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The Huron News-Record, 1885-01-21, Page 2
(4JM£<M#4TM Clinton, Wednesday,; Jw^ppL IHCWROlSr CONSCIENTIOUS 80MP1W *WWA\ Even admit that the Scott Act is not invalidated by the decision of the Supreme Court in t|ie matter of j tho McCarthy Acfci both of which iiRerfeto with and regulate the re tail liquor trade, yet there are many other ill omened p'hasva. of the Scotti Act frbieh.hava not yet presented tl.emselves to. the tax paying elector ate, The restricted area as yet cover ed by the actual operation of tire Act has prevented the general public from noting or considering the very great extent to which they will be galled upon to fork out the shekels to malto up for the destruction of an important branch of trade. We do not propose just now to enter into details of the multiform man ner in, which the operation oFOm ^Scott Act will tend to make it a rosily experiment— for experiitfent ■ it most assuredly only is at present We shall jms$ now merely advertRo Hie scheme of cocnpensation mooted by the claiiioringB of the conscien ces of the fair mindecl supporters of the Act, for it- is this large clas^of honorable itfen who first * touched upon compensation. It was not the anti Scott men wlio first broached compensation, for they denied from tlie star^and still deny the constitu tionality of the Actor that it is* in accord with any generally conceded code of moral .ethics, in civilized countries; but is in direct opposition to all well considered codes of Chris-, tia® ethics. It is to Christian men of the stamp of Rev., Air. Jeffrey that we owe the introduction of the subject of compensation for the legal deprivation', by th? provisions of the Scott Act, cf natural and accrued Ightaand property. While “the Act Ltlie law of tlie land it will have to lobeyed, evert though its operation ly. destroy, the bard-earned accutn- Ltioi'S of years and absolutely itn- Iverisli a large percentage of good Jizens. We ar6 seriously told that ie destruction to trade and indus trial interests brOugliLahbut, or that will be brought about by the Act-;' is no more hardship than cliang<-.a brought about by alterations in the tariff or the building of railways' which - niay or have diverted trade from one channel or locality.. to another. Tliere'’is no.,. .analogy between ^the-cases. -New-railways- do not destroy trade, they create it •where it never existed, they expand that already created. There is im possible similarity. Sumptuary leg- iidatipn such’as the Scott Act aims u t- destroy- ih g- trad e, J egislaLipir Jn*r volved in the granting of railway charters aini at * the reverse of des truction to trade—they aim d’t cre ating and expanding trade. There could not by any known principle be any ground for Clinton demand ing colnpensation-..on account of leg- isht/ion granting a charter for a line if rail way from Wingham?Jo*G£>de- r:ch should it not. touch at Clinton. Clinton would' have nothing taken away from it, which we hitherto possessed, except w hat we are on an equal footing with others to protect. If our people were willing and alje io .huikLaiwiher.railway 'threuglithe town no one could object. But where legislation says, to individuals you chnll not use the property you possesfi for the purpose for which it has already been created and legal ised, yon deslrby^HiaF=^'HncK hail hitherto existed, that which has been of value to its owners,.and as'a con- .•iequenco legislation- in all common fturncss is in duty bound to make’ good the’property of such individu als which it intentionally destroyed or unintentionally made yalueleas. The destruction of property, whose vafaeidepeuds on the existence of the liquor trade, is not a merepincident or'accident of legislation«jMt is the direct emanation and outcome of legislation conceived’ and passed far Hie .destruction of such property, Can any fair minded man who will, witn\unbinsed ,uiind, consider the matterfamd say ther.e is no difference lTrtwreh“\atlway “faglslatfoheven when injuring,a locality incidentally,. — where there Wigs no intent, aibi or purpose to do so\-and legislation specially prepared and designed- to totally prohibit the use 'ojr property 'of individuals and UfUs'ipake it yalut'lessr As to tariff legislation destroying a man’s property aiid flo- pricing him of the rigiit to use whabs he owns in the country as he thinks best, we fail to see the remotest bearing that way of such legislation. Tl/e seiiHe of right., of justice, of honor, will ultimately impel tlie people to grant compensation foi'-the -loss of property resulting from tlie, operation of the Scott Act, should lira Act become general.' And the more general the Act comes into operation the more-clearly will the people see the great harm Ibis'sump tuary legislation has done those en gaged in an important branch of tmdZ When mon look around, ftWr the Act has been in operation, they will see Hit? great hardship that \ Act legislation?'liapK Thflicted upon their townsmen Dr heighlrorfl und f< liqw-cHiit tfa, and they will far a, repeal of the‘Act 4 EISm-GTION WITHOUT 4 WmEAi-CE, The Supreme Court of the Dominion ha« decided, »| we mentioned lost week, that, the Dominion Parliament baa no right to grant licenses for the retail of liquer, on ihe,. ft8sumption that the retail liquor business is pot embrac ed in the term “trade.” T^e Dominio Parliament lias the right to license by wholesale, or at retail QU' vessel, in the latter case,, we as- the Dominion Ifarlia uient lias exclusive power on the “high seas” within the Dominion. ‘There is no doubt that the case will be appealed to the Privy Council. Nothing short of a decision by the Ouurt.of fast remt will be satis factory to the people. The Govern ment also' owe it CO themselves to forever .set at rest - this question which they raised and on which they have thus far been beaten. Our Supreme Court may be right in its interpretation of the extent of the Dominion authority in this iuat- ter., But as the right isT’given“tothe”’' Dominion Parliament to legislate exclusively on\ the regulation of “trade and commerce” it does seem to the ordinary mind incomprehen sible how, with a knowledge of thif, one-can reconcile the- decision of the Supreme Court with the possession by -the Dominion Parliament of the exclusive , right to legislate anent matters of “trade and commerce,”. The deciaion iB'sri r inore dibtracting when the Court ho’ds at the same .time that to cell liquor by wholesale comes^within the embracery of trade and- consequently 0 within -the