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luron. Record,
hiton.Wcdncaday, July
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"V
E BROW RED, BRONE ED,
BA TTEJ^R, BEARDED-
The Expositor holds that the On-
, tral Scott Act association must ren
der aid to tb© Commissiouers and
Inspector in the performance of their
duties, The Central Association as
ahody should have nothing to do in
aiding the legally constituted officers.
As individual members of society
they have every right to aid in hav*
ing Scott Act law and all other law
respected. As we have taken the
Tibet ty ‘to remark on a former occas
ion, this banding together of a body
of citizens to have the law applied
upon one particular class of nien
savors strongly of conspiracy. It is
a sort of Lynch law, if not really
uiob law, this endeavor to enforce
statutory law by means of the Cen
tral Association or any other Asso
ciation, All statutory law worthy the
name is accompanied by provisions
for its enforcement. If there is ’no
■From^Halifax to the Rockies dur*
B the last few days there lias been
■’ loud acclaim of “Braise God and
■nor Our Citizen Soldiers.” Never
Hee the days of Jacques Cartier or
H the matter of that never on the
Htiirffixt;x>f America, in -fact never--statutory provision made for thp en-
Hwlier© snipe the foundation of
H world - bavgxlyM'oes- humbly ot
Hldy born been so .deservedly .and
Hwdll received as were the Cana-'
Hn volunteer© io^ various par-is of
Hiadii on'their recent return heme
er'Uaving confounded1 the enemies.
>uY' country. It was-not the emp-
pageant of glory they sought;
was not the empty pageant of
ry they received. It was solid-
vice to^tW^ountry “our boys-’’
dcred ; that solid service tliey
dered. And they received from
jr? thousands of' fellow citizens
h honor as we believe was never
ore rendered by a free people to.
ir fellows.', We need not go back
the plains of; .Macedon nr’ .tlie
•ning sands of Egypt for memories
lerpic deeds and valorous actions
I a people grateful therefor,- We
’e n;ade history in this Canada of
s; such history as down the pro-
ctive line of Canadian futurity*
,11 tin ill1 posterity and nerve the
patriot arm for all time.
The doings in Toronto • were
nense. 100,000 spectators lined
pavements. “Five solid miles of
•tureiis-greeting” says the News;
done can condone many of the
entricities of the News for its ex-
ift&ve report, of the proceedings
I the spirit which, evidently anin •
d.-'it's -writers in their unapproach-
eFdescriptive account of-*4he ra
tion of-the Queena-0w-n-and- t-he-
itli R°y&l Grenadiers in Toronto,
From' the News.
twas a royal welcome.
ffie scene was-’utterly impossible -to
c'ribe. All the" way down Yongs
set was a "’perfect sea of many bats.
. floati g handkerchiefs,, and a cori-
iied‘ uninterrupted chorus- of joyous
u ts. . _ _ ___ ■ . •
dl- the fervour of gUdsom-e; happy
rts was in these cheers. And there
:e sobs in them too, for many a time
voices broke-in the middle, of joyous,
is, and the crowds turned away .with
ring breastB and eyes surcharged
h tears, only to come back again in a
d vv.hitl of glad ,acc!amatiou. - With a
wd, hoarse n' w and of.en forced'to
illness, the service soiled braves wheel
j Queen street. Every head is proud,
ct, and the light of inspiration flashes
tn eyes filled with the tenderness which
lesofjdy.- 'l'hcy are back. Here in
town whifeb loves them, which-has
it the kiiee.in prayer for -them, which
.followed with the solicitous eye of
foud mother tlieir far away wander-
s7' Back iri tlie?town which"wouTd'
her them under her wings as a ben
hers her chickens. No bugle blast, no
,t of drum, uo pageantry of victorious .
r could add. to this scene. Spontane-
-bad-robbed-the-reception-of-any-st-udi’--
foTmalitieS In the-morning a man
jht have- sftiff to himself “I will'.elreer
and-so.” ' ‘ ( will stand quietly in the-
de and add my moiety to ,th& sounds
rejoicing. I'll do this, and L’ll do
I." But- be flidn’t do any of the things
laid himself lout to do. The delirium
jraise was infectloWB . It caught him
vhirled him along with the crowd, it
de his pulse, throb, and blinded his
s with the welling drops which spring
m an overflowing heart. On they,
ue, their clothing rent and ihcongru-
>ly patched, the rifleman greeD turned
lusty grey, and the British red coait
color of sun-dtied_ brick. The wide,
ospitable stretches of prairie withits
g, harsh grass, the muskegs of black,
duotis n.uck, the bivoun.c in the pierc-
; cold ftnd the weary walks under the
3tering sun, the liger lilies, the prairie
vers the scented lav, the stomach,
ose only and often cry was "grub,” life
t, the frost, tbt^stifling heat, the de-
Sj—t-tie-dienppoTtrmifTns~-tlre alarms;-
relentless arm, the struinir.g sinews,
“bloody eye" of the deadly encounter,
e plaints of the wounded, the gasps of
; dying, the tears, the sad farewells of
ir companions led by mysterious disso-
ion into the sun abbs of gloomy death,
obscene freighter and his mules, the
iher with the gesticulating tail, the
rle red man and his ignoble parasites
rwtl-d-fowHs—piping cry, the graceful,
l-eyed antelopes, the beautiful sunset,
warm palm to palm partin s and the
t.caresses by soon forgotten fairies in
or towns.the cheers, thegod-speeds,lhe
id-byes of citiesand hamlets and, other ■
ngs, were cleared away and not’ re-
mbere.cL_.jcfw,. _.Even. „.thei, f veniiig
eze which touched tlteir tanned cheeks
I boro far afield the sweet petfumes of
•flowers they wore'"6eemed to caress
m famiharly. The fluttering ffigs,
. never-fading evergreens, life tiiiimp-
arches drove away all thoughts of
asient cares and heart harassing grief.,
I. the gardens-of living beauty, in nil
•witchery of modem attire, spread be-
i them in every window, the warm,
broil th'rr. g crowds which flanked nn$
b'shU upon them, told them that they:
■e in their own Irome, and that it was'
lining hum to its bosom as the gentle
liter strai'tis her best belOyerl babe
l remember Hair going awfy. You'
ember 'h it it was mfcti who cheered,
slocked arms, w^th them, who sang-
shouted and daririgd witlrgleh
ember that tlie wothan who always
c on danger with a -shudder of ap-
Mtnsion, timidly witnessed the depar.
