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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1888-3-23, Page 1Volume 18. rit sti BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1888. Number 37. ,lie Canadian Wins. It'lloonor rs• I'.tCrson. William O'Connor, of Toronto, and Henry Peterson, of San Francisco, rowed on Solidity afternoon On excellent water near 111" Alameda Mola commit, and O'Connor was aueasy winner. Tho raoo was for $2,000 a side, and 1110 entire gate rem+i„te wet...also taken by the Catladiau's backers, The clislauoo was three inilee, a mile an(1 n half nod return, the 111011 turning different buoys, For some time past Peterson has boon tho favorite in the betting, but as the day of the race ap- prottehed and it was evidmi1 that there was pt my of mono' behind O'unuunr, the local sports, considering th it he and his friends had eomr m long distance anti were not likely to havo dons so without having something oubstantial on which to found their expect calms, been, tie nmre wary, and lately it was diflionit to got 11111011 money up at bettor than even money of tho Cann<tiau. Peterson .1).4 backed to a oonsidoroble extent at a shadh bettor than covens lost week, goie Only about S to 4. John D. Sprocicel-, son of tho great sngarkiug,nod himself a prom- inent business elan of San Franrf0co, was the referee. Potorsou rowed in n ceder b at built for hila in Boston, and O'Connor used one of the Waris shells, built in Toronto, which he brought with him. Tho men were in tiptop condi- tion, Potersol boine rethor better fit, if thero was any difference. O'Connor had ,, the rase well in hand all the way, and won by four lengths in 211 minutes 23 seconds. Evidently hecould havo beaten his mon farther. Peter1on had trained harder for this rano than over before, and Chore was mach disappniutment over tiro reeul1, lint 4 "Connor is declored a wonder. Over fifteen thous out pooplo left can Francisco Snuday afternoon for Almada race course, to witne s the sculling race between William O'Connor. of Toronto, and Henry Moreau, of San F anaisco, Fully ton thousand Morn spectators from vomitus parts of the State wit•.ess.' 1 tho tare, •e The day tt• n5.n typical California one, and the water was 03 sono li as a pond. Scarcely a ripple was to he 1e011 '411011 1110 start was finally made late in Ow afternoon. '1'hn TOMO to mall inn mediately took the leadaf Peterson. '1910 letter 1'owrll thirzydline roles ill his o -um] jerky style, tviile O'Connor rowed deity -six. O'Counor Main 401110d a slight lead lip to 1110 half mi c: swat, and wb• a this was 1'eachee he was a good two lengths :hied of the California man. They 0ellmii101 so ' p to tho mile post. Lore Peterson began splashing and woe following rime its 0 005)3or'5 wake,. O'Connor was pulling thirty strokes, while P0t5rson's stroke war colsidrrab. faster. The excitonelt of 3110 7001 010 1 '0)0414t fever heat. The ('.wadian wos now four lengths ahead of lois opponent, who was wording hard to overtake him. O'Connor felt as if rho race was his and eased slightly. On the home stretch h. kept this same lead, Peter on mode a spurt ted O'Connor dill likewise and =illumined his advantage. As the la -t half mite was being rowed, Peterson, who appeared tumidly distressed, made a still greater effort to pass O'Connor, but was a beaten man, and amid the deafen. ing cheers of tho multitude the Toronto men crossed the line nearly four lengths ahead of Peterson, 20 minutes 28 seconds seconds aftor starting time. At 20.88 Peterson crossed, apparently exhausted. O'Connor eteppod from his shell looking extremely fresh. The lime of tine raoo was first given as 20A5, but time of the officio' timekeeper was 20.28, as stated above. O'Connor rowed the rice in the same shell in whioh he defeated Al Ilanun last fall. Peterson's was 0 poor one, and tho bow dipped 1lcavilyp-fnto the water. This is believed to hove severely impeded Peterson in his rowing. Itis estimated that over 0711,000 changed Lauds on the result of the rano ; betting np to to -day had boon close, but this aftornonu the stralgor appeared to be the favorite. Pototeon 'hen seen after the roue Raid he (1111 his utmost to defeat O'Connor, but the latter 'as too 1110011 of a wondor for him. O'Connor anuonnees he will rattan to Toronto aftor m fru days' rest. The New York eiizzard, <\ currespoudont writicg from Now York to the Montreal Witness give+ some ir14a of the await snow storm, end the • acoompanying strong, cold wind ns follows : - "I expect this letter will be 9011eidie ably delayed on the wait; to Montiotl, 05 Cho tr0ins ore all what is termed "stalled" hero. You can have no idett of the kind of wealhor we havo had. .I 11 v had my first txperion00 of n b'iozard on Sunday and Monday lost. On Sunday cozening about 1,97011 o'clock it catnmeiced with a rain storm and (luring tho night ohangqed to snow, accompanied with it torriblo wind, whioh blew the filo snow in all di- roctiole. 