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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1881-03-04, Page 41 4 .11.14 4....1..01..,. THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 18$1. THE HU_o onRON SSIIGNAL GiLLI +ui Bref at mew Oulnas, Awns t GODERIQH, ONTARIO. Ant M Ise Ur. gi the surrowir Me= It hos slid webs the lw l>. tied aossairsabasseMtNora to chs sko Kis IhWelsi anda ma1W••tlM amt.:: 'gine dsatdre role so hard o► Anvaae,aree.— t oats 1w fee 4ret taas.ttea • Wee weWet4s load a dos reducedearly rarateaK Teart7 dew esnorrna.— We have slwaerseciam iobbtse dwortmoat is 00111DOCU., aid peones are the most complete est -alt and beet facWties for taeslse eat work to Ooderich, ars wowed Umbels dUmbels is that line at seines that cannot be Leatesi. sad se s quality that easaot lie TerrisO veramssed. -- TersatA. 1 IDAT, ¥ARCH 4, IOW. Tis Chilian& have beaten the Pent - visas in a number of battles, and are row masters ut the situation. Peru las asked Ltglaod. "mace and Italy for in - A Oosaaroxemer sigma. himself "Geordie," wants to know through the oolamua'of the Mar, why Tae &oltei. did not publish a leiter of his sent to us. We gave the reason whoa we rewired the letter. If "Geordie" were not se great an ignoramus, he would know that we do not insert any communication in this paper unless we know the name of the writer. Towner* is becoming odious as a "dog in the manger" city. Its citizens are found interfering in everything that is Calculated to help s sister city or town, unless it can also reap some benefit from the scheme. It considers itself the pivotal point for matters commercial, agricultural, tnechanial and religious. It would be the hub of all Provincial activity. No new railway, smaller great, and however much needed by places to the east and west of Toronto, an be projected, but the denizens of the Pro- vincial capital mud protest against it, unless it will bring, grist to its mill. Now, Toronto is not Ontario. .'There are hiller beyond Peatlsad, And fifths beyond Forth Some Places in this Province must go ahead, even if Toronto does not gain in sympathy; and some places may even go ahead, even if Toronto loses by their prosperity. The Torontonians should learn very early that they are not to rule the entire Province. We are quite willing that the Queen City should do all it can in fairness to grow large and greater; but when it opposes the London Junction railway on one hand, and the Ontario A Quebec project on the other, it should be plainly told that it is mists_ ken when it assumes that it has a divine right to dictate to any Government on affairs outside of its own limits. Ix the hurry incident upon publiahing our last issue, we stated that Mr. M. C. Cameron was working hard in the inter- est of the Ontario and Qmebee Railway before the Committee at Ottawa. We should have given the credit to Mr. Hector Cameron, member for Victoria We knew, however, that the member for South Huron was lending his influ- ence to the proposed railway, and hence the error. ?HI O`RNfiAGAN L1eTtffite.— No. i Ws fully endorse the following opin- ion, from the London Advertiser -- "There is a growing feeling among mem- bers on both sides of the House that in any future distribution of Cabin- et honor, there should not be the dis- crimination that now prevails against laymen. It is held to be a matter re- quiring correction that five members out of six in any Government in Canada should be tektite front the one profession —law." Tis Advertiser speaks the truth when it says :—In the matter of Upper Canada College, the plain duty of the Government is to carry out the wishes of the Province as a whole. - The agita- tion in favor of retaining the College is partly • device to reduce the expense of Toronto's High School work by maintain- ing a second High School at the expense of the whole Province. There an be no objection to Toronto having on every block of the city a High School called Upper Canada College or any other name that would smell as sweet; but in that ase Toronto must itself pay for the lux- ury. We cannot believe the Ontario Government seriously propose to be guilty of the incredible folly of going dead against the universal sentiment of the rest of the Province for the sake of toadying -to a handful of superior persons in a city which less than any other de- serves exceptional consideration at the hands of the Administration. lv seems that, in