823, his father, John Magill, being a resident of that city. He was married on the 21st of January, 1862, to Charlotte Ballard, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Ballard, Wesleyan minister. Mr. Magill received his early education in Dublin, and served four years in the study of civil engineering. At the age of twenty he began his career as a teacher, having graduated from the Dublin Normal School, and taught for seven years. During that period he was offered a position in one of the Normal Schools. After this he became the manager of estates, continuing thirteen years in that occupation. In 1866 he came to Canada and settled in Toronto. After a time he took charge of the Academy, formerly conducted by the Rev. Alex. Williams, M.A. In 1871 he removed his establishment to Simcoe street, where he opened a boarding and day school, and gave himself exclusively to the training of boys for the higher walks of professional life, and preparing them for the entrance examinations to the different colleges. Many hundreds of the chief business men of Toronto were trained in Mr. Magill's school, and no man is more favorably known. In Mr. Magill's day the facilities for higher education, now provided, were not within the reach of young Canadians, and, in the opinion of some, it is still held that the individual training of boys in such schools was superior to what is now received in many cases in government institutions. While the classes were not so large, and the competition, possibly, not so great, there was the advantage of individual contact between master and pupil for a longer period than at the present day. In his professional work Mr. Magill has been ably assisted by his wife as teacher of French, music, drawing, English literature, etc. Mr. Magill is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and also of various benevolent societies.

OHN JAMES MACLAREN, D.C.L., (McGill), LL.D., (Victoria), and Q.C., Toronto, was born near Lachute, Quebec, July 1st, 1842. His parents came from Perthshire, Scotland. His father died in 1847, when his mother removed to Huntingdon, where her son was educated prior to entering Victoria College, Cobourg, where he took the Prince of Wales gold medal. He received the degree of B.A. in 1862, M.A. in 1866, and LL.D. in 1868. He was secretary of the British and American Joint Commission in 1867-9 under the Treaty of 1863 to settle the Oregon claims. He was called to the Bar of Lower Canada in 1868, and in 1878 appointed Q.C. He practiced for some years in Montreal, being senior partner of Maclaren, Leet, Smith & Smith. In 1884 he removed to Toronto. For years he has been a leading counsel at the Bar. Among the famous cases in which he has been engaged are "The Oka Indian Trials," "The winding up of the Mechanics Bank," "The Allan-Witness Libel Case," and those connected with "The Commercial Travellers Association," "The defence of the Canada Temperance Act," which he finally won in the Privy Council. In contested election cases he is frequently retained. He had charge of the legislation ratifying the union of the Methodist churches in 1884, and has been legal adviser of the United Church (of which he is an honored member) ever since. He is at present leading counsel for the Mail in the Jesuit case, and head of the firm of Maclaren, Macdonald, Merritt & Shepley, Toronto, which has nine partners and a staff of over 30. Mr. Maclaren has been a member of all the great Methodist and Ecumenical Conferences, and is a trustee, local preacher and Bible-class teacher of the Metropolitan Church, Toronto. He is honorary Law Lecturer in Toronto University, trustee of Upper Canada College, and trustee and director of the Toronto Y.M.C.A. He has written several valuable works connected with his profession.

LEX, ANTHONY DAME, M.D., C.M., Toronto, was born in North Marysburgh, Prince Edward County, Ont., on the 9th of July, 1846. His father was Allan Mc. Dame, C.E., grandson of Colonel John F. Dame, of the British army, and cousin of Col. A. John McDonald, aide-de-camp to General Brock. His mother was Mary A. Smith. He was married on the 25th of January, 1877, to Mary A. Davis, daughter of N. H. Davis, of Hamilton, who died in 1881, leaving one son, Allan Davis Dame, who still survives her. Dr. Dame was educated in the public and private schools, and at the early age of seventeen years began teaching. He entered the Royal Military College at Kingston and graduated in 1866. During the Fenian Invasion he was in command of one of the companies at the frontier. After this he entered the Royal Medical College of Queen's University, Kingston, and graduated with honors, receiving a gold medal as a special reward of merit. After graduating he began his profession in Lincoln County, and, in 1889, removed to Toronto, where he enjoys a large and lucrative practice. Dr. Dame has been a member of the Masonic body since 1872.

EV. JAMES CRAIG TOLMIE, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Brantford, Ont., was born October 8th, 1862, at Innerkip, County of Oxford, Ont. He is the son of the Rev. A. Tolmie, who, for the last twenty-seven years, has been pastor of the Southampton Presbyterian Church. He obtained his education at Southampton, the Toronto Collegiate Institute, Toronto University College, and Knox College. He took both the arts and law course in Toronto University, graduated in 1885 with first-class honors in mental and moral philosophy, civil polity and logic. He held the office of president of Knox College Metaphysical and Literary Society. Mr. Tolmie did very successful work as a missionary in various fields. In the summer of 1887 he was assistant to Dr. Smellie in Fergus, and in 1888 assistant to J. A. Murray, of St. Andrews, London, Ont. During the time he was assisting in the above-mentioned fields, he received many desirable calls, among others, one from the First Presbyterian Church, Brantford, which he accepted, and was ordained and inducted on the 23rd of April, 1889, in which church he continues to preach with great acceptability.

ILLIAM WHITE MILLER, postmaster, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, was born in County Cavin, Ireland, August 8th, 1846. In his youth he came with his parents to Canada and settled at Teviotdale, County of Wellington, where he attended the public school, and afterwards assisted his father in the store, till he was 25 years of age. He began business for himself in 1871, sold out in 1877 and came to Manitoba, where he accepted a position with J. A. K. Drummond at High Bluff. Two years afterwards he entered the house of Campbell & Marlatt, Portage la Prairie, and in 1879 was appointed postmaster of the town. Mr. Miller is a Presbyterian, and has held such offices as Elder, superintendent of Sabbath School, treasurer of Knox Church Presbytery, and Synod Convener of Sabbath School committees. He was treasurer of the county four years, and is now president of the Y.M.C.A., member of School Board, director and treasurer of Lansdowne College, and president of the Bible Society. He was married on the 13th of March, 1872, to Annie, daughter of the Revd. N. Brown, of Listowel, Ontario.

EV. JOHN ELLIS LANCELEY, Toronto, was born at Birkenhead, England, 10th January, 1848, and married on September 27th, 1877, to Caroline Eliza Ward, of Niagara Falls. He came with his father to Canada when eight years old, and received his education at the public schools and Victoria College, Cobourg. At the age of twenty-two he entered the Methodist ministry. Prior to ordination he spent his time at Plattsville, Aurora, Chatham and Dundas. In 1874, at Hamilton, he was ordained. He has served the church at Guelph, Niagara Falls, London, St. Thomas, Dunnville, Burlington, Thorold and Toronto. While in the Niagara Conference he was journal secretary, missionary secretary, member of the examining board in theology, also a member of the General Conference in 1886. He is now a member of the Toronto Conference and is financial secretary of the Toronto West district. He has given considerable time to the lecture platform, is popular and faithful as a preacher and pastor, full of wit and repartee in debate, beloved by his brethren, and respected by all who know him.

EV. CHARLES TAGGART SCOTT, West Lome, Ont., was born on the 22nd of June, 1860, in the village of Stouffeville, in the County of York. His father was William Scott, a well known carriage builder in Milton, Ont. His father died when he was nine years of age, but he was carefully trained by an exemplary Christian mother, to whom he owes much for his religious training and the influences that led him to choose the sacred ministry. He received his education at McGill College, Montreal, and Victoria University, Cobourg. In the year 1881 he entered the ministry of the Canada Methodist Church, and was ordained in June, 1887, since that time he has filled but two appointments--Enniskillen and West Lome, both in connection with the London Conference. Mr. Scott was married on September 6th, 1887, to Minnie May White, third daughter of Stephen White, Chatham, Ont. He is one of the rising men in the Methodist Church, and is greatly beloved by all who have formed his acquaintance. He gives promise of great usefulness to the cause he loves so well, and so ably represents.

ICHARD G. McLAUGHLIN, L.D.S., D.D.S., Dental Surgeon, Toronto, was born in the County of Peel, Ont., in 1859. He is the son of Joseph and Isabella McLaughlin, coming of Scotch and Irish parentage. Dr. McLaughlin was educated in the public schools of Ontario, and received his subsequent training at the Brampton Collegiate Institute. For some years he was engaged as a teacher in the public schools of Ontario, and in 1885 entered the Normal School, Toronto, where he completed his studies, taking first-class honors. In the following year he began the study of dentistry in the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, and graduated with honors in the spring of 1889. In the same year he was granted the degree of D.D.S. by the Toronto University, and at once began the practice of his profession in Toronto. At the inauguration of the Toronto Dental Society in 1890, Dr. McLaughlin was chosen as its first president. He is one of the rising professional young men of the city of Toronto, and occupies a prominent place in the dental profession. He has all the qualities for a successful career.

HE LATE JACOB DANIELS, whose portrait appears on this page, was born in Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ont., on December 9th, 1834, and died September 18th, 1890. He was married in the year 1854 to Ellen Moore, who, with one son and two daughters, survive him. He learned the business of a saddler and harness maker at Dundas and became an expert workman. After his marriage he started business for himself at Drumbo in the year 1855, and carried it on with growing success for eleven years. He then lost all he had through fire, but with unbounded energy and good credit started business again. In the year 1867 he moved to the city of Brantford and commenced business there, and from that time to the day of his death, was one of the steady, upright, much esteemed, and successful business men of the city. Mr. Daniels was converted in a revival meeting and joined the Methodist Church while at Drumbo early in his married life. He became an earnest Christian man, erected the family altar, on which he never permitted the fires to cease burning until he was called hence. He took a prominent part in church matters from the beginning, and, on his removal to Brantford, he joined the Wellington Street Methodist Church. He was trustee, class leader and steward for many years, a right hand man to the various pastors, and a pillar in the church. He was always at his post of duty, and by his sterling, unostentatious piety, made friends of all the members of the church and congregation. In his death the city of Brantford has lost one of its oldest and most respected business men, and the Wellington Street Methodist Church one of its efficient officials and most exemplary members, while the cause of Christ on earth is deprived of the example and work of a true man. It is to be devoutly hoped that his mantle will fall upon his son Arthur, who is now conducting the business so long and honorably carried on by his father.

AMES WASHINGTON WESTERVELT, London, Ont., was born at Brampton, County of Peel, 1st January, 1848. He was educated at Brampton High School, under John Seath, B.A., head master, who, after filling several important principalships, was appointed Inspector of High Schools and Collegiate Institutes, which position he now holds. At the age of 16 Mr. Westervelt entered the Registry Office of the County of Peel, and in four years afterwards was appointed Deputy Registrar. He then again returned to the High School and obtained a second class grade certificate and entered upon teaching. This he abandoned in three years for mercantile pursuits, but after two years of business life, he again entered the teacher's profession, and was appointed in February, 1875, Commercial Master of the Brantford public schools, which position he held until 1881, when he resigned, in order to accept the Principalship of the Woodstock Business College, in connection with the Woodstock College. Beginning the college with but one pupil, in four years it had reached such a position under Mr. Westervelt's management, that the Board had to engage an assistant. In 1885 he resigned the Principalship of Woodstock Business College, and organized what is known as the "Forest City Business College" in the city of London. The school was organized with the determination to give the most practical business education to be had, and that Mr. Westervelt has succeeded in this is proved by the large patronage given the college by the business community. The growth of the school has been unprecedented in the history of such institutions. From a small beginning, it has grown to immense proportions. At present there are no less than 150 students in attendance, which is 30 per cent in advance of any similar period of the school's history. Mr. Westervelt was married 28th October, 1870, to Miss Susan Brooks Learment. He is a member of the Talbot Street Baptist Church, London, Ont.

AMES ARCHER WATSON, M.D., Toronto, was born at Emery, York County, Ontario, August 20th, 1856. He is a son of the late William Watson, superintendent of schools in West York. Dr. Watson received his education in the public schools, in Weston High School and Toronto Collegiate Institute. After leaving school he spent seven years acquiring a knowledge of mercantile matters. Entering Trinity Medical College in 1881, he graduated in 1885, and immediately began practice in Toronto. Dr. Watson was appointed an assistant demonstrator of anatomy in Trinity Medical College in 1889. He has for several years held the appointment of physician to the Young Women's Christian Association of Toronto. He takes an active part in the medical societies of the city of Toronto and in the province, and is thoroughly abreast with the literature of his profession. Having the advantage of a thorough training in his youth, and large experience with men during his business career, coupled with a complete knowledge of the different departments of his profession, and being still in the prime of life, his future career is full of promise.

ELSON GORDON BIGELOW, Q.C., Toronto, was born on the 22nd of April, 1840, in the County of Simcoe, Ont., his father being Hiram Bigelow, mill owner, there. He was married to Minerva Edna Calvin, daughter of the late D. D. Calvin, M.P.P. of Garden Island, Ont. Mr. Bigelow was educated in the public schools in Lindsay, County of Victoria, and in 1858 entered the preparatory department of Victoria University, Cobourg, where he graduated with honors in 1864. He then entered the law office of the late Judge Mackenzie, and was admitted to the practice of law in 1867. In 1866 the degree of M.A. was conferred upon him, and in 1867 he received the degree of LL.B. In 1888 he was created a Q.C., by patent from the Governor-General of Canada. Mr. Bigelow is an adherent of the Methodist Church, and a member in high standing of the Masonic Brotherhood, having held office in the grand bodies of the various grades. He is a most successful pleader at the Bar. His services are specially sought after in criminal cases, where, as counsel, he has acquired a deserved reputation. In politics he is a Reformer, and is a man of influence in his party.

LFRED FREDERICK WEBSTER, D.D.S., L.D.S., practicing Dental Surgeon, corner of Bloor and Yonge streets, Toronto, Ont., son of John Webster, carriage builder, of that city, was born November 12th, 1866, in Toronto. He was married April 8th, 1889, to Jessie Langley, daughter of Henry Langley, member of the firm of Langley & Burke, architects. Dr. Webster received his education in the public schools and Collegiate Institute of Toronto, and began the study of dental surgery in the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, where he remained one year; he then went to Michigan and spent two years in the University of Michigan, where he graduated, receiving the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He then returned and finished his course in the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, graduating in 1889, receiving the college gold medal for practical work. Dr. Webster is secretary of the Toronto Dental Society, and a member of various fraternal organizations. He is in the prime of life, and from the way he has begun his career, he will undoubtedly attain distinction.

DWARD ALBERT FORSTER, barrister and solicitor, Toronto, was born of Irish parentage in the United States on the 20th of December, 1859. He was educated there in the public schools, and afterwards at the Toronto Collegiate Institute and Normal School. In the year 1877 he entered the Ontario Law Society as a student at law and studied in the law office of Macdonald & Paterson, and subsequently in that of Francis & Wardrop. Mr. Forster has given special attention to the study of criminal and mercantile law, and is favorably known amongst the leading builders and contractors of Toronto--he being solicitor for some of the leading men in the building trade. In November, 1890, he formed a partnership with Robert Hodge, under the name of Hodge & Forster. He is a member of the Church of England, a member of the A.F. & A. Masons, Master of Boyne Loyal Orange Lodge No. 173, and is also a member of other fraternal organizations. In politics he is a Conservative. He has reached his present professional position by his own personal exertions and unremitting diligence.

TEWART MUNN THOMSON, merchant tailor, Brantford, Ont., was born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, on December 21st, 1844. Mr. Thomson learned the business of a tailor with his father. He then went to Glasgow and followed his trade until the death of his father in 1867, when he returned to his native place to take charge of the business there. In 1871 he came to Canada, and, after remaining a short time at Hamilton and Paris, came to Brantford and entered the establishment of I. Cockshutt, where he remained as cutter until 1882, when he started business for himself, in which he has been eminently successful. He was married on the 26th of May, 1873, to Mary Gentles, a native of Scotland. Mr. Thomson is an active member and elder of Zion Presbyterian Church, and an earnest Sabbath School worker. He was president of the Y.M.C.A. from 1888 to 1890, has been president of the Bible Society and a member of the Board of School Trustees for ten years, and chairman for two years. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. and kindred organizations.

IRAM GEE, farmer, Fisherville, Ont., was born on the 16th of April, 1835 in the township of Rainham, County of Haldimand, and was married on the 1st of June, 1857, to Miss Mary Ann Hall. Mr. Gee spent his first twenty-four years on the farm with his parents. He is a direct descendant of U.E. Loyalists, and is well known as one of the largest and most successful farmers in the vicinity where he resides. In religion he is a member of the Methodist Church. He has held important civic offices, having been councillor for thirteen years for the town ship of Rainham, and reeve for three years. He is now license inspector for the County of Haldimand. He is also a Justice of the Peace, director of the Farmers' Institute of Haldimand, and ex-president of the Haldimand Agricultural Society. Mr. Gee is a self-made man, and has reached his present prominent position by indomitable perseverance. The positions which he holds indicate the respect in which he is held.

DWIN HOOVER, farmer, Selkirk, Ont., was born on the 10th of December, 1850, in the township of Rainham. He was educated at the public school, and was married on the 1st of January, 1878, to Miss Charlotte Moyer. Mr. Hoover was brought up on the farm where he resides, and has steadily applied himself to agricultural pursuits during his entire life. He is held in the highest esteem by the farmers of the district by whom he has been elected to important civic positions. He was a member of the municipal council for four years, reeve for eight years, and, in 1890, was elected warden of the County of Haldimand. Mr. Hoover is president of the Erie Mutual Insurance Company, a director of the County Agricultural Society, and an ex-president of the Township Agricultural Society. By political convictions he is a Reformer. He is a public-spirited man in the highest sense of the word. The services of such men as Mr. Hoover to Ontario are of inestimable value.

LLAN McLEAN HOWARD, Clerk of the First Division Court in the County of York, was born in Toronto on the 7th of May, 1825, and was married to Wilhelmina Macdonald, of Edinburgh, Scotland, by whom he has six children, who are all filling responsible positions. Mr. Howard received his education in the Home district grammar school of Toronto, kept by Dr. McAulay. At the age of seventeen he entered the office of his father, the late James S. Howard, then treasurer of the Home district. Here he remained till 1854, when he was appointed to his present office. Mr. Howard in religion is an ardent churchman, and has occupied many important positions, such as church warden, and on several occasions has been delegate to the Provincial Synod at Montreal. He is a director of the Confederation Life Insurance Co., and takes an active part in all public business matters, and is an able, intelligent and ardent advocate of Imperial Federation, a subject which in recent years has been widely discussed by many of the leading minds of the country. Mr. Howard is honest and outspoken, and he enjoys the confidence of a large circle of friends.

OHN D. WILSON, M.D., C.M., 260 Queen's Avenue, London, Ont., was born at Morpeth, Ont., on the 5th of June, 1858. He received his early education in a private school, taught by the late James Thompson, M.A., well known for his scholarly attainments and success as a trainer of youth. Dr. Wilson afterwards attended the medical classes in Trinity University, Toronto, where he graduated, and at a later date spent a considerable time in Europe studying the higher branches of his profession and attending the famous hospitals in London, Eng., and on the continent. On his return he began practice in London, Western Ontario, where he has resided since 1882, having now a large and daily increasing business. In addition to his ordinary professional practice, he and his brother have established a private hospital for the treatment of tubercular diseases, which Dr. Wilson has for some time made a speciality. He was married on September 1st, 1887, to Flora, daughter of M. C. Cameron, ex-M.P., of Goderich, Ont. In religion, Dr. Wilson belongs to the Anglican Church. He holds a high place among the many young practitioners of Western Canada.

LEXANDER MILTON ROSS, M.A., M.D., F.E.S.L., England; Toronto, philanthropist, scientist and author; was born December 13th, 1832, in Belleville, Ont. In early life he went to New York and served as compositor on the Evening Post under Bryant, the poet. During this period he formed the friendship of Garibaldi, which continued till the death of the Italian patriot in 1882. In 1851 Dr. Ross began the study of medicine under Dr. Mott, and subsequently under Dr. Trall. After four years study he received the degree of M.D., and next the appointment of surgeon in the army of Nicaragua. At this period he took part in the anti-slavery struggle, and rendered such service with John Brown, of Harper's Ferry, and others, as to call forth the encomiums of Senator Wade, Vice-President of the United States, and the poet Whittier. During the rebellion he was appointed by President Lincoln confidential agent in Canada. After the downfall of the Confederacy he became surgeon in the Mexican Republican army and subsequently returned to Canada to prosecute his studies as a naturalist. He has enriched by his contributions of Canadian fauna and flora the museums of Paris, St. Petersburg, Vienna, Rome, Athens, Dresden, Lisbon, Teheran and Cairo, and has written extensively on every department of natural science. Besides the usual medical degrees, he has been knighted by the Emperor of Russia, the kings of Italy, Greece, Portugal and Saxony, and has received Medal of Merit from the Shah of Persia, and decorations of honor from Egypt and France. Dr. Ross is a Fellow of Continental and British Literary, Zoological, Entomological and Ornithological societies, and has been associated with the most eminent philanthropists of the age in questions of moral and physical reform. On his fiftieth birthday, he was the recipient of many congratulations from such persons as Whittier, Wendell Philips and Mrs. Beecher Stowe, who joined in testifying to his labors and worth.

ERY REV. JOS. J. McCANN, of Toronto, Ont., was born on the 6th of May, 1844, at Port Hope, and is descended of Irish parentage. Until the age of fifteen he attended school, and then entered St. Michael's College, Toronto, where he remained until 1864, when he entered the Grand Seminary at Montreal, and spent the next three years in the study of theology. On the 21st of July, 1867, he was ordained priest in St. Mary's Church, Toronto, by Archbishop Lynch, and was then given charge of St. Catherines, which he served for nearly a year, and then was appointed pastor of the Gore parish, in the County of Peel. From the Gore he was transferred to St. Paul's Church, Toronto, and, after two years labor in this field removed to Oshawa, where he spent five years, serving the two churches at Whitby and Oshawa. During that period he founded two separate schools and the presbytery of Oshawa. In the year 1877 Father McCann came to Toronto and was appointed Rector of the Cathedral and Chancellor of the Archdiocese. In 1882 he was appointed pastor of St. Helen's Church, Brockton, Toronto. During his administration this parish rapidly improved, and St. Helen's now ranks as one of the most important parishes of the city. In January, 1891, Father McCann was again installed as Rector of St. Michael's Cathedral, Toronto, in which responsible position he is at the present time engaged in fulfilling the sacred duties of his ministry. In addition to his parochial labors, Father McCann is interested in every work that has for its end the highest good of the community. He is recognized as an able and public spirited citizen, giving his time and energies for whatever is calculated to advance the common welfare of his fellows. In 1889 he was created Dean of Toronto by Archbishop Walsh. As Father McCann is still in the prime of life, higher honors are, doubtless, in store for him, and we may expect to hear his name in connection with the onward march of education and Christianity.

AMES BRANSTON WILLMOTT, L.D.S., D.D.S., M.D.S., Toronto, Ont., son of the late Wm. Willmott, was born in the County of Halton, Ont., June 15th, 1837. He spent his early years on the farm, receiving his education at the public school. In 1854 he entered Victoria College, but failing health prevented his taking the full arts course. In 1858 he commenced the study of dentistry, and in 1860 began practice in the town of Milton. Taking an active part in municipal affairs, he was for three years a member of the Town Council, and for two years chairman of the Finance Committee. In 1863 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace. In 1868 Dr. Willmott assisted in securing the incorporation of the dentists of Ontario as the Royal College of Dental Surgeons. Since 1870 he has been continuously a member of the Board of Directors and Examiners of the College and secretary of the Board. In 1871 he graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College. Removing to Toronto, he was requested in 1875, in association with Dr. Teskey, to undertake the organization of a dental school. Since that date he has been Dean of the Faculty, filling the chairs of Operative Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics. When, in 1888, the Dental College was affiliated with Toronto University, the doctor was appointed to represent it on the senate, a position which he still retains. Dr. Willmott is connected with the Metropolitan Methodist Church, and has filled nearly every office open to laymen. He was a member of the Toronto Methodist Conference in 1885, 1886 and 1890, and a member of the General Conference of the Methodist Church which met in Toronto in 1886 and in Montreal in 1890. In 1864 Dr. Willmott married Margaret Bowes, niece of the late Mayor Bowes, of Toronto. Since 1888 he has associated with him in his extensive practice his son, Dr. W. Earl Willmott, L.D.S., a recent graduate of the Philadelphia Dental College and of the Dental Department of Toronto University.

EORGE M. EVANS-LEWIS, barrister, etc., Toronto, was born at Three Rivers, Quebec, 1st February, 1828. His parents were Rev. Francis Evans and Maria Sophia, daughter of Rev. T. F. Lewis, of Somersetshire, Eng. Shortly after their marriage they came to Quebec, where Mr. Evans was ordained, and afterwards became Rector of Woodhouse, Upper Canada, where he labored till his death in 1856. He was a worthy man, and greatly beloved by his flock. Mr. Evans-Lewis received a thorough education--first at Upper Canada College, and afterwards at King's College and Toronto University, where he took degrees, graduating B.A. In 1850, he visited England, Ireland and France, and returning to Canada, was appointed Head Master of the Simcoe Grammar School, which he held until 1856. He then received the appointment of third Classical Master in Upper Canada College, which he filled till 1860, when the mastership was abolished. Mr. Evans-Lewis having decided to enter the legal profession, then entered the law office of Mr. Adam Crooks, Q.C., and remained there until 1864, when he was called to the Bar. From that time he has practiced in Toronto, and has acquired for himself a high standing in that city. In 1872 he was elected to the Public School Board, in 1879 alderman, and re-elected for the years 1880, 1881, 1882 and 1883, after which he retired. While in the Council he was for a time chairman of the Water Works Committee. Mr. Evans-Lewis is a member of the Collegiate Institute Board, and a vice-president of the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society. He is an active member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, superintendent of the Sunday School and lay delegate to the Synod. His busy life is a constant denial of the assumption that the rendering of successful service to the public necessarily prohibits activity in religious matters. He appears to be able to serve both interests well. In 1890 Mr. Evans took the name of Evans-Lewis, in accordance with the terms of a family settlement.

AMES REA, M.D., Dovercourt Road, Toronto, was born on November 7th, 1861, in Wellington County, Ont., the son of John M. Rea, farmer. He was educated in the public schools and Fergus High School, and afterwards taught three years. In 1882 he entered Victoria University and graduated with honors in 1885, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario with honors in 1886. He then entered into partnership with Dr. Bateman, of Pickering, until 1888, when he established himself in Toronto. In 1887 Dr. Rea was married to Mary Isabella Robinson, daughter of the late George Robinson, carriage manufacturer, Toronto. In addition to his large practice, he takes deep interest in social and religious matters. He is one of the managers of the Y.M.C.A., a member and one of the managers of Chalmer's Presbyterian Church, a member of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, of the Ancient and Canadian Order of Foresters, and also belongs to the Orange Society and other fraternal organizations. Dr. Rea served in the North-West Rebellion as surgeon in the Field Hospital Corps.

EV. THOMAS EDWIN BARTLEY, Davisville, North Toronto, was born at May, County Tyrone, Ireland, May 16th, 1860. He was educated in the National schools of Ireland. He came to Toronto in 1882, and was appointed to a circuit in connection with the Methodist Church in Dalston, Barrie district, and subsequently spent two years at Pickering. In 1885 he entered the Montreal Wesleyan Theological College and the University of McGill. On the completion of his studies, he was ordained in 1887 by the Toronto Conference, and appointed over the congregation of Dovercourt, Toronto, where he remained three years, his labours having been highly successful in building up the church and increasing the membership. At the close of his term of service at Dovercourt, he was invited to Davisville, North Toronto, where he ministers to an important and growing charge. Mr. Bartley was married on the 29th of November, 1887, to Josephine, daughter of Thomas McBrien, Whitby. From present indications, he is destined to occupy the foremost positions in the gift of the church he serves so well.

EORGE HENRI SMITH, B.A., solicitor, Toronto, was born in the County of Peel, Ont., on the 23rd of December, 1853. He is the son of Charles Smith and Esther Jekill, of Hull, Eng. His preliminary education was received at public schools and Brampton High School, after which, at the age of 19, he entered the University of Toronto and graduated in 1877. He then entered the law office of W. Mortimer Clark, and subsequently that of Nugent and Jamieson. He was called to the Bar in 1881, and immediately began the practice of his profession in Toronto. In February, 1876, he was married to Miss Charlotte Skirran of that city. In 1890 he formed a partnership with Archibald Abbott under the name of Smith & Abbott, their special business being conveyancing and litigation. Mr. Smith is a member of Trinity Methodist Church and also of the Quarterly Board, is one of the trustees and holds other important offices. He is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters and belongs to the Liberal Club. He is a prominent member of his church, as well as popular in professional and social circles.

OHN MILLS, L.D.S., Brantford, Ont., was born at Cartwright, West Durham County, in November, 1853. He is a brother of A. and G. G. Mills, the well known barristers of Toronto, whose names appear in this biography, and also brother of Principal Mills, of the Agricultural College, Guelph. From his parents he inherited the strength of character and high moral principles that have marked his entire life. He was educated at the public schools, Cobourg College and Brantford Collegiate Institute. He graduated from the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, at Toronto in 1880, and immediately commenced to practice in the city of Brantford. The public soon discovered that he possessed rare mechanical genius and adaptation for his profession, and came to him from far and near, and he has now one of the finest dental practices in Western Ontario. He is in politics a Liberal. In religion a Methodist, and has held numerous offices in the gift of the church. Mr. Mills was married on the 5th of October, 1887, to Alice Helen Lampkin, daughter of the late Peter Lampkin, of Langford, Ont.

HOS. HAMILTON HUSBAND, dentist, Hamilton, Ontario, was born March 13th, 1855, in the township of Nelson, and was married on the 20th of November, 1889, to Lillie May Birely, daughter of the late Norris Birely, Esq., of Hamilton. Dr. Husband in his boyhood attended the public school at Zimmerman, and afterwards the Georgetown Academy, under Principal Tate, and finished at Rockwood Academy, under Principal McMillan. He then attended the Toronto School of Dentistry, receiving the degree of L.D.S. in 1878. The following year he attended the Philadelphia Dental College and obtained the degree of D.D.S. In 1880 he entered into partnership with his cousin, Dr. R. J. Husband, their practice being the first in Hamilton and one of the largest in Canada. In religion Dr. Husband is a Methodist, and a trustee of Wesley Church, Hamilton, and he has also served on the Quarterly Board of that church. He is a prominent Mason, having taken degrees up to the thirty-second, and in politics is a Reformer. The doctor is skilful in his profession, a genial and friendly man, enjoying the friendship and confidence of a large number of persons.

EORGE A. BINGHAM, M.D., M.B., practicing physician, Toronto, Ont., was born on the 28th of August, 1860, in Durham County, Ont., the son of William and Elizabeth Mills Bingham. He was educated in the Bowmanville High School, and having matriculated in arts, taught for two years in Harriston, Wellington County. He then entered Toronto University, and soon left the university to begin professional studies in Trinity Medical College, Toronto, from which he graduated with honors. After graduation he became assistant anatomical demonstrator in Trinity Medical College, and in 1889 professor of practical anatomy in the same university. He is now a member of the acting staff, and pathologist in Toronto General Hospital. Dr. Bingham has reached his present position by his own endeavors, and as he has hardly arrived at middle life, will, doubtless, at no distant day, occupy a prominent place in his profession. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, also of the Masonic Order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and other fraternal societies. Dr. Bingham's career is an illustration of what our Canadian youth may attain by the right use of opportunities.

OHN LEYS, Q.C., barrister, Toronto, Ont., was born at Pickering, Ontario County, on the 27th of January, 1834. His father, Francis Leys, one of the earliest settlers in the township, came from Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He was educated first at Pickering school, and afterwards, when he had reached his twelfth year, at the Toronto Academy, of which the Rev. Alexander Gale was then president. Having completed his preparatory educational training, he entered the law office of Angus Morrison and was admitted to the Bar in 1860. Possessed of no ordinary ability, he soon succeeded in establishing for himself a lucrative practice. In addition to his professional work, he has taken considerable interest in railroad enterprises, and was specially prominent in organizing the narrow gauge railways. He acted as solicitor for the Toronto and Nipissing Railway from its inception until it was merged in the Midland. In politics Mr. Leys is an active, energetic Reformer, and in 1886 was elected member for the city of Toronto in the Legislature of Ontario. For several years he has given special attention to farming, and has the finest herd of Holsteins in the Dominion of Canada, having taken first prizes against all competitors. In 1890 he was created a Queen's Counsel by the Government of Ontario. In religion, Mr. Leys, as might be expected from his birth and training, is a staunch Presbyterian, and was for several years secretary of St. Andrew's Benevolent Society, Toronto, rendering signal service to emigrants from Scotland, many of whom can testify to the kind assistance given them on their coming to Ontario. Though a native born Canadian, he is devotedly attached to the land whence his forefathers sprung. Mr. Leys was married in the year 1865 to Helen, daughter of the late Mr. William Arthurs. She died on the 18th of November, 1890. He commands the respect, not only of the profession in Toronto, but of all classes, irrespective of creed or nationality.

ON. WILLIAM E. SANFORD, of Hamilton, Ont., member of the Dominion Senate, was born in New York city in 1840. His parents dying when he was quite young, he was sent to Hamilton and brought up by his uncle, Edward Jackson, Esq. At the age of fifteen he entered the publishing firm of Framer, Brace & Co., New York, where he remained six years, when he was offered a partnership in the business, but the death of the senior partner prevented the carrying out of this arrangement. Mr. Sanford then returned to Hamilton and married his cousin, Miss Jackson. After this he engaged in the foundry business in London, but upon the death of his wife, which occurred a short time after their marriage, he returned to Hamilton and engaged in the wool business. In 1862 Mr. Sanford entered into partnership with M. A. McInnis in the manufacture of clothing, and from this beginning has arisen the great house of the W. E. Sanford Manufacturing Co., (Limited). The Sanford block on King and John streets, Hamilton, is an establishment which speaks for itself as regards the magnitude of the business. Senator Sanford is certainly to be classed among the most successful business men of Canada. He has occupied the position of president of the Board of Trade, vice-president of the Hamilton Provident and Loan Society, is now one of the Board of Regents of Victoria University, director of the Empire newspaper, and president of the Hamilton Ladies' College; he was one of the projectors and vice-president of the Manitoba and North-Western Railway Company. Mr. Sanford was married, a second time, to Harriet Sophia, daughter of Thomas Vaux, Esq., of the House of Commons, Ottawa, a lady of culture and refinement, who is prominent in connection with the charities of the city, in which she is ably assisted by Mr. Sanford, who takes an interest in and contributes largely to the support of various benevolent institutions. His liberality has long since become proverbial.

EV. JOHN W. COOLEY, pastor of Colborne Street Methodist Church, Brantford, was born in Toronto township on November 7th, 1852. His education was received in the public and high schools, under such masters as Dr. Tassie and John Seath, B.A. In 1869 he became a public school teacher, and in 1873 was appointed master of the Senior Boys' School in Guelph. At this date he became a member of the Methodist Church, and secretary of the Guelph Y.M.C.A. In 1874 he was appointed probationer at Elora. Subsequently he filled appointments at Listowel, Hamilton, and Stratford; and in 1878 was ordained and stationed at Elmira. Three years later a throat affliction compelled a temporary retirement from the Ministry. The next two years were spent on the Winnipeg Free Press. In 1882, restored to health, he had charge of Jerseyville circuit. His subsequent appointments have been Dunnville, Hamilton, and Brantford. Mr. Cooley was journal secretary of Niagara Conference in 1890. In 1878 he married Miss Keeling of Guelph, who died in 1885. Mr. Cooley is a forcible preacher and a pungent writer.

AMES DUNLOP, Hamilton. Ont., son of J. M. Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland, was born at the latter place on November 1st, 1852. He received his education at the public school of Binbrook, County of Wentworth, and afterwards served apprenticeship in the flour and grain business with J. Hancock, of Hamilton, with whom he remained until 1878, when he was taken into partnership, which continued until 1882, when he bought out the entire business. In 1887 he built new premises, in which he now carries on the largest business in flour, feed, grain and seeds in Hamilton. In 1889 he bought the property in rear of his present store, and built on it a mill, where he manufactures Graham flour, pot barley, split peas, corn meal, etc. The building extends from John to Catherine streets, a distance of three hundred and fifty feet. Mr. Dunlop was married on the 13th of November, 1877, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of R. Wilson, Nelson, County of Halton. In politics he is an active Conservative, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and also of the A.O.U.W., and Board of Trade.

OBERT CARROLL, of Carroll & Vick, contractors on new Parliament Buildings, Toronto, was born in Toronto on November 5th, 1838, and was educated at the old Model School, King street, Toronto. He was apprenticed to the building trade with Medcalfe, Wilson & Forbes. At the expiration of his apprenticeship he entered business as a builder on his own account, in which he continued until 1878, at which time he retired from that business and opened out as importer and dealer in builder's supplies, continuing that business until 1889, when he sold out to Mr. Maguire, 84 Adelaide street West, to enable him to devote his whole time to the completion of the new Parliament Buildings, in which he is now engaged.

OHN BENJAMIN VICK is the partner of the above-mentioned Robert Carroll, and together they compose the firm of Carroll & Vick, contractors and builders. Mr. Vick was born in 1843 in the city of Hereford, Eng., and was married in 1866 to Francis Annie Sadler. He received his education at the National School in Hereford, and was afterwards apprenticed to the stone-cutting business in the same city. As soon as he completed his apprenticeship he left his native city and devoted the next six years to securing employment on the largest and best buildings in course of erection at that time in England. During that period, among others, he was engaged in building the new foreign offices, London, for about one and one-half years. He came to Canada in 1870, and was first employed as foreman in Toronto, and in 1872 he was engaged on the new post office in Toronto under John Elliott, the contractor; afterwards he filled the same position for Mr. Benjamin Walton, contractor, of Toronto. In 1877 he made arrangements with Mr. Lionel Yorke to take the sole management of the cut-stone branch of his business. In 1886 he entered into partnership with Mr. Yorke, and at his death became partner with Mr. Robert Carroll, to complete the Parliament Buildings under the contract of his late partner. These buildings, which are now in course of erection, will long stand as a monument to the business capacity and professional ability of the subjects of these memoirs. Mr. Vick is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and has held the office of church warden for the past five years. Mr. Vick's mechanical skill and practical knowledge of plain and ornamental stone cutting, so largely used in the better class of our public buildings, has been one secret of his success in life, while his integrity and honorable dealing has given him the confidence of all who know him, and made for him a host of friends.

RED. BARNARD FETHERSTONHAUGH, of Fetherstonhaugh & Co., patent barristers, solicitors, experts, and draughtsmen, Toronto, was born June 2nd, 1863, at Paisley, Ont. He is the son of Francis Fetherstonhaugh, of Carrick Place, County of Westmeath, Ireland, and Fannie Swift, of the celebrated Swift family. He was educated at the Toronto Collegiate Institute, and after studying law was called to the Bar in Michaelmas Term, 1889. He spent over nine years with Ridout & Co., patent solicitors, during which time he devoted special attention to the study of the profession, both from a legal and mechanical standpoint. He is the only barrister in Canada who devotes himself in his office and court practice exclusively to patents, trademarks, design and copyrights. He has a resident partner in Washington, D.C., who personally attends to all cases of the firm before the American Patent Office. Mr. Fetherstonhaugh was married February 17th, 1887, to Marion Arabelle Rutledge, of Brooklyn, N.Y. In religion, he is a member of the Anglican Church. In his profession he commands the confidence of a large clientage, and has already acquired a lucrative practice.

ARTHOLOMEW EDWIN McKENZIE, B.A., M.D., Toronto, Ont., son of Alexander and Rebecca McKenzie, was born at Oak Ridges, Ont., on the 22nd of October, 1851. Dr. McKenzie was educated at Cobourg Collegiate Institute and Victoria College. He was the mathematical teacher at Cobourg Collegiate Institute from 1875-77. He graduated from Victoria College in 1877 and was silver medalist in mathematics. He studied medicine at McGill College, Montreal, graduated in 1880 with the degrees of M.D., C.M., and was licensed the same year by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. After this he began practice in Aurora, from whence he removed in 1882 to Toronto. In 1887 he went to New York and studied orthopedic surgery, and afterwards went to Europe to continue this line of study in the hospitals of London, Glasgow, Berlin and Vienna. In 1889 he returned to Toronto and was appointed lecturer on orthopedic surgery in the Women's Medical College and in Toronto University, and also consulting orthopedic surgeon in Victoria Hospital for sick children. He is also examiner in surgery for Toronto University for the year 1891.

HARLES H. WATEROUS, senior partner of the Waterous Engine Works Company, Brantford, was born at Burlington, Vermont, on 29th September, 1814, of English and Puritan parentage. His father was then principal of the academy, but two years afterwards went to St. Louis, where he shortly afterwards died of malarial fever, leaving his wife and son with but little means. Arrived at the age of seven, his mother married Deacon Tripp of New Haven, Vt., with whom he lived seven years, working on the farm in summer and attending district school in winter. At fourteen his mother died leaving him alone in the world. He was then apprenticed at blacksmithing with Thomas Davenport, of Brandon, Vt. On his giving up business, Charles finished his trade in a machine shop and then assisted Mr. Davenport in constructing an electric motor. In 1834 he went to Ohio, working in Norwalk, Sandusky & Cleveland, and then sailing on the lakes. In 1838, he was chief engineer of the steamer "Governor Marcy," employed by the United States government to patrol the Straits. In 1838 and '39 he went to New York, to assist Mr. Davenport on a magnetic motor. In 1839, having spent all his money, he returned to Sandusky, Ohio, and began business on his own account. In December of that year, he married Miss Martha June, with whom he lived happily forty years. He then engaged, with Mr. J. Edgerton, in building mills of different kinds, until 1845, when they lost their all by fire. Mr. Waterous then removed to Buffalo, in partnership with John D. Shepard. In the fall of 1848 he came to Brantford to take charge of Mr. P. C. Van Brocklin's foundry and machine shops. In 1855 he bought out Mr. Van Brocklin's interest and continued it under his own management until 1877, when it became the Waterous Engine Works Company. He and his sons are now sole owners of the establishment. The business has assumed gigantic proportions, and the Waterous engines and saw mills are found in every part of the new world.

AMES L. HUGHES, Inspector of Schools, Toronto, was born in Durham County, Ont., on February 20th, 1846. He was educated in a public school in the township of Darlington, Durham County, which was taught by his father. At the early age of twelve years he obtained a certificate, after which he worked on the farm until he was eighteen, then taught school for six months, and after this entered the Normal School, since which time his career has been a progressive one. At the completion of his course in the Normal in 1865, he was appointed to the position of head master of the Frankford public school, where he remained eight months, when he received the appointment of assistant master in the Toronto Model School, and was made principal in 1871, which position he held until 1874, when he was appointed to the important office of Inspector of Public Schools, Toronto, which he still holds. Since his appointment to this position, there has been a wonderful improvement in the public school system, which is largely due to his energy and executive ability. Mr. Hughes has written a number of popular and important educational works. He is a member of the Methodist Church, president of Toronto Teachers' Association, was secretary of the Provincial Sunday School Association for three years, and has been Sunday School Superintendent for more than twenty years. He is an enthusiastic advocate of out-door sports, and was president of Toronto Lacrosse Club for several years. He has been president of the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society, Past County Master of the Orange Society, and at present is Deputy Grand Master of Ontario West, Past Master of St. Andrew's Masonic Lodge, First Worthy Chief of Toronto Lodge of Good Templars, and is chairman of the Executive of Woman's Enfranchisement Association, Toronto. Mr. Hughes has been married twice--first to Annie A. Sutherland, Toronto, and then to Ada Marean, of New York. His ever busy and useful life speaks for itself.

DMUND SWEET, LL.B., of Harley & Sweet, barristers, Brantford, Ont., was born at L'Orignal on June 20th, 1860, his father being the late Rev. E. E. Sweet, of the Methodist Church. Educated at Brantford Collegiate Institute, he graduated in law at Victoria University, and is an undergraduate in arts of Toronto University. He studied law with the late B. F. Fitch, Brantford, and with Bethune, Moss, Falconbridge & Hoyles, Toronto, and was called to the bar with honors in 1884. He commenced practice in Brantford, and in November, 1885, entered into his present partnership. Mr. Sweet holds a first-class grade "A" special course certificate from the Royal School of Infantry at St. Johns, and was a Captain in the Dufferin Rifles, resigning in 1887. On the 31st of May, 1888, he married Edith, daughter of George Foster, Esq., Brantford. An active member of Brant Avenue Methodist Church, he holds office as trustee, steward and Bible-class teacher. He has been for four years a member of the Public School Board and is now chairman of the Educational Committee.

EV. CHARLES W. COSENS, Caledonia, Ont., was born in January, 1856, in Blenheim township, County of Oxford, Ontario. He was married in 1886 to Armintha Haggan. Mr. Cosens was educated at the public schools of his native place, afterwards at the Cobourg Collegiate Institute, and finally in Victoria University. He spent his early years, like many other of the professional men of Canada, on the farm. In June, 1877, Mr. Cosens was received by the Guelph Conference of the Methodist Church as a probationer for the sacred ministry, and was ordained in June, 1883. He has travelled through the following circuits: Elora, Erin, Hespler, Stratford, Mitchell, Brussels, Jarvis, Bright and Caledonia. Mr. Cosens is a diligent and faithful pastor, a good, sound Gospel preacher, and has been eminently successful in the different fields he has occupied. He has the faculty of taking good care of many things, and no duty that falls to the lot of a Methodist minister is neglected.

EORGE E. PATTERSON, engraver, 121 Church street, Toronto, Ont., was born in the County of Frontenac, Ontario, in 1862. He is a son of the late George Patterson. Mr. Patterson was educated in Toronto, and in 1877 was apprenticed to T. H. Staples, engraver, in Toronto. In 1883 he began business on his own account, giving his special attention to the manufacturing of stamps and designs for books and publications of all kinds. His establishment is the only one of its kind in Toronto, and, necessarily, his business from year to year has extended in proportion as the publishing business has increased in Ontario. Mr. Patterson has prepared almost all the stamps and designs for the publications of subscription publishing houses and other large book-selling establishments in the Dominion. He is a skilful workman, as is recognized by the extensive business that he has created. Mr. Patterson is a member of the Episcopalian Church, and a member of various societies.

OHN WESLEY OAKLEY, L.D.S., D.D.S., practicing Dental Surgeon, Toronto, Ont., was born on April 24th, 1865, in the township of Peel, Wellington County, Ont. His father is Abram Oakley, fruit merchant, Southern California. He was married September 16th, 1890, to Bella M. Hay, daughter of the late Robert Hay. J.P., Maryborough, Ont. Dr. Oakley received his education in the public schools of Ontario, and matriculated in medicine in Trinity University. He began the study of dentistry in 1886 at the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, and graduated with honors in 1889. In the same year he graduated with honors from Toronto University, when the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery was conferred upon him. Dr. Oakley is a member of Queen Street Methodist Church, Toronto, and is closely connected with all the departments of Christian labor. A Christian young man with a liberal education and broad culture, as well as a thorough knowledge of his profession, he is bound to have many friends and attain an honorable record in the race of life.

. J. WALSH, plumber, Hamilton, Ont., was born on the 1st of February, 1856, in that city. He was educated at the Hamilton public schools, and afterwards went as an apprentice to H. Harding, plumber. In 1871 he entered the establishment of Young Brothers, Hamilton, until 1875, when he became foreman to Mr. D. McFee. After this he filled important positions in the same line of business in New York and Chicago, where he received a thorough knowledge of plumbing, steam heating, hot water heating, and ventilation, until in 1885 he returned to Hamilton, where he has since carried on a steadily increasing business as plumber in all its branches. He takes extensive contracts for all classes of work, and has given the utmost satisfaction to all who have favored him with their patronage. The very marked success of Mr. Walsh is a clear illustration of the old proverb, that "there is always room at the top." In politics he is an active Conservative and in religion a Methodist. He also belongs to the Free Masons. He was married in 1884 to Ida, second daughter of Thomas Egan, of Hamilton.

LFRED H. MARSH, B.A., LL.B., Q.C., Toronto, was born 30th May, 1851, near Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario. He was educated at Brighton Grammar School and University of Toronto, and graduated B.A. in 1874, called to the Bar in 1877, took the degree of LL.B. in Toronto University in 1882, and appointed Examiner-in-Law in 1884-85. In 1877 he entered the firm of Macdonald & Patton (Sir John A. Macdonald and Hon. James Patton), the firm at present being Macdonald, Marsh & O'Meara. Collateral to, and concurrent with this firm, Mr. Marsh, in 1883, formed a partnership with the late James Bethune, Q.C., the firm continuing in existence until his death as Bethune & Marsh. In 1884 he entered into partnership with Wm. Lount, Q.C., which partnership has continued down to the present time, the name of the firm now being Lount, Marsh, Lindsey & Lindsey. Mr. Marsh was Examiner and Lecturer in Osgoode Hall for several years, and, upon the inauguration of the new Law School in 1889, was again appointed Lecturer in Equity. He was married August 10th, 1880, to Augusta, daughter of Vice-Chancellor Proudfoot.

M. GEORGE MURDOCH, of the firm of Murdoch & Tytler, Toronto, was born in Port Huron, Mich., U.S., July 4th, 1852, the son of George Murdoch, merchant, a native of Islay, Scotland. In 1868 he entered the office of Scatcherd and Meredith, London, and subsequently that of Hector Cameron, Q.C., and M.P. for North Victoria, with whom he formed a partnership. In 1878 he was called to the Bar. Afterwards he became associated with N. F. Hagel, Q.C., and subsequently with N. Murphy, Q.C., until 1886, when he formed his present partnership with John Tytler, of London. Mr. Murdoch's success is the result of continuous strivings, having been cast upon his own resources at an early age. During his connection with Mr. Murphy he was engaged as counsel in a large number of criminal cases, chiefly extradition, and is to-day one of the foremost criminal lawyers of the Toronto Bar. Such famous cases as the "Newark forgery," "the Lee case" of Cincinnati, and the "Adam Morse extradition case," together with a large number of trials for murder, have made his name well known to the public. Mr. Murdoch is also a member of the Illinois and Michigan Bars.

. E. WELDING, proprietor of the Brantford Stoneware Works, was born in Caledonia, Livingston county, New York, Sept. 17, 1819. At the age of 18 he embarked on the Erie Canal and "took to the saddle." He made his third trip between Buffalo and Albany as bowsman on his boat, when, from severe illness, he returned home. Recovering health, and having a liberal education, he taught school, near Brockport five winters, and emigrated to Canada in 1841, locating at Cainsville, three miles from Brantford, where he taught school three years, and organized the first total abstinence society ever organized in any rural district in the county of Brant. At this date he married Miss Mary Jane Hawley, and removed to Brantford as travelling salesman for Morton & Co., manufacturers of stoneware. He remained with that firm and their successors 15 years, when he and a Mr. Belding entered into partnership. The factory was afterwards burned, when Mr. Welding purchased the old pottery site; rebuilt in 1873, and has since carried it on alone, until it now stands at the head of the list in this department of industry in the Dominion. Mr. Welding's religious views by early training were of the Methodistic order, with which body he was identified until 1861, when he united with the Congregational Church under the pastorate of Rev. John Wood, and in connection with which, occupied important positions of trust. In 1875 he identified himself with Emmanuel Congregational Church, and remained a liberal supporter until the society disbanded in 1879. Since then he and Mrs. Welding have been members of Zion Presbyterian Church, under the ministry of Dr. Cochrane. Mr. Welding was a firm supporter of the republican party in the United States in its struggle against slavery, and is equally a pronounced reformer in Canada. Through a long and successful business career he has maintained a character for the highest integrity, and is the friend of every cause that has for its object the good of his fellowmen.

EVD. THOMAS COLLING, B.A., Plattsville, Ont., was born on the 14th May, 1840, at Lowville, Ont., and was married in 1882 to Miss E. E. Hill Ingram. He was educated in the public schools of the province and afterwards at Victoria University, Cobourg, where he graduated with high standing in 1869. From the outset of his college course he stood high in all his classes, taking the first prize for elocution from the University Literary Association and the second prize from the University for attainments in English composition. Like many Canadians of note, he was born on the farm, and spent his early days and his vacations during his course at the University, in agricultural pursuits. An early taste for a Christian education shaped his future career, so that, when about 20 years of age, he was converted and united with the Methodist Church, he was at once appointed as a local preacher. In 1862 he joined the Conference as a probationer, and was ordained to the office of the Holy Ministry at the Conference held in Toronto in 1869 by the late lamented Wm. Morley Punshon, who was at that time president of the Conference. Before ordination Mr. Colling travelled the circuits of Hullsville and Arran, serving each one year, and spent five years at the University. After ordination he labored in the circuits of Dundas, Oakville, Lachine, St. Catharines (twice), St. Thomas, London, Beamsville, Welland, Simcoe and Plattsville. His record in all these circuits, as presented to the several conferences, has been that of unswerving loyalty to his church, and signal success. He is well known as a faithful pastor, an earnest and able Gospel preacher and noted church financier. Precious memories of his self-denying labours remain in every locality where he has been stationed, and large numbers have been brought to Christ by his earnest appeals. Mr. Colling has been secretary of the Canada Holiness Association since its organization in the year 1879, and has also been district chairman.

EV. JAMES SCOTT HOWARD, M.A., rector of St. Matthew's Church, Toronto, was born in Toronto on October 20th, 1856. He is the son of Allan McLean Howard, Division Court Clerk, Toronto, whose biography appears in this volume. Mr. Howard was educated at Trinity College School, Port Hope, and Trinity University, Toronto, where he graduated in 1881, and took his degree of M.A. On September 23rd, 1882, he was ordained deacon in the Church of England by Bishop Sweatman, and on September 23rd, 1883, ordained priest at St. James Cathedral, Toronto. He was then appointed over the Church of St. Matthew's, and still ministers to that congregation. He has been eminently successful in his work, as is proved by the largely increased attendance both at church and Sunday School. Under his administration the congregation have built one of the finest churches in Toronto, and every department of the parochial work is in the highest state of efficiency. The membership and congregation of St. Matthew's are to be congratulated on the great prosperity that has attended the administration of the present rector.

OBERT STARK, chemist, Hamilton, was born in Dundas, April 8th, 1836, son of the late Rev. M. Y. Stark, A.M., Glasgow University, Knox Church, Dundas, and A. G. Street, Devonshire, England. Mr. Stark's earliest instructors were his father and Hon. Robert Spence. He then attended Toronto Academy, and completed his studies in chemistry, etc., at Glasgow University, and in French with Mons. Havet, Glasgow. He learned his business with English chemists, and carried on a drug business in Woodstock from 1857 to 1890, and now manages the business of R. Stark & Co., chemists, 82 York street, Hamilton. Mr. Stark is an Episcopalian, has been church warden, and is also a lay reader by licence of the Bishop of Huron. He is a P.M. of Oxford Lodge, Woodstock, and Oak Branch Lodge, Innerkip. Past 1st Principal of Oxford Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Past Collector of Royal Arcanum, Woodstock. On the 15th of August, 1861, was married by the Bishop of Huron to S. M. J. Revell, daughter of the late Rev. Henry Revell, A.M., T.C., Dublin. Rector of Ingersoll.

ESSE CHAPMAN, undertaker and embalmer, Hamilton, Ont., was born on the 6th of February, 1849, at St. Johns Antigua. He was educated at the Central School, Hamilton, after which, in 1865, he went to the United States, and in 1870 returned to Hamilton as assistant to his father, who was then doing the largest business in the city. His father died in 1872, when the management devolved upon him until his mother's death, in 1875, when the business was divided between himself and his brother Joshua. In 1878 he bought out his brother, and has since carried on the business under the title of W. M. Chapman's Sons. Mr. Chapman's father was the first on the continent to dispense with the use of ice for that of chemicals in embalming the dead. Mr. Chapman is a member of the Methodist Church, and in politics a Reformer. He is a member of the following societies: Free Masons, I.O.O.F., I.O.F. and A.O.F., Royal Arcanum A.O.U.W., Past Commander of the Select Knights, Orange Order, Sons of England, and Knights of Pythias. He was married on the 23rd of May, 1870.

OHN J. VAUGHAN, Chief of Police, Brantford, Ont., was born at Ballyshannon, County of Donegal, Ireland, on August 22nd, 1851. He was educated at the National schools and Grammar School of his native place. In early life he worked on his father's farm, and was afterwards appointed land agent on the Donegal estate of the late Thomas Connolly, M.P. for Donegal in 1872. In 1874 he came to Toronto with his father and mother, five brothers and five sisters, and in April of that year joined the Toronto police force, and afterwards filled various offices, such as patrol sergeant, acting detective, etc. In November, 1885, he was appointed Chief of Police of the city of Brantford. Under his direction the department has been completely re-organized, every member of which is, not only thoroughly efficient, but members of churches and all of them total abstainers. Mr. Vaughan was married October 1st, 1884, to Nellie S., second daughter of the late William N. Cruise, of Toronto. Chief Vaughan is a member of the Brant Avenue Methodist Church, and also of the local Board of Health.

R. ROBT. JAS. HUSBAND, corner King and John street, Hamilton, was born on the 21st of May, 1847, in the township of Nelson, Halton County, Ont., and was married on the 26th of October, 1881, to Margaret A. Bunton, daughter of the late Wm. Bunton, of Burlington, Ont. Dr. Husband was educated at the common school at Nelson, and afterwards studied at the Philadelphia Dental College, where he graduated, and finally at the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Ontario. He began the practice of his profession in the spring of 1873 at Fergus, from whence he removed to Hamilton in the spring of 1874, and continued his practice alone until the spring of 1879, when he took into partnership with him his cousin, Dr. T. H. Husband. He is a member of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, and also on the Congregational Board of Management. In politics he is a Reformer. Doctor Husband's practice has rapidly grown, not only in Hamilton, but in the surrounding country, and is steadily increasing. The firm is well known for the highest professional work and commands the confidence of a large and wealthy circle of patrons.

RANK COOPER, photographer, London, Ont., was born in London township, December 21st, 1845, and married Emily Selina, daughter of W. E. Riddle, of St. Catharines, March 19, 1878, by whom he has two sons and one daughter. He was educated at the ordinary country school, which, owing to circumstances, he had to leave at 13, and began the battle of life. He first became errand boy in a confectioner's store, and two years afterwards entered a dry goods establishment as parcel boy. After this he served for a few weeks in carriage trimming. His tastes, however, did not lie in such directions, and at the age of 17 he began the study of photography, for which he had a strong desire, entering his brother's studio to acquire a knowledge of the art, and remaining until he was 22 years of age, when he started business on his own account. His capital at the start was very small indeed, but by strict attention, close application, and passionate love for his profession, he has been very successful. Mr. Cooper is a trustee of the Dundas Street Centre Methodist Church, and member of the Quarterly Board, which church he united with some 18 years ago.

EV. JOHN McDOUGALL, chairman of Methodist Missions in the Saskatchewan District, N.W.T., was born at Owen Sound, Ont., on December 27th, 1842, and was married in 1864 to Abigail, daughter of Rev. H. B. Steinhawr, and after her decease he was married again in 1872 to Elizabeth, daughter of S. C. Boyd. He was educated in the mission schools at Newash, near Owen Sound, and at Garden River; he spent one winter in the old log school house at Owen Sound, and afterwards two sessions at Victoria College between the years 1857 and 1860. Mr. McDougall spent his early years in the backwoods, was rocked in log and bark canoes, pioneered around the Georgian Bay and Lake Superior, and spoke Indian before English. He afterwards worked in a store trading with Indians in Penetanguishene, and also in Orillia during the years 1855 to 1859. In 1860 he came to the North-West Territory, taught school at Norway House, and then went to the North Saskatchewan, where he worked for the Rev. Thomas Wolsley for two years as interpreter, dog driver, and general roustabout. He then entered upon mission work, travelling upon the plains, establishing missions at Woodville, Pigeon Lake, and Morley Bow River, and assisted in establishing missions at Victoria, Edmonton, Fort McLeod, Calgary, Wolfe Creek, Battle River and Bear's Hill. He has been chairman of the Saskatchewan District for fifteen years, and was delegate to the General Conference in 1886 and 1890. He was commissioner for the Government in 1874, preparing the way among the Indians for the coming in of the Mounted Police. He was also commissioner for the Government in 1855, preparing the way for the advance of the western column at Edmonton and Fort Pitt. He was guide, scout, boat builder, commissariat officer, chaplain, etc., to Gen. Strange's column, and a member of his staff until the completion of his campaign. He now superintendent of Indian Missions in Manitoba and the North-West.

AMUEL GEORGE READ, Mayor of the City of Brantford, was born there on the 12th of May, 1843, and was married in 1865 to Miss S. A. Pendlebury. He was educated at the Brantford public schools. His father was the Rev. Samuel Read, for many years an earnest and respected minister of the Baptist Church in Ontario. Mr. Read has been for many years in the real estate business, and is well known all over Ontario as a man of shrewd business habits. In religion he is a Baptist, being a member of the Park Church, Brantford, and for eighteen years he has been chairman of the finance committee of the society. He held the office of alderman from 1881 to 1890, when he was elected mayor of the city. He has held other important positions, such as governor of the John H. Stratford Hospital, member of the board of Police Commissioners, member of the Board of Trade, and is at present on the Free Library board, and the board of Water Commissioners. Mr. Read is well liked by all who come in contact with him, either in business or public life, and has proved himself exceedingly attentive to the interests of the city. He is a strong friend of the temperance cause, and can always be relied upon to aid in its onward march, either by the influence of his voice in public gatherings or by the contribution of his money. He is a Liberal in politics, although in his public life he has never obtruded unduly his views upon the community, and as a citizen, as well as the chief magistrate of the city, he is equally popular with all classes and all shades of politics. His mother still lives in the city, and, notwithstanding that she has arrived at a good old age, is a regular attendant upon the ordinances of religion. Like his parents, Mayor Read is an earnest Christian worker, and can always be found at his post of duty, both in the church and the Sunday school. That all our public offices were filled by such men is greatly to be desired. May the day soon come when such will be the case.

ILLIAM ARCHIBALD YOUNG, M.D., L.R.C.P., (London, Eng.,) Toronto, Ont., was born of Scotch parentage in January, 1864. Dr. Young received his earliest education in Scotland, and later on moved to London, Eng., and entered a Collegiate Institute there. He came out to Canada in comparatively early life. In 1882 he entered Toronto Medical School, and in the spring of 1886 headed the honor list at Victoria University, Cobourg. He then went back to London, Eng., and spent over a year in Middlesex University College and St. Thomas Hospitals, being licensed by the Royal College of Physicians in the spring of 1887. Returning to Canada he began the practice of his profession, where he has continued ever since. In November, 1888, he married Annie Marguerite Jennings, daughter of James Jennings, Esq., Toronto. Dr. Young is visiting physician to the Home for Incurables, is also a member of both the Toronto Medical Society and Ontario Medical Association. He is highly esteemed by the medical profession, as well as by all with whom he comes in contact, and he has a large city practice.

HAS. FRANKLIN STILWELL, manager of the Edison Lamp Works, Hamilton, Ont., was born on the 28th of March, 1861, at Newark, N.J. He was educated at the public schools of that city. Leaving home in 1874, he became connected with several branches of mercantile business until 1879, when he went to Menlo Park, N.J., the birthplace of the incandescent light. Under his brother-in-law, T. A. Edison, he acquired a thorough and practical knowledge of the manufacture of incandescent lamps. In 1881 he started a lamp factory in Montreal, and in 1883 came to Hamilton, where he began the present works, the only establishment of the kind in Canada. The works employ thirty hands, and are lighted from their own plant. They make all kinds of lamps, from the smallest, giving half a candle power, to that of one hundred and fifty candle power. The manufacture of these lamps is most difficult, as they have to pass through more than two hundred operations. Mr. Stilwell was married in December, 1881, to Sarah F., daughter of Prof. S. D. Frazee, Plainfield, N.J. In religion he is a Methodist, and in politics a Conservative.

ATTHEW BEATTY, Welland, Ont., was born in Ireland in the year 1815, and moved with his parents to the United States in 1818. He came to Canada in 1842 and settled in St. Catharines. In 1860 he removed to Welland and started a machine shop. From a very small beginning, Mr. Beatty has built up a very large trade, and the firm are now shipping their machinery to all parts of the Dominion, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. He has now retired from business, which is carried on by his three sons--William L., Harvey L. and Alvin O. Beatty. In politics he is a pronounced Reformer, and although a manufacturer, favors reciprocity between Canada and the United States. Mr. Beatty belongs to that reliable class of Canadian pioneers who have done so much during the past fifty years in making the country what it is to-day. His distinguished business career has been marked from its inception by keen foresight, unusual ability, untiring energy, sterling integrity, and a thorough knowledge of the requirements of his trade. He was married in 1838 to Miss Mary Leverton, of England.

HARLES HAMMOND ROSS, Police Magistrate, Barrie, Ont., was born on the 17th of February, 1828, in Hull, England. When seven years of age he came to America, and lived for eight years at Staten Island, N.Y., where he received his education. After this he lived with his father on the farm in Innisfil township, County of Simcoe, for two years. He then engaged in the mercantile business, and for ten years was in the dry goods establishment of T. S. McConkey, when he was taken into partnership, which existed for ten years. After carrying on this business for a number of years, he retired and engaged in his present business, that of private banker. His keen interest in public questions, and his intelligent grasp of matters affecting the welfare of the community, have made him prominent in public life, as he has been for fifteen years a member of the Council, during ten of which he was Reeve and Deputy Reeve. He was first elected Mayor of Barrie in 1886. In 1891 he received the appointment of Police Magistrate. In religion Mr. Ross is a Presbyterian. He was married in 1858 to Mary Cowan George, of Ireland.

OHN FRANKLIN ADAMS, L.D.S., D.D.S., Toronto, Ont., was born on December 23rd, 1864, in Drayton, Ont. He is a son of John G. C. Adams, dentist, Toronto. He was married on the 11th of June, 1890, to Edith, daughter of the late John Young, undertaker, Toronto. He was educated in the public schools and Collegiate Institute of Toronto, and at the age of sixteen entered his father's office and began the study of dentistry. In 1883 he entered the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, and graduated in 1885. After this he went to Philadelphia, U.S., and took the degree of D.D.S. from the Pennsylvania Dental College, after which he came to Toronto and began the practice of his profession. Dr. Adams is at present vice-president of the Toronto Dental Society, and a prominent member of various fraternal organizations. He is a member of Broadway Methodist Church, Toronto, and has been closely connected with various departments of Christian work, in all of which he takes a lively interest. The doctor enjoys a large circle of friends, an extensive practice, and he is highly respected by all with whom he comes in contact.

LIVER R. AVISON, M.D., C.M., M.C.P. & S.O., Toronto, was born June 30th, 1860, in Yorkshire, Eng., and was married on July 28th, 1885, to Jennie Barnes, daughter of S. M. Barnes, Reeve of Smith's Falls, Ont. He was educated in the public schools of Ontario and in the High School at Almonte. He began teaching in 1878 and taught for three years, and during that time attended the Ottawa Normal School. After this he studied pharmacy for three years, and then came to Toronto and took a course in the Ontario College of Pharmacy, where he graduated in 1884, receiving the gold medal for "general proficiency," and two other gold medals for chemistry and materia medica. He was at once appointed lecturer in botany in the College of Pharmacy, in 1885 became also professor of materia medica, and in 1889 was also appointed teacher of microscopy. He graduated in medicine in 1887, and was appointed demonstrator of materia medica and pharmacy in the medical faculty of Toronto University. In connection with his professional college duties he enjoys a large city practice. The doctor is a member of Sherbourne Street Methodist Church, Toronto.

ALTER B. GEIKIE, M.D., C.M., D.C.L., F.R.C.S., Edinburgh, L.R.C.P., London, Eng., Dean of Trinity Medical College, Toronto, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in May, 1830. He came to Canada in 1843. After a thorough preliminary education he entered the medical school of the late Hon. Dr. Rolph, and passing the usual examinations, was licensed to practice in July, 1851. In 1852 he went to Philadelphia and took the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Jefferson College, and, returning to Canada, began professional duties--first at Bondhead, County of Simcoe, and afterwards at Aurora. In 1856 he accepted a professorship in the medical department of Victoria College, Toronto, and from that time has been constantly engaged in the arduous duties of a medical teacher. He has filled at different periods the chairs of Materia Medica, Midwifery, Surgery, Anatomy, Clinical Surgery, Practice of Medicine and Clinical Medicine. In 1867 Dr. Geikie visited his native land and passed the examinations of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, and also of the Royal College of Physicians of London. In 1871, having resigned his position in Victoria, he and others induced the corporation of Trinity University to reorganize the "medical department," which, in 1877, became incorporated under an independent charter, and is now Trinity Medical College. In 1871 he was appointed to the Professorships of Medicine and Clinical Medicine, and, on the death of Dr. Hodder, to that of Dean. Dr. Geikie for many years rendered valuable service on the acting staff of the Toronto General Hospital, and has been for a long time one of the senior Consulting Physicians of that institution. In 1889 Trinity University conferred on him the degree of D.C.L., in recognition of his eminence as a medical teacher and his great services to medical education. Dr. Geikie has two brothers--the Rev. A. C. Geikie, LL.D., an honored Presbyterian minister in Bathurst, N.S.W., and Dr. Cunningham Geikie, the biblical scholar.

OSEPH HEIGHINGTON, barrister-at-law, Toronto, was born 27th March, 1849, at Skircoat, parish of Halifax, Yorkshire, England. His father, Thomas Heighington, was of an old family living at "Heighington," near Darlington, in North Yorkshire, and his mother, Miss Brearley, of a respectable family in the West Riding of the same county. Mr. Heighington was married August 6th, 1876, to Clara, second daughter of Rev. John Compston, Baptist minister, of Leeds, Eng., a well-known speaker and writer in musical and temperance circles throughout the British Isles. His education was received at the ordinary day schools in Yorkshire and under private tutors. At the age of 16 he was articled to an accountant and was taught the science of book-keeping. At 21 he took a situation, having charge of the accounts of a large business firm. After this he practiced as an accountant for two years, and finally, having relations in Canada, came to Toronto in 1877, primarily on account of his health, which, having speedily improved and his liking the country, he determined to stay. He kept books in Toronto for a time. The firm by whom he was employed becoming involved in a law suit, he had frequent occasion to consult the lawyers in the case. One of them told him that he ought not to waste his time keeping books, but should study law. He at once entered that gentleman's office and graduated in 1884, and has been practising in Toronto ever since. Although not seeking notoriety, he has built up what is admitted to be about the largest "young man's business" in Toronto, paying particular attention to wills, trusts, administrations, investments and general commercial law. His partners are Thomas Urquhart and A. J. Boyd, son of Hon. Chancellor Boyd. Mr. Heighington, while true to his native land, enters heartily into all that advances his adopted country. He is a Baptist and trustee of the Walmer Road Church, Toronto, largely built through the liberality of Alanson Harris, Esq., of Brantford.

AMUEL GOTHROLD PARKER, M.B., Toronto, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., Edinburgh, L. F. P. & S., Glasgow, was born on the 18th of January, 1862, in Toronto. His ancestors were of the South of England, among them being distinguished members of the legislature and medical profession. Dr. Parker received a high education in the arts courses of the University of Toronto. In 1882 he entered the medical department of the University and graduated with honors in 1886. He then went to Europe in the further pursuit of his medical studies, and spent many months in the hospitals of Great Britain and France, receiving the above degrees and being admitted a Fellow of the London Obstetrical Society. On his return he began practice in Toronto, where he soon acquired a large and lucrative business. Dr. Parker is a member of Jarvis Street Baptist Church, and is regarded by his many friends as possessed of rare abilities that promise distinction in future years. The doctor's social qualities, combined with his professional and scholarly attainments, have won for him a host of friends, and the number is continually on the increase.

ILLIAM CREELMAN, B.A., LL.B., Toronto, was born at Richibucto, N. B., on the 16th December, 1860. He first attended a private school at Buctouche, N. B., and afterwards the Collingwood Collegiate Institute, and finally entered the Toronto University at the age of 17, taking a full course in arts and graduating in 1882 with the gold medal in philosophy. In 1885 he took the degree of LL.B. and was also called to the Bar. He first studied law in the office of McCarthy, Osler, Hoskin and Creelman, and from 1885 to 1888 practiced his profession alone in Toronto, and then became partner of the well-known firm of Blake, Lash and Cassels. Mr. Creelman is fond of amateur sport, and takes a prominent part in the management of cricket, curling, yachting, football and hockey clubs. He is deeply interested in the prosperity and advancement of his Alma Mater, is a senator of the University, (elected by the graduates of the Law Faculty), and is also clerk of Convocation of Graduates. He has a growing popularity, and is honored with the friendship of a large number of persons, both socially and in his profession.

