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(city Book Store—C, Dickson.
Properties for sale—IL Hale,
Manitoba freight-,- C. Sundercock.
Manitoba freight—T. M, Elliott.
- Store to rent.. —W C. Searle.'
Groceries P. Robb.
Buggy for sale=1 his office.
Butter faetery r, -Jas. Braithwaite.
Great Sale t ib,,.Macwhirter & Co.
Famous hatter --W. Jackson..
House for,sale—C. A. Hartt. •
Wa11 paper ---W. H. Simpson.
House to Let—J. Morse.
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THURSDAY, k'EB:. 9, 1882.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
For the information pf persons' who have
he matter we may state that the
asked shout t f Y
majorities obtained by the Huron representa-
tives in the Local'ilousIe, at the last election,
were, Ross, 400 ; Gibson, 56 Bishop, 175.
The details: of the' United States censpe
show -that in ,ktassachussetts there are 71,431
natives of Canada ; in ;Rhode "xslaud : 16,300
claim the Dg•n
minion 'as their ative
I •
Geewhittaker ! Is .Canada tlus side W
latitude 44, or the other 1 >,
Statietics;are published which show that
the"attendance at the Toronto churches is
nearly 40 per cent•of the population, ''ibis,
compared with some American cities, is'a'good
showing, but it is still small when the facili-
ties for attending church in Toronto, are taken
into consideration-.-., '<
The Mail, which has so 'unbltishiugly ' as-
serted that in the particular instance of coal,
the producer pays the duty, must find it
mighty hard iwoik to, reconcile theory with.
practise in the case of,the Quebec tug owners,
who are petitioningthe government to re-
move the "duty. Why the petition, if the
producer pays the duty r '
E ®R R E OP OiN Di N'0
Applications for incorporation will be
made to the Dominion Parliament (which
opens today) frorn no less than ten proposed
railways in the northwest, twelve coloniza,
tion schemes,: and several navigation' an l
transportatiqu companies.
Down with.niohopolies is a.gry that is, now
ringing threugh the land. Fr`-om' all quarters
come the declarations of life -long -Conserva-
tives that Sir John Macdonald has Tedi them
to a point where. they ;must. seas,, ,to follow
hire.Ahigher duty than that of` fartYalle-
giance
now comes into play.
The London .Free : Press thinks ""the dis-
noted territory in, the west s t doesut amount
o much, anyway,' and isnot worth"troubling
• t,
wants Mr.' Mowat
about," yet it all the same, ,
nndis-
t in i
to ]cave the
Dominion Government
puted possession thereof, which he very" pro-
, perly will not do.
•. -b —
Wx often wondered what "(special mission
the Goderich News had to perform,'.but it -has
been disclosed at'last. ' It is to "'taffy up"
i. .
young members of the Conservative party.,,
and bring them -into greater prominence than
their circumstances would place them if left
alone.
A friend struck the keykeynote'the other
day when he .remarked that " if our young
men would .only think for themselves on the
public questions the -day, they would qui k
ly realize that the liberties, their fathers
fought for, are surely being taken' -from them
by a tyrannous and oppresive governrnt nti'i: •
+_..,
The United States Congress' has: P assetl`a
Congress
bill disqualifying polygamists,trom sitting in
Congress_ either as a (member' or delegate.,
• This is all right, but.they should. go further
vi
by stamping out the evil: And it they 'were
to
to go further still'. and refuse admission to'.all"
creators of scandal, they would do still better'.
Judge Cox refused the :'motion for a neat
trial in 6itteau's case. and on Saturday sen-
tenccd him to' be huug.on the ;30th of Jtiire.
:When sentence.wis delivered, the prisoner
reanifestecl the.grcatest yiblcnce, and indulg-
ed in his customary harangue. It is to be
hoped the sentence will -be: carried` out dud'
thus end one of the most outrageous bur-
. ..
ever wittieseed .i:i',the shape.-o£_av trial
for murder.
.',Judge-Stluire's'case,caiue up in,the-courso
'of routine.busiuess,in.the:Local Legislature;.
on Monday, Mr:. Meredith 'asking -for ; infor•
oration in connection therewith; and'at;same
time asserting „thatthe Judge's • resignation
had been placed in 141,r. Mowat's hands. This
the Premier denied, but he; promised'tol look
into tho correspondence,;anii the matter Will
likely come up again ere long. Itis time it
was settled in some nratiner.
