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THE HURON ;.ANAL. FBWAYi JULY 11, 1884.
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OODERICH, ONTARIO
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MOAT, Ji1LY 11711. 1884
nit PRINTERS' STRIKE.
The printer. of Toronto, at a uric•
'meeting on Saturday evening last, deter-
mined to strike work rather than sub-
mit to the proposed reduction of ten tar
cant, notice of which had been given
them by the e•np!oyers. The printers
did right. if the employers have run
the business to the ground by playing a
seat -throat Rome, they could have oum-
bined to put up rates for advertising and
jobwork,nther than to hare attempted to
bleed the compositors. If, despite the
recent "blowing" of the big deltic*, re-
trenchtrest was necessary, why were the
printers singled out fur a ter. -per cent.
reduction of wages, while the managers
and highly paid assistants were allowed
their old rate 1 If the manager ..f a
large concern believes that retrenchment
is necessary, and that percentages are to
be taken o6 existing salaries, he should
show bit consistency by submitting his
own salary to the lopping process But
they do:t't usually de that kind of thing,
and while the min who draws $5,000 a
year receives 100 cents on the dollar the
poor fellow wh . work, ten or twelve
hours a day for s3, -i ) • year has to sub-
mit to a discount of In per cent. Prin-
ters in Toronto have not been paid any
too well for years back, and the attempt
to lower the ate ..f wage was an outage.
Rents have gone up, the cost of "keep"
Inas increased, and lining has advanced
on all sides. Hence the objection
raised to the reduction by the typo-
graphical union. and the subsequent
strike. The_3to1 is deserving of par-
ticular censure for its course in this
matter. Only a few weeks ago, it was
crowing about its good financial standing,
its large advertising partronage, and its
great and constantly increasing circula-
tion. It also pointed out that the GOO,
was
1 J -
wa only a wreck of its former self, and
was fast wasting away with dryrot.
During the put two weeks the managers
of the two great journals have been
closeted together seekiug to devise some
plan whereby they could recoup them-
selves fat the cut -threat game which
they hare been playing heretofore. In-
stead of raising their advertising sale
and the price of their weeklies to a living
rate, they hit upon the plan to take ten
per cent off the wages of their type -set -
ten, and shook lands on the job. The
men accordingly struck, and the public
for some days were furnished with oue-
hors. newspapers by the publishers of
the (lobe and M.1. The laidw managed
to present a semblance of a newspaper,
but the Mud with its dead advts. and
stereos of ancient date was a sight to
alike even the most enthusiastic Tory
feel that great bed bsN- the fall el Itis
favorite journal. The Mnil,by its action
is discharging its uW staff because the
too would not submit to • reduction of
ten per oent.on their wages, has swallow-
ed its N. P. principles, body and bones,
and it will be • mighty work for the
talented editor of the leading Tory organ
to raise again u his shibboleth that the
wonderful merits of the National Policy
have been sucoes.ful in providing ad-
ditional work for the laborer at an in-
ereaeed ate of wage. The workingmen
ems getting their eyes 4pene3,and the nest
general election will tell a strange tale.
Tae dressing down administered to
Mister Griffin, editor of the Mail., on
`Thursday of last week, by the News, was
Dee of the best deserved ecourgings ever
inflicted upon s pemitaper man. For
Jean Griffin hose cupied the position
oaf journalistic bulk. and blackguard -in -
general to the Toy ;party. N..n.. of the
Liberal papers have seen fit to reply to
the Mud, and :.Ls e Griffin began to
*Mk he had • mono,...iy in his *pedal
leg of jour alisin. 1l;n Thursday. leaw-
•eer, the News got en his tail, and in a
ta6lumn of "well-chosen remarks --for
they were well-ehneen in Mister Griffin's
ease- gave the dirt -thrower .f the M.if
whore than he bargained for,and knocked
him out in one round Mater (lnffn ke
still in hie corner, and is not likely le
.mase Up smiling.
Taw Tory prem lase making merry
over the fact that tis,' il.f.-rm editor.
nest in ((Invention at Tee:nto Inst week
Tha meet lawgh•ble thing we noticed
Most Use pattering Mae that while the
Juan Baa&syiroan, an old time fight-
er, knocked out J. L Sulhea•. the
Amsrican c►ampeuo,ia the Ent rotted last
week. Jobs Iferieyeura is a stayer, std
has killgd off mere pine fighters than has
the rim.
