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The Brussels Post, 1889-2-15, Page 44 New Advertisements, Big offer—law. Leeches T. O'Neil. Loottle—j. G. Local—J. latergreaves. Local—W, McCracken. House for sale—Js, Dian. Dresemaking- Mies Sample. Card of Maks- It. Manning. Binder for sale--Dougalel Taylor. Does advertising pay ?- Adam tiood. F" be "r1155e15tTt ' • • • - • • - FR11), Y, FEB. 15, 1889, Tills resolution of Dr. Landerkin, Grey COrmiy, in favor of minting to farmers and dealers in live stock a refund of the duty paid upon corn imported and fed to cattle or hogs for export, similar to that allowed to distillers who export Whiskey manufactured from imported corn, is one that should bo supdorted by every mem- ber of parliament repreeenting an agri- cultural constiteency. The present government may regard the business of manufaoturing Whiskey as of snore 1/11- pol-twice than the farming industry, but tbe general public are not likely So agree with any such view. Upon what prin- ciple can the government refuse to allow a refund of duty upon corn fed ta bogs or cattle for export, while they Allow such a refund upon spirits manufactured from corn for export? Tho course of the government with reseed to Dr. Lander - kin's resolution will be watched with in. west. _.- Tintoreu the operations of a anger combine the Nova Scotia sugar refinery command $213,000 profits last year on a capital of %boat $800,000. Dividends and a, bonus amounting to twenty.fiye per cent on the money envested were paid to the stoeleholders, and $150,000 added to the rest .account. The shares are now held at three times their face value. Does any sane man pretend that seveisty- one per cent profits can be legitimately made in tbe business of refining sugar? Not at all ; but through the sugar "com- bine" and the advantages given by the Present tariff the refiners are able to force the consumers of the Dominion to pay exorbitant prices for an inferior quality of sugar. Hence the high profits and large dividends. While the farmers lumbermen and fishermen of the Domin: ion, who are obliged to market their products abroad, find it difficult to make ends meet, the sugar combiners are doubling their money every year because they are practically licensed to exact suali prices as they think fit from the Canadian people for their products. ALTlioUGH the customs mantic of the Dominion declined ovo a quarter of a million of dollars last year, the cost of its collection inoteased from a810,131 to $857,025, or nearly thirty-two thousand dollars. Since 1882 the cost of collecting customs duties has swollen from $723,013 to 6851,025, although the aggregate re- ceipts from customs were nearly a million less last year than they were in 1882, Turning to the statements of exoise rev- enue and the cost oE ,collection, it will be observed that Mille the reoeipts from ex - else we, e $200,000 less in 1888 than in f882, tho aggregate amount paid out as salaries and expenses of ofacials, eta, has increased in the six years from 4278,010 to .$873,348, or by neatly $100,000. It took over six per cent of the entire excise receipts of 1888 to pay the cost of colleo- tion, whereas in 1878 the percentage paid for collection was only 8.0 per cent. The public acoounts for 1878 show that the excise officers at Algoma were paid $881, though they did not return a single dohs lar of revenue lo the treasury. Tho col. lector at Beauharnois received $542 for collecting the magnificent sum of fifteen dollars. Reverting to the statement of oustoms receipts, we find that the collets. tor at Niagara and his assistants were paid $2,186 for collecting 81,860 or rev. enne. Is it not time this expensive piece of legislation was remedied ? THE County Coupons of Ontario ere, generally speaking, truly representative bodies, whith dispose of a vast amount of Tau important business in an effective and laudable manirar. Besides their constitutional duty of disposing of the business of the county, time councils are becoming the meana by which the opini- on of the people on matters of general import lInde expression. Already five county counoils, following the lead of Oxford, have paused resolutions petition - Mg Parliament to prohibit the menu - future, import or sale of liquor, and this movement bas just begun. Thie au instance of the way in whiCas the county eouncils can be need