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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1887-3-18, Page 1Ir Volume 14, TEMPERANCE.. Its Moral acipel'a, In es nadir. Thy following lideraacing paper Was read by Mis- l3ryclon nt the Clegge.greon (Morris) Literary Society recoutly. It is woll worthy of a oarohu perusal :—In Canada a stranger oaken, ns a first im- pioesioll, that tclupr, raneo k ollieff, treat - oil from a legislative paint of view while the Moro iutported. aspect ,•f the question, 1 ]Wean the moral, le apt to bo lost sight of amidst the ctrifos of party politics. Coming from Soothaml where the molal aspect of the question is prin. cipally disousoed, it may add a •Tittle to the ya.ioty of your meeting if I take up this side of tho question, Talking of first impreesiono we will all have noticed that the first impression we ileo in re. goading any natural objcot is from the a)•o mud tho first clistinot idea is balk or size, Coming into Canada sista p edam- inatoo over all other impression., so far as material objects aro concernod, but in roped to the temperance nl.rvom,•nt ono is disagremthly impr0000d in the opposite direction. How low compared to the many aro heart and soul loyal ternporanee men: Still he was a wise man who wrote "the greatness of Iittlo things." Small beginnings havo often groat endings and the iaflumeu of tittles do more to mould the charaoterthan the great things whioh ran ly come into the lives of ordinary in- dividuals like ourselves and tho minority au a rule is always in tho right. Being a stranger in your country I can't go back upon history but I think I am safe in saying the time was when temperance was not so much criticized or discussed on publio platforms as it is today. Meas- uring Baia from the known to the un- known wo have a great tutor° beforo u8, a retrospective glance at past history will server's a etimulne to tutu.e achieve- ments. Sirs. who are loyal and true tympanum° people, mean to go on con- qu0riug and to conquer. Thou. h few in number we are united and union io strength. By combining our forces wo are not only able to defend ourselves and maintain our position intact but to en- gage the enemy. We are going to buckle tot our arm ur and be heroes in he fight and again. though we are few fu number, it does not follow that we aro weals as a ' moral power. Time would fail me to it Instrate how much fruit has sprung from tho seeds of good and true principles sown in tho hearts of a few, and the mus- tard Rood of temperance, sown in the beasts of ,ho few around us, will by and by bonnie 0 great three under whom shade many tempted ones will find refuge I would notice now how we can make our ]poral power effective. Its lay oer influ- ence. To Timy mind, influence eo,ms t, be the most powerful agency in this great world of ours. We all know the in- fluenco ouo body exerts upon anoho , indeed. we man demon). broadly ali our natural laws such as gravitation, attrac- tion, coho ion, &o., as mote influence. As tiro rise to the higLor world of mind and mo,als we find influence, poi:halts, more potent still. Inilueucc is hard to dedau rather a subtle utdofinable sort of power unperceived in its working and yet vory palpable in its results • inflaonco in mind seems to bo the metiers aobion of mind upon mind, or spirit upon spirit, that hidden inner life of ono soul mirrored for th, so to opeak, so ae to loath its im- press upon ti•• soul of another. That mind can influenc0 mind to a very great degree is apparent, but the manna of its operation who oat toll ? I believe mind reading will very soon throw li0ht upon this subject. We will 10avo it anyway to this science. Influence we know ie a power not easily resisted. Tho vory glance of tho eye and motion of tho hand whoa combined with mental or moral g• canon has an influence oyer us. We trol, yet cannot resist. Our influence or ' the effect of it dons not depend ulnen our own will. Wo cannot speak, or aot, 0e come in contact with anyone but our in. fluanoo mantes itself bolt to sono douse°. Iuliuonce from lief very nature eau pene- trate into tho ahinks and crannies of the human mind, can get in between the joints of the harness and work suoll wonders and ]nice such radical changes in the hearts and lives of men as no