AMES THOMAS DEWSON, manager of the Standard Bank, Bradford, Ont., was born on the 18th of June, 1833, at Fort Henry, Kingston. His father was the late Colonel Dewson, of the 15th Foot, in the British army. He was educated at the public schools, and afterwards at the Bradford High School, and Oberlin College, Ohio, U.S. He spent his first five years of business life in a dry goods establishment, and in 1854 was employed in the engineers office of the Great Western Railway. He then devoted several years to farming, and in 1868 began the grain business at Bradford. Upon the establishment of the St. Lawrence Bank in 1873, which afterward became the Standard Bank, he was appointed manager. Mr. Dewson is an Equal Righter in politics, and in religion a member of the Church of England. He also belongs to the Masonic Brotherhood, a member of the Royal Arch Chapter Cyrene Preceptory 95 Egyptian Rite, of the I.O.O.F., of the A.O.U.W., and also a member of the York Pioneers. He was married June 14th, 1860, to Mary, daughter of the late J. Lind, Esq., West Gwillimbury, Bondhead, Ont.

RNEST JOSEPH BEAUMONT, barrister, Galt, Ont., was born on February 28th, 1855, at Mirfield, Yorkshire, England. He was educated at the Grammar School in Sheffield until he was fifteen years of age, when he left England for Canada on December 21st, 1871. His subsequent education was chiefly acquired by private study, although in early life he was far more fond of out-door exercise and athletic sports than of books. He was admitted as solicitor at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, in May, 1879, and came to Galt in 1880, and, after encountering much adversity, was called to the Bar in May, 1885. Mr. Beaumont by religion is a member of the Church of England and served as vestry clerk for several years. He was for some time Major of the 29th Battalion, from which he retired with rank in 1888. He is at the present time secretary and trustee of the Galt Public School Board, solicitor for that town, and has held a number of minor offices in connection with literary societies, rifle associations, etc. Mr. Beaumont is still a young man, and, from his push and ability, much may be expected of him.

OBERT COLLISON SCOTT, miller, Highgate, Ont., was born in the township of Orford, County of Kent, on the 22nd of May, 1849. He was educated at the district schools near his home. After spending the first twenty-five years of his life on his father's farm, he built the Beaver Oatmeal and Flour Mills at Highgate, and afterwards, in 1882, the Cumberland Flour Mills at Highgate, the first full roller mill in Western Ontario, of which he is now owner. Mr. Scott has evinced great capacity and energy since he began business. The first mill was burned in June, 1887. The present mill has a capacity of 200 barrels a day, and gives employment to a large number of hands. His reputation for upright dealings is universally recognized, and his trade extends to every part of the Dominion. In politics Mr. Scott is Independent, supporting principles rather than men. He was solicited by the Third Party to become their candidate for parliamentary honors, but declined. He is a strong temperance advocate, and an active member of the Methodist Church. He was married in 1880 to Miss Emma A. Gosnell, of Orford.

HARLES RICHARDS, general merchant, of Caledonia, Ont., was born April 9th, 1866, in Ancaster township. He received his education in the public schools. His father is a farmer, and young Richards spent the first twenty years of his life on the farm. His ambition, however, could not be satisfied by the daily rounds of a farmer's duty, and he looked out for more stirring and profitable employment. His first business venture was in canvassing for a newspaper; he then engaged with the Hamilton Industrial Works Co. Then he became salesman for tea and coffee, and finally, in June, 1887, bought out a general merchant at Caledonia, where he has since carried on a growing and profitable business. A young man with a Christian training, fair education, good habits, and, with untiring industry, must in the very nature of things be crowned with success. He has been a member of the Methodist Church from his boyhood, and has taken a great interest in the welfare of the young people, having been both secretary and president of their literary societies. He is also Lieutenant of the Haldimand Rifles, and enjoys the confidence of a large circle of friends.

HOMAS EDWIN BOULTER, chemist and druggist, Hamilton, Ont., was born on the 23rd of May, 1857, at Edgewood Farm, County of Haldimand, Ont. His parents were English, who came to Canada in 1837 and took up a tract of land in the township of Walpole, where they have ever since resided. The country at that time was a dense forest, now it is dotted over with fine farms, inhabited by a thrifty and prosperous population. Mr. Boulter's grandfather, Andrew Wren, was one of the volunteers in the Rebellion of '37. Mr. Boulter was educated at the common school in the township of Walpole, but like most Canadian boys in the country, his education was broken up by working on the farm--three months' school and nine months' work. He, however, made the best of the opportunities for study within his reach, having a desire for such professional knowledge as would fit him for something different from the farm. At the age of eighteen, he entered the Collegiate Institute, Hamilton, and afterwards served his apprenticeship as druggist with Dr. Smith for three years. He then left Hamilton for Winnipeg, where he finished his apprenticeship with Whitehead & Co., and passed his examination with honors in the Manitoba College of Pharmacy. In 1884 he came to Toronto and graduated with honors in the School of Pharmacy. In 1885 he returned to Hamilton as assistant, and afterwards partner, for two years of the firm of R. N. Taylor & Co., druggists. In 1889 he purchased his present business, which is steadily increasing, with best prospects for the future. In religion Mr. Boulter belongs to the Methodist Church in Canada. In politics he is an ardent and active Reformer, having served on committees of management for three successive elections. He belongs to the Independent Order of Foresters, of which he is also financial secretary. A Christian young man with good habits, studious, and attentive to business, it may be taken for granted that he is a success.

OHN COLLINGS GODDARD, builder and contractor, Toronto, was born at North Arlington, Yorkshire, Eng., on the 16th November, 1820, and was married to Mary Nash, daughter of John Nash, Westbury, Wiltshire, Eng., in November, 1854. Mr. Goddard, in the best sense of the word, is a self-educated man--the only schooling he received being in the winter of 1840, when he attended a night school. At the age of ten years he entered a stone yard kept by his father, and, when seventeen, left home and began work as a journeyman, getting the highest wages then paid. After spending several years in London, he left England for Australia in February, 1852, and, in the following year, started business in Sydney as builder and contractor. For a time he was employed by the Australian Government and built several fortifications and railways. For many years Mr. Goddard was exceedingly prosperous, and left Australia for London, where, during the Franco-Prussian war he lost his entire fortune of nearly $88,000. He then came to Newark, N. J., U. S., but his intense love for British soil and British institutions led him to Canada, where he settled in Toronto in 1873. Since then he has built many of the finest buildings in that city, such as the Sissin buildings, corner of Wilton and Yonge streets; St. Mary's and St. Paul's churches, the Memorial Church of the late Archbishop Lynch, and recently, what may be regarded as crowning work of his life, the Board of Trade buildings on Yonge street, which, when completed, will cost upwards of $350,000. To such men as Mr. Goddard the Queen City is indebted for the many stately structures that adorn its public streets and crowded thoroughfares, and make its drives and avenues so attractive and beautiful. What they may lack in the scholarly culture of the schools that the young men of Canada enjoy, is more than made up by their strong individuality, industry and capacity that renders them equal to almost any undertaking. In him such qualities are illustrated.

LBERT DURRANT WATSON, M.D., L.R.C.P., Edinburgh, practicing physician, Toronto, son of Wm. Y. Watson, was born in Peel County, Ont., on January 8th, 1859, and was married on Sept. 23, 1885, to Sarah A. G. Clare, daughter of Samuel Clare, for some time a teacher in the Normal School, Toronto. Dr. Watson was educated in the schools of his own county and afterwards in the Toronto Normal School. He entered the Toronto School of Medicine in 1879, and graduated from Victoria in 1883. He then went to Europe, attending the Edinburgh, London and Paris hospitals, and in 1884 began the practice of his profession in Toronto. In 1889 he received the degree of M.D. from the University of Toronto. Dr. Watson is an official member of the Methodist Church, takes an active interest in the welfare of the young, and conducts a large young people's class-meeting. For four years he has been a member of the Toronto Annual Conference. He is also a frequent contributor on social questions to leading periodicals. His social views are of a most advanced character, his motto being--"From each according to his strength, to each according to his need."

ATHANIEL PEARSON, L.D.S., practicing Dental Surgeon, Toronto, Ont., was born at Oakwood, Ont., on January 29th, 1844, and is the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Pearson, both descendants of the U.E. Loyalists. He was married on the 9th of April, 1868, to Ellen, daughter of Judah and Elizabeth Lundy, of Sharon, Ont., by whom he has five children. Dr. Pearson was educated in the schools of Aurora and Newmarket, and in 1864 began the study of dental surgery under the late Dr. Edmunds, of Albany, N.Y. He graduated in March, 1869, and was licensed by the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Dr. Pearson first settled in Newmarket, where he began the practice of his profession, but in 1879 he moved with his family to Toronto, where he still resides and enjoys a large and lucrative city practice. He is a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, and for two years was a member of the board of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, and is now president of the Ontario Dental Society. He is a graduate of the old Military School in Toronto, graduating in 1865, and held a commission in the York Rangers for many years.

EV. JAMES ASHFIELD KEAY, Dundas, Ont., eldest son of the late Adam Keay, of Toronto, was born December 26th, 1861, at Toronto. He commenced his education at the public schools, Toronto, and finished at Stratford. He first engaged in farming. He then learned the carriage making business, at which he served three years, and afterwards worked as journeyman at Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island. In 1885 he decided to enter the ministry of the Baptist Church, and in the fall of that year commenced his theological studies at Woodstock College. In 1888 he entered MacMaster University, from which he graduated in the spring of 1891 with honors. During the summer months of his college course he took charge of several churches, much to the pleasure of the different congregations. In the summer of 1889 he was at Rapid City, Manitoba, where he did very successful work for his denomination. On graduating Mr. Keay received a call to Dundas, which he accepted, and has just entered upon his work there. He was married August 12th, 1891, to Eugenie Millard, only daughter of the late Isaiah Becker, of Port Rowan.

ILLIAM A. ROBINSON, agent for Canadian and American Express Companies, was born in Carlisle, Ontario, on the 15th of March, 1857, and was married on the 13th of December, 1882, to Kate Conn, Granton, Ontario. He was educated in the public schools of Listowel. From 1876 to 1879 he was engaged in the drug business, in Granton, with Dr. Long. In 1879 he entered the express services as clerk and telegraph operator for the American Express Company, after that he was appointed to Mitchell, Ontario; two years later he took charge of the Post Office there, as assistant, filling that position for four years. In 1885 he entered again the express services as clerk in the London office, where he remained until 1888, when he removed to Brantford, and on the 1st day of April, 1890, he was appointed agent in that place. He has a thorough knowledge of all the details of the express business and is a most genial man as well as an accommodating agent. Under his able management, this invaluable aid to commerce is rapidly increasing in the city.

EORGE ACHESON M.A., M.B., Toronto, was born at Gait in 1859. His father, Rev. Robert Acheson, is a Presbyterian clergyman. In 1890 Dr. Acheson married Louie M. Phymister, daughter of Jas. Phymister, of Montreal. He was educated in Galt Grammar School under Dr. Tassie, where he won the Dufferin medal for general proficiency. In 1876 he entered the University of Toronto, and graduated in arts in 1880, taking the gold medal in natural sciences. In 1881 he was appointed Science Master in the Toronto Collegiate Institute. In 1883 he took the degree of M.A., and, in 1887, M.B., with first-class honors in the University of Toronto. After graduating in medicine he was House Surgeon in the General Hospital, Toronto. In 1888 he was appointed on the Examining Board of the Ontario Medical Council and Lecturer in the Women's Medical College, and in 1890 Examiner in the Medical Faculty of the University of Toronto and in the University of Victoria College. He is a member of the Pathological Society of Toronto and other medical associations. Dr. Acheson is a staunch Presbyterian.

EORGE HERBERT STEPHENSON, barrister, Manning Arcade, Toronto, was born at Unionville, York County, Ont., on the 1st of September, 1859, and was married to Rossanna S. Baillie, daughter of Wm. Baillie, Toronto, on the 11th of August, 1886. Mr. Stephenson received his education at Trinity College, Toronto. His father, John Stephenson, Clerk of the 2nd Division of the County of York and Treasurer of Markham Township, was happily in a position to give his son all the advantages of a broad and liberal education, of which he availed himself to the utmost. In May, 1886, Mr. Stephenson graduated in law, and at once entered business for himself. In professional life he has been abundantly successful, and now enjoys a large practice. In religion he is an attendant upon the Christadelphian Meetings, and is a member of the Masonic Brotherhood. So far he has aspired to no public honors or offices, but devotes his whole time to professional duties. A man of one work, devoting to his profession, and giving to his clients, the full benefit of his education and ability, he is bound to make his mark in the world.

R. JOHN S. KING, Toronto, was born on the 26th of April, 1843, at Georgetown, Ont. He is the son of Stephen King and Margaret Hess. His father, still living, came from Wiltshire, Eng., in 1833; his mother was descended from a U.E. Loyalist family. Dr. King at the age of seventeen began his life of self-reliance, studied and engaged in teaching, graduating from the Normal School with a first-class certificate. Subsequently he engaged in newspaper and literary work, and was for years a paid contributor to several leading periodicals in Canada and the United States. He was for three years on the editorial staff of the Toronto Globe under the Hon. George Brown. He was also Canadian correspondent for the Chicago Tribune for three years. Dr. King is a graduate of Victoria University, Cobourg, and an M.D. of the University of Toronto. He has been surgeon to the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Females and the Industrial Refuge for Girls since the opening of both institutions. He has secured a large and lucrative practice in both city and province. He is a Free Mason of 27 years' standing, a Knight of Pythias, in which he was Grand Chancellor four different years, and Supreme Prelate of the Supreme Lodge of the World for four years. He has also been a member of the I.O.O.F. and of the A.O.U.W. He assisted in establishing the first lodge of the latter organization in Toronto, and was the first grand medical examiner of that body. Dr. King was a member of the first Grand Council of the Royal Arcanum. He has been connected with the Sons of England many years, and is well known as the compiler of the early history as well as Ritual and Ceremonies of the Society. He has also been grand medical examiner to the Select Knights of Canada since its first organization, and director in several companies. Dr. King's religion is Presbyterian and politics Liberal. A man of honor, of unbounded energy and great force of character, and to these qualities he owes his signal success.

DWIN D. TILLSON, son of the founder of the town of Tilsonburg, was born in the County of Nofolk, March 26th, 1825. His father was born in Massachusetts, and in 1822 moved to Canada, and with Hiram Capron and Joseph Van Norman built at Long Point the first foundry erected in the province. In 1826, when Edwin was a year old, his father came to what is now Tilsonburg, and built a saw mill and a forge. Here he manufactured lumber, wrought iron, and laid out roads, and acted as county commissioner for many years. He laid out Tilsonburg in 1835. Mr. Tillson attended school in Ohio for one year, and then, until he was twenty-one, worked on a farm. He then taught school for a short time and worked at lumbering. In 1847, with capital of one hundred dollars, he, with two other young men, built a saw mill, and purchased valuable pine lands near the mill, from Hon. Robt. Baldwin, of Toronto, which afterwards became valuable. Three 3 years afterwards he built another saw mill in the village, and, in 1851, selling his interest in the small mills, he bought his father's mill and water privileges; pulled down the old mill and built a fine large double mill on the old site. His financial success from this time onward has been uninterrupted. Most of the improvements in Tilsonburg were initiated and largely assisted by Mr. Tillson's private means. In 1890 he added to his properties a planing mill, sash and door factory, flour, barley, pea and oatmeal mills, and also a large brick yard. Mr. Tillson was reeve of Doreham township two years, first mayor of Tilsonburg, has been postmaster nineteen years, and magistrate about twenty years. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and also steward and trustee for eighteen years, and is interested in many important enterprises. He was married on July 4th, 1850, to Mary Ann Van Norman, of Tilsonburg. They have four children living and two have died. In the fullest sense of the word, he has done much to make Tilsonburg what it is.

ILLIAM EDWIN WINSKEL, M.D., M.B., M.R.C.S., England, M.C.P. & S., Ontario, Brantford, Ont., was born June 22nd, 1853 in the township of Windham, Norfolk County, and was married June 4th, 1885, to Mary, eldest daughter of D. Z. Gibson, Esq., Brantford. He received his education at the common schools, the High School, Scotland, and Toronto Collegiate Institute. He attended lectures at Trinity Medical School from 1874 to 1877, when he graduated, receiving the same year a license from the Ontario Medical Council. He graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons, England, in 1878, and after spending two years in leading hospitals in London, he returned to Ontario and began practice in Brantford, which is now large and lucrative. Dr. Winskel has held the office of president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer of the Brant County Medical Association, and is now a visiting physician to the John H. Stratford Hospital. He is a member and trustee Methodist Church, Brantford. He was assistant surgeon to the Dufferin Rifles for six years, and is now on the retired list with the rank of Captain. In politics he is a Liberal.

AMES J. FOY, Q.C., barrister, Toronto, of the firm of Foy & Kelley, was born in that city on the 22nd of February, 1847, and is the son of the late Patrick Foy, merchant there. He was married in 1879 to Marie Cuvillier, daughter of Maurice Cuvillier, of Montreal. Mr. Foy was educated at St. Michael's College, Toronto, and at Ushaw College in England. In the year 1866 he entered the law offices of Crawford & Crombie, and subsequently those of Patton, Osler & Moss. In Hilary Term of 1871 he was called to the Bar and entered on the practice of his profession. Subsequently he became a member of the firms of Thorne & Foy, Foy, Tupper & Macdonnell, and Foy & Kelley. In 1881, upon the agitation for representatives from the junior Bar, Mr. Foy was elected a Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario, and in 1886 was re-elected. He was appointed Q.C. in 1883. He is a member of the Roman Catholic communion, and takes an active part in many of the financial interests of the city, being a director of the Toronto General Trusts Company and of other companies. He is vice-president of the Albany Conservative Club.

ILLIAM WATT, Jr., B.A., LL.B., Sheriff of Brant County, was born at Brantford, September 29th, 1845, educated in the Brantford schools and Toronto University, graduating in 1866 a silver medalist in modern languages. He was a member of the University Rifles, Queen's Own, and participated in the engagement with the Fenians at Ridgeway in June, 1866. He studied in the offices of Mr. Hugh (now Hon. Justice) MacMahon and Strong, Edgar and Grahame, Toronto, and was called to the Bar in 1869. In 1874 he became proprietor of the Brantford Expositor. On severing this connection, he was in April, 1890, tendered a public banquet and laudatory address by the citizens of Brantford and Brant County in recognition of his public services. An ex-president of the Canadian Press Association and for several years secretary of the Board of Trade. Latterly of the law firm of Watt & Hewitt, an alderman of Brantford and secretary of the Liberal Association for South Brant. Appointed sheriff April 20, 1891. Married November 10, 1875, Becca, daughter of Robert Balmer, Esq., Oakville.

HILIP GEORGE GODARD, Toronto, Ont., was born on June 4th, 1843, in Brighton, England, the son of Philip Godard, contractor, there. He was married on the 31st of October, 1867, to Mary Ann Peacey, daughter of Charles Peacey, Cheltenham, Eng. Mr. Godard was educated in the public schools of Brighton. At the early age of fifteen he became apprenticed to a cabinet-maker and upholsterer, in which capacity he served seven years. He then went to the city of London and worked for a time with the firms of Grace & Co. and Banting & Co., upholsterers to the royal family of England. In 1870 Mr. Godard came to Canada and settled in Toronto, where he was employed for three years by the well known firm of Jacques & Hay. He then began business for himself, and for seventeen years has enjoyed a large public patronage, which is steadily increasing. Mr. Godard is an Anglican by religious profession, and a member of Grace Episcopal Church, Toronto.

RTHUR SIMENTON, farmer, Blackheath, Ont., was born in Westport, County of Mayo, Ireland, on September 28th, 1833, and was married on the 14th of August, 1855, to Eliza Ramsay. He was educated in the public schools in Seneca township and in Caledonia, County of Haldimand. The first six years of Mr. Simenton's life was spent in Ireland at which time he came to this country with his parents and was brought up on the farm on which they settled in the township of Seneca. He is one of the largest farmers of the district and has made a specialty of raising Southdown sheep, in which he has been very successful, and is a noble example of what may be done to raise the grade of Canadian cattle, for which there is constant demand in the markets of the Old World. Mr. Simenton is a member of the Presbyterian Church and chairman of the board of management. He has been assessor, collector and councillor for the period of thirty-one years in the township of Seneca.

ILLIAM ALBERT ROSS, M.D., L.R.C.P.. London, and L.R.C.S., Edinburgh; Barrie, Ont., was born December 22nd, 1861, in Ontario County. He is the son of Mr. James Ross, Reeve of the township of Oro. He received his education at the public school, Barrie Collegiate Institute, Victoria University, and Toronto School of Medicine. After he graduated in Victoria in 1883, he went to New York and spent a year in study at Bellevue Medical College. In 1885 he went to Europe and spent another year in the hospitals in London and Edinburgh, receiving the degrees of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons from those schools, Returning to Canada in 1886 he began the practice of his profession at Barrie. Dr. Ross is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of the Masonic Brotherhood, he is also Supreme Medical Examiner of the Sons of Scotland Fraternal and Benevolent Society. His thorough scholarship, coupled with his experience in the large hospitals of the American and European continent, gives him a high standing in the medical profession.

. W. HAMLIN, St. Catherines, Ont., only son of R. S. Hamlin, vice-president of the Western Bank, Oshawa, was born at Buffalo. N. Y., U.S.A., on November 20th, 1867. He commenced his education at the Friends College, Pickering, and finished at the British American Business College, Toronto. On leaving college he settled in St. Catharines, where he has since remained. He has recently gone into the manufacturing business in that city, where he is doing a successful and increasing trade, which promises to become a large industry in the near future, if a thorough acquaintance with the requirements of the trade will make it such. Mr. Hamlin formerly had a ranche at the head of the Columbia Lakes, British Columbia, which he has since sold, preferring to live in this part of the Dominion. In religion he is an Episcopalian. In politics he takes no active interest. He is a member of the Order of Select Knights. He was married at Santa Barbara, California, January 12th, 1887, to May, youngest daughter of E. Wismer, of Markham, Ont.

EORGE STERLING RYERSON, M.D., C.M., Toronto, Ont., was born in that city in January, 1855. He is the grandson of Colonel Joseph Ryerson, U.E.L., son of the Rev. Geo. Ryerson and Isabella D. Sterling, daughter of Hon. Ansel Sterling, Judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, and nephew of Rev. Dr. Egerton Ryerson, late Chief Superintendent of Education. He was educated at Galt grammar school, and afterwards at the Toronto Medical College, and graduated in 1875 from Trinity University. Proceeding to Europe, he studied at Edinburgh, and took double qualifications of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons. He then went to London and studied under Sir William Bowman and other eminent surgeons at the Moorfields Eye Hospital, and under Sir Morell Mackenzie, throat hospital in Golden Square. After this he went to the continent and studied under Drs. DeWecker and Galezowski in Paris, Otto Becker in Heidelburg, and Von Arlt, Von Jaeger and others in Vienna. On his return to Canada in 1880 he was appointed to the Eye and Ear Department of the General Hospital and Hospital for Sick Children, and Professor of Eye and Ear diseases in Trinity Medical College. Dr. Ryerson was married in 1882 to Mary, daughter of the late James Crowther. Dr. Ryerson served throughout the North-West Rebellion as surgeon to the Royal Grenadiers; took part in the actions at Fish Creek and Batoche, and was recommended by Sir Frederick Middleton for promotion to Surgeon-Major, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel for distinguished services. He is Master of Ionic Lodge A.F. & A.M., and was chairman of the Masonic reception to the Duke of Connaught. Ryerson has written many articles on professional subjects in journals of the United States and Canada. His most important work is in relation to the colour blindness of railway employees, and defective sight in public schools; in this connection he has examined nearly six thousand children.

OLFORD WALKER, M.D., Medical Superintendent of Rotherham House, his private hospital, 54, 56 and 58 Isabella street, Toronto, was born in Barrie in 1846, and married in 1873 Annie Rolph, daughter of the late George Rolph, of Dundas. He took degrees of M.D. at Queen's University, Kingston, and Harvard University, Boston. The subject of this sketch affords an illustration of what can be achieved by application and constant higher aim in life. Graduating in 1867, he settled in Dundas. In a few years his practice became so large he was obliged to take a partner in order to cope with the work, and also to afford an opportunity to devote more attention to the special branch of the profession his natural taste and talent directed him. In the winter of 1887 he went to Philadelphia in order to obtain a practical knowledge of Dr. Weir Mitchell's treatment of the nervous diseases of women by Massage, etc. On leaving Dundas he was presented by the townspeople with an address and a very handsome token of regard, besides numerous individual presentations. In the spring of 1887 he opened a private hospital in Hamilton for women, which proved so successful that he decided to remove to Toronto and give up general practice altogether. Being the first in Ontario to establish a private hospital, he also became the pioneer specialist in the province in surgical and nervous diseases of women. He went abroad for nine months and became assistant to Mr. Lawson Tait, the most celebrated abdominal surgeon of the day. On returning he reopened the hospital in Toronto. Success has continued to follow him in a marked degree--the profession showing their appreciation for his enterprise by keeping the hospital, which is one of the, if not the most, complete on the continent in every detail, always full. The doctor has always kept abreast of the times, by making it a rule from the first of going abroad every few years to see the practical work of the leading lights in his calling, and attributes his success chiefly to that fact.

LBERT E. K. GREER, B.A., barrister, Toronto, was born December 25, 1860, at "Rose Lawn," Colborne, County of Northumberland, Ont. He was educated at Colborne High School and the University of Toronto, which he entered in 1879, and from which he graduated B.A. in 1883. Mr. Greer from his boyhood took a great interest in politics, in debating societies, and in literary pursuits. At the age of seventeen he was elected president of the Literary Institute of his native town. At the age of twenty-three he delivered a series of addresses throughout Cornwall, Eng., on Canada, urging tenant-farmers and others with means to emigrate. Many of these availed themselves of the opportunities presented, and are now happily located in the great North-West. Mr. Greer studied law with Judge Ketchum in Colborne, and subsequently with Delamere, Reesor & English, Toronto. He was called to the Bar in 1888. He is solicitor for several of the most successful corporations in Ontario. He is a prominent member of the Young Men's Liberal-Conservative Association, a member of St. Andrew's Lodge A.F. & A.M., No. 16 G.R.C., and belongs to the Anglican Church.

OBT. LOTTRIDGE NELLES, local freight agent, Grand Trunk Railway, Toronto, Ont., was born on March 7, 1842, near York, County of Haldimand, Ont. He was educated at the public school of York, Ont. and afterwards under the private tuition of the late Duncan Cameron and others, by which he attained a thorough knowledge of all the English branches, and also a fair proficiency in classics and other studies. His father, who was extensively engaged in lumbering and farming on the Grand River, died when he was of tender age, so his education and training were entirely under the supervision of his mother and his uncle, the late Michael Harcourt, M.P. After completing his education, he spent a few years on the farm before entering upon business life. In 1862 he entered the service of the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway Co., now Grand Trunk Railway, and has remained with the company ever since, occupying positions of trust in the service at different points, until from Caledonia he was promoted to Brantford, and latterly from Brantford to Toronto. He is thoroughly well known to the business public of Ontario. The early religious training of Mr. Nelles was under that pioneer missionary, the late Rev. Bald C. Hill. In later years he was a member and active Sabbath School worker in connection with the Presbyterian Church, Caledonia, of which the Rev. James Black was pastor. Then, on his coming to Brantford, he held the same position in the congregation of Rev. Dr. Cochrane, and now in Toronto attends the ministry of Rev. Dr. Kellogg, of which church he is not only an active Sabbath School teacher, but also a ruling elder. Mr. Nelles has been connected with the active militia since the "Mason and Slidell or Trent" difficulty, and at present holds the position of Major in the 37th Battalion under Lieut.-Col. Davis. He is also a Past Master of St. Andrew's Lodge A.F. and A.M. He was married on January 9th, 1862, to Agnes Thorburn, daughter of the late James Thorburn.

ILLIAM GAWTRESS RAYMOND, Brantford, Ont., was born in London, England, in 1855. He received his early education in the Royal Naval School, and at the Royal Naval Academy, Southsea. He passed the competitive examination for naval cadet in 1868, and remained in the navy until 1873, when he came to Canada, Taking up the art of pianoforte tuning, he prosecuted its study with determination to succeed. Perseverance, coupled with an acute musical ear, produced a marked success, leading to an engagement with the celebrated firm of Mason & Risch, and later as instructor in the art at the Ontario Institution for the Blind. He refers with pardonable pride to the success of the pupils, about twenty of whom having passed under his tutorship. The disadvantages of their affliction are so far overcome that some of them are to-day recognized as among the best tuners in the province. He commenced his successful business career in Brantford in 1877, the year it became a city. The eclectic knowledge of pianofortes, gathered from a tuner's varied experience, finely cultivated discrimination of tone quality, with the practical experience of the factory, together with his Stirling integrity, renders his assistance in the selection of instruments of peculiar value to his patrons. These qualities have enabled him to include among his customers the leading people in the community, and have laid the foundation of one of the most prosperous piano emporiums in the province. Mr. Raymond imports direct from some of the leading American factories, but he is a staunch advocate of our own manufactories, believing that the best makers rival those of New York in quality, and are more economical in price. He is an alderman of the city, also member of the Board of Trade, and was for some years president of the Harrington Debating Society, from which have sprung many men who have made their mark as public speakers. He married Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Thomas Racey, in the year 1881.

APTAIN WILLIAM GRANT, dry goods merchant, Brantford, Ontario, is a native of Scotland, and was born in Cupar, Fifeshire, in 1832. He came to Canada twenty-two years later, and located in St. John, N.B., where he remained two years. In 1856 he came to Brantford in connection with the firm of Taylor & Grant. After the dissolution of that firm he began business on his own account, and is now at the head of one of the largest mercantile firms in Ontario. Captain Grant has always been a public-spirited citizen, and has taken a deep interest in the growth and welfare of his adopted home. For many years he commanded the Brantford Highland Volunteer Rifle Co., and served for several months during the year 1863-4 at Sarnia shortly after the St. Albans Raid, and in 1866 when the Fenian troubles agitated the country, he was called again into active service. Captain Grant was a fine type of the volunteer soldier, an excellent officer, and beloved by his men. He has ever been active on the Board of Trade, and has devoted many years of laborious service on the Board of Public School Trustees, taking a singularly active interest in all local educational affairs. Great credit is due him, along with other prominent members of the School Board, for the erection of the handsome new public school in the city of Brantford. In 1890 he was elected unanimously to the position of chairman of the board, a position which he occupied in former years. In the great calamity which befell the school by fire, he proved himself a man of more than ordinary capacity; faithful, earnest and untiring in his efforts to promote the educational interests of the city. Mr. Grant is ably assisted in his business by his three sons and a staff of reliable assistants. He is a member of Zion Presbyterian Church, and has been for many years treasurer to the congregation. He is also an earnest temperance man, always having the courage of his convictions. Honest, straightforward, outspoken, he commands the respect of all.

RCHIBALD FARQUHARSON McGREGOR, B.A., Forest, Ont., was born in Scotland in 1851. He was educated at Montreal, where he graduated at McGill College in arts, and afterwards at the Congregational Theological College there. From his earliest years he was devoted to literary pursuits, and passionately fond of music. He began professional life by teaching in a public school in the County of Ontario for four years. Immediately after graduation he was called to the pastorate of the Congregational Church in Listowel, Ont. His next charge was that of the Congregational Church, Spadina Avenue, Toronto, of which he was pastor for ten years. He is at present a member of the Missionary and College Boards, and has also been a director of the Upper Canada Bible Society, and was president of the Toronto Ministerial Association during the year 1890. Mr. McGregor has taken a prominent part in the formation of the Christian Endeavor Societies, now found in connection with many of the Evangelical churches of the Dominion. He organized the first society in the province, if not in the Dominion, in connection with the Congregational Church, Spadina Avenue, Toronto. This society was established in 1884, and in 1890 a Junior Section was organized, composed of boys and girls between the ages of ten and fifteen. At the recent meeting of the Congregational Union of Ontario and Quebec, Mr. McGregor was unanimously and very heartily chosen as Moderator or Chairman for 1891-92. This is the highest honor in the gift of the churches to confer. After a successful pastorate in Toronto, Mr. McGregor removed last October to Forest, Ont., where he is now ministering to the Congregational Church, and doing missionary work in the surrounding fields. He was married in 1882 to Miss E. Ashdown, of Toronto. As a contributor to one of the leading Toronto weeklies, his biographical and critical papers on "Poets and Poetry," have received wide and favorable notice.

. E. GALLAGHER, president of the Canada Business College, Hamilton, Ont., was born April 4th, 1853, at East Flamboro, Wentworth County, Ont. He was educated at the High School, Waterdown, and graduated at the Canada Business College in 1874, carrying off the general proficiency prize. He then taught in the Brantford public schools as commercial master, and from that removed to the Normal School, Ottawa, where he held a similar position. In 1877 he was appointed teacher in the Business College where he graduated, and in 1880 became principal of the same. The college, under his management has grown to great proportions, and is to-day the largest and most progressive school of the commercial sciences in Canada. In 1883 Mr. Gallagher was appointed Dominion Government Civil Service Examiner for Hamilton and district, and has been twice elected first vice-president of the Business Educators' Association of America. He is a member of the Hamilton Board of Trade, and Past Assistant Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons of Canada. He was married January 1st, 1877, to Helen, daughter of the late Jas. Horsburgh, Hamilton.

OHN L. DAVISON, B.A., M.D., C.M., M.R.C.S., England, Toronto, was born on the 20th of November, 1853. He was educated at Newburgh Grammar School; and afterwards graduated from the Normal School, Toronto, where he took the McCabe gold medal. He then received an appointment in the Provincial Model School, where he remained ten years, and during that period graduated in arts from Toronto University. He then attended Trinity Medical College, where he graduated with first-class honors in 1884. After this he studied in Edinburgh and London, and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England. Returning to Canada he began the practice of his profession, and in 1885 was appointed professor of pathology in the Women's Medical College, Toronto. In 1886 he was appointed to the chair of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in Trinity Medical College, and became sub-editor of the Canada Lancet under the late Dr. Fulton, and after his death was appointed editor in chief. In 1887, in partnership with Dr. Sheard, he purchased the journal, which they still own. In 1887 he was appointed on the staff of visiting physicians to the Toronto General Hospital.

NDREW H. BAIRD, Paris, Ontario, was born on the 1st of March, 1834, in the city of Montreal, Que. He is the eldest son of Nicol Hugh Baird, Civil Engineer, and Mary Telfer White, both of whom were born in Scotland, and were married at Bytown (now Ottawa) in 1831. His father practiced his profession in Russia for a few years, then came to Canada in 1827, and was employed on the Rideau Canal under Colonel By, and after this in the Public Works Department until his death in 1849. Mr. Baird was educated at private schools in Montreal, and came to Paris at the age of fifteen as clerk for Mr. Chas. Whitelaw, grain merchant there, and with the exception of four years, when he was paymaster on the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway, has resided there ever since. He is interested in several of the Paris industries, such as the Flouring Mills, the Carpet Co. and the Wincey Mills Co. He has been a member of the Paris Town Council since 1863, with the exception of three years, and has held, for longer or shorter periods, the offices of Councillor, Deputy Reeve, Mayor, Warden of the County of Brant, member of Public School Board, President and Director of the Mechanics Institute, and President of the Board of Trade. Mr. Baird was also Master of Masonic Lodge No. 82. He has taken a very deep interest in the Canadian volunteer service, holds a first-class certificate from the Military School, and retired as Captain in 1874. In politics he is a Liberal-Conservative, and takes an active part in political campaigns, having contested the North Riding of Brant in 1872 and in 1879. Mr. Baird was married on the 26th of October, 1858, to Cynthia, eldest daughter of the late Horace Capron, of South Dunfries. In religion, Mr. Baird is a member of the Congregational Church. The valuable services he has rendered the town of Paris during his long public career have made him deservedly popular, and have had much to do with the prosperity of the community.

DAM SPENCE, carriage builder, Brantford, Ont., was born in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, on August 8th, 1830. He was married on the 24th of January, 1856, to Sarah Speer, who died on the 16th of November, 1858, and was married again on the 18th of September, 1860, to Margaret Spence. Mr. Spense was educated in the schools of Orkney, but on account of the distance could only attend in the summer season, so that his early educational advantages were comparatively limited. He assisted his father on the farm for a year, and at fifteen was apprenticed to the trade of blacksmithing. After serving three years, at the early age of nineteen, he left his native country for Canada, and served two years as a carriage blacksmith under instructions with Williams & Cooper, at Hamilton, Ont. In 1854 he removed to Brantford and worked as a journeyman for the firm of Smith & McNaught. In the year 1857 he commenced business on his own account, since which time his business has steadily increased, until now it is one of the best known in Ontario. Beginning as a blacksmith, he added to this the manufacture of wagons and carriages of all description. In June, 1864, his premises were burned and his stock consumed, leaving him without anything. He commenced again, buying the present site and building upon it, and with the same untiring energy that characterized his younger years, he has attained his present position as a prosperous and reliable business man. Mr. Spence is a self-made man and an example for many in Canada to follow. He is a Presbyterian by religious profession and a member of Zion Church, with which he became identified in 1855. In 1859 he was elected to the eldership. For many years he was alderman of the city and a member of the public school board. He is a member of the Masonic body and of the United Workmen. In such lives we have an illustration of what faithful persevering efforts will accomplish.

EV. JAS. GAMMACK, M.A., LL.D., East Toronto, Norway, P.O., Ont., was born at Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the 23rd of April, 1837. He was educated at Turriff Parish School, Aberdeen Grammar School, Marischal College and University, Aberdeen, from which University he received M.A. in 1857 and LL.D. in 1887. He also attended the Theological College, Glenalmond, Perthshire in 1857-59, then under Archdeacon Hannah, of Brighton, and Canon Bright of Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1859, and priest 1861, was incumbent of St. Thomas. Tillymorgan, Aberdeenshire in 1861, St. John's Drumlithie, Kincarddineshire, 1866, and Hon. Chaplain to Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, 1887. Dr. Gammack has contributed articles at various times to Dr. Smith and Dr. Wace's "Dictionary of Christian Biography," Dr. Smith's and Arch. Cheetham's "Dictionary of Christian Antiquities," and to the Canadian Churchman. He was married 29th April, 1862, to Jane Anne, daughter of the late Rev. John Wilson, M.A., parish minister, Premnay, Scotland.

M. GRIFFITH, Hamilton, Ont., was born at Kilkenny, Ireland, May 13th, 1840. He commenced his education in Ireland, and completed it at the Hamilton Commercial College. In 1855 he took up land in Bruce County, where he farmed two years, then moved to Toronto, where he learned the shoe business. In 1861 he went to Bowmanville, and in 1862 removed to New York and entered a wholesale boot and shoe house. In 1864 he came to Hamilton and entered partnership with his brother in the manufacturing business. In 1867 he went to Europe, and in 1868 to California, returning in 1870, when he took a position as buyer for T. C. Kerr & Co. In 1876 he started for himself, and afterwards took his brother into the present partnership under the firm of Griffith & Co., Hamilton and Quebec. Mr. Griffith is an Episcopalian, and in politics a Conservative. He was alderman from 1885 to 1888, he is a Free Mason, member of the Scottish Rite, of the A.O.U.W., of the I.O.F., and Orange Lodge. He married, January, 1870, Elizabeth M. Davies, Cardiganshire, Wales.

OBERT MARSHALL, Dundas street, London, Ont., was born at Lambton Park, County of Durham, England, November 21st, 1852. He was educated at Wapping school and Penshaw school, and, in addition to the usual branches, studied the art of drawing with the object of becoming an architect in connection with the Mining Institute of Engineers in Newcastle-on-Tyne. After spending two years in the practical part of the business, he came to London, Ont., in 1872, and worked for a short time as a joiner. He then engaged, like his brother, in the tea business, and also in the oil producing business in the town of Petrolia. The business has now acquired great proportions, extending from Niagara to Windsor, and from Lake Erie to the Georgian Bay. Mr. Marshall is a member of the First Congregational Church, London, Ont., also treasurer of the congregation, and teacher in the Sabbath School. He is unmarried. The success of the Marshall Bros. most emphatically denies the assertion that pushing business men have no time for the work of the church.

EORGE MARSHALL, Dundas street, London, Ont., was born at Lambton Park, County of Durham, England, November 21st, 1852. He was educated at Wapping school and Penshaw school in the same county. In his early life he learned the trade of joiner in England at a town called Chester-le-street, County of Durham. Afterwards he came to the United States, and the in the year 1873 worked in Chicago. He came to Canada in 1874 and began business in the tea trade in London, Ont., where he has continued ever since. In 1877 he started in the oil business at Petrolia, in which he is also now engaged. Mr. Marshall is the twin brother of Mr. Robert Marshall, whose photograph and biography appear on this same page. Mr. Marshall is a member of the First Congregational Church, London, and also holds the office of deacon. He was married in 1881 to Miss Annie Sutherland, of Toronto. The Marshall Bros. are favorably known over a large portion of Ontario. Their success is the result of much careful attention to business, and a thorough knowledge of what their customers require.

HRISTOPHER C. ROBINSON, Aurora, Ont., was born March 17th, 1853, at "Sleepy Hollow," Toronto, son of the Hon. John B. Robinson, late Lieut.-Governor of Ontario. He was educated at Upper Canada College, and commenced study of law with Robinson, Robinson & O'Brien, and passed first for admission to the Law Society, and subsequently was called to the Bar. In 1882 he contested the Riding of North York in the Conservative interest against the present Sheriff Widdifield, and again contested the Riding in 1890 on the "Equal Rights" platform. He has been Councillor, Deputy Reeve, and Reeve of Aurora, and in June, 1890, was appointed solicitor for York. He has a large practice in Toronto, with offices in Aurora and West Toronto Junction. Mr. Robinson was married June 23rd, 1880, to Margaret, daughter of Colonel Norman T. MacLeod, of Drynoch. He is Past W.M. of "Rising Sun" Lodge A.F. & A.M. 129. Past Master Workmen of "Stella" Lodge 118 A.O.U.W., Past President "Loyalty" Lodge S.O.E., and also former president of the North York Conservative Association. Mr. Robinson belongs to the Episcopal Church.

UGH DUNCAN CAMERON, Hamilton, Ont., was born in Perthshire, Scotland, 26th July, 1833. His father came to Canada in 1852 and settled in Huron County. Mr. Cameron received his education at the public schools, afterwards at a private academy in Edinburgh. On his arrival in Canada, he taught in the township of Williams, and subsequently in that of Dorchester. In 1855 he was appointed head master in Goderich, which he held fifteen years, when he became head master of Galt Central School. In 1870 he accepted a position in the Huron and Erie Savings Co., and in 1871 was selected to organize and manage the Hamilton Provident and Loan Society. He organized and was afterwards president of the Teachers' Association of the County of Huron. In religion Mr. Cameron is a Presbyterian, and has held the offices of manager, elder, superintendent of Sabbath School, representative elder at Synod, and at the Union of the Churches. He is a Reformer, a member of St. Andrew's Society, and vice-president of the Land Mortgage Co. He married, April 8, 1858, Harriet, daughter of Thos. Putnam, Dorchester township.

EV. T. S. LINSCOTT, was born in Devon, England, on June 19th, 1846. When twelve years old, business disaster overtook his parents and he struck out for himself, and from that time has relied on his own resources. His first position was in a bookstore, but other callings engaged his energies before he joined the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada in the year 1875. He was converted in London, England, in his nineteenth year and immediately began to preach in the parks and squares of that city. The Bible Defence Association engaged his services, to defend the Bible against the attacks of British Secularists. For four years, debating and delivering lectures on the Bible was his religious employment. Mr. Linscott felt his need of education, and applied himself to study with great energy and success. Under the pressure of business, study and incessant public speaking, his health was greatly shattered and he started for America. In Ohio he went into book business again and came to Ontario as a general agent. He was induced to join the ministry as above stated, successfully passing the Conference examinations and was duly ordained. In 1879 he, for family reasons, retired from the pastorate and took charge of the publishing business of Bradley, Garretson & Co., at Brantford, Ont., of which business he has still the control. He is author of "The Path of Wealth" and several pamphlets; the president of the Society for the Prevention of Vice, treasurer of the Evangelical Alliance, and a member of various church boards. His services as a preacher are in constant demand and he is in christian labors abundant, in addition to the management of one of the leading publishing houses in the Dominion. Mr. and Mrs. Linscott with their six children reside in the beautiful suburban villa known as "Seven Acres," where, in leisure hours, he dispenses a generous hospitality to his friends, lay and clerical. By his employees he is highly respected, and by his fellow citizens regarded as a man, fearless in defending the right and denouncing the wrong.

. WINSLOW OGDEN, M.B., M.D., Professor of Forensic Medicine, Toronto University, was born on the 3rd July, 1837, in Peel County, Ont. His father was Wm. J. Ogden, an officer of the York militia. On the 27th of May, 1862, Dr. Ogden married Elizabeth Price, daughter of the late Wm. McKeown. His early education was received at the public schools and Toronto academy, then connected with Knox College. He afterwards attended Victoria College, where he took the regular arts course, and in 1856 entered the Toronto School of Medicine, and at the same time studied natural science in Toronto University. In 1860 he graduated with the highest honors from Toronto, and at a later date from Victoria College, Cobourg. In 1869 he was appointed lecturer on medical jurisprudence and toxicology in Toronto School of Medicine, and in 1887, upon the formation of the medical faculty of Toronto University, was appointed professor of forensic medicine, which also includes toxicology and medical psychology. Dr. Ogden has attained a position in his profession second to none in Ontario, and is known far beyond Toronto as a public-spirited citizen, who takes the deepest interest in all that affects the welfare of the Dominion of Canada. Since 1866 he has been a member of the Public School Board of Toronto, and for some years its chairman. In politics he is a pronounced Reformer, and has rendered valuable service to his party. For a long period he was a member of the Toronto Reform Association, and also held the office of vice-president. In 1879 he was nominated by the Reform party as their candidate for the Legislature of Ontario, and although he failed to secure election, he very greatly increased the Reform votes usually polled in the riding where he ran. Dr. Ogden is a member of the Methodist Church, and has been a member of nearly all the annual and general conferences. He is a member of the Sons of England, and medical director and examiner for its beneficiary department.

EV. GEORGE WM. CALVERT, pastor of the Methodist Church, Paris, Ont., was born in Yorkshire, England, March 3rd, 1846. When four years old he came to Canada with his parents, and the family settled near Toronto. In 1853 his father died, and after two years spent at Thornhill, young Calvert found himself on a farm in the township of Walpole. Ten years of his life were spent here, working on the farm and going to school. By the ambition and energy which has always characterized him, he secured a second and first-class certificate, on which he taught for three years. Mr. Calvert was now an earnest Christian, and began to show signs of the pulpit ability which he in after years developed in such a marked degree. He began to exercise his gifts, first as a local preacher, and then he felt the Divine call to the sacred ministry. The church, recognizing his gifts and graces, he was duly received as a probationer by the Wesleyan Methodist Church in the year 1869. The next six years were spent on Cainsville, Aylmer and Port Stanley circuits, and at Victoria University, and in 1875 he was received into full connection in the Conference and ordained. Since ordination he has served the following churches--Acton, London East, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Port Dover, Norwich, and Paris. He received his education at the public schools, as above intimated, also at Cobourg Collegiate Institute and Victoria University. On May 13th, 1885, he married Miss Louie Riddle, of St. Catharines, a lady of fine accomplishments and a beautiful Christian character, who died September 14th, 1887. Mr. Calvert is one of the able preachers of the Methodist Church, and wherever he is stationed attracts large congregations to his ministry. He also excels as a worker among the young people of the church, and possesses in a marked degree the rare quality of being able to preach to children to their delight and profit. He is also an able and outspoken advocate of temperance.

OHN AUSTIN WORRELL, M.A., B.C.L., Q.C., barrister, Toronto, was born on the 21st of July, 1852, at Smith's Falls, Lanark County, Ont. He is the son of the Rev. J. B. Worrell, originally from London, Eng., (well known as the Episcopalian clergyman of Oakville), and Elizabeth J. Lamb. Mr. Worrell was educated in private schools, Trinity College School, Weston, and Trinity College, Toronto. In 1869 he entered Trinity, and graduated with double honors in classics and mathematics in 1872, taking "The Wellington Scholarship" and "Prince of Wales" prize. He then became master of Port Hope Trinity College School, and in 1874 came to Toronto and began the study of law in the office of Harrison, Osler & Moss. He was called to the Bar in 1878, and immediately afterwards became a member of the firm of Crawford & Crombie, and afterwards of Crombie, Crombie & Worrell. After the death of Ennestus Crombie, the name of the firm was again changed to that of Crombie, Worrell & Gwynne. In 1879 Trinity College, Toronto, conferred upon Mr. Worrell the decree of Bachelor of Civil Law, and in 1889 he was created Q.C. by the Dominion Cabinet of Canada. He is a prominent and active member of the Anglican Church, and has been for a number of years a representative to the Synods of the diocese of Toronto and the Province of Canada. In addition to a large and lucrative practice, he holds the position of solicitor for the Bank of Montreal. He takes an exceedingly active part in Provincial and Dominion politics, and for a number of years was president of the Young Men's Liberal-Conservative Association of Toronto, and was also elected President of the Young Men's Liberal-Conservative Association of Ontario. Mr. Worrell is one of the most useful and able men of the many that the Queen City possesses; pronounced alike in his religious and political convictions, but at the same time lending his influence to all enterprises that tend to promote the welfare of his country.

OHN MARTIN, barrister, solicitor and notary public, of Toronto, was born in Mono township, County of Simcoe, Ont., 8th November, 1841. His father came to Canada when young, and settled on a farm near Orangeville. Mr. Martin was educated in the public schools and by private tuition. At the age of fourteen he became assistant book-keeper in the Exchange Bank, Toronto. From 1860 to 1863 he taught public school, and in February, 1864, came to Toronto and studied law in the office of English & Foster, and subsequently with Larratt W. Smith, D.C.L. He then went to London and concluded his studies in the office of V. Crowyn, LL.B., and was called to the Bar in 1873. After this he became partner with Mr. Crowyn for about five years, when he finally removed to Toronto, and has since practiced his profession there. Mr. Martin was married on the 17th June, 1874, to Sophia, daughter of Charles Scadding, who became heir-at-law of his father, John Scadding, who accompanied Governor Simcoe to Canada as private secretary, and niece of Rev. H. Scadding, D.D., Toronto, Mr. Martin is an Episcopalian, and in politics a Liberal.

. M. STAEBLER, the present mayor of the well-known manufacturing town of Berlin, was born August 16th, 1846, in the County of Waterloo. When but merely a lad he was obliged to perform hard manual toil in carving out a pioneer's house with his father, which, of course, prevented his attendance at school. But Young Staebler was determined to have an education, and so utilized his few spare moments that he can to-day talk, read and write the English and German languages fluently, and is in the highest sense of the word a self-made man. His general intelligence and business capacity soon attracted public attention, and in the year 1880 he was elected a member of the Town Council, which was soon followed by the greater honor of the reeveship. Both of these offices he filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to the people, which was made evident by his election to the mayoralty in 1891 by a handsome majority. In matters of religion he is broad and liberal in his views, and is in sympathy with all who are engaged in Christian work irrespective of their creed. Mr. Staebler's success is the result of great industry and perseverance.

EORGE MUNNS BARTON, barrister-at-law and ex-Mayor of Dundas, Hamilton, Ont., was born at Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, Ireland, on the 12th July, 1829, and was married at Dundas in 1851 to Elizabeth Alicia, daughter of Major Thomas Atkins, and grand-daughter of Major-General Atkins, of H.M.S. India. He was educated privately in Toronto, and entered the law office of Henry Eccles in 1847. His father having died when he was only five years old, and his mother when he was but sixteen, cast him at an early age on his own resources. He availed himself of the Toronto Mechanics Institute and improvement societies in his education, having as companions the late Senator John Macdonald and Mr. Gordon Brown. In 1849 he removed to Dundas, where, upon the death of Mr. Duffield, the junior partner, he took charge of the law office of Wm. Notman, Q.C. In 1852 Mr. Barton was admitted as attorney-at-law, and entered into partnership with Mr. Notman, the firm soon acquiring one of the largest practices west of Toronto. In the winter of 1854-55 he was elected a member of the Dundas Town Council and served as mayor in 1855, but refused re-election, as he did also the nomination for coalition candidate in the North Riding of Wentworth. In 1855-57 he was connected with the woollen factory of Dundas in addition to his law practice, an enterprise which was exceedingly successful and took prizes for their manufactures at all the Provincial Expositions. In 1859 Mr. Barton was called to the Canadian Bar and opened a branch Chancery office in Toronto, and served for seven years as trustee of the Hamilton Law Association Directory. An offer made by his political friends of the Judgeship of Wentworth County he declined, as well as other proffered honors. Mr. Barton is a Baldwin Reformer and National Policy man, an Anglican Low Churchman, and now spends his later years in literary and scientific pursuits in addition to his law practice in Hamilton.

UNCAN MARQUIS, M.D., Brantford, Ont., was born in the year 1842 in Argyleshire, Scotland, and was married in 1870 to Eliza Bryce, daughter of Mr. George Bryce, of Mount Pleasant, and sister of Dr. George Bryce, of Manitoba College. The father of Dr. Marquis died when he was seven years of age, and two years afterwards, his mother with her five children emigrated to New York, U.S., and located for a year near Caledonia, New York State. After this she came to Canada, and with her family settled in the township of Brantford, County of Brant. Dr. Marquis spent his early years on the farm. He was educated in the public schools of the county, and afterwards at the Grammar School of the village of Mount Pleasant, the head master at that time being Walter T. Briggs, to whose ability as a teacher Dr. Marquis owes much of his subsequent success in life. Mr. Briggs was not only singularly gifted in his profession, but kind and sympathetic as a friend to all his pupils. On leaving the grammar school he immediately commenced the study of medicine under the Hon. Dr. John Rolph, who was then Dean of the School of Medicine in connection with Victoria University. Graduating in the year 1867, he at once commenced the practice of his profession in the village of Mount Pleasant, near the city of Brantford, where he remained for twenty-two years. On the death of Dr. Win. Corson, he received from the Ontario Government the appointment of physician to the Ontario Institute for the Blind in Brantford, and removed from Mount Pleasant to that city, where he now resides. Dr. Marquis has a very large practice both in city and country, and is sought after very frequently in consultation. He has repeatedly visited the New York hospitals, and is regarded as a specialist in several intricate diseases. He is a member and manager of Zion Presbyterian Church, and has been for two years president of Brant County Medical Association, in which he is deservedly popular.

ALTER WOODS, senior member of the well known firm of Walter Woods & Co., manufacturers, importers and wholesale dealers in wooden ware, willow ware and grocers' sundries, Hamilton, Ont., was born on the 10th of July, 1848, and is the eldest son of James Woods, for many years an esteemed resident of Brantford, and one of the pioneer settlers of Brant County, having at one time occupied part of the property now so well-known as "Bow Park" farm on the Grand River. At the age of fourteen Mr. Woods began to make his way in the world by selecting a mercantile life as his vocation, and at the age of eighteen had charge of one of the leading crockery and china houses in Ontario. In 1871 he began business in a small way on his own account, and soon after moved to Hamilton, where, by strict attention to business, liberal advertising and hard work, he has built up one of the best known houses in his line in Canada. His well-known success is due to the uniform quality of his goods, and the unflinching integrity with which he conducts his business. Mr. Woods is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and, though not an active politician, is a staunch Reformer.

LFRED JOHN WILKES, Q.C., LL.B., of the firm of Hardy, Wilkes & Hardy, Brantford, was born in that city, December 15th, 1847, father being Mr. Jas. Wilkes, who is still the highly respected treasurer of that city. He was educated at the Brantford public schools and at the University of Toronto where he took the degree of LL.B. He commenced the study of law in Brantford and completed it under Hon. S. H. Blake, Q.C., Toronto. He began his professional studies at sixteen, and passed first as barrister at the age of twenty-one, the first term at which an examination was held after his arriving at that age. He is City Solicitor, and, in addition to a large practice in the city and neighborhood, has acted as Deputy Judge for the County of Brant at different periods, and was created Q.C. in January, 1890. Mr. Wilkes was trustee of the Public School Board for ten years, and chairman for three years in succession. He was Captain in the "Dufferin Rifles" for seven years, and holds a first-class certificate in the volunteer corps. He was married June 21st, 1887, to Esther F. Haycock. In politics he is a Reformer, and in religion an Episcopalian.

NDREW J. HARRINGTON, M.D., M.R.C.S., England, Toronto, was born at Lindsay, June 24th, 1861. His father was Andrew Jackson Harrington, of New York State. He was educated at Port Perry High School, and then became apprenticed to the drug business. He afterwards attended the Ontario School of Pharmacy, where he received the Rose Gold Medal for Materia Medica. In 1885 he went to Chicago and passed the examinations before the Board of Pharmacy of the State of Illinois, taking the first place in all his examinations. Dr. Harrington pursued his studies at Toronto School of Medicine and graduated with honors at Victoria University, Cobourg, in 1889. In 1890 he went to Europe and spent a year in further study at London, Edinburgh and Paris, graduating as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England. In 1891 he returned to Canada and began the practice of his profession in Toronto, where he is now working up a successful practice. During his student days Dr. Harrington was in the office of Dr. Arthur Jukes Johnson. He was married November 11th, 1890, to Lizzie, daughter of the late William Caiger, of Toronto.

AVID LOWREY, M.D., Brantford, Ont., was born September 12th, 1846, in the County of Hastings, Ont. He received his preliminary education at the Newburgh Academy, and afterwards entered Trinity College, Toronto, where he graduated in 1879. He began public life as a common school teacher, and afterwards went into business, at the age of 21. In 1876 he gave up mercantile life and began the practice of medicine, but after a short time accepted an appointment from the Canada Life Assurance Company of Hamilton to look after their interests in several counties in Western Ontario. At the present time he conducts a very large business in real estate in the town of Gait and elsewhere, and is also engaged in extensive lumbering operations in the County of Bruce. Dr. Lowrey is a prominent member of the Methodist denomination, a local preacher, class leader, steward and Sabbath School superintendent, and takes a deep interest in all moral and religious work. He is a pronounced Prohibitionist and active in temperance reform. He was married August 12th, 1874, to Mary Cathey, daughter of John Cathey, Esq., Alderville, Ont.

HE REV. GEORGE A. MITCHELL, B.A., pastor of Zion Tabernacle, Hamilton, Ont., was born in North Toronto, January 31st, 1841. James Mitchell, his father, came from the North of Ireland in 1832. His mother was a daughter of the late Jacob Snider, a U.E. Loyalist of German descent. Rev. Dr. Scadding, in his volume "Toronto of Old," refers to the subject of our sketch and his brother, William J., and says they "were to be seen twice every day, at all seasons, traversing the distance between Eglington and Toronto, rising early and late taking rest, in order to be punctually present at, and carefully ready for, classroom or lecture-room in town, and this process was persevered in for the lengthened period required for a succession of curriculums." Both brothers ranked high among the prize men at Upper Canada College. George matriculated with honors in mathematics at Toronto University, and devoted himself to the course in metaphysics and modern languages, and graduated with honors in the latter department in 1867. At the age of sixteen he was converted and entered the ministry of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1865. Previous to ordination he was stationed at Clinton, Cooksville, Sarnia and Chatham; after ordination he labored successively at Petrolia, Kincardine, Wingham, Exeter, Harriston, Niagara Falls South, Tilsonburg and Hamilton. As a pastor and an organizer of the elements of the church into peaceful and united action, as a patient and persevering worker with children and young people, and as an earnest and practical preacher, securing increased numbers, stability and spirituality in his various charges, he has few superiors. He has held prominent positions in temperance work, is one of the board of examiners for Niagara Conference, also local examiner for the American Institute of Sacred Literature. He has also filled the offices of district chairman, secretary of Niagara Conference, general president of the Theological Union, and delegate to the General Conference.

LAYTON SLATER was born in Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, on January 22, 1839, and was married on the 20th of February, 1858, to Judith, daughter of Samuel Proctor. Mr. Slater was educated, as he himself says: "in the high school of practical experience." When seven years old he commenced working in cotton; first, on a bobbin wheel, then hand loom weaving, after that power loom weaving up to eighteen years of age, and since then manufacturing cotton and woollen goods of various descriptions. He came to Canada in the year 1880, when he built a large cotton mill, at what is called "Holmedale," on the outskirts of Brantford. The first piece of goods made in this mill was woven by Mrs. Slater to show that there is nothing degrading in honest toil. In 1883 Mr. Slater built a wincey mill, which he is now operating. He has been all along a strong opponent of the high protective policy of both Canada and the United States, believing that it works against the best interests both of manufacturers and the working classes, and that it is calculated to ruin any country that adopts and clings to it. He is well informed on all questions affecting trade and the manufacturing interests both of England, Canada and the United States, and can discuss by the hour the relation of supply and demand, as well as the effects of a protective tariff upon these natural laws. In religion Mr. Slater is a Baptist and is a most liberal supporter of that church. He was for a time alderman of the city of Brantford, serving the city with marked ability in that capacity; but the pressure of his extensive business has prevented him accepting any other public offices. He has all the characteristics of an honest outspoken Englishman, and frequently speaks, on public occasions, in favor of his political views. Tempting offers have been made to him to remove his extensive wincey mill to Kent, Ohio; but it is to be hoped that the city of Brantford and the province of Ontario will not be called upon to suffer the loss of such an important industry.

M. SPENCER HARRISON, M.D., C.M., Brantford, Ont., was born in Milton, Halton County, on the 10th of August, 1863. He received his education at the public school in Milton, Waterdown High School, and Hamilton Collegiate Institute. He received his professional education at Trinity Medical College, Toronto, and graduated in 1883 as M.D., C.M., with first-class honors. His father, who is still living (1891), is in his 84th year, and one of the oldest settlers of Halton County. Dr. Harrison spent his early life on his father's farm. He commenced the practice of his profession at Cooksville, County of Peel, where he remained two years. In 1887 he went to Europe, where he visited the large hospitals in England and other countries. On returning he began practice in the city of Brantford, where he has already acquired a large patronage. He is a member of Brant County Medical Association, an enthusiast in his profession, and well read in medical science. Dr. Harrison was married on the 6th of August, 1884, to Emma Bertha Skirrow, of Toronto. He is a member of the Methodist Church, teacher of a Bible class, and a member of various benevolent societies.

EV. EDWARD CASSIDY, Dean of Toronto, was born there on October 4th, 1845. He is the son of James Cassidy, who came from Fermanagh County, Ireland, and settled in Toronto. The Dean received his education at the separate schools and St. Michael's College, Toronto, and in 1866 he entered the Grand Theological Seminary at Montreal, and was ordained to the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church by the late Archbishop Lynch, at St. Michael's Cathedral, Toronto, in October, 1868. He then became assistant pastor of the churches in the parishes of Brock and St. Catharines. In 1871 he was appointed over the churches at Thornhill and Richmond Hill, subsequently he had charge of the parishes of Pickering and Toronto townships, Peel County, where he remained for over ten years, after which he took charge of the church at South Adgila. In 1889 he became Dean of Barrie, where he remained until January, 1891, when he was appointed pastor of St. Helen's Church, with the title of Dean of Toronto. The numerous churches built by Father Cassidy will stand as monuments of his affectionate service and untiring energy in the prosecution of his work.

EV. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG HUNTER, M.A., Toronto, was born May 23rd, 1855, at Millbrook, Ont. He was educated at Peterboro Collegiate Institute, and in 1873 entered the University of Toronto, where he graduated with honors in 1877, taking the gold medal for mental and moral philosophy. In the entrance examination, he gained a scholarship for general proficiency, and took honors in classics, mathematics and modern languages, as also several valuable prizes during his course in arts. In 1877 he entered upon the study of theology in Knox College, Toronto, where he graduated in 1880. He also attended Union Theological Seminary, New York, where he also graduated. On November 16th, 1880, he was ordained and inducted as pastor of the Parkdale Presbyterian Church, where he remained until 1884, when he accepted a unanimous call to the church in Orangeville. In 1888 he was again called to Erskine Church, Toronto, as successor to the Rev. John Smith, where he has been successful in gathering around him a large congregation. He was married 12th October, 1881, to Lizzie, daughter of Captain William Chambers, of Woodstock, Ont.

HILIP WM. ELLIS, Toronto, was born in that city September 11th, 1856. His father was W. H. Ellis, C.E., of Liverpool, Eng. Mr. Ellis was educated at the Toronto Model School and Collegiate Institutes. At an early age he became apprenticed to the working jewellery business. In 1872, in company with his twin brother, he founded the firm of P. W. Ellis & Co., wholesale jewellers, his brother, M. C. Ellis, being now president of the Canadian Association of Dealers in American Watches and Cases. The firm employ over one hundred hands, and do the largest jewellery business of the kind in Canada. Mr. Ellis is a member and steward of the Eglinton Methodist Church, and takes an active part in the affairs of the denomination. He is also a member of the Board of Trade, vice-president of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, and chairman of the Industrial Art and Design Committee, and has also been vice-president of the Toronto Young Men's Liberal-Conservative Association. He was married in 1880 to Elizabeth K., daughter of the late Jas. Gooderham, Streetsville, Ont. Mr. Ellis gained his present honorable position by honest, persevering industry.

EV. JAMES WOODSWORTH, Superintendent of Methodist Missions in Manitoba and the North-West, was born in Toronto on the 3rd of May, 1843. He was married to Miss E. Josephine Shaver, of Etobicoke, on the 16th of June, 1868. In June, 1864, he was received on probation for the ministry of the Methodist Church, and ordained in June, 1868. He afterwards engaged in pastoral work in Ontario until 1882, when he was transferred to Manitoba, and stationed at Portage la Prairie. Mr. Woodsworth has during his ministry held many important offices, such as chairman of the Bracebridge district in 1880, and of the Portage la Prairie district from 1882 to 1887, and was a member of the General Conferences of 1882, 1883, 1886 and 1890. At the General Conference of 1886 he was appointed Superintendent of Missions in the North-West, to which he was re-elected in 1890. He was president of the Manitoba and North-West Conference for 1885-86, and has been elected one of the twelve ministerial delegates from Canada to attend the Methodist Ecumenical Council in Philadelphia in 1891. Mr. Woodsworth is a clear and forcible preacher, an earnest and untiring worker, and has done a great work in Manitoba and the North-West. His quadrennial report to the General Conference of 1890 showed a wonderful amount of prosperity and progress in the work committed to his charge, and depicted in eloquent language the vast possibilities of that great country, of which he may be regarded as the Methodistic official head. He is a man of deep and sterling piety, and enjoys the unqualified confidence of all his brethren, lay and clerical. He is enthusiastic concerning his field of labor, and expects that in the future Winnipeg will become commercially and socially, what it is now geographically, the centre of the Dominion. In his addresses in the East, he has given a great deal of practical information, and disabused many minds of false notions concerning what he calls "The Canada of the future."

EWTON ALBERT POWELL, M.D., Toronto, was born at Cobourg, Ont., on the 31st January, 1850, and was married to Mary A. Thomas, May 15th, 1877. He took his art course at Victoria College, Cobourg, and his medical course at Trinity College, Toronto, where he gained the University medal in 1875. In the same year he attended Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, and received the "Mott" surgical prize. His preceptors were Drs. Clark and Wade, of Cobourg, and Dr. Frank H. Hamilton, of New York. Dr. Powell was one of the youngest volunteers at the Fenian Raid in 1866. After that he took a course and was graduated at the School of Gunnery. He is a keen sportsman and has always been fond of athletic pursuits. Dr. Powell began practice at Edgar, Simcoe County, where he remained eleven years. In 1886 he removed to Toronto, where he has acquired an excellent practice. He is a frequent contributor to medical journals, and has read many papers before medical societies. Dr. Powell comes of good old Methodist stock and is an active worker and church member. He is a thoroughly pronounced temperance reformer, one of the founders and the second president of the Medical Student's Temperance League, an organization to which about half of the medical students in Toronto now belong. He was for three years treasurer of the Ontario Medical Association, and for one year its vice-president. Among the many professional and responsible positions held by Dr. Powell, the following may be named:--Lecturer on the Practice of Surgery in the Women's Medical College, Toronto; Second Demonstrator of Anatomy and Lecturer on Surgical Appliances in Trinity Medical College, Coroner of the city of Toronto, curator of the Ontario Medical Library, first vice-president of the Toronto Medical Society, Surgeon to the Massey Manufacturing Company, Medical Examiner of the Confederation Life Association, member of the Toronto Amateur Photographic Association.

EORGE E. PATTISON, Electric Street Car manufacturer, St. Catharines, Ont., was born September 16th, 1838, at Perth, Lanark County. He commenced his education at the public school, Perth, and finished at the township of Drummond. After leaving school he was apprenticed four years to carriage making, and afterwards followed that business as foreman of a carriage factory until 1874, when he entered into partnership with W. W. V. Corbin, under the title of Pattison & Corbin. Their place of business is situated at Nos. 4 and 6 Queenston street. In 1890 they abandoned the manufacture of carriages, etc., and are now making a specialty of electric tram cars, which are fast gaining a wide reputation, being used in British Columbia, the North-West, and the principal cities of Ontario. In religion Mr. Pattison is a Presbyterian. In politics he is a Reformer. He is a member of the Masonic body, of the I.O.O.F., and Home Circle. He was alderman for nine years and school trustee fifteen years. He was married on February 19th, 1863, to Ann, daughter of Jas. Harris, St. Catharines.

. W. V. CORBIN, Electric Street Car manufacturer, St. Catharines, Ont., was born October 14th, 1838, in New York State, U.S.A. He received his education at the public schools of St. Catharines. After leaving school he decided to follow the mechanical line and was apprenticed four years to the business of carriage making, and continued in the same as journeyman and foreman until 1865, when he began business on his own account. In 1874 he formed a partnership with G. E. Pattison, under the title of Pattison & Corbin. In 1890 they gave up carriage building for the manufacture of electric tram cars, which they have now made a specialty. Their business, which is now very large, extends to British Columbia, where their cars are used, and also in prominent cities in Ontario. Mr. Corbin is in religion a Methodist, and in politics a Reformer. He is a member of the Masonic Brotherhood, also of the Odd Fellows, and numerous other societies. He was married on May 28th, 1866, to Hannah, eldest daughter of J. Potts, of St. Catharines, Ontario.

EV. EARDLEY H. KOYL, M.A., Niagara Falls, Ont., was born at Centralia, Ont. He is the second son of Rev. Ephraim L. Koyl, Methodist minister. He intended entering business life, but in 1878 felt called to the sacred ministry. He was admitted to the London district on probation and afterwards transferred to Brantford, and is thus a member of the Niagara Conference of the Methodist Church. With indefatigable energy he pushed his way through college, graduating with high honors in metaphysics in 1886. He also obtained the Punshon prize, and was valedictorian for that year. He was ordained in Woodstock the year of his graduation, and was afterwards stationed at Paris, Beamsville and Ingersoll. After which he was laid aside for a time on account of ill health, but has since been fully restored. Mr. Koyl as a preacher is more than ordinarily attractive and impressive, being gifted with unusual oratorical powers, he cannot fail to rise to a high position in his church. He was married August 25th, 1886, to Miss Letta Bigelow, of Lindsay, Ont.

EV. THOMAS VOADEN, B.A., of Cathcart, Ont., was born December 29th, 1857, at St. Thomas. He remained at home on his father's farm until eighteen years of age, after which he commenced teaching school. He received his education at the High School in St. Thomas, and at Victoria University, where he was a specialist in Hebrew. In 1875 he was converted and at once joined the Methodist Church. It soon became evident to the church that he had qualifications for the ministry, and in 1876 was granted a local preacher's license. In 1878 he was received on probation by the London Conference. Before ordination he travelled the following circuits: South Cayuga, Springfield and Bismarck. He was ordained in 1884 and was appointed to Sheffield circuit, where he remained two years. He then took a trip to England for his health, and returning, spent one year in Michigan, when he again returned to Ontario, and was appointed to his present charge. Mr. Voaden is doing effective work for the church of his choice, and is greatly beloved by his people.

OBERT JAFFRAY, J.P., Surry Lodge, Toronto, was born 23rd January, 1832, at "Skeoch Farm," near Bannockburn, Scotland. He was educated at Stirling Academy, and, when fifteen years of age, entered the establishment of J. R. Dymock, (now Dymock & Guthrie, grocers, Edinburgh). In 1852 Mr. Jaffray came to Toronto, and in 1859 began business as wholesale and retail dealer in groceries and provisions, which he carried on till 1883. He was married in 1860 to Sarah, daughter of John Bugg, Toronto. During his active life he has been Government director of the Northern Railway, president of the Granite Curling Club, and at this date is vice-president of The Land Security Co., president of The Globe Printing Co., and of The Toronto Real Estate Investment Co., director of The Toronto General Trust Co., of the Imperial Bank, of The Central Canada Loan & Savings Co., of The North American Life Assurance Co., and The Toronto Incandescent Electric Light Co. Has been for many years member of the Council of the Board of Trade, a member of the Masonic body, and an active Liberal in politics, being now president of The Toronto Reform Association.

EV. WM. WEBB PERCIVAL, M.A., Richmond Hill, York County, Ont., was born at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on the 15th of November, 1841. He is descended of Scotch-Irish parentage. At the age of twelve he entered the Grammar School of the Prince of Wales College, where he remained six years, and then studied for two years at Mount Allison Academy, Sackville, N.B. He received the degrees of B.A. and M.A. from a university in the United States. For four years he was missionary in Bermuda, and then was ordained as a minister of the Methodist Church, on July 2nd, 1866, by the Rev. George Scott, D.D., of the British Wesleyan Conference. He held pastorates in succession in New Brunswick, the city of St. John's, Nfld., and Victoria, B.C., where he remained for three years. Having changed his views on doctrine and polity, he resigned his ministry in the Methodist Church, and was received into the Presbyterian Church at the General Assembly of 1887. Soon after he was called to his present charge. Mr. Percival was married on the 5th of July, 1866, to Annie, only daughter of Rev. Samuel McMasters.

