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THE SIGNAL : GODERICH ONTARIO
Little lie's V
a Ce PR1DE ■A111 beis RealylarlbI AtIe f n s Uulhiug. Nes'
i;eutrry Brad.
The New Cen tr v Brand
Of Ready-made Clothing.
L dispelling the prejudioe that is existing in the minds of many in regard to
" ready -modes." So much cheap truck has been put ou the market and tiler
chants have been talking "price' instead of " quality." A few days' wear
canoes them to rip Pend burst, buttons fall off, sleeves shrink up, and there is
a hang -dog look about them that shows • futile attempt to save looney by
indulging in • cheap suit of clothes.We bought our stock from manu-
facturers
don't attempt to sell that kind. K
with New Century ideas. The goals are got up to look well aud
wear well. The out is on actent1fc lines ; the work is done by well trained
oeehanitni.
...Just One Price for Today...
Royal Oak Serge
Suits, splendid wearing artiuk,
SOW weight, French fac-
ings, well trimmed, pure in-
digo dye, stitched with silk
and exceptionally a ell -made. 10.00
Price vWv
fortunes of the world.
Our form of guveromeal le admirably
1 N nation
BIG
sin tad to our
New Century Brand of
Boys' Clothing.
They make a boy look like
• gentleman and feel like a king. They
are selected with a view w make both
parent and boy our friends in every way
The boy wants a suit to look right, the
parent, one that coats right am wear+
well The combination I, 4uarantee.t at
thi.. etore.
W. C. PRIDHAI1,
tllsey Iegal.r.t 114 Seater•
u p40LIIK
EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
Neat t
Le, & Shepherd's
parties ar rasa, o •
to l bristeud0m eau bot mune evenly 1 -
balanced guverumentel tnslttuttoas (ha0
Canada We are *allowed with absolute
treedom and lsglsla0y• ladepeudeooe, and
are the heirs of a oouutubtosal system w
workable. so skillfully •110.1.d, so demo•
°ratio, en I oo thoroughly adapted to our
requlrsmente, that we are absolutely dean -
tote of any reasonable grimed lot oumpl•lnb.
or well founded justitcello0 fur urging any
tuodamenbal Menge or •aratio0. Our
muulolpal lnstttutions,whlob are the founds' L• now Shovels.
tio0uf our politt°al edtboe, for uuulplelenese reJ l
Only a few eft at 35 ,
are uoexoelied, and our d001 s
Ual *dean
tame are equal to those of •a e•t�o0 u Lewitt
prise l
the world
the priceless treasures ot which we azo the
ouewdl.ns ; or are uncu0oerned, indifferent,
respecting the all Important trust obs
Creator has reposed to us, and tar the (mab-
tul and honorable exeeatlon of which we
shall be held to strict woo00t.
& .. ■ea�illiNg A few 0.mwres ago tn. empire upon
the possession of which Canada has entered
" - - was liberally an unknown land. and gsaeral
OODIIRICH. THURSDAY. HARM 21, ROL ly regarded as of teoowidenble own*
g5enos. N hen the French moaarob signed
tee treaty wbiub traneferrei Canada to
Orme Britain, he ezolalmd, while he dare,
ed, "After a11, it's only • few square males
of snow ;" and not very many years .go 00
eminent English statesman referred to oar
country as "100641 bugs io.-bouod deserts of
North America end not very many days
ago • gentleman whose standing in the
British political world is of the first clan
spoke in glowing terms of the extr•ordin-
ary reeouroes and striking progress ot the
United Sales, but there was no word of
pr.l.e for Canada. His language mlght
well convey t'.e Impreeto0 to the Ignorant
that the republlo to our south oovered tee
whole of the North Amerloan oontloent,
and tb.t there was no sorb place as ('aaa•
de, or 1t it exulted .t all 1t was not of muoli
wooant. Statements emelt as thew land
they are not .t all infrequent) are harmful,
and thou who make them Deed not be sur
prised if they are looked upvo u the friends
of every oountry but their own.
M. G. CAMERON'S SPEECH
At the tinr'ne' Anniversary
Supper.
V elleg5sut we !narrative Address la
&reponse So the Tens. "rhe Lama
W. live la."
No Comedian worthy of the name will so
tar forget bemeelt es to express the faintest
ggptmar.1 dissent from the eloquent mntl-
tiCeM of laudation that ha•e been spoken
MY,eveaing of Sootla and her Illustrious
MIMI1 er that may yet be uttered 001oer0•
be Ms sister oatio0alltim which, with
ootutltaee the Brtttsh Ides -those
Celebrated, Wow tar famed Ides, whom
policy exeroll.s so potent • sway over the
decline. of ration', and whew influence 1s
ortextene(ve with humanity.