oth- er power on earth can. It works so soft- ly and uitllorcoptibly that wo succumb to its power ore we cntrs.:lvice are mom of Mc woldeg, That no mai can livo to ltimsalf is on plain from daily lila as from Bible toaehing. We can Ander ",land a man living for himself In the main of his sole aims, desires mutat inter- ests being control in self but by reason of the inflttolao his life mint exert upon hie follow loan thero can bo no possibil- ity of n, man living to himenlf. Then again, influence, whothor in mind or talo - gree, dopencls upon tho principlas within, iiforal power, • I believe, well sway 01,1 convince a man when tiro free and moro intollootun l reasoning - will fail to move him incl in proportion) I:0 the etrougth, tho greatness and truth of our princip. les 8o will the power of our influence bo. '.Therefore, 08 the 1norttl is tho highest barn of our nature, lnoi:al influonoo will, 1f necessary, bo most effective. Now in i4 word the tomporatnca party in, let us say Morrie, or. Canada to bo general, has en inflnonar that le morel, because it springs feom principlosof sobriety andmoves and aotn ates 1110 inner as well as rho outward conduct and life and how - over Whore aro going to comfort them - Helen in this ]natter w0 1110 oonvi1100d WO 1000 0n tlle'right side of this question total on tho winning side., for St. Paul tells us, and ho was an fanatic upon temperance, that we on to abstain from everything that 00008 our wooker broth- er to stumble, 10 bo offonded or mado weak and that in the rage of life itis the m810 tato le touporate in all things who Shaul eventually loin the In ize. Intim eon Ivo'ks inrlil'ently lynd dfreotly and BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1887, ono cof rho boor., rlirc,t powoe of dill':' cute ie oxalo lo, which 1 811011 ovals of its 111y aeenn'i voiut. 'My audience, 'I ant awltro, knows it great deal bettor than 1 do about p •Idtical egltatinne lately grim: • on and now I know hoover '1 CI erli headed leen may bo upon Snort Act, prohibition cul Stull lute test gttc'stioiut mikes they indentify tlenl8ulv08 with either move. idonts, their intelligence is of very little account 80 for net their itdluonen and ox. ample go, Ho just in like number, bow- eter, glibly we may tolls of the moral -as - pool of temperance and rho greatness of oho movomett our oloquonoo is of tut avail if we do not practise the prineiplos we inculcate. "Acts speak louder than words" and tho oxample of one man or woman in worth a dozen fine sp000hoo. The offetts of example aro incalculable for good or evil. Many a cl000latg hearth awl home can trace back their ruin to the dints of a b ,t1 example. I atm con- vineed of this, however, that a good ox• autplo will outlast a had ono, for the iu- fluolo0 and example 1rf a gond lila in as immorta, as ourselves and tho seeds of truth we Crow sow, alnid much that is discouraging and with bit faint hone of a heroes., will be reaped by a stroltfrr band in the years to annlo. The aim of all truth, whether it be a doctrine, a principle or an example, is to destroy er- ror, and truth mutt prevail. But 1 do not meat t-, say bi.t an evil example does opt lash. 11 goes from sire to ton and from son to son, thio evil oxample of whiskey drinking. It has slain its thousands, and its tots of thousands. Stato•men. politicians, philoeophoro, hor- des, and poets and clown to the lowest dregs of moiety have fallen victims to internporence, by the dire example of tltoit fellows. I don't know that temper- ance men are very remarkable or great, as the world counts greatness, but in this way they diffor Isom the maty, they have the courage of their opinions, have Glared to stand alone and ranked them - solves os this unpopular side. We hoar a good dual about liberty "give and 00110," this flag of freedom is hoisted on every possible occasion by the opposition. I beeline every tree temperance advocate seeks not the freedom of making his brother a drunkard by a single glace.. We have glean our example to prevent this and to protest against what tends to it. Peo,du mall us fanatics, slaves to 0.