The Wingham Times, 1893-09-15, Page 4THE WIC GRAM TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1$11.893.;11
rt dugr!Awls i MR. LAURIER IN ELGIN.
r1111, s n 9 'rue gt;ESTIONS of THE DAV DISCUSSRO.
Au immense gathering of the people
1 welc.oened Hoe. Mr,Laurier on his recent
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visit to the County et Elgin. A.1tei'
.some complimentary remarks, hesaid:
i In the first place 1 must tender you my
, very hearty thanks for the cordiality d
i your reception, corning as I do from a
neighboring province, anal belonging as 1
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nct$ ni i eo
do to a race which iii not yam's, but ba.
1 tiig ett:ove all things, as 1 &.ways pr:Clchn
utysoli, a Cenaditin, (Cheers.) Every,
where I receive a welcome which simply
` eelr e my heart beyond It pas;itility of
aut.quute expression. In meeting with
you I have au equally cordial re-
ception, and when, with my friends who
accompany me, we review the history of
the p:tit tow days, we always find that
the last meeting appears to have been
t.o
address refers
.Thea di s
the best. (Cheers.) d
)
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the fact that 1 am of French origau.
True, I am of French origiu and my edu-
cation was French, but during the last
25 years, speaking in Quebec or anywhere
else, I do not proolaim myself anything
else than a Liberal ot the. English class.
From the days of reading history at
school, I have proclaimed myself an
English Liberal, and when I first ran for
Parliament amongst my own people et
Quebec, I was first and above all things
A LIBEaIAL OF THE ENGLISH SCHOOL
—a Whig. (Cheers.) Now, as you know,
it is an essential olement of the British
institution under whioh we live thatwe
must have party government. lt may
not, perhaps, be protection. That has
not been found anywhere in this world.
But it may be claimed for the British
system of party government that it is
certainly of all the systems that have
been devised for the government of man
the most perfect and the most suitable.
The system claims that the majority
must rule. I do not mean to say that
the majority is always right, and I have
ty 3DITORIAL NOTES.
C. H. McIseeset, M. Y. of Ottawa.
'ecu eppoiatett leeuteuent-Goveruur
es orth-West Territories.
rt. C. H. Tu eon hasbeen knighted
tir,Majesty'in recognition of his ser -
alis British agent in the Behring
oibitration." The new knight will
blot title of Sir Hibbert Tupper.
House of Lords threw out the
set
Rule J3i11, on Friday last, by a very
klanajcrity. The abolition of the
of LOOS will now, it is expected, be
et plaint in the Liberal platform.
bibstructive body will have to respect
1 of the people.or it will be abolished
C meeting of sealers, on the 7th
t'10 Victoria, British Columbia, a
SEttee vires named to draft a meteor
wring forth that the now regulation
Oprove ruinous to British Colum- often thought sea Liberal that the
ufterests and asking the British majority in Canada was not right.
afament to buy their schooners and
(Laughter and applause.) Let me tell
th at a reasonable compensation. the Conservatives here that truth and
iiGreenway Government were vic- liberty will yet prevail in the land,and all
in the bye -election at Brandon' will bo right. If we have a majority
sen Friday last. W. A. Macdonald, ruling, we are sure to have peace and
tivans° leader of the Opposition, harmony, I come I pre as a member of
tseated some time ago, and was the Liberal party, intrusted with some
SatTr'ege is largely a question of educe- I revenue alone? Not later than fifteen
tion. In Ontario there is such a dauta- days alto Mr.. Foster, the Minister of
stow of knowledge among you that you Fivauce, speaking, in so many words,, said
could already have uei'rersal suffrage. thee if the exigeucies or our tariff demand.
