The Clinton New Era, 1886-07-23, Page 4• .0etv :40vertiorogim. -
Excursion Jackeoe. •
.0Igeing the-iietleonsoltatikeou Zoe: •
E.xcneeions-Grancl-Truok"Railway.
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Lawn Temiis Biome CarBee
,Voter'e. List- W Coate.
Escureien to.Port liuron-Oddiellewe.
C.arpenter heard. •from. -W. W. Gifilo,
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Clinton
rttIOY, JUL'' 23, 1886,
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• THE Globe truly says; t-Hpon one posi- EPU.h Politifierst Notes.
tion we all, should agree. If the Scott
Act, is to be repealed it is a pity it ehonld
be repealed because it cannot be eigorced.
Itlis not •creditable ihat any Canadian
‘ceminunity should be obliged to acknow-
• ledge a failure of efforts to enferce Cana-
dian law;
TUE inspreeeion . prevails tlfat the new
Tory Governmeut in England will intro-
duce a more radical measure of Home
TEM SENATE. Rule •than that proposed by Mr. Gladstone,
Should they do. Bo it will place someof
are dikussing the proprietyse abolishing their supportere• in rather a bad bot. The
We observe that some Refortn journals
the Senate altegether. It won .e a
great misfortuneif each a line Were taken
up, because it would stand iu the way of
all reform for Many years to come. Thar
there should be a second chamber, and
that another principle tban that of repre-
sentatieni by population should be recog-
nized in this organization, was determined
upon by the Provinces- whiah were parties
to the comPact which led to Confederation.
Now, witheot a general concurrence again,
it would be impossible that the second
chamber be dispensed what. 13esides, we,
are net of those who think a second Cham-
ber is wholly unneeessery. The experi-
ence of this Province, at least, as a member
of the Union. him tiet heensseuch as to
show that the majority ie always right,
awl that other checks thin that afforded
—1mitibliddiscussio are unnecessary. 'Take
_
• +• BllIfor4ustane. T f
had had a properl • lutedeoetiond
chamber such a measure could not have
been carried. It was carried by the ma-
jor-ty of -the Heuser____Su _toot•e r.
M arthy's License Bill, and so, too, was
the infamous Franchise Bill ofthesession-
of 1885.
It may, be that the majerity in one
!louse would occasionally stand in antage
•onism to the majority of the ether, That
• certainly Would be the case on the defeat
• of the Government with the Senate as it is
• at present eonstituted,without any' hope of
their being brought into harmony for
many years to come, but if two bodies
both represent the public opinien Of the
,country, the country at large is not likely
to suffer very seriously from anydeadlock
which may arise. There is much mom
danper of wrong being done to the Wintry
by what a legislature does than by what
it leaves undone: A. second thamber,
• properly constituted, would prove a ser-
viceable institution, and it.Second 'chamber
elected will, in our opiniou, be one. pro-
perly con sti tu Ceti, -Loadon,zAdvo:tiser.
• While we admit the oxistep cc of a second
develeprisents or the next few weeks will
b3 watched with considerable into' est.
Tins little paragraph from Ottawa is
especial interest to the tax payers of the
ountry ;es.' ' The Finance Minister inis
become so hardly pressed for fundthat
he has issued an order requiring all par-
tied wantipg blue books 'or public; docu-
ments of any kind to :pay for themIn
this way he hopes to keep the public from
looking. into the public accounts or other-
wise investige.ting the, manner in which
tire public money in being squandered,and
•the -affairs -est •untr mismanaged by
the present GoYernmerit."
•
Aceounirre to Hon. John Carling in
bis rpeech ata recent gathering of the
chamber simply as it paii �f theeonclitions
of co n fed e"laTiiiicirer...b`el ;eveffie grvern-
naent of the country would be much better
e carried On Without it. An eleetive Senate
would be more acceptable iban the present
arrangereents, but we fail to 'agree with
• the Advertiser in its argument for retaiR-
ing theriate.' •Gtantecl that a House. is;
elected by the yoice of the people, and.not
throughay Gerrymander and. Franchise
At ins.noeuvreinge, we do oot anticipate
that very =tell legi slation be pass-
ed that Would requIH-levisinii by a SeCond
s. chamber. • We have altogether toe) many
legislators as it is, Mid the amount that it
costs to maintain the Senate.in aoy shape;
would, we anticipater'lle mudic.more flian
• the loss occasioned by, hasty legislatio
Why should senators be elected to super-
.• vise the werk of legislators also elected by
the same constituents.. • We .. think the
Liberal party would show itself more in.
harmony withilig growing. sentiment - of
the age, if it Caine out boldly for the-abb-
lition of a chamber 'which has' net shorn
• a redeeming feature abotit It but is a
• cumbrous, expensive, and :Altogether
tie essary. institution. Its abolition is,
onl matter of time. • People. are
comin too clemeratic to ,retain it, and.,
any claan e only alters thesinue. Of the
evil withool\removing the, case.
