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A grandReform, gathering was
• held at Sarula 90 Friday hest, in the
63N1tIO 111140TIOtti. letertrits of Mr. Olme, Mackeuzie, the
Taunt have been a great many Reform candidate in the election to
ottnore in. circuletion, to the effect that fill the vaceney eateeed hy the dealt of
the late T 13 Pardee,in. West Lambkin,
Premier Mowat and Mr. Peter Ryen,
of Toronto, were given a spletidid
_reception, on the eecasiour and both
made reteeing speeches .on the quese
- dens that are agiteting elle' public
mut& Space will not edio:t of giving
elle speeches in full, heuce we give
oily that part of Mr. tlowat's speeeh
that deals with the Jesuit Estates,
'Act, French in schools aid
the bird Party. lu referring iso
the Third Party, he seld:-1 know
there is a Third Party here. and I am
told that some of our friends have
joined that party. That I minuet
understated. I ane sure there must
have been some mistake that these
gentlemen prefer the Third party to
the Reform party. Their great prin-
ciple is said to be truth and righteous-
ness in public affairs. That has been
our maxium for the last eighteen
years—tataterste—and wehare followed
that maxim as well as human perfec-
tion will permit. I3ad the gentlemen
of the Third party been in power 1
arn sure they would not have followed
the maxim any better than we have
dope. There is more in, their plat-
form, but every item in their platform
that is good. and practicable is already,
in the platfertn of the Reform
party. Well, now I have
said in a general way that
our coarse in goverment and legislation
.bas had the been of the Refoitzu
party and a the public generally of
:this ,,Proviime. To enumerate the
various matters which ustrate that
statothent, would be, of course, a very
long affair. A certain measure, till*
Jesuit Estates Act, passed in the
Proviace.of </Imbed, as you know, has
caused a great deal of feeling among
Liberal and Conservative Protestants.
1 am quite aware that the indignation
which b a been naanifestedamong many
Protestants was honest indignation.
I do not diseussetnything except those
• measures that have to do. with the
Ontario Government, But the
excitement was aroused, and what
have our opponents donet They
have sought to pervert the excitement
which exists against Mr. Mercier so
as tomake it tell against the Ontario
Government, 'which have nothing to
d�.with it. Gould anything be mare
dislienest dame that (cheers.) The
-ease is still worse, however, for in the
.newspapees they say that 1 devised
Mereier's bill --(laughter) —taat
it had been passed at my solicitation
and, by agreement.with me But 1
used not tell you that 1 had nothing
the Ontario elections would take
ftlacia this Wiater, end because there
waa 2O eontradiction given to them,
it was ehought. by some .that the
amore were correct,.. On this Matter,
Toeshy's Globe says there is not a
particle of foundation for the rumors
.The Governmout have never intended,
or do not now intend, to bring oa
gentla'. election previous to another
seesiou of the Legislature.,
O. P. Xt. ExTraisioN. •
Tag extension of the Canadian
Pacific Railway from this town to
Goderiek is just now agitating the
minds of the people of the county
town. Meetings are being held along
the proposed line and a charter will
beapplied for at the coming session of
the Ontario Legislature. The people
of Wingliam are favorable/to the line
being extended to Goderieh, but can
hardly be expected to give financial
assistance to it, as they have already
contributed liberally in bringing it
into Winghaoa. The Signal, iu speak.
ing of the extension of the road, says
So far as Goderich is concerned, rail-
way ceinentunication is needed from
every possible point, and where ever
Assistance can be obtainedio promote
a scheme Awing the county town for
a terminal point, the right hand -Of
fellowship- will be extended, We
betee no intention of decrying other
schemes, but we will libtd to our, own
first', last and all the time. - The time
has come for decisive action, the town
has walked up to a man • upon the
question, and the work of pushing
along every available rpute will be
entouraged by every one of. our rest
dents, Goderieh hag put its baud to,
the plow, and will oat look back.,
•
alDITOBIAls atSaTES..
