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'EUC1,LYYTosBIrt,, VICTontA,Aug. 4,'.88. men, bnt�he who makes a living by
Midwinter! The word, to the mind following the plow is a man of much
of a Canadian, is suggestive of sleigh- greater ability and wore c Iveraifed
belle, tobdg ns, and snow a 1 vele, loud llnowlodgo than is generally believed.
and eneed rivers t . s buri$d .8e mutat understand enough geology to
iqtshOw a foifftets s, e t llf,}d<hnow the nature of t. soil he �t311s;
e stii •' ed to,the • botonytobe ale to istin n ie
mg*,and fill nature 7�9'tenough, bl,, . d � h
i ` ole of the, 'ice king. But $6 a the different kinds of roots, grains and
native of this country no such chilling grasses, and to tell which varieties are
ideas present themselves. Snow is to best suited to the land he cultivates;
him a kind of myth like the Australian enough civil engineering -to understand
"bunyip"—a fabulous something, which the art of draining; and stnneient of the
he has heard of, and partly believes in, trade of the carpenter to be ON to rex
but has never seen ; and the few slight shingle the barn roof or put up a stall
frosts that occur during an Australian in the horse stable, The farmer must
winter aro no more severe than those be a weather prophet to know when to
which in early autumn array in gor- cut his clover, a machinist in order to
geous dress the maplegrovee of Canada. I run his- binder, and a butcher so that
There is often a good deal of wind and he can kill and dress a fat hog or but.
rain during a Victorian winter, but this lock for market. He must understand
season has been very free from both up the ohanges of the moon; and bo able to
to the present. There have been weeks
of calm sunny weather, very like- an
American /adieu summer, with the
thermometer going down to about freez-
ing point at uightaand rising to seventy
or eighty during the days. It is a
singular thing that people from such
cold countries as Norway, Sweden,
Russia and even Canada, after living
two or threeyears in Australia, seem to
feel'. the cold worse than a native
'Colonial. It is no unusual thing to hear
a man, who has been compelled, in his
own country, to wade through snow for
five or six months of the year, complain •
ing of the cold when the mercury is coin
siderably above freezing point.
The tillers' of the soil in Victoria are
not behind those of other countries i,
taking advantage of the farmers' rigist'
to grumble. It is twenty years since
this colony first began to "foster native
industry" and protection is now called
the "settled policy" of the country,
Though the tariff here is not nearly ,eco
high as the gansidiaii one, which is the
highest .of any British possession, -yet
the Melbourne manufacturers have been
enabled to amass wealth, and to sell
agricultural implements cheaper in
Sydney than in their own city. The
workingman too has been well treated.
He has only to work eight hours a day
and gets good wages all the year round,
and when "cheap labor" threatens him,
the powers that be have shown them-
selves ready to come to his assistance.
By paying high wages to the army of
men in its employ, the Government to
a great extent is ..able to regulate the
price of labor throughout the colony.
This works to the disadvantage of the
farmer, who finds that he cannot afford.
to hire men to cultivate his land at the
present rate of wages, and iu fact much
is the rush for Government "billits,"
that farm hands can scarcely be got at
any price. But the farmer seems to
be as firm a believer as other classes in
protection, and he too expecte Parlia-
ment to devise a scheme to help him
out of his difficulties. From the shires
of Bungaree and Buninyong a petition
has gone up to the assembled wisdom
at Melboui'ite, praying for a grant of
£1000 to aid in extirpating the Cana-
dian thistle. A fine time the govern-
ment would have if it undertook to de-
stroy all the weeds in the country. The
farmers also ask among other things for
a bounty of a shilling a bushel on all
wheat grown in the colony, and for a
largely increased duty on all stock coin-
ing from the other colonies. These re-
quests are absurd of course and will
not be granted, but they are just as
reasonable as the demands of manu-
facturers and labor societies.
