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BRUSSELS,
ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEB. 18, 1887, Number 82.
Polling* Places. s. The grouud relented was excellent for j Wo know our position and the noccssary
such a purpose, the soil being soft and tom required to be raised. Mr, Mao -
The following lora tho polling places in loamy, yet fairly flrni, and the arrange. I Rennie found the duty 15' in favor of the
the ntuuicipalitios of 13Iyth, Brussels, moats were generally good. '.['ho failure + rnanufacturur and he raised it to 176%.
(trey and Morrie for the forthcoming ' of the managers to provide a plaoe for
Dominion election :--- teams within the grounds, however, coat
vIaL:101a Dl' 111.rr11, than many 0 dollar, as hundreds of per•
Polling district No, 1 : Comprising all sous who would gladly have paid to anter
that portion of the village of Blyth situ. the grounds, found much more comfort
ated eolith of Dinaloy street. Poll held in viewing the proaoodiugs from their
in Orange Ball Polling district No. 2 : carriages than sitting on hard benobos on
Comprising all that portion of tho said the grand dud,
village of Blyth situated north of Din. The event provost an exhibition, rather
slily street. Poll hold in Mrs.ltogerson's than a contest, the, e being in reality but
building oust side of Queen Arcot. throe
entered
V11.1.1411 nanns8LO. lfmund known ability of the
Polling district No, 3: Comprising all three kept out all coopetition, and, as we
that portion of the said village of Brus. before stated, the oontoot narrowed down
sola which lien east of Turnbet'i'y street. to an exhibition of fcate of strength and
Poll hold at Geo. Love's ofloa.—Polling agility. And seldom has such an exhibi.
district No. 4 : Comprising all that esoor- tion boon giver in this State. Scott is,
tion of the said village of Brussels whtoh without doubt or fear of dieputo, the
1104 west of Ttu'nberry street. Poll hold best all-round athlete ever on this Coast ;
at Town Hall. andPerrio, who made hie flet bow to the
Tow800xo of 01010. California public on this occasion, is, bo.
Polling district No. 5 : Comprising yond all question, the best weight throw.
eon. 1, lots 1 to 84, inclusive ; oars. 2 to er over here. Carroll, the"Brooklyn
0, lots 1 to 17, inclusive. Poll held at Giant," was in bad form, and fell below
*Algol house No. 4,—Polling district No. his usual work, but Perm is clearly his
ti : Comprising sons. 7 to 12, inclusive ; superior in build and action, though the
lots 1 to 17 inclusive. Poll held at Dames' former is lunch the larger man. The ini-
tial, Cranbeook.—Polling district No. 7 : tire list of games advertised was given,
Cou'prfsing Dons. 1'd to 18, inolnsive ; lots with the exception of the fat men's race,
1 to 17, inolusivo. Poll held at school there being no contestants. Tho jump.
house No..2.—Polling district, No. 8 s ing and looping were the most interest.
Comprising Done. 18 to 18 inclusive ; Mtn ing though there was little or nothing of
l8 to 35, inaineive. Poll held at aohool
house No. 0.—Polling district No. 9 :
Comprising cons. 7 to 12, inolnsive ; lots
18 to 36, inclusive. Poll held at school
house No. U.—Polling distriob No. 10 :
Conlprisingcons. 1, lots 35 to 70, inclus-
ive ; eons. 2 to 6, inclusive ; lots 18 to 35,
inclusive. Poll hold at school house
No. 5.
'1'iIWOSl i1' Ol' 0011RI4.
Polling district No. 17 : Comprising
lots 1 to 15, inclusive, in the 710, 8th and
9th end Si of 6th cons ; and lots 3 to 15,
inolusivo, in the 10th con. Poll held nt
school house No. 1,—Polling district No.
18 : Comprising lots 16 to 30, inclusive,
in 7th, 8110, 9th, 10th anti Si of the 6th
sou. Poll held at school house No, le—
Polling district No. 19 : Comprising lots
1 to 30 inclusive, in tho 5th and N } of 0th
cons., except that portion belonging to
the corporation of the village of Brue-
eola. Poll held at Township Hall.--Poll-
ints, district No. 90 : Comprising lots 1 to
::0, inclusive in the 1st cot, and 1 to '15,
iurlus1vo, in the lad, 3rd and 1th cons.
