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".lin;01lt'11071, 11111(1110 !10)I4N'lilI Tow ( "
Iteborl,h is 01080 intimately (newel.
et! '11th Scottish lit -tory than Glasgow ;
the 111tereet with the latae' 111 t e male
id modern bill with 19dlnhurgh largely
aetir)ulu'ian. Til„ high street of the
hitter city takes one bolt to the time of
Lha COvc'nloll1)llrs 1111(1 John Rime, Wh088
11on110 projects ' ut on the line of the
street s01118 ten Meet, the venerator 111
which his name le )held overcoming in08,8
of utility Bud cen,fort. On cote of the
lintels of the home" in quaint lettere men
the Words "Love Gad abo, a &tIl no. .1 1 Jur
neighbor RS yourself." 83y stay it, BEIM.
burgh was short so I bad) not time to
see many of es iute'e88hlg piwcee. The
mtunuipal elections took place the $rs'
day I was there. Ill two of the 1 ante
only was there any greet iutere-1 token
seeing one of the oendidates in en(1h
ward were aspirin a for the Civic 'untie
who 1- deoigneted the Lord P comet and
wh is appointed tat the first mer lug of
Conlaoil, from among t)emselv'es, fon
l'ye after the eleueon. '1'110 (}betstuu
iAll enhdlrlttle ,vla v weed nut 1 the
let 011e ie another who'd weed defeated Hi/
1,1111E the stoweeeful et,d1dat0 tie the b'rl
oat. foilovikg had et walk ever. Ter
eleot1on being iy ball -t there del nut
seem to be 1)10011 stir on the ',treats
through the c1 ty bet at ten 11'111118!) at
night an elthosiatela crowd gathered
rotted the ball 1111 the nines of th 8110
08881111 tandldates we!'• shown by trans
p111e18188 en the Willdawd 111110)111
111110 a is pretty much 0he attend the world
over. The first 1(108 I vi Red was the
Umiver•ity library which I had visited
forty years ago. A sIude.t 1101111 .r0. d
me Hurn its entrain -3e and then left ole to
go to his alasa•r:.eu(. After 1va)tl1(1 for
a few ininute8 a gentleman metal bis a1(
pear/thee and I told Min my ;emit. lle
Said 1 w a a lathe early, it beteg hardly
ten, at wdueh hells' 11e -ail the attend:tuts
w''ul.l by there, one n'' wln)111 w11.1111 thew
M1ethroe .11 it. I told hint my 1)1011 was
limited told buil from Conde would
like to see Its inneh of the city as time
muted permit. tie v ry Malty sat) th•v
in that clue he would g1( .viol hue him
self. The first thing he showed ole 01118
8 'ol d tnaho_n,,y tante which Napulunn
11'11 yr ate Ude.1 •tt 14.. lie rue 111( . Whim,
3,.81 hese bun1l)t and pr's.11118.) L' the
11,0'ary by •1 clt1ze.,. The li all 19 .1.:111
11Ot bong with bays etenetng out 14 10)1111.
t.vely" feet into the centre of the 1.1( s1(
81(11 with eL bust of a University 0elebeity
of a Anti et the earl of 1(11111 bay. 11'bee
ue 111 00 1111, 111,1 of the hell (It guide
8,11-,1 1(r it ) wife ILrllllnilted iu Teroetu
1 raid Amine', Ile 'hot moon lite d' 1
knew n boolt'el,er there (leonine him)
at111 seeing th ,e I ..lid 0e (;cove 010 1180 own
I31111(.a1(l] 11011011 Me t0 110evey his unin-
p'tlnent8 as they hod been Helm)! Mines.
Ifo: haul to leave ole then but 848(1 be
would 1,e bunk inten tames it. After hl:
e,11e• buck I told hum that hi8 018)08 had
e8cap• d me aid handed hen to leu
bunk which alae full except"); 008 phage
0o which I had had wrltl0n ham., leave
Mg home the Iellowinl1 lines :
"I 8 cud, I felt Ley heart grow warm
With that e0)8 dew of unshed tears
That comes when me beneath a (harm
We slit) beak tutu veni0)Ied years.'
Paying no attention to him I aeon; to
think lie w1011 lung in writing his name so
001.81.11 10 leek what be wee doing 11181 ata
he read One lie , (lime and 0.•k,.1 me
whom I got 41181) :a' it 1 knew the name
of the author. Neither (pesthole (mule
1 U,ewur, "How 81t'nllge olid inc0lnpre•
hen8lb e" he void, "I ern tl.te author "
Ie is the 0,881etaLnt librarian. After that
ho 0110W881 1118 the must 111 the vmmtils
and eurioeities of which there urea great
n .mbe'r, a very few of which I can "owl.
leo. Among t(lenl are two of the early
b1b188 printed in Englend ; the protest
of 0318 h1( eirel 13ohennett nobles against
the exe0uti111 of Llus8, Thts is on re reit.
31), 111 and has their seals menthol ; the
aneuuso'ipt of one of Scott's novels and
also tome of Bur'ns'. After keying I
went down to Hulyrood Palace which
presents a bare, 1)188010.08 ttpp.erau08 It.
(sumperad with that of the public build
legs in England. I teethed through the
rooms in which were enacted some of the
tragic scenes in the life of Queen Mary.
The picture gallery is 150 feet In length,
24feet 11 width and in itis 'mug ever
0110 hundred alleged rortreit8 of reputed
Scottish kings. In it the S1'ttish
nubility meet 80 the die8olnti01 of Par
Hainaut to elect theirlsxteen represents.-
lives for the )louse of L'.rds, and in it
also the Lord high C0mmiesisler to the
Church of Scotism! holds his levees.
