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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Expositor, 1869-09-10, Page 2I L- THE SEAFORTH EXPOSITOR. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. New advertisenk. ents must be given in by Wednesday noon. Changes of Advertisements, which are spe- cially arranged for weekly changes, by Tuesday noon. Changes :of Ad.vertisiments, which, are not specially arranged for weekly changes, by Saturday night. , We cannot guarantee insertion unless the above be complied with. Busneess Noexce.—All accounts for ad- vertising mid Jabbing must positively be set- tled Quarterly, on the 15th days of March, June, Septeinberand Deciamber, fg.)at (r)vxpri$1 r , • *to The Official Paper of the County. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1869. A NEW FINANCE MINISTER. There is quite an excitement in ce tain circles about the appointment of New Finance Minister. A great de of speculation isindulged in regardin the fitness of some of our more prep Merit public, men and the prebabilities o their accepting office if they had th " opportunity." We have such name mentioned as the , Hon F. Mucks, T. Galt; Geoe Cartier, Geo. Bi otirn an even Sir John A. himself. Now we d not say but all those 'men. meetione possess great ability. They haveiindee -shownethat they are even men of mor than ordinary talent, and they hay all in some way or other stamped th institutions ,of the country with th impress Of their peculiar genius. Bit although thisrecord is one not quickly to be forgotten, though the legislation of Hineles, John A. and the others will -for all time to come be recognised in the history of your country, yet we could not for a moment suppose them qualified 1to manage our financial affairs under, present circumstances A Finance. Minister of all others met be a roan of unimpeachable integrity. Not only must he be a man of great mental power, great force of character, clearness and independence of theught, but he must also ;be a. man of clear ap- . plicat;on eand great -firninese. The Finance_Department at Ottawa is now in a state of complete anarchy. Auii- tor Langton, so ,dreadfully overwrked, ie quite unable to keep the public ea - counts in, anything like a manageable conditioet, and the rest of the subordin- ates have groarn Co independent and consequential. that they feel disposed to Iwork or triflle just as it suits them. Hence thEenecessity of firinness in tak- ing hold of our Public Finances, The name of Geo. Brawntin this con- nection seems very absueb. Afv one at all: acquainted with the Hongentle- mens' history IMISt know that he could not and -would not enter a. government with John A. McDonald. To do so at the present time would be to sacrifice his Reform ,proclivities and damage, irretrievally, his - character as a politi- cien. His ability as a financier has always been recognised by the country, but when he consents to act as Minister -tof the Exctequer, we hope his will be in a Reform Ministry, With other men as associates, than those of Sir John A. For the cheapest Boots in Sea- ford' according to quality go to Coven- try's. 87-tf. The Hon. Stephen Richards, a few, weeks ago dismissed one Mr. Russell from his office because of his advance- . age and inconpetency, to fulfil the duties required of him. To smooth matters sotnewhat he has, however, ap- pointed him to the positien of Crown Lands Agent at Elora, and presented hien with fifteen months salary: We have no objections against the dismissal of men from office When their services are- not required and vhen they are incapacitated by eye as infirmly, but it (lees seem strange that 1 a man so remarkably slow and old foggish as Mr. Richards could perceive the' mote in his brother's eye cannot see the beau RED RIVER COUNCIL FROM heresay we conclude that the Red River Settlemeet is to be governe 19y a council of eight, two only, ,o which, are to be selected from among's their own people. The other six ar to be two,each from Ontario and Que bee, and ale each from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. We citnn.ot imagine the Legislation of such a council will probably be that which will be the most desirable for the Cotintry. It appears to us, that, at least, naajority should have been residents of the country but so tearfuliy is this from -being the case, as foreshadowed, that only one quarter of those selected to make laws for that people have any practical knowledge of the country they are set over to govern. This is ,but the p3rpetua,tion of a prin- ciple, acknowledgedeven in this ooantry, viz., the importation of rulers. If the settlers of Red River, after an experience of this system of adminis- tration, come forthias strong monarlicialt ists as they are before hand, it will be strange indeed. Nothing accelerates' the day of Free- dom so much as Bondage,inastnuch as it is the lace of a known good that