163300 so fine that it potted. throngh crevices and into railway oars line Ano powdor. About midnight tho fraena house 1 3005 in rocked canto per- ceptibly, toll on looking out in the morn- ing the tntlsually strange sight met my gaze --'the ground 0overed with 1,0701al foot of snow, I had to go to business by railtvey a dislanco of twenty-six miles, mod it took all day to accomplish that It gyri 91 l'prisinqq to seo the huge Immo. ti to whe(•]s eevolving 192113out being able to move all inob, "\ting to rho Ano snow, Which Hommel to giva impetus to tha wheels to go round. The train would soniet.imas go forward ten or 2121) 011 foot, • and than bask op fifty for the prirpos0 of putting on ell steam for a farad rein for. tonal, Wo,50i101imeo bumped into a pr000ding car, and w0 met tho Chicago I,imi4eri with its vr: tibula On79 001+.1 plrtely snowed in. Wiens and telegraph poke tam Clown in all n115011ons, and thea Iv00 uo 000 its looping for relief from lloodquartore, The =torero tato soon oaten out of avorything, and the 22101 had to bo husband0d. The hind blow with Both foPeo that in 000551ng from ono car to another groat caro had to bo falcon to avoid hung blown into intg0 piles of 0110ty. Plte sloliM dame se lunexpect0dly that no pl'071410(1 was Made for snow•plaws, and oven if they hied thong it is a question if they would be able to ass them as Connell in railway men do when blockaded by snOwatOrnn,. Otte' tw01v0 hours delay I minima Now York to nod that all mode of travel, in• eluding rho ()novated railway with its 51evatod position, were stopped, and all the 1 tido ornwdnd On 35.1911y morn. log 14 5011110111011 who had b314il2085 of tae utmost ]m ortance 0 attend to at his office had to pay 050 to bo (Elven their° At night the 8,1eat wore pitch dark, tho electric Eight having gotta out, and their W115 not a cabby to be so •n any Place. I have boon in eto•ms fn Canada where there ens inure snow, but I never saw the hind play ouch pronto. "Tho loss of life w .o t nil rho casualties are sttnl1n d up will be conside'ablo, stud the money loos of property and 511441 11- sion of bu0iu.•s8 fo t11ru0 days wan foot up a ' eu"rm :lie 8.010111E. The 0E4 41101013 E4tomes 01111 OOntriva ices twithstand 1110 0)12 '111)1 cum over on rho 1110 that 11111 bridged tho river betwoetl Now York and Brookly•', word varied, and in some in. 5tmuc04laughnblo. Tho dairy people and milkmen gonorally worn shut out from the city fur about thrust, Bayo, It would taken good:sized volume to give all rho partiellnre, so I will have to roma to a close," Grey Council Meeting. Connell met at Dances' dotal, Cron - brook, of March 9, pursuant to adjoutu• hent. Members all present, the Reeve in tho chair. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. James Iiouston ate, plied for 80 rods of wire fence on side road between lots 10 and 11, eon. 19, laid over for further consideration. 'Pilo Reevo and Clerk were instructed to notify Mr. Bolton, Engineer, that the Beonohalnp Creek is in5u0icient as an outlet to carry away all the water in- t0ud0•1 to bo brought into said Creek from the Township of Elmo, Tho auditors' report and abstract of the Township' ac 00111115 for 1887 wore laid on the thb10 and examined by tho Clonncil. Moved by Wultor Clive', seconded b. 1Vnt. Brown that 1110 an<litio e' report Im ert1pted, and that thu ubetfact ba. pnbliehed in ''ho B'nssols 1'osl' two weeks. Carried. ho.ol by Wolter Oliver, seconded by \b'm. Brown that the Clerk be Instructed to procure 200 co•'ios of the Ditches and \\lttrrc0035115 Act 1883, and nm0edtnent thcrc1o, for the benellt of rho ratopayors, Carried. ,gloved by Edward Bryons, secoudod by •4dt'ei,. Hi•lop that the town• ship printing lie submitted topublics coin. petntiun, and that the Clerk bo instrnuted to matte out a list of the printing for loss and that t riders be asked for the same up till the 15th of April next. Oar woo. 1iuvell by Arch Hislop, seeonclad by W111. Brown that the Reeve b.