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GO1)ERICH, ONT.. FRIDA' , MAY 22, 1885.
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THE HURON Sif4NAL
VIOLA Y. MAT gallop, 11186.
P(DIST tJAINtL.
Public ui inion ors the one hand, and
the blundering of the Tury journals en
the ether, have force.! Macdonald to
agree to none itnp••rtaut modifications
of the Franchise ball in s.. Tar as it
relates to the "rens:ng barristers.- A
cumber of 'tory new.papen, am.•nT
them the little twin:ler which &hale its
feeble B alit iso Ooderieb, declared S si
there was an appeal both un geestioas
of low and for Tama the decision of the
revaeanz barrister. The h:a distinctly
said th.t there was r.. septal on
{uesttuus of for', bat that an ap-
peal a,ul.l he allowed ..r. any point
..f law by the re easing harrster,
it that functionary "thought it rea-
sonable sod proper to allow such an
appeal. ' Hen a,a s tis. The papers
could nut back act. '!'ie T•ry journal-
ists telegraphed Ottaw.,. The Grit
journalists were makin` them out to be
liars, and were quoting the actual words
of the bill, which they could not do and
maintain their position. T!.eu from Grit
and Tory poured in protests from every
quarter against the despotic powers of
the revising barristers, and between the
upper millatoue ..1 Tury joorualutac
blundering, and the nether atone of hon-
est peblso opinion, the tricky premier
had to succumb ; and. for the tint time,
in the House on Weduesday eventing,
he stated that the objectionable clauses
relating to the question of appeal would
hr amended, sod that aa; appesj would
be allowed on both questiuse of law and
fack.
The Tory editors lied a fortnight ago.
perhaps in ignorance. They will new
claim that they were " inspiredby the
premier. These 1' try scribes will try to
quiet their consciences Gf they hate any
left with the thought that they dad
evil that good might Dome.
[ATLLL1Ol MCE es. DIRT.
A writer, who isnot hide his long
ears behind his nor. ..a p ur. , in Satur
day's Mata made • ling at two of the
young men who spoke stint the Fran -
chase tall at the reseed meeting in
Godesao a to consider that question.
Both of these young hies are well edu
cated, and thoroughly informed on the
questions of the day But they are
eutlty of the an of being Literals- and
white men. Had they been a pair of
greasy young bucks, living nn an Indian
reserve, darty and usable to read, they
would get votes, and be good enough is
the eyes of the Mail and i4 Goderich
correspondent. who, by the way, is so
poor a tool that he hadn't the coorate
to put his name t. has artiste. He would
tikely be found to be but a trills above
an Indian as far as property qualifies.
Hee, real or personal, u concerned. In
eider to show the clam of voters the
Mei/ and its Goderich correspondent
prefers to our own educated and well
informed young townsmen, we clai. the
Iolfowing (Coin the Mail itself —
On the St. Lawrence wo once met •
poor Indira who had just come out of
prisms. A mon woebegone and wretch
ed looking an we never mu He was
OS hall) M NI VIII paper collar
• Dtd they starve you in prison r
"Na,.
"Did they treat you with cruelty.
overlask you with labor, or t.r•ure you
in the dark Dell r
••No ; the great white chief dad none
of these things."
"Then eh this tnttured look, and
why is my red brother .. anguished
"They made me wash myself. U,h
And yet the bfji' and a few hidebound
Tries hereabouts would prefer that
!lib Iodise to a decent, +dogs and P.-
6.1111har. Well, every one to tutu, taste,
flee old woman said when sate k seed
the cow.
%VI hope oar readers wall make a
special note of the re.'dutao--i anent the
Scutt Act, passed by the Presbytery of
Nano. at its regular sittuag last week.
It was a sesstble real Q.
"Would to Ood I could seta !lean. "—
Pim Julies A. Macdonald •
A11 right, John , you've 111114
fLnadon Advertiser.
