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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-07-13, Page 4w A•drertioettteut °oda—Chrie: Dickson. our hatter?—'W. Jackson. voter's" dist—J. Calllender d voter's list -IL Hunter; as, &c—W. Marten. ant wanted—Mrs. Reeve. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1882. NOTICE. Parties hitherto getting the NEW ERA at the Clinton Post Office will oblige, after this week, by calling at the office of pub- lication for them, as, by the new arrange- ent, such papers require to be stamped. t is quite probable a change in -this re- pect will be made, as -the" department is oreliberal. to distant subscribers than to ose in the vicinity, who only require the ere handing out of the paper, and not also its carriage to an indefinite distance. There is, .also, a misunderstanding ,as to nvhat .the act really does mean in this mat iter, ae _eo-me places, we -underatand;.-are` still delivering papers as formerly. Our office will be open until 7 o'clock every., venin for the accommodation of"parties evening calling for their papers. REFORM PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE. ' ;Discuaeinsthe position of affairs in .the Dominion,' as indicated by the late elec- tion, a cotemporary argues,thus and comes n "to the following conclusion " Considering that five years is but a shortP eriod in the life of a:nation, neither the Liberal party nor its leader, Hon. _Mr. Flake, will.despair of obtaining the oppor- tunity to govern Canada in accordance with';sound economical principles 'and the dictates of an enlightened patriotism. If we couldonly obtain office' by running off after false gods, as the Tories have done, let us stay' out ; if for the sake of office we must labor for the disruption of the. Em• pire, as the Independents advise, let us do without office, but if the people of Canada are amenable to reason and common sense" the time is not far distant when the Libe- rals shall obtain the authorization of the popular vote totake 'control ,'of public af- fairs, and keep it without any such=tricka and scheming as Sir John Mar'donald de- pends upon for his positions," . While the conclusions of- the above are perfectly sound, and the results indicated _are_toss_ hopedJereitsttaa_notefollsw.thal_ these results will be arrived at, for the : simple reason that 'a good any arenot: open to conviction, or in other words. "are not amenable to reason."•. It: i8, unfortu- nately, a phase of' human character, that' man prefers wrong to right, as Barnum says, "Like to be humbugged,"—it seems oisier for him to do •wrong " thanto do right, and becomes : more natural as the propensity-to—do wrong -is' yielded to. _ _Very fewLindeed; would dispute the`state- ment that in the moral economy_there ie a right and wrong side to everything, and•. it is equally true, notwith`s coding .its fr'e •- "quent denial, -that in political economy,. the same moral principle holds good. If people would only reason out for them- selves the various public ;issues that are from.:...time-to _time_btau hi -before th em instead of believing the, assertions of any or every one on 'a particular point, the state of affairs in Canada would be much different to what they are, and- until they do that, political dans gogues will ;hood - them and make use`: of their influence to retain themselves in-- power, while -'at; -the... same time they will-smileat the credulity of their servile supporters. What ought to -be is ono thinwhat is,: quite 'another. eg, SUBJEVTS FOKK D1eeUUS i1ON, " What will the newspapers do now the elections bre over ?,they will have nothing to write about," was the remark made to us by a friend the ';other day. The state- ment is'a,.natural one, in the sense that Some people do not stop to think,but the latter part of the expression is incorrect, in fact, newspapers have just as many sub- jests to. Write aboutnow as ever, and we believe that on some points there is more need of discussion now than ever, but, un- fortuately, too many people cannot separ- ate some cf the questions of public inte- rest s from th�r party prejudices, and'the ret P Y P ] +: discussions, therefore, are not as favorably received as their merits deuiand. Many apparently suppose that because, ,people, eo le b action express a decided opinion one way or another in reference to any measure, that their action settles forever the question of that being right, but such is not the case, and it is only by , constant discussion that people get their eyes open- ed to See what is, really right and wrong. It is true that often its takes "a long' time' b - -and requires mcuhlabor' before -this -is ac - coni lished, but the end- may `be attained P , in time. of Monday,'that;now The Mail, urges the elections are Over and the dog days are here, less