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Bxeeetore :notice ---3. Essen.
Music--Poberty'$ musts store.
For 20• days --Lawrence & Graney.
Save money --Law once & Gracay.
Weed. wanted ---Lawrence & Gracey,
Stock of furniture--Lawrenee & leracey.
Dressmaking -WO Trewartha.
.A.uctioneerr70. A. McLeod.
Tenders wanted -'G. Elliott.
• "Girl wanted -Mrs, Macpherson.
Gretna Union Hotel --Mrs. Morley.
'fiats and neckwear -,W. Jackson.
Trimmings. T. Jstckeon & Son.
'Car • space -Pay & Wiseman,
lint*
1?UI DAY, • FEB. 2d3, If$dd.
Tire . reACIi.' ONI 9114• I31.4I0
Ono of the mostGimeus and unwar-
• ranted attacks over made .ona public plan
was that of the Mail, a fete days' sinces.
which, in a flaring art£ole;' charged Mr
Blake with making everturna.to the Que-
° bee members of the 13ouse,te'support him
in lrreferenee to Six Jphn.c In the House.
next clay, one of the most respectable
nombere, of the French-Canadian party,.
Mr. Ouimet, a prominent Conservative,
gave it direct and unequivocal aeni:t'l of
the story, and manifestedhis high respect
for the honorable qualities of Mr. Blake.
Mr. Blake also -denied the truth of the
story, it being his usual'custom to ignore.
any attack upon him bynewspapers which
are in the habit of daily making auch at-
tacks from motives Confessedly of "politi-
cal exigency.". But the.Mail is apparent-
ly not satisfied with these denials, even-
when
venwhen coming from members °tits. own
party, and continues to repeat the slanderi.
orlly in different form,' every day.
I.'eopre raay'l suer; What the object of
the Mail is in thusv-itlifying an opponent,
but the reason is nut far to seek. It
knowN very well that papers on its oven.
side of polities will copy and enlarge upon
the article; even though they know it to
be false, and thus an impression may be
created through the coqutry that Mr.
Blake is a pian devoid of principle and
honor. - -
•• know
per-
fectly
Gouservative leaders
well that the. high .moral princi-
ples of suck men as Messrs. Blake ands
Mackenzie are beginning to be appreciat-
ed by the people. Their firm hold upon.
general principles, their • high' integrity,.
their high sense of 1personal honor, the
power and clearness of `their intellect,
their great industry and evident disinter
estedness command the allegiance of their
followers and compel the confidence and
respect of all their opponents, aid the
frank regard of many of. the best of then=.
The appeal which these qualities are
silently but constantly making upon men
who comp to see and kuo1v-these' leaders,
is strong, and it is the knowledge of this
*influence constantly exerted upon the
members and epee • the country which
constitutes the danger which the Loeser-
yative party, which is in such a:great ma-
jority in the Houk,' so suer fear, Sir:
John has sufficient perception to sea that
Been :Conservatives have condemned. the..
Lis race is nearly run, and knoivs that be- I
grant, but everyone knew that if a thou -
" PIlLI. ONS IVFON NIMLI.1ONS. iiant 6 menthe ; by your own showing, ,rery
.., - few ; and it would be bard to find a quieter
The house of •Commons has, by .a large and more orderly town than ours, so what ,
meed is there for ouch laws, ands I go so far i
majority, passed the resolutions pirinll ae to gay ft would be an insult to tie: intelri•
the syndicate thirty Million dollars more.I gent and law abiding people of Clinton and .1
Itis no use talkie of the Matey 83 a j vicinity to attempt to onbn sit or pass snob. aft
one, Itis evident, that I iolxibiRtiop has'
"loan" because no one regards it as such. (never seen the workings of his pet theory ur
It is literally and positively a ,)rte emit l he could. not male such a statement viz;
of the .enormous sum, of which it is safe,
to say, the railroad will eater see one
cent, for it will go into the private pockets
of the individual members of ,the sync?i-
eate. Many of the members, in supporting
the grant, talked of" thirty millions" .ae
glibly as they would thirty cents, and yet
every one of them would eousitler the per-
sonal loss of $50 a- very material item,
Speaking of their looseness in dealing
with a matter of such importance as this,
has led a cotemporary toinquire what
thirty million of dollars mean, andit does
so in a' fashion that s=hould be :easily un-
derstoed, and which is as fellows': --
The whole wheat cross of Ontario ltd 1581--•
and in that year the wheat crop was an un-
commonly good one -was, we Cee by tire an-
ew, estimated at 27,411,091 bushels. All
the wheat, therefore, raised in, Ontario for
home consumption, as well as for export, in
1881, at one dollar a bushel, would not
amount to thirty millions of dollars. If the
farmers= of the Dominion were asked to: fend.
