The Clinton New Era, 1887-10-21, Page 4„
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N EMT'S NOTES. • •
Preirie arse are raging iU 1arder:1
Manitoba
One thousand 'ivee were lost hi the
great fit t at klankow, China.
M r Ratted McKim. ex-M.P.?., bad
been appointed Sheriff of Wel lington
it-im ramored that Judge Angers is
le he ',item mint -Governor of Quebec.
Mr James ltowet.d, Liberal, was
e' cutest by acclamation for West
Hi uce ye,terday.
A. particularly virulent form of
ty plead fever leis broken out in Hun-
gertord, County of Hastings.
Sir Charles Tupper has been at. -
pointed to represent Canada on the
Fisheries Commiesiou.
Two Scott Act constables in Rew-
tete frew Country were fired at with a rifle
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f'e:-Robt. Holmes.
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ram-Robt. Browii.
ssto loan -C. A. Ilartt.
son sale -Market Square.
esto ladies -SI. Robertson.
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;WAY, .00TOBER 21, 1887
Clutraberlaiit's
bile speaking at Belfast, Joseph
berlain referred to the question
ommercial Union between the
ed States and Canada, asserting
it meant a protectiye tariff
net Great Britain,and saying that
nada had Commercial Union she
be made to know it means a
deal separation from Great Bri-
e is to a eertain extent correct
u he says it means a tariff against
at Britain, but we are in that posi-
ttaelay. ‘Ve do not think heis
ect in the assertion that it means
tical separatioo from Great Bri-
. That would not necessarily
ow the rdoption of any trade
icy like Commercial Union. Those
are advocates of more free inter-
rse with the Americans are just as
al subjects as Queen Victoria has;
we do not think • they -would ad -
ate anything that would be likely
cause separation between this
ntry and England. Mr Chamber-
nrs prophetic yiew does not est:03-
h it as a fact. Others equally as
11 able to forni an opinion as him -
f look at it in a different light, be-
•ving that the adoption of C.
uld preveet a political union.
This fact inust be recognized. The
ople of Canada -or at least ,a por-
n of them -are uot satisfied with
e 'extent of their business relations.
ey see Many of the American peo-
e apparently doing better than they
e, and they naturally desire to
are in 'the prosperity which others
pear to enjoy. The prosperity may
more apparent than reit!, but busi-
ss wen, -farmers and others, regard
as an absurdity that a customs line
,ould prevent them participating in.
-trade that seems to be beneficial
d.advantageons.They reason that
litleiness can be profitably transact-
ith the Americans in the face of
oms duties, more business wou:d
done; Trial those'duties removed,
d we venture the pirtioti; 'Mr
bamberlain's views notwithstismding,
at Commercial Uoions ;alon wit'
tisfy a majority of the Canadi.
ople. As in the ease of the N.P.---
gland's interests were not consult -
when that was adopted -and we
. not suppose they will be if the
inadian people "decide on Commer-
al Union. Besides this,Mr Chamber -
in has hitherto been regarded as a
°pounced Free Trader, and how he
n. now oppose it is. one of the puz-
es that require'solution. ,
• Apples
.‘11.1st now it itewelljthatItheCommer-
al Unionists should direct their
ttention. to the apple crop as it
tists in the States. All over New
:ngland and New York the markets
re glutted with apples; the finest
uits are rotting on the ground. Now,
len, is the time to show the Caned -
al farmer how he can make money
y shipping apples to "the other
de." -London Free Press.
If the above be true will our Lon -
op cotem. tell us how it is that Mr
iaid Cantelon, of Clinton, (a pro-
ounced Conservative) who is known
s the heaviest apple -dealer in the
ounty, is now shipping apples to
;Ilium Duluth, and other A'ner!-
ata points, having shipped already
ver 3000 barrels to these places. We
sat that the "facts” in the above
,ftragraph are like many more. which
,ppear in the Free Press, made out t f
rhie cloth for the, occasion.
Down east the lather day, Mrs.
istimans, the well -know p temper.
nce advocete,ad ministered a tremen-
ous tongue -threshing to Hon. G. F.
roster, Minister of Marine es Fisheries
,nd he had nothing to say in le p'y.
ren,. if any public mart, has_ dropped
sore effectually in public estimation
han this same Ester, wbo posed so
ong as the apostle of temperance,
ad Whose principlesiled to the winds
Ihen be entered Parliament.
The American Consul at London is
uthority for the statement that it very
irge number of Canadians are going
o the States every week, and more
rorn the lino of the London, Huron
.1 Bruce, than from any where eine;
Brakeman Howe was horribly tied
it is feared fatally, injured on the M.
C.R. near St Thomas ou Tueeday.
One Liberal and five Conservative
inembere of the Quebec Legislature
• a -e been unseated through corrupt
acts.
The trial of the Sarnia dynamite
; case has beeu postponed until the
' next Assizes, one of Hand's witnesses
rot being available.
The eafe in the Hudson Bay Com
pay' s store at Portage La Prairie
was blown open Tuesday morning aud
$1,300 stolen.
'Mr James Beaty, formerly propriet-
or of the Leader,Torotito, has been ill
for several days. Tee old gentlemen
is in his t2 id year.
William J. Evelyn, Conservative
member of the 1 -louse of Commons
for Deptford, will resign on account
of the Government's Irish policy.