The Collingwdod Bulletin says;,_" a ':rather
gloomy subject for our .citizens; to reflect
upon, is the`dargej number of vacant,'stcres
and dwelling houses.in;different parts of_-tho
town." Collingwood is not the'.Ionly place.
with vacant dwelling houses ;by the score.
A. number of places not far off could" be'enu-
merated, where houses can. be rented ' for the
merest trifle, • Fortunately,• it is not •so in
Clinton,; but, unfortunately, it is so in` ether
places. -
The. Mail occasionally publiehes the ,names.
, of Liberals who favor the N. . P.-abdl-who'be-
lieve it to be the he ploy '-ultra in favor of busi
nose. This is quite likely; as thorn are some.
Liberals just as selfish arid .narrow in. their
views as Ministerialists, and is wouldbe a very,,,
oasy matter to give the .nafnes of,Conserva
tives who are tlrooughly ,disgusted with the
policy of the, present Dominion government,
but as we have no desire to see these men
".spotted' by the button -hole • canvasser's of -
the Conservatrde ''party, we do not publish.
them. We.linow some, a owever, whose ;bat-
lots at the next election, will=not bo marked
favorable to the.N'.
We call the attention of our r'eadera toTa
letter 'on landlordisu •rim :another column-
from the pailof one whZt*' has . been nearly"
fifty years in this country and during the
whole of thattiriie aid active .participantin
political affairs, and.sincc his retirement from
theactive duties of life was'a close obtiery
er
and an. occasional 'contributoe,of -papers
upon -governmental subj4ts ortlie'present
time. It will clearly -'be. saki that the•letter
in no' way supports tlio• aggressive and unjust
acts of the communicative characters`i'u Dari•,
ous parts of the world, but opposes" the un.
wino and unjust alienation of the laud from
those who would 'malt it productive, 't nd
therefore a blessing to. the eomrnonweath, to
bestow it upon those wlio.would'make use of
it to wring out from the laborer a good share
of,his .hard earnings,
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LANDLORDISM,
3'o t4s Ed°itoi'• of t1he;Clintoh rArew Erca,
Slit, In
a late issue you gave the new
government{ settlement regulations•, as to
lthe' north west lands- The new features
are_ in (regard to' colonization, . by which
large purchasers may obtain,- an abatement
of..one-half ;the price` on; pl ting a settler,
on each of. two quarters of a.section, the
,price: being $2 an acre, t'he rebate $160 on
each'settler.1That is, a man can purchase
160 acres for himself;at $3p0, but if for a
tenant, whom'ho brings along, he getsit
for :'$160.. 'The regulation% recognize
homesteads and pre-emptions on the
even -numbered sections, 'of • A " B C.
The odd-nj mliered sections .in clues
A . belong__,to the -syndicate, but : the
homesteads are limited by the privilege
of the syndicate to reject such sections as
they'deem vnfertile . and: choose elsewhere,
, ,
and ,possibly by' ; Hudson Bay Company
claims and. school:'lai"ds. • I` have not the
former regulations -so cannot be positive
as to this matter. It was reported] that
this company was. selling at the rate of.
20,000 acres: a month, for an average of
,$6:. Mr acre, whioh•seems very strange;if;
half -the land was open-to-free-•settlem'ent.-
However,: the lands ha class D are open'
to 'occupancy by a 'tenant • 'class. The.
Christian Union, of Jan 19, has an article
on this matter, growing out of the British
land:ditHculties, and open.ing:.with the as-
sertion that,,:.; .An "ounce of prevention. is
worth a pound •of cure." ..It states that
" the endeavor there is to "get back, as
nearly as 'possible,' to that natural condi-
tion of society•in which the; owner and the
cultivator of the soil are: one'and•the Same.
person "'"'That " there has 'been a steady
development of great landed 'estates in the
wast; and landlordism in California would
be,,:perhaps as" bad as in Ireland, if the
resources were not more mu,merous and
tiro. population. less dense, ";'fThere are.
indications, of similar, precessesagniing on
in 'tha South:" • "To these' $orris\of land
concentration mast be added.those.invo1v-
od rn' largo purchases by railroad; mining,
and; timber ;enterprises," -All' this teri.ds
oto ' `` begneath • a legacy" of elifi]bulty and
'danger t'o fiituru ge'i eratiens." The Writ-.
