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Tippet lOstee-G. A. Sharman.
• Lend for sele-John, Holloway.,
Exeersion--Grend Trunk R.R.
- Watch for ite-Geo. R. Pay •ffir C.
Card of thankeee,Toluenoerts00.
. Bargains in greceries--4ugus.
• .I‘Tursery stock,,Tarooerhoiapsou.
Mercbartt tailor -0, 0, Rance4 CO.
Bargair*Uz. clothing-ejacleson Bros,
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FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 1866.
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----KDITORIAL 'NOTES.
•Tun millions of dollars that have been
• wasted in one...wayeeled aucither by the
present Dominion Government, wotildelf
they had been properly used, have gone a
long way toteards reducing our national
• debt,
• -43•0*1111.
• IT is said that thp incidental leeks cone
nected with northwest rebellion, will foot
up to twelve, Net one
cent of this enormous amount need have
- been incurred, had the goVernment acted
•witle ordinary prudence.
k • • - ,
14.11t, •MOWAT,.• in reply to A question in
the House, has expressed himself, as op:
posed -to the teetation of churches. We
e.re sorry to see him take this position,
for he is clearly behind a very strong aod
grovang :sentiment" in• the community.
The time is rapidly approaching when
, public opinion will demand that churches
beae a share of the,taxes, the same ae any
other property, • ;
•
Tan Mail intimates that it will be ex-
•- eeedingly iroprudeht for Mr. Blake to (lite -
cuss the Biel question, in the House. of
• couise it will, exbeedingly imprudent for
• Sir Jbliii-e-noeinitter what form: the dise
ciession t4kes... 'Tito Mea and it perter
are meturally opposed to -anything that
willeshosv up the hypocrisy and deceit of
'• its leadershet they do not constitute ell
• tho people of Canada, by any riceans.
•
DIMOI1." of at , least five million del-
• lars'is the pleasaht prospect for the people
of Canada to 'conteMplate this year. If
these were a probability of the ainount
being, reducecrby ecOnomy in the .adrnin-
istration of affairs„ it would Chen be bad
enough,:bot there is• no such probability:
• The record of the Goveremeht his -been
one of continued eXeravagaece, waste' and.
• needless expenditure, and is likely to re
-
pain &ugh, :until the:people eee that the
Country is &Mips; tepidly to‘eards hope-
• less-leatel'etet•ptcY. • '
• „A. nuiiiiAquoX of YeungeLib'erale wait:
•
ed on Hon, Mr. Mon'at, the. Other. day,
• and asked that the franchise be extended
teenaphood suffeage. Mre. llowtte.sLted
that the frhnehise had already, been made
• soniewhat liberal by 'the • present parlia-
ment, And furttier extension could.
scarcely be given by tie? same body. He
• state& alio, that if Succestful in the next
• eleCtion, as he exoeeted •to be, it was al-
together• likely that neanliood suffrage
would be one of •the. fleet' measuree intre-
ducecl.••• •
•
,- Met. JOHN •CasayirQN, LP., delivered
e• 'a speech nt Milton,' on Friday, whioh
should open • the'eyes of, the people to the
iniquities of :the present Government, if
anything will. He Showed, from the
government rettires, how the timber liinits
-of the nerth•tvest have been parcelled. out
• among govetnenent supporters; how the
government, instead 6f adniinisteriog the
affairs for llre'biiielit-ef the country, itre
"administering the country" for the bene-
fit of the party, Whemethousarial of acres
of timber land e have been almost given
away to Party heelers. No honeit iiian,
• _unbiased b'y party feelings, pan read the
details of the :government'e profligacy,
• without:being COnvtneed its utter-rot-
tennesS. And 'what Mr. 'Charlton has,
•• exposed, is, we believe, but a 'very small.
• part of the treMendbus corruption IMO-
tised.hy the goveritinent, Let those ‘,4,o
are skePtical read for themselves.. .•
SP.eixt.tqLof a possible return of the
'Liberals to pbwer, the Toronto Nowa asks
What is to prevent them :working' the new
Franchise Act aad4.0errymander Bills
for all they are worth,. Instead of r.epeal-
• ing theta, and proceeds to say:- ' , • _
PreMier MOwat put through a• little
. gerrymander of his own -alt that can be
said. in extenuaiiOn of it is that, like the
baby of Midshipman tasy's we nurse,
•-""it was a .yery tittle one."' He didn't
break municipal, bouildaries, as Sir .Tehn
did„. but lie redivided" the counties Sons
to give his fyiends the best show,'.
Mowat tzei redivide the coun-
ties se a's to give his 'rriends•the beit.show,
The News nifty take this *corint• as en it-
.. t lastration, at (I we defy,.it to show wherein
the re..arljr• neat of the ltiding,s.was. par-
• ticularlyt Jrable to the present mem-
• bers. • time the change was tnade,
leadid3- )nstriratives expressed to tie
their surpriSe that a Liberal Oe'vernm'ent
should make changes that werb in their
Two Unrolettea.
The Toronto News Wits sketebi of
Local House edebritiee, refers to two:of
the members of Huron es follows: -
TUE TREASUnnet.-Lieut.-Coionel the
Hon. Alex. 1.1cLagan. Ross, M. P. P„. le a
native of Dundee, Scotland, where he Was
born in 1828. Most of hie life, liewever,hae.
been epent in the county of Huron. Alf.