Lparrzu, ox
BASE BALL DixTTEuti.
To the, Editor of the brew &CC
(OltuaDED OUT Lahr isteis)
bia Et/teem-Please allow me space
in your paper to make a few corrections
regarding an itella ill your Belgrave cor-
respondence of lest weelt. The club
styled as 1,101111taili Goats, Is,I eromune,
tho one of which I an a member, aud
we are known by the name of Indepon-
aemt Nine. We showed ourselves to
1,111011 to the Belgrave club at the re-
cent match, and have not done a great
deal of talkiug aud blowing either about
it, facts speaks for themselves. Their
blowiug was done before the match.
The game was tiniehed. At the ter-
mination of live innings, the Indepen-
dents proposed to quite as both balls
earth in a huoll. seme es the etreet
paving was done with private fundteand
the Street Cunimittee should eee that
parties doing any werlt ef the natnreirts
dioated on the streets, should leave them
in as good a tondition ae they trut found
them. Else what is the use of having
by.law. Yours, A Vrra51c.
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NO SURRENDER.
7't, the Editor of the Clinton New Ott,
Mn EDITOL-It seems that the report
which your leippee correspondent sent
the New Ens respecting Father Chine
guy' s lecture in thiseaece,has aroused the
ire of a disciple of the "Pious aud im-
mortal memory" and who would fain
resurrect the emaoiated form of the
once famous "Protestant Horse," which
was begotteu and nurtured by the cele-
brated J. L. Hughes, but which was
were used up and unfit for play, but tot slam and ignominiously burled by the
peace sake, we heard the umpire pro- 'electors of Ontario last December. This
peso to nuke seven innings the game, Protestant is astonished, yea disgusted,
which no one edYjeettartmeeascieweewerstsiebettebeesioes-asotatterapteste
on with the other two innings in good , of my remarks, and I dare him to do so.
faith, anyway rule 13, sec 2, of the Na-
tional playing rules, says that the balls
to be played with must be furnished by
the home team and wheu they jailed to
do so they gorfeited the game according
to rule rule 41 Sec 4. They isane a very
stiff uhallenge, but who ? captain, cor-
respondent or perhaps some wayfarer,
they had not courage to sign their name
to it, But assuming that the said chat-
• lengd is bona fide, we hereby accept it
1 to be played at Belgrave in a suitable
I field, which will allow the grounds to be
of proper size and shape, say • John
Campbell's .field whieh was used on the
.21st June last ; fetch out your beet men
and we will .110 the same, as ,we are not
going to take a back seat either. P. W.
Sewer, Capt of Independent Nino, East
Wawanosh.
Winni peg City Council has decided
to take $150,000 worth of Government
bonds, provided the Government will
guarantee the completion of the Red
River road this year.
Duncan Campbell the last of a score
of Scotch settlers who settled in Elgin
County fifty years ago,died last Satur-
day evening at the age of 99 years.
Deceased *as one of the most widely
known and respected residents of the
COUnty.
Mr Cargill, M. P. for East Bruce,
was robbed recently of $8,000. The
safe was blown open and the money
abstracted. Mr Cargill carries on ex-
tensive lumbering operations, and the
money was to be used in paying his
employees.
The death is announced, of Mrs
Dinah Maria Mulloch,the well-known
author of"John Halifax,Gentlensan,"
and other popular novels. She marri-
ed in 1865 Mr George Lillie Craik.
In consideration of her work as an
author she was in 1864 awarded a pen-
si�ii per annum. _
Ort Sunday night last Mrs; Ripley,
wife of John Ripley, 35 Canada
• street, Hamilton, overlaid her 4
months' old child, and in,the morn-
ing it was found smothered to death.
Mrs Ripley was worn out with long
and weary watching over the sick
bed of another child, which died on
Saturday, and on Sunday night nature
asserted itself, and she slept so sound-
ly that she never felt her little babe.
Rev. Dr. Nelles, President of Vic
toria University, Cobourr, died on
Monday. Since the death or Dr Ryer-
son GO single man has filled his place
in the Methodih Church so much as
Dr. Nelles. His was the leading
spirit among his.people and the guid-
ing influence of Victoria College. It
was only after a long and earnest
study of the whole question of univer-
sity consolidation that he accepted
the scheme that inyolved Victoria's
removal-to-Toreates-but-frorm_theslay
that he gave in his adherence he has
been its warmest and most active suP-
porter.
THE BYE ELECTIONS
-Decision was giv,ess in. tlere Vic-
toria (N. )election case �n Monday,
Mr John A. Macdonald -it seems to
run in the name -the Conservative
M. P., being unseated for bribery.
His brother aiid Dr re hune, M. P; P.
were convicted of corrupt prgeticea.
—In Amherst, N. S., a Conservat-
ive agent brought an action against
Mr. W T. Pipes, who was Sir Charles
Tupper's opponent in the last elec-
tints, charging 'him with personal
bribery, but the change was thrown
out with costs. It has, now been
shown tha while two Cabinet Minis-
ters and otfre Conservative M. P.'s
owed their election to bribery, the
skirts of the Liberal candidates were
remarkably clean, but one member of
the party being unseated.