We ()seedless re Soho what has beet to
forcibly and es appropriately said be the
previous speakers, and particularly the
words of eooemlum employed respectlsg
that distinguished moo to whose memory
w. .re now paying a, for, while
,Scotland has been the home of a number of
great me0,0helr glory,emtoent as they were.
le overshadowed by the traoseendeot lustre
of ow Immoral Dame -Robert Burne.
Vehement, ardent fondness tor the old
Do you know how muoh of the surface of
this myth le pours? The vastness of Cow
da oan hardly be 0000elved. Eugl•od, Soot
land and Wales together form an area of
88,000 square miles. Forty snob arm
oould be cat out of l;aoada. New South
tt aloe to larger then Franoe, Italy •od
Slotly. Caned• would make eleyeo oouo-
trles the size of New South Wales. In ex-
tent there are three Brttieh ladies to
Canada, and there would .t111 be room
enough remaining to make • Queens-
land and a Victoria. The German
Empire oould be carved out of Canada. and
151mors ooaotrtes ot the same size, with
Bull room to fill to ooroers el.', Belgium,
Denmark, Grimm, larva and inland,
and there would still be woommod•tloo for
the land of the shamrock -the green Immor-
al shamrock -old Ireland, and eves thee
there would be • pooh left large enough to
tike within the fold the States of Ual.w•re
and Conneottoat. N e are the owners of
thirty par mot. of the area of the British
Empire, and Dover one fifteenth part of
the area of the whole acrid. Our do
mloloo exanA. about 3,500 m :ee treat set
to west, and fourteen hundred miles from
north to south. 1t oomprtess the whole of
the northern holt of North America, with
the exception oo the west of Alaska, and
on the east of toe coast nos of L.brador.
Toe prat L.ureotlao lakes, the water
artery to the west, form with their °omen.
let slyer, • oomplete system of navigation
from the head of Lake Superior to the At•
I.otlo Ocean, • distance of 2,384 miles, and
woai0 Dearly one ball of all the fresh
water oo the.urf.oe et the ',lobe.
le lb tram that tbu vast oouotry is after
all only • few square miles of snow, a bags
Ice bound desert! Journey with me, If you
will, travel with toe la imtglnatioo from
°own to orate, Bret down to oar eastern
shores, to Prows Edward Island, the gar-
den of the Golf of St L.wren06 ; be the
maritime proviocu of Nova Soot's and New
Hranewiok, with their lov•lu•bls ooal and
iron deposits, their fishing and shipping In-
dustries, and their b,uotdal ell; thence on
te world repo. red Qar•heo, where the
mlabty Sr. L•wreow, which cum into the
heart of the continent, opens out before as,
and the noble outlines of the L•ureotisne
d.zsle our •11100-Queb.o with la valuable
meadow laud, 1t. peluold streams, fu
numerous; powerful, and lovely waterfalls
•nd ire eoansiye timber lands, and h cele-
brated and br•utiful water amine along
whieh the le•iethwm of oommeroe weed
their way; tbeooe oo to Ouario, the wealth-
iest •04 most populous part of the Do
mt0loo, and its chief agriculture' amnion, a
thnvlog manufacturing centre, rich 10
minerals, possessing • prwtially bonndlose
wealth of woodland, adorned with shimmer-
ing lakes and nyen,dower.d with unsorpas
sed water oommaolc•tioos,• stupendous ast-
e r -sot and numberless °swede. .Il .waiting
the oommand of todastiv,and greeter to ex -
toot than half a dozen European k inedome ;
theooe onward to the great Northwest --
New Canada -the region of bene 01 tram
ands of miles of tertile prairies, w tersd by
stately rivers and lakes -beyond whose
wester• limit' tower In majestic grandeur
tits lolty,piotors.que tangos of the Rookies,
• nd destined e000er or .Star (o became the
home o1 millions ret the homes rem ; end
ono• more onward to the Parade Owen, to
Britten Columbia, whose giant enew•cepped
mountains are filled with undeveloped
treasures, and whose genial olim•te and un-
earpwed away invite so Industrious
population to eultiv0e It elopes and
pl•tea0s, oo11w0 the niches of its riven and
deep u. 8sherlw, and gather It.s wealth of
heal and ether minerals ; and then owe
05615 .t111 further onward and pelewardo M
the far northwest of (lenda, to what we
now sell an inhospitable region, but whose
discomfort will soon reeds before the Pee•
ward march of modern oivilizatloo, to the
Yukon onnerry -to the lied of gold.
