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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1884-10-08, Page 2Advertisementsthis Day. wOloods.e..Ohris. Dixon, Ives StreyedeM, Kelly. ableX 1ney enentug- ady for the Bootn..--Kstate of dgena. • X--11:71:nOW two• trod, tiodertoli lova uron kecord., Wednesday, October 8 'STRIKE 2' -NM R02' it L8 often stated that those wbo ppese the Scott Act, favor a con- nuetion of things; which the.Scott ct is iutended to remedy-.-drunknness. Now those who talk •this way are ither sadly deficient of ordinary erception owilfully and wickedly ereereennd ilUberal., Those who oppose the Scott Act s much detest drunkenness as those Ito favor the Act. Abstainers will point their fingers t those wbo are engaged in the iquor trade and triumphantly ask, o not these men oppose the Act Id are they not propagators of funkenness I They tlo elapse the Act, but are -ot-in-favor-of-druttkenitessrfor-t (velar drunkard has no money and tis conduct tends to bring•the tem- perate use of liquor into disrepute. So that taking a business like. view of the Matter the liquor seller as a rube. would wipe drunkenness off the face of the land, as those who give way to it are therm:tins of in- juring his trade. 'But even were liquor sellers ad- vocates Of drunkenness, they are only a very small 'minority. Of the opponents of the Scat Act. . The large majority of those who. %oppose the Scott Act have no pos- sible pecuniary interest in a con- tinuationof the license system, or the sale of liquors: . The majority of them do not even oppose the Act .because it interferes with the temperate gratification of theitvappetite.• - They oppose the Act ,frottbee.erei, scientious• convictions . . That it confliCts withthe reve led Bibical scheme of man's probatt in this world, by taking Erway-firiTri't free will and, so far as Intman,leg% islatien can do it, reducing kiin t� an irresponsible 'piece of mechauism. It is held that•other huntan laws take away man's free will and that anti Scott people do -not object; That all concede the right to punish those guilty of murder,. theft, bigamy, rape, et., and .that (Blink% enness, besides causing these,. is of heed wrong and should be pupielicli also. • This is wheresthe dullness of per- ception we premised in the second paragrapli of this article comes in.. We would like to make it. plain that the genius of our civil.. laWt•; as well as of the higher law,. is net to interfere with the fre.e will of man, but to make laws forthe pro- tection of life and property and that sentient aggregation 'called society. Bet it is not the genius. ef our law or legislation ter :interfere with our freedom of will, te break these laws. • • We may commit tnurder, ifwe we will, butthe law is such that if we do so we shall almost certainly swing for it. We may steal, if 'we will, but if our guilt is proven, seclusion hi prison .awaits us. • •• We may,"if we Will, have half a dozen wives, • providing we have good looks, personal atidgcnetism or a "winning way" *with thellfdiee, but such culpable idiosyncracies will, if proven, place the offender behlud iron bars for a term of years. • • Now mark the difference-betweee laws•against these crimes' and a law against the sale of liquors, The Seott • Act aims to prevent drunkenness by depriving ..the in! dividual of the means of getting drunk; „. To make the Scott Act analeteus to a law against murder, We 'ohould have to defirfVe the any possible means of committing We should•have to prohibit the sale of pistols, knives, axes, rope, ie fact of nearly everything; the' Scott Act prohibits the Uke of liquorlest men may get drunk. , On an an - Magnus principle we should prohibit the sale of all weapons, no matter how useful or necessary le:st the buyer commit murder. To prevent theft there Omuta 128 no rights .c,f ownership in any kind of movable property, the temptatien to steal, nay the mere possibility of stealing should be 'removed kit those who want and do not own should steal -become thieves.. Then to continue carrying .out the principle involved in tht Scott Act - to make the breaking of the laws or the committing of crime impossible by depriving Us of the option Or epportuninty of doing so -the desire to multiply our species should be eradicated, or iv° should but Herod ift•roci by lc , off every feint& In re into the world. The vicious iminlgerice of lustful appetites is merely all abuse of •ta high, holy and nitteiral desire. ..,„ We might. go oil, a4 n r; yieg illustratione. to %/bow t let no Iste sliorrid punish tit&tent• indelgeote,in An ttekneWIeged er.ed Preller deeire• To briefty reettme our contention: Mum, ie by Divine sanction and human aeknowledgwout a free.will agent. Ho has sieo imposed upon him by beth, those agenciell certain .obliga• tion, In mundane inattere those obligee tiona are in moat countriee set forth in statutory laws, - Thetteela wa, Should be obeyed,. No law .should be •on thiestetute hook that there is not