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, FRIDAY, MARCH 25. 1881.
THE HURON SIGNAL
AS MAD AS A M4RC$ HARD.
is published every Friday Moralism_ tea Mo The Strutfold Times is making
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e11LOCD5l sane at ttheir Oilos,T�lasti 81.
tont .. ears► mighty hdlabaloo over the tact that .
GOIN$R1CH, ONTARIO. investigation was recently made tato
And desnary., the a b peelsails and Mets. carman
alleged
� ~ .d
tan noun,• the ates{
B7 general admission It has • lama. amnia- 14Piad tie Cunnty Judge 4 H urpn, and
Iota tem aas other newspaper In ihts part,..0: rants sad rave. ,terra Grit wssrmities
the 1 and ism* of the raciest, newsiest
arcus relight, jo runt. is Ontario. is conaequenoe. The editor d the Theon
as it does. tide tsee•wotu<f enematals,
asst Delos n addittun to the above, • Are'.-cla.s �t have been bitten by • c nine be-
damt=y sad tt b thereton •
mo.t d�e,,,ti* 1onKtng 1u • Reformer at a time when
YTatars-$i.s0 in advance, puspre-paid i the animal (the dog, not the editor) wasdtysessiMts. it beterei me■the;lj
ta It so 1d. Th7a rule wtu strictly guttering hem hydrophobia, and was
or neva#pante.- t LS 'thus inooehelnd with tido virus. If he
ewes tor tam -nue; thew oea per lne for
mapieebsequent insertion. Yearl7 yearly
aaaee eserterly contracts at redwood rates.
Jos iniLDTI\H.... We have also •Arig -elms
Jobbing department la commotio., and poisoner
:tor turning
th most oontplste eet.At and bee. facltk1 e
to t belgout a, col' la
a�t�atepret•ttred
prioes that caissot
be beaten, and of a quality that annex be
' surpassed. - Tensa Casa.
sees or hears til anything optima • man
of Reform proclivities, the Times scribe
tut like the proverbial bull at the sight
of a red mg. Now, we find no fault
with the Times man's political lunacy;
but he should not betray his ignorance
of natters at issue with so loud • flourish
FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1*k of trumpets. He nays the investigation
has been 'brought about by means of
DAS CANADA A LA.NOUAGE ? the Government at Ottawa, in its laud -
Although more than a eeritvey has
passed .inee Wolfe and Montcain ex-
pired on the Plains:of Abrihaw, mad the
• question of British domination in Cana-
da was fully settled, the dfatinetion of
nationalities is still strongly .starked
between the English and Frena in the
Province of Quebec. The semidry a
tongues is as keen wow as was the rival-
ry 0 anus then, and judging by the
speech of its people, a stranger would
ba likely to designate the neighboring
Province as one essentially Preach. We
are afraid that our legislators (although
acting with good intention,) hare yield -
el too much to the demands of the
French element; for is helping to per-
petuate the language 0 the vanquished
scions of France, they have raised up an
almost insuperable barrier to the com-
plete unification ed the Dominion. The
Province 4 Quebec will nearer be pros-
perous while one half 0 it population
speaks English and the (titer half an
alien tongue. There is tacitly a war 0
races; and while there are epposin),
tongues, fostered by law, and encourag
ed in )?arliameutaty -debate, nothing
more than as uncertain armistice, both
socially and politically, can be looked
for. Why the French language should
be more fevered than the «German, or hungry wolves howled at every settler's
any otherlaagaage spoken by -any portion door after sundown. This idea had been
of our coluaists, is a question deserving fostered by the popular practice of young
of attention. Numerically ale French army officers being photographed in fur
are stronger than .any other nationality coat, liberally sprinkled with Sour to
• save the British, yet our German citi- represent snow, hauling the carcass of a
zens number tetany thouands, and bear istuffed and with a glass eye, and
should in acme degree (if there be any one that had done duty for the artist for
, justice iu the French prerogative) have many a year), and looking altogether as
like pri
vileges. Pular-like and as ferocious as possible
Theof$cialaauuunormentaofthe Demi But the increase a trade between the
nion Govern:nent are made in both Erik mother country and this colon, the
lish and Freatch in onrallel .columns 0 ' scholarship displayed by some of the
the Gazette. Why cis duct the Germane soasof the Dominion, andeven the won
get a column ale . ' The French member derfnl aquatic feats of Hanlan, -together
can pour his jargon into the ears of a with faller newspaper correspondence,
distressed Haase 4 Coiuun,ns, who have given' the British public new views
know net whit: the speaker is .aying; of Canada s condition; and very soon we
if a fellow mesnber wrsoe . to roap,nd in mayespect to hear of John Bullhaving
German, or Gaelic, or Connaught Irish, a pretty.accurate knowledge of his North
what an uproar there would be American child.
