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t;'• aimiiamisesummemamitusetwommommintimseirmainftwournesernsys
revenue, 'It Wonld fnerettee the 9sBJ1
clf introdsectioneref high -
%Ss Mistiness and excise dee; thus on-
teiliene double ldss.
GeojraltctL
0Q1144.194.8, 4E4 Pifer,
114 to as an unanswerable argument
in favor of Commercial Upiou. rhe
contrary ia the •eaap. Netto has
been bountiful to both countries in
natural resources and • in physical
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Christmas Gods,—Wws Oeerfer.
getraneeExeue—D.M.Malleoh.
Gigantic Ott Sale. —John Itebortson.
The Huron News.Reoord
• advantages. To a great extent they
itkinesday, .November 23. 18811
are the.same in both countries. It
is wtth the peoples of other contin-
ents and the southern part of thief
'ono that Canada aud the United
States will ultimately have to look
to for trade. There is too much
sameness in the resources of Canada
audher immediate neighbor to ex-
pect either one to supply the other,
except to the disadvantage of ono of
them. The only conditions on
which freo trade would bo mutually
beneficial would be to have it apply
solely to the interchange of natural
products possessed by one and not
by the other. We are willing to ad-
mit their cotton tree, wo want it and
cannot -grow it. They should adurtr-
our fish free, they want them and
can produce them only to a limited
extent, and the, highest protection
will not suppleinent their natural
deficiency. Other articles might he
named but it is not necessary...But
this policy does not suit our grasp-
ing neighbors, They want, as Sir
John A. Macdonald has remarked,
"jug -handled" free trade. They
have for a long time been trying to
force us into this jug -handled free
trade. Eluding that we are getting
more independent of them every
year, they are now trying to pull tho
wool over the oyes of Canadians by
subsidizing the ci/y press of' the
country to lure us into their clutches.
But thanks to some noble exceptions
among the city press, and the almost
universal wide-awake patriotism of
the rural press, they will ignorrlini.
ously fail in inducing Canadians to
sell, their lustily fought for and sturd-
ily preserved independence, even to
be the tail end of the "greatest nation
ou earth."
We have the descendants of the U.
E.Leyel ists; of the patriots of 1812; Qt'
the opponents of two rebellions, be-
sides thousands of others who will
never consent to play seconclAddle,dee
our bumptious neighbor, and wellaye
no mean ally in the ,most powerful
maritime.power in the world.
We are told that if we ask the
Americans for help that they will
be generous. We want no help.
We have helped ourselves. We have
developed our inheritance with a
rapidity at least equal to the United.
States. Wo have a smaller per
contage of drime. Weare the only
cauutry in the svorld that has visible
practical assets for its national
debt—our public works. The Unit-
ed States national debt represents
destruction; ourS, progress. Though
they have a large surplus,it is the sur-
plus of a miser. Their country
lacks necessary fortifications and its
mist idnot to bo seen. A farmer
could save up a lot of money now
expended' in .buildings and fences if
he liked to take the chances of hard
winters and roaming. ,stock. The
Amelican Government is piling up
money on the 831110 principle.
COMMERCIAL UNION.
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A pamphlet ou Commeicial Union
has been issued by the author,
Thomas Shaw, Hamilton, Ont. We
have received one. It is glibly
written and in favor of the scheme.
As the author appease* to be the
mouth piece of Wiman and Butter-
worth we will give his answer to
the often asked question : "What
is this Commercial Uniou anyhowl)
"It would involve," Mr. Shaw says,
"(I) an assimilation of tariff rates
against alt other countries; (2) of
interval revenue taxes ; and (3) peo-
bably an arrangement for pooling
receipts end customs."
Xs the discussion of this question
is confiued almost entirely to a few
speculative minds and theorists
there are very few people who have
a proper idea of what Commercial
Union means, and it is not likely
many of the masses will ever become.
interested in it. It maybe as well,
however, to point out the absurdi-
ties inimlimd in the above proposi-
tions.
As the United States tariff is
about twenty per cent. higher than
ours its imposition upon the people
• of Canada would bo an unnecessary
•interference with the commerce of
this country.