Thank Clod we have a ooentry Merely wl-
Mr making Mils voyage, and observing by
the way the extent and riobeese of our do -
mein, the variety and limitless character of
our tearooms', we are settled to .dept the
tonere rehleb.wlreles the tieottteh thistle,
and proolalm-
"Wha dans meddle wl' me •"
Mnnh 4..e Mon said and written about
our nllmste, the orsv.11lnl view being, 11
would mem, that perpetual winter relies
The 16ot le that we have •II the ehm•0es.f
Korona, from the Mediterranean Res te the
gentle (mean ; a04 this b.nw•w (Amid• 51• Hes. (lel •el AlhIen Inc • nester,,
tends from the l.tllnAc of Remo, in ialy, warred
te (het n1 North ('ape, In Norway, and le o1
almost trona' area. The row in whinh nor
tet Mom le marked by men severe era
lines than the •thlb'ted In lower 1.11
tides, and within more wewardetretehing
ofimss, bet the North hes ever been eta
home from wht0h have leaned the conquer•
lag nes--the ram *birth have hitherto
rearmed me powerful aa lame epee the
We have juet Started stock-takiug and have already found
ulauy articles we wish to tura into C.1S11, and in or'd••r to
do w we •re going to SLAUGHTER !'RICKS right au 1
left. We are going to offer you bargains that lievn never
been offered here ieifore. Call and get our pricer.
Especially low Furnace Scoops.
Espec y
prices in... 5125 Yours :
'Ibis l000mpar•ble leherttan°e of 'throb
Only a few airings left
.e the result of unremitting ting w.t rod urc 01. et:greatly mimed prime
motor , the : for the p., . or of our ao• Sue our long string+ of
their
• lrrr,the dente, as 00.. or Peg •viand brass belle at 51.90.
strew n thoroughfare,
was n along orduret., A few half strings
strewn y of sweat n bur upon • corduroy which usually dell at 75c
ro►dw6y of genera and toll. and 85c Your choice 60,.
This generation Dora ora know
The toils they had to undergo,
While laying the great forest low.
Sleigh Bells.
we are the proud proprietors comes to un
Shaft Bells.
Contemplate what hea been a000mplished Only r few kit at
to this land. Could Cabot or J•oquee pricer to out all
()artier revisit the weer* upon wbtoh cheer Only one pair of Shaft.
e pee rested some four 000turles ago, what
a m.vsdloUs tr•oelormauuu they would
Wittiest ! The discovery ot Caned. revese4
to the wend/ring gaze of oteilized humanity
a people in the rudest and most primitive
n onditiou. The Algot-quint; and the
Hurons, a bold and warlike race, debased
by superstition, and cruet and uorelnotbng
in warfare, held, supreme and undisputed
oozier.' within its ooafines. Forests et -
bonded In an 01mw0 uobrekeo ensue from
the Atlantic Ocean to the heed of Lake
Superior. F ane, 2.000 031111 of forest -
then beteg but • patch cleared hen and
there by the waited efforts of • tribe or
oleo, the towel population of Canada area
being at the outside some 50,000 souls,
scattered over the vest area extending from
Gaspe to this town ot Goderloh where we
are thle night (secure from the tomahawks
of savages) poring tribute to • poet,pw•
ant tore who hem found ev.rleating lodg
want within the heart. of men.
But • few generations have since paseed
w rap, and magnificent cities, prosperous
towns and villages, and tens of thousands
tit happy and oonteoted people oouupy
'tom portions of the oouotry where obs
Indian chased the deer, and trapped the
'mayor to the deep reoeeme. of the tranquil
forests. We no longer hear the howl of the
soli or the wild, weird war -whoop 'of the
Algonquin or the Huron, the only human
cry that then broke the st111ow in
t las land ; but in their stead the ohurob-
bell now swells out In tweet wicau un the
vesper breeze, and the profouod Lowe of
the wtldernees hu given plane to the matin
song of the milkmaid, the merry whistle of
oho ploughman, or the hiss and thooder el
the mighty engine as It rushes acrose the
Continent.
A poor and sparsely .e'tled community el
proud and indolent aware has been $uc-
oieded by a 1•w•abtding, hardworking and
eoterprleteg people, who hays by almost
. uperbwman exertions effected a most re
m•rk•ble change in the face of nature, have
cleared and developed the oouotry, hive
tilled its fields, haus built up ite industries,
b.vejtr•loed up 1a children, have ratified its
noble water oommootatio0s, lime con.
rareotsd • net -work of railways w,tbtsits
bouods, h.vc engaged In the unfolding of
re minaret reso0rose. hays made merged
progress in literature, and l0 the lis and
IaIenom, 0676 devoted themselves unoess
tngly and vigorously to the upbraiding of •
powerful and united Dation, and still there
u muoh and Important work to be perform•
ed -labor that demands the physial and
mental effotte of the strongest and moat
dauntless of our raw,
Ponder upon • few, • very few, u time
will not admit of my enlarging upon this,
of the result. of the wbisyemsots of past
years. Lees then sixty Team ago there were
but fourteen miles of ratits7 in operation In
the oouorry How many are there one? You
will think it •Imoet moredible when 1 in-
form you that then .re no Ice
than seventeen thousand, live hundred miles
In o penttoo and this slalom v e of 'lieu trio rail
w•y.. Felty years ago toe industries of
obl•fi t
o homespun.