Hose As a statesman, a worrier and &Anew-
cier. He entered parliaMent in 1870, aud
was made treasurer upon the retirement
Of Hon. James Young, a ethyl° of years
•agoe. At the ,time of the Trent affhir be
oFge nixed an artillery company at Gode-
richeand'was thade its captain. He then
Nerved on the frontier duriug the Fenian
• raid in 1866, end on the orgauization of
the volunteer force into battalitins hi that
year was appointed lieut.-colonel,',whielt
position. believe he now holds, His
finanetal experience ,,before taking the
treasury pertiblie, was that 'nf a paymaster
in the B. & L. II. attwo„fivd treasurer
of the counties of Huron aria Bruee. He
is an able executive officer and a fairly
good debater.
Tun Set:nail Teueere.s.,-Thomas Gib-
son, AL East Huron, was born in
• Berwickshire, Scotland, on ,Tan. 8, 1825,
and retains tbe, braid Scotch' accent to
this dtiy. He wae reeve of Howick for 7
veers, and then turned' his ambitions a
step higher. In 1867 he unsuccessfully.
contested his preient seat; but was elect-
ed in 1871;etilid afreeivatcts 1875, 1g7i)
and 1888. He is one of ,the h ad, ;
seldom- speaks but can talk •e ! lie
wants Lo; and is an invaluable men on
the committees, being gifted, .with that
sound common sense tleat" is ollaraaeris-
tic 'of his elation. In appearance his brist-
ling, iron -gray 'hair and clipped heard
stand out pot Lifelike the points of the
Scottish national emblem. Gibson is not
a Conservative.
ONTA.4I0' LiZISLATTJ.
, NOTES,. '
• Hon. f.A.. Id. Ross, oh MondaY, intisnineed
Bills to amend the Act respeoting the
Cultural College to provide for the bet-
ter auditing of the Public Accounts of the
Provinces-. , .•
Hon. A. M. Roes, in reply to Mr, ‘13reretont:
said that all the butter, manufactured' at the
Ontario. oreamery had, been sold, but-tbitt if
thought to be in. theiriterest 6,01.1trovince
some of this Seasons make wont 'MWorward:
td to the Colonial Exhibition. . •
• 'Alr.`Gillies on liCniday presented:a petitien
for legislation to erect portion's of the Conn-
ties.of Wellington and Heron, inelncling'the
,villages of .Arthur, Clifford, Drayton and:
Wi'inceter, " into a new. county, to be 'called
'LanSdowne, with a ponulatiOn of 20,800.
• ,A•miti applause from both, .sirlea the.
House, Mr. Waters on 'Monday introduced
hie, familiar Bill...to-allow widows and un-'
Married .women.to vete for members' or the
Tiogielative AsseMbly, • •It .expeCted that
thia'meastire will provoke one of the liveliest
debates of -the session. Mr. Water's has on
seetharpravious oecashias forced it upon:the:
attention Of the, •Legislature, and. each tinie
has succeedeci.in gaining 'for it a:bomber of
new adherents: • ••_.„.
•*ar. Alackenzie, ''oMatiday-pietsented
petiti&O'of the 'County of Middlepex, which
sets out that the inhabitants of towns and
villages not separated from...the county are
'chiefly Mechanics and laborers, 'who find it
iinpossible to pay their taxei in the winter,
the •tithe prescribed . law, . and prays for
such legislation as will :enable aseessment and
collectien of taxes to be in•ade„in thesurainer.
The .sartie donned' also petitions •forlegisla-
tion' to enabletannicipalites to refeeall claims
for daniames byindividuals tearbitratiou.
Dr,'McDelighliu•• has givennotice of a me.
Son tliat will likely eiluse the Oppoeitiori
sollio uneasindia., He desires ti ascertain. the
Cost ta.the Province, of Maintaining the right
to.the dieputed territory niter the finning of
the Award of the Arbitrators, and also the
omit in each: case el defending the constitu,
tional• rights or the ,Provinee . The snip. of
this (moonlit must be Very • large. ...And the
Province: will not forget that had the: Copan.
tion Of:M(1 loyally with the. Government in
standing up for 'our Provincial tights alt
the whole rif. this" expenditnre .would have
.been aSeidetli.• •
. •
In renlylo an inquiry from hir.Erenatinger
on the subject of tax e:comptions, the Attor
bey -General. pointed .out thatthe power of.
the Legislature. °ler eXemptious was • more
Ihnited than seeraeff.to be eerierelly supposed.
The Legislative cepa • aiot . 'tax Dominion
property.ar salaries deriv.ed from the Detain -
ion. Ile thought it veptild be utterly.but.of,..
the:qnestion to give municipal outsells power
to tax the property. of.th.e.ProVince; He veryT
'clearly', intimated his • disapproval: . any
"proPosition tb tax Cemeteries and ;churches,
gild Could see that anything. would,be
gained by taxing mitnicipal property; and
behrVident .:institutions. .. At the .same time:
the Govern:tient Were prepared to cOnsider
any Pr.opoeitiOn the subject. Of exeraptions.
that dorild be shown to be in the general in -
tweets 'of the cominunity,
favor, ' fstituenctee represented by
The Ireuble with. the,
it 11 dishonutt,.