As the internal taxation system
of the United States reaches almost
every manufactured article, from the
contents of a match box up, its intro-
duction into Canada would add still
further to the burdens of the people.
And the pooling system of custom
receipts, in the only manner as yet
proposed, according to population,
would entail a loss of about seven
million dollars annually upon Can-
ada, taking the consumption of duti-
able imported goods in the two
countries for. the past few years as a
basis.
To take down the harriers to trade
bet eaten the two .countries would
be to give the -United ,States an
innueuse advantage. It would not
bo mutually advantageous. The
.Americaus produce 0 larger surplus
of4he staple products of the farm
than Canada does. Canadian farm
ers would find the home market, al-
ways. the best though' often very
limited, supplied by our enterprise
ing 'neighbors had they free ,occess
• to it.
Tho barley and horse products of
,
the Dominion, it is alleged, would
be-increathel in valueby, commercial
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union. We can't see it. The
Americans are told they would buy
these articles cheaper under •the
free trade, system .and Canadians
are told they would get snore for
thein from the Amerieens. s A rather
paradoxical and. illogical contention
indeed.
0,17010,5' TaNITY.
4 ...44.0vistultoxt 0,4pulr gime.
te.Caoade few weekago to W-
etly) en "\Vlty 1 ans it Heathen."
1e was tasted $90 eke he could be
permitted to domicile himself here.
refused to p.ay and returned to
the laud ef the from The law is a
good ono which excludes China-
-man from the freelist. In this epee
the moon -eyed leaver might ,have
done some good. Wo believe one
of his strong points agaiust his an -
opting Christianity is the existence
of the unity different sects, all call-
ing themsolvee Christians, and
quarrelling with each other as well
as among themselves. He certainly
mild make a good ease by pointing
out the Eerily of Obviation charity.
He might have doue good by sham-
ing Christians into—lovings, —ones'
another. But it is not the fault of
the Christian creed that many pro-
fessed followers of the meek and
lowly One belong to the stiff
necked geueratiou whom He tried to
convert. No, it is not the fault of
the creed that bickeriegs and dis-
sensions are more common among
Christians than among the heathen.
,
Though the dissrMsions are usually
of only a venial n 'Wye, they
give itifelels, agnostics :eel atheists
an opportuuity to scoff. It may be
said of Christianity what has been
said of Liberty "\Vhat crimes have
been committed in thy name !"
But it does uot follow that the
promptings of either are vicious or
wrong. Where backbiting and
slandering and mai ming the char -
cote r of one's fellows is persisted in,
Christianity is absent, though such
doings may be transacted under its
name. When negro slavery was
lawful under the name of Liberty, the
criminal custom did not after the
eternal principles of Liberty though
it violated. thein. However, if
•huntan nature was not infallible
there would beno need of doc-
trines, creeds or principles as stan-
dards to live up to. • But it is fall-
ible and ever will be until the cor-
ruptible shall have put on the in-
corruptible. At the very inception
of Christianity we find its disciples
yielding to the old inau Adam.
Peter prevaricated, Judas betrayed
and Thomas doubted. And yet no
other system, that the world has ever
seen has been productiverof so much
benefit to the human eace, notwith-
standing the "Crimes of Christian-
ity,"which is the title of a work point-
ing out the' crimes of the Christian
Church from the time it was found-
ed to the end of the Crusades Tho
persecution and murder of unbe-
lievers in the time of Constantine,
the evils of monkery, the forgeries
of ecclesiastics, the crimes • of the
popes,' the persecution of the Jews,
and the barbarity of the Crusaders.
But thbse doings were not those of
Christians,. any , More than the.
manacling of slave a ivould be the
doings of e lover . of Liberty. -The
Christian religion enjoins us sin •
corely and tenderly to love one
another, earnestly to '.desire and de-
light in each other's good, to bear
with one another's infirmities, to
• retain uo' grudge, to execute uo
revenge,to help and comfort all wo
are able. When hinnauity prim-
ticee all this we shall be ready for
translation to paradise. In the
meantime it should bethe aim of
an -Christians to strive for the shin-
ing mark however short they may
fall of it. Any shortconiiugs will
not be the fault of the system.