Canada were 0006ned Y P
to 1891,wheo the last want eae akeo, 350
millions of dollars were lovested in mann-
features, and tbeir output •mouoad to the
enormous total of 475 millions of dollars.
to 1968 the number of lettere posted was 18
million, in 1899 there were 150 million, 1.e ,
5 letters per heed in 1868 as against 28 per
head In 1899. The produot el the forest
100 years see were ell. lu 1891 their value
amounted to 80 millions of dollars. To'
value of the foresee themselves, and they
are our greatest heritage, has not thus far
been asmrt.loed, but It 1. asserted that
it will reach Into the billions. is 1869
the fisheries of Coda brought 4 millions of
dollen. to 1898 their value rewhed 19
millions. A century ago our minerals
yielded nothing, In 1899 they brought 481
millions. 100 year. .go the area of im•
ptoved land was Infioiteslmsl. Io 1891 there
were 281 millions of snob mores. In 1800
our population w.• les than half • million,
today we bare between live and a half sod
six millions of souls. 100 years ego the
population of the United Sates was five
millions. What will oars be rebus this
century clow ? I believe 10 will at least
equal the present population of the United
Seam, 76 millions. to 1868 our total trade
amounted to 131 millions. In 1900 It turn-
ed the wales at 381 trillions, or an l0oreme
of 250 millions in 32 years. Bus why pro-
ceed? Although figures. like delle, speak
louder en4 more elognsoNy than words,
they are tiresome, and so 1 will not weary
you with any more of them, but teem the
few 1 have given you must nrwrve that
then la room for senora reflection, and
abundant reason for wonder and dsirght.
It is a matter ter oo.gr•tulatan that no
one thinks our task oompletd, for we have
only reanbed the vestibule of oar national
career. W• are surrounded by every stem.
ales te exertion. The struggles of the
pioneers to make the owner, hantllob. to
hew out for themselves and their deswed-
ante a home In Canaria, teed to foster • pride.
In whet 1s the oommoo •ppvo•ge of the en -
the asthma chs record of •aloroui moons
web as h.v• been performed on our owe
soil, of worthy 11.•• each se we can paint
to, of salted thought.. such a anlmeted
the bottoms of these. your ooeotrymen, who
have, up to this period of time, d.
voted themselves to the development and
elevation of oar native land, 1. . potent le•
motlye to courage, intrepidity and vIroroes
ends•••.
Although we have vet, to • large extent,
to map • history and name for Canada, and
traditions gather about • young oo0ntry u
she dv.00ee from adolaece0ae to maturity,
our soil 1s ant entirely destitute ot interest
Ing historical temlniseenoes, whieh might be
said, though without justification, to fringe
the border land et romanm.
The first wta.1 settlement by Eonpeaae
within the boued•ne• of the present Do-
minion of Canada was mads In 1606, nearly
three mutinies ago, at !'ort Royal (new An
n.polis !torsi), to Nova Soots There the
first field of wheat ever grows by the hand
of white man In Cand• was sewn, and there
began the bitter sails between the French
sed English nations whinh disturbed the
poem of the oontloent for 160 years, sad
made, during its 000tina.00e, fore Royal
Dumas u the most aeoulted spot so the
wntloef.
Yat o'er the. Iny.ly snot, first ohne hem.
fly Asher rare Iw wind the Atlantic team,
lead, It Ineradicable. Then is In mu an
almost 0neoneoleue etretobior forth of t,1.•
der abteohmeut to the tatbertande, • silken
..rd of love draws us tmp.roepttbly with
la the meshes of affectionate nerd for the
glorious heritage of whiob we are the bone-
Yetartes, for the heroic deeds our anoestore
hare bequeathed to as, lar the noble tradi-
tions of the put, for tee .pleodid sword of
ohlvalr, displayed by our progenitors, and
for lee h000rabls example transmitted to
us, their poseerfty, for our admiration, ea-
esurar1menl sad emulation.
We unite with you In oompllmentary .1 -
lindens to thew historic lands. we rejoice
with you to the luminous pares of history
whloh describe the share their000mpant hays
taken In Weser' of honesty and jostle*, and
which depict te grsphlo language what they
have woempllshd In .w0ring for as, may
we not hops forever end forever,tbe losstim
.01e, the lealoolabls bee of otvtl and re
aglow liberty. We olalm eo be sharers, par-
Holpente,in their Imperishable remora. Ws
demand as an inalienable right, an Ind.•
street/11e p>seewton, a. Invaluable 1010511-
teem, the 0110(10ge of revering the
memories of thew old lands. end of glory-
ing in what is oonspitroous to their history,
end will ever gladly end heartily auool.a
Sanely« in • tribute of admiration end re -
epees
epees for the sublime weak performed, the
gallantry mantfa.ted,and the uosedfi.h swrlfi
•
OM ',adored throughout many ages by their
demoss eons for the gapers' welfare of the
human rate.