LFRED M. COSBY, Toronto, was born in the County of Welland on the 11th September, 1840. His ancestors were U. E. Loyalists, who preferred pioneering in Canada under the old flag to citizenship under the Stars and Stripes. He was educated in Toronto, and took away from the schools ample knowledge for a successful business life. Banking having most attractions for him, he entered the Bank of Toronto as clerk in 1861, and after giving proof of industrious habits and excellent business ability, he was appointed manager of the branch at Port Hope. This position he held until 1876, when he retired from banking life and was chosen to the management of the London and Ontario Investment Company, where he has remained as the head of this important business ever since. It need hardly be said that he is regarded by all who know him as a man of rare business habits, energetic and pushing, while at the same time possessed of a clear head and sound judgment. He has in his veins a mixture of the Irish and Scotch elements, which, when properly blended, are of rare value to public men--the impetuosity and fire of the one being tempered and restrained by the cool judgment and caution of the other. Mr. Cosby is a Liberal in politics, but has never taken any prominent part, and seems to have no desire for party strife. In religion he belongs to the Presbyterian Church, as did his ancestors. He was married in 1870 to Clara A. Worts, daughter of J. G. Worts, of the widely known firm of Gooderham & Worts, distillers, Toronto. As a resident of Toronto, he is an important acquisition to the mercantile and social life of the city, and in his own sphere less obtrusive perhaps than that of many others, has aided in its progress. Such sterling, straightforward business men, found at the head of so many of our monetary institutions, have given Canada a reputation for integrity and solidity above that of many other countries. That their number may never grow less is to be devoutly wished.

ERY REV. GEORGE MIGNON INNES, Dean of the Diocese of Huron, St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Ont., was born at Weymouth, Dorset, England, on the 21st January, 1826. He was married first in 1854 to Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Colonel Clarke, of the 76th Regiment, and second in 1867 to Annie, daughter of Daniel McCallum, Esq., of Quebec. His father was the Rev. John Boutet Innes, an English clergyman, and his mother Mary Evans. Dean Innes was educated at Mill-Hill College, England, and at Sandhurst Military College, and is an M.A. of Bishop's College University. He entered the army in 1849, and served for over a period of twelve years in the Royal Canadian Rifles, from which he retired as Captain in 1861. He then studied theology, and was ordained deacon at London in 1862 by the Bishop of Huron, and priest in the following year. He was then appointed incumbent of Christ Church, London, and in 1863 went to Quebec as assistant minister in the Cathedral, returning to London in 1868 as assistant in the Cathedral there. In 1869 he was appointed Canon of the Cathedral, in 1871 Rector, and in 1888 Dean of Huron. He has held many other important offices, such as Commissary and Administrator of the Diocese of Huron for Bishop Hellmuth and Bishop Baldwin, and Commissary in Huron for the Bishop of Algoma. Dean Innes is a man of liberal scholarship, very zealous in the work of the Gospel, and is beloved and respected, not only by the members of the Anglican Church, but by every Christian denomination. He is a model parochial pastor, throwing his whole heart and soul into his work, and sympathising with his flock in their varied circumstances. As a preacher he is pleasing and impressive, thoroughly Evangelical in his theology, and fearless in setting forth the Gospel. His congregation is large, and his influence for good felt far beyond the city of London. Such men are the light of the world and the hope of Christian civilization.

SAAC JAMES BIRCHARD, M.A., Ph.D., mathematical master in the Brantford Collegiate Institute, was born at Uxbridge, Ont., October 11th, 1850. His early life was spent upon the farm, but being very fond of books, all his spare moments were devoted to study. At the age of fifteen he obtained a first-class teacher's certificate, from which time his energies were devoted to educational pursuits. He attended the Normal School, Toronto, distinguishing himself as a teacher, and winning the Provincial gold medal in 1874. Six years later he obtained the B.A. degree, with first-class honors, from Toronto University, and the Ph.D. degree from Syracuse University in 1884. Since that time he has done considerable original work in mathematics, being joint author of two works in Algebra, and sole author of a work on Trigonometry. His books are extensively used throughout Ontario and the North-West, and have received the distinguished honor of a flattering review in the leading mathematical journal in Germany. As a teacher he has been especially successful in each of the positions he has held. He was principal of one of the large public schools in Toronto for five years, which he resigned to enter upon Collegiate Institute work. He has always taken a very active interest in teachers' associations, both county and provincial, and is the present secretary of the High School Teachers' Association for Ontario. He is an official member of the First Methodist Church, the efficient superintendent of its Sunday School, and an ex-president of the City Sunday School Association. A diligent biblical student himself, reading the sacred text in Greek and Hebrew, he is also an enthusiastic worker in organizing and conducting conventions and normal classes for the improvement of Sunday School teachers. Dr. Birchard is a Past Master and the present secretary of Brant Lodge A.F. & A.M., and also a Royal Arch Mason. He was married December 17th, 1870, to Miss Bertha Chapman, of Kingston, Ont.

RED. B. CUMBERLAND, M.A., Toronto, was born at Portsmouth, Eng., on the 5th of August, 1846, his father being the late Fred. W. Cumberland, general manager of the Northern Railway of Canada. He was brought to Canada when 10 months old. He was educated at the Model Grammar School, Toronto, at Cheltenham, College, England, and Trinity University, Toronto, of which he holds the degree of M.A. After his college course he entered the Law Society and became a student in the office of Osler and Moss. Preferring business to law, he went into Railway construction under Alex. Manning, and afterwards entered the service of the great Western Railway Co., then under the management of W. K. Muir. He was afterwards general freight and passenger agent of the Northern Railroad for six years, and then going into steam-boating, organized the Niagara Navigation Co., and was manager of the Collingwood and Lake Superior Line of Steamships for eleven years. He established the General Tourist Ticket office in Toronto, and is agent for the largest tourist and steamship companies in England, America, and in all parts of the world. Mr. Cumberland belongs to the Episcopal Church, and is one of its representatives at the Synod of Toronto. He is president of the St. George's Society, an office-holder in the Sons of England, vice-president of the Niagara Navigation Co., president of Toronto and Mimico Electric R. R. Co., president of the National Club, Toronto, chairman of the Marine Section, and a member of the Council of the Toronto Board of Trade. Mr. Cumberland is one of the most prominent and popular citizens of the Queen City. To his fostering hand Toronto owes a great increase of the water traffic which comes and goes from her docks. He is sort of "guardian to the Grenadiers," the regiment founded by his father, and in whose ranks he himself served as private, and retired as Captain. He is a representative Canadian. His motto is "Dominion before Province--Canada United and First."

. H. STINSON, solicitor, Hamilton, Ont., was born December 16, 1860, in that city. He was educated at Galt Collegiate Institute under the well-known Dr. Tassie. Studied law with Bruce, Walker and Burton, and enrolled in 1882. He is known throughout Canada as an enthusiastic sportsman, an excellent cricketer, and well up in football, racquet, and aquatic sports. He is one of the most popular young men in Hamilton, and has held the highest offices in the various athletic association. He is also one of the largest property holders in the city, and kind and considerate to his tenants. In 1889 he was elected alderman, and polled the largest vote ever recorded. In 1890 he was candidate for the Ontario Legislature against the Hon. J. M. Gibson, Provincial Secretary, and returned by a majority of 86, being the first Conservative elected for Hamilton to that body since Confederation. This election was contested and Mr. Stinson unseated. At the Bye-election, after a plucky fight, his opponent was returned. Mr. Stinson was married on the 4th of October, 1882, to Agnes, daughter of the late Charles James Hope. In politics he is a Conservative, and in religion an Episcopalian.

AMES ARCH. MACDONALD, barrister, Toronto, was born on the 1st of September, 1863, in that city. By parentage he is Scotch. He received his elementary education at the public schools, and finished under private tutors. At the age of twenty Mr. Macdonald was one of the finest specimens of Canadian manhood, and considered one of the best athletes. He was one of the Toronto Lacrosse Club, when it gained the championship of the world. He began the study of law in 1882 with the firm of Moss & Co., and was called to the Bar in 1887. He then entered into partnership with W. B. McMurrich, Q.C., until 1889, when he began practice for himself. His success at the Bar has been very marked, and his services sought after in some of the most important criminal cases, such as that of Kane, who murdered his wife in 1889, and Byron, who murdered Wade, in the Mimico tragedy of 1890, which cases, together with his recent appearance in the celebrated cases of Taylor vs. Johnston and Massey, brought him prominently before the public. His future promises to be a brilliant one. In religion Mr. Macdonald is a liberal-minded Presbyterian.

AS. BEATY, Q.C., D.C.L., Toronto, born at "Ashdale" farm, Trafalgar, County of Halton, 10th Nov., 1831. His father, John Beaty, came from Ireland in 1818, died in 1870, aged 80. His mother, Elizabeth Stewart, came from Bun Doran, Ireland, to New York, and in 1812 came with her father to Canada, who preferred British rule. James Beaty was educated at the Grammar School in Palermo and in Toronto, preparatory to entering as student-at-law in 1850. Was called to the Bar in 1855, having studied under Sir Adam Wilson and Dr. Larratt Smith. In 1856 formed partnership with Mr. Wilson and Mr. C. S. (Judge) Patterson, under the firm name of Wilson, Patterson & Beaty. Since then, on account of the elevation of the senior partners to the Bench, various members have been received into the firm, and it is now Beaty, Hamilton & Snow, but the business, through Dr. Baldwin, Hon. Robert Baldwin and others, has continued in succession for 80 years. Mr. Beaty was created Q.C. in 1872, and in 1875 Trinity conferred upon him D.C.L. In 1877 he was elected alderman for Toronto, and in 1879 mayor, and re-elected in 1880. It was during his mayoralty that the Marquis of Lorne, Governor-General, and the Princess Louise made an official visit to the city. In the second year of his mayoralty he was elected M.P. for West Toronto, and again in 1882 re-elected. Mr. Beaty has a large practice in the law. Has promoted many companies some them important institutions now. Is a Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario. In religion, claims simply to be a Christian, no creed but the Bible. He is a versatile and forcible writer and speaker. Has contributed to political, legal, financial and religious magazines and papers, and is author of a notable book--"Paying the Pastor: Unscriptural and Traditional." He was married on the 10th of November, 1858, to Miss Fanny Beaty. Of two daughters of the marriage, only one is living, married to Mr. A. J. Russel Snow, barrister-at-law.

EV. HUGH JOHNSTON, M.A., D.D., Toronto, was born in the township of Southwold, Ont., January 5th, 1840. He attended the public school at Fingal, and, with literary tastes and ambitions, entered the Normal School, Toronto, where, at the age of seventeen, he obtained a first-class certificate. He at once took charge of the Select School, Arkona, Lambton County, which he taught for a year very successfully. Here a change came over his life and he commenced his studies for the ministry of the Methodist Church, entering Victoria College, Cobourg, from which he graduated in 1864 as medalist and valedictorian. He was then ordained and appointed to Toronto. In 1866 he became assistant to Rev. Dr. Douglas, Montreal, and the following three years labored in Windsor, Ont., when he received and accepted a second call to Toronto. His next appointment was to the Centenary Church, Hamilton. At the end of three years he became pastor of Wesley Church in that city, which church, under his charge, was erected into a large and beautiful edifice. In 1878 an urgent request was sent from the Quarterly Official Board of St. James Street Church, Montreal, asking for his transference to the Montreal Conference, which was granted. In 1882 he was transferred from Montreal to the Metropolitan Church, Toronto. After completing his term here, he was called to the Carleton Street Church, and is now pastor of Trinity Church in that city. He was president of the Toronto Conference in 1889, and secretary of conferences for the two years previous. He is a member of the Board and Senate of Victoria University, and also of the Board of the Montreal Theological College. Mr. Johnston is a very forcible and successful preacher, and he also wields a very able and very graceful pen. The well-known and able book, "Toward the Sunrise," is from his pen, and has already reached the third edition. His "Life of Punshon" has also had a wide circulation. In 1876 he married Eliza, daughter of Ald. Richard Holland, Montreal.

ON. G. W. ROSS, LL.B., M. P. P., Minister of Education for Ontario, was born near Nairn, in the County of Middlesex, on the 18th of September, 1841. He is of Scotch parentage, a fact that doubtless accounts for his indomitable perseverance in reaching his present responsible position. In boyhood he attended the public schools, and in 1857 obtained a third-class county certificate, on which he taught two years. In 1859 he obtained a second-class, and in 1876 a first-class certificate. Two years later he attended the Normal School, Toronto, and obtained in 1871 a first-class Provincial certificate. He was then appointed Public School Inspector for Lambton, and subsequently also for the towns of Petrolea and Strathroy. While inspector he was the recipient of presentations and addresses for his marked ability. After this he devoted his attention to the establishment of County Model schools, which have been of such value in late years. For a time Mr. Ross engaged in journalism on the Strathroy Age and Huron Expositor, his intimate knowledge of public questions being of great advantage to him in this profession. He also conducted, along with Mr. McCall, of Strathroy, The Ontario Teacher. In 1879 he turned his attention to law and obtained the degree of LL.B. from Albert University, and more recently has been admitted to the Bar. In Reform politics he has long been a prominent figure. He was first elected M.P. for West Middlesex in 1872, two years afterwards by acclamation, and again returned in 1878 and 1882, although in the following year he lost his seat for the alleged bribery of agents. In November, 1883, he was appointed Minister of Education and elected by West Middlesex to the Local Legislature. A ready debater, incisive speaker, a wonderful condenser of facts and a progressive administrator. He received the degree of LL.D. from St. Andrew's University, Scotland, in 1887. He was first married to Miss Campbell, of Middlesex, who died in 1872, and again in 1875 to Miss Boston, of Lobo.

HARLES CARPMAEL, M.A., F.R.S.C., F.R.A.S., late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, director of the Magnetic Observatory, Toronto, and director of the Meteorological Service of the Dominion of Canada, was born September 19th, 1846, at Streatham Hill, Surrey, Eng. His parents were William Carpmael and Sarah, whose maiden name was Pitt, his father being well known as a patent agent. Mr. Carpmael was educated at Clapham Grammar School. He gave his attention particularly to the study of mathematics and natural and experimental sciences. In 1865 he obtained a scholarship at St. John's College, Cambridge, and went into residence in that institution the same year. His studies during the next three years were almost entirely mathematical. In 1868 he obtained a foundation scholarship, and in January, 1869, he entered for the mathematical tripos, and was classed sixth in the list of wranglers. The following year he devoted to the study of chemistry and physics, and for the next year and one-half he studied law. In 1870 he was elected Fellow of St. John's College, and the same year he was a member of the British Eclipse Expedition to Spain. Mr. Carpmael has taken a deep interest in volunteer movements, and has been a member of the corps. He has also been a great traveller, having visited France, Holland, North Germany, Switzerland, the North of Italy and Spain at various times. He first visited the United States and Canada in 1871, and remained until 1872. During this tour he visited Toronto, which visit led to his ultimately settling in Canada. He was married in June, 1876, to Julia, youngest daughter of Walter McKenzie, of Castle Frank, Toronto, Clerk of the County Court. In religion he is an Anglican. Mr. Carpmael was on the first council of the Royal Society of Canada, appointed by the Marquis of Lorne, and in 1886 became president of Section 3 of that society, and in 1888 he was appointed president of the Canadian Institute.

NDREW JOS. McDONAGH L.D.S., 274 Spadina Avenue, Toronto. Ont., was born on February 16th, 1867, in Lanark County Ont., and is the son of the late Patrick M. McDonagh, farmer and Justice of the Peace of that place. Dr. McDonagh received his earlier education at the public schools and afterwards at Napanee High School. In 1884 he entered the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, Toronto, and graduated in 1887. Immediately after completing his studies he established himself in his profession on Spadina Avenue, where he has in a very short time succeeded in building up a large and lucrative practice, which is daily increasing. Dr. McDonagh is a member of the Roman Catholic Communion, and also belongs to St. Vincent de Paul and other charitable societies. On the 12th of February, 1889, he married Maggie E. O'Byrne, daughter of Lawrence O'Byrne, merchant, of Toronto. Dr. McDonagh is of Irish parentage, his father being born in Galway, Ireland, but he emigrated to Canada when quite a young man, and attained honorable distinction in this country. His mother was Catherine McDonnell, who also comes from an Irish family.

. A. RADFORD. O.S.A., architect, author and artist, Toronto, was born in the city of Devonport, Devonshire, the garden of England. For some years he studied drawing in the Mechanics' Institute, which at that time was a branch of the world-famed South Kensington School of Art. Coming to Montreal at an early age, he attended the Government School of Design, and there completed his mechanical education, taking honors. Mr. Radford as a designer, colorist and draughtsman, has few peers, having won numerous competitions. The most noted of these, probably, being the last "Ice Palace," Montreal, of which large and beautiful photographs are seen in many Canadian and continental homes. He is a particularly energetic member of the Ontario Society of Artists and Toronto's Architectural Club, and is known as a traveller and writer of short stories. Being now in the prime of life, he will, doubtless, have great opportunities of elevating the public mind and taste in the artistic interior decorations of their magnificent palatial residences, which of necessity are bound to be erected as the opulence and population of our country advance.

ANTON TREADGOLD, Mayor of Brampton, Ont., was born on the 22nd of December, 1841, in Northamptonshire, England. He was educated at the public schools of England, and the Public High School and Normal School, Toronto. After teaching school in Toronto Gore for ten years, he began business in Brampton in 1873 as dealer in household furniture, musical instruments, etc., in which he has been most successful. His intelligent interest in public affairs, and his broad grasp of matters affecting the welfare of the community, resulted in his repeated election to the Town Council for many years, and in 1891 was elected mayor. Mayor Treadgold is a member, class leader, trustee and superintendent of the Sunday School in the Methodist Church, has been a local preacher for thirty years, and has filled every office of importance open to laymen. He is in politics a Liberal, is a member of the Masonic Brotherhood, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, A.O.U. Workmen, Select Knights and other organizations. In 1866 he was married to Mary A., daughter of Wm. Dobson, of Toronto Gore, Peel County, Ont.

ALCOLM WEETHEE SPARROW, L.D.S., Toronto, Ont., was born on August 11th, 1862, at Athens, Ohio, U.S.A. He is a son of Thomas W. Sparrow, M.D., and Lydia A. Weethee, B.S. He came to Canada in 1879. His education began in the public school of Athens, but at the age of thirteen, owing to financial difficulties at home, he determined to provide for himself. He learned the printing business, and finally became associate editor upon the journal he began with as a newsboy. Coming to Canada, he continued his occupation now as a "typo," now as a reporter, then again as an editor when failing health compelled him to relinquish his vocation altogether. His education has been acquired by the faithful improvement of midnight hours and leisure moments. He comes of a literary family--his uncle, Rev. J. P. Weethee, LL.D., being a prominent lecturer and author in the United States, and a contributor to Canadian and American periodicals. Mr. Sparrow has since become a member of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, and has a splendid dental practice.

LEXANDER SCOTT CRUIKSHANK is essentially a self-made man. He was born in Banffshire, Scotland, in 1832, and left the parish school at thirteen to assist on his father's farm. At twenty he emigrated to Canada, where he was first employed as carpenter, then as book-keeper, music master, and public school teacher. Entering the profession with a second-class certificate, three months at Hillsdale College, Michigan, qualified him for a first, under which he taught in Princeton, Oakland, Brantford and Ancaster. In 1870, he was engaged to train, in practical subjects, a division of unclassified youths in the Central School, Hamilton. This position he held till 1880, when he was appointed principal of the Hess Street School, and head master of a district now comprising thirty teachers and fifteen hundred pupils. In 1883 he married Annie, only daughter of T. Chalmers, merchant, Cornhill, Banffshire. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is at present vice-president of the Hamilton Teacher's Association. Mr. Cruikshank has been an extensive traveller, and a frequent contributor to local and educational journals.

EV. ROBERT WALLACE, Presbyterian Church, Toronto, was born at Castleblaney, Ireland, April 25th, 1820. His ancestors came originally from Ayrshire, Scotland. He studied during 1838, 1839 and 1840 at Hamilton under Dr. Rae, and during 1841 with Rev. William Rintoul at Streetsville. He entered Queen's College in 1842, and, at the disruption in Scotland, left that institution and joined the Free Church of Canada, formed in June, 1844. He then studied theology under Dr. King and Mr. Esson the first year of Knox College, Toronto. He labored in the mission field during 1845, and in July, 1846, was settled at Keene, then ministered to the church at Niagara during the summer of 1848, and afterwards was settled in Ingersoll in January, 1849. In 1862 he accepted a call to Thorold and Drummondville, and in 1867 to the West Church, Toronto, retiring in 1890. His pastorate in Toronto was singularly successful, the membership under his care having reached seven hundred and sixty. Mr. Wallace is a strong temperance reformer and a frequent writer for the press. He was married September 3rd, 1850, to Mary Annie Barker, of Ingersoll.

REDERICK MONTYE MORSON, barrister, Toronto, Ont., was born October 22nd, 1853, at Chambly, Que., the son of Frederick Morson, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S., London, Eng. He was educated at Niagara Grammar School and Trinity College, Toronto, where he graduated with honors in 1872. He then entered the law office of Blake, Kerr & Cassels, and was called to the bar in 1877. He afterwards entered into partnership with Martin & Parker, in Hamilton, and in 1878 with N. Gordon Bigelow, Q.C., Toronto, the firm now being Bigelow, Morson & Smyth. Mr. Morson has acted for the past three years as Deputy Judge for the County of York during the absence of the regular judge, and also in the Division Court, both in the city and County of York. He is a member of the English Church, a P.M. of Ionic Lodge A. F. & A. Masons, Toronto, Past Grand Registrar of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Canada, one of the Principals of Antiquity Royal Arch Chapter, and Constable in Cyrene Preceptary of Knight Templars, also a director of the Albany Club. A man of clear judgment and sound principles.

ATTHEW HUTCHISON, of the firm of Ogilvies & Hutchison, millers, Goderich, Ont., was born at Largs, Scotland, May 17th, 1827. He came with his parents to Canada in 1833, and was educated at Dr. Black's private school in Montreal. He worked on his father's farm near that city until he was twenty-five years of age, when he began business as a baker in Montreal. He was then appointed Deputy Flour Inspector, and continued in that position for 20 years, and, latterly, Chief Inspector. He then entered into his present partnership with A. W. Ogilvies & Co., the most widely known merchant millers in the Dominion of Canada, and has charge of the Goderich business. He has held office in the town and county councils, and but for his large and increasing trade connections, would have had the highest civic honors of his townsmen. He is a Liberal-Conservative in politics, and an active member of the Presbyterian Church. He was married on the 25th October, 1854, to Miss Helen Ogilvie, of Montreal. His family consists of five children--three daughters and two sons--all of whom are living.

EV. BENJAMIN LIVINGSTON COHOE, Freelton., Ont., was born March 16th, 1846, at Lobo. He received his primary education at the public school of his birthplace, his teacher for several years being G. W. Ross, present Minister of Education for Ontario, and finished in classics, mathematics, etc., at Komoka Seminary, under Messrs. John and Alexander Moffatt. He obtained teacher's certificates, on which he taught five years in London township. In 1871 he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church on probation, and was ordained deacon in 1873, and Elder in 1875. Since his ordination he has occupied the following circuits: Canboro, Pelham, Ancaster, Flamboro, Brant, Courtland, Mountsberg. Before the union of the Wesleyan Methodist and Episcopal Methodist churches, he was for several years secretary of Niagara District M.E. Church. Mr. Cohoe served five years in the 26th Battalion of the Canadian Volunteer Force under Lieut. Colonel Atwood, and during the Fenian Raid was quartered at Windsor. He was married December 27th, 1869, to Bessie Leng, of Middlesex County.

LEXANDER GARTSHORE, Hamilton, Ont., son of John Gartshore, was born at Dundas, November 18th, 1839. He was educated at the Grammar schools of Ancaster, Guelph, Hamilton and Dundas. After receiving a thorough education, he decided to acquire practical knowledge and entered as apprentice at West Point foundry, New York, remaining there from 1854 to 1858. Returning to Dundas, he went into business with his father, when he removed in 1870 to Hamilton, where he was first engaged in making castings for railways, until in 1876 he began the making of cast iron pipes for water, sewer and gas purposes. The business has now become very extensive, amounting to over twelve thousand tons per annum, and employing one hundred and fifty men. Mr. Gartshore is a member of the Central Presbyterian Church, was manager for a period of five years, and is at present a trustee. He was married June 6th, 1866, to Miss Isabel Hendrie. Mr. Gartshore is a Conservative in politics, and a member of the Masonic body, and is one of the most highly respected business men of the flourishing city of Hamilton.

. H. BISBY, of Long & Bisby, Hamilton, Ont., was born at West Winfield, Herkimer County, New York, on the 20th of March, 1836. His father was Julius Bisby, of that place. He received his education at the public schools of West Winfield. Leaving school in 1854, he entered with his father into the general mercantile trade, which he abandoned in 1857, and was appointed teller and book-keeper in the Bank of West Winfield, which position he filled with every satisfaction to the bank, retaining it until 1862. He then came to Canada and became book-keeper for the Canada Felt Hat Works until the retirement of the firm in 1864. He then became partner of the firm of A. L. Woodruff & Co. until 1867, when it was dissolved, then entered into partnership with Mr. Long, whose portrait appears on this page. The business is now one of the largest of the kind in Canada. Mr. Bisby is in religion a Unitarian, and in politics a Protectionist. He was married on the 15th of December, 1890, to Jennie A., daughter of P. G. Long, of Farmington, Mo., U.S.

ILLIAM DUBART LONG, of the firm of Long & Bisby, wool merchants, Hamilton, Ont., was born at Farmington, Missouri, U.S., November 18th, 1840. He is the eldest son of P. G. and Isabella M. Long, of that place. He was educated at the public schools of Farmington, after which, in 1854, he engaged in farming and the tannery business under his father, and was afterwards engaged for a time in steam-boating on the Osage River, after which he travelled in the South-Western States in the interest of McClurg, Murphy & Co., of Lynn Creek, Missouri, until 1862, when he left the United States for Canada. He then accepted a position in the wool business, which he retained until 1867, when the firm retired, and he, with his present partner, Mr. Bisby, took it up, and which still continues under the name of Long & Bisby. The business under its present enterprising management has grown to large proportions, and has held the confidence of the public for a quarter of a century. In politics Mr. Long belongs to the Conservative or Protectionist party.

RTHUR JAMES HUSBAND, L.D.S., Toronto, was born on the 22nd of June, 1864. His father is G. H. Husband, L.D.S., Newtonbrook, Ont., and his mother's maiden name Ellen McBride. He was educated in the public and high schools of Richmond Hill, and afterwards, in 1880, began the study of dentistry in the office of R. J. Zimmerman, Barrie. In 1883 he entered the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto, and graduated in 1884, but, on account of his youth, he was not permitted to practice until 1883, when he received his diploma. In 1884 he went to the State of Michigan, and afterwards practiced consecutively in Michigan, Kansas and Colorado. In 1890 he returned to Canada and established himself in Toronto, where he has succeeded already in building up a very large and most lucrative business. In religion Dr. Husband is a Methodist and a member of Queen Street Church, and in politics belongs to the Reform party. He was married in July, 1888, to Elizabeth Henry, daughter of Samuel Henry, of the State of Illinois, U.S.A.

RANCIS JAMES ROCHE, M.A., barrister, Toronto, was born at Whitby, Ont., on the 10th of October, 1865. His father was the late John Richmond Roche, M.A., Professor of Mathematics in Newton University, Baltimore, Md. He is descended from the oldest Norman-Irish family, Sir Richard de la Roche having been one of Strongbow's invading army. Mr. Roche was educated by private tuition, and afterwards at the Toronto Collegiate Institute, Trinity and University Colleges. He graduated in 1886 in Toronto University, taking honors in natural science, and obtained the degree of M.A. the following year. During his course he was first-class honor man and prize man. He studied law with Maclaren, Macdonald, Merritt & Shepley, Toronto, and was admitted a solicitor and called to the Bar in 1889. His practice is exclusively confined to mercantile law, in which he holds a foremost place. In religion, Mr. Roche is an Episcopalian, and in politics a Liberal-Conservative. He holds a commission as Captain in the 34th Ontario Battalion of Infantry.

HE LATE JOHN HARRIS, president of the firm of A. Harris, Son & Co. (limited), Brantford, Ontario, was born in Boston, Townsend Township, Norfolk County, on the 21st of July, 1841, and died in Brantford on the the 25th of August, 1887. He was the grandson of the Rev. John Harris and the Rev. Thomas Morgan, both Baptists and men of eminent ability. In his sixteenth year his father, Mr. Alanson Harris, moved to Beamsville, where John attended the grammar school. In his eighteenth year he made a profession of faith and united with the Baptist Church in that place. On the 14th of October, 1863, he was married to Alice Jane Tufford who still survives him. After his marriage he entered into partnership with his father, under the style of A. Harris & Son, and the business having increased rapidly, they removed in 1872 to Brantford, where the firm was enlarged and styled by its present name. He enjoyed the sincere affection of the hundreds of his workmen, and, as one remarked at his death, "Seemed more anxious concerning their spiritual welfare than their work or wages." He occupied important offices in the church, and taught a large Bible class. He was president of the Young Men's Christian Association for two successive years, president of the Bible Society, alderman, and chairman of the finance committee of the City Council. Some years before his death, declining health compelled him to desist from some of his manifold Christian duties. Hoping that a sea voyage would establish his health, he went to England, and subsequently to Clifton Springs, N. Y., but all these efforts were unavailing. On the 6th of August he returned to his home, where he lingered on the border land before he crossed the Jordan of death, speaking loving words to his family and friends. During his trying sickness he never murmured, but waited with Christian patience the time of his departure. He has left behind a precious memory and an example of honor and Christian manhood.

ATRICK McPHILLIPS, barrister, solicitor, notary public, etc., London, Ont., was born 8th March, 1857, in the township of Markham. He left home at eleven years of age, attending Fairfield Academy first, and afterwards St. Michael's College, Toronto. He also received additional private tuition in classics. He matriculated in law, and became a member of the Law Society in 1875, and was called to the Bar in 1880. He was four years in the office of W. R. Meredith, Q.C. and M.P.P., and then entered the office of Hector Cameron, Q.C., Toronto, as managing clerk. In 1880 he entered into partnership with him under the firm of Cameron & McPhillips, which continued nine years. Mr. McPhillips then practiced alone in Toronto until 1891, when he removed to London. The firm of Cameron & McPhillips were solicitors for many of the large corporate bodies, such as the Grand Junction Railway, Belleville and North Hastings Railway, Canadian Pacific (during construction), Old Dominion, Montreal and Great Western Telegraph Companies, and Ontario solicitors for the Western Union Telegraph Company, of New York. Mr. McPhillips has been engaged in some of the most important law cases of the past ten years, several of which were argued before the Privy Council in England, and has had charge of celebrated divorce and alimony suits before the Canadian Senate. He has been Professor of Law and Examiner in St. Michael's College four years, and has taken all but the final examination for LL.B. in Toronto University. He has travelled extensively on the continent of Europe and through the United States, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and possesses one of the finest private libraries in Canada. He enjoys a large and lucrative practice, having clients not only here, but in England and Germany. In politics, Mr. McPhillips is a prominent Conservative, and has conducted many contested election cases. In religion he is a Roman Catholic.

EV. WM. MILER MAGRATH, rector Christ Church R. E., Barrie, Ont.. was born at the Lakes of Killarney, County of Kerry, Ireland, in the year 1832, and is the only surviving son of the late James Lawson Magrath, Esq., of the Irish Poor Law Commission, and grandson of Lt.-Col. James Magrath, of the 87th Royal Irish Regiment of Foot, who served for the long period of fifty-three years in the British army. Mr. Magrath was educated in Dublin for mercantile life, and came to Canada with his family in 1874, and for the period of sixteen years he was one of the most prominent and popular commercial travellers in the Dominion. Resigning mercantile life in 1889, he was ordained to the ministry of the Reformed Episcopal Church by the Right Rev. Samuel Fallowes, D.D., presiding bishop, and was then appointed rector of Christ Church, Barrie, which position he still occupies. Mr. Magrath was married in 1857 to Emily, daughter of Wm. Atkinson Sadlier, Esq., Sea Park, Malahide, County Dublin, and niece of Very Rev. Frank Sadlier, D.D., Provost, T.C.D.

UNCAN McNABB HALLIDAY, Chesley, Ont., was horn May 2nd, 1837, in the County of Renfrew, Ont. His parents were John Halliday and Catherine McNabb, of Perthshire, Scotland. The subject of our sketch received such an education as the schools of his day afforded. He first engaged in the lumber business in Renfrew County. In 1857 be removed to Chesley and engaged in the general store business, being the pioneer storekeeper of the town. Mr. Halliday is a public-spirited citizen, and has held many trustworthy offices in the town and county. He has been treasurer of the town since its incorporation, and postmaster and Justice of the Peace since 1873. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has been an elder for ten years. He has also been secretary and treasurer of the School Board for twenty-four years. Mr. Halliday was married in April, 1867, to Miss Graham, daughter of William Graham, of Carlisle, England. He has one of the handsomest residences in Chesley, where he lives happily with his family.

. E. MILLWARD, M.D., Grimsby, Ont., was born in April, 1838, in the township of Grimsby. He was educated at the public schools of Grimsby and Nelson townships, and afterwards attended the Saltfleet school. He then taught school for a time, and after taking a second-class certificate, attended for a time the Milton Grammar School. In 1860 he entered the medical department of Victoria College, where he graduated in 1864. On leaving college he relieved two physicians, who were temporarily absent from practice, and then began practice for himself at Grimsby, which he has ever since carried on successfully. In religion Mr. Millward is an Episcopalian. In politics a Liberal-Conservative. He belongs to the Masonic body, is a member of the Royal Arch Knight Templars, Scottish Rite up to the thirty-second degree, of the A.O. U.W., Canadian Order of Foresters, and various other societies. He was married on the 11th of February, 1873, to Charlotte R., daughter of H. Salisbury, New York State, U.S.A.

YRON WARREN BURR, furniture manufacturer, Guelph, Ont., was born September 23rd, 1840, at Dover, Vt., U.S.A. He is the son of Lyman and Elizabeth Rice Burr, descendants of the earliest settlers in Massachusetts. He received his education at the public schools, and in 1862 came to Canada and settled in Guelph. For a period of ten years he had the contract for ornamenting and gilding the well-known Raymond sewing machines. In 1872 he relinquished this branch of business and commenced the manufacture of furniture in company with his brother, F. C. Burr, and F. B. Skinner, the latter retiring in 1882, a business that from small beginnings has grown to be one of the largest of its kind in Canada, it being well known from one end of the Dominion to the other. Mr. Burr is a prominent and active member of the Methodist Church in Canada, and also holds the offices of trustee and steward. He was married in 1876 to Helen, daughter of William Mitchell, of Guelph, Ont. They have a family of two daughters.

OHN CHAMBERS, Superintendent of Public Parks, Toronto, was born 11th November, 1850, at Canterbury, Eng. He was educated in the National and Grammar schools of Faversham, and, after leaving school, became apprentice to a florist, and studied landscape gardening and the nursery business. In 1871 he came to Canada and became foreman with the late James Fleming, one of the first florists in Ontario. After being seven years in his employment, he was appointed in 1878 by the Council to lay out the new Exposition Grounds, and afterwards received the appointment of Superintendent of Parks. Many of the beautiful parks and gardens of Toronto have been laid out under his direction. Mr. Chambers is a member of St. Mark's Anglican Church, and in politics a pronounced Conservative. He is a member of the Masonic Brotherhood, Past Master of Alpha Lodge, a member of Ancient Royal Arch Chapter, and Cyrene Preceptory, of the Sons of England and other societies. He is also president of the Toronto Gardeners' and Florists' Society. He was married in 1872 to Elizabeth, daughter of John Robinson, Lambeth, London, Eng.

OHN FRED. CHITTENDEN, dentist, 11 King street East, Hamilton, Ont., was born in Hamilton on the 8th of September, 1867. He received his education at the public schools of that city, and afterwards at the celebrated Collegiate Institute there, where he was thoroughly prepared for higher studies. After his collegiate course at Hamilton was finished, he matriculated at Trinity University Faculty of Medicine, Toronto. After this he graduated at the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto, in 1890, having studied dentistry under his father, the late Dr. C. S. Chittenden, of Hamilton, and on his death took up his practice in Hamilton, where he still continues, taking a high place in his profession. In politics Dr. Chittenden belongs to the Liberal-Conservative party of the Dominion of Canada, and by religion he belongs to the Episcopalian Church. As the doctor is still a comparatively young man in his profession, he will doubtless in coming years take a high standing among the dental surgeons of Ontario. He is like all native Canadians, irrespective of party, patriotic in regard to his country and enthusiastic in his calling.

OHN ELLIOTT, contractor and builder, Toronto, formerly of Brantford, was born at Heck, in the parish of Snaith, Yorkshire, England, August 15th, 1822, and is a son of the late Thomas Elliott, a native of Potefract, Yorkshire. He left England 25th May, 1843, for Canada, passing on from Quebec to Montreal, Kingston, and Toronto. He then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and other parts of the United States, where he remained about a year. In September, 1844, he returned to Toronto, and there worked at his trade as contractor and builder till June, 1846. In that year he entered the firm of Wilson, Elliott & Metcalf, stonecutters and builders, which partnership was dissolved in two years. He then went into business on his own account in Toronto until July 14th, 1850, when he came to Brantford with his brother William, under the name of J. and W. Elliott. His brother William subsequently went to London. After the decease of his brother, John took up his business and built several public buildings. During his life in Brantford he erected the Central Prison, Toronto, the Post Office in that city, the Parliament buildings at Quebec, the Court House and jail in Bruce, and an addition to the county buildings in Brantford. He also erected the Hughes Bros. building, Toronto, did the mason work for the county buildings in Norfolk, and for the Hon. Wm. McMaster's store on Yonge street, Toronto--built an addition to the Normal School, the Mammoth block on King street, and did the mason work on the Lieut.-Governor's house and other public buildings in Toronto and elsewhere. He is at present building the City Hall and Court House of Toronto, one of the finest buildings on the continent of its class. Sylvester Neelon is his partner, the firm name being Elliott and Neelon. Mr. Elliott is a Mason, also a devoted member of the Methodist church. He has occupied all the prominent civic offices in Brantford. On his moving to Toronto he received a public banquet, an address and gold chronometer.

ENRY WADE, retired merchant, Brantford, Ont., was born on the 19th December, 1810, at Moneymore, County Derry, Ireland. He was educated in the public and National schools of Stewartstown, to which his parents had removed in 1813. He studied for a time with a view to the medical profession. This, however, he abandoned because of the prejudice existing against a profession which was at that time associated with the names of Burke and Hare, the notorious murderers. He then learned the carpenter trade and came to Canada in 1833. After living at Brockville, Prescott and Hamilton, he came to Brantford in 1835, and has remained there ever since, except three years spent at Niagara. On coming to Brantford he worked at his trade, but shortly afterwards entered on mercantile business, in which he was successful, and retired in 1860. Mr. Wade is one of the very few remaining landmarks of Brantford city, having lived there continuously for half a century, and did much to add to her prosperity during her pioneer days. He has crossed the Atlantic several times to visit his native land. He is a prominent member of the Wellington Street Methodist Church, and has for nearly forty years continuously occupied all the important positions in the gift of the church. He is a strong Prohibitionist, was the first worthy patriarch of the Sons of Temperance in Brantford, and has held other important positions in temperance organizations. In the days when he first led the temperance movement, the drinking of alcoholic liquor as a beverage, and the selling of it, was considered respectable, and to seek to curtail the traffic needed no small amount of moral courage. He has outlived those dark days, and has now the consciousness of having done much to elevate the moral sentiment of his beloved city. He was married in Toronto April 28, 1842, to Miss J. M. Cudmore, of Thornhill, Ont. He has had eleven children, of whom but three sons and one daughter are now living (1891).

AMES E. SOUCH, manager of the Ontario Bank, Newmarket, Ont., was born on the 13th of June, 1858, at Bowmanville. He is descended from English parentage, his father having been born in Devonshire and his mother in Cornwall. After completing his education at the Bowmanville High School, he entered the Ontario Bank at Port Perry in 1877, rising to the position of teller. In 1881 he was promoted to the tellership at Guelph, and in 1883 became accountant in the same office. In 1884 he was appointed manager of the branch at Mount Forest, and finally in 1885 was appointed manager of the branch at Newmarket, which position he still occupies. Mr. Souch is a prominent member of the Methodist Church, and also of the Board of Management. He is also Court Deputy H. C. Ranger of the I.O.F., a director of the Mechanics' Institute, and occupies many other important positions in the community in which he resides, which is quite complimentary to his years. In politics he belongs to the Reform party. He was married in September, 1881, to Victoria D., daughter of Thomas Shaw, of Port Perry, Ont.

UGH BLAIN is a native of Ontario and was born on the 23rd of June, 1844, in York County. His parents were John Blain and Elizabeth McCutcheon. He received his education in the public schools and in the Normal School, Toronto. In 1866 he began business as office manager for Nerlich & Co., and remained as such for nine years, when he was taken into partnership. In 1880 he entered into partnership with Joseph F. Eby under the name of Eby, Blain & Co. This is now one of the leading firms in Toronto. Mr. Blain was married on the 29th of June, 1887, to Miss Huldah Lee Jones, of Maryland, U.S. He attends the Presbyterian Church, and is vice-president of the Toronto Board of Trade. While active in business, he gives considerable attention to outside matters. He has been Captain and paymaster of the Queen's Own Rifles, president of the Commercial Traveller's Association of Canada, and president of the National Club, Toronto, an institution to which we are largely indebted for our Canadian national sentiment. Mr. Blain is one of the active and prominent business men of Canada.

OHN WESLEY ROSWELL, B.A., son of the late Andrew Roswell, of Windham township., Norfolk County, Ont., was born on the 19th of December, 1855, at his father's home in Windham. He in early life developed scholastic tendencies, and obtained a teacher's certificate while attending public school. He was engaged as teacher in Cathcart and Barford over two years, and then attended the Brantford and Hamilton Collegiate Institutes, in preparation for a university course. He matriculated with honors at the University of Toronto in 1880, and gained the first general proficiency scholarship in 1881, and graduated B.A. in 1884. After travelling two years he entered Osgoode Hall as a student at law, and was sworn in as solicitor, and called to the Bar in September, 1889. He was married on the 30th of September, 1889, to Miss Alice Moore, daughter of Peregrine Moore, Esq., of Alliston, and shortly after opened an office in Toronto, where he now enjoys a growing practice. He is a Reformer in politics, and is a prominent member of the Young Men's Liberal Club.

EV. GABRIEL JOHNSTON, B.D., of Welland, Ont., was born at Edenton, North Carolina, in 1843. He was educated at the University of North Carolina, where he graduated in 1861. Mr. Johnston served under General Stonewall Jackson in the war between the North and South, and out of one hundred and fifty who volunteered with him only eighteen survived. He was through seventeen of the severest battles of Virginia. After the war he studied law, which he followed for two years. He then devoted himself to the ministry, and was ordained in 1870 at Oswego, N.Y. In 1877 he came to Canada, and was stationed first in Jarvis, where he remained until 1885, when he removed to Welland and took charge of Holy Trinity Church. Mr. Johnston is a man of more than ordinary ability. Henry Proctor, Principal of the Training College, North Bristol, England, referring to an address made by him there, says: "It was by no means of an ordinary type. It showed intellectual freshness and vigor, and rose at times to genuine eloquence." He was married in 1871 to Alice Kate Killaly, of Ottawa, Ont.

EV. DANIEL CASWELL McINTYRE, M.A., Ph.D., Beamsville, Ont., was born on the 31st of May, 1845, at Duart, Kent County, Ont. He received his education at the public school, Chatham High School and Victoria University, where he graduated B.A. in 1872, and M.A. in 1873. He also took honors in German and Hebrew. He taught from 1862 to 1867, and in 1872 became mathematical master of Ingersoll High School, which position he resigned to study for the ministry. He studied theology at Princeton, N.J., Union Seminary, New York, and the Free Church College, Edinburgh. He then travelled in Europe, visiting London, Paris, Florence and Rome. Returning to Canada he, in 1878, accepted a unanimous call to Beamsville and Clinton churches, where he has remained ever since, doing effective work. The membership of the churches has doubled, and a beautiful manse built in addition. Dr. McIntyre took a post-graduate course at the Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, where he received the degree of Ph.D. in 1887. He was married on the 25th December, 1878, to Eliza Maud, daughter of the late Robert Walker, of Whitby, Ont.

HOMAS JOHN HAMMILL, mill owner, Barrie, Ont., was born on the 16th December, 1849, in Wentworth County. He is a son of Robert Hammill, of the same place. He received his education at the public school, or, as it was called, "Bennett's" school house, Governor's Road, Wentworth County. At an early age he entered the employment of N. & O. J. Phelps, lumber merchants, St. Catharines, where he remained for 19 years. He removed to Barrie in 1882, and began business there as partner of the firm of N. & O. J. Phelps & Co. In addition to their mills at Phelpston and Barrie, he is also interested in British Columbia timber lands. Mr. Hammill is a member of the Methodist Church, and also steward and trustee of the Collier Street Church, Barrie. He is also a member of the Masonic Brotherhood, the Independent Order of Oddfellows, and various other fraternal organizations. He is also a member of the Toronto Board of Trade. In politics he is a Liberal, and in 1882 was elected alderman for St. Catharines. He has been twice married--in 1870 to Miss Elliott, who died in 1872, and in 1874 to Flora, daughter of Noah Phelps, of St. Catharines.

EV. JOHN M. WILKINSON, B.A., Toronto, was born in Markham, on December 5th, 1852. He received his primary education at the public schools in Toronto. For a long period he was under the deepest religious conviction and felt called upon to enter the ministry, although having a dread of its responsibility and his unfitness for the sacred calling. Finally, while attending a cottage prayer meeting, the burden on his heart rolled away and he returned to his father in Toronto, telling him of the great change that had taken place. He began work under the Rev. James Hannon, in Toronto, and afterwards attended the Collegiate Institute at Cobourg. Eighteen months afterwards he matriculated in Victoria University and entered the class of 1872. Next year, on account of family affliction, he was called home, and in 1874 was received as a probationer for the ministry by the Methodist Conference in Hamilton, and was assigned to the Port Hope District. He also travelled in the Sunderland and Port Perry Circuits. He then returned to Victoria, where he graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1880. The same year he was ordained at Belleville and was sent to Bradford. After this he filled appointments at Toronto, Barrie, and finally at Agnes Street Church, Toronto. This church was at the time of the union heavily mortgaged, but under Mr. Wilkinson's pastorate the debt was reduced from sixteen thousand to six thousand dollars, and a thousand souls converted in three years. After completing his three years' term in this church, he went to Britain to study Evangelistic methods, and returning in 1889, opened his favorite Mission known as the "People's Tabernacle," which is crowded to its full seating capacity of two thousand. The Mission so far is entirely undenominational, and is supported by the collection and the free will offerings of the people. Mr. Wilkinson was married in December, 1881, to Emma, eldest daughter of R. Philip, merchant manufacturer, of Toronto.

EORGE HARVEY DOUGLAS, barrister, 5 Toronto street, Toronto, Ont., was born on Christmas Day, 1863, at Chatham, Ont. He was educated at private schools and Toronto Collegiate Institute. A son of William Douglas, Q. C., of Chatham, grandson of George Douglas, late of Thurso in Caithnesshire, Scotland, a descendant of the Perthshire branch of the Douglas family, and a Presbyterian Jacobite. His maternal grandfather was Captain Richard Harvey Hudson, one of Sir James Mathisson's commanders during the Chinese war, arising out of the English opium trade, and a lineal descendant of Sir Hendrick Hudson. At an early age he developed a taste for classics and modern languages, and under the tuition of a gentleman who had studied Latin under several famous Jesuit fathers, he became well acquainted with the Latin poets and prose writers. He was first articled to Hector Cameron, Q.C., of Toronto, until the North-West Rebellion in 1885, when he served first with the Queen's Own Rifles, was afterwards transferred to Boulton's Scouts, was then attached as a supernumerary to the Yorkton Force under Major Watson, where he served in outpost and despatch duties. After the rebellion he was a student with Douglas, Douglas & Walker, of Chatham, Ont., with Beaty, Chadwick, Blackstock & Galt, also Beaty, Hamilton & Cassell, Toronto, became a solicitor in January, 1889, and a barrister in January, 1890, and has practiced since in Toronto. He has been a life-long Conservative, is now a member of the Young Men's Liberal-Conservative Club, Toronto, and has fought for his party on the platform in three contests in Western Ontario. He was gazetted a Lieutenant in the 24th Kent Infantry in October, 1885, and qualified at the Infantry School, Toronto, in 1886, resigning his commission in 1889, after having served four years as a private, and four years under commission. He is an advocate of Imperial Federation since 1884, and one of the first to organize the Toronto branch of the League.

EV. EPHRAM HORACE MUSSEN, M.A., Aurora, Ont., was born on the 24th of April, 1842, at Allanburgh, Welland County. His father was the late Sheriff Mussen, of the County of Leeds and Grenville. He received his education at Belvidere Academy and Thorold Grammar School, and entered Trinity College in 1862, taking the fourth scholarship, graduating in 1867. For five years he was a member of the Queen's Own, and took part in the Battle of Ridgeway. He then began the study of theology, and in 1869 was ordained deacon in the Church of England and priest in 1870. He received the degree of M.A. in 1872. After ordination he became missionary in the township of Manvers, and afterwards at Caledonia, York and Cayuga. From thence he went to Niagara Falls, then to Lakefield, and in 1880 to Scarborough, where he remained two years. He was then appointed to Aurora, where he has been for nine years. He is a member of the Masonic Brotherhood, and also of the A.O.U.W. Society. He married, in 1873, May Victoria, daughter of L. Schofield, of Her Majesty's Customs, Prescott, Ont.

LEXANDER H. BEATON, M.D., of Orillia, Ont., was born April 20th, 1838, in the township of Pickering, Ontario County. He received his education at the public school of his native place, and at the age of eighteen obtained a second-class certificate. After this he taught in the township of Vaughan and at Duffin's Creek. In 1858 he entered the office of Ross, Crawford & Crombie, Toronto, for the purpose of studying law, but owing to circumstances, he had to abandon this and returned to teaching, which he followed until 1862, when he entered the Toronto School of Medicine. He attended the Rolph Medical School during the summer sessions, and graduated from that institution in 1864. After graduating he began the practice of his profession, which he continued until he received his present appointment as Medical Superintendent of the Asylum for Idiots, Orillia, Ont., which he fills with much acceptance. In religion Dr. Beaton is a Presbyterian, and has been for many years an office-bearer in his church. In politics he is a Liberal. He was married in 1870 to Margaret Ann McNiven, of Bradford, Ont.

TUART SCOTT, M.D., C.M., Newmarket, Ont., was born on the 26th of February, 1860, at Colborne, Ont. He is descended from Scotch parents, his father being Dr. Joseph S. Scott, of Gananoque. He was educated at Gananoque High School, and in 1881 entered Trinity Medical College, Toronto, where he graduated in 1885 with honors in all subjects, receiving two scholarships. During his graduating year he was assistant demonstrator in Anatomy in Trinity College. After completing his medical studies he began practice at Lloydtown, where he remained four years, and then removed in 1889 to Newmarket, where he enjoys a large and lucrative practice. In 1890, he also opened an extensive drug business in connection with his profession. Dr. Scott is a member of the Methodist Church, and of various fraternal organizations. In politics he is a Reformer. He was married February 24th, 1886, to Lizzie, daughter of Jonathan Dunn, of Brighton, Ont. Dr. Scott is in the best sense of the word a self-made man and has risen to his present position by indefatigable perseverance and industry.

ELLINGTON BOGART, photographer, Newmarket, Ont., was born there on the 29th of November, 1855. His parents were Philip and Adeline Gleason Bogart, German and American parentage. He was educated at the public schools in Newmarket, and afterwards in the Commercial College, Toronto. In 1875 he began the study of photography in Newmarket, and in 1876, opened a studio in the town of Aurora. He then went for a time to Munroe, Michigan, U.S., and subsequently returning to Canada, entered the establishment of Edy Brothers, photographers, London, Ont. In 1883 he opened a studio at Newmarket, where he has succeeded in securing a large patronage. He has a very fine collection of Canadian and American scenery, including views of Cuba, Florida and Bahama Islands, where he has travelled extensively. He also has a fine collection of natural history and marine curios. Mr. Bogart is a Methodist, and also a member of the independent Order of Odd Fellows, he also belongs to the American and Canadian Photographic Associations, and takes a deep interest in everything connected with his profession.

ILLIAM HENRY PEARSON, general manager and secretary of Consumers' Gas Co., Toronto, was born on the 9th of November, 1831, at Brisbon, London, Eng. He was educated at John Boyd's Academy, Toronto, in W. H. Coombe's, and the District Grammar School, Kingston, and other private schools. He received a thorough English education, and also a course in Latin. (The late Chief Justice Harrison and Erastus Wiman were his schoolmates at Harte's Academy.) In early life he had a strong predilection for music and art, but the death of his parents prevented the gratification of his desires. In 1849, under the appeals of John B. Gough, he became a total abstainer. He entered the Toronto Post Office in 1847, when fifteen years of age, the entire staff at that time consisting of postmaster, three clerks and a letter carrier. His salary for three years was only $160, and the labor, including Sunday, severe. He was appointed chief clerk of the Consumers' Gas Co. in 1854, secretary in 1874, and general manager in 1887. When converted in 1852 he refused to work on the Lord's Day. Mr. Pearson was until twenty years of age a member of the Church of England, but under the preaching of Rev. James Caughey, he joined the Richmond Street Methodist Church, where he remained a member for 36 years, till it was closed in 1888. He taught in the Sunday School six years, and was superintendent over thirty. During this period the school was signally blessed by numerous conversions, many of whom entered the ministry. For some years the school was the largest in Canada. Numerous testimonials presented to him showed how his labors were valued. Mr. Pearson has been a class leader for 36 years, trustee and delegate to Conference, and for 35 years has given a 10th of his income to the Lord. He has held the offices of director of the Consumers' Gas Co., Lindsay; vice-president American Gas Light Association, and treasurer and director Toronto Philharmonic Society. He married Miss M. A. Cline March 5th, 1856.

ILBUR C. MATTHEWS, of Toronto, was born in the township of Vaughan, Ont., in July, 1846. He remained at home on the farm until twenty, obliged to be content with such educational advantages as the district school then afforded. After this he attended the Commercial College, Toronto, for a term, and on the completion of his studies, obtained a position in the Registrar's Department, Ottawa, where he remained two years, when he left and took a position as copying clerk in the Toronto office of Dun, Wiman & Co. After a short apprenticeship there, he was sent by the firm to their branch at Albany, N. Y., and after two years steady, hard work, as clerk and traveller there, the firm offered him the position of manager of the Memphis, Tenn., office, which offer he accepted, and after five years labor, he left it in a flourishing condition. Mr. Matthews was married at Memphis in October, 1873, and the following year was appointed manager of the Toronto office, with Hamilton as a branch. Since taking charge in Toronto, the entire business has been more than trebled, and branch offices have been opened in London, Winnipeg, Victoria and Vancouver. On leaving Memphis he was presented with an address signed by the entire wholesale trade, bankers, and city officials, accompanied by a handsome gold watch. Mr. Matthews takes an active part in all athletic sports. He was mainly instrumental in getting up the Toronto Athletic Grounds Company, of which he was president for several years. He is a member of the Granite Curling Rink, a director of the Great North-Western Telegraph Company, and Polson Iron Works Company, and chairman of the Gymnasium Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association. He is considered an active and pushing member of society, and is highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens for his genial manners and obliging ways. The career of Mr. Matthews is evidence of what determination and perseverance can do in the absence of many advantages in early life.

AMES NELSON PEER, grain merchant, Toronto, was born on the 22nd of July, 1845, in the township of Nelson, Halton County, Ontario. After passing through the public schools he graduated at the Commercial College, Toronto. He then engaged as accountant with David Plewes, of Brantford. At the end of four years he formed a partnership with Win. Plewes, of London, and for eight years carried on business under the name of Plewes & Peer. He then returned to Brantford and spent five years more with his former employer. In 1884 he entered the establishment of W. P. Howland & Co., Toronto, and in 1886 became partner in the firm of Pennee & Peer, Quebec and Toronto. His present business as Peer & Co. was begun in 1889. Mr. Peer is an active member of the Methodist Church, and connected with its various boards. He is a member of the I.O.F. and of the Board of Trade. He was married in 1860 to Theresa Josephine Kenny, who died in March, 1870, and again, in 1872, to Rebecca, daughter of James Zimmerman, of Burlington, Ont.

AMES BUCHANAN, planing mills, Goderich, Ont., was born at Karmunnock, Scotland, July 5th, 1836. He was educated at the parish schools, and came to the United States at the age of eighteen. Having been apprenticed in Scotland to the cabinet-making trade, he worked as carpenter for a time in Ohio and other places, until the year 1857, when he settled in Goderich. He commenced as an employee of John McDonald in the mill he now owns. Mr. McDonald having given up the business, Mr. Buchanan and two fellow-workmen bought the mills. Some years afterward Mr. Buchanan became sole proprietor, and has been very successful in business. He is a liberal giver to religious objects, and occupies important positions in the Presbyterian Church, such as elder, manager, Sabbath School teacher, etc. He is a friend of the Salvation Army, having paid the expenses of three of their missionaries to India, and supports one of them in the field. He is Master Workman of the A.O.U.W. He was married on the 28th of February, 1859, to Miss Jannet McKay, of Scotland.

EV. R. N. GRANT, Orillia, Ont., was born near Peterborough, Ont. He received his early education chiefly at the Grammar School, Stratford, County of Perth. After leaving the Grammar School he taught for several years, and also prosecuted his studies with a view to the Bar. Having changed his mind, he decided to study for the ministry and entered Knox College in 1859, and graduated in 1865. Soon after he was licensed by the Presbytery of Paris, and received calls from Markham, Picton, Waterdown and Wellington Square. He accepted the latter and was ordained and inducted January 23rd, 1866. After remaining there five years, he accepted a call to Knox Church, Ingersoll, where he remained eleven years. In 1882 he received the call to his present large and influential charge. In 1891 he was unanimously elected Moderator of the Synod of Toronto and Kingston. Mr. Grant is a most effective platform speaker, an able preacher and diligent pastor. He is also one of the most gifted magazine writers of the day. He married, May 9, 1866, Marianne McMullen, Fergus, Ont.

EV. THOMAS LOGAN TURNBULL, Presbyterian Church, Oneida, Ont., was born in 1850, at Berwick-on-Tweed, England. He received his preliminary education at the schools of his native town. He emigrated to Canada in 1889, and after spending six months in Toronto, was called to the First Presbyterian Church, Port Colborne. He was unanimously called to Oneida June 26th, 1891, after repeated solicitations from that congregation to become their pastor. Mr. Turnbull studied at the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards at the English Presbyterian College in London. He was associated, for a time, with the late Prof. Elmslie at Willisden, and afterwards settled four years at Whitby, Yorkshire, England, from which charge he came to Canada. He was married in 1885 to Louise Jane Beaumont, of South Elmsall, Yorkshire, England, by whom he has two daughters. In politics he belongs to the Reform party. Mr. Turnbull will doubtless take a leading position in the ministry of his church in this great Dominion.

ON. ARTHUR S. HARDY, Q.C., was born at Mohawk, Ontario, Brant County, on December 14th, 1837. He is descended from U.E. Loyalists on both sides, and a son of the late Russell Hardy, formerly of Brantford, and latterly of London, Ont. Mr. Hardy was educated at the County of Brant Grammar School, at the Private Academy kept for some years by the Rev. W. W. Nelles, Mohawk, and at Rockwood Academy. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1865, was appointed a Q.C. in 1876, and is a Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario. From the very outset it was safe to predict a brilliant and vigorous professional career for Mr. Hardy, for he had conspicuous natural brilliancy. He was daring, and had fire and unusual mental alertness. He soon became head of the Bar in his county. He was first returned to the Legislative Assembly for his present seat in 1873 on the resignation of the sitting member, was re-elected by acclamation at the general election in 1875, appointed Provincial Secretary and Registrar in March, 1877, at which time he was re-elected by acclamation, and also re-elected at the general elections of 1879, 1883, 1887, and 1890. Upon the resignation of the Hon. T. B. Pardee, he was in January, 1889, appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands. He is one of the strongest members in the Mowat administration, and has no superior in the House as a ready and effective speaker. Mr. Hardy was married on January 10th, 1870, to Mary, daughter of the late Mr. Justice Morrison, of Toronto. He is not only thoroughly Canadian from both sides, but is specially a County of Brant man, his mother's family having settled in Brant County about the year 1800, and his father's family having come to the county a few year's after. Mr. Hardy's children are the sixth generation of the family who have died, or were born, and are living in the county. South Brant is proud of her representative in the Local House, and from appearances will likely continue the honor.

LEXANDER BURNS, M.A., D.D., LL.D., president of the Ladies' College, Hamilton, Ont., was born at Castlewellan, County Down, Ireland, in 1834. He was educated at the National Schools of Ireland, and afterwards entered Victoria University, Cobourg, in 1855, and graduated as Prince of Wales gold medalist in 1861. He served as tutor in the University four years, and then preached three years at Stratford and Drayton, Ont., after which he was called to the presidency of Iowa Wesleyan University, then to that of Simpson College, Iowa, and finally was recalled to Hamilton, Canada, in 1879, where he has remained since as president of the Ladies' College. In his youth Dr. Burns learned a trade and earned enough money to enter the University. Hence his practical sympathy with working-men. He was raised in the Presbyterian Church, and still boasts of his early religious training in that fold. Under the preaching of the Rev. James Caughey, he entered the Methodist Church, with which he has been since identified. He has, however, a warm regard for the teachings his childhood, and is opposed to emphasizing anything but the essentials of religion, and has been for years a strong advocate for closer union among the Evangelical churches in Canada. In 1882 Dr. Burns was tried for heresy, because of his liberal views and freedom of utterance, but was acquitted on all points. He is a specialist in Biblical literature and criticism, on which and kindred subjects he is a frequent lecturer. He is a member of the Board of Regents of Victoria, but was strongly opposed to federation. Although not directly in pastoral work, he preaches nearly every Sabbath, and is in constant demand for special services. As president of the Hamilton College, the oldest in the country, he has done grand work for his denomination. Dr. Burns belongs to the Masonic body, and is a decided Reformer in politics. He was married in June, 1863, to Sarah Andrews, of Devonshire, England.

EV. DANIEL ECKER, Tapleytown, Ont., was born in Binbrook township, Wentworth County, May 18th, 1846. He received his education at the public schools of his own county. At the age of nineteen years he obtained a second-class certificate, on which he taught three years. In 1870 he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was ordained in 1875. Since that time he has occupied the following circuits: Blenheim, Walsingham, Nanticoke, Stanley, Brussels, Canboro, Port Robinson, Rockford, and Tapleytown, his present charge, where he has been two years and returned for the third. The work on each circuit Mr. Ecker has occupied has prospered under his faithful ministration. While unostentatious in his manner, he is doing quiet, effectual work for the Church of God. In the truest sense of the word, he is a self-made man, having attained his present position by hard work and indomitable perseverance. Mr. Ecker is a member of the Ancient Order United Workmen. He was married August 14, 1872, to Laura H., daughter of Rev. David Williams, who died on April 21st, 1890, leaving two daughters.

HILIP HENRY DRAYTON, Toronto, Ont., was born on September 27th, 1846, at Barbadoes, West Indies. His parents were originally from Northamptonshire, Eng. He was educated in Cheltenham College, Eng., and in the Royal Military College, Eng. He served as an officer in Her Majesty's service--16th Foot R.C.R. Regiment and Army Service Corps. After coming to Canada he studied law in the office of Messrs. Bethune, Osler & Moss, Toronto. In 1887 he received the appointment of Examiner and Lecturer in the old Law School, Toronto, and in 1890 he received that of Lecturer in the new Law School there, which is an evidence that he is thoroughly competent for this important position, and that his valuable services rendered in the past are appreciated. Mr. Drayton was Alderman for the Ward of St. Thomas in Toronto for three years. While in the City Council he was chairman of the Board of Health, for which position he had special adaptations and filled with credit to himself and the city. He was married in the year 1868 to Miss Covernton, daughter of C. W. Covernton, late chairman of the Provincial Board of Health.

EV. FATHER M. J. TIERNAN, rector of St. Peter's Cathedral and chancellor of the London diocese, was born in May, 1846, two miles from Essex Centre. His father, James Tiernan, emigrated to the United States in 1830, and, after residing three years in New York, went to Kent, in Ohio, where he became acquainted with Miss Ward, to whom he was married in 1834. The same year they removed to Detroit, and in 1835 came to Canada, where he purchased one hundred acres of land in Essex County, and subsequently became owner of three hundred acres. During the Rebellion of 1837 he was forced to leave his family and went to the front, serving with the rank of Sergeant until the close of the rebellion. His wife still lives on the old homestead at the advanced age of eighty-two. Father Tiernan remained on his father's farm until he was seventeen years of age, and after receiving his early education in the parish school, obtained a first-class certificate. After teaching six months he entered in 1863 St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa., U.S.A., to study for the priesthood. He remained there four years, and then, on account of his health, he went to the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels at Niagara Falls. From this institution he graduated in 1869, and on December 19th, 1875, was ordained priest in the old Cathedral of London, Ontario, by His Lordship Bishop Walsh, now Archbishop of Toronto, and in six weeks from that day was made chancellor of the diocese. For five years he was secretary to His Lordship Bishop Walsh, and when the erection of the new magnificent cathedral was commenced, the financial transactions were placed in his hands. In less than five years the cathedral was practically completed and dedicated for service. The sum of $150,000 has already been expended upon it, but when the design is completed, it will cost not less than $180,000. The success of this undertaking is mainly due to the ability and perseverance of Father Tiernan, who spared no pains to make it a credit to the Forest City.

ARRATT WILLIAM SMITH, Q.C., D.C.L., of Summerhill, in the township of York, was born at Stonehouse, Devon, Eng., on the 29th of November, 1820. He arrived in Toronto with his parents in 1833, and entered Upper Canada College the same year, leaving it in 1838, after a successful career, during which, amongst other numerous prizes, he carried off the prize poem for 1837. In August, 1838, he entered the Upper Canada Law Society, and served five years under articles with the late Chief Justice Draper, and was called to the Bar in Hilary Term, 1844. In 1843 he entered the University of King's College, Toronto, and matriculating in Arts, passed on to law, and took the degrees of B.C.L. and D.C.L. respectively, the latter in 1852. He is a life member of the senate of Toronto University, and has occupied the positions of Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor in that institution. He has been connected with several prominent legal firms, and is at present the senior partner in that of Smith, Rae & Greer, and has been for many years a Bencher of the Law Society. He took an active part in the militia during the Rebellion of 1837, serving in the active force for a time until quiet was restored, and retired as senior Major of the 6th Battalion of Toronto Militia soon after the Trent excitement had subsided, having previously qualified himself by passing through the Military School at Toronto. He has occupied, and still occupies, many important positions in public life, as president, vice-president, and director of numerous companies, besides being connected with many important public trusts. In 1876 he acted as chairman of the Royal Commission to investigate certain charges in connection with the Northern Railway. Mr. Smith is a Reformer, but has never taken any prominent part in politics. In religion he is a member of the Church of England. He has been twice married and has ten children still living. He possesses great business capacity, and has a wonderful grasp of public affairs.

EV. DAVID H. TAYLOR, of the Methodist Church, Port Colborne, Ont., was born in the year 1847 at Oldham, Eng. He left England and came to Canada in 1880, and was appointed successively to London for two years, Charing Cross for two years, Courtland for three years, Drumbo for one year, and to Port Colborne for three years. In all these places the congregations greatly increased under Mr. Taylor's charge, and his removal from Port Colborne, the sphere of his present ministry, to Fonthill, is very deeply regretted by an attached people. He received his education at St. Domingo Street School in Oldham, of which the Rev. J. Jackson Wray was principal, and his theological training for the Methodist ministry in connection with the Primitive Methodist Church, in England, and under the guidance of the Revs. W. Antliff, D.D., and James Gamer. He has six brothers in England and one in the United States, who are all actively engaged in mercantile life. His father is also still alive. Mr. Taylor, has a promising future before him in the church to which he has consecrated his talents and abilities. He was married in 1869 to Miss Wild, of Oldham, Eng.

ONATHAN ELLIS, Port Dover, Ont., was born January 12th, 1843, at Holmfirth, Yorkshire, Eng. His parents emigrated to Canada when he was only eighteen months old, and settled in Markham, York County. Here, at the public schools, Mr. Ellis received his education, and afterwards learned the business of printing. In 1861 he removed to Ancaster, where he learned the business of manufacturing woollen goods. For the past eleven years he has been successfully engaged in the manufacture of knitted goods at Port Dover, where he owns a large mill, giving employment to one hundred hands. He is in religion a Methodist, and has held most of the offices in the gift of the church open to laymen. He has been class leader, recording steward, local preacher, delegate to annual conferences, and was delegate to the General Conferences of 1886 and 1890. In politics he is a Reformer, and was the Reform candidate for South Norfolk for Dominion Parliament in the election of 1891. He was for several years a member of the Municipal Council of Port Dover, both as Councillor and Reeve. Mr. Ellis was married in 1864 to Mary Smith, Ancaster, Ontario.

DWIN THOMAS CAMPBELL, mechanical dentist, Toronto, was born in that city on the 17th of September, 1865. He is the son of George Campbell. He was educated at the Toronto Model School, and in 1880 began the study of mechanical dentistry in the office of J. B. How. Since that time he has given his attention to the higher grades of this line of dentistry. In 1888 he opened a Public Dental Laboratory to meet the wants of the profession, the better class of which have duly appreciated his efforts to advance this particular branch of the business, as he now receives work from not only Ontario, but throughout the Dominion. So far as known it is the only institution of its kind in Canada that manufactures gold, rubber, celluloid and aluminum plates, gold and porcelain crowns, bridge work, and the various appliances for regulating the malformation of the teeth. Mr. Campbell has already acquired an extensive business, which is daily increasing as his laboratory becomes more widely known. He was married on the 17th of September, 1889, to Edith Macklin, daughter of John Macklin, of Toronto.

EVERLEY ZEY MILNER, M.D., C.M., M.C.P.S.O., Toronto, Ont., was born at Stratford on the 22nd of August, 1865. He is the second son of the Rev. Jonathan Milner, Methodist clergyman, Toronto. Dr. Milner is a graduate of Trinity University, Toronto. His primary education was received at the various places where his father was stationed, and at Woodstock and Barrie High Schools. He began the study of medicine in 1884 in Trinity Medical College, Toronto, and after graduating, he proceeded to New York city and took a post-graduate course at the Polyclinic Hospital, in order to be thoroughly equipped. Returning to Canada he began the practice of his profession in Toronto in 1889, where he is fast gaining a reputation for himself as a skillful and successful practitioner. With his thorough course of study, both in Canada and the United States, and diligent prosecution of his profession, he has, like many others in the rapidly extending city of Toronto, an auspicious future before him. Dr. Milner is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, and also of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

EV. PHILLIP JAS. BRENNAN, parish priest of St. Mary's, Ont., was born on the 31st of January, 1841, at Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, Ireland, and was educated at the National Schools in Ireland, and St. John's College, Waterford. Coming to Canada in 1867, he entered the Grand Seminary, Montreal, and completed his theological education there in 1868. He was ordained priest the same year by the Right Rev. John Walsh (now Archbishop of Toronto), and was appointed as assistant to the Bishop (in London) for six months. He was then assigned to Mount Carmel, where he labored ten years, doing hard pioneer work for the Church. He built a new church at Centralia, a priest's house at Mount Carmel, and established a separate school, during his residence there. When he left it in 1878 it was a self-supporting parish. He was then appointed to St. Mary's, where he has ever since remained, the faithful pastor of an attached people. Father Brennan is not only popular among his own flock, but respected by all classes. His past work stands as a monument of his deep interest in the church he loves so well.

OBERT WILLIAM HILLARY, M.B., Aurora, Ont., was born on the 31st of October, 1832, in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated in Dublin and at the High School, Navan, County of Meath. He began the study of medicine in 1849 as an apprentice with Sir George Owens, M.D., of Dublin, and came to Canada in 1856. He was licensed by the Government Medical Board of Ontario in 1857, and immediately afterwards began the practice of his profession at Laskay, King township, York County. He remained there for one year, and then removed to Spring Hill (King Station), where he remained another year. In 1858 he removed to Aurora, where he has enjoyed, for the last thirty-three years, a very extensive practice. In 1872, on the restoration of Trinity Medical College, he was one of the first to join, and took his degree from there. Dr. Hillary is a member of the English Church, is a Conservative in politics, and a member of the Masonic Brotherhood. He was married on the 2nd of January, 1861, to Annie, daughter of the late Colonel Fry, of Aurora, formerly of Boyle, Ireland.