one year's wheat. Drop to the syndicate with-
out any prospect of return they would look.
upon the man who made the request as fit to
be put in a mad house. •
Again, the export of agricultural produce
from the whole Dominion last year amounted
to $22,818,619. This is not mach more than.
the proposed cash loan which the Government
propose to make to the Canada Pacific Itail•
way Company.
The census of 1831 tesla es that there are in
Ontario 473,906. horses. Value these at sixty.
dollars apiece all round; and we have $28,421,-
360, not quite as much as the People et Cana-
da are asked to make the syndicate a plifeent
of,
zilch cows owned in Ontario number
782,243.' These, at thirty dollars a head,
would be worth $23,467,290, not quite a. mil:
lion more than the syndioate ask the Govern-
ment to lend them in cash.
Itis by calculations snoh as these that the
intelligenteleotdrs canform eomething like
an adequate idea • of,: the magnitude of the
sums of the. people's money which the Gov-
ernment
overnment of the Dominion throw away upon
the recklessly extravagant Pacific Railway
Company, .
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TiF Toronto and London papers note
the fact that, "hundreds of people- are fed
daily at the soup kitchens," and this while
the great N. P. is in existence. •' For the
working •:classes. in cities; •these initials
evidently stand for no pay.
CANADA can Make the proud. boast of.
being "a•large country. It can also beast
of the largest debt of.any country •en the
face of the globe, population. considered.
This is not much to boast ofd we:. know,
but'it is just as much a fact as that Cana-
da is large.
• a.
THE ' Conservative papers;' discussing
the fact that its petitions. had been -re-
ceived•against the proposed giant to the
Syndicate, although that is not' the case,
a.
as the Grangers, as :a body, petitioned that
no more money should be given 'the Syn-
dicate, stress on the ircUmr
dicate, lay greatc
stance, as -if it..were a true indication that
public opinion was favorable to the scheme.
that it will abolish crime.
Take the state of Maine for example where
this Prohibition is supposed to be in full:.
torso, n friend from there writes me that the
list of crimes, exceode that of any other atate,_
and in Portland the heed °entre and house of
that arch fanatic Nail Dow, there ie more bad
whiskey drank with, awful results than any ,
other town of its nine in the Union. I do
not wish to bring religion into the matter bat
simply say that if a =nun's .religion bas not
morefafluenoe foe geed over bia actions than,
a Seott. Act, or any otherr act, it certainly can.
riot be better than Dadaism,. Hoping "Pro-
hibition" will receivo my t emarke on. the sub-
feet in the sameirieudly spirit that they' ars
given, I am your obedient servant,
TztQr itANCA,
le AR 11:;flee DISCUSSION elel TINES.
To the Editor of the Clinton New Era.