Will the Ad, ertiser sheer- us: wherein
Ontario would be a gainer by the .creation
• of a secou4 chenille n �r what measures
have sbeetiplaced onhe stattite Week -that
should not be there, ae\alkpleisibly ,would.
• not have been if there heesttlaeen useCond
• chamber:
Ir Baize -It le said Mr. Chamberlain
will not joip coalitioo cabinet. Mr.
Gladstone has decided to resign before
Parliament ineete. It is said the Duke .of
Argyle will be made Viceroy of Ireland.
Justin McCarthy d isbel le ves m a Salisbury.,
liartington coalition. Justin McCarthy
claire* the Derry city seat on the ground
of a foul. The British Ministers dined
with Mr. Gladstone 'Saturday night. Sir
Andrew Clarke soya Mr. Gladstone has
yeart of good work in him yet. Gladstone
says he will die in harness. Lord Saleibury
is returning to England. The total
majority of the Unionist vote in the
British elections ie 272,682, Lord Hart-
ington will not unite with any petition of
the Liberal party that "relied on Parnellite.
votea." J,oseph Arch, the .Aericultural
labourer lately defeated in the British
elections, says his seat was lost by Liberal
apathy and Tory fraud. M-. Gosohen'a
defeat in :Edinburgh by Mr. Wallace, the
well-known journalist, was even greater
than chronicled by the cable, At the
gerieral election in 1885 Mr. Gretchen was
elected by 4,337' over Mr. Costello°, who
only secured 1,929lvotess Last week Mr.
.Wallace obtained 8 68$ votes, while Mr.
Goschen had 2,240 -not much over half
the nurnt•er polled in his favor six meddle
ago, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, the leader of
the Permissive 13111 agitation -a sort of
British Scott Act movement-probahly
scored the elections. 1885 he ran in
the Creation/ion th division of Cumberland,
nd was defeated by the small majority of
10 in a o , O•vatee,,,,Iraiave;!2ie
'won the Beet by -1,00'4
ar wen. Mr. Gladstone. on Tuesday spoke
• despondently, of failing powers. The
Oonaeryatryea gt_Waterloo county, rituNeW Gladstone Ministry has formally reeienetl
ilamburgee. the Goveromeot a. It is Qffiel ann unced that the
- Qildeti will 'auvariame the Marquis of Sails -
bin,' to form a newministry:
• hold $35,570,648 of the people's money m
the Saving' Banks; tinder government
control. On this they allow interest at the
rateof 4 per cent per annum._ When the
Reform party' comes into power again the
gnestion 'Will come, " where has the money -
gone to?" and !' whatis there toeshow
security for it?" Echo will 'waiver;
where ? Gone to enrich the Vampires who':
were fattening on the life. biocide the
country so' long as they remaipecl in office.
• THE London Advertiser statbes that the
corn crop has been affected , by the frost,.
• and considerable damage done to it, Corn
,is no a crop. that cap be successfully,
reised in Canada, exeePt to a limited ex-
• tent, along th4. shores. ef _LekasErie, _The.
-climate is notLadaipte4-40katullt;-isre!rare--
thing,indeed to freiLeitetanada what can
reallyshe called a goods croperof corn. It
is one of the Most' unwise' features of the
N. P.; that tlirduty on .corn is maintain:.
becanse Wean never begrotin here at
'aprofit? while it can in the Southwestern
Statessandefernaers who want it for feede
ing cattle -are compelled. to do without it
or use somethineip its place not•as good
:for cattle. • ' • 1 2
MEREDITH, in a speech Nee!
• Hanablieg, has been assailing Mr, Mowat
becarises of the: recent re -distribution of
Fieete • throughout the Prevince. Mr,
Meredith makes plenty of allegations, beit
they tick the essential element of proof.
He calls the changes that Nvere made in
the ridings of East and West Huron, "
'shanieless gerrymander,' asserting that
:they were made for party purp-asee.
bayelsefore , challenged any Conservative
in this County to show wherein these
changes -*ere unjust or improp,er, and.n4
:One has undertaken to • do so, • for the sim-
ple maims that it cannot beeclone. • If Mr:
Meredith's speech is t� gaugedlor his
remarks nboue. Baron, it Was a issue of
- • &loch oods. s
Editoriat .totthatra•
• Tin -Provincial Voter's' lists. foe this
year are now about issued; and'. it is
• the duty of 'every man who wishes tit eke.r•
else -hts-freneltiserte-sie-4,11-at-his-na
thereon, He should not leave it for some
one else to look after and the name ef-
eyeey unqualified voter, Liberal or
servative, should be objected
A neeaeltAbet is goltig the „reunds
• about an eastern merchant wh•celately re-
ceived an invoice' of sugar, the cost. of
which was $02, but upen which he was
compell:d. to pay duties to the amount -of
$88.85. Something wrong abbutlii,i4, or
aLout the argunlents ohnotection
papers, for they insist that, it is ilk. 'Amer-
icans that pay the duty. Bitt assuming
that the tnefehant' actually did pay that
amount of duty, who/Mild be look to for
it refund of the ambunt "His customers
. or the Amerieans ? This problete does
involve noteharithmetical ability to solve
si 1. --
---reels te.
