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• re et Ifositkeizsit. WU' leat °nog .
*Oise., gable 0 mints per, opey..
Dalton
money to the builder, who expends It
in bUying back the produce of flie farm -
els to be consumed sijiile he erects the
house, The prodpee ef •t1 farmer is
WU changed into the product of the
buildi% and exhatisted, but the Money
still exists and can be wed° to perform
the sante service as -en exchange till it
is wyrn out, eed then to be replaced by
new. The value of gold and sneer cons
sists in the amount of labor that is ex..
Vended in its production"; pitper is made
variable by the guarantee ell evomiso it
bears.
It will thus he seen that jabot, is the
,OIQXAI 1JII OF 'Z'a4.20Imirr.
187$
j$011
elli0 el WS iere0 ehe • TUE meant!):
'•'During the past week elections liave
• - •I''
taken place throughoue . OW United
States, ?or State :Legislature, and in, .sone
States for. tilembors of the lowee !muse
of Congress. -Iii, Most, • places the. Re-
publicans. have -made a gait); eviiiohwill
havea tendency US keep tieidee ce,M-
• ,,,,---,
inerce and finance as it is without Mock
'ehange. ln one sense„ it is it OW:thing
for
the Union' that, the itepublicans
have obtained the return of a majors.
ity of the caudidates, but in anothee it
is not. The Deneocrete were 'eight sti
far ne the tariff' was corieeened; inie they
are wrong in the matter of ihe.cureeneY; '
're advoc-Ae the issuing of nu irredeerns
able paper cuereacy, in VolurnePutileient
to bur 'tile, all the eetional .1.)ends. , ii.,ja
then to lenn them, supposing hy•this
means- toput an end to the paymept of
interest, is sheer folly,'" as , the effect
would be, (if there,wite any possibility
of doing it, which. there is not,) to. dd.
preCiat‘ the value ot' the: pope* :for
everybody would refuge to •.hold more
thanwas actually necessary t� eitril on
business or for their daily wants]*..
The 11,-e&blioans, on the .ofTierliaTrId,
are wrong in their slipper t of . oi- protec-
tive poliey, which the Democrats' op-
pose. if thelattee had pot taken up,
the greenback policy:, they would Most
undoubtedly have come off rioters- at
. the polls. We are glad tO"Ste thet. the
people have sufficient honesty r' Still left
to cause them to refus& to. h.enoinee re-
pudiators, Which therreelly wonld have
been if they lied accepted the green-
back policy. .
It appears to be very difficult for the
• mass, which are to a great, degree • en -
thinking and therefore iiinknowiege' to
make capital and money twe -distinct
qualities, they do' not eppear: to .realizo
the fact that money is obly a• medium
exchange the saine ,ase •personal
notes, bona, Mortgages, due bills-,iliefts,
bills of exchange, Awe whieiheare' in con-
stant use and facilitate the transaction
basis of all wealth,. and money is 4
ffians of feciiitatine hailer; ' or. the.exe
changeor this wealth, ileste; therefore;
to the intemst 'of the individual and
community that as little time, or labor,
Shell be wasted 'as' possible. In this
light the shortening of tLe hours of
bee of the workmenend meeluinice.froM•
ten to .eight is .actually so nitwit lees,
Willett all Will feel the effect of,'
Mankind Wants . physical' enjoy Men‘tS and
comforts he roust 'produce them by toil
-.:stlinkis no, other way,
of business. The United &gee hare
issued and bare in eonstant circulation
about $300;000,00P Worth .of Taper
money, and inetead_of this being .so
much capital it is an, evidence ofses.
much indebtedness, theieeple being the
ereditors of the State. Se long as -the
people continue to have confidence in
the ability and willingness. of the State
to redeem this paper at. NOM future
timeethey will continue to receive .end
use it in their daily exebangee ; hitt if,
by any means, this confidence waa.de.