1'011 held at school liouee No. 7—Polling
di tri"t No, 91 : Coinprising lots 111 to 60
ittcluive, in the 1st cot., and 10 to 30
inclusive in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th con,
Poll Kehl at school house No. ii, ol.war, betwtea the single and married
men, was ;; obbornly contested, the spilt-
leflo.etx. %IIUrott in lifEa. St2. el :huts of the throo athletes finally giv-
ing victory L, Om former, after two min-
utes of nip -mud -tuck. The running race
for girls was won by Maggio Harrington,
audl that for boys by Duncan Smith. In
the 100 yard race, Scott very namely lost
by over confidence. He stopped too soon,
and Thomas ran in and tied him. Scott
took the second heat with ease, Thomas
beetiug Carroll very cleverly for second
place.
Following is a list of the several games
w- o and winners, with the record in each :—
c r~ ra°, Putting 24 -pound shot—G. Petrie,. 84
Fes m W m feet 2i. inches ; W. F. Scott, 33 ft. 4 n. ;
notv108. G. Carroll, 30 ft. 11 in.
No. 1 99 46 No, 5 76 74 Putting 14 -pound shot—G. Peale, 46
No. 2 72 63 No. 0 65 40 fent 0 inches ; Scott, 45 ft. ; Carroll, 44.
lJo. 3 77 39 -- — Standing long jump—Scott, 10 feet 8
No. 4 81 55 470 317 inches ; Carroll, 9 ft, 101• in. ; Porrio, 0
Farrow's majority 153. ft. 6} in.
xunztnialter. Standing hop, step, and jump—Scott,
No. 1 65 • 52 No. l3 73 74 82 ft. ; Petrie, 28 ft. 7} iu. ; Carroll, 27.
No, 2. 69 102 --- -- Running high jump—Scott, ti fent 74
207 228 inches ; Carroll, 5 f1, 5 in.
t 5 ft. in.;
` of hirh'nlnp—'oat
bale S,
' n' sit 21. 14
Sloau's nl 10 y 1; � J 1
The pretective duty was to paw the debt.
Wo did not purpose to reduce the rates of
the tariff, Coal is a prince necessity to
every manufacturer and by taking off the
duty we benefit the public, for if the man.
u£aoturers'expenses are low we buy goods
so much cbeaper. It is our right to deal
properly axil fairly with all deems mud
the poor are to receive fair play as well
as the rich. The fishermen aro poor and
cannot buy wheat flour and we propose
to take the duty off corn so that they
may bo able to get oorn meal at a low
rate. Wo propose to snake the Senate
representative instead of appointed.
Thorn are now 78 members in the Sen-
ate, 64 of the number being appointed by
Sir John A. and with such a majority
they can thwart any legislation proposed
by Iloa. Edward Blake and the people
can't help themselves, ail the Senate is
responsible to nobody. Nearly all of
them aro old men and if they get to the
Rouse onus in two years and aro worth a
certain amount, they may sit there. The
most work the Sonata leas done is to draw
their salaries. In 1874, in a session of
94 days, the Senate sat 116 hours and
drew 3138,500. In 1885 the 1•loase sat
123 days and the Senate sat 222 hours
and drew $175,500. Wo propose dividing
the oonntry into 40 districts and have a
a contest, Bead being so far the superior Senator elected by the people for each
of his confreres as to make the several district. A bill was brought in to do
numbers a simple exhibition of his pow- away with the Superannuation Fund but
ors in those lines. His standing high the Conservatives voted it down. Mr.
leap and vaulting won rounds of applause. Farrow voted against the Bill as he has
In the standing jump, with weights, how- two sons, a brother and nephew in the
ever, he broke the State record, scoring Civil Service who will eventually be pen -
13 feet and three inches. Porrio did eioners on this fund. Mr. Patteson, of
some fine weight -throwing. Ile does his ' the Toronto Mail, was appointed post -
work easily, and leaves tho impression master of 'i'uronto at a salary of 33,000
with the npeotatora that there is a reserve and postmaster Leslie, aged 56 years, was.