Mac t i u:d • prayer now regardi• g
!:is is probably changed to "I wish
to God 1 could loose him
TIRE Stier sneers at the Reformers who
carried around the petitions here against
the Franchise bill because they did it
" for I •v. Your Tory " patriot " can't
uuderstand •nay other inutive than a
mercen..y one iu cowmen( with p.•Iiencs.
The it , patriotism elan be measured by
the sane of ata Koteruoeent advertise-
ment&
Tea Toronto I%ro rld Peke : Why
should the g.•vernment be iso •eti.•us bo
push through the okuotious reva►ug bar-
rister clause .tt a tine when then is so
leech more serious business before par-
liament
arliament t" The Tory aimuni,trat u
crumbling to pieces, and dare not face
the country in a fair contest. It is
afraid of the unshackled vote of the
people.
1'ia neo from reports made hy Indian
agents in Ontario, in response to circu-
lars from Sir Jelin an superintendent -
general of Indian aloin, Mr. Mills
ehowei that in every instauee the reply
was made that the Indians were not
fitted t.. appreciate or conduct municipal
anstitutnios Aud yet the unscrupulous
Tory leader now cleans for them better
terms than pour white men can get.
las twmopoida-n okaract.r of the aid
Great Britain can draw from her colonies
and dopendencaes, has led the Pall Mall
(Jaset:e to give the following version of
the jingo sung .
we tl n t went te sght.
rwwiii'etrattigSearp"
salsa,
And wove ria. Mosey goo.
We've got
W.'re the elthol cs aad Prureatants.
nod. Mai . Taut and Jew
We've Altab asd C.onfseivus
And Buddha mid /Rena'
fes C. P. R. is bound to have Oa
greed satisfied. The Brice vulaoteers
bound fur the North West, were sent to
Southampton, to wait for the C. P. R
steamer AlSerta, which was taken off her
regular course to get the contract for
forwarding the volunteer to Port Ar-
thur. Why the Beatty Line, which
practically covers the mute, was orer-
la.ked in favor of the grasping Syndieste-
lise is a question that will not puzzle
anyone. The C. P. R. must have all.
M. C. Cianam, our able member, got
in a good one spon Bro. Bowel! at
Ottawa last week. The premier had
Atppantly referred to Mr. Edam' as the
member for Wheeler, and u,.,n Mr.
Edgar replying to the insttlt,Bro. Rowell
repeated dote/yaw that the local govern-
ment had bought out a member for ham.
Mr. Cameron timely interjected " That
is not an bad as buying out Kiel in
order to get a seat f..r a coil/mine."
Bro. Rowell. who was hit on a very sore
spot, did not like this reference to his
rebel fellow Cosaervative, and shut up
like a Stranded clam
A F SN to paper, Li Pat-,., published
in Mo,tt•osi, ,peaks out in the hollowing
fashion about the rascally franchise
Bill : —" The 8iect"ral Bill of Sir John
is perhaps the most anti -patriotic that
has been deviated for thirty years. It is
the most Arbitrarily tyrannical which has
ever been adopted under s (.oternment
reeonnaible to the people. It is a provo-
eati.m whish soul justify every kind of
reprisal When a party takes to such
dastardly means to nitwit power, people
may bei etcuse•l if they see to at that
Ma Cor iia, is the mete of the Re -
web candidate in Algoma, for the Local
-Legislature If there is anything ►a •
name, he will be sleeted, as the electors
are sure to vote for (e' Como and geed
governtewet.
A irieuegge doctor is names a sail
sight, finite is a mane ..f danger to him -
eel( and his patients. it any are (dirk
enough to put themselves ander hie
skulk*. Ws 11071 the members of the
medical profession in Hume will sabs
some steps to sae that their profession
is not further disgraced without a protest
in Weise term against suet aaprofesstonsl
emedect. Happily seek ..fieeden are
few, bet eye ate is leo many in this
day sed generation. We rue pleased t.'
say that es • body the +Mullsl tion e1
Huron me honoring the tkott Act.
once down they shalt never ga up,
again •.