stroyed, tither by an oveleisstioe-oreby,
reckless extravagancein the governMent,
eausing a doubt of redemption, it Would
soon fall a long way below par. •
Capital is pimply the aecteinillatioe
of the products of labor, no -.matter
what form it takes ; may, be in the
shape of a welk cleared, fenced, Stocked
and provisioned farm ; or a factory or
workshop of any kind. Many are -un-
der the impression that it was 'money
that created these things, and .whea the
money W0.8 expended it passed into
-other hands to again iprodaen like re-
sults. rePed
omits so much real,: Subatantiid Wealth
that had beenesitated by proviona labor,
and that could be drawn upon for thst
subsistence of the laberera while cletti't
ing the farms, or conetencting the fee.
toriot or workshops. For instance, 'a
farmer desires -to build a new house, ho,
therefore, growA and eons grain 'and
stock to. the amount, say, of $1,000, for
which he obtains money, .which 'roped
smite his produce ; he then gives ..this
g eitiseselose.
• ; .
eilthough there has beenefor some
censidereble thee pan' much, stringeney.
,:41..1:413' departments .61'- sinega
throughout the eountry, and. the „step-
.
page of many fines, eaesin,g mechdise
tie* 'the indications 'are that the' Com -
.Mg winter Will be the dullest ,we' have
seen for • the peat twenty years.
moat every line of bosinesS it lifts .been.
.oVerdone, and there are nowbehindthe
counter,. at the ebenalin, in the printing,
office, Pedling through .the..country,-
ageats, (he sufficient feu. double the
population, andinstead:ef being 'coetri-
britorS' to flip , wealth f;the eeuntry,
as one half, of them ought to be,
.they ftre.only in a position,..isonsunie
its products.„without making an ade-
quate retail:
. That this state ef things!will not last
long, aud 11:411. rein e dy ' tee 1 f by the ma-
turalIerce of Circumstances, them can
be no delibts batiait wise, to wait, in
suepense,.andsuffeting,-,till-the......weakest.,
are driven Out to seek °thee modes of.
'80.sistepoe. s'Otti.• bewe jutigtponi
:ought te-eago us to priali.bat and seek
places where peSitiona are not all *Om:
pied, or the resources not all developed,
.
The only undeveloped yesource at the.
present time,.in this country, are our
wild -Innis, and of these there are, Qom Pa-
yati,Vely stiaaking,:no end, which may be
had at a trifling. cost, dr for the .aske
hag anc1oceupetion. , In. Muskoka,
Parry Sound, Manitoulin East
'end of Lake SUpeeior, and Armiitobie
•there aii millielfe'OrfierfOo be 'convert-
ed into is good 'and Ai valuable farms
as aro now to- be found,. in any • part of
Ontario. The difficulties and. priett-
.tions that may he inet with aee not to
. .
to SnCli we Wellid advise the making of
is known and formation of a party, for
by going together the 09)01180 is not so
gkoat, and if „they -take up land in a
block they will be a great assistance to
eacb-others-besitles their Redd will bes
come more 'valuable quioker, es it would
!le' more thickly settled. , '
11109a:writ
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The ,Election Courts are likely to have
plenty to do for some time to come, as a
greet many. protests have been entere(l.
against, the return of members; Among
the number )jour own member, IYL C.
meron, yas9,.w1tO is. elitned with per.
senal bribery ani bribery :by
corinectitei with the eeteriag of the
protest, eve are , sorry to see the spirit
disploed by the Coderich Star and
l'eXeeee both of which boil aver
w ith joy at 3," and uululgc iu a no tuber.,
or wild 95'fti'Li0fl8 lf Mr. C)uMonhis
be'en gnilty of-impeoper acts there is no
doubt but that he will be sir adjudged,
andthe,New Eita, will not be afraid to;
to condemn him, but :there isahrnit
to .41i things, lied until he ie proven
geilty,, it would elierday a hettelk;spirit
en the' pert of our eetemporaries to
re-
strnin their , feelings. 'Besides, before
they are.through with the matter, they
•
rettylityve te shout nnot,her time.