Canadian foster father of Com- Financially and morally ; in ex-
tent of territory and di versity of re-
merial Truism Wiens that "we need
lite expect to &cotf trade with the sources wc can discount even the
ru„it„d iiijt1s slid Jei1 with outside greeteet nation out of doors. We
countries os weplease." pr„i„ie are doing it. We are going to keep
.
doing it, and we shall neither beg
what we hive aliveys held. Ilut
cenaerans servo iiot fallen so law 08 of them to be charitable to ue, nor
to enter nte y arrangement which be bamboozled by them into parting.
would permit he United States to with our commercial advantages or
dictate to us who we should trade our excellent government .polity.
When Canada wants to cut the
with end who we shoUld riot.
Then heiein trk "To soy that strings that bind it to the mother
the cizen.: of thTsuiteri t;.,t„s country, it. will not be to annex tisit-
self to the United States, tea to set
111.) 48 an intlepOnflitrit Greater Bri-
tian. And the time will come,
want protection from the competi
Lion of the people of Ceurela is ab -
ant d Eas • there my friend. It
r
may he abs7;s11 for AMerieons to so sooneor later,
"want,.. but, the foet that their tariff summation will
against nir, irxists is incontrovertible • and 'that with. •'`
from the mother
testimony .1 the absurdity prevails,
it is said t hot the issue is not ti t1
when such a con -
be brought Shout,
"God Bless You"
• of modes» nations
political one. It has the most positive-
ly political aspect, independent of
that invelved in governmental forms
-
To bettor the financial condition of
the country is the aim and end of
successful practical politics.
Commercial Union would rob our
farmers of their best market, the
home merket, without giving us an
opening for the sale of vhat they
would supplent our farmers in sup-
plying -1 t would crush our infant
fectoris.-1 ;Ind paralyze our monetary
illStittlti0118.—It would deprive us of
Nsthanisl Borwash, who
on Friday Way eloOt,W1 President Of
Vic`oria TJniversity, w .s born at
firtitimore, Oat His fat her, Mr.
Adam Humeri') still lives at Bald -
more tIrs. Adam Bosworth, the
rev. doctre's mother, Was a sister of
the late Rev. Lachlan Taylor, in
his time one of the most eloquent of
Canadian Methodist preochers and
a diatinguished lecturer. Rev. Jno.
Burwash Principal of Sackville
College, N. B., is a brother of the
new Principal of Victoria Univers
Rity.
THE COMPLIMENTS OP THE SEA,
SON.—A. few • nights ago there
was a very animated discussion
at the meeting of the Finance
Committse of the London West
Council over a. bill presented. by
councillor Smith for legal expenses
amounting to ten dollars. Reeve
Campbell opposed and councillor
Jeffries advocated payment ef the
bill, The Reeve slid that Coun-
cillor Jeffries was very liberal to
Mr. Smith, but when a poor family
'applied to him as ' cliairman of the
Relief Committee for assistauco a
short time before, be would% give
them a bite. "Campbell, you're a
liar," remarked Mr, Jeffries, "1
,never reftised a deserving person
assistance yet." The Reeve said
any man who would use such langu-
age was not fit to sit at the board.
Subsequently the Reeve charged
Councillor Smith with circulating
false stories abont him, to the effect
that he was robbing the village.
"You're a liar' You're a liar when
you say so," replied Mr. Smith,
"I'm not a liar. You lie when you
deny it," retorted the Reeve. After
an hour's debate it was decided to
take legal advice as to the Council's
liability for the account.
ti,01 VIVV;f11 ft
/Myth..
Rev. Dr, itrusstron gf Sarnia
was in kiwis on. Wedneeday-
Mr. T. D4tey, of Seaforth, was
visiting friends in town on Thure-e
day.
Mr. John Denholm shipped a
couple of carload of apples to Otta-
wa this week.
Our band, ie practising over Ham-
ilton's drug ;store for the winter.
months.
Mr. V. Y. Halliday purchased
the Mountcastle property, south of
this burg, this week, at a reasonable
figure.
Rev. Mr. McDowell, of Wing -
ham, will preach both morning and
eveuiug in the Methodist church ou
Sabbath next.
