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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1884-11-05, Page 2• 4-044 1ir0011111 11 gene. an wen .W.oiter. Wit to Cliutens-Toronto Opecial- • . uton Record, .C4LVALaiitbrd71:1). . • Cillit00110 WellUeSdaY0 NOY. 5th. SCOZT Aar azueamp. Thorsday last tlie 3011. inst. was an eventful one as Lein g the day on whith the Scett.Act was voted on in Huron, Bruce, Dufferin end Prince Eti vetted eounties. It was earried in tho three Bret named but defealed ' in Prince Edward. • Glorious old Ifurone treeer dote; anything by halves. The. grand:told county ',rolled up the magnificent majerity of 1659 for the Act. "Three cheers and a tiger" for old Iluron. I,ong May her people up. ' :held the banner a hernaniti and nuirality, , ' ' , But if the followers of the. banner . • ehoulle find that they have been rnis. led, that the ba°1mer hag falsely lured . • . them on, that the shrieking warn- ' inge iigainst Scylla has ply pitinged * Omit .into sthe deadly embrace of Charybdis, then woe, woe to the de- ' ceired or deceiving leaders. , 14 were idle. to say that we ea- . pected the Abt•to be defeated. No such view •was expreesed in' these eolunina.. 13ot we frankly admit 'teat the uriprecedeated majority of 1659 was more than we' were pre- pared for: But asSir John •Mitedonald has ohserved, there •is nothiug more un- certain thee an election or a horse 11111"r -where a large inejurity was expected or beat race.. In pine. tciw.nehips roljoininglone of Hullett was expected torah() Act it was net *given„ The to give ipo forth° .A.ct, it gave' only 67. Tuckeismitir 'gave a majority • ef •40 for the Act; evliens it was ane eipated it would give •about 150, • di township was thieuelit good majority ter tlie. Act, •it new ino eani sew Moreis gives 2'2.8 for the "'"P"' al'c'c'ineatic 150 rarer. e than many , mitosis sage • thouglit •it would. On the other li old Hay . gives a beggarly 29 against the Aut, when it was);oked to give about 240; ,Aslifielei was reekoned on ea give 100 to 150 aga'inst the Adt; it gave 11.8 far. MAillop was booked for about 200 - against the AO, it gave only t94. A good roundenajority Was expected. apnea the • Act in Stephen, it diri pan out accordingly. The. towns fled villages it:tere supposed te nbciut offeet 'each other ; majority ugaitail was obtained in none except. Bay field, whieli gave 41. • • The majority. of 165W for the Act was a surnrise to .both sides. It wefe not very protitrible' to enlarge " • 4:4;•,;`, ' TVX3T1 MO - .11111111. tr011 TAB Dederick NOWS upon the causes. It may not becut of place to say that the viatory is e purely clerical epee. The major por- tion of the, ciergy avorked with a will and a continuity of unfiag!i ging energy that they never brought• to bear upon any purely religious . movement. That tlie • gentlemen " meant well Cannot for a moment , be denied. It is, howeyer,..open to grave doubt whether the introduc. tion of the influence of our. spiritu- al 'leaders was advisable even for the best of purposes. The people were given their choice, by , their epirittral advisers, between perdition and paradise; The former. Was to be the potionof those whir voted against the . Act; the lattee.that* of ' those who voted for ib; Teel. ritich „an 188110 Was a false. one many re - :fleeting minds. VIM voted, for the • Actwill a admit; that it was prose*, toil in that way from the pulpit, and by Rey. speakers froth the platform few will deny. That Many of the eleetorate were Cerried ittvey by the magic of a name is an undoubted if unpleasant reflection. Hundreds • , fer*._Ake.,APt tat. . soon cue off their right hand as knowingly do their couecience vio• • 'once or their fellow men a'wrong. Yet all eiperienge of such measures as the Scott Set abouncle with Proof tht .it will elot bear the fruit ex- Peetactof it. That itis contrary to the lietiree plao, to the spirit and itig Of His 1-1rortl, those who ailewl their sentimental feeliegs to take. counsel with their ,reaSon will yet admit. The Scott, 'Act incule criteria to ptircly leaning on the arpi of, fleeh instead of upon a Higher of alt. Aett win to weloome tho pro. multi expoated from ete And, u lawsabidiag °Me eteni, it trill behoore them at well 415 as illoso who supported the AO to test their Wises in order for the ist of May fleet, and by every isleitilnate Mean* in their power help to produce the auticipated good resul ts. In the coMplications of civilized tieciety majorities niust rule, no matter- by what means obtained. Au d if good followa the action of the large uoijority of the voters of Huron, it will thee be in order to endorse the queetionable axiom that it were justifiable "to do evil that good might ensue." In all sincerity we •wish that the working of the Scott Act may be attended with all the blessingsetts west erdent euP- porters havelondly auticipated and meroseately peieted. A three years trial, backed by the strilegth of pun lic sentitneut—which a majority of 1659 sbuuld give—will dispel any doubts in the matter, evert in the . tided of the most: increclulime `Thomas, power, .. • Jahn Bright is a popular Tem. perance !wider, yet lie does •not be eve h legislation ati a cure for iiiging 'Seed drunkenness, Speak. of the bleeds of the, 'United gdoin .A Mance—. who advent() easter() in seine respects reset*. tba Scott,Act-elle said: moieo"or proceeding wile t ' ED T 01?1 A L ROTAS. The yield of wheat per acre in England has been constantly iiiereas in; ip 1840 it was ayerage of 26 bushels to the acre; now the average 28; they improve while • we decline. Robbery of the soil as been the bus.; inces.of the Canadian farmers. About two -hundred -cars of -Mani- toba grain recently reached, Mon- trealehaving been ,bought down by the Canadian- Pitaitie railway, via. Port Arteer and Owen Sound. 