—Sir Charles Tupper having been
unseated through bribery, a new
election is rendered necessary in that
constituency. The polling will take
place on the 901 of November. It is
said that, as a result of the new duties
imposed upon him as a delegate to
the Fisheriea' Convention at Wash-
ington, Tupper will not return to
London till the close of the ses-
sion of Par'ianunt in spring. Mean.
while, the High Commissioner's pal-
atial residence, with its train of
liveried servants, will be kept open at
the expense of the Dominion taxpay-
er. • Seeing that Tupper only stays a
few weeks in a year, is it not about
time that the High Commissioner
farce was regarded as played out?
Surely there is no necessity for a High
Commissioner's palace in London
when there is no High Commissioner
to inhabit it ! The residence, with
its luxuriant furniture, and many
dozens of wine glasses and other fix -
int s shou'd be sold out
The Haldimand Liberals have now
selected their standard bearer. Let
thsns go to work and return their can-
didate by an overwhelming majority.
One thing that the leaders in the
county mwt see to is that the othcials
charged with the administration of the
law shall not exceed their duty as in
the last election. Mr Colter can be
'elected, and he can hold the seat be-
yond a peradventure, but if the re-
turning officers and their deputies
illegally mark ballots, as was done
at the last election, another expensive
trial will he brought an. ILet the
electors, both in privr te canvass and
in public meeting, be well instructed
as to how to prevent irregularities
that may be given as an excuse for
throwing out hallo's. When even
Dr Immgrill, the returning officer:was
guiltyrri' irregulari ties at last election i
that resulted n ballots being thrown
tut, what better could be expected of
careless or incoppetent deputies
But the electors aila scrutineers should
be so instructed between now and
polling day as to what vitiates a vote
as to render vnte-killing, ,,by any or
all of he practices re% ealed nt the
Election Court, irn possible. --Item
ton Times.
a. REPLY TO MR WI L K IE.
7'o the Editor of the Clinton New Era.
Dram Me Eerron,-Your correspon-
deut, Mr J. T. Wilkie, charges the
writers on prohibition with Sopailstry,
but the truth is, your correspoadent's
article on "What do we understand by
Prohibition," is full of sophistry. Where
is the common sense, not to speak of
justice, of charging prohibitionists with
any purpose other .than the prohibition
of intoxicants in its sale and manufac-
ture as designed for a beverage. Your
correspondent must or ought to know,
that this is the sense in which prohibi-
tionists use the word prohibit. They
do not object to the use of alcohol when
prescribed by a proper physician, nor
do they object to it, when used for me-
chenival"purposes or purposes of art,
UnleSii what is ea good or better, be
found as a substitute for the above
mentioned purposes. Then againahink
of his egregious .folly and error, in stat-
ing that wine to be wino, must be fer-
mented and intoxicating, whereas wino
to be the pure juice of the grape, must
be unfermented and consequently not
intoxicating. Alcohol does not belong
to the juice of the grape when unfer-
mented, but it is the product of fermen•
tation and decay, and consequently is
something added to the pure unferment-
ed juice of the grape. Every bible stu-
dent knows that the Bible allows the
pure unfermented juice of the grape as
a. proper wine, while it prohibits and
condemns the use of the fermented and
intoxicating kind,forbidding even to look
upon it, as in tho end it bites like a
serpent and stings like an adder." It
is a well-known fact that they had Un-
fermented wine at a very early period,
and that it wee this pure ,juice of tbe
grape our Saviour made at the marriage
in Cana of Galilee, It is preposterons
to think; I believe it is wicked to do so,
that the blessed Son of Gocl would make
• fermented and intoxicating wine, which
His Father prohibits ill the Old Testa-
ment, by commanding us not to look
upon it. Wine nnw made from the
juice of the grape that will keep for any
length of time without fermentation,
and consequently without alcohol, and
altogether pure and unintoxicatinee
And it is a well-known fact, that thev
had the art of making such wine, in
ancient times, and that they did make
this puTe,-iiiildemanted--anderatintax4e
ting Wine. But wine to be wine,- Sin the
saloon and tavern -keepers' sense) must
be fermented ana intoxicating in order
to be wine. Then isgain,etanding se the
met of the tree, he would have US hit
the coon, he might have said bit the
monster , of iniquity, but does he
really mean it to be bit ? No,
your correspondent is the man who
is shooting at the. moon, for the very
thing that aims at the coon or the In on -
stay, he opposes, namely, the Scott Act.
TheScottAct is pure ELS it probibits.and
needs no more to be defended than the
8th commandment does. There would
• be as much sense in opposing the Fith
commandment because soine people
steal, as there is in opposing the Scott
Act, because some endeavor to sell
Whiskey. Is that any disparagement to
the act? no, who is disparaged in this
case. The men who byes* the Act, on
them the odium must rest, not on the
act, and who prove by so doing, that
they neither regard the laws of God or
man, nor the widows or orphans cry,
when their own selfishness and sinful
gain ,is involved. I believe that it is
purely and simply false to, say that the
Scott Act has not accomplished good.
