The Wingham Times, 1889-01-04, Page 6!F-
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F.R:IDAY. JAN. 4, 18E9,
tit, T.VARRQW'S 1114.8Q1:r1J'T,iON;
At the meeting of the East Huron
Conservative Association a eublilnely
Ridiculous ;notion was proposed by Mr:
Thomas Farrow, who was Dr. 1Ltao-
daiaoltl's opponent at the last general
erleetion, The resolution censuredltlie
doctor for his advocacy of Unrestricted
'reciprocity with the States, asserting
Oat this was synonymous with Annex
ation, The motion was certainly a
Tentless, but most absurd, expression
of political animus. Let us remind
our readers of a bit of history that , live per Dent. of the, Gloucester
transpired at Brussels alittleless than a • fiehergaen are .Ca aediane, He i says,
too, that sparseness of population has
much to do with making wages higher
in America. England has 444 inhabi-
tants to the squame mile and. the States
but 45. The unprotected industries;
enrployfront ten -elevenths to seventeen -
eighteenths of the ' workers, in the
States, thus showing that the unpro-
tected industries—the lands, ec.-
offer the best Efdvantages. Protected,
workingmen, too, be, says, are most
likely to euffer reduction in xagas.,
In. 1834 wages. in American• cotton
and woolen mills fell from 20 to 80
to the doctor. and was pretty well .per cent., while there was no lowering
heckled by several persons ill the' in the wages of `unprotected . house.
audience. The chairman expressed builders, .carpenters, stonecutters or
himself as strongly in favor of the. briektnakees. In the protectea. iron
movement. At the close a vote was industry wages fell 15 to 22 per cent.,
taken and in that large and influential but the unprotected butchers, bakers,
audience not half a dozen rase to their tanners and printere 'd'id not suffer.
feet in opposition to reciprocity. The From 1881 to 18S7, 1;660,000 Amer -
chairman subsequently expressed his
are to be measured by their purchasing
power, instead of the amount pain
Idea, he says a Massachusetts mechanic
with two of his family working, can
matte $800 a year, and an English
mechanic $515, the living of the
fortuer costing $755 au t that of the
latter 8005. The American has thus
a margin of $45 and the Eugtislttnan
of $10. But the American works
six hours longer per week. He says
that whereas the American working-
man has $10 to his credit in the
savings bank, the Englishman has
$12. He also argues that protection.
is driving the Ameriean workingman
out of protected trades, In a New
Hampshire mill, Out of 600 employes
but 280 were Americans, Seventy
year ago. As the writer was present
his recollection of what took place is
quite clean Dr. Macdonald. hed called
a meeting to discuss Unrestricted
Reciprocity, in the Brussels town
hall. The hall was crowded to itis
utmost. capacity. U. McFadden, Esq.,
an influential and active Conservative,
a man whom. we lttive . known and
esteemed since early boyhood clays,
presided. Dr. Macdonald ably dis-
cussed, the subject, in all its hearings,
Mu. Thomas' Farrow, Ex, -M. P., fol-
lowed in a lengthy speeoh in opposition
ican workmen, Mostly pri)teeted, went
belief that were a meeting called to 'on'dtrike against reduction ,of wages,
oppose .theq uestion, a sufficient at- and their loss in wages amounted 'to'
tendance couldnot be secured to raise $62000 000 Sir Lyon showed how older
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States,while not a fewLiberals opposed
it. They, have learned that such
action is a heinous crime and the
doctor is denounced as an annexation-
ist. St) mach for consistency. 'So
much for subserviency.
At that meetinging Mr. Farrow argued
that reciprocity would' be positively
injurious to farmers, that Americans
would load our Markets• ,In the
resolution refezred to he says that the
government, has made oveey effort to
secure reeiprooity in natural proditets:'
It he believed what he argued that
night how can he conscientiously sup
port a ;,overnment endeavoring to 'so-
,e.re what he considers to be injurious
to the class of Which he cl.titns to he. a
rept•ebentasive ? In fact he to on
the .horns of a dilemma.
a cheer. This was an audience com-
posed of bot political parties,.pretty
equally divid d. Then the subject
was not regarded :as.a political one,
and Liberals and Conservatives alike
favored unrestricted reciprocity. From
the time the
question came up in
Paarlia)n:ent. ted wee ably supported by
Leading Liberals many Conservatives u
have ceased dvncating it and have
persuaded themselves dad endeavored
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to persuade tiers that it was an
exceedinglydisloyal movement. All
sorts of raillerry have been indulged in
against its su porters. On this as on
other, question s, the party obediently
wheeled into line. So rapidly have
many Conserv
American States do not even increase
even in population as rt>,pidly as
England does. In 1815, under lsro
taction, British exports were 240,000 -
000. In 1840, still under Protecti
they were exactly the same:: In t
next forty years, under FFree. Tra
exports . mounted to, -£212,000,0
Under thirty years of Free Tr
British wages have risen 89 per c
In the United States, in the s
period, the rise was but 80 per cent.
