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• OUR iia debt is not nearly so high, pe oppressedand
liberty wdr" ewvitltpjol ii we da.ing not •u tbinsesintithe
mer Nmg am ate
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'41, 4 capita as Canada's.. ---while Canada's the glorious
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The Trade 4uention.abl3r reviewoit Tho Lieut. is 47+93 to every man, woman maketii his own free, Front the birth Iold. �i��r+lanls it Ili iii the trees,
ntanrtPr of
4o —The are� d y esntoe In car
S. of Ulirist wve set+ iter occupying y NV God gave direction
Zrirba are bads wac charge is and tis only
this counrry, fire U.
nataata--T>aaSfuy olsurxn -debt is oniy $2$ per capita of its cntispztiuuut place in thtr r:hurvh, She giving.
Of I1tt9ioyarty--•whole• pOpulatIOA---they yell with all their was l ii t t► rtlatik God about the furnishing of the tabernacle
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OTTAWA
LETTER.
FBI A,Y, MAROU 22, lSet1„
apmecrounseete far- •
M9E9 and work -
;ragmen,
amongst the - rt , , e couunancled that
His great Gift
,' • •„ � brass. flee linon, and
;rold, silver awl bra
goats hair should be brot'glit, Many
there were who could not atl'ord .gold,
silver or Ane loan, but if they brought.
Brass and ;slats hair with their* whole
heart it was its acceptable in Hes
sight as the gold and silver", What.
God wants Bret is e'rtire consecration
to present our bodies "'a li�'ing sncri-
might, ""How disloyal to tell the for o ea
The ideanse ttue*tiora people that fads, Do you not know i prt•ad the glad tidings of salvation,
v all others on that you axe deer jug your country." Widen. Jesus was brought to JertlsAIP A
MTho question above i Te tee l;aiterol the Timis. The only object that the Liberals hove to be presented to the Lord in the
Legit the Oppositions in the Local ''The session is drachms, its wean in view is to show the extravagance temple we read that Aurin beheld
Legislature were aurldittg kat hopes y day of the Canadian. Government rn eon. Thur, "gave thanks unto the Lord and
for political capital was that of tilt' some length along. PSrlrties li
day and slight, are enough to. weary a" trading such a heavy debt, When spike of Rim to all them that •lucked
government's administration of the the Tories are ()barged with makingfor redemption in .Jerusalern." Front
liquor li ten,s° law. The Toronto luau's life out, The Free Trade
C notorietyQuestion has been auger diaaessi°u this a dear countryg to live its. and this tittle on all through the life of
fi''orid has earneeta .-ort of .
as a sensation monger. Sonienaonths
ago it made a lot of sweeping accusa-
tions aril pretended to have inforrna-
tion to hand whieh„ if . true. would
prove damaging to the Mowat Gov.
ernment. The debate ou the question
was looked forward to with consider-
able interest. On Thursday last Mr
fs eriditie fired bis greatthunderboleand
it fell harmlessly and, the result broiight
an Tittle glory or strength to the. cause
of the Opposition as anything they
..•have recently tried;' Mr Meredith
,contended that it Was a retrograde
'rove to have the matter of granting
icenses transferred•frow the municipal
poinoiis to the Local Legislature, and
that a. majority of the cornmissioners
were chosen from the Reform ranks;
tbatinfiuence was brought to bear to
bring hotelkeepers under the control
of the Local government, HR: favored
taking from the government the con -
trot aiid"management of the traffic.