Why ae they want it repealed, if they
have not been- curbed and crippled in
the sale of liquor. The criminal statis-
tics of Scott Act counties prove that it
has been a blessing. More in the future
if needed. • Pnomerrioss
• Come on, Mr Protestant, this is the age
of proof and reason. He takes it for
granted that I Ain a Roman Catholic,
but in his next sentence he says, "tut
if your correspondent be a so-called
protestant, then I marvel at the moral
perversity and blindness diseovered in
his remarks, which is *hared in by the
rest of the protestant community." So
you will see that according to this
.wonderful critic my "moral perversity"
and "blindness" is shared by the rest of
the protestant community, although he
took it for granted that I was a Roman
Catholic. Mr Protestant may be per-
verse and blind, and he Ines another at-
tribute which the most obtuse could not
have failed to noticed, viz, ignorance,
and in the future I would advise him if
he cannot write fifteen lines without
murdering the Queen's English as he
has done, to crawl into some hole and
pull the hole in after him, and leave
Father •Chiniquy's fallticies and false-
hoods to be defended by some one more
competent. Youti CORRESPONDENT.
A DILEMMA.
To the Editor of Clinton Nele.kea:
SIR,- Peter and myself are • a bit be-
wildered. The Good Book tell us, "the
soul that sitmeth, it shall die.'' Our
minister tells us to give store pay for
work done is a sin, We should pay the
cash. He tells us also that we must
not lend moneyfft 10, 12 or 15 per cent,
it is a sin. Now, I run a grocet y store
at the corners beyont, and Pete': he is
a sort of banker and broker. If Jamie
Bog cuts my wood or hoes my potatoes
by the day end 1 give him, butter, eggs,
tea sugar, etc, for his pay at regular
market price, I thought it was alright,
and Peter, he thought lending money
was just like selling wheat dr cattle,
worth it market value and no more,
and acting on this princip'e he, too,
concluded he would not be sent to pur-
gatory, although he might got 1 per
cent for exchanging Green Banks, for
our currency. But the titivation le what
are we going to do about it. It's a bad
rule that don't work both ways. I am
reminded of the Scottish minister who
was reproving um of his perishioners
for taking a drop. "True," said Sandy,
"but do you never take a drop, yereel,
minister," If it's wrens to gise's o:e pay
and wrong to take more than bank in-
t( T04, What 14 to be done about it, Who
is to decide the miestion. What is pi'n.
per interest. If the minister who tells
us that he Was too busy last week and
cannot give us a sermon, lines not tell
bis treasm'er to dednet so much from
his week's pay, dors he do right ? What
arc we tp ? PErKil %NO 'All,' 11;
N PIO LECT.
--
To the Miter of thrClinfo» Nen, Era.
Sir., -How is it that the Telephone
and Telegraph comp:mice are allowed
to tear tip the side of paved water tables
by putting in their polss, sill then in -
stead of ramming down the ;1011 end
making it level a or r 1 v law rem -tires,
and 'maims it again, tiles lenic
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.
there la many a geed heart Liddell be -
nevelt e rugged ekterior, end, it may be
ciao, rieuy.a nanow mind is conceal -
ea by polished matinee% As it was only
it few days ago that the writer of this
fuett knew of the attack on the reputa-
tion of one of Huron's oldest residents,
it will be understood why this has not
appeared soon
A SON Or el:linos &MITES."
[We omit a portion of thin letter be-
cause the writes &teatimes, we think,
more than is warranted, and the fore-
going covere all that Leaf public intereat
Ed. NEW BEA.]
it
Educati_onal Notes.
Miss Ferguson the Abecederian in. S.
S. No. 4 West Wawanosh, has been re-
engaged at an advanced salary.
The application of Miss Rath, of Wa-
wauoeh, has been accepted by the true -
tees of 6. 8. No 1 atones. as tea -her for
next year.
Mr 1 hoes_Sq...egery_.. ties beeu engagva
as prinehiir jrflraTrZ hMaycli
for the eueuibe year. Mr (1' • ..,.it
SOME ITEM'S OF INTERV,T.
(Collected for the New Era.)
Twenty-five years ago there was but
one representative oftotal abstinence in
the British House of Commons; now
there are over forty.
The present advanced position of the
cause of temperance reform in Canada
and elsewhere, is largely the result of
the prayers and labors of our Christian
women. The prohibition voter wants
no better company than theirs.
Among the temperance converts in
Chicago, are said to be five saloon keep-
ers, who have since gone out of business,
The assassination of the Rev.Mr.Ilad-
dock, at Sioux City, Iowa, some months
since, because of his efforts in behalf of
the prohibition law, has borne its just
results. Mr Haddock, it has been quite
clearly demonstrated,was killed by those
who opposed his temperance views, and
his assassins, who are upholders of the
liquor interest, have recently been
brought to trial. The ssery men, ho.
ever, who conspired to kill Mr Haddock,
have euffeeeclIty his death. It created
such a strong feeling ifithepublicuthels
that every salons) in Sioux City is now
closed, and eight saloon keepers are in
jail, unable to pay the heavy linos that
have been inmosed upon them. Verily,
"the blood of the martyrs is the seed of
the churelt,"
• When burgleries, thefts, n tinders and
other crimes are committed, where do
thesencers of the law naturally look for
the criminals? In the bar -rooms, of
comets Saloons are -robbers' rooete
and murderers' dens.
There is a whole temperance sermon
in the reply of it bnteher who was asked
'for a dollar towards paying a temperance
lecturer: "There's your dollar," saidle,
"I've sold more meat in ono clay since
this town went no licenseethan I used
to n a Week when wc had saloons."