Tun Canadian Pacific 'Railway is now
cetherleted and in running circler. It has
• been a great undertaking for a young
country like Canada, and has cost' the'
people a pile of money. Still it is one We
may well pride ourselvee upon. •Letstts
accept the fat and work together to
make rather than mar its SuCc(itS, No use,
gentlemen, railing about the matter.
Costly as it has been, it has eost less
per mild than any other railway between
the two ocenns, aud should prove a great
factor in the settlement dour vast north
western possessions.
TitiMontreal Witness. Publishes -a tele-
grath fram Ottawa, stating tifai John
• Macdonald will Creeign the Premiership on
his return from the Northwest. To ill -
health is Attributed
change in Canadian politics Which this
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.',,OTTR LETTERBOX
o the Editor of the Ciintan ireto Era.
DEAR Slit. -You Will have, no deubt,
seen a ricurrilbus. paragraph in your local
cotemporary about a few words spoken at
his own table by Mr, D. Tiplady, and as
you may -perhaps, not-cootradict or show
the evil spirit of its author, in hope that
Mr. Tiplady rnhy do so, which- I' fear he
will not do, as he is une of the most modest,
refiring aud peaCeloviog farmers that Hul-
lett contains, I will just give you the rea-
son for this vile elair'cler, which any sensible
perkoh can see is utterly false in the mean-
ing. conveyed, I have no doubt', Mr. Tip -
lady said he would give ati hospitable rya-.
came to the Yankees, if they visited him,
as every obristien would do, and I am very
.gad he did as it oozes hinf totais a„gond_
neighbor, thinking no evil, 'and only de.sir-
ous of promoting the best of fraternal spir-
its, the very cobtrary of his slenderer, who
-
speaks of his neighbors - as cut throats,
hearth -desecrators and raidera,. which moat
Certainly they are not. • The object of the
writer is, if posaible, to injure the charac-
•ter of Mr, TiPlady; who may possibly
become a candidate for municipal honors
at the • next • electionsair his anany
friends desire him • so to do, believing as
they.do, that the township does net con-
tain a better- fitted person to managethe
affairs of the munieipality ; but; I am etlad
to epy,141r. Tipledy's character is boycnel
reproach, and will not be injured in the
*slightest degree by this • anonymous slen-
derer ; in fact, henesiehinkers
him for his outspoken. And kindly feelings
to wait" neighbors who hese. shown them -
serves to,be one of the most obviation ha-
tio.ns of the world. Yours respectfully,
• . , LOVEROV HIS NEIGHBOR,
•
A., Yoto Tront 111.1chitrah:
ToMe.Editor of the:lArew Enc. •.•
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School Roisseatlon. On the morning of the 12.1 bat., as the
sou of Hugh Elliott, eon. 7. Morrie, was
loosing home with the milk waggon, for the
To those :°Ital":7ttrarthe progre-sesof Walton oheeae factory, thci horse ree;away.
ilsrowing- the driver off, tujoritig Ina head
eventiot it begioning to dawn that our eeverely and otherwise bruiting biro.
educational system, much askit has been
-existence, is, in reality, more showy than
practical. It is becoming also names.
sadly ornateand expensive. While large
sums are being spent in educating teach-
ers, that cannot get beyond routine in
imparting knowledge; in building bigh
schools and model schools for the benefit
of the children of the richer chtes, who de-
sire to have them taught beyond the re- breaking three ribs and otherwise injaring
quirements or practical ability, the great
bulk of the,real edinatiOn of the country
RA carried out through the Common SO1100,
is being neglected or, 80 inefficiently car-
ried 011it as to be (Amen practical value.
Teis is especially the case in the country
districts, where an amount of ignorance
is shown, both by starving the teaching,
through offering such low salaries as will
brig Out but the poorest clime of talents
ins the teaching line, and by restricting
the dee ofschciol books and school appar-
atua to the very lowest limit allowable.
Hence the country children, when they
finally leave school, are most lamentably
ignorant,eyeo of the very subjects that are
of primary importance to them in the cal-
ling of life they are designed to pursue,
that of farmels and farmers' wives.