•1 pin- cipL s, &d. If shaves bo temperance moans freedom fr an temptation and freedom from the drinking habits of nor country, which tattoo at their best, aro the rolios of a barbarous age, then wo must not object to our frionds of the op- posi ion giving us names with' a roe.ri• ing, for we mean to go on in this slavery to principles. Exainplo in order to las must to itself bo lasting. No sudden Ron up and gone like a 'will 0' the wisp,' but a steady, constant light from t o lamp of life. I have said al eady that a gucl r xam. lo outlasts a bad ono for the oodwill cheeps and overcomu the evil nerd thio great movement, to which we have .eat our iullu nos andoxample, this wave of tomperanoo that is sweeping over our country and washing out in its pro g 0 s the stains of tomporaoco and vice, will very soon cover our whole land, Mor is inn uded. And now, lastly, in or- der to snake our iu1100n00 and example a diroot power for good we must have a sense of rosponeibility. Third point. Re- sponsibility Implies trust and liability to account. We aro responsiblo to the tem- peranco party in this country, for of our own free will we enlisted under the tem- perance banner and the honour of that society is tarnished it w0 prove false to our colors. Having idmitifiod ourselves with this movement wo have become one with it and are responsible for its honor and prestige. Temperance is no light flimsy garment of fashion to bo thrown off and on at tho pleasure of the wearer, 1 uta priuoiplo that once embraced Must be editorial to. If it is good for us to h0 abstainers to -night it will be just as good to -morrow and so on to the cud of life. Butter it thousand times to have remain- ed amongst the flesh pots of Egypt than to embrace temperance principles with a hankering after our cell bond.tgro. We aro responsible also to our follow men. They will naturally look upon us n,l the exponents oftomperanco prinoiplos and will base their judgment of the movc- :ncdt of the manlier 1n which we nem. forget tllosn principles. Wo have. iu ef- fect, I nisi this in the right way and it i•• an Moult to'the i0tulligo110o of ottr fellow nom to pr0014 tend ergo ttpou tlelr poop', roust of prittciphie 0bi.1 Wo ourselves do not recommend by a continued adlor- eno, to then, "'Pouch not, tato uot, hatdl0 not" mint be our motto if wo aro concerned for the honor cf the tenrpor- an0& 1.11118u and for the renpeot due to couoietent walking. Wo aro also roopon• siblo to ourselvos. If ova mean to bo tette to otter wo moat begin by being truo to ourselves. Ono honor an true men and w01001 is involvod in tie mannor in which we conduct ourselves ee units of the groat tomporanae party. Woabstain. ed from oonviotion of the truth of the Principle and own soli rospoat demands that wo finish our eareor me' well as carry it on honorably. We began with the ap- proval of our consoleuco fetid eonseioloe will approvo of temper:moo as long as tho world saandoth. Last and groatest we aro responsible to God. Ho hath made usand not wo °tlrocheos. We ate hie peoplo and the Shoop of his pasture. Rowovor we may gloss over our responsi- bility and treat it lightly,: We cannot rid ourselves of thus msponeibility. Wo must give en account of our stewardship and the good and faithful steward will receive tho promised reward. .bop there is great toward ha kooping His cointnandmotts. John Sinclair, of alto Norway house, sold over 11.,000 tvorth of furs in Winni- peg in one week. The has been on the FAR `'( US' --,.I 17 ylUCE. .1,,!:111" 1:7:1.1 0 eel 111 OATmirttNt AT w•luaxlrrrti. 'Che second nloniltlg of tho iinst Her - m] Farmer.' iuel:ante, for tho present Society mot in the commit chamber' Scott tanglnt 2 year teed came to burn iu year, was bold in tho Town Ilall, W1nx- Clinton, last Friday, JohnMclfillao 1I.2. 1870. In 1870 he reoeive,l tho appoint. blur, on lllunduy, March 1-1tht, vice-Preoi. acting as chairman in the absence of Mr, 101111 of Illlfliff of the Fourth Division dont BMA, 0ibsuu nc0upying the chair. Allan, President, Coart mild he also holds c4 number of oh. Despito 4110 cold, rlikameeable clay there Reports from 1110 secretary and trews- c,r xteitieus. IJ.0 line sat at the Board for •+'n8 8 hug • u mbar of farmers lemma uror wore road, :hoeing about 150 entricu 1 from the duouadiatn lineally and many rooeived, 40 members aurollecl, and 180 five yours mud is now illliug the honorable from a dielanes. disbursement during the year. Robb. Currie, of Wawanosh, opened Tho elections of officers and directors resulted as follow. ; President— John MoMillan M.P. Hul- 1ett. Vice.Presileut—David MoLttoeh, V,S., Brttoeliel•l, Connell of Direotors—S. Smillie, IIen- sell; Wm. 