The Clinton New Era, 1878-05-23, Page 44
THE ()LINTON NW
NEW ADVERT14E
Fisher, Critia
Meat -R, Fitzsinione.
Lan.yr Sale -11, Eale.
servant -John Callender.
1-1. Wright ;ilOo,
Leathet-Jae, Twitehell
D. Tupper -J., C. Gilroy.
tIonse and Lpt-G. E. Pay,
Bolt Bade-Fisber & Downs.
County Council -a), Adamson, i
Anti -fat --Botanic 1VIedieine Co. -
New Carriage Works-Jus.--Clark;=--
Corbett. '
Eerier and Bliggyker.
...Refaith conveutien-A. Worthingtea.
Strawberries-aGraselek & Cuueinghtone,
Inmortant-dlusgow, Macpbersen dc Co. •
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REFORM- CONVENTION'
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The Oonveutiot for i,he,..eonth Biding oi Iftiren, for
the aominatlow-of-a-gandftlaterror-tho House of
Conenpne, in the ittforin interest, will be held at
The ttneen'ti; Hotel; Clinton -
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Wednebsday, 29th Inst.;
At iiii &clock. A, er,,, •
And if large, it villadiortin tolhirTewn
A. WOBTR/NOTON,Seeret• ary.
Clinton, May 25,18'18.
&Worth .',ExposItikr" ropy.
Copies of.s.o.clay's "SEW BRA may be nad at, the Book
Store of Memo. Jae. and ;. A. Nellee
Albert Street. Price 5 cents per eoPY.
glinton
OFFICIAL PAPPR OF T13111 COUNTY.
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1878. •
ca,u00 it to be so nitich lower to th 4UAL (U.
Ameriaan producer ; j.ast es if the Ante- • we understand7lthe Mr. Porter, said
riffn producer wee compelled to sell
at Hohnesville, on Tuesday evening,
those articles iu this maileet. He also.
I( that the !Alto; of the 1•Tiov Etta, among
referred to eattle, an:aimrtleti th otherReformers, was present at his meet-
fartnere Buffered from Omit% iniportetien
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ing Cliuton, and that they acquieieed
late thia eee:ntrYwhen, in truth, neither •
Ontario nor Quelme erted
in all that lie had Said." This is begin-
;invany, and ;
only a few. were imported into Britieb aung '1°11°,1! earlY: to convey false impres-
• sione, and if he keeps on for a killOrb
Columbia and Manitoba; where they are
time he will be • 4,11. adept at rnisctonetiat-
numb, needed, and it is more cenvenient
lOtitrip-Ort-the-firf90111 -1116-StittW We iwitea4-111:11equit's°44 Ahem. ”lura
sovposo he inete.need the duty on butter mere thee•ell thqeformers who thought
,andlhaeae 'that fa.„;niers 9,,joyo to show his speeelt.se pue.4i1e,..tind lus stgutnento
0. reaspo.Why manufacturers abould be on ln'otelinn•so weak they: yore not
protected ; but dia not dwell on that vr.m.th 9:15ing. But if • P°i'ter
subject minutes,
remembering, imagineshis arguments were unanswee-
' :many.
that those- tij tiele,e. were not improved Oki, and la PrePared to Illlieldthertlywe
in kiee an iota en account ee tbe duty, aready' to. meet him on 06- Platform
here wheneVer lie may appoint the time,
In epeeking of h duty -to be „put on•
grain, MrPorter aw that 'wotild
ioband then let there be a square issue and
. sit
r, My . Barter, 'eppoint
do to Ite" ep _it out Of the coarktry if that u° favo
cluty prevented it coming inh it •.Yeur.th?le.
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would do, so he would have it COW° iu , • ‘.'WfIE kasTuatri ttONWrroar.
in bendy -to -be -ground, and then re -ex.
We have; all the tinie this question
ported. , NOW, what better would that
Make it. for.either the Miller, Shipper or has 4eee-befere the lniblie,• -been of the
()pinion, and. so expressed ourselves, that.
farmer To make the flouring of wheat
there. would be no 'war between Eng-
profiteble and enable,* millers to cora
pete,suceessfully With, those.of the Unit- laird and ; there Was liteva1y no
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PouTED aND Doi PLA.Vrome,I.
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In another column will be :found a.
synopsis oit the speech cf My, Porter;.
