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THE HURON .SIGNAL. FRIDAY spy, z, 1883.
THE HURON SIGNAL ' fur a new Weetiun itWest Huron was
Is published *very ?friday Morning, by 11 c
CitLLICUUDY BMus. at their Other, North bt
Mr the tattearvl
GODERICH, ONTARIO.
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11ministry by the earilsst Lapis and true.
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eouatry, d te one of the melon, newsiest
and mos rrliable )uurua in Ontario
po iing, 111 dues the atfore-goingenssntLJs
tag above, a east -elm.
family and fireside paper, -It is therefore e
most desirable advertising medium.
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f0.00 if not w paid. This rule will be strictl
enforced.
ItATan 0/ ADVEITl•rw0.-a t Ceara
Inc for ant lnasrtio• ; Limit,Limit,meiper lime
eaeesub•eeuentinsertion. Yearly, half -yearly
and saarterly contracts at reduced rates.
JOS rtl %Tlaep.--- We have atso a first-class
jobbing department Is commotion, sed power
lag the most oomplets out -It and best tcIUties
f lir turning out wort in Ooderieh, are prepared
le do business In that Zine et prices that cannot
be beaten, and of • quality that cannot be
urpassed. - Turns Cask
FRIDAY, NOV. 2ocu, 1883.
TIIE HON. A. M. ROSS.
It is with the greatest pieaew we I amen of the opposite party.
inform our readers this week that Nest 1 Fur these and other reasons esu luok
Rerun has been honored by the appoint. fur the election of Hun. A. M. Ross by
tient to a Cabinet position of her able acclamation fur \Vest Huron on Satur-
and energetic representative in the Local day, November 10th, and feel certain
House, the Hon. A. M. Item. To -day that the constituency will bo well and
(Friday) he will be sworn iia as Treasurer faithfully represented by him in the
of Ontario in the tontit and stead of time to come as it has been in the past.
Hon. James Young, the previous incum- In 000clusien, we cannot do better than
. bent of the position, who has been fore- quote his own opinion of the position
el to resign on aceownt of ill health. which he considers he occupied toward
The newaof Mr. Rues' selection for the his constituents, as expressed in his card
!important position of Treasurer of On- of thanks to the electors, after his
taste, although coming est suddenly upon triumphant return in February last :—
our readers will not prove altogether "My services are at the disposal of the
unexpected. For years past he has whole electorate of the riding, irrespec-
been looked u h bl fi
issued ou October 31st, and by procla-
mation it is ansopnced that the nomi-
ltatiou will be held at (lotioricb on
Saturday, the lOrh, and the electi (if
there be a contest), on Saturday, Nu-
remtrer 17th. tsnally the mistime has
torbeen, when a member accepted a Cabi-
net position, .r the constituents to
acknowledge the honor which had been
done then) by electing their represents-
tite by acclatuation. It is to be hoped
PROVINCIAL B. S. CONVENTION.I
That was a trulyrepresertative gather-
ing of Sunday t3ehoo l workersat Cobo• Ai
last week. Fruit Lake Ninon toe ot-
tawa,'the delegates assembled. darker
diets est every sha 1e, in sail wuiou,
Presbyterians and Episc „, I;ap-
tiate, Cungregatioua;i•,oe, L•typ and
Quakers, were monA by the ons spirit to
utter words ofw.isdont sues truth to
the edifying of d,, Clerical and lay
delegates •alt iso equal ground; and all
distinc'oos• of creed and cloth were hid-
den or the time. Grove college prufvs-
the custom will nct be tleparted fr.I .ora grew geuial and bright, as the quer-
tion of how to teach scriptural truths was
discussed. Laymen, practical, yet full
of fire, joined in the testimony. The
sects could not have been discovered by
of the electors of West Huron, and op- their speeches. A spirit of unity seemed
position, under existing circumstartoes, ti! pervade the assembly. It was as if
would but intensify the ardor of hie the apostolic experience was reversed,
friends, as well as gain for him the let and that the descending Spirit had came
wishes and support of all liberal miuderl e.1 the divers tongues of Medea and Par-
PIthinns, Cretea and Arabiaua—Calvinists
on this occasion. The present mentl.er
has time and again proved that he
poeticises the confidence of the majority
len as t e a eat nancier tire of politics, and I trust that those
in the Legislature, and although the Oho e•useientiously . ;poised me will tind
Prerincial budget was brought down an- net eter reedy to serve them vs their
nuaty by Hun. S. C. Ward, yet the representative."