Tbo Abbey, founded by David I., is mese
by and in it the early Stuart kings dwelt
before the patties was built. It wee un-
x'oofed at the time of the revolu0ion and
so steed for seventy years, when a restoe-
a1i0(1 waa at 01nllted. .0 stout, roof woo
placed over it and tli..s it remained f'0'
ten year', but being too heivy for the
walls it fell suddenly with a emelt. The
ieteriur w(01 cleaner( out 111 1816 end (0
DOW stands a ruin, te plume of gloom mud
11(18)100, with 'tome games and monu-
1nente, memorials of severed (ottbia per-
sons. I alto visited the Registry alike,
e0nt1i1ing the national records. It is a
beaebiful building, built in a florid style.
The registration for ell Scotland is daue
in the building, the peoper0i88 being far
larger then here so many of the estates
act only being large but entailed the
transao0ions tare aompsrabively limited
es compared with us, neither does prop-
erty change hands so frequently SS in
Ontario. 1 was shown through the build-
ing by what is called a Searehe0 or In-
vestigator of Titles, whore os tifieet0 18 a
eesp0nsible 008 and eavete liabilities for
nlietak88, A little over twenty years ago
the folios nenlbered 42,833 and are sup•
posed to increase about 600 folies en.
nuttily. There are thirty-five series or
divisions into which they oro sub'dividod
and which will matte the labor lighter.
There are rivet .120 compartments or
roan,' ie the building, He is an en.
thusioBtio 10ntiquar(80 of wbioh there are
a groat many more then there used to be
in Scotland,, lie showed MeOUme rare
curiosities which are kept in eases with
Wets tope. Oho 81( par$toular wa8 tate
AIM Mizi
BRUSSL,LS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY,
wwawmano+,m art.opo+.®ramn.ceveavemm iSswin w.,vnwumrmmm
1(1ne8et 1(F It1bl', )Brume 1411') hie Ilclhle,, a
duplicate of SYIii,'I, to h11 the Viit1)1111, It
i n. pro net 111)1(11111 the dome, of ex.
a 0onmmret(nh older which the 11)'1.,
111'1 Illy' aid ten( lu'e.I 11),0 ("oily nue of
thele tomtit rather din' than live to be
under the dnnlieiee of 1(l gland 1E11r1 80•
'14011Pu1 Y !diadem Stet the ex.8•'mmnni
intim) should be withdrawn The dune•
meet ie barely legible but dere are
ant.hentin clothe; in history and likely
also int e Art'dvo9, 1lo showed Me also
"tome relies 1(F Qun"u 115 try of whom he
seemed to be partisan. Inmy next I
will teI1 of the atetle, parliament equate
told a few 011) r pieties,
T. GrnsoN.
1"UPOn As,izes.
Judge .5 Sheer welds tenet, at (loderteh.
Light c'ri ntt ,1(l Calendar,
The Sprint; Assizes For the county of
Mono o. a ort Monday, 14 h, befo'e Chief
Justice Armour, Frauaie Love, Q. 0., of
(merlon, appeltrini for the crown. John
Vs rune w w e1e and Fo.Amen of the - rand
jury, the members 0' which were named
t. 4Tu): Poor two WO 118 ago,
CIVIL CA5318.
The firer aloe was Dale V, '1t, .Toll, an
."Mian for ehuidor (111101ng oat of a 0100' i,1
a magI'1a•e'e'1. o- 11't between the parties,
who Ore both far • ars in the townohip of
1111.1 1, At the "o1(o'neion of the Maitre
till's woe the notion Woe taken from the
jury by his I •r181rp 141((111 non•=nit onto".
ed 11. 11 On li:w. Q (1 , ,81111 it 'P. 131st
for pl,1nt14, (larrow, Q 0., and lt. S
flay"' for •Ie8end8011.
WILitsre v0. !lf(Denwlrl. An motion for
ma1808nu8 pro$ecltinn. Plff h id a 'slain)
egalnxt deft. fo ser,'icse8 ender d, which
the tetter roast .1 by charging hi it with
embezz amen t, au 1 on a tri 11 before e4
Lrl1;181st•• the 81i" etre was diem/heed,
home thi1 fordo•1. Fav ^nneent this nese
wet' tried with int a MeV, twirl after Ila ,r.
in4 the evi'lydro a) Lordship rie'•line4
to hear nee ar1Onse10, (1.nl 'awe jolt/meet
for 11110in'iff for 810 and ones B N.
Lewis for pill. ; Ghrrow, Q 0., for deft,
Doherty vs, Jnhhotnn. A ease for
89e••e9111.81 of da'n0.;e' far beam') of rnu.
tract to unrch,3.0), m nnmber of organs.
li+ Llr..khie gave 10 le hent for plff. For
52)1 ' 3(i with fit) rn.td 1(F .nit on Ihg',
Iyer) scale. Jamie Soot for h ff, ;
defend ht amtrepresehte.l by 00.nete.
Green 88. B•,1le. 10 'ulnen fel' fame
eeriest 16116 n'snuit, deft, 11141(111. Irul p 0'
before. the 1101111')' ,3111141' no )1 811110)28 of
11110111„ motley. 1•'811 Wm; Itc,pl loud,
bnL ..e1u•r tin 1111(. 18 '308 h tit given ht n
e beaten;; daring nor of chair nnutrover.l„s
It;, Lnrdonip a e ill einoilt for Off, for
510,1,Iuo'OAe with full. sl's if Atli, Mr,
Heft f it. p1H'. ; Carrow. Q 0., for deft.
