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eiisterce.atasaatease,..4extJas).,,aseJeakiersasi9esaisth..,,, eratesessee
feettire• Wet seesessfully established iu this
colonieis •
wonder is not tit the strides
eepublicin Altterisithae made, but
it is a matter Of serkise that Ainek
icons have nolo euels8IY material
progress considering the excellent
send off their Match forefathers gave
them. Canada has accomplished
in 50ye31s what it luta taken our
neighbors 100 years to effect.
Iu education, science art and
manufactures we aro their equals—in
ru tuy respects:their. superior. In
commerce Ave distance them coin-
pletely. The total teade of Canada
per annum is $39.57 cents per bead ;
of the Arnited States $22-43. We
are wealthy enough to import and
pay for 21.78 (lents worth of goods
per head per annum; against
$10.84 purchased by the United
States. By our industry applied to
the soil and other natural resources
we have surplus produe. e to export
valued at $17.78 cents per head
per annum; as against a miserable
$11.59 tier head hy the United
States. Cut ' throat Canadians,
traitors and disloyaliste give us a
rest about the overweening impor-
t wee of the :kinetic mi.
SCOINIVed10$01401$ thig t3
it will pay—steskson 'Sess.
Fare -s -J. 0.. Dotter 4; Cu.
Pateut Vs n lee 0, glliett.
Cops—Jeekatus Pres.
Belltihnit Peper•etc —R. M. iteceeSIn
.Kerk$ GQw—Towii UUtL Oliutea s
The Huron Netue-Reaord
• Wedsitegdisys
r two tuber 30, IS$7
rows
2'111$ CANADA OF OURS.
A little over ono huudred years
ago C.tuada passed jab) the hiuds
of the British. It was upt from auf
mercenary motives • that the brave
captain of the little baud sealed the
heights of Abraham, braved the
natural and artificial detentes of
Quebec, held by some of the finest
veteran troops in the world, and
acquired for us the inheritance
which we Cauattions possess today.
No, there were higher and holier
aspirations than that of accumulat-
ing pounds shillings and pence
among the heroes who fought for the
prestige of Britain amid the snows
of Canada or the jungles of hale,
Brave General Wolfe, 38 the boats
neared the base Of the heights of
Abraham repeated Gray's "Elegrin
A country Churchyard," reinerki ug
t be closed : lied either he the
Luther of that poem t ha n take
Quebec."
'leitcvili those rugged elms, that yew trees shade,
Where heaves the turf in limy a noulderlor
'map,
:ILA in his narrow cell fore or laid,
The r 1e f.trfathers of the hnoilet Mk:CIL
r'or them no snore the blazing iloirth shall ',urn,
Or b.tsy housewife ply her evening care:
No children run to lisp their sire's return,
Or :lith Irk knee* the envied kiss to share.
Perlinps in this neglected spot Is laid
Sonic heart. once preirnant with celestial fire ;
;Limits that the rod of empire might have swayed
Or w*Iced to estacy the living I!. re.
There was the poet as well ao the
soldier in Wolfe, Ile would, 4o
.loubt, in the weird surroundings
end in view of the Work before him
fully appreciate the dolorous verses
of the poet. And he would likely
recall as well the prose sentiments
of the same poet who when writing to
friend said : "Not a precipice, not
a ;torrent, not a cliff, but is preg-,
nant 1 with religion ' and poetry.
'novo arecertain scenes that would
awe an atheist into belief, without
the help of ..other argument." But
their was something grandee than
the poet or the soldier in the com-
position of Wolfe---:patriotistn and
loyalty. •In the ear ly dawn of that
12th .Septenther, the wounded hero
hears the cry "they run" and being.
informed .it was "the French;" tbe,
dying murmur came from his lips,
"Then I die happy." Humanly
speaking he had fought wisely and
well. And he died happy in the
thought that ho had served his king
•and country well. Cold lay the
"hands that therod of empire might
have swayed." 'it fspossible that
with the proplietic—ken-of-spirituas
lined genius he may have had
visions of' the empire which he was
about to secure for iinborti genera.:
tiona of his race.
But unworthy are some of that
race. l'hey are prepared to grovel
to a greedy bumptious neighbor; to
hand over to them. what our ances-
tors gloriously won and which the
present generation has developed
into a natroll mightier and weal-
thier than was ever dreatned of by
Cortez or Pizarro, and one that is
likely to he more durable than that
of Greece or 'Rome.