pur view of a-.Domiiiion statute. . _' Now, if the dealers in liquor at retail are not.engaged in trade what are the parties .engaged ihd They a.re not particularly engaged-in dis--- pensing religion,.law or medicine, or in culti vating .mechanics or the fine arts. . Where than'shall we place the occupation of retailing of liquor, ! seeing that the Supreme Court says it js not tracling and we know it is not one*of the so-called learned pro fessions, neither-has -it anything.to* do with the fine Arts or engineering, and the primeval art of agriculture has nothing in. affinity with it1. Tjjade means, traffic, business. To trade-: to traffic, to deal, tojaclfaei’e- That is-what-the re tail liquor dealers are engaged in, what they do. It seems very strange that- . the ^Supreme Court - should single out tlie retail traffic jri- liquors' as not coming within the definition of the term trade as lised in" the- C'onfederation Act, and yet give tlie whole" weight of its judicial''and philological-learning in determining that tlie wholesale’ traffic in liquors is-trade.’ -Tt is indeed very difficult, to conoeive why wholesale trade jis- trade and retail -trade is^oFtfaiT£7 - We are sure-'’the Supreme Court or an . individual, would be ridiculed did they assert that a wholesale- grocer or-ofay goods firm were engaged in trade and that the retailer of.their "wares is not engaged in; trade/...'In? deed, according to the actual as welf _as_the’generally accepted meaning of the term Jrade, "the retail, poition of .any business is most distinctively.- that, of trade.,-A» upon the mean-; ing of the term trade depehds (lie force of -tlie.„recent decisiorr"of the . Supreme Court we have jexpatiated.- upon the word. And we repeat, that the retail -dealer in- dry goods or groceries.is a trader engag-' ed°in trade-and -fail to see why the retailer engaged • in selling, liquor; , Which is also an article of coinine"rce/ is not a trade/’ engaged in t,rai}e;i “merely for money.” And we hayd- yet to see. why the Supreme'Court ostracises, retail liquor dealers from :the rank of trader. As they, gave their decision “without reasons,” amd^wntlrou t"TeasoiFi‘alHo/“W««niiglj fc- say, we shall have to .wait for the decision, of the Imperial Privy Coun cil far enlightenment on iliis iqiport- a'nt point, ■' ■ ' PlfEES OPI'NIOiVS. A y ’f 4 CHAT WITH OUH HEAVE IIS Whatevb-r may be "wild of “bard times” aud the padlocking of the pockets of money holders, Th® NbwbRbwrd cannot fall in with the grumbling cry. A couple t?f creeks ago we intimated that we required those owing dm to “come and see us.” A. generous public liberally respouiM, aud we wish right here to tender ten thousand thanks tp our thousands of patrons for enabling us to effectually fill the yawning breach. And still they come—from the north, south, east .and west, remittances by mail or by person. Old friends renewing their acquaintance and their subscription. New subscribers are libeially coming in-—words of praise and money from old subscribers.. Words of approval and subscription in advance from i alii .readers who had not been sub scribers. What more, of a "worldly nature does the printer need to make glad his heart! We.should indeed rejoice and we do rejoice. We have worked very hard since we .rehioved our Goderich office here over -tWo‘’years; ago.^~We' had en couragement at first from some staunch friends, others whom we thought might be our friends kept aloof. Tlie lookout on-the whole was not the brightest, there having been tbreedifferent ownersduringthe preceding six months. Relying upon our moiety of. British pluck and the increased patronage, in "time, of a discriminating public, we sedulously persevered in endeavoriug to fill the field which seemed open for the con tinuation of an independent Liberal Conservative journal. We have persistently adhered to the motto' which' each week appears on the title page of this journal t “Inde pendent in all thipgs, neitlral iit notli- ijVe have stuck to our colors and “no surrender.” While.we have aimed at conserving' the interests of a political party, broad, based tjpon zthe.public will and weal, we have not been neutral on' important ques tion's wherein. w« knew we did not voice.ti e views pf iffh'ny who, in tlie main, accepted our presentation of their views. ' We have the satisfac tion, of being - personally told by - many t’hat though at first disinclined to! agree with us' on some -public issues, by.the persistent moderation of -our 'arguments, ■ based upon the Unquestioned array of facts adduced, we did open their eyes to tlie false security of the position tlfay were forced int.p by tlie frantic appeals of- enthusiasts to their emotional feefa rings,'and. that they arc now quite in accord with us/ Others have told uBihat while they did not and do not yet.»ee' the. full force of, our con- teririon/in some matters, • they are ■quite ^content- to,agrjgft_td’ disagree. X ■ ' The Toronto 'IVeek says the Can< adian “Northwest is not,, nor will it ever be Canada : the . circumstances, of the two countries'ar,e totally dif- ferent.” The Northwest may not bo. alPot VaTi’ftda rio'w/ but it is a very important part of it, and many.’p'ro- fpund thinkers entertaiii tlie idea that jt'will ultimately be the beat as. it is the largest part of, Canada. That-whatris now-tbe-tail- wilLultim- : ateiy rule the whole of Canada as the'older provinces now do. ■•^lie /following/ from ■ the Qlobe strikes right out from .the shoulder and hits the" proper spot. We quite .‘agree with the principal of compul sory voting, though it may s-iyor of the Irish—American's compelling a qnan to do as he 1 ikes : “A man, in a free country, who has the franchise has quite aft little right to allow that franchise to remain unused as he lms to sell it for piouey Or money’s worth, lie has it in trust, and “is bound by all the sacredbesft\Of av oath to use |t in thp way in winch he believes it •will best contribute to the good gov ernment and consequently to the greatest prosperity of the. county. Ho has no choice. Kot to vote is to efface hnnsolf, and may have all the injurious influence of voting on the Wrong side. /In fact it'has beep in tiffs fray in all the past that liberty has eventually been lost,for the non* voter has always shown hiinftelf to have been as criminal as and in some respects more contemptible than tho venal one, and has surely paved the »g^|j|U|iiU||LU^inwardieo and hfa no time allowed The Newu-IXecobd to be a personal organ or the organ of any clique, That many of our remarks on public