EORGE SMITH, M.A., barrister, Woodstock, Ont., was born at Glasgow, Scotland, in 1852, and in very early youth came to Canada, and located at Shakspeare, Perth County, Ont. He was educated at the Normal School, Toronto, and afterwards while teaching studied classics under the late Rev. Wm. Robertson, A.M., at Chesterfield, Ont. After this he attended the Hamilton Collegiate Institute a short time, and then Toronto University, where he held the first Blake Scholarship in constitutional law and civil polity in 1878, obtained the degree of B.A. in 1879, and while Latin master of the Canadian Literary Institute, Woodstock, in 1880, obtained the degree of M.A. He then studied law at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, from 1881 to 1884, and commenced the practice of law at Woodstock in 1884, where he has since remained, having succeeded in gaining the confidence of his clients, and building up a steadily increasing and lucrative practice. Mr. Smith is a Liberal in politics, and an ardent Free Trader. He is a member of Knox Presbyterian Church, and secretary of the Woodstock Mechanics' Institute.

EV. JAMES WEBB, Northfield Centre, Ont., was born on the 21st of April, 1846, in London township, County of Middlesex. He was educated at the public schools, and graduated at the Commercial College, London, taking grade "A" diploma. Afterwards he took a first-class teacher's certificate and taught four years before entering the ministry. He united with the M.E. Church in 1865, was licensed as a local preacher in 1873, and joined the Niagara Conference in 1875. Two years afterwards he was ordained deacon, and in 1879 was ordained elder by Bishop Carman. Mr. Webb has served the following circuits: London township, Southwold, Norwich, Mount Elgin, Charlotteville, Troy, Barton, Oakland, and Kelvin. He was statistical secretary for the Niagara Conference for seven years. He belongs to the A.O.U.W., is a member of the Grand Lodge, and a Master Workman, and also a Royal Templar. He has been very successful in his ministerial work. Mr. Webb was married to Ida A. Moyer, daughter of Ryerson Moyer, County of Oxford, on the 25th of December, 1877.

. G. TREBLE, Hamilton's leading merchant in gentlemen's furnishings, was born in 1854. His business is one that requires enterprise and ability to successfully conduct. No man in the city of Hamilton meets these requirements in a higher degree than Mr. Treble. His store is located on the corner of King and James streets. The business was established in 1873, and has met with unvarying success since its inception, owing to the enterprise of the proprietor and the uniform excellence of his goods. He imports direct from the leading manufacturers, and keeps abreast with the latest and most fashionable novelties. The premises occupied by Mr. Treble are 40×56 feet and three stories high, and it takes thirty-five hands to meet the requirements of his extensive trade. He is a Canadian, a gentleman who thoroughly understands the details of his business, affable in manner and very popular with the public. This enterprising house is connected with the Dominion Shirt Factory and the Hamilton Tie Manufacturing Co. At the Industrial Exposition of Toronto in 1883, Mr. Treble obtained the silver medal.

EV. GEO. HENRY KENNEY, Minesing, Simcoe County, Ont., was born in the township of Trafalgar, Halton County, Ont., on the 2nd of July, 1833. He was educated at the Oakville Grammar School, and completed his theological education at the New York Conference Seminary. Before going to the Seminary, he taught public school for two years in Canada, and after leaving the Seminary in 1857, was appointed Principal of Hobart Seminary, and of Plattsville Academy in 1858. He returned to Canada in 1859, and in February, 1860, was sent by the Rev. R. Jones to supply the Grand River Mission of the Wesleyan Methodist Church until the meeting of the Conference. At the Conference of 1860 he was received as a probationer for the regular ministry of the Methodist Church, and ordained at the Conference of 1864. He was married on the 28th of June, 1864, to Lydia, daughter of F. McCullough, Esq., of Navan, and sister of the late Revs. William and Jas. B. McCullough. Both are now dead. Mr. Kenney was secretary of the Ottawa District in 1870, and financial secretary of the Algoma District in 1877.

OBERT McDONALD, M.D., Hagersville, Ont., was born in the year 1840 at West Zorra, County of Oxford. He received his education in the Zorra public school, and afterwards engaged in teaching for a period of five years, and then finished at the Normal School, Toronto. After this he took a regular course in medicine, and, immediately after graduation, began the practice of his profession in Fullerton, County of Perth, where he remained for eight years. He then removed to Hagersville, where he has practiced for the past fourteen years. His business is very large and lucrative, not only in Hagersville, but in the surrounding neighborhood. Dr. McDonald is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is Coroner for the County of Haldimand, Master of Hiram Lodge, No. 319, Masonic Body, and P.D.D.G.M. of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he belongs to the Reform party. He was married in 1872 to Miss Rosilla Elvin, of Whitby, Ont. His long experience as a medical man gives him an enviable place in the esteem and confidence of the public wherever he is known.

EV. JAMES HUBERT COLLINS, Merritton, Ont., was born August 26th, 1846, in Devonshire, Eng. He came to Canada at eight years of age, and was converted to God when thirteen years old. He received a teacher's certificate while attending the public school in Saxon settlement. He taught school one term, then attended Bowmanville High School and Victoria College, Cobourg. In 1868 he entered the ministry in the Bible Christian Church. His first appointment was Exeter, and then Usborne and London successively. For seven years he labored in Summerside, P.E.I., three years at Murray Harbor, three in Hamilton, two at Stoney Creek, and three at Burford. This is his second year at Merritton. He was chairman of Norwich District for 1890, and is the Conference treasurer of the Contingent Fund. Mr. Collins enjoys the confidence of his brethren in the ministry, and is recognized as an able preacher and a successful pastor, and holds a warm place in the affection of the people to whom he has ministered on his various charges. He was married in 1873 to Miss Eliza M. Penhale, of Exeter, Ont.

ENRY JOHN McGLASHAN was born in Montreal, July 31st, 1856, and was married May the 28th, 1878, to Janet Reay O'Dell. He was educated in the Montreal High School and for four years with the Rev. Narcisse Garout, Berthier, Que. He lived for twenty-one years in Montreal and vicinity. His mother died when he was a child, his father two years ago. Mr. McGlashan was for some time with his father, a water-works contractor, for two years in real estate and commission business, and for fifteen years accountant with the Grand Trunk Railway. He is at present city passenger agent, in Brantford, for the Canadian Pacific Railway; manager of the Canadian Pacific Telegraph Company; agent for the Dominion Express Company, New York Life Insurance Company, Royal Insurance Company, Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company. He is also agent for the Atlas, Anchor, Inman, Dominion and State Line Steamers. In religion he attends the Methodist Church. He is also a member of the Brantford Board of Trade, Captain in the Canadian Militia, and member of the Canadian Order of Foresters.

ORGAN BALDWIN, Harbor Master of the Port of Toronto, was born in that city on the 26th of June, 1834. He is a son of the late John Spread Baldwin, merchant, and brother of the Bishop of Huron, and also of the Rev. A. H. Baldwin, of All Saints Church, Toronto. He was educated at private schools and Upper Canada College, after which, at a very early age, he concluded to gratify his youthful ambition and went to sea for a short time. In 1874 he was elected to fill the aldermanic chair for St. Thomas Ward, and was for five years an active member of the City Council, during which he filled many important positions. In 1880 he was appointed Harbor Master of the Port of Toronto, which he still holds, to the satisfaction of all parties. Mr. Baldwin is a member of the Church of England. He is also a member of the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society. In 1855 he married Frances E., eldest daughter of W. C. Ross, merchant, Toronto. He has two daughters and one son living, the latter being the well-known minister, Rev. F. M. Baldwin, of Aylmer, Ont.

EV. THOMAS W. JACKSON, Beamsville, son of Mark Jackson, Durham County, Ont., was born March 5th, 1843, at Bilsdale, Yorkshire, Eng. He spent his early years on the farm, and was educated at the public school in Leskard, and the Normal School, Toronto, in the same classes with James L. Hughes, Public School Inspector, Toronto, and Dr. Russell, principal of Hamilton Lunatic Asylum. He entered the Wesleyan ministry in 1867, and was ordained in Belleville, June, 1871, by the late Rev. Dr. W. Morley Punshon. He has been stationed at Listowel, Drayton, Erin, St. George, Otterville, Oxford Centre, Talbotville, Brownsville, West Flamboro, Jarvis and Beamsville. Mr. Jackson has been repeatedly Secretary of District, and in 1888 was Secretary of Niagara Conference of the Methodist Church, and Chairman of Simcoe District. He was a member of the General Conference of 1890, and on the Executive of the Provincial Sabbath School Association during 1889 and 1890. He was married June 21st, 1871, to Janet Inglis, eldest daughter of Rev. James Boyd, for twenty-nine years Presbyterian minister at Crosshill, County Waterloo.

EV. SAMUEL LYLE, B.D., Hamilton, Ont., was born July 16th, 1841, at Knockanboy, County Antrim, Ireland. He received his education at Ballymoney and Coleraine High Schools, Magee College, Londonderry, Glasgow University, and Glasgow Free College. His parents intended that he should take up business, but he chose the sacred ministry, and after a university and theological course of seven years, was licensed by the Route Presbytery in 1868. The same year he received a call from Armagh, and another from Connor, the largest church in the Irish Assembly, which latter he accepted. During his ministration there he was a member of the Mission Board, also of the Sustentation Fund, and was sent as a representative from the Irish to the Welsh Church. While here he received calls from Belfast, Brooklyn, N.Y., and the Central Church, Hamilton, which latter he accepted, and was inducted in 1878. Since residing in Hamilton he has served on the Foreign Mission Board, the College Board, Knox Senate, been vice-president of the Art School, and president of Hamilton Association. Mr. Lyle was married in 1870 to Elizabeth Orr, of Dublin, Ireland.

RTHUR HENRY WELCH, jeweller, Toronto, was born at Barton, Hamilton, Ont., May 5th, 1850. He is the son of the late Henry James Welch, architect and contractor, Toronto. He received his education in the public and model schools of Toronto, and at an early age became apprenticed to W. C. Morrison, jeweller. In 1869 he went to New York city and spent two years as journeyman with Chatelier & Spence, leading manufacturing jewellers on Broadway. In 1872 he returned to Toronto and became a manufacturer for many of the leading wholesale jewellers. In 1879 he entered into partnership with E. M. Trowern, which partnership continued for six years, during which time they entered more fully into the retail business. In 1890 he took into partnership R. T. Blachford, the firm being known as Welch & Blachford, manufacturing jewellers, watchmakers, diamond setters, etc., at 171 Yonge street, making a specialty of society presentation jewels, emblems, badges, etc. He has been most successful in fine artistic work, and has been awarded silver and bronze medals at the various expositions, and also five first prizes for fine artistic jewellery. Mr. Welch is a member of Parkdale Methodist Church, and has been for many years superintendent of the Sunday School, class leader and local preacher, and is most abundant in his labors in behalf of the denomination. He is also a member of the Masonic brotherhood, District Deputy Grand Master of the Canadian Order of Odd Fellows, and Vice Chief Ranger of the Canadian Order of Foresters, and a member of the Knights of Honor. He is a phrenologist of extraordinary power, and has in his possession many certificates as to his marvelous abilities in this science, from many of the leading citizens of Toronto. He gives lectures on this interesting science as often as his extensive business relations will allow. In 1870 Mr. Welch was married to Miss Amelia Henning, daughter of the late Robert Henning, Toronto.

OSEPH TAIT, Esq., M.P.P., Toronto, was born on October 21st, 1839, in Kirkudbrightshire, Scotland. His father's name being John Tait, and his mother's maiden name Miss Williamson Clarke. Mr. Tait was educated in the parish school of Kirkpatrick, Durham, Scotland, and afterwards served his apprenticeship to a baker and worked for a time in Edinburgh, and in 1871 came to the United States. After remaining one year in Pennsylvania, he came to Canada and settled in Toronto, where he became manager of a baking establishment. After a time he bought out the business, and has since carried it on at the same place. He has been president of the Master Baker's Association for five years, and is a member of the Methodist Church. He has been a local preacher for many years, and also a member of the last two General Conferences. In 1889 he was elected to the City Council of Toronto as alderman for St. John's Ward, and in 1890 was elected representative for one of the divisions in Toronto to the Ontario Legislature. In politics, Mr. Tait is a pronounced Liberal, and a most effective speaker on the platform, rendering great service to his party whenever called upon in connection with Dominion and Provincial campaigns. He is a member of the A.O.U.W., of the Select Knights, a member of the Toronto Board of Trade, and a director of the Globe Printing Company. As a member of the Local Legislature of Toronto high expectations are formed of Mr. Tait's future career. Ready in debate, fearless in expression, and possessed of a large amount of practical knowledge and sterling common sense, he cannot be but of great service to the province. Mr. Tait was married in 1863 to Miss Lizzie McKie, of Dumfries, Scotland, who died in 1872. In 1876 he married his second wife--Miss Susie Stafford, of Eglinton, Ont. He has one son living--John Williamson Tait--by his first wife, who is engaged with him in the large and lucrative business he has established.

EV. FERGUS P. McEVAY, Rector of St. Mary's Cathedral, Hamilton, Ont., was born at Lindsay, Ont., on the 8th of December, 1852. He received his education at Lindsay separate school, St. Michael's College, Toronto, St. Francis Seminary, Millwaukee, and the Grand Seminary, Montreal. He took the Dowling medal for literature at St. Michael's in the class of 1877, and stood high in all his classes and captured several prizes. He was ordained priest on the 9th of July, 1882, and was then appointed parish priest for Fenelon Falls, where he remained five years. While in this parish he had charge of several churches, scattered over a wide area, and did much travelling on horseback, administering the comforts of religion to the people and accomplishing a heroic work. After this he was appointed rector of St. Peter's Cathedral, Peterborough, and Chancellor of the Diocese. On May 1st, 1889, on the occasion of the translation of Bishop Dowling to Hamilton, it was arranged between the Bishop of Peterborough and the Bishop of Hamilton that he should be transferred to the diocese of the latter, which arrangement was subsequently ratified at Rome, and he obtained a new titulus for the diocese of Hamilton. Soon after this he was appointed rector of St. Mary's Cathedral, which position he still holds with great acceptability. Father McEvay has been very successful, not only in the spiritual work of the Church, but also in church building and repairing. While in Peterborough he ably carried out the Bishop's idea in erecting St. Joseph's Hospital and several other important improvements in connection with the Church there. Since his arrival at Hamilton, he has been in labors abundant, supervising the erection of the magnificent new presbytery, St. Lawrence Church, and a beautiful mortuary chapel and vault at Rock Bay Cemetery, as well as extensive repairs to the Cathedral. His busy life contains the fullest evidence of his untiring efforts to promote the interests of his beloved church.

LEX. MANNING, Manning Arcade, Toronto, son of the late William Manning, was born in Dublin, Ireland, May 11th, 1819, and educated in that city. He came to Toronto in 1834, the first year of its incorporation, where he resided until after the Rebellion of 1837. Business being greatly depressed, he went to Ohio in 1838, where he commenced business as a contractor, continuing until he returned to Toronto in 1840. Entering into building operations, he erected stores, residences and churches, restored the Parliament Buildings in 1849, when the Government removed from Montreal to Toronto, and erected the first saw-mill and factory in the city, using the first large circular saw in cutting long timber. He erected the Normal School in 1853 and the Parliament Library at Ottawa. He built several railways in Canada and the United States, also constructed several sections of the new Welland Canal, and constructed many other public works. Having faith in the future growth of Toronto as a commercial city, he invested his means in the purchase of real estate and the erection of buildings, becoming a large property owner. Mr. Manning has taken a deep interest in matters pertaining to the city's growth. He was elected alderman in 1856, serving several years. He was twice elected mayor, and is a director in several companies and corporations. He is president of the Protestant Benevolent Society, National Club, Trader's Bank and Toronto Home for Incurables, which he inaugurated when mayor in 1873. In religion he is Church of England; in politics Liberal Conservative, and is a Mason. He was twice married--first to Miss Whittemore in 1850, (sister of the late E. F. Whittemore, merchant, Toronto.) Mr. Manning was married again in 1861 to Miss Smith, daughter of the late Hon. Hollis Smith, of Sherbrooke. His long career in Toronto has been marked by great energy, perseverance and temperate habits. He has declined nomination to parliament to represent the Queen City.

ENRY RICHARDS, Mayor of Bothwell, Ont., was born at Bingham, Nottinghamshire, Eng., in the year 1842. He received his education at the public school in England. He left school at the age of fifteen, and came to Canada in 1861 and settled in Woodstock, where he remained five years. He then removed to Bothwell, where he engaged in the manufacture of potash, which he shipped in large quantities to Montreal and other points. He also did a considerable trade in the way of shipping unleached ashes to the Eastern States, to be used as a fertilizer for corn and other crops. Mr. Richards was for a number of years councillor, and is now filling, with much acceptance, the office of Mayor of Bothwell for a second term. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and in politics is a Conservative. He belongs to the Masonic Brotherhood, and also to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has been twice married--first, in the year 1867, to Martha Ann Rippon, and again, in 1885, to Sarah Morrison, daughter of John Fitzpatrick Morrison. He has a family of three daughters and five sons, his eldest son being in the Review office, Woodstock.

ETHRO GERSH. ROBERTS, L.D.S., D.D.S., of Brampton, Ont., was born in Peel County on January 19th, 1863. He received his elementary education at the Brampton public and High schools, and his professional training at the Toronto School of Dentistry, Toronto, and the Philadelphia Dental College and Medico Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, U.S. He entered the Royal College in 1885, and graduated with honors in 1887, receiving also the college gold medal for the best practical work. After completing his studies, he began practice with Dr. J. B. Wilmott, whose biography appears in this volume. In 1888 he graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College and received the degree of D.D.S. That same year he was appointed Examiner in the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto, and in the University of Toronto. Dr. Roberts is a member of the Methodist Church, and also of the Quarterly Board. In politics he is a Conservative. He was married October 30th, 1889, to Frances, daughter of Jesse Perry, of Brampton, Ont. His life thus far has been marked throughout by that ability and energy which must yet place him at the head of his chosen profession.

EV. P. WRIGHT, B.D., Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, was born at Westruther, Berwickshire, Scotland, in 1839. He received his elementary education at the parish school of his native village. In 1859 he came to Canada, and for two years engaged in agricultural pursuits, having charge of a farm near Cobourg, Ont. During this time he was prosecuting his studies in private. On examination he obtained a teacher's certificate of the highest grade, and for two years devoted himself with great success to the teaching profession, meanwhile preparing for matriculation in Toronto University. For three years after this he was principal of Norwood High School, and for one year principal of St. Mary's High School. In these positions he was eminently successful, and received the highest testimony as to his skill and proficiency from the trustees, and especially from the late Professor Young, then Inspector of High Schools. But he felt called to the ministry, and resigning his position at St. Mary's, returned to Knox College, completed his theological studies in 1870, and in the same year was ordained and inducted as pastor of Erskine Presbyterian Church, Ingersoll. After being twice called to Chalmer's Church, Quebec, in February, 1875, he accepted the call and removed there. Three years after this he accepted a call to Chalmer's Church, Montreal, where, in addition to his ministerial duties, he rendered efficient service in the Presbyterian College. From Montreal Mr. Wright was translated to Knox Church, Stratford, where he labored most successfully for nine years. In 1889 he accepted an urgent call to his present charge in Manitoba, where part of his family had already settled, and where his influence and missionary zeal are a tower of strength to the Presbyterian cause in that land. He was married in 1864 to Agnes McGregor, of Baltimore, Ont. Mr. Wright is an intensely earnest, eloquent and evangelical preacher, and, as a pastor, diligent, tender and faithful.

OHN ARCHIBALD LEITCH, Brantford, Ont., was born on the 10th of October, 1843, in the township of Dunwich, County of Elgin. He was educated first in the public schools of his native section, and afterwards in the Grammar schools of London and St. Thomas. His parents, Archibald and Flora Leitch, emigrated from the Highlands of Scotland, Argyleshire, in 1842, and settled in the wilds of Dunwich, West Elgin, where they set out at once to make a home for themselves in what was then a dense forest. It was here that Mr. Leitch was raised under the severe hardships and privations incident to a new and uncleared country. In early youth he was employed upon his father's farm, and attended school in the log school house situated near his father's home as opportunity presented itself. His education was necessarily intermittent, sometimes two days in school and one out of school, attending to farm duties, in order to pay debts connected with the farm. With an ambition highly commendable, and characteristic of many Canadian youths, he applied himself to acquire such an education as would fit him for teaching, and thus qualified at the age of 18, he began the teaching profession, and continued in it for fourteen years, eight years of which he taught in his native section, and six years in school section No. 8, Ancaster. After this he moved to Brantford and embarked in fire insurance, in which calling, as in school teaching, great success crowned his efforts. Through energy and honest dealing he soon obtained the confidence of the public, and before long made his way to the top of the ladder among his fellow competitors in the race for wealth and position. Mr. Leitch holds a first-class Grade A. Provincial Certificate. In religion his views are in accord with that of the Old School or Primitive Baptists. In politics he is a Reformer, and also a Justice of the Peace for the County of Brant. Mr. Leitch was married July 18, 1871, to Martha Ann, daughter of Thomas Shaver, of Ancaster Township.

EV. MALCOLM L. LEITCH, Stratford, Ont., was born on the 23rd of August, 1855, in the township of Metcalf, County of Middlesex. He is descended from Scotch parentage, his parents being H. J. Leitch and Catherine McLaughlin, natives of Scotland. Mr. Leitch was educated at the public school in Middlesex and the Collegiate Institute of Strathroy, Ont. He afterwards entered McGill University and the Presbyterian College in Montreal, where he completed his theological course. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Montreal in 1885, and became pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Valleyfield, Quebec. In 1889 he received a unanimous call to Knox Church, Elora, where he labored for over two years with unusual success. Says an Elora correspondent: "He is a fearless and outspoken preacher; an unwearying visitor, and lives in the esteem of all classes here." In June, 1891, he received a call to Knox Church, Stratford, which he accepted, and has just entered upon his work there. Mr. Leitch is a member of the Order of I.O.O.F. He was married July 14th, 1885, to Flora Stewart, daughter of A. C. Macdonnell, Williamstown, Glengarry County, Ont.

OBERT ARMSTRONG ROSS, B.A., M.D., Barrie, Ont., was born in Barrie, October 3rd, 1850. He is a son of the late Robert Ross, P.L.S., and Elizabeth Wallace, who were among the first settlers of the county. He received his primary education in Barrie Grammar School, and in 1871 entered Toronto University, from which he graduated in 1874. After this he entered Trinity Medical College and graduated with honors in 1877, taking the silver medal for general proficiency. He was then appointed House Surgeon in the Toronto General Hospital, where he remained eighteen months, after which he went to Europe and studied in the hospitals of Edinburgh and London. In 1880 he began practice in Barrie, where he has had marked success, and is in the enjoyment of a large and lucrative practice. Dr. Ross takes an active part in municipal matters. He is a member of the Council, also of the School Board. He is also a member of the Masonic body, of the Independent Order of Foresters, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the Ancient Order United Workmen, and other fraternal organizations. In religion he is an Episcopalian, and in politics a Conservative.

EV. WILLIAM M. POMEROY, Florence, County of Lambton, Ont., son of the Rev. Daniel Pomeroy, was born on the 10th of July, 1849, in the village of Newburgh, Ont. He received his education--first at the Grammar School of Newburgh, and afterwards at Albert College, of which the Rev. Dr. Carman, now General Superintendent of the Methodist Church, was principal for many years. Mr. Pomeroy made a public profession of his faith in Christ at the early age of ten years, and became a licentiate and Sunday School superintendent at the age of sixteen. In 1868 he was received as a probationer in the Ontario Annual Conference, and has continued in the Methodist ministry without cessation from that time until the present, receiving every year flattering certificates as to his acceptability and success in the work of the pastorate. During the twenty-three years of his ministry, he has been superintendent of twelve circuits in different parts of Ontario, and has been exceedingly successful in adding largely to the membership of the church, and also in erecting churches and parsonages in many of the charges where he has been stationed. He is well known in the denomination and among his brethren for his ability in raising money for congregational and denominational purposes. Mr. Pomeroy is a thorough student, an able and fluent speaker, a thoroughly sound theologian, and inherits, to a large extent, the well known force and energy of his father, who was recognized as one of the foremost preachers of his day in the denomination. As he is still in middle age, his well known attainments, studious habits, pulpit and pastoral ability will doubtless secure for him still more prominent positions in his church. He was married on the 5th of April, 1871, to Sarah Alice Bird, of the township of Sidney. The secret of Mr. Pomeroy's power and success is due to the fact that while yet in early youth he gave his heart to the Saviour, and built deep down on the Rock of Ages.

ALTER NICHOLL HOSSIE, Bursar Institution for the Blind, Brantford, Ont., was born on December 9th, 1831, at Denny Loan Head, Stirlingshire, Scotland. His parents came to this country in 1833 and settled in the township of Moore, County of Lambton. Mr. Hossie was educated at the Sarnia public school, and the Goderich Grammar School. On leaving school he served one season on board the "Olive Branch," another on the "Amherstburgh," and two seasons on the "Sinbad." In those days there were no railways in Canada, and while thus employed, he had the opportunity of visiting all the leading cities along the water front from Quebec west, a privilege greatly prized. In 1849 and 1850 was engaged clearing timber land, and in 1852 was employed in a general store in Goderich. In 1858 he entered the sheriff's office at Stratford as clerk and deputy, and on the separation of Peel from the County of York, he received the appointment of deputy sheriff, which office he held from 1867 to 1873, when he was appointed by the Ontario Government to his present position. In politics Mr. Hossie is a Liberal. In religion he is an active member and office-bearer of the Presbyterian Church. He united with the church in Goderich, was elected to the eldership in Brampton, and afterwards in Zion Church, Brantford, which office he now holds. Mr. Hossie has been repeatedly representative at Presbyteries, Synods and General Assemblies, and also superintendent of the Sabbath School. At Goderich, Stratford and Brampton he was connected with the Tract and Bible Societies, was delegate to the International Sabbath School Association at Chicago in 1887, and Pittsburg in 1890, and in 1891 unanimously appointed president of the Ontario Provincial Sabbath School Association. Mr. Hossie was married in 1856 to Emeline Brace, again in 1867 to Sarah Gordon McWhinney, and, in 1884, to his present wife, Margaret Reid McCormack, of Cleveland, Ohio.

EV. E. B. CHESTNUT, pastor of Haynes Avenue, St. Catharines, and St. David's Presbyterian Church, was born 11th March, 1857, in the County of Antrim, Ireland. He was educated at Queen's College, Belfast, and afterwards at the Presbyterian colleges in Belfast and Londonderry. He entered college at the age of sixteen years, and in 1880 received license from the Presbytery of Route, and was ordained to the ministry in Second Ardstraw by the Presbytery of Strabane on the 1st of September, 1880. In May, 1884, he received and accepted a call to the congregation of Second Monaghan, and was installed over that congregation on the 8th of July of that same year. In 1889 he emigrated to Canada, and after being received into the Presbyterian Church of the Dominion, was called and inducted to the congregations of which he is now pastor. During Mr. Chestnut's pastorates in the churches in Ireland, extensive repairs were effected upon the buildings, and considerable progress made in church work. His ministry in Canada promises to be attended with equally as good results. He is an able preacher and diligent pastor, and greatly loved by his people.

AMES QUINN, J.P., Orillia, Ont., was born April 20, 1816, at Coothill, County Caven, Ireland. His parents were John Quinn and Ann Coulson. He was educated at the private schools of his native county in Ireland. His father died while he was but an infant, and at the age of sixteen years Mr. Quinn emigrated to Canada and settled in Medonte, and has lived chiefly in Orillia for the last fifty years of his life. He has been a member of the Town Council for a great number of years, was the first reeve appointed in the town of Orillia, and held the offices at intervals for the long period of twenty-five years. In 1883 he was appointed warden for the County of Simcoe. Mr. Quinn was for many years a highly respected and successful merchant in the town. He is a member of the Church of England, and in politics is a Conservative. He has taken an active part in the election of representatives, and on two occasions contested the East Riding, County of Simcoe, and reduced the Liberal majority by four hundred. Mr. Quinn was married on the 3rd of June, 1861, to Mary Wilson, daughter of Mr. Thorburn, a native of Scotland.

HOMAS LEADEN GILLIES, of Port Dover, Ont., was born in March, 1830, in the town of Guelph, County of Wellington. He was educated in the public school of Port Dover, and being anxious to equip himself for business life, secured the most thorough education his surroundings and opportunities afforded. He spent a considerable period of his earlier life in Australia, but not finding that country quite congenial to his taste, he again went abroad and travelled over a large portion of the globe. He subsequently returned to this continent and located in Port Dover, and being desirous of embarking in commercial life, he soon identified himself with the best interests of the community, and commenced a large business in lumbering and carriage making, in which he was very successful, retiring with a competency. Mr. Gillies was for many years reeve of Port Dover; in fact he has occupied nearly every civic position in the gift of the people, and is universally respected as a man of character and integrity. In politics he is a Reformer, and in religion a Presbyterian. He was married in 1859 to Sarah, second daughter of the late Abraham Masecar.

EV. FREDERICK VEIT, Tavistock, Ont., was born on the 16th of February, 1845, at Michelbach, Kingdom of Wortemberg, Germany. He received his education in Germany, at the Lutheran Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa., and at Thiel College, Pennsylvania. He was trained for the ministry, and as soon as his education was completed, joined the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania. He was ordained on the 29th of May, 1872, and accepted a call to the Lutheran Trinity Church, Tavistock, and was inducted in June, 1872. Since his pastorate there the membership of the church has largely increased, and one of the most beautiful churches in Western Ontario has been erected. It has a very large tower, in which are three bells, and a clock with four dials. Mr. Veit has been twice president of the Canada Synod, having held that office for the past four years, previous to that held the same office for three years, has been examiner of candidates for the past 15 years, and for four years co-editor of the Kerzhenblott, the organ of his denomination. Mr. Veit has been twice married--first on November 1, 1872, to Elizabeth Stahlschmidt, and again in November, 1877, to Marth Halleen.

OHN GEORGE STEWART, V.S., Brantford, Ontario, was born March 10, 1853, in the township of Mariposa, Victoria County, Ont. He began his education at public schools, and completed it at the Commercial College. He commenced practical life by learning the trade of a horse-shoer, for which he soon developed such rare skill and fine adaptation that his time was fully occupied in attending to the most important and difficult work in this line. His reputation and success soon warranted him in opening up business for himself in the city of Brantford, where for years he has done a large and profitable trade. Mr. Stewart's ambition soon led him to take up the study of veterinary surgery and medicine, which he pursued, while carrying on his business, with such determination and success that, in 1883, he graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto, with first-class honors. He immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in the city of Brantford, and from the start had a large practice, which has steadily increased. In the same year in which he graduated, he was appointed Government Veterinary Inspector for the County of Brant. Dr. Stewart is also a registered member of the Veterinary and Medical Association of Ontario. For three years in succession--1888, 1889, and 1890--he was alderman for the city of Brantford, and during the two last mentioned years was chairman of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds. During his presidency, and under his supervision, the new Police Court was built. He was also the mover of the resolution, which was carried, offering the New England Company an annuity for the two hundred acres, known as Lovejoy's Grove, for the purposes of a park and cemetery for the city. In politics he is a Liberal. In religion he is a Baptist, and holds the office of deacon in the Park Baptist Church, Brantford. Dr. Stewart was married in March, 1879, to Louisa Dimond, fourth daughter of Nicholas Dimond, builder and contractor, of Brantford.

EV. P. LENNON, St. Basil's Roman Catholic Church, Brantford, was born in 1846 in Armagh, Ireland. He came with his parents to America in 1848, and after a few years the family came to Canada and settled near Stratford, Ont. After ten or twelve years they went to Minnesota, in the Western States, leaving behind Mr. Lennon in Canada to pursue his studies. He passed the entrance examination to the Stratford High School at eleven years of age, and for five years occupied a front rank both in classics and mathematics. In 1864 he entered the College of St. Sulpice, Montreal where he took the full course of nine years in six. He then entered the Grand Seminary, Montreal, to prepare for the priesthood by three years' study of theology. He was ordained priest by Bishop Walsh, of London, in 1873. After that he labored as curate in London, Amherstburg and Stratford, and then was transferred to the diocese of Hamilton, where he became private secretary to Bishop Crinnon. He was then appointed assistant to the Venerable Dean O'Reilly, of Dundas, and at the same time was prominent in founding the House of Providence, which now occupies the buildings formerly held by the Methodist Church. After three years of labor in Dundas, Father Lennon, on account of his health, was ordered by his physician to visit Europe, and during his four months' absence, travelled in England, Ireland, France, Germany and Italy. Returning to Canada in good health, he served for short periods in Caledonia, Walkerton and Arthur, and in 1882 was removed to Brantford, where he is still stationed. Here he has given great evidence of his energy and administrative talent in completing and reducing the debt of St. Basil's Church, one of the finest ecclesiastical structures in Ontario. Father Lennon is an able preacher and a diligent priest, and while loyally devoted to his church, is on friendly terms with those who differ from him in religion. While a loyal Canadian, he is still a devoted son of his native country.

ICHAEL STEELE, M.D., Tavistock, Ont., son of Thomas and Joanna Steele, of Avonbank, Perth County, was born there on July 24th, 1861. He was educated at the public school near his home, the Collegiate Institute, St. Mary's and the Normal School, Toronto. After teaching for a number of years in rural schools, he entered Trinity Medical College for his professional training. He graduated M.D., C.M., in April, 1888, receiving first-class honors. In his boyhood he worked on his father's farm, as many of our prominent professional men have done. A few months after graduating, he commenced the practice of his profession in Tavistock, as successor to Dr. Rankin, where he has remained since. He is popular among all classes, and has a large and a remunerative business, which is rapidly increasing. Dr. Steele is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and takes a deep interest in all departments of church work. He is a member and examining physician for several benevolent societies, and also medical examiner for several Life Assurance Companies. Dr. Steele was married on the 20th of March, 1889, to Miss Annie Clarke.

ETER DIERLAMM, artist, of Stratford, Ont., was born on the 25th of December, 1851, at Schoenberg, Germany, and came to Canada with his parents when three years of age. He received his education at the public schools, and took a course of mental philosophy afterwards, and received the title of S.S.D. After leaving school he gave considerable time to self-culture. Young Dierlamm spent his boyhood on his father's farm, but very early in life he gave evidence of the great artistic skill which he has since developed to such a remarkable degree. When a boy of seven he painted in water colors, and afterwards studied in oil colors, and under the best artists on the continent, continued to develop and perfect himself in this art, for which he has such remarkable natural adaptation. For nine years he conducted a photograph gallery in connection with an art studio, but abandoned it to devote himself wholly to portrait and landscape painting. He settled in Stratford in 1889, and has already established a provincial reputation as an artist. He belongs to the Evangelical Association, holding the offices of trustee, Sunday School superintendent, steward, etc.

HOMAS RODMAN MERRITT, St. Catharines, Ont., third son of the late Hon. W. H. Merritt, was born October 17th, 1824, at Mayville, Chautauqua County, U.S. He received his education at the Grantham Academy, St. Catharines, and Upper Canada College, Toronto. After leaving college he entered a wholesale house in Montreal. In 1844 he went into business in St. Catharines with the late Hon. James R. Benson, under the title of Benson & Merritt. In 1846 he engaged largely in milling and shipping alone, doing the first trade in shipping flour direct to the Lower Provinces in his own vessels and bringing return cargoes of molasses, sugar, salt, etc. He also started a line of boats, in connection with his lake boats, between St. Catharines and Brantford, viá the Welland Canal and Grand River, which proved a great success until the Great Western Railway was opened. He retired from business in 1869. Mr. Merritt was elected to the Dominion Parliament in 1868, and returned again in 1872. On the dissolution of the House by the Mackenzie Government, he declined the unanimous nomination of the Liberal-Conservative party to stand again. He was director and president of the Niagara District Bank until it amalgamated with the Imperial Bank of Toronto, since which time he has been vice-president of the Imperial Bank, was managing director of the Welland Railway until sold to the G.T.R., at which time, on his retirement, he was presented with a valuable service of plate by the share and bondholders. He is president of the Security, Loan and Savings Co., of the Gas Co., of the Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge Co., and of the Bishop Riddley College Association. In religion he is an Episcopalian. Mr. Merritt was married in 1853 to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Benson, of Port Hope. His residence, "Rodman Hall," in St. Catharines is finely situated, standing in the midst of grounds beautifully laid out and planted with trees by himself over forty years ago.

AMES WALTER LYON, publisher, Guelph, Ont., was born at Uniondale, Susquehanna County, Pa., U.S.A., on April 24, 1848. His father was Walter Lyon, and his mother's maiden name was Marie A. Giddings. He received his education at the district and select schools. At the age of nineteen he left home to canvass for books in Michigan, and at twenty-two he had made and saved ten thousand dollars. He was then taken into partnership by his employer, O. A. Browning, of Toledo, Ohio, and in 1872 they opened a branch of the business in Canada, which proved a great success. In 1874 he dissolved partnership with Mr. Browning and started business for himself, under the name of "The World Publishing Company." The title represents the business, as it has grown to be world-wide, and, like the British Empire, the sun never sets on their field of labor. Mr. Lyon has sent hundreds of men to such countries as South Africa, Hindoostan, West Indies, Mexico, South America, and has sent five hundred men to Australia alone. One local work issued in the latter country, entitled "The Picturesque Atlas of Australia," has had a sale amounting over three million of dollars. The Queen accepted the dedication of this work. Thirteen engravers from The Century and Harper's Magazine were sent to Australia to help prepare it. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent upon this publication, and a marvellous work produced. Among the books which Mr. Lyon has published and sold extensively in Canada are the following: "Kitto's History of the Bible," "Polar and Tropical World," by Dr. Hartwig, "Wood's Bible Animals," "Royal Path of Life," "Story of the Bible," "Treasury of Song," Dr. Manning's "Stock Doctor," "Practical Home Physician," etc., etc. He is at present very extensively engaged in publishing works in Spanish, which find a ready sale in Mexico, Central America, and South America. He is a member of the Masonic body, and is an adherent of the Congregational Church.

EV. WILLIAM GALBRAITH, M.A., LL.B., Ph.D., Toronto, was born in the township of North Monaghan, three miles from Peterboro', on July 13th, 1842. His parents were both natives of Ireland. From his mother, a woman of great force of character, he has inherited the many qualities which has made him a power in the church. He was converted at the age of eleven, and then united with the Wesleyan Methodist Church. He received his education at Victoria College, Cobourg, McGill College, Montreal, and the Wesleyan University of Illinois, U.S. He was licensed as a local preacher at the age of seventeen, entered the ministry before he was nineteen years old, and was ordained in June, 1865. While doing the work of a heavy city appointment, he studied law in McGill College, and received the degree of B.C.L. in 1875, and in 1881 he received the degree of LL.B. from Victoria College. He took the degree of Ph.N. in 1887, M.A. in 1889, and Ph.D. in 1890. The course prescribed for the latter degree covered 36 different subjects and over 17,000 pages, and in addition two thesis. Mr. Galbraith has been delegate at five General Conferences, chairman of a district for eight years, was the last president of the Montreal Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada, and the first president of the Montreal Conference of the Methodist Church after the union in 1884. In addition to his pulpit duties, he takes a deep interest in the educational work of the church, and has given substantial support to its various colleges. Dr. Galbraith is a popular preacher. His sermons are convincing, generally brilliant, and, when he is enthused, are eloquent and powerful. As a man he is genial, humble and sympathetic, which well known qualities of heart have had much to do with his wonderful success in pastoral work. He has been twice married. His first wife was Hattie Howell, the only child of Isaac Reid Howell, of Jerseyville; his second wife is Kate, daughter of John Breden, of Kingston, Ont.

ILLIAM BUCK was born on the 22nd of August, 1828, at Ancaster, Ontario, and was married to Alice Foster on the 1st of October, 1856. His grandfather was a U. E. Loyalist. In 1834 Mr. Buck moved to Brantford and learned the business which has now, under his enterprise and perseverance, assumed such large proportions. Working as a journeyman for a time, he saved about one thousand dollars, and at the age of twenty-four he started a tin and stove business, which, in 1858, was merged into the foundry business, until now his stoves and furnaces are well known in every part of the Dominion of Canada. Mr. Buck is an earnest Baptist, and member of the Park Church, Brantford. In 1856 he united with the Brantford Baptist Church, then under the pastorate of the Revd. T. L. Davidson, D.D., minister of the only Baptist Church then in Brantford. At the Baptist Convention, held in St. Catharines in 1888, he was appointed one of the governors of McMaster University. He has for many years been a director of the Brantford Young Ladies' College, and also vice-president of the Board. Some years ago he was appointed treasurer of the Baptist Church Edifice Society for Ontario and Quebec. He has been one of the directors of the Royal Loan Society from the beginning, and has also occupied the position of president of the Board of Trade. He was on the committee of the Brant Memorial, now erected in Victoria Square in the city of Brantford. The foundry business of Mr. Buck is now one of the largest establishments in Brantford, employing many workmen, and with every prospect of extension in the years to come, as the products of his establishment have already acquired a national reputation. A man of strict honor and integrity, possessing the confidence of the entire community, and of all who come in contact with him, either in business affairs or in matters pertaining to the church or the state. Such men add greatly to the moral and business worth of any community.

HARLES JOSEPH WILLIAMS, Hamilton, Ont., was born in that city on the 24th of June, 1843. He is the eldest son of J. M. Williams, Esq., Registrar of the city of Hamilton, who was also elected the first Reform member for the city at the time of Confederation. Mr. Williams began his education at the private academy conducted by the well known Dr. Wm. Tassie, who afterwards went to Galt. From Dr. Tassie's academy he went to the Osborne school, and then finished his education at the Central school at the age of eighteen. After leaving school he spent two years as book-keeper in his father's office, and then went to the United States for three years, where he gained experience in mercantile life, and held prominent positions in Warsaw, New York, and Chicago. He then returned to Canada, and was taken into partnership with the Canadian Oil Company, his father having the chief interest in the same, and who is known as the discoverer of Petroleum oil in Canada, and the first to ship and manufacture the article in this country. The name of Mr. J. M. Williams can be found in the Geological Department at Washington as the discoverer of Crude Petroleum, the first consignment having been made to a business firm in New York city. The Canadian Oil Company has medals that no other company in this country have received for making the best illuminating and lubricating oils. During an experience of thirty-five years, not a single accident has occurred where "Williams' Safe Oil" has been used, a fact that speaks volumes for the purity of the quality. Mr. Williams is in religion a Presbyterian, and has been manager and treasurer of Knox Church, the oldest in the city, for three years. He is now a member and trustee of McNab Street Presbyterian Church. He is not a member of any of the many excellent societies, preferring the congenial society of home. He was married on the 20th of September, 1871, to Sarah L., only daughter of J. C. Prout, Troy, N.Y.

ON. JAMES ROBT. GOWAN, LL.D., Q.C., Senator, Barrie, Ont., was born on the 3rd of December, 1817, in Ireland. He received his early education in Ireland and finished in Canada, whither his parents had emigrated in 1832. Upon the completion of his education, he entered upon the study of law with the Hon. James E. Small, Toronto. He was called to the Bar in 1839, and then entered into partnership with Mr. Small. Four years later he was appointed Judge of the judicial district of Simcoe, the largest in Upper Canada. He had many hardships and dangers to contend with in his pioneer work. In 1858 Judge Gowan was appointed one of the three judges necessary under "the Act for assimilating the Canadian law of probate and administration to that of England." He assisted in the consolidation of the Statutes of Canada in 1858 and 1859, in the consolidation of the Criminal Law in 1869, and in 1876 in the consolidation of the Statute Law of Ontario. In 1871 he was appointed, with four other gentlemen, a commission to inquire into the constitution and jurisdiction of the several Courts of Law and Equity. In 1873 he was one of the judges appointed on the Royal Commission in the well-known matter of "The Canadian Pacific Railway Scandal." Senator Gowan retired from the Bench in 1883, having occupied the judicial office over forty years. In 1885 he was appointed by the Crown a Senator, Sir John Macdonald being complimented upon his choice by the press of the country. Purity of purpose, entire freedom from undue influence, and an earnest desire to do justice, have characterized him as Judge and Senator during the whole of his long career. He has been a conspicuous worker in the cause of education since 1843, and for many years has been chairman of the Barrie Collegiate Institute. Senator Gowan was married in July, 1853, to Anna, daughter of the late Rev. S. B. Ardagh, A.M., rector of Barrie.

EV. EBENEZER WILKIE PANTON, Stratford, Ont., was born July 15th, 1842, at Cupar-of-Fife, Scotland. His education was commenced at the public schools of Toronto, and continued at Whitby and Oshawa High Schools, Toronto University, and Knox College. He graduated from Knox College in 1873. Previous to this he taught school for seven years. In 1873 he was licensed by the Presbytery of Ontario to preach, and the same year was ordained and inducted into Peel Street Church, Lindsay. In 1875, on the union of the Presbyterian churches, he (with Rev. J. A. Murray, of the old Kirk Church,) resigned his charge, in order to bring about practical union in that town. In 1876 he received a call to Bradford, which he accepted, remaining there nearly seven years. In 1883 he accepted a call to St. Andrew's Church, Stratford, where he has since remained, and, under his pastorate, the congregation has greatly increased, and the membership of the church almost doubled. Mr. Panton is treasurer of the Stratford Presbytery, president of the Bible Society, also president of the Mechanics' Institute. He married Helen E. White, of Oshawa.

EV. SAMUEL KRUPP, Pastor of Evangelical Association Church, Tavistock, Ont., was born August 15th, 1832, in Wilmot township, Waterloo County. He was educated at the public school, and obtained a second-class certificate, on which he taught six years. He was converted in 1853 and the church recognizing his gifts, called him to its ministry in 1857. In 1859 he was ordained deacon by Bishop Long, and in 1861 was ordained elder. After ordination he travelled the following circuits: Hamburg, Waterloo, Buffalo, Hamilton, Hay, Colborne, Campden and York. After this, for three years, he was P. Elder of South District, but owing to ill-health, had to resign this and go back to the pastorate. He then served the church at Plattsville, Carrick, Colborne, Niagara, Mildmay, Hamilton again, and Tavistock, his present charge. He was treasurer of Conference for a number of years, also treasurer of Missions. The churches at Mildmay, Carrick and Niagara were built under his administration. He is a faithful pastor, and the work of the church is prosperous under him. He was married October 24, 1854, to Miss Magdalena Wegenast, of Berlin, Ont.

OHN JOSEPH VICKERS, Toronto, late proprietor of "Vickers' Express," and president of the Vickers' Express Company (Limited), was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1818. His father held a government position in the treasury department in Dublin for many years. Mr. Vickers received his education in Dublin, and, when a young man, entered the service of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, where he remained several years. He sailed to America in 1849 and entered the service of the Howard Steamship Company in New York city, where he remained for two years. Having heard of the splendid agricultural prospects of Canada, he determined to try farming, and accordingly moved to the Bay of Quinte district, and settled on a farm in Prince Edward County, Ontario, but after following the pursuit for one year, he abandoned it and moved to Toronto, and in 1852 engaged with the American Express Company, with whom he remained two years. In 1854 the Northern Railway of Canada was opened for traffic, and Mr. Vickers embarked in the express business on his own account, continuing until 1888, when he sold the business to the American Express Co. Since his settlement in Toronto, he has taken an active interest in all that concerns the city's welfare. He was elected alderman in 1864 and remained in the council until 1870. In 1858 he visited the Lake Superior district in the first steamer to Thunder Bay, and believing that the Kaministiquia River would, in the future, be a great harbor, he purchased a large portion of the river frontage, and owing to the extension of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which now runs through the greater portion of it, he has a very valuable franchise. Mr. Vickers is Captain in the Sedentary militia. In politics he is a Conservative. He was married in 1865 to Catherine Mary, eldest daughter of the late John W. Dunbar Moodie, the first sheriff of the County of Hastings, her mother being Susanna Moodie, the eminent authoress.

ILLIAM PATERSON, M.P. for South Brant, Brantford, Ont., was born in Hamilton on the 19th of September, 1839. He is the son of James and Martha Paterson, who came to Canada from Aberdeen, Scotland. His parents died in 1849, after which he was adopted by the Rev. Dr. Ferrier, of Caledonia, an old friend of his parents, with whom he lived until nearly fifteen years of age. He received his education at the schools of Hamilton and Caledonia, and his studies embraced, besides the ordinary branches, English, French, Latin and general classics. He then entered the establishment of Ignatius Cockshutt, Brantford, where he remained nine years, leaving it to enter business for himself in 1863, when he formed a partnership with H. B. Leeming, and began the manufacture of biscuits and confectionery. Mr. Leeming retired in 1876, leaving Mr. Paterson sole proprietor. The business is now one of the most thriving industries in the Dominion. Mr. Paterson has led a busy public life. He was deputy reeve of Brantford from 1869 to 1871, mayor of Brantford in 1872, elected member of the House of Commons for South Brant in 1872, and again in 1874, in 1878, in 1882, in 1887, and in 1891. Mr. Paterson is a recognized champion of the Reform party. His debating ability is of the very highest order, and he has few equals in the House of Commons as an eloquent, pithy, and telling speaker. Although he can be, and often is, severe in his criticism of opponents, there is no malice in his utterances. The result is that, although no other member of the Opposition has more frequently, or more effectively assailed the Government of Sir John Macdonald, he has the good will of all parties in the House, Conservatives and Liberals alike. In religion Mr. Paterson is a member of the Farringdon Independent Church, and one of the most popular preachers of that body, but his parents were strict Presbyterians. He was married on the 10th of September, 1863, to Lucy Clive, daughter of T. C. Davies, of Brantford township.

EV. JOHN P. GERRIE, B.A., Stratford, Ont., was born on December 12th, 1860, in Garafraxa, Wellington County. He was educated at the public school, Fergus High School, and Mount Forest Model School. In 1879 he joined the Congregational Church at Garafraxa on profession of faith, but previous to this felt called to the ministry. He entered McGill University, Montreal, 1883, and graduated in 1887. He also took a three years course in theology at the Congregational College of Canada, taking the Robert Anderson Scholarship each year, and the Calvary Church Medal at the completion of his course. During the vacation of 1887 Mr. Gerrie was selected to visit the churches of Ontario and Quebec and to present to them the interests of the college. He received several calls and accepted one from the Congregational Church, Stratford, and was ordained in 1888. Although this was then a mission, yet, after the first year, it became self-supporting, and the membership is steadily increasing, as are its spiritual and material interests. Mr. Gerrie is secretary of the Western Congregational Association, Ont., and statistical secretary for the Union of Ontario and Quebec.

OHN HALLIDAY ELLIOTT, Chesley, Ont., was born on the 25th of January, 1836, at Smith's Falls. He is a son of Adam Scott Elliott and Jeanette Halliday Elliott. He was educated at the public and High schools of Perth. In 1860 he moved to Chesley, where he has remained since. He first engaged in the milling business and afterwards in general business. He is a pioneer settler, being the second person to live in the place. He surveyed it, laid it out, and sold the lots, so that he may be truly said to be the father of Chesley. He has been very successful in business and has accumulated considerable means. He was a member of Council for the township of Elderslie for a number of years before Chesley was incorporated, and reeve of the town six years. He owns a private bank in Chesley, and is still active in business. He has never failed to retain the esteem of the people by whom he has been so long and favorably known. Mr. Elliott was married June 10th, 1863, to Mary, daughter of Charles Colville, of the township of Holland. He is a member of the Associate Reform Presbyterian Church, and is treasurer of the same.

OHN LEE, Highgate, Ontario, was born on March 5th, 1845, in Orford township, Kent County, Ont. He is the only son of John Lee, who came to Canada from Ireland in 1843. He was educated in the district school of the township of Orford, and has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, and is still living on the farm on which he was born. He was married in December, 1865, to Rebecca Attridge, of the County of Kent. He was township councillor of Orford for two years--1869 and 1870, deputy reeve in 1872, reeve from 1873 to 1878, and in 1875 was elected warden of Kent County, the youngest person who has ever occupied the chair. He has been Justice of the Peace since 1873, and is associated with the Huron & Erie Loan & Savings Co. His present honorable position is due to his energy and strength of character. He is a pronounced Reformer, and has declined to be nominated for parliamentary honors, but while studiously avoiding publicity on all occasions, he has never refused to accept positions of trust when the welfare of the community required his services. In religion Mr. Lee is a member of the Methodist Church.

ILLIAM THOMSON, lumber merchant, Orillia, Ont., was born in Peterboro on the 14th of March, 1860. At sixteen he entered the office of his father, and on his death in 1881, at the age of 21 he became president and general manager of "The Longford Lumber Company," which manufactures all kinds of lumber and woodenware. The Longford mills at Longford and woodenware factory at Orillia employ about three hundred and fifty men. In 1886 Mr. Thomson bought the stock of "The Rama Timber Transport Company," formed for the carrying of saw-logs and timber from the Black River to Lake St. John, and then over a portage to Lake Couchiching, whence the logs are towed to different mills, giving employment to seventy-five men during the summer months. He was educated at Orillia High School and Toronto Collegiate Institute. He is a member of Orillia Presbyterian Church and on the Board of Management. He was married in 1888 to Miss Eva Haw, of Port Hope. Mr. Thomson's success is the result of his special adaptation to the requirements of a large business.

EV. JOHN McINTOSH CAMERON, East Presbyterian Church, Toronto, was born in Strathmore, Perthshire, Scotland. He received his preliminary education in Blairgowrie, Scotland, and was afterwards for a time in the Royal Engineers and Ordnance Survey, Scotland. He came to Canada in 1854, and was book-keeper for two years for a firm in Hamilton. He then took a course at the Normal School, Toronto, and afterwards taught for seven years. After this he entered Toronto University and studied theology in the United Presbyterian Hall under Professor Taylor, and afterwards finished his course in theology in Knox College. He was ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church in 1871, and has remained pastor of the same congregation for over twenty-one years. Mr. Cameron is an able pulpit preacher and a diligent pastor. He filled for sixteen years the position of secretary to the Upper Canada Bible Society, and was for some years secretary of the Foreign Mission committee of the Presbyterian Church. He was married October 17th, 1861, to Miss J. Ewart, daughter of Robert Ewart, of Edinburgh, Scotland.

ILLIAM B. COWAN. M.D., homeopathic physician, Guelph, Ont., was born on the 13th of March, 1840, at North Dumfries township, County of Waterloo. He was educated at the public schools, and at the Galt Grammar School, and afterwards began the study of medicine under Dr. Husband, of Galt, now of Hamilton. In 1863 he entered the Homeopathic College, New York, and graduated in 1866. Returning to Canada, he was licensed by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, and began the practice of his profession in Stratford. He then removed to Guelph, where he has practiced for twenty-five years. Dr. Cowan has been most successful in his profession, and has patented several medical and mechanical contrivances, by which he is widely known in Ontario. He is an elder of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, a member of the Board of Management, and deeply interested in the denomination. He is a member of the A.O.U.W., C.O.F., Select Knights, and other organizations. In politics he is a Liberal. He was married on the 8th of August, 1871, to Effie, daughter of William Simpson, Guelph.

ICHARD BROWN, of the well-known firm of Brown Brothers, stationers and bookbinders, Toronto, Ont., was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng., May 13th, 1834. He and his brothers were the third generation following this branch of business, as their father and grandfather were engaged in the same trade in the old land. Mr. Brown was educated at the Royal Grammar School at his birthplace as above, and came with his parents to Toronto early in the year 1846, where Mr. Brown's father commenced business as bookseller and bookbinder. Shortly after his son Richard entered upon his apprenticeship, and served eight years at the same trade with the house of Thomas Maclear. Early in 1856 Richard formed a partnership with his brothers, Thomas and John, and commenced doing business as stationers, account book manufacturers and bookbinders, under the name of Brown Bros. Owing to their energy and perseverance they soon took a leading position in the trade, from which they have never receeded, as their business will now compare favorably with any in the Dominion. For over a quarter of a century, in addition to their other business, they have been the publishers of the Canadian Pocket and Office diaries, and extensive manufacturers of fancy leather goods. Richard Brown is now the sole surviving member of the firm, Thomas having died in 1867, and John in 1882. Mr. Brown is in religion a Methodist, and has been a member of that denomination for nearly 40 years, and is now connected with Sherbourne Street Church. He has held all the important positions in the church, from steward to superintendent of the Sabbath School. He was married March 27th, 1861, to Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Slade Robinson, who came from England to this country in 1831. Mr. Brown's life contains an inspiration, for it is readily seen that his present prominent position in business is due to the industry, push and honesty of purpose that have marked his long and successful business career.

EV. H. T. CROSSLEY, Evangelist, is a Canadian of English and Irish descent. He was born in the County of York, Ont., on November 19th, 1850. His boyhood was spent on a farm. At the age of nineteen he received a first-class provincial certificate from the Toronto Normal School, after which he taught school at Culloden for four years. He continued his education some years later at Victoria University, preparing for his life work. Mr. Crossley was religiously inclined from a child, and, at the age of seventeen, was converted and joined the Methodist Church. When twenty-three years of age he entered the ministry and spent ten years in the regular work of the church as pastor. During his pastorate he saw the fruits of his labor, many being converted, not only on his own circuits, but on other charges where he was invited to help his brethren. In 1884, by consent of his Conference, he began the work of an Evangelist, and from that time until now he and his co-laborer, Rev. John E. Hunter, have been engaged in union revival services with the various evangelical churches in the leading towns and cities, from Montreal, Kingston and Ottawa in the East, to Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Portland, Oregon, in the West. He has always addressed large audiences, and many thousands have been added to the different churches as a result of these meetings. Mr. Crossley has special qualifications for this great work. First, he has a broad catholic spirit and large sympathy. Second, as a preacher, he is clear, logical, pointed and convincing. His language is plain Anglo-Saxon and free from cant, slang or coarseness. His sermon on "Mysteries" has led many sceptics to become Christians. Third, he sings from the heart to the heart. His voice is a well-trained baritone, and possesses great clearness, sweetness and pathos. Every word is distinctly uttered. Fourth, he has strong confidence in God to bless His own word, when faithfully presented, and to crown personal effort with success.

EV. JOHN E. HUNTER, the well-known Evangelist, was born in Durham County, Ont., July 29th, 1856. His boyhood days were spent on a farm, where he acquired the physical vigor necessary for the arduous labors of an evangelist. He was brought up a Presbyterian, but at the age of fifteen was converted in a Methodist revival, and four years later was called, like Elisha of old, from the plough to the pulpit. His circuits became the centres of extensive revivals, and also many other fields where he assisted in special services. During his probation, Mr. Hunter spent two years at Victoria College, and shortly after his ordination, on the 12th of July, 1882, was married to Miss Jennie Jones, of Essex. He was then, by his own request, transferred to the Manitoba Conference, where he continued in the pastorate until, the conviction of his call to evangelistic work becoming more intense, he, in July, 1884, joined Mr. Crossley, and the two went forth, like flaming evangels, through the principal towns and cities of the Dominion, gathering thousands into the churches. London, Stratford, Belleville, Ottawa, Toronto, Brantford, Montreal, St. Thomas, Winnipeg, Detroit, Portland, and the cities of the Pacific Coast have shared in the harvest of blessings. Mr. Hunter is of Irish descent, and possesses all that keenness of perception, nervous sensibility and tendency to wit, so characteristic of the Irish people. He is also endowed with much of that peculiar force called magnetism, which attracts and holds attention and constitutes its possessor a leader of men. He is a man of power in the pulpit, his Bible readings are intensely practical and interesting, and his exhortations, in their melting pathos and impassioned appeal, are unique and full of persuasive power. He shows marvellous tact in managing a revival meeting, no general on the field of battle having more perfect control of his forces. God has richly endowed him for this special work. His home is No. 113 Wellington street, St. Thomas.

EV. ISAAC TOVELL, pastor of Gore Street Methodist Church, Hamilton, was born in Eramosa township, Wellington County, Ont., on the 8th of November, 1845. He received his education at the public school of his native township, at Rockwood Academy, and at Victoria University, Cobourg. In 1866 he obtained a first-class teacher's certificate, on which he taught for two years. He was converted and joined the church in 1866 while engaged in teaching. Within three weeks the church, recognizing his gifts, gave him license to exhort, and this was followed in three months with a local preacher's license. He then joined the Wesleyan Methodist Conference on probation. After joining the Conference he preached for three years on the following circuits: Millbank, Berlin, and Georgetown, then attended Victoria University for two years. In 1873 he was ordained and appointed to the charge of Sherbourne Street Methodist Church, Toronto, which was then affiliated with Elm Street Church. Mr. Tovell has served the following charges in their order: Millbank, Berlin, Georgetown, and in Toronto, Sherbourne Street, Wesley, Richmond and Berkley Street churches, and in Peterborough, George Street and Charlotte Street churches. From the latter place he went to the First Methodist Church, St. Catharines, and from there to Gore Street Church, Hamilton. He is a most pleasing and forcible speaker, and when roused completely, captures his hearers by his remarkable eloquence. He has held several denominational offices, such as chairman of District, secretary of Conference, member of Board of Examiners, and member of the Senate of the Wesleyan Theological College, Montreal. He was elected delegate to the General Conference in 1886 and 1890. While a resident of Toronto, he was appointed by the City Council for ten years in succession on the Board of Examiners of the city schools. Mr. Tovell was married on the 20th May, 1874, to Miss Emma Watkins, of Hamilton, a graduate of the Wesleyan Ladies' College.

EV. FRANCIS WM. SANDYS, D.D., Archdeacon of Huron, Chatham, Ont., was born at Ballymahon, County of Longford, Ireland, in the year 1815. His father, Captain Sandys, was wounded during an engagement and died when Francis was an infant. His mother's maiden name was Grace Russell. The subject of our sketch received his education in Dublin, Ireland, under Sidney Smith, late Fellow of Trinity College, and professor of Biblical Greek in the same. Dr. Sandys was ordained in the year 1845, and in the same year came to Canada and settled at Chatham, where he has continuously resided for forty-six years. Although now in his 77th year, the doctor still holds the position of Rector and Archdeacon of Huron, and lives in the affection of his people, and it was through his instrumentality that Christ Church was built in Chatham. Dr. Sandys was married November 16, 1862, to Miss E. A. B. Moeran, daughter of Edward and Margaret Moeran, of Cork County, Ireland. The doctor has three sons and three daughters, namely, Grace, Francis Edward, Lucy, Fanny, Edwin and Benjamin. His eldest son holds a high position on the Canadian Pacific Railway.

EV. WM. ED. GRAHAME, Oakville, Ont., youngest son of the late John Grahame, of H.M. Customs, Seaham, Durham, Eng., was born June 20th, 1841, at East Hartlepool, Eng. His early education was received from tutors in England. After coming to Canada he followed the teaching profession in the Barrie High School and Weston. On leaving the latter place he matriculated in Trinity College, where he took a theological course only, on account of ill-health. Mr. Grahame was first appointed to the church in the townships of Erin and Garafraxa, Wellington County, and afterwards to the church at Harriston, Clifford and Drew. He was appointed rector at Thorold June 1st, 1880, and resigned December, 1886, his health having failed, and he is now on sick leave at Oakville. He was a member of the Committee of Disciples of the Clergy, but the personnel of this committee has been entirely changed by the present bishop, Rev. Dr. Hamilton, only the clergy in active work now being eligible for the position. Mr. Grahame was married February 19th, 1878, to Henrietta Burgess, second daughter of Rev. Dr. Caswell, of Salisbury Cathedral, England.

HARLES FREDERICK WAGNER, architect, Toronto, was born June 28, 1862, in that city. He is of German descent, his parents being natives of Germany, who came to America in the year 1838. He received his education at the public schools and Upper Canada College, Toronto. His father being a builder, the subject of our sketch, considering it quite a necessary adjunct to be practical, became apprenticed to him, and spent some time at carpenter work. In the year 1883 he began the study of architecture in the office of Messrs. Gordon & Helliwell, Toronto. In 1887 he opened an office on his own account at 4 King street East, but business having increased he was compelled to remove to larger premises. Mr. Wagner was a member of the German Lutheran Church, but since being married, his wife not understanding the German language, has joined the Church of England. He is also a member of the Ontario Association of Architects. He was married in September, 1888, to Miss Lucy, only daughter of Major James Bennett, of the Inland Revenue Department, Toronto.

ALCOLM STALKER, M.D., Walkerton, Ont., was born in Clark township, Durham County, September 3rd, 1854. His parents came to Canada from Scotland in 1832 and settled in Toronto. He received his education at the public schools of Durham County and at Newcastle Grammar School. In 1874 he entered Trinity College and graduated from the University of Toronto and the University of Trinity College in 1878. In 1879 he began to practice in Newcastle. He afterwards removed to Ripley, where he acquired a large practice, and removed in 1883 to Walkerton. Here he enjoys a profitable and increasing practice, and realizing the necessity for some public improvements, notably water-works, he resigned this position to take a seat at the Council Board of January, 1890, and was re-elected in 1891. From 1884 to 1889 he was Medical Health Officer for Walkerton. Dr. Stalker was married in 1880 to Marguerite Anna, daughter of J. E. Berkeley Smith, bursar of Toronto University and Colleges. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and in politics a Conservative.

EV. THOMAS McKEE, Barrie, Ont., was born February 6th, 1831, in Monaghan, Ireland. He is the son of Henry McKee, of the County of Monaghan, Ireland. He was educated at the public schools and private academy of his native place, and in the Normal School, Toronto, Knox College, and the University, Toronto, and afterwards studied medicine at Queen's College, Kingston. Mr. McKee, after coming to Canada, taught school for eighteen years, after which he ceased teaching and turned his attention to preparing for the ministry. In 1878 he was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and became pastor of the church at Essa, succeeding the Rev. Dr. Fraser, who is so well known as one of the clerks of the General Assembly for many years. In 1881 he was appointed Inspector of Schools for South Simcoe, and still preaches occasionally at mission stations in the Presbytery and elsewhere as his services are required. Mr. McKee was married in 1863 to Sarah Galt, daughter of the late James Galt Elwood, of Brockville, Ont.

EV. JOSEPH FENNELL, Georgetown, Ont., was born March 16th, 1835, at Cobourg. His parents were Simon and Martha McCamus Fennell, of Ireland. He received his education at the Cobourg public school and Victoria College. He then began his theological studies in Trinity University, Toronto. He was ordained deacon in October, 1873, and was ordained priest in 1875. He then became a missionary at Grantham, Queenston and Virgil, remaining in the former field for fourteen years, and the two latter for four years. During these four years he built the Brock Memorial Church at Queenston. He also ministered for ten years to the churches of Homer and Merritton while in connection with Grantham. In 1887 he removed to Georgetown, where he became incumbent of St. George's Church, his present charge. Mr. Fennell is an old member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He was twice married--first in 1874 to Martha M. Cunningham, who died in 1877, and again in 1881 to Elizabeth Charlotte Jackson, of Berlin, formerly of Stratford.

REDERICK KILLMER, D.D.S., L.D.S., St. Catharines, Ont., was born at Malahide, Elgin County, on the 24th of September, 1852. He commenced his education at the Komoka Seminary, then attended the Aylmer High School, and afterwards the Normal School, Toronto, where he obtained a second class "A" certificate. He taught school from 1877 to 1881 at Frome and Shedden, Elgin County, and then entered a dental office as student, where he remained three years, during which time he took regular courses in the Toronto School of Dentistry. He graduated in 1884 as Gold Medalist, and took the degree of D.D.S. in Toronto in 1889. He began his profession in St. Catharines in 1884, and has been eminently successful in business. While attending to all branches of dentistry, he makes a specialty of operative. He is a member of St. Paul Street Methodist Church, a member of the Quarterly Board, and also trustee. In politics he is Reform. He is a member of the Masonic Body, also of the I.O.O.F., and other societies. He was married November 27th, 1877, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late William Harvey, M.P. for East Elgin.

AVID ROBB, Inspector of Public Schools for East Huron, Clinton, Ont., was born on the 23rd of December, 1847, in the County Armagh, Ireland. He received his education at the Kingston public schools, at the Normal School, Toronto, but chiefly in private study. He commenced teaching on a County Board certificate, but, in 1871, when the Scholar Law was amended, he obtained a second-class certificate, and afterwards, in 1881, a first-class one. He taught school twenty-four years, during nine of which he was mathematical master of the Clinton Collegiate Institute, which position he filled to the greatest possible advantage of the pupils, and with satisfaction to all concerned. In 1890 he was appointed to his present position as Public School Inspector. In the various educational appointments he has held, he has proved himself a thorough scholar, and he is now a popular and efficient inspector. Mr. Robb is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Reformer, and is a member of the A.F. & A.M. Lodge No. 84, Clinton. He was married on the 27th of December, 1881, to Miss Annie Parker, of East Wawanosh, County of Huron.

REDERICK JAS. RASTRICK, Architect and Civil Engineer, Hamilton, Ont., third son of John Urpeth Rastrick, F.R.S. and M.S.C.E., Sayes Court, Surrey, Eng., was born at Westbromwitch, Staffordshire. He received his education in Yorkshire and London, then entered his father's office to study civil engineering, and afterwards was articled to Sir Charles Barry, F.R.I.B.A. At the expiration of his term of five years, he was elected student of the Royal Academy. He then went to Belgium to measure and make drawings of St. Jacques Church, Leige, for Weale's Quarterly. He afterwards studied in Paris, Rome, Venice and Munich, and travelled over Europe, Asia, and Egypt, perfecting himself in his profession. He returned to England in 1848. In 1850 he opened an office in London, and in 1852 he came to Canada and located in Brantford. He removed to Hamilton in 1853, where he has resided ever since, and has designed and built many of the most ornate and substantial public and private buildings. For three years he was engineer for Wentworth County, and also employed by the Dominion Government as inspecting architect at the Hamilton, London and Orangeville post offices, and other public buildings. Mr. Rastrick is an active and honorary member of various societies. He was P.G.S., G.L.C., Hon. M. Acacia L. 66, A.F. & A.M., president of St. George's Society four years, president of the Mechanics' Institute four years, past and vice-president S.O.E., and honorary member of Britannia Lodge S.O.E. He is now a member of the council of the Ontario Association of Architects, Toronto, appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor, and was instrumental in establishing the Public Library and Art School in Hamilton. Mr. Rastrick was married on the 21st of July, 1857, to Anna Mary, daughter of Capt. E. L. Stephens, R.N., of Southampton, Eng. He has four sons and one daughter living, the eldest being in partnership with him. Mr. Rastrick is esteemed for undoubted honesty and integrity.

LANSON HARRIS, president of A. Harris, Son & Co., Brantford, Ont., is a son of Rev. John Harris, a pioneer Baptist minister. He was horn on the 1st of April, 1816, near Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ont. His boyhood days were divided between working on his father's bush farm and attending the public school. He commenced to work in a saw mill early in life. In 1841, in connection with his father, he built a saw mill in Brant County. He soon bought out his father's interest and did a thriving business. In 1857 he sold the mill and bought a foundry in Beamsville, Lincoln Co. Here he developed that great inventive ability and wonderful energy which has since characterized him, and laid the foundation for one of the largest agricultural manufacturing establishments on the continent. In 1872 he removed to Brantford, having admitted his son John and Mr. J. K. Osborne into the business. Mr. Harris was converted at a revival service held at Boston, Ont., when eighteen years of age, and at once joined the Baptist Church, of which he has ever since been an honored member. He has occupied nearly every official position in that denomination open to laymen. There are few men in the land who have given more money to the cause of Christ than Mr. Harris. The majority of the weaker Baptist churches in Ontario have felt the benefit of his warm heart and ample capital. He presented the church lot, costing $8,000, to the Walmer Road Baptist congregation, Toronto, of which the Rev. Elmore Harris, his son, is pastor. He also gave the building lot to the Sault Ste. Marie Baptist Church. But his many benefactions cannot be enumerated in the short space of a page. He was married October 11, 1841, to Mary Morgan, of Beamsville, Ont. Mr. and Mrs. Harris have had born to them six sons and six daughters--only three of whom are still living, namely, the Rev. Elmore Harris, Mrs. Alfred Popplewell, and Thos. M. Harris, treasurer of A. Harris, Son & Co.

OHN GALT, C.E., Toronto, was born at Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland, September 23rd, 1852. He is a son of the late Captain Alex. Galt, of Kilmarnock, and grandson to and named after John Galt, of Irvine, relative of the Ayrshire novelist. He was educated at the Kilmarnock Academy, and, after obtaining a Government science scholarship, took a full university course, and graduated in engineering at the universities of Glasgow and London. For a time he followed his profession in Glasgow, being engaged in some of the large railway improvement schemes, and was also Superintendent and Lecturer in the Government science schools in Glasgow for several years. He came to the United States in 1878, and was engaged in railway engineering on the Southern lines for three years. In 1881 he came to Canada and accepted the position as general manager of the Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company of Canada, which position he held for four years. Since that time he has been engaged as consulting engineer, and has a very large and extensive business. He is considered one of the most reliable Hydraulic and Sanitary engineers in the province. He is regarded as a high authority an all matters pertaining to his profession. He is an active member of the Canadian Institute of Civil Engineers, and for the past three years has held the position of Examiner in civil engineering in the University of Toronto. In this new and rapidly developing country the profession of civil engineering is a most important one, dealing, as it does, with railways, canals, water works, and public improvements of all kinds. He does all kinds of engineering, furnishes plans and estimates for sewerage systems and water works, and superintends their construction. Mr. Galt was married on October 1st, 1884, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Thomas Webb, Lansdowne. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics is a Liberal.