We aro told that our American
neighbors' progress. has been more
rapid than ours. The statement is the
echo of .yankee brag, and is not a
fact. We append historical ex-
cerpts to prove that long before
Canada passed into the hands of the
British our neighbors, then British
also, had made considerable ad-
vance in manufactures etc.
Bancroft tells ne that "solearly as 1648
1;,,vpi.nor Winthrop and others established
an iron furnace at Lynn, Alassachusetts,
and as early as 1654 lire•engines, (lies for
silver piece.-, finytlies, pots, no tars,atov84,
and skillets were manufactured. In 1652
iron works were established at Taunton,
with eoutinue,1 to.turn out anchors for
t‘;;.(1hnnht years of high tariff and low,
and no tar;if at all.. In 16:38 the 11161111-
iltdt1111 of woolens was begun at Rowley,
Massachusetts." Says Paltry "In the
veer 1699 the Inanufacture of woollens had
become so successful that the woolen
mannfacttes of England, who claimed a
monopoly of American markets, induced
Parliament .to for131.1 the colorists carry-
ing such manufacture', from one province
to another, and also forbade them to im-
prove the breed of their sheep. Hat -
making •-hed also become so succes,lnl 1(1
conseeneme of the cheap supply of furs
that the London company of hatters re-
monstrated, and their craft was protected
by an act forbiding hats to be transported
from one province to another. In spite
of these measures Boston: hatters made
hats equal to the English, and the Lon•
don felt.makers in 1731,beggoil that the
colonists should not be allowed to wear
any hats but those from British shops."
Anti so one branch after another of mann-
L01'ALT
•
Thine is a (dale of degenerate
Canadians to whom the word loyalty
000615 :16 angry emotions as a red
kerchief osseus does to an excited
bull. We would fain hope that
their peculiar idiosyncracy is owing
to their igtoraneo ; to their lack of
a knowledge of what the word
reelly means. Loyalty means an
attachmeent to, to, fidelity duty. As
used in political ecouomy it means
attachment to one's country and
obedience to its regularly coustituted
laws. It should not be irksotne to
any intelligent Canadian to love his
country and obey its laws, even
while endeavoring to referm alleged
1(110809 within it. Loyalty should
be a pleasure as well as a duty. And
wo believe theennobling sentiment
is possessed by nine out of every
ten of our fellow Canadians. Loy-
alty is co -equal with truth. It may
be smothered but it never dies.
What is truth 1 said sneering
Pilate, and he'wouid not wait for an
answer. What is loyalty? say sneer-
ing traitors, and they won't be en,
lightened. No man can • be too
:loyal, ttny more than a map can be
too truthful.' 4- Loyalty and Truth
are synonymous terms, royalty to
Canada requires eaph citizen to do
what in hint lies to make- this Con-
federation one and indissoluble; to
have, a' sacred regard for public
ftrilike ; to de everything in his
power to allay •local prejudice; to
make concessions which aro requis-
ite to the general prosperity; and
to Some extent -to sacrifice his indi-
vidual advantage for the interest of
the ccilinmunity. There Most bo one
strong supremo Government if we
are to avoid anarchy and confusion.
This is iudiapensible to the various
provinces. In the words of Wash-
ington "There must be a faithful
and pointed compliance on the part
of every state (province) with the
proposals of Congress (The Domin-
ion Parliainent), or the ntost, fatal-
sonsequence will misue. What-
ever measures have a tendency to
dissolve the Union, or contribute to
violate or lesseia- .the central sover-
eigu authority, ought to be consider-
ed as hostile to the liberty and
independence of .Ainerica(Canada),
end the authors of them treated ac-
cordingly." He is a loyal man who
will uphold his country under all
clreumstances reserving to himself
the right by his franchise to endea-
vor to change the Parliament there-
of' from time to time ,as his con-
science may dictate. He is not a
loyal Canadian who will endeavor
to disintegrate this Doruinion, or
who would hand bver its mighty
resources to 5 neighboring power
which has always been inimical in
its legislation to us. He is ueither
loyal to Canada nor to tho Empire.