Trite to is a "nigger on the (entre" in
(connection with the seizure and release
►f the tang Despatch. Tolson, the own-
er, who did such hard work for the
Tories ie.. the Algoma electie n, is now
chimed to be • Canadian, but that is a
question that will fear looking into. it
as well known, h.werer, that "Z.'be'
n.tersed from Ottawa since the Algoma
election with a good deal of satisfaction.
A Farrow, of the customs ofiee here,
is now at the rushing Islands, lookiag
1 r more light es Kr. Totesss's mases♦
teoss. Mr Farrow sp9eaes to be an-
ise to do his dotty lkithfafly, sad it is
1. be ho!,el that he will get • fair chair*
lo sift this very emir trsseetios to the
bottom.
ON THE WING.
Es *salmi in e)se►rdd Mow tae Sean art
sone.- 1.... •.. epee erased..
I am now in "glorious old Oxford -
that's what they call this comity at any
rate during the elections, and the reason
it is so called is because at rolls up such
thundering Reform majorities every time.
The Tories don't call at • • Glorious old
Oxford " on these occasions. and the
headings of the Tory papereare not quite
.', larze after the political ouutest as an
those of their (;ria contemporaries. But
leaving politics to cue nae, Oxford a a
thrvang couuty, and its chief tows,
Woodstock, is a good business place.
a MODEL LO.'aL 22222.
The ,'le*tinel-Remeu, the leading paper
of the county, is a capital exponent of
public opini'.n. and is well managed by
the Messrs. Pattullo. The office itself
is one of the :met complete I have yet
seen outside of the cines, and the press
power is furnished by a 7 -horse power
gas engine of ingenious design. You
will hate read of the alleged Keeley
motor, which is destined to revolution-
ise mechsnaal lab .r by being able to
drive a 100 hone power engine for 24
hours with a tablespoouful of water,three
times a day— a homeopathic dose, I
must a.imit. Well, metas tio.af-Reraa,r'e
engine doesn't profess to deo that, but it
a:tually works to seven -horse power
pressure by the simple lighting of •n
ordinary gas jet. There is no firing up
to generate steam ; no services of fireman
are required,no coal or wood is neosnary,
no fuream is needed: no time is lost in
waiting for motive power. All that is
required is to strike a match, light a gas
jet attached to the enaine and the "wheel
goes awound " as Toddy used to say to
nudes. To my mind, it's tar ahead of
the Keely motor, in that it works satis-
factorily, and the motor docent.
T,E r?ao.:uLSI widens
of Sir John Macdonald is creating great
excitement all along the line, and the
men of stout hearts and brawny area
are getting or. their war paint, and pre-
paraog to book up their members in the
house. 1t is amusing to see how oppos-
ed to the act aurae of the old-timers are.
It would not take much to get up a large
procession of the "old boys" to promed
at once to Ottawa to bring to book the
premier for his latest attack even the
rights and liberties of the electors.
THE .OoTr .. r
came into fora an Oxford on May 1st,
and. so far as I have been able to see, is
being strictly observed. The sun con-
tinues to shine 'occasionally , and the
ram fails not to fall, notwithstanding
the fact that King Alcohol has been de-
throned in Oxford, and business has not
become altogether paralyzed because the
act has become law. The hotel men
don't like the new order of things, bow
ever, and have shoved up their rates on
travellers about 25 percent. This, how.
ever, will not be for long, -they will
either have to COme down to resaon•ble
priom or the travellers will find other
stopping places. in the .neantime the
drummers grin and bear the extortion
and wonder way they get so little pork
for the shilling. In other respects the
Act is workan; well hen. The "stoops"
in front of the hotels which used to be
decorated with a horde ..f " bummers"
of all ages every evening and Sunday in
particular) who nude ribald remarks and
used insulting expressions to passers by,
are now devoid of these ornaments.
Sunday evening last after church none of
these worthies ‘o were to be men, and
the female portion of the community
could breathe easier as they paused the
" stoops ' in yneetiort, and p.r'aphraring
the old song, say, "Empty is the hotel
st.,op—whisky's tone." if the Scott
Act stopped night here, mad did no
further gond, the respectable portion of
the community will have reoeived • great
benefit, and the •' humming" interest
will have got a mighty setback. But the
set has done math more gond than that.