"Poor farmers!" writes "Telemachus"
in the Melbcu •ne Argus, "Their case
is not generally understood, and chiefly
because they do not understand it them-
selves. Their grievance is that while
all other classes in the community are
doing fairly well, and gradually improv-
ing all their conditions of life, their
circumstances go from bad to worse,the
prices of their staple products declining
every year, and there is a seemingly
good and plausible point of argument
here, for the decline of prices in these
staples, which are in fact bread and
meat, means a lessening of the cost of
living to all consumers. Therefore, say
the producers, we being taxed by you, it
is reasonable that you m turn submit to
taxation for us. The other --side, if
staunch adherents of the fiscal policy of
the colony, can only.. reply ---.It may be
reasonable, but it is-nbt agreeable. We
do not like dear bread or dear meat,
however much we may desire to see
prosperous farmers.' And 'so we look
An id about a little, and try to fir -d an-
other way, and perhaps may be excused
an endeavor to show that the case is
not quite so urgent as it first appears.
First, perhaps it may be as well to
poiz;t Out to the farmers and to all who
desire to understand their case, what av
costly benefit the bread and meat tax
would be. It may be taken as a fact
that goes without proof, that if the
wheat be made dearer thebread must
become dearer also., 'Itis a,fact which
is disputed at times, but to impartial I.
minds seems very steadfast, if there
ib no third party concerned, and more
money comes into your pocket it must
come out of mine. 'Mine' in this in-
stance will be every man in the colony
who does not grow wheat, every civil
servant, every policeman, every . city
workman, goal warder, miner, nosey,
day worker in any capacity. A tax of
a shilling a bushel would put at least a
penny on a four -pound loaf, and impose
a tax of two or three pounds stirling per
annum on every householder. And
would it mend matters much for the
farmers? There are those amongst
them who would say it would not, and
probably they are right. It would
stimulate the production of wheat, and
cause in a year or two such a glut in
the local market as would bring the
prices down lower than at present. But
still mere o',jeotiont b e and ridiculous
is the tax on meat. Again, the same
classes would suffer, every men outside
the Vegetarian society would be fined so
much a year, and for whose benefit?
The farmers ? The farmers of Victoria
do not and cannot supply one.twentieth
of the meat consumed in Melbourne.
If a hundred thousand pounds were
raised- by • a stock tax next ,year, two
thirds of it would go to the wealthiest
class in the colony. We 'should tax the
bricklayers of Melbourne to provide in-
creased revennes for the squatters of
the Wes ern district and Gippeland.
Poor Pat O'Rourke, baying his ten
steers and fattening them insight have a
ten pound note. Sir Woolpaclt, sending
hie oile thetisand head y.ariy to the
iiiarltet, wodldhake a clear gain of one.
thousand' pounds in every year, We
should get at the poor devil who is fight-
ing rabbits and pine scrub. and wasting
his money and his life two hundred
miles north of the Murray, and enbei-
dize the owner of twenty thousand acres
of Victorian country, bought perhaps at
one pound per acre and now worth
twenty-five pounds."
"Telemachus" is right. The farmers
have allowed themselves to be taxed for
the benefit of Melbourne, and are not
likely to receive much in return- The
tarn*, not the !ergo land.holders, rich
squatter or 'lord territorial,'' brit the
true tiller of the soil, the man who has
to rely on his own industry and the sun
end rain of heaven for a living, has
enough to contend Against without hav-
ing his bands tied by protective tariffs.