1 id expected theta: considerable qu tity of wheat frOm Manitoba the Nortle,west, will be brooght down this fell. ' This w,estern wheat coining in free of duty, will have a beneficial influence upon the;Millieg buainess of Quebec. and Ontario„ lett rather a depriessing influence on the gyain business of, Ontario.- • . • The Toronto Conservatives have held their secohd convention; and, Recording to the report of the Mail, the delegatea were- informed theta the poiningbenquet Sir 'John Would make a apeech which would electrify the Conservatives throughout the Dommioe. What does this neeito.1 The Conservative party, then, are to receive a shock as from an. electric battery. , What startling things lie Sir John 1e say Is he to renounce the leadership, Or is he preperinge fee the party in the shape . of a newpol- • SAniong the interesting items in- cident to the public revenue returns . • • for the financial year ending in :Tune last, is this ane, that, the interest payable on the.general debt is $225,. oo0. less than 41 was in .1879 apd for - lowing year. Thu, notwithstand- ing all the expenditures that have been going on in connection with the public works, such as the Welland anal, the Pacific Railway, and the Intereolonial Railway, the credit of Canada lias so gre4ly advanced that the annual payments on account of debt is less than it was Ave years ago, by a Very censidereble amount. This faet deals a staggering }Aorta these who have been eating ashes on their headOiowling "woe; WO4i mete EiVe is not above easeidering mall things, it bad an editorial, Saturday, on ''Big rem and Little Vletta." Another caitiff-. 14 is on "What Blake would and would not do." Presumably when Mr. Blake would do a certain thing be is a "Dig Flea"; when he weuld. 'at be is a "Little Flea." Another constituency heard from •in the person of a minister. Rev. J. 8. Bove of Tilsonburg, formerly 'of Loudon, Once writes to the -Liberal of that town regardbig "tifirt byre" priety of giving or selling liquor to minors and adds :—"So far as cure tailing 'intemperance is concerned, the Crooks At or any license Act has by long historybe.a proved to be a delusion and a mockery." Hamilton .3peqator: —"lion. 3) Alills editor -.in chief of the London Advertiser is in a state of bewilder- ed excitement about the visit of Sir John Macdonald to England. Ile cannot make out what Sir John went for, and inasmuch as that gen- tleman did not like 01 take a mao along with hinvand pay Irina $4,000 for. carrying his gripeack, the editor* ineelnef is enable to see that the visit can result ia any good to Can- ada. A .wealthy reprobate, named Kendall, of three score and ten. wine ter was convicted in Hamilton the otherday of a °Henn."' /wield t upon a young girl The Police Meg's-, Irate let birn off with a fine of $1000 and one day in gaol, remarking; "To ib a. in 41re - eer'a etioetial ditkifilL- ing the igneminy of being in prison for a day is quite as severe as though he were there for a. month."' Wd nte agree with the Toronto New iat this severs of the obtrusion of snebbislinrss to the , miscarriage of justice, Mr, Kendall, ex -alderman Kendall, sanethnornaus Kendall, de. servad:po more leniency at the hands of the Magistrate than if his "social etandine Were not so high, , England a few days age ex -M. P. Whalley was sent to, prison for 801/4. eyel months for la'rceny. The Ham- ilton Magistrate Would have sent him up for a few beers on account of his "social searaling."Toadyium. . • .Th‘ Globe te jubilant because Lir John is. alleged . to have said "the "Crooks Act iF; not worth thepaperit is Printed on." •• The Globe centilitres :. "The .people promptly reCognized the fact,andtha.deteriiiiisation ek-press- .ed by • overliebning majorities io so rnany counties .te have something, Sit Jelin's. friends would bo coinpell. ed to acknowledge "worth the 'paper • it was Written on" is.the result." • Is Sir John one of the C.P.R. Syndicate' that eunior haa'asserted has ptirchae- ..ed e controlling interest iii the Global . This is the °illy reason one car: sure mise why that joernat•should editor- iellye and gleefully. saneourice the alacrity with which. the -people act even Si e John's suggeetion•,Sir John Said Aldwat'e Oetario Crooke 'Act, was not woith the•paper it is prints. ed on:' The-peoplehave in really places acceptee Sir John's dictum and pass' • ed an. optional. Doininioa Act, an an Act whieh . Sir John, does not -hold in be ultra vires,. Out to have been 'peased • by a parlianient, with ' Whore. 'the power:lay...And the G/obe is happy because the people' have endorsed Sir Johnia•yie'yes. We Cap say. to. our big brother : "Shake, . A large niffri•ber of journals, froth •the Globe down, -are 'editorially ask* lege: "Cana farmer sell et heat at. ,75 !mete a bp8i18.1 I" To .quiet the inqpiiiitors we will answer': yea, he can. Farmers:wilt-J*1Bit the Clinton market' With firet erase' satitples .of wheat efin &eve affirmative answer to the questien whieh seems to ptizzle Many of, our brethren of the press. Whether it pays a fanner 10 sed at that Price is a denundruni not so etifiily „auswered.