In the long period of depression, from
1873 to 1883, wages fell 6 per cent.
in New England. In the ,satne years
wages rose 10 per cent. in Old Eng -
[laud.
many friends who wilt think of you
with feelings of kindness aanutingled
with any recollections of a single
unkind or unladylike act in your con-
duct while dwelling among us. With
best wishes for your future wellbeing,
both now and hereafter, we bid y ou
an afleotionate farewell. •
Miss Laing replied appropriately.
Mr.Joaeph Leech hes been ptasident
of the East Huron Conservative As-
sociation for twenty years, 'tis said,
Tlie school meeting last 1Veduesday
passed of( vety.quintly, It was expect-
ed, after so nitwit fault-finding, it
.would have been a stormy meeting,
but the discontents were as dumb as
oysters shells, They put upb'Thomas
Stewart for trustee, The other party
put up William Messer and'the'result
was that Mr. Messer was e'ected by
about two to one. A fetes silly ques-
tions were asked, such as, had tee
trustees the power to appoint thew •
own secretary,tec. People who aspire
to such positions should know that
much.—Bluevale was honored on New
Year's with quite a few visitors,
Doc. Messer, Hamilton; llr. Sanits,
*odericb; John King, $inborn; Jas
McCracken, Bervie ; Wru,lbl.cOraeken,
from near Walkerton ; ,A.. H. Mus-
grove and lady, Whitechuroh; Ira'
Barkely and lady, Brnssels; D,Geddes,
Luoknow ; Lucy leicHttrdy*ronto.—
Mrs, James White, Glenalleu, is en a
visit to her sink sister, Mrs. Frank
Scott, who has been very ill for ;some
tone, but is on the mend tem.—Mrs.
John Dimwit, sr., and Mrs, John, jr.,
were at'C'oderich on a visit.—Dr.Scott
paid the village a flying nisi klasr, week.
—Bobt. N. buff has got hisci.oppiug
mill in first class order ageitx and is
running every ti'ednesday arid' Sauna .
day.
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• Rev., Me. Anderson, M. A ,Toronto,
late of Glasn.o►v,.Scotland, toadies in.
the Presbyterian church, hone, for, the,
two asst Sundays ill January:. -=Mr.
Wr .Sutherian'd and daughter returned
last week from a visit to their friends
in East Williams.—The old Co umil of
'Kinloss litre been elected by rice-lit,na-.
tion.—Mr. W. Evert, of this vicinity;
performed a very difhotllt, operation a
few days ago on a cow owl ed•by. Jas.
Clow, bytlte removed of a large, terser,
from her jaw,—Miss M. J.• ela;ner,n,•
of Teesw'ater, is visiting at`her siste 's,
Mrs. Tehop'htltis dnon ---- Mr. 1.
one Salem, wh 'e
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atives swallowed their
convictions that inside of a year a'
resolution con aining such unmitigated
rubbish as was contained in Mr. Far.
row's motion, }s ulianimously carried,
ThenDr.Mac onald and many leading,
intelligent O onservatives advocated
freer trade relations with the Uuited
i.'.Itt?T1:CWl0;!7 F'ALi,.1CIES.
Sir Lyon Playfair, an eminent
..choler teed scientist, M. p. for South
',ethic, England, on his return from
enterica, contrasted the ,results of
"me Trade and Protection as applied
workingmen at home and abroad,
a.; l his o,nelusioas mise be of interest.
eh. shows that• wages are Gl per cont.
t' i.e the Ui,itcd States than in
.al,,t in seventeen largo industries,
111 p.•r cent. higher in free trade
laud than in protected Gerint~ny
i•,im:;iple that a man's wages
Bluevaie•
. Christmas has corse and passed and
we aro standing on the threshold of a
new year. Already the old 1888 is
beginning to tremble and totter on the
edge of the grave.. Great piles of
bones have been picked, plum puddings
made and devoured, heaps of nuts and
candies have disappeared a,nd the
world is looking forward to what we'll'
do next 'Christmas. .A. number of
visitors are with us here in'.8luevale,
and all their friends are very glad to
u
discourse was from Acts 1:: 8. i e
told who should be witnesses f
Christ and described the shortcomings
of Christians of the present time and
pointed them- to the God lean who
should be'their example in everything.