force after his best effort. Ho threw the superannuated at a salary of $2,400. This
16.pound hammer 100 feet, or ,within six is only ono instance of 423 on the super -
feat of the host throw on record, and annnated list. Is it any wonder that our
seemed to exert himself scarcely half as expenses ran up ? T. a timber limit
much as his competitors, who f9vll far be. question was taken up and its iniquities
hind. But when it came to tossing the exposed. The Dominion Government
caber, which proved to be a stick of tin. had triad to cheat Ontario out of thous -
her weighing about 150 pounds, slight ands of square miles of torri'ory, timber
Soott ail tonlebrd the crowd by distanoiug and minerals and the Privy Council de -
both los gigantic opponents. The wrest. aided iu our favor. Mr. Farrow backed
liug utetch was worth seeing, Thera was up tl,u Dominion Government in their at -
an unknown tore.tler on the ground, but temped robbery. Can you vote for him?
for some rano, lie failed to c the for- Cook, the man Mr. Farrow often refers
ward, and car t'ol I and Patio lockout amts to, about getting a timber limit, had the
far the contest. They struggled 0 min. limit taken from. him and it was given to
nto, when Porrio snddonly half -turned, N. F. Devin, editor of the Regina Leader,
and getting his shoulder muter Cerro 1, a utanieoh Conservative. Mr. 'thicken -
he lift' till::: "Brooklyn Giant" off his zie said advertise the lands and sell to
feet, auil, turning him in the air, gently the Melte-t bidder. but Mr. Farrow voted
depus.ted hint on tine ground. The tug. against it. The speaker in dealing with
the railways said the Dominionhes a
right to pay back to Ontario a share of
the money paid by this province. In the
matter of indepentlenco there were hund-
reds of cases whore members of parlia-
ment mud their friends were in receipt of
gifts of money, timber, positions, tto.,
and they could not give au independent
yote. Mr, Farrow voted once against
Sir John on the Deceased Wife's Shters
Bill. The Dominion Govornmcnt was
15 years in power but they never put a
des of temperance legislation on their
statute books. Sir John allowed Dowd-
ney to issue permits in tho Northwest,
and the 0.P.11. is allowed to sell liquor
on their cars. Although Mr. Farrow
professed to be a great temperance advo-
cate he voted for the Sunday Manse of
the McCarthy Act allowing liquor to bo
enld in certain hours on Suodayto guests.
He did likewise on White's and Jamie -
son's motions. Mr. Farrow did not give
rine tomperanoo party fair play and the
friends of this cause need never expect
to some temperance lo.rislation from Sir
John A. Macdonald. He hoped the elec.
tors would heartily support him on the
22nd.
Mr. Morton, of Toronto, was the last
speaker. After expressing his pleasure
at seeing the ladies present he rapidly
dealt with Mr. Blake's speech on the
temperance question, the Superannuation
Fund, the N.P. and the Northwest re -
hellion. Ile concluded his 20 minute
speech by accusing Dr. LMIaodonald of be-
ing a rebel and read a letter from T. Bell
of Wingham, to prove it. Dr. Macdonald
said the whole thiugwas afalsehood. The
meeting broke up about 12 o'nlook with
the usual cheers.
The following aro the figures for the
Last Riding of Boron in the Dominion
elections of June, 1882. The riding tom •
prises the same territory now. In view
of the approaching election the figures
will, no doubt, prove interesting. There
is a very noticeable difference in the veto
recorded here and the election returns of
the 28th of last December
1051050.
Nr. 1 42 49 No.8 75 64
No. 2 91 47 No. 5 69 65
No.8 75 58 -- —
292 288
Farrow's majority 0.
011Er.
No.1 62 62 No.5 75 , 65
No. 9 613 86 No. 6 52 69
No. 8 '. , ....27 87
No, 4 24 46 303 403
Sloan's majority 100.
w1f101101.
No `. 86 82 No.4 87 45
No,2 25 27
No.8 48 21 140 125
Harrow's majority 24.
enoss1Ls.
