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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1888-12-07, Page 4hie' tempeaiacecandidates,that the Burd dpttse n the United States have accomplish nothing by FI►IDAY, DEC. 7. man. putting up a oaudidete or the last three (=tests. Anoth.r respect in which he claims that reltibitilin ad• vooates alienate temp 'ante friends, in the United States a bast; is by iden- tifying themselves vial the Wvinente Rights party an Saddling the, iWm= pomace question `•illi "female sdirage. 'A question :on whit • Qo much difference of opinion oxiste gilt not to be hitched to prohibition, and it is not well to alienate all opp sed to female suffrage. Another qu::tion on which he'asserts that prollib' linnets go too far is, in trying to ake the Use of unferinented wine on sacramental occasions a plank . n the prohibition platform. Knoxo ii . u thinks the weight of literature and iety is against the two wine theory alfa liolzeves'the like feritiented wine as liot'prodiiced *SIM disastrous re"eu $`s 'sheet It *mild lie good policy 'Toe terilperan I tieople este insist on a Leh s lige that would Olio* a firebrand into ehuuCliest disturb 'tin break up congreg • ions or Mei mlLyiy votes and church • $denc'e into 'oppo- sition." It is not worse polioy to. introduce side issue to weaken the cooperation or lease the enthusiasm of any. holding to • penance or Scott Act meetings on Sundays is also- objected lsoobjected to by man , offends not a few and alienates a c : ss whose iniiuence ought to be con ted on. Whilst the writer may ma nify some of these objections, then is no doubt the problem is suffic ently momentous and presents difficult es enough when pre- sented on its m: its and divested of sideissues that mabe tacked on by ardent but indiscreet nthusiasts. UNIiRSTBICT D BECIPBOO T.aL. The Toronto ommercial Union Club held its annual meeting a few evenings ago, discussed eseut aspects and mapped out the f tura of - the .clulx. Dr. Goldwin I3 th refereed to the vote and foun 'ationl@se aspersions that were cast onihis condiiat and motives in con eaten with °this "sub jeee, and eomplaoen ly reniarke'd that' " no pian ought to eddle with public •questions unless h can smite at black.. guardism;' He i oidentally ret arked that ho bad bee a resident'iif Qanada twenty years; ad fuilyivast in his lot with her and ` everty betzt bf bis money was invests here. 'He adnlitted that the cause h d ' tetnpoi'aiily stiffened by the ` irritati'n resulting `from the *Fishery dispat and the attitude of ` Cleveland. Th se hindrances Were intensified by t 'e conduct of persons to whose inter sts it was to keep up ill feeliug. T e Repeal of the Coln Laws agitatio lasted seven years, the • formation o public sentiment being invariably s w. His reoent visit to the Northw st convinced him that the people were lmost unanimously in favor of reciproc ty. He thought it made little diffe encs as regards this question, whish party was in power across the lin s. His definition of Commercial U ion *as: i~1nrestricted • Reciprocity ' ! tie panel-I:`ation in the fisheries en, 'roasting °trade. Mr. Darling, pre.: e± of 'the Bank of Commetee, sac, a had never been told by a morot t "or maoufactarer of importance .o had given the subject careful t, ought, that Commer= ' cial Union Von' injure his business permanently." r. John Charlton, Chairman -of the e ming Commission, said the testi •• oily was that the American mark is were nedessary to the owners of on and copper mules and deposits o salt, marble and fiee. stone. The appended resolution may e regarded expressing the septi. merits of the tlizb The club, 'tap h"survey of recent events in this cdu t and the United States, regards