The Wingham Times, 1888-07-20, Page 2itijentindamEim.0
FRIDAY, JU
20, 1888.
THE MANIT
The Liberals
victory in the
elections, comp]
sery atives, carrying thirt
thirty-eight eonstituencie
tiers on which the el
turned was that of
railway charters
Dominion l o' ernni
were the well Prov
va,,onee and gen
of the eifairs of
years N0rquay
tool of Sir Jo
for his disgusts
received his ds
halals of the pc
4 LlaCTIO S.
lave secured. a great
Manitoba Provincial
ly routing the Oen.
- three out of
. The gttcc-
ction ruaiuly
lsallowanee of
rt'.iied by the
t. Besides there
n charges of extra -
al mismanagement
the Province. For
as been the pliable
A. Macdonald, and
ag subserviency he has
served reward at the
N,
FOSTER AND TIJ�1 ER&NCk.
Hon. ,Mr. Foster, t e hypooritical
temperance epouter, as shown his
real character in the =cent Dominion
election in Cumberla d. Two Censer -
v atives were in the ' eld, of whom one
wte a pronounced rohibitionist. But
this $10.a -night temperance lecturer
east all his inuenee in opposition to
the prohibitio candidate, Iter, Pos-
ter has neescrupled to put his
liolitical pros' vities ahead of his pre-
, tended team, eranee views. At the
recent °env etion at Montreal he
stated his °lief that the country
was not ,rip for prohibition, and
was severely take to task for his
erratic conduct and transparent
inconsistencies. he Toronto .'Taws
dues sums up While plain Prof.
Foster, tempera ce and temperance
men and mei res were the rally
ing cries, b now things have
changed, and is party first, last and
all the tirae.
THE PRES pENTIAL CArIPAIG•N.
No forme ' presidential campaign,
we believe, ngaged the attention of
Canadians t• the same extent as the
one now being p . seeuted. The prom-
inent national q scion in Canada to-
day unquestioua y is the one of our
trade relationsh'• to the Americans,
and taxation. 'he supreme issue in
the United St es to -day, as between
the Democrat
that of a high
a reasonable t
es. In an abl
the ,Maid rete
and Republicans, is
rotective tariff' versus,
iff for revenue purpos;
article on this question
tly spoke thus
The Itepublins have taken the high
tartfi under th- it wing, and, although the
ge 47 per Cent., propose to
ith a view of checking
urs is nothing more
duties now aver
increase thein
imports, Yet
than payment for an
foreign nation buys o
for them in products ;
al trade is a species
gannet export without i
without exporting. T
i n1hilate one of the
equation ; it is to
foreigner eignerto pay for o •r goads in his goods.
When th .Republican platform
talks of fucreasing tl o tariff and of check.
ter, it means that the
to prevent the expan.
n commerce of the
that the Amorieau
o are not. dependent on
crippled in competition
abroad -that the,- are to be undersold by
rivals who, obtai zing their raw material
and machinery 1 gee, are able to produce
cheaper ware', a. ri forced to confine their
sales to the ham market, where a cut.
throat competition must ensue, followed
by over,pro,luction trusts and combines.
It means that the American farmer is to
b, granted no relic in the shape of cheaper
clothing, finpleme ts, o. lttnzbor, but is ta'
Le handicapped 1 ore heavily than over in
his competition 1
tang c. v:it 1 the
itus::ra neat Sou
The Democrats,
by reducing th
ceznlition of th tt
who are penrezit oil the natural anal
indigenous end stries; to enable the
healthier elites .1 manufacturers to coni -
oda hz oth .r Inn. 'hots ; to Mt from labor
ehc taxa tion T111110.ed. upon it in the name
of high wwltges by hose who can and do
import foreign lab.r whenever they fond
yJtgcs getting high
This is ea$enti.11y the issue between
the two politioe
1
export. When a
r products it pays
hat is, iuteruation-
f barter, and we
porting, or import
check imports is to
prime factors in the
efuse to .allow . the
Ing iteports stili fur
nizty is determine
talon of the fore
eouutry. at inea
manufacturers w
the tariff are to b
1 the free marl,•et of theI 1 1 pi educts of India, I3urnlali,
h America. *
n the other hand, propose
tariff to improve the
farmer and of all those
was 125 and the ho tile majority 112.
In the recent vote . e number in favor
of disestablishme 't was 208, and the
hostile, majority 0. Qna more such
drop and es blislnnent will be au
accomplished aot.
The Education t artmeizt has sent
out a circular annoui dug free niusical
classes for teachers at the Summer
School of Music, t►•route, from July
31st to 'August 18 a, The classes will
be 'formed in the epartmenttal build-
ings, under 4.1e . T. Cringan, G. L.
Touio Solfa 0' lege, London, Eng.,
and Miss Nor, [1, Milliary, of the
Taranto Conser'atory of Music. The
oharge to person net teachers will be
Sti for the fall cou .0,
Tint Gerrie Vhcla to • replies to our
strictures of last week anent the
Canadian exodus, y `,railing attention
to a typographica error in our Cul•
ross local news. A great hoad, surely.