Tim A71(WAN 01FITICULTY.
• The speck or War ',hat was loeinieg
up in the. East, 'by, the eepPosid. action
of nueSie, is new disaPpearine ' lb ap-
peals that the ..A.umer Of Afghanistan
yet: fare his head .that• Russia Was go- I
ing to engage all the attention Of Eng -
laid, endlie would then bo encheeked
in his aegressi'ee desions and he there-
• fore, • marChed eomi of lie Melly -into
ribul al) Once.; hut. he quickly found he
Was laboring,ander a • delusion,;the
13r1-
tish forces soon - being on'handi and.
-
thereby changnig his opiroon. He
be 'compared with those that the first
• settlere of this county encountered and
_eV:elven* Farms and farmeeW, in this
neighborhood, . that are now: worth
thousands, were, -but a few years age,
worth eomparatively nothing; the form-
er was improductive and the latter held
inieniployed labor; the employment of
the latter on the former has thus pro-
duced a • comfortable home and an
abundant subsistence for the remainder
besides-being4onteibutors-
to the wants andnecessities of the country:
The peeked time and ejrctunetanceS'
are especially favorable for the °coupe.
Heti of wild and uncultivated. land, as
every necessary that the settler requires
is abundant and- cheap'. For the, first
year, oe thereaboutsrhe Will be a par -
chaser of food, and its cheapneis 'at the
present time favore him, and .. by the
time he becomes a producer of safficient
to sell, prices will, rnost likely, assume
their minima condition,
. Of eotirse it is too late this year to
make a move, but preparations can be
made, and the particular location
• chosen, se that at the earliest possible
moineet in the spring a. start -can. be
made. If it was desired to take up
land in any other place but Manitoba,
it could be done in the winter, and in
some respects bettee than itt spring, for
in spring the roads 'are had) and the
bush difficult to get theough, but in win
ter all is frozen solid.
We know there are some parties who
intend going te Manitoba in tin) spring,
41:11TOTUAL 1\10,TBS•
rinomssl that Thos. :ii`arrow,
P., is to get the Colleetorship at' Gode.
rich,' nose held Isy Mr, Doty,
thereupon -withdraws, acknowledging a
mistinderstapding, ann tho•British troops
return. •
• .
. A Ir.EAF PROM LUST911.1'.
Wr. \router@ the assertion that et no
period during the past five yearswere
the timeso stringent, end: thelifture.
Prospeet so dull, as at the preeent,
Trn gh.i0'etiesiting of the South
'Huroa Protest, says Mr, eeeneron was
eetuened by oily' a small majority.'
This is 910t the case; as a majority of
1.60 can hardly,be considered small,
T.fiE StratfOrd .8e«eon is responsible
tor:the following
. "That was a rough hit •ou the Ooderich
Conservatives, when one Of .thein...reroarked'
that all the Conservative votesin the tewn
hail heea aelled Iij aturday except _eix.
" And. they were in jail," saki a cruel Grit
who 1.t.t° StaTIClitifg bY, which willed out to be
neteally the' case,
Alifa(it the only business. that does-'
nob seem to suffer by the general de -
.pression is'tleit'of the illicit distilling of
whiskey. . Notsvitlistancling the severity,
of the kwto efi'enders,. -We read, atmost
daily, of persemsbeing ceeight ongeged
in the Iiisinoss.
. .