No. 1 57 50 19o.2 52 40
109 90
Farrow's majority 19.
1LYTri.
No. 1 48 46 No, 2 20 86
77 81
Sloan's majority 4.
wnoxETEn.
ltioan 44 I Farrow 24
Sloau's majority 20.
0110.'sI'r11LATION.
Farrow. Sloan.
ilowick 470 817
'['urnberry .......:207 228
Morris 592 288
Grey 303 308 `
Wingham 149 195
Brussels 109 90
Blyth... ..... ,.... 77 81
VVroxoter 94 44
1631 1571
Farrow's Majority 60
OUR BOYS ON '11111 PAC3FC0
SLOPE,
The Livermore (Gal,) Herald of Feb
3rd says
Last Saturday wan a beautiful day, and
despite the dr?y weather, nearly six lien•
shod pili:sots ettendecl the athletic tour-
nament held ab this plain that afternoon.
Carroll, 4 ft 11 in.
Vaulting—Scott, 9 ft 24 in.
Running long jtnnp—Scott, 18 ft 74 in;
Carroll, 10 11 7 in ; Cameron, 16 ft 0 in,
Running hop, step, tuna jump --Scott,
40 ft 9 iu ; Carroll, 86 ft 54 in.
Throwing 16.pound hammer—Petrie,
10? ft 2 in ; Carroll, 80 ft 24' in ; Scott,
87 ft ll in. -
Throwing 12 -pound hammer—Perrie,
124 It ; Carroll, 109 ft ; Soott, 105 ft.
Throwing 511 -pound weight—Perrie, 28
ft 3 in ; Scott, 27 ft 8 in ; Carroll, 26 ft.
Tossing caber—Scott, 84 ft 94 iu ; Pet-
rie, 83 ft 84 in ; Carroll, 33 ft 7 in.
Wrestling—Perrie, Carroll.
100 yard race—Scott, Thomas.
Tug-o'•war—Single men, Captain, J.
Bat dellinni.
East Huron Campaign.
(00051011111)51) 111030 MOB 11,
Dr. Maadonalclwes nextiutroducod and
was accorded a very enthusiastic recap -
tion. Ho said the questions being dis-
cussed were not ours but questions of the
public. IIo had boon belittled this even.
inglex sono of the provlonn speakers, ono
with as much impudence as could be
compressed into a man's face, and a man
who never ear/ him before nor even heard
him speak had attempted to criticise him
and hie ability to understand political
affairs. This importation 051110 ne duty
froo, as he was raw material, and very.
raw at that, but had 111r. Brown paid a
little morn attention to facts and figures
and loss to poetry he wouldl not have giv-
en himself sway 00 badly as he did. He
(the Dr.) was not a farmer but if he
couldn't be a better ono Chau Mr. Farrow
he wouldn't want to be one. If a parson
wee within 5 miles of Mr. Farrow's farm
they, :Amnia go and sea it, In his pro-
f0an101t as a physioian ho had mot with
success and Ito axpaotocl when elected to
do butter than tho "bon roprosetttative"
of East Huron. We novo: lead been fres
traders ns wo have to raise one r0venuo
frons duties, and how could wo raise 95
million dollars If wo dropped the duty ?
Nomination Day.
Last Tuseclay the candidates for the
East Riding of Huron wore nominated at
the village of Gerrie. Returning Officer
Bodily presided and in the allotted time
the names of Thos. Farrow and Dr. Mac-
donald were submitted as staudard bear -
ere for the respective parties. J, 13. Pee-
king, of Gerrie, was appointed election
agent for Mr. Farrow and J. A. Morton,
of Winghtmn, for Dr. Macdonald. The
Returning officer annou hood that the
summoning np of votes would take place
on Tuesday, March let.
J. Parkins was called to the chair and
a platform meeting instituted. The
Town. Hall was not nearly large enough
to aoaomnodatethe gathering. All parts
of the riding wore represented.
Mr. Farrow was the first speaker. IIo
said this wan the fifth time to was bo.
fore them for their suffrages and ho was
the oblast Conservative in the House west
Of Belleville. 1 -lo would support Sir John
A. as long an h0 did right, Wanted e
larger: veto than on any pasb electi00.