politica be discussed •but with its usual inconsistencydevotes the next 'columnto a discussion of both Onta- rio and Dominion: politica. If discussions: of public affairs were car- ried on in the preps and elsewhere with a desire to arrive atthe troth, as they should be, and without so many side issues being broughtin, having no immediate relation whatever thereto : thet; ,P ro gress of the ub- P lie mind in intelligence would • be really more than it is. But, however - honest. a .writer may be; however'clear and logic his reasoning, however conclusive and . con vincing Ibis arguments, there is always ' a strong inclination and tendency on the part of those who may not see as he does,' to distort his language and ideas, to twist, his arguments for purely' party 'purposes,. and endeavor as far as possible to weaken. the force of his reasoningb introducing Y false issues andPartizanship. .Yea,.there are plenty of subjects for dis- cussion even since the election, and the. NEW Ent. intends to devote its energies_ in so doing with the hope that some -good �owover Small; �niay be done.�Vfe .��_ always willing to be corrected, if " in error, and our columns are always open to those who may not be willing to accept as correct our views upon any subject discussed: T8mum or111q. CELEgRIITION IN CLINTON Fine Weather, Large Crowd, Good Time. The anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, was celebrated in this town yester- day (Wednesday) by an unusually large gathering both of people and lodges.— Early in the morning crowds flocked into the town by all the highways, and every train brought its contingent of passengers, until there was an enormous number of people: in town. Thestores wore their most attractive appearance, flags flying from all quarters, evergreen' bushes and bunting decorating the premises. Arches of evergreens had been erected the night previous in different parts of the town -one across Albert street in front of Swarts' • hotel another across' Huron street in front of Kennedy's hotel, also one in -front'-of the .-Commercial,-one-in---front-of- the'Orange Lodge on Albert stieet, and another in froii of Messrs. Moore's store and eating room. Refreshment booths, were erected in numerous places, in fact some one -remarked that there was a booth or, tent for every person " present, .but all seemed to do a rushing business. As the different lodges arrived in town )the familier tones of the fife and drum lent their aid in increasing the general hum, and until about 12 o'clock the noise was almost deafening, Short] after one o'clock the lodes as - bled on the Market Square•, and then took their pplace in the line of; procession as given below:= - WEST HURON ELECTION. If we were to take our local cotemporary as a sample of the whole (which we do not) we should have to' come to the Con- clusion that on-clusion!that its party did not wish to have in their midst an honest and fair` dealing public.:servant,e_wheae _er._maY.:x-lbiug was being done that" brought the two political, parties into competition, for that is the only "inference that can be drawnfr.om its article 'of• last week on the West Huron election:; but, fortunately for Mr. Cameron 'and the credit of the riding,.a. gentleman, was appointed, :returning officer that was detertnined-to- Perform -his dutY-- faithfully and justly -even et' he had to-do violence to the wishes and advice of his,party lead- era, and„notwithstanding'the` wilful or: ig- norant nonperformance of certain' routine duties of some , of his subordinates Willson.:not•only ComPlied with the letter the la but'' alsoythe spirit :of- it ,li of w, p y postponing his declaration, and he showed his desire: to comply strictlyWith theaaw by b. • oinLa ogg to London t' etlegahadvice on a the subject If,the course pointed out by our "cotemporary is the one that is to be ,taken in future, whenever the elections are managed by, the party iii: ower, then, theywill' become -a farce and• honest gov- ernment..will begat an ;end, for there, will not be' the slightest difficulty in so arrang- ing it. that Certain ballot boxes or certifi 'Oates Shall not. ;be forthcoming at •the pro- Per time,nd a•''thus"enable the returning ofheer to -declare the;governmentcandi date elected, Whether he has the majority of votes'or not. - rrom what has subsequently transpired elsewhere, Reformers -had great reason to fear that they ,would not be 'fairly dealt with, and st appears,that it was only by the accident of appointing Mr. Willson, who has notP played, into the hands of his party as it was expected and intended he ivould, that Mr. Cameron, who,•it is • ad- mitted, has themajority of the total vote, -has been declared elected. WOMAN, IUFFRAI E." • r discussing our cotem orariea are u Some of o p g , the adviseblity of extending , to ''women` the right to vote, in the Dominion, and on this subject we take the %olloiving from b the Belleville -Daily Ontario :=1 " We have sufficient confidence in the intelligence. and patriotism of the women. of Canada. to trust them -with' the exercise' of the franchise now, without waiting to;. be "educated in -the elementsi'of political ethics." A good many of our wives -and daughters may not pretend to take Made, interest in the `burning questions', that so much agitate the minds of their hus- bands and brothers, but that is no reason. why they shouldbe considered ignorant of the "merits or demerits of such questions. _ All women of sufficient age and intellect' are qualifier to vote, without graduating. at a female college or peeing as a blue stocking." The probability is that it will be:some. time before the franchise is !extended to -women in Canada, not because they are, unacquainted with politicalt affairs, for many Of ---them know -a-souch tlrereon-ae- some men, but because public sentiment is opposed to the innovation, which may, be just or otherwise, still it exists, and until this is removed, and the women also .. ,show_ that they desire the privilege, -it: is not likely to be granted. • In the territory of Wyoming women have had the privi- lege of voting for about seven years, and one of the prominent •men there" affirms thattheofs the presence of women. atp 1 has had a decidedly noticeable beneficial effect on election contests,' and+that the , people of that territory have no desire .to deprive the females of this privilege. This maybe; and-doubtlea is quit° true, but it seems singular that Wyoming is the only territory sr tem the system has been Adopt- ed, and (so -far as we: know)! in no State.- Porhaps the women of Wyoming are of. a' different spirit to the women of�anj where —eige; whinlr-maraccoune fe it. • English Ironclads Boni - bard the City' of Alexandria. And blow up four forts. English Losses, Light. WAR commenced :between Eegland and Egypt on Tuesday morning, the bombard- ment of Alexandria by, severalEnglish iron clads being the commencement of active hostilities. Four of-the"forts held by the Egyptians were blown up , and completely demolished. , At the beginning of , the bombardment immense excitement was visible. Crowds were seen wending their way toward the palace. The streets soon became,. deserted, people having fled or taken refuge in the cellars. " I The cannonading from the fleet after it got fairly under way was simply the nsost perfectspecimen of navalwarfare witness- ed in modern times. ' The guns had been -all-shotted-and trained -for nearly-twenty-- four early twenty --four hours, but when the order to, open fire:. was given the crisis"made gunners no- ticably nervous, but ;this was only, for •a moment. , Within `twenty minutes from the first slot the men aboard the ships steadied to their work in such grand style that every shot did just whatit was fired to do. g - Bayyfield Lodge, No. 24, W. W. O'Con- nor, Master., . Goderich'."township No. 145, R. John- ston, ston, "Master. : Goderich town, No. 153, R. Gordon,. Master. Goderich town, No. 182,"F. W. Jobe_ ston, Master. Holmesville, No. 189, , G. Cantelon, Master. Saltford, No. 262; R. Armstrong, Master. Hill's Green; No. 308, J. Concit,:Master.' Hullett, No. 526, W. McMillen, Master.. Clinton,' No: 710, E. Floody, Master. McKillop, ` No. 813, J. -Scarlet, Master. Chiselhurst, No. 825, • R. Livingston, Master. ' Dashwood, No. 826; Jos. Gill, Master.--: Goshen Line No. 833 J McGill Master. 424,_J.:_S ackman,.,bl rapier:... Summerhill ` No.. 928,F. "Mcllveen ,, Master. " . Manchester, No. 932G.Routledge, , Master. • .: '. Varna, No.1035, J. Johnston, Master. Elimville, No. 1071, R. Cooper, Master. Seaforth, No. 1388, Capt. Dawson, Mas- ter. In addition to' the bands : belonging to each lodge, the Goderich and Benmiller. bands were present,' and .rendered" a num- ber of um-ber-of tunes in splendid style. - The procession proceeded by way of the Huron road to Smart's grove, contiguous to the--Fx -R statig where -a -platform had been erected from whence the .speech es:were to be delivered. -• After a few preliminary arrangements, the. County Master, Mr. F. W. Johnston, delivered a brief address, giving a'•synop- sis" of the history of the order and refer- ring to its present prosperity. He'was followed by. the Revs. Messrs. Parker Epi's'copal Methodist, "Hills Green, Mr. McDonagh, Canada,Methodist,' Clin- ton, J. J. ;Rice, Bible Christian, all of themgiving brief, histories of the'order,its . and':influ n -g progress e ce fr, .good upon the destiny of protestantism. '• At 6 p. m. action; closed for the day. Forty of the English were wounded, but none killed. It is said that their loppon ents lost heavily.' • The English "men -of war. received some damage from the forts of Alexandria during the assault, but nothing serious Englandhas two we - e ne ntentions in .the war• that has been begun with Egypt.' The first is to place in'' power in• the land of the Khedive such an authority as will g guarrantee there shall be no'more" anarchy, and that the free residence of Europeans in Egypt shall not further be menaced. The other is to fully protect. the Suez Canal,' and keep it' as a highway of commerce as clear as the open sea. Both objects are prompted by motives,that will secure approval. throughout the civilized,. world. 