Deepest re•erenoe, tenderest and most
loving regard on the part of th• C.nadl•n
der thermometry of his father t. oompattble
wttb Intense devotion to the highest lo
breste of h1s own oouotry, does not detract,
even by the breadth of the most thinly
woven skein, from his adoration of hie own
beloved land. Our lov• for t;enada, oor
native land, Nature's fairest handiwork,
her purest, brightest, most valuable gem, u
eternal. It is the land where our fathers and
our mothers deep, the land beneath who.•
•ehereal dome npose, to a noiseless bed of
gest, the remain' of the who were nearest
and /wrest to n0 on earth, the lead whose
.o11 Is precious, Inexprwlbly precious' to
us. for with It there has boon oommingld
the dost o1 the aril loved, the land where
err Ide'• work 1s to be performed, and
where, when perferm.A. we oor . .ves shall
Ile, the land where our vin' • ries or de-
tests are to he rsoordr ' .here our
lateen labored l0 It Mai ..1 raison* 00
make it beautiful to the eye and v•loable
to Its people, who nnnvertd It from •
wtl4srooe, Into an alluring garden, from •
traceless Direst into fertile field., end who
left the lmprose of their Inoessent, their
assiduous tell. not only epee Ite w11, but
upon 10. pelitinal history as well, the land
whew renown 1t 1' our object be secure.
whose moral and material •dvasoemaat we
tither for, whose rapid onward march to
fame we are anxious to witness, whose civil
and religions freedom It shall be our rare
te gaud end preserve, whees place in his
ler) end ultimate glory we long 00 see fixed
and award, and whose national honor
and repnatlee it ehoald be, and ever shell
be, our paramount Amir' and determine -
bleu a protect, smelt and maintain. The
S ummit of ear ambition, the culmination of
ear sedate hope wad expsotatiee, the Al
pia sad the Omega of oar aelloltade, ws
e xpress whoa we say : Cand. Flnt,(:an.d•
It waver.
Where's the coward that would not elan
To fight for wob a land
1. then set ample jesMfin.tiee Inc ear
levet .f nor .we lend ? What a magelflunt
�1ssgl le caro ! l)e we knew. do we sea
Ilse, what as 112.610011e permeates has Wee
eesealbt.d M oar ear./ Are we aware that
N.Mro, with I.vl.11 hoe&, has mattered
her gifts awned ea, has supplied as, beyond
Mu dream of avarice, with .Il the isle 51.1.
d tier ewes 1 rtlefy the haw►.
O..11 haters's here= surely blast.
the sett el Ow.ad
10 may he that .sm. .4 e. do not
r.r.0 10 a5usrlate erbe0 has tweet eae-
NHe/ p00 tae •• ora ge..gsaleted with
Chime+ niekle plate..
ueeual prioe $1.75, at $1.25
BELLM OF ALL KINDS
Ar LOW
1 Only 2left, usual ppries
at 100.
Mitts.
Axes
X rut Saws
Hand Saws
Buck Saws
Curry Combs
Cattle Ciente
Horse Brusher
Cow Chains
Hockey Sticks
Hockey Skates
Hockey Pucks
Whips
Cutlery and
Sil verware.
Several different kinds
of lined' mita that usu-
ally *el at 50', 60.: and
7be, selling now at 40c,
50e and boa
Razors! Razors!
7 only Henry Baker's
beet hollow -ground ras-
ors, retail pries $1.40.
Your choice at 51 00.
22 razors of different
kinds and differ., t
retakes, usual prow 75e
and $1. Your choice 50c.
A gaol strung razor
for 25c, wine' price 500.
Remember awed big stupe are to CASH customers only.
A. i '1 cD. ALLAN,
General .half awl heavy hardware. Honest goods at honest prices.
It bee boon truly said that no part Oar sag•liosab Inland lakes and riven,
of Brrtate's werla wide oolooW domain our lofty moaatato peek., oar miles of tree
bee been the theatre of w many or les prairies, oar eatokly-wooded lowland,,
our ooageatal tomato, the enormous
length and breadth and the oar
pawing ierUllty of oar mil, the locator'
table wealth of our forest, our 6eherfes the
laraees and most valuable in the world, our
mineral fields rebate extent •ad nohow are
almost m0000elvable, our eoobantlng wee
dry. for Italy ow boast no fairer skies then
ours. ho wets more beautiful. •zoite urn
versed admirable° A11,611 ot the ere ours.