The contest is florae and desperate efforts
aro being made to coin the election. Ont
debt is largo but not burdensome and
hes largely been 000asioned by the ern
als, railroads, public buildings,
built. Of the 5 million dollars debt; Sir
John is responsible for 73 millions and
the Reformers 40 millions. Than theta
was the 4 millions, in oonneotion with the
fisheries. The Grits did nothing for
their ,Honey while the Tories have mnoh
to show. Mr. Mackenzie was going to
000 the water stretches in connection
with the C.P.R. but they bad not a pilo
under a time table when he went out of
power. Tho road was built 40 million
dollars less thou Mr. lylackonzio's offer.
I,inigrauts were shown pamphlets advis-
ing thorn to go to the States instead of
the Northwest. Our burden of interest
is no greater than in M,tcltenzie's time,
Our taxa( are paid on dutyahle good. and
if you buy in your own market you don't
have tho duty to pay, Mackenzie taxon
coffee, tea, newspapers and bill stamps.
Thera is no duty on our own sloths or
cottons, but you have to pay for your
luxuries. The taxes aro paid by the ricin
and not by the poor, $480,000 was lifted
on silks and velvets, $042,000 on prfnte,
dm., and $156,000 on jewelry. Every
time dutyable genie ereimported it light.
ens our taxes. Our piano and organ
mauufaoturiee wore booming and we
ware able to compete with tho markets
of the world. The Local Legislature had
increased the expenditure to 100% while
we have only inoreased the expenditure
50%. In almost every instance the rev-
enue hes exceeded the expenditure. The
large importations of raw cotton show
that we are keeping our money home.
After referring to the financial affairs of
the Dominion he said the Globe was to
false instructor. Cartwright had lost
over $11 on every 3100 of the loans made.
Tilley's loans got a premium. The per-
centage of failures were far below those
of past years. The Reform Government
wanted to let the American cern can.
pate against our grain. Dr. Macdonald
is very careful about the peor fishermen
of Nova Scotia, but they make as good a
living as you do. Wo said as long as the
Yankees keep up duties so will we and
20% has to be paid on whist they bring
into our count•'y. Coal was another
thing that Reformers were going to let in
free and that would injure the wood
trade, The Dr. diad nu interview with a
Toronto brewer and he did not know what
promises the Dr. had made him. At
Ethel Dr. Macdonald tried to mato out
he was et bettor temperance roan than
Mr. farrow, but at C3ranbronk, wt,ero the
Dutchmen lived it was said Farrow
wou d to -o votes because ho voted again -t
the Dutchman's bear. Rev. A. Y. Ilart-
ley, President of the Scott Act Assooi•
anion for East Huron, had put severed
(pesthole to him but he would auswor
them by reading it letter from Senator
Vidal, a well known temperance worker,
which is evidence that the speaker had
worked for temnpet'anco reform. He had
been a Methodist for 35 years and a local
preacher for many yearn and ha was
sound on the temperance question. He
had boon vary bitterly maligned,
worse in this contest than ever before,
IIo concluded his address by asking for
the assistance of tho electors on the 22nd
so that he might be elected.
Dr. Macdonald was next called on.
Ile said the promises of 1878 had not
been carried 'out and prices were no
higher mud the N. P. was not the boon the
people were led to believed it was going
to be. Compare the 'tided of grain with
what it was in Maekenzie's time and you
will . soon see for yourself. Cotton and
other manufacturers are opposed to a
change of policy as theyhave got wealthy
over it. It is not consistent. The Tories
have increased the burden of debt no that
it is imeossiblo for the Reformers to do
away with the N. P. as they must have
money to wipe out the enormous difiaite.