Instead Of thoroughly grounding them in
reading, writing and arithmetic; Mil
teachers rest eatisfied With having.them
skip through their lessons in the most SU-
Perficial manner, trusting mainly to the
.nataraLaptitude-of-the-smarter-pupils,40.,..ent-in,the_franektenee,;_ceseetned 13y..,_a Mr.
bring the school through the examine:\ Ross, on Hineks avenue, Goderich, on Wcir
tions. Instead of compelling one and all ,riesday morning. The children of Mr. Ross
ere looked in the house, and Mrs. P. B.
Wa lace,. who first noticed. thst_flairm had
Pomo Acuity in getting the children out,
when.b the aid ef neighbors the fire was ex-
tinguishe The fire originated from a pipe -
•passing Oar geli the roof.
• Oa Saturday an accident, vbirth might nsote
vaunted as one of the very .best that is in
proved fatal thapred toile+ second daegh.
ter of Mr. It eston, oon. Goderiels
townehip, She was up in a cherry tree: when
by .one means she slipped, falling a distance
of ten or eleven feet. 131m anatained vett'
severe injuries.
Lest Friday. es John Hewett, of Walton,
was driving a mowing machine he fell off, end
the large driving wheel. weed over hen,
him. As he is getting well up in years the
old gentleman will probably be laid. up for
pine time. He lay out in the field for some
timisbefore he was discovered by 801:20 of the
mill men,
On Sunday forenoon, as the Rev. Mr, Abs.
grove and 1Virs. Musgrove, of McKillop, were
driving to church, the beise shied -off the
road, upeetting the buggy a ud throwipg the
occupants out. Mrs. Musgrove bed her arm
fractured. The same arm was broken a short
time ago, and thie was the 0114 time Mrs,
ltiusgrove had been env, since the former aoci.
dent.
Mr. Thos. Netterfield, of Lower Winghem,
aged 76 years,has proved that he is smart for
his age. A week or elage he left there and
walked to Clinton irr a day, a distance of 23
miles, stayed there a day and walked back
again the next day. When he got home he
said he was sorry he had not 'gone on to Strat-
ford. We venture to say.there are not many
men in Haron,of that agemonld undertake to
do the same thing. •
What might have been a serious fire broke
to learn alike, those who are bright and
blever monopolize the efforts of the teach-
ao.4.00me out fairly well, while the
bulk of the scholars remain in compara-
tive ignorance. This is especielly, the
case with tboee in the arithineticeclassee.
Instead of teaching them to use their
brains in calculating and answering pro-
blems, they are taught by rote in such a
way that'a very simple question in arithe
Maio, given by a stranger, end not in
the book, tell! pezzle the beat of them,
and seem incapable ofsolution. Consid-
ering that the farmers, as a class; are the
hest. off of any in the community, and
.that their ,children are allowed but A.
•limited time in Which to obtain an edu-
cation ; that they rarely go to wheel till
they are seyen, and usually leave off ut
fifteen or sixteen, they eau • afford to be
liberal 'in the matter cif good teaching.'
• More interest shot -lid be taken in the elec-
tion of trustees, and men of practical
knowledge and ability, to see whether.
progress is being made in the school Wi-
der theiri
eetienrinson, be elected. There
every. poontrysschool, in Nvhich the art of . coat of-constructbm thesegases......Whee that is
should also .he a-hlicgrorlaTOWOWrih-
cteonte
ehet rhe matter Will be considered by the
board of directors. Mr. Trumsden expecte to
keeping accounts on the simplest plan, b .
inside of two weeks.'but owing to
that of single entry, should be taught in the absence of the whole of the directors in
such a way as to be of practical value in Europe it•will be a short time before arrange-
• keeping the accounts of a farm or. dairy. meats can be •completed for commencing
• The art of compeeing and writing letters work, • . •
• •-",
-of a business character should also: be. The ExpOeitorsays i-LsThe many friends of
taught. Above all, the three Re should be Mr. John Ketchen, of the 3r11 con. of Stanley,
firmly grounded into each pupil without will be sorry to learn that he has metwith
• tearor Meer, and none allowed to leave serious accident. H -e was engaged last .Fri.
• school till 'they can pais a fair exatnin- day onitingliay with a mosVer,„ and in pass-
-ation inthe primary elethents of edocition ing along -the outside wheel wentover a stone,
•while the 1nide onel,went into a Water furrow,
•Ieresho.er.y lituron,• ' ,which made the machine give a sudden lurch
The amain of the Dominion Draught
Horse Breeders ocriety called for last Tues
day at Stratford Ere not ea •largely attended
as anticipated, owio to the inconvenienee of
harvesting operations. Several matters per-
taining to a revision an improvementof the
Society's rules and regale inns were discussed
and these will be further agnsidered with a;
view to adoption at a meetingla the &fedora,
f\ke
to be herd at Seaforth,at a date o be named,
by the President. The menaber ip .of the
Society is steadily growing, and . ufficient
entries ire being made. to guarantee t .suo•
(sees of the book. ,
The Secretary of the Winghatn ltailw
Irwoi701.0.1,191",411,1
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the bottom without bitting the etoves o
the aides, grasped the rope, and wait drew**
out in safety by his mother anti Oster.