'M'olwood, St. 1{,•lens; Max. Inmos, Clinton ; Jolni Morro -cis, Bonmiller; W. 11. Graham, St. Marys; Thos, Mo - La -Lathan, Brussels; Thos. McMichael, Seaforbh ; Joon Mason, Londesboro; J. D. O'Neil, V.S., London; J. E. Blaokall, V. S., Clinton ; Joseph Salkeld, Strat- ford; T..1, I3e11, Loadosboro; J. J. I!'ish- er, Bonmiller; James Mitchell, Godoricil. Fico of these shad form a quorum. �zL '1'1415 viii..Y 1D+1 eefleif1' U'11,4E hitJDJ(. 1 Canadian scenery on Nnventbo' 1.4. 18'18, , at Iiurpu•hey, Huron Co. Shortly after annum !Ipeetlu; or rho tionlinion this In tarultn movoel to ;diarist tow'n- IslaaFlrt 19)rel, ttrr.eoer8 'hip and "Tin" was sent to '1, 04. No. 2, socio), Grey, awl aflorwa•il attonde(l euhonl. 111 Ll aeoorilance with notice glycol this 'Number 86. IMUIVIGAT 1 31 S. I' +11: (21'1•il,\'o JUBILEE. To rho 1•iditer of This 1'O$T. IIulIctt tovneltil,, hie U.11011e1• being Prin. Dam Paso. --I nuticcd in lost week'„ issue a vary interesting letter regarding the Dublin Library and sincerely hope that the Denton' of the. Library and the tow•uspeoplo in general will srie the imaes- sity of acting upon :Lir. (food's en rgrs. Boo. The Li!rrat•y seem .1 ba, ab .ce all things, made beneficial to tho t•ublic in position of chairman. Ile makes a eplot- - node to smote the patronage it deserves. dirt trustee and has taken a lively inter- I fuel convinced, and I.do not think 1 am est in the management of the school. exaggerating, when I -ay that one-third At the trustee election of Leto) Marro of the people of Brussels aro not aware Donnie was one of the succo3sfui condi. that time is such all institution in town. dates and Ity I'll straightforward, =bias. L•t us, therofore, osiubrato Her Majesty's od course has given the ratepayers no 00- Jubilee: ig sectoring a largo number of onion to regret their choice, kir. Den. boosts. Fours, etc., Jsesve M. ]toss, ole claims Cedetieh township as his birth. Brussels, Mar. 140h, '147. Librarian. plaoo Sufi counts ]lie years from 1824.: Glasses you__—. After receiving c ;0011 00111411000011141100school De erida On th ; Glasseseducation hp e went to Clinton in 10371 look ThT4tlas where he served l.is appreuticosllip to the h u•nees malum;. lie came to Brussels 3u 16112 and purchased. th'• business of Geo.. To the Editor of Tots POST. Davison, new of Winnipeg, lir io of a Dem But.—I notice in the 00111 of very independent turn and will not be I Bionic; of our late member, Time. liar, load by anyone and 011 account of this row, that ho ,s whining as ucu:tl. He qualification bus mark an ei ioiont true. I states 11111 "they," I suppose. h,e 111:01111 tee.- himsalf and t110 hard-shell Torino, (for Thos. Fletcher was elected the same I some Liberal Conservatives voted this }•err Mr. Dentis Wats aucl the minutia u1 time for theDr.) fought a straightforward oho School Board give evide co that hof and honest fight, but this is a thing neither lie nor thoy over did or I fear ever will in East Ituron robin" tit" present generation existo. Does be call tit • lav- ish expenditure of money in the 1872 and 1874 elections } the false statements to the farmer about him getting highs -r and better prices for his produce under the N. P. in 1878 ; or the Gerrymandering of the Riding when he found ',he major- ity gone in 1813 ; or the Franchise Act of 1886 for the late election, by which the Tory party hal names dishonestly and fraudulently put on the Hats andbya legal technicality were kept there by a Revising Officer of their own creation ; or the false statements by Mr. Farrow about our esteemed member, Thos. Gibson, be- ing guilty of nepotism, and in his abgenoo ; or the statement of Mr. Farrow that he has been a total abstainer for 3 or 4 years ; or in the visits to the Riding of suoh parties as Messrs. Brown, Morton and Harley, strangers to all the electors, even rllr. Farrow, but scut here by orders from a higher sconrco and for purposes that wero worthy of watching ; . r the payment of aboent iotcr's travelling ex- penses in coming to vote ; or in tho slandorine of his opponent's private char - nater and