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The Exeter Advocate, 1898-5-20, Page 4THE flow Shall We Vote_ P j Eirktou ; Stouema€ti Bros.'s. busiuees kis prospering Last week Mrs. William ext4 Personalliberty is the most sacred ' �Cl", trust for which hexes and martyrs have Chas, I . Sartdcirs, Editor awn Prep bled and died to tithes past, What would be the vaunted ci.; ilization of to dee but far diose heron and martyrs. who bowed not to the mother Grundy of their day, but claimed and fought fur the right to tett, deink and wear what they lilted, worship in their own wae and be their own judge of morals?No intelligent or liberal mind, d mast will deity- the right of private judgment in matters of morals today. ., Wheat is orae man's food is another man's poison" applies equally to the intellect as to the THURSDAY, MAY 19, 189$, (7,. IO N QF .L XTt+411 EN ,t . Alt mean a° good -will should hope and pray heat Great Britain and the ignited States may be joined by the eventualitiea of this war for the fur th.ranee of peace and of free commerce on the earth, It is not unlikely that t stomaele "Let no man Judge you in an essential unityis character and; what you shall eat or what you shall aim between the two nations mai da s,. rink sinr aysS tPau . If St.he Paul ae of s unite them, The causes which seepar- " inspired to say this, it must be accepted ate the Empire and tate Republic are t With equal obedience with any other of few awd small compared to the causes his sa •inns and is a uall binding Whither inspired or not it aoat.ds the which should unite them, They are erns note of libert and eiy ill . both in profession Christian teatimes Than why should a fleet people vote They are both in practice cotntueretal away, what the greatest apostle saes nations. And neither Great Britain rshould be a sacred, liberty to all peo- ple? nor the Lx ited States has a great deal Does net history prove that all (attempts to matte people live its accord io common with the military deapo• sate with some harsh,eppressivo, tv ratt- tistns which glorify the sword as au . nical or ttberty destroying laws ltvve end laud vol as a me Jays• been abject failures? Drinking wai Aside from the moral elements which boa ,ion. but it has never been ennsid ered a crime. Therefore toe great leg- shotald draw the felted States elesat• islatas of Britain or German;' bas ..ever til Grade Britain there le the self- been iet favor of totally prohibiteug drink, No state bas any moral right to so far interfere with personal habits and thought Ie our ewa country such intellectualn€eu as Prof. Gold win Smith and such prowineut and pious melt as Principal Grant, aro totally opposed en moral and liberal grounds to any such law as prohibition. No nuc can point a anger at the re- putation or morals: of either of those rneu. Both say that such laws cannot be a success and both believe that a race that will be coerced into obeying such a law is .not as good or great a race as one that will resist all such ty- ranuical laws. And history proves that they are right in both contentions, Both believe that is not a good thing for a free people t.e vote away their personal liberties or for a majority to coerce a minority on a question of morals, No minority, with the true principles of r*aix and "tit"?' eta lose. It R 611 lie earnest maulioed imbued in them, +ever entailer stere- when the ignited States i has or ever will calmly uaesesubmto such coeasive laws. Ilrttackenitesq is a ;arae has a meerehaut navy to take ,are eft 1 evil, but a nation of drunkards after all and when to go to war with Great is greater than a nation of slaves. Britain sol ex rest. f,aba and Haw-. !Britain and Germany are the homes ,s :till, i'e>rtt� titch and tate 1'htlippir is to 'land birtb pinee. of most of the liberth s l of the rete, stet a man who would sew has good roasan for widaing to see the l in either place would be laughed to Stars and Stripes Stoat over the stilets of''score. Let us for comparison put the interest which must teach American statesmen that when the other great powers control the markets of the world: to the disadvantage of British comtueree,'they at the Steno time in- jure American commerce. But the naw responsibititltes whisk thee United States will .assume will be the greatest of all reasons for enduring peace between the two breeches of the Auglo•Saxou family . The very isal:':Gu of the United States made its statesmen irresponsible and reckless. They bad no distant col antes or merchant vessels to think