S from belli nd the sbeltcrifig curtains
lose cabs and window, draperies, lest
r tear dimmed ejesShould sho\v their
knegs and tlieir fears. All tlrie is
aged. I.ndies, dainty belles aril those
>sc hands show tlie wearing marks of
aily lab-ir, arc no longer timorous
vo and good and beautiful, they, press
,va>d to the ranks, cling for all in»
t to near ones as they pass, pin fav-
en their brave breasts, shehfi tlreip by
hand,’laugh out cheering words, and ‘
1 ffill back to cry. All restraint is
aside. CJnen,distitictionis are leveled
he'wild rush to do honor to the lads
i step'p. d uiibesitatinglv aa-d fearlessly
the breach made in its peaceful life
far distiuit antagonisms. One hnri.
I thousand n en and women and fifty
iSiind children make this a day which
bn renumbered in Canada so long a?
jri'Fsent generation lasts—-malic it ft
an for Canadian nati nality which
echo hi the days to corno.
ke inniiiitoug franchise bill we
forcemeat of the Scott Act, it must
be taken for granted that there was
no intention -to enforce it. If the
law was ever intended to be enforced
let the public use the means legally
provided to do so. But we must
take exception to a lot of men band
ing'o> conspiring together and' con
tributing money to injure any one in
pocket or purse ; let the proper legal
funclionarieH attend _to. that. If
they are remiss in their duty the
Government will look after them if
foimal complairit is made. 1
' From the Expositor.
. The Central Scott Act Association must
’render the necessary aid to the Commis
sioners and Inspector.in. the performance,
of theirduties, and mustalsosee that these
functionaries do faithfully perform the
duties for which they are so liberally paid.,
Tf’ie Government it so'ems depend ' upon1
the Commissioners and inspectors to en
force the law the- same as the similar offic
ers did. under the Crocks- Act. This being
the ease it becpnies these officers.to be up,
and doing. Thus far’they . have done
practically nothing. From the Commis
sioners wo do. not expect much. We have
a right to expect that the Inspector owill
faithfully and vigorously discljarge—tlnr
duties for tlie performance of which he is
so well paid, and it is the duty o,f,tho cen
tral coihmittee to s'ee that he does^so, and
if he fails, to report his failure to the Gov
ernment, The-Inspector for this county
is, wo believe, Mr, H. W. Ball, of Goder
ich, It"is now time lie was at work and
earning his salary.. -He should give.Up his
puddling .arid hair splitting about Blue
Ribbon Bebr and devote his attention to"
the more deleterious substances such as.
- whisky and strong beer. So long as these
are1 sold,-and in many places almost open
ly;, the sale of Blue Ribbon- beer is-a very
trifling consideration. If he will but . ex
tended Iris researches to '.the town oLSea-
• forth; he will find something a good deal-7
more injurious to tlielmriiaiTsystein to en
gage his attention .than Blue Ribbon’Beer.
•ThifsTarj- Wntisrsayllie AcFFksffiotTegir ■
enforced as well as it should be. /
ene© to Uoj whether he I« tried b
Regina or Ottawa whether th©
court sits iff th© Northwest or in
Ontario. Ilia guilt can he proven
by hundreds of living witnesses; it
cries to heaven in thousand-tongueJ
voices as the yet ascendine fumes of
the blood of our slain fellow subjects,,
of all. races, are being borne upward
from the drenched soil. Even should
it come out upon his trial that be
was to some extent the vicarious
instrument of designing politicians
in the Northwest and older Canada,
such fact© should not rnlioyg him of
the full measure of responsibility for
his monstrous wickedness. His sec
retary, W. H. Jackson, has Jieen
acquitted on the insanity dodge.
Kiel will try the 8ame-4odgev, His
incoherent diary was evident ly kept
by him for the present contingency.
All we have to say is that Riel is
responsible. vSufficent authentic evi
dence lias aheady been published to
secure his convictioiu Judge and
jury cannot but find him guilty of a
capital offence. No power on earth
can save him but tlie Executive, and
it dare not interfere to pardon, how-
everjffiuch it might wish to delay the
carrying out of the sentence.,
ffV/b - 7;S''A’^P&VN72?Z£’ ?
Out of all the -windy harangues
touching pn who is' responsible for
the rebellion a very .terse answer‘
H,csn be eliminated—it is tlm late
Mackenzie Government primarily/
and Riel secondarily, • that must be
held responsible for. the rebellion'
and its- attendant deplorable loss of.
life and waste, of millions cf money.
The High Court of Manitoba .and
of the Northwest. Territories, by a-
document under the hapd and seal-
'-of the late Chief Justice E. B. Wood,
-ni'eulKn^-EoutFlR'ieI -‘‘an outlaw ac?
;e©rdiiig to- the law and custom of
England,’’ That attainder rested
against Riel until the H,on. A^ex.
Mackenzie/ori* his motion and by an
Act of the Parliament of Canada, of.
which he-was at tl>e4jtrie Premier,1
removed it. The Mackenzie Gov
ernment pardoned Itiel subject to
several -years banishment. ..Had not
such ■ an... Act. been passed, Riel
would uot have dared tb come in o
Canada, because he would then have
been liable to arrest for -the murder
of Seott and for treason-felony. The
Mackenzie Government relieved him
of 11is disability, removed his liabiU
ity to arrest, consequently, that Gov
ernment is primarflyrespoimihle for
the outcome of its positive and di
rect act of iegislatipn..-, .We . cannot
try timt Government in. a court,of
justice;’ Tlioug,h many of the mem
bers are Still living.; in their corpor-
ate capacity they are dead. It is a
pity they could" not be tried; -for
there is the strongest, recorded evi
dence of their .*guilt.' Arid they-
certainly deserved; banging for that'
priFact/ I'lieiF■pirqdtTof~EllcJ7^ AT7
though they set the monster at liber-
t^ to again preFuporPbur people,
they cannot be reached, more is the
pity, for those gentlemen, through
their spokesman, Mr. Blnke, have
th© hardihood to publicly-suite that
they will ^libld John A.- Macdonald
personally responsible” for the mani
fest result of their own iniquitous
legislation, Iliffi being freed from
tlm trammels.of outlawry came back
JtbX!uimila^„.He.o)-gai4zed an armed-
force against the constituted author
ities pf-this Dominion. He is not
©nly^mponBible for thurobeilipn but
he actually took part in it, There
is riot the faintest shadow of a doubt
about it. Can I here be. any doubt
who is responsible J Can there exist
a doubt in the mind of any man in
Canada, that Riel is responsible?
We should think not. There is no.
harm* in prejudging his case, Jle is'
rospon-dbl©—responsible to - the ex*
tent that his life should poy the
forfeit., Wo- hear some say that
sounds vitidiclive. Bosh I Justice
is not vindietivenoss. Throw away
all the verbiage abbut grievances
and jurisdiction. Riel Imd no gfies
vances, He says he is an American
citizen, That makes his offence still'
more heinous, Sulijeot er citizen
he is amenable to the courts of this
NA VE THE PEOPLE SPOKEN ?