awak-- elle the most intense desire for that good. ; and so will it be with the people .of, Red River. They must fully well know the advantages of "Democracy" a,,s compared with "Autoeracy," there- fore it is, that we itxpect to gee the pres- ent action of the Dominion govern-. meat in the selection • if this council, prove to be the thiu end of a wedge which will aid , in cleaving Theitain, and what is now, British America assun.der, 8:S we "tell an unmitigated —, well 'whopper,'" rn saying- that the EXPOSI- TOR and Supplement is the largest paper d in the Connty. We reiterate the state- ment, . with this definite explanation, that it centains 386 sqoare inches more t then the Sig41 ; and repeat, that this e size is a periticntency, and not one of - those spasmodic fits that the Signal up - pears to have docasionally taken. The scurrilous notice which it look of a communication appearieg in our col- umns in reply to f1.11 article on "Ortho- graphic Vandalism," is treated with elsewhere by the writer cif the commu- nication., We dislike occupying our columns with any such an onshiught as this, but itt justice to ourselves we must refute falsehoods, f9r notwith- standing the source whence they come, there -may be a few people who give them. credence. We hope however, 'Ifyou want, good value for your money in Boots and Shoes go to. T. Coventry's. 87-tf. WHEN. the invent retort to anything we say, he resorts t the comer ierice of asserting "that w want to stir up A strife, but that he not going to stoop so low as to notic such things, etc."; bot it is only whe his twain is too barren. to reply that h does this sort of thing. Lao week, fo instance- he calls us • MO -question i no less A= four different articlds ' • an notwithstanding the endeavor ofth Signa to prove that we were the inst / gator of this personal warfare, we nros indignantly .repudiate it as a gros falsehood: The Signal very well know that almost immediately upon our re ceivi ig the contact for the Count Prin *ng, he began to show us hi "cloy n hoof," and give evidence of hi jealoiis spirit, by such unmanly mein as publishing bogus correspendence, i order, if possible, to get a false irepres sien upon the public, as to our ability to carry out our obligations relative t the County work. How sadly hi speculations were astray in this mattei the end of the year-will:show, if that be not done already. Averse as we are to petty, personal quarrels, we are not to be choked off, and have a lie crowded down our throat by any such am.insti- tution as the Signal, therefore is, it, that. we reply to what he had to isay last week. Inirst of all he takes the Clinton Kew Era to task, for the most rthteous overhauling he received in that quarter, for fidsely reporting- the markets of Clinton and Seafotth. He says, "Now we. li,ave through the dull s "ason teken quotations from the New .lqra and EXPOSITOR, and if they were testray eve cannot help it." H this be the way that the Siena/ gives reports, we can easily understand its general un- tenability, for in getting up his weekly issue, for Thetsday, -the latest Exp4si- TOR to which he can %possibly have ac- cess is that of theelitrevious Friday, nearly a week old, and the ettme with the New Era. How does this harmo- nize with the dating of the Clinton and Seaforth marketswhich is, , "Noon" of the day of publication? If whatthe Signal calls a "whopper" does not come in here, it's straegee But then, not- withstanding the assertionthat the Sig - '1 a s t I ni S P a Signal cannot ute report is made up from a New Bra pd an 'ExPosiTon, each a week old, uch is not the case either, for we have aken the trouble to compare the • re- mrts of all three papers of a few =the past, and in no case does the Zama agree with the New Era and Ex- OSITOR of the previous week, hence nother "whopper" for the Signal • in ess than three lines. --(A. reflection resents itielf here: If the S. ma/ tells two "whoppers" in le&s than three tines, how many does it tell in ore issue 7 ) But further on this Market Report, the ,Sgna/ says his reports are made up .oua the /Yew Era and EXPOSITOR hen why didn't he credit it to those (Tem ? We know, however, that the ig nal didn't steal those reports front s, but he says he 'did, so we, at least, now that he is not professionally hon - t. In another paragraph, the AS'igna/f in his own." What if the government I would treat him as he treated Mr. p Russell ? Mr. 'Stirtan informs the Guelph Nereurn that one oat stalk 'grown on his farxi produced the number of 343; fi. there as four stalks from the one I 1` root, orl from one seed sown, erhich pro-. p -duced 1V,200 grains. Twelve hunched S fc$Id- is certainly an unprecedentedlu yieldt The oats were of the black 'k es Maine variety. 1 that hereafter the Signal will attend to his own little business, er at least when he has anything to say pf the EXPOSITOR to tell the unalloyed truth, in which case he will hear freen us less often. tie The Ainleyville Cemetery. BY TBOXAS WIDD. -- Ainleyville is not a large place, nor does it boast of antignitv. 