• anthor- lood to open the ton fors for the printing undid tho contract, Carried. The fol. lowing patlnnaste s were appointed for the current y00r, 9iz:—Con.1, boundary, Alex. Thompson, Dunoau McTavish, Jose 'h Armstrong, Goo. Sangster, Horace Cemmiugs, Jas. Scott; Cone. 1 and 2, Alex. MoDonald, Joseph Coombe, Mal- colm Eraser, John Thompson, Wm. Fraser, Wm. Mitchell, Samuel Holmes, Daniel Byers, Thos. Smith; Cons. 3 and 4, Thos. Strachan, Wm. Bates. John Smith, Joseph Baynard, John Savage, Andrew Bremner, J. J. Lindsey, Robt. Pirie, Jas. Bowers; Cons, 5 and 8, Frank Oliver, Ilart Leiug, Robt, McKee, John Bishop, Joint Bayne d, Wm. Elliott, Chas. Hudson, llobt. Bennett, Truman Smith ; Cons. 7 and 8, Jas. Cardiff, laugh Lamont, Jas McDougall, Ma'oolm La. mont, Daniel Ealnnier, llobt. Dilworth, John Gill, Edward Collie, Wm. McDon- ald, Rich. Rapp, Devi(' Mile; Cons. 9 and 10, Trios. Pepper, John Crearor, ,Tas. Menzies, Win, Wilson, Wm. King, Isaac Lake, John K. Baker, Win Cook, Wm. Dark; Coos. 11 and 12, Alex. Del. gatty, Elia. Dickson, John 141bLanoltliu, James Slemmon, John Knight, Valentino Pointer, John Whitfield, Louis Holler, Robt, Menzies ; Cons. 13 and 14, John Hislop, David Grant, John Cush, Peter Sinclair, Arch. McNeil, Jas. McNair, Litho Sp' iran, Joseph Whitfi0ld, Wm. llarbobtte; Cels. 15 nd 15, Voter Wat- son, John Boehanan, Johp Harris, Wm. Fulton, Dougolil MoTaggai't, Hartwell Speiro:n, Geo, McKay, Jos. Vinton; Cole, 17.011(1 181 1)ouald Ross; Theis. William- son, Aroh. Dunot.lson, rias. Cosi°, 'Wm. Smith ; (ir0hrtn1 511 oey, Goo. Colvin ; Walton oiling°, R. H. Ferguson ; Gravel road, J'as. Simpson, Jas. Straehtut, 'phos. MoLonchliu, Donald lloLon1lllin, Jas, 1C' Ily, JOhu Ilisiop, Adam Sholdioe, Fence viewers : Alex, Bass, Jas, Turn- bull, Lawrence Dubso11, Robt. Moven, hlalcoln Lamont, Joseph 1Vhitltold, Geo. Welsh, Philip Both, Pete' McDonald, Wm. Fulton, 110(637011: Speit•00, tloo, Avery, John Whitfield, James Oliver. Pound•koapors t Tl,oe. Mollwen, blr. S'Vord, John Robertson, J'aeob Tuck, 17artwoll Sppoiran, Thos. Turnbull, David 12dllard, 'Wm. Beano, The following ao0onnt0 wore presented and paid :—A. McNair, postage and stationary, 010.28 ; ae t t J . Mi a] oll,;pla1 is forstone pir lot 1, cwt. 12, 02; Aloe, Stewart and Jacob ]2 liter each 6 10' salary no auditors ; A. McKay, moor in dog tax, 61; Wm. Mo. Itolvoy, b0101100 for (111011 1:0 front of lots (1 and 7 r eon. 1:, 05. Council thou ad. journoclto moot again ab Robertson's I'lobol, Rthel, nn Friday, tho With day of May noxi, as Court of 1209101011 of Om A850ssmeltt Roll, Wt(. SprN('u, Clark, L) .fminion Parliament. Senator All 1111 Iron Toronto, will as. some tho speakership of the Sonata. It looms Sir Mottles Topper's p)1y510. Ions hotrod that his illnoss wo i1(1 develop loon tent of the throw, Tae'c 11(100 Well some red hot sp eohes 111 Unrostriotorl Rociprooity in rho Home. Nom we c more 51.0144,1v nor favorah y put than Sir 11.3. Cartwrights, A o trnng doputatol :oohed O(1 1123', Bowen and askrd to havo the ditty re- m .00.1 from b'okt imported for freo lib- atri55. TIt„ir relluost is likely to be quoted. When the Printing B menu is organiz- ed Soto will b4 room for about one hun- dred now appoiutmeuts, but thole aro already before the 4so1•••tary of State more than 200 applicatinus. u i 1110.1(407 awl Attorney -Gen. al'al MI':;,of Mew Itthe, left Ottawa Moo - 'lay foe Tor olio on Chair wap home. the ,"minims Government looting mado n' dolluit,' pt'opo•itiou ro di0mllowanee. Gm sum nil repot' of the 1.lominlou lfieisto' 01 Morino shotes that rho ship- ping Industry of Canada is declining; The number of vessels registered in Can - o,10 today i 8,178, 012 1058 than any oth- er year shwa 1875. '1'11' ?fiui1t'n' of Justice will introduce a bill to abolish forfeit lie for treason and felony. Itis the law that the property of person+ convicted of treason or mur- der shall pass to the Crown, bat itis nev- er onforel. Tho Government proposes to remove it from this statute book. Mr. 1 0011110, 11. P. for Peel, presented to the Minister of Militia a petition sign- ed by Sohn Ilannilton and a noneb5r .of lake mariners, protesting against the oonti1001Oe of the use of the Garrison Commons at Toronto for rifle shooting purposes, owing to the danger which mariners aro liable to Motu Orom stray bullets. Mr, Porlov (Assinaboia) prosot tad a petition, curtaining ov0`.1,000 eisnatttres asitia„ for amon(lm1nt to the liquor law, , av to ulnarly define 0orte du doubtful points, and to provide for a strict onforoo- 111R112 and pluhlbition and tho mamfaot- 111'' or .4015 of brier or other intoxicant witl(ont oonsent of the poop' 3 expressed inn 70(0 602101) 111 'he district. 