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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.
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'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.