Very few people have any idea of the
renny n farmer must know in
tell the character and pedigreq of every
horse for miles around. Besides the
ordinary work of plowing and sowing,
reaping and niowing,pruaing and graft-
ing, the farmer must be able to hang a
gate, make an axehandle, stone up a
well, repair a pump, or put the family
clock in order; must have sufficient de-
termination to break in a colt, milk a
kicking heifer, er set up the kitchen
stove. He mus$ he conversant with the
anatomy of the horse, the geography of
the cow, the eecentricitiea.- of the, hog,
acid the habits` and instincts of the
potato bug and cateinrllar.,l Ile must
,betas strong ,tiil fi`lf rt a. ndustrious
d as o teal as a
st have 44 rong arm
d, a clear cve.unerring
S it beaveiot
binamana
and a wil ", far
judgment _•:1►t}d! ound digestive organs ;
must haul .a;lpkeik like spring steel, legs
as tough " nd growth hickory, and
a head a f information as an
encyclopatiffiia -. Asides all this, the
farmer m
ii0, e a partners who can
make gilt hged-putter, and bread equal
to:that of ''Y °' ker, who can harness
and driveA4 se, cut the children's
hair, and Wei urch matters with the
minister,. or,;djeonse with his wife the
latest style' in bonnets. Tho farmer's
wife must also be conversant with the
arts of the tailor, dressmaker and
Milliner; must understand the mysteries
of canning, pickling and preserving ;
must be competent to superintend the
manufacture of sausages and apple -
butter ; must be able to work six days
in the week and then have sufficient
energy left to ride five or six miles to
church and sing, °'hest for the weary,"
on Sunday.
When such a farmer, with sueh a
wife, toiling for three hundred and
sixty-five days, putting both brain and
muscle into their business, find at the
end of the year that they have done
little more than pay running expenses,
there must be something radically
wrong. Is it any wonder that the
farmer grumbles, when in order to get
a living he must be a slave and his wife
a drudge? Is it any wonder that the
rising generation cannot be kept on the
soil when they see that the same amount
of industry, intelligence and economy
required on a farm will give so much
better results, if put into almost any
other trade or profession ? But let
farming once more begin to yield some.
thing like a fair return on the capital
and labor invested, and neither in Vic-
toria nor in Ontario will moralists
have' to deplore the fact of "boys leav-
ing the farm," for after all, the life of
the agriculturalist is the most natural
and consequently the most happy state
of existence. A. C.
It, is universally conceded that, Rot.
witpgtt !ding t le advent of old and new
lee* into t fteld•of competition for
passenger tri 10 between Chioagot Mal-
waukee, St. rani and Minneapo is, e
Chicago, Milwaukee 44 St. Pali railway
maintains in , merit •p ries" fir
hp;lesdin , e, d carries t e ter,
pprtiion of t Dosis betw,
musts, It iq,°n hard to aocb!y! for
this, when we co ides that it Wits th'
drat inthe field, gained ire popular
ity by long years of first-class service.
It has kept up to the times by adopting
all modern improvements in equipment
and methods, the latest 1)001, n-91 p/erg
PullluanVestibuledrains running daily
between Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul
and Minneapolis, and its route being
along the banks of the Mississippi,
through the finest farming country, the
Most populous' and prosperoue towns
and villages, it offers to its patrons the
very best service their mcncy can, buy,,
Its dinipgcarEsanKeelebratl tbrpugl ,:„
out"thee length and breadth of the land
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es being the fineet hl the.t'vdrld.
sleeping cars are the beat belonging to
the Pullman company, being marvels of
elegance, • comfort and luxury; its day
coaches are the beet made, and its em-
ployees, by Jong-contingeg1 service in
their respective capacities, are experts,
courteous and accommodating to all.
It is not atallistra ge, therellore,that
an ince!!igeht,-and diisc. ,jtinating,-t3a-
veili"ng public should almost exclusively
.patronize, this great railway, with its
separate through lines running between
Chicago, Milwaukee, Sr. Paul and Min-
neapolia;,;Chicago, Council Bluffs and
Omalia;-Chicago, -Karnes City, and St.
Joseph, Mo. .A. V. H. CARPENTER,
G. 1'. do T. A., Milwaukee, Wis. A. J.
TAYLOR, T.P.A., No. 4, Falmer House
Block, Toronto.
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FEMALE BEAUTY.