11r. Brown, of Hamilton, has praseut- ud a potition boaricg some hundreds of otemaint'es 111 eappllrt <>X 1115 bill 05 dost toting lieu pignone at pigeon st''ooting 1 •'r'n 1"1911 1, 0141 there teas also p7000116. ••+. lie. Mee Ellis a potition 'roe the N. w Brunswick Society for tilt prevention of ('rushy to A111n1.11'.i for tun.•n(lrnent of (11e law nailer which they carry on their .:cal. Tho nu•asnreagainst bucket shape, to be introdnned in rho Sonata by Mr. Ab- bott, 'eel being bucket shops under tho osurItiou f the criminal how respoobing gambling and gambling houses, And will imposo peualties upon those who oonduot i nickel shops and those who trade in thorn. Tho polity authorities will be atothed with power to enter at any time any place where the buoki•t-shop busi• n ss is carried on, Heim the contents and throw upon the proprietor of the estab- lishment the onus of proving tint the business dons not partake of the charac. ter of gambling. Dr. way of Ueoiorooiby if they could not get w''at they had before. IIo had hoforo this read from oOioi01 dorm mints, ..how. ing the strong efforts tho Government had mado to induce the British Govern. mens to prevent tho abrogation of the Troaby of 1854 and the -opinions the ieade's of the Conservative party Soon 11010, that the loss of reoiprooal trade right• would be a calamity t) Canada. If the lose of it was a calamity, the seeur. ing of it again must boa blosoing, and if, ns was well known, the United States would not ngroo to reciprocity in n.tural products only, was it n •t rea0OnabI' that 0anada should consent to consider Into gaestol of going further? "Aro we," he asked, "going to nogl of the fanners. the Asherman, the miners and the lumber- men, t0 whom this would bo agreat boon. in rho 1}TE0)('T OP T1IE FEW 414140PA1•Tr5EE5 who are supporta,' by the hard 0001111154 of Some people 2" This sentiment ryas greeted •4ith loud applause, He ,vent on to show how the very object of the No- tional Policy, as announced by Sir J' hn Macdonald and other Opposition leader; in 1877 and '78, was to secure Reoipro0it) and it was for that reason that the poo. pl.' voted for it, not with a v10w to wed- ding Canada to a Protective tariff. But the Premier, ho said, had got himself into the National Policy trop ; that the combines and monopolists of the country ltad their foot upon the spring and he could not get ant. Dr. Macdonald ex- pressed great regret that Sir Charlos Tupper was absent from this debate, not only because it was caused by illness, but becomes he thought there was strong rea- son to believe that the hon. gentleman held brad views upon this question. From this point he naturally turned 6o a consideration of the ,papers rel ding to the Fishorios Treaty as affecting the trade question. Ile read from thoso vapor+ to show that the instruotions given to the plenipotentiaries on either aide were identical, and also that the American : loulpotentiaries had deolined to u.nsi(1or a trade proposition ,n the 5r0nlnd that Choy worm not authorized to do so. Tho instructions being the 814010, if one part[) land in power to consider a proposition i1.' other had no right to make it. IIe Brow the couolusi'ti, there- to e' thitthis proposition for Red .•rociry, alleee(1 to have been marl d ring the Fisheries neghtiatioas, was made 111i11EL7 70 .08111:IVE TEE PEOPLE 07 0,114,05.1, to mala thorn believe that such aprop0.i- tion ens mod,', ween, as 8. plotter of fait, it was not. It was said th ,1 n wisp faith r would train itis sou to thatoorupa• hien for which he was bolo adapred, su C madians should pay special attention t4 rho devolpment of those industri"s which were best suited to the conditions and reeonrcos of tho country. Tule led to a disoussi a of the exports of Canada, in whioh hecomplutely refuted thecanten- tion that t11e UnitedStates was not a mar- ket for Canadian natural products, for it almost every b mirth the wholo or the greater part of the prodder is absorbed by the Unite 1 States. From this point op to t eats Dr. Maodonald's address was one of the liveliest of the debate. Pro - miming from his moderate, deliberate style that the doctor would easily be confused by interruptions and unable to answer questions suddenly sprung upon him, several members ou the Ministerial Macdonald, M. Q., On side undertook to put him through a worse of "heckling," as they call it in Scotland, but it became ovidont in a fete moments that they had taakled