Tottuaaow will be the 12th of July.
We look forward to it with • glow of
expectancy, and with feelings of no
commuo character. The glorious Twelfth
is to us a day of day. We always try
our new potatoes on to Twelfth.
THE O uw.pc &enrol last week had a
number of wood cuts decanting ite (rout
page. and timed the collection of worth-
ies " The Orange Champions in the Com-
mons" Our old friend Farrow's ' • phy-
sing " figured in the galaxy, and showed
to advantage in the ;tethering. Bomb be-
ing the ease, one can imagine the meatal
calibre of the originals of the Tewtiarl's
front ispiece.
Cr to the hoer ut going to pre the
Dam.,cratic Convention had made no
ea..ice of a candidate for the presidency,
although Cleveland appeared to be the
frvorite. In the RepublicanConventien
a bare majority secured the nomination ;
but in the Democratic Conveation,which
is now in progress at Chicago, two-thirds
of the delegates must vote for a candidate
before he becomes the choice.
Tut Reform convention held at Stouf-
vale on Wednesday. wooled a candidate
to fill the vacancy in the House of Com-
mons caused by the resignation of Mr.
Wheeler, was adjourned until Wednes-
day, July 23rd, so that • full notice of
meeting could be given. It is expected
that .1. D. Edgar will receive the name
nation. notwithstanding Tory efforts to
create a feeling against him.
THE Moil has contended all along that
the N. P. would nut only create good
times, but on a hundred occasions it has
asserted that Tory legislation would in-
come. the wages ..f the artisan. Last
week the managers of that journal gare
notice that they would reduce the wages
of their employees 10 per cent. after the
12th of July. On Sunday last the men
struck, and on Monday the Muil came
ort in half-size form. What will Mister
Griffin say about the N. P. now 1
NOTRB BY TSH WAY.
Ceieblaa Ilse semovemeasiet es se* Telt-
sad -What we Mw.
We observe our friends in Wingham
are still working away ou the railway
question, and with erery prospect of suc-
cess. Mayer Meyer of that town has
been working hard, and deserves the
thanks of every ratepayer in his section.
We want a few men with the snap and
energy .1 Me. Meyer at this end, and the
railway .question would boom. In a
future issue we will enter more fully
into this gdeation, and show where the
laggards are, so far as the prosperity of
Goderich is c,.nccrned. We shall also
enter into the reasons why Goderich
should be selected as the syndicate port
in the time to come.
THE so-called National Policy has
been wounded in the house of a friend.
The Toronto Mai! is one of the establish-
ments which last week conibined to se-
der. the 'trues of its workmen. The
contpusitors immelietely struck work,
giving as their reason that the N. P. had
increased the cost of divine, and that
they should not suffer any decrease. The
Teo wto Te!.yrua. says :-"It must hoe
borne in mind, in trying to arrive at a
decision as to the merits of the present
diffcuhy, that the cost of tidier -ha
leen greatly increased by the N.P. We
imagine that no .one, whatever his politi-
cal leanings may be, will dispute that
such is the ease. Hew a workingman
can pay higher prices for his provisions
when he is in receipt of smaller wages,
is one of those problems which the chief
Tory organ, as alexia! champion and de-
fender of the National Polioy, may be
left to solve. It is t.. be hoped that the
interference with the publication of the
newspapers will not last Long, but that
matters will be malleably sdj.Ned with-
out delay, and the readers of the news-
papers supplied with their usual pabu-
lum. it is shocking to think what the
mental condition of the party politicians
would be if they were compelled to g ,
without their usual morning dish of party
scandal sod party vituperation. '
Address $' the. A. M. Me...
At the closing proceedings of the On-
tario Agricultural Cohere exercises at
Guelph, Non. A. M. Roes, Commission-
er of Agriculture. delivered an address
from which we cull the following ex-
cerpt :- The College, he 'aid, was the
wisest institution of the Presence, and
the work which it wasaccomplishing esu
dome mn., ii to raise the standard of agri-
culture in !'se Province. He regretted
the over tendency of farmers sons to
leave their occupation, which was the
moat rentlemanly, and the safest of all
occupations, and betake themselves to
the leu utrdactery inercantile end pre-
' fessional pursuits in which the few win
anti the many after worry and emharras
mens lows. it was some compensation
that the Conoco had been the means .d
attracting 1,, faun life the sons ..f many
of ..ur business men. He, 1. ..err,
meetly desired 1.. teethe advantages used
mere by the sons of the farmers «1 ()n -
elates ewe is conned considering boo rsrie.
tp mamas Ne desth of the Tory Ad
lssiespagiLU, the undertakers or the
ogee in convention assembled
lee the funeral.