Stn, --The successful cultivation of .the soil
of our county and Dominion is a matter of
such vast importance to the whole population
that 1 think tt should receiveinore attention
andtbougt than it does, eapeoially by those
actually .engaged in tho business oar tempo, -
thin, Let a man est down quietly, . and look
intothe subject of what anetains' animal and
'vegetable life ; what keeps up commerce ;
what keepa'the manufacturing establishments
in operation, and the conclusion will be. if the
matter is thoroughly thought up, that what
grows and is taken out of the soil keeps the
world running, with the exception of what is
obtained from air, sea and sun. Now, as mu: -
easeful agricultureis of suoh importance to
all classes of the ootnmttnity- I think xarm-
era. should obtain knowledge from every pos-
sible source on the following branehea of their
'industry, viz; ' •
1st; How to improve the flocks 'and herds
with the least expense, especially horses ;
-9nd, how to, grow the most nutricions food
end the most of 1t`te feed the, improved ani-
mals for the British market, with the least
loos to'the soil; 3rd, how to manufacture the
moat barn yard manure possible; 4th, the
manner of erecting farm buildings and femme,
so as to feed with. the least work ; 6th, the
decoration of farms so that they shall be
pleasant and desirable bonne fit and,attrae.-
tive for any body to live upon.
In the discussion of the foregoing, . and
many other branehee of agriculture, niuehl
knowledge, would be (gained, owners =would
be stirred up to takeniore,pride in their farms,
and to become more enthusiastic •.intheir.
buaiuess.:.The result pf which,Il think,wonld
be greater prosperity in both town and coon;
fore Icing he lutist give •..Way to Some one:
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younger inyears, and it is elearl y in the'
interest of his party, that, through his oil
gun,, the scandalous attacks are uiade. on
.the leader of the Opposition. • .
It is a slight consolation to 'knew that
Were are some Conservatives -who rei=n-•
diate the utterances of the Mail; and'seyes
sal of them. took occasion to do so in the
House when this ,natter came up,'and•so
reckless has it become in its statemouts'
that many of i,s readers .tlti•oughout the
country have lost all faith in it, and aro
disgusted at the nauseating, 'doses. )ti high
are daily administered to them, .
Tilt: Globe last Thursday -met a high
tribute to Hon. A. AL Rosa, for his mani-
fest ability in familiarizing himself with
the financial affairs of the Province, in
the short time that. he bite been in office,
And although it was not • toTbo •ex-
pected that the Mail could. agrees with;
all he said it Ives even coniplirrientary to
him. His speech on the. budget ,occupied
ever five hours, but ho delivered'itin.st chi
a masterly manner env -tri make even .a
mash, of ..figures interesting. That he is
the proper person for ;the position of
Treasurer, is now admitted ;on all basic=s
his opponents in the House, even tctitify-
ing-to hi's ability. ••
WE have long maintained that the
bonus system: is wrong,. and it gives us'
particular pleasure to publish a fact like
the .follotvina --Tho tallage of St.tlabriel,..
a Montreal suburb, hes set mi exautple ,to
mane short-sightecTand- ova r•ambitiousszi
tario municipalities, by emplratie5.11y sit-
ting upon the proiiesition ofh. furniture
manufitcturing concern, the promoters Of
which offered to locate there, in Consider-
atio'n of exemption from taxation and a
eash'bonus of- $12,000. The scheme Was
unanimously voted down at tt mass -meet-
ing of the'ratepayors, it is time that..tlre
common-sense /kW, that itis no part Of
the business of.municiplil govetenient to
build=up private interests,as was allowed to
prevail. If a manufacturer cannot snake
his business pay without a bonus, ho had"
better start some vliere.clse or go hit an.
other line.
sand petitions were gent in, they'. would
have littie•orno influence, as the govern -
meet was determined to grant the money,
it spite ,cif .all opposition.
OUR LZTTE1' `BOX.. '
The NEW EEA does noi'HOW itsotf responsible fo
ideas egpre.sed under this heading.
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'ls •P1tO.H.iBI7'ION PRACTICAL,..
