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DIRECT AND INDIRECT TAX-
ATION.
It is held by many that direct
taxation would be the means of
checking governmental extravagance
Theoretically this may be true, -pructi-
caily it is not. State taxation in the
various States of the Union; is
direct. How do•we find it to work?
Docs it prevent inordinate sums
being raised and squandered. Does
it prevent immense sums of money
eo raised from being paid to ward
politicians and other heelers
without the city or state getting
any consideration therefor?
It does not do any of these things.
The immense frauds perpetrated
by officials and contractors in New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chic-
ago, and in all the States, go to
prove that so far as a check upon
fraud and extravagenco in the ex-
penditure of the taxes paid by the
people are concerned, the ,mode,
of raking taxes has nothing
whatever to do in affecting the
amount demanded or its honest exe
peuditere,
Facts are against theory. In
Canada nil the, money regeired for
carrying on the Federal Govern-
ment is raised by indirect taxation,
and the greeter portion of that re•
quire(' for Piovincialpurposes. And
it is a ntatistieally ascertainable
fact, that ;greater value is given for
the money raised by indirect tax•
ation and expended by the Federal
Go•ornut,-nt than is given for. that
raised by ti'ireet taxation and ex,
pendeii by the municipalities and
the Provinces.
The many American "boodiers"
that from time to time come to
Otteada with the proceeds of direct
taxation are notable proofs that the
rnode of taxation -has nothing to do
with the mode of honest expendi-
ture. -These cases prove, if any-,
thing, that there is a greater chance
for fraudulent manipulation of
money raised by direct taxation than
where it raised indirectly. Then the
"you support me and I will support
you" principle is introduced more in-
to state affairs than into national
ones. The case of the famous bIc-
Gariglo of Chicago, who is now in
Canada and who ,is being made so
notorious by the Canadian press, and
the eleven commissioners of Cook
county, Illinois, whose. secretary he.
was, and who filched sone million
of dollars fro.m......t.he 'county, does
not afford any showing that where
taxes are paid directly the amount
collected .is only that legitinately
required and expended. Seven of
those worthies were sentenced last
"Friday to two years in the State
pris.iu, dell four of then( got oft'
with a $1000 fine each.
:A.u'unusually careful and accurate
'American writer on political econ.
00 y in eeinparing national direct
taxation with state indirect tax-
ation unreservedly conies to the
conclusion that indirect taxation is
most favorable to the masses.
"\\'e may now form a fair estimate.
of the amount paid in taxes by differ•
eat classes, although the indirect,
taxation can only be stated approxi-
mately. • We commence with the
1ahcrjn;;,man who has no taxable
property. FN: "plays two dollars a
year for state and town taxes, and, if
be neither drinks nor smokes, he
pays nothing more except 'the duty
on the imported goods which' he con-
sumes. .1 do not find any authority
as to the amount of this, but I have
.made careful inquiries and -brought
together such filets as I could find.
The Dlasssaebusatts Bureau of Statis•
tics of Labor made very careful in•
vestigatious in regard to the wages
and teepon es of working leen.
' "It will bo sem at once from this
table that the \rod; lug classes con-
sume very few ni,tnufar.turiei goods.
These aro almost all of A.nicrican
make. Provisions aro all American.
Groceries are partially imported, but
some of the most important, as tea
and coffee, are free. Others pay a
small duty. It is not probable that a
-laboring man, without property, pays
an indirect tar; of more, than ten dol-
lars a year. Nor can it he shown
that Itis expenses are much increased
by the indirect results of protective
tariff. Most of the things which he
con.stunes are not affected directly or
indirectly by protection of American
manufactures, He probably gains by
the increased dotnand for labor and
by the taxes paid by manufacturing
companies more than be loses. His
total tax amounts to only twelve dol-
lars, which the lowest class of labor-
ers can pay by ten days' work, the
average wages of this class in this
state being *1.25 a day. The cost of
see
that NC constantly 9 0
living is sn ti y
men of this class laying up money
enough in a few years to buy land and
build a house. In these eases, how-
e;r1', the <<'ife generally works also in
a mill or as a t;hurwonaan. This class
is certainly not oppressed by taxa
tion.''