about. They had given no hostages! which might he sacrificed by war- They thought they had everything danger. The far-sighted Canadian iously propose suit a prohibitory law tate sea. The more isles the United States has to govern, the less likely her stat,eetnen will he to make trouble for Canada, Better for humanity that the American ileg shnuld ily over the Philippines, thee that the Spanish flag+ the Gertn n flu,;, stud the Russiau ling or any other al=tg but the one ensign, the Union Jack, which Cauadians have chosen for good and .all in life,and even in death, as the Flay of their Country. OT,ist5 AND C"O MT'1T,... The annual report et the Ontario Bureaueof Industries show that:the pop ulatiou in Ontario has increased at the rate of one per cent. a year. It is es- timated at 1.917,M•1 for 1897, with a total ass ssment of 5314 917,638 A steady decrease in mui.icipai taxatiou is Oulu—Med The debarsture debt has not dimieleh:d. The munieipal bond- ed debt amauntd to 1 595,991, or $36. 51e per capita, Interest on bonds and temporary leans total 52,578,220. There are 493 townships, with 1,112,900 per sons. The total population of the 99 towns is 505,010; of the 136 villages, 133,441; and of the 13 cities, 420,934, 0;0, The Ottawa Citizen points out that while the fact that, under the new franchise act, a man may vote half a dozen times in Quebec when the Ontario man will have only one vote, may not be an injustice so far as par- liamentary eleetisns are concerned, the arrangement will be unjust in the plebiscite vote, upon which the Quebec man may vote six times. It is under- stood tbat Quebec does not favor pro- hibition, and that being the case the Quebec man's Sax votes will be counted 's one ro a„c ati;s. tial. Ontario prohibitionist's h vote. Of course, Sir Wilfred Laurier- who is exceedingly anxious for au ad- verse vote—saw tbis advantage. The 69th Protest - A protest has been fifiledb � the Lib- erals erals against the return of Finlay G. 3.acdiarmid, the Conservative member elect for West Flt in, who won the seat by one vote by the decision of Justice Maclennan, in the Court of Appeal. This makes a total of 69 petitions, three of which have been dropped because the requisite deposit was not made. Obituary. Another of Huron's honored pioneers has departed this life. Mr. John Heed erson passed peacefully away at his r'side+ece in Seaforrh on Sunday. .;Mr. Henderson had reached the great age of 88 years and 11 months. He was a netive of Ox ham, R xboroshire, Scot - where be was born in the year 1809. He waS, physically, a remark- ably smart, active man, and carried his weight of years lightly He enjoy- ed good health until about three months ago, when he commenced to fail rapidlyand was confined to his residence most of the time, His death did not seem: to be due to any particu- lar disease, but simply to a wearing out of the yital forces. boot on the outer foot. 'British incur anco companies, through the British Medical Association, have proved through British vital statistics tithe most accurate in the world) that a moderate drittlier in Britain lives about eight years longer than a total abstainer. I it is conceded that it is the duty of the state to care for the lives: of eitizeus and take means to :prolong lives (and it is frequently conceded) then why should not the British Government pass a law compelling total abstainers to be- come moderate drinkers and thus pro long their lives by eight years? Such a law would be at least as reasonable and liberal as the proposed prohibition law. It would be supported by undeniable statistics. It would have prolongation of life as its motive. And yet, Sir, true liberals would fight such a law to the death, because it entered a domain be- yond all legitimate rights. It would be an interference with private rights and therefore tyrannical and eoercire, :Such a law would be resisted by drinkiute liberals of Britain on account of this alone. How would prohibitionists like a proposal to introduce such a law here in Canada? Suppose a majority car ried it, what would the minority do? Calmly submit and take their grog as ordered by Government? Not likely. They would rightly resist such a law to the last extreme. They would there- by prove their right to be called men and not slaves, to be called intelligent liberals and not yokels. 