our remarks on the ignorance of the scribe of the Wingham Times in the matter of the Brussels salt boom, we have roused the ire of that worthy. In his last issue he abandons all supportof his original contention, and devotes himself to weak personale-buss ofthe editor of Tas Sweet He actually publishes our given name a number of times in one little article, and uses a number of very naughty remarks resides. Now, this is not nice on the part of • gentlemen who stepped down te the journalistic level to teach the newspaper men of Huron how to write cleanly for their journals. However, if that style es pleasour .,tem, we don't object to his following it out, till he tires. As the loan said, when his feeble little wife undertook to thrash him, "Bless, you, toy dear, pile it on; it pleases you, an' don't 'art I." LONDON has been denied • charter for the London Junction Railway this ses- sion, but if it continue; in its demand it will win its point before long. The Adore -ken fought bard for the hat in- terests of the city, and it was correct in its motto during the contest, "The more railways leading into the city the better." Railways are the greatest aids to the prosperity of an inland city— yes, and even te a lake shore town. Lessens •f S. assess as TeW1 Mas& aid it was moved that a misread be bin at ottot to Goderich. A sabot oossmitbe eonsielia' •v lorry, and Tim, and lamina an tariff was Nin appiated • siadye.t. to bid the lime at SLIM • day, wid power to add to our moaners, av we sinsdad is gettin' owld Broughton, ,tz lis steep that teas the (hitayrio and Qbgbec road to fv.rnish a►atayriale miff pa. The biota' av the leisn is sew se shut. as shouters', that is av the out- side min de their part as well as we'll do our,. Av they furnish the funds an' qutayrials we'll supply the min. An' as Biddy, sea, sea she, "Now Ted- dy, maboucbal, av ye troy tate get the mair out av his shell to giv the town a helpin' hand, there's a !Dine chance av Ood'rich becoming the Chioawgy av the north.' An' to that same remark • party ".min" was given by your humble sar- vint, TEDDY O'Rz•oAx. Te Ms Maher se TIM !flues tNpoO. Mammo Senor n. _-T agin take ate pia in hand, semen' that me triad th mar, betel called the rehired soba' yit, for to tell yet readhen all about • bit av a meson' we had down at ate own sheslin' the whim neigkt Boded we bad a fetus time, and bed leek to the hairtin the head av the emit or any av the prominent min av the town that was left widhout beta' disowned. Be the same token, the preminint thin is Got premi- um os this 000 .bun, beta.e they're so back'ard in ooein' torrid on the rale - way quistahun. Well, thin, to eommuioe wid, we were gother'd together in foine athyle, ani iverythin was got in fine ordher be Biddy an' Patsy for the oocsshun. There was some chain an' binches borryed from the nayborr, bekase me own parlor tat (swerve/0 was not enuff for the geth- arm' that we expiated. Thin, we had laahip's av refruhminte provided, for Biddy, the thoughful crayther, had sint Patsy up to the ticker store for a noggin or two of "good athuff," so as to du the dacint thing be the b'ys, for des Biddy, sez she. "Teddy, agrah, i see be the papers that fwbin the big bugs has a ralewsy meetin' they're not anyway stingy in the =other av refrishmint., so far as the sphakers an' agitathen is cencarn'd." "Mush., more power to yer elbow, Biddy, ivavourneen, but its yerailf that has the willin' hand, en' the clever hed on yer showlders," red i, emilin' on her purty faoe as luvin'ly as i did on the day fwhin i met her on the crasaroad in the foine owld county av Sligo„an' axed her av she'd take me kr betther or for wurse;--an' i don't mind tellin' ye as s secret, misthur edithur, that i got the betther aa' Biddy the wunt av the bar - gin; for her equal doesn't ware ahoelether on the site sv Amerikay this blissed day. Well, as i was ayin', the meetin' ur- ginized in doo coorse. Av we had g& out bills they wud hav sed that doors opined at 7.30, an' the meetin' comminc- ed at 8, but we didn't git out bills be- kase we thought the mak wud git scint av our scheme, an' call anudther meetin' for spite; so i jilt dint Patsy around to whisper into the lugs av the b'ys that the thing was goin' to come aff in the eve- nin'. Before the app'inted time, the b'ys ecus gothered,—in fact some av thim dropped in to take tay wid us at six o'clock, for fear they'd be late, an' me heart swelled as big as