1ts hist try, like that et most Canadian villages, is short, rapid, and recent; 'but, it has a cemetery about an acre' in extent which to some degree, may be said to contain the historical records of the tillage, in the monumental inscrip- tions, • r As the wayfitrer journeys along the highway the white marble monuments attract his attention. At night they not unfrequently cause the stranger to start from his solitary meditations, for then they much resemble, the white shrouds of inhabitants of the spirit -world which the readers of ghost -stories de- light to imagine. - On entering the cemetery, the first tomb tone which meets the eye informs the reader that beneath lie the mortal remains of the fomidar of the village, William Ainley, hence 'its name.---Ain- leyville. The age and date_ of death of the founder follows the above an- nouncement, but of what nation Wil- liam Ainlay belonged the story chroni- cled saith not On comparing the dates on the various stones'it is evit lent that he was one of the first to be nterred, it may be said that he asoisted o found the cemetery with his re- mains. One cannot fail to be struck with he British character of the tombstones, nd the touching insertions wnich ma.ry of them contain, recall to memory imintr lines we have read over and ver again. on the venerable and moss- overed grave stones in Village Church- ards in Britain. Englend Scotland nd inland are here repreFiented. The mblenatic thistle of Noble Scotia pre- ominates, and the sacred stone which ve read is that of a canny Scot, who ame to the 'village, and there gave up he ghost at 31. Close by stands anoth- r white 'monument froni --which we earn that underneath repose the ashes a young Saxae, "A native of York - hire, England," On the right stands n unpretending monumental record, ith the Shamrock encircling the words. In memory," and below- we read: "A faithful friend, a inotb.er, dear, i a f A tender parent lieth here." The children's gravestones have a more modern styleof the monumental art the words Oely sleeping," which seme have is very good ; but "Gone lime" is better and somewhat original. But, pleasing and appropriate as these are they are put in gee shade hy another inscription which fond and sorrowing permits, have had placed on a single gravestone to mark the last resting place of their two little ones. This is a hand with a finger pointing tip to the words "Our loved- ones," and their poe- tical romantic names, " Minnie Clara,' and Eva Laura," makes it more in- teresting. The names are in double column, to have an appropriate/ veme underneath, telling them to wait till their mother comes. These loved ones" were the children of one of the village ministers. A few short In ad -posts, it:tinted black with numbers in white are all that is eft to markthe graves of a few early pioneers oft this locality whose ashes repose here in peace. lie one corner, a solitary tombstone informs the reader that the occupier of that grave came from Montreal. In conclusion, the writer thinks it would be more creditable to the good people of Ainleyville were they to make their cemetery a little more worthy of its name, and to lo more justice to the dead. An entrance gate would be an improvement over the looee, unsighty stile, and a few gravel -walks are desir- able, to prevent the gravies being 'trod- den down. Thie planting of ornament- al trees would be preferable to the stumps and raspberry stabble which at present disfigure the sacred ahede of departed frierds. It would then be- come tie centre of attraction," and a beginning of the season but Oommunication. 111111•10....1.1 The Sipa/ accuses the "EXPOSIT° of having employed a Village dom nee" to reply to his rambling article "Orthographic Vandalism." We c assure our editorial friend that he w never more astray in his life; for t author is neither a "dominee," not W he "employed" or requested to writ Of course it is but natural fcir the Si nal, in order to molify the wounds in Hided to his self conceit by the crit cisin ot his production; that he shard invent some convenient object as th cause of the annonance on -whom tole stow an epithet of affected content]) For ourselves we respect bath " villag dominee," and town, dominee, whose o °maiden is as dignified, at least, as Oa pursued by a self constituted expound. er of public opinion for the major hal of 80,000 souls. But we know of n dominee" in the vicinity of Seafort who would not coitsider himself disgrac ed as a teacher of composition were sec an undigested production as the Signal' " Orthographic Vandalism" exhibite as a specimen of any of his pupils—s devoid was it of logical connection be tween its parts and resembling mor the patch .work of stump orateey and c the flippancy of street corneriem than