At Belleville out of 100 candidates who.
wrote at the recent entrance examinations
20 were seecessful. . At Tweed 25 wrote
aud three passed. At Desoronto 34 Wrote
and for were successful.
Mr. Hector Morrison has been in the.,
employ of the Bodeen .Bay Company for
over sixty years, chiefly at Norway House,
Though en elegion wait held in Great
Britain Jeep than a year previously, 1.36 of
the 670 members of Parliament returned '
to the new Parlianient have never eat in
the HOLUM before.
Canada 'Presbyterian .:--1511adstone'spos-
Won to -day is a splendid illustration of 1
the fact that character is indestructible.
He has been beaten at the polls, but he is
still the greatest living man.
Seven cases of infraction • against the
Canada Temperance Act were tried in
Cannington, on Wednesdav,bdfore P•feeSro.
Horne and Brown. A penalty ' of $50:ancl
costs was made in each case. The License
Inspector wasthe prosecutor,
• BORN
WELSH. --In eioderiolvtownsblp,. on the Uth
inst„ the wire or Mr, Thor. Welsh, a ann.
MARRIED
TAYLOH-PASSMAN- On the 7111 inst.. at St,
Lawrence Church, York, England, by' Rev, W.
H. F. Batman, Mr. Joseph Taylor, of Toronto
eldest son of Mr. W. Taylor, of Clinton, to Mies •
Sarah Emily, seeond daughter of W. Passums,
comwold, .
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BIELviLLE - Hullett, on the 218t Met.
Lawrence melville, a native of Perthshire,
Scotland, aged 76 years.
BeIV• AdIttrtifitIntltb..
• STRAY PIG,---0ABIE INTO SUBSCRIBER'S
prethises, Base Line, Goderieh Township,
the latter part of May, a Barrow Pig. ' OWner
is hereby notified to prove property, pay ex-
penses, and take it away. • L. MANI•IINO, •
-tes-OTERS' LIST; UN --MUNICIPALITY OP
V THE TOWN OF CLINTUN,--:Notioels here-
by given that I have transmitted, or delivered
to the persons mentioned in the Maid and
fourth seetiona of the Voters" List Act, the
copies required by -said sdetion to be so -trans!
mined or deliveyed (vatic sate list Maste purau-
ant to said. Ant, of all persons 'appearing by the
last revised Assessment Roll pf the said munt-
olpality toe() entitled to vote la 'said munici-
pality, at elections. tor ufembors'of the Legisla-
tive Assembly. andeterineemai niections, and •
teat seta itatwas tirst posted up at my Milne "
Clinton, on the 2tat day of July, 1856, and re -
Committee, H. 'NV. C Meyer, Esq.,
received a letter from the C. P. II, to the
reeentl ,rimiiont one otheretootrhoeloirn :31tishpecestaliodni.iskloenerrisiaarneyeoamlleied
ivegoeidvo.re timid therein, to take
effect that Ur. Lumsden, 0. E., will go over immediate. o have the said arrow
the ground from the Wineheas Beetle; te. eorreeted according.eaw. W. COATS, Clare.
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where the station of the 0.P. R, is to be
built there, With •a view of ascertaining the
- inwards, and threw Mr., .Ketchen to the.
'The presbytery met in Knoi church, Code- ground with great fordo, his"witele• Weight
rich; on Tuesday 'apt. ;1).r.-Ure Wiie appointed coming on his.shotilder, which struck the. oar.
moderator for tbe ensuing six Months: Elder's of tho,michine. ' .The fall 'stunned him for a
• commissions were received arid tire .roll for short time, and on recovering he want to a
the year made up. Commissioners tol'• the 76-CTO"F of Brimfield,. who says Saco of the
Asaembly gave a report of their attendance coUtieicions of the shbulder blade are broken,.
at the Saprem,e Courts Of the churchTheends sme.11 portion Of the eed of , one of the
-comMittees on Fleaece and the- Superintend- berms:. , ' ' " . - •• • .. •
• 'ents ef Students goo reports respectively. a
The Presbytery took up tee Arrears of Sti. Youngman narked Fred. Cull; of Seafortb,-
., saeirorrif NOTEF', FROM TIII:I Eosrrok.--
lit
pends ,p,ithin.tho Bounds,... with a view of .died seeesseees age neer Winnipeg, on •hes
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having, all • each arrears relieved. Tlie".As way home from the Rocky Mountains ; be
seinbly. "Injunction" as to the ecelesiaetical seas ' seized with hemorrhage of the lungs,
and calendar years, was dealtwith, and stems
.n 'to eeedthe object aiii3ed et Mr. . but lived long enough tri all,* a sister to
takeie
.3.0ho young,. M. A., *oolio,00sed to proioh ,ieach him, Mr. Alex.• Wilson, Of Seaferthi
has again distiliguiatedliniself at Wimbledon
the Goepel in .the usual way! . Mr. Danby. re: ' .Bayfield Read and Berne,. The re- 2by coming•otit at the head of the team, in re:
signed his pastoral. charge .of the. congrega- yolver shootingi:L. • Mr. 7.J. -H. :McDougall., of
tions of
had.150 acres el wheat on his Sesforth
eignation is to .be disposed of at a special , farm.