Mr.• Mackenzie found the duty 16% and
ho raised it to 175% and yet they tell us
we were free traders and they said they
could govern the Country with a saving
of a million of dollars a year and yet they
they have added 12 million donors in 7;
years to our debt. Had Mr. Farrow
read his fasts from the Blue Books in.
stead of from the Budget speech he would
have found things different. If Mr. Far-
row was 14 years in Parliament 110
should give facts and not misrepresent
affairs as he had misrepresented East
Huron in the 1l[ousc. 10 million dollars
was assessed for the O.P.R. and the debt
is 180 million dollars beside the 5 million
of railway subsidies. Mr. Mackenzie had
to meet 9 million dollars of expenditure
voted by Sir John Macdonald that he was
not responsible f .0. Notwithstanding
Mr. Farrow's boasted ahristianity he had
distorted facts. Ile had brought no ac-
cusation against Mr. Farrow's private
character but Mr. Farrow had branded
him as a rebel because he had said if ho
had been to resident of the Northwest he
would have defended his home and loved
ones. Ho had as much loyalty as any
man and had in the Northwest rebellion 2
nephews in the 91st RegImennt and a
cousin in the Fusileers of London. The
report about him being a rebel was a base
one and got up to Mob votes. FIfs tem-
perance principles could not be bought.
Ile had been a temperance man all his
life awl in reference to the statement
made by Mr. Farrow about the Toronto
brewer, he had a letter from Mr, Roe-
man
oa
man stating that it was a malicious false-
hood to say that he (Dr. Macdonald) bad
ever made any pledge or been askecl to.
He could tell stories about Mr. Farrow
that would not be vary complimentary to
hien on this question if he would descent
to this kind of warfare. The speaker
then tools up Mt:. Farrow's support of the
Sunday clause of tho McCarthy Aot, the
three -fifth vote of Hou. Thos. White and
showed that Mr. Farrow was snot trno to
temperance principles and Dodd not
bo treated. Ho world leave if to Mr.
Jll'a'rov's honesty to say whether leo had
Voted differently on the temperance clue -
tion than ho (Macdonald) had stated,
(Mr, Farrow said In: would attend to this
cul his r'aply,) Sir John had sunt 31,000 to
Riot to get hien oat of tho country not.
Withstanding that Mr. Blakehad offered
35,000 for hie capture, and when Biel
was elected M. P. bo resigned hie seat
to allow Mr. Cartier, who was a leading
Tory, to take it. Perron, another member
of the Uovornrnent,said he voted against
the esclueion of Riel from the Hoene and
he would not vote for the reprieve of the
1person, implicated in tho Northwest re-
bellion unless fuel and ',opine wore put
in the number, Tat 1870 the half breeds
asked to have their claims settled but the
Government was deaf to their appeals and
by electing Mr. Farrow and the Comer-
veti vo Government yn" sbonidor the re.
eponsibility of the rebellion and the
mansgemont of Northwest affairs, The
Northwest Council for 3 years petitioned
from the. N, W. T. yet not ono move was
mado. In 1884 tfr, P'arrowvotedagainst
a motion to arrengo more conoilliatory
terms, Riel ons brought from Montana
and indignation meetings were ]field but
although the Government knew it they
did not make any uffert to pacify then,
and not until after the rebellion diel they
move practically in the matter and thou
1,942 claims wore settled, out of a 0 total
half -brood population of 4,848. If the
claims wore not jest and right why warn
they settled ? Tho Government was re-
sponsible for rho rebellion. The Reform
party did not make the Regina scaffold a
p'auk in their platform. The Dr. then
addressed himself to the question of the
independence of parliament. He showed
bow from Sir John A. down, thoneands
of dollar's had been wasted in gifts and
positions and timber limits had been the
lot of the faithful Tory supporters. Mr.
Farrow was not behind as his two sons
were drawing 3700 and 3600 respectively
as employees of the government and his
brother was getting 31,000 at Goderioh.
Mr. Farrow says his brother took the
place of two men but Mr. Radcliffe is
enperanuatod at a salary of $850. Then
there aro Mr. Farow'.+ friends who
are at the publio crib and the whole thing
goes to prove that a man who has re-
ceived so many favors from a government
cannot take an independent view of af-
fairs. The superannuation abuse conte
us 3203,000 for 423 pensions. Over $11,-
00.1 is paid to the five clerks in the House
who do tho work of two. In 1885 a mo-
tion was made to wipe this Fund out but
the Conservatives voted it down. If the
Reform Government is elected they will
strike it off the statute books. The Dr.
coucbuled his hour's address by soliciting
their hearty support so that ho would go
to Ottawa with a good largo majority.