Tire second &pieal: conv,ention. of
the Evangelical. Alliance for - the
Dominion of. Canada, will he held,
,St. JanaesSquare Presbyterian Chareh
Toronto, oreDee. 8;e4. andlnext.,
Atter the first ofi. Jariurary. next,
Righ, School; Itusteew will not be
eligible to beCome Members of multi
,whateyer to do with it and knew no
cipal councils, weeording to an amend itnore of it than any of yourselves. ettl
matt to the municipal net passed last 71 knew I got hem, the pu bile news
session. of the OntarictLegislature. :papers. It is said 'further that the
Protestants should go against me be-
Tns.annuat meeting of the Provin- "use 1 was an any of aisis, murder; in
eial Association of High, arid Pu b'ic some things I Ban ready to be an ally
Sehool,Trustees,assembled in Toronto of anybody. In matters of common
this week. The meeting was a repro interest 1' am ready to be Sir
John Macdona'crs ally. If there
sentative. one, there being upwards of
one hundred delegates in attendance. ilrledutifattaeeeet upon which I. can agre,
with lin, I am responsibre
A, ameree,mene *of municipal sere only for those things to vrbidli 1 do
eentatives.is, in session in Toronto agree. The members of a Board of
this weeks It will &at i
pr.neipa ,...
Trade., for instance, unite for certain
1, business purposes, are not responsible
with taX.axemptions, assessmeuts and
. for one another's political or religious
the munipipal a,ct. On Wednesday, views; or for -anything else except
ie was decided that churches wad an those views which they hold in coin
mon. That is ney pobition with regard
property appertaining thereto, except .. . • . .
i
to me. Mercier. (Appmuse ) I am
burying grounds, should he taxed. ' responaible- for the resolutions passed
by the Conference at Quebec, of which
Game. Mr.ifereier was a naember,resolutions
Rev, Dr, Potte,of Toronto,preachecl passed upon matters of common it -l-
ettuce. lentil sermons . in the Gorrie wrest to the Provinees. It is said
Ilethedist chard on Suntley fast both that there was soma secret arrange
morning and evening: rhe revereed i trieut at that Conference as to Preach-
gentleuato also preached at Oranee r listing the eastern/ part a the provinee.
1
Hill in the afteruoon.--The eoLeert (Laughter.), That was absurd and
in the town hail on the fith inst., was false of coarse. These Who say it do
a grand bin:lie-se. Mr Jos Mason, Of • not believe it. So far as Mr. Mercier
Wingham, gavq several wade etorgs in and I were agreed, we put it in writ
good style. The Teesewater orchestra ing and pal; lolled it to the world.
furnished mimic, for the oecasiou,under There was no secret arrangetnent. 1
the leaderehip of Mr, John Shilling. ask -these Protestants who have I. e
excited au this subject and interested
ItIttovate. in what is going mein Quebec to con-
?•fr, Ben, Suite was itt Ooder:ch ou i eider what 1 ani pointing ou. rt is
Saturday litst.-11fr ktfu,plier, broth. tri that Conservatives and others
er in-law of ),Ir Adam fitinderseinhaa appeared on Km Bo 1. Rights pat
soeured a splendid Battelle:a or, the 0 form, and were very vigorous in de
P It line wast of London...The Turn. nouncing what was going on in the
hem, 0eatteil will -m(33 hereon Mon. Province of qiebee, an..1 have also in
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day next. --e This September and sided in dououtleing the, Ontario
Oistoter cheese wag told the ode, e Guvernmm:. Ai al the e lied 't
ay or 1 oents per pound. --7 r (Tulin
Gannett and Milt Mary jams Thoma,
were united in nurtiage on the fith
InAt.—Itev. Mr Manly delivered * very
internal leotlre Taotday
qe.Nino Mid ter*,
eicrt.iaris..ip if they wer.3 uot elleweJ
admire end leaner 'Mite been led tO,
44'qtteilOe that Many %um whom all
(toy. rim, in se ong.eide of those against
the Quenero Governmeut. The Con -
to put in denunciations of the Outatil
assume, from the uoustaut
of these things, that the Chita
Goierittnent is very bad and thet we
are the slaves of. Rotate We are
the slaves of any church or any sottitr.
(cheers.). Our atexim had been to be
fait to everybody. (Renewed cheers.) _
But the constant reiteration of thie
absurdefelee charge has carried away
Some friends of outs and others. who
are not pulitieittos,but are m other
respects :reasonable men. k Bud, for
tostarace, that in the new party paper,
upini one occasion, Principal Austin,
a gentleman wheat I admire tied
honor, delivered an addrees, wbioti
he said that the public offices of To -
onto and 0.. tewa were mere registry
tion offices for _ the dictates anti
demands of Rowlett prelates. Prin.
cipal Austin won d not have said that
if he had not behaved it ; but can
answer for. the' pultlio, (Atm le 'To
roan There is not one word of tratli
in it. (Cheers) We stand. in the
same relation to the Roman Catholic
prelates that we do to the clergy of
any other Oleuruh, Hellas been led
to imagine that there have beea
dictates of Rendeit prelaiess lliere
have been none, The 'allele thing is
a 'blunder, and where it' is. not a
bluer it is a falsehood. Take tire
matter of appointments, for instance.