questions ^*ve been 'of a broad and enlightened character we may, without egotism, refer to the many occasions on which the city press have done U3 tlie honor ot reproducing our articles, sometimes giving us credit, some times not doing so. Aud we may also point with pride to our having a staff of the best correspondents on any local pape^in the Dominion, r«nd to the liberal use that is made by other papers of their items. We would also remind our readers that every line that appears in The News-, Record is set up in the office in Clinton, Entailing a greater amount of labor than is put upon any other paper in this section—the nrajority of them using either “patent” in sides or outsides, or stereotyped plates such as our Clinton cotem. is now largely using. The plates are gotten up iq Chicago and Toronto and the reading matter contained in them does duty for scores of papers. The same old “two and six-penny” stale reading appears repeated in several papers taken by the same person, The News-Record pre pares or selects and puis in type everry line, as We have said, that appears in our paper*, making it lit erally a -newspaper and adding much to its. value. 'We have taken o'ui readers, into our confidence and hope ■ that each succeeding weelr us thi’y *'1 scan our pages they will be pleased with, their contents. And further, that the pleasure derived therefrom they will endeavor to share with their neighbors or friends who do. -not new take The News-Record, by inducing them to become sub-- scribers^ and" by sending us any -items of.interest- that transpires in their neighborhood which may have "beeh overlooked by our usually yigi* l'ant correspondents. Jn fact we' would be very glad if every, subs' scriber and well wish.er would con stitute himself or herself a- “special’ correspondent.” _"We may further add that during the year we purpose , making spociai improvements in our paper. And now, kiudj readers, fellow-citizens and. countrymen, coriclude'oui’-annual chat, and thank you one and all for ’the material -support you .-have given ns jn_thfi past and wish you the same or even a greater measure of success'"than you have been the means df.shewing along our pathway. ' "y. ’ ‘ ~ we ioipalities, fa gone, and there will yet be a unity of legislation on the sub ject throughout the Dominion—for Hoh and poor-elike, and temperanoe secured, not by legislation but from . a sense of moral recitude and self restraint. It is an absurdity to haye the importation and manufacture of commodities permitted by the legis lature of Canada to ’be imported for tjitlo and consumption therein > and at the- samo time to give every.petty municipality power to prohibit the sale or consumption thereof within its limits, ■ A TstwWNC® Man. Wcwislrit to be (ffstmettyunderstood that we do' not hotel ourselves responsible for tho opinions expressed bi/ cor.retpbndenis.- Ed. N kWs-RkPokd _w.i,tli jS,„_ail!_thejylid:e^givfagl,.UfL .cred , and their continued' support- tpriia, for the independence, candor anU'fairness which nvo have at. all times brought to bear upon ques tions of public moment affecting.tlie -wel l/bei i >g--of socie ty ;-fclm-mii |ii ci pal -. ity'qr 'ftie. state. A very small min> •iority'; a/faere- handful, of opr readers wlio appear to be of the hide-bound istrip^rand^wlio would have us voice /their individual idiosynciaeios, have Wi'tJiflrawn froor us. in the exercise1 ^of -their undoubted right to go where - they cpu1d.be better.served.' Toward 'tbesjeJejy-we bear * ho. rill will, and only hopedhat by "some much to be. desir'ed^axatiy.e1 process their mentaj faculties wiljl in time undergo a pro cess of expansion so that they too /will baeafiabfa of agreeing to disa/ gree/frith us and hot expect this to. furnish- th ygyiz .Jufa.-§uited.to their tastes plone and leftve'/yftt'great.niass of our readers -unprovided fori . • AVe shall now touch upon the very .important functions iof tins journal “ag/tite^iia‘^“affuc£^I‘ThT“ iTOT material... local, well being:, of our .'town. > Our aim has been to extend a knowledge of tlie resources and’ capabilities of Clinton aS a,business centre, This has never been" lost sight of. And -the circulation of /The.New^-Record over a-large area oRche county, which it is possible to malfa tributary to Clintorfas a "trade centred-lias, we have every reason to ................t- believe, fatOuglit farmers to town to sell and bay w^10 otherwise might not have done so. ' Norris our in-, fluence iir this respect tQ be measur ed by the number of Dur subscribers, large as they are, for we have often met with -the resphnssr’ili’ casually canvnssingi /^Nu,-wo" (lon’t-faite your .paper, but we getrihe reading of it •every week and like it very muclt.” We 'shall continue otlr endeavors to make it. interesting to all readers whether- subscribers1’or not/to both friend and opponent. AVe have en deavored to keep out people alive in regard to the necessity for-vigilaiitly watching what is being done in the extension of railways, believing as we do that the extension of a .rail way to Gddcrich, to .serve the best' interests of all "'concerned, should intersect the present system a£ Clin ton. We have time and again re ferred to tlie growing feeling, out ride of Clinton,'-in favor of faulting this the couhty'town, It would.be a great saving to the public at large, and must eventually be an accom plis boil fact. At times we have’ adverted to Clinton as a mtmufac* tuting point/and have often referred to the success of the immonse separ ator or threshing machine and tlfa now noted Doherty organ ..factories» as cases in point,. Other industries hot how repreechtefl here Would And an opening here if started by men of capital and operated ofaA large scale, ^^ our eflfa-tn to toll Editor Xeios-Pecord, /’ of _tlie Supreme Court of-Canada, which . •has pronounced the Dominion Licettse Act of 1883, and the Amended Act’of 1884, as ultra vires of tlie—Dominion" ' Legislation.'has"ta-ken’ the public by surprise, and although tho question- may be ’carried • before the. Privy -council df“EnglaBfl,‘fofriiiia;l”itdRRlic^“ tion there, it seems to me that tho further investigation of the question raised,, may force to. the front a further question as to the Validity of , the Scott of . 1878, as a piece of legislation by the Mackenzie Govern-- nleiit which is also ultra vires of the - powers of -the Dominion- Legislature, and.so it seemed- to me to be when passing through_thg„fagjsfatm;e,-' for the-following reasons: ( Tho 91st Section of the British Nortli America Act makes if la wful for the Senate and the House of Commons .of, C.aifada^ to . make" laws for' the,' peace, .order, .aud good government of. Canada, and gives them exclusive au- - ihvxity,- aviuJugsu fater‘matters, don4-J cerning - . . ; ?