THOMAS HY. SPEIGHT, manu

facturer, Markham, Ont., was born in that town August 25th, 1864. He is the son of the late Thomas Speight; was educated at the Public and High schools, Markham, and at the age of seventeen, decided upon following the waggon manufacturing, for which the name of Speight has been famous since. 1830. On the completion of his term. of apprenticeship in the mechanical department, he entered the general business department, and in 1886, was apappointed secretary-treasurer of the Speight Manufacturing Co. (Ltd). He held this position until 1889, when he

and his uncle, Thomas Heys, analytical chemist, Toronto, bought out the company, and have since conducted the business under the registered name of "The Speight Waggon Co." This firm, which has one of the largest waggon manufactories in Canada, make all their supplies from the raw material, having a saw mill and foundry on the premises, and has the honor of being the oldest established manufactory in its line in the Dominion. Its methods are progressive and its output steadily increasing. Mr. Speight is in religion a Methodist, and holds the office of Trustee. In politics he is a Conservative.

WINCESLAS LA RUE, notary public, and president of the Board of Notaries, Quebec, Que., was born in St. Pierre de la Rivière du Sud, county of Montmagny, October 3rd, 1851. He is a son of the late Vildebon La Rue and Euphémie Bossé, both of St. Pierre de la Rivière du Sud. Mr. La Rue, snr., was also a notary public. Our subject was educated at Ste. Anne de la Pocatière College, and took his legal course at Laval University. He was admitted as notary public in Quebec city, May 8th, 1873, where his office has remained since that date. Mr. La Rue has been a member of tke Board

of Notaries since 1878, and was elected president in 1891. He belongs to the Liberal Conservative party, and has always been an active supporter of that side of politics, except in 1882, when the sale of the North Shore Railway took place. He is an excellent business man, and has an extensive clientage in the notarial line, and being yet on the sunny side of life, bids fair to leave a marked impress on the city in which he lives. He is, in religion, a Roman Catholic. Mr. La Rue was married January 8th, 1876, to Miss Josephine Richard, of Quebec city. His family consists of seven children.

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ABEZ CYRUS VANSTONE, proprietor of the Bowmanville and Tyrone Roller Flouring Mills, was born in the county of Durham, September 28th, 1853. He is the son of Samuel Vanstone, late proprietor of the Tyrone mills, who came to this country from Devonshire, England, when a young man, and settled in Durham county, where he was very successful in business, and now lives a retired life at Bowmanville. Mr. J. C. Vanstone began his education at the public schools of Tyrone and Hampton, and continued it at the Bowmanville Grammar school. He spent a short

time in the dry goods business, but as it was not to his liking, he abandoned it and entered his father's mill in 1870. In 1878, he bought the business from his father and continued it on his own account. In June, 1886, he bought the Bowmanville Stone Flouring Mill from Captain Raynes, and immediately changed it to a seventy-five barrel per day roller mill, which in October of the same year, was completely equipped and running full capacity. After this, his trade increased so rapidly, that in 1891, he was obliged to enlarge his mill to the capacity of one hundred and fifty barrels per day, and he has

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now one of the largest trades in the Dominion of Canada. His success is a remarkable distinction in this age of keen competition and improved facilities in the production of flour, and his present extensive business is the outcome of a steady growth, every year having shown some increase. Vanstone is thoroughly practical in his business, and so reliable and honorable in his dealings, that he is one of the most favorably known millers in the Dominion. In religion, he is a member of the Methodist church, and a Trustee of that body for the town of Bowmanville, where he resides. In politics he is a Liberal. He is also a member of the A.O.U.W. society. He was married June 26th, 1877, to Miss Selina J. Cole, daughter of Matthew Cole, Esq., a prosperous farmer and carriage builder of the county of Durham, Ont.

EV. J. J. HARE, Ph. D., Princi

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Ladies' College, Whitby, was born in the township of Nepean, Ont., October 3rd, 1847. His father was born in Ireland, but was of English descent. His mother was a Canadian.. Dr. Hare displayed in earliest childhood, a great fondness for study, and the rapidity of his progress all through his career, has been decidedly phenomenal. At the At the age of twelve years, he took a second class teachers' certificate, matriculated into Victoria University three years later; took a first-class teachers' certificate, and began to teach at the age of seventeen years; taught for two years, and entered the Methodist ministry at the age of nineteen, when although comparatively speaking a boy, he was appointed to an important station in the town of Chatham, where he served the church with pleasure and profit to all concerned. His next station was Smith's Falls, where he spent two years, at the expiration of which time he returned to Victoria University and graduated in 1873, winning four first prizes, about all that came in his course. On leaving college, he was ordained and appointed assistant pastor in the largest church in London, Ont. In 1874, the Ontario Ladies' College at Whitby, was inaugurated by Lord Dufferin, and Dr. Hare was appointed the first principal. Five years later, he was made governor, both of which offices he still holds. The marked growth and success of this now

well-known institution, are the outcome of the educational and administrative ability of its principal and governor, who possesses those qualities of heart and mind which command success. The Ontario Ladies' College, at Whitby, is unsurpassed on this continent, and the wholesome and thorough training given to its pupils is well known throughout Canada, and the United States also. The college has certainly a most brilliant future before it. Dr. Hare was married, in 1874, to Miss K. McDowell, daughter of Rev. D. C. McDowell, and granddaughter of the late memorable Elder Metcalf.

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EV. CHARLES HOBEN DAY, B.A., M.A., Quebec, Que., was born in St. John, N. B., December 22nd, 1865. He is the son of the Rev. Geo. E. Day, D.D., M.D., a native of New Brunswick, who is still living. Mr. Day began his education at the public and high schools of Yarmouth, N.S. He subsequently attended Acadia College, from which he graduated in 1886. He then entered Brown University at Providence, Rhode Island, graduating therefrom in 1888, after which he studied one and one-half years at Newton Centre Theological Seminary, and one year at the Univer

sity of Berlin, Germany. He spent the year 1887 in teaching Mathematics at Horton Collegiate School. At the expiration of his studies, he had fully decided to engage in ministerial work. He was ordained in the city of Quebec, in March, 1892, and appointed to a responsible charge in that city. The church and his friends are very hopeful of his success and usefulness, as he is a brilliant scholar, an effective preacher and a consecrated minister of the Gospel. Mr. Day was married June 19th, 1890, to Miss Carrie, daughter of Mr. Joseph H. Cook, Ex-M.P.P., of Queen's county, N.S.