Hon. MI' Hardy made an admirable
and most effective reply to Mr. Mere,.
dith. "Fie showed liowv the opposition
and the Dominion Government wei•'e
responsible for strong endeavors- :to
declare. the Crooks' Act unconstitn
tional and wiping it from the statute
book and thus;.fnduoing: the appoint-
enent of deform commissioners in self -
•defence, It was the opposition who
first dragged the question of license.
into the maelstrom of political con-
troversy. Re instanced how the
Conservative government. at Ottawa
under the McCarthy; Act appointed
straight party men in nearly .every
ease. In 1884, in Toronto, the Com-
missioners, •undc3r the Crooks' Act
issued142 licenses to' Conservatives
and 72 to Reformers, whilst under the
McCarthy Ant with "Conservative
4omrnissianers issued 142 licensee to
Conservatives and 44 to Reformers—
the Conservatives thus receiving
seven ninths of all the licenses. At
the present time out of the 408 licen-
ses.in Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa.
Kingston, London and Brampton. the
Conservatives held 248 and Liberals
1:655. '''liiti showed how absurd, was
the contention so loudly assented that
the Liberals had exercised the license -
granting power in a tyrannical man-
eaeuer. Referring to the great htie and
cry raised. by the World he showed
d � nett hoilnt`etl iu
for more than a week and will end on thereby eansing hundreds of thousands Christ we fru worn of their eu'r trice" and then to work with the gifts
Tuesdaynight. Many of the speakers ,of people to leave.ottr shores to seek ministering ante dine t r'eue is ossess.
of last ear are giving an opportunity hoes itr the U. S. they retort by stance and in further►naaiathe
tltt lit r to Soul ttlau t;uo.v ticy fu:lsalvatian,
to those whose who did not speak last charging the . Liberals with a desire to .qf ilia kin„ dant. lie , i , "lemon l;ise ee Rin anti f„urwaal Dare,
on this question a discus. luaure Caritlda arrd exalt the U, S. the rank of dtsoi 1Pslrip •f i Jov to fatal i,r every station.
p
ru . Th. d' u
tionretliiu;r rsti it to t20 and btitrs
yeiw
stun liars along this sauce lines as it No Liberal in Canada desires in any _.women not a few set or, his ‘,
d e
di before. The Tories are. so Memeld way to injure Canada, Tire Liberals learned of -il.im, We all know ' whiles
on'tlais question that from their, 01 this country have done more • to ,a prominent p.ace•was all •ttt-d her iu
speeches it is haohardhardto dasher what they. magnify :the eapabititres of Canada .the events. oonnep.ed with tt,e .:reee-
will d if any ""party exigencies than the Tory party ever did. They Wonon
i
ise, did more to obtain and perfeot :our Not she with traitorous kiss her liavionr
Sir John professes' to be rear y to system ofgovernmentthan any ,
Not she de
tiaon shall close thyearthly mimeo,
Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days ;
Hope shall ol,uuge to glad fruition,
Faith to sight, rami prayer to praise..
David Leel but a slimly rind Setlrsen
a jawbone but leok at the work they
d ' i ly other stuns hied hits with Unholy .tongue ; accomplished. Dorcas had but , tier
enter Into wider trade relations xvith panty and they are now seeking. to She while apostles ahtank, Ewald danger needle riot she consecrated brat to
the U. S. arcus the lines of the Old establish a trade policy wliit;la will do She,
Elgin Morey treaty of 1854, a if the rndre to develope our resources, ex- Last at the cross and earliest at the ;rave,
U. '. indicate a desire to de -so,, His paid, and,extend our trade and make After Christ's ascension,' women,
foil vial; upon the other Lata, strove our present -eomparktive prosperity as well • as men, watt in d'or
to prove that a treaty of that >kind ';Featly more prosperous, usaleru for the descent of the; Floly
would ruin the prospects of this, .fine . Let the fainters and workingmen
p Ghost. In the days. of. the apo';tles
cauiitr , It would puzzle a ' Y'hiltidel of this country congregate aiid treason we read of Dorcas, Lydia Priscilla,
.ilia lawyer .to know what the Tories together upon "this policy, set fortis by glary audJnna, who were all "hurry
aFP willing to do, They :,kiiive lata tide Moat party'. Let , them exalt and staining light" who worltT.i for
defined policy upon the matter. They themselves above party Considerations the poor, who : entertained strangers,
-,.and look at the question from a. um- ;who insmmuated young converts, and
are determined to stand by the myna
facturer at all hazards. They kne •tional standpoint. ,who labored for tbe upbuilding of the
that they are better able: and More If this be done Free Trade wi th the =church:: Then corning down .through
wilting to provide boodle' in time of U. S. is a foregone conclusion and •:the middle ages, bow woman's name
need than any other Class, They are their interest and prosperity are fills the martyr's roll ; women wt o
` that last year.. eight Reformers •anti dignified but not servile allegiance to
but four refuted
the charge were cut tiff the Crown and institutions of (Treat
He fatly xefnted the that the Britain.