.er .might, hive noticed the- serious dis-•
tirrbances which occer ed some years ago,
on the Van ili,nnsi];.Ler and other ssatos
noar-'Albso :, It ii ocilc 25 years ago, that,
the;: rnited .pr'nv iv:ces of Upper and Lower
Canada' hem nit the "Seignorial.elaims'.
in the latter, proYiace; .by•which the ;deco-:,
piers becorne'f:reuholdersinstead of'tenants,'
In d1 the cnuntries'of th1: rill world.tl e`
v rkiir,%%. people do ,rot earn eunnelr' tori-.
tine ously for the purposes of life and gedli•''
nese.: 1non'gb, ,perchance,:for a measure
of. these, / hilt not for thii:liighest nor a_
moderato .d'evern pnien.t',of•eitheh. '`'Tie'
only. remedy; is to. 'fulfil (mood's command;
to go and replenishthe earth and stibdn e
it to migrate to'. unoccupied lands= 'and.
till them, that there may be " foed and
cobering" sufticient.for.there and to spare..
The confusion of Babel was to' enforce'
this, and :prbably the_Irish':faiaine of''4fi,
and other events of::similar character:'•
The 'only lremedy 'f'or poiverty Is migra-'
tion to tincultivated' lands. '.In order to
hriiig ahnut.` this result it is the ,duty. of
governments controlling unpoopled a'reas,'.
to naake'the n'accessible to those wishing;
their occupancy and 'longing, to cultivate
there . To rnake ::wild lands a 'source of
revenue or'profit is a greatacri'me, lt,:is
an obtrusiou',betw-oen; po 'erty'and supply,'
inhuman and•'irijurious to tlie..country. ,it
is enabling parties.who•do mottling_ to 'ini=
prove, to make the, struggle. Of • those .who
do,. more protracted and flreadful' It:waa.
the operation• of this -principle ',in -Teeing'
the scantiest and hardest earned existence:
upon the 'masses -;'that' origr:iated'the
French revolution: -forced the.flightof the
proprietors, and the massacre .of those re-:
—t
Gaininghesequestijation of=their yStates
and -their partition a.rrbng small iproprie-
tdPrwlro vi'eretnce-te5sute,'
The process is going on in Britain ,and'
Ireland now, (forced by the small: surplus
above rental in consequence of the foolish,
if -not criminal;competition,for tenancy:
My opipionlis'that people have.•no rightto.
• stayand drive' such cotnpeti i'vo brddings,,
or sharp and ,close cuttings in trade. It'
is their duty to seek' t nocclipie1 lands and'
openings elsewhere..', When the ;children,
of Joseph complained of the insufficient
allotment, Joshua advised them tri go,"up
into thewood country and cut clown and.
make 'clearances for thernselves. •
Plenty' of such advice'is: given 'now=-,
emig,,ration rs :sufficiently advoca€ed in. tire.
Old World' but the's'canted people have
not .the pluck to take t the obvious, Only,.
and"`divinely commanded course to -escape'
from their .privations, and place their
cliildrenbeyond the'po sibility of them:
And here,iealiowntl�e rod(. i •ire '
d o trim
p. g �
of the Dominion Govern.thent in blocking-
the, way of- scape,.by' thei'r' bargainyWith'-
the Syndicate, and by alieiuttint :lrind7 for'
speculation.
. I have heretoforewritten on those
heinous wrongs done,'to the would-be in
dustrious poor, • whet .are either, prevented
an 'entry on the lands;( or oornpelled..;:tei .la-
lbor for.years to benefit 'unproductive par-
ties; and, under the p'etence of tfacilitatiwg
occupancy, by"malting",railroads,, vhiclt:
would gine ,aloiost of, themsrrlves_froiri the
exigency of settlers. I continue to insist
'that the bargain with'; the ,Syndicate' 'must
die Abrogated; awl:. the -bonds. issued under
thgir charter repudiated -,--that such taxes
be itnposed'on the Hudson Bay Co4any'a
.lands, and other inoccupied._tracta, as,;,
shall force' their e40. Large purchases of
land were made a Michigan when first:
settled ; but taxation forced owners to .of-
fer it at 75 cents per acre for which the
U. 5:
Government had been paid S1.25.
The tax laws of Wisconsin are ruinous to
speculators, and justly so.
The Government of Ontario continues'
the offer of free grants ; but is, for the
present; :blocked by the Dominion Govern-
ment refusing to recognize the award 'of
territory to this Provrncs, and the Syndi-
cate claiming timber on it. Forcible resis-
tante; by Ontario, is "advocated if her
rights are thus,invaded. So here' are the
germs, as well CS in the north west, of an-
other rebellion, which will be successful,
as was ultithately'that of 1837.