not a t) ro in Pariiamrn tory debate, but a victor in the rough-and.tulnble conflicts of plat. form discussion, When the interruptions grew so numerous that rho doctor's friends boson to fear that he would lose his balance among many opponents ho Mel perfectly tit hoot • and evidently en- joyolt bha eituat1on. "I ant not at all pub about," ho said, as be deprecatingly waved his hand to secure sileaaO' among his friends that he might Hear what his opponents had to soy to hint- By six o'ulook the Cmneervativoo were tiled of thci. contract. Tho first gne5t1011 aro e as to the relative prices of horses export. ed to the United Status and thoso export. od to Engiaud. Thc ge'tlemen on tho atlh3r side evidently thought they 0010 maim a point by showing that lib,' oath - able Im,s0s wore Rout to England, but Dr. ltitoelnuald showed by the 131/1406 that tha contrary 30335 rho 0000, 1L', Masson, of Owen Saua41, 17054 with goo1e heat and s -:id 11111 gitssti.'tl was aH 'to the price of c0ttlo, the greet0r value per hood of oats lc sent to England being well known. 1)i. Ol.aoclu1ctld, by 1411 Fxplanabioll of rho Case, 13 if the questioner were 1nn011 in noel 1 information, rinsed groat lough - tor, In tho (10ur00 of his 0050111001 1 few minute,. litter, ho stated that the Canadinu growur paid the duty on barioy, exported to tha United States, Mr Tay. l,ir, of 1100(14, interrupted by delrhaing 1111b+t11t American buyer paid it, Ill' rosily to this Dr. Mite_douald read 13 Moto. moot from a sp,e011 of Bir John Mate douald at Napalm in 1877, that the Canadians pad the tinnily. Before he quoted the passage he said no doubt one Ho loyal t0 his ollief as Mr. 1aylor tvonlcl accept his leader's wad. "I will not if it is dna'nreet," replied lIr. Toylor, to the intols1 astonishment of all who hoard grim, for if thorn is 0110 men in rho House who mono that any other nets tho post of on unqutabiouing partisan of tam Premier, that man to err. Taylor, of Londe. Phe'1 w08 great 10ng11t'er when ho was thus Reciprocity. Tho member for Bost Huron is thus reported in his speech on Reuiprooity bo - fore the House het Tuesday :— Dr, Macdonald, of Huron, and Mr. Brown, of Hamilton, rose at the sante m0111 it, bat the Ia,aer gave 300y.and rat. 01,0101ALn 0('1(0 •(1 "mon a 8pe0011 whioh proved one of the ablest of the debate. He paid a just compliment to Mr. Gigault fur his manly statement of his opinions, and, am 1146 doop hoar, hears from many meal- times, he contrasted it with the epeeehes :•ninny mado n) of porsonalitiee which lead hoen delivered before. In thte connection ho referred rather poirtt- 0dly, Slough eithout offon'ivenoss, to tho effort of young Mr, Tupper on Monday night. Too criticism was certainly de- served. Encoring noon the subject bo- ffin bun, Dr. el Around dealt first with Mr. 1415etult'8 commotion that the formcr Romprocity Treaty was bomticiol to Can- ada only 11000040 of the 51)002a1 0ircunt. stanoos of the tinlo, tho building of the Grind Taunt, the w..r fn Iburopo and the civil war 1111110 United Mateo. As against these views he pointed not that tlto Grand Trunk was (0mme10od fivo years before the treaty, 011,1 enough money had boort spent to make the trade so gond that the inorwi40 11114109 R001pl'0013y could nut bo duo to that (muse. The Europoae war NYSE 1411E096 concluded when Reeiprooity went into otfuet, end the results in Cana. els 3901'0 soon to the rection of 1857, lvh]eic led to many failures mad 3vidc- 'epread trade disaster. But Canada 1(171'E 1(1'003E1100 v100 00304E1(0L11, 111. lhnt08tnx as rapidly as from tho hard tim08 of 1857, and that foot, ho 0ontendocl, was duo to T:tociprooity. Tho American war 11111(10 011 increased demand from portions of tho ignited Statile for Canadian products, lent, on the other gland, it eat Canada off from ten millions of peop10 in the South, who timid hlwe bought S groat 310111 of the products of 01110(inn labor. Ito dwelt upon tho benefits to Canada under tho trinity, as shown by Cha iuoroa80 of trade .with tho United Statos, that ln- craaso being 800 per cont'„ and pofntod out that Canada had rho advantage in Government buildings at St, Thomas tho treaty by reason of tho fact that rho had a narrow escape from dOsbruotion by increase of tiro tinited States was in firs on Suo day, Dr., Gostin, who is• et, 1311! 0011611er ratio. Re took the 1110111 tootling CaretakorRuss11, detected a smell industries of filo ooltntry one by ono and of something burning, and on opening showed how those had prospered under the door of the weights a11d measures. de. Roaiprooity, and contrasted t1r15 with tine partmellt a volume of 0nlok5 bm'st out,. 