• The .nutjerity of fia'riners claim •it, does. not. Tido being the case, if theY will be .Witle • in time„they tarn their attene „ tion to soiree other article its their . . staple croO, for the Edges a tho tiines are that Northwestern, Australian. end 'Feist Indian Wheti.jt . will so" largely compete with. Ont- ario grown; wheat: that our farmees will not, in the naar future field a • "liilifit'effor tIiii Wherifat'70"6entii a bushel. • The carrying of the Scott -Act in Huron and other counties last; titres - day ,lay large majorities, cOupled with alrettdy ;secured constituencies, would show that the fate of barley ae a paying crop is seared. The Scott Aet lever appears to be epide- tide, reed we presume that as in eases where the physical system is attacked —as incholera etc., where little can lc done to arrest the progress of the (hareems' it tiitty be taken for granted that little caii. be done to arrest the progress of tiro sentiment- kll or emotional fever that has seem-. leg)), attacked the body 'pod - tic It will just have topursuoits course and wear itself out. The eternal laws of natural. compenstes Lion are, however, incessantly ae work. The tine ateoltied universal 'adoption of the Scott Act, as we veettid, wilt erage barley heirs the cif grain which the da Indian n grow with pr t. It peept the hat in not be Huron* \gingham* gave a majerity of 17; for the Act* Iiirroxter, 42; Exeter, 32; Godericb* 36; Clinton 73 Illyth, 10; Beaforth* 32; and Brut. ses, 07 ; while the only majority re- corded ageinsWie Act by,ariy town or•villege Wee that of 41 east by Bay- field. In Bruce the same reeult shown. Kincardine gave a majority of 33 for the Act; Lucknow, 15; or Elgin y 95; Paisley, 27; South. latuipton. 43; Tiierton, 61; Teeswe. ter, 33; Tara, 43; and Wrarton, 18, while the only. Majorities recorded against were: Ohesley, 2; and Walk •erten, 92. In Dutferin, Orangeville, gave a majority of 111 for the Act; Horningie Hill, 48; and Iloneyweod, 36; while Shelhorue gave 10 and Dundalk 6 against. --Globe. TOronto 7'r/t1b says that there is no occasion to talk. of the "fneedom so dear to the'Britisher" being inter- fered with whet.; ministers tlike the platform in bleier_ of the Scott Act; and asks : "Has a minister not as good a right as any one else to: his opinion about tire liquor traffie or nary question of the ()err ,And then adds : "It is a inatt4 that has to be decided by force of opinion. 130, ta . cry out about enan's freedom being tagen away is simply nonsense. Noty they would tor indeel foolish who teouhl deny the' right of opins' ion to •ininisters or, any one -.else, But '111iin inittisters not only have opinions on matters foreign to their calling, as for instance in mai, ters of trade and commerce, an,1 en- deavor, to have then' incorporated into legislation what :should be left in its normal:opinionative state, they. are iiitrudiog Num ferbidden ground. To repeeartdreekeet3oasi8.a lataciable purpose, one worthy' .the brightest intellects and the best of men, but Lo call _in the aid of legislation to• place tte possibility of getting drunk beyond a peradventure is an inter- ference with the "freedom so dear to every Britisher." that it has been challenged by many of the best minds of this find other coo ntries. It .certainly is a gratuitous concess Bien to say that men are to'he allowed freedom of opinion as to what, they shall chink and then to pet beyond their reach by legislative enammene the practical ebtoyment or fruition of • thee opinion. Such freedom is on a par with that described by tine spread Cagle American grater who permitted with: "Gentlemen, this 18 a free country, every ene here can do as he likes; and, if they de Pot 1 thank God •we have laws that will compel them to do so 1 If there is ono fact which more than another -has Lad demonstration in tho history of the. proliibitorY movement, it iesetleit the sentiment of rural cominunities; as a general thing,. is lareely favorahlo to tem. peraner, Whiforthe towneshePally op' 110813 theatdoption of prohibitory le ()Ivy laWs. It is, therefore, 8. re- niarltablo feet that the present Scott et eatripitign is devet,oping a now n of thing!, and demolish a - towns tonally witrf the les are in favour straints on 'hamlet), take iit,171) ELECTION' RETURNS. We 'give below as near as maybe the number of votes. polled in the different villages, towns andetewn. ships in the comity last Thursday. It will be found that there were 9;928 votes oat. Upon looking up the member of votes in the various municipalities' in 1882, the latest voters list we have, we fled th4t there were thi n 13,810 voters on the list. These have been added to since, HO that we may assume there are Sully 14,000 (16,000) oll the lists voted on 'mit Thursday. Of these we will say 10,000 were polled, ' leaving 4,000.not accounted for. It, will be conceded by any fair tined ed Scott Act man that the full strength of the vote on the Act side was polled. Thu circumstances .of the case warrant this. The Suety Act party are the agressors, It is by "firing thebeart" end heating the ituagiaation they secure suppore. Scott Act wen are principally of the stamp of those who joined the Crusade to deliver the Holy Land from the tyranny of the Saracen, That -Imre- -jained-in-what-weemay- 1' Air -wig the political Po wOr bet; ind the &lett Aot if foreshadowing the gime that many .of the lay loaders Le the movement were after. That inilistilltees and the vast majority. of the electors who supported the Scott Act voted in the matter in the firm conviction that they wore doing a service td God and morality nius.t not be crehtioned. But what are to we think of others who already, iu the intexication begotten of trimmers proclaim their game by sayingefolia weli haVe to take a back seat. t. • It would eeetn that among Aleth. °diet clergeouen, aa well as among the• liter element., there are some who think 'there is "uo me trying to meke, men sober by aet