It tient men home sober to their families
on Seturday last, who had never gone
home sober at the week's close for years;
it flied the larder for missy knees,
witch had been hitherto kept on short
commons, through the influence of
alcohol ; and one man whom, i was is-
oe-med, had been an habitual drools/IL
has already blossomed oet with a bora
new seat of clothes, and looks as respect-
able sa the beat. 1 hare set see a Reels
•o with the sign of !peer epos hiss
since 1 came to this county, and if the
Let eontuaee to week as well as 11 ile
done Otos far, the people of Oxford, se h
MWe, will harm reason to thank the
fagjartty that conferred the boom epee
them. And as with Oxford, so with
Hornet acid aU other counties that passed
the Scott Act. A .'ober county will bear
the same relation to a drunken use, that
• sober man will beer to a drunkard.
There is no comparison iu either our.
w.n)1MT0rx Ltape uubaalOR
on use pont which 1 would advise
Huron's county town to follow at an
early day. Here they strictly enforce
the cow bylaw, and aa a ounseotuence a
n umber of the most wealthy people have
taken down the fences in front of their
handsome grounds, so that pawn by
by w biiad Mist to tbmii Itiret i )alba=
tent. The effect is very pleasing, and
could be 'notated in Godeirich watb good
results. The latter is • re handsome
town, the streets are wider and the
situation more picturesque, but the
owners of the beat houses and grounds
are compelled to keep up fences to keep
out the bovines, said in some instances
are so selfish that they debar the view of
the visitor by a thee board fence. I
throw this hint out for the benefit of our
town Esthete, and hope that they and the
property owners will see it to their in
tere.t to imitate their Woodstock cousins
in this matter.
In my next I will gine you a descrip
tion of some strange sights I have seen,
and some peculiar folk I have met.
U. M. O.
Tee statement of the Stor rewarding
the question of appeal against the deci
mon of the revising barrister, came just
eleven days before the Premier's state -
meet in the House. The editor of the
twinkler now struts around among his
Tury friends with a sort of "Me and -Sir -
John knows -all about it" air.
PETREL Merr-sata a paper, the Moot real
Herold, mays the Dominion Franchise
ill provides a machinery for the Pram
and revising of the votes lists for
which a parallel must be sought in the
prefecture of the last French Empire.
And this verdict comes from an inde-
pendent supporter of the present nor'
moment. What can the Opposition
press lay too severely of the Franchise
bill after that 1
Tux London Advertiser has the follow-
ing on the Scott Act amendments :—
" The Howe of Commons passed a bill
making such amendments in the Scott
Act as were absolutely necessary to the
efficient working of the law. The Sen-
ate, by a majority of two to one, added
to the bill several amendments which
render the act wholly melees. Them
were made under Government influence.
Sar John Madonald propos.. to tight the
temperance men through the agency of
the Senate, rather ttao to assume the
responsibility of fighting them, by the
aid of his elected friends, on the Moor of
the House of Commons."
t.aleeery settees.
Ha.per, for May contains • readable
paper entitled "Ladies' Day at the
e," by Alice W. Rollins, beauti-
fully illustrated. A continuation of
"The Wild-goose CSase" into North Jut-
land ; "At the Red Glove," a story of
Swiss life by an anonymous author ; a
chapter of hsstorie•1 value .on "Knox-
ville in the olden time," and the usual
oonttnued and short stories.
t:edey's Ladies Bed foe Jnns hes nne
of the most captivating frontispieces
which represents "Th. Puppy Class" at
a bench show. Nine very cute little
dogs in characteristic pow are arranged
on • line for public inspection. The
Jane number is replete with illustra-
tions ora fine character. An unusually
elaborate view of so ornate interior is
furnished this month. Christian Reid's
short serial r endod, and a new two-part
story by M. H Housekeeper is begun
"Through Fire" a one of the stones
submitted in the Prize Competition, and
shows unusual strength. The other de-
partments ars fully up to the uncal stand-
ard, Box "H H,'' Philadelphia
Perkar.fa ,fl♦orthenel Reporter, that
prince of phoeic journals. has
been received for ay. Munson writ-
ers should send 20e. for • sample onpy
of the besetifelens/seine
Broome's Phonographic Monthly for
May ha* been received. it is devoted to
the " Americas Standard " system, a
modification of Pitman's, a style which
has many followers.