'You can nev- er judge rightly of a question till you bave put yourself in the other fellow's place And it must be done without re- servations. Then only can we judge of how the other fellow feels about it, and of his rights and privileges. We would advise all prohibitionists to do this be fore forcing an obnoxious law on a re- sisting minority As well look for sue cess '6n one case as the other. It can- not succeed because Canadians are freemen, as proved by the failure of the Scott Act; and will never tolerate calmly laws ouch as the proposed one. It is not drink we plead for but the right to be :freemen and not sneaks. Drink can always be obtained by those theprice,but want it and can pay who • d requires Stern meas- ures rights once filched, eq ures often for their restoration. Yours, &c., ANTI -COERCION. May 17th, 1898. Around About Us. Blanshard: Jeff Pearn, of the 3rd line, lost a finger from the left hand on Saturday by a turnip cutter he was manipulating. Goderich: On Tuesday afternoon just before 2 o'clock, lightning struck the steple of Knox Church and tore off some four or five square feet of shingles. Stanley: The marriage of Miss Acna Morrison, to gr. Park, of Stanley, took place at her home here, ori Wednesday, tlaylltb, Rev-. gr. Muir performing the ceremony. The happy couple left on the evenine train for the South, Hay: On Thursday Mr. Pfaff of Hay township and Miss Louisa Wall were married at the residence of the bride's father in Logan. After the ceremony they drove to Mitchell before going to their future home in Hay. presented het ttusb i:iil with a clan; heti and this week, determined not to he out. • ' done nits. John made her heehaw -I happy by presenting him with a floe: boy, Farquhar: Mr. W:l'estlake's teen hotel is in coarse of er etk n, The nearly bricl.teork is completed, and when finished will have a tiue appeer- ance,—Georgo Stewart, Who, reeelttle purchased an interest it than Exeter grist milts, intends working his farad until fall, Fullerton , Mr. John Ballow till parted with a goose this week which had be- come quite a curio:4 y- in this neighbor hood oat account of its Jane, hies 13x1 -,k-- well settled in Fullerton to the year 1866, and raised the goose in the sante year, and has enntieueliy had it in his possession unfit Monday last, when he gave it Away. It had gone billed from old age, but tat spite of this lays regn tarty, - Aiisa Craig; On Tuesday eveuing Annie, daughter of James Easson, of. Stratford, was married to Daniel Ed- " wards,. a popular cattle buyer of this i place. Revs M L, Leatch perforate the nuptial ceremony its the least*:tete of sense fifty of the relatives and iota mate friends of the contratitiug parties James Essen, brother of the bride was best Loan, while tete bride was support- 1 ed be- Miss Edwards. the g room's.sister,,, Tuakersrith ; The death of Mrs. Jobe Kennedy, a former resident of this township, tools, place► at Iter botmte .at High Blatt: '.lfttniroba, on Wedues atty., April 27th Mrs. Ke amuedv was 53 years,1 month. and 10 days old, road the cause of her death was eaueer, The deceased was a former well-known res. ident s- ident of this township, and although title removed to the west some 2:3 years ago, will be remembered by many. Macho>ll i During service in the Lutheran church on fiuuday, a contile e,f then rook a seat in the tateisttr's buggy, which was standing in the epen shed, and enjoyed a sntotte before go- ing into servive. Ina little time the church began to fill with smoke when some one weut outsids to ascertain the Canso. It was foetid that tine clergy man's overcoat retch was thrown over, tite seat of the buggy ,was in a blaze, aud completely destoyed. The fire was no doubt, accidentally misused by the men wile had been smoking a short time before, we eThe ea Mrs Brae tied t death of f n R , t 1, took place on Thursday. Deart'aat,ed was stricken with paralysis some time ago and never fully reeovered eon seiousness after the first attack, She was in the prime of life, being just in the fiftieth year of her age, and up to the time of her last illness enjoyed ex- ceptional good health. Her residence in the village has beeu continuous for the past 22 years; and in that time she made many warm friends; but it will be in the bosom of her own family that she will be tnissed, being perfectly idol ized bye iter children who feel the loss very heavily. Mitchell : The Advocate says a-- Another ease where a young lady miraculously escaped from a brutal f assault bas been brought to the atten- tion of Magistrate Flagg, but an effort. we understand is bein-= trade to settle it. While a daughter of a respectable farmer on the Huron road was on her way home front town she was followed by a young man, who threatened to assault her, but she made her esca pe by running to the house of Mr. Andrew Byers This thing is becoming too common :in town, and, in the interests of aur female population, justice de mands that there should be no settle- ment but that the offender should, be severely punished. Goderieh Tp : 1fanday* evening Inst while Mr. Charles Middleton was driv- ing, home from his farm, his horse took fright and ran away, throwing him out of the vehicle and breaking his collar bone.