the p ospects of Con- mercial tined ' as hoe eful on both sides •ef the lint,`1ooks fo • the speedy sub. ` sidence Of the inter, ational irritation brought' about by th fisheries dispute, which has been inju ious to the pro - geese of the cause ; - welcomes with sperdal satisfaction t e manifestations :` if interest in this • estion by such,a body as the Climb of Commerce of New York, repre•enting commercial interests irrespeeti = of political clivi- sions ; and returns vith unabated confidence to the wo k of diffusing information on a q estion of vital importance to our. �•mmereial pros- perity, and evident! . destined soon:to be presented ip the ost practical form to the Oauadlien people. The club points once more to the clause in its constitution di: Claiming connection withpolitical ties, abjures political designs of any end, and assume the eomamnity that question of politi- ;en, change, interna or external, has epee: been broache in its councils, F n4. that its sole obj et is the improve- rie.sst of trade inlet' .ns for the benefit of C:tt l''iwn indust k' and commerce, Belgrav Mr. James Folic and iris Preston, of Toronto, are visiting at the resi. deuce of Mr. G. Nichols ALF, McKinnon has lately fitted into the store belonging to A Tlieslem. The one 'satiated by hien = and waiting for eome ono, ==•The p:'plc belonging to the Methodist Chu eb congregation of this grillage ar` n ' i eking gp an Cllr US ,, for a ten reeetiu, t - inns em It is ho l .ed that their e7 peo- tations may be r Beed end that it may prove a stiocs.--The Literary Soniety is progress ng rapidly*; as the young people see • to take a groat interest in it, Q ite an interesting debate was held a . last meeting•, the subject being n he het •=tlae soldier or the statesman Ila done the most for, his cotntry. T 1 statesisiati won the Victory, ,Tile d: .aters on the amir:rla• live side 'wore . W1`ay, W. Bone and G, Owens, and Vote for the negative J. Piico , 4. Bo gild Bnioultes,—Mr. W. Porterfield, of Marnoch, has note 1 b' ' onie 'a rear eat of this village, as i Iib is no* in tl = employ of Mr. M. F, Tc1iiinon.-y0+ Wednesday next the L<ttel'ary Soak y will discuss the t uestion ; "Res • lved that prohibition Would be to tl a advantage of this country. The affirmative will be Maintained by M ssrs..•0. McClelland, M. Brandon and -. Irwin ; the nega- tive by R. Sterli g, P, W. Scott and M. IIarrisou. Tl e • officers of the society aro Rev, M .Godfrey, president ;; Mr. Van Vannor an, vice-president ; and Mr. J. Nicol, secretary. mist We have retie ved another comma• nioation from AI : lie Armstrong, J.P., detailing some incidents that have occurred in the recharge of his magic- nd, setting forth his belief that his decisions have drawn down on hi • the indignation and revenge of th , se with whom he had to deal. He .elieves the poisoning of bis horse 1,n +,consegrtence of feelings of h'stility engerideited in the discharge of is duties as•a magistrate, He also say a number of false reports were circula ed as to the dead. horse aud tie::cQ. a mien .oL..tkiOse yet living, first implying that` the horse was not poisoned arid also that other were siok. The tory that' the horse was not poisone •' is contradicted: by the appended,ce'tinee a en the. veterinary surgeon.;. "'Th Jotter also 'refutes the storey, than the • ,, Se was an aged one. 111x,, ,+erriistrong. a o says that other 'depredations were ommitted, ill the neighborhood recent) and that even animals Wet been interfered with during the: past nevi n; •111r, R d3's cent** id a 1pende, 'W ngb m, Nov, 20th, 1888. 