of parlia- Mont.". In witness whereof we append the -following :— " ."At the Queen street Methodiat -church last unday, Ra v. T. W jeffrey,.in the (melee of his sermon," rnsde eeforerree to the tempo! twee question, and rather astotindied at leaet a portion of 'bis bearers, by posing as an anti -Scott advouate. He deplored as much ss .anyox)e -could the terrible evil of drieeken. nese, but he thvght there was no toe in try0ng to make men sober b,y act. of *ornament. lie • .would have the church take up. the question, and have the drunkard brought itielfehe had to be carried, • to the prayer meeting, where united prayeeshould 'he offered .by the church to Aliniglity • Odd for the eradieatiop of tbe appe tite for drink. In referring to the remelt .victories far the Scott ,Act, he said that while thankful for whatever good may . have beete. ex- complisbed, he could notslielp think- ing tlfat the victories moult consid- erable injusti e to o aebo y,-eTo- ro•nte-Arews• -Nov 3, - • be pardoned for calling, and at least what they call, a holy Wear against publicans S and liquor. Their mo'. %dyes:are chivaliens in . the extreme, sometimes- bordering onehe Quixotiu. and chivalry eornbined the most .powerful •sinceutive to melee , that the human. mind can have. Without-prejuiliSe and in all 'fairness we may "therefOre: toieuthe diet the Seatt :Act supporters turned out to a mata And the); Were or - bad, no orgaoi- e zetion that we wore aware of. The, • few; if any, enthusiasts *ere those directly engaged in the liquor trade --eprobably not 400 out of tim 4009,4 me -over Who voted egailist -the Aet opposed it from 'personal interest in, the issue.. .Whereas, es we have said, 'almost every individual :supported the Act • took. an active personal interest in. the ..suecosil of the measure .. The great majority -of theSoppOsi, ticin sirnply aeted cin theidefensive. They had no,possible 'interest in the. liquor trade. The• were deeending the. liberty of 'the s.ubjedt on the 'broad ground thatilieugh the :taking: -away the right. of riggerdeltiers. ooq the free , will og the great -mass. might .ftecomplielt ',some :geode. yet, as the' lion .whieli .otice teates h ti man blood la ileVer Content teiftiae at hi first, or. second, or even third, meta of ,that kind, so 'in like manner the. invasion" of • the rights ..of eeen-',ae steed minority, or the restriction, on evena small ecale, of the netu.ral: rights of the great mass..,..is notept to..stop. at that... The 'aggressors have their appetites'. •for a.ebitrary and tyrannical power telly the alone keenly whettedby their success on a spiall scale. And tiles tliky are apt to sigh for more libertieS co 'conquer . . `until revolttlion, anitrehy and bloods elitist ensuesand liberty . is 'oeuelted and :buried •in the contusion, only to emerge after.the diseerdent pesaions haVe• like thm Killeetiny cats de- . , ,Vouredeach other . , It as fair to state' thet, of the 4.000 utipolled. ti. number- weer,' 'net:easel': ily: be duplicates.. Allow olio, third off; We Inive then .-3000.unpolied. . . votes, nine -tenths of:whom 'did they at all 'would have veted for liberty of conscience, -free will, and against' 'the Ace It will then be n� exagger- ation • to 'ettite that if 2509 of therm - Polled voters had exer,cisee theirfran- midge they .tvoOld have epted tegainet• Ilre Act' and defeated it 'by' a hand some majority,' Probably its best as -it is. A. three years. triale-and itis htit right that opponents give' the. Aet ,a fair trialtvill belp . to. quiet, .one way or, another, a very nialeeirable eihatien. ' • ' • AS.LIEIBLD. '•• : . ' •-. .• $2, • go • . • ' is • . . . • "A 47.6 .297 170 118 • BAYVIELD, 19 • 60 ' BLYTIL 80 70 ' 10 • BRUSSELS.- rlNs OPINIOSS. Alternations of SOCeeSlieS and des feats of the Seott ,Act may be ex. - Fleeted so tong as the preseitt"fild of • O tliusiasin lest. thirty years ago ssimilar Movement extended ta.sev- ere' States Of American but :in most cases -the period of prohild. Von proYed transitory; fin0 in the. 'State. el, goiee; *here the taw is not. repealed, ,drunkennesie is Very far •ftOm being. suppressed. Where the ., • , • , use otaaiconot .Was lessened, other and itle'rn. dangerous narcotics too often .took its preen, The American• ;experiment in prohibition is far, fromjastifying the belief that man is aboutito inniergo a Oliati'de of ha.bit' such as the World has so far had no :eXperienee of. • It would be difficult to fltifl• a Mitten Which •Iteir not from; • 4 , the parlicat .tiinee sought solace in , . Sonny narcotic aq t tneans of dispel ling Care and arriving pain. sesTlie eight hundred million' Men .who use, t.otractio,never. consumed se Much' as at preseiil; the four hundred Millions veleo. are addicted tothe use of Opimis are; it ie to be: f .ared, receiving Meg:ionsto their Mind:ere; inteXicat • ing lieinp,.in its • various forms,- still 'counts oVer 'a liuniired millians of devotees,. af1(1' 'betel 10,11n,13tal tiiit :110h8., •FrOln Ayine to.Apium, tlie ''toad on 'which. many arc.n.oW trav'cl- 'ling, is 4 cletege for tee- worse. efee .QienCY. bad tin miere.ge 1.6 defend ference; bet Itia--experience; as by told. the use 6f Opium by the wity,,toyf...Ipliriej(., hituself;'woeld deter niet pet•sons out of 'a hundred flotti••turap. tipg a011619e whitill 'Opole a way t� the inconcieiyable hot rote lie deplete,. So far as . the substiltillao t 'made hi the •Ifeite,IStetweitiel Can tole, a febil custom of • the ChineSe is beitig.f.ollo wed, with resulta any 018 0(17 ge1.a. glinipme Of. • itig a ,proxy to open for him' brit:deer tn Fratipimio einem deo. The iS• (301 to lt breuglit a-, 