We have appointed a number of
Roman Oathohos to office all over the
eountry. -Nobody will object to that.
for no- person whose opiniou is worth
anything proposes to ostracise"Roman
Catholics for public Oakes incense' of
their religion.. When the whole
matter is taken into consideration,
and: the number of Protestants com-
pared with the rest of the population,
it will be found that we have Leen
fairelike to the Catholics and to the
Protestants, More than that,hoarae
Catholies appointed to . office, like
others are orour own selebtiou. Lint:
out of ten Catliolios appointed to
office are appointed without a word
from a prelate or clergyman. Some.
times Catholics bring among their re
omtneudations ,oue front their pries
There eau be tie.objedtion to, .that.
am always glad to know . virhat. the
Looter. thinks of the aspirant to office.
am glad to get. recommendations
from clergy mate whether Protestants
or. Catholics.. Bot theite are given
without the writer's knowing, who the
other caudidutes are and what their
claims aro e what'afe. the'duties of
theoffice, and LIR' tittee niatte'ra: We'
mast take into accotint. tnust say
this for the Roman Catholic clergy.
awn, that, they no mare charm that we
are bowed to appoint their nominees
than the Protestants:do. - If anybody
ion gave great 'atttaitioe to eehoni isas tt
io and who certainly did utit an towel
' Cethinies, yet etitetioe
tilhentintOkILS freer! time te t101
Others be did riot sanction rind th
were not adopted. Mr Mewet rt
ferrel to the etiltude of Don. L1eor
Brown toe ards leeparote aleiroors, ae
• 11 t d 1 •
ee- knows telote in regard 40
Public that -s, and
ed there, is ni..! Man WM* CaPiti40 to de.
• igu the host metals. for promoting
ey thtUr eilleteney, (1,tiud u)pleimeet
ie
gA But WttwAtioolt. •
Mi Chas. Wightman hits. gone tei
c.
t..
I 'advantage, in amending the law on
that poiut. There were -a great many
exemptions in the law. The assessor
dealt with them and made the neces-
sary entries cm the roll. -If arty of
them were wrong it was remedied, by
an appeal to the court of revision and
then to the County Judge. It was
'suggested that the some method of
exeMption. should.apply-in this' case..
It was felt that there should be at:
Loftus of discovering whether or not
the notice bed been properly served,
and the law was amended accordingly.
Mr. Mowat thea touched on the other
r- aspeots of the. Separate :School gave-
.
e tion, and then turned to the .Freneh
) school matter.. It was said he re.
ou ,ut to 6 16" Uiobigan et r.s• k
d- in and ot.ittenniqi fur 8,400),
tint that on on Monday to spend a few weeks with
before Oonfedergioni
oeitetion had hem futile bet ewes of Itis uncle in Nab6agavvel"."--At'•
the olid Lower eheilidialt vore et
a *levity of thin ofIrptit
Canada, being tied Remind it. 1
old how at lest Itte, Broeu hall coal
to the conclusion that it w :s the • pa
of wisdent to allow the Lower Caned
ittne to control exclusively their ow
affairs in title respeets provided LI
same riglite were accorded the Ut;pe
Otteatlians, Ilia niaii objet was - t
protect the Lipper Canadians. 11 wa
trot true that Na.r. Brown had not, ee
erected the Lower Canadietts to hes
that right. Now uuder the i3 N.
Act they were nut at liberty to pas
any leave prejudicial to the S4 -tiara;
Schoola, ad un the other hand it wa
practicaily wade the duty of the Pro
viiices to pans any laws reglia'ra fu
Henderson' of the 2nd eeneeeeivo,is
id to have an extensive We of farm
stitok and nupteineuts, tide (Friday),
grand entertainineut is
to be bold in Sohool house No. 10
PI' about Do There is also to be,
8' cm° in Union. School School No
about Deo. Chriatien
Liobertsont eldest daughter of Mr.