moat able defence of the Provincial ex-
penditures was always expected frum LE_'1NOX
the member for \\'eat Huron. A (tee Tory contemporaries aro terribly
pleasing feature in the present aprooint• anxious to learn who will contest Lennox
melt is the fact that the position was
wholly unsought, and that it wits with
the greatest difficulty Mr. 'Ross was
finally induced to accept the portfolio:
Now, however, that he itas accepted the
ptition, it behoves the people o1 Hu-
ron, of all shade. of politics, to join
heartily to strengthen the hands of the
man who, in accepting an honorable
in tine Liberal interest at the next elec-
tion. Many of them are exercised lest
Sir Richard Cartwright would be the
Liberal candidate, and are devoting
their columns to speculation on the sub-
ject. Now that Sir Richard's name has
been mentioned, we might be allowed to
remark that Lennox could make many a
chnioe that would not prove nearly so
popular with Canadians as a whole, as
that of her old-time representative in the
position, has thereby conferred honor Commons. It is quite true that he
upon the constituency which „ho !repro- would prove a thorn in the side of the
present administration ; but it is also true
vented. that Sir Richard Cartwright is possessed
The abilities of Mr. R ss are too well of undoubted ability, and,in her present
known in Huron,—and for that matter condition, Canada cannot afford to Icse
throughout Ontario,—to need enlarging the services of an able man, no matter
upon at our ]rands. our years he has what side of the political faith he es -
been one of the most successful local louses. When Blake was defeated in
Bruce, the country felt the want of his
managers of the Bank of Commerce in presence in the councils of the nation,
Western Ontario, nod in that position and Grits and Tories alike rejoiced when
had deutaustrated that ho was possessed West Durham sought his services. In
of first clan financial and administrative Lennox,lately,when Sir John Macdonald
was unseated, the personal charges
abilities. If nnythiti further was wanted againat him were withdrawn, owing prin-
to strengthen his p',sition in these re-
spects, the fact that he has for the past
twenty-five years discharged the duties
of treasurer for the county of Huron
would prove a warranty of his abili-
ties.
in the redistribution of Huron county
cipatly to the fact that the services of the
Conservative Chief were deemed of value
to the country. Tome time ago, un the
other side of the line, Roscoe Conklin_,
one of the most prominent of the Repute
lican statesmen, was relegated to private
life, and•now we observe flinty his recall
from enforced retirement is being sound -
for legislative purposes in 1875, Mr Rosa ed loudly by the people of ell 'lades of
was looked to as the nun best qualified politics. Su, to our mind, is the case of
Sir Richard Cartwright. Caught by a
turbulent public wave in the past,l.e was
submerzed and kept from view for the
time being'; now he ii again colnnt to
thesurftce,and we expect to see him ride
• into power on the crest of the returning
wave. Doty by day since his retirement
from public life has his popuiarity,.in-
• creased, and there are few men of
thought of ether shade "F politics wilco
n would not gladly see him tomo more in
, the House of Commtns. What the re-
sult of the Lennox Liberal Convention
will he we don't pretend to know, but we
do snow that county will never get an
abler or more fiei:hful representatire than
, Richard Johu Cartwright. On this
point the following contemporary opinion
will not be out of place :
to represent the West Riding, and al-
though a comparatively untried politi-
cian at that time, lie succeeded in carry-
ing the riding by a handaouto majority,
and has continued to maintain hi
hold upon the affections of the large ma
jority of the electors of the constituency
Since his advent to public life he has de
veloped grana power Fie a speaker, and o
the platform, or in debate in the House
isacknewledotel to bc'un.o "f the clearest
strongest and most incisive debaters o
all those who take part in discussion
Possessed of ag.od flow of choice English
with well -delivered sentences, coupled
• with a clear, logical mind, L solid sensi-
ble expusitioa of foie a ;.••i a can always be
expected from the mnemi,er for West
Huron. He makes no pretence t.. ora-
torical f ourise, or cl to trop, but always
appeals to the intelligetmcc of his hearer,
and whenever he puts forwent a state-
ment the utmost reliance can be placed
upon it.