Two liforoinites Ittio west': „
• Speaking , of political inattera it; the
Northwesti a correspondent of the London
Advertiser refer a to two former Huronites,..
as follpws•:- • •'• - •
Thtimaii GreenWAy,.. who', has been
leader' of the Opposition for. many
years, or ever since he denies hero, would
make ah excellefit premier, and the'people
• of Manitoba owe him the highest position
in their gift. He has labouredinceesantly
tied with marked,ability in the House and
out °tit 'on all occattiohs for the just rights'
of the Province, and its . better govern -
Merit in every reep_oct,,..sthile his private
intorcste have -been ungrudgingly sacrificed
and the most of his time spent in advocet-
ing our cense, It must be remembered
thatleolitics awe au. expeneive Instety here
as compared with the tut. In a Tie*
country like this the inthi who de 'es not look
Strictly after his ovvn Affairs will soon ge to
the wall; and travelling Over illfrnitable
distances, att Lord Dutferin wouldreey, to
attend public meetings of all Itinds,requires
a good revenue, especially when railway
lines are so fent and very far apart. '
' We have also Alrelo. W. Lulled, editor
and proprietor of the Fee Prep, who has
• been for the past fifteen years the staun-
chest friend of the Werthweat in every
way, Even his political opponents a0.
knowledge this, and greatly respect hint
for it, Ile lute done more than any other
te en bet' tottemehod•pen to make the cepa'.
bilities of the country bette/ known at
home and abroad, and to secure fin eon,
atitittional righte. Ile is a genuine patriet
in every fiber of hint ; always hi earneat,
and full of swift intelleet Rua energy. In
inatt he may appropriately besalled the
i George 'Brown of the NorthWeat, and Ilia
excelleet, pnper ;the Gleho Tit the people
i here, ,
Sabl)atit School Convention
"Nite, unttuAtotox =cure.
For several years pesteilt ham been the ens.
tom on Dungannon circuit to hold an annual
Sahliath echoed cenvention, whiph the 8,0.
workers front the various churches meet and
dimes the many important questions relative
to the work. The convention this year was
held on Wednesday, tho 3rd Met., in the
Methodist •olsureh„ Nile. The Saperinten,‘
dent of the circuit, Rev. J. Tame, occupied
the °hale. throughout 'the convention. , The
tnorning sesstOn wee epened at 10.30 a. a., by
devot.lenal exercises. Ur. David MeWhinuey,
secretary of the Nile Sunday ;wheel, was ap-
pointed secretary of the convention. Au ad-
dress of welcome wee then. given by Mr. Jae,
Euston, who wee one of the fleet to suggest a
crit convention. He warmly welcomed
the friends to the church, and to the homes
a the people: A hynea watt then sung, after
which the fellowing reports from the various
schools were submitted, showiug this eehools
to be in a highly prosperous eendition
o ---&-;1--
e 7, 4
,1 •
No. a moors and Tele:there, 13 17
Aversge-ittendance, ,... 10 •12
No. of Seholars on roll,. 92 120
-Average ' 56
Coles S.S. Bannner taken, 15
131trean leaves, . . , , 100 50
Copies of Home and School, 35 50
-Copies of Pleasant Hours ... 35 50
Copies of Sunbearn,....,., . 30
• Onpies of laappy Days, 30
Money •, 876 832
79
15
9
'7
55
34
6
50
30
$47
(3
4
55
30
4
35
20
will be adthireil; I, e., religioli of less. The
parents eltoulti pray tor the teachers,
Tbe eubjeot The teacher' e preparation"
was to be introduoed by ildr. John 1V1oLean,
in whose alumna) 1Viessirs. Munroe and Kern.
in4hana took it up, raentiortin the follocring
Arounti the Counti.
Ng w4 isTOTES.
Igre. Earngey, who repides near GOrr!e. "4 The Imperial ParliAment hes adjourned
a ilea that hag just hatolied out 14 cluckenell the 18th inet.
Dr. BMW, of Belgrave, met with slight
voints ;-.Read lesson on one undoy for the acoldene the other day, wl.teh 'reaulted. in About 300 eneF,loyee of , the Mouasti:
era black eye, - Manufacturing Oo Toronto went t
next, audio the bible before going to other
Thelfrin of Robinette et Lag, of the Wing. atrike on Motaday morniteg.
ess will be carried on by Be M. Robin- reugemente for a steamship line betweeii
helps ; heep hefore us all week what we have
14ths seer; ;is d:apwrepialrluaattiroantinoneeseafIraorT before be.
t abounsit.i
to do on Sunday. and gather pointe for Pus ham feand'Yt has been diotoVed• find the va:1010023raadnia4nsPanticrifircanhcaisseoe.onolurled are
•
ginning to teach at all, viz., a personal ex- Some !sneak thieves 'hilted the 'premises cf George Xesda a wealthy Oftehoygan(Wie.) t'
•Pdeerrsitallotihsealvapaitrioitntiaslosatsatteo of a
tb
blee ptuopuilue: 114eYr, jittoshtni'lrifs7nainiht0A1 tliild2BILdle"'on°.41°01 8204Son; ileath within 100 erier'ele tof hie house, ore
horeemen and farmer, was footed frozen to -.
Then for each Sunday the moat thorough 80 jbouhrinhesisca
preparation possible ehoulcl be made. nl)fd°reatilit: of Itelgr'ave, has sold his Saetturn;raaYlignant type of. eliPhtheria 'bas
which, the church had been crowded. At 7
Thie closed the afternoon session, during farm to hie brother Thee, win will work at
broken 010 among children at Hull, Que.
ing, and prayer by Mrs. Turner and Mr. T.
yearsladned r(bernietlhaeyifnafm) .in, Chicago, tor 4 i•eW Thirty oases' are reported, and over ten
deaths have occurred from the maladrin
o'clock the evening session opened with Ping.