The immortal Moore buret Into 'reimports
•1 delight when the sooner, slung the hooka
of the st. Lawrecoe esu 41.010 4 w,:bls
view, and be gave expreseloa to hu emot'uo
1 a rbymteg epistle to. lady friend to:the
exquisite lines :
such turbulent stages of mzletooge as l atna-
d•. Nowbere within the dominion of the
('rowo have pesos and war, union and 410-
ualon, loyalty and rebellion, followed each
other lo such rapid saomesioa. The con-
tests between ebaroh and state, between
party and party. have been relentless, and
nowhere have the areae political revolts
time which thews ooate0tto0e loduood boon
more sudden or more sweeping, and 0o
when have the loyalty of the people and
the prestige of the nation been more vie
tently tried, and nowhere have trey been
mon nobly defended or more heroloally
supported than In Canada.
We eau point w11h petrtotlo pride los
triumphs as glorious u bho0 of Waterloo te
the Eogllshman, or Austerlitz to the Freook•
man. When our land was attaoked by the
United States to the war of 1812, although
we had Ice than 6,000 troops to defied 1,600
miles of frontier, end • popul.tloo of ander
300,000 to match Heel( eg•Inet the a mil
hone of the United States, the O.oadleas
molted as one man- It defence of their home
and country (Sad that 1s the attitude they
most ever and .Iweye w0ms if they are be
sooceed), acted with pooh bero:o bravery
ittroughou• • two years' .tra5gi• that at
its dos. the .dv.0tage was ole.ely with
them, and the viorortee '.1 Qr.wus1a
Hogbt and Chateauguay proved the ob0r-
acter of the mitts o1 which our oouotrymen
•re male, sod will never be forgotten as
long as the uaronel life ot ('.nada shall en-
dure
Oh, lady 1 bluets .n miracles wake mu,
lewd In the bounds of Europe's pigmy
Plan.
Can soaroely dream of : whiob let. eye
mass w
To ko .w how twtutdol this world own be!
We have m.'o marked and rapid ad•
vocement hon the position of • Crown
colony to tis. what to pr•otially so lo•
depebdentnatlonality (ine oor politlotl to
stations and our untrammelled personal
bberty •re aorivelle4),.od from the condi
ti .0 of • stripling, clinging to the .k n. o1
Enplre for support -from th• iu else
stage -we hay• attained maturity, are now
rs,larded as the strong right arm of ill.
Emptn, and 11... b.00me lmpor10t f•o'.ors
la the mewgsweot and dnw'ton of 000
tarns oo-ex engine with lmtmon rol.; wbJ.
from Of .1117 promontory mu whrvb tete
torso Quebec reel, o:.os lent .1 4 by •
bouedlesi expense of grimo v.l forest sad •
desolation of barbarism, item now spreads
out ea every side to the hortxoo • radian •
ly ptoturoq is display of rural prosperity
end grandeur ; sod oar polities! soyerelgn
ty, at see mute extending but a .10..'.
throw from the ramparts ot the oitedel,
sow embraoe• within it ample fold. • terrl-
Cory bousded by two ocean..
We poses all the element aewmary 1. e
the attainment el national arum. re Our
future prospects and peep rit7 depend up-
on the degree ot pettlotlem and divot o -i
with whiob we apply our eosrgtee in our
several stations to 100 material, In rel end
polittml development of this young 0001
moowealtb ; and I offer the prediction that,
if we are but faithful to ourselves •nd our
.000try, it we talfill the port of prat late, d
we wt as our fathers would have expected
us to wt, ('ooads, our Carloads, will wimpy,
s It ser
tea
ere .ver this watery haa nom1 p
Quit end wtng'd It way tato the realms e1
history, • oommandteg pceltio1 among the
Dations of the earth, end perohaow, as the
abed• of politicos' power will ere long he In
the west, wows will be the c to of pope
tattoo, the .eat of Empire may he •,1.blieb-
ed l0 this portion of the wellborn ramie -
Otero, and some .pot la this fair end free
land booms the metropolis of the mightiest
kingdom In the world.
Awake. my oonatry-tbe hour of dreams is
done !
Doubt not, oor dread the (raison e1 sty
1.1w_-
Wee. Tho' faint souls dada the s&, aafr..tl5e
mita,
And fain would bid the morn of .pleader
wait ;
ilio' dreamers, rapt l0 Share violate, dry
"Le, you thy ratan, you thy Islth, thy
fame I"
And wlnteh vas hand. to .tars, thy toms
1. nigh,
Hen in Gaselier' hearth, end home, and
rimes
This name whloh yo/ .hall grow
Till all the nations know
U. for a patriot people, heart sad hand
Loyal to our native earth -our own Oita.
alis lead I
rrtrmnttnttttttt` � I d �r
NEW STORE
IN THE OLD STAND
i HAVE started store in my old stand and am
` ready to do business with a complete new stock
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, suitable for the
C.•uliug season's trade. I have nothing to offer but
now, fresh goods, bought in the best market,
which 1 am prepared to offer at rock bottom prices
for Cash. In soliciting a portion of your trade I
do so with confidence that I can satisfy you, both
in quality and price. It is not necessary to quote
prices just now, but I wish to call your special at-
tention to my stock of Black and Colored Dress
Goods (Blacks in particular) ranging in prices from
23c. to 53.00 a yard. Silks in great variety, both
in colors and black. Remember the place, COL-
BORNE'S old stand. Telephone 86.