'bout"by•the restraint' of law eVil, • ia ever to. .be ..frOto •the world, 'it Will by means -Of a morel. Change.: Prohibition dee-4..11ot give • the Moral strength necessary to re,. sist injuriotis exciess in that -of whielt the tnederate use is intrinless or ben- efit:ink "'That la • not its method; it substithtes exterimirestraitit. for the more eigorons.vietim of sol taien trol; and whet, oriportunitY returns, t he power.. of resistance if originally week is found to offer no stifegimed against. temptation. ;13esides .. pro - (illation does not mad cannot fulfil promise; hutit can' and (Mee Make: fin injurious change :both 'in the cpialtity of drieks .constittied end, 'the • eliaracter •••the .pe18018 whom' they are dispensed: • Prohibi- tion will run its,cotinSe municipal byslaws, but the ixtent•ste,which it will • be lim'itell; the good it Will ' do' will be balanced bji the. more 'injurioue nalistitutee for, what 11 restt lute the use of; When its deficiencies andtailuraii be- come patent, the great pawicea for imr,e of intemperance will , be .itbendoited .0) despair. . Then, may: be Lried th et-experi meta of-bui !ding u p be moral etaiiiiite which can make possible rational FinjoYinent without the. penalty of injurious excess.— 'Tarmac>. Week. • ilre*t 'Wren Field Soots W. Young, Reeve of Colhorne and John Varcoe of the same townehip hare presented the aWarda due for best lields of roots, under the provisions of the Wel04 Huron cultural Society. Metiers. Snell; of Ilullett, took let for carrots, let for turnip*, and 3W 'for mangolde, Mr. Alm ris also took let prize for mangbkle and it for potatoes: John Andretve, Bayfield road, Goderith townehip, took 2itil prize for tnangelds, and ard for carrots, Air. II. Corwin, Huron road, God. erich tp., too1.20e1 prize for carrots and 2n4 -for potatoes. - Mr. Jas. Long,Colhorne, took 2n4 prize for turnip. Mr. Thos. Carroll took 3rd prize for liotatnee. Tee iast, crop examined was owned by Air. Robert IVIedd, West Wawa., 11081),W1i0 tool; 3rd prize for turnips. The tureips were iu a veryplourisla eendeion, but they etiemed to he a l'ttle late in Martine their growth. The soil is a pretty stilt elay loam. Orop last year, barley ; tuaroire4 thiS tiprilla With barnyard manure ; 8 drills to the. acre. 79 150 195 41 6.6 12:6 60 67. ... • . ' • CLINTON, 325 - 109OLBORNE126 73 .1 ' 377 221 166 65 EXETER, 298 165 ' 133 32 ... • GODPRICH TOWN. 420 228 192 36 ' GODERICH TOWNSHIP. 420 268 157 121 ; GREY: • • 386 162 204 ItAg. • r 266 295 .... 29 IlOWICK. • 420 268 152 .tfuLtEre. 305 67. ivb;x2113.,81,01'. 245 330 04 MORRIS.• • ° 373140 ' 24..2 • spiroirvar , 174 • 142 32 ... STANLEY, • 230 138 0i ... STEN; EPH 680 818 '862 44 •••TtICICE11813IITII. 488 264 224 40 TURSTIERRY. 11. 385 . 274 111 163 ' WAWANOS1L 370 279 01 118 W. WAWANOS1f 861 226 0 132 96 230 128 568 :566 688 643 584 522 326 368 0.4 11 • 111, 414 • _Vox Populi, Vox Del . IbVitar Areunqt0ord. • • , 8015—N0w that the people' have spoken so unmistakeably at the polls in favor of the Scott Act, 1 have a trotion that • you will itelthowleclge that the elArgy were right in the stand they took on the Act, "You may nOt think that the voice of' the elergy is the Yoke; of Clod, but the well known liberality el your views 'tempts me 'to be1ievtihat, yoo will concede that the voice of the neeple IS the nearest approtteh to resubsten- Live deelaration of the will of Pray- '• While I have not agreed with your contention Against the Floatt A•ct,and of ten 1811 013183708 when you "eulthed it ini.o..us.". I will do you the ,instice. :to May, that •StOtIP alignments were not of the demagogic kind, and were urged With ft kindly spirit, and bone evideoce of an intimate acquaint, ance with the opinions of many Of 6nr most profound and seholarly re- preseittativ4) men: 'Further, Mr, i.Nlifor, row that we will have an op portemity to test- the operation of what evee you have aliveya deolared to i3 „an Act WI1080 8101 Ana 0140at iK Mill betterment of our fellow men, eecOeet that you and all the moron th0 Act Will aid us 'when the ;10s to*efiforee it, 80 that we ' the best possible results -1 a fair trial dello Aet •,•re fulfilled, you will --inorter for its i•e- timony tO nly POUND uring Moro. main a life - 11018.8180 66 4 DliddleSex Assizes. Front Me 1,—otal—on Free Frets. . Stark vs. MactiOnald.—This was one of the iliost extraordinaly cases Mita las fo sume time come before a Court of Justice the eature of the charge alleged, be- ing an action to recover cleinages ter the -seduction of plaintiff's daughter. by defendant, Plailitiflis a laborer residing in the township cif Morris, county of Heron, and has a fatay •of three •children, the eldeet being ,thirtecnj, years of age; and defendant farmer fifty. years of -age, mare rieVanif having a family. 