0. ----------------- • ...
The wave is stilLrolling onward.
Either by the exercise of the will of
the people or from non-exercise of
that will the wave of sumptuary
legislation is still eweeping on.
County aftev county is coming under
it. Among, tho counties where the
Scott Act has recently been passed
we find that'of Ontario. -We have
grave doubts whether the Act is
carried in one county in ten by the
will of the people. It, is open Lq
question whether the people, have
really spoken at the polls. It may
be said that it is their own fault if
■ they have not. They have had tlie
opportunity, and if they have-not
done so they must bear the conse
quences of their apathy.
Pntting the merits of the Scott
Act to'one side for the present, we
would just now'point out bow very
far the carrying of the ScDtt Act is
from being an assured index, of the
voice of- the peop’e. We will take
the county of Ontario which w©
have already referred .to and where-
the Act was carried the other day
by.a majority ofor th© Actr
of the votes polled. There are about
13,000 votes in the county. 5,474
votes were polled ; 3,413 for, .2,061
against. . Not nearly one half the
..A’.Q.t.e.ra.„..polled. their...votes,—so_.that
certainly the people did not speak.
But we find that only about 9,000,
voted at tlie last, general elections
for the-Local. Well, even then only
a fraction over one half of the num
ber. of' votes rirdinarily polled were
taken, on the. Scott Act. Whether,
if th© ordinary vote had been polled,
liquor wm obtained at hotels which
were formerly licensed would be a
gross violation of the truth* But
oo these public beewiions probably
every third man on© would meet
bad his “pocket pistol,” probably
filled out of hie jar, keg or barrel
V«tf©re he left bpme, and it ia quite
within the ©cope of probability to
say that more spirit© have been
drunk on pqblio daya in Huron
since theMst May, than during any
similar period in the history of the
courity.
It must, however, be conceded
that a few habitual drunkards have
been benefitted. TbW class, cannot
get liquor so easily as formerly and
consequently have becomo abstain
ers. Whether the benefit to these
few is not in great danger of being
more than offset by the very strong
temptation to many moderate drink
ers to hecome tipplers through the
^seductiveness incidental to “drinking
on the sly,” and by the still more
pernicious system of having a/‘bar”
in nearly every house or cellar, is
worthy of serious consideration. It
may be asked ; What are you going
to do about it ? We are afraid tliere
is r*o remedy, but moral suasion and
Christian enlightenment; or the total
suppression of the manufacture of
liquoi s except for strictly medicinal
purposes ; or a high license system ;
or permission to sell and buy beer,
cider and wines o.Qly, under restric
tions similar to those of the Crooks
Act, We would like to see the Scott
Act get a fair trial, but we do not
think it will get what might be
termed a fair trial owing to the
great bulk of public sentiment being
against,Jit; and that anti-sentiinent
is largely to be found “among those
who were too indifferent to vote on
the matter and among many of those
who voted for.it wiihout any inten
tion of holding its provisions binding
.as against themselves. The people
.have not yet spoken on the Scott1
-Act. _
. o BpiTORlA L NOTES.
The Hamilton Spectator says:
“August Bismark was knocked,
senseless and remembered nothing
until lie recovered consciousness
•again.” Even Homer nods. Surely'
there is . nothing remarkable qbout
Bismark not being conscious while'
he-is unconscious. ...' ..'h——
spent on them pot to tome belter
use. But no sooner did this class
of moulders of public opinion find
that “war’s dread alarum” had been
sounded, tba> -dire civil war was
actually the oufoome of their coquet
ting with treason, than these, same
grumblers did “right about face” and
grumble because there were not
more volunteers. I£ut their reason,
apparently,' IM. more volunteers
were wanted - was pot that of those
, who' wished Abe x©be),lion subdued,
but i»tWr, the equivflQfiir.njm that
one halfbreed'wks equal to ten vol
unteers. All iJanada and tho greater
portion 'of the cixilizedworld ia how
ringing with tlie plaudits of those
volunteers whom traitorous Canas
dian grumblers despised. as not worth
fifty cents a day, c
t
Gen. Grant’died last Thuraday
morning. The world moyrns the
death ’’of a notable arid in many
reripteta a great man. The Ameri
can war* produced, probably, greater
strategists, but h©ri© with an equal
amount of tfie £>axpn and Wellings
. tonian virtue of calm, dogged per.
severance, which, though not brils
Tiant, usually commands success.
He was more fortunate in war than
io*commerce, and bis last days were
clouded by" pecuniary difficulties
brought on. by -a dishonest partner.
His nam© wilt--live as long
American history.- He was of
Scotch descent.
a»
The Globe "wants to know if any
one can conceive of ’William of
Orange as a member of Parliament
introducing a Bill to incorporate* the
Loyal Orange Association. Weil no.:
He jyas too . modest a statesman.,to,
-perpetuate his memory by act of
Parliament. , ■ ' . "
Parliament voted its members$500-
each as an extra Sessional indemnity."
Our sapient cotem tljinks it.ono of
,the result would have.been different
we shall not be rash enough to ex-,
press an opinion;"but it is quite clear
that the people did not speak. Then
again in Middlesex where tl-e Act
carried by about 3,000, we find that
only 8,000 out of a possible 21,’000
votes were polled. The same apathy^
and want of speaking out on the
Seott Act Is observable' in' Bruce,
Simcoe and other counties. To come
down to our own county pf Huron
we find " thet tlie“Seott Act carried
here by a majority of 1,659 in hri
.actual vote pc lied of only 9,928, out,
of a possible vote of 14,000. The
people have not spoken in Huron in
favor of the Act, Only'5,-793. voted
for. the Act out of 14,000 .that could
i speak out on it. ,
All will agree that we haveqbown
that the people, have not spoken for.
or against the Scott Act. irF"tlie"
counties we have named, and they
are'a fair sample of how1 the public'
have voiced on the. Scott Act in the
great inajai'it.y-of-caHes where a vote
has been taken oil. i’t. Not only do.,
statistics" show ' that the people, a
majority—an appreciable majority
of the people—have not spoken for or
against the. Act, .but observation
will show, that if they did speak it
would be adverselyi; The moral that
we would deduce from tliisTs that
public sentiment, is not up ta-ur' j’n
accord with Mhe Act; and that so
long as public fiei/tinient is not in
accord with any.- law “it will be vir
tually a dead letter. •?A«d yet peo
ple sbemT surprised 7t!iSt tlie” Aet^
not enforced. There'should "be-no-
cause for surpriso, for .we know
that* many who voted for the Act
will violate its .provisions, and’ the
great mass of the Unpolled yoters
will do the same. Frobaffily two-
thirds of the people of Huron, do not
believe that the provisions 1 of the
ScOtt Act should be enforced against
themselves, but'would -have no ob
jection to its-enforcement as against
- their—neig h bora, Betweeir tlrs in
difference of.tho.se wlfo did nqt vote
at all, tlie apathy and evasion of
many of those-who Voted for the
Act, arid a continued opposition' to
it by a majority Of those who voted-
against it, the outlook for riny mark
ed decrease in the consumption of
spit its is not very promising, though
the compfiKatively innocuous beer
-rnay.be given a wide beith.