M. D. Carder, Esq., of St. Thomas,
Grand Recorder of A. 0. U. W. in
Canada, is the guest of his tirotlier,
Dr. D. D. Carder, at present.
Councillor Bawden is confined to
the house at present with inflamma-
tion of tho lungs. His ninny
friends hope to hear of his .speedy
re very,
AbII meeting of the S. S. teach-
ers of the Episcopal church it was
decided to have a Christmas tree
and eetertainment on the evening
of Dec. 23 -rd inst.
Mr. E. Monutcastle removed to
Dundalk on Friday where he in-
tends to make his home in the
future. We ore sorry to loose such
an excellent citizen but what is our
lOss is Dundalk's gain.
The entertainment and lecture
under the auspices of the ladies aid
of the Methodist church held in
the Temperance Hall here an Tues-
day evening last was well attended.
The proceeds amounting to upwards
of $26.00. •
Rev. Mr. Thomas who has recent
ly been appointed to the incumbency
of the Episcopal church here will
officiate in that edifice for the first
time under his new charge ou Sab-
bath morning next at tho usual
hour.
W. H. Norman gave a magic
lantern eutertaiument in the Tem-
perance hall On Monday evening.
We don't think it was patronized
very well, as these travelling con-
cerns are not very mach appreciated
by the Illythites.
On Saturday the funeral of tho
deceased Miss Annie Potch, of
Morris; passed through this village
on its road to the Union cemetery
for interment, followed by a large
number of vehicles and sorrowing
friends. The deceased • young
woman having spent several years
of her childhood hero , and well-
known by everyone, we feet sure
that.her parents have the sympathy
of the whole community' in their
sad bereavement.
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Since Our GREAT GIGANTIC GIFT MALE commenced our Store has
been continually maimed with customers eager to avail themselves of the generesity
of "'HE POOR MAN'S FRIEND." Do not bo nue er the foolish onss and neglect
this opportunity of receiving a GIFT as a token of our appreciation of your giving to
us the preference of your Cash Custom. Make your purchases at
ROBERTSON'S GREA T CASH STORE, CLINTON'
Goderich TownA:51).
.Couscie met at Hohnesville,, Nov.
14th, 1S87, pursuant to adjourtnnent.
Members all present." Minutes of last
meeting read andrpasartd. Moved by
J. NaClellan,sconcled by J.Lalthwait,-
that the nomination of candidates for
the Municipal Council for 1$88 be
held in Kuox's Hall4Holuresville, on
the last Monday in December of the
present ydar itt.12, o'clock noon. Also.
thatthe following bathe polling places
and deputy returning officers: For No.
1, S. D., Orange Hall 4 con., D. 11, 0.
Semi.. Johnston ; S. D., house
of Nixon Sturdy, D. R. 0. rlii.xon.
Sturdy; No. 3, S. D., house. of Thos.
Harrison, D. R. 0. 'rhos. Harrison ;
No. 4, S. D., house of Wm. Herbison,
D. R. O. Wm. Herbison ; No, 5,-S. D.,
house of H. Elford, D, R. O. Herbert
Elford ; No. 0, S. D., house of Wm.
Crooks, D. R. 0." Wm . Crooks, Car-
ried. s,Brlaws No, 10. and 11, con-
firming above were read and passed.
The following persons were refunded
el each dog tax : Thos. Fleming, no
drig.Netion assessed, Wm. Cokey no
dog, James Perdue and David Cook,
no tdog wheu ;assessed. Moved. by
Thos. Churchill,. seconded by J. Mc-
Clellan that tlie clerk be paid 50 cents
for each school census furnished true. -
tees. -Carried. The following ac-
counts were paid : Rowell and
Hutchinson, Toronto, blanks for
Township Election, $7.10 .; Goderieli
Star, voters' lists -and other printing
$32; Dr. Whitely, professional ser-
vices for Township, $13 ; selecting
jurors, Clerk, so; Ree,ve,.$2; Assessor,
.$2 ; Sarni. Cox, gravel $22.80 ; S.
Rathwell, gravel, $19,50 ; Wm. Mc
081)0, otie year's board of Wm, Donn,
indigent, $52; same for suit of clothes,
$13 ; Pat. Cronyn, gravel, $12.70; L.
