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FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1889.
The I, to /taiti•Jesalt Xeettna. nor the Ai[tt-7 glee the quotatia'ls, bat Beigrave.
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till a good old age of
To the Editor of thTien ' e I understand it was unfavorable to Mr. John Robertson left on riles-• tad" physically! retiri
1 would like to the Jesuits. Well if MaoCaulay at day for Manitoba whore be has two tion, and of genial quiet
With your permission, Ofl0 time $aid something against the tuueral on Monday wa$ vcv'
to say a few words anent the anti- brothers residing, one being 'lieu. Dr.attondod by peoples from ko
Jesuits, tie slid not always ta.k .so. I',obertsou, Sup't of Missions, His
Jesuit metingheld in •the «'ingllam Hors are his words on another occasion brother Donald resides at Virden.—
Mr
irden. — country, Rev Me 111GQua�rie ga
Presbyterian church on file all lust, tlil en from the New York TriI. lite o£ Mr Struthersof tit Thomasgave an appropriate discourse, deducing; vat
I da not purpose taking up Your spaoe May 13th last. Spanking of tiro interesti, ng euterteu,
ernent on canvas able lessaii; om the life and charaoter
in discussingthe legal aspects of this Jesuit Priest be says: iu the tietliodist churoli, Monday o£ thedecea d. Rev John Gray, of
evening last The :cense ,pioture.I .Einvardine was also present and took
now famous Bill, or the right • of the , "If his ministry was needed an g 'part in the ceremonies. The family
..egislture of ,Quobeo to pass it. some country, where his life vas more
These two questions have been finaily inseoure than that of a wolf, where it
was a crime to harbor him, where the
settled by the overwlicllnin„ majority heads and quarters of his bretheru,
in yarliament, after the measure Lad fixed in the public places, showed him
been most exhaustively • discussed by what he had to expect, he went with•
sbe loaders of both parties, tunny of out remonstrance• or hesitation to his
whom aro looked upon as the greatest doom. Nor is this heroie spirit yet
legal luminaries in the Dominion, extinct. When, in our time, a new
Bhp. I will dwell for a short time on and terrible pestilence passed rouud
the reasons brought forward on that the globe, when, in somegreat cities,
occasion, both in the resolution and fear had dissolved all the' ties which
in -the speeches, why the Bill should; hold sot:iety together, when the seemar.
be disallowed. .t either do 1 consider clergy had forsaken their hullos, when
it necessary to discuss that portion of medical succor was not to be purchase.
the resolution whieh says the Bill is ed by gold, when the strongest natural:
"derogatory" to the supromaoy of theaffections had yielded to the love of
Queen, inasmuch as it recognizes the life, even then the Jesuit was found
right of the Pope to intervene in our by the pallet which bishop and curate
national affairs, for I maintain that physician and nurse, father and
it has been decided substantially et., mother had deserted, bending over
the same time that the Pope was; infected lips to.ratch the faint accents
introduced, not as a foreign potentate! of confession, and holding up to the
but as head of the church for Catholic- last, before the expiring penitent, the'
usages and the very nature of the ease' image of the expiring Redeemer."
t.
inade as ab party to the transaa iionoua d The report of the infidol.government
have the matter settled for all time. of France is also quoted to show that
Besides, do those Jesuitphobists meanthe teachings in the schools under'
to say that the baker'sdozen who ,control of the ,Jesuit::, were ,inimical
voted against the Bill are the only to morality and the state. -Some
loyal members in the House and that think that•avidence from sachet -mum
the one hundred and eighty eight are: might be a little biassed and should
disloyal and traitors to the cause of be taken neum grano salus," with a
our Dominion ? Who can question little salt. However if the .Dr will
the loyalty and honesty of purpose of. Press them into his service it is his:
Hon A Mackenzie, who left a bed of own business. But to me the report;
sickness in order that he might :cast seems like Satan rebuking sin. .Now
his vote in •favor of the Bill ? We comes the famous brief of Clement-
now come to the great objection of the XIV suppressing the order. This is
speakers at the meeting of the 4th commonly supposed to be a document
inst, viz, the immorality of the Jesu- condemning the order, and some of
its, This charge is made by the Rev the agitators of the present day say;
Prof Caven when he says (Tines re- they are only doing what this -Pontiff
port) "as individuals many of the did, '•working against the Jesuits."1:
Jesuits were of a pure character, even The brief did not condemn the Order.,
heroic, but the corporate character of It suppressed them, which means -that
the body is different" ; while . omr . as an order they were to .cease to'
worthy representative says "',Che well exist. Why On account of ,their.