Anderson. The minutes of the afternoon •-' The report of Gederich Town Clerk CamP•
interesting questions wore asked and ans.
The sines. hen, for the year ending Dec, 31st 1885, givea ten daya.
town :-Births, 63 ; enarriatee, 44; deaths, frorn his home in Netv York city, Lately
seesion wore read mid confirmed. " •
tion drawer was again opened, and several the ionewiPg as the vita statistics of *the Pour Yore ago Wm. a PurdY ran away
Wered, eliiet among which was, " What shall 41' • a relative has died, leaving property worth
w° de with an tint* hey ?" Ans.-Deal Mr. Robt, Scott has eold his farm of 100 8e,500,000 to which William (if alive) is
gently with him, take him home vath You acres on the...London Road, liay, to lds neigh- one of the helve.
and make him feel that on are his felend. bor, Air. Alfred MoTaggart, for 88000. The It ie. feared the last cold snap has badly
purchaser gete pcoreession of the land in the iejurea the fruit trees in Delaware. t If „,.
spring. ••
. The 'Expositor gays I. -We are glad to state there are any peaches, next season -ft
due to the fact that tho ground is heavily
that Mrs, J. P. 'knee, who had her arm frac-. cnvered with-
tured memo time age, is again nearly recover -
Two -hundred per,sAns wereteceived into
edeand-is Pow. able to go about and pee her •
• friends.
An address was given by telt. G. H. Cobble.
dick, ou "How to conduct the review."
. The review each. Sabbath was first noticed.
The teachers ehoeld revieW' the prominent
pellets of each lesson before beginning the
next lesson, and noting the connecting finite
so join together the pupil's mind the dif-
ferent lessons so to form a chain of thoughts.
Tbiblia all the more neesseary in the lessons
• taken from the Old Testament, because they
20 aeglike parts of history. If in reading an
• Euglieh history, we were to read out every
tenth page we should not make much conga
015 of it, and yet we shoillsi understand it about
The Secretary of...the Ebenezer 00116°1 not
• being present,' no. report was given. The
Leaf -Cluster has been introduced in the Nile,
school; to good purpose. The number .of
verses were ruported fsir° only two schools;
Nile, 5003, average, 12o ; Rhoppardt.ou, 3577.
Then came a dismission on S. 8. helps and
their. place, Messrs. Wm, Biilie, Bethel.-
ingliame Reed and Mrs:Turner expressed
themolves as beiag of the oPinion. that -they
.were very useful in. their place, i.e„ in the
t time, but were iiijariona if brought into* the
aohool:• The followiug resolution was then
moved ••by the Rev. G. H. Cohbledich [did
aecouded by Mr. Win Bailie, that in the °pin -
of tuis convention, ifis not desirable that
8.8. helps should he brought into the school,
'except in oases of extreme necessity; the reso-
lution was carried. '4,he question, "Ho* to
sustain our older • scholars, ' was intro-
duced by Rev. 0. IT. Cobbledick. ffe men.
boned three thing& asIneeessary befoie Gem.
Mg tothe ;clay,- prayer for'eeholars„thor-
ough ettitly of lesson, redognizing the pupils:
in a cheerful way whenever you meet theme
Three things neeessary schoolePromptness
andpulictuality, a lively runnier, getting the.
class. to ask.questions, and two other; thiegs
should:be attended to, getting than-Rile:all
kinds of work possible, :ma the friends and
parents visiting the schlol. The- latter' will
preventlha scholars from.feeling that it is.
childish to go to $tinday school.
John•Echlin in replying, saicl that 'the
years frail 15 to:23' were the most .dritical
poriodi in. a person's life. When a scholar
stays away. the teacher shotild look after hi
U21
.of Aubinn, thought that a
thorough.preparation was the beat, cure, and
forIthis a teacher's preparation class Was•desir-,
able. Mr, Hethington believed in a real live
school seethe mit Wind of this evit.'Mr.Kerning.
hem said iCEOlfiraef 15 years and upwardsoirit.
ise ver j fsharply, notici ngespeciall y a ny inconsis-
tency in the teacher's instruetiOns and his-eic,
ample:lit:nue entire consecration was absolute-
ly necessary. He also-thougbt personal natrgoe;
tisin shOuld be cultivated as . greatly coldue-
Ina to hold lar Session closed
With singing and tbe benedittion.•. , .
,At 2 p.m, e.Con Vet? tio.u. Met Again;
ing nth:singing and prayer. .' The •:Taiinutes.
of moroing session iyere. read. • ' -The question
drawer was opened by the cheirinae..and the
following questions. reacleend oneiverod by the.
'conv.eution :7 -Can at teacher so euebessfully.;
teach .his 'class that they' Oen become success. I
lel teachers? Ans.--Yes, ,by teaching. them
clearly the plan of salvation; "What 'Tare
the best kind of helpe for the S:S ?" Ans„;-- .
Those PublishecianAhe Methodist Bork-ropm
puldisbing'Honse,,, Toronto, apdefor. etretee
desiring. further help,' .tho Sunday School
pablished". Philade • "Is it
right tor 'a RS. 'teacher to .aliow :any of .11.is
faniiiy to go, to „amioing partiek
No, he. should prevent it if possible. "Is it
riglot.thr a 8,S. teacher or „superintendent, to
krooke.cigars 1')• Aus.-No -; our -hodie.“1:0
ibo teniPles of, the, Ghost ; beside -a.