W had read a great deal about To-
runto's semi -centennial, and we took the
notion to see a httl• .d it for ourselves.
That was why we took train on Friday
morning. We started in good company,
for most of ilia p.seessere were residents
of Goderich. At Clinton a few of the
villagers joined ua, and on the way down
Seaforth, Dublin, Mitchell, and Sebring-
ville contributed each its quota .f passen-
gers. At Stratford our party had grown
quite numerous, and the brethren and
sisters from points on other lines of ail
added to our largeness. At the station
we met Pruf. Clarks, of Woodstock, ac-
oump•nied by his wife, and he said he
was going to get one end of the s•mr-
autennul. We clasped hands immedi-
ately, having the same object in view.
All along the line te Guelph the men and
women from the concessions and side-
lines kept crowding cm Weill Ph the di-
mensions of our party. At Guelph
several other counties were heard from
when the Wellington, Grey A Bruce
coaches arrived. ()ur old friends Jahn
Shaw and Ben Gerry, of Brussels, with
a host beside them, swarmed in, and
beamed upon us. J.bo ;illie»,M.I'. for
North Bruce, smiled benignly upon w
for "Auldang syne," and grasped our
little hand in his. It was • great re-
union of old friends from all the ends of
Western Ontario, and everywhere there
was hand shaking. and jubilating. By
the time we reached Toronto the passen-
gers were packed like sardines in a box,
and the stopping of the train at the
Union depot was greeted with a unirer-
s d sigh of relief. A heavy rain was
falling, but that did not damp the ardor
of the crowd, although it broke up th
procession of the benevolent societies.
At the Roslin House there was a con-
vention of Reform edit.ra, and we juined
the pr cesaa n. The discussion was full,
free and fearless -crooked ratters were
made straight and rough places smooth.
After the' arduous labors of the conten-
tion, the members were dined and
wined by J. D. Edgar and H.I H. Cook,
end a most .djeyahle time was spent,
althuulh the ram still descended out-
side. On the street. Hon A. M. Ross
was the first liurunite we met ; next we
saw Registrar Dickson and his bride. and
after that the streets were full of them.
R S. Williams, Jas. Wilson and others
added grace to the occasion. D. Gordon
was down attending the under:Akers'
convention, and we got sufficiently cja.7e
to him to see that his chin was at the
right angle and that his face was elon-
gated so as to correspx.nd with the
solemnity of the occasion. On lstsrdy
what was to our min.) the principal pro-
cession of the week was held shortly
after 1 p. m. -the children's procession.
Some 5,009 children, ranting from eight
to sixteen years of age took part. and
gazing at than as they raaased cheerily
along, keeping tithe to g.rmd music, we
could net help looking forward with our
mind's eye to the time, fifty years hence,
when another precession would be held -
the centenary of Toronto -when the boys
and girls of today would Ion the men end
women of yesterday, and when the mon
and w"men of today would be the resi-
dents of $ city more silent than the Queen
city of Ontario. Before us marched the
conning teen and woman -the legislators,
;Tabor and divines. the woman suffra-
gists and mothers in Israel of the time
to come. •Abed as the pr,oeseion passed
along, the clostli gathered and moisture
descended. as if Nature was in sympathy
with our cogitations. and regretted ex-
Jelarrom. a Rama psis barer is the
oldies time i a Wok or two farther on
we met U. Dunlop, of Oed.nstt ; then
we struck heads with (le.. Eyes!, of the
Huaa,rd Nat, formerly of Wruaeter
and looking at a bulletin in the window
of the Nota office we read, "A Huron
man robbed and beaten at Brockton."
Which all went to show that Huron was
represented by alt clas.vs and oonditiutte
of men, and that her end of the stick
was being kept up at ire semi centennial
by different people in divers manners.