theorgaubyDIisse: Geddesand Ander! Beltrxtores.
son and Dlessrs. Agnew aetd • 1liTac- The inhabitants of w.w, illagta
donaid, regret very touch the los- t ee' stet
with in the removal of Dr, Tuck, '
Turnbarry '' 'he having gone to Gerrie to peactise
Mr,:Jno• Anderson, sawtuiller, leas there. Gerrie 'being considerably
disposed of his fain on Con. 11, to later than.l3oltiieva, papa ttq'tii y,
Mr, Jas Taylor for the sults ;$1U00.- ' dd .hotter and we belie that he. will.
Mr. Geo. Toes bus returned. house Fpr. the short tinge that he hos been
aft(''. a .lengt„ened sojourn ht Uncle !fere be has made many friends to
Sam's dominions. hlr, Geo, Tttompleimeelf by hie kind actions and.
son, Aon. .of Robert Thompson, near 'sociable'good-natured ways, There is
Whiteollurclt, who has been visitingfood v 'tiro lir rEA'noir for another
friends
mound hero, left last Sats day 'lootttr, Dr. Tuelt had a good practise
for bis home in Turtle tucuntitin, established' but itOftetitees that dou't .
'Man.—\Villium Nicholson, of Galt, .satisfy a man if••Jie wants .t'; msake to
and hies brother Jo leeeholson, of ctla nee. -=--A. F. Ross, of'Midway,has
13r,ne a>1s, are hoose peudiur their besii # ivinl; some very lirte'resttng letr-
holidays among. their ,many friends tures in the'retnporauce IIall,ot phren -
and ategnaiutauoes: oil the bauud„ry elegy. • lee seems to ni deretand what
line,—Likeavis,i Arthur and Jarne4 lie professes perfectly well. fie 'also
Henderson, sons of Mr, Admit lieu- ream).. the Jines in the liable predicting '
Berson, of Lila boundary line, are home the ralture events in Wee • lie is algia
a: pbysiognomyist, reading the char:
tatter of a preen by the 'face and
the different dines thereon,
spending their holidays.—&lso James
and Valliant elcOrecken, teachers, are
home speudiug their holidays.—\lies
Vella Duncan, teacher, from Grand
Valley and Air. West are visiting
friends of Bluevalo and surrounding
_vicinity. -- Miss Annie Autherferd,,
.whe has been for the past three
months the guest of .:,Ir. �Vxlliau:t
13iekle, of Waikervilie, arrived polite
on Saturday, 29th ult,=Miss Bella
Richardson, of Tenswater, is the guest
of Hr. Adam Cleghorn, of the
bouadasryline.—Josepti,'vi.?eridith, from
near Woodst'tek, was last week the
g.urst of Mr. 1'ltilip Tbnrnee --Miss.
Mary ;Harris, daughter of Mr. Jdhit
Harris, of the 4th Con of Turnber'ry,
has gone to visit friends at Hensen:
Jahu.Thou►as has been to Btirfei'd
where he was visiting bis grandfather
• and :other relatives,—Onstho evening.
of the 28th ult., a. large, but .invited
and expected, .crowd of friends and
acquaintances assembled, at Mr.
Philip Thomas' of the boundary fine.
Dancing formed the leading feature
of,, the evening, although there were
other ,amusements, and we believe
all obtained diversion as Mr, and
Mrs. Thomas aro hospitable enter-
tainers —The next meeting of the
boundary. line Literary Society will
be held at Mr. tromp Henderson's,,
our illonclay,evening 7th Inst.., when a•
large programme will be rendered. A
good time is entieipated.g-Miss Horn,
of Taco; or, has been -visiting at Mr. P,
Meletren's.-J1\1iss Ellen McTavish, of
North Lasthopr, is visiting at IYIr- P.
McLaren's this week.—hiss Annie
McLaredie:ft this week to attend the
Alma, Ladies Oollege at St. Thomas.
She is a clever and ambitious young
lady.—Mr. John Fowler has .rented
lir, R. il.ogg's farm on the Bluevale
road.—The nominations on Monday
were : For reeve, Wm. • McPherson,
by acclamation ; for dHpnty • reeti: e,
George Thomson, by acolaineticn ; for
councillers, Gustavus Barton, John
Dinuent, Wm. Gemiuill, . Robert
Maxwell and Wm. Oruickshanks.—
Mr. Wm. Pocock, Baptist theological
student, returned to college at Wood-
Gorno.