the telling of false statements about hie practice as wan done by several of Mr. Farrow's supporters and espeola ly by one of his wain 11CIehme,l tool el ode time a would -b, oppu119nt, tvhn was never known to act otherwise than as 0 snook luring el otiou ; or iu the (lionised of all municipal clerks from. being Deputy. Returning ofboora b.oauso they hap;,eued to be Grit-', and espeoially after being told they would be appointed ; •+r the 0e- fusalto appoint the Sheriff as Retorting - Officer ; or the getting of a new sot of ballot b •xes at exorbitant pinta, while t11 re are now twice a8 many boxes in the Riding as are needed, and alto• the Retnrning.oifioor was told by the clerks that they wore at his disposal, This was only done to reward a bigoted partizan. be that a straightforward and honest fight ? Mr. Editor, these are some of the ',Lotions that oho sterliug manhood of East Huron recoiled against in the last election and showed it in electing a hotter man and, wo trust, a mere honest repro - mutative. I also think your modem will agree with mo that these aro things alone that storing manhood should recoil against eherover fotmd, and that Mr. le MOW 10 dishonest as usual in !tying 110 Wel no control, if not he should Inane or should novor have run for tho position tludfuturopoliticanson either side sho.Id boar in bund what storliug manhood re- coiled against in Rost Huron in 1887 and that t1i: victim of that recoil is now sleeping that pulitioul sleep that 1tnowa of no week:mingand hewa.o of following at similar 00.ir401, as a similar end :rw..it- eth then]. Yonne, etc„ ripal '4baw of (Ito llrus3,rlo eoltool. ,lir. the Mooting by an extempaaueous ad - dross on the subjoot of "Raising oalvos." Although his remarks were not very wolf conuoctod he said many things of nosh value and spoke from praotioal experience and ob-ervatlou, Ho said that different methods of fowling should be fall wed ac. cording' to the purposes for which the 01111104) wore intended, whether foe gram. ing, it dairy cow, or a high prided tltoro'- brad. If tho calf was intended. for the show ring 110 Would force it an much as was oousietent with a good shape and ropicl growth, but if for the common grazing animal, intendod to go to the shambele at 2 0 3 years, he would advise Putting two oalves with line good milk cow and lot then] run. Mr; Clerk con. tondo(' that this systooi produced oalvas lunch +nrvevaluaele than the common and as cheaply and that it saved ranch trouble in milking rho cows and foodiig the calves. The speaker was strongly against tho butter and chesso factories when raising g ,od valusble calves wan any object in a system of farming. This address was brought to a close by Mr. Currie expressing his willingness to an- swer any questions anyone in the audi- tion might wish to ask. An interesting disouesion followed in which Mr. Barton. of Turuberry, maintained that any calf, after six weeks on new 'milk, could be raised on a ration consisting of equal parts of oats. peas and berloy with a little flax. Ono dollar's worth would be sufficient for a calf during the season. Later in tho afternoon Prof. Robertson said thtut it was his opinion that for a calf which had been fed on new milk for three week., u ration consisting of oats, peas and a little flax, worth two dollar., was me good as fifteen dollars worth of new milt. This should be fed dry and a gradual ohmage ext-•ncling over two weeks should he made from the new milk to the dry feed. Atter the close of this dieeussi•m Devitt Weir, of Howlett, gave a shot addross on farming in general which was well receiv- ed. ' At this state of the preoecdings Prof. Robortsou, of the Ontario Agricultural Collego, and Dir. Shaw, editor of the Canadian .Live Stock and Farm Journal, arrived. 1M1r, Sirwty Wan at once called upon for his paper on ".Robbing the farm," which was listened to with onger attention. This paper &insisted of stub- born foots which showed that Mr. Shaw is as well acquainted with the practice of farming as ho is with the theory, els ilio day was getting woll advanced n& discussion was hall on this paper. Mr. Gibson invnodiately called upon Prof. 1Robrrtson who gave a discourse on the dairy cow, illoslratod by a diagram. This oontaiuod much of value but the Prof. spartioularly emphasized the ne- cessity of kindness In the troatmont of the animal which oontribntsd so much to satisfy the necessities of man, The Prof. gave the following as a good ration for cows during the winter :-3 lbs. bran, 5 lbs. ]nixed barley andante, 8 lbs, of hay with 30 ibe. 