THE INDIAN VOTE .A DISGRACEPVL SCENE.
Therm. la tram a/r Reba Fracas. •. Pet ibe T.ry seaferal.' attrmpi. to Hansa+
Me ase. . I else •ppwsillue.
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During the last session of the Onta- 1 OrrtwA, May IA, 1.486.
rim Leetialature we gave the franchise to , In repi, • . Mr. Blake, Sor John Mac -
every Indian who can pr•,e hie right t., dopakl atatta chit the half breed cows-
eitaenehup aco ordang 10 the laws °I the mission had so far issued scrap for 210
laud, and It is right that we should ob- acres to 422 i ersoos. ae,.l for ISO acres
lent to those Indians having the Iran- to ji persons. He also said, in answer
chisie who cannot prove their right to to another qussta.n, that Louis Schmidt
citizenship. and who aro nut capable of tretary to Louse keel duriust the hrst,
beanng the burdens placed by the State rebelh. n. and one of the parties to in -
upon the other electors. or eves 01 01- rite Kana to Prince Albert to Lead the
pavxsiug a free and unbiased opinirw 00 present movement) has hems en:{doyod
questions submitted to them. What Lit the Dnminiun Lassa ,Alae at Petals
is proposed by this Bill of Sir John Albert sane May 1. 19F1. In answer so
Msodcuald's 1 First, at is peopoesd to • further inquiry, tear John replied that
give the tranch►se t•. iudiasa who are treads and arreagulatitt.s ha., bees din_
citizens.To that we have uu objection.'c,t-ered in the preparation and issue of
reserves. Look at this matter. What
is the Indigo's position' When we un-
dertake to give him a vote under any
system of franchise we assume that the
man is capabab:e of exercising the hau-
1 chase
AND roTIWI FREELY.
Fur that reason we have voting by bal-
lot, and exercise gnat care in the pre- CertwruTht r ee tc support the aaurnd-
paratinn of the voters' lista What is menta, tint that to exempt c ►ratan.. from '
the relation of the Indian to the State' the operation of the act, and second. the
He is a minor. He cannot bold real amendment of Mr. t'tarlton to continue
estate unless he separator himself from the Provincial Fraucbisw. He proceed -
his tribe ; he cannot sue or be sued fo ed to show that from a financial ppitrt of
his debts ; he cannot sell a stack of tam- view, the present was a most inol•por-
ber or make any bargain banding in law ; tune time to nat.. duce the measure,
he cannot be made to serve .on a jury ; There would be • deficit at the end of
cannot be enlisted into the militia to de- the present year of $L ...10,000. In as -
fond the country ; in fact, lie is under ticip•tinn of a normal.couditwn of affairs,
the control of the agent, and the agent the l•'msbce. Minister had made his
is under the control of the General estimate& fur %Beit year, and with bis
Superintendent, and the General Super- view of b amount of receipts to be ob.
intendettt is Sir John Macdcn•ld; there- tained • there would be a deficit of
fere the 130,000 Indians of Canada win $1416b,000 an the coming year. Calor -
be under the control of :air John Mac -1 tunately, however, the rebellion had
doetald. Even dead or alive he is u,.der I broken .wt, which would entail an +nor•
the control of Sir John, for if an Indian (pious expenditure. The Canadian
makes a wtll,his will is not binding u null! Pacific Railway had made • further de -
approved by Sir John Macdondd, there- I mand for aid, and it was apparent that
fore I try that dead ur alive he wilrbe the interest doe by that company, aud
controlled by the General Seperinteod- which the Finance Monaster hod included
est. and all the ioluence which a dead ; an his receipts, would n.•t be paid. In
view of throe facts the rr•ono sal. to add
to the yearly expenditere 8400.0.10 was
such as should not he accepted. Sir
Richard wjj cunt►nuang this argument
when h' was stopped hy the chairman
and informed that he would not be per -
to apply any boatei•i bearing
to the question other theft to argue
against the expenditure the bill might
enamel.