a wather mellyun fwhin i maw how poplar f was wid the b'ys, an' how they apprasheste i me iforts on the releroad gaiatehun. Anudther secret for ye, misther edithur: The b'ys is coaxin' me to come out as mimber for the Warrd nizt year, and Larry 0'- Malley, who knows iverything, towld me in confidence that i cud amity qualify on Biddy's bit av land, down beyant on the commons. Afther tay, we stharted the m.etin' in the reeler way. But a- little thrub- ble occurred there an' thin'. ILuichie Argyle, either twain' up his little finger two or three times, was loud in me praise, an' wanted me to be chare- man. Som. av the boys thought wid Lu- chie, an' it was wid grate presince av moind i muathered courage to refuse, be- kase i did not want to take all the honor in me own house. Soz i to thine, sez i, "B'ya, yez all know me, an' yez know i wudn't be much av it wasn't for Biddy. Av yez insist on one av the people av the house nein' chareman, Biddy will have to take the chore, for boded she's the best nun av the two, and yez know it.” Larry O'Malley thin rose to • pint av ordther, an' sed that the elickahun av • faymale chareman wud knock one av the props from undher the conetitooshun, bekase no woman, barrio' the Queen in Parlymint, cud be chareman on British site, an' Biddy wasn't a queen. Ax enterprising fellow in Streetaville lass secured tilt sarvioss of Bill DoryMUy and Johnny Connors, and purposes'e- ing m grand entertainment in that p)(ss shortly. The programing. will consist. of a apes& by Bill, the story of the murder as observed by eye witness from John- ny, and the exhibition of le number of ghastly relics pisked up at the scene of the massacre. Vas. ,ty will be lent to the affair by songs Nom local vocalists, instrumental solos by an errant harpist, and maneuvers by a troupe of perform- ing dogs. The notorious Biddulphers get $20 for their night's performance. It Mr T. Farrow would take into ensiderstaon the fact that the U. S. de- mand for lumber has been unusually brisk this salon, and also that the splendid fa1ls of snow have been greatly in favor of nperstanne in the lumber wends, he would not be so anxious to eeeribe the alleged searcity of laboring Men in Ottawa to the N. P. Hewwvor, we are glad to learn that Ottawa bee tae idle awn ! Tea British arms have astwith dor 'taus defeat in the Transvaal, and Gen. (Jolley has hew .Lis Our telepapa oellatnns give particulars Tris Ontario Lgiehitnaw von .h.lved the t Mingo Bill by fetrvtle lop M Ot. 114 1 A hot -held Irishman named John Devoy, who left Ireland when it became too warm for him, and crossed to the United States, is reported to have sent • threatening message to Sir William Harcourt from New York. Devoythere- upon received a dressing down from Par- nell, in the following telegram :—"If the report that you sent • threatening letter to Sir William Harcourt is true, your action is moat oenaurable. If untrue, you should immediately cable a contra- diction" The Leaguers seem to be de- termined to avoid all violence in the struggle for what they deem Ireland's rights. Hamilton Spec —"A Goderich man named McGillicuddy passed through Guelph the other day, and the humane people refrained from killing him for his name." The Goderich people should try and keep Tae Slime man at home, or per- suade him to change his name. If one or other alternative is not adopted we may expect to hear of him being arrested for having been the means of dislocating some poor fellow's jaw.—{Kincardine Standard. And su the world goes. An old and honored patronymic ; a name that kings were proud'to wear; a name that adds dignity tc the lofty peaks that took away across the bosom of Killarney's beautiful waters; a name that is as musi- cal as the sweet songs of the invisible choir, is made a light thing of by the unfeeling herd who—who—r.