"Let us nese go a step hither 'and
take a man who has propor�y to the
animate of $5,000,.aud au income
front labor of 41.200 a year. He
pays a poll -tax of two dollars, a pro•
piety tax of 47b, and au indirect tax
to the national goverumcut which
may be—estimated at 475. Total,
4152. This represents about thirty-
eight days' labor. Thia est>.moUsas
based oa the same principle as the
last, but in veiw of the fact that a
man with au income of $1.200notonly
buys more manufactured goods, but
a much larger proportion of what he
uses is imported, it is evident that he
is taxed much more heavily than the
common laborer. His income from
labor and property is about 41.400.
This tax is nearly 11 per cent of his
income, while the other man pays
only 4 per ceut.
"Let us now take the case of a
man with real and personal property
worth 4100,000,who lives upon his in-
come from this—say 44,000 a year
He pays a poll -tax of $2, a property
and income tax of 41,580. and an in-
direct tax to the national government
which we may estimate - at $200.,
Total, 91,782. This is 48 per cent of
his income. There are many holders
of real estate whose whole income is
not suffiicent to pay their taxes, and
in the cases I have mentioned I have
made no allowance for extra taxes for
betterments, district expenses, and
ethers which are only too common.
Whatever may be said in favor of this
system, it certainly does not illustrate
the principle of equality.
"The national taxation is much
more equally divided than thateaf the
state. The laborer with 9300 iucoine
pays 31 percent ; with an income of
$1,400, 51 per cent, and the capital-
ist with an income of 91,400, 51 per
cent, and the capitalist with an in-
come of 94,000 pays 5 per cent on
his to the national government. It
is also true, contrary to.what is often
said, that the taxation resulting from
a protection tariff falls chiefly ou
those who aro benefited by it. Ian -
ported goods, awl those American
manufactures whose price is 'raised
by the tariff, are consumed chiefly in
the manufacturing states. Any other
form of taxation would fall tuucli
more heavily upon the West and
South. •
It is to bo hoped that the changes
made will be the result, of the wise
application of general principles, and
not the result of what we call " log -
roiling." or a conlbfnetiou of interests_
lased upon the agreement, "You sup-
port my interest and I will support
yours." It ought to be a protective
tariff as well as a source of resume
or a form of taxation, but there is uu-
- wiso and destructive as well as wise
and productive protection. As to the
'principle of indirect taxation involved
in the tariff question, it is generally
criticised on the ground that in a free
country the people should know ex-
actly what taxes they pay,which they
do not in case of indirect taxes; but
we have seen that these taxes are
more equally distributed than the
direct taxes, and it is a singular fact
that the greatest extravagance iu
public expenditure is not at Washing-
ton, where it is removed from the
eyes of the people and is the result of
indirect taxation, but it is. iu the
towns where direct taxes are imposed
upon property by the popular vote, or
in the cities where they arc voted by
the direct represcutatives of the non -
tax -paying voters. Here taxation
sometimes becomes confiscation."
govertiment, and to Ain ignominiott
death. But since tligir„ defeat in
their- rebellious and anerebiolcal de-
signs, their les.cier now says that
that defeat wee "a, greater victory
than that of Wolfe on the historic
plains of Abraham." Alt patriotic
Canadians will agree that the defeat
of Riel anti his Grit aiders, abettors
and sympathisers was a great, a
noble victory for Canadians of all
races and creeds.
But recent converts are not to bo
trusted too implicitly. Why does
leader Laurier now glory in that
which a few short mouths ago be
fought so furiously against 1 Then
he was looking only to influence the
passions of French Canadiane. Then
he would have sacrificed the liberty
and free government he now admits
we possess could be have duped his
fellow countrymen. He failed in
his wicked designs. A general
election convinced him that even
race and creed demagogism could
not blind French Canadians •to the
inestimable advantages of law and
order over a system of rapine, plund-
or and murder; in which every man
was a law unto himself only. Now
he acknowledges his error. And
AV by 1 Because his own people
knew him not when he preached
disorder anti rebellion, and because,
as the leader of the Grit party, he
seeks to cohese, to consolidate
that party in the other provinces.
IIe knows that when such veteran
statesman as the Hon. Alex, NUc.
Kenzie and Sir. Richard Cartwright
stood aghast at endorsing his views
on the Riel question,that there must
be a power in his own party behind
their veiees which" it would not be
advisable to disregard.