0cn(163011 01 too slllpbuiktor's, tha Mem. 141)8 1t wits 50on1 that fico , ani' i4 olio co, ere andoil r., a:,lar the National Polley. nor of Gm room was burning briskly, .ills figures regarding Rootprooiby of A wooden: spittoon had caught Are, per. c0nr50 rafo red to freo trado in natural 5umably from m ligb60(1 cigar stub, owl products, and this led Mr. Sproule, of had boon smouldering 8i1400 5tctnrday, (Troy, to interject aquestionastowhetllor When discovered, the floor 110000611 the film resolution bofot:0 tllo house was in box burned almost through, and the favor of a return to this system. In 1'e - flames were spreading. A few pails of ply't)r.. Macdonald declared that the Lib - water however, oxtingni51)Od tire. blaze, oral ilart:y wee ready to go further u1 viol COSE1102ETgin 38(T14 1115 Lo:Anl:a's 1,10011017161' and ho looked dkcillodly cheap. IIo was loudly aallocl open le explain." but ho 1(0p1 his seat. Tho doctor referred to the lumbor industry, pointing out that there worn 5,500 nulla in tho conutry, omployfn5 many thousands of mon. 13y a ltoaiproctty 'Pronto, those pippin would boieldt not only by 62 a thousand in the removal of the duty 011 4110 gonia' 00 p., ted, but by tho Iron importation of machinery, tho est0bli0hutont or planing mills, anti the ability to export 1011511 l'nmbar, o11 which the pa48ont duty sotto prahibitfvo. ].toferring to rho great pos- sobilities of the iron industry, he pointed out that in Nova Scotia rho iron was the beat its the world and tho Coal was beside it, and in spite of heavy duty there was not smoking furnace in operation i the Dominion. There WES no reason, h con(1nded, why this iron should not b molted for the whole of America, a8 i might be with free trade between tho tw countries, The copper mined and nick) min"" might be opened in tine same Way Making spacial roference to British ('ot umhitt, ho specitiud flsherios, coal mine and lumbering as the great industries o that Province, and contended that th trade in those mu -t be with the Unite Staten and not with the oth-or Provinces Mr. Chisholm, of British Columbia, de niod this, cleolaring toot he was in ill fishery busineos and not a dollar's wort)0 of fish from British Columbia went t 6110 United .•states, When 1)r. Macdos old quoted troth the Trade and Noviga tion Returns that $188,000 worth of lith were exported to the United :nates (Pao year's, of oour0e,1, tine Ilousn r0lred Mr. Chisholm rose to exclaim ill Speaker asllod him to order. Dimities he would have said, had 11e boon allowo(1 to proceed, that 110 spoke of the wanton tithing industry alone. Thede were bu a few of tho interruptions attempted ant '•u they wore not rem0d after recess. 511 the evening Dr. Macdonald re wiled his co isideration of the effects 11+'oiprooity would. have noon leading industries, spooking with special emphasis and Rpm - authority upon TEE HALT DUMMY centred in his own riding. He quoted the men most deeply interested to show that the National Policy had almost wiped the salt industry out of existouce, and showed what groat benetite would aoerue to the salt manufacturers if they had the market of the great West open to them. In conclusion, ne dwelt upon their loyalty, declaring himself a British oubject, proud of the Old Land, its his- tory and its institution. He declared that in their system of government ;an- adians had the stability of a monaroby and the freedom of a ropublio, and ex. pressed a strong belief that the ties Mod- uloMod- ulothe Provinces to ono another and all to rho Motherland would be all the stroneer by reason of tho prosperity which would follow the mronin5 of free trade relations with ilia United States. Huron County Notes. n a a • 5 a 0 0 48 The South Huron 'spring Show will be held at Brucofneld on Wedu05d.ly, A,lril 18. Londesboro Presbyterian congregation ]las voted two to one in favor of "u organ fur the elluoh. Captain Finlay tfol herson and D. 0. Strachan, of Goclorich, have purchased rho schooner Ariel from Jos. Williams. The congregation of tits Blyth Presby- terian north have decided br 103 to 23 that that nasty "kiss o' whistles," yulept an organ, must be removed from tae Sun- day school room, "as they cannot eon. soiontioul'y send their children there whi10 it remains." On Saturday morning a brakeman named Al x. McDonald, of the G. T. R., met with a bad accident while doing his work at Clinton station. to slipped