Nay, more, I believe there is a movement ed it lie would keep it at 60 per cent, The
towards giving the right of suffrage to meaning, gentlemen, is simply this. They
women, 1 UM net ,prepared to say, have been feeding you ou eggs anal bacon
gentlemen, whether in the conservative and the reform they would promise you is
Province of Quebec, it would be proper to feed you on baeou and eggs. (Laughter,)
We want them to reform downwards or
to afford tbe suffrage to woman, The
reason may be this; we don't waut women decrease the tariff."
suffrage because the women rule among . The cost of administration was meat
us anyway --I !knew that front personale touched upoa, "'In the days of Alexander
experience --•and whatever way the wife Mackenzie," said Mr, Laurier, "we were
says the vote is to be oast, the vote is spending $23,000,000, The Conservatives
always cast that way. In our own pro- told you that it was too lunch. 'We could
vince therefore it is not an issue with us do it with less money', they said, and they
whether or not we give women the shed all the tears of their body;
suffrage. The question is, as I told you CaoCODIL•N, emits
a clatter of education. When Mr. Glad they afterwards proved to have beeu.
steno passed his liver bill of reform in. (Laughter and cheers.) Cr000dile tears,1
1aG7, lvir. Robt. Lowe, afterwards Lord say, because instead of dirinishiug the ex -
Sherbrooke, seceded from his party be- pen:liter° when they had the opportunity
cause he believed that the workingmen they have increased it ,!15,000,000 during
were not educated enough for the exer- the last fifteen years. They say the
cis° of the suffrage. But not so in On- Liberals couldn't reduce the expenditure,
tario. Your population is I would poiut to Mr. Foster two or three
rizer s.ume von marvmtsAL sun -quer,. articles in which the expenditure could be
But some countries are not kit for that reduced enormously, For iustttuco, why
stage. Let me give you an instance. 1 should we not decrease the cost of the
Fraucuise Act? The first revision cost over
am told by a friend of Mons. Gambotta4 400,000, the nett 0200;000, and the last,
that though the people of France held as near as can be ascertained 0100,000, We
universal suffrage he always regretted could have reduced that. There are 215
because education was not so diffused as constitueuces in Canada and uwder the
to give to every man a comprehensive Franchise act this menus 215 publio offices.
idea of what he was voting on. The If at the next election the Liberal party
question of determining the right of who ie, as 1 believe it will be, returned to
should vote should be the province itself, ower (cheers —the very first act of
and then we should go back to the old facies will be the
method of preparing the list. (Hear,
CUTTING OFF OF TEE HEADS
_hear.) You have universal suffrage for 1 public officials." (Cheers.)
the Provincial elections in Ontario, but of these 215 p
not for the Dominion elections, and I say .`There is another source of expenditure
that the best system atter all is to have that could very honestly be reduced. I
the lists prepared by the municipal mann the expenditure in public works.
authorities without a cent of expense, We could suppress a few pestoffices, for
d in justice and fairness to all. instance. We could suppress the post -
ittt candidate. He was defeated by
,vas. Adams, the Greenwag Govern-
jandidate, by A majority of 30:
ttinald's , majority at the general
den was 12.
at Earl of Aberdeen•.was entertained
Aliquot by theLord Mayor of Liver-
wi•ior to his departure for Canada.
piw Governor -General's staff accom-
tv him. His private secretary will
& .. Arthur Gordon, his cousin who
18 'nearly the private secretary to the
Rraron Stanmore (lately Sir Arthur
that,) during the latter's term of
'et in New Brunswick, the Fiji Is-
12land Ceylon. His Excellency's
S i.camp are Capt. Kindersley, of the
'cams] Guards, who will•act as mili-
•eretary,and Capt. Urquhart, of the
then Highlanders, who will be per -
D. C., with Messrs. Erskin and
Tryon as extra aides.
lati .
fn,..•vI>`TG been deemed expedient in
feral interest of bass fisheries ofthe
ces ofOntario and Quebec to make
1 rovisisns for their greater pre -
on in tutura, an order in council
n passed by the Dominion Gov -
rt providing : 1. That the granting
young and rich cauutry like this, The
fault is not in Iarovideuce, as same would
havey ou believe, but in the present discal 1
policy; feud nuless the Goveruunettt ie able
to show us that we are wrong, the people
must help ue to raise this deer gauntry of.
ours from the level to whioh it has sunk."
1VMOrris,
Builders are busy at the
1st line.
Samuel tialdhiek, jr., has returned to
his home on the and Hue, after spending
six mounts in Uncle Saw's domains.
Mrs, Wm, Lowry, who has beeu visiting
her daughter, Mrs, Geo. Henderson, 3rd
liue, for a few menthe, returned to her
home in Hullett, last week.
Wm. Wright is home from London ou a I
visit to his parents. C)\viug to a break in
the machinery n achiner y iu the factory, he has a
Y
couple of weeks holiday,i.