Mr. Cameron (H urns 1 protested against
this interruption of the rules and restric-
tion of debate, and (looted authorities
to prove that at was quite proper to ad-
duce argu:uents such as rho a put forth.
Other me.ubers arose to sneak, but
the Tory momaors were boend they
should not le heard, and, led by Sir
John. they tried to hoel them a•lwn.
Such ccndnct mss nc-rer before witness-
ed in Parliament. It would have dis-
graced s lot ..f gamblers M an exciting
horse race. Supported by a partizan.
chairman who refused to male au at-
tempt to keep order, the Hluse b.,amo
• par.aemoneun: until Sir Richard ap•
pealed from the decision ..f the chair.
The Speaker wail then called in and a
vote taken as to whether the chairmss's
ruling would be sustained, which was
promptly dune with united T ,ry partisan
fervor, by a vote of 67 t:. 41.
Sir Richard refused to cont nue his
address under the ruling of the chair(
man, and stated that 1•e would take se
early opportunity to place his argurnen•
bet ,re the Hous,
Secondly, to every Indian living on the patents for Domino. n lands in the Ds -
purulent of the ioaen• r, hut that it
would injure the public interests to now '
funaish partici:tats. I r..,stattatiun wets
still gout,/ on, and a rri...rt oa'uld not be
made or the extent of the frauds known
until it was concluded.
The House again went into Committee
on the Franchise Bill. bait ltachard
The following (liar ars gleaned from
the Bressl'a assessor's roll for 1865 : —
Total values of .seal eaten, 5269.770 ;
personal property, $45,1100 ; !nimble is -
come, 56,400 ; total sssessenent, *210,
11170. number of doge, b9 , revelation.
1,273 , nsmber of mettle, 101 , sheep, g.
hogs, 41 ; hones, 115. Children betwe n
ages of Band 14, 294 ; !remise 7 and 13.
161 , over 11 sed leader 21, 96.
The Hcntt Aeit party is mak ire wangle
meets for a vignettes prvteaeettoe all over
the meaty of any .lbws violating the
liquor law. It takes time to work up
evidence,
Indian oaths made to etpect will be ap-
plied to the benefit of the Tufty party.
L that fair to the freemen of the coun-
try a We don't object toSir John giving
the franchise to the free Indiana, who
have the qualification, but we do object
to the gir.ag of the grannies to such
I bars described. Sir John Mr.odcndd
hoe admitted that the Indians an not
capable of managing their own affairs,
and, therefore, I claim that such should
not be allowed to vote. Then they are
not fit to vote by reason of insuthcient
education. In the case of the tribal
Indians, the education is se defective as
to be worthy of special attention. Does
the Indian write 1 No. Dxs he rad
the newspapers T No. How then can
he vote intelligently on the questions of
the day 1 Does he enter into the politics
of the day 1 No. tie does rot evert
know the name of the Premier, for he
invariably calls him Old Tomorrow.
(Laughter.) Indian like, in this he
follows his tribal instinct Khat right
has such an Indian to the franchise 1
Sir John Macdonald nays the Indian
piss taxes, therefore he has a right to
vote. But wives and mothers pay taxes,
and judging bythe millinery bells of a
well regulated amily, some of them pay
a good deal of tales. Volunteers pay
taxes,and bear the burdens of the State ;
have they not •ht to rote'? China-
man pay taxes, but Sir John does not
propos to give the franchise to them ;
and I do nut lay that they should be
allowed to rote, but following out Sir
John's logic to its legitimate conclusion,
they would be equally entitled to v ate
with the Indian if the payment of taxes
should quality a man. What is
Toa ruaroai 0, THI a1L'.