, delivered in the town hall on Monday.
evening, which, we; Stippose, may . be
considered his phittoref,' on the Merits'
.cd which he stsk-a ler-the support of the
• electors of South Huron; to ele.et-lairn• .
as fkoir re,presentatiye to th6.-Bciminion
House, where, if. returned, he isqe...aid
• in the maulterentent'ef the affairs ,of the
country.. A a it is a. matter of import- •
nnce that inert oPgooct education,sound
judgment, :and .well informed. M all. may
that pertainto the -prosperity ,and
piness of the einintryl • ehoirld. be Se'•
lected for: this . resPorisible. ,.poSitjon;.
it le:conies every one interested, *Wen,
to thoroughly examine Ole piatform,",
and see- whether it, is soch that he
eat) uphold. In matters of business of
ordinary life most, men' exercise. •geed.
• degree of •common sense, .ov, atlertata
they du not buy or sell,er engageii
any transaction. 'IS itbout. 0.ereising
Melt:ill IV of foi•esight and thought, :and,
• as far as possible, find out how it.. will
turn out. ‘Equalry eo Shorrld they. ex-
amine the `utteranees of.candidittes for
• their snffrages.
• The principal portion of, M. Porter's,
1,weech was taken twin tat, advocacy of
protection to Canadian intereets,appar-
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ently, equally to one as well as another,
• although he dwelt more filly. Upon „that
to agriculturists, no doubt, considering
the audience an agricultural one, or, at
-least, so intimately connected With that
class that their interests were identical:
He set out with the proposition that
agriculturists were e harcl-worked,. poor-
ly paid, and,f folaline past, rtitOpriressed
commiinity, not being well • educated,
and their tithe too much taken up with
their occupation t� give them 'tithe for
gaining information. , it N,Va. .be
wondered at that they remained lit a
••,•„ greater degree of ignorance, and, ,conse-
*quently, lower social an& less conifert,
able position than other class, musing
an exodus of the young. Ilion from the
farms. Ti relieve thenl they should
have protection .froin the injurious cont.
petition of the United States:-theie
• corn, barley, oats, leheat, tattle,
which entered our marketsfree, while
ours could nototwiter their markets with.
out payment of a duty. Theasserted
that farmers•in Canada lost, the amount
of the duty that was -collectedby the
-United States on barley, for if the duty
was removed they would still get. as
high price as before. If 'that is the
case the be.eley producers in the United
States do not get anY higher pride, ,on
aceount of the proteetiVe duty,only the
Owlet:liana get,so much the lower. By
a parity 4:4 realuMiti•the itnposition ,of
a duty on oats, wheel, corne4c., coming
• into Canada, would rieto.aise their price
to. the Cartadien Ooduet', . but merely
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ccl States,(which every -sensible calla.. reason or it, and nothing to bo gitined
"(lien desires to do) every Obstacle Mast b eitrkr if tiloY. did go to war. Be-
be removed; AO every facility afforded leides Russia has suffered toe much
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them 'to obtain wheat with the least the"war: with the 1.1nrks to leave her iit
possible difficulty . and. ' To 11, 'fit elindition, to enteranothea:war with
eny. chance ,Of tizecess. ' She has -lost'
•bring if in in horid is to entail • expense
.100;000 :men and'$500'000 000 in me-.
Without the least benefit'. to: anybody: •ney, efna
itviIl take nsairy jeers for her
•Suppoee it Was ground in bond and -Sent.: to recuperate. Tho telegram § new in
to England, *mild it:not enter inte-born; • form tra that peace is assured„ and..ell it
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Petitiori. with the -Celia-Ali-in flOur when' l'Ois tuneto per ct the tetans
citlaes
weaso '
sent there, just the same as it does riowl • temILL UNDDLY CONCERNED..
The ...English 'market rides the price, .• • •
Two • or three Conservative papers
no • matter how- or :where it •comes •
have ,been greetly. e•Xcitecl ; about •-the
from •
: .1 -le that otir • wheat
• • elections; esserting that the Demintoo
was 'better than th-ritgrOwn inthe •
id States, and, therefore' shoulu. be. con- 4
• , • ter end of One, anelthat they •wbuld be
sttined at hoine..., Becauee some of rt as • • •
+ • . sprung. upon the •ceininunity without
better the Americans al e not only
any • warning, like. :a midnight attack.
ing tpay the Inityket. price fort •
I In what Way they Want the. information
thc. duty alio they put on' it: The nunia
..giveo We cannot tell; without it is by (lei
ber of eatvial aef.:11totirleg inips 111 the gree, te2prepere them for the shock. Be
emintry"that depend Upon tlie United fortil
Papers, who know no more about the
States for.rt good poltioll f the gialu
timeof the 'elections then 'their ' Censer -they .