Many ^conflicting statements
made with regard to the wa/
Seott Act him bo far worked
Ilurori, The pros and antis both
falsify the actual elate of affairs.
That a greet deal of drinking is still
doh© in Huron i© quite apparent.
That many families ke©p beer and
spirits in their hriiifles who’ never
kept it before we know for a fact],
and are credibly informed of sepres
of similar cakes outside our personal
That on any public day
are
the
in
Goods Still Further Reduced
IN PRICE.
JOHN C. DETL0R & 00.,
CRAIB’S OLD STAND CLINTON
* •
on whom rests the guilt of this late
rebellion.... _.
The Montreal Gazette (Tory} says
.that Sir Cartwright’s speech in the
House in seconding, the Hon. Mr.
Caron’s thanks to the volunteers
was “graceful and patriotic, for he
is an ardentACauadian.” While* $ir
Richard’s swords and manner-on that
occasion may have been graceful and
gentlemanly; ;we cannot accept the
Gazette’s dictum that he is a patriot
ora true Canadian, Sir Richard’s
persistent belittljpg of the country
and his able, though futile, endeavors
to ruin its fiuanciaPstancling, stamp
him as neither a patriot, nor a true
Canadian.’. By the.Wqy, the absurd
rumor that Sir Jjtiyhard will be taken
‘ into theDablnel is justri. littl^too far
cical/ for anything. , Water and oil
don’t’mix. ' ’
year, instead of a loss of $2,000 in
the summer, I made $2,500 besides
what I paid for'advertising. I have
kept it up ever since. That was the
most expensive lesson I ever learned,
but it was the most instructive and
the most remunerative. If I had to
start in business again, as poor as
when I started, I would make it a
-rule to spend at least one half of
what my rent cost in advertising in
home~papefe. I would not|waste it
in cheap methods, butT would spend
it judiciously in the best and high-
priced department.”—Albany Journ
al.‘ ' ' ■_____", , *’
RIEL RESPONSIBLE.
REV. MR. GORDON LAYS ALL
THE BLAME OF THE RE-,
BELLTON ON THE
ARCH-TRAITOR,
The preacher spoke of the results
that might be expected from the re
bellion. Qn.eyery hand there was evi
dence of the power and promptness of
Canada in suppressing the rebellion
and in laying the hand of justice so
quickly on the worst ringleaders of.
among the Indians, which has raised
our country in the eyes of those be
yond our boundaries, and has given
an assurance and protection to emi-,
grants and settlers. Its results on
the halfbreeds and Indians we'may
not so quickly forecast, It broke out
among the halfbreeds, and yet they
were misguided .tools rather than
traitors, many of them forced by fear
to take up arms.. On the leaders
THE HAND OF JUSTICE SHOULD FALL
FIRMLY,
for leniency to them would be cruelty
to the country; but for the others we
must have mercy.1 ,; ' . *
CURRENT TOPICS.
Sir John’s schemes to silence his’op-
ponen ts. If i t was* Sir J ph n’s w.ork
and that was Ihb object he eyidently
succeeded,? -for the Grjt members
pocketed the money without squeal-
irig. ' ' '
- The Globe admits that the'long-
winded tirades of Blake, Cameron
et al did.not secure a single convert
in Parliament. But the Hamilton”
receiyed^Guvernment-printing I and
how could it Be expected, asks the’
fllobe-, that |members- of PaHiament
could be converte^yinder such a state
of things! We give it tip.
,.FATHERU?ACQUET’ssTORY.'.. --
“On the 18th March I was nlay-
ing nt St. Laurent, four miles from
Duck Lak©. About fifteen minutes
before midnight, just aa..I, was going
to . sleep, soineone’“knocked at the
door. It was Louis Riel. Two men
were with him, .Dumas and Moise
’"Quellettej’Jackson,TwlliST thinkAWC
insane, was also at the missjjOn at
therUm.e^..LWJiriii^ieL got in be be
gan to say, in a loud voice : ‘The
TPro-VisoireJa declared^- aiid Ave-have
' goUfive-prisoners already I’ "‘I have
already destroyed theiold Romain,
-and have7 a uhw'Tppe; Tkruirbisho^?
'Bourget]’ Arid to me he* said :
‘Ybu are to obey me.’ ' I said I
would neVer obey him. ‘If you will
hot,’'be..replied, ‘the-churciies will
stand, but they- -will stand empty.’
Among the other outrageous things
he said : ‘You are in. danger here;
1 have got an affidavit against you,
and will get some Indians to fix
you.’ Rid stayed there t-wp hours,
at on© time kneeling and calling on
the Holy Spirit, and then calling
out : ‘To-morrow morning I will
■ -go^rffi’defftToy--tlra’-RffidTCTS“aTrd--a;t’
■night*"! •will ’gO arid' driBtt'riy Fort"
Cai Item.’ His eyes we’re dike -the
devil’s, lie is not mad this Riel; he
Eas a veo'y good ntindf ^dt he is ex,
tremely wicked." • '-
The Hand of Justice Must Fall
on tlje Rebel Leaders.
The Rev. Mr. Qprjlon,” of . Knox
Church, Winnipeg, preached two" stir
ring sermons, Sunday, morning and
evening, on the happy ending of the
Northwest, uprising and the cause of
it,. In his evening discourse,tihe laid
great "stress upon the personal re
sponsibility of Riel. While, he said,
some learned the Governtnent and
some the Opposition; there wasi no
doubt that upon this one discontented
spiriF rested the great .crime. Re
ferring to tile dyils of partyisin as
west he said tbpse'evils can be par
alleled in other . Provinces; an.d so .far
as any real grievances were concern^,
cd, over and over again .
THS HALF-BREEDS TOLD US THEY HAD
"NO GRIEVANCES,
and many of them seemed to have
ing for. There wore unsettled^claims
no doubt, -and -the delay in settling
these was used by some as a plea for .
discontent1 and- agitation and-rebelbr
ionj; but there were other and far;
mote powerful nillucnces at-jgark-;-
GODERICH.
Mr. Eugene Carey is spendings
few-days in town.
Miss Wynn has returned to town
alter a long absence visiting.
Mr.. Jas. Doyle left on the Saginaw
Valley for Saginaw, last Thursday.