We think the time hes come when a I A writer in tlein a:es' Jenrnal fur Feb -
national language, and that language the j rnary gives some of his impressions, of
English tongue, should alone Ate recog j a ten years' sojourn in Canada, anti al-
nized in official documents and on the j though he makes no glaring misstate
floor of Parliament. Te favor the meats, his article is amusingly "fresh,"
speaks 4 Csnadiaas getting part of their
provisions by fish -spearing and from the
groin of the chase How true all this
is of the greater part of Ontario, u.,
readers can tell. The author surely
must have written his article while o ap
ing iu the winds of Muskoka
There is mush truth, howeva-r-eI in his
picture 4 the "hired help," in *rural
districts. He Bays
able effort to purify the Bench, when any
body with a grain of commorf sense might
know that the Commissioner to inveeti
gate the charges was appointed by the
Provincial Government. "King John;
A.," as the rabid editor calls his Chief-
tain, has no mere to my in the matter of
the investigation than the man in the
moon, and if the editor in question tees,
not w foolishly partizan he would be
aware of that fact.
The report of theCouunissioner un.the
investigation has not yet been brought
down, aadany remarks from the Tiara
man en the matter are, to say the least
premature. Should the case go against
Judge Squier, who knows but that the
attention of the editor a the Times
may be Laken up with a case nearer
home, and then we will see if the Suet
ford organ will act as free from partizan
feeling as does the SIGNAL in the present
case. Dont halloo, Mr. Time, until
you are out a the wood.
PHA.SBIf IN CANADIAN MOME
LIFE.
A few a -ears ago the English idea 0
I Canada was that 0 a land of eternal
I snows, where prowling bears and lean
Frencleslement may longer, by.giving t
it parliamentary privileges above other
foreign nationalities is, we think, ini-
mical to the best interests of the Domi
nion, iaasanuch as it leads to fester a
national spirit not at ail favorable to a
real unien.•with British thought, feeling
and patriotiatn. A inose dividedagainet
itself has tea strength; and a French
national spa -it wilt always esist.wliere
- the French tongue is spoken. Of,catrse
. the French 1Lnguage cannot ha prohibit
eel; but so official recognition of it
should be continued longer tobsu own be
. helped. The national feeling will for
mapy years he strong enough amongst
those of French descent, without a Brit-
, ish Governsanst cradling it is Parlia-
ment, and fostering it in it official pro
demotions.
The matter is no easy one to deal)
with, for the Ranch speaking people,
have both law and mange to plead in the
.continuance of their language as at pre-
sent fawned by the Government. But
the question must eventually be sealed,
if British influence is to prevail in the
.Deminioq, and if the English epeakiag
•Canadians are to filly share in the'
humors 0 Jrolitinl and professional life
;1n the Province of Quebec.
The unseemly squabble over the age
pointing of ♦ judge is the adjoining
Promisee basted bas to write some of our
thought nn this subject That the
English languetffrr is not more folly re-
aegniited in a Canadian Tronnee, after,
betas wider British *Whinny for • cen-
t ury sad q oasts,, a ettrsngts Wiry an
alien Logue aiasld longer be en-
couraged in Canada` we am at a loss to
understand.