to give ex. preseion to the will of the people upon a question Whioh has been before the aountry fee* a long time. Thede bodies can also be used to inaugurate a move. latent. The Elgin County Cannon has adopted a petition to thejsegielatere ask- ing that tho power to appoint all county eftleials, the sheriff, gaoler, coroner, county attorney, county judge, be vested in the peeple, indeed of OH at present, the PrOvincial Government. What about the Prohibition reeolution of Huron Co. Connell ? We understand there was oho drafted. Supposing it Mg voted. down why did not the Prohibitionists see that the yeas Ana nays wore given ? The 1 time for bong mealy mouthed on this very important question bee gime by and it is quite proper that the electors should know how every membor of the County 'Council not only feels bet how he votes one, question of vital importance to every home iu the County, Washington Letter. (From ow Regular Ourrespondeut) WAseiNcrrori,reb.,8 nee Various propositions beye been advan cod for the purpose of doing away Wit' tho obstructions wbioli prevent th prompt transaation of business by th nouse of Rept esentatives, but the gees tion as yet remains unsolved. Tho MOB Plausible plan suggested is a return o the old scheme of doing away with th desks now aliosved the members an substitnting beeches for chairs, after th manner of the British Parliament, th assumption being that members wool ir then give theundivided attention t publics business and not divert themselve with newspapers end private oorres pondonco. It is hardly to be expected that such remedy mould improve the practice o cougteesmen. If they had not something to °wispy themselves with except the matters under consideration they would not be in their seats at all. They woultl retie e t., 80101018100 rooms and there an. .wer letters and read newepapers, or be Mind in the cloak rooms chatting with each other. It is 80010 advantage to have them in sigbt wheat they are need- ed, but it would be a very optimistic in dividual would expect many mem berg to remain long upon a bench, n matter how comfortable the art of th upholsterer had made it. The great difficulty is to get the nous to vote when the "no quorm" fiend ha the floor. There will manifestly be a quorm present, but the difficulty is to get the members to record their votes There are several classes of members in tbe House. A few are at all times at tentive, voting on every proposition that comet; rim Another contingent will an. sever on a viva roce vote, as that does not iuvolve any loss of time. When it oomes to a standing vote, which requires some physical exertion, the number of responses on a vote greatly diminish. On tellers being ordered, which compels those desiring to vote to leave their seats temporarily and walk between the tellers there is another heavy decrease. It is an exercise entirely too violent for many of the public servants. Ultimately there is a yea and nay vote. Even then some of the members are too indifferent to re- spond until the roll is called the second time. A ()norm is then probably shown, but an hour 8368 been lost that might have been saved if every ane present had voted on the first division. It isn't rules that give the filibuster so much advant- age as the disinclination of about half the membership of the House to do any- thing until forced to do. About 11,000 pilgrims obtained bird's- eye views from the top of the monument during the month of January. There was no great crowd at any time, but the stream of visitors was constant and al- most unvarying. Even on cloudy, misty, rainy days tbe elevator continued to make its slow way up and down, laden with shivering passengers, who were making, the best of the opportunity to see the world. It would certainly seem that the majority of people would be sat- isfied with an artificial, temporary ele- vation of 500 feet, and indeed a majority probably are, but there aro some who want to get even higher than the ordin- ary rneans the monument will permit. The visitors who come to the monu- ment have a great natural curiosity about the structure and many ques- tions they eek of men on duty there. The elevator conductor has become e human eneylopedia of terms, dates, and figures, r.lative to the shaft and its, sur- roundings from sheer necessity. "They begin to ask questions as goon as they get into the