Friday is the regular meeting night
of the town Council*
The United Empire was in -port
early last Wednesday morning.
... Miss Middleton,:.of Qshawa, is the
guest of her'Aunt Mrs. J. Elwood. •
Mr, E. C. Russel is away this week
on a business trip. .
Mr. Fred Widder visited Stratford
^and Toron to1 last week,- ' ’ .,
Mr. E; Campion left on Thursday
-foiMutirif) per tbe SagihayTValley.
Regular mfeetingmight of the Com
mon School Boarci next Monday.
Mrs. Thom is in town visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs-M^ Hutchison.
. Miss Grace Polley spent a few days •
in Seaforth last wfeek. . ' .
. Mr.-Fre'd. Bond, of Galt,, was in
town for a few days last week.
Mrs. Vesey Elwood was, visiting in
town last week, -
Miss Savage, of Detroit, is. the guest-
of Miss McGregor. . ...
’-^-AAn excessively hot~daylastrThurs^
dayr^’ ■’ 7' ... .. •
Mr. William -Basham returned from -
Mr. and Mrs. Tanner, after a abort
visit to the lady’s old home, have re
turned to Toronto.
Capt. Cox did riot gain by his visit
to a London hospital, his health being
no better than when he undertoek
the journey.
The brick addition to the residence
of P. Adamson, Esqr., our County
Clerk, now completed, greatly im
proves the gentleman’s prpperty,
M. Hutchison and F. W. Johnston,
Esqs.', of this town, were among "the
visitors at the’ inauguration of the
baby city, Stratford.,
The schooner “Garibaldi,” with
lumber for Secord & Co., made her
berth in this port on Thursday eve
ning.
A1 number of the. disciples of Isaac
Walton made .a good haul of the
speckled ones at the creek last
Thursday. r ■
Rev. Mr. Steele, of St. Stephen’s
Church, Goderich township,, preached®
mprning and evening in St. George s'
last Sunday.
The scow Victoria was in this
ha”fbor last week with a cargo of
hoops and staves for Bates and At
kins.
■ Th© schooner Enterprise, from
Port Albert, unloaded, a car load of
lumber at the G.'T. wharf last Satur
day.
The Big Mill shipped large quan-
of flour, and Secord & Co., a ,large
amount of lumber per G.T.R. last
week. ' . ; »-
The owner of the wrecking, tug
that is trying to raise the steamer
Quebec at the Sault, will, if successful,'
^receive eight thousand dollars.
If it is true “‘.hatr. every dog has his
day” if is equally true that the cals
behind where we live have. every’
■ night- ■.. ' ' 1
Judge Doyle and liis-sister Miss
-Annie, are expected home late in Au.
gust, .they having left-France on their
return journey last week. '■
7 The attendance at the Roller Skat
ing Rink last- Friday evening was
very’large, and the amusemen t excel
lent.
Mr. T. McGillicuddy, of the Signal,
left last week for Muskoka ori a
month’s pleasure' trip.* •Mr,. D. Mc
Gillicuddy. officiates during his broth
er’s absence.:'----- -
The Saginqw Valley reached, bar-*
:bof shortly before ten on -Sunday
evening " followed in 20 minutes , by
the Oconto. Both steamers were
crowded with . passengers -most of
whom were round trip ones.
Mrs.- E. Doyle/ Who Arrive^ by. the
Saginaw Valley on Sunday' evening,
is tlie guest of her relatives, Mr. ami.
Mrs. Jas. Doyle.
Great.numbers of our people were
present at the harbor on Sunday .'
evening To witness the* arrival of the;
Saginaw Valley and Oconto. -
- Mr. Wm; anil Miss-Mary Ferguson,
son- and daughter of; our one time,
townsman, D- Ferguson, left for their
.....A
Hair Vigor
restores, with the gloss and freshness of
youth, faded or gray hair to, a. natural,- rials
brown color, or deep black, as may bo desired*
By its use light or red hair may bo darkened*
tliln hair thickeuod, and baldness often^
though not,always, cured, .
It check8"faTTing" of the hair, and stimu
lates a weak and sickly growth to vigor, It
prevents and cures scurf and dandruff, and-
heals nearly every disease peculiar to the-
scalp. As a Ladies’ Ilalr Dressing;, the
Vigob is .unequalled; It contains neither oil
nor dye, renders tho hair soft, glossy, and.
silken in appearance, and imparts a delicate,.
'’^agfoeal5Ie7ancTIasting perfumo. •
Mr. C. P, BnifHER writes from Afirfty, O... Jw/y 3,1883Last fall my hair commenced
falling out, and In a short time -1-becamo
nearly, bald. 1 used part, of a bottle of Avi-ih’s. Hair Vmon, wiiioli stopped the fall- '
ing of tlie hair, and started ;i.‘imw growth. I1
have now n full head of hair growing vigorously, and am convinced that- but tor the
uso of-yonr -preparation 1 should have been.” entirely b;ild.” ’
if. W. BOWEN, pro'prietor’of the ilfo.-trthur-
(Oilin') Kii<)iii)vr. says; “ AVER'S Hair Vigob is a most excellent; pvcpiifation for tlm hair. .
1 speak of it from - niy own experience. Jt3 ,
use promotes tlio growth of now hair, and.
makes it glossy and soft. Tlie Vigor is also-
a sure cure for dandruff. -Not within my
kno vle-lgt has the prepurntjuu ever failed to givo tmtlro satisfacliou.'’ . ...
Mr. Axnt’S Fairbairn, leader- of the-
celebrated “ Fairbairn Family ”-of Scottish.
Vocalists,-writes1 from-s/Woa, Alass., Feb. G, - -JtitJO;Ever since my lmir began to give sil
very evidence of tho cl;angc wlileh-Heeling
time procuieth’, I have used*AVer's Hair
Vigor, and so have been able to maintain an appearance of youthfulness—a matter of- 1 ,
considerable consequence to ministers, ora
tors, actors, and- in fact every quo who lfvva
in-the eyes o’1 the public.” , ' ’ •
Mrs. Q.- A. Prescott, writing from t« Fine
st.. Churl estow it, Mass., April 14, 18b‘2, says
*'TWO years ago about two-thirds of my hair caine off. It -thinned very rapidly, and 1 was
fast growing bald.’ - On usiiig.AYER'S Hair
Vigor the failing stopped and a new growth .'
commenced, an.d. in about a month my head ■- waa-conipletely^eovei'Cd:-With-Bhort--liairr^It^;-0*T~
has continued to grow,-and is now as good ns
before it.foll. I regularly used but orie bottle-
of the Vigor, but now use it occasionally as- '.