Polley ' a G. T. 11, C .. A11 action for
breach nP amt,'a •t to (1111' V a hipntent of
hrss.c_+, Which 1((110 , is sllippi,.1; 10 t0.
Northwest. 13v mon •int His Lordship
env judgment for plll. for $210 3.4meeee,
wi h Full poste ' f eon . Garrote, Q. 0.,
for plff. ; 1Vell..1) thaIrtichy for defht.
Legriee es M'rv'all An (8)8,13)1 to re
❑uv (180(13) bars and for an aceonet.
.Judgment wee 11 .tere4 in 18•11)0 of an
agreement h01WOH8 1110. px,rtt"s. L LI.
Dickenson for p I3, ; Phi lin 11.16 For do t
01 nn vs. Reim. An actio) for libel
P d., who avis the 140011(1181' anain111
James Trow as M. P. fo- 880011 Perth,
wa0) 1)11(u•g011 by deft., s:litot' and publish
er of the 'titehel8 Rennrder, with aahin,
Out of revenge, saving .that it was only a
ehnl't time since Mem, vied to bbtolctnlul
Trow, 111. P., and ant two m .tolls for it ;
that Glenn made $100 int of Prow's un.
senting. The nrt1ele went on, Bo the
p110i t8!'( s1y0, imputing einhnn11ty to
Glenn, and sey)((4 that he wee Fosse:eed
of el murderous heart end would commit
murder if be ha4 the cholne. 1) lend,
ant demurred to the: statement, eating
plaintiff placer) a wrong 00nstrnetinn m,
what lime purely a matter of (ulncttt pnbe
lia lnt0•0111,, and the d. enterer Was 01)10814
1(h ()evade Hal( and Moeioseri end the
ease way new b1014131 here for trial,
verdict for pill. for $t damages and fall
costs.
Martin vs. Glodnill, An action for
b81anu8 of nitpick/ purchase money on the
sale of it bush farm in the township of
(Colborne. Jury dispensed with, and Flea
Lordship offend j'rlglgenf (Monie.inq
tbea0tion without costs. Ay'eoworth, Q.
0., end 1t. Venatoue for plff ; Garro v,
Q. 0., for deft.
Court closed on Tuesday night with
the last civil ease, that of T'llliott vs.
13rice, an notion for slender, the plff.
claemiu) chat deft. had charged him with
sb8alinghis geese, The jury very momp0•
ly retuned a verdict for deft, 101111.1 the
action was dismissed with 008'8. 13, L.
Dickenson for plff. ; Unarm, Q. 0., for
deft.
01111ii1'.1L. OAIduN OAlt
In the Queen vs, John Birch, the In'
dem ohat'ged with rape, the evidence,
tit awed such a 11111nrg'mized etete in the
house set the time, with a'1 the paurties,
that on the advice of His Lordeh(p the
jni'y decided not guilty.
The trial of Ohmmbers, ohar;erl with
shooting Oonstable Bulmer 81 Clinton,
excited great interest, Tho crown had
about 20 witnesses in )0blendanee, and the
defonoe wee nearly as well supplied, their
intention being to prove en al(h(, that
prisoner was at Portage la Prairie et t6
time when the could not possibly have
reaohed Listowel on the date of the rob-
bery. Al the conclusion of the evidence)
Hie Lord0h)p told the jury L1u10 In view
of the po8)lfve stivements of two of the
prisoner's witnesses, old friends and men
08 repute, es compared with the evitleu08
of the oeow lh 81011e88138 who heti 88011 him
but once, (t would be dan40r0110 to eon.
viat,end they accordingly returned e
verdict of not guilty and Chambers was
discharged.
enseoetioWl,O 39 '11111) 0111(3) PMT'S 7>)4A•
08104218111*'.
The jurors for oar lady the Queen bog
leave to present ; That they have exam-
ined the jail and find at present thirteen
4018oners confined, twelve melee 161111 0110
female. The femaleis Cbm14,i1ted as a
vagrant for the fourth time, 8(10 months
each time. liar present sante)1ee will ex.
pita 00 tho 10th dtfyof April next. Sire
' is ehlht.y•three 3, are of tike and hag no
'neaten, temp 11'limih"re'If .1f the male
Il111'L. HA tW0 are hunter). aro. O to 11/18 1)001
r1
in jai, coot] 'ooeOly 811(1111 the 280 Jana
err, 1885, Th., ether ll 1 bout 1n Merle
17 b April, tri1)U. Both ware, we .. du v
reported by the sheriff within 0 u mouth
of their 00n,n1tt.l, and aro !LOW WO'. MU
removal t' the in8ane asylum. Neither
of the abo '8 (woes art of a via" 1t type,
One is under sentence for loony, one
awaiting trial for rape and another is
10w8)ti 1g t"iel °barged with shooting
with intent to do borlely harm 'Phe other
ha- just been committed sea vagrant for
fifty days, Ila is )healthy and strong
Iuoking sed well all to vitro a ;nod
living without un 1814 Ing the disgrace
of being kept by the public in the Qom.