'of mangolde for one day. This contained the foods most desirable for a cow and in rho proper p'oportion to produce health, vigor and a good flow of milk. Tho Prof. also gave the results of some experiments conducted at the Ex- perimental Iarru with oOWs ns to tho eo- °essity of salt which distinctly showo1 the groat need of this substance for a large flow of good mint. Tho first on the program.or the oven. i',' ee,:::1n11 wa3 14 song by Ml. Coutts, af- ter which 31r. Shaw road his paper on "Pc-mnnenb pastures." Mr. Sliltw was srrcu"ly of the opinion that we had no grasses which wood supply '114 pasture curing rho scorching 'sou of rho latter p0'? dilly and the beginning of At,,ust end recoumoodoll the growing of Men, pea- and oats for this parsed and cora for Into In the fell, sowing tint corn 111 drilla, Tho following mixture ni grass wee giv- en as phobic: to tho'cooing° soils : -Tien othy'41bs. ; orchard grass 8 lb+. ; en- enolcy bloc 2 lbs.. English. ryo 1, mendnw 1, and yellow oat 1 1b, ; clovers --s ;all red 21b-., largo rod clover 1 111, ,and al. eiko 3 lbs, per 11010, Thiel most not 11' expected to last for any po:itel of limo but it will probably bo necessary to plow up after 2 years hay and 2 years oftots- tore, as then some of the grasses will be run out and wild varieties appear. Several 01i00110111 eclettions of musio were then given by Miss Ella Gibson on tho organ anti R, Young on alio violin, after which mailrooms and musical solos• Lions were given in the fo110wiug ardor: -- Prof. Robertson, an addross on Butter and oh000e braking ; song by Thomas Gibson ; aclrlross'by Mr. Shaw on Education ; song by Goo. T. Gibson ; addrossby A, L. Gibeon ; song by Mr. Coutts ; . acl,lro0 by Prof. Robertson on tie Colonial Exhi- bition, whioh was both interesting and instruotive ; soloetio. of nmsho by bliss Ella Gibson . and 1$, Young ; song by Thos, Gibson. We would not be doing justice if we did not say that the nlusio cid credit to all who WOW 00111100101 with it. After a vote of thanks to Mr. Shaw, Prof, Robertson and the chairman 000 of the most nueeossful mo0bings of tho In• etituso was brought to a close. The membership, is in0110asfng Anel the institu- tion is 111 ivory way in a lilrOspotrons eon • 1i3t,1 on Bay Gees, employ for 110 y earn, • dit.lon. J. J. Fisher, as treasurer, and James Mitchell, as secretary, were re -appointed to boll oflhco during the pleasure of the council. tlessrs. Smillie and Lines wore .uppaint- od auditors for the year. The Executive Committee for the examination of pedi• grass appointed was D. McIntosh, J. E. Blacicall, John Mason, J. J. F ieher and Alex. Innes. Tho auditors ancl Executive Committee wero instructed to meet at Minion on Sa- turday, March 10th, to Amine the of. 11cem' books and a number of entries a. waiting registration. The time for the next annual meeting was fixed as the second Wednesday in December ensuing, and tho place as Clinton. Messrs. M •Millan, John Mason, Black - all, Molntosh and Smillie were appointed a committee to revise the present rules and regulations and submit 10 report to the Council, ov110 will lay their report and recommendations thereon beforo the next annual meeting for consideration It was resolved tha; in view of a con- templated raising of tho standard for re- gistration at the next ti"nnal meeting the time for receiving entries ruder the pre- sent standard close on Dec. let. After some fnrther routhto business and gouernl consultation, the meeting adjourned. I'll 7`11li 4.tIR1i1101. Tho Mail has nu several ocoosions cautioned the farmers of Ontario against growing Memory, li,nesian or Imperial varieties of oa•ley. Tho grain sooti ,n of the Toronto Board of Trade, which has had tho mat or under consideration, adopted the following resolutions. It is to be hoped that our exchanges through- out the Provinoe will also tako up the stibjeot:- .13.menv.