Mr- Mowat is to be common/ tel
upon the ohoice which he has ninde in
the selection rot Hon. A. M. !Rem, for
the clear views, mound judgment. finan-
cial ability and acknowledged integrity
,The London Adr, rtiur says : "We
observe that some of our contemporaries
favor Sir Richard Cartwright as the Re -
forum candidate for Lennox. We trust
that the sugzestion will meet with the
approval of the eonatituency. Sir Rich-
ert! is both able and honest, and is teach
needed in Parliament. Lennox was
never a. well represented as when Sir.
Richard sat for theeonstiteeocy
The Hamilton Times says • '•Tones
want Sir Richard Cartwnght too rennin
in private hfc. Reformers want nim in
Parliament. to help expose the fraudo•
lent pretences of Sir John Maodunaid
and Sit Lennard Tilley ; b...cure fuer 1 w
Canada • Government that will abolish I t
tang and a railway monopoly, and give ;•
the poor men a chance to enjoy the M-
a int of shit he earns by his hanl lab ow
in
e Tory journals are wonderfully ren -
rued fir fart the election of Sir Rich -
d will hurt the Reform party ' Their
nes feeling towards She Reiform party
palmed into a proverb. Lot ma take
it advice—backward•.
and Armenians, churchmen and dissen-
ters—to speak as one. The people of
Cubourg won an excellent name fur
their hospitality toward all. We re -
regret that the proceedings of this great
three days' meeting cannot be fairly con-
densed for reading in our paper. The
delegate from Goderich, however, will
shortly give an address on the work and
ways of the convention, of which due
notice will .,be given. The entire pro-
ceedings will also be published in took
form at an early date, and every teacher
can get a espy for a smell sum from the
active and able secretary, Rev. J. Me -
Ewen, sof Toronto, whom we hope to see
in Goderich this winter conducting one
of his instructive Institutes.
ABOUT DEATH -RED ('HARIT1E.
1 The Editor was calmly resting in h
easy chair the other day, Lacking in ti
I glorious sunshine that found Its way it
to the sanctum through the large wi
auws which su add to the appearance
THE Sl"V.tL office, when a pious ge
tleman of his ac,uaintance put in an a
pearance, and disturbed the meditation
of the scribe, by launching forth a pane-
gyric upon the good effects of death -bed
charities. After waiting until the pane-
gyrist stopped in his discourse to catch
his second .wind, the Editor took his
innings, and :,,.;.led to demolish the
arguments of that enthusiastic gentle-
man. To do this he reversed the usual
order of things Ly starting at the end
and working back to the beginuing, and
he di -1 it in this wise : (1) He laid down
the premises that the man who waited
to give charity until he was on his death-
bed was an unadulterated fraud, and
didn't rejoice in an atom of philanthropy
or benevolence. :2) That the death -bed
charity man didn't give out of the full-
ness of his heart, but simply because he
couldn't take the raw material with bite,
unless it was done'up in fire -proof pack-
ages. (3) That the death -bed donor did
the act from wholly selfish mntivea, and
often deluded himself into the belief,
that by giving to charitable purposes
what he couldn't use himself he was
likely to popularize his memory with
the multitude whom he left behind. (4)
Many of these odd tight -fists, who's never
gave even a cup of water in Christ's
name, while in health and strength, too
-often imagined, when on their death-
bed, that a liberal dentition lel' Charits-
b!e purposes would gain favor for them
in the eyes of high heat en. These and
other solemn truths were adtanced by
the Editor, who summed up his remarks
by exclaiming : So far as charity is con-
cerned, give me the man who opens his
purse and his heart when weal and
vigor are his portion ; who believes that
he is but the steward, of the worldly
goods entrusted to his keeping, and like
the faithful steward that he is, uses 'that
of o►hich he is custodian se that during
his control of it :the greatest good will
follow. But, continued he, let us pray
that we be preserved from falling down
and worshipping as the paragon of chari-
ty the wretched being who had spent his
life in hoarding wealth, without • s.,Ittsry
thought of the responsibilities which
his wealth brought with it, and who
was brought to realize the fact that he
was but a trustee of the treasure, only
when the Augel of Death stood by his
bed -side and beckoned him to cross the
dark river. No man deserves credit
for giving what he has not the power to
retain, and few death -bed charities
would be heard of if the donors by any
effort could avoid parting with their scoria
and chattels, !toupee anal tenement& For
my part, concluded the Editor, 1 take
no stock in deathbedbenevolence, if
charity has not been the guiding star of
the giver while health, strength and
the pewee to do K,wel was his portion.