.Believing,.as the Liberal party of
license this country does, that Free Trade iii
anything left unanswered m Mr commerce between this country and
Meredith's ° accusations, Provincial the U. 8. would. largely tend to devet-
Treasurer Ross most effectually dealt op our almost .inexhanstable natural
with it..He showed that the agita- resources of wealth; it will continue. to
tion in Toronto arose from disputes press upon the government and people
between the brewers scjuabbling for of Canada the necessity of ohtauun
g
ted •n Unrestricted. Reciprocity • between
the trade. An enquiry institu i those countries.
Toronto showed no evidence on which The day is not fur distant when
emit
base a public investigation.mbtpo Tory farmers and Tory :workingmen
east a . ranks
reading bomb into the meta will realize the fact that their own
silica' ranks by a statement interest and that of their families
signed by 1.43 out of 150 saloon keep• should be ar that i to parity. When
els to the 'effect that they lead never p
influenced in anyway by the license that day will come, and come it will
,commissioners. Thus the *hole for the dawn of day- is already at
charges' referred and reiterated have hand, the 'fossil non-progressive Tory
g p�. "'will have to hide his head and allow
vigorously collapsed .it being made, more progressive men to ' hold the
quite apparent to all unbiassed minds p' a
that the to called charges were trump helm a rid guide` the ship of state.
e- ed up absurdities. Mr floss aptly The Totters irecuse country. No ibeacls of
ciisa-
said, "a weak and stupid parody of defanain„ a
the great 'i»res Parnell fiasco.," tion is more unjust and none, untrue.
It is only • by- comparison that pro-
Laligs cte.
Nothing but farewell parties -in the
neighborhood. A number of our goys
have caught that North West fever it
is quite cataaious.—a' r. Jae. Orowston
told hra niedraughtgelding to agentle-
tnan he Galt. --Mr1 John Leuimon,
took his departure for Montitna.—Mrs;
N. and Miss J. Smith acid Mr. L, A.
McDonald, of Eineardiiui, were the
gueete of Mr. Jarees Orowston last
week. ---Miss Emily McLean, of Lower
Wingliain is visiting her friend, Mrs. The schemes of government under ing prayers prescribed-hrtlrat�riiin�+s
words antf lwt++d+ dtrid so exert An un•
a ' which the people live are largely the should thank God for t b , ,
Jas. Crrr�wston. p , cansciateaa•i!razt very powerful iufluenoe
same. The prodttots of the crountries namely : that he had noa.l,e,"ii born a far geed.
The power of influencing
are largely similar, therefore could slave, a Gentile or a woman. Under :others for c%tl es ni cu4i of a talent
Re1gra' O. there be any two countries more the ceremonial dispensation the Irrtter •as ec,Xeauiu tf,rr art or music and if we
r a Ovens left for ]3oissevain, favorably situs' ed for comparison court was the one assigned to o her.
hitt<:r, oar talent in a ,. Imlelda we not
its -Geo g t Ghrietiadit raises women
t r ,
:ttanite ' this wee .•'- ta� respective - man. The uii'n
of the impression that farmers and assured.
laborers are more easily tolled during Ottawa Mardi 16th,.18$9;
election times than others and there-
fore trust to new promises and party : ' .---e-e—, poseessionscheerfully but also them
feeiin7 to et them into .propel line WOMAN'S POSITION AND $ESPONBT- •town Ana their c'hildrens' lives, esteem
g
when they are wanted. BILITY IN TEE CHURCH*ing it as nothing 'compared .with the.