Mr. Farrow replied. in 021 address of 20
minutes in tt'ltich he referred to the in-
dependence of Parliament, what ho had
secured for Heron Co. in tho appoint.
mont of jndros and the grant to tho
Wingham railroad. The limbar limits
were sold to the highest bidder when
there were two applicants. Tho Reform
party had not always been lure and
Olean and the Speaker of the Heuso had
once boon forced to retire on account of
his abuse. Thos. Gibson had scoured
positions for his friends and there was
no howl about it. Blake was fishing for
Bleu votes in oonnootiou with tho Riel
question and Blake was the greatest po-
litical hypocrite in tho country.
Mr. Wade was next introduced. He
spoke for 40 minutes and made a very
neat address but we have only room for a
few remarks thrown out by hint. He
said the Ontario Government expense
was only 38% instead of 190% as stated
by Mr. Farrow and the Dominion Gov-
ernment over 80%. He dealt with the
Dominion voters' list, timber limits and
extravagance of the Government and eon.
eluded by saying that the Conservatives
would not kick out their associates if
caught in a dirty trick as these were the
kind of men they wanted. 13y voting for
Dr. Macdonald on the 22nd you elect a
man worthy of your implioit confidence.
Mr. Wada said it was a bane fabrication
to say that Mr. Gibson had secured posi.
tions for his friends.
Dr. Bethune was the next speaker. Ho
complimented Dr. Maodonalcd on his ex.
oellont speech and said he was a natural
orator. The Dr. thou proceeded to dis-
cuss the political situation and oonoluded
by asking the electors to support Sir John
A. kfaodotald's government.
Thos. Gibson M.P.P:, and Wm. Clegg,
of Wingham, also spoke for a few min-
utes after whioh cheers were given for
the candidates, party leaders, and the
Queen and rho meeting was brought to a
termination.
A LI[1CL ON Dlt. 1LtCDONALD.
As President of the East Riding of
Huron ProhibitiouAssooiation I wish to
stake astatement to the temperance poo.
plc of this Riding (regarding a slander,
affecting rho temperance reputation of
Moodouald, which is being circulated
by anonymous lottors' and equally an-
onymous statements, to the effect that
he (Dr. Macdonald) has entered into an
agreement with Mr. Borman, of Toronto,
a repr0sentative of the liquor traffic, to
tone his influence, if cleated, in favor of
that traffic, and against temperance leg-
islation. I felt it to be my duty in the
interests of our cause to sift this matter
to tho very bottom and ant now prepared
to give the whole story tho moot unquali.
fled oontradietion. I have and can pro-
duce the most complete testimony, bobh
verbal and documentary to show that no
such proposal was ever made to Dr, Mao.
donaldt, either directly or indirectly, and
that the 1)r. never gave any su0h peomfss
or entered into any such agreement, eith-
er directly or indireotly. I, therefore,
warn the temperance people against being
lad astray by any falsehoods already ut-
tered or that may yet be uttered to the
prejudice of Dr. Maodonalil's tomporence
reputation, as his character as a eoneiet-
eat temportune° Hien can only bo assailed
by misrepresentation and falsehood.
A, Y. OAllyLuv, Prepitient,
COMMUNICATION.
Pl[ysicol Forte 48. 3Utgnelle Hn'mbug.
90 the Battu? of 'rue POW's.
Tho 100080 ttvn forces happened to
come into collision last Saturday at the
Queen's Hotel, in Brussels, and marvel-
lous to relate the party representing l'Ity.
sinal Force knocked his opponent out in
the first round. The representative Of
Maenotisut was thrown pee e tre; o'1 his
back, crying for mercy. Loa us now re-
late the phren fade fn oonnetion with
this case. For the pad mometh or two
a certain "gentleman" has resided at the
Queen's Hotel, annoanOin, himself as
Prof. Gnstiu, n great Magnetic, lealer,
claiming to have the power to invoke the
spirits controlling mageetio force for the
mire of poor hinnanity. Ono of his first
dopes tees the daughter of our res.'eo ed
townsman, Ronald 11oNanghtou, 011,• had
been suffering for many years with rhea.
matiem and at times was unable to walk.