An.l, stranger as it may appear, her
ho had come in to speak favorably of
he goodness of death -had charity, teem
sled as the hp. of the Editor eoas•d is
PiTTY VINDIt'T(VBv,l S,
The Clinton N w Bre, usually * seusi-
hle, well•cu.duot.i juurwal, ie pomsessed
of a craze. That orals u the idea that
Clinton is the tarot intp•ortaut point in
Huron county, mad that no other town
is of any itnptrta.ae. We are quite will-
ing to admit that Clinti.n is the centre
of the universe, geographically ; that the
hereon descends on all sides of it at
equal distance ; and taken commercially,
that it is a "right sumart little town.".
But we beg leave to state that there are
one or two other peons in the world that
are fully as important and perhaps wore
sox For years the editor of the Neu' Era
newspaper has been the father of a hob-
by. Father, did we say 1 Yes—father,
mother and sponsor of a hobby ; and
that hobby is that Cliptou should be the
county -town of Huron. The hobby is a
perfectly harmless one, and as the editor
hamlet, and will'nuthave the power to do
anything to make the people of Huron
chime in with his "crank,' we wouldpot
have raised ollr voice against hint even
if he had naked leave to take the court
house front our Squire to hang sea pen-
danton his watohchain. Any suchharntless
actions on the part of the Clinton editor
we would have allowed to go without
comment, for when a human • creature is
s little "off" on any particularsubject, we
think him more 5t for compassion than
ridicule. But when in addition:to in-
dulging his craze the editor of the New
Era descends to lying about the binders'
interests of a neighboring town, so that
his own locality may be bolstered up, we
think it high time to take issue with him
In last,week's -Vete Era a slanderous state-
ment appeared to the effect that Ogilvie
re Hutchison's flouring milt at Goderich
had been closed up, that the hands had
' been discharged. and that the mill had
1e been losing money ever since it was
m- built. In reply to that article we would
to state that the hands have not beendischarf-
of 1 ed from the mill;that it hasbeeu a paying
n- institution since it was built ; that the
p' average wages per week are $140 ; and
e white a temporary suspension is involved
owing to the substitution of the new rol-
ler process for the old style of running,,
the hands are retained :at full salary.
At the present time 70,000 feet of lum-
ber are at the dock purchased from
the firm to Williams et Murray, by Ogil-
vie & Hutchison to be used In the
changes contemplated in the milL In
conversation with Mr. Hutchison, the
resident partner of the firm, we learned
that the, introduction of the new roller
process was necessitated by the fact that
under the old system of grinding consid-
erable waste was entailed, and in these
days of close competition it was impera-
tive that the best appliances ah.uld be
used by an institution that wished to
keep up with time procession. Wo have
aiao been informed by Mr. Hutchison
that even though the mill were cloned
down, the firm of Ogilvie & Hutchison
would continue to purchase all the grain
brought into the Coderich market at the
highest legitimate figur:s. Simply be-
cause the Goderich mill had to suspend
temporarily so that some 330,000 worth
of needed improvements might be made,
the New Era has seen fit to rave, and
utter absurdities. If that journal can't
uphold its town in a cleaner and mere
decent way than lyicg about outside
places, it should resign its position of
pillar.
of the member for West Huron cannot Th
fail to prove • e.,urce of strength to the ce
Libeswl Administration. kr
ki
As t} duty bound, Hon. A. U. Roes has
the
YID shortly eome before his mon•tituents
to seek re election at their hands, s,, that
their approval pal hie aeceptanoe uf the 1
fastorslde position of MIaMS.r of the
b.trti will be his portion. Tie wait
eve 'Tie truth that thea uttered;
Tits editor of the London A,lan•tirr
hes been br..ught lettere • jades for rem -
tempt ..f avert, fne commenting ,in •
severe strata on tu1 Bothwell ea•r. The
edge tonic! oalty Eaughed the posevutor
of court Hid the charge been con -
akin for Hawkins, Stephens .1 C . , the
iim v w.oild doubtless have pleaded
unit?