a 'reasonable Certainty of being generally obeyed. Law o against murder, theft, big.. amyl rape; arson, etc., should be enforced, but the world's workshops should not be altut up, ownership U n property cancelled, the desire to prepagate our -species eradicated,. or, the means of creatiiig Ore de. stroyed, because men liars mid will coMmit the crimes named. If men get drunk arid commit any Of the critnes,named or other offeeCes, punish them, but do not, interfere, witlethe licensed sele of liquors to. these who will moderately and tear- perately use them, no more than you would interfere with the sale ef pistols, keives,' matches or other manufactured artieles, because men Will now and the commit murder and incendiaristu with them, . We,,..have taken our position be. 'canoe we believe that so long as liquor is manufactured it will be sold, and that Itemised Sale, subject to the supervision of officers of the boy, is preferable toilffigal selling ated-theedemer-alistegeonsequen Then the Stiott Act is .a vicious oee which virtually condemns alas. hone liquor as poison, andYet mite its mannfecbure'and the selling of it to .pakiZIS Where the Set is net in force.' That •is, . its supporters hold that it will murder the body and.destrey the tiopls•of all who uee it, yet. they ,don't' care if body and. doul Murder is 'perpetrated so long as it hi not done in. their Particular county... .„ The evils flowing from the excess- ive use. ef• alcohol' are erEi undonbt- edly greet, but why .gingerly snip away ab the.bWige and, b. ranches of the tree • producing those. evilsi The. Seott llt.et OnlY cue Off the . . exuberant growth •and. increase 'the vigor ef the trunk. • • • • Let us have National Prohibition,. let us. strike. at .the -rbota of this* deadly upeetree-the Man- ufacture of alcOhol-ebut don't have our laws, .eo absurdly inconsistent _that in. one- plane they perniit the Msnufacture of 'poison,nnel appoint officers te take alleged 1opdmoney •to the extent 'of about :five million. dollars annually for such permission, end. then in another part Of the 'statutes have e., law • making Riegel the ..sele." of that' Which basbeen manufactured with.. the sanction of the mw Such Houtrageous legialas 'Oen tvill carry its own cure in the form. .of dontenipt _and. •infraction. Nothing on .eertle..can•. juetify, such anomalous legislation. ForaGov 'eminent Or a people to take money for permits to. make whiskey, know: ing that the thief u.bject of .the untie efacturera Wee ,to sell:it- te liceesed victuallers, and the put a ridtte on the:filet legislation in the forth of .an'ACt prohibiting the viettiallere from selling that which ii.ad Irady -been Made, a legit trade tender, ,is , most sliookin.gle dishonest. Among the •thousank ei: a.ttieleg •ef :cotanueroe, ;there are positively none which are so 'excluSively legiti. mate as those Which bear .the reven- ue stamp: whiskey; tobacco, coal oil, Vinegar Este, which beer. t.hariethen- tieated. V. R..- have -the approval and •Certification of •the Crown as legally niercharitable articles.To prehibit • the sale of any 'articles sce stamPed is barefaced Geiverninent swindling, and the Scott•Act it a Means to that end. • • .. • • To forward National Prohibition, •Wie, in common with mtiny, who, op. posethe .Scott Act, would use every legitimate endeavor,. lied we hope that the Dominion Government wili adopt the euggestionof the Toronto • Methodist Conference 'and at the earliesb advlatible !not:petit take' a• p/ebiaciiii Vote. :.Theb. is have the question ,cf ,National voted op by the eotretry:' atlarie, try every .muiticipality in -the Dow% name' We believe it would carry in the.near future if the iniquitous PiiieetrieXPraliiiiiiiini, of .tlitiTiOlO of an already .GovernMent ' approved article could onlf•get its (pique. Start at the fountain.. head • and .say that itlaohol shall Only he Made for ineehanieal ',add purely scienti tic and meth/Anal, purposes, , - Solon 4 as the general Government, for a pecubiaryconsiderationdegalizes the mannfacinte of alcohol, knowing that ib is going to he 'used as ahey- elle, just so long wilr Whitt con. sidercd a tegilimate article.Of USO and totritnerce, 'though in some comities the Scott Act:Duty make it an ilteg, al one.. ,National Prohibition is the correct thing; Scott'Act is as aliOrtionate an attempt to cure the body•politic of a disease *hid has its ramifications through every Provinciarmeniber na it Would be were a physielan to at% tempt to cure the hLnnan body of a scorhutio taint, `which permeated the whole system, by cutting off'. the little finger 'where the affeetion may have become intensd. • ° ttl lett, 000, Crews threshed on Wednes. • ,day last or Mr. Martin Dyer, 14th doncessiOn, 000 bushels ofgratti in six hours, also 850 bushels of wheat, 360 blisliels of ()Atli and 2:00 .busheis of ed for Mr. John Dye'', 24 largo peas. 