By Saturday's trait's many of the visitor
lett for home, and on Monday the rear
contingent followed suit. Everybody
was perfectly satisfied that Tonont.• had
had a great week ; that • good time had
been had; that sums of the visitors would
experience • difficulty in wattling, down
to work again; and. that altbeegh they
were money out on this trip, they would
be quite willing to go back to Toronto
when she celebrated her centennial, -
fifty years hence -and see the preeminent'
go by.
e
ceedmgly that we --the standbys ..1 4884
--would have to stand aside .r be laid in
the .quiet graveyard in the sweet by -and•
bye, and that the rig ins. generation would
fill our places. The youngsters all along
the line marched with the precision of
regular troops, and showed that Sood
drilling had been their portion. As the
boys and girls from the Orphan's Home
passed along, they were loudly applaud-
ed by the ealuokors, which showed clear-
ly that sympathy is a strung feeling in
the human breast. The representation
from the "Boys' Home" was els, duly
recognized throughout the line of march,
and the sturdy tittle fellows seem ed to
fully appreciate the fact that they were
deemed a teeter in the celebration of
Toronto's semi -centennial. At the old
lacrosse ground • halt was alled,and the
drill, calisthenics and games were pro-
ceeded with. Here Goderich again cause
te the freed, for the Ph.el.e street classes
drilled by Miss Ida Staubal, .4 Huron'.
Gouty town, succeeded in taking let
prize in the Ch and bth diviai.,n. Every-
where you turned could be seen senenne
cot s:.wwwthine to remind you ..f Hunan.
At the Rsmin House we met postmaster
Gant, ..f Brussels, and ,1aa. Wilson, of
Ooderich : on King street near the GOOK
others we were )wa,...t upon by R. H.
Ceteris, an ohLtume resident of Grade -
rich ; • little further un Major D. H.
Allem .1 the Queen's Own, son .1 Rev.
D. Allan, .4 Goderich, greeted us. weevi-
ly ; then E Holmes, of the Clinton
New Era passed by rapidly on his way
t o Iuncheon ; next we were clasped by
John L.ckie,beaserof to .,stat peon,
A man aamad Wm. Rd►I* hoe boat i dm.s
old Bruelite and formerly warden
sent to Belleville from =wren for trial Huron eunnty :..w the ewes" .f
on a chive. ,4 criminally asmeking his
ewe daughter. I Qe.en and Veung we collided with Tom
O0X MUrIIOATI0NB.
We do not hold our )res responsible for the
opinions of our Correspondents. ('ontribu
ten tc this department must ronOne them-
selves
hero -selves to public Questions. and be brief.
The Bread ltne.(Ien.
Goderich, July 9th, 1834.
To the Editor of The Huron Bernal
Sia, --Why is it that the bakers of
Goderich continue to charge fourteen
cents a loaf for bred, while the ruling
price in other places, is only twelve
cents 1 There must really be something
wrong, when our dough mixers, extort
two cents more from the people.
Now there is no reason for this imposi
time when the price of flour is lower
than it has been fur years. If the qual-
tity of bread made in Goderich, was such
as to warrant an increase in price, no one
would begrudge the extra charge, but
some of the stuff turned out is not fit for
human food, and in many instances is of
very light weight.
There is now a geed :,penin( in Gode-
rich for a fiat class baker, who will ro-
ceive the hearty support of a monoply
ridden community. More anon.
Yours truly,
A lion or Ton_
LORD ST. LEONARD.
' Mew a Neale ReIlta■ war Farmed by tee
( •earl.
Loetat, July 6. -At the OW Bailey
on Friday Lord St. Leonards was
brought up to receive sentence for having
committed an assault upon the servant
girl, Emma Cole. His Lordship stood
in the deck, staring doggedly about the
court, but without the slightest appear
aloe of shame upon his countenance. In
fact, as one of the spectators remarked
audibly in court, "It is fortunate that he
wasn't triod for murder. His very ap
pearance would hang him." The build
mg was crowded with women as well es
men. It was the general impression
from the postponement of sentence and
from Sir Itebert Chambers' toadying and
driveling remarks in summing up, that
only a very light sentence would be im-
pose -I. The sentence was that the pri-
soner should suffer an imprisonment of
seven weeks, which term should include
the time already spent in jail. This was
• virtual discharge, as the term expires
on M lay, and the prisoner's counsel
nude the pant that as it was illegal in
England to discharge time prisoner on
Sunday, and as delay in the discharge
until Muuday would involve an nnin
tended peel.r1gation .d the prisoner's
incarceration. the sentence should be
eonatrued to expire yesterday. The point
wee et nem allows). Sir Robert went
out et his way t , delare that the curt
had taken notice of the charges made
against the character off Emma Cole by
the witnesses for the defense, althougt
it•was admitted that the charge of crimi-
nal assault had been duly provost. The
lightness of the sentemoe is bitterly de-
nuunoed..