known zeal, energy and activity of the immorality in bad times;? .B'eeause
Jesuits was the strongest .argument they were meddlesome and mischiev-`
against them, if it be established that ious? Not at 'all. Bat beoause they.
theserinoi les i e, (the principles of received such violent opposition .from
the Jesuits) are hostile to .the ,public some European, governments. The
good." You see both these -gentlemen Pope, 0`avoid. further trouble and a
have their doubts about the natter. ,possible heresy,,tiissolyed that -Order
One admits that many Jesuits •are and the members continued their work
good and another says they..should.not in the ministry as secular Priests:
be incorporated ,if they are bad. ;(The But why :this exposition i Simply
because.the Jesuits did their duty in
Hallos are mine). Now .1 most lts+sr,tw . Frame; ;The' fax customs of the
ily agree with the Dr' when he •says court were rebukedhcustoms
them thusohe
that if the Jesuits are bad they should court the displeasure by oe the king's
La-
na be incorporated. Then comes the g
question, are the Jesuitsimmoral'•? Is fav:'rites, ,who demanded not only
their expulsion from the court but
their existence in our midst detrimen- � the country. The principal one
tel to the public good,? 3,n.orderin
i to .from those favorites was the notorious
atedR the general charge thus o.ofMadame De Pomp a dour, the greatest
glad, the Dr quoted Pascal, .Lord anti Jesuit of her day. She demanded
MaeCaulay, Gladstone, the :French
Parliament of 1878,. and the famous •her price, which wag paid by a weak
brief of Clement the XIV. ••i may err and dissolute sovereign. In Portugal
as to Pascal, but I .understood .from the actions of the government in their
some present that .this writer was treatment of the Paraguay Indians
quoted. The Meitner the Times don't aroused a, protest from the order who
say so. At all events :Pascal is often were not only teaching them the
quoted on such occasions, and it might tricks of christianity, but also instruct -
be well to eee what manner of man he them in the arts of civilization. But
was. Of him (Pascal) Voltaire (Ties is the opposition thus given a proof of
le de Louis XIV)says "Pascal attempt- their guilt? It must be understood
ed to prove that :the Jesuits had a that it was the governments of these
design to. corrupt morality, a design countries. not the people, that gave
which no -.society ever had or could this opposition. You know govern -
have." But the point was nob to be ments may do wrong, for instauce, in
right but to be amusing at their ex- the question before us, many people
pense. et need scarcely say that this say the action of the government at
infidel eves no friend of the Jesuits, Ottawa was wrong although backed
his co, was "Beam les Jesuites et 1 by an immense majority, when they
eglise sen ira vita"—"Crush out the refused to dissallow this now ffamous
Jesuits and the church will soon Bill. They should do as the "the
follow." And this reminds me of the noble thirteen" wanted to do thus
assertion made by the Jesuit. setting aside the great principle of
phobists of Ontario to day, that they constitutional government, that of
do not wish to attack' the Catholic ruliug by the majority and governing
church. But Catholics know better. in a manner even more despotic than
Voltaire, infidel though he was, had that of the European governments of
the candor to admit that he waged that day. But these inconsistent
war against the church, but her enetn- agitators maintain that the despotic
les in Ontario today say they are Louis XV was right in his decree of
working in the holy eause of civil and banishment at the instigation of his
religious liberty, and go so far as to mistress, while the constitutional
say that Catholics as well as l:'roteb• government of Canada, backed by,
tants should join them in their unholy fourteen to one of thea people's repro-:
crusade. A fele more quotations as selatatives did wrong, booause they dig
to the character of Pascal and I leave
your readers to judge if he is a proper
s
robust conati-
in dlspo4i-
irit. Thr
largely
vu and
A. NBW TOWN HALTS.
A notice of motion was given at
v'.ast meeting of the council asking for
an appropriation of funds for the
erection of a town hall in Wingliam.