Tun Ontario Liquor Law as Amended
at the lad sassing, ass any prhseman
pause use ter eater a hews where Ewe is
sold, or manned to he and withett h-
ouse. and rise and neefis,t,te winnower
liquor may be found os the premiss&
Acting upon this authority, the Toronto
polies have awls avers) samurai, and
quern is gnat esenesasst among t illicit
Antonioni of winnow and fermented
liquors The owners of the liquor were
also beneath' rap is Ike polio smut. and
hand,
and must strike all as beteg the prtduc
tion of .me who has paid more heed to what
he may have heard, than to what no has
seen. He evidently has not yet le au ted
to reliah the "inevitable tomato,' of
which pae,aay, :—
"Very good when stewed, or alined
or eaten with vinegar, few new -comers
relish them picked fresh fres the slum}
and satin raw -a common practioe.in
Canada; yd they are said to cure neer
complaat,-a disease which is very pre
valent in hot climates."
But carr friend has made a discovelft.
He tells us that,
"Very few Canadians ride saddle -berme;
'buggies' in eammer, and al hs a var-
ious kinds in winter, being the convey
ances in use. Nevertheless, here are
good riders in many district; but theams
ride bareback, saddles being expensive'
luxuries. A borne is to the Canadian •'
useful animal indeed, for he pita him,'
both to plough.and carriage; hard work
telling 1eu severely upon him than
would inevitabiy be the case with our
delicate, high-stepping English placers.
The merest boy,ehild knows how to ham-
eas and drive the pony; nor is it easy for
a stranger if ire be ignorant of horse-
flesh, to gain his juvenile esteers. In
the newer districts, however, where no
beaten thoroughfawm yet exist, horses
are mit met with. the ox acting assn
efficient substitute. This patient ani-
mal makes his way over miles of rough
'cxdttsoy' road widest fatigue, when a
hone would drop; .or does he mind
swimming a river uith • heavy load
at his bask, in cane tit seed."
Of ,mess the writer in Chambers' must
tell what he knows about the manufac-
ture of maple sugar, bat even here his
love for the romantic must break out,
ea, for natant*. wlen toe informs us
that "Itnein, his long winter tranoe at
an end, emus lean and lanky from his
lair, passu* to lap the sparkling con-
tent 4 the a» gar trough, upon his way
to the pig past !"
Ahbounli living iu the thriviag city of
Guelph, Um narrater tells how upon
flaking • drive thread' ti. wands, the
"deer, bear or los ray miss the path,
but not to harm you," • rather strange
statement mandarin the feet that theme
are so many capital tnarkmsen in ani
around the Royal City H. also tells 4
the settler having to marry hi. grist as
his back forty miles to the nearest mill,
and "nun the rauntlet of hungry weaves
r furtlernes of this duty. sad also
Peace has been made Great Britain
and the Hues, the latter ,being granted
,elf -government ter local slats.
SraAaiwu of Orange and Green pro
cessions, acontetnporrry suggest that the
rival proceseiutust unite un the first e1
July in celebrating the confederation 4
the Dominion. We second the mo-
tion.
'11. relations existing betss�gtn ettt-
ployer and employed are veq primitive,
especially upon the farm, 'Jack' being
as geodes his master,' dinistg with him,
joking with him, and pocketing his
wages with lordly nompIcenoe. The
same applies to the female 'helps,' who
enter upon a situation less with the view
of attsokiag the hard Dore of the domes-
tic dif iculty, than to assist in graciously
lightening the burden of their hard -
worked employers. Some tact is conse-
quently necessary, in order to gain the
goad -will of the fair being who conde-
scends to do the daily drudgery of a
house for pay. Than is this to be said
tat the other aide, that the 'help' is in
many cases probably the equal of her
mistress, education coming within the
reach of all classes. "
His paragraph en our members of
Parliament is also worth repeating.