' at 11 In DiketiVestrryed by a hail storm,' Which
m.:
eeting of thePresbyterse-te belieTc1 in Union
pissed eyer.the district a feel?. days ago; • hi
•church, Brucelield,-on. the 27th inst., e
lose will be about 31,000, All the croes signs
a. in. Onbehalf of the Committee appointed
...ali_MeCo.y..subinitted the following: '' Where- have oi nviepdr of vr oesnitAlhaein. asptpreeeatriaanhdd
to de
raft a delivetanee on Sabbath Observance,
othe street. Mr. F.Holtnestead hada Va-
as, a strong tendency is manifested in ceetein •..
fiti' :l
quarters to bold fuuerarlii. and other proses, : 7itibilea tway,eYea
, by.rrdCleartonloiugaC
gai 1;i tcolt
against
a.tibj
bar'bueraeclon
[dons for display • on the Lord's -Day; and,
pub'. fence, .•profess -6M -nes has accepted thn. po•
whereas, niany are interrupted in their
lie and private devotione by sigh proceisions, sition of Precentor in. the Killeen -line PresbY7
:niony with the diecipline of Christian train- eni Ital y 1. - 46 11 enresignedSea f theOr th position
ontihe•
-.1 p 3reken uand Ent-eletiaent sadly out of bar- hteer:hia4na eshouerfacho,ai,
. . .
,and theAtuietness-of the Sacred 'Day is:Ilicur
ing introduced into the experiences of . the past eight years.'
• Day wherein these.prodessione are held, bo it
resonied that this. l'resbytery*take this op.:
A ! A
•NITL• Wu prutm8eu to
write to you, I will do the bent 1.ban,' but ,1
don't know hoW will get Meng. Well 1
ivill•tellyou what I know about•it, This
county, from what I have seen •of •;iti as
good a place is ayiyhody could want • to 'get
into, .for a new country, and if anYbcidy.ivants
to get A heine for themselveir they had•better
Otte along, for it is takith up. fast. • They
need Mit be Afraid of water -drowning them
out, for there is, lots of fall. It would Ith-r
great benefit to the conotry if those whO have
land out here would.come and clean it up. -7. -
One disadvantage is that their) Is no rebool.
very near to us; what we also want ia a
church, but I tin • that we. will soon have
oiC is -light ; ithaebeen very.
• dry.up here, and semetimes very hot: • The
grem is short, but we are havin nice rain
event will bring about Ata meeting of ifoorwn;oawri3 btave eot had any manto
tha Calif t -Prior :to Si
y Nyeather, end there
J0 as good fall wheat earl ever saw in Canada
war 9n tbis point the Cabinet It is not laz m
Ill clean up, bat it is not all alike: ;hen" itfiae
• Nirli(i3lids, but the oroilr)seallr000lfr
•ceed *h '. 'wohh,no-' departure. : well,..coLdevrt3
was discuss°rdJ
in.
should Eno:.
the matterIle
rneodt uoited, put- frona what Can be man weitid w%hnett.,e
nem men y e n arnset want tagitso;nplathrievileel'i ebrutta sb:usntiy:
gatliee , the fight:for the leadershin w'
belietween *Sir H'•8 a L nee in • cleared u it is nett full of stem s • and there
• Alexander Campbell, • Sir John's well-
sitnowe inclinatioft to hang on to (spice,
i4 'rather -rests doubts on -the rumor,still there
maibe some truth in it. If,p at Winni-
•peg tile:other day, Sir. Johne replying to
an address of welcome presented him,said
" he did net know but `that be might takes_
lip his perthanent residence in tne north:,
west titter hie:\ retirernent from 'public
Jflbly Begefierellf*thlker that- way when,
he wishes to arouse the entheshism of his
fellowers, ,
Hon, G; W. Ross lylioister otEducation
for this Province, who during his stay in
England has visited many of the leading
educational institutions, is now in Scot-
• and, whore part of his time Will be.
similarly apent before returning to Canada,
• Tire nowGovernor of Vtah has issued a
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powerful proclamation; against polygamy.
Proclamattons are good, but verdicts in the
*United States courts are whet count with
the Mormons. Nothing butimprisontnent
880t08 to cure thetta of their habit of keep-
itig a variety of wives on hand.