car, he remarked the other morning, "and they keep it up un. til I get them baok to the earth again." About the first thing they want to know is when the monument was commenced. They ask the names and residencies of the engineer and architect. The dates of the completion and dedication are demanded ; the number of years actual. ly consumed in its construction; the size of the base of the shaft and of the extreme top, and thickness of the walls. But a majority ask most of their clues - tions about the strength and stability of the shaft and tbe elevator, They want to know if the monument stands on rook or sand, and the size of the stones underneath ; if anyone was ever killed tier° ; if the elevator has over broken downa if tbe cables are strong, and how often :they are exainined. They show 001310 odd ignorance about the Metbed of building the Monument. For inetance they ask hoes we got the stones upaif they ware not awfully heavy and if the capstone, was carried up on ate outside or inside. When I tell them ho.ib wab set they hardly believe me andeask me the names Of the workmen who dad it. "1 feel like a walking book," he sigheas slnataing the door and pulling the starting rope at the oar filled and the 81100 06108 for starting. 0 • Canadian /aTosvg tea Hamilton milk „dealers have formed an assooiatibet, Three Port Hope obthelice wore bur- glarized on Wednesday night of last week, It is removed in St. Louis that Henry Dieokmann, the defaulter, has committed suicide at Windoor. The contract bas beet signed foe the building.of the Brantford, Waterloo and take Erie Railroad, ie underatood that Aden BUrrews, editor of the Winnipeg Call, will obtain a pogition 011 tbe'o,P.B. The O'Connor-Gauditur vane will be rowed Mareb Ord and O'Connor will 1811 March 9th for Auetralia. afr. Oliver, contester of taxes for Blain - beim Townehip, Ivan robbed of $600 by highwaymen rm Friday night, Freda -Mk Wm, Macdonald, et St. Catharishr, hag been appointea deputy judge of Lino. 1 e County Court, 7), 0, RielsinOnd, of WoOdetock, bought front Wus. Burgess, of Princeton, two 0000 eltins, paying $20 or them. The aninattle are very tato in Ontario now, these being mastered oo tho Brim pain- . THE lE3RTISELS riOST Feb. 1.5, •=57A.1»,.47=EMET2,2=Dilte0.637:,,,_•.,..Mara=7,171tZe:17=M"Iffai2r4=1{:Mr,,,,,,IMZ4M97=771V1====1.,Z.E2=.10;FIV Tho Winnipeg, Men., Free Press, for a A man named John MeNvil met with a ((NEI 0 a ea% f'S constderation 01 8130,00(1, has absorbed its : a severe accident at Allem Craig, ots Wed. ell only competitor, the Morning Call. ' nesday, in Gilliee' saw mill. While 9.he new steamer besets built by the working at a. eirculter lam the wrenolt lie Poleon CoMpany nt Owen Sound for the ' wee using 'dipped, and he fell against s A. D. Merrill, of Tilsonburg, on Sete thereby saved Ms life, but Met part of of Money to Loan a 14, R. is to be named the Manitoba, the saw. lin threw ant hie hand, end tetra •sallaiella thelay, sold his half ieterest in the hie hand. on Farm or Villn,ge Pro- perty, at trotting stellion Petrels, 2.14a, for $15, J. P. Wright, druggist, formerly of 000. Kincardine, now of London, (ilea very I a Winnipeg street cars had to be put 01. etuldenly on 'Wednesday. The fiats n•O I hi CO 61 Per Cent. Yearly. rummies ou Wednesday for the first as follows : On Wednesday morning last I time. Two Ingersoll ;wreath girls Intel a tight times during the night to wait on Gus the other with a satnmen. Straight Loans with privilege on Wednesday, when One nearly bralued Thos, Whittaker, of London, was suc- cessful out of 400 applicants for the position of chief of police of Sandwich. The salary ie $400. A Roman Detail, has been issued ap- polutiog Bishop Dowling to the See of Ilamiten, and Dean O'Connor, of Barrio, to that of Pet erboroS Two ladies 11 eve lately been elected to the Board of Directors of the West Zorra and Embro Agricultural Society—Mre. Munro and Mimi Mathison, The Government of Japan has written PostmastearGeneral Haggert expretaing its willingne-s to make e poetoilme money - order exultance with Canada, A lot of 50,000 ponds of fleece wool lying at Peterboro -old. for export, at 22o. The holder, a prominent Totontoniam, re- fused 24o. for it two years ago. At the Police Clout a Toronto, on Sat- urday el oitizens were called for nealeot- ing to clean snow off the sidewalk. The tines imposed amoueteci