"To become a ''ember of the Domin-
ion Parliament is an honor coveted there
u ardently as is its panelled honor in
England, although not altogether fmm
such diliuterested motives, since there
is a salary attached to the position;
moreover, the people's representatives
are not always men 0 rt,ltnerneut, nor
often of leisure. The bulk of the mem-
bers of parliament . are, it is true, law-
yers, and very lever men; but some of
the older settlers share the honours and
emolument 0 the legislature, and these
are, as a rule, illiterate. Cincinnatus
periodically leaves the plough at his
country's tall and the crisp rustling of
dollar -bills, to dun the robes and rule
of senator, subsiding into civil life as
quietly as Le left it, at the close of the
session.
We make one more extract frons this
interesting and amusing article, in which
truth and fancy are se, delightfully
mingled. The writer is speaking of the
Ivolunteer force, and renders himself u
follows :-
The Volusateer Militia is quite an in-
etitutiort, salt hamlet having its Cum-
pany, anal a large force being yearly un-
der canvas throughout the country. Al-
though the military training involved is
of a far severer kind than with the En-
glish Volunteer force, all branches 0 the
community are represented, and some
very amusing-, effects are attained; as
when Pat, the elected 'Captain' 0 the
local Compel -1y; orders to the 'right -
abort,' his .employer, serving in the
ranks u fall pnvate. The period 0
annual drill is no unimportant phase in
the life of tke home circle, coming as it
often does during the 'busy harvcat
season, when the loss of a working mem-
ber is of great moment to a family; and
frequently, the women have thus to fill
the places of husbands and brothers in
the harvest -field."
We have not space for further ex-
tracts. But we have quoted same of the
most characteristic passages, and our
readers can jud;e if the statemrenta are
strictly true, and how much of it applies
to their awn experience during the put
ten years.
I'd.7'BNT INSIDES.
SOME of ear oontemp orariee are greatly
exercised on the question of •'patent
outsides." It is one that chiefly gc.ueerns
the individual publisher. If he finds
that it payshim to get • ready print,and
that his subscribers appreciate it, he is
wise in adopting the plan. It is net so
much local rivalry, as the competition
with the gremtoity weeklies, that prompt
the country editor to issue a "patent"
And the city wev,klies, with all their for-
eign matter, ane little more than "po-
tents," both inside and out. Many
people are wont to compare their local
sheet with aurae city journal, and there
is a strong temptation for the rural press-
man to pad out with foreign reading,
rather than issue a smaller paper all
printed at home. It is true that if the
patent outside plan was abolished, many
of the rural weeklies would quickly ex-
pire, but nearly every incorporated vil-
lage wants its owe journal, and a patent
outside and a local inside is esteemed
much better than ,nothing. A patent
outside, however, tends. to limit the
*emulation of a newspaper, and no jour-
nal dhwt aims to have an extended cir-
culation will continue it. While the
public prefer size to muddy, the " ready
print" may be regarded as s necessary
evil. A patter like Tas annum, how-
ever, could not find room for all it local
sews if it carried a patent outside at
psssent.
A csaaarlow has arisen ter the toil-
ing esesionel messenger. An Ottawa
paper deems itaeif celled epos to speak
ea ler that hard worked indiri4ual, and
volunteers the following interesting
statement - "Vienne idea a di. work
which the semitone! mementoes have to
perform may be gathered from the fad
that denisg the aesnon 9.000 snaps
were carried out by them, and sheat
14,700 balls en.wened. This i. the welt
d tw.sey mu." A e<mtempoewry, 4 a
statistical tore, upon reading the aturwe
weighty statement, was led to the fol-
lowing conclusion - "Ai yesterday wog
the hundred and first day ..f the ,swing,
it follows that the average per man has
been four and a -halt mees,ges, and
seen and ,'ne-third bells per man per
day whueh wnnld stoke a•yhotly het a
a.mknnal me eemmer u tieing nether an
Tits erection of a monument to the
memory of Sir George E. Cartier is now
one of the themes of discussion in the
journals. Plumb is the only member of
Parliament who will likely get • monu-
ment in Canada, but it will be as a pet
and not as • politician that he will be
honored.