111m1 jail. We found the jail clean and
Will letttilated and in a good state of re-
, air, The prisoners made no complaints
and exp eased themselves ea being well
olred for. While your grand jurors felly
recognize the duty and impertanee of
having the poor properly oared fir, yet
after carefully considoritig the question
we do not votommend that a poor house
be provided for the °aunty of Herm,
(3111 0.8 6110 q 1 11tibn 1,10 en often 131n1e It '
before the grand jar 'r. of tine 000,11, for
cousideeatia,t and nothing tae been cline,
the recommend tlmt his qu• 8t on be
voted (111 by the ratepayers of the different
m nni(i pith 11e0 of In en 11ty /It the (0x1
Ill 08101 al el 01(1(38 or at -n011 other time
109 maty be meet 00nv'nierlt. 1111 of 01(111013
1(8 most reepeotf011y submitted,
,fere. , o. VAAcos, foreman.
Ghde:tele (treed Jo.y Rooms,
Merrill 1.5th, 1802,
Dominion artiam'.nt
Tho 0018nleine for the current tin mala)
Year eh0w that, for ono' at 101140, they
Fn10l the prnm'ae mad in the •peoah
Fr m the throne the "that/ have been
prepared with a due reeler 1 1 t economy,”
The 1an11nn1 Ln he vet d 11. ' a liatnent (8
$21.1152,010, ('blah, with the ale n a
eulthorivrd by Statute, make up a 101(01
of 941,0114,18 a deel'eL9e of $2 602,001 ae
cnlil1ar811 with lest veer. The interest
011 the nublic debt is 888,017 more than
it w s 1,181. year, while $211,105 more is
" )111rer1 F r fir' rodempti'31 of the debt,
'Ph el. it nver)ment tot/mbat'9 are neu•-
(159000:eve thrid hot Vent', 811,301 being
,,1".I 8101(1 the depar Inert of print—
ing 0,11 9ta1)one v, $1(04)1 Peon cne)onhe,
82.717 erne, rnerine, 51,000 from lienar.
lee, 51,1120 From rah -vete( and eatele, 81,•
0''0 from (mance (due to thio abolition of
the Milne of 6rla,,co in peet0)'.) All the
„the,' .I Imetmento 11 .w m re or les9 1(0
' •40 , the chief being an midi i"n of $2,
710 to 031111.1'4 nu rite 1 1001)11)• (Menet.
meet, 'Pete extra second ul c0• clerks
have been ample ed in the Privy oonncil
nn 1 0.30 more in the anr(itot• genera('
oftisr, 8111'8 there are four Iwo itn the
printl" g bureau, two lees in the customs,
and one leo) 11( egl•iOliltm4tl. Civil s' -r•
vine continue (siert show it rednetion of
$4.280 (Olney 1,1 the governor-general's,
state, interior end marine depart -melte
Two of the Dominion erbitr,"0l'0 ha e
been ab licher! and their salary of $2,000
is droppe , while Si" John 'Thump or, has
ebulisher( the vote of $5,000 for the de
perkmeet of ,lnvtice law library, A
eatery of $1.000 for librarian, )f the •u•
, ''01118 court is salted lied there is an
urea(1' of $600 for the 130101(11❑n police.
The expel' es of parliamentary commit.
tees, a sen11,101 cleri;s, &n., t8 $20.107 less
thein last 38111, and the item of $150,000 -
for r0viei a of 'lie elect° al lists le also
1 upped, One hn11810tieg that 01tire is to
b8
111) revision thio year. 'Tile salary of
the dip tv sergeant -at arms is 1811008d
hien $1,900 to $300. '1')18 item of 8175,-
000 1 r (tennis is also dropped, as the
work in ommeat1oe therewith will be
ender) in two or three mouths 11014'•
Genera( Herbert )las evidently 0(4113ed
his onnteutiou th11,1 a larger nnmber of
niillt'n sbmnitt be drilled every )ear, for
the item for Hob rarpo80 is 11)eve,eed by
$26,000.
terms.
Mr.13aruard wants to ha,e the u0nntle
retaken 11( liriti•h Columbia.
Over $4,000 h sal ready been aubee le becl
in limniittcni towards the Sir John A.
Maa(loutld m-nlm'iel fund.
Legal exp0n808 figure prominently A.
11011(01 in the auditur•generel's report.
'1'110 total amounts to no lase a rum than
$94 055.
Tee withiirawals in the Post Office
4lavi1148 bank 0oo0)nue to be more than
the deposit••. Last (oo0th the withdraw
ale were $572,056, and the deposits $542.
,0110.
Sir Adolphe Caron put an end for the
session to all h' .pee of 080uriO4 a 1840,1.
Mon In letter postage from three to two
cents. The g0ve'nmeut 010nunt Afford to
giee'the people tide boon
Seventeen new peet•ofhees were opened
in the Dominion on the .1st 105110ut and
seven wee' eln80d. Of the DOW offices
three are in Ontario, tire' hl Qnebeo, six
in Novo. Soothe. and (Ivo in Meinitoba.
111r. Carling satge the Work of oulcelat.
111)2 bhe 0011.101 114•(888 88 p1000e111 g at
the rate of 200,000 per day and that it is
hoped to announce the results, so far as
88t100aliti88 and religions are 001108010d,
early in April.
.1)t 10001031 petitions were filed in Toronto
eguinet the return of Mr, 0.111101, Onn•
Serv0.t1v8, for 1'rin08 Edward, Mr. Wil-
son, C0n80rvetive for Lennox, Hie. Ben-
nett, for East Simooe and Mr. Patterson
of West 81880,n. The petitions allege
bribery and 0001)1pb pra01)i008.