Manning, gravel, $4,92; .1. McClellan,
gravel, $12.72; H. Murphy, gravel,
$3.00; J. Trewarthas gravel, 66 cents;
Geo. Sterling, gravel $1.80; A. Drys --
dale, gravel, $42.12; J. L. McCartney,
gravel, $6; Assessor, salary, $70; post-
age, &e $2; ,J, Porter, cedar timber,
$0; J. Wilson, gravel, $1.20; same
gravelling ou M. Rs 81.50; J. Birk-
patricic, repairing culvert 1st con., $3;
M. Elliott, gravelling on 4th con.,
$7.53; Wm. Crooks, gravel, $7.50;
Wnt.'Jetiltins,Ajavel, $20.64 ; J. Cal -
beck, gravel,—$15.12 ; Jas. Elliott,
gravel, $15.72; J. Perdue. roadway to
gravel pit, $5; J: R. Holmes, shovel-
lers for gravel, $7; G. K. Johnston,
work on 1st and 4th con., $15; J. R.
Holmes and J. A. Ford, auditing
township accounts, $0 each; J. Hibbs,
gravel, $8.04. Council adjourned to
meet again on Monday 12th Decont•
bar next at 10,o'clock a. m. sharp,
JAMES PATTON, Clerk.
—The Erin Ad,Vocate man calls
his delinquent subscribers "blood-
suckers," and publishes a black
list.
In and About the County.
—The schooner Harry Baird litis
been sold hy Mr. Robert Baird to
Mr. Hamilton Stockwell, of Huron
township, for $2,000,
—Rev. Mr. Moorhouse,tbe newly
appointed rector of St. Pietil's
Church, Wingitain, corntnenced his
duties last Sabbath.
—The limited Empire, of the
Sarnia line, has been seized by the
Customs at that port for not
reporting certain repairs P xecutd
in the States.
—McDonald. the G. T. R. brake-
man who assaulted . one of the car
checkers at .London during a fit of
drunkenness,' has, gone to Goderich,
where his home is.
—Apples are so plentiful in Nor -
while Conn., that a barrel filled with
them is worth no more than an
empty one. The fruit is allowed to
rot under the trees.
—Henry Smyth, ex -M. P.,whose
opponent was unseated in the Wet
Kent election trial, has instituted
anis for perjury against Wm.
Thornton, Chatham, who was also a
witness at the trial.
—Miss Bessie Donnelly, of. MOuut
Forest, has been troubled with a
bore knee for some time. To her
surprise, a. necdlo came ' through
the fleshat the joint a few days ago.
It presence there- cannot :be ac-
counted for.
Thomas Angusee of the
6th ton., Morris, is prepating to
start for British • Columbia this
week. Mr. Angus's only brother
died in that Province the past
summer, and has left a large proper-
ty to Thomas.
---Mr. John Livingstonet of the
Listowell flax mills, had the ex,
traordinary yield of 792 bushels
of oats off eight acres, growl) this
season on his farm adjoining the ,
fax mills. This is 96 bushels to
the acre. The oats were sown on
land that had previously grown two
crops of flax.
—The chargee of Scott Act violetbnhtid-againet eleven' Woodstock
hotelkeepers, the hearing of which
has been twice adjourned owing to
the failuPe of the Scott' Act de-
tectives to put in an appearance,
were dismissed on Friday, the de-
tectives having failed to show
up.
—A 17 -year-old girl,named Net-
tleton, brought to this country by
Miss •Rye, has suicided in. Sarnia.
under queer circumstances. She
bad been a member of the Salvation
Army, and 'recently she said she
"longed to be witlisTesus." So she
procured a shotgun and blew the
top off her head.
—Wm. Stanton, farmer, of Alris
borough while in St. Thomas on
Friday, states that a teamster in
that township a few days since
attempted is criminal assault on his
ten -year -Old daughter, by first offer-
ing her ,$5. On Stanton threaten-
ing to have him arrested tho teams
ster paid him $200 to keep the
matter from the public. Such a
matter should not have been com-
promised.