Prohibition aims a direct blow at the
bar -room, therefore bar room loafers hate
prohibition.
A little four-vear old being told that
W stood for wlitek-Fis savT, "Wel u
yight out of rny'boOk."
The NEW Enc is willing to help on this
_moral reform. We will continue to sow
the seed and trust tO see the harvest by
and by. It is ripening fast. •
Every objection raised aaainst the
principies embodied in the Scotlt Aci can
be succesefully answered.
It ia At favorite argument with Anti -
Scott Act. orators and writers that the
party of prohibition is endeavoring tech)
by legislation that which Can only be
accomplished by moral suasion. That
the only hope they extend to "wives,
mothers and sistere who are anxious for
the 'recoverS• of some relative who' has'
wandered from their side, is the enact-
ment of a law prohibiting the sale of his^
toxicants." It requires a lively exercise
of the charity that "believeth 'all things"
to accept those statements as the.candid
conviction of those by whom they are
made, who ought to know, if they do not,
that it is upon moral considerations prin-
cipally, that prohibition arguments are
founded, and that never more than now
were the moral evade of intemperance
presented by temperance advooatea. It
is because they believe, ae their oppon-
ents will admit, that drunkenness is a
great social and moral evil, and that
while the traffic goes on multitudes will
indulge to excesssthnt they advocate the
enactment of a law which will make the
sale of intoxicants as a beverage illegal,
and by doing so secure 11.statutory con.
firrnation'of their principles. For just
as long as the traffic is legalized, the
statutes of the country, which is sup-
poebil to represent public sentiment, de-
clare that to be permissible which the
vast majority of Christian people believe
to be wrong. There is Ito relaxation in
the use of moral suasion for the preven-
tion of drinking and the reformation of
drunkards, but while temptation Seannts
itself over the signetnro of lionise com-
missioners, the effectiveness of moraf
suasion to prevent the one and to ac-
complish the other, ie to a lamentable
degree hindered or reduced to a minimum
'We trust public opinion will continue
to grow in favor of making tide whole
business illegal, that temperance men
will bo cohsistent and look upon violators
of this law through the same spectacled
as those through which they look at any
other criminal.
'Who 1 ruin bath in tem pyre nee rough t.
How widely roll its WM' 08,
110'N mane int raids bath it brough
'ro fill dishonored graves,"
TRUE Tr5rrzr.txt
A CRITIC' ON "ENOCH ARDEN."
itthe Clinton New Era.
fint,--When an author writes what he
declares to he "absolutely true," he
should be earoful in compiling Ids notes
that no information of a doubtful char.
espt•cially such as be gets at sec-
ond hand, Should be embodied in his
writings, The writer of "Enoch Arden"
which appeared on Sept. MI, is] his de-
lineation of the character of "Simon
Stvlites," has used suet) in formathm or
has allowed his feedings t t influence his
statements. Every person who knows
the man does not neat to he told that
Itis habits are end always have been the
very opposite of uncleanly, end that a
etatemeut to the contrary ie untrue.- -
The iesimettinn OS to tbe eudden trams -
formation in his 'mints resnIting from
the advold of the youres widow to his
household al to 1)911 itS ()Thrill in tin' I
mind of the writer. Os nf his mire -aver I
inindt.d friend Ao• to hih chtirlishuces.
'North nur.on !reactors,
The sensi-annual meeting of the
North Huron Teathers' AeSociation
was held in the Central Sehool,
Brussels, Out. 13th and 14th. Meet-
ing opened 10.30, Mr. Turuhull, B.A.,
leading us prayer. s
The Secretary theu read minutes
of last meeting, .aatl upou motion of
Messrs. Malloch and Turnbull, were
confirmed.
Moved by Mr. Malloch, seconded
by Mr, Thompson, that tlleasrs. Mum,
grove,Wilson, McFatzden and Bower-
man act as committee on reporting.
Upon motion of Messrs, Malloch
aud Burohill, Shaw, Thompson
and Plummer were appointed as
committee on reeolutious.
The subject of "Choice of Educa-
tional Journal," was dimmed by
Messrs. Malloch and Thompson, both
'nowt Foo.per weA ter. AlagliWOIDS
on Me teacher out of school," Ifer
thought the teacher should- etOploy
his time out of school, as far 05 tittle
would permit, in the visiting a his
ratepayers, that literary and &that-
ing societies were beneficial in
promoting teacher's reputation' itt
the section.
, •
fhe committees then tendered
the following resolutions: Moved
by blr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. *
Shaw that the thanks of the Aesoei-
ation be tendered to Dr. MoLelharfer
the excellent address he has given
US.
Moved by Mr. Thompson, second.
ed by Mr. Plummer, that the thanks
of the Association be tendered to the
Brussels school board for the use ofe/gt
school house. Moved by Mr. Plum- 11,
tner, seconded by Mr. Thompson,
that the thanks of the Association
„..,,,g1,4vhoin advised teachers in their be tendered to the tnunral coun•
.J.t1UUitt
choi, IrdicaThrtb--Iglipset4"-IllusgelalareetkOL-014ness
• • granting use of hall to t e Associa-
,
been commuted with the Exeter school I
for 8 years.