'It wia alleged that plaicitiff was . working in the •neighboriall and 'that the' girl attended the younger. children ankassisted.in the household work; alsia that in April, 1.883yclefenclant began to entice the girl by giviky her.preseetS of money and promis- ing to keep '-her in good clothee. if She NYOUlif ni11111 Iiiin and • not tell anything to her parents, and that upoe two oecasions ha came to her father's house while •Shes•wakin the seieed and threw her down and had couneotinn 'with' her, for -which her father sought to . recover dentatr% e.It was also stated that defeedeet, -after the discovery • of Itis doingss, sl'utri gime to the U. lifted Statod. and remained• there up 'to the preseut timiea.ric. was foerteen years' old on the 8th of Fehruary last; live near the villeg.o of Walton, -comity Sill:17.61111;01,n k rie: 1 t never epoke . to him; lirat Saw him twp years ago; . as living with...6)y father,' brother•_arel an old lady; *I went to school; d•idn't de any chores around, bet sometimes fed the cow; Macdopald came to th9, boast. .ane • .clay just in'the evening; he' Wented .a plane fora man who' lived in -Da- kota; lie gave me ten •ceuts and told otot,1to any one'rind tliii w he did not•get. the plane:, as he said he didn't want it I went away in April to Mr.. Somer. in AleKillop, and came back 1.13 Nevember ,or mime , Com ...before ,Ohristiens; 8'IW • • ,,:kr time. after that; 1 wils going Out .6f thelerek door of Mt.:father's house; he ceught nie in the yard a». -a took 1103 to a pile of \wood that Was just ..besille the house; it was about ti or .7.45 at.. this Arne; lib .had to do me upon the wood pile; cry,• but struggled a little, • LortialtiP—Wlijr didn't you $400. Hie Jeorthillip then dist:aimed the action, without costs to defend. aut. ISeliststt EN00,o5o.--11.1r. Wm. Hatficett vvho has been teacher of therunior divis- ion of the Public School here for the present year has been engaged as teacher for S. S. Ile. 3, Ashtield, for 1885 at a salary of $345 per annum. The people or this vicinity are re joiced over the passing of the "Scott Act" in both, Huron and Bruce by sueh igrand majorities, perticularly.in the former. Both sides worked hard on election day and nearly every available vote was polled either for or against. Hallow eve passed off very quietly here.. The geese were the only eufs• forms. The goii of some of them is no longer obseeeved. A person • in Lucknow on being asked, by way of a joke refro he voted for gave himself away by replying, voted for Mr. 0— was canvasser in the "anti" interest. amnia vote for measures vvbile others vote for men. Thus it will always be. Mr. N. Griffin of Winghath clerk in L'Illott's *re was optioing mbar - rel with an oldlehisel and a hammer, whop a piece of iron broke oil the eldsel and entered his right eye. Dee, Towler and Ounu made 'nusucc res.' ful attempts to get it out, and by their advise he at mace prOceeded to consnit 811 oeulist la Toronto. . John A McEwen, of Winghtra, was returning home one very •dark. night, When all at once his horse suddenly stoppeO, throwing the oecepaut out owe; the dash. hoard of tkie•huggy. He was severe- ly -shaken upbut no bones were broken. The cause Of the horse stopping filiortwas a tree lying across the roald,'011ich hart been bldivu down during his absence, A farmer brought a load of hey to town and had it weighed by the mar- ket clerk who exacted and reaeived 25ets therefor. The farmerprotest. ed,elainaingthat by Sec, 6, Oh* 24 Ontario Statutes 1882- fifteen cents Was the utmost that could be charged "for weighing a, load of hay" .any' town by law to the contrary. 'The clerk. however claimed that he only charged 15 cts for weighing the hay, the other 10 as.' was for weighingthe waggon sepal:Moly: The Mayor net being in town...the farmer coup get .00 inforniatiou as to •whether ho was luiposed upon or not", Ho thinks lie was and it does not seem as if he is right. The evident meaning of "fif- teen cents for weighing a load of hay" is for detertninging,the qtaaaitity of hay in the loatl, Willeh. is 8Ot:'40- • torreined iiiitilthe Weight Of tho.i.ag- gon 'has beer! ' ascertained. What say our locol autheritics? "Whichis right, the fanner or the.alerli? " A, very large number of people as-. sett -tided at St. l'atil's ()bunch, en Tbersdity 'inornine, 23rd 0, tr., the occasion being .triiti administering 'of :the Rite of Confirmation by Bishop Baldtviri, assisted by Archdeacon Marsh.• Porty eight person; present ed themselves, and -alter a lengthy discourse by the Bishop to the as- aetnbly, more especially to ;the can- didates, they were duly confirmed. In the evening a reception mats given at the residence of Rev. R. 'AlcCoeh, Many talti4„advatitag of, the oe• 'pastel.). " . • . . . • • „ . . . . . Was nerVoue ' (871(1 pould ilot; 1 sawitim after alitt on the street; he gave • me, Itt atey; he gave 1110 EY dollar and 18 quarter oro, ,dnilar and a half at ene tjnie;• lie. sai4 1 Wasn't to tellenyone, Waste mind him; 110' tOlii 1116 again •••that.lie kept other:girls; tlyat I .was not' tee he back Ward, betSwhen wanted,any Uri4"',was to go- to him; he.spoke 0,1,outAliss Orembol Id ahd. silid he kept her 'in ,clothes; he caught .me adaip. about 'a aneeth after the Sfiree time end -*did the .aatire' thing as before on Ole same place; 1.did net pry (int, but did just. tia before; I met hitn again on -thc3 .street after tIM,t; he stopped ine and gave Me a dollar bill; saying 1 .Wee . just to' IceeP11 anct get what I want. ..ed and not tell miyolte whet. lie•seid •Ilfenry...H.Oughton testified that Mitcdoteild left Walton:inside of. .tereeeor fnur-t1y6 aftur. the alleged mimeMuluct and. that he had not not'seen,drim 8010(3.,1 .Wittteas met him 'on tbe . Street, , and .'.10) .asittad .wituess what' WWI .•11P, • and .witnees told Min .he didn't • think: lie Wanted• ta be 'teld, a8. lie:knew hitnaelf.