Lt19.1.-uot "4.4.4 lui.d if tli.°•.°Urca'Pf 'Votive cotempOririesi,..apilear• to 'be.craite:•
..-thik:-.1:;i1W 'Mittel:4d was: ,denied thoni, entoneerned'itheut.the time, lot tt come
they ayoirld -have ;eloSe The. ,wheri• they ei•e
• SeAfortli • and .31ittliell: eatin.eal should be or.: post
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' • • •• • .• • • "polled till cold Weathor comes 'again.
could not get eiterigh wlitteoats, w11141 : we advige eta, ceneei,yati.e.ceompes to
a eaeine of twenty -live- liOSSOSS theu. OUIs in patience; the dee-,
them to . keep them . ageing a 'monthtions u ill eo3,...irm on soon lineup frnr. thern
or
They: employ:the railroads, in bringing • any ane else,
the gram to thern .and cerrying the meal
Proteetionista• ere ever and totort say -
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away.. A large amount of t le .1110.11 la
'Ale, that. we should ,Ixa iinpol:,t anything.
d take piaee about
Sent tO the Mulct Sift ea, no. above one-
. that We can prodoce at Irma. We can
tenth of their lituriness-beinp•, coamed toi 4. /( did do,
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%MULL. . • • • • . •
* • 1** it,-- but it ie. far napie profitable tO eti't
We -think the 'audience • will agree I
these maples down • mid grow groan
with no inthe assertion that liis efer: . •
: meat, _wool, &C.:, ithd .extbange thesi;„
enee, to the Matitifacturer who had in- • • ,;
rtielee for sugar: • Thp: fitet that the
vested several hundred thousand dollars ifta-1,1• es .i•tio oot opwIl oifel t40 making of
Itt a'fectory, Whielt did not; pay mini- auger in Canada gis en „up; it .positive
eient dividende to watistlhidt,mix..an proofthat sugarsan berobehined on ehear;
Unfortunate on. When he ' Went to ei terms then by pinking it bete. -
• Mackenzie to endeamor • -te tot the lin.
•POLITICAL NOTES.
volition asugaluties it 'W thl enable
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him, to get good returns, the eretniek
refesed w.hielt was just w t Iso rioted Hon, E. Blake fpr the House of
ought to:do, for•why should he ha a Cluullumlae ". : '
monopoly.' , , ,
Mr, Porter: that if the money litid
not been invelted in the factory it wonld Of ti members of the preeeiii
Do-
. have been -lent on mortgage, in, e tOne
and. manner, to, convey :the. idea • that •
when •soletit wits either lost to the coun-
try, or detriment:4. to the :borrower.,
:Instead of his • idea being • Uoreect it is
the .reverse. ,III(Av many factories are
erected without; oftentimee, the greater
portion of the itioneY being borrowed on
mortgage 1 and lvIrert a person botroe;s
money on mortgage it is. with the view
of so investing it that it shall realm to
him more than he pays itt iuteresb for
the use of ib. there were no mort-
gages trimly a poor man would have to
go without a farm and be only a leboret
Wo think we have sai(I eneugh to
show that 31r. Porter's protectionist
ideas am not based upon seUral
and•vould • not in any setis-e whatever
conduce to the interest of' the farmer or
the country; they aro not what airy
sensible: stateatenti would aet forth as
1iiplatfoetn, or n basis upott which he
intended, to govern the country. • .
A tree, and the best national volley
eostuopolitan 'orrea-the more" free
the trade the more nu/novelle our traders
arid the 'wider our comnieree,-und 18 18
certain that no one will Sell to us Witlt•
out we tire prepered to • give thein an
equivalent in seine kind oflabor.
W,eet 1)tirlmni Reformers have nerd.