Can't be sneered Away.
Tar Imaginative*.
A DISGRACEFUL. BORNE
Huron ',turns three members to each 1 The mien...
Legislative House, yet but one of the
number thinks of the interests of their
ouuuty. Mr. Ferree is the only one
whose voice has been heard in behalf
of our local industry. What has Mr.
Cameron been doing that no word of his
was said in behalf of the salt industry of
his town.-[Seafurth4 un.
The Hamilton Spectator reproaches the
Liberals at Ottawa because they ob-
structed the business of Parliament for
weeks by "tiresome repetitions of old
s hes about the Pacific railway."
Does the Spectator not think it was
worth • strong effort to ave the coun-
try twelve millionrof dollars/ The Lib-
erals sought to do this, and a great deal
more besides. They sought to keep the
richest heritage of our people out of the
grasp of a giant railway monopoly, and
no one who now sits dawn and calmly
reviews the attitude of the Government
and of the Opposition on the bargain
with the Canada Pacific syndicate will
my to his own • conscienoe that the Op-
position took an illiberal or unpatriotic
course. In spite of the large majority
at the back of the Government in the
House these fact remain: that a syndi-
cate of Canadian citizens offered to build
the Pacific railway for a subsidy less by
at least $12,000!000 than the offer of
the St. Paul syndicate, without special
favors or monopolies of any kind, and
that the government did nut deign to
consider their proposal. These facts
the Hamilton Spectator can neither ex-
plain away nor sneer away. --[Toronto
World
Prorogation of Parliament.
• Orrteet, March 21. -To -day at 3 p.
m. His Excellency. the Guvenor-Gene-
ral, proceeded in state to the 'Chamber
of the Senate, in the Parliament Build-
ings, and took his seat upon the Throne.
The members of the Senate being assem-
bled, His Excellency Was pleased to
command the attendance of the House
of Commons, and that House being
present, His Excellency was pleased to
prorogue the third session of the fourth
Parliament of the Dominion of Canada
with the following speech from the
Throne :
Hon. Gentlemen of the Senate, Gentlemen of
the Hota.e of Common.
In relieving you from your Parliamen-
tary duties, after a long and laborious
session, I desire to convey to you my
best thanks for the assiduity you have
shown in their performance.
The measure for transferring to a
company of capitalists the responsibility
of constructing and operating the Cana-
da Pacific Railway will, 1 ani assured,
be followed by must favorable results,
and secure the rapid co jeltion of this
great national enterprise. It will be
the duty and interest of the Company to
use every exertion to dispose, without
delay, of the lands granted in aid of their
undertaking, and for that purpose 'to
promote immigration from abroad on an
extensive scale.
My Ministers, however, will not relax
their effort in the same direction, and it
is believed that by the united action of
the Government and Company a large
influx of valuable settlers may lee con-
fidently anticipated. Such immigration
I must tend to enhance the value of the
public land in the North-west. While
the system of taking free grants to ac-
tual settlers will be saint lined in its
integrity, the lands reserved for sale by
the Crown will, it is believed, b(l, dis-
posed of at prices sufficient, eventually,
to repay the whole of the expenditure
of money by the Dominion for the con-
atruotien of the Railway. The extensiuu
of the boundaries of Manitoba will con-
fer the privilege of local self-government
on the people already resident, or who
may hereafter occupy, the area now add-
ed to the Province, and by enabling the
Legislature to establish municipal insti-
tutions in it enlarged limits tend great-
ly to add to the welfare of that great and
interesting region.
The amendment of the Naturlization
Laws will, I trust, have the effect of re-
moving the disadvantages under which
immigrant from Europe have hiterto
labored, and of attracting a large influx
of population from the Old World.
The consolidation and amendment of
the general act, and of the laws relating
to Government Railways has improved
and systematized our railway legislation.