Tui :John is -finished at.
last. Hoin. Messrs. Canipbell d WIL
not • were egezetted featurdae,- the
Cobservatieee Made a 'great outcry when
Mr, Illake eves made a fourteenth Mire
mter withent a :Salary, but they are
'pilentlovee Sir; JOIN. ,ebneteenth Mies
ieter'With'a $1e6.00 Wary. '„
--se-eesses-
• etse.oditsoiel refeleing tp caudidatee
for the parliameetary Tionors,.the Exeter,
givos;,ottoranto to Iv sentinieet
that Mighthe 'adopted with profit,; by
many pepers ni the Dominion. isas
follows :-••-• •
• "There is no reason why a .candidate for
the suffrages of ,the electors :should be inade
thei.targetof abuse. for every villifier mho
7elloolies to misuse the press.". •
•Tat following advice is front the
. It will apply equally as Well. to
fiefortnere cieneervatiyee, therefore;
let it be acted upon. eee:
"Iri many parts of the Province revisionof
To those who think the recent the Voters' lists 41 neW in.Progress, . and will
den change , of ,Government without a
1 nun p
precede a tl 13.] 6 t • 1i f the
Protection party is likely to be n lasting
eno, We 'commend the follewing scrap
from hittory, which coincides with eir-
.
•cutastances in this country; ---
• ." In 1841 Lord Melboarnearas the leader
of the Whig (Reform) party and Priam Min-
ister: of England: On . the 27th of May of
that year Sir Robert Peel (Conservative.)
moved and carried a vete of watt : of Confi-
de* in the Liberal Government; Mel.
bourne appealed to the Country. The issue
• was Free Trade or Proteetion.' Sir Robert
Peel, the Protectionist, and his party, were
lead in their promises of got good to the
country if the Liberals were put out of office.
l'roteotion carried the day by ninety-one of a
majority. Sir Robert Peel was called upet tie
forma CoVernment, which he did, and be.
name Prime Minister of Great' Britain and
Ireland, the acknowledged leader of the Con-
servative party. The hopes of the people
were buoyant. They were to be .Preteeted
and now life and vigor given to the body
• politic. Only a few months were required to
show the utter worthlessnessof these -pro-
mises. The blind efforts at Protection so
, mitished the revenue that an income tax and
other, direct imposts were levied upon the'
people to meet the requirements Of the be-
etione_Siallobert war impelled to (millet&
between the two parties, and 80011 found him-
self burnt in effigy in many parts ef the
kingdom, and Was compelled to carry mit the
views oethe Mend party, formerly se vehe•
meutly couderepod by- him,'
' ef;ETTLE Ttotift ACCOVNTS.
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The .folIewing paragraph , from the
'Woodstock ,Sentineleaeviene, wo odol.
a-
Mond toeveryman enelio.i.seaseing a store
hill ;--
. ,
-"S4(f.kint; 1151, t -This is the imperative
duty of the hour, and itis a, duty that
should be discharged just at thisparti-
cular season: Wire man who can't pay
now is not likely to be able to pay later -
on. . For there is assuredly more money
in circulatien at a time when the farm-
er is dis sing of his produce than when
he hes n. thing to,sell. Hence we say,
-not on. ; obeli of business men, of all
classee--stplar'e up 1 Get that old ad
e6unt off your own mind and the mied
of your creditor at one, it will be a
relief to both end both will sleep sound-
er for it, Not only so, but it will help
to inake bedsit times, for if' everybody
had his null' in Oda world bad titnee
would soon disappear. .
.
VitANKBUIVING HAN*
The Dominion Goverement has de -
aided to set apart 'Wednesday, December
4th, a$ a day -of general thaPksgiving„
A. Chinese laundry has Stetted in
London.,
The annual meeting of the. Dorninion
Orange will be held iii •Torordo'on the
first Teesday in Deceinber,
, .
be for the' next month. We cannot toe
strongly, urge upori our friends the necessity
of attending to this duty.. Many constituen.