Whether Mr, Laurier was sincere
or not last week when he said that
the people of Quebec, the people of
Canada, had gained a victory For
liberty and free government, we
have no nleatis of knowing, but do
know„ 41iat.Jie._.s.tated
shall not say that he uses language
to conceal his opinions. It were
charitable to give hire credit for ex-
pressing his honest convictions.
We spial) do so, and intimate that it
is a pleasing sign of the times to find
such a one time stalwart opponent
of the policy of the Conservatives
acknowledge that the slleCes. of
that policy has conduced to liberty
and free government.
'Tis ioQdeed a glorious victory for
the Conservatives to find the,vi'ebel
sympathising le,,der of the Grits of
Canada own that we possess liberty
and free goverumant in this Canada
of ours in spite of the efforts of bis
party to take trway the one and
destroy the other. On 'another page,
under the heading of "One kind of
Loyalty," we give former expressed
views of leader Laurier and several
of his Grit lieutenants,which it would
be well to contrast, with the.. views
of Mr. Laurier about liberty and
free governmeut,expressed by him a
few days ago. Nothing succeeds
like success. Law and order has
triumphed, consequently the advo-
cate of rebellion'is theirside now.
• A GL ORIO US VICTORY.
i\Ir. Laurier, the leader of the
Grit party in Dominion inatters' ad-
dressed a great bun feed meeting in
Quebec a few days ago. He ex-
pressed the belief- chi, • "we," the
French Canadians of Canada, "bad
gained a greater victory than Wolf
did on the historic plains of Abra-
ham, that is .we have gained the
victory of liberty and free Govern-
ment." This is ' an unlooked for
a lmiflsiot front the shoulder=his
—musketleader of the Grit party
who not very long simile declared
that his compatriots were so
tyrannized' over by the English
speaking people, especially by the
Orangistea, of the Dominion that he
would have only Leen too glad to
have Shot down Canadian volunteers
who were endeavoring to perpetuate."
for all Canadinni, these of his own
race and creed as well as all others,
that very "liberty and free Govern-
,.
uwent" which Ire now says his own
'maple are the proud possessors of.
\Vhat peculiar men these Grits
be I Their new -leader, for partisan
purposes, said that lie would have
shot down the defenders of the very
liberty and free Government which
he now boasts his people to possess.
Tie now as much as says that every
time the Grits urn defeated in their
so called—by themselves—constitu•
tional aims and efforts, there is a
victory for liberty and free Govern-
ment. TIe and his party espoused
the cause of Riel ; they would have
shot down the defenders of free
government ; they would have got
behind their Winchester rifles and
"popped" the volunteers -:t sentiment
endorsed by their organ in Clinton ;
.they would erect a Monument to the
memory of the poor deluded wretch
whoa they inveighled into unholy
warfare upon religion and free civil
reply that the Canadian horse in
the U. Sewiila cost the buyer more
than he is asking. lie gate his $160
for his horse.' Now let us take the
duty off and let the seamed.buyer go
to the saute American breeder to
buy the same kind of a horse. At
first he is asked the sauce price, but
he places his position somewhat like
this : 1 paid. you $150 for a Sorsa
of this kind when I was here before.
I can now, as I could then, buy a
a similar horse in Canada for $120,
but the 20 per cent duty iA off now
and I will have to take that aluouut
otf the price of your horse or I can-
not buy. The American breeder
perceives the situation and weakens.
What will apply to one case will
apply to all. Take the American
duty off horses and the price would
tumble there and would consequent.
ly drop in Canada also. Did the
Americans not raise horses Cana-
dian breeders alight get the advant-
age of the American duty were it
removed. As it is the Americans
are snuch greater producers of horses
titian Canadians, and the removal of
the duty 'would 'not only lessen the
value of American bred horses, but
would have a tendency to lessen the
value of horses in Canada.
TYPE-ICAL SINS OF TYPO-
GRAPHY.
r In our comments st week On 5
letter from "Conservative Teetotal-
ler," the types made us say in one
sentence precisely the rovers° of
what we had written. Our corres-
pondent had notictid that a writer in
the Free 1'vc,ss had charged Inspector
Paisley with extorting money from
hotel keepers, and if the statement
was correct such blaclkailing
should hive been kuown and expos-
ed by Tile NEWS-RECOnn. In the
Fire Preys letter it was also alleged
that the Police Magistrate and In-
spector were using their .positions
for political purposes or were actu-
-ated by-•--palit-ien"1--ani-trrus in enforc-
ing the •provisions of the Canada
Temperance Act.. \Ve denied any
knowledge of those officials acting
in the questionable manner insinu-
ated. After saying "so we wrote,
"We do not believe in. the utter de-
pravity of Grits—though , there is
possibly a preponderance of cussed -
Imes among thein—any more than
we do in the utter depravity of man-
kind in general."