1 Ibis ie to+ oeitify:.,t . at I examined a bleak inare, three yea e old, for' Mr. .Robb. ,A7p2sArclog and foundhat it',was poisoned. r,e , •y . , . W. AMY, V. 8. Clinttt . i ' DSiI. Geoitw D. Ox aeon, a 0oege' An interesting deb te'in conneoti "alive, of Belleville, at the reoent with the Collegiate netitn v Literar " ►n eeting of thepc • menial Union Society on the even nn of Nov. 29nd. lilt in Toronto, waaid Reciprocity The subject for discuss r was whether btu old, policy of tri cJonsorvative was Illarlborou h or ellingtou the y; I greater general P r T� The canoe of the Ineritnte `el itial* plotted by pupils o • 'e Collegiate Institute while the 1 ttor' ed by a side cherub from along the modellitea. TVs 'queetio was - ably handled ori both si es bu a vote: of the andlenee deo ed in favor of Matibosough. )•t is =intention to hold these n oetinge we ly clueing the winter and there i t matenough among the member + to . ake thein a sileeess.—Owing to the ancert of the aF Fisk Jubilee Singel s in eaforth being: poorly 114.70634 nry ew went fromw � Clinton. Those wh• I id go speck iii highest tering of t entertainment. tlle.audienee was and thoroughly pp eclative.—The whiskey iuside a yo ng an from Wide- t f; tinghtOni, rich road wanted to 'r,•t at' some ono in 'al u Saturday front of the Cam e cz o y ., BFO IIOVIN` night, It took fp,r or five of the . , young man's friendto keep it out of mischief till after much persuasion and some force it wagon and carri7d Act was not to b company who p a on the list was !appeared here tit :to the character 'decessors,it was v —The County .met in Clinton, Sa arrangements in co coming examinatio of whom there are divided between Cl The written exai the •10th and 1 the oral examin do --New pnpila into the Go loregiac0 classes for Fi t 0, Ontss Certificat an ration aro already p while anumber of pE Exact: their.• intention o theNew Year. Tho lfbwee c 'are well attended and t sclass *of Senior l atrinu sleighing: The vaugel a ---- .and Canfield, el se their Vtfclay., The i tercet in he meetings. is still• inten e.—Trave ing Concert (pno)ne cieeffig Sa1' e•oompaiiies an the.like li d better give 4,� lV Cluiton;a." • st" till „aftsr the>;revival meetings of se, unless• t ley wisli.to lose -•; • el money. • of. Brown end his company ���0� gave an. e tortai.thtneni here lately, as well as t e Ileitis: erncert 'company, T. 4:. n M`a bu't'went. 'iss mi.*way with vary light pockets. - 1,.. lately on she Redmond, '°staff, for Sige. i the ',ed Fiag, *assets, Weclne a� , having obtained a situation in th ofiico of the Brussels "Post."—The ocellites . commence to teach befor • the examiners Thurs• ng. , Mr;E. Hill,f Guelph, day morning. , Q p , has been engged as science master in the • College a Institute, for 1889,— Seventy d tars were made as totVn Ball fees f r showa;in November. 1 East Wavvanos1i, There are some enthusiatic mink shooters on the loth. The.Inwards in the wa mitikskins is scarcely commensurate w't, the.labor expend. ed. But the bo niust have some fun. -Dir. John eoultes had a yisib this week from is on Itichard who is employed, tia oherty's Organ Factory, Clinton.—it E. Livingstone is shipping a large quantity of lumber to. the Old :Country. Mr. P. Corley has- purchased fifty acres of land enjoining hie farm fro. Mr.J.Nethery. -- t&Lr. D. Cook had a large wood bee last week and as us .1 on such occas sionathe young folk: s eat a good share of • the night in da oing.—At the l Literary on Pride' evening the subject Pioneer llard&Store discussed was ; deso von that a man one learns more by tl"avelli i; abroad than STONE BLOCK. by staying at hom and reading books." Tho s 'eskers for the affirma- tive were : A. A - : „=11, B, Coultas, P. 111, Scott, R, Taylo and G. Solar. Those for the negativ C. Scott, lir. Anderson, P. W. S , G. Coult,;e and D. Scott, The ect ion was given in favor of the at inetivc.