Matto: It is our pleasant dity. this.
Week to record the marriage of •Mr.
Jas. A. Strong, to :Kiss.Laura,:
'daughter of Mr. Jas. Roe. The event
took place at the .resideoee of the
bride's parents. on Wednesday. of las£
week. The ceremony was performedd'
by the Rev. sxr• Ayers in the presence
of a large number of friends. We join
in wishing them a long and happy life
rogetber.--Last week, Messrs. Thos:
McLaughlin, and Jas• Roe jr. , left for
111anitobn.—Mr. S. Greer was eppoiut-
ed trustee instead of Mr. Jas. I1litchell.
--.Dr, McKibben,' of Toes.vater, has
opened an offiee here, as has also Dr.
Tuck, of Belmore.'
La the-s'rospeetus
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'which we received recently front the
YOU'ri3'S COMPANION otlice, we notice
an array of .noted Contributors which
promises unusual excellence for the
coining volume. First among them
is the Right Honorable W. 1'x Glad-
stone,:affectionately called the "G"rand
Old Man,"the greatest of living states-
men, who .writes on"The Future of
the English.Speaking Races." Then
General Lord. Wolseley, who will ,tell
of his strange .personal adventure in
:the field with the British armies.
'Then Professor .'Tyndall, and Justin
McCarthy, who rites of " Leaders in
the House of... Lords," Archdeacon
Farrar, on "AIusia nns and Their
$truggles,`�' and -'4 ofessor Huxley.
Among American Cpptributorswe find
mace wel'1,known names its Lieutenant
Schwatkii,, who writes of `Tight Pinuhea
in the Arctic," ,Andrew OarnegieoYt.
Bits of Adviee to Voting Men," Dr.
Austin Flint, Judge Oliver Wendell
'Holmes, Jr., on " Young men in the
Law," Admiral Luue, Colonel `1'holeta&
W. Knox, James Parton and. at least
one hundred others. Tho Co:ineseu e
is welcome visitor weekly' in' more
than 400,000 families, anti less won a
place in home life obtained by no other
publication. The wonder is how any
family can do without it. The Sub-
scription' price of TUI Coitn AxroN is
$1.75 per year.
Hon G W Ross in n• recent lecture
said : In taking stock in Canada we
should notice what material, commer
oiel,mental, and .mortal outfit we had
for the future, It was well to remem-
ber that there was plenty of. room for.
expansion in Canada. ,We were about
hdlf of that empire on which the sun
'was 'said never to set. We had
3,610,000 acres,or about 640 acres per
man. We were 18,000 square miles
bigger than the United States; nearly
as large as }Europe; thirty times tho
size of Great Britain, The. great
North '\Vost,which at present had o
population of only about 186,000,was'
larger than Russia, Finland; France,
s Belgium, all put together.
Canadian revs-stocxc and Farm Jour -
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nal.
There have,boen fetvmore marked
successes in journalism than have been
achieved by the CANAtnYAN f,Tvn-tSrocxt
AN» .Fenn Jammu., of Hamilton, Ont.
Though devoted' especially to' stock
raising, it includes The Farm, Tho
Dairy, cl'he Apiary, Poultry, it-lortionl-
ture and The Home, so that for the
general farmers, or such farmers as
matte live -stock breoding in any of its.
departments e. leading feature of their
businecs,we do.eet know where to find
its, equal in Canada. We heartily reoam
trend it to our patrons as the leading
agricultural paper in the Dominion.
Price 81.00 per annum. A beautiful
lithograph of the Ontario Agricultural
College and Experimental tal Farm,
(xuelpl;, is given to every subscriber
for 1889.
]3elgrave. stock on•Wednosday,
The Christmas .tree_ in connection,ttst Vtie wanosh-
with Trinity,Ohurch Sabbath School,
which the children have been looking There were married on Christmas
forward to with so much interest, was day,' by the . Rev. 3. Walker, of
held in the Foresters' hall on Christ. Lucknow, assisted by the Rev. R.
mac eve. The tree was loaded down Walker, of Clifford, Miss Mary C.
with presents, The programme for Reid daughter of ,lames R. Reid, of
the evening's entertainment was a East Wawanosh, to Mr. Walter Corpe,.
splendid one. TTh4 selections by the of Toronto, A large gathering was
children were all well rendered and present and spent a very enjoycible
great credit is due to those who trained' evening. The bride was attired in
them. A tableau, "The Sepoy's bine satin and looked very. elegant in-
Danehter," was splendidly acted by deed. The presents were ..numerouR
welcome,. and wish them a happy new Miss MVlagaie Miller and Messrs .Geddes and costly. The young couple loft for
year ---Miss Black, Miss Bella Dunces:, and McOlotland ; and the, Camping Toronto on New Year's•• day where
Brace, a successful teacher, Miss Scene, with song" Tenting oii•tho Old they intend residing. We wish them
Collis, Listowel, Messrs. Geo. Xing, camp Grounds," by Messrs: 'A1oiJlol- a happy and prosperous i je.—Mr. S.