It is a fortunate thing that all men do
not h ave the same taste in female beauty,
for otherwise they would all fall in love
with the same woman which would be
awkward. Although the preferences of
men for different style of form and
feature vary greatly it is, undoubtedly,
a fact that an appearance indicative of
health is pleasing to all. Asallow com-
plexion, a dull eye, a system debilitated
by unnatural discharges in short, all the
ills attendant upon the irregularities
and "weaknesses" peculiar to the sex,
can be banished by the use of Dr.Piere's
Favorite Prescription. Ask your drug-
gist.
THE:. t,
O�ULAR DRY GOODS IIOUSE
The cheese market as far as Canada-
ian dealers are concerned,was never so
dull as at present. A heavy dealer in
the city states that none of the Cauad-
ien exporters have realized any profits
this season. "The fact is," said he,
"weare handicapped in England by the
dairymen there. They are making far
ttelt cheese than that made by Canad-
ians, and this is the cause of our mis-
fortune. The prices are low now but
they will fall lower before the season
closes. English dealers have given
their representatives in Canada limits
at which to buy cheese and if it can-
not be got at the prices they name,
which are away below last year's rates,
they don't want the Canadian cheese•" 1
What rlime
People formerly had, trying to mallow
the old-fashioned pill with its film of
magnesia vainly disguising its bitter-
ness ; and what a contrast to Ayer's
Pills, that have been well called "med-
icate,l sugar-plums"—toe only fear be-
ing that patients may be tempted into
taking too many at a dose. But the
directions ore plain and should be
strictly followed- -
h., of Chittenango,
N. Y., expresses exactly what hundreds
have written at greater length. IIe
says: '• Ayer's Cathartic Pills are highly
appreciated: They are perfect in. form
and coating, and their effects are all
that the most careful physician could
desire. They have supplanted all the
Pills formerly popular here, anti I think
it must he long before any other can
be made that will at all compare with
theta. 'Those who buy your pills got
full value for their money."
"Safe, pleasant, and certain in
their action," is the concise testimony
of Dr. George E. Walker, 1.1 Martins-
ville, Virginia.
"flyer's fills nut sell all similar prep-
arations. The public having once used
thein, will have no others."—Berry,
Venable & Collier, Atlanta, (a.
Ayer's Pills,
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., I"owel I, Mw.
Sold by all Dealers la Medicine.
IIAflLAN BHS.
Neiv GoM Wood Furnaco
RIVALSIFALL TRADE
Dress Goods eery attractive
Dress Melton Cloths '
large assortment.
Wool. Squares and
Fascinators
FLA N T ELS-seeGEAr2O
L
¶op
S hirtsp Cardigans
UN DERCLOTH G.
ALL WILL IBE OFFERED AT VERY CLOSE PRICES
Something Entirely New. A•
Powerful & Economical Heat-
er. Thoroughly Tested. Suit-
able for medium sized dwell-
ings.
Having had several years' experience
in putting in Hot AirFurnaces, and the
increasing demand for a first-olass Fur-
nace . as can, us to introduce something new. We have taken into consider-
ation the weak points in those now in the market, which in our new Gem we
have fully overcome. Embod ying all the requirements for a perfect heater,
and combining durability, simplicity and efficiency with perfect safety and great
economy of fuel.
ITS ADVANTAGES ARE :—
It can he put into low cellars or basements.
It has a mooing of plate steel around the fire -box, making it perfectly gas
and smoke tight.
It is easily cleaned out, which is a very important feature, as it insures the
furnace heating as well in the latter part of the winter as "when first started in
the fall.
Immense radiating surface is given and great heat obtained by utilizing that
which is usually wasted by passing into the chimney.
The fire door is double, taking cold air in at the top and carrying it down
into the fire, preventing heat and sparks escaping into the cellar.
It has expansion bands, allowing furnace to expand and contract with-
out any danger of cracking.