ERY REV. WM. BERGIN, Dean of Barrie, Barrie, Ont., was born November 16th, 1847, at Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland. He was educated in Ireland. He began his classic course at the Abbey, Tipperary, and completed his Latin and Greek course at the Diocesan College of his native diocese. After this he came to America and entered the Vincentian College at Cape Girardan, Missouri, where he took a philosophical and theological course. Afterwards he joined the diocese of Toronto under the late Archbishop Lynch, and in 1868 entered the Seminary of St. Sulpice, Montreal, where he completed his studies preparatory to entering the priesthood. In 1870 he was ordained priest at London, Ont., by the present Archbishop. He was then appointed assistant at the Cathedral, Toronto, and at Barrie. In 1871 he became assistant priest at St. Catharines. In 1872 he was appointed parish priest of Niagara, and subsequently he became priest of Flos, Simcoe County. In 1877 he returned to Toronto and became econome and assistant rector and chancellor at the Cathedral. In 1881 he was appointed to St. Mary's Church, Toronto, where he remained for nearly six years. In 1886 he became parish priest of Newmarket, and remained there until 1891, when he received his present appointment, Dean of Barrie. While residing in Toronto he was financial secretary and treasurer of the Separate School Board, during which time many new schools were erected, and through his instrumentality the City Council issued debentures by which the separate schools received money for building purposes on the same principle as the public schools received it. During his ministration in the various parishes debts were wiped out and the different churches renovated, and fully supplied with necessary articles of furniture befitting the services of God. During these years he has made three trips to Europe, and was secretary to the late Archbishop Lynch on his journey of 1879 to Rome.

EV. JACOB E. HOWELL, M.A., pastor of the North Street Methodist Church, Goderich, Ont., and chairman of the district, was born in the township of Ameliasburg, Prince Edward County, August 1st, 1835. He received his education at the public schools and Victoria University, Cobourg. He obtained a second-class certificate at the age of 18, upon which he taught three years. He graduated in 1863 and then taught a year in Albert University. He joined the Methodist Conference in 1864 on probation, and before ordination, travelled Madoc and Hungerford circuits. He was ordained in 1868 in Kingston by the late Dr. Punshon, and since that date has served the following circuits: Thurlow, Bloomfield, Trenton, Newcastle, Aurora, Owen Sound, Seaforth, Berlin and Goderich. He has been chairman of the following districts: Bradford, Owen Sound, Goderich (twice), and Galt. For a goodly number of years he was also financial secretary of districts. He was secretary of the Guelph Conference in 1887-88, president in 1889-90, a member of the General Conference in 1886 and 1890, and representative from the General Conference of 1890 to the Evangelical Association. He is a member of several important committees, such as the Book and Publishing and the Church Property committees, and that on Church Union. During his ministry Mr. Howell has built a number of churches, and, being a most excellent financier, has extinguished several heavy church debts. His ministry throughout has been evangelistic and marked by the ingathering of thousands of souls. He was married in the city of Belleville on the 1st of July, 1868, to Lucy, only daughter of the late James Jamieson, Esq., County Surveyor for Hastings County. His family consists of four sons and three daughters, his eldest son being employed in the establishment of T. Eaton & Co., Toronto, and the next is prosecuting his studies in the University of Toronto.

EV. PERCIVAL L. SPENCER, of Thorold, Ont., was born at Portsmouth, Eng., on the 25th of March, 1845. He came to Canada with his mother in 1853 and joined his brothers, who had previously emigrated to Holland township, County of Grey, a tract then chiefly forest. He received his youthful education at Owen Sound Grammar School. After obtaining a first-class certificate before the County Board, and afterwards at the Normal School, Toronto, he taught school for ten years in county, village, town and city. He then proceeded to Trinity College, Toronto, at which, under the late Provost Whitaker, he took the theological course. At the close he obtained four volumes of Alford's Greek Testament, along with Bishop Moberly's Bampton Lectures as "his moiety of the Hamilton Memorial Prize for 1873, and also the prize in the annual examination of the theological class for the year 1873." He was made deacon in St. James Cathedral, Toronto, on October 18th, 1873, and ordained priest in St. James Church, Dundas, on October 11th, 1874, by the late Bishop Bethune. After spending a few months in Ancaster, and three years in Wellington Square as curate, he removed to Palmerston, where he remained until 1880. In the beginning of that year he was appointed incumbent of Elora and Alma, in which parish he continued for seven years. While he was in Elora he was made Rural Dean of Wellington County by the late Bishop Fuller. He took a deep interest at this time in educational affairs, being for two years president of the Mechanics' Institute, a High School trustee, and president of the High School Literary Society. In 1887 he was appointed rector of Thorold and Port Robinson by the present Bishop of Niagara. On leaving Elora he was presented with an illuminated address by the clergy of the Rural Deanery of Wellington County. He was married on June 1st, 1875, to S. E. Emma Selby, daughter of Thomas Selby, Esq., of Nelson, now of Toronto.

HOMAS MOWBRAY, sculptor, Toronto, was born March 6th, 1829, at London, Eng. He received his education at the public schools there. At the age of ten years he began his chosen work with his father, who was a leading sculptor. He also studied under the celebrated Patrick Parkes, who was a pupil of Thorwalsden, the Danish sculptor. The subject of our sketch has been engaged on some of the most important buildings in Europe as well as in America. He did most of the restoration work on the old cathedrals throughout England, also the "Albert Memorial" monument and the Indian offices, London, J. & C. Watts' warehouses, Manchester, the Liverpool Exchange, on which he spent seven years, and others. He spent eighteen months on the celebrated Vanderbilt mansion, New York, was engaged on the Metropolitan Church, Toronto, Bank of B.N.A., new Custom House, St. James Cathedral and St. Albans Cathedral, Toronto. In religion Mr. Mowbray is an Episcopalian. He belongs to the Masonic Brotherhood and to the Ontario Society of Artists. He has been twice married--first, in 1844, to Eliza Bain, who died in 1854, and again to E. Oakley, of Manchester.

EV. JAS. HENRY KENNEDY, Glanford, was born April 17th, 1832, in the township of Goulbourn, Carleton County, Ont. He received his education at the public school, supplemented by private study, and afterwards received a first-class certificate, on which he taught for a time. He then entered Albert College, and, on leaving it, again taught school. At the age of twenty he united with the Methodist Church, and began as a local preacher, and was then received into the regular ministry by the Niagara Conference of the M.E. Church in the year 1867, and, after a two years pastorate on the Midland Circuit, he was ordained a deacon by Bishop Richardson at London in 1869. He then supplied Parkhill and afterwards Florence. He was ordained an elder at Lynden in 1872, and since that time has been stationed at Highgate, Petrolia, Alvinston, Mount Elgin, Saltfleet, Troy, and, after the Methodist union, 1886, at Louth and Grantham, Tintern, and his present charge at Glanford. For ten years he was treasurer of the Niagara Conference Missionary Society. He has always been a member of Alma College Board. He married, January 2, 1862, R. E. Woodhall, of Delaware township.

OHN WEATHERSTON, of Hamilton, Ont., was born 30th January, 1804, in Berwickshire, Scotland. He received his education at Greenlaw, in Berwickshire, and afterwards worked on a farm from 1814 to 1828. He then started contracting for large public grounds, landscape gardening, etc., laying out among others the extensive policies of Lord Polwarth and the Duke of Roxburgh, and G. Belle, Esq. In 1837 he started railroading as foreman on the Leeds and Thirsk Railway in the North of England, and was until 1852 employed on all the principal railways in the North of England and Scotland. Mr. Weatherston then came to Canada and accepted the responsible position of Inspector and Superintendent under George L. Reid, the Chief Engineer on the Great Western Railway. In a letter received by Mr. Weatherston from Mr. Reid in 1890, he says: "You are the only survivor of the chief track and bridge inspectors whom I left on the line when I retired in 1872. When I look back to the period when we had so much anxiety from defective rails in the winter and spring months, during many consecutive years, I feel that it was to your vigilance and foresight and unusual energy of character that we were preserved from serious accidents. I was particularly fortunate in having as my chief practical helper one so thoroughly reliable and efficient." In 1875 Mr. Weatherston accepted a similar position on the Canada Southern Railway, which he held for five years. In 1880 he went to Michigan and built eighty miles of the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railway, and afterwards became track superintendent on the Canadian Pacific Railway, until compelled by a serious accident to retire. Since that period he has been manager and lessee of the Hamilton and Dundas Railway, which he successfully conducts. Mr. Weatherston has been twice married,--first to Frances B. Hall in 1836, and next to Isabelle Scott in 1872. He is a member of the Masonic body. He is a Liberal in politics, and in religion a Presbyterian.

HARLES S. HOTCHKISS, of the Eagle Cultivator Manufacturing Company, Brantford, Ont., was born in the year 1854 in the County of Haldimand, and was married in 1877 to Jennie P. Willoughby, fourth daughter of the late Rev. W. Willoughby, a well-known pioneer Methodist minister, whose memory is held in esteem for his abundant labors in many parts of Ontario. He was educated in the public schools of the province. His father was one of the earliest settlers in the township of Oneida, and regarded by all who knew him as one of the best farmers in Ontario, and one of the most pronounced Reformers in the locality where he resided. Soon after leaving school, Mr. Hotchkiss entered the service of the Grand Trunk Railway at Caledonia as telegraph operator and ticket agent. After some three years service at this point, he was promoted to the Stratford ticket office, and on September 21st, 1877, was appointed as chief train despatcher for the Hamilton and North Western Railway at Hamilton. On Nov. 1st, 1881, he removed to Battle Creek, Michigan, to accept the position of train despatcher on the Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway. After serving in this position for over a year, he became superintendent's secretary, and, after eighteen months, was again promoted to the responsible position of train master, which he held until August, 1887, when failing health compelled his resignation and his connection with railroad work, in which he had been so eminently successful. Mr. Hotchkiss then removed with his family to Brantford, and, after regaining his health, entered the manufacturing business as one of the partners of the Eagle Cultivator Company, and also manager of its agencies. Mr. Hotchkiss is a member of the Colborne Street Methodist Church, steward, Bible-class teacher, and also a most acceptable lay preacher. He is regarded by his numerous friends as a man of the highest integrity and Christian character, and enjoys the full confidence of all who know him.

EV. RICHARD W. WOODSWORTH, Niagara Falls South, Ont., was born at Toronto July 5th, 1846, being the second son of the late Richard Woodsworth, architect and builder of that place, who for forty years was a local preacher in the Methodist Church. He received his education at the public schools and the Model School, Toronto. At the age of seventeen he took a position as clerk in a mercantile house, and after that became a clerk in the office of the Canada Permanent Building and Saving Society of Toronto. Mr. Woodsworth was converted when a young child, and became a full member of the Methodist Church at eleven years of age. He felt called to the sacred ministry early in life, and at the age of twenty-one consecrated himself to the service of the Methodist Church. He was received as a probationer in the Canada Conference in 1867. Before he was ordained he travelled the following circuits: Smithville, Aurora, Thorold, Chatham. He was ordained a minister at Belleville in 1871 by the late Rev. Dr. Wm. Morley Punshon, who was at that time president of the Methodist Conference. During his ministry Mr. Woodsworth served the churches at Wardsville, Ridgetown and Jarvis, then Ridgetown again. Afterwards he was appointed to Dundas, then Colborne Street Church, Brantford, from which he was removed to his present charge. The church buildings at Wardsville, Bothwell, Ridgetown, Morpeth and Colborne Street, Brantford, were built under his administration. He is one of the best financiers in the Methodist Church, and, indeed, has scarcely a peer in the denomination for that special work. He is also an earnest Gospel preacher, a man of deep and sterling piety and greatly beloved by all, and especially by a large number in the various churches who have been led by him into a higher and nobler life. He has held many prominent positions in the gift of the Conference, and possesses the confidence of all his brethren. He was married on the 11th of July, 1871, to Miss Charlotte J. Bridgman.

ANIEL SPRY, Post Office Inspector, of Barrie, Ont., was born November 29, 1835, in the township of Marlborough, Carlton County, Ont. He received his education at the public schools in his native county and at the Model School, Toronto. On the completion of his studies he was for a time in a law and land office, then turned his attention to mercantile pursuits. He was appointed to the Toronto Post Office in 1854, where he remained fifteen years, and was promoted from time to time, until he was transferred in 1869 to the Post Office Savings Bank at Ottawa. Soon afterwards, owing to ill-health, he was obliged to resign his position in the Post Office Department, when he engaged in mercantile business in Toronto, which he carried on until 1876, when he received the appointment of Post Office Inspector for the East Toronto Division, and was transferred to the town of Barrie in 1879 and placed in charge of that postal division. Mr Spry belongs to the Masonic body, and has filled various offices in that organization, including that of Grand Master. He is a Knight Templar and holds the office of Grand Chancellor in that order; he has also received the 33rd degree of the A. & A.S.R. He has taken part in military affairs, having served as ensign in the 10th Royal Regiment and Lieutenant in the Queen's Own Rifles, Toronto. He has been a director of the Toronto Home Building Association, vice-president of the Toronto Mechanics' Institute, and president of the Mechanics' Institute, Barrie. He was also president of the Ontario Literary Society, Toronto, is a member of the Barrie Public School Board of Trustees, of which he has been chairman. In religion he is an Episcopalian, and has been a delegate to the Synod of Toronto for a number of years past. Mr. Spry has been twice married--first, on the 3rd of May, 1859, to Miss Mary Jane Burgess, and again, on April 30th, 1867, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Chas. G. Fortier, of Sandwich, formerly Collector of Inland Revenue, Hamilton, Ont.

HOS. C. WATKINS, Hamilton, Ont., was born August 9th, 1818, at Parsonstown, King's County, Ireland. He is descended from Welsh on the one side, and from the Scottish Covenanters on the other side, and is the proud possessor of a Bible printed in 1648, which descended to him through a long line of Scotch ancestors. His parents emigrated to Canada before he was a year old, and settled in Esquesing township, Halton County. Here the subject of our sketch received such an education as the schools of those days afforded, but having a thirst for knowledge, and being possessed of indomitable energy and perseverance, he succeeded in obtaining a first-class education. He remained on the farm with his father until he was twenty-two years of age. He commenced teaching school in 1841, and taught for two years. After giving up the teaching profession, he worked on a farm for a time, and then engaged in mercantile business, in which he has been eminently successful. Mr. Watkins is a member of the Methodist Church, and has held most of the offices that laymen are appointed to in that denomination, as well as being a delegate to the General Conference. He is a total abstainer from the use of tobacco and alcoholic liquors, and has been a staunch life-long advocate of prohibition, and hopes to see this act passed by the Dominion of Canada before he passes away. He has had published some two hundred and sixty thousand tracts on the temperance question for free distribution, and intends to run them into the millions as fast as he can compose them. These tracts will no doubt have a very great influence, and do much to hasten the prohibitory act in Canada. Mr. Watkins has been a great traveller, having visited the United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Switzerland, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, and other parts. He was married on May 24, 1844, to Elizabeth Ann Murchison. His successful life fully illustrates the power of an honest purpose to succeed.

EV. JAMES A. ANDERSON, B.A., pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church, Goderich, Ont., son of the Rev. John Anderson, of Tiverton, was born on the 9th of February, 1853, in the township of Napean, County of Carleton, Ont. He received his education at the public schools of Ontario, Kincardine High School, Ottawa Collegiate Institute, and McGill University, Montreal. He matriculated at the latter, taking a scholarship in 1873 and graduating B.A. in 1877. In the fall of 1877 he entered the Presbyterian College, Montreal, to prosecute his theological studies. He took the honor course for two years, and secured a scholarship in each year. He graduated in 1880 as Valedictorian of his class. He was ordained and inducted into the pastoral charge of Whitechurch, County of Bruce, on the 7th of October, 1880, having declined other calls presented to him at the same time. After a pastorate of three years, he received a call to Elora, which he declined, and afterwards, in 1888, accepted a call to his present charge, as colleague and successor to the Rev. Dr. Ure, one of the most accomplished and able ministers of the Presbyterian Church. Early in the year 1891 Dr. Ure, on account of failing health, was compelled to resign, when Mr. Anderson assumed full charge of this large and important congregation, and filled the important vacancy with much acceptance to the people. Mr. Anderson is an earnest temperance advocate, and a pronounced prohibitionist. He is one of the most prominent and promising preachers of Western Ontario, an earnest and successful evangelist, and has been blessed by large additions to his ministry wherever he has labored. The town of Goderich, where he is settled, commands a very large and thickly settled community of Presbyterians, where his influence and labors are highly appreciated. Mr. Anderson was married on the 26th of April, 1882, to Miss C. Isabel, daughter of Hugh Masson, of Billings' Bridge, Ottawa.

OHN H. MOORE, of the firm of Bowman & Moore, Hamilton, eldest son of Charles Moore, Esq., of Grimsby, Ont., was born there on 23rd of August, 1848. He is a descendant of U. E. Loyalists, his great grandfather having come to this country about the year 1790. He was educated at the Grimsby Grammar School, and, after completing his studies in 1866, went to St. Catherines, where he spent two years as an apprentice in the hardware business. He came to Hamilton in 1868 and completed his apprenticeship by serving one year with what was then one of the leading hardware firms of that city. In 1869 he went into business with a partner under the style of Bowman & Moore, which partnership still exists. There are very few firms now in existence that began at the above mentioned date. During these years the hardware trade has seen many fluctuations, but this firm has more than held its own, doing business on a straightforward and sound basis, taking in all improvements, purchasing in the best markets from reliable manufacturers, and always providing the best for their numerous patrons, until to-day it holds the proud position of, not only being the leading hardware house in Hamilton, but also in Western Canada. The firm make a speciality of builders and contractor's supplies, nails, agricultural tools, paints, oils, beltings, and window-glass in all its various thicknesses. In this latter line they are amongst the largest importers in Ontario. They are also widely known and appreciated by men engaged in the cabinet manufacturing business, for there is no firm in the province that has so large and complete an assortment of cabinet makers' hardware as this house is compelled to carry in order to supply their extensive trade. Mr. Moore has been a member of the Centenary Methodist Church for over twenty years, is a member of the Board of Trustees, and also the Quarterly Board. In politics he is an active Reformer.

EV. WM. M. TEEPLE, pastor of the Methodist Church, Troy, Ont., is the son of the late W. H. Teeple, of Jerseyville, Ont., and was born at that place on the 8th of November, 1854. He is of U. E. Loyalist stock, his grandfather coming to this country from the United States on account of his loyalty to old England just after the revolutionary war and settled in the township of Nelson, Halton County. Mr. Teeple was educated at the public schools, and is also a graduate of Hamilton Commercial College. In his twenty-first year he was converted and joined the M.E. Church in Canada. He was received as a probationer at the Conference held at St. Thomas in 1877. He pursued his theological and other studies with such energy and success that he was ordained deacon in 1879 and elder in 1881. Before the latter he was on the following circuits: Tapleytown, Beverly, Norwich and Malahide. After ordination he served the following circuits: Blenheim, Seaforth, Canboro and Cayuga. As a preacher, Mr. Teeple has an easy delivery, free from the mannerisms that depreciate the value of many addresses. His sermons are thoughtful and sufficiently racy to hold the unflagging attention of the congregation. Large additions to the membership and new churches are to be found on the circuits he has travelled, and he is beloved by all those under his pastoral care. The ministers who follow him find all the interests of the church well looked after, both materially and spiritually. He will doubtless take a leading place in the church of his choice. He is also an enthusiastic temperance worker, and has done good work in this connection. At Seaforth the temperance societies, as a mark of appreciation of his worth, entertained him at a public dinner, and on that occasion presented him with a flattering illuminated address and a well filled purse. Mr. Teeple was married on the 28th of July, 1880, to Miss Ida Lynes, daughter of the late Thomas Lynes, of Norwich.

EV. ROBERT WALKER, Walkerton, Ont., was born June 10th, 1839, near Brockville, in the County of Leeds. His parents were natives of Ireland and came to Canada in 1830, settling at Smith's Falls. He received his education at the public school and at Strathroy High School. He pursued the study of theology under the late Dr. McClure, of Toronto. He entered the ministry in 1861, and before ordination had four charges. He was ordained in 1865, after which he travelled the following circuits: Durham three years, Melbourne three years, Burr two years, Omemee three years, Bethany, Tweed, Stirling, Newcastle, Clifford, and Walkerton, his present charge. In 1887 he was appointed chairman of Mount Forest District, and is at present financial secretary of Walkerton District. Mr. Walker was married on June 15th, 1865, to Miss Annie Eliza Hathaway, daughter of John Hathaway, of West Flamboro', County of Wentworth. He is one of the first men of the Methodist denomination, and for thirty years has preached the Gospel continuously.

ILLIAM McLEOD, merchant, Georgetown, Ont., was born November 18th, 1838, in Caithnesshire, Scotland. He received his education at the public schools there. At an early age he decided to follow the dry goods business, and entered into this business at Wick, and afterwards at Glasgow. In 1857 he came to Canada and settled in Oakville, and remained there about three years, when he removed to the United States. Returning, lived at Rockwood a short time prior to 1863, then went to Georgetown, and entered as partner in a dry goods business, which he now fully controls. Mr. McLeod takes an active part in politics, and in 1887 was the Reform candidate. He was a member of the Town Council eighteen years, was Reeve of Georgetown for nine years, and Warden for Halton County in 1884. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and for several years was chairman of the Board of Management. He has been a Justice of the Peace for Halton for fifteen years, is a member of the High School Board, of the Masonic Brotherhood, and of the Ancient Scottish Rite. He was twice married.

AMES FLECK GORDON, L.D.S., Harriston, Ont., was born May 14th, 1823, at Bonds Lake, York County. His parents were natives of Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He was educated at the public schools. At an early age he was apprenticed to the carriage manufacturing business, and in 1843 started business on his own account as carriage builder, etc. In 1850 he purchased a saw mill and began the manufacture of lumber, and also engaged extensively in farming. In 1864 he turned his attention to dentistry and began the practice of his profession in Drayton. In addition to his office in Harriston, he has an office in Elora, which is carried on by his daughter, Mrs. Grigg, who was the first woman in Ontario to practice dentistry. She has been associated with her father in this profession for eighteen years. Mr. Gordon has a son also practicing dentistry at Teeswater. It is needless to say that, being a pioneer, and having two children graduates of dentistry, he stands at the head of his profession. He was married in 1843 to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Heaslip.

OHN EDGAR CROLY, Dunnville, Ont., was born in the year 1844, at Mallow, County of Cork, Ireland. He received his education at the University of Toronto, where he was a medalist and took high honors. He came to Canada in 1850, and resided for longer or shorter periods at Belleville, Kingston and Picton. He studied for the Presbyterian ministry, and after completing his course, was for several years settled at Millbank, Perth County, where he rendered efficient service, and was exceedingly popular as a preacher and a platform speaker in the surrounding county. He was then appointed on the Collegiate Institute staff in Stratford, and in 1890 accepted the position of head master of the Dunnville High School, which he has filled with advantage to the pupils and satisfaction to all concerned. Mr. Croly is a member of the Board of Management of the Presbyterian Church, superintendent of the Sabbath School, and director of the Mechanics Institute. In politics he is a Conservative. His wife died a few years ago, leaving one son and two daughters.

LEXANDER McMURCHIE, manufacturer of Fanning Mills, Clinton, Ont., was born August 1st, 1835, in the township of Vaughan, York County. His father, the late James McMurchie, was one of the first settlers in that township. He received his education at the public schools, but otherwise is a self-taught man. Until the age of 24 he worked on his father's farm, and then, in 1859, moved to Clinton and engaged with Malcolm McTaggart to sell fanning mills for the firm, of which he has now become the head. In November, 1862, Mr. McMurchie and Mr. Joseph Chidley were made partners, and the business carried on under the style of Malcolm McTaggart & Co. until November, 1882, when the partnership was dissolved and Mr. McMurchie became sole proprietor. Shortly after this he took two of the old employees into partnership with him, and this arrangement now continues under the name of A. McMurchie & Co. This is the oldest established manufacturing firm in the town of Clinton, and one of the oldest in the Province of Ontario, having been established first at Beachville and afterwards in Clinton in 1849. The firm has been remarkably successful throughout the many years of its existence, and its operations now extend to every part of Western Ontario. As many as a thousand mills have been manufactured in a year, and there is still a good demand for them. Mr. McMurchie is a member of the Presbyterian Church, a trustee, and has been on the Board of Management for many years. He is a Reformer in politics, and has been reeve of the town for seven years in succession, being elected most of that time by acclamation. He enjoys the esteem and confidence of the community at large, irrespective of political or religious creed. He was married on the 27th February, 1867, to Miss Agnes Hart, of the township of East Zorra, County of Oxford. His career has been marked by a thorough knowledge of his business and a strict integrity in his dealings.

EV. JESSE GIBSON, of St. Catharines, Ont., was born on the 2nd of December, 1857, at Brantford. He received his education at the public schools and Collegiate Institute there, and at Spurgeon's Pastors' College, London, Eng. He learned the business of a printer, and for some time was foreman of the press-room of the Brantford Expositor. He also worked in Buffalo on the Commercial Advertiser. He was converted in 1874 during the revival held in Brantford by Varley, and commenced Christian work immediately in connection with Y.M.C.A., preaching in the jail, distributing tracts, etc. He was raised a Methodist, but changing his views on the subject of baptism, he joined the Baptist denomination, and united with the First Baptist Church, Brantford. In 1877 he felt called to the ministry, and gave up his business to take a theological course. The late John Harris, of Brantford, recognizing his call to the ministry, generously offered to bear the expense of his education, including a three years' course in England. While in England he became temporary pastor of two churches. Returning to Canada in 1881, he went to Plattsville, where he remained one year, when he received a call to Portage la Prairie, Man. He was pastor of the church there five years and secretary of the Manitoba Baptist Missions. Returning to Ontario, he was two years at St. George, when he received a pressing invitation to the Queen Street Baptist Church, St. Catharines, his present charge, which he accepted, much to the regret of the people at St. George. Notwithstanding the great disastrous fire, the burning of the church to the ground, one year after removing to this charge under his leadership and inspiration, the congregation, with commendable energy, immediately set to work and erected a large and beautiful edifice, and the church is now in a prosperous condition, both spiritually and financially. He was married on the 17th of January, 1882, to Miss Ada Stubbs, of Brantford.

ILLIAM BRUCE, Hamilton, Ont., was born on the 7th of November, 1833, at Unst, an island on the coast of Scotland, and came with his parents to Hamilton in 1837. He was educated under the late Dr. Tassie. As a boy he was noted for his strength, skill and activity in all out-door sports and games. At the age of sixteen he entered as apprentice in McQuesten & Co.'s iron works, where he soon became so skillful that the foreman frequently took his work and exhibited it to journeymen, asking them why they did not do their work as creditably as an apprentice. At the close of his apprenticeship, a rheumatic affection caused him to abandon the iron business and take a course in Oberlin College, Ohio, where he graduated, and subsequently a course at the Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He then became connected with the public schools in Hamilton, and remained in them from 1858 to 1867, when he went into business. Mr. Bruce is a many-sided man, possessing the mechanical and artistical faculties in an eminent degree. Whether it is in mechanical drawing, designing, engrossing and illuminating as a professional, or as an amateur in water colors, oil painting, amateur photography, or public reading, he excels in all. At the present he is engaged in making plans and specifications of new inventions, and engrossing and illuminating. He has executed an immense amount of this class of work for nearly every country in the world. Many eminent personages possess samples of his illuminating work, among whom may be mentioned Her Majesty Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, the Empress of Germany, the Marquis of Lorne, Lord Dufferin and many others. Mr. Bruce was married on the 1st of March, 1855, to Jennette Blair, a lady remarkable for mental and physical activity. The rising Canadian artist, W. Blain Bruce, is his son, and Bella C. Bruce, his daughter, both of whom are studying art in Rome at present. He is a member of the Central Presbyterian Church.

OHN WESLEY BICKLE was born in Devon, Eng., on the 4th of July, 1824. His parents came to Canada in 1834, and after a year's residence near St. Thomas, removed to Hamilton, where for nearly sixty years the family has taken an active interest in the growth and prosperity of that city. He was educated at the Gore District Grammar School, Hamilton, and Victoria College, and in 1848 he entered his father's wholesale and retail drug business, and for nearly forty years the firm of T. Bickle & Son had a wide reputation throughout Western Ontario. Of late Mr. Bickle has been in the brokerage business, which he has carried on successfully. From earliest years he was an active member in the Methodist Church, and was especially interested in Sabbath School work. In 1839 was appointed a teacher, then secretary, and in 1850 a superintendent, and for thirty-nine years gave the earnest efforts of the prime of his life to the cause he loved so well. In 1878 he united with the Central Presbyterian Church, of which he is now a member. Having the interests of the young at heart, he has naturally taken part in the cause of education, and for some years was a member of the Public School Board. The operation of the Hamilton Bible Society early engaged his attention, and he is one of the oldest members of the committee, and has been its treasurer for the past twenty years. The charities of the city have found in him a zealous friend, one ready to give his time with untiring devotion to promote their welfare. As a member of the advisory committee of "The Infants' Home," as the secretary-treasurer of "Trustees of the Girls' Home," and as secretary-treasurer of "Trustees of Hamilton Orphan Asylum," he has proved himself a judicious counsellor and faithful guardian of the trusts committed to his keeping. He was married on the 12th of September, 1848, to Mary Proudfoot, eldest daughter of the late Robert Johnston, Esq., of "Annandale," near Grafton, Ont.

AMES AUSTIN, president of the Dominion Bank, Toronto, Ont., was born in the year 1813 in the County of Armagh, Ireland. His parents were John and Jane Marks Austin. He received his early education at the public schools of his native place. His parents came to Canada when he was in his sixteenth year, and he was apprenticed to the printing trade for four years. During the time he was serving his apprenticeship, he was constant in his attendance at the night schools. After completing his apprenticeship, he worked as a journeyman printer in various parts of Canada and the United States for ten years. In the year 1844 he entered into partnership with Patrick Foy in the wholesale and retail grocery business. This partnership existed for sixteen years, during which time the firm carried on a very extensive business. Upon the dissolution of the partnership, Mr. Austin retired from active business, and shortly after became interested in various financial institutions. In 1871 he founded the Dominion Bank and became its president, which position he still holds. He is also president of the Consumers' Gas Co., Toronto, besides being president and vice-president of several insurance companies, and chairman of the Canadian Board of the North of Scotland Canadian Mortgage Co. Mr. Austin, in politics, belongs to the Reform party, but has never taken an active part in political campaigns. In the truest sense of the word, he is a self-made man, having attained his present prominent position and circumstances by indomitable energy and perseverance. He received a limited education in youth, but fired with ambition and a thirst for knowledge, he prosecuted his studies alone and at night schools, while serving his apprenticeship, thus educating and fitting himself for the higher callings of life. Step by step he reached his present position, and is now one of Toronto's most highly esteemed and respected citizens. He married, in 1844, Miss Susan Bright, by whom he has three children living.

IGHT REV. P. FRANCIS CRINNON, D.D., Bishop of Hamilton, Ont., was born in 1820 in the parish of Collon, County Louth, Ireland. He studied classics, philosophy and sciences in his native land, and after coming to Canada in 1850, prosecuted his theological studies at the Grand Seminary, Montreal, where he was ordained deacon. In the year 1854 he was ordained priest by Bishop De Charbonnel in Toronto, and was immediately sent to London as assistant priest. Shortly after he was appointed parish priest, and was for many years one of the only three priests in what was then known as the Huron tract. In the year 1858 he was transferred to Stratford, where, much beloved and esteemed, he remained for sixteen years--up to the time of his elevation as Bishop to the See of Hamilton, of which he was consecrated Bishop in St. Joseph's, Stratford, on the 19th of April, 1874, in presence of an immense congregation, twenty archbishops and bishops--five of whom were classmates--and fifty priests. During his incumbency in Stratford, the present beautiful church was built, and the priest's house, both of which he left free from debt. His first official act as Bishop of Hamilton was to go to Ireland to secure additional priests or students. He succeeded in securing three priests and eleven students, of whom the present parish priest of Dunnville, Rev. J.E. Crinion, was one. His reign of eight years was remarkable for administrative ability and foresight. St. Patrick's Church, Hamilton, is a monument to his zeal, as well as the farm of seventy-five acres, known as "Rock Bay," now of almost priceless value as a cemetery,--the site chosen for the present St. Lawrence Church. He died November 25, 1882, in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S., where he had gone in hope of recovering his failing health. The priests and people of the diocese of Hamilton, his faithful and beloved parishioners in Stratford, etc., etc., sincerely mourn his loss and cherish his memory.

EV. JAMES EUGENE CRINION, parish priest of Dunnville, Ont., was born in the parish of Slane, County of Meath, Ireland, in the year 1858. He received his education in St. Finian's Seminary, Navan, County of Meath, Ireland, St. Michael's College, Toronto, and finally at the Grand Seminary, Montreal. He came to Canada at the age of sixteen, and was one of a number of students who accompanied the late lamented Bishop Crinnon, of Hamilton, when he went to Ireland for students. Father Crinion was first appointed as curate of St. John's Church, Arthur, Wellington County. Afterwards he became curate of St. Basil's Church, Brantford, where he remained three years. He was then appointed as the first resident pastor of the church in Dunnville, where he still labors. Since his appointment to Dunnville he has built an exceedingly handsome church and residence, which are not only a credit to the congregation, but are ornaments to the town. During his Brantford curacy he was chairman and treasurer of the Separate School Board, and much esteemed by all who knew him.

ILLIAM NEIL, Flesherton, Ont., eldest son of the late Charles Neil, of the Isle of Man, was born at the latter place in 1831. He spent his earlier years upon farms until 1850, when he left for New York, and afterwards removed to Rochester. He then attended the public school for six months, this being the only regular education that Mr. Neil received. Leaving Rochester, he came with friends to Port Darlington, Ont., who took up a farm near Bowmanville, and remained working with them some six years. After some years spent in that neighborhood, he removed to Flesherton, and bought a bush farm, which he cleared and sold in 1881, when he settled upon his present property in the village of Flesherton and retired from agricultural pursuits. Mr. Neil was married in 1861 to Martha, daughter of the late Wm. Nay, Esq., County of Durham. He is a Conservative in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian Church, and an elder of the same. His whole life has been characterized by careful industry and patient perseverance, and his uniform integrity fully entitles him to the high esteem in which he is held.

EV. RICHARD W. E. GREENE, L.T., Incumbent of St. James Church, Orillia, and Canon of St. Alban's Cathedral, Toronto, Ont., was born June 26th, 1848, at Roseland, Port Nelson, Halton County, Ont. He studied for matriculation with his father, the Rev. Dr. Greene, and afterwards spent five years at Trinity College, Toronto, where he obtained the Cameron scholarship, and afterwards took the degree of L.T. He was one of the volunteers in the Fenian Raid, and present at the skirmish at Ridgeway. He was ordained deacon June 18th, 1871, and appointed to the new mission of Byng Inlet, Georgian Bay. In 1872 he was ordained to the priesthood in St. James Cathedral, and put in charge of the mission at Byng Inlet. He next served St. James Cathedral as second curate for thirteen years, associated with Dean Grasett, Dr. Rainsford and Canon Dumoulin. From Toronto he went to Weston, and after two years moved to St. Louis, Missouri. Then returning to Canada, accepted his present appointment. He was married August 4th, 1875, to Elizabeth Dallas, daughter of Rev. Canon Sanson, Toronto.

OUIS J. BREITHAUPT, Berlin, Ont., was born in 1855 in Buffalo, N.Y., from whence he came to Canada. His father was very prominent in business and municipal circles, and mayor of Berlin at the time of his death in 1880. Mr. Breithaupt was married in 1881 to Emma Alvarene, daughter of ex-Mayor Devitt, of Waterloo, Ont. He was educated at Berlin and Toronto, and is now engaged in the tanning business, (which trade he learnt practically), being president of the Breithaupt Leather Company Limited, who have extensive establishments in Berlin and Penetanguishene, Ont. He was seven years a member of the town Council, three years in the County Council, and two years mayor--being the youngest mayor Berlin has had. He is president of the Ontario Bark Company Limited, of the Berlin Gas Company, and is also connected with other manufacturing enterprises in Berlin. He is a school trustee, and has recently been unanimously elected president of the Board of Trade. Mr. Breithaupt is an active member of the German Evangelical Church, and is ever ready to promote its welfare.

EV. JOHN J. MORTON, of the Anglican Church, Port Colborne, Ont., was born in 1846 in the village of Shakspeare, County of Perth, Ont. He received his education at the public school of his native place and the Niagara Falls Grammar School, and studied theology at Huron College, London, where he graduated in 1874. He received a scholarship at his first examination. He was ordained deacon in 1874 by Bishop Hellmuth, of London, and priest in the same year. His first charge was at Markdale, County of Grey. Then afterwards he spent six years in Michigan. Returning to Canada in 1882, he labored five and one-half years in Birtle, Manitoba, with very encouraging success. After which he was appointed to Lowville, and later to Port Colborne and Marshville, in the diocese of Niagara. These congregations have greatly increased under his pastoral care. Previous to his ordination, Mr. Morton was four years engaged in teaching. In politics he is a staunch Conservative. He was married in 1883 to Catherine Ellen Simpson, daughter of an English rector. Their family consists of a boy and girl, who were both born in Birtle, Manitoba.

AMES MACFADDEN, Stratford, Clerk of the County Court, Local Registrar of the High Court of Justice, and Registrar of the Surrogate Court for the County of Perth, was born April 25th, 1821, in Nissouri township, Middlesex County. Here he received his early education, and afterwards attended London Grammar School and private schools. He commenced life as a farmer and continued that vocation until the age of twenty-eight, when he commenced the study of law with the late James Daniell, of London. In due time he passed his examinations as attorney-at-law, and began his profession at St. Mary's in 1855. He remained there until 1866, when he was appointed Clerk of the County Court by the late Sir John A. Macdonald. He then removed to Stratford, and has since occupied that honorable position as well as the other important offices mentioned above. Mr. MacFadden is an adherent of the Presbyterian Church. He belongs to the Masonic Brotherhood, being a Past Master of St. James Lodge, St. Mary's, and a chaplain of Stratford Lodge for many years. He was married January 19th, 1860, to Catherine A. McLean, of Brockville.

EDERICK HERBERT LAING, of Windsor, Ont., son of the late Alfred Laing, of Camberwell, Eng., was born in Toronto in the year 1856. He received his early education in London, and continued it at Port Hope. He afterwards attended the Detroit College of Medicine one year. In 1875 he passed successfully in the School of Pharmacy. He then commenced business with the late Thomas C. Sutton, where he remained a number of years, when he was taken into the business as a partner. After this for some time he carried on business alone. In 1887 he entered into partnership with H. O. Fleming, and the firm is now doing a successful business, running two stores in Windsor and doing a large wholesale trade. Mr. Laing in religion is an Episcopalian, and is church warden. Since 1885 he has been senior Lieutenant in the 21st Essex Fusiliers. He belongs to the I.O.O.F., and also to the A.O.U.W. He has been agent of the Canada Life Assurance Company for ten years, and is secretary-treasurer of the Dominion Building and Loan Company. He was married on the 23rd of January, 1889, to Edith J. D., daughter of the late W. Benson, Collector of Customs, Windsor.

EV. STEPHEN BOND, King Street Methodist Church, London, Ont., was born 6th of December, 1837, at St. George, Ont. He received his education at the public Schools and by private study. He obtained a second-class certificate at the age of seventeen, on which he taught school for a time. In 1856 he was received on probation in the old Wesleyan Conference. Before ordination he travelled the following circuits: St. Mary's, Mitchell, Goderich and Stratford. He was ordained in 1860, and since has served the church at Woodstock, Georgetown, Galt, Franklin Centre, Que., Mount Forest, Ont., Wellington, Kemptville, Farmersville, Pakenham, Gananoque, Stanstead, Que., and Montreal Fifth Church. Mr. Bond has been secretary and financial secretary of Districts, chairman of the Stanstead District and secretary of the Montreal Conference. He was a representative of the General Conference of 1878, 1882, 1886 and 1890. He took a leading part in the advocacy of Methodist Union. Mr. Bond was married on the 18th of June, 1874, to Jane, daughter of George Sanderson, Esq., of Kemptville. They have a family of five children.

RNEST ROBT. BOLLERT, merchant, Guelph, Ont., was born July 9th, 1850, at Suhl, Germany, his parents being natives of that country. He received his education at the public schools of Waterloo, Ont. At an early age he entered a general store as clerk, where he remained seven years. He then went to Kansas, U.S.A., where he remained three years. After this he returned to Canada and started business in Harriston, Ont., which he carried on for six years. In 1879 he removed to Guelph, and started a dry goods business, which he still carries on extensively in all its branches. Mr. Bollert is a member of the Methodist Church, and has for eight years been a delegate to the Annual Conference. He is also a member of the Quarterly Board, and for a number of years has been Sunday School Superintendent. He has been a member of the School Board for four years, is president of the Guelph Branch of the Dominion Building & Loan Association, and connected with other institutions. He is also a member of the Toronto Board of Trade. In politics he is an active Reformer.

EV. ALEXANDER CORBETT, Incumbent Designate of the Church of the Ascension, Paisley, Ont., was born in Wexford County, Ireland, on the 9th of November, 1852. Having received his early education at the local primary schools, he entered in 1869 the Church of Ireland Educational Institute, Dublin. Graduating in 1872, he engaged in tutorial work till 1877, when he entered St. Bees' Theological College, Cumberland, Eng. Having returned to Ireland, he, in 1879, entered upon evangelistic work under the auspices of the National Church. Resolving to take holy orders, he removed to Liverpool in 1884 in order to qualify himself in practical pastoral work, and to this end he engaged as lay assistant in the important parish of St. Clement. Mr. Corbett arrived in Canada in 1889, but, before locating, he undertook a five month's missionary tour through the States of Wyoming and Idaho. Returning the following year, he was ordained by the Right Rev. M. S. Baldwin, D.D., and appointed to his late incumbency, St. John's Church, Dundalk.

REDERICK WILLIAM SCHWENDIMANN, Drayton, Ont., was born on March 23rd, 1852, in Waterloo township, County of Waterloo. His parents were natives of Switzerland and came to Canada in 1850. He was educated at the public school of Waterloo County. In early life he learned the carpenter trade, at which he worked in various places for a number of years. In 1878 he removed to Drayton, where he began operations as a builder and contractor, manufacturer of doors, sashes, etc., carrying on an extensive business. He has built many churches and school houses throughout the country. He also built the Agricultural College building Guelph, and additions to the London and Hamilton asylums. In 1884, in company with W. H. Whaley. Esq., Mr. Schwendimann founded a private bank. He has been a member of the Town Council for several years, and was reeve in 1889 and 1890. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and is a respected and influential citizen. He is president of the Mechanics Institute of Drayton. He was married July 31st, 1878, to Miss Margaret Meldrum.

RTHUR HENRY HARRIS, L.D.S., Toronto, was born in Yorkshire Eng., on the 20th of August, 1865. His father is the Rev. Henry Harris, Methodist minister, Toronto. He was educated at the public schools of Toronto and the Guelph Grammar School. After matriculating in dentistry, he entered the dental office of J. H. Clarke, Kingston, in 1882, where he prepared for the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto, which he entered in 1883, and from which he graduated in 1886. On the completion of his course, he began to practice in Toronto, where he has already gained a very large and growing connection. Dr. Harris is a member of a musical family, and is an accomplished violinist. He takes great interest in athletic sports, and is president of the well known Riverdale Cricket Club of Toronto. He is in politics a Conservative, and takes an active part in election contests. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was married in 1889 to Jane, daughter of the late Thomas Taylor, paper manufacturer, Toronto.

M. K. SNIDER, familiarly known as Conductor Snider, was born on the 1st of March, 1852, in Trafalgar township, County of Halton, Ont. He was educated at the public schools, the Grammar School, Guelph, and at Walker's Academy, of that city. At a very early age he commenced his railway career as a newsboy on the late Great Western Railway, and has occupied the positions of brakesman, baggage-man, freight train conductor, and for many years past that of passenger conductor, all of which he filled with satisfaction to the railway company and pleasure to the travelling public. Although born of Godly parents, and nurtured in a Christian home, he led a worldly life for many years after commencing work as a railway man, but his wife, being a Christian, ceased not during all this time to pray for the conversion of her husband, and, after eleven years of patient waiting and pleading before God, Conductor Snider responded to the Spirit's call, was converted, and commenced his now well-known career of usefulness. His conversion was most genuine. With him old things did indeed pass away and all things became new. He never grows weary of speaking in public or private of this, the greatest event of his life, and especially desires that this sketch shall give all possible prominence to this crowning blessing, for he is not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, which has been the power of God unto his salvation. From that memorable morning in his own home in the town of Palmerston, when he took upon him the Master's yoke, until now, he has not ceased to tell "the old, old story," with marked effect. The Conductor has occupied the pulpits of the largest churches in Methodism from Windsor to Montreal, and many are the trophies that have been won for Christ as a result of his earnest and pungent appeals. The G.T.R. have courteously arranged his route so that he can give all possible time to evangelistic work. Mr. Snider was married February 15th, 1876, to Miss Charlotte Milne, daughter of Thos. Milne, of Fergus, Ont.

LLEN CLEGHORN, Brantford, Ont., was born on the 28th of December, 1822, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He began his education in the schools of his native land, and coming to Canada when eight years of age, completed his education at the boarding school of the Rev. Dr. Black, Montreal. On leaving school, he entered the wholesale establishment of Messrs. Colin C. Ferric & Co., Hamilton. Mr. Cleghorn came to Brantford in 1847 and commenced the hardware business--first in retail, and afterwards in both wholesale and retail. He did the leading trade until 1878, when he sold out and retired. He has been one of the most useful public men in the city, as councillor, chairman of school boards, and in many other offices. He has also been chairman of the Board of License Commissioners for many years. He was a director of the Buffalo, Brantford & Goderich Railway, and assisted in the organization of the Buffalo & Lake Huron Railway, of which he was four years director, and for two years managing director. He was also an active promoter of the International Bridge, between Fort Erie and Buffalo. Mr. Cleghorn began the movement for the erection of the "Brant" monument, which now stands in Victoria Park, acknowledged to be one of the finest works of art on the continent, and with which his name is associated for all time to come. As originator of the Brant monument he was presented by the Brant Memorial Association with an address and purse. He was also instrumental in the restoration of the old Mohawk Church, for which services, at a meeting of the Indian tribes, he was made a real chief and named "Karawiho" or "Good News." Mr. Cleghorn is a nephew of John Allen, M.D., a littérateur of considerable talent, master of Dulwich College, and a prominent contributor to the Edinburgh Review, whose portrait, by Sir Edwin Landseer, is now in the National Portrait Gallery, South Kensington, Eng. In politics he is a Reformer, and in religion a Presbyterian.

. J. CHARLTON, M.D., of Weston, Ont., was born on March 24th, 1856, at Downsview, York township. His father is John Charlton, of Weston, one of the early settlers in that section. The subject of our sketch commenced his education at the public school of Cooksville, and continued it at the High School, Streetsville. In 1874 and 1875 he attended Toronto University, and, leaving there, he attended the School of Medicine four years. He received the degrees of M.D. at Toronto University, and M.D., C.M., at Victoria University, and M.C.P.S. Ontario. He spent 1880 and 1881 as House Surgeon in the General Hospital, Toronto. In 1882 he commenced his profession at Weston, where he has remained since. He has been most successful in his practice, which is constantly increasing, and makes him one of the busiest men of the town. Dr. Charlton in religion is a Methodist, and is recording steward of the Circuit. In politics he is a Conservative. He is coroner for York County. He belongs to the Masonic Brotherhood, I.O.O.F., and various other fraternal organizations. He was married June 24th, 1885, to Annie, daughter of S. McNally, banker, Hanover.

EV. FATHER JOHN JOSEPH McENTEE, parish priest of Port Colborne and Welland, Ont., was born in Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A., in the year 1847. Father McEntee received his education at St. Michael's College, Toronto, which he entered in 1860, and the Grand Seminary, Montreal, in 1867. He was ordained priest October 18th, 1870, in St. Michael's Cathedral, Toronto, by Archbishop Lynch, being the first priest ordained by His Grace after he became Archbishop. He was first appointed assistant at St. Paul's, Toronto, November 1st, where he remained four months, after which he filled the Thorold appointment for eight months, when he again returned as assistant to St. Paul's. In March, 1872, he was appointed parish priest of Dixie, where he remained five years, when he was transferred to Uxbridge. In October, 1877, he received charge of the parish of Oshawa and Whitby, where he remained over twelve years. He was then transferred on January 24th, 1890, to his present charge, Port Colborne and Welland. During his ministry he has paid off about $20,000 parochial debts. He is chairman of the School Board in Port Colborne.

OHN BUTLER JONES, of Niagara Falls, Ont., was born June 28th, 1818, at Gibraltar. His father was Color-Sergeant John Butler Jones, of the 14th Foot, who served in the battle of Waterloo. Mr. Jones received his education at a private school in Reading, Eng., and at a boarding school at Feversham, Eng. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to the plastering trade, and afterwards to that of bricklaying. He then carried on business as a builder in England. Coming to Canada in 1854 he settled at Niagara Falls, where he engaged in the same trade. In 1879 he commenced the manufacture of brick, which he still carries on extensively. He was two years a Councillor and four years a Water Commissioner. He was for five years respectively in the volunteer force and in the fire brigades. He was also a member of the band for several years. Mr. Jones belongs to the Church of England, and has been Church Warden since 1889. In politics he is a Conservative, he was married December 12th, 1841, to Elizabeth Jones, and after her death he married Elizabeth Ann Cook, whose mother was the first white female child born at Queenston, Ont.

AS. THOMPSON GARROW, Q.C., Goderich, Ont., was born at Chippewa, Welland County, Ont., on the 11th of March, 1843. His father was a farmer, and Mr. Garrow in early life had the usual experience of farmer's sons in early settlements of Ontario before the age of railways. He received his education at the public schools and Goderich High School. He afterwards studied law in the office of Judge Toms, of Goderich, and was admitted solicitor in May, 1868, barrister in November, 1869, and was appointed Q.C. in October, 1885. Mr. Garrow is senior partner of the firm of Garrow & Proudfoot, which commands a large practice in Goderich and the County of Huron. He was reeve of the town from 1874 to 1880, and warden of the county in 1880, and was elected as a Reformer to represent West Huron in the Local Legislature in 1890. He is deservedly popular, and, while modest and retiring in manner, is fully posted on all matters pertaining to the welfare of his community and country. Mr. Garrow was married to Mary, daughter of the Rev. Charles Fletcher, of Goderich, on the 17th of July, 1872. He is a member of Knox Presbyterian Church.

LEX. MILLARD, undertaker, 347 Yonge street, Toronto, is a descendant of a Welsh family, who, in the year 1620, emigrated with the "Pilgrim Fathers" to the United States. In 1805 his great-grandfather, Timothy Millard, who was residing in Pennsylvania, emigrated to Canada and settled where the town of Newmarket now is, and built the first frame house there. The subject of our sketch was born at Newmarket, Ont., on March 9th, 1852. He is the second son of Joseph Millard, J.P., of that town, who has been in the furniture and undertaking business there for many years. He received his education at Newmarket and at Toronto Business College. At the age of eighteen he took a position in his father's business, and in 1873 was admitted into partnership. In December, 1880, he retired from the firm of Millard & Co. and started business in Newmarket on his own account. There he remained until 1884, when he removed to Toronto to assume the position of assistant to the late John Young, and remained with him until his death in 1885. He then purchased the business of his late employer, and carries it on still under the name of John Young. Mr. Millard has made a special study of the art of embalming, and is thoroughly posted in all the most approved methods for the care and preservation of the dead. At the same time he has not lost sight of the importance of having all work done on thoroughly sanitary principles. Since the organization of the Undertaker's Association of Ontario, he has always taken an active part in the work of the same, and in 1889 was elected one of three members of the legislative committee of the Association, and still holds that position, and in 1890 was placed on the Board of Examiners of the above Association. In 1890, and again in 1891, he was elected president of the City Undertaker's Association, which office he filled with marked ability. In the latter year was appointed on the committee to establish a School of Organic Chemistry and Embalming in the city of Toronto.

EV. JOSEPH WILD, M.A., D.D., Toronto, was born on November 16th, 1834, at Summit, Lancashire, England. He received his early education in England in the Methodist College, and completed his theological course at Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.A. He began active life as apprentice to civil engineering, at which he worked three years, when he decided to enter the ministry and gave himself up to study. On January 16th, 1850, he was licensed to preach in the Primitive Methodist Church of England, with which body he remained five years, until his coming to Canada in 1855. He then joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was first stationed at Hamilton. After this he again attended college, taking advanced studies in theology. After graduating, he preached at Goderich for one year, and then spent a year travelling on the continent of Europe. On his return he was stationed at Orono and Belleville, remaining in the latter place nine years. Here, in addition to the work of the pastor, he acted as professor of Oriental Languages in Albert College. From Belleville he went to Brooklyn, N.Y., where he joined the Congregational denomination, and, after remaining there eight years, he accepted a call to the Bond Street Church, Toronto, where he has now been eleven years. His labors in Toronto have been attended with great success. The church has now a membership of over eight hundred, and is largely attended, especially in the evening services, when Dr. Wild's eloquence attracts numbers from all parts of the city. As a lecturer and platform speaker he is as popular as in the pulpit. He was chairman of the Congregational Union in Canada for 1889 and 1890, and takes an active interest in all matters appertaining to the denomination. Dr. Wild was married August 15th, 1859, to Mary Victoria Hixson, of Bronte, Ontario. Dr. Wild's Sunday evening sermons are published weekly in the Advance, and have a very large circulation in Ontario.

ILLIAM McCABE, LL.B., of Toronto, Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Great Britain and Ireland, London, Eng., Fellow of the Statistical Society of Great Britain, was born at Picton, Ont., in 1841. He was educated at the Grammar School, and applied himself with such persistent energy that, at a very early age, he obtained a certificate. So successful was he in the teaching profession, that he soon occupied the position of principal of one of the leading high schools in the Dominion, and was elected president of the Provincial Teachers' Association. Many gentlemen occupying prominent positions in Canada were students under him. While teaching, he gave considerable attention to law, and spent some time in one of the leading offices in Toronto, and also took the LL.B. degree. He then turned his attention to the higher branches of mathematics, studying under Prof. Cherriman, who was the first superintendent of insurance in Canada. Becoming greatly interested in life insurance, the subject of our sketch removed to the United States to follow that profession, and in a short time was promoted to superintendent of agencies of a prominent company. In 1870 he returned to Canada to take the management of the Confederation Life. After spending three years in that position and starting that company on its successful career, he resigned and spent some time travelling abroad. After receiving further honors and degrees in England, he returned to Canada, and is now managing-director of the North American Life Assurance Company, Toronto, which ranks among the leading substantial and trustworthy companies in Canada. Mr. McCabe has been connected with many prominent institutions in Toronto, among others having been president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, besides being a Fellow. In religion he is an Episcopalian. He is a Mason of high standing, having received his 32nd degree, and is Past District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada.

HE LATE JOHN H. STRATFORD was born May 13th, 1840, at Oswego, N.Y., died at Brantford, Ont., February 12th, 1888. He moved to Brantford at an early age with his parents, and until his death made that city his home, contributing largely to its wonderful prosperity. He received his education at Brantford's original Grammar School under Mr. Tyner. After leaving school he went to Montreal to complete his education with the old established firm of Messrs. Carter, Kerry & Co., wholesale druggists. Returning to Brantford, he took charge of his father's retail drug business, which eventually developed into an extensive wholesale trade. In the year 1869 he retired to give place to his brothers, Joseph and Charles, and entered into partnership with Mr. Henry Yates under the title of Messrs. Yates & Stratford. This firm did for years an enormous business with many of the railways and largest corporations in the country. In connection with Messrs. Nicholson & Chisholm (Stratford, Nicholson & Chisholm), the entire Air Line of the G.W.R. from Simcoe to Glencoe was completed. The contract price was $900,000, and the work was finished in nine months. After this he spent some years in Europe to recuperate his health. On returning to Canada he identified himself with certain large interests, and continued in active business to the time of his death. In the year 1885 he erected a monument to his memory that will never be forgotten, and placed Brantford under a great debt of gratitude, in the erection and donation to the city of the John H. Stratford Hospital. This is a beautiful and substantial edifice, erected upon an elevation overlooking the city, furnished and fully equipped with the latest appurtenances constituting a modern hospital. Since its opening in February, 1885, by Lieutenant-Governor Robinson, it has proved an unspeakable blessing to the city and to the County of Brant as well. Mr. Stratford was married in 1868 to Sarah Juson Harris, of Toronto, who still survives him.

OSEPH E. H. STRATFORD, Glenhyrst, Brantford, Ont., born in that city on September 2nd, 1847. He is a son of the late W. H. Stratford, for many years one of Brantford's leading wholesale merchants. Mr. Stratford received his education at the public schools Brantford, but the business instinct seems to have been born in him, and his father took him from school at the early age of thirteen, making him one of his commercial travellers. For twenty-two years Joseph was on the road, and did a great deal toward building up the extensive business of the house. In 1869 he succeeded his brother, John H., in the management of his father's business. In the year 1875 his father retired, leaving the entire business in his hands, and it has so continued. In addition to his large wholesale drug business, Mr. Stratford has had other outlets for his energies. He holds the position of Captain and quarter-master in 38th Battalion Dufferin Rifles, is a member of Doric Masonic Lodge 121, Sons of England Salisbury Lodge 42, and Ancient Order United Workmen No. 71. In 1881 he built the beautiful structure known as Stratford's Opera House, a perfect gem of architectural beauty. He also took over single-handed Brantford Curling and Skating Rink, an acre of ice under cover, systematizing and making one of the finest rinks in America. Both of these enterprises were subsequently organized into joint stock companies, of which he has ever since been the president. At the death of his brother, he succeeded to the Board of Managers of the John H. Stratford Hospital for life, a position generally acknowledged well held. Since that time he has been annually elected president of the Board. He is now (1891) retiring from mercantile business, being interested in three of the largest stock farms in Ontario. Mr. Stratford married, May 24, 1881, Mary E. Killmaster, daughter of B. Killmaster, Esq., of Port Rowan, and with their six children they occupy that beautiful home, known as "Glenhyrst," about 1½ miles from the city.

EV. J. S. WILLIAMSON, Oakville, Ont., an ex-president of Niagara Conference, was born July 3rd, 1842, in the township of Darlington, Durham County. He received his education at the public school of Ontario and at Albert College, Belleville. He was converted in 1856 and immediately united with the M. E. Church. In 1865 he was licensed as a local preacher and appointed by Bishop Smith to preach on a circuit under Dr. Webster as presiding elder. He was ordained deacon at Lambeth in 1867 by Bishop Richardson, and ordained elder at London in 1869 by Bishop Smith. Previous to being ordained elder, he travelled the following circuits: Brant, Ingersoll, Yarmouth and Seaforth. Since that time he has served, with great acceptability, the church at London, Hamilton, Brantford, Hamilton again, serving the same church eight years in all, Norwich, Paris and Oakville, his present charge. In 1882 he was appointed presiding elder of Hamilton District, which position he held until the Methodist union in 1884. Since the union he has been chairman of the Norwich, Brantford and Milton districts, was president Niagara Conference for 1889, was secretary in 1886, and has been a member of every General Conference since he became eligible for election. He has been a member of the Board of Alma College since its inception, is a member of the General Conference Special Committee, Superannuation Board and General Board of Missions. He was also minute secretary of the Provincial Sunday School Association in 1875. Mr. Williamson is an earnest and able preacher, an energetic and successful pastor, and an efficient church official. In addition to his ministerial work and numerous offices, he has been much on the lecture platform, where he is very popular. He is now in the full vigor and prime of manhood, and engaged in labors abundant. He has been twice married--first, on March 13th, 1866, to Lucy Mulholland, of Troy, and, on May 4th, 1874, to Ada A., daughter of the late Dr. Wolverton, of Hamilton.

OSEPH WHITEHEAD, retired railway contractor and ex-mayor of Clinton, Ont., was born in 1814 at Guisbro, Yorkshire, England. Mr. Whitehead had few advantages of education, having been sent to work at a very early age. He was at first employed on a railway, and was fireman on the first engine that ever ran. That was the historic engine designed by George Stephenson, which made its first run on the Stockton and Darlington Railroad on the 27th of September, 1825. Mr. Whitehead left England for Scotland in 1846, having a contract with the Caledonian Railway, and then came to Canada in 1849, when he was engaged in the construction of the G.W.R. He built a section of the road west of Copetown, and another west of London. In 1853 he contracted for the building of the Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich Railroad. The company failing, work was suspended until a new company was formed under a special act of parliament, and Mr. Whitehead given the contract for the road from Buffalo to Goderich. At Confederation, in 1867, he was elected to parliament and represented North Huron five years. He then spent nine years in Manitoba, and built sixty-four miles of road from the national boundary to Winnipeg, and twenty-two miles from Winnipeg to Selkirk. In 1877 he took the contract to furnish and lay the ties and ballast the road from Selkirk to Cross Lake, and for the construction of the road from Cross Lake to Rat Portage. Having had the honor of being engaged on the first locomotive run in England, he took the first engine into Manitoba in 1878, taking it by boat from Fisher's Landing down the Red River to St. Boniface. Mr. Whitehead was the first reeve of Clinton, and held the office ten years. He is the only surviving member of the first town council. He was mayor three years, declining to serve longer. In religion he is a Methodist. He has been married three times. By his first wife he had six children, who are now occupying important professional positions.

EV. JAS. GORDON FOOTE, of Cainsville, Ont., was born on the 15th March, 1848, in the township of Stanley, County of Huron. He received his primary education at the common schools of his native county. He then attended the College for Young Men at Dundas, and finally concluded his course at Victoria University. He began life on his father's farm, and at an early age engaged as clerk in a general store, where he was successful, and finally became manager. At the age of twenty-six he was converted to God, and immediately gave up business to prepare for the ministry, realizing a special call to that work. He entered upon the sacred calling as a probationer in 1876, and filled appointments at Bervie and Dorchester, then attended Cobourg College for two years, and received ordination in Brantford in 1881, after which he was stationed at Port Colborne, St. Catharines third, Troy, Oakland, and at the Conference in June, 1891, was appointed to Cainsville, his present charge. His entire ministry has been marked by an increase in spirituality, membership and finances. Among the many monuments of his energy, may be noted the beautiful church built at Bealton, on the Oakland Circuit, in 1890, the total cost of $5,000 being provided at the opening services. He is in every sense of the word a preacher, being possessed of a good physique, he presents a pleasing pulpit appearance, and by his untiring energy in the presentation of his helpful and practical addresses, commands the attention of his bearers. But it is in evangelistic services where his power and tact are seen to best advantage, as gracious seasons of revival have attended his full ministry. He is an ardent and fearless prohibitionist, and his did grand work in Scott Act contests in Welland and Lincoln counties, and against the repeal movement in Brant, and led to victory in the late struggle for local option in the township of Oakland. Mr. Foote is married and has one child living.

ENJAMIN E. HAWKE, M.D., Stratford, Ont., was born on the 13th of April, 1866, at Hawkesville, Ont., the place being named after his father. He received his education at the Hawkesville public school and Berlin High School, where he obtained a second-class teacher's certificate. He then entered Trinity College, Toronto, and commenced his medical training. In 1887 he graduated M.D., C.M., taking honors all through his course. After graduating he entered the hospitals of New York to further perfect himself in his profession. After this he commenced to practice at Wellesley, where he built up a large business, which he subsequently sold out, and then spent some months travelling through the Western States. Returning to Ontario in 1889, he settled at Stratford, where he enjoys the confidence of the people and has a growing practice. Dr. Hawke is an adherent of the Methodist Church, is a member of the I.O.O.F., C.O.F., A.O.U.W., K.O.T.M., Select Knights and other societies. He is examining physician for each of these societies, and examiner for the Dominion Life, Ontario Mutual, Sun Life, London and Lancashire and other life assurance companies.

OHN ELGIN TOM, Inspector of Public Schools, Goderich, Ont., was born in Darlington, Durham County, on the 19th October, 1852, of English parents. In 1853 his parents moved to S. S. No. 5, Usborne, County of Huron, where he received his public school education. At the Normal School, Toronto, in 1871, he obtained a second-class certificate. In 1875, returning to the Normal School, he obtained a first-class grade "A" certificate. He was then appointed principal of the Georgetown public school, which he resigned to accept the position of science master in St. Mary's Collegiate Institute in January, 1877. He remained in St. Mary's until July, 1885, when he was appointed science master in Strathroy Collegiate Institute, and in January, 1886, was made Inspector of Schools for West Huron and Goderich. Mr. Tom is a member of the Presbyterian Church, a Liberal-Conservative in politics, a Select Councillor of the Royal Templars of Temperance and a member of the I.O.O.F. He was married in August, 1876, to Miss Mary L. Haynes, who died in June, 1886, and again March 28th, 1888, to Maggie C., daughter of James Dickson, Registrar of Huron County.

EV. FRANCIS E. NUGENT, Mitchell, Ont., was born on the 21st of November, 1842, at Tyrone, County of Durham, Ont. He received such an education as the public schools of his day afforded, and afterwards prosecuted study by himself. He worked on his father's farm until eighteen years of age, when he went to work at the lumber business in a saw-mill. In 1865 he was converted, and almost immediately felt called to the sacred ministry. The church, recognizing his gifts and graces, gave him a license as a local preacher. In 1867 he joined the New Connexion Conference on probation. He successfully passed his examinations with honors and was ordained in 1871 at Owen Sound. Before ordination he travelled the following circuits:--Millbrook, Erin and Waterford, being two years at the latter place. Since ordination he has ministered to the churches at Milford, Goderich, Harmony, Bayham, Hespeler, Berlin, Lucknow, Listowel and Mitchell, his present charge. Previous to the union of the Methodist churches, Mr. Nugent was secretary of District in the New Connexion Church, and since the union has been chairman of District, and also financial secretary of District for a number of years. He has been a member of the Stationing Committee continuously since 1886, and was a member of the General Conference of 1890. Mr. Nugent has been twice married--first, on June 17th, 1871, to Miss Anna Graham, of Bethany, and again, on May 13th, 1891, to Miss Celina Graham, his first wife's sister. He is a pronounced temperance advocate, is a member of the society of the Sons of Temperance, and was Deputy Grand Worthy Patriarch for several years. At the Guelph Conference in 1891 he was elected to represent the Conference at the World's Temperance Convention to be held in Chicago in 1892. He is energetic in all church work, is a sound preacher, and is beloved by his people. He has a family of five children--two sons and three daughters.

RTHUR RICH'D. DENISON, architect, 20 King street West, Toronto, was born on the 25th January, 1856, at "Dovercourt," Toronto. He is a son of the late Colonel Richard Denison and Maria Hepburne Denison. His father was an English officer, and his mother was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland. The subject of our sketch received his education at the Upper Canada College, Toronto. He afterwards attended military school for one year. In the year 1872 he began the study of architecture with the late John G. Howard, and subsequently with Walter R. Strickland and Joseph Connolly. In 1880 he became a partner in the firm of James & Co., which partnership existed for two years, at which time he began business on his own account. In 1883 he entered into partnership with George A. Stewart, the firm being known as Stewart & Denison, architects and surveyors. In addition to the office in Toronto, they also had a branch office in Winnipeg, Man. In 1885 Mr. Stewart received the appointment of Government Engineer at Banff, N.W.T., and the partnership was dissolved. In 1890 he entered into partnership with Wm. King, the firm being known as Denison & King. Mr. Denison has built many of the chief public and private buildings in the city of Toronto. He is architect for the Dominion Government for Toronto district, and he is also architect for the Board of Police and the Free Library Board. For four years he was a member of the Public School Board, Toronto, and also a member of the Toronto Board of Health. In religion Mr. Denison is a member of the Church of England, and in politics is a Conservative. He is a member of the Masonic Brotherhood, and also of the Sons of England. He was married on the 15th of June, 1881, to Miss Helen Louisa Stewart, daughter of G. A. Stewart, Government Engineer, Banff, N.W.T. Mr. Denison is making rapid progress in his profession, and is evidently destined to take a leading position.

EV. JOHN MORTON, pastor of the First Congregational Church, Hamilton, Ont., was born at Carmunnock, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was educated at the parish schools of Carmunnock, Cathcart and Busby. Scotland, and at the common school, County of Oxford, Ontario, the Grammar School, Woodstock, and afterwards at Glasgow University and Evangelical Union Theological Hall, Scotland. He emigrated to Canada with his parents when in his seventeenth year. Mr. Morton was ordained at Glasgow, Scotland, in 1869, and in the following year became pastor of the Evangelical Union Church, Dalkeith, Scotland, where he remained eleven years, and in 1880 accepted a call to Falkirk. In 1881 he came to Canada, when he received a call to the First Congregational Church, Hamilton, where he has remained ever since and has been very successful. In 1888 he was chairman of the Congregational Union of Ontario and Quebec. He was married on the 3rd of August, 1871, to Miss Agnes Pettigrew, of Blandford, Ont. In this country, as in his native land, Mr. Morton is greatly beloved by both ministry and people.

OBERT ARMOUR BARRON, Principal of Georgetown High School, was born July 27th, 1850, in Glasgow, Scotland. His parents were also natives of Scotland--his father being from Morayshire and his mother from Ayrshire. Principal Barron received his education at the Public and High Schools, Waterdown, and at the Collegiate Institute, Hamilton. When fifteen years of age he moved with his parents to Muskoka, and the same year he opened a school in Bracebridge, Ont., and was the first teacher in Muskoka district. He afterwards graduated from Toronto University in 1881 with first-class honors in French and German, and subsequently obtained specialist standing in Classics, Modern Languages and English. After graduating he was appointed assistant master of Renfrew High School. In 1883 be became head master at Port Dover, where he remained seven years. In 1890 he took charge of the Georgetown High School, and is now appointed Principal of Meaford High School. Mr. Barron is a Presbyterian, a member of the Sons of Scotland, and Associate Examiner of Toronto University.

LBERT JAMES RALSTON, second son of Robert Ralston, Esq., Hamilton, Ont., was born in that city October 12th, 1864. He received his education at the Chestnut Academy, Hamilton, afterwards at the Rockwood Academy, near Guelph, and finally at the Canada Business College, Hamilton. In 1880, when only sixteen years of age, he left college and served four years in the dry goods business to gain a thoroughly practical experience. In 1884 he left for Michigan, where he remained until 1886 engaged in mercantile pursuits, and then returned to Hamilton, where he commenced the real estate business. In 1890 he entered into partnership with O. A. Horning as real estate brokers under the style of Horning & Ralston. They now have a very large connection both in the city and beyond, and do a large business in the transfer of city and farm properties. In religion Mr. Ralston is a Presbyterian and in politics a Reformer. He was appointed in 1890 an issuer of marriage licenses. He was married on the 18th of December, 1889, to Jessamine Gordon, eldest daughter of P. C. Allan. Toronto.

ARRY BONIS, B.A., Head Master of Grimsby High School, was born in the township of Usborne, Huron County, Ont., in 1861. He was educated at St. Mary's Collegiate Institute, and afterwards entered University College, Toronto in 1879, gaining a scholarship in general proficiency at the University Matriculation Examination of that year. After spending two years at the University, he began farming in the County of Perth, but finally resumed study, and graduated with honors in Classics in 1887. After spending a short time at the Normal Training School in Strathroy, he entered upon the profession of teaching as Classical Master in the High School at Orangeville. After sending two years there, he received and accepted the important appointment of Head Master of the Grimsby High School, which he still retains, and in which he has been most successful. He is making rapid strides towards the head of his profession, and judging from his past record, he will reach a first place quite early in life. In religion Mr. Bonis is a member of the Church of England.

HOMAS B. GILLARD, Wallaceburg, Ont., was born in Hampton, County of Durham, Canada, in 1845. He received a good common school education, and, at the age of twenty-one, he engaged in the lumbering business in the township of Logan, County of Perth. He next engaged in the printing and publishing business in St. Mary's, which venture proved a failure and he lost everything. He then moved to Wallaceburg in 1870, where he now, as the senior member of the firm of Gillard & Riddell, carries on a large and successful lumbering banking and real estate business. They are also engaged in the shipping trade. Mr. Gillard married, in 1875, Miss Elva Isa Macdougall, daughter of Lachlan A. Macdougall. He has a family of one son and two daughters. He is a public-spirited citizen, and has held high public offices in the town and county, which he has always filled with credit to himself and advantage to the public. He has been reeve of Wallaceburg six years and warden of Kent County, vice-president of the Liberal-Conservative Association of Kent and Bothwell. He is a member of Pythian Lodge, Marmion No. 8, and also of the I.O.O.F.