'On the Friday followieg ha threshl to la Or in tl'I TI grain Was cleaned for rinaltet. J .8P12'014144 NO2"2'4 Arguments as to the constitution- ality of the Dominion' License Act have been concluded before the Supreme 0040, at Ottawa, tfutlx. went reserved. Just 16 years ago the interest on the national debt of the Milted, States, was S143,000,000 a year, •1t.fs new 008401406g,..,Proteetion s the chief potential factor in this good work of lessening taxation,' The report of the Swiss feleral council, just published, ehows that more alcohol is consumed in Switzer- land than in any other couutry of Kurope, but the report is supple. noented by the statement that "the public house footers intellectual acti- vity and is a remedy against mis- anthropy, egotism, vanity, uerrowe „e4e es ideas aud extravagance of imagination." A lively local contorversy has been must! in San Francisco by uhargeS of sectarian teaching in pub tic schools. It seems that a profes- sor of bistory in the girPti high aohool was asked by one Of WS pupils whether statements in a text book about Roman Catholic corruption in Luther's time Were not false. The profeosor read from numerous autho- rities to show that all thestatements were true. The pupil, who was a lientan Catholic, reported the mat- ter to a pada, and the latter tried to secure the professor's dismissal; Art-the-counnittee--wirich investig,itt- ea the matter decided that the pro- fessor had connr.itted offeriCe that justified punishment. The banking system of Canada, though probably one of the bet the world, theoretieally, seems to not be so well •worked , as it'inight be, Inellicient.supervislon by.presiclents aed directors seems one of the causes., I3ut the great evil would appear to to,be in using the funds of the banks for- purely speculative purposes. Unproductive real „estate held for a riSe, timber limits et, etc, are fav- orite investments, because 'the ainounts.that can be invested in thim •are large. The _withdrawal of these terms from •the Ordinary channels*of trade affects legitimate business ad- • versely. ,Sinall lines of disconnt are treated with cerelessnessas as tot coming to the inflated financing of many of the •bankiiid 'olli:iels, Whereas the ordinary commercial discounting is,inuch' safer and could be made •te ageregate assanuch as too often locked up in large unpro- ductive loans.: The latest instance of the craze for purely speculative banking that has been rnatie' public ie a loan made by the Federal Bank of nearly one •and a half milli�ii dollars to a speculator in Michigan lumber; And not only is this large sum locked up, but a great portion of it is sunk out of sight. . oOMMUNICATIO,NS: We tatshit to be diettnetly httdei•itood that toe do ..not /LOW ottritetssa iesponsibiefor the opinions CApre814e4 correspondents.—ED.NrAve-ltxdotto . • Ecii1or Weiese-Receriel. • . • • . Sin.---I.take.it for granted that "Temperance" in the last itisne of your peper is opposed to the. Scott Arit,"lint lie to ,stnne extent gives away the 'case of his friends': • They argue that the Scott Ant is at least inopportune new, even if it Ought to become latriat SORSA flitAre'tlille. It is itiOpportutie; say they, because. public sentiment is not in its favor, .Newl say public sentiment will be deterinined on a vote. if a niajority vote for the Act, that will' balprinza fade evidence .tho.t it is supported by publicseritiment. They say, not at all, unless the Act is carried by a very large :majority,' for they hoid that many will vote for the Act who will not scruple to evtitle its previa ion. However tbis.May be, ere have our friend antiScott"Temperance" Irst week bearing „evid.eiVee to the greet giciwth of teetotal 'pehlic sone tiinent. Ile quotes the English Anti. &eV: as saying that fifty years ego the .friends of total i •abStinence "found, every body drinking-. on all occasions, whether or no therliked it, • Now it is naither a shame nor an uncommon, thing to be a total ahstainmrr, with the 'result that, hun- dreds of thousands are more healthy and thousands more efficient•Workers then they used to be." • This statement, of•pnclie seetiment Will also apply to Canadaeeepecially to Huron County of which I. know. Meet. • We should be thankful • to "r;Teniperalice" for taking ayvay Knife". 'of the props which snstaitaliiii anti. Scott frieud's con tentioug. q'eue peranee," rnoreeVor, 'stultifies • hint. - Pelf, V,t3 adtnitit that then Are "mere 'h etifilije and more eflicieet workers"' by being total abstainers,, and thee goes on to state that -"it is little better than a pious fraudtrii,ay that we are all entail better without it (liquor), and that the use of alcoholic beverages Leeds to , stiongthen life.", Surely, Mr, "Tempel mice," it can not be that total abstittance • from title hniidreds of thousands of people more healthy, and that the.use of alcoholie liquors tends to strengthen life. Heftily, Mr. "Temperance," you must par. don inc ine while .1 suggest the Advise- l•ility of getting out a patent for suelve novel and iegeniont, if self- i•ebutting argunient. You might give it (your argument).9, ride on a Harry Cantelou petdnt gear. buggy and have one Of A, S. Fisher's little giant stove s along, and -with the aid of the ',adjuaatble and eonmensating" device of Cantelon and the eXtra. ordinary cooking powers of the Foiliee stove, your anomalous canton. 