‘The. regulation of .- Trade and Commerce.” (2) , ' . “The raising of money by any mode or system, of taxation.” (3) ’ Aud in each Province, thb legis- ^Iatflre^ay-cxclusivcly^'Aktf’litWi/f relation to matters coming within the, ■.classes, inter aliti of (see. 92). ■‘‘.Direct taxation within the Province in order to the,r lisiiigbf a revenue foT Provincial purposes." (2) . - ' “Shop, saloon, tavern, auctioneer and other licences in order to the raising of a revenue for .Provincial, Local,' or Municiparputpdses.” (Q5 The Dominion Legislature thUs: is given the power to- ''regulate'1 the trade and 'commerce of- the--whole .DominionancltoLr-iiisc moneyby any mode Or 'system of, taxation,”, and in the due exorcise of this power it 'imposes a duty on .the importation; of wines of all-kinds, bfandy, gin? geneva and old Tom, whiskey,' ale and porter and drugs however poisonous, and 4mpdses;an Inland Revenue duty on the manufacture of whiskey, ale, porter, etc., .within, the. several provinces, thus inviting the trader; tp- "impbrt add manufacture" these arti eles of commerce;' T Now- all. these may be taxed by tho Dominion Legislature for the'purpose of a revenue, and so mat- ' tors'went on until the passing, of the “Scott Act” th© effect of which, if it became general throughout the Dominion wouldiof necessity, be the annihilation, of all revenue from these articles of trade and commerce, th« prohibition of the importation of the foreign liquors, and the manufacture of home liquors, and be ,unmistakc~ ably, legislation in "restraint of trade ’ and unconstitutional . . The Scott Act doos more. Whilst ’ the sleeping dog lies, it neither barks,nor bites, l)ut when once rous ed to action, on the local opbibn clause's, by which isolated municipal ities are set in motion, in the provin. ces the trouble begins, and" now ave see tlieso bodies forced, fanatically,, not in exercise at their powois, to “ raise i * ‘ or municipal purposes' ___ .... nihilate ’xt.ll revenue derived ■ there* from, whether for Municipal, Provin cial, of Dominion’ purposes, thus ■destroying the rights of preporty, and. the vaiuo/ of property embarked in the various branches of trade coii- nected 1 therewith, arid striking a heavy blow at the Agricultural and lnatnifactwinp Industries of Canada. The Mackenzie Government of lf}78 forced the Scott Act upon th# the country. It is high time to raise ■ the question as to itsconstitutionalit.v, as in reslraint of irade^ and as ullr<i virrtf at the power gi^en. to the 'Dominion* by the British' North" are venue for provincial, local- inicipal purposes”!but; to atp the Ii iceiise Muddle, ‘ CONFUSION. Thu Globe- What trouble, what ..confusion, what waste of public money, what uneasiness, what fear for Broyfacial rights, and for the future of the con. federation-wera caused 4>y f^ir Jqhn Macdonald’sunconstitutional gnd • unjustifiable attempt to assume con trol of the liquor traffic I He hoped to strengthen his position by having 'anutnberof additional offices fco be stow upon his partisans, and hy mak ing the keepers of taverns and sa."- , loons dependent on him and bis party for tier mission to carry on their business." ‘ • * * * Several tavern and saloon keepers, in order to be safe, took licenses from the Provincial and from the Dominion commissioners. They should be paid the money thus im properly taken from them. Where is it to be found ? Some tavern and saloon keepers took license from the Dominion com missioners only. When the total number authorized by the Crooks act has been licensed by the pro vincial commissioners these persons cannot now obtain provincial license, and if they continue to sell must be prosecuted. These men have a stronu claim for •compensation. They lose their business because they fool ishly believed Sir John Macdonald- when lie told them that he was an , infallible constitutional lawyer. They had also the act of the Dominion par liament to rely upon. Sir John and ' his McCarthy Act deceived them. Their loss will be very great. Unless they are compensated some of. them must be ruined. Wbat will Sir John do for them now ? Editor, —■ Having noticed, whether real or fancied on fay ,pari>> a leaning on tho ptirliqf your journal in favor of the older orderg of ordained clergy I would ask. your attention to the doings of a Bov; Mr. Campbell as related "in the enclosed slip, [We publish it on first page-^Ed], Your “Semex” will, I think,' agree with me 'tliat even a Salvatiou Array “ranter” cpuld not have shown \less aptitude' for the calling than Mr, Campbell has shown, I hope you and -Mr. Senex will be; highly edified by tlie .doings of one of the favored sons of the orthodox church. And "yet, how ever much Mr, C’s; fallibility may point a moral or ‘adorn a tale for the benefit of bigoted .“special training", believers, I, will admit tfeat .there-is food for reflection for those Who hold the extreme opposite views to those of yourTfospected'fdssiIized “Senex." Mr, Campbell seems to have been a mercenary faafa first,' last, and all the time. His tease I. take it is prbof strong as “holy/writ" of tli'e folly of d man attempting’ 'to serve God unci Mammon at thp safae time, Although’ Mr^C.does.;jiCLt.a.ppeartohaveb3en dealing fait religion and merchandize and politics atone and the samejtime, lam constrained to "believe tliat he had, during tbB'time of his supposed dedicationito2 the Lord, his eyes con tinually upon the flesh pots, ’•leads' me't . . observed of fate- years a tendency on the part of^ ambitious secular persons to prey upptf'thb religious leanings of’ members df'thi community in order ’to bring grfats to their -worldly mills, -Your .own! calling, sir<. is not free from the class I refer to. - There are. several editors. In the county wife/ play the vdry.deuce,for-six-days in the- week, with the plainest teachings of the good Rook, and on the Sabbath. take up‘thp-fragments of the broken commandments into the sacred pulpit with them; and occupy an hour or so in patching.'them together so as to make* them- presentable to an alidienctf* o&-hungering''Sbiils;' Hor-‘ riblc', horribfS1! T liHve been so unfor tunate on several occasions as to have ‘experienced great anguish of soul" by being compelled to listen, to .religious cant from tlie pulpit from men who, rin-the'ir“:qrdii^ gave no sign’bf the religious convic-. tiqn whieh they sought to impress up on their Sabbath heiirersl Just take it indur owri town. I;have: not for-, gotten, I presume jmifay of your ’reader§''fiave"l*hbt?fbrgotic’n, the re gretted departure of Rev'. Mr. Me-. Donagli frmu this town. We intended 'to give practical shape to our regret; we did. so in ■ a manner, quite .satis- factory to. the,Rev. gentleman and so as to reRect ‘breflit oh the fii'ijorihj of those among!'