—At about 630 on Monday week, smoke was dieeovered in volumes coming out of the barn of Jas Col clougb, base line. The neighbors in- stantly came to his assistance, and by the very hardest and most persistent kind of work, succeeded in saving the barn from destruction; in fact before much damage was done. The fire was in the straw mow, and by a liberal application of water they kept it from spreading to any other part of the building, and it is likely due to the fact that the straw was closely packed that the fire's headway dwa - was checked. started is a m stern: a tramp it Howy called at a house in the neighborhood early Sunday evening, and it is thought that he may have slept there, and then set the barn on fire when leaving. Seafortb : Between twelve and one o'clock onSunday morning, the people le of our town had 'their peaceful slum bers rudely disturbed by the hoarse shrieks of the fire whistle. The 'alarm was given from the east ward andwhen the fire was located it was found to be in the barn where Mr. Burns kept his bus, dray and horses. Although the firemen were promptly on the spot and worked hard, the fire had gained such headway that it was impossible to put it out, so the men turned their atten tion to the house in which Mr. Burns lived, it being. only a short distance from the burning barn Had the alarm been given from the fire box, close to tbo house, the contents ; of the barn Leight have been saved but unfortun ately for Mr. Burns and Ml He_ y s, it Thad been tampered with. Mr' Hays, who owns the barn, had a cariole, two cabs and a pleasure sleigh, consumed` while Mr. Burns' horses were so badly burnt that they had to• be shot Mr. Burns carried an insurance of 5250 on his outfit, while Mr. Hays had An in- surance of $250 on the building. Both Mr. Hays and gr; Burrs lose heavily through the fire. The lire was evident- ly the work of an incendiary. �NBtg Line Min "A Rid Bird" Paitit. Brantford Bicycles for 1898 aye radia woith eat ires ofim- portance. There is no other wheel sold inCanada to -day tha possesses so many. of them, or that will give the rider the same amount of good general cycling satisfaction, 1144 C, • \s .*v in f 0444 $ z( - nee a 9e t f reP;rrFrT^ 'o *r e lane ®Crrn:;a8lii tteX- 1,0 jff i/ �+l e ete Gia=4� e SttSte we we, setentWrI � t .A hiS.04 rto ► n cd?' ihto t.atia Mere is _.•`^_-:i:' nne-Ste7SR L41. Brantford at Red Bird" l3ieyies are shade In three grades, and sell at 6O, $(5 and $100,. They cost more than same inferior wheels, but Haat is on account of their super- iorconstruction. A ostcard will 11th¢' our haudsome'98 catalogue. 1 � a�za The Goold est Toronto. �aa.,�. �.cye�,e Co.,GQ.Limited 68 King St., PERKINS & MARTIN, EXETER AGENTS. ,t.,.were t . _. Mr. oar Sr, - N �taadrr ;�t: fa . :t, �, e t til. 1 , S r lilt t with a painful aiuftt l acetti €u t on , Friday last lie was worl:inn with a carper in that i3tcadfeet & Het factory, when, iia some manueer his hand got caught to the mechine and it was mangled in a terrible manner, He was taken to the surgery of Drs. Scott & SlcKav, when it was found that a portion of every linger on the left hand had been taken off and the first finger had to be entirety removed, white the hand was otlwreIse cut and injured: . Mr , stood the shock of the a ac uc.idont as well as the subsequent dressing, re meekably- we'll and is now getting along as well as could be expected. This is the third time he has suffered from similar ateidents, and he ties lost at least ane finger from his right hand and some of the fingers removed this time had been maimed before. The Latest News in Brief. Major Thomas Beattie, M.P., London, is seriously 311, Fourteen hundred fishermen were drowsed oft the Japenese coast. Fatedi::er Baker and Fireman Smythe were killed on the 0. P, 31. at Moose Jaw, Wednesday's storm did some damage to young peach trees in the Niagara fruit district. Joseph Leiter, the Chicago grain kiug, is held responsible for the bread riots in Italy. T. H. Rolston, of Acton, was stripped and severely