'den Might hb given some kind ot logkai form and be presented at some future time done to a tutu,. ready for digestion by an intelligeut pithlic. 11Ir. "Temperance is .quite iginal genius, though he may not be 'conscious of it, The 'Tule thst two negatives at'S equal to an affirmetive le gettiog atnln. fro now formulates, though pi obably u n wittingly, that two allirmatives make a nogativo Ile affirms that abstineuea from I aleoholie drink makes peo#10 more healthy; he then affirms that the use of alcoholic liquors tends to etrengtk. err life. Therm two affirmations "Temperance" has in trodoced to prove tbe negative of the proposition; "Shall the Suott Act pass V' I have taken the liberty of merely pointing out the glaring incenais tency of "Temperance" in Ins re" werke, agaiiiet the Seen Act. If' his figures proclaiming.an increase of crime under the reStrletive system haa that prevailed' since the erects Act became law, over preceding years when a more lax state of Ettrairs with regard to the sale and use or Heuer prevailed, are not more reliable than the peeition I have ehown be has taken with regared to the effects of alcohol on the bodily health, they are not worth much. I have no mean a of verifying or disproving his figures, but would like to see recent - potent person show them up if they are incorrect. I fear I trespass. If you will find space for above you will oblige. TOTAL A.BSTAINER. Clinton, Oct, 60, 1884, . Editor Yews, necord. Sut,'-A writer has taken the liberty to use the columns of your journal to throw his epi- thets at his neighbors who may differ from. him in opinion, nod throw In their support and geed -will to the Salvatien- Army. In reading his letters one would be rotted to the conclusion that ho has the opinion theft° is a modern Solomon and when he drops off all wisdom will perish. If he was a gentiontarr` he would not ihake stash incorrect statements regarding the Salvation Army, or praise some who wore known to bo tyrants. Neither would he call his neighborsadult names as odupes," •Thariseioal vagriuts," eto. Who gave himthe right to decide how any' person shall worship his Maker? The Churchman may 'call the dissenter a dupe; the die.' seiner nifty. omit (he Churchtnen the same, and hoiirudgerbut-each-matits-ownz-eonsei once? IT he don't like those meetings, keep away 'from them. 11' he does not liko the sound of the drum he must Tut up with it as others have to do with the ringing of theboll for the sake of their, neighbors. Ho should not be so tender of conscience' about the eine 'mentioned in. The hand. they 'de not apply to himself, let bitn not take it. If he is a lover of the Saviour, Piet hiut set it forth by showing lova for those that are trying to do good; by getting some off the streets that have not Leen to plitoes-of worship for sears, Does he not know Wet there aro aomo Who 'attend those meetinge on Sunday in the town' hall, who have a small amount of oomnion' 'sena, as he oan see by the ls,rge collections given, Ile Bays the Salvstion Army have no charitable homes and have been , in existence eight years, And than fal:s back on those works of the Church that have been establish- od for hundreds of years, but he forgets to . tell of the largehumbor of charitable instittr- tione that the dissenters 'are keoping•up.' Why not be honest and any that daring thq, eight years' existence. of Um Salvation Armari' they have a Resoue Borne in Glasgow for - fallen girls; in London, a Reseue Rome for disoharged .prisoners; every effort is put forth to get these'people,: saved and put 'into situa- • acme, There aro training homes for '200 Oadets, at w weekly cost of $750, to fit them for the -work. • A searching enquiry is made as to their character. The first date of Gen - oral Booth taing lita stand is'•Aug at 8th, 1805, Mitt is 19 yours ago. .The first Corps in Whiteeltapel is standing to -day; there are now 884 corps, of which nutnber 001 are.M the United Kingdom, the remainder are ab. Owl; 2,000 officers are employed to prencli:in 13 languages'and aro In twelve different coon - tries, Nooffieer has his or her salary guar-• anteed. All local expeaSes bare to be mot first, Mr. Sonex.. Men holding high positions under the English Government have given hp situationS and become "vagrants," 111 ,your opinieu,. by pilling the Army, to prim& 'Ohl bit. Mr. Senex, will you ,011 us in your next loi- ter that Dr. Phillpots, the )3ishop.ot Exeter, , was called a Puseyite, .and 'then he Waft so • tyrannicalthat he iMprtsoned Mr. Shoreham,: a clergyman.; and had a suit at law aininst• .Mr. Gorham another clergymen because they wouldnot preach the Bishop's Puseyite doe-, trines, alai° Mr.