I wish all the farmers in this A Paper.Rend at the last Meeting of the ; id y that"°:Nes toyfollow.' la our owp
in the gallery during ther 1 MiestonorV Society ,clay what ti blessed priviiedge it is . to
country were t; y Woman's �'o a su
last' ten days, that they might know by ,Mis,s Minnie 149411arrie,' ' 'be honored of God iu helping on the
for themselves which party was fight of, Windham% great cause o£ missions. God could
ing for their interests, and the inter- fully a "reoiate christciniee the world without our
est ofthe greatinetustrial classes of Cana- - That we may more u y pp assistance but we are so constituted
da. But they are notin a positiontoget the honourable position, 'and be sin -
that we cannot: grow in grace our
information only as filtered.. through eerely. gratetgl for the blessed privi• selves' without giving an abundauce to
the `partizan papers, email viewing- leges which woman enjoys, iu clinstian, others."
with the osier to give prominence to countries, Let us look for a littieattbe For the heart is'rfah iu giving,
the arguments of the favored party, paeitibii she occupies in ;`those lands All its wreath is golden grain,
No man, eliminating party feeling where the'
nett of the gospel has not What which mildews in the garner.
and party predjudice, could. avoid the dispelled the darer:tees of heathenism. . Scattered fells with gold the plain.
conclusion that the argument is large- `Her birth is considered a oaf&laity, ; Ecotrin' over the . last half century
favor of Free Trade with the ; causing sorrow in the household; her bo av resp' over t lq woman's work
Uin
U. S. When the Tories fail in alga- aliildllood' is 4oxie of misery; .she is en .shines: out. Let us think of the Mary
theyflaunt the Old: flag in the I sjlaved as' a wife , and her death is dee iyloffats the 1liisses think the many
mens
faces of men. Who are as loyal, , as void of hops,.. The .condition of the other noble *omen who cheerfully
selves and cry in" a loud voice, Indian woman in our own. land: is a gave up Koine, friends, land and every
them seek to fasten striking illustration of their degrade- hiri that earth holds dear, esteeming
Annexation. They g
upon. Liberals the stigma of disloyal- Ilion. Au eye witness says: ""I have it a privi±egg to go out among the
t The historyof the two parties in , met° squaws trudging along leading heathen to deo]are to. thein the. un -
this
this country gives: the lie to any re- their children by. the hand, and bend-
8earehaliriches of Christ: A. high
fleetious of -that nature. The Liberal ing under loads that would al tuost
tribute was 'paid .to woman's work
record in this country, as in any other break 'their. backs,,whilst their liege
in the tnissiouary confereuotw ,Held in
is one of manly independence and lord walked serenely along currying , ther'Iiall, London,thepast sum-
only a gun an his shoulders, I; have Eel: 1t was stated here, that one
seen a sgnmw ily e Ug a papoose, un married missionary, with the femin-
on her bawl; busily engaged putting ne influence of home, is -worth more
up the wigwam; afterwards chopping flier, single wen, and that
the wood, making the fire, and. cooking the twenty single
had been
the meal, while all this time her lazy oftenke let objmect heron of in the
husband lay prone on his back smok• theathen countries and - loveo wife hase
inghhiso eedi gs when
nt� frust c- been the great helpmate doing . work
the proceedings when it was antYounc- which. her husband was unable. to_
ed that the meal was ready. Sitting perform. An eminent u writing
to
down in a far off corner she waited n article uponemissionary biting
tillget w was through, beingm satisfied to says that woman has neyer:been found
however,t what twashat
it i Some will n andus, wanting to share the honor and danger
rhat i iy to tivwomann of the cross, Not only in going out into
her elevation.