A. Zealand, Mich., special Sept A ters
vible accident occurred near Jamestown on
Thursday. Gerrit Bourne; whose parents
reside in this vilTgo, was at work on e load
aCivirnaetis '011 ft! glritIlrerill, anvirtit that
fe 1 Ad
the Bard° time entered the back of his head
and passed completely through it, corning
out•neer his nose. De pulled the fork out
hisnself and ran to the house some distance
away, °Berthing a fend° on his way. • Ito
miffed for waters. but seen after wont into
•convelsione and died fit about ttves hours.
1.
• • •
are ota o grave all ones, at. et people
the roads. There is lots of wild fruit. We
have cleared about 15 aorea since the snow
went away, and have -10 acres in crop. • Bat-,
ter is 13 centseseelh,s' and eggs 10,3 per dozen,
and dry goods and groceries are as oheap as
they are in Canada, This has been a great
place tor fires -there has been hundreds of
•aores burnt over, There ate lots oftbeaeblend
maple, but it is not on the burnt land, They
noed not say things will not grow here -1
think the reason that it will not is because it
ia not put foto grow. The first plowing is
not tho best for a drop, and if it is plowed in
the fall it is the hest; do not plow in 'the
spring if you win help it. There ia good
.water here. Well,- I think I must bring my
tedious letterio.a. close and we eateem our
friends which we loft inCanada, but we have
foand good friends here, remain:, yeurS,
' rename 11 ONITE.
Merquebte, Michigan, July 131h, 1886.
come and Iwo on t lob* places. and help iffake
LOCAL CHURCH CHIMES
Rev. 3. Gray expects to be able to take
Ws own Work on Sunday next, •
VOTEAS' LIST 1885, MUNICIPALITY OF STA.'S',
• • TXY, COUNTY OF HURON. --Notice . is hereby
that hrwe transinjtte_d_mdellyored_te_the per-
sons mentioneonothe third and fourth•sectiohs of the
•Voters''List Act,the copies required bYsaid section to '
bo so.tiansrnittd or delivered of the said list made
pursuant to said Act of parsons appearing bytho last .
revised. Assessment Roll of the said Munioipality to be s.
entitled to vote the said Municipality, at slecticm,.
for members at idle Legislative Assemiriy, and at
Municipal Elections, and that stud list was first posted.
up at my Ors,- at Varna,. on th lath day of July, 1.885, -
and fe11111MS therefor inspectio Electors are called. *„,
• upon to examine the said list,. an if any omisSion' or •.
•other errors arofound therein tate re Immediate pro-
ceedings to have the said errors cermet d'aceording to
law. GEO. STEWA.RT Clerk. •
Th -e Sabbath Scheel of St. Paul's church
intend holding their annual picnie at
Goderich, on the 2Oth filet. The fare wills
be 10 and 26 cents.
• Rev. E. Medd, (son of Mr. aenry
Etulletts) preached in Ontario SO church
on Sunday morning last. Mr, Medd is
appointed to, college this year. •
NEWS NOTES. •
•
portunity of expreesing its disapproval of the Sir H. I-At/Min Is quite '
•
practice of holding funera1esousthe's8stelsatle Detroit fears a smallpox epidemic.
except in oases of necessity, =weever, that Great distress- prevails at St. johns, N.
ministers within the bounds be recommended r., •
to disetruntenatee by all due 'meanie such
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recessions and gatherings as are fitted to ,,,;n,.,.riohibition has been defeated MissiS-
he:-revereiree-fer-the-seen.ed da' --""'
. which is claimed for it by the Holy Scripture,'' Vanaouver;., B. . 0,, was again badly
The fOregoing Was unanimously edepted, Mr, damaged by fire onUriday afterneon.
McLean reported that in accordance with rce• ' • '
James junior,: a lunatic, has made an
quest of .the convener 01 the Assembly's
Homo Mission Committee,. he forwarded te offer ' of marriage to Queen Victoria, It
Iley. Mr. Thompson, or'irancenvet; Britieh wasre'ected.
.3 • ' .
Colembia his disjunction from this Presby- ' Hon, L. Sacksvilte-West, the ' British
tory, that he Might be prepared to unite with Minister at • Washington"; will "Yisit the.
the new Presbytery to be formed on the Pm. Gotiernor General. •
&Lilo coast Mr, McLean's' conduct was ap.
proved of. Mr. McDonald stated that he Kansas prohibitionists have geminated
had a letter. from. /dr. Thompson and that he a full. State deka. .A colotired man Was
desired that the brethren in this Preabytery npminated for auditor..
should•roMember him and his. congregation • Several meMbers of the.igisionri House
'at 'Vancouver id thb losswhich they eustained of Delegates have been esthetes' for bribery.
by the recent fire there. The next regular and drunkenness in °Moe,
meeting of the Presbytery is to be held in v .
Exeter mit the 2nct Tuesday of .September.-- e• Tne•failures fee tho 'United States and
anada from January lst show a large in -
Expositor.'