"a dressing/’
IVe have hundreds of similar testimonial#;
to tlie efficacy of AVer's IlArit Vigor. It 1 '
needs but a trial to conviuce the most skepti- ' '
cal of'its value, 1 ' • ■/■ ■
TRKPAREn BY.
Dr.'JrO,Ayer AC©., Lowell; Mass- . .
■ ./gold by all Druggists,. • 1 ;
,en on -Suntla;
Mrs. Stewart, of Belgrave, was in'.
■ town Qvei?Suii<layrthe guest of Mr..'
and Mr6?Thomas Mackenzie1.
A horrible, calamity is'in store for
^t-h©H^d^>is^f--trLHi-N-oji-ehk8tv-jeu;enalV-?—
.Mr.' .T. M.cG.' is-out of town. II© ''
writes bis paper-: “I will.write .you if I find, the fishing good. If not/ .
my pencil; will not write one jot for
publication While I am off on my holi
days. -'I'kerejure you will hope for ■
,gpodJis'iingHis readers will pro-
bably -pray that be may have “good
fishing.-1’ . . -• .. .
Mr. Jas. Clark , wjio was in town,
-from tlie fishing Islands, on Mondayr -
reports favorably as to the season’s-
catch, ‘ but -unfavorably as to the "
markets. While iti town Mr. Clark-,
disposed of $.60 won by the boats at'—
the Islands-.by 'banding f40 to. the- ■
-Mayor lot the poor, and. the balance
to a deserving fisherman. Wb liope- ;
our fishermen will continue to draw
full .nets from the’deep as their gen- 1
erosity deserves jt. •’ - - • ' -
• During; the dog days' Our Cd'unty1 •
officials have been trying.to solve the .* ■
following problem—“If a person
weighing loQ pounds hi in a hammock
what? is the strain, on each hook?”-
' As the answers varied from 15 to JOO
pounds our leading mathematicians, , ...
were .consulted, b*u”t so far a detiriit© / ...
conclusion bas; not' been reached.
We understand the next question.-1
for solution is the following—“ If a
■pdrsoirweighing 1 fiO^ouniU^ sitting—----
an .a stone step destroys three pMjjt*.
of parit.s and-weai’B away lialf an inch
of said step in three years, how many
pairs .of pants and how much of the
step “ would a person weighing 160 *
pounds destroy in the same time?”
Detroit oh Sunday. 77-^’■ .
Mrs. Torps and niece, of Barrie,.are
the guests of Mrs. Judge Toms.
The schooner Garibaldi left'for a
cargo of lumber on. Monday. . .
Mr. Albert Hastings who was in
town this week Was the, guest of his'
sister.Mrs. F/Jordan. •
One of our business men preached
on the Park grounds orr Sunday
evening. ■ ' . -
—The.Sidvation Army parades, the
past week have been attended, by
greatly reduced numbers. ?' *
Mr. John Ilyslop has returned from
these were but siyall. tributaries-to
the-stream; '
Mr. Gordon .went on . t'o sj)eak of’
tlje. halfbreeds. They Were •farininp',
tolerably .cd.uifoytal)l&, had'.a beauti
ful tract of country,, were accustomed
to depend largely on buffalo hunting
for maintenance, but the latter was
cut off in a stroke. They could-, they
thought with the .Indian., claim to' be
rightful owners of the soil. The
question with them was not so much
ICQ, or 320, cr 640 acres; it was the
.disappearance of the buffalo and the
-there—'was—a spirit -of- restlessness-
. there, which was ready to be-wrought
ou and ready to n^ake the-most of
Any slight or neglect or any injustice
..they, might suffer at the hands of the
Government. A-ncHyet this would
not have moved them t© rebellion had
not a force comb, in to urge them.
That"'forbe -was supplied by one
who«e former crimes had been passed
oyeKby a wretched compromise, but
who was ' ' .'
STILL HUNGERING FOR A PLACE AS
Leader . ' J
among^his-countrymen^and who has
forfeited all claims to tender treat
ment. Sift the causes of the late
‘war as you rnayj and One force, -one
man stands out in repulsive prorni-
nencei When those men on the banks
of tlie Saskatchewan sent for Riel—-
tfn invitation that was not unexpect
ed by him—they thought they were .'
using him-as their holper; we can
now see how skilfully he' was using
them, as his tools. Whether from
serious .conviction or from -traiforeta-
dbsigri. lie .cut loose from the creed of
the church in which lie had been
trainod, and steadily and skilfully
wrought on his simple-followers till
they admitted^ his claim to .be the
promisedTElias, ahtFaccepted him as
a heaven-born prophet arid deliverer.
On this^account men say he.is insane.
Tf so there is ar . -. , , ■ .
method in his Madness*
Tt is the-madness of one. who;.can-
hold a„ single ptirpos&r.’.firriily before
him till he persuades others to7 slTaro ^
.it; the madness1 of a«clever impostor,.
Had he been content with mere po
litical agitation lie might have been.,1
. left untouched; for piuch may be for
given to the political enthusiast.- But
as soon as-he .was- firmly- ©noUgh*set
in the faith of hi,s‘followers ho was
ready to’ take .arms against the’ au
thority of Governtnent. At the sable-
ra^let l°uff before his fol low
'^^f'eJs’had taken arms, before that so-
called Bill of Rights was published,
before any constitutional attempt was
inade to redresSpthe'so-callod griev
ances, hb llad hegn laying his trains
. among.tlie lndian .tribes, Jjli&ii WOUldL.
be ready to oxplodo whon he Xvould
light the fuse. The worst Indians of
the Northwest had been _ brought
under his influence by promise of un
limited gain and of complete possess*
ion of tho country. Those Indiahs
had been ruled by us with as fair
and steadfast an' effort to do justly
as over marked the treatment of tho
savage by anwGoyernmpnt on earth,
and tliough they iriav sometimos havo
sufforod through corrupt agents, yot
there, is hot. the least ovidenco that
an .
indian ’ ntsiNG Would have been
DREAMED OF HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR
THE EFFORTS OF LOUIS RIEL. '
Ono after another of them ascribed
to his inspiration tho massacres that
have boon Committed, while, they
looked on him as their loader in the
effort to put down government and
people. “71,’ho mari who calls in the
aid of tho Indian with tho Ravage
accompaniment of massacre and pill*
age in order to destroy tho Govern
ment of a? free people puts himself
..beyond tlio pale of gontle treatment.
The prairie grass may have boon dry
and ready to kindle, but tho Are that
raised tho fl’amo fell froni tho hand
of one man. The condition of half
breed and Indian-inay -have made
* • 'm xvho
’'-'Lucknow where. lie was engaged
:b;ffilllhig"a"raTge'concrete house.-
Mr', And Mrs.- Chas, Slack and
daughter left this week for St. Mary’s
on their return to Chicago. 7. <
An old Goderich .boy, Mr. Sidney
Mullet, js spending a few days’in
town, ... : ' ' .•' ? 1 •' ■
Mr.. Chas. Seager- and family are
putting in the. holidays at' the Little
Maitland Falls.