• Messrs. N3tcCes1 and -Irving have been
nominated by the -Hamilton •Reform-
er , or the House of Oommoni. '
Minion M ry, very one ef11/0 the
Premier 'hit a eat]. born Canadian,
D. Thompson a,heen noini-
dated by the Reformers of inland
to'eonteist the eourity seat in the RbUS&
ef Commons.
:Brouse hiving deelined the re-
nomination for the Hanle, of 0011111101la,
the Reformers of..outli Grenville intro
unanimously riotninated Mi LP, Wiser,
orPresCott. • ' • •' •
The friends of the (41trebee Govern-
ment are quite. • confident that their
candidate for the Speakership will be
elected by a majority of flee,. which IS
safe to go Oil increasing durisig the ses-
sion, '
Tim Parliamentary ,Committpe of the,
Canadian. 'Trades" Union Congreee lett
August, have resolved to nominate and
entleevor to secure -the. return of work-
ingmen's candidates at the next election
few the Loon' House.
Hon. Alexander Mackeezie, lXon. 1.
J. Cartwright and -Hon. Wilfred Latiriet
will soon.leave 'Ottawa to pay a series
of visits to tho viteiptts ridings where
they have premised to address public
• Meetings, of the electors.
.1-udge bottrool itae been selected by
the Censervatives to oppose Mr. Xette
in the- Eastern Division of Montreal, at
the general election. Mr. Thomas
wlio has been defeated four or
five timesnlreadyt is tO be the 0011Set-
,*ittiVe oendidete in the 'Western 1:)M-
0,011.
• ••OORICERPONDENOB•
we what it :to he atsiteeny understood that 4/040 ne
hold' ourselves reepanetien tor the epinlens ex
• pregeed by our correspondents.
Toneit NOr: Taste Nor 1 1fandle eterr
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41te Baiter iv the Clinton *Noe Bro.-
• Stu :-The elevation to the high and re
eponeible station of an editor of a newepeper,
which htindrede are reading„' greatly increases
their inflame ever all glasses and ages ef their
fallow citizens ; thns I eenfeas myself desirous
that their sympathy slieuia be cast an 'the eide
of temperance. • With thirs motive prompting
ple I take the liberty to ask you to Insert this
"Inillessome of • Wlitenv opponents survey the:field
as it is now, they tify that thlte never was
more selling and drinking; of liquor than at
preseet,iiridtliat, therefore, all the efforts 6f
temperance men have wrought no, good, but
made matters *nee. ' It has, no doubt, fiir
rum sellers'but tbisis not fair.. They should
look, back to tho period when liquor was to hei
und-innefirly every house but, thank God;
at custom is being done away.with in this
enlightened ago. Thirty years ago it was to
be found on the sideatoera and table of all who
could afford it, Hardly a farm in the ,Jand
was worked withoub this cursed dem od . What
a change has talcourplace since then ; but there ,
is a 'Chalice for improvement )et, - Jr the tetn.
poranoe people4ork on,a, few years longerthci
rum power will fall to i•ise no more.
An of us•dan 'see that ever,' year bringe new
victories. .1 remember i.eatling an account of
a conversation whieh tear place between tiro
men in the liquor troffloe, vrbieli ran ai fol.
lows -Saidone of them, looking along a street
in which he had planted himself; " That street
has °hanged hands twice sheet, 1 eonzrctenced
business in it, and the present ocoupants, un•
taught by the fate Of their predecessors, are
,drinking themselves to death 48 speedily as
prAtleable." "1 adtnit", said .tbe other,:
"that what you say is true ; we know we sell
;poisou, all ,the", world knows' this, mankiod
eaee aequired a taste for poison, and willhaVe
it ;we merely administer to that taste, and
• people will kill themselveiit iitheir fault no
our,,"
. 'Wee to the man, that putteth the bottle to
his neighbor's lips, and maketh him drunken.
It is the religions sentiment of.the country, ?,t
is the Elivine principleof self-denial tatight by
our blessed.Saviour which has wraught whet-
everlas been dons' for this reform. If it was
left to the- men in the liquor truffle there
wouldbe but little reform, as4liey aro all the
• time trying to put es temperance people eat
of their way. They do•not. care how it is
done. If they could they irould like to give
us something to drink out of. their -black 'bot-
tle ; but let us be Wise enough .for hem, and.
stand by the banner" which we have unfurl:
ed, and.'say'te our feiline,mtin touch not !
taste net :handle not 1.• • • •
Clinton, Jgay 204),.1878.