• teacher Should. not-ao 'that agninet • witieh' .he
•SeekIlty pledge his acholars, it right for.
a teacher or sliperintendeneto di•Mk bserfor.
-atrong drink?. Ans.-No:for same reaSens a8'.
given in last answer.•'"What aninsemonts are,
tohe alloWed.to reenalsers of a;S: S. ?"
All amusements that are not sinful„,;, anything
icsinful iiptionvhich we cannot call down .the
"bleisiiiiig of God. • - - - • •
• Next came several addressee teethe cleidierie
quite a Liege reinebei of whoni were present,
considering the seVere,cold, INIr.,Iteed;super-•
intendi-3-nt of Post Read openedla hive.
of Ws : Be honest, be Sober, . be truthful; be
christlike, Leee• Mrs. Turner followed, show.'
ing.how eaeh scholar mild help to make his
.school the best, viz., by being,(p:ti) punetital.
prepared, prawerftel; here was mentioned the
• difference between studying the .beble
pommon school .books -the bible is inspired
of 'God., Mr. Munroe iittention to the
'fact that thie , convention was the re'sult of
years Of past toil, and that this is a high:day
in S.S.- work; . Mr. Kerningham 'topic. hie
wateh as a text fot tailt with the children,.
There are two parts in the watchi_ the works
and the ease; ithe design of .t he maker was
'that it,shoUld 'phew the •tiree. The two parts
•of man are body and soul, the purpose. of bit,
maker was that he •should ',know*: God and
enjoy him forever." When the witch stops
• there is .0,m_ething *tong with the works, and
to fix•it tliegcnnust, be Cleaned, and for this it
must be taken 'to the watehnlaker. ;When
men-fitils to know and love God,. there' is
sorneflriiik Wrong with his 'soul, and to hay°
it made right we .nitist go to -the. , or.
•Whorl -the Vlatch is Made clean it' should be
• kept bleats. "Eetip thy heart WW1 • diligenet,
ter Out of:it are the iistiPs of life."
•• Mr. Joseph . Hetherington gave an address
on "Doctrinal teliChing in aieSabbath Sch.
• After geviewing the ohiei Aletliedtst dogif#t
he said they: should helitught in Ulm.% S. by
the use of this three catechisms. Ile' regretted
thee they' Were riot usbd as foemerly,„ He
thedght a certain number of .questions :should
be leareed for each Sabbath. Mr. W,Plun:
kott in replying, said that 'true doetrin ashould
be taught toOppose false teaching, for people
iteeept false doctrines beeause they 'have not
'a keowledge of, or been properly grounded
in true ones. Tile example pi Cotholicsie
this reaped worthy a imitation, they. are to
thoroughlyinsrueted in early life that very
few of.them turn Protestants.
The t ext questinif was "Hew home eau help.
• the S. 8.," and was introduced:by Mr, Jelin
'Miaow, who mentioned the following :WAYS
13y Sending childrelirtot lettitig them stay
• awArfot some trifling. exertse teach them
obedience. at liotne---;this will help to keep or,
•der sehoel oneonrage Children to sign the
pledge-op,ainst ririnko4oseco, beta language
'mod hadrlitrraturo ; -help trnhilttreltse study
as well we can the S. 0, lessons, if we
don't•note the comieeting links; In.quarter.
ly or inonthly reviews the primary abject of
.reviewing, or viewing again, should be • re-
membered. If the lessons have been riroper-
ly taught, and. reviewed in the school every
Sabbath, it will not be difficult' to dell up the
(thief points in a general review, which are,
ihe title or the lesson, the golden text, and
two or three prominent thoughts in each' les.
son, To give variety, lot each • two week'a
lesson be given iuto the hands of some nom-
petent'person who. shall be allowed to take
bie own woy of reviewing them so long as
-these points are brought. If variety is the
spice of life, then the review should be spicy
as possibly. The review might, Bay twice a
year, take the place of a regular preaching
service, when all tho parents and frienda of
the sehool would have an. opportunity of be-
ing present and thus showing their apprecia;
tion of thli work being dem; in the school.
This will ploape the children to see their par -
ants interested, it will eneourage'the teachers,
and will melte all realiee more aS they should
realize, the Sabbath ached- is au essential
• part'of the Olierole • , •.
.The Temperance initiation in relatiOn to 3:
• 8, was • introdueed by Mn. Win, Bailie in a
lively and telling speech. He reminded the
convention that this teak ono of the burning
•qtiestions of the day, that the'future °looms
of our land as well as ber future legislators,
•were the'S, alto•day, and that the,Oanada
of the future will be. just what the S. S. •of
to.they make it. When ,we think that in
Canada they are only three men to be found
wile hovel sacrifided their political !leanings
and their seats id parliament for their tem-
• perance principles, it shouldlead us to 'see
to it that those now growing up will be true to
tlio'prinoiples of temperance. Me. Kering.
hain apoke in- favor, of Ocripttral temper
ancennd cited seeoral _passages as an indica-
tion of his meaning. He warned .all'against
overlooking personal :temperance hi their
struggle for prohibition.
• Mr.Munroe Said that temperance principles
• :were supported by the. best and.ahlest minds
of paSt .ages., 'nonce they .Were Tippling Of
• which any pupil should. be ashamed. .Signing
therdedge eaiily ,yenth woe a good thing.
• He had signed jt when.four years old, :and
(luring the 39 years:since it hid ever -been
one df his. strongest incentives -to temperance.