A Maio.
A Mr. \1'. C Proctor, are anti -Scott
Act lecturer, who is travelling through
the county trying to make money out of
the Scott Act agitation, was to town on
Saturday putting up handbills announc-
ing a meeting in the town hall last even-
ing, and calling upon "freemen" O.
"arouse." This stirring appeal, ho
ever, had no- the desired elect and 1 -
ad even to arouse --eaf- enthuse
amongst ant'-Soutt'imparters here. Mr
Proctor says they promised to envier
hall fur hits, but when the time arri.ecl
for the meeting to ammntence he found
the building in darkness and the door
closed. • After waiting fur a considerable
time the affair ended in a fizzle,
and this would-be leader of thought did
not have the opportunity before• Wing -
ham audience of sneering at religion and
ministers .1 the gospel, smarting with
childlike simplicity that the working men
of the Dominion are mane to rise in re-
bellion and will not submit to the Scott
Act is it is carried, and then taking up •
collection- Such men instead of belie -
fitting only bring injury epan the canes
they represent.--(Winrlam paper.
abed or se Med.
An Ottawa despatch says the Govern-
ment has const to the conclusion that the
minis -ingot dead Soh now fleeting nn Lake
Ontario are young shad hatched at. Seth
Green's fish -breeding sstsblishmewt, Ro-
chester, N. Y., and plated in streams
tributary to the lake. As shad are sea
fish they will not, It seems, live in the
lakes. It w honeyed that the tailing mt
in the catch of whitefish to Lake Ontario
is also dm to the poisoning of the eaten
by the Seed shed. Repree.atatiem will
My he mad. to the Unita! Stats
iorernrnerd nspsetioe the matter.
Roewa,Ttta, Jaye 7. im.ih Green em-
phatically denies that the r.uibons of
dead het now floating no Like Ontario
are shad. He says they are known as
eel -wives, bat of the shad apicis• The
shad he placed in the lake de set die.
The scarcity of whit. Ash he .aye is dee
to the eowtinwod oyer -Aching with pound
ma and set fmm paineleg.
THE SCOTT ACT.
Interview with the Fattier of tt •
M•sanr•.
has wastes •.mases-♦ avid MOM eI
site heI-emj-MN se mit Aimed
swab.
"Now that the Scott Act baa been' in
operation fur sereo time in •'rnumber of
counties in Canada what is your epiuiva
respecting its sucoxss u • temperate.,
meePir.1" mid an Ottawa Free Press
representative to Hun. R. W. Scott this
foramen.
"It has sone up to any saovuine ex-
peetaticoa," said Mr. Scutt. "Few acts
of parliament are perfect, and they r. -
quire amendments from time to tine.
With the opposition that the act received
in its various stages in 78. I am sur-
prised to find that it is so acceptable to
the people as we Mud it. Nu doubt ex-
perience shows that it is suaoeptible to
some improvements in its practical work-
ing, bet with the hostility shown It,. the
act by many in the Senate of Canada, it
isIimprudent to risk too many amend-
ments unless the Government of the day
assume the entire responsibility of carry -
mg the amended measure."
per woe . st with the most power-
ful wampum*, therein". the tromping eye.
tem will better protect the setts' and
help to Avertuy the isAwsee ut elm op.
puelleta of fM meMMMM "
"With w►at &pee of masses de y,
think tempsrass' will most ill chie move.
meat r'
"It moms almost iaerwdible that ',ma
perat.oe should be eeeessstet ill sem
the ouuoties gime it is very well ku •..0
that eves Eve years alto it would be o.,
puasihle 10 Ret petition's from one -to irth
ut the ratepayers ; hut this is .wen of ,!,.•
best evidences of the growth of the tem-
perance m.vem.ut.
What is your upiniou in relation to
the iutroductima .f text books on tem
penance int.. the .shwas t'
"The proposition to introduce tetoth'
schools text cooks showing the injurious
effect of alcohol to the body and brain
will secure an edu....ted opluion on this
subject twenty years hence that will
tenet etfeauwlly remove front the statute
hook this right either to utauufactur., • r
import ala.h.l is say .4 its forma"
THt. t:e.•a?T10n or THE ACT.