County yoor .Thfuse.
Faets are stubborn things. . There is,
considerable opposition to the proposed
county poor lionSe, and for the porpese
of giving food for discussion we here
.present, through the kindness of Me. P.
AdaMson, County Clerk, •soine 'figures
'relative to the -Cost disinsing charity
throughout the Conr• ify for 1877, and
.the,..An.unber Of iratientaar.who eeeht,
0.A1,11-9 q peer lioube,...al reportedly...the.
diflerent
• . indigeo Arot; paid,
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' Ashlield $218 ,88
10 00.-
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• • '07.r. '2;)
13russels '0 190 25.
. Cliaten 12 '00 60
,Colborne „ . , : , . . 285l0,
• Exetev , 110 26
• Getleiieh Tow,e 8 598 08
gedet.ii) „ ,3 eee 04
... • 4 er 5 249 89
Hay • 91 00
liowick .... . 92 45
• Irellett ' 9
• , 263 .
Morris ..................116.'00 ,
Seaforth , 6 175' 30
Stanley .... . „. 15 00
Stephen . '6i • 0 OD
• Tuckersmith 1 125 00
Turnberry 5 232 50
Usborne,..........., 2 237 61
E, Wewanoth • 2 , 216 9.1
W. Wawanosli 2 . 172 50 •
Wingham.
• wroxeter .......,.. , I - 10 00 .
Canadian Ifelvs Items.
There are 715 vacant houses ir, Wawa,
at the preeent
• The boiler io Cameronle aawtaill, Widder,
eXp1040 On Friday, Rebert Truesdale,
the engineer, was killed ilietantly: Several
others. were badly hurt.
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The Orange County Lodge at Montreal
has unanimously resolved to aot epee ittl
fernier decision to march to church in a
body on the twelfth of July next. •
Land is being rapidly taken up in the
Pembina Mountain district. I•ntring the
first week in 1VIay thirty thousand acres were
ecorded attlwEnierfroilliiii-Call-O-C.,
A newly arrived immigrant named Thos.
Francis while drunk on Tuesday _Melt i
Earridon, an Anent' the Streets•proolaitning
himself el.Fenian. 1-14 wea fined: .
'My. D. L L Rine is reported to have en-'
terha an action for libel against the Toronto
New Dominion for calling:him aCiiiiraeter--
less treinp, laying damages at $10,000.
•A telegram from Ottati'a says i--Qtlite
neinber of 'offers of service in ease of
eultiee'en eur,borders have been received
by the Militia Department from persona in
the United Statee. Several are from late
Confederate officers,
• The Presbyterian Synod of Toronto and
'Kingetort recently appointed a committee
to Whit 'onthe Local Government and -pre-
test against the 01;use df 'the Registraticin
A.ot requiring clergymen to register the fp-
nerabi at which they officiate: a
An Or4nge 'Young Briton, who declares
he has joined. Fenians for the purpose
of. discoveringtheir secrets,. writes.;froni.
Concord, N. fi„- to Mayor Beaudry, of
Montreal, that movement on Canada hit
to take place 'about 3ist _May. The letter
. -
is looked upqn as it •fritud,
Ina recent letter Verinor Says I early
statethat impresSien is, that June will.
be very hot, avitliout much rain. After the
lfati of.anly' will he the Same, but will be
marked by kJ:other severe .relepse with
:frosts, litetiee through one. week.. I fear,
.crops."
the summer will be Unfavorable to heavy
•
Under the neW Act relatilig to • voters'
hate the following number of appeals have
been entered by the Conservatives in Len-
der- . Wee, as ; errors, 53 objec•
hoes,. 120.; total, -215.. .The Reformers.
have entered the following :--,--Wrongly
Omitted, .155 ; voters. wrongly named, 174;
property wroogly described, 5; total, 334:
- A man fleeted Steeds'Was'cominitteci for,
trial at toodon en Friday, for cruelty to
hisonly son, whoa he;itas in the habit -of
leaving in -the depth of winter forday to:
'gether without either* food, warnath, or
clothing, in a room bare of -all furniture.