11dfi di t BROWN DRESS MUSLINS, with fancy flowers and figures, very pretty. BLACK DRESS MUSLIMS, with white' stripes, also 'flowered and figured. GREY "FANCY DRESS MUSLINS nice goods. LIGHT FANCY—DRESS. MUSLIMS a .magnifi- cent nifi- cent. assortment. BL` K" MORIE SASH RIBBONS. Morse Black and ''Satin :Stri e, SASHSH RIBBONS Black Satin and Falie SASH RIBBONS. , •I FANCY -SASH RIBBONS. -Back Watered Prints. Black PR=NTS In ac embossed _r --int aew�s : l h . cr P s t es c 1 e_ 0 0 c od -A -Dark-Prints,-nobby. s. New , Great novelties in LADIES SHAWL for afternoon rn S . e con. and evening; wear. TBlack and colored $UTINGS g lain ;and figured. ured. ,P GREAT" VALITE IN BLACK 'CASHMERES. '1 PARASOLS inimmense variety, �0 Scheap. A highly romantic story is given as the key to the Egyptian trouble.. Earlyin life, it is said, the warlike Arabi Pasha felt the promptings of Cupid rattier than -of Mars, and while under the influence of :the getle; god ;loved and woedl one: of Egypt's, dark -eyed daughters. Ismail Pa- sha, the ex -Khedive, however, also"felt. the smart of Cupid's.edart,-to.-drop" into' `Wegglike poetry: and being the most powerful, and not in the least scrupulous;, he had her carried off to his harem. Ara- bi was made a. Bey, but this did not pla- cate him, and he vowed eternal vengeance.. against Ismail` and all his tribe. This he .thinks he is getting. THE IIR.ISH TROUBLES' • Now. that England is somewhat -involv- ed in the;. Egyptian trouble it is thought, -that—the—turbulent—Irish—'.will—make—use of the occasion as an opportunity -for• throw.. ';ligeoff-Wha-tthey:;consider eq•"ayoke_of: bondage" and commence an armed resis- tance -.against the'English 'power. `i Should. thsybe•foolish enough:to do this, England willsettle thelrish!question in a way that they never anticipated. The Rev.' Mr. Craig was also to have addressed them, and was on the platform. for. -.the. purpose, whenhe was calledaway_. to perform a marriage service. At the conclusion of the addresses the ledges reformed and then marched up town, when some soon after took trainfor home, others remaining until a later hour. Notwithstanding the large • crowd in town+ which numbered ere_ thousands, ver good:. order :was maintained, and but little evidence was given;that anything -stronger than soda -water was drank. •..-.► ` IIU1tON PRESBYTERY. This Presbytery:met in Bayfield, on the lith inst. Mr, Stewart was appointed. Moderator , for • the . ensuing six months. A callfrom the congregation of Exeterto Rev. John Gibson,' B " A., was sustained— the' call was unanimous;, stipend" promised, -$700, with a free house.- -1111-Turnbull, of Goderich, was appointed Convener of iomeMission Committee. Moderation in a call was grantedto the congregations of "Rodgerville,,and'Chisel- hurst, the congregations promising to pay an annual- stipend of $800, with a manse,. the moderation toatake place on the'25th ingt. " A minute was adopted respecting thetraris: l tn of Harley to a o Mr. ale the of I3luevale,: "The Presbytery o ; uron While agreeing to the translation oftheir brother, ' Mr. Hartley, whq for several years held one of the pastoral charges -Writli n -the -bounds of -this Presbytery, can -- not allow the occasion to pass without placingon record their testimony to his ability as a preacher of the gospel, and to his courteous bearing, towards_hisbrethren is the ministry. Moreover he wa's alwa,ys found ready to assist officially whenever: his services: were `called into requisition. The Presbytery sincerely desire that the. divine blessing may accompany their bro- ther in his new spheref labor. Also Ymay that, whatever trial or difficulty fall to him may prove to enhance 'his'useful- nces. in • the future, and aid him, through, grace frons en _high, to win the plaudits of the 1VIaster, "Well done, good wand faithful servant." A-ineeting-ofethe G`onservatistes_of_the_ Weal Riding was held at Goderich, on Monday, to consider` the prospects: of a 'protest against Mr. Cameron's retnrnr— The attendance of delegates was not" very large:; So far as we can learn no decision was arrived at, and we haverdoubts if a protest will be entered at all, because we do•not'believe';there'are sufficient grounds to warrant