The v10rione steamships egente in
Montreal ate lob present (11814001114 the
advisability of going to Ottawa to
petition the goeernment to allow the
rebete on gent% coming through the
Welland °Real and beanehipp04 8.t Cg•
40nsburg to Montreal,
The Conservative members of the
Ifone° of Commons, probably feeling that
their maj0ri6V will never be larger then
it is title 800sion, have determined to get
photographed together, in order that the
group may' 1800ra06 the walls of their
oau0ne room, In the centre will bo a
photograph of tho privy oon00i1 With the
oabine81 miuistere settled eb0llt tate round
red table. This evi11 80,8aukedbyp}iot)-
graphs of the party whips, and the group
MARCH 28, 1892
will bo eolnnletncl by the hkene0904 of the
reek and film of Ilis p arty
Major the if in. J. T. 041 Athol, of
Greuadi'r Quante, who 11 ,s been a1(,
poi'tted roil it•u'y o[4sreutr,y to the (lover
nor Geuorel, io the pines or 318.j"r t„ t1
Cmivi1 5, hs the • Meet eon of Lord St.
(e lel, '.f SO 11(01(111'0 Mouth, Cor ,tv4Lll,
and is wig ked to he married to Lady
Edith L'`rigonmhe, 30nneteet daughter of
th • Earl of Mount E'lgaumbo, who is
Lord Fligh Steward, of the Queen's
household. Major St Aubyn has been
in the army since 1878, was A. D. 0. '0
Sir Redoes Buller, to the late Major-
General Berle (who died almost in Sigh'
of Rhortouo) and to 0 poral 11rn^hon.
bury.
When Ili" item for the high commies.
i0ner'8 ofl1Ce Wae reached, the oppoeltion
renew d their attack of last 88081 .11 upon
Sir (Merles 'Pepper's oleotioueeriu ! tour
of last spring, Mr. Somerville, pointed
out that not only was Sir Charles paid
$173 fo hie traveling expenses to and
front Begland, hut the he also received
$780, being a' the rate of $1,. per diem
for the 78 (lays he war in this country
tnlnpin4 on b.helt of the Tory pe ty,
He also recalled the hill of over 81,00
V.11)011 ad die01oe841 ill the North Perth
eleuti in case, Sir Char 'es bed ren -up for
special trains, and wan ed to know
wh :hoe the eountry wee to pity this ono
0,190. T a above extras were ex0ltteive
of his annual 8ai8'3 of 912.000.
4'1'P8111.1 1/Fl 1\Ul''4'I'1tY—I`I1F1lt
MEI' 1(11)11 1 t) 3311 T'118 -Y
Lli.t11 TO.
The Sha•eholeer (01111 Ih8ar ttee
Gazette of 111xrclh 11th sa}8:—'I'he
gra0L181'8 ore defo':ot, but it is ev)01)),t
that their bollie9 have survived thein
for we have new t' deal wit„ the "Pat
r tie of Industry." 'Phis society bite
Ivan hel8rd of considerably daring the
Met few tnnntho,bat it'1101nei im,>oagihle
that shy urkanizati.,. base 1 on pruluf
pees no Utterly unsound conhl ever a0101(1
strength anti irommtltm8, and therefore
very little 101 0nt1on 110,0 been pai.I to i s
m,tter, but ea the ••14tron" aid their
,lines and obj ors are reed f ly $141111)1
p 0milen00 we think it is time to Show
whet they propose to 0,Cnntnpli-h and
what will moist not ei lly l.e the result,
1 he society 0tvle•1 the "Petrone of le
da'll'y" le 'l IJ ,) e I lit. ee 11'1:; n,
as 0,1,' ate Call/61l0 le cow:el•"e -I, bas Ill
ono uonli,10d its attention to the (1,31)
eultin'al 8800,0119 of ()Mario, the modus
operandi being emnewh'ti a. Full, •0
Lndga.'. are formed at (8 8'u ,,cis of
'0111' .1111,01)p10"l, .1 8)11811 l,ltr4b2t fe I-
uharg'd to defray ueeesolry expeeses
ltd ale (('0(1 es a m"mbet'ehit) ,01 tw,:),11'
has been seamed 81,0 meaty is 1'114
erg ii1'red and proceeds to e, rk,. In
Itlitilafa,t,l('1113 matters the Petrees cru
('se n" run Ron r 1011,0, foundries, 3heele
fectnries, deo. No ebjectioo can be raiee.1
to this ; 8f they have 0181180' to Ince they
have perfect right 6, rids it (u any sty
they ohno•e. Then they demand that
eerta)li articles in general 1)08, 11018 etlb
j-00 to cn9t0' s' ditties, shall be admitted
free. hero, again, they are uudonbted
ly acting within their righ a, although
they may find it difli»nit to norsnw'I u'
Government to ,woede I.., their demand.
Then, again, allay ask the provinlIal env
ernmett8 to lend 1118111 money at '211°o in•
Wrest to pay off nlnrtg0180s en "heir
fa1tne-111 other wrlr(8, burdening others
10 support the1n881008. lin 1.r, heweva r,
n1 these aims are legit(n.0--e and pract1
cal, but mark chat follows. They .0
quire retail merchants in ever, br tech , f
trade, on pain of )ooiug their cnetom el
to:ether, to simply then) with all chase,
of pods at prices not execelfng 12)"%
odvanoe on west. exclusive of 1031(8, unite
and some other lin, a which are aheid,
soli) at it still smaller advance, abo, to
make etre that they will hot bo imposed
upon, they 0x,ct the uohditiou that • hey
shall have 1.1'818'.1 11000008 to the mer.