- ij
r■t ttaosr, t he 8th of Norembsr, has I put
been appritthd a day of tbankgiviltgt
to rad, for tae h. entiful hareem .this I
Ged
Tva. r
THE ADDRESS FIEND.
Soma of our contemporaries are exer-
cised greatly because the Marquis of
Lorne refused to accept and reply to six-
teen addresses previous to his departure
for England. Now, to our mind, the
Marquis did right in refusing the inflic-
tion, and if he never did anything dur-
ing his stay in Canada except putting his
foot down solidly upon the address fiend,
he deserves the thanks of the community
at large. The Governor-General of Ca-
nada receives a salary of $30,00 per an-
num, and perquisites that run his total
up to 3100,000 a year. This sum, if
we allow his ufcial time at six hours per
day, is at the rate of something like 31 e
minute for his valuable services. Old
Father Time keeps merino along during
the delivery of an address, and wo;a't
take a rest even when a British viceroy
has the floor for reply. Under these
circumstances is it not too had that a
Governor -Genera] should be blamed for
refusing to waste the time, for which he
is w well paid by the country, in listen-
ing to the fulsomeness of the average ad-
dress -perhaps copied almost verbatim
from the one that had gone before? And.
again, is it not too much to expect that
the time of the Governor-General --which
ought to be devoted to the ruling of the
had alter the most approved methods--
oboeld be frittered away by forming see -
tosses of concentrated "taffy" to tattle
the ears of every Tom. Dick or Harry,
who sees fit to play the eyonphant 1 Larne
has done right, and we hope Lnsdowse
will follow in the onmmon sense path
that iso has thus maAred nut f.or him.
The address Rend test go.
fiermei (fora, for tan years peincipsl
of At )4.ry'• pehlic school, has purchas-
ed th• Eseter R Bogor. There i. room
for • good paper is =aster, sad we wialL
fir. Moir, who is a sound Liberal, Trow
suer•,• in his jr•ermilistic vsetnry
in the wetter uf the Leuuua Dummies.
electi petition au order was made at
(hzo ode Hall Saturday for payment out
of court W the petitioner, who auoemided
in his petition, of th• $100 paid in by
hum when the petitblu was filed.
IN all article 0u the Ambler case,
the Stratford, Ont., H comma to the
following uoncleasiwl :—e• • would not
play the pharisee, but we may ithout
bolo, iuvidirws suggest to tit who
think of seeking fortune aortas the line
that the purer moral atmosphere and
firmer government of Canada is worth
somethiug to the:u,aud a great dual more
to their obiildeea"
AND now the Dolor question is opened
up in London the less. 1Ve are inform-
ed by all associated prams telegram that
on Tuesday • evening a well-dressed and
respectable limiting colored couple appli-
ed at the police station for l.dgings,at•t-
ing that they had tried several hotels,
and at all had been refused aceumunda-
tiott. This is a pretty how -d' ye -do in
this fair Canada of ours, where one ratan
is suppuied to be as good as another,
despite complexion, 1 he- acts rightly.
Tho hotel -keepers should hare their
Lenses suspended at once if they can
show no other reason for refusing oc-
commodation than that the applicants
were Ethiopian instead of Caucasian.
Me. JAa. From, who has occupied
the editorial chair of the Toronto Even-
inj Canadian since the inception of that
journal. has resigned, and has attached
himself to the staff of the World. Mr.
Fahey is a brilliant writer, and - the
World will not fail to be a sprightly
sheet while he (occupies a place amongst
its editor". ThoC.l.swdi.zn will bo edited,
henceforward, by Mr. Dent, a writer of
vane note, but a Protestant in creed, and
as the Canadian professes to be a jour-
nal devoted to the interests of the Irish
Catholics of Ontario, we will be auxioue
to see the line of policy which he will
adopt in his editorial capacity. What
will the Tribwne say anent the new de-
parture of the (.indent 1
1N his address to the grand jury of
Frontenac, Justice Burton, commenting
upon a case of maiming a horse, coming
up before therm, said --"There was no
crime more odious in the community,
and when a charge was brought home in
any case while he was on the Bench be
would see that the uffendev had proper
punishment meted nut to hien. He then
passed on to say there was one matter
in regard to evidence which he consid-
ered a blot upon our jurisprudence—
that was the refusal in criminal cases to
hear the evidence of agnostic" or unbar
lierers in a future state. The Ontario
Government had wisely provided that
evidenoe of such persons was permissible
in civil cases. To his inind A was
an auoutaly that in such cases where
a few dollars were concerned un-
believers could be heard, but that
in a case of life or death they were to be
excluded. He said that it would be
most painful for a judge to sentence a
person either to death or long imprison-
ment when evidence had been excluded
which might have proved the innocence
of the party accused. He hoped suffi-
cient pressure would be brought to ber.r
upon tho Dominion Government to se-
cure legislation admitting the evidence
of agnostics ; either that or there should
be a reversion to the old system of ex-
cluding allauch evidence."