it, notwithstanding the' reports induatrioual circulated'to'the contrary: -4 • We have reason to believe that Mrr-Caloird-' ron has nothing to fear from an examina- tion i xamina-tion' into his course during the late contest. acrd we believe we express the sentiments of Mr., Cameron when we say; that if his opponents -think -they--have any grounds upon which they can disqualify or even unseat him, they are at liberty, to sail in. We ,venture to predict that should Mr. Cameron be unseated for any infraction ,6f �' improbable, law, -Which is exceedingly- 'march b , ho will be re-elected by 'a much larger tl's ecial lot of ove 50 p x 0 ds, BLACK SILKS, --"�° 4. he finest goods e s s .and best Valu r . shown own i n town.A large;tot ef newstriPe press Silks, in many lovely shades, very cheap. Corsets for the million, all leading styles.' Piles Of LISLE , DACE 'SIL -K and KID ' GLOVES. Piles eS Of (iA1ZPET..c CURTAINS,.".DAMASKa and , . RUGS. Piles.T of COTTON aIld BALBRIC; SAN HOSE, Piles 'of goods, largestt assortment, Complete varletY� choice goods.. Prices are right. Competition not feared, but bravely met in every de.apartment at the reat I rn Oti = House of Huron TheDry GoodsP laL• ce.• HN JO HODGE'NS CLI''NTON: THE ',HIGH'. SCHOOL . Without entering into 'any criticism'. of the merits of the discussion now being on with respect'to the man's em nt carried g. e of the Clinton High School, the take the opportunity of placing before our readers the opinion of Mr Buchan, High School Inspector, of Mr. Turnbull's qualifications as a Scholar and in 1876,which is iis'follows; -"-Heis •an:acuteteacher and. first-rate scholar." Again, in 1880, he says :=" Mr. Turnbull is a manof high education, an excellent' scholar,' and a re- markably successful teacher.r ma Y s ccess ul In;sho t he is one of the best 'High School head mas- ters in', Ontario." Again, in ',1882,: he states, ."You are `quite 'at inserter! refer to me." These are the opinions of one in a posi- tidit not only able to judge, and who has every opportunity of knowing thoroughly what he is talking about, but is entirely unbiased. It:will be difficult to reconcile these opinions with the, estimate formed. by Ratepayer and other writers; but the impartial readers`, may forth their own con- Clusions'. Y WINGHAM. • BAN$ING Cliesin ,-=Mr •Ben.a Wi lson has accepted the position of Manager of the Bank. of Hamilton here, made vacant by the removal of Mr. Carbould,, to Port: Elgin. The intention is to combine both banking businesses into one grand mono Poly, THE LIGHT FANTASTIC.,— We. under stand that it is the intention of some of 'our ambitious young lady-killers in town to entice a certain number of young ladies to a dancingartyin the town hall here Friday evening. 'No doubt they will, carry their long little . black canes with tiny' white eyes in them. along, 'to keep out -intruders so to speak. • • ENLARcuNo.•rMessrs Scott & j Bell rare enlarging their already large furniture factory.. Messrs. James W. Orr, , alfa David Per- rhe-;were:recommended "to, thoBoard-of ex-.. aminers of Knox College as=suitable cru didates for the ministryThe, standing continittees for the' year were appointed, and Members appointed"to.take charge of the schemes of the church Presby - House The y House and Lotfor Sale. trim subscriber offers for sale a foostAgibly situ- ated house and lot on Mary Stitet`'u the rising town of Clinton. The house is frame, we 1 built and finished complete in•all'respects, and contains 9 rooms' -4 down stairs, with splendid collar; hard and soft orator, woodshed; good stable and all condenioncos on the lot.: There is half an acre of land, on which are planted s number of choke fruit, trees; _wi 1 be sold on reasonable terms. W. MUIR. Clinton, April :13..1882. Clinton. FARM FOR SALE. NEAR; THE, VILLAGE OF IBLYTH, - •On London; Huron 8c Bruce Railway T' OT 29 on 14th., con. of township of Hullott 4 134 acres or brat -class land; :aboutm cleared, and balance first-class' hardwood; a good spring rues'aeross the lot; small orchard, also Bons', • Blyth` station, on London, Huron & Bruce g tern is to meet a sin iri Clinton off tis 1 miles dista he 2nd Railway, where-nt.: Apply to there aro extensive salt works, 1 /.Tuesday-of-Sept-ember.at,10,a "m,-..• . ilo;c h64"Tordnto P, 0. • • mal r ty. Invite attention to .the following g lines of 5. oods,. 11 WoolDress ".:ress .:Good . Black lor o and C ed "Cash" na.eres hito d and Printed Piques: Whate and Colored Lawns White: and Printd " e Lawns. Blk& Cold Kid d l ov s -2 4 6 button. utt . Lace Curtains, Quilts, Towelling, &c. 0 J. This department, under the: management p �. ee n b C. 'Cutter, -has COLE,second to `none as; a Cutte . are success. t: g a HATS & CAPS . _and: _GE INGS. �;URI�IS� BOOTS .A.N SHOES Crockery 8e Glassware -at cost R. COATS & SOH' CLINT!)