---A fight took place a few days
ago on the farm of G. Hanshaw lot
6, con. 6, West Nissouri, the like
of which does not often occur: Mr.
Hanshaw had a sunken barrel in a
Spring on his fart», where the water
is very scarce. A mink thonght it
would go into the barrel to have a
little swim but when in he found
he could not get out again. While
he was strugglinepin the water a
large hen hawk chanced to fly over,
and it seems to have occurred to him
that it was a good chance to make
a meal oT the mink. He went for
the barrel, and a terrible fight ene
sued. The hawk, however, succeed-
ed in killing the mink, but during
the combat his feathers became so
wet that he, too, was unable to get
out and was drowned. Both victor
and vanquisher were found dead
in the barrel afterwards.
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Our WeeklyTtound U.
THE Nsws.Rauefte has excellent fusillades for
the execution of job printing of all kinds.
Soo samples before you order.
—Some friend contrived to smug-
gle a new suit of clothes into the
gaol or Mr. O'Brien.
—Fierce storms have been sweess
ing the lakes and many vessels
have met with mishaps.
--An Ontario manafecturer has
shipped a large consignment of iron
pumps to British Columbia.
—The immigration to Manitobit.
this year has exceeded that of last
year by about 7000..
—The Central Bank of Canada
has suspended. Its notes will be
paid in' full and arrangements are
being made to redeem them.
—Honorable John McDonald
has donated $40,000 towards the
establishment of a new hospital in.
Toronto.
—Mr. S Grigg, of the GI igg
House, London, Ont raised 20,000
bushels of wheat on his Manitoba
farm this year.
—Placards have been posted
through Tipperary, calling on the
people not to pay rent, as Ione, es
0'.Brien is in jail.
--Jas Hill, of ,Rockton, Went.
worth county, has trapped two
black foxes. He reckons their skins
pocket money all
Iv%viitl!telc:...ep him in
—In Toronto-,- J-ecetttly, M.
Frasm's George Jefferson, composi•
tor, aud Miss Elizabeth Beauiish,
d'ea,f 11111.1 dUnl 11 i,ut ex, were married
itt the brides' sisters residence on
Mill Street, Toronto.
—Bishop -Cleary, of Kingston,
Was telegraphed the Globe a strong
denial of the report that he mode
disparaging remarks abotit Car.
adieu women anti girls in his
Napanee address as given elsewhere
in these col um Its.
—The.stearner W. A. Schniten,
from Rotterdam, for New 'York,
was sunk by eollision off • Dover on
Saturday night and., many of her
possengers and- crew were drowned.
The number so missing is one
hundred.
—Win.O'Brien who is confined in
Tullamore jail and kept, his bed for
days rather thau. wear the prison
suit, astonished his keepers the other
morning by appearing in a new
tweed 'suit that had been smuggled
in to him.
—Geo. Patullo, of Pike Creek,
Essex county; suffered a strange
accident recently. While asleep he •
in some way gouged with his own
finger nails, a piece out of his eyeball
and he had to go to a Detriot
specialist to have it treated. There
is no immediate danger aids losing
the sight of the injured eye.
—John Ainslie an Essex farmer,
arrived at his home in Garfield in
that comity on Friday night, after
having travelled by road all the way
from Dakota—a distance of 7000
miles in eight weeks. With him
was his wife and six children, they
teal heen in Dakota four years, but
were not enamored of rthe cyclones.
—Senator McKiridsey, of Milton,
who purchased a farm near that
place some time ago for $3,000, has
since discovered that it contains a
1t;lear(ylerafrroenlIsii,ivdof
itieil 051 ries1,1, 0.te
the61, ides
$60 1101'
1,000. A syndicate has been
formed which has bought the farm
front the Senator,paying-him 1i,R10,000
the_refori
ivia
acid Sager, of Beverly
township,lost week celebrated his
81st birthday. His grandfather was
with \Volfe at Quebec) and he him-
self took part in war of 1812, When
he came to Hamilton the city was
just being laid out, and lots on King
street were offered for' a season's
work. He saw Brantford when it
had but one house, and picked hers
ries in the woods where Loudon
now stands. Mr Sager was married
in 1825, and four generations of
children look up to him.