Rev. 0. Caineron, of tho Presbyterian
church,' Dungannon, was then introduced:
Ho said that anyone who is not interested in
S.S.. work has not a proper viewpf the eliureh.
He spoke stronglYlin favor of pledges in Sab,
batILSolinols, anctgave some of. his own ex-
perience theni•on a mission in the Went. •
:church felloviehip at St, James Street
jar. Joseph ja.;,.• oiceyof tiln2na oon.. of sem, Methodist Church, Montreal,. on Sunday .
night as a result of the evangehstfeservices
ley, has loett his valualeje grey percheron mare
for whioh, a short time ago, he waa offered held in that Church during the past few \--'
and refused $290. ' The cause•of the Animal's weeks,
death was 11, steppage in the bowels. •Harrison Fox, of Reno, Cial.; says that •
A abort time ago we mentioned.that a son he 'once saw a miner in a California canip
of Mr. Xames Thdlis, of Glided& township, give a bucket of gold dust for a drink of
got his fingers entailed in. a cutting. box. whiskey. • The suptely of liquor had ma -
Everything was done to save them, but un- out two days before, and that was thelast
fortunately mortification set in, and it was drink in the whole camp.,
deemed neeeseary to amputate two of them,
Ater D Hutchinson, pastor of the
which was done 9' 8atu• r43% ' Centre. street Baptist Church St Thomas
Maxilla' Bralihwaite, of Hellen, delivered has tendered ia- is resignation, arid it :ha' st 1
5 saw logs at Gray, Young & Sperling's Bah- Leen unanimously e.eeeepted. t Mr. roteh., . .
works in Blyth, which ineasuried 6,000 feet
rneon has accepted the ealtextended to him
of lumber, The logs wereall taken from one
irorn the congregfition cif the Park Street
tree, He also had tendeachnoirmbdekit6e034fordiosoFthereccioTailt:
Beptist Church,. /3rantforcl, e
twhoeo edn.it.Twhoerktsree wn,ehttoe
The new Methedist Clinrch of 'Norwich •
• horse "Jumbo" last week
Mr. Bennet Holmes, �f Turnberry, sold his.• was dedicated thi Sunclsy with the moat '
to 'en Ainaerifeeawri 815,000, apd the outire amount. was raised •
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eudeessful eereinonies. The building'cOst •
buyer, who shipped. it with others,•
on Sunday hy subscriptIo'n, and 3.1,1100 to
days afterwards, in the Other side. Thiel
spare. On the new pipe organ $600 has •
.herse was, we might say, the tallest la this
•part of the country, measuring eigliteert hands.
aid b the YouniTeople's Association of
It was, quite a job te get him into a car, hilt It),. 4: ... h.
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down on his 1,:imhanclecis vaineclakrenesetaiii" :not .8..11t,o•pd . a 0 nLsown edrcinnb,i0Eruitutl:T1do,blyiasitennl
it was managed at last by making hini :go " ‘-' ..
owl if the council will spend 81,500 more,.
The 'Wing . ,p • g, .
rneivSoelalists, and others, during Molt:
pth/y6e4d° work -
ad
kcl-
themyent. to sink another testealt well. The day and TubsclaY. Although the demon-
ctiniiiiittee has also been at work trying•tb as- atrations have }wen sornewhat....noisy, and
certnin the most desirhble site for the new- did considerable damage in the way of
v. ,
well and the prabability. is that It .will be breaking window; ,efie,, no. other' damage . •
sunk on the 12th con..East' Waivanosh, about. has been done. Thieves made a bigjmul, •
.2i. miles south of the old well, on the farm of pillaging where've'. they could get . •
M. C. Cameron, M. P., has beim somewhat
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The Sigital says te-We regret to learn •t la
and'Sheriff Hobsie, who were Sent for by
in her ted Tuesday 'by- Dr. 1).M. Fraser .
but are pleased to 'knew that he expects to be
indisposed during the past couple of week% bersister Mee. Teee, who, lived in. differ -
ant apartment of the same building: Mrs
in harness again shortly. . St. Thonias- has
billed - him: for week: • •Hamilten • wants •'.Fattle. denied dbesinhge• iivnashiteirrtiipaistseoe'ms:tphairnti. • -
pointsas°bna raps ljsectinbgielini-n de lis9 mn g: tf°enr wmaesn'ttlbet1mt saatiter .with her..' The eircutri-
tmonedhe'et°iaitr:1;:es.iriwron; him . • • •• • • etances tire Sespicione and a, ierelithery ex'. . .
.IVr. 'A. 141e0ea has sold his faira on the 5th- aminatiOn_will-be Marie to-inottev. The "
Mr. Cochrane.
• t Plebe; of Stratford,was found .clead
. •
This farm containsi 12e acres, and is' one of. tkiirient
con,, L. II. 'S. Tuckersmith, to his neighbor, inseest was adjourned till Friday evening,.