The M isses McMioking left last
Wednesday for a famous Atlantic
watering jplAce.
Tho excursion from Ingersoll lasl_
week Was the smallest that ever
visited.the circular town. ' ’ ,
. Messrs/E. BtHghato, E. Downing
andRe.es Price left for-England per
the Allan line last Thursday.
.. Mr;. Thos. Graham, jr , of Chicago?
. has been taking bis annual holidays
with frieri’ds in townAnd in Ashfield.
The “Saginaw Valley” had a large*1
number of round trip passengers .on
board on her arrival las’1. Thursday./ .
Th ©’flag at the American consulate
has been at half mast, through the
death of that great, man, U. S. Grant.
Mr, Snieath’s beautiful, new house,
is almost finished and willLe ready-
iri'AfowAays for occupatioriv—
Mr. James M. Shepherd has raised
his house a story, greatly improving
the appearance of his property.',
■ Yesterday week was the silver-an
niversary of the wedding of Mr, and
Mrs. R. Radcliffe. ? j ' ?.
Mrs, -Brown, wife, of Inland officer
J. J. Brown, of Seaforth, was in town
last week. ' „ .
“ Mrs. McDonald, of Wallaoeburg^
is the guest ol her cousin, .Mrs'.
Euseby Elmes. ? -
Mr, Joshua Thomas and wife of
Dundee, Illinios; are in town visiting
- their relatives.
Mr. R. S. Williams acted as referee
;at the Lacrosse Match at Stratford at"
the christening of the baby city.
Mr. R. Radeliflfe, of the Customs
Department, lias beenjsuperarinuated
after 30 years continuous servicri,
/_Miss Aggie Nairn, of Detroit, ah
rived in town per the Saginaw Valley
last week, on a visit to her relatives.
Mrs. Fish who is on'a visit to her
■relatives is the guest of her sister
Mre. James Mitchell.
There was a "large re-union of the
Dark family at the family residence,'
East street, last Saturday. -
The Misses Kirkpatrick, of Toronto,
are on a visit to their aunt Mrs. Mc
Mioking.
Tho schooner Jane McLeod sailed
during Friday night for Serpent river
for a cargo of lumber for Wiarton*
The Verf. Arehdeaoon Elwood loft
'last Wednesday on a visit to. Whit
by and Oshawa.
The schooner Jane MoLood arrived
in harbor, light, last Thursday morn
ing.
The #olleotoft[ for our horticultural
show at© on their rounds, so look out
and got your dollars ready,
Tho town band was out again on
Saturday night and played an exceed
ingly choice programme.
•Mies Swanson-after a peek’s ab
sents© at St. Mary’s has returned to
town* .
Mr. Chas. Seager, jr., has raised the
roof of his recently purchased pro
perty (the old manse) three feet,
king ft dne of the most desirable
Sunday, evening. _.
D. H. Allan,-brother of A.1 McD.
Allan," of this town, is Major of the
-Queen’s Own1 arid has jvTfet returned*
to Toronto with the • boys’ who were
“ovated” last week.
Mr. Stanley Hayes, who has charge "of, Mr. Loftus Dattcey/s office while
.that gentleman is. enjoying his,hom?y
-moonrtrip; was.in town from Seaforth
on Saturday. ■ -
Next Sunday .will be a day of thanksgiVii^iu the diocese of Huron,
for the cessation of tlie rebellion in
the Northwest and the safe roturn- of
, our volunteers." J;=- ? 1 *
A committee has been appointed
by Maitland Lodge No. 33, A . F. and1
. A M, to arrange for a concert some
time next month, the p.roce6ds~"nf
which will be devoted to a most
praiseworthy benevolent'purpose
The Contingent Com . of tlie pub
lic School Board met last.Thursday
and examined the different sckbols
aS to. the repairs and alterations to
be'effected during the midsummer i
mr. blAke S friend” brown. :
. -;-V ___ '
' Sir,—Inreply to the notes' arid
c’oriiments of thejiarliamen.tary news
in the Globe of- to-day and the past
few da^s’T SW the liberty of stating
a few $actB cm n$. behalf througlr
the medium of your columns. Mr.-
Blake's Toronto1; friends3 aifd others-
were the first who led me to believe
tha| there was money to be made
out of the information I possessed
concerning the North-West troubles
and their causes. They’went so far
as. to promise ine $1,200 on produc-
' ' _ 7 ' * ' * 7 ’
at. an expense.of $15.)' conditionally
on my takingL-an. oaoth‘ of secrecy.
But through Borne cause pr,other
they backed down, as they ifound my
price would not be lowered. -
. As to my. persbnaL... appearance,
Mr. Blake’s confidential fiiend
doubtless would not have’looked any
better than I did^ iiad \he come
. thrbugli what I had’ done with my.
..Indian, after losing what I might
,8%y.\W8 my all, gained by- fonrteetr
years’ hardship spent on tlie brink
pf civilization. *• ’
Mr.'JBIake’s confidential friend is
a better “judge of' whiskey, than of
solid facts. ; .......
Vours, etc.r. --
. * ’ ' J. E.-Brown,
Toronto, July 13th, 1885.
HOW TO GET TRADE IN
■ Entering the store,of a prosper
ous city merchant, a gentleman, a
stranger, in town, expressed surprise
at-the busy, scene that'greeted him.
He inquired of the proprietor hpw
it was1 that he was getting more
than his share of bri.Bi.ness jn these
dull, midsummer days. The mer
chant replied ;—“I attribute the ex
cellent business I Jo ©Very summer
to just two things : First, I ad*,
vertise bargains . and keep ii>y store
before the public; second, when the-
public calls I satisfy it by*keeping
my advertised promises. . It cost ine
$fi,OQO to learn this lesson ffnd it-
lias pa1(T.mo at least $25^)00. Dur-
■irtg three successive euriimers dur*
iftg the hard years that- followed
187*3,, t ran behind in this
store on an average $2,000 eyery
year. I made up my inintl
there Was business to do, and that I
would tfo it. In the middle of the
■worst and, dullest year that we had,
when clerks' were absent'on their
vacations and half of the force-in
the store was idle, I started in and
spent $1,200 inadvefiisibg mid sum
mer bargains, remnants, old stock
and so on. Within a week my store
business that I had to
The foreign trade of Canada *is
gradually increasing, .as“well be seen
from' the following..- For the five
years ending 1874 it "averaged
$190,000,000 per. year. For five
.years ending -1879, $175,000,000,
For six* years ending 1885, $206,-
000^000' per year. The volume
has during the last mentioned period
been really greater than appears by
the figures, owing to the lessened
Value of the staple articles of com
merce. . J5?ing it in writing (which I had‘do.ne
John Roach, an American ship
builder and iron riianufacturer, who
was more extensively engaged in the
businesss than any other man on
this'continent, has failed; He says
his estate if properly managed will
pay:. $2 for ..every one he owes.