The typos left out : the word not,
italicised iu the preceding sentence
which we have enclosed between
inverted commas. Thus melting us
say that we do believe in the utter
depravity of Grits, which was the
reverse of what was written.
"We aro indebted to the Cheisticcrt
HORSE TALK..
The horse is a patient, as well as
a noble animal. The Grits brought
outth'e Canadian farm horse and rode
him nearly to death during three
elections, but did not ride into
power on him. It was no fault of
the staying powers of the animal.
He was stuffed with the wrong sort
of food and used as in illustration of
how flinch more valuable he would
be to his owner if'we only hall free
trade with Uncle Sam. But his
owner couldn't see it and left free
trade severely aloue. This patient'
Canadian horse is now being made
to do duty again. The Canadian
•farwepr are told that if we had com-
mercial union—free trade with the
United States in an exaggetsred
form—this horse would be worth the
amount of the American duty, 20
per cent., more to his Canadian
owner than at present. Let us look
at this in a, practical way. They
breed horses in the United States,
we breed horses in Canadian.
A buyer in search of horses visits
an American brooder and enquires
the price of a certain animal. Ile
is told it is $150. Buyer says that is
too much, that he can buy a similar
one in Canada for $120. The breed.
er will admit this to bo the case,
but he will figure up else duty at
$24,incidentals at f) er so more and
a wprtaan scorned," and with unap.eak.
eble horror read it to print with the
s dropped off the last word!
Speaking of reminders, we go back
to the original citations of this art-
icle, and remark ter the comfort of
the Breathier people that similar
errors to the first given are quite
common. An English paper an-
nounced that "the authorities at
Aldershot bad orderod every regi-
ment in camp to be marched out
twice a week to -bottle." During -the
Mexican war, an American journal
contained the curious information
that "General Pillow and thirty
aeven men bad been lost in a bottle."
But the best anecdote of all belongs
to]Detroit. As the story goes,a return-
ing Michigan soldier of some note
in the civil'warwas accidentally men-
tioned in one of our oity papers as "a
battle -scared veteran," and upon the
remonstrance of his friends that tats
might be misunderstood, the editor
promised to make it all right the
next day, when the hero found him-
self blazoned in immortal print as "a
bottle•searred veteran."
In Field's pearl edition of 1653, I
Cor. vi. 9, this extraordinary state-
ment occurs: "Know ye not that
the unrighteous ,ball inherit the
kingdom of God?" In its correct
form the sentence of course states
that the unrighteous shall nog inherit,
etc. Another astounding biblical err
ror occurs in Barker's octavo of 1631,
wherein the seventh, commandment
is entirely left out. For this careless-
ness Barker is said to have been
fined £300, which he cornpeunded by
presenting a set of rich types to one
of the universities. Another edition
omits "not" from this commandment
and in this case a fino of 9100,000 is
said to have beeu imposed by the
Archbishop of Canterbury. It is well•
known that the Vinegar Bible, Much
sought by book collectors, takes its
name from the substitution of "vine-
gar" for "vineyard" in the title of
a familiar parable. "No" has been
found omitted from the text. "The
fool hath said in his heart,there is no
God." In the German Bible, the
sinmle chane° of "herr" to "nary" (it
is said by the printer's wife) trans-
formed "And he shall be thy lord,"
into "And he shall be thy fool." This
bit of practical pleasantry is further
said to have cost the poor woman
her life. In a New Testament of
1604, published at Edinburgh, the
typographical errors are estimated at
2,000. Popo Sixtns V. issued a Bible
which he and his advisers thought so
correct that a papal bull at the end
of it denounced _,he curse of the
church upon any one who should
presume to tamper with the text.
Yet it was found so full of errors
that so much of the.edition as could
be had to be recalled. Oa the other
hand, in our day •the most perfect
book, typographically, in existence is
believed to be the Oxford Bible,
which has had no taker for some
years of the standing offer of a guinea.
to the finder of any wrong doing in
its print.