Mr: Hugh McKay, for tho ,sum of s38;500. Mr. Ri. • LarmOur •. tAlast.is.taailiti-vS4yu.o, eur:ho '
a the Grand'Tr k It "1-.--: 111-
the: 'very best.in the tOWnship. It has on it a has•removed' to London, was tendered ti,
tone house, a , large ljant6parn with stone b•
anquet.a.t the Royal Hotel,, Stretford, on
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stabfing underneath, and other buildings and
IntrnvAmAntm in ,prophrtiort if 14 :4 he,
price,. but, considering the way gathering of citizens arid 'railroad thipley,•-•
Monday evenin,g by a Tiopi.eseatm..i.v.. •
lod. sells.. in,
thia part it is woith.the money .... ea's, at which he was presented 'yeah a gold
.4\j\ad
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John Chisholni, a former r ident of 'Gado.. Watch ,foarrinhiom,srel.ft;yalltillit,..eollapilt,Tynessi,illagnd a . .„
' d' • 'cl •' for • •I
,yeats ago, died .in Chicago rece tly. ,fle
rich,:who left for • the United, totes ahcmitvri'l: pl\lu7s.e tij)f 3400 by the employers • end citi:.
well known in the township of As field, where
71.8e... •we's a...Prnt'itni:ent *Guelph Alclerinail,
.he ajsceresided"at ono time: He h ' been in . le " ' - • • . I ''' ' . ' . .•'
poorlisalth for inanyyears owing• to the lost' and was • discussing the lemperanCe -gees-
of 'one 'of hielegs, yet his death - :was:andAen: tion .with a tdial abstainer,' while a Own- •
1:.i.e: was.r,a cotisi,neof.M. ees,_rs. whiah lin
intended. swearing. . In the. midt..
emsmoner was aus,og , np,.an .. affidavit to
abno.,:e.nex. p. ected.
Hugh, 11,m. mul.414r.!thisholra, of col-
. dle of'. the diseession the CommissioncEL._
It was determined unanimously to hola.a 1 -Since this annual:mieting of the Grey o hanc1-0, him the.Bible in'Orcler ..t0-tak.e' the •-'..
ooneention .next year. in Dungannon; about
this time of the year, but•the time to be finally'
settled by the /i‘oventbes quarterly :offieial
;fleeting,. • •
• The following resoletieu of 'condolence, was(
tlien"passed,,and the eteeretaey inetruoted to
fOrward a copy of the same to the bereaved
by Mr. John Tiffinoseconcled by Mr,
T. Andersen.: •That this Sabbath School don-
vention now ia session . in the Nile church,
cannot eldie,itrithout expressing iM regret at
the absence of 'Rio. SolateMeLean,' Superin-
tendent of Diingannou S. S; ,rwe have missed
him irrevery session pf also de-
sire to put on record Our deep sympathy with
otir Brother and $istep Masan hi their deep
iiilI painful bereavement in the death of thole
beloved daughter Ida.' ' .
• It was moved, eeconded, and. reselved that
the thanks Ofethe Sabbath, schools 'of this cite:
ode, now honVontion assempled, be,aud are
hereby tendered to Revs. pros. Turner and
Cabbledielvt-for the:helii they have given us
this year. The thanks of the konvention,
were the h presented to' Rev. G. Column,
arid. Messrs. Resningharia and' Munro, who
had kindly„taketi part, Although living mit.
nide of the circuit ; also.to the choir, for its
• cheerfully tendered and efficient stokes in
both afterneen and evening sessions, whieh '
added in ne.eneall degree to:the eneeess of-the-
conventien. • With the doXolOgy and •the
benecliation Was. then brought to a close the•
-64/2 torkrutil cenveetion,-whiChWas-onelef-the-
ltirgest hn reoet,successful ever held �n this
extrcuit. •' •
faetpry directors took. place,--OrAfVergeson,
the cheese oniaker �f 14,0 season and whowas
also engaged:foe the ensuing season, heeded
in firs resignation::te the directors;.: ,rnaking
euelLexplanations of the cause. Which indue.
ed him to resign, that .the direetore felt it
right Wallow. his withdrawal. At the same
meetieg,eand immediately after they engaged
the services bOlr;.(.1tp1iertsan,, who is so well
known in cheese circles.
Oreniner• .
The 'anntro'l rneeeing of the Formosa
'creamerY was held oft ,Jan. 80th., A divi-
dend of 88 per centeonetheepaid nie stock
Was. declared. The priceereceieed for the
butter after deducting 31 cents per lb. for
•runuleg expenses. 'averaged .71608 -eent's.
The:test chyme which wak introduced. last
pring; -ihr0 0:Wed:itself Most satisfleCtory
in the fairness of the .per cente.ge shown
by it, not varying a single pound on the
•• se asOn's make of butter: The bOttertnaker
wito used this churif.had sense enough to
know that more yields .than one can be
taken from the seine can ot cream, and
avoided serious mistakes •which other
crpailgry men made Whea using the eame
kind' of teat churn, Prof. Barre" of Guelph,
was next called upon, and delivered an
..elequen t,eint eresting , a orb:am:tins tru ve-
address. ' congratulated the;Forniosa
• farmers upon the succese of their.creamery
and pointed, out. the difficulties Mitch
A Illaspheignees Fate.
generally Arise between,the 'patrons and
New York,' Feh-.'-'8' ee•A speCial from the butterthaltere and showedhow to avoid
Ilarrisburg,Pue, says: On Thursday there, " He spoke of. the average....cOst of
lug. there wee A, jovial crowd in the hotel at inaking bitter in the cretunory, f the
illillerebur •eDeuperite' &anti,. and :while adVantege of havieg .ft good buttermaker,
e imbibing Setnuel II/lettere patent and of having large.ereameries rodOcing.