.whom lie’had labored. How acted' sonic of bur. church mem-* ' bers and adherents ? ■ Tliey.got up a ; counter. demonstration far the eve of Mr: McDonagh's departure. • More, they publishedL scurrilous printed, papei’s/making shockingly .indecent' remarks about several of. bur regular lady church attendants because thev. interfl&tod themselves -in' getting Tip .one oLtlie best filled1'purses,- &s; a testimWi'ari"t7r‘F6fir“"ri4infin"g .pastor, that had dyer been presented, tqja. ‘MetiiodiSt unhisteT in this locality. And no.w ivo are .expected to apprec iate the ..religious! teaching of an editor who "was accessory to tins, printed sheet abuse of us. We' were, described as the Mrs. This imd tlie. Mrs. That, and heaven knows, how, many other . p.uny •' attempts at our belittlcmeht w’eromade' with the con nivance of-the nditpr whd so “accept ably,” O so- “acceptably.,” gets up in the-pulpit to teach u'b brotherly and sisterly love.; Is.there' any cai’ise'for surprise. that, .“only the 'Methodists” join-the Salvation A-rmy in' Clinton, or ‘ that we are often held up^as. canting hypocrites when traders upon oilr holiest affections.are allowed tcrcon- Stitut©'-1 themselves our teachers Men -who-are described in .tlie slip I above refer to .as. “traders on week days and prea'Chets oii Sundays, pos- -ing-as nrasbuliir vhi"i.siiiaiis”amr. be-' llevers in. holiness and sanded sugar, Who preach .tlie scriptures and .pocket the doll^rs""w,benever they.; can lay haflds. on th’qm.” ^Iiafle qf,Wesley I how times'change, b, . • I api yours ’, J. ' •, "Clinton, <Tanuai-y 1885. a "L ipou the flesh pots. This •[ tp remark . tliat I have •'; ■— what’about thhscqttact; " ‘ ThnMall. If the privy- council should decide that the Dominion has no .power to grant licenses,..tliat confessedly it has exclusive, jurisdiction qver the manufacture and importation of li qfior', yet the regulation of the retail trade is beyond its authority, what is to become ol the Scott ActriL, If the Dominion cannot permit,'it canpot perform the higher act of prohibiting,'nor deligate to the uiuni- pipahtier- the power to do so. Chief Ju'stice" Ritchie, in’ previpus liquor decisions, h.-is clearly' shown / that, the power to permit and.- the power’ to prohibit must dwell together.. To be able to prohibit, you must, of no cessity have the right to permit, afid vice versa. The maxims of law.and common sense'settle that point.? _ If, then,' the decision of the su- .preme court were accepted as final, our prohibition friends wouTll “pfoL bably have to begin their work again, from the. beginu ng. . The right to grantlicenses involves asa first prin ciple the power to refuse’licenses, or Avjiicl^is the same thing, ’the power. to authorize the/municipalities to- refuse them. If this plain inference be correct, a prohibitory law belongs exclusively to -the- domain, of the provincial, legislatures, always sup- , posing that the right to, license is exclusively vested there ; and all the Scott.Acb campaigns -between. Cape. B.eton and /Manitoba have gone for nothing I . The more this- liquor ques tion ia-decided the hp'ltTer’ it' grows,, . ..... • 'wHuessr so pgcipED.. /►’ri'he,ruling of the Supreme Court is decisive, so far at least'/fe finality is yoRtuiTOblS? i n CanAfliOTrilmn als7 Tt is evident', however, that the decision in the Dominion license law case, is ’ baseid upon that Of tile judicial coin . mil tee of the Brivy? council in the*’ 'JfbiJge case. It was.held by/that body that the.Provincial legisliRures have tiih poiveT'To'^jax the liquor ‘sellers, and also to franie police regulations^ governing the places ' where the liquor trade is carried ch; A's/fbe question of licensing was not involved in. the Hodge case, th®, ju- didlalpco.nmitt.ee did .not, .of Course, pronounce upon it* But the Suprenie court, has. clearly yielded?to the bent outlie judgment of the Privy council, though thatiribuno’l did hot,d,eclhre . its opinion: upon the.question now at’ ' issue.;, ‘ • t Editor NeWsrJtecord'. __ Sir,—T. am .much amused with .'the “intelligence”. displayed by some ofiriy Crit friends in’our factory. They are .rampant -abQtit’’the. “cphfiisibn'' itrth* matter of licenses. They claim that the McCarthy Adt li’ltf been decided invalid by the Privy Donnell and that it will jaAw.be taken before tlie Supreme Court, of Canada for final settlement ! Oofi- , fusion, O djfarJ M/’ Grit friends seem just a-little' bothered now, . Not only- fire they confused in the license matter- but they. are ’confused over-the.N. P., which gives all men liberty to trade where they will, and they call it a 1 monopoly,!/While their friends com pelling the whole trade of Ontario to. bUy the 2books to be used itt otiR, schools 4roh£^a-.mbhopoly of-thteefirms in-Toron*^ to, at extortioniitoprices, is no monopoly. ■' My Grit friends ’ have: certainly very ' confused’’ ideas on'public (ideations.’ ,■ '" . Yours, LIBERALfCONSERVATIVE Editor Neu:»-liewrd, Sui,—Honesty is the beat policy "in ■principle as Well as in money matters. Why are laws, made if they do ndt 'mean what they say? Is it not intended that the (jiialific rtlo'tl for Councillors shall he strai ’ht? Shafrib, O shame I cti a party that will qualify on other‘i copie’s pro perty and tlm owners know nothing about it What' are wo coming to in these days of dodges, and quiyks ? Gel your lionoissiraigh them to others. : THE LlCESNE LAW. ‘ ’" The Mail . _■ . • ", The Supreme Court.has decided- 'that the license act of 1883 and the' amending Set of 1884, are ultra' .vires- ,of tlie Dominifai,parliament, and have”qr( so reported to the^goyerpment with-, out giving theif-reasons. I-^|*would certainly lfave been .more satisfaqtdry. to the goverfanehtancTTo tlfa-pjiblie- if the reasons of the Court had"been given, especially as the judges ftp- ; pear to hqvejbetfn unatfimDus In their decision. ’ That the ’ Supreme Court ■--DLGauada^iaa^4efadeiLAbat.th.e jKcL is ul tra vires is to Us a surprise ; but it may Dot be a {final decision upon, the question. It is absolutely neces sary that a firtaL decision should! be . had: and as no case-chat has hitherto gone to the Privy Council fa’England has ever yet raised the whole of the -.questions at issue, it is-now prqbable that all will be placed' before that tribunal and‘a permanent settlement effected -of a very vexed' question; which do'es not ad.mit of delay. Not one "of-tlie cases which have been before the courts has yOf presented a complete issue for consideration. . The judges, while almost unanimous ly' leaning to the opinion that the Dominion payliafaeiit. 