He is not a loyal Canadian who
does not know the rights and re-
sources of his country, and who
knowing them would hesitate to de-
fend and preserve them. In the
words of a former poetic son of
Clinton, A. M. Taylor, we might
say
Ye sons of Canada, awake !
While, in your loyal bosoms, burn
The patriot's fire, the heart that warms
That lector), loves, that thraldom spurns, -
Bid those who would oppress you, know
Yoe dread not death, you fear no foe ;—
Your swords are sharp, your bosoms true!
011 sons of Canada, awake! —
ellettliartalles44 .
• 81?..(Wilifia NONA%
£WAS deelored. by the Mae tluttc'
fisheritia botninissionsw' C4einbees
• .
lain WQUiti prgYe himself a perfea
Jonah. In this case the GM* hoe
been more than usually accurete iu
its estitu ite ofa public man. Mr.
Chamberl till has already given evi:
deuce that he knows more about the
inside of the flab busiuosa thatit mast
possible for his alleged protetYpe+
Jonah, to have linown at his early
stage iu the world's history.
In the recent bye•elections a bid
was tnade for the Commercial Union
or annexation vote, by the Grit
party, in the hope of building up
again a lost cause. But there was
no response. The editors of city
pspera and a few speculators do
not happeu to constitute the elec-
torate of Canada to any monopo-
listic degree. Tho coin: uusts. aro
found to be few and very far be-
tween. If there ever was even a
corporal's guard of them thei r fate
has been that of the summer flowers,
which blow at daybreak, and droop
ere even song --they're wilted.
The most superlative nonsense we
have run across for some time is
that of the Mitchell Redorder when
referring to the comments of THE
NEWS ItEcoaD on a Commercial
Union pamphlet. The Recuyder
man appears to want to say some-
thing, with no definite idea uf what
itis. Tho only point, evident- in
his "jabbering" (he adduces not a
line of ergutuent.), is his autipathy
to anything loyal. THE Nnws-
RECORD'S statement, that so long as
we are allied with Britain we will
have the protection of " the most
powerful maritime nation in the
world," being particularly obnox-
ious to the Recorder. At the bare
tnention of loyalty, •
" His bilious essenee—like an angry ape,
Plays such tateastic trieks before high
heaven,
As make the angels weep,"
Last week wo gave a report of
Bishop Cleary's remarks at Napanee
concerning the hoydenism of Cana-
diau girls. His remarks wore not
altogether uncalled for. He did
not refer to the inimorelity of Can-
adian girls but to tho immoduaty of
some of them—quite a different affair.
A. girl can be "loud" and "slangy"
without bciug unchaste. Having
said this we cannot 'agree with the
Bishop as' to the cause of the evil
that ho deplores—the education
that youth receives in our public
schools, though it is an open ques-
tion whether the indiscriminate
mixing of boys end girls is '114 to.
scne; extent accountable ,.for the
"loudness" of the girls. The fo
lowing item from the Globe eh vs
that even in the Athens of C lade
refined culture is not at all too pre-
valent:
Two young ladies, well dressed and re.
fined looking, were passing the Bay street
coiner of King street yesterday. As they
passed the reporter one of them said, with
a•look of ineretiality, evidently at someth-
ing her companion had told her,- "Oh,
come off 1" -Honest Injun," said the
other,_ with emphasis. And thenthey passed
outiof earshot.
OUNAgarr TNGW:
Tars vessairy oo 000.1)
• tticf-
If Bishop Cleary $sere uut BOA
a plump, well fed, veer eheeked,
bright-eyed, comely epecittlen of
gumbootl in lb, prime, he would not
e is must, aouoyed by the "tearing'
of gide tat the et: eets, which he so
bitterly complaintof. All men
eepkionss-o,
13bilieTerea ry Yarn., Co look a pretty
omen ; and there 14 no reason to
doubt that moat women and eirls
like to !mak at a handsome num
The good bishop should accept the
inevitable, ant) endure the admiring
glances of theladies with equaeinsity,
We do.—Spectsseor.
HO' 11' 18 ELSEWHERE.