burned by an electric bolt but will recover. A London lad named Corp fell against a barb -wire fence, destroying the sight of one eye. Mrs. Wetmore, Brantford, dropped dead at the grave side as the remains of a friend were being interred. J. P. Dunn, C. P. R. station agent at Chatham, was arrested because of an alleged shortage in his accounts. Two men and two variety actresses fell through the .ice below Lake Ben nett, on the way to the Yukon and were drowned. Asap Merkley was found drowned in the flume at Morrisburg. It is not known whether it was a case of acci- dent or suicide. alien and medicines are judged by what they do. The great cures by Hood's Sarsaparilla give it a goad v r name. o e v where- Near Grimsby George W. Cline at- tempted to murder his wife and son Vance, age 25, shooting them and .in. juring both severely. The body found near Aneaster has beeu identified as that of John Stores, a well•to•do resident of Hamilton, who disappeared last winter., Sons of a farmer named Lamburtiis made amurderous assault upon Michael Dalton, at Kiotail. Dalton was im• pounding Lamburtus' cattle. Miss Margaret Smith. a Middlesex school teacher, was fined 55 and. costs, 88.38' in all, or twenty days in jail for bitting apupii on the head with a hard maple ruler. Twenty four thousand six hundred bushels of Quebec potatoes have been shipped into the United States sine last Saturday. The increased demand is a result of the war. Wm Hemstoek of Buffalo was found dead in his,unele's back yard at Ham- ilton. George Goodale has been arrest- ed on a. charge of aggravated assault on Ilemstock. Au inquest wilt be hell. �TJ 1 The undersigned has op - polled up a new 3feat 1iarket 1 DOOR RORTY! OF DARLINGS' STORE, where he will kei?p the thole - of meats constantly on hand. A CALL SOLICITED, John T. Manzing. Peel County prohibitionists have or- gnnized for the plshiseitn campaign, Charles Bauer, of liradhagen, had a narrow escape from blood poisoninti last week. While cutting away soma poison ivy he received a scratch. Short ly afterwards his leg began to .meil and he had to resort to medical aid. Cook's Cotton Root Compound. Is successfully used monthly by over 10,000Ladies. Safe, effectual, Ladies ask your dru gist ter Cook's Cotton Root Com - 'mad. 'Take no of eras all alistures, pills and Imitations are dangerous. Pride, No. 1, 51 per box 2io. «,10 degrees stranger, 58 per hos. No. 1 or 2, mailed on receipt of price and two 8 -cent stamps The Cook Company Windsor, Ont. responsible aDruggists2san reeommendedby all NO. 1 and No 2 sold in Exeter by 3. l'3 Bre.vning. Druggist. trolley Cars For aleadache. —, .A Brooklyn man bas told a reporter Stott a ride in a trolley car cures his headaches. After a long day's work in his office he starts home with rt head- ache, and after riding three miles the headache is gone. He thinks the air of she car is filled with electricity, and that the cure is due to that. Perhaps, however, it is only the fresh air that 'works the cure. A -Sit 1 it te it at i e v te One of America's most fa v M mous physicians says: "Scrof- Isla is external consumption." .$ !il Scrofulous are r us children a e often W m beautiful children, but they 4) n lack nerve force, strong bones, 4 dPi stout muscles and power to 9 m resist disease. For "delicate 0 children there is no remedy w* 2 equal to it r!'el a #9 c Emulsion vi SCRFULA. eat of Cod-liver Oil with Hypo- ;9 or phosphites of Lime and Soda. w e71 It fills out the skin by putting ffi n good flesh beneath it. It makes i the"cheeks red sty rnakin, - t . rich Ti blood. It creates an appetite Wy-. for food and gives the body • to f power44!.enough digest it: Be , sure you get SCOTT'S Emul- 0 � SiOfl.co ec. and I. • all druggists. co s 3 �s qt 11 SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto., OFII! Cort Mammoth : }}� White efl� ((�� ��iVo Improved �OY� Leming ming Cuban Giant Cloud's Early Yellow Den V t New 'White Cap 's Yellownt DU b Sweet Evergreen And Po. Scythes, Shat', Forks, Mower and Reaper sections, is, &c., &c. �. BIs�OP &Sq. Threeyoung men were fishing in the harbor at Kingsville on Monday, when the hook of one of them caught in an obstruction. When the lino was drawn up, it was found that it had a body attached to the end of it. The finders attempted to row the body ashore, but the hook broke and the body again went to the bottom. An attempt was made to recover it,but, it was unsuccessful.. A IA For Infants and Children. Me ;aa- "inile c:enstaro cf k OA ? every �¢ --vralnor: %CGrGI/1/ • f2 ns'