the finished production of an ectitor4a1 The Signal, true to his instinct of "min ping" and incapacity, resorts to the very convenient subterfuge of meeting an argument he cannot answer, byfeign- Mg not to understand itsmeaning. Well, we never entertained a very h3gh opin- ion of the abilities of the present edit- ors of the Signal, levelled though they ire with an iniposing air of conceit;' but we were not prepared for a confir- mation of our.opinion by his own knowledgement of what stamps him with „something of an asinine character- istic. We are RONV Do more surprised that he should get lost in a " labyretith" of sentences, (Here, 0! Pedant, ye are aught in your own orthographic traps,) which a school boy could unravel, than we are at the dullness of his Nvit which ailed to appreciate the irony of the ext ression"Juggerrtattt of progress.' In uture, for the Signet special etiifica- ion, we will avoidtheuse of anv figure f speech of too refined an implication ; nd try to dress out words of a c1asi- il in the grotesque Itiero- lyphics of their originals to please the reagreness of his fancy. For ouiselves e prefer to make our present types do he duty assigned -them, instead of su- ererogating their functions with others Melt bear a striking resemblance to, a tractature of the Siameese Twins. The ignal with reference to a reformed thography, did seern to have a wish f rather a devotional nature when el- iding to joining his dignified 1.ever- nce "[n delightful revels over Eng- nd's past and present, etc," and this ntimental allusion reminded us very reibly of Old Mortality's pony of the ossmante type browsing among the nib stone, while his master was engag- withdevotional feelings over the anti- uarian miles of martyrdom. No doubt e, Signal Editor expects that his own fossil remains" will one day be "esta- ished" in the cabinet of sortie future ologist to illustrate a literary curiosi- of Canada's "Past and Present." -11P 8 01 0 e. t la se fo to ed th ge ty • • Cricket. To the .Editor of the "Expositor." Seaforth Sep. 1st 1869. Sin—For the information of your correspondent whose letter appeared in last week's EXPOSITOR, under the head or. "Cricket." I beg to give you be- low an account of the receipts and ex- penditares of the Seafoith Cricket Club. Total annual subscriptions receiv- ed.,... 44.25 Amount from playing members for monthly dues $54.60. Paid Mr. Wilson for the rent grounds.....................$40,O0 Paid for printing, and tele- grams and postage.. ....-1.59 41.59 Balance $12.91„ From the above statement you will observe that the amount collected for annual subscriptions was but a little ,more than suffieient to pay 'the past and current rent Mr. Wilson charged for the field and which he required to be paid him in advance. The amount paid him was for the rent of 1868 and 1869. Mr. Virilson insisting that the rent for former year had not been paid although several of the members and office bearers of the Club for last year were of anothet opinion: However, the Treasurer of the Club for last year having left Seaforth, it was impessible to get at the bottom of the matter, and wa had no alternative' hilt to accept Mr. V. ilson's word and. pay -his de- mand. After paying rent and print - Mg, etc. we have $12.91 to apply on account of cricketietg material, to the value of $22, which was ordered at the which, on fav 't • „. r o N lagers and account of watt of fiinds, eve have been e .neighborine fa:mers. ....t.t.'t•t`11* The members of the feommi tee feel theinsel yes tinder ebligetions to take the „ material and will make arran ements to settle the claim. Even if ti ety have to assxmie the personatly. The SeaS011, US you must ktiow hes t ef the et the .8 been been unfavorable for the pinen game, end owieg to the stat ground, even On 1111(3 dity.F, it h ithrasd'slitillice tsoettrYi 'been more fliJeoratee, and Ma Wilsoe more liberal & due would have been in a very flouriehing` ' conIclaintii,onh; 1101)08 that we may ylct have plenty of play, and that next seatiort will be more propitious. In conclusion, Mr. Editor, a low me te ask you and yoar correspo dent if either of you ever made ary nquir7 of those who: solieited subscaipti ns, or of any one connected with the. allege-- ment of the club, as to et at, hail been done with your money. Don't you think that it would have, It en bet- ter - for you to have done eo -before . charging them with dishonesty Frent what do you draw your cone nsion-, that those solieting furds were t oing it , with a dishonorable purpose? I assure you Mr. Editor tilat tlm Committee of the Seaforth Criek4 Club - have not had a single oyster flapper at the expensa of yeureelf, yonr corres- pondent or of any of those who ikindly subscribed, the have not eveni had a peanut, although they have, nmily„ all (13 subscribed double they amount y u dict We all claim to be honorable m n and I trust in your neat issue yon will do. us