J. H. COLBORNE,
T&RMB: Strictly Cash or
Produce.
CIODERICH
About Prescriptions
Our past and our name military emplane
611 us no er,th offensive pride, but 'cowl
• knowledge, • meet useful and 0eoeesary
knowledge, of our strength. give power to
therm, detumioatleo to the will, and a
firm and lndeatructible reeolouoe to .bate
00 tot or tittle of our right. We have
more than none protested the soil of l..awd&
from the tread of foreign toe. What we
have done before, we nen do again.
Come of • right good stork to start with.
Beet of the world's bbae in each vela ;
Lords of ourselves, sod ele•es to no one,
For us or from as, you'll find we're men
It le not our poverty of land, or Sea, or
forest, or mine, that shall ever indigos ns to
be 1.1.e to oar oouotry. A ooaoery's fetors,
however, depends not ea I10 materiel re.
sourom, but en the moray and oboracOer of
its people. Are we equal for the task of
guidtng the descants of thea exuberant 1 tie
We are. le It not the foot that e I _ring
from the loins of a www that o. paver
kaowo to cringe before • 1 ,r •yes y1.ld'
ed to dieooutoremeot, o. kaowledged
defeat, when liberty, loyotty, and Its
country's noblest a.pintlone were the Iesa' t
L,,. of ooa0try 'priers from the trues)
and most healthful pert of man -hie affeo-
elope It is the propelling force which
prompt to magnanimous senors and cheer-
ful *elf denial. It creates • deities to rival
and sxoel the brilliant wbtsvemente of our
aooesters. It unites together Indissolubly
the nation or empire, and It *lupe Into tte
bosom the whole family of mulcted. Tb•
source of tine love Is be (wad In the al-
feotlons of the family, Is developed 1■ as
.ver•wideoing oomper of s►swhmsob, .ad
quickly embraoes in lte generous fervor all
who Inhabit our land, speak our language.
Inherit our traditions, and share with us
ceogenlal hopes sod ambitions.
We have anpreodented opport0albles
and advantages before us. Oar p06dbtllbles
are beyond measurement. W. are the
owners of halt •000tlor►-of • land o1 ie•
finite promise and prdeeeined renown.
Moab of our past territory stall lies open be
settlement, whale. that of oar neighbor. the
great R+publlo, 1e fully 000upid. Social
and voveromenal problem• are awaiting
Solution. Our. Is that great thanes to
mould a nation We have th• shaping of
this Dominion to our own hands What
an inspiration ! We ho.e made en aus-
picious
ptpicious herniating, and although we o.d
not expect axemptloo from She ylola,ltndes
of torten. I believe there will be no re-
trogression. Sammie( up the anhisvemeot
o1 the put we may, without alarm, wllh
perfect tracy:alley, look forward to the
futon. Onward and upward leo us unfal-
teringly dv►0oe.
Victory is warred if we epprwlate the
rapens.bditlee we bays undertaken, realize
She obligation, involved to the exSoutine el
thes noble work, pommies a defiant relhrsll-
bom, w0 10 unity, bury all raw sod aced
•.Imeeittes, maintain our proemial position
of Ind•Modenoe,00mbat for a fair distal button
of wealth, frown upon oorr0ptlou of every
dwrlptlnu,lndst upon parity In legislation,
strive for the comfort and the dignity of
the oommoo 111e of the people, ban all our
tyliona upon eh•t righteousness whinh ex-
•Iteth • nation, groan/ our expeoatlone of
advancement and th• ultimate realisation of
oor desires upon those prl0oiplee whiob
e mmend themselveo. not only to our own
o.awlenoes, hut which •000rd with the
(.whinge et • higher pewter -that Celestiel
antherlty, that omnipotent King. *poo
who•. appreyal we mu.t rely (and all le de
pendent upon that), and to whom benign
and unerrtne rale .11 witless mast, It
humble dorsblon, how.
Why should we fail in dor self Imposed
and arduous, Jet gloriosa and numerics un-
dertaking ? We have the men. Oar past
shows this. W have • population hardy,
thrifty, tndcetrtoae, Intelligent and (id
fearing, and • vast lit(ent of territory. re-
plete with a4rinullural and mineral rs
sourest, so that 10 may with truth be mid
that Canada is Iasonhd upon her o•bineal
life raider se favorable nonditlnw as way
state whose hark has been committed to the
stormy end tempestuous sea of t.lme.