],t is a safe principle an which to pro -
teed that improvements involving
Heavy personal or municipal expendi
tures ought to be made after mature
- consideration. 'W inhere is behind
its neighboring Or rival towns in few
respects—in very many respects it is
s far ahead. But it has . certain -obvious!
wants, whiohobserving men fully;
realize and which have been frequent-ij
ly pointed out. To sustain its proud
position, or rather to maintain Re
progressive movement, two things are
. needed—a high school and a town
: hall. As a remunerative investment
. and as an inducement to those intend-.
• ing to become residents, we believe
the high school to be the greater need
at the present time. But one matter
•is sufficient to deal with at t} .time
'The question of a town hall is now
• thrust upon us for consideration. It
is universally admitted that such is
•:required. The present structure—;
which well served its purpose and day
—affords neither sufficient =comma
dation nor reasonable comfort. The
.people of Wingham realize tthat full
well and don't hesitate to say so,
Still it may wound the keen suscepti-
bilities of some to be reminded of this
want by ohs outside. We have
worthy citizens who openly -state that
they don't or won't attend public
meetings owing to the discomfort
incidental to attendauee:in.our present
hail Churches, admittedly, are not
• suitable places to hold publiemeetings.
•'Those who have investigated the
•.matter tell us that less than one
additional mill on the dollar would
defray the expenses of .a • new hall.
In fact the direct ..increase in taxation
would scarcely be perceptible. We
-hope this ` .matter may • receive the
'fullest and:most impartial considera-
' Linn eof both -.ratepayers and their
representatives in the council. The
.Board of Trade have -now a means of
;discussing and expressing their views
:i on this vital question.
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• THE JUDGE'S LETTER.
'Last week's Advance had in its
,editoral columns an article which was
a strange compound of innuendoes, in-
sinnations, silly and disconnected
flights of imagination. This writer
,tries to be idealistic, then sarcastic,
then witty. if a man were possessed
. of wit he would surely have indicated
..something at least approaching it in a
leader of ' acolumn's Iength. His
belittling and sneering at the county
town has nothing especially meritori-
ous in it. That portion of the article,
• which must be interpreted as insinua-
tions ,against the administrators of
justice in. the county town, are not
calculated to.add lustre to the fame or
`name of the ,writer. The closing
sentence of this column article is
tantamount to saying Its all.rigut••—
eve didn't mean anything by !this
etapposed humorous production.
Whatever opinions may be held as to
:tie opportuneness -or .judiciousness of
sedge Doyle's courteously worded'.
tater, we don'nthinli :he hasexceeded
his jurisdiction in this matter.
Aside from the pitiful disaster at
atthastowo, tornadoes, cyclones, wind
;Storms and: floods have visited several
t;:aces of the union east and west
:daring the past week. Whilst Oana-
r?i ams tniy be disposed to complain of
nenete enable weather and blasted pre.
eetetee at times, we certainly enjoy an
were temperance scenes, also ;the life
of Christ from his birth until his
death. This part of the programme
was so vividly pictured as .to seem a
reality.for the time being. The enter-
tainment was poorly attended, --Dr
Towle, bavirg . sold out his •praotise to
Dr F` 1t .Godfrey, leaves here this
week.—Idis.departuro is much regrett
ed by his many friends .here. -11r
Brown, of Seaforth, is here engaged
iu auctioning off bankrupt goods this
week. --A game of baseball wasplayed
between •theScotoh and Irish members
.of. .the :13elgrave .:club, resulting in'
the defeat of the Irish by 10 to 16,
This is their second defeat. The
captains were.: 0 McO1elland,(Scotch.)
and J A Nicol,(Irislt).—The Bluevale
junior base ball club intended playing
a game here last Saturday,•but, owing
to the state of the weather, were
unable to do so.—Miss Maggio .Irvine
left for Detroit, DIich,last Wednesday,
where she intends visiting relatives for
some length of time, ---Miss Aggie
Stewart is at present visiting .friends
in Blyth.—Mr and Mrs Ira Barkley
spent Sunday under the parental roof,
--Miss Mina Bengoizgh has returned
home after visiting in Wingharn for a
couple of weeks.—Miss .Eliza Proctor
left on Tuesday to visit friends. in
Clinton and .elsewhere. — Rev 'Mr
'Godfrey has returned home after
attend inn conference at St. Marys',—Mr
Chris Johnson left for Calgary, via
the 0 P R,.from Wingham on Tues-
day last.—Mrs Gallie, of Toronto, is
visiting .at Mr Meiklejohn's at pres-
ent.