Prodigious logi', too 1 And yet we
haven't noticed ' hat the Padre. has had
a quarter of column free from mis-
takes in spell ng, grammar or pnnctu•
ation, for sacral months. Better
leave political economy alone, brother.
Then as o accuraoy, remove that
beam from hine own eye, .
Junoeise was delivered by the
Judicial Co nittee of the Privy
Council ou Satu 'day on the appeal of
Donald Males r from. the Supreme
Court of Caned., which latter judg-
ment confirme Mr. Patrick Purcell
in his position of M. P. for Glengarry.
Counsel for IS, '. Purcell, the respon-
dent, urged t at the prerogative of ..the
Orown did t exist in such a case.
Lord I-Iobh.use said, it was needless to
give a deoi -ion regarding the +fxisteizce
of the pre ogative, because their Lord-
ships were satisfied that it ought not
to be exorcist in the present case.
There were dr 1 ng reasdus why such
cases should be concluded as speedily
as possible, nd should be finally i
decided within the colony. The ap-
peal was ther fore dismissed.
pretty, meandering !Iaitland sit Dino -
vale, we were remi ded ;
',The mu blinks bl 'the en you town,
And ou you bon ie breyos,"
Comparatively speaking, at this
season of the ye• r, the river always
gets low and slo •er in its course, but
things are not - they were twenty
yearsago. There is little permanency
i
even n physical a pearances, There
is a kind of evolut on we all believe
in. Years ago, and at certain seasons
more than now, it c uld bo said of the
Maitland ; '40n i s glassy surface
specks of foam . nd couglobulated
bubbles undissol ed, numerous as
stars," Pluevalo is situate f partly in
Barris and Tui* terry and has about
300 inhabitant- The locality WAS
first entered in 1850 as a pioneer by
Alex. Duncan, o took up 900 acres
of land. Jacob Cantelon came about
the same trona. Two of Mr, Duncan's
sons, William a •d Robert, are still in
the village. Ti o starting of the vil-
lage—called Bli evale after a place of
that name nea, Glasgow, Scotland,
whonee Mr. Du can came --was duo
to the energy, e terprise and ability
and business push 1 theLeech family,
of whom there w. re ten brothers and
of whom photo ;rat lis and biographi-
cal sketches are f and in the County
Atlas of 1879, the father, Richard
Leeoh, was a sat' e'of Wexford, Ire-
land, and came t Canada • in 1812,
settling in La' rk county, .The
eldest brother, hard, took an active
part in , milital affairs in time stirring
times of 153.7. In 1857 James and
Edward, a mill% right, eroded fiourin
mills at Blue 10 and at Gorri
and a sawmill he • '67, ".Inhere w
two shanties in Blu ,vale then ocoupi
by Cantelon and D. ncan. The me
bers of this clove and distinguish
family have been i tinlatoly associate
with the develo, *t ent and progre
Bluevale an t .tris since th
inception. A'p' to the case
this family mig
vain in Canada—
ng the years of mania
guished by manly vigor
business aptitude, int
is spirit and ,prospe
members of the 1.Ietho
three in the active du
try. Space forbids
„as to time biography
the fancily of whorl `
and profitable might b
years ago .the grist an'
Mr. Thos. Nixon.
management,' with Mr.
an experienced and co
head miller, it oonti
did trade. --Tho sa
by J asepli and E
this -season cut a
which is shipped t
dec., or sofa for lac
The dairying is no
clustry carried on i
perhaps the most
ment of ' the kind
present building w
ago. The main
feet, the press ro
curing room 37 b
six vats with a
each, and 45 pro
cheeses have bee
this season, an
receipt of milk w.
Elliott has suppli
in one day and his
$119.. There' a
patrons and 103
made in June ti
Bluevale Cheese
surpassed in its
similar institutj.n
John R. Miller 's
Messer' treasurer
John Burgess set
to the farmers of,
merit is well apps' e
is Mr. T. J. Dillo
worth, a man with
fence, and a spiel did repatation as a
maker, active, g ilial and obliging.
is unlimited in a
-ay. The facilities
whey to the piggery
ver 400 fine con -
hand and well
S. Boeh.--A Mr.
e first storo in
bought by John
ed the first post
.also built the first
ri,'oty, sex-M,P,, was
z ;Blucvele school,
He was one of th - earliest settlers in
Morris. Mr, 'Win ,Messer has carried
on a mercantile bu.iness here sineo
1877, doing e, sto. ay land growing
trade. Ile is wk oly known as a
cautions, aocon iodating, genial and
sterling man evil se .pinion oil public
or private matters i frequently sought
value. --•J. E.