01.ant8' invnil es. This out of the pro
gram is based on sheer Folly and can only
lead to deceit and fraud. ''an retail neer
Chants teary on business at a pruhl0 of
12,j% aid pay that edebts 7 Most a88ared•
ly net, dud yet they a oto be foroed to
melte the attempt by these "Patrons of
Industry," who are absolutely ignorant
of bnsinuse principles and know nothiuu
of the value of geode. What must be the
ou0oom11 08 scab egregious folly ? The
merchants who ere honest and desire 'o
pay their way will refuse to trade with
the Patrons of Industry, knowing that n
different course world result in speedy
buttkraptoy, and the trade will be done
by merchants less sornpnlous, who Wil'
re•m'6 to -one manna of 8,1akory and
fraud to add to the 40000 agreed upon.
We may be asked how can this be dome,
and the gnestinn May boat be answered
by a statement of faote within our own
kilrm2 ledge,
lyeriug the last few nays a number of
the very largeet and beet known whole-
sale 7nereh10nt8 of Montreal have been
Approached by retail mer01101)08 from
Olttleric with the requee1 for blank in-
voices, to be tilled in by tlleln,81088 with
thole own 8840res, and on 0)188 request be-
ing indignantly refected, it Wag asked
that the original invoices of the goods
purohas081 might 1>e made ottt at figures
1O% shove actual prices ((meth advance to
be 1lreang011 at settlement) and on receive
ing a eeenid and equally positive refusal,
these retail merchants explained that
they would have to place their orders
with other and loss honorable time, AS
they ware (mace agreement to supply the
Patrons of Industry at 12)^; advance aid
108 (molt a ratio of profit world not -pay
0xpe0998, they were compelled to resort
60 BOMB means of fooling their customers,
Here, then, was IL 01311ple plait whicll,bnt
for the honor of 1Ylontrottl metultent8,
would have resilte.1 in these viva "Pat -
rens" paying within a 8tn1011 fraction of
30% profit, while under the pleeoing de.
lemon that thoy were being supplied at
121)%, These, as we have said, are foots
within oar OW0 knowledge and w9 com-
mend them to the aon8tderation of all
Patrons of tndnstry adding our advice
that they will best` consult their. inter.
8808 by confining their attention to Mat.tt'+T0 t ley mtd'ere8ten(i, 488181mut attempt.
hie 00 interfere iu Mai tote of wheat they
know rnthiog tel 1" 4,118eh they on y
diailey t.lo'ir 1000)1Lne0 and render Ihelr,
Relvr's 111(1)1. 11( I/81(111(110101 8(1011 by 11')'
r ,411e1 (ran 1, We won(1 8W0 "rice dl
Ie (tumor, the ansalu18 1)808001111 of ra-
ft -ming to be 1,0118ed into gelling goods .,t
soy price )'elnw what ie necessary for the
eueeeeeful prnaeaulion '.F their husiuee. ;
cony other course will °lore 10);8.8,101 them
the doors of all the leading W11018811'
merchants, who will refuse to tisk their
geode in the hands of men who oonduot
their business on .uch idi"tie lines.
Competition ieetrong enough to peewit
either wholesale or retail merchants
from toalci 11 (18(1,811 ten fast, 8.nd h4 Heel'
Patrons dont believe it let then go into
bnsi»ese with their own m"net, am/ they
will roan find themselves wiser and mil-
der men. The subject is one which
ehoold receive the attention of the dif
((trent boards of trade and we hope that
no time will he to -t in bringing it, to their
opeuial attention.
THE, TOWN RAND.
To the Baiter of Tns POST.
Dnaa Sim,—A0 yen are aware. ),o
doubt, tlr, Albertson has given up the
leadership of Brussels Bund aid remov. d
from town to take a b War posioi'v The
question arises what will the next (110(8
be? Last year the ledger portion of the
year wee consumed 811 ()realization and
practice, at a huge expense, and now
when the Baud (night be ome ase die•
cord finals its way in and the Banti Com-
mittee instead of '•111)114' the kick r8 let
Ih towhee go and thereby virtually
break up tee 13(0111. A (01,0 ilte w19 un
dnubtealy mile in attempting to organ
(z.' and ret.in eo large a Band es it can•
t be done in ph.ue• the s(ze of Brus0ele
but if this wits 14 blender the Committee
of last year sin Id have demurred. A
fiend can 1(e' er met here unless harmony
1s the peerl:minant feature and it would
appear that there is not a sm e1
4hlllldetine of that eolmmol(tY ht ..took
j11st ii0W. My nclViee 19, if the Rind 18
to bo rontihued :—Let the Committee
ant )(40pendet of any member and. se-
cure It competent teacher e6 once ; let
the music 1, the property of the Baud,
toil not belong (0 the 'eaglet'; stick 'o
the fiv haws and if meee.e 8 wont con -
Fenn drop them, as a Bend of 10 well
.h•il of nn''t, le better than 20 pulli'.3
'v ry way, 1 whu rt like to re or to the
work \L' Alb, Mom did 10'.11 the work he
Jl lu't do end 814,1 t0 the pre,i,ions of
the Baud ;;rant b1( Wil forhe.,r at
pre'n,n, -Ph inking you, Mr. Editor, for
11.1(1()' spree, I •un,
.Ial', 1, 2:1, '119. 115'4: 3''eere1
L,u'all Leel',1(11 ore,
The Government have ht'on;ht down
a 13111 to 48017ide for the sub4t11,tion of a
new otely of greatly reduced mem'.ers to
lithe the tdere of the present county
anneal!. By this 1311), it Is proposed to
have 1 Comity Council of seem) menlbere
i0 counties under 40,000 in population,
1(t 01'(8 members 10 0on'11es between
40,000 1(d 611,000 a d of eleven members
in • n101tiee over 60.000. This body will
be cbnseu by the Reeves And Depot
Iteevee, who will 00nt11108 tr1 he elected
ns et preeen', but will Jely 810 11 the
lora] ennheil and cell not bo eligible t0
be Mooed to the new enmity nonnoil
Any fifty 8)5utnr8 In a municipality may
1(111118,,0 a •t aaudhl10'e fo' the new noun, v
en8(u1l before a ria e t be fixer) early ie
I)vrenlb r of sell year, by sending their
nomination in writhe; to the County
Clerk w(E•, a ee'ti6uate they ,t re tittle
1(11a)lied nuuli" ipel elerto•e attached.