While Canadian comities are
struggling with the bentt Act and
neighboring States with carefully -
devised prohibitory measures that
are neither very popular nor well
enforced, the little Kingdom of
Norway prospers uuder legislation
which is not repressive and is in
harmony with the sentiment of the
great majority of the people. The
tax on intoxicants is only -a little
less than 20 cents a quart; fre-
quently the profits of the retail -
trade go, limier the Gothenburg
systew, it the establishment 9f free
libraries, museums and schools : the
the sale of liquor between the hours
of 10 p. ft. and 4a. ny 'is forbid-
den, and salooas are not allowed to
tell to children, apprentices or v age -
bends. Uuder this law, which has
been strictly enforced, the old gen,
eration of heavy drinkers has
passed away and the ,new genera-
tion is growing up strongly in favor
of -total Prohibit ion -
CONSCIENCE THE HIGHEST LAW.
Last week we published a sermon
preached a fortnight ago by Rev.
.D. J. Macdonnell, of St. Andrew's
Church, Toronto'on moderate
drinking, in w hid) total abstinence
was denied to be a biblical precept.
The sermon caused commotion it,
temperance circles'and evolc,ed
. much criticism. Last Sunday,
Nov. 27th the rev. gentleman re-
sumed the subject, dealing., at great
length with personal lihert,y as
inculcated by St. Paul. Every
man, he held must judge for him,
self, and while there might be many
reasons for abstainitig, in order to
help a week brother, there was no
law higher than individual coie.
eciousness of duty to decide iti the
matter. The preacher was of the
opinion that the apostle drank win,‘
all his lift., 'and. did not apply to
himself tho principle laiti down in
Mannans xiv., 21. ' The argunp;nt
tinning through the discoursewas
against legal prohibition.
An American despatch referring
to the possibility of Groat 'Britain
surrendering a portion of Canadian
territory or the Canadian fishery
rights, etc., contains the following :
"There . is a -,.--nervous sentiment in.
"American circles that John Bull
"e ill never consent to such hurnili-
"ation of national prestige as either
"solution would necessarily in-
"volve." That is a sensible Atneri-
can sentiment. Canada won't agree
to it and -Great Britain wrill not do
anything in such matters without
the consent of Canada. Of course
no one expects that war will be the
outcome of the Fisheries negotia-
tions. And whatever may be donet
one thing is certain that the hints
by the. American bravado press
about the United States compelling
Britain to give way will do more
harathan good. Britain never' was
in bettor condition to repel force
with force, and the United States
seldom in worse. It is conceded
on all hands that if ever Britain and
the United States,did go to war the
area of conflict would be the sea
and seacoasts. Great Britain has
208 war vessels manned by 58,800
men ; the United States 139 vessels
manned by 11,115 men. And the
commercial merino of Britain being
so immensely greater than the
'United States the available navy of
the former could be suppleine»ted
to an enormous extent.
The Collegiate Institute.
A little oyer a year ago the rate-
payers voted to the High School
Board the sum of $2,500 for the pun
pose of, enlarging,eouipping and orna•
meeting the school buildings and pro-
perty so that the board could coin -
plat) ,the qualification necessary for
the change to a Collegiate Institute.
The improvements then entered upon
are now rapidly approaching comple-
tion and the changes in the old High
SchOol piemises have been so great
that we now possess an educational
institution which is au ornament and
credit to the town. When the pre-
sent unsightly fence has given way to
one more tasty and the grounds have
been improved according to present
intentions there will be no more at-
tractive spot in this part of the coun-
try. It would be impossible we think
for anyone to raise a question as to
the slightest extravagance in the ex-
penditure of the Tooney, but we can
fancy many wondering how so much
has been done with so little.
• The old echool buthling. was a poor
concern from the first. Even with
good care it had become very :dilapi-
+listed and unsightly. It was a happy
thought which struck the Board when
it invited such practical and coMmon
sense men as D. A. Forrester, R. Hay-
wood, H. B. Proudfoot and D. R.
Menzies to visit the scene and suggest
what improvements were for the best
and would accomplish the end the
Board had in view. The investiga-
tion_given by these gentlemen, to.
gether with the members of the
Board, resulted in the changes since
made. Architect Proudfoot drew the
plan and Wm. Cooper received the
contract. It has been carried out to
the satisfaction of the Board and the
building by resolution has been taken
off his lien& as now complete.