EOPOLD G. VAN EGMOND, of Seaforth, Ont., was born there September 10th, 1852, son of A. G. Van Egmond and grandson of the late Col. Van Egmond, Holland. He received a limited education at Egmondville public school, and afterwards continued his studies in private. When only nine years of age he commenced work in his father's woollen mill, and at fifteen had the management of the same, in which capacity he remained until 1885, when he bought his father's business. He then took into partnership his brother, William D., and they have since done an extensive trade. They have taken diplomas and medals from national exhibitions, such as the Intercolonial Exhibition, London, Eng., the Universal Exposition, Belgium, etc., and also from the Dominion, Provincial and Toronto Exhibitions. The diploma and the Dominion silver medal of 1885 are worthy of special mention. Mr. Van Egmond was married August 17th, 1887, to Maggie E., daughter of Alderman Vanstone, of Stratford. He is an adherent of the English Church, and in politics is a Conservative. He is a Royal Arch Mason of the Malloch Chapter No. 66, Clinton.

ERY REV. W. R. HARRIS, B.D., Dean of St. Catharines, was born on the 3rd of March, 1847, in Cork, Ireland. At an early age he came to Canada with his parents and entered St. Michael's College, Toronto, where he finished his classical course. He then went to Ste. Anne's Seminary, Quebec, to complete a course of metaphysics and philosophy. In 1869 he was appointed secretary to His Grace the Archbishop of Toronto, whom he accompanied to Rome when summoned to attend the Ecumenical Council. There he entered the College of the Propaganda, where he finished his theological course and took the degree of B.D., and in 1870 was ordained priest. Before returning to Canada he visited the principal cities of Europe. On his return to Canada, he continued for some time as secretary to His Grace, and, in recognition of his services, was appointed to the rectorship of Adjala. Under his pastorate a new church was erected, and many improvements were made in the parish. In 1875 he was appointed to the rectorship of St. Michael's Cathedral, Toronto. Owing to ill-health and pressure of hard work, he was compelled to resign the rectorship of the Cathedral, when he removed to the parish of Newmarket, where he remained eight years. Here, as in other places, the work of the Church progressed under his charge, and great improvements were made. Having regained his health, he was again selected to fill one of the most important positions in the archdiocese, and was appointed to the parish of St. Catharines and Dean of Niagara Peninsula, which position he still holds with great credit to himself, and to the advantage, both spiritually and temporally, of those over whom he has been so wisely placed. He takes a deep interest in popular education, and was president of the Association of Mechanics' Institute of Ontario for the years 1885 and 1886. He was elected on both occasions by acclamation, and was the first Roman Catholic that occupied that position in the province.

OBERT GIBBONS, Sheriff of the County of Huron, Goderich, Ont., was born on the 24th of December, 1811, in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. He received his early education in the private schools of that great commercial city, and came with his parents to Canada in the year 1820. He worked on his father's farm in the County of Lanark until he was twenty years of age, and then settled on a farm for himself near the town of Goderich. He continued farming, in addition to engaging in the cattle trade, until the year 1867, when he was elected to the first Ontario Local Legislature after Confederation had been completed. He was again re-elected in 1871, and sat in the Legislature for two years. He resigned in July, 1873, and in November of the same year was appointed to his present position as Sheriff of the County of Huron. Mr. Gibbons was reeve of Goderich for the long period of nineteen years, was mayor three years, and for thirteen consecutive years was warden of the County of Huron. He was a member of the Provincial Board of Agriculture for nine years, and president one year of his term, following the Hon. D. Christie. In 1837 he was at the front as Sergeant under Colonel Dunlop, and was afterwards gazetted ensign and Lieutenant in the militia. Sheriff Gibbons is an honest, upright and thoroughly reliable man in all the relations of private life, and a highly efficient officer. He enjoys in his old age the esteem of all parties and creeds, and is still hale and hearty. The Sheriff has enjoyed a long life, which has been full of that which is worthy of perusal and emulation, and his history stands on these pages as a matter which may be studied with interest and profit by those who desire to make life a success. He is an adherent of the Presbyterian Church of Canada. Mr. Gibbons was twice married--first, on the 22nd of November, 1835, to Miss Jane Wilson, and again, in the year 1880, to Miss Alice Roddy, who died in 1888. Of a family of five, one son and a daughter have passed away.

EV. JAMES MIDDLEMISS, D.D., Chalmers Church, Elora, Ont., was born in the year 1823 at Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland. He received his education at Duns public school under Mr. Mercer; and, after a full arts course in Edinburgh University, studied theology under Dr. Thomas Chalmers, then at the head of New College, Edinburgh. He was also trained as a teacher in the Normal School of that city. His father dying when he was only three months old, he became the care of his mother's father and brother until he entered the university at the age of fifteen. At sixteen he was appointed tutor to the late James Clerk Maxwell, the distinguished physicist. During his university course he took a high place in mental science, mathematics and natural philosophy. After his first session at the university he maintained himself and paid all the expenses of his education by private teaching. He was licensed as a preacher in 1849, and after laboring some time as assistant to ministers in delicate health, he came to Canada in 1855, and has ever since ministered to the congregation of Chalmers Church, Elora. In 1858 Mr. Middlemiss was appointed clerk of the Presbytery of Hamilton; and when the Presbytery of Guelph was formed, on the occasion of the union of the Free and United Presbyterian churches in 1861, he was appointed clerk, and held the office until 1869, when he resigned. In the General Assembly he has from time to time spoken very effectively in cases of general interest, but will be remembered chiefly for his services as convener of the committee on "The Aged and Infirm Ministers Fund," from 1877 to 1887. He received the degree of D. D. in 1886 from Knox College, Toronto. Dr. Middlemiss is one of the most scholarly men in the Presbyterian Church, is a literary man of high standing and has published pamphlets on "The Evidences," on "Calvinistic Doctrine," etc., besides contributing to the church papers. He was married in 1855 to Mary, daughter of Capt. Duncan Menzies, R.N.

IGHT REV. T. J. DOWLING, Bishop of Hamilton, Ont., was born in Limerick, Ireland, February 28th, 1840. When he was eleven years old he came to Canada. In September, 1855, he entered St. Michael's College, Toronto. He remained there seven years, and took an active part in founding St. Michael's Literary Association, and still contributes, for the encouragement of the society, an annual prize, known as "The Dowling Silver Medal." In 1861 he was made one of the professors, and in the following year entered the Grand Seminary of Montreal, where he completed his theological studies. He was ordained priest by the Right Rev. Bishop Farrell on August 7th, 1864, in St. Mary's Cathedral, Hamilton, and in October following took charge of Paris, Galt, the townships of Burford, North and South Dumfries, the villages of Ayr, Glenmorris, and Harrisburg, and the villages of Hespler and Preston. Mainly through his indefatigable efforts, the heavy debt upon the church at Paris was paid, and it was subsequently renovated at an outlay of over twenty thousand dollars. In 1873 he purchased the separate school property and residence for the Sisters of St. Joseph in Paris. In 1877 Father Dowling accompanied the Canadian pilgrims to Rome, taking part in the Golden Jubilee of Pope Pius IX. In 1880 he built St. Patrick's Church, Galt, and in February, 1881, was appointed Vicar-General. On the 17th January, 1883, he was elected Vicar-Capitula of the diocese of Hamilton. On the 1st of May, 1887, he was consecrated Bishop of Peterboro, and labored successfully in that diocese for two years. On the 2nd of May, 1889, he was installed Bishop of Hamilton. Bishop Dowling, while fervently devoted to his Church, is held in high esteem by other denominations, and the good work done by him in the many places which have been blessed by his labours, stands as a lasting monument of his worth.

EV. THOMAS WEST, parish priest, Goderich, Ont., was born on the 13th February, 1846, in the township of Sheffield, County of Addington. He received his education at the public school, at St. Mary's High School, St. Thomas High School, St. Michael's College, Toronto, St. Therese College, Que., and the Grand Seminary, Montreal. He graduated in theology from the last named institution in 1876, and was ordained to the holy priesthood by the present Archbishop (Walsh) July 19th, 1876. He was first appointed assistant priest to Rev. Dr. Kilroy, of Stratford, and after a short period of eight months, was removed to Dublin as assistant to the Rev. Dean Murphy. In 1880 Father West was sent to the Mission of Raleagh and Ridgetown as parish priest, where he remained four years and rendered efficient and permanent work for the church and diocese. In 1884 he received the appointment to the parish of St. Augustine, and, after a four years' pastorate in this charge, was appointed in 1888 to his present field of labor in Goderich. Father West is greatly respected, not only by his own parishioners, but by all classes of the community.

AMES P. WOODS, Q.C., Judge of the County of Perth, Stratford, Ont., was born on April 2nd, 1840, in Devonshire, Eng. He came to Canada with his parents in the year 1842, settling in Stratford, where he has remained ever since. He commenced study in the first public school opened in Stratford, and completed his education at the High schools of Stratford and Goderich. In the year 1856 he commenced the study of law with Judge Lizars. He was admitted to practice in 1862, and was called to the Bar in 1863, and at once began the practice of his profession. He afterwards formed a partnership with Mr. James Fisher, M.A., now of Winnipeg, under the title of Woods & Fisher, and latterly, Woods, Fisher & McPherson. He received the appointment of Q.C. in 1885, and in 1887 was appointed a judge. Mr. Woods has always taken an active interest in all matters pertaining to the welfare of Stratford. He was for years president of the Water Works Company, and also of the Gas and Electric Light Co. Mr. Woods is a member of the Church of England. He was married to Miss Maria C. G. Hodge, daughter of T. Hodge, formerly of St. Thomas, Ont., July 27, 1870.

ENRI BEAUFORT VIDAL, Major in the Infantry School Corps, was born May 16th, 1843, at Chatham, Kent. His father was Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal, a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy, and his mother a daughter of the late Henry Veitch, for many years H.B.M.'s Consul-General in Madeira. Major Vidal was educated by private tutors, and at Trinity College School, Toronto. He was admitted as student-at-law in 1860, and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1872. He entered the militia of Canada as ensign in the 3rd Battalion, Lambton, in 1860, and in May, 1862, he joined the British army as ensign, became a Lieutenant in the 4th Regiment of Foot in 1864, serving with that regiment in the Mediterranean, India, Abyssinia, etc. He was present at the action of Arogie and capture of Magdala. Retiring from the British army he at once re-entered the Canadian militia as Captain of the 7th Battalion Fusiliers, London. In 1882 he became a Regimental Major in the 12th Battalion, from which corps he was transferred to the permanent infantry. Major Vidal is in politics a Conservative, and in religion an Episcopalian. He was married in January, 1869, to Kate Allen, who died in 1884, leaving a son and a daughter. Charles Emeric Kerr, the son, was educated at Upper Canada College, and at St. John and Halifax High Schools. He matriculated in medicine at Bishop's College, Lennoxville, in 1885, entered the militia of Canada before his sixteenth year as second Lieutenant of the 6th Fusiliers, and in 1887 became Lieutenant, and Captain in 1889. Having transferred to the University of Toronto, he graduated as M.B. in 1889, and then took a post-graduate course at his old college, obtaining the degree of M.D., and the gold medal for highest marks in March, 1890, and immediately was appointed a House Surgeon of the Montreal General Hospital, which position he now holds. Major Vidal is one of the few Canadians who, having served in the Imperial Army, has taken an active interest in the Canadian militia.

EV. GEO. WM. HENDERSON, pastor of Wellington Street Methodist Church, London, Ont., was born on the 12th of May, 1855, at Sparta, County of Elgin, Ont. He received his primary education at the public schools, and afterwards continued his studies at Montreal Theological College and McGill University. In early life he worked on his father's farm. Mr. Henderson's early training was that of a Presbyterian, but, at the age of seventeen, he was converted in a Methodist Church, and united with that denomination. In the year 1873 he was given a local preacher's license, and preached in that capacity for nearly two years. In 1875 he was admitted as a probationer in the London Conference. While on probation, he spent two years serving the church at Westminster, and one year at London North, and the balance of his probationary term being spent at college. He was ordained in 1881, the Rev. John Wakefield being president of the Conference. Immediately after ordination he was sent to the First Church, Hamilton, as assistant to Mr. Wakefield. Since that time he has been pastor of the following stations: Hamilton, Chatham, London Queen's Park, Dresden and his present charge. He was journal secretary of the London Conference for two years after the union of the Methodist churches. He has been assistant secretary of his Conference, secretary of Districts, and has been five years in succession District financial secretary. He has for years taken an active part in the work of the Bible Society, and has always been an active temperance worker. Mr. Henderson is a faithful pastor and a successful preacher of the Gospel, and has risen, very early in life, to a foremost position in the work to which he has devoted himself. He has been twice married--first, on the 11th of May, 1882, to Miss Emma Hunt, of Westminster township, who died in June, 1886, and, on the 20th of June, 1888, he was again united in marriage to Miss Grace Rothwell, of Chatham. He has two children, a son and a daughter.

EV. EPH. PATTERSON, M.A., Rural Dean, Stratford, Ont., was born in the year 1826, near Perth, County of Lanark. His father came to Canada in 1814 with the 37th Regiment Foot, and took part in the struggle then going on with the United States. He afterwards settled in Perth, where the subject of our sketch received his education at the public and Grammar schools. He afterwards studied theology at the Diocesan Theological College, Cobourg, which was under the management of Rev. Dr. Bethune, late bishop of Toronto. While in attendance at this institution, he carried off the Kent testimonial prize in 1849. In that year he was ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Stracham, and was appointed curate of Cobourg. In 1850 he was ordained priest and constituted missionary at Portsmouth and Wolfe Island, Frontenac County. In 1851 he was transferred to the pastorate of St. James Church, Stratford, where he at once removed, and has been incumbent there since that time. Subsequently he was made Rural Dean of the County of Perth by Bishop Hellmuth. On the 22nd of February, 1887, he received the appointment, from the Bishop of Huron, of Canon of the Diocesan Cathedral, London, to succeed the late Rev. Dr. Townley. Mr. Patterson is an earnest churchman, an energetic worker and an eloquent and able preacher. He also takes an active interest in all matters pertaining to the welfare of Stratford. He was for many years chairman of the Grammar School Board, and of the County Board of Public Instruction for granting teachers certificates. He also received from the Board of Education the appointment of Public School Inspector for the town of Stratford, which position he resigned in 1872 owing to the pressure of his parochial work. He was also repeatedly appointed by the Council Local Superintendent of Schools for several townships. Mr. Patterson married, in 1852, Jane Wauchope, youngest daughter of Donald Mackenzie, Esq., of Ottawa.

ILLIAM LOWELL, Niagara Falls, Ont., was born on the 16th of February, 1811, in the village of St. David's, township of Niagara, County of Lincoln, Ont. His father died about the close of the war of 1812 to 1815, when William was four years of age. Owing to the general devastation of homes, his mother was left with exceedingly slender means, but managed, with great industry and economy, to give her son a fair business education. When fourteen years of age he entered mercantile life as a clerk in the town of Niagara, and afterwards served for some time in the same capacity in St. Catharines. About 1828 he went to the London district, but returned to Drummondville, now the village of Niagara Falls, in 1831, and there commenced the general store business, in which he continued until 1860. During these years his business extended, and was very successful. Since his retirement from the dry goods business, he has been dealing in securities, etc. In 1842 Mr. Lowell was appointed a Justice of the Peace, and for several years discharged the duties of his office with great efficiency. He was a Reformer of the old school, and loved to associate his name with that of the late Hon. Robert Baldwin and the prominent politicians of that day. During later years he did not take an active part in politics. Mr. Lowell was in religion a staunch Presbyterian, and in 1887 built a church for that congregation, assuming the entire expense, which generous act was highly appreciated by the church. This deed of love appeared to be ordained as the finale of his kindly life, as he died very shortly after this, passing away on the 16th of March, 1888, and was buried in Drummond Hill Cemetery. His whole career was marked by an honest and diligent performance of whatever his hands found to do, and, in passing away, he left a memory to be cherished by those who knew him best. Mr. Lowell was married in 1834 to Mary, daughter of Christian and Mary McCarthy Zavitz, who were both natives of the State of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

AMES A. LOWELL, Niagara Falls South, Ont., was born there April 21st, 1849. He received his education at the public and High schools of his native place. At the age of seventeen he went to Wisconsin, U.S., and engaged in the dry goods and boot and shoe business, where he remained seven years. He then returned to Niagara Falls South, where he engaged in the dry goods business and was eminently successful, and was enabled to retire from business in 1882. Mr. Lowell is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Mount Nebo Chapter No. 76 R.A.M., also of St. Mark's Lodge No. 105 A.F. & A.M., also Murton Lodge of Perfection A. & A.S.R., Hamilton. He is also a member of A.O.U.W., and of the Select Knights of Canada. He was made Justice of the Peace in 1887, is a Liberal in politics, and president of the Liberal Association for Welland County. In religion he is an adherent of the Presbyterian Church, and he gives liberally to the church and benevolent objects. He was married May 29th, 1885, to Miss Mary Whybra, of Niagara Falls South. The biography of Mr. Lowell's father appears on the preceding page.

IR THOMAS GALT, Chief Justice of Common Pleas of Ontario, Toronto, was born on the 12th of August, 1815, in London, Eng. Mr. Galt's education was commenced in Scotland, continued in England until 1828, and completed in Lower Canada. He returned to England in 1830, and when in his eighteenth year, emigrated and settled in Toronto, where he entered the employ of the Canada Company, remaining there from 1833 until 1839. From September, 1839, until April, 1840, he was in the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. In 1840 he was articled to the late Chief Justice Draper. He was called to the Bar in 1845, and at once entered upon the practice of his profession. He was elected Bencher in 1855, created a Q.C. in 1859, appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1869, and Chief justice in 1887. His appointment was a most creditable one, as he has proven one of the most capable and esteemed judges known to Canadian Courts, sustaining this high honor with the ability and dignity appropriate to the position. Chief Justice Galt is a member of the Church of England. He was married October 27, 1847, to Miss Frances Louisa Perkins.

EV. FATHER RICHARD D. MALONEY, Markdale, Ont., youngest son of David Maloney, of Acton, Halton County, was born on the 23rd of February, 1867, at Acton, Ont. He received his preliminary education at the public schools, and afterwards attended a college taught by Father Fleck, S.I., at Guelph. In 1883 he went to St. Jerome College, Berlin, Ont., where he studied rhetoric, and afterwards studied philosophy in St. Michael's College, Toronto. In 1886 he entered the Seminary of the Sulpicians, Montreal, for the study of theology, and took the degree of S.T.L. In the summer of 1889 Father Maloney was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Fabre, of Montreal, and immediately after was appointed curate of the church at Arthur, Ont. Leaving there he was sent to the widely extended mission of Priceville, which embraces the charges of Priceville, Glenelg, Durham, Melancthon, Dundalk and Osprey. Father Maloney is a member of the C.M.B.A. That he is one of the most laborious clergymen in the diocese, is evident from the large number of stations under his pastoral care, and the prosperity enjoyed by each.

ILLIAM HENRY HUSTON, M.A., Principal of Woodstock College, was born on the 17th of June, 1859, at Whitby, Ont. He received his education at the public schools and Collegiate Institute there, matriculating into Toronto University in 1876. He was then engaged as teacher in the Collegiate Institute, Whitby, remaining there four years, at the end of which time he was graduated B.A. at Toronto University, winning the Gilchrist Scholarship of London (England) University. He was then appointed House-Master of Pickering College, which position he filled one year, when he was appointed Principal. Mr. Huston was married December 25th, 1882, to Miss Taylor, Fonthill. In 1886 he was appointed First English Master of Toronto Collegiate Institute, continuing there until 1889, when he accepted his present position. From 1885 to 1889 he was secretary of the Industrial School, Toronto. He is active in the work of religious and moral reform. He was brought up an Episcopalian, but is now a loyal Baptist. The college over which Mr. Huston presides is most complete, and has what is very unusual in Canadian institutes of learning, a workshop connected with it.

AS. KIRKPATRICK KERR, Q.C., Toronto, was born near Guelph, in the township of Puslinch, on the 1st of August, 1841. He is the son of Robert Warren Kerr, from Tully Hill, County of Sligo, Ireland, who came to this country in 1832. The subject of our sketch was educated at Hamilton and Galt under the well-known Dr. Tassie. He selected law as his profession, and was called to the Bar in August, 1862. He commenced the practice of his profession in Toronto as a member of the firm of Blake, Kerr & Wells. The Hon. Ed. Blake and the Hon. S. H. Blake then being two of his partners. This connection lasted until 1885, when he became the head of the firm of Kerr, Macdonald, Davidson & Paterson. He was created Q.C. in 1876 by the Lieutenant-Governor, and in 1871 by the Governor-General, was elected a Bencher of the Law Society in 1879, 1881, 1886 and 1891. Among the many important civil and criminal cases in which he has been retained may be noted that of the Queen v. Hodge, which he argued before the Privy Council in England. Mr. Kerr is a Liberal in politics. Although avoiding public life, he has been tendered the nomination of his party on more than one occasion, and in 1891 contested Centre Toronto in the Liberal interest. He has been a most active and enthusiastic Free Mason for nearly thirty years. In 1865 he was elected W. M. of Ionic Lodge, Toronto, and was subsequently three times elected D.D.G.M. of the Toronto district. In 1874 he was Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada, and succeeded to the Grand Mastership on the death of William Mercer Wilson. Mr. Kerr has occupied many other important positions in connection with Freemasonry in this country, and was regarded as a firm but wise ruler of the craft. He is a member of the Church of England. He was married twice--in 1864 to the youngest daughter of Hon. William Hume Blake, and in 1883 to the daughter of the late Rev. George Stanley-Pinhorne, of Cumberland, England.

IR CORNELIUS HENDERICKSEN KORTRIGHT, K.C.M.G., Barrie, Ont., was born on the 26th of December, 1817, in London, Eng. He is the son of Lawrence Kortright, late of the Grenadier Guards, and Maria McQueen. He received his education at the English schools, afterwards in France and Germany, and also from private tutors. In 1842 he went to Australia, and remained in that colony ten years. He then went to Nassau, Bahama Isles, where he received the appointment of Special Magistrate and Crown Commissioner of the Isle of Inagua. In 1854 he was appointed by the Home Government President of the Virgin Islands, West Indies. He afterwards received the appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of Grenada, West Indies. After this he became Lieutenant-Governor of Tobago. On two different occasions he was ordered to assume the administration of the government of Trinidad in the absence of the Governor, Sir Arthur Gordon. He afterwards was appointed administrator of Gambia on the West Coast of Africa, and after acting in this capacity for two years, he was promoted as Governor-in-Chief of the African settlements, situated at Sierra Leone. Soon after this he received the appointment of Governor of British Guiana, South America. In 1881, on account of his health failing him, he was compelled to retire from active service, and received the Order of St. Michael and St. George from Her Majesty Queen Victoria, in recognition of his long, valuable and faithful service. Sir Cornelius Kortright came to Canada in 1886 and settled in the town of Barrie, so beautifully situated on Kempenfeldt Bay,--a fitting place in which to retire and enjoy the closing hours of a long and useful life spent for his country in filling the many high offices to which he has been from time to time appointed. He married, in 1851, Emily, daughter of Major Anderson, and, secondly, Theresa, daughter of Captain Charles Forbes, of the 17th Foot.

NTHONY LACOURSE, Judge of the County Court of the County of Waterloo, was born in September, 1830, at Berthier, Province of Quebec. He commenced his education at the Grammar School, Picton, Ont., and continued and completed it at Regiopolis College, Kingston. After finishing his education he began the study of law with the late Thomas Kirkpatrick, Esq., Queen's Counsel, Kingston. He was called to the Bar in the Easter Term in the year 1855, and commenced to practice at Lindsay, where he remained for some years in possession of a large and profitable clientage. While residing in Lindsay, he was elected mayor for three years in succession. He also held the office of Clerk of the Peace and County Crown Attorney until he received the appointment of Junior Judge of the County of Waterloo. In March, 1888, on the death of the late judge, he was appointed to the vacant office, which he has since filled with the dignity and ability appropriate to the high position. Mr. Lacourse was married to Mary, daughter of the late J. Dormer, M.D., Kingston. She died, and he married Frances, daughter of the late Col. Baldwin, of Toronto.

ON. FRANK SMITH, Minister of Public Works, was born at Richhill, Armagh, Ireland, in 1822. He accompanied his father to Canada in 1832 and settled near Toronto. He carried on a wholesale grocery business for over forty years, starting in London in 1849 and retiring in Toronto in 1891. He was alderman of London several years, and mayor in 1866, was president of the Northern Railroad Co., Toronto Street Railway Co., Northern and Pacific Junction Railroad Co., and of the Northern Extension Railroad Co. during its existence, president of the Home Savings and Loan Co., London and Ontario Investment Co., Ltd., vice-president of the Dominion Bank and of the Dominion Telegraph Co., is a director of the Consumers' Gas Co., the General Trust Co., and the North American Life Insurance Co., Toronto, also a director on the Canadian Board of the Grand Trunk Railway. He was called to the Senate February 2nd, 1871, and sworn in the Privy Council July 29th, 1882, and sworn in as Minister of Public Works August 14th, 1891. Hon. Mr. Smith is a staunch Conservative. He married a daughter of John O'Higgins, Esq., J.P., Stratford, Ont.

EORGE HENRY HENDERSON, L.D.S., Elora, Ont., was born in April, 1866, at Hollin, Maryborough township, Wellington County. He is the son of the late George Henderson, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Harriet Landerkin, of this country. He was educated at the Harriston High School. In the year 1888 he began the study of dentistry in the office of Dr. J. G. Adams, Toronto, and also attended the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, graduating in the spring of 1891. He then located in the town of Elora, where he opened an office and began to practice on his own account, and has already laid the foundation of a desirable and important connection. Mr. Henderson is in religion a Methodist, and is Sunday School Superintendent and president of the Epworth League. He is a member of the Sons of Scotland, and also of the Royal Templars of Temperance. In politics he is a member of the Liberal party, and takes an active part during election campaigns. If a thorough knowledge of his profession and a strict attention to his clients mean anything, he may expect a large and profitable practice.

EV. ROBT. GORDON SUTHERLAND, M.A., B.A., Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton, Ont., was born August 27th, 1845, at Aberdeen, Scotland. He came to Canada in 1866. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, Trinity College, Cambridge, and graduated at Trinity College, Toronto. In 1875 he received the degree B.A. and in 1878 that of M.A. He was ordained deacon at St. Stephen's Church, Toronto, in 1870, and priest at All Saints, Whitby, in 1871, by the Right Rev. A. M. Bethune, Bishop of Toronto. He was appointed to Pickering from 1870 to 1873, was curate of Christ Church and All Saints Church, Hamilton, from 1873 to 1876, and rector of St. Mark's Church, Hamilton, in 1877. He was then appointed Canon of Christ Church Cathedral. Canon Sutherland has at different times held mission services in many places of the Province of Ontario. He was elected delegate to the Provincial Synod in 1886, and every year since to date. On November 24, 1869, he was married at Bruce Mines by the Rev. James Chance, to Miss Jane Bennetts, of St. Anstell, Cornwall, Eng.

ILLIAM HENRY PORTER, L.D.S., Bradford, Ont., was born February 27th, 1837, in Dublin, Ireland, and was brought to Canada in his infancy. He was educated at the public schools in Canada, and afterwards learned the carpenter trade. In 1860 he entered the dental office of N. P. Peck, Newmarket, and in 1868 was granted a license by the newly organized Dental Board. For thirty years he has practiced in Bradford and Simcoe County. His son, Fred. R. Porter, D.D.S., a graduate of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario and Toronto University, has now succeeded Dr. Porter, and carries on his father's business. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and is a Mason of high standing, being P.M. and Past First Principal, and Past Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons, Knight Templar, 18th degree Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Provincial G.M. 95th degree Egyptian Rite, P. Inspector-General of Cryptice Masonry, also Past District Deputy of the A.O.U.W., and is also Past Deputy Grand Commander of the Select Knights. Dr. Porter married, in 1866, Mary, daughter of Capt. R. B. C. Playter, Holland's Landing, Ont.

. WESLEY REDFERN, Owen Sound, Ont., was born at Picton, Prince County, on the 25th of July, 1849. He began his education at the public schools and completed it at the High School of Owen Sound. In 1865 he began an apprenticeship of three years to the hardware business with G. M. Buchart, and in 1868 took the management of the establishment as foreman, which position he ably filled. In 1874 he became partner, which partnership continued until 1879, when a new business was started under the name of Redfern and Lepan, which still continues. The firm does an extensive business, both wholesale and retail, and is well known to be the shelf and heavy hardware house of that section of country. Mr. Redfern was alderman in 1889, a member of the council of the Board of Trade for three years, and one of the first directors of the Owen Sound Building and Saving Society. He is in religion a Methodist, in politics a Conservative, and a Master Mason. He was married on the 27th December, 1876, to Jane, eldest daughter of E. Ferguson, Ireland.

EV. T. ALBERT MOORE, pastor of Simcoe Street Methodist Church, Hamilton, Ont., was born on the 29th of June, 1860, at Acton, Ont. He received his education in the public schools of Acton and the Georgetown Academy. Early in life he earnestly devoted himself to self culture, and may fairly be said to be a self-educated man. Commencing business as a printer at the age of fourteen, he became both editor and proprietor of the Acton Free Press within three years. With limited experience, yet by indomitable energy, the paper soon attained a provincial reputation, and a substantial and remunerative business built up. In January, 1879, he was converted, and feeling called to the work of the ministry, he disposed of the printing business the following July to his brother, H. P. Moore, and began special preparation for his sacred calling. Licensed as a local preacher in 1879, he was received by the London Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada as a probationer in 1880 and sent to London North Circuit. Before ordination he labored with acceptance on the London North, Belmont and Salford Circuits, remaining on the latter two years. He was ordained at the Conference of 1884, Rev. W. C. Henderson, D.D., being president for that year, and has since served the church at Drumbo, Princeton, and his present charge, Simcoe Street, Hamilton. Mr. Moore has been blessed with gracious revivals on every Circuit, and very successful in adding to the membership of the church, being especially useful in his labors among young people. He is an earnest worker in behalf of temperance and Sabbath schools, and is an active member of the Executive Committee of the Provincial Sabbath School Association, taking deep interest in its work and urging its mission plans throughout the province. In June, 1890, he was a delegate to the International Sabbath School Convention, held in Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. Moore was married on the 16th of September, 1884, to Miss Lissa Newton, of Woodstock, Ont.

EV. JOHN LAYCOCK, pastor of Emerald Street Methodist Church, Hamilton, Ont., was born at Embro, Ont., on the 21st of October, 1848. He received his education in the public schools of his native place and Albert University, Belleville. At the age of 21 he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and from that time began to preach the Gospel. The church, recognizing his gifts and graces, granted him a local preacher's license. For a year before joining the Annual Conference, he preached on the Malahide Circuit. In 1871 he joined the Niagara Conference, was ordained deacon in the year 1873 by the late Bishop Richardson, and ordained elder in 1875 by Bishop Carman. Mr. Laycock travelled successively the following circuits: Mount Elgin, Nissouri, Leamington, Bothwell and Florence, St. Clair, Glencoe, Wallaceburg, Essex Centre, Chatham, London North, and Park Hill, before the union. Since that event he has served the church at Ingersoll, Waterford, and his present charge. He has held important positions in connection with the church, having been journal secretary of the Niagara Conference for eight years before the union, and having held the same position in the Conference since. He has also been financial secretary of Districts. Mr. Laycock has built a goodly number of churches during his ministry, and at this writing (1891) he has undertaken the erection of a church in the eastern part of the city of Hamilton, to be known as the "John Wesley Memorial Church." The lecture platform is often occupied by him, and he is a frequent contributor to current literature. During his ministry he has been blessed with numerous revivals, hundreds of souls having been converted, and among them a goodly number who are now preaching the Gospel. Mr. Laycock was married on the 15th of April, 1879, to Miss Annetta Marie Dolson, daughter of Gilbert H. Dolson, of Chatham, Ont., a lady of culture and refinement.

ON. RICHARD MARTIN MEREDITH, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Judicature for Ontario, of London, Canada, was born there March 27th, 1847. He is the fourth son of the late John Walsingham Cooke Meredith, who was a B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, and studied for the Bar in Ireland. Our subject received his education at the private schools of Rev. Charles P. Watson and Rev. T. D. Luard, M.A., London. In 1864, at the age of seventeen, he began the study of law under his eldest brother, W. R. Meredith. Soon after this he entered the military school, and was one of the first that graduated and received a commission. He served during the Fenian Raid on the frontier at Windsor, and in all the encampments which followed until the war feeling had subsided. He then resumed his law studies, and was admitted to the Bar in 1869. He at once entered into practice with his brother Edmund, and continued with him until he received his present appointment. He has always been firmly devoted to the study and practice of his profession. In politics Mr. Meredith was a Conservative, and in religion is an Episcopalian. He never married.

HAS. R. ROSS, Niagara Falls South, Ont., was born July 8th, 1818, at Metuehen, New Jersey, U.S.A. His education was received at the public school of that place and by private study. He lived on his father's farm until fourteen years of age, when he came to Drummondville, Ont., to live with his brother, with whom he was associated in business for twelve years. In 1847 he accepted an appointment of the American Tract Society and went to Virginia, where he was engaged in the work of colportage. He was an earnest Christian young man, and this work was much more congenial to him than business life. For thirty years he visited Sunday schools and families, distributing Bibles, books and tracts. During the American war he was in labors abundant, attending to the sick and dying soldiers, conducting religious services and administering spiritual consolation to the inmates of the hospitals. Failing health compelled him to give up the work, and he returned to Canada to make his home with his brother Alanson, who died in 1885, since which time he has lived a quiet, retired life with his sister. Mr. Ross is a Methodist, and is highly respected.

EV. H. PAHTAHQUAHONG CHASE, Sarnia, Ont., hereditary Chief of the Ojibway tribe of Indians, president of the Grand Council, and missionary of the Colonial and Continental Church Society at Munceytown, Ont., Canada, was born at Belleville in the year 1818. He received his early educational training at the mission school of his birthplace, and afterwards attended Genesee College, New York State, from which institution he graduated in 1839. He was appointed to the Civil Service by Lord Metcalfe, as interpreter to the Indians on the frontier in 1843. He remained in this position for the long period of twenty years, and was created Lieutenant in the service, making his complete term of service on the borders cover forty-seven years. Mr. Chase was married in the year 1852 to Miss Annie G. Armour. He was ordained in the year 1863 by the first Bishop of Huron, and has remained in Sarnia since that time. He is now living retired there. Upon the Prince of Wales' visit to Sarnia in the year 1860, Mr. Chase had the honor of reading the Indians' address to him, and, in return, the Prince conferred upon him the Queen's medal, as shown in his portrait on this page. He has been in England four times, and on each occasion was warmly received and treated royally. On July 1st, 1885, the Lord Mayor of London received him at luncheon at the Mansion House, where followed cordial addresses from Sir Charles Tupper, Sir T. F. Buxton, Rev. J. A. Bailey, chaplain of the Foundling Hospital, and others. He was also warmly received by the Prince and Princess of Wales on this visit. Mr. Chase is not only a very much respected Indian chief, but has been a devoted missionary, and has done much for the elevation and Christianization of the aborigines of Canada. He had their cause at heart, and so earnest was he that he never failed to excite sympathy for them, wherever he was privileged to preach the Gospel. He is now in his 74th year, and retains much of the spirit of his earlier days.

EV. W. T. McMULLEN, D.D., pastor of Knox Church, Woodstock, Ont., was born on the 9th January, 1831, in the North of Ireland. He is a brother of James McMullen, M.P. for North Wellington. The subject of our sketch studied in Knox College under Prof. Esson, Geo. Paxton Young, and Dr. Willis. He graduated in the year 1856, and was ordained at Millbank on the 5th of November of the same year. He was married the following year to Miss Susanna Gilbert, of Toronto. In the year 1860 he accepted a call in Woodstock, where he has remained since. Dr. McMullen has always taken an active part in the discussion of the public questions of the day, having a most intelligent grasp of all such matters. In 1882 he presided at a Conference in the Parliament House, Toronto, representing four Anglican Synods, two Conferences of the Methodist Church, and two Synods of the Presbyterian Church, convened to press the matter of the reading of the Scriptures in the public schools on the attention of the Government. He introduced the deputation and addressed the Premier on this occasion, and the movement resulted in the introduction of the Book of Scripture Readings now in use. Dr. McMullen has been Moderator of the Synod of Hamilton and London, and has been Clerk of Paris Presbytery since October, 1878. In the year 1888 he was chosen by acclamation Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada at Halifax. To show with what efficiency and satisfaction to the church he filled this honorable position, we quote a few lines from the Presbyterian Review, of June, 1889: "By common consent Dr. McMullen has made a most efficient, dignified and courteous Moderator." He received the degree of D.D. from Knox College in the year 1889. Early in the same year he presided at one of the sessions of a Conference on Christian Unity held in Toronto, representing the Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches of the Dominion.

EV. ED. BURKE KILROY, D.D., of Stratford, Ont., was born on the 30th of November, 1830, in Ireland. His parents came to Canada in the year 1836 and settled near Windsor, Ont. At the age of fifteen he entered the University of Notre-Dame, Indiana, to prosecute his theological studies, and graduated in 1853 with honors. He then continued his studies until 1854, when he was ordained priest. From 1854 to 1856 he was one of the best known missionary priests in Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan. In 1856 he received the appointment of president of the University of Saint Mary's of the Lake, Chicago, Illinois, where he remained two years. He was then made pastor of the church in Laporte, Indiana, and soon after transferred to the city of Lafayette, one of the most important parishes in the diocese of Fort Wayne, where he remained till 1864. He was then transferred to the mission of Sarnia, Ont., and from that time until the present has been actively engaged in mission work in the diocese of London, during which time he has been pastor of Sarnia, St. Mary's, rector of London Cathedral, and parish priest of Stratford. During the American Civil War Father Kilroy was appointed special agent of the State of Indiana to look after the wounded belonging to that State in the armies of the Cumberland, Mississippi and Potomac. This appointment gave him an opportunity of ministering to the spiritual wants of hundreds of Roman Catholic soldiers who otherwise must have died without the rites of their religion. He visited Europe in 1876 and 1877, travelling through England, Ireland, Spain, France and Italy, in company with the Right Rev. Bishop Walsh, of London. During his stay in Rome he received his degree of D.D. from the College of the Propaganda. Dr. Kilroy is one of the best known Catholic priests in Ontario. He is an eloquent preacher, an able lecturer, and a faithful pastor. His life has been marked by toil and sacrifice for others, and he will long be remembered by what he has done.

RCHIBALD McNEE, Windsor, Ont., was born in Perth, County of Lanark, in the year 1845. His parents were natives of Perthshire, Scotland, and came to Canada in 1821. He received his education at the public school and at Perth High School. His early life was spent on a farm, and, with a view of going into stock farming, he took a course in agriculture at the Toronto University, and was among the first who obtained the diploma of the Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto. In 1867 Mr. McNee married Miss Isabella Campbell, of Lanark County, whose parents came from Argyllshire, Scotland. In 1874 he removed to Winnipeg, and for a number of years was License Inspector for the Province of Manitoba. Having a strong inclination for newspaper work, he joined the staff of the Winnipeg Free Press, and for a period of years represented that paper in the Parliamentary Press Gallery at Ottawa. He was president of the Gallery in 1885. He was a member of the Winnipeg Council for several years, and also for a number of years a member of the Public School Board. During the boom in Winnipeg he operated in real estate, in which he was fairly successful. For some considerable time he was managing editor of the Free Press. In the year 1888 he severed his connection with that paper and purchased the Weekly Record in Windsor, Ont., where he has remained since. In 1890 he commenced the publication of the Evening Record. In politics Mr. McNee is a Liberal, although not a partisan. He is a thorough Canadian, believing in Canadian Independence, and that her political and commercial course should be shaped so as to secure her own best interests. In religion he is a Baptist, and holds the office of deacon and Sunday School superintendent. He is also president of the Windsor branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, and is interested in all matters pertaining to the moral and religious welfare of the community. He is a public-spirited citizen, and is highly respected by all classes.

LBERT ASA POST, architect, Manning Arcade, Toronto, Ont., was born on January 29th, 1850, at Pickering, Ontario County. His parents were Asa and Ann O'Reilly Post, his father was born in Canada and his mother in Ireland. The subject of our sketch received his education at the public school and at St. Michael's College, Toronto. After completing his education he began the study of architecture in the office of Messrs. Langly & Burke, Toronto. In the year 1879 he began his profession in the town of Whitby. His business, which is large and increasing, is not, however, confined to that place, but extends over the whole province and the neighboring Republic, where he has erected many important buildings. In 1891 he opened an office in Toronto, associating with him A. W. Holmes, of London, Eng., the firm being known as Post & Holmes. Mr. Post in religion is a Roman Catholic and in politics is a Reformer. He is a member of the Whitby High School Board, a member of the Ontario Association of Architects, and is County Architect for Ontario County. He has reached the front in his profession, and has a brilliant future before him.

M. ALBERT SHERWOOD, artist, 54 Toronto Arcade, Toronto, son of William and Eliza McBrien Sherwood, was born on the 1st August, 1859, at Omemee, Victoria County, Ontario. He was educated at the public and Grammar schools, and from childhood showed great aptitude for sketching, etc. At the age of fourteen he began the study of art, and after a time entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts at Philadelphia. In 1884 he returned to Canada and opened a studio in Toronto, where he has been most successful as a portrait, animal and genré painter. In 1884 he was elected as a member of the Ontario Society of Artists, and is one of the most energetic of the Executive Council. He organized the Central Ontario School of Art, and is very active in promoting the study of art in Canada. He is generally known as the "Poet Artist." "Otoronton" and "Loretto" are among his best productions. He is the author of the poem "Lake Couchouching," which appears in "Songs of the Great Dominion." He has produced several dialectic poems. His productions are pervaded with a spirit of Canadian nationalism. He is a member of the Episcopal Church.

EV. WILLIAM F. CLARKE, Congregational clergyman, Guelph, Ont., was born on the 31st of March, 1824, at Coventry, Eng. His father was the Rev. Wm. Clarke, who founded the Congregational Church in London, Ont., in 1837, and was one of the pioneer ministers of Western Canada. He received his theological education in Toronto at the Congregational College of British North America, and entered the ministry in 1844, when he was only twenty years of age. His first charge was Burford, Ont., after which he became pastor of the Congregational Church in London, where he remained about ten years. While there he was Superintendent of Schools for the city, and secretary of the County Board of Education. He subsequently removed to Guelph and became pastor of the Congregational Church, from 1860 to 1872. After this he was pastor of several churches in Ontario. In 1888 he retired from the regular settled ministry. He has for many years been prominent in the promotion of agriculture, having been for thirty years a constant contributor to the Agricultural and Horticultural Departments of the Montreal Witness. He also founded the Canada Farmer, Ontario Farmer, and Rural Canadian, and was editor of The American Bee Journal of Chicago for two years. For twenty years he has been a constant contributor to the latter and to other journals. He is the founder of the Guelph Agricultural College, and has recently founded the Ontario Bee-Keeper's College. Mr. Clarke is also contributor to several of the leading journals in Canada and the United States. He possesses extensive knowledge of the leading questions of the day, and is a writer of great versatility and power, still retaining his strength and vigor, and bids fair to spend many more years in helping his fellows in the many ways for which he is so eminently fitted. He was married in 1844 to Mary Ann, daughter of the late Rev. William Lyle, a minister of the Primitive Methodist Church.

EV. JOSEPH PHILP, B.D., of East London, Ont., was born in the township of Manvers, County of Durham, on the 4th of September, 1851. He is of English descent, his parents having come from Cornwall, Eng., about forty-seven years ago. His education was commenced at the public schools, and was continued by private study, summer schools and special courses. He was the first Canadian to graduate from the Chautauqua School of Theology, receiving the degree of B.D. in January, 1890. He is a graduate of the C.L.S.C. of the class of 1883, and of the C.N.D. of 1881. He has also for many years made a special study of the science of geology. Mr. Philp, like many prominent men of the day, spent his early life on his father's farm. In 1869, when in his eighteenth year, he entered the ministry of the Methodist Church. Before ordination he travelled the following circuits: Omemee, Millbrook, Nelson and Ancaster. He was ordained in 1873, and since that time he has served very acceptably the church at Manvers, Blyth, Holmesville, Belgrave, Sparta, Talbotville, St. Thomas Central, Watford and London East, his present charge. He has had a large share of District and Conference honors, and has been for five years Conference treasurer of the Superannuation Fund. He is a strong advocate of temperance principles, and practices and takes a special interest in the Sunday School and Bible Society work of the present day. He is a great student, an earnest hard worker, and has been very successful in building churches and paying off church debts. He has also been very successful in evangelistic work, frequently doubling the membership on his charges. As a pastor his kindness of heart and brotherly sympathy win for him a place in the affections of all his parishioners. As a preacher he has few equals in the practical presentation of the Gospel. Mr. Philp was united in marriage with Miss Louisa Wright Bennett, of Copetown, on the 11th of June, 1875.

HON. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, of Toronto, M.P. for East York, and ex-Premier of Canada, was born near Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, on the 28th January, 1822. He received his early education at the public school, and continued his studies at the Cathedral, Dunkeld, and at Perth. In 1842 he came to Canada, settling at Kingston, but soon after removed to Sarnia, Ont., started business as builder and contractor. Here he conducted his private avocations, though all the while studying public questions. A Whig in Scotland, he brought his Liberalism with him. In 1852 appeared the Lambton Shield, with Mr. Mackenzie as editor, and for two years with great force he contended through that paper for the expansion of liberty. He has always held the principles of the universal brotherhood of man, and believes in the extinction of all class legislation. In 1861 he was elected to represent Lambton in Parliament, where he at once attracted attention, and became head of his party. From 1867 to 1873 he was leader of the Reform party, and, in 1873, was placed at the head of the Liberal party of the Dominion. Upon the resignation of Sir John A. Macdonald in November, 1873, Lord Dufferin called upon him to form an administration. As an administrator he was conscientious,--there is not one deed of his that can be stamped with reproach. During his administration several important questions, which threatened the gravest complications, were adjusted. As a private member, he is author of many important measures. Mr. Mackenzie is president of the Sovereign Fire Insurance Company, of the North American Life Insurance Company, and a director of the Building and Loan Association. He was major of the Executive Council, and treasurer of Ontario in Mr. Blake's administration from 1871 to 1872. He was twice offered the honor of knighthood, but declined its acceptance. He has been twice married--first to Helen Neil, of Irvine, Scotland, and again to Jane Sym, of Perthshire, Scotland.

EV. ROBERT ALEXANDER FYFE, D.D., first principal of the Canadian Literary Institute, now so favorably known as Woodstock College, was born on the 20th of October, 1816, in the parish of St. Philippe, a few miles south of Montreal. He was of Scotch parentage, and gave evidence all his life of that virility and prudence that have characterized the Scottish Canadian. He was a man of unusual physical and mental robustness. His spiritual nature was warm, devout and joyous. Dr. Fyfe in his college career gave evidence of the brilliant and useful future before him. He received his theological training at Newton Theological Seminary. In the year 1842 he was ordained and began work in the Ottawa Valley, which still remembers him with gratitude. While laboring here he organized the Perth Baptist Church. In the year 1843 Dr. Fyfe was married to Jane, daughter of James Thompson, Esq., of Laprairie. In 1844 he received a call from the March Street Church, Toronto, which he accepted. From this church have sprung directly and indirectly all the many Baptist churches to be found in Toronto to-day. In 1848 he returned to Perth, having become dissatisfied with the ultra rigid views of his Toronto people. He remained in Perth until the year 1853, when he accepted a call to the Warren Church, and later in the same year went to Milwaukee, where he remained two years. He then accepted a call from Bond Street Church, Toronto, where he labored faithfully until the year 1857, when he was asked to take charge of the Canadian Literary Institute, Woodstock, which he was instrumental in founding. He continued principal of the latter institute until his death, which occurred on the 4th of September, 1878. Dr. Fyfe is regarded as the Baptist Apostle of Ontario, and his name will be revered more and more as the doctrines of separation of Church and State, and of religious freedom, are more fully appreciated.

EV. BENJAMIN D. THOMAS, D.D., pastor of Jarvis Street Baptist Church, Toronto, was born on the 27th of January, 1843, near Narberth, South Wales. His father was pastor of the Baptist Church in the latter place for over forty years. The subject of our sketch received his education at Craig House Academy, Swansea, and Haverford West Baptist College, Wales. He was ordained in Neath, Glamorganshire. In 1868 he came to America. His first settlement in this country was with the Baptist Church in Pittston, Penn. In October, 1872, he assumed charge of one of the leading churches of the denomination in the city of Philadelphia, and maintained a successful pastorate for eleven years. In October, 1882, he removed to Toronto, where he still continues ministering to the largest church of the denomination in Canada. Dr. Thomas is the author of several small booklets, which have had an extensive circulation. He was married in Wales in 1864 to Mary Jones, who died in 1886, leaving six children. His present wife, to whom he was married in March, 1887, was Miss Mariana Bevan, daughter of the late Ebenezer Bevan, Esq., Pittston, Penn.

NDREW PATTULLO. Woodstock, Ont., was born in 1850 in Caledon township, Peel County. He received his education in the public school of Blenheim township, County of Oxford, Dundas High School, St. Catharines Collegiate Institute, and after taking the Gilchrist scholarship, he attended London University. He commenced the study of law in London, but had to give it up owing to ill-health. In 1875 he entered the Sentinel newspaper office, Woodstock, as junior partner. In 1880 he bought out his brother's interest in the Sentinel, and shortly after this amalgamated with the Review his paper now being known as The Sentinel-Review. Since Mr. Pattullo took hold of the Sentinel the business has increased fourfold. The firm now consists of himself and his nephew, Andrew Laidlaw. Mr. Pattullo is recognised as one of the most able editors west of Toronto. He was president of the Canadian Press Association for 1890, 1891 and 1892. He is an able platform speaker, and is a power for the Reform party during campaigns. In religion he is a Presbyterian. He was married October 16th, 1889, to Isabel, fourth daughter of R. Balmer, Oakville, Ont.

EV. WM. TUCKER TAPSCOTT, of Woodstock, Ont., was born in Northumberland County, Ont., on the 19th of May, 1852. His father was the late Rev. S. Tapscott, Baptist minister. He was educated at Woodstock Seminary and McMaster University. In 1880 he was ordained to the ministry of the Baptist Church, and became pastor of the united charge of Stouffville and Markham. Afterwards he accepted the charge of Parliament Street Church, Toronto, and from thence went to Aylmer for four years. Here the church enjoyed continued and increasing prosperity during his pastorate. Receiving a call to Brampton, he remained there four and a half years, during which time the cause doubled both numerically and financially, and, in 1891, moved to his present charge, Oxford Street, Woodstock. His acceptance of this church involved leaving a more lucrative field, but this he did cheerfully, believing his proper place to be where he was most needed. He was married on August 8th, 1882, to Nellie E., daughter of A. Rowland, London, Ont.

EV. CHARLES J. DOBSON, B.D., Toronto, was born September 19th, 1852, in the township of Reach, Ontario County, Ont. He was educated at the public and High schools, where he prepared for matriculation in Toronto University. He became a probationer of the Methodist Church in 1873, and in 1877 was ordained, receiving the degree of B.D. from Chatauqua University in 1891. Mr. Dobson spent his early years on a farm, during which time he was converted to God, and spent several years as a local preacher, being greatly blessed in his work. He has occupied the following pastoral charges:--Selkirk, County Haldimand, Albion West, Prince Albert, Claremont, and the People's Methodist Church, Toronto. Mr. Dobson has been examiner on the Board for probationers, and has been secretary of Districts, and on Conference committees. He has never aspired to the higher positions in the church, being thoroughly devoted to pastoral and congregational work. He was married June 30th, 1877, to Jennie H., daughter of David Hopper, of Victoria Square.

DWIN RICHARD REYNOLDS, barrister, Toronto, was born July 12th, 1856, near Meaford, Ont. He received his education at the public school and at Collingwood Collegiate Institute. In 1878 he began the study of law with James J. Robertson, Owen Sound, and subsequently with John Hoskin, Q.C., and finished his course with F. M. Morson, now Junior Judge of York County. He was called to the Bar in 1884 and began the practice of his profession in Toronto. He was the means of re-establishing the Law School, founded by the late John Hillyard Cameron, but which was discontinued about the year 1878. He petitioned the Law Society to re-establish this school, and succeeded in accomplishing it, and to-day it is the chief seat of learning for the law students of Ontario. Mr. Reynolds is an adherent of Bond Street Congregational Church. He is in politics a Conservative, and is an earnest advocate of Imperial Federation, and is well versed in all the leading political questions of the day. He was married in 1882 to Mattie Finch, of Toronto.

HARLES REA DICKSON, M.D., C.M., was born in Kingston, Ont., December 16th, 1858, of Irish parents. His father, one of the chief surgeons of his day, was amongst the founders of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Kingston, and of the Medical Council of Ontario, and its first president. Dr. Dickson was educated at Kingston Collegiate Institute, and entered the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1876, graduated from University of Queen's College in 1880, spent a year at the Medical Department of the University of the city of New York, taking the collegiate as well as the post-graduate course, receiving the degree of M.D. in 1881, and attending at the same time private courses on Clinical Examinations by Prof. W. H. Thomson, M.D. He began practice on Wolfe Island in 1882, removed to Kingston in 1886, and to Toronto in 1889. Having paid special attention to medical and surgical electricity, he was appointed Electro-Therapeutist to Toronto General Hospital and to Victoria Hospital for Sick Children. The doctor is in religion a Presbyterian.

ILLIAM BUCKINGHAM was born in Devonshire, Eng., on the 3rd of December, 1832. He was trained to the printing, publishing and book-selling business, and at an early age became associated with leading newspapers in the North of England as shorthand writer. Coming to Canada in 1857, he was appointed on the parliamentary staff of the Toronto Globe. He maintained his connection with journalism in Canada as reporter, editor, proprietor of the Stratford Beacon and other well known papers until 1873, when he accepted the office of secretary to the Dominion Prime Minister. Meanwhile he had undertaken, with a friend, the enterprise of establishing at the Red River the first newspaper (The Nor'-Wester) published in that then lone land. This was in 1860, when the press, type and every other printing requisite had to be taken to Fort Garry from the nearest point at St. Paul by ox teams. In other ways Mr. Buckingham has made his personality felt. Twice he has been deputed to England--first in the capacity of official reporter to the Colonial Conference to arrange for Confederation, and next on immigration business of the Ontario Government. He subsequently declined the chief agency of that province in London, as well as the office of Inspector of Prisons and Public Charities. He has filled leading positions in the Canadian Press Association, and in the various municipal, trade, educational, local railway, hospital, church (Episcopal), and other organizations of Stratford, in which city he has chiefly made his home. He was a commissioner for enquiry into the management of city post offices while secretary to the Postmaster-General in 1862. When Mr. Mackenzie's Government went out in 1878, Mr. Buckingham received from Lord Dufferin a commission under the great seal as Deputy Minister of the Interior, which Sir John Macdonald revoked after Lord Dufferin had left Canada. Sir John offered an inferior office in lieu. This he declined with indignity.

ONALD B. FRASER, M.D., Stratford, Ont., was born in September, 1848, in North Easthope township, County of Perth. He received his education, for the most part, at the public school, and applied himself with such zeal and perseverance that, when very young, he obtained a first-class county certificate. He then attended the Normal School, and succeeded in obtaining a second-class certificate, and then taught for about six years, most of this time being spent in his native township. In the year 1871 he commenced his professional education at Trinity Medical College, Toronto. In 1874 he graduated from the latter institution and from Toronto University, carrying off the gold medal from both institutions. He then went to Europe and spent some time in visiting the leading hospitals there in order to further perfect himself in his profession. While there he spent nearly two years in St. Thomas Hospital, London. After this he took a trip to Australia as surgeon on a vessel, and spent some time in that colony. In 1876 he returned to Canada and commenced his profession at Stratford, where he still continues. Since settling there he has built up a profitable business, which continues to increase. He is held in high esteem by the medical profession, as well as by all other classes in the community, being one of Stratford's most respected citizens. Dr. Fraser is one of the professors of the London Medical School, being lecturer in Histology and Pathology. He has been one of the examiners of Toronto University for the past six years, and is at the present time an examiner in Trinity College. In addition to his extensive practice, he is also medical examiner for several life assurance societies. He is a scholarly man, and well qualified to fill the many offices he holds in his own city and elsewhere. Dr. Fraser was married in January, 1888, to Miss Emily McCulloch, by whom he has two children--a son and a daughter. He is an adherent of the Presbyterian Church.

EV. JOHN JAMES, D.D., "Craig Villa," Walkerton, Ont., was born on the 14th of October, 1825, near Dumbarton Castle, Scotland. His humble pious parents often sat at the Lord's table when three of their sons were officiating elders and two were ministers, the youngest of whom is Rev. G. F. James, Bristo Church, Edinburgh. Three grandsons are also ministers. Our subject's school days were very limited, and in a great measure he was self-educated, until entering Glasgow University in 1850. At nine years of age he went to work in his father's shop, and at twelve was apprenticed to tailoring. He soon became head of the well-known firm of J. & D. James, afterwards changed to D. & E. James, clothiers, Argyle street, Glasgow. He took a full arts course while in active business, studied theology in U. P. Divinity Hall, Edinburgh, was licensed to preach in 1857, and designated to the Canadian field. Shortly after arriving in Canada he was ordained pastor of what is now Central Presbyterian Church, Galt, was afterwards pastor of Dumfries Street Church, Paris. He then returned to Europe and became pastor of Merridale Road Church, Wolverhampton, Eng. Returning to Canada, he was intercepted and called to State Street Presbyterian Church, Albany, N.Y. We quote the following from "Origin and Growth of Presbyterianism in Albany": "From 1871 it had six flourishing years under the Rev. John James, D.D., a man of Scotch birth and breeding, positive character, decided influence, and an able preacher. He did good work for Christ." Dr. James was married on the 31st of December, 1845, to Agnes Craig, near Glasgow. In 1874 he received the degree of D.D., from Union University, Schenectady, N.Y. In 1877 he accepted a call to Knox Church, Hamilton, where he remained eight years, when he resigned with the intention of retiring, but was invited to go to Walkerton to unite the two churches there. Here a most prosperous pastorate has been enjoyed.

AMES B. HOLT, hardware merchant, Brantford, Ont., was born on the 20th June, 1837, at Walsall, Staffordshire, Eng. He received his education at the public schools of England. His boyhood days were spent on his father's farm, and at an early age he was apprenticed to the trade of gold and silver-plating, at which he served seven years. On the expiration of his apprenticeship, he was employed as foreman in the establishment in which he learned the business, remaining in this capacity for ten years. In 1869 he came to Canada and settled first at London, Ont., where he worked at his trade for one year. He then removed to Ingersoll and started business for himself as gold and silver-plater. While there he was very successful, doing work for the largest carriage manufacturers throughout the Province of Ontario. Being ambitious, and wishing to find a broader sphere for his energies, he removed to Brantford in the year 1876, and opened an establishment in his own line of business, namely, that of gold and silver-plating. After a time he engaged in the carriage hardware business, and afterwards branched out into a general hardware trade. By energy, perseverance and diligent attention to business, he has become one of Brantford's most successful merchants, and has accumulated a considerable amount of money. His success has come from a thorough knowledge of his business, a strict integrity in all his dealings, and the pleasing manner in which he always meets his customers. Mr. Holt is a public-spirited man, and has been alderman of the city. He is a member and trustee of the Methodist Church, and a member of the Society of the Sons of England. He is a thoroughly reliable man and much respected by all classes. He was married on the 9th of November, 1859, to Miss Caroline White, a native of Walsall, England. They have had born to them five children--one son and a daughter having passed away, and two sons and a daughter still living.

EV. J. WESLEY SAVAGE, Bond Head, Ont., was born in 1829 in Yorkshire, England. He was educated at Woodhouse Grove Academy, which was started in time of John Wesley for the education of Wesleyan ministers' sons. On leaving school he concluded to study medicine with his brother, but, on his conversion, at once decided to study theology. He first thought of offering himself as a missionary to China, and, under the advice of the Rev. Dr. Hannah, was making arrangements to attend one of the Wesleyan colleges to study the Chinese language, when his father, a Wesleyan minister, wished and advised his son to follow him in the regular work of the ministry, hence the idea of going to China was abandoned. In 1854 he came to Canada and entered the ministry of the Methodist Church. His first circuit was Warwick. He has since then occupied the following circuits:--London, Prince Albert, Port Perry, Uxbridge, Orangeville, Albion, Glanford, Stirling, Aurora, and others. Mr. Savage's pastorate on each circuit has been followed by great revivals of religion. He has on different circuits had twelve camp meetings in charge. On eight of the previous circuits occupied, he remained the full term of three years, and this year was returned to his present charge for the third year by special request of the Quarterly Board. Mr. Savage has been financial secretary on two districts, this being his sixth year on the Bradford District. In 1880 he was a delegate to London, Eng., to the Memorial Centennial Sabbath School Conference, and the unveiling of "Raikes" monument. Mr. Savage has been twice married--first, in September, 1853, to E. Cooper, of Ripon, Eng., and again, in 1880, to Jennie McFarland, of Toronto. He is a writer of considerable ability, and has contributed to different papers and periodicals. He is now engaged on a literary work entitled "Distinguished Characters of Bible and Ecclesiastical History," which is regarded as his life work.

EV. W. A. McKAY, B.A., Woodstock, Ont., was born on the 11th of March, 1842. He is the eldest of seven brothers, five of whom entered the ministry of the Presbyterian Church. From the age of sixteen until twenty-three, he taught school in Oxford County. On the 1st October, 1863, he was married to Amelia Jane, daughter of Joshua Youngs, a man greatly beloved for his many stirling qualities by all who knew him. Mr. McKay graduated in Toronto University in 1869, standing first in the honor list in Oriental languages, and taking a high place among the honor men in the department of Logic, Metaphysics and Ethics. In 1870 he graduated in Knox College, and was licensed by the Toronto Presbytery to preach the Gospel. In December of the same year he was ordained and inducted into the pastoral charge of Cheltenham and Mount Pleasant, where he had labored for two years previous as a student. On the 4th November, 1873, he was translated to the pastorate of Baltimore and Cold Springs in the Presbytery of Peterboro. In May, 1878, he became pastor of Chalmers Church, Woodstock, and in this large and important congregation he has since continued to labor with fidelity and great success. In addition to his pastoral labors, Mr. McKay takes an active interest in all public questions of the day. Perhaps no clergyman in the land has done more effective work on the platform and through the press for the cause of temperance and moral reform. Mr. McKay is the author of several well-known works, and is a constant contributor to the press. His book, "Outpourings of the Spirit," is published by the Presbyterian Board, Philadelphia, and is widely circulated in the United States. His best known work in this country is "A Discussion of Baptism from the Paedo-Baptist Standpoint." This book has reached a Canadian circulation in a few years of twelve thousand copies. Mr. McKay is in the vigor of his manhood and gives promise of much future service.

ONATHAN WILKINSON, of St. Thomas, was born near Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng., in 1827. His father was a Yorkshire farmer. He was educated in Manchester, and at the age of twenty-one came to the United States as amanuensis to a literary gentleman, with whom he travelled over the continent. On his return to England he published an account of his rambles, which was highly spoken of by the press. Coming to Canada in 1856, he settled in Hamilton, and was engaged as shorthand reporter and city editor of the Morning Banner. During the parliamentary sessions in Toronto, he went each day and returned at midnight with the reports, which were published in next morning's issue. In 1858 Mr. Wilkinson purchased the Guelph Advertiser from the Hon. A. I. Fergusson Blair, and continued it for thirteen years, during which time he began the publication of the daily. He then removed to Hamilton and started the Morning Standard. After two years he went to St. Thomas, where he began the Times, first as a bi-weekly, and afterwards, in 1882, as a daily. The paper has now a very large circulation in the adjoining counties. In 1887-88 Mr. Wilkinson visited the Pacific Coast and published a series of letters under the title of "Rambles in California," containing sketches of the principal points of interest in the Golden State, and its mining, agricultural and horticultural industries, including also Utah and Colorado. He spent the summer of 1889 in England and Scotland, and published another series of sketches, including the ancient cathedrals of England, and the famous haunts and homes of Scott and Burns and other celebrities. These, like Mr. Wilkinson's former efforts, were highly appreciated. He is a member of the Scientific and Historic Society of Elgin, and takes a deep interest in its work. In politics he is a Liberal-Conservative, but not a Tory, as the term is generally applied. He was married in 1852 to Agnes Luck, of Bedfordshire, Eng.

ILLIAM SCOTT, M.D. Woodstock, Ont., the oldest physician in the County of Oxford, was born November 27th, 1820, at Everingham, Yorkshire, Eng. His parents came to Canada in the year 1830 and settled in Oxford County, where the subject of our sketch aided in clearing two farms. While working on the farm he was a diligent student, all his spare time being devoted to study. At length he articled himself to Dr. J. Samuel Stratford, Woodstock, and commenced the study of medicine. At the end of five years, in the year 1848, he successfully passed his examinations in the Medical Department of Toronto University. He at once began to practice in Woodstock, where he has continued ever since, and enjoys the confidence of all classes of the community. In 1868 he received the honor degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Medical College at Castleton, U.S. Dr. Scott has been very successful in his practice. He has made a specialty of the diseases of women and mid-wifery, having had of the latter the extraordinary number of about eight thousand cases in his practice of forty-two years. He now does an office business exclusively, and such is his fame far and wide as a specialist, that patients come to him from long distances in Canada, and from the United States as well. He has filled a most important place in the community in which he has resided so long, and has by his wisdom and skill brought relief to thousands of homes. Dr. Scott has strong inventive ability, and has invented a number of surgical instruments, some of which have been strongly commended by medical faculties. He was surgeon in the 22nd Battalion Volunteer Oxford Rifles for a number of years, and has been one of the coroners for the County of Oxford for many years. In religion he is a member of the Church of England. The doctor has been twice married--first to Miss Sarah Maria Eakins, of Burford, who died in 1855, and he was again married in 1856 to Miss Elizabeth E. Martin, Blenheim.

ON. GEO. WM. BURTON, Senior Puisne Judge of the Court of Appeal, Toronto, was born July 21st, 1818, at Sandwich, County of Kent, Eng., being the second son of the late Admiral George Guy Burton, Royal Navy, of Chatham, Eng. Our subject received his education in the old land under the Rev. Dr. Whiston. He came to Canada in 1836 and commenced the study of law with his uncle, Edmund Burton. He was called to the Bar in 1841, and began the practice of his profession at Hamilton. He was appointed a Bencher, and subsequently twice elected. He was created a Q.C. in 1863, and in 1874 was raised to the Bench. Judge Burton has given several decisions in very important cases upon constitutional questions of general interest, which involve far-reaching results. Justice Burton was married June 9th, 1850, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Dr. Perkins, of Falmouth, Jamaica, and niece and adopted daughter of the late Col. Chas. Cranstan Dixon, of H. M. 90th Regiment. His family consists of six children--four daughters and two sons, one of the latter being a barrister at Hamilton, and the other a barrister in Toronto.

EV. J. CRAGG FARTHING, M.A., rector of the parish of Woodstock, Ont., was born December 13th, 1861, at Cincinnati, Ohio. He received his early education at Parkfield School, Liverpool. After this he attended Gonville & Caius' College, Cambridge University, England, and graduated B.A. in 1885 with honors. He then came to Canada and was ordained to the ministry of the English Church. He was ordained deacon in 1885 by Bishop Baldwin, and was appointed to the parish of Durham, Grey County. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1886, and, in 1888, was appointed curate at Woodstock, and subsequently rector. He received the degree of M.A. in 1888. Mr. Farthing is a member of the Executive Committee of the diocese of Huron, a member of the Masonic and I.O.F. fraternities, being chaplain of Woodstock Court. He was General Secretary of the Cambridge University Church of England Temperance Society, and a member of the Ely Diocesan Temperance Committee. Mr. Farthing was married in September, 1891, to Elizabeth Mary, daughter of John C. Kemp, manager of the Bank of Commerce, Toronto.

OBERT LOGAN, of Seaforth, Ont., was born at Paris, County of Brant, on the 14th of June, 1851. His early educational training was received at the public school, Paris, and Galt Central School, and continued at Eastman's National Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He graduated from the latter institution in 1867, and started business life as a book-keeper in a mercantile house at Hamilton. After this he worked for a time in his father's mill at Wolverton. In the year 1871 he settled in Seaforth, where he was engaged in the grain business for a number of years. In 1879 he went to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, and engaged in speculating. He then went to Edmonton, N.W.T., where he remained only a short time, and returned to Portage la Prairie. After remaining here sometime, he removed to Carberry, Manitoba, and engaged in the triple business of lumber, grain and banking. In the latter business he had remarkable success and accumulated considerable money. Through too close attention to business his health broke down and he went to Banff, N.W.T., to get the benefit of the sulphur springs there. This change, however, did not restore him to health, and on the advice of his physicians he came back to Ontario to get the benefit of his native air and the professional skill of the province. Notwithstanding the fact that he was pronounced incurable, under the skillful treatment of Dr. J. E. Graham, of Toronto, he has been restored to his former health and vigor. He now conducts a successful private banking business in the town of Seaforth, where he enjoys the esteem and confidence of the community. Mr. Logan married Miss Charlotte Brent, daughter of the late Dr. Brent, of Toronto, on the 9th of June, 1885, by whom he has two sons. He is an adherent of the Presbyterian Church. His mother, who is in her seventy-fifth year, is still living. She is a godly woman, and has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since childhood.

OHN CAMPBELL, M.D., C.M., (McGill), L. R. C. P., (Edinburgh), of Seaforth, Ont., was born in North Sherbrooke, Lanark County, on the 10th of February, 1839. His parents were natives of Scotland, who came to Canada in the year 1821. The subject of our sketch received such an education as the public schools of his day afforded. He worked on his father's farm and attended school until twelve years of age, when he entered a dry goods store in St. Mary's, and afterwards was employed in similar establishments elsewhere. He wearied of the life of a clerk, and studied for a teacher's certificate, and was successful in obtaining a second-class grade "A" at the Normal School in 1862. He then taught school in Usborne and Blenheim. He was a strong advocate of temperance, and soon revealed that he possessed unusual platform ability. He then began the study of medicine with Dr. Philip, of Plattsville, now of Brantford. In 1866 he entered McGill College, from which he graduated in 1869. After receiving his diploma he commenced to practice in Seaforth, and has continued there since in the enjoyment of a large and profitable patronage. Dr. Campbell has always taken a leading part in all matters pertaining to the improvement of Seaforth. He was a member of the High School Board, is president of the Mechanics' Institute, member of the Masonic fraternity, of the I.O.O.F., of the C.O.F., the R.T. of T., and of the Y.M.C.A. He is also a member of the Ontario and Dominion Medical Associations, and stands high in his profession. He was chief of the Caledonian Society of Seaforth for two years. In 1884 he published his little book, "The Land of Burns," which was favorably received by both press and people. He frequently lectures on Burns and Scottish literature for the Caledonian, St. Andrew's, and other Scottish societies, and has a series of very interesting lectures on the great Scottish poet. He was married on the 14th of May, 1872, to Jane Laird, of Haysville, Ont.

ILLIAM HENRY SHAW, of Stratford, Ont., was born on the 1st of April, 1858, in the township of Camden, Kent County. He received his early education at the public school, and by steady application and perseverance, succeeded in obtaining a third-class certificate when only seventeen years of age. He began teaching in 1875, which he continued until 1883, with the exception of from April to July, 1879, when in attendance at the Normal School, Toronto. He secured a second-class professional certificate from this institution, having passed non-professional in 1878 while teaching. After this he gave up public school work and accepted a position as teacher in the Canada Business College, Chatham, where he remained until December, 1886. He then withdrew from this institution and established the Central Business College in Stratford. This school was opened for the reception of students in January, 1887, and has since grown to a foremost position among the business colleges of the Dominion. The attendance each succeeding year has increased from twenty-two and one-half to forty-three per cent., and now has representatives from all parts of the Dominion and from the United States. This success is due to the ability and popularity of the principal, and to the efforts of himself and his excellent staff of assistants to do the very best work possible for the students. His school is now thoroughly and permanently established, and is an influential factor among our educational institutions, as it has no superior in its particular line of work. Mr. Shaw is a member of the Methodist Church. He was trustee of Wesley Church, Raleigh, and is now choir master of the Central Methodist Church, Stratford, also a member of the Official Board of the latter church. He is doing a grand work, not only in the line of his profession, but also in the church. He was married on the 1st of January, 1878, to Miss Charlotte J. Gill, of the township of Raleigh, County of Kent, Ontario.

ANIEL ROSS VAN ALLEN, of Chatham, Ont., president and manager of the Chatham Manufacturing Company, was born on the 27th of December, 1823, in Burford township, Oxford County. When he was five years of age his father removed to Port Dover and engaged in farming. Here the subject of our sketch received such education as the public school afforded. In 1833 he went to live with his uncle in Chatham, Captain Henry Van Allen, who was engaged in mercantile business there, with whom he remained until 1838, when he started out to do for himself. From this time until 1845 he was employed as clerk in various country stores. In 1845 he managed a store for a Chatham firm, at the point where the town of Dresden now is. While here, being impressed with the eligibility of the location as being desirable for a town, he purchased a lot of land, upon which he founded what is now the flourishing town of Dresden. He carried on business extensively here until 1849. He then removed to Chatham, where he engaged in the mercantile business, which he continued until 1858, when he abandoned this business and embarked in the manufacture of hardwood lumber, in which he has continued since with marked success. In 1882, after adoption of the National Policy, Mr. Van Allen formed a Joint Stock Company for the manufacture of farm waggons, of which the Chatham Manufacturing Company is the result. In 1862 he exhibited, at his own expense, at the World's Fair, London, Eng., a lot of planks of timber, being specimens of the growth and varieties of wood in the vicinity of Chatham. He was awarded the highest prize in that exhibition for this remarkable display. Mr. Van Allen was for many years school trustee, councillor, reeve, deputy reeve, and for one year mayor of Chatham, all of which offices he filled with ability. In politics he is a Conservative. He is an active man, and has contributed largely to the material prosperity of that section.