Fenton Hardy has been re-engaged
in No 8 Morris, as teacher for the Lext
year. Thos. Reid has agreed to tuke
charge of No 5 Morris for the remainder
of hulre
-engaged
year. Robt, Stewart has
ee
gaged by his school uf 1880,
No. '7, Morris for 1888.
A teacher having asked his class to
write an sssey on,"The Restate of Lazi-
uaesse1.,'.'a certain bright youth handed in
as hie composition a blank sheet of
pp
The Provincial Association of School
Trustees of Ontario will meet in Toren.
to on Tusday, November 8th. The aim
of theassociation is to bring to bear on
the Education Department the views of
the taxpayers, as at present the inspec-
tors and teachers virtually make the
school laws.
As soon as Victoria College is in a
position to federate with Tomato Uni-
versity Hon. G. W. Ross states that
professor to the new chair of pedagogy
will be appointed. The name of a pro-
minent educationist is already mention-
ed in connection with the position. The
chair of political science will be filled as
soon as a suitable man is forthooming.
1
The recent convention of the Nation&
Educational Association of the United
States was in some, perhaps in all re-
spects, the most successful teachers'
meeting ever held. Over 620,000 was
paid in fees. ,At the opening meeting itt
the evening more than 16,000 persons
were present. The next annual convert.
ion will:, be held at San Francisco.
The English Educational Blue Book
shows that the attendance at the public
schools is Much below what it should be.
Out of the total of 3,1)15,097 children
that ought to be in daily attendance at
school, only 3,438,425 on the average are
actually to be found there -in other
words, Of every 100 children who ought
to be under daily instruction, 26 are
habitually absentees.
In an address before the Wentworth
teachers, the Rev. Dr. Burns, who con-
tested Hamilton in the recent Dominion
_elections, deplored the general igeorance
dung men - regarding - even -the most
fundamental principles • of government
and the leek of ordinary understanding
of political economy.- 'Ha would make
way for the study of the principles of
eoveenment and political economy by the
exclusion of technical grammar. He
held that stuaying rules of grammar
cermet make a man a correct speaker.
At the same meeting Dr. McLellan em-
phatically condemned diagrams for
grdnimatical analysis.
Literature selections, for teachers'
third and second class non-professional
examinations, Class 3, English-Selec-
tionfrom the High School Reader.
Walton -Angling, Steele -On "The Love
of Country as a Principle of Action,"
Addison -The Golden Scales, Goldsmith
-From "The Wear of Wakefield,"
Burke -On the attacks on his Pension,
Lever -Waterloo, Thackeray-The Re-
conciliation,:Gcorge Eliot -From "The
Mill on the Floss," Lowell -The Robin,
e-Isher
Merchant of Venice," Gray -The Bard,'
Bryant -To the Evening Wind, Long-
fellow -The Hanging of, the Crane, Ten-
nyson -The Lord of Burleigh, "Break,
break, beak," The 'Revenge, Mathew
Arnold -Rugby Chapel, Gosse,-s-*The Re-
turn of the the Swallows, Latin-Ciesar.
- Belluus Gallium, I., 1•33, French -
De Fives' Introductory French Reader,
German -High School German Reader
(Grimm, KindersuncLund-Haus-March.
en). Class 2, English -Cowper -The
Task, Books 111. and -IV. Coleridge -
Life of Sir Alexander Dalt (last four
essays in The Friend), Latin -Cicero --
In Catilinam I, Virgil---/Eneid 1., Caesar
- Helium Gallicum L, 1-33; French--
Souvestre-Un Philosophe sous les Toits,
German - Hauff --L. Das Keith Herz,
Schiller -Der Gang nach dem Eisen.
hatilmer.
JAIL STATISTIC.
Herewith I send a synopsis of the re.
turns of Goderich jail for the year end.
iug Sept, 3dth, 1887:
Number of prisoners committed der-
ing the year, 62 males, 8 females, total,
70; number- of prisoners carried over
from last year, 6, total, 76. Of the
above nnmber, 14 eleoted to be tried by
the county judge's criminal court, 6 were
acquitted; and 8 found guilty. Of the
number of prisoners committed during
the year the Goverpment defrayed the
expenses of 24; the number whose ex-
penses were defrayed by the municipali-
ties was 46. Total number of day s in
custody, of gcvernment prisoners, were
4.58; total number of days in custody, of
municipal prisoners, w6rc 3460, Nation-
alities of prisoners committed during the
year: Canada, males 33, females 7, total
40; England, males 10, femalea 2, total
12; Ireland, males 7, females 2, total 9;
Scotland, males 6, females 2, total 8;
other countries, males 1, females 0, total
1. Religious denomination of ^prisoners
committed during the year ; Roman
Catholics, males 2, females 2, total 4;
Church ofEngland, males 17, fonsales 2,
total 19; Presbyterians, males 18,
females 4, total 22; Methodist, males 15,
females 3, total 18; other denominations,
7. Number who were married, males,
28, females 7, total 35; number who wore
unmarried, males 29, females 6, total 35,
number who could neither read nor write,
males 6, females 4, total 10; number re-
ported temperate, males 17, females 7,
total 24 ; number reported intemperate,
moles 40, females 6, total 46. Offences
for which prisoners were committed
during the year : .abusive and obscene
language, males 1, females 2; assault,
males .1; attempting auicide, males 1;
contempt of court, males 5; cruelty to
animals, nudes 1 ; debtors, males 2; fraud
males 2; horse tindcattlostea/ing, males 4;
indecent assault, males 1; larceny, males
10, females 2; lunatics, males 8, females
2; receivering stolen goods, males 1 ;
vagrahts, males 16, females 5 ; other
offences, melee 5. Daily average of
prisoecrs during the year was nearly a;
average number of days in jail for mill
prisoner during the year, 517; increase
of oommitatls over last year, 8 Not
one has been committed durjpg the year
for being drunk and disorderly ; there fa
an increase of ono for assault, also of ono
for abusive language. Last year I carried
over 0 prisoners, but this year 1 early
over 10, an increase of 4, thus shoe ing
that business is commencing with much
better prospects than it a,a last year.