I am pleased to observe that you have
not been forgetful of the interests of
the Indian population mt the North-west
It is greatly to km hoped that efforts to
induce them to forsake their nomadic
habits and betake themselves to pastors!
and agricultural pursuit will be suoces.-
ful. By no other means can their civili
nation he promoted, the Indiana them
selves rendered self-reliant and self-
spornng, and the Dominion Treasury,
relieved et reaming them from their ap-
parently chronic sate of destitution.
The estetssitm of oar telegraphic system
by cable in the river and Gulf a St
Lawrenee will aid the fisheries and the
ociann gree el Caned*, and increase the
.afety .,f its waters
Gentlemen entire Haws. of (gem..Das•
In bar lilac mly's same, T thank you
for the Nssm yes have so readily
panted, heartily congratulate you
os the unproved eenditine of the n►
teesas.
Sea. Gentlessen re tae MneM amtleimea of
the Houma Cammau :
I bid you now farewell, and trust tial
when Parliament iwmesnbles we shall
Bis ahle tm nnngratelate ooiwalves to
Chains having meanwhile el$syed •
arum of peen, and prosperity
Mr. Cameron, we believe, is pecuniar-
ily interested in the manufacture of salt,
at Goderich ; Mr. Farrow has uo interest
in the business. Which of the tire are
likely to know the most about the re-
quirements of the business to cake it
profitable)? and what geed has or can
Mr. Farrow do for the welt interest we
would like to know 1 If parliament had
never interferred with the salt interest
there would not have teen so much mon-
ey irrecoverably sank in it, as Goderich
pna,pie know to their seruw.-[Nee
$ra. u'
Nays the Detroit Prof Prat -!1s.
NOS Honourwble the Minister 4 Jar
ties is the Dominion Parliament felled
se opponent "A fon', false, malicious
and a oxenrietai slanderer and liar."
That pian might to hat mate n a lake
dally way a workimag for two dollars," steamer. Very hand t1,ie fan the mates.
.01.00,0"-"44-1, tatmasi,
Tae tranlaaa rr(tllese.
The theory of franking is that all com-
munications upon the public business
should go free by trail, and the impossi-
bility of the ,postal authurities discrim-
inating between what is a letter on pri-
vate business and what is a letter on
public business has led to the allowance
of all letters. papers and documents ini-
tialed by membersof Parliament and cer-
tain public officials to ge free. The re-
sult ts,that the great bulk of the letters
sent front Ottawa when Parliament is in
session are franked; thee who have mot
the right to frank for themselves get
somebody who hits such right to frank
for thein. Te say that the system has
been abused, is the mildest possible way
of putting it. It has been carried to
such an excess that, however ludicrous
the spectacle might be, nobody would be
greatly surprised, wine fine morningtp
see the members returning front their
duties at Ottawa free by writing their
initials acres the seat tof their trowsers,
and forwarding themselves home by
mail. -{Telegram.
•Mechanics' Isetltatr Beard Ireeltas.
of a musical and literary entertainnien
U. ely
Ir
widd.s<s soave. Thrash
rlscard Imo l•.aa.dles
• ►,rots.
Soule three tnonthsago the well-known
ex -Monk Widdow• arrived in Kincardine
and announoed a lecture at the Tuwn
Hall. The subject was relating to his
experience in the Roman Catholic
Church. Rev. Mr. MoU,uusgh, panto
of the Wesleyan Methodist C , ad-
vised hu ,;ongre,nttion to rive Widduws
a wide berth, and the consequence was
that the leeture was very poorly attend- -
ed. The lecturer referred to the inter- P
ference of the Methodist minister at the
time, and promised to return wore fu-
ture day and enliglitea the people, on
which occasion he wouid expect a large
house. He was as good as his word, and
last Saturday *mewed in Kincardine,
announcing a leture un Sunday, at 3
pea., iu the Town Hall, and alio one for
last evening. ,_tri Sunday morning
\Vid loos attended the service at the
Methodist Church, evidently takiug de-
light in listening to the rev. geutletnan
who had previously denounced hien.
Just before the sermon, iu connection,
with the other announceinents, Rev, Mr.