—Wll rens, owing to tho superior quatity of the barley grows in Canada, our farmers have been enabled to compete successfully with Atnorioau growe.s in the markets of the United States, even with a duty of 10 cents per bushel against the Canadian grain ; and whereas, an attempt during the last two years has boon mado to introduce now seed, and of a variety that does not find favor with Amorican maltsters and brew - e• s ; and whereas, it is essentlallt 0eces. sexy in order to maintain our present reputation 01 grooving in Canada the best barley on this continent, that only the most desirable matured seed, proporly cleaned, should be some Resolved, That this grain suction of the Boa d of Tracie of the City of Toronto urge upon the dealers throughout the country, and fanners generally, to discontinue the growth of Mensury, Russian or Imperial varietiseof barley. Rio WINTER WVnsAT. —Resolved, Thattlto attention of dealers and farmers bo oallod to tha noceos,ty of move dire being exercised 10 ole 80lcrtie11 of tho red whiter elle at seed need, that 11 be well matnrod, and not mixed with the white winter whoat, ae the mixtlu•e, al. thoagh pr, during n sound, health }Wain, 111101(05 it unfit for grading as real winter wh at, and ton;ulluoltly detgrit,a e it. valor, -.Toronto Mail. inti<tt.�:.•..c➢-.,f4c;1ao4;i <>atI'd. of tlnvave haul pla+ctaral 00,.ricn10 the object of calliut; atteotiun t0 I l in haveau this should 110 alis no 110111., is of What ,resat adv uta,"e 1. 1 them. W. I . Moosrho elective working of this body laud rho b a g 8010(1088 attotiiliug our school w0 have talc fills the p96)0011 of Nuereta'y-T• tower ei the trouble to prepnru to short Wretr11 very ctlicnend}•, of a melt of tho members of tiro Dowel. It 1 -' 114) not disparaging t0 the reroutes He'll. 1J; C_Itt eatetalien Nee etym. at the School Boards in past years to sotto that, probably, to 111000 relneselnta-. At a meeting of the WOOdstoc . ,o.trd tivo body pias net filled the chains fur of Trade it woo rosnlvod to call a tnt&timg y011ru. of the reprooentativos of toll the rnunici. I3rossels has tho honor, of setting elm polities iltterestod to consider tie clues- exanlp a of °looting a lady true,oe and tion of railway extenSlol butwocn Brant. when in January 1885 Mrs. J. 11. Smith ford and Lela: Huron, via Woodstock. was olootod, after a warm contest, but 20 muubor of railway ropresoltatives will enterprising villago 0011e brought very also be present. It is proposed to hold noticeably beforo the public by tiro fact the meeting in (Vohdstook on Thursday, of a lady being placed in the position. Starch 17, Mrs. Smith was born near Newcastle and • Edward Hanlon and W. O'Connor, the received a good edueatiou at tie Hight oarsmen, startocl for Boston l.Ionday Sohool of chat town, ound afborward put morning. Houtan's original intention in 801110 time at the Normal. School, To- wee to remain at hone for two or three ronto, and the Ladies' College, Hamilton, weeks, but as hie opportunities for traia- Out of 0 fancily of ton children' seven ing fol Ilia race with Gauclltur, which were school teachers. Mos. Smith taught takes plaoo on May the 110, were limnitod about twelve yota•s, and lam oxperien00 to pedestrian exeroioo, ho decided to go gives her e, great advantages in tilling tiro clown and rote on the Charles river. Ho position of trustee. She hoe boon an on. legato his inability to koop his promises ergotic worker in school affairs and has to attend the meeting of the Naltihta proposed 14 bomber of hnprovemonas that itowine Club in Hamilton and the To - hove worked admirably and we bolters rnnto Lsn roeso ('•lab's asoault-at•arms tau this new ere. Mooted in our 11011001 lirard the Ptuvillon on 'Friday evening. die took of ]laving it lady 0n the Board hoe boon Ito boats -with hint,as'Blalcio, the builder, productive of gotta, - agreed to have a new shell as that he The Plcioet monnhor of the Board is would be peopa'el Forney suitable ina1e11 Finlay S. Scutt, lie lirst gazed upon that: might lata ail'ored. is not only generally in his place but does his part in furthering school affairs. Mr. Fletcher is an hiogiishman by birth, bo. fug bora at Nottinghnm.bire in 1845. He came to America in 1855 and located at Brantford whore he learned the watch- making. Ho lived for two years in Cleve- land, Ohio, and Tennessee, filling a posi- tion under tie Government at the latter place. In 1805 he visited England and on his return lived at Brantford for two years. From there he removed to Luck - now where for eight years he attended to the Montreal Tel, t'o8. 