The girl allowed herself to be treated by
the so called "Professor" end in about
ten days was a ravine boleti°. Since
than she has been sometimes butter,
sometimes worse, but its now so bad that
she as to tie strapped down to prevent her
from doing violence. She will neither eat
nor drink and it is feared she cannot
long survive, seeing his daughter in this
condition lir. McNaughton went to the
"Professor" and wanted hint to du .•oma.
thing for hie daughter if possible. Re
was given an impudent reply so he (Mr.
McNaughton) becoming exasperated with
the villain knooked him down. It might
here be said that this is another illus-
tration of the gullabinity of the public.
This man has drawn quite an amount of
money from the innocent and unwary of
this neighborhood. Ho has no diploma,
cannot even spell ordinary english words
of nine letters correctly and is entirely
ignorant of the first elements of medeeine,
but what ie more to his purpose, he is a
clever imposter. Oxm Wm) Knows.
Brussels, Fob. 16, 1887.
1'EelISit.tNUE.
The fellowl ogrluestiuns were submitted
to Dr. Macdonald to which he gives the
answers. attached: -
1. Are yon personally a total abstainer
from intoxicating liquor''?
Answer—"I emu and have been for
many yet re,"
.-.-Di' y.,n vote for the Scott Act?
Answ.. r . '1 did not, having been com-
pelled tits ,ugh ill health to leave for the
Southern -lata;: soma time before the
v. to was taken; but I had used my influ-
ence, hot = it private and on the public
platform, in ea port of that nn::sure, as
I have done in favoe of every suull cause
for rho las. thirty yews or more."
3.—Will you use. your influence to pro-
mote Temperance and Prohibitory Legis-
lation ?
Answer—"If elected I will do so to thoi
beet of my ability."
P. MACDONALD, M. D.
The sane questions wore submitted to
Thos. Farrow, the Conservative candidate
and he answered them by reading a testi-
monial from Senator Vidal, of Sarnia,
certifying to his past temperance record.
letonfryu.
Rev. W. J. Brandon has received a
unanimous invitation from the Quarterly
Board of Henfryn Mission to return for
a third year.
Rev. 0. E. Stafford, of Palmerston, will
lecture next Monday night, on Richard
Baxter, in oonnecti0n with the tea -meet-
ing to be held in the Methodist church,
Henfryn.
ketrinseretl Ielw wide
Tho storms and cold weather are caus-
ing groat differing in Montana.
Anarchists in France threaten an ac-
tive campaign against law and order.
Belgium is equipping her frontier forts
and placing hor army on a war footing.
Earthquake shooks and volonnio erne-
bions are agitating the Sandwich Islands.
Rumors prevail iu London that a Brit.'
ish proteotorato is to be established in
Egypt.
South African natives have massacred
Dr. Holub, the German explorer, and all
his party.
A San Francisco prank tried to throw
a bomb at Madame Patti while she was
singing.
Odessa is sending out greet quantities
of wheat, in fear of a blookade of the
Black Sea.
British troops in India aro to have re-
peating rifles, the Martinis being handed
over to the Sepoys.
A French statesman is credited with
the statement that France will not mom;,
mono hostilities.
Dakota blizzards aro said to hays
claimed as many victims this winter ail
the Vermont.railway disaster.
John Bright hes written another letter
in which he severely condemns Glad -
stone's course regarding Irish affairs.
Tho Michigan Central Company will
try to obtain permission to build a bridge
morose the Detroit river for use in winter
only.
Maly Michigan cities and towns have
abandoned standard time, and it 15
thought the Legislature will repeal the
law that authorized its adoption.
A boy at Manistiquo, 1121oh., put on
three pairs of trousers and went to school
prepared to 11000ive a promised whipping.
The toaoltor beat him on tho hand tvtth a
ruler,
Rev. Stun. Jonas, who has boon doing
a great wot'k in Boston during the past
three or four weeks, on Tuesday reeofved
a telegram announcing tho death of the
Wife of his brother, an ovangeliet tabor.
ing 01 the Sonthorn Statos,