• Arebibajd ittiltdettlOtt,dleti Ott the 11411
Q She was only in her 10eli year. '
She was a elever youtig woman, ad
tauelit school at Donnybrook last pier
mat avFortlyee pp till March Last,
' she had to resign ou atieoutit of
t. her -health. She was a victim of that
f• ejt diseesti eiieutufition.
the waking of the law. If they din
not do. this it was Liss duty of the
D :whams to do so. Now by a. preei,
. eion oi the Separate Sunoul Act pass.
ed before Coolie sratitris, it was' pr.'
'laded that a Reliant Clatholie couat
get exemptioh froth Separate Selma1
rates by giviug autice that lie was a
noolito Catholie and a supporter of
Public Sehouls. .Tlien he beeetue ex-
empt from Separate School taxation.
' That was uesatielabtory. There was
no machinery for the- correetion of
tnistakes that naisht arise. ' It was
not neeeesary, the law stood, • that
alio notice should be given by the Luau
himself. It might be by an ligetit..
' It did. not need either to be in writing.
In fact the arichmery was inaperfees,
and, from a Protestant point of view,
very objeutiolatb:6, and when the
Roman Cathuace asked for a change
he vim no objection, but rather an
Clinton.
. Mr, Ciro. Masop, erre' of the pita.
avers of this seetioi,„ passed away, en
• the btle tube He had .been Battering
with some derange:11uit ef tile atom -
soh fur the past year, and lately
was net able to retain au3 thing except,
water un his stomach. He was bora
iti Wellick,'Yorlislaireated came tottane.
tide in tile year 1835 ; ler tinte
resided hi tile neighborhood of Toruno,muying to the Huron traet iit
He setired ou the farm on the Aaron
road, Hullett; that ne occupied untit
about 9 years ago, when he sold out
acid moved. to tliwu. waa a mem
ber of the .Methodist ehutch for ID'
,years, Re, was always ' of a quiet
disposition, and toelt no pert in pdblie.
affairs, but was web Icaowu, buivereals
ly esteemed and respected. Re la's
a wife, two igns and a daagliter, —Dr.
Renee lectured to a fait tiudience tact
week, on "Jam Bright." Thedoceor
is a fioeut, easy speaker, and handled
his subject to the best advautage.
—re in the store of ter.F Sheppard,
on Wednesday morning lata, destroyed
nearly all his stock.. The loss will be•
uoneiderakle. --- The Doherty Orgau
company turned - out eight- Ave
organs during the us rith of (auto, .
her:
did attempt to dictate to us,no matte
who, it would be presented by th
°uteri° Government. (Loud cheers
Bat weiiave nbthing to reeeat. We
havebeen treated- as 'we ought to lie
treated. Wheneaer a Roman Catholic
approached me he approachd me.
as. one whom he knew to be a Protest.
aut who loved his church. (Applause)
1 am associated in the Cabinet with
five other Protestants,anci we owe our
support mainly to the Protestants for
notone member in ten is a Roman Oath
olio. 1 ha ve observed the falsehoods that
have been uttered about us, and also
how some good men have been car.
cied away With this feeling,' and . I
thought it right to snake the state-
naents I have just made. New, asked
Mr. Mowat, what.was the foundation
of this opinion which was entertained
by some people, and welch some other
people professed to entertain but did
not believe iu 2 Well, it heti some -
.thing to do with . the French Schools
and something to do with Separate
Schools. They were matters which
had been discussed at previous eke
tions and hied nothing new in them.
Stijl lie would discuss thetn briefly on
the present oceasion, though, it was
,toitig over old ground. It, is said that
our Separate School legislatioa has
been very bad, that we yielded to
Catholic Priest§ and. others what we
ought not to have given them. The
1 gisktion. rot rred to was passed away
back in 1877 ant 1879, and all that
time there was not a single voice
raised against it, Not a clergyman
nor a layman thought er pretended to
there was anything wrong In it.
rtgrreseutative wan nue any other
man had a word to say agftinst it. It
appeared to everybody to he just what
it was; tris moat reasonable legielee
Lien in the world, Non, Was it hot
Inaelt more likety thet in the excite-
ment of the public mind at the present
Inne some Protestants were attaching _
too much importitece to this thieg.
Mowat pulsated out that he was
not resholsible for Separate Sehook
at all. They hail come into extetauco
before he was it, public life at ail.