—language fails us. Tan New York Engineering and Min- ing Jennie/ gives us the following en-' couragino piece of information:-- Those who know how disgracefully tate binding duties and obligations of our Credit Mobilier "Syndicate" were evaded, and how the entire country has since been taxed with exorbitant freight and pas- senger tariffs on the''Pacific roads, may well be amazed at the arrangement the Canadian Government proposes making with its "Syndicate." To American readers, the enormity of the bargain will be understood when we say that the pro- posed charter or contract simply recog- nizes and legalizes all the outrages and abuses which have made the "Credit Mobilier" a stanch in the nostrils of every right-minded Amencan. And it gives the Canadian "Credit Mobilier," Of C. P. Syndicate, the opportunity to perpetrate outrages which even the Cre- dit Mobilier and Umar Pacific rings had not attempted. By the proposed ar- rangement, of which we give • synopsis below, the Canadian Government pro- pose to pp the Syndiaaes far more than the wet of building the road; then gives them the road forever free from Maas of d ry tied; gives a monopoly of all roods ewer to lois bsilt in all the western noun. try, and poetically a perpetual mortgage epee the satire Moro West, from Lake Herein to the Pacific, mad trout chs Amortise Mmislsry ee the pile Mr. 1 inair 1LP. eV =bona; lobo $lr bs L !1111 - . 1b ! NLP 'a ands talo MARKET FHE8 AND TOLLS. OOMMIINIO.TIONS. w• 4, aatdowed epsilons t ear els te Gits stoves is Teat emit tieveraaseat ismsare to tees• tate clear tasp•alatea. Ofor ths satrtba Mad reates i rstt..- ..d teem THE WORLD OVER. The Week's Meows is a Xtthboot anal est She IhIsie ted l.rI.dseast. re at. Misr of w Swat Dsaa Sia,-- Seeing by yew last issue that the DireMars of the techeuuts' In- stitute are still in favor of the sale .,f pe- riodicals, 1 beg leave to ufer a suggestion Why not have them bound in volumes f Many busy hotrekeeperslike myself, have nee time to be absorbed in the West morel and in it alone until it is finished. Thew w.tmave to the girls withoutheuse- hold Dares and perplexities, and to the lady of leisure. Every intelligent woman knows the value of a volume of pleasant and varied reading after the duties of a busy day, and can truly appreciate its sootning influenees on body and mind, tired and weary with the monotonous and seemingly endless routine of every- day lit As I am writing at the request of mannrof my friends who are interest- ed, 1 trust that my suggestion Guy meet w ith consideration en the part of the Direckxa MATaa FAluu.s. The following are the clauses of the Bill introduced by the Provincial Treas- urer for the regulation of market few and tolls on highways: - 1. No municipal Council shall have power to compel persons selling farm produce of any description, or other articles within the muntapelity, to offer their produce fur sale at any market established within the municipality, or to otherwise restrict the place or places at which sales may be made, so long as market fees are charged for the use of the established market or markets, nor shall any such Council have power to impose market fees on persons eh' do not make use of the established ntaaket or markets, but market fees may be im- posed as heretofore on all persona actu- ally using any such market for the pur- pose of selling farm produce and other articles thereat. 2. The Council of any municipality having an established market which does not impose market fees on persons resort- ing to and using the market may as heretofore regulate the place and manner of selling farm produce of any descrip- tion, and all other articles, and may pro- hibit the sale before—o'clock in the forenoon of such produce and other arti- cles elsewhere than at the established market 3. Nothing herein contained shall pre- vent any municipal council imposing fees or regulating, as heretofore, the ale within the municipality of farm pro- duce of every description and other ar- ticles if and so long as tolls are levied and collected by or under the authority of any county or township council on the roads of any county or counties ad- jacent to such municipality for • dis- tance of miles therefrom i didn't like Larry's reflictions on Biddy, bekase on her mother's side she's de.cinded from the kings av Munster, an' av it wasn't for Oirland annexin' itself te England be the foroe av arms of Oliver Crummel's Iojers, its mysilf wud be the happy husband at an Orish princess. Howsomdever, j didn't want te spile the railway projec', and i sed, Sea i, "Bye, we want to bed this line bakaw the mak won't take any ethers in the metther, an' as convener av the mmstin', an' an owld raleroad bildsr (from • pick an abovslsthandpint) i wed all on me larnid fund, Mr Larry O'- Mallerr, Eabquire, to take fere chars. The sintimint was 'adorned be the net •v the b'ys, and Larry was daffy e ikted, widout a dissintin vice, bmnia' I eue.kie, who was itehin' for anudther chews to toes up his little Inger at say exptinse. Lary, un