1ms supreme powel’ in the matter, have expressly avoided, dealing With the substantial' differences as tp jurisdiction which’ hamper.the adininistratidn Of the la w. Now. a full case will have to be made out and taken, we suppose, to the -ptTVjrCdUflC il ~ for" fin a r iihd ripCTifl rv" ' nent decision. Those who are seek ing to make political capital out of thiB question have obviously. Very little regard fo.r the business interests which arc vexatiously, involved in the present unsettled” condition of affairs,. We trust, now that it will not long.remain unsettled. . ■ will MARKET (Corrected every t, gentlemen, orjeuve * -Youft, X. REPORTS- Tuesday afternoon CLINTON.' Mr. Irwin, of the standard f Elevator, reports fairly good supplies of gntitr comlnjt to markot. No glut, nor iuiy«rea.t <piiiniit\> from any parti cular section. .But. nirnieraJeome In from tho North, the South; tub East optf tbc-West, mid in the aggregate their loads sum tnrcqmiii to flic aver age supply at this sAson. Outside markets are receding in price fht wheat* For the present quotations given hoVo-will ho fMtl In Clinton, limit,. » Fall Wheat; -' • ■ Spring Wheat, ’ •. . Barley .. . . Oats, - ; (winter) pet bbl, rotators, • ... iritter Iilytii. ■ It is rumored that Mr. Iletiry Gos- man will remove from his farm in the township and give his personal attefition- to running Jits saw mill here. ■ * • Papers received here contain ‘ a mention of the marriage in Manitoba of Aly. Jos, Ritchie formerly of this place to. Miss Fox, formerly of Clin ton. ■ ■ . Mr. Chas..Hamilton who was elect* ed councillor overlooked the fact he was on !a bond .as surety for the collector and consequently disquali fied. Mr, Ifamil.ton has in. conse quence disclaimed the seat. Ashe is one of the most enterprising citi zens and 'would make an’excellent city father^ it is to be hoped that matters can be so arranged that he Will be again elected, ilM 0:7ft 0.78 0 48 • 028 ’ 0 ftfi 0 -W- O’ 10 O TO S 00 ■ to to to to to to to 40 to to to «r>o • 0 80 0 so 0 56 8 2ft 0 65 0 «0 Rtft 0 1ft 0 00 6 00' County Cnrfeney and District Dots •• Mr. (fad. Johnston, laid of (Pino River,is now school teaching at Gotrie I'I'Ift farmey pupils and friends in Itdron were very sorry to lose him, 'Rev. Mr. Meddj junior minister pt Elimvilfa Circuit preached in the AiALhrtiii^t.tihiivch. K.itkloiy on,Bum GODERICH. Roputy-Reeve M. G. Cameron wan fa Toronto last week. Mr, Wm. ProudfQot returned from hie eastern trip last Wednesday. Mr. L. E. Dancy, of ftfaafortb, spent Sunday fa town. The churches were not largely at tended on Sunday evening. The collection at St. Georges on Sunday was for the support of For eign Missions. A large number of town rigs were stuck in the snow drifts around, the square last Saturday.' ’ Mrs. (Judge) Sinclair°of Hamifton fa the guest of Mr. Uhae. Seager, Jnnr, x \ h On Monday there will be a meet ing in St. Georges schoALwithfa view to forming a Church of England Tem perance Society. ■. « The repairs to tlie Masonic Hull being completed the Lrethern of No. 33 will oh the next, regular lodge^ meet fa theif own hall. Through the fraternal disposition of the Oddfellows the Masons were enabled to meet regularly while the Masonic Hall was undergoing re pairs. ° cr On Saturday week Mr/H* W. Bnlb will sell at Martin's hotel, at l|o’cjock, the.7 acres of -land near the railway station, formerly the residence of Mr. Jas, Thompson. ■ The firm of Yates and Acheson have rented -the store recently oc cupied by Mr, A, Smith, which, they Will open in a few d iys with a stock -of. hardware, Mr. Yates left for Montreal to purchase the stock.-- On -Saturday but one 'train left town,, ajid the mail was the only ar rival, the latter reaching town short ly before six. The delay was caused by the flritts near Holmesville, the line being in fair running order from Clinton eastward. Harrison's rollei; skating rinlc is now in full blast. The riplc is in the upper room of Arthur’s building on Victoria street. Skating seems-to be the amusement this winter, there beinu two roller rinks, and ope ice one open dafly.' ’ We notice by the Toronto papers that Miss Ki.dl attended the annual ball of th»» Royal Canadian-Yacht- Club last Thursday evening. The Judy’s drdSs was "of -piKk*giitlrt^frit1F oriental trimmings, and her orna- . irrents fliamonds. The Jubilee Sfagers appeared in Victoria hall iastT Thursday and Fri day, under the auspices ol’-tlie Vic toria street Methodist church. The attendance was not as large as the -copce.rt deserved. Though the en- tertaihment as a whole was not equal to that of the Fisk troupe, theiys were several pieces of great individu al merit. The remains of .the late William "Martin were interred in Maitland cemetery last Thursday, afternoon- . Tbe.funei-i,iLtaok place..from the resi dence. of the; decerSed'8 father,-New- gate.street, and.wasfargely attended,' between -70 andSirbonve^ances form ing tlie cortege. Messrs! Holt,Proud-, foot, Mitchel), Morton, Newton and -Thomas wei’e-the-pall-beaFersv—^ — • The Princess roller skating rink started under ’ anspiciouS circum stances last Wednesday, there being a large number of skaters in at-tend- ance.’/The rink is-situated on“RJol- borne street.in the large brick build ing bith i to used Jby Mr. G. N. Davis; as a'storehouse. The proprietors Have" ptit in a new hard 1 wood" flobb. and built face^, flressinjj ..Robins and. a gallery; t.lraa^-ensuringcomfort -for , both skatrawnd. onlookers, •At the High School Literiiry enter tainment last Friday evening- tlie lollowirtg programme was presep ted : R&cit'atibn, Miss McConnell; Reading, ;jRr..AlcI<.ibbpn_;iSolo,JiI.i^-S>.P-rJ-I-ulkp Editress's selections,'Miss'. M. Allem ;- Reading, Mr-.; G/’Carroll ;■ Recitation, . Air. G. vVygle -, Ins[riimerital solo, - Miss A. Burritt; Reading,. MiSS.-OMy... er; Reacting, MiasE..Wigginsj Read ing, Mr. i". Alien ; Solo, Mri S. P. -il-all.s, ' ; /; .. — Wel have been, requested by an. anonymous .