AMES BENSON WHITELEY, M.D., C.M., and M.C.P. and S., Goderich, Ont., was born on October 8th, 1857, at Goderich. He was educated at the school of his native town, and after taking a second-class certificate "A" in 1876, taught at Port Albert, Ont. He then attended Toronto University in 1878, and afterwards studied at the Toronto School of Medicine, where he graduated in 1882. During his course he took honors in anatomy, physiology and the practice of medicine. He then took charge of Dr. Park's practice at Milverton, and afterwards of Dr. Morton's practice at Wellesley, Ont. In 1886 he began practice in Goderich, and has remained there since. Dr. Whiteley is popular with the profession and the community at large. He has been deputy reeve and member of the Council for three years. In politics he is a Liberal-Conservative, and an adherent of the Methodist Church, a member of the I.O.O.F., I.O.F. and A.O.U.W., and attending physician for these societies. He is also sole examiner for the Canada Life, the Manufacturers' Life, and the London and Lancashire Assurance Companies. He was married on August 18th, 1886, to Miss Percy Fisher, of Goderich.

EORGE DRUMMOND, manager of the Bank of Montreal, Goderich, Ont., was born in Kingston on the 8th of February, 1851, where his father carried on business as a wholesale grocer. He was educated at private schools and the Upper Canada College, entering the latter when only eight years old. After seven years study in that institution, he entered the Bank of Montreal, Toronto, and has continued his connection with the bank ever since, occupying every subordinate position up to that of manager. He has been connected with the branches at Toronto, Peterboro, Chicago, Montreal, Kingston and Hamilton, and has occupied his present position in Goderich since 1886. Mr. Drummond is an exceedingly affable and genial man of thorough business habits, and has made the bank which he represents exceedingly popular in Goderich and the surrounding country. His success in banking is owing to his special adaptation to that business. He is an expert and ardent cricketer and fond of the grand old English game. In religion Mr. Drummond is a Presbyterian. He is unmarried, having his mother and sister residing with him.

OHN JUCHEREAU KINGSMILL, M.A., D.C.L., Judge of the County of Bruce, Walkerton, Ont., was born in the city of Quebec on the 21st of May, 1829. He is of Irish descent, and belongs to a noted military family. His grandfather was Major Kingsmill, of the 1st Royal Regiment, and his father was Colonel William Kingsmill, who came to Canada early in the second quarter of this century. Judge Kingsmill, our subject, was educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto, from which he received the degree of B.A., and Trinity College, from which he received the degrees of M.A. and D.C.L. He commenced the practice of law at Guelph in the year 1853, and was for many years partner of the late Hon. Adam Ferguson Blair. He was County Crown Attorney from 1856 until 1866, and during his residence there was very active in volunteer matters. In 1867, on the separation of Bruce from Huron, he was appointed Judge of the County of Bruce, which position he has held since. He is cool and impartial in his judgments, and his charges to a jury are very clear and emphatic, and fills this high office with ability and dignity appropriate to the position. In religion he is a member of the English Church, has been a delegate to the Synod of Huron for years, and also a delegate to the Provincial Synod, Montreal. Judge Kingsmill has been married four times--first, in 1854, to Ellen Diana, eldest daughter of George J. Grange, formerly Sheriff of the County of Wellington. She was killed by accident in 1860. He was married a second time in 1861 to Julia, eldest daughter of Hon. W. H. Dickson, Senator, Niagara. She died in 1869. He again married in 1871 Caroline Louise, eldest daughter of Samuel Penn Stokes, of Windsor, who has since died, and in 1884 married for the fourth time Agnes Caroline Grace, daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Bernard, of the 13th Hussars, and grand-daughter of the late Samuel P. Jarvis, Esq., of Toronto. He has a large family.

EORGE M. BUCHART, of Owen Sound, Ont., was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1827. He received his early training in that town, and then became an apprentice to the business of tinsmith. He then came to Canada, landing in Quebec in 1845. After spending some time in fish packing in Miramichi, he came to Toronto, and finally reached Owen Sound. He began by making and selling tinware, and, after a profitable eighteen months stay, went to Indiana, U.S., where he remained nine months, and then returned to Owen Sound. In 1850 he began anew as tinsmith, and by gradually adding to his stock, and engaging in other lines, increased his trade so much that a larger building was necessary. His business made rapid progress, until the effects of the Russian war overtook him and he was necessitated to suspend payment. Instead of compromising, he preferred, if time was given, to pay in full, which he did, with interest added, within ten years. Although three times burned out, his business steadily increased, and the handsome building now occupied by his sons, is an evidence of the success that attended him. Mr. Buchart, snr., died in 1882, and was succeeded by his two sons--R. P. and D. M.--as R. P. Buchart & Bro. Under their skillful management, the stock has been so greatly increased and improved, that it is now recognized as containing the most complete assortment of hardware and electro-plated goods in Western Ontario. They are also largely employed as steam and gas fitters. The late Mr. Buchart was a member of the Methodist Church and a liberal supporter. In politics he was a Conservative. He was ensign in the Fenian Raid, and afterwards made Captain. For many years he was a member of the Town Council, and as a private builder, added greatly to the property of the town. Three years before his death he opened a store in Rapid City, Manitoba. His wife was Mary, youngest daughter of Samuel Chatwin, of Birmingham, England.

OHN ALEXANDER BOYD, Chancellor of Ontario, and President of the High Court of Justice for the Province of Ontario, was born on the 23rd of April, 1837, in the city of Toronto. His parents were John and Margaret McCallum Boyd. His father was educated in Glasgow, Scotland, and for some time after coming to Canada he taught the school known as Bay Street Academy, Toronto. The subject of our sketch received careful educational training at the hands of his father, and afterwards attended Upper Canada College and Toronto University. He studied law and practiced as solicitor and barrister from the year 1863 until 1881, when, in May of the latter year, he received his present appointment. When elevated to this important office, he brought to the discharge of his duties a clear intellect, a sound understanding of law, and a well trained judicial mind, and he has attended to its duties with singular ability and dignity. In religion Chancellor Boyd is a Baptist. He was married in the year 1863 to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of David Buchan, late Bursar of Toronto University. The fruit of this union is a large family of sons and daughters.

DMUND OLDHAM, M.D., Chatsworth, Ont., was born on the 11th of July, 1859, at Kidderminster, Eng. His father was the late Professor John K. Oldham, of Manchester, Eng., and Kingston, Ont. He received his early education at Woolwich and Manchester, and came with his parents in 1874 to Niagara Falls, where they lived three years, afterwards moving to Kingston. He attended the Collegiate Institute there, and having matriculated in medicine, spent four years at Queen's University, and graduated with honors in 1881. Dr. Oldham was the first demonstrator of anatomy of the Ladies' College in Kingston, and also demonstrator to the R. C. P. and S. in the session of 1881. He commenced practice at Williamsford, where he remained a year, and then removed to Chatsworth, where he has built up a very large and remunerative practice, and is highly respected by all classes. Dr. Oldham is an Episcopalian and church warden. In politics he is Conservative and vice-president of the North Grey Conservative Association. He was reeve of the township in 1887-88. He was married June 3rd, 1884, to Mary, second daughter of Alex. Ramage, Chesley, Ont.

RANK DENTON, barrister, of Toronto, was born near Richmond Hill, York County, on the 18th of August, 1858. His father, the late William Denton, Justice of the Peace, came from England to Canada in 1850 and settled near Richmond Hill as a general merchant. After this he removed to Mono Centre, where he had a general store and farm. In 1885 he came to Toronto, where he resided until his death in 1888. Mr. Denton received his education at the Richmond Hill High School, the Collingwood Collegiate Institute, the Toronto Normal School, and Trinity College, where he took the degree of B.C.L. in 1887. He taught in the Orangeville Model School, and after that was first English master of the Cobourg Collegiate Institute. In 1883 he commenced the study of law with W. R. Riddell, Esq., Cobourg, and afterwards studied in Toronto with Mr. C. H. Ritchie, Q.C., and subsequently with Mr. D. B. Read, Q.C. He is now the senior partner of the firm of Denton, Dods & Denton, Toronto. On his commencing business for himself, he at once entered upon a large practice. He was one of the counsel for the city of Toronto in the celebrated Toronto Street Railway Arbitration, and for some time acting first assistant city solicitor under C. R. W. Biggar, Q.C. He was in 1890 appointed by the City Council of Toronto one of a deputation of three to visit the leading American cities to secure information and study the street railway problem from a municipal standpoint. Mr. Denton is an active member of the Broadway Tabernacle Methodist Church, Toronto, and has represented his church at the Toronto Conference and elsewhere. He is an active Liberal in politics and a ready and fluent debater. He has succeeded in taking a leading place in his profession very early in life, and has every prospect of a brilliant future before him. In 1884 Mr. Denton was married to Miss Lizzie Clingan, daughter of the late Fleming Clingan, J.P., of Orangeville.

HE LATE JOHN BATTLE was born in 1824 in the town of Ballymote, County Sligo, Ireland. He came to Canada in 1842 and settled at Thorold, where he has lived continuously, with the exception of one year, for half a century. He commenced life as a day laborer on the Welland Canal, and all through his after life looked back with pride to the days when he earned the munificent sum of 62½ cents per day, out of which he saved the few dollars which gave him the foundation on which he built up a competency. His first savings were invested in a team, which he used in towing vessels on the canal, again saving from this increased revenue, he purchased another team, and so on until he became known as the proprietor of an important towing line. Having got this business well under control, he gave his attention to other business matters, and it soon became apparent that John Battle was to be an important factor in the commercial prosperity of the community. In 1860 he became interested in shipping, building and owning several vessels and tugs, which he managed with great success. He was possessed of a keen insight in all business matters, and seemed able to forecast the future, thereby avoiding many losses by dropping an enterprise when it had begun to wane. About one year after the estate of the late John Brown was wound up, Mr. Battle became sole proprietor of the Cement Mills, which, under his skillful management, became known and patronized in all parts of the Dominion. He was almost entirely instrumental in inducing a branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce to locate in Thorold, and afterwards became a large stockholder in the same. His many friends testify that money making did not by any means absorb his better nature, and that behind what a stranger might call an unsympathetic exterior there was a heart as tender as a woman's, which never turned from a case of need when properly presented. He was never accused of wronging any man out of a shilling,[Pg 367] and very frequently gave employment to men out of pure kindness of heart when his works were more than fully manned. In his own family he was cherished and reverenced, receiving that deference which his years and efforts for their welfare so richly deserved, and their loving hands were permitted to do everything that could possibly lengthen his life, or comfort his dying hours. For months prior to his demise, it was well known that he was prostrated by a malady, from which he was not expected to recover, and he gradually sank until he quietly laid down his life work and peacefully passed away on the evening of the 26th of February, 1891, at the age of 67 years. His funeral was, as might be expected, very impressive and conducted in a way befitting his well known career. The casket was borne by six of his sons, while all along the route every respect was shown by the citizens; business was suspended, and stores and public works were closed, the Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary was crowded by citizens of all denominations. The entire services were most impressive and thoroughly appreciated, and, after a memorable sermon by Rev. Dean Harris, of St. Catharines, the remains were laid away by loving hands. At the first meeting of the Town Council after the decease, that body took occasion to frame a very kindly worded and complimentary resolution of sympathy. When this resolution was moved and seconded, the council arose as one man and showed with much feeling how heartily they endorsed it. Mr. Battle was married in 1851 to Cecilia, daughter of Patrick and Margaret (Macdonald) Cullen at the old historic town of Niagara. There were born to them ten sons and two daughters, all of whom survive but one son.

ENRY RICHARDS, of the firm of Richards Bros., 504 Yonge street, Toronto, was born on the 12th of August, 1841, at Birmingham, Eng. He is a son of Abram Richards, of Greet, in the same county. He received his early education in Birmingham in his native land, and while yet a mere youth, entered the employ of a gas and steam fitting establishment. He came to Canada in 1870 and settled in Toronto. In 1872 he entered into partnership with his brother Alfred in the plumbing, steam and gas fitting business, and succeeded in building up a large trade. Mr. Richards is in every respect a self-made man, and is thoroughly conversant with true business principles. In religion he is a Baptist, and takes an active part in the work of Emanuel Church. He is also Past Grand Master of the Canadian Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, and a member of the Executive Board, and is also a member of the Masonic Order, the Royal Arcanum, etc. In politics he is a Conservative and a true son of his adopted country. He was married on the 18th of December, 1865, to Catherine Hurley, daughter of Wm. Hurley, Gloucester, Eng.

EV. ALEX. D. McDONALD, of the Presbyterian Church, Seaforth, Ont., was born on the 9th of November, 1832, in the Citadel, Quebec. His father was bandmaster in the 79th Regiment, and was present at the battles of Corunna and Waterloo. After leaving the army he received a pension and a grant of land in the County of Durham, and died shortly after the close of the Rebellion, when Alexander, the subject of our sketch, was hardly eight years old. On his father's death, Alexander lived with a farmer until he was 18. He then began study, and attended the Toronto Academy, then under the charge of Prof. Gale. He alternated his studies by working on a farm, and taught school in Blenheim in 1853 and 1854, and was employed as a student catechist in 1855 at Westport and Newburgh, and in 1856 and 1857 at Collingwood and Bradford. After completing his theological studies at Knox College, Toronto, he was assistant to the late Dr. Bayne, of Galt. Having been duly licensed by the Hamilton Presbytery, he was ordained pastor of Willis Church, Clinton, in 1859, and in 1869 he was settled as pastor of Knox Church, Elora, and in 1879 inducted as pastor of his present charge in Seaforth. For eight years he was clerk of the Huron Presbytery, was Moderator of the Synod of Hamilton and London in 1883, and has also been Superintendent of Public Schools in Clinton and the township of Tuckersmith, and chairman of the Seaforth High School Board. In 1880 Mr. McDonald travelled extensively in Great Britain, and in 1882 and 1887 in Manitoba and the North-West. Mr. McDonald was married June 23rd, 1859, to Agnes Cavan, daughter of James Cavan, of Paris, Ont. Four of his sons are employed in wholesale houses in Winnipeg and one in Detroit. He has been a diligent, laborious and successful pastor in all the charges in which he has labored and greatly beloved by his people. His pulpit ministrations bear evidence of thorough preparation.

M. McDONALD GRAY, Seaforth, Ont., was born on the 10th November, 1843, at Comrie, Scotland. He received his primary education at the public school there, and completed it under private tutors in Glasgow. He commenced business life in the wholesale mercantile business in Glasgow, which he continued until 1865, when he came to Canada. On coming to Canada he settled in Seaforth for a short time, and then removed to Gorrie, where he started in mercantile business. Here he remained three years, when he removed to Seaforth and engaged in the manufacture of salt. In the year 1871 he formed a partnership with his brothers-in-law--N. H. Young and F. G. Sparling--under the firm name of Gray, Young & Sparling. For sixteen years this firm did a successful business, extending their operations to Blyth and Wingham. In 1887, such was the extent of their operations, that, in order to facilitate business, they organized themselves into a joint stock company, of which Mr. Gray is the president. It is well understood by the trade that he holds the leading position in the salt business of the Dominion. Mr. Gray was married on the 10th of June, 1868, to Miss Martha A. Sparling, by whom he has three daughters. Soon after marriage he was converted and joined the Methodist Church, of which he has been a prominent member ever since. He has occupied every position in the gift of the church open to laymen, such as Recording Steward, Sunday School Superintendent, Class Leader, etc. He has been a delegate to each annual Conference since the union, and a member of each General Conference since 1878. He has been twice appointed by the General Conference as a member of the General Board of Missions, and has been secretary of the finance committee during the last two General Conferences (1891). Mr. Gray's life has been marked by an honest activity in the prosecution of his business, and a strict integrity in his dealings with his fellowmen.

IGHT REV. MAURICE SCOLLARD BALDWIN, D.D., Bishop of Huron, London, Ont., was born in Toronto on the 21st of June, 1836. He is the fourth son of the late John Spread Baldwin, and cousin of the late Hon. Robert Baldwin. He received his early education at the Upper Canada College, subsequently entered the University and graduated at Trinity College, Toronto, in 1859. In 1860 he was ordained deacon by the late Bishop Cronyn. His first appointment was curate to the late Dr. St. George Caulfield, of St. Thomas. In 1862 he entered upon his first independent charge as incumbent of St. Paul's Church, Port Dover. In 1865 he was appointed to St. Luke's Church, Montreal. In 1870 he became assistant minister at Christ's Church Cathedral, Montreal, and in the same year was appointed one of its canons. On the death of the Very Rev. Dean Bethune in 1872, he was unanimously elected rector of the parish of Montreal, and subsequently made Dean of Montreal. In October, 1883, he was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Huron, and consecrated in Christ's Church Cathedral, Montreal, in November following. Thus being called to the higher work of the Episcopate, he returned to preside over the diocese which had given him Holy Orders, and where the first years of his ministerial life had been spent. Besides the many important parochial duties His Lordship has so faithfully discharged, he has written several pamphlets, and two books entitled "A Break in the Ocean Cable" and "Life in a Look," which have had a wide circulation. These books are eminently clear and scriptural, and give a very correct idea of the views and style of their gifted author. Bishop Baldwin is a fluent and impressive preacher, and as a pulpit orator, a logical reasoner, and a true and faithful ambassador of Christ, he is widely known and highly appreciated all over the Dominion. He is remarkable for his earnestness, his strong simple faith, and his singular devotion to the Master's service.

. H. GULLEDGE, Oakville, Ont., was born in that place on the 17th of November, 1851. He is the youngest son of Henry Gulledge, Esq., Somersetshire, Eng., who came to Canada and settled in Oakville, and for many years carried on a saddlery business there. His education was commenced at the public school and completed under private tutors. On leaving school he entered upon an apprenticeship to the saddlery business in his father's shop, and finished his trade in Jamestown, New York State, U.S.A., on the 3rd of May, 1871. He then returned to Oakville, and on the 5th of June, 1871, was accepted as a partner in his father's business, he being at that time only nineteen years of age. This partnership continued until 1877, when he bought out his father's interest, and since that time has carried on the business alone. At first the making of harness was the only line to which attention was given, but the present owner has added boots and shoes, trunks, valises, etc. In fact anything in first-class leather goods can be purchased there. He has been very successful, the business increasing year by year, until now it is safe to say that he has the most extensive trade in his line in Western Ontario. Mr. Gulledge attributes his success largely to keeping reliable goods and selling them at a reasonable margin of profit. He has a ready grasp of all the requirements of his business, and brings to bear upon every department the skill and experience of a thorough practical training. In religion he is an Episcopalian, being a member of St. Jude's Church, Oakville. In politics he is a strong Conservative, and takes an active interest in all matters pertaining to his party. He has been a member of the Oakville Town Council three years, having been twice elected by acclamation, which is an evidence of the estimation in which he is held in the community. He was married on the 21st of March, 1881, to Miss Jane Armanda Oliphant, daughter of Duncan Oliphant, of Oakville, Ont.

ARREN TOTTEN, Q.C., Woodstock, Ont., was born in Paris, Brant County, on the 23rd May, 1835. He was educated at the Common and Grammar schools, studied law at twenty-one, and was admitted in 1861 to practice as a Solicitor. In 1862 he was called to the Bar and enrolled on the books of the Law Society, Toronto. He practiced law at Paris from 1861 to 1864, then for two years in Brantford. In 1866 he removed to Woodstock, where he still continues to practice. Mr. Totten entered public life at the age of forty, when he was elected Deputy Reeve (Town Council), and has been almost continuously connected with the same. He filled the office of Mayor two years, was Reeve and Deputy Reeve several times during his connection with the Council, and is now first Deputy Reeve. He has been a member of the craft of A.F. & A.M. nearly twenty years, is a member of the A.O.U.W., in which he has held the various offices of chairman of Committee on Laws, Grand Overseer, Grand Foreman and Grand Master Workman. In 1889 he was elected by the Grand Lodge of Ontario its first Solicitor, which office he has held continuously since, being elected by acclamation at each annual session. In 1885 and 1886 he was elected by the Grand Lodge of Ontario one of its representatives to the Supreme Lodge. In 1886 he was elected Supreme Trustee, which office he filled until the recent session at Detroit, when he retired, and was elected chairman of the Committee on Appeals. He is also connected with the Royal Arcanum, having filled the office of Grand Regent two years, represented the Grand Council in the Supreme Council, and is now a member of the Committee on Appeals and Grievances in the Supreme Council. He is Solicitor for Canada for the Order of Fraternal Guardians. Mr. Totten's life has been a continued response to the, apparently, unlimited appeals to assist in the welfare of much that has been outside of his profession. He is a member of the Church of England, and is an ex-warden.

OHN JOSEPH GEE, M.D., C.M., Trinity and Victoria, F.T.M.C. and M.C.P.S.O., Toronto, Ont., was born on the 1st of November, 1860, in Rainham township, Haldimand County. His parents are Hiram and Mary Ann Hall Gee, his father being a prosperous farmer in Haldimand County. His mother came from England, and his father is descended from the U. E. Loyalists. The latter has served for about twenty years in the Township and County Councils of Haldimand, and at present holds the office of License Inspector of said county. The subject of our sketch received his education under difficulties, only being able to attend school in the winter months, but by faithful application and perseverance, he obtained a third-class teachers' certificate before he attained the age of twenty. He then attended the Model School at Caledonia, and commenced teaching in 1880. He taught three years, after which he attended High School at Caledonia for eighteen months, preparing for matriculation in medicine. Here he obtained a second-class grade "A" certificate, on which he taught one year. He entered Trinity Medical College in 1887 and graduated in 1890 with the following degrees: M.D., C.M., Trinity University; M.D., C.M., Victoria University; F. T. M.C., Trinity Medical College; and M.C.P.S.O., member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. He was a student with Dr. W. S. Clark, of Toronto, and in 1890, when the latter went to Europe for his health, he took charge of his practice. Dr. Clark, on his return, resolved to go to California to reside permanently, when Dr. Gee purchased his practice, and now retains this large and profitable connection. His office is on the corner of Gerrard and Jarvis streets, Toronto. Dr. Gee is an adherent of Methodist Church. He is also secretary of the Young People's Society in Bond Street Congregational Church, is a member of the Masonic Brotherhood, and is medical examiner in Rainbow Council, Royal Templars. In politics he is Reform.

ACHLAN E. McKINNON, St. Catharines, Ont., was born on the 19th of September, 1854, at Owen Sound, Ont. His father was the late Rev. John McKinnon, Presbyterian minister, who served the church at Carleton Place and Owen Sound for a number of years. He died when the subject of our sketch was but ten years of age, and the family were kept together and educated by the mother, with the help of the eldest son, who is now superintendent of the Industrial School at Mimico. Mr. McKinnon received his education at the Grammar School, Carleton Place, and Owen Sound High School, and at the age of fourteen commenced work at the hardware business with Mr. Kough, of Owen Sound. After serving a term of four years there, he removed to St. Catharines and engaged in the same business with Mr. Jeffrey, with whom he remained three years. A partnership was then entered into under the firm name of McKinnon & Co., which took in the carriage hardware department of Mr. Jeffrey's business. In the year 1878 Mr. McKinnon bought out Mr. Jeffrey's interest, and formed a partnership with Mr. Mitchell under the name of McKinnon & Mitchell. This firm existed for ten years, when it was dissolved, Mr. McKinnon taking the manufacturing department, which had been commenced in 1881. The business is still carried on by him alone under the name of McKinnon, Dash & Hardware Co., which is also the name of a branch company in Buffalo, N.Y., which he established in 1887. Both of these concerns have been eminently successful, owing largely to several patents on articles manufactured by them, issued to Mr. McKinnon in Canada and the United States. The extensive business now controlled by him is the result of his thorough knowledge of the requirements of his trade, the marked ability displayed in conducting it, and the increasing energy so noticeable in his whole career. Mr. McKinnon was married in February, 1878, to Miss Emma E. Armstrong, and he is blessed with a happy home and family.

AMES G. SCOTT, M.D. Seaforth, Ont., was born on the 13th of February, 1842, at Galt, Waterloo County. He received his education at the public schools and Toronto Normal School. At the latter institution he obtained two Normal School certificates. After this he taught in the public school of Petrolia, in school section No. 6, McKillop township and in Oil Springs (Lambton County) public school, of which he was principal. In the latter place he commenced his professional studies with Dr. Savage. In the year 1867 he attended the University of Michigan and graduated with honors in the year 1869. After this he entered Victoria Medical College, Toronto, and graduated from this institution in 1870, and in the same year graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He then commenced the practice of his profession in the village of Bluevale, remaining there nearly four years. In 1874 he removed to Seaforth, where he continues to practice. Since settling here he has acquired a very large practice, the extent of which necessitated him, in 1891, associating as his partner Dr. Charles Mackay, whose portrait appears on the opposite page. Dr. Scott was married to Miss Elizabeth F. Rath on the 5th of February, 1873. He spent his early life on a farm, and still owns a farm, on which he has a deer park, and which he has stocked with thoroughbred cattle and horses. He is also a breeder of imported Shetland ponies and thoroughbred poultry. Dr. Scott has been a member of the Presbyterian Church for many years, and added to his already busy life is the position of a trustee of the Collegiate Institute, and for a number of years was a member of the Municipal Council. He is a member of A.F. & A.M. Alexandria Lodge No. 158, of A.O.U.W., Royal Templars of Temperance, and Ancient Order of Foresters. For a number of years he was treasurer of the Executive Court of the latter society, and is also medical examiner for several assurance companies.

HARLES MACKAY, M.D., C.M., Seaforth, Ont., (nephew of Rev. Dr. MacKay, of the Presbyterian Mission, Formosa, China,) was born on the 16th of August, 1862, in McKillop township, Huron County. He received his education at the public and High schools, Seaforth, where he obtained a second-class certificate. He then taught for two years, after which he attended the Normal School, Toronto. After this he taught at Brucefield, at the same time taking up university work, and in 1884 was engaged in the High School, Seaforth, continuing there three years. In 1887 he entered Trinity Medical College, Toronto, graduating in 1891 with the highest honors. His career at college was a brilliant one, being gold medalist of his class, and valedictorian for 1891, and standing third at the final examination for the degree of M.D., C.M., Trinity University. At the annual dinner given by Trinity Medical College he was appointed chairman. On the strength of his splendid record at college, a tempting offer of a partnership, which he accepted, was made him by the skilful and now well-known Dr. J. G. Scott, whose portrait appears on the opposite page.

NTHONY FRANCIS FORBES, Hamilton, Ont., was born at Annapolis, Nova Scotia. He is the eldest son of the late Captain A. V. S. Forbes. On retiring from active service in the army, he was appointed Sub-Collector of Imperial Customs at Yarmouth, N. S. The subject of our sketch commenced his education in England, and continued it in this country. He was appointed Sub-Collector at Shelburne, N. S., in 1838, and was subsequently removed to Annapolis, N. S., as Comptroller of Customs and Navigation Laws and thence to Arichat, C.B., to fill a similar position. On the transfer of the duties executed by Imperial Customs officers to the officers of the Colonial Customs in 1855, he came to Hamilton, Ont., where he has since resided, doing a large and growing business as stock broker and agent for inland and ocean marine and fire insurance companies. In religion he is an Episcopalian, and was a church warden of the Church of the Ascension in 1865 and 1866. In politics he is a Liberal-Conservative. Mr. Forbes was married in 1853, at Annapolis, N.S., to Laliah, eldest daughter of Mr. Justice Ritchie, and widow of Charles MacColla, barrister.

ECIL H. FITTON, D.D.S., and L.D.S., Simcoe, County of Norfolk, Ont., was born the year 1863 in Toronto. His parents came to Canada from England in 1858. His father, on coming to Canada, engaged in the agricultural business. He has three sons--Cecil H., being the youngest; the oldest is a Surveyor and Civil Engineer of Orillia; the second is in the Canadian Bank of Commerce. The subject of our sketch received his education at the public schools, Toronto Trinity College, and the University of Toronto. He graduated in 1887, and the same year opened an office in Simcoe, where he commenced the practice of his profession, and where he has succeeded in building up a large and remunerative business. He has already gained a good reputation in dentistry, and bids fair to move in the front rank of his profession. Mr. Fitton is a member of the Church of England. He is president of the society of the Sons of Canada Brittania Lodge No. 35, is vice-president of the Sons of England Royal Lodge No. 130, and is president of the Canadian Mutual Loan and Investment Company of Simcoe. Mr. Fitton was married in September, 1888, to Miss Minnie Malone.

LEXANDER ARMSTRONG HUGHSON, barrister-at-law, Orangeville, Ont., was born there on the 8th of January, 1861. His parents were Andrew and Martha Hughson, the latter being a daughter of the Rev. Alexander Armstrong, Church of England clergyman. His father followed the teaching profession. The subject of our sketch received his education at the public and High schools, Orangeville. He began the study of law in the year 1877 with Judge McCarthy, Judge of the County of Dufferin. He was admitted to the Bar in the year 1882, and for two years was partner in the firm of McCarthy, Walsh & Hughson. Since the year 1885 he has been practicing alone, and has already secured a large clientage. Mr. Hughson is town clerk of Orangeville. In religion he is a member of the Church of England, and in politics a Conservative, and takes an active interest in his party, and in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the country. He is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, of which he is Past Chief Ranger, and is also a member of the Sons of Ireland Protestant Association, of which he is also president.

HARLES ROBINSON, M.D., Brampton, Ont., was born November 4th, 1835, in Claude, Peel Co. He was educated at Toronto High School, and matriculated in Toronto University in 1859. He then entered the Toronto School of Medicine, and was licensed by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1862. In 1863 he graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Pa., U.S., and then began practice in his native town. In 1879 he was elected to the Local Legislature for the County of Cardwell. He was also coroner for the County of Peel for many years. Dr. Robinson is an adherent of the Presbyterian Church, a member of the Masonic Brotherhood, of the A.O.U.W. and the A.O.F. In politics he belongs to the Liberal party. His brother is an eminent medical professor in New York city and the author of many valuable manuals, and his son, who is a graduate of Toronto University, is his assistant. Dr. Robinson was married in 1868 to Miss Ellen Standing, who died in 1884, and, in 1890, to Miss Lowes, of Brampton.

EIL McCRIMMON, barrister and solicitor, Canada Life Chambers, Toronto, was born June 23rd, 1858, at Vankleek Hill, County of Prescott. He was educated at the High School in his native county. He began life at lumbering on the Upper Ottawa, and afterwards lived for three years in Wyoming and Utah territories as agent for the well known "Star Stage Route," which occasioned the celebrated "Star Route Fraud" case. From 1882 to 1884, with the exception of a few months, Mr. McCrimmon studied law at St. Thomas and Ridgetown. He was called to the Bar at Michaelmas Term, 1887, and practised in St. Thomas for nine months, when the firm of McCrimmon & McCrimmon located in Toronto, and united with Macdonald & Macintosh, of Cornwall. Since then the new firm has been known as Macdonald, Macintosh & McCrimmon, and are building up a large practice. He is an adherent of the Presbyterian Church, a member of the Dominion Court of the Canadian Order of Foresters, and was elected president of the Young Men's Liberal Club in 1890.

BRAHAM FULLER ATKINSON, D.C.L., late rector of St. George's Church, St. Catharines, Ont., son of Aaron Atkinson, Esq., of Moate, County Westmeath, Ireland, was born at the latter place April 27th, 1803. Having completed his education at Trinity College, Dublin, he came to Canada in 1827, and was soon afterwards ordained by Bishop Stewart, of Quebec. For eight years he was assistant minister of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, which he left, amid universal regret, to take charge of Bath, near Kingston, where he remained four years. In 1840 he removed to St. Catharines, where for nearly twenty-five years he was rector of St. George's Church and parish. Dr. Atkinson was one of the most eloquent preachers of his day, gifted with a voice of great compass and sweetness, which made him prominent as a reader in pathos, fervency and dramatic power. He received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from the University of Trinity College, Toronto. In 1833 he married Anne, daughter of Amos Ansley, Esq., of Kingston. He died February 24th, 1866.

M. PRYOR ATKINSON. M.A., barrister, Toronto, was born on 17th February, 1836, at Montreal. He is the son of the late rector of St. George's Church, St. Catharines, whose biography appears on this page. Having graduated in 1857 at Trinity University, Mr. Atkinson entered the law office of Richard Miller, Q.C., St. Catharines, and subsequently that of Messrs. Cameron & McMichael, Toronto. He was called to the Bar in 1860. In 1869 he gave up the practice of law and became secretary-treasurer of the Incorporated Synod of the diocese of Toronto, which he held fifteen years. He has been Bursar of Trinity College for the past ten years, was secretary of West York Liberal-Conservative Association, and in 1880 organized the Parkdale Liberal-Conservative Association, of which he was president. He has also been a member of the Parkdale Municipal Council, and in 1891 was elected alderman in Toronto. In 1877 Mr. Atkinson married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. George Maynard. He is a member of the Anglican Church and of the A.F. and A.M.

TAPLETON CALDECOTT, Toronto, Ont., was born on the 15th of September, 1836, in Chester, Eng. He received his education at Chorlton High School, Manchester, Eng. After finishing his education, he served a full apprenticeship to the dry goods trade in Manchester. He then spent a short time in Glasgow, after which he went to London. In 1858 he came to Canada and accepted a position in a mercantile house in Montreal. He immediately connected himself with the Montreal Mercantile Literary Association, and soon became its president. He afterwards helped to found the famous Mercantile Literary Society, which twenty-five years ago gathered around it some of the ablest literary and legal talent of Montreal. Mr. Caldecott was buyer for A. M. Ross & Co. three years. He then entered the firm of James Claxton & Co., representing them in Western Canada for several years. In 1878 he formed a partnership with Messrs. Burton, Harris & Spence, opening a business in Toronto under the firm name of Caldecott, Burton & Co. This firm now does business from Halifax, N.S., to Victoria, Vancouver Island, B.C. Our subject served as a full private during the Fenian Raid. He is a member of the Church of England, has been a warden, delegate to the Synod, and held almost every office open to laymen in the church. He was president of Toronto Y.M.C.A. several years, and vice-president of Montreal Y.M.C.A. a number of years. He has been a director of several charitable associations, leader of Bible class, and Sabbath School Superintendent. He is chairman of the dry goods section of Toronto Board of Trade. In politics he is a Liberal, with strong free trade principles, although attached to British connection and British form of government. He has always been a contributor to the press and to various magazines. Mr. Caldecott was married on the 2nd of December, 1867, to Emma Mary, daughter of H. Arnold, Principal of the British Canadian School, Montreal.

EV. EPHRAIM EVANS, D.D., London, Ont., was born on the 30th of June, 1803, at Kingston-upon-Hull. His father was Capt. James Evans, who had charge of several ships in Her Majesty's Transport Service. Our subject emigrated to Canada in 1820, settling in Lower Canada. In 1824 he removed to Upper Canada and followed the teaching profession. He was converted in 1826, and at once entered the ministry, and was ordained in 1830 by Bishop Hedding. Mr. Evans labored on the following circuits: Augusta, Kingston, Cobourg, St. Catharines, Niagara, Hamilton, and was one year soliciting subscriptions for Victoria University, Cobourg. He was then appointed editor of the Christian Guardian, which position he held three years. After that he was chairman of the Western District one year, and, at the dissolution of the Union, was appointed Superintendent of English Wesleyan Missions at London, and after five years, on the restoration of the Union, he was appointed to Toronto. In 1848 he was appointed General Superintendent of the English Wesleyan Missions in the Maritime Provinces, being four years at Halifax, N.S., two years at Charlottetown, P.E.I., and three years in the college at Sackville, N.B. He then returned to Ontario and was chosen Superintendent of Kingston Circuit and chairman of that District. He was next appointed Grand Superintendent of the Missions in British Columbia. He remained there nine years, then returned to Ontario and became Superintendent of Hamilton Circuit and chairman of the District. After two years service here, he was appointed Superintendent of Yorkville and chairman of Toronto District, remaining there two years. He then became Superintendent of Elgin Industrial School and chairman of St. Thomas District. At Brantford Conference he was superannuated. Mr. Evans was twice married--first, on the 27th of June, 1832, to Charlotte, daughter of Hon. Major-General Shaw, and again, in 1874, to Mary E., daughter of Robert Gunn, Wallacetown.

EV. JOHN REYNOLDS, Highgate, Ont., was born in Cornwall, Eng., January 30th, 1837. When six years old his father's family came to Canada--first settling in Cobourg, and, after several changes, finally locating in Kent County. When very young he attended school in England, and afterwards in Cobourg, but he never took a complete course in any institution beyond the public schools. Mr. Reynolds is a self-educated man in the true sense of the word, and is well read in the highest branches of literature, in addition to his theological attainments. During the short period he was at school he made rapid progress in knowledge, and in 1859 was able to take out a teacher's certificate, and taught from 1859 to 1865. In 1865, at Strathroy, he entered the Methodist ministry, having been received on probation, with ten others, by Niagara Conference of the M. E. Church in Canada. He has served the following circuits from 1865 to 1891, namely: Sombra, Enniskillen, Sandwich, Wallaceburg, Park Hill, Embro, Pelham, Barton, Smithville, Brant, Ingersoll, Avon, Vienna and Highgate. He was ordained as deacon in the M. E. Church by Bishop Smith in 1867, and received ordination as elder by Bishop Richardson in 1869. During his professional life of thirty years he has held many important positions on committees, was a delegate to all the General Conferences of the late M. E. Church, held after he was eligible thereto, and to the Union General Conference of 1883. He was also elected a reserve delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist Church held since the union. Mr. Reynolds was contributing editor for years to the Canada Christian Advocate. He is now P. C. and representative to the Grand Council of R. T. & T., also overseer of A.O.U.W., chaplain in I.O.F., etc. He was married on the 18th of September, 1861, to Miss Lowes, of Romney, Ont., and has a family of four sons and four daughters, who will do well to emulate his energetic spirit.

EV. JOSEPH R. GUNDY, Sarnia, Ont., was born in the year 1838 at Mountmelick, Ireland. His father, Rev. Wm. Gundy, was for fifty years a Methodist preacher, and three of his brothers were also in the ranks of the ministry. His primary education was received at the public schools of Ontario, and continued at St. Catharines Academy and Toronto University. He was called to the work of the ministry when but twenty-one years of age. His first appointment was Owen Sound, then Montreal, Lindsay, Yorkville and London. Mr. Gundy was married on September 26th, 1865, to Miss Isabella, daughter of Wm. Eveleigh, Esq., of Cote St. Leonard, near Montreal. His first appointment as a married man was Omemee, where he remained four years. His subsequent appointments have been: Tilsonburg, four years; Waterford, Cainsville, Harriston, Exeter, Ridgetown, Aylmer, Essex Centre, and Sarnia, his present charge. Mr. Gundy was connected with the New Connexion Church until the union in 1874. He took an active part in the union movement at that time, and also in the subsequent movement, when all the Methodist churches united in the year 1883. He held the office of chairman in the following districts: Ridgetown, Aylmer, Windsor and Sarnia, and at the Conference of 1890 was elected president. He was a member of the first General Conference of Canada, and of each General Conference but one since that time. He has always taken an active part in the Conference work of the church. Mr. Gundy is diligent, tender and faithful, and readily gains the confidence and esteem of his parishioners, and has been very successful in building up the Church of God temporally and spiritually on the different charges on which he has labored. His present charge numbers over five hundred members, and is one of the best appointed churches in the West. Mr. Gundy has been most actively identified with the temperance movement and works hard for prohibition.

AVID DOUGLAS WILSON, Seaforth, Ont., was born June 2nd, 1839, in North Dumfries, Waterloo County. He received his education at the public schools and Galt Grammar School. He obtained a first-class certificate and taught his old school in North Dumfries for five years. In 1865 his eyesight failing him, he engaged in the egg business, which has now reached gigantic proportions, shipping something like a million and a half dozen per year to New York, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Montreal, Liverpool and London. Mr. Wilson is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has been an elder for twenty-three years, and Sunday School Superintendent ever since the church at Seaforth was organized. He was reeve of the town for fifteen years, but declined re-election in 1891. He belongs to the Masonic Brotherhood, also to the Royal Templars of Temperance. He was married in 1859 to Helen Richardson, of Waterloo, grand-daughter of Tibbie Shiel, of St. Mary's Cottage, Selkirkshire, Scotland. Mrs. Wilson died in 1885, leaving seven children. He was married again in 1891 to Annie Duthie, of Jarvis, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

EV. ROBERT AYLWARD, B.A., pastor of the First Congregational Church, London, Ont., was born at Hunston, Sussex County, England, July 22nd, 1856. He received his education at private schools and New College, London, Eng., and afterwards graduated with the degree of B.A. at Victoria University, Cobourg. He is also an associate of the Senatus Academicus of England and Wales in theological science. Before entering the ministry he was in a mercantile establishment. He was ordained to the work of the ministry as pastor of High Street Congregational Church. West Bromwich, Eng., on June 11th, 1885, where he remained until 1887, when he came to Canada. On his arrival in Canada he became pastor of the Congregational Church at Cobourg. In 1890 he resigned the pastorate of this church to take the oversight of his present charge, which is the largest in the Congregational denomination in Western Ontario. It was established in 1837. The building occupies an excellent site on Dundas street, and is a handsome and comfortable structure. Mr. Aylward was married on October 5th, 1886, to Miss Bridget A. Ritchie, of Havant, England.

EV. JOHN POTTS, D.D., Secretary of Education in the Methodist Church of Canada, Toronto, Ont., was born at Maguire's Bridge, Ireland, in 1836. At the early age of seventeen he came to America, first settling at Kingston, and subsequently Hamilton, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. This work, however, was not congenial to his tastes, and at the solicitation of friends, along with his own natural desires, prior to the expiration of his arts course at Victoria College, Cobourg, he was induced to study for the ministry. His probationary period was passed at Markham, Aurora, Newmarket and Thorold. After ordination, his first appointment was London, as assistant to the Venerable Richard Jones, then Yorkville, and in 1866 was chosen the first pastor of Centenary Methodist Church, Hamilton, and such were his talents, and so forcible his preaching, that he soon filled the church. He then accepted a call to St. James Street Church, Montreal, subsequently serving there a second time. Similar success attended him in this new field. At the expiration of three years he returned to Toronto, as pastor of the Metropolitan Church, also subsequently serving this church a second time. He also served Elm Street Church, Toronto, a third time. In 1878 he received the degree of D.D. from Ohio Wesleyan University. Dr. Potts is a member of the Board and Senate of Victoria University, and of the Board of Montreal Theological College. He is one of the Dominion representatives on the International Committee, which selects the Sabbath School lessons for the world. In 1879 he was appointed chairman of the Home for Incurables. He is a staunch supporter of temperance. Rev. Dr. Potts is gifted with no ordinary power of eloquence, possessing a complete mastery over his subject, and a splendid voice in the delivery of it. A Methodist of Methodists, he is a man of most liberal views, and is respected and esteemed by those outside its pale, both as a man and a minister.

HOMAS H. PARKER, ex-mayor of Woodstock, and one of its most successful business men, was born in Cumberland, Eng., on the 10th of February, 1828. His parents were John and Jane (Harrison) Parker. Both the Parkers and Harrisons are old Cumberland families. In 1831 the family emigrated to Canada and settled in Peterborough, where our subject spent fifteen years in farming and attending a public school part of the time. In 1846 his father moved to Zorra township, Oxford County, where he purchased a farm and cultivated it for some years. At the age of twenty, our subject returned to Peterborough, engaging in the lumber business in the summer and attending the Rev. Mr. Taylor's Grammar School during the winter. From 1850 to 1855 he was at Brantford and Hamilton as a merchant's apprentice. He then removed to Woodstock and commenced business for himself. At the expiration of one year he formed a partnership with John D. Hood. He continued in this business until 1873, when, having realized a competency, he sold out and retired from active business. While in trade, Mr. Parker's excellent business habits, keen insight and ready grasp of all matters pertaining to the welfare of the community, were patent to the public, and he was frequently called upon to fill various public offices. He was in the Council several years, and subsequently filled the office of first and second deputy reeve. In 1878 he was elected mayor, and was so popular that he was re-elected by acclamation the next year. He was president of the Mechanics' Institute, was the first president of Woodstock Board of Trade, and has always been identified with all matters pertaining to the welfare of the town. In politics he is Reform. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Parker was married on the 1st of June, 1859, to Miss Annie, daughter of Jabez Hood, Esq., Newcastle-on-Tyne, sister of John D. Hood, mentioned above. Their family consists of two daughters.

UNCAN SMITH, M.B., Fingal, Ont., was born at North Knapdale, Argyleshire, Scotland, on the 15th September, 1865. He is the son of Dugald Smith and Mary McArthur of that place. His father was a shoemaker, and came to Canada for the benefit of his family, but lives retired, never taking up any business. Dr. Smith was only seven years of age when his parents left Scotland. He received his early education at the public schools of Belmont, in the County of Middlesex, where they settled on coming to Canada, and afterwards attended the Dresden public school. He then returned to Belmont and began the study of medicine, and matriculated at London in 1884, and graduated in April, 1890, taking honorary certificates in both the primary and final years. In May, 1890, he also graduated at Toronto University with the degree of M.B., and the week after passed the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ontario. At the end of his third year's studies Dr. Smith bought out a practice in the northern part of Wisconsin, U.S. After graduation he opened an office and drug store in Port Stanley, where he now is. His father's family consisted of eight children--the three eldest sons are now engaged in carrying on a large and increasing flax business, and the youngest son is in the clothing and tailoring business. His two eldest sisters, Jessie and Eliza, are married--the one to John McColl, a farmer, and the other to John McTavish, who is engaged, like his brothers, in the flax business. Dr. Smith is a member of the Presbyterian Church, as all his ancestors have been. In that part of the Highlands of Scotland where he was born Presbyterianism is the prevailing religion, and its people are tenacious of their creed and church wherever they are found. In Dr. Smith's religious views and preferences is seen illustrated the loyalty of the people of the Highlands of Scotland, no matter where they are scattered, in standing by the honest and sturdy faith of their ancestors.

LIAS ROGERS, coal merchant, Toronto, Ont., was born on the 23rd of June, 1850, and belongs to one of the oldest families in the County of York. His great-grandfather, Timothy Rogers, came to this province from the United States about the year 1800, bringing with him forty families and settling near the village of Newmarket, Ont. The subject of our sketch spent the early years of his life on the old farm, and, at the age of twenty-one, made his first commercial venture in the lumber business, at which he was successful. A few years later he became interested in coal mining operations in Jefferson County, Pa., and shortly after this turned his attention entirely to the coal trade. About the year 1876 he came to Toronto, and in partnership with Mr. F. C. Dinniny, of Elmira, N.Y., laid the foundation of the business which has now grown to be one of the most extensive of its kind on the continent. Although still a young man, he is probably the best known dealer in fuel in the Dominion. The secret of his success, so early in life, is in great measure due to the strength of character and determination inherited from his parents. To this he added industry and a good business training, which, when brought to bear with his well-known perseverance, has placed him where he now stands. Mr. Rogers is a member of the Council of the Toronto Board of Trade, a director on the Boards of the Bible Society, Willard Tract Society and the Y.M.C.A., and takes an active interest in all matters pertaining to the general welfare and prosperity of Toronto. After serving one year in the Toronto City Council, Mr. Rogers was presented with a petition, signed by over five thousand voters, requesting him to become a candidate for the Mayoralty for 1888. Though much against his inclination, he was finally induced to consent. The contest, which was one of the keenest Toronto has ever known, resulted in the election of his opponent by a small majority through a third candidate being placed in the field.

RTHUR GEORGE WESTLAKE, photographer, Woodstock, Ont., was born on the 4th of August, 1867, at Grimsby, Ont. He received his education at private schools and at the public schools of London, Ont. He commenced business life as a newspaper boy in London, which occupation he followed for two years, at the same time attending school. At the age of fifteen he entered the establishment of Frank Cooper, photographer, London, and articled himself to him to learn the business. He was employed in this establishment for about seven years. In October, 1889, he opened a studio in the town of Woodstock, where he has since continued. Since settling here, the character of his work has assured for him the largest trade in the town. He does nothing but first-class work, and confines himself to photographs alone, availing himself of all that is new from time to time in the better equipment of his business. Although still a young man, the citizens of Woodstock consider him one of the best photographers in the province. In religion he is a member of the Church of England. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

HOMAS ALEXANDER, Collector of Inland Revenue, London, Ont., was born on the 30th of October, 1845, at Kingston, Ont. His parents were David and Jane (Sleith) Alexander. His father died in 1875, his mother is still living. Mr. Alexander was educated at the public and Grammar schools and Queen's University of Kingston. After leaving the University, he was mathematical master of the Kingston Collegiate Institute for about three years. In the year 1870 he received an appointment in the Inland Revenue service at Toronto, and afterwards served at Kingston, Waterloo, London, Sarnia, Brantford and other places. He was appointed Collector of Inland Revenue at London in 1883, where he has continued ever since, and has proved himself to be an efficient officer. Mr. Alexander in religion is a Presbyterian, uniting with Zion Presbyterian Church, Brantford, in 1881, while located in that city. He is an official in Knox Church, London, and for three years has been chairman of the Board of Management. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was married on the 29th December, 1875, to Miss Henrietta Henderson, of Kingston. He has one son.

EV. MANLY BENSON, of Toronto, Ont., was born April 27th, 1842, in Prince Edward County. His parents were Matthew R. and Nancy Benson, U. E. Loyalists. He received his education at Newburgh High School, and for some time followed the teaching profession. He was received on probation in the Methodist Church in 1863, and, before ordination, travelled the circuits of Romney, Chatham, Windsor and Sarnia. Ordained at Hamilton in 1867, he travelled afterwards the following circuits: Ridgetown, Newbury, Cooksville, Hamilton, (Centenary Church), Stratford (Central Church), St. Thomas (First Church), Brantford (Brant Avenue), Toronto (Central Church), Toronto (Berkley Street), and Queen Street Church, Toronto, his present charge. Here he has the largest membership, and, probably, the largest congregation, of any Methodist Church in Canada. Mr. Benson has been the director of services at Grimsby Park, the largest Christian Assembly in Canada, for eleven years. Under his able management this Park has been an extraordinary success, and is becoming more popular year by year. Mr. Benson has largely enjoyed the advantage of travel, having visited England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, having crossed the continent twice--first, in 1871, with the late illustrious Rev. Dr. Puushon, and again in 1891. On this latter trip he filled lecture engagements, and preached at Long Beach, Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, in California. He is an able lecturer, having delighted large audiences in the principal towns and cities of Canada and the United States by his eloquent orations on "The Wonders of the Yosemite," "Across the Continent," "British Columbia," "Memories of Rome," and other interesting topics. Mr. Benson is an earnest worker in the temperance cause, and every good object, an eloquent and practical preacher, and a kind and sympathizing pastor. He was married July 9th, 1867, to Julia, daughter of Hon. Walter McCrea, Chatham.

EV. WM. HENRY WITHROW, D.D., F.R.S.C., Toronto, editor of the "Canada Methodist Magazine," was born August 6th, 1839, at Toronto. He received his education at Toronto Academy, Victoria College, Cobourg, and Toronto University, graduating from the latter with the degree of B.A. in 1863. Previous to entering college, he spent three years in the office of William Hay, architect, of Toronto. He was ordained at Hamilton in 1864, and served the church at Waterford, Montreal, Hamilton, Toronto, Niagara, and Hamilton a second time. He was originally connected with the New Connexion Methodist body, but joined the Wesleyan Conference in 1867, and was an ardent advocate of union. In 1874 he became editor of the "Canadian Methodist Magazine" and Sunday School periodicals. Dr. Withrow was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1883. He is a member of the Historical Society, Montreal, of the Senate and Board of Regents of Victoria University, of the Senate of Wesleyan Theological College, Montreal, and was formerly a member of the Senate of Toronto University. He is secretary of the Sunday School Board and Epworth League of the Methodist Church, and has been a member of the last four General Conferences. In politics he is Reform. He was married in 1864 to Sarah A. Smith, Simcoe, Ont. Dr. Withrow is the author of a number of works of rare merit and literary ability. Perhaps the most notable of these is "The Catacombs of Rome," which has now reached its fifth edition in England, and has received the highest possible commendations. His larger works are his "History of the Dominion of Canada," and "Our Own Country: Picturesque and Descriptive." He is also author of a number of smaller volumes, among which are "Valeria, the Martyr of the Catacombs: A Tale of Early Christian Life in Rome;" "Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher;" "The King's Messenger," "The Romance of Missions," etc.

ALCOLM DOUGLAS, mayor of Woodstock, Ont., was born there December 20th, 1859. His father, John Douglas, J.P., came to Woodstock in 1837 and has been in business there ever since. He was for many years president of the Reform Association for North Oxford. Our subject received his education at the public and High schools, Woodstock. He learned the trade of a saddler and followed it nine years. In 1885 he was elected to the Town Council, and re-elected in 1886. In 1887 he was elected third deputy reeve, in 1888 second deputy reeve, in 1889 first deputy reeve, in 1890 reeve, and in 1891 mayor, each election, except 1887, being by acclamation. He is a Reformer in politics, and is active in the interests of the party, and the general welfare of his country. He is secretary and treasurer of Woodstock Collegiate Institute, chairman of the Water Works Commission, and a director of the Oxford Permanent Loan and Savings Company. In religion he is a Presbyterian. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M., C.O.F., O.S.C, A.O.F., and Woodstock A.A.A. He is a Past Chief Ranger of the C.O.F. and Trustee of the High Court, A.O.F.

EV. EDWARD N. ENGLISH, M.A., Vice-President and Principal of Hellmuth Ladies' College, London, Ont., was born in Brockville on the 17th of June, 1851. He is the eldest son of the late Rev. N. F. English, London. Mr. English graduated at Toronto University in 1876, afterwards studied at Huron College, London, and in 1879 was admitted to Holy Orders in the diocese of Huron by the Right Rev. Bishop Hellmuth. He was married in 1877 to Mary S., daughter of the late Rev. H. Mulkins, formerly of Kingston. For four years Mr. English had charge of the parish of Kirkton. In 1883 he became Principal of Hellmuth College, since which date his name has been identified with the successful history of this Institution for the higher education of young women. Under his very able management, the college has kept up with the increasing demands of the present day, standing foremost among the institutions of its kind in the Dominion. The literary facilities have been made more comprehensive, and additional graduating courses in music, art and elocution have been added, while features of the college relating to the home comfort of the students are equally improved.

EV. WALTER M. ROGER, M.A., pastor of King Street Presbyterian Church, London, Ont., was born on the 31st December, 1839, at Kincardine O'Neil, Scotland, at the manse of his grandfather, who was parish minister. His youth was spent in Peterboro, where his father, Rev. John M. Roger, was long and well known as pioneer Presbyterian minister. His mother was Eliza (Morris) Roger. From the Peterboro Union School, Mr. Roger matriculated into the Toronto University in 1858, and graduated in 1862. He took the natural science honor course throughout, and obtained honors in other branches, taking four scholarships in natural science and general proficiency. He obtained his theological education at Knox College, Toronto, and the New College, Edinburgh. Prior to ordination he received several calls, and accepted that of Knox Church, Perth, being ordained and inducted there in the year 1866. He was married March 23rd, 1867, to Miss Helen Sarah Wallis, daughter of James Wallis, Esq., Peterboro. He remained in Perth two years, and then accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church at Petrolea. Resigning this charge in 1871, he went to the old country to advocate the claim of French-Canadian Missions. Returning to Canada in 1873, he accepted a call to Ashburn, Ont., where he labored ten years. In 1884 he accepted a call to King Street Presbyterian Church, London, where he has continued to labor with very great acceptance since. This church was founded in 1878, the Rev. John Knox Wright being the first pastor and Mr. Roger the second. It has performed an important part in supplying the spiritual wants of the eastern part of the city of London. Mr. Roger was convener of the Committee on the State of Religion in the Synod of Toronto and Kingston five years, and has been connected with various other departments of church work. He is at present president of the London Ministerial Association, and also of the London Presbyterian Ministerial Association.

EV. DAVID WM. SNIDER, pastor of King Street Methodist Church, Ingersoll, Ont., was born May 20th, 1859, in the township of Burford, Brant County. His father was the late Samuel Snider, who was for many years the assessor of the city of Brantford, and well and favorably known in that city both in church and municipal matters. Mr. Snider was educated at the public schools of Paris and Brantford, Brantford Collegiate Institute and Victoria College, Cobourg. Realizing his call to the Gospel ministry early in life, he engaged in various avocations to procure the necessary funds for his education. He was made a local preacher in the year 1878 by the Wellington Street Methodist Church Quarterly Board, Brantford. He afterwards preached under a chairman for two years, and, in 1880, was received on probation in the London Conference. Before ordination he travelled the following circuits: Smithville, Ridgeway, Fonthill and Paris, and spent two years at College. He was ordained in the year 1884 at the last session of the London Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada, held at Guelph. Since ordination he has served the following churches: Zion Tabernacle Hamilton, Merritton, and his present charge at King Street Church, Ingersoll. While at Merritton he built a beautiful new church and united two congregations that had worshipped previously at either end of the town. While at Hamilton the membership of the church doubled. His church at Ingersoll is one of the most beautiful in the Niagara Conference, and has been honored with some of the leading ministers of Methodism, including Rev. E. H. Dewart, D.D., and the late Rev. W. W. Ross. Mr. Snider is an able preacher and a firm believer in systematic Christian giving, and an opposer of all methods of raising money for church purposes other than direct giving. He was married on the 17th March, 1885, to Miss Lily, daughter of Samuel Harvey, of Hamilton.

AS. SHAW SINCLAIR, Q.C., Hamilton, Judge of the County Court of the County of Wentworth, was born in Ramsay, County of Lanark, on the 7th of April, 1838. His parents were Alexander and Elizabeth (Shaw) Sinclair, of Ramsay township, County of Lanark, his father being formerly of Caithness-shire, Scotland. The Judge was educated at Perth Grammar School and by private tuition. He was married in 1861 to Henrietta, daughter of the late Rev. J. Padfield, of Burford, Ont. Judge Sinclair studied law with the late William McNairn Shaw, and was called to the Bar in 1863. He commenced his profession in Goderich in partnership with Alexander Shaw, Esq., now Q.C. of Walkerton. He was elected a Bencher of the Law Society in 1871, re-elected in 1876, and resigned the same year. He was also created a Q.C. in 1876. He conducted for the Crown the important trial of William John Beals, at Welland in 1874, for the murder of his wife at Fort Erie, which resulted in a verdict of manslaughter. He was Crown counsel in the conviction of McConnell, for the murder of Nelson Mills, at the Hamilton Winter Assizes in 1876. In this case, the plea of prisoner's insanity was set up and strongly urged by his counsel, and still forms a theme for discussion among medical men. The prisoner was convicted and executed. He also defended Joseph France, who was tried for murder at the Goderich Fall Assizes in 1874, and Maria Elliott, for the murder of her child, at the Spring Assizes in 1876. In both of which cases the prisoners were acquitted. Mr. Sinclair was appointed to the Bench in April, 1876, and at the time was senior partner of the law firm of Sinclair, Seager & Wade, at Goderich, and much occupied with nisi-prius business. The Judge is the author of a number of important legal works and publications, among them several works on "Division Courts," "Absconding Debtors," "Landlord and Tenant," and "The License Law of Ontario." Such men are always an honor to the Bench.

EV. JOHN CAMPBELL, M.A., Ph.D., Collingwood, Ont, was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, 1845. His father was a relative of Sir James Brown, Edinburgh, and Sir Colin Campbell, whose name became immortalized by his bravery at the relief of Lucknow and by the "Thin Red Line" of Highlanders at Balaklava. His mother was Margaret Anderson, a relative of Sir John Dick, of Glasgow. His parents came to Canada about the year 1851, and settled in Nottawasaga. Dr. Campbell was educated at Stayner public school, Toronto Collegiate Institute, University of Toronto and Knox College. He received the degree of B.A. at the University of Toronto in 1873, M.A. in 1883, and graduated in theology in Knox College in 1874. He took a post graduate course of four years at Bloomington University, obtaining the degree of Ph.D. in 1885. Of all the honors he secured during his college career, the one he valued most highly was the first prize as public speaker in the graduating class at Knox College. Prior to entering college, he taught school with marked success for a few years. He was ordained and inducted into the Presbyterian Church at Cannington, Ont., in 1874. In 1878 he accepted a call to Knox Church, Harriston, and remained there until 1886, when he accepted a call to Collingwood. He declined a number of calls from the United States and Canada. Dr. Campbell as a preacher is eloquent, clear, logical, evangelical and impressive, and as a pastor endears himself to his people by his strong social qualities. He has been most successful as a minister of the Gospel, being faithful, conscientious and energetic, filling every church of which he has had charge to its utmost capacity. The roll of his Sabbath School at Collingwood numbers over six hundred. He has been Moderator of three different Presbyteries, a member of the General Assembly, the Home Mission Committee and Sabbath Observance Committee. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M., I.O.O.F., A.O.U.W., and St. Andrew's Society.

SSAC FRANCIS TOMS, Senior Judge of the County of Huron, Goderich, Ontario, was born at Charlotteville, Norfolk County, in February, 1840. His father was Albert Toms, of Devonshire, Eng. His great-great-grandfather was a Highlander from Argyleshire, who took part in the taking of Quebec in 1759. Judge Toms was educated at private and public schools, and then studied law in Simcoe and Toronto, and afterwards came to Goderich in 1860, where, in the following year, he commenced the practice of law. His success soon brought him into prominence, and, in 1866, being then only twenty-six years old, he was appointed Deputy Judge of Huron and Bruce, but resigned in 1867. In 1872 he was appointed Junior Judge of Huron, and in 1879 Surrogate Judge of the Maritime Court of Ontario. In March, 1881, he was appointed Local Judge of the High Court of Justice for Huron, in 1882 Senior Judge of the County Court of Huron, and, in 1885, Revising Officer for South Huron. Judge Toms was one of the very first shareholders in the company that put down the first salt well in Goderich. He is a member of the Masonic body, and has held the highest offices within the gift of that fraternity, and also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and other societies. Previous to his elevation to the Bench in 1872, Judge Toms was a zealous member of the Liberal-Conservative party, and was president of the South Huron Liberal-Conservative Association, and afterwards of Centre Huron Association. He was married in August, 1875, to Georgina Charlotte, only surviving child of Dr. John Geo. Rosonkin, a distinguished linguist and homeopathist, who came originally from Prussia, and practiced at different times in St. Louis, U.S., in London, Eng., and in Montreal, where he died in 1859. When at the Bar Judge Toms was one of the most able chancery lawyers in Ontario, and had a large and valuable practice. As a Judge he is distinguished for his legal knowledge and correct judgments.

EV. JAS. GORDON, M.A., London, Ont., was born on the 22nd February, 1827, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His parents were William and Jean (Piper) Gordon. His father was a farmer and an elder in the Church of Scotland. Our subject commenced his education at the parish schools of Scotland, and continued it at the public schools of Ontario, (whither he had come with his widowed mother), Palermo Grammar School and Queen's College, Kingston. Previous to attending college, he taught school four years. He matriculated into Queen's College in 1848, received the degree of B.A. in 1851, and the degree M.A. in 1853, and completed his theological course in 1854. He then received a call to St. Andrew's Church, Markham, and was ordained and inducted into that church September 27th, 1854, and remained there eleven years. He then accepted a call to Crumlin, a few miles east of London. He remained here eleven years also, and was then called to St. Andrew's Church, Niagara Falls, where he was inducted on August 22nd, 1876. He remained here until October, 1886, when failing health compelled him to retire from active work. He has since resided in London, and is an elder of St. Andrew's Church. Mr. Gordon was convener and treasurer of the Toronto Presbytery's Home Mission about nine years, clerk of the London Presbytery ten years, secretary of the Board of Education for East and West Middlesex about ten years, Superintendent of Public Schools of North Dorchester seven years, and was Inspector of Public Schools of Niagara Falls during the greater part of his residence there. Mr. Gordon preaches as often as health will permit, and is constant in Christian labors, doing an elder's work in connection with St. Andrew's Church, conducting services in the benevolent institutions in turn with the city pastors, and is at the present time treasurer of the Presbytery of London. He was married in November, 1854, to Helen, daughter of the late Dr. White, of Kingston, Ont.

OHN McCLARY, of the McClary Manufacturing Co., London, Ont., was born on the 2nd of January, 1829, in the township of Westminister, County of Middlesex. On his father's side he is of the historical stock of Adams, his grandmother being a cousin of the celebrated John Quincy Adams, a name which will long stand forth as one of the greatest among American families. His mother, Sally Stark, who was born in Pennsylvania on the 17th of March, 1786, was a descendant of Gen. Stark, of Revolutionary fame. Mr. McClary learned the tin business in London, and in 1850 went to California. He returned to London in 1851, and, in partnership with his brother Oliver, started the present establishment under the firm name of J. & O. McClary, which was carried on until 1871, when a joint stock company was formed under the name of the McClary Manufacturing Co. (Ltd.). The business has, as is well known, reached gigantic proportions, and their stoves, furnaces and tin supplies are handled by the trade in every town and city in the Dominion, while they also do their share of foreign trade. Mr. McClary in religion is a member of the Methodist Church, and is a trustee of Wellington Street Church, London. He has always been a Reformer in politics, but is a strong supporter of the National Policy and a thorough advocate for developing the natural resources of the country. He is a magistrate, director of the L. and P. Ry., vice-president of the Ontario Loan and Debenture Co., vice-president of the London Life Assurance Co., and is president and chief stockholder in the Manufacturing Company which bears his name. He is a shrewd business man, and the success of the company is due largely to his ability. Mr. McClary has been twice married--first, in 1853, to Mary Ann, daughter of Ph[oe]nix Drake, and again, in 1866, to Miss Pavey. He has two daughters by his first wife--Mrs. Gunn and Mrs. Gartshore--both of whose husbands are engaged in the business with Mr. McClary.

ARSENA MORSE, undertaker and embalmer, Niagara Falls South, Ontario, was born on the 18th of April, 1831, at that place. He was educated at the public school of his native town. At the age of fifteen he engaged with his father to learn the business of cabinet making, and in 1861 became apprenticed to the trade of carpenter and builder. On the death of his father in 1874, he bought the estate and carried on the undertaking branch of the business, which he continues to the present time with every satisfaction to the large patronage that has come to him. In 1880 he commenced studying the art of embalming, and in 1883 received a diploma from the Rochester school, certifying to his graduation in that art. On his conversion in 1855, he immediately united with the Methodist Church, of which he is a prominent member. He has occupied many official positions, such as steward and class-leader. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., and also of the Royal Templars of Temperance. Mr. Morse was married on the 18th of October, 1854, to Mary A. Gray, daughter of William Gray, a soldier of the 93rd Highlanders.

EV. CHARLES FISH, Toronto, Ont., was born on the 11th of September, 1820, in Selby, Yorkshire, Eng. He received his education at the schools there, and, at the age of fifteen, commenced to preach. He came to Canada in 1848, and entered the Methodist Conference the same year. Guelph was his first circuit. He was afterwards stationed in Peterboro, Lindsay, Cobourg, Owen Sound, Toronto, and many other principal towns and cities of Canada. He served in the active work of the ministry thirty-eight years, and during that time was chairman of several important districts, and was a delegate to the first General Conference, and to each subsequent Conference until he was superannuated in 1886. He was agent for Victoria College twenty years, and since superannuation has been collector for the Federation Fund, and has held evangelistic services in many of the leading towns and cities of Ontario. The prominent aim of his life has been the building of churches and the saving of souls, in which he has been most successful. Mr. Fish has been twice married--first, in 1842, to Mary Wilkinson, and again, in 1860, to Catherine Johnson.

. ARTHUR WILLIAMS, M.D., L.R.C.P. London, M.R.C.S. and L.M. England, Ingersoll, Ont., was born February 21st, 1837, at Queenston, Ontario. His parents were James and Rebecca (Smith) Williams. Dr. Williams came to Oxford County in his boyhood, where he was educated at the common schools and also by private tutors. Like many professional men of Canada, he spent his early life on his father's farm. In 1860 he entered the Toronto School of Medicine, and subsequently the Medical Department of Victoria University, Cobourg, and graduated M.D. in 1863. Two years after he received the appointment of demonstrator of Anatomy in Victoria College, holding that position until 1867. He spent some time in New York in the special study of the eye and ear, and subsequently visited England, attending the leading hospitals and passing the examinations for the degrees above mentioned. Resigning his position in Victoria College, he commenced practicing his profession in Ingersoll, where he still lives in the enjoyment of a large practice. Dr. Williams has been a member of the Ontario Medical Council since 1880, representing the Gore and Thames electoral division, and is now its president. In 1869 he was appointed a trustee of the High School and a member of the Board of Education, which position he held until 1889. He was a member of the Council in 1876 and 1878, and has been reeve of the town continuously since 1887. In politics he is a Liberal-Conservative, and was for a time president of the local Liberal-Conservative Association. In 1882 he contested the South Riding of Oxford with Hon. Adam Crooks, being defeated by a small majority. In 1885 he contested the riding again with Dr. McKay, and, after a gallant fight, was again defeated, which is not a matter for wonder, as it is well known that South Oxford is a strong Reform constituency. In religion he is a Methodist. He was married first in 1871, and again in 1880 to Miss Fullerton, of South Dorchester, by whom he has one son.

AMES STEVENS, Division Court Clerk, Ingersoll, Ont., was born July 17th, 1836, at Whitby, Ont. His parents were Thomas and Sophia (Hough) Stevens, his father being a well known farmer in Ontario County, and also in the County of Oxford for many years. Mr. Stevens came to Oxford County with his parents in 1851. He was educated at the public school, Whitby, and Oshawa High School. He obtained a second-class teacher's certificate in 1855 from Oxford County, and also from the Counties of Middlesex and Elgin. He taught school nearly three years near Vienna, and also for a short time in Oxford County. In 1859 he engaged in mercantile business in Springford, Oxford County, and subsequently Mount Elgin. In 1880, after a residence of two years in Tilsonburg, he removed to Ingersoll, and soon after was appointed Division Court Clerk there, which office he still holds. Mr. Stevens was a member of the Township Council of Dereham four years, and was Deputy Reeve of the town of Tilsonburg one year. He was alderman in Ingersoll three years, and in 1891 was elected Mayor of that town, but, through a legal technicality, lost his seat. He has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1868. In politics he is a Reformer, having previous to his present appointment taken a very active part in political affairs, and in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the country. He was secretary of the Reform Association of the County of Oxford for fifteen years. Mr. Stevens was married September 23rd, 1858, to Eliza Cerintha, daughter of Norman L. Oales, Norwich. His children were three in number--one son and two daughters. His son, Morgan L., who died June 10th, 1891, was a merchant in Ingersoll and an alderman of that town. He was a leading young man in the community, a forceful public speaker, an enterprising business man, and enjoyed the full confidence of all who knew him. His eldest daughter is Mrs. E. H. Hugill, and his youngest, Minerva May, is still at home with her parents.

LEX. RIGGS McCLENEGHAN, P.M., Woodstock, Ont., was born on October 15th, 1823, in Armagh, Ireland. His father belonged to Her Majesty's 7th Light Dragoons, and came to Canada in 1829, settling in "Little York." Our subject received his education in Toronto private and district schools. He learned the trade of a printer at Toronto, and was afterwards a reporter for the public press for a number of years, also editor and proprietor of various papers. In 1856 he established the Woodstock Times, which he conducted until 1873, when he was appointed Postmaster there. Mr. McCleneghan was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1856, has been a member of the Municipal Council of Woodstock, was Captain in the Oxford Rifles for twenty years, and retired with the rank of Major. In 1837 he volunteered to do garrison duty under Col. McLean, and was in the advance guard when the attack was made on Montgomery's Hotel, Gallows Hill. He also went with Colonel Chisholm to Niagara frontier in 1838. At the time of the "Trent affair" he offered his services to Her Majesty's Government. In religion he is an Episcopalian, being church warden and a delegate to the Synod on different occasions. Through him and Colonel John Barwick old St. Paul's Church, Woodstock, was reopened. In politics he is a Conservative. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M., I.O.O.F., A.O.U.W., I.O.F., C.O.F., and an Orangeman, and has held most of the offices in the gift of these societies. Mr. McCleneghan has been twice married--first, in 1845, to Emma Nott, of Sussex, Eng., who died in 1849; and, in 1852, he married Rosanna Dolmage, of Guelph. He has five sons living and occupying prominent positions: Alexander V., being a barrister in Winnipeg, of the firm of Aikens, Culver, Patterson & McCleneghan; Thomas A., assistant P.M. at Woodstock; Frank, in a lucrative position in Knoxville, Tenn. Albert B., in the Imperial Bank, Woodstock, and Warren H., in the North-West engaged in agricultural pursuits.