—b;early one hnncleedt, pe ,Ile amide.). the Congregational Olh'reit ':.&n t:t the `4*,i So e elide' and is support, teariai ale —OF— $15,000 -- OF• 000Yfitill' THE HIGHLAND CROFTERS. Phillipe Thompson', in his clever letters to the Globe,'gives what may be regarded as an interesting and at the same time saddening account of the condition of t e Crofters on the west coast of Se Hand. He vividly, describe"s the roc y, barrens' broken and boggy district on'the island of Lewis, which are in ustriously Cited. by the frugal, humbl , warm hearted tenants, One villag, of -• about 7.00 people live on, an; a, ea. of one endi a half square. nudes, part. of; which, was peat lands. T t ere is. not, one. third the fishing bots they once had, the people being •' poor that they cannot afford to.e+gage . in the: trade Frequently. the. • shermen t n g6 abroad don't ra ke sufficient to' pay ;expenses. The average 8i2 of, the 'holaings.or, far••s iii• about three and; a -half acres gaol, the lend .le thor&ughl �impoveriehkdi otwitl;•standi'vg� this the average; rent: ' are ab'en ` ' n.d0 per acre. Many, e says, 'been unable 'tn, pay th rents for several years. E1 a says r dilation on:rent will never meet, the case as a. remedy. Fishing is:aburd t out and relief could be given by 'assi ting the crofters by the eonstenctio of boats. 'Fishing and crofting bu,ht to be made separate callings, too, says Dir. Thompson's inforl:aant,. th•. pillage schoolmaster. The people do not look. fe,v'brabiy 'on emigratio:t,� au , , on • a small scale in.... 'would not relieve he condition, ' The bl,1neee1fte OF i?ik0HIBITIOL I8TS, general inpreision s that the Act to el wen souses\ave had some (intend the crofts i•. impractical here. t+ljarT+iext,ts t n ion conned with them, The writer says. he schools are its the carr;,ine out of wh so treatise's strong contrast o. the squalid abed alai not n:stterially advance he intended in'spoveriolled ho acs, being equal to work. lirk:r•nnian, in a econt letter, those of many • .nadian towns. Otto peietfi •} It ome method and oonten- part of the bui .inte is the teacher's tlbt' a rn:m tted by well meaning end residence, Tea ing is regavded as a • , , life work 1. t1ho, Lvthr+ go into it. erteBatu, nut lath iere t temperance l y ..tt tend' to retard the ..fhe schools were p obably built by. ee government aid• but are now getting 11�U �f r -�; 'i,: the esus by alsellatillr to �te on.; ;ty of men vitiiout whom into disrepair and ti ii funds are riot the accident occurred, q tee. t,•1 • v .t:e'1 cruise C` riot vvell be sufiloiont to tatty tl e t' ch!0rs thee'` the place, as well ea bliss etiveneed Ile nays tl effort to l ittw ce of a salary were Iurprised not a little read 'another naso of did 1 °' ; ''.lend party tt boll }lay. Joenert l:'Aii.' ea, of Loudon, was loaded' in the Entpir' tu,ov,..: • 1 t est bo of Ica l temper - In s per- 74 goittg to reply to 1, bort I:leaulca e, ill bath U, r t,altaliati ft book that olauedrl, a much greater 1 Berlin erected 67 new , ,t ieel t)ta'n's are of MCI tri it, year ata cost of V2+ 2,8ii 'i.:lc I. av: i , oil beth cask : of politics flurry than •ite merit we rented, hoe been fully up to the !SIe ` i.at i'eiiti!i ftp? a sill •l , �'1m DunIsill byte w 3 oust gleed ill two yottia. e•tor; �,,;1,,, ui il&C never a•tidon their ltieh:ilou'1 ount�', yell 'Jetrin Z4100 ' 9)6: t!► t'otn; r avowal ego, by finite tuajtsrity. terial dixtiea, pQotabie size~�' as bundled into a r�= away. The Suitt .eno e A. arae, was it2—The • ed "Storm Beaten" .Has determined ©le stock of out the he best which has 9 season, but owing• .DL Ec (400D5, READY-MADE, o oma of its pre- CLOTHING, CARPETS, ry p. only patronized. ` ' L'Le r MELS, MANTLE and of 1i tamhuers GOODS,' coins, ur ay, to complete , T TWEEDS, ,BLANKETS,,tac action .with tits SHAWLS, .1 the modolites, HATS AND CAFE,. out forty, equally :. FURS,. 