They existed as far ha& as 1841, and
ameneltuets were made from time to
time to regulate the working of them.,
Dr. Ryerson, a very able moan, who
anarked, that from. the ordinances or
inanagement of himself mad:colleagues
it had been brought about that in
Many of the schools in the' eastern
part of the Province. French was al-
together, or naiuly the language in
• Rapid City. •
.Mr. Alex IvicLoan hes so far reeov.,,
aired from hie recent severe Hines* as.
to, be able to , friends in Ash-
tie .—Mr. Geo. Denton was
lucky recipient of two haultietue pres-
ents at the -recent Diantond 3/Iodic:lob •
'competition. Vie otter George our-
oongratulations, and hope bis “tieket":
ratty prove as successful in tin nietrie ,
monial lottery.-; Anglia McKen-
zie purchased the handsome grt je pony;
fortaeria the property of Mr. A. Mc--
li.enzie,of Partite ouut,--Tbe operatfona ,
use, and that Catholic books were
'used there eoutraty to the regulation, t
Now, in the first place, he would t
point out to them 'that the Ontario t
Goveriarnent was not at all respon-
sible for tLe oondition of itaa.irs wsioli
existed in the neaten Counties until
very recently. They were just what,
they found them. Dr. Ryerson in
his time had not interfered with them, 'f
believing that whateverevils existedin
connection, with them' would remedy t
themselves, as in the ease of the (ler-
wan School, which had,,in fact, since
his tiro became almost or entirely 0
English-speaking Sconoles Ile thought t,
a similar result would he attained by
letting the French Schools take their a
course, To Kiev airw Dr. Ryerson ti
felt ons this matter he referred to a r,
queatiou submitted to Jahn m IBMs as
to whether a teacher duly qualified in ef
all other respects, but unable to speak ti
or teach English, should be given a
eertilieate, He urged upon his. au& •
ence tolemember the feet that. the
Oanaditen people were made un of
different. races, and pointed out the SI
lesson of toleration. and good -will to se
be drawn from thatfact. Mr. *twain- te
tnuated to the audience that Ilan. G. :11
W. Ryes would likely addrese.a meet- th
ing or two itt the riding at an. early
date, andsaid: You will, itti ;We
eloquent a speaker as aoti. haste ever 'eu
heard, and he is nut only an elogaeut
speaker but a good anus (Applause.), biL
I refer to this Nowise a, ureal eon ob
e epaittge fan ee of teitault and batter .• burglary
f our cheese factery have closed. fur,
he season, thus giving the.groptie.torae
heir well merited time for reeiea-.
ion.—Some parties, with epicurean;
astes andshearts ilitent on„, mischief,.
tearing that the factory was not under
ock and key, went out last.
HaIloweetsfor the exp. ess purpose of
ppropriating one of the "delicioute
resh cheese" to their own special
se. But whilst -waiting around fer,
be propitious tnothent to accomplish
heir purpose, terror ' seized them aa
hey saw the portly form of the own -
r passing and reptiesiug before one of
he lighted windowa. They forgottt"
verything only to eseape bis 'wrath,
rid the jeers trf their friends yvhich
zing Wiry did and feeling ttrily
entapt of toeir rashin sa and have,
owed to rule their lives by the lessona
truth and uprightness learnt alt.
zeirinother's knee.
Huron Iteene. •
The. ofileiet returns of crituitial•
atisties show, a, commendable
nes of serioue critues.of mordets ai-
Far.tted Mercier, ete ,,in the couuty of
Aron, for the year 1888„ 'Under
heading of "Assaults against the
rson" it shows that, two essaulte,
re tattle upon &Males, Mere than.
cub, tertainly, mid yet few, con- t
ming, the ovil teudency of hiiman
tux° in this direction ; two °twee or.
etruoting teem° officer ; only one
y or
t o (icor.; of the hountry. lie has having horgriluaer tools, I ; 4 coo 011
Wen singled on t to create an imprep. robbery; 1 case of horeepittle or sheep
skin- that he bas not been truthful dealing ; 24' ea se& of: le reeny ;, 4, of.
and Lunt he is not a capable main I false Practices ; of, esoaPe
wiell to bay that t know' Initt well. 1 prison;1 of arson ;1 ot g y ; 1. oJ
have hail several years eisperieece of felOny ;4 of eonepirace . The total.
him as a member sf elle LioliernamAtkumber of summary toavietions and
and have entire coufidenue Ma in OaticO ilubjeet to trial by jury, in the
tegrity, truthfulness, woral charucterlootuttYi was 335; out a the 39 cowl -
and Ability. tfure, there is ,to man ties tu Onts.rio there were <20 that,
in Patblia life al title, emoted., Who Iheve a lover member thee Huron.,
has *kr/1144d t