The first change likely to arrest
attention upon a visit is the Tower
which has been raised in front of the
old building, a projection that hither-
.
to was used as an entrance being
partly utilized for that purpose.
,The lower story of the tower makes
an excellent vestibule and the upper
story has been made into a spacious
and handsome library room. The
tower has been. surmounted with a
crestiug of appropriate design and
from the centre of the deck rises a
flag pole from which on proper micas.
ions the national emblem is to float.
Immediately at the end of the hall in
the old building and running across
the addition is a second hall which
gives two entrances in tho rear. Off
this hall there are two teacher's rooms
and the Science room. This latter is
being fitted up in the most approved
style having separate compartments
for those who are studying chemistry,
and all the necessary desks and 011LP
boards for storing the physical ap
maces. Ip passing we might mention
that as regards equipment our Colle-
giate Institute makes a start with one
• — .
Shire Our REAT GIGANTIC GIFT SALE commenced our Store has
been continually crammed with customers eager to avail themselves of the generosity
of "THE POOR MAN'S FItIEND." Do not be one of the feolish miss and neglect
this opportunity. of receiving a GIFT as a token door appreciation of your giving to
us the iireforeuce of your Cash Custom. Make your purchases at
ROBERTSON'S GREAT CASH STORE, CLINTON
of the best in the Province. In
maps, globes' clierts, and scientific
anti physicalapparatus the equip•
went is even beyond what the, regule-
tions detuatid, T1. Library is just
being started but nearly $200 worth
of reference books, atlases, • diction-
'
aries, gazetteers and encyclopoechas
are being pnrc1ta841.
The upper story of the now addi-
tion is devoted to an assembly room
and is capable of holding 250 people.
It is reached by a broad flight of stairs
which vill preveut anything like
erowding. Besides using this room
for school purposes it is intended to
be used for entertaiuments to which
the public will be atlniitted and scene
of these will we hope partake of the
eature of short lectures on scientific
subjects illustrated by practical ex.
poriments. There is no reason why
the Institute should not become a
centre of information and knowledge
even to those who are not pupils, and
thus in a double capacity prove a
blessing to the town. •
It will thus be seen that in the
building as enlarged there are five
good class rooms, assembly ball,
library, spacious corridors, two pris
vate teacher's rooms, &c., &c. 'Elio
heating and ventilation have not been
overlooked and in fact the comfort
and -health of the pupils have been
matters of . constant solicitation.
There is ample accommodation for
nearly 200 pupils and we confidently
look for a speedy increase even in
,the present growing atten(lance.
The outside improvements are
equally as important as the internal
ones. A gyuwasium 50x30 feet has
been erected and will at once bo pro,
perly equipped, At.the outset it is
intended to pet in Indian clubs'tra-
pezes,swings,clumb 1)0115 and other ale
pliances for healthful exercise which
will enable those who desire to do so
to improve themselves physieally as
well as mentally. . Two broad en-.
trances on either side have been
made to permit of the scholars pass.
ing in and out in marching order dur-
ing drilt In the rear of the gymna.
sium are the other necessary outdoor
conveniences which have been de-
signed with the greatest possible care
and are models of cleanliness and
purity. The gronnde and fence e will
receive attention next spring when it
is proposed to beautify and improve
them as Mr as the funds will permit.
As has alreadybeen announced the
Minister of Education will visit Clin-
ton onThursday next for the purpose
of opening the institution which we
have thus partially described. The
ceremony is to take place in the
afternoon and the public generally
are invited. The Board have very
sensibly, we think, resolved to make
the proceeding of a simple and public
nature. Besides Hon. G. W. Ross it
Is expected that R. Porter, M. P.,
Hon.A.M. Ross and other distingutsh-
ed visitors will be present. The High
Sohool glee club will furnish musicand
the afternoon will no doubt, be ptee-
santly spent. In the evening Hon.
G. W. Rose will lecture in the Town
Hall at an entertainment to be given
by the Collegiate Institute Literary
Society. We trust that our people
will give the Hon. gentlemau a very
cordial welcome to our town aud
that there will be large attendances
at these various exercises to show our
interest in the educational progress
of our country.
tflIMMIMIUMMIMI
—The wolien mill at Speedsville —
a locality on the river Speed between
Preston and Hespeler—was totally
destroyed by fire on the morning of
Monday last, the loss being set down
at $10,000, on which there is only an
inaurance of 14,000.