tennis' Torrid, thanked the gintlemin for tM honor ooaferred. and Tmelin a little aah•naee se ►r remerbe ages Biddy's being a /seen. spot well av .11 Oirnb wimswn in genewl es' Bid- dy in particular, an at noel pend de oft the tbrehi led wsthevs Fein.'cashes was mad* by tayeilf an' luaaehir an' some se the rid av the LIINTNN RI30IILATIONB. eclat May and fay met be Sates HMO. e.sly. law muter t' bb wbs and tlarereiattea ler Tnteller . A series of excursions about to be run by the Grand Trunk this season to Da- kota and Manitoba will be a great benefit to intending emigrants. Both freight and passenger rates hays been placed at the very lowest figures that can be hauled. First class coaches are provided for the transportation of pesengers,giving them good accommodation through to destina- tion without change or transfer. The freight and live stock belonging t., the passengers are taken through on the same train, giving settlers the great ad- vantage of personal!y attending to their stock and avoiding the expense to all of waiting st destination for the arrival of their household goods etc. The Grand Trunk is the only road that has this ar- rsngement.The baggage is bonded through thereby saving passengersa great deal of annoyance and inconvenience. Anoffioial agent of the company will accompany each excursion train, whose duty is to look after the comforts and necessities of each and every passenger. One hundred and fifty pounds of baggage is allowed fres to each adult. Parties who contem- plate emigrating to the North Wed will find it to their advantage to communt- ate with the undersigned, who will fur- nish them with all the necessary infor- mation required. A large supply of rail- road guides, maps, etc., always on hand and furnished free to all on application. Remeber, the Grand Trunkia the quick- est, cheapest and meat direct route to all points in the Wed and North West For tickets, rata of freight, etc., apply to H. Armstrong, Grand Trunk (town) ticket agent, Agent Allan line steamers, Montreal telegraph Ake, Goderich. Tee blocks of stones and ubee.Wt Co- bourg were bd frown oG Sunda',. Carlyle buqusathoomeed hu Uumttr.urb,te estate to the University a Edinburgh for founding au endowment for in.ligenl students in (amity anal arta. Tae ltw•stvaa-Oaxssaut Newlircue- wtck had • pretty god though rather sapuusive bear story to tall the iw;tal.s- ture the other day: he had paid gilt dur- ing the year =2,700 for the Gore, ..f 903 been Mr. G. J. Howard baa defeated the Rt. Hon. James Lowther, late betretary fur Ireland, in the East Cuiuberlaiel elec- tion, the Liberals thus gaining a that. The majority was 30 votes out of .. total of 6,112 cast. The residence of iLLbt. C., a iartue near Bluevale, was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday night, with all its contents. No ivaurance on the litter. The origin of the tire is suppustd to be a defective chimney. On Thursday night John Pert Al, one of the late prisoners in the Biddulph af- fair, left for Nebraska. He was 'mann- panied by Stephen Starr, jr., and a youth named Morrison. Purtell intends te re- main mut west, but the others will come buck in a year o: so. The dignitaries of the Catholic Church hays issued their annual regulations for Lent, which began last Wednesday. {In this diocese the regulations are as fol- lows: 1. All the week days of Lent from Ash Wednesday till Easter Sunday, are fast days of precept on one meal, with the allowance of a moderate collation in the evening. 2. The precept of fasting implies also that of abstinence from the use of flesh meat; but, by dispensation, the use of flesh meat is allowed in this diocese M the principal meal on Mondays, Taw days and Thursdays of Lent, with the exception of Holy Thursday. 3. There is neither fast nor abstin- ence to be observed on Sundays of Lent. 4. It is not allowed to use fish with flesh meat at the same meal in Lent. 6. There is no prohibition to use eggs, butter or cheese, provided the rules of the quantity prescribed by the fast be complied with. 6. lard may be used in preparing fish, vegetables, etc. 7. The Church excuses from the ob- ligations of fasting (but not of abstinence from flesh meat, except in special cases of sickness or the like) the following classes of persons: First, the infirm; second, those whose duties are of an ex- hausting or laborious character; third, persons vb.. are attaining their growth; fourth, women in pcy or