It is easily regulated by damper rod. in front of furnace, causing the heat to
pass down side fines, clear round fire box,making a saving of fully(one third in fuel
It is the most economical and cheapest first-class furnace made. The cheap.
est furnace to buy and use for the economy of fuel. Every furnace warranted to
give entire satisfaction. Call and see it and get prices.
HARLAND BROS.
STOKES and HARDWARE, - - CLINTON
OUR sE�h:CIAL'i`Y
BLACK -BLEND - TEAS
HAVE NO EQUAL.
S. PALLISER & CO.,
Family Grocers, next to Town Hall.
W. L. OUIMETTE,
LONDESBORO
TOJ
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Stook
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out ",•"R"R�R.AtiiIi1�11n�.r1!►t
On MAI 3;, WP TOR OAT "BOW Maio' Q I19TQl•T.
BEDROOM SEAS,, PAMIRS BETS,LOUNGES
SIDEBOARDS, CHAIRS, &e.,
AYR A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF TSE VERT BEST MADE FURNI
TURE Al REASONABLE PRICES.
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While this is now the great question in the political arcus of Canada
the people of Londesboro and surrounding country are asking "Where
can 1 get the best value for my money ?"
Come to ADAMS'.: Emporium
LoNDE KORO.
Which is well supplied with
FALL AND WINTER GOODS
-Some extraordinary valnes in TWEEDS.
BEAUTIFUL. AND CHEAP DRESS GOODS.
Greatvariety of FLANNELS, PRINTS & COTTONS.
•" BOOTS, SHOES, RUBBERS, and
tpr HEAVY STOCKINGS for Winter use.
SPECIAL VALUES 1N ILL KINDS OF GROCERIES
;TAILORING in ennttcction, lfighest price for Butter rind Eggs.
Sept hall, 1888,
R. ADAMS.
New Liquor Store
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Family Eroc3ries.
The subscriber having opened a liquor store in PERRINS BLOCK, Market
i3q•, 4liuton, With a full stock of Liquors of the very best brands, consisting of
French Cognac Brandy, • hi weed or bottle.
Best Holland Gin, • • 11
Bernard: • TOM Gin,
Irish and Scotch Whisky, •
Finest Ports & Sherry Wines, •
BASS „ALE, pts. and qts., GUINESS' STOUT, pts. and (its. \VIIISFIIS,
Canadian ALES and PORTER, NATIVE WINES, d•^-.
Goods delivered to any part of the town.
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Oaibick & Reith,
_THE LEADING_ ; =
UNDERTAKERS
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EMBALMERS
CLIN70N
In our line of uill.lcrtaking we fear leo competition,
as we carry a very large stock of Good Goods,
and as Funeral Directors, we aro bound
to give satisfaction. A call ro-
gpectfully solicited.
Tho BoiRockir Nitro store, ant st.
Cr.4iINTTo.YN
CALBICK & REITH
,A .FRESII AND k'ULL STOCK, WHICH INCLUDES
,
U I 'U> 7 . ,CAN- ;ES, NUTS, -1 USM, &c.
—BESIDES A FULL STOCK OF—
Choice Pannily Grocseries,China,
Croelcery and-la,i•c. ware. All
at Hotton) f'ric'!et4.
—A CALL SOLICITED.—
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OLICITED.
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N. ROBSON. CHINA HALL,
•—=— A FINE LOT OF- ---
Summer Underwear,
Scarfs, Ties, Handkerchiefs, Socks, Gloves,
Collars, Silk Hats, Hard and Soft Hatc,
White Dress Shirts, unlaundried
White Dress Shirts.
I have also in stock the GLOVE FITTING BRACE, which can no be
excelled for comfort and durability. Call and inspect• the above lines of
goods, and you will be surprised at the low prices they are selling at.
G-3110 C LAsG-ow
It ENE EMBER THE STAND — One door north of the I)ry
Goods Palace, Albert Street, Clinton.