- correspondent to des cribe some cheap and novel costumes for tlie coming skating carnival. The . writing.iil the communication being neithe? distinctly masculine nor fem inine, and' the paper and ink wretch ed, we think the following would be appropriate, and besides, they won’t. .. . “"cost ume much : .. ‘ . A-long armed and, legged individual : might jget himself w.hitewashetl and go as a G^TiR. semaphore. *A“lhin lady, with’ a viflw«ftr. temper, might make an impression by closing one eye and going as a darning needle. A.retiring youth might go us a'Charr, provided.be can gef some friepd to go with /hhn and “sit upon him” "thrbugh6l.it ,the. evening. • _ On Thursday last Miss Trainor and' her sister AllieJeft by the afternoon ■ troirrffarth-efafatu ro- bpm 6, Uh icago, A .large number of friends were pres ent at the station to wish them God speed,.and bid/them a hearty and loving farewell. ’ Miss Trainor diiriug her long residence in Goderich and; her 17 years on the teaching Staff of the town, won the-bearfcy good will of all with whom she came, in contact. In -l<MU»tJMi^^ who in her own life has shown fa a marvellous mannbr' what sisterly love cqmbihed'with indomitable per*' severance and tact, cap. .do for those nearest and dearest. We bid—the lady a hearty God speed, and hope bier visions of. the.future may be fully realized,; •' ' „ , ft.Betwe'en 30 and-40 young people yisifed Clintoii last Friday to take part ih. a skating carnival. Thefe" were a number of single rigs and two double, one of the latter driven- by Mr. Swartz containing 14 girls, and -the other driven Ijy Mr. Harrison, containing a§ many of the sterner youth. Shor.tlyr after, starting the , storm commpnced,uunHrfcrea.8ing in strgngtli Iipprly vyAs nt its height- sit midnight, aS the returirtrip was about -to be made. The young ladies reach" ed town .shortly befpre-3 Without liav- ’ing1iad,.an upset, but the young gen- tlemen Who started .after_iha Jadies- liad so many rolls in the snow that they sought reseat Mr. Sturdy's,- who kindly took-cliftrge df them till early dawrt. Shortly after five a-start was made for home, when,.after a stop page at Mr, Hicks’ for breakfast, the party arrived ^afe and sound at I f a- m. School Board " Tlie .school board mef oh Friday as. for. adjournment in the town hall. The Secy read an opinion -from Mr, M., C. Cameron, the purport of which was that the Secj’ must proceed with tho election of a chairman. Tho,/Secy • having called .for nominations, Mr. Crabb proposed (seconded by Mr. Mc- Gillictfddy), Mr Morton, in amend ment MH. Ball proposed (socondqd’by Mr. Nicholson), Detlor. Tim vdte being taken there voted for tlio amendment Butler Ball Nicholson; , aganist Crabb, McGillicuddy, Mo s s. Detlor, Swanson and Morton not vot-, ing. After a short discussion in which Messrs Butler, Morton McGillicuddy and Ball contended that Mr. Deller should take tho chair, and Mr. Urabh contrary; wise tho amendment was put as the motion^fid carried on.the fol- ' lowing voto: / ■ ■ . ■ " , Ayes*- Butler, Ball, Nicholson^ Mor ton. Noos-*-Crabb, McGillicuddy. Not Voting**p.)tlor, Swanson.. Mr. Detlor having taken the chair thanked tlie board* Mossrs Crabb and MoGillietiddy tendered their resigna tions which wero accepted by tho« board. After some formal, business the ward adjourned tp meet in th A town hall on Monday evening. Tho Council for 1883 met at noon I on Wednesday- All the members I present ^Messrs. IL W» Ball and | — rv A wa . a <»i i A1 ft t. A4 <> IF YOU WANT TO FIND Th,Q -PTfJI™ TO GET YOUR x* *"M j iit*"T“TT)r*i CS'IROdEIRTIES, CO TO THE BEE-HIVE. All kinds of SCHOOL. BOOKS AND STATIONERY, »t Gwitly REDUCED PRICES. The beat place to get your NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. THE BEEHIVE STORE.E. FLOO»I. KING’S EVIL Was tlie name formerly given .to Scrofula because of a superstition that iteouidba cured,- by a king’s touch; The world. 1b wiser now, and knows that, SCROFULA • can only be cured by a'thorougk purifica tion of the blood. Jf this is nw lectul, the disease .perpetuates Its taint throw h generation after generation. Among [.s q earlier symptonialie dvvdopmeiits are Eczema, Cutaneous Eruptions, Tu mors, Boils, Carbuncles, Erysipelas, Purulent Ulcers, Iservous and Phy sical Collapse, etc. If allowed to con tinue, liheumatisnr. Scrofulous Ca tarrh, Kidney and .'Liver Diseases, Tubercular Consumption, and vari ous other daiteerous or iaial iuuludics, .are .produced, by it. A/er's Sarsaparilla Is the only pmcerfal and alv-ays reliable bloOd-puritt/inyinoclicine. li iMOtri'et- ual an alterative thuf it eradicates front «the svstem Hercdi fary Serof pl a, and the kindred poisons of contagious flifteas-Ts and mercurv. At the Mime time it en riches and vitalizes, the blood, restoring healthful action to the vital organs and rejuvenating the entire system. This great ~ Regenerative Kedicins Ts. composed of the genuine Honduras Sarsaparillfl, wjth’1 eiioi« . Doc/c. flil- liiiffia, the fartirtes of Potassium and Iron, and other ingredients of great po- - tency, carefully and scientiiically ^eoni- pounaed. Its formula is generally'known to tlie medical profession, andhlie pest phvsioians constantly prescribe AVer's Sarsaparilla as an Absolute Cure" For all diseases caused by the yitiation .of . the blood, it is'cpncriit'rat.ed to tile high- -s-est practicable degree, far .beyond any. other preparation for vlilcli like effects are claimed, and is therefore, the cheapest, - as well as the best blood purifying medi cine, in the world. " ■ Ayer’s..'. PRErARED.BV Z?r. JpCi, Ayer & Co., Cowell, Kass, * [Analytical Chemists.) Sold by all Druggists: price $1; six ■ bottlesfpr$5. TAB n Bill Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 18M, CAPITAL; - . ■ $2,000,000 BEST, - - $500,000 Head Office, ~MOHTHEAL. THOMAS WORKMAN, President. J. IL |L MOLSON, Vice-President, F. WOLVERSTAN THOMAS, General Manerer. Notes discounted, Collections made* Draft* issued, Sterling and American «•- change bought and ^old at low- »• est current rates. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS 2H’-A.ZR2bZEH3HSi, . Money advanced to tanners on thoir own note!’ wlth/one or more endorsers. No ihortuaKe rp>. quired us security. .'•H..C. BREWER, ~l 5 MantiKcr, ...... CtlNTOX.February.1884. -0-AND, 4 Ihf i 'JJ o V Spirits The' subscriber begs,to return his sincfero •"•'*’ thanks- to his customers and the public generally, foi the/liberal patronage extend* ed to hint in .the past, and by furnishing the ■ ■ " ‘. •.'