ini'.t pity from destrnetien by nate Witness to give evidence as oto •tho
rel e:•:ntmts peculiar to neatly coup- morality of a body of pen dike Abe
socifri> . We bevel hero a goodly Iaud. able and consciedo sof Jesuits.eI♦ each writer
ireliLt the suffering has been beyond says • The answers to Pascal's Provin-
ti r -a ' ion, the loss of life at J.ihns- cial letters, have proved that theete sac es, ° s v. d i 1'£ i ship near Holmecville has erected a
v�.ne lots not been e o large as was at. letters contain c300 alterations or fel- °Arno= Livia*. frugality and in,luatry carved oat a fine residence and removed into thie
r sifications of passages. Cnataubri• comfortable home. En tliitir old
r ', rte ;grtad in d xapiitc:les, It is .(colimu:atox ,taxi whit.)age town, lis was for fifty years a
w, . v a 1 that 85aJ to 40017 is nearer and, that great upholder of christianity t -. -11 r. i ily is iL,out the same age as resident of the townahiit and is now
says Pascal, after all, is only a (We might :tato that Dr Macdonad the deceased wife. -.the resided on
y
:teat.„ trust. Probably nothing in ca mmniator. I -le hes bequeathed to net did not quote from Pascal. Dr Caven the old homestead with their sail
i'v y 1 '1vml.itow'n disaster more than an immortal lie." The Dr also quoted made sane reference to him. Ed. `Alexander, comfortably and happily.
"Langaide.
lbs. 0. Fraser has gone to Indiana
to -see a number of her relatives.—Mr.
Johni'?Ioorhouse, who has been for
thepast two years iu Michigan, has
come to spend. the summer at his old
home. He purposes returning in the
autumn.—Mr. Thomas Ross had a
narrow escape a few days ago white
chopping in the bush, a tree did not
fall where •he intended it should
but came so close to him, as to
give a very clear cOno.'ption of its
weight. He however was not serious-
ly injured.—Mr Richard McBurney
cannot be congratulated by his friends
as being in good health.—Mr Samuel
Wellwood, of Wingham, preached in
the Methodist Church on Sunday
evening.— Mrs William Laceart in
recovering from her illness.—Statute
labor is now completed in this neigh-
borhood and the front street presents
a very strong appearance, especially
from .firs Walker's blacksmith shop
toMrGleesons store, this being paved
with small stones.—Only two base
ball teams at Langside which play
every Tuesday and Friday night.
There are also athletic sports. —Rev.
Mr Carson has returned from con
ference and we are pleased to hear
that he will be with us another year.
—The Sciopticon exhibition which
was held iii the Methodist Church on
the evening of the lath was much ap-
lireciated by all who .attended. It
was instructive, impressive and beauti-
ful and all were highly delighted.
Turnlaerry.
Mr. Jas.Ohas.Hunt, section master,
has gone on a trip to Manitoba and
west to the Pacific coast.—Mr. and
Mrs John Hogg (the latter a daughter
of the deceased) ern -tided the funeral
of Mrs Kelly this week,—It has hegn
decided to hold a union picnic be-
tween S. S. No. 5 (Mr Blackwell's)
andGlenennan (Miss Weir's) on the 6th
of July. Arrangements are being
made for an enjoyable day for tithe's.
ars and parents. The matter is in
the right hands ---Ou Saturday last at
the ripe age of 84 years, after four or
five years r.f indifferent and declining
health, barna with marvellous patience
and ehribtian resiguatiou, Mary wife
o£ !1r John Kelly died 1a«ace,£ully.