DR, W. N. ORAHAM'S
British American Medicial
& Surgical Institute.
I j0 KING ST. WEST, TORONTO, ONT.
Treats Chronic and Private Diseases.
All Diseases of the Throat, Nose, Lungs S Ifeart.
Diseases of the Skin as Pimples, Ulcers, &c•, quickly cured.
Nervous diseases and Diseases of the Brain indicated by Headache, Dizzi.
ness, Sleeplessness; and all Nenraligis affections.
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels characterized by Indigestion,
Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Offensive Breath, &a.,
• Diarrhoea, Costiveness, Piles, Turners, &c.,
. Diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder.
Private Diseases and diseases of a private nature as Impotency, Sterility,
Varico2ele (the result of youthful folly and excesses) Gleet, Syphilitic affect-
ions &c., receive special attention.
Diseases of Women, Painful, Profuse or Suppressed Menstruation, Leu-
corrhoea, (whites) Ulceration and all Displacements of the Womb.
Call or write for particulars. Office hours. -9 a.m. to'8 p.m. Sundays 2 to 4 p.m
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New Tailox ing Establishment
The undersigned has opened out in the tailoring business in the store
lately occupied by11 Ir E. Floody, and will keep a fine stock of
English, 'Scotch A& Canadian Tweeds,` French
Worsteds, Mittall the latest:patterns
, of Pantings.
Which lie ill gut,rantee,to make up;at the lowest possible in ices...
«'orktuanmhip of the best quality, and a fit guaranteed or no sale.
A call solicited.
F . S$EPIErtn, Albert Bt., Clinton.
NEXT XT DOOR TO WATTS', DRUG STORE.
A Positive Cure.
A Painless Cure.
FACTS FOR MEN OF ALL AGES
DISEASES OF tux.
M. Ir. Ir 7 ON''S S1='EO±PIC
TEE GiREAT HEALTH REXEW ER,
Marvel of Heating, and Kohinoor of Medicines,
�' ree:g the terrible consegnenees of Indiscretion,
E*po.ni'e and Overwork.
YO'lT1•TG•1-f MIS L.F.-AC= a eA.Na OI SiZ:M `
Who are broken down from the effect° of abuse will find in No. 8 a radical e s for nerves
debility, organic weakness, involuntary vital Iambs, ctdr
IIIIOTOMO ton waren No. e Suomi) nE MED.—Want df energy, vertigo, wagger pugs
dimness of sight, aversion to society, want of confidence, avoideboe 01; vereatUS
desire for aoHtnde,listlessnese and inability to fix the attcntionb .► enbjee
cowardice, depression of opirlts. giddiness, lose of memory, exoitabili yet temper Ape
matorrhora, or lose of the seminal lliruid—the result of self-abuse or marital sunk—imp(
tans, innutrition, emaciation, b ennese, ii'Npitation of the heart, hysteric feelings 1
females tffombling, molaucboly, disturbing dreared etc„ are all syulptomdof this terrib:
habit, oftentimes innocently acquired, In abort. the spring of tical forooaibt gik Iosi N
tendon, every function wanes in eonsei Mens. Salentine wrftereend tbeMi Wnden*,
of imam asylums unite in ascribing to the effects of pelf-cbuse the Majority e,
wasted lives which come under their notice. if you are incompeten a'rdnerr
duties of hardness, incapacitated for the eoioymentsot life No. safaris*. pe fret:
the effects of early vice. it you are advanced in years, o.Rb will give yen lgor ep
strength. If you are broken down, physically and morally, from early indiueretion, th'
result of ignorance and folly, send your address and 10 cents in stamps for 116 V. LvaON't,
Trestleo in Book Form on Diseases of Man. Sealed end secure from o Otte.,
Address all eommuuicatjens to II. V. LIMON, 47 Wellington 1st. E., ..cont*
A Man without wisdom lives in a fool's paradise. CUES CUARANTE D, HEAL t E SICK.
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