•Lati tuer, an editor. Aral did not his Parishioners,walk in prooession 'as begging friars, oaa 5th of November through tho.streets of tho city of Exeter, and did they tot burn the. •Biehop's effigy lu 'front of hie church. One of .these oliaritable lady church- membero nientionol ' and who was considered at , PUSaytte, with others couldbeseen walking' in the streets in the garb of Nuns, With a, large crucifix dangling abouthor person.. Will Mr. Senex please give us some more in- formation, as there aro many noble workers in all (thumbs% Sor.ex asks ',What has the 'ArMY done?". Ras he been at.tho homes of the converts? Does he know km they live? .he the seemlier of • hearts 7' ,If . lie con- demns all.beeatise of some unfivitlifitlinembers •he would also condemn churches on the same prirMiple.' • Into, he would be wrong. '..Please' have a 'little charity and .Searoh your own 'heari; you will stand before your Maker as well as others.• NVill Senex explain what he.. 'bloomy by vagrants. Is it because tho Army .Alkp_up collections? Do not the ohurches.do •thatipme ? Row many ways do they adopt. to get money from their supporters and other --whether. 0 is right or not, is for him to explain.. Selmasays its as rightto have trained minibtry, but he doe's not toll uirhow 'often the'jewish priesthood led' the people' astray and then killed the Saviour of man- kind.. 110 will have . priests' to interpret tho Bible for tniif so, what is the ole of the Bible Soeiety.giving tho precious Book to all that they may read the plan of salvation. read in the Rob, Book • that . a child can tin. dorstand the way of Salvation, and tho way.. faring flint), though a fool, cannot err therein: Now, it does not say we, must know Latin and Greek to understand Salvation or to toll it to others Ara not the Salvation Army doing what, has boon dono before? .Did not the martyrs preach the truth in the :street,? not W hitfield. proolniin 0 at the faire 'and in the market places? Did not Wesley and hundruls •of local preachers and exhorters, of the different branches of the Methodist and other bodies, and dm Revs. Graham., and Ouiley • preached on horse book through Ireland, and California Taylor stood on bar- rels in front of the saloons, on the streets of San Francisco. Mr; Senex, if you had that charity recommended by St. Paul you would have said•tothe 'Others of the Army,go on in the goodwork,' as you aro drawing the. attention of •soine who do hot, go to the churches. . Mr.. Sonex,.will you toll mills it not the duty of the, minbitor to' leave the ehitreh to go af Mr &mere, or Is he .to wait till they oome to blot? What are tho Bibre wow's' gt.ing from honest to•house.for, reading ty buttodp good? le it right to make a poor person pay a large rent for a sitting in a eliuroh? HOW can n working man afford to do so'? Should, he iiet •have roorri,lo take his family in the siime sent?. I know one who has to pity 112 mi year and also his share to the minister's' salary besides, . and - other church rateo, flow aro tho poor to have eommodationl I sayby having larger buitd-' ings with 'less orhatnentittion, so as io give roomn-. te- &1l 'Will SellitI tell' 'if Mae souls - aro likely To be saved in a large' Oat whose tho dlioriSter boys aro dressed in vehito robes to di) the singing and the tainister has change his cleat daring theservice and preach .a thirty minute sermon, Or in the Salvation Army, where,pinners aro for hours called to Book the Saviour. • • A CLINTON 131.1PB. Clinton, Oct. 4th, 141. GODERICH. Miss fancy Whitely, Who has been 111 for two weeke Is now recovering. Mr. Alex Wallace has feturnecl • from his old county. visit. . Mrs. Laing of Stratford, spent a fewdays in town last week, 'The Big Mill, shut clown ort Satur- day night, for want of wheat. . • Our Teem Clerk is on' flying visit ,to Detroit. ' • The Misses Swanson are enjoying the excursion to Detroit. Miss 'Lizzie Campbell left last Fri- day for Detroit. • The Misses Crane left town hist Friday on A Short visit to Chicago. ;Vise Hattie Smith is visiting at Dotrott. Mr, Joseph 1idd0 senr, was in town last week. Ileove Johnston and his sister Daisy tiro 'visiting relatives at De- troit. - MK iropty Deacon is now conduct. log the business of the late lienry Coo'ke. The programme toithe meeting of the MS. L. S. next Friday evening is an excellent one. Malt:lend Lodge No.33, A. snit A. M. meets next Tuesday evening, when their will be work Ali hand. The SitheOner Atiel unloaded her cargo ofiumbef at:Williams and Mur. rity'e Doak hot week. • C tinuation Our Great Sales Grandest Aggregation of Pronounced Bargains Ever Offered to the People of Clinton and Huron County.. This is a broad assertion, but we ask it of you As a favor to come in and look through the Stock and.form'your own eon, elusions. We will demonstrate the great advantage to be gained by attending this MAMMOTH SALE OF FALL & WINTER ORY-GOODS 4*3011x cnAsnos, The Great -Dry -Goods Man, corner of Huron and Albert .Streets. Ws have received over THIRTY