So infamous,was the role of the FamilyCom-
pact that Lords;Durhatn' and Sydenham
justified the rebellion. The first was sent
out as a Commissioner, to find out the
causes of trouble and recommend remedies;
and he reported in- favor of adopting the
charges, placed by Mackenzie:"before Sir
,Francis 13ond Head, and more too ; and
the latter lwas seirt, as: governcn!, 'to carry
the changes out, which I" thought at the.
time, he occasionally did in rather an un-
scrupulous manner. •
Since theresponsible government, at
first'thought of by W. L. Mackenzie, re-
commended by. Lord Durham, aiid inau-
gurated by Lord Sydenham{ has been in
operation; the' Conservatives," so called,
have endeavored to neutralize it by cor-
ruption ; and Sir ?J: A., Macdonald never
knew or carried ,on any 'other mode of
government. Gulling "and .bribery were:
his only powers.
Feb. 1; 1882. •
It ie the duty of every person who rias used
BOeentm,s GsRhrAN; Sicaur to .let its wonderful'
qualities be known to their friends in curing eon-,
sumption. severe (Coughs, croup, asthma, pneu-
monia, and in fact all throat' and lung diseases.
No person can use it without ;immediate relief.
Three doses will relieve any case, and we•con-.
elder it the duty of all drirggists, to recommend
it to thpe oor dying consumptive; at least to try.
one bottle;"as 100,000 dozen bottles were sold last
year, and no one case, where it failed was report
ed:• Such a"medicirie as thie.Germau•Syrup cam.
not be too widely known.. Ask your,druggist,
,Ibottles to trysotdat-l0'cent
about it. Sam s
lei
Regular size 75 coots. For:sale by J. ff. Combe
wIN M.
Caurcorc UTana.-On Sunday the new
Presbyterian Church in this town was open,:
for worship, by Rev. Dr. Cochrane,. of
Brantford, who preached in_his well known
eloquent and stirring manner. On Mon-
day evening a largely' attended tea meeting
was held. The church is said to bo one of
the finest'structures of the kind west of
London. Mr. M. Cassels, a retired con
tractor, formerly of Clinton, spent all his
spare time in the building, helping 'to get;
it ready for the opening. This beautiful,
edifice, erected and -furnished at a cost of
about $13,000, is situated;on a well -elevat-
ed site, and in a commanding; as well as
central position. • It has two fronts, the
principal one being on Josephine avenue.
T e design is gothic, and the size 80'x48
feet,•--The,fr-o1it facade is. well broken with
vertical lines, giving the 'whole a stately
appearance. The two main streets are 75
feet out from the -foundation., Tho inside
finished is" treated in „the most modern
style, 'all the woods being, finished in their
-natural colors. The spaciblis'galleries are
finished with ornamental .east iron work-
in bronze green. " The height of the ceil-
ing, in the auditorium is forty feet, and the'
basement ceiling, twelve feet.:' The:seating
capacity is estimated -at, -1 000:=-T-he—snug-
sum of $280 was taken `at ;the door, show-
ing that there must have been considerably
over ,one thousand 'in. attendance.. The
proceeds 'froth " Sunday collections and
soiree amounted to a total of $500
. An anonymous postal card calls oar_ •atteh-
tiou to the fact that in :a recent issue . of this
this interesting and "authentic paper it was
stated that the "toast of ,the "Army and
Navy" 'at the 'Burns anniversary • dinner—at
Lucknow was •responded to by Capt. John
Mct`ill cudy: , We are assured that this `was
an error, and that a toast -was responded to.by
Major D. McGillieudy, of the Goderioh Signal,.'
We regret the error. We would not rob; Ma-
jor Daniel -of the slightest honor; in fact we
would make him a Colonel in a minute if we
could; and even a General's ob would be none
too good for him —London Advertiser. Gra-
cious,goodness. .Only think of "Major Dan-
iel." We doubt very 'much whether' Gode-'
rich.. will be large enough to stand this additi-
onal title.
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Just "Arrived, ,my first lot •o.
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Consisting of those rich American shades,
and will be sold cheap.
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Quires NOTE PAPERS 20 - cfis.:
BUSINESS ENVELOPES a. small l ce on cost b
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the box: All Stationery very 1:ow..
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SIM PSO'N, C1irn�on.
RICH WIDE- EMBROIDERY.
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CORSETS, all sizes; and desirable s able makes.
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50 B.
UNDLES OF CARPET WARP..
WHITE TE an\d COLORED COTTON YARNS.
3 BALES ALES DUCKS AND � DENIMS..
1 BALE TICKS.
2 BALES SHIRTINGS.
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