Vit, Pp Two:
p01110 110 u
The meeting then adjourned to
meet at 1.80 p. m.,
Upon resuming business, Mr.
Hutchison road his essay on " Inter-
est aud Attention." He divided at-
tention into voluntary and involun-
tary, it is voluutary attention we
must cultivate; the teacher should
demand mid command attention.
Discussion by Messrs. Plummer, Wil-
son, Bowerman and Thompson fol-
lowed.
Mr. Taylor then road his paper on
"Written • Examinations.". They
teach method prorapitude and self-
reliance. They demand acouracy
and fuluess of memory and power to
state and arrange our thoughts. He
thought papers should be prepared
from time to time. Discussion by
Plummer and Hutchison followed.
Then came the treat of the meet-
ing, beiug an address on the Object
qf " Literature " by Dr. McLellan,
Director of Teachers' Institutes.
He thought that time might be
saved iu the teaching of Grammar
and Geography, and devoted to the
study of Literature so as to beget in
the pupil a love for reading the beet
authors. He said all trash and scrap
Literature should be discouraged.
Poetic Literature is the highest of all
kinds of Literature. A perfect poem
is the perfect expression of a perfect
human mind. The attributes of a
perfect human mind aro to know. to
love, to honor, to make. The poet
has a transfiguring power (1. e.,) to
throw himself into the beauties of
nature. Byron in his darkest moods
never produced one poor poem. The
power of poetic genius is displayed
by the; power to collect the beauties
of nature, and the power of exprest.
mon. He did not approve of the sys•
tern adopted by the Educational De-
partment iu takingselections from
some fifteen ,ms_ sixteen different
authors, and Lila' it would be better
to take sonic good poem and let the
pupil have a thorough 'neaten of
the whole,
Miss Cattily theta explained her
method of teaching writing to begin-
ners, which was well received. She
approved of the method of using only
two lines 'at "first in the teaching of
such letters as a, i. m. ancl e., but u3t
in -pareuts teaching children to print
before goiug to school, as the slant
used ie the priuting of letters was
not the same as in writiug.
Mr. Young followed witle;writing te
advanced classes. Several points
were to be attended to such as: posi-
tion at desks, pen holding and forma-
tion of principles.
;Meeting adjourned at !INN.: o'clock.
During the evening Dr. McLellan
delivered to a crowde 1 hall a lecture
occ
on "Critics alrusstas.Criticized.'"The chair
wasupied in an able manner by
The following are some gleanings
from the lecture: -He believed in
the policy of opportunity, that high
schools are beneficial to the cause of
education, that highegeducation is
not beyond the grasp Of the work-
ing man; that the working man
shoilld not te despised; that in him
lies some germ which may be pro-
ductive of some golden deed. He
referred to .Scotland as a nation
gifted with a love of classical study,
which enabled them to construe the
meaning of some of the noblest pas-
sages in literature. Nor did he let
the Irishman pass unnoticed, his
idea being "that the natural genius
of the Irishman was so great that it
showed itself, whether he was edu-
cated or not. In conclusion he pic-
tured in a very, humorous manner
the system of education tosday as
to what it was when he was a boy.
Upon motion of Revs. Rose and
Jones af Brussels a vote of thanks
was tendered to Dr. McLellan for
his address.
Friday Oct. 14th.
On”resuming business Mr. Groves.
introduced the subject of "Uniforn
Promotion." He clearly explained
the system. Ile thought if it were
adopted it would after a short trial
prove a success. The following are
some of his arguments:
It would lesson the work of the In-
spector which is now so burdensome
owing to so much work in connec-
tion with entrance examinations. It
would increase average attendance
in our schools and also increase
pupil's interest in school, together
with parent's interest in school
matters. The only serious objection
against the system was "that the
school would be in one continual
strain for coming examinations,"
Discussion on this subject, by
Messrs. Turnbull, Malloch, Duff,
Thompson and Doig followed. Upon
motion of Messrs. Malloch and Turn-
bull the president (Mr. Groves) was
appointed to draft a committee of
five and'prepare a scheme of promo-
tion and send a copy as soon as pos-
sible to each teacher in the riding
for . consideration instil next meet-
ing. Dr: McLellan on resurning
same subject as he dealt with on the
preceding day, ,took for his first
topic "When shall we tomb poetic
literature ?" He said it should be
begun in fiest book; that attention
should be drawn to the gems con-
tained in the different readers.