1300TS AND riHOEB, ton and G'oderieh. • GROCERIES, CROCKERY AND - Ii tions will • be held G L A n.S.W A R E. th of December and ft, few days sooner. 'D �; • Institute, dropping tug ��d e Institute the t . Cd levnd and Third ----IS---- ' Jnniot; Metricu- weil filled up, tq� � q�; rso have si,?,11I- ds�, a i tiffs, twin• recorn'e Call and get 13argains while the Welse > S ock' ls, com lett. . h is else a t � .., 1 nts. -Good --- a • s, Crossley ork here on ---Tms IS Teeswater. • Wm. Mack.Fscl,, 'M,P,I't on/cavemar.l ; Mr. 4ii'a,MMec1, ja`=,' iamilton, and lir. Fred. Dieseborou 1?, of London,were in town this week at tdin the funeral of Mre 4.glin Mack, wh died. on 1lion- day,2• t3 ,uit.—ibi • Sil1 cit;•forsomo years en•lpvalid, and an o • lady, Mrs. Orr. aged 96'years, died on Sunday. All three were interred o ' Wednesday. Rev. -W. Zparling, of . • e Methodist Church,. and Rev.- R. Malcolm, of Westminster Presbyt 'an Church, exchanged pulpits last .abbath morn- ing: •"A case. of 'didn' know it was loaded' oceurred her (Tebswater) on Saturday, which • mi ht :' have been serious.. A daughter , f the proprietor ofd• the house in which number of tie C. Z'. R. men board, q_ `te a young girl; playfully pointed a -•• ouble'bar- relled bi`eeeh.4oading gun a'•AMr.Laird, a C.P. R. employee, and. sai • she would shoot.him,snapping cite of he trigeters. Mr. Laird expostulated ith, her, ex- plaining xi plaining'tiie danger of her •conduot,. whten she at once commenced to put the pun away, but in d.in so by some means the other bar el, which•• was loaded, went off, teeth a hole Com- pletely through the floo , rid riddling the lid of•a box in the c'llse with shot,"---To•otite Empire. Etad the correspondent f the E»t,• pire troubled himself t• find out theetiyonng lie lad r,�l"Ihese es 1 , Thompson, residence of qtr. magi ter of the propr ettess of the Manley evening. Me Thompson 1<iozse,was si nply removing genially g resided. , tbe.gun evnen cleaning t o room Nephro selections were nivel) e people of hoznpson, when they 't know i. STRA.Y. ED STEER.' STRAYED FROM THE PREISIISES of 'IFIe. Subscriber, lot 30, in 12th eon. East tVawanosh, about the 1st of August, e red steer, one year old. The right eat' is split. Any person siring suet) la - formation as will lead to his recovery will be suitabiY . rewarded. Oso. Fox, Whitechurch P, 0. Flour and. Fee.a. ' Having rented the premises recently occupied by • MESSRS. Htrron der CARE, as . a Flour & • Feed Store, I propose keeping on hand a full stock l f , Fier and • .tone FIoura Also a full supply of OAT STEAL, CONI MEAL, CRAOItED WHEAT and GRAB= i FLOUR. • ALL {KINDS or GRAINS IN sTORE. FINE PEASE MEAL FMR x3ROsE. • n? Baled Fray kept on hand. • •, A. H. CARR. 10 'y t good readings by ars. J' Wilson, of i•Vinot:are, Airs. Rit hie, 01, - Winl hatn, and i ov. W. K. tilt rte. 4 timelier of spc ech'a were made 'kt )(ie precent. The church debt was red e«1 to n250, the object of the .:cies ng beim, to co this. Id at the neaten, L;XTI:A VALUTA ,TI ifluidato . BIELLS,: ifi 1, '!jr are ;lildInal taus make arrtIlgOlrioihts t iti Itli reCUid Another aneetln'; 10 to. he li for the past ct'trd t`:a c�,�il (1,g0, to itryrur � y �r to a ke}�'&4; 1<i 1I 9 a1h;. 3'h l)::e, 5 f' ' :t:'tw n Lahti RUNTY,: op '.it 1 t' f nine t t^,.'D. i lege i 4 ate 1 �! ¢'l 1-0 xpyisitinn ihl'lornto on ft.ti. : ,�< �{�., p 1']rL .E.�, �LL {'r Lei: JiRPt�.� �4i 1 ".t16' The Leading Cross Cut Saws AMERICAN AellEiteD 01? ANY, A'M1U iCAN RACER LANCE SMITH'S L"l A.1)E?t. - 13iSTLINES CATTLE CHAINS,: A 11 at r,OT.t OM A. 'at) IGU