Mrs, Chas. Sheriff returned to her home
in Toronto, on Tuesday, atter spending six
mouths visiting fcieuds in this township
aucl k3luevals.
Richard Armstrong has gone on a visit
to his daughter and seas at Moose Jaw, N.
W. T. He does not intend to return until
uettr Xmas.
Tho new school house at Browntowu is
uearly completed. It is built with Ted
brick, trimmed with white, and when
finished will be a handsome structure and
a credit to the seotiou.
The Methodist church at Browntown is
undergoing repairs this week. The brick-
layers are busy bricking the church with
red brink. Tlie looks of the corner will
begreatly improved when it is finished.
The handsome brick residence el Robt'
Bloomfield, 1st 1iie,was compietly destroy-
ed by fire ou Wednesday of last week.
The fire started in the old log house,
situated a few feet from the brick, from a
pan of hat ashes. No person was near the
house at the time and the fire was well
under way when noticed by the neighbors.
All the household furniture was saved.
The loss Will be about $1,500, with very
little insurance. Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield
are now living iu their other house across
the ricer.
Uric1g tl
: ou the
1
(Oheers.) office • at Faprairie, which cost 010,000
(Cand whose total revenue is !2,000.
"There is another question that is to
be a great issue at the next election. Have you ever heard of the bridge over the
Lachine Canal in Montreal that was form -
What we want is that the people should
be represented just as every man is in erly known as Wellingtou Bridge, but now
his own conscience and his heart, and as the Curran Bridge? asked Mr. Laurier.
above all things we want The scandal in couuection with this bridge
was gone into a length and the ways and
TEE VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE means shown whereby the contractor was
of Ontario, whether we shall continue enabled to
with the National Policy, or shall we
DRAW >m9E Till TaEasunY 4475,000,
have a tariff for revenue only. In other whets the plans and specifications agreed
upon called for 13275,000. Whatever luster
formerly hovered around the name of
Curran, added Mr. Laurier, "there is very
little uow."
It has beeu alleged that the fault lay
with Government engineers who drew out
the plans. "But, gentlemen." continued
Sir. Laurier, "when the Liberal Adminis-
tration is called into power we shall have
a minister of public works who will see to
the engineers who make those plaua, and
if there is a flaw in them off goes the head
of the iucapable. (Cheers.) There is
nothing like an honest engineer. (Laught-
er.) We
MALL DIMINISH THE EXPENDITURE
authority, and Ido not mean to be offen- words, shall we have protection or free.
sive to those or our friends who do not door of trade ? What is the object of
belong to this party. Ido not believe, protection'?"
much as I would wish to, that all these In answer, Mr. Laurier quoted from
who are present belong to the Liberal the Toronto World a clipping, in which
party. If so. let me say to them that 1 it was asserted that some people, every -
have much more pleasure in meeting tut thing being equal, would prefer to buy
Consecrative than my Liberal friends on from American firms rather than Can -
this occasion, There is nothing at issue adieu firms. "If such men," continued
between my Liberal friends and myself the epee}kern "do exist, atter all, they are
but there is indeed a wide difference be -
not the4ker,t majority of the Canadian
tween the Conservrtives and myself, and people.. his is absurd, a sheer absurdity.
1 come herea not ot so much with a view of We mutt take human nature as we find
converting the just as to convert the it, and we know very well that if the
sinner.. (Cheers.) •
American reaper is cheaper the Canadian
"I charge the Government with taking farmer tyould be more liable to buy it
criminal methods to prevent the voiee of But allIhings being equal—prices, dur-
the majority being polled on election day,
and of endeavoring to convert on that
day what is really the minority into a
majority. 1 denounce in indignation tbe
system which is known, and which will
gas through history by the
INFAMO1TS NAME OF GERRYMANDER.
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The gerry-
mander is not a British institution; itis
an American import which has not been
restricted as yet. (Hear,hear,and cheers,)
tits to take bass underThere is not a man here, I care.not
Crit Appro- April
whether he be a Conservative or a Libor-
of
lidthe order in council the al—nay, more, it is to the Conservative
that I would address myself on the
present occasion—there is no man who
would be true to the language of his
own conscience and allow suoh to pass.