Space will not permit further detail
on the Subject which was prized so
much by all present, Mr. Thompson
then explained his method of teach-
ing "Prime factoring" and insisted
�n teachers that this rule may be
applied to the solutions of many
questions which would be difficult if
solved otherwise.
Mr.Burchill then read the delegates'
report to the Proyineinl Association,
From his report it was evident Mr.
13urchill had not been idle when in
Toronto as he gave a very full ace
Icount of the businesR trnnsacted nt
that meeting.
tion for the public lecture by 15r.
McLellan on Thureday evening.
Moved by Mr. Malloeh, seconded
by Mr. Richmond that the thanks of
the Association be tendered to the
G. T. R. for the reduction of rates irt
fare.
Upon motion of .Messrs. Duff and
Doig a vote of thanks was tendered
to all parties who had taken part in
this Association. Meeting then ad-
journed to meet in Seaforth next
Spring.
Sale Register.
• MONDAY, OCT. 24. - Three farms
and farm stook belpnging to the eetate
of the late Geo.Weriton, lot 54, 5th eon.
Goderich township. J. Howson, mice
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26. - Farm
stook, dee, of Mr P. Cole,jr., lot 20,Bay-
field line, Godericla township. James
Howeon, auot.
BORN
AVERY. -At Thornbrook Farm, Stanle:,
on the 16t11 host., the wife of air C. Avery, of
0, son,
ROSS. --In Stanley, oR .the nith inst., the
wife of air D. Ross, of a aughter.
COLWELL.-In Startler, on the 1511.1 1041,
the wife of Mr W. Colwel , &daughter.
WILTSE.-In Tackerstuith, on the IGO
inst., the wife of Mr L. Wiltse, of a daughter.
DEXTER. -In Hallett, on the 1.1111 lust.,
the wife of sir El. Dexter, Of a son.
'WATSON,-In Morris, on the 30th 8ept„ th,
wife of Mr W. Watson, of a daughter.
PARKEIL-In Morris, on the 9th instssthe
wife of Mr Geo. Parker, of a daughter.1
CLARK, -In Morris, on the 9th inst., tb.“
wife orkir Mex. Clark, of a son,
• ROBERTSON. -In Clinton, on the MI,
inst., the wife of Mr Wm. Robertson, of /.
daughter.
hiARRIED
ELSLEY-HILES.-Ou the t2th itist,,attl
residence of the bride's father, by the ktei
Rogers, Mr J. SI. Elsley, of Mullett, to afis,,
Laura Hiles, of Londosboro.
MAHOOD-RUNDLE.-In Toronto, ou 111
ilth inst., by Rov Mr Cullen, Rev ,I. Wilmot
maimed of Iowa, son of Mr R. Mahood, Post
master of Forawich, to MisS Mary al.Rundle,
of Toronto.
DOUGLAS -DOUGLAS.--On the Ilth inst.,
at the Manse, Settforth, by the liev A. D. Mt-
DOnald, Mr, John Latrd DOnglatir of Holt....
Mich., to Miss Mary A Douglas, of Stanley.
- WA LK ADDEN.-At the reside* •
of the bride's father, on the 1.2th illSt.
1111V T. Mr I). \Volker. of Morris, )
Miss aloggi e, lelighter of NI). 1' Ali•Faddet.
rov.
DIED
s
inst., the infant slaughter of Mr W.Robert.t
ROlIERTSON.• -Ist Clinton' on the I
is
TROUS11.-In Clinton, on the 18111
Luke Trouse, aged 410 years and 8 months,
COLE...sin Clinton,on the ruItinst.,Loti;rd.
relict of the late Dr. Co_le...,!!_e_t12±1_y_e_aar.s......
M. Hazelwood, at one term a eesident
(If Brussels, Lias returned- Ed Wroxstor.
sml leesal the denting mill for a term
(A years.
(iET YOUR
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CLINTGli. •
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ilea! ;41.1untiOententO
OOD MARE, WITH COVERED BUGGY
and Harness for sale cheap, or will ho
sold separately. Apply to .7. El, COMBE.
ii,PPRIiINTION WANTED TO LEARN
the Blacksmithing and Horseshoeine
business. Apply to 'PROS. TIPLING. Also
a good House and Lot for sale, conveniently
sitpated.
. . .
CLITRAY BAAL-CAME INTO SUBSCRI11-
1.7 Ens premises, lot 18, Huron road, Gode-
rich township, about two weeks' since, an
Aged Ram. The owner is hereby notified to
prove property, pay charges and take it away.
ROM. BROWN'.
A UCTION SALE. - A SECOND-HAND
.C3.- Radiant Rome Coal Stove will be sold on
the Market Square mixt Saturday afternoon,
weather permitting. It is as good as new,
having been used only part of a winter; and
Is sold because it is too large for room for
which it was bought. Cost 831 '11 must be
sold at any price.
Just - Received
MO Bushels EARLY ROSE
POTATOES, which will be
sold at 65 cents per
bushel at
It. 'FITZSIMONS'
Flour altd Feed Store, Clinton
rxernsios TO
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NOVEMBER STH. 1087
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elusion to San Francisco ou the above date,
at the wonderfully low rate of FAO. Tick
k
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31st, 1R88. For nil particulars appl:t to
" W. JACKSON
AGENT, - CLINTON.
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