When discovered the boy, wereemed half
• witted, was apparently dying . froiriAterVit-
Hon, affd'fieglect. '
. A lire occurred itt PalmerstOrn about
• three.c4elock on -Sunday meriting. The fol--
lowing.are the sufferers :Wite.iteid, shoe
shop, J., Pr, Catenvell, general- store, .Miss
• Murphy, milliner, Samuel' Caswell; photo-
grapher, , Marshall', Hall's building, John
Polansl; merchant MrsCOwans,
liPT3-Ada.11.1 Theie„
hardware. Cause, supposed incendiarism.
Mr, WM, Pace, London, had a eick
:and at four o'clock on Monday morning it
to, all itpi.wroffee died. it,rnge in en Es were
made for tVe inner_al; the'. coin procured,
the child. laid out, -an& a couple of •medioal
• men pron (lulled& that *death had occurred.
At ten o'clocti the simposed dead .bedy Was
placed it) theeoffin, bet in loss than an hour
the child awoke and spoke, and lived for
two or three days.
-*--`3/rAY- 2f3-, 18/8:
Preparations ere rbehte made E'er a
celebration of the 12th of July* in Lon.
don, • Deputations are expeeted front
Brantford, Paris, St, Thomas, Stratford,
Chatham and Sarnia, and the Counties
of Brant, Perth, Elgin, Lambton, Emit
and Huron. Several thousands of the
members will be present, and join in a
nrOceesion from the place of afigokilrgr7-7
to Selter's Grove, where addresses will '
be delivered, and the day suitably en-
joyed, The Grand Mater of Western
Ontario will be present; Atrangernents
he've-beon Inecle--with-the Greitt-Wes-•
dttnecianfdai.,(tenti.Trienk Railways for re-
ef—t
OTIOES.
STEW; kIHOltAilkio OF VOI11.1' UF1,4 ItX
We received a eopy of this, whieh is •
pronounced by those familiar. with the Sari
of Dufferin as a line likenoes, and win be 4
pleasing minneeto of one who has' ruled' So •
wisely and taken such a deep interest in the
•welfare of the people of the Dominion.. The •
portrait ie heatbr printed on plate paper,
teal% 25 eents. Sent • by,maii„ petit paid*,
on receipt of the priCe, B, Russel; Pub-
lisher, Bostoie Mass., who can furnish a pic-
ture of giteen ViStririlt; of the same size at
the same price.
To 'me Lon:N.-We believe that ire place
Our readers tu3der personal obligatieti in call.
ing their -attention to a work whieb.hai come
to our desk this week.. Ireagine,a volatile of
One hundred pages sheet the size -of Harper's
.Blizar, of flee paper, teen printed and bound.
l!ts we turn the pages,. beautiful illustrations , ..•
meet the•eye in rapid succession, until wo
realize that -every article of dress suitable for
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hint as to what O garnieet will cost when 'it
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between the fashions thia volatile containi
the most interesting, IliOniost practical, and,
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every line is original, and every line is worth
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aethe itisignifleant, price of 15 cents. Its*
• name 'is “Bitennes PASIIXON 'QUAWERLY,"
published by Messrs., thrich 'ca iCe.; 287 to
295 gightb Avenue, New York• Cite, The „
• subseription for a whole year including 'four .
,
numbers is onty SO emits ;for One number 15
dents: W6 feel sure that all of our ladyread. ,
ere who. a',•e tempted by this" notice to sub,.
• scribe tor it will exprees one regret when the •
spring number comes into their hands -regret
•Putt they have not been subeetibers
before:. •
i • Agen tient= named Holly, living at,Wesi
i tenn..weet:t 'll'orontVen the day of the beet.
I race it-fit:tiding to be present, but seeine tit,
. a
. - - .. two o'clock "that•the 'bay •waii pretty retigh
Ito judged there Was no 'chance of th•e race
,.
. 010 10 , taknia place. He thou' Went back to • tho
„ 78 $4306.41„
The number of patiente %the could be
placed in a poor house, Itere'reported, is
larger than the County. of Wellington
has now itt its poor house, doubtless' if
tlil'institution was established th-b: nut-
joitty of those ireinicipalfties reVertieg
no indigents wonId Speedily -find seine
• whom they Weida be glad to get off
theieliands. e The total amount expend-
ed as'abure is Audi. its to• eonvinee.
thinkine nietilltat.the propoeition is a
very important one, as -moue). fotit ,an
eeonotnieal as a eharitable
•
The ice cempanies at Rochester here
been sadly distpointeditt their efforts to
reap an eXorliitant profit' from the !short
crop. NVIen they had reit the piices
ttp beyond till bounds of zeason the con
-
smilers organized a company. andlottgitt
some 800 tens of leo in Misstichusette,-
at it ffgure which enitbles them to deliver
It itt Roebester, for about thirty Oenti
htind red, or less then half tile local twice.