ArOund the, Chunty. ° •
crease over those of lett year. .
• Henry Search, of janesville,
Mr. IL ,Knechtel, of Morris, near Walton, wealthy farmer, 75. years old, end his Nvife,
sas a semewees extensive apiery, emeng living a 'addle anad,s.Sunday
lnidalalwensitghotf thath their
about 100 hivesof bees, itheirMrs.,. Mari A. Liddicett it Sons have sold mweortre,yon, ur ere
.
their farm, containing one hundred acres, in The last of the loan of the Goveenmelist
ilaborne, to James Snell, of the London Road, to the Canadian" • Pacific; Railer' ay was
for the sum 0E47,500. . • returned on the firse of this menth,end, tho'
• Last week Mr. Charles Afoisteith.,• of the Company is now entirely out, of debt to
Thames Road, 'Osborne, hadthe inisfortune the.Goeernment.
i .
Of losing, from a growth on the brain, his .
imported heavy draught Mare which he pur• The rate of taxation in Winnipeg for tile
chased at tbe Rattonbury sale last winter, cUrrent year has been fixed at 10i mills on
,On the 14th . 'just the wife of Robert For
. the dollar. It would bo considerably
h, of Myth, died ot paraly sis of the brain, , greater if a good cleat of the. property, were
syt
Deceased had lately taken up her residence ne,t, held at "bor., "prices. .
there, having arrived with her haeband from Facts am stuneorn things ,° andesufferers
1 •-'lit
from chills and for& filar their comp a n a
very stubborn fact, until, they commence the
uso of Ayer's Ague Cure. That medicine,
eradieates the poison from •tho system, and
(hires everr the .worst eases. .
'A twolve-year•old bey in Pleasant.
Valley, 0., attempting to draw water front
a well 60 feet deep,' fell in. '110 went to
W. JACKSON,: A
s • ONT.*
• 1.\;-/-4
414L11-61
th• or Per tA rum r and return 421
• To feminism matte and rntairn 812.
, To. Witinlife••• and. return E•3130.,
f you intend travelling tollie old countryrbe our° you,•
ome and see me: Throngh ticket§ issued to all points
talritish Columbia, via Canada -Pacific Railway. VIA
its issued to Marcia and all points oast of Toronto, -
For all .Raliway, Steamship and Lake . information, ••
: apply to •..
W itt.7jACKS ON, .CLINTON ....AGENT. .
G. fr
C1111t011 Civic iloliday,Aulost 3it
•RIT: BEMS:
• ,
The Grand Trunk,,Railway will issue on the alum:
day SINGLTAA FARE TICKETS, froin•ClintonStation,
to all points, good to go and return on that thiranlY •
Ticket's wilValso be issued, to the following places„
&pea to goon any train„on day of issue, and return at
any. time within theepecilled limit, •.
TORONTO -g, Vo-d--fOr 4,days, $2.00 ''' •
• PORT STANLEY, 2. days., 1,25
LONDON; good for 3 days, •10
- ,GODERICH, " 2 dayS,
SEA:FORTEI, " 2 days, .25
• STRA'TFORD, -2 days, • .75
MITCHELL; `..f 2.days •
As these aro likely to be the lowest tats that Will bo
bailed this season; all who wish to Ask any of thc
places named, should- go on thls day. First train for
Toronto andel!, points east, leaves platen. Station at
7.25 a.m.", and going south at 8.53 a.m.' '
For fanthoipartwuTara ea.-fr. to A, 0; PATTISON,
Grand Tenn
•W. ItT/GAlt, GeneaLl'assetiger Agent
:fg:SnEt1;liellnlI7Cili011, Octun• 'al nager „
•BIG'REDUCTION
Nee_
ic.
,The undersigned havitig • pui•oliessed the •
stock of' M. Gep. S'herman, will clear
out, the stock, of •
rte-ct-MAI• Nitt°01. NO° °6°°P • ied th° VII' Michigan, believing lately erected a large
pit of the Rettatibury -Ste Alethodist, woolen, mill in Myth, .• ' '
church last Sarld'aY) Is a Young mail °` 8atel. Waite, who has worked at the Enter-
• considerable ; he has very good reik, eetereee„Bresede fee some vete,
deliVery, is perfectly at home ou the. plat-"
1 forms and doubtless will prove a useful
addition to the platform force of' this dis-
trict •
, .
6,
i4 reported to 'soon come into possession of it
large fortate through the death of a reistive
in England. • The whole . prooerty to be
divided is rated at 3175,000.
•
CHINA CI1OCKERY& Glasswork
AT LESS 'MAN
:Wholesale Prices, °
„
Must be run out in'teri days. Doe't
fail to give us a call. We Cith give you,
• prices to suit you.
13otter & Es oleo ill EXChRille.
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