After tho Reeves and Depntie8 aro re
-
t bred to tit County Clerk 80 eiectcrl,
he shall send nut by mail, a ballot entice
c1( ech, with a ,$t of (hose nomin911.3
eurardih" 00 law, and they 88)d1 return
their ba lot papers to the Comity Clerk
for the votes oast for inch cta8didnte.
l'lver Reeve (End Deputy. where )line are
to be chees', shall have the righ' to vote
f,r nine i041v114 •ahs, or he may give nine
votes for 0110, or divide his nine votes no
am mg any (1110..8) be pleases. The
newly elected 0- maty Council .hall meet
at seine time 100 the prompt County
('0011011 11)111 sinal( elmese a P1 .den front
Among Ihelnsetvee. This new 8yete10
will be optional with the people of 1110
different co.ntiee, B1For8 the next
municipal election itt January, 1803,
each County Clerk shall send to earth
,n mio'p'Lhty a sufficient nnmber of bal-
lots printed "for" and "against" the pro
1408)0 , and in any (bllmly in 18111011 1)
major)t;y of the electors vote in fever of
its adoption 8t will come into effect ot,
and after January 1804.
N'(.1rrlber 37
011e Hue. They relurued home in the
v 711(1)), ohms six O'cluok, Invite( ueiw,er
801(1 the Moot nun' toted, .but haul the
1(18111.010, 11 Weyer, of n 4fi mile ,irive."
A. e'Inc•whao 881111110' joke 1?) w@d pot.yed
mi a reorient of outlook) who ,,u.l 14 into
in
West Horol (01111 who stayed at Lame
owing to Elie receipt of 'wo )Otters, one
from Grey 10wnshi ', aur) the other from
13luovele, elating that the writers ware
coming in to tr(.nen t a pile 110 busmese
with him 011 Shat day. It id needless to
say the ,nouvmous liars Jid not show e4
and Cameron was out a vote.
Foo the cure of colds, and all derange-
ment., of the respiratory erg10na, no ogler
medicine is 80 reliab 0 0.s flyer's Cherry
P. Omni. It relieves the asthmatic and
oomsernptive, even in advanced tit..gos
of disease, and saves innummerable
lives,
A Pines Pazzis,•—If a frog is 101 the
hottOm of a well, ten feet deep, bow
many days will it take him to get to he
top if he ',limbs up one foot each day,
and slides beak Six inches owe eight.
One hundred dollars (n cash will be paid
.r the person who emelt' the fire' c rreet
°.newer to the above prize puzzle, an
elegant pair of din hold eeteriege in 8o'id
gold Settings gree to the one deeding
sec,ed correct answer. A 0011,Lete
ednoation at bu41n0.8 (3 lege ghee for
!earth 0081'000 uu9wer. Au imported
1011810 ('07( s,x pie018) given for
fifth eorreot sumer. A 1•ilk deers pattern
for each of the next five correct allnwer8.
11 hoe dsom„ parlor Lamp to 8,08) co the
'text ten. And a solid :.old (ent0)1 for the
first 0 .11501 au -war eon n each Proviuoe,
Every 1)0118011 answering must enclose
four three taut stamps for two sample
copies of the 6,1881 illustrated publica-
tion oil the 001(11"eet we (l' 1)3000
prises simply to intr'daee 1t. Address,
Ladies' Pictorial Weekly, (2.2) Toronto,
Can
AN )(111 \1x0 Wrrn Gocox,.—Tile Bp -
north League of the ML•tb .dist elm oh
gave 0 very lutere0tiug Temperuuoe pro.
'tram hist HLlhday evening bearing on
the life and character of the late cele-
brated orator, John 13. Gough, who did
so eolith t'.tvard tadvauolug the Danes.
L'ev. 0. P Seltou (31591ded, and after he
opening exercises the fodowiug persu(8
''.081 part;—Reading, 'rose 1)iettie
110080' 011.1100 uy the 011018 ; Ceal'ng,
Hiss Bchul Creighton ; r•adi o, , -Hiss
Hoiden ; solo, 31lee Nellie Otto! ; in -
'Orients, '1', 11. llumphries; re1)i11 , alien
yl('te,e 180Naughtuo ; short (1.1.11.-see0
by R.:1. Bnchana 1, Pre.ldeut of (ares.
t8 'n Endeavor, of )folville church ; W.
Shueeuber.;, of Se1Fw'th ; wld A. 31. Mc-
Kee ; readi.14, Geo. 11 ger8 ; ((uertette,
0Lisee4 Inez 0 et Ing e and .Nanta, Wil -
Moms, B888, 11111 2111.1 11. J. ,Verden ;
duets by 111'800 Allure ; (fleeing hymn.