large quantities ofbuttee of uniform qual-
medicitienediller, entered. • A diecuesion
eontewea on religious eteejeete, wr,d mei*, itY of hotter,: for edononlY and also, for
reducing the Coot of hauling. 1a' stated
atkrektlie men to indulge itt an imitation of
the Lord's supper. "They kgreed to hive it, that butter: should be sold Ili' the fresh
statelmd for cash pray,. • Be then went
with beet tiud bread, and aceordingly
:ttat.,,was tilled with that beverage. They, onto shOW low to increase the profits of
then'ktm
ieit in ock thedairy,, hurnilitY, •and with
in one hand,' bread in the °there of improving R* spoke bf the inipertartee
ng the herds.aad ,told the best
kinds of grasses for pasture. He .described
31eiter went along distributing a bite and„a
sup to each. Suddenly, whenhoiis about the best niode of Cream separationAo be
half through,,,a strange noise tvaa heard, • used in .nohnection With tile ereatn-giith of;
and looking up the mon sawa sight thating system, imd eoneInded by a few passing
eemarks on buttermaking. After he had
mode their blood run °old and froze the
marrow in their bonbs. As near an th& taken'-hi4. sea"r'• 13r"I'lqg r6s° "4
Men could describe it they declare it was an congratulated thiS Clohipany for furnishing
immense, ill -formed awl foul beast, rvith the &earn in it better condition' than he
great cloven feet,epainted horns and ..eyee had received it at the.bands Of any other
They in return congratulated.
that flashed fire. Withwild yells the men "'n"P"Y''•
him: with having,threngh his advice, saved
• visited out into the open air and scattered
,in every direetion. Finally all of,thern them at least one half cent per lb, on the
reached theinleonia except Meiterewhowee eason's make In rannit' e expenses The
smeeting then diSpersed, determined te
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:tie lessons ; kip them to embraeo re40t1. to
fie y,litelt-tite-yettents tinuit.live rcligieb that
.1144,wfwva,
awny for a long timi
e 'and at laSE arrived a
treatise. He %via pottobedandthy.siolto8 itforease their eumber of cews., for the
summoned, bet they Could do nothing for seawn of 1860 '-Coef '
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that he was lost. His tenure was terrible, I
him. ITe red, hes
raved, and prod, tie.
o
'‘. Siti e •itemlet er, held it ttIl hie tV;t3 extinet, B &all then
diared that lie litid seen the evil one, cowl ,
vorreve., •'pia), t0r1).,.„..1.4.tock, 0±0., eyt ow seized her and threatened to cut brit tin. -Qat
hat tuith1lig could 11) done to relieve hint, htte .roliti let:yawl. lot .,tt ittAirlhml block, H she ever l'''ivettleci (110 crime. Afier.the
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oath, hilt the Alderman-% Mind beini eel
cdpied with the eubject:inaeter of the
Cinder', he, raised the Bible , to bis' lips
tin absent sort Of way and said, "Well,
hero is t'o you." ---Guelph Mercury.
• Austin Lambert,. living wear Chatham,
was.accoeted by two ponfidence., men on 4.,
train to Windsor on Thursday, and: asked'
to take a hated in a quiet genie of nerds. .
»They played with •three cards, and when •
.A.natin had testeihout 815; the ides. deem-. •
ed.naon him that he was being swindled.
• kle demanded his. money back, and wherie
lie started fet report to the ..Couductor the •
pair, ran out on the platform and j.ninped
from the train, which, at the -time; was
unbing about I-5 :miles en hour.
the Kyle forgery case, Toronto;
the telegraph officials produced various
telegrams that aided in the •conviction of .•
the accused, the originals being Sent froth •
Winnipeg. .Whereapoirthe Toronto Novre. •'•
remarks : "It will be within the ;memory,
of map that itt the time 'of the great con •
-
spiracy Cas0. the great Northwestern •
were uneble. to give up copies of certain '
telegrams- which were wanted, because the •
seorecy of the telegeeph thiterbeekent
itt-
vi�late,you know. Seems to he different. .
fl 801110 mules, though don't it I"
. Matiy. Of our town readers' will rernem- '•
hered a,jovial, shiftless painter, Who. lived
here abbot fifteen years ago, and wes in
great demand on accolint of his ineihatis- '
tible stock of cernical.clittiesOthrsteries
and amusiog tales. Harry Q.larke was the
name he-went•by,• and his only faiilt was
f011dhCa$ fot.liquor, which kept him clown
in the world.. • Aftge he'left here he must..
have braced Up considerahle, foe he ie now'
the popular, talented, and. tnuelf: sotight
for lecturer, johii- rt; Olarke.--Dundas
narAleaPs:t ( •Moh clay) ;nigh. 0e7hrie; •Pee, dee-
patch says : In the investigation by A
coronet's jury into the death of Mrs. BO
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hall's 4enonthst behe at Penn lumber
mjils; Conneaut •contity, Bohall, itst
stepfether, testified 'that he waked np, in
the tight andlouncl the chila dead. When
,the mother was called stas.refused to speak
until heehusband was removed from • the
rem)), , Behalf glared at the pe.rir woman,
• and refused to go out netiI, forced to dO'ffel.
„Mrs, Bahall'teitided -that after they had
retired NVeduesday evening the baby meted •
and fretted. Bohall Wes vexed and struck
the ohild -across the face wfth , his •open
hand, end then seized it and jammed' ib
against the wall violently, The little one
screamed in aptly,. and Be411; with art
oath, pideed Ins' hand over its mouth and,
jamming a ptilow over the child's head,
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and be °died kr the widest ngony. Sas. ileeson toret - •• - '01,4mo, :13!)1141) was
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