Christianity tinthat , Chin owee the foreign field have women been
her. elevation. India and, China ,t showing their love to their saviour
been civilisedafor centuries, but in but also in the home when by their
hat state do we find their women 7 ra els, contributions and sympathies
They are regarded es'devvoid of Intel• hey have helped on the cause es
lett and utterly unfitted to be the ,they ysiha
companion of man. One of their law Tlius scripture ' and history shote
givers- says; ""Though devoid of all What,,an honorable position woman
ood qualities a husband- must; be
revered by his wife as a god." Com. now occupies but they also reveal that
""her civilization,- that of her responsibiliteu eve very greet,
ing alxtg :Che 'truly make itncrwu that she
Greece or Rome, we ellen find women sways a powerful iirfluertco1 but we are,
occupyin en inferior position. . ao, also reminded that in pioportion to
was merely the toy amid slave of mau, her ,iii$uence, is is her respell
gressit n Cao be judged. omparisons seldom• if ever treated as et . friend,'sibilit.y;
'tine are • all refieetgrs
utast therefore be institixted in the partner or helpmate. Plats and Arts -and of us are infitiellieed ; more or
discussion or elucidation of ally subs d for'disciples
}ea,
endured°a1t kinds of torture rather
than cleiry the Saviour, whom they
loved ; lvlio not only gave up all.their
'God and what a mighty iritl:le:me thee, -
needle bas hi the last eighteen, weir
anries aud will e>ntinne until the' end
of time. • lela'ry took her alabaster
box of ointment aud potlrecl it on her
'Semi -nee head find the odor of the
ointment ti:led the house and so if we
bring our costliest g fts to Him the,
odor of our consecration - will diffuse
around' in ever widernue circles. Let
us the with Frances. llaverget say
Take my love, myLord; 1 pour
At thy feet its treasure store;:
Take myself and 1 will its
Ahvays, wily,all for thee,
GREEN ISLE'S PATRON SAINT.
SUCCESSFUL sT'AT ICIt's eeNCEIRT,'
In all essential features the St. Patrick's
annual concert on Tuesday evening Was a
grand success. There was 'a well filled
hall and a varied and lengthy programme,
The Clinton Quartette Club composed of
Messrs. W 'Harland, W J Ray, bliss 11
Walker, Mr B 33 Foster' and Miss Carrie
Gibbing♦, accompanist, appeared in varied
selections and won greater and deserved
applause in each appearance. Apart from
these the only" outsiders who tookpart in
1 the musical programme were MissDuffy, of
kit Agustine and toffee Coyle, of . Ashfield
whose rendition of their respective selec-
tions elicitectheartyapplause, That beau
tiful song, Killarney, was effectively ren-
dered by 11Ir-3 A Cline The artistic per-
formances of the. Flanagan family were,
ailthinOs considered, the most entertain
iug portions, of. the programme, They
rendered thoir`parts most 'admirably •and
were resat= heartily received; Youthful
Mise Ida, withforce, precision and effect
Mowat administration had attempted•
to snake political capital out of . the
li distribution,If there was
sang "I'n tSinglt still" dna The postman's
wveloome." Miss C.A. Flanagan sang finely
""Jessie'sDream," Mr Lou L Flanagan
did splendidly iii the onmio role pleasingly
rendering "Mick the Irish boy," ""Gay- old
Mick" and an original parody containing
Several good local hits. Miss Jennie Car.