—A scholar at a St. Catherinei
Ward School (Miss Thurston,teacher)
accidentally dropped a gold ring into
the stove one morning. Miss Thur•
ston thought to save the ring by put-
ting out the fire, and accordingly
emptied a pail of water upon the hot
coals to that end. She was envelop-
ed in a cloud of scalding steam and
severely burned about the face, neck
and hands.
—The commission appointed by
the Bruce County Council to come to
some arrangement with their default-
ing Treasurer's sureties have decided
to recommend that a compromise be
made with the seventeen sureties for
$2,500, The County'e loss was f30,.
000, but as the bondsmen' bad been
deluded by the reports of the audi-
tors, who had been appointed from
year to year by the County Council to
audit the accounts, it was very doubt-
ful if more could be recovered by
law, the beat legal opinion differing.
Our Weekly Ruuzid Up.
—Port Elgin Button Factory is
now employing 25 hands and 25 more
are wanted.
—Beach defeated Haitian by
two boat lengths on Saturday, it,
A ustral ion waters.
=A110(110, Ga., has decided
against Prohibition by a majoi ity
of about 1,000.
—Charles C. Lacaita, M; P. for
Dundee, has resigned because lie
cannot longer support Mr. Glad-
stone.
—Serious collisions took place
between the police ai,,I the crowd
on ::"untlay at Liumiick, many on
both sides being injured.
—The Scott Act was sustained
in Charlottetown, P. E. I., Nov..
23rd hy a majority of 28. The vote
stood 664 for repeal, 692 Against.
—Of the eight or tee million
bushels of wheat, the total crop of
Manitoba and the Northwest, unly
two million bushels have as yet been
moved out of the county.
—The Australian Governments
offer a reward of $125,000 to the
111/1.1.1 who will contrive means fo'r
the ex termination of the rabbits 1 hat
aro overrunning the Colonies.
—A mass tueetiug of Keit Nor-,
thumberhind . Grit electors Nov.
24, nominated Dr. Matlory, the can-
didate recratly tinseAted for lei,
bery, oll a Coutntercial Union plat,
form. •
—On Wednehilay a foreman 711
:the Kingston hosiery mill struck
a (Puede employed emler hint.
Next day about 50 of the Well
met, and waited upon the man.
ager anti superintendent, toll them
time foreman would have to go or
they would. fie went.
—Tt is reported from Suointerton
S. C., that, while_tlos body of' a
young colored woman was tieing
conveyed to the cetnetery, a noise
from the confit cawed investigation,
and it was foetid that the supposed
dead woman was aliye, though un.
conscious, andhad just given birth
to a child. The funeral was indefin-
itely postponed. Both mother and
child are doing well.
—The Supremo Court of Mate
sachusetts, by a decision filed lest
week at Satem,rules that a man must
pay for being shaved on Sunday
and that under certain circum•
stances shaving on Sunday " is
"eas.'ntial to his health anti cleanli-
ness." The plaintiff is a barber
and allayed a Salem man until his
decease, 69 times, 52 times occurs
ing on Sunday;
—The old case ot The Hai/ and Mr.
Laflamme, involving some $15,000,
was argued in the Court -of Appeal
at Montreal last week. Mr. -Mac-
master appeared for ,Lite appalaire,
and argued that at the trial the
judge, although expeessing views on
the facts, had omitted to impress
forcibly upon the jury that they
were the real judges of these facts,
and that the intemperate language
of the Court was such as to misdirect
the jury and lead them to award
excessive damages.
—The Kingston city teachers met
in reference to the recent statements
of Bishop Cleary, regarding Proles --
twit school children. The teachers
felt thetneelvee- called upon to
protest against, the Bishop's attack
on the school system as tending to
immodesty, as it naturally reflected
on them. Their resolutious conclu-
ded : "Never in the history of his
Lordship's, eminent predecessor's has
so gross and insulting a declaration
been made regarding the instruction
given by as, the best evidence of its
excellence being the large number
of Roman Catholic parentage who
have been and are under public
school training in this Province,
and regarding whom the utmost
• care has been taken to treat with
that consideration which has ever
characterized a free Christian phople.
The resolutions will be forwarded,
to his Lordship.
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