CASES during the last two weeks, which are now in stock, making the finest aissortment of Fall and Winter Goods ever shown by us. And we Would sucwest to our patrons, that they will find it to their advantage to give us an early call. Just here --we state that our PRICES WILL BE LOWER than anywhere else in the county, 370 0.A.0.1-1,„I__t.TrinIM,17?., I P'01., MGO-B I . AND WE'LL MAKE OUR WORD-i-6oCici- " • of the .,,reliable makes of"Cumanorian and Poissee, CUARANTEED PURE: Will .net ,cnt .or wearglossv;at on the. $ lose than ever flown by . us before. • • . . : -4. • .We have a full line, alI shedes, and reliable makers. . • Better'value than .over befdie. DRESS LOVES. New Brocades, - Now Plaids, • New Tartans, New Ottomans; NeW New Cashmeres, . • 'New Meldnee Lifetree New•Volveteens, - • • • New Velvets; • Now Fancy Witmer, .Now Plain Winceys.,,' Altat prites that laugh' at ' :compotition, besides ' being the newest ,•", things Out. 'We can maintain our'„reputation in . .. • thie depa,rtment. Our range 19 • tbe finest we have over carried, . HOSIER Every shade and qual4y and -size in stdek. • • • • Special. A very fine range of Babies! sizes: QUM Lowest prices- en earth. ;The best makes-lovvest prices, ' The SchoOtier. 1V1sty, •S., Gordon sailed for Georgian Ba,y on Sun- day • - • The Scow' Louisa, of Port, Huron, with lumber; vras.in port .on ,Sun - Miss 'Maggie IVIcItay who ;had a severe attack of fever is..raptdly im- • Pr• r" isitil;tv et yiete'ria. Hall on. Sat M. - day evening Was well attended and of average merit. • The a,14tage attendance tit • the common schools for September Was the largest for many Months. A large' quantity .of manufactured carpenter Woi•Lc for the' big Rotel at rort Arthur was shipptd. by Buchan. Min, and Robinson last.. Week. The Sehoo,ner:Bathbun and KO• fige with Itimber for Secord and Co. arrived in port last week and un- loaded at.the firm's dock, .• The Schooner Jane Mel,eed with two hundred and thirty-five •thous. and feet of lumber commenced un- • loading at Secord's doCk on Monday, . Miss Goody' ,Marks "of Benceflela who has been the guest ' of Mrs, dietiry Cooke for th•t.Zpast, few weeks left for home on Friday. • " •Mialiick of Winnipeg was the sing- ing attraction' at the . North Street Methodist church last Sunday even, trig. • , • • • St- George's ehureb has received a • turgid number of new members one ward no less than .14 having •joined within the past month. Miss Chidley's early Mid lamented death at Clinton last week excited considerable sympathy among her numerous friends in this town. Mrs. Williain gyslop who has been in town the past few weeks for the henefit•of her health, left for horne on. Thursday seemingly much Un- proved. -•• • Mr. Reginald Seeger. left Pri Setup - day Morning for Detroit With, it is uederstood, the intentioti of per - matron tly residing there, The Ladies' Aid Society of St. Cloorge's met in. the School Bodin on Monday evening, and made ar, rengements for the •reception of Bishop Baldwin 00 his forthcoming visit. Mr. Ball,will selJ bv Auetion, 00 Saturday, the Healy Perm, Colborne l'ownship, at 12 noon, at. Bailey's lIotel, and the Kirkpatriek property -four good houses and the fitiltford TAnneryt-at I o"elook, at the tibior); not& The editorial on, the Scott Act in last week's issue has drawn forth favorable °Onions frotri unexpeeted quarters, some even saying it, le the best, ai•ticie published on the quote tion, 1`110 OW for confirmation met for the first time hi the School room of thorize's at 5 p. rn. latt Friday. The meeting will take place on the same ihty 'at the same Jima Weekly until confirmatien. N ELS 1 'weeas — AND • LOTHS • • Avery fine range at yery LOUT FIGURES, • made up in first-class order and • mit by Mr. 11111VCE. Fit and satisfaction gnaranteed'every timo. We quote Clothing from. • 10 to 25 per cent. leas than ex - elusive Merelia,ut Tailors. • .SHIR'I'S -AND- pRAwRa.,. • Less than Mill Prices. Goodswe : • sold. readily at $1.25 last year• are 90e. this season. • Is very Complete,very cheep, and very nice. • OORNER OF::3auRON: AND ALBERT : STRETS. .' • MiSs Wilkinson' •and 41tIrs. Girvin • had their usual fall opening, exhibi- liens of Millinery last $aturday. Miss Wilkinson's Wilkinson's display of goods was ex.. •cellent, the numerous novelties' shewn being highly extolled: Mrs.. ' Giryins thews' among other choice 'feminine necessaries some 'beituti- fully trirritned hats ancl bonnets.