to nearly $351, Couecillor-olect Bru -h, for the first Ward, Forest, was carried to he Council meeting at she town hall tho other night on the broad shoulders of Councillor Prowre. A ghastly murder was committed ie Montreal on Friday night lash, A men named Holden was nearly decapitated by a mulatto named McGrath, wuo use a razor. Mayor Breitheama of Berlin, and Mr Kranz, have interviewed the militar authorities in referenoe to having th Brigade Camp in Berlin this coming Summer. The proposed railway to d'ames' Bay when constructed will be a gain to On- tario, as anthracite coal is there in plen. ty, the only place in the Provinee' where it exists. An old resident of Beninese, named Robt. Burton, eyes found on the road- side a few mornings ago almost frozen to death. 18 is doubtful if he will .recover as he is 70 years of age. The evening train east on the Guelph junction railway on Tuesday evening got stuck in the snow a few rniies out of the city, and WAS run into by the Toronto ex- press. The engines were damaged, butt no one was seriously hurt. Joseph Baker, of Waterclown, who die - appeared in June, 1887, and was suppos- ed to have been murdered or to have committed suicide, turned up last week. Baker took a sudden freak to go to Michi. gala where he hen 'been living for the past eighteen months. Reeve John Wi]cbx and Deputy Reeve H. Hedriek, of Roohester Township, who took the officee of their opponents whom they caused to be unseated because the Township Clerk improperly marked the ballots oast at last January elections, have themselves been unseated •and a new election has been ordered by the Judge. • Friday night the Napanee Opera House came te grief. The Swiss Bell Ringers had given an entertainment and the audience had just gone when the build. 805mule down with a crash, tha ' wreak being caused by snow on the roof. Four hundred people were in the building half ell hour before. The wreck is likea pile of kindliug wood. The building was a wooden one, built on cedar pillars, and beneath it was an open horse and Wagon shed, The citizens are glad the rookery is down, leeeauee it was considered un-, Mr, Wright, sylm had been up several ct . . . . , The machinery was placed in position • on MOnday by the NaturarGas Oompany for the boring of a seeond-well in the oar. per-14cm of Hingeville. A pipe will: be laid from.the .predent well to Kingsville to run the engine used in the boring.ot the seoond well and also to run the grist mill. Napoleon Geste denies that the discovery of natural gas was because of the Obio wells being supposed to be en a direct belt, but arose from the observe. tione of his sou, who is a, gincluate of the Paris Geological College. A number of the geologists believe that gas is the re- sult of fossils and vegotablo matter, .but the Parisian school believe it ma vol - music body not. arising from the' above causes. Richard Benedict, twenty years of ago, living with his mother in Lowland Town- ship, about two miles from Welland, :lost his reason about 3 o'olock the other morning, got out of his bed, stripped himself naked and entered his mother's bedroom. He hammered and chokan her nearly to death. He then left the house and ran three-quarters of a mile, without a stitch of clothing, to a neighbor's named alenry Buchner, a blacksmitb. He woke him out of his sleep and made a deadly attack on him, using lulu 50 badly that he ie now confined to his, bed and may net reeoyer. The neighbors were immediately notified by Mr. Buoh. ner'e family and promptly Carte to the name. After a hard etruggle with the madman they seconded in fastening him down with ropes. The dootore have pao. flounced the unfortunate young Man in- curable. M. D. Carder, Grand Recorder, A.O.T.T. W., D. E. Broderick, District Deputy Grand Master, and W. Precious repro. sentative of Antiquity Lodge, will attend the annual meeting Of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, to beheld in Toron. to On the 20th inst. The report of the Grand Recorder, of which the following ie brief eummary, shows the order to he iu a flourishing conditien. During the year $222,769 was received foe bone. iloiaries and 5222,000 paid •out for 111 deaths, The receipts from other ammo wore $19,127, and 58,800 was colleeted for the Supreme Court on call No. 8, making the total ;magpie $249,000. The expeneee, besides the death bonefite, were $12,225, and the per capita tax to the Supreme Lodge $1,400, leaving a balance in gen- eral fend, January 1, 08 512,827, The membership on December 81 last was 18,098 in good standing and 40 cortili. oaths impended. The not 4001080 to 2,087. There aro 2,080 eortilloatee in forte, representieg ineuramee of 582,- 000,000 ; eat50 now members were re. delved during the year and 21 lodges or. gemived. Since Ontario Wag set apart under separate jurisdiction the asserage rate per year for 50,000 inettrexao was au a tt aye 'Marton. $13 77 tumors, wont down to his shop at seven o'cloole and a few Iran 41,0n afterwards called up stairs to his oldest. son, The boy was not dressed, and Mrs. Wright sent down to his father his yonngest son, Charlie to whom Mr. Wright explained hurriedly that he had taken geleemmium in mistake for ginger, and sent him for Dr. Tyrell, who lived a few doors distent Dr. Tyrell was at the store in 0 few minutes and shortly afterward Dr. Campbell also arrived, but nothing oould 5.0 done for the sufferer and he died about ball an hour after taking the don. Gelsemmium is a poison for which time is no • antidote. The deoeased hall been in the habit of Mattis ginger as 0 stimulont, and the ginger and glesmmium bottles stood to- gether on tbe same shelf, which fact ac- counts for the fatal mistake. Mr. Wright wa- 43 years 01 0010 and a drug. 5808 of many years eXperionen. He oar- ri,d on bwineas in Kina.. sae, up to a short time ago and wee well lenewn throughout Bruce county. the remains were interred in Woodnsere cemetery. The cleeeased bad life inseranoe policies to the amount of 04,000. He leaves a Widow and three children tho eldest a bey of 15 years of age. Tile widow is 85 daughter of Mrs, 'turner of Tiverton. A coroner's inquest was held on Friday evening and a verdict of accidental death returned. The following is from last week's Dur- ham Careeiele : A kindly dispositioned farmer in Normanby volunteered one day last week to draw a load ot brialt for a neighbor from a kiln in Carrick, ne got to the kiln, put on his load and started for home. So far all was well bub the SUR Wari low. He had gone but a few miles when the idea suddenly struck him that his horses would be 0, little the better for some refreshment, and he de. viatod from the etraight toted home to make his way to a village wherein there was a hotel and also a stable. But a hill interferred and up it the borses couldn't got notwithstanding the loud and deep pereutudons of their owner. Bet he had a fertile mind. Be unload- ed the brick, every one of them, and then drove his team and rig to the top of the hill where he anchored them to a saw log which had been conveniently left there. But here WWI the man with his horses and wagon at the top of the hill and the brick at the bottom, how wore they going to make connection ? It was simple enough. Tina farmer carried every one of those bricks to the bill top himself. It took him many e. weary hour but he was resolute and accomplish- ed his self-imposed task. It was some- what late when be reached home, in sooth it was nearly morning. He dosen't see much romance in that night's labor and tvoulan't haul another load from Carrick for either friendship or money. —THE -- Brussels Roller being now in full operation the Proprie- tor is prepared to supply tho ptsblic wita the best grades of Rollqr, Flour, Cracked Wheat, Graham Flour. All kith of Mill hod alvia,yo on nand, and for Bale at reasonable prizes I Cash. 3FA.3EtlallOnts.4 will find that they aro doing the very best for them- selves by patronizing tis with their Grist- ing and chopping. SPECIAL HATES FOR HAUS to any person taking 500 pounds or ,nfirme. WM. BOSS, Largest Circulation in Western • Ontario. —T O aal FREE PRESS, LONDON, - ONTARIO. The ''Free Frees ie the only newspaper in the West receiving tho Associated press Dospatehes. It contains all the News, by Cable, Telegraph, Telephone and Idall,up to the hour of going to prase. It gives in each issue original and valuable Illustrations of mon and things, and is the only newspaper in Canada employing its own artitita The Weekly Free Press 411,00 Mmor 'Year. Panama MOM Established nearly Half a Century. The Three Graces." and qty the take. Ride," two handsome chrome°, also a beau- tiful Illustrated abrtietnute Number 00111- prleing 1098500, given away Free to every eubecriber