And now having had our little
laughs over these c.omicalities, let it
be said for the printers that the
marvel is that so few, not that eo
many, blunders occur. ,The handling
of type for' a ;single issue of the
Chelvtian Herald is about equivalent
to one-thlinipulatior of 500,000 sep-
arate pieces of metal. That the
right one among so many should be
seized and rightly placed at all tines,
and that each should be in condition
to make the proper imprint, Would.be
the thing surprising. The wearing
off of the hair lino in one long letter
may have ridiculous results, as when
the destruction of the upper part of
alt h made the morning paper say, in
reference to a political meeting the
night before, 'The snouts of ten
thousand Democrats refit the air."
and thea the manuscripts submitted
for publication are often fearful to
contemplate.
•
Herald of Aug 4th, au excellent
Baptist paper published in Detroit,
for a few samples of the maturer in
which the types have tortured
authors, writers and other individ-
uals concerned.
In the last issue of that usually
careful and accurate paper, The Ex-
anlieer, a very pathetic paragraph
concerning the death of Stonewall
Jackson is suddenly let down from
its dignity by the mention of the
groat soldier. as 'a "battle -scared
vcteran"—which it is safe to' say he
never was. The same number, in-
troduces into the language , a new
verb, and a decidedly. good one, in
the following sentence 'i '•If ho
should come, he would come weed
[wooed 7) only by the desolation of
God's people," .
Tito omission of a single letter 'has
transformed the mourning; frieuds
upon a funeral occasion into "mourn-
ing fiends." One of the roost beauti-
ful devotional books ever printed, Dr.
Phelps's "Still Hour of Prayer," by
the accidental transposition of two
letters originally contained the sen:
teucc, "The stilluu , of a dead clam
(calm] at sea." A strangely
common error is illustrated by
the mention in a bookseller's cata-
logue of the "immoral works of the.
poet Milton," and by the following
lines, which make a sudden transi-
tion from the sublime to the ridicul=
ons :
"FDeatl, is past, and all its sorrow's
Swallowed up in victory •
Endless joys in bliss await them,
Life,and immorality."
A bookseller's edtalogue printed in
Cincinnati some years ago contained
a surprising number of comical mis•
takes. Among them were: Paley's
"A Few ,View] of the Evidences
of Christianity," "Lectures on the
Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the
Romers," and "Science [Signs} before
Death." "Dr. Todd's Lies of the
Saints" occurs somewhere else, as
also an advertisement of Dickens's
"Barney, by Budge."
A New Haven editor wrote, "Is
there balm in Gilead?" and was as-
tounded to find it in print, "Is there
a barn in Guilford?" This brings up
the poet's line, "My little wife is out
beyond the burn," which the printer
made, "My little wife is out beyond
the barn."
But tho worst sufferer, probably,
waiith6 edit-or"who made the Byronic
quotation, "ilell bath no fury like
The Renfrew election for the
House of Commons list week res
suited in the return of Mr. p'erg}7-
san, the people's candidate, over
Millionaire McIntyre, the choice of
the Grits endorsed by that stalwart
Reformer Hon Alex MoKen'zie.
Even the leaven of the old time
leader's endorsation could not save
the Grits in a Reform constituency.
The late member, Mr. Campbell,
was a Reformer and was elected by
60 majority. His untimely death
during last session caused the
election last week when the Censer,
avtive candidate was elected by 140
majority. A reversal of 200 votes
in a former Grit riding speaks
well for the intelligence of the
electorate.
Prof. Goldwin Smith addressed a
meeting at Port Arthur the other
day. He urged the people there to
be in favor of commercial union,
pointing out that "American capital
was necessary to develop the vast
mineral resources of that district.",
Illogical Prof. Smith. Ariierican
capital is not necessary -for the put-.
pass stated any more than any other
capital. Why, indeed, American
capital 1 Is it so much a better
commodity than any other capital 1
Why would British or Canadian
capital not do just as well ? Are
Americans not anxious to invest
their capital where it will be ren,un-
erativo 1 And dons Mr. Smith fancy
that to invest it in "that district"
would be of doubtful utility, and he
would rather Americans should lose
their capital than Englishmen or
Canadians. English capital is more
plentiful than American and is go-
ing up' and down the world ?locking
ing investment. And the possessors
of it ale as anxious to profitably
invested it as. aro American
capitalists. Let us have a litt.ln lies
prating about the Americans own-
ing the whole earth.