• We advise our lady readersto call at both the above mentioned establish.. ments. . :. , • . . • . . . • A large number ofpurlocal scient- iitswere on the gai. vibe last Saturday evening for the moon's eclipse. One well known townstpan •prepared With. iniokeffglass, a. telescope eto., etc, . who had. fixed hiniselL on his • roof, — while,eitgerly watchhigAb the expect. •ed treat, sildclenly slipped and was , only saved.from falling to the ground helew a by istrong.titt .4.e.r. Ile vows. he'll watchf.uture 07Eipses from le era ileum ' . . . Your Bayfield cerrespondent' who wants the 130,tty poi4.8 to call at Bay. field instead of Goderich roust be a furiey man, as -it is only a few , • Months 33 ince he Wre.te that a• &hale .bO7ttcould not enter Bayfield herbor, I erlutps the gentleman has toyer seenanything larger tthana -fishing • bort, hence his mistake, To prevent future lapses we invite the gentleman . to visit Goderich during ins next sum. mer vacation and 'take a look .at something larger than a fishing. boat. -Last week's Bayfield ;items were tram a "casual cor."-Edi . The School' Board met on Monday evening at, theansuel hour, Mr. Bu. chanan being absent. The miuntes of former meeting Were read and confirmed. 'rho Prineipal'e • report; showing 381 boys mod 360 girls on the, roll, and an average attendance Of 305•boys and 208. girls, was read, and on motion reeeived and fyled. • The question et payink.Miss•Ilenderson's aim clfor salary for the holidays was left in the hands of the chairman, The r,O engagement of the teachers • now serving the Board was laid over till the November. meeting. Some repairs to St, Andrew's ward sehool, and alterations at the Central,. were referred to chairman of Contingent Committee with power. The In. , 'Peet" r°°°11°"hst some alter. Bons in the curriculum of the Cen- tied had been inede. The Board then adjourned. , . . dpd. h aintner, • into thu. lake again. . • Superintendent Addison,:lovvever, is doing Ms best to work coca - pleted at an early date, tiotwithetand- ing the, many :draw backs he has •liad to encounter. , . . • conclubt and perfect recitation, • - • • , 5th , .Clask, Ist Mary Duncan,' . • • Sr. 3rd, lat Nettie Ginn, 2nd Al- bort Whitely, 3rd., Entine Whitely. ., a e , . , . Jr. 3nd I -t B rtha Scott 2nd Etta, Rutledge. 3rd Lillie Patton. M6 2rBrt gh, ?;c1ndeistitn11.116.4nrYey, Tint". GcoOrgoellopuun.. gen. .. • .. . . PIRST BOOK) PART II, lit aeorgeMa- Cabe, 2nd. Clara McCollounh 3rd,'. - •° .' .• .carl'' 1108a. '' .. ':' .. • „.' ..• . •ratrt 3, let Bertie . Holmes, 2ed •Clara Scott, ard Albert. Sturdy. . •. • • •bounell.inet et Ifolmesville, Sept. eg pu • a t t ' l'ou eireeet. Mem- .., , i AU ii r.p At.) 1 , tiers all ' present, Minutes of last meeting reed and paSsed. • . • The collector'was present with his- •Sureties• Iii bond s duly executed; , . EtWII , , when he received his roll. As the statute provides for the payment of all taxes on or about the Idth . DU. cornier of present°. year no ex tension of time . beyond that date will be granted. . . • • ,• . Tlie!treaSurete bend Was exarnined when i was o s m• ved by JohnBeacom sect:Aided by.Edward Acheson, that the treasurer's bond, having been ex. amined by us, we'eonstder it tory,-"Carried. , • . • . • Letter from Mr. ,Toseph Ho mes 1 ream]1 relatingt • 1 't ori his was cii tlo glaYet pit00yet trm: P1. thetheo letter was If led, •ft, piesen y ,_ "me following accounts w re paid, r vizi &ethos and boots kink's. Miller, indigent, • $3,03; Joseph Miller One quarter's board of same? $18,75,:Wm. Inv, indigent, 1110; Wm. Ceiling, in- digent, per Mrs. Collins, for one quar- tetos board, $18.75; Geo. McMillan, for takitig it vagrant to jail, $2;"to reeve fee four days' attendance at court in Naftel Sittiet and two days moi•ci in connection ,with same, $16.6Pi to 01„,,k, four doys.attending court in shine dr,,,,, $5.7-5. , . Ceuttoil adjourned to Meet again on the 1st Monday in NoVember. .. lAm90 PArros, Clerk• • • . . of the•hiiman race•will be on If so,there. will 'certainly b .. ' '11110iniesviiia. .. About four hundred attem ' Anniversary Tea, meeting:. I grand success, proceeds abou • . * • Mr. Birks Jr. will preach at at 10.•30 on Siniday rnornini . ,. • - 10 3 • Pickard at Sturtly's at. . O. • .. • - . u°d"kh T°IvusluiP'• ' . . • The Taylor-MeCullagh trial was putofftill next. ASS1ZeS.,— .. ` Mr. Edward Holmes has gone to Toronto to .pui.sue his studiee. at Trinity Medical College. ' . • - . ' Mrs, re tt, Bodge and Arise Lizzie 'Whitely of the fith have gone on. a 1 re WI) to 'Bran tIcird and Elam. p eaSti I .. , , • ilton and will remain away • a '.. few weeks. ' • . ' . • Messrs. Sandford and Jacob Stokes, sons .of the late T. B. stokes, esti.; orthe Bayfield road, we are glad to • learn are likely to be pecuniarly ben: efitted .by .the • death of itn uncle in Australia, who,leevee -them. a nice sum of money. ' • " It is reported that the tedious law- suit, Oeorge' McMahon v. Andrew 'Whitely, after going througlethe var.'t iolia legal. processes °flay arbitratioii • thence to the Appeal Court i11 Tor. ,.ent,e, Bth eek to e Assizes at Goderiah/ then referred to 'the Master ,..in Chancery, has been at last deckled 'against McMahon, Though purely e matter of aceount it was a very It -Am. cate case as neither parties kept re- gular heeler and the transaction ex- t d ri . • pe •"od of About fifteen ep e otet a ti . . Years. - .. • _ , , . • A. young "'AAA named 111001estont who °nine out front England , last spring with the intention of learning farming in Canada, and who has been living with Mr. Leser Scott, Huron , Road, since last May, has been lett. an estate by an undle recently de- ceased inPlanehester.IIIis interest in the estate will amount to about, $40, 0011' end he left, here last Wednesday and was to have sailed from Quebee Saturcloy last,forEngland,to look after. it. Mr, tecleston is a well educated young roan, and of eOrreet habits, andId those:who elide his aequaintanoe' during his short residence in trurkr, CountV Formed a veil' 1140 00010h* of hitt. , . ' • On Wednesday laot as Wesley Cole was dt iVitlif down it, hill leading to e ,ei ' ••• , k on tl o Intl a rt . go Actress a ciee i i. con. tho double tree bolt gave way, thus malting Mr. 