in business as
ars and acted
b
0,
customers who actor- liitn the rept
tion 'of a shrewd, the and ablig
business niatt.-111 F. B. Scott
been here as villa , o blacksmith for
yearn atld cells s that he has ro
aver the presea sight of 8;enforth
search -of the s+ s ‘flleu it wits wo
and uncleared allose land, l re ha
splendid reput tion as a tra:desntan
N1r, 1Vasunan also carried on a el
for tiro last ear in the wine line
Mr. Ii,, .Macp.torseu has beau'"iu
harnessing lin: here for 10 years t
enjoys an exte' Live patronage to wit
he is ontitled ts le is n court('o
honorable lean and a good workm�
Lawrence Pea on and W. Sanders
are both relic le and popular then
the boot and hoe linea ---The vilit
tun is kept by Ben d. Saults, forme
of Goderzcll. • He ie a courteous h
and has a ti y weal -kept house, e
we can cert my say as well victual
4 table as s to be found in any pit
of tee size 'n Western Ontario.—
T, Billings ty, fatlzer;to F 13illiegal
of 1Viugha n, . attends to the requu
ments of he public "in the jewel!
Iizlo. --iGlr A. Pattorpon has a eh
mill whic Cioes'a good trade ill seasc
The Pr, sbyteriau and Method
bodies 11 vo.comfortable. churches.•
About ha f a guile from the village ai
close to he station is the sawmill
, Duff, which 'is ,one of t.
trimmest and tidiest in the coact
It has e 'eyed a large patronage an
the prop 'etor has a reputation f
honesty, lush and fair dealing. It
situated o his owzl fine and wo
tilled farm Mr. John Collie, the
T. R. ageu is a most genial, oblige
and papula . son of Auld Scotia.
tells tits th t the shipping basins
ere
ed
in- comes far , hort of what it once w!i
ed The lumber ng traclq is not so heat
d as it once was and there is more lac
consumptio Ca.tle or grain a
the seldom or + ver shipped. It is sit
of there are a dozen or fifteen va:oaz
in houses in 41 a village. Blueyale ce
fainly is not suffering more than oth�
n- villages semi arly situated and circus
ty,
o skiL'ts of the tillage, w
of
e have been carrying or
ng o injunctions of the poe
Four "Here ativ.', there awe'," we compl
to with the
As we 1
iird and "haud awa'• Name,
le ve the pleasant surroun
Ings and
forts and
we feel li
Slink teen the quiet, the coir
as prosperity of the villagers
n• o exclaiming
'+7t neer
That coft A, wealth, it ne'er was wealtl.
1c1 o. tezatmeot, peace or pleasure.
RAMBLIN S ,ANI? 1tWSINGS.
LOCATION A' D BUSINESS PLACES o
B LVALE.
If there's a ho
I redo you t
A ohiel's area
.And faith
in a' your coats,
ntit;
g ve taking notes
e'll prent it.
A newspap: ' man ;is somewhat of
"an itinerant in labor." In search of
',rustic sequestration," to use the`words
of the poet urns again,
In summer vhen the hay was mown
And corn era d. green in every field,
The writer le Winghaln one morn-
iag recently an pedestrianatecl to-
wards.Bluevale. The countmy passed
the state described
"uziviolated woods,"
uperidr attractions to
f the Queen's bush.
age, the undaunted
ent and persistent toil,
»durance and hopeful -
y pioneers have ehang-
ificent, well -tilled, at•
dive farms, All
ons of noble sires.
child, man, came
act, to judge, to
It is always with
go forth and with
genuine cheerful less that we feebly
attempt to set forth their pursuits,
their enjoynaen.., their feelings, their
struggles, their successes, Here, as
elsewhere, aro we reminded of the
sweet lines Of i imortal Goldsmith :
°c13ow often have paused on every Charm,'
The sheltered cot, • cultivated farm,"
The early pioriec 's, the breakers -up
of the fallow grou. d, the precursors
of civilization, ma well indulge a
justifiable pride in eir achievements,
amid difficulties, ardships and dig-
coura,getncnts. I might be said of
them that they. w=re "O'er all the ills
of life viotoriou
sternly practical
led to oxelei
etfasious : "Th
serious minds,"
transformed "th
treble shade" in,o
tive fields, may
give themselves u
tion, faucy'free."
down front reeolle
the fancies we
wayside, in adrli
faculty of Iambi
observing. grow
through, when i
by the poet" as
must have had
many sections
The lofty cot
energy, the pat
the frugality,
ness of :the hat
ed it, into mage
tractive . and pro
honor to the noble
Nature's primeval
courageously "to
suffer, to enjoy,"
pleasure that we
." Those of the
ast'of mind may be
on reading these
oretie fancies jar on
but those who have
arbors of impene-
roiling and produc-
zrofitably at tunes.
"to maiden inedita-
Such, hurriedly put
tion, were some of
ndulged in by the
ion to exercising the
and kindred of the
. Dusty roadsides
t1d sweltering I eat aro not favorable
o the indulgent e :