To the Editor oflice(Tinton line c.,tt•'
• Sri;,-ot
Ie you, agree under date of Feb. 15th',
I uotico•.a letter signed ".Prohibition," and, to
'say the very least, I am surprised'that:a man
of education and intelligence, which.'''I judge
the writer to be,should publish such erroneous
ideas en.the eubjeet,: ` Without doubt• he.lis
'sincere and hanest'in his convictions,. as .pro-
bably he has not held them .very; long,. and
has. the welfare of his fellow `man atheart,
but like many others,,cannot diaoern the wide.
difference there .exists between Temperance"
and )Prohibition,' Before going farther,/ wish
ynrir est:anted• cdrrespondent' ndt to imagine'
for a moment that •I would advocate intemper•
ance, far be it from rte. I am what the fan.,:
atte terms th.e , worst kind of . all, viz ; "'.a
moderate drinker," onewhq con take.a glatei
of ale aM stop. there.. It is not my What to
interfere with or ridienlo Prohibition's views
On the matter, who bas the same right to be.
ro$peeted fer'his honest convictions as the
ono who sees not fall.in with his notions,'but
rather to impress on your readersthe. utter-
empraeticability of "Prohibition:"' I chat.
lenge anyone to:point out a solitary instance
where.it.bas'the .desired effect. Does anyone
imagine that by passing a law, framed by man,
But he will prevent a drunkard, the man
who fie •wants to reach, from procuring whis-
key and drinking it ; as well try and stop the
waters Of Niagara. . Tenrperance should be
encouraged by everyone, in all things and at
all times, and net confined solely tb. the nee
of drink, but for a body.of men to say to their
fellows, we will legislate for the balatic° of.
mankind and we say you shall 'net do' this or
that, we''.prolribite .you, "because we cannot
drink hi moderation onreelves;" is certainly
Most intemperate in thought and .doed, and
most tyrannical, and an oppression net to be
borne in this nineteenths eenttry, in a country
which boasts ones freedom.Then again, is
Prohibition the proper rem y : for the evil
of excessive drinking? • lerotn the experience'•
of thos° places that have .had,.and are now
teeingit,. I. answer emphatically no 1 • It is
a 'sell know=s fact that whatever you deny to
man, woman or child, that is what they will
strive to their utmost to possess. The best
Advertisement to sell a book ie toannounce
it unfit for pupation. Ae it was in the
garden of Edon, so it is today; the forbidden
fruit is the sweetest and most sought after,
her the county of Huron nor the town of
(Metall ten' be"left ', becense tete sleekest
My opinion as to thebeet nianner .. -
o_f co n
ducting these discussion gatherings would be
for a leading farmer to invite those he desires
to his own residence, 'in the evening, he to
:prepare an address and' preeide-over his own
meeting, another.loading farmer,`to., do the
same the next month. Music and slight. re-
freshments might be added, and lastly a 'copy-
of
copyof the addre9s.and the cream'of what ie said
ahonkl be sent, to the press' for publication for
the benefit of.others. :G, HOAItE.
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• SSA.IIN 1 1iINI{ AND.-CAI,\IVALS.
To the •,Editor• of the.New'Eas-c;
Every man isby nature'.a sinner. It is not
necessary for hint, to enter the broad'road-he
in born there; when tho sinner is converted;
changed, born again, made a new creature in
Christ Jesus, he three round in bia course,
enters the narrow way,and p,oes:in the oppo-
site direction..•Inatead of being a fellow -tra-
veller, with his former companions, he merely
sees.them..in"the:'distance,., and, having hia
face towards the skies, hecries out with voice .
and heart, "life r: life!. eternal, life"! The'
word,of God moat emphaticallydeoTaroa that.
in this world' of vacillation, and indecision,
there is•no neutral ground, sin position which:
man .01111occtpy, in which.- he • is neither for
God or against him. Allure within the nar-
row way -of life, or on the broad and congenial
road to. death The three great onewie$ of
the soul. are .the world, • the flesh and the
devil' `To gain heaven these must be foiight
and overcome.. Every one who is a oltrietian
and not a sham, is a reformer, is at°war with
thevioes, usages, customs; and temptations,
by Which men is'ruined, and the devit's work.`
carried out. Allow .me,then,.to auk on which•
road does threcarnival or skating rink stand?