"A brief history of how you were led
to introduce the measure would be very
hastening at this particular tine."
"The act arose out of au agitation ..n
the part of the temperance people of
Canada which may be mid to have cul-
minated in '73. Petitions were sent to
the Government (.f both provincial and
federal parliaments during '73, '74 and
'7b, more particularly ill '73 and '74 ask-
ing in general tarsus for some prohibi-
tory Imtislation. At that time the lead-
ing legal minds entertained very oppos-
ite views as to the question of jot -iodic -
tion. The local legislature had intimated
that the petitioners would require to
appeal to the federal parliament. The
authorities at Ottawa held that the relief
desired by the petitioners could only be
granted by the Dominion parliament.
However, general opinion prevailed that
prohibitory legislation had not sccem-
pliahed the end desired. It was shown
that the only state in the Union where
legislation existed was in Maine, and
then the law was said by its opponents
to be a failure. This was the cause ,of
the administration of the day, the Mac-
kenzie government sending commission -
ea to Maine to enquire into the working
of the law in the locality where it was
enforced. They were also deputed to
enquire generally into the high license
question and the several measures in the
different states of the Union with a view
of restricting the traffic in intoxicating
liquor. Their report indicated that
restricticn of the traffic largely reduced
the evil consequences of intemperance.
It therefore became nec.ssary that if the
temperance movement eras to be aided
s.me'lezislation had t, be enacted to
enable its promoters attaining what they
desired. ,.
"Thu. then, led to the inir,ductiun of
Ws last in the Senate?'
"Tie, during the alliin of 1878 1
submitted to the Senate what is now
generally known as the Scott Act, which
was the outgrowth of these petitions and
enquiries which I have just mentioned.
The important and essential clause* of
the act were tarried in the Senate by
very narrow majorities. As soon as the
act came into force its constitutionality
was at once disputed by the liquor in-
terest. I need not revert to the hostile
attitede of those engaged in this traffic
during '79, '80, and '81. It was not,
however, until the deciaien in the camel
Rumen vs. the Queen that the act may
be said to have came into operation. It
was never contended that the mere
adoption of the act by any county would
accomplish any ref,,rm unless, like all
other laws, it was put into execution.
The experience gathered from the work-
ing of the act in Prince Edward Inland,
where it was enforced in all the counties,
was eery satisfactory, and lessened to a
minimum -the evil effects of intemper-
axe7alCTlen L&.atra THE mat.
"Yen therefore hare no doubt bot re-
strictive legislation lessens the aril you
speak of.''
"No ; those who, ham. given much
thought to the effect of restrictive legis-
lation arc eu,ne to no other conclusion
than that the temptation to traffic in
liquors is renewed, and that the evil is
c,rresputdinggy abated by the •doptio u
of the same. los Switzerland, where
under the laws, four years' lionises have
been withdrawn and the traffic trade free
and unreatraiied, the .ernble results are
apparent in the dem..►ahaation ..f society.
It is estimated that more than one third
of the wages of the laboring classes is
1 epes.t in wines and spirits Wherever
I restrictive laws have leen ir. for.., the
I quantity of intoxtatint liquor comrumed
has he••ii greatly diminished.
"The:. the results of the Scott Act
hare been a.; that you anticipated 1'
"1 thine the passage of the Act of
1878 has had • wide spread influence in
e ducating public opinion It brings into
form and shape what wi l ultimately lead
to total urohtbtiou. Ir. my judgment
some motions of the country are far in
advance of others in this respect, and
the adoption of a temperance act in
those sections, as in Nova Scotia, has
prepared the people tar a general prohi-
bitory law. The agitation now going on
in Ontario may be cited u the beat pn--
• ihIo evidence that the people are keen-
ly alae to the vast advantages that flow
from prohibition. During the pest five
yeses the temperence movement has
made nest strides. The influence of
the press and the pulpit is all on the
aide of temperance, No man .f any
standing or position " the coeorry, who
has any regard for his standing, would
impugn the elvant•ares to be denim:
teem • total restri;tion of the taitk.
Method men prescribe ale,h.l much less
freq•tently now than in the past. -
Mitt atilt' Lr ARReK' t0T1Ro.
"D., tom approve .4 submitting the
act simultaneously in gimps el seen -
trim as is mow being done?'
"Ido. This system gives fore to path -
he npaeioe in the essti es whew the est
is submitted, aid as it 1. Maar that the
liquor ingest M tow **time the tow
A tmret-IM Mea.