The inee1in_ Ilex' 31.maa, ev01111114 will
be a "Celeetlal" 0e'8ert. rl question
drawer wi I be tine of the num ere oe
ale pr .greet and qu8 610118 relateig to
tie. bea.vi',1, b1(.let will be answered ou
tlit evening.
Te Iitxcalmino;,—On Tuesday of this
week H. J. Woitloy, who has been tenon -
o' of the Bell Fan ory Bad, W1u_hom,
fur 18,0 past year or so, and wll0 alae
for'mer'ly teacher of Brussels Baud -or a
number of years, went CO 381(113101,1110
where he has entered into en etngage-
Inent (v1 h the Five Brig•ufo b -•1 n Id
reed Bend of that, town fora year. The
lake town used to have a good bold hut
it nos become somewhat demoralized of
late. We expect to see then) du better
then eve , however, under the t8 1 011 ,f
Ur. Whitey, 11e is 001 only a. good
uuruetiet and able to Metre,) be, is
w(n't"1_ more than 8. PlOVIII0le1 repute -
tion t0 ,1 composer of liancl 11.10-80 He
is are an adept at arranging 01041' 1010
ural suras and the like. 'nut PONT, for
odd nequal,ltmo1e0ok', wishes haw e0.0•
0898 1111.1 W5 feel 11,11isfied if the Bend and
own0peop 8 Lek," 11 Id vigorously they
Will dart tu,. Bandmaster equal 1.1 elle
000a0lel 81013 time. The 13811 Bled
will mics hint barfly.
People We Know.
$1. Fear 011,1 wife removed to G'dorioh
this week,
0.8188 Maggie MoNaughten Suudaycd
in Wiughlam.
P. Thompson was home this week
from Sudy.
peeve MoI"tesh was in Lon 11 n for a
few days this week.
Miss Lillian Ailey was visiting
!deeds in Wingham Met week.
Ben. Driver jr. has uoo5 to Rochester,
N. P., whene he has ,0 si1nution,
Hiss Letitia Parks, of OiL10, was vfs(t-
iug 140 J. A. Crei hton's this week.
13, Gerry end wife were 1n Beater for
a few days this weep visiting relnbiveo,
A.ctditionst .ocal News, Mrs, Stanley Anderson, of Mitchell,
W119 visiting in tit assets and lo010111y this
Dime—Early Thnred0.y morning \Vin. week.
on(1, infant daughter of Edward and Miss Rile Hunter, of Brussels, spent
Margaret Duhfo'd, died, aged 4 menthe 8008418 of clay's in Whigham, as the
and 12 dive, The funeral will take guest of airs. W. J. J!'airfield,
place on 1lidey afternoon at `2;30 o'olook. George Forbes, who hi8 spent the
Interment at Brussels cemetery, Winter in Ontario, left for his home in
Lien of passengers ticketed this week 141,18t0ba oil Tuesday of this week.
by J. T. Popper, C, P. R. Agent, Bran. Semuel 1''rail0k, who 11108i been a nisi.
eels :—George Patterson, Ninga, HLm. ; (1••110 of Manitoba for a number of years,
Mrs. ,huhu Pettewln, Ninea, Man, ; is visiting relatives and friends in this
Henry Hawthorne, Heaney, Mtn. ; Miss locality.
Il ewthorne, 1,olerado, Dak, ; John Mies Jennie Green luta returned to her
Warwick, llartnuy, Hlan. ; George Miller, position as milliner for Mrs. F. O.
Heaney &fan. ; Joseph Currie, lIertn83', Rogers and is now preparing for the
Man. ; Robert kleele0,1•, Hartney, al5an. ; Spring opening.
John Love, Hartney, Men, 1 Charles S. B. Priories, of Wiogheen, a former
8iteh01), Brandon, 1)1an. ; Ono ticket to Bruuseiite, was is town last Saturday.
Winnipeg ; Mr, and Hire. l::lothanl also Ile looks very litto different to what he
080011(01 to Ilartney, Man. did 12 yeer8 ago although he hoe passed
Ext.= 'Plops :•—"A rather practical 111s 70th birthday,
joke was worked upon an eleotor in Prinoipel Shaw 11118 been on the sick
118born0 on Thursday last. He wee it list this week and unable to take 1Hoover))
'Prow than, end would have cast a helot at the school. Le grippe appears to have
fn his Hever, The evening previo118 to at mortgage upon him 010110utgh Mr.
the election ih0 elector reoeived a note to Shaw is making an effort to fight it off.
be i0 Exeter early in the morning. Leet Saturday B. Fralfokt a well
He wan on hand, together with hie eon known and highly respected oitteen, colts
who also bad a vote, but just in time to bitted his 85th birthday and i8 enjoying
find the buys' gone; a note, how81180, fairly good heaith for hie years. Tug
was lett to Hutt effect 000 he meld be Pose' wishes him many happy returns of
8081) 4,8 Mt. Carmel. Tho elector and the day.
eon proceeded 60 Mt. Carmel, and reach.
ed there to finch that the buyer had jest Sidney S. Taekson, said to be the
left for Parkhili. They were requested oldest hort0alturist in the 'United State(
to follow ; and they did, but with 8180118.8 , flied last week at his bonze in ir'.fn0inaa
191140)40* 80 than 4111011 they Met ail along ih the 180th year of his age.