There is no neutral ground. If they,are a
good, then every good gift cometh.down from
above. Do :their advocates claim. this If
they ani all :evil, then they emanate from.
man's enemy, and: are -of the world, the flesh
and the devil. HOW is their character to bo
•ascertained(; Are not the swearer, ;the mati
of the world, the devotee -of fashion, the man
of the bottle, the man at the bar, and liber
tine 'With his foul breath, largely represent..
ed there ? How does the Christian come to be
there ? have God and Satan, their teepee
tire masters, •'come to terms." - Haff a they
"signed a'trine!" 1)o El Medhi arid Baker
Pee ha,engage in friendly amusementtegethor?
Are not.oht•iatianity and the world' at 'vari-
ance? are they not pledged enemies'? In the
rink they appear to be one -ie there any ; dif-
ferenee outside,'. Are there not many nam=
ing the name: of • Christ who are not blessed.
with a cultivated conscience? Do :they not •
•call thi=s unwarrantable confession bythe,name
of "religious freedom?" • Ia'it not rather free-
dom without religion ? Many are •orthodox
.without being pious.. Who, in looking into
the rink. night•aftor night, could discern be-.
tureen the profeased.saint .and the preformed.
•sinner'? le there any differenqb? •Dna not
the craving for thin species; of_devotion prove
tke.carnalityof the still'• unchar=ged heart ?
Aresuch note still h=ankering after the flesh-
pots of l gypt 2 • Some professedly engage in
these amueeineeta for'the good of their Health;
but is it not an established fact that skater,,
dancers, and those who engage in violent ex-
erciser often shorten their days Have t eee.
'classes of Christians an influence of good fn,
the ceenmunityt' Very little if any. They
rather bt•ing discredit On their profesaion.
Their garments are spotted by, the world,.
Might not a lesson •be learned from the foot'
that the Sinner toldoru sends for the rink go-
ing .Christian or theclub ohristian, or :the
chriatian of the -" occasional glass," to point
hint to Jesus in.tin dying.hear? .HowMarry
go joyously to • the rink and carnival, and
spend, an'hour,or. nipre abusing their bodies,
who are seldom aeon 'in the house of God _o
Sabbath morning ? ` Aro not the rfuk; carni -
Val, and club attended by the worldling in the
world, and the worldling in. the dhuroh?•-
Tell rite your company and T will tell you
ivbat you are not." 'Does' not the retrieval,
as its name imports, beoomo.a"Solace of the
flesh?" Is it any wonder that so many stnnt=-
od Ghtiatians and spiritual dwarfs diefignre
the church i Would the new man m Christ,
whose Heart is in love with his master, enjoy
folly ea keenly? Some excuse thenlsolvea by
saying "1 pee` uo liarm in it," ."others, do
worse." 'This•is often true, for .the heart may
be to carnal, or the epiritnal eye no dull, that
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call 's of teen n ed, �.h m h
the ey i n g
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'lie Last .illooth
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Of themost s uc. ssfal sale ever commenced, -at
.•__ .ce
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end . will be ` successfully.
accomplished by Feb. 29th:
ur stock will. Abe down to
.:: figures wanted.
nd to make success more successful we'will
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10-04.*:00:t.. E
r inter Stack
CONSiSTING
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Winter Mant1�5•
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Tar
icy
Wool-
ens,
Flannels, Winceys,Dress Goods,
ViJ.
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�clothln andour . e ,
Yarns, �T�.de _ g,
at
°of fine� 'urs: and lobes
Stn k�
before•
heard
om Cash, opportunity .,..
dor pr p �a � annever
t.. This meanspositivelyless than'
of in this•county.
wholesale figures.
and arbitrary law is not enforced,: l=ow world is not censurable for his dor'otion to
massy cases of misdemeanor have boon theel)erte. They orb' hie uatural,'legitimate
brought before mit worthy mayor during 'the eight.. a'oars, Ofettee.r.
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Froth�. •this ' da••'fie •
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To Make room for the ,neststock of Heir Spring.
Goods ever brought to Clinton..
EMEMBER TEE3
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