Mr. Gladstone—who must be admitted
£i, shall be carried out during the
it ID. and no longer, and the several
ofs otrtainingpermits for 1893 are to
}fled. 2. After January 1 next the
besets for bass in the Provinces of
tip and Quebec shall be from the by friend and foe to be one of the greatest
men that the world ever seen—(cheers)
—Mr. Gladstone did not carve a system
of representation after the American or
Canadian method, but a fair representa-
tion, the principle of which was that if
new constituencies had to be formed, no
aril acre largely attended. Sermons old. constituency was carved and hived
tx reacaed by Rev. John :4Ii11s,Chair- -or political aggrandizement.
- the 1lincardine District, and Rev' "There is another method, which I also
vd1 r t rienoence, to the indicnation of the
urer(:..,-,achlt.n, o! Teestvater. Ou
Rey of May till the 30th day of
je;;,et't days inclusive in eneh and
°wear•
bilk 4 —
Culress.
ti„-.,.
re -opening cervices of the Behany
atli < Church were held on Sunday
Diseases are often difficult to remedy.
se TTI'S
ON
ability a'tid workmanship—the Canadian in this way. No luau need tell me that
we cannot administrate this country ruder
farmer iiould prefer the Canadian reaper
every time. (Hear, bear, and applause:) X37,000,000. We can do it for far less
The tariff is to force you to buy from money. (Moore.)
"You ofteu hear that reciprocity in
the Canadian ratherthan froat the forcing—manufactured goods weld not be loyal—
icer. But there is no necessity for that. It in agricultural products it is perfectly ley-
Is human nature that the man whoever he al. You take a horse to the frontier teal
may be, would buy cheaper it be could
sell it to a foreigner. That's all right.lei
de so, from a foreigner rather than from But if you take the harness with at they
his own countryman. I do not object to cry stop, stop, take off the harness. The
being forced to buy from a Canadian, all
diguity of the Crown of England is depen-
things being equal. (Cheers.) 73ttt if dent upon that. (Laughter.) I am in
you prevent competition, whether from fever of coathat. ation, not ouiy of the
within or without, a man's patriotism
will not stand in his way, he Will extract
whatever profit that he can. My loyalty
does not go to the extent that 1 will buy
a Canadian article at a higher price than
an equal American article. What I do
anybody would do. Every Conservative
would do just es I would. (Cheers.)
Freedom of trade would bring cheaper
prices in many articles ot trade. Our
Policy is that not a cent of duty or of
taxation shall be
essma FROM THE PEOPLE OF CANADA.
to maintain industries of any kind, but
taxation will be levied upon the people
simply for the purpose of raising a revenue
and nothing else. (Cheers.) Thie is the
OF PURE NORWEGIAN COD LIVER
OIL AND HYPOPHOSPHITES 1
OF LIME AND SODA,
will restore a lost appetite. lost 'flesh,
and check wasting diseases, especial-
iy in children, with wonderful rapidity. �
Coughs and colds are easily killed by a
few doses of this remarkable remedy.
PALATABLE AS MILK. Be sure to get
the genuine, put up in salmon -colored
prepared only by Scott & Bowne, Belleville,
WINGFIAil'1 MARKETS.
\V(rnUAl, September 14, 1803
Corrected by P. Deans, Produce Dealer.1 00 to l 67
morn• per 100 lbs, 55 to 19
hail Wheat per bushel,to 56
spring 555 5 to 56
Oats, 010, to
BarleyOats, New, to
Barley 35 to
Peas, 5050 to
Butter, tub 18 to
do Rolls, 10 to
Eggs per dor 7 10
%Vond 0 tpor cord,
Hay per ton, old, t; 6 5 500 to
to
Hay por ton, now, 40 to
Potatoes,
Wool 18 to
boy evening, a garden party was people of Ontario. I have beard men object we have in view, 1 grant you at
the grounds of air. George Pen. advocate the Gerrymander Act, but I once that we cannot have free trade the
• ea attendance was good, the eat. have never yet seen the man who would same as they have in Great Britain, But
t -rate, the entertainment excel- advreate the Franchise Act. Ilia" seen, though we cannot have itfrons, this mo-
.nent, we can set it as our goal, and gra du.