Commercial Union in a nut shell
is given in a recent issue of Grip. Mac-
kenzie Rowell is exhibiting his rev-
enue sheet for tho last year ending
Jane 30th, with a receipt therefrom
of $25.301:048. Uncle Saul points
with trinuiph 'to the United States
revenue for.thc same period as $309,-
807,809, and suggests to Mr. Bowed
that "they divide the contents ac-
cording to populatiou" whilst Erastus
\Neiman from the back ground calls
out to Mr. Bowefl "All, there t" Now
any school boy can work out the
problem. Our infant Dominion with
a population of five millions in round
numbers, under existing conditions,
raises 925,0)0,000 wbilst Uncle Sam
with his population of 60 millions
raises a revenue front the same
source of say iu round numbers
9300,000,000 or in the proportion of
twelve to ono. Thus the proportions
arc equal, so that by Commercial
Union Canada has nothing to gain.—
On the other hand she has something
to lose. Iu the last financial year
Canada received the sum of $6,790,-
080 darty on American goods import-
ed, not one cent of which would be
payable under Commercial Union
which would sweep off at ouei troko
of the pen about one-fourth of our
whole source of income and would
be transferred to the pockets of the
Americans. The next number of
Grip will thus announce Mr. Bowell's
response to Uncle Sam :
Ho threw hint a sign
Which I cannot divine
But must leave that to some Worshipful
Deputy Grand."
I can only describe what ho did with
tris hand.
The left hand he put oat—the fingers ho
apread—
The tip of his right little linger lir nein
To the thumb of the other,
Anil raising its brother -
To the side of his nose, lie ,just said, Ile
Ino I
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Don't }roe Wish j•nii may get if , �ttclt
Union's No•(:n," -Cont,
Porter's Bill.
Jalap is the latest medical appli-
anco used in this village for bone
setting.
Harvest is about through in this
section, and it has been a most fav-
orable time.
Mr. Goo, Cox leas disposed of his
3 year old mare for $200. The an-
imal Was sired by McDougall Bros.
Glengary, of this place.
Coxc\nnual.—What was the
Government detective's business
on the 6th con. the.other day? Had
fast horses any thing to do with it 1
Since the departure of the village
chief for the northwest such threats
as : "No, by hanged, Alec, you
may haul nae up but you can't keep
me down" are often heard. A •new
chief should bo appointed at once.
Tho Elliott Brothers of the 4th
con. threshed on the farm of Mr.
Win. Elliott 900 bushels of excel-
lent wheat in one • day. Good for
the boys, boat them who can. This•
was the yield of 30 acres or 30 -bus-
hels an acre. The work was done
with a separator• made by Farrah,
McPherson and Hovey, of Clinton,
which I consider to be tha best
machine in the market. Although
not Hauch of a Tory I would much
dislike to have the Americans have
free acme to our markets and make
a war of prices just long enough to
crush out such manufactories' when,
up would go the priees by combina-
tion and monopoly at which our
Ameriean friends aro atnuch cuter
experts than are Canadians.
THE CROPS IN THE
NORTHWEST.
Winnipeg, Aug, 3.—Lieut-Gover-
nor Dewdney, who has been staying
in the city for a few days says the
wheat crop'promisesgreat, whilebar-
ley ted oats in the Territories have
already been cut. Wheat is:already
being cut at Medicine Hat, and in
two weeks' time harvesting will be
general throughou t the Territories.
The crop was altogether better than
ever known before. Lieut Gover-
nor Dewduey also described in
glowing terms the visit he had paid
to the Crofters' settlement south-
west of the Moosomin last week.
All the crops appear in splendid
condition, while many of them were
raising stick very successfully.
The settlement as a whole appears
in prosperous and comfortabe cir-
cumstances.
—blr. Joseph McArdell died et
his residones it Romeo ward Strat-
ford Friday after a short illness at the
age of 71 years. Mr. McArdell,
came to Canada front County Down,
Ireland, in 1830, and settled in
South Easthope, where he continued
to reside until last winter, when lie
removed to this city ,where he has
eine° resided. Ito was a livelong
Conservative aLd a member of the
Church of England. He leaves a
widow and five sons to mourn his
loss.
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