-.A • Rest Articled . -r:AT THE— , Renmerative ■ Auditors, the fortneT by the council and the latter . by his Wdrshib the Mayor. ’.Dr* Tayloi<%yas re appointed .. High School trhstee. Oti motion; bile regular,meeting night was fixed-for- the first Friday in- the month. The deputy-Reeve-bi’ought'up. the ques- tion of removing the snow; from our >s’de Walks. ‘ After a slight discussion it was referred to the P. W. Commit:. te.e;“ The.following were....elected as' 41Le stickingCommittee : Reeve,-de puty-Reeve,. Campion, Butler, Col- bornh’ 'rhe.Comnrittee.afi.eria short absence..presented the following te/ port which was adopted.by the Conn* cil ^(jenteterif—; Johh’st6nv(chaii'niimj, ‘Brigham,. Cantblot),' McLean," Muri.- ney. . Court ■ of Hevi ion. ■ Afeiyoiy - (chairman). Reeve,dep.-Reeve, Cam-- pion, Butler. f'7w</«cr.--Colboi1he, (chairtpan , Acheson.'Campion, Hum-" •b^r, Dufllop. Fire.—Butler, (chair-- , man), Acheson, McLean, Miirney, 1 Cantelon. ^Harb'/r. —Lee, ;chairinan^), Murney, Cantelon, Dunlop, McEwen . Ala rket.-nCa tnerdn, [cha 11 m an J ,D u n -. ,lo.p, McEwen, Bingham, Humber,-. Printing hnd ■ if applies.—■ Johns toir [chairhian], Lee,Bingham, Campion^ Golbbrne. / iiblie■ II or/cs.—Bingha.m, [chairman], Lee, Butler, McLean; ,Col borne., McEwen,-11 timber, .Mur ne.y; CAmeron. .-R. fir/'.—Mayori*" (chair man'., Jlunfaeri Abbeson, Dunlop, Cat) telAn. * !.i>'pt’cial..—yf ay or,' [chair- dian], Reeve,-dep-.Re.dve, Butler, Col- borne, McLean,. Lee, ■ Acheson, -\lc- Ewen, Campion. The! Council then adjourned to the first Friday in Feb .i’uary, ‘ ’(Jodericii Township. .! Mrs. Geo* xMiddfeton is on. the sick “list. ’ • • . Mr. Jacob Slieplierd is away to Oil Springs’,‘visiting old scenes? Mr. W/Clai-kof the oth con , hurt his-wrist badly .some-timeJ has now about recovered rold time use of the limb; contrary to fears^jilertiuned at one time. Mr. J. G--. Steep,.of the 10th con., has sold his heavy draught bay team/ -lo_AIr,_M:c.M;ihQn,.qf Seaforth, and A. M. Polley, of. Goderi’cli, "for^B 10. This is considered a good figure. J. G. is always-on the safe side- Preadljing at Sharon MethodiSt church by Mr. Birks jr. at half past ten in the morhi.ng next Sunday. Couileil met at Holmesville,, Monday. - The old officers, with , the exception .of Collector, wer.e' re-appolnted at former .sal aries/ Mr. Stanley- declined the Collector- ship at former salary and Mr.' Samuel Johpston was appointed i.n his.place at tlie ^old Pay There is lio ddubt tliat lie -will, satisfactorily uerform his duties.' . Your desperately funny cotcin. pub lishes a slightly altered version ' of- "out . township “annual race” fallen from an ' old issue of a Godyrich /pitper__Tlie1 changes that are mado'havt notmurii im proved the stylo or matter. The successful .Candidate for reeve is "said to have been ‘groomed .^political mountobanks,,’ Which is neither, elegant nor true. His unsuc cessful compctifarSyastaffiedwith,‘‘groom- btl— by‘tlnr"Scott^Cri?8IRT‘-’nibne oi tlibSe" getting cream from the township treasury.1'' A nasty animus is again shown when the deputy-rcevo elect is said to be “kiiowi) as Windy Tontine, gropttietl by-the same, gentleman” as his colleague. Well, tho owiior of Tontine ’can indeed clearly ex press himself ami keep it-iip. The res pected unsuccessful opponentofthc deputy- rcevo is very funnily I called “Black Favor ite, and the.re is not a star in his pedigree. ” Now, if over a gentleman in tiro town ship, can dis-claim being !‘black” it is Mr. John Cox, and if any one can lay claim to" tho possession of the “whito flower of a blameless life” it is him.' The slur of hay- . ing no sla)' in his pedigree is most uncal led for. I have known himself, Ips father" and graidfatlier anfl challenge his trafluc- er to show three generations where “pod?- groe" is more honorably brightened with stars thaiu.ljfailjoL^k!(=^hn‘ii Reeve and -deputy-Reeve elect will not be much hurt Ijy their slanderer. Tho elect ors know all about them and have endorsed their past course,' As to the Reeve dining and wining at the expense of the corpora tion,'* it g* ri without saying is a villainous' lie, , ' Varna. The Stahley District Orange Lodge .met on.Tuesday JoLlasUweek.^Rros, John Pollock and Jas. Reid were re elected Master and Deputy*. • TENDERS -WANTED St, Paul’s Church Sunday School CjEALEb TENDF-rTrIU Vo- received bt tho Q OeMlghed, lip to 2nd of Fobnmty, Ito, nt ft O’clock, p.m., tor tho erection .of »rid buildintr, ilddrotsod ftftd marked “Tcridoro.” Plans and rtpceldcatlon* ran bOKCcrtiH-htiyWipo Sooner, at, It M. RAORY’B 8T4)RE. W Tender for’the pnrehiuio of tho old School House will also bo received nt the same time. ... .. . «W.W. OUMM, Mill ■ lie liopcs tofmcrit a- continuance df '"tl!J -"*7" . salne. .. ■' ..-^^7' He would specially rocom.mond a trial of; ! ' his .Direct iMPoterATioN^’-of the-yiERt- zl . JiesL^kan.W_oL_BR ANDIESjt ‘ VVlNES and. HOL-LxiND~GlNSrsuitable~^ forfaiedicinal. purposes and family use/ ,: . /Bass’ Ale and GuiNNESft’ Router,4ft '! bottles.—piiifa or quarts.' Canadian Ales and Pouter, Carlino &. Davies LagER - constantly oivlfrmd; ' ' Just received; in prime condition, Mon 'treal G ing er Ale, ChamFaone.Cidek , Plain "Soda..’ " ; 1^^6'oZe :Ayerd fm'-6odeidtl^lerT~¥~r N.ROBSON ; ALBERT STREET cilHTON- V;22-lir. • • ' 03 '*»*> -Of. ■ LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FLOWS ROOT & STRAW CUTTING BOXES, CORN SHELUBBS, S rs P* . g » us M §° E‘^ 5■ 2 ■C35 ** *» ' .S U£-*« < 13°-2~ 'H s.ssi/a. ■ 1*1 g ‘INTERNATIONAL AND COL- ■ ■ 0NIAL EXHIBITIONS. Antwerp in-1885—Londoninl886, IT Is the intention to have a Canadian- reprC* senfatidn st the InternationaI. EXiiibitiox at An twerp,’ commencing ip May , 1S86, nMd afBOat the CobosiAb and Indian Exuimtior in London in 1880. - w . .. .............1 . j ............ Tho Govornmont will defray the coat of freight in convoying Canadian Exhibits to Antwerp, and from Antwerp to London,, and also of returning them to. Canada in tho event ot thoir not being sold. All Exhibits, for Antwerp should he ready "for nhipmoht not later than the first week in March next. ■' Thcso Exhibitions, It is believed, wilt afford favorable opportunity for making known' tho natural Capabilities, and nianiifoCcur'ing and industrial progress of the Dominion.' L” /?LrchJarS and forms containing moro pafticu* lar information may bo obtained by letter1 (post frea) addressed.to the Department of Agricul* tore, Ottawa. , ‘ . By Order, ' ■ , JOHN LOWE, ’ . Secy., Dept, of Agrie; Department of Agriculture, 1 Ottawa, December 10th, 1884. f And all Implements used on a farm as Good as tho Best, and as Cheap as the Cheapest, at J. B.WEIH’S . IMPLEMENT WAREROOMS,