Au ingenious fellow in Ohio has can
Nructed a sheet -iron hen that prem.sr.
to May hirel a guide u •lig• It u linisheel
up to life, full sise, cackles, clucks, and
looks with cone eye at a time se naturally
that it will deceive the oldest henhswk
in the country. It is so arranged that
when • hawk. • k, ..r polecat pounces
ou to it the back springs open and the
wings 6y up and furoe the assailant
OD to a ravenous buzz saw that
makes 1,7(1) revolution. per minute.
After sing half a 'Mono the saw
atom, the hen closes up, folds it wings.
and begins to cask's as th.ugh it had
just lard an egg. One winding up will
answer for three matiat•cres, providing
the rather delimits machinery does not
get clogged up tw much with biuone
bones and feathers. He sat • freshly
paiuted •ane out in the sun to dry las:
Wednesday. which attracted the attention
of a hue sold cat melouging to a doctor
who had poked s great deal of fun at
the old fool thing The hen is there bu:
!the u.t i* hence. Exchange.
Tee Vasa t'a.sale Nese.
The news of the death of Captain Dut-
ton will be followed by a very general
feeling of regret in this community.
where the deeeataed had been long and
fsvoably known by his untiring efforts
in every good cause. Captain Joseph
E. Dutton was a son of the late Joseph
T. Dutton, and was born in Montreal.
He had been in the Allan service for up-
wards of thirty years, having been a
captain fur shout twenty-five years. He
was master of the Sardinian at the tie
of his death. Captain Dutton was the
oldest but une of the captain. in the
Allan service, and will be great) issed
by the travelling public and by greatly_
workers of Liverpool and Montreal.
among whom he was ever a tower of
strength and encouragement. He leaver
s wife, daughter and two sons. the family
residence being at Birkenhead. In his
case a brusque exterior covered • warn'
and kindly heart, ever on the lookout
for opportunities of doing good to ethers -
An earnest christian of the eranglis
type, he has hit • name that will bum
be honored by numbers of sadate nind
_
others who were influenced for good b)
him. -(Montreal Herald.
Gerrie.
Too late for last week.
Things were very quiet in Gerrie en
the 1st.
James Leech end wife have returned
from • visit to Manitoba.
It is expected that the :Gosh.. and
Listowel base ball club will play •
friendlp match on the ground .f the
former on Saturdey neat, July 7th.
The company of volunteers from here
returned home on Saturday stet the noon
train, hall a day sooner than they expect-
ed, some of them being pretty well sun
burnt, but not looking much the worse
for their ten days' vest at London.
TSH WORLD OV R.
Neil McKeague, the Winnetka butch-
er, tried • short time ago un a charge of
murdering the Wilt...,,,, and 'acquitted,
has bees. arrested in Chicago for being
drunk end disorderly. He presented a
pitiable appewauce, and seemed to have
been dnukim, stedily since has aogsit-
tal.
The [w.pulatten of the various Provin-
ces of Canada and some of the cities is
as fellows. -(lntari••, 1,943,228; Qu.b.o,
1,350,047 ; Nem Mcotia, 440,572 ; New
Brunswick, .321,2:3 ; Pnmce Edward
Island, 108,891 ; Manitoba, 85,964 ;
The Territories, 511,441 ; British Colum-
bia, 4::,491 ; Total of Canada, 4,324,810.
Ottawa, 27,412 ; Kingston, 14,081 ; To-
ronto, 86,416: Hamilton, 31,961 ; Lea-
den, 19,746 ; Quebec, 62,446 ; Montreal,
140.747 ; Fredericton, 6,218; St. John,
26,127 ; Halifax, 36,100 ; Victoria (B-
C), 7,301 ; Winnipeg, 7.985.
Al. Smith, Slugger tiulliven's manager,
says : -"I've gut through with to
Boston nun forever. H. is as namiti-
000tt•aliar, and works up 'shames to thaek
the last mime t. He was afraid
that he might have liven knocked out if
he met Mitchell, and hadn't the pluck
to face that pemitiiit I got him to
box repeatedly on his Western trip whoa
he was twit* as drunk as he women Mon-
day night. in fate he was drunk eon-
star,tly during our trip I Mat twine as
match as i made during the Welders trip
by his shameful breach of faith Monday. '
Billy Madden, Mitchell's backer, says: -
"This Monday night Mainers has hawk -
ad boltingont in this town in exactly cue
round ' Mitchell says :-"I believe I
am honestly entitled to the money I re-
ceived. i went to the garden ready to
spar. and was net a party to any tehesee
te defraud the public."
me 14fr
K he. Jame. ,
Hera, to leas line Crams*
1.1e of Alan.
berthIni.WwMty.I.tofJw bid"
Moo_
Juty
of
OOIINTY OIIRR]
,reseal areas seta roam or Das
sews message
The millwrights are wow
Owing the new machinery
Biaforth mill.