'bug. ass and act. ed as Deputy Postmaster in addition to his own busines., He came to Brussels in 1878. lir. Fletcher was at the Coun- cil Board for a year. He is unassuming but level headed and trustworthy. Last oleetiou was the first tru=tee elec- tion by ballot and when the ballu s wore counted it was found that J'. Hurgreav- os headed the poll. Mr. Hargreaves was horn in Loudon, Ont. in the year 1855. IIo afterward removed to Chatham where he monagod a bseinoev for a while and in August 1883 he purohaeed hie present business f• om Dr. Graham. Mr. Har- greaves has mode a forgo circle of friends in and around town and his genial man. nor hoe done much for slim. Although only a fete months have elapsed since his oleetiou wo think we are sato in predict- ing thet he will make a numbor ono trus- tee and will do his best to keep our school up io a high s,audard. Rev. J. Ross, I1. A., wits returned to lilt ono of tho vacancies at the Trustee Booed last January_ Tho rev. gentleman's birthplace woe near Elora, Wellingto.l Co., end the year that marked this 110 - portant event in th" lloss family was 1851. After laying a good groundwork for his future sduoation at tha E,ora Hight Sohonl hu went to Toronto Univers- ity in 1871 and graduated as B. A., in 1878, taking the silvenmedal inMetaphy. Bios and Ethics. Re taught for a y0011 in too Elora High Schou, 1011014 an mother - graduate. After taking his degree ho took a theological cour.e at Knox Collego completing it in 1879. Before accepting the call to MIelvillo church, Brue-she, he assisted tho late Bev. Dr. Topp, of Knox Church, Toronto, for six nluntbs. Rev. Mr. Russ is strong on the temperance question and on the much discussed top- ic of tbo Bible in imbue scowls and ouo objoct 11 has in view is to see that duo 1proluinenoo is givou to both. It would be hard to find a person who promises to make a better trastec than Rev. 111. Ross. A.I. the Protestant ohurohos aro repro. muted on the Board and both political parties so that rho honors ars very well divide:]. The new dopar•turo of a oom- nnitme 01 iting the various 1, portnlrnts of tut. 1010no1, roeularly, an • presenting 1,,1x1 reports to the Board canon; fail to bre, • .od r guts. Our steal of t onchers march e. 2887. Lover. or `1't;rr11. ie tit oit'nt and complotu and all that is I - -v- 110 awaited is a more un-mo.h,u c 0- M'1'1e-O-t7.; li •it?.tSeY6. v otlt( ,t tuna M.odern style l , •!tori and then we will 001 n..,1 1' 0 1 Thu C'gu ,cin unci at. t13 • 'I'nv:u 1t 1,I, on beck soot ilia, :may place of o n• 101 O,t 1Larat 7th. lietubers :.,1 preseuc1 the of the six truaLeea now at the ]lo:p:0' t th100 Ro.:vo in the chair. ',Lim11.04 or last cos .& In noel p.11. pt ,ed The -1.a report ors p eutrd and atter b i❑ ; ex. amine,' by the 1'ouncit was 'od rpt,•d. ?Moved by H. C aldhlulc, sec oa 1 1 by r. A. Bowe than the a..straet bo rpublia0 ,:. 111 the 3Vingh1l i Advance. Moo ei 1 h, '. A.. Ilowe, soca;: 1,:d by S. Catdbic,s that the ('isrk be authorized t 0 have 901) envies of Township Bylaws pointed for use 01 tho ratepayors. Carried. Moved by le, Iles. man, secondcil by C. A. IIowe that path - masters having bridges in their beats be authorized to took atter the same daring the spring froshct, Carried. 3.'ha fol. lowing 0)06m1nte wore ordoretl to bo paid •-W.Patterson, for gravel; 111.50 ; Wm. Hiller, wood for Hall, 11.50 ; T. Nolan, drain at south boundary, 1110.00 ; Wrn. Dintont, clog wrongfully &secsaod, $1.00 ; W. Hopper, do, 111.00 ; Jno. Pebble, do, 11.00 ; Juo., Gill, overcharge in tons, 59 colts ; Wm, IboCroor, work on woof, grav • el road, $5.110 ; Bryan & MoRae, statute tax, $7,00, the worst having boon per- formed ; Misses Enford, charity, 1110,00 ; W. H. Korr, printing, 12.75 ; .Too. Mead. ows, spreading gravel, $6.56 ; auditors, 1110 each ; .Tames Newcombe, salaryt one eapoisos, $1.00.00. Moved by by Hoary Mooney, seconded by E. 13ostnan that James Newcombe bo ro•app1oiutel Treus- nrer at a salary of 100, ou furnishing sat- isfactory security to the amount of 410,- 000, Carried. The Connell then al. janitor' to meet again on the 4th arty 02 April. W.t. ('1A00, Clerk.