McDonagh stain • requested his congre-
gatten not to attend the lectures of Mr.
\1 idduws. At this juncture Widdows
steed up in the congregetiun and gazed
at the minister, which seemed to annoy
hue very touch, and he ordered the marl
to sit down. This Widduwr refused t•,
do until all the free advertisements were
given, when he took his seat. Subse-
quently he waved up from near the door
to the second seat from the trent,
ostensibly- fer the purpose 4 better hear-
ing what Mr. McDonagh had to uv.
During the service Widdows fret uently
ejaculated, `•Pi-a`sets) to God !" "Amen '...
and other such expressions in a tone
which still further annoyed the paster.
After service was closed, Widdoes
went to the vestry, and after knocking
at the doer requested some explanation
from Mr. McDonagh for his remarks, but
was met with the. reply. "Go away, I
don't want to haveany conversation with
you. In the meantime_ some of the
members had bellowed Widdows, and at
peering en the scene, pushed hits int
of the vestry, when Widdows said,^
"Let me go and I will go out, but will
not be driven out like a thief." He put
his hand to his pocket with seine papers,
and seine perm shouted, "He is going
to .h..o•t. whereupon Widdows was
seized and dragited crown the aisle to the
doer, when he because ezhauited and
asked for water, which, being given hire.
he looked round. and seeing the trustee
who had first laid hands on hint, he ex-
claimed. -You unbaptised heathen, take
that,' and dashed the water in his face.
One young gentlenan interfered to +pte�.r-
vent any injury being done to Mr. �Vitl-
- does, and was roughly handled.
Yesterday afternoon a charge was
brought against Widdnws by thetruatees
of the Church fur disturbing divine ser-
vice, and afteroccupyintl the whole after
t
m1‘idda,u, efwres,na ono to suo'lock, theevidence
alit -Weed was adjudged to show that no
such distnrhance had been made by Mr.
Tuesday, March 2'2, 11881.
The regular meeting of the Board of
M
Directors of the echaniero Institute
Wall held this evening, the President,
Mr. Humber, in the chair. Present--
Messrs. Miller, Williams, Binghaut,.
-lforton, Ceske, and Sheppard.
On motion the Bowed agreed 'e the
purchase of Ap pleton's Mechanical Die-
tionary. •
The Trecsurer's report a -t was presented,
front which it appeared that there yet
remained to be expended under the
terms of the Statute, for the year ending
April 30th, 1881, the sum of $172.17.
The Beard expressed a desire to add
to the library a ti otnher ' 'f mechanical
and scientific war,.), and were willing ti
receive suggestions from any of the mem
beta of the Institute with respect to
suitable books at present net on the
shelves.
The lecture committee was instructed
to make arrangements for the holding
during the first week of April, under the
'auspices of the Institute.
On motion,the Berard adjourned.
THE POOR INDIAN. t ary limn to Rev. Mr. McCartney, $2,100; -
The t-oadIttaa-of eke Aberljtne. to the the Biueyale cabinet factory to J. Leach,
Nortb.tll'e•t, -; g1:10; the store in Wingham to T. A.
I Mills, 82,800; and the homested atBlue-
vale was bought in fur the widow, and
toilet right, too. ..
This is the disposition of the estate ef
the late John Messer ; Wm. Messer, the
store at Bluevale for $4000; the Duff
"fano" to Wm. Epplett, $3,000. the hound -
The troubles in the Indian department
are not being lessened ur done away
with, notwithstanding the official reports
to the contrary that appear front time to
time. The plain Indians are still in a
septi -starving condition, and the silly
attempts male by the Government to
teach the natives the art of tanning,
seem little short of a burlesque on the
miseries of the poor wretches. Instruc-
ters in farming who know as much on
the subject as the Indians, are nuw scat-
tered over the North-west, and
so equipped that if they dill know any-
thing -they knowledge would be of
little use to those most interested. At
this place, the Water Hen River band
consists of soine'36 families. Their re-
serve is absut 7 miles square. To cul-
tivate this, owe yoke of oxen has been
furnished --but that the same oxen may
be able to do good work, 6 good paws
and 6 double harrows have been supplied
to the band. The reserve is *imply laid
out in one great block, no sub -divisions
for families. All the work done has,
therefore, to be on the communist sys.