It is said that W. Patters
Bract, wall address • militia
Drum& (Moray.
Os Dominion day there
Ike fleatorth stat 59 ticks
Su ; 1113 for t.k dcrich, and 2
hes
Dr. Graham has returned
mod the Western States, sen
settle down ill Brussels.
Mies Hilton, where retil
the H h School stab, Sesta
boned last week, was made'
ut a haudamse present from
the school, prior to closing f
day un Wedda
Ravi J. B. nesSwry. R 1). , 1
his resienation as pastor o1
gation Church, Exeter. 1'b
los been accepted and Mr.
Dewed a call from St. John.'
Mr. J.•hn Dickson, of 5t
sold his splendid team .1 he
horses, which tusk first prim
shows last fall, to Messrs.
Donovan for the sunt of 8321
to he shipped to the States.
Last Friday severe sheep
Mr. John , .nkins, (loderi
womed by dogs belonging t
Clinton. Mr. Jenkins saw
work and followed them to
he was able to identify at
them.
Mr. Adam Sproat, of the
sion, Tuckeramith, met w
serious accident on Mundi
was working in • gravel
the earth aced in on him,
back se severely that he has
ever since.
The Howitt Enterprise sal
a visit from • " tramp "
week, who was nut only
workman, but neither drank
chewed, and yes was "dead -1
gladly assisted him ti his
num • museam.
On Thursday as Mr. and
dice, •1 Tuckennnth, wet
from the north their here >t
ed at a 'a::. stone .•n the r.x
Ma. Kerr . an+ turning audd
upset the buggy, throwing tl
out at.:.! breaking a wheel.
serious damage was dune.
Mr. IL Davis, Clinton, ha
session a cow which he pun
Mr. McTaggart, of ttte L
north which might be called
the 20th ult. she gave birth
.•n the following Sunday,
birth to another. The co;
calves are at present hvinf
well.
James Smillie, of the 1711
of Grey, met with a painful
y night last. He pot
ern a window, and in tl
.k his bearing, and step
the *eller door instead of
teem see intended. He f.
stain, worrely spraining h
that he is now obliged to us
a crutch.
A rather serious minden
near Scarfs comers, Howie)
last. While G. Hamilton s
small children, of Clifford,
along tint boundary ur a hal
Mr. Prichard's his ponies re
and became unmanageable.
into the fence throwing Mr.
children out. The oldest
hip knocked out of joint as
bruised.
On Monday last Thos. Bu
Exeter, sold to J. T. Hicks
matched heavy norms for tl
market. They weighed 3,3
the heaviest ever known in
-end were sold for the si
The price received for them
ed small, their ages being
three and five years.
Brumels athletes are rap
for themselves much more i
reputation. At the Domiai
bastion in Goderich W. 1
wen 5 first and '2 second pris
woo 1 first and 4 seconds,
Currie wen 1 fiat and 4
Wingham D Ross won 3 6n
at Guelph G. Perry won 3
second prizes. It will be
record that our boys swept i
their respective classes a
Wineham and Guelph. Hi
Brussel. athletes'-{Prtst.
On Friday Thos. McCrei
oldest man in Huron count
residence in the townshiw o
at the advanced age of 104
two eon., John and Thome
the Intention of going to
make arrangements for t
funeral. $h,rtly after tkel
the horses ran sway, throw)
cnpants out of the wagon.
was 79 yeare of age, was pit
stick of wood. breaking
s twusy injuring him ab
and body, and Thomas r
injuries about the. Joh
Saturday afternoon, when 1
the effect of the injnries he
It is probably that hie bro
coyer.
The De minion line 8.
which left Liverpool on tl
hes on board 8100,000 steel
signs for the hank of Ment
Four persons were pot
Valise, Qom. a day or two
t mime which was not sof&
They are under medical tr
will remover
a+ttlert.•s raves
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