uud•'r the wheels of the moving train and the muscles and flesh of the calf of his right leg were badly out and bruised by the wheelo running over it, taking the flesh off, and it is thought the leg will have to be amputated. He is a married man, and his wife and family reside at Stratford. He was taken homo. Perth County Notes. Rev. Mr. Ker and family have moved from Mitchell to Stratford. The Bright curlers dofoated the Strat- ford men the other uight by 10 points. Stewart Campbell's fine thick team drew from Cha Avondale cheese factory, North ]asthopo, to the B ptist Mineola proporty in Stratford, the eoornvms load of 15,000 pounds (7e tons) of stone. Tbo County of Perth is very proud of its new gaol, which 1t consid'rs one of the flue: in the Province. It is heated by hot water pipes, contains 27 cells and two dark cells, all nn the most apporov1d patterns, it well-equipped laundry and ltitohen, eta. 1 (loputltion from Trinity Church, Mitollell, recently welted upon Bishop Baldwin to ask for the appaintmont of 13ov. Mr, Farthing co snucucd Rev. lir. Icor, but the Bishop said thele was no two ill appointing thu gettleinau 04141008 his wishes. Another 11141110 will shortly ho ounaidered by thevongrogabiou. Hucksters end wood-doalors from the connlry guneraily will bo intureeted in mowing t111tt Judge Woods of Stratford, deduotad12 from au aoca0lnt ,$ of $42 from a woodmen --11 0.00ve116h being taken off because rho wood supplied was only 3 feet 4 inches. Abd lila a curd for inferior quality. The contract was for 1 fent wood of lrst.ulass 410a111y, Herbert Wallis, Mechanical Superin- to11dent of the Grand •11ru111 Railway, was in Stratford the other day inopcotfng the now l000motive shops. llo says that vig- orous efforts wilt bo made to havo the moulding shops oomploted by August, in order that the iron tubing in the eoc- stru04iolt of the Sarnia tunnel may be mado thorn. Ten thousand tons will be rognired for thu pnrposa. Georg( A. Staoey, cf liirilton, William Ilunphrias, of St. Marys and Willioin Aiden, of Blanchard, left last week for Capo Colony, South Afrioa. Tho labor goes to wind no tha business of his 8011 who Sprit thrtio years in that country but who is now it partner 111 tho well: known firm of Lyons and Co., of Guelph. The two lini6 named gentlom531 go under a two years' 0115a5em01114 with the Stand. Srd 1'ublishing Co., of Guelph. T110y toll of a woman in dtrabford who has a double row of tooth, one of her sons has no teeth at all, a daughter gnat a Luaei e,. Lai. 111101 tin one nide and led or, 11 Moor, end t?7) we4l•h the Owl-. ":38.734 this soriegatod faintly ins ono arl.ificlind cyo and was born without a tail. Lately a little bunch has made its appearanc0 on the hide of the family oat, and those who know the r00ord of other mambas of the 1100801101d aro morally oertaiti that it's an oxtr0 hind log growing alt of the back of tabby. COMMUNICATIONS. An Explanation To the Editor (1) Trot Pon, 1)0Att Sxs. -I notice in your issue of last week. over rho oignaturo Reader, my name with Mr. Denmau's in a general tour vet Wingham, Morris and u' on, and into' viewing pwrties who live inthione5 with tho Covet 0/71/511 in Conon ion with an a plf0aie(+ f ,r the pnstmltvtersllip of Rruea0l , 41e. Nnw, leen+ all this true I do 't know tbat it would bo any cringe, but your readers may judge from the following: ---A 001100 of we0113 1in10 I had business in Wingham with Mr. Ben and took rho ahem no Irvin. Mr. penman woe on lii4 usual trip as t'ltvrll'a'. On e Intim not if 51 d t our way h n k I n l l got 4 rig in Wingliam would 5, as I was lu• bably blot roc 11111 nil, 5' 0411 to 11r. F ' 1 7'4 0.11,2 se• if thew buil. y'11t been nrt'ie a lection for ::<•ta ruin,- Off •e fort 1•+ r0. peal vote of the Scott Aut. I a: moon to do on if I load tion'. It is not neeoesary to go into details of that errand. Mr. D. loft Me at Itluevali station in tine for , Cha mixnd train home. R,:vlor refers von to Ml'. Roe., of the Qnei'.'4, Wing - haul, for t11e truthfulness of his article. Now, I dory Mr. Itoe to say I over Men- tioned to him TUE PORT, Mr, Groot lir tate ['90(02loethat dao, or that I ever so far solicited the postmastership for Mr. Den- man, myself or any other man from any- body. '1 he writer of last wool's article has seen Otto rake my name over in the pro -s Beveled times and about on similar grounds. Yours Irony, Mlarclt 22, '88. c W. 1'. VA(870xK. c 8.t1G1,T .1T MS OWN GoklI1—:1r0 PROOF TET. Co the Editor of Tun Pon DEAn eine—•It is not because we "xpeot to gain any good, or obtain any naefn' in- formation from a bluffer, that we treat them with sufficient courtesy t" give them a hearing, but bemuse it is the simplest and most effectiy0 way to dis- pose of th an by allowing them to b,•cnmo a victim of their own game. Tho foaow- ing latter, 2191111 lir. Roe, proprietor of tho Qne0n's hahtl, Winghatte to whom the audaoi,ne 71114411, not being ;:larded with making hint rosp0nsible for the lie, has the boldness to refer 0s willing to ' bark it p, ting the nature of tho 011:er- satiou 04111011 follow, 1 81014 V''1'y (d-:ar r idun8 of the pltteo w4m.e. 6117 tier should rest : tykeaAN, Moroi, 11. 