cies at•the next electiOns mill bp won or lost
by very small Majorities, and victory may
hinge entirely Upon the state of the voters'
Remember your opponents are Vigilant
, and unscrupulous, and, therefore, be ne ;And
• doing." •
•
Oxe WOuld almost suppose there Wal;
new editor at work on the .111aq, one
unacquainted with the eouree previous-
ly adopted by 'that journal, When snob
sentiments as the folio:wing are express-
ed:--. • •
•
"Should criticism be fit? 'Should dis:
cession bo honest? Ought ftwriter to respect
his readers? Is it not to instruct and per-
suade by appeals to 'reason, an honest ,ainl
able journelist will aim? To these questihns
everybody would aniwer in the affirmative,
Let us them when Canadianpublic opinion
has attained n body and consistencyit never
had before, pursue political discussion en a,
plan worthy of a great people,"
• We hope the Mail's future course
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C TRAE PallAP Y TES:
Lfh
tthe ophlteaftbeieg at er of newel.
el; --ski
145,er URA. 400 emnwily emlort0) over/.
wog Appealing from t m under this llowlingy
The Mere mention, a the "National
'Volley," and what the Conservative party
promised it wetild do for us, is, to the aver-
age Conservative organ, like flauneing red
rag in the eyes of a bulle-Brantford Re.-
1!1:14.ferreere of 04044 Huron deserve
the highest praise for the aplendid victory
they have achieved. Their triumph has sur -
'passed the moat sanguine expectations of
Mr. Mackenzie's supporters, lied the seem
vigor been exhibited in the September con-
tests, Sir John would not now be First
lacorev of: the DotainiettTVroCloine Be -
The premise that presperity was to COM,
faence to return with the advent a Sir
John to power, 'inis already proved e'en).
Wo fear,'however, that the process of. dis.
illusion will -notstop there ; bat that When
the promised. legiulation coline to be prac-
acidly tested it will -be found that the at
tempt to make the spurious coin of •blint-
dering legislation pass for what we Want
will: not be more suecessful than the nu,
deavor' to run Sic Jehn Macdonald's face,
which -has been already repulsed by the
Destinies, -4-21,fonireat Reread. ,
Blom) who folloWedegricultere had been
deludedinto believina.thateomething meld
be clone for them leyiegislation.. Now, he
could tell tbein that every additional Penny
the fernier gained by the carrying oat. of
sueli. a &Hey would result also in putting
fifty or were per cent. into the peckees of_
those whose duped they bad been. view
was the correot and the policy of Sir
John Macdonald was a ah.ani oue. An
evi-
dence Of this was found in the fact that thoae
very journalists -and: statesmen svho adeo-
gated it have already, in six weeks; begun
to repudiate it. Where that twenty-five
cents . Mote per bushel on wheate•-llee.
C'eurtivriglit. at Guelph. . • •
'sir Jeer' Macdonald:is very cusm'opoli-
of a person, besides bob:4'a ,,,oreat
flatterer. Almost e:very pineal° went dur-
ing, the pianie carripaign of a year ago, he
either told the people that he was born
'somewhere in the vicinity, or that he need.
to live there; et that liis father used Co lire
theree or -that hed.been 'trying fife
to get to that very pleCe and had Secceedecl
at last.: He never tired talking about the
headier, Oder to pleaSe the leciechmen ;
his .best • friends were Irishmen ;there Was
nobody who bacl EO t9 boast off as, the
Englishman; although, for himself, he was
above allthings a Canadian. IU the seeech
he made at Qembec the other day he lauded
his old friend, Sir George •Cartier, to the
skies, speaking of, him as his beacon pone
paoiotiend most veined flue& • Sir,George
. Certier used io say that he 'mei: e.,Freneh-
. • .
speaking Englishimail, but, .for himself, Sir
John. said he was an Engliish-speaking
Frenchmen. We.shall,next hear our cote.
niopolitan friend `setting up e claire to. be
consideredemi Irishman frOM the County
'.'ICer11.-Toroftto TelefOcOn:•
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••firriciAL RETURNS. •
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Table$:ahowing tile official returns for
• the •teVe .elections held la. Centres
in e878 • •
• noneracale. • e •
PkoRatt: 14.64:4c4art. P5h5ft.