- Matthew Morrison, Sworn: • 1' heard the Same evenidg. of the al-, leged miscooduCt elf Macdonald, who is'a 'married. man with e fondly of marriageable de:lighters; I met him that night and Said '"This 18 a nice 'affair: ef yours; It's not; here you ought to be, Init in Penitentiary," . e HO said it was a bed thingesenditook we to 01113 Hicre and oflered me live dollars to. /tattle it; I replied that .wouldn't do any snob thing and swore at him; an the' following Monday Stark asked me to go and 800 if 1\feet-it:maid Was willing to pay anything to Settle the mattei'—he melted 3400 er $500, I think, but dicln't met Mai:donned. In cross exemieatioo wittrearesaid lie went- to •Godet.ich at Stark's request and en.' ttn,eil the knit; Stark' paid Me $10. Mr; Atereditle—Oh, what •dia you do with it 1 •A —Me, .Stark gave hte. $10 and I gave 35 to the lawyer, Meredith -- and kept gve youreelf „ . • ..AutY11,1:te'lli.t.11-,-a very fair divi • &don that.. (Laughter). .. • • . Witness continued that „len the night befeee he went to Goderich the girl made e statement which lin took down in writiog in the pres- ence • of Mrs. MeOulibin and that this WAR the first tante he had heard the girl malting such a statement. . This concluded the tostiniony, and Mr. W. Ile Alereclith advaneed arguments in support of the cow8 tention that (88 110 pecuniary damage or 1048 WI 1)01.11 11110WII, plaintiff' was not entitled to recover. • • 'After countersaegliment g "Meredith, Ms Lordship said ho would have to dismiss the anti bra would leave it to the jury to assess the damages, .so 'that 11, no nil gilt ho,disposod of 101100 (II nistIod. Thojory in the 6881 -k vs. A.taoionaid at 440 STOVES. . . 0 Just Arrived, a Splend, Coal Stove, :-: Cool: St PARLOR & BOX t7'• OF WiT=Y. DEpgarr • Mammoth Stove Warehouse, Hardware and Tin Shop, — QT MARKET REPORTS. (Corroded every Tuesday afternoon ' Hav, . . c:INT:N..... 8 oo to 0 00 IFEHI:ligitet8r‘s,v,,.1 1 e a t.. , 110,:, . .. :, .: . , , . - 840 5702 Appl'es, (whiter) per bble - 2 00 ' Spring weeat; - - a.- . - pas BYrloy .: . i - 0 45 PPB e0u4t:at teo er 8 , : .. ! - ... : : .. 000 55:00 t 0 7 00 Oats, - --1 • - - 0 2/3 - ,01006 °ett oo 00 1080 , Beef, - . - Sheepskins t ' ••• - 0 75 to 1 00 Turkeys, per pottnd, „ . • - 0 00 th, , 0 00 GONE' - • • . - 0 00 to 0.,08. 01)11111,08864,1118)e, per rt.. 1 r . ..... :. 700 000000 131ci . 080 000000 NIC;0°i°Uki:V00(1.. --,"^".--t" . ----------.--8---..-00,-td,A.00.- . „, - p 10 to 0 10 One day last.week while Mr. WSIS; '•Webster,of the Central Hotel, was drivingto Wingliam, 'hisrig and an-, 'other get • foul of, each. -other.. Mr. We Sten) his. horse' and 'btiegyo•olled over tete 'the 'ditch -and •tooksotne Scott Act• liquid. •Afte:r getting viiiga right. Bede ' up • with care • the gent lemon continued the Byer), tenor or his. Ivay•2 not much worse 'fro:11'014 tit bihap. • . Wm.. Diainutiend does business with• (lespatch.One' of the (180)18188(3 o[ ;trade nec eSitrited -a: supply of Billow. Be didn't neve spy..Lle •telegraplied an erder to Iffindon and at 4 p. ni.same day was parcelling up the semioarine among custotoer.h Strange to say the'tnerehandise Came by the O. 1'. R... • • Dr: .0unn, a • medico, ti•om 'Bruce. taltert tdie praetice oleDopald during che abnence, of the latter gentleman In tiorilla. this Winter. -• •-• "• `,. • . .• ' A large amonet of produce IS being shipPed froth this 'P.ftca. The eiter- etie millers,..Aeesrs. 1'. Iipfly a Sou .'giv;ng 4 liberalquota the.reto: . ' , Sir, "Wm. 'Terri:3(m, the Well-known fish dealer, nes this season disposed of 5,690 poutvls of Lake Huron fish.. Rev. Pether Keally, who haa.offi. crated torisome time in Mitchell, has been appointed by the Bishop to ace, 111 the French settletneet near 13ay. field. The Mitchell dvoeole Biqa* "It seemi that --'when our Catbolic follevnetdispt a god man he is on ie - Conversing with friends in Clinton was much surprised to find that the, Rev. 2?,I.r. Taylor of this place Made some unfounded statements at' a politico -Scott Act meeting in Clinton on We(theaday evening befme yotng. ditY: Ibis trt.* that ieir.Taylor said if he erred it wits through ignorance .Err Iie did, and egregiously so in giving alleged etatistics anent barley and malt. In this there was no ex - cosi), for there are means 'whereby he eould (satisfy hineself vviiether he was right or net. As a minister of the Gospel this he was bo.und to do 'before using them as a text. Mr. Tayloe's ,congregation 'W.:Wit' think him somewhat off were he to purport to preaeh from a Bible text, bet ask Ins hearers to set him right if his test wait not in that book.. If the blind lead the blind; 11 is he wonder that both should fall into the ditch, And ehree they are. Tho polling which took place here for the Scott Act on the 80th. passed very, quietly, the only thing there was to drink dining oho day wait thistle juice which we understandthe manufacturer intends making, on a, large scale the coming season. He is paying the highest pejo() for potatoe bugs which lie uses in colouring the beverage. • • The cold water men held a tacet- ing after the close of the poll when the patentee of the ermaiug.clrink— thistle juice- was presented with a loather modal and a good feed of eggs. While ono of oar mediae/ gent8 was driving in Goderich tewnillup rd' contly his hat fell off, It being so lig hieliorse evidently tribitalcing the ha for a fallen troo made in extra exer- tion to avoidit; hot thekeldeltem 0061, lie was tittaoluid te ran against the abstrUction upsetting the rig, and ,apilling +.110.1-node:to out; ,After die- gnosticating his cage lie Schwa "Rich. ard himself again" • to 4 50 to 070 tO 0 75 to 055 to 0 28 to 0 55 5b 2 00 tiit• 0 30 to 0 18 WOOD WANTED. ClOOD HARD' OR SOFT CORDWOOD,' ea to be delivered,at rnyOrnip Elevator. THE MMUS IINK , incorporated brad of etrilinient, 1852, • C.C.P.ITItAELs;,i, , .4. :,,, 7.0.6lib$020,1r .0.1.000 .. Mead. ofilee, - MONTREAL. THOMAS WORICMAN, President. J. IL 13„,MOLSON, Vice•President. -P. wourEtifiTA refromas,.