The sensitiveness of the English beef
Market and the necessity a Canadian
shippers taking every precautioe to send
only sound and healthy beasts, is exem-
plified by a recent occurrenee at Neve.
ceatle.on.Tyne. The local inspector
there proniminced one ancinal,IN a herd
bt four hundred, just landed from 1)eit.
mark, to be unsound. This was enough
to stop thejvhole cargo, but a veterinary
offfeet of the Privy Obuncil, on examina.
tion, decided that the boast watt healthy:
after all. This Occritrence affected the
price Of beef to tile extent of sitpence a
• stone, and:the delay is estitfiatod tehave
Coat the shippers 41,000.
'113atikc't of Toronto encl. deo w 8450; whicli lie
placed in 'a satchel and proceeded t� the
Union, Station to take the 3.45 train for the
1 weet,. Revile; petered the canine lie left
• the eatcliel- for a few moments on a seat
which he had sect -trod, and when he returned
1:it Was gone, Besidee the $450 it couteined
eatertiecate for deposit. Of $21000. '
• 14.1sTioliolas Peters_,...who left Stratford
abeut year' ago with hid family en o trip
to the land dEbia birth, Oerniany, fot the
betiefit of his Ifealt,lr, returned On Therschey
last, looking halo and hearty. 'Mr. Peters,
hewever,- does ntt draw a, very glotving
tore of matters and things in the old'father•
land, .The hard times are 'also making
. themselves felt there; beanies's is almost.
cempletely at a standefill ; the banks refuse
all disoieunts except in exceptional Oases,
and failures among busineas men are of
deily occurrence. Mr, Peters thinks there
is no plane like Canada.' -
A young man hi:Forest, whe,Ited heeortie
dissatisfied with his slaty •aceinisitioe of
Wealth by patietit, honest industry, wished
to betome rich in Bettie other,,wity• lie was
promised $1.6,000 in 'bogus greenbacks for
$400 in Canadiatt•money. He readily and
• hastily raised the reqnired $400, by getting
his. father, te endo.rse-Ins note for.$300,'
• with,$100 of hisnwri,%he paid over
Ant---thcsitarper, taking- a receipt • far the
same. --The-$10,&000 of bogus money was to
be on hand in a -week or two from New
York. The parcel arrival -I -hot in place
Of crisp- miry billsit was a box of saw -dust.
The moral of this story AEI quite apparent.
The Guelph:Moven/publishes a portion'
of a lottcr received frottaIr. E. IL 3Iartie,
recently of that town, but new copiiected
with a leading St,. Louis railway. Hie op-
portunities for observing the industrial eon.
dition of the country bete) been excellent, j•
and hie testimpity is therefore valuable: I
Ile thus writes :-" Things here are dull,
as usual, no„signe of improvernmat visible
to my naked eye in the business line. Lund
and property generally has fallen On the
average 50 per te axe 18 the lust four years,
at the lowest calculation, The iron furua•
cos aro dosed; and other manufactures are
itt vatious etages of collapse, or potivres.
peeity. Not boo 18.ten re making money.
rroteetion for fiD/40 years pilocl up the filthy
lucre in their pocketsebut too mealy rushed
in, and they etre now in a most ealatnitona
'state, The manufacturers have not pro -
pored under protectlea, while the 15eoplii
• here have been fleeced right atid left, and
have in the last fifteen years paid eneugh
in the difference between a 1'0001100mA pro.
tection tariff to-havebuilt. all the mills in
the country more then ottee."
r
-- ' Sale,Itegister. . ,
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Six tots situate on Rattenbury terrace,
Preperity of late Robt. Callender. en the
lst of J une, J. lloween, Auct. .; ,..- •
EIC)RN.•• •
• .