ally approach 'until we have reached its
We tau levy our tariff in this way --that we
will not take one cent of money from the
people of Canada, except to put it into the
treasury. You have now to contribute not
only money to fiut into the pockets of
a certain class of manufacturers. Upon
that issue will the Liberal party stand or
fall den will have here in few weeks
Siz,'iohu `rhonipfee and other inemberr of
the Government. Lab them give you a fair
answer cu this, Whether tory are in favor
sal farm in the afternoon, essentially provincial tri. its character. of a policy of protection
he Teeswater band was present even on the floor of Parliament, the very
is%8(1 music which WAS very authors of the rranebise Act so ashamed
:appreciated. The weather was
Se and the offerings were satistae- of it that they would not put it in force,
We the. managing committee. The and because of that there has been only
e ,tion are to be congiatulated on • three revisions of the votersv list instead
, xdrowe outward appearance and i of eight since the not was placed on the
ea table interior arrangments of their,
t workehip.—News. statute book Curnhrous and expensive
itis to the .Conservative and Liberal
tabard Webst„r, Lord. Salts- , alike. The policy which we have adopt,
terumry'.t f'n('raI, was dieted at 1 ed is to revert to the method of revision
it Club, Ottawa, by ttie monad 1 ouch as prevailed during the that 17
the Government, Monday years of confederation. We claim that
He was shown arennd they the question of suffrage is one which. is
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A HARE CHANCE'
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to make from $15 to 825 ger week in selling our Hardy
Canadian Gran Nursery Stook. Highest Salaries
or Commission paid wooldy. Complete OITFrr L RNs•
Special instructions to beginners. write this week
for terms to.
E. 0. GIt1IIAM, Nurseryman,
12t Toronto, Ont
A Brick House and lot for Sale
in Winghan, being lot 65, on the East side of
Catherine street. 8 rooms. pantry, mil ttcellar,- Thu
hadttndrtcontainsse
soft water.
The Int contains o,o.afth of an acre. For further
patticnlars apply to the owner, on the premises, or
to Winrhaei P. 0. T. R. GREEN.
searortli•
The lacrosse match protested by St.
Mary's wrs played off lase week. In this
our boys were oven more successful than
in the aiaatch proteated. They beat Sts
Mary's four straights, thereby winning the
championship of this district. On Thurs.
day of last week, the Xiuoardines of'I{in.
oardine, came down to play the semi-final
match for the intermediate charupionehip.
But they were also boaten,Seaforth putting
in six straights iu olio hour and a half.
The Collegiate football team have re-
organized for the season,aud are practicing
hard as they have received a challenge
from Ingersoll for the Hough cup.
East vir'awanosh.
Miss Mary Carlton has returned from
Detroit.
• Mr. H. Edwards is having his hotyse
veneered with brich, Mr. Thos. Scandrett,
of Belgrave, dur;ng the week.
Mrs. Carlton and family intend removing
to Rat Portage shortly.
The East Wawanash show whioh is to
be held in Belgrave on September 28th
and 29th, bide fair to excel any . former
axhibitious held in that place.
Mr. W. Nichol has had his dwelling
house enlarged and a neat verandah erect
e3 in (rout of the kitchen.
How to Get a "Sunlight” Picture.
'Send 25 "Sunlight" Soap wrappers(wrap-
per bearing the words" Why Does a Woman
Look Old Sooner Than a Man") to Lever
Bros., Ltd., 43 `Scott St., Toronto, and you
will receive by post a pretty picture,, free
British ,Empire, but of the whole Anglo- . from advertlsing, aa'd well worth framiug.
Saxon race. (Hear,.hear, and oheera.) This is au easy way to decorate your home,
The snap is the best iu the market and it
will ouly cost one ceut postage to send in
the wrappers, if you leave the ends open.
Write your address carefully.
Geutlemen there are my views, and 1 am
ready to advocate such a policy up.
on every platform, not only in tbe Province
of Ontario but in the Province of Quebec,
amongst my own people—(cheers)— a
union that would include all the nations
that have sprung from the English speak-
ing race. If we obtain reciprocity with
the United Statee we shall have nbtained
an immense step towards the realization of
this idea. (Cheers.)