Just look throsgh it and then we can
see its design. Take Bothwell, in which
Mr. Mills was returned by 16 majority.
'!'hetes ei • lwrge lambert tribe these, with
a sufficient number of votes to make that
constituency safe for John J. Hawkins
e lone as Sir John likes him to sit for it.
Then then is South Middlesex with
1,545 Indians, sod • certain percentage
of these would have rotes--saowgh to
turn an election then. In Wert Lamb-
orn, so long and ably represented by Mr.
Mackeosie, there is a large Indian set.
tleme n:,sapab!e of deter, i tin` the result
of a mutest then. R a is Haldimand,
represented by Mr. David Thompson,
the indans can turn the rotes there ;
and in South Brant. represented byone
..f the ablest members of the ouse,
there are 6.600 or 6,000 Indisns—
enough to turn the election. Then there
is North York, represented hy cane of
Iour own citizens (Mr. Mulm.ekL the
ndian settlement there would suede to
turn any election. Then we might take
other plans - there are thirteen in all,
such as Bruce, Grenville -where the In-
dians would probably turn any election
and determine the result if this hill be-
comes law The purpose of the bill,
then, is that when these men i have
mentioned have sests,they shall Ise asked
to support the Government of the day
or stay out of the House .{Hon. (1. W
Rosa. speech •t Toronto
Tahawe.. Rehr aer.Naer
aaet% et Wm. I. Atcw .
eln Tl.uteday of last week Wu. F. Al -
omit. en old and highly esteemed rued -
dent of two township, passed away after
• severe illness, at the advanced afro o[
about 7. years The old prnt!eman wee
born in W'aoklow Co , Ireland. • tSLl,
and after he reached manhood was em-
ployed sr land etewa,J, wed
on the estates of Lad Dnwr,s and .
Harry, respectively. 42 years ago he
married Miss Mary Griffith, head dairy
maid on lewd Dawns' Mtate They
with their family, eat rated k damage
about 31 years ago and gelded a- Mites
el!, where Mr. Akuck was waking hole
Ion the 1: T R2 yawns after he took up
loot ii cm 14, winch wee then a brush let
and he resided theme unlit the nue of lir
decease In the ani y ears, or mare. ua
hichhe,'sid'd►nGley henae Ida
very active life, being Bailiff for openers+
Iof 15 years and on a surveyors wool Gtr
Tong time He was of s very revel turn,
and his amuserag amiss, anecdote, ♦e.
isill Ling he remembered He was the
soul of hoapatality and r- care wan ever
turned away from hu door. in fact bar
house bete the title of the ' Orphan's
Home, ' from the n•imber of chtldree
under the carr, of himself an.f gond lady.
Roadin; was tlr '14 gantlet' w s chief
amusement for the post fee piers and
at was a difficult matter aotr»duce any
topes io corrersataor tt,s• he was ort
eo +'!leant with The 4• -ceased at•hoegh
a C ,nservst i .., an nigra was very Mord
to hs putt .rm, rspe.va::y of late yesra.
He was an adherent of the Episcopalian
church, the incumbent of whoeh, ata..
W. T. Clef, conducted the funeral serve
tea The wife of the departed, who ue
well advanced to years, Iso the sinew*
sympathy of a large meek of triads is
her Ion/mess Terse mot, Walesa*.
George. and Thonetr, who have been in
the Northwest for seven: years, and nee
dangh•er, Mrs .1 W Tw•, are the scar
vine cht..lrwn of the deceased. fie. Al-
cock.
Lcock. who ens tome for the (moral.
will return to ti.tario a••d lo..k after the
h"ntesteaf—(Rrunsle Post.
Our threw Indian peis•nsn were great-
ly struck weth the effect of Mw shells,
and shimmed., speaking confidently to
one of their guard., said "White mass
no fight fur He ohms Indian with big
belief, then bullet shoot awe. That an
fair. Rhombi rely shoot .see with mase
hand ." (Winnipeg 'inn.