, • if. 1", , 0. • P.
No. 1 39
• 2 45 , 54 .43 58 •
• .3 ' 33 e 45' 39 43
4 31 ' 37 36
• 5 33 .44 • 3,3 43
6 42 • • 30. 39 43
19 ••13$ 21 41
•
242 • 81S 73 2150 010 • 06
.• cerieontr.E.
NO. 1 51 •35 • 68 45
' • 2 • 18 42 21. . 41, •
•. 3 62 45 71 '
4 27 49 25 07
. .
,
189 171 13 185 300 15
Nei: 1 52 • 69 • 58 , 81
2 78 19 88 19
3 SO 20 92 , 26
4 64 32 89 38
1.40 148 337 164 1.10
will be in keeping with the above, and
SCOAEOETIL
that its co -laborers On that sicle,enay be Ass,.i, 09 48 68 - 52
-influented by the -example. 2 37' 29 43 26
3 30 61 5'5 55
--.-.. -
We in Caliada know how diffieult le is to 1401.38 7 194 103 33
'keep our manufactories going even with a . •
.cluty of 171, per cent; in our favor.-Losdon nu LTAITT.
Mye Press., .- : ' • No, 1 00 35 . 50 51
Then it is quite es ideet that if there
3 10 25 22 32
were not some .interests, end) as. agri- 4 40 .20 on 28,
culture, that kept going without bonus- 5 . 4T "2 ' 49
6 30 13 ' . 40 . 22
411(,,the_mstinifacteyiessouldnof exist. at ... . , „ . ..,.....i.--....---....:-..-,.
all I therefore, instead of the factories 150 120 349 ems no.
- , annasif.s,
beim? a. benefit to Canada, they are only
;- . 62 ' 50 12 75 sr 18
se much a a "drawbaek on all instittt-' MOKtItiLOP. .
tions and employments that ;exist or isto, 1 -48 . . 40 33 92
!Stand without a subsidy. HoW long ' 2 04. 44 6152
79
will it be before our eitizoe get their ."4 20 34 31' , 40
3 50 27 38
'eyes open to. the fact that it' capital and 5 46 10•
43 ' 11
labor cannot he employed to give back 0 33 31 . '40 35
a paying return without enforeing a seb. 210 180 84 200 Ser,
. htteir,
eirly, it would be better that Capital and le- eeee 50 4 50 05 54 '
2 55 50 81 03
3 85 21 106 23
4 41 37 47 50
• 0 03 33 . 78 40
396 209 01 677 260 147
Tank 1132 101467 88 W112 ,.; Het 517 116
80 • DO
labor should not be invest6t1 I The
vast nunaber of undeveloped resources
in this country, which could be profit-
ably developed if capital mild be timed
at a reasonable rate of interest to be
employed in them, will, for years, pre,
vent capitalists front saying there are
no openings for the deployment of
money, •
-esseefesee-----
A fire brelte out in the Central
-
son 'paint glop, Toronto, on Monday
night last, and before it was extinguish.
ed it destroyed the workshop* and nut.
:Eerie' to Lite amount of' $100,000. For.
tutiately it did not touch the buildings
containing the prisoners, although there
wait a strong wind at the time. .1
Majority for Erottott1171 Cinisfright
The above h bows that in the Ilorton-
Platt election 3093 votes were polled. In
the Cartwriglitinitt elettion 3603 votes
were polled, making 510 more polled at the
last electioe, besides 65 rejected end 25
spoiled ballot& -Signal.
se..4.-
The locked out laborers of ltent and
Sussex have decided to accept the offer of
the Canadian Goverement to sot olr 5,000
acres a land for the benefit ef those who
wifl ernigrate.
giUntiVig Onumtrei41.
•Ft.00rt.-The four large flouring mills in Ot-
sawn. coastline 90,000 heehels of wheat anima- ,
ar.4 produce soine 20,000 barrels of flour, •
all of 'whioleis needed for benne consumptiba,
Seem eon georatosee-,Tbe lierriston Trt.