"1 believe that the day is not far distant
when there will be a different Administra-
tion at Ottawa. Fvom that day it will be
my object and etideavor to promote a
tsION or AN0L0-rAYON men
such as/ have spoken about. But gentle-
men, we have obstacles to encounter. The
ery of disloyalty which meets us today
will meet us then. But it has been beard
long, long ago, by gray -headed man in Ibis
audience, 1 call upon you, gentlemen o
Elgin, to be true to the record of former
times? .Are you satisfied with the record
of our own position? (Cries of 'No, no.')
I ask the Conservatives here if itis not a
foot that there is not to be found to -day
any article that would sell tor what it
would fifteen years ago. (Hear, hear and
cheers.) After fifteen years von find that
youreupital isdlminished 15 to 25 per cent
There seems be f omething wrong la theta
World's Columbian Exposition.
Tho Goderich Horticultural Society have com.
pletod arrangements to make an exhibition from the.
county of Huron of plums, pears and apples at the
World's Collie:bine exposition. Alt exhibits packed
and expressed direct to Chicago from here. Partirs
wilt receive full credit for any exhibit they may
snake. All express or other charges tot sending
from any past of the county here will bo paid at
this end.
correspondence regarding number of specimens,
time for sending, .he., cheerfully answered by the
undersigned.
W. LANE, .1. T. DICKSON
Secretary, President.
Goderich, July 26, '05.
Steam Saw and Shingle Mill
F01t SALE,
en the river araitland in Village o
WRO M1111 R.
Uulimted quantity of timber to be had in
the neighbourhood, all kinds, The mill
is in first-class running order and com-
plete throughout; capacity, 10 to• 12 thou-
sand per ten h'�ure. There is also a sub-'
stautial frame house, stable, etc.,belonging
to the property. Apply ea the premises.
et MRS. ALISON GIBSON.
Langsicie.
The weather has been warm and
dry of late and flies and grasshopper
are' still au
peat.
1'h(+ Lucltnow games appear to have
been ;a success. All those who sttend-
ed ttiern ars well pleased,
Messrs Jas. A. Orowstoa. and W..
Ross and alias B. Ross aro attending
tlie'roronto fair.
lliiss 1>efla M.clienzie is hornet froth
Detroit on a visit.
Mies J. Campbell, of Brantford was
Ibe goes► of itirs. Jae. Crowston this
week.
Mr, A. McLean, of Beimore, gave
nn a friendly call before taping his
departure for Muskoka.
The weekly prayer meeting will be
held every Thursday evening in the
Methodist Church.
Tito Rev. E. McI obzi4, who has
had charges of the ?reel/Wien cougre.
station for the past season, preached
lig valedictory sermon to fortnight ago.
The viovatnaut of the Lord's Supper
Wae dispersed in this Preebyterien
e church ou Sunday last, the lf,ev. Mr.
or to i+►tiff for That State of thinge'ahould not be til a1 Melnalm, et Te, Watt rr, oiliottltifs}>.
SALESMEN WANTED
To represent us in rho sale of a choice line of
HARDY CAxnn1AI (:Revs *roil:. Experience not
ueacssaty. We w6115 red woritors nod to all, such
we oiler a p••rm'nt ii.t sitn•nreon ;it .. gnnd 11100010
with chalice of advancement. As' 0 now ltal e over
700 acres under cultivation, we can etre owe sales -
then maw, superior advaltalev, We alar, desire to
secure a gond man hi youtdistrict to sell the ItolAIY
Putti, for whioh we have the /tenure! Agency This
is something now and Indispensable to the termer
or fruit e•rowur. Said for tarts; and testimonial
oirculat.
STO;aB & WELLINGTON, Nur+orymen,
lorouto, Cut
J. B. CO ,► NGS
Begg to iutimate to his numerous cus-
tomers and others that he intends
moving to the stead lately used
as a boot and shoe store
Two Doors North of Post Office
where will bo found a large stock of
Musical Instruments
Sewing Machines,
Washing Machines
and Wringers,
with all needed repairs.
Also a full line of
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
GENERAL. STATIONERY
Store will be opened on Saturday, .ful3
39th,
WMVE ME A. CALL.
CUM INGS
Wingharu, ley 28th, '03 midi.
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F QM AUL. SCOTI
Glasgow 4s the commercial ea
Scotland, xis ,people proudly co
you to its commanding position, its
commerce feint nther•nations, its
and its r'ivor,ttelling you.tltat.the CI,
made Glasgewv anti they have mi
Clyde.