STANDARD TIME.
e
Tae Alteration of ■allway Time to Take
ESeet November tg.
As some of our readers doubtless •1 -
ready aware the railway time will change
on the 18th of November to that of the
"2nd belt" agreed upon by the Railroad
Convention in Chicago. The time by
which the G. T. R (and we presume all
other roads in Ontario) will run is that of
the 75 enrolled and the people of Strat-
ford and vicinity, by moving their clocks
and watches seventeen minutes forward
before retiring on the night of the 17th,
will incur no risk of missing the trains.
1It has been suggested that time new sys-
tem should be generally adopted, and
time tak. n from the reilruads instead of
from the Toronto Observatory as at
present. Thus just before midnight en
the 17th the town clocks could be moved
forward seventeen minutes, so that the
hour of midnight would be struck nn the
standard time, and it would naturally be
quickly adopted by the citizens. The
important question is :—Shall we retain
our present and always be compelled to
On t.. meet a train 17 minutes before the
indicated time or chang. our time gener-
ally to that of the reeds 1 in our judge-
ment it would be much better for all to
change and then there would be no eon -
fusion. it would harm no one to begin
and end the day e'venteen minor..
earlier.
Qnebec pots IM cloak kart-sbost japes.
•
cwt Is.
I)tt•try forward vgna Ata.
Klnpasspats.
Toe s 1 - t7t7 ale.
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HT=
▪ tf T1s.
I nestles '
24 amla.
Another innovation in the .tatter of
time that has been proposed, but has not
yet taken each definite shape as the 16
degrees standard, is to divide elook dials
IN 24 devotees of one hour sash, and
umber then from 1 to 24, doing away
with the terms a lno end p m.
Should this standard time he adopted
woiversell thr .nghout Amerce• there will
be given dote honor to Mr. Handford
binning, who first brought for card the
teheses, and to the managers of railroads
who have carried it infn evae on,
(Stratford Hames
OUR 'early
trp.n of the Dotage of the tad Merlins
Friday, O4.4.26.
Thu lammed' mot this emitting th,
Hoer in the chair.
Prutwut.-the re o and uouucillors
Heresy, t7tdburne, 111,w; Soubir, Bing -
haul, C.uteluu, klitche!l, Butler Ifleager,
Sloan Nichuesm.
The ininutes..f `oreviout meeting were
read bud approved.
CJMMI'NICATIuNi.
From Mathias Wore, of Delhi, re -
spoiling the wtahtiahtnent of* fruit sn-
uing industry.
!trout W. H. Skil uuoiu;ta, ask jog re-
duetiuu esu tazes .41 :t . occupied hoose.
Friona Mr.. C. Shame ou, widow, asking
remissiuu ,.f taxes 'moon uuoceupie
houses
Il ern :re.
The street inspector's report showed
the oxeenditure slues Sept 28, to have
been : Teaming, 813 75 ; labor, 8160.23;
street lamps, 11.70. Tuftal -8184.69.
The outlet of the main 4tuin would be
the butter of '20 ur 30 cordd of river setae
te protect the batiks from slides and
wash. A few loads of gravel will yet be
required, end all surface openings to
drain cleaned of. If the big stove is put
up again bit the e -'uncal chamber as it
WAN, it will need a new side.
THoe. HOOD, inspector.
The treasurer's report showed • balance
in favor of the town of 3401.84.
ACI`OUNTY.
A number of accounts were presented
and referred to fivanco committee.
The council then adjourned.