We have atowleto freedom of melon In the
management of our own affairs. the fullest
liberty within the limit of the law, have
. Seeped the disabilities whieh ether lad■
seller end yet vain ; and the way la open
to ',stymie, no matter how humble or oh
. care, be the loftiest and most distingouhed
positions In the gilt of the people, ter i:mre It
1e the .rteteeraly of nature, not e1 birth,
that is regarded, and merit le the measure
of the mw.
Ren. fro the lana of lakes .ed plea
Or whieh tho awn of freedom 'Mew,
Remotes we name ea .11 nor lines
The men who rose from 0sthbn .
We have just a few word. to say -and here they
are : 1t you need medicine you are looking tor a
euro It you want a mire you must have the lest
medicines that @canoe tats provide Then you
shouke patronize • store where the purest tested and
assayed drugs aro used We itook we can give you
just such a sen,ioe, and claim to have the best pro-
vision for leeti0g and assay in the (booty. Better
give its a trial, 110 matter what physi7iut you hive
W. C. GOODE
lear 111 Iliad
that guaranteed carr t,1
ours for
LA GRIPPE, COLDS, et..,
Laxative Bromo Quin
Tablets.
• constitutional tteitment, 0,..
Syr. White Pine & Tar
for the cough.
There is nothing else "just
goad." Um the hoot.
BEDFOf10aSLOOK.
Chemist.
As pledge el Kapie*, vlo(ory'• reward.
Ne other spot in all obi' western weelA
4n oft hark sons the tattle flag eefurled
Mn 01tee Men the hattering naawe's barge
Mn oft the 1061 of hurl] .rig Mirtl.nbare.
44, of ton hewed the InAun war whew Mud,
Or bows by speller'. ruthless head bested ;
Se often borne In war's allerwte Munroe
Tee Ile 01 *sisal sad tastes .1 frames,
ALBERT W. WISE,
100(.110 (0
r
Farm Implements and Machinery.
Deering Renders, Mowers, fakes and Twine.
Also!. W. Mann goods
Plenghs, Pinyon', .to.
Walkeril e Wagons •,peetlty,
True
Paint
Economy
lies in using paint a little before it
becomes absolutely necessary.
Don't wait till the old coat hes
entirely worn away.
THE
WADON AND Imparvir Ar
beeps the farm wagons, implements, and tools. yaw sod
strong. It's easy to use. Red, Yellow, Bine, Onus sod
Black. Every Loa should have a can for rlm4y am.
N. D. ROUGVIE,
The Cash Hardware Store, Qoderich.
A LESSON IN ENGLISHI
C000ii _ An adjective signiying sound,
palatable, pleasant, etc.
"CROCEAIES °
"COOU GROCERIES"
TI e kind we sell
Goods such as sager,
tea, spices, etc.
STURDY & CO., - GROCERS
Telephone No. 91 • Market Naar..
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR
141EOD'S ; SYSTEM ; RENOVLTORI
A Wonderful Tonic and Remedy for WEAK and IMPURE
BLOOD, KIDNEY and LIVER TROUBLES.
Manufactured by J. M. MacLEOD, Goderich, Ont.
Kverything made of the very heat material.
Repairs of all kinds kept on hand.
sp: l RIS; beio� otb living s, aw1herQ In- I Horace (fabrauchmusterschutz,
CLOS CAST! PRICIir. Benmiller: --
Will open nit In the old Angus
sad ahont 00(eM, *rd.
McKinnon
A. W. WISE,
Hamilton Street.
HELLO
THE OLD
RELIABLE.
ALL KINDS OF
DEAR UNCLE : - Have you considered how you are going
to gather and boil your sap for maple syrup this year.
Lee & Shephard have got the latest and best hoilt'r
on the market, and in the Fall it can be used as a feed
boiler. Have you seen it ? If not call and see it. 1 hi't.
have also a largo number of sap pails and spiles.
I will write you again in a couple of wee..
Your Niece,
BERTHA.
COAL Wall Paper
ALWAYS ON HAND
Ts3R nen
Scraiiton ilaril Col
IN TRg MARKW1'
All coal erieUhai ne the Marne Malo.,
when rod get Map the. fen a toe.
WM. LEX
Orders fah et LES • BMWS"
Stare promptly atteal.d be.
•
it may he it little too early in the season to begin 1'n talk wall paper
All our stook ie not in but we expect to have so muoh to ser/ shoat wall
paper this Spring we begsn to talk early. In addition to our 01'1
■.ock we have made srrangmeents with two large Afirm" (0
handle their goods on nommiwidn. We an show you the line of
Wall Papers ever shown in Unroll, and have the advantage beitiff able
to show samples final to a twenty-five thousand dollar stook. The pap`r
will be delivered 45 hours after your order is planed. What a splendid
opportnnity for the Goderich citisons and others to have such a Targe
range of choice. Such was never known in Goderich Worn. Call and
salt for yourself. if we nan't suit you thon you should be in heaven.
1(1008 BOOK STORE.