Nue hap the followleg ebeerv paragraph i-
e.Our much respected towasinan. • Mr. W,
1-linde, beim toelay forT4iverpool, Enelancl,
with a special. train loadeelswith cattle sheep
And cheese for the English market. Five -care
of superior sheep, and five of cattle-whieh,
in our opinion, will he no disgrace to Venetia
when exhibited on the Euglish market -end
two cars of cheese. Th6 whole load ho ben*
8e0Orpd..in and around the townships of Min
le, The Me:airs-LA.1os supplied all the oheeee,
The amount of money so laid out cannot bat
help both farmers and business men. eel-
thotigh it is scarcely e month since Mr, Ilinde'a
return from Europe he haeshipped' a large -
untidier- of lambs and eheep to'New York, and
has Since completed tbe Afftwe'corisignment:
Stich epterprlse upon the part of *One Citizen
deserves. ulore 'then a passing notien, as the
risks in soh iindertekings aro great."
Tuu 33tirrzit Tn.4.1.W. (41,14.DA-1.Arf
,HAVE.OnEmmunts:-'-•.While Canadian cheese
has coule up Go a high standar), aud has got
• a Oluiracter as to quality abroad of a valaable
kind, our bettor is on the who"o lamentablY
otherwise. it this moment, oue prominent
cause of the business depreesion in the 'country
Is that butter, as to a. Great extenemade awl I
new on hand, is almost tinsala,ble. There
must be either a change or ruin, far•as this
important interest of the country l'S concerned.
The Merrisbrag market system Is a good one,
Wad -where possible. this ought -to be adapted, .
But the indications point strongly in tire way ..
of the establishment of better factories or
creameries as they aro callediby whio11,•tlie
product bovine uniformly of a good char, ,
oter, and be diSposedofentemptlys 'There aria 'r-
iots on. lots of butter held itietlnow for which
there is absolutely, it may be. said; no market.
Butter ousting to or valued at.1.3o to.160 by
holders is really getting down to a market -
mice Of, say 5c to Se, or .10c •irt the outside, ,
while for really; choice a fair price is obtain- •
able, and such is Wanted. :The better trade
of Canada is .1/pry important, .and Anything
that would improye itwould be really for the
eoentry'e interest largel3i. Countrytraders
also, as thiags are, have tb Meet with. apedial •
• difficulties iu this respect. :Butter buYers'and
agents . go round the country, picking. out in .
nfany places frOt11 the fariters %heir, choicest
butter, and tho refuse of :stale Cr. inferior is .
left to pay accounts SvitIrthe storekeeper. All ,
this, wants change, and the country trader
beta needs real proteetion. -Montreal Witness. .
As Evil'. 1s via CANADIAil PUTTEit 1\43.1i*
,ar,.--:-Ileavy toms have been made lately ou •
the enormous quantitiesof butter at prosent,,'
iri the country. . The product seems te have.
•". settled" into 4 groat mass in Montreal. and ,. •
other ports, The Montreal papers.have been
investigating the .qubjeot and have succeeded
to -deertait extent',' in discovering and-" plac-
ing" the evil. ; The pride cause, they tell their
readers, is the excess of supply,'but the dims-
trous State of the market is due to the "glut" !
of a. veiy:bacl article. , Thabottont ofthis e•Al
consist:, ni the Practioeof country Storekeeperm
in taking butter from.their custemereb trade
and peeking it for shipment without Using any
care: in- sorting out the grades.. It iti:well••
known that a ;pound of rank better will totally.
rube d hundred weight of the tootitlobtlisoree
kind if they are mixed. When the geed and'
toad produce of dozens of dairies, therefore, iff
indiscriminately thiewn into.one gommon tub
in a back store -room end kept there for weeks
perhaps, before it is sent On a long journey in
the boated termtoa'Niiholes.'ale market,: the .
mast( generally arrives,there in- nhorrible con-
ditien;"if it benet only.Stfor waggon grease, .::_.
it is at best a very poor artiele. It remaiuir
without stile is the majority of cases under the
name of. "tub leptter, ' and 00 wonder it is.