’Thjs Tai 1 ure/ affords free“ traders. a ■
text to illustrate the impolicy of
f protection; wliereasinjOTypWteritiom
■info,. Mr. Roach among'them,- say
that it is for the want of judiciously
discriminating. protection that Amer
ican shipping hris neatly, been*wiped
off the face of the eqrtli. ' "'
——————............. <
The fameous boat' “Bolyphemus”
of the British navy was,“until the
recent manoeuvres, a never-failing
resource of the grumblers. Every *
shilling .that bad been spent ori her'
abused vessel, during the naval
mahmuvers off the coast of Ireland',
proved that she could steam eighteen
'knots an hour sheer through a boom,
of timber, Steel cables and grass rope
netting -as if it were not, and, more*
pver, was Ao quick at her helm that
she could be manoeuvred so as to
,avoid Whitehead, torpedoes, the
tone of
changed,
because
ph emus,
there was only one.
the only place where shallow1 paled
grumblers exist. Our Canadian
citizen soldiers wore all ridiculed by
the reffiel ^portion of the Grit party
here, ^hey Were said to be a use
less'entail of -British connection*
They were safd to n.g.-no good, and
consequently the fewer of them the
better, Our dearly beloved local
emark
the naval critics entirely
Instead of complaining
there was oho “Poly*
' they complained because
Nor is England
1 is already bear*
’.die School Board met last.Thursday
and examined the different scWbols
as to. the repairs and alterations to
Vacation, *
A large number, of young ladies
pic-nicd -last Saturday,., on the river
b'anfir’UridCr Che A ttrijl' estate. The;
outing, a favbwell one.
Slack, was most enjoyabley~tire giTls
having a right grand time.
' The death1 rate in town for the past
half year'was.10 per thousand, rather-
less , than One half the average 'mor-..
tality,.of England’s greaKesrcfty/TIbh'
.don/...?.- - •
; Messrs J/D/Luttrell and D.C.Stra-'
■chan have dissolved partnership as
cigar.manufacturers, by mutual con
sent. The. '..former gentleman -^ill
carry on the business, and os he is a-
square man wejwisl^ him unbounded
success. , ..
. The • steam^ yacht “Pastime,” of
Walkeryille, steamed, out of harbor
at noon on Friday for the river. As
she started slid startled the people
who were" watching’the process of
heaving the anchor by, firing -th©
;cannon. .
■ The teachers arid "scholars of the
North street Methodist 8. , 8. pic-
nio’d in Bingham’S grove last Friday
Afternoon.. A most enjoyable time
was spent, amusements suitable for
the occasion being in full.fling all the
afterriOori.' The tea was an excellent
meal, heartily enjoyed.
■ At a special.meeting of the Huron
Encamprneht on Friday eveening ar
rangements Were made for attending
the dedication of the Oddfellows Hall
at Clinton, tomorrow. The Camp
will riot Ke fully represented on ac
count of many of its members being
away on theft annual holidays.
A little girl that bad been for over
“Kitt hour looking at a 5 cent counter
in one of our stores last Week sudden*
ly started crying. On ' being asked
the reason she moaned “I’ve only got
4 cents and can’t buy anything.” It
is needless to say that C» W.A. sent
the child smiiing and happy away.
Paymaster Jordan/ «f the
Battalion, was present at the repop-
lion of the Queen’s Own ahd^O'rena-
diers at Toronto last Thursday/ Mr.
Jordan reports the occasion as one
of the most in tores ting and exciting
he has. ever witnessed.
One of dur young blcycllstsjraturn*
ing from the' wharf late on Sunday
evening,,injured his head and hips by
the tipsetting of his machine. The
young gentleman was just able to
A*riach his home, across the river and I
<■ COMMUNICATIONS.
wish it to be dMlu'ctly^Mnde.rJtood.that we do'
not. hold onrsclocs responsible for the opinion*,
expressed bi) correspondents.- -Ed. N f.wb-Rscord-
EJitor Retos. Record. ■'
J- Mr. Editor,—-I see-‘that Entertain- ; ‘
Inent again appears in tfie columns ' ■
of your town cotem. on the .temper- ;
ance business. As tips is my last I t 1 ..
wish to be jjlain. Entertainment
thinks; -I am off my base worse than -
-everl I think it;is/.he-.±hat is. off,_as
he cannot remember1 the time the _ . -
^bigAbg^ch&'sOdLAiffirffirit^^
him to the tail of that-yellow check’d -
coat he uspd .to wear. I would ask
him if Be would like me to' publish
the names of the members pf his
Lodge whom I have reference 0- I
positively state that they are mem- r_____
hers of that Lodge “to day.” Enter
tainment says that Be-was not low
enough io send a dirty mean letter -
to Bayfield. He is not man ehoffgh
in frail his letters to say that I wrote
or even knew the contents of that
letter, arid ! oballenge him to make ’ >
such statement. He says you cannot
spoil a bad egg. I would simply say
“right you are,” and some Templars
are bad egg's, rotten “c nstiitiUy" from
.one end to the Other. “v,„ that
mouthP If al any time it became
necessary to enlarge Entertainment’s’ ’
mOutii it-would be necessary to„fcet
bis ears farther back. He admits to
hanging around gates. We have
heard of gates that he hung on until X.
they came off an.d the gentleman of
the hous$ says it Cost half a dollar .
for hinges,. In'on© case there waji ho . —
gate to bang on and they sat/aown
on the sidewalk.. b'o yoo^emeinber
that Entertationentf and ttndd. not go
in. He”says ho neyor nung on riiy
gate. Now, I wati^Xo give a ITttle
Advice, neiier do, it will not be the • ’
dog that will b^’ after you, but you
Win think tljrit the porch has dropped
on you, pri'an earthquake shook, you
Up, ■■ . »- ■/ A Cracker on thk Turn*
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Patrick llyan, of Perth, sori of
Hugh Ryan, railway contractor, wont . *
into the yard to test a now rifle* Th#
ball wont through tho fenoo and en
tered the back of a young tmin named
C. Cooper, vtbd wa» sitting on a bhair
playing the violih. The wound Was ’
mortal, Arid Cooper died shortly after.
Ryan has placed himself in the hands
of tho police, and bls grief is great*
Deceased was tho’snpport of a widow
ed mother and family. Bajl has beeft