the justice to admit it, and. thitt the confidence expressed in ns by the pub- lic has not been misplaced. I'am, Sir. Yours &c.. T. P. BULL Sec. & Tres. Seaforth Cricket Cub. We cannot understand that w were under the least obligations to ma)ce en- quiries before venturing a rema!tir on the communication of R. McR --it „was sufficient for us to know that a cere tain amount had been collected ior an avowed purpose which we know had , been followed by no results- In the ailabove, of corinse the money is . ac- counted for, still we fail to seewhereire, scribed for this season's amusement, fel" VMS the propriety of paying wine sub - the indebtedness of last, and w are strongly of the opinion, that had i been. made known at the time .of soli iting subsciiptions that such was going to be the case, that no $44-,25 wou ha -Ye been subscribed.—En. I. FACTS AND SCRAPS. At Naponee on Friday a lad mined Gorman had his legs eat off by a ttnin and is not expected to recover. In Montreal, a sergeant of the ifie Brigade abecondect on Saturday tight with $90 of the mess funds. London is moving for a Public ;irk. ke Advertiser favors a locatia Dundas Street. In Montreal last week, a ho', 15 veae's of age, named itentoine zina, fell off Malson's wher.f while trying to lift out his dog, and was dro-wnedi Two volunteers in campat Ii um- rnondville drew their bayonets on their superior officers on Sunday, the 29th eeugust, and have been drummed of the service. A young French Canadian giti was killed near the St. Atexandre st tion near Itiviere Du Loup, in attem ting to cross in front of an engine, a par- ently for fen. David Sills, a -machine tend r in Angus & Logan -s paper mills, at If ind- oor, was killed there Thursday last while: putting on a belt. He was caught in the pulley and whisked r land and instantly killed Dall9s has resigned his position as Cashier of the Bank of Commrce. He leaves the Baltic in the full tid of prosperty ; and, in conjunction ith the President, be is entitled to nple credit for the sound, systematic Irian- ner in which its affairs have been con- ducted for two years past A convention of Reformers be - held in North Lanark, about the 12th of. October; to nominate a candidate for the House of Commons, to Iill thel va- cancy to be created by Me. McDougall's acceptance of the:Governorship of Ithe North-weet. Township deleenteit ta Satiboleute°tIlhTleetwienektre to be efected 1, FIRB AT Prinona,--Between and six on Satutday meriting Great Western wells, Nos .1 n at Petrone, took fire, and e,veryt 'leg above grounds, consisting of 2000,ZU rels of tankage, two engine holm*, derrick, and 1,500 barrels. of crude 011, were entirely destroyed. Loss alioeD 6,000. The cause of which is sun - d to be carelessness on the part tunable to take from the Exprese office engineer, scant" 's ing repalle . Fall Good, puss of a mark vertisenteri another co ili assizes for -e at Goderieli ones of this p a,re leden rve thet th f the rttilw renov, neat and healthy api SIIARP r lit#1.1fev 1 00r3 South of urPrV d Sale 51;a,b1 en .001131 and 00 ITbet:rtE sve:itrs dPerdeiseal:ytetT sanred worship. e, will seat about something like -S Tee.E.--A s;)eu leave Seaforth 10.30 4],m, on Mond- _ for the accomooation ea attend court. Aucreeee tiALE OF P. Brine will on Fri or public auction for on Lot ;33, large quantity of Fa meats, etc. a THE 33iii Bat. Vt e command of Liel assemble at Goderiel or the annual seven1 - LI be -lodged undo be set up on the Lee SONS OF TRKPBR, ance meeting will be the Baptist church i will bif,' acidressed John Grey, tethers ; and a'tlivisi perance twill be orga are invited. • ',A1J-C11014 SALE.— will Sell -ley public (Saturday) cone n ere the house lately occi n Hurpurhey, the hew furniture now -0110 of the tinestand ever offered by aueti ONt Friday litetot er, Farrier, of Lond tering a yoke of oxt eti him in. the eye se and penetrate the el bone, Die Sloan, ttif _ly sent for, but on gave very little he We have not heard tion.—gew Era. TUB ethodist I itl Association for t session the first thre in the ehurcla in erhoweyer, was veri the number intattem erahly-reduced whiit have been; But ae or ten of the leadi neminaiion in the ent, and we madorst profitable time wa original essays, eniti VIOLATION OF TR Montgontert 'WAS 00I1)tA3ined. of lege clerk, oi-i behall before D. L. Sills, violated the Alarketi ApPointed deputies nt fees off the mar :upon examination named Justice and Jed and fined one d A FORTITNATB Cn Stiepard„ of the To died atter-a long jili the last Manth., I seven. children to after the poor worn baud eemfortably seized upoii and all wayjar debts contr IleSS ililt the man, wee employed to 'convenience sake, papeis found a poi tt500 far, which he eoute seven years Year'e paymene had what wae to he no reepectabIe than lir her place, heard of teak to settle the bi &we and on the th to the Insurance -C was paid and the fteme her miser.