Mr and I .. Felly came from
not dissaltow a hill which the penplr.,:P.r;;yal:ire, :atsatleud, about?
of Qu''b:*.e passed as an get of justice,, ,ager ago and settled in Hay town -
but too long .delayed. Did Clement ilip, near 1 cetr=r,
XIV suppress the Jesuits because of Thirty Ecru years
their to whinge ? Not likely, being the ago they caul to Turuberry and
most zealous auxiliaries of the church, I°cared all ttre 1:,th cpnciisaiou, was ncate it
d.
they taught only' what the churou Ideret1 ry euduyears before rnd�all nthe hardships
teaches, and do s o toda inti euca to pioneer life and by
Have ail been loyal -and consistent
members of Baptist Church, oue sone
—Rev J \V Nelly, of Perest--being°
an esteemed minister of that denomin-
ation.
+Uounty Court,
This court lugs held by.tlis Honor
Judge Toms on Tuesday •week. The
first ease was Forester. vs. 1i.12ox, an
action arising of the failure of R. DI,
Sacey, to set aside a sale of personal
property as fraudulent aud void .as
against creditors. The case was tried
by His Honor who reserved judgement
Dancey vs. Ooppin, an action fori1-
legally seizing a horse,, which at the
instance of deft, was traversed till the
fall session. Two cases of Whiddon
vs. Jackson and a case of Jackson vs,
Jackson to determine the rights of the
parties to the insolvent estate of one
Whiddo,i at Ripley, was taken up, and
after hearing•the evidence generallyliie
Honor reserved judgement. Wag -
horn vs. Beer. An action to recover
t')e amount of a promissory {tote
alleged to have been destroyed by
defendant. The jury returned a vete-
dict
er•dict for plff. Queen vs. Hooper, two
charges of arson in the burning. of
the Bluevale cheese factory, was,
after ineffectual attempts to gest a jury,
traversed to fall Assizes. M. C. Cam-
eron appeared for prisoner, who was
admitted to bail in the SUM of $1,000. .
A Mohawk Sootety.
Who has not heard the scorer's fame ?
Who has not trembled at the M.)bawk's
name, •
• This couplet is the motto of a
Young Men's Society inaugurated
some while ago in Winghani. The
rules and regulations are as under :
1. The Sooiety shall be known as
the Wingham Mohawk Society.
II. The Presidency shall be held
by one who has chaffed the r town
constable more than onoe, end has
passed three nights at least in the
cooler.
III. That the tenure of the,above
last for six weeks, so as to encourage
youthful aspirants in the glorious
career of wllsg<t isfooli,lily reisnamed
blackguardism, but is the very marrow
of true manhood.
IV. In order to . encourage the
young to tread tae noble path, boys.
are eligible at six, and trill be account-
ed the full membership at the age o)
ten.
;V. With the proviso, that they
have .been known as loafers at street
corners, and can give .satisfactory
evidence that they have choked girls
and maidens on their way to or from
church, or other slow condi conven-
ticle, to blush shame.
VI. That Saturday night and
Sunday morning be devoted to a high
earnival of riot, mischief and howling
the war -whoop of the Indian, the
crowing of a rooster, the braying of a
donkey, and other harmonious sounds
taken as models securing a first-class
diploma.
• Bruce County Items.
At the Bruce County Council one
of the matters considered was that of
the erection of a county poor house.
A special committee was appointed to
report in December on the locality,
cost of suitable site and cost of `neces-
sary building. ,
Hon. Chas. Drury, minister of
agriculture,, will deliver an address at
the farmers' picnic to be held tit
Tiverton, on Thursday, 20th June,
under the auspices of the farmers' in•
stitute of the north and centre ridings.
of Bruce. Jas. Rowland, M. P., and
Walter U. Deck, M. P. P., ` are ex-
pected to .deliver addresses. There
will also be present Mr. Henry Brown,
president of the centre riding instit-
tute, and Mr. Wi. Bowes) secretary;
Jno. Pierson, president of the north
riding institute, and Jno. Douglas,
secretary.
The Battalion Band of Walkerton,
captured the second prize of $100 at
Port ferry.
Clinton.
`hc,Clippere of Clinton, and the
Invaders of Brueefield, played a
wee of footbail, ending in a tie.—
Mr.
.
Mr. John Caibick, of (l•oderich- town.
�,,; o n ever bo had. Lord Maceaulay. Ne'i,lier the Times Times.)
eighty three years ofShe but Hearty
and active yet. Of his three sons two
are iu B Columbia and one in Win
The deceased was in early life and liar<tn,
JOr
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