IltIVIN.-111-^OlintOrrj-04- the .21)1.11'. /481-.; the
• wife of Mr. R. Irwin, of daughter. '
SfierauTin.-In Clinton, on tile 21st inst., the
wife of Mr, -*Wm. Sheppard, of a on. •
Artmt/Nonix.•---Alegealfelett..;:-04'7, on the
inat tlte wife of Mr. M. j.; Arminf,t9n, late
- 'Clintooi•
Dunc.s.x.-du :Blyth, the iOth inst.",. Alm.
• wird of Mr. Wm. ,Ptincan, of a sdn. •
110DonALD.--In Stratford, en the 19b1i inst.,
tbe wife of Ur. James. McDonald (ItIeDore•
• old, McPherson ttc Co., rof a, daughter/4, •
• •
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' -MARRIED. .
..„,
VIIILLIPS---BOYD. --At toe manse, .4..lytin, on •
•.fhe,13thInst., by the Rey. A. Mamma, Ur,
C. Phillips, of Stephen, to Miss Nancylloyd,
:daughter 9,f.,Mr; 11101.8C Boyd, of a\taWarlosh:
COan-LCIoan.-Attlior sidence of Mr Richard. • .
• Coed, Eng Watvenosh, eit the 8th inst., by
. the IteV.• A. B.clwards, Mr. Richard Coad, .
jr., orWingbarn, to Miss Sarah Coed, of ezpeara:-....
Lanark. .
ttjAt the sante time ,and. place, 1)37 the llev..A,.
Awards,. Ur. j0114 ib. Cod, of Lanerk, to
Ilse .Nlary Coad, of }Jost WatvaeOsh, •
CLe..tie-Ftutserre--At the residence of the
bride's father, Teckeramith, on May,10, by
Bev. T. G. Ther -sen, Ur, Jahn McLean, to.
• Miss Isabella,youngest daughter of Ur.'
• Ebenezer Forsyth, both' of Tuckoraraish.
•MeMix,r,AN-IleSs;--At the residenee cot tho
• bride's•father, by Rev. -T-r.:G.:-.Thenwom-ea
May 15; Mr, W. T, McMillan. Ben/mill, to
Grace, dauglor of Donalst floss, Esq., 61
Seaforth. •,
• DIED. ••
Beesirrset4.-Ifi 1Vingliare, ori Wednesday,
• Sat inst., Peter Itobertson, aged 77 years
-and 7 months, - •
Gaitame.-In Wiegbanf, cm the 15th Wt.,
•'Annie Whitehead, wife of john Gregory,
Etirn, Aged40 years 1 month and 24 days,
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CLINTON MARKETS.
,
May 28, 1878.
• Wheat, NIL red, Itthush, $1 08 a 1 10
• Wheat, fall, white, 4 . 1 10 a 1-12
• Spring, •• • ''' • 0 DO a 1 00' ... ,
Fife, • •- - 0 95 a 1 00
, Oats; -.'-0 80 a ' 0 31
• I3arley, --1'. 0 40 a : 0 40
Peas, ' , 0 .58 a 0 00
Plour, • 6 50 'a 6 00
, Potatoes : . 0245 4 025
•Pork, •• -4 50 a 5 00
Beef, - - . 5 60 a" 6 50
• Buttet 0,13 a 014 •
Eggg,0 08 ti, 0 08
Ray, - 8 00 • a 0 00
Hides, . 4 50 a o oo.
. Sheepskins - . 050 e* 100
Clotrer 3 50 a 4 00
• "Timothy •7 * ,. I so -a 2 25
SEATORTIL MARKETS.
•• " May 23, 18180
• Wheat—Pall .• -, $1 08 a 1 0
. 01)5 a 1 60 t..-
5 00 a 4500
- - 031) a 031.
0458 a 060
. ,, 040 a
. 025 a . 0 80
.013 a 014
•• Spring •
Meer, ' •
Oats •
Peas •
Barley • •
• Potateels . • •
Butter •
tggs, - • • • 0 08 a 005
Hay, • 000 a 10 00
ffeeemeeteePte
MBE AlVtriitICA.IsT CUTTER.
Having neer removed over Gorden &
lepton's' store the undersigned can accetame-
dote in. firstehater etyle, all *ha enteiffirofiterir"4"
for clothing to him, SIM% "PITS GOARAWCZBO,
'N. ClaCollenN.
Clinton, MAY 0, 1878,
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