nursing infants; fifth, those who are enfeebled by old age. Mx Ross ON HIGH SCHOOLS. — The correspondent of the Lindsay Pod at Toronto mays: Mr. Rose of Huron, who is always practical and industrious, brought up yesterday a question which las long interested a great many local- ities, and the debate on this motion was, though not long, one of the bed of the session. In 1871 the school bill carried is that year provided for • special pant of $750 • year to the high schools em- ploying four mak teachers and having an attendatioe of sixty boys studying Loin. Rine that time oolligtste tmtes, as thew favored high sehools ass ailed, have become so numerate that the yeses) grants to then *argyle • emidetbb sec while Okay stare - the high sawed grant losise Mr. !less angled than the groam& of the g Net mai high e shosis ▪ mower. AokiwTO i:tt. work them .suns of the ustemene, end that Int e variety of erasers it tae expedient M ddsseetiies the menial grunts Mr. Cheeks oesld net see hi way clear to wMh marring them just new frees these whooL enjoying them, hot he preuni.ed 1n look nth the imam W *add a Ina rawly for the evils loo a* penal not IDy berria r. Rae Dr. MeL !hien and Mr (jiof Ha.ailtee akin sprit os the resole ecei width was withdrawn in view of the Mirka'• aaaetaetitat Colborne. The tramp.' have a good prospect in New York. A bill has been intrxiuoed in the legislature to provide that in oases where the railroads fail G. cut the Canada thistles along their litres, any one is au- thorizod G,perform the work end to col- lect (33 per day for such service. The debate on the retrenchment -re- solutions proposed by the Opposition leader, Mr. Blair, was continued in the New Brunswick House on Monday after- noon. Both the Government and the Opposition are committed to the abol- ition of the Legislative Council. On Thursday night John Purtell, one of the late prisoners in the Biddulph affair, left for Nebraska. He was ac- companied by Stephen Starr, jr., and a youth named Morrison. Purtell, intends to remain out west, but the others will come back in a year or so. Aromas Otn Semite CONT.—Mar- garet McCausland, relict of the late Ar- thur McCausland, died at her late resi- dence lot 13, con, 8, Colborne, un lad Sunday morning, at 7. a. in. at the npe age of 73 yeah Her husband died at the same plaoe nearly five years ago, at ex- actly the same age, they came here 38 years ago, and up to the time of death resided in their late home, where they were known to all as good neighbors, warm and steady friends, and were held in esteem by all that knew them. They were both natives of the county of Ty- rone, Ireland. The funeral tookplaceon March lat at the Goderich cemetery where her husband and other relatives were bnried. Deceased was mother of Mn. Stephen Yates. ACCIDENT. —Oil Saturday last while Mr. George Morris was chopping in Foley's bush, getting out cedar, he re- oeived a severe gash on one of his hands. The wound was in a fair way to heal at lad account. Assareoa ON TIM ROUND. —Mr.. Geo. McKee, the assessor,started out on Mon- day last It will now be order for the owners of dogs to muzzle them. MON avlxvssree.--Mr. Gordon Young, one of the well-to-do farmers of Col- borne, has lately purchased 100 acres for the round sum of $4,600. it is sit- uated on the 1st con. of Wawanosh, and is considered to be one of the best in this section of country. 70 acres are un- der cultivation. Mr. Young already owns 276 acres, consequently this investment makes him the happy possessor of a farm of 375 acres, the fruit of honest industry and careful attention to business. John Connors, the Canadian Southern brakeman, who some days ago, with hie foot caught in a wring rail, and death or • lost leg the only and instant prospect, boldly seized the steep railing of the passing car and sacrificed his leg, died from his injuries on Monday. Major J. Powell, for many years Registrar of the county of Linooln, and who in his early day. distinguished him- self during the troubles of 1837, died at St. Catharines Thursday morning The old gentleman retained his fine faculties to the last, and his demise is sincerely regretted by a large circle of friends in this country. One of our most extensive bee-cultur- iets, Mr. Jones, of Belton, has arranged for the introduction of new species in Ontario. A collection of bees and also seed of honey -producing geese, have been procured flow Egypt, aid will be propagated in this country, together with • line of bees from Java, which have specially long probosces, enabling them to reach to the bottom of our. Canadian red clover and similar honey -producing plants and greases. Mr. Peter Bisset has lately sold 50 acres to Mr. Cousins for $2,100, both of the Tp. of Colborne. Suva' WEDDING. —Mr. John Robin- son, Tp. Colborne, on Tuesday evening, celebrated his silver wedding in grand old primitive style. Between 15 and 20 couples were present, almost all of which were the original settlers of this town- ship. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, a few were hindered from com- ing. The evening was spent in such a way, that many old associations, almost forgotten, were in this way renewed. The company dispersed about 12 o'clock, highly pleased with the kind manner in which they were treated by the host and hostess Asian_ Professor A. J. borrow, of Boaoquet (a retic horse tamer), was in this town on Wednetday evening of last week. He discoursed "horse" to an attentive audi- ence of twenty or twenty five for about three hour. Me then formed • slam of thirteen, and proceeded to illustrate his theme on Thursday in Mr Beadle's barn. The Prof. is one of them mew who can make a horse do anything but .peak Latin or write poetry. Meson S. and C. floret of this plaits have perrbseed the whey from Bleseale chew factory They intendeendingtheir herd of swine there next Sommer There was an is. elan, formed in the Maitird helow the saw .rid grid mJ1, of Mr. Celli, whish 1.elted rip tb.wyw to cask an erstent that they have deem very little for th. past three weals )Yr. collie attempted to remove the jaw milk dynamite bet did net mews . i fievernl farmers in this visintty heve hail the midortune G. has seine of their young horses from the dismiss eomrnmaly known as horse distemper. Some vani- sh!. animals have Led frogs teasel' Agricultural Meetetles. Last week an important discussion took place in the Ontario House un the utility of small agricultural societies. It was begun by Mr. Hay, who took strong ground in favor of requiring a larger membership before aid is granted, with a view to reducing the number of thew so- cieties and increasing their strength. Mr. Dryden took a similar view on this point, but differed from Mr. Hay in regard to the treatment of electoral diviaion so- cieties. Thew now receive a special grant which Mr. Hay would abolish, thus patting all associations on the same foot- ing and payingthem according to the work done. Mr. Dryden, on the other hand, while raising the standard of small societies, would leave the distinction ex- isting between them and mere local so- cieties. Mr. Gibson, of Huron, depre- cated raising the standard Goo suddenly, but agreed that it would be necessary to do something in this direction. Dr. Cascaden tock up the gauntlet for the small societies, and Mr. Dernche took the other side. The result of the dis- cussion, which arose in committee of sup- ply on the item for agriculture, was to make it apparent that sooner or later a change will take place. The minimum membership will probably be largely in- creased and some weak societies will in this way be cut off, while in some places much stronger societies will be formed by the amalgamation of weak ones. Rant Mats to Cruel. In Sir Richard Cartwright'■ speech on the Budget there were many hard nuts which Sir Samuel Tilley and his apolo- gists will find it extremely difficult to crack. For example how it was that over twenty yars ago, when the tariff was raised u, se to make it largely pro- tective, the imposition of heavy toes was followed by natty years of extreme financial depression and distress ; and bow it happened that when in 1868 Sir John Macdonald aanounoed the aban- donment of the so-called national policy and lowered the tariff, the reduction of taxes was followed ley years of remark - able prosperity. The experiences .f that bons ars • reversal and direct con- tradiction of the alleged apnoeas of ,pro- tection in oho t instaree, and to prove the pp tbiliiji el dei trsdietion fee wbatwser ass prow - mart there may be in the easnaseural and indoetrial oonditwin et the eowatry we ars in so degree indebted to the polity of taxation on ekieh our mean rube plume themselves (hitsgain Whig. NOTICE TO COIITRAOvf1*$._ Int *1s' me , 1!p da~f flare$ tom. /br w.81 t.rt a f"ss' de a Clam% lewd s.ee news, Rg he moss lit= elm mkt 7t lett 1 tlw w u aM 1* tet.