for 3889, $8,000.00 IN PrtitlaUMS., comprising itow:,and useful ArtiCles, Mitten away free to agente. The most fiberei in- ducements over offered in Canada to A gents Send 001 agent's °Milt and terms. • The "Free Please !tithe Only atoning and EVening Fano nubliehed in western On- tario, lt le tmeairdeacm all early inerning trains reaching all 910.800 between Toots. and Winelsot by a a, 10,, and is the only daily name' 11 001000 at points Liteof London Odom the afternoon, The rave Noweprener of the Weet, anatie per Tear, postage free. Hold by agents everywhere, Mamba— FR8C PRess PAINTINO 06, Onliht711,,sT X, '('fl 13111MISPX.,s • Ithat we keep for Three Weeks. of repaying when required. Apply to A. Hunter, Division Court Clerk, Brussels. Clubbing Offer. TIM Posr will be Clubbed with the leading Weeklies as follows: The Globo and Tun Pose $2 25 Tbs Advertiser .. 2 00 Tho Fres Pram .. 2 25 Montreal Witness , 2 25 Toronto News 25 Toronto Empire.. ,. 2 25 Tho balance of this year will be given Free to all Now Subseribers. We ask a Comparison 01 Tex POST with the loading journals of Iluron County. W. II. Emma, Emma et PilOPRIETOU. T. FLETCHER) PRACTICAL WATCnMAKER AND JEWELLER. Thanking the public for past favors and support and wishing atilt to secure your patronage. We are opening out full line - in GOLU & SILV4R WATCHA SILVER PLATED WARE from established and reliable makere fully warranted by no. Clocks of' the Latest Desgins. •3S'VfirMI-ati,"Sr Wedding Rings, Ladies Gem Rings, Broaches, Earrings, do. Also have in stock a full line of Violins and Violin Strings. etc. N. B.—Issuer of Marriage LieellSOS. D 0 •i ES T. Fletcher. Money to Loan, Money to Loan on rerm l'io- perty, at LOWEL1T PRIVATE AND COMPANY FUNDS DICKSON St :IIAYS, Holicitors, Brussels, Ont, S. PLUM General Blacksmith, 7 within to intimate to the public generally that ho does all kinds of Blaokemithing in a Workmanlike Manner. Wagons, Buggiee, Sleighs and Outten made to Order. Repairing promptly Executed. I make a Specialty of noree-ahooing. A Call Solicited. t.-Reniernber the Stand—Nexte 1,11013ninan. 518 8. Plum. LOOK LOOK 12,1.2.612=33T.R=ValCaDzF.141r I, the Undersigned, have now on hand the Best Assortment of GOO d Tweeds, Flannels, Blankets, Yarns, &c, Ever offered in Brussels, which I will sell for Cash or give in Exchange for Wool. I would siniply say that the Goods now offered are made of Pure Wool and nothing else. Call and See for yourselL Don't forg'et the place—Sign at the Bestauront, Opposite, Posheive, Brussels. Yours, etc., A, H. Hermiston. INo1!ennection With the Wessel° WeOlen 31111. PAY? The 'Post' says it Does, The 'Budget' says it Does, and .this is the onlYthing that they can agree on]' We will try advertising for three weeks lust to see: what the effect will be. We will sell 11 lbs. Granulated, Sugar for $1, 13 lbs. Bright &clay- for $1, 15.1bs. Dark &tear for $1 for Three Weeks. This is Cheaper than we have been selling it at, and. cheaper than we will loll it after three weeks. If there is any- thing in advertising Sugar should walk right:off: • We will sell Soap at Ono Penny a, Bar and give Clothes pins for Nothing. Wo will sell 6 Tins of Tomatoes for 60cts, Let ns see if this will bring a rush for Tomatoes. We Wilt give a Reduction on Everything Wo will give ft Reduction of 20 per cent. on Ladies' Fine Boots. A Boot that wo have sold for $8.00 will bo $2.40, and a $2.50 Boot $2.00, and $2.00 Boots OW, and so on for the next Three Weeks. Men's Fur Caps will be Reduced 9.5 per cent., and there is nothing that we sell but we will give some reduction on. 18 811050 Cheap Prices do 'not create a rush for the next three weeks Tan POST and The 'Budget' may shut up about what adver- tising does in dull times and how it has made John Wannamaker a millionaire, eze. Which is the best paper to advertise in ? Tan POST and The 'Budget' differ ors this point. If everyone `who comes for these Bargains will just Say which paTer influenced them to call we would have some idea. Pleeio bear in mind that there will be a Reduction mado on every arti,ble or articles that we have not mentioned as woll 885 ou the articles wo have, and that for Threc Woks onty, for C BIT. ( WO are trying this experiment to seeSwhatl them is. M advertising. I Adam Good • 8 3 Olt tl rc SC •fr 83 0. 0 ti lo 85 til of $1 in .35 gc re 31051 ra ri lat ea re th 01 eh bt