'unmarketable, fol: it is unpalatable. The re-
medy for this that has been poieted out is the
establishment of practical butter buyers and. .
packers in centres of production, who will pay
the farmer cash, and, having' graded the se-
veral kinds, send them forward well cared for
to reliable agents. It is held by some that it,
does not payto make bitter for:less than•20
cents a poun-di and yet it :is safe t� say that
three-fourths of the stock at present offering
in. Montreal could be bought at from five to fen'.
cents, , . This Shows that there hail been a fear-
ful deterioration somewhere The upshot of
this matter is thatfarmers, for their own pro-
tection, will have either to form Butter &so-
ciations, sa they have ,done with apes° mak-:
ing, or else turn their attention solely to raising
•fat cattle for the English markets. If they :
really make and cure a first-class• article of
butter,`hevrever, and see that it iS shipped in
excelleht order to the large Wholesale markets, •. •
Whence, if not consumed there, it may he Sent
to Europe, they can make *Maley, for the best -
qualities for the tablecommand top Prices at
all times, It behooves them to take this mat.
ter into their eohaderation and improve, the
condition of things, fer it is not only operating
to their manifest disadvantage, but it is also
injuring the reputation of the dountry.-Ilimt.
Mort ni1e8.
•
• BORN.
Crasuow.--In. Clinton, on the 71h inst., the
• • wife of Mr, Goo. Glasgow, ot a son.
Clinton, on the 7th inst., the
• wife of Ale Jas. 12.Shepherd, of a daughter.
Hoist. -In Seaforth, on the 71h inst., the
Wife of My. W, Hoffman, of a son.
Senfortb, oh the 5th inst., the
wife of Mr.' Alex, Cardno, of,twies, sou
atddabgliter.
• W "NTT. Aririlita.t-AtBboy7rehe'eilirenneD0y0,i'0:i"thl:Jj'eore6pub!
Smith, Goderich township, Mr. jos. B,
• Wilmon, 'of. Ooderich township, to Miss
Eliza' Ball, of Ooderich town. • ,
Titonele-Dnew.-On theelti inste at the' le-
mideuce of the bride's father, Exeter, by
• the Rev. F. Ityam incumbent of Christ
Church, Mr, Lewis Thorne, merchant, te
Fannie, eldest daughter of Win. Drew
Esq., all of xeter, '
Scow- (lateen. -At the residence of the
bride's father, MeRillop, on the Oth Mee,
, by Bev. Mr. 'Barr, Mr. Joseph Seat, of
Roxboro, Alottillop, to Catherine, third
daughter of Thomas Grieve, tsq.
Beetet-Tnosiesox.-At the residence of the
• bride's mother, on the 1st inst.. by Rev,
Graham Mr, itobertleleck, to Mise
• Barbara Same daughter of the late Wit-
liam Thompson, Esq., al) of Sealorth.
Alt1071ZONG--,, MetAbalturs.-At Clifton Cot.'
tage Egmondville, on the Oth inst., by
:Rev'. William Graham, Mr, :Robert Arm -
stream to Miss Mary Jane McLaughlin,
both of tfullett,
eVese-Smiene-On the 6tli inst., by the Rev.
Thomas Crews, at the residence of the
bride's father,. Lydia E., yonngeat dangle
. tee of J. 8. Smith, leyde Park, to nenry
'West, jus„ ofoSeiaEfoprth.„
Sneeneen.-In Clinton, on the Oth lose; lee -
belle, wife of Ste Jas, L. Shepherd, agda .
35 years.
Mists-tee:so. -1u Verde, on the 10th Mg.,"
William Atinstrong, plod 70 'es;