tem -a system that no Indians will ever
recognize. No instructor has been fur-
nished this hand yet, although one has
been promised for years past. But until
some better system is adopted, until a
modicum of common sense is introduced
into the department and it manage-
ment, it makes little difference to the
Indian whether he has • farm instructor
or not. On the plains the buffalo has
failed. In the wooded parts of the coun-
try such as hereabouts, buffalo have long
been extinct, and owing to the near ap-
proach of settlement, the moose, elk
and other deer are becoming so scarce
that they can no longer :be relied on
as sources of supno•rt to the natives.
This failure of land game has obliged the
Indian so to crowd around the bed
fishing stations that they too are being
over taxed, and without some sort of re-
gulation or protection are liked in a few
years to he extinct or n..kea 'Phis date
of things is becoming more ►ppat+sut
every year -arid the time is not far dis-
tant when the red -man of the North-
west musget his food from the ground or
g.o ander it The Indians could be taught
to farm, if it was Gate short in the right
way. Professor ltaonun mays there is
no hope of the present generation a In-
dians ben -ening tillers of the Seip. He
might to have gone further -- neither the
f n1 nor any future gesar fieri of oar
deltas. will ever be farmers tender the
present system And when pressure --
want pressures and starvation get among
the peer savage► --we can .spaet nnth-
Ing from but .n uprising At Rtnhatd
ilk )den's farm sad .tore at thick lake
en the Reim tchewan • year age lsat sum -
ser, starving Indian., some 0100 strrri4
owns snot d.martded frond quietly if
they (meld 1 not they were prepared to
tats it Brown, who was in ,Aare, .,f
she piece,, gave ,p all the provision■ he
(testi spare and the Trolleys, en o ,.ti
E• ^ n wet 11 gese eh
we` mu trio• e . e les tare p+teM•n.. ,�
a il't�t A#.:e, •-, te% pt
Vettczal,,skal Report,
\Veathcr rep.ortfur the week ending
Saturday, the 19th.
March 13th -Wind at 10 p.m. North-
west, light, cloudy. Number of miles
wird travelled during 24 hours 79. I�
Kan to a nosy at 6:30 p.m., ceased at TO
p.m., amount of snow fall 1 inch.
31arch 14th -Wind at 10 p.m. South-
, belt, clear. Number of miles wind
travelled during '24 hours 112. Foggy
during all the morning until noon.
March 16th -Wind at 10 p.m. South-
west, fresh, clear. Number of miles
wind travelled during 24 hours 302.
March 16th --Wind at 10 pin. East,
light, cloudy. Number of miles wind
travelled during 24 hours 125. Began
to rain at 5 p.m., ceased at 6 p. m. 0. o
cubic inches fell.
March path -\t ind at 10 p.m. South-
west, fresh, cloudy. Number of miles
wind travelled during 24 hours 401.
March 18th -Wind at 10 p.m. South-
east, light, air clear. Number of miles
wind travelled during 24 hours 164.
March path- Wind at 10 p.m. North-
east, busk gale. Raining. Number of
miles wind travelled during 24 hours
638. Began to rain at 10 a.m. , ceased
at 11 p. m„ 10.5 cubic inches fell, equal
to 1 inch of rain on the level.
G. N. MACINrJALD, Observer.
Goderich, March 21st. 1881.
REMEMBER
THE SKATING RINK
This iMdayl evening. Several rues will
take mem during the evening. 10e 1n gond
eowdition. Good innate will be furnished 00
Use occasion by Prof. Fetser's Rand.
CONE OlE - - • CONE ALL.
t7ls.
811D8 FOR 1811.
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C$IPTOR'S SURPRISE CORK,
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