18109. 1(017013 POST. )lKan Hln,—(have beta h,unloo4 espy of your Raper to-dat to read nn ,.rrirle in which I am retorted to for proof of 8t:4te- mente made. 1 do net web to (nix 'iy Reif up with 5144 controversy, but at t m same time I must sue what the truth is. l.lu me - wont of having L1V"din your tow 1 .o long I take as Interest in enquiring ....too the (motto there. ,liessrs. Denman and Van - stone called at my hotel about the time mentioned and I asked them how toluic were fa 1rue5018. They said theta 37.1.8 noth- ing fresh except rho posto59ee affair and asked if I ha t not seen lir.Uouul8n'a letter. I said did cob Dake Thin Pon. r he y sofa there had boon as ittv."tisatiou of th, cum - plaints, but they did dot say kir, Grant was likely to be dismissed or that they bad come up to lnterviow any person in referonoo to It , nor I hove never said to say lemon that they did. They dr0v0 away froth hero and that was all 111804 4705 about it. Yours Willy, S.. 11010. Imagine Mr. Roe's feelings when he saw that he was made the father of a lie, nod wh011 he read a little farther on that he was called on to corroborate the false statement. The vile wretch who would so wantonly malign the character of an- other, to accomplish his evil designs, has it in his nature to do worse \yen! 1t not for the fear of the law. The oirtlu,rstan- ces which led to this appear to be as fol- lows : Shortly after lir. Vanstono and I loft Wingham, F. S. Scott, of llrussels, drove in and when he found we icad been there and had spollon about the post - officio, he booame v0ry inquisitive to find out what we had said, where we lead gone. and all lie could abort our busi- nese, but Mr. Roo being too touch of a gentleman to bo so impertfneut, as to ask .tci goe5tious, leas tenable to Satisfy him and again in the evening ho could not content himself but had 10 put further questions to Mr. Roe, but memo met with as little satisfaction. Mr. Roe declares ho has not 0pok011 to any persot htt..itr. 'cotbabout us being thero till lw was handed a copy of your 'ash wren, dssu0, so your anoderm oa11 draw their 'len con- clusion—who they think the bluifur and liar is, I also' flatly, that out 111(111908 was what it has been reportru to ba and 0110111eago proof for the charges in last weak'5lotter. But whitt obeli the think 01 tho cause that to uelteld by such m00(1e 2 It will common,' our sympathy m•.n a than respect, (31111 we may pity the cause, and the mel w igaged in it when they havo to enlist Huth chataetr:'4 es those to assist them. But I leave this dark piatarc 331911 the Hope, sir, that you will never chow HO Vila a wretch to stain the fair pogo of your paper with his foal impositions again, and that 7011 will not permit him to pawn. his counterfeits off ou tho public 30ithont his bona tide signs.. tura attaolled, for then the 0110vyer will 0000ntp0ny 1110 argument mud requite no further denial. To return to tho subject of discussion—five weeks have passed since the assertions alldiusiultatioIO 37010 mode and published which prompted one to writo my first' letter and o110ilelgo their correctness, but no proof leaving been put forward to establish tho troth• 1ulnos of them, we dray now label them "untrue" and lay them on 1110 shelf, The next part of tho5i 140lf.0Onleeited bluffer's procoadiags, which should ho shown in its true light, is rho petition business. But oo T have no desire to taint them unfairly I offer then the privilege of speaking feat and giving their own ex. /satiation of their poeuliar plan of pro- or'lding Tha public 11170 a right to at, menta of them Blow many signatures they oi, ai,,ocl, the,+umber it lea 1» 11.3. 11 to who rofusod to. sign it and the reason Choy gave for not 0ignil15 and the number of those on5a5ed in mercantile business for thOmselv0s it wits not presented to and why l]OopedtfnllyYnul•8, J. J', 1Jk11xats.