Years ago, flbis riverwas only a e
stream of i. vee feottin depth, N
man's ingenuity, .perseverance, pu
e. i li
b large expenditure of mons t
Y g p y,
made one of ahe.greetest water -way
world, 11 is-4G0•feet wide, aiad twe
feet deep, with wharves for two mi
bears on its tbosom every .desorii
vessel, from • large •setting ship
steamers dow+n:to•stnall coasters, I
possible to estimate the .value of th
Ito Glasgow. My ,improvement,
and iron industriesahavo bees level
an extent thatswodld otherwise h
:impossible, los •great slfipbuildin
• engineering wtarks oariied on,•its no
, of steamers end:sailing.tships.
To the traveller .,acid pleasur
• there aro many points of intere.
, city. Chief aanongtthein.is George
On arriving '8here, ,the 'first th
strikes your eyeiie.tlietail and cora
,•column, surmounted 'by a large
`erected in memory -df Sir Walte
This monument,rthesfirst erected t
Scotianc'l, consists of;a'hegh square
atop of whioh rises:a:veBy ine flute
( of the Doric ordler,rsurmounted wi
sized figure of the ;poet, with h
over his shoulder,twhile sat; its bas
•simple inscription, "%falter Scotto
this, on each side, are equestrian
of the Queen and 'Tlrince Censor
:again further on:me:thosebf:Davi
.
stelae, the African texy}lorer; Jam
heal, sitting position, •with !paper a
•passiin hand and e.Ilook'df deep th
bis'iace; Sir John Mom, settee a
the famous retreat eft Corunna;Lo
the distinguished uatiiliitaisy(genius
'Thomas Campbell., :dhe ipoet, a
Glasgew; and RobePt 1 tial ins,near t
• of the. square, a nadiim's rtsibpta
memory of S'iotlantregicea'test:bar
A few minutes' watkffrom•fa•eorg
twill brig you to the Royal Focoha
,haps the finest building ,the cit
beautiftily situated, ;standing i
,square, surrounded with t5oh:buil
swide streets. Its style is meant
tthroughout, its portico eeueisiiug
;fluted columns of the Corinthian.
lhall or large reading -room supe,
(double rowwe of the same, s,aunmou.n
arched rooffanely finished.
'Mlle large room is well tarp
telegraphic dlespatohes, nese-spot
imagazines oteall descriptions. .DI
stain hours ofthe day, it presents
aY3pearance. 113ut.,eto the touaiist,
beautiful, the'Weekend moat le
monument is tt'it. Mungo's Ceibac
wander that Glasgow and her poo
grate; pride in tithe building, and 1
mueth by meanseaf private much
restates it.
Itsffoundation&ate back to t
centu oy, and duristg the storm .-
formation that sevept through
the ""idolatrous mauument" large]
unharmed, though rteveral atte
made to destroy 1 . Some y(
through (Glasgow's Corporation,
of her Reading eitixens, assist
Majestyse,Governmene, the buil
thoroughly renovated and sta
windows ieitroduced,fiia ty Muses
lical scenes from Old and New T
history.
Just east from it, and appr
what is calla the "Bridge of Si,
the Nocrepolis. On the atop
'stands the monument of John I
cam who gave xeligious liberty tc
Scotland honorsa his memory, an
en his tombstone the followi
lieth he who never feared the
who was often threatened wi
dagger, yet he ended bis days in
honor.."
After a short stay and run t1
most business streets, Argyle a
en, I Left, intending to give it me
niy return, over the Caledonian
land Raikvays, by Perth, Dui
Blair-Athole. I star ed over a
Grantrow-On•Sproy. 1 found
morniug in that old,histoltc Bai
---very modest in appearance, I
once the strongest in Scotland -
moat intelligent congregation, n
from Dr, Landel's church, Ed
was present et all the services,
in them, and received with mu
though an entire stranger to
questions were asked ine sheet
our Baptist ,interests, and tl
had gone from that town or ne'
ea in preaching the Gospel in
late years the town has beoont
tt summer resort, because of ibs
beautiful grounds anal walk
mountains, and its river Spr
famous for salmon and trout fi
grounds atld house of the Cou
field are; only about two mi
town, and open to visitors wb
sent. Ilia a moat beautiful