'Cole 'the con n ee ting. link, so to speak, between horses and waggon. ItekeP6uP the ee""entin" for a short time, ancl.as he still citing the lines he Waft jerked out of the croak bo d '. "lite the • "gg°11 An litit leal low, Ite extrieated himself, but bears the marks •on his ftteer Mid ill fiOrOnOSe Of beaker his involuntary baptisnv Ire might brive fared tat1011 worse. The horses seairipered ff, f ti 1 vestio baboon' or 0 , ,0n5 0 1001 (.1 ..1g conar or ell big trepnleka save LI e 0 be was caught, . , , 13elow ia the report of S. S. X41. ,i1, ' l ` t b The for the 'Went t of Sep ern el. , th 41'n is based on punotuality, 6 n I g , • . • •••• - The' 'fellowitig• from Mite S .. 'I, • f tl i ' . the well kno• , tudeb. a -er, o . t • • c diatia Waggon-inaicing.firm a baker Brothers, shows the lac ih the 'old d that prevai 1 . , low tariff: e• • b d' ' tl th r remetn er 'stifle y i , . .. old times ..before the War is . talked about. We then had , .. paratrvely sine!' .ptibuo deb • • - • • the re had the revenue filen), . .., . the public ,Elende, The tari • l bow • *- • - a - . • , butsatisfaceour tu ustries were . .. .., . .. still.• We .had a tariff for '‘it 1 ' "1 " d • d bt ' , exc usive y an no•war debb we paid eight cents per yi calico ' when it was at its , point, Kvery mannfactured • d b d e ore than i tn". a, rba dost m now underthe. present il tariff," and.the only defence oi , ,_. d . . high • ie na agatnet thepric P . ... . l .n spinning and weaving the of their own good. Yarn). were paidat the highest $2. month. Corn sold as .1)101 cents,. Wheat Once reached E the spurt was only temportr i • i ." f k f 11 back to 60 in a few -4 1- -e- . , Horses sold at from $35 to $6 . b 6h the best COWS cou „a pur a $15 to $20, }logs sometimes ed $3,75 per hundred, but the 0 prit g '•e from 1840 to 1860 w Butter Soldtit from A to 10 and ego ranged f Per Poem) . to 8 centg per dozen, at pain , t, . i mote trout •i ti e rivers and lir transportation there was no u f til produce exce 1 61' "a,nY „ar„ , , P cereals and nye:stock, In Ulnae we sold wagons at retail for which we now Sell at $60. 1 *Melt then stiltl for *12 are no Afi. L b f kitid Conn: at .,, a Or 11). any , 26 to 60 per cent, more than then, while every 11141111(94111r01 imported article which labor tif sons from 20 to 0 2 ' Cont. cheaper than it did betor . 1 ,•.0 1 rtt t - Wert ant le on y a a te i „ , , . . , n101„er I•01000 Ire 1 produced 'on 4 fernl. .. . East Walvitoosit Last week a lerge number of lambsa wore taken to nelgraveMer Mr•Cle881 the pureliaser. Af.• e.) 1 • eo ,e e h t, t t. Miss ?° ms . en ' " •r1 g ' ° teach in S. S. no. 13., at an inerease of salary • the stipend. for next year eel iv $340, . The Westfield B. B, Club were tle• feated a Abort time ago by the Bliley,' 1 b .1) t "ntend if ems'bie at me a a ?ys, 1.1. 1 ,. p . ...t ,, so, rutin° period, to wipe off the stein, We hope tobeAr of their success. 1. I I " h t h . 'he tetereeetteg w lie tires ,o, eve been held irohe Eresbylermn 411Sle chureh, on Affinday evening beg 1?eiitt nostponed till Immo future date. Sulfite iii due time. , . , . . .0opoupries The Mutt Wawanosh Fall Show thltes plate in lielgrave tot the 14th when it is expected tho farmers will , bring out their preatibe for exbibt i'vell'imlina tiorf.,We wonder if infant speciniens _ _ _ . „ .. Ilitylield. • • • . Oin• new tinsmith btu; bis shop op- enol out and bids fair to do a good business. • Mr, .7as. Hall bat opened' out a. balOry'llt 1.110 Slitticl thhi he formerly °coupled. James renerts business brisk in his line. May it continue 86. ' n" Mill 811" "iiii°11 tlikek III"' here on Monday and .rnetalay lath and 14th 111148. bids feir to be the best, 'ever beld here. , vem, (rm.-A.41v Tilt' w"k on 1'116 PI" "-- "- - " retarded by the recient AtOPM Whiell firtVipitat,ed the pile driver, engine . . . . .,...,. the list. 9 keeu. ed the t Watt A t $120.• • •Sharon Ittr .. • .1). n, &tide- timee ays of . . good Often a. COM - to nna les Of ff. was 16Wer.'' ven-ue o yay, ril for lowest article t does robber r peo- es WAS niest • hands 3 per as38 0, but y, for . *mks, • 0, and ea at reach. seers as $2, °ante rem 6- •ts re - ea of allot the days $110 lows odd and* t did and OS or per e the bich hose