OOMMUNIOATIONS.
We do not bold ourselves responalble for the
opinlowe of our Correspondence. Contr(bu-
ten to this department must oonsne them-
selves to public Questions, and he brief,
**The tell toes a-riaglag."
To thefEditor of The Signal.
Slag—Lm loosing over the . columns of
Tlta SIONAL lately I noticed an abortive
attempt at doggerel poetry by your Ano
berly correspondent, lett what malady
induced the effort is more than ordinary
mortals can divine. Has the "widow"
declined to reciprocate his advances 1 not
vouchsafed hint an approving smile, or
refused him a decoction of her ware in
time of great drought 1 or is he troubled
with caroethes scribendi, and at • loss for
a subject ? Conjectures are vain ! But
why tarnish the poetic faros of Amberly
by such wretched effusion in the shape
of verse -making which has onlyone re-
deeming feature, i. s., it is ort. If
the woman in question has violated the
law, surely the law in this locality luta
sufficient force to punish the offender.
But no, the pen of the traducer mast be
employed to announce to the public not
only the illegality of her acts but the de-
fects in her personal character. Fie ! fie
-Amberly correspondent. My pen refus-
ed to engage in the demeaning task of
re -producing the lines. Before you next
try your hand at rhyming beseech the
muses to inspire you with loftier thoughts
and a better theme ; for by your last ef-
fort you forfeited the respect of every
right thinking woman, especially of
Ashfield, Oct. 29, 1883. Seams.
A Little tw it.ea 1s Jail Sao.ab.
The reason why Sir John holds on to
the Indian Department is, it is said, to
lend zest to that very familiar story of
his at the election times about the
squaw and the whiskey.—(Barrie Etam-
iner.
!' Jame*.
Nothing can he dune, of eourse, in the
matter of Andrews, sentenced to five
years' imprisonment for killingMaroney.
The sentence has been pronounced and
must stand. Even had the judge not
ordered that the sentence of four years
for sboutine at a policeman should run
concurrently with the other, the period
of imprisonment would not have been
too great. Contrast with this light
sentence, for killing a man, the sentence
of death passed upon the girl McCabe,
in Haniilton, for taking the life of the
child which she could not support. In
both these cases the public journals have
spoken out, and in each case have given
ezpreesion to public opinion., In the
Andrews case it was too late, as no one
imagined that sr, light a sentence would
be passed. In the McCabe case, how-
ever, no doubt there will be a more satis-
factory result.- (Toronto, Telegram.
Nea•►tad Lrteltlers leery.
It was Mr. Cheploau who impeached
Lieut. Gnv. Let.11ier of high crimes and
misdemeanors, and it was Sir John Mac-
donald who declared his usefulnesegone,
and even in opposition to the Governor
(loners] dealt him a blow which hasten-
ed his death. Hear Mr. Chapeau now.
As reported at recent banquet in Mon-
treal : "I at the time opposed Mr. Le-
tellier very viorously,and therefore I an
to -day tee allowed to do justice to the
memory of a great patriot.'' This tinge
of conscience is creditable to Mr. Cha-
pleau, (out why did he not sooner advise
his leader that the man he resolved for
party reasons to degrade was "a great
petnut."--[Bellevillo Ontario. '
/arisen' sass.
Judge Sinclair, of Wentworth, has
rendered an important decision as to the
franchise of farmer sons. Mr. Calder
owns two farm., rine in the township of
Ancestor and the other in the township
of Glenfdori. tin the latter farm his two
LOSS have resided for the past two years
sed were assessed for the farm and
*mid on the voters' list M farmers'
sena Objection was taken that M tis
Aaweter farm was in a di/event alb►
tenet distnrt iter sons cold/ netsenureM
d as saner*' suns at iAaalbd.
wd v Ms`ir pointed nut that Miss
eeelfi alt poverty be on the voters' the
e Master henna* they did sol made
there, while 1f they could not he pleosd
ow the filandf„rel list they would have
no right to be placed on any lietMid Merle
fon tooted not vote. 11e at 2rst.entsr-
tsined serious eiouht as to shed the Ad
000I.mplatewl in the protases, ibnt after
earsfni consideration a t ttdsd that
it was not necrganrs far the site's gusli-
MNinn that he snr♦ the lather shall both
reside on the same farm