OHN W. GARVIN, B.A., Principal of Model and Public Schools, Woodstock, Ont., was born near Lynden, Wentworth County, on the 19th of March, 1859. He is the eldest of seven sons of David Garvin, a native of Armagh, Ireland, now a well-to-do-farmer of Midhurst, Vespra township, Simcoe County, and a councillor of the township mentioned for over twenty years. His mother, a woman of refined tastes and habits, is a Canadian by birth. Our subject remained on his father's farm until twenty years of age. He then began his studies at Barrie Collegiate Institute, preparing for his chosen profession. In ten months he obtained a non-professional certificate, after which he attended the Model School, and afterwards taught about three years. He then returned to Barrie Collegiate Institute to prepare for senior matriculation into Toronto University. This he accomplished, entering the university in October, 1884. He took the three year honor course in mental and moral science, logic and civil polity, and honors for two years in English and history. He completed his course in 1887, and subsequently obtained the degree of B.A. The same year he became principal of Welland Model and Public Schools, remaining there a year and a half, when he resigned to accept his present position. Mr. Garvin holds advanced views on the desirability of paying increased attention to the manual arts and to æsthetic culture in our public schools. He is already well known as a specialist in applied psychology and vocal music, and as the author of a phonic method of word recognition. He also takes deep interest in the educational, social and political advancement of women, being the first president of the Women's Suffrage Association of Woodstock. He is a member of Chalmers Presbyterian Church, and its choir leader. He is also an active member and an ex-vice-president of the Y.M.C.A. Mr. Garvin was married on the 23rd of August, 1887, to Miss Lizzie Appelbe, of Barrie

OBERT A. LITTLE, B. A., Classical Master of the Collegiate Institute, London, Ont., was born December 29th, 1860, in the township of Blandford, County of Oxford. His parents were John and Agnes (Craig) Little. Mr. Little received his early education at the public schools, continued it at Hamilton Collegiate Institute, and completed it at Toronto University. He graduated from the latter institution with the degree of B.A. in 1884. During his university course he won a scholarship in classics each year, and carried off the Lorne Silver Medal in his second year. His successes as a student led to prominence as a professor. His first position as a teacher was that of classical master in Ridgetown Collegiate Institute, where he remained two years. In 1886 he received his present appointment. Mr. Little is a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, and also of the Board of Management. He belongs to the craft of A.F. & A.M., and the Canadian Order of Foresters. In politics he is a Reformer. He was married on December 31st, 1890, to Miss Kate Forsythe, of London, daughter of John Forsythe, who is well known in that city.

ICHEL JOS. KELLY, M.D., LL.B., School Inspector of Brantford, Ont., was born in Quebec in 1834. His father's family was connected for many years with the British navy. His mother was Katherine (Doyle) Kelly, a near relative of the celebrated Rev. Dr. James Warren Doyle and Chief-Justice Bushe. Dr. Kelly received his early education in Quebec, and continued it at the High School and French College, Montreal, and subsequently at Toronto Normal School and Toronto University. He first took up the arts course in Toronto, and afterwards the medical and law courses. He received the degree of M.B. with first-class honors, and subsequently the degree of M.D. and LL.B. He studied medicine in Montreal, New York, London, Eng., Edinburgh, Paris and Heidelberg. Dr. Kelly commenced his career as a teacher first in the public schools, and then in the High Schools of the Dominion. Many years ago he declined a mastership in the Montreal High School for private reasons. He afterwards taught in Upper Canada College for some time. He subsequently practiced medicine for a short time, and also edited newspapers.

EV. CHAS. HENRY MOCKRIDGE, M.A., D.D., 11 Ann street, Toronto, Ont., was born in Brantford in the County of Brant, on December 15th, 1844. He is a son of the late Rev. Jas. Mockridge, M.A., rector of St. George's Church, Belleville, Ont. The subject of our sketch received his education at the Brantford High School, and continued and completed it at Trinity University, Toronto, where he took successively the degree of B.A., M.A. B.D., and D.D., all by examination. He also won successively the Cameron and Dickson scholarships from this institution. He was successively head master at Welland, St. Mary's and Clinton High schools. He was ordained deacon in the Church of England in 1868, and priest in 1869 by Bishop Lewis, of Ontario. He has since served the Church at Madoc, Hillier, Hamilton, Windsor, N.S., and Toronto. He was rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton, for nine years, and resigned it on account of conscientious objections which he had to the pew rent system. Dr. Mockridge was for many years Examiner of Divinity in arts course in Trinity University, and now lectures there regularly on Homiletics and Pastoral Theology. He was Clerical Secretary of the Synod of Toronto and also of Niagara, where he was appointed a canon of the Cathedral. He is General Secretary of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada, and editor of the Canadian Church Magazine and Mission News. He is at present assistant clergyman at Holy Trinity Church, Toronto. He is well known as a warm advocate of the temperance cause, and also of mission work, is a man of liberal views, high character and fine ability, especially as a preacher, and is highly esteemed by all denominations and parties, and he is doing a work in which all may rejoice. Dr. Mockridge was married in October, 1871, to Sophia, fourth daughter of the late Rev. John Grier, A.M., rector of Belleville.

ARRING KENNEDY, of Samson, Kennedy & Co., Toronto, was born in the County of Down, Ireland. At an early age he was sent to Londonderry, where he received his education in a Grammar School, qualifying him for a business career. He commenced his business life as an apprentice in a dry goods store in Kilrea, Ireland. After serving his apprenticeship he went to Belfast, where he remained many years and gained a thorough knowledge of business. He emigrated to Canada in 1857, settling in Toronto, where, by his energy, industry, exemplary character and knowledge of business, he soon attracted the notice of commercial men, and his services were eagerly sought after. He received rapid advancement, passing from one position to another, until he was in receipt of a salary of $4,000 per annum. Thus having reached the top of the ladder as an employee, in 1869 he formed a partnership with two of his former fellow-workers and established a wholesale business under the name of Samson, Kennedy & Gemmel. Mr. Samson and Mr. Gemmel are both deceased, but the firm continues as Samson, Kennedy & Co., doing one of the largest wholesale trades in the Dominion. He also occupies a conspicuous place in religious matters, being a leading member of the Methodist Church, a local preacher, Sabbath School superintendent and trustee. He is on many of the Conference Committees, and has been a delegate to several General Conferences. He has filled various public offices, was elected alderman in 1871. He was president of the Irish Protestant Benevolent Association in 1872, and in 1873 was first president of the Canada Commercial Travellers' Association. He is chairman of the Toronto General Burying Ground trusts, embracing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Necropolis and Prospect Cemetery, and is senior honorary secretary of the Upper Canada Bible Society. Last June he was elected secretary of the Toronto Conference, and was a delegate to the Ecumenical Council lately held in Washington, D.C.

M. STERNBERGH CAMPBELL, treasurer of Brant County, Brantford, Ont., was born on the 25th of February, 1840, in the township of Brantford, on the farm where he now resides. His parents were Arch. D. and Catherine (Sternbergh) Campbell. Our subject received his education at the township public school, and at a Commercial College in Buffalo. In connection with the many public positions and offices of trust held by Mr. Campbell, he follows the business of farming on an extended scale, and is well known as a dealer in live stock and thoroughbred cattle. He was elected township councillor in 1866 and 1867. He was deputy reeve until 1873, warden of the county in 1873, and reeve until 1875, when he was appointed treasurer of Brant County and also of Brantford township. Mr. Campbell is a Justice of the Peace, inspector and treasurer of Brant House of Refuge, and a director of the Royal Loan and Savings Co., and discharges his duties with fidelity. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. and A.O.U.W. Mr. Campbell was married September 18th, 1871, to Miss Mary E. Hawley. His family consists of four boys and two girls.

OHN CAMERON, founder and president of the London Advertiser Printing Co., London, Ont., was born January 21st, 1843, at Markham, Ont. He received his education at the Stouffville and London public schools. At an early age he was apprenticed to the printer's trade in London, and, when only twenty-one, started the London Advertiser as an evening paper, which has gone on ever since, developing into the principal newspaper in Ontario, outside of Toronto. Mr. Cameron is president and controlling owner of the London Advertiser Printing Co. He was for seven or eight years, after the death of Hon. George Brown, chief editor of the Toronto Globe. He has been president of the Canadian Press Association, president of the Ontario Temperance Alliance, and is now officially connected with temperance and benevolent work in various ways. He is an elder of Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, London, and has been a delegate to the General Assembly. He is also the author of the book entitled "A Canadian in Europe." Mr. Cameron was married in 1869 to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Captain and Adjutant David Millar, Royal Canadian Rifles.

EV. FATHER GEORGE R. NORTHGRAVES, Ingersoll, Ont., was born on February 25th, 1834, at Bytown, now the city of Ottawa. He received his education at private schools, and at the Grammar School, Belleville. His theological education was pursued at St. Michael's College, Toronto. He afterwards taught for a time in this institution. In the year 1861 he received the appointment of rector of Toronto Cathedral, which position he occupied for two years. In 1863 he was appointed the Dean of Barrie, and in the year 1870 he returned to Toronto to the Cathedral, where he remained until 1874, when he was appointed rector of the London Cathedral. In 1878 he was appointed to Stratford, Ont., and after laboring successfully a few years there, he was appointed to Ingersoll. In the year 1886 he assumed the editorial control of the Catholic Record, published at London, Ont., and he has continued in that position since. Since his connection with this paper, it has greatly improved from a literary standpoint, and its circulation has increased to such an extent that it has now the largest circulation of any Catholic paper in the Dominion. In the year 1885 Father Northgraves published his celebrated book, "The Mistakes of Modern Infidels," it being a reply to Robert Ingersoll. This book, which bears evidence of the highest theological and classical learning, has already reached three editions, and is regarded as the best work of the kind that has been written in defence of Christianity during this generation. It has received exhaustive commendations, both from the secular and religious press of Catholic and Protestant denominations, and from eminent scholars of all creeds as well. This work is intended to supply the Christian public with a handbook which will answer the most mischievous of modern sceptics' objections against the truth and inspiration of Holy Scripture, and it furnishes a reliable synopsis of the arguments whereby these attributes of Scripture can be maintained.

LBERT BEVERLY G. WELFORD, M.B. Toronto University, member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and M. R. C. S. England, Woodstock, Ont., was born on the 2nd June, 1853, in Blandford township, Oxford County. He is the youngest of a family of nine. His father was third son of the late Richard Welford, of Marlboro, who practised law at Lincolns-in-Field, London, Eng., and who was an author of legal works accepted by the English Bar, and brother of the late Judge Welford, of Birmingham. His mother, who is still living, was born in Chester, Eng., and came to this country sixty years ago. The subject of our sketch received his education at the High School, Woodstock, Trinity College, Toronto, and London, Eng., under the teachings of Sir William MacCormick and Sir Morrel McKenzie. He remained on the old homestead farm in Oxford County until about eighteen years of age, when he engaged for a short period in the telegraph business. In 1873 he engaged with Stark & Revelle, druggists, Woodstock, where he remained three years. He then accepted a position with Shapter & Jeffrey, druggists, Toronto, having passed the chemists and druggist examination before the College of Pharmacy, Toronto, carrying off first prize out of a class of thirty-five or forty graduates. He afterwards graduated in medicine and began his profession in Woodstock in 1881 in partnership with the late George Locke Beard. Dr. Welford makes a specialty of diseases of the eye, ear and nose. He has been very successful, especially in surgery, and has gained a large connection. He is surgeon to the County Gaol, the Grand Trunk Railway, examiner for Canada Life, Equitable, and other prominent insurance companies. He is a member of the Church of England. Dr. Welford has been twice married--first, in 1881, to Isabel Johnston, eldest daughter of F. R. Ball, Q.C., Woodstock, who died in 1886; and in 1888 Margaret Halson, eldest daughter of J. Halson Brown, Esq., Woodstock.

OSEPH E. McDOUGALL, Q.C., Toronto, County Judge and Judge of the Maritime Court of Ontario, was born March, 1846, at Toronto. He is the eldest son of Hon. Wm. McDougall, C.B., the well-known Canadian journalist, politician and statesman. Our subject received his education at the Model Grammar School and Upper Canada College, winning two of the college scholarships. Upon leaving college he began the study of law with Messrs. Currie & Brown, St. Catharines, subsequently with Robert Lees, Q.C., County Attorney of Carleton, and afterwards with Messrs. Patterson & Beatty, Toronto. He was called to the Bar in 1870 and commenced the practice of his profession a partner with his father, but soon afterwards organized the firm of McDougall, English & McDougall. After several changes in that firm, the firm of McDougall & Gordon was formed in 1875, with which he remained connected until 1881. Then, on the elevation of Hon. Thomas Ferguson, Q.C., to the Bench, he obtained a partnership in the well-known firm of Ferguson, Bain, Gordon & Shepley, the firm then became Bain, McDougall, Gordon & Shepley. The large business connection of his new partners offered him an opportunity for displaying his rare talents and aptitude for all branches of legal business, and he became concerned in many very important cases. Judge McDougall was several years lecturer to the Law Society and examiner in the subject of Criminal Law. In 1882 he was elected president of Osgoode Literary Society. In 1883 he received his silk gown, and the same year was appointed Junior Judge of York County, and in 1885 was appointed Senior Judge and Judge of the Maritime Court of Ontario. His clear judgments and just decisions make him universally respected. He was chairman of Toronto Public Library for 1890, and is vice-president of Toronto Hom[oe]pathic Hospital Board. Judge McDougall was married in November, 1871, to Jane M., second daughter of the late Rev. J. B. Howard.

RANCIS RAMSAY BALL, Q.C., County Crown Attorney and Clerk of the Peace, Woodstock, Ont., was born on November 5th, 1827, in the township of Niagara, Ont. His ancestors came to this continent from Germany in the year 1826. At the Revolutionary War in 1776, his grandfather and great grandfather joined the British service and held commissions in Butler's Rangers, serving until the close of the war, and then settled at Niagara. The subject of our sketch still holds the farm at Niagara which was granted to his grandfather for his services during the revolution. Mr. Ball received his education at the Grammar School in the town of Niagara under Dr. Whitelaw. He commenced the study of law with the late Chas. L. Hall, of Niagara, and completed his studies with the late Judge Burns, of Toronto. He was admitted to the Bar in the year 1850, and immediately began his profession at Woodstock, where he has continued to practice since. In the year 1863 Mr. Ball was appointed Clerk of the Peace and County Crown Attorney, which positions he still holds. In addition to these offices, he is also County Solicitor. In 1856 he contested the South Riding of Oxford in the interests of the Reform party, and failed to get elected by one vote. He was appointed Q.C. by the Ontario Government in March, 1876. He has been such a busy man in his own profession that he has had to refuse many important positions that have been offered him. During his long and valuable life he has adorned his profession by bringing to it his best thought and effort, supplemented by energy and perseverance. Mr. Ball has been twice married--first, to Miss Millicent C. Thompson, daughter of Andrew Thompson, late of Port Dover, Ont., and again to Miss Agnes, daughter of the late Captain Baxter, of the Royal Canadian Rifles. His family consists of seven children--three sons and four daughters. His son Robert is a barrister and a partner with his father.

ILLIAM GEORGE STORM, R.C.A., Architect and Civil Engineer, Toronto, Ont., was born on October 29th, 1826, at Burton-upon-Stather, Lincolnshire, Eng. His parents were Thomas and Mary Storm. Mr. Storm received his education at private schools in Toronto. After completing his education, he studied architecture and civil engineering. He was professionally engaged in the erection of St. James Cathedral, the Normal School, St. Andrew's Church, Osgoode Hall, and the University of Toronto, besides many other public buildings. He is now engaged in the erection of Victoria College in Queen's Park. Toronto. Mr. Storm in religion is a member of the Church of England. In politics he is a Conservative, and formerly took an active interest in political matters, but does not do so now. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which body he was an enthusiastic worker in early life, and filled all the important offices of that society, having been Grand Master of Toronto district in 1860. He is also a Knight Templar of high standing. He is president of the Architectural Association of Ontario, and is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Artists.

DMUND MEREDITH, Q.C., of London, Ont., was born in that city on the 1st March, 1845. His father was John Walsingham Cooke Meredith, for many years Clerk of the Division Court, who died in 1881. His mother was Sarah (Pegler) Meredith, who is still living. Our subject was educated at the Grammar School, London, and Baptist College, Woodstock. He studied law in the office of Scatchard & Meredith, London, and was admitted to the Bar in 1869. He then commenced to practice in London with his brother R. M., now Mr. Justice Meredith. This partnership continued until the latter was appointed to the Bench. In 1890 he formed the present partnership of Meredith, Cameron & Judd. Mr. Meredith has been a member of the City Council, and was mayor in 1883 and 1884. In politics he is a leading Conservative, having contested the riding of North Middlesex in 1884 for the Provincial Legislature, and, after a gallant fight, was defeated by only thirty-four votes. In religion he is an Episcopalian. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Meredith was married in 1876 to Miss Theresa McCann, daughter of P. McCann, London.

M. RALPH MEREDITH, LL.D., Q.C., London, Leader of the Opposition of the Ontario Legislature, was born in Westminster township, Middlesex County, March 31st, 1840. His parents were John C. and Sarah (Pegler) Meredith. His father was for many years Clerk of the Division Court for Middlesex County. W. R. Meredith was educated at the Grammar School, London, and Toronto University. He was called to the Bar in 1861, and soon established an important practice in London. His knowledge of law is extensive and sound, and he is regarded as the leading Chancery lawyer in Western Ontario. He is solicitor for the city of London, was elected as Bencher of the Law Society in 1871, and has been re-elected at each subsequent election, and created a Q.C. in 1876. In 1872 he was elected for London to the Ontario Legislature, and has been returned at every general election since. In politics he is staunch Liberal-Conservative. Mr. Meredith's private and public character is above reproach, and his ability in the political sphere is very marked. In religion he is an Episcopalian. He was married June 26th, 1862, to Miss Mary Holmes, of London, Ont.

. A. MAYBERRY, B.A., LL.B., Principal of Stratford Collegiate Institute, was born on August 16th, 1856, in West Oxford, County of Oxford, Ont. He received his early education at School Section No. 2 of his native home, Ingersoll High School, and Brantford Collegiate Institute, passing from thence to Toronto University. He graduated from the latter institution with the degree of B.A. in 1882, with honors in Classics, and obtained the degree of LL.B. from the same institution in the year 1888. His early life was spent on a farm, and he began school teaching at the age of twenty. He first taught in School Section No. 2, West Zorra, and then in No. 8, East Nissouri, Oxford County, for some time. In the year 1880 he taught in Brantford Collegiate Institute. In 1882 he began teaching in Stratford Collegiate Institute as classical master, and the Board of Trustees, having a high estimate of his ability, appointed him Principal of that institute in the year 1890. Mr. Mayberry is an adherent of Knox Presbyterian Church, Stratford. He held the office of president of Perth Teacher's Association in 1884. He was married October 27th, 1880, to Miss Etta Craig, Brantford.

EV. ALEX. STEWART, M.A., of Orillia, Ont., was born on the 3rd of October, 1804, at Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His father was Dr. John Stewart of that place. He was educated at the old town college of Aberdeen, and in January, 1841, was ordained priest of the Church of England, in Canada, at the city of Halifax by the Lord Bishop of that day. Mr. Stewart then became curate of Trinity Church, St. John, N.B. In 1856 he removed to Upper Canada and settled in Toronto, where he became curate to Dr. James W. Dewolfe Gray. He was subsequently appointed over St. George's Church, Kingston, where he remained for five and one half years, and in 1862 became rector of St. John's Trinity Church, Orillia, over which he presided for the long period of twenty-seven years until 1889, when he resigned the charge and was succeeded by the present incumbent, the Rev. Canon R. W. E. Greene. Mr. Stewart was married to Miss Maria Jarvis, of St. John, N.B., who died in 1884. His family consists of three daughters and one son.

ILLIAM JAMES KNOWLES, of Knowles & Nott, hardware merchants, Brantford, was born on the 20th of March, 1855, at Elora, Ont. His father carried on a hardware business at Elora, Elmira and Toronto, and is now living retired at the latter place. The subject of our sketch received his education at the public and High schools of Elora. He commenced the hardware business with his father at Elmira, remaining there until twenty years of age, when he bought out the business and carried it on alone for two years. He then removed to Toronto, and in 1880 he came to Brantford, taking a position in the hardware store of Goold & Agnew, and, on the death of the latter, entered into partnership with Mr. Goold. In 1887 he purchased the business in connection with his present partner. He is also largely interested in the Goold Bicycle Works, and is manager of the same. Mr. Knowles in religion is a Presbyterian, and in politics a Reformer. He is a member of the Brantford Board of Trade. He married Miss Maria Kenning, of Elmira, on December 26th, 1875.

. F. CAMP, St. Catharine, was born on the 17th May, 1857, at Thorold, Ont. He received his preliminary education at the public school of St. Catharines, and afterwards attended the Collegiate Institute, under the principalship of Dr. Hunter. After leaving school in 1875, he went to Toronto and spent three years in learning surveying. In 1877 he was one of a surveying expedition to Algoma, and returned the year afterwards to St. Catharines, where he entered his father's office as clerk until 1882, when he was taken into partnership. The partnership continued until 1888, when his father went to Toronto, leaving the business, which is still continued under the title of Camp & Son, in his charge. The business, which embraces fire, life and accident insurance, is one of the largest in Ontario, and is steadily increasing. Mr. Camp represents the leading Canadian, American and English Insurance Companies. In politics he is a Conservative, and in religion a Methodist. He was married on the 5th of June, 1883, to Mary J., daughter of H. H. Collier, Esq., St. Catharines.

OHN FERGUSON PALLING, M.D., Barrie, Ont., was born at Medonte, Simcoe County, on the 14th of August, 1862. He is the son of Charles and Ellen Ferguson Palling, who were of English and Irish parentage. He received his education at Allandale public school and Barrie Collegiate Institute, and afterwards, in 1884, entered Trinity Medical College, Toronto, where he graduated with first-class honors in 1888. After passing the examinations of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario, he began his present practice in Barrie. He is a member of the Church of England, of the Masonic Brotherhood, the Canadian Order of Foresters, Independent Order of Foresters, and other organizations. In politics he is a Conservative. Dr. Palling is a rising man in his profession, and has already secured a large patronage, not only in Barrie, but in the surrounding country, and, from present indications, he will soon take a leading place among medical men. He was married in 1889 to Margaret Ann Steele, daughter of Joseph Steele, of Craigvale, Ont.

ILLIAM D. EDY, photographer, London, Ont., was born on the 24th of February, 1832, in the township of Burford, County of Brant. He received his education at public and private schools. He started life as a farmer in the township of Townsend, County of Norfolk, on a rented farm, and when about twenty-two years of age purchased one in Brant County. He followed the business of farming with success until thirty-five years of age, during that time he had several farms pass through his hands. He then joined his brother, the late J. M. Edy, in the business of photography in the city of Brantford, where his brother had previously carried on this art for a number of years. The firm attained distinction while in Brantford, and conducted a large business. They were the first in Ontario to adopt the practice of retouching negatives, which brought them into prominence. During their stay at Brantford they produced an oil painting from a miniature on ivory made in England of Capt. Joseph Brant, which was presented to Prince Arthur through Lord Dufferin. In the year 1879 the Edy Brothers opened a studio in London, where they have been very successful, doing a leading trade with the best people of the city. For thirteen years they have carried off the first prize at the Western and Provincial fairs held at London, and obtained the gold medal in 1891. The firm is at present composed of our subject and his son, E. L. Edy, and conducted in the old firm name of Edy Brothers. Mr. E. L. Edy is said to be one of the most skilful photographers in Canada, and certainly the work produced by him possesses merit of a very high order. There is a richness and delicacy about his work rarely seen. Mr. W. D. Edy has been twice married--first, in the year 1854, to Miss Melinda Haviland, of Boston, Ont., who died in 1873. He was married again, in the year 1875, to Miss Mary, daughter of the late Capt. Henry Howell. Mr. Edy is an earnest Christian man, and is esteemed wherever known.

EV. G. SANDERSON, D.D., Methodist minister, London, Ont., was born at Kingston in 1816. He received a good home education, and pursued his theological studies at Upper Canada Academy out of which Victoria University has arisen. Before ordination he travelled the Thames circuit, then Newmarket, Grimsby and Hamilton. He was ordained in 1841 and appointed--first to Stamford, then St. Catharines, then Toronto, where he was elected editor of the Christian Guardian, which position he ably filled for five years. He was then pastor at Cobourg three years, during which time he was elected secretary of the Conference. He was then appointed Book Steward at Toronto, the duties of which he faithfully discharged for four years. In 1859 he was sent to London, remaining there three years. In 1860 he was elected chairman of London district, which position he held on the several Districts which he occupied afterwards. In 1861 he was elected Representative to Wesleyan Conference of Great Britain, in 1871 Dr. Punshon's co-delegate, and in 1872 Representative to the General Conference of the M. E. Church in the United States. After leaving London in 1862, he occupied the following circuits, remaining in each three years: Port Hope, Picton, Belleville, Kingston, St. Catharines, London (Wellington Street), London (Dundas Street East), Strathroy, and Sarnia from 1886 to 1887. In the latter year, having been 51 years in the work, he retired from the active ministry and settled in London, where he had spent nine years as a pastor. Mr. Sanderson was president of the Conference in 1876, and again in 1885, was a delegate to the First General Conference at Toronto in 1874, and to the General Conference at Montreal in 1878. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by the University of Victoria in 1877. Although retired, Dr. Sanderson still preaches frequently at special services, church openings, anniversaries, etc. He is a fine specimen of the Christian minister.

OHN CALVIN SMITH, banker, Seaforth, Ont., was born April 11th, 1857, at Bowmanville, Ont. He is the eldest son of the late Rev. John Smith, minister of Erskine Presbyterian Church, Toronto. The subject of our sketch received his education at the public and High schools of Bowmanville. On leaving school he entered the bank at Port Perry, where he remained for a few months. Afterwards he occupied positions at different places, including Toronto. He then joined the staff of the Bank of Commerce, in which he remained four years, with much satisfaction to that institution. Mr. Smith was married to Miss Belle Taylor, daughter of Chief Justice Taylor, of Manitoba, on July 31st, 1883, by whom he has one child. In the year 1888 he commenced the business of private banking in Seaforth, which he still carries on. He enjoys the full confidence of the business and farming community, and does a most successful banking business. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and takes an active interest in all church work. He is president of the Christian Endeavor Society, and a faithful worker in the Sabbath School. In politics he is a Reformer.

HOMAS D. FAWCETT, L.D.S., London, Ont., was born on the 13th March, 1866, at St. George, Brant County, Ont. He is a grandson of the late Rev. Thos. Fawcett, a well known Methodist minister. His father was a dentist, and died at St. George in 1866. His mother is still living, and resides with her son at London. Dr. Fawcett received his earlier education at St. George public school and Dufferin College, London. He received his professional education at the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto, and was also a student under F. M. Harvey, L.D.S., London, Ont. He graduated from the College of Dental Surgeons in the year 1891, and immediately commenced his profession in London, and here he has already acquired a very encouraging practice. Mr. Fawcett is attentive and capable, is a young man of the highest character, of gentlemanly appearance, and popular with his patients. With his thorough education, solid talents, and devotion to his profession, it is not difficult to foretell a successful career for this young dental surgeon. Mr. Fawcett was united in marriage with Miss May, daughter of James Lafferty, of Hamilton, Ont., on the 14th of October, 1891.

RTHUR L. VANSTONE, merchant, Brantford, Ont., was born on October 5th, 1857, at Tyrone, in the County of Durham, Ont. His parents are Samuel and Elizabeth (Elford) Vanstone. His father, who was a merchant miller in Bowmanville for many years, is now living a retired life there. The subject of our sketch received his education at the public and High schools at Bowmanville and Port Hope. He matriculated into Toronto University in the year 1878, and obtained a second-class teacher's certificate in the same year. He afterwards attended the Normal School at Ottawa. He then followed the teaching profession for nearly four years, when he gave it up to enter business life. He first engaged in the grain and milling business at Bowmanville. In the year 1885 he purchased a grocery and crockery business in the city of Brantford, which business he is still carrying on, and has made it one of the most important in his line in the city. This is largely due to his ready grasp of the requirements of his trade, whether in buying or selling. He is regarded by all who have business dealings with him as an honest and capable man. He is admirably adapted to meeting the general public, having a most genial deportment, and, being possessed of strong social qualities, he makes himself agreeable to all with whom he comes in contact. Mr. Vanstone in religion is a member of the Methodist Church, having joined that body in the year 1874 while attending the High School at Port Hope. He is at present a leading member of Wellington Street Methodist Church, Brantford, being a trustee and pew steward of that church. In politics he is a Reformer, but does not take an active part in political affairs. He belongs to the Society of Royal Templars of Temperance, and the Ancient Order United Workmen. Mr. Vanstone was married on the 22nd of November, 1882, to Miss Annie Sinclair, daughter of Robert Sinclair, of Bowmanville, Ont., where our subject first engaged in business.

EV. JAMES BALLANTYNE, B.A., pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church, London, Ont., was born on the 22nd of August, 1857, at Stratford, County of Perth, Ont. His father is the Hon. Thos. Ballantyne, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and his mother is Mary, daughter of the late Robert Ballantyne, of the township of Downie, Perth County. The subject of our sketch received his education at the public school of Downie township, St. Mary's High School, Galt Collegiate Institute, (under the celebrated Dr. Tassie), and at Toronto University. He matriculated into the University from Galt Collegiate Institute in 1876, and graduated in 1880 with first-class honors in modern languages, and also carried off various prizes during his college course. He received his theological education in Knox College, graduating from that institution in the year 1883. He also attended the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N.J., for one year, and spent one year in the Theological Halls of Edinburgh, Scotland, and at Leipsic, Germany. In April, 1885, he was ordained and inducted into the pastorate of Knox Church, London, where he has continued to labor with great acceptability since. He was introduced to his present charge by the late Rev. Thomas McPherson, who was for many years pastor of Knox Church, Stratford, and who was the pastor of Mr. Ballantyne's parents, and by whom he was baptized. He joined the church on profession of faith in the year 1877. He was one of the most accomplished scholars of his class at Knox College, and has been eminently successful in his pastorate. The membership of the church and congregation has very greatly increased under his care, and he is held in high esteem, not only by his own people, but by members of other churches and the public generally. Mr. Ballantyne is still young with a bright future. He was married on the 12th January, 1886, to Miss Florence Clarke, daughter of the Hon. Charles Clarke, of Elora, County of Wellington, Ont.

LFRED HUTCHINSON DYMOND, Principal of the Ontario Institution for the Blind, Brantford, Ont., was born at Croydon, Eng., in August, 1827. He married, June, 1852, Helen Susannah, daughter of Mr. John Henderson, of Southwark. Mr. Dymond was engaged for several years in advocating the abolition of capital punishment and lectured and wrote extensively on that question. He joined, in 1857, the Morning Star, of London, Eng., and in 1866 became its manager. As a Liberal in politics, he took an active share in many movements formed to promote a Liberal policy, particularly the Constitutional Defence Association, called for by the resistance of the House of Lords to the abolition of the paper duty in 1860, and the Emancipation Society, organized to elicit an expression of public opinion in favor of the Union during the American Civil War. In 1869 Mr. Dymond settled in Toronto, joining the editorial staff of the Toronto Globe. From his arrival in Canada he identified himself with the Liberal party, and in 1874 was elected M.P. for North York, which constituency he represented during the ensuing parliamentary term. In parliament he was opposed to all protective tariffs, advocated the claims of Canada to make her own copyright laws, also the right of defendants in criminal cases to give evidence in their own behalf, and carried the Common Assaults Act, in which that principle was for the first time embodied in legislation. From 1878 to 1880 he was occupied in preparing official reports and holding commissions of enquiry for the Ontario Government. In 1880 he acted as the executive member of the Ontario Agricultural Commission, and compiled the voluminous report, in which the evidence taken was condensed and digested. In 1880 he accepted the position he still holds. Principal Dymond takes a deep interest in the affairs of the Anglican Church, of which he is a member and a lay reader. He is also chairman of the Huron Anglical Lay Workers' Association.

M. N. ROBERTSON, M.D., C.M., L.R.C.P. & S. Edinburgh, Stratford, Ont., was born in the year 1857 at Stratford. He received his education at a village hamlet called Monkton in Perth County. He was prepared for medical matriculation at Pickering College and by private study. He received a diploma from the Hamilton Business College in 1875, and afterwards spent five years as a book-keeper. While acting in this capacity and leading a quiet, studious, and economical life, he acquired the means to complete his medical training. He graduated in the Toronto School of Medicine in 1884, and in Edinburgh in 1885. After graduating in Edinburgh he went as surgeon on a steamship to India, remaining there only a short time, but in that time gaining a fair idea of Oriental life. This was at the time of the Zulu war, and there was considerable excitement in the army and navy. Returning to Glasgow, he acted for a time as assistant practitioner. Upon the decease of Dr. Mothersill, of Stratford, in 1885, he bought out his fixtures and at once commenced practice there. Being a total abstainer from stimulants and narcotics, and possessed of great energy and ambition, he has been successful in building up one of the largest practices in the county in which he resides. He is also one of the active staff of the General Hospital, Stratford. Dr. Robertson is a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, and was an active Sunday School worker until his extensive practice necessitated his giving it up. In politics he is an Independent Conservative, but he takes no active part in any work outside the church, his time being fully devoted to his profession. In his early days he was very fond of out-door sports, always desirous of fostering physical culture. In later years he has won many laurels as a bicyclist on the wheel called "The Eagle." Dr. Robertson continues to believe that much of the suffering of the body may be avoided by giving proper care and attention to the development of the physical life.

ALCOLM GRAEME BREMNER, editor-in-chief of the Free Press, London, Ont., was born October 11th, 1847, at Hants, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. He is of Anglo-Scottish descent. His parents having emigrated to Canada in 1856, at an early age he engaged in the printing business, serving for several years in its practical branches. At the age of eighteen he was chosen to fill the position on the Free Press editorial staff, which had been vacated by Mr. Mackintosh, the present member for Ottawa. From that time Mr. Bremner steadily gained in reputation as a studious, ready and tireless worker on this journal. His history is coincident with the history of the Free Press, on which he has labored without intermission since 1865 as the trusted assistant and colleague of the late eminent editor, Mr. Josiah Blackburn. On the death of Mr. Blackburn in 1890, Mr. Bremner was appointed his successor in the editorial control, a position for which he had long been designated by his old and beloved chief. Mr. Bremner has never aspired to public office, but devotes all his powers to the service of the journal, in the success and progress of which he has been so largely concerned.

EV. J. W. PETTIT SMITH, London, Ont., Rector of Christ Church, Canon of the Cathedral, and Rural Dean of Middlesex, was born on the 23rd of September, 1841, at Brantford. He received his education at the public and high schools there, and Huron College, London. During his educational course he taught school three years. In 1866 he was ordained Deacon and appointed Incumbent of Belmont, Middlesex County, and ordained Priest in 1867. In 1871 he was appointed Incumbent of St. John's Church, Strathroy, and in 1875 was appointed Rector of Christ Church, London, his present charge. In 1873 he was created Rural Dean of Middlesex, and in 1881 Canon of the Cathedral. Canon Smith is Registrar and Bursar of the Western University, Registrar and Treasurer of the Chapter of the Cathedral, Secretary and Treasurer of the Colonial and Continental Church Society, President of Huron College Association, President of the Sunday School Association of Middlesex Deanery, and a member of various important church committees. Mr. Smith was married July 12th, 1862, to Rebecca, second daughter of J. Likins, Esq., J.P., Brantford. He has one son and four daughters.

AVID HAMILTON HUNTER, B.A., Principal of Woodstock Collegiate Institute, was born on the 4th July, 1845, near Brampton, Ont. He received his education at the public school No. 6, South Dumfries, to which township the family moved in 1857, and at Paris and Galt Grammar schools. He matriculated with honors in every department from the latter institution into Toronto University in 1862. After attending the university one year he obtained a first-class certificate grade "A" and taught public school No. 27, South Dumfries, one year. He then became principal of St. George public school, which position he held four years, when he returned to the university and graduated B.A. in 1871. After receiving his degree he was engaged as colleague to Mr. Alex. McMillan, principal of Rockwood Academy, where he remained one year, when he left to begin his career as a High School teacher. His first appointment was to the headmastership of Waterdown High School in 1872. This institution, under his management for twelve years, was placed in the first rank of High Schools. In 1884 he accepted a unanimous invitation from the Board of Trustees of the Woodstock High School to become its principal, entering upon his duties December 1st of that year. His able management caused it to be raised in 1886 to the status of a Collegiate Institute. This change necessitated the appointment of a staff of six masters and an extension of the programme of studies, which raised the aggregate attendance in 1891 to over three hundred. Woodstock Collegiate Institute now ranks among the very best of the educational institutions of Ontario. Mr. Hunter is a member and an elder of Knox Presbyterian Church, and is active in Sabbath School work. He belongs to the Masonic Brotherhood, and during 1890 and 1891 was D.D.G.M. of Wilson District No. 6 of the Grand Lodge of Canada. Mr. Hunter was married July 14, 1875, to Eunice, daughter of J. B. Kitchen, Esq., Brantford.

EV. JOHN LAING, M.A., D.D., Dundas, Ont., was born March 24th, 1828, at Tarbet Cottage, Ross-shire, Scotland. His education was commenced in Edinburgh, at Howington Academy and High School, and completed in Knox College, Toronto. He afterwards took an arts course in King's College and the University, Toronto. He left Scotland in the year 1842 and spent one year in Ireland. In 1843 he came to Canada and settled at Danville, Quebec. He taught in the public school for a time, and afterwards in Toronto Academy. He was ordained in June, 1854, at Scarboro, and inducted as pastor of Knox Church. In 1859 he removed to Cobourg, where he remained until 1871, when he accepted a position as agent for the endowment of Knox College. He went to Ottawa in 1872 and opened the Ladies' College there, remaining one year. In 1873 he accepted a call to Dundas, where he has continued to labor with great acceptance since. Dr. Laing taught in Knox College as tutor in Classics, Mathematics, English and Hebrew. He was Local Superintendent of Public Schools in Scarboro, Inspector of Schools in Cobourg, and County Examiner in the Counties of York, North Northumberland, and Wentworth for twenty years. He was convener of Home Missions from 1864 till 1871, was also Examiner and Chairman of the Board in Knox College for many years. He was Moderator of the Synod in 1877, and of the General Assembly in 1890-91. He has been Clerk of the Presbytery of Hamilton since 1875. Dr. Laing through his long ministry has rendered very efficient service to his church, while at the same time, by pen and voice, he has advocated what he has deemed right on the great public questions of the day. As an all-round scholar and well read theologian, he occupies a high place in the estimation of his brethren, and is greatly respected by all classes. He was married on the 26th October, 1854, to Eliza, fourth daughter of James A. Smith, M.A., of Knox College, Toronto.

REDERICK JOHN URE, P.L.S. and Civil Engineer, Woodstock, Ont., was born on the 18th of September, 1863, in Essex County. His parents came from Scotland to Canada in 1840 and settled in Essex County. Our subject received his education at the public school, Windsor High School, and St. Catharines Collegiate Institute. He passed his preliminary examination for his profession at the Crown Lands Department, Toronto, in 1883. He then articled himself with Mr. Baird, P.L.S., Leamington, with whom he remained two years, when he was transferred to Mr. Burke, Ingersoll, remaining with him two years. In 1887 he passed his final examination, receiving the degree of P.L.S. He then entered into partnership with his old tutor, Mr. Burke, opening an office at Woodstock. This partnership existed three years, when he bought Mr. Burke out and has since carried on the business alone. Mr. Ure in religion is a Presbyterian, is an associate member of the Y.M.C.A., and in politics is Reform. He is a young man of good habits, attentive and skillful in his profession. He was married on January 8th, 1890, to Miss Bessie Gordon, of Woodstock.

UDGE A. FINKLE, County Judge, Woodstock, Ont., was born at that place in the year 1843. He received his education at the Woodstock public school, and at the County Grammar School under George Strauchon, when he commenced his professional studies. He passed his examination of the Law Society when only seventeen years of age, and at once entered the office of D. G. Millar, one of the best known practitioners throughout Western Canada. He was admitted to the Bar in the year 1864, and commenced the practice of his profession with D. G. Millar, with whom he was a student. He was also admitted to the Bar in Winnipeg, Man., in the year 1883, and practiced there for a short time. He then returned to Ontario, and shortly afterwards, on the death of Judge MacQueen, which occurred in the year 1885, he received his present appointment as Judge of the County of Oxford, which important office he fills with the dignity and ability which belong to that high position, as he brought to the discharge of his duties a sound judgment and a well balanced judicial mind. Judge Finkle in religion is a member of the Church of England.

EV. HERBERT GORDON MILLER, M.A., Principal of Huron College, London, Ont., was born on June 10th, 1855, at Woodchurch, Yorkshire, Eng. He received his education at the Royal Grammar School, Lancaster, and Blundell's School, Tiverton, Devon, passing thence to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, of which he was a mathematical scholar. He graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1876. After graduating he was form master successively at Felsted School, Essex, and Dover College. Prior to ordination, he spent one year at St. John's Hall, Highbury, London. He was ordained deacon at Trinity in 1879, and ordained priest the following year by the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. He first served the church at Cheltenham under Canon Bell, after which he was settled in several of the leading towns of England, notably Manchester, Birmingham, Chester, Northampton, Eastbourne and Clifton, Bristol. Mr. Miller was married in 1881 to Miss Adelaide Meara, of Cheltenham, England. In 1891 he was nominated Principal of Huron College, London, by Rev. Albert Peache, D.D., and the nomination being accepted by the College Council, he left England for Canada that year to enter upon his duties. Mr. Miller is a man of very varied experience, having labored during his ministerial life among all sorts and conditions of men. He is the author of a volume of sermons, entitled "Victory, Blessing and Song"--a memorial volume published by request of the congregation of the parish church, Eastbourne. By his academical training, his profound knowledge of the Bible, and by his large practical experience, he is most admirably fitted for his present position, where he has the training of young men, who are fitting themselves for the grand work of winning souls for Christ. Under such guidance, Huron College should have a prosperous future. Since the summer vacation of 1891, great improvements have been made in the college, and the professional staff largely increased.

EV. GEO. LAWRENCE, superannuated Methodist minister, Ingersoll, Ont., was born on the 18th of February, 1822, in the County of Limerick, Ireland. He came to Canada with his parents in the year 1825, sixty-six years ago, and settled at Little York, which is now the city of Toronto. His father was a Captain in one of Her Majesty's regiments, at that time on service in Ireland. Mr. Lawrence was educated at private schools, and Lima Seminary, New York State, U.S.A. His course of studies and the natural inclination of his mind led him to prefer religion to business. He felt his call to the sacred ministry, and was received on probation in the Conference of the M. E. Church in Canada in the year 1844. Before ordination he travelled the circuits of Canboro and Toronto. He was then ordained deacon at the Yonge Street Church by Bishop Alley in 1846. He was then sent to the Niagara Circuit, and in the following year was transferred to the Dumfries Circuit. He was ordained elder in the year 1848 at the Brooklyn Conference by Bishop Smith. Since that time he has served the following circuits: Nelson, Yonge Street, Newmarket, Saltfleet, Orono, Markham, Yonge Street a second time, Erin, Georgetown, Pickering, Brooke and Sombra. On account of failing health, Mr. Lawrence was superannuated in the year 1869, and since that time has sustained that relation to the Conference. He preaches as often as health will permit, and assists in the work of the church in all its departments. For some years after his superannuation he was successfully engaged in the publication of religious books, but for many years he has lived a retired life. Mr. Lawrence was married on the 26th of September, 1850, to Miss Lucy Reid, daughter of Dr. A. F. Reid, of Richmond Hill, Ont. He has two daughters--one the wife of J. W. Cutler, M.D., of New York, and the other the wife of William Currie, of Neepawa, Manitoba, Registrar of Beautiful Plains County.

ICHARD J. C. DAWSON, Postmaster, London, Ont., was born on the 3rd of October, 1835, at Bathurst, N.B. His education was received at a Grammar School in New Brunswick. He came to London with his parents in the year 1851. In 1852 he was appointed junior clerk in the London Post Office, there being only four employees in the office at that time. In 1860 he was appointed Assistant Postmaster until March, 1881, when he was appointed Acting Postmaster. In June of the same year, after a period of twenty-nine years of faithful service as a subordinate, he was appointed to the highly responsible office of Postmaster, which he still holds. Mr. Dawson is a member of Queen's Avenue Methodist Church, and has held nearly every office in the gift of the Church for which laymen are eligible, including membership in the General Conference. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M., I.O.O.F. and A.O.U.W. Mr. Dawson is an efficient officer, a prominent citizen of London, and is much respected by the general public. He was married on the 3rd of October, 1860, to Miss Jane E. Deacon. His family consists of three children--one son and two daughters.

UGH McKENZIE WILSON, Q.C., Brantford, Ont., was born on April 9th, 1840, at Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His parents were Stephen and Ann E. (Melvin) Wilson, natives of Scotland, who came to Canada in 1847. Mr. Wilson received his education at Hamilton Gammer School, and by private tuition under Rev. John Alexander, Rev. Mr. Scott, Rev. Mr. Fenn, and Rev. Mr. Montgomery. He afterwards studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1866. He was appointed Q.C. by the Dominion Government in 1883. He has officiated as Deputy Judge of Brant County three times, having been first appointed to that office in 1872 by the Dominion Government. He is County Clerk, Solicitor for the County, and Solicitor for the Canadian Bank of Commerce. He is a member of the Royal Arch Masons and A.F. & A.M., and has filled the offices of W. M. and D. D. G. M. In religion he is an Episcopalian, and in politics a Conservative, holding office in the South Brant Conservative Association. Mr. Wilson was married May 5th, 1874, to Miss Mary Selina, daughter of A. H. Nelles, of Brantford. His family consists of one son and two daughters.

AMUEL GEORGE McKAY, barrister, Woodstock, Ontario, was born there February 19th, 1856. He attended the public and High schools, where he received his early educational training, and finished at New Glasgow College, Nova Scotia. He commenced the study of law with Ball, Matheson & Ball, Woodstock, and finished with Blake, Kerr, Boyd & Cassels, Toronto. He was admitted to the Bar in 1881, and at once began the practice of his profession in his native town. In 1882 he entered into partnership with W. G. Eakins, now one of the editors of the Mail newspaper, under the firm name of Eakins & McKay. This partnership existed for one year. The subject of our sketch then entered into partnership with H. J. Finkle, under the title of Finkle & McKay. This firm continued for three years, when, in the year 1886, W. T. McMullen was admitted a member of the firm, which became Finkle, McKay & McMullen. Mr. McKay was married on the 29th of September, 1886, to Miss Jessie Agnes Campbell, of Woodstock. In June, 1891, he withdrew from the firm of Finkle, McKay & McMullen in order to practice alone. He has been engaged in some important cases, in which he gave proofs of great ability and careful study. He was one of the counsel for the defence in the celebrated Birchall trial. Our subject is a public-spirited citizen and holds many offices in the town. He is president of the Woodstock Electric Light Power and Street Railway Co., and one of the owners and a director of the Woodstock Gas Light Co. He is a member of the Society of Fraternal Guardians, the Royal Arcanum, the Independent Order of Foresters, and the Home Protection Association, being president of the latter society. He is a member of Knox Presbyterian Church in full communion. In politics he is a Reformer, and takes an active interest in the welfare of the party. His father, the late Alexander McKay, was chairman of the first Reform Convention in Western Ontario.

OMER P. BROWN, treasurer of the County of Oxford, Woodstock, Ont., was born on the 13th of February, 1822, in Cattaraugus County, New York State, U.S.A. His primary education was received in New York State, and continued and completed in Ontario, whither his parents came in the year 1835, settling at Paris. After leaving school be worked for a short time on a farm, and was then apprenticed to the trade of a moulder. In the year 1844 he became partner in a foundry in the town of Woodstock. This partnership existed for ten years, when the subject of our sketch became sole proprietor, and for thirteen years carried the business on in his own name. In the year 1867 he sold the business out and retired. Mr. Brown was a member of the Town Council for about fourteen years, and in the year 1861 was mayor of the town. He was reeve of the town for a number of years, which position he resigned in the year 1869 to accept the office of treasurer of the county, the duties of which he has continued to discharge ever since. In 1862 Mr. Brown was appointed magistrate by the Dominion Government, which appointment he still holds. He has been a director of the Oxford Permanent Loan and Savings Company since its organization, and is at present its vice-president. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In religion he is an adherent of the Methodist Church. Mr. Brown is a public-spirited citizen, is a man of more than usual business capacity and sound judgment, and is a very careful and trustworthy official, in whom the public have unlimited confidence. His marked success through life is due to careful and painstaking industry, transparent integrity and a strong determination to succeed in whatever he undertook. He was united in marriage with Miss Jennet McDonald, of Ingersoll, on the 29th of January, 1846. He had a family of six sons and six daughters, seven of whom are living--six sons and one daughter--and all are living at home except one.

OSEPH ROBINSON, Clerk of the First Division Court, County of Brant, was born in the city of Armagh, North of Ireland, on the 15th of June, 1818, and is the oldest of a family of nine children born to Wm. and Mary Jane (Little) Robinson. The parents were both natives of the North of Ireland. Our subject, with his brother James, came to Upper Canada in 1832, landing at York (Toronto), where he remained four years learning the trade of house-painting, glazing and paper-hanging. After having made and saved a little money, he went to Victoria College, where he remained two winter sessions. He then went to Hamilton, and for twelve years engaged in painting, glazing, paper-hanging, etc., and in the traffic of the goods of his trade. In 1842 he married Miss Hannah Sanders, a native of Yorkshire, Eng., by whom he had three children: Mary Ann, deceased; Eliza Jane, wife of John W. Jones, barrister, Hamilton; and Hannah A., deceased. Mrs. Robinson died in 1848. In 1849 he went to California and continued in the same line of business in San Francisco for twenty years. In 1852 he married Miss Eliza Jane Jones, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Smith) Jones, of Stony Creek, by whom he had four children, viz.: Stephen James, doctor and graduate of McGill College; Clara, Kate, wife of Albert B. Briggs, banker, Buffalo, U.S.; and Josephine, all surviving. In 1869 he returned to Canada, the land of his predilection, and settled in Brantford, where he bought the Peter Jones homestead, in which he resided for a number of years. Soon after locating in Brantford he received the appointment of Clerk of the Division Court, in which capacity he still continues. Some years previous to 1891 he bought a desirable property on Brant Avenue in the city, where he now resides. Mr. Robinson is a man of wide information, strong social qualities, and during the twenty odd years he has held office, he has been highly esteemed for the kind and genial way in which he discharges his duties.

HOS. WOODYATT, Police Magistrate, of Brantford, Ont., was born there on the 19th of April, 1845. His father, James Woodyatt, has been for many years the well-known City Clerk of Brantford. His mother was Martha (Woods) Woodyatt. Mr. Woodyatt was educated at the public and Grammar schools of Brantford. On leaving school he engaged in the pottery business with his father for a short time. He then decided upon the legal profession, and commenced the study of law in Brantford with George Morphy, Esq., and also studied in the Toronto office of Mr. Morphy. He began the practice of law in Brantford in 1869, where he has continued since. He was appointed Police Magistrate of Brantford on the 31st of December, 1889. This appointment has given abundant satisfaction, as Mr. Woodyatt brought to the discharge of the duties of his office a well trained legal mind and a quick perception of all the important points in the many perplexing cases coming before him. He is singularly apt at analyzing evidence, and can arrive at his judgments and deliver them with an impartiality which cannot be questioned, and being of an affable and genial temperament, performs the functions of his office in a most pleasant manner. Mr. Woodyatt is chairman of the Brantford Collegiate Institute Board, of which he has been a member for ten years. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., and is a Past Grand, also a Past Grand Patriarch of this Order. In politics he is Reform, and from 1874 until his present appointment was secretary of the South Brant Reform Association. It was in connection with this office that his great executive ability was seen to best advantage. As an organizer Mr. Woodyatt has no peers, and but few equals, and while secretary of the Reform party in South Brant, the party made him a flattering acknowledgment of his indefatigable labors in promotion of the cause. He was married August 19th, 1885, to Miss Mary, daughter of the late Fred C. Kortum, architect, of Hamilton.

AS. WOODYATT, City Clerk, Brantford, Ont, was born on the 20th of June, 1819, in London, Eng. His parents were Thos. and Harriet (Gumbleton) Woodyatt. His father was a native of Herefordshire, Eng. Mr. Woodyatt received his education at private schools in London, Eng., and by self-culture. He came to the State of New York with his father in the year 1834, and in 1835 came to Canada and settled in Brantford. The next twenty-four years were spent in business and in travelling, during which time he saw much of the world. In 1859 he received his present appointment of City Clerk. He has held this office for thirty-three years, and is now looked upon as an authority in municipal and civic matters. He was a member of the Town Council for 1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853, reeve of the town in 1853, a member of the Public School Board four years, secretary and librarian of Mechanics' Institute twenty-five years, and was influential in securing the change from the Institute to the Free Public Library, for which service the city owes him a debt of gratitude. Mr. Woodyatt is a member of the Congregational Church, and has been a deacon for many years. He is a member of the I.O.F., having joined the Manchester Order of Odd Fellows in Brantford in 1846. In the year 1854 he withdrew from that Order, and, in connection with some others, obtained a charter to establish the present Gore Lodge No. 34. He has been an enthusiastic Odd Fellow all these years, and has held all the offices in the subordinate lodge, and has been Grand Secretary, Grand Master and Grand Patriarch, and also Grand Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, having held the latter office eighteen years. Mr. Woodyatt was married on the 22nd June, 1844, to Miss Martha, daughter of Henry Woods, of Hamilton. He has had a family of six--two sons and four daughters, all of whom are living except his son, William H., who died in Chicago in 1880.

OHN H. MILLARD, of the late firm of J. Millard & Co., cabinet makers, upholsters, undertakers, etc., Newmarket, Ont., was born there March 4th, 1842. He received his education at Newmarket High School, and afterwards learned the cabinet business with his father, Joseph Millard, J.P., who was the leading cabinet manufacturer and undertaker in Newmarket. In 1868 Mr. Millard entered into partnership with his father, the firm being J. Millard & Co. The partnership continued until 1891, when his father retired, leaving the entire business in possession of his son. The show rooms occupied by him are 42x75 feet in dimensions and three stories in height, having a beautiful frontage with four plate glass windows, and situated on the main street in the centre of the town, and the furniture manufactured by him is of the very best quality, and is beautiful in design and finish. Mr. Millard's undertaking department has a separate entrance from the street, and his reception rooms are elegantly fitted up with antique oak cabinets on the sides where his caskets and coffins are enclosed, also the floor is richly carpeted and the windows are heavily draped with silk curtains. He takes full charge of all the funerals entrusted to him in the most satisfactory manner, and is known as the leading funeral director, he having two of the most beautiful hearses in the county. Mr. Millard, like his father, is a native of Canada, and one of the most thorough-going and enterprising men of business in the town. He is exceedingly popular with all ranks and classes, and has been for thirteen years a member of the Town Council, a position which his father also held for two years at an earlier date. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and treasurer of the Quarterly Board, also belongs to the Masonic Brotherhood, the A.O.U.W., I.O.O.F., and is vice-president of the Undertakers' Association of Ontario. In politics he is a Liberal. Mr. Millard in 1870 married Ellen Isabel, daughter of James Purdy, of Markham, Ont.

HOMAS C. L. ARMSTRONG, M.A., LL.B., barrister, Toronto, was born near the village of Millbrook, in Durham County, Ont., and received his early education in the public schools of the district, in Bowmanville High School and the Normal School, Toronto. After teaching a few years he attended the High School at Whitby, reading for entrance into the University of Toronto, matriculating with honors in 1870. After a successful course, he graduated in 1875, taking the silver medal in modern languages, and was in the same year appointed assistant master in the Collegiate Institute in Hamilton. During the next six years in this school he won a foremost position as a teacher and an editor of text books. In 1881 he chose law and resigned his position as teacher, receiving as a present a handsome gold watch and chain. He then spent two years, 1882-3, in Winnipeg, where, besides practicing law, he took a prominent part in university and educational matters, and was editorial writer on leading daily papers of that city. Mr. Armstrong is practicing law in Toronto, is an examiner in the University of Toronto, and a member of the United Board of Examiners for the province.

. H. ANGER, B.A., St. Catharines, Ont., son of H. C. Anger, Bertie, Welland County, was born at the latter place on the 21st of October, 1846, being of U.E. Loyalist descent. He received his early education at the public school of Bertie and High School of Thorold. After a session at the London Commercial College, he served an apprenticeship of two years to the dry goods business, and then entered Albert University, Belleville, where he graduated B.A. in 1879, being a medalist in Mental Science and Political Economy. During his university course he was ordained in the Methodist ministry, but, on leaving college, he chose the profession of journalism and edited for five years a newspaper at Niagara Falls. On December 27th, 1886, he married Harriet A., third daughter of J. S. Dell, Stamford, the same year having been appointed Principal of the St. Catharines College of Commerce, which is still under his direction. It is a chartered institution with a wide and liberal course of study, planned to give a practical, but a refined and cultured, training for business or professional pursuits. In politics Mr. Anger is a Reformer, and in religion a Methodist.

ENRY GEORGE LACKNER, M.D., Berlin, Ont., was born on the 25th of December, 1851, at Hawksville, County of Waterloo. His parents were William and Juliana (Diefenbacher) Lackner, who emigrated from Germany in 1839 and settled in Waterloo County, where his father became a very prosperous farmer, devoting much attention to stock raising. He was for five years a member of the Township Council, director of the County and Township Agricultural Societies, director and one of the originators of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Waterloo. Dr. Lackner received his education at the public school of Waterloo and Berlin Grammar School, where he obtained a scholarship at matriculation examinations. He then taught school successfully in Waterloo County from 1868 until 1872. He subsequently attended the Toronto School of Medicine four years. By passing an honorary examination in 1876, he obtained his license from the College of Physicians and Surgeons. The same year he carried off the Star Gold Medal and the First University Silver Medal. After graduating at the University of Toronto, he commenced his profession in Berlin, where he has ever since grown in popularity as a most skilful physician, and has a large and growing practice. Dr. Lackner takes an active interest in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the town. He was appointed physician to the House of Industry for Waterloo County in 1881, and Medical Health Officer for Berlin in 1884. He was elected mayor in 1886, having a plurality of votes over both opponents, and was in the following year elected by acclamation. In politics he is an Independent. He is an adherent of the Lutheran Church. He is a member of the C.O.F., I.O.F., A.O.U.W., K.O.T.M., and Royal Arcanum, and is medical examiner for each of these societies. Dr. Lackner was married June 17th, 1880, to Miss Helen A., eldest daughter of John A. Mackie, J.P. The doctor's family consists of two children--a son, Harry M., and a daughter, May A.

LEX. WATSON, of the Vulcan Foundry, Woodstock, Ont., was born on the 5th of September, 1830, at Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland. His parents were Alexander and Margaret (Hagert) Watson, who came to Canada in 1842. The subject of our sketch received his education at private schools in his native country. On coming to Canada with his parents, he commenced the trade of a moulder in 1843 with John Gartshore, Dundas, remaining there until 1853. He then went to Galt, where he worked at his trade eighteen months, when he returned to Dundas and became foreman in the foundry of Holt & Co., where he remained three years. He then went to Norwich and became a partner in the firm of Barr & Co., founders, which partnership existed seven years. In 1871 he moved to Woodstock and became proprietor of the Vulcan Foundry, which business he has since carried on with success. Mr. Watson was raised a Presbyterian, being an elder in that church for many years, and when but eighteen years of age was an ordained deacon of the Presbyterian Church in Dundas. He is now a member of the Congregational body, being one of the first deacons in Woodstock Congregational Church, and superintendent of the Sabbath School for many years. He has always been active in church work, and is looked up to as an earnest Christian man. He has held various public offices in the town of Woodstock, having been a councillor a number of years, and public school trustee eighteen years. He also held the office of trustee while residing in Norwich. In politics he is Reform, and takes an active interest in his party and the welfare of his country, and he is admired by all for his honesty and integrity. Mr. Watson was married December 3rd, 1852, to Margaret, daughter of William Ross, Esq., of Dundas. He has five children living--three daughters and two sons. The eldest son carries on a large stove and tinware business in Woodstock, and the other is with his father.

ILLIAM HENRY BARTRAM, barrister, Dundas street, London, Ont., was born on the 21st of August, 1848, at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Eng. He received his education at the public schools, Toronto, and the Grammar School, Sandwich. Prior to taking up the study of law, he was employed in the Essex County Registry Office at Sandwich, and afterwards in the office of the Deputy Clerk at the same place. On the 7th of February, 1871, he was admitted as Attorney-at-Law, and was called to the Bar at Easter Term following. He was also appointed a Notary Public in that year, and began the practice of his profession at London, which he still continues. In 1883 he was appointed a commissioner for taking affidavits in Ontario to be used in Manitoba. While a student at law and residing at Windsor, Mr. Bartram was on active service during the Fenian Raid of 1866 as a member of the volunteer Windsor Garrison Artillery. He was reeve in Petersville in 1880 and 1881, in which latter year the name of the village was changed by act of the Ontario Legislature to London West. Mr. Bartram worked hard for the change of name against a very determined opposition, which defeated him in his contest for election as reeve in 1882, but in the year 1883 he was again elected reeve. He has since been solicitor for the corporation. Mr. Bartram was Registrar of the Law Faculty of the Western University, and has held various prominent offices in secret, charitable and benevolent societies, to which he belongs. In politics he is a Liberal, and in religion is a member of the Church of England, and has been a lay delegate to the Synod of Huron for St. George's Church, London West. He is a public-spirited citizen, and takes an active interest in all that pertains to the welfare of the city and the country at large. Mr. Bartram was married on the 24th of March, 1875, to Miss Mary J. Barker, youngest daughter of the late William Barker, of London, who was one of the first mayors of that city.

EV. MUNGO FRASER, M.A., B.D., D.D., Hamilton, Ont., was born on the 11th of March, 1836, at Guay, Perthshire, Scotland. His father, Alexander Fraser, was a well-to-do joiner, contractor, saw mill owner, etc., on the Duke of Athole's estates at Kindallachan, mid-way between Dunkeld and Blair-Athole. Dr. Fraser received his education at the parish school of Guay, the Grammar School, Weston, Ontario, and the Normal School, Knox College, and the University of Toronto. He received the degree of B.D. from Knox College Toronto. M.A. from Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., U.S.A., and D.D., from the South Western Presbyterian University, Tenn., U.S.A. Before coming to America he followed for a time the business of a joiner. After coming to this country, he worked at the carpenter trade in the United States for a short time, and in Canada, before entering the ministry, he followed the carpenter trade and school teaching. He was ordained on the 10th of October, 1867, at Barrie, which was at that time in the Presbytery of Toronto. His first charge was Barrie, then Knox Church, St. Thomas, then Knox Church, Hamilton, where he continues to labor with great acceptance. Here he has built up a very large congregation, and is highly esteemed by all classes in city. Dr. Fraser was married on the 29th of October, 1867, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Edwin Hunter, yeoman, Newmarket, Ontario. His family consists of four children--one son and three daughters. His eldest daughter was for one year a missionary teacher at Las Vegas, New Mexico, U.S., for the Presbyterian Board, New York. He has been Synod Convener of Sabbath schools, and was also School Trustee for a time. He is a member of St. Andrew's Society, of the A.O.U.W., the Sons of Scotland, and was at one time a member of the I.O.O.F. He held the office of chaplain in these various societies. He is a Liberal, but abstains from taking an active part in politics.

TEPHEN JAMES JONES, Judge of the County and Surrogate Courts of Brant, Local Judge of the High Courts and Master in Chancery, was born at Stoney Creek, Ontario, December 21st, 1821. His parents were Stephen and Mary (Smith) Jones, descendants of U. E. Loyalists. The Judge received his education at the Grammar School, Hamilton. He began the study of law with the late Judge O'Reilly, of Hamilton, and subsequently with S. B. Freeman, Q.C., of that city. He was called to the Bar in 1846, and commenced his profession with Mr. Freeman, continuing there until 1853, when he was appointed County Judge. He was appointed Master in Chancery in 1875. He is considered one of the ablest and most satisfactory county judges in the province. While residing in Hamilton he held the position of adjutant of the 3rd Gore Militia. Judge Jones is chairman of the Board of County Judges for Ontario. This Board consists of five members--Messrs. Jones, Brantford; Hughes, St. Thomas; Sinclair, Hamilton; McDonald, Brockville, and Senkler, St. Catharines. He is a member of the Methodist Church, being steward and trustee of Brant Avenue Church, Brantford, and has always been active in the general work of the church. He was a delegate to the first General Conference, held at Toronto in 1874, and each General Conference since. He was a strong advocate for the federation of the Victoria University with the Provincial University, and also labored successfully for the Methodist union. The Judge was married in 1847 to Margaret, daughter of the late John Williamson, of Stoney Creek. He has six children: John W., LL.B., barrister, Hamilton; Col. Chas. S., barrister, Registrar of the Crown Lands Department, Toronto; Jennie, wife of George Kerr, of the firm of Kerr, Bull & Duggan, barristers, etc., Toronto; Major T. Harry, City Engineer, Brantford; Will D., LL.B., barrister, Brantford, and S. Alfred, LL.B., of the firm of Jones & Arnold, barristers, Toronto.

RANCIS WALTER MERCHANT, M.A., Principal of the Collegiate Institute, London, Ont., was born on the 25th of November, 1855, at Oil Springs, Ont. His parents were Moses and Mary (Miller) Merchant, his father being a farmer in the County of Lambton. Mr. Merchant received his early education at the public school, passing thence to Albert College Grammar School, and Albert University. He graduated from the latter institution with the degree of B.A. in 1878, and received the degree of M.A. in 1880. He began teaching in the year 1876, his first position being assistant in the Port Dover High School, where he remained for three years. It was during this period that he qualified himself for his degrees. In 1880 he was appointed to the mathematical mastership in Ingersoll High School. Soon afterwards he accepted the principalship of Port Dover High School. In the year 1881 he returned to Ingersoll High School as its principal, remaining for nearly five years. He then accepted the position of principal of the Collegiate Institute, Owen Sound, where he remained four years, when he received the appointment of principal of the Collegiate Institute, Stratford. In the year 1891 he received his present appointment as principal of London Collegiate Institute. Mr. Merchant has had rapid promotion, and now occupies the front rank in his profession. He was united in marriage with Miss Jane McKay, of Ingersoll, sister of Dr. McKay, M.P.P. for South Oxford, on December 22nd, 1881. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and was an elder of that church in Owen Sound, and, while residing at Ingersoll, was a member of the Board of Management of the church there. He is also a member of the Odd Fellows Society. In politics be belongs to the Reform party, but is not active in political matters, although he is a public-spirited citizen. He is greatly interested in the welfare of the city in which he resides and the country adjacent.

OSEPH STANLEY, president of the Y.M.C.A., of Stanley, Robertson & Co., dry goods merchants, Brantford, Ont., was born near Belfast, Ireland. His parents were Henry and Isabella (Higgins) Stanley, of the County of Antrim, Ireland. His ancestors went to Ireland with King William during the war between that monarch and King James, and were engaged in that war, and, after it was over, received desirable estates for services rendered to the country at that time. Mr. Stanley was educated at the public schools of Belfast and the Model School of that city. After leaving school, he commenced the dry goods business with a celebrated Scotch house at Belfast, remaining there for about three years. He then came to Canada and engaged in the dry goods business as a clerk in Toronto, after which he removed to St. Catharines, engaging in the mercantile business there. In the year 1884 he removed to Brantford, where he bought the large stock and business plant of Williamson & Co. In the year 1887 he took into partnership with him Mr. R. W. Robertson, since which time the firm name has been Stanley, Robertson & Co. Much of the firm's success is due to Mr. Stanley's complete knowledge of the requirements of the business. Mr. Stanley is a member of the Church of England and a lay reader in connection with Grace Church, Brantford. He is also a member of the Vestry of St. Jude's Church, a member of Huron Anglican Lay Workers' Association, and a member of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew's, a society in connection with the Church of England. He has been an active member of the Y.M.C.A. for many years, and is now president of the Association at Brantford, having been unanimously elected to that position at the annual meeting of 1891, and is also a member of Farringdon Debating Society. He is a Conservative in politics, but takes no active part in political matters. He is an earnest temperance man and highly respected in the community.

. W. C. MEYER, Q.C., Wingham, Ont., was born at Harpurhey, Huron County, on May 24th, 1843, whither his parents had emigrated in 1833. His father was a native Rostock, Mecklenburg. His mother was a daughter of the late John Thornton, British Minister at Hamburg. Mr Meyer received his education at the public schools, Goderich Grammar School, and private tuition by the late Rev. W. Cresswell. On leaving school he studied law with Messrs. Burton, Sadler & Bruce, Hamilton, and subsequently with Sir Matthew Crooks Cameron, Toronto. In 1868 he was called to the Bar, and commenced his profession at Seaforth. After practicing there about eight years he took a trip to Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and France, visiting his large circle of relatives. On his return to Canada he opened a law office in Wingham, where, by his high moral character, sterling honor and business ability, he has acquired a large practice. Mr. Meyer was married on the 3rd of September, 1878, to Helen E., eldest daughter of Hon. A. M. Ross, ex-Treasurer of Ontario. She died in 1887, leaving three daughters. He has held many prominent positions in the county, having been councillor, deputy reeve, reeve and mayor of Wingham. During his mayoralty he was the means of securing to Wingham the Canadian Pacific Railway, and introducing the manufacture of salt. He resigned his position of mayor (second term) owing to the sudden death of his wife, and again visited the land of his forefathers. While there he was presented, among other valuable presents, with a cup, at one time the property of Charles XII. of Sweden. He returned after six months' absence, and since then has been actively engaged in town improvements. He is solicitor for the bank of Hamilton. Mr. Meyer was recently appointed a Q.C. In religion he is an Episcopalian, and in politics a staunch Conservative. He has always taken an interest in manly sports, and in military matters.

DGAR HERBERT HUGILL, photographer, Ingersoll, Ont., was born there on the 12th September, 1859. His parents were John and Lavinnia (Baker) Hugill. His father being a photographer in Ingersoll for many years. Mr. Hugill, Jr., received his education at the public and High schools of his birthplace. He learned the business of a photographer with his father, commencing when a boy, and thus attaining proficiency in the art very early in life. He afterwards spent several years in the large cities of the United States, perfecting himself in his calling. On returning to Canada, he took over the business so long and successfully carried on by his father, who subsequently removed to St. Thomas. Mr. Hugill has a large patronage in Ingersoll and vicinity, and is turning out some of the finest work done west of Toronto. He does all classes of work, from the smallest to life-size portraits, and keeps fully abreast of all inventions and improvements. The large measure of success he has attained in the art to which he has devoted himself, is owing, mainly, to the fact that he is a born artist, and to his marked natural artistic ability has been added many years of careful industry and intelligent, painstaking perseverance. In other words, he merits his success. He is a member of the Methodist Church, having been converted in 1882, when he joined that denomination. He is at present a member of the Official Board of King Street Church, Ingersoll, and is one of the representative members of the congregation. He has been Sabbath School superintendent, and takes an active interest in Sabbath School and other church work, and is highly respected in the community. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Hugill has been twice married--first, in the year 1883, to Miss Ida Robinson, who died in 1886; and he was married again in the year 1890 to Miss Minnie Stevens, daughter of James Stevens, Division Court Clerk of the town of Ingersoll.

HE LATE HON. JUDGE MACQUEEN, of Woodstock, Ont., was born at Quebec on the 12th of September, 1811. He was descended from an old and distinguished Scotch family. He received his education at Cornwall under Rev. Dr. Urquhart. He then commenced the study of law at Brockville. While pursuing his studies there, the Rebellion of 1837 and 1838 broke out in Lower Canada, and Mr. Macqueen was sent to Cornwall with a detachment of men in charge of arms for the Glengarry militia. Upon his return from this service he was appointed Lieutenant in the troop of cavalry commanded by Captain Harvey. He was then sent to Dickinson's Landing to bring up the headquarters of the 32nd and 83rd regiments. This duty accomplished, he assisted, under Sir John Colborne, in raising a company of the Queen's Loyal Borderers, in which regiment he was gazetted Captain in 1838, and served in that corps at Brockville six months. While there, suspicious-looking vessels appeared, apparently making for Prescott, and he volunteered as a private marine on board Her Majesty's steamer "Experiment." His services were accepted, and he was on board when she opened fire at Prescott on these vessels and upon the steamer "United States." The enemy landed at the Windmill, and Mr. Macqueen went on shore and volunteered on the advance guard of the attacking force, under the command of the late Col. R. D. Fraser, and received the first fire of the enemy. This division compelled the surrender of the rebel commander, who handed his sword to Mr. Macqueen, a trophy of the victory, which is still in the possession of the family. Shortly after this he was called to the Bar, and, after a brief practice, received the appointment of Judge of Oxford County. Judge Macqueen was greatly beloved, and his memory will long live in the hearts of the people. He was married in 1847 to Fanny Maria Harriet, daughter of James Muttleberry, M.D., Inspector-General of Army Hospitals, England.