Wingham, Thos. Ring, Toronto, A... land; Budge and Agn1ew',vvas unmena'e, Leggat bus rented his farm on ' the
Hartley, Guiieb,Wrn, Smith, Goderieb a•id pleased the andihee greatly.' The 13th Con. to Mr. D. Robertson for
Model Scheel. Mr. S. has passed his closing ` piece by the choir, .'' Gond five years.. He has secured a resi.
rnctdel examination and leaves on Mon- Night," brought to a close one •of the donee ill Wingham and will devote his
day neat for his new field of labor,' most pleasant nvenii s that. has been 'attention to presenting the interest
near Hamilton, Thos. Srnith,Manitoba, spent in this village fol' some time: — of the Massey Manufacturing (Jo, for
who expects, to take • back a Gerrie A. splendid literey pro tatnnle "Will be whom he has alrende 'rnrked with
.young lady with..aim, Win. Stewart,. rendered by the society on Wednesday marked success. He is ~,4, ti .w is fax -
:of Whitechurch, •a well known. Huron evening the 9th inst.---1ihe base hall orably known and Wingh uu gets a
teacher, is also here.--ele s Laing, club's concert on New Year's ,ev'ening good citizen.—For Reeve T. Taylor,
hluevale,teacher in junior department, eras an, uugnalified success. It was, by acclamation; for deputy, 1.{.
Was presented by her scholars with A opened with . a base ball chorus. Anderson and 3'. Patter. Councillors:
very handsome present, a silver cake ilessrs. Tanner and Shane,. of Blyth, W. Roach, W, Sutherland, W. Robin•
basket and napkin ring and the fol- sang' most enteratningly as _did also son, R, McGowan, J. >tx=Callum, D.
lowing complimentary riddress, before i4lessrs, Graliatne and Oakes, of Patterson. '
her.departure for her home in Alit. Clinton (�ttiaartettet were elven by
°hell : Messrs R Agnew, P. I ay, ,A. Budge . Lan.gsid:e,
Dnan1lxss;LAi.;a,—We, your pupils and W: I,'orterfield'; duetts byyPMessrs, A pot'tiotl of the infantry celebrated
andi,'friends, desire before your doper- te, McClelland and H: Agnew.; giiert Christmas day at a shooting match,
tarp. ago express our high esteem for etts by Messrs. Agnew, Grabame, which was ;Mild in . tho
you,'both as a teacher and friend. • Budge and Oaltes; reeitetiones by 'grand sooial\tvt. given in the Method.
rho deep interest you have taken in hiss A, -A. Agneav, of VVilil;btam, and ist church on Friday, 28th, by tt,e
the advancement of �: p under you Mr, illoNanguton, of Brussels; .violin Sunday School scholars, int which a
and the patience a indite: yon gtelections by Messrs, D. t�-etele•, (R, aieleati(ml of readings and recitations
have exercised ill y' . '' tryiet and )avid, and A. Stowart ; and en ego was.,given. So l:trgo,was the audience
arduous 'task, as well as your gentle mouth organ by.itilst:dnnald•, of Braes.
that a liurnl,er had to stand ut the
and unasstluning deportment have els. 'Those wliE ttok part ill the iprn. portico.-- h1r. Jost'ph McBurney ter
gained you a high and secure place in grannie all rendered their parrs with rived , from Manitoba last week to
our esteem and remembrance. Accept, marked efficiency. A tlanee was sttb :mend the winter wish his mother;
therefore, this token of our regard and sequently -held when violindtntieie WAS Rev. D,Duvidson, I're sltytectan t>aetor,
we trust that when you look on it in furnished by Mcssr,Es.c edd:s, Anderson returned from his vacar ion oa Thurs.
after days it may runinttyou of the ;Bras,, iso. Taylor,. M.1orgusonandon slaty of lash week.
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Grey.
Stanley Anderson is leeviltg the
toaolting. profession to study dentistry.,