(ieueret Manager -at 1 Notes discomited. Colleetions made, Dream issued, Sterling alai American, ex. ....._,--eliangebaught aulLsoltiet. lqw- est current rte, INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS ' . Fe:e..eseeseimiReES. Ilforay aa.seeee to farmers on their own hotel with one or mere muleteers, No mortgage re. qui rei as security. O. BREWER,, RICTAIII) 310-tf Standard Elevator. ' "Febr• aary, 1834. • mClaSanager,. 101/.. STRAY CATTLE. Q!1'llicren from Clinton, Sunday, November )...?• 2,nd, two 8-3,ear•o3d 18E0 STEERS and one 2 year-old 'RED HEIFER -there may liesome white apots on them. Any one giving snub in. formation as will lead to their recovery will be Paid for their trouble. • • " JAMES 'HEARN, • Oattlo Dreyer, Clinton.' Ea -TRAY RIG. • riA•5114 TO run PREMISES of Gimrge West, k../ Stanley towns -hip, Just outside the corpor- ation of Clinton, about the Ord.0etuber, a black and white sow pig, about 1W0 or throe months old, Th q gwner tion have it by paying expanses -310-t1 . • . 0140110E WEST. • • . • ••-• . .; FEMALE. TEACHER WANTED; For the ower, division 'of the Clinten 'Mod . tO complete tee of the year. .; • : -1100.11 , . W, .11. DINE; SecriitarY. ..„ ' SALESMEN WANTED • • ASEN IYITET ENERGY AND DETERMINA. • 10.1.:•TION, and possessed of a reasonahre amount, of intelligence imd business tact, can have their earouses paid and earn lama 'seam (04 by spiking • our Nnrserli Stock: We guabuitee 814 kook A.7., ' and as 87).ar0 well an,t favorably known through - Out Ontario, our agents flitil,no trouble in making sates:. Ara experielice required I Oath van be carried lb coat 'Mellott. • 8111018510 postal card for Onus, ete... l• • CHASE.BROTHERS; • Nurmykrien'ana amt.:mien, • 2$143m. • .L'AliSPOIVP.ONT,. . • • • , CONSVIIPTION (AIRED An old'physirian, retired 'from protice, having heal placed in his hands by no Eng India missionaiy the formula of' a simple vegetable remedy fon the speedy rtlfe fit tritilsti:3111ti°111111 ne Asti ms turd Lung .4.ffeet130us, alao 8 mite itiye.and milked cure fon 1'0P3Y0118 Debility Ana all Neryous Complaints, after linvieg Meted itit wohlierfal (angled powers in lisands of eeseth los felt it his duty te 1 it known to his saufteriog fellows. by thin 'motive and a desire to felo honnufle-ring,. eyt11 send free of therm, to ell who desire if, this re- in &man, French or English, with , full direetions for moaning and itahig. Solt by mail by (Odra-sem/ with attune, tenting this paper, .W.41, Nore, v 149 P01001'8 Meek, itechefitri.V.• V: AR,11 ITEPLEMENTS, LARGE ASSORTMEN'r OF PDC:3W S .• LONDON' LOAN'007 • . To END ATR. WEST 'TES $1,00,000 Shoredate looms at 13A TES & ei.per.iCent . M.J KENT. Manager , LillyiBER‘AND.LATH., fa! kinds ofPill0 Lumber, an,d • •Lath. 'Xhosa witnting.1.:umbid- or Lath wIl find it to them intorc24to giro 3110 a call. .7ard . buck of the, Fanning 31111 Factory', Wellington ' "Street, Clinton. • , 28(34f. 30SEJ?II.0RID1.EY. . . • . . TO 1VIEROTIAN. TS : llow to SellGoods TO— THE pAtATER. .• 9-ot)thxxictx.. , 0 0 ROOT & ST AW CUTTING BOXES • •CQRN SI1ELLERS, And all Implement's .used. on a farm as.Cood aa tlie. Bost, alai as Cheap the :Cheapest; at , J. E. WEIR'S . IMPLEMENT wAiiRpoms, cL!NTON. . ONTARIO ATOFIE Clocks, Jewelry -ILVERWARE, J. BIDDLEGOMBE, ,OPPOSITE THE MARKET, CLINTON T,adles' Gold and Silver Jewelry -- Brooches, Ear 'Rings, Bracelets, ete. Solid Silver an.d Platecl vvARgsi..: lta1i1e for noliday, Wedding, or Birth- day Presents. Goods for large or small thirties lied to suit all seasons (tithe year. 'See the Stock, -Large' variety of Clocks. -Everything of the best 11131400. 18 ns..encilensespellaill.'ilieltga-o• amitlenieree Plain and Fancy Jewelry • attended to end satisfaction guaranteed. " • ,Full NA of Spectacles, Of the Best Makes, always on Mind. J. Eiddiecombe, Ommarte ttie*,Nlarkit, Clintem E sen centa forpostage NPR! aro receive fro, dottlyboa emporia. touch will hem all, o co., Augusta; amino. anything else in tins,tyo id. Fortunes await the woofers absolutes ly ure. M. nce address' '111v8of either sex, to inoro 0101100rig121tioit4wva: than • BOOT 86 SHOE STORE IN PERRIN'S BLO,CK. Itatalaeade Work, *meed and pegged-, at, prim to sait'every purse. The best work, lowed 'Mesa, ittul satistattion guaranteed. 4s I have first.einsa eity workmen 000. pioyed, entire setisfeetion is a earteuity. dive me a call, BEACO '1'hos8,b1ctibel begs'to return bis sieeero 'thanks to his destomers .311t1 the public: • • . . geeerally: foi the liberal.patronage'extend-• ed to him in the' past, and by furnialting tho . •• • Best article ! t. —AT. THE--, LOWEST Remtuierative Price, be hopes to .nieret a contamence of the - I He weuld•spe.eially i•ecommend a triatof 'MS Dreher LaroneartoNs• of- the VERY BEST; ,IMANDS of BRANDIES, PORT WINI.ISMid HOLLAND. GINS; suitalho for:medic:Mal purposes and family use. , , • UAW met: aim -POSTER, in bettles—pints imparts: CA7AD7AN ALBS • AND POUTER, CATtLING & DAVIES Lerma' coristantly•onhand.' • `„. . Jusk reeeived, in prime condition, Mom 'mum, Chtgata ALa, olIAMPADNE CIDift; Pia's. SODA., e7.5ole 4gent for Goderich Ale. • 1,44 ROBSON ALBERT, STREET.. GLIATON v -22,1n. orROCE IES Cheaper That Eve At 000PEh'18 Grocer • Mr, Thos. Co".trfier robin q than minty customera for their Idle in the past, mid begs to annotiace has admitted his son Hoiden As 5Jinni of the firm, and hopes they will receive continnanee of the support lieretofew liberally (metalled to 118 11331181. , .0 U R 60 OT. T win Still ho a ipecialtY, he beaten in the market: „All Gr000ries AS law as P09§1b1 Large Stock of GL4438 WAR OltWICRItY On hand: Also FftE811oAr meAt, CORN INE,41.0 P1.011R, ATO, 1)07410 -40. Give us call and be satisile T, COoper& Son ADVER,TISINGill,11041414 #0,t033 Ahl *0 the Oleo of 1,01t01110,14401. 14e. neriotek Xtiock,thicatto,111.