gill sustained' the wrapt attention, of the
house whilst reciting in. her usually alew+er
style a heavy. selection. RevT"atber Kealy
eloquently and vividly pictured tbe ,influ-
ence of individual 'and national .recoleo:
tions, reviewed the life and: labe'rs of St
Patrick, the struggles and achievements of c
the Catholic church, the patriotism,gener:
osite and ability of the Irish race,— their
b'ril1ianay of intellect, strength of will and
subjugation of passion and attaahenents to
their church and native land.. O'Connell
Grattan, Curran, Emmet►McGee and Parr
well were instanced: The nolo efforts
of Parnell and The Grand.old Man and
tiller followers to obtain the blessing" s of
(foie Rule for Ireland were piot"ir`ed in elo:
quont earnest end bopefullaaguage. There
folewed an eloquent pororatior urging liber:
ty, enlightenment, religious toleration,
respect for national feelings anti the maul:
festitation of a brotherly, spirit' , amongst
Catholics, Protestants and ittl mankind•
On the platform: were Rev Fathers Mot
Gee;Costello,and Messrs ilenvis,T I#olmes,
I.' Fisher, M Brennan and Armstrong. A.
hearty vote of thanks was tendered the
lecturer on motion of M'essts - Davis
and 12 Brehnrah. 112+ P 13 Flanagan pier
sided with tads and aceeptauce. ,
'Unlace.
tatle never had l woirren i p ' li3ss h those wrth ts'lt'ttm we- Come in
and allot no place to her in ` their ,�' itoil .h s t"I am
- - These comparisons roust be fairly system of ethic. The Jews, although a naretfor As rrf all lief -8ve °3711 Yf ire
made. The Liberais justly and prop- assigning to her a irlm& more honor lid re of a t th e l ha einiet. we wilte
erly institute comparisons between I able position than that given
ntlretr not silly dohs •an b stir t uiee ee but
Cana and the U. R. the only either in Greece of Rothe, h we Vvilt be herd res o tale for the
countrt - upon the continent that cat. alit occupied a hutch .inferior position v ron�y wliiGhehtr nes tght !Rio sono to
be compared with Justice. The to that of man. Tlit� Itttebitrical Writ others" ii t,, ii,; gni the tithor,'gaud, we
people are at the :lame stock. Their Ings -abound its frequent conteniptous overs citric 14 ouship with me we
language, habits, eustoms, relitrian allusions to woman, comparing her to iven we: ie iii and out among one
and methods of busineas are identical. slaves aud idiots. One of their more
another '3 a will reflr et Him in our
btr k Tl t' than these swot lent when Liberals I,a h �` .ifs able only lose the p ensure nt doing good
1
is f the pen and the sword were maks carrrparison with silo V. S. that 'equality with t t 1 distinctiont V 1Ve'tr Lxut aFP ever iii tl:tniiet' of receiving
merits
o
dixcu sed on. Wednesday evening appear to b' favorable to that country moral
lta and
ds is Citaabolished, r there n -'Feat su- r.tl iu illy out helves. It has
Phar loaders stile; Dir. Towle and Mt: they are told they are belittling their thneither turtle nor female, but all one. been said that ""man looks for vital -
J. I'rector,Mise Irwin and Miss God- own oountry. When the Tories aret and God for qu, lity ; man for
key are ou the respective sides as I told that notwithstanding the extra- in Christ, flow marked is the change1 cwius blit (Tod for wart: �' God. dors
gob .te ordinary war expen;clitttre in the II. 8. here presented. a 999 her nolong,er,l
A vary excellent entertainmernt.Wee
given in S. S, 9 taught by Mr. J„
Mntkenzie, on. Tuesday evening the
the 12th inst. Mr. James Gaunt, of
Wintoohurch, very genially presided.
The Teeswater baud was present mid
enlivened the proceedings Miss Jennie -
Murray, of Lueknow, ably sustained.
her excellent ropntation as an elocut-
ionist its a couple of selections, Miss
M. Murry and Miss M. Walker sung
some excellent sotigs. 111r, T. A, ileid
principitl of the Teeswater ptlblic
schoolgave some fine exhil►itione